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The Republican., 1941-10-23

gram heretofore held in the county.
Rev. Garrett Evans, Mountain Lake
Park, in a brief devotional service
spoke of feeding the soul as being as
important as feeding the body.
More Members Are Important
Mrs. Harold Miller, Grantsville, re-
firing president of the Homemak-
ers Club, stressed the Importance of
getting into more homes and bringing
in new members of the organization
so that the nutrition program could
be spread more effectively. She gave a
resume of the annual reports as turned
in by club presidents.
Mrs. Miller, in her report also
stressed the Importance of helping
with Red Cross sewing, and recon-
mended the appointment of a Red
Cross chairman in each club to be
responsible for materials and distri-
button of materials.
She urged that clubs place an en-
phasis on the peace lessons so that
all may know this country better,
upon book reviews at club meetings
so that all may know Libraries better
and upon singing for fun, so that all
may know their associates better.
Mary Jane Gnagey, president
of the All clubs of the county, cited
that they needed to reach a greater
percentage and that there was need
for more extension workers, adult
leaders and more interested parents.
Mrs. Hobart Speicher, Grantsville
conducted an information please,
which was won by Mrs. Mary Jane De-
Witt, representing the Hoyes club.
The Deer Park club won the award for
the best poster on nutrition, judged
on neatness and educational value.
The Republican., 1941-10-23
Need Of Distributing
Nutrition Principles
Given to Homemakers
Responsibility Of Homemakers
In Defense Program Outlined
AT Annual Event; Officers
Are Elected

Homemakers attending the annual
Achievement Day activities at Noun
tain Lake Park last Thursday were
given the responsibility of getting the
basic principles of nutrition and good
food habits into every home in the
county as their part in the national
defense program among women.
This and other responsibilities of the
homemakers in the defense program
was given by Miss Venia NJ Kellar,
assistant director of extension service
in Maryland, who also spoke on the
increased production that Maryland
has been asked for, including six per
cent in milk, eight percent in poultry
and tomatoes, and sixteen per cent
in farm gardens.
The distribution of these nutrition
principles is to be done through the
county nutrition committee of the
Defense Council, of which Mrs. Robert
T. Hoffman, home demonstration
agent, is county chairman.
Miss Helen Miller, county health
nurse, discussed the diseases in Gar
rett county and the conditions that
could be remedied by good diet.
"There are many things that a good
diet will clear up, including ricketts,,
scurvy, anemia, night blindness, thy
roid and diabetes" she said. Miss
Miller also stressed the Importance of
proper school lunches for children.
Mrs. Julius Renninger, home eco
nomics instructor, Grantsville High
school, told what the conservation
committees job was in the defense eff
for and what home economics teach
ers were doing in the county in the
way of nutrition. She told how the
Homemakers could conserve and thus
leave other things for other coun-
tries and the army camps in the United
States.
Officers Are Elected
Mrs. E. H. Canaan, Mountain Lake
Park, was elected president; Mrs. l..
W. Duling Kempton, vice-president;
Mrs. Allen Baker, Mars Hill, secre-
tary; Mrs. John G. Robinson, Oak
land, treasurer, and Mrs. W. w. De-
Witt, Hoyes, parliamentarian.
Attendance of Members Large
More than one hundred women OF
the county attended the morning and
afternoon sessions, which were de-
clared by Mrs. Hoffman to have been
the best of any Achievement Day pro-
The Republican., 1941-10-23

