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WD Rescinds Circular On ASTP Training

WASHINGTON - The War Department has rescinded WD Cir cular 184, which authorized the selection of trainees for the Army Specialized Training Program from troops units for certain courses of study (WD Cir. 25D.
 According to the ASTP head quarters in New York, the Adju- tant Generals Office said that the circular was rescinded shortly after it was issued and that the ASTP is not now accepting men from field units ill it's courses.
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G.I. Bill of Rights Boon to Soldiers

Herein a nutshell-is what servicemen may derive from the $6,00O,000 CT Bill of Rights, which recently was signed by the Presi- dent. ".:
 1. A maximum of 52 weeks un- employment compensation at the rate of $20 a week.
 2. A government guarantee of fifty per cent (although not more than $20O0) on loans for purchase of farms, small business and homes. These loans will bear the low rate of four per cent interest.
 3. A maximum of four years ed ucational aid for servicemen who joined the armed forces before they were 25 years old. Five hundred dollars yearly will be provided for tuition, plus subsistence allowances of $50 month for single and S75 a month for married veterans.
 4. A veterans placement service to assist returning servicemen and women in obtaining civilian jobs through the United States Employ ment Service.
 5. Hospitaliziation, which is ob- tainable through Veterans Admin istration.
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And this is the philosophy of the Nazi political party they ex- pected to live with in peace.
 Quite an idea. Says the Nazi: What I do is right, regardless; what others do is wrong. There isn't much room for argument against such a philosophy. Do we wonder why treaties are but scraps of paper to these "world-beaters ?" Do we question them when they back-track on past statements such as their often-heard remark, "We are for peace in Europe" or "We have no designs on Holland, Bel gium, etc."
 For their acts of deceit they have an answer. "What we do is right We can't help but do the right thing. Our Fuehrer is God. We do not have to live up to the codes set by civilized man. We make our own codes"
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FIRE AT NO. |! It's the German Focke-Wulf Fw. 189, a twin tail boom observation and ground at tack plane powered with two milne engines. The engine nacelles ex- tend we'll forward of the rounded nose of the gondola. The center section of the wings is rectangular and the outer panels taper to rounded tips. The rectangular tail plane has double fins and rudders.
 (Collrtesy Training
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GIs ABROAD TOP 1918 AEF BY
 1,6OO,OOO MEN

The 3,698,0O American soldiers now deployed outside the U. s. ex- ceed by more than 1,600,000 men the peak overseas strength of the Army in the first World War, It. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney, Deputy Chief of Staff, told a recent ses- sion of the Senate Appropriations Committee in Washington.
 Gen. McNarney's testimony high lighted meeting of the committee called to consider a House-approv- ed 49,1O7,785,795 bill to finance the War Department during the forthcoming fiscal year.
 "I wish I could tell you how long it will take us to liberate Europe and to crush our foes in the Paci- fic," the general said. "But no man can at this moment predict with accuracy the time it will take.
 "I can assure you, however, that as our forces go into battle, they have every advantage which it has been humanly possible to provide. That they will win is certain"
 Gen. McNarney said that the Army's overseas strength was now only 350,0OO short of equaling the entire strength of the U. s. Army at the close of the last war. He added that the Army was making every effort to keep boys out of overseas infantry service until they were at least 19.
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NOT AT NO. 2! It's the AAFs new fighter, the P-61, Black Wi dow" This long nosed, high wing plane is powered with two radial engines and has twin tailbooms extending aft from each engine nacelle. The leading edge of the wings is straight while the trailing edge tapers to rounded tips. The untapered tailplane, set between the tailbooms, has twin rudders. Aids Division. AAFl
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. WEEKLY CREMATION CHAT .
The War Fronts
Pacific Theater

