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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-22

similar units in formulating plans for
the celebration of the 50th anniver-
sary of the founding of the society on
June 6.
Quilting Party
Mrs. Iva Rush entertained at quilt
ing party and dinner at her home on
Tuesday Those present were Mrs. T..
B. Hinebaugh, Mrs. Basil Garletts,
Mrs Donald Chisholm, Mrs. J. W..
Friend, Mrs. John Dye, Mrs. Orval
Rush, Mrs. Victor Frazee and Miss
Nellie Friend.
Knights Attend Ceremony
A number of the members of the To-
cal Knights of Pythias lodge attended
the initiation ceremonies held in Cum
berland on Monday evening, February
10Th.
Water Hydrant Broken
Water furnished by the City Water
Company was shut off about one a.
m. Sunday to repair broken fire by
drant in front of the ]. w. Holman res
dence. The damage to the hydrant was
caused by someone running into it with
car and breaking it. Service was re-
sumed at 4:30 Sunday afternoon.
Patient in Hospital
Joseph Beggs, who is employed by
the Mccullough Coal Corporation, was
taken to a Cumberland hospital on
Monday with reported required APP
pendiX.
Brief Mention
The Teachers Bridge club met on
Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs.
Harvey Friend. Prizes were awarded.
The date for the appearance of
Grandpa Jones and the Grandsons,
has been changed by the billing agent
to Friday evening, March 8, instead of
Friday evening, March 1.
Miss Velora Swauger attended the
funeral of her grandfather on Tues
day afternoon.
Miss Louise Dixon, who is en-
ployed at the local school, is confined
to her home on account of illness.
The boys and girls basketball
teams played the Grantsville teams
on Monday afternoon at Grantsville.
The Friendsville girls were victorious,
score of 1923, while the Grantsvillc
boys defeated the local boys by 36-7.
Grantsville teams will play here early
in March.
Some difficulty was encountered last
Wednesday, February IA, by the school
bus drivers in making their return
trips from the school. One of the buses
left here at IL o'clock and did not get
through to the end of its trip until 600
o'clock that evening. Service was not
resumed on this line until Friday.
Slight inconvenience was experienced
by the other buses in delivering the
pupils to their homes. Sixty-five PEE
cent of the elementary children come
from bus lines and rs per cent of the
high pupils are brought in by buses
Unless the children arrive on time the
effectiveness Of the school program
is greatly impaired The drivers Of
the buses make a sincere and honest
effort to perform their duties, but the
elements very often interfere with
their work along this line.
Personals
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Murphy and
children, John Williams and son and
Misses Alta Wicklow and Cleora Clio
yer spent Sunday at New Germany.
A number of young people formed d
Shedding party and went to Selbysport
Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Spear and
daughter June, Oakland, were Sunday
evening dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Wicklow.
Mrs. Ethel Friend, Hazelton, West
Va, spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs IT r HinahauUh
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Lytle and son and
Mr.. Thomas were visiting at Confu-
ence last Thursday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-22
The LOwly Skunk

Since Garrett county sportsmen an
nounced the vermin contest there have
been a number of comments on the
matter in daily newspapers. One per-
son wrote to say that nature kept wild
life balanced, and that foxes, skunks,
weasels, wildcats, etc., had as much
right to live as rabbits, squirrels and
other animals for the "jackasses" to
shoot.
A columnist in the Washington Post
defends the skunk He doesn't believe
he is an enemy of wildlife or of any,
thing else, but says he is a lovely
creature. He admits it eats birds eggs
and occasionally raids the farmers
hen house.
He cites DR.. Lyons book about
skunk food, which consists mainly If
mice, small reptiles, frogs and sala-
manders, occasionally birds and their
eggs. They are particularly fond of
insects, especially grasshoppers. An
other expert says the skunk has been
fuond useful in destroying the "white
grub" a great pest of lawns and
meadows.
He concludes: "a skunk is about as
harmful as stump. And that reminds
me of the old tongue-twister-
skunk sat on stump. The skunk thunk
the stump stunk, the stump thunk the
skunk SUNK That is probably the
situation, more or less, between me
and the 'sportsmen' of Garrett
county"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-22


