davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-04-08
Baltimore Woman 4
Gets to Oakland
In Unusual Way

A Baltimore woman visited Oakland
last Friday night and Saturday morn
ing, but under most unusual circum-
stances. The unusual circumstances
are revealed in the following story
at least that was her story, and she
stuck to it.
She first attracted attention by APP
pearing at the door of a home near
the Baltimore and Ohio station, thinly
clad and apparently half frozen. At
ter thawing out she left and was then
found by Officer Nethkin walking on
Second street at an early hour. She
said she had no place to 90, knew
no one here and was cold. SO she got
a bed for the night at the city Jail,
Next morning she was questioned
by States Attorney Fraley, which
brought forth the following tale:
The woman was in a Baltimore tap
room. She began talking to a soldier.
With both of them under the wealth
en-" he asked her: How'd you like to
go to Oakland?" She thought that
would be fine, so he bought two round
trip tickets and they boarded the Ma
tional Limited.
Arriving in Oakland, the soldier
told her to wait in the station and he
would return for her. That was the
last glimpse she had of him and she
didn't even know his name, first or
last.
So here she was, in Oakland, with
out purse, without adequate clothing
and by that time feeling quite bit
ashamed of herself.
States Attorney Fraley said she
apparently was telling the truth and a
telephone call to Baltimore verified
the fact that she was an employe of
one of the shipbuilding companies in
that city.
Anxious to return to Baltimore she
promised to repay the loan Of money
enough to buy a railway ticket. The
cash was furnished by the Red Cross
and the woman returned to Baltimore
Saturday morning.
The Red Cross will be holding the
bag open" until the woman gets an
other pay day, and will wait with hope
and faith.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-04-08
Minute Men in State
Test of Mobilization
Assembled Last Friday Evening
Upon Orders From Battalion
Headquarters

A surprise mobilization of the
Maryland Minute Men was called Fri
day evening, in a statewide test of
determining how quickly the comp
anics could assemble and post guards
over vital points in their respective
areas.
Capt. J. Philip Roman, Cumberland,
liaison officer for Allegany and Gar
rett counties, received a call from
Battalion headquarters in HagerstOwn
to assemble his command. His call to
Oakland was received by the captain
of the local company at 6:15 p. M,
and in thirty-siX minues all four sen
sitivc points" were under guard and
platoon sergeants had made reports
to headquarters. Twenty three men
reached the City Hall assembly point
in twenty-five minutes, and were on
guard in eleven additional minutes.
This was better time than was cN-
hibited two weeks previous when test
of the local company was made for
practice purposes.
Last night The company went to
Crellin for target practice.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-04-08
Local Measures
Get Through Assembly

That the local legislators succeeded
in getting passed all bills which were
introduced in both houses, was an
nounced here this week by Senator
Bernard /. Gender, who returned from
Annapolis on Monday.
1t was announced on April that
Governor O'Conor, on Friday, had
signed nine Garrett county bills, which
included eight measures repeating
obsolete laws and one providing a
maximum annual salary Of $500 for
the deputy sheriff of Garrett county.
Repeal measures pertained to
licensing of dogs; fences and injuries
to cattle; justices and constables; GER
tain sections of school law; trespass
law; relating to fishing and hunting
on Sundays; roads law and licensing
livery stables.
Among the last bills to go through
was one authorizing the town of KitZ-
miller to issue bonds for a commun-
ity building, one authorizing the
county to levy 81 900 annually for a
veterinarian, one authorizing the
County Commissioners to borrow
$4,000 to boost salary of bus drivers,
and one concerning tax sales and how
they are to be prepared.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-04-08
U. S. Marshal Files Detainer For
Earl w. Johnson With Gar
rett County Sheriff

A detainer to hold Earl w. Johnson,
escaped convict wanted in five states,
was filed with Sheriff George E. Cod
dington last Friday by Howard P.
Loughrie, deputy United States Mar
shall attached to the Cumberland Of
fee of the District Court of Mary
land.
The dctainer is to hold Johnson for
the Federal Bureau of Investigation
for alleged violation of the Dyer act
which involves transportation of cars
stolen across a State line.
Johnson, who was shot in Cumbcr-
land while attempting to escape ar
rest, was brought to the Garrett
County Jail one day last week and
will be tried in the Circuit Court on
April Is under an indictment charg-
ing larceny and receiving stolen
goods.
The court will meet in special SEES
sion, petit jurors, who served in that
capacity at the regular term of the
court, have been notified to be pres
cnt on Tuesday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-04-08
Methods of Mending
Will Be On Display
Exhibit to Be In Demonstration
Agents Office April IA and Is

