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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-05-03


q - Rights have become confused with opportunities.
The United States Constitution and Bill Of Rights guarantee
every citizen fundamental rights that make him free
ENJOY the opportunity to far he based his ability
ambition and energy. Beyond that government free
nothing except if he is destitute mentally deficient
handicapped beyond his control Government should then
provide satisfactory for his comfothat what
government for But to try to fool the people with the idea
that the a living and and
maintain countless millions of jobs without destroying free
country, is plain hypocrisy.
NoteSeeking politicians trying make millions of war
workers think benign take all their in
ricae troubles after the Within government
widen the Opportunities whereby have jobs
eaton and high The extent which takes advan-
of opportunities depends upon the will and purpose Of the
individual AS anyone else expand "copper"
tmites the chances for advancement living standards
greater but such benefits rights to which
entitled without respect his effort to obtain them
History has shown that when the people of any nation de
pend do their thinking and providing for Them
is only short before they lose their ambition. their init
atVe and their Freedom There will be easy road to full
employment and prosperity after this destructive Only
people who will work and and do not look government
for handouts will survive and retain their personal liberties.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-05-03
Awarded Bronze Star

TIA Ernest X. Hauscr, of the 419th
armorcd field artillery battalion, 10th
armored division, 7th army has been
awarded the Bronze star medal some
where in Germany.
Hauser is a nephew of Clayton Fra
zee, of Friendsville. The citation
reads:
For heroic achievement in conncc-
ton with military operations against
an enemy of the United States in
Luxembourg on December 20, 1914.
During the defense of Berdorf, Lux
cmbourg, the wire communication
line from the artillery observation
tank to the forward observation post
ives severed by enemy fire. Techni-
clan Fourth Grade Hauser voluntarily
left the safety of his tank and despite
a constant hostile rocket and artillery
barragC. traced the wire to the break
and repaired it. During the remainder
of the day, he repaired three more
breaks in the line under similar cir
cumstances, maintaining continuous
communication. The intrepidity and
answering devotion to duty displayed
by this courageous tank commander
reflect great credit upon himself and
the military forces of the United
States. Entered the military service
from Maryland"
Hauser was listed last week as be-
ing slightly wounded in action on
April 2, in Germany.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-05-03
Program For Summer
Activities Are Planned
Activities Committee For Noun
tain Lake Park And Oakland
Outlines Events For The Sum
mer Season

A program of events for the Noun
tain Lake Park Oakland area, for the
summer season, was agreed upon at a
meeting of the executive committee in
Clarksburg, West Va, on Sunday,
April %.
The opening event will be an infor-
NAL dance on Wednesday, July 4, at
Mt. Lake Park.
Other scheduled events arc:
Mountain Lake Park Tennis Club
junior tennis tournament, July 16 to
July %, on the club tennis courts.
Resumption of Western Maryland
Tennis tournament, on club courts,
August IS through August Is.
Annual tennis week dance, Satur-
day, August Is, at Mt. Lake Hotel.
Tri-State amateur golf tournament,
August 81 through September 3,
sponsored by Oakland Golf Club. (The
dates Tentatively.
Final dance, Saturday, September
/, Mt. Lake Hotel.
J. P. Beacon, chairman, who an
nounced the program, said all dates
were firm, with exception of the golf
tournament, and that steps were be-
ing taken to have the bowling alleys
in the Park Community Center repair
ed Immediately for use this summer.
The program will be printed in fol-
der form for distribution after golf
dates have been firmly established.
Those attending the Clarksburg
meeting besides Chairman and Mrs
Beacon were Mr.. and Mrs. George
Deacon, Washington; Mrs. James Hol-
loway, Wheeling; Mr.. and Mrs. Hay
mond Rapp, Clarksburg; Ralph E.
Weber, Oakland; Frank Wright, Jr,
Of Washington, and Mayor H. L. Bit
ner. of Mountain Lake Park
Another meeting of the Activities
Committee will be held, probably on
Decoration Day, at Mt Lake Hotel,
when final arrangements for the 1915
season will be made, and at which
time other committee members from
Oakland, Deep Creek Lake and Noun
tain Lake Park will attend
Members of the committee were of
the opinion that the schedule would
eventually lead to bigger and better
events in this area and that the &C
Invites would have a tendency to in
crease the number of summer visitors
in this county.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-05-03
Killed in Action

