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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-11-08
JOHN WILLIAM WHORTON

John William Whorton, aged 73,
died about | o'clock Sunday night,
November 4, at his residence in the
Davis addition, northeast Of town. He
had been in i'll health for several
years.
Deceased was born in Maryland, a
son of the late John and Martha Rice
Whorton. He was plastering con-
tractor in Oakland for many years.
He was a member of the Lutheran
church, the Knights of Pythias lodge
and a member of the B.P.O. Elks
lodge, at Frostburg He was member
of the Oakland city council for num-
Der of terms.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Edna
Whorton, Oakland; one daughter, Mrs.
Lloyd NJ Loraw, Grafton, w. Va.
five grandchildren. four great grand
children, one brother, Harry Whorton,
of Cumberland; also a step-mother,
Mrs. Harriet Wholton, and one half
sister, both in Cumberland.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Bolden Funeral Home on
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock,
with Rev. II. O. Teagarden officiating
Final rites at the grave were in charge
of members of Garrett Lodge No. 10,
Knights Of Pythias. Pallbearers were
George f. Coddington, Juniper Teats,
Arthur Savage, W. r. Browning, An
drew Wolfe and A. G. HeSen.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-11-08
Additional Local
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For Classification

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registered Also grade Hampshire
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The president wanted federal civil
service workers a2laries boosted 20
percent. Unions opposed a boosc in
auto prices but Go wanted a 80 per-
cent wage increase.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-11-08
COMMISSIONERS MEETING
TRESPASS NOTICE!

All persons are hereby warned not
to trespass by hunting OF in any other
manner upon the land formerly known
as the Mellon Tract, lying cast and
southeast of Lewis VanSickle's farm
and located on Salt Block Greek be-
tween Sang Run and GAINESVILLE, W.
Va.
JASPER SISLER & SONS.
Sang Run, Md, November 5, 1915
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formers grandmother, Mrs. Grace
Gilmore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Dewitt and
family and Mrs. William Gilmore and
daughter visited Mr. and Mrs. J. c.
Hollis, Tuesday evening.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-11-08
THE GREAT
GAME OF
POLITICS
By FRANK R. KENT

Copyright by The Baltimore Sun and
reprinted in The Republican by per,
mission.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-11-08
Traffic Safety Slogan for Week

"Never run from behind moving cars,
Either you'll be dead or seeing stars''
DRIVE CAREFULLY!
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-11-08

1t is easy enough to talk or write
about doing a thing like that, but do
ing it is another thing. 1t is terrific
thing to do. 1t would require tremen-
dous determination, vision, courage,
character. 1t is major operation. 1t
would be an almost superhuman achi-
cvement. 1t seems absurd to expect
it Of Mr.. Truman. But it would be
marvellous to see him try. And no one
knows what you can do until you try.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-02-03
WILLIS BEATS
FONTAINE


Leroy Willis crossed tho boxing
experts last Friday night when
he beat Jusie Fonianc in the
main event AZ Olympia
Willis had the hm dcst fieht
OF his cerrcer and up against a
veteran OF the ring he couldn't
afford 20 make any mistake
Willis gave Fonianc good
boxing lesson IIc kent that left
hand Ia Foniaines face through
ont me nshi Foniaiue me lad
Who ON his three previous APP
peaanoes here had knocked his
opponents on ~ fcw rounds.
found himself ON the verge Of
knockout late in The fisht whcr
Wills caught him with several
hard rights flush on The chin
Lotoy Wills stock rose swy
hsA after h dcicstcd Fontaiue.
Eddie Fuieh ono 81 Willis man
raels anroaneoa that he had re-
''i''d an offer % - ON Tor
return match with fonialnc in
the fighters home town Offers
ono ,onupg IN from all sections
81 ,hc coanirf lu me one that
came ffom Fon'anos home Is
tto largest
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-02-03
SPORTS
THROUGH
A KEYHOLE
By ALFONSO CATO

