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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-02-03

27 members present and three visitors,
Mrs. Mary Quinn, Mrs. Eva Beachy
and Miss Beuah Kcisner. Mrs. Roy
Mickey was the leader Of the topic,
eve Offer Unto Thee Ourselves" an
advance service -Four Point Pro
gram" and explained the goals for
the year. Mesdamcs Herbert Ringer
and A. Emmons Warwick will enter
tain at the church, February II, with
Mrs. Stewart Rodamer as leader.
The recently organized Christian
Mothers fraternity Of st. Stephens
Catholic Church of Grantsvillc, met
at the home Of Mrs II. l.. Petit on
Sunday evening.
Father David Dressman chose as
his subject Spiritual Side of Chris
tian Mothers. Plans were made for
the coming year with a benefit rally
being one of the hghlights. Meetings
will be held the Bird Sunday Of the
month, with members receiving COM
munion at the 9 o'clock mass and the
social meeting will be held the same
evening. Officers for the coming year
are: Mrs. H. L. Petit, president;
Mrs. Joseph Fahey, vice president;
Mrs. Guy Hardesty, secretary; Mrs.
William Grimm, treasurer. The next
meeting will be held at the home of
Mrs Joseph F'ahey on February 20.
At present there are q members en-
rolled.
The newly organized choir of st.
Stephens church is holding meetings
every Wednesday night in the church.
Grantsville Homemakers Club met
at the home of Mrs. Raymond Leochel
on Wednesday afternoon.
The Women's Missionary Society of
the Lutheran Church met at the home
Of Mrs. Harold Miller, on Wednesday
evening.
The American Legion Auxiliary
Post PA met in the Legion Home on
Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Mary E. Livengood has re-
turned home after spending several
days in Cumberland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale H. Amer have
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-02-03
By Burgess H. Scott

Deep in West Virginia's Yew
Mountains is a curious bit of land, a
strange combination of arctic tundra
and tropical fen, that has begun to
take the fancy Of the touring public
just as it has had the rapt attention
of biologists since the 1905.
West Virginians know the area as
Cranberry Glade for the masses of
cranberry plants that grow there. The
Glades is a genuine far northern
muskeg placed by quirk of nature
1000 or more miles south of where it
ought to be. 1t has the same tangled
mating of reindeer moss, sedge,
sphagnum, and lichen that character
ICES the muskeg. This moss blanket
is grown into hummocks just as it
does up north, resembling frozen
waves, some OF them measuring three
feet from trough to crest.
Then, with the far northern atmos-
phere established, it becomes even
more battling to find southern orchids
growing among the reindeer moss.
The name "muskeg" is Ojibway
Indian for Gland of little sticks, ap-
piled here because, as in the north,
plants, shrubs, even trees are much
smaller than on normal ground.
Cranberry Glades is plural because
the whole is made up of five glades,
ranging in size from Big Glade of Sc
acres down to Little Glade Of eight
acres. Between them in size are Flag
Glade, Round Glade and Long Glade,
each separated by dense fringes Of
alder thickets. The moss beds making
up these true glades comprise about
100 acres, the remaining 47O acres
being covered with shrubs and bog
forest.
Most visitors are first impressed
by the trapeze-net springiness of the
thick moss blanket In a test to de-
termine the quaking qualities of one
bed, a square acre was marked off
and tripods with plumb hobs were
erected at each corner. Each plumb
bob swayed when a man jumped in
the center of the acre.
The moss beds reach extreme thick
nesses in places. Once a 15-foot pole
was sunk through the moss for its
entire length without reaching solid
ground OF even muck. Despite these
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-02-03