Pacific Theater
 On Saipan Island in the Marianas Group, American Marines and In- fantrymen captured Garapan, capi- tai of the island and took Tanapag, Saipan's best harbor. The enemy is crowded into death trap on Marpi Point at the northern end of the island. Admiral Nimitz announced that total of 7132 Japanese have been buried, part of the estimated 10000 thought to be defending their last stand.
 On July End, American troops landed near the mouth of the Ka-. miri River at the northern tip of Numfor Island off the Netherlands New Guinea to seize Kornasoren Airfield.
 Liberators turned loose their bombs against enemy bases at Pa lau, Yap, Woleai, Ngulu and Soroi Islands in the Carolines. Neither lands New Guinea and Netherlands Indies airdromes were hit.
 Rabaul, where no enemy planes have been sighted for months was blasted for 68 consecutive days. Japs marooned at Rabaul are esti- mated at 10000.
 China Burma India Sector
 Only twenty-six miles of mdun- tainous terrain separate It. Gener- al StillwelPs American and Chi nese forces in Northern Burma from the Chinese forces along the Yunnan-Burma border. The Chi nese announced the capture of Chanhsi, p miles west of the Jap base at Tengyueh.
 At Ukhrul, Gukha rifemen mop ped Up the last of the enemy in that city.
 Tn China, the Japanese were held on all fronts and the Chinese coun- ter-drives made some gains.
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Russian Offensive

Russian Offensive
 Climaxing an eleven day drive of 165 miles across White Russia and Poland, the White Russian armies converged from two sides to capture Minsk, the major enemy bastion of pre-war Russia on the road to Warsaw. Capture of Minsk, a city of 238,000, marked the col lapse of the entire German position in White Russia. In command of the conquering forces were General Ivan Chernyahovsky of the 3rd White Russian Army and Marshal Konstantin K. Rokossovsky of the 1st White Russian Army working southeast by way of Simlovichi and northeast by way of Belaruch. Nazi casualties numbered in the vicinity of 213,O00.
 The offensive cleared 10000 settlements of the Germans and left them with but 5000 square miles of pre-war Soviet territory. Only one large city with popula- tion of over 50,000 remains in Ger man hands in White Russia. This is the city of Pskov. At the peak of Germany's invasion of Russia, she held 67 such cities.
 Germany reports the evacuation of Kovel, Nazi base southwest of the Propet Marshes. The reason given in the report was "to shorten the German line" in Central Po- land. The fall of Kovel would elim- mate the last German stronghold east of the Bug River, KovePs inn portance lies in the fact that it is a junction on a railroad branching to Brest-Litovsk, seventy miles northwest, and Bialystok, and to Chelm, Lublin and Warsaw.
 The Red Army scored gains In all active sectors, capturing Molo- dechno and driving to within 46 miles of Volna.
 In Finland, Soviet troops cap- tured Salmi, on the northeast shore of Lake Lagoda.
 The right wing of the grandoise offensive of the Battle for White Russia has merged into the Battle for the Baltic with the capture ot Polotsk by General Bagranyan Armies are sweeping westward and northwestward toward Latvia and Lithuania. :. .-:. ...-- - Fighting Front in France
 German resistance is stiffening. The American First Army smashed the southern outskirts of La Have de Puits in 21a mile gain. In this sector, the Mark VI German tank made it's first appearance in France. ...- .=.:.:.:. =-
 The Caen sector remains rela- lively static pending reinforce ments.
 In total 58 towns and strategic points have been captured by the Allies.
 Italy The Allies are gaining steadily against strengthening opposition near Leghorn, Arezzo and Ancona. The Americans took Casole d'Elsa, the French captured historic Siena, while near the Adriatic, the 9th Ax.y,,x, oor+,,rod Ociroo and Toreta
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 Nazi Germany's jet-propelled pilotless "Doodlebug," the ene- my's "reprisal weapon No. 1" which has been hurtling against England from the coast of France, is actually an overgrown Fourth of July sky rocket, hurled from catapult installations and loaded with ton of explosives. The rObut has a wingspread of 16 feet, a fuselage of 25 feet and attains a speed of $50 miles an hour. Its power comes from a jet propulsion engine placed above the tail structure.
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Q. While on three-day pass re- gently, I pawned my watch. Now l want it back but haven't the cash to redeem the pawn ticket. Does the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Re- lief Act of 1940 protect me if l cannot redeem my pledge at the
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Q. Before was drafted I owned a gas station in Paducah, Ky. Af- ter the war want to go home and resume business. If I can't get start ed again, what provisions will aid me under the GI Bill of Rights ,?
 A. First, you can get unemploy- ment insurance under the bill even if you are self-employed and can- not get your business going. Sec ond, you may be able to borrow up to $2,O00 on your business to re- habilitate it, if the government con- siders your gas station a legitimate risk.
 0. After the duration and six, I want to resume my schooling. Must I submit proof of previous schooling before I am entitled to the educational benefits provided under the CT Bill of Rights?
 A. Any CT who was under 25 years old at the time of his induc- tion may take advantage of the ed- ucational provisions under the bill. No proof of prior scholastic attain ment is required. :"::*
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proper time? .~~.s
 A. No. The Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act applies only to those liabilities incurred before your induction into the service.
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Malice in Hitlerland

