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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-01-06
Ask Cooperation of
All Mink Trappers

The mink trapping season opened
January 1, and Dale H. Arner, Grants
vile, wildlife field superintendent for
Region /, has called for full cooper
alton from the trappers.
Amer asks that trappers save the
stomachs Of minlls and notify him so
that they can be picked up.
Food contents will be analysed in
an effort to plan the management of
fur bearing animals.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-01-06

Mr. and Mrs. Karl F. Kahl enter
tanned a few friends at their home
last Friday night.
Mrs. Pauline Scammell, Washing
ton, D. c., is spending few weeks
at the home of Mrs. Emma Specht,
Second street.
Mrs. Ruth Oberndorff, Baltimore,
returned to her home Monday after
having visited Mr.. and Mrs. S. T.
Naylor and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Graves and
Miss Wilma Dixon, Baltimore, were
weekend guests Of relatives in Oak
land and Mt. Lake Park.
Members Of the local chapter, Order
Of Eastern Star VIII attend worship
service at St Marks Lutheran church
on Sunday morning at 10:45.
Ms. Theodore Cuttings and daugh-
ter Nancy, Of New York, spent sever
al days with the formers parents, Mr..
and Mrs. George yelling, South Third
street.
Mrs. Floyd B. Leighton and daugh-
ter, Carolyn, left here Friday for
Miami, Fla, where they expect to
spend some time Mr.. Leighton will
join them soon.
Miss Lillian Helbig, R. N, returned
to Baltimore on Monday after having
spent a few days here with her
blother-in-law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hugh Teets.
f. o. Glotfelty, Spokane, Wash,
and Mr. and Mrs. Asa Glotfelty, Nc
Henry, left last Thursday for Day
tona Beach, Florida, where they will
spend several weeks.
Dave w. Walter and sister, Mrs.
William Turney, returned home on
Saturday morning from visit of
several days with the formers sou,
Lewis Walter, in Baltimore.
Roger I. Halsey, employed by the
Martin and Vandevort Company Of
Pittsburgh, visited his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Ogilvie Halsey, on Deep
Creek Lake, over The weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward H. Glade and
sons, Arlington, Va; and Harry L.
Stemple, Jr., Of Baltimore, were visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Stemple,
Sr., at their home on Center street.
Mrs. R. W. Racer and daughter
Miss Villa Racer, of Pittsburgh, Pa,
spent a few days last week with the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. S.
Shreve, returning to their home last
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs Ruhl Talbot were in
Oakland on Monday for a brief visit
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Newton
Coplin. Upon their return to Fair
mont they were accompanied by Mrs
Coplin, who will visit there for few
days.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-01-06
Injured in Fall
From Train Monday

Woodrow Ross ReXrode, of Route
?, Swanton, fell from a moving tram
on the seventeen-mile grade, on Mon
day, sustaining head injuries and a
cut on the knee.
He was taken to Memorial hospital,
Cumberland, in the Bolden ambulance
Mr.. ReXrode was brakeman sever
al years ago. He boarded, the train st
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-01-06