Examples of methods of mending
mems suits, and garments made from
mems clothing, will be on display in
the office of the Home Demonstration
Agent, postoffice building, on
Wednesday and Thursday, April IA
and Is, it has been announced.
The exhibit will be open to visitors
from 10 a. m. to II o'clock noon, and
from 2 to p. m. While planned pri-
marily for the members of the Home
makers clubs the public is invited to
take advantage of this opportunity to
get new ideas for clothing conserva-
ton, Miss Mariana Lee Long, home
demonstration agent, stated.
Miss Venia NJ. Kellar, assistant di-
rector of extension, College Park, will
be present on Wednesday afternoon,
April IA, to meet the visitors and to
give a short talk.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-04-08
Mason Glotfelty Is
4 Named Rotary Head
Elected President At Meeting of
Board of Directors Friday

Mason J. Glotfelty was elected
president of the Oakland Rotary club
at meeting of the Board of Directors
last Friday evening following the reg
ular weekly dinner session.
Others eleced were DR.. w. w.
Grant, vice-president; w. O. Davis,
secretary; and Prentice DeBerry,
treasurer. During the dinner hour the
three new directors had been selected
by the club and they were Glotfelty,
A. G.. Gortncr and DeBerry. Hold
over members of the Board of dircc-
ors are William Gibson, Dr.. Grant,
Russell Pancake and Lester c. Yutzy.
Newly elected officers will not be
installed until July LIST. The present
president is Harold f. Ream.
The Rotary district convention will
be held in Baltimore, Sunday and
Monday. Those who have intimatcd
they plan to attend are DR.. w. w.
Grant, w. L. Gibson, Mason J. Glot-
felty, w. W. Dawson, F, f. Rathbun,
Paul B. Naylor, X. c. McComas and
Ralph +. Weber.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-04-08
Beer Law Provisions
Under Controversy

Just where the Garrett county beer
laws now stand is a subject for con-
troversy at the present time.
Senator Bernard |. Gender success
fully guided through the legislature
Senate Bill 4O1, which concerned
changes in the beer law for Garrett
and Howard counties.
Mr.. Gender contends the only
changes are those which permit the
use of labels instead of crowns; and
quarts in addition to pints. The bill
names the circuit court judges as the
local enforcement board and the clerk
of the court as the clerk to the board,
Otherwise he says, Garrett county
laws are the same as formerly.
Albert G. Ross, clerk of the Circuit
court, after making a study of the
bill, declared he was of the opinion
that the bill put Garrett county under
the statewide law and in effect, the
same as repealed the Garrett county
acts of 1885 and 1887. He has pre-
pared beer license application blanks
on the strength of his study, which
make new regulations for applicants.
License money goes to the State under
this set-up.
A copy of the bill was not obtain
able this morning. Meanwhile there
is considerable discussion as to its
contents,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-04-08
MASSDRAFTINC
OF FATHERSIS
EXPECTED SOON
State SeIective Service Official
Says States Supply of Others
Is About Exhausted

Drafting of Maryland fathers on a
wholesale basis by July was predicted
by Commander C. H. Bryant, assist
ant state director of Selective Service,
this week
The drafting of fathers in certain
instances has already started in Car
rett county and may be done on a
larger scale sooner than July unless
orders are given to skip the May or
June calls, it was intimated here
yesterday.
Commander Bryant said the states
supply of single men, with collateral
depedents, married men without chill
dren and those married men with
children who cannot claim dependence
will be exhausted by July. Commander
Bryant, assistant to Col. Henry c.
Stanwood, state Selective Service di-
rector, said authorization for the
drafting of fathers was expected on a
nationwide basis shortly, probably
coming before such action becomes
necessary in Maryland.
A Washington decree cut the April
draft quotas which is calculated to
give draft boards breathing spells. A
general reduction in the number of
men to be summoned this month in
Maryland had been ordered by Lieut..
Eo1 L1n,,I IN, oh Of
enlisted procurement for the Third
Service Command, on orders from
Washington.
Garrett county has already issued a
call for 1875 men for April 9, and
yesterday it was stated at draft
board headquarters that the second
call for April 26 had been reduced 30
percent Roughly calculated this
means 40 less men, and providing the
original call was for 1875 men, this
would mean that IS will be called for
April 26. The list will be available
next week
H. L. Jones, draft board clerk, said
that all married men without children
had been reclassified. He intimated
the latter call in April would exhaust
his lists with the exception of a few
whose temporary deferments would
expire during May, fathers, and those
80 to A.
The government has announced
that 80 to 45-year-olds would be in
Guided in those subject to draft and
! that beginning May 1, the provisions
which now apply to men between the
ages of IS and SO, whose occupations
are on the WINGS non-deferrable list,
would apply to those between the ages
Of SO and Al as well. They will be al
lowed thirty days after May / to go
into agricultural or cher essential
activities, upon registering with the
| u. S. Employment service. Those who
do not change to essential Jobs will
face consideration for reclassifica-
ton as available for military service.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-04-08
Firemen Answer Three
Calls During Week

