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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-29
Corn Important In Record War Productio

have joined with VIA in asking
for the quick movement of corn
from farm to refinery.
They point out that starch, syrup
and dextrine from corn are used
by almost every industry in the
United States, and especially by
plants making vital war meterial
So essential are they, that Is OF
35 per cent drop in production
could result from a lack of corn fol-
processing, according to WPB esti-
mates.
Requirements of these plants
are only about one out of every q
bushels grown on American farms
last year, but the flow of corn
from farm to factory has dropped
to a dangerous low, says VIA
Minimum requirements of wal
industries total about two and q
half million bushels a week.
Starch Takes Lead.
Firstplace in industrial use goes
to starch made from corn, reports
show. Foundries that cast and
mold bronze, steel, aluminium and
magnesium depend on it to help
hold firm the molds of sand that
form parts for ships, tanks, guns
and planes. Most steel aluminium
parts could not be made without
the use of cornstarch and its pro-
ducts, according to WPB. Even
the aluminium itself would be i'm
possible without that starch, since
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-29

it is the only known flotation ag-
ent capable of transmitting baux-
tie, the raw material, into alumni
ma from which precious aluminium
! is made. Cornstarch is used in
manufacturing dynamite and Mir
ocellulose. Soaked with nitrogly-
cerine,' cornstarch fires guns.
V-board containers, in which
supplies can be floated ashore
for invasion landings, require
more than 100 million pounds of
starch and doctrines a year for
waterproofing and other man.
ufacturing uses. Adhesives are
needed for making all types of
fiber board containers water
tight and vermin-proof. They are
a requisite for many. plane parts,
including, the special plyboard
veneer wings on new-type ships:
Textile plants, from which come
tent and camouflage cloth, ma
terials for uniforms, denim and
duck, and fiber glass cloth for
bomber brake Innings, need corn
starch, too. Starch sizing increases
the strength of materials. A starch
treatment for surgical dressings
adds to their effectiveness.
Butyl alcohol, derived from
corn, is an important war ma
terial now in short supply. 1t flies
in the fuel tanks of bombers and
fighter planes, taking the form
of "inhibitors" that discourage
rust, stabilize the high-octane
gasoline and prevent the forma-
ton of gummy substances. 1t also
goes into the rubber which those
gasoline tanks bullet-proof.
Butyl alcohol, converted into
butyl acetate, appears in lacquer
and protective coatings for air.
craft and aircraft parts, ammuni-
ton, guns and gun mounts. In the
form of dibutyl phthlate it helps
make smokeless powder, and plas-
ticizers needed to manufacture
many types of coating. Photo
graphic film also calls on butyl
alcohol in its manufacture. Insect
|repellants a must" in many bat
tie areas, are another important
development in the butyl field.
Corn Saves Lives
Field hospitals on every fight
ing front are depending on starch,
sugar and syrup from corn to help
keep them equipped with life
saving medical supplies. Use of
corn products in the manufacture
of penicillin, wonder drug that is
performing miracles for the
wounded, had quadrupled pro-
duction. Sulfa drugs, aspirin,
and other pharmaceuticals also
employ corn derivatives.
Dextrose processed from corn
is now being used by the army
medical corps for special feeding
of the wounded, and particularly
after operations, as it can be in
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-29

drunkenness and fined $4,000 and
cost.
The case against Clarence
Turnmire was continued to a Ia
ter date.
Carl midget" Jones, of Tuck
erdale, was tried for public
drunkenness and was charged
with the cost.
Clarence Stevens, of Ashland,
West Virginia, was arrested on
two charges. He was fined $4,000
and cost and his drivers license
revoked for IL months, for driv-
ing while intoxicated. He was
also fined $1,000 and cost for
having illegal liquor in his pos
session.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-29
her first pink rose
that dated to bare
its beauty to the sky.

her first pink rose
that dated to bare
its beauty to the sky.
Perhaps she breathed a sigh
for the fragrant flower
that soon must die.
Now she is gone;
the house she loved
on the sunny hill
has fallen with decay
Time has his way
but the rose blooms on
beside a rotted sill;
it remains, alone,
of the things she loved
and called her own.
This frai1 pink rose
remembers not
her loving fingers,
but around it fingers
a holiness that I
who came so late
will not deny
nor deSecrate.
-Lorrayne Yates
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-29
AURA OF HOLINESS

