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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-02-02
CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES
SPECIAL ELECTION PLANS
Citizens To Vote February 10 On
Community Building Bonds

Final preparations were made for
the special municipal election at a
meeting of the Mayor and Town Coun-
Gil on Monday evening.
The election is scheduled for Friday,
February 10, and citizens of Oakland
will vote on measure which permits
the town of Oakland to issue bonds for
funds to be used in the construction of
Community Building. A notice of the
election to be held on the above date,
as well as the text of the legislative
measure authorizing the election and
the issuance Of bonds, should the law
be adopted by the voters, will be found
in The Republican today.
A project of the WPA for construc-
ton work has already been approved.
The proposed building will cost ap-
proximately $4,000, of which the Fed
eral government will furnish about
$51 800, leaving around $4,000 for the
town to furnish. ..
According to town officials men,
bers of the fire department have as
sumed responsibility of repaying the
money borrowed, so that there is no
likelihood of the town becoming IN
volved in the repayment of the money
borrowed. The town already provides
$1,000 annually toward the support Of
the fire department and the county the
sum of $500, and this amount, it is
stated, will be used in part to liquidate
the debt.
At Monday nights meeting Council
also authorized 2. S. Heskett, auditor,
of Cumberland, to make an audit Of
the books of the town. Each year a
report of the financial condition of the
municipality is published prior to the
regular election held during the month
of March.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-02-02
Farm Bureau Meets

The Garrett County Farm Bureau
met in the Friendsville High school au-
ditorium Saturday afternoon, January
%, to hear reports on the annual State
meeting held in Baltimore recently
given by William Winterberg, R. O.
Mccullough, Mrs. C. G. Beachy, Char
ley B. Miller and John H. Carter, the
county agent.
A business meeting was conducted
following the presentation of these re-
ports. The bureau set membership
quota of 100 for 1889, and program
and membership committee was ap-
pointed.
William Wildesen was named as del
egate to attend with County Agent
Carter, land planning group meeting
in Hagerstown on February Is, Is
and II.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-02-02
POWER HOUSE EMPLOYEES
AWARDED CERTIFICATES
Men At Hydro Eclectic Plant Had
no "LOst-time" Accidents in '3S

Employees of the Deep Greek plant
of the Youghiogheny Hydro-Electric
Corporation, who during 1888 expert
enced no accidents resulting in lost
time, were awarded honor certificates
at a meeting held at the plant last
Friday evening, January 81. Certifi-
Gates were presented to fifteen en-
ployes by C. E. MacMurray, chief en-
gineer, who presided at the meeting.
A special honor certificate was
awarded to the Deep Creek plant in
recognition of the fact that not one of
it's employees suffered an accident caus-
ing him to lose time from his work
during the past year.
This is the second year that honor
certificates have been awarded in the
continuous accident prevention compe-
tition which began in 1887. In this
competition all employees, divisions and
operating companies in the Associated
Gas & Electric System compete. The
purpose of the competition is to reduce
pain and suffering, permanent disa-
bility, death and sorrow, which SO
hand in hand with accidents. All the
operating companies in the System
will compete in special summer acct
dent-prevention campaign this year.
Five of the employees who received
honor certificates last Friday night
for their perfect records in 1888 have
avoided lost-time accidents for twelve
years.
The five were Peder E. Baasland,
Fred G. Gearhart, c. E. MacMurray,
Clarence Suffer and George o. Wahl.
The remaining ten of the fifteen who
were awarded honor certificates in
Guided L. E. Beckman, 7. C. Dewitt,
Martin Friend, William Hastings, Paul
Hinebaugh, F. E. Kershner, w. c.
Mummert, Thomas Savage, c. W.
Shipley and E. j. Sterline.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-02-02
MISUNDERSTANDING
TAX RATE OF Sl.l5FOR 80
Figure Is Increase of 80 Cents
Over Past Year; Anticipate
Receipts OF S252,16S.S9
LEVY APPEARS ON PAGE 6