Oakland Firemen were called three
times this week, twice for local fires
and one for fire at Eglon.
Lavan Blamble's Ford automobile
was on fire Monday morning about 7
o'clock on South Third street, and the
flames wrecked the front scat, other
wise the damage was negligible.
Firemcn cXtinguishcd a grass fire
in rear of the home of C. +. Ham
mond, Second street, about ! o'clock
Monday afternoon, and while they
were thus engaged another call came
from Eglon, w. Va, due to a blaze in
the school house there. The truck was
turned back at Red House, however,
when local people were able to put out
the flames.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-04-08
Service of Dedication
At Methodist Church

A Christian and United States
flag will be dedicated with apprOpri-
ate ceremony at the regular worship
service of ST. Paul's Methodist church
on Sunday morning at l0:45, it was
announced by Rev. Minor Spraguc.
Assisting in the flag dedication will
be Jack yelling, Kenneth Riddcr and
Foster Mann, representing Boy and
Sea Scouts.
Sunday will be the first time for
use of the sanctuary since it has been
newly decorated. The flags are gifts
of the Woman's Society of Christian
Service and Rev. Spraguc will speak
on the subject Il Am An American"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-04-08
NO CHANGES IN CITY
COUNCIL ORGANIZATION
DeIbert NJ. Davis Reelected
President-Other Officials
Re-appOinted

No changes were made in the set
up of the City Council at the re-
organization meeting Monday night
in the City Hall, as the three whose
terms had expired were reelected at
the recent election.
Dclbert NJ. Davis was reelected
president of the Council and other Of
ficials were re-appointed as follows:
Arthur Lawton, clerk collector; James
Compton, water and street superin-
tendent; George Fulk, truck driver;
Lee R. Mason, weighmaster; B. B.
Nethkin, night police. J. J. Sweeney,
chief of police. There was no one APP
pointed in the place of Robert w.
Lohr, who entered the armed forces
recently, and Mayor L. NJ. Fraley
stated none would be named. The APP
pointment of city attorney was also
held over.
Committees were named as follows:
Water and street, DR.. f. I. Baum
galtner, chairman; Prentice DeBerry,
Earl Shartzer. Mayor Fraley is an
eX-officio member of this committee.
Golf-Delbert NJ. Davis, chairman;
Harry L. Stemple, A. G. Hesen.
Finance-Delbert Davis, chairman;
Harry L. Stemple, A. G. Hesen, Prem
tice DeBerry
May Lower Tax Rate
Announcement was made for an APP
peal session on April 10 and 90 at s
o'clock p. M, for any citizen who had
a tax grievance. Mr. Fraley said the
annual tax rate would be made fol-
lowing these sessions and he init
mated that the rate would be lowered
to 60 cents for each 500 of assessable
property, as it was several years ago.
For the past few years the rate has
been 70 cents.
During the regular business session
Lowell LOOMS appeared before the
council in regard to a curb line at his
property on Liberty street so that he
can construct Il SlucWdlh, ana Illc CITY
engineer was empowered to run a
grade line NJ. V. Kildow also ap-
peared in regard to laying a sewer to
drain his cellar to connect with the
city line all work to be done by him.
The Coca-Cola company was given a
permit to erect a Board on the city
lot on Third street, to be used for
placing names Of those in the serv-
ices as a public record.
Receipts for the previous month
were reported as being $1,95S.18 in
GLIDING $945 for gasoline tax, received
from state funds, 1885 from 1912
auto tax, $330.82 for water and
S35766 for taxes.
Expenses amounted to $2,65795
which included a community building
bond of $1,000 and coupons amount
ing to 500. Movie tax receipts were
$3.50.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-04-08
SGT. Kitzmiller Held
Prisoner by japanese

