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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-01-16
Promoting Safety
Is His Hobby

An article featuring Gordon
Hamil's activities in promoting
safety, appeared in the Charleston
Gazette on December 20 Hamill i;
a grandson Of Mrs. NJ. r. Hamill
Liberty street, Oakland; and a son Of
Mrs. Roy Hamill, Huntington, W. Va.
and the late Mr. Hamill.
The article written by the hobby
editor follows:
If everyone practiced safety and
were as interested in promoting it as
Gordon NJ Hamill, thousands of acct
dental deaths that occur each year
could be prevented With Mr.. Hamill
safety is a hobby.
Since 1884 when he came from
Huntington to work at the South
Charleston plant of Carbide and Car
bon Chemicals Corp, he has trained
perhaps more persons in the princi-
pies of safety and first aid than any
individual in West Virginia.
Mr. HamiIl is supervisor Of insur-
ance and compensation at Carbide
and directs rescue squads. For his
outstanding work in promoting in
dustrial safety, he holds lifetime
certificate as a qualified first aid in
structor from the L. s. Bureau of
Mines.
He estimates that since he started
work with Carbide he has conducted
first aid classes for training over
1000 plant employees.
Long before the last war started
Mr.. Hamill became interested in first
aid work being done by Kanawha-
Clay Red Cross chapter. He inaugu-
rated classes, and trained instructors.
In 1911 he was named chairman of
the chapters first aid committee Dur
ing the war he averaged teaching a
first aid class three nights each week
in which over / POO persons were
trained in the essentials of safety and
first aid.
Recently he was awarded the
American Red Cross Service Certifi-
cate for outstanding work in the
organizations safety program.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-01-16
Aurora High Wins

Aurora High school won from Oak
land basketball team on Tuesday
night Is to II, at Aurora.
Oakland's next scheduled game is
with KitzmilIcr on Friday. January 2l.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-01-16

Robert Foley and Neil Rowan left
Monday with the recruiting officer
for Camp Meade where they are en-
listing in the U. S. Army.
Mr.. c. c. Mason, who has been
quite i'll, is being cared for by his
daughter, in Cumberland.
The Baptist group held services
for the old folks at the kiser Nursing
home, on Monday evening.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-01-16

meeting will be at the home of Mrs.
j. U. Stanton. Mrs Orr will give a
demonstration on Arrangement Of
Living Room for Family needs"
The regular meeting of the Band
Boosters club was held in the school
auditorium on January 3. C. o. Bender
presided. Roger Cole spoke on the
needs and progress of the band, and
Marshall Brown, principal of the
school, spoke on the needs and crowd
ed conditions of the school. The next
melting will be held February 7, at
8 o'clock p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry F.
burst returned home Friday evening
from Ohio, having been called there
on hearing of the death of Mr.. bursts
brother, Lee burst, formerly of New
Germany.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-01-16
LOCHLYNN

Miss Eleanor Ray, county librarian,
was the speaker at the regular
monthly meeting of the Loeb Lynn
P-TA., on Monday night. Mrs. H. Z,
Gibson and Mrs. Ohio Friend were
the hostesses.
Chief Petty Officer and Mrs. j. P.
Waldrop, who spent several weeks
here with relatives awaiting orders,
is now stationed in Pensacola, Fla.
Carlton Bittinger, CM &c, spent
the weekend here with relatives.
Miss Betty Lee, who underwent an
appendectomy at the Meyers clinic,
in Philippi last week, returned to her
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-01-16

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Evening star., 1947-02-22
Birthday Notice Bockfires;
Postmun Resiqns From Service

Letter Carrier William o. Wood's s
birthday falls on February IA, st.
Valentines Day.
Shortly before his birthday, Post
master Vincent C. Burke has been
informed, Postman Wood passed
notice of the event to patrons on
his route. The notice read:
Know and remember your mail
man personally, William o. Woods,
Esq, always courteous and willing
to serve at his best. Date of birth,
February IA, 1922. Identify your
carrier by No. 359. Thanks to you"
Some patrons gave gifts Of money
to Postman Wood, but some COM
planned. Postmaster Burke disclosed
today. Postal authorities said the
postal laws and regulations had been
violated. Informed by Postmaster
Burke's personnel officer that
charges would be preferred against
him, Postman Wood resigned. The
notices and complaints came from
the 1900 block of Massachusetts, ave-
nue., A street, the 1900 block OF East
Capitol street and Kentucky avenue,
all In the Southeast.
Former Postman Wood, at hisI
Evening star., 1947-02-22
German Spy Ring Reported
Broken in French Prison
BY the Associated Press

