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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-08-14
Western Maryland Council
For Defense Organizes

The organization meeting of the
Western Maryland Council for De-
Tense was held last Friday in Hagers-
town with Harland L. Jones, Oak
land, and Harvey Gortner, Grants
vile, among those attending.
The meeting was opened by E.
Lester Mobley and W. Frank Rob-
erts, chairman, presided. Mr. Roberts
outlined the general purpose of the
councils for defense and stressed the
many problems of defense produc-
ton, the purposes and aims of the
defense contract service in the solu-
ton of these problems. He spoke of
the importance of training for skilled
and semi-skilled labor and the facili-
ties offered through cooperation of
Federal, state and local educational
authorities. He referred also to civil
ian defense problems, the need for a
promptly completed State Guard.
Isaac S. George, executive director,
outlined the basic functions of the
division of state and local coopera-
ton, now part of the office of civil
ian defense and the organization of
the councils, He emphasized that all
councils are advisory and coordinat-
ing bodies, not administrative.
Mr.. Mobley was elected general
chairman. Mr.. Jones was named vice
chairman for Garrett county.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-08-14
Scouts Return From Camp

Members of the Oakland Boy
Scout troop returned to Oakland on
Sunday after completing their two
weeks in camp on Deep Creek Lake.
Members of the Deer Park troop
camped at the same time. All were
under the direction of Howard
Naylor, scoutmaster.
A number of advancements were
reported by Mr.. Naylor and several
passed their requirements for merit
badges. All will have to go before the
Court of Honor before being ad-
vanced officially.
Gerald johnson and Donald John
son were advanced to the First class
rank; Jack Teets and Robert Bosley
to second class, and Billy Stanton to
tenderfoot. In the Deer Park troop
Tom Smith, Donald Kelley, Charles
Burrel, Herman Glotfelty and Will
liam Haines were all advanced to the
rank of second class scouts.
A court of honor is planned for
the near future.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-08-14
County Jail Keeps
"B" Rating in State
Only Seven Given ga" Rating;
AlIegany County Dropped to "B"

The Garrett County Jail maintained
its Glass B" rating in the sixteenth
annual report of Willis R. Jones, de-
partment of correction director. The
report noted that the inspection found
the institution "in about the usual
condition."
"The JAIL" the report continued, "is
not modern building, but has rea-
sonable facilities for segregation,
lighting, heating and sanitary provi-
sions and satisfactory feeding" and
added, at was found to be clean and
in good condition generally"
The Allegany county Jail, having
a Glass A" rating for the past sew
eral years, was dropped to a "B"
class, 1t was put in this lower class be-
cause of continual lack of cleanliness
of floors and some of the bedding"
Only seven of Maryland's twenty
three jails were in the "a" class
Washington, Montgomery, Baltimore,
Cecil, Hartford, Prince Georges and
Wicomico In the "B" class group were
Garrett, Allegany, Frederick and Dor
chester.
In group "C' were Anne Arundel,
Carroll, Caroline, Charles, Howard,
st. Mary"s, Talbot and Worcester
county jails. Remodeling of the Wor-
chester county jail was undertaken
after the inspection was made. The
Calvert, Kent, Queen Anne's and Som
erset county jails were placed in group
3D." the lowest classification.
Mr., Jones, in his report, recon-
mended regional jails to serve two or
more counties where the prison pop
ulation was small, and where the con-
ditions were so poor.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-08-14
Sea Scouts to Participate
In Regatta This Weekend

Sea Scouts of three western Mary
land scout troops will participate in
sea scout regatta at the Deep
Creek Yacht club this weekend, Au-
gust 16 and II.
Commodore Henry Duke of the
Yacht club is arranging for members
of the club to stage a race Sunday
with sea scouts serving as crew. The
sea scouts will camp on the Turkey
Neck inlet over the weekend, and
will be in charge of Ray c. Lalor,
scout executive. The troops are from
Oakland, Frostburg and Western
port.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-08-14
Maryland Hunters
To Report on Game
Killed Or Pay Fine
Offenders Must Pay 81 and Costs
for Failure to Comply with Law