WELCOME TO THE city visiting keglciS Many
le arrived in the city early IN The week To take part
second annual national singles bowling Tournament.
acid al the Paradise bowl. AT press time the entries
50. and George Bennett, manager Of The bowl
tc,d that he anticipated record entry before the
str got underway Wednesday, January 81 Two
and dollars in cash prizes wll be awarded Seven
used and fifty dollars VIII go for first prize and total
ffleS Will be given away
ARTHUR SEWElI wealthy team sponSof and
ti Of the National Bowling association among
20 arrive here. He and all seven members OF his
team viii take part in the great bowling test that
Of total Of So games The entry fee set at
s the tourney Will end February 4. Otto tBtstee
Star member OF Watsons Realty five Will direct
affair
ALEX POMPEZ owner of the Cuban Stars baseball
IN town over the weekend. Pompcz is Of
r popular owners in organized baseball Wilbur
ocal lad signed up with the popular cub owner
ana play with the Cuban stars next season
no Local Basketball Qunt. Friars Ale continued
~ winning streak when they defeated Wilbcrforco
a ~ So 10 80 at Forest Club last Saturday night
't aove played fast game throughout the frs' half
Nfee fhe second quarter ended the read Frars
Nller'olce p. Frars Ale turned the heat n the
M quarter and when the game ended the local ql1nt
n trent by Is points.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-02-03
SAILORS FETED
AT PARTY

Ite iaman Rfoos cof'c
pHf ~ ter Nann NJ
ti >Nmrai nteu. nf-
known IS INC imior MoNns
ssNe al Diefta.nmen N'r
ef' ler4ay - III ts>t North.
ntd ~ ton0 of ,HF' soldiers
iIorored rp were Seanan
ltn. Siecie and vic
ompadoln St,o ara Stewart
Niata7 hcs'l seaman steele
Is Stationed IN vallejo California
and he and his wife viii rt'ur
Friday seaman licafh hss INST
3tufreJ from 'Nc south p8ffc
Where 81 has eusasod w foa
llo-s - wcfc on crafcher
tr Aiioo is,on an Beatrice
) nresi ist T. Lw'a Flsrius.
sna II TmeN Fndsc Char.
lWN pa'r Masic Sef tor-
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iiasr s Marion FLAGS
rd i Cf Cnrl flsas
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-02-03
Cincinnati WeIter
Scores Knockout;
Detroiter Also Wins

ciilCAGo tANp COO 2e
"Saa Nn.fner sensational
"e.iefNeiehi boNcr. rcsistcrcd his
.tte cDlie muse Al1prt Nfrc
Fimt noivp, -gi fight fans
nf ne cH,a-o S'auum when ne
knoekel out iNeAad Sheik
I,aoeol r tough AieNican srran-.
pe fsen Fie,m California m
for ihe East round
oihe ilehls on the card w'fc
Johny Bsa'fea aHa Isohert trfi
BON hieaep li1Htwprhts Fta
ron wow 'Ae match ON ieehla-
80 snoekou' decision oNeil
nst pcfroil ~cier-weisht
plrt h,l opf nn'-slaei decision
wcr i,7e l)ol.a1ta New Nork
NnseAae hoe's hi'ing 'hHaeo
latlau 20 ine ihni round lou
fourth round hv COINS Brown
also ~ Cheaeu vltiie 'haNc
fNhn. NilwHueec wei.st
pureHd iay' iaify 81 l.Wiis.
in'o siaiH ~ h'plr,fes- To-
WIN bt q NO NJ ic foruA
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-02-03

hc nv opponent me woii hea
vywsighi hoNine champion sNa
Conn aescr>s ne fasf o4fs
a. 'bc title ~ IS ihc No ! cen
i'rd, ara rato me. mr. harif.t
fisht be continued as b. re
fcrrcd "a me IoUi.Cena t'ir
on ture IS 1eil whom lof togl-
knocked out CONN IN 4 ia uena
fight ~ Ncw York
While NE war is gong on
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-02-03
JOE LOUIS WILL DEFEND TITLE
AGAINST CONN AFTER WAR IN
LAST FIGHT OF HIS CAREER

WORK. (ANpl "a
hNly Conn after the
ai my purilisue ca
Joe Louis declared
~ ? statement which
confirmed by pVt.
Hfo former Dcs Mmnes
AHfr in The London cdi-
i'le stars and stripes
that ! am roinc TO
'ile only once after
N'r and that Billy onn will
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-21
BARBS.. -. BY Baukhage