PARIS, Feb. 22-The Ministry of
the Interior says French police have
uncovered a pro-German spy ring
operating among collaborationists
awaiting trial in Fresnes Prison near
Paris.
The ministry said yesterday that
the ring was forging identity cards
to enable accomplices to 60 abroad.
The communique added that it also
faxed documents, to compromise
officials of the Fourth Republic
documents which accused promi-
nent French politicians of having
contact with the Germans during
the occupation.
The communique said French Sc
curity police discovered that the
head of this brain trust was Andre
Cavailhe, who once worked for Ger
man intelligence. Cavailhe Is a.
present in Fresnes Prison.
The documents were said to have
been passed outside the prison to
be typewriter on German machines
and secretly brought back to Fresnes
where the fake seals were added.
Evening star., 1947-02-22
Snow Removal Crews
To Clear Downtown
Streets by Monday
Xonten Reports Job
30 Per Cent Complete;
Cooperation Asked

Faced with the gigantic task
of clearing more than three
fourths of a foot of snow from
District traffic arteries, Refuse
Superintendent William A. Kan
ten said today his 1000 men and
$50 trucks and plows will have
downtown Washington streets
cleared by Monday.
Downtown streets have already
been 80 per cent cleared of the snow
and ice which have made driving
and walking perilous since the 81
inch snowfall. Two hundred and
fifty men were working today in
downtown Washington, parts of
Southeast, Georgetown and Four
teenth street.
Last night 1000 men worked from
dusk to dawn, Mr.. xanten said, II
quitting because of the cold Work
ers were paid 70 cents an hour.
More Cooperation Asked.
His snow-removal crews could use
more cooperation from District
residents and the Capital Transit
Co., Mr. Xanten said. He has pro-
tested with the transit company
against street railway employees
who, he declared, have been showing
snow from safety zones into the
streets.
Citizens were asked by Mr.. Xanten
to refrain from shoveling snow from
their sidewalks into cutters and
against tree boxes. The snow around
tree boxes poses an additional prob
lem to his workers, he said.
AS an example of the difficulties.
Mr.. Xanten pointed to one side of
F street NV. between Fourteenth
and Fifteenth streets. There, he
said, 54 truckloads of snow had to be
! taken away before the street was
cleared
Cold Adds to Problems.
The continuing cold also makes
removal work difficult, he asserted,
because thawing has not yet begun
to help out much.
Mr.. Xanten said no attempt will
be made to clear all the snow from
all the city's streets. Such thor
oughfares as Pennsylvania avenue
west of Nineteenth street and Con-
necticut avenue merely will be
smoothed over.
A proposal that bulldozers be
hrol1oht I'm from Fort Re1voir Va
to help with snow removal was re-
jected, Mr.. xanten said, because the
Army's equipment is too heavy.
Many secondary roads in Maryland
and Virginia remained impossible
today, but all through routes were
open.
Police said the Leonardtown road
near Upper Marlboro, Md. was
blocked by drifts. In Montgomery
County, several snow plows were
mired.
Evening star., 1947-02-22

home, 122 Thirteenth street NE,
today told The Star:
II did not Intentionally mean to
solicit any money
He explained that he passed out
his notices so the patrons would
know him, call him by name and
identify him by his number. He said
he resigned Monday and pointed
out that he has had a good record
in the Post Office Department,
where he had been for two years
and one month. He added: I
served my patrons well"
Postmaster Burke has received a
number of letters, for and against,
in the Wood case, he said. But the
postmaster asked: What other pur-
pose did he have, if it was not to get
presents? And he got them"
Mr.. Burke passed out some notices
of his own on Mr.. Woods former
route about "the printed circulars
in the nature of solicitations incident
to" the postman's birthday. He ad-
vised the patrons that mfr. Wood
is no longer In the Postal Service
and any annoyance occasioned you
by his actions, while an employe Of
this ofice, u sincerely Nsretted."
Evening star., 1947-02-22
Murder Charged 10 81
In Carolina Lynching
By the Assoeiuted Press

GREENvILLE, S. c., Feb. a.
Federal, State, county and city law
enforcement officials continued their
investigation today in the lynching
of a 24-year-old Negro after 81 men,
including % Greenville taxi drivers,
had been charged with murder in a
single warrant.
Sheriff r. H. Bearden of Green
vile County reported last night that
he had signed warrant charging
the 81 men with murder in the death
of Willie Earle whose body, with
stab and shotgun wounds, was found
Monday alongside roadway 4
miles from here.
The Negro was taken by band of
armed, unmasked men from the
nearby Pickens County Jail where
ne was being held In the robbery and
fatal stabbing of T. w. Brown, a
Greenville taxi driver.
Evening star., 1947-02-22
New Sugar Allotment
Gives u. ). II Pounds
More Per Capita
World Division Allows
oO-Pound Total for
1o47 Distribution
BY the Associated Press