Garrett county's tax rate was
fixed at $1.15 on each S100 of as
sessable property by the Board
of County Commissioners, ac-
cording to the annual levy, which
was released for publication late
last night. The levy was COM
pleted on January 20. The Com
missioners are required by law
to make the levy on or before
the first of February.
The rate is Is cents more on each
500 of assessable property than was
levied during the four years previous
to last year, but change in the law,
applicable in 1888, brought the rate to
IS cents last year, creating some I'M
certainty in the minds of many tax
payers of the county as to whether
taxes had been raised or lowered, as
the fiscal year had been changed from
July 1 to January 1.
With this years rate at $1.15, all i'm
portant county officers, including
those connected with the health office,
the county agent and home demonstra-
ton agent, are retained, and large
sums are levied for roads and equip
ment and relief agencies.
Schools Get Minimum
Public schools received 1913, 1889
for general operating expenses and
nothing for capital outlay or debt SER
vice, both of which were requested in
the estimated budget submitted to the
Board of County Commissioners by
the Board of Education several weeks
ago in compliance with the law. The
school board requested 1914 1866 for cur
rent expenses; $73,675 for capital out
lay and $13,654 for debt service. The
amount levied by the Commissioners
was exactly At cents on each $500 Of
assessable property, as required by
State law.
Relief Burden Increases
The Commissioners levied the sum
of S34,936.79 for various items of re-
lief that are administered by the Gar
rett County Welfare Board, which is
an increase of $4,000 over last year.
General public assistance got $4,000 of
this increase, making a total of $751;
900 levied for this item. Old age pen
sions got $4,000; Welfare Board adj
ministration, $4,000; Children's Aid
Society, $3,155, and aid to dependent
children fund, S1,981.79. All this was
in addition to an item of $4,000 for the
almshouse and asylum fund. The COM
missioners disbursed general public
assistance funds last year but recently.
Concluded on Page Five) !
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-02-02
CRIMINALS SOUGHT BY
THE OMEN THOUGHT TO
HAVE BEEN IN OAKLAND
Act Suspicious At Every Place
They StOp-RoOmed At Canty's

If Oakland people had realized who
their callers were last Wednesday
evening and Thursday morning, per-
haps they wouldn't have breathed
quite so freely-at least the people
living in the home of Mrs. NJ. ]. CAVITY,
OF the employees at Lakeside Park, OF
in Glotfelty's restaurant, or in Pritts
Brothers garage.
Two men and a girl came to Oak
land last Wednesday night, getting
rooms at Canty's. They drank coffee
at Glotfelty's, and in returning to
Canty's got in the Miller home across
the street. They had also stopped
previously at Railey's, on Deep Greek.
Several people along their route
thought they recognized two of the
trio as Benny Dickson and his wife,
Stella Mae Dickson, who are being
sought by the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation, for armed robbery Of a
number of banks, kidnapping, and
other violations of the law, through
out the middle west. They were re-
ported in Maryland two weeks ago
and pictures of the couple appeared
in number of newspapers.
At all places where they spent some
time in Oakland they appeared to act
suspicious. In Railey's and at the
restaurant they separated while eat
ing their meal, the two men drinking
coffee with their left hands, keeping
their right hands in their pockets.
The girl usually did the talking and
went into the places first to see If 1t
appeared safe. The man, it was said,
became suspicious at Pritts garage
when in fixing his automobile the me-
chanic was absent from the car longer
than he thought necessary. The trio
travelled in a car with Texas license
plates. They told some person they
were on their way to Cumberland.
After suspicious had been aroused
Sheriff J. w. Owens was notified and
after getting in touch with the Fed
eral Bureau at Cumberland, two
Omen came to Oakland to investigate,
but they had left town by this time.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-02-02
SELF HELP SCHOOL GETS
FOUR LOCAL DIRECTORS
Local Treasurer Also Appointed
At Meeting Held Tuesday
Evening

At a meeting sponsored by the
Patrons Association Of the Self Help
School at Mt. Lake Park on Tuesday
evening the reorganization of the
school was effected with the naming
of four local men to the executive
board and local man as treasurer.
H. M. Weeks was named as local
treasurer and those named to the
executive board included D. L. Reed
and Blair Simmons, Mt. Lake Park;
A. D. Naylor and George Loar, Oak
land.
The executive board now numbers
fourteen, previous members including
Rev. Fred Barnes, Westernport, presi-
dent; DR.. Dean G. Dutton, chancellor;
Miss Bernice Blye, Miss Frances Mil
Ter, dean of women; Miss Maude JEFF
ferson, dean of the school; Mr.. j. b.
Webster, dean of men; Earl D. Ford,
treasurer; Rev. M. W. Casteel, chair
man; C. C. Gnegy, business adminis-
tration; and Rev. Paul R. Maness.
The date for reopening has been set
for March 6, by which time it is ex-
pected to complete the arrangements
necessary to care for the comfort OF
the students, according to Mr.. Gnegy.
Mr.. Gnegy said the meeting Tuesday
was attended by a goodly number of
Mt. Lake citizens.
The next meeting of the Patrons
Association will be on Tuesday even
ing, February IA, at 1880, in the base
ment of the Methodist church. A
special feature at this meeting will
be an electrical reproduction of the
broadcasted portion of last summers
music festival at the Park. The pub
lie is invited.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-02-02
Two Persons Taken To Hospital