Charles burst, with General Hodges
9th army, was killed in action in Ger
many ON April 10, his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Russell burst, of Baltimore,
were informed this week.
They were former residents Of Crcl-
lin. The deceased was aged % and was
a member Of the Woodmen of the
World, A brother, Wendell burst, is
also in service overseas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-05-03
Judge Releases Woman
In Still Operating Case

Charges Of operating an illegal still
against Mrs. Lulu Isabelle DcCost, SO,
were dismissed after hearing before
Judge William E. Baker in United
States District Court, Wheeling, W.
Va, Friday.
Her husband, Adam Samuel DeCost,
IA, and Robert Elmer Green, A, both
Of the Elk Garden, w. Va, section,
were held on the same charges and
their case was given to the jury Sat
urday.
Convicted of the charge on Satur-
day afternoon, the two men were re-
leased under $1,000 bond each after a
motion for new trial was filed by
their counsel Both were found guilty
ON charges Of conspiracy to violate
the federal tax laws by manufacture
ing illicit liquor
James W Hoover, 2G, also indicted
in the case, entered 4 plea Of guilty
and testified for the government. He
said he was engaged in cutting timber
on land near Hartmansville, close to
Maryland line, and that Green and De-
Cost talked to him about operating a
still.
Hoover testified that a 3G-gallon
still was first set up last August and
later it was replaced with a 75-gallon
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-05-03
Church Services On
.V-EDay Are Planned

Services of worship and thanksgiv-
ing are to be conducted in all churches
in Oakland on the evening of Victory
day in Europe, it has been announced.
Rev, George D. Birk and Rev. Minor
Sprague, pastors Of st. Marks Luth-
eran and ST. Paul's Methodist
churches, respectively, had previously
announced that their congregations
would unite in a service at the Mctho-
dist church, but this arrangement has
been changed as it is believed so many
people will want to celebrate We day
in an appropriate manner that no one
church would hold them all
The service as planned will be dup
Heated for presentation in both of the
churches. Invitations are extended to
all clubs, fraternal organizations, the
American Legion and other civic
bodies to attend one of the services
Services in the Lutheran and Mctho-
dist churches will begin at 1870 pm.
following official announcement that
hostilities have ended in Europe The
announcement will be the occasion for
the ringing of church bells and the
opening of churches Immediately for
prayer and meditation preceding the
public services.
Rev Austin f. Schildwachter an
nounccd there would also be a service
in the Episcopal church and St Peters
Catholic church will also have special
masses. 1t is expected that in all
churches throughout the county there
will be some special observance Of the
event.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-05-03
People Are Generous
In Giving Clothing
Extension OF Time Proved Prof
liable For Lions Club Commit
tee, In Cargo of Collection

Ioc,I narticina+ion in tbn National
Clotbino. ColInction draws +o = close
with annie evidence Of tho generosity
and tbonubtf,lnaes Of o,,,, countv MOO
MILO arcordny IN Pav lTino,. Snra one
chairman Of tho Lions CIub Commit
fec sponso,ino tbc collection He csti-
mated that almost as much oood use
able clo+bino and bodding was donated
this week as last 81 that 4be evten-
sion of +in,o was mite nrofi+abIo
Non,ho,.s If tbn ions Ch,b mot a+
Rud,'s waroroon, Nondav niobt and
amain Tuesday 70 continuo eor+ino,
nackinr and IabeIino the goods for
sbinn,c,+ Tbie wo,l, win ha con,nIntad
toniubt after which tba sivtv-odd
I,,,no carton. will No delivered 10 tho
railroad for delivery TO = district re-
sbinnino noint
# is ;mnossibIo TO estimate as vet,
thn total wniobt of clothing collected,
accordino n those WORKING ON +be n,o-
ioc+ bnt if i LARGO and will he re-
nortrd nox+ week
AItbonob the snonso,ino, oro,,n took
rosnonsihi1itv only for IFS own COM
nnnitics Nj Lake parl, and Oakland
.,,,,n ,tl,n, ro,,,r,,,ri+io, and tho conn
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-05-03
+. b. |. Conference Planned

The first FBI Law Enforcement
Conference to be held this year at
Cumberland, will be on Wednesday
May 9, 1915, at 1000 AM, for the
benefit of police officers from the var
ious local law enforcement agencies
located in Allegany and Garrett coun-
ties, it has been announced
Special Agents of the FBI will give
a demonstration on the use of fire
arms. In addition, other matters of in
terest to the police will be discussed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-05-03
Maryland To Abide By
Truman's We Request

