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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-13
Ford Bombers
Soon TO Blast
Toxic and Berlin
Patterson Dedieaies
New Willow Run Roads
With Pledge Of Action


soon will be bombing Toxic and
Berlin in a war that means sur
vival or DEATH" Undersecretary of
War Robert p. Patterson, Satur-
day, declared in two Michigan
speeches.
The warning of air attacks on
the Axis capitals was made at the
Ford Willow Run plant where
Patterson participated in the dedi-
cation of a section of the super
highway built for access to the
plant.
Life or Death War
At Muskegon later TO a-com.
munity rally, he said:
eff the United Nations 70
down In this war, they lose their
existence. They will become
provinces OF the German Reich.
THE stakes for us In this war
are stakes we never faced be-
fore-survival or death. Those
are not the stakes for soldiers
alone. The stakes for all OF us
are survival or death"
Speaking at Willow Run he
said:
"The bomber Is an offensive
weapon. Its mission IL to carry
the war to the foe. II typifies the
principles that have always
guided American military tactics.
Offensive Tactics
I'VE believe In the offensive,
the attack. With the product
of this plant We will carry
devastating attacks from the air
n our enemies.
- "Willow Run IL at one end of
This network Of highways. What
IL at the other end: Where do
these roads 60 from here:
Further than Detroit.
"They 60 10 the great air
bases up and down the country.
They 20 to our bases In the
Caribbean. They 20 To Alaska.
They go 10 Brazil. They span
one ocean TO Iceland. to Britain,
to Africa. They span another
ocean TO Australia, TO China, to ]
India.
"Some day they will 20 IN
Manila. And some day they will
go 10 Toxic and Berlin.
Soon to Fill Air
zone day soon, traffic will
lam the air roads from Willow
Run 60 Toxic and Berlin, and
those roads will he crowded with
fOur-motored B-24 bonabers pro-
duced mt Willow Run"
At the MuSkcgon rally, Patter-
son also revealed that the Ameri-
can Expeditionary Force on world
battlefronts now exceeds 600 900
men.
THAT will he doubled and dou-
bled and doubled tn the limit OF
our manpower until we defeat
our enemies" he promised.
Patterson was welcomed az the
Detroit City Airport by delega-l
ton including Gov. Murray D.
Van Wagner, Mayor Edward j..
Jeffries, Highway Commissioners.
G.. Donald Kennedy. r. J. Thomas,
president OF UAW-CIO; Frank X.
Martel. president Of the Detroit
and Wayne County Federation OF
Labor: Walter Reuther and Au-
gust Scholle, Michigan Go di-I
rector.
In welcoming Patterson al the
.oad dedication ceremonies, Van
agoner said:
"They call Judge Patterson
the toughest man I'm Washing
ton. Well, ne Is tough on any
man. no matter what his rank
or place In life. who fails In
give his best 10 the nation
today"
Addresses Patterson
Speaking directly TO Patterson,
Van Wagner said:
Judge Patterson, these are
the people who make Willow
Run click. We In Michigan are
proud OF the job they have done.
These people here are not salts
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-13
New K. Of P. Officers Picked

KALAMAZOO. Sept. II QNS).
New officers elected at the close
of the Knights of Pythias state
convention here today were: Will
liam st. John. Ishpeming. grand
chancellor commander, and Mrs.
Anna McManus. Port Huron, grand
chief OF Pythian Sisters.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-13
Most to Pedestrians

Officers are issuing from 270
to 800 tickets a day, and they're
pretty evenly spread out between
the downtown area and the neigh
borhood business districts. About
three out of five are issued to
pedestrians, the others going to
motorists who drive carelessly
past walkers or into crossing
zones.
The vast majority of pedestrians
Iticketed are given them for DASH
ling off a curb without looking,
which, Juergens points out, is at
lacking the pedestrian death toll
at its source.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-13

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-13

until we returned 10 the table,
that he had been stabbed"
Petty was taken TO Receiving
Hospital. where his condition was
temporarily serious.
The Blairs face a charge of felon.
iouS assault.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-13
Addresses Patterson
Life or Death War

