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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-12-12
DIED
BENJAMIN BITTINGER

Funeral services were conducted
Sunday afternoon, December 8, fol
Benjamin Bittinger, II, who died Fri
day afternoon at the home of his
brother, Newton Bittinger, neal
Grantsville. He had been i'll for sew
eral months.
He was born near Jennings, a son
of John and Mary Spiker Bittinger,
and had lived in the Grantsville sec
ton all his life. He was never married
and for some time had made his home
with his brother and sister-in-law, on
their farm.
Besides his brother, two sisters sur
vive, Mrs. Sally Hoover and Mrs.
Jesse Bittinger, both of Jennings.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-12-12
MRS. MAGGIE YOMMER BURST

Mrs. Maggie Yommer burst, 60,
wife of Charles burst, died of pneu-
monia at her home near Salisbury,
Pa, last Thursday night, after an ill
ness Of only few days.
She was a daughter of John and
Dorothy Hanft Yommer and was born
at Grantsville.
Surviving are her husband, one
daughter, Leila, at home; and five
grandchildren; also one brother,
Charles Yommer, Salisbury; and
three sisters, Mrs. Robert Himmler,
Trafford, Pa; Mrs. List Daniels,
Cumberland, and Mrs. Richard F.
Younkin, Grantsville.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-12-12
B. FRANK CUPPETT

B. Frank Cuppett was born at Glade
Farms, Preston county, West Va,
February l, 1866, and died at his home
at GAINESVILLE, West Va, November
%, 1910. He was a son of Jefferson and
Margaret Wolfe Cuppett. He went to
GAINESVILLE in his early manhood and
was employed as farm hand. During
this time he was converted in the
GAINESVILLE Methodist church and was
closely associated with the church
thereafter.
He was united in marriage with
Ruth M. Forman, of Crab Orchard, on
December 20, 1892, having been mar
ried almost 48 years.
He was an active and successful far
mer, even though threshing machine
accident caused the loss of the fingers
Of his right hand some thirty years
ago. Three years ago he suffered a
severe attack of pneumonia from
which he never fully recovered.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ruth
Cuppett; three children, Charles Fos-
ter Cuppett, GAINESVILLE; Mrs. E. C.
Feather, Terra Alta, and Mrs. Asa
Lewis, Kempton, w. Va; six grand
children, Donald and Berlin Dean
Cuppett, Reid Feather, Lynn, Elaine
and Carolyn Lewis; six brothers and
sisters, Mrs. Ellen Ringer, Mrs. Wal
ter Forman and Mrs. Laura Kelley,
Albright, w. Va; 0. D. Cuppett, of
Confluence, Pa; Wilbur S. Cuppett,
Morgantown, w. Va, and the Rev.
P. B. Cuppett, Cincinnati, Ohio.
A short funeral service was held at
the home of Mrs. E. C. Feather, con-
Quoted by the Rev. Wills, final service
being held at the GAINESVILLE Metho-
dist church, the Rev. F. A. Sampson,
a former pastor, in charge.
Pallbeafers were nephews, Chester
and w. Klet Forman, Claude Feather,
Forrest, Hugh and Darwin Cuppett
Flower bearers were grandchildren
and nieces, Carolyn and Elaine Lewis,
Donald and Berlin Dean Cuppett, Reid
Feather, Ireta Cuppett, Faye E. Bur-
ner, Margaret Messenger and Leila
Collins. Interment was in Terra Alta
cemetery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-12-12

pneumonia last Friday morning at his
home. Mr.. Mckenzie operated large
farm in that section and had lived
there practically all his life.
Surviving, besides his widow, are
two daughters, Rosetta and Leora Nc
Kenzie, at home; two sons, Bayard A.
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IN the Purdue game
that were largely re-
sponsible for 10 of
Ohio States II
points. His double il
legal substitution of
tackle Mag had a
vital effect on the
game.
2. If st. John and
Schmidt were so GER
tain that Snavely
was directing most
of the signals their
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-12-12

