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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1952-09-04

The marriage of Miss Rheta
Joyce Resi-, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs Joseph Resi-, Grantsville, and
Ernest Edward Ross, j., son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest f. Ross, of
Meyersdale, took place Sunday
afternoon, August "a, in Zion
Lutheran church, Meycrsdale, Rev
Victor f. Carlson officiating.
The altar was decorated with
white gladioli, ferns, palms and
lighted white tapers in standard
candelabra. Miss Anna Ruth
Knepper played nuptial music at
the organ preceding the ceremony
and the traditional wedding
marches. George Bittner, of Finzel,
sang two numbers and during the
ceremony sang THE Lords
Prayer"
The bride, escorted by her father,
wore a white SINNERS satin gown
fashioned with fitted bodice, having
net yoke with sequins on the
shoulder and long pointed sleeves
with buttons and full skirt ter
minating in a court train.
Her headdress was a halo Of
beaded satin holding her double
TERED veil of French illusion. She
carried a bouquet of white roses
with satin streamers.
Mrs. Richard Ross, Meyersdale,
matron of honor, wore a yellow net
over taffeta gown, with fitted bod
ice and floor length skirt. Matching
mitts and headdress completed her
costume. She carried bouquet Of
colored NUNS.
Miss Shirley Ramp and Miss
Kathryn Resi-, Grantsville, were
bridesmaids. They wore taffeta
gowns fashioned with fitted bodice,
net yoke and floor length skirt,
Miss Ramp in blue and Miss Resh
in rose. They wore mitts matching
their gowns and headdresses of
colored baby NUNS. Their bouquets
were of colored NUNS.
Rebecca Jane Swauger, Friends
vile, and Mary Lee Ross, Meyers
dale, were flower girls. Their floor
length dresses were of taffeta, one
yellow and one blue. They wore
colored baby NUNS in their hair
and carried baskets of flowers.
David w. Livengood, Friendsville,
was ring bearer Richard Ross, of
Meyersdale, brother of the bride
groom, served as best man. Ushers
were John Ross, Meyersdale; and
Richard Bender, Grantsville.
Mrs. Resi-, mother of the bride,
wore dress of wine color, with
which she wore gold accessories
and corsage of white rosebuds.
The groom's mother wore blue with
beige accessories and white rose
bud corsage. His grandmother, Mrs.
Il. w. Ross, was dressed in a navy
blue dress with navy accessories
and rosebud corsage.
Following the wedding, rccep-
ton for over 100 relatives and
friends was held at the home of
the bride, near Grantsville Gladioli
were used in the decorations. Miss
Nelora Swauger presided at the
punch bowl and Miss Viola Broad
water served the cake.
The bride is graduate of
Grantsville High school, 1852, and
is employed as secretary at the
iron Fireman Corporation, Cleve-
land. Mr.. Ross is a graduate of
Meyersdale High school, 1919, and
has been employed, at a pottery
plant in Cleveland. He reported
August % for service in the U. S.
umy.
For her honeymoon trip to Nj
tgara Falls Mrs. Ross wore a grey
md brown jersey dress with navy
accessories and a corsage of white
rosebudS
A rehearsal party was held at
The home of Mr.. and Mrs Richard
Ross Saturday evening with Mrs.
Ernest Ross, ST., and Mrs. Edward
knepper assisting.
----O---
Senator Mccarthy charged that
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1952-09-04

Senator Mccarthy charged that
President Truman is neglecting af-
airs of the nation to campaign
against him in Wisconsin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1952-09-04

