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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-09-23
INJURIES FATAL TO R. R.
MAN FALLING UNDER TRAIN
Slips While Alighting From En-
CINE Wednesday At Piedmont;
Dies In Keyser Hospital
FUNERAL WASAT SWANTON

John H. Warwick, aged GO years, of
Swanton, died on last Wednesday in
Potomac Valley Hospital, Keyser, w.
Va, from injuries sustained when. he
attempted to alight from a Baltimore
and Ohio engine and fell under the
wheels of the locomotive.
He had been employed as a night
Waterman at the Everett tunnel cut
between Stricken and Bond on the
Seventeen-mile Grade, and after COM
pleting his work on Wednesday morn
ing he went to Swanton to attend to
some business with Arthur H. Green,
merchant of that place. He returned to
Piedmont on helper engine from
Swanton, stepped off just few sec
onds before it had been brought to a
stop by the engineer, slipped and fell
under the wheels.
His left arm was mangled and he
also suffered internal injuries. DR..
Wolverton, of Piedmont, was called
and the injured man was taken to the
Keyser hospital where his arm was
amputated, but he died at 6:45 that
evening. The engineer, Mr.. Plummer,
had admonished Warwick to wait until
the engine had come to a complete
stop before alighting.
Warwick had been a trackman on
the Cumberland Division of the Bal
timore and Ohio for about 48 years
and was the second oldest man in line
of service on the track of the Cum
berland section.
The deceased was born at Frank
vile, son of William and Mary Jane
Warwick. He was never married. Sur
viving are two brothers, William, of
Swanton, and Joseph H., of Forbes
Road, Pa; two sisters, Mrs. Rebecca
Hook, of Cumberland, and Miss Cath
crime Warwick, of Oakmont.
Funeral services were conducted on
Sunday morning at ten o'clock from
the Methodist Episcopal church in
Swanton with Rev. C. w. Fraker, of
McHenry, officiating. Interment was
in Nethken Hill cemetery, near Elk
Garden, W. Va.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-09-23
Potato Growers Voting On Pro-
gram This Week

Potato growers are voting this week
to determine if they want potato
program, outlined by the Federal gov
eminent. The voting is being done at
the request of the Federal department
of Agriculture.
Voting began on Monday and may
be done as late as Friday Of this week.
Places of voting are in the county
agents office, Oakland, $3.50 a. m. to
5 p. M; Accident, agriculture room,
Thursday, September %, 1:30 to p.
M; Friendsville High, Wednesday,
September %, 2 to 8 p. M; Grants
vile High, Thursday, September %,
1:30 to 8 p. m.
Two meetings are being held, one
at Grantsville High, on Thursday ev-
ening at 8 o'clock, and at Oakland
High school on Friday night, Septem-
Der "a, at o'clock. Anyone who has
not voted at any of the above places
may do so at the general meetings.
Any potato grower unable to attend
any meetings may secure ballot and
vote and deliver the vote to the agents
office not later than September "a.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-09-23
OrthOpedic Clinic Will Be Held
October Is and Ia

The Maryland League for Crippled
Children will hold a clinic for ortho-
pedic cases at the Health office in the
Court House on October. Is and IA.
Any patients desiring to be seen
promptly should send self-addressed
post card to the local Health Depart
ment asking for an appointment.
Owing to the orthopedic clinic COM
ing the second Wednesday of October,
the monthly tuberculosis clinic will
be held on Wednesday, October 20,
instead of the second Wednesday as
usual.
There was a typhoid vaccination
clinic held at Bloomington on Wednes-
day, September %. The other doses of
the vaccine will be given each We'd
nesday at 1 p. m.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-09-23
Miss Fraley Will Become Bride
Of Robert LOhr Tomorrow

Miss Virginia Fraley, daughter of
Mayor and Mrs. Lawrence NJ. Fraley
of Oakland, will become the bride of
Mr.. Robert Lohr, son of Mrs. Rose
Lohr, at quiet ceremony at her home
on Second street tomorrow evening,
Friday, September "a, at o'clock.
The ceremony will be performed by
Rev. William A. Ashley, pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Kingwood, w.
Va, and former pastor of the Garrett
Memorial church in Oakland.
Only members of the immediate
families will attend. Miss Fraley will
have as her attendant her sister, Mrs.
Hugh Echard, while the groom's best
man will be DR.. Ralph Kercheval.
Following the ceremony the couple
will motor to points in Pennsylvania,
Maryland and Virginia.
Mr.. Lohr has secured a position with
the American Tea Company as a
salesman and will take up his duties
in the near future.
Both Miss Fraley and Mr.. Lohr are
graduates of Oakland High school and
are we'll known by the younger set of
town. The couple will reside in Oak
land.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-09-23
CARLOAD OF FISH COMES
TO DEEP CREEK SATURDAY
$4,000 Were Consigned Here By
Federal Bureau Of Fisheries
From Lacrosse, Wisconsin
PUT IN LAKE AT 8 POINTS

