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Evening star., 1939-01-09
City News in Brief
TO-DAY

Meeting, U. S. Gypsum Co. Shore
ham Hotel, pm.
Meeting, Greenskeepers' Assocla-
ton, Hamilton Hotel, 7 pm.
Meeting, American Federation Of
Government Employees, No. Al, Ham
ilton Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting, Abraham Lincoln Circle,
No. 3, Ladies G. A. R., Willard Hotel,
SPIN.
Meeting, Treasury Department,
Local. No. 262. N. F. F.. E., ITO Four
teenth street NV, pm.
Dinner, Touchdown Club, Willard
Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting, Washington Chapter,
American Society for Metals, Dodge
Hotel, pm.
TOMORROW.
Breakfast, Early Birds, Willard
Hotel, 8 am.
Meeting. U. S. Gypsum Co., Shore
ham Hotel. 9 am.
Luncheon, Insurance Managers,
Hamilton Hotel, 1915 pm.
Luncheon, Dartmouth Club, An
napolis Hotel, 1890 pm.
Buffet luncheon, Women's Ma
tional Press Club, Willard Hotel,
l pm.
Dinner, Labor Newspaper, Hamil-
ton Hotel, $50 pm.
Dinner, Graduate Nurses Associa-
ton of D. c., Willard Hotel. 7:30 p m.
Meeting, Peary Ship, V. F. W.,
Hamilton Hotel, pm.
Meeting, Women's Bureau of En-
craving and Printing, Willard Hotel,
8p.m.
Lecture, Catholic Thought Asso-
citation, Willard Hotel, BIS pm.
Evening star., 1939-01-09
1000 Due 10 Attend
Women's Conference
On National Defense
Security and Internal
Subversion to Be
Principal Topics