Frank Westlake, who was being held
in the Garrett County Jail on charge
of arson in connection with the burn
ing of his home in 1887, was taken to
Memorial Hospital, Cumberland, last
Friday afternoon, suffering with pneu-
monia. He still remains in a very seri-
Gus condition.
At the same time Ruth Baker, Of
Rosedale, about 20 years old, was also
taken to the hospital. DIR. E. 1. Baum
gartner, who was called to attend her
prior to the trip to Cumberland, said
she told him she had taken four BIZ
chloride tablets earlier in the day and
that she took them with intent to COM
nit suicide. These tablets are used as
a disinfectant.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-02-02
URGE LOCAL LEADERSHIP
IN SELLING OUR STATE
Tourist Trade Is Third Largest
In Country, But We Neglect 1t

Urging that Western Maryland take
the lead in movement to "sell" Mary
land to the nations tourists, Harold
E. Fink, Baltimore, president of the
Maryland State Hotel Mems Associa-
ton, told the Cumberland Rotary club
Monday that the tourist business is
the third largest in the United States
and that Maryland is backward in 60
ing after it's share of the millions that
are spent every year by those who
travel.
A national chart shows that hotels
and restaurants get % per cent of the
tourist dollar, but much of this goes
back in local channels in garages, fooc
purchases and taxes Retail store sales
account for 81 per cent of each tourist
dollar; ten per cent is spent at garages
and gas stations; eight per cent goes
to theatres and amusements, and the
remainder goes to variety of enter,
prises.
Mr.. Fink cited how New England
had made up losses sustained wher
textile mills began to shut down by
seeking tourist business through
Statewide publicity and convention
bureaus. Some states have spent as
much as half a million of dollars a
year to attract tourists.
Along this line, the speaker called
attention to a recommendation of the
governmental commission headed by
Isaiah Bowman that Department OF
Natural Resources be established and
that it include a section devoted to
publicizing the tourist attractions OF
Maryland.
Governor O'Conor's speech during
the recent campaign in Garrett county
was also cited. In that address the
States chief executive visioned the eX-
IRENE western end of Maryland as a
great recreational area. Mr.. Fink
termed Western Maryland the logical
place to start movement to get staid
aid for Maryland publicity.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-02-02
GROUNDHOG HAS CHANCE
: TO LOOK AT HIS SHADOW
Lowest Temperature Of Year Re
corded Saturday With 10 De-
grees Below Zero

Although today began dreary
enough to make it certain that the
grounding wasn't going to see his
shadow, the sun peeped from behind
the rain clouds long enough between
HOO and 1900 o'clock to give the
animal an opportunity if he happened
from his winter home at that time.
And so, according to tradition, we
can expect six more weeks of winter
weather.
Last weeks storm continued in this
county until Friday, nature putting a
six-inch top dressing on what had al
ready fallen, and bringing the total
snowfall since January Is to about 30
inches. Another two inches was added
to the total on Tuesday when another
storm struck here, causing school to
be dismissed so that bus students could
be assured of getting to their homes
before the roads became blocked.
Although there has been much
thawing in the past week, the coolest
weather of the year was recorded Sat
urday morning. 1t was ten degrees be-
low zero at the State garage and Z be-
low at Weber's. Eight above zero was
registered last Friday and also yester-
day morning.
The City Council has had a number
of men employed clearing the piles OF
snow from the main streets and con-
ditions are getting back to normal,
waiting for the storm that is scheduled
to be on it's way from the west. 1t
continued to thaw, however, today.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-02-02
Grantsville Woman Seriously
Burned by Kerosene

Mrs. Albert Wiley, SO, of Grants
vile, was admitted to the Miners hos
pital at Frostburg on Monday even
ing suffering with severe burns sus-
tanned in her home when she used
kerosene in attempting to start a fire
in a coal stove.
Flames leaped from the stove and
ignited the woman's clothing. Her
husband, in the house at the time,
succeeded in extinguishing the blazing
garments but not until the woman had
been burned about the face, arms and
body. Her condition was described as
Every serious.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-02-02
Oakland Teams Win A Double
Header From Grantsville

