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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-09-28

Mr.. Shank is director of the Wayne
Laboratories and is a member of the
Rotary Club of Wayncsboro. He was
nominated as governor at the 180th
district conference in Harrisburg
April 80 and May /, and was formally
elected at the 1914 convention of
Rotary International in Chicago in
May.
Mr.. Shank will visit the Rotary
Club to advise and assist the Presi-
dent, Dir. W. W. Grant, Secretary,
William O. Davis, and other officers
on matters pertaining to club admins
tration and Service activities Mem
bers of the Board of Directors and the
chairmen Of various committees will
assemble following the regular meet
ing.
Next Friday an inter-city meeting
is planned at which time Mayor 7. R.
Mckcldin, of Baltimore, will deliver
the main address.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-09-28
To Observe Anniversary

Boy Scout Troop 70, Mountain Lake
Park, will observe its fourth anniver-
sity Friday evening, 1880 at the bowl
ing alley in the Park. The Scouts are
to have as special guests their dads,
along with the Troop Committee and
the Court of Honor. A special pro-
gram has been arranged. Scout moth
ers have arranged for refreshments
under the direction of Mrs. H. l.. Bit
ner and Mrs. E. P. Kahl.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-09-28
Treasurer Sending Out Final
Notices On 1943 Taxes

J. Edward Helbig, county treasurer,
announced today that final notices
were being sent out to citizens who
had failed to pay their 1943 taxes.
The law requires that taxpayers de-
ljnqucnt for one year have their prop
critics advertised for sale. and the
year will be up on October /.
Mr.. Helbig said that Sc percent Of
last years taxes had been paid, AL
though no close chcck-up has been
made he estimated that about IS per-
cent of 1914 taxes had also been paid.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-09-28
POTOMAC BASIN
DISCUSSION BY
AREACOMMISSION
Recommendations Designed To
Solve Potomac River Pollution
Results From Conference

pproXimately thirty-five persons
from four states and the District of
Columbia gathered at Harrington
Manor in Swallow Falls state forest.
five miles west of here, last Fr.,,@
and Saturday in an attcmp>
about coordinatcd effort
the pollution problems of the P, >
River basin. o.
Various committees on indusk
research, procedure for poStw
planning, etc, met Friday afternoon
to work out concrete recommended.
tons Of procedure, and results of
these discussions which were an
nounced Saturday morning included
four proposals which were submitted
by the Planning committee TO the
executive committee. of the commits
sion.
The proposals covered opinions on
flood control projects, obtaining Of
funds, recognized importance of
proper use of land in pollution con-
troll, and gave support to the pro-
gram of the State Department Of
health on setting up sanitary dis
tricts.
Members of the Planning committee
included |. Alvin Pasercw, Maryland;
Raymond V. Long, Virginia; DR.. c.
R. Orion, West Virginia; and E. A.
Schmitt, of the u. S. Engineer office
in Washington. Executive committee
members at the two-day session were
Harold A. Kemp, District of Column
bia Raymond V. Long, Virginia;
Senator George II. Williams, West
Virginia; c. c. Burger. Federal gov
eminent, Army engineer.
The proposals submitted for con-
sdcration and action:
Be it resolved that:
|. The commission use the weight
of its authority to make special
effort in whatever direction necessary
and by whatever means deemed de-
srable to urge the early completion
of power and flood control projects
involving water storage wherever
they occur within the Basin as an
item which will contribute positively
and Immediately to mitigation Of pol
luton difficulties through stream
regulation.
2. The Commission continue its
efforts to obtain funds from public,
private and quasi-public individuals
or agencies to make possible research
for recovery and treatment of pol
luton in the Basin.
3. The Commission recognize the
Importance of the proper use of the
land in the control of pollution prob
lens, that the type of vegetation and
the practices employed in the cult
walton of the soil arc of prime impor-
tancc in conserving water and will
aid in solving pollution problems. We
urge that this program be developed
and supported by the commission.
4. In conformity with the regula-
tons Of the Maryland State Board
of Health concerning the setting up
of sanitary districts, the Commission
throw its support behind the adop-
ton of that program urging the eX-
tension of such program to cover the
Of bcr statnc in tbc haCin
f. K. Cotton, engineer secretary Of
the Potomac River Basin commission,
declared in regard to the first reso-
luton, that the completion of the
Savage River dam was considered of
prime Importance.
1t was decided that completion of
the dam offered the greatest posi-
bility of bringing immediate results
as far as river Improvement is con-
ccrned as it is already IS per cent
Continued on Page Three
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-09-28
Fire Causes Slight Damage AT
Hamill Apartments Monday

