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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-06-17

weekend with relatives at Asher
Glade.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller and
children were Saturday evening visit
ors of Mr.. and Mrs. Johnny Vitez,
Mill Run.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. H. Schlossnagle
and daughter Shirley, Miss Eleanor
Wicklow and Jim Fearer were in
Uniontown, Monday.
Miss Hazel Schlossnagle spent the
past week with Mrs. Martin Friend,
Selbysport.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Fox and son,
Wilbur, and niece, Miss Jane Guard,
spent Sunday at Somerset, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Livengood and
son David, spent Sunday at Pitts
burgh, Pa, visiting the Highland
Park Zoo.
Harry Holman left Thursday for
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore,
to resume his studies.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. d. Mason and Mr..
and Mrs. Alec Grove spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Frantz,
near Markleysburg, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Wright and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hook
and daughter spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Tarleton HENDERSON, near
Hazelton, W. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer Graham, of
Oakland, spent Sunday evening with
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Schroyer.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Durham, of
Uniontown, Pa, spent Tuesday with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Durham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Wicklow, of
Girard, Ohio, were here over the
weekend. Their son, Danny, returned
home with them after a two weeks
visit with his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clark Frazee.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Shoemaker and
children visited the Spear family at
Oakland, Sunday evening.
Misses Mary Smith, French Creek,
w. Va; Edith Logsdon, Moundsville,
w. Va, college friends of Jack Friend
and Robert Schroyer and David Pry-
or, were Sunday evening dinner
guests of Jack and his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. L. L. Friend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Spaw and son,
Pennington, Pa, and Mr.. and Mrs.
George Hileman were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Dorsey Hile-
man, Selbysport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Hook and daugh-
ter, Jean and Betty Frazee, Mark
leysburg, Pa, were Tuesday evening
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. o. G. Rush.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell wilkins, of
Girard, Ohio, were guests of rela-
tives here over the weekend.
Miss Ina Claire Jenkins, who at
tended school at the University of
Maryland, College Park, during the
winter, is here for the summer with
her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry, Cumberland,
were callers at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lloyd Warthen on Sunday.
Clarence Wicklow, George McCul-
Tough, Raymond Silbaugh, Paul
Friend, Jr., and Mrs. Doyle McCul-
Tough attended the races at Charles
Town, w. Va, on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnny Mccullough
spent the weekend in Washington.
Robert Buckingham is vacationing
in Baltimore for two weeks with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Garrettson
Buckingham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orval Schroyer and
sons, Harry Wakefield and Junior
Uphole spent Sunday evening with
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Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Frazee, Bloom
ing Rose.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Wicklow and
sons, Walter and Colt, and daughter
Eleanor, Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
Schlossnagle and daughters, Shirley
and Sandra, Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
Wilkins, and Jim Fearer were Sun
day dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clark Wicklow and family, Terra AL
ia, w. Va.
Mrs. S. E. Ryan, Brandonville, w.
Va, spent few days with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. o. G. Rush.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Whitley and
children, of Gates, Pa, spent Sunday
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Dye. Jane Ann and Robert remained
for a visit with their grandparents.
Mr.. Dye is very much improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Evans and son,
Homecoming, were weekend guests of
relatives here.
Miss Jane Guard, Friendsville, pre-
scented her music students in a recital
in the Accident school auditorium on
Thursday, June 10. Violin, vocal and
played
Mr.. and Mrs. Jonas Griffin and
daughter visited the latter's mother,
Mrs. S. P. Wright, near Brandonville,
w. Va, Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. C. Wicklow and daughter, Mrs.
r. H. Schlossnagle and daughter, and
Jim Fearer visited in Oakland, Fri
day with relatives.
Mrs. Matte Dodge, Terra Alta, w.
Va, is spending this week with rela-
tives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Laverne Raymond
and son, Auburndale, Fla, are va
cationing with the latter's mother,
Mrs. Ida Shevel.
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by all. Those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. Junior Gilmore, Mr., and Mrs.
Bill Gilmore, Peggy Holler, Joan
Carskadon, Milton and Darwin Fike,
Jean Parsons, Henrietta Wilt, Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil Hahn, Mrs. Robert Hen
line and Miss Betty Ellen Shaffer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-06-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Belden Ramsey and
family, of Terra Alta, visited Mrs.
Joseph Uphold, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Blauch enter
tanned with a party and taffy-pulling
at their home here last Tuesday even
ing. An enjoyable evening was spent
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-06-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Carskadon and
daughter, and Mrs. Lawson Knots
visited Rev. and Mrs. Lance Ander-
son, at Albright, w. Va, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs Otto Marlborough, Of
Morgantown, w. Va, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. John Dewitt Sunday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-06-17
CRELLIN

