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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-11-22
Twenty-Five Persons
Are On Two Lists For
Pre-Induction Exams
Fourteen Left Sunday Night for
Baltimore, and Eight to
Go Tuesday

twenty-five registrants were in pro-
cess of prc-induction physical eXami-
nations, according to two lists released
by the Garrett County Selective Ser
vice board.
Fourteen left Oakland Sunday
night, November 18, for Baltimore
and thus far no report as to who had
been accepted for service had been re-
ceivcd by the local board.
Those who reported included the
following;
Stanley Allen Savage. Oakland
Kenneth Harold Stahl . Grantsville
Dewey Watson Bittingcr, Jr.. Crcllin
Leo Vcrn Stottlemeyer Mt Lake Park
James Estel Baldassare. =. Kempton
Cecil Calvert Friend ..... Swanton
William Patrick Pencil 800. VindeX
Dorsey Edwin Wolfe. .... Kempton
Edward Eugene Steyer. -. Deer Park
Carleton Dale Sellers Accident
Harold Waldo Arnold. .... Oakland
George Junior Ferguson. Deer Park
William Bruce Severe. ....... Hutton
Transferred from other Boards
Harold Edward Alexander. Kingwood,
W. Va, LIB. No. l.
Fight Others to Report
Eight additional registrants were
ordered to report to the local board
on Tuesday night, November 81, to be
sent to Baltimore for their pre-induc-
tion physical examination, on the fol-
lowing day They were listed as fol-
lows:
Leonard Alexander. ..... McHenry
Thomas Leon Helbig. Oakland
Lester Earl Tects Terra Alta, VIVA.
Gerald X. Custer MorgantoWn, VIVA
Claude Franklin Harvey. Deer Park
CIdyc c. Sanner, Jr..... .Friendsville
Harry Claude Faucet =. .Friendsville
David Duane Patton. ...... Annapolis
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-11-22
War Fund Donations
Continue to Mount
Total Is Still Far From Goal But
Outlook is Promising, Chair
man Gender Declares

Actual cash contributions in the
national war fund campaign received
by Cecil Smith, treasurer, thus far,
mounted to more than $1,10O this
week, with Bernard J. Gender, county
chairman, declaring he had received
verbal reports of about the same
amount. The county quota is $4,000,
and any amount above this figure will
be retained in the county, to be dis
persed among needy local veterans
fer emergency measures.
Oakland Elementary school COM
pleted its annual drive last Friday.
The school contributed $500 which
was higher than the sum the students
raised last year. The rooms raising
the largest amounts were those of
Miss Ann Dilgard and Mrs. Glenn
Hoffman, in the upper grades, and
those of Mrs. Castecl and Mrs. Play
ford Ryan, in the lower grades. A
total of ten dollars in prize money
was awarded to the winning rooms
through the courtesy of Mr.. Gender.
Theatre collections at Oakland since
Saturday have amounted to about
$4,000 while the tag day conducted
by the Girl Scouts ncttcd SLIGO A
bingo party was held Wednesday
night by the women's committee of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-11-22
Resume Coal Exploration

Resumption of the exploration of
coal measures in Garrett and Ale
gany counties by the Federal bureau
of mines was reported at a meeting of
the Cumberland chamber of commerce
last Thursday night
Up to the present fifteen thrce-inch
holes have been completed and two
are under way. One is on Piney noun
tain Ia miles northeast of Clarysville
Allegany county, and the other is
near Chestnut Grove church, on the
southeasterly side of Backbone noun
tain, about four miles due west of
Bloomington.
Approximately $4,000 has been
spent on this program thus far.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-11-22
Investigates Charges
of Inhumane Loading
In Trucking Animals
George S. List, State SPCA,
Spends Several Days Advis-
ing Truckers and Farmers

Following numerous complaints Of
improper loading and inhumane
crowding of cattle and other animals
for shipment to live stock sales,
George S. List, special investigator of
the Maryland Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty to Animals, Of Balti-
more, visited Oakland over the last
weekend, and covered the stock sales
at Terra Alta and Accident. He spent
several days with Corporal Thomas
Currie, of the Maryland State Police,
warming farmers and truck-drivers
that trucks must not be overloaded,
and that where small animals are
loaded with larger ones, partitions or
divisions must be put in the trucks,
separating them, so that the smaller
animals will not be trampled and in
jured; also that in winter stock must
be afforded protection from the Gle
ments, while in transit.
Mr. List said a large number of
trucks were stopped, and their drivers
and owners cautioned as to the danger
of improper methods Of loading, both
in regard to the laws pertaining to
cruelty to animals, and from a COM
mcrcial angle He remarked this was
designed to put an end to widespread
instances Of cruelty, which have been
reported throughout the summer and
fall, to headquarters in Baltimore,
anonymously and otherwise, and he
hoped that the warning given would
be sufficient to bring about an end to
such practices, without resort to ac-
tons at law.
Mr., List said many Of the trucks
stopped had calves or pigs loaded to-
gethcr with large cattle, and it was
pointed out to the drivers that as all
of the animals were Unfortunately
mixed, the small ones were in immi-
ncnt danger Of being crushed. No
charges were preferred at this time,
but he stressed that Corporal Currie
would keep a close watch for future
instances of actual or potential cruel
ty. If such occasion arises, offenders
will be prosecuted to the fullest eX-
tent of the law, he emphasized 1t was
also pointed out that this warning APP
plies to shippers of chickens and other
poultry.
Mr., List and Corporal Currie visited
the live stock sale at Accident on
Monday, and made public announce
ment Of the purpose and intention of
local authorities to enforce humane
loading and transportation.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-11-22
Oates Due To Be
Sentenced Dec. II

