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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-10-08
Adult Education
Classes to Begin
Subjects Varied

Glasses are to be organized for in
struction in several subject fields dur
ing the next two weeks it was an
nounced by Eugene Harpold, county
coordinator of Civilian Defense Train
ing. These classes are sponsored by
the Garrett County Board of Educa-
ton, and are offered free to anyone
more than 16 years old, who is not
attending regular day school. Glasses
will meet two evenings week for two
hours, and will continue for as much
as twenty-four weeks. Classes will be
organized for instruction in other
fields if there are ten or more persons
interested. More information may be
obtained from the local high school
principal, it was stated.
A class in home decoration will be-
gin on Monday, October II, at 1880
p. m. at the Oakland high school. The
course in Home decoration will be con-
cerned with the idea of keeping one
eye on the budget while making the
home more livablc and attractive This
class will be taught by Miss Catherine
Baker, fine arts teacher.
Glasses in commercial SUBJECTS
Typewriting, Bookkeeping, and Short
hand, will begin on Tuesday. October
13, at 1870 p. M, at Oakland high
school This class will be in charge of
Erwin S. Smith head of the Com
mercial Department.
A class in cabinet making, wood
work and household repair will be
taught at Kitzmiller school by Ken
meth Feather. Starting date for this
class may be obtained from Mr.. O. P
Jones, principal of Kitzmiller school
Other classes may be organized in
the county if there is sufficient de-
mand, Mr.. Harpold stated.
Farm machinery repair classes have
started at Friendsvile and Accident
under the supervision of Charley B..
Miller, Repair classes meet six hours
week and are open to anyone inter
ested in repair and maintenance of
farm equipment. These classes are
part of the National Food for Free
dom" program, and similar classes
will soon be organized at Grantsville
and Oakland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-10-08
Sugar Stamp No. 8
Good During October

Retailers were cautioned against
accepting any ration stamps other
than Stamp No. 8 for sales of sugar
during the month of October.
Mr. Dawson, chairman of the local
War Price and Rationing Board, said
there was some confusion among con-
sumers and retailers as to the period
covered by the No. s stamp.
He pointed out that No. stamp is
good through October 81. The impress
sion of some retailers and consumers
was that the stamp expired September
30. This is incorrect. The value of the
No. stamp was set at five pounds of
sugar for the ten-week period begin
ming August % and ending October
31St.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-10-08
COUNCIL ACTION HALTS
ERECTION OF BUILDINGS
Applications to Erect Theatre
Building, End Street, and Other
Building, 3rd Street, Tabled

Applications for permission to erect
two buildings in Oakland, one to be
used for motion picture theatre and
the other presumably to be used for
the same purpose, although it did not
definitely state in the letter, were
tabled by the Mayor and Town Coun-
Gil at their regular monthly meeting
on Monday night, as they We're de-
clared to be in conflict with a town
ordinance.
One application was made by Ber-
nard |. Gender, to erect a theatre, in
Guiding a store room and an apart
ment on the second floor, between the
Oakland Baking Company and Bolden
Undertaking company on the east side
of Second street The building would
be 60 by 100 with a red brick front,
side walls and rear wall of hollow tile
with fire wall between Baking com
pany and proposed building. The esti-
mated cost was $21 900 and the seat
ing capacity of the theatre would be
500
The other application came from
Charles Arden May to erect a build
ing on Third street between Green
and Center, adjacent to the TeXaco
filling station and in rear of Helbig's
Mill, the building to be 60 by 10 feet,
with a front 80 feet wide by 40 feet
deep, to be made of cinder block with
composition roof, with two apart
ments overhead.
Upon motion of Dr. E. |. Baumgart-
ner, Seconded by Prentice DeBerry,
the applications were tabled until the
next regular meeting and in the mean
time Mr. May was to be required to
furnish information to the council as
what the building was to be used for,
An ordinance regulating the oper-
alton of motion picture theatres and
other amusement places within the
town limits was passed by the Mayor
and Council October 4, 1887. At that
time L. NJ. Fraley was mayor, and
councilmen were E. A. Shaffer Emroy
Bolden, Irwin Rudy, Ralph Kercheval,
Henry McComas and Earl Shartzer.
The ordinance stipulates that r
license for motion picture theatre
shall be granted which is occupied as
a tenement house, hotel, lodging house
or residence, or where paints, var
nishes, and other inflammable ma
terial are manufactured, stored or
kept for sale, or where it shall be
within 300 feet of the nearest wall Of
building occupied as a school, hos
pital, or garage or within 300 feet Of
gas supply or service station.
The report of the clerk-collector,
Arthur Lawton, showed receipts dur
ing the month of 81 ,261.36, including
$15S.48 for water and $1,002.12 for
taxes. Expenditures amounted to
50 074.09 which included all regular
bills and $210 for payment on Com
munity Building Bonds.
The Council decided to pay 500 to-
wards the reorganization and support
of the Oakland Boys Band.
The movie tax for the month
amounted to $64.l0, which will be d.
vided by law among the Oakland Lii
brary, Fire Department and Red
Cross.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-10-08
Party Planned For
Youngsters Friday