WITH footballs 1910 story told,
W it might be just as well for all
colleges to move over just trifie
more to the sporting side.
Ohio States charges against Carl
Snavely were ridiculous for two rea-
sons
l. It was Francis Schmidt, the
Ohio coach, who broke two rules
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man, Frostburg; five brothers, Reed,
Salisbury; George, Frostburg; Leroy,
Woodrow and Samuel, Cohocton, N. Y.
Mr.. Meese, a farmer, was also en-
ployed by the city of Frostburg as
night pumpman at the Piney River
pumping station. He was a member of
the Lutheran church. He was widely
known among rural residents of the
northern section of the county.
OLEN M'KENZIE
Glen Mckenzie, rs, Avilton, died of
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Martin Dies revealed that a mil
itary plane which crashed recently,
had five separate acts of sabotage
committed upon it's mechanism before
it ever left the ground.
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By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D.
Dean of The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
CReleased by Western Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for December Is

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Increased costs of labor and ma
terials in the national defense pro-
gram have thrown estimates out of
balance, possibly as much as two bill
lion dollars. @
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JESUS TEACHES HIS DISCIPLES
TO PRAY

LESSON TEXT-Lule 11:1-13.
GOLDEN TEXT-As!;, and it shall be
given you; seek, and We shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you.-Luke 11:9.
Evening star., 1940-08-25

resembed a picture of the ideal cottage cut
with scissors from catalogue and stuck on
the landscape. 1t was Laura's child - her
love, her toy.
She was just planning reorganization of
the front garden, when the war broke like
bomb over England. Miss Credit had not
much to lose, for she loved nobody except
her garden and her cottage. About them she
entered into state of real panic.
She was a tall girl, rather gawky, with
bright brown eyes and very red cheeks. She
Evening star., 1940-08-25

Il Short Story Complete in This Issue
= 4 Iss LAURA CREDIT lived in cottage
W in the village of Flintwick 1t was
w five hundred years old, with wis
terra and an inglenOok, and good antique
furniture. Miss Laura Credit had inherited
it from her grandmother.
Little by little Miss Credit had added to its
charm, with a large pool with lilies on it, cleo
trio light and power. and the newest things in
sinks and cooking stoves, until Little Pardons
Evening star., 1940-02-26
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, Jr.



NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-The main
part of the 1910 college basket ball
season ends this week, and for the
first time it's possible TO mention a
champion without surrounding the
name with lot of ''ifs."
Three sectional title holders already
have donned their new crowns. A
number of others are certain to per-
form that act before next Saturday
night and only in two of the ''hot-
test" circuits, the Big Ten and the
Big Six, is there much chance that
the races will be prolonged.
Three Championships Cinched.
Here's the situation going into the
final full week of the campaign:
Clinched championships - Okla
homa Aggies missouri Valley,
Colorado Chg Seven) and Southern
California Pacific Coast, Southern
Division).
Virtually certain-Dartmouth Cast
League) and Oregon State Pacific
Coast, Northern Division).
Doubtful-Southwest Conference,
Texas or Rice; Big Six, Missouri
Kansas and Oklahoma; Big Ten
Purdue or Indiana.
The South's two major loops
come in still another category
Duke topped the regular season
standing in the Southern Confer.
ence with 13 victories and 2 defeats
iaosing out North Carolina; Ala
bama moved up last week to bea1
out Tennessee for frst place In thu
Evening star., 1940-02-26
Track Spotlight
Is Taken Over
Colleges
80 Seek Team Honors
In Gorden Meet; New
York Schools Hot
BY BILL WHITE,
Associated Dress Sports Writer


NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-Chuck
Fenske is wearing his mile crown at
a jaunty angle, as BELTS a newly
crowned monarch. Gregory Rice has
proved somebody beside the Scandi-
navians can run 3 miles at break
neck speed. And Allan Tolmich
still cuts fancy figure over the
hurdles.
But now it's the collegians' turn.
The national track spotlight
moves from the highly-publicized
stars who have run the legs of
Father Time for the last six weeks
or so and picks out a group of
fresh-eyed youngsters whose turn
1t is to take over Madison Square
Gardens track.
33 Colleges in Field.
From 80 colleges, they will come
Saturday, seeking not individual
honors, as do the Fenskes, Rices,
Tolmichs and their like, but team
titles in the 10th annual intercol-
legiate "A track championships.
That's what makes this meet so
promising, or gives it it's ''distinc-
tive flavor" as its sponsors say.
There's just as heated competition
for fourth or fifth as for first, be-
cause every point counts toward the
coveted team totals.
The distinctive flavor" of Sat-
urday's meet, as has been the case
the last eight years, is going to
have definite New York tang.
Once, years ago, they hardly could
get a metropolitan team into the
meet. Now they can't get 'em out
of first place!
Undaunted BY Gotham Monopoly.
Eight times in the last II years
Manhattan. Columbia, or New York
U. has dashed off with the cham
pionship. Last year, the first three
teams, in order, were Manhattan,
N. Y. U. and Fordham.
But that doesn't bother these kids,
as the record breaking entry list
shows. And if Manhattan, or New
York u, the ranking favorites, are
to be downed, the experts seem gen.
orally agreed it will be Pitts we'll
balanced. Panthers, Princeton, or
possibly Harvard.
The meet may not be as smooth
as the National A. A. U. indoor
championship test last Saturday,
highlighted by Greg Rice's amazing
1859 for 3 miles and the first
national title for Fenske, who won
his sixth straight mile race in the
meet record time of 4:O88, but it
will be full of that "old college try"
Evening star., 1940-02-26
Mats Need Bottino Punch of Both

