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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-07-03
MARRIED

GLOTFELTY- STARK - On Satur-
day evening, June %, at 9 o'clock,
Hazel Marie Stark, only daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Stark, Bittinger,
became the bride of Homer J. Glot-
felty, second son of Mr. and Mrs.
James G. Glotfelty, McHenry.
The wedding was performed at the
home of Rev A. X. Jones, pastor of
the st. Johns Lutheran church at Red
House, who used the ring ceremony.
The bride was attired in a dusty
rose romaine crepe dress of street
length, lavishly trimmed with self
color lace and she wore white acces-
series. Her shoulder corsage was of
white roses and blue delphinium, with
a shower of rose ribbon.
The bride is a graduate of Acct
dent High school which the groom
also attended.
CAVITY MOOMAW - Miss Wilma
Elizabeth Moomaw, daughter of Mrs.
Della Moomaw and the late Frank
Moomaw, of Oakland, and James Will
liam CAVITY, son of Mrs. Bridget
CAVITY and the late Michael J. CAVITY,
also of Oakland, were married Mon
day evening, June 80, at 6:30 o'clock
in the rectory of St. Peters Catholic
church. Rev. FIR. John C. Broderick
performed the ceremony.
The bride had as her matron of
honor her sister, Mrs. Thomas Currie,
while the groom had as his best man
his cousin, Mr.. James Hesen.
Following a motor trip through
Virginia, Mr.. and Mrs. Canty will re-
side in their apartment in the Fazza-
lari building on Alder street.
SHOW NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ment has been made of the marriage
of Miss Selma McReynolds, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. R. o. McReynolds, of
Hopkinsville, Kentucky, to E. V.
Jimmy" Show, of Connellsville, Pa,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. E. V. Show, for
merly of this county.
The wedding took place May 81,
1941, at GAINESVILLE, Tennessee, with
Rev. Beryle S. Kinser, of the First
Christian Church, officiating, using
the ring service.
The bride is a graduate of the Hop
kinsville High school and Western
Kentucky State Teachers college, of
Bowling Green, Kentucky, and has
held position with the Western
Union Telegraph company for the
past two years.
The groom is a graduate of
Friendsville High schol and is en-
ployed by the Liberty Powder COM
pany The couple will reside at the
Dunn apartments, Connellsville, Pa.
Smyrna times., 1941-04-17
Agriculture

The Department of Agriculture
began expansion of the ever-normal
granary program to assure ample
supplies of pork, dairy products,
eggs and poultry by buying in the
open market to support long-term
prices at these levels: hogs (cwt.) !,
$500; dairy products Cbutter-pound
basis, S0.31; chickens Obj, $O.15;
eggs (doz.J, SO.22. The President
explained the program was primar-
lily sterilization matter-to pre-
sent reasonable assurance to hog
producers, for example, that the
price of pork will be at fair level
when specially fattened animals
are ready for market.
Smyrna times., 1941-04-17

forest this autumn and took many
tree walks. 1t was a beautiful
season to go as all the trees were
changing color and the only green
was that of the many pines and
the holly. Delaware produces more
American holly than any other
state; so although it is a very
small tree, it is very important
Many of the evergreens were loblo-
lily pines as it is valuable for lum-
Der and grows very quickly; thus
it is a good tree for reforestation.
The woods were beautiful with the
deep-red, star-shaped leaves of the
sweet gum and the somber browns
and reds of the various oaks while
an occasional tulip tree added a
tinge of yellow. The sweet gum
is one of the most beautiful trees in
the autumn and it seemed to make
even the most barren looking swamp
seem brilliant with color. In the
town, the most common trees are
sycamores and NAPLES. While TAX
ing a street census, we found one
street which had only naples; but
it possessed these in quantity and
in eight varieties.
Elizabeth Russell
Smyrna times., 1941-04-17

the Ford Motor Company contro-
versy. Secretary of Labor Perkins
certified the following strikes to
the Defense Mediation Board:
Phelps Dodge Copper Products
Corporation, Elizabeth, N. j.; Seas
Shipping Company, New York
CITY; ]. Sklar Manufacturing Com
PAW Long Island, N. Y; and the
Cowles Tool Company, Cleveland,
Ohio. The Board announced set
Element of the AlIis-Chalmer and
Seas Shipping Company strikes at
West Allis. Wis. and New York
City, respectively.
Smyrna times., 1941-04-17

