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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-17
Another Phantom Rider?

I'm inclined to think there is another
phantom rider in these Garrett coun-
ty hills. You probably recall the one in
the GAINESVILLE section. The other one
rode in the vicinity Of the Scout camp.
DR.. Grant tells of meeting him one
day when the new dining hall there
was being completed. When DR.. Grant
told him that the troop committee
would probably be about SIS short of
funds to finish the improvements
there, the rider said he would give
that amount to the boys. He didn't
have the cash with him, but would
send it from Pittsburgh, where he said
he was interested in drug stores. His
appearance on the riding horse was
such that DR.. Grants hopes were
bolstered, and in turn, also, those of the
Troop committee. But so far as the
committee is concerned, neither hair
nor hide has been seen of him since,
nor cash, nor check, nor nothin' y.
Anybody knowing the whereabouts
of any phantom riders, please write
care of Scoop.
Several days ago columnist in the
Baltimore News carried this item, "a
social worker who goes often into
Western Maryland tells me that some
of the mountain sections of Garrett
county are so isolated that officials
have never been able to get complete
census-they can't find the huts in
which some of the people live"
How do they know people live there
if they've never been able to find
them? The man who wrote that knows
so much of Garrett county. The only
time he was ever up here he got his
opinion of the county by travelling
from the William-James hotel to 4
nearby eating place for a bottle of
beer.
How different is the picture of Gar
rett county painted by one of the
editors of The Sun in his editorial Of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-17
Lesson for August 20

Lesson subjects and Scripture texts Sc
iected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-17
Fond Wish of Mother

"I'm so in hopes Archibald will grow
up to be President. He's never earned
a nickel, and you should see him spend
money"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-17

last Thursday which is being reprinted
today on another page.
He believes those who do not know
Garrett county's beauty spots will live
to regret it. And of course, so do we.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-17
BEVERAGE ALCOHOL AND
THE COMMUNITY

LESSON TEXT-Joel 1857; Daniel Sis,
II, 1923.
GOLDEN TEXT-Woe unto him that CIV
eth his neighbor drink.-Habakkuk 2:15.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-13

work less effective. And the senators VINO
are fighting repeal, such as Johnson ana
Borah, are seasoned campaigners, who
know every parliamentary trick, and
have championed with success many a
seemingly lost cause before.
It is pointed out in thinking quarters
that prolonged and bitter debate - and,
going by remarks made following the
Presidents Speech it seems. certain that
much angry name-calling will mar con-
greSsional arguments = may endanger
the national interest. IN other words, If
both sides insist that victory for the other
side would make American armed inter-
vention certain, lot of people may be-
lieve it whether or not it is true, and thus
make drift into war easy. And this
brings us to the perSent attitude OF the
people toward mixing in Europe'S quar-
rel. Going by all the available evidence,
it is obvious that we are overwhelming
opposed to getting in. That may seem a
paradox in view of the fact that, accord
ing to a recent Fortune poll, something
less than one per cent of the people are
for Germany. But we have not yet for
gotten the diSillusionment of the last
war; we remember that Europe still owes
us some $4,000, 100000 in war debts
which will never be paid unless major
miracle occurs. And many of us think
that Britain and France, even though we
want them to win, have made terrible
mess of matters the last five years. And,
of vital Importance, the potency of for
eign atrocity propaganda seems to have
a far smaller chance of being effective
than in 19l4-1918.
This is, however, poor time to
gamble with forecasting the future, and
anything can happen. Those columnists
who tell you to take your foreign news
with many grains of salt these days prob
ably offer first-class advice. In the
meantime, your attention is going to be
given largely to Washington news TO"
the next few weeks, and it will make ex-
citing reading. The cash-and-carry
cohorts have the edge now, but the iso-
lationists haven's given up the ship by
a long shot and they have potent weapons
at their disposal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-13
For And Against

