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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-01-12
ACCIDENT
Oyster Supper

oyster supper
Saturday evening, January IA, an
oyster supper will be served in the
school building sponsored by the local
band. The band has been organized but
short time and solicits the patronage
of the people of the community. Serv-
ing will begin at $50.
Birthday Dinner
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Keller enter
tanned few guests Sunday, the occa-
sion being the 21st birthday anniver-
sary of their son Glenn.
Public School Matters
A public meeting will be held in the
school building Wednesday, January
IS, for the purpose of discussing ways
and means of securing a school audi
forum. All patrons and interested cit
liens should be present.
DR.. H. R. DuPuy recently gave al
interesting talk to the members of the
senior class concerning the activities
of the Maryland Health Department.
His address was of particular interest
to the students because they had been
studying certain aspects of health as
a problem of democracy.
Monday, James E. Spitznas met
with the chemistry teachers of the
county and discussed bette rmethod of
teaching this branch. Arthur Scrogum,
Carl Everly, Raymond Mccullough,
William Grimm, w. E. Tarbell and
Marvin Calls were the teachers pres
ent at the meeting.
Mrs. ]. L. Englehart has returned
after spending several days with Mr..
and Mrs. Randall Ravenscroft and
family in Washington, D. C.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Schlossnagle
had as their guests on Sunday, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clark Schlossnagle, Lewis
Brobst, Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Spoerlein
and Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Spoerlein, of
Oakland; Miss Anne Williams and Don
Show.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryson Martin, Esther
Harmon and Walter Morgraff spent
the weekend in Pittsburgh with rela-
tives and friends.
Miss Lille Mason, Sand Flat, spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Welt
zell.
Mrs. Charles Curtis has returned to
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-01-12

The economical. sasy-to-msks desserts. Six delight
full pure fruit Havos Lemon. Lime. Orange
Cherry. Raspberry. Strawberry. Each package makes
4 TO servings. Just the thing for making dainty
salads also.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-01-12
S u N NY SID E

Farmers of this community have
been busy blowing during the favora-
bic weather of the past week.
Ray Arnold and family and Mrs.
Eliza Arnold visited at Daniel Tur-
ney's on Sunday, Mr.. Turney being
quite i'll.
A hawk, having a wing spread Of Al
inches, was killed recently by Joseph
Milkint.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Snyder visited
Mrs. Snyder's grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Slabach, at Eglon, recently.
C. F. Snyder and family, of Swallow
Falls, and Miss Mamie Broadwater Of
Savage, were visitors at the home #
Solomon Snyder.
Lester Moon and son Edward and
Ar. and Mrs. Solomon Snyder visited
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Gertrude and Cecil Slabach have re-
turned home from a two weeks visit
in Cumberland and Uniontown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Schrock and chill
dren visited at Noah Lichty's Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Beachy recently
returned home from several weeks
visit among friends and relatives in
Norfolk, Va.
Elwood Schlossnagle and family Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Dewitt in Oak
land Sunday evening.
Miss Minnie Shaffer was visited on
Sunday by Mr.. and Mrs. D. J. Swart-
zentruber, Lee Ridder, Miss Erma
Long, Hurley Miller, Mr.. and Mrs.
Simon Swartzentruber and daughter
Lena.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Sisk, Samuel
Slabach and Miss Lena Slabach at
tended a church service conducted by
A. J. Mtezler and Mrs. Metzler at
Glade on Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Yoder had as din
ner guests on Saturday Misses Ellen
Swartzentruber Iva Yoder, Anna Mae
Miller and Simon Mullet, of Kalona,
Iowa, and Miss Louella Yoder, of
Grantsville.
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Seventy Years Canacitv

Therefore thus saith the Lord of
hosts: Because ye have not heard
my words, behold, I will send and
take all the families of the North,
saith the Lord, and Nebuchadnez-
Ear the king of Babylon, my serv-
ant, and will bring them against
this land Moreover, | will
take from them the voice of mirth,
and the voice Of gladness and
these nations shall serve the king
of Babylon seventy years.-Jere-
miah rs: 8-11.
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GORTNER