DEARBORN, MIcH.-This mans
job is to break glass. He's been
at it for years. Yet he keeps on
breaking it, trying to find a kind
of glass that will bend instead of
break.
After the first success with a
glass that would break in a way
that would not leave jagged edges,
continued experiments have pro-
duced a glass which will crack
and bend but not smash into
dangerous cutting edges. In the
| 1o20s, when the jagged glass in
broken windshields was a major
menace in even minor accidents,
the Ford Motor Company pio-
neered safety glass in automo-
biles.
This picture, taken at that
Smyrna times., 1941-04-17
This Week
In Defense

President Roosevelt, in a press
conference, said that although the
u. S. rearmament program is being
greatly accelerated, he is still not
satisfied with the rate of produc-
ton.
Director General Knudsen of the
Office of Production Management
said that during the last seven
months we have actually started,
and more than so percent complet-
ed 784 new factories" employed
thousands of contractors, COM
Wandered all existing shipyards
and ordered seven new ones. He
itemized progress and needed pro-
duction increases as follows:
80 cal. machine guns ahead of
schedule" need 500 percent in
crease; so cal. machine guns 70
percent ahead of schedule" need
1000 percent increase; 13-ton tanks
rate" need 100 percent in
crease; 26-ton tanks production
deliberately held up" by the Gov
eminent; powder production and
TINT - Ton schedule; rifles -
"ahead of schedule" need 100 per-
cent increase; machine guns
"ahead of schedule" need 500 per-
cent increase; aluminium 'produc-
ton increased from 25 million
pounds month a year ago to 40
million pounds a month" need 20
million pounds a month; magnes-
ium-"p production doubled" need
six-fold increase; supplies and
equipment satisfactory; Army
and Navy housing construction
over half completed; need 44,500
buildings and $4,000 tent frames.
Vice President Wallace, speaking
in New York, said, 1--WE are not
working hard enough. We do not
realize that our very lives are at
stake and that speed now may
make the difference of millions of
lives in this hemisphere.
Aid to Democracies
The President released to the
British 10 U. S. Coast Guard cut
tiers under the terms of the Lease
Lend Act. He also pledged Jugo-
slavia 'the United States will
furnish all material assist
ance possible" The President re-
opened by proclamation the Red
Sea and the Gulf of Alden, permit
ting u. S. commercial vessels to
come up the East side of Africa to
the Suez Canal.
The President signed an agree
ment with the Danish Minister to
Greenland with Canada,
Martinique and other foreign pos
sessions in the Western Hemis-
phere which the u. S. would defend
from foreign attack. The State
recalled instances of
German activity in Greenland as
recently as March and said the
agreement gave the U. S. the right
to construct air bases.
u. S. Maritime Commission
Chairman Land said American aid
Smyrna times., 1941-04-17
DEMONSTRATION FARM
Continued from Page Two)

Kent County, and F. M. Gumm in
Sussex County. Schley Biddle Of
Kent County, has established a
complete demonstration of wind
erosion control. The farms of Kent
Countians Laurence E. Cain and r.
Harry Wilson are planned for ero-
sion control. Soil surveys are be-
ing completed on the farms of
Ebere Kent, w. L. Simpson and
Mr.. Chambers.
Smyrna times., 1941-04-17
Sub-COntracting

The OPM published booklet de-
scribing successful farming out
methods used by private companies
and local, regional and labor-man-
agement groups in obtaining de
tense work. Under Secretary of
War Patterson cited the $88,000,-
600 smokeless powder plant at
Charleston, Ind, as an example of
how single defense project draws
in the resources of the entire Ma
ton Mr.. Patterson said SIS sub
contractors with headquarters in
13 States and several hundred sub
contractors equally scattered were
involved in the Charleston work;
license plates from SO States could
be seen at the workers parking
lot; and nearly every manufactur-
ing State is supplying something
glass from Maine, doors from Iowa,
brass fitting from Alabama, stain
less steel from Illinois, etc.
The National Resources Plan
ming Board issued a booklet on
Federal Aids to Local Planning, +"
detailing service available to local
planning groups.
Smyrna times., 1941-04-17
Nature Around Smyrna