Houck, is to be located at Frederick.
Frank Beamer, Jr, has been assigned
to the Sub-Station at LaVale. He is
son-in-law of Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey
Gortner, Grantsville.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Dalton Warwick,
Cleveland, O., and Mr.. and Mrs. N.
Nelson, Omaha, Neb., were guests of
Mrs. Anna J. Warwick.
Cecil Edwards, Baltimore, returned
home Sunday, after weekend visit
here with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry c. Edwards.
Elmer Billmeyer and Osborne Yom-
mer, who were guests of their respec-
tive parents at Jennings, over the
weekend, returned to their home at
Baltimore, Sunday night.
Mrs. Anna J. Warwick entertained
as her guests over the weekend, her
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. Dalton Warwick, Cleveland,
O., and Mr.. and Mrs. Nyol Nelson,
Omaha, Neb.
Harry J. Bender, Baltimore, visited
his family here over the weekend.
Mrs. ]. Urban Stanton has returned
home after spending several days in
Baltimore as the guest of her son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
G. Stanton, and her brother-in-law
and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Par
sons. She was accompanied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey Stanton, Aurora, w. Va.
Dale Miller returned to Baltimore
after spending few days here with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nevin j
Miller.
Mrs. Susan Schrock, Mt. Lake, re-
turned home after few days spent
here as the guest of Mrs. C. c.
Beachy.
Mrs. Maurice S. Brookhart under
went an operation at Memorial hos
pital, Cumberland.
Mrs. John Hanft, who has been
visiting her son-in-law and daughter
Mr.. and Mrs. David Paul, at Phila-
delphia, has returned to her home.
Wayne burst, Baltimore, visited his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry F
burst, over the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy S. Stanton spent
Saturday in Pittsburgh where they
attended the annual Tableland Fair
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanton had number
of exhibits on display there on which
they were awarded prizes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Gortner and
daughters, Louise and Margie, re-
turned recently from Weems, Va,
where they spent few days as
guests of Mrs. Gortner's uncle, John
McRobie.
Miss Elizabeth Yost, R. ~, Somer-
/ set, Pa, is spending few weeks here
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
H. Yost.
Miss Lula Paul, Lewiston, Pa, left
yesterday after a short visit here with
her aunt, Mrs. Joseph Livengood and
family.
Wayne Broadwater and Gerald Nc
The Republican., 1941-10-23

Kenzie, Baltimore, spent the week
end here with their respective parents
at Avilton.
Walter Younkin is convalescing at
his home here following an operation
for removal of tonsils, which he
underwent at the Hazel McGilvery
hospital, Meyersdale.
Mrs. Eliza Yost, LaVale, is visiting
her sons-in-law and daughters, Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Resh, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Galen Beachy.
The Republican., 1941-10-23

Mr. and Mrs. Oscar CLANCY and
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Council
CLANCY, and Mrs. Frank Lancaster,
of Frostburg, were callers at the
Fike home, Sunday evening.
Mr.. Ed Stanton of Grantsville was
business caller in this vicinity one
day last week.
The Republican., 1941-10-23

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The Republican., 1941-10-23

The Republican, the oldest and larg-
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The Republican., 1941-10-23

eWOOL TWO TONES eHEAVY MELTONS
eWATER PROOF MATERIALS oSUEDES
Evening star., 1941-04-01
N,ember of the Associated Press
Another Delay

Decision of the House District
Committee to defer action on the
Senate approved Overton bill will be
received with disappointment by the
unrepreSented residents of the Ma
tional Capital, despite the fact that
Chairman Randolph probably was
well advised not to press for action
at yesterdays meeting of the COM
mittee.
The decision to defer action on the
bill, it Is understood, resulted from
the fact that only nine of the twenty
committee members were present,
and some of the nine were opposed
to the bill. Since the measure is eX-
pected to encounter opposition on
the House floor, it is desirable that it
be reported out with as favorable a
committee vote as can be obtained.
There was manifestly no opportunity
for such a vote yesterday, and IN
view of that circumstance sponsors
of the bill decided to withhold action
until a better-attended committee
meeting can be arranged.
In the meantime a congressional
group composed of both Senators
and Representatives will endeavor to
secure the Presidents Endorsement
of the bill, and it goes without saying
that the chances of favorable House
action will be greatly increased if
Mr.. Roosevelt's support can be OBJ
tanned.
Regardless of the results of the con-
templated trip to the White House,
however, it is to be hoped that the
District Committee will not delay un-
duly in reporting the bill to the
House. The Overton formula merely
reaffrmS a long-recognized obliga-
ton of the Federal Government to
share in the operating and main
tenance costs of the Capital City, and
sets up a simple and equitable
method of annually measuring that
obligation. The merits of the plan
and the need for its adoption are
clear. In the absence of better
plan, and none has yet been devised,
the House could not reject the Over
ton formula and still live up to the
obligations it assumes as the local
legislature of the Capital.
Evening star., 1941-04-01
Pleads for Sanctuary
For Enemy of Dictators.

