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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-04-03
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-04-03

Miss Betty Swartzentruber took
supper at Ray Gnegy's, in Pleasant
Valley, on Tuesday.
Mrs. Jacob Swartzentruber, Misses
Sarah and Amanda Beachy visited
Mrs. D. j. Swartzentruber on Thurs
day.
Mrs. Artie Dodge, Miss Leila Mos
ser, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard KEEPER
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Willard
Swartzentruber on Sunday.
Mrs. Russell McGinnis and Mrs.
Wayne Grove, of Clarksburg, W. Va;
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvie Spoerlein, of
Somerset, Pa, who came to attend the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-04-03

day: Mrs. Paul Welch, Mrs. Mary
Grove, Mrs. Anna Bittinger, Mrs.
Walter Schlossnagle, Mrs. Otis Swi-
ger and Mrs. Harry Beeghley.
Miss Cleda Friend spent Monday
night with Miss Sylvia Kitzmiller in
Oakland.
Mr.. and Mrs Edward Tasker, of
Bethlehem; Mr.. and Mrs. Delmar
Kitzmiller and children, of Loeb Lynn,
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Johnson on Sunday.
Thirty-seven ladies attended the
union sewing circle at Miss Lena Sla-
bach's on Tuesday. Mrs. w. E. Spoer-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-04-03
ST. Marks EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN CHURCH
A p Iaamor n n pos+o

A. B. Learner, D. D., Pastor.
$50 A. M. The Church School. Prof.
E. S. Smith, Superintendent.
10;45 A. NJ. The Service of the
Church. Palm Sunday. Sermon by the
pastor. "HONOR."
$3.50 P. M. The Luther League, by
and for young people.
1880 P. M. The Palm Sunday Vesper
Service. Sermon, "The Atonement."
7:30 P. M. Thursday. The celebra-
ton of the Holy Sacrament. Reception
of members.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-04-03

Around 1000 U. S. missionaries
are sticking to their posts despite the
wars in Europe, Africa and Far East.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-04-03

Washington.
PORTER-BITTINGER - Mr.. and
Mrs. Ray Bittinger, of Mt. Lake Park,
have announced the marriage of the.4
daughter Betty to Prentiss Porter,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Porter, of
Oakland.
The ceremony was performed Sat
urday evening, March %, in the
Methodist parsonage at Mt. Lake
Park by Rev. Garrett Evans. Attend
ants were Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Stark,
Jr., of Westernport, brother-in-law
and sister of the bride.
The bride is a senior in Oakland
High school. The groom was gradu-
ated from the same school in 1886
The couple will reside in Oakland
where the groom is employed.
PICKARD-SOWERS-Mr. and Mrs
Roy c. Sewers, Kitzmiller, announce
the marriage of their daughter, Carol
Eleanor, to Robert Marion Pickard
son of Mrs. w. C. Smith, Keyser, w
Va, which took place in the parson-
age of st. Paul's Methodist church on
Sunday afternoon, March 80, at 8 80
o'clock.
Attendants were the brides two
sisters, Betty and Lois Sewers. The
bride wore a navy blue suit with navy
and white accessories. Her corsage
was of American Beauty rose buds.
Mrs. Pickard is graduate of Kitz-
miller high school, class of 1899. Mr.
Pickard is a graduate of Potomac
State college, class of 1889, and is EN-
ployed by the c. & A. Gas company
at Keyser. The couple will reside ir
Keyser.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-04-03

trict in 1910 but recently has been
employed in Washington. The groom
is graduate of Asheville high school,
class of "a. He is associated with the
Sidney Lust Theater at Upper MARI
boro, Nd. The couple will reside in
Washington
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-03-20
Obs. Dramatic Club
Will Present Comedy
Robert Hesen, Edward Means
Play Leads In Three-Act Play
Presented March Fl

Are you lover of good mysteries?
You are! Then you won't want to miss
the new mystery thriller "Mumbo
jumbo" which is being presented by
the players of the Oakland High ORA
matte Club on Friday, March 81, in
the school auditorium.
A result of much studying and re-
search of the Voo-Doo folklore as
practiced in Haiti, this play has made
hit with it's audience at every pre-
sentation for many seasons. 1t has
the reputation as being one Of the
most intriguing of mysteries. With a
beautiful girl, blind man, a Voo-Doo
witch doctor, it can't be anything but
successful puzzler.
As a new conner to the field of mys-
terry writing, Jack Barnard, the author,
adds originality and freshness to the
old-time thrills.
"Mumbo Jumbo" a play of three
acts of hilarious comedy, contains all
the crime elements completely smoth-
cred in the antics of college youth
who masquerades as his best friends
wife and two small town sheriffs who
can't solves the crime for Quarreling
over which has jurisdiction.
After careful consideration and
weighing of dramatic ability the fol-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-03-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard l. Gender
spent few days this week in Balti-
more and Annapolis on business.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-03-20
Coal Output in County Showed
Decrease in 1910