Robert N. Oates, Gormania, w. Va,
who pleaded guilty in U. S. District
Court, Wheeling, to using the mails to
defraud Cumberland finance firm,
will be sentenced December IA, it was
announced at Wheeling.
Oates was indicted on two counts
for obtaining $1,05750 and $685.
from the National Discount Corpora
ton, through fraud in installment
sales of equipment. Judge William E.
Baker deferred sentence, due to the
illness of Oates wife, who has been
a patient at Memorial Hospital at
Cumberland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-11-22
Youth Club Has
Talent Program

Approximately forty members and
guests of the Garrett County Youth
Club met last Friday evening at the
Sunnyside Grange hall. This meeting
was in the form of talent program.
The entire membership previously had
been divided into groups, and each
group then performed some stunts or
skits for their part Of the program.
During the business session which fol-
lowed, plans were made for the De
cember meeting which is to be a
Christmas party. Following the pro-
gram and business, the recreation
chairman, Miss Leona Dodge, led the
group in active games, after which
refreshments were served.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-11-22
Building Committee
To Have Charge of
Hi School P.-T.A.

The Building committee of the pro-
posed new high school building, will
have charge of the High school par
ent-teacher association meeting on
Wednesday evening, November %, at
8 o'clock, in the school auditorium.
There will be an election of a presi-
dent, to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Mrs. Leo Helbig at the
last meeting. A prize is to be awarded
to the home room having the most
parents present, and $500 prize also
will be given to the home room having
the most parents as members of the
organization.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-11-22
Parcels May BE Larger To Army
Personnel Overseas

Parcels to army personnel overseas
may be larger than before, according
to new instructions received by W. e.
Spoerlein, acting postmaster of the
Oakland office.
Effective November Is, parcels not
exceeding II pounds in weight or AZ
inches in length, or ~ inches in
length and girth combined, containing
articles requested by the addresscc,
may be accepted for mailing, he said.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-11-22
Local Machine Shop
Operator Had Share
In War Experiments
George kerins, ST., Worked Five
Months In Manufacturing Sc
cret Things For Army

Oakland had some share in the war
program, in the development of weap-
ons, although very few people were
aware of it at the time, and it is still
little known today.
The lid was lifted somewhat from
the secrecy surrounding the manufac
turc of various articles by George
Kcrins, ST., one day last week when
officials arrived in Oakland to collect
some blueprints and terminate the
present contract.
They intimatcd however, that fur
Their work might be carried on by the
army or navy and that Mr. Kcrins
might be called upon to do some adj
ditional experiments.
Early this year Mr.. Kcrins entered
into contract with officials of the AL
lcgany Ballistics laboratory, which is
conducted under the direction of
George Washington University, to
carry on some secret experimental
work At this time he was instructing
High school students in machine shop
practices.
This work began in June and lasted
for five months, until the latter part
of October. During this time Mr.
kcrins and his assistants kept three
machines busy in his machine shop,
just off Oak street near the Youghio-
gheny river bridge, sometimes as
much as sixteen hours day.
They used aluminium and steel and
metal alloys and did precision work,
drilling, threading, and other types of
machine work where accuracy to the
nth degree was a prime requisite.
1t can now be told that Mr. Kerins
manufactured ignitcr tubes, plugs,
shell noses, extensions for mortar
shells, igniter caps, and made other
metal objects which would be collected
by army officials from time to time
and taken to another laboratory or
proving ground where they would be
assembled with other parts into a
weapon and tested.
When Mr.. Kerins would receive in
structions to manufacture certain
object, he would have an order any
where from / to 300 units. Time was
always a factor in the production, but
could never be placed ahead of ac-
curacy, he said
Many of the objects manufactured,
Mr.. Kcrins said, he was unable to de-
tcrminc where they would be used and
felt it was possible that some of the
items might have been used in con-
Quoting experiments which led to the
successful completion of the atomic
bomb, or the improvement of the army
bazooka and trench mortar.
Only those army officials who CON
Quoted experiments with the finished
products could give the correct
answer to that.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-11-22
Second Inspection
of Buses Arranged

