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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-05-27
Survives Six Train Wrecks;
Declares He Has Nine Lives

track west of Oakland and the cars
went into the river, except the mail
coach, which was thrown across the
track on the bridge approach. This
occurred at the Youghiogheny river,
west of Oakland in which General
Fullerton, brothcr-in-law of Mrs.
Rutherford b. Hayes was killed..
In another accident, the train, run
ming at full speed, ran off the track
and into bank The mail car was
thrown ten feet up the bank and left
standing on its end Two empty cars
taken on in front of the mail coach at
Harpers Ferry were crushed to
kindling.
Born in Log Cabin
Mr.. Hooton was born in a log
cabin at the foot of Cheat Mountain,
near Rowlesburg, w. Va, Chen Viz
ginia). As a boy Of IS he was clerk
in a general merchandise store, which
was also a postoffice.
From 1872 to 1875 he was acting
postmaster at CIarksburg, W. Va. In
this position he put up mail for stage
coaches travelling to Weston, Buck
harmon and other nearby West Viz
ginia towns.
On August 20, 1875, he was sworn
into the Railway Mail Service, and he
retired forty-five years later.
He likes to recall that he has dined
at different times at the same table
with President Hayes, President
Grant and the Emperor of Brazil
when the trains used to stop at
Cumberland so that passengers could
leave the train and have dinner at
the hotel. The number to be served
would be telegraphed in advance anc
all would sit at the same table
Helped Nominate Grant
Mr. Hooton's grandfather. Charles
Hooton, was one of the vice presi-
dents of the convention that nomi.
mated General Grant for the Presi.
dency in 1872.
Mr.. Hooton's wife was Louise Saw.
telle, Of Short Creek, Va, an organ
list and an artist She lived to cele
brate their golden wedding annivcr
sary but died five years ago.
He has three daughters, Mrs
Julius Jelenko, Miss Claire Louise
Hooton and Mrs Harold Cupit, three
grandchildren and one great-grand
child. Mr.. Hooton lives at 5000 Elgi.
Avenue, Baltimore.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-05-27
Exhibit of Latin
American Handicraft

An exhibit of Latin American
handicraft from eleven countries, will
be on public display at the home Of
Mrs. b. H. Sincell, Second street, next
Wednesday and Thursday, June and
3, from , to p, M. and Wednesday
evening from I to 10,
Included in the exhibit will be dolls
dressed in the costumes Of different
countries of South America; woven
baskets and mats, bookmarks, beads,
vases, woven blankets, coin purses.
tea, etc.
The exhibit is educational and the
public IN general is invited to see
what neighboring countries do
This is under the sponsorship of the
Women's Missionary Society Of the
Lutheran church.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-05-27

are urging that the strategy be
switched so as to make the crushing
Of Japan our first objective were in
possession Of either facts or argu-
ments which Mr. Roosevelt and Mr..
Churchill lack OF have not heard,
there would be substance and force to
their contentious.
But such, clearly, is not the case.
All the facts and all the arguments
have been considered by the two heads
Of state and their military chieftains.
Certainly, better informed than the
critics of their policies, they made
their decision and are to be congratu
lated on not weakening. To weaken
now under pressure would be demon
! alizing. 1t would diminish confidence
in the firmness Of their character and
the soundness of their Judgment. And
to ask them to alter their course in
the field where their record is not only
good but great is to ask the absurd.
The Prime Minister'S explanations
and pledges coupled with evidence
that so far from neglecting that side
Of the war, help is going to China and
the South Pacific in steadily increas-
ing quantities, should bring this dis
turbing agitation to an end.
The military situation, Of course, is
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-05-27
Charles II. HOOtOn. 80. En- Rail
way Mail Clerk. Still Visits
Friends Around Baltimore
BY AMELIA MULLER
In The Ra!timCrs SUM


