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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-07-11
Mission School Opens At Mt
Lake Park

The opening program of the Noun
tam Lake Park Summer School of
Missions was held last night in the
auditorium at Mountain Lake Park.
The school will continue until the
evening of July 16, with class instruc-
uon throughout the day, speaking and
pageantry at the evening sessions.
A number of outstanding people in
'ne missionary field are present for
VnlS annual event.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-07-11
Rummage Sale

Inc ladies of the Mountain Lake
rark Civic Club will hold their annual
rummage sale on July IS, 10 and 20,
VI Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Inc sale will be held in the Brown
S'ore room on Alder street, Oakland.
anyone having goods to donate may
get IN touch with Mrs. Charles Boil
slano in Mountain Lake Park. Just
phone and your donation will be called
for.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-07-11
To Teach In Oakland

Miss Lena Georg has accepted a
position in the Oakland Elementary
school. She is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. E. H. Georg, of Accident, and
completed her work at State Teachers
College in June, where she was active
in eXtra-curricular activities.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-07-11
UNION HOLINESS TABERNACLE
Third Street, Oakland

Saturday evening, public address
service at 700, prayer and praise SER
vice at 1880.
Sunday: Sunday school at 200,
preaching at 800 and 1880 by Rev. j.
E. Johnson.
Prayer meeting Tuesday evening
at 1880.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-07-11
ST. MARKS EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN
Rev. A. B. Learner, D. D., Pastor

Rev. A. B. Learner, ID. D., Pastor.
1000 A. M. The Service of the
Church; the anthem by the st. Mark S
Chorus Choir; The sermon: "a scene
in domestic life; the offertory; the
study of the Church School lesson:
"Job's Struggle to Faith in Life after
Death; the Morning Prayer and Ben
ediction.
Thursday, 1880 P. M. The Women's
Missionary Society will meet with
Mrs. Truman Bittinger.
Friday, 1880 P. M.-The Ever-ready
Circle will hold it's business meeting
at the home of Mrs. George Codding-
ton.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-07-11
kidnapped In China

Dr.. Frederick Bankhardt, who was
kidnapped in China, carried into the
mountains, tied to stake and threat
ened with death, will speak at the
Mountain Lake Park auditorium on
Saturday night and Sunday morning.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-07-11
ST. PAUL'S METHODIST
Minor SDrague. Minister

$3.50 A. M. Sunday church school,
Classes for all.
10:45 A. NJ. Worship service, with
sermon by the Minister, and good
music.
500 P. NJ. Epworth League vesper
service on Table Rock. Leave from
the church, bringing picnic supper.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-07-11

Joann McAllister, Ridgeway, Pa,
visited with Miss Mary Ann Fazzalari
in Oakland over the weekend.
Evening star., 1940-02-16
Two Danish Ships
Reported Torpedoed
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 16.-Reuters, Brit
ish news agency, reported it un-
derstood two Danish ships, the 1866
ton passenger vessel Sleipner and
the 1,064-ton Rkone, had been tor
pedoed of the east coast of Eng
land early today and were feared
lost.
1t said 6 persons were believed
saved from the Rhone and IL from
the Sleipner. The total aboard
each was not given, however.
The agency also reported two
Norwegian vessels were overdue and
presumed to have been lost.
They were the 1,000-ton Bisp,
which left a British port January
20 with q cargo Of coal for Nor
way, and the 1,168-ton Start. The
Bisp had q crew of 16.
The wreckage of a ship identi-
fed as Norwegian was washed ashore
on the Scottish coast, but the name
of the vessel could not be deter
mined.
The British destroyer which the
admiralty said sank two German
submarines on February o was Of
fcially disclosed to have been the
Antelope, q l,350-ton ship Of the
,Acasta class, built In 1927. y,
Evening star., 1940-02-16
Eastern Shore Staying
Suspect Is Caught
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SNOW HILL, Md, Feb. 16.-A
colored suspect, sought for i've days
In the staying of Harvey Pilchard,
Stockton farmer, was captured by
State police today on the farm Of
Harvey Redden.
He was placed in a police car,
which sped away before many Of the
civilian searchers knew he was in
custody.
1t was not known where he was
being taken. Four other colored
persons arrested in the case are in
the Hartford County Jail at Bel Air.
State troopers, county officers and
q civilian posse had searched q
swamp near here for three days in
search of the suspect.
A mob OF about 1000 men smashed
into the Snow Hill jail Tuesday
night and took two colored women
they believed knew Of the suspects
hide-out. The women were rescued
by State police.
Mr.. Pilchard was shot to death
and his wife wounded Sunday by
three colored men, who entered their
home and demanded money.
Evening star., 1940-02-16
japanese Bequeathed
100000 Jailed Again
For $500 AIimony
Shimo Arrested Month
After Release Secured
BY Widows Mortgage

