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with his hand he pulled the trigger
with the victim receiving the full i'm
pact of the discharge in the chest and
neck Meanwhile Mrs. White hurry
ing on the way to German, heard the
shotgun blast and returned to the
house.
Following the shooting White went
to the home of Virgil Steyer, the
victims brother, and told him what
he had done Mr.. Steyer said he went
to Whites home and found his broth
er"s body lying in the yard. He then
contacted the police in Oakland.
Assisting in the investigation were
Sheriff Coddington, Deputy J. S.
Teats, and Corporal Thomas Currie.
Coddington said that when they ar
rived at the White residence White
was in the kitchen scrubbing blood
stains from the floor and furniture.
1t is assumed that Steyer must have
reeed out of the kitchen and col
lapsed outside after being shot or was
later carried out.
For the past several years White
had been employed by Steyer in lum-
bering operations. Mrs. White said
that until the arguments preceding
the shooting she had never known of
any trouble between the two men.
Mrs. White and two children were
housed at the Oakland Jail Saturday
night but were released the following
day.
Funeral services for Mr.. Steyer
were conducted on Tuesday morning
at 1890 o'clock from his home, in
charge of Rev. Reece Burns, Metho-
dist minister of Mt Lake Park, as
sisted by Rev. Hodges, of Gormania,
w. Va. Interment was in the White
Church cemetery.
Mr.. Steyer was born September 2,
1906, in this county, son of Mrs.
Mary C. Steyer and the late John T.
Steyer He was farmer and lumber
man. In early life he was a member
of the Methodist church.
Surviving are his mother, his wife,
who was Edna Marks; three children,
Lois, Mary Ann and Donald; five
brothers and three sisters, Mrs. J. B.
Shockey, Deer Park; Mrs. Emory
Shillinburg, Steyer; Mrs. Wayman
Hansford, Steyer; George N. Steyer
w. W. Steyer, Fresno, CAL; Virgil
T. Steyer, of Steyer; Rev |. E. Stey-
er, Charleston, W. Va; and Leon
Steyer, Davis, w. Va.
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RILEY EVERETT sHARPLEss

Riley Everett Sharpless, aged 20,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Sharp
less, of near Mt. Zion, died in Poto-
mac Valley hospital, Keyser, w. Va,
shortly after being admitted on
March II.
Besides his father and mother he
is survived by six brothers and two
sisters, Pvt. Ritchie Sharpless, now
stationed in Germany; Irwin, Claud,
Carl, Ray and Garry, Helen and Min
ME Pearl
Mr.. Sharpless was discharged from
the Navy last October, having served
two years in naval operations in the
Pacific and the Philippine islands.
Funeral services were conducted on
Friday, March Is, from the Metho-
dist church at Mt. Zion by Rev. c. F..
Puffenbarger. Pallbearers were all
ex-soldiers, dressed in uniform, Paul
and Herbert Stark, Paul and Fred
Sharpless, Leroy Nelson and Solomon
Tasker. The casket was draped with
the American flag. Interment was in
the Sharpless cemetery adjoining the
church.
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MRS. MARY M. BRISCOE

Services for Mrs. Mary M. Yutzy
Briscoe, widow of the late DR.. B. w.
Briscoe, of Addison, Pa, and sister of
Mrs. Emma E. Bender and Mrs. Ida
Hershberger, of Grantsville, who died
Monday, March 10, Mercy hospital,
Pittsburgh, were held at Addison,
Thursday Rev jerome V. Cuss, pas
tor of St. Johns Lutheran church of
Addison, officiated. The pallbearers
were O. D. Cuppett, N. L. Diehl,
Thomas J. Jacobs, Willis O. Green,
Frank Jefferys and Merle G, Shope.
Interment was in Addison cemetery.
Mrs. Briscoe was the daughter of
the late Samuel D. and Mary (Lefly)
Yutzy, and was born at New Ger
many, November 6, 1879. She was
married to Dr. Briscoe June 2, 1907.
He died September 6, 1913.
Surviving children are Mrs. Mary
E. Goerhing, West Newton, Pa;
John L. Briscoe, Uniontown, Pa;
Mrs. nellie B. Cronin, Savannah, Ga;
two grandchildren; and the following
sisters and brothers, Mrs. Luella Sip
pie, Meyersdale, Pa; Mrs Nan But
cheers, Lynn Haven, Fla; Mrs. Grace
Miller, Fostoria, O.; Mrs. Ida Hersh-
berger and Mrs. Emma Bender, of
Grantsville; Allen Yutzy, of Glencoe;
Charles Yutzy, of Cumberland; Dan
iel w. Yutzy, Madley, Pa; William
H. Yutzy of Baltimore.
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AURORA-EGLON