A report of the Maryland Bureau
of Mines for February shows that
production of bituminous coal in Gar
rett county in 1910 was less than the
amount produced in 1889, while the
production increased in Allegany
county.
The 1910 estimate was $780, 66 tons,
while the 1889 figure was GOT 1881
tons, a decrease of, 68,215 tons. Allie
gany county increased from 500, 469
to 926,192.
The greater portion of the decrease
in this county was due to idleness
during part Of the year of the Hamill
Coal and Coke company, Kitzmiller,
and the Manor Coal company, Vindex.
The end Of February found all of
the larger mines busy with the excep-
ton of one or two which have been
closed for the past year, and most of
the smaller ones are in active oper-
alton.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-03-20
Legion HonOrs Draft Men

Members of the American Legion
Post honored the draftees with din
ner at the Manhattan hotel last eve
ming. The draftees left this morning
for Baltimore to be indicted into the
service for one year,
Two former groups were also hon
ored in this manner. c. Milton Sin
cell was postmaster and addresses
were made by Mayor Lawrence Fra
ley, Donald R. Sincell and H. C. Riggs
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-03-20
MARRIED
fowler TALIAFERRO

fowler TALIAFERRO - An
nouncement was made informally
last Saturday in Cumberland of the
marriage March l, in Hagerstown, of
Miss Elise Taliaferro, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Taliaferro, Balti-
more, and John L. fowler, operator
manager of Allegany Hotel Inn, in
Cumberland.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev, Scott Wagner, pastor of Zion
Reformed church, with Rev. Felix G.
Robinson, Oakland, assisting.
Mr.. and Mrs. fowler returned Sat
urday from a visit to New York and
will reside at Allegany Inn.
Mr.. fowler is a brother of James
fowler, of Oakland and was former
ly located here at the William-James
hotel.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-03-20
Charged With Machinery Theft

Frank Gamache has been lodged in
the county Jail, charged with the
theft of a coal-cutting machine, valued
at $4,000, and one gasoline locomo-
tive valued at $4,000, from the prop
erty of the Low Sulphur Coal COM
pany, at Bayard. The theft is alleged
to have occurred on December 18.
The charge was preferred by j. War
rem Gates, member of the company.
1t was alleged that Gamache had
obtained the machinery and had sold
it as junk
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-03-20

lowing have been chosen to present
the characters: Robert Hesen, Edward
Means, Jacqueline Tower, Frank Faz-
zalari, Eleanor Broadwater, Harland
Bittinger, Clara Beckman, Maxine
Butts, Nancy Dawson, George Cod
dington, Howard Wensel, Virginia
Lawton, Robert Stevenson, Nancy Boil
den, Rachel Sue Ashby and Emily
Jones.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-03-20