A new State law, patterned after
one now in effect in the State of Penn
sylvania, specifies that any licensee
who fails to report the amount of
game birds or animals taken during
the Maryland hunting season to the
Maryland State Inland Game and Fish
Commission, shall be sentenced to
fine of $500 and the costs of prosecu-
ton.
Heretofore the State game warden
and regional warden and deputies
requested hunters to file report of
game birds killed by them, but many
sportsmen failed to cooperate, hence
the passage of a law with teeth
The purpose of the report is for the
game census to determine the amount
of wild life killed during the season
so that plans may be made for re-
stocking in the future.
Joseph A. Minke, regional game
warden, said that the fine and costs
in such cases must be paid before
hunting license is issued for the sue
ceeding season.
The State Commission also has
made provision for the replacing of
hunting licenses and tags in case
they are lost. Those losing same may
make affidavit as to the date of issu-
ance, number, description, give the
name of clerk or person who issued
said license and with this informa-
ton the commission is authorized to
issue duplicate hunting license or
tag for a fee of fifty per cent of the
original cost, not to exceed seventy
five cents.
This information has been received
at the office of the Clerk of the Cir
cult Court where the licenses are is
sued to applicants.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-08-14
FARM MEETINGS PLANNED
FOR 1912 AAA PROGRAM
Schedule of Meetings Will Be
From August is to 20 to
Acquaint Farmers With
Regulations

Meetings to acquaint farmers of
the county with the 1912 agricultural
conservation program have been ar
ranged by John H. Carter, county
agent Meetings will begin next
Monday and continue to August 20.
The purposes of the meetings, ac-
cording to Mr.. Carter, are to eX-
plain and discuss the program and
fill in farm plans, to explain the
wheat marketing program, to explain
and take applications for wheat crop
insurance; to take orders for grant
of aid materials such as fertilizer,
etc.
Any small farm will be qualified to
earn $50 as practice payment and
$500 for forestry paintings, making
total of $500 for the farm, Mr.,
Carter said.
The schedule of meetings, all of
them at s o'clock p. M, is as follows:
August Is, Asher Glade school
August 10, friendsville High
school.
August 20, Accident High school.
August 81, Avilton school
August %, Grantsville High school.
August %, Chestnut Grove school.
August 26, Sunnyside Grange hall.
August 81, Bittinger school.
August %, Red Oak school.
August 90, Swanton school.
The meetings will be similar to the
meetings held in the winter in
previous years and there will be no
other meetings held for filling in
farm plans for 1912, Mr. Garter
pointed out. Those not attending any
of the meetings may fill in their farm
plan at the office in Oakland until
further notice, he concluded.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-08-14
OPERA STAR TO PRESENT
CONCERT AT PARK SUNDAY
Eleanor Steber, Metropolitan
Soprano, to Sing in Amphi-
theatre for Maryland
Chautauqua

Eleanor Steber, lyric soprano of
the Metropolitan Opera Company,
New York, will give a song recital
as one Of the summer series of pro-
grams sponsored by the Maryland
Chautauqua, at Mt. Lake Park on
Sunday afternoon at o'clock This
will be the first Metropolitan Opera
star ever heard in the Tablelands, ac-
cording to Rev. Felix G. Robinson,
Chautauqua director.
Her native home is in Wheeling,
W. Va, and she will give a recital in
Oglebay Park the day following her
recital in the amphitheatre at Mt.
Lake Park.
Eleanor Steber is said to be i'm
mensely popular throughout the ma
ton, having an unusual richness and
range in her voice. She is also an
attractive person.
Since she was child Miss Steber
has been a day dreamer, a faculty
said to be useful in opera, making it
easy for her to lose herself in a role.
Once she carried this a little too far.
The soprano was singing Marguerite
in Faust" and her colleague was
cast as Valentine. Miss Steber was
lost in being Marguerite and at the
moment of Valentines death she
raised his head as the directions indi-
Gated. A scream of horror came from
her throat and Valentines head
dropped to the stage floor with re-
sounding thud. The thud brought her
back to earth, and likewise the look
which the dying" baritone gave her"
The recital will begin promptly at
3 o'clock. James Quillian will ac-
company her on the Baldwin grand
piano that has been loaned for this
season of Maryland chautauqua by 0.
B. Fawley, of Morgantown. Rev.
Robinson predicted that the Mary
land Chautauqua would reach its
peak in attendance during August,
with the Steber concert probably
breaking all records of the season.
The soprano will motor from
Wheeling on Sunday accompanied by
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. C.
Steber, and her husband, Edwin
Bilby, of New York City.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-08-14
MISS LEANNA BUSHMAN IS
BEAUTY CONTEST WINNER
Takes First HOnOrs At Annual
Picnic of County Farm Organ
izatiOns Last Thursday

