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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-03-02
Self Help School To Open

The Self Help School at Mt. Lake
Park will open, as planned, on Mon
day, March 6, according to informa-
ton from the Patrons Association.
Certain questions arising in connec-
ton with the reopening and operation
of the school must be duly acted upon
by the full board and finding it i'm
possible to convene this board before
the date planned, action was taken at
a committee meeting last night, to
open on March under the sponsor
ship of the Patrons Association for
thirty days.
Receipts from the Gideon Band as
we'll as contributions for current
operations are to go to this organiza-
ton for one month, it was stated.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-03-02
Much Rain During February

February passed without much
snowfall, but with plenty of rain, ac-
cording to figures released from the
Government Weather Station at the
Weber gardens.
There was a total snowfall of 8.75
inches, while the total rainfall was
SOL inches. During the past week
there was 1.84 inches of rain. The
coolest weather during the month of
February was zero, on last Thursday
morning.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-03-02
MARCH TERM JURORS ARE
DRAWN BY JUDGE SLOAN
Is Made Monday In Clerks Office;
John A. Long, KitzmilIer, Fore
man OF The Grand Jury
SESSION MONDAY, MARCH 20

Jurors for the March Term of the
Circuit Court for Garrett County were
drawn on Monday by Chief Judge D.
Lindley Sloan at the office of the Clerk
of the Court in the presence of local
attorneys and other court officials.
The drawing of the names of jurors
took place in accordance with the pro-
visions of Chapter 374, Acts of the
Assembly Of Maryland, passed at the
January session, 1900.
John A. Long, of Kitzmiller, was
named to be foreman of the grand jury
from the list of forty-eight names
drawn from the jury box. The first
twenty-five others drawn were made
grand jurors and the remaining TWEEN
-ty-five are petit jurors.
The grand jury is scheduled to meet
Monday, March 20, at 10 o'clock, while
the petit jury is called for Thursday,
March %, at nine o'clock. Trial OF
criminal cases begin the second Mon
day of the term.
The jurors drawn are the following
Grand Jurors
John A. Long, foreman; Gilmor S.
'Tichnell, Ernest N. Selby, Peter Bow
ser, Virgil T. Steyer, George L. Sow
ers, A. G. Gortner, Earl L. Codding-
ton, Herbert C. Leighton, James Will
burn, William o. Davis, Emanuel Bit
ner, Fred. Holtschneider, Hubert Foy,
Bruce Lohr, Martin L. Savage, Roy E.
Grove, William H. Barnard, Jefferson
Deal, James Burton, Joshua H. Tur-
ner, William Miller Charles c. Lay
man.
Petit Jurors
E. ]. Hamill, Oris M. King, Bernard
I. Gender, Erwin o. Roth, William w.
Frazee, A. R. Martin, Jos. F. Fahey,
Spencer w. Graham, Byron H. Bender,
Frank G. Parks, Edwin E. Friend,
Charles H. Sprague, Elmer c. Shat
fer, Walter Humbertson, Oliver c.
Bucket, Charles B. McRobie, Glenn
D. Frazee, Clayton Wolfe, Henry L.
Pool, James D. Harvey, George B.
Brown, Milton E. Tucker, Jacob H
Opel, Flavius J. Turney, Edward c.
Clatterbuck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-03-02
GOVERNOR O'CONOR OPENS.
GREEN BAG OF SURPRISES
Appoints Ober, National Guard
Officer, AS State Police Head;
Other Posts Filled
LOCAL OFFICIALS NAMED

Taking the General Assembly and
the political prognosticators by com
plete surprise, Governor O'Conor
named Lieut.-Col. Beverly G. Ober,
of the Maryland National Guard, as
superintendent of the Maryland State
police, in his list of appointments
which reached the Assembly on Thurs
day night.
Lieut.. RuXton Ridgely and Capt.
Edward Mex. Johnson were the only
avowed candidates for the post and
supposedly authentic information had
pointed to the former as successor to
Major Elmer F. Munshower, retir-
ing Republican superintendent.
Willis R. Jones, former deputy at
torney general and member of the
Bowman reorganization commission,
will succeed Charles ]. Butler, Repub-
lican, as director and chairman of the
State Board of Welfare in charge of
the Maryland penal Institutions. The
governor chose Herman M. Moser as
Parole Commissioner.
Subject to change, depending on
whether the Administrations new
plan for conservation is approved by
the legislature, the Governor named,
under the existing set-up for three
man board, the following Conservation
Commission: Edwin Warfeld, son OF
the late Governor Warfeld; William
H. Labrot, former member of the
House of Delegates from Anne Arun-
del county, and Robert Harrison, Tai
bot county, as representative of the
oyster industry.
W. Lee Elgin, former mayor OF
Hagerstown, was named to succeed
Walter R. Rudy as Commissioner of
Morton Vehicles.
Garrett County Justices And Election
Supervisors Named
Governor O'Conor's appointments,
made public last thursday nlgnt, III
Guided the following nominations for
Garrett county justices of the peace
and members of the Board of Election
Supervisors:
Justices of the Peace-Percy 5,
Friend, Friendsville; H. A. Loraditch,
Oakland; ]. B. Emory, Bittinger;
George J. Poole, Kitzmiller; Charles
F. White, Oakland.
Supervisors of Elections-J. W,
Holman, representing the Democratic
party, reappointed; W. R. Browning,
Oakland, Democrat, vice Benjamin F.
Knepp, Republican; Carl w. Frazee,
Oakland, Republican, vice Joel A. Bea-
civ,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-03-02
February Marriages Decrease
Compared To Same Period In
1888