Ezra Fike preached Sunday morn
ing on care we building on rock OF
sand"?
Mr.. and Mrs. CLANCY and family
and Mrs. Jennie Sanders, of Cumber-
land, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Fulk.
Mr., and Mrs. Eliza Biser spent Sat
urday in Romney.
Miss Sylvia Kitzmiller was a guest
of Miss Leola Riley on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. L. Swartzentruber
Miss Mary Lichty and Mrs. Jacob
Swartzentruber attended a meeting
of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Dis
trict Sewing Circle at Glade on Satur-
day.
Miss Evelyn Friend spent Sunday
with Miss Beryl Gnegy at Pleasant
Valley.
Misses Louella Snyder, Elinor Aber-
nathy and Maude Beckman were at
Brookside visiting with friends one
evening recently.
Miss Anna Lichty, who was en-
ployed at Meyersdale, is with her par
ents here for short time.
Miss Lena Slabach and Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Sisk. were dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Harvey Swartzentruber on
Sunday.
Asa Kitzmiller was in Morgantown
and Meyersdale recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Slabach and
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NEW GERMANY

There will be meeting of the joint
consistory of the Reformed church
held here on Sunday afternoon at ?
o'clock in the Reformed church.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. Broadwater, Mr..
and Mrs. Parker Warwick and Steve
Broadwater visited Mr.. and Mrs. F.
Wampler, who live near Eckhart.
Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest Robinson, o.
Frostburg, announce the birth of 4
daughter on New Years Day Mrs.
Robinson is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis Warwick.
Quite a number of children of this
community have the mumps.
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MOrgantown after having spent some
time here with her sister, Mrs. Harri-
son Kamp.
Ross Speicher was in Cumberland on
business Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison Kamp and
members of their family were in Nor
gantown Saturday.
William Bickford and family were
visiting relatives at Swanton one day
recently.
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A Few Facts

If you drive your auto 80 miles an
hour and get Is miles to the gallon,
gasoline taxes average about II cents
per hour.
Glass, now cheaply manufactured
for universal use, was first made in
America in 1907. The first product was
beads used for trade with Indians.
For every 500 of chemical products
sold, $500 goes to research to give the
consumers improved products at lower
prices.
Any fool can take a chance; it's
smart to drive your automobile safely.
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Mrs. Martha Snyder at Brookside IN
Sunday.
A. ], Martin and Miss Elizabeth
Martin visited THE home of Row
Bowman on Sunday.
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Lesson for January Is

Lesson subjects and Scripture texts Sc
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
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LESSON TEXT-Matthew 17:1-9, 14-18.
GOLDEN TEXT-We beheld his glory, the
glory as of the only begotten Of the Father.
John l:l4.
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A good bit Of the quarreIing going
on over in Europe is about boundary
lines. France and Italy are the most
recent countries in dispute.
Any Garrett county farmer knows
there is nothing quite so bitter as a
line fence dispute.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-01-12

A reader asks US, why don't you
say something funny about the current
women's hats ?"
Shucks, we don't have to.
Evening star., 1939-10-29

Their companions, Roy Krause OF
Berwyn and Alfred Hall, 40, the lat
ter colored. Of Laurel who was walk
ing few yards behind, threw them
selves out of the path of the trains.
Police said Mr.. Krause told them
Mr.. Beall and Mr.. Watts were re-
turning with him from the race
track when they noticed they were
in front of q Baltimore bound train
that was about to stop at Laurel. He
said that he had seen the second
train over his shoulder and vainly
shouted at his friends.
Neither train stopped. Police be-
lieve the engineers were not aware
Of the accident.
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Georgetown Defeats G.W.> 10
Florida Tops 7erps; Irish Win

A blocked kick by Center AL
Matuza and a 24-yard touch
down sprint by Left End Mike
Kopcik, who scooped up the
bounding ball, gave Georgetown
University a 7-to-0 victory over
George Washington yesterday at
Griff1th Stadium as the schools
renewed football relations after
a lapse of 16 years.
More than 1900 spectators
viewed the battle and saw the
lighter George Washington team
gain a decisive edge in statistics,
only to lose when Tim Swett's
punt was smeared with only a
minute and II seconds of play
remaining in the first half.
Maryland's crippled Terrapins
dropped l4-0 decision to Florida
at College Park before $500.
The luck of the Irish asserted
itself for the fifth straight week
as Notre Dame squeaked out
a rs victory over Carnegie
Tech 10 remain vndefeated, but
Evening star., 1939-10-29

