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Evening star., 1949-07-10
District Guard Group
To Start Today for
Virginia Maneuvers
By WiIIiom J. WheotIey

The 260th Anti-Aircraft Artil.
lery Group. the largest contingent
in the District National Guard. to-
day was to begin the movement Of
it's personnel and equipment tc
Virginia Beach. where it will &C
into field training for Is days.
Col. LIE Roy s. Mann, COM
manding the organization. esti-
mated that there will be aproxi-
mately a thousand men from the
Washington area in the field this
year. This is the largest number
since the organization was acti-
vated after the war.
Approximately one-third of the
outfit, Col. Mann estimated, are
those with no prior military ex-
periepce.' The first week, there
fore, will be given over to inten-
sive instruction and training with
the antiaircraft weapons and
equipment before they do their
actual firing at towed targets of
Cape Henry during the second
week Of the training period.
The guard armory at Twentieth
and East Capitol streets was kept
open all night. Sleeping accom-
modations were provided, al
though the men were not re-
quired to be present until a short
time before their units were
scheduled to move out.
The entire movement this year
was to be made by automotive
equipment over the highways. Ir
previous years 1t was necessary. tc
send part of the organization. by
train.
In addition to the 260th Coast
Artillery Group, the State STAFF
of 40 officers and men. headed by
Maj. Robert F. Cocklin, will take
its field training at the same time
at Camp Pendleton.
The first contingent was sched-
uled to leave the armory at 4:3C
O'Clock this morning. This will
be the slow-moving, heavy gun
and tractor group.
The next group, the 260th Gkn
Evening star., 1949-07-10
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

1 BALTIMORE, July 9.-The last
letters written by Roy Arnold
Wood were made public today and
the convicted slayer of Balti-
more policeman denied to the end
that he was a murderer.
Three of the four letters. which
Wood wrote before he cheated
the gallows by taking his own life
less than two hours before he
was to be hanged, were released
by States Attorney j. Bernard
Wells.
The fourth letter. which pur-
ports to name a Maryland peni-
tentiary employe who gave Wood
the razor blade he used to slash
his throat Wednesday night, was
withheld.
The pencilled but easily legible
notes were addressed to the Rev.
Joseph Ayd. Catholic prison chap
lain; Prison Guard Peter j.
Holmes and Woods family.
In the note to Father Ayd,
Wood, a 23-year- -old bricklayer,
wrote:
II couldn't bear to live with
myself after I saw how much I
had hurt my mother. I have
killed her as surely as If had
put a gun to her head and shot
her :.
II am gratefully sorry father,
but I can bear the thought of my
mothers grief not minute long
er. I have been waiting all day
for them to take me but the clock
appears to have stopped so this
is the only way can quicken the
hour of my departure"
Wood labelled himself a Meth
odist when arrested in February,
Evening star., 1949-07-10
Survey May Determine
(which State Will Try
Slayer Of Bay Crabber
@I1
SpeeioI Dispatch 10 The Stor

CRISFIELD, Md. July "a
State boundary survey in POGO
moke. Sound next Tuesday may
be the chief factor in deciding
whether David Acree. 26. will be
tried for murder in Maryland or
Virginia. s. -
A jurisdictional dispute has
ragged between the States since
Earl Nelson. 50-year-old Crisfield
waterman, was shot to death near
the boundary line last Tuesday.
Charged with murder by both
States, Acree has been in Acco--
mack (vaD County jail since
Thursday. awaiting settlement Of
the, wrangle.
Nearly dozen Maryland water
men have testified that Mr.. Mel
sons boat had moved out OF Vir-
ginia waters into Maryland be-
fore it was boarded by Acree, q
deputy Virginia Fisheries COM
mission inspector. Acree said he
accidentally shot Mr.. Nelson in
the leg in a struggle over the Of
f1cer's rifle.
John Wagner, Maryland Tide
water Fisheries Department en-
gineer, will join George Badger.
sr., of the Virginia Fisheries Com
mission in making the one-day
survey.
Although preliminary hearing
! has been scheduled for Acree
Friday, it may never be held If
the survey sets the shooting scene
in Maryland. Virginia authori-
ties have agreed to yield Acree
to Maryland in the event that Is
proved.
Evening star., 1949-07-10
Irish Boy Asks StuIin
For Russion Stamps

