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Evening star., 1947-01-22
Caemmerer Is Elected
By Historical Society
In Surprise Action

DR.. H. Paul Caemmerer was elected
president of the Columbia Historical
Society in an unexpected election
contest last night at its meeting at
the Mayhower Hotel.
A communication from the Nom
mating Committee headed by Henry
P. Blair was read recommending the
reelection of F. Regis Noel as presi-
dent despite a provision in the So
ciety's constitution limiting the
presidents tenure to three years.
Mr.. Noel has served three years.
The Nominating Committee re-
ported it was making the recon-
mendation because Mr.. Noel was in
charge of the financial arrange
ments with the printer for the So
ciety's forthcoming book, that he
was in charge of arrangements for
the society's annual dinner, that Mr..
Noel's office was a convenient place
for the society's managers to meet,
and cited Mr.. Noel's successful
handling of the affairs of the So
ciety for the last three years" and
the many new members who had
joined during his presidency.
Proctor Objects.
The recommendation said that
according to Roberts Rules of Order
such a departure from rule would
be all right if it were unanimous.
John Clagett Proctor, chroniclel
Of the society, objected. Mr.. Blai1
was not present. Mr.. Proctor wa:
backed by Fred Emery and Charles
Bates. They protested to Frederick
S. Tyler, recording secretary, thai
Roberts Rules of Order could moi
set aside a constitutional provision
Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant III
chairman of the meeting, banged his
gavel at times to limit debate.
Mr.. Noel thereupon nominated DR.
Caemmerer to succeed him and Mr..
Proctor nominated Mr.. Emery. DR..
Caemmerer received IA votes, Mr..
Emery 13.
Other Nominees Elected.
There was no contest regarding
the committees other nominations,
Wade H. Ellis for first vice president,
Gen. Grant for second vice presi-
dent, Mr. Tyler for recording secre-
tary, Mrs. Christine Norman for
corresponding secretary, S. William
Miller for treasurer, Mr.. Proctor for
chronicler, Newman F. McGirr for
curator, DR.. Gilbert H. Grosvenor
for delegate to the Washington
Academy of Science, Walter M.
Bastion for parliamentarian, Her.
bert S. Middlemiss for reporter and
Mrs. Joseph Betterley, Dorsey Hyde,
jr.; DR.. Caemmerer and Vernon E.
West to the Board of Managers. All
were elected unanimously.
After his election as president
DR.. Caemmerer resigned as a man
ager and Mr. Noel was elected to
the board in his stead.
c. Melvin Sharpe, former assistant
to the president of the Potomac
Electric Power Co., gave talk on
the history of Aectric illumination
in Washington.
Evening star., 1947-01-22
Senate Group
On DC. Budget
completed
Chuirmun Promises
Sympathetic Hearing;
Plans Joint Sessions
picture ON Page A-2J
fPicture on, Page Az
By Harold B. Rogers

