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Evening star., 1946-08-12

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Evening star., 1946-08-12
Survey Shows How Billions
Were Wasted on War Work
First OF a Series,)
By Joseph HonIon

Wo.hnaton eerrespend.nt Of Is. ST. leu. POST pi.pet
Evening star., 1946-08-12

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Evening star., 1946-08-12
Guide for Re a d ers

An Associated Press Newspop.
Evening star., 1946-08-12

the negotiations
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
Adds to History

Washington, Jan. l.-(UP)-1n gouging the earth's surface in the course of World War II, men incl dentally uncovered new remains of earlier civilizations, the National Geographic Society reported today.
 In review of scientific explora" ton during l045 the society report ed:
 l. That extension of Gibraltar's underground defenses opened up an ancient cave in which were found fossils of antlers, jaws, sets of teeth and vertebrae. Other caves on Gib- raltar yielded pottery, stone tools and other remains indicating occu- patton possible from the Mouster- ian period to Roman times"
 2. The design of an ancient Celtic wood temple, probably built between 500 and 300 B. O., was revealed by digging for airf1elds in England.
 3. Examination of bomb craters in Canterbury, England, disclosed ev- idence of an ancient city built there soon after the Roman conquest in 43 A. D.
 Also in 1o45 Russia reported find- ing settlements between 2S,00o and 100, 900 years old, and a new island in the Laptev sea of northern Si- beria was charted. Soviet scien- lists dug up fossil remains of Q giant whose skull measured 8 inches in circumference and whose shin bone was 8 inches long.
 The University of Chicago re- ported finding towns built on l6 different levels 25O miles from Baghdad. The towns were built one above the other and beneath all was evidence of ancient nomadic life
 The pre-Bronze Age settlement was diccvered near Haifa while the site of Beth-Yerah on the Sea oi Galilee yielded ruins of pre-Chris- tians periods.
 An ancient city of eight largt mounds was discovered by an expe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
Stories That Made The Local Headlines ir1 l945

What the outstanding stories of Waterbury during the evenu of eS vE Day. vy Day. death of President Franklin Roosevelt and other outstanding events of wid interest held the interest of l0c residents but viewed exclusively from local angle here's reporters lineup of outstanding headineFs:
 Gas explosion Seminole which took life jured hres other persons.
 Imposition of death penalty Francis zukaukss former numeFaFy policeman.
 sSoO Waterbury workers jObs SOow- ing Vel Day plants.
 Equalization high school women tsaeher pay SO they viii receive he eempensaon whe d0 similar work Adoption Of new pensien plan foE city workers.
 Cempiete Es-aasawment og Waterbury property.
 Wholeaaie Ferenenta pgomoions appointments In fire and police departments
 ABDssRsnlsa sess-hEahIng gang q seven local men
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01

selves jobleSs.
 Yet the people who had given their all on the homefront in achieving peace, showed no resent ment and little disappointment that their jobs had come to an end. People interviewed by The Democrat as they waited in long lines be- fore the U. s. Employment office, all declared whatever the personal loss of the moment that they were overjoyed. because the terrible con- fiict had at last come to an end, and expressed hope that the re- conversion period would not be long in the making. Practically all re- ported they had accumulated enough savings for maintenance without hardship for three or four months.
 And so began waterbury's era of peace.
 While insurance served to uphold the jobless, Waterbury factories swung into postwar programs and struggled to cope with it's new problems, lack of materials. dis agreement over wages. and the in- ability to find skilled workers.
 Washington moved fast to re- store the nation to a peacetime basis. Point values were lowered on meats, butter, fats, and processed foods. Waterbury's ration board shrank to skelton outlines.
 The Civilian Defense passed out of existence, and the War Finance Committee, which worked so vigor- ously putting over Waterbury's eight War Drives, also ceased activities.
 To Waterburians everywhere however, the happiest incidents ol the year, unprecedented for ups anc downs, was the return of thou sands of it's servicemen and wom. en. After Vel day, more than l.0OS a month CT Joes came marching home. More than 4.5OO are nov back in ciyvies, and it is expected that more than half of its l2,00' service people will be back in thu Brass City before the event of tn first crocus.
 All in all-it was a year tha every Waterburian will remembe until his dying day. And least O ail-the people who wrote the news
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01