We Day observance in Maryland
in exact accordance with the pro-
nouncemcnt by President Truman for
rational observance" is requested by
Governor O'Conor.
"The observance should be first one
Of thanksgiving for the success al
ready obtained, but it also should be a
rededcation to the enormous task ly-
ing ahead until permanent peace can
be established" the governor said,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-05-03
RALPH WENSEL
DIES AS RESULT
OF RIFLE WOUND
Eighteen Year-Old Youth Acct
dentally Shot Sunday After
noon; Died Yesterday In
keys,ar Hospital

Ralph Wensel, Is, died in Potomac
Valley Hospital, Keyser, West Va,
yesterday afternoon at 5:45 o'clock
as the result of bullet wound acct
dcntally inflicted Sunday afternoon
while he and five other youths were
engaged in shooting at mark and into
the waters of Wilson Lake on the
town property at the north edge Of
Oakland.
A ,22-calibrc bullet, fired by one Of
the youths struck the surface of the
water at low angle and ricocheted
into the body of young Wensel above
his right hip, piercing the intestines
and stomach and also striking his
liver.
When the other youths in the party,
William Hescn, Robert Stanton, Jack
Tects, Douglas Dawson and Karl
Kahl, realized that he had actually
been shot, they Immediately brought
him to the office of DR.. f. |. Baum
gartner. who had him sent to the Key
ser hospital. Arriving there an imme-
Giate operation was performed in an
effort to stop the internal bleeding
and to extract the bullet.
For three days his life hung in the
balance as frequent blood trasfusions
were effected in order to bolster his
resistance and rcplpnish the supply
that continually secped from the
wounds. Carlton Bowscr, Jack Tcets
and Douglas Dawson all gave trans
fusions and William Hesen went to
keyser yesterday for the same pur-
pose, but surgeons by that time had
succeeded in stopping the bleeding,
and although in very critical condi-
ton it was thought he had a fair
chance to recover.
AS soon as his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Floyd Wensel, who reside on
their farm two miles south of Oak
land, We're informed~of the occurrence,
they were driven to Keyser by Carlton
Bowser, a neighbor. Mrs. Wensel re-
manned there with her son. A sister,
Mrs. Eugene Dunbar, who had just
graduated from South Baltimore Cen
cral Hospital as a nurse, also came to
Keyser to assist.
One brother, Flight Officer Walter
Howard Wensel, with the Army Air
Corps at Avon Park, Fla, arrived in
Oakland on a ten-day furlough An
other brother, S/Sgt, Lawrence Wen
sci, is in the Army Air Corps in In
dia.
Other brothers and sisters are Dor
tha Gladys, Floyd and Donald Wen
sci, all at home.
Ralph was graduated from Oakland
High school in June, 1913, and has
been assisting his father in farm
work. He was a member of ST. Marks
Lutheran church in Oakland.
Funeral services will be conducted
Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
from the Bolden Funeral Home. with
Rev. George D. Birk, pastor of the
Lutheran church, officiating. Inter-
ment will be in the Oakland cemetery.
His body will remain at the funeral
home until time of the service. Pail
bearers will be Jack Tccts, Douglas
Dawson, Robert Stanton, William
llcSon, Karl Kahl aud Lloyd LiIcr, Jr.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-05-03
Wounded in Action

Among the soldiers named in gov
eminent casualty messages which APP
peared this week were two from this
area wounded in action.
Pfc. Oliver H. Miller, of Kcmpton,
a son of Charles Miller, was wounded
in Germany on April 8, while Pfc.
Charles f. Morris, of Bayard, w. Va,
a son of Mrs. Lydia +. Morris, was
wounded in the European area.
Mr.. Miller has four other sons in
the armed forces.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-05-03
To UnvaiI Honor Roll

An honor roll, which is being erect
ed at Mt Lake Park by the Rebekah
lodge, is to be unveiled at a ceremony
this Sunday afternoon, May 6, at 2:30
o'clock. it has been announced. The
honor roll is being erected in the "tri-
angle" near the amphitheatre.
Eliza Bray has asked for members
of the Proctor Kildow Post No. n,
American Legion, to be present and
take part in the proceedings,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-05-03
Receives Purple Heart