Chairman Dworshak Of the newly
completed District subcommittee OF
the Senate Appropriations Commit
tee which will handle the Districts
supply bill today promised sym
pathetic" consideration Of Washing
tons budget problems.
The unit now constitutes "strong
committee" the Idaho Senator. de-
clared. Although some members
are new, he pointed out, all have
served in previous Congresses. A
majority have had experience In
local affairs from their work on the
same unit, or on the Senate District
Committee.
Under plans previously announced,
Senate hearings on the city supply
bill will be public. These hearings
will be scheduled later, after the
House acts on the $95, 100000 Dis
trict budget.
Senator Dworshak is planning in
formal conferences, meanwhile, with
Chairman Horan of the District
Subcommittee of the House Appro-
priations Committee. Such q con-
ference will be in line with the Sen
ator's recent suggestion for informal
get-togethers between the heads Of
the four committees in Congress
dealing with city problems. The
Commissioners may sit in on these
sessions.
Heads of Committees.
Heads of all four committees, who
already have approved the idea, are:
Chairman Buck, of the Senate Dis
trict Committee; Chairman Dirksen,
of the House District Committee;
Senator Dworshak and Representa-
tive Horan.
The Idaho Senator has been char
acterized by District Commissioner
John Russell Young as very good
friend of the District" The Sena-
tor formerly served on the District
Subcommittee of the House Appro-
priations Committee.
Personnel of the Senate subcomit-
tee was announced yesterday by
SIldlTkIldIl DlluSCo, VI tllC &1PPAo-
priationS Committee.
On the Republican side are Sen
ator Ball of Minnesota veteran OF
the same unit; Senator Young OF
North Dakota, who formerly served
ON the District Committee, and Sen
ator Knowland of California.
Democrats are Senator O'Mahoney
of Wyoming, its chairman in the
Seventy-ninth Congress; Senator
McCarran of Nevada, former chair
man of the District Committee and
long member of the Appropriations
Committee, and Senator Green OF
Rhode Island. a Senate veteran.
Senator Young, who is familiar
with District affairs from previous
service on the District subcom-
mittee, said he was glad to con-
tinue on the committee.
washington is the Nations Cap
itaI, the very heart of the Nation"
he said. II want to do anything to
help with its funds which will be
consistent with the economy policy
necessary in this Congress.
Evening star., 1947-01-22
fairfield Seeks House Seat

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Jan.
% R.-Frank j. fairfield, farmer,
lumberman and school bus driver
of Spotsylvania County, today an
nounced his candidacy for the House
of Delegates from Fredericksburg
and Spotsylvania, subject to the
Democratic primary in August.
Evening star., 1947-01-22
Foirfox Church Supper

A ham and chicken supper will
be held at the Fairfax Methodist
Church from $50 to $3.50 pm. to-
morrow. Proceeds will go toward
the church building fund.
Evening star., 1947-01-22
Do You Know That

More than 100000 children
have been given treatment in
the Children's Hospital dispen-
sary?
A summary of the progress OF
the building fund campaign
follows:
Amount needed - Sl,300,OO0.OO
Contributed through
Received since Sunday 1,053.14
To he raised 136,959.40
Contributions should be sent
to the Children's Hospital New
Building Fund Campaign, Thir-
teenth and v streets NV,
Washington 9, D. C.
Evening star., 1947-08-03

her head. She was again wearing the white
woolen panties, and across her breast was the
blue silk scarf
She had expected him to come But nobody
on earth, not even Johanna herself, could
have said with certainty whether in the Sec
onds before falling asleep her unconscious
wish to reveal to him so much of her lowell
ness had induced her to stay half dressed.
oTEvE's mouth tightened. 1t was not smile
it was the feeling of taking something
she was not giving him of her own free will.
But he could not turn his eyes away.
Overcome with an awe which he had felt
only as child in church. he wanted to steal
away, but she opened her eyes and her Inns
little. Still half lost in sleep and dneams she
stretched out her arms to him.
His kiss fully wakened her. She drew hack
and looked wordlessly at the man about
whom she had been dreaming.
Steve could find no words either. Like
mountain climbers who have lost their way
on steep precipice. they could move neither
forward nor back. Each read the unspoken
thoughts in the others face.
The stove pipe on the tilted pushcart start
ed rolling off, and fell with a clatter. Re-
lieved, Steve hurried outside.
Johanna slipped into her dress. But the
kiss. the first in her life, was with her still.
She had to sit down on her bed before she
had the strength to fasten her belt buckle.
Then the sensation flowed up and down her
arms as they hung limp at her sides. Fear
looked from her eyes. :.
Evening star., 1947-08-03

sheet which hung IN the doorway. Steve bent
down to her.
Don't please don't" she said. Buf
there was longing in her voice. too.
Toward evening ON the following day. Steve
hauled pushcnt over the uneven ground
through the willows, loaded with bucket of
clay. old bricks to which centmies-oh mortar
still chung. and old stove pipes and iron
plates, for which he had searched al day long
IN the rubbae heaps of the towns endless ruins.
After her daily bath in the riv.z. Johanna
had dried heTseH and her hair IN the nzn, and
then fallen .sisep On hz mon CT. vun out
with hunger -=-,axa~ -.
Steve knocked several times On tl,e door
post and finally entered She w0 tying On
her back, knees drawn up aiittie, hands under
Evening star., 1947-08-03