Mrs. Grace Gilmore spent a couple
days last week with her son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Glen
Gilmore, at Terra Alta, w. Va.
Mrs. Pearl Tasker, of Cumberland,
visited her father, John WEIGH, and
relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cannon, Mr..
and Mrs. Harold Lewis, Jr., and Mrs.
Pearl Tasker visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Clifford Holler, at Akron, Ohio, over
the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Ashby and
family, of Clarysville, spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Colaw.
Joe Weeks, of Terra Alta, w. Va,
visited Larry Friend Sunday.
Miss Jean Parsons spent the week
end with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Daryl Parsons, at Hambleton, w. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll Hahn were
Sunday visitors of Mr.. and Mrs Bliss
Hahn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Weeks and
family visited Mr.. and Mrs. Lyle
Weeks, Sunday.
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MARRIED

! Naughn-DeWitt 49, Nh. and Mrs.
Charles c. Reckard announce the
marriage of their niece Mary Anne
Dewitt, of Hyattsville, Md, and for
merly of Oakland, to Olin f. Vaughn,
of Hyattsville, on November 30, 1947.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Osgood in Hyattsville at 1880 p.
m.
The couple are making their home
in Hyattsville.
Evening star., 1948-08-23
Europe's Hurvest-und Ours

The vagaries of nature are illustrated
by the unexpected setback to crops in
Western Europe contrasted with the con-
tinuance of ideal conditions over most
of the United States.
Up to the beginning of August, 1t looked
as though Europe would be blessed with
the best harvest in years-certainly far
above the crop failures of last season,
when perverse weather throughout 1947
cut yields catastrophically by grim COM
bination of winter cold, spring floods and
summer drought.
The past winter in Europe, however, was
phenomenally mild, spring came early with
the right amount of rain and the summer
seemed ideal for ripening conditions Then,
with Augusts advent, Western Europe was
scourged by heavy rains borne by fierce
gales The result has been sodden fiat
tened grain fields unfit for harvesting in
many sections. Britain has been the
hardest hit, but Northern France, the Low
Countries, Scandinavia and Western Ger
many have likewise suffered to a notable
extent. While the situation is not yet
hopeless even in the least favored sections,
clear warm weather is urgently needed and
substantial losses are inevitable in any
event.
The significance of this crop setback is
obvious. Western Europe, never self
sufficient for foodstuffs even in normal
times and not yet back to prewar norms
of agricultural efficiency will have to
draw more heavily than anticipated on the
tremendous crop surpluses in prospect from
the TToitaI Ctofac Nh will, ,f
tendant complications of monetary ex-
change, credits and shipping. 1t will also
be feather in the cap of the Soviet bloc,
because Western Europe's bad weather has
not penetrated far eastward into the
continent. So crop prospects for Soviet
Russia and its satellites continue good,
portending better -than-average harvests
Wet Augusts are nothing unusual for
Western Europe. They are chronic
hazard for its agriculture, corresponding
to the perennial threat of drought for our
own country. The reason is that Western
Europe Is normally moist region, liable
i to excessive rainfall at almost any season
Of the year. This is because it gets most
OF Its weather from the Atlantic Ocean,
just as our West Coast gets it's weather
from the Pacific. And since the North
Atlantic near Europe is covered by the
Gulf Stream drift with attendant heavy
evaporation, the prevailing westerly winds
are always moiSture-laden, ready to con-
dense into rain at the slightest provoca-
tion. continental" conditions of dryness
and extreme temperatures come to West
ern Europe only when the winds blow
from the east out of the vast Russian
steppes. And that is fortunately the ex-
ception rather than the rule. Otherwise
Western Europe would have a climate akin
to that of Newfoundland or Labrador
Evening star., 1948-08-23