&F@8NsN WA Es 0e As
 But on the evening of April l2, e the warm spring sun was setting, the shocking News burst upon the city that the man who had served as leader of the nation during the most tlimuitous times the country had ever known had died suddenly at warm Springs. Ga. So enormous and sudden was the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, people everywhere in the city, grim, fright ened. and shocked. asked What .are we going to do7" One man with a dinner pail said to a Democrat rec porter The working man has lost the best friend he every had in this county"
 On satnfday. April i4, as the beloved r D. R. vas laid to rest at Hyde Park. stores closed at noon and fnebnries stspeHded operations. Flag. feEnained at half staff for . month.
 Yet however frightened end c0n- fused people were when the news from Warm Springs was just an- nounccd. t seemed to lnfuse them with renewed deteFmlnatlon to fln- Eh the Job on both fronts. For t WAs<a well know fact the arduoua Rask nt DaEeeaNting the war he'd tAea ill1 AI4 of r. 2. lust as
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
Californian Urges '48 Fair in Boston

Boston, Jan. 1-(UP)-A Worlds Fair in Boston in 1948 was proposed today by Walter R. Doane, of Berk- eley. Cal, a member of the Cali fornia New England Association.
 Doane suggested that the fair grounds be located on the marshes between Revere and Lynn. He said it would give work to veterans and help to stabilize business as a post war project.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
Koy Daniels Reviews The Fashion Pan
 Confusion of Ideos
 Greatest in Foshior
 History

New York. Jan. 1-The end of year 1D45 and the end of the war will be remembered in fashion circles as reflecting the greatest confusion of ideas in all time
 Fashion and dress reflected the times. We followed no trend---wc wore everything = we tried every thing-we dressed like hobby horses and we dressed like monks. we were impatient. To the record tunes of "Atchison Topeka and The San- ta Fe" or "Its Been Long, Long Time" we demanded news of post- war products.
 Then we heard about winslow the plasticized fur; the all-Celanese rug of synthetic yarn; the Resloom- ed wools said to wash without shrinking; Masslin cottons made without spinning or weaving; foun. tain pens writing two years without refill; and the razor that sharpens itself.
 Hailed as a great invention, the mechanical hom washer that washes, soaps, rinses and wrings out in one operation made it's ap- pearance; and Lumarith transpar- ent shoes stepped out along with Fortisat-the super-strong yarn that boasts an heroic war record.
 Women's dress reflected many interesting changes, fads and fam cies caused by the war. The Eisen- hover battle jacket was copied for everything from sports to evening dress. Insignia worn by men and women In the services was the in- spiration for gold and silver or namentation on hats, lapels and belts.
 The officers coat became the model for civilian raincoats. Instead of Q holster we wore old-fashioned money belts embroidered with nail heads. That distinguished cordon worn by men of the First Army became the model for a shoulder decoration on women's suits and was copied in colored shoulder bands on dresses.
 The return of service men created 8 new interest in the afternoon or cocktail dress. Their young wives and sweethearts perked up in pretty hats, bright colored dresses or sequin- trimmed black.
 The bobby sock clan adopted a contradictory fashions of their own. They refused firm-fitting sweaters usually demanding size 40 instead of 34. While their mothers were tossing their well-coiffed heads glamorwise, these high school girls were wearing a1l-black handkerchief scarfs for hats, most of which came from boys in the Navy. And a large majority, at least in the East, wore the black head scarfs with their black Chesterfield coats-don't ask us why! For dress occasions they wore more white ascotS than any other color, and seldom if ever appeared in a hat. Shoes for all kinds of weather had to be loatfers or wings"
 Christmas 1o45 was a fabulous one. We gave gift handkerchief because they cost five dollars apiece instead of fifty cents, and ponderec over little alligator handbag fol 8 mere hundred dollars. And if wt were lucky enough to be taking vacation in the sunny south, we deliberated over choice of beach suits from our foremost designers would it be the wrap-around Tina Leser did after the Persian dhoti or Claire McCardell's naive version of a child's romper? Such is fash ion as we ring in the New Year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
Adds Co Hist0ry
 Gouging Earth in War Adds to Discoveries

dition to southern Mexico. This dis covery, by the 7th National Geo graphic Society-Smithsonian Insti- ute Expedition, indicated nigra. ton from the Gulf coast of Olmee culture which came before Magyar civilization.
 British explorers flying over north polar regions located the north magnetic pole in the center of the Sverdrup islands group, 5S0 miles nearer the geographic pole than the Boothia peninsula, the long-ac- cepted location.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01