Oakland firemen were called about
l o'clock Monday morning, to eXtin-
guish a blaze at the Hamill apart
ments, Second street, which had
caught from fireplace in the Harvey
apartment on second floor
The flames had caught around the
chimney in the north wall but they
were promptly put out. Damage was
slight.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-09-28
Missing in Action

Charles Moon, of Keyser, w. Va,
formerly of Oakland, son of Mrs.
George Moon, west of town, received
a telegram dated August %, stating
that his son, Pfc. Donald Moon, had
been missing in action since August
II, in Italy.
Mrs. George Moon said she had
heard from her grandson recently in
which he spoke of Rome, and what
a lovely city it was.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-09-28
T. B. Clinic Scheduled

The regular monthly tuberculosis
clinic will be held in the county
health department office, Court
House. Oakland, on Wednesday morn
ing, October II, beginning at 8
o'clock.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-09-28
Display Of Guns, Etc, In
Store Windows

TO aid in the recruitment of labor
for the ordnance department at Aber-
deem, there have been exhibits in two
store windows of town this week. A
variety of guns, shells, and models
are shown in the windows of the Half
Price Store, while pictures of the
Proving Grounds are on display in
the West Maryland Power company
window.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-09-28
Rotarians to Hear
District Governor
Will Visit Oakland Club TOmor-
row Evening; Intercity Meet
ing Planned For October 6

The Oakland Rotary Club tomorrow
will welcome John Jay Shank, Way
nesboro, Pa, governor of the 18Oth
district of Rotary International which
includes "a clubs in Maryland, West
Virginia and Pennsylvania, on the
occasion of his official" visit.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-09-28
10 CALLED FOR
PRE-INDUCTION
EXAM. OCTOER 9
Those Accepted Will Be Subject
To Duty After Twenty-One
Days; Two Are Volunteers

Nineteen Selectees from Garrett
county have been ordered to report
to the local Selective Service board
on Monday night, October 9, from
which point they will be sent to the
induction station in Baltimore for
their pre-induction physical cxamina-
ton.
Accepted ones will be subject to call
for active duty after twenty-one days.
All in the list are classed as non
fathers. The first two named are vol
unteers. Those notified to report are
as follows;
Harold James Hamilton. $50. Oakland
Harry John Smith. .........O Oakland
Thomas Louis Brobst. -. Accident
Paul Eugene Riley Accident
Walter Thayer Sanders. Oakland
Darl Zodock Friend .........C rellin
William Ohio Barnard ..... Swanton
Charles E. Eager. Emoryville, w. Va.
Lewis Edward Bolyard. ... Oakland
Foster Dayton Lipscomb. j.. . Oakland
Glenn Dalton Martin Oakland
Fay Lester Miller, Jr... .Grantsville
Elmer Calvin Paugh ..........V indcx
Philip Hugh Tichncll ..... Swanton
Ronald Joseph Simons. 80. Swanton
Albert William Dunithan, Jr. Vindcx
IpSlic Guinn BLOOMINGTON
Joseph Calls, Jr......Mt. Lake Park
Leo Dawson .......... Shaw, w. Va.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-09-28
Thee Q4owtA III The A>s4~ea

Asst WEEK number of persons from large of tn
Potomac Basin gathered in this county to discuss poll
ton of streams particularly the Potomac River and tn
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-04-14

Mrs. W. G. RenshaW spent
Easter with her husband in Great
Falls.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-04-14
SeIective Service Takes
Younger Men First

