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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-02-19
Farm Placement
Service Returned
To State Operation

The Maryland Farm Placement
Service was returned to state oper-
alton on January /, 1913, the State
Extension Service having relin-
quished control to the Maryland De-
partment of Employment Security,
Employment Service Division, it was
announced by Russell S. Davis, chair
man of the department Of Employ
ment Security This service was
transferred to the Maryland State
Extension Service as an emergency
measure during the war, and had as
its director, DR.. T. B. Symons.
The demand for farm labor in 1913
will probably be the greatest in
peace-time history, according to Mr..
Davis, and it is anticipated that less
labor will be available for agriculture
as the new year begins, than at any
time since the end Of the war.
Provision is being made to serve
agricultural workers, farmers, and
food professors throughout Mary
land. Key personnel have been desig-
mated to be responsible for farm la
Dor, and local offices are preparing to
meet anticipated needs
D. A. Tucker will be the supervisor
of the farm labor program for the
State of Maryland. Mr.. Tucker, a
World War | veteran, was educated
at Iowa State College. He will make
his headquarters in Room 2O35 O'Sul-
Ivan building in Baltimore, and visit
county offices in Maryland as re-
quired.
A meeting was held in Baltimore
on February IL, to fam iliarize man
ayers of employment offices in
Maryland with the program. MilbuIn
W. Mann, manager of the employ
ment service division, attended this
meeting.
John II. Carter, county farm agent,
and the staff of the local office of the
State Extension service is cooper
ating with the program in Garrett
county, Mr.. Mann said
The Oakland office of the Employ
ment Service Division will continue
to supply labor for the two canneries
lin Garrett county as has been the
custom.
Persons who wish to work on farms
are requested to visit the local office.
An effort will be made to place these
persons in Garrett county should
their services be needed on farms.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-02-19
Yough Waters Are
Loosed by Dynamite

With the west side of Friendsville
in danger of being flooded as the re-
suit of ice in the Youghiogheny river.
The river was dynamited at two
places last Friday night under the
supervision of Mayor William f.
Frazee, members of the town council
and the Community Fire company.
Ice had formed a blockade from the
bridge to the Methodist church, back
ing up a large amount of water and
all the west side would have been
flooded in a short time. Water was al
ready in cellars along the river Of
ficials also thought that the Yough
bridge would have been carried away
had not the dynamiting been done.
Bear Greek waters in the Friends
vile area overlooked early Saturday
morning and many cellars of homes
in the north end of town were full
of cakes Of ice and water. There were
several inches of water on the first
floor of the home of Thomas Love
Mrs. Love and daughter were taken
by Thomas Sines in iecp to the
home of Lloyd Schroyer.
Large cakes of ice were all around
the homes of Fred Lowdclmilk, Mrs
Walter Coddington, Chris Sines
Ralph Sincs, Charley Bowman and all
along the road leading to that area
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-02-19
Booster Club Plans
Number of Activities
First on Spring Program Is
Dinner on Tuesday, March 8

Plans for several functions of the
Oakland Booster club, the first to be
dinner meeting at the William
James hotel on Tuesday, March 9,
we're made at meeting of the men,
bers of the Board of Directors at the
Coca-Cola plant on Tuesday evening.
At the dinner meeting on March 9,
at 6 o'clock, r. Bowen Hardesty, re-
Gently appointed assistant superin-
tendent of schools, will be the guest
speaker and he will be introduced by
f. E. Rathbun, county superintendent.
Boosters night at the Oakland High
school gymnasium will be Friday,
Feb. 27, when all booster members
will be admitted by showing their
membership card. Oakland will play
Barton that night.
Emeric Dusic, president Of the club,
said the members would formally pre-
sent the electric scoreboard to the
high school at that time. 1t his been
in operation since the first of the
season but only recently did the time
out clock arrive to make it complete,
he said.
Also planned is a dance at the
Country club late in March for
Booster club members.
Dusic said money was appropriated
for two showers for the local high
school gym at the last meeting of the
County Commissioners. Senator L.
NJ. Fraley and James Lyons, chair
man of the club shower committee,
appeared and made the request. The
showers will be installed this sum-
mer.
Dusic announced he had also con-
tacted Robert "Red" Brown, basket
ball and football coach at Davis and
Elkins college, to be the guest speak
er at the April meeting of the club.
Tickets for the March 8 dinner may
be secured from board of directors,
DR.. H. r. Gibson, James B. Bell, Jr.,
Ira j. Bosley, Robert Lohr, Maurice
Brookhart, Willard Ryan, Emeric
Dusic and Nelson Langan.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-02-19
Rains and Warm Days
Remove Ice and Snow