A joint U. S. British proposal to
settle Iran oil dispute was rejected
by that country.
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THURSDAY, SEPT. 4, 1852
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Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1952-07-01

citation of Thailand in Bangkok, and
the inmates of four Japanese priS-
ons. In Hiroshima she presented
the city with materials for COM
munity house, purchased with her
$2,018 war indemnity compensation.
Alice Franklin, with her parents,
came to Seattle from Colorado in
1918. After graduation from the
University of Washington, she was
married to William Cheney Bryant,
who had been governor successive
ly of Nueva Vizcaya, Agusan, and
Cotobato, in the Philippines. After
their marriage in 1929 the couple
lived in Negros Oriental, where Mr..
Bryant was managing a coconut
plantation. Now he is retired and
does volunteer overseas relief work
for American Friends Service
Committee. Mr.. and Mrs. Bryant
have a 20-year-old daughter, Imo-
gene, whose husband, Harvey Dean
Williams, has Just returned from
serving with the Marines in Korea.
The Bryants have many friends
here among the Filipino Commu-
nifty.
Mrs. Bryant has written two
books, The Sun Was Darkened, an
account of her wartime imprison-
ment; and Religion for the Hard
headed, published last month in
Japan. She is a member of the Far
Eastern Society and the American
Academy of Political and Social
Scieces. She is an active member
of the First Baptist Church, where
she has been secretary of the Chris
tan Citizenship Committee for six
years. During 1949-50 she was in
ternational relations chairman of
the Seattle Council of Church
Women.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1952-07-01
Seattle Author
Runs For Seat
In US. Congress

Alice Franklin Bryant, 2813 N.
Broadway, Seattle, who was long
a resident in the Philippines and
who was imprisoned by the Jap
anese in Santo Tomas for two and
one-half years during World War
II, announced on June IA her can
didacy for congressman-at-large on
the Democratic ticket.
my experience as a prisoner of
war wildly impressed me with the
Importance of nations foreign
policy to every citizen" says Mrs.
Bryant. eff we do not soon revise
our foreign policy, we will find our
selves facing bankruptcy, more KO-
reaS, and even World War III"
Mrs. Bryant returned last De-
cember from her second trip around
the world to observe social and
economic conditions. She discussed
the political situation with every
one from coolies to princes and
prime ministers; and she lectured
SO times for groups as diverse as
the Normal School of Social Sci
ence in Vienna, the Buddhist Asso-
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1952-07-01
NEW ARTICLES AT
PHILIPPINE GIFT SHOP

A fresh shipment Of suitable gifts
from the Philippines has Just ar
rived and are available at the Phil
ippine Gift Shop at 4239 University
Way, according to Alipio Domingo,
proprietor.
Now on display are "senorita"
shopping bags, buntal hats, floor
mats for playrooms, "barong Tag
alog," bamboo handbags, ladies'
slippers, burr pouch, mother-of-
pearls, pima" handkerchief, eve
ming bags, nylon ladies blouses,
ladies' formals, and many other
products of Philippine origin.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1952-07-01
BREVITIES

Seattle Mayor Allan POmerOy
was hOnored guest at dinner at
the Olympic Hotel, given by Consul
MeIquiadeS IbaneZ on June 18.
Among those present were Rudy
Santos, Mr.. and Mrs. COnradO de
Castro, the Misses Carmen Buy
son, and Dorothy LaigO, Frank Or
tega, Pete Filarca, and several
others.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1952-07-01
TRIVIA
v. a. v.

A gentleman" is not necessarily
one who wears superficial insignia
on his coat lapel, nor is he distin-
guished by ability to talk loudly
and braggingly. A GENTLEMAN
must be fair, honest, sincere. He
must be a man of courage. He
should not cOwardly strike you
when you are not looking.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1952-07-01

NICANOR BACOLOY, indefati-
gable Filipino social worker of
Seattle, is again cover the top"
in the recent Red Cross drive.
His work has been highly COM
mended by Mrs. Mabel Weld
ener, director of the Embarrassing
campaign of the American Red
Cross. Mr.. BacolOy also works
every year for the Seattle Com
munity Chest Fund drive.
Evening star., 1952-09-10
ARE YOU THE
IG|RL'. L'.YOUR., ,,.,-
HUSBAND MARRIED?