Ruth Snyder, "a, passed away
Thursday evening, March 81, at a
Philippi hospital, following an illness
of several weeks. She was discharged
from the institution the previous
week, and returned to the home Of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Snyder, of near Horse Shoe Run, on
Saturday the 10Th, and was taken
back the following Tuesday in an I'M
conscious condition. Immediate sur
vivors other than her parents are two
sisters and two brothers, all of the
Accident community. Miss Snyder
had been employed in Akron for
several years prior to her illness.
Funeral rites were conducted at the
home Sunday afternoon by the Rev.
d. B. Spaid, and burial was in the
Accident cemetery.
A son was born March % to Mr.
and Mrs. Ross Teets at their home
near Eglon. This is their second child
and son. The mother was the former
Miss Naoma Bowman, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Bowman, of near
Brookside. The father, a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Teets, of near Eglon,
is farmer.
LuIIl'id AotCIllllStl anu ooll, GU
went Saturday to Crellin where thew
visited the formers sister, Mrs. Lii
liam Simmons who received a frac-
tured leg when she fell near her
home. Mrs. Simmons is the widow of
the late Branson Simmons and they
were former residents of this area.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Harsh, of
Stemple Ridge, went Friday to Oak
land where they visited Mr. Harsh's
sister, Mrs. Florence Calhoun.
Recent guests at the Drs. Miller
home, Eglon, were Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Bonsack of Westminster, Md.
and DR.. and Mrs. Harry Werner, of
Akron.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilmore Fike and
family, of Eglon, spent Sunday at
the home of Mrs. Fixes parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Homer Miller, Lenox.
R. c. Judy, of Eglon, made a bust
ness trip to Wheeling this week.
Vernon Lantz arrived Sunday on
furlough to the home of his parents
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MARY ELIZABETH WHITE

Miss Mary Elizabeth White, aged
IS, died at the home of Mrs. Glenn
Cuppett, Mt. Lake Park, on Monday
morning, March %.
She was a daughter of the late
William Boyd and Anna White and
was born in this county November
%, 1867.
She was the last member of her
family an is survived only by
nephews and nieces.
Funeral services were conducted on
Wednesday morning at II o'clock
from the White church with Rev.
Reece Burns officiating. Interment
was in the White Church cemetery.
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lowing which Miss Kathryn Close,
from the Potomac Edison Company,
Frostburg, gave very interesting
and educational talk on Nutrition,
foods and food values"
The health club is sponsoring
rummage sale to be held Saturday,
April 6, in the Murphy building. The
sale will begin at 10 a. m. Mrs. Err
nest Friend, Mrs. Ralph Murphy and
Mrs. w. J. Glenn are in charge of
general arrangements.
Mrs. Dewitt, club president, has
announced that the April meeting will
be held in the Accident school audi
forum, April IL, 200 p. m. Miss
Zickafoose, State nutritionist, will
speak to the club and free movie
will be shown. The public is invited
to attend
Local Firemen Summoned
The Friendsville fremen were sum-
moned on three grass and woods fires
en- two separate evenings last week
when the grass was so dry. The fire
men received a donation for which
they are very grateful.
School Minstrel
Georgia Jubilee Minstrel will be
presented by the local High school
girls on Tuesday evening, April 9, at
S:15. Miss Mary Masten has charge
Of the speaking parts; Miss Anna
Sallese in charge of costumes, tick
cts and advertising and Mrs. w. j.
Glenn will direct the music and the
dancing.
Organization Meetings
The local homemakers held their
regular meeting at the home of Miss
Jessie Guard, president of the club,
on Monday evening. The business ses-
sion was directed by the president.
The life of Mark Twain was reviewed
by Mrs. Russell Wright. A talk and
discussion on the activities of the
short course week at College Park,
was given by Mrs. w. w. Dewitt, of
Hoyes, county chairman. Laying of
patterns and dress cutting demostra-
tions was directed by Mrs. Mildred
Hoffman, retiring Home Demonatra-
ton Agent, and Miss Jessie Guard
A gift was presented Mrs. Hoffman
from the club members.
Members of the Woodmen Circle
held their business meeting at the
home of Mrs. Robert Murphy on last
Thursday. SIS was donated to the Red
Cross. Mrs. Iva Rush was elected as
delegate and Mrs. Ethel Metheny as
alternate to the convention to be held
in Washington, D. c., in November.
Twelve members and two guests at
tended and refreshments were served
by the hostess. The April meeting
will be held at the home of Mrs. Rus
sell Wright.
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Mr. and Mrs. William Lantz, of near