To the Editor Of The Star:
The case of Jan Valtin," the author
of "Out Of the Night" whom imnigra-
ton officials are investigating with an
eye to deportation, is the most inter-
esting one in many moons.
The name alone, Jan Valtin," Is in
triguing and recalls to mind Victor
Hugos Jean Vatican.
If Americans had any doubt or mis-
giving about Communism or Nazi-ism,
"Valtins" book clarified them in no
uncertain terms. After reading it, what
thinking, freedom-loving individual
would entertain thought Of compromise
with the dictators? Who in his right
mind would give his soul to code Of
bloody colors?
"Jan Valtin" has done America and
democracies at large (what few there
are Left an inestimable service. He
has helped us to strengthen our forces.
to unite into one body, to see the for
eign "isms" in all their cruel and merci-
less barbarism.
Americans, let us open our hearts to
this man who is fighting a ruthless
machine-the self-same machine with
which we are at war. Let us make a
haven for this man here In America,
where freedom Is every ones first love.
D. @. sTENOoRAPHER
Evening star., 1941-04-01
Sanctuary for Science

The Importance of the Capital of
the United States as one of the art
centers of the world recently has
been commented upon in relation to
the opening of the National Gallery
provided by gift of the late Andrew
w. Mellon. But it happens, also,
that Washington is a city in which
"organized common sense" has free
dom to grow. Beginning with the
establishment of the Smithsonian
Institution in 1846, if not indeed be-
fore that date, "the Athens of the
Western World" has been sanctuary
for the spirit of science. 1t was the
founders stipulation that his philan-
thropy should be devoted to "the in
crease and diffusion of knowledge
among men," This phrase, as inter-
preted by Joseph Henry, the first
secretary, himself a distinguished
physicist, meant ito assist men of
science in making original re-
searches, to publish them in series
of volumes, and to give copy OF
them to every first-class library on
the face of the earth" In arche-
ology, astronomy, ethnology, botany,
zoology, geology and many other
branches of inquiry vast achievement
has been recorded during nearly a
century.
al 4c fy1Jn thot tho not
ural history collections of the Smith
sonian are of value. Containing more
than seventeen million specimens,
they constitute what has been de-
scribed as a dictionary" of the
miracle of Creation. Since the be-
ginning of the second World War
the great museums of Europe have
been exposed to destruction. The
material housed in them had been
gathered by explorers, missionaries,
diplomats, soldiers, sailors and mer-
chants travelling all over the globe.
Much of it could not be duplicated,
much of 1t never could be replaced.
To illustrate the precious character
of certain deposits in England 1t
may be mentioned that flora and
fauna obtained in the wide area
which was known as Virginia three
hundred years ago were included
among them. Scores Of American
scholars crossed the Atlantic to study
the evidence thus preserved.
Now the best of those collections
may be lost The natural history
branch of the British Museum in
London is reported to have been
bombed three times. Fire and water
are said to have damaged irreparably
"a large part of the main plant col
lection" 1t is understood likewise
that much of the insect collection
- has been destroyed" Similar
devastation is alleged to have oc-
cured at Louvain and at Rotterdam,
Evening star., 1941-04-01
AnqIo-French Clash

