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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17
Grantsville Soldier
Awarded Air Medal

Mrs Harry Maurer, of Somerset,
route 2, has received a letter from her
son, TjSgt. Robert Zehner, dated
July 7th, informing her that he had
been awarded the Air Medal. Sgt.
Zehncr is a brother of Floyd Zehner,
of Grantsville
He is a mechanic and crew chief of
a troop carrying plane stationed some
where in England, His squadron took
a ma jOr part in the invasion of Sicily
and Italy and last Mach was trans
ferred to England to take part in
the invasion of France. He had his
first glimpse of France on D-Day,
June 6.
He entered the Air service March
81, 1912, and left the states for Africa
in April, 1913, by plane. He was
slightly injured enroute in Brazil and
was hospitalized in that country for
month. He caught up with his out
fit in North Africa in May, 1943, and
remained there until the invasion of
Sicily.
While in North Africa he had an
attack of malaria and found the heat
and sand storms almost unbearable
In Sicily he found the climate very
much like at home. He has written
that England is very beautiful
country and that the English people
treat the American boys very hos
pitably.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17
To Have Memorial
Service for Soldier

A memorial service, honoring Sgt.
Reed S. Wlburn, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. B. Wilburn, of near Accident, will
be conducted at the Oak Grove church,
on the Sang Run McHenry road, on
Sunday afternoon, August 20, at 2
o'clock, it has been announced.
The Sang Run choir will take part
in the service.
Sgt. Wilburn was top gunner on a
medium bomber and was killed in the
New Guinea campaign on June 8. A
memorial service was conducted by
his comrades on New Guinea on the
oath of June.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17
Cooperative Group
Plans Annual Meet

Successors 20 the retiring Board
of Directors will be chosen at
the local annual Southern States
Membership meeting to be held in
High School Auditorium, Tuesday
evening, August %, at $50, with
Jonas SINGS, of Oakland, presiding.
Nominations for the two places
falling vacant on the Board of Direc-
tors are William DeBerry, Allen S.
Paugh, Jr, ID. L. Swartzentruber,
Oakland; Warren Harvey, Gormania.
Farm Home Advisory committee
members will be continued for
another Npar
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17

Fifty or more boys and girls and
older individuals are busy again this
week in the bean patches, earning so
cents for every bushel picked, There
are twenty-five acres of beans to be
harvested on the Weber farm and
more acreage in nearby areas. Beans
that are picked are hauled to can
ming plant at Sharpshurg, When it
became apparent that not enough
adult labor was available the younger
boys and girls were sought to help
in this food conservation project.
Boys and girls aroung 10 years old
are making $1.0O, $1.5O, $500 and
even more per day
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17
Is Killed in Action

Word that her nephew. Howard
Dewitt, of Connellsville, Pa, was
killed in action in the battle of Sal
pan, was received by Mrs. Joseph
Holtschneider, of Deer Park
Dewitt was son of Mrs. Florence
Dewitt, of Connellsville, and a grand
son of the late Lemuel l.. Savage,
who passed away on June Is.
DeWitt's death occurred on June
twerty-ninth,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17
Band Concert Scheduled

The Oakland band. sponsored by
the Oakland Fire Department, will
present another of its concerts on
Sunday evening, August q, at 7
o'clock
Members Of the band will be given
corn roast on Tuesday, August %,
at $50 p, m, in the Swartzentruber
grove, south of town, by the firemen
and Harvey Swsrtzentruber.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17
Is Named Delegate To National
Legion Convention

Alex G. Hesen, Oakland. dele
gate to the State Legion convention
in Baltimore last weekend, was
named as a delegate to the national
convention in Chicago next month
Other delegates to the State con-
vention from Proctor Kildow Post
No. II, were Joseph NJ. Gender and
A. C. Stanton. Accompanying the
three to Baltimore was William L.
Hesen, who returned to Oakland on
Tuesday night after visiting relatives
there.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17
Fourteen Men Are
Accepted For Service