Washington-Selective service
headquarters, a k ing drastic
steps to hasten the delivery of
young men to the armed services,
have ordered postponement o
the drafting of all men 26 and
over who are in war-important
jobs, even those already ordered
to report for induction.
Draft Director Lewis B. Her
shey announced the action after
being told BY the army and navy
that they want young men so
badly they are willing for the
draft board to fail to deliver
their quotas Of older registrants
Apparently the plan is to send
young men into the army and
navy almost enmasse during
April. Informed officials said it
meant the current government
program of indorsing deferments
for certain key men under 26 must
be speeded up if it is to be in
time.
An official of the office of war
information said a list will be
provided in a day or two to guide
draft boards in the determent of
young men. He said the list will
be substantially that to be pro-
vided by the interagency COM
mittee h ad d by Manpower
Chairman Paul V. McNutt.
The postponement Of older
men starts as soon as local boards
can stop their machinery and set
up the new system. This may be
the middle of next week in some
localities. draft officers said. A
man scheduled to b g indicted
Monday or Tuesday, for example
will have no legal recourse if his
induction takes place on schedule.
The delay will last until pro-
cessing of men under 26 has been
Substantially accomplished,
Hershey said.
How long that will be depends
Continued on page Iour)
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-04-14
Walter Hanson Getting
Ready For The Navy

Unwilling to risk being called
into the armed forces at a time
when he will he close to the
harvesting stage Of his crop,
Walter Hanson, who is farming
the old Cooper place one-half
mile south of Browning, will sell
his property at public sale on
Saturday, May 6.
Hanson passed his preinduction
physical at Butte in March and
was accepted into the nav
forces, He was given an agricul.
tural deferment until August.
When his property has been
disposed of. he said, he will be
ready to respond to Uncle Sans
call.
His wife and three small chill
dren will make their home in
Browning when he leaves.
The property to be sold is list
ed on a large sales bill that will
distributed Saturday.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-04-14
Red Cross Chapter
Makes Shipment Of
Clothing, Etc. East

An extentiye shipment of ar.
ticles of clothing and equipment
serving various needs of the
Red Cross was made recently to
an eastern American Red Cross
receiving center by Mrs. Tom
Handy, production chairman of
the Blackfeet Chapter.
The shipment included five
large quilts, two lap robes, three
pillows, two bed shirts, three op.
Grating gowns, q girls slips, two
ladies' petticoats, 20 girls
blouses. "a mems knit sweaters,
IL knit mufflers, 10 helments and
two pair mems socks.
Mrs. Handy said that the local
chapter had received material for
sewing IA kit bags for men 60
ing overseas as we'll as a quantity
OF yarn.
Anyone desiring to help with
the work, she said. should get in
touch with her. Her telephone
number is 70.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-04-14
George l. Aahl Welding
In Oakland Yards

The Chief is in receipt of word
from George l.. Aahl at Oakland,
Calf. that h e is employed as
welder in the Americana Hawaiian
Steamship Company yards. Vess-
els of every flag of the United
Nations are repaired there, he
said.
Working on a Russian vessel
in the yards for repairs. he said
that many of the crew we're boys
IL and IA years old. Mr.. Aahl
had waited to be called into the
service and finally was rejected
because of a physical disability,
which placed him in At.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-04-14
Local Auxiliary Unit
Shares In $4,000 Fund
To GLADDEN. Servicemen

An interesting ceremony took
place at American Red Cross
headquarters in Washington re-
Gently when MI s. Lawrence
Smith, national president of the
American Legion Auxiliary. pre-
scented $4,000 check to Richard
F. Allen. vice chairman of Insu-
lar and Foreign Operations
national headquarters in Wash
ington, D. C.
T h Auxiliary's check will
maintain two clubmobiles for a
period of one year for Yank SER
vicemeu, one in the European
theatre and the other in the Pa
cific.
Included in the $4,000 check
was contribution made by the
Browning Auxiliary unit.
A neat plaque with the words,
Gift of the American Legion
Auxiliary" will make many of
the servicemen. whose mothers
and wives are members of the
Auxiliary, feel that the folks at
home are at the front with them.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-04-14
Boeing Firm In Quest
Of Workers For Plant