Today The Republican carries pic
ture of the proposed postoffice in Oak
land, for which bids are now being
asked.
1t is a beautiful building-for
$4,000. But the appropriation calls
for $4,000. The purchase price for the
lot comes out of the $4,000, which
leaves $4,000 for construction and
incidental details.
1t must be the incidental details that
are costing, or else gold leaf is planne1
for the roof. There will be lots of
fingers trying to find plums in that pie,
and apparently there rae going to be
some plums in it.
There's no doubt but that it will be
a fine addition to the town and to Sec
ond street.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-22
DivOrcingest Family

The Roosevelts seem to be the "di-
vorcingest" family in the United
States, and that isn't anything for the
people of this country to be proud of.
The first family in the land, and the
respect they show for the position they
hold, is practically nil.
The Roosevelts have five children.
Two are already divorced, and now
James Roosevelt has filed suit for sep
aration from his wife.
Roosevelt has divorced himself from
the Democratic party with his New
Deal spending.
He divorced himself from his pledge
at inauguration to balance the national
budget.
He has divorced himself from his ad-
visers who were outspoken enough to
stand up for their ideas of government
instead of "yessing" him all the time.
He has divorced the country from
the gold standard
And he'll divorce all of US from our
rights as private citizens if we don't
get rid of that man as President at the
next election-if he should be candi-
date.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-22
ACCIDENT
Local Church Services For Sunday

LUCdI OHuTCH SERVICES rOr- OuHudy
Zion Evangelical Lutheran-Sunday
school, $3.50; divine worship, 1920;
Lenten service at 1880 p. m.
Church of the Brethren-Sunday
school at $3.50; divine worship, 1890.
st. PauPs Evangelical Lutheran
Sunday school, $50; divine worship,
1890; Luther League, 1880 p. m.
School Notes
Members of the senior class are be-
ginning work on a, play, almost
Eighteen" which will be presented
some time in April.
Personals
Jesse Ream, of Clifton Hill, Mis-
souri,, is here visiting his sisters-in-
law, Mrs. E. H. Ault and Mrs. w. A.
Speicher.
Marvin Calls was a guest on Sun
day of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Calls.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-22

They have vermin killing contests
in West Virginia many times, and l
never knew them to cause so much
comment. But most of this talk seems
to come from the Chesapeake Bay re-
gion and from large cities. They don't
seem to have much "frst-hand infor-
nation" about the skunk.
Evening star., 1940-09-26
Republican Leaders
To Attend Luncheon

Republican leaders from nearby
Maryland congressional districts are
expected to attend q luncheon at the
Lord Baltimore Hotel, Baltimore,
October 10 to be given for the
women's division of the Maryland
Republican Campaign Committee by
Mrs. Lulu E. Powell. national COM
mitteewoman for Maryland.
Among those expected to attend
are Mrs. Annette Fisher, Cheverly; /;
Evening star., 1940-09-26

Judge Newman, however, instructed
her to proceed and on suggestion
of Attorney Munter that Miss Bar
tleman could tell some" of his past
and future, Judge Newman smiled
and replied: II want all or nothing"
Then began the reading of the
chart by Miss Bartleman, in the
course of which she told the jurist
it indicated trouble, almost heart
breaking sometimes in this persons
life" She said the chart indicated
the person 1t represented had to
spend a lot of money and that 1t
indicated noble character and that
he had many friends-influential
Evening star., 1940-09-26

the stand yesterday Judge Newman
gave her the following: I'll pm,
March 7, 1908. Washington. D. c."
This date. the judge later let it be
known, was the time of his own
birth.
Miss Bartleman promptly made a
chart" of the jurist's horoscope and
in reply to a question by her attor-
ney. Godfrey L. Munter, as to
whether the judge would like for
her to interpret the chart, Judge
Newman replied jokingly he would,
IF it won't be libelous."
Miss Bartleman then suggested
ut might be embarrassing here"
Evening star., 1940-09-26
Judqe Frees Woman AstroIoger
After She Reads His Horoscope

of astrology in open court. Judge
Newman, after listening attentively
for half an hour, dismissed the case,
remarking:
Anyone who can practice astrol-
ogy that well doesn't need to tell
fortunes. Case dimissed."
The case was opened Tuesday
Shortly after Miss Bartleman took
Evening star., 1940-09-26