There is pressure to break down
the anti-fraternization rules in the
American army of occupation in
Germany. 1t is not coming from
American girls.
Life is gradually returning to nor
NAL in the Berlin suburbs, says a
Moscow broadcast, and a bicycle
race vas held in one town on July l.
We hope it wasn't a master race.
Faulty Plugs
A spark plug gap will gradually
widen after several thousand miles
OF normal service due to wear. To
remedy this condition, set the a
to the exact size specified by the
engine manufacturer, using a round
wire feeler gauge. Do not guess or
use a thin dime or a fiat tieeler
gauge. A gap may widen or wear
quickly at low mileage. This indi-
Gates that the plug is operating too
hot'-often the wrong type of plug.
II rapid gap wear occurs at low
mileage, replace with a cooler
type plug.
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-21

Every heart has its own mountains to cross.
Several years ago on my way back from the West
Coast. / stopped off in Colorado and one never-to-be
forgotten day / drove out to visit a few of the edit
Ors of the small town papers. One place | stopped,
was just a little one street town nesting into the
heart of the mountains. | stood with the editor at
the front door of his office and looked around at the
mountains circling the town. 1t was sheer I'M
adulterated beauty and | said enviously, "How for
tunate are you who live here!"
He smiled a sou-weary smile and said, Il know
what you mean-but our hearts are always striving
to cross the mountains"
Every heart has it's own mountains to cross. No
matter where we live, we feel that happiness lies on
the other side of the range that had our ways been
laid in other places, we would have done so much,
we would have gone so far!
We condemn those who live on the other side for
not making the most of their great opportunities.
We forget that they in turn condemn us for not
realizing how fair our own pathways are. Intoler-
ance breeds on both sides of the mountain, whether
il be a physical one or a mountain built of our own
preiudices and ignorance.
Mountains are too often but MISUNDERSTANDING.
They look impossible to those who only see them
from afar. But those who live among them know
that there is always a way through.
The trails of understanding are not easy. No
trail that leads upward is ever an easy road at the
start. Carved out Of the living rock by the eXplOr-
er. made by his sufferings and hardships, it requir-
es the footsteps Of many to make it a road. No road
can ever be made alone.
But the reward Of effort is great. When one
reaches the summit and sees both sides of the noun
tains-then is the way made clear. Then is the
hour of understanding. Then has the heart truly
cross the mountains.
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-21
Recognition
By GEORGE S. BENSON
President Of Harding College
- SeorcyA Arkansas

their toes" They never let .
rood man down. The newspaper
learns of praiseworthy achieve
ments because somebody always
writes to the editor and tells him.
A One-Man ARTICLES all are
Selection written by a modest
scribe who signs his
name Bob Poisall; no title after
it. Incidentally, Bob picks the
Man of the Week every time. He
does it without help or advice
from staff or board. Usually he
selects a man of Dsnville, Yer
million County. but there is nc
rule. If the towns benefacto1
lives somewhere else he's not
barred;
Every year. since April 1910
Mr.. Poisall has planned and or
ganized a dinner with all trim
mings and invited his So select
ed men to eat with him. Thii
banquet has become quite an in
stitution. There are not alwayi
just 81 men present. Once in {
while Bob has a hard time de.
Gliding which of two good men t.
choose and ends by naming boil
of them. sss
The moral to this story is OBJ
vious. Once | attended Bob's ban
quet "a completely American
function. / met So good men ane
true, most of whom were still
surprised that what they die
should be considered great. May
be every town can't have one but
it's a constructive project for any
community where there is a NAL
who has the knack.
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-21
Purpose Was to Break
Will to Resist

Bruno Bethlehem, author of my
Life in Nazi Concentration Camps
testifies to the purpose Of the camps
and the achievement of this purpose
by the gestapo from his own expert.
ences. He says that among the aims
were these:
1. To break the prisoners as indi-
viduals and convert them into docile
masses from which no individual or
group act of resistance could arise.
2. To spread terror among the
rest of the population by:
a. Using the prisoners as hos
tages;
b. Demonstrating to them what
happened to those who oppose
Nazi rulers.
3. To provide gestapo members
with a training ground SO they could:
a. Lose all human attitudes and
emotions;
b. Learn the most effective
ways Of breaking civilian re-
sistance.
4. To provide a laboratory in
which the gestapo could study the
effectiveness of torture, minimum
nourishment and medical care, and
normal activities plus hard labor.
The general purpose, Of course,
was to create a civilian population
of maximum benefit to the Nazi
state.
The authors study Of prisoners
conducted under the camp regime,
supplemented by a careful self
analysis, leads him to believe that
the camp treatment resulted in
either death or an adaptation to
camp life. The prisoner finally ac-
cepted his position and ever came
to initiate the gestapo in manner
and conduct.
This seems a logical progression
when we know that the gestapo
themselves in their training were
submitted to tortures almost equal to
those inflicted on the prisoners.
One of the gestapo games, the au-
thor relates, was for two Of them
to stand up and beat each other.
The one who stood the longest,
Old prisoners who were thor
oughly changed" were said to in
dulge in the same sport among
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-21
Dread Fear Hung
OUer Everyone