Jesse S. Shima, 34-year-old Japa-
nese who was left $500 900 by the
late Mrs. Mary F. Henderson, his
employer, was sent back to Jail to-
day because Of his inability to pay
$500 back alimony.
Shima was in Jail from August Is
to January IL due to failure to pay
a $500 bond designed to keep him in
the District of Columbia.
Justice F. Dickinson Let's ordered
Shima to pay the $500 back alimony
or serve so days in Jail when Shima
appeared before him today.
Widow Mortgaged Home.
Shima was released from Jail a
month ago after a Japanese wom-
an, widow of sailor in the Amer
ican Navy, mortgaged her home
here to put up the money necessary
to gain her fellow-countryman his
freedom.
He was re-arrested today on JUS
tice Let's order after he appeared
in court under a rule to show cause
why he should not be held in con-
tempt of court for alleged failure
to pay up the back money.
Vivian O. Hill, Shima's attorney.
told the court it was an outrage that
the man should be jailed when he
has $27 900 coming to him from the
Union Trust Co. as a part of the
Henderson estate funds. The money.
Mr.. Hill explained, is tied up in
litigation by Shima's estranged wife
and her father.
Mr.. Hill said that his client lacks
the necessary funds to pay the $500
ordered today, explaining Shima had
lost his money in restaurant ven
ture in Stamford, Conn.
Representing Shima's wife. Mrs.
(Sno GH11N6A norn
Evening star., 1940-02-16
Two Virginia Watermen
Found Frozen 10 Death
BY the Associated Press.

81 VIC hSCOCl&tSQ EIcS8.
EASTVILLE, Va, Feb. 1.-two
63-year-old Eastern Shore watermen
were found frozen to death in their
oyster boat last night, $50 yards
from their boathouse on Chinco-
league Bay.
James East and Jake" Barnes,
brothers-in-law, were caught in the
violent blizzard of Wednesday after
noon soon after they had begun
oystering at their beds of Locust
vile.
One body was found sitting in the
bow and the other in the stern of
the boat. The mems clothing had
been soaked, and their boots were
full Of ice.
Rescuers said q stove and fuel
were In the cabin on the nearby
boathouse.
Evening star., 1940-02-16
New Bulgarian Cabinet
Sworn in by Boris
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SOFIA, Feb. licking Boris to-
day swore in a new Bulgarian
cabinet headed by Bogdap Philon,
57-year-old professor who is ex-
pected to lessen Bulgaria's economic
dependence on Germany.
Philoff became premier after only
Is months in politics. He was edu-
cation minister in the cabinet Of
George Kiosseivanoff which resigned
yesterday.
An archeologist and president of
the Bulgarian Academy Of Sciences,
Philof formed new cabinet within
"A hours after Kiosseivanoff, who
built up close Bulgarian German
economic ties, resigned.
Evening star., 1940-02-16
Britain Held Unlikely
To Send Finland Troops

LONDON, Feb. Is R.-British
today minimized the possibility Of
regular troops being sent quickly BY
the western powers to aid Finland
in comment on Stockholm adyices
that Finland would ask such aid as
an alternative to suing for peace
with Russia.
They said that aside from politi-
cal considerations it would be diff
f1cult technically for the allies to
place sizable active service detach-
ments on the Finnish battle front
Immediately.
Trained Troops Occupied.
Most of Britain's trained troops
are either in France or engaged in
training conscripts-the latest of
whom, 23-year-olds, will register
tomorrow.
One source asserted Britain has
an army in training for conditions
different from those in Finland.
4 ANY British troops would require
Evening star., 1940-02-16
Hitler Paper Declares
Finn Defeat Inevitable

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Feb. 16 (P.-Adolf Hit
ler's newspaper Voelkischer Beo-
bachter in a three column article
today asserted that a complete de-
feat of Finland by Russia is in
evitable.
The article repeated the familiar
German contention that England
hopes to prolong the Russian Fin
nish conflict by persuading the
Scandinavian countries to Jump in
to help the Firms.
Much of the world press which
is sympathetic to Finland has pub
lished wild reports of Finn victories
when under winter conditions the
Firms succeeded occasionally in cut
ting Russian communications" Beo-
bachter said.
Evening star., 1940-02-16
Must Have Help or Seek
Peace, HeIsinki Said
ToH Have Warned
BY the Associated Press.