With thousands of employees in
the Boxing Aircraft Company at
Seattle being called into t h e
armed forces. the firm is in such
dire straits for persons to replace
them. that a representative will
be in Cut Bank Thursday, April
20 in quest of workers.
Elsewhere in The Chief ap.
pears a display urging Browning
men and women. who are ELI
gible, to accept employment.
Figuratively. the Boeing firm
is out to present jobs on silver
platter.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-04-14
Malaria Fatal To
Alfred N. Songret
In Merchant Marine

Ill with malaria developed
through war service, Alfred M.
Songret, "a, former Browning
young young man. died recently
in a military hospital n New
Castle, Australia, according to a
telegram received by local rela-
tives early this week.
He was buried in Sidney with
full military rites.
Serving an enlistment in the
navy with a medical unit prior to
World War 2, he Was honorably
discharged some t m before
Pearl Harbor.
Later suffering an accident to
his ankles, he was disqualified
from military service. However,
he insisted on doing his part and
entered the merchant marine and
had made a number of conveys.
Deceased is survived by his
father, j o h n Songret; three
brothers, John in the Veterans
Hospital IN Walla Walla, Pvt.
James i n Hawaiian Islands a n d
Kenneth of Browning; six sisters.
Mrs. Virgil Mlchaels of Portland,
Mrs. Mary and Miss Agnes Davis
of Anscortes, Wn.. Miss Eloise of
Helena. Mrs. Tho.a Davis of
Livingston and Mrs. Clara Wad-
dell of Browning.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-04-14
Water Accounts Must
Be Paid goth of Month

Punctual settlement of water
accounts by the Goth of each
month is mandatory as pointed
out in notice TO water con-
sumers by Town Water C o m
missioner Harold Hanneman else
where in The Chief.
The notice also informs that
the irrigation rate went into eff
feet April l. The earlier charge
this season has been accustomed
by earlier use of irrigation water.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-04-14
Mothers To Rattle Suit

An expensive lady's W h t e
riding suit made by workers of
the Museum craftshop and which
was given to the Browning War
Mothers by them recently, will
be ratified by them, sale of tickets
to begin tomorrow. Drawing will
be at the high school on field day
next month,
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-04-14
Crippled ChiIdren's Clinic
At Great Falls May / and 2

E. M. Davis. supervisor Of Ga.
cier County Welfare Department,
announced that the spring clinic
for crippled children of Glacier
and six other counties will be
conducted at the City-County
Health office in Great Falls May
l and 2.
Previous appointments must be
made with Mr.. Davis.
Eligibles must be under 2
years of age, with only those In
economic distress to be awaited
hospital care.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-04-14
Avery w. Paisley Now
Training For Bombadier

Avery w. Paisley is one of Is
cadets of Montana. who are re-
ceiving pre-hight training at the
San Antonio Aviation Cadet Cen
ter.
The Texas training is to pre-
pare them for aerial instruction
as pilots, bombardiers and navi-
gators.
Training will continue for 10
weeks. after which the students
will attend advanced training
schools.
Previous schooling qualifying
Cadet Paisley for his present
course was in Oklahoma.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-04-14
Impressive Rites
For Hugh Jackson;
Hero Of World War |

Funeral services for the late
Hugh Jackson, Browning citizen
who died in Los Angeles hos
pital early last week. We're con-
Quoted in the Methodist Church
yesterday at 2 p. m. interment
being made in the Browning
Cemetery.
A World War l veteran. one
who helped to etch the American
"douRhboy's' epic of gallantry
upon t h e grim battlefelds O f
France, one who in his magnfi-
cent valor was felled by an en-
emy's bullet as to nurture a
wound that years hence should
attest this soldiers last f u |
measure of sacrifice" Jackson
was laid away by loving hands
and hearts-of war comrades of
two tragical wars.
Services were in charge of In
dian Reservation Post, American
Legion, of which the deceased
had long been a member. The
sermon, of a beautiful ScripturaI
text, was delivered by the Rev.
Albert Barber OF Cut Bank.
Two hymns, by An Old Rug
ged Cross" and Have Thine
Own Way, Lord" were sung by
a vocal group composed of the
Misses Vergene Beck. Monalta
Olson and Nina Mckay, with
Mrs. Robert Starr as piano &C.
companist.
Military aplendor shone at the
grave commitment, with the SOL
dier's farewell BY firing squad
and taps by Legionnaire bugler,
James Arnoux. Burial was un-
der the direction C. Murl Beck of
the Browning Funeral Home.
Pallbearers. members o f the
American Legion. included Percy
Nash. Harold Hanneman. Harold
Prestmo, Edward McDougalI,
Thomas Rodgers a I'd Norman
Halseth.
The deceased's death followed
years of Interpretation and i'll
health. a condition developing
from a bullet that lodged near
,the spinal column in the chest
area. On several occasions sur
geons sought to remove it, only
to be discouraged out of a judy
ment that an operation might
prove fatal.
The deceased 9 magnificent war
record was attested by his being
holder of the Purple Heart, the
Croix de Guerre and the Disting-
uished Service Medal.
1t was in the bitter war days
of spring. 1918, when he as a
sergeant in Co. D, 23rd Infanty,
suffered his injury.
In many a skirmish and en-
gagement he "soldiered" brave
ly as to make sacred the Aisne,
the Marine and St. Michel.
Continued on last page)
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-04-14
CountyF air Sentiment Unanimous
F air Association To
Be Big Brother
To New Project