The United States today ac-
cepted a division of the world
sugar supply for 1947 which will
give Americans an increase OF
about II pounds over last year
This country's share of the worlds
export supply, coupled with its own
production, will provide per capita
supply of about 80 pounds Of re-
fined sugar this year. Consumption
last year was 73 pounds. while usage
in the prewar period was about 81
pounds.
The ALLEGATION was made last night
by the International Emergency
Food Council, an intergovernmental
agency representing more than 20
nations, charged with the response
bility of apportioning scarce foods
among the nations of the world.
The United States was granted
100000 short tons, raw value, of a
total world export supply of 1885,
900 tons. tThe refining process di-
minishes raw sugar about 7 per
cent?. This compared with 5,433, 900
tons allotted this country last year
and with an average annual prewar
consumption of 6,700,000 tons.
OF the 1947 per capita supply of
Evening star., 1947-02-22
By the Assoeioted Press

Freezing winds and falling
temperatures gripped the East
today, moving in the wake of a
snowstorm which blew out to sea
yesterday after causing at least
40 deaths and burying the East
ern seaboard from the Carolinas
north to Maine under a thick
coating of white.
The storm ragged in many sections
for almost "a hours, snarling air and
surface transportation and retard-
ing industrial activities. 1t blew a
few Iinal furries in Manhattan yes
terday afternoon, then headed
northwsrd toward Newfoundland
and the sea.
Snow drifts on roads to Lake Sue
cess, Long Island, N. Y, forced
postponement of meeting of the
United Nations Security Council
yesterday.
Traffic accidents on drift-choked
highways and overeXertion from
Evening star., 1947-02-22
Hondymon Given Life
In Arson for Thrill
BY the Associated Press

TRENTON, Mo, Feb. 22.-Elopus
Walker, 64-year-old handyman who
admitted setting midnight fires in
eight Missouri hamlets because he
liked to watch 'em burn" faced a
life term today in the State Prison.
Circuit Judge V. C. Rose passed
sentence yesterday after Walker, an
from Kansas City
pleaded guilty to charges of arson
and burglary. Police said Walker
told them that "meanness is the
only thing I know that made him
set fires which caused damage esti-
mated at $25c,000 and terrorized
residents of North Central Missouri
for three months last fall.
Evening star., 1947-02-22
Truman Request Seen
As Test Of Congress
Foreign Relief Views
First Reaction Fovors
$3.50, 900, 900 to Support
Commitments to u. N.
BY the Associated Press

President Truman's request
for a $350,0O0,000 foreign relief
appropriation set the stage today
for an early test of how far an
economy-bent Congress will go
in backing up United Nations
commitments with funds and
food.
The initial reaction on Capitol
Hill was favorable. It was prompted,
at least in part, by the admins
tration's decision to part company
in relief work with it's wartime
UNRRA associates and pursue the
mission of mercy independently.
The House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee ordered hearings on a meas
ure authorizing the appropriation
soon after, the Chief Executives
appeal reached Congress yesterday.
Committee approval, with likely
limitations on where and how the
money is spent, is deemed cer-
tainty.
The real hurdle will come when
d JILL w SCU oSlOC G1lC 1llOIlCy 4ISCl1
reaches the House Appropriations
Committee, whose Republican men,
bers are fighting to slash a big
chunk off President Truman's $751;
500,000000 budget.
Production Delay Assailed.
"It seems to me that in the two
years since the war has ended some
thing should have been done to get
these liberated people back on their
feet and at work." Chairman Taber
Of the Appropriations group told
reporter.
Chairman Eaton of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee already
has introduced bill requiring coun-
tries which receive relief to:
1. Guarantee that it will be dis
tributed without discrimination as
to race, creed or political belief.
2. Permit representatives of the
United States Government, press
and radio "to observe freely and re-
port fully" on distribution and
utilization of the relief.
3. Furnish the United States with
prompt information on the use, dis
tribution, importation and exporta-
(See FOREIGN RELIEF. Page A-4')
Evening star., 1947-02-22
4o Dead in Snowstorn|s Wake,
Freezing Winds Grip East
Most of Seubourd Covered in White;
27-Inch Fall Reported in Southwest Virginia

