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Evening star., 1939-12-29
Dali Is Called to Act
On Fighting |. R. A.
PS the Associated Press.

EH the Associated Press.
DUBLIN, Dec. 29.-The Irish gov
ernment decided today to summon
the Dali Qegislature) for a meeting
next Wednesday to pass on a request
for special powers to deal with ac-
tivities of the outlawed Irish Repub-
lican Army.
Imprisonment without trial was
reported to be one of the powers the
government would seek at the ses-
sion.
Troops and police announced,
meanwhile, that they had recovered
$4,000 to 10000 of the 100000
rounds of ammunition looted from
the Phoenix Park army arsenal
Saturday by a band police said was
composed of I. r. A. members.
Discovery of several caches had
been announced previously and 20
suspects had been jailed.
Evening star., 1939-12-29
Fl. {. Report Halls
Press and Radio
Policies on Ads
Declares They Strive to
Keep Them Free
From False Claims

Publishing and radio industries
are striving to keep their adver-
tising free from false and mis-
leading claims. the Federal Trade
Commission today said in its an
nual report.
Recounting the extent to which
cooperation in this field has been
extended to the commission, the
report said Nationwide and re-
gicnal networks, transcription pro-
ducers, GIG commercial radio sta
ticns. 457 newspaper publishers and
533 publishers of magazines and
farm journals are requiring the ad-
vertising matter they carry to con-
form to proper standards.
The commission reported also
that its work "for consumer pro-
lection has been increasing stead
lily both in volume and in effec-
tiveness." The new Wheeler-Lee
amendments. which permit correc-
tive proceedings to be instituted
where 1t is felt public interest will
be advanced, the commission said,
is responsible in part for this sit
uation, while another factor is "the
growing understanding on the part
of industry generally and of con-
sumer groups of the value to the
public and to business of eliminat-
ing unfair practices and harmful
restraints from trade and COM
merce and of dealing honestly and
fairly with the buying public"
The commission was successful in
II cases in United States Circuit
Courts and was reversed twice on
cease and desist orders In Dis
trict Court 10 cases were won and !
lost.
Recommendation was renewed in
the report for amendment of the
Clayton Act to prohibit acquisition
by corporations of the assets Of
competing corporations under cir
cumstances tending to create mo-
nopoly or restraint of trade The
act at present forbids only the
acquisition Of capital stock under
such circumstances.
Evening star., 1939-12-29
Admiral De 0tte, II,
Retired, Is Dead
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK. Dec. 29.-Detlef
Frederick De Otte, 70, retired Coast
Guard rear admiral, died yesterday
after a long illness
OF Danish ancestry, he was born
aboard his fathers sailing ship off
Argentina in 1867
He settled in the United States
when he was 16. For As years he
served in various capacities with the
Coast Guard and saw active service
in the Spanish-American War and
World War.
During the World War Admiral
De Otte first commanded a Coast
Guard training station at Detroit
and later was captain of the port of
Brest, France.
Survivors include his widow, the
former Leila Tucker of Washington,
D. c.; two daughters. Mrs. Adam
Hitchner of San Francisco and Mrs.
Lloyd Grenlie of Washington, and
son. 1t. Donald F. De Otte of the
Coast Guard In New York.
Evening star., 1939-12-29
Copt. Budt to Be Guest
At Adus Israel Service

Capt. Harry A. Badt, U. S. N,
commanding officer of the U. S. S.
Tuscaloosa, will be a guest at re-
ligious services of the Adas Israel
Congregation tonight.
Rabbi Solomon H. Metz will speak
on Hosea. the Prophet of Com
passion" The talk will be followed
by an open forum. led by Mrs.
Raphael Tourover, member of the
National Board of Hadassah, who
will speak on "The Work of the
Youth Aliyah.' The Youth Aliyah
is the agency through which refugee
children are established in Palestine.
Cantor Louis Novick will conduct
the services and the choir will be
under the direction of Abe Sheffer-
man.
Evening star., 1939-12-29
Chicago Milk Drivers
Union That battIed
Capone Gusts Cars
Two in Office
Nearly 40 Years
Are Defeated