Miss Leanna Bushman, of Accident,
won the beauty contest among farm
girls, conducted at the annual picnic
of farm organizations of the county
at the Bittinger recreational area last
Thursday. Miss Bushman will repre-
sent the county at the Timonium fair
later this summer.
Miss Bushman, provided she partic-
ipates in the State contest, will receive
a cash award of 500. She is a majorette
of the Accident band.
Miss Genevieve Speicher, Friends
vile, was named second in the con-
test; Miss Wilma Fratz, Accident,
third, and Thelma Frazee, Mill Run,
fourth. Each of the contestants will
receive appropriate prizes.
Approximately five hundred per-
sons attended the affair A picnic din
ner was spread at noon, after which
there were a number of contests and
limited speaking program. Wilbur
Smith, field man for the State Farm
Bureau; John H. Carter, county agent,
and w. Dodson, College Park, spoke
briefly.
Mrs Alex Georg won the rolling
pin contest and Mrs C. c. Beachy, of
Grantsville, won the women's nail
driving contest.
Music during the day was furnished
by the Accident band.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-08-14
County Must Furnish
81 Draftees During
Month of September

Notice that the Garrett County
Draft board would be expected to
send 81 men to the army during
September, was received here this
week from State headquarters.
In addition to the previous call for
fourteen men on September 2, the
draft board was informed that %
men were to be called on September
10, and Is men on September II,
making 81 men for the month.
Already 1919 men have been ac-
cepted from Garrett county in six
teen calls and with the September
figures, the number will total $50.
H. L. Jones, draft board clerk, said
that seven men were being sent to
Cumberland today for medical re-
examination.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-08-14
FIREMEN SEEK
VOLUNTEERSFOR
CIVICDEFENSE
Purpose Is to Provide Defense
Against Fires Caused by Air
Raids, In Case of Conflict

Application blanks are to be pro-
vided shortly by the Oakland Vol
unteer Fire Department for the pur-
pose of enrolling in the Oakland
Auxiliary Fire Service, a civilian de-
Tense organization.
Orders to enroll men in the group
were received recently by the local
fire company from the Maryland
Council of Defense, of which John F.
McNulty, past president of the
Maryland State Volunteer Firemen's
Association is coordinator, and Chief
j. w. Just, of the University of
Maryland Fire service extension, is
state Fire Coordinator.
The quota of auxiliaries for the
local department is ITS men, and E.
A. Shaffer, president, stated that he
would like to have these volunteers
from Crellin, Loeb Lynn, Mt. Lake
Park and Deer Park, and vicinities,
in addition to members from Oak
land.
The several requirements to enroll
are:
Men selected must not be of draft
age unless having previously been re-
jected for minor physical defects;
must be active and dependable; be
citizens of the United States and
must not belong to any foreign con-
trolled organization. Upon filing an
application men will be asked to give
their name, address, telephone num-
Der, occupation and age.
An applicant will not be eligible to
file for more than one post in civilian
volunteer defense A man enrolling
as an auxiliary fireman cannot at the
same time be a member of the Home
Guard, airplane observation post
watcher, etc, but must choose one
job
After the enrolment of men is
completed a training program will be
given which will include information
on incendiaries, war gases, etc.
The same program is to be car
ried out by the other four fire COM
panies of Garrett county, at Friends
vile, Grantsville, Kitzmiller and
Bloomington.
The purpose is to provide defense
against fires caused by air raids, in
case of war in the future.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-08-14
Named to Board of Directors
Junior Chamber of Commerce

At meeting of officials of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce on
Monday evening Thornton Deffin-
baugh and Robert Stanton were
named to the Board of Directors to
succeed Glenn H. Hoffman, who is
leaving Oakland, and George Stuck,
who expects to enter the army in the
near future.
Robert w. Lohr was named as
treasurer to succeed Mr.. Stuck.
There will be a meeting of the
Jaycees next Wednesday evening at
1880 o'clock at the Manhattan hotel,
according to C. L. Briner, Jr., pres
ident.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-08-14
Freak Motor Boat Mishap

Mrs. Ralph Nosset, of Steuben-
vile, o., was cut and bruised in a
freak motor boat mishap on Deep
Creek Lake last Thursday.
Mrs. Nosset was sitting on the dock
with her daughter at the Thur
Tower property when motorboat
suddenly got out of control and ran
onto the dock Mrs. Nosset turned to
shield her daughter and the pro-
pellor blade struck her causing sew
eral deep gashes in her body.
On Tuesday she decided to return
to Steubenville and was taken to that
city in the Bolden ambulance, Mrs.
Annie Meisenbach, nurse, accom-
panied her on the trip.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-08-14
Seeking Defense Work

