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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-02-20

wives.
Deceased was member of the Ma
sonic lodge, joining at Oakland in
1903 but later transferring his men,
bership to Elkins lodge He was also
member of the Royal Arch Masons
and Knights Templar, at Ellins; the
Scottish Rite, at Wheeling, and was
32nd degree Mason. He was a past
master of the Elkins ledge and past
high priest Of the EIkins Royal Arch
MaSons.
He was member of the Presby-
terrain church at Gormania, w. Va,
and served as sergeant in the Mary
land Guards during the Spanish Amer
lean War.
His body was brought to the Bolden
Funeral Home in Oakland and later
taken to the home Of his daughter,
Mrs. Swartz, in Gormania. Funeral
services are being conducted this at
ternoon at | o'clock from the Presby-
terrain church in Gormania, with Rev.
Jonathon Edwards, pastor, officiating.
Interment will be in the Maplewood
cemetery at Elkins where the Masonic
lodge of Elkins of that city will have
charge of final rites at the grave
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-02-20
MRS. FRANK JOHNSTON

Mrs. Mildred Hazel Johnston, wife
of Frank Johnston, aged 35 years,
died Sunday evening, February Is, at
her home near Swanton. She was a
daughter of the late William and AL
berta Comp and was born in Swanton
on March A, 1912.
Surviving are her husband, four
children, Franklin Leroy, Charles Will
liam, Howard Marshall and Shirley
Rose Ellen; brother, Roy Comp, of
VindeX; three sisters, Mrs. Helen kitz-
miller, NindeX; Mrs. Blanche Friend,
Swanton; Mrs. Nellie Ault, Glencoe, O..
Funeral services were conducted ON
Wednesday morning from the Metho-
dist church in Swanton, in charge of
Rev c. w. Fraker, of McHenry. as
sisted by Rev Dan McAllister, Oak
land. Intermcnt was in the George
cemetery
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-02-20
CHARLES MILTON ROOT

Charles Milton Root, aged So. died
in Baltimore hospital on Saturday,
February IS He was a son Of the late
David and Margaret Root and was
born in Tucker County, W. Va, on
February 4, 1889
He is survived by two children,
Evelyn and Boyd, of Baltimore; three
grandchildren, and the following
brothers and sisters John J. Root Of
Florida; Edward, of Oakland; Mrs.
Agnes Shaffer, Horse Shoe Run, W
Va; d. W. Root Cumberland; d. G..
Root, Parsons, W. Va; W. NJ. Root,
Thomas. W. Va; Mrs Ernest Wot-
ring, Oakland; T. B. Root, Terra Alta,
W. Va; Julius Root, Albert, W. Va.
Mrs. Adam DUR, Cumberland.
The body was brought to the Leigh
ton Funeral Home, Oak street, on
Monday and services were conducted
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
from the Methodist church at Texas,
with Rev. Reecc Burns. Methodist
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-02-20
Charles Edward Duckw0rth

Charles Edward Duckworth, retired
farmer, aged 80, died Tuesday morn
ing at 4:25 at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Nina E. Sturdivant, Rowlcs-
burg, W. Va, following an illness Of
five weeks. He was resident of the
Ryan's Glade section of the county
for a number Of years.
Deceased was born at Aaron's Run,
near Westernport, on February II,
1865, a son of Alden c. and Dorcas
Ellen DuckWorth. He was educated in
normal school and business college
and taught for several years.
He was married twice, first to Miss
Ida Susan Thompson, of Ryan's Glade,
and she died February u, 1912 Four
children survive this marriage, Mrs.
Nina Sturdivant, Rowlesburg; Mrs
kirstinc Wallace, Cumberland; Mrs.
Vivian SWartz, Gormania, W. Va; and
Mrs. Dorothy Moon, Bayard, W. Va
A son of this marriage H. Keith
Duckworth, died January 9, 1917, Of
heart attack, at Tooele, Utah. Eight
grandchildren survive from this mar
riage.
He was then married to Mrs Soph-
ronia Hilleary. of Ryan's Glade, ON
June y, 1916 She died March 5, 1912
Surviving also are step-daughter,
Miss MadeIein Blamble, Table Rock;
stcp-son, Gus T. Hilleary, Niles, O.;
9 stcp-grandchildren and two step
grcat-grandchildrcn. A sister Mrs.
Minnie Nicola. Mcstelmport. also sur
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-02-20
DIED
WILLIAM II. MILLER