STOCKHOLM, Feb 14.-Premer Per Albin Hanson
declared today that request by Finland for transport
Swedish military groups to Finland been declined on
the ground that Swedens position in regard to assisting
her neighbors was unchanged
HanSSons statement, contained in communique
casloned by reports in the Stockholm press
men leaders had Informed Sweden they must
lace the necessity of concluding peace with the
manner greatly concerning Sweden"
TN Paris a French government spokesman said France
was sending great many an-ank guns
as other artillery and arpanes any foreign
resident in France volunteering to join the Finnish Army
would be permitted to leave the country)
Aid for Injured Provided.
The communique said
On various occasions the Swedish entertained
from the Finnish government proposals concerning deliveries
necessities These proposals generally could be filled The question
OF giving injured and nvaded
as well as sending civil workers from
steps were taken in these respects
During visit in Stockholm govern
ment then took the question military
Only last Tuesday the Finnish foreign minister
this matter with the Swedish Prime Minister the foreign minister
and the minister of defense
On this occasion the transport of Swedish military troops
was requested From the Swedish
the Swedish principles governing assistance Finland
declared in the the Swedish
Swedish Rksdag January IT, and which generally accepted
There has been no change in this position"
Evening star., 1940-02-16

a period of seasoning and acclimati-
cation unless they were to fill hos
pitals instead of trenches, and that
would take too long for them to be
of aid in the Mannerheim Line
crisis.
1T would seem like the present is
either too late or too soon If all
aspects are considered for the allies
formally to send active service units
to Finland's aid"
Aid Offer Unconfirmed.
There was no confirmation in
London of any formal offer of active
military aid to Finland.
Observers, however, expressed the
belief Britain was not ready to enter
the Finnish Russian conflict openly
since such action might consolidate
German-Russian relations and Gre
ate new fronts in the western war
before the British army is at full
strength.
1t was pointed out, though, that
the official attitude concerning
troops did not interfere with indi-
vidual volunteering, which the gov
ernment has sanctioned.
Evening star., 1940-02-16
Alarm Spreads
At Signs Firms
Are Cracking
Scondinovions and
Allies Fearful
OF Red Victory
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Finland's first signs of cracking
spread alarm through Britain,
France and the three Scandinavian
countries, who don't wish to become
battlefields.
The ponderous Soviet war ma
chine admittedly has beaten the
Firms at several points during the
past week. Soviet assertions of spe-
cific captures of forts in the famed
Mannerheim Line were scoffed at by
the Firms week ago, but now they
announce reverses. They emphasize
the seriousness of these defeats by
repeated calls for the world to help
them before it is too late. Two
classes OF reserves-men AZ and 43
years old-have been called to the
colors.
This is the 10th day of the big
Soviet drive northwestward along
the Karelian Isthmus toward Fin
lands second city, Viipuri. Soviet
communiques beginning February 8
have claimed capture of 153 forts"
of various Importance in the Man.
nerheim Line. The Firms admit only
Evening star., 1940-02-16
Artillery Duel Fought,
Poris Sources Declare
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, Feb. 16.-French and
German artillery shelled each other
IN the region of the Blies River west
of the Vosges Mountains, military
sources reported today, but failed to
change the positions of the oppos-
ing lines.
Heavy snowstorms were reported
along the front.
A French warship was said to
have attacked German submarine.
but the result was not known imme-
diately.
The French high command COM
munique reported: Artillery action
on both sides of the Blies."
Evening star., 1940-02-16