Victor MDonald,. 14-year-old
Belfast boy, wonders what Stain
will do. He has written from
Northern Ireland to the Soviet
Premier asking for some Russian
stamps. "
: Famous men, who have an
swered letters from Victor in
clude Winston Churchill, Gen.
Smuts, the Aga Khan, Sir Basil
Brooke and Eamon de Valera.
Now he is writing to Emperor
Hirohito and President Truman.
Evening star., 1949-07-10
Gov. Lane 10 Set Off
Blast 10 Open Soil
Conservation Program

A dynamite blast on an Anne
Arundel County farm July 19 will
signal the opening of Southern
Maryland Soil Conservation Week
designed to publicize the latest
methods of proper land use.
The charge will be set off at
II am. by Gov. Lane on the
farm of Oscar F. Grimes at David
sonville. 1t will open a 500-foot
drainage ditch in a marshy are,
allowing it to drain into a nearby
stream.
After a brief talk, the Governor
will tour the farm and inspect
soil conservation practices. He
will be introduced by DR.. T. B.
Symons, director of the University
of Maryland Extension Service.
FivevDay Program.
Mr.. Grimes entered the soil con-
servation program two years ago
with 10 acres of his 107-acre farm
under contour cultivation. He
now has SO acres strip cropped
and contour planted.
National, State and local Off
cials will participate in the FIVE
day program. Tours, beginning
at 10 am. and ending at pm.
will be made of two representative
farms in each of the five counties
They are scheduled as follows
Anne Arundel. July 10; Prince
Georges, July 20; Calvert. July 81;
st. rMarys, July %, and Charles
July %.
Conservation practices on each
farm will be explained over a mo-
bile loudspeaker. Lunchtime pro-
grams also have been arranged
w. Mitchell Digges of La Plata, is
chairman of the committee in
charge.
Markers Are Posted.
The tours are open to any one
interested in erosion control
Brown and yellow route markers
designating the farms to be visited
have been posted in each of the
counties.
Among the speakers will be Rep
resentative Sasscer, Democrat, of
Evening star., 1949-07-10

Maryland, and State Senator L.
Harold Sothoron. who will attend
the Prince Georges County tours.
In st. Marys County, DR.. Hugh
Bennett, chief of the Agriculture
Departments Soil Conservation
Service, will talk.
An exhibit of forestry equipment
will be sponsored in each Of the
counties by the State Department
of Forests and Parks and the Ex-
tension Forestry Service.
Evening star., 1949-07-10
.Chorles Town Track
Donates Street Sweeper
speeiol Dispatch 10 II. sio,

CHARLES TOWN. w. Va, July
9.-City Council has received
So 300 from A. j. Boyle, president
of the Charles Town Jockey Club
for purchase Of new street
sweeper.
The council urged all merchants
in the downtown area to CO.
operate with the town in sweeping
debris from their places of bust
ness each evening so the sweeper
can gather it UP the next morning
Evening star., 1949-07-10
shut-In Players Plan Porty

Miss Vivian E. johnson, recrea..
tion director at South Post. Fort
Myer, has announced party and
show will be given by the Wash-
ington Shut-in Players at $3.50
o'clock tonight at the post theater.
Government girls and students
have been invited. A
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-03-31

Bulls, 1880 to 1870 cwt.; Steers,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-03-31

she has been, and still is, his sweet
heart wife.
"She developed into a business as
sociate, and together they considered
discussed, decided and disposed of
many important phases of the bust
ness. Senator Bond frequently gives
Mrs. Bond credit for many wise sug-
gestions of both action and nonaction
which proved to be very beneficial.
an his logging and lumber business
Senator Bond built and operated one
hundred miles of standard gauge
railroad on one single job. Many men
were employed, and in all the years
he never had a strike of his workmen.
One of his great assets, and probably
the greatest except brains, was his
ability to get along with and deal with
all classes of people. He worked in the
woods and mills with his men and
could do and did do, with his own
hands some of the hardest and most
difficult work. He never asked his
men to do any work too hard or too
dangerous for himself. This gained
and held the complete respect and
confidence of his workmen.
'He attributed much of his success
to the application of his three rules
of action. He says one or another of
these rules will always get results:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-03-31
Million Dollar Climax
To Brilliant Career