William H. Miller, SO, son of the
late Harvey H. and Elizabeth Cling
erich Miller, of Grantsville, died on
February IL, following a weeks i'll
ness at his home in East Liberty, O.
He was born April IA, 1887.
Mr.. Miller was an active member of
the Evangelical United Brethren
church of East Liberty the past thir-
ty-four years.
Funeral services were conducted on
Saturday afternoon at 2:30, by his
pastor, Rev. Ramsey. Relatives attend
ing from this area included Mr. and
Mrs. Sherman Beachy and son Blaine
Mr.. and Mrs E. O. Jenkins, Mr.. and
Mrs Nevin Miller. Mrs. Norman Pat
ton, Grantsville; Fred Miller, Mark
leysburg, Pa; Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Otto, Springs, Pa; Mrs. Harry Pope,
Meyersdale, Pa.
Surviving are his widow, one son,
Harry Ellsworth Miller, and the fol-
lowing brothers and sisters: Fred, of
Markleysburg, Pa; Lewis, East Ak
ron, o.; Guernie, Philadelphia, Pa;
Nettie (Mrs. NJ. W. Shumakel) Ches-
ter, Pa; Minta (Mrs. Edward Jen-
kins) Grantsville; Clara (Mrs Sher-
man Beachy) Grantsville.
Pallbearers were nephews, Robert
Jenkins, E. 0. Jenkins, il, Kent, O.;
Harold Miller, William Ericken and
William Henry, Akron, O.; and Blaine
Beachy, Grantsville. Interment was in
the cemetery at East Liberty, Ohio.
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minister from Mt. Lake Park, offici-
ating. Interment was in the church
cemetery.
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Stock Prices, February II, 1917. at
Farmers Stock Yard Accident. Md.

Farmers Stock Yard, Accident, Md.
Stcers-171O to 1920 per cwt. !;
Heltcrs-9.40 to 1910 per cwt.; Cows
$50 to 11.S0 per cwt.
Veal (lcss than 100 lbs.) 400 to
1915 per cWt.; 100 lbs. or over) 1915
to 27.25 per cwt.
Pigs-S.0O to 1880 each; Shoats-
CPS to 22.25 each; Fat Hogs-19.25
to 26.10 per cwt.
Lambs 23.00 per cwt.
Leghorn HcnS-15c to 2Sc per H.. /;
Heavy Hcns-3Oc to 34l2c per h.. /;
Heavy Broilers- Sac h.; Turkeys
- &c to soc per lb.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-02-20
PRAY FOR PEACE
BUT BEPREPARED
FOR EMERGENCIES
So Advises Speed Chandler, Sec.
ond Speaker on Rotary For
UNI OF International
Understanding

Pray for peace, but be prepared
for any emergency was the plea of
Major A. s. Speed" Chandler, famous
aviation authority, who was the sec
ond speaker ON the Oakland Rotary
clubs Institute of International I'm
Outstanding, held Monday evening in
the assembly room Of the Methodist
church at Oakland.
Major Chandler, army test pilot,
flying since he was thirteen years of
age, who had gone for many years
without any accidents, just recently
stepped from a taxi in Chicago and
fell on the ice. breaking his leg, and
he delivered his talk Monday evening
as he sat on desk He entertained
the crowd for an hour with accounts
of his experiences and with number
of humorous stories, but when he
finally got to the serious part of his
talk he advocated strongly that the
United States keep itself so strong
that no other nation would attempt
to Subduc it.
Regarding the next war, should
there be one, he declared it would be
fought by the regular armed forces,
with no time for conscription or draft
ing or training of men. Any next war,
he warned, would be with atomic
energy, guided missiles, rocket ships,
and that it would be a fast war be-
tween populations and industrial CEN
tiers.
He also felt that any future war
would be between big powers and that
the route Of the planes would be over
the polar continent, as this offered the
shortest distance between the coun-
tries that possibly would be involved.
For this reason he advocated con-
tinucd close cooperation with Canada
as has been the case FOR many years.
Planes For Speed
He explained that advancement in
alrplanes at present was devoted to
momentum instead of making them
more applicable to families. He felt
that higher factors of safety must be
applied before planes will be used to
any large extent by family groups.
He said that Helicopters as they are
today are not the answer.
He dwelled at some length ON the
speed Of airplanes during the war and
how swiftly troops were moved thru
out the world. He felt that more CO.
operation among nations would be pos
siblc if young people from other ma
tons of the earth could visit the
l. S. as the American soldier visited
many places during the war. He said
he was sure the soldiers did a better
job of helping world unity than the
diplomats were now doing in trying
to settle the peace
The United States is now working
ON planes that will travel faster than
sound, pursuit planes at 1900. bombers
at 500, transports at 1900 miles per
hour
In answer to a question about the
safety factor in flying he gave facts
and figures to show that in percentage
&C 1.,.l
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-02-20
JOHN LESTER KENNY