Ohio State, Pennsylvania and
Mississippi were toppled from
the ranks of the unbeaten.
Cornell rallied to trounce Ohio
State, 1914, while North Caro-
lirIs smothered Pennsylvania,
30-6, and Tulane whipped Mis-
sissippi.
The service schools gained an
even break. Navy being stopped
by a strong Clemson team, 1877,
and Army rolling over little Ur-
sinus, 1913.
Other outstanding games saw
Fordham defeat Pittsburgh, 27-
13; Holy Cross trim Colgate, 27-
Z; Duke spank Wake Forest, 60:
Michigan wallop Yale, 27-7, and
Dartmouth beat Harvard, 1910.
War Beauty won the Selma
Stakes and Masked General took
the Washington Handicap at
Laurel. while Straight Lead won
the $25 900 added New England
Futurity ut Napagansett Park
fFor complete details see sport,
paSes).
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Edison Reports Strike
Bye. |. 0. |nterfered
With Navy Activity
Special Bearings and
Ports for Engines
Held Delayed
BY the Associated Press.

Acting Secretary of the Navy
Edison has reported to the House
Naval Affairs Committee that a C..
I. o. strike at the Bohn Aluminium
Co. in Detroit interfered with the
activities of the Navy Department" :"
it was learned last night.
Mr.. Edison's report, dated October
20, was in reply to a resolution in
troduced by Representative Hoff-
man, Republican. of Michigan. in
quiring specifically about the situa-
ton.
The Acting Secretary said strike
was called by the United Automo-
bile Workers &C. I. o. at Bohn plant
No. last August % when the plant
was engaged in the manufacture
Of special bearings for aircraft en-
gines for manufacturers with whom
the Navy has contracts"
A second strike. the report contin-
ued. was called September Is at all
SSNSii Plolleo Va tilO vi HOL dllOll III
the Detroit district. at which time
plant No. 2 was engaged in the
manufacture of castings for airplane
engines in process of manufacture
at the naval aircraft factory, navy
yard, Philadelphia. Pa; also cast
ings for manufacturer with whom
the Navy has contract for special
type of marine engine"
The strike in plant l lasted Al
calendar days. Mr. Edison said. and
that in plant lasted "a calendar
days, and "the delivery of completed
castings. bearings and parts. also
those in the process of manufacture,
was delayed for the duration of the
strike a
Mr.. Edison added that on Septem-
ber % a Navy representative in
formed the unions regional director
"of the seriousness of the delay in
the delivery of the material due on
contracts, also the urgent need of
the shipment of patterns" and re-
quested permission to pass through
the picket line to pick up Govern
ment-owned patterns and ship them
on Government bill of lading."
The union representatives stat
ed" Mr.. Edison reported, that as
the strike situation stood at the
present time, their answer was en-
phatically No and that they would
not let patterns or inspected castings
be removed"
Evening star., 1939-10-29

years. lie lees are SET DIV Ine
five Municipal Court judges.
Not only have these thousands
paid unduly large court costs, but
some landlords have charged them
fees to defray expenses of bringing
suits to recover their property after
nom payment of rent. In addition,
fees paid by these defendants to the
United States marshals office for
serving writs and summonses have
amounted to almost half a million
dollars in the period from 1922 to
1899.
At the same time. the judges have
allowed these defendants. who pay
more than so per cent of the
Municipal Courts total revenues
from all types of cases, only one
fifteenth OF their time from the
bench. Although only about 80 per
cent Of the defendants appear in
court, the judges rarely take more
than As minutes to run through
sometimes as many as 200 cases.
Revenues Go in General Fund.
The revenue from Municipal Court
fees goes into the general fund of
the District of Columbia, from which
is paid the expenses of operating
the city. Expenditures for Munich
pal Court come from this fund. as
do all expenditures for the various
departments of the citys govern
ment.
The Municipal Court surplus came
TO light during an investigation by
The Star that was originally in
tended to be report on operation
OF a new set of rules for the Land
lord and Tenant Branch which went
into effect October l. The new rules,
designed to "humanize' the pro-
cedure. were sponsored b. the
Washington Housing Association, a
Community Chest agency dedicated
to working for better housing condi-
tions among the low-income groups.
AS the Investigate ton proceeded, it
broadened into consideration of
the fees charged at the court and
the proportionate services rendered
in the Landlord and Tenant Branch.
Charged against landlord and
tenant defendants in the l7-year-
period from 1922 to 1899 was ap-
proximately 4.432-of which
s812.536 represented fees taken in
tSee LANDLORDS, Page A-14)
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Two Cuban Leftists Slain;
Note Threatens $50 More
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HAVANA. Oct. 28-Two bullet
riddled bodies were found late to-
night in Havana suburb.
Police identified the victims as
Jose A. Coufina. a lawyer, and
Ernesto Fernandez Ceballos. for
mer army sergeant. both active in
Cuban Leftist organizations, and
said this note was found lying
near them:
First was Tornado. Now these
two for misappropriators and stool
pigeons. Still there are $50 more.
Revolutionary forces are cleaning
their ranks for national liberation. -
Police said the note was signed
National Revolutionary Alliance -
The Tornado reference was believed
to have meant Pedro Pablo Tornado
slain about two years ago in Mexico
City.
The national police said the two
men were seen walking through
the suburban street when two others
opened fire on them from behind
and escaped in a waiting automobile
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Ship Is Reported Sunk
By Mistake in Pacific
Rs the Associated Press.