BY the Associated Press.
The House tentatively rejected
today for the second time in less
than a year a naval proposal for
harbor Improvements to make the
little Pacific Island of Guam a naval
lookout" post.
BY teller vote of 1913 to ia, the
House adopted an amendment by
Representative Richards, Democrat,
Of South Carolina, to eliminate
funds for the work from the $685.
772 900 naval appropriation bill.
Under the rules, however, a roll
call vote may be demanded on the
amendment before the bill is finally
passed by the House.
Trouble With Japan Feared.
A score or more members fought
the proposal vigorously on the
ground that the suggested improve
ments constituted the first step
toward fortification of the tiny
island-some 1,500 miles from Toxic
and thus might be a source of
trouble with Japan.
One argument advanced by Mr..
Richards was that approval of the
project would lead to abandonment
of this country's plan for giving the
Philippines their independence.
The South Carolinian, one of the
Representatives who successfully
fought somewhat similar proposal
last year, said it was mot a wise
thing for the United States to
undertake such a project 5000 miles
from home, where we have nothing
to defend but this one small island
in the midst of 1000 Japanese
inundated islands"-especially, he
added, inasmuch as Japan is not
considered friendly to this country.
Fertilization Move Seen.
Mr.. Richards said that although
the Navy describes the projects
harbor-dredging and breakwater-
building job-as harmless" it
actually would lead to fprtification
OF the tiny island.
IF you embark on a policy of
fortifying Guam, he declared, "the
movement will follow, Just as sure
as you are sitting here, to abandon
plans for getting out of the Phil
ippines."
Representative Miller, Republican,
OF Connecticut, the first member
to speak in defense of the Guam
expenditure, said that he looked
upon 1t as "a safety measure"
Il can't see any connection be-
tween this appropriation and the
fortiflcation of Guam.
Il would not want to take re-
sponsibility for refusing this i'm
provement and then read few
months from now of an accident
to Clipper ship"
Foes of the Guam project were
victorious last year in a fight
against more ambitious program.
but the Navy came right back with
a request for 81 ,000, 900 to start work
on a $1,000 900 harbor dredging and
breakwater construction job.
The Navy said the improvements
were desired solely to make Guams
coral-studded, surf-swept harbor
/
Evening star., 1940-02-16
French Claim Victories
For Planes in Finland

PARIS, Feb. 16 R).-French war
planes sent to the aid of Finland
already have scored "a certain num-
ber of victories" against Soviet Rus
sia, published reports said today.
French artillery also was said to
be helping the Firms.
Armaments Minister Raoul Dau-
try, meanwhile, presented new tanks
and other armored vehicles to the
French government in a ceremony
somewhere in France. The new
equipment was built in what was
called the Incredibly short" time
Of one and a half months.
Evening star., 1940-02-16
Spinach a Fake,
Says Doctor, as
Thousands Cheer
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
REDLANDS. Calf, Feb. 16.-
Mother and dad can be wrong.
DR.. Roger Truesdale, nationally
known food chemist. told a civic
organization science has learned
that "the calcium properties of
spinach are not available to the
human system. Only 20 per cent
Of its iron is available.
But this is not the worst of it..
The oxilate radical in spinach pre-
cipitates the calcium from other
foods and carries it away.
After all. youngsters have been
exactly right in their fearful re-
sistance to the supposed builder of
sturdy bodies.
Evening star., 1940-02-16
Sweden Rejects Fin|ands Appeal
For Direct Military Assistance;
Reds Penetrate Defenses Further
Russians Holdinu
Position Within
Summo Village
BY the Associated Press.

HELSINKI, Feb. 16.-The Finnish
command admitted today the Rus
SLAMS had penetrated farther into
Finland's Mannerheim Line posi-
tions in the great battle of the Ka-
relian ISthmus, but declared that
Russian gains had been bought at
the price Of great losses.
This acknowledgment of Russian
gains in the 16-day-old battle was
made in the armys daily commu-
nique issued shortly after Finnish
military informant admitted that
the invading Red Army had seized
at least a part of the village of
Summa. Around that village the
severest part of the isthmus battle
has been raging.
A Finnish spokesman acknoWl-
edged that even though the Russians
are suffering great losses" the seri-
BUSINESS of the battle is not thereby
minimized. He stressed that the de-
Tenders have fewer men, guns and
airplanes than the invaders.
The situation recalled repeated
assertions of the Firms that against
this tremendous power they must
some day have help.
Red Gains Acknowledged.
After already having acknowl-
edged some Russian gains on Feb
ruary l3, the Firms in their COM
munique today said:
East of the Summa sector and at
couple OF outpoints in a deflle be-
tween Lake Huolo and the Vuoski
River the enemy succeeded in pene-
trating to our positions.
Elsewhere attacks were re-
pulsed" said the communique of
other isthmus fighting, and semi
official advices up to the the of
issuance of the communique indi-
Gated that the Finnish Mannerheim
Line, the country's main line of de-
tense, was holding firm.
The line is a deep series of forti-
f1cations so arranged that positions
can be lost without necessarily risk
ing a serious break.
The communique said the de-
tenders repulsed attacks northeast
OF Lake Ladoga. where "our forces
captured one of the Snemy's posi-
tions." The Russian losses were
said to be heavy"
Farther north, at Kuhmo, "de-
struction of isolated enemy detach-
ments continued" said the COM
munique.
The Firms reported they bombed
Russian encampments and railways
and stations behind the Russian
lines, and engaged in several sue
cessful air battles"
The communique said 500 Russian
planes took part in raids on the 18TH
mus In which earlier advices had
reported "a persons were killed and
90 injured in raids on towns. Viipuri,
Pappeenranta and Riikimaki all
were bombed. The Firms said they
shot down eight enemy planes.
Main Attention on Isthmus.
Principal attention continued to be
centered on the isthmus fighting, in
which the Russians 16 DAYS ago
launched great offensive which has
been almost ceaseless since and in
which the Firms state they have
moved the invading troops down
'like wheat"
A military informant said prior to
issuance of today's communique that
the Russians had made no gains
since February 13.
But, he said, the Russians were
lSaa EIINlI ND Eaea n ~
Evening star., 1940-02-16
Of Hearts
And Song

