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Evening star., 1939-06-11
Knights Of Pythios

Annual memorial services will be
held tonight in the Church of the
Epiphany. The Rev. Duncan Fra
ser will deliver the sermon at 8
o'clock.
Calanthe Lodge will confer the
knight rank on a class of candi-
dates, including two esquires from
Amaranth Lodge. tomorrow night.
Grand Lodge officers will be present.
Amaranth Lodge will hold its an
nual picnic July l6 at the home of
DR.. William E. Bradley, Treasure
Cove, near Fort Washington, Md.
AS a preliminary step in arrang-
ing special meetings in the fall
Webster Lodge is cooperating with
the Grand Lodge in sponsoring
State nights" for members of 9TH
er domains throughout the United
States who are employed in the
Government service.
The civic organization will resume
meetings on the second Friday in
September, according to an an
nouncement made by Edward J.
NeWcomb. chairman.
A report on the special activities
held to commemorate its 48th ami
versary featured meeting of Rath-
bone Temple, Pythian Sisters. Mrs.
Lola V. Marks, grand mistress of rec
ords and correspondence, and her
daughter, Mrs. Freda Stine, grand
Junior, were hostesses at a bridge
luncheon given at the WASHINGTON
Golf and Country Club following
the anniversary celebration.
Evening star., 1939-06-11
Impressions of Europe
Youth Movement Is Training Italians
To Believe, Obey and Fight

, and administered by the Italian
Youth of the Lictor. or Gil, as it is
called. This is the official youth
movement-"a unitarian and totali-
tartan organization of the younger
forces of Fascism," as the Fascists
put (which every boy and girl
must join upon entering school.
The spirit of the Gil is embodied
in its motto, Believe, Obey, Fight"
and in the oath which every men,
Der takes when joining casually at
an age from to g.: In the name
of God and Italy I swear to carry
out the orders of the Duce and to
serve with all my power, and if nee
essary with my blood, the cause of
the Fascist revolution
The work of the Gil is, first, to
carry out the sports program and
second, to administer the required
pre-military training for boys which
precedes the compulsory service in
the army, navy or air force. The
Gil has functioned remarkably to
improve the general health of young
people, to enlarge the scope of their
lives by welfare work through
camps and winter and summer re-
sorts and by enabling them to travel
more extensively.
In Italy education is considered
a utensil of the state. All schools,
private or public, are subject to the
requirements and standards of the
state departments of education and
health. The Gil supervises the
sports program required of every
school. The Gil is an organ of
the Fascist party, manned by Off
GERS in the Fascist militia, and the
instructors are especially trained by
the Gil. Its supreme commander,
responsible only to Mussolini, is
Achille Starace. who is also, sig
nificantly, secretary of the Fascist
party.
Under such rigid control the
process of teaching children to Be
lieve, Obey, Fight would appear to
be relatively simple.
Copyright, 1889, by T. L. Dsmmann)
Evening star., 1939-06-11
Jitterbuqs Rebel

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (P).-The young
folks of Lafayette High School are
in rebellion against Utter -bugging
They held party and invited par
ents. teachers and students to wear
oldfashioned clothes and dance
the old, sedate Dances"
Evening star., 1939-06-11

The toNo,Uing is one of a series
OF 1Oeekly articles 1Uhich appear
IN The Star By Thomas L. DAM
mann and his 1Oife Harle. These
t7ro young people are travelling in
Europe and 1Oriting as they go of
irhat they find interesting. and
The Star prints their articles as
the impressions OF t,Oo young
Americans. Mr.. Dammdn, q
RarUard graduate, 1OaS business
manager OF the Harpard Crimson
and gained experience as a re-
porter in Chicago and Nashville.
He and Mrs. Dammdn hare
traUeled 1UidelV.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-05-04
To Organize Women's Club Here
Next Monday

A branch of the Maryland Fedora
ton of Business and Professional Wo-
mems clubs will be organized in Oak
land next Monday evening. Plans foz
the organization were completed at q
meeting of those interested on Mon
day of this week, which was attended
by Miss Merle S. Bateman, State pres
ident, and Miss Frances c. Leland
corresponding secretary, both of Bal
timore, and Miss Louise Shaffer, mem
Der of the State board of directors, Of
Frostburg. About twenty local women
were present.
The meeting was held in the Home
Economics building of the high school
Miss Bateman spoke to the group con.
corning the aims and purposes of the
club.
Miss Mary Louise Helbig, acting
chairman, recently appointed heads OF
committees as follows: Miss Beryldine
Fulk, nominating; Miss Mary Harscn
constitution and bylaws; Mrs. Yer
ME Smouse, membership.
Officers are to be elected at neXt
Mondays meeting.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-05-04
OAKLAND F. F. A. TEAM is
FIRST IN STATE CONTEST
Wins Milk Judging Contest
George Grove On State Team