Under the above heading a daily
newspaper in Ashland, Kentucky, re-
ceived the following eulogy on Sen.
N. U. Bond, now residing in st.
Petersburg, Fla. Senator Bond, an
uncle of Mrs. Ralph E. Weber,
south of town, is known to many of
the older residents of this area. The
eulogy reads:
"The million dollar Sears, Roebuck
building under construction on Ninth
street, North, by Senator N. U. Bond
and his family of st. Petersburg,
Florida, is a suitable and fitting eli
max to the successful and brilliant
career of Senator Bond.
''Some half century ago, while in,
his early young manhood, Senator
Bond began business in a small and
modest way which developed into pro-
portions far beyond his fondest hopes.
"Springing from pioneer parents in
their native state of Pennsylvania, he
inherited the spirit of adventure and
daring. The forests and wilderness,
the rough, rugged mountains and the
great expanse of wide-open spaces
were interesting and fascinating to
him. They seemed to offer chal-
lenge to the force and skill of men to
utilize them to the use and needs of
mankind.
His own personal experience, his
logical mind and keen foresight af-
forded a clear conception of the pos
sibilities for success in the timber
business as we'll as the probabilities
of failure.
''He made his beginning in his
native state of Pennsylvania. Soon he
followed the forests into other states
in search for more and better timber.
BY chance he came to Kentucky, and
there he found, not only suitable for
ests, timber and coal deposits, but he
found much more, viz: The treasure
of his heart and the apple of his eye.
Here it was that he wooed, won
and wed the lovely then Miss Martha
Johnson Medlock, the present charm
ing and gracious Mrs. n. U. Bond.
She was not only a companion and
'help-meet,' but for all these years
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-03-31
Terra Alta Church
Group Orders Robes

A Chicago company has completed
the measurements of robes for the
adult choir of the First Methodist
church, at Terra Alta, w. Va, and
the new gowns, rich crimson in
color, are expected to arrive in time
for the Easter morning service.
The twenty member choir is spon-
soring a Ham and Yam dinner next
Wednesday evening, April 9th, at
$50 in the social rooms of the church,
to defray the expense of the new vest
ments.
Men TO Fry Oysters
The Mems Brotherhood of the
church will hold free oyster fry, on
Friday evening, April /, at 6:15 in
the church dining room. Present mem
bers and others who have neglected
their membership are urged to at
tend. President Charles Groves will
preside over the skillet and also the
social program to follow.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-03-31

Rule No. THE Golden Rule.
Rule No. 2-The Golden Rule.
Rule No. 3-The Golden Rule.
('Do unto others as you would have
others do unto your
"Senator and Mrs. Bond have three
fine and worthy sons, all of whom
served in the late war with honor and
distinction. All of them are now ag-
gressive young business men, and
with their elegant wives and children
live in st. Petersburg.
"The small business started half
century ago has developed and ex-
panded until it is now an empire
land, coal, buildings and other proper
ty. However, not without half a
century Of diligent work and sacri-
fice,-not without the nerve-wracking
uncertainties and risks of such under
takings,-not without many struggles
and threats of failure. And, not with
out the guiding hand of foresight.
Nov, it is fitting and proper that
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-03-31
Farm Clean Up Week
Scheduled April 3 g

Maryland farmers and farm organ
izations are being urged to aid in the
annual observance of national Farm
Cleanup Week, set this year for the
week of April to 8.
Purpose of the project is to reduce
livestock and poultry losses caused by
disease, parasites and injury.
By taking a little time for cleanup
of lots and buildings now farmers can
add materially to their 1949 livestock
and poultry profits, the American
Foundation of animal health, ad-
vised.
Heading the list of cleanup meas
ures were:
"Clean and disinfect livestock
quarters, particularly those where
young animals or birds are to be born
or housed.
"Clean out refuse in barnyards and
feed lots. Old piles of manure and
rubbish may be heavily infested with
livestock parasites.
Drain or fence off low, muddy
spots in yards and pastures to pro-
tect stock against the germs and
parasites that thrive in stagnant
water.
Remove or destroy old straw
stacks that harbor parasites and
germs. Scatter the straw or pillow it
under.
"Pick up and remove nails, glass
and other sharp objects which might
cause skin wounds and infections, or
might be swallowed by livestock.
Move young animals to fresh,
clean ground as early as weather per-
mits, and around weaving time have
pigs vaccinated against hog cholera.
Check also on the advisability of vac
cination against other diseases which
may be problems in the area"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-03-31
ACCIDENT
All Meeting