A second school bus inspection
schedule has been arranged by John
L. Fitzwater, supervisor of transpor-
tation.
Inspections will take place at Oak
land, Monday, November 26, a. m.
to ! p. M; at Accident Tuesday, No
vember 27, $3.50 a. M; at Grantsville,
the same day, at noon; at Friendsville,
Wednesday, November %, $3.50 a. m. );
and at Kitzmiller Thursday, Novem-
Der 20, at 9:30 a. m.
Ray o. Horn, safety department,
department of motor vehicles, will be
present to assist in the inspections.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-11-22
Purchase Hotel

Mr. and Mrs. James fowler, until
recently owners of the William-James
hotel in Oakland. have purchased
Hotel Tygart in Elkins, W. Va, with
a capacity of 100 rooms, and will
take charge on January /, 1916.
Their home on Second street in Oak
land has been sold through the Adams
and Adams real estate office, to Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Turner, of Washing
ton, d. C.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-11-22
Bond Drive Is Slow

Purchase of bonds amounting to
$50 $3.50 was reported on Wednes-
day morning in the Victory Loan
drive by Howard C. Riggs, county
chairman, which was only a slight in
crease over the previous week. "E''
bond sales amounted to $21 ,012.50.
The county quota is $4,000 and
the drive will conclude on December
9th.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-11-22
Craig Motor Moves
To New Location

The Craig Motor Service, which has
occupied the old Johnson building on
Oak street for several years, has
moved into its new location in the for
mer Nance building, corner Third and
Green streets. This building was pur-
chased recently by the company and
remodelcd completely to fit the needs
of the organization.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-11-22
Bloomington PIT A. Meets

The Bloomington ParentTeachers'
Association held its regular meeting
Wednesday evening. They had as their
guest, Mrs. Caroline Wilson, super
visor of the southern unit, who gave
a talk on "Improving the School
Grounds" Plans were discussed for
getting new furniture and light globes
for the school.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-11-22
Winter Library Schedule

The winter schedule of hours for
the Oakland Public Library was an
nounced as follows:
Beginning Wednesday, November
%, the Library will be open from ~
o'clock noon to p. M, each Wednes-
day.
Saturday hours remain the same,
from 2 to 5 and Z to 9 p. m.
C,,beo,,;ba for Tho pooubI;oao
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-23

ing evees along the Mississippi But they have been
able to build levee high enough strong enough to hold
cole Man River Almost every flood the cole Man
the evee broken and the Army Engineers
have do the evee building job all again despite the
fact they have built evees high that have looked from
southern Illinois ciys street to the ships by For
the life of cannot comprehend why the Army Engineers
persist in building evees They need but to China and
view failure there has been demonstrated down the stair
steps of the centuries Every the rains the de-
nuded countryside fails hold the flood waters and thousands
killed. made homeless the land submerged Famine
often follows in the wake of such floods because it takes time
build the broken evees and get the soil into production
again. You and can this with Why
the Army Engineers unable it? Perhaps they like the
job of building evees? Why cannot Gov S. Ford it?
Of he cannot leave his duties at Helena for
pose unless it be to attend political conferences
We cannot always play at being King Canute And the
of Progress will nundate those who endeavor to
block it just Canute inundated This silly twadde
about somebody downstream stealing water that originates
Montana is unworthy of adult is the refuge of unhink
stooge who have reasonable against the MVA
which would give Montana citizens and soils multitude of
blessings besides helping the situation downstream.
Nobody is stealing water after has left Montana
All this talk of Estates Rights is moonshine distilled by po
lcal prostitutes. Don't pay any attention to 1.-THE West
ern News.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-23
What a Farce
ern News

Butte cosmopolitan city with every nationality and
possibly every religion represented and strange
it is this very fact that Butte alive great author
said that phiosophic condition state of compa
cency and hence rerogressve attitude This also
made further remark that community and nation con-
tnued and developed its vty Well Butte under this def
milton anything but phosophc because has extremes of
all kinds powerful corporations faced by powerful unions
beautiful and miserable winters deep religious and
national sympahies wealth and squaid poverty beautiful
churches and vice running rampant CRIME and filth and the
most beautiful mountain scenery.
Yet, expression of the milk of human kindness
needed Butte the first respond On the other hand the
rebellous an spirit just active right
the people ncensed the domination of the powerful
porate financial interests of the state of Montana
the legislature which supposed be the of representa-
tive government
From far and and gathering the people show
bitter and almost hopeless attitude respect to the present
of the House and Senate of Montana has been
termed the most farca exhibition of political and
worhessne held by the The control of the votes
desines finances of nearly all of the
enaves and senators obvious that the generality of the
popuace little nothing whether the session ends right
in March whether it again not
the example of the deprivation of the rights
the citizens There few notable examples of
honest effort by few in the lower house and
the upper house The state of Montana expect
nothing of this session of the legislature but continued
population continued decrease in wealth and
of development of the marvellous
ampled of the state.-Montana Labor News.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-23

