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for their originality
and initiative. They
may decide that the
garden would be i'm
proved by saving a
limb off the apple
tree, or moving the
philadelphus bush or
trimming the lilacs
back to within an
inch of their lives.
These are such trifes
that they think it
hardly worth while
consulting their wives.
So, before the wives
know it. helpful hus-
bands are out with
saw or spade or prun-
ing knife. And if their
wives, becoming sus-
picious, call from the
house to inquire what
they are doing, they
reply "Oh. nothing" or
pivo ava Give orcu-or-
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the helpful husbands
have done is perfectly
wonderful but that
they do not want
them to become over
heated and catch cold
or strain themselves
and come down with
a bad back; and sug-
gest that they devote
the rest of the after
noon to moving the
lawn or watering the
perennial border or
p erf orm in g some
e lily innocuous
task.
But moving lawns
and watering flowers
soon grow monoto-
nous. Husbands are
likely to seize upon
another original idea
and start building a
rock garden or re-
~~,A. A. 4 - -
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Helpful Husbands
By Christopher BHlott

Helpful husbands are husbands who
do not desert their poor wives on week
ends to play golf or sail or burn up money
shooting clay pigeons; but. instead, stick
around the place and work
Helpful husbands are distinguished
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helpful husbands are likely to sulk and
perhaps ultimately cease being helpful
and join the unhelpful husbands at golf
or sailing or shooting clay pigeons.
1t is better for wives. instead. to force
back their tears and declare that what
Evening star., 1941-06-15

The ,Oriter OF this article was CON-
n1ander OF No. 1 Fighter Squadron.
Royal Canadian Air Force, during its
share in the epic battle ouer Britain.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-06-19
Engagement Announced

At a tastefully appointed card
party held at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. H. Jackson last Friday, they
announced the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Betty Jackson, to Rev.
Charles H. Best, of Gainesville.
Three tables of contract bridge and
one of finch were in play, and each
guest was presented with engagement
ring favors. Honors at cards were
won by Mrs. F. A. Thayer, Jr., Miss
Barbara Smith, Miss Barbara Ann
Fogelsanger and Miss Joan Steele.
Guests included Mrs. +. E. Rath-
bun, Mrs. Paul B. Naylor, Mrs. Har--
old Dawson, Mrs. w. w. Warfield,
Mrs. F. A. Thayer, Jr, Mrs. Lewis R.
Jones, Mrs. Howard Naylor, Mrs.
Dorothy Ogburn, Mrs. Minor Sprague,
Misses Barbara Smith, Susy Smith,
Martha Jane Legge, Barbara Ann
Fogelsanger, Joan Steele and Eliza
beht Powell.
Mr.. Best has recently been ordained
to the ministry by the Protestant
Episcopal church and is stationed at
Darlington, Md. He assisted Rev. D.
C. Trimble here the past two sum-
mers. No date has been set for the
wedding.
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MARRIED

BISER-TEAGARDEN-At a pref
ty ceremony performed last Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the
Church of the Brethren at Eglon, w.
Va, Miss Evelyn Teagarden, daugh-
ter of Rev. and Mrs. H. o. Teagarden,
of Mt. Lake Park, became the bride
of Mr.. Frank Bernard Biser, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Eliza Biser, of Oakland.
The ceremony was performed by the
brides father.
The bride was given in marriage by
her brother, Harold Teagarden. She
was attired in a white satin gown
with a long veil and carried bouquet
of white lilies and larkspur. A gar
denia wreath adorned the veil She had
as her maid of honor Miss Ruth Rice,
of Cambridge, O.; and her brides
maids were Miss Lucinda Harsch,
Eglon, W. Va, and Faye Biser, Oak
land. Gerald Biser was his brothers
best man.
Miss Rice was attired in an aqua
green foor-length dress with white
accessories and carried spray of pink
and blue larkspur. Miss Biser wore a
pink taffeta gown and carried a spray
of mixed roses. Miss Harsch was at
tired in pale blue gown and carried a
bouquet of mixed flowers. Flower girls
were Bonita Teagarden and Mildred
Biser and they wore blue taffeta
dresses. The ring bearer was four
year-old Barbara Ann Biser, of Red
House, and she wore pink taffeta.
The bridal march was played by DR..
Blanche Miller, of Eglon, and Mrs.