Ninety vear-old Charles II. Hooton
the oldest retired railway mail clerk
in Maryland, likes to think he has
nine lives, six gone and three to 90.
He hopes to spend the last three
among his friends in the postal serv-
ice. Recently he was at the Baltimore
Postoffice, where he contrives to pay
visit to his friends at least five
times Il month.
1t is easy for him to conclude he
has nine lives, because he was in six
bad wrecks while in the Railway Mail
Service and each time escaped death
One wreck a head-on collision, oc-
CURED between Cumberland and
Pittsburgh. The train was wrecked;
both firemen and both engineers, two
mail clerks and fifty head of cattle
were killed; many other persons, in
Guiding Mr.. Hooton, were injured.
Only Floor Left
Nothing was left of the mail car
but the floor. Mr.. Hooton wonders
why his throat was not cut, as his
collar and tie were torn off He was
off the road for a year recovering
from his injuries.
Another time the train ran away
reaching a speed of sixty miles an
hour before it left the rails Mr.. Hoo
ton was thrown out of the car dool
and the car turned over but he was
saved because the baggage car tele.
scoped the mail car and held it above
the ground over him.
There was one wreck that had a
touch of humor. Coming out of Graf
ton, W. Va, in a storm, the train ran
over a limb that had fallen on the
track. The train was late and hac
been trying to make up time. All the
cars were thrown off the track anC
the engine was turned upside down.
Brings Emergency Train
The brakeman, believing many were
killed and injured, ran all the way
back to Grafton and brought back
an emergency train manned with
doctors, only to discover no one was
injured.
Still another time the train left the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-05-27
Additional Names Are
Listed By Red Cross
Sums Received During Week
Brings Total To SA333.65

Additional sums are being received
hy the American Red Cross in the
IWar tumd campaign which closed re-
Gently with Garrett county exceed
ing its quota Of $1,000. Monday morn
ing MIS- Paul b. Naylor, campaign
chairman, reported Il total of $4,333 IS
received as OF that date from 5.l94
contributors.
Ms. T. z. Bishoff, treasurer Of the
Woodmen's Circle of CrelIin and Oak
land, gave $500; Mrs. Artic Dodge,
ST.; Mrs Glenn Hoffman, Swan Mea-
dow teacher TUNED in $2.26 from the
PIT A; Frank H. Turner, Of Mount
Zion school, reported S. from Edwin
B. Brown, SWanton, and Mrs. Harold
Ream reported SOB from CrelIin.
GlantsvjIle pupils contributed $25.55
and others in that area also contrib
uted.
CrclIin-lIrs, J. W. Baker. Miss
Daisy BoIyard, Mrs. Stanley Ashby,
Mrs. Vera Mustard, Mrs. Homer
Shaffcr. Mrs Roy Mickey, Mrs Lyle
Weeks, Mrs. Oscar Shaffer, Mrs. E.
/ 7. ColaW, Elval ". Ream. Mrs Mar
shall Sanders Mrs. LoIIic Simmons,
Miss Lorraine Bittinger, Mrs. Dwight
Ashby. Mrs Ruth Ashby, Mrs. Ell
wood Adams, MIS- Erwin Fikc, Mrs
Ralph Weeks, Mrs Dorsey Ashby,
( MIR. and Mrs Lester IutZy, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Rcam.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-05-27

ton policy, no food policy and no man
power policy worthy Of the name,
Conditions in Washington are in an
admitted mess. Administration crit
icism and attack for failure in these
fields is not only justified, it is de
manded by the national interests and
the war effort. But it is very different
in the matter Of military strategy.
There on his record, the President is
entitled to support and trust, And, if
subordinate army and navy officers
are covertly inspiring the criticisms,
they should be disciplined.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-05-27
GORTNER

Pastor john Foster, Of Loeb Lynn,
will conduct services in the Union
church on Sunday evening at 8 o'clock.
Emra Fike. Of Eglon. preached
Sunday ON "The Depth of Sin" He
and Mrs. Fike were dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs Ohio Friend. Pastor
Dunson, of Terra Alta, preached on
"Ephriam Being AS Cake Not
/ Turned" He and daughter, Rose
Anne. Mrs. Jimmie Sanders, and Mr..
and Mrs, Noah Slabach took supper
with Mr. and Mrs Ed Hesse.
Mr.. and Mrs. Artie Dodge were in
Bridgeport, Va. They were accom-
panied home by their daughter,
Leona, who attended college there.
Mcrlyn Gnegy visited his grand
father, Fred Slabach at Eglon, who
was quite i'll, and passed away Sun
day night.
Miss Ruth Friend, of Swanton, was
the guest of Miss Fay Biser over the
Weekend
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Lichty and Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis Beachy are visiting at
Stuart's Draft, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Spoerlein and
daughter Mrs. w. E. Spoerlein, and
Mrs. D. L. SWartzentruber were in
Cumberland Saturday.
Mrs. Amanda Hoff, Walter Sch
lossnagle, and Mr. and Mrs. Ohio
Friend visited Mrs. Mary Dever. near
Loeb Lynn, one evening last week
Boyd Lee spent Sunday with his
aunt, at Mt Lake Park.
Mrs. Jonas Knox and daughter,
Schrilla, and Mary Catherine Beck
man spent Sunday at Noah Slabach's.
The Bisers and Miss Ruth Friend
were visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Biser in Oakland, Sunday afternoon.
On Tuesday evening Miss Coryla
Mae Uphole and Douglas Riley, of
Lynndale were given party, honor
ing their birthdays. Games and music
were the diversion Of the evening for
the forty guests present.
Mrs. Noah Schrock and two chill
dren spent Sunday afternoon with Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Fulk
Charles Shaffer, Of Washington,
arrived Saturday to visit his home
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-05-27