During February 80 marriage
license applications and II marriage
licenses were issued from the office OF
the Clerk of the Circuit Court. Dur
ing February, 1888, there were 127
licenses granted.
Financially, it means a loss OF
about $50 the past month for the
clerks office, over the same month a
year ago. Although there were Sc
less licenses, the charge of $1.00 for
the application almost makes up the
Lack in numbers of permits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-03-02
Ten Applicants For Postmaster
of Oakland Take Examination

Ten applicants for the position of
postmaster of the Oakland postoffice
took the Civil Service examination
given Saturday morning in the Oak
land High school auditorium.
They were Edward E. Maroney, j..
Frank Browning, W. A. Gender, Irwin
R. Rudy, John Murphy, Grover c.
Stemple, Charles fowler, Harry Por-
ter, Mrs. Maude H. Morgan and Carl
ton Bowser.
Frank Browning is acting post
master, having been appointed pre-
vious to January 1, when Mrs. Frances
H. Matthews resignation became eff
fective.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-03-02
Orphans Court In Session Today

Judges of the Orphans Court for
Garrett county met for a short time
at their regularly scheduled meeting
on Tuesday and then recessed until to-
day out of respect for one of their
number, the late Judge William A.
Smith, chief judge, whose death oc-
Cured early on Sunday morning, and
whose funeral took place Tuesday af-
ternoon.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-03-02
COUNCIL DISCUSSES TWO
WPA BUILDING PROJECTS
WPA Authorities Want Second
Project Tied In With COmmun-
ity Building; Council Disagrees
NOT SURE OF CLUB HOUSE

AT special meeting of the Mayor
and Town Council on Monday even
ing, it was decided to make two sepa-
rate WPA projects out of the building
projects that had been presented to
Council some time ago.
The ones under discussion were the
projects for construction of the Com
munity Building and the club house at
the municipal golf course.
A measure authorizing the town to
issue bonds to obtain money for its
share of the cost of community build
ing, was enacted into law with refer
endum attached and the voters of Oak
land agreed to the bond issue by al
most three to one majority. The fav-
orable action of the people makes i
possible to spend $4,000 as the towns
share of the expense of constructing
$4,000 limestone structure by the
WPA. The Federal Governments part
in the construction was approved sew
eral months ago. No site has been Sc
lected for the proposed community
building as yet.
WPA authorities suggested to the
Council that a second project be tied
in with the community building-that
of constructing limestone club house
at the municipal golf course at cost
of about $4,000, the towns share to
be $500 to $4,000. 1t was pointed out
that money allotted for the community
building could not be used for this
project, but would have to come from
the general treasury. The WPA au-
thorities maintained that greater eff
cheney would ensue by combining the
projects.
Council, however, decided to keep
the projects separate, and no definite
action was taken concerning the i'm
mediate construction of a club house.
Another meeting is scheduled for this
evening with a number of citizens in
terested in golf.
A member of the City Council point
ed out that some kind of shelter was
needed at the golf course, but he felt
that any large outlay of money at
present was not wise until all loans
were discharged and sizeable bank
balance was established from the col
lection of back taxes.
City Election March Is
Arrangements for the citizens meet
ing, which usually precedes the regu-
lar annual election, are expected to be
made at the regular monthly meeting
of the Town Council on Monday,
March 6. The election is to be held on
Monday, March 10.
An official notice of the approach
ing election is contained in The Re-
publican today. Three members of the
Council and a Town Treasurer are TO
be chosen.
At Mondays meeting the bond of
the clerk-collector was approved and
the clerk was instructed to formulate
resolution asking the Governor and
chairman of the Senate Finance Com
mittee to approve the bill providing
for the installation and levying of
funds for the police teletype system
which is calculated to make the appre-
hension of criminals and minor law
violators much more effective.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-03-02
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
FOR WILLIAM A. SMITH
Died Sunday Morning In HOspi-
tai; Served Public Many Years