Heavy rains and warm days of the
past week joined to rid Garrett county
of most of the snow and ice that has
covered the ground for several weeks
Heavy rains occurred on Friday
night and Saturday, causing streams
to rise Waters of Wilson Creek were
about two feet deep ON Third street
and water seeped into the Arthur
Savage garage for short time.
The high reading of the week was
80, on the 18th, with the low being Is
on the 18th An inch of rain fell on
the 18th, with over half an inch ON
the 18th.
The weatherman predicted colder
weather for the weekend.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-02-19
Organizing Sea Scouts

A sea scout troop is in the process
of organization in Oakland, under the
sponsorship of the Mems bible class
Of the Methodist church. The leader
will be James Davis, high school in
Structor.
The class is seeking members from
other church groups also to be on the
troop committee
A sea scout unit was active here
prior to the war.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-02-19
To Attend Meeting

Harry Hartman, superintendent Of
Swallow Falls State Forest; j. E..
Paulhamus, assistant district forester
for this area, will go to Baltimore for
a meeting Friday and Saturday with
other technical men of the Forestry
department.
The entire meeting will be devoted
to the utilization Of low grade trees.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-02-19
OAKLAND MAYOR
DIES SUDDENLY
OF HEART ATTACK
A. G. Hesen Slumps to Floor
While Attending Meeting of
Local Fire Department

Mayor Alexander George Hcsen,
aged So, dropped dead about 8:15
Tuesday evening while attending a
meeting of the Oakland Fire Depart
ment in the City Hall.
He had been in i'll health for sever
al weeks, suffering from a heart con-
dition, and this was the first night
meeting he had attended since his
physician warned him to rest and cul-
tail his activities.
The iremen had just started to dis
cuss the possibilities of new fire
house and community building. Mayor
Hesen rose to ask question on the
subject being discussed and slumped
to the floor. Dr. E. l. Baumgartnes,
president of the town council, was
summoned and he was pronounced
dead. Efforts to revive him by use Of
the department inhalator were of no
avail
Mayor Hesen was born August ,,
1894, at Oakland, a son of the late
George and Elizabeth DERRICK Hesen.
He operated the Hcsen Garage and
Service Station and was just COM
pleting his first two-year term as
mayor He had told friends he would
be candidate for reelection next
month. He previously served two
terms Of two years each on the city
council.
Deceased was a veteran Of World
War l and served with the army over
seas He was a member Of St. Peters
Catholic church, the Holy Name
Society, financial secretary of the
Knights of Columbus. He was also
a member of Proctor Kildow Post No.
II, American Legion, serving as its
post commander for several terms,
and also served as vice-commander of
the Mt District OF the Department Of
Maryland. He also belonged to the
40 and organization in Cumberland,
and the Moose lodge at Terra Alta,
W. Va. He was captain in the Oak
land Volunteer Fire Department.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Florence Carney Hesen, three sons,
Robert J. Hesen, Investigator for the
retail sales tax division in this coun-
ty; James A. Hesen, Cumberland
with the Unemployment Compen-
sation division; and William +.
Hesen, at home; one granddaughter;
also two brothers and two sisters,
John Hesen, Keyser, w. Va; Cash
Hesen, Romney, w. Va; Mrs. Ray
mond Virts, Keyser, w. Va; Mrs.
Stanley SPOTS, Oakland, California.
His mother died at Keyser last May.
Funeral services will be conducted
Friday morning at o'clock from St.
Peters Catholic church with Rev. FIR,
Zinkand officiating at the high
mass. Interment will be in Oakland
cemetery. His remains were taken to
his home on Liberty street where
they will be until time for the service
Active pallbearers will be Edward
P KahI, Lawrence NJ. Fraley, y. G.
Gortner, Russell Brown, F. r. Shaffer
and Arthur Lawton.
Honorary pallbearcrs will be Ed
ward A. Shaffer, Leo Helbig, Joe
Stanton, W. W. Dawson, Emroy Boil
den, James Lewis, and Grover Stem
Iple.
Members of the city council, Prem
tice DeBerry, Edward Schmidt, Harry
L. Stemple, Earl Shartzer and DR..
E. l. Baumgartner, will go in a body,
as will members of the Oakland Fire
Company.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-02-19
LIST SPEAKERS
WHO WILL TAKE
PART IN FORUM
Domestic and Foreign Affairs
To Be Discussed on Monday
Evenings Beginning March l

Subjects termed of vital interest
will be intelligently discussed at the
Community Forum on Domestic and
Foreign Affairs which will be pre-
scented in Oakland by the Oakland
Rotary club on four successive even
ings beginning March /, according to
Dr. E. l. Baumgartner, a member Of
the committee in charge.
The club has secured the speakers
who will participate independently
this year, and DR.. Baumgartner
stated they were experts in their re-
spective fields. He pointed out also
that ordinarily the fees for the APP
pearance of these men would be too
excessive for the local forum, but due
to the fact that the series will be held
as a benefit for the Garrett County
Memorial hospital building fund, Ger
tain concessions have been made in
their charges which makes their local
appearance possible.
Speakers Listed
Speakers who will be presented and
their subjects are as follows:
March DIR. Diosdado NJ. zap, of
Washington, d. c. DR.. zap is a well
known Filipino lecturer, writer and
radio commentator. He is the editor
and publisher of "Bataan," an in
dependent hilippine-American news
magazine. He is also Chairman of the
Philippine Chamber of Commerce o.
America. DR.. Yap's subject will b.
THE Philippines in World Affairs"
March 8-Dr. Harold Benjamin,
Dean of the College of Education,
University of Maryland College
Park. DR.. Benjamin is considered one
of the outstanding teachers and
writer's in his field IN America. He
has been the editor of about fifty
books in the McGraw-Hil series in
Education. The subject he has chosen
to discuss is Education and Com
munity Resources"
March 15-Dr Wesley NJ. Gewehr,
Chairman of the Department Of
History, University Of Maryland, Col
lege Park. Dr. Gewehr is a distin-
guished American historian and
scholar He has written number Of
books of a historical nature dealing
with both the American and the Euro
pean scene. During the last war Dr.
Gewehr was in Europe on an assign
ment of the U. S. War Department.
DR.. Gewehr will speak on "The Great
American Dilemma"
March 22-Mr. Ardath Burks,
School of Advanced International
Studies, Washington, D. c. Mr..
Burks is an expert on Far Eastern
affairs. He is particularly interested
in the subject of Chinese and Japan
csc politics and government. At the
beginning of World War II, Burks
was an analyst in the Air Intelligence
Office of the Army Air Forces. Later
he was an intelligence officer in the
Pacific. At the end hostiIities he
served with the L. S. Strategic Bomb
ing Survey in Tokyo, He will speak
on "MacArthur's Japan-Is it Demo.
cratic?"
All lectures will be held in the As
sembly room of st. Paul's Methodist
church. Each speakers presentation
will be followed by a question and
answer period. Season tickets at SIPS
are on sale and may be obtained at
the Oakland Pharmacy and from
members of the local Rotary club.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-02-19
Teen Ayers Plan
Ping Pong Tourney

Members of the Teen Age club are
planning to have ping pong tourna-
ment in the club house at Mt. Lake
Park on Friday evening, it was an
nounced by Wayne Sewers, super
visor.
There will be an entrance fee of 25
cents, which will be used to purchase
a small trophy for the winner.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-02-19
TO Address Rotary

Rev. Luther L. Hare, pastor Of the
Lutheran Church in Oakland, will be
the speaker at the weekly meeting of
the Oakland Rotary club on Friday
evening.
His subject will be THE Business
Man Looks at the Church."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-02-19
Will Serve AS Mayor

DR.. f. |. Baumgartner, president Of
the Town Council, will act as mayor
Of Oakland, as a result of the death
of Mayor A. c. Hesen, until the regu-
lar election in March, it was an
nounced this week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-08
Marshall Plan Nations Grid

regularly attend conferences OF
British commonwealth army special
lists and planners.
1t is unlikely that plans to CO.
ordinate the forces of the West
European countries will be accom-
panied Immediately by full, free
Exchange of top-secret information
The new standardization plan
means that Britain, France and
other Marshau-aid countries will be
able to order most of their military
requirements from the United
States in future emergencies, the
officials said. 1t does not mean
that the countries of West Europe
will give up arms production them
selves.
Precise details Of what weapons
would come under the .standardiza-
ton program could not be learned
at once. However, informants said
that the British .303-inch rifle would
be redesigned to the. United States
.30-caliber; that other small arms
will be changed to the United States
pattern and that cartridges will be
grooved instead Of trimmed.
Some continental countries al
ready are using the same designs
as this Americans in their weapons
The French artillery. for example,
uses rs, los and 1855 nm. rifles
(guns). So does the United States
Army.
Distributed By the Associated Press)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-08
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and back-the United States de-
sire to standardize the arms OF
several foreign countries to prepare
herself for any emergency that may
emerge from east-west rivalries.
The year-old Anglo-American
agreement for the exchange of loo
officers between the Raj and AAF
for training is working out most
successfully" an Air Ministry
spokesman said.
He remained tight-lipped when
asked whether Raj officers in the
United States are being instructed
in the technique of atom bomb war
fare.
Model Guns After Ours
Other authoritative sources said
however, that this and several ad-
ditional aspects of up-to-the-min-
ute scientific developments are in
cluded in their training as q mat
ter of course"
British officials said they expect
that the United States and British
governments will maintain "at least
indefinitely, If not permanently
the Washington based, wartime-cre-
ated Combined Chiefs Of STAFF
board.
Both countries continue to ex-
change information on military
equipment, weapon and munition
developments. American observers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-08
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South Africa, United Kingdom
United States and Uruguay.
AS in many international confer
ences on agriculture, Russia has nc
representation. The Argentine del
egate is participating only as an
observer. His stand is that Argen-
tina would have no objection to dis
cussing a solution of the wheat
problem, provided other agreements
could be reached simultaneously on
meat, coal, petroleum, machinery
and other products.
Russia Not Represented
Mr.. Wheeler has replied to Argen-
tina's position in these words: In
the best of all possible worlds, it
might be possible to negotiate such
complicated matters when meeting
with 80 or 40 countries, but 1t has
not been possible in the case OF
wheat to negotiate an agreement in
IS years of effort" Then, he adds,
in what may be the understatement
Of the year, that in his opinion 1t
may be "a little difficult to contem-
plate negotiating all the items men
toned by Argentina at the same
time"
The major exporting countries,
including the United States, Can
ada and Australia, are in favor OF
five-year wheat agreement. I'M
porting nations, led by the United
Kingdom, favor a four-year plan
The exporters explain that they
would prefer five years as protec-
ton against a drastic price drop. I'm
porters, on the other hand, look to
the day when their domestic wheat
production has increased and feel
they might be hampered by an
agreement longer than four years.
The two viewpoints may be COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-08
Accord Near on Wheat

promised in working out a solution
to the companion problem of price
While there is fairly general agree
ment on a floor price of $1.20 q
bushel and maximum of 81, there
are differences over prices to be
set for each year Of the agreement
For instance, the U. K. delegate
has indicated possible agreement
with the f1ve-year- plan, if the floor
price In the fifth year is brought
down to 81 a bushel.
The United States is strongly in
favor Of some plan that would en-
able a country in the case of ex-
traordinary circumstance-such as
flood or famine-to procure wheat
stocks that may already be COM
mitted under any agreement.
For the short haul, the partici-
pating nations also have a problem
of bringing available world stocks
in line with world demand, in the
light of the critical cereals short
age in many nations.
Calls for Price Pacts
Essentially, the Anal agreement
would provide for series OF multi
lateral contracts. Each importing
country would agree to buy a stated
amount of grain each year OF the
pact and each, exporting country
would agree to sell that amount at a
mutually agreed price.
Sir Herbert Broadley, head OF the
U. K. delegation, sums up the stu
alton by stating that If the majority
of the countries were prepared to
cooperate, they would avoid dis
astrous fluctuations in wheat prices
and thus help to maintain stability
in prices OF other commodities
thereby contribute to general world
prosperity and avoid the risks Of
alternate booms and slumps."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-08

: Mines development at the University
of Maryland, the Suitland develop
ment including the Nays Hydro
graphic Office and the Census Bu-
reau and the Camp Springs Military
Reservation.
Urgency Is Noted
In a recent address to the Road
Builders Conference at the Willard
Hotel, Fred w. Tuemmler, director
of planning for Prince Georges
County Regional Office OF the Mary
land National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, explained the
needs of highway construction in
his part of the State.
John Nolen, jr., director of plan
ming Of the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission, told the
Road Builders Association: Plan
ming for the growth of the WASH
ington Metropolitan Area on a COM
prehensive basis is one of the most
urgent among those Of this type OF
today's American communities.
The planning official made this
significant statement:
mo one with any political real
ism would propose any change IN
jurisdictional boundaries of the Ma
tional Capital. The reasons are
complex. Yet the fact remains that
control over the environment OF the
Federal establishment now no longer
rests solely with the Congress as
intended In the Constitution, but is
shared with the governing author
tiles in Maryland and Virginia. So
the realistic and democratic way is
to devise practical cooperative pro-
cedures for correlating detectives
subject to separate political control.
Comprehensive planning on a
metropolitan basis would seem to
offer the most logical first step In
this direction"
There are complex problems to
be solved In this Greater Washing
ton. The extent of its ultimate
growth no man can now see. But
at hand are problems of zoning,
school construction, sewage disposal,
water supply, flood control, parks,
Fairgrounds, highways, adequate
residential areas, etc.
But come what may, Greater
Washington is on the march, and
yesterdays farm land is destined to
become tonorroW's suburb,
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customers.
In Virginia, Pepco serves but {
small slice of the Old Dominion
with its lines to Colonial Village
and Fort Myer.
But in Maryland, they stretch a.
far as Germantown, Neelsville, Lay.
louisville, Brookeville, Sandy Spring
and Falkland in Montgomery
County.
In Prince Georges County, Pepct
lines go to Muirkirk, Greenbelt
Bladensburg. Oakgrove, Wells Cor
ner, Nottingham, Cheltenham, Pts
Getaway and there is also a lint
that runs down to Indian Head II
Charles County, Md.
The Virginia State Corporation
Commission, which rules as a pub
lie service commission, sets the linn
it's in that State.
Planners Show Trend
The City Planning Committee o
the Washington Board Of Trade ha
a comprehensive report which show
the trend Of the Metropolitan Area
This embraces the main proposals
advanced by various planning agen
cies in the region. 1t covers Fedora
building locations, parks, highways
airports and coming. Rudolph Kauff
mann II Of The Star news staff
served as editor of the pamphlet
The regional park and thorough
fare network recorded by the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission is shown in the pam
phlet as well as proposed airportI
and airf1elds. The master plan O.
highways of the Maryland-Na
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission is likewise depicted
Virginia highway plans in Arlington
and Fairfax Counties and in Alex
andria receive attention and thu
preliminary major thoroughfart
plan of the District is set forth.
In Greater Washington, man!
Federal centers OF employment
have been established recently
squirting suburban growth.
These include the Department O.
Agriculture Experimental Station
the Pentagon, the National Insti'
tute of Health, the Naval Medica
Center, the Army Medical Center
the Naval Testing Basin, the Nava
Ordnance Center, the Bureau o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-08
Rumors, Fears Stirred Up
By Welles' Trip in 1910
Former Secretary of State Tells How He
and President Roosevelt Dispelled
Dismay of the Neutrals
By CordeII Hull

Early in February s4o the President White
that he had thinking sending Weles
capitals prospects
peace asked whether this Agreeable
om time later the President stated that
Weles had to him secretly pleaded
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-08
Ex-U. S. Envoy to Poland
Protests State Secrecy
Wartime Ambassador Stresses Importance
of Keeping Public Well Informed on
International Relationships
By Constantine Brown

international situation the Atlantic and
strained before World War there have been protests
that the Government
withholding vital information the people who with
their the administrations policies
departments the Government
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