Speaking directly TO Patterson
Van Wagner said:
Judge Patterson. these are
the people who make Willow
Run click. We In Michigan are
proud OF the job they have done.
These people here are not salts
fed, and they will never he
satisfied, until our fighting men
have all the guns and tanks and
bombers they need for victory"
Thomas, who spoke after Van
Wagner, also paid tribute 10. tho
men and management of the Will
low Run plant.
Edsel Ford reported progress oil
the plant 10 Patterson and the as.
sembled workmen. He said:
I'VE are glad TO report 10 you,
sir, that the plant Is practically
on schedule - amazingly so for
so vast a project--and that In
production we expect TO exceed
the schedule. Sccptics In and out
Of the industry must get ready
To acknowledge that our plant
will he more than equal to Its
gigantic task"
After the ceremonies there was
a luncheon at the plant and ther
Patterson and his party. loaded
into seven airplanes, flew TO Mus
kegon. From there they were Il
head for Negaunee and the Upper
Peninsula, where Patterson was Il
inspect the new 500 locks and talk
TO copper miners.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-13
Here's Gift List

What TO send? The post office
has list on that. too. The govern
ment suggests leather goods, cof-
fee. tea, stationery. playing cards
flashlights, soap, pen and pencils
cigarets, cigars, tobacco. gum, shoe
polish, sewing kits, first aid kits
magazines, newspapers. b X s
clothing, shaving articles and toile,
articles.
Senders are urged not 10 senc
clothing or food unless specifically
requested.
Food musct be sent either ir
sealed glass jars or metal con
tainers. The food list includes hare
candy, life savers, taffy, syrups
fruits, vegetables. meats and fish
potato chips, popcorn, pretzels
cracker jacks. peanut butter, jam
Evening star., 1942-03-06
Island of Trinidad Contains Pitch Lake

Asphalt is thick substance which
becomes very sticky when it Is
warm. Some of it is black and
some of it is brown.
Thousands of homes have been
covered with asphalt shingles" ?"
Such shingles shed water well. They
resist fire and may be obtained in
gay colorS. The colors are added
to the asphalt.
Some wall boards and floor cover
ings are made partly with asphalt.
The greatest use, however, is as a
surface for roads.
Each year millions of tons of
asphalt are laid down on roads. It
hardens, and makes a good surface
over gravel or macadam roads.
Some asphalt roads have given
much trouble because the asphalt
became soft in hot weather. There
are ways of treating asphalt, before
it is laid, to cut down the danger
of its becoming soft.
For general interest section of your
scrapbooko
If you want a free copy of the
illustrated leafiet on the "Seven
Wonders Of the World" send me .
Scent stamped, self addressed
envelope in care Of The Evening
Star.
6..L @4
Evening star., 1942-03-06
Answer to Yesterdays Puzzle
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

Off the northern coast of South
America is the island of Trinidad.
It belongs to the British Empire,
and contains lake of a strange
kind.
its contents are very much like pitch
or tar Men walk out on the lake,
which has fairly hard crust. They
even drive wagons across it.
Pitch Lake has an area of ia
acres. The pitch-like substance in
it is largely asphalt. Men strike
the crust with picks, and take up
per cent of pure asphalt.
A wagon will not sink as it moves
over the hard crust of the lake, but
it must not be left to stand long in
one place. Otherwise it may sink
in a substance far more sticky than
mud.
Cutting asphalt from Pitch Lake
Is something like cutting ice from
a frozen lake. The holes fill up
when chunks are taken away. There
are pitch springs" below the hard
surface.
It has been estimated that Pitch
Lake contains 100000 tons of
asphalt material. It is a source of
wealth for Trinidad, and the supply
is expected to last for many years
to come.
Nature does not supply most coun-
tries with very much asphalt like
Evening star., 1942-03-06

You have mistaken ants for feas;
Or do you mean the ants in
pants?
I'm anti-ant, I tell you that.
If "ant eyes" peer from every
side,
I'll make the Gravity creatures scat
My war cry is "INSECTICIDE!"
Note. Anti must never rhyme
with slant eye.' The dictionaries
show the 81" to be short as in bit,
fit, hit, though the prevailing ten
dency in cultured speech is to pro-
nounce it zee" to rhyme with bee,
see. Correct pronunciations:
Anti: Anti
or: AN-tee
Demi: DEM-i
or: DEM-ee
Multi: MULTI
or: MULL-tee
Semi: SEMI
or: SEM-ee
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Evening star., 1942-03-06