The land in our vicinity is very
flat being only a few feet above
sea-level. Although it offers moth
ing which might be considered
scenic beauty, it affords the nature
lover many objects to study.
In our Girl Scout troop, we made
a study of birds, during which we
made a trip to the nearest bird
refuge, Bombay Hook, about twelve
miles from town. When we enter
ed the reservation, we found a
thick hedge of Usage Orange which
if we looked carefully, we could see
sheltered many small birds, brilli-
ant yellow warblers, pine warblers,
black and white warblers, and a
slightly larger redish brown bird,
the brown thrasher. AS we looked
ahead, we could see large, white
Egret rising from the water with
a beautiful movement in Tapping
its wings. We walked on toward
the swamp area and saw far up in
the trees the rookery of some black
crowned night herons. When we
looked through the field glasses, we
saw large squatty bird of a mixed
brown and black coloring but def
initely black head. Somebody look
ed toward a small pond and ex-
claimed about another American
Egret; we all looked in that direc-
ton and saw not only the Egret
but also many ducks; black, NAL
lard, and the blue winged teal.
They were going rather peacefully
around the water but when dis
turbed, they took to the air in their
characteristic Information. AS we
went on farther we found ourselves
lodging the birds who didn't seem
to mind being in our way in the
least. Not only did they fly very
closely to us but also they were
very numerous. There were hun
dreds of them flying rapidly beau
tiful blue birds. Our guide told us
they were swallows looking for
food AS soon as we had decided
that they wouldn't fly into our
faces, we became more interested
in watching them and soon diseov-
cred that most of them were bank
swallows, many were barn swal-
lows and few tree swallows.
When we came close to the water,
we saw two long legged birds, one
of a rather dull grayish color which
we easily recognized as a Great
Blue Heron; the other was slim
and grayish with long legs and bill.
He was making use of the bill at
that moment by trying to get some
food. After looking in our guide
book, we decided it was a greater
yellow legs. We noticed some
sandpipers walking in pigeon
toed fashion as if they were trying
to see how close they could get to
the water without becoming wet.
We might have seen more birds
but we decided to go back as the
path was becoming lower and mud
der. On the way back we saw
gull swooping from the water and
far off, the rookery of bald eagle.
These are only few of the birds
we saw; it is impossible to mention
them all as the troop has found
around eighty kinds of birds. The
birds we can see often in town are:
sparrows, robins, cardinals, and of
course grackles and starlings.
Another project our Scout Troop
has been interested in is trees. We
made an overnight trip to a state
Smyrna times., 1941-04-17

diana, Maryland, Virginia and
Michigan to which conscientious
DIRECTORS may be assigned.
The Army
The War Department estimated
Army strength at 1875, 6OO-68,-
GIL officers and 1,117,000 enlisted
men, as follows: 487 900 Regular
Army, 286,O00 National Guard, 3d.
900 Reserve, 374,O0O trainees. In
an Army Day radio speech Chief of
Staff General Marshall said.
Remarkable progress has been
made. our men have drilled and
worked through all kinds Of wealth
er and under all sorts of conditions.
The Army now energies as an or
ganized force"
General Marshall quoted Rep.
Wadsworth of New York (R) as
telling Congress with respect to
food, order and absence of disease
Il think there has been nothing
like it in military history. No Army
has ever made such a record"
Smyrna times., 1941-04-17

company's glass plant, shows
pound ball falling five feet up'
a piece of safety glass. The 60
merely cracks slightly. There
a newer glass now which \
withstand the ball dropping
feet. This glass has a rubbef-1
quality and bends slightly VI
hit.
Ordinary plate glass Of guard
inch thickness skaters INTO
ged pieces when the balls a
only IS inches. j
Safety glass is made o.
sandwich principle. This Pfna.
is to place between two g
of glass a sheet Of plastic M
as vinyl. Glass and plasH
formed into one unit unosf
and pressure.
Smyrna times., 1941-04-17

to Britain will provide three and
one-half to four million lightweight
tons of ships a year. Any further
expansion of U. S. shipbuilding at
present, Chairman Land said, will
be done only at the expense of eff
fciency and economy and delay in
delivery of the vessels now order
cd
Smyrna times., 1941-04-17
Spending
$4,000
a month";!

: As Delaware swings full
speed ahead into the ma
fional preparedness pro-
gram, this company is
tackling the biggest job in
its history. Day by day the
d e m n d 8 for service
mount.
A year ago we launched
q huge construction pro-
gram to enlarge our plant.
This year an even greater
program is under way.
Right now in Delaware
we are spending $780, 900
a month on new con-
struction!
We are making an all
out drive-with man.
power, materials and
money-to keep Della
wares telephone service
fast, adequate and depend
able.
Smyrna times., 1941-04-17
Consumer Protection