Mrs. william H. Chase, Riverdale:
Mrs. Rehecca Hamilton, La Plata;
Miss Nita S. Hinman, Clinton; Mrs.
George Morgan Knight. Leonard
town; Mrs. B. Shanks CLANCY, Ia
koma Park; Miss Olive D. Kinsman,
Silver Spring, and Mrs. w. A.
Reuteman. Chevy Chase.
The women's division has been
functioning in all the city wards
and counties for more than a month
Evening star., 1940-09-26
Proctor to Speak

John Clagett Proctor, lecturer and
writer for The Star, will speak on
"Old Bladensburg" at q meeting Of
the Bladensburg Historical Society
tomorrow at pm. in the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Felix Cristofane In
Bladensburg, Md.
Evening star., 1940-09-26

Miss Jamie Correll Bartleman, an
astrologer, won her own case in
Police Court yesterday by practicing
astrology there to the extent of
reading Judge Hobart Newman's
horoscope so successfully that he
dismissed a charge of fortune tell
ing without license.
Miss Bartleman used the methods
Evening star., 1940-09-26

ones. Miss Bartleman used the third
person, 1t not having been clearly
indicated to her that the person was
Judge Newman himself.
Evening star., 1940-09-26

grafton Of Parent-Teacher Associa.
tions will meet at o'clock tonight
at the Bladensburg High School to
discuss junior high school plans.
Evening star., 1940-06-30
BY Ira L. Smith.

Many are the people in Washing
ton today who remember when two
men in an airplane made an amaz-
ing fight from Fort Myer to Alex
andria and back to the Army post
at an average speed of 42 miles an
hour, without stopping en- route.
Never before had a plane been
flown so far over rough" country.
The feat was viewed with great won-
der by all, while some took upon
themselves the task of outlining its
significance. The aviators' success
proved solution of the problem of
human flight has been attained be-
yond all question:" they chorused.
In the light of our day, however,
that flight over the rolling Virginia
hills is seen to have held a sig
niicance that could not be observed
by the thousands whose astounded
eyes were watching a speck in the
summer sky of that day back in 1909.
For it was then and there that
the terrible giant which now is mil
itary aviation was born. The plane,
built by the Wright brothers, made
the flight to convince Army officers
of its ability to fly "cross country"
Purchased by the United States
on the strength of that demonstra-
ton, it became the first airplane
Evening star., 1940-06-30

acquired by any Government for
military use.
The fact that conditions of the
fight were dictated by the Army, to-
gether with presence of any Army
officer in the plane with Orville
Wright as a passenger, indicates
that military authorities were con-
corning themselves with the de-
velopment of heavier than-air craft
as military tools But even the most
imaginative of the military minds so
concerned could not then envision
the streaking pursuit planes and
powerful bombers of our time as
offspring of the little Wright biplane
that seemed so wonderful to them.
Control by Lever.
The Wright machine was 40 feet
wide with its planes s feet apart.
1t was mounted" on skids re
sembling the runners of a large
sled" as one contemporary de-
scribed it. On the lower plane, the
operators seat" was positioned
forward of the engine. At the ex-
treme front of the craft, on the for
ward tips of the skids, was the hori-
zontal rudder which regulated
ascent and descent and which was
controlled by lever next to the seat.
In the rear were two propellers
driven from one shaft by chain
drives. Ten or IL feet behind the
Evening star., 1940-06-30

writing at the mature age of IT.,
were such as I have never heard
from any other man He appeared
to speak as Homer wrote. The
burning accents did not enter in
different ears. The seed was sown
In good soil, and the unknown youth
who listened at the door of the
lobby was to become the co-worker
of the great orator in the stormy
hours which were rapidly approach
ing"
Two Deaths.
Jefferson died at 10 minutes be-
fore / o'clock on July 4, and John
Adams on the same date at ''the
descending sun" He had been i'll
for some months, and of his last
day on earth 1t has been said: His
already benumbed faculties reused
by the trumpet's clang and cannon's
roar OF the day of jubilee, he in
quired of those around his bed the
cause of these signs of rejoicing and
was informed that it was in honor
OF the Fourth of July. He answered
land these words were his last): TT
is great and glorious day."
The news of Mr.. Adams death
did not appear in the Washington
press until July 10. when the follow
ing account was published:
Death of John Adams.
Evening star., 1940-06-30