Garrett county received more than
10000 fish on Saturday from the
Federal Bureau of Fisheries for the
purpose of stocking Deep Creek Lake.
The carload of fish arrived at noon
from Lacrosse, Wisconsin, and con-
sisted of $4,000 bass, up to six inches
in length; 5000 crappie and 5000
bluegills. The car was in charge of T..
H. Copeland, of the Federal Bureau.
Mr.. Copeland was met here by Mr..
Swepson Earle, formerly of the Mary
land Conservation Commission, and
now with the Federal Bureau of Fish
cries; Elmer Haulenbeek, local war
den; R. M. Powell, State superinten-
dent of Fisheries, and others, and ar
rangements were made to transport
the fishimmediately to the lake where
they were distributed from nine diff
ferent points along the shore.
Frank T. Bell, Commissioner of
Fisheries, was in Garrett county a
month ago, and after seeing the lake
he asserted that the geographical To-
cation of the body of water makes it
very accessible to Pennsylvania and
West Virginia, as we'll as for residents
of Maryland. The lake is ideal for the
growth of bass and other game fish,
he also stated.
This was the first carload of fish
to be distributed in this eastern area,
according to Mr.. Earle. The cost of
transportation, ETC., will be borne by
the State Conservation Commission.
There is also a salvage station
located at Lacrosse, where between
so million and 125 million of fish are
saved each year from the waters of
the Mississippi River during its low
stages. The fish that were shipped to
this county, however, were brought
from the Government hatchery in La
Crosse, it was stated. ...
Those who witnessed the unloading
and transportation of the fish from
the car to the lake expressed the opin-
ion that fishing should be a whole lot
better in Deep Creek Lake a year or
so from now. If it is not they are 60
ing to be greatly disappointed, as we'll
as the sportsmen of this section of the
country.
Those in charge of the fish stated
that under ordinary conditions the
bass placed in the lake should
grow from four to five inches by the
time the open season arrives next
year.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-09-23
CLAUDE CLARKE IS FOUND
GUILTY OF MANSLAUCHTER
Sentence Not To Be Pronounced
By Judge William A. Hustler
Until on October 9th
NUMEROUS CASES sTETTED

A jury late yesterday afternoon re-
turned verdict of guilty of man.
slaughter against Claude Clarke, of
Homewood, Pa, who was driving an
automobile which struck and killed
Clyde Granger, %, of Glassport, Pa,
near the Deep Creek Bridge, on Sun
day morning, July 4. Clarke's sentence
was not pronounced by Judge William
A. Hustler, who has been sitting on
the bench here this week for the Sep
TENDER Term of the Circuit Court, and
will not be done until October 9, when
the session is resumed.
States Attorney Neil C. Fraley
stated that the testimony in the case
showed that there was evidence that
the body of Granger and that Of his
companion, Miss Gertrude Sherman,
who was seriously injured, were
thrown to Clarke's left side of the
road following the impact, and that
the damage to the automobile showed
that the car was travelling at high
rate of speed. Clarke contended he
was travelling about 80 miles per hour
and that it was foggy. The jury de-
liberated about two hours.
The September Term came to an
end temporarily this morning but
Judge Hustler ordered the petit jurors
to return on October 9 when several
cases will be taken up and Clarke's
sentence pronounced. Clarke, in the
meantime, will be released under bond.
Other cases coming up before the
court and their disposition included
the following:
George Beeman, appeal from JUS
tice Friend, trespass and damage; con-
tinued.
Glenn B. Custer, appeal from JUS
tice Hammond; failure to stop after
motor accident; dismissed.
Glenn B. Custer, appeal from JUS
tice Hammond; operating a motor
vehicle while under the influence of
intoxicants; plea of guilty; sentence
suspended until next term of court.
Lester Moreland; perjury; contin-
ued since 1886; stet by order of States
Attorney.
John B. King; desertion and nom
support: stet by order of States At
torney.
Leonard Warwick; bastardy; dis
missed by order States Attorney.
Edward C. King and Harry Mosser;
larceny and receiving stolen goods;
plea of not guilty as to Mosser and
plea of guilty as to King; trial of
Mosser before the Court; verdict
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-09-23
High School Enrolment Mounts
To SOB This Week