Those who hoped for short and sweet
special session of Congress which would
talk little and get Immediately to the
business of repeating the arms embargo,
are apparently due for disappointment.
The Presidents opening strong speech,
though it contained no surprises, and
simply dramatically reiterated the Ad-
miniStration's past position, apparently
made the isolationist bloc more than ever
determined to do everything in its power
ia prevent the sale of implements OF war
tic belligerentS. News dispatches indicate
there is little chance for showdown be-
fore the last of the month.
The apparently certain delay which
will occur before the caSh-and-carry pro-
posal will be brought to vote endangers
the White House plan. An early count
showed that A senators - which is only
five short of majority - had gone on
record in favor of repeal of the embargo,
while only 20 were definitely in favor of
maintaining it. In other words, if the
proposal would be brought to vote at
once it would probably pass, by a safe
margin. But, as time goes by, the lsola-
tionists get in stronger and stronger
ticks. It is said that Congressional mail,
which is reaching the lawmakers desks
in almost unprecedented quantity, runs
five to one against repeal The oppo-
nents or repeal have lined up number
Of champions who hold no public posi-
tions. but have large and extremely di-
verse followings. The fact that some OF
these men often differ violently in view
point when it comes to most matters, has
made it impossible to form an organized
cohesive peace bloc" as was first planned.
But that doesn't necessarily make their
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-13
147th Anniversary

One hundred and forty-seven years ago,
on October Is, 1892, a little group OF
neople gathered in David BurneS' corn
held by the Potomac to lay cornerstone.
There were only the most rudlmentary
SIGNS of civilization about them, the
nearest real town being Georgetown, two
miles up the river.
They were beginning a Presidents
House, designed on classic lines anu
modelled on the country seat OF an irish
duke. It was a tremendous undertake
ing for a tiny, struggling republic IN the
wilderness.
Three weeks before, the French reVo-
lutionary armies beat off Prusslan at
tack at Valmy. A couple of months later
the head of Louis XVI thumped into a
basket in Paris Place de la Concorde. All
Europe was ablaze with the long running
fight between the French Revolution ana
the reaction which attacked 1t from all
sides.
The Youthful Republic, not uncon-
scious of these Notwithstanding events, had
its own lob to do, the building OF mouse
for it's President.
Three wears after the cornerstone
LAYING, the house was almost ready 1or
it's roof. In 1900, eight years after the
beginnings of the White House, President
John Adams got lost in the woods as his
carriage brought him to washington
from Baltimore The house was still un-
finished; Mrs. Adams hung up her WASH
ing in the great audience room (tne
East ROOM and complained that IN
place surrounded by forests she could not
get enough wood for fires to keep the
place warm.
The building was not really finished
until 1885, for it was badly damaged by
the British in 1914, who tried to Durn II.
To eliminate the stains of this fire, the
sandstone was painted white, and ever
since. this building has been known
around the world as the White House.
MANY buildings in olden days stood for
much longer than lat years, yet saw the
world change far less than it has through
the events which this lovely white man.
sion has looked upon.
Yet there is strange augury IN the
fact that lat years ago, when the work
men cleared a site in the Potomac corn
field and began the White House, Europe
was convulsed in war, just as 1t is TODAY.
That war was regarded no less as the
end of everything" than is today's war
in Europe Conservatives saw it as the
conquest of Europe by the rough Pari-
sian mob. Progressives saw it as the sup
preston of the peoples republic" by the
rotting monarchies of reactionary coun-
tries. All agreed that the world was fall
ing apart.
Today, the man in the White House is
closely in touch with new war in Europe.
His nation has grown great and powerful.
But his task is the same as that of the
men who sat in the same house and
watched the Napoleonic wars. 1t is to see
that that house remains the home OF
freely-chosen head of great and free
people.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-13

Considerable interest is being shown
in the testimony this week of Walter j.
Krivitsky before the Dies committee. Not
so long ago Krivitskys startling articles
in the Saturday Evening Post created
quite stir among American readers of
this magazine and in Communist circles
in this country. Krivitsky is former
chief of Soviet military intelligence in
Western Europe and in his first article
in the Post he divulged the Soviet plot to
gain control in Spain. Other articles
followed including quite recent one in
which he described the gigantic Soviet
counterfeit fraud, the passing of sup
posedly American money printed in Rus
STA. Krivitsky has become quite figure
since he broke away from Stain. Among
the important things he said before the
Dies committee was his statement that
the OGPU, Soviet secre; police, "haS it's
agents planted in all institutions, gov
ernmental, and industrial. in the United
States -. undoubtedly in the army and
the navy" Krivitsky's denouement of
Soviet operations is the most startling
of present days exposes of the operations
of Stain and Russian Communism in this
country and abroad
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-13