a party for young boys and girls,
including those from the fourth grade
through the seventh grade, will be
held this Friday evening, October 9,
at the City Hall, it was announced by
the committee of the Business and
Professional Women's club, which is
sponsoring these events.
The party will be from 1880 to 9
o'clock. There will be no admission
charge but soft drinks will be on sale
and there will be a charge for Bingo.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-10-08
Addresses Lions Club

Howard c. Riggs, cashier of the
Garrett National Bank in Oakland,
spoke to members of the Oakland Mt.
Lake Park Lions club at their meet
ing Monday night on the War Bond
Sale campaign in the county and
throughout the nation.
A short skit was presented by some
young people of the Methodist church.
1t was announced that J. K. Snyder,
Cumberland, deputy district governor
Of Lions, will be present at the meet
ing on Monday, October IL.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-10-08
To Inspect School Buses

Inspection of all school buses in the
county will be made by a representa-
tive of the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles office, Baltimore, next Tues
day and Wednesday, it was announced
by John L. Fitzwater, supervisor of
transportation.
He will be at Grantsville Tuesday
morning, October IS, 9 to ~ o'clock
and at Accident from 1890 to 3 p. m.
He will be at Oakland on Wednes-
day, October Ia, from 9 o'clock to 3
o'clock.
Mr.. Fitzwater said the inspection
of school buses was required by the
Maryland State law, and that bus con-
tractors should be at one of the places
mentioned.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-10-08
Jaycees Choose
Stanton Jordan

The JaYcees selected the names of
Julius Jordan and Robert Stanton in
their "servicc men" writing project,
which they have been conducting for
several months.
These names will be posted in the
regular places in town, where citizens
are urged to write and send small
gifts.
Stanton is located at Denver, Colo,
with the Army Air Corps, while
Julius Jordan is corporal technician
with the Coast Artillery, stationed at
Norfolk, Va.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-10-08
Members OF Board of Trustees
West Virginia Wesleyan

Announcement was made last Fri
day Of the appointment of Ernest Ray
Jones, Of Oakland, as a member of
the Board of Trutees of West Virginia
Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, for a
term Of three years, and Rev. w. S.
Patterson, of Moundsville, former
Methodist pastor of Oakland for
term Of one year.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-10-08
With Our Men
In the Service


Ebert Otis Riley, 20, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Albert o. Riley, is now at
the U. S. Naval Training Station at
Great Lakes, ILL.,, undergoing recruit
training, having recently enlisted.
Upon completion of this training he
will either be assigned for duty at sea
or some other naval station, or re-
tanned for further specialized training
at one of the Nays many service
schools.
Private first class, Elmer W. Ashby,
of Crellin, has been transferred from
Drew Field, Tampa, Fla, to Hunter
Field, Savannah, Ga.
Corporal Carson D. Miller was a
guest of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew Miller, over the weekend. He
is stationed at Camp G. P. Hill, Viz
ginia, and has recently been promoted
to the rank of corporal.
Richard Roy, who is stationed at
Camp Wheeler, Ga, in the infantry
forces, is home on few days fur
Tough. He was recently promoted to
the rank of corporal.
In a brief ceremony last Saturday
at Carlisle Barracks, Pa, Sd officers
of the Medical department, L. S.
army, were graduated from one
month training course of the medical
field service school. They completed
training for assignments in the med
ical battalions of five new infantry
divisions now being activated Among
this group was First Lieutenant
Thomas A. Gender, Jr, who left here
yesterday for an army camp in Louis
lana after visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. T. A. Gender, for three or
four days.
Carl Thrasher returned to Great
Lakes Training Camp, Chicago, after
spending a nine-day furlough with his
parents and other relatives at Deer
Park. Thrasher was one of thirty to
be chosen from 1926 boys to be sent
to the Service Training School.
Harry c. Turney, Jr., Mt Lake
Park, is home on tcn-day furlough.
Turney is first class private, sta
toned at an army air base at Salt
Lake City, Utah.
Pvt. Harrison Bum Stewart, son
of Mrs. Sylvia Stewart, has been
transferred from Camp Wheeler to
Camp Gordon, in Georgia.
"*s:
William c. Smith, sergeant tech
nician, stationed at Camp Gordon,
Augusta, Ga, in the motorized infan-
try, spent a short furlough with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Smith.
#H#
Lee Mcintyre, Kitzmiller, has re-
ceivcd a cablegrom from his son, Cor
poral Harry Mcintyre, who is in Eng
land, on the occasion of the formers
birthday anniversary.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-10-08
Elementary PIT. A.
Plans Defense Rally
Will Have Auction Sale of "Vic-
tory Baskets" of Home
Canned Foods