Enrolment of students in Oakland
High school reached 500 this week,
with classes divided as follows: Fresh
men, 159; sophomores, 100; juniors,
121; Seniors, SO; total SOB.
At meeting of the senior class
Tuesday, Harry Wolfe was elected
president; Ruth Ridder, vice-presi-
dent; Norris Critics, secretary; John
Sharps, treasurer.
James E. Spitznas, State Supervisor
of High Schools for Western Mary
land, visited the Oakland school on
Wednesday.
Constitution Day last Friday was
celebrated in the school with special
assembly. James Alfred Avirett, of
the Cumberland bar, delivered an adj
dress.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-09-23
WILL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
IN ELECTRIC FACILITIES
Changes Costing Upwards Of
$45,00O To Benefit Consumers

improvements in the Monongahela
Systems electric transmission and
distribution facilities in the King
wood-Terra Oakland, sect on,
costing upwards of $45,000, will be
launched during the next few weeks,
and when completed electric custom
ers of the company in this section will
benefit from greatly improved service,
it was announced yesterday by officials
of the company.
The improvement program involves
change in the present Howesville-
Terra Alta line from $500 to $4,000
volts, the erection of new sub-station
at Terra Alta to step down the current
for use in the $500 distribution sys-
tenn, the numerous improvements in
the distribution systems of Kingwood,
Terra Alta and Oakland. Sterilization
of voltage conditions in this territory
will be the major immediate result as
we'll as large increase in capacity on
the electric system.
Another similar project is being
planned by the company in its Park
ersburg division.
Several months will be required to
complete the projects, company Off
Gals say, but the resulting better SER
vice to all customers in the areas af-
fected will be considerable, not only
at the present time, but in future
years as well.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-09-23
Frost Ruins Flower and Vegeta-
BILE Gardens

A series of frosts every morning
since last Saturday ended productivity
among the vegetable and flower gar
dens in parts of the county.
The government station at Weber's
showed a reading of SO degrees on
Saturday morning, which was the
coolest of any of the mornings last
week.
The thermometer dropped again on
Sunday morning to 20 prior to a light
rainfall, while the same reading was
made on both. Monday and Tuesday
mornings. A light fog Tuesday morn
ing prevented any further damage and
there was no frost reported on We'd
nesday morning.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-09-23
Final Flower Display of The
Season Will Be Friday

The final flower display of the sea-
son will be conducted this Friday by
the Oakland Civic club in the lobby
of the Garrett National Bank.
Miss Lottie Loar, Civic club presi-
dent, stated that Notwithstanding the
recent frosty nights there are still
many beautiful flowers in bloom. She
asked that the people share these
flowers by bringing them to the dis
play.
There had been many beautiful and
unusual varieties of flowers shown
during the summer, Miss Loar said.
One basket of garden flowers con-
tanned 16 varieties and basket of
wildflowers contained IS varieties.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-09-23
Soccer Schedule for High Schools
Is Announced

The soccer schedule for high schools
of the county was announced during
the present week. The county is di-
vided into northern and southern di-
visions and the winners of each di-
vision will compete for the county
championship at the close of the sea-
son. The schedule follows:
October'5 Friendsville at Accident;
Kempton at Kitzmiller. -.
October s, Accident at Grantsville;
Kitzmiller at Oakland
October IL, Grantsville at Friends
vile; Oakland at Kempton.
October Is, Accident at Friends
vile; Kitzmiller at Kempton.
October 10, Grantsville at Accident;
Oakland at Kitzmiller.
October %, Friendsville ut Grants
vile; Kempton at Oakland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-09-23
LOCAL PEOPLE SUSTAIN
INJURIES IN AUTO WRECKS
Mrs. c. F. White and Daughter
In Winchester Hospital