That stopped the fiendish foes
advance
Thought I, I'VE are not fighting
Huns
Or Japs; we're now at war with
ants"
Then he went on to tell us that
An "ant-eye tank barrage" was
laid,
Which knocked the panzers cold
and fiat.
Just as the light began to fade.
Dear me-" said I, now ants havet
tanks!
I wonder how they managed it?
They'll soon attack me on both
fanks.
To arms! Quick, Henry, bring
the Flit!'
Facsimile @. Boxtop, please
Explain what "ant-eye" means.
Perchance
Evening star., 1942-03-06

that in Pitch Lake. Yet there are
good deposits in several other places
Lake Bermudez, in Venezuela, con-
tains great deal of it. Texas, Ken
lucky, Utah and a few other Amer
ican States have some of it. Switzer-
land, France and Italy have de-
posits.
Most of our asphalt, however, does
not come from natural deposits
About four-fifths of the worlds sup
ply is obtained from crude oil, or
petroleum.
Evening star., 1942-03-06
LETTER-OUT

letter
opposite
correctly girls
Answer to Yesterdays LETTER-OUT
ASSUMED-AMUSES
COURSER-RECURS cit happens again.
name).
(FO SAUCER-CAUSE (men give their lives for it,.
GERMANS-MANCER Stabe
Evening star., 1942-03-06

West opened the king Of hearts.
winning the trick. He continued
with the queen and dummy took the
heart ace. What could be done to
prevent the loss of club, trump
and two hearts?
The best chance was to put the
club ace to sleep, but East (who
was practically marked with the
club ace) would surely put it up at
once if South led low club from
dummy. Anticipating that East
would not be taken in by anything
50 simple, South thought up some
thing more complicated.
After winning the second trick
he led a low diamond to his ace
and ruffed a diamond in dummy.
Then he returned the jack of clubs
from the dummy!
It looked for all the world as
though he had mistimed his plays
so that he was obliged to lead
clubs from the wrong hand. East
therefore played a low club, ex-
pecting his partner to win with
the queen.
But South won with the single
ton queen and the rest was easy.
He ruffed his last diamond in dunn
my and returned a trump. West
could take only the trump ace and
one more heart trick.
Yesterday you were Howard
Schenken's partner and, vulnerable
against non-vulnerable opponents,
you held:
VQJ74
082
@KQ 963
The bidding:
Jacoby Schenken Burnstone You
IA Dbl. Pass "a
Pass 20 Pass CD
Answer-Bid four hearts. Your
partner must have a good hand for
his double and rebid and your ex-
cellent heart support and fine dis
tribution warrant a double raise.
Score 100 per cent for four hearts,
90 per cent for three hearts, moth
ing for any other bid.
Question No. 1,013.
Today you hold the same hand,
but the bidding is different:
Jacoby Schenken Burnstone You
IA Dbl. Pass %
Pass 90 Pass CD
What do you bid? (Answer to-
morrow
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-01-22
BITT1NGER

The extremely cold weather of the
early part of last week was followed
by very fine mild weather, extending
into the early days of this week.
County Commissioners Cheston
Browning and Blaine Giessman, of
Oakland, passed through this village
last Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Walter Krause was seriously
i'll few days ago, as result of an
attack of measles.
Thomas o. Hays and R. L. Emory
made a business trip to Oakland last
Saturday.
Lawrence and Harold Brenneman
were confined to their homes last
week, suffering attacks of measles.
Oliver C. Buckle, Herbert Buckle
and George Stark motored to Meyers
dale, Pa, on business last Monday.
The ladies of the Woman's Mis-
sionary Society were entertained at
the parsonage at their regular month
ly meeting last Wednesday afternoon.
Arthur Resi-, of near Jennings, was
a business caller in town one day
recently.
Mrs. William Green, of Cumber-
land, visited her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. E. Buckle, at their home
here, last Friday evening.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-01-22
Pleasant Valley

DR.. and Mrs. Sisson, of Kitzmiller,
accompanied by the children they are
caring for, were visiting with Mr.. and
Mrs. Dan Wrightsman on Sunday.
Clyde Liller, son of Arris Liller, is
improving after an illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stapport and
daughter Beverly, Detroit, Mich, are
visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. Wrights-
man. Mrs. SEAPORT is planning to re-
manning here for several weeks.
Henry Martin, of near German,
spent a day in Pleasant Valley re-
Gently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Smouse motored
to Fairmont, West Va, one day re-
Gently to visit Mrs. Smouse's brother,
who is extremely i'll.
Milton Riley and Abe WrightS-
man We're in Oakland on business
Saturday.
The children of Johnny Rowan arc
improving following attacks of the
measles.
Mrs. Jim Sims visited Mrs. Harry
Murphy on Sunday.
Dewey Rice was visitor at the Dan
Wrightsman home recently.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-01-22