We Nationalist say: Legality that hich does he good; iLegalty S that whch hrms ike CemGs beobIe. -Dr. Prick, Minister of ike Interior
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-01-13
To Gather Papers,
Magazines Saturday

In completing plans for the collec-
ton of magazines and newspapers i'll
Oakland during the countrywide drive,
it was announced that truck will be
used on Saturday to make the collec-
ton and citizens are being asked to
have their material bundled and put
at the outside door Of their homes.
The papers and magazines may also
be brought to the Fire Department.
At Mt. Lake Park they may be taken
to Gnegy's Planning Mill or to the Ed
gar Smith store
At other places in the county the
schools are having charge of the col
lcctions.
f, r. Jones, county salvage chair
man, urged people to keep on saving
paper as it was considered a critical
material at present and every bit that
is collected can be disposed of i'm
mcdiately at paper mills.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-01-13
Methodists Plan For
Church-Wide Action
On Postwar Plans
Leaders From Half of MOOrefield
District To Meet At Oakland
Next Tuesday Morning

Leaders of Methodist churches from
half of the Moorefield District will
meet at Oakland Tuesday morning at
1890 in a session that will be the
first local public effort to create in
terest in a church-wide Methodist
campaign of great significance.
Under the name, A Crusade for a
New World Order, Methodists of the
nation have entered upon an endeavor
to crystalize the thinking of their
people relative to he kind of post
war world they want, and to direct
that thinking into s,stion that will do
some good
Under the leadership of the bishops
there are to be one hundred mass
meetings in as many strategically To-
Gated cities across the nation, with
headline speakers, and discussion
periods. To these meetings all church
leaders are being asked to go, choos-
ing any near session, Garrett county
people will go to Pittsburgh on Janu-
airy Goth, Washington on the 9th, or
to Charleston, w. Va, on the 28th.
These leaders vii, then return to
their communities and set up other
mass meetings closer home. 1t is hoped
that the Christian desires for a bet
ter world order may become vocal
through these meetings, as all will be
urged to communicate in their own
words with their congressman and
senator's. Concerning this manner of
influencing legislation Senator Harold
H. Burton, of Ohio, recently said, "If
you think Congressman don't pay any
attention to letters from their con-
stituents, you're crazy"
"The Crusade" says Rev. Minor
Sprague, local Methodist minister, sis,
to use the words of the bishops, "a
movement to mobilize sentiment for a
Just and enduring peace and Chris
tian world and to make that senti-
ment influential at the place decision
is made and before decision is made.
Opposed to isolationism, the church is
urging collaboration with other ma
tons in insuring a righteous and last
ing peace.
All Methodist people arc being
urged to attend the meeting Tuesday
morning at St. Paul's Methodist
church. Pastors of the vicinity wish it
known that they are especially
anxious to have all organization heads
and officials present
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-01-13
Sand Spring Leads
December Attendance

Sand Spring school had the highest
percentage Of attendance of one
teacher schools, and also any other
schools of the county for December,
with 97.S, according to a bulletin re-
leased by the county attendance of
ficer.
Casselman school was second with
96.6 and Chestnut Grove third, with
96.7. Other one-teacher schools above
the county standard were Hoyes Run,
Wilson, Sunnyside, Harrington, Bit
finger, Spring Glade, Manadier, and
Bray.
Jennings led the two-tcachcr schools
with "a percent and was the only one
above county standard. Kempton led
the graded schools with 95.5 and was
the only one of its class above coun-
ty standard Grantsville High had the
highest among the five high schools
with SOL percent but all in this group
were below county standard,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-01-13
The WozeAA CANT 4c49et .