Several Oakland citizens are try
ing to make arrangements for an
interview with Senators George R.
Radcliffe and Willard E. Tydings and
Mrs. w. D. Byron, congressional
representative, in an endeavor to OBJ
tain some defense work in this coun-
ty.
An emergency landing field, and
the widening and repairing of roads,
especially route 219 between routes
40 and so, will be some of the things
sought.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-08-14
Near Frost Line This Morning

The temperature in Oakland went
to dangerously near the frost line this
morning when the mercury showed Sc
degrees at the Government station at
Weber's.
At other points light frost was re-
ported, but these reports were not con-
frmed. The drop in temperature fol-
lowed an all-night rain Monday and
Tuesday was noticeably cool with the
mercury dropping to 40 degrees on
Wednesday morning.
Clear skies today and rising tenn
perature are expected to offset any
further danger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-08-14
InStaIlS New Press

The Mountain Democrat, local
weekly publication, will make its ap-
pearance in the form of tabloid to-
day following the installation of a
new Lee press in its mechanical de-
partment. The size of the paper is
changed to a u by IS inch page, of
five columns each.
While assisting in the erection of
the press in the Democrat office, E.
G. Lancer, an employee, had the mis-
fortune of running a nail in his foot
and is now confined to his home as
the result of an infection.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-08-14
BaltimOreans Were Guests
OF Lions Club Monday

John McRath, artist, and G. Harry
Pouder, of the Baltimore Chamber of
Commerce, were guest speakers at
the regular meeting of the Oakland
Lions club on Monday at the William
James hotel.
Both gentlemen expressed them
selves as being highly pleased with
the scenery of Garrett county and
insisted upon greater advertising of
what this section has to offer.
julius Littman was a guest of the
club.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-08-14
KEMPTON MAN IS
FATALLYSTABBED
AT SILVER LAKE
Alleged Slayer of Red Hilton
Was Picked Up Monday Near
ParsOns-Said to Have
Confessed

Sheriff Fred Long, of Tucker
County w. Va, Kirk Lee, city
policeman of Parsons, w. Va, and
Covert Jolly, a WPA truck driver, on
Monday morning captured Charles c.
Nunley, alias Cabin Creek" who is
charged with the murder of James
Estel "Red" Hilton who was fatally
stabbed Saturday night at Silver
Lake Park Nunley was picked up one
mile above Moore, walking on route
PIG, near Parsons.
Jolly reported that he had picked
up Nunley who was thumbing and
let him off at Parsons, but because
the man had acted suspiciously, re
ported him to the police. His descrip-
ton Tailed to that of Nunley.
When questioned Nunley said that
he was not the man that they were
looking for. He said he had walked
the railroad tracks from Thomas to
Hendricks and then started to thumb
a ride.
According to witnesses, State
Police said, Nunley, who is employed
in Kempton but whose address is I'M
known, walked up behind Hilton at
Silver Lake and knocked him down
with a well directed punch on the jaw
and then made hasty exit.
Frequenters of Silver Lake said
that the two had had an argument
two weeks ago but that apparently it
had been settled.
Upon regaining his feet Hilton and
a companion, Alfred Lipscomb,
started chasing the assailant down
the road. Lipscomb was the first to
catch up with Nunley and was stabbed
in the arm. In the meantime Hilton
had jumped on Nunley in an effort
to protect Lipscomb, only to have
Cabin Greek" turn on him and sink
a knife into him in three places. One
stab on the right side of the chest
penetrated the lung while two stabs
on the left side of the chest entered
the left lung and heart.
Taken to the Tucker County hos
pital at Parsons, Hilton was given a
hypodermic by a Thomas physician
but later was pronounced dead. Eight
stitches were required to close the
wound in Lipscomb's arm. Hilton was
% years old and was a resident of
Kempton.
Nunley was questioned by Allen
Bolten, prosecuting attorney for
Tucker county, and also by Sgt. Ray
Jay Rowe, West Virginia State
policeman. Officers said that Nunley
had confessed,
He was taken to Thomas where he
was held until the inquest Monday
evening, after which he was turned
over to Preston county authorities
Silver Lake is several miles south of
Red House and about two miles over
the state boundary.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-08-14
TENNIS TOURNEY IS WELL
UNDER WAY AT MT. LAKE
Excellent Competition in Pros.
pect in Semi-Final and Final
Rounds This Weekend