Oakland High school basketball
quint won its seventh game out of II
last night on the local court when they
easily defeated Grantsville AZ to 10.
The girls, appearing in their new uni
forms, also defeated the Grantsville
lassies SO to 8.
In the boys game Wolfe was shifted
to forward and came through with
nine field goals. Kley and Fazzalari
made four each and Sharps one. Pat
ton was Grantsville's high scorer with
8 points. Oakland used many substi-
tutes.
Both Oakland teams will travel to
Frostburg tomorrow evening for
games with Beall High school.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-02-02
POTATO GROWERS GIVEN
So PLACES AT EXHIBIT
Garrett County Producers Take
Majority Of Places At Annual
Potato Show In Baltimore
LIST OF WINNERS GIVEN

Garrett county potato producers
won ffty-three places in twelve classes
in which they competed at the State
Potato Show held in Baltimore on
January II and II, in connection with
the annual meeting of the Farm
Bureau. The winners were just an
nounced. Prizes totaling $1,000 were
awarded to Garrett county winners.
Winners and the classes in which
they competed were as follows:
Adult Certified Irish Cobbler-Fos-
ter Yost, Accident, list; William P.
DeBerry, Oakland, End.
Adult Certified Smooth Rural-Fos-
ter Yost, LIST; Albert Richter, Accident,
End; William P. DeBerry, 3rd.
Adult Certified Russet Rural-Jas.
E. George, Grantsville, LIST; Walter c.
DeBerry, Oakland, End; William P
DeBerry, 3rd.
Adult Certified Any Other Variety
William P. DeBerry, 1st; Troy Fike,
Fearer, End.
Adult Commercial Irish Cobbler-
Robert DeBerry, Oakland, LIST; Fos-
ter Yost, End; William P. DeBerry,
3rd; Richard DeBerry, Oakland, 4th;
William F. DeBerry, Oakland, 9Th.
Adult Commercial Smooth Rural
William P. DeBerry, LIST; Robert De-
Berry, End; Howard Schlossnagle, Ac-
cident, 3rd; Foster Yost, 4th; Richard
DeBerry, 5th; William F. DeBerry
9th; Bobbie Miller, Accident, 7th;
Eugene Schlossnagle, Accident, 9Th;
Mrs. w. A. Custer, Friendsville, 9th;
Lloyd Miller, Accident, 10th; Ray
.mond Schlossnagle, Accident, 18th;
and W. A. Custer, Friendsville, 18th.
Adult Commercial Russell Rural
W. F. DeBerry, LIST; Ray W. George,
End; M. C. DeBerry, Oakland, 4th;
yOrval Thomas, Selbysport, 9Th; Ricn-
ard DeBerry, 9Th; Robert DeBerry,
7th; w. C. DeBerry, 8th; William P
DeBerry, 9th.
Adult Commercial Any Other
Variety-Mrs. William P. DeBerry
End; William P. DeBerry, 3rd; w. f.
DeBerry, 9Th.
Adult Commercial Rehabilitation
ert DeBerry, 1st; Richard DeBerry
End; J. Gordon Calls, Accident, Bird.
All Club Certified and Commercial
Late Varieties-Wilbur Thomas, End;
All Club Certified and Commercial
Smooth Rural-Charles Herring, Ac-
cident, list; Junior Schlossnagle, Ac-
.cident, End; Eugene Schlossnagle, Bird;
Glen Schlossnagle, 4th; Leslie Guard
Somerfeld, Pa, 9th; Bobbie Miller
7th; Paul Miller, Accident, 8th; Mar
vim Schlossnagle, Accident, 9th.
F. F. A. Certified and Commercial
Junior Schlossnagle, End; Wilbur
Thomas, 3rd; James E. George, 4th.
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Sixty-Eight Marriages Are Per
formed During January

Sixty-eight marriage licenses were
issued during the month of January,
according to A. G. Ross, Clerk of the
Circuit Court. There were sixty-three
applications also granted.
Evening star., 1939-02-19