A number of automobile accidents
involving Oakland people occurred on
Sunday, the most seriously injured
being Mrs. Charles F. White and her
daughter, Mrs. John F. Hart.
Mrs. White sustained a broken col
lar bone and other injuries when the
car in which she was a passenger was
wrecked at point near Winchester,
Va. Other occupants of the car were
her son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. John F. Hart and their son Jack
Hart. Mrs. Hart was cut about the
face by flying particles of glass, while
the other occupants of the machine
were uninjured. The party was enroute
to Charlotte Hall where the youth was
to enter school. He was taken on to
his destination Monday. Mrs. White
and Mrs. Hart remain as patients in
a Winchester hospital.
Joseph Gender, a. years old, local
letter carrier, suffered fractured
arm, cuts and bruises, when his auto
mobile upset at the railroad crossing
at Eckhart, east of Frostburg, on U. S.
Route 40 at $50 o'clock Sunday morn
ing. Gender was accompanied by JOS
eph Kaufman, who escaped injury.
They were enroute to the American
Legion convention in New York.
Mr.. Gender, after receiving first aid
treatment at the Office of DR.. J. C.
CODY, Frostburg, was later taken to
Miners Hospital where the fracture
was reduced. He said the accident &C.
Cured when he applied the brakes on
his car too quickly. 1t was raining at
the time, causing the highway to be
in a slippery condition. The car was
badly damaged. The injured man re-
turned to Oakland Sunday afternoon
but left Monday for New York to be
present at the convention.
Lights from an approaching car are
said to have blinded G. F. Hammond
on Sunday night near Aurora, West
Va, as he was enroute to his home
here, and he accidentally struck Jas.
Fauber, of Aurora. who was walking
along the highway. Mr.. F.uber sus-
tanned a broken leg.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-09-23
Purchase of Additional Land For
Playground Asked

A petition is being circulated in
Oakland which is receiving the sigma
lures of practically every citizens,
asking the County Commissioners to
provide funds with which to purchase
additional ground for playground pur-
poses at. the local high school, when
the money is available and it is posi-
Bile to meet with the request of the pc
titioners.
At the present time there is small
cage near the high school used as a
playground, but it is claimed that
this is wholly inadequate for the hun
dreds of students attending the school.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-09-23
College Extension Work

A class in college extension under
the auspices of Western Maryland
college was successfully organized
Wednesday afternoon by DR.. Robert
T. Kerlin, who is to be the instructor.
The following teachers enrolled:
Misses Katherine R. Foley, Lillian
LaVerne Harvey and Virginia M. Kali
baugh, Mrs. Ruth Killius Sebold, and
Messrs. Mason W. Calls, Bruce G.
Jenkins and Bryan Lee Shockley.
The subjects selected are Grammar
and Composition. The class meets at
4:3O p. M, Wednesdays in the Ele-
mentary school.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-09-23
MINER KILLED BY BLAST
OF POWDER IN HIS SHACK
German Jenkins Is Caught By
Explosion Near New Germany
When Spark Ignites Explosive
WAS REPAIRING TOOLS

Odu4y UuIHSu dUOuL IIIc 1dCC1 UOuy
and hands by a powder explosion
which destroyed a small shack in
which he was working last Wednesday
morning, September Is, in this county,
German Jenkins, 38-year-old miner,
of near New Germany, died in May
ersdale (Pa.) hospital.
Jenkins, it was learned, was at
work in shanty near small mine he
had leased on the Asa burst farm at
New Germany, when the accident &C.
Cured. He was repairing an auger,
it was said, when sparks from the
tool ignited a bag containing a
quantity of blasting powder lying on
the floor. jenkins was caught by the
resultant explosion. Running from the
burning building he jumped into his
automobile, which was parked nearby,
and drove to the home of his uncle,
Ralph Jenkins, several miles away,
where he was given first aid and then
taken to the hospital.
Second Explosion Occurs
Before the injured man mad extin-
guished his burning clothing and
reached his automobile, a second ex-
plosion occurred, smashing the shack
to bits. This was caused by second
bag of powder which had been kept
in the building, igniting.
In discussing the accident, District
Mine Inspector Frank T. Powers, of
Frostburg, said he had no knowledge
that Jenkins was operating mine, for
the reason that jenkins never regis
tered the mine or himself with the
Maryland Bureau of Mines, which reg
istration is required by law. Powers
also said that he and j. ]. Rutledge,
chief engineer of the Maryland Blu
reau of Mines, were in the vicinity on
Wednesday morning but heard moth
ing about the accident.
Survived by Six Children
Jenkins is son of Mrs. Mary Jen-
kins Keener, of Akron, Ohio, and the
late Arnold Jenkins, and was a vet
eran miner. Prior to opening the new
mine he was employed at the Bowman
mine on Shade Run in this county. He
was born in Garrett county, three
miles south of Grantsville.
He married Miss Grace Broadwater
fifteen years ago, who survives with
five children: Stella, Mary Martha
Paul, Odell and Wayne jenkins, at
home; his mother, Mrs. Keener, and
the following brothers and sisters:
Edward, William and Frederick Jen-
kins, and Mrs. Lulu Bland, all of Ak
ron, Ohio; Delbert and John jenkins
and Mrs. Cora Lowery, of Cleveland,
Ohio.
Funeral services were conducted on
Sunday in the Lutheran church at
Grantsville, with Rev. A. M. Wright,
of Salisbury, in charge, assisted by
Rev. S. D. Sigler, Grantsville. Inter-
ment was in the Grantsville cemetery
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-09-23
Knee Badly Injured