The only justification of the latter
would have been failure of the army
to measure up. If it had begged down
on the job, then msistence upon a
change would have had weight be-
hind it, But the WPB effort failed be-
cause of overwhelming evidence that
in the matter of munitions and sup
plies the army had an outstanding
record and was far better equipped
by knowledge and experience for this
particular service than the civilian
heads who proposed to take it over.
In larger way the same reasoning
applies to the movement to compel
modification Of the RooseVelt-C Church
i'll military strategy. If in this field,
under these leaders, our arms had
suffered reverses and mistakes had
clearly been made, there would, in
deed, be merit in the arguments for
a change But, in face Of the brilliant
success of the African campaign with
its great potentialities for European
invasion and also the easing of trans
portation difficulties to the East, GER
tainly no failure can be charged.
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On the contrary, the results have
been such as to strengthen confidence
in both Mr. Roosevelt and in Mr..
Churchill as military strategists. I'm
der these conditions, they are entitled
to full support. Under these conditions
their Judgment should be accepted.
This is not to say that Senators and
others have no right to question mill
tary policies as we'll as any other. 1t
does mean that so long as these lead
ers are successful there exists every
reason for support, none for heck
ling or holding back. If those who
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his family to Oakland. The rooms in
the Gortner house, vacated by him,
will be occupied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Hauser.
Mrs. Sewers, of Uniontown, visited
Mrs. Noah Schrock, one day last
week.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-05-27
HITLER COMES FIRST
Washington, May %.

Washington, May p.
One sure thing concerning the out
come Of the British-American confer
ences now going on in Washington is
that there will be no change from the
basic Roosevelt-C Churchill decision
reached in Casablanca-to-wit; that
the defeat Of Hitler comes first.
That is the line upon which this war
is going to be fought out and there
will be no deviation therefrom. That
he and Mr.. Roosevelt wholly agree
about this was made clear by Mr.
Churchill in his magnificent speech
last Wednesday, when he outlined the
war situation and the reasons for the
decision with candor, clarity and
completeness which neither the Amer
lean Congress nor the American peo-
pie have had from their own leaders.
$3.50
When to his presentation Of the I'M
arguable truth that while the defeat
Of Japan would not mean the defeat
of German, the defeat of Germany
would ruin Japan, is added the Prime
Minister'S unequivocal pledge that
Great Britain will take her place be-
side the United States in "unstinting
relentless war against Japan while
there is breath in our bodies and blood
flows through our veins" -that would
seem enough to satisfy all save the
most unreasonable critics. The in
spired Senatorial effort, which is still
being continued, to compel change
in Allied military strategy cannot be
justified and may do harm. 1t is graf
flying that the President and Mr..
Churchill show no signs of being at
fected.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-05-27
THE GREAT
GAME OF
POLITICS
BY FRANK r. KENT

Copyright by The Baltimore Sun and
reprinted in The Republican by
permission.
Bradley beam., 1943-11-27
Basketball Team Continues Workouts

The second practice of the Base basketball team was held last Tues day night. More players were on hand than at the previous practice but many more should turn out.
 The Special Service Office has booked an arduous schedule with some of the strongest service and college teams in the vicinity
 Captain Gilbert Fitch, the Base Special Service Officer, will coach the Bradley basketeers. Captain Fitch was formerly the captain of the Temple University five and was an All-American in 1881. He also played with the Philadelphia SPHAS, World Professional Cham pions.
 Games will be arranged so as not to conflict with the Inter-Squadron Basketball League. All men on the Base are eligible to play for the Bradley Field team whether or not they are members of a Squadron team.
 The next practice will be held this Tuesday evening in the Gym at 1880 hours. Captain Fitch would like to have large turnout on hand for a good, strenuous work out.
Bradley beam., 1943-11-27
BOWLING LEAGUE
 TO START ROLLING