On Sunday, the Mediterranean was
the scene of two sharply contrasted
naval actions. Toward its eastern
end, a British fleet was knocking
out much of Italy'S already depleted
navy. But in the Western Mediter-
ranean, a British light squadron was
exchanging salvoes with French
shore batteries and was attacked
twice by French airplanes on the
way back to it's Gibraltar base.
British and French versions of
this encounter differ widely from
each other. The Admiralty COM
munique states that four French
merchantmen, conveyed by a de-
stroyer and all carrying important
war material for Germany" evaded
British light units in the Straits of
Gibraltar by hugging the shore of
Spanish Morocco. When the convoy
passed out of Spanish waters into
those of French Algeria, the British
attempted to stop and search them,
but were fired on by shore batteries,
and the fight enSued.
The Vichy report denies the British
claim, asserting that the ships were
transporting food from an Atlantic
port of French Morocco to Algeria,
where the supplies were destined for
the local population. While London
plays down the affair, the French de-
scribe it as having been more serious,
admitting casualties on its side and
asserting that some of the British
units were hit and severely damaged.
BY inference, it likewise rebuts the
Admiralty claim that the British
ships we're exercising legitimate right
of search, since the action obviously
took place within French territorial
waters. Vichy has followed up its
report by formal protest to the
British government.
This is the first armed clash be-
tween British and French forces that
has occurred since the encounters at
Oran and Dakar last summer and
autumn. However, it is not surpris-
ing, in view of Admiral Darlan's re-
cent statement that French mer-
chantmen would be conveyed by
warships and that British interfer-
ence would be resisted. So tense are
the present relations between London
and Vichy over maritime rights, and
so pressing is the French food situa-
ton, that the incident has explosive
possibilities. Nothing could be more
deplorable than a crisis between
Britain and unoccupied France at
this moment. Britain is straining
every nerve to cope with the German
submarine and bomber menace in
the Atlantic, and to supply her armies
and her allies in the Near East. 1t
would be tragic irony if, just when
the Italian Navy has been virtually
disposed of, the still formidable
French Navy should have to be dealt
with
Evening star., 1941-04-01

the reports and records that we have
to make.
Will they have minimum wages, 54
hours a week for maids, make an affida-
Wit what their uniforms and aprons cost
and whether they launder them or not?
Unemployment compensation, 27-lO
per cent on their wages, table board and
any tips they receive. Social security,
workman's compensation, general labll-
ity for guests, water rent, real estate
taxes, personal tax, Federal and District
income tax-is the Government to meet
all these requirements?
The average rate for room and board
in Washington is from s35 to $50 per
month, yet they say the Government
rooms alone will De from $40 to $50
per month.
I wonder If 1t is generally known that
boarding houses are under the same
restrictions that hotels are? But they
do not get the prices the hotels get.
Twenty years ago, when the dormito-
ries for war workers were near the
Union Station, they were in the red,
the deep red, yet their prices averaged
from s45 to s55 per month, two in q
room. L. P.
Evening star., 1941-04-01
Wants Information
On Operation of Fairgrounds.

To the Editor of The Star:
Who runs the Fairgrounds in the Dis
trict of Columbia nowP Some years ago
they were directed from the District
Building in an able manner. Two years
ago I made a complaint TO the District
Building about the way certain play
ground was operated, and was told that
1t was under the control OF the Interior
Department. I then went to the 1nte-
rior Department. Several days later
was advised by the Interior Department
that said playground had several months
before been transferred to the jurisdic-
ton of the government of the District
of Columbia I then took up the matter
again with the Commissioners OF the
District of Columbia, and after some
time was advised that said playground
was under the jurisdiction and control
of Lewis r. Barrett, described to me
as an employe of the Interior Depart
ment I then laid my complaint before
Mr.. Barrett, and after much delay, sew
eraI conferences and a good deal OF cor
respondence, I was finally advised by
Mr.. Barrett year later that my COM
plant was "held up pending decision OF
certain basic questions" Now I am
advised that Mr.. Barrett has left the
city, and nobody seems to know who
runs the Fairgrounds.
Since the Commissioners Of the Dis
trict of Columbia have general super
vision and control of these Fairgrounds,
then by what right or authority may
they abdicate their authority and duty
to the public? Will some one please
solve this riddle?
THOMAS E. RHODES.
Evening star., 1941-04-01