Mrs, DcImar c. Dillcy has received
the Purple Heart Medal awarded to
her husband, Sgt: Dclmar c. Dilley,
for wounds received in action in
France
Sgt. Dillcy was with the 3rd divi-
sion of the 18th army He is a son Of
Mr.. and Mrs E. II. Dilley, Oakland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-05-03
Awarded Bronze Star

Sgt. Carl Clutch" Wolf has been
awarded the bronze star and the
bronze oak leaf cluster for leading as
sault boats across the Pasig river in
South Manila during the battle for
that city, it has been announced.
Sgt Wolf also has received the pur-
pie heart award for wounds he re-
ceived in this operation
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-05-03
Wounded in Action

SISgt NJ. J. Murphy, with an in
fantry unit, was wounded in Germany
on April 6, and is now in hospital
in France.
He is son Of Mrs. Eta Murphy,
of Deer Park.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-05-03
Few State Veterans
Paid Under CT Bill

A very small percentage of Mary
lands discharged veterans of World
War II are receiving REIMBURSEMENT al
lowance payments as provided by the
CT Bill of Rights, the State Unem-
ploymcnt Compensation Board dis
closed.
Garrett In Survey
A recent survey showed that during
the first quarter of this year less than
two percent of the new regiStrants
were being paid. The survey was con-
Quoted in the Baltimore area and Gar
rctt and Allegany counties, since those
two areas represented more than
eighty percent of the registered World
War II veterans in the state. The
average number of new registrants
with the L. S. Employment Scvice)
reported in Western Maryland was
260. The average number paid was l05
with each veteran receiving about
three checks per month.
Board Director Stephen c. Crom-
well, Baltimore, said the figures by no
means accounted for all discharged
veterans, since many in the state had
found jobs for themselves, were at
tending school or had made some
other plan and had not registered
with the employment service.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-05-03
Seventeen Register
During Month of April

Seventeen l6-yeaY-old boys register
Cd with the Local Draft Board during
the month of April, according to H. L.
Jones, chief clerk. They are:
Meridth Douglas Snyder. e.. Jennings
Jasper H. Ringer, Jr..... Deer Park
Leroy Dale Faugh ......D Deer Park
Randall Clifford Miller. Oakland
Stanley Allen Savage. ..... Oakland
Dale Eugene Alexander. -. Accident
Patsy Chas. Perry Deer Park
George Edward Hauser..... Oakland
George Fred Edgar. .... Grantsvillc
Thomas Leon Hclbig. ...... Oakland
Burton J. Thomas. .... Friendsvilic
Homer +. Reichenbecher. Grantsv'lc
Paul Richardson Skipper. Oakland
Carl Emerson Brenncman. Accident
Arnold Franklin Sisler.... Crellin
Edwin Pierce Miller. ...... Kempton
Lester Earl Teets. ....... Lake Ford
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-05-03
No Go41 Road Back .

Al HERE is so much loose talk in political circles about the
right to job" that it has become almost meaningless
DE- Rights have become confused with opportunities"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-14
GIRLS PLEA LEADS
TO FINDING OF HER .
MOTHERS DEAD FORM

Continued from Page One
had been accidentally killed in a
fall from his oil truck July %,
and that he had buried her body in
his Cranston garage.
Under police floodlights, search
ers directed by the handcuffed
husband, dug three feet into the
cinder-covered floor to disclose
the blanket-wrapped, decomposed
body.
Hours later, while a medical
examiner sought the cause OF
death, Inspector Rattigan said
Newcomb told Of ride and drinks
together on the night of July q
and of a quarrel. In rage, New
comb asserted he strangled his
wife, the detective said.
Rattigan said Newcomb's daugh
ter, Kathleen, later listened stony
faced while her father told her
what he had said to the police
and that the girl responded sim
ply, IT knew it already"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-14
OPA Lifts Ceilings
On White Potatoes

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.-P)-
The OPA today announced sus'
pension of price ceilings on white
potatoes for the period from to-
morrow through Oct. Is.
The action, described as "the
first move Of the kind affecting
an importan staple food item,
was taken after the Department
Of Agriculture had estimated the
1915 potato crop to be the larges
in years-approximately 432,8s5,
900 bushels.
Ceilings on certified and wal
approved seed potatoes are no
affected.
OPA pointed out that in addition
to the large crop expected, de
mands of the armed forces fol
potatoes have dropped off sharp
ly. The estimated crop total is
an increase of nearly $500, 00t
over last year, OPA said, adding
that there will be more potatoes
available for civilians than they
normally consume
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-14
Suspicious Patrolman
Nabs Alleged Robbel