A, An enlarged and advanced
primer in the form of sheet Of
cardboard, folded to form four to
six pages, with an illustrated alpha
bet on the inner pages, and verse
beneath each illustrated letter. Inc
Battledoor was used much less IN
America than in England, but 1t was
known in all the northern colonies
during the closing years Of the co..
onial era; and was used especially
bv the Church of England SCHOOLS
@. What was the first school for
technical education established In
the United States2
A. The founding of the y. s.
Military Academy, at West Point
N. Y, in 1902, is commonly regard.
! ed as the beginning OF technical
education in the United States,
though the beginning more proper
| " dates from 1924 when the tlrst
| technical school, The Rensselaer,
school which later became the Rens-
selar Polytechnic Institute, was
founded at Troy, N. Y.
l
@. What was the title OF the
first feature-length colored souno
picture and cartoon?
A. The first feature was ON
With the Show" produced IN 1879
"Santa's Workshop" Silly Sym
phony. and "Mickey's Good Deed,
q Mickey Mouse subject, both of
which were released in December,
1882, were the first animated car
toons in color.
@. Which is correct, He went
among them," or He went amongst
them?
A The words among" and
"amongst" may be used interchange
lahlv. The first is preferred In the
ITnited States and in England the
second has .preponderance OF usage
@. Are all bats blackP
| A. Most Of the common forms are
thrown. although slate, gray. yellow,
black, or white are conspicuous ID
some species.
@. Where is the Oldest house IN
the United States? ..
A. IL st. Francis street., 81.
Augustine, Florida. 1t was built De-
fore 1899.
@. Are all religions tolerated In
Norway?
A. All except the Jesuits.
II you want . copy Of our book
let. FAMOUS PEOPLE" send 10
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ington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth
Street, Washington, d. G. Enclose
10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-13

The news reports that the Presidents
"brain trust" has been dropped, is indi-
cative of shift in White House policy.
The brain trusters will keep their official
government jobs apparently, but they will
no longer be such potent behind-the-
throne influences The new group of Presl-
Dental advisers is very different. Most OF
them are older, and experienced in gov
eminent BY comparison with the brain
trust" they are conservative. They are
well informed on foreign affairs, and
some of them were high in the govern
ment during the World War; They say
Observation-Disclosures experiments are
out for the duration of the war = and
that a new policy highly encouraging to
business will be quietly adopted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-13

During his lifetime the late George
Cardinal Mundelein raised over twenty
million dollars for religious education,
all during the twenty-five years he ad-
ministered in the Chicago diocese. He
said in his will that his personal means
were slight when he entered the priest
hood and all that was accumulated by
him amounting to $4,000 at his death,
goes back to the church with the excep-
ton of ST 900 for masses for the repose
of his soul. In these days of personal
ACKNOWLEDGMENT the late beloved cardinal
stands out as an example of one whose
sole aim was to help mankind through
charity and religious education.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-13

Other members of Congress list
ed as planning the trip are Sem
ators John Miller, Democrat, of
Arkansas and Ernest Gibson, Re-
publican, of Vermont; Represen-
tatives Cassius Dowell of Iowa and
August Andersen of Minnesota,
Republicans; Eugene Grove of
Indiana and Leo Kocialokowski
of Illinois, Democrats.
LINDBERGH'S BROADCAST
The inside story of how Colonel
Lindbergh happened to make his
famous keep-out-of-war radio
broadcast chiefly revolveS around
William r. Castle, Jr., under Sec
rotary Of state in the Hoover adj
ministration and an official OF
the Republican National Commit
tee.
Castle had known Lindbergh
ever since the Colonel first flew
the Atlantic, and has become even
closer to him recently.
From the very start of the
Polish crisis, Lindbergh had ex-
pressed to Castle his alarm at
the carelessness of American
public opinion which seemed to
think that the United States
might drift into war.
Dining with radio broadcaster,
Fulton Lewis one night, Lindbergh(
again expressed this view, and
Lewis Immediately suggested that
he make a radio broadcast. He
placed his own network, Mutual,
at the flyers disposal.
Lindbergh was non-commlttal,
and as Lewis left that evening
he had little idea that the Colonel
was seriously considering the mat
ter.
Later Castle urged Lindbergh to
accept the invitation, but he de-
INJURED. He said he had sought
to avoid publicity, and that sucn
a broadcast would put him rlght
back in the limelight.
He also argued that such
broadcast would make people be-
lieves he was pro- German, and
that he owed 1t to his children
not to make 1t. Mr.. Castle,
however, argued that he owed
II to the American people to urge
them to keep out Of war.
Several days later, Fulton Lewis
was fishing in southern Maryland
when a neighbor, ogle-eyed with
establishment, called him TO a
telephone several miles away.
Lindbergh was phoning to say
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-13
ROOSEVELT CHARM