perhaps in Paris, possibly in Genoa
and in Berlin. The end, of course, is
not yet. Still more cataclysmic
disaster may ensue.
Meanwhile, the Smithsonian re-
gents call attention to the fact that
in the institution here are assembled
thousands of type specimens" of
universal significance. These col
lectionS, certainly, are richest in
North American forms and varieties,
but they are not limited to even so
large a field. Generous representa-
tion" from other portions of the
planet is acknowledged.
The National Museum, it may be
repeated in this connection, needs
space for the proper arrangement
and display Of great quantities Of
material. AS soon Us may be feasible,
at least one new building should be
constructed in association with exist
ing edificeS.
Evening star., 1941-04-01
Explains Alleged Errors of System
OF Land Ownership in England.

To the Editor of The Star:
Eric Underwood, in your issue Of March
q, expresses himself as puzzled by a
passage in my letter of March %, re-
ferring to conservative Great Britain and
the long campaign waged there against
landlordism, which he suggests might
have had some application to the Eng
land of half century ago, but now is
meaningless both as to conservatism and
such a campaign.
My use of the word conservatism" was
not meant in a partisan sense, but to
express the state of the English mind in
general as against innovations in gov
ernment such as would be involved in a
change from parliamentary rule to
dictatorship.
have been for some years subscriber
to an English journal that deals mainly
with the land question in the British
Isles and elsewhere. The factual cases
it is given to citing to show the extent
to which British taxpayers are bled to
meet the demands of land owners for
sites for civic improvements and other
pun pOSCS SuIll as III CdS cSScllbldl W Ild-
tional defense, would fill many pages of
The Star. Municipal authorities there
now are confronted with the problem Of
how to meet such demands in order to
reconstruct areas devastated by German
bombs
Furthermore, parliamentary debates
reported In the journal above noted,
show that so far from landlordism in
England being a dead issue for half
century past, it has grown in that time
to be leading point of attack by both
Liberal and Labor parties.
There are poor estates in England,
such as the one Mr.. Underwood notes,
as there are in other countries, due to
various causes such as location, charac-
ter of soil or ownership But the total
of such exceptional properties cannot be
taken to condone a system that gives to
some few of community the privilege
of appropriating values that are due to
the presence and activities Of the entire
body. WALTER N. CAMPBELL
Evening star., 1941-04-01
Baltimore Highway

With action completed IN the
Maryland Legislature, and only the
signature of the Governor needed to
complete it's first phase, the long
discussed $3OOOO,OOO high-speed toll
highway from Washington to Balti-
more moves nearer to realization.
While there are some important
details still to be settled, notably the
relationship which the "super-route"
will bear to the State highway pro-
gram insofar as Federal aid grants
are concerned, no doubt exists con-
corning the need for such thor
oughfare. Throughout the past
quarter-century increasing automo-
bile and truck traffic has brought
about a deleteriouS development OF
Baltimore boulevard, the only direct
route between the two cities.
Completion of the new privately
financed highway, with eight lanes,
some of them reserved for bus and
truck service and with only few in
lets between its termini, will con-
tribute to correction of conditions
on the present pike. 1t will remove
much of the incentive for continu-
ance of unsightly roadside develop
ments, will permit correction or
gradual elimination of many existing
"shoestring" enterprises, and will
relieve traffic congestion sufficiently
to enhance safety.
Another project which will tend
largely to reduce congestion near
the District is based on the recently
completed acquisition by the State Of
eight miles of the right of way OF
the abandoned Washington, Balti-
more and Annapolis Railway. Seven
miles of this will form link from
the present Defense highway to
Washington and the other mile will
make direct connection with Fort
Meade. This will divert from the
Baltimore boulevard much of the
traffic which now converges at
Peace Cross, in Bladensburg.
While objection may be forthcom-
ing to the toll road in principle, there
is no question of the project endan-
gering Maryland's share of Federal
highway aid. Many planners, in
cluding some connected with the
State Roads Commission and the
Federal Public Roads Administra-
ton, are OF the opinion that as .