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Evening star., 1947-10-12

than 10 years in q wheel chair In
her big kitchen with three stoves on
Crosse lie, where the Detroit River
flows into Lake Erie. A veteran OF
the World War I western front and
an early sales manager in the auto
mobile industry. he suffered paraly-
sis. A man free to move about would
not write so lovingly and intimately
CT familiar things, about whisky
after a sleigh ride, the big wood
stove and its iron pots, the taste OF
canvas backs he can no longer
shoot. And Lucy takes her follow
ers step by step through the recipes.
A fine present for the bride who
wants to cook man-dishes.
Evening star., 1947-10-12
Reviewed by
CATHERINE D. HILL.

Reviewed by
CATHERINE D. HILL.
Have you ever glanced at picture
with an eye-catching blue frame?
Then on closer inspection, you found
the subject-matter to be an un-
cleared breakfast table. THE Merry
Innocents' offers that kind of
surprise.
This short novel begins with Prof.
Lowry dismissing his class in Holtby,
Mich, for the holidays. 1t ends
with ,10year-old Ronny shouting,
Christmas, Mom!" So much for
the Merry" The "Innocents' may
we'll be the readers who try to keep
up with the ordinary activities and
meals Gall IL of them. and lunches
out, too) of family of seven during
the four days before Christmas. The
seven include the maid, Julia, who
runs the family, even selecting and
buying Mr.. and Mrs. Lowry's pres
ents for each other.
The main anecdote concerns. old
est daughter Margaret's $50 date for
the Sanford ''Whooperoo" party, but
each section of each chapter jumps
from one age-group to anotherI Per-
haps you are peeping through the
keyhole in the dentists Office with
Roany. and suddenly find yourself
with Prof. Lowry thinking about his
fathers farm. Or you are downtown
in the drugstore with Kay. II. then
switched back to Lillian. the mother,
yawning over page 81 of the Revolt
of the Masses" This could have
been a gay story about a college
family. satiric, or tragic; but Author
Prof. Nolan Miller wasn't sure.
Despite the Yuletide setting, THE
Merry Innocents" is a better
Thanksgiving story. Be thankful
for not spending Christmas with the
Lowrys.
Evening star., 1947-10-12
An Angry Study
Of Intolerance
WILD GRAPE

BY John Hewlett. (Whittlesey
House: $500
The central character in this
angry study of organized intoler-
ance in the deep South is Bible
spouting, flower wheedling" old
Negro farmer, who knows his place
in white mans world and cheer
fully accepts his lot of hat-doffng
and gutter walking. His faith in
the old order is weakened, however,
by the tragic experiences of his be-
loved granddaughter, Deel, prod
uct of miscegenation, who is pure
white and equally unacceptable to
both her mothers and her unac-
knowledged fathers people.
The pathetic story of this little
outcast is lit by the lurid glow Of
fiery crosses. Mr.. Hewlett writes
with savage disgust of the church
going nightriders, lynching and
hating in the name of Christ" He
contrasts the hypocrisy and lechery
of these "admirals in nightgowns
with the cheerful subservience of
the old man whose race they terror
ize. In such an atmosphere of fear
and hysteria the prosecuted are
Jrivoy, fa on i,,tro ro oio1 i,,+oJaroroo
AS the one family decent white
southerner in the book, Old Doc
Dease (who joins the Klan as a
matter of social expediency), points
out to young Yankee colleague, the
Negroes "just amt got no conf
dence in their own kind in any
position of authority"
In his zeal to present wildly a
shameful situation, Mr.. Hewlett, a
native of Georgia, has thrown his
picture somewhat out of focus. His
white characters are, with the ex-
ception of Doc Dease, grotesque
caricatures of lust and malice. His
prose, which is often high-fown
and full of elegant variations and
needless diversions, is not adapted
to the subject. But in spite of it's
seeming exaggerations Mr.. Hew-
lett's story has strong impact
And its message is quite clear. The
solution of the racial problem, he
evidently feels. lies in education
of the white race, that is.
M. MEG.
Evening star., 1947-10-12
NEVItWEU Dy DOISALD II. MOOIVID
Fellow in American History, the Library of Con

John Drinkwater' historical detail
was fantastically inaccurate, but he
does give his Lincoln lines of Lin
colnesque simplicity and dignity.
Poetry is another matter. But it
is cause for reflection that in three
quarters of century we have not
bettered when Lilacs Last in the
Dooryard Bloom'd," with it's in
tensely personal if long -winded SYM
bolism, or Lowell's straightforward
and homely Harvard Commemora-
ton Ode" In fact, Edwin Mark
hams familiar piece is in essence a
poetic dilution Of five lines in Lowell S
oGe
Evening star., 1947-10-12
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A Simple BibiofooI
BOOKS AND BIPEDS