ROOSEVELT CHARM
The famed Roosevelt charm Is
no myth to Senator H. Styles
Bridges. Although the New
Hampshire presidential aspirant
is one of the most bitter New Deal
haters in Congress, he emerged
from his neutrality conference at
the White House literally glowing
with Rooseveltian admiration.
"Of course I'd heard about his
charm" Bridges confided to COL
leagues, "and I was on my guard.
But you can't get away from the
fact that he does have a MARVEL
Gus personality. I was very much
impressed. He told me that he
realized we differed on many dom
este matters, but he knew I
would not permit partisanship to
introduce in considering problems
growing out of tins great national
emergency.
"And he also said to me, SEN
ator, If you ever want any conf
dental information about gov
eminent affairs, you just let me
know personally and I'll see that
it is furnished you immediately
He certainly was very NICE"
NOTE - Bridges started the
special session as one of the lead
ers of the isolationist bloc, attend
ing their secret pow-wows and
taking part in planning their
strategy. But last week before he
went to the White House, he
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-13
THE RURAL CLANS GATHER
christian Science Monitor)

AS, with the advent Of autumn,
growing things show unmistakable
signs of entering upon their seasonal
Information, that bit Of figurative
forestration, the family tree. stirs its
many branches, revealing a pro-
fusion of buds. For, to the series
of livestock shows, county fairs and
harvest homes" in North Temper
ate America which rural folk attend
in number, has been added the FAM
ily reunion. So now "the Old home
stead" is filled briefly to overlooking
with relatives who have assembled
to bind anew ties a bit loosened by
the plucking finger of time, TO pre-
sent new offshoots. and to introduce
such collateral branches" as may
have sprouted since the last meeting.
! Many of these gregarious gather
ings which, alas, are too seldom re-
corded in print, are even now in
progress. Nor are they local in ma
ture. They are attended by groups
ranging from a score to several hun
bred persons. not q few Of whom. as
motor plates reveal, have driven
many miles TO conform to this pleas
ant practice. Here the all-but-lost
art Of visiting" Is revived. yield
ing brief summary OF events and
bringing the family history down /
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-13

issued a statement that while he
still was undecided about the Ad-
ministration's neutrality bill, he
was dissociating himself from the
embargo group.
MERRY-GO-ROUND
Latest addition to the famed
Garment Workers Union musical
comedy hit, "Pins and Needles, Is
a skit entitled "The Harmony
Boys" with Senator Bob Reynolds
Of North Carolina, Fritz Kuhn
and Father Coughlin as the char
acters. The skit replaces the hill
arious -Four Angels Of Peace"
which had Hitler, Stain, Musso-
lini and Chamberlain as the stars
Few are aware that under
Title II of the 1917 Espionage act.
which Is still in force, the Presi-
dent has the power to order the
seizure Of any ship, domestic or
foreign, operating in U. 8. waters,
which is considered a menace to
the peace Of the country The
National Youth Administration In
Indiana is building a navy" for
the States Conservation Commits
sion, consisting of 40 big rowboats
to be used for stocking lakes with
fish Although one of the
hardest workers in the govern
ment, SEC Chairman Jerry Frank
reads on an average Of two books
week. He does it by cutting
down on his sleep.
Copyright, 1889, by United
Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-13
Current Comment