A burial service for John Lester
Kenny, 30, husband of Mrs. Gertrude
Martin Kenny, and veteran of World
War II, who died last Sunday at his
home at Shallmar, was held in the
Kelbaugh cemetery at Elk Garden,
w. Va, on February IS, with military
rites accorded by Blaine Miller Post
No. 6942, American Legion.
Rev Jonathon Edwards, chaplain
otficiated. Color bearers were Jack
Porter and Tony James, with Paul
Castle and G. 7. Junkins as color
guards.
Prior to interment a requiem mass
was celebrated in the Catholic church
at kitzmiller.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-02-20
HENRY MITZGALL.

Funeral services were held Febru-
AIRY 6 from the Jennings Lutheran
church for Henry WitzgalI, 81, retired
farmer, who died February 3, at the
Kiser Nursing home, Mt. Lake Park,
where he had been a patient for Is
months.
Rev. Curt R. Rune, pastor of the
Bittinger Lutheran parish, officiated
and interment was in the Grantsvillc
cemetery.
A native of Germany, Mr.. Witzgall
came to this country when he was 8
years old. He was a member of the
Grantsville Lutheran Church and
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ruary T, for treatment Of badly
frozen hands, feet and lips, was dis
charged from the hospital and re-
turned to his home on February u, it
was reported.
Wright was first brought to the
Oakland jail by a companion after
leaving a freight train here because
of the severe weather.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-02-20

served as deacon for many years. His
wife, Mrs. Catherine Yommer WITT
gall, died about ten years ago.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-02-20
Leaves Hospital

Carl L. Wright, 16, of near Clarks-
burg, W. Va, who was admitted to
Memorial hospital, Cumberland, Feb
Evening star., 1947-06-17
U. 5. Consul Is Blamed
For Incident by Reds
By re Associated press

s.
MOSCOW, june TIA Pravda
dispatch said today there was 4
r,rmor IN Shanghai that ]. Hall
Paxton, American Consul In Tihwa,
prepared and organized" the Incl
dent involving Chinese and Mon
goIian frontier detachments June 8.
The Communist party newspaper
termed this Incident "a violation OF
the border OF the Mongolian Peoples
Republic" (The Chinese Central
News Agency declared Mongolian
troops invaded Sinkiang province.
with the aid Of warplanes bearing
Soviet markings.)
The Prayda dispatch said travel
ers from Sinkiang reported that Mr..
Paxton visited the frontier between
Russia, the Mongolian peoples Re-
public and China In April at the
instruction Of Gen. Eisenhower and
photographed the area.
''They (the travelers) say" the
Pravda correspondent wrote, that
Paxton has exhibited a special inter-
est In recent months In the FROM
tier districts
They say that In April he made
. trip to these districts along with
his driver, at the instruction OF the
Chief Of STAFF OF the United States
Army, Gen. Eisenhower. He photo
graphed the frontier districts, was
interested In the peculiarities of
the local situation and other intel
ligence Of an informative character" :"
Evening star., 1947-06-17
Wool Tariff Bill Veto
To Save Trade Farley
Predicted by Cooley
BY the Associoisd Press

Representative Cooley, Democrat,
of North Carolina, predicted today
that President Truman. in an effort
to salvage the international Trade
Conference at Geneva. will veto a
bill giving new protection to Ameri-
can wool producers against foreign
competition.
Mr.. Cooley's assertion came on
the heels of House action in &C
cepting conferees' recommendations
for pegging wool support prices at
their present levels and empowering
the President to fix import quotas
or higher tariffs if he finds imports
interfering with domestic prices.
THE administrations whole first
team is against the bill in It's pres
ent form" Mr.. Cooley told a re-
porter. Call the roll. Secretary
of State Marshall. Cordell Hull.
Henry Stimson. Undersecretary OF
State Will Clayton. Secretary Of
Agriculture Anderson.
1.-THE President is well fortified
for veto.
IT say he'll veto 1t.
~And he ought to-"
The measure now goes back to
the Senate with indications that
chamber will follow the House lead
Mr.. Cooley. however. expressed
pleasure at the size of the vote IN
the House.
1t decided, 191 TO 1865, against
sending the measure back to the
Joint conference committee for fur
ther study. He said this count
showed sufficient opposition to pre-
vent q veto from being overridden
by a two-thirds vote.
Chairman Hope of the House Ag-
riculture Committee told the House
yesterday that wool Is strategic
material. In the present state
of international affairs, it is essen
tial that we maintain q domestic
wool industry"
But Mr.. Cooley argued that pas
sage of the bill would be signal
to the world that the United States
is retreating to economic isolation
ISM" and said that Mr.. Clayton
would dare not" return to the Ge-
neva conference seeking lower trade
barriers If the measure passes.
The Thames River in England
Is 209 miles long.
Evening star., 1947-06-17
District W 10 Elect
Officers al Close Of
Convention Tonight