snow shove accounted for most
of the deaths. Inc toll by States:
New Jersey, 13; District of Co.
lumbia, 4; Pennsylvania, II; New
York, 3; Connecticut, S; Massachu-
sets, 2; Delaware, l; Maine, L.
A record fall of 27 inches was re-
ported at Dickinson County, in
Southwestern Virginia.
In New York City. snow crews
worked through Thursday night,
Friday and today keeping primary
arteries more or less open, but Sec
ondary highways remained choked
in drifts. some of them feet high in
the suburbs.
Many schools were closed in a
dozen States. Railroad travel was
returning to normal today after be-
ing slowed almost to a crawl in
some sections.
The storm closed down Eastern
seaboard airports, including La
Guardia, Newark, N. j., and Wash
ington terminals which were buried
(See SNOWSTORM. Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1947-02-22
Mother, 5 Children
Die in Fire at Home
By the Assoeiated Press

NEVADA, Mo, Feb. pa mother
and her five children, ranging from
months to years of age, burned
to death today when they were
trapped in one room of their home
following a heating stove explosion.
The victims of the fire were Mrs.
Betty Graham, wife of Missouri
Kansas Texas Railroad employe;
Ollie Lee, 8; Wayne, 7; Freda, A.;
Marjorie, 2, and Mary Sue, months
old.
Charles Graham the husband and
father was in a critical condition.
He suffered burns over his entire
body in attempting to reach his
wife and children.
He told fremen the explosion
followed an attempt to start a fire
in the living room heating stove by
using kerosene.
Evening star., 1947-02-22
British Will Probe Death
OF Miss Ellen Wilkinson
By the Associated Press

LONDON, Feb. 22-Dr. H. Neville
Stafford, Westminster coroner, an
nounced today that he would hold
an inquest next Friday into the
death Of Miss Ellen Wilkinson, min
lister of education in the Labor cab
met.
IT can not tell you my reasons for
ordering an inquest" he said to re-
porters.
Miss Wilkinson, short, red-haired
Labor Party leader, died February
6 in a Paddington hospital. Her
death then was attributed to heart
attack. She had entered the hospi-
tai with bronchitis less than "a hours
before. Other cabinet ministers said
she had been overworking.
Evening star., 1947-02-22
Attempts to Recover
Crash Dead Abandoned
By the Associated Press

BOGOTA, Colombia, Feb. o.
Rescue workers said today they had
abandoned further efforts to recover
bodies of the SO persons killed in
the crash of DC-4 plane last Sat-
urday, because of the danger in
voIved. So far, only % bodies, of
which 10 have been identified, have
been removed from FL Tablazo cliff
northwest of Bogota.
Among the bodies recovered was
that of Carl Wesley HUFFMAN of
Boulder, Colo, an official of the
Texas Petroleum Corp. The body
was buried in the English Cemetery
here.
The death toll of the crash of the
Colombian Avianca airliner was the
highest in the history of commercial
aviation.
Evening star., 1947-02-22
Ives Urges Congress
To Set Up Joint Unit
On Labor Legislation
New York Senator Asks
Private Talks With
Unions and Industry
by the Associated Press