BY Vincent Starratt. (Argus
Books. $500
The author describes these liter
airy ramblings as "the notes and
queries. the miscellaneous browsings,
the little Journeys and occasional
discoveries, in word, the private
satisfaction of an incurable biblio-
fool"
Most of the pieces are from .
weekly book column which Mr..
Starratt has run for years in the
Chicago Sunday Tribune. They
range from literary criticism to
anectodes and "reminiscences about
authors. They are, on the whole,
amusing and frequently illuminat-
/ ing. CThis book will be published
Wednesday, C. B. j..
Evening star., 1947-10-12
THE NGRE SSIONAL CA.
REER OF THOMAS FRANCIS

BAYARD, by Charles Callan Tan
sill. Georgetown University Press
The professor of American. diplo-
matte history at Georgetown writes
a closely detailed examination of
the history of the career in Office Of
the famous Delaware Congressman.
Valuable.
Evening star., 1947-10-12
Fiction, Not Fact, Is Emphasized
In Latest Collection of LincoIniunu

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, HIS LIFE WORK AND CHARACTER
Anthology of History and Biography Fiction Poetry Drama
Bellies Edited by Edward Wagenknect (CreaOe
Age Press; 81
Reviewed by DONALD MUGRIDGE,
Evening star., 1947-10-12
Sheer Nonsense
BENCHLEY-OR ELSE
BY Robert Benchley. (Harper G.
Brothers,, $2.75.)
Reviewed by
Reviewed Dy
STANLEY BEITZ.

For sheer nonsense we'll put there
probably never has been any one to
equal the late Robert Benchley.
This is a new collection of his
essays, culled from some of his later
writing. His Down With Pigeons"
would make even a bird lover
chuckle His analysis of his own
face, his insight about thunder
storms and his discussion of the
youth of today are among the more
mirthful chapters. Indeed, there is
hardly any facet of contemporary
life which his glib and hilarious
pen has not touched.
Evening star., 1947-10-12
Reviewing This Book Called
For a Lot More Than READING

POT SHOTS FROM A CROSSE LIE KITCHEN
BY Lucy and Sidney Corbett. fHarper's;; s275)
Reviewed by GEORGE KENNEDY.
Evening star., 1947-10-12

TIL o U GIFTS FOR. FOOD.
(Houghton Mifflin) A compilation
of recipes of the unusual type. The
book was originally issued in 1888.
CROSS SECTION, edited by Ed
win Seaver. (Simon &, Schuste.) }
The third. number of Mr.. Seaver's
annul. A collection of new and hith-
erto unpublished writings - stories,
poems and essays.
Evening star., 1947-10-12
Those Busy Days
Before Christmas

THE MERRY INNOCENTS
BY Nolan Miller. fHarper &
Bros; $780,
Evening star., 1947-10-12
Of Pioneer Days
In Illinois
HOPE OF EARTH
BY Margaret Lee Runbeck
(H0ughton, MiHin; S3.J
Reviewed by
THERESA CARMODY

Hope of Earth" is a chronicle of
pioneer days in Illinois. 1t is an ex-
pansive novel dealing with the de-
velopment of this country during the
last century. Miss Runbeck focuses
on the small community where
Stephen Phelps and his young
bride, Amoret, establish themselves.
Wealthy aristocrats, bankrupted in
the financial crash of the 1830s,
their background changes abruptly
from a luxurious home in Phila-
delphia to log cabin on the out
skirts of what is destined one day
to become Midwest town. Meet
ing the formidable difficulties of
this new life, Amoret develops into
strong-minded woman with high
moral values. Her idealism is in
conflict with Stephens Materials
tic code, and leaves him baffled
that his pretty, doll-llke wife should
turn so willingly into pioneer
woman. Amoret's life is an effort
to convince Stephen that there is
more satisfying way of living
than the mere striving for material
success.
Out of these conflicting attitudes
struggling for dominance, and the
adventures of frontier life, Miss
Runbeck compounds readable
story. She creates a realistic pano-
rama of the 1800s, even as her style
inclines toward grandiloquence. 1t
would be a better tale told less
horidly.
Evening star., 1947-10-12
Frederic Wokemon's New Novel Lacks
Drive and Roucous Humor of 'Hucksters'

