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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-12-08
MT. LAKE PARK
Announcements

Announcements
The Young Adult Glass of Bethel
Methodist Church will meet in the
church basement, Tuesday, December
3. Mrs Joseph Kahl and Miss Verna
Harvey will act as hostesses. There
will be an exchange of gifts.
The Baptist Ladies Aid will hold
bake sale Saturday, December II,
at Jackson's restaurant.
Personals
The Rev. and Mrs. George Simp-
son were visiting their daughter in
Huntington, w. Va, last week.
Mrs. Marshall Dewitt was visiting
in Cumberland last Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. William Rogers and
Mrs. Ray Paugh were shopping in
Cumberland on Monday.
Mrs Mayo Sisler, former citizen
of Ireland, was awarded her Ameri-
can citizenship papers on Monday,
December 5, by Associate Judge
Oliver II. Bruce, Jr Mr. and Mrs.
Sisler and children are residing in
Loeb Lynn.
Mrs. Edward Curran, of Pittsburgh,
visited her mother, Mrs. A. L. Rip
pard, over the weekend. Upon her
return she was accompanied by her
mother who VIII spend the rest Of the
winter in Pittsburgh.
Mr. and Mrs. George Steyer, of
California, visited friends here last
week.
John Gnegy, U. S. Navy, is spend
ing some time here with his father,
c. c. Gnegy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Smith and
children, of Baltimore, were visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. D. f. Calls over the
weekend Mrs. Lawrence is the for
mer Emma Catherine Calls.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Calls have
moved to Quantico. Va.
Mr.. VI. L. Sisk is i'll at his home.
John Evans, Jr., and Miss Dolores
Evans were in Cumberland Sunday
visiting with Mr.. Evans wife, who is
patient in Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. H. 7. Mosser and Mrs. Brit
ten Martin, Mrs. Stanley Smith, Mrs.
John King, Mrs. Harry Nicholson
were shopping in Cumberland one day
this week.
Adonis Sisler and Mayo Sisler, of
Pittsburgh, spent the weekend with
their families here
Mrs. Gerald Rounds has returned
home after spending some time in
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HOYES

Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs.
Hobart Bishoff were Mr.. and Mrs.
Chester Bishotf, Of Keyser, w. Va;
Mr.. Clyde Sanner and Mr.. Charley
Miller, both of Friendsville; and Mr..
and Mrs. Raymond Coddington and
daughter, of Accident.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Bishoff and
daughter visited Mr.. and Mrs. John
E. Peck, of Berlin, Pa, on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Rush and
sons, of Friendsville, were dinner
guests on Sunday of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Custer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Speicher and
daughter were dinner guests ON Sun
day of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Maust,
of Springs, Pa.
Mrs. Elizabeth Laymen has re-
turned to her home in Keyser, w. Va,
after spending several days with her
daughter and son-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clark Schlossnagle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Custer visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Dewitt, on Sun
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Vitez and son,
of Mill Run, were Sunday evening
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. De
Witt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Schlossnagle
and son accompanied by Miss Mar
jorie and Dorothy Schlossnagle, of
Accident, and Mr.. and Mrs. Ross
Speicher and daughter, visited Erwin
Eckelt, who is patient in Memorial
hospital, Cumberland, on Sunday.
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GORTNER