Study yourself in the mirror. Are you
still the charming girl your husband
married? Why is it that some women
seem drained and drawn, tired and care
worn at an early age while Others keep
their youthful bloom year after year?
Doctors tell us that many such TRACE
dies can be avoided. Many, many men
and up to z out of 3 women, par
ticularly those from IS to 50, suffer
needlessly from simple iron deficiency.
And it's these women who sorely need
an abundance of iron to rebuild rich,
red blood that renews strength and en-
ergy... puts the roses back in your cheeks.
Thousands who once were pale and
pallid, tired and rundown, have re-
stored health and vigor with IRoNlzED
YEAST tablets-a concentrated iron tonic
formulated specifically to help you re-
vive weakened, washed-out blood cells.
Weakness and pallor can have other
causes, 50 see your doctor regularly. But
if iron deficiency has you feeling worn
and wasted ... drains color from your
cheeks. =. starr taking IRoNIzED YEAST
right away. For IRoNIzEDYEAST has the
vital iron you may need to regain youl
youthful sparkle, vitality and enthusiasm.
Get IRoNIZED YEAST at your drug
counter to31y. See how its daily use can
help you be your old time self again ,.
for Just . few pennies q day.
Evening star., 1952-09-10
BY The Associated Press

A mental patient won a 500 top
prize for a play. 1.-THE Color of
Air" in the 1951-52 Nation wide
writing contest for patients in
Veterans Administrator hospitals
Patient No. /. Los Angeles
Calif.." took the first prize foI
play writing. The VA does not
identify its mental patients by
name. q.
The only other $100 prize
awarded went to Edgar Ritter, a
patient in the VA hospital at JEFF
ferson Barracks, Mo. 1t was
given by the Readers Digest fol-
his entry, Life in These United
States"
More than 200 veteran-patients
were awarded $4,000 worth OF
prizes, about half of them in cash
The sixth annual contest Spon-
sored by the Hospitalized Veterans
Writing Project, a volunteer Or
Evening star., 1952-09-10
MaIan Opponent Favors
Consulting Non Europeans
BY the Associated Press

DURHAM, South Africa, Sept
10.-The leader of the major op-
position party in South Africa
last night promised that if elected
next spring he would consult non
Europeans on the flaming racial
problem and lift it above party
politics.
J. G. N, Strauss. leader Of the
United Party. speaking at Queens
town, outlined q four-point pro-
gram for dealing with non-whites
It provided for social separation,
denial of intermarriage. separate
residential areas, and q guarantee
that on-European labor would be
used for the development OF the
community as a whole.
He berated the Nationalist gov
eminent Of Prime Minister Daniel
Malan for not dealing effectively
with the non-whites' campaign OF
defiance against racial laws. The
campaign is crowding South Afri-
can jails with voluntary law
breakers.
Evening star., 1952-09-10
New Ecuadorian Envoy
lis Ex-Wesf Point Man
By the Associoted Press

QUITO. Ecuador. Sept. TO-
Capt. Eloy Colon Alfaro. a Prince
ton and West Point man, was ap-
pointed Ecuadorean Ambassador
to Washington yesterday by the
newly installed government of
President Velasco Ibarra.
Born in Panama in 1891, he is
la son of former President Eloy
Alfaro of Ecuador, leader of the
1895 revolution.
The Ambassador is a captain
of the Ecuadorean Army. Besides
studying at Princeton and the
United States Military Academy
he attended the German cavalry
school.
AS q diplomat he has served in
Europe, Latin America and once
before in Washington.
Evening star., 1952-09-10
Steel Chief FairIess
Urges Better Way IL
End Labor Disputes
By the Associofed Press