By the Assoc. ated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 29.-The Chicago
Milk Wagon Drivers Union ousted
from office today the two men who
ruled it for nearly 40 years, sue
cessfuLy fought Capone gangsters'
attempts to muscle in on its rich
treasury and saw it develop into one
Of the city's most powerful labor
organizations.
Robert G. Fitchie. "a, president
since 1906, and Steve Sumner, the 90
year-old warhorse of the union, who
began as business agent when 1t was
founded in 1902 and held the title Of
secretary-treasurer for two decades,
lost their lifetime" jobs in the first
formal election since 1921.
Most of Members Vote.
Most of the 4,70O members Of the
powerful American Federation of
Labor union cast their ballots yester-
day, and when the long counting Job
was finished early today it showed
that Henry Weber. a wholesale
driver, had been elected president.
The count was Weber. 2,O23; Harry
Van Asten, $50. and Fitchie. 654.
Sumner was beaten by Thomas J.
Haggerty, who had 1874 votes to
Summers 1851. Reelected were
James Kennedy, vice president. and
Business Agents Ray Bryant, who
has been in that job 20 years, and Al
Richards.
Insurgents within the union had
been demanding an election for
months, claiming the existing lead
ership was czaristic.
Fitchie and Sumner had their
tenure In office extended indefinitely
in 1921 by a membership grateful
for the strength the union had
achieved and the successful anti
mobster war.
Aired $4,000 Ransom.
The unions sometimes turbulent
rise to power had its most spectac-
ular phase in the early 1905.
Fitchie testified last January In
Federal hearing that he was kid
naped in December. 1881, and ran
somed for $4,000 from union funds.
In the same hearing. an income
tax appeal case of Murray (The
CameD Humphreys, one-time pub
lie enemy. Sumner identified Hum
phreys as one of the men who COL
lected the ransom. Details of the
kidnapping, rumored for years, were
never before made public.
Sumner, the stocky, doughty war
rior of the union, used to ride around
in an armored automobile and in the
midst Of the battle to keep out
mobsters the unions Office in South
Ashland avenue was lined with bull
let-proof steel.
Evening star., 1939-12-29
War Keeps Electricity,
Liqht Units Inaccurate

BY the Associated Press.
Because of the war the world
will have to go on measuring elec-
tricity and light by units which are
infnitesimally inaccurate.
DR.. Lyman j. Briggs, director of
the Bureau of Standards, said new
units of measurement approved by
the International Committee on
Weights and Measures were sched-
uled for worldwide adoption jan
uary /, but that the war had
interrupted negotiations and the
use of the units had been postponed
indefinitely.
Evening star., 1939-12-29
Germany Protests
Mandates Use for
War by Allies
> Mandatory Powers Not
Sovereign in Areas,
Berlin Contends
Dy the Associated Press.

Dy the Associated Press.
BERLIN. Dec. 29.-Germany, with
I special eye on Syria and former
German East Africa, has protested
to Great Britain and France against
use of inundated territories for war
purposes.
Authorized quarters said the step,
which presumably was made through
Sweden, was logical and of interest
to all members of the League Of Ma
tions, as these territories were en-
trusted to Britain and France solely
as trustees"
French action in assembling war
materials in Syria and the presence
Of Gen. Maxine Weygand. head of
the French Near Eastern forces
In Syria, are being watched closely
by Germany. Close attention is also
being given to the possibility that
the allies may use Syria to aid Tur-
key in event the European war
spreads to the Near East.
The German protest was delivered
to the governments Of Australia, New
Zealand and the Union of South
Africa as we'll as to Paris and Lon
don. 1t mentioned the inundated
territories of Tanganyika, the Cam
eroons, Togo, Southwest Africa, New
Guinea. Samoa, Palestine and Syria
as having been placed by the manda-
tory powers lin state of war" The
protest said:
THE aforementioned governments,
and the local administrative au-
thorities at their direction, have
taken measures in these territories
against Germans, their property,
their rights and interests, which
prove that the governments afore-
mentioned consider the inundated
territories entrusted to them to be
IN state of war with Germany, and
treat the Germans present in those
territories as enemy aliens.
THE governments mentioned are
not, as mandatories, in possession
OF sovereignty over the inundated
territories and they are, in conse-
quence, not entitled to involve these
territories in war declared on Ger
many.
'The relevant conditions under
which the exercise of official and
administrative powers was granted
to the mandatory powers have as
their fundamental purpose a neu-
tralization of the inundated terri
tories in European war. They
were drawn UP with the object of
hindering such territories and their
inhabitants from being drawn into
such q war and expressly exclude
any use of those territories, en-
trusted to the manufactures solely
for administration and development.
Tor aggressively hostile actions
against country, its citizens and
interests against whom the govern
ments of the mandatory powers
have declared war on their own ac-
count"
Evening star., 1939-12-29
Mexico to Operate
Own Stock Market
3y the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 29.-The
Chamber of Deputies completed
legislative action yesterday on a
government-operated stock market
project to stimulate Mexican indus
trial development.
The market is expected to start op-
erations early in 1910 with funds to
be raised from the tax on liquor.
The government proposes to un-
derwrite, in part, any capital losses
if enterprises selling securities
through the new market should fail,
provided they are intended to i'm
prove or expand existing plants.
Evening star., 1939-12-29
$4,000 Domoqe Suit Filed