c. F. Hammond visited his wife in
Memorial hospital in Cumberland on
Tuesday, and on Wednesday brought
her to her home in Oakland. She had
been a patient in the hospital for sew
eral days under observation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Thayer, VINO
visited his mother, Mrs. Helen Thay-
er, over the Christmas holidays, have
returned to Morgantown where the
former is junior student in forestry
at the University of West Virginia.
Helen Mae Moon has returned to
Indiana Central college, indianapolis,
Ind, after spending the holidays with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Moon,
at Mt. Lake Park. Miss Moon won
5000 scholarship at the college lest
term.
Thomas Stevenson is confined to
his home with a fractured ankle SUI
fered the past week while ice skating,
and is unable to fill his teaching po-
sition in Friendsville high school for
the time being. John w. Holman is
substituting for him.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Smith, Of
Chimney Corner, announced the birth
Of daughter, on December % in the
Myers clinic, Philippi, W. Va. Mr.. and
Mrs. Russell Smith, Oakland, are the
paternal grandparents. Mrs. Smith
was the former Miss Olive Teets, of
Aurora
Rev. and Mrs. Denver C. Pickens
left Tuesday for Baltimore They
were accompanied by Mrs. S. T. Nay
lor who will visit her son-in-law and
daughter, Dr.. and Mrs. Linn Grant,
and by Mrs. Karl F. Kahl, who will
visit relatives in Meyersville. They
expect to return to Oakland today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ronald E. McIntire
left Tuesday morning for Baltimore,
where the former is receiving a
physical check up following heart
attack which he suffered early in De-
cenber. A delegate to the General As
sembly, Mr.. McIntire does not expect
to attend the early sessions of that
body.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Castell, Chicago,
H., are guests at the home of Mrs. D.
Edward Offutt. Dinner guests there
on New Years Day were Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Fauber, Misses Nina and
Pauline F'auber, Miss Jean Smith,
Mari Fauber, Frank Glasgow and
John Bowles, the latter two of Roam
oke, Va.
Last Thursday night Daniel Offutt,
III, entertained with a supper party
for twenty of his friends. Out OF
town guests included Misses Jane
, Vanderveer and Sonia Collum, OF
Philadelphia, Pa, who were guests
/ Of Misses Connie and Patricia Smith
during the holidays. Mrs. D. Edward
Offutt and Mrs John v Bettenfield
were hostesses for the occasion.
Mrs. Frank H. Field and Mrs. Ray
Jones entertained with luncheon or
Thursday afternoon, at the Field home
in honor of Mrs. Howard Turner and
her twin sister, Miss Ellen Cox, OF
Cynthiana, KY, having as guests the
following: Mrs. Paul B. Naylor, Mrs
Frank Rathbun, Mrs. Ray Teets, Mrs
Walter S. Bartholomew, Mrs. Frank
Selby, Mrs. Russell Smith, Mrs. Cord
on Mealey and Mrs. Lena Fleegle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-01-06
MARRIED

Announcement has been made of
the marriage of Miss Anna Eloise
Reckner, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
| Robert E. Reckner, of Swanton, to
Walter Howard Wensel, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Floyd L. Wensel
The ceremony took place on Sum-
day, the twenty-second of August,
1913, at st. Paul's Lutheran church
in Cumberland, with the pastor, Rev
H. 7. BowersoX, officiating
The bride was dressed in navy with
white accessories and wore a corsage
Of white rose buds. There were no at
PENDANTS. The bride was graduated
from Oakland High school in 1914
and for the past two years has been
bookkeeper in the office of the C.
and a. Gas company in Oakland. The
groom is junior at the University
Of Maryland and is majoring in agri-
culture. He served in the army air
force during the recent war.
Ready-Kochenderfer-A wedding of
local interest took place on Tuesday.
December 81, in a Methodist church
in Baltimore when Miss Margaret
Kochenderfer, of Elkins, w. Va, be-
came the bride of Attorney Roland
c. Ready, Of Hagerstown. The Rev.
DR.. Woods, pastor, officiated at the
ceremony which took place at 2:30
o'clock in the afternoon.
The brides attendant was her sis
ter, Miss Martha Kochenderfer, of
Charleston, w. Va, and Mr.. Ready
had as his best man Fred Taylor, of
Baltimore.
The bride was attired in a beige suit
with matching accessories and wore
corsaee of Talisman roses. Her sis
ter also wore a beige suit with a red
rosebud corsage. The couple went to
New York City for a honeymoon.
They will reside in Hagerstown.
Mrs. Ready, a daughter of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. j. N. Kochenderfer, Of
Elkins, taught in Oakland High school
and Kitzmiller High school for a num-
Der of years. She has taught in the
Hagerstown schools for the past few
years. The groom is a son of Mrs. r.
c. Ready, Mt. Lake Park. He was
graduated from Oakland High school.
Halsey- Nealy-Announcement he's
been made of the marriage of Miss
AdeIne Nealy, of Madison, Wiscon-
sin, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. c. W.
Naaly, to Kenneth Halsey, End class
radioman in the U. S. Navy, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Oglivie Halsey, of Deep
Creek Lake, which took place on Oc-
tober 80 in the Presbyterian church
in Norfolk, Va, by Rev. Macmillan.
The bride was attired in grey
suit with black accessories with a
corsage Of red carnations. Her sister,
Mrs Barbara Tague, was her only at
tendant.
They were given wedding party
on the Monday following the mar
riage by men on the Norfolk Navy
base, at the home of Mrs R. Hum
phries.
They plan to visit his parents in the
near future.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-01-06
LOCAL NEWS