Paul Dixon, of Somerset, sang 81 Love
You Truly"
Ushers for the event were Paul
Dixon, Somerset, Pa; Paul Southerly
and Doyle Biser, Oakland; and Ellis
Harsch, Eglon.
A reception was held following the
ceremony at the Teagarden home
after which the couple left for a
honeymoon trip to Niagara Falls and
points in Canada.
The bride was graduated from Oak
land High school in 1889. Both young
people are employed in The Half
Price Store in Oakland.
About five hundred attended the
ceremony. The church was decorated
with mountain laurel in full blossom.
Erected in front of the church was an
arch studded with five lighted candles
on either side.
Observation-Disclosures Edith
Virginia Zilch, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. William c. Zilch, of Cumberland,
and Wilbur Altstetter, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. ]. Altstetter, of near Cumb-
erland, formerly of Oakland, were
married at o'clock Sunday after
noon, June Is, in st. Luke's Lutheran
church, Cumberland, with Rev. H.
Hall Sharp officiating.
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Miss Louise Zilch was her sisters
maid of honor and Robert L. Alt
stetter was his brothers best man.
The bride is a graduate of Allegany
high school and Catherman's Bust
ness school and is employed by the
State Department of Public Welfare
in Baltimore.
Mr.. Altstetter was graduated from
Oakland high school and Cathermans
Business school and is employed by
the Glenn L. Martin company, Balti-
more.
The bride was attired in white taf-
feta, made with fitted bodice and
sleeves, high neckline and full skirt,
sweeping into train. Her finger tip
length veil was held by halo of hand
made taffeta flowers. She carried
white Bible with an orchid marker.
The maid of honor wore a gown of
turquoise blue taffeta, made with
fitted bodice, short full sleeves and
sweetheart neckline. Her hat was
natural straw picture hat, trimmed
with turquoise ribbon. She carried
bouquet of talisman rose buds.
A small reception for members of
the immediate families was held at
the home of the brides parents. Fol-
lowing wedding trip through north
ern states and Canada, they will be at
home at 605 North Highland avenue,
Baltimore.
CUSTER-FRANTZ-Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Frantz, Friendsville, have an
nounced the marriage of their daugh-
ter, Edith Lorraine Frantz, to Wood
row w. Custer, son of Mrs. Simon
Orendorf, Grantsville. The ceremony
was performed in the Rush Baptist
church on Saturday, June IA, at 1920
a. M, by Rev. A. S. Moorehead.
Mrs. Moorehead played the we'd
ding march. The bride had Mrs.
Gaynelle Funds as her matron of
honor, while Charles Frantz, brother
of the bride, was best man.
The bride was attired in a soldier
blue costume with white accessories
and had a corsage of carnations,
roses and lilies of the valley. She car
ried prayer book.
The bride is a graduate of this
years class of the Friendsville high
school, having graduated with highest
honors. The groom is employed by the
Glenn L. Martin plant in Baltimore.
Following the ceremony the couple
left for a short honeymoon in Wash
ington, D. c., and Virginia They will
reside in Baltimore.
Guests at the wedding included Mrs.
Simon Orendorf, Mrs. Lazen Wen
gard, Mr.. and Mrs. C. o. Bender,
Grantsville; Virginia Hess, Phila-
delphia.
LUTZ-CALE-Miss Pauline Gale,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. l. G. Gale,
o. Terra Alta, w. Va, became the
bride of Sergt. Harold Lutz, Fortress
Monroe, Va, at the Methodist parson-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-06-19
Saturday Is First Day of
Summer and Longest Day

Saturday, June 81, is the longest
day of the year and the first day of
summer, according to the almanacs.
The sun will rise on Saturday for
northern states at 4:23 a. M, and
will set at 7:40 p. m. Summer will
actually begin at 2:34 p. M, E. S. T.,
when the sun reaches the summer
solstice-the point in the ecliptic at
which it is farthest from the equator.
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Mrs. Harry White visited in New
York City over the weekend.
Mr.. Robert T. Hoffman was a
weekend visitor in Washington, D. c..
Mrs. Gene Batten and two children
are guests of relatives in Parkers-
burg, w. Va, this week.
Mrs. Russell H. Brown who has
been in Boston, Mass, for the past
several weeks, expects to return to
her home here this weekend.
Messrs. Albert and Alex. Frazee,
aged brothers, and residents of the
Blooming Rose community near
Friendsville, are in Oakland today on
matters of business.