George Grove and Floyd Custer,
members of the milk judging team,
representing Oakland Chapter Future
Farmers of America, won first place
in the Statewide FLA. contest held
in connection with the annual voca-
tional field day at the University of
Maryland on Friday, April %.
George Grove won third individual
place among siXty-four boys in the
State contest, which entities him to a
place on Maryland's FLA. team. He
will go to Springfield, Mass, in Sep
TENDER to judge in a contest at the
Eastern States Exposition. Merlin
Gnegy was alternate on the team.
Jesse Skipper, Ralph Baker and
William Truban represented Oakland
FLA. in the poultry judging and
egg Gambling contest. All boys attend
ed the Maryland FLA. luncheon at
which H. C. Byrd, president of the
University of Maryland, was the chief
speaker. DR.. H. F. Cotterman was the
POSTMASTER.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-05-04
e To Improve Local Cemetery

The local Knights Of Pythias lodge
is assuming responsibility for the I'M
proving and Identification of the local
cemetery again this year and is asking
for cooperation of other organizations
and lot owners.
At the last meeting of the lodge a
committee consisting of Irwin R. Rudy,
Wade Mason and Albert Kahl, was ap-
pointed to be in charge of the project.
Mr.. Rudy stated that the group was
not asking for funds, but cooperation
and a little work from Individual lot
owners in cleaning up their part1cu-
lar plot of ground. 1t is planned to
have the cemetery cleaned and beaut1-
fled by Decoration Day, May 30.
The rank of Esquire is to be con-
ferred upon class of three candidates
at the regular meeting OF the order
on Friday evening. 1t was announced
last Friday that Wade Mason and his
team had won a membership and at
tendance contest and that the mem
bers were looking for a Luncheon
promised by Carlton Bowser and mem
bers of the losing team.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-05-04
Miners To Receive UnemplOy
ment Checks In Maryland

Unemployment compensation checks
are on their way to 1400 idle miners
in Garrett and Allegany counties be-
cause the Maryland Unemployment
Compensation Board has ruled that
the present mine shutdown is not a
labor dispute.
Benefits due miners in the two coun-
ties total $4,000, which is an aver
age of $85 for each miner. The actual
amount due each miner depends upon
his earnings during any quarter of the
past year. Weekly benefits will vary
from S. to SIS. Pennsylvania and Ten
nessee have allowed the miners COM
pensation during the current shut
down, but Virginia and West Virginia
have not.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-05-04
KEMPTON MINER FOUND IN.
WOODS; AWAY FOUR DAYS
J. W. BrolI, Sr., Apparently Tried
To Commit Suicide, Officers
Said; Razor Found Nearby
SUCCUMBS IN HOSPITAL

Missing four days from his home,
]. W. Broll, ST., 66-year-old miner of
Kempton, this county, who was found
Saturday in the dense woods three
miles from Beechwood, Tucker coun-
ty, West Va, with his throat and both
of his wrists slashed, died early Sum
day at an Elkins CIV. Va.) hospital.
Constable D. E. Crosten, Tucker
county official, said a razor was found
near the man and that it was apparent
he had attempted to commit suicide.
Broll was lying in the underbrush with
his feet in a small stream, when he
was found at noon by Andy Kovach,
of Kempton. More than one hundred
CCC members and miners had been
seaching the woods for the man who
had been absent from his home since
on Tuesday, April 25. His wounds were
infected and he was suffering from eX-
posure and hunger.
Mr.. Broll left his home last Tuesday
morning, telling Mrs. Broll and other
members of the family that he was
going to the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Foster Helmick, at Beryl, W. Va,
near Bloomington. Mr.. Broll left his
home around eight o'clock and sup
posedly walked through the woods to
the railroad station where he was to
take the train. He never reached the
train and did not arrive at Beryl, the
family discovered after telephone con-
versations. Members Of the family be-
came alarmed and a search for the
man was instituted.
Mr.. Broll had been suffering from
rheumatism in recent months and it
was feared that he may have been
stricken with a recurrent attack of the
disease. He was employed by the Davis
Coal and Coke Company, having been
in its employ for about forty years.
He had been a resident Of Kempton
for rs years. Two of his sons, j. W.
Broll, Jr., and Bernard Broll, reside in
Kempton, while another son, Roy
Broll, resides in Cumberland.
Mr.. Broll was a member Of the Odd
Fellows and the United Mine Workers.
Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday afternoon from the Metho-
dist church in Thomas, W. Va, with
Rev. A. F. Richardson, of the
Lutheran church, Davis, W. Va, in
charge. Rites at the grave were in
charge of the local branch of the
United Mine Workers. Pallbearers
We're Harry Wolfe, Claude Corbin,
Charles Lewis, Harry King and
Charles Miller.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-05-04
Accident Victims Are Taken To
Cumberland Hospital