One summer long ago
there must have been
a day like this.
a golden morning spun
of Silken wind and SUM-
a morning when
a woman stopped to kiss
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-29

farm to refinery will be necessary
from now until the new crop is
harvested in the fall, according to
the army, WPB and VIA, if the
most pressing war needs are to be
met. They point out that all
foundry work, all textile produc-
ton, all manufacturing of paper,
pharmaceuticals and chemicals,
and all production of adhesives
are dependent upon corn products
for essential processes.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-29
SEVERAL FINED BY
MAYOR PARSONS, MON

The following were tried before
Mayor Chas. O. Parsons, here, on
Monday: Floyd Wingler, West
Jefferson, tried for public drunk
enness, was fined $4,000 and
cost. He had a previous court
record.
E. Wilson was fined $4,000 and
cost for public drunkenness.
A. Houck, arrested for public
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-05-04
Party Conventions
In State Planned
Week of May 10th

Both major political parties in
Maryland announced that their state
conventions would be held the week
of May %.
At that time, party leaders said, the
formal nomination of Senator Willard
f. Tydings by the Democrats and
Blanchard Randall by the Republicans
would take place.
Galen L. TAFT, chairman of the Re-
publican State Central committee, dis
closed that his party's convention in
all probability would be held May 90
Truman B. Cash, of Westminster
Democratic chairman, reported nc
definite day.
Senator Tydings won all 1872 con-
vcntion votes in the Democratic pri-
mary and carried the state by a ma
jority of more than $4,000 in the
popular vote over Willis r. Jones.
Randall, backed by the McKeldin.
TAFT Republican organization, won
l03 of the Republican convention
votes over Paul Robertson, chairman
of the Baltimore Republican city
committee.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-05-04
Band Concert Is
Planned By Local
Group On Sunday
Will Be Given Sunday Evening
On Episcopal Church Lawn
At 7 O'clock

The Oakland Volunteer Fire Depart
mcnt band will present its first con-
cert on Sunday, May 7, at 7 p. NJ,
on the lawn of the Episcopal church
corner of Second and Liberty streets
it was announced by Lloyd Lillcr
president.
The following selections have been
announced by H. S. Mickey, director:
Activity, march; Project, march;
Indian Boy, foXtrot; Safety, march
Ambition, overture; military escort
march; Mister Joe, onc-step; Norma s
Dream, waltz; Mutual, march; Zenith
overture; God Be With You," and
"Thc Star Spangled Banner
Mr.. Lillcr said the band would have
40 members in full uniform with drum
major and six majorcttcs. He said
there would be an offering taken dur
ing the concert to help defrsy some
of the incidental expenses. Everyone
is invited to attend.
The second concert is to be held or
the Court House Lawn on either May
- or IS, it was stated.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-05-04
Roads Officials
Confer Here With
County Commissioners

State roads officials conferred with
members of the Board of County
Commissioners here on Tuesday at
the regular meeting of the latter.
The possibility of the State Roads
Commission accepting the Hoycs-
Friendsvillc and the Swanton- Bloom
ington highways into the state system
was discussed but officials were of
the opinion that the cost of getting
the roads into proper shape to pass
the specifications of the state system
was too high at this time and that it
might be better to wait until after the
war.
Plans for setting up projects for
postwar construction were also dis
cusscd. Present at the hearing were
Leo T. Downcy, district state roads
engineer, Cumberland; Bates Chaircs,
district engineer, Hagerstown; Har-
old f. Rock, in chdtge of state road
work in Garrett county, and Senator
Bernard l. Gender.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-05-04
Frank Knox, Secretary
Of Navy, Dies At 70

Frank Knox, Secretary of the Navy
and one Of two Republicans in Presi-
dent Rooscvelt's war cabinet, died
Friday, April IS, of heart attack
He was 70 years old.
Knox had suffered first light
heart attack in New York on Sunday
and a second severe one at his home
in Washington, Tuesday. The final
attack came early Friday and he died
shortly after noon,
He was one of the rough riders
Of the Spanish-American war and
entered the last war as a private
coming out major of artillery, later
advancing to the rank of colonel III the
reserves. He entered newspaper bust
ness as a crusading reporter in Grand
Rapids, Mich, and ended as a Crusad-
ing publisher of the Chicago Daily
News. He ran for vice president of
tho United States in 1886, along with
All Landon, on the Republican ticket
knoX was buried Monday at Airing
ton, Va, in the national cemetery.
James v Forrestal is now acting
zocretar-'
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-05-04
Elementary P.-T.A.
Elects Its Officers
Mrs. George Hanst Named Pres
ident; Mrs. Minor Sprague
Vice-President For Term