The President combined the De
tense Commission divisions of price
sterilization and consumer protec-
ton into an Office of Price Admin
istration and Civilian Supply. The
new agency is designed to prevent
rising cost of living, boarding and
profteering, and provide for nee
essary supply and equitable distri-
button of materials and commod-
tiles for civilian uses. The Presi-
dent cited the draft industry"
clause of the Selective Service Act
as authority for enforcing orders of
the new office.
Consumer Commissioner Elliott
stated the cotton textile industry is
able to meet all possible military
and civilian needs, shoe prices will
rise only moderately, and there are
sufficient supplies Of raw materials
for most other consumer goods
Maintenance of living standards.
however, Miss Elliott said, requires
cooperation between consumers
and retailers in resisting unjustified
price rises and buying hysteria"
and promoting the use Of substi-
tutes.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics
reported that retail food costs for
most wage earners have risen 20
percent since March, 1940-includ-
ing one-half of one percent last
month. The Bureau reported high
er prices for meat, dairy products
and eggs, and lower prices for
cereals, bakery products, fruit, veg
etables, fats and oils, beverages
and sugar.
The Federal Home Loan Bank
Board announced that construction
costs for a standard home continue
to rise although the rate of in
crease is declining
Selective Service
Selective Service Headquarters
amended regulations to permit 10
instead of five days notice of Undue
ton to registrants and post /
ponement of induction for so days
when necessary to avoid unusual
individual hardship"
The System also advised local /
boards to request registrants who
are doctors to apply for commits
sions in the Medical Corps Reserve
and ruled that registrants who are
seamen may be deferred when they
are essential to a ship.
The System designated six refor-
estation and soil conservation work
projects in California, Colorado, In |
Smyrna times., 1941-04-17
Labor

The U. S. Cancellation Service
announced settlement of 81 strikes
during the current week, including
Smyrna times., 1941-04-17
NOTICE

NOTICE
Dead or disabled horses, cows
and mules removed FREE OF
charge by calling DOVER TAO r
Is. No animals removed unless cali
Is made Immediately and no an
lnals dying from q contagious dis
ease VIII be removed.
The guardian., 1941-07-26
NEW PASTOR AT ZION
Continued from PAGE ~

congregation He pastored church
in Waterbury, Connecticut, for eight
years.. He found that church at a
very low ebb with debt of six thou
sand ($6,O00.00) dollars. The mem
bership was scattered. He left peace
ful congregation, adding more than
two hundred fifty (25O) members to
the church; paid off all indebtedness.
put In new furnace, new seats in the
vestry and left every department of
the church fully organized plus money
In the bank, thus putting the church on
a sound financial basis.
A native of Alabama, Rev. Perry
graduated Lomax-Hannon High School,
Alabama, received his ABB. from Liv-
ingstone College, Salisbury, N. c., and
his BID. from Hartford Seminary
Foundation, Hartford, Conn.
He has been very successful through
out his career as a pastor for the past
twenty years. He pastored churches
in Alabama and North Carolina before
coming to New England. A.M.E. Zion
followers are looking forward to seeing
Columbus Avenue take its former place
in Boston with a greater fourishing
The guardian., 1941-07-26
WILLIS N. HUGGINS

Perhaps, all things considered, the
Grace" has produced its proper pro-
portion of scholars. At best, few men
of any group have the inclination, or
can find time from their daily occupa-
tions, to pursue a course in the arts or
sciences to the point which gives them
the voice of authority such as DIR. Will
lis N. Huggins had concerning the
darker peoples. He wrote books and
lectured about them; and what he
wrote and said was accepted as valu-
able contributions to the general stock
of information. In recognition of his
work Fordham University honored him
with Doctorate of Philosophy.
Love of his subjects seems to have
been the chief motive of his career. He
taught regularly in the public schools
Of New York. His Harlem book shop
appeared to be less a commercial ven
ture than an expression Of his absorb
ing interest in the aspirations and
achievements Of his "race" He will be
best remembered as one of those rare
souls who find supreme happiness in
contributing, or in diligently striving
to contribute, something to the worlds
treasure-house Of learning.
The guardian., 1941-07-26
THE CREDIT UNION MOVEMENT

THE CREDIT UNION MOVEMENT
Approximately one million dollars
of loans made over a period of II years
from a first installment of one dime
(10e),-this was the start of the credit
union movement here in America in
1900 during adverse conditions. 1t was
period of the high cost of living, of
depression, with almost everybody out
of work. And from the class of people
we call the working class the Credit
Union movement was born in Quebec,
Canada.
Under almost the same miserable,
economic conditions the idea had
started in Europe in Rochdale, Eng
land, in 1874. Again there had been
a prolonged period of depression,
plenty Of men out of work with hardly
money enough to buy their daily bread.
A meeting was called. By cooperating
and pooling their meagre financial re
surces, % men started out to better their
condition. The plight of these few men
was so bad that the richest men in this
small group could save only four cents
a week towards the fund at first. Even
after a year, they could only accumu-
late the sum of $4,000 but the move
ment grew into a huge success.
In the United States the first laws
governing Credit Unions were passed
here in Massachusetts in 1909 under
the insistence of Edward Filene who
had made an exhaustive study Of the
movement in Europe and other parts
Of the world. The best economic brains
were not much in favor of opening up
the field of banking to this limited ex-
tent. Filene, with the help of Bank
Commissioner Pierre Jay, got the bill
through the Legislature which allowed
the common people to CORN a coopera-
tive association to promote thrift among
its members and to loan money to them.
Loans are based on credit.
In everyday affairs, credit is ex-
tended to almost everyone. A simple
illustration is the sale and distribution
of electricity. You use electricity first
and pay for it afterwards. Were
credit not extended to you, you would
have to pay for it before you could use
electricity.
Today, there are hundreds of adver-
tising offers to the public for install
ment buying, budgets, deferred pay
ments, Call it whatsoever you will,
your credit enters into the transaction.
We point this out to show that using
your credit to buy commodities is moth
ing to be ashamed of. 1t happens
everyday in the business world.
The guardian., 1941-07-26
DR.. WILLIS M. HUGGlNS
BODY RECOVERED
Continued from Page u