Now if I can just get back on
WPA.-Robert Perry, after becom-
ing the father Of triplets.
e there are any German troops
in the eastern part of Slovakia. 1t Is
only a Observation-Disclosures
Slovakian source"
1t was a visit we will never forget
Postmaster General Farley, after
visiting Pope Plus XII.
Brazil is not yet out of that deep
economic hole.-President Getulio
Vargas of Brazil.
You can fool all Of the peaple
some of the time; you cannot fool
all of them, ir even majority OF
them, very long.-Representative
Bruce Barton. (Rep., NJ ".
We expect them to be hard-boiled
diplomats. We want them to be
firm, but not rough.--Major Arthur
l.. Fletcher. wageshour employment
chief, speaking Of his new IN
spectors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-13
Selected Poem
SYCAMORES

(By Frederick Ebright in The Christian
Science Monitor)
These silent leaves are held out OF their time
luminous olive yellow against the ivory OF peeled
bark,
against the azure hazed sky of this time OF year;
no wind stirs the deep peace Of their reverie
wherein they hold themselves as II thoughtful,
remembering something out of gone summer:
and there is peace, too, In the great boughs,
the tranquil smoothly gnarled trunks.
the lumber bark fiecked away from pale boles
like faded parchment of days:
the essence OF this hushed Indian summer season
is In the calm Of these old trees.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-13
other papers Of that day, had IT.

other papers Of that day, had us
origin in the shop Of printer.
The bond between the American
printer and the American journalist
has always been close, and In those
DAYS there was no distinguishing the
one from the other. Ben Franklin
typifies the kinship between the Two
professions, and who can say whlcn
can legitmately claim him for Its
own? He had, on the one hand, a
manual dexterity and ingenuity
which made him a rapid composer
and a high-grade craftsman. Match
ing his able hands, however, was
practical mind that was not con-
tent to devote itself to the routine
problems of the tradesman, but
which was constantly roaming the
realm of ideas. The result was m
evitable, in his case as in perhaps
that of other early printers: The
hands would print what the mind
dictated, and probably there was
money to be made in the process.
Although specialization has since
tended to separate the two profess
sions, they remain proud OF that
mutual affiliation and their con-
tinued interdependence. The print.
ing industry-it may well be termed
an art--has risen to great heights
since the days of the Stephen Daye
Press of 1852. Now, although the
reading public may not be con-
sciousiy aware of the fact, its pref
srences in books depend consider
ably upon the makeup. typography
and general attractisenass Of the
volumes from which It has to
choose. Especially commendable has
been the tendency Of reviewers o
late to remark not only upon TIN
contents but also the appearance
Of books. It Is q belated recognition
OF the work Of the American printer
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-13
Views of The Press

date. Nephews from Nebraska chat
with cousins from California ano
"in-laws" from Indiana, each CLEAN
ing many a useful idea by compar-
ing methods of agriculture in wide.
ly-separated sections.
Viewing, on these occasions, per.
sons from many States gathered or
the parental acres, one ceases Il
marvel that agriculture is the en-
during thing 1t is today, since, small
though the farmstead may be, il
sends its roots throughout the Ma.
ton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-13
THE AMERICAN PRINTER
(Hartford Courant)

This year the American printing
industry marks its three hundredth
anniversary. If it wished. 1t could
boast of the important, although
humble and frequently unrecognizetl
role, 1t played In the development
Of the nation. Particularly in those
early days when towns were widely
scattered and when the means OF
communication were few, the Amer
lean printer was O valuable asset
He was on hand to print almanacs
pamphlets, books and ofiicial COM
munications, and to publish In news
paper form the newsicr letters and
choice tidbits Of information that
came 10 him. The courant. like
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-13

poar0.
A few years
ago, Gotham's
guardians ban
ished itinerant
musicians from
t h e sire e t.
H urdy- gurdy
men, penny car
ousels, Darrell
organ grinders
and pavement
Pagliaccis were
exiled a n d
serenity reigned
in the. streets.
For a short
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-13
A Thought for Today

And they spake unto him, saying II tnOu
wilt be a servant unto this people this day. ana
wilt serve them and answer them, ana speak
rood words to them, they will be tiny servants
forever.-I Kings 1871.
Let thy servants be such as thou mayest COM
mand, and entertain none about thee put tnoSe
4 IN whom thou givest wages.-Sir Walter Raleigh