Mr., and Mrs. William Lantz, of near
Aurora.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Hughs and
two daughters, of Akron, spent the
weekend at their parental homes at
Aurora.
A surprise celebration was held
Saturday evening for Mr., and Mrs.
Harold Harsh, at their home on
Stcmple Ridge, in honor of their
twentieth wedding anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Helmick and
family moved recently from Morgan
town to their farm near Horse Shoe
Run
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MRS. MARY NELSON LAYMAN

Mrs. Mary Nelson Layman, r.,
widow of Burman Layman, was found
dead in bed last Wednesday morning
at her home at Wright's Crossing,
near Frostburg, where she resided
with her son, James Layman.
A native of Scotland, Mrs. Layman
was a daughter of James Nelson and
formerly lived on a farm at Herring
ton Manor, west of Oakland, for a
number of years. The family will be
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leader, Mrs. J. w. Holman. There
were seven members in attendance.
Personals
James and Eugene Skidmore, of
Friendsville, and Donald Solomon, of
Frederick students at Western Mary
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Mrs. J. w. Friend and daughter,
Mrs. Howard Skidmore, were hos
tesses at the meeting of Circle 2 of
the WSCS at their home. The bust
ness and worship service was con-
Quoted by the president and circle
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land College, Westminster, are here
on ten-day vacation with the for
mer's parents, Mr.. and Mrs, H. A.
Skidmore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ken Savage spent the
past week in Baltimore.
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remembered by the older residents
of this section.
Among the children are Mrs. John
Horchler, of Grantsville.
Funeral services were conducted on
Friday afternoon at 2:30 from the
sons residence, and interment was in
Allegany cemetery.
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FRIENDSVILLE
Health Club Meeting

The monthly meeting of the Health
club was held Wednesday afternoon
in the health room of the Murphy
building. Mrs. w. W. Dewitt was IN
charge of the business session, fol-
Evening star., 1946-01-13
A NEW CONSTITUTION FOR FRANCE

judicial tribunal to deal with political
crimes.
These proposals will be submitted to
the Assembly which will, of course.
have the right to amend them as it will
After they have been approved by the
Assembly, the electorate is to pass judg-
ment upon them by referendum.
An effort is made to destroy the his
tcric indiscipline of individual Deputies
by giving formal constitutional status
to the political parties. If some group
OF deputies wishes to play their own
hand they must be able to achieve party
status. While the proposal seeks to
secure both stronger and more stable
executive than in the past steps are
taken to prevent its degeneration into
dictatorship. That appears to be the
task Of the bureau of the Assembly,
though public debate has yet to make
clear how. precisely, the task will be
performed.
I am glad to see that provision is
made for compulsory voting as in Bel
gium and Australia. Performance of
this vital function of citizenship has
always seemed to me an elementary
obligation which should be enforced by
law. Provision will, of course, have to
be made for reasonable absence and
an elector ought to be permitted to state
that no party suits his habit of mind
but such exceptions apart, in any COM
munity capable of political decision, 1
believe that compulsory voting is a
useful way of providing against apathy.
s(copyrisht, 1916, Overseas News Agency, Inc }
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1OO,0OO-MILE TIRE SOUGHT

Some kind of cord not yet invented
is likely step in the tire of the future.
Rayon is not the last word in cords.
Neither is nylon. The need is a cord
of great strength, that will flex and
bend without the permanent lengthening
that occurs in virtually all materials
that are pulled and bent frequently.
Natural rubber probably would go into
the carcass walls and synthetic into the
treads. 1t is likely that still other i'm
proved synthetic rubbers will be dis
covered and made to fit specific parts
of long-life tires. Furthermore, improve
ments in natural rubber tires were by
no means finished before the war.
Another added mileage possibility is
in the discovery of new pigments. Years
ago tires were gray or nearly white.
That was when zinc oxide was the
pigment to add long life. When carbon
black was substituted for the zinc. the
life of tires was about doubled.
An immediate improvement for all
tire wear is the prospective general use
of the new synthetic rubber, butyl, to
make inner tubes. This synthetic makes
tubes that need to be pumped up only
three or four times year. Tires soften
because air diffuses through tube rubber.
(See BLAKESI IEE. PAGE C-IOl
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By H0,card ". BIakesIee