Fourteen men were accepted for
service in the armed forces of the
nation from among the group who
were sent to Baltimore on August s
for their pre-induction physical eX-
animation.
Those accepted will be subject to
call either to the Army OF to the Navy
after twenty -one days.
Those accepted include the follow
ing:
Richard Fazenbaker. .... Westernport
Kermit Boyd Savage. .Frendsvillc
Chas. Richard Warwick. Bloomington
Paul Lumis Yommer. go. Grantsvile
Homer James Meats. ........ Hutton
Orville Wright Whitmer. 80. Oakland
Roy Allen Lucas .......... Shallmar
Randell Charles Wiley .... Jennings
Robert Charles Zeller. 80. Grantsville
Larry Glenn Crosco. ..,......N index
Edward Clarence Dewitt Sang Run
Nernard Tasker .........,Dee Park
Jos. Charles DiGuistino 9. kitzmiller
James Buss Fazenbaker. Bloomington
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17
Soldier Is Wounded
In France July 10th

Mrs. Helen NJ Fike. Friendsvllle,
received word recently that her hus-
band. Corporal Foster y, Fike, of
Friendsville, was wounded in action
in France on July 26, and is now in
base hospital,
Corporal Fike has been in the ser
vice for three years, having been sta
toned in Ireland since December,
prior to being sent to France during
the first part of July.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17
Extinguish Woods Fires

The Oakland Fire Department mem
hers were called three times in the
past week to entinguish woods and
grass fires. One call Thursday even
ing was for fire in the Pleasant
Valley area, and two calls on Friday
We're for the same area, near the Will
liam Kildow place, south of town.
Damage was slight at both places,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17
Receives Citation

Staff Sgt. Clinton J. Mckenzie, son
of Mr.. and Mrs, Harry Mckenzie, of
Grantsville, was recently cited by
presidential order as a member of a
Psi Mustang fighter group for
"outstanding performance against
the enemy" He is stationed in France.
Sgt, Mckenzie entered the service
July Ia. 1871. He has two brothers
in uniform, Sgt. Lemuel Mckenzie,
Miami. Fla, and Pvt Gordon Nc
kenzie, stationed in France.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17

The Southern States annual report
will be presented by District Manager
P. E. MullineX, of Clarksburg, and
also there will be report on the
local cooperative program,
Matters of policy will be voted
upon,
An open forum, contests with
prizes, group singing, and refresh
ments will be included on the eve
ning's program,
This event is being sponsored by
Southern States Oakland Service and
Southern States Cooperative.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17
Walter c. Hanft Is
Wounded in Action

Mrs, Matilda Hanft, of the Cove,
received a telegram on Tuesday from
the war department informing her
that her son, Walter C. Hanft, was
seriously wounded in action on July
80, in France.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17
Company Confirms
Facts About Brick
Plant at Jennings
Construction Program Already
Under Way; Ample Supply OF
Fire Clay Is Available

r. Green Amman, Pittsburgh, presi-
dent of the Union Mining company,
in a telegram to the Cumberland
News last Thursday evening, con-
firmed the fact that the company was
building new plant at Jennings and
that work had already started on this
plant.
1t was understood that the new
plant would replace the one which
had been in operation at Mt. Savage,
in Allegany county, since 1871. A
section of the plant in Mt. Savage
is being dismantled which contains
thirty-fivc hand operated kilns. An
automatic kiln. installed at the Mt,
Savage plant about three years ago
at a cost of about $250,000, is eX-
pccted to continue to manufacture
SawduSt brick.
Clay Was Imported
The supply of fire clay at Mt.
Savage ran out some time ago and it
has been necessary for trucks to OBJ
tain clay from Garrett county, truck
ing it to the plant for the manufac-
turc of bricks. At Jennings, it is un-
derstood there is ample manpower,
fire clay. coal and railroad siding,
all of which would be advantageous
to locating a plant in that area.
Excavating operations at Jennings
arc being carried on by the George
F. Hardwood company, Cumberland.
The plant will be for the Garrett
County Refractories Company, a sub
sidiary of the Union Mining company.
The Union Mining company was
first organized as the Mt, Savage
Iron Works in 1899. Blast furnaces
were erected and in 1843 the first
steel rail was made in the United
States, according to information APP
pearing last week in the Cumberland
News.
In connection with the rolling mill
a brick yard and foundry were built.
Fire clay was discovered in the noun
tains above Mt. Savage in 1899 but
prior to that time all brick for use
in rolling mills was imported because
brick was not manufactured in this
country. In 1841 the manufacture
of brick was almost on par in the
community with the rolling mill in
dustry and when the iron works
closed the brickyard supplanted it
and had been the leading industry in
Mt. Savage for 100 years. At it's
peak the plant at one time employed
500 persons but less than 100 have
been at work there in recent months.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17
Further Details Are
Learned Concerning
Death of 1t. Hetz