not, the law, as Senator Taft himself has
stated in Congress, abolishes the discrim-
inatory closed shop. It has been sug-
gested that he may be sympathetic to the
idea Of exempting hiring halls, but the
record shows that he has cited the abuse
of that system as one of the reasons for
the ban.
Whether or not Mr.. Taft and his COL
leagues in Congress have since modified
their views, it is clear that the NLRB
decision represents a correct interpreta-
ton of the law as 1t stands today. Further
clarif1cation of the issue may now be
expected from the courts. If the net effect
of present provisions is to stir up labor
strife rather than check it-a debatable
thesis remaining to be proved-orderly
legislative action can make any changes
found necessary in the light of experience.
Evening star., 1948-08-23
Mental Peace for the World

Ever since a predominantly peaceful
century ended in 1914 with catastrophe
plunge into war on global scale, our
best minds have been studying what Is
wrong with our world Such studies have
been intensified by World War II with its
grim climax of the atomic bomb which
gives man the power conceivably to destroy
all life on this planet.
More and more, the conviction Is spread
ing in scientific circles that the source of
our ills lies within ourselves; that social
tensions and disturbances, eliminating in
war, are mass projections of individual
mental alterations. And the progress
made during recent decades in the treat
ment and cure of neurotic conditions in
individuals has led the specialists in men
tai hygiene to envisage an endeavor to
psychoanalyze mankind and thereby find
remedy for its collective mental troubles.
This ambitious project is being con-
cretely inaugurated in the first Inter-
national Conference on Mental Hygiene
now being held in London. There, some
1000 delegates from nearly so countries
are surveying the problem, the idea being
that this congress may develop a perma-
nent organization charged with its solu-
ton. 1t should be noted that Soviet
Russia is conspicuously absent, although
delegates from some of the satellite coun-
tries have consented to attend.
Despite the fact that the congress is in
Its first stages, enough statements have
been made by outstanding delegates to
indicate the tenor and scope of the gather
ing. The basic drive is to get at the
mental predispositions toward strife aris-
Ing out of fears, hatredS, rivalries, frus-
trations and the neuroses consequent upon
such destructive emotions. The ultimate
goal is, to quote Canadian delegate,
'The planned development of new kind
of human being, one who can live at peace
with himself and with his fellow men,"
In similar vein, an American delegate
envisages the building of an Intelligence
cyclotron"-a sort of brain smasher, "to
penetrate the tough outer shell of sus-
picion, prejudice and hostility, and thus
release the untapped energies of good will
and cooperative effort which lie in the
heart of man."
Such quotations. which could be multi
piled, strikingly reveal the spirit of this
unique gathering. Naturally, 1t offers no
Evening star., 1948-08-23
Struwstuck

You rarely see strntustack In tDheat fields.
or In the lots aohen harvest time Is done
For combines rob the grain of all tt yields
And balers knot and tie the gold they
spun.
We used to hare strawstacE By the she'd
Where threshers spilled the rtpenedS
grain, inside,
And it ,oould make a dotcny summer bed,
A tunnel, or cavehouse, or slide.
Rs
In wtntertime the cattle ate place
To shelter them from epery tointers
storm:. 4
Here nestled close beside the ample bdse
The coolest day wonld fnd MSnss
SnDlT1eT-1DdrDl.
Ne1D Trays are faster but toould 90 back =
So that my son could knop tan
stfapstack. HELEN vIRDEN.1
Evening star., 1948-08-23