AKRON, Ohio.-The rubber companies
are experimenting on the auto tire of
the future, casing that is hoped to run
100000 miles, or nearly the life of the car.
All these tire studies are secrets, and
are strictly laboratory experiments. How
ever, some have gone long way toward
the astonishing goal. BY all indications
this tire of the future will use both
synthetic and natural rubber.
The principles to make improved tires
are known throughout the rubber in
dustry.
The ideal tire would have almost no
weight, but very great elasticity. The
rubber laboratories never expect truly
weightless tire with perfect stretch, but
they have many plans for approximating
this dream.
Tires could be made stronger by
adding to their bulk and weight. But
the added bulk builds up extra heat
that would separate the plies and burn
out some of the other qualities.
One OF the great prewar advances in
the life of tires came when manufac-
turers went to thinner carcasses and
lower air pressures. That was an ex-
ample OF using less weight and more
elasticity IN certain parts Of tire.
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NEW ORLEANS.-The Mississippi
Valley is out after bigger international
commerce, with the aid of streamlined
trade organization which insists that
peace and understanding must be sold
along with automobiles and textiles.
The organization known as Interna-
tional House hopes to make such inland
cities as Memphis and st. Louis and
Minneapolis "as well known in world
trade as the great ports of Liverpool,
Rotterdam and Shanghai"
Its membership includes educators
and professional men as well as men
of industry, commerce and transporta-
ton. 1t aims to instruct its members in
the languages and cultures of other
countries, as well as in figures on pro-
duction, consumption and prices
BY Mississippi Valley" International
House means the entire territory be-
tween the Rockies and the Alleghenies,
comprising all or parts of 81 States.
This area claims 50 per cent of the
country's population, 40 per cent of its
manufactures So per cent of its mineral
products, Sc per cent of all crops includ-
ing timber and AZ per cent Of its retail
sales.
The idea of international house was
conceived by a group of New Orleans
men who concluded that their city's
postwar prosperity always would depend
primarily upon its port business.
They knew that millions of dollars
worth of products, shipped abroad from
Eastern ports, could be shipped more
economically through Gulf ports. They
set out to sell the idea of foreign trade
through Gulf ports-to the Mississippi
Valley.
They found an unexpected response.
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sion, chosen by proportional represen-
tation, with the right to pass resolu-
tions or bills which, unless one-third of
the Assembly demands full discussion,
will become law. The commission must
sit in public. The Assembly is to have
president and a bureau-correspon
ing to the Rules Committee in Congress
elected also by proportional represen-
tation. Provision is made for two ses-
sions Of the Assembly each year,
amounting altogether to eight months.
In its adjournment, the bureau of the
Assembly will act as a watchdog for
acts of the government until the next
session.
The Assembly is to elect President
of the republic for five-year term and
he is to be eligible for one further term.
Since the choice of Prime Minister is
left to the Assembly. it is clear that,
compared to the position of Poincare
or Millerand, his position is much at
tenuated. He is indeed to sign treaties
and to receive the credentials of am
bassadors and is given the task of pre-
siding over the new judicial commission
to which will be intrusted the choice
and appointment of judges.
1t is also of interest to note that there
will be special judicial commissions to
decide on the constitutionality of laws.
This looks like compromise between
the English system of complete parlia-
mentary authority and the American
system of judicial review. It is also
proposed that at the beginning of the
new Assembly, that body shall choose a
Evening star., 1946-01-13
By Harold J. LasM,
Chairman of the British Labor Party