The All girls of Accident High
School held their regular meeting at
the school on March q, at which time
they elected the following officers:
Margaret Aiken, PRESIDENT; Mildred
Harmon, vice-president; Iva Jane
Alexander, secretary; and Norma o.
Brien, treasurer. The local leader,
Arlene Georg discussed the All camp
which will be at the Cunningham
Recreational Area from July 10 to 10.
The April meeting will feature a
demonstration given by Margaret
Aiken and Edna Beall.
Personals
Visitors at the H. M. Speicher home
On Sunday included Prof. and Mrs. F.
f. Rathbun, A. D. Naylor, Joseph P.
Glotfelty, all of Oakland; Harry Talt-
man, Uniontown, Pa; Mr.. and Mrs.
Sherman Frazee and daughters. Bar
bara Ellen and Dolores, Rev. and Mrs.
Q. P. Fike and twins, John Paul and
Evangeline, all of Accident.
Mrs. Bruce Miller spent last We'd
nesday visiting relatives and shop
ping in Uniontown, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Baird and in
FAINT son were weekend guests of
Mrs. Baird's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Alexander
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Georg and grand
son, Dale Fike, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Kahl on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Fike and fam
lily, of Markleysburg, visited Mrs.
Fixes parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
George on Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex George and son
Walter George were business visitors
in Oakland on Tuesday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-03-31
Meadow Mountain
(Delayed)

Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Beckman, Mrs.
Paul Skipper and daughter Paula
Marie, and Mrs. Emma Colmer were
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Rhodes,
of Deer Park, on Sunday. Mr.. Rhodes
is somewhat improved after being i'll
all winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Skipper re-
turned home Sunday after spending
part of last week with the formers
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Skipper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Bennett and
children are visiting Mrs. Benefits
mother.
Mrs. Mollie Mason was given three
pots of flowers by friends of hers.
Mrs. Emma Colmer, Mrs. Ray Beck
man, Mrs. Don Skipper, and Mrs. Paul
Skipper and daughter were calling on
Mrs. Mason Monday evening.
Mrs. Maude King has returned af-
ter spending five weeks in Florida
Donald King was visiting his moth
er, Mrs. Maude King, over the week
end
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-03-31
f. S. EVANS STOCK YARD
Terra Alta, West Virginia
Market RenOrt March d. 1919

Calves, good to choice, 25.7O to
3190; Common to medium, 14.00 to
23.S5.
Hogs, choice weights, 2O4O to 21.;
Light weights, 1890 to 20.35; Heavy
weights, 1880 to 1900; Sows, 1880
to 1920; Bears, $50; Shoats, 1900 to
1880 per head.
Steers, good, 21.OO to 24.35; Medi-
UNI, 100 to 2O.5O; Heifers, good, 81.
to 22.40; Common to medium, 1880
to 1870; Bulls, 14.75 to 21.20; Cows,
good, 14.60 to 1870; Common to medi-
UNI, 700 to 1880.
Ewes, 1880 to 1900 per head;
Lambs, 1900; Goats, 200 to 4.50 per
head.
Horses, 2.3O to 400 per cwt.; 1900
to 1890 per head.
Chickens, heavy hens. 81. to $3.50;
Broilers, $3.50 to 5000; Leghorn hens,
$500 to 29.00.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-03-31

good to choice, $500 to 24.OO cwt.;
Common to good, 1915 to $3.50 cwt.;
Heifers, 1910 to 2200 cwt.; Heifer-
cites, 1880 to 1900 cwt.; Cows, 1890
to 1910 cwt.; 10000 to $4,000 head.
Veals: Choice, 5000 to 3075 cwt.;
Medium, 26.0O to 1915 cwt.; Common,
2200 to 25.75 cwt.; Gull Veals, 1890
to 21.75 cwt.
Hogs, choice, 1870 to 2O.95 cwt.;
Medium, 1900 to 20.75 cwt.; Common,
1850 to 21.05 cwt.; Sows, 1920 to
1850; Pigs and Shoats, 1900 to 1850
head.
Chickens: Heavy broilers, 3512c. to
371ac. h.; Heavy hens, 38c. to 42c.
b.; Leghorns 2SI2c. to 34l2c. ID.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-03-31
Farmers Stock Yards Stock Report
Accident, Maryland

Bulls, 1880 to 1870 cwt.; Steers,
such an empire and such career
should have a distinct and dignified
finish. This modern Sears, Roebuck
building of strength and beauty
makes the capstone and finish of an
exceptional, outstanding and brilliant
career of business, politics and society
"a million dollar climax to the brill
liant career of Senator N. U. Bond,
st. Petersburg, Florida"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-03-31

1t was estimated more than half a
million cattle and sheep died in biz
yards of 1949 but experts said there
would be no meat shortage.
Evening star., 1949-06-12