Senator Ives, Republican, of
New York suggested today that
the House and Senate set up a
joint committee to hold separate
private conferences with union
and management leaders before
Congress acts on labor legisla-
ton.
The New York laWmaker, mem
ber of the Senate Labor Committee
told reporter that under that kind
of an arrangement I think we coulo
work out program helpful te
everyone.
Senator Ives made his suggestion
as the Senate labor group took a
recess until Tuesday from testimony
by union witnesses. Meanwhile, it,
House counterpart stayed at work
today to hear additional industry
representatives.
Lack of Liais0n.
Senator Ives, a freshman Senator
who is a labor relations expert, said
he believes a joint committee is
needed because:
/. There is not too much liaison'
between the House and Senate La
Dor Committees.
0n the House, Chairman Hart
ley has announced there will be
no action on labor legislation
until the Senate moves He con-
tended House labor bills always
are butchered in the Senate)
2. Management and labor are at
loggerheads over what kind of legis-
lation, if any, Congress should enact.
Senator Ives noted that Chairman
Taft had turned thumbs down on
a proposal by CIO President Philip
Murray that the Senate labor group
sit down with Mr.. Murray and AFL
President William Green to try to
work out a way to prevent jurisdic-
tional strikes. Senator Taft said
there would be too much controversy
to permit agreement.
Hold Separate Meetings.
Senator Ives contended that OBJ
lection could be overcome by hav-
ing the union chiefs in separately,
and holding still another conference
with industry leaders.
But we wouldn't get any place
unless the House and Senate got
together" Senator Ives added. "And
the first thing to do would be to
get the Republicans together"
The New York Senator feels that
with the COP in control of Con-
gress, it's up to the Republicans tc
show the way. Thus far there has
been no general agreement among
them as to what to do about the
labor laws.
Senator Ives, former dean o1
Cornell University's New York Col
lege of Industrial and Labor Rela-
tions, based his joint committee
suggestion on experience while he
was COP leader of the New York
State Assembly.
There he was chairman of the leg
islature's Joint Committee on Labor
and Industrial Relations, a bi-par-
tisan group which required aunani-
nous decision for any action.
Senator Ives emphasized that
any similar group set up in Con-
gress should be bipartisan.
Labor legislation should never
1See T-AROR pace A-4D
Evening star., 1947-02-22
New Heavy Snowfa|Is
Block Many British
Railroads, Highways
Continents Temperatures
Moderate as Islands Get
Fresh Tuste of Winter
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Feb. 22.-Heavy
snoWfalls blocked rail lines and
highways in a wide area of Eng
land today, isolated villages in
the Yorkshire dales and delayed
coal shipments from South Wales
to industrial areas blacked out
by a shortage of fuel and power
Temperatures throughout the
British Isles ranged from 10 to 18
degrees below normal and weather
forecasJers said the severe weather
would continue "at least" for several
days.
On the continent, however, tenn
peratures moderated after more
than month of bitter cold.
Rain was forecast for most OF
France. In Paris the mercury stood
three to five degrees above freezing
and it rose to so or go degrees along
the Riviera. The weekend forecast
predicted moderate weather, but did
not exclude the possibility of an
other mild cold wave.
Snow fell throughout the Southern
German province of Brandenburg
In Berlin, where the temperature
was 16 degrees, forecasters predicted
milder but still freezing weather.
Freezing temperatures continued
throughout Scandinavia, but a fall
ing barometer indicated the posi-
bility of warmer weather with rain.
Scandinavian Ports Cleared.
Strong east winds cleared Swedish
and Norwegian harbors of ice and
fishermen prepared to put to sea
for the first time in two weeks.
Ice foes menaced small fishing
boats along Britain's East Coast,
but the Admiralty reported the large
fields were breaking up and not
interfering with coal shipments
from Northeast ports.
Meantime, North Sea storm was
blowing itself out, removing one
threat to vital coal supplies for
London and coastal industrial
centerS.
In some parts of the island last
nights snow was the heaviest of
the winter. Railways particularly
were hard hit, one of them report
ing traffic at a standstill on IA
routes.
Heads of three railway trade un-
ions appealed to their members
today to work throughout the week
emo to speed coal shipments to the
Midlands, where power supplies will
be restored to industries.
Thousands Work Tomorrow.
Mine union officials reported thou
sands of miners would work over
time tomorrow and that at least
IS pits in South Wales would be
in operation.
The fuel position in the London
area remained critical and there
was no indication when non essen
tial industries. closed since Febru
ary 10 by the governments black
out order, would be permitted te
reopen.
Cover ment spokesmen an
nounced disappointment with the
small increase of coal stocks al
power stations in the metropolitan
area and said supplies for the gas
industry were 'far from satisfac-
tory"
| Increased coal stocks were report
ed in the Northwest industrial re-
gion, also affected by the blackout
order. Informed sources said q
date for the resumption of industry
in that area probably would be an
nounced by Prime Minister Attlee
on Monday.
In Britain the influential London
Times criticized the Labor govern
ment for "fatal reluctance" to in
(See RRTTATN Page A-41
Evening star., 1947-02-22
3 Killed, 5 Hurt in 6-Cur PiIeup
On San Francisco Bay Bridge

Of It, setting It on fire and injuring
a sixth person.
Dead we're Elmer McCune, SIS;
Mary Wood, 30, and Theodore Cole,
42, all of San Francisco.
Police said the six-car smashup
resulted from a headon collision
between automobiles driven by Mr..
Cole and Buel Wooten. 20, Rich
mond, Calf, who was injured. All
three dead were riding In Mr.. Coles
car.
Evening star., 1947-02-22
II Chinese Are Killed
In Crash OF Transport
BY The Assoeioted Press

SHANGHAI, Feb. ga Chinese
air force transport plane crashed
within sight of Chungking's airport
yesterday killing all 81 Chinese
aboard, the Central News Agency re-
ported today.
Reports from Chungking said the
big plane, flying up from Sichang,
ran into such heavy icing conditions
that one wing snapped in two.
The plane had been held at ST.
chang, 285 miles southwest Of
Chungking, for two days by bad
weather, then risked the flight over
some of the most rugged terrain in
China.
1t was the worst accident involv-
ing the Chinese air force this year.