Hal Schell, a son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Schell, sustained a serious in
jury to his left knee during soccer
practice with students of the Oakland
High school on Monday afternoon. The
ligaments passing through the knee
joint were badly torn when he stepped
into hole in the field while running.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-09-23
Falls Out of Tree; Both Arms
Are Broken AS Result

Billy Kildow, aged six years, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael V. Kildow, re-
siding on Water street, fell from
tree at his home on Saturday and
broke both forearms. The injuries sus-
tanned by the lad were reduced by DR..
M. C. Hinebaugh. The child received
no other injury by reason of his fall.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-09-23
Bank At Grantsville To Pay
Fourth Dividend

A dividend of eight per cent will be
paid to all depositors of the First Ma
tional Bank of Grantsville, who have
filed claims, it was announced by the
receiver, Thomas B. Finan.
Payment is to be made at the First
National Bank building in Frostburg.
This is the fourth dividend, making a
total of 63 per cent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-09-23
Small Girl Breaks Arm In Fall

Elizabeth Shirer, aged about seven
years, fell from a child's wagon in
front of her home on Oak street on
Tuesday and suffered a fracture of
her right arm. She is daughter ofMr.
and Mrs. Scott w. Shirer. A few min
utes prior to the accident the child
was called by her mother to come
down from a tree which she had been
climbing.
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The Omaha guide., 1937-09-22

Rev. VIM. E. Darlington of
the A.. NJ. E. Zion church who
has been appointed assistant
professor of religious education
of the graduate school of Re
ligion of Howard University.
He comes to Howard from
Livingstone college where he
served as dean of the Theologi
cal department
He received his A. B. degree
from Livingstone and his M. A.
and B. D. from 0berlin college.
He received the Master of Sa
cred Theology from Union The
illogical seminary in New York
and has had experience in the
active pastorate and is an or
damned minister.
The Omaha guide., 1937-09-22
Wins Scholarship

Earl Butler, a June graduate of
Alabama State Agricultural In
stitute, won first prize-Four years
college scholarship from a field of
5000 contestants in Phi Beta Sigma
National Essay Cpntett ON the
subject, "How Can Negro Youth
Contribute to Future American
Life?"
The grand prize winner is the
Youngest son in a family of eight.
Recently his family has moved to
Adrian, Michigan. He enters North
Caroline State college.
The judges in the National finals
were: Mrs. Julia West, nationally
known YWCA and sicial worker;
Mrs. Ellen Commons, librian, the
Social Security board; Mr.. John P,
Davis, secretary, National Negro
Congress.
The essays of all state winners
will be published by the Brown
Printing and Publishing Co..
Washington, D. C. in November.
The Omaha guide., 1937-09-22
POrters to Fight For
Rights of Maids

New York, Sept. 18-Aceord-
ing to A. Phillip Randolph, inter
national president of the Brother
hood of Sleeping Car Porters, a
fight will be made by the union in
behalf of the colored maids retain
ing their employment rights in
Pullman and railroad service out
of Los Angeles and other districts.
The removal of the colored maids
from Los Angeles was ordered bv
the railroad company so white
graduate stewardess nurses could
beplaced in their stead, says Mr..
Randolph.
If the railroad policy of removing
Negre and Chinese maids can not
be changed, a vigorous fight will be
made to get some graduate Negro
stewardess nurses on the Pullman
and railroad trains, concluded
Randolph, the perters' leader.