One thousand delegates repre-
senting Is patriotic organizations
are expected to attend the 18th
Women's Patriotic Conference on
National Defense in Washington on
January "a, Is and 20, at the May
flower Hotel.
Mrs. James Morris, national presi-
dent of the American Legion Aux
iliary and conference chairman, has
announced from her headquarters
in Indianapolis, Ind, that security
of the United States from foreign
aggression and internal subversion
are the principal matters to be
considered.
Mrs. Morris said Secretary of War
Harry H. Woodring and Stephen
F. Chadwick, national commander
of the American Legion, will ad-
dress patriotic mass meeting open
ing the conference.
Other speakers listed for the
three-day session include Maj. Gen.
Henry H. Arnold, chief Of the Army
Air Corps; Rear Admiral William
G.. Du Bose, chief of the Bureau of
Construction and Repair, Navy De-
partment; 1t. Col. Ira c. Eaker,
War Department; 1t. D. N. Logan
Of the Navy Bureau Of Aeronau-
tics; Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
of Massachusetts,, who will speak
at the annual conference banquet;
Col. Stephen A. Park, national presi-
dent of the Reserve Of1cers' AsSoci-
alton, and Rear Admiral Emory S.
Land, chairman Of the United
States Maritime Commission.
Resolutions expressing the con-
ference's views will be considered
at the final session.
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Chamberlain Leavinq
For Rome Tomorrow
For Crucial Talk
Expected to Make His
Final Effort for
Appeosement
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 9.-Prime Min
lister Neville Chamberlain leaves for
Rome tomorrow for what many be-
lieved today would be his final effort
to push through his policy Of ap-
peasing the relationships.
The outlook was anything but
bright as the 69-year-old Premier
conferred with his key ministers
today.
The civil war in Spain, now 21a
years old, was the great obstacle
between the dictator, Benito Musso-
lini, and the business man." Cham
berlain.
Although under the Anglo-1talian
agreement signed last April and
accepted by Parliament November
2, Italy agreed to withdraw her
troops from Spain, her newspapers
openly admit Italians are fighting
there now for Insurgent Generals
simo Franco.
1t will be the first time in history
that British Prime Minister has
gone to Rome on a diplomatic mis-
sion. Many in Europe believe the
trip may mark the most decisive
week since Munich, with both die
tatorships and democracies anxious
for peace, but each at its own price.
Will See Daladier in Paris.
Chamberlain's flights to Germany
to seek appeasement of Chancellor
Hitler resulted in the Munich agree
ment and dismemberment of Czecho-
Slovakia.
The premier will pass through
Paris and halt there long enough
for meeting with Premier Daladier
to give a symbolic demonstration of
his sympathy with France against
strident Italian agitation for French
''Tunis, Corsica and Nice"
Over this agitation the talks in
Rome may come cropper. Italy,
backed by her axis partner, Nazi
Germany, has raised a clamor for
concessions.
But France has told Britain she
does not want Chamberlain to "arbi-
trate" and he is expected to respect
this wish to keep firm the alliance
with France, Europe's last remain
ing one between great democracies.
Skepticism over possible results of
the trip was apparent even within
circles of Chamberlain's own con-
servative party in England.
Belligerent Rights Sought.
II Duce was expected to demand
belligerent rights on behalf of the
insurgent Franco But observers
here believed Chamberlain is pre-
pared to refuse this unless Italy re-
moves all her troops from Spain.
Since the Munich agreement there
have been increasing signs that
Chamberlain was taking a stronger
attitude in his dealings with the
dictators. President Roosevelt's S
speech to Congress last week on
defense and the preservation of
democracy undoubtedly encouraged
stronger sand. political commen-
tators said.
The principal hope of achievement
IN Chamberlain's visit is that he
might persuade Mussolini to make
friends with France again. French
Italian relations have been uncer-
tain since the Ethiopian war; they
have come near to the breaking
point since the recent Italian agita-
tlon for French colonies.
Evening star., 1939-01-09
DuceCaIIs Meetino
OF Grand Council
To Map Policies
Italy Is Seen Seeking
Reward for Work
At Munich
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, Jan. 9.-Premier Mussolini
has called a meeting of the Fascist
Grand Council, the highest Italian
executive body, for February 4, Dos
sibly to study Italy's future course
of action.
Fascist leaders by that time will
have been able to Judge the attitude
OF British Prime Minister Chamber
lain, scheduled to arrive in Rome in
two days, toward italian territorial
claims against France and the in
surgent campaign in Spain, aug
mented by Italian fighters.
They also will be able to assess
how far Count Galeazzo Ciano. the
Italian foreign minister, in talks
with Hungarian and Yugoslav and
Polish statesmen, has been able to
reassert Italian influence in the
Danube Basin to offset Nazi efforts
IN Southeastern Europe.
Stronger Position Sought.
Many observers felt that Italy is
attempting to strengthen her posi-
ton in Central and Eastern Europe
to impress Chancellor Hitler with
the need to achieve some outstand-
, ing success as compensation for full
nlllng a role as partner of the
Rome-Berlln axis at the four power
conference on Czecho Sloyakia's
fate in Munich September %.
Italy, some observers said might
be willing that this reward" be To-
Gated in the Mediterranean area
and would like to grasp it soon.
In this connection. it was felt, the
Fascists might be hoping to have
conclusive and abiding results to
report from Spain. Italian legion
| nalres are praised daily in the Fas-
cist press as leading the offensive
against Catalonia and Barcelona
that Insurgent Generahssimo Fran
cisco Franco began December %.
Economic measures may figure on
the Grand Councils program, fol-
lowing the visit here of Walter Funk,
German economics minister.
Important Talks in Progress.
Funk said that important eco
nomic negotiations" were in progress
between Germany and Italy, which
ne said were faced with interna-
tional economic developments max
ing necessary a new union of our
! forces"
He stressed Italian G erm n
achievements in 1888 and added that
we confront the power of gold,
credit and capital with the power
OF land and of work" Finance Min
lister Felice Guarnieri entertained
Funk at dinner last night.
The visitors remarks were inter-
preted as significant in view of
Chamberlain's visit January lila
because the Italian government is
known to be anxious to increase its
economic relations with Great
Britain.
Some observers suggested Cham
berlain's conferences here might
produce only economic gains.
Economic advantages would please
Italy, but renewed anti-French Bit
terness in the Fascist press was
taken by some as evidence the
Fascists also hope for Chamberlain's
aid in settling territorial issues with
Paris.
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Extra Large
BOudOir Chair $40