Australia is now enjoying sum- mer, and when the thermometer climbed to 9s.S more than 100000 people deserted Sydney for the neAehes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01

Britain paid farmers $52.oOo.O0t in "plowland grants" during the war for blowing up their grassland to plant crops.
Evening star., 1946-02-24

WE GOT to talkin' about the best way to spend
w your spare time. don't know who started it
but the net result was the usin up of quite good
number of man hours right then.
After the crowd broke up kept on thinkin' of
of the things the boys suggested There all
kinds of ideas - about fshin horseshoes gin rummy,
sleepin' an other games an hobbies.
One of the guys my friend Joe Tarpey, said he just
couldn't see any sense to ,rasin spare time if you
could get more fun out of doin somethin useful with
it. Joe has a place where he raises a garden an
keeps chickens an bees an even milks a
Just like some fellows will sneak off from the Office
an work themselves silly cuttin couple of strokes
off their golf score" says Joe, Il get fun out of
hurryn' home to rig up doube-decker doodad for
my layin hens so l can up their output"
He went on to explain that he didn't ever think of
his chores as work - they're how he gets his enjoy
ment. An he concludes that Missus Tarpey didn't
hare no spare time She was always don housework
80 HE figured out how to make things handler for
her. He rebuilt the kitchen an fixed handy gadgets
which save her couple of hours day. So she uses
her spare time to help him with the chores an
they have fun bein' together an doin' things.
Well went home an fed the dog an took the
wash off the line for my Missus. Then busted the
car an cleaned the ashes out of the fireplace an
bundled up the old newspapers an put 'em in the
garage for the Boy Scouts an took the squeaks out
of door ought to have tended to month ago.
BY this time am whistin an feelin' vrtuous an
kindly toward everybody dried the supper dishes
for the Missus an swept the basement, thnkin',
by golly, Joe is right - this is real jolly.
As am putin the broom away notice the Mssus
eyein' me an am all braced for her touchin thanks.
he ma
tin ready to ask if mind if you go off ishin' for
week. can always tell the signs. Whenever you get
sugar-pie nice an helpful around the house -
Honest" says Il was Just talkin' to Joe Tar
pey-"
"Oh" she comes back, 80 it's with Joe, huh? Well,
when you boys goin'? -WAllY B0REN
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-01-17
Youthful Trumpet
Soloist Astonishes
Baltimore Audience

A youthful trumpet soloist, Donald
Keister, s, astonished Baltimoreans
and those attending the State Farm
Bureau last week with his excellent
renditions. His picture appeared in
the daily newspapers there with
complimentary write-ups.
Keistcr is son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John keister, of Grantsville. He ac-
companied his mother to the farm
bureau meeting and appeared on the
program, choosing as his selections,
"Funiculi, Funicula," ida" Lilly
Belle" "No Can Do" and I'm Be
ginning to See the Light"
Donald is in the second year ele-
mentary school, at Grantsville 9th
elt attending the Farm Bureau meet
ing were Miss Beulah Engle, president
of Associated Farm Women of the
county; Mrs. Morris Beachy; William
Winterberg, county president; all of
Grantsville; Ross Speicher, and
others, Accident; and John II. Carter,
county agent, Oakland,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-01-17
Rev. Sprague Resigns
Lewisburg Passionate