At the final meeting of the year for
the Oakland Elementary Parent
Teacher association last Thursday
evening, Mrs. George Hanst was
elected president for next term, sue
cccding Mrs. Harold II. Harmed.
Others chosen included Mrs. Minor
Spraguc, c-presidcnt; Mrs. S, r.
Naylor, secretary; Mrs. Prentice De-
Berry, treasurer.
Miss Kate Bannatyne, elementary
supervisor, spoke to the group on
"skils".
Mrs. Harmed, retiring president, re-
ported this morning that the associa
ton through the period January 10 to
April IS, had served S,0S1 meals to
pupils in their school lunch program,
and that 1851 had been free meals;
that 5000 had been served with milk
only, 53S of them being served free.
Mrs. Harmed stated that any surplus
from the project would so into the
improvement of the kitchen and the
lunch rooms. She also announced that
the association had given $4,000 for
the purchase of Library books,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-05-04
Nearly All Meat
Ration Free By
New OPAOrd

All meat except steaks and roasts
of beef became ration free at mid
night last night. But thcrc'll be only
half as many red points as before.
The OPA announced the actual
effect on each individual would vary
widely according to what has been
bought with rcd points in the past.
With the rcd point allowance
slsshed to fifteen every two weeks
beginning next Sunday he will have
only two points every two weeks for
cheese, evsporsted milk and margar-
inc unless he cuts steak and butter
consumption. Those who have been
letting the high point items alone can
have good deal more Of The better
cuts Of beef under the new schedule.
Tho reduction in number of avail
able red points will be accomplished
by validating thirty per person every
four weeks instead of thirty every
two weeks as in the past The three
stamps becoming valid next Sunday.
May T, for ten points each must last
until Sunday. June 4.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-05-04
Twenty-Three Ordered
To Report For Army
Service On May 18th

Twcnty-thrcc men who have been
accepted for service in the u. S. Army
in recent prc-induction physical eX-
aminations, have been ordered to re-
port to the local sclcctivc service
board on Thursday night. May II, to
cntrain for Fort George G. Meade
All but three are listed as fathers.
The following were named by the local
board:
Edgar Anderson Smith, Mt. Lake
Park; Frank Vodopivcc, Jr., Kitz-
miller; Clarence Russell Sterling,
Crcllin; Edward Thomas Maroncy
Oakland; Arthur Raymond Devine,
Accident; Virgil Bruce Kelley, Oak
land; Howard Joseph Johnson, Oak
land; Charlie Henry King, Oakland;
Harvey Franklin Cover, Kitzmiller;
Robert Alexander Wcisc, Grantsvillc;
Garry David Ridder, kitzmiller,
Delmar Charles Dilley, Oakland;
Jonas Randolph Bittncr, Fricndsville;
Wade Albert Schroyer, Fricndsville;
Erwin William Jenkins, Accident;
George Louis Porter Oakland; Lloyd
William Cook, Mt, Lake Park; Carl
Arthur Dixon, Friendsvillc; Delmel
Lindon Ray, Kitzmillcr; Dwight
Theodore Schenk, Oakland; Howard
Linwood Simmons, Crcllin; Paul Ed
ward Newman, Grantsvllc; Thomas
Calvin Smith. Deer Park.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-05-04
Less Than 500 Is
Needed to Put Over
Red Cross Campaign
Total Reaches S5.909.S4. Accord
ing To Report Of Chairman OF
War Fund Drive

Less than 500 is now needed tC
put the American Red Cross Wan
Fund drive over the top in its cam.
paign to raise $4,000 in Garrett coun-
ty, and Mrs. Paul B. Naylor War
Fund chairman, stated she was conf
dent that the quota would not only be
reached but surpassed.
Since the announcement last week
Mrs. Naylor received $352.05, bring.
ing the total amount to $5,909.84, anC
she has asked all solicitors to turn il
their funds and names of contributors
within the next week or two.
Mrs. Ross Spcicher solicited $383.75
at Accident, and other solicitors were
credited as follows: Jennings, Rache
Hughes. S44; CasSclman community
Stewart Stahl, $4,000; Kcmpton, Mrs
Edith Fox, $52.58; Steyer school, J
Timothy Moon, $3.50; Bethlehem
school, DIN W. Taskcr, $685.; Chest
nut Grove school. Mrs Lillian Riggs
$3.50; Bcall school, Mrs. Elizabeth
Williams, $3.50; ShalImar, Miss
Gladys Hamill, $2S.85; Manadicl
Ridge, Saul S. Shapiro, $3.75; Second
street, Oakland, Mrs. K. Ray Jones
S5S, making the total for Second
street 1924. j. W. Jackson company
Oakland contributed 500, making
Mrs. Ray Tects' total $4,000 from
business section of town. Mrs. Eva
Ream's total for Crellin was $751; SO
Mrs. J. w. Butt, Liberty street, added
81 to her list contributed by Mrs
Graca limbaugh and Mrs. nellie
Shaffer, making her total $150.40.
Money turned into the chairman
last week included: Miss Mary Harsl
50, Mrs. Robert Hahn 81, Francis Z
Kcrshncr $40, Present Opportunit!
club of Crcllin S., Manufacturing
Light and Heat Company apportion.
Continued on Page Two)
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-05-04
Wo11~9 q Puuile9e