Sgt Harold w Kitzmiller, of the
United States Army Air Corps, is a
prisoner Of the Japanese in the Phil
ippine Islands, according to tele-
gram and letter received last week
by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Gabriel
S. Kitzmiller, Of Bloomington, from
the Adjutant Generals office in Wash
ington.
Sgt. Kitzmiller enlisted in the Army
August 80, 1889, and shortly there
after was sent to the Philippine Is
lands where he was stationed at Clark
Field when the Japs attacked on De-
cember 7, 1871. He is believed to have
participated in the defense of Bataan
and Corregidor.
He has not been home since his en-
listment nearly four years ago and
this is the first information concern
ing him received since the Japanese
attacked.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kitzmiller have two
other sons IN the Army: Sgt. oliver
W. Kitzmiller, stationed at the Army
War College in Washington, D, c.,
and Private Arnold R. Kitzmller, sta
toned at Seymour Johnson Field, in
North Carolina.
Two other soldiers from the vicin-
ity of Bloomington, Pvt. John Di-
Ubaldo, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
DiUbaldo, of Luke, and Sgt. Ralph
Richardd Guy, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Guy, Westernport, were also sta
toned at Clark Field, in the Philip
pines, Their families have not heard
from them and they, too, may be
prisoners of the Japs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-04-08
Lenten Services Next WedneS
day Night In st. Pauls
Methodist Church

Next weeks union Lcntcn service
will be held in st. Paul's Methodist
church with the Rev. A. Gordon Fis-
cher, of the Episcopal Parish, deliver
ing the sermon on the subject of The
Crown--''Victory Through Suffering"
People gathered at the Episcopal
church last night for the fifth of the
series of mid-wcck meetings, when
Dr. A. B. Learner, Lutheran pastor,
spoke on The Star-"The Prophet and
the Guide
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-04-08
Honor Roll Will Be
Erected on City Lot
By Coca-Cola Company
Will Carry Names of All Persons
In County Serving In
Armed Forces

That an honor roll carrying the
names of all persons serving in some
branch of the armed services would
be constructed and erected in Oak
land was announced this week after
the plan had been approved by the
City Council.
The plan was suggested by Ruhl
Talbot, local manager of the Oakland
Coca-Cola Bottling company, and he
has agreed to bear all expenses of
construction and of maintenance. 1t
will be erected on the town lot on
Third street, adjacent to the Coca
Cola plant and will be an attractive
board about 10 feet high and 20 feet
long.
Names would be painted in inch
high lettering and would be arranged
in alphabetical order. 1t is planned to
include the entire county roster.
The Company received permis~ on
from the City Council on n to
erect the honor roll and construction
will be started Immediately, Mr.. Tai
bolt said,
The erection of an honor roll has
been discussed by the Junior Cham
Der of Commerce, the American Le-
gion and also the City Council, but
nothing definite had been accomp-
lishcd, inasmuch as no funds for this
purpose were available. Many other
cities arc doing similar service,
some of the boards costing several
hundred dollars. At present there is
one in Frostburg and one in Cumbcr-
land.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-04-08
Thirteen Take Army-Navy Tests

Thirteen High school seniors and
recent graduates took the examination
last Friday for the Army Specialized
Training program and the Navy Col
legc Training program.
Papers have been sent to New York
where they will be graded by Army
and Navy officials. A similar cXami-
nation was given at Grantsvillc,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-04-08
Spring Is Slow In Appearing

Springlike weather is slow in MAX
ing it's debut in Garrett county, with
cold winds, snow hurries and other re-
mindcrs Of winter reluctant to disap-
pear.
The coolest temperature of the
week was Is degrees above zero, reg
istcrcd on April at the Government
station at Weber's.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-04-08
Second War Loan
Drive April II

Marylanders arc being called upon
to buy $119,O00,000 in war bonds in
the Second War Loan drive, starting
on Monday, April II.
The campaign will continue until
the end of the month. The quota for
the entire country is Is billion dol
Oars. 1t is the largest war financing
in the worlds history.
The first campaign for 9 billion
dollars was oversubscribcd. County
campaign chairman is H. c. Riggs,
cashier of the Garrett National Bank
in Oakland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-04-08
Sale OF Wire Now Permitted