AND 5 OTHER STYLES BE-
SIDES! Club chairs, streomIned
modern club chairs, occasional
chairs, desk chairs and solid
maple choirs-olI handsomely
covered.
Evening star., 1939-01-09

Best Listener
In Senate Aim
|OfLucos
BY the Associated Press.

4
Senator Scott w. Lucas, Demo-
crat. of Illinois, a member of the
House in the last two Congresses,
said today he wants to become the
Senate's best listener.
There will be enough fireworks
without the Junior Senator from
Illinois participating" said the 49,
year-old Lucas, who was a three
letter man at Illinois Wesleyan.
The new Senator has favored some
administration policies, including
the farm and reciprocal trade pro-
grams, but opposed others.
II could never have advanced from
farm boy to Senator II I wasn't in
dependent by nature" he said. "Of
course that doesn't mean I'm going
about with a chip on my shoulder
looking for trouble"
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Six Universities STUDY
tuberculosis Control

Laboratory studies of tuberculosis
control methods have been started
at six major universities from funds
appropriated by the National Tuber-
culosis Association, DR.. William
Charles White, chairman of the as
sociation's Medical Research Com
mlttee, announced Saturday.
A lump sum of 41,595 was dis
trlbuted to medical staffs of Yale.
columbia, Cornell, Vanderbilt,
Pennsylvania and Wisconsin for in
auguration of the work in treatment
and prevention.
The District tuberculosis Associa-
ton contributed $1,000 to the ap-
preparation for research activities.
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Luxurious
Club Chair SIS

AND 4 OTHER STYLES BE-
SIDES! In comfortable lounge,
modern club, occasional and
boudoir styles.
Evening star., 1939-01-09

Better be here prompt.
ly at $50! All are
samples and one.of.a.
kind models.
Evening star., 1939-01-09

We've pored prices on our finest choirs to
bring you this gigantic oIeoronee l97 in
oII-ond every one q beauty! Everything
from boudoir chairs to stunning period
chairs! In wide choice Of handsome cov-
ernes-royon domosks, royon tapestries,
royon brocoteIIes, mohoir friezes, friezettes,
chintzes, simulated Ieothers
Occasional Pieces Conveniently Placed Our Fourth
Floor The Hecht CO..
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Water Front Conference

Water front communities which
bore the brunt Of the September
hurricane damage to beaches, board
walks and buildings have been in
vited to send representatives to the
12th annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Shore and Beach Preservation
Association, to be held 1T the Carl
ton Hotel Wednesday.
Evening star., 1939-01-09

Germany has extended its regu-
lations of motion pictures to the
Sudetenland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-06-29
Youth Group Returns From Trip
To Niagara Falls And Canada

Seventeen members of the Garrett
County Youth club, accompanied by
John H. Carter, County Agent, re-
turned late Sunday night from a mo-
tor trip of 900 miles or more which
took them to Niagara Falls, over into
Canada and the Finger Lake region,
and which included boat and airplane
rides.
The trip was made in three cars and
Friday and Saturday evenings were
spent in tourist homes and tourist
cabins along the way. Last year the
group went on trip along the Sky
line Drive.
Those in the party included Mary
Jane Porter, Susan Porter, Harry Lee
Porter, George Porter, H. Robert De-
Witt, Arthur Edward Dewitt, Mar
garet Dewitt, Elizabeth Dewitt, Will
bur Fox, Mary Guard, Cecil Right,
Ruth Casteel, Arnold Dixon, Helen
Miller, Martha Mitchell, Lucille Green
wood, Roy burst and Mr.. Carter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-06-29
HARVEY GAUL TO DIRECT
CHORUS OF MT. FESTIVAL
Pittsburgh Composer Is Also On
Faculty During Week; Peace
Jubilee To Open Program
OPENING DATE is JULY 2