Lewis is different of ball player than Travis O
that Buddy
board of believe
has what called the profession good hands
Travis, has the stronger
played a
older than the rookie sad Mr. Griffith bthey
that Buddy switch
breaking stride With equal confidence
he has make good shorop Lewis
Teshok whom he could not whatever cash dispatched
Minneapolis
the other hand, Poahl valuable
otherwise makes the league grade but Lewis fails the ofed
the problem will complicated Mats
batting
time the position, which
the moment look the Mats they finished 1889
pitching
remarkable 20 defeats
Evening star., 1940-02-26
Three Basket Flags Decided;
Only Two Big Races Likely
To Go Beyond This Week

Southeastern Conference. But both
will have to start all over again
Thursday in their league tourna-
ments. The top eight teams were
chosen for the Southern tourney
and IL of the 13 Southeastern teams
all but Sewanee-entered their
tournament.
Oregon State is so far ahead in
the northern section coast race
that it needs to take only one Of
two games from Washington this
week or have Oregon lose one of
four games. After that, of course,
there will be the North-South play
of for the conference crown.
Dartmouth can clinch a tie for the
Eastern League title by beating Yale
tonight or take its third straight
championship by winning this
weeks two games.
Texas vs.. Rice to Settle It.
The Southwest Conference race
will be settled at Austin Tuesday
when Texas, the defending cham
pion, meets Rice, the current leader.
Missouri, can win the Big Six
crown outright by beating Kansas
at Lawrence Friday. Otherwise it's
up to the Kansas Oklahoma game
March 8 with a three-way tie pos
sible.
Purdue and Indiana are running
one-two In the Big Ten with the
once-beaten Boilexmakers favorites.
Each has three games to play, in
cluding q meeting between the two
at Lafayette next Saturday. Illinois
and Ohio State also have outside
chances.
Evening star., 1940-02-26

nine years line coach at U. Of
Virginia, can become first lieu
tenant to Frank Dobson at the
Newport News Apprentice School.
Today's guest star. Dave
Bloom, Memphis Commercial APP
peal: -Four new umpires viii
be on the Southern Association
staff this season. The newcomers
have an easy job ahead II sur
passing the work Of the departed
brothers Is the sole requirement"
Personals: Eddie Duchin won't
book his band for the summer
until he's had q chance to study
the Red Sox schedule e-he's that
rabid. Bes Caldwell, the "Girl
Friday" Of the Southern Football
Omcials' Association, has written
q book, "A Ticket to Manila
very wholesome and jolly.
( Most exciting news from Clear.
water = that our old pal, Van
Evening star., 1940-02-26
Seeded Duke Five
Faces Citadel, No. 8
In Loop Tourney
Maryland W. & l. Tilt
Thursday in Opening
Of Title TussIing
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
RALEIGH, N. c., Feb. 26.-The
Citadel, which was tied with Will
liam and Mary for eighth place in
the regular season standings, was
lucky in the draw and will play in
the Southern Conference basket ball
tournament; but there The Citadel's
luck ended, for it must play Duke
seeded No. l, in the opening round
Because of The Citadel-W. and M
tie, the names Of the contestants
had to be drawn out of a hat. The
pairings also were decided by q
drawing.
Outsiders Draw Names.
No member Of the conferences Is
Basket Ball Committee wanted the
responsibility Of pulling out the
names, so sports writer and q
radio commentator accommodated.
The drawings were made by the
committee here yesterday. The
tournament will be played here
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The f1rst-round pairings:
Duke VS.. The Citadel, 4:30 pm.
Maryland VS.. Washington and Lee
9:30 pm.
Wake Forest VS.. Richmond, pm
Clemson VS.. North Carolina, 8 pm
Title Tilt Saturday.
The winner of the Duke Citadel
game will play the winner of the
Maryland-W. and L. game in the
semifinals Friday night, and the
winner of the Wake Forest Rich
mond game will play the winner Of
the Clemson-North Carolina game
The championship game will be
played Saturday night.
The seedlings in order named
Duke, North Carolina, Washington
and Lee, Wake Forest.
Evening star., 1940-02-26
Schoo|boy Basketers
Feud Holly Before
Star Tourney
City and County Rivals
Clash in important
Games This Week