Three victims of an automobile &C.
cident at Friendsville on Monday were
taken to Memorial hospital, Cumber-
land.
The three admitted to the hospital
were Lawrence VanSickle, Friends
vile, who had decorations of the scalp
and possible fractured skull; Robert
Lowdermilk, Friendsville, with scalp
decorations and possible skull frac-
ture; and Samuel Friend, Uniontown,
Pa, who has fractured right arm.
Five were injured in the accident.
Orval Savage, 35, Friendsville, suf-
fered several fractured ribs and scalp
decorations, while Arthur Kelly, 55, OF
Friendsville, was cut and bruised.
They were treated by DR., Eugene
Greenwald, of Friendsville.
The accident occurred while round
ing a curve on the Hoyes-Friendsville
road, the machine overturning. The
mishap was investigated by Corporal
Thomas Currie, of the State police.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-05-04
CATTLE RUSTLERS GIVEN
SENTENCES OF TWO YEARS
Garrett County Men Confess In
Allegany County Circuit Court

Three confessed "cattle rustlers,
who admitted a series of raids or
farms in Allegany and Garrett coun-
ties during the past eight months, and
stealing a number of calves and sew
eral score of chickens, were each SEN
fenced on Saturday in the Allegany
County Circuit Court at Cumberland
to serve terms of two years in the
Maryland House of Correction. The
three young men are from Garrett
county.
Chief Judge D. Lindley Sloan, in i'm
posing sentence, commented that ii
was the first time the trio had been
arrested on any criminal charge, but
he cited that farmers were entitled to
all the protection the law can give
from night raids on their properties.
The three were each given two-year
terms in three cases of larceny with
the sentences in each case running
concurrently, while several other IN
dictments against them were dropped
by the States Attorney of Allegany
county.
Clemency was asked for Paul Clark
Bittinger, 81, by his attorney, who
said the youth was married and the
sole support of his family.
Elmer Bittinger, %, spoke in his
own behalf, agreeing to make restitu-
ton for the chickens and calves ne
stole. The third member of the trio,
Leroy Wilt, also asked suspended
sentence.
The three men were rounded up
after months of investigation by State
police, who said the gang stole many
head of cattle and several score OF
chickens in raids since the month OF
August of last year. The stolen live
stock was sold in Pennsylvania towns,
police said.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-05-04
Plans Meeting For Wool Grow
ers In This County

The Garrett County Farm Bureau
has planned a series of meetings fol
the wool growers in Garrett county
and have secured the services of K. A
Keithley, manager of the United Woo
Pool, Harrisonburg, Va, who viii
show motion pictures entitled "From
Fleece to Fabric" After the picture
Mr.. Keithley will lead a discussion on
grading and marketing Of wool. The
public is invited to attend and partic-
ipate. The meetings will be as follows;
Tuesday, May 9, Friendsville High
school auditorium, 1:30 p. m.
Tuesday, May 9, Grantsville High
school auditorium, 500 p. m.
Wednesday, May 10, Sunnyside
Grange Hall, 500 p, m.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-05-04
SCREEN FOR ENTRANCE TO
LAKE TUNNEL is SOUGHT
Question OF Need OF Screen To
Save Fish Again Brought Up