The District Department OF the
Veterans of Foreign Wars will elect
new officers at the closing session of
its annual convention at o'clock
tonight at the Mayhower Hotel.
The convention already has gone
on record asking that membership
in the United Public Workers of
America be considered grounds for
denial of Federal employment under
the Presidents loyalty order.
In a stormy session last night, the
group urged that Attorney General
Clark put the Government workers
union on the list of subversive Or
ganizations.
Devoting most of its time to blast
ing communism In this country, the
department reiterated its request to
national VFW officers to demand
that the Communist Party in Amer
lea be outlawed.
immigration Ban Asked.
A resolution introduced by Equal
ity- Walter Reed Post No. 284 asked
all immigration into this country
be suspended until a survey of how
many immigrants have come to this
country in the last 10 years be made
public" Another resolution would
bar immigration during any year
when unemployment affects as
many as 100000 people.
/ Guests at the session included
Brig. Gen. Gordon C. Young, Dis
trict Commissioner; Chester F. Maui
mowicz, manager of the Veterans
Administration Washington regional
office, and Adlebert w. Lee of the
District Board OF Education.
For the elections tonight, move
is on foot to draft Charles M.
O'Malley, department commander,
for the last two years, for another
term as leader Of District VFW
posts.
Auxiliary to Act Tonight.
Representatives from District
VIEW Ladies' Auxiliary posts were
to meet at luncheon this afternoon
at the Hotel 2400 to honor Mrs.
Alice Chadwick, OF Arlington, a
former national president of the
auxiliary, and Mrs. Catherine Leary,
present national auxiliary council
member from the fourth district.
Final session of the auxiliary en-
campment will also be held tonight
in the Mayfower Hotel. Mrs. Grace
Field, department president, said
resolutions against Communism and
the Government workers union
similar to those adopted by the
VFW last night would be up for
passage or rejection. She predicted
that both would be adopted.
Many members of the auxiliary
were to visit the Veterans Hospital
at Mount Alto this afternoon.
Evening star., 1947-06-17
France Offers U. n.
Single Division foi
World Police Force
By N. Asseeiossd Pres,

LAKE SUCCESS, June H.-An
Authoritative source said today
that France had informed the
United Nations she could only
contribute at this time one In
fantry division to the proposed
global police force for enforcing
world peace.
This was confirmed by French
spokesman, who explained that If
the international army were estab:
lished now, France could not make
larger contribution because of
previous military commitments in
Indo- China and elsewhere.
The French offer was said au-
thoritatively to be the first specific
figure of troops to have been made
by any of the five major powers on
the, U. N. Military Staff Committee.
Russia Urges Small Force.
Thus, II the other Big Five ma
tions made contributions identical
to that suggested by France as her
maximum at this time. the interna-
tional army contemplated in the
world charter would consist Of q
force Of only about 10000 men. One
French infantry division totals ap-
proximately $4,000.
Despite the fact that circum-
stances appear to dictate the size Of
the French contribution, Russia is
suggesting that the global police
force be kept comparatively small.
The United States, Britain and
China, however. were understood to
favor more substantial contribu-
tions. Although none of them has
put forward any specific proposals,
they were believed to be thinking
in terms Of an international army
Of 1000, 900 men or more.
When the American offer is made
it is probable that 1t will be OF
substantial strength, perhaps five
or more divisions.
As yet there Is no real indication
how many planes or warshfps the
United States Government will Of
fer to place at the disposal of the
Security Council for enforcing world
peace.
France Has Small Air Force.
In this field France again will
be unable to make any substantial
contribution. Her air force Is small
and she has practically no navy
because Of its destruction in World
War II.
On the other hand the air and
sea forces Of the United States and
Britain are considerable.
The French position is being used
as an argument against the accept
ance of the Russian principle of
absolutely identical contributions to
the global force in men, planes and
warships.
The United States and Britain
argue that comparable contributions
should be made by the various mem
bers Of the United Nations.
For instance, they hold, the United
States, because of her preponder-
ance of air power, should contribute
more planes than ground troops,
while Russia, with a large land
army, should contribute more from
this source than from her air force.
Evening star., 1947-06-17
Westchester Hearing
Told Of Improvement