BS the Associated Press.
HONOLULU, Oct. 28.-The Homo
lulu Star-Bulletin today published
the first report of wartime loss to
British shipping in the Pacific.
The newspaper quoted letter
from William William, saying he was
the survivor of the coastal ship
Dolphin, sunk by mistake by British
fort guns as she entered Lyttleton
harbor in South Island, New Zea-
land.
The story said the Dolphin was
entering the harbor in daylight
when fort gun was fired to warn
the ship to identify herself. The
ship did not answer and the fort
fired warning shot which appar-
emily richoeted and struck the ship,
sinking it.
I'VE saw no signals whatsoever, :"
the Bulletin quoted Williams
letter. Il was so careful about it
that used field glasses. '"'
I'VE were quite close to shore
when terrific explosion occurred
aboard. thought the engine had
exploded. The Dolphin sank in a
couple of minutes.
Captain Brassel had his leg
blown off and the last 1 saw of him
he was being washed into the wheel
house by the thrush Of water"
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Two Trapped on Bridge Dodge
Train to Be Killed by Another

Trapped by two trains on a rail-
road bridge over the Patuxent River,
near Laurel, Md, two men were in
stantly killed last night as they
leaped in front of an express which
they did not see in an effort to get
out of the way of a local train.
Two others saved themselves by
dropping between the tracks and
hugging the ties until both trains
were past.
Andrew Beall, Il, of Laurel, and
Bernard Watts, 81, of Anne Arundel
County, were killed by the National
Limited, q crack Baltimore d Ohio
train en- route to Washington from
New York.
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Confession Claimed
In Mid-Air SHOOTING
OF Flying Tutor
Companion in Plane
kobbed on Lending
After Body Is Found
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS Oct. 2s.-Ernest
Pletch, 29-year-old transforming
Indiana aviator. confessed to the
mid-air shooting of Carl Bivens
Missouri flying instructor. after
slightly more than two hours ques-
tioning, State Police Supt. Don F
Silver announced tonight.
Clad in dirty blue overalls. Pletch
was brought here after he landed a
yellow monoplane in a field south of
Bloomington. Ind. early tonight
The plane. Supt. Silver said. was the
one in which Bivens and Pletch
took of from Brooktield. Mo.
Here is the story the State police
head related:
"Pletch and Bivens had been TAX
ing flying lessons in Missouri and
they agreed to 60 south. After they
went aloft the two men started to
argue.
Then Pletch took out his pistol
and shot Bivens in the head twice
He had difficulty in landing the
plane near Cherry Box, Mo, but
managed it>and left Bivens body
there
Planned Crackup.
Supt. Silver said Pletch, who had
been free under $500 bond pending
outcome of trial next week on
charges of airplane theft at Frank
fort. Ind, had planned ito crack up
his plane at the Pletch family home
He related that Pletch wanted
to die in that fashion, Mr.. and
Mrs. Guy Pletch, the aviators par
ents, live on farm near Frankfort,
in North Central Indiana.
Supt. Silver notified Missouri au-
thorities that Pletch had waived
extradition. He said the Missouri
Highway Patrol would notify him
tomorrow when officers would be
sent here to return the prisoner
who is held on a technical charge
for them. to that State.
Claims Agreement on Theft.
"Bivens was hard up and We had
agreed to steal the plane and fly
South together" said the curly
haired Frankfort flyer, in a written
confession.
'Bivens got cold feet while we
were up in the air" it continued.
I'VE struggled and then I shot him
twice in the back of the head"
Pletch told that Bivens, after
being wounded, struggled so that
the plane almost went out of con-
troll"
Il finally got it down, just missing
a fence as I landed. 1 dumped the
body out and started back up in the
air. I didn't know what to do
then, but finally I decided to fly
back to Frankfort and crash the
plane against my fathers barn,
killing myself.
But when I got over Frankfort
I couldn't force the ship into a
crash" Pletch related
Multiple Charges Filed.
At Brookfield Prosecuting Attor-
ney Derk Green said he was
filing charges of first-degree mur-
der, kidnapping and airplane theft
against Pletch and would ask his ex-
tradition from Indiana.
State Police Capt. Walter Eckert
(See FLYER, Page A-14)
Evening star., 1939-10-29
1000 Seized in Prague Riots;
Flint Sails Amid u. S. Criticism:
Russia lntervenes in Balkans
Four Reported Killed
As Czechs Bottle
Nuzi Police
BY the Associated Press.