First he knocked off the ancient mortar from
number of bricks. and by and by four walls,
squarely fitted to each other, began to take
shape. In the front wall he made an opening
for the frebox, and on the top laid an iron
plate with removable lids, on which Johanna
could roast turkey if she had turkey.
Squatting on her heels beside him, she
thought: I'm watching America in uniform
building stove for Europe
1t was midnight before Steve had finished,
and sat back to survey his work. 1t was a
brick cube, with an ornamental projection at
the top and the bottom, and reminded him
of old brick houses which he had seen while
on leave in New York City; only it had no
windows, and instead of front door, there
were the little iron doors to the firebox. The
pipe passed through vent near the roof,
and rose three feet above the shed. Over the
pipe, as protection against the rain and for
his own particular satisfaction, Steve had put
pointed tin chimney hat.
HE two OF them sat on the floor in front
of the stove. ''Wonderfulv' said Johanna
deeply moved.
Steve grinned at her, showing his white.
even teeth. Johanna felt like saying, "You
dear one!'
They went outside. A waxing moon hung
over the ruins where Wurzburg had been,
and in its light, the area looked like vast
expanse of pale white bones. Steve and
Johanna looked at the scene, silenced.
DO you hate us? Because we DESTROYED
your town." asked Steve, in the voice of
Evening star., 1947-08-03

I'VE W1gT 1AcK!'s: Next week
TINS WEEK gives its entire issue
to the years most moving story:
4 report on the heart and mind of
world scared by war. two years
after victory. What are people
ese'y'ohe'e thinking. talking about?
In order to get the answers, TINS
WEEK correspondents and photog-
Taphers combined forces with the
Documentary Unit of the Columbia
Broadcasting System. Together they
Travelled $4,000 miles through
Europe and the Pacific, retracing
Evening star., 1947-08-03

the paths of the war. Using Cameras
and recording equipment. they cap
tured for our Special Issue and
CBSs special August IA broadcast
the lives. the faces and the voices
of average people all over the world.
In England and Hawaii, Normandy
and Guam. Paris and Tokyo. Ber-
lin and Hiroshima. they talked to
thousands of men and women
and children. The result is fasci-
mating and significant report to
Americas veterans. and everybody
who shared the war with them.
Evening star., 1947-08-03

The table, the bed and the chair stood at
the right Of the open door. In the ft-hand
corner was the space for the stove. Together
Saee and Johanna brought in the bricks and
the pipes, and together they carried the heavy
hucket Of clay. discussing how the stove
should he built Their manner was exagger-
sadly matter of fact, as though they had
completely forgotten the kiss
EEN Johanna ran down to the river for
4 pail Of water - and suddenly stepped dead
The fearful opressionin in her breast had van
izhed That he should be building a stove
for mer' she thought. That he should be
doing thisi''
Steve had brought everything with him -
hammer. h6wel, chisel, T-square, spinit-level.
Evening star., 1947-08-03
THE GIRL FROM WURzBURG