The twenty-second annual tennis
tournament for the Western Mary
land championship at Mountain Lake
Park this week got off to a good
start with more entries listed in the
mems singles than for the past sew
eral years.
Veterans of the court. and the adj
dition of new competitors have fur
nished a spark to the matches this
year and as the tournament ad-
vances into the final stages, some
excellent competition is in prospect
for the semi-final and final rounds.
Arlo Klinetob, of Peckville, Pa, de-
Tending champion and Robert Ben
singer, Washington, D. c., a new
conner, became the first players to
reach the semi-finals, Klinetob de-
feating Price Colvin, Baltimore,
former tournament winner, Cd, GO,
while Bensinger eliminated Charles
Freer, Washington, 6-3, 81.
Other semi-finalists in the mems
singles division will be determined
today when Jack Southworth, Pitts
burgh, meets Billy Jacobs, Baltimore,
and Ed Alcorn, Pittsburgh veteran
plays Eddie Mccullough, of Brecken-
ridge, Pa.
Klinetob, in a second round match,
was extended to three sets to defeat
Joe Albert of Baltimore, and it
looked for a time like the defending
champion would be eliminated. He
won the first set Ga, lost the second
So, but finally took the third set
86, He will meet the winner of the
Southworth-Jacobs match.
Congressman Jennings Randolph,
of Elkins, w. Va, tournament en-
trant ever since it started, was an
early victim of Alcorn 60, 81. In
the doubles events with Col Hugh
Miller, Washington, they lost to the
Baltimoreans Joe Albert and Al
Baker, 60, 60.
Only eleven are entered in the
women's singles with the probable
ity that Miss Joy Hartman, winner
in 1888 and 1889 would not have
particularly stiff opposition and will
probably take permanent possession
of the women's challenge pitcher.
Miss Hartman was beaten out in the
finals last year by Miss Marta
Andraide, of Florida, who is not
competing this year. Unless the un-
expected happens Miss Hartman will
meet Miss Dolly Harris, Pittsburgh
veteran, in the finals on Saturday
afternoon.
There are nineteen teams entered in
the mems doubles which give prom
Use of interesting matches as the
tournament progresses. Matches in
all doubles events will predominant
during the next two days, although
several singles matches are neces-
sary to determine the finalists. Finals
events are scheduled for Saturday
afternoon.
A reception the first night of the
tournament and a dance at the Mt.
Lake Hotel last night have provided
entertainment for the Park visitors
this week.
The annual tournament is spon-
sored by the Woman's Civic club of
the Park and is sanctioned by the
United States Lawn Tennis Associa-
ton.
A junior tournament usually fol-
lows the senior tournament, for con-
testants up to IS years of age.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-08-14
To Address Rotary Club

Congressman Jennings Randolph, Of
Elkins, West Va, will be the speaker
at the weekly meeting of the Oakland
Rotary Club tomorrow evening at the
William-J Hotel.
Mr.. Randolph has been here during
the week attending and participating
in the annual tennis tournament,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-08-14
u. S. 0. Meeting Tonight

Mayor L. M. Fraley has called a
meeting of the committee for the
United Service Organization drive
for this evening, to arrange for the
details of the campaign to raise funds
for this work throughout the county.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-08-14

Martin Dies denounced Leon Hen
derson price control head, as a mem
Der of five Communist-controlled or
CARNATIONS.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-31
Return 10 Chester

Mr.. and Mr.. James Beard and
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth King have re
turned TO their home in Chester. Pa.
after spending the holidays here VIII
their parents, Nh. and Mrs. y. +.
Beard.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-31
Visit Relatives Here

SGT Frank p. Wilboulne, Jr., of
Fort Jackson, S. G., visited relatives
here this week. He was accompanied
by his brother, Pat WllDourne, Of
Goats
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-31
From NiIminCtnn-

Mr.. and Mr.. Elaroio IS. Audc.-
son have returned g. tEorE homo
here from Wilmln2tou. DnIaNarc,
where they spent the CuIlsuna t.1l
days with relatives.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-31
Return to New York

Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmie KING have
returned t. their home in New Y,gI;
City after spending several C.ys
with their uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. \. r. Beard.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-31
" = G. :. Meeting

The Woman's Society OF Christian
Service of Union Chapel Methodist
church will meet with Mrs. W. G
Bobbitt Friday evening at 80
o'clock,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-31
To Portsmouth.

Miss kathroen Peoples, Of Hender-
son, plans TO leave Friday for Ports
mouth. Va. where She will take q
business course.