NEW YORK, Sept. 10. -W.R)-
A patrolman, suspicious of man
carrying a suitcase near the Queen
Mary's dock today forced the man
to open the case and discovered
$13,500 cash which L awren e
Balmforth, %, admitted taking
from the Woonsocket. r. L., colony
Cooperative Bank.
Ba1mforth told the patrolman,
Thomas Mclaughlin, that he was
a bank teller. He had misappro-
priated more than $4,000, he said.
and fled with the additional funds
when he learned that bank ex-
aminers were scheduled to 60 over
his accounts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-14
CONGRESS MOVES
TRUMAN PROGRAM
fContinued from Page One

z. .gon Society Of operating in this
country. The committee will see
about that.
The Senate didn't meet. The
House heard few speeches-some
members don't want the U. S. to
lend Britain money-and quit ear
". Committees worked long and
late.
Originally the jobless pay bill
called for the federal government
to give the states enough cash to
pay the jobless up to $25 week
for rs weeks.
Now it would leave payments.
which vary from state to state, at
present levels. But if the govern
haents asks for it, the Federal gov
eminent would supply enough mon
ey to keep state payments going
rs weeks. In most states, benefits
aren't paid for that long.
The senate expects to lug the
bill onto the floor Tuesday. The
House still has to act on Jobless
pay. -,
And the full employment bill
still has to travel through the full
Senate Banking committee, then
the Senate, then the House.
It says: 1.-THE Federal govern
,nent has the responsibility to as
sure continuing full employment,
that is, the existence at all times
of sufficient employment oppor-
tunities for all Americans able to.
s-ork and desiring to work"
And spuds:
Southerners have a deal to sell
most of their $5,O0O,000 surplus OF
dehydrated sweet potatoes to]
UNERA and the Army. They hol-
iored while back when they heard
hungry Europe might spurn them.
/: Now Senator Brewster (R.-Me.)
wants the government to buy
Names 100000 bushels of spare
white spuds and feed them to Eu-
rope.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-14
CIVILIANS HEAR
COL. DYKE MEYER
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given trouble but that they came
too late and needed such long rum
ways that they could be easily
spotted and bombed, delaying use
Of the field.
An almost intact Me. 234 was
captured in the final stages Of the
conflict and sent to Wright Field,
Dayton, Ohio, where the Army does
much of its testing, he said.
In answer to a question which
has puzzled many people, that is
the ability of the Russian Army
to move so fast without a great
amount of air coverage, he said
that the Russian artillery concen.
tration was several times as great
as that Of the United States Army,
which might prove at least partially
responsible for their remarkable
speed.
Col. Meyer made the statement
that America is the country best
fitted in all the world to produce
pilots. Our youth plays games re-
curing coordination of the mind
and body, are mechanically mind
ed and not regimented and so make
the finest type Of young man for
the job.
The German pilot was potential
ly almost as good as the American
but lacked training facilities, h e
added.
The Medical corps in this war
cannot be too highly praised, Col.
Meyer stated. He said that it was
his understanding that around SO
per cent of minor battle casualties
were able to return to front line
duty and in the case of major casu-
allies, nothing was too much to do
for the wounded man, and the high
ly organized system Of hospitals
provided care for all types of in
juries:
Col. Meyer commanded the 366th
Fighter Group when it went over
seas in December, 1913, and saw
combat with them. Later he be-
came combat operations officer for
the 9th Fighter Command and in
September Of 1914, he was made
chief of staff of the goth Tactical
Air Command. He only recently
returned to this country.
His decorations include the Silver
Star, the Distinguished Flying
Cross, the Air Medal, the Purple
Heart, a Presidential Unit Citation
and the Bronze Star. He has also
been decorated by the Russian,
French and Belgian governments.
Three new members of the club
received pins from Vice-President
John Fox after hearing the Civitan
Code of Ethics. They were DR.. Lyle
Hedman, D. F. Fleming a n d
Meares Harriss.
Lee Spence, recently returned
from service in the Merchant Ma
rine, was welcomed back to the
club.