PRAGUE. Oct. 28-An undeter-
mined number of Czechs and Ger
mans were reported wounded to-
night in violent clashes resulting
from demonstrations in observance
of the twenty-flrst anniversary OF
the Czecho-Slovak Republic.
Reports persisted. but without
confirmation, that four persons had
been killed.
Shots were heard in various parts
of Prague The demonstrations in
creased in violence until midnight
when the crowds began to disperse
gradually.
Once the disorders subsidized pulice
began to relax some of the security
measures to enforce the Nazi ban
on public observance of the ma
tional holiday.
Streets blocked off earlier in the
day were reopened. but heavily
armed police continued to patrol
the main thoroughfares.
A Gordon of police was thrown
around the center of the city, lsolat-
ing that section.
First Shooting after Dark.
Although German police and
storm troops had clashed with pa
triotic Czechs during the day, first
reports of shooting came tonight.
The wounded were said to have
been taken to two hospitals.
Authoritative figures were lack
ing on the number of persons ar
rested during the day but uncon-
firmable reports said the total ran
into the thousands
With the heart of Prague sealed
by the police. demonstrations
shifted tonight to the more out
lying squares and streets.
German authorities and Czech
state police. including many mount
ed officers. co-operated in an at
tempt to control the crowds.
Three'clashes occurred at Wences-
las Square, which was an especial
mecca for the Czechs from early
morning because statue of the
city's patron saint, Wenceslas, is
located there. It had been roped of
early In the morning as part of the
ban on public demonstrations.
A group of youths. wearing So
called Masaryk caps manned after
Thomas G. Masaryk. co-founder OF
the republic) to indicate their
sympathies. attempted to enter the
blocked-off square at about noon,
but were driven back.
Communists Shouted Down.
AS the incident developed, Com
munists began shouting Long live
Stalin" but their shouts soon were
drowned out by cries Of Long live
the republic!"
In midafternoon crowds again
broke through the police Gordon
Before Hotel Sroubek, on Wenceslas
Square, German SA men Brown
Shirts attempted to rip off patriotic
insignia worn by the demonstrat tors
The Czechs fought back and the
German police were reinforced by
Czech state police. One Czech
policeman was among those arrested
A third fight developed late in the
afternoon and more arrests were
made by German authorities, assist
ed by policing patrols of the Nation
al Aryan Front and by mounted po-
lice.
In the square at suburban Wein-
bergen Czechs called out I'VE want
liberty and Long live the Czech
Slovakian Republic-away with the
Germans!"
Quiet observances of the day were
held in other cities of the Bohemia
Moravian protectorate despite the
German ban.
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Diplomatic Activity Intense
Throuqhout Balkans

BUDAPEST, Oct. % (R.-As the
shadow of Soviet Russia deepened
over the capitals of Southeastern
Europe, there was intensive diplo-
matte activity today throughout the
Balkans.
Diplomats saw hurried confer
ences as last-minute moves before
the special session of the Supreme
Soviet called for next Tuesday when
Premier-Foreign Commissar Vya-
cheslaff Molotoff was expected to
clarity Russia's objectives in South
eastern Europe.
Premier Constantine Argetoianu
of Rumania and Premier Dragisha
Cvetkovich of Yugoslavia conferred
for four hours in the tiny village of
Vrsac on the Yugoslavia- -Rumanian
border.
Diplomats in Belgrade said that
Yugoslavia had agreed to warn Bull
garia that filtration with Russia
might result in disastrous conse-
quences for the whole Balkan area.
Italy Advises Bulgars.
At Sofia the Italian Minister was
closeted for several hours with the
Bulgarian Premier, George Kiossei-
vapof1. He was reported to have ex-
pressed the Fascist governments
advice against allowing Bulgaria to
come under exclusive Soviet influ-
ence.
Greece, allied with Turkey.
(see BUCHAREsT, PaEo A-z.)