Despite President Rooseves suggestion that the name
Deal label for his political party be discarded the
not likely to forget what that label represents
To millions of Americans the New Deal has mean
limited spending accompanied by Federal Treasury deficits high
and huge National debt concentration of the
Federal Government in Washngton bureaucratic control of
the activities of private citizens and Of business playing
politics with pressure that include many setting
class against class confusion duplication uncertainty delays
scattered authority in dealing with problems affecting labor ag
culture and industry by the boards bureaus and
mssOners created by the New Deal.
During the 365 days of 1913 the Federal Government spent
money than did all of the first $50 years of the nations
existence.
During 1913 Federal expenditures toaed billion dollars
approximately 241 million dollars every "a hours
During 1913 the Federal debt showed approx
imately 81 - billion dollars.
At the close of 1913 the thirteenth successive in which
the Federal Treasury has shown deficit the national debt had
reached the staggering total of ITO billion dollars
No, Mr. President the people forget the
But they do something about acedng
it be they will at the election
T 1914.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-01-13
Thirteen Accepted
For Armed Forces

Thirteen were accepted for service
in the armed forces from the last
group of inductees who went to
Baltimore the night of January 5 for
final examination. There were thirty
eight enrollees, those accepted being
only one-third of the total
Those accepted included Charles H.
Bowman, Army Air Corps; Herbert
E. Knox, Josie F. Teets, Glenn Victor
Sines, David Carl Lytle, Darius G.
Miller, and Norman Louis Wine, u.
S. Army; Claude Chester Fike, How
ard Dale Taylor, Walter Fred Wolfe,
Jr., U. S. Navy.
Three others who were held over
an extra day. and who were accepted,
were Lewis NJ. Michael, Stanley E.
Barnard and LaMark B. Moore.
Michael and Barnard We're accepted
by the Navy, but papers showing to
what branch Moore had been attached
had not yet been received by the local
draft board.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-01-13
Garrett County
Remapping Urged
By State Board
Work Would Be Done Jointly BY
U. S. Geological Survey And
Maryland at Cost of S55, 200

The Board of Natural Resources
urged the remapping of Garrett coun-
ty in 1914 in cooperation with the
United States Geological Survey and
disclosed that seed oyster paintings
in the Chesapeake Bay would increase
the production of oysters "substanti-
ally" in two to four years.
In it's annual report to Governor
O'Conor, the board stated that the
department of geology, mines and
water resources lacked up-to-date
typographical maps of many of the
counties, particularly Garrett, and cX-
planned that such work could be
undertaken at cost of $4,000
scr 900 of which would be born by the
state and the remainder by the fed
cral government.
The board, established in 1871 by
the Maryland General Assembly, is
the central organization for all con-
scrvation agencies of the state and
works in close coordination with the
research department in studying con-
scrvation problems.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-01-13
Garrett County Has
Many Seed Potatoes
Records Show That There Are
1892 Bushels Eligible For
CertificaitOn

Garrett county has 1872 bushels
of seed potatoes eligible for certifi-
cation, most of which are for sale to
potato growers everywhere, accord
ing to John H. Carter, who is pre-
pairing his annual report of potato
work carried on in this county.
There are about 1000 bushels of
the new Potomac potato which was
developed in this county by the EX-
tension Service during the past sew
eral years and which was recently
given an official name among high
producing potatoes. Mr.. Carter said
perhaps 700 or 800 bushels would be
available from either William P. De
Berry or Earl Enlow, both of near
Oakland. The Potomac is a cross
variety between the Rural New
Yorker and the Katahdin.
Experiments showed the Potomac
potato to be high-yielding variety,
resistant to late blight and to flea
bite and leaf-hopper injury.
There are a number of other
varieties of seed potatoes available.
There are 12,400 bushels of Sequoia,
1882 bushels of smooth Rural, and
1,793 bushels of Russell Rural varie-
ties, and lesser numbers from other
kinds. Altogether Mr. Carter said
there were 1892 bushels of potatoes
eligible for the final bin inspection
necessary before they can be classed
as certified.
Only Worcester county had a great
er production record for potatoes than
Garrett county during the past year
it was stated.
Garrett county climate is consid-
cred ideal for production of seed po-
tatoes for the farmers Gf Maryland
For the past twelve years the Mary
land Extension Service has conducted
demonstrations that definitely prove
the fact that vigorous disease-free
seed stocks can be permanently main
tanned in this county.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-01-13
New Plan for Draft
Inductees Received
By Local Officials
Revised System Will Start Febru-
airy LIST and Will Give InducteeS
21-Day Respite