Copies of The Republican may be
obtained at Gonder's Cut Rate store,
Hamill's Book and Stationery Store
and at Englander's Pharmacy, at five
cents per copy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-01-06
Announce Engagement

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kisner, Corinth,
former residents Of Oakland, an
nounce the engagement Of their
daughter, Bessie Pearl, to Richard
Franklin Killman, son Of Rev. and
Mrs. Richard Killman, ST., of Balti-
more The wedding date has not been
set
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-01-06

Mrs. Ruth Obelndorff, Baltimore,
returned to her home Monday after
having visited Mr.. and Mrs. S. 7.
Naylor and family.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Graves aad
Miss Wilma Dixon, Baltimore, We're
weekend guests Of relatives in Oak
land and Mt. Lake Park.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-01-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Karl F. Kahl enter
tanned a few friends at their home
last Friday night.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-01-06

C. F. Hammond visited his wife in
Memorial hospital in Cumberland on
Tuesday, and on Wednesday brought
her to her home in Oakland She had
been patient in the hospital for sew
eral days under observation
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-01-06

Members of the local chapter, Order
Of Eastern Star VIII attend worship
service at st. Marks Lutheran church
on Sunday morning at 10:45.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-01-06

Mrs. Pauline Scammell, Washing
ton, D. c., is spending a few weeks
at the home of Mrs. Emma Specht
Second street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-26

the drama Of Pickett's charge
and the Eternal Light Peace
Memorial are not to be
missed.
Logic dictates our motor
journey following Lees path
after the battle. and we drive
northwest and then west,
through Adams County and
its flne orchards, on the same
road over which rumbled the
empty ammunition wagons
and the farm wagons loaded
with wounded and dying dur
ing the awful night of July 3.
1863. Caledonia State Park,
north Of U. 8. 80, Is passed on
our way to Chambersburg, q
town partially destroyed In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-26

into Thurmont, then across
the Pennsylvania line to
Gettysburg, invaded by Lee
while fresh from his victory
at Charlottesville.
In the National Cemetery
there are well over 1000
markers and rs miles of paved
avenue over which We may
drive in visiting the site,
licensed guides being obtained
In 0ettys Square. Gen. Lees
headquarters on West Con-
federate avenue and Gen.
Meade's on the Taneytown
road are both worthy Of q
visit. The electric map, Phil
ippoteaux,s Cyclorama CIV
ing evidence. In painting. of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-26
Gettysburg: A Mecca for
BY Walter d. Hubbard