Guy Maybe, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Maybe, of near town, sailed
this week on the S. S. Gateway City
for Hongkong, China, and expects to
be gone for about six months.
Circle number two of the Woman's
Society for Christian Service of the
Methodist church met last evening at
the home of Mrs. Daniel P. Smouse
with Mrs. Paul Naylor as the leader.
Mr.. H. L. Jones, clerk to the draft
board, accompanied the group that
left here yesterday for Baltimore, and
will confer with draft board officials
in that city before returning to Oak
land
Students of Holy Cross College, in
Washington, D. c., have arrived in
Oakland and gone to their summer
camp on Deep Creek Lake were they
will spend the next two months IN
study.
Miss Beatrice Hauser, who has
been at Keyser, w. Va, for some
months, is spending several weeks
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oar
win Hauser. She has as her guest,
Miss Dovie Warner, of Circleville,
w. Va.
Members of the McVeigh Holy
Cross club held a surprise dinner
party last evening in honor of the
birthday anniversary of Rev. FIR.
John c. Broderick, pastor of st.
Peters church. The dinner was held
at the home of Miss Bridget Maroney
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. W. Jackson, Mrs.
E. D. Kaylor, Mrs. G. E. Getty, Mrs.
E. Steiding and Mrs. George Camp
bell, all of Homecoming, were in Oak
land yesterday for dinner party,
given by Mr.. and Mrs. Jackson at the
home of Mrs. Harry White, Oak
street.
DR.. and Mrs. S. E. Wicker and Mrs.
Wicker's mother, Mrs. Sarah Ashby,
arrived in Oakland from Wilmington,
Delaware, Tuesday and will remain
here during the summer at the Ashby
residence on Third street. DR.. Wicker
is just now recuperating from a seri-
Gus illness of pneumonia and compli-
cations, having been stricken early in
the spring.
The Mountain Choir Festival Asso-
citation announces the resignation of
Ferdinand Kuehn as associate direc-
tor. Mr.. Kuehn with his family will
arrive in Oakland this weekend, hav-
ing leased for the summer the home of
Mr.. and Mrs Harold Bittinger in the
east end of town. Mr.. Kuehn is devot-
ing his time to the work of The Amer
lea First Committee.
Mrs. F. A. Thayer, Jr., entertained
with a bridge luncheon yesterday aft
ernoon in honor of her two sisters
who are visiting at her home on Oak
street. Guests included Mrs. Paul
Naylor, Mrs. Harold Harmed, Mrs F
E. Rathbun, Mrs. F. D. Bittle, Mrs
Henry Kloss, Mrs. w. w. Grant, Mrs
Neil C. Fraley, and the honor guests,
Mrs. Alfred Huffer and Miss Chris
tine Pierce, of National.
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remain until her husband completes
his year of compulsory military train
ing.
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age in Friendsville, last Friday eve
ming, June 10. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev Robert L. Greynolds,
Methodist pastor there. The groom
was former Oakland resident, hav-
ing been employed as salesman at the
Ray Teets garage.
Ray Teets garage, and is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Curyin LutZ, Of York
Pa.
The bride was attired in a blue and
white Jersey dress and wore cor
sage of red rosebuds. Her attendants
were Mrs. Leonard Hathaway, Oak
land, and Miss Garnet Gale, Terra
Alta, who wore outfits of pink and
yellow, respectively, and white gar
denia corsages. Leonard Hathaway
was the groom's best man.
NAIR-CASTEEL - The 48-hour
marriage law may have shortened the
honeymoon but did not prevent a draf-
tee, home on leave, from securing a
bride before he reported for duty
again.
Private Thomas Franklin Nair, of
near Oakland, who has been in train
ing at Fort Benning, Georgia, since
January, secured a leave of absence
and arrived here on June 7.
On Tuesday evening, June 10, his
bride-to-be, Miss Carrie Isabelle Cas-
teel, arrived in Oakland from Morgan
town, West Va, accompanied by her
mother and brother. The wedding
party went to Loeb Lynn from here
where the Rev. E. A. Critics performed
the wedding ceremony in the U. B.
parsonage at $3.50 P. NJ.
After a few hours at the Nair home
the bridal party drove to Oakland
where the groom was compelled to
leave on the train at 1890 for Fort
Benning. The bride returned to her
home at Morgantown where she will
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Mr.. and Mrs. E. R. Fike and
daughter spent the weekend with
their son, Private Emerson II. Flke,
who is in the quartermaster detach-
ment at the proving grounds at Aber-
deem While in Baltimore they attend
ed the wedding of Margaret Norma
Mclaughlin to Harold G. Marshall,
Baltimore, which occurred Saturday
at 3 o'clock in the Christian Temple.