That all restrictions are now lifted
on the sale of wire fencing was an
nounccd this morning by John II. Car
fer, county agent, who received his
information from the U. S. D. A.
War Board
Sale of wire had previously been
subjected to rationing requiring pur-
chasers to present purchase GER
tifcatc.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-04-08

Mrs. F. E. Rathbm left yesterday
afternoon for Cincinnati, O., to be
with her sister, Mrs. E. M. Bonner for
several days. Mrs. Bonncr's daugh-
ter, Mrs. Bcrnadine Bready, is critic
ally i'll in st. Petersburg, Fla.
Evening star., 1943-01-03
New York Racing Revenue
Increases 28 Per Cent,
Totals S10,941,993

ALBANY, Jan. 2.-That horse
racing, with its attendant pari-
mutuel wagering, has become in
creasingly popular is evidenced by
the fact that the State derived
nearly sl0,500000 in revenue from
the sport this season.
President Mealey of the State Tax
Commission has made public the
final report of the pari-mutuel divi-
sion, which showed a total of slO.-
e41 ,993.92, compared with SO. 1873. SIC. .49
q year ago and S6,098. .523. 80 in 1910
an increase Of % per cent over last
year and 70 per cent over 1890.
In the 35S days of racing during
the 1912 season a grand total of
Slsl 1886 was poured into the
machines by racing fans wagering on
the outcome of 1880 races. In le4l
there were 2,299 races during the
303-day season, the total handle
being $141 ,003,276.
A breakdown of the 1912 racing
revenue showed that s9.8O88l2 .04
came from the pari-mutuel tax on
betting at the fiat, harness, hunts
and steeplechase meetings; $577,-
934.28 came from the racing admis-
sions tax and $8O.690.6O from un-
cashed 194l winning pari-mutuel
tickets. while the State Racing and
Harness Racing Commissions re-
ported s24,55o in license fee receipts.
Evening star., 1943-01-03
kanagoff, Chicago Rookie,
Latest Mat Champion
Despite Poor Vision
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Bobby Managoff, 24-year- old Chi
cagoan. recently beat Yvon Robert
and claimed the heavyweight wres-
ting title.
It's good thing he turned to
wrestling. for if he had chosen foot
ball or baseball his career would
have ended long ago.
Because Bobby cannot see clearly
enough to recognize persons at a
distance of Is feet.
At times he has been accused of
Snubbing friends because he failed
to speak when passing them on the
street.
His father. Bobby Managoff, sr..
who years ago wrestled such mat
greats as Frank Gotch and George
Hackenschmidt, explains that the
new title claimant suffers in both
eyes from congenital cataracts.
That's why the elder Managoff
looks after Bobby and is always at
his side.
But Bobby can see far enough to
meet all the wrestling tricks. He
started as small boy and began
wrestling with the amateurs at IA.
He turned professional at 20 and
after four and one-half years at the
game is ready to get into the big
money. He weighs 223 pounds.
Evening star., 1943-01-03
Jockey Adams Heads
For Unique Honor
With Miami Win
Rides BuItree to Front
To Open Campaign for
Third National Title
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 2.-Johnny
Adams started his drive to become
the first jockey in history to earn
top ranking for three years when
he booted home Baltee in the first
race at Tropical Park today, his
first try for 1943.
The top rider in 1912 and 1887,
Adams pushed his mount into the
lead at the start and never was
headed during the f,rlongs. The
time was 1:12 As and Baltee paid
$3.50.
But Adams was not so lucky in
his second try-the featured Winter
Handicap. Astride Overdrawn, a
favorite in the betting, he came in
last in field of seven.
The Winter Handicap purse Of
$4,000 went to Dispose, gallant son
Of Discovery, who started in fourth
position and pulled up steadily to
win by length in 1:104 1t was
the second handicap victory of the
Florida season for the 5-year-old,
which paid 1920.
The week end crowds brought
cheer to the track management.
The turnstile count was ATS and
the betting was s224,62l, both fig-
ures well over last Saturday.
Evening star., 1943-01-03
Virginians Still Hunting
For All Except Deer
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va. Jan. 2.-Vir-
glnias deer hunting season ended
yesterday, but the general season
will continue until January 20, and
that for waterfowl will extend
through January g.
officials of the Commission of
Game and Inland Fisheries said
that scattered reports indicated that
the deer kill had been good, al
though indications are that less
hunting was done because of the
difficulty of procuring ammunition
and transportation.
There has been less general hunt
ing OF quail, rabbits, squirrels and
turkeys