Millions of Europeans would give almost anything they had
for the opportunity Of using the ballot which about 80 of
eligible citizens of Maryland entirely dsregarded Monday
Many people hardly of the election taking place
passed polling places throughout the day
interested enough stop and take minutes time exercise
of the greatest privileges that individuals have.
Admittedly hundreds of people had good excuses Many
in the forces their
home precinct Farmers behind in their work and took adj
vantage favorable days blowing and planting
Many may have had enough gasoline with which the
polls There lack spirited among asprants
But all elections important and it is regreabe that
pie do not make special effort to vote.
There should be such Indifference the November cleo
ton. Too much is at stake
War restrictions upon individual liberties
Those imposed by bureaucratic federal
The continuation of the free ballot the only
safeguard against such restrictions becoming
Don't neglect the opportunity vote 1t sacred right of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-05-04
PRIMARY VOTE
IS EXTREMELY
LIGHT MONDAY
Less Than Thousand Voters
Went To POlls-Dewey Gets
Substantial Written

Garrett County Republicans
showed determined preference for
Governor Thomas E. Dewey, of New
York for the COP presidential nomi-
nation by giving him 222 "writc-in'
votes in the state primary on Monday,
but the election showed also a decided
lack of interest.
Only a few more than 900 individual
voters went to the polls to exercise
their right of franchise from a total
of more than nine thousand registered
in the county. On the basis that the
cost of an election to the taxpayers
will be about $500, it cost the coun-
ty at least 81 for every vote cast
Election officials said that quite a
few other writc-in votes for Thomas
E. Dewey were made but that failure
to make cross mark after his name
in the proper space caused him to be
declared invalid.
The Garrett county ballot with its
writc-in opportunity, and the subse-
quent showing for Dewey, was the
subject of nationwide broadcast on
Tuesday night by Lowell Thomas.
Wendell L. Willkic received AZ votes
in spite of the fact that he had with
drawn from the race several weeks
ago, and III voted for an uninstructed
delegation, complete unofficial re-
turns showed.
Paul Robertson carried the county
for the United States Senatorial
nomination on the Republican ticket
but lost out in the state to Blanchard
Randall. Robertson received 230 votes
to 1872 for Randall Rivcs Matthews,
Princess Ann publisher, receiver 100
votes.
United States Senator Willard +.
Tydings had walk -away in the
Democratic Senatorial contest rcceiv-
ing PIT votes. Willis r. Jones received
SO, Charles Baden, 10, Vincent +.
Long, two, and Stephen b. Pcddicord,
one. Tydings also won easily through
out the rest of the state.
The unofficial election returns for
the county arc published in today's
issue. The official count will be made
this afternoon by the Board of Super
visors of Elections.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-05-04
Many Persons Using
Wrong Sugar Stamp In
Mailing Applications

Because many applicants for can
ming sugar are attaching to their APP
plications the No. 81 sugar" stamp
instead of the No, 81 spare" stamp,
the Office of Price Administration
stressed this morning the importance
of all applicants for canning sugar
familiarizing themselves with the
regulations which are printed on the
form before mailing their applications
to the local office.
". O. Davis, chief clerk, said the
error not only caused the applications
to be returned but since the sugar
stamp is removed from the book they
are more apt to become lost or mis-
laid, thus causing the ration book
holder some Inconvenience when the
No. 81 sugar stamp becomes valid. 1t
will be several months before the No.
81 sugar stamp becomes valid, the
ones valid at present being Nos 80
and 81.
The Board further stressed the inn
portance of the new truck tire rcgula-
tons. These new regulations make it
mandatory for two inspcctions-one
by an official tire inspector and sec
ond check by a tire inspection depot.
If the inspection depot agrees that the
tire is no longer useful, it will certify
the application and forward it to the
Board for consideration
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-05-04
Community Canning
Program Is Planned
For Oakland Area
To Be Operated Under Vocational
Training Program; Federal
Government To Provide Funds