The results Of some very inter
eSting matches between the newer
chess organizations Of the District
during the last month were crowd
ed out Of recent columns. A match
and q return match were con-
tested between the Paragon Club
which meets at the Twelfth Stree,
YMCA. and the Bald Eagle
Club. which meets ut the Bald
Eagle Recreation Center In the
remote Southwest. In the firs,
encounter. on May 8 at Paragon
headquarters. Bald Eagle won BY
l7-4la. In the return event. or
May 10 at Friendship House
Paragon revenged themselves by
4-2. In both matches. Car
Gardner. captain and top board
man Of Paragon. won from Ben
Schwartz Of Bald Eagle. Each OF
these groups has also fought Il
out with the Naval Gun Factory
On May l3 Paragon took q bao
beating from the ordnance men
2l2-6i2. This time Carl Gardner
ran into another Schwartz. Sam
who has been laying about him
in the District tourney. and divid-
ed the point. But on May q
Bald Eagle exchanged salvos with
NGF. and won snappily BY
8l5-3il
Evening star., 1949-06-12
Tha enrestt~

The sensation Of the perulti-
mate round in the District cham
pionship tourney vas the frst de-
feat experienced by the defending
champion. Oscar Shapiro, at the
hands of L. Russell Chauvenet.
Playing against 0 Sicilian defense
Shapiro blocked the center and
continued In q manner unusually
passive for him. With his 10th
move he permitted Chauvenet TO
establish q preponderance on the
queens side. and his efforts TO
secure counterplay on the king s
side were neatly blocked OF or
turned back by Black. The game.
impeccably conducted by Chauve-
net, Is our ninth entry for the
best game prize and appears be-
low.
Meanwhile Hans Berliner had
taken o clear lead by winning q
kings Indian defense from Sam
Schwartz. who conducted the
white pieces in Q passive and
timorous manner. 1t. Comdr
Walter c. Michaels adopted an
Alekhine's defense against Ed
mund Nash and secured O win
ming advantage, only to lose 1t
and the game In q wild time limit
scramble. Henri p. ReysS had no
great difficulty in breaking
through the overextended queen s
side which Theodore Bullockus
regularly produces from his ia
varite opening. l P-QN4. Gerald
Gross, jr., has been called up for
Naval Reserve duty and has had
to forfeit his last two games. TO
Berliner and George s. Thomas.
The leading scores before the last
round. which will be played OF
this week end: Berliner. 8la-1h:
M. c. Stark. 81: Chauvenet and
Shapiro, 7h-21z; Nash, rs;
Evening star., 1949-06-12
New Biographical Works MemorioIize
Two Hundredth Anniversary OF Goethe

GOETHE The Story OF q Man
BY Ludwig Lewisohn, fFarrar sfrass ro-k,
2 pos si0J
ooETHEs AUTOBIOGRAPHY Poetry and Truth Prom Ny own
Life
BY Johann Wolfgang Goethe Translated n q Na,r
public Arairs Press, Washington. IS
Reviewed by EDWIN TRInRlE
The publication Of these
OF the 2ooh
The Library OF Congress viii manu-.
scripts autographs and art objects relating
Goethe Convocaton and Music
month will be the OF homage
Evening star., 1949-06-12

this Is obviously what II Ia intsnd@
ed 10 do What Is mlsSins Is any
objective evAluatiou Of uoethss
life task 10 Hefcuiean that tew
would have the Audaeity 10 de-
mand IL. And yet. without IT, the
reader OF these thousand pases
ielS as though usry are only =
gigantic preface 10 q book las
volumes Ions.
ooetheE prodieious output Of
personal writings letters, diaries
and random notes have, per haps.
eclipsed his AutoblosI Apply. There
are other reasons 10 account for
It's lack Of popularity He wrotE
All that has become known Of
me are only fragments Of . great
confession. and this little book 10
an attempt ! have ventured on 10
make II complete Yet. II Is this
feeling OF full confession that is
missing from the autobiography
II covers only the frat 20 years Of
Goethe's life. . period sben this
man Of the world who had 80
much TO confess later. had reia-
lively little 10 confesk !. -.
rather. filled with thoughts on the
sad state OF German literature
during his youth and analytical
accounts Of great many dss-
tinctlg minor writer's And.
strangely. he revealed nothing Of
the spirit and intellectual sivarity
oi his mother which are brought
out in her earthly letters To her
son as quoted In Mr irwlAnhn .
book.
This new translation Of Tia
autobiography. which the Public
Affairs Press 10 bringing out on
june 70. 10 the first In 100 yeafa.
II Ia the work Of n o Moon. .
British scholar and has already
been published tn England II does
not differ greatly from the John
Oxrntord translation. Ions stand
ard In this country. but also Drs
out Of print