the bone marrow Unlike lcukenaia, it n not
malignant. Whether the isotope actually pro-
duces cures Is still debatable. but It brings
quick and lasting relief from symptoms.
Eventually, it is quite likely. the exploding
phosphorus atoms will ind their greatest value
as tracers Of physiological process which win
lead Investigators to . better understanding Of
the basic processes Of life in which phosphorus
plays q part.
At the Harvard School Of Dentistry II Il
being used to determine how denttn and
enamel, both phosphorus-containing are built
up In the teeth. Scientists Of the Rockefeller
Foundation are using the isotope to study the
life processes Of the malaria parasite In red
blood cells. It has been found that cells con-
tanning these organisms take up the isotops
from the blood stream much faster than nor
NAL cells. The same material Is being used to
study the course Of virus infections in incubated
eggs in the process Of preparing vaccines. A
significant problem Is whether the electron-
shooting atoms tend to bring about mutations
into more virulent forms among the infnitesi-
mally minute virus organisms
Blood Production Studied.
Investigations Of even greater promise are
being carried out at the Thorndyke Memorial
Laboratory in Boston. BY the use of P32 doctors
there are trying to trace the basic phenomena
of blood cell formation in the bone marrow.
These studies were inspired by apparent failure
Of the blood-creating mechanisms to work after
severe burns and crushing injuries sustained
during the war. For any future atomic war a
clear understanding of the blood-producing
phenomena will be Of the utmost Importance.
Damage to the bone marrow cells by radiation
was probably the chief cause OF delayed
fatalities in Japan.
At the University of Oregon P32 Is being used
to investigate the different rates of formation
OF proteins necessary to white blood cells in
normal persons and in leukemia victims.
Exploration Of a new and obscure field, the
formation Of phospholipids in animal tissues, Is
being carried out with the radioactive isotope
at the Bowman School Of Medicine at winston
Salem N. c. These phospholipids are fats con-
tanning phosphorus which are present in all
living cells. They are probably essential to life,
but the part they play is essentially unknown
They are formed largely In the liver, and the
investigation already has shown that their
formation can be greatly stimulated by diet
changes The work may have a bearing on
treatment of some obscure liver diseases.
Evening star., 1948-08-23
BIueberN Pie

Sociologically one should not evaluate
nation by its material attributes The
cultural level is undoubtedly more i'm
portant for the long pull than scientific
gadgets, low-slung cars and radio an
nouncers who can engender colossal ex-
uberance for intestinal remedies How
ever, it may work out eventually that
some of our material assets will help
develop a higher-level outlook on the
criss-cross currents that tangle our rela-
tionships Pies are an integral part of
our tradition and a list of them is a
reason why this is a good nation in which
to live.
The time has come to take a definite
stand on blueberry versus huckleberry pie
There's horrendous amount of nonsense
seeping through the body polite. Huckle-
berries with the 10 @nutlets undoubtedly
have place if man is so bereft he can
not secure blueberries with their minute
seeds. There are some misguided individ-
uals who had just as soon have buckle
berries as blueberries But for the superb
epitome of fiavorful deliciousness nothing
quite approaches the latter.
1t Is distressful that so many otherwise
good cooks f1ub this dessert In the first
place the undercrust should be extra thick
so one can remove generous wedge
without disaster. Flour and sugar mixed
should be spread on the bottom crust to
make it crisp, sweet and chevy. blue
berry pie should be full one and one
sixteenth inches deep. A shallow pie is
an abomination. Spread sugar and flour
over the berries before the top crust goes
on and dot the mass with a dozen bits of
butter or margarine the size of chipping
Sparrow's egg. Make few holes in the
top crust so the rich, purple juice will
bubble up and paint a picture on the
faky pastry. When man comes in from
his chores and sees blueberry pie cooling
on the windowSill he knows that a day
of labor is ending on hopeful, optimistic
level.
Evening star., 1948-08-23
NLRB and the Closed Shop

In its far-reaching decision against the
legality of union hiring halls in the Great
Lakes region, the National Labor Relations
Board has acted in accord with the pro-
visions of the Taft-Hartley Act. The act
bans all closed-shop arrangements that
discriminate against nonunion employees.
In this instance, having found such dis
elimination to be a fact the NLRB could
hardly have arrived at any other ruling
than the one it has handed down.
Although it relates specifically to the
Great Lakes hiring halls of the National
Maritime Union, the decision plainly paves
the way for test case likely to set i'm
portant precedents affecting the future
status not merely of the NMU as a whole,
but also of the International Typographical
Union, the United Mine Workers and any
other organized labor group now seeking
closed-shop agreements that would dis
criminate against nonunionized workers.
The test is almost certain to lead to stormy
litigation in the courts and perhaps to
some serious strikes.
In the Great Lakes case, presidential
board of inquiry has already declared that
the Taft-Hartley Act is basically respon-
sible for the trouble. The NMU and its
members want to continue their traditional
hiring hall system under which the union
has the right to furnish the seamen and
dock workers needed by the employers.
The latter, however, though willing enough
in the past to agree to such system as
mutually convenient employment method,
cannot accept it now because of its illegal
ity. The law itself, in short, appears to
have blocked peaceful settlement, and
it may create similar difficulties in other
fields of labor-management relations.
But though this may raise doubts in
some minds regarding the practically of
certain features of the Taft-Hartley Act,
the NLRB members-whose decision in
this case is unanimous one-have acted
wholly in line with their obligations. In
their own words, "1t is our duty to admin
lister the law as written, not to pass upon
, the wisdom of its provisions" Wisely or
Evening star., 1948-08-23