William A. Smith, II years old, of
Hoyes, Garrett county, Chief Judge
of the Orphans Court for Garrett
county, died in Memorial Hospital,
Cumberland, at 4:30 o'clock Sunday
morning, February &c, following an
illness of approximately three weeks.
Mr.. Smith was taken i'll at his home
few days before coming to Oakland
on January "a to attend a session of
his court and upon returning to his
home that evening his condition be-
came such that he was taken to the
hospital on February 2. His death was
caused by uremia.
Mr.. Smith was born October 2, 1861,
in Hardy county, West Va. (then Vir-
ginia), a son of Daniel Smith and
Eliza Totten Smith. He was brought
to Garrett county in company with his
parents at an early age and the fam
lily home was established at Hoyes
The elder Mr.. Smith established a
mercantile business at Hoyes and was
made postmaster there, being sue
ceeded following his death, by his
son, William, who held the office for
so years until it was abolished a year
or more ago. From 1881 to 1919, Mr..
Smith continued in the mercantile
business.
He served as member of the State
Fish Commission for the Western
Shore of Maryland from 1912 until
1916, and was one of the founders of
the Garrett County Telephone Com
pany and president of the corporation
number of years. He also served
several years as county school COM
missioner.
Mr.. Smith became a member of the
Methodist church at Hoyes at an
early age and remained a steadfast
member throughout his life. He was
also a charter member of the Knights
of Pythias lodge at Friendsville and
has been a member of the board of
directors of the First National Bank
of Oakland for SO years. AS public
official he filled the unexpired term of
the late Truman w. Casteel as judge
of the Orphans Court and was then
elected to that office in November,
1888, and appointed its Chief Judge
by Governor Harry w. Nice. Political
ly he was a staunch Republican. In
addition to his other activities he also
operated farm formerly owned by
his father, and was interested in agri-
cultural pursuits.
Mr.. Smith was married to Miss
Emma J. Savage in 1890, who sur
wives. Also surviving are four children
three sons and one daughter
Daniel Earle Smith, Wayne Smith,
and Mrs. B. C. Ayers, of Washington,
D. c., and W. Cecil Smith, of Oakland;
also by three grandchildren, Maxine,
Billy and Arlene Smith, children of
Wayne Smith; and two sisters, Mrs.
Abel Dewitt and Mrs. George Thayer,
of Oakland.
Funeral services were conducted
from his late residence at Hoyes on
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock,
Rev. R. L. Greynolds, pastor of the
Hoyes Methodist church, officiating.
Music was furnished by the Friends
vile choir Interment was in the
Oakland cemetery.
Pallbearers at Hoyes were Earl Cod
dington, Webb Dewitt, Hubert Friend,
Arthur Custer, Hobart Bishotf,
and Frank Calls. Pallbearers at the
Oakland cemetery were Delbert M.
Davis, E. Ray Jones, James P. Treacy,
w. H. Smouse, S. Townshend Naylor
and T. E. Bishoff.
Evening star., 1939-06-27
HoI|eran Advises
Boys 10 Check Up
On Derby Racers
Soop Box Candidates
Are Warned Against
Skimping on Work