depths, the glades have no quicksand-
like qualities. A person can walk over
them with no danger other than that
of splashing water over his shoe tops.
This water is everywhere through
out the Glades because the Cranberry
River and its tributaries, Charles
Creek and Glade Creek pass through,
splitting into innumerable and I'M
cha1ted branches as they bubble
through the tangled vegetation.
Sleeping in the deep moss, the
water has become so highly acid that
decay virtually doesn't exist in the
Glades. A cross section of the bed
would be made up Of bottom layer
Of dead preserved moss, a middle
layer of living moss. All Of the
MOSES, living and dead tangle and
entwine to form the mattress.
The stunted muskeg plant life
the little sticks" of the Indian name
is due to an extreme deficiency of
nitrogen, an element necessary to the
growth of all plants. In the Glades
100-year-old spruces have reached
height Of only Is or 20 feet, whereas
on normal ground they would be 100
feet or more tall.
The stunting has extended to the
cranberry bushes, which are low to
the ground with tiny leaves, decided
ly smaller than cultivated plants.
Nature has compensated for the
lack of nitrogen by placing at least
two species of carnivorous plants in
the Glades. These get their nitrogen
from the insects, perhaps even tiny
fish, that they catch and eat.
One is the round-leaved sundew,
plant common in the far northern
muskegs. 1t is low, with branches fan
ming out spoke-like, each tipped with
round leaf. The leaves are covered
with hairs and exude a sweet sub
stance which serves as bait for the in
sects. When a fly lights on the leaf
to investigate the aroma, the hairs
pin it down tightly against the side of
the leaf and the sundew digests it by
means of an engine it secretes.
Another Glades oddity is the bIad-
derwort, which has submarine roots
to which are attached small sacs.
Water bugs, probing about for food,
swim into the sacs and are trapped
and digested. The bladderwort would
likewise gobble up any fish small
enough to enter.
The far northern motif is continued
in the animal life of the Glades. The
golden checked meadow mouse lives
there, as does the tiny jumping mouse,
a kangaroo like creature which,
though only four inches tall, can
jump five or SIX feet when frightened.
A northern species of flying squir-
rel, never befroe found south of the
Catskills, was found in numbers in
the Glades. Birds native to Canada
are also common in the area.
The fact this misplaced muskeg has
attracted southern animal and plant
forms has been of especial interest to
every Glades observer. The orchids
have received by far the most pub
licity, but the biologists have found
it equally interesting to find south
ern voles, mice, shrews, and hares
living in close juXtapostion with their
northern opposite numbers.
The theory of the Glades' origin is
that the Great Glaciers, grinding down
from the north, pushed arctic plants
and wildlife before them and, stopping
just short of West Virginia, dumped
the load Of flora and fauna over the
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state.
When the ice receded and the
temperature returned to normal, all
of the stranded arctic life died out.
That is, everywhere but on one or two
specks on the West Virginia map
where conditions were ideal to sustain
those types of plants and animals.
One of these specks is Cranberry
Glades, "the muskeg farthest south"
High shoes or boots are good to
have along when you visit the Glades,
because the bog water is bound to
slosh over ordinary shoes. This ad-
vice is especially intended for those
whose interest in natural history is
above the average because thorough
coverage entails a soggy hike of about
seven miles.
Here's tip from bog expert that
will be of value: The five different
glades making up the Glades are
separated by heavy alder thicket
fringes. After penetrating one of
these thickets, tie white handker-
chief to limb at the place where the
glade is entered and follow the pro-
cedure for each succeeding glade
Otherwise the amateur bog explorer
is more than likely to lose his place
and try to return through the oppo-
site side.
There is no danger of getting lost
but there is the possibility of losing
three or four valuable vacation hours
in trying TO stumble across the trail
back to the road.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-02-03
EVANSVILLE
Named To Fair Board

William Winterberg, vice president
of First State Bank of Grantsville,
and local Mortician, was elected to
the board Of directors of the Cumber-
land Fair Associations held recently
in Cumberland. Mr. Winterberg will
replace George G. Young, who died
during the past year.
Mrs. Harry Edwards entertained
the WSCS of the Grantsville Method
list church at her home Wednesday
night Mrs. Edwards presided and
gave the scripture reading The fl
nancial report Of the year was read
by Mrs f. J. Hays. Members of the
WSCS will sponsor a turkey supper,
to be held in the social room Of the
church Wednesday night, February
23rd, from 5 to O'Clock. There were
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returned to their h m here after
spending several days in Baltimore.
William G. Grimm entertained the
Teachers Bridge Club at his home re-
Gently Two tables were in play and
prizes were won by Miss Vclora
Swauper, Scott Holiday, Mrs. Scott
Holiday and Miss Ida Engle.
Joseph Yommer, William Layman,
Robert Glotfelty, John Reckner, Max
Bucket and Charles c. Bender, all
students at the University Of Mary
land, are spending several days with
their respective parents
Connie Johnson, Of SALISBURY, Pa,
was a guest of her cousin, g.. .....
~ over the weekend.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-02-03

Thirty-nine persons were injured in
. gas works explosion in Chicago.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-05-04
Nisei Trains
| At Fort Bliss