Come to Church Sunday morning
and evening.
The Sunday School contributed $14,
on Sunday, for the Point Pleasant
Orphanage, in West Virginia.
On Wednesday, Pastor and Mrs.
William Wagler, of Partridge, Kans.,
preached in the Amish church and in
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. d. j.
Swartzentruber. Pastor Wagler in
recent years took a trip around the
world He was impressed by the
handiwork of God in Switzerland and
the handiwork of man in Strasburg's
clock.
The following from Springs, Pa,
came on Wednesday to hear Pastor
Wagler: Pastors J. r. Miller and
Crist Bender, Mrs Savilla Hersh-
berger, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Beachy,
Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin Yoder, Mr.. and
Mrs Erwin Hershberger.
Mrs. Anna Bittinger spent the
weekend with her son and brother
in Grantsville.
Mrs. Fannie Stutzman is helping
Mrs. Zenas Melotte cook for deer
hunters, at Swallow Falls, this week.
Heather Robinson, Of Oakland, was
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey
Swartzentruber, on Sunday.
Mr.. Slabach and party, of Ohio,
arrived on Sunday, for deer hunting
and are guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Emanuel Miller.
Mrs. Paul Welch was calling on
Mrs. Martha Fike and Mrs. Edgar,
in Mt. Lake Park, on Sunday Mrs.
WEIGH found the latter, who is SO
years old, in helpless unconscious
condition from a fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gay Rembold, of
EK,e3yser spent last week at Harold
Whites. Mr.. Rembold and Mr.
White were deer hunting several days
near Bayard, w. Va
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Sisk took
dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Lichty,
on Sunday.
Mr. Noah Schrock and family, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Petersheim were
among those spending Sunday with
the Shelters, in Pleasant Valley. The
Shelter house caught fire on Sunday
morning, causing considerable dam
age by fire and water and destroying
the family clothing. The fire origi-
mated in a clothes press where one of
the girls had looked for dress with
match.
Mrs. Clay Lake was recently
visiting Mrs. Isaac Beckman.
Mr.. Ira Yoder, former resident of
Gortner, passed away at his home in
Dover, Delaware. Funeral was con-
Quoted on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Swartzen-
truber took supper with Mr. and Mrs.
Jonas Sines, at Swallow Falls, one
evening.
Mrs. Harold Gnegy was given d
stork shower, on Monday evening, at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs Merlin
Gnegy, at Loeb Lynn. A group at
tended from here.
Miss Matte Yoder, of Ohio, accom-
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of Baltimere, are spending this week
deer huntihgwi John Evans.
Williana Bitzer IS in Pittsburgh this
week. snN e.
Mr.. and, Mrs. Ernest Motring were
in Morgantown, Sunday. 81
Floyd Artishis visiting hisNson in
Eglon, w. VaS< wv 81
Mrs. Lloyd Cook gentsins III at her
home here.
Mrs. W. r. Ridder was in Pitts
burgh last week.
Mrs. Ruth Sanders, of Morgantown,,
visited with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Evans, this week.
Mrs. Clarence Sewers was in Cum
berland on Monday.
A member of the Texas Rangers is
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Oakland High Loses
To Terra Alta Quint

Terra Alta High school spoiled
Oakland High schools home debut
Tuesday night by defeating the High
landers SO to SO.
1t was Oakland's second straight
loss of the season, the locals having
dropped a 4S-42 decision at Fellows
vile last Friday. Oakland played
without the services of its regular
forward, Gary Baker, who was away
from town on a visit to his father,
who is i'll.
Winters, Hill and Nestor accounted
for 10 of Terra Atlas % field goals
and As points. Tasker was Oakland's
big gun" with 10 tallies Kley
scored points and Steyer 8. Both
teams were far off form at the foul
line, Oakland converting only Z of
% tries, while Terra Alta sank 10 of
80 shots. Whitaker and Winters Of
Terra Alta and Hauser of Oakland
were elected on personal fouls.
Half-time score was 22-14, and
Terra Alta held an 18-point ad-
vantage at the close of the third
period
Others scoring for Oakland were
Brohawn ,, Hauser 1, Meyer ? and
Warren L. For Terra Alta Whitaker
scored points and Fraley 4.
In the preliminary contest the
Oakland Jayvees were winners over
the Terra Alta Jayvees.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-12-08
Oakland's Rifle Team
Wins Its Third Match