Charles C. Layman, of near Grants
vile, was a business visitor in Oak
land yesterday.
Miss Elizabeth Paulis and Miss
Belnadine Calhoun were visiting
friends in Cumberland over the week
! end.
Mrs. F. D. Bittle entertained with
a bridge luncheon at her home yester-
day afternoon. Five tables were in
play.
Mrs. D. Edward Offutt will entertain
members of the Butterfly Club at a
luncheon at her home on Friday after
noon.
S. Townshend Naylor, bedridden for
two weeks as the result of illness, re-
turned to his work in the Naylor store
yesterday morning.
Mr.. Charles Best, who assisted Rev.
D. c. Trimble here last summer in the
work of the Episcopal parish, spent a
few days in Oakland this week
Mrs. Margaret McComas, accompan-
led by Mrs. James Hart, motored to
Pittsburgh this morning, planning to
returne 20 Oakland this evening.
Miss Jane Addison, county health
nurse, who was injured in an automo-
bile accident on March u, is now a
patient at the Church Home and In
Urinary, Baltimore.
Harmon G. Broadwater, Alfred
Broadwater, Sylvester Fazenbaker,
Lee Fazenbaker and Wade H. Broad
water, of near Barton, were business
visitors in Oakland today.
DR.. and Mrs. Thomas Gorsuch, of
Cincinnati, o., were here as guests
last Thursday afternoon and Friday
morning of Mrs. Gorsuch's father,
Rev. A. B. Learner They We're accom-
panied by Rev. and Mrs. David Kins-
Ter, of Parkersburg, West Va.
Mrs. G. L. Johnson, who has visited
her two daughters, Mrs. Ross O..
Decker and Mrs. George Hanst, for
several weeks, left Saturday for
Frametown, W. Va, where she will
visit other relatives for some time.
She was accompanied by Ross Decker
and son Ronnie, who returned to Oak
land Sunday evening.
The Pleasant Valley ladies of the
Society for Christian Service will
meet with Mrs. Garrett Evans at Mt.
Lake Park on Thursday, March 27, for
an all-day meeting. Recently the fol-
lowing attended an all-day group
meeting at Piedmont: Mrs Milton
Riley, Miss Elizabeth Barnard, Mrs.
Chambers Speicher, Mrs. Paul Friend
and Mrs. Martha Fike
In response to message that their
son, Harry Stemple, Jr., had been in
jured Sunday morning at a point on
U. S. Route 40, near Frederick, while
en- route to Oakland in his automobile
from Baltimore, where he is employed,
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Stem
pie, Sr., went to Frederick Sunday af-
ternoon. In the meantime their son had
returned to Baltimore, his injuries be-
ing of such slight nature that hospit-
alization was unnecessary. His car was
badly damaged. Mr.. and Mrs. Stemple
returned to Oakland Monday after
noon.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-03-20

And with it's room and ride and
view, you get Ford extra power
with extra thrift, the biggest by
draulic brakes near its price, and
a lot of fne-car mechanical "fea-
lures" found only in a Ford at
low price.
If you are choosing a new car
thisyear, you'll dowell not to miss
this Ford. And not just because
Wesayso, butbecause the factsdo!
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-03-20

We'd like you to see and drive
the finest Ford we've ever built.
You'll find its big bodies longer
inside, greater in total seating
width, and larger in windshield,
than anything else in the Ford
price field right now.
You'll find great new Ford
ride, too. A soft and quiet new
ride that has surprised a lot of
people and may surprise you.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-03-20

Soft coal operators rejected a pro-
posal to keep soft coal mines running
pending settlement of differences be-
tween management and labor.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-03-20


Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Alvey, In
dian Head, Md, announce the birth of
son, Joseph Camden, on March IL.
Mrs. Alvey is the former Miss jose
phine Winters, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. C. Winters, of Oakland.
Thayer Sanders, son of Mr.. and Mrs
A. P Sanders, of the Hutton COM
munity, suffering from an injury ne
received two or three weeks ago when
his. foot was caught between logs at
saw mill near town, was taken to
Memorial Hospital and admitted as a
patient yesterday.
Members of the congregation of St.
Matthew's Episcopal church will en-
terrain at dinner on Thursday eve
ming, March 27, the members of the
Episcopal basketball team which won
the church league championship dur
ing the past season. The dinner will be
served at 6:15 p. NJ, at the William
James hotel. 1t was announced that as
many other friends who cared to at
tend would be welcome, and those de-
string to participate were asked to
notify R. E. McIntire by next Wednes-
day. The dinner will be rs cents per
plate.
A number of young folks were
present at party Saturday evening
at Chimney Corner, held in honor Of
Lewis Walter, who left this morning
with other draftees for Baltimore.
Those present included Mr.. and Mrs.
Edwin Michael, Mr.. and Mrs. Porter
Dewitt, Mr.. and Mrs. George Brown
ing, Mr. and Mrs Beeson Snyder, Mr..
and Mrs. Phillips Thayer, Mrs. Mary
limbaugh, Miss nellie Helbig, Miss
Esther Serene, Miss Lena Lambert,
Miss Marjorie Friend, Miss Helen j.
Compton, Miss Mary Emily Butt,
John Michael, Richard Wolf, Hop
Wooddell and Harry Robinson.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-13
Resents Citizen
Expecting TO Travel