A warning not to "skimp the
work on your Soap Box racer" in
the less than two weeks until Derby
day was voiced last night by o. C.
Holleran, Derby director, in the
regular Derby radio broadcast ovec
Station WMAL.
"See that your car is built we'll
that it has the strength of con-
struction to stand the usage it will
get on Saturday, July g." Mr.. Holle-
ran said. Get your racer finished,
but build it well, and then check
again and again to see that the
rules of construction are followed
to the letter"
Again the director urged all bows
entered to fill out and mail imme-
diately the postcards sent to them
from race headquarters.
These cards are extremely i'm
portant," he declared. From them,
he pointed out, it will be deter
mined the exact number of boys
to race in the Derby. and the proper
number of different shirt sizes re-
quired so that each boy who shows
up with his car will obtain a good
fit in the jersey pull-over shirt
which will be adorned with the
Soap Box Derby emblem.
Trial Run Friday.
Don't wait to turn in the cards"
he emphasized. Send them in
promptly"
Mr.. Holleran also pointed out
that boys who have completed their
coaster cars will have the chance
to see how good they operate during
a trial run to be held from 2 to 4
pm. Friday.
Police will supervise the trial
dashes. he said, to be made on the
1888 Derby course on New Hamp-
shire avenue NE, in front OF the
Eastern Star Home. and on Massa-
chusetts avenue NV, from Ward
Circle to Macomb street.
He also reminded the boys that
they can, If they desire, obtain
checkup on their cars by taking
the racers to the Chevrolet deal
ers with whom they registered.
Such inspection will be available
tomorrow, Thursday. Friday and
Saturday at Chevrolet dealers in
Washington, and Clarendon and
Alexandria, Va. and in Hyattsville
and Silver Spring, Md.
Teacher to Broadcast.
He emphasized, however. that this
inspection would not take the place
of the official inspection to be held
July 6 and Z, before the race.
Walter j. Wondrack, woodshop
teacher at Jefferson Junior High
School, and two of the boys build
ing their racers under his super
vision will talk over WMAL at 4:45
pm. tomorrow.
The boys, who will be interviewed
by Announcer Raymond Michael,
are Louise Calomeris, IA, 107 E
street NV, and Samuel Mawhood,
13, of 829 Sixth street S.W.
Two more entries were received
today, bringing the total number
Of boys entered to 652. The late
starters are both from Arlington,
Va. They are Richard M. Cren-
shaw, 13, 303 South Barton street,
student at Thomas Jefferson
High School, and Charles Culpep-
per, IL, of 1905 North Pershing
drive, Henry Clay School.
watch The Star for Derby NeWs,)
Evening star., 1939-06-27
City News in Brief
TODAY

AOOn4
Meeting, Gamma Chapter, Kappa
Gamma Sorority, Raleigh Hotel,
7:30 pm.
Meeting, Sigma Pi Sigma Sorority,
Willard Hotel, 7:30 pm.
Meeting, Georgia Avenue Busi-
nessmen's Association, $500 Georgia
avenue, 8 pm.
Meeting, Legislation Committee,
American Legion, Mayf1ower Hotel,
pm.
TOMORROW.
Luncheon, Monarch Club, Will
lard Hotel, 1915 pm.
Luncheon, Rotary Club, Willard
Hotel, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Gyro Club, Willard Ho-
tel, 1890 pm.
Meeting, American Business
Clubs of Washington, Hay-Adams
House, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Lions Club, Mayflower
Hotel, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, D. G. Beverage Asso-
citation, Maydower Hotel, IL noon.
Luncheon, Zonta Club, Y. w. G. A.,
/ pm.
Luncheon, Mrs. Hull, for visiting
Norwegian royalty, Carlton Hotel,
l pm.
Luncheon, soroptimist Club, Will
lard Hotel, pm.
Reception, Norwegian Society, for
visiting royalty, Shoreham Hotel,
pm.
Dinner meeting, the Credit Bu-
reau, Willard Hotel, 6:15 pm.
Buffet supper, Grand Council
meeting of Jobs Daughters, Ward
man Park Hotel, $50 pm.
Dinner, Washington Board of
Trade, Mayflower Hotel, pm.
Meeting, Washington Philatelic
Society, Mayf1ower Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting, Master BARRIERS Associa-
lion, Hamilton Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting, Henry c. Spengler Post,
American Legion. Thomas Circle
Club, 6 pm.
Evening star., 1939-06-27
100 to Attend Picnic

More tim 100 persons are ex-
pected to attend a picnic of the di-
vision Of fruits and vegetables, Bu-
reau Of Agricultural Economics at 4
pm. today at the Kennedy street
picnic grove in Rock Creek Park.
The program will include various
games and athletic events.
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Heidi, Swing Bond
Leader, Divorced
By the Associated Press.


RENO, New, June 27.-Horace M.
Heidi Of swing band fame lost his
wife and siZable amount of cash
in a secret divorce action at Carson
City 10 days ago.
The orchestra leader, it was
learned yesterday, was ordered to
pay $4,000 to Mrs. Florence w.
Heidi by July /, with other cash
payments to be made later. The
court also approved alimony of 500
a month for five years and instruct
ed Mr.. Heidi to pay their daughter
Patricia, now II, $4,000 when she
reaches 81 or upon her marriage,
If that should occur first.
The Heidts married at Berkeley,
Calf, October 2, 1924. Mrs. Heidi
charged cruelty, it was learned.
Evening star., 1939-06-27
King Calls Meeting
Of District Committee

The Senate District Committee
has been called by Chairman King
to meet at o'clock tomorrow after
noon to review its calendar of pend
ing bills.
1t is probable action will be taken
on measures already passed by the
House. as well as on some bills orig
mating in the Senate.
Evening star., 1939-05-21