Further details concerning First
Lieutenant Paul L. Hetz, of the Cove
community, who was killed in action
June Goth, in France, have been re-
ceived.
list LIEUT.. PAUL L. HETZ
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17

Income payments to individuals
reached S75 billion in first six months
of 1914
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-08-17

HE wish that to be expressed most often by Aeri
can service men throughout the world is that after THU
war they home to the kind of countr,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-06
5(H0UTEN
ISLANDS
ATTACKED
Allied Planes Intensity
Camp align in Area
Where laps Massing

ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST
PACIFIC, May 6. - Allied planes
have made an intensified campaign
at neutralizing Schouten Islands
In the Dutch New Guinea area
where the Japanese are reported
massing naval and air strength.
Several enemy planes were
smashed on the ground and inter-
ceptors were driven off.
The Schouten Islands lie more
than 200 miles northwest of invad-
ed Hollandia.
The Wakde Island airbase, near
est and west of Hollandia, was also
raided
1t has been noticed the Japs have
been concentrating in the area
raided
1t is estimated 10000 Japs are
isolated between the Madang area
and Hollandia. The enemy has been
trying to flee and torpedo boats
have damaged 20 loaded barges and
bombed three shore batteries at
Hansa Bay.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-06
N AIS A R Fl
READY SAYS
Gen. R0kkEL.
Promises Many Surprises
for Allied Invaders
tension Growing

LONDON, May general Rom
mel added his voice to the invasion
guessing din by declaring the attack
must be regarded as imminent
and asserting the German soldier
is armed with new weapons and
ready to do his utmost"
Rommel declared in a German
broadcast, 1.-The Allies will come up
against many great surprises and
this is particularly true of those
enemy formations which may try to
land by parachute or gliders behind
the coastal front"
Capt. H. H. Balfour, Undersecre-
tary of Air Defenses, said that for
all practical purposes some $4,000
Allied airmen have already opened
the main battle of invasion, and
asserted that the destruction In
April throughout the length and
breadth. of occupied Europe" would
make the invasion path from the
coast to Berlin more direct"
Reports received here through
Stockholm said the Nazis sent 20,-
coo reinforcement to FESTIVE Den
mark and 10000 to Norway.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-06

NEAR CITY
OF L0YANG
Hold on North
South Railway Line
Ndrrows 10 40 Miles

CHUNGKING, May Clap fore
es pushing UP the Peiping Hankow
Railway have narrowed the Chinese
hold on the vital north-south artery
to about 40 miles, field dispatches
said, and other Jap troops striking
from the south have reached a
point within 10 miles Of the east
west Lunghai Railway junction Of
Loyang, SIS miles west of the Peip-
ing Hankow road.
A Tokyo broadcast said that Jap
forces operating southeast of 10y
ang captured Yuhsien on Thursday.
The Chinese communicate also
announced a third enemy column
pushing toward the southeastern
corner of Honan Province. Jap OPP
erations in Honan are described as
the most extensive in six years.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-06
MANY FLIGHTS MADE
BY ALASKA COASTAL

Clearing weather made possible
many flights yesterday afternoon
and today by Alaska Coastal Air
lines.
A plane leaving Juneau for Sitka
minus passengers, returned with
the following: Norman Rinehart
and ]. E. Wilcox from Pelican, and
Richard Moses, Goldie Moses, G. B
Williams, Emily Williams and Mrs
Johnnie willard from Hoonah.
A trip was made to Tenakee
carrying Herman Ecstrom and Sam
Maloff and bringing back Mrs.
Dorothy O'Toole from Tenakee and
William and Susie James from
Hoonah.
A flight to Ketchikan carried
Harvey Leask, Joy Williams, M
Hagan, w. Holbrook and Charles
Burdick to that city and, returning
brought E. H. Goodfellow back
from Wrangell
A plane chartered by the Sebas-
tin Company flew E. r. Simpson to
Tyee and brought Martin Howell
back to Juneau.
A flight was made to Sitka with
Ole Twedt, Ann Joseph and Sam
Morris as passengers. Hazel Logger
returned with the plane to Juneau.
M. Isturis was flown to Hoonah
and on the return trip Esther How
ard from that point, and Charles
Howard from Excursion, came back
to this city.
A flight was made to Ketchikan
with Dan Mccullough listed for
Wrangell, Walter Williams, Jr. for
Petersburg, Martin Howell and
Henry Navarro for Tyee, and Albert
Davis for Kake.
A. A. Olson was flown to Hirst
and H. NJ Parks to Hoonah on a
plane bound for Sitka.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-06
! BILLION
ASKED FOR
LENDLEA5E