ground couple of times, it had
gained an altitude of 125 feet and
Wright pointed its nose toward the
captive balloon at Shutters Hill,
which marked the other end of the
course.
Soon it was lost to sight, but
watchers at Fort Myer thought an
eternity was passing before it re-
appeared on the return stretch.
Hailed as Great Day.
The plane reached its starting
point, alighting easily. President
Taft beamed. Wilbur Wright
shouted, You got the money" to
his brother. And all around were
thousands of folks, enthrilled and
happy as a summer sun edged
downward to mark the end of a
great day.
Ensuing days found people doing
a large amount of talking and writ
ing about what the future would
bring. Many let their minds dwell
upon the idea that more power
full engines would bring greater
speed but most of the experts de-
clared there was little to the idea,
because after certain speed was at
tanned, power would be wasted. Will
bur Wright ventured the opinion that
the day might be coming when all
flying would be accomplished solely
by man power, but others talked con-
fidently about the times when
planes would fly as fast as 100 miles
an hour as powerful engines drove
them through the air.
With an airpplane in its pos
session, the Army turned to build
ing of a structure to house it and
to the training of men to fly it.
The Government had allotted the
Insignificant sum of $3.50 for the
maintenance and upkeep of "Air-
plane Number One, however, and
that money did not last very long.
1t. Foulois dug into his own pocket
to the extent of approximately $500
to keep the machine in commission.
From January, 1910, to March, 1911,
he was the United States Army's
only pilot, navigator, instructor, OBJ
server and commander in the
heavier-than-air division, accord
ing to the Army Air Service. This
officer, who became chief of the
air service in 1881 with the rank of
major general, and who now is
living in retirement at Atlantic
City, spent much of his time in
those early days at the task of re-
pairing the plane and devising
mechanical improvements.
Military men dwelt upon words
uttered by Wilbur Wright in con-
nection with his brothers flight.
1.-THE speed at which he was travel
ing, combined with the smallness of
the exposed portion of the plane,
would have made him practically
safe from enemy fire"
The great advantage of the plane
Evening star., 1940-06-30

paper and other non-governmental
agencies.
Aero Club, Leader.
Taking leaf out of the book Of
those experiences, the Aero Club Of
America in 1916 had started the TAX
ing of subscriptions. Soon after, the
club had arranged for the training
of IL aviators and the assignment of
IL National Guard officers to avia-
ton schools to learn to fly. "It costs
between S400 and $3.50 to train each
aviator" a survey of that effort set
forth, land between $4,000 and $l0,-
900 each for high-powered military
planes"
In June, 1917, after entry of this
country into the great conflict, a
magazine writer, giving expression to
the rising imploration, used these
words:
Face to face with war-a war
with nation of surprising reso-
luteneSs and military efficiency, and
whose power may be multiplied over
night by alliances that could be re-
warded by the plunder of the richest
and the weakest Nation in the world
the softest place in our armor Is in
our airplane forces.
spectators SO long of the fright
full carnage in old Europe, our senses
are dulled and our caution slumber-
ing. Relying upon England's fleet to
keep away the invader, our first
danger must come from the skies.
That danger Is not only probable but
imminent"
Those words, written % years ago.
have familiar appearance as
scanned by eyes that recently have
been reading sentences that deal
with our present aviation situation.
Those words, written eight years
after the Army bought its first plane
from the Wright brothers on the
strength Of the flight over In Vir-
ginia, also show that our day is not
alone in sensing failure to take full
advantage of the strength Of the
giant that Is military aviation.
Evening star., 1940-06-30