LONDON.-Amid all the strife and
disillusion in postwar France it is both
pleasant and encouraging to report that
the French Constituent Assembly has
been able, through its Constitutional
Committee, to agree on the main fea-
lures of constitutional government
1t is true, of course, that the draft
has still to be made into a bill which
the Assembly will discuss, and that
after its approval there is to be ref
erendum. But the ease with which
agreement has been reached in COM
mittee leaves reason to hope that the
further processes of consent will create
no special difficulties
The committee proposes compulsory
suffrage at the age of 20. 1t is to be
conducted by system of proportionate
representation not yet defined, a system
which replaces the politics of policy by
the politics of maneuvers.
There is to be a single chamber on
the principle approved by Franklin
SieyeS, Condorcet and Jeremy Bentham,
a reform that, in my opinion, is long
overdue. The committee seeks to avoid
the normal atomism of the Chamber
of Deputies under the Third Republic
by insisting that they must run as
members of a party which they will,
after election, closely obey. If any pro-
portion refuses to vote with their party
they must proceed to form separate
group in the Assembly.
Will Represent Largest Group.
Emergency apart, bills are to be read
twice. The Deputies are to receive the
same salary as the highest civil Serv-
ants, and the Prime Minister, who is to
choose his own colleagues in the min
istry, is to be elected by the Assembly.
Since, clearly, each party will NOM
mate one candidate, the Prime Minister
will normally represent the largest
party. He and his cabinet are to have
both individual and collective respon-
sibility to the Assembly.
And to prevent the fantastic position
which SO often happened in the Third
Republic, in which a government might
be defeated-one only lasted two days
as soon as they have taken office, de-
feat does not involve the dismissal of
the government. To achieve this, there
must be a special vote of censure after
a two-day interval. # this is passed, q
second government may take office.
But, If this is also defeated, there is the
automatic dissolution of the Assembly,
which, in the ordinary way, will sit for
five years. This is an admirable pro-
posal which ought to mean stability in
French politics which was impossible
under the methods of the Third Re-
public.
The Assembly is not permitted to
delegate any part of the legislative
function and is subject only to the elec-
tors. 1t is the sovereign body of France
but 1t is to have . permanent commits
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goods shipped through Gulf port, or to
deal with Kansas City bank.
"a Dominican importer told us he
found he could save $94 apiece on
automobiles manufactured in Kenosha,
Wis, if he had them shipped through
New Orleans rather than New York
That is not extreme-it is fairly typical.
But we can't sit around and wait for
people to find those things out for
themselves"
He emphasized that International
House did not intend to push New
Orleans in competition with other Gulf
ports. 1t aims to promote the trade of
Houston, Mobile and others, he said,
when those ports had an economic ad-
vantage in the handling of commodities.
International House itself is a non
profit institution, financed by member
dues or endowments. There are four
types of membership, with varying dues
This year the organization is going
out for membership throughout the
valley-and the world. 1t will push its
educational program, sponsoring lee
lures, exhibits and courses of study. 1t
will back promotional visits of valley
men to other countries, and foreign
delegations will be brought to the United
States.
The organization has leased a 10
story building here, which includes a
reference library, meeting rooms, quar-
ters for special guests, and offices into
which the entire consular corps is ex-
pected to move. A research staff gives
requested information to members and
nonmember alike.
Nelson. Rockefeller has described the
program of International House as "the
good neighbor policy in action
Distributed by the Associated Press
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By Kris Kreeger
The Middle West already had discovered
i<sa

The Middle West already had discovered
the outside world for itself.
In November, an International House
official announced a Dominican trade
delegation to Memphis, ST. Louis, Kansas
City and Chicago.
I'm all those cities" said his report,
large groups have grown up, interested
in the stimulation of foreign trade.
What is most gratifying is that healthy
percentage in every city are novices,
whose companies never before engaged
in export trade"
In Memphis, for example, an inter-
national center had sponsored lectures
by experts in various phases of foreign
trade. In st. Louis, businessmen had
Joined with st. Louis University in
sponsoring night school course in for
eign trade.
The educational aspect of the Inter-
national House program is important.
William G. Zetzmann, new Orleans in
dustrialist and president of the organ
ization, explained its purpose:
"It is not only essential to peace and
goodwill, but it Is good business to
understand something about the country
with which you are dealing. You must
know how its people think and feel to
know what they will want to buy and
sell, and how to anticipate their needs
Working from the other end, Zetz-
mann said, businessmen in other coun-
tries must be induced to think In terms
of the Mississippi Valley.
Trade is conducted largely by habit"
he said. When Brazilian thinks of
trading with the United States, he
ordinarily thinks of New York because
his father traded through New York
1t lust never occurs to him to have his
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tsee BLAKEsLEE, Page C-loo
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(See HANLoN, Page C-lO.)