Contending that the Pennsylvania
Railroad was negligent, Hudson
Grunewald, Sunday editor of The
Star, yesterday afternoon filed in
District Court a $50, 900 damage suit,
as the aftermath of a collision
August 4 in Maryland. Mr.. Grune-
valid said the automobile he was
driving was demolished in the i'm
pact with one of the railroads loco
motives and that he suffered severe
injury. Representing him are At
torneys William T. Hannah and
Austin F. Garfield.
Evening star., 1939-12-29
A. J. Werniq Elected

Anthony j. Wernig was elected
president of the Disabled Firemen's
Association at a meeting last night
at the Annapolis Hotel. Other off,
GERS elected were L. D. Donaldson,
vice president; G. G. Birch, secre-
tary; John T. Albers, treasurer, and
o. G. Bassford, sergeant at arms.
Evening star., 1939-12-29
California Governor
Calls Special Session
b. the Associated Press,

b. the Associated Press.
SACRAMENTO, Calf, Dec. 29.-
Gov. Olson yesterday called a special
session of the Legislature for Janu-
ary 20. He said six subjects of
major concern would be on the
agenda for the session, originally
planned to appropriate relief funds
for the 1940-41 fiscal year. He de-
clined to name them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-03-09
Local Office Of Employment Ser
vice Offers Assistance

AS the local office of the Maryland
State Employment service often re-
ceives requests from private employ
ers for girls to do homework or res
taurant work, those in charge are
urging that girls with some eXper-
fence in these types of work register
at the office in the McIntire building
in order that they may be referred
when an order is received.
Milburn w. Mann, interviewer in
charge, stated that the local office
could also be of service to employers
by referring girls to take care of chill
dren during evening social functions,
and by sending qualified persons to
those wanting spring house cleaning
completed.
eve can supply almost any type of
person if the employer will specify
qualifications necessary" Mr.. Mann
said.
The office is open Monday, Wednes-
day and Friday each week from $3.50
a. m. to 400 p. m. The phone is 273
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-03-09
Oakland ROuts Elk Garden

Oakland High school boys basket
ball team easily defeated the quint
from Elk Garden, West Va, last Sat
urday evening, the final score being
81 to 81. The game was played at
Oakland.
Oakland led all the way, having a
34-17 edge at the half. Kley was Oak
lands leading scorer, shooting four
teen field goals. Oakland used numer-
Gus substitutes throughout the game.
The smallness of the Elk Garden play
ers was their chief handicap. Murphy
was their high point man with eight
field goals and one foul.
Oakland High boys and girls teams
lost to Bruce High of Westernport on
the local court last night, the boys
being defeated 81 to 10. Oakland led
Ga at the first quarter, but Bruce put
on speed in the second to score IA
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-03-09
Welfare Board Reports On Elk
penditureS For February

At the meeting of the County Wei
fare Board held on Monday evening
four applications for old age assis-
lance were granted and two appli-
cations were granted for aid to depen-
dent children funds.
A report of expenditures for Feb
ruary showed S6,280.74 disbursed to
374 old age assistance cases; 3,341.32
distributed to 322 children and $169.80
to 9 blind persons. Administration
costs amounted to S1,73O.4O.
A CCC enrolment was announced
for the early part of April. This will
include young men between the ages
of II and 25, with prefence given to
boys from families who are in need.
Miss Elizabeth G. Smith, case work
consultant from the Board of State
Aid and Charities, was in the county
for few days last week.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-03-09