Word has just been received by
DR.. Denver c. Pickens that the Rev.
Minor Sprague, until last October
pastor of St. Paul's Methodist church,
has found it necessary to resign his
pastorate at Lewisburg, w. Va, be-
cause of a nervous collapse.
Mr.. Sprague suffered from ner-
vous disorder while living in Oakland
but was able to continue his work
here. Upon his appointment to Lewis
burg his condition has steadily grown
worse until upon his physicians adj
vice, he presented his resignation.
He hoped he would be able to con-
tinue his work until the end of the
month when his resignation takes
effect
Mrs. Sprague and their children
will be temporarily located at her
home at Poland, Ohio, while the Rev.
Mr.. Sprague enters upon a period of
rest and disqualification.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-01-17
Army Accepts Four

-Four rcgiStrants who were ordered
by the local draft board to be sent to
Baltimore on January 9, were in
Quoted into the Army.
They were Alvin Floyd Lee, Noun
tain Lake Park; Cecil Miller Beachy,
Grantsvlle; Glenn Walter Kamp, Ac-
cident; Carl Emerson Brenneman, Ac-
cident.
Two registrants were ordered in for
thcir pre-jnduction physical eXamina-
ton, and requested immediate Undue
ton into the Army, it was announced
by II. l.. Jones, chief clerk. As a result
Harold Livingston Tichnell, Swanton,
end Allen James Kitzmiller, Bloom
inton, were indicted into the Army on
Januely II.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-01-17
TO ASSIST IN,FILING L. S.
ANNUAL TAX RETURNS

Arrangements have been made to
assign deputy collectors Of internal
revenue to various sections and com
munities throughout the area for the
purpose of assisting taxpayers in fill
ing income tax returns for the calen-
dar years 1915, and estimated returns
for the year 1916.
The places to be visited in this area
and the dates are as follows;
Homecoming, postotfice, February l..
Barton, First National Bank, Feb
luary /.
Frostburg, postofficc, February 5,
6. and 7.
Grantsville, postoffice, February s.
Oakland, room 3, postoffice, Feb
ruary II, II, and 10.
Kempton, school house, February
IA.
Crellin, Stanley Coal Co., Feb. Is.
Luke, Devon Club, February Is, 10,
20, and 81.
Kitzmiller, American Legion Hall,
February 25 and %.
Westenport, postoffice, February
27 and %.
Cumberland, postoffice, February
to March Is.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-01-17
Octopuses Found
But Hoax Hinted

After wide spread stories about the
finding of five octOpuses in Black
water river, near Thomas, w. Va,
there are reports now indicating that
they were "planted" in the turbulent
stream and were dead when shot by
several youths who reported the find
ing. Octopuscs live only in sea water.
A skeptic has pointed out that a
county resident, we'll known as a
practical joker, is now vacationing
in a tropical section, and probably
shipped them to some friend who
dumped them into the river after re-
covering from his surprise.
Fred C. Dreyer, Cumberland, has
received a postcard from a friend in
Davis, who declared: 1--WE know this
is the bunk, don't we? Those things
found in the river were nothing but
West Virginia bed bugs"
The zoologist of West Virginia
university identified the monsters as
octopuses, but expressed his amaze
ment that they would be living in
fresh water. A photograph was taken
of one Of the octopuses displayed on
a board which appeared in daily
newspapers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-01-17
Contributions Must
Increase to Meet
Quota for Clothing
Committee Offers Suggestions
In Order to Speed Up the Drive

The clothing collection committee
of the Oakland Rotary Club has re-
ported through Merle Frantz, public
education officer, that contributions
must be increased to meet the quota
for this community All collections
must be completed and clothing
sorted, packed and shipped before
the end Of January.
In order to speed up contributions
the committee has offered these sug-
gestions:
l. Contributions Needed:
Any and all kinds of bedding,
clothing and shoes are urgently
needed. The most vital need is bed
ding. There is also a critical need for
work clothes and heavy outer gar
ments used in rough outdoor work.
,. Where to Contribute:
Contributions may be taken or
sent to either the high or elementary
school All of the churches are serv-
ing as collection depots. You may de-
post your contribution in the barrel
at the Postoffice or take it to the
central collection depot on second
floor of the city Hall.
,. House to House Collection:
The Girl Scouts will make such a
collection in Oakland ON Saturday.
The committe pointed out that this
movement will succeed only if every
one gives to the limit of his ability.
Mr.. Frantz said the committee was
of the opinion that these gifts will
save lives and that disregard of the
appeal will add suffering to persons
across the sea.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-01-17
Oakland Defeats
Accident High 1915