world, and wirephotos would soon
follow. But things have greatly
changed since 1926, for in Washing
ton at that time the people were not
informed of the death of Mr.. Jeffer-
son until they read the account of
his demise in the National Intelli-
gencer three days later, or on July
7, 1926. And this is what the press
announced:
Thomas Jefferson is no more! His
weary sun has made a golden set,
leaving a bright tract of undying
fame to mark his path to a glorious
immortality.
THE illustrious author of the Dec
laration of Independence breathed
his last at Monticello on the 4th of
this month at 10 minutes before ]
o'clock. On the 50th anniversary of
the birth of this Nation, with which
his name and fame are forever and
indissolubly united, at the moment
when all tongues throughout the
land we're engaged in repeating the
language of his greatest work, his
soul, satisfied with the retrospection
of half a century of past events,
winged its flight to the realms of i'm
mortality! Singular but felicitous
coincidence!
I'VE shall not coolly undertake
Evening star., 1940-06-30

more than two years ago public
meeting had to be called at the
Mansion House to urge necessity
for national adoption of the new
arm and bestowal of liberal grants
on the service of the air.
In First World War.
When World War No. l began,
the full potency of the airplane as
a war weapon apparently had not
yet dawned on military minds. To
large degree, it was viewed simply
as glorified balloon, with its main
purpose being that of the balloon
to serve as an up in the air" OBJ
servation post. In fact, the German
pilots at the beginning of the war
seemed to have orders to evade COM
bat if possible, so as to keep their
machines intact for scouting and
directing and correcting artillery
fire.
1t was, indeed, the presence of
large numbers OF German machines
engaged in those observation activ-
tiles that made the British and
French aviators use their airplanes
as weapons of offense. The Ger
mans, in turn, began to use their
craft in combat as the British and
French increased the volume of their
aerial offensives.
The evidence seems to indicate
that the five years which separated
the beginning of the World War
from the Wright planes flight at
Fort Myer brought comparatively
little advance in application of avia-
ton to military operations.
In April, 1916, there was moaning
that "the pursuit of Villas forces
in Mexico has been seriously handi-
capped by the lack of provision on
the part of our Congress for an
adequate aeronautic service"
The French and German air.
plane fleets in 1912 to 1914 were
built largely by public subscription
and through public interest, with
similar action having been under
taken in England by a leading news
Evening star., 1940-06-30

planes was the vertical rudder, op-
Grated in connection with the warp
ing of the planes. which controls
direction and aids in overcoming
wind gusts" to use the words of
that days description.
The plane was mounted on a sim
gle rail and the weight of the cata-
putt which shot it into the air was
attached to it by rope. When the
motor was started the operator"
released the weight, which then
pulled the craft down the track
about SO feet. At that point the
horizontal rudder was brought into
play and the plane proceeded to
"soar aloft in easy and undulating
waves"
The Government had promised to
pay $4,000 for the machine if it
flew from Fort Myer to Alexandria
and back at a speed averaging 40
miles an hour and with load of fuel
sufficient to carry it 125 miles. The
price was to be cut 10 per cent for
every mile below 40-down to So
and increased 10 per cent for every
mile above 40 in the speed per hour.
Though the machines ability had
been fairly we'll demonstrated on
earlier trips, experts called atten-
ton to the fact that flight over
broken country" had the moral
and practical effect of tending to
make the operator reduce speed, be-
cause there was a natural tendency
to follow the contour of the ground" ;"
Conditions Ordered.
Flight conditions imposed by the
Government called for the ship to
carry two seated, not lying
down"
1t. BENJAMIN D. Foulois. destined
to be chief of the Army Air Service,
who conveniently was small man"
and "well-fitted physically for that
sort of exercise" was the passenger
who accompanied Orville Wright on
the flight.
The trial was repeatedly post
poned because one day after another
brought brisk winds, and anything
more than good strong breeze
was viewed as being dangerous to
flyers in those days.
On July IT, 1909, when one Of
several practice flights was made,
two pieces of iron with a total
weight of 9 pounds had been
tied to the front of the plane to off,
set the weakness of lack of weight
at that point.
Came July 80, and 1000 thrill
seekers crowded environs of the
parade ground at Fort Myer. A
cavalry detail kept them at safe and
proper distances.
Orville Wright, clad in "a busi-
ness suit and jaunty gray cap,'
and 1t. Foulois climbed into their
seats. The catapult did its job of
catapulting after the engine was
started, and forthwith the plane was
sailing a few feet off the ground.
! By the time it had circled the parade