FORT BLISS, Texas, May 4 go
Second Lieutenant Roy Yoshiyuki
Higashi of 1920 Jackson ST., Seattle,
Washington, is among the officers
now attending an Associate Basic
Course at Fort Bliss.
During the three month course.
Ut. Hieashi and others in the class
study communication. radar. light
and heavy antiaircraft gunnery,
antiaircraft tactics. and guided mis-
sils. They specialize in gunnery.
A former student of Highline High
School, 1t Higashi entered military
service in March. 1947, and was
commissioned upon graduation from
Officers Candidate School in Dec
ember. 1913
He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Kasaku Higashi of the Jackson
Street address. his civilian occupa :
tion is the Buddhist ministry.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-05-04

of Christ Church Cathedral and
chairman of the social action Conf
mission of the st. Louis Council of
Churches. and John Lanier DON
nell, son of Senator Forrest C. Dom
nell. who Indicted his sympathetic
interest for the Judd bill in letter
10 his father.
The ST. LOUIS POST DIS
PATCH. famed Pulitzer newspaper.
carried story in its April IS edition
outlining the beneficial effects
which passage Of H. r. 1899 would
bring about by eliminating racial
restrictions in our naturalization
and immigration laws. The ST.
LOUIS STAR TIMES editorially
expressed its satisfaction with the
passage of the Judd bill by the
House of Representatives in early
March.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-05-04
NiSei Will Note
American Day

WASHINGTON, d. c., May -
While their alien parents look on,
thousands of members of Japanese
American Citizens League In the
30 chapters and committees through
out this nation will observe II Am
An American Day" May IS
Observations Will stress the pride
that Nisci take In their citizenship.
yet also point up the fact that their
immigrant parents cannot share tins
citizenship with their children.
Mike Masaoka. national JACL
ADO legislative director, said OBJ
seivations will vary from programs
in cooperation with church, commu-
mites and veterans groups to brief
chapter events.
But wherever they are. JACb
members will give voice to the theme
that citizenship is our most price
less heritage, a heritage In which
we hope our parents soon may
share"
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-05-04
Chi City Council
Also Approves

CHICAGO, Ill, May 4 - TIL.
City Council of Chicago on Friday
April %, 1919. memorialized the
Eighty-First Congress to pass H. r
1879, reports Tats Kushida, Midwest
Regional Representative.
This unprecedented action by the
Windy City's legislative body on
behalf of japanese Americans was
the result of a resolution Jointly
introduced by Aldermen Robert E.
Merriam 18th Ward, William H.
Harvey t2nd Ward, Francis ]. Ho-
gan 18th Ward) and Benjamin M
Becker doth Ward), and passed at
the City Councils session on April
%.
The resolution follows
WHEREAS. Approximately 4.0OO
Chicago residents of Japanese ex-
traction are not entitled to exercise
the rights of citizenship in this
city or country because of discrimi-
natory action OH the part of Con-
gress in 1924; and
WHEREAS. Some $4,000 sons of
these and other Japanese Ameri-
cans courageously demonstrated
their loyalty TO this country by
serving in the armed forces during
the last war; and
WHEREAS, The Presidents COM
mittee on Civil Rights in its report
in 1948. recognized the inequality
and injustice of barring these long
time residents of this country from
the rights of citizenship; be it
therefore
RESOLVED, That the City Coun-
Gil of the City of Chicago do hereby
petition the Congress of the United
States to enact into law H. R. 1919
which will give to Americans OF
Japanese origin who came to this
country prior to 1924, the full rights
of citizenship of which they have
been denied up to this time; be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, That
copies of this resolution be sent to
Senators Lucas and Douglas, and to
the Chicago delegation in the House
of Representatives.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-05-04
SCHOOL PROPERTY
UP FOR SALE

At various times the Seattle Pub
lie Schools have houses and par
GELS of land for sale TO the public
list Of school property which is
to be sold in the near future is
row available to all who write for
It, Address School Board, $40 Dex-
ter Avenue. Seattle g.
Most of the houses available must
be moved from the property to make
way for new schools which are
pbout 20 be built. As an example
one of the houses recently purchased
was appraised at $1,000 and sold
for 1891, subject to removal from
the property.
AT present the following houses
are to be sold:
3 rooms and bath, easy to
move, appraised AT $1,000.
4-bedr0Om house. easy To move,
appraised at $6.25O.
6-roOm house with garage, easy
TO move. appraised at $3.50.
TwO-stOry duplex. not well
suited for moving but suited for
wrccking and salvage. appraised
at Sa,5OO.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-05-04
Favors H. R. 1879