The Base Bowling League will open it's season on Wednesday night, December 1st, at the Hartford YMCA. At prese n there are only four teams in the loop, but these Keglers will "keep lem rolling" until more entries are received.
 The Base Special Service Office will present the winning team with a beautiful trophy at the end of the season. The league competition will continue every Wednesday night at the Hartford YMCA where no charge will be made for the contestants. The schedule for Open ing Night is as follows:
 Ordnance vs. Mapping
 Finance vs. Weather
 Time: 20O0 hours.
Bradley beam., 1943-11-27

Now, once again he is back in Flatbush via the trade winds, warming the bench while other managers are wondering where they are going to get someone to patrol their outer pastures. 1t seems as though there should be some spot open for men like John ny Cooney in baseball. A coaching job in the majors, or a job as man ager of minor league team would keep swell guy in there where he belongs.
 There is no doubt John is a gentleman both on and off the field and deserves to be placed where his baseball experience will be put to good use developing younger players. Let's hope fate has a good spot for Johnny in the baseball world.
Bradley beam., 1943-11-27
Photo Charters
 .:r Trounce Osborn Prison Farm, 5O~32

Last Tuesday night, the Photo Charters travelled to Thompsonville to engage the Osborn Prison Farm basketball team. The Charters were victorious in a see-saw battle by a score of 5O-32. The game was much closer than the score would indicate as both teams were dead locked at 12-all at the end of the first quarter. At he half they were still knotted at PAPA. How ever in the final half, the boys from Bradley showed the advantage of excellent physical condition by romping home the winners by a wide margin.
 Rogers, the winners left for ward, scored the amazing total of 26 points to become easily the high scorer of the evening. Left Guard Hatfield bucketed six field goals for 12 points to take the runner-up po- sition. Crean, the home teams right guard found the net with five field goals. The summary:
Bradley beam., 1943-11-27
Sports CastOff?

When the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National Professional Baseball League made their last swing thru the West they left behind them a 42-year old veteran who may have played in his last major league game. The man in question is John ny Cooney, Cranston, Rhode Is lands contribution to the baseball world.
 Cooney, at one time was a good pitcher with the Boston Braves of yore. He developed arm trouble, then hied off to the American As sociation, became an outfielder, and after hitting .371 for the season, was brought back to the majors via the Brooklyns.
 He amazed the fans who were used to the Babe Herman" type of fielding the ball with his head in stead of his gloved hand" with his ability to Ego and get 'em." The ease and grace with which he pull ed down those Hong ones" stamp ed him as one of the greatest out fielders in the business, but it was not until he was traded to the "New Bostons' that he really came into his own.
 Cooney finished second in the league batting race with an aver age of 1925 and once again his great work in the outer garden was a revelation. Boston fans took kind ly to the "young rookie" and he be- came a prime favorite with the "Beantowners.
Bradley beam., 1943-11-27
WINTER IS, COMING Ry Pfc. Erwin KOerber

Don't be sore because the grass
 isn't green, Or the leaves have turned a sunset
 sheen; Don't fight the gales, watch the
 trees, They store their sap and get rid of
 their leaves Or, take the bear, without care He hibernates-No it isn't fair; Even the rabbit gets new fur
 coat, When the wind takes on brighter
 note. The animals all have ways and
 means Of getting ready for the wintry
 scenes. Thus the squirrel also is wise He gets ready for winter skies. The birds, I admit, get the best
 of the deal They avoid the drafts we have to
 feel When wintry blasts tear at their
 nests They flap their wings and beat
 their breasts. Then using intuition, they head for
 the South. Yet, don't get envious or down in
 the mouth If you think Mother Nature is not
 so kind. Remember those birds left their
 furniture behind Even if we poor mortals must stay Spring cannot be so far away. and at least we still have our
 furniture.
Bradley beam., 1943-11-27
WARMIN
 THE BENCH
By SGT. FRANK DE BlOIS GINS Sports COrresp0ndesst
Boostin' Bertelii

Now that Angelo Bertelli is no longer a member of this years great Notre Dame football team, some sports writers would have us believe he wasn't such much. They would have us believe Ang- elo was weak on defense, poor on kicking, and of no use at all on the offense.
 It was only a few short yester- days ago that these same writers were using volumes of adjectives describing their praise of the Springfield boy. Words couldn't describe his "uncanny passing abil- ity," his "unfailing judgment in calling the right plays at the right tine," and his Smooth handling of the complicated Notre Dame T and shift" "Without Bertelli Notre Dame is just another team. /" Such was the cry of these same writers who are now trying to be- little truly great quarterback.
 Not taking any credit from John ny Lujack, 18-year old freshman who has the unenviable task of try ing to fill Bertelli's shoes now that the Springfield Rifle passed on to the Marines, Notre Dame definit- ely was not the same team against Army and Northwestern that it was in it's earliest games this sea- son. There is no doubt that Bertel- Ii was very important part of the Fighting Irish machine, and was one of the main reasons this same South Bend group functioned SC smoothly, overcoming all oppon- ents with a seemingly ridiculous ease. Let's not tear down a mans hard won reputation now that he no longer is in position to dc much about it.
Bradley beam., 1943-11-27
RADIO BROADCAST