Get pig-headed about that and
say you intend 70 visit your rela-
tives for Christmas down in
Bavaria someplace. Very well go
10 the railway station or any
ticket office and ask for a ticket
The man behind II counter
doesn't look at you He takes il
for granted YOU have the official
stamped card authorizing YOU 10
travel on urgent business 10 a
particular spot in Germany via
rail
When you make long face and
say you haven't got one. the man
behind the counter does look up
and stares at you with mixed
MAJ cment and resentment
amazed that you should be so
ignorant as not 10 know the travel
rules, resentlul because you have
wasted his time asking questions
about the handful of express or
local passenger trains still doing
business
1t robS The German citizen of
his travel fun and makes distances
from one place to the next pretty
far. but IL all adds driving steam
and punch 10 that about war
effort both at home where the
bombs fall and out in front where
the panZerS roll.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-13
T u F F Y

were concerned. 1t also caused
passenger traffic and consequently
railway travelling not essen
tial 10 Nazi war machinery.
That kind Of honeymoon was
bound to crack. 1t began a year
ago in limitations on travel and
was climaNed with an official de-
cree just as / left Berlin barring
all guests in pleasure resort hotels
who are not i'm the category of
rccuperating after hard work in
war-lmportant jobs.
Today. the German on vacation
he can get permission
to get there somehow on trains
that dawdlc for hours with stand
ing room only-must produce an
stamped card authorizing
him TO have room in that or
this hotel. All others were per-
emptorily ordered out and that
means pack up and 60 home.
It's part of the about effort
and no questions asked. II helps
fight the war. as Nazis look al
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-13
Every Roich Town
: oins War Effort

Using all the means Of discipline
and legal prescription they trans
formed the struggle into one vast
and holeproof total war effort in
every German town and hamlet
throwing 10 the scrapheap or be-
hind bars any one foolhardy
enough 10 be a Stacker.
They hauled the bcggar off the
streets and the cripple from relief
or the retired government en-
ploye and much maligned German
official from his retirement on
pension and put all 10 work, one
way or another. That gets results.
on the other side OF the about
totalizer. they enacted draconic
saving OF waste they curtailed
everything not essential 10 daily
existence and i'm mind and spirit
educated the -thc-Street 10
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-13

60 back 10 Spartan standard OF
life
There is no choice or alteFHa-
tive, except the Gestapo and what
il stands for. Consequently. the
Aryan citizen of Hltler's Reich
this Christmas. New Year, or any
holiday 10 come. will spend them
quietly at home listening 10
Strauss and Lehar radio music or
speeches of a great German future
for the next 1000 years as
plotted and blueprinted by the
fuehrer
| said the holiday Is spent ar
home. The real reason is that
there is no place TO 20 except for
a walk because travelling on rail-
ways has been curtailed 10 the
hone
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-13
By Chic Young
By Hof
By Billy De Beck
By Carl Anderson
Paul Fogarty

Allen Corn; CD Both Your
Houses; (c) THE Animal
Kingdom?
What instrument would you
expect these men 10 play: Cal
Fritz Kreisler; (b) Plabo
Casals: (c) Jose Iturbi?
(a) said, Go West, young
man ard grow with the coun-
try; tb) was the much-
married English king; (c) was
the girl called The Swedish
Nightingale"
What is meant by: (a) a Cad
mean victory; tb) Roland
for an Oliver; (c) HobSons
choice?
these titles OF these
Sousa marches: (a) "Semper
-; (b) Stars and Stripes
49,; (c) Washington 49,"
TO what country would you
travel 10 visit; ta) The Giants
Causeway: (b) the Grotto of
Lourdes; (c) the Kremlin?
(Answers on Page 2ll
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-13

il. Furthermore, the man of low
wages and large family no longer
can say that money is tops, for the
Nazis made sure in each case that
the public was fully informed Of
these measures and pride them
selves on the fact that class dis
tinctions in daily life have been
wiped out.
The about effort, by its very
nature, puts sauerkraut on the
millionaire's plate and takes his
meat away with the same cold
bloodedness that il handles the
workingmar and in fact, it favors
the latter and makes the rich a
target.
That's one reason the NaZis
can put over on the country
almost anything they wish in that
line of home front battle.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-13
BY PIERRE ]. HISS
Init News service stan Correspondent,

NfNh NfFNHf NtdH 'ofTfhponofhf
There is no Forgotten Man in
Nazi Germany today. An about
war OF WIN or die under Hitlers
iron=clad- system takes i'm every.
thing from the one-time beggar 10
the vanished gigolo.
Nazi mlrdS long ago sat down
for a heavy huddlc and came out
Of II convinced that the debacle
Of 1918 never would have hap
pened If Tho blowup had been pre-
vented inside Germany They say
the German army ~on World War
No, ! and the home front lost it,
Therefore. the powers that be
among Nazi bigwigs have at
tempted 10 make this World
War No 2 foolproof from the
inside
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-13
TO the clothes of the miller