Mr. W. F. Finn of the Miles City Star, their loud
est orators and writers of the MVA opposition that the
Montana Power Co., furnishes for twos of cent
kowa hour which cheaper than the IVA furnish
moderate users? 1t must be making profits it's
distribution and the sad of is that of these profits
stay IN Montana except small dividend preferred stock
but all to New York where all the stock held
Montana Power Co. produce cheaper than IVA
and other agencies then why should be paying
much higher rates than the people Knoxville TENNESSEE
Let the opponents of MVA this.
One of the assigned for the delay in building the
Fathead dam not needed the power company
had sufficient This shortsghted policy
it not anticipating rural electrcation
any industrial development in which latter assumption
right there has been will there VA
comes in and forces the issue
Montana will prosper and make the advance made
by other states until have industries built
materials Too long has Montana had ship
materials had them procesed in other states then
shipped back finished products and bought high
by people, paying the freight both ways The
and its allies which have monopoly do
end to this condition.
Instead of two governmental authorities looking at
the Upper Missouri and the other the
by the corporation controlled and Mr. Finn
dinated authority like the proposed MVA needed
end to this of the Upper only
development this great valley years The
tana Power Co., with its cheap dams the need
for to elecrfy rural homes and supply the
dustries which have been so long needed.
Nor the Bureau of Reclamation and engineers
in their limited plans
The IVA has answered the needs for industry, cheap
power for city and rural homes has worked in harmonious
cooperation with local agencies and raised the productivity of
the land and the comfort and happiness of it's people, MVA
can do the for us.-The Yellowstone.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-23
Everything Rosy

1t significant that Investigations of any state
ment setup has been made during this session of the ega
and certainly there conditions that such
Investigations Proposals to make thorough investigation of
conditions the state hospital for the insane quite efec
lively blocked the part of the No nvestga
ton of the state liquor monopoly suggested far
know, though certainly conditions reced elsewhere in this
issue of The Voice indicated its need
Hopeessly ounumbered the few liberals in both houses
have been and facing discouragng Odds OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
nearly all of them members of the minority party This
the ninth legislative assembly in that state which this writer
has observed in connection with his work In of these
sessions have party lines been closely drawn and adhered
in the and other has there been
reactionary majority in both houses the present
few of the members of the republican majority are
realizing and that their party doing itself very
real dsservce by their attitudes and actions in the present
assembly The people of the state may be thankful for small
avos considering that up Wednesday the house had
killed had vetoed by the 1872 of the house bills
introduced and four House Joint Memorials 1t may be said
that there would be little the state if they killed
with the exception of the primary bill
has been field day for the big corporations Perhaps
the people may wake up and play innings the 1947
assembly.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-23
AMERICAS BIGGEST BUSINESS
RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORP.

Not United States Steel, General
Motors, Standard Oil or Aluminium
Company Of America is Americas
biggest business but the Government
Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
| Started before the New Deal",-up
to the end of 1914, the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation and subsidiaries,
had made authorizations of 1928 bill
lion for war purposes, and disbursed
over SIS billion.
For all purposes, it has authorized
loans and commitments of $48,300 mil
lion.
On June rs, 1910, the President
signed the bill, which, as Jesse Jones,
chairman of the RFC in his report,
states.
Among other things, authorized the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
acting through certain subsidiary cor
porations to be created by it, for pur-
poses of national defense, to build and
operate plants and facilities for the
manufacture of material, and to pro-
cure supplies, equipment, etc., and to
buy materials declared by the Presi-
dent to be strategic and critical.
Government did this, because gov
eminent had to do it-and every in
formed American knows government
monopoies, in peace as we'll as in
war, are constitutional.
Several agencies were set up by
R. F. G.
Rubber Reserve Company and Met
ais Reserve Company were set up
June %, 1940-three days after the
authorization, and year and a half
before we got into the war.
Metals Reserve Company has made
commitments of $5,174 million for pur-
chase of essential minerals and met
ais, and disbursed $3.50 million, while
most of the balance has been assigned
to industry or the Foreign Economic
Administration
Purchases of SO different materials
have come from 81 foreign countries,
38 of the 4S states, Alaska and the
Philippines
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-23
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My dear Mr.. Bruce:
Your card and subscription book fol-
lowed me from Hysham, Mont, out
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of months or so-until spring work
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doing just this and circulation" of
the same is the answer to many of
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Of the CCF party in Canada His
speeches and debates sound so much
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