Mrs. Neil C. Fraley entertained
members of the Ritz club at her home
on Fourth street Tuesday evening.
C. J. Oester, of the Accident COM
munity, was in Oakland Wednesday
transacting some business matters.
Cornelius Gisriel, of Baltimore, was
here over the weekend with Mrs. Gis-
riel and small son.
DR.. and Mrs. H. R. DuPuy announce
the birth of a daughter in Memorial
Hospital, Cumberland, on Monday,
March 6.
Mrs. William Rice went to Balti-
more on Sunday, where she is visit
ing her son-in-Iaw and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Floyd Beere.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Bates Chaires en-
tertained last Friday and Saturday
EVENING" about forty-five guests, the
occasion marking their eighteenth
wedding anniversary.
There will be a st. Patrick's Day
dance at the Manhattan Hotel, Oak
land, next Friday evening, March II,
beginning at o'clock. The Black Dia-
monds orchestra will furnish music.
Miss Hazel Lee, who had been a pa
tient in Memorial Hospital, Cumber-
land, for several days where she I'M
derwent a minor operation, has re-
turned to her home at Underwood,
where she is slowly improving.
A benefit supper, sponsored by the
Harmed Bible class of the Methodist
church, will be held in the assembly
room of the church on Thursday even
ing, March %, beginning at $50. The
patronage of the public is solicited.
Mrs. R. E. Sliger, Grantsville, ac-
companied Mr.. William johnson and
Miss Helen Offutt, of Oakland, to a
point in Florida where they are visit
ing Miss Offutt's mother, Mrs. W. P.
Offutt, who has been in the South for
several weeks.
The service station, corner of Third
and Green streets, recently take n over
by Whites Garage and Service station
has been named "The Old Mill Ser
vice Station" The name was offered
by Stephen Coffey, for which he re-
ceived $500 in merchandise.
DR.. Cliff P. Berger was in Water
ford, Va, over the weekend and upon
his return to Oakland was accom-
panied by Mrs. Berger. The couple are
residing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
T. E. Bishoff for the present, but will
shortly occupy an apartment in the
Warwick apartment house, corner AL
der and Seventh streets.
Mrs. Erwin S. Smith was hostess to
members of the Young Women's Mis-
sionary Society of the Lutheran
church at her home on South Third
street Tuesday evening. Mrs. F. D,
Bittle was leader in the discussion Of
the topic, "Christ the Preacher, Evan
gelism in the Audhra Lutheran Church
in India. Miss Alverta Dillon gave a
review of several chapters of the book,
"Teeming Millions"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-03-09
LOCAL NEWS


James A. Wilson, of Kitzmiller, was
here on Monday for brief business
visit.
George L. Pritts, garage owner at
Kitzmiller, was here on Friday as a
business visitor.
Charles S. Zeller, Justice of the
Peace, Grantsville, was here for a few
hours Tuesday afternoon.
Richard Stemple, of Nespopeck, Pa,
was here over the weekend visiting
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Grover C.
Stemple.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Hoffman are
visiting with friends in Lakeland, Fla,
having gone to that point the latter
part of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Krause and
members of their family motored to
Cleveland, Ohio, and spent the week
end in that city with friends.
Rev. DR.. A. B. Learner returned to
Oakland last Wednesday evening after
a few days absence which he spent
with friends in West Virginia and
Ohio.
William R. Browning and his sister,
Mrs. Andrew Helbig motored to Balti-
more Sunday to visit with relatives,
returning to their homes here on
Monday.
Mrs. Ralph Kercheval and son
Ralph went to Tunnelton last Friday
and on Saturday attended the funeral
of Mrs. Kerchevals brother, the late
Floyd A. Funk.
Mr.. and Mrs. John V, Bundus, of
Chicago, H., are here for a brief visit
with Mrs. Bundus' parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Little, Oak street, and
other members of the family.
Charles C. Layman and Bradford
Blocher, of the Frostburg- Grantsville
community, visited Oakland on bust
ness last Thursday when they made q
brief call at The Republican office.
Members of the McVeigh Holy
Cross club of st. Peters Catholic
church, Oakland, will conduct a roast
pork supper at the Parish Hall on
Thursday, March 16, from 500 to 700
o'clock. The public is invited. Decora-
tons will be in keeping with St. Pat
rick's Day.
Miss Edith Brock, daughter of Mrs.
w. B. Brock, Mountain Lake Park,
has been cited for academic achieve
ment at Wilson college, Chambers
burg, Pa, where she is a junior. Miss
Brock is among the ten members of
her class who have been named to the
first honor list by Dean Margaret C.
Disert. At Wilson such citation is
not only a recognition of notable
work throughout a semester; it also
entities a student to the privilege of
assuming responsibilities for her own
class attendance
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-03-09
Celebrate Golden Wedding An
niversary On Tuesday

Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Paugh, of Loeb
Lynn Heights, observed the 5Oth an
niversary of their wedding on Tues
day, March 7. The couple was married
at Gormania, West Va.
A dinner was given Sunday at their
home with their children and members
Of their families attending. They in
Guided Murray E. Paugh and family,
Raymond G. Paugh and family, Loeb
Lynn; Guy W. Paugh and family, OF
Oakland; Mrs. Cosner Kifer and fam
lily, Cumberland, and Claude Paugh
and family, Bedford, Ohio.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-03-09

Mr.. and Mrs. S. Townshend Naylor
are planning to leave Oakland Friday
or Saturday for Sebring, Florida, to
remain several weeks with Mr.. and
Mrs. A. D. NayIor, at their home in
that place.
Thomas c. Pierce and daughter,
Miss Clementine Pierce, of National,
Allegany county, visited the formers
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick Thayer, Oak street, Satur-
day and Sunday.
Mrs. William Gibson, Eddie Hine-
baugh, Harper Bartlett and Miss Car
RE Bartlett motored to Washington
Sunday where they visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl McIntire, returning to Oak
land Sunday evening.
Paul Riley, of the Reckard and
Glotfelty Garage, left Oakland Sun
day for Pittsburgh, Pa, where he will
remain for two weeks as a student of
craftsmanship in the school instituted
by the Gulf Refining Company. His
employers are local distributors of the
Gulf products.
County Superintendent Franklin E.
Rathbun was in Baltimore Monday
attending a meeting of educational
men from various parts of the State.
Mr. Rathbun and Walter w. Dawson
returned Saturday from Cleveland,
Ohio, where they had been for a week
in attendance upon a meeting of Ma
tional educators.
Misses Virginia and Frances Rich
ardson, of Baltimore, are here for a
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Benz. H. SIN
cell and other relatives. Miss Virginia
Richardson is just now recovering
from an injury she received during
the holiday season when she was
struck by an automobile while cross
ing a street in Baltimore.
Mrs. Asa T. Matthews, i'll at her
home in Oakland for a week or more,
was taken to Memorial Hospital Cum
berland, on Friday and on Monday
was operated upon. Her condition, fol-
lowing the operation, is said to be sat
isfactory and her early recovery and
return home is anticipated by her
numerous friends in Oakland.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Smouse left
Oakland on Saturday for Holiday
Cove, West Va, where they were
joined by Nh. Smouse's sister, Mrs.
James Thompson, and from that point
went on to Battle Greek, Michigan,
where Mr.. Smouse and Mrs. Thompson
were admitted as patients in a sani-
tarium for treatment. Mrs. Smouse
will remain at Battle Creek during the
present week.
Harry L. StempIe and son Harry re-
turned to Oakland Monday evening
from Washington, D. c., to which city
Mr.. and Mrs. Stemple were called on
Sunday following the illness of their
daughter, Miss Annabelle Stemple,
who suffered an attack of appendicitis
on Thursday and was operated upon
Monday morning at Garfield Hospital.
Mrs. Stemple remains in Washington
with her daughter, whose condition is
reported as being good.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-03-09

points while holding Oakland to 5.
Oakland in the third scored five and
held Bruce scoreless, but a rally in
the last quarter gave Bruce the game.
The Bruce girls won by a two-point
margin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-03-09
IN MEMORY OF FRED G. sCHOCH

who passed away one year ago
March 8, 1888, at Spokane, Washing,
ton:
1t was just a year ago today
God took the one we loved away;
He took him to the land of gold,
Where cares and sorrows are untold,
He placed him in His garden rare
To bud and blossom forever there.
HIS MOTHER AND SON.