quick solution of current problems. These
scientists deal in terms of generations.
But at least they give us hope in the
ability of the human mind and heart to
grapple effectively with the greatest crisis
our species has ever faced.
Evening star., 1948-08-23
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
,Driter, although 1t Is permissible for
a 1Driter knoton to The Star to use
nom de plume. Please be brief
Evening star., 1948-08-23
Phosphorus 81 and Leukemia
Exploding Atoms of Common Element May Pry Loose
Secrets of Dreaded Blood Disease
Stors, Men and Atoms
By Thomas r. Hssry
This Is the concluding articl.

This Is the concluding article OF series
on radiodsotope research)
First Of the radioactive isotopes used In clin-
ical medicine was 14-day, electron- emitting
phosphorus 32 This exploding form Of one
OF the key elements Of protoplasm, essential to
life and widely distributed In the human body.
is one of the three or four new forms of atoms
that can be produced most cheaply and album
dainty and is probably the most in demand.
The value Of P32 as medicine, per sc. now
seems fairly well proved, although 1t has fallen
short Of meeting the high hopes held out for it
10 years ago. Phosphorus tends to concentrate
in bone Also it circulates In the blood stream.
One of the most dreaded Of human diseases Is
leukemia, or cancer Of the blood" There is
no known cure. It is almost invariably fatal,
although its progress can be considerably de-
layed. It is characterized chiefly by an enor-
nous increase In white blood cells which, how
ever, do not behave like normal cells, rob other
elements Of the blood Of their essential nutri-
tion. and behave like the cells of malignant
tumors. The basic difficulty presumably lies
in the bone marrow, where blood cells are
created.
Some Promise Of Success.
1t was proposed that this electron-shooting
isotope, circulating In the blood and drawn to
bone marrow, would act like radium in killing
the malignant cells. Because Of its short life
it could be used with no danger. Previously
leukemia had been treated only by x-radiation
of the whole body. The argument was not en-
tirely fallacious. The actual value of the iso-
tope in treating this blood cancer" still is
somewhat debatable. Reports to the Atomic
Energy Commission hold forth promise. No
case Of leukemia yet has been cured. There
have been temporary remissions, however, dur
ing which victims were able to work and felt
as well as usual.
P32 Is as good as x-radiation. reports the
Los Angeles Tumor Institute. Patients stay
well longer than with any other form of treat
ment
1t IS valuable, report doctors Of Ohio State
University, for patients whose bodies cannot
tolerate heavy x-radiation. In few cases, how
ever, the isotope has seemed to accentuate the
disease. It relieves deep bone pain due to
cancer metastasis.
For another somewhat rare disease Of the
blood, however, P32 has proved the best medi-
cine and is recommended in ali the reports.
This Is polycythemia vera. 1t Is characterized
by abnormal production of red blood cells in
Evening star., 1948-08-23
COMPLAINS About Farm Subsidies

To the Editor Of The Star:
I have been boiling over because Congress-
talking about legislating reduced prices, at the
same time continues farm subsidies.
Everyone knows that prices will never come
down until the buying public refuses to pay
these exorbitant prices which are based upon
nothing but the willingness Of the buyer to
nay anything the seller sees fit to demand.
w. p. SMITH.
Evening star., 1948-08-23

"Alligators sometimes die because they
don't know enough to back out of holes"
thought is that this might be worked
up into a parable for diplomats.