son Billy, visited the formers aunt,
Mrs. Sadie Plot, Addison, Pa, on
Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. O. Ross and son
James, and Mrs. Cleda Clemmensen
and son Ross, were visiting relatives
in Cumberland on Sunday.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard H. Friend were: Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Fike and family,
Bruceton Mills, w. Va; Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Hook and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Gary Ray Friend and daughter,
and Miss Mae Friend, Markleysburg,
Pa, and Mr.. and Mrs. Houston
Friend and sons, Blooming Rose.
William Rose, Braddock, Pa, visited
his father, Russell B. Rose, Wednes-
day.
Arnold Fike, Morgantown, w. Va,
is visiting at the home of his mother,
Mrs Mollie Fike.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Skidmore and
son Gene, were dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Melvin Kesner, Accident,
Monday night.
James Liston, Pittsburgh, Pa, was
guest at the home of Ford C. Nc
Cullough and Mr.. and Mrs. T. D.
Pryor, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Jenkins and son
John, Oakland, were dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Orval Jenkins, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde VanSickle and
Lloyd H. VanSickle, Hopwood, Pa,
were guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Floyd WEIGH, Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy S. Friend and
Juniper Teats were business callers
in Cumberland, on Monday.
Earl Guard left Monday for Balti-
more to attend to business for sew
eral days.
Mr.. Clarence Wicklow and son
Clark, and Mr.. and Mrs. R. H.
Schlossnagle were guests of the for
mer's mother, Mrs. Susan Wicklow,
Addison, Pa, on Sunday.
Mrs. Helen S. Evans visited in
Washington, D. c., over the weekend.
Lloyd C. Jenkins and daughter
visited Mr.. and Mrs. DIN Glass,
Cove, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merle McClintock,
Oakland, visited the latter's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Frantz, over the
weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Grove and
daughter, Beatrice, and Mr. and Mrs.
Perry VanSickle and children were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Lott
VanSickle, Sunday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-01-22
ACCIDENT

An assembly program was given
by the sixth and seventh grade pupils
of the Accident school last Friday
under direction of Melvin Kesner
The program conferred around Ben
jamin Franklin, whose birthday was
Saturday.
A biographical sketch was given of
Franklin by Glenedenc Ream, and
numerous sayings of his were told by
various pupils. Ray Miller, Lillian
Dillon and Juanita Friend gave sew
eral short stories of Franklin and
Melva Hoover gave a reading on "A
Tribute to Franklin"
Other features included poems by
Roger Ault and Juanita Friend, a
quartet by Melva Hoover, Ruth Glot-
felty, Louise Glotfelty and Anita De,
Witt, accompanied at the piano by
Ruth Scrogum, songs by Madeline
Dewitt and Grace Friend, accom-
panied by the mandolin which the
former prayed.
Homer Liston read defense Bonds
Buy Tanks" There was also group
singing.
The plaster for the new auditorium
arrived Monday morning This gives
the workers an opportunity to finish
another one of their Jobs. The cement
floor in the corridor and stairway has
been laid the past week.
Last Wednesday a movie was
shown to the high school boys The
name was Feed the Multitudcs" anc
it concerned diseases of farm crops
The measlc epidemic has lowered
the attendance great deal, more
especially in the elementary grades.
Concert Band Active
The Accident Concert Band, &C,
cording to it's annual custom, played
New Years concerts in the towns OF
Grantsvillc. Accident and Friends
vile on January LIST. Contribution;
were received from E. N. Selby, W
H. Haenftling, r. E. Spoerlein, J. l.
EngIehart, H. f. Liston, N. NJ Hum
berson, w. II, Fratz, NJ B. Pressman
VIM Winterbcrg, Harvey Gortner
Diehl Bender, Norman Patton, Fay
L, Miller, H. f. Broadwatcr, Mrs. f
H. Keller, A. J. and O. H. Yodcr
Sylvia Diefcnbach, w. II. Miller, E. s
Duckworth. A. G. Rcichcnbeckcr, B. i
Schroyer, r. E. Guard, Russell Fikc
Claudinc NJ. Friend, John Capcl
Ralph Murphy, Geo. Mccullough, Q
A. Murphy, Clarence Wicklow, r. O
Mccullough, Lewellyn Blochcr, c. II
Edwards, Mr. burst and |. l.. Huff.
On Friday, January 23rd DutcI
supper and concert is being held il
the Accident school building at whicl
past contributors TO the band arc t.
be special guest The public is il
T1ted.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-01-22
AVILTON