WASHINGTON, May 9. - Presi-
dent Roosevelt has asked Congress
to appropriate s3.450 $4,000 to car
ry forward the Lend Lease program
for the fiscal year ending June 30,
l945. He also requested that the
unexpended balances from previous
Lend Lease appropriations be made
available, which would make an
aggregate for the new year Of ST.
lss,ss3,0 o0
The recommendations were for
warded few hours after Senator
ElIender urged that the United
States fix now the policy for the
final Lend Lease settlements.
Unless we do we may find our
selves owing our Allies at the end
Of the war instead OF their owing
u.s." said the Senator. He added
that he Is concerned about the Sem
ate Appropriations Committee re-
port showing that the United States
has extended more than s2l 1884,
100000 in goods and services and
has received in return $2.l29, ISL 600
up to March is.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-06
GANDHI IS
RELEASED
Prison Doors Open for In.
dian National Leader
Health Failing

LONDON, May 6.-The British
government in India announces it
has decided on the immediate re-
lease of Mohandas K. Gandhi, fra.,
ascetic Indian Nationalist leader
who has becn imprisoned for Fl
months. Gandhis failing health IS
given as the grounds for release.
The British action in releasing
the leader OF millions, and who has
struggled for freedom from British
domination. is believed to have been
taken 20 avert conflict at the
time the A.lles are fighting the
japanese bitterly on the India
Burma front.
The official statement says that
in view OF medical reports on
Gandhis health, the Government
Of India has decided on his release
Internationally and the action is
taken solely on medical grounds"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-06
OFFENSIVE
CONTINUES,
india AREA
British, Indians Keep Ad-
vdneing : StiIwell's
Chinese in Action

SOUTHEAST ASIA HEAD
QUARTERS IN HANDY, Ceylon,
May 6.-British and Indian forces
striking general offensive in the
Kohima area, have cleared the Japs
from number of important posi-
lions and are continuing to advance.
Stilwells Chinese troops are forg-
ing ahead south of Inkangahtwang,
the highly contested Mogaung VAL
ley village in northern Burma and
have also overcome Jap defenses
near the Lahkraw River in the Mo-
gazing Valley.
A Reuters correspondent has
cabled that the Kohima battle may
prove the biggest SO far on this
front and may decide the fate OF
the present Jap offensive in Assam"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-06
Mothers Of Seniors
Will Meet Monday;
Plan Entertainment

The committee in charge of gen.
eral arrangements for the forth
coming entertainment Of the 1914
graduating class wishes TO remind
all mothers and sponsors Of its next
meeting This meeting is to be in
the juneau High School-room at
8 o'clock on the evening Of May
8. which means that Monday night
is reserved for this occasion.
The group is planning the usual
reorganization entertainment and
the help of all mothers and spon-
sors is needed No one Is expected
to bring anything TO work with but
all sub-commttees are making their
reports and there will be plenty to
do.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-06
HUSKY BITES CHILD
ON WAY, TO FESTIVAL

Vincent Isturis, Jr., grade school
student, was severely bitten by a
husky dog last evening while en-
route to the May Day Festival at
the high school. The dog was lying
near the school entrance. and as the
boy reached down to pat his head
the animal sank its teeth in his
forearm. DR.. VIM. M. Whitehead
was called and after treatment Vim
cent was able to participate in the
nights activities.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-06
METH0DI5TS
ARE ALL Out,
PRESENT WAR
Strong Resolution Adopted
Regulating Action OF
Church in 1910