ers are almost new. hardly ever wear them
You zee, they pinch too"
She said eagerly: They can be stretched
If you put them on lasts over night"
They went on talking about his shoes,
and then at length about her beechwood san-
dals. whose crossed straps left her slender
toes free. But it did not matter what they
talked about. Johanna felt as clearly Is he the
unspoken feeling behind every word they said
Steve looked at her white legs outlined
against the dark green grass. He said thought
fully: 'Iots of the girls At home don't wear
stockings either"
Then, stimulated by her questions, he de-
scribed in atter-of-fact tone the THINGS
that little people in America enjoy things
that little people IN Europe do not even dare
to think about. When he mentioned casually
that many servant g1h IN his country owned
cars, johanna thought. utterly amazed, well
then. I surely wouldn't mind being maid IN
America"
BY NOW the sun had gone down. The willow
bushes wore eossamer- like evening veils, and
the fluffy mist hoated Close to the surface of
the water. Steve asked: Where did YOU nut
on your dress? didn't see any house near
BY"
The willows over there are rather high
Johanna started to get up, and he helped her.
As they walked toward the willows, he ST.
lently took her hand and she did not with
draw it. 1t felt good to have him hold her
hand. -.
The goat shed had no door In the opening
hung a sheet. which Johanna had found in
the charred ruins of her parents home Holes
had been burnt in it as big as a child's hand.
Johanna could not patch it, because needles
and thread, like thousand other things,
were no longer obtainabIe
In the shed stood an iron cot, a chair,
table - nothing else. Steve could not stand
upright under the low ceiling.
But where do you cook?" he asked.
Johanna shrugged her shoulders and point
ed to the twisted alcohol burner: That isn't
much help either; there is no alcohol"
He looked around "a plan already FORM
ing in his mind - and discovered round air
vent near the upholstered roof There's
plenty of room for stove in this corner, and
the pipe could be led out through this hole"
he said.
But there are no stoves,'' said Johanna.
She was thinking y let him hold nv hand:
and now here he is in my bedroom - such as
it is" She was confused, and did not know
what to say next. Finally. after moment of
hesitation, she asked, why don't you sit
DOWN."
STEvE, too, felt the strange tension which
develops between two people who are yearn-
ing for each other and are alone in room for
the first time
Johanna sat down on her bed She tried un-
successfully to pull the hem of her short skirt
over her knees. The glance they exchanged
about this helped them to feel more at ease.
Now these two, for whom nothing during
the past half hour had been unimportant,
once more talked of unimportant things. Out
eide he manu- x,o:~aL ~~:alxaA
Evening star., 1947-08-03

One Sunday morning the Freudenteims
were taken by the Gestapo. They were fur
dealers m Gerber Street - small stuff only.
mostly rabbit skins. They were good hearted
people. and harmed no one. First they were
led through the town, back and forth, and
then they were killed IN the ma1ketplace.
The daughter, Ruth, was my friend; even as
little children we played together. But Ruth
wasn't killed. She was taken to Poland and
put IN house. You know what mean. She
was seventeen - the same age as L.. Hans
told me later that he saw her in that house. :.
Hans had been engaged to Ruth"
JOHANNA undeTstood next to nothing about
world politics. She had Judged events the
unleashing of var by Germany, the devasta-
ton of innocent people - only from the angie
of her own experience. She knew nothing -
md yet everything. because she knew every
thing intuitvely.
On thzt Sunday morning her wounded
heart had turned away from her Triumphant
father and everything he stood for, from
evesything that was happening IN Germany
There could be nothing good in it, since it
had begun with the staying of the Freuden-
helms. She was in the marketplace when it
happened and, pnalyzed with horror, began
to scream only when the blood -smeared
oogpees were dragged away by their feet.
As she raised her head now, Steve saw in
her eyes a look of guilt that seemed to ask if
he could like girl linked by fate to those
who had caused this nameless suffering in
Europe. 1t was dark and heavy look
Shuddering, he felt the presence of bloody
ghost between him and Johanna, separating
them. He turned away. After a silence,
through which he looked into the distance at
the pale white stretch of ruins, he said, quite
obviously including himself: Lots of us think
that in many cases more was destroyed than
was really necessary. That s bad Isn't it,"
JOHANNA did not answer, did not move.
Conscience and sense of guilt stood between
these two. and nothing could bridge the gap
but their own hearts.
Steve brought her to her door - the hang
ing sheet - said good night and left. Johanna
stood still in the goat she'd She wished she
could cry, but she couldn't. She leaned
against the door frame for long while, an
innocent participant in the worlds infamy,
a prisoner of fate.
Four days later. Johanna was slowly max
ing her way back through the ruins of the
town to her shed. At the rubble heap where
her parents home had stood, she stopped
from force of habit, for now and then she
found something she could use at the little
shed in the willows.
People she knew passed her on the narrow
pathway which had been dug through the
rubbish. They greeted her silently, each with
the same ghostlike smile - from nothingness
to nothingness.
Suddenly she saw something colored lying
on top of charred rafter, and recognized a
hthograph of Bismarck which had hung in her
fathers study. But it did not stir her; she had
no moving memories of her parents home.
A little cloud of dust from the rubble nile rose
The Republican., 1947-04-24
MARRIED