nice pink, and Baxter's face an ugly
purple before he stopped and said,
well, Curley, how's that?'
"Why, frankie, that feels fine"
said Curley. innocently. "Now, sup
pose you rub the arm pitch with!'
The fact that Walter johnson never
had had a sore arm was the cause of one
of his faults as manager. He couldn't
understand it when one of his pitchers
complained of a sore arm. He never
heard tell of any such thing. In
fact, most old-timers find it hard to
understand all this talk about Clipped
bones and bursitis and such. They sniff
at the younger generations as softies.
Sure" says old Cy Young. II had
sore arms. but l didn't NOPE about
them. just went out and pitched
the soreness out. 'Twaren't nothing to
it a-tall."
Moose Mccormick. an old Giant
pitcher, says the current epidemic of
sore arms reminds him of the time
when Jim Thorpe. with the Giants at
the time, had a shin splint.
Nobody on the team had heard of
any such ailment," Moose told me
recently. But three days later, every
body said they had a shin splint."
One old-timer points out that no.
body ever heard of bursitis in the big
leagues two years ago; now every
body's got it. Maybe there's some
thing to his point; but he should
remember that they didn't pitch in
bandbox ball parks with shiny,
hopped-up ball. Maybe the conces-
sions made this year and the opera
tions performed last winter have
helped the major-league hurlers. If
they haven't, the owners will be
forced to do something drastic - or
it will mean farewell to arms.
Evening star., 1939-02-19

way feel now could win l8 or 20
games"
That may be good bet. but
better one is this: the Cleveland
Indians will be mighty careful how
they use Bob Fellcr. their Wonder
Boy, in the spring-training exhibition
games.
Most experts agree that Feller's
arm trouble in 1897 - and the hang
over from it in 1898 - was due dl-
rectly to being overworked on the
tent show tour of the Indians and
Giants that first spring. In the fading
days of the previous campaign. the
Young fireball artist had tied the
American League record for strike
outs (he since has broken it, and he
was something of prize exhibit at
every whistle stop where the teams
played. He pitched every fourth day
Evening star., 1939-02-19
WALK YOUNG!
by Sylvia Blythe

Bring the weight Of your body to
its summit. and balance it properly
with your shoulders. is her advice. To
assume correct alignment, raise your
shoulders to the ear lobes, hold your
chin and head back. tilt your body
backward slightly from the waist, then
drop your shoulders. and shake your
self free of stiffness
If your shoulders need improving
in line. check up on your habits of
posture. and practise walking and
standing in this upright position until
you have disciplined your body in
erectness Breathing upward. not out
ward, will help you to clinch these
habits
If your shoulders incline toward
roundncss, there are backward-b bend
Evening star., 1939-02-19

AMONG mammals, the mouse has the
shortest average life span 1.-TWO to
three years.. The turtle. a reptile. may
live $50 years or more.
IHE dinosaurs roaming the earth
some $4,000, 600 years ago were not
all huge creatures, although popular
conception associates the word dino.
saur" with something large. Some OF
them were only 212 feet long.
lHE nuthatch. common in the east,
is an expert nut cracker. Armed with a
'hatchet" - a long. sharp-polnted bill
it chops apart small thln-shelled
nuts. 1t wedges nuts into cracks IN
trees and forgets about them in the
Evening star., 1939-02-19
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE

ing exercises to loosen tightness and
help straighten them out. Try this
swinging routine, which should be
practised standing in an upright posi-
ton with your feet twelve inches
apart: Raise your arms behind the
body, keeping them close to its sides,
palms facing front, and swing them
forward to chin level, vigorously
enough to slap the palms together and
to raise the heels from the floor Swing
back and forth for sixteen counts.
There is specially designed bras
sere with a fashion feature bandeau
top for uplift-support which will keep
your shoulders properly braced, inn
prove bust contours, and give COM
plete freedom of body movement. Its
nine-inch rib-control band has special
elastic weave in front to stretch up
and down with the body; but the back
is made of firmly woven fabric, which,
with tab fasteners to attach to the
girdle. keeps the shoulders properly
disciplined.
There are details of dress which
will help you to square off rounded
shoulder line. See that the seamings
over your shoulders slant toward the
back, that neckline and collar interest
is massed at the rear. and avoid collar
less dresses and suits. Choose your
evening gowns with wide square or Y
necklines with built out horizontal
width The flare of bloused waists,
loose jackets and boleros helps to con-
ceal a shoulder curve in the back.
If your shoulders are narrow, a
padded out shoulder line will do the
same trick to widen them as it does to
a mans, and you have superior ad
vantage with leg o'mutton sleeves,
wide lapels. square or boat-shaped
necklines. panel effects which begin
wide at the neck and taper down to
the waist, and an infinite variety Of
epaulette details.
Groom your shoulders for satin
smoothness A lOOfah mitten or bath
brush strapped to your hand creates
friction and improves the circulation.
If you will smooth on a rich tissue
cream before your hot bath, the heat
will aid penetration and the oils will
help to soften and refine the skin. For
evening makeup there are flattering
powder bases which will impart a
pearly CLEAN. One is a color -filtering
foundation cream which brings out a
roseate glow under artificial lights.