CHICAGO, ILL.,, May a The
City Club of Chicago, a highly repu-
teo, non-partisan, civic body, this
week urged the United States Sen
ate to give immediate and favorable
consideration to H r. 1879. the Judd
bill for equality in naturalization
and immigration it was learned
from the JACL-ADC Midwest Re-
gioual office, whose representative
recently spoke before the Clubs
race relations committee.
The City Clubs action reaffirms
its position in 1948 when similar
action was taken In 1947, the club
also passed resolution endorsing
the JACL-ADC legislative program
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-05-04
Evacuation Claims Queries, Replies

believes he is entitled to, it is pre-
sumed that the claimant may make
representations to Congress for a
larger amount.
2. If my claim as allowed by the
Attorney General is over $500,
who will prepare the necessary
legislation for the submission of
my claim 10 Congress for its ap-
proval?
A. II is presumed that the Depart.
ment of Justice will prepare what.
ever legislation is necessary to take
care of all claims over the $250C
which the Attorney General may
authorize.
4. If / have a claim for $500
and the Department of Justice
disaIl0ws or dismisses my claim
without any award, what recourse
do I have?
A. Under the law, you have none
S. May person insist upon a
hearing before his claim is adj
Indicated?
A. Section 3 ca of the law reads
The Attorney General shall give
reasonable notice to the interested
parties and an opportunity for then
to be heard and to present evidence
before making a final determine
ton upon any claim"
6. If a perscn is in doubt about
his claim. what should he do?
A. File the claim. The Department
OF Justice will inform you if the
claim is not proper, or the amour
excessive.
7. Is the Washington Office
satisfied with the way the De-
partnient of Justice Is handling
this program up to date?
A. Yes. We are convinced tina
those who have been assigned tt
process evacuation claims by thC
Attorney General are sincere, con
scieptious men who, with the coop.
Grafton of the claimants, will pro
cess all claims with efficiency anl
sympathetic regard for the eva
cuee claimant within the dictates
Of the law and government pro-
cedures
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-05-04

This is the 25th and last in a
series of questions and answers
on evacuation claims prepared by
Edward j. Ennis, special JACL
ADO counsel, and released as Il
public service by the Washington
Office of the JACL Anti-Discri-
mination Committee.
Since September 30, 194S, when
this series began, 139 questions
dealing with Every aspect Of the
law have been answered.
When presidents for the deter
mination of claims are establish
ed, and regulations and rules for
the processing and payment of
claims are announced by the De-
partment of Justice, the Washing
ton Office will resume this service.
If any claimant is interested in
tho complete series of questions
and answers, IL is suggested that
he contact his nearest JACL chap
ter. Every chapter has special
notebook containing this series
ard other pertinent information
on the filing Of evacuation claims.
l. What If my claim for less
than $500 is recognized by the
Dcpa, tment of Justice after the
million dollars appropriated for
small claims is used up?
A. The million dollars appropria
ton is not necessarily the last one
If The awards of claims under $250t
exhaust this sum, the Department
of Justice will request additional
appropriations from Congress. There
is nothing in the appropriations ac
or the evacuation claims law thai
limits the total congressional appro-
priations to this one million dollars
z. What can do if I think
that my claim is larger than the
Department of Justice is willing
to give me?
A. Under the law, on claims o.
$500 or less, there is no appea
beyond the Attorney General 7
the Attorney General allows NOR
than $500, but the figure is still
less than the amount the claiman
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-05-04
Japan Watches
CONGRESS- Moves

WASHINGTON, d. c., May A.
Every action by Congress, no matter
how slight concerning legislation for
equality in immigration and natu-
ralization. is noted with sharp in
terest by the Japanese press.
This was the observation today
of Esther L'Ecluse, former public
relations director for the JACL
DISCRIMINATION Committee. and
now an editor with the Allied
Translator and Interpreter Service
in Japan. Her Job is editing a daily
rewrite bulletin of Japanese press
comments.
Tn the United States on tempor-
airy leave. Miss L'Ecluse during n
visit to the Washington JACL Ado
office, said:
It's amazing how closely the
Japanese press watches activity
h. Congress concerning legisla-
ton of interest to Japan. This Is
particularly true of legislation on
immigration and naturalization.
Gust the fact that such legis-
Iation was introduced was enough
to make front page reading In
Japan"
Miss L'Fcluse said she recalled an
editorial in a leading Japanese
daily which pointed out that even
the consideration of such legisla-
ton is winning friends for the
United States at a time when that
country and Russia both are fight
ing for support of the people of the
Orient.
Miss L'Ecluse said she would
visit friends on the west coast for
several days before returning TO
Japan
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-05-04
Nakamura Service
Aides Chosen