Leading up to The Evening Star
Tournament for the Metropolitan
Washington interscholastic title to
open March S, some torrid action
Is due this week among schoolboy
basket teams.
With the only remaining place
in the District interhigh play-off
at stake, Eastern and Wilson will
clash tomorrow at $3.50 at Tech
Eastern is hard bent not only upon
reaching the series final, but fin
ishing first or second in order to
qualify for The Star Tournament
in which it would be the defending
champion. Easternites are conf
dent their surging team will make
the grade. Tomorrow's winner will
meet Central in the nightcap of a
double-header at Tech Friday night,
which will open with the Western
Roosevelt game.
B.-C. c., Blair Have It Out.
Games this afternoon were to
send Rockville against Georgetown
Prep at Georgetown Prep and
Landon against Bethesda Chevy
Chase on the latter's floor, both
starting at $3.50. Bethesda Chevy
Chase was expected to make its
contest today a tune-up for an all
important clash tomorrow night al
Ritchie Coliseum with Montgomery
Blair. A victory would give BIC. C.
a clear claim to the Montgomery
County title. Should Blair win. the
rivals would be deadlocked with
tentative plans calling for a rubber
game to be played as part of The
Star tournament. Tomorrow nights
struggle will start at pm. B.
c. won the first clash by a single
point.
Another promising setto tomorrow
at 3 pm. will bring together Mount
Rainier and Washington-Lee in the
Mounts gym. The hosts hope to
wipe out a defeat suffered at WI
G. w. Reaches for Title.
OF paramount interest in the Vir-
glnla sector is the 2-game series to
be played Friday and Saturday by
George Washington and Washing
ton-Lee, with the Presidents then
the Little Generals as hosts. These
contests will complete George WASH
ington's schedule in the Virginia
Central District Glass A champion
ship competition, in which it is a
strong favorite to triumph. Newport
News has won the Eastern District
title and E. c. Glass of Lynchburg
the Western. In the playoff for the
State championship, George Wash
ington, if victorious in the Central
District, will meet Newport News and
the winner of that game will meet
Glass for the State title. The play
off dates have not been set.
In other games, both Wednesday,
Bethesda-C Chevy Chase will invade
st. Adams and Episcopal will visit
Georgetown Prep.
Evening star., 1940-02-26
Grid Job With Dobson Open to Slaughter Of Virginia
Antics Bill $62o 900 All Worry but Himself Munqo Gu

Lingle Mungo, swallowed a cud
Of chewing tobacco. Everybody
was in a dither except Mungo,
who, like the rest of us Rebels,
can take q drink of water with
q chew in his mouth.
Red Lucas, the old Pirate
hurler, is among baseball's un-
employed and none Of his friends
can understand why. He still can
pitch Glass A ball and coach
young slabbists.
Weeks best crack. Mr.. Sam
Mirsly, who lost q candy store
decision to Al Davis (and who
Is suing Al for $50, ,00O was at
the ringside Friday night when
Davis got his Jumps from Lou
Ambers. After 1t was all over,
Mr.. Mirsky said: II demand =
return bout"
Short snorts: It costs 36s, 600
. day to operate the Santa Anita
Evening star., 1940-02-26
BY EDDIE BRETT, :.
Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-Town
tattler: A little bird says: Don't
be flabbergasted too completely
If Henry Armstrong and Ceferino
Garcia come up with a draw on
the Coast Friday night. Hor-
ace Stoneham, president Of the
Giants, is convulsing Miami audi
ences with his demonstrations Of
how Ell Bonura covers first. And
the police chief of bone-dry
Winter Haven may be interested
to learn 1t took the war corre-
spondents with the Giants only
a hours to discover q speakeasy
In full bloom. .
Was 1t Billy Conn or the box
ONCE that had the most boils?
unterview Gus Lesnevich for his
ideas on the subject.) II he
wants to, Butch Slaughter, for
Evening star., 1940-02-26