WV" ~ sAS
lONsrDRINO that neither
~ the Confederate nor the
Union Army commander tn
tended 70 hight at Gettysburg
In July. 1883. that tiny town
attained . degree Of fame
which u second 70 none In
the Nations history.
Robert z. Lee. with IS, 900
soldiers from Dixie and =
superiority In artillery. based
mis- forces 1t Cashtovn. Pa.
while James Gordon Meade
placed his main body at Pipe
Creek. With the Baltimore
pike as . line Of supply-and
Of retreat. In case Lee should
win. A small Union cavalry
division occupied the 0ettys-
burg area. In readiness 70
withdraw on orders.
But one OF A. p. HIS Con-
fedefate brigades, finding
themselves and their com.
rades In need Of shoes. en-
tered the town TO get them
and the Battle Of Gettysburg.
bloodiest In United States his
tory. was on. From this odd
trick Of fate Meade's "a, 900
veterans-or what was left
OF them-emerged victorious
three days after lighting
started July /.
Gettysburg Is always .
mecca for motorists on the
anniversary of the battle, and
this year win be no exception.
Next Sunday will be an ideal
time TO visit the locale. or
this coming Saturday, July 2.
Use U. 8. 40 through CATH
ersburg and Hyattstown least
Of sugarloaf Mountain), then
on past the Monocacy Ma
tional Monument into Fred
erick.
The names Of Chief Justice
fancy. Francis Scott Key and
Barbara Fritchie are linked
with Frederick. In 1864 Gen.
Jubal Early Of the Confed-
crate Army levied Q ransom
Of 500, 900 on this city. Our
northbound trip continues
from Frederick over U. 8. IS
Evening star., 1949-08-28

District and $4,000 in the rest Of
the area.
With members of the armed
forces included, the figures show
the District reached a population
peak of $4,000 in 1914, dropped
to 843,O0O in 1916, and then rose
again. For the remainder Of the
area, however, the population Tor
1914 and 1945 remained stationary
at 1872 900, increased to $4,000 in
1946, fell to $1,000 in 1947 and
then reached a new peak of $780,
900 in 194S.
Taking only civilians, the Dis
trict's population, estimated at
$50, 900 in 1914, fell to $4,000 in
I1945 and to 900 in 1916. There
after the trend was reversed. The
I1947 estimate was 831 900 and the
1948 estimate, $4,000.
Arlington and Fairfax Counties
in Virginia and Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties in Mary
land all showed steady increases
of civilian population in the 1940-
1913 period. Only Alexandra
showed a decline. It's civilian
population of 33,523 in 1910 in
creased to an estimated 10000 in
1916, but fell off to $4,000 in 1947
and to $4,000 in 1948.
Evening star., 1949-08-28

with them. He declared that it
was his intention to appoint a
top-f1ight man for the commission
job.
Mr.. Truman told his visitors he
was looking for the right man.
adding that it was extremely diff
ficult to find the right man.
Both Mr.. Watson and MIR. Paul
left the meeting with the President
very much encouraged. They say
they are certain that the Presi-
dent intends to appoint a man
experienced in personnel affairs
and one who believes in the merit
system. They say they are Con-
vinced that no political hack will
get the job.
Mr.. Truman's statement that he
is still looking for the right man
apparently means that it will be
probably several months before
someone is chosen. Meanwhile,
Harry B. Mitchell the commits
sion's chief for nearly II years,
will continue on the job.
Plenty of names have been men
toned for the job, the latest being
G.. Lyle Belsley, the Federal Sc
curity Agency Commissioner for
Special Services, and Jonathan
Daniels, North Carolina publisher
and former administrative assist
ant to President Roosevelt.
VA PAY-Sponsors of the bill to
increase the salaries Of 1900 doc
tors, dentists and nurses and other
medical employees in the Veterans
Administration say there is an ex-
cellent chance that the Senate will
approve the bill this year. The
House passed the measure several
days ago.
AGREEMENT - House-Senate
conferees have reached agreement
on the bill to provide Survivorshlp
annuities to the wives of retired
Federal employees at less cost to
the employees.
The bill applies only to present
Federal workers and not to those
already retired.
The agreement provides that
employees upon retirement will pay
only 5 per cent of their annuities
to give their wives this protection,
instead of the present 10 per cent
This S per cent formula will ap-
ply to the first $500 Of an en-
ploye's annual annuity. After
$1,000, the deduction will be 10
per cent.
In other words. employees who
receive annuities of $500 or less
will only have to pay 5 per cent.
Those receiving annuities OF over
$1,500 will have to pay S per cent
on the first $1,000, but 10 per cent
on any amount over that figure.
The measure approved by the
conferees also extends the sur
vivorship annuity benefits to
widowers of Federal employees.
incidentally. sponsors OF the bill
caution Federal workers who
would like TO come under these
benefits, from retiring until the
bill becomes law. They stress that
Evening star., 1949-08-28
yale Student P|unqes
To Death, Mary|ander
Marooned in Rockies
BY the Associated Press