The couple will reside in Baltimore
where the groom is employed.
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50 a week in cash. This isn't as in
consistent with the $40 week l
have given him as it looks at f1rst.
NV Soviet workman's income must
be credited with the special rent
reductions to which he is entitled,
his vacation, his childrens higher
education, etc. And the whole must
be set in the perspective OF the
national standard of living. In less
pompous words. my workman's food
and clothing, and the room in which
he and his family live, are the rule
and the eXception-and that makes
q big difference to him.
May Equal $1,000 a Year.
So Ill stick to $40 a week as the
American wage equivalent OF 200
rubles a month in Russia 1t works
out all right at the other end OF the
ladder. too. The Soviet careerist
who starts at 200 rubles may rise
to 1000 BY my yardstick this would
entitle him to the equivalent Of
S. .000- a-year life in America. (TWc
thousand rubles month divided BY
S equals s400 a month, times Il
equals $4,000 a year.
Well-the Soviet 2,000-rubles-a
month engineer CAN maintain
small house in the country. He car
60 to the theater and his wife Cal
wear imitation silk stockings ano
get her hair waved. They could buy
phonograph, keep it supplied witt
records and save up for fur coat
He will be a pretty important fel
low and the chances are he will bt
assigned a Car TO take him TO anc
from work.
Beyond 1000 rubles 2 month m!
highly successful young Soviet en-
gineer will, in the main. have to bt
satisfied with intangibles.
tCopyright. 1911, by the Newspa per Pm
I Inc, IN the Q. S. A. Canada ana al IN
countries in the international Copy1ish
Union. Reproduction in whole or IN par
is strictly prob bitedl
Continued tomorrow
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Senator Lee, Democrat. Of Okla
homa. one of those active in the
successful Senate fight to lift re-
strictions on American vessels. urged
that speedy steps be taken 10 de
liver the goods to Great Britain
and Russia.
Il am willing to leave it to the
experts as to how that shall be
done" he said, but ii seems TO me
that congressional approval of this
bill will be an expression of sentl-
ment that there should be no delay
in taking measures necessary TO get
essential war supplies 70 the coun-
tries that are fighting Hitlerism."
While many supporters OF the
measure shared Senator Lees view,
Senator Bridges, Republican, of New
Hampshire. who voted for the bill.
said it was his belief that as long
as British shipping was proving ad-
equate. American cargo vessels ought
to be kept out of the war zones.
Opponents of the measure. lnclud-
ing Senator Van Nuys, Democrat.
of Indiana, and Nye. Republican. Of
North Dakota, said they had scant
hope that American ships would be
kept out of war zones if Congress
approves the bill.
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So 7 went shopping with his rubles
to find out what ! could buy with
them-how much I would have to
pay out for rent. what my food and
clothing would cost, what I would
have left over.
Translates Standards.
I took this as representing a
minimum standard OF living.
Then I translated not the money
but the life itself-into An equlva-
lent American standard of living
And finally I sought to figure how
much it would cost. in dollars. to live
an equivalent life in America.
have not listed rents, because
the figures are misleading, The
rubIes per square meter is not the
important thing about rent in
Russia.
got to know a man whose sole
incentive for 10 years work was a
room for himself. He built his whole
career on acquiring that privilege
It was so important to him that
dltcI llc lldA lIldQC 6OOOr Aldo tAio
room and was offered a years trip
to America. all expenses paid-and
he wanted that trip almost as much
as he had wanted his room-he
turned down the offer because 1t
meant that at the end Of the year
he would have to go back to the
foot Of the line and work and wait
all over again for his room.
$10-a-Week Life.
Putting all these things together
shoes. sealing wax and the con-
gestion in living quarters, arrived
at the guess that by our standards
an American in America could buy
the kind of life the Soviet laborer
lives in Moscow-for about $40 a
week
Curiously enough. this works out
very close to the official exchange
rate of So rubles to dollar. But it
bears no relationship to 1t. The
American dollar should buy not 5
rubles' worth but probably something
like 30. That is. shirt offered for
sale in a Soviet store at 80 rubles
might be priced at 81 in the U.