A community canning program,
similar to the one carried on in
Friendsville last year. is to be in
augurated in Oakland this summer, it
was announced by F. f. Rathbun,
county superintendent of Schools.
The program is made possible
through funds furnished by the Fed
cral government and will be under the
general direction of Mr. Rathbun,
with direct supervision by 0. 7.
eraser, coordinator of the War Train
ing program in Garrett county.
At a meeting last week of school
officials, home economics teachers and
a few interested citizens, the Sct-up
was explained by James R. Ward of
the State department of Education.
Charles B. Miller and Mrs Iva Rush,
Fricndsville, told how the project sue
cecded in that area last year.
John J. Scidel, assistant state super
intcndcnt for vocational education
has called food production war
training conference in Baltimore on
Saturday, May -, which Mr.. Rath-
bun and Mr.. eraser will attend. At
this time further information on the
canning project will be obtained and a
program for the summer months set
up.
Mr.. Rathbun said the canning pro-
gram will be carried on in the build
ing on Sth street, starting about July
10. Any interested individual is al
lowed to bring material there to can,
either in jars or cans, and there is no
charge for anything except for cans
purchased. He pointed out that the
community method was said to be
quicker, more economical, making
much less muss at home, and in many
eases homemakers realized better
preservation of food. A trained per-
son would be in charge who would in
struct inexperienced Gamers if de-
sired, he said.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-05-04
Canneries In State
Need $4,000 Workers

To save the peas, beans and tomato
crops in Maryland this year at least
$4,000 new workers must be recruited
for the cannerics in Baltimore and in
sixteen counties, according to Law
renee B. Fcnneman, state director of
the War ManpoWcr commission.
He estimated that canneries now
have in sight 1900 men and women
for the peak Of the season whereas
$1,000 are required to prevent spoil
age of vital food for the civilian
population, military needs and for the
Allies.
Garrett county was listed as hav-
ing need of $50 at the peak, with only
SO workers now in sight.
A statewide campaign to recruit
volunteer workers to meet the peak
loads is planned by the commission.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-05-04
.39CALLEDFOR
.PRE-INDUCTION
EXAM ON MAY 7
Group To Leave Oakland That
Night For Baltimore; All But
Nine Listed AS Fathers

Thirty-ninc selectees have been or
dered by the local Selectivc Service
board to report Sunday night, May 7,
at Oakland, to be sent to the induction
station at Baltimore for their pre-
induction physical examination on
Monday.
Those accepted will be returned to
their homes in the county and will be
subject to call after twcnty-onc days.
All but nine of the group arc listed
as fathers.
This is the second call for men dur
ing the month of May, another group
having left here Tuesday night. No
report as yet has been received at the
board office concerning the number of
reflections or acceptance Of the latter
group.
Those scheduled to leave for Balti-
more on Sunday night include the fol-
lowing:
Jacob A. Holtschncidcr. Deer Park
Carl Burton Cough. ...... Kitzmillcr
Verlyn Roy Carr. .......... McHcnry
Bruce X, Sweitzer. ........ Swanton
James Bancc King. -. Mt. Lake Park
Carlton Austin Barnard. Accident
Robert Olden Liller. . . Mt. Lake Park
Henry August Schmidt. .... Oakland
William Elwood Comp. ...... NindcX
Warren Robert Tichncll. Bloomington
Murrcl Elwood NedrOw. .Sclbysport
Irven Abraham Liller Mt Lake Park
Ellis Lambert Harvey ...... Swanton
Donald Lee Moorchead. Bloomington
Charles Edgar Spilcr. Frostburg
Hobart Morgan Reall 49,, .Gormania
Carl Lester Callis.,,... Mt, Lake Park
Harvey Frank Upholc. Oakland
Charles West Baker. ........ Crellin
Charles Lewis Mcrsing ,...... Crcllin
Joseph Ernest Werner. .Frostburg
Ralph Hamilton Weeks ...... Crcllin
Glen William Fratz. ....... Accident
Lawrence Edward WEIGH. .. Oakland
Edward Andrew Spikcr. $500. Oakland
George Wilson Montgomery Kcmpton
Clarence William Tasker Shallmar
Wallace Eugene Hardcsty. Hutton
John Wesley Harvey ...... kitzmillcr
Ronald David Lindsay ...,.. Oakland
William Howard Clary Deer Park
Charles Nichols Fernando. e.. Shallmar
Leonard Alexander ....... McHcnry
Paul Thomas Hetrick 49,. Grantsville
Elwood Charles Edgar. ..... McHcnry
John Boyd Schenk. .,....... Oakland
Marshall Meats, Jr......... McHenry
James Tunney Adams. ...... Oakland
Lester Raymond Edgar. McHcnry