The controversial question that has
been discussed pro and con for some
time by conservationists of whether or
not a screen is necessary over the en-
trance of the intake tunnel at Deep
Greek Lake dam to prevent fish from
going through the turbines of the
power house to be killed, has been
brought to the attention Of the public
again by Fred. C. Dreyer, of Cumber-
land, who is also a summer resident
on the Deep Creek Lake shore.
Dreyer reported he had seen many
perch lying along the banks of the
Youghiogheny River below the power
plant last Sunday, alleging he had
been accompanied by c. M. Railey, Of
McHenry, and Raymond D. Houck, Of
Oakland, member of the executive
board of the Garrett County Sports
mems Association. He took some Of
the fish to Cumberland as Exhibits"
and had them photographed.
Conservation officials told Dreyer
last fall that the cost of the proposed
screen would be prohibitive.
At meeting on December 81, 1888,
in the Court House at Oakland, the
Deep Creek Lake Association recon-
mended that screening Of the tunnel
was not necessary and that the loss of
fish through the tunnel was greatly
over-estimated. C. E. MacMurray, il
charge of operations here for the As
ISOLATED Gas and Electric Company,
owners. of the Deep Greek Lake prop
erty, explained that fresh water game
fish would not go more than fifteen
feet below the surface because of lack
of air in the water at that depth, and
therefore would not get into the tun-
mel.
Mr. Mac Murray had in mind par
ticularly the bass and larger variety.
Major E. B. Carey, secretary OF the
Deep Creek Lake Association, said
that to his knowledge no more than
four or five large fish had ever gone
through the turbines and the fact that
thousands of perch were going
through the tunnel was evidence that
there were millions in the entire lake,
which had a shoreline of about 70
miles.
1t was silly, he asserted, to assume
that all the perch were congregating
in the tunnel, the entrance of which
was nine feet in diameter. A fine
mesh screen necessary to hold back
the small perch would cost thousands
of dollars and would necessitate re-
volving screen to keep leaves and
debris from clogging the entrance, a
Waterman at the entrance at all times.
and other expense, Major Carey said
he had been informed by engineers.
The Deep Creek Lake Association
is composed of lot owners along the
lake and interested residents Of this
community. ...
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-05-04
To Present Attraction Under
Auspices Of Mickey's Band

An entertainment featuring Shorty
Fincher's Cotton Pickers, under the
auspices of Mickey's Boys Band of
Mountain Lake Park, will be presented
on Tuesday evening, May 16, at eight
o'clock in the Oakland High school au-
ditorium. This group is now broadcast
ing twice daily from Wheeling, w. Va.
Admission is 25 cents, and advance
tickets are now on sale and may be
obtained from any member of the
band.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-05-04
G. C. STEMPLE CHOSEN AS
PRESIDENT OF ROTARIANS
Selected By Board OF Directors
At Meeting Tuesday

Grover C. Stemple, a former mayor
of Oakland, was elected president of
the Oakland Rotary Club at meeting
of the board of directors on Tuesday
evening.
Other officers chosen were Cecil
Smith, vice-president; w. o. Davis,
secretary; Delbert Davis, treasurer.
The newly elected officers will assume
their duties on July 1. Mr.. Stemple will
succeed Foster D. Bittle, principal of
Oakland High school, who has served
as head of the organization for one
year.
New members Of the board of direc-
tors were elected at the regular meet
ing last Friday evening and included
Cecil Smith, Grover Stemple and En-
roy Bolden. Hold-over members Of the
board are Mr.. Bittle, Arthur Lawton,
0. T. eraser and Frank c. Kley.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-05-04
Raising Money For College

A number of projects are being con-
Quoted which are calculated to raise
funds for the Self Help College at
Mt. Lake Park. A Clutch" supper
conducted Tuesday evening, May 2, by
Mrs. Nettie ]. Eichelberger, at her
Mt. Lake cottage, Melted $21.OO.
A number of girls of the college
sold tags on the streets of Oakland
for the schools benefit last Saturday.
Plans are now in the making for
a summer program to be held in con-
junction with the school and the
money raised will be used for that
purpose as well as for Improvement
of buildings and grounds.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-05-04
Commissions Of Five Justices OF
The Peace Recorded

At the office of the Clerk of the
Circuit Court A. G. Ross, in Oakland
commissions for five justices of the
peace for this county were received
on Saturday and recored.
The five justices, appointed by Gov
ernor O'Conor, are Charles F. White
District No. ID; Harvey A. Loraditch,
District No. 7, both in Oakland; Percy
S. Friend, District No. 2, Friendsville;
Jerome B. Emory, District No. IL, Bit
finger; George j. Poole, District No.
10, Kitzmiller.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-05-04
WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED
in ACHIEVEMENT CONTEST
Rotary Club Sponsors Annual
Event; Winners Will Be Guests
Of Club Friday Evening
PRIZE WINNERS LISTED