The Special Service Division comes into the imehght via the ASF radio program, Army Serv- ice Forces Presents" at 2215 to- night. This program is of special interest to the men and women of this Field because of the large part Special Service plays in their life here at Bradley. The broadcast will be over the Blue Network.
Bradley beam., 1943-11-27
All Eastern Team Picked Here

The season has not arrived yet to attempt to pick an All American team. There will be plenty of head aches this year on that angle. AL most any one of a hundred backs could be named and put in a hat Draw four and you're as good as the next guy.
 We are however sticking our necks out just little way by nam ing an All Eastern team. The sell
Bradley beam., 1943-11-27

Last Weeks Results Friday, Nou. l9, 1943 Photo Charters B, White 30. Blue 5, Tow Target l6. Monday, NoO. 2, l943 Finance B, Medics A. 29th A.B. 25, Photo 17.
Bradley beam., 1943-11-27
Games This Week

Monday, Nov. g, 1943:
 Photo Charters vs. Tow Target White vs. Medics Friday, Dec. }, l943:
 Blue vs. Photo
 Finance vs. Both
Bradley beam., 1943-11-27
Inter er-Squadron
 Basketball League

The following are box scores of games played during the past week:
 GAMES OF FRIDAY, NOV. 18th:
Bradley beam., 1943-11-27
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And for your information this scribe did not attend Dartmouth College.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-04-01

.uli ..iIt we'll under the market
prices ell during the War. In 1865
the State plant. tanned Uut h".
l.uShCls of salt. and sold II ~ s...5
per hu.hcl. The market price a. tie
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however, the market prize went -
2i.no. and the state price t. Sl3nn.
NJ the same time salt IA Ral,lGh 'as
selling al $1,000 per bushrI. The
state used cvCrv kn"wn m"thnd al
the time IN hold down speculative
VIZ prices on all ipudSiu!lS and
nCCC sites.
i MI. Laura SrcIman RocE"ici-
Ter, IN whose honor the Rockefeller
"ruiui"rIun made riltS of more than
g. h00.O coo towards establishing the
Great Smoky Mountains National
Park ia North Carolina and Ter
ucsS"c. The memorial was umvclr,
- 80" North CHrulina-TcnnrsSc
line in Ncwf"und Gap III 1870. Pres
Idont FIauhlIn ID. Roosevelt being the
principal speaker.
5. In 1877 the North Carolina as
SCnEly pa ed an act protecting c.
itic- nt individuals vino cpuru,t"r
'uICrdC from CUnlISCitlpn 10y the
State.
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diana. lie had made himself So ob-
nOXinu; as I'm aide to Governor liui-
den in carrying out the governors
reconstruction p"ii'iCs that he was
marked for CNCCUuInn by the XII
EIux. In 1870 the Ku KluX Khan III
Orange county voted his death. This
action leaked out. and ON the day, G:
night. the Orange klanSmCn were To
60 la NlamaUCC 10 carry out The On
cCtIiInn. ShufinCr was spirited Oh;
of the county to Greensboro. He WIS
So frightened that hc LETT the State.
and moved to Indiana.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-04-01
NOTICE or SALE OF NI'yONiO.
BILE SEIZED ~ TltE scr OF
TRAN SPORTING yIDICE

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by authority E law. viii ON :hc 10 n
day Of April. 1919. al the courthouse
door in Henderson. r. {. at f."
o'clock, on said day. offer Ipr .sru
by public auction. rr cash. uu.
Ford 1911 Mercury Sedan. Nr.g 10
license NJ" lGGl33. Motor No. 80 \
328i3G. This car was ken from fine
possession Of ". Curtis Glenn. VINO
gave his address a.. &3i Bucl;mm
NvcnrC. Norfolk. Virginia. vino has
bCCN convicted IN fhr Muu.rpl'
Court of the CITY Of Tlcndcr Jn. ". G.,
for transporting liquor in said car
and by 4 judgment Of said court the
car has been COnIiscatcd d sold
This 3lSt day OF March. 1913.
F.. a. COTTRELL
Sheriff OF Vance County
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