GLENWOOD SPRINGS. Colo.
Aug. 27.-A Yale University stu
dent plunged to his death and a
visitor from. Hyattsville, Md, was
marooned overnight on ill-starred
hiking trips in the Western Colo
RADIO SnoWmasS Peak country yes
terday.
Arthur Gallagher, 21, Colorado
Springs, died in a rock slide on the
peak which towers 14,077 feet
above sea level.
Robert Hostetter of Hyattsville,
an American Forestry Association
representative on the annual Trail
Riders of the Wilderness, was
member of another party who
separated from his companions to
climb Hagerman Peak. Searchers
who found Mr.. Gallagher's body
learned Mr.. Hostetter was missing.
A few hours later Mr.. Hostetter
was found safe in a mountain
camp.
He said that darkness stopped
him as he descended the mountain
yesterday. He suffered somewhat
from exposure in the high altitude
but was otherwise uninjured.
The trail Riders annually make
trip by horseback into little
travelled sections of the Western
Colorado Rockies.
Mr.. Hostetter, who is 20 and
married, lives at 6918 Standish
drive, Hyattsville. He and his
wife are on vacation in Colorado
and took part in the Trail Riders
trip as guests, friends said.
Besides representing the Amer
lean Forestry Association here,
Mr.. Hostetter is assistant execu-
tive secretary of the. Society Of
Foresters, an organization with
headquarters in Washington. He
is a native of Kansas and studied
forestry at Colorado State College.
Evening star., 1949-08-28
Armstrong to Stay Open
Despite Vote on Strike

- LANCASTER, Pa. Aug. 27 (R.-
Armstrong Cork Co., said today
"a hours in advance of a CIO-
United Rubber Workers strike
vote-that there will be no sue
cessful strike at Armstrong if our
employees come to work"
"Our plants will be open as
usual. There is work for ALL" The
company said in a statment issued
at the main plant here.
Members of Local 285, United
Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plas-
tic Workers Union are scheduled
to vote tomorrow on authorizing
the union contract committee to
call a strike.
The vote originally was sched-
uled for Wednesday. Last night
Paul S. Shaub, president of the
local, announced it will be held
tomorrow. He did not give a rea-
son for the change.
Evening star., 1949-08-28

| States, as well as IOr 6rlCdlIl lCSeI1'
to approach this problem IN a
defeatist way.
It is fundamentally vital to the
United States to have the United
Kingdom and its population not
Ionly survive but also thrive:
Britain's Value for. America.
They provide us with:
/. Our best possible aircraft
carrier" on the eastern side OF the
Atlantic.
2. They are the toughest and
most dependable ally we have IN
Western Europe.
8. They provide absolutely in
dispensible markets for products
of our Southern states-cotton
and tobacco.
4. The United Kingdom is an
irreplaceable banker for the
Sterling area which contains a
fourth of the worlds population.
S. A prosperous United Kingdom
is. the best barrier we have against
Communism in the event of a
crisis in Western Europe.
Thus nobody who really takes
this problem seriously has any
doubt in his mind as to the abso-
lutte necessity of solving it.
The United Kingdom can be
saved from economic disaster be-
cause it has to be. But there Is
a second part to the question and
it calls for a very serious answer.
There Is no doubt that the
United Kingdom has the makings
of very serious, chronic economic
anaemia or outright economic COL
lapse. Very, very strenuous steps
are gong to have to be taken to
avert it. And the British people,
led by their government, Gre 60
ing to have to take those steps.
They have already taken some
Of those steps by freezing wages,
ordering heavy economy cuts in
government departments and i'm
posing a per cent cut in retail
prices. But further measures are
needed.
PrOdding Held Legitimate.
If they won't take them with
out some prodding, then it is per-
fectly legitimate for the United
States Government, which has to
foot the bill unless these steps are
taken, to do the prodding.
England, Scotland, Wales and
Northern Ireland are poor coun-
tries. The prosperity which their
people gained by colonial conquest
and enterprise and by getting in
Evening star., 1949-08-28