According to statements concern
ing conditions in Germany as early
as 1880, most of the Germans who
had committed actual offenses
against the Nazi regime, had al
ready been imprisoned, murdered
or had died in the camps. Then the
Nazis found it necessary to 60 out
and arrest members of various
groups unfortunately, say a few
lawyers, a few doctors, a few from
one organization or another. This
was done as a threat against that
whole particular group.
The effect on a group was some
what the same, though in a lesser
degree, as the effect on a family.
The effect on the families of the
prisoners, of course, was marked.
At first a great deal of money was
spent in attempting to get the pris-
oner released. The gestapo always
replied that it was the prisoners
own fault that he was imprisoned.
Then members of the family began
to find it hard to get jobs, children
had trouble at school; poor relief
was denied. Always the terror hung
over them. The friends and relatives
Of a prisoner were considered sus-
poets. So the influence of the camp
reached out over the whole group.
AS the Nazi regime became more
harsh and especially latterly, when
world resentment increased against
it even before the war, many more
Germans, passive before, became
openly dissatisfied and critical. 1t
was impossible to imprison them all
without interfering with the func-
tioning of the country's economy.
Then group" arrests increased.
People in lots of a hundred or so
from one profession, or trade, or af-
fliated body, would be jailed. Thus
the effect of the terror was multi
piled. This was the manner in which
the entire population of the country
was unclaimed.
General Mcclure recognizes how
crushing has been the effect of
planned terror" but I doubt if the
general public has any realization
of its magnitude. I'VE shall often
have to 60 far out of our way" says
the general, to help certain in
dividuals who have not had an easy
life these last II years and more,
men whose broken spirits may well
need u support and guidance to
return to the ways of active per-
sonal democratic initiative"
1t took centuries to develop human
dignity. but it took only a few
months in a Nazi concentration
camp to destroy it.
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-21

SHOUTS of hurrah for a hero
help other people nor than him.
The effect is to INSPIRE everybody
10 public service. Unselfsh things
people do for their country, home
town, family or church, are not
rightly done for praise. In fact,
people who do noble things with
glory as the primary aim quite
pften miss the target. lzSSs
fS--~sz~@~r-~
Danville, H., cashes-in on this
powerful influence. The CONNER
cial- News, a Danville daily news
paper, keeps the idea alive. Every
Monday morning the paper car
ries a story about some citizen
who has performed a noteworthy
public service. He is designated
the "Man Of the Week." and the
article tells why, also, other in
teresting things about the man.
Something SELECTIONS are
Unselfsh always on a basis
~-sa of public service,
not personal achievement. An
ambitious young insurance man
who sells his first million-doilar
policy is not necessarily Man OF
the Week, although he probably
feels pretty successful. Dan
vilie's Man of the Week must
have done something big for Dan
vile and, like as not, received no
commission on 1t.
! The weekly selection, the bio
graphical sketch of some good
citizen every Monday, the repeat
ed reminder Of what a fine thing
It is to be mselfsh and thought
lul, keeps Danville's citizens "on
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-21

WNU Service, Union Trust Building
Washington, d. C.
In my preceding column l de-
scribed the state of mind of the mid
dle-aged German who had been
anti-Nazi or at least had no con-
nections with the Nazi party. A
study of the gestapo methods has
revealed that it vas planned def
nitely to destroy initiative and indi-
viduality. This has greatly compli-
Gated the work of the American adj
ministration of occupied Germany.
AS I said, the gestapo made use
Of a definite system of planned
terror"
It will, I realize. be somewhat diff
icult for a person living in a demo-
cratic country to grasp the extent
to which such methods could be ap-
piled. First, we must realize that a
totalitarian government is the abso-
lutte antithesis of a democracy. In a
democracy the individual is the
unit. The state exists for the individ-
ual. Under Nazi-Fascist totalitarian-
ism. it is not enough to say that the
individual exists for the state. The
individual as a concept does not
exist at all. 1.-The Fascist conception
Of the state" said Mussolini, sis all
embracing; outside of it no human
or spiritual values can exist. .
1t was the first task of the Nazis
to destroy this concept of indi-
viduality. The terror was a part Of
the method emplOyed.
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-21
Paper Material