Oakland High schools basketball
team drove toward the county cham
pionship Tuesday night by tuning
hack Accident on the local court as
to IS.
Bob Boslcy headed the twenty-four
goal barrage by caging Is baskets for
a total of 26 points Other Oakland
scorers were Walter 2, H. Leighton g.,
Friend 2, Jones ?, Kildow 10. Non
scoring were Johnson, Teats, R.
Leighton and Lewis.
Steidng was Accidents main scor-
ing threat with ten points. Others
were Harding 3, Rush l and Turney
l. Non-scoring, Hartman, Fratz, Bow
ser, Glass.
Accident girls team easily won over
the Oakland lassies 26 to 8. Alice
Friend and Dorothy Haenftling were
the scorers for Accident. For Oakland,
Nina Fauber with 5, Peggy Sheehe
and Winifred Freeland, with two EACH
completed the scoring. Other Oakland
players were Pauline Fauber, Eloise
Cook, Phyllis Johnson, Betty Kildow,
Mary T. Naylor, Martha Grimes and
Jane Friend.
The boys appeared in new uniforms,
as did the local cheer leaders.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-01-17
COMMISSIONERS
KEEP TAX RATE
$l.5O FOR 1916
County Figures On 426,956.64
For Years Expenditures With
County Tax Yielding
S29S,O69.S7

The County Commissioners in COM
pleting the annual levy on Monday
night fixed the county tax rate again
at $3.50 per each 500 of assessable
property, for the second straight
year.
The county will operate on an ex-
pected revenue of $426,956.64, and of
this amount $298,069.87 will come
from the county tax rate of $1.5O on
a taxable basis of $19,871, 325.00.
The tax basis on real and personal
property is $14,OO2, 44O; automobiles,
100000, and returns from the state
tax commission which include the
Pennsylvania Electric company and
other corporations, are based on
tax basis of $5,568 $500.
Other estimated incomes include
$4,000 from state hospital fund; $35,
600 from beer licenses and tax; 81,
600 from magistrates; 81 POO from
state forestry department; 500 from
franchise tax; 81 800 from county's
share of income tax; $500 from
motor vehicle fines; $1,000 from
miscellaneous incomes; $4,000 from
bank shares. There are also estimated
uncollected taxes from prior levies
amounting to $66,66445.
The school system of the county
will receive $123, 829.42.
The fity-one cent minimum brings
in Sill, 279.42 Additional items in
clude $4,000 for agriculture and in
dustrial art teachers, $500 for Red
House school; $3.50 for elementary
cafeteria; $1500.OO for elementary
school lot in Oakland; $500 esti-
mated reimbursement for adjustment
Of salaries; $4,000 for a county IL
brary fund. In addition there is a
capital outlay of 100000 for a school
building fund under the acts of the
legislature of 1915.
The County Welfare Board will
receive $45,825, slightly more than
last year. This includes aid to dcpen-
dent children, $1,960; board for chill
dren, $2,838; general public assist
ance, $20,442.24; old age assistance,
$15,376,98; aid to needy blind, 1913
.16; and administration, $4,295.00.
Other items under public welfare
totalcd $32,84O, about the same as
previous years. The Commissioners
levied $58,619.09 for equipment, re-
pairs, labor, etc, for the County
Roads department.
The itemized account appears on
another page Of this newspaper The
state tax rate for 1916 will be 10
cents.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-01-17
Lake Association
Plans First Aid
And Safety Program

The Deep Creek Lake Association
is planning a first aid and water
safety program for the summer sea-
son, it has been announced
Edwin Fry, chairman of the safety
committee of the association is call
ing a preliminary meeting of all
Lake Folks" which includes persons
from Oakland, who are interested in
first aid and water safety, to be held
at Cabin Lodge this evening, Janu-
AIRY II, at 500 o'clock.
A representative from the first
aid committee of the local American
Red Cross chapter, will be on hand
to outline emergency services avail
able.