S. A. Because of the inferiority OF
the material it would. in fact, be
. little dear at 81.
At the exchange rate which sup
ply and demand would establish
say. 80 rubles for $l-the Soviet
workman would be getting less than
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Of the subcommittee, said the hear
ingS would be resumed at 10 am,
Wednesday, when representatives OF
the Post Office Department and the
various agencies in the Federal
Works Agency will be asked to tes-
tify on the possibilities Of decen-
tralization of their agencies.
To Take Several Months.
Chairman Downs said he expected
the inquiry to take several months
because we want to co thorough
job" He said virtually every Fed
eral agency would be asked to send
a representative TO testify.
Figures submitted by Mr.. Guth-
ridge today disclosed that the
Federal Government now is occupy
ing about 23.800000 square feet Of
space in the District. including
13.500000 square feet Of Govern
ment owned space, and 100000 feet
Of leased space.
Comparing these figures with the
space situation in 1926. Mr.. Guth-
ridge said that the Government at
that time had a total of 9.375 900
square feet. Between 1926 and
September 30, 1941, Federal person.
mel increased from 50.l87 to ap-
proximately 1872 1000. he said adding
that the amount of square feet per
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waiting for the day when 1t will ask
the Attorney General to get out"
Needed Equipment Here.
Another reason why the F. B. I.
cannot be moved. Mr.. Carusi said,
is that its technical laboratory and
specialized equipment are located In
the Justice Building, in addition TO
the millions Of files of criminal rec
ords and finger prints.
The only unit which conceivably
could be decentrahzed at this time
is the training quarters, he SAID
adding that this already has been
done to some extent. Home train
ing quarters have been established
at Quantico. Va. They can't be
placed TOO far away, he said. be-
cause the instructors are in Wash
ington.
Another subcommittee OF the
House Public Buildings and Grounds
Committee, headed by Chairman
Boykin. was also to have held hear
ings today on the decentralization
resolution. On request Of some wit
nesses who we're TO testify. however
Mr.. Boykin announced the hearing
was postponed TO a date yet TO bt
determined.
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Russia, Just before the war, "a years
after the revolution? Not very
good, by material standards-deeply
satisfying only to one who could
look back on still less, or whose eyes
were turned in faith to the future.
The other question that Ameri-
cans ask is. rs there any incentive
TO work in Russia?"
In many ways there's at least as
much as there is In the United
States. This may seem curl
Gus thing to say just after empha-
sizing the poverty of the individual
Russian. But the simplest incen-
tive to work is to improve ones rel
ative position in society. The base
is not the important thing. In
homely Americans terms. it may
mean more for a clerk to get a s.
raise than for branch manager tc
become vice president.
II a $2,CO0-a-year man IS offered
a chance to work for s20000-a-
year job. one may certainly say Of
him that he has plenty of financial
incentive. There is about that range
in an individuals earning capacity
in the Soviet Union and Soviet in
dustry Is full Of self-made men who
have risen from 200 rubles a month
to 1000.
Soviet society has no interest ir
defending the earning power OF the
least fit and if you cannot hold
job you will lose it. trade union
member or no trade union member
Exchange Is Complicated.
The idea that the Soviet citizen
has no incentive to improve him.
self is bunk. But when you come tc
compare his career with an Amer
leans, in terms of rubles and dol
lars, the problem becomes more
complicated.
There is not only the exchange tc
worry about. but also the relative
standard of living. A pair Of shoes
can easily get to be as important tc
a Russian as an automobile to ar
American. Moreover, at a certain
point in his career. other things
become more important to a man
than food and shelter-his security
the satisfaction of his creative in
stincts, the respect of his COM
munity. To reduce the problem tc
its simplest terms. took these
steps:
I noted that the Soviet laborel
gets 200 rubles q month.
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Decentralization

Continued From First Page.
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Neutrality
Continued From First Page,

we're represented by Representative
Luther johnson. Democrat, Of Texas,
and the opposition by Representa-
tive Fish. Republican, of New York.
Meanwhile, speculation continued
among both factions on Capitol Hill
as to what the margin of victory for
the Dill would be in the House. with
few opponents holding any hope OF
defeating the broader Senate
measure.
Administration forces expect the
ma iority of 12l votes cast three
weeks ago for the single question
of arming merchant ships. which
passed the House 259 to 1873, will be
cut down. The main divergence OF
opinion is whether it will go below
a majority Of IS.
As the House prepared to act