The motorist who gives the pedes-
trian his legal right Of way finds
driving easier.
Evening star., 1939-05-21

Souvenir hunters, 1t would appear,
were even then no respectors eff
royal persons. In the train, after
leaving Brantford, Canada, where
the white hats Of the royal entour-
age had been deposited in dress
ing room during luncheon, the
Prince of Wales, with amusement.
was the first to discover that all
of them were denuded of their
bands. The supposition on the part
of the Princes staff Immediately
was that the young ladies of Brant-
ford, determined to possess some
relic of his highness. but sorely
puzzled to know which was the
royal hat. four or five being white,
had unbranded them all"
OF Niagara Falls the commenta- =
tor says: The grandest view is from
the Canadian side, while the Amer
lean shore is the most picturesque.
1t Is impossible for hurried visitors
to compass the beauties of the Falls,
for, like most things truly great,
the more thoroughly they are con-
templated. the more grand do their
proportions appear"
At no place in his diary is the
secretary to the Kings aide, who
was himself of the nobility. more
delightful than he is in describing
the royal visitors sojourn in WASH
ington. One reads about formal
dinners at $50 pm. There is alsd
restrained amazement at the re-
publican simplicity of the era with
regard to presidential callers, and
Evening star., 1939-05-21
BY JESSIE FAINT EVANS,

Just which features of the visit
of the King and Queen to Amer
lea posterity may see fit to chronicle
remains to be seen. A rare copy
Of a journal Of the Visit of H.
R. H. the Prince of Wales in 1860"
written by Gardner D. Englehart,
private secretary of the Duke of
Newcastle, member of the Prince S
suit, gives an intimate behind the
scenes account of the first visit
of English royalty to American
shores.
Privately printed, evidently at the
royal command, it not only gives
a faithful record of what is de-
scribed as "the most remarkable
tour of modern days" but offers a
fascinating contrast between man
ners and customs in America during
the Cos and at the present time.
A modest letter in longhand from
its author to Lord Chandos, now
pasted upon the volumes first leaf,
states that TT is only a faithful
record of our journeyings as jotted
down at the close of each day for
my wife's amusement, with no idea
that 1t would ever assume other
than MS. form"
Addresses, one learns, threat
en- everywhere to become appalling
ly numerous and to flow in a con-
tinuing stream. No village, however
small, fails to present its own spe-
cial address, and to erect its own
special arch in honor Of the Prince"
Evening star., 1939-05-21
6. ". u. Summer School
To Offer 107 Courses

George Washington summer ses-
sions this year will present 1o7
courses in 20 of the departments
Of instruction, given by 81 members
Of the resident faculty and visiting
specialists from the United States
Government and from national eco
nomic and educational organi-
cations.
Courses dealing with current edu-
cational problems and with recent
trends and developments in the
field are included in the special
schedule arranged by the School of
Education for teachers and school
administrators.
Continuing the program begun
last year, double-semester courses
are offered in number of subjects.
These courses enable the student
to complete a whole year of work
in the summer.
Nine weeks courses will run from
June 10 to August 18; six weeks
courses. from June 26 to August 4.
The Law School summer sessions is
divided into two terms, the first
running from June 10 to July 81
and the second from August / to
September IA.
Preregistration for the summer
sessions opens tomorrow, continuing
through May 20. During this period
Evening star., 1939-05-21
AIpho Rho Chapter
Lists New Members

Alpha Rho Chapter of Sigma
Delta Kappa, legal fraternity at
Washington College of Law, an
nounces the initiation of the fol-
lowing as the result of the spring
rushing season.: Salvatore G.. Mill
tant, Walter J. Shipman, Ralph T.
Staubly, Victor A. Barnes. Otis E.
Some, Martin j. Petersilia, Ralph C.
Barton. Doyle D. Hagen. B. Ed
ward Prater, Walton H. Harris,
George w. Elliott, Edwin A. N.
Moore and Charles D. Chapman.
Honorary membership has been
given Prof. Frederick A. Ballard,
instructor of administrative law and
Federal trade regulation in the post
graduate department of the college
and chairman of the Civil Liberties
Committee of the District of Colum-
bia Bar Association.
Alpha Rho Chapter also an
nounces the election and installa-
ton of the following new officers
for the ensuing school year: George
w. Mexican, chancellor: William j.
Chisholm, vice chancellor: Leon
Tym, secretary; Roland P. Weinert,
treasurer; Elmer C. Myers, chap
lain; Gale P. Gotschall, bailiff
Chester NJ Aylor, auditor, and W.
Floyd Wood, alumni adviser.