THE SAXON CHARM
BY Frederic Wakeman. (Rnehart G. Co.; s275J
Reviewed by MARY McGRORY.
The Republican., 1947-10-16
Coordinate Forest and
Game Management

For the purpose of coordinating
game and forest management of
state forests, members of both the
State Game and State Forestry de-
partments met Tuesday afternoon
and went over the Mt. Nebo, Herring
ton and Potomac areas.
In the group were Ernest A.
Vaughn, state game warden; George
Shields, chief deputy; Joseph Minke,
regional game warden, and Francis
Ruge, district warden; II. c. Buck
ingham, state forester; William Parr,
district forestal; Elmer Upole, local
forester; William Bayliff, secretary
to the board Of natural resources; and
Edwin Berry, from the division of
education and research, board of ma
tural resources.
Mr. Parr announced that Harry
Hartman would be the new superin-
tendent of the Swallow Falls state
forest, with headquarters at Herring
ton Manor, replacing John O'Haver,
who had resigned. Nh Hartman is a
graduate of the University of
Georgia. is married and has one
child. The appointment was effective
October 1st.
The Republican., 1947-10-16
DR.. Cannon Plans
Two-Year Absence

Dr.. James A. Cannon, Jr., an
nounccd yesterday he was planning
an absence from Oakland of about
two years, after which he would re-
sumo his regular practice here.
He said close friend of the fam
lily, DR.. Matthew Donahue, who has
an established practice in George
town, Washington, D. c., had suf-
fered heart attack and that his
physicians had advised him to take
complete rest of year or two. DR.
Cannon was given the opportunity of
taking over his practice during that
time which wculd include quite bit
of surgery, since Dr. Donahuc had
numerous connections with the Wash
ington hospitals.
He added tnlt in this way he would
return to Oakland better fitted for
his job, and at a time when the hos
pital here would require the constant
services of surgeon.
He is Offering his house in Oakland
for sale, and expects to purchase a
home in Chevy Chase. He does not
expect to leave Oakland for another
month or more.
DR.. Cannon came to Oakland in
March, 1916, and has been located in
the offices formerly used by the late
DR.. M. c. Hnebaugh.
The Republican., 1947-10-16
Discuss Ways To Pay
Farmers for Crops
Destroyed by Deer

The possibility Of working out a
solution to repay in some manner the
farmers whose crops are partially
destroyed by deer and other wild
game, was discussed at meeting in
the Court House last evening.
Present We're officials of the State
game department, Ernest A. Vaughn,
and George Shields, state game ward
en- and CHIEF deputy respectively;
Fulcher P. Smith, member of the In
land Game and Fish Commission;
Jonas Sines and J. Edward Helbig,
county commissioners; Ronald McIn-
tire, George Coddington and Law
renee NJ. Fraley, members of the
General Assembly; and Ed. Barry,
field man for the fish commission.
Planting of number of feed
patches on state land and other ideas
were suggested
Many farmers of the county have
complained about destruction of their
crops by deer herds. Senator Fraley
said this morning he felt sure some
solution would be worked out. He
said the game departments plan for
wild life management center on $50
acres of the Mt. Nebo tract would
provide good thing for the county.
The Republican., 1947-10-16
To Represent Sears
Roebuck Company in
Oakland and Vicinity

Raymond Rodda, native of Frost
burg, who has been with the Sears
Roebuck company in Cumberland, has
come to Oakland as representative
of his company for this area.
Announcement of the new plan is
made in today'S issue of The Republi-
can through advertisement.
Mr. Rodda will be located at 95
Second street, at the home of MI. and
Mrs. w. L. Evans. Mr. Rodda, is a
graduate Of Baall High school, Frost
burg, and had been with the company
one and one-half years, as a receiving
clerk until about year ago when he
was transferred to the Plumbing and
Heating department of the store.
The Republican., 1947-10-16
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Christmas Shopping
Event for Oakland
Nov Being Planned

Promotion of a Christmas Shop
ping event in Oakland calculated to
increase and stimulate holiday buy
ing, was decided upon at meeting
of a number of business men in the
City Hall on Monday evening.
Sponsored by the Chamber of Com
mcrce, the CITY Council and the Mer-
chants and business establishments
of Oakland, the event would get
under way about the middle of No
vember and would continue until
Christmas. Special supplements of
the newspapers would carry mer-
chandising messages of all the busi-
neSses represented.
In addition, plans were inaugurated
for Christmas lighting campaign
which would give Oakland true
holiday spirit. Not only the streets
and business places are to be decor
ated but the homes as well, and
prizes are to be awarded in a light
ing contest.
The plan on Monday night was out
lined by Newton Coplin, advertising
manager for one of the local stores,
for the avowed purpose Of welding
Oakland into a greater shopping
center than it is at present" \ meet
ing of garage owners is to be held
The Republican., 1947-10-16
Demonstration On
Speed Is Given In
Schools This Week