The Garrett County Sclcctivc Scrv-
ice Board has received instructions in
regard to a sweeping revision of the
system for physical examination of
draft eligibles, it was announced by
II. L. Jones, draft board clerk. Selcc-
tive service has abolished screening
examinations by local boards and has
arranged for final examinations to be
given at least twcnty-onc days before
actual induction.
Under the new system, which is to
become fully effective February !,
post-induction furloughs also are
abolished. Currently these are three
weeks for those indicted into the
army, and one week for those who
go into the navy.
Meets Demands of Congress
Aimed at complying with the man
Continued on Page Four)
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-01-13
DRAFTEES LEAVE TONIGHT
FOR EXAM IN BALTIMORE
Thirty Six Ordered to Report At
II O'clock Tonight At Selective
Service Headquarters

Thirty-siX draftees are ordered to
report to the local selective service
headquarters tonight for the trip to
Baltimore for final examination prior
to induction. They will be examined
tomorrow.
Twenty-one of the group are
fathers. This is the second group to
be called during January. Those
ordered to report include the follow
ing:
Bernard Ignatius Gender, Jr., Har-
land F. Kisner, Clarence Harold Hol-
sopple, Willis Bud Hershman, Arthur
Hayward Ream, Paul Allen Fowler,
James Wilbur Mitchell, Marion Har-
old Hoover, Oakland; Gordon G. Hile-
man, John S. Williams, Friendsville;
Edward Chester Stuckey, Shallmar;
Ernest c. burst, Burl E. Wiley,
Harry burst, Vernon C. Beachy,
Harper E. Kelly, Charlie A. ReXrode,
Grantsville.
Loranzo G. Soloman, Dale L. Simp-
son, Deer Park; Bernard F. Fazen-
baker, Paul R. Farris, Calvin c..
Pritts, Milton NJ. Bever, Frederick z.
Calls, Kenneth R. Kooken, June w.
Wise and Paul K Beard, Blooming
ton; Paul E. Riley, Accident; Edgar
A. Smith, Norman A. Johnson, Mt
Lake Park; Frank Vodopivec, Jr.,
Kitzmiller; William C. Sears, Swan
tom Harold L. Lantz, Crellin; Harry
E. Bittinger, Jennings; William Blaine
Friend, Sang Run.
Everett T. Bittinger, Grantsville,
listed as conscientious director, will
also leave for final examination that
same evening.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-01-13
Inland Blackouts
Ordered Eliminated

Practice blackouts and air raid
alerts were ordered eliminated yes
terday except in coastal areas
Along the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts blackouts and alerts will be au-
thorized not oftener than once in three
months, and then only on Sunday, the
War department and the Office of
Civilian Defense has announced.
The action was taken to cut down
interference with war production and
was made possible, the announcement
said, by the fact that most COM
munities are sufficiently we'll organ
lied to cope with such emergencies as
can now reasonably be anticipated
BIackout Here Tuesday
A test AFRAID alert in Garrett
county on Tuesday evening from about
GAS to 1885, was part of three-statc
test and to some extent caught people
off their guard.
Oakland's street lights never did
go off, and in some sections of town
where the whistles were not heard the
lights blazcd during the entire period
Air raid wardens in some sections
were active and had their areas prop
crly BACKED out.
Deer Park reported getting the
blackout signal but never getting the
all-clear, so that town was in dark
ness for over an hour.
The signals for the test were flashed
by the First Fighter command, with
headquarters in New York, through
the civilian air raid warning system.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-01-13
Registration Day
For Oakland Voters
Scheduled Jan. 24th

Preparation for the annual regis
tration day for the eligible voters of
Oakland, was made at the regular
meeting of the Mayor and City Coun-
Gil last Thursday evening.
The registration day is Monday,
January "a, and is for all eligible
voters of the town who have not
previously registered, and is a re-
quirement as result Of law passed
by the 1889 legislature. The name of
a voter must be on the books before
he is eligible to vote in any municipal
election. The annual election will be
on Monday, March 10, when a mayor,
three councilmen and a treasurer will
be selected
The City Hall will be open on
January "a from 9 a. m. until 7 p. m.
The Council named John w. Davis
and Miss Margaret Lawton as clerks
for registration.
The Council passed a motion giving
those working on the streets and for
the water department 60 cents per
hour until April, 1914, when the new
council will take office.
Receipts for the month totaled
$1,407 including $164,71 from water
collections, $631.22 from taxes and
$3.50 from the West MARYLAND Power
company. Regular monthly bills
amounted to $1,7O6.42 besides $575
for electric bond coupons. Arthur
Lawton, clerk-collector, reported a
balance of $1,795.7O on hand in various
funds. Movie tax for December
amounted to $64.77.