racetrack. Ancil HOFFMAN, here
with the Baer brothers, says
there is no chance of q Red
Burman-Max Baer 60 In the
Chicago Stadium soon.
Estes Park, Colo. (pop. 417), is
sending two five-man teams to
the American Bowling Congress
at Detroit. The Southern Textile
basket ball tournament gets un-
der way In Greenville, 8. c.,
March 6, with 70 teams from i've
States (800 boys and girls COM
peting.
Hya, pal.s When he read that
the U. Of Colorado football squad
had petitioned the dismissal Of
Coach Bernard Cakes because he
was q hard task master, Jim
Crowley Of Fordham said: II
an on my way to the campus
now to shake hands with every
guy on my squad"
Evening star., 1940-02-26
Best SteoIers Since Milan and MoeIIer

the they in the field and
which the brunt
interesting changes.
Pofahl Ferre Walker and either Eddie
will Bucky Harris right
her than he's had play regularly
been the Mats for The combi
Travis provide the best punch
Gosln operating 933 the
paths with Walker and possibly Wasde running Harris
prolific baesaes the teaming Clyde Milan
Danny Moeler.
for all this to true Buddy Lewis has to become
folk interested in the firm
here watching.
Evening star., 1940-02-26
352 Amateur Boxers
From 3 States in
Chicago Event
Three Nights of Action
To WhittIe Field to
81; Finals March 6
BY the Associated Press

oy the Associated PfeSS.
CHICAGO, Feb. 26.-Fame anC
fortune beckoned today to 352 anna.
teur boxers, but only 80 of them will
survive the next three nights OF
battling and retain a chance al
Golden Gloves success.
The field Of fighters represents the
champions in A regional tourna.
ments in % States. The punch
swapping will continue, starting to.
night, through Wednesday night in
three rings simultaneously. This pro-
gram will reduce the fields to four
fighters in each division.
The semifinals and finals in the
eight classes will be run off March
in the Stadium, site of tonight S
battling.
Many Seeking Careers.
Many of these lads are fighting
for the fun of it, but probably just
as many others seek a career in the
professional ring. The most noted
alumnus of the Golden Gloves COM
petition, sponsored by the Chicago
Tribune, is Heavyweight Champion
Joe Louis. Another noted graduate
is Barney Ross, former welterweight
and lightweight champion. Both
were amateur champions.
The field of hopeful dynamiters
come from all walks of life-class-
rooms, factories, steel mills, offices,
butcher shops. The winner of the
tournament here will compose a
team which is scheduled to fight a
similar team Of titleholders in the
New York tournament. After that
they are slated to oppose a team of
European champions.
Leonard Coaches Des Moines.
Benny Leonard, one Of the greatest
hghtweights Of all time, is the coach
of the Des Moines, Iowa, team. The
Cleveland team contains a light
weight named Beaufort Glover, who
has the complete backing of the Ohio
metropolis. Last year Jimmy Reeves
Of Cleveland took the nght-heavy-
weight crown. Kansas City has q
highly rated light-heavyweight, Ray
Standifer, and st. Louis has high
hopes for q heavyweight slugger,
Bill Renfro. Proceeds Of the bouts
60 to charities designated by the
Chicago Tribune Charities, Inc.
Evening star., 1940-02-26
Lead at Stake Tonight
In Heurich Loop Tilt

It's first defeat in second half
competition of the Heurich ANA
teur Basket Ball League will be
pinned on either Jewish Community
Center or United Typewriters to-
night as those co-leaders risk spot
less records against each other in
the feature Of a double-header. Be-
cause of their recent upset OF Della
ware & Hudson, first-haf cham.
pions, the Typists will be slight ia
vorites when they take the floor
at $50 o'clock.
. A preliminary game brings to-
gether @. & S. Laundry and the
Regal Clothiers at $3.50. Petworth
A. G. defeated Garvin's Grill, 50-34,
yesterday In a league game played
before the Brewers-Jewels Amer
ican League contest.
Evening star., 1940-02-26
Changes in Defense Not Held Major

Obviously that whatever they
punch plate
essential pitching setup changed still
the bell the staff getting and behind him
charitable
Defenvy will they necessarily
Gerald Walker will be left field He not fielder
certainly Etalea who the campaign
really
qualifications
unknown.
fielding shortstop, there is
third
defensive skill
and lot of will disappointed
he doesn't it better