DR.. Harvey Gaul, Pittsburgh COM
poser and choirmaster, will direct the
Festival Choir this season at Noun
tain Lake Park DR.. Gaul has been
actively identified with the Mountain
Choir Festival Association from its
beginning. He will also lecture on
adult choir in connection with the
Convocation on Worship and Church
Music, which is to be held from
Wednesday, July 5, to Saturday, July
8. Other notables on the faculty are
Beckett Gibbs, Juilliard School, New
York; DR.. Paul Douglas, editor Of
Christendom, Chicago; and Deanne
Edwards, of New York. A nominal
registration fee admits to all lectures.
The Festival opens this season with
a Peace Jubilee on McComas Beach,
Deep Creek Lake.On Sunday evening,
July =, beginning at 6, Rabbi Lazaron,
Baltimore, will deliver the peace ora
ton; Father William F. Sauer, Oak
land, will offer the prayer. Choir units
from the Tableland-Johnstown and
Potomac Valley-will sing.
A brass choir under the direction of
Rev. Harold Gamblin, Mt. Lake Park,
will play at the beginning and end OF
the program. The Chiffon Quartet, OF
Johnstown, Pa, will sing a number OF
selections. Rabbi Lazaron, who dellv-
ers the address, is known as one Of the
foremost speakers of the country.
While in Garrett county he will be
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Left at
their Deep Greek Lake home.
Friday, July 7, 7:3O P. M, the De-
partment of Music, West Virginia
University, will give concert. The
artists appearing will be Frank Cuth-
bert, bass-baritone; Kenneth Wood,
violinist, and Volney Shepard, plan
list.
Saturday, 7:3O P. M, the Washing
ton Irving H. S. A Cappella Choir and
Orchestra under Prof. Clarence c.
Arms.
Sunday, July 9, choirs from Is COM
munities will be present to sing sepa-
rately and also as a great Festival
unit.
DR.. Nat T. Frame, of Martinsburg,
former West Virginia Extension Di-
rector, and former director of Oglebay
Park, Wheeling, will speak. There will
be other features. Popular prices will
prevail for all events. Tickets for
adults can be procured for as little as
% cents a program.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-06-29
PARTIAL DISGUISE NOT
SUFFICIENT FOR KILLIUS
Arrested Saturday Night; Was
Wearing Scarf and Dark Glasses

In spite of partial disguise, Walter
L. Killius, of Mt. Lake Park, former
town clerk of the Mayor and Council
of that town, and charged with en-
bezzlement of funds of the corpora
ton, was arrested Saturday night by
Constable Harry limbaugh, near the
Manhattan hotel.
Killius was riding around Oakland
in an automobile with a womans
scarf around his head and wearing
dark glasses. Recognizing the car
limbaugh noted the two occupants,
both of them apparently women, and
thought that perhaps Killius was con-
cealed in the rear seat. Upon ap-
preaching the car he suddenly recog-
nized Killius beneath the scarf and
glasses and placed him under arrest.
Killius tried to escape but Corporal
Thomas Currie suddenly appeared and
assisted limbaugh in bringing him
into custody.
The warrant charges Killius with
embezzling funds amounting to
$626.70.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-06-29
NEW BUILDING COMPLETED
AT SCOUT CAMP ON LAKE
Will Give Campers Enclosed Din
ing Hall and Convenient Kitchen