Skeweris Lewis-Mr and Mrs.
Marshall Lewis, kempton, announce
the marriage Of their eldest daughter,
Mayief Eugcnia to Mr.. Isadore j.
Skeweris.
The single ring ceremony was per-
formed in the parsonage Of St. Johns
Lutheran church, Red House, at 8
o'clock on April 5, 1947 with the Rev
Alvah X. Jones officiating.
The bride wore wool street length
dress of hyacinth blue with brown ac-
cessories. Miss Wanda Jean Corbin
was maid of honor and wore a light
blue crepe street length dress with
black accessories Mr.. Theodore Lulas
acted as best man.
The bride is a graduate Of Thomas
high school, class of 1914 and has
been employed in the office of The
Buxton and L&ndstreet company
store for several years The bride
groom is employed here by the Davis
Coal and Coke company, Kempton.
The Republican., 1947-04-24
ACCIDENT

The American Legion will sponsor
a bingo party in the Broadwater's
hall on Tuesday, April 29th al o.
clock.
Nh and Mrs. Ross Speicher ac-
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Bowman, Of McHenry, spent last
Wednesday in Baltimore.
Mn and Mrs. Everett Weitzel and
children, Aleyanderia, Va. spent the
weekend with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. II. NJ. Speicher and Mr. and Mrs.
G.. W. Weitzel.
Mr.. and Mrs Roy Broadwater and
son. and Guy Broadwater. visited Mr..
and Mrs. Claude Broadwater, Of
Cumberland, on Sunday.
Ross Speicher spent several days
this week in Annapolis, where he
attended meeting for Farm Bureau
agents.
Mrs. Albert Klink and children, of
FrostGurg, visited her parents, Nj.
and Mrs. Chris Glass, on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Zehner. of
Somerset, Pa, spent Monday with
Mrs. w. A. Speicher,
Mrs. Lloyd Alexander is spending
several weeks with relatives at
Washington, d. C.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Speicher and
daughter were dinner guests on sun
day of Mr.. and Mrs. James Glotfelty.
Of McfIenry.
Mr. and Mrs Willis Bray, Swanton,
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmue MNrg-
rolf, on Sunday.
Rev and Mrs q p Fikn and
The Republican., 1947-04-24
WILLIAM Il. STEELE

William Henry Steele, who had
made his home in Lindsay, Pa, for
the past 18 years, died Sunday at the
municipal hospital there, at the age
of 96. His health began to fail about
a month ago.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon, April %, at Lindsay with
Rev. Paul Longenecker, pastor of the
Church Of the Brethren, officiating
Mr.. Steele was born in Maryland
He had made his home at Lindsay
with a daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Ferrier
The Republican., 1947-04-24
JOHN BOWMAN

Funeral services were held from
The Savage Funeral Home at Friends
vile, on Monday, April ii, for John
Bowman, age IS, who died at Kiser
Nursing Home at Mt Lake Park, on
Saturday, April II.
The deceased was former resident
of Accident, but resided at Friends
vile for several years.
Surviving are his brother Charles
Bowman, FliendsvilIe, and a sister,
Mrs. Benjamin Keller, at Flatwoods
Rev H. r. Wriston had charge of
the service and interment was in the
Accident cemetery.
The Republican., 1947-04-24
With Our Men
In The Service

Charles H. Bowser, 18, seaman,
second class, USN, son of Eugene
Bowser, of Hutton, is serving aboard
the light cruiser USS Wilkes Barre,
which is carrying Admiral Richard
Lancing Conolly, USN, and his Staff,
on visit to Antwerp, Belgium.
During the war the ship saw action
in the Philippine Islands area, the
Chan Sea, Two Jima, and near the
japanese home islands.
The Republican., 1947-04-24
FARMERS STOCK YARDS
Savage Brothers, Accident. Md.