10 the clothes of the miller
Why?
6-Robert f. Lee is regarded by
many authorities as the ablest
strategist developed during the
Civil War. The Revolutionary
War also oasted dis
tinguished soldier named Lee.
Was there any relationship be-
tween them?
THE common brown. white
bellied rat derives its name
from a Scandinavian country,
although it is said to have
originated elsewhere. What's
its name and from whence did
II come?
ANSWERS on Page I'll
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-13
Daily Quiz
BY THE ACE ANswERMAN

Distributed by King Features synd. Inc.
What Michigan city is named
after the Greek officer in the
Russian army who began the
war 10 free the Greeks from
the tyranny Of the Turks?
New York City and three other
cities over the 100000 popu-
lation mark bear the names of
states. Can you name them?
S-Black and white may or may
not be colors but they do
designate smiths who work
with different metals. What
metals are they?
when it's cold. it's cold, re-
CARELESS of what type Their
mometer you're using There
are four principal kinds. How
many can you name?
Even if you've never seen a
miller moth. you should know
that the derivation of its name
10 due to q certain resemblance
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-13
Police Question You
Il You Are Driving

trative government officials. doc
tors. warehouses and stores are
permitted the use OF cars. Even
then IL is not an uncommon sight
in Berlin 10 sec cruising police
cars wave licensed cars TO the
curb for closer inspection or inter-
roGatlon as 10 the purpose OF that
ride.
Take a girl out 10 a show or
drive 10 the office on Sunday if
you happen 10 be one of the lucky
ones with a car license and ten TO
one the cops come whistling up 10
know what you're doing and where
you're going
On weekdays, the traffic is still
heavy but even then all is strictly
on official business. You can still
waylay taXis. but not on Sundays
or after S p. m.
A foreigner can still argue
himself out Of trouble for the time
being, but l noticed the cops were
sarcastic 10 Americans on the SUBJ
ject of burning up good gas in
taxis
81 guess at least 80 per cent
of private car traffic has van
ished not only i'm Germany but
in all occupied countries"
noted economic neutral observer
told me in Berlin some months
ago.
1.-THE saving in gas and oil Is
simply tremendous. TO say moth
ing of the relief on related COM
mercial and manufacturing auto
mobile trades and accessories.
That private pleasure car elimi-
nation alone keeps the NaZi
army going for six months out
OF the year.
"Oil and gas reserves. plus
replenishments from artificial
gas. keep the wheels moving and
I believe Hitler can still afford
10 take his time In getting To
Baku and Batum. The reserve
tanks are far from empty. al
though every German has TO
walk, figuratively speaking"
The same curtailment applies e
air travel and of course there are
no AXIS passenger ships plying
I the seas.
II gets TO a point where il
doesn't matter much anymore
whether you get up and have
breakfast with tea or with just
Jam on your bread.
The soap you wash with !:
rationed and can only dwindle ir
size. not quality II is "einheit'
seize" that is. it's the only kline
available throughout Germany anC
that's the only sales quality il has
The same goes for shaving
cream and you take il or leave 1t
There are worse things I'm life
and besides the next bomb might
have your number or that of youl
apartment and then what differ.
ence does il make.
But elimination Of tourist trade
is not enough for the about Naz
war effort. No Stree Dowr
around the Austrian, Bavarian anC
Czech watering spots many of Tho
faded gentry with money 10 burr
were living the life of Riley.
Thousands of well-off families
had been sent 10 the non-air raiC
luxury places 10 escape the bombs
That meant flourishing hotel!
with heavy demands on the Ger
man larder without any uSefu
return as far as war endeavor
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-13

(Rere is the third article in
series OF II on INSIDE Germany
Today written by Pierre !.
Huss, Berlin correspondent of
international News Service,
who recently arrived in this
country after pa years in AXIS
Europe
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-13
Hitler Builds Up His Home Front:
No FORGOTTEN Men i'm Germany

Your private car long ago joined
the army. and if il didn't. the gas
did. No money On earth can buy
that drop Of gas unless you have
the Official license allowing you
the use OF a priNate .-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-13
knowledge Test

BY DIR. SABINA II. CONNOLLY
Copyright 1871 by King Features
Where are these wonders: (a)
The Yosemite Falls; (b) the
Acropolis; (c) the Alhambra :?
2-Who is the author: la)