A new kitchen and enclosed dining
room, combined, and decided i'm
provement in the sleeping quarters,
will greet the Boy Scouts of Oakland
Troop No. l, when they begin their
summer encampment the latter part
of July, at the scout camp on Deep
Greek Lake.
For the first time in their fifteen
years of camping they will have an
enclosed and screened place to eat,
with ample facilities for preparing
meals. The combined building takes
the place of an open-air mess hall and
an open shack formerly used as a
kitchen.
The new building was practically
completed early this week, with the
exception of the screening. The por-
ton for the dining hall is 40 feet. The
stove formerly used in the Frantz
hotel has been secured, and large
ice-box is also being donated, solving
two problems for those in charge. A
floor has been built in the sleeping
quarters, and for the first time the
campers will be out of the mud on
disagreeable days. The floor was put
down one day this week by DR.. w. w.
Grant, chairman of the troop commit
tee, his three sons and Howard c.
Riggs, scoutmaster.
Funds to pay for the material and
construction of the building was do
mated by citizens of town, but Dr..
Grant reported this morning that al
though $242 had been pledged, that
expenses would probably run to $500
and that there was still ample oppor-
tunity for those who had not yet
helped out, to do so. He asked the par
ents of scouts, contributors and any
one interested to drive to the camp to
inspect the work already done and to
see the improvements made.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-06-29
I E D
LAUER W. STEPHENSON

Funeral services were conducted on
Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock at
the Leighton Funeral Home, in Oak
land, for Lauer W. Stephenson, of
Pittsburgh, who died suddenly in the
South Side Hospital, Pittsburgh, on
Sunday morning, June rs, of cere-
bral hemorrhage.
Mr.. Stephenson had been engaged in
moving the lawn at his home Satur-
day afternoon and complained of a
severe headache. He became steadily
worse and was taken to the hospital,
where death occurred.
He was a son of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. George E. Stephenson, and was
born in Saint Paris, Ohio, on March
21, 1898. He was married to Miss Eliz-
abeth Leighton, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. V. Leighton, of Loeb Lynn
Heights, on December 80, 1925. For
the past nine years he had been asso-
ciated with Proctor and Gamble, Of
Cincinnati, making his home in Pitts
burgh. He was a member Of the
Brookline Methodist church in Pitts
burgh. He was also a member of the
Masonic fraternity at Saint Paris, o.,
and was graduate of Ohio State
University, where he became affiliated
with the Sigma Chi fraternity. He
was aged Al years.
Surviving are his widow, two chill
dren, Barbara and Edward, and one
sister, Mrs. H. M. Sharp, of Sidney, 0.
Funeral services were in charge of
Rev. Roland Aspinall, of Fairmont, W.
Va, assisted by the Rev. Denver c.
Pickens, DID, also of Fairmont. In
terment was in the Oakland cemetery.
Employees of the Pittsburgh office Of
the Proctor and Gable Company were
pallbearers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-06-29
Summer Program At Park To
Include Folk Music

The summer program at Mountain
Lake Park will include as one of the
highlights a festival of folk art and
folk music. This will be presented on
Saturday, July Is. Full details will
appear later, but the program will in
clude mountain music, music by
Negro choir, the music of a number
Of European nationalities, and it is
planned that number Of groups and
individuals from the Allegany Table
land will take part.
Any individual or group of persons
interested in appearing on the pro-
gram is asked to write to Miss Sara
B. Huff, at Mountain Lake Park Miss
Huff announced this morning that
there would be generous prizes.
One of the chief features will be the
display of quilts. There are to be two
groups, the first, that of quilts over
80 years old, and second, those made
within the last 30 years. Daniel
Houghten, of Arthurdale, is acting as
one member of the committee.
An invitation is being extended to
everyone interested to write to Miss
Huff or Mr.. Houghten for details or
suggestions.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-06-29
Changes Made In Dates And
Places For Scholarship Exams