Excessive speed is the greatest
single cause of automobile accidents, y
said c. w. Tewksberry, assistant
safety director of the Farm Bureau
Insurance companies, when he ad-
dressed assembled students of Oak
land High school on Tuesday morn
ing.
Mr., Tcwksbelry explained and
later demonstrated, that the actual
stopping distance required is usually
much greater than the driver esti-
mates. The program was one of a
series being given before students
and other groups in which is con-
Quoted driving tests demonstrating
actual stopping distances required
when a car is driven 20, 80 and DO
miles per hour,
Similar meetings and dcmonstra-
tions were held in Accident school on
Monday, and at the Grantsville school
Oll IuCSNldN IlNl HULL
The demonstration was preceded by
a short talk in which he emphasized
the fact that each and every driver
must make safe driving a personal
problem and that his driving judg-
ment must be based on true facts if
he is to form the necessary habits
for daily safe driving. A movie also
was shown.
Actual tests were conducted in a
car with hydraulic brakes. The car
has three guns, loaded with yellow
marker bullets, mounted on the front
bumper At j given speed the first
gun is fired, signal for the driver to
apply the brakes, at which time the
second gun is fired automatically. The
third gun is fired when the car is ac-
tually stopped. This leaves three yell
low marks on the street, showing re-
action distance, braking distance.
On a card distributed to students
it said, Natures laws are always en-
forced. We must know and under
stand them if we are to avoid the
severe penalties that follow viola
ton" Driving tests were held with
the coopera ion of local school au-
thorities, local police and state pa
trolmen.
The Republican., 1947-10-16
Stress Conservation
At Rotary Meeting

The Importance of conservation in
the rise and fall of great nations was
related to ROtarians and their guests
at last weeks meeting by DR.. r. V.
Truitt, director of the department of
research and education for the state
of Maryland.
Beginning with early civilization
and coming down to modern times he
portrayed the Importance Of taking
whatever steps necessary in the way
of conservation practices in order not
to dissipate The heritage of natural
abundances waich God saw fit to be-
stow on North America.
Speaking Of conditions in Mary
land, Dr. Trultt quoted figures show
ing the drop of quantities in oysters
and shad in the Chesapeake bay and
its tributaries. In the mid-western
wheat belt he pointed out that the
water table had dropped six inches
in the past so years and that if it
should drop six more inches in an
other 60-year period no more grain
could be grown in that area. He felt
that education of the younger gene
ration along tAe proper channels was
the answer to the problem.
The program this week is in the
hands of Alva Gortner and the Inter
national committee. Thomas Sheehe
will speak. The meeting ON October
"a will be lural-urban night.
The Republican., 1947-10-16
Sawnlill Burns

'dhI"iIo Hiei'icll were cane" OH
TUESDAY Illgh' ABOUT ll'4o DIS 'il@ re-
Sul' "l " ol<'~' III d S""lllill owned pS
stewart savage. ." 'i'e 0"allo" / ais
ROAD near He'rlhgtoh manor.
me llie "'.> "iSVoNeleu ny EaIi
feelailo' emH'oNe' VINO lfaVeled on
horSeoach 10 'lefrIhgCoh Manor care
takef 5 nome ana telephohed the flre
company Iof assistance
Dropping Il nose line INTO a nearby
stream 'he ilf'meh were aoIe TO save
heafhN oulIdNg" ana quahtl'% OF
lumber but the saWmllI was de-
StfoNed'
Damage to the Sa"mill was estl-
mated at S9'ooo' all uninsured. Saw
age VINO le1t ne mil at p m'' sald
an inspection AZ Ihe close OF the day
The Republican., 1947-10-16
Perry Steiding Wins
Soil Conservation
Contest BY B. and O.