Three dozen tenants of the West
chester Apartments at 1000 Cathe-
dral avenue NV. were on hand to
protest a proposed 171a per cent
rent increase as hearings on the
proposal continued today before the
District Rent Control Board at Force
School.
The morning session was given
over to testimony from several con-
tractors and service agents concern
ing various improvements In
progress at the apartments.
Erenst F. Henry, counsel for the
owners of the 558-apartment de-
velopment, said the annual income
of apartment rentals was 1926, 1875
in 1910, but rose to $637. .387 in 1941
and remained above $685., 900 ever
since.
improvements described included
a complete safety check OF the
apartment by James T. Muldoon,
safety director of the City Investing
Co, which owns the Realest Corp,
which bought the Westchester last
February.
Rent Control Examiner Ernest
Williams is conducting the hear
ing,
Evening star., 1947-06-17
House Votes Continuance
OF f17-Year Enlistment Age
Rx Enc A.sociofsd Press

A bill to continue indefinitely the
Arny,s voluntary enlistment age OF
II years and otherwise stimulate re-
cruiting was passed by the House
yesterday and sent to the Senate.
The bill permits original enlist
ments for two, three, four, five or six
years and -enlistments for terms
up to six years. Noncommissioned
officers could re-enlist for unspeci-
fed terms and get a $50 bonus at
the end of each year of their terms.
Under present law, the maximum
enlistment period is three years.
Evening star., 1947-06-17

ber certain things will take place.
Meanwhile. people will have a
chance to re-appraise things, and
50 will T."
When he broke from his prepared
Water Gate address to say the work
of the Southern Conference would
not be stopped, Mr.. Wallace de-
clared the names of Paul Robson
and Melvyn Douglas will live after
those like Hartley and Rankin are
long dead"
He again took exception with the
Truman foreign policy-the line
that caused a furor during his Eu-
ropean tour-and high lighted his
speech with these points:
1. Suggested Mr.. Truman and
Secretary of State Marshall invite
Mr.. Stain and Foreign Minister
Molotov of Russia to meet them
in Berlin to iron out all the differ
ences between the two nations.
2. Urged that the United States
propose complete ban on interna-
tional traffic in weapons of war "as
evidence of our good faith and as a
test of Russia's good faith"
Would Nationalize Munitions.
3. Suggested that the administra-
tion and the Democratic party take
leadership in a campaign to ma
tionalize our munitions industries.
4. Insisted that 1925, ,000, 900 loyalty
Investigations" or force would never
stop communism.
S. Called for the President to ap-
peal to the Congress for health legis-
lation, to recognize the national
housing crisis as at least equal in
Importance to the munitions re-
quirements of reactionary govern
ments abroad" and to carry a
vigorous fight for improvement of
our educational system through
Federal aid to States.
Criticizes Districts Lack Of Vote.
Mr.. Wallace drew burst of ap-
plause when he criticized the lack
Of District suffrage with these
words:
IT can get as indignant as any
man at the suppression Of civil lib
critics anywhere in the world. But
I admit to q certain shame when
I hear some of our officials state
ments of protest about election
methods in Eastern Europe, and
look at the same time at certain
election methods in South Carolina
and Kansas City-and the absence
of any elections at all here in Wash
nigton.
This discrepancy disturbs me.
7 can't insist on the perfection of
democracy abroad and ignore un-
democratic systems at home"
Mr.. Wallace said "our hopes for a
strong United Nations rest on our
ability to make peace with the Soviet
Union" He drew heavy applause
when he added: "It should be easier
to reach agreement with valiant
ally than with the dictator in
Argentina"
Evening star., 1947-06-17
8 District Area Students
Graduate from Goucher

Eight students of the Washington
area were among the lit graduates
of GoucAer College, Baltimore, in
commencement exercises yesterday
They were Natalie Barish, Mary
Ruth Dryden, Emily Rose Haas
Thelma Ethel lager. Sylvia Harriet
Levinson, Mildred cambridge Raitt
Dorothy Elaine conquest and Rosa
lie Jane Nelson