KANSAS CITY, May 6. = The
Methodists have voted to support
the present war because God him
self is at stake in the struggle"
The resolution was adopted after
a lengthy debate at the General
Conference and said in part.
I'VE repudiate the theory the
State, even though imperfect IT.
self, must not fight intolerable
wrongs"
The action repudiates the stand
of the Methodists in 1910 which
took the action "the Church does
not officially endorse support Or
participation in the war; ~ !
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-06
AGENT ARRIVES
TO START All
CLUBS, JUNEAU

Miss Mae stephenson, home
demonstration agent for the Uni
versity of Alaska extension service,
has arrived in Juneau for the pur-
pose Of organizing All clubs among
the youngsters of the Gastineau
Channel area.
Next week she will visit the
schools in Juneau and Douglas.
starting the clubs. Her office tele-
phone number is CO.
Miss Stephenson already has
clubs going in Ketchikan, Met
lakatla, WrangelI, Petersburg and
Sitka. From Juneau she will go TO
Haines and Skagway.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-06
j. ). Postwar Shin
Supremacy Will Be
7 10 | Over Britain

LONDON, May 6.-Laborite EN-
anuel Shinwell told the House Of
Commons the United States will
have nearly 2 to margin over
Britain in postwar shipping and
urged a program to provide for the
best kind Of ships for the British
Mercantile Marine and to not ac-
cept a ''lot of old junk the United
States hands over to you"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-06
lIBERATQRS MAKE
21ND ATTACK ON
AREA IN FRANCE

LONDON, May 6.--American Lib
orators dumped loads of bombs on
German installations in the Pas de
Calais area in France as the pre-
invasion air offensive continued for
the 22nd day. despite miserable fly
ing weather.
Probably less than $50 bombers
with an equal number of escorting
Lightnings, Thunderbolts and Mus.
tangs hoped the channel.
Operations were curtailed yester-
day by 60-mile gale that swept
Dover Straits and sent great waves
crashing on the invasion beaches.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-06
SIAME5E TWINS
SUCCUMB AFTER
s DAYS OF LIFE

PHOENIXVILLE, Pa. May g.
Joyce and Sandra Stierly, tiny
Siamese twin blond girls, six days
old, have died. Joyce, the larger
and apparently the stronger, ceased
her labored breathing shortly after
midnight and Sandra a few minutes
later.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-06
pAA BRINGS MANY
IN FROM SEATTLE

The Pan American Always had a
large number of passengers in today.
From Seattle came Orvifle D. Nit
chell, Yvonne Schmitt, Mrs. Vera
Schmitt, B. F. Minor. Harold Morgan
Parks. Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Lind
quist, Henry Orr and Phyllis Sand
ers.
Passengers leaving Juneau for
Seattle were Edith p. Sappinton, M.
D. Rose. D. Ryan, Paul A. Monroe
and Charles Waynor.
Florence Mcintosh was flown to
Fairbanks.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-06
liza Ii a n
Civilians
Evacuated

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NAPLES, May 6. - The Germans
are reported to have evacuated all
italian civilians beyond the Fifth
Army's main front to a depth of
rs miles. This evacuation included
several sizeable towns in the lower
Garigliano sector where there is an
increase in infantry action.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-06
BALKANS UNDER ATTACK
Arr mn rrEAr,f,TrApTEr,g I'M


ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NAPLES, May 6.--Bombers struck
again last night in the Balkans,
following their spectacular breach
ing Of the Pescara dam and daylight
attacks by American heavies on two
Rumanian rail centers.
The overnight blow by British
Halifaxes and Wellingtons bombed
the rail yards and oil storage tanks
at Campina, 10 miles north Of
Ploesti, the first Royal Air Force
raid on the field.
In all operations In the Mediter-
ranean theatre yesterday, including
1860 sorties, 10 heavy bombers and
eight Allied planes we're lost and IL
German planes were destroyed.
The Pescara announcement is the
first disclosure that American-built
Mustangs are now being used in
Italy and an indication Of the re-
suits is given by the disastrous ex-
perience of the Italians ten years
ago when they attempted to release
water through the sluices and in
undated the town of Pescara to an
average of three feet. 1t took
week for the water to subside.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-06
L0NNIE MCINTOSH
IS SERIOUSLY ILL;
WIFE FLIES TO HIM

Lonnie Mcintosh, special repre-
sentative of the Treasury Depart
ment, narcotics division, is seriously
ill with an attack of pneumonia at
Fairbanks. Mrs. Mcintosh has left
Juneau for there by plane.