Pallbearers and color guardss for
Sgt Masaki Nakamura were an
nounced today by Albert Ichihara
of the Nisei Veterans Committee
Sgt Nakamura will be reinterred
this Saturday, May 7, in the Vet
Grams plot at Washelli after fun
eral service from pm. in the Budd-
hist temple.
The pallbearers will be Toshio
Kiyonaga, Tom Kubota, Shuzo Kato
Fumio Yagi, MichlD Shinoda, Eddie
Yamada, Harry Murotani and Ka2
YamaSaki
The color guards will be Koichi
Arita, Shig Watanabe and TakeshI
Suguro.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-05-04
RELIGIOUS, CIVIC LEADERS
BACK JUDDS LEGISLATION,
JACL MIDWEST WORKER SAYS

ST LOUIS, Mo, May 4-Out :
standing religious and civic leaders
expressed their active interest and
support for the House-passed bill,
H.R. 1853, the Judd bill for equality
in naturalization and immigration
which is now pending in the United
States Senate, reports Tats Kushida,
Midwest Regional JACL Represen-
tatiye, who recently spent several
days In this city.
DR.. Oscar G. Johnson, president
of the World Baptist Alliance, Bis
hop william Scarlet of the Missouri
Episcopal Diocese and a national
sponsor of JACL. Bishop Ivan Lee
Holt tMethodist), Rev. Francis j.
Corley. s. j., executive and editor
of the Institute of Social Order CT
Archbishop Joseph E. Ritter's
Queens Work (Catholic) and Rabbi
Ferdinand Isserman of Temple
Israel made strong appeals to Sem
ator Forrest C. Donnell CR., Mo- !,
member CT the Senate's subcom-
mittee on immigration in charge of
H. R. 1879, to give the bill immediate
and favorable consideration.
Robert j. Kratky, prominent at
torney and member of the st. Louis
JACL, John R. Stockham, another
attorney who was awarded the dis
tinction as the outstanding citizen
of st. Louis for 1948", Jerome F.
Duggan, member of the national
Americanization committee of the
American Legion, and State Senator
Michael Kinney also sent appeals
for action on behalf of H. r. 1879.
Other individuals and organiza-
lions contacted by Kushida which
resulted in similar action were Mrs.
Vanderbilt, executive secretary, and
Mrs L. Mathews Werner, president
Of the ST. Louis League of Women
Voters; DR. Sidney E. Sweet, dean
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-05-04
LOCAL JACL
WILL ELECT
'49 CABINET

Seattle chapter of the japanese
American Citizens league will elect
its officers for the coming year at
its meeting from pm. tomorrow
Thursday, May 81 in the Seattle
Buddhist temple. 1927 Main St
The nominations committee has
announced me following slate CT
candidates:
PRESIDENT Albert Lefty
Tchihara''. Mac Kaneko@". George
T. Okada', Roy Y. Sakamoto.
VICE PRESIDENT - Haruo Flu
j'no. Stanley xarikomi, John Kusa-
kabe. Torrance Toda.
TREASURER = Paul KaShino.
Howard Minato, Richard Momoda.
Ted A. Sakahara, Kay Yamaguchi
RECORDING SECRETARY -
Constance Handa. Katherine Hoshi
de-, Mary Ikeda, Alice Kawanishi
Toshiko Naeamatsu, Kiyo Saka
hara. SuHe Shimizus*, Hide Shi-
mono.
CORRESPOND NC Score :
TARY - Constance Handa, Kath-
crime Hoshide", Alice Kawanishi
Kiyo Sakahara.
declined by letter.
*'declined verbally.
Nominations also may be made
from the floor, according to the
JACL announcement.
Movies will be shown from tt
$3.50 pm. as part of the program.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-05-04
Pocket Calendar

CHICAGO, Ill, May 4-Chicago
JACL chapter members now have
the complete social calendar for
1949 printed in pocket-size. It is
the work of the social committee
headed by Mas Nakagawa who have
planned a varied program for the
entire year. Their next activity will
be Smorgasbord party at the
Mccormick YWCA on May 7. The
feminine members will provide the
food.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-05-04
ACKNOWLEDGMENT

: The Lotus Shoyukai wishes to
thank everyone who helped make
its recent dance such a success.
Special thanks go to DR.. Harada who
paid for half hour more of music
by frankie Roth and his orchestra
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-05-04
Hawaiii-ROund

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. May
4 - National JACL President Hito
Okada announced today that Mike
Masaoka, JACL Ado national legis-
lative director. will fly on May Is
to Hawaii to thank and report per-
sonally to the supporters of the
JACL,