CHICAGO, Sept. 1O.-Steel Elk.
ecutive Benjamin F. Fairless sale
today that unless "a better way
is found to settle labor dispute:
"drastic action in Washington
will result.
He said that, as far as the stee
industry is concerned, he anC
Philip Murray. president of the
CIO Steelworkers, are going tt
sincerely try" to ''help each othel
find a solution" to labor prob.
lens.
Mr.. Fairless. chairman of the
board and president of United
States Steel Corp. spoke as guest
Iof honor at q Centennial of En-.
Igineering banquet here.
Sees End to Patience.
1.-THE time has come when II
|behooves all of us to search for
"a better way to settle our labor
disputes" Mr.. Fairless said. The
American people are patient, but
they will not sit by forever and
permit strikes to endanger our
national Defense to impede our
industrial progress and to wipe
out the savings Of thousands of
workers, many of whom-in some
cases-are not directly involved in
the controversy.
ultimately the force of public
opinion is going to compel drastic
action in Washington-action
which can only result in the fur
ther suppression of our precious
liberties"
Opposes Ban on Strikes.
The United States Steel chief
said that only slavery" lies in
following suggestions that the
right to strike be abolished COM
pletely in periods of national
emergency"
And "the eventual nationaliza-
ton Of industry and the murder
of free industry" would follow
Government arbitration of labor
disputes.
He said he and President Muir
ray of the SteelworkerS are going
to make a plant-by-plant visit
this fall of United States Steel. He
explained:
1--WE plant to sit down at the
dinner table with the local repre-
sentatives of the union, and of the
plant management, and talk
things over.
TN the end, we may even dis
cover that we're not antagonists
after all; but just partners and
friends"
Evening star., 1952-09-10
Maryland Servicemen Ask
100 Absentee Ballots Daily
By The Associated Press

bx me ASSoclofed PTeSS
ANNAPOLIS. Sept. 10.-The
secretary of states Office said to-
day it is receiving about 100 re-
quests day from Maryland serv-
licemen asking for absentee bal
lots for the November elections.
So far approximately 5000 ap-
Iplications have been received
which is more than double the
number sent out for May pri-
maries.
The law states that applications
shall be honored until five days
before election. That gives serv.
icemen 49 more days to add to the
mounting total.
Evening star., 1952-09-10
|S10O Top Prize for Play Won by Mental Patient

Iganization with headquarters In
Chicago, in cooperation with the
WAS special services, drew more
than 1000 entries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-14
Tops for the Season
By ELEM SAKES
Foshion Editor

7 HEY say hot changes womon's mood Immediately MIL
liners mindful to each responds to hot which
she considers best suits her type have to it this season
ot there enough variety Silhouette color and oeo to keep
the Iodies hoppy ..
Whether eoche tubon beret bonnet or profile
hot millinery emphocoy Compliments the slender fluid
fashions. .,,
o rounded fit comfortably the head Width
sides helps give boonce mony hbY designs meant to be
with very slim dresses. . .
small millinery this oso distinguished by its
lack Of eecentrcy The SILLY hot" is the way out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-25
Business Briefs