Members of the Executive COM
mittee of the Parent-Teachers' Asso-
citation of the Oakland Elementary
school, at a meeting Monday night at
the home of Mrs Delbert Davis, pres
ident, made plans for a Home Defense
Rally, to be held in the elementary
school auditorium on Wednesday eve
ming. October IA, beginning at 1870
o'clock.
One of the main features will be an
auction sale of victory baskets, con-
tanning home canned foods and other
products, Mrs. Davis said. A speaker
will talk on Home Defense and there
will be a patriotic singing.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-10-08
Injured in Auto
Wreck on Tuesday

County superintendent of Schools
Franklin E. Rathbun, Mrs. Rathbun,
and Mrs. Margaret McComas were in
jured Tuesday about midnight, when
their automobile left the highway,
and Kitzmiller roads, and landed into
the ditch.
None suffered any broken bones but
Mrs. Rathbun and Mrs. McComas sus-
tanned painful cuts and bruises. Pro-
fessor Rathbun also sustained bruises
but was the least hurt of the three
They were returning from Balti-
more, where Mr. Rathbun had at
tended a state educational meeting.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-10-08
Those Interested In
Band to Meet Tonight

Persons interested in the reorgan-
ization of the Oakland Boys Band are
being asked to attend meeting in
the City Hall this evening at $50
o'clock, following the regular band
practice session.
The Oakland Fire Department is
sponsoring the group and the fire de-
partment committee, Robert Lohr,
manager, has called tonight's meet
ing especially for parents of boys who
would want to be members of the band
and any others interested.
This meeting was postponed from
last Friday evening.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-10-08
Afraid Tests
Again Held Up

Postponing Maryland's scheduled
AFRAID alerts for the second time, the
First Fighter Command in New York
announced Monday that no test alerts
will be permitted in the State until
after October Is.
The decision of the Fighter Com
mand was announced by Col. Henry
S. Barrett, State director of afraid
precautions.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-10-08
VOTERS TO PASS ON
INCREASING PAY OF
STATE LEGISLATORS
Would be Paid Flat $1,000 Every
Year Instead of $3.50 For A
Ninety-Day Term

MARYLAND voters will have another
o,,o,.+,,n;+,, 10 COW in November
'pP0l 'N''''S
whether thelf legislators are ui'"ei =
paid.
One of six proposed amendments
to the Constitution which will be sub
mitted to the electorate IN the general
election calls Tor an increase IN Ihe
pay of Senators and Members OF the
House OF Delegates,
The proposed amendment to the
State Constitution, which would re-
wise pay schedule set up when the
States basic law was adopted IN 100 =
would establish fiat $1,000 per an
nual salary for legislators.
Now Get 50 Per Day
At present, the solons are paid on
a per diem basis, getting 50 per day
With the 9O-day regular session, that
adds up to $500 per legislative term
of four years for each member OF the
General Assembly, The amendment
rate of pay for the TOUR years. at
$1,000 flat per year would thus be
$1,000, or an increase OF S5,lOO Tor
the four year period.
The Proposed Amendment
The proposed amendment to the
Constitution to be voted upon next
month reads as follows;
IS. The General Assembly may. con-
tlllue us SesIIGIl 50 iu'lg a. III us 1870
fo,. noriod NOT Ion@or +han ninety
DAYS; and each member thereof shall
receive a compensation of One Thou
SAND DoIIafS l9l'U0oJ per i9..!i pay
& az va" dnIiars NOV. dion, fo, oacb dav
of unexcused absence from any SEES
sion, and he shall also receive such
mileage as may be allowed by iaW' not
t ~ ;"e' oe;o ce''@ pc nac ri,' Hon.o
shall receive an additional compensa-
ton of Two Hundred and Fifty ($250)
dollars per annum. When the General
AsseIiiplS S' an ~ Con,ae i'et W To-,
ehaiI not continue Ionoor than thirty
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-02
II KILLED IN
pLANE(RASH
ATSALTLAkE
United AirIines Sleeper
PIows Into Mountain
Ridge al Night

SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, May 2
"A United Airlines sleeper trans
port last night plowed into a storm
dashed ridge within sight of the
airport, killing IA passengers and
the crew of three.
George Gearhart, Waterman for
an inn about mile below the
site, was the first to reach the scene
and said that one man lived for a
few minutes.
Scars on the ground indicated
the huge plane had hit near the
summit of the ridge. The pilot was
Capt Donald Brown, San Fran
cisco.
Victims included Navy Command
er John Burrow, Navy Lieut.. j. g..
Claire Tucker, Army Lieut.. Herman
Frankenburg, three women includ-
ing the stewardess and year-old
infant.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-02
5HATTU(k,
SHARPE IN
LEAD STILL
Ha as Gains Along with
Walker as More Re-
turns Come In

Returns received today from
seven more precincts in the First
Division shortened the race. but
by little, for the Commissioner of
Labor and Divisional Senator con-
test. Walter p Sharpe now leads
Michael j. Haas in this division
with 1185 to 900 votes. Allen Shat
tuck has 1889 votes to Arthur P
Walkers 964.
The seven latest precincts to re-
port are Point Agassiz, West Peters
burg, Hyder, Kake, Windham, Myers
Chuck and Baranof.
Returns from these precincts now
show contestants in the Democratic
race for Representative positions as
r. E. Hardcastle, 1041; Crystal
follows:
Snow JENNIE, 997; Andy Gundersen
971; James v. Davis, $50; w. G
Stump, 7l2, and J. F. Krause, 701.
Meanwhile, latest reports from
the Third Division show 81 out OF
So precincts in with the following
results:
Haas, s83; Sharpe, BAT for Labor
Commissioner.
Don G. Brownell, $50; H. H. Nc
Cutcheon, 624; Karl Drager, 572 fol-
Divisional Senator
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-02
MAY DAY PARTY
HELD AT CHURCH

The May Day Breakfast held yes
terday in the parlors of the Metho-
dist Church was declared a great
success by the many guests and the
committee members.
About 100 persons enjoyed the
breakfast, served in the attractively
decorated dining hall, where spring
flowers and green's abounded
Mrs James Boyle. Mrs. Ray Day,
Mrs. George Oswald and Mrs. r.
d. Reckin were on the kitchen COM
mittee and serving in the dining
room were Mrs w. d. Matheny,
Mrs. r. E. McCully and Mrs. Will
liam ODell Mrs. w. H. Matthews
acted as hostess,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-02
Juneau Man
Ranks High
As Expert
Private Lloyd P. Garner
Tops Company al Camp
Robinson in Shooting

CAMP ROBINSON, Arkansas,
May pvt. Lloyd P. Garner, form
erly of Juneau, recently scored 1873
out of a possible 200 to top his
company and qualify as expert in
shooting for rifle qualification rec
ord He is stationed at Camp Rob-
inson, where he has been receiving
his basic military training.
Pvt. Garner was indicted into
the army on February % and ar
rived at Camp Robinson on Feb
ruary %. Prior to his induction, he
lived in Juneau, where he was en-
ployed by the Alaska Juneau Gold
Mining Company
Garner was member of the Al
aska civilian rifle team. In the
Camp Perry. o., matches in the
fall of 1910 he scored 259 of pos
sible 300 to qualify as expert in the
National Individual match Last
July a at Juneau in a match be-
tween the Alaska civilian and the
National Guard teams, Garner
scored 40 of a possible so, shooting
600 yards with the MI rifle at
20-inch bulls-eye. He has been
shooting in competitions for about
three years. He began using rifle,
"as soon as I was big enough to
raise it to my shoulder" he said.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-02
1 7 HORSES
s IA R ! BIG
RACE TODAY
Kentucky Derby Has Larg-
est Field Since 1887
Contest

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky. May 3
Sevcntcen horses-l6 colts and one
gelding-enter today's sixty-eighth
running in the Kentucky Derby,
Americas foremost horse racing
classic.
Heading the field are Mrs. Payne
Whitney's one, two threats, Devil
Driver and Shut Out, and Texas
Ben Whitaker's Requested. Back of
them in the odds come Alsab, With
Regards, Won Again, Apache, Valid
ina Orphan, The Imported, Holly
wood, Sweep Swinger, Dogpatch.
Call Fairy, Manah, Sir War and
First Fiddle.
Two rank outsiders from Calf
ornia, Boot and Spur and First
Prize make up the list. Sweep
Swinger is the lone gelding
This field is the biggest since
War Admiral whipped 10 others in
1887. If all IT Of the entrants go to
the post, the winner will get 5000
out of a gross value of $87 900. The
race is scheduled to start at $3.50,
Pacific War Time.
A hot sun beat down here today
on the setting for the $4,000 classic
of the country's foremost sporting
spectacle. The race is one mile and
one quarter.
Col Matt VIM predicted his
dream has finally come true and
there will be crowd of at least
100000 spectators.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-02
JAp5REp0RT
u. ). SUB IS
IN LOCALITY
Ra do Claims Allies Sink
Russian Merchant
man Near ISLANDS