Winners in the annual achievement
contest, feature of Youth Week, will
be guests of the Oakland Rotary Club,
its sponsors, at the weekly luncheon
on Friday evening, when awards will
be made and program presented. E.
Ray Jones, former president of the
club, will be the speaker.
While there were not as many en-
tries in the contest this year, Ralph
E. Weber, chairman of the Youth
Committee, stated that in many ways
the exhibits were better. There were
more than two hundred entries last
year. The exhibit was held in the Epis-
copal Parish House on Tuesday and
Wednesday.
First place winners in the exhibit
are to be guests of the club. The Youth
Week celebration was in charge of Mr..
Weber, C. E. Sharps, o. T. eraser,
Grover Stemple and Logan Weber.
End table, Daniel Hershberger, Of
Kitzmiller, LIST; Roy Jones, Kitzmiller,
End.
Lamp, Augustus Pratt, Kitzmiller,
LIST; James Moore, Kitzmiller, End.
Chest, Augustus Pratt, Kitzmiller,
LIST; Daniel Hershberger, Kitzmiller,
End.
Swing, Tom Strah, Kitzmiller, 1st
Shield, Clayton Cough, Kitzmiller,
list; checker board, Augustus Pratt,
Kitzmiller, End.
Wrought metal, Patsy Seisel, Kitz-
miller, LIST; Wilbur Thomas, knife, End.
Button collection, Hilda Lewis, Of
Kempton, 1st; Sam Butt, Oakland,
stamp collection, End.
Willard Jones, Kempton, LIST, novel
ty house; Linn Grant, Oakland, End,
engine.
Undergarments, Ireta Friend, of
Friendsville, LIST.
Needle work, girl from Friendsville,
LIST; Marie Dewitt, Oakland, End.
Stamp collection, Bobby Downer,
Oakland, 1st; Esther Price, Kitzmiller,
End plant collection.
Statuary, Billy Casteel, Oakland,
list; Linn Grant, Oakland, End.
Plastic work, Bobby Rudy, Oakland,
list; Betsy Weber, Oakland, End,
Airplane, Harry Steward, Oakland
elementary, list and 2nd; Bobby Bit
tie, Oakland High, LIST; Linn Grant,
End
Knitting, Mary E. Chaires, Oakland,
list and End.
Dresses, Alice Whitmer, Oakland,
1st; Clara DiGuistino, Kitzmiller, End.
Oil painting, Lawrence Riley, Oak
land, list mad End.
Water color, Mary Filsinger, Oak
land, LIST; Lawrence Riley, Oakland,
End.
Poster, Harry Sanders, Oakland,
1st; Vera Welch, Oakland, End.
Art design, Kathryn Butt, Oakland,
LIST; Ruth Filsinger, Oakland, End.
Lettering, Betsy Weber, Oakland,
LIST; Ruth Filsinger, Oakland, End.
Block Print, Ruth Filsinger,, Oak
land, list; Marie Smith, Oakland, End.
Pencil sketch, James Darby, Oak
land, LIST; Villa Browning, Oakland
Candy, Maxine Mason, Oakland,
list; Shirley Krause, Oakland, End.
Cake, Alberta Cannon, Oakland, LIST;
Esther Lou Davis, Oakland, End.
Small cake, Villa Browning, Oak
land 1st. Elsie Goodwin, Oakland, End.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-05-04
Marriage Is Announced

Announcements have been received
in Oakland of the marriage Of William
Bowie johnson, son of the late Charles
Bowie and Annie Morrison Johnson, OF
Oakland, to Miss Margaret PeiI' OF
Bloomer. Wisconsin. The couple were
married on April 9 in Washington, D.
c.. and will reside in that city where
Mr.. Johnson is employed as an attor-
ney by the U. S. Bituminous Coal Cor
poration.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-05-04
Series of Pre-PentecOstal Ser
mOn-Addresses at st. Marks
Lutheran Church

DR.. Learner is offering a series OF
Pre-Pentecostal sermon-addresses at
St. Marks Evangelical Lutheran
church on the interesting subject:
"The Person that Nobody Knows" On
May 7, "His Task; May Ia, "His
Workshop; May 81, Ellis Tools;
Nav %, Whitsunday, ellis Voice..
These services will be held at 1O:45
a. m. and are given to interest all in
a great personality who is unused and
misunderstood.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-05-04
Beer Licenses Issued

Issuance of licenses to 30 who had
applied for permits to sell beer in this
county, was approved last Saturday
when Judge William A. Hustler came
to Oakland to hear remonstrances, if
there were any.
There were none, and all were
passed. Twenty-nine licenses were is
sued Saturday and the remainder this
week.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-05-04
Garrett County Bills Signed

Among the bills signed by Governor
O'Conor yesterday were the follow
ing affecting Garrett county:
H. B. 67-Garrett county, bounties
for wildcats, weasels and foxes.
Fl. B. 215-Elections in Oakland.
H. B. 218-Registration in Oakland
S. B. 154-Publicatio of annual re-
ports by County Commissioners OF
Garrett County.