the bill will only apply to thoss
who retire after it becomes law
Final action by Congress is ex
pected after the House return!
from its three-day recess.
fBe sure to listen in TO-DAY at
11:15 am. oUer WMAL, The
Star station, for Joseph Young's
Federal Spotlight broadcast,
featuring additional neUs and
vie,DS of the Government scene.)
Evening star., 1949-08-28
By WilIiom H. Stonemon
Foreign Correspondent Of The Stor ond
the Chicoao Daily News

LONDON, Aug. 27.-Can the
United Kingdom be saved from
economic catastrophe?
Or is this land of 46 million
people so badly overpopulated, Sc
lacking in raw materials. so back
ward industrially and so spend
thrifty under the present Social
ist government, that it will never
be q going concern again?
These multibillion dollar ques-
tior1s are in the minds of Ameri-
cans as they prepare for an off,
cial showdown with British rep
resentatives at a series of talks
in Washington, beginning Sep
tember 7.
Americans want to know
whether Britain is a leaky bucket
or bucket with no bottom at all.
It is easy enough to cope with
the immediate dollar crisis that
faces Britain and the sterling
area.
Deficit $2,500,000,0 900 Yearly.
They are running a deficit of
about $2,500,000,000 a year in
their dealings with the dollar
area. BY economies Of one kind
or another they should be able
to reduce the actual drain to about
81 900, 100000.
This is big money, even in an
era of multibillion dollar budgets.
But there Is probably no respon-
sible American who would hesi-
tate to contribute 81, ,000, 200. 900 a
year Of American money to keep
the United Kingdom and the
sterling area afioat-for a limited
period.
At the same time nobody is
prepared to go on indefinitely.
In the opinion of responsible
Americans who live with this
problem from day to day the
answer to these questions is as
follows:
The United Kingdom can be
saved from economic disaster and
there is no doubt whatsoever that
she will be saved.
It is unthinkable for the United
Evening star., 1949-08-28

began in Chicago May % and
moved to Dayton after a recess
| of several weeks. Federal Con-
ciliator James Mcnamara Of Gin
cinnati entered the deadlocked
negotiations today.
The strike is the first major one
in the rubber industry since be-
fore the war. The company COM
planned in a letter sent to workers
before the strike that "the URWA
has chosen B. F.. Goodrich men
and women and our company..to
be guinea pigs in the feurth-round
wage try e
Six-Hour Day in Industry.
MIR. Lloyd said, in calling the
strike:
Unfortunately, the company
showed not the slightest interest
in reaching an amicable settle
ment. We were compelled to take
this action to protect the interest
of our membership"
The rubber industry, which has
a six-hour day for production
workers here where nearly half
of its 174,000 workers are concen-
trated, hiss been hard hit by un-
employment. The Labor Depart
ment Bureau of Labor Statistics
showed $4,000 drop in the pay
rolls from last November to May,
and the Rubber Workers Union
claims more than $4,000 of its
members were laid off in the past
year.
The high rate of new automo-
bile assembly has cushioned a
sharp decline in the postwar de-
mand for replacement tires. Price
cuts of 71a per cent on STANDARD
tires were made by all leading
producers three months ago. In
ventories of both automobile and
truck tires are well above last
year.