TOKYO, May 2.-The radio here
declared this morning that the A.
600-ton Russian merchandising An
gristroi was torpedoed last night by
United States submarine or one
of the other Allies and left sinking
off the southwest coast of Kyushu,
one Of the southernmost of the main
Jap islands.
The report said that the 2,500-ton
Jap steamer Calcutta Maru was also
sunk by a sub yesterday in nearby
waters.
The japanese claimed that the
torpedoing of the Russian vessel was
disclosed by a Jap merchant ship
which rescued SO members of the
crew.
No confirmation of the story re-
ported on the radio has come from
any other source,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-02
ONE NENANA
ICE WINNER
WILL STICK
Warren Locke 10 Stay Right
al His Work on Job
al Kodiak

KODIAK, Alaska, May 2-War-
rem K. Locke, one of the winners
of the Nenana ice guessing contest,
is single man about 80 and his
home town is Wenatchee, Wash. He
has been in Alaska two years and
came here from Fairbanks.
Locke started working here last
February,
Locke was arrested on a fake
warrant, handcuffed and mugged
by Deputy Marshal Paul Herring
then informed of his luck in having
a share in the Nenana award.
He was then relieved of suspense
over his arrest and then said: Il
am going to stay right here until the
job is finished"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-02
STARK SAYS
ALLIES WILL
BEAT AXIS
Am eriean Naval Com
mdnder in Europe Ex-
presses Confidence

LONDON, May Admiral Har-
old Stark, Commander of the United
States Naval Forces in European
waters, expressed confidence today
in his first press conference, that
Allied naval strength will rise stead
lily despite its losses, and will over
whelm the Axis.
This will be tight year" he
said, but there will come time
when we will be in a position to
strike and we will carry through no
matter what losses we suffer-
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-02
NIKULA FUNERAL SET
FOR NEXT TUESDAY

Funeral services for Pau NiKuia,
who died yesterday in the small
boat harbor while working on a
boat, will be held at 2 o'clock Tues :
day afternoon in Charles w. Car
ter's Chapel Interment will follow
in the Evergreen Cemetery.
The Rev. G. Herbert Hillerman
will give the service. Mr.. Nikula is
survived by his widow and daugh-
ter, both of Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-02
NAILS KILL
80 FRENCH
FOR ESCAPE
Officers Executed as Al-
complies for Aid
ing Giraud

MOSCOW. Russia, May 2.-Thirty
French officers have been executed
in Germany as suspended accom-
plices in the escape of Gen. Henri
Honore Giraud. dispatch from
Stockholm reports.
The Moscow radio said that Nazi
commission headed by Gestapo
Chief Heinrich Himler, has arrived
at Dresden to inquire into the cir
cllrnstances of Giraud's escape. The
French general last was reported to
be in Vichy.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-02

U. ). YOUTHS
CALLED NOW
Mdnpower Demands Calls
for Joining Of Those
Not Under Draft

WASHINGTON, May 2-Growing
manpower requirements for the
Army today led to call for en-
listment by youths in the 10 year
old age group, not subject to call
under the Selective Service Law.
The date for the enlistment will be
made later
Also the first order has been put
out to draft men whose minor physi-
cal defects bar them from front
line duty.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-02
ALLIES HIT
AT GA5MATA,
JAP FIELD
Nippons Lose Two Fighter
Planes in South
Pacific

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
AUSTRALIA, May 2-Allied air.
men, have successfully bombed Jap
anese airdrome installations at
Gasmata on New Britain Island and
shot down one of seven Jap fighter
planes that sought to intercept
them, it is reported today.
The communique reports that an
other Jap plane was destroyed when
five enemy craft attacked Port
Moresby, New Guinea
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-05-02
FISHING SEASON
OPENED FRIDAY

Salmon Creek near Juneau, and
Dewey Creek near Skagway were
opened to fishing yesterday, Frank
Dufresne, Executive Officer of the
Alaska Game Commission said to-
day. Limit is 20 fish not to exceed
Is pounds total weight.