Unanimity of sentiment favor
ing the earliest possibles realiza-
ton of county fair to be op-
Grated with not only he full
blessing of the Browning Fair
Association. but as well, under a
substantial financial responsible
in which the corporation would
pledge d share of the concerns
administrative efforts was ex-
pressed at a meeting of its board
of directors and a group of local
businessmen and citizens in the
Yegen Hotel banquet room Tues
day evening.
1t was the second meeting in
several weeks. the first one, at
tended by practically as many,
being to provide sketch of the
project and to determine the
general attitude of citizens to-
wards it.
The enthusiasm shown at Tues
day evenings meeting was mind
full of the days when the same
representative group were doing
their practical dreaming in behalf
of Inception of the Blackfeet
Roundup. In fact, the launching
of county fair. it may be as
sumed from discussions at Tues
day evenings meeting, impressed
t h e proponents that nothing
succeeds like success. and that
if one horse shoe brings good luck,
a heap of them is a heaping sue
cess.
The meeting was presided over
by Dick Taught, president of the
board of directors of the Brown
ing Fair Association.
Taught reviewed what had been
discussed at the initial meeting,
stressing the fact that time is the
essence and that it was now op-
perfume to do h e necessary
things looking to a fair in actual
substance.
He pointed out that it " ould be
the pride of Glacier County citi-
zens TO be able to acclaim their
own county fair and in the i'm
mediate future years to rely upon
it as an important activity in the
postwar program of development.
Freal Mcbride, superintendent
of the BIackfeet Indian Agency,
held coinciding views. He said
that inasmuch 9 agricultural
achievement was dominantly in
the program of the Bureau of To-
dian Affairs in working out poll.
cies for the betterment of the In
dian, q project of the import of a
county fair, or even one of lesser
magnitude. would likely get de-
served recognition.
In the light of what was being
accomplished by the 13 4-H Clubs,
representing the efforts of some
l20 bows and girls of the Black
feet Reservation, he indicated
that the Indian Agency was will
ing to do its share-even to aid as
'hewers of wood and drawers of
water
He even proposed that though
the government was unable to
aid with physical developments
not on its land holdings, it could
still make its contribution by
making available to the fair plant
the conveniences of the Plains
Museum for exhibition purposes.
Again. he proposed that in order
to still be within its policy. the
government could subscribe to
the project by providing a build
Continued on last psge)
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-04-14
Browning Soldier Injured
In South Pacific Zone

Mrs. Abbot Goss has received
sad news that her nephew, Pvt.
Joseph Stone. has been wounded
in action in the South Pacific war
zone. The information said that
the wounds were suffered on the
shoulders and legs.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-04-14

Lester W. Smell returned from
Helena Wednesday, where he
took oath as a member of the
armed forces. He expects to he
called for duty as petty officer
Sc in the navy.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-04-14
Browning War Mothers
Dance Saturday Eve.

In another of its series of bene-
fit events, h Browning War
Mothers will give an Old time
dance in the high school gym
Saturday evening. Admission
will be IS cents, and a lunch with
a Is cents charge will be served.