Cows, $500 to $3.50 per cwt;
Ueifels, $3.50 to $500 per cwt;
Steers, $3.50 to $2110 per cwt;
Bulls, $770 to $1375 per cwt.
Veal, 600 lbs and over), $11.00 to
$2390 per cwt; Veal, (under 100 lbs),
$500 to SS.75 per cwt.
Pigs, $3.50 to $500 each; Shoats,
$3.50 to $500 each; Fat hogs, SIT
80 to $500 per cwt; Bears, $1,000
to $l5.G0 per cwt.
Leghorn Hens, 26c to 3312c per lb;
Heavy Hens, 3512c to 40c per ID.
No. l Potatoes. SLIGO to $3.50 per
cWt No. , Potatoes, S1.00 to S1.70
nor py-+
The Republican., 1947-04-24
Terra Alta Firemen Arrange
July 4th Celebration

The Terra Alta Volunteer Fire
department, through Percy Whit
taker, announced this morning that
arrangements have been completed
for a Fourth of July celebration to
be held at Terra Alta this year. A
mammoth street parade starting at
1:30 p. m. will be a feature of the
occasion.
The Republican., 1947-04-24

Herman Meyer Lewis. So. in
suranee, Parkersburg, W. Va, and
Barbara Lee Smith, bank teller, Oak
land.
Douglas Fred Wheaton. 81, laborer,
and kathleen Joan Younkin. l8, both
Maj alkleton, Pa.
Ralph Elwood McGee. %, factory
wolker, ana Martha Neva Staup,
y, both Morgantown, W Va.
Wilmer jackson Graves. "a. paint
er, Oakland, Md, and Eva Gladys
Bonner. 20, laundress, llopemont, W.
Va
The Republican., 1947-04-24
MRS IAMES Il SIMS

Mrs. Huldah Jane Sims, widow of
the late James H. Sims, died at the
Kiser Nursing home at the Park last
evening, following an extended i'll
ness She had been there for two
weeks, formerly residing in the
Pleasant Valley section.
Surviving are two sons. Funeral
arrangements are incomplete.
The Republican., 1947-04-24
GORTNER

Edzell Kitzmiller, formerly of Gort-
ner and now Aberdeen, Maryland,
and Miss Edna Beckman, daughter,
of Mr.. and Mrs. Alonzo Beckman,
near Rowlesburg, ". Va, were mar
ried on April 18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Yost Sunny, Meyers
The Republican., 1947-04-24

Two other daughters. Mrs. Rose
Widener. of South Connellsville, Pa,
and Mrs Frank Spear, Accident; and
two sons, John Steele. Wheeling, W.
Va. and R. NJ. Steele, Hayward,
Calf, survive as does a brother,
George N. Steele, Of Newburn, Tenn. !;
Is grandchildren and eight great
grandchildren.
The Republican., 1947-04-24
]. NJ. CRANE

J. NJ. Crane, former resident of
Kingwood, W. Va, and Loeb Lynn,
died in Long Beach, California, on
Tuesday, April %, friends here have
been informed. He had resided in
California for twenty five years or
more.
He was a member Of the Masonic
lodge and final rites will be in charge
of that organization.
The Republican., 1947-04-24
DEER PARK

Mrs. James Broadwater, Swanton.
is staying at Deer Park for the
present.
Mrs. Joseph Teats, and Mrs. James
Broadwater were Oakland visitors on
Wednesday.
The Republican., 1947-04-24
Other Oakland High News

May l has been tentatively set for
the date Of the annual Acorn banquet.
Arrangements are still incomplete
regarding the place where the dinner
is to be and the program. No speaker
has been obtained definitely for the
event, but there is sure to be an
address Of some type on newspaper
work
The Republican., 1947-04-24

ter. Mrs. Henry Swaltzentruber. on
Sunday.
The Republican., 1947-04-24

IlIPORTANT-When changing adj
dress, send US old address as well as
new; send address label from last
copy; allow two weeks for first copy
to reach new address.