Changes have been made in the
place and dates of meeting Of candl-
dates entering competitive examina-
lions for scholarships for Western
Maryland College and Washington
College.
Examination for Western Mary
land College scholarship will be held
on Thursday morning, July 6, at ten
o'clock, as previously announced, but
will be held at Fort Hill High school,
Cumberland, instead of at Westmin-
ster, as previously announced. ,
Examination for the Senatorial
scholarship from Garrett county in
Washington College will be held IN
the Oakland High school on Friday,
July 7, at 10 o'clock in the morning,
instead of at Fort Hill High school, IN
Cumberland as was stated in no
tice appearing in The Republican last
Thursday. 49,,
These scholarships are for boys
only. Further information may be
obtained by addressing the heads OF
the two colleges.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-06-29
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
I.R.RUDY FOR POSTMASTER
Meeting of Democratic Body Is
Held Last Evening-Ten Took
The Examination February 25

Irwin R. Rudy, owner of the Rudy
Department Store, formerly the Coff-
man-Fisher store, has been recon-
mended for the position of postmaster
of Oakland, it was learned following a
meeting of the Democratic State Cen
trail Committee last night.
Mr.. Rudy's recommendation will be
forwarded Immediately to w. D. By
ron, Congressman from this district.
The appointment is expected to come
within few days.
There were ten applicants for the
position, the nine others being Harry
L. Porter, Grover C. Stemple, Charles
fowler, ]. Frank Browning, W. A.
Gender, Edward E. Maroney, Mrs.
Maude H. Morgan, Carlton Bowser
and John Murphy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-06-29
julius Renninger Heads Alumni
Association

Julius C. Renninger, Jr., was elected
president of the Oakland High school
Alumni Association at the annual
meeting held during the intermission
of the alumni dance last Friday even
ing at the Manhattan Hotel, Oakland.
Other officers elected were Miss
Gladys Aronhalt, secretary, and Mrs.
Paul Turney, treasurer.
The dance was one of the most sue
cessful alumni affairs held for a num-
Der of years. Ninety couples attended.
Arrangements for the dance were in
charge of Miss Aronhalt, president
for 1889.
Music was furnished by Jay Van and
his orchestra. There were special fea-
lures of entertainment during the in
PERMISSION.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-06-29
DR.. BOwditch to Become Bride OF
DR.. T. A. Gender, Jr., Friday

DIR. Sarah H. Bowditch, of Milton,
Massachusetts, near Boston, will be-
come the bride of DR.. Thomas A. Con
der, Jr., of Oakland, tomorrow after
noon, June 80, at a small church we'd
ding. The ceremony will be performed
at 4:30 o'clock.
DR.. Bowditch is a daughter of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest W. Bowditch,
of Milton, and is a graduate of st.
Timothy's school in Gainesville, Balti-
more, and Johns Hopkins University.
She is resident physician at Johns
Hopkins hospital, Baltimore.
DR.. Gender, a son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas A. Gender, of Oakland, at
tended the University of Maryland at
College Park, the University of West
Virginia at Morgantown, and is a
graduate of Duke University Medical
School at Durham, N. C. He is on the
staff of the West Baltimore General
hospital.
DR.. and Mrs. Gender expect to re-
turn to Garrett county to establish a
practice here, later in the year.
DR.. Gonder's mother and brother,
Richard, left Tuesday for Boston to
attend the wedding.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-06-29
Firemen And Band Members At
tend Parade At Westernport

Members of the Oakland Fire De-
partment and Oakland Boys Band
paraded in Westernport last evening
at meeting of the Allegany and Gar
rett County Firemen's Association.
Elected on the executive committee
were John Pritchard, Grantsville; A.
E. Fox, Friendsville; L. NJ. Fraley,
Oakland. Friendsville was selected for
the 1910 convention of the Associa-
ton.
The Fire Department won $40
award for their appearance in line of
march.
The Boys Band members wore their
new uniforms for the first time. The
band will be guests of the Oakland
Rotary Club at their weekly meeting
tomorrow evening, and will give a
concert at the William-Jam Hotel.