Sunday School at Cherry Grove,
Sunday morning, January %, 1920.
There will be no preaching until
February /, at 2:3O p. m.
Fred Bender, of Springs, Pa,
placed a McCormick-Deer cream
separator at the home of 0. S. Fike,
on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Merrill were
visiting relatives in Grantsville one
day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Grove and Mrs
Wagus, of Homecoming, and Mrs.
Leonard Wilhelm visited Mrs. Ada
Wilhelm, on Sunday
Mrs. Ohio Fike and son Harold,
Mrs. Asa Wilhelm and Mrs. Oscar
CLANCY were in Cumberland on
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Merrill
spent Saturday night and Sunday
with Mrs. Merrill's parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Wilhelm and
family, Frances Wilhelm, Bessie
Andrews, and Mr.. and Mrs Charley
Hanley, all of Homecoming, spent Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. julius Will
helm and family.
Mildred and Cecil Fike, of Wash
ington, spent Saturday night and
Sunday here with their parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Asa Wilhelm and daughter,
Ray Fike and Lilly Dreese also spent
Sunday at the Fike home.
Mrs. Fannie Weitzell is recovering
from sn attack Of lsgrippe.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Robson
spent Sunday evening with her
mother, near Jennings.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-01-22
NOTICE
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS
OF THE TOWN OF OAKLAND

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN to
all persons who may be qualified to
become voters in the said Town of
Oakland, Maryland, that in accord
ancc with the provisions of Chapter
"a of the Laws of Maryland of 1889,
page 151, which provides:
"The Mayor and Town Council of
Oakland shall cause to be maintained
a registration of the legal and quail
fled voters residing within the cor
porate limits of the Town of Oakland
such registration shall be essen
tial to the right to vote at any election
held under the Charter of the Town
of Oakland; that the Officers of
Registration of said Town shall sit
for the purpose of registering addi-
and for the purpose of revision, at the
Council Chamber Oh
MONDAY, JANUARY rs, 1912
Between the Hours Of 1000 A. NJ. and
700 O'clock =. NJ.
and shall register the names of addi-
tional voters on said day, and shall
also sit for the purpose of revision.
Published by order of the Mayor
and Town Council Of Oakland, Mary
land.
L. NJ. FRALEY, Mayor.
DELBERT DAVIS,
President Of the Town Council
Attest
ARTHUR LAWTON, CLERK.
-Ad 3ertisement AIT.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-01-22
ESTIMATED APPROPRIATIONS

EDUCATION
Board of Education Of Garrett County
Support of Schools 81 cents per 500 of property
assessabb full county per law 1912 $04 $4,000
Balance due for prior years
Subject to and after correction of eSti-
mated assessment basis for automobiles
and corporations to actual basis
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12
By JOSEPH MUNROE

LA. VALLETTA Malta, May II.
IJP) - Malta'S defenders. strongly
reinforced by crack Spitfire fighters,
have shot down or damaged lO1
Axis planes in 70 hours. and the
toll taken in the furious raids OF
the last II hours is still to be
counted.
Gondon aviation quarters said
that when it became possible to
tell the story of the new Royal
Air Force" in Malta it would be
one of the best stories of the entire
war;
Up to 5 pm yesterday, guns and
planes, some piloted by Americans
of the Royal air force Eagle squad
ron. had destroyed 81 enemy planes,
probably destroyed % and damaged
Al.
It was improbable that many
damaged planes got back to their
bases in Sicily.
1900 BOMBINGS
Under Gen. Viscount Tiger
Gort. the new commander, the
heroic British and Malta garrison,
and the 100000 courageous civilians
on this 95 square mile island, SEEM
ed today to be prepared to fight on
through the war at the present rate
Malta had been bombed $500 times
up to last Saturday.
Since then there have been al
most constant raids by German and
Italian dive bombers, heavy bomb
ers and medium bombers.
The Axis raids reached a climax
Imperial Valley press., 1942-05-12
Tokyo Reveals Top
Admiral Directed
Coral Sea Battle
BY UNITED PRESS

The japanese fleet Whlch was
defeated in the battle of the Coral
Sea was commanded by Admiral
Isoroku Yamamoto, commander IN
chief of the japanese combined
fleet, Tokyo revealed Tuesday in
tacit confession of its Importance.
The disclosure which magnified
the victory of United States and
Allied forces was made by the Tok-
70 navy ministry in a communi-
que broadcast by the japanese
radio which said:
Premier Hideki TOTO has cabled
a message of Fluctuations to Ad-
miral Isoroku Yamamoto, comman-
der in chief of the combined 1leet
and unit commander of the jap
anese navy, who participated III
the Coral Sea battle, on the bril-
liant achievements attained by the
Japanese navy against the COM
bined Anglo-American fleet"
The combined Anglo American
fleet" apparently, was a United
States Navy task force aided by
Australian light ships and Allied
land based planes from Australia.
No British ships, 1t was believed,
took part.