UFlue PetF0leuiil Bl0ekA, d0mesu
BIO ana f0FelHn, on February ID t0u
tailed Ab4 ,DbB, 900 barrels, I'D 10000
barrels Tor Tho Weekt=aBureau Oh
Mines,
Q, l, r. Financial Corn. In year
ended December a. earned Ga9,u
$1,000 or gfrgi q share va $780,
|TBT 900 or $500 In 1885,
M0nsaRtO Chemical Go, In year
ended December 81 earned SHB,s
4TT,eB4 or e4rT9 q share, I'm 1850
earnings eQuAlled ebr87 A share,
indiana Pub, eep, Go, In year
ended December 81 earned RB,8aa,a
hTe or ea,ll a share Va, RR,40T,-
ae4 or tarA4 In 1880,
II lin0ls Power In year ended De-
eemheF 81 earned Aa,9a4,aAa or
WY Z share va R7,ssb,0le or Rarab
General Tire q Rubber Go, In
year ended December 81 earned
A1,7aQ,t67 or sl2,Aa a share Va,
Sa,hh7,6l6 or Rls,aa In 1850,
Certain Teed Prod, Corn, In
year ended December 81 earned
% ,060,lbS, or es,ll Q share VS.,
ss,sSo,0Os or ss,ei In 1850,
Continental Meters. Corn, In
year ended October 81 earned
s4 .46e,06S or Sl,S6 q share W.,
&S.6ll.24S or Si.09 in 1850,
standard Rwy. Equip, Mfg. In
year ended December 81 earned
$S,203,S07 or $2,Sl a share VS.,
"a. 609,420 or Sl.88 In 1850.
HarnischfegeF Corr. In year
ended December 81 earned $780,
$40 or 5000 o share vs.. $6.6S In
1850.
Quaker State Oil Refining in
year ended December 81 earned
$2,l63,l72 or $3.50 q share VS.,
81. 0S4 500 or $3.50 In 1860.
Motor Wheel Corp. In year ended
December 81 earned $2.959,785 or
$3.50 q share VS.. $4,62l,616 or
$5.46 In 1850.
Atlantic City Flee. Co. In ~
months ended January 81 earned
$2,6l0.49S or $l.66 a share VS.. So
280.S26 or 91.66 in 1851 period.
Briggs d Stratton Corn. in
year ended December 81 earned
$2.937,2S8 or $4.94 O share VS..
81, GIT ,442 or $3.50 In 1850,
American Bakeries Co. In year
ended December earned 9i,e7O,ii0|
or e3.34 Q share va. S2,e60, 900 or
$40 In 1850.
Qlidden %. In 3 months ended
january 81 earned Si,S86,300 or
go cents Q share w. e2,655, S4S or
91.2D In 1851 period.
Easy Washing Machine Il, year
ended December 81 earned O..
37e,b4S or ss.Bb q share Va. 3D..
900, ib2 or 1881 In 1850.
Com. Shearins d BtpE. Go, IN
year ended October 81 earned
el ,i6g,Sb0 or e4.5T a share ",
1901 900 or 9S.b8 In 1850,
American B0x Beard Go, IN \
year ended November 30 earned
y .bgg. TsB Or $40 q share VI, g.
iS7 .e67 or ea,Fs In 1850,
Fl0FldA Power 6eFp, In year
ended December o. earned a.
ggb,g1s or tlrae 0 share Va, 3d..
B4b. TsB OF ei,bi In 1850,
gFewh Rubber Co.. Inc, IN year
enaed December o. earned AA69,s
sle g O. u a9 n AZ share w. ll4fS'Sl4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-25
Price Increase Fears
Fail 10 Boost Advance
Buying, Steel Says

CLEVELAND. Feb, 2S,-steel
Magazine said yesterday that
even the possibility Of an early
general increase In steel prices
Is not stimulating advance buy
ing Of the metal.
The metal working journal
noted o smaller demand for steel
and said there was a relatively
plentiful supply" Of 1t.
Easing up the demand, how.
ever. viii not have any immediate
effect on steelmaking operations
Steel continued, pointing out most
mills have enough orders to keer
them busy for the first half Of
this year.
The CIO-Steelworkers Union 4
pressing for wage raises which
could Jump the price Of finished
steel. Although that prospect ha.
not increased advance orders. Il
"is believed to be retarding order
cancellations and deferments," thu
magazine added.
The Governments curtailinR Of
automobile production has made
1t more difficult for steel makers
around Detroit to sell their prod.
icts. but Steel said there Is strons
suspicion that decontrol might MOI
appreciably stimulate demand
from makers Of civilian goods
Some authorities doubt too mans
more automobiles could be sold q,
today's prices and credit terms. , -,
Production last week continued
at 100 per cent Of the rated
capacity Of the Nations mills af,e
Hteel's weighted index Of finished
steel prices held unchanged 81
i7i.02,
AjbedBoac
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-25
Stocks Turn Mixed,
With Changes Small;
Activity. Slows Down
bv he Assaslaled PVpss

NEW YORK, rep. 2B.-PFiceR
turned 70 q mixture Of gains and
losses on the stock market today
after advancing BY small fractions
early In the session.
Trading was quiet. Activity
slowed down quickly after Q fairly
brisk opening. Most price changes
were In small fractions,
The mixed tendencies ran
ran through every group in the
list. including copper stocks, steels
and railroad shares. which had
shown o fