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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-06-10
Amvets Fall to Shallmar.
Win at Elk Garden

The Oakland Amvets travelled to
Shallmar last Thursday and returned
ON the short end of a "a decision.
Glaze and Sharpness formed the bat
tories for Oakland and collected four
of the Amvets six hits.
On Sunday. the Amvets slammed
Elk Garden 50, with Jimmie Lyons
and Ted James leading the Oakland
attack. Kahl and Glaze each col
lected a three-bagger while Luffy, of
Elk Garden, banged out two doubles.
Harding was the starting pitcher for
z. G. and was relieved by Iser in the
fifth. Glaze and McManus formed
the pitching staff for Oakland with
Glaze being the winning tosser.
This afternoon, the Amvets meet
Swanton on the local diamond and on
Sunday they travel to Elk Garden.
On Tuesday, June 10, the team will
meet Crellin on the Crellin diamond
for previous rained-out league
game. June II will see the Amvcts
meet Kitzmiller on the home plot, and
on July 5. they will vie with the Klon-
dyke Colts in a double header at lis
on the Oakland field
On July i, the Amvcts will meet
the Kingwood Bombers, widely known
colored team from West Virginia. on
the local diamond.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-06-10
Notice to Contractors

Bids for the construction of Moose
Lodge building on Third Street in
Oakland, Maryland, will be received
by Lodge Secretary A. c. Warwick,
Oakland, Md.
Contractors interested in bidding
on this work can obtain specifications
from the Lodge Secretary. Appli-
cations must be accompanied by a
certified check OF $50 and non-bidders
upon returning plans in good con
dition will be refunded $40. Bidders
will be refunded $50.
Bids will be opened at the Moose
Lodge on Liberty St., Oakland, on
June 30 at s p. NJ.
The lodge reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids.
OAKLAND LODGE NO. 1856
A. c. WARWICK, Secretary.
ADV. 15-2t.
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ST. PAUL'S METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. Denver G. Pickens. DID. Pastor

$3.50 q. M, Church Sunday School
F. Ray Jones. general superintendent,
in charge Glasses for every member
OF the family from the youngest to
the Oldest
1915 a. M, Morning Worship.
This service will be the Methodist
Student Day observance with the ser
mon. 1.-The Need Of Education that is
Christian by the pastor The Choir
Righteous" by Tertius Noble.
$50 p. M, Youth Fellowship meet
ings. Both Junior and Senior Fellow
ships will be guests of Circle No 3
of the WSCS, Mrs. Howard ID. Nay
lor. leader, at BOX Social" supper.
All members are requested to meet
at the church on time
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-06-10
Z. 5. EVANS STOCK YARD
Terra Alta. West Virginia

Today's receipts were extra heavy.
Market was steady and prices were
mostly firm.
Hogs. Choice weights. S23.75 to
$4,000; Heavy weights and packing
sows, $16.50 to $22.70; Pigs and
shoats, $500 to $26.50 per head
Calves. good to choice, S26.50 to
$1,000; medium to common, $22.60 to
$1,000; Culls $1,000
Bulls, $1,000 to $500; Cows, $500
to $l9.25; Cows by the head. $1,000
to S253.00; Steers. $500 to $500;
Heifers. $1,000 to $29.S0; Heiferettes.
$3.50 10 $500.
Ewes. 1925 to S240O per head;
Goats. $500 to 1928 per head; Horses
$500 to $4,000 pei head, $3.50 to
$425 per cwt.; Chickens. $4,000 to
$1,000.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-06-10
Women Hear of Private
Schools of 18th Century

Members of the Garrett Branch
A.AU.W went to the Holmes-Wal-
lace studio in Grantsvlle Monday
evening for their regular meeting.
Miss Rachel Holmes spoke ON
"PliVatc Schools of Che 18th Century
as | Knew Them" Miss Holmes was
educated in private schools in WASH
ington, Pa. Pittsburgh and Oakland,
Calf. which were known as female
Summaries"
Miss Holmes related: an addition
to Latin. French, United States his
tory, uieonomeuy ana other sub
iects in the present curriculum, there
were etiquette. mental and moral
philosophy, Roman history and gym
nastics Dramatica played an I'M
por,ant part in the life of the
scholar. Plays in French were pro-
scntcd
"Evelybody had a piano and
everybody took lessons, but Mendels-
sohu'@ Spring Song was not Il
fayolite composition for the parlor
as 10 was Thought too classical.
Lighter compositions were more
popular"
Ai-s Holmes special mtorcs, was
music aad she worked for a long
time toward the goal Of the concert
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-06-10
DEEP CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. George II. Cocker, pastor

Sunday School meets at 1000 am.
Mrs. Zcddock Miller leading.
Morning worship and sermon at IL.
The pastor to bring the final message
Of his pastoratc. The subject to be-:
"A Farewell and Charge
Baptist Training Union at G;45 p.
m.
Evening Fellowship and Praise at
500. Mrs. John Edgar and The pastor
will give some Of the highlights from
the Western District Association
Meeting which was held in Flostburg
ON June Bird and 4th.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-06-10
Additional Local
Ads, Too Late
For Classification

FOR SALE-House and lot in Mt.
Lake Park, Cozy Row, 5 rooms and
bath, basement, furnace heat. Apply
to H. A. Nicholson, Mt Lake Park.
ADV. 15-3t+
FOR SALE-White enamel Copper
Clad Coal range c. f. Lowdermilk,
Rosedale, Oakland.-Adv. l5-3t@
FOR SALE-Girls' Western Flyer
bicycle, SIS. 63 Center street, or phone
70-Adv. 15-1t.
WANTED-Girl for work in pri-
vate home, must be quiet, reliable
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-06-10
MT. LAKE PARK METHODIST
HARGE
Pastor. II. +. Hitler

Bethel, Mt Lake Park-W Worship.
1000 a. m. Sundays; Sunday School,
900 a. M. Sundays; Blair Simmons.
Supt.: M.YF., $500 p. NJ, Sundays;
W.S.C.S.. first Friday each month,
Mrs. Mabel Brock. president.
Deer Park-Worship, LIST and 3rd
Sundays, 700 p. M; Sunday School.
1000 am. Lee Rodeheaver, Sup't.
M.YF.. Gas p. m. Sundays. Billie
Hinebaugh, president; midweek Pray
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-06-10
SAINT MARKS EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Oakland, Maryland

$3.50, Church School, Bible study
for all age groups.
10:45, Church Worship. Sermon
theme: christian Marriage" an eX-
PLANTATION of the Marriage Service.
Young people and young married
couples are especially invited
Luther League outing Sunday;
meet at church at 3.
Cleaners Circle. Wednesday at the
Church. Lydia Circle meets Wednes-
day.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-06-10
MT. LAKE BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. lanes Macleod. Pastor.

1000, Sunday School with classes
for all age groups. 1900 BTU; 500,
Evening worship with sermon by the
pastor. 500. Tuesday, midweek pray
er and Bible study period. 900. Va
cation Bible School, Monday through
Friday All children from four years
and upward are cordially invited.
Ferndale: 1000. Morning worship
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-06-10
COMMISSIONERS MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That
the Board of County Commissioners
for Garrett County, Maryland, viii be
in session for the transaction of all
routine business that may properly
come before them on
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
JUNE p and %. 1913.
BY order of the Board.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-06-10

cr service, each Wednesday, 1880 p.
m; WS.C.S.. 1st Thursday, Mrs. D.
II. limbaugh, vice-president.
Pleasant Valley-Worship, End and
4th Sundays, 1880 p. M; Sunday
School, 1000 a. M. Sundays; M.YF.
GAS p. M, Sundays; W.S.C.S., CCC,
GAS pm, Sundays, Warren Biser,
president; WSCS, last Thursday, Mrs.
Milton Riley, president.
White Worship, 1st and
3rd Sundays, 11:20 a. M; Sunday
School, 1000 a. M, Sundays, Lester
White. Sup't.
Steyer-W Worship, LIST and 3rd Sun
days, 2:30 p. m.
Kurtz Chapel-Worship, 2nd and
4th Tuesday NIGHTS, 7:45.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-06-10
BITTINGEK LUTHERAN PARISH
Curt III. Rune. Pastor

Sunday School: Jennings. 10:45;
Bittinger, 10; Meadow Mountain, 10:-
80.
Worship: Il, Bittinger, "Leviticus."
8, Jennings, "Children's Day"
Children of the Church: Bittinger
Saturday at $50.
Children's Day Program: Sunday
at $50 in Bittinger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-06-10
SAND SPRING CHURCH OF GOD
Walter /. Martin. Minister.

Sunday School at 10 a. NJ, Wilbur
limbaugh, superintendent. Young
Peoples meeting, pm; Divine Wor-
ship at p. m.
Keller Glade
Sunday School at 10 Il. NJ, Adolph
Guthrie. superintendent Worship ser
vice at II a. m.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE. That the. sub.
scriher has obtained from the Orphans
Court of Garrett County. Maryland Letters
Of Administration on the estate OF
WILLIAM J. WRIGHT
late Of Garrett County. Maryland deceased.
All persons having claims against the de-
ceased are hereby warned to exhibit the
same with the vouchers thereof duly
authenticated 10 the subscriber. or he
fore the 10th day of December, k9ls: they
may otherwise by law be eXcludedf from all
benefit of said estate. All persons knowing
themselves indebted to said estate are re-
uuested to make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this Sth day of June,
l9lS.
SAMANTHA NJ. HETRlCK
Route - Administrators,
Accident. Maryland.
Adv 15-2t
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Sunday Services in the Churches
of The Community
CHURCH OF ST. PETER THE
APOSTLE


Masses on Sunday at 500 and
1000 a. M; Confessions on Saturday
from 500 to 600 p. m. and from 1890
to $50 p. m.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-06-10

Ordinance of the Lord Supper; 1900,
with sermon by the pastor; 1900,
Sunday School; 500 Wednesday, mid
week prayer service.
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and capable; two in family; no cook
ing or laundry. Give age and give
references. Write Republican office,
Box f. D.-Adv. 15-3t*
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UNION HOLINESS TABERNACLE

Saturday services over public adj
dress system at 1880. Young peoples
meeting Saturday evening at 6:30
Sunday school at o'clock. Preach
ing at 300.
Young peoples meeting Sunday
evening and Tuesday evening at $50.
Preaching, 1880, Sunday evening.
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Princess Elizabeth and Prince
Philip Of England are expecting a
baby in the fall, it was officially an
nounced.
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REVIVAL AT ACCIDENT

The annual Revival and
Music Festival of The
First BrethreR Church
of Accident will be held
beginning June 10 and
continuing through June
81 with Billy Smith, Of
Washington, d. C., in
charge. Everyone is
cordially invited to at
tend these meetings, for
once you will hear Mr..
Smith. you will want to
hear him again.
Services each evening at
s o'clock, and at IL
O'Clock on Sunday morn
ing. The evening ser
vices will be preceded by
a great congregational
song service.
PLAN TO ATTEND
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-09
Wife Killed in Struggle
For Choir Leader Pistol

FORT WORTH, Tex, Aug. s.-An
inquest verdict was awaited today In
the death of Mrs. Wyema Morrow.
A, who was shot to death while
scuffliig over gun In her husbands
car.
j. Bennett Morrow, 46, a choir
leader, surrendered to the sheriff's
office after the shooting yesterday.
The Morrows were married last
November, he said. Several months
ago, he said In statement, she
began to have nervous spells" and
Yesterday she flew into q rage"
Morrow, choir leader at Rosen
Heights Church Of Christ, said his
wife ran to the car, where there was
a pistol, and he followed her.
He said the gun went of while
they were scuffiing for 1t.
The incident occurred in front of
their home near Fort Worth.
Morrow brought his wife to hos-
pital, but she was pronounced dead
on arrival.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-09
Maryland Boy, 70, Shot to Death
In Toruet Practice With Friend
Hit by Rifle Bullet
At PIoymote's Home
Near Rockville

Robert Dodson, 10, of Mont
rose, near Rockville, was acct
dentally shot and killed at a
neighbor's home today when ne
stepped into the line of fire OF
a playmate's rifle. according to
Montgomery County police.
The playmate, identified by police
as Robert Ertter, IA, suffered severe
shock and was unable to furnish de-
tails of the tragedy, the police said.
Montgomery County medical ex-
aminer DR.. F. j. Broschart issued a
certificate of accidental death.
The dead boy, son OF Mr. ana
Mrs. Burgess Dodson OF Montrose,
and his friend had engaged IN target
practice in the back yard OF the
Ertter home, the police reported
They had attempted to correct the
sights of the .22-caliber rifle, which
belonged to Rudolph Ertter, father
of the friend. Both boys knew how
to handle the rifle. the police said.
The Dodson boy was shot at an
estimated distance of about So PAGES,
police said. Apparently Robert was
examining the target, which was at
tached to garage.
The Ertter boy ran into his house
after the shooting, and told an
older brother what had happened.
The brother called the Rockville
Rescue Squad, which took the in
jured boy to subY1Pan Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-09
Romania 10 Conduct
PIebiscite on Joining
Russia, Refugees Say
Vote Set for August q
With a Red Divisions in
Country, Turkey Hears
By the Associated Press

ISTANBUL, Turkey, Aug. g.
Romanian refugee sources here
said today Romanian will decide
in a plebiscite August % whether
to become a member of the
Soviet Union.
These sources quoted persons re-
ported Just arrived from Romanla.
There is no means of confirming
the story here, but there have been
persistent reports that such vote
was contemplated.
The newspaper Cumhuriyet said
it had been informed that many
thousands of persons opposed to
the pIebiscite have been arrested
since early July and all but four
Bucharest movie houses have been
taken over as prisons.
Minister Reported Banished.
The refugee sources said four d.
visions of Russian troops have vir-
tually surrounded Bucharest and
have strengthened garrisons in other
cities.
Cunhuriyet said the Minister of
Justice according to the latest re-
ports from Bucharest the Minister
of Justice was Avram Bunacio) had
opposed the plebiscite and that he
and mis- wife had been deported to
Russia.
The Minister of the Interior and
the secretary of the Romanian
Communist Party also were reported
opposed to the vote and have been
under close surveillance of Soviet
police, the paper said.
Bloc Won March Election.
+ Quoted reports from the refugees
said the Romanian Parliament
would be dissolved in the event a
plebiscite favored annexation to
Russia and that delegates to Mos
COW would be named instead.
In elections last March %, the
Communist dominated government
oloc parties polled 90 per cent of the
vote in Romania and won more
than 400 of the Ala seats in Par
lament.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-09
By the Associated Press

ATHENS, Aug. 1.-TWO United
Nations observers. one American
and one British, were wounded by
guerrilla mortar fire yesterday near
the junction of the Bulgarian, Yogo-
slav and Greek borders.
The U. N. Special Committee on
the Balkans identified the Ameri-
can as 1t. Col. Richard Darnell and
the British officer as Maj. A. w
Fielding. The home addresses were
lacking in Athens.
CThe American Army and Air
Force register lists 1t. Col.
Richard J. Darnell, 81, as a
native of Washington State and
a 1910 graduate of the Univer-
sity of Idaho. His decorations
include the Silver Star. Bronze
Star Medal and Purple Heart
with oak leaf cluster)
Greek sources declared the NOR
tar fire came from inside Bulgaria.
The officers, members of one of five
U. N. observation groups in North
ern Greece, were travelling along a
road north of Levadia. Greece.
They were taken to . military
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-09
Texas Housewives Open
Meat Shop Boycott Today
By the Associated Press

DALLAS, Aug. 9.-The butcher
shop boycott starts today in Dallas
and other Texas cities.
Butchers, packers, ranchers and
housewives will be watching and
waiting to see If it accomplishes
it's purpose-to bring down meat
prices.
Mrs. r. D. Vaughn, 71-year -old
Dallas grandmother, who started
the rebellion, is confident of sue
cess.
Everything is too high she
said. I'VE might as well start with
meat"
Mrs. Vaughn and countless others
have pledged to boycott butcher
shops for one week. They've car
ried on telephone campaign here
and lin other towns to enlist the
aid of every housewife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-09
Cotton Futures Break
On U. 5. Crop Forecast
OF $4,000 Bales
New Orleans Market
Drops $3.50 to $l.90 as
Figure Tops Expectation
By the Associated Press

Cotton futures in New Orleans
broke $3.50 to $190 bale today
on a Government crop estimate
of IS, 1859, 900 bales.
Members of the New Orleans cot
ton exchange had expected an esti-
mate of 1897 900 bales. Heavy SELL
ing. entered the market when trad
ing was resumed after the customary
Commute suspension.
The 1948 indicated crop is $4,000
bales more than last years crop and
3, 1855 900 bales more than the To-
year 1937-46 average.
Would Be Seventh Largest.
Such crop would be the seventh
largest on record. The top yield was
IL, 946, 900 produced in 1887. The
indicated yield of 313.5 pounds per
acre is the highest on record, how
ever, 14.6 pounds above the pre-
vious record of 1888 pounds in 1914.
October futures contracts drop
ped to 3123 cents a pound or $3.50
a bale below Fridays closing quota
ton in New Orleans. December
contracts were off SITS bale to
31,34 cents a pound. March dropped
to 31.40 cents a pound. or SITS a
bale, and May showed at 31.36 cents
a pound or $3.50 a bale below Fri
days closing. .
The Agriculture Department said
the unusually high yields in pros
pect are due not only to exception
ally favorable growing conditions,
but also to increased use OF fer
tiljzer, and a larger proportion OF
the cotton acreage being planted in
heavy-yielding areas.
25S,92S Bales Already Ginned.
In a companion report the Census
Bureau said 258,928 running bales OF
this years cotton crop had been
ginned prior to August /. This COM
pares with 1868 ginned to the
same date last year and 171,64l to
the same date two years ago.
The condition of the cotton crop
on August l was reported at IS per
cent of normal. This compares
with Is per cent a year ago and 76
per cent for the 10-year average.
The indicated yield of lint cotton
per acre was reported at 1885
pounds, compared with 267.2 last
year and 2542 for the l0-yea1
average,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-09
Foes Of Fare Boost
Urge Capital Transit
To Hire Negro Drivers
Suggestion Is Opposed
By Company Official
At Commissions Hearing
By Jerry O'Leory, Jr.

Opponents of the Capital
Transit Co.'s request for higher
streetcar and bus fares today
injected the racial issue into
Public Utilities Commission hear
ings on the petition as the pro-
ceedings went into the second
week.
Capital Transit seeks an increase
of the 10-cent cash fare to Is cents,
permission to sell two tokens for
quarter and a boost in the price OF
1.50 weekly pass to $185.
Under cross examination by At
torney Harry r. Booth, lawyer for
the Washington Committee for Con-
sumner Protection, j. E. Heberle, vice
president and controller of Capital
Transit, denied the company would
be in better position to meet its
service needs If 1t employed Negro
operators.
Mr.. Heberle had testified earlier
that the company faces a man
power shortage. Asked by Mr..
Booth if it is true that there is
supply of manpower Negroes)
that the company could tap, the
witness replied that he knew OF
no way to overcome the shortage
of drivers and streetcar operators.
You don't know what the situa-
ton would be here if you used Negro
operators?" Mr.. Booth asked.
1--WE tried it," Mr.. Herberle re-
piled.
Ut was recalled that during
| World War II Capital. Transit
advertised for Negro applicants
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-09
500 a Day Reported Dying
OF HUNGER in Manchu City
By the Associated Press

PEIPING, Aug: 9.-FiVe hundred
persons a day are starving to death
in Red-besieged Changchun and its
environs, the newspaper Shin Chieh
Jill Pao said today.
Within the Manchurian city. 200
are dying daily from hunger, the
newspaper said, and in the no.
mans land around 300 more are
dying.
Dog meat. the paper added, is
selling for $4,000 900 Chinese dollars
"a pound ($2.40 U. 81, horse meat
Loco, 600 ($5) and kaoliang, a
Chinese variety of sorghum at
100 ,000, 900 t$10 a pound.
The people, trapped between Ma
tional and Red forces, are having
a terrible time because neither side
will admit many through their lines.
Some few get through the Red lines
after paying The current safe
conduct cost for six persons through
the Red lines is pistol.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-09
u. S. and British U. N. Observers
Wounded by Greek GuerriIIus

hospital in Salonika. A Greek
source said Maj. Fielding suffered
superficial wounds. He said Col.
Darneu was more seriously hurt
but out of danger.
Representatives of the United
States, British and Dutch U. N.
delegations went from Athens to
the scene to investigate. 1t was the
second time in three days that
U. N. observers have been wounded.
A Chinese was injured August 6.
Meanwhile, frontline dispatches
said the Greek army frightened and
shortened the semicircle squeezing
Communist guerrillas in their
Grammos Mountains positions. Ad-
vances were reported north of the
Sarandoporos River, at the south
western end of the front.
The dispatches said army units
attacked Zegma and Bouketsi,
strong guerrilla positions. The
troops also took Paliomonastirion,
Priaskon and Klissia and reached
a point near the peak of Mount
Liokos, the accounts said. On the
northeastern sector, the army
reached the Albanian border yester-
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-09
u. 5. Consul browns in Fall
From Ship at Antwerp
By the Associated Press

ROTTERDAM, the Netherlands,
Aug. 9.-Police reported today that
Harry Markey Donaldson, United
States consul in Antwerp, drowned
here Saturday.
He fell overheard from the
freighter American Defender, which
had Just sailed from the harbor
The cause was not established
Mr.. Donaldson, AZ, was from
West Newton, Pa.
Waters nearby were dragged for
the body, but it was not recovered
A similar accident last night re-
suited in the death of Jack Burk
Dykes, AZ, of Athens, Tex. He
tripped on the quay and fell into
the harbor while trying to board
the American ship Louis Lykes, on
which he was assistant steward. His
body was recovered two hours later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-09
laps Go on Strike
In Defiance Of Ban
BY the Asseeioted Press

TOKYO, Aug. g. Unauthorized
work stoppages in defiance OF the
cabinets ban on strikes by govern
ment workers broke out all over
Japan today.
Their net effect, however, did not
seem great Communication work
ers at several places in Honshu Is
land staged rallies which kept them
off their jobs. Railway men at
Hakodate walked off the ferry that
connects Honshu with Hokkaido Is
land.
The strikers seemed unperturbed
by the arrest at Matsuyama of 1O
railway workers who had walked
out.
Police arrested Satoji Sato, Com
munist Party central committee
man, at Niigata for causing un-
favorable effects on occupation
forces"
Sato, the first Communist CEN
trail committeeman to be arrested
since the war, allegedly said at a
rice distribution meeting:
Although recognizing the rice
shortage in Japan, Americans are
not giving us enough rice, also they
are exporting rice overseas" 4