ant principal of Harlem evening high
school in the evening. His salary was
IN excess of $500 month. He was the
sixth colored teacher appointed in the
city school system, when he was ap-
pointed in 1924.
He was the only colored person to
hold the degree of Doctor of Philoso-
ply from Fordham University, which
the famous Catholi constitution con-
ferred upon him in 1882. He went to
Europe each year for several years
with the result that he received from
Oxford University a certificate for
history teaching, and from the Guide
lnternationale, Paris, he received a
similar certificate in French, history
and geography.
He was born in Selma, Ala, Feb. Z.
1886, the son of a Baptist preacher,
and taught in the south, and in Chi
cago before coming to Harlem. He
received from Columbia University a
Bachelor of Arts degree in 1914 and
an MA. in 1919. By this time his repu-
tation was so great that he was being
called the logical successor to Booker
1. Washington" He was a recog-
nized authority in Race history and
was the author of many manuscripts
and books on the subject. A prominent
lecturer, he spoke frequently at the
Harlem Y.M.C.A. forums and other
meetings. Just before the outbreak of
the Japan Chinese war he was invited
to the University of Toxic to give a
series of lectures.
Less than year before the tragedy
DR.. Huggins accomplished one of the
greatest desires of his life time-to
give Harlem bookstre for Race litera-
ture-when he opened the Blyden
Book Sire, 1896 Seventh Avenue. There
he conducted circulating library and
had on sale a large collection of Race
pictures and novelties.
He was high official in the IB.P.-
O.E. of W. and as director of educa.
tion supplied the Elks with a cultural
program for the encouragement OF
colored youth.
Great credit is due his niece Miss
Ellen Huggins, R. N. at Harlem Hos.
pital, who for the past six months
made regular trips to the morgue
prowling over the dead in search Of
her uncle's body which she finally iden.
tilted, with the assistance of his den.
tist, DR. j. w. Sampson, by means Of
dental work.
Survivors in addition to his bereaved
wife are brother Lorenzo, Chicago;
sisters: Mrs. Roberta Goldsby, Chi.
cago; Mrs. Louise Carter, st. Louis:
and Mrs. Lille Barnes, Rockland
Texas.
Funeral services were held under
supervision of the Elks Lodge.
The guardian., 1941-07-26
CELEBRATES GOLDEN WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY
(Continued from Paoe ~

Samuel Wilson, gift; Mrs. Cummings
Lynn, purse; Mrs. Emma CLAYTON
Lynn, purse.
Prof and Mrs. Wooten, salad dish.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mack Bishop, purse
Mr.. and Mrs. Moody, purse; Mrs.
Augustine, purse; rs. Mary Sollev.
purse, wedding cake with bride and
groom; Mrs. Mary Barker, bath mat
set; Mr.. Alonzo Clarke, purse; Mr.. and
Mrs. George Douglas, purse; Mr.. and
Mrs. Peters, purse; Mr.. and Mrs. James
Carlos, purse; Mrs. Mamie Willis,
purse; Mr.. and Mrs. Greenich, condi-
ment set; Mrs. Sarah Owens, purse :;
Mr.. George Barbour, purse; Mrs. Flea
nor Spriggs, purse; Mrs. Ruth Mar
shall, purse; Mrs. Grace Sato, purse :;
Mr.. Erskine Roberts, gift; Mrs. Nav
Chinn, purse; Mrs. j. o. Taylor, purse :;
Mr.. and Mrs. John ]. Jones, purse !;
Mrs. Parker F. Soule, so Amer. B.
Roses.
Mr.. Hoxter presented a purse from
the old friends of Mr.. Mayo from the