Perry Steiding. of Accident, was
termed the besU in Garrett county in
carrying out soil conservation prac-
tees, in a contest conducted by the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and will
be eligible to compete for awards to
be presented by the railroad through
out its territory.
Competition was open to any
farmer living ir one of the soil con-
servation districts, provided he has a
cooperative farm plan signed up with
the district supervisors.
Announcement of the selection of
Mr.. Steiding was made by w. w.
Mace, district soil conservationist
following a meeting of soil conser-
walton supervisors on Monday even
ing in the office of John H. Carter,
county farm agent.
Mr.. Mace said that Steiding, since
the first of the year had put in 128
acres of contour strip cropping, had
made 3,400 feet of diversion terraces
with his own equipment, under tech
nical supervision of soil conservation
lists, had made 20 acres of permanent
hay and had retired to pasture 40
acres of former crop land
Mr.. Steiding assists in operating
the 372-acrc farm owned by his
grandfather, John w Herman, in the
Accident community He was gradu-
ated last spring from Accident High
school.
Three prizes are being offered for
the state of Maryland $50 bond, $25
bond and SIS IN cash. Area winners
will be judged also for the selection
of b. and }. system-wide conser-
walton champion to whom will he
awarded an all-expense trip to some
suitable meeting.
Points cmphasized in selecting the
winner was good land use, establish
ment of soil and water conserving
practices, maintenance of practices
applied, progress based upon the re-
sources available.
The Republican., 1947-10-16
8i4oppoi~tea

Maybe from all the advance publicity expecting too
much but needless say greatly disappointed the
very place given county in the Holiday maga
zine of recent date.
OF all the things recreationa way that have offer
the magazine carried just pictures of dance and Swallow
Falls We nothing against either square dancing SUCH
Swallow Falls the section represents but
they scratched the surface of interesting places There ism
compare with unique Deep Creek Lake
place else in the for winter sports other place for deer
hunting such large scale, and could and
We ought to be grateful any mention of this county
magazine but somehow feel they missed best
assets Everybody right know what they missing
when they don't come o Garrett County
Just barely possible that might be prejudced about
Garrett County.
The Republican., 1947-10-16
More Enlistments
This Week For
National Guard Unit

Nineteen additional enlistments
were received this week for the ma
tional guard unit, bringing the total
to date up to "a, it was announced
this morning Ey Robert j. Hesen, act
ing company commander.
Lieut. Col. c. L. Claypoole. Balti-
more, came to Oakland last night and
indicated this morning that they
would apply for Federal recognition
for the local unit, after which the
company would begin regular weekly
drill sessions.
No appointment of additional Of
ficers was forthcoming this week,
but it was expected that announce
ment would be made soon.
Those to apply this week for men,
bership in the guard included Waller
Hoye, Delbert Swartzentruber, Floyd
Wensel, James McRobie, James r.
Murray, Jr., Eugene Johnson, Her
bert Myers, Charles j. Marcy, Her
bert f. Sharpiess, Herbert H, Myers,
Joe Friend, George Thayer, Noah
Hardesty, Clarence Hardesty, Charles
Herman, Darrell Jamison, William
Welch, James Lake and Harland Bit
niger. Marcy dld the two Myers boys
are from kitzmiller.
Work continues to progress ON the
temporary quarters Of the unit, in
the Episcopal Parish House.
The Republican., 1947-10-16
new VARIETIES
OF POTATOES
SHOW PROMISE
Eight Selected From Among
Those Grown in Test Plot
This Year

Eight different varieties Of Potato
seedlings have been selected from
among those tested this year on the
seed plot of thc University of Mary
land Extension service on the William
jP, DeBerry EARN, north of town, as
being above average and showing
promise of making a good producer
for this area.
DR., K. A. J,hle, plant pathologist,
University of Maryland, was here
last week supervising the digging Of
the tubers from the test plots and
compiling tho records that will prove
their ultimate worth if grown ON a
commercial scale.
The varieties grown are known by
number only. and according to John
H. Carter, county agent, will not be
named until bg use they are termed
satisfactory
One potato causing special mention
was "B 61-3," a medium early and
high yielding variety. The test
showed If to ao botb bliobt and scab
ro,;.t.nt with q hott,, .,,iold +h,n 4bo
Ka+abdin Two Iato varieties of no-
tatoos which ,bowod uood results ro,
resistance ana,pst all tvnos Of dis
ease, also had high yields averaging
400 to 500 b,,bols IA tho aero
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The Republican., 1947-10-16
Warning Issued to
Pranksters by Mayor

A pre-H Halloween warning was
issued by Mayor A. G, Hesen yester-
day against pranksters and others
who have been causing some disturb
ance in town for several days.
In some instances there has been
malicious destruction of property, and
Mayor Hescn declared this would not
be tolerated now or at any time.
He urged particularly that persons
refrain from soaping windows and
automobiles.
He issued general warning, in
the face of the water shortage for
persons to take special care in burn
ing leaves to see that the flames were
always under control. A disastrous
fire at the present time could easily
take all the water reserve and leave
the town in a critical condition, he
concluded.