Bamboo may prove to be a valu-
able raw material for the manufac-
ture of paper and good quality COM
position board. Government plant
explorers began bringing in bam-
boos from the Orient and other parts
OF the world about so years ago, and
there are now many small paintings
OF good varieties on American farms
In the South. Commercial investi-
gators are studying the processing
OF the culms (stems) into paper and
boards, with results good enough to
be called encouraging.
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-21
Many Were Killed,
Or We're Suicides

Bethlehem describes the three
stages through which the prison
ers passed. The first is the arrest;
the second is transportation to the
camp, which is the hardest to bear,
he says. The last is prison life;
after a period of transition during
which, unless the prisoner either re-
sists physically and is murdered or
resists Unexpectedly and commits
suicide, he is gradually changed"
until he reaches the ''old prisoner"
stage. Then his previous nature is
e~radicated, his individuality lost
and his subsection complete.
The initial shock was devastating
especially to a German. accustomed
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-21

as ne was to processes logically con
trolled by law and order. To be de-
prived suddenly of ones civil rights
with no recourse, came as a severe
blow to the prisoners mentality.
The transportation to the camp
and the initiation into it frequently
is the first experience Of physical
and psychological torture which the
prisoner has eve experienced.
Corporal punishment, says Bettel-
helm. describing his own observa-
tons. consisted of whipping, kick
ing, slapping. intermingled with
shooting and wounding with the
bayonet. Then there we're tortures.
the obvious goal of which was ex-
IRENE exhaustion. For instance"
he says, 1.-The prisoners were forced
to stare for hours into glazing lights,
to kneel for hours, and so IN. From
time to time a prisoner got killed;
no prisoner vas permitted to take
care of his or another's wounds. The
purpose of the tortures was to
break the resistance of the pris-
oners, and to assure the guard that
they were really superior to them"
Many were killed in this process.
But those who lived, according to
the author, were conditioned to the
point where what followed-more
beatings, more indignities, little
food, exposure and brutally hard
work-was not as bad as the initial
experience.
For the rest, it was a slow but sure
process of degeneration of body,
mind and soul.
One thing which has surprised the
Americans in occupied Germany is
the tendency of the German people
to deny that they knew the extent of
the atrocities which were perpe-
trated in the camps or to appear to
ignore their existence.
This is a result OF a planned eff
feet of the camp.
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-21
Keeps Cake Moist

Frosting on a cake is more than
a treat" 1t helps to keep the cake
moist as well. For professional look
ing cake. apply frosting as follows:
l. Allow cake to cool, and brush of
loose crumbs. Spread frosting even
ly and fairly thin over sides with
spatula or knife. 2. Pile remainder
on top, spreading lightly toward
edges, leaving most of the frosting
in the center. 8. Run spatula over
sides again to fill in any spaces and
to set frosting in place. 4. Let frost
ing set" well before putting cake
away or attempting to cut it.
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-21

Three million barrels of petrole-
UNI products were lost by recent
strikes in this country, according to
an estimate made by the Petroleum
administration
Two thousand seven hundred Lib
erty ships have been battered be-
yond use in service. A lot of them
put up a good scrap before they
were scrapped.
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-21
Trouble Spot

Prague was a source OF pohtical
and religious doctrines that shat
tered the peace Of Europe for cen
cries From a Prague pulpit John
HISS expounded his ideas for the
roformation of the church, and kin
dled the spark of Czech national
ism that later famed on battieheios,
Prague's loss of religious liberty un-
der Austrian rule started the Ihirty
Years war which cost the country
it's Independence. Turmoil had It's
contrast in the peaceful reign OF
Prince Wenceslaus. c~anonized as
saint and immortalized in the Christ
mas carol Good King Wenceslaus-
A statue of Saint Wenceslaus looked
down from its pedestal in Wences
laus square.
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-21

ash walls and woodwork from
the bottom up. but dust from the
top down. Wash in upward direc-
ton, because water running down
a soiled wall leaves streaks. Dust
downward, because this method
scatters dust the least.