An interest.srippins story Of
a school airl's escapade and the
many complications which fol.
low starts today on Page ca.
You will want to follow the !
career Of Elaine Warburton
daily and Sunday until its 6nal
chapter.
Evening star., 1940-02-16
Parking Error at Truin Track
Costs Mail HuuIer His Auto

He erred slightly in judgment
this morning, however, and backed
onto the tracks while preparing to
place mail shipment on a WASH
ington- hound local.
An electric locomotive pulling a
Boston-to-Washington train, and
preceding the local into Bowie, de-
molished the automobile . few sec
onds after Mr.. CLARK leaped to
safety, carrying the mail with him.
The car burst into flames and the
Bowie Fire Department extinguished
the flre.
Evening star., 1940-02-16
~ 4 sian Correspondent Of The star,

BOWIE, Nd, Feb. 16.-The first
mistake Charles E. Clark has made
IN more than 10 years Of hauling the
mail between the local Post Once
and railroad station cost him his
automobile le-192o vintage-today.
Since he took over the mail con-
tract, Mr.. CLARK had parked his car,
without = slip up, in the exact spot
to switch mail between the machine
and Pennaylvania Railroad trains
during their brief halts here on their
runs North and aarth.
Evening star., 1940-02-16


Hanson declared Sweden would
give Finland all material and
humanitarian help possible, but
that her efforts would be limited
to such assistance.
No official mention was made of
published reports that Finland, if
unable to obtain direct military aid
from Sweden, would request and re-
ceive such aid from Britain and
France Assistance from this direc-
ton would entail the question of
whether Sweden and Norway would
permit transportation across their
frontiers.
Some diplomatic circles believe
that Sweden, with her neutrality
status becoming increasingly deli
cate as Finland's urgency increases
under Russian pressure, may soon
issue an official declaration on this
matter.
Question of Neutrality.
From the Swedish standpoint, 1t is
a question Of whether Moscow and
Berlin would regard the passage
through Sweden of British or French
volunteers as violation of her neu-
trality.
While refraining from giving out
right military aid to Finland, the
Swedish government has placed no
obstacles in the path of Swedes de-
string to volunteer for Finnish serv-
ice. Many officers and men have
resigned from the Swedish Army to
60 to Finland to fight.
Estimates on the number of Swed-
ish volunteers now bearing arms for
Finland vary greatly. Dispatches
from Copenhagen in January put
the number at 5000, but unofficial
figures from Helsinki estimated the
total at about 1000. 1t is known
that at least four contingents of
Swedish volunteers have reached
Finland, and one of these con-
notwithstanding to reports from
Stockholm-numbered 500 men.
Reports from the war front also
have indicated that Swedish flyers
have been active in Finland, espec-
tally in the Arctic Salla front and
northeast of Lake Ladoga.
Surrender Alternative.
The newspaper Aftenbladet said
Finland had declared she either must
conclude peace with Soviet Russia
or get direct help from the western
powers
The paper said the Firms thus
could be expected within a day or
50 to accept offers of military aid
from the western powers against
the Russian invasion. britain and
France already are giving a measure
Of military aid; Aftenbladet ap-
parently means sending regular
troops.)
After debating the matter of
direct military help for four days,
the paper said, the Swedish gov
ernment decided it could net
give direct aid, although the Fin
nish delegation said the alternatives
were peace ION conditions greatly
concerning Sweden" or help from
the West with the understanding
that Sweden and Norway would
permit passage of troops.