Oakland's rifle team has won its
third league match, the Mountain
Top club having defeated the Fort
Hill team of Cumberland 1864 to
1,344 last Sunday afternoon on the
Crellin range. Mountain Top is the
only indicated team in siX-team
league.
Wilson Whites 283 and D. c.
Webel's 281 turned the tide for the
Oaklanders. d. c. Liller got 272, G.
L. Porter. 268 and R. G. Sims 26O to
complete the scoring. NJ. Willard also
fired and got 247.
The previous week Mountain Top
blasted Cumberland 1855 to l,267.
Other teams in the league are La
Vale, Avilton and Frostburg.
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Weston, w. Va, visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hyre.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Zimmerman
are occupying an apartment in the
home of the formers mother, Mrs
Roy Zimmerman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Dewitt, of
Crellin, were guests Of Mr. and Mrs.
Marshall Dewitt and family, Sunday
U. G. Ford and Miss Mildred Ford
were in Cumberland on Monday.
Mrs. Earl Lee was accompanied to
Cumberland by Mrs. Victor Lee, Miss
Mrs. Luther Smith to do some shop
ping.
Ralph Lintz, of Portsmouth, Ohio
is spending deer season with Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Lee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Dewitt have
adopted a small daughter and have
named her Susan Rae.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl johnson and
daughter, of Berkeley Springs, w
Va, and Miss Willowdean Evans, of
Washington, d. c., spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. John Evans,
Sr.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ Weeks were
Sunday dinner guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Homer Liston, Oakland
Allan Hill, Of Piedmont, w. Va
spent Monday afternoon with his
mother, Mrs. E. B. Hill.
Mrs. Mason Calls entertained her
All club with a Christmas party OF
Tuesday evening.
Donald Knight and Frederick Mann
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Terra Alta, West Virginia
Market Report, December ,, 1919

Calves, good to choice, 20.OO to
30.75; Common to medium, 1900 tc
22.00; Feeder Calves, 1850 to 23.75.
Hogs, choice weights, 1900 to 1850;
Sows, 1890 to 1890; Pigs and shoats
SOC to 1900 per head.
Steers, good, 21.9G to 1885; Com
moi to medium, 1890 to 1900; Heif-
eIs, good, 1910 to 21.10; Common to
medium, 1880 to 1910; Cows, good
1850 to 1910; Common to medium
$50 to 1900; Cows by the head, 91.0C
TO 1900; Bulls, 11.25 to 1900.
Lambs, Blues 22.3O, Reds 1850
Ewes $50, Bucks, 700 to $50.
Horses, 4Oc to 4.25 per cwt
Chickens, Pullets, 22.0O to 2600;
Broilers, 1900 to 5000; Hens, 1000
to $500.
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panied by her brother, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Yoder and Mr.. and Mrs Mast,
of Iowa, to Mn. and Mrs. d. J..
Swartzentruber's on Wednesday. The
Masts went to ScottdaIe to visit
their son and wife.
Mrs Sadie Roth, Mrs Anna Bitt-
niger. Harold Harsh and family at
tended a house warming for Mr.. and
Mrs. Clayton Mosser, at Gnegy
Church.
Evening star., 1949-07-19

movie comedian, an opportunity
to perform as round actor. Since
is also presents at the same time
a member of the original cast,
Teddy Hart, it gives audiences an
opportunity to watch two radl-
cally differing comedy styles.
Mr.. Keaton probably is as suit
able as anyone in the role OF the
timid husband who wants only to
write his Mothers Day verses and
be left alone. Mr.. Keaton often
is referred to as a dead-pan
comic, but this is a misnomer.
That woeful mask he uses for a
face is anything but dead. True,
the expression never varies. but it
is so tragic it is funny and so
funny it is tragic.
Mr.. Hart undoubtedly is ideally
cast as the more frenetic member
of the gambling trio, too. having
originated che role and since seen
considerable service in it.
The contrast between the two,
however, does not always react to
Evening star., 1949-07-19

Mr.. Keaton's advantage. Mr.,
Hart plays in the old Abbott style,
loud and fast, with the niceties
of the emotions being expressed
by varying between moderate
shout, loud yell and piercing
scream. It's the right way to i'm
press an audience with something
like Three Men on Horse all
right, but it makes everyone not
so loud seem to be underplaying
Finding common meeting
ground for the two is Director
Alexander Kirkland's own prob
lem, but it's a safe bet that he
won't arrive at a solution. maybe
a safe bet that he won't even try.
He probably doesn't have to. since
both Mr.. Keaton and Mr.. Hart
are true to the comedy in their
fashion. Mr. Keaton fits it to
his comedy style, which is sensi
BILE, and Mr.. Hart plays it the
way he's been playing it for years,
which is sensible, TOO.
Mr.. Keaton'S individual contri-
buttons to the old frolic range
from the very funny to the COM
pletely vulgar. He is hilarious in
his impersonation of Erwin TroW-
bridge in his moment of drunken
rebellion. which he tops with as
funny a fall as you have seen on
a stage lately. He is funny at
a lot of other moments, too, but
he sinks to the worst possible
taste when he resorts to getting
laughs the easy way by mauling
a blonde in a hotel room. Mr..
Kirkland ought to do something
ABOUT that.
The others in the cast approach
Three Men on a Horse" with
varying degrees of enthusiasm. bat
for the most part they do we'll by
it. Thomas Gillen and Allen
Reisner do their best to keep up
with MI. Hart'S pace as his two
horse e-playing cronies and Mari
orie Peterson, even if she does
stumble over a line now and then,
presents a winning picture of a
gamblers faithful blonde, who
hooks a bracelet with the same
good cheer with which she &C
cepts a new one. Barbara Joyce
Evening star., 1949-07-19
IVY SHCu
HOLLYWOOD.

HoLLt WoOD.
Greer Carson gets Peter Law
ford as well as Amanda Blake
who looks SO much like Greer. for
her Mrs. Miniver' sequel in Lon
don. The something blue" re-
ceived at her not unexpected mar
riage to Buddy Fogelson was
handkerchief dyed blue, from her
mother.
Hugh MarloWe, the new eXcit-
ing discovery at Goth Century
Fox, is going to England next
week to star with Richard Wild
mark and Gene Tierney in Might
and the City" Hughs wife, K. T.
Stevens, tells me she can't go with
him to London-she has to finish
her current movie, Port of New
York"
Rhonda Fleming stars in Mis-
sion for the General" and from
where I sit it looks like John
Payne for the boy. This is a mil
lion dollar technicolor picture for
the two Bills-Pine and Thomas.
Monty Cliff is out of Quar-
tered City because Paramouns
cannot postpone the start of his
American Tragedy"
Joanne Dru and John Ireland
now plan to be married in Neva-
da, on the advice of her counsel.
Something to do with jeanne
getting her divorce there.
Johnnie Johnston, Kathryn
Grayson's husband, is a full
tiedged producer. When I saw him
lunching at Luceys with Thomas
MCGOWAN, they told me they are
in business with Man with Ny
Face" I'VE hope to get someone
like Dick Powell to be the star"
said Johnnie.
Robert Paige, lunching at the
same place, is just back from Wis
itfng Glenn Mccarthy in Hous-
ton, and when 1 ask Bob if he will
star in Glenns next picture, he
says, mo, I'm a stockholder in
the company and I prefer some
one who is a office draw"
That was the most honest speech
I've heard in weeks.
Joan Fontaine is changing her
mind about starring for the
Theater Guild in "Hilda Crane" !"
I'm uncertain" says Joan. 1T
all depends on what my husband
(Bill Dozier) is doing in the fall
If he can't visit me lot in New
York, the whole deal is off,"
Joan Leslie. starring with Joan
in Bed of Roses" tells me her
mother is a little better. "She
has been in a hospital now for
eight months. It's the first time
she wasn't around when I made
picture "
Sonia Henie is expecting Win
ME Gardner from New York to
take her to forthcoming parties
Sonia tells me DR.. Peter Lind
Evening star., 1949-07-19
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. ~ Bill
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have is yours" Except my
material" gags Lahr. 4,
released by North American Newspaper
Alliance. 1nc.)
Evening star., 1949-07-19
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Current heater ATTRACTIONS
ond Time Of Showing !
Stage.
Meridian Hill Park Three
Men on Horse; $50 pm.
Screen.
| Capitol-"The Wizard of o.; :;
IL am, 1:45, 4:30. 7:15 and 10
pm. Stage shows: /. 3:45, $50
and 9:15 pm:
Edward, My Son:
11:10 am.,7 lis, 3:25, 5:35, 7:45
and 9:55 pm.
Dupont-"Operetta": 1:20, 800,
5:25, 7::3O and 935 pm.
Keith's-"Dumbo'; 11:45 am,
2:20. 4:55, 7:30 and 1905 pm.
Hippodrome -" Shanghai Dra-
ma: 2:15, $40 and 8:25 pm.
Sitting Pretty; 12:45,
4, 7:10 and 1925 pm.
Metropolitan-"The Fountain
head; 11:1O am. lis, 3:20, $50,
7:35 and GAS pm.
National-"Colorado Territory;
1870 am, ITO, $50, 4:30, 6:10
7:55 and 9:35 pm.
House Of Strangers"
10:40 am. 1855, $40, 5:25, TAO
and 9:55 pm.
Pix MY Brother Talks to
Horses; $50, 7 and $50 pm.
PlayhOuse-''The Fan; II am,
12:45. 2;30, Ais, 6, 7:50 and 9:40
pm.
Trans-Lux-''Forbidden Street"
12:45, 2:30, AIS, 6, 7:50 and $40
pm.
Warner - "Sorrowful Jones';
11:15 am. 1:20. 3:25, 5:35, 7:45
and 9:55 pm.
Evening star., 1949-07-19
Hollywood Diary
Luwford Cast in Carson Film
BY SheiIoh Grohom

Strom Ingrid Bergmans hus-
band) called her in New York four
weeks ago and said. What can l
do for you?' Some prankster had
called and left a message for him
to call Sonia. They do things
like that all the time, signs Sonia.
X X X
Ann Sothern and Andrea Leeds
gave Mrs. Kay Williams Spreckles
a terrific baby shower at Roma
notf's. The entire back room was
piled with packages.
Charles Boyer returns to the
bosom of his family, in Holly
wood He leaves France on the
Queen Mary July 81.
Singer Margaret Whiting has
lost 18 pounds and is ready for
fling at the movies. She is
currently keeping company with
Jimmy Van Heusen.
Dennis OKeefe stars in an ex-
Evening star., 1949-07-19

SCreQuOuSIy.
Certainly Three Men on
Horse" is less dated than some
other light bulwarks of summer
stock. There is nothing peculiar
to the unworried 30's in the sight
of three men trying to dope the
races and calling bookie from a
bar. Three Men on a Horse, IN
case you have forgotten or never
bothered to learn. is about mild
hammered composer of greeting
card verses, who is infallible at
naming winning horses and who
falls <afoul of three admiring gam
blers who try to make the most OF
this great talent.
George Abbott has made money
out of even flimsier comedy no.
tions than this one in his time
and there still are lot of laughs
in"Three Men on a Horse"
The present version of the farce
at the open-air Meridian Hill
theater is notable chiefly for Civ
ing Buster Keaton. the veteran
Evening star., 1949-07-19
.artmans Here

The Hartmans, Paul and Grace,
open a weeks engagement tonight
at the Olney Theater in their new
musical revue up To Now Jack
Albertson is featured in the pro-
duction, which has been directed
by Harry Hermann and designed
by S. Syrjala. Music and lyrics
are mostly by Clay Warwick and
sketches by Harry Hermann, Ed
Rice and Jack Roche. There will
be matinees Saturday and Sunday.
Evening star., 1949-07-19

is properly comic as the wife
whose mild husband suddenly de-
serts her and Howard Ledig makes
ErWins brother-in-laW the kind
of guy he'd have a right to
hate.
Mr.. Kirkland. in his direction.
has at least kept everybody moV-
ing at a goodly clip. Howard
Barker's impressionistic sets are
quite up to the demands of the
comedy. though they may not be
up to taking the punishment some
of the players give them.
Evening star., 1949-07-19

pose Of the bookie racket in his
next picture, Blood Money" with
Joe Newman. They start exposure
in August.
Milton Berle and Bert Lahr
have a number in Always Leave
Them Laughing" called, Broth
ers.' There's a line, Everything
Evening star., 1949-07-19
Buster keoton 7 urns Up
In oHot Weather Farce
By Harry Macarthur

"Tree Men on Horse trusty by John Cecil
Holm and George Abbott Wash
neton decade returned last night This time is
Washington Festivals Meridian Hill Park attraction OF
week probably of fare for humid
ming much but laugh and that not
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1949-01-20
In the Churches
First Baptist church of Hardi

First Baptist Church of Hardin
g. a. Bentley, pastor-Sunday
school at 1000 a. m; mornine
worship at HOO q. M: Baptist
youth fellowship at TOO p. m.
Church of God
A. J. Stuart, pastor-Sunda-
Scnool, 1000 a. m; preaching,
lI:O0 q. m; evening service, T.
Y P. m.;prayer meeting Wed
nesday, 1880 p. m.
Methodist Church
r.. 7. Ludden, pastor-Sunday
Scnool, 9:45 a. m; morning wor-
snip, HOO a. m; Youth fellow
snip, 500 p. m; evening SER
vice, 7:45 p. m.
Cody
8: q. Fresk, Billings, pastor
SaDbath school, Saturdays, 2
2. m. Divine worship, 8 p. m.
by the pastor.
st. Thomas Episcopal
Wallace Bristor-Church SER
vices second and fourth Sundays
at 1880 p. m. in the American
Lutheran church.
st. Joseph's Catholic Church
&C. L. Owens, S. J., pastor
Mass will begin at $3.50 every
Sunday morning.
Burgess Memorial Church. Crow
Agency
G. A. Bentley, pastor-Sunday
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challenged at least until the
late summer Of 1949.
Due almost entirely to wealth
er conditions, upwards Of 1000
construction workers were laid
off during the first half of De-
cember and much heavier lay
offs were reported as the New
Year got underway with the
cold wave continuing.
EMPLOYMENT estimates for
November as prepared by the
Commission in cooperation with
the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
indicate that DESPITE the heavy
seasonal doWntrend total en-
plovment in nnnaoricultural in
dustry was still 5000 ahead of
a year ago and, with the ex-
ception of manufacturing, all
major industries were EMPLOYING
more workers than they were at
the same time last year.
Ten thousand workers were
employed on construction pro
iects throughout the state on
November Is and notwithStand-
ing the heavy December losses
construction EMPLOYMENT is still
substantially ahead of last year.
Mining employment was 900
ahead of November 1947 and
employment in trade was up
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1949-01-20
Outlines Wdge-Hour
Low Changes
Sought Of Congress

Specific improvements in the
Fair Labor Standards Act (Fed-
eral wage and hour law, in
Guiding Qualification of overtime
pay computation problems and
an increase in the statutory
minimum wage to rs cents an
hour are urged of the 81St
Congress by the Wage and Hour
and Public Contracts divisions,
U. S. Department of Labor.
This was pointed out at San
Francisco today by John. r.
Ollie regional director for the
divisions in the eight Western
states. The recommendations
for amendment of the 10-year-
old law are made by William r.
McComb, administrator of the
divisions, in his annual report
just submitted to the new Con-
gress, Director Ollie said.
The regional director pointed
out that a 75-cent minimum is
sought to replace the present
Accent rate as "a contribution
to improved living conditions
for workers of low income"
Such "modernization" of the
minimum wage provision of the
law is necessary, he said, to
provide the 22,6O0,O00 workers
it protects with a basic stand
ard in accord with the object
ives of the Congress which
passed the wage and hour law
in 1888.
Problems of long standing re-
Sulting from the laws unde-
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fined term Of regular rate Of
pay" used in computing over
time pay for work after 40
hours a week, as well as those
over time problems posed by the
u. S. Supreme Court decision In
the ~back-Wage suits Of long
shoremen, could be overcome by
the amendment Of this subject
proposed by the administrator,
Director Ollie said.
Other recommendations in the
annual report urge Congress to-:
Broaden the child labor pro-
visions; revise the annual wage
plan; give the Administrator the
right to sue for back wages;
Grant rule-making power to the
administrator; clarity coVerage
and exemptions for transporta-
ton workers; clarity retail and
service establishment exemp-
tons, and make needed adjust
ments in sections dealing with
agricultural workers, seasonal
industries and fishing.
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Employment Uptrend
Subsidies With
Temperature Decline

Severe December weather,
which collided head on with
Montana's highly vulnerable
outdoor industries put an end,
at least temporarily, to the un-
interrupted employment up
trend that had been in effect
in Montana since the start of
1948. Normally the peak of en-
ployment in Montana's nonagri-
cultural industries is reached
during Christmas week but be-
cause of heavy employment cas-
ualties suffered by the con-
.struction industry when zero
weather clamped down it ap-
pears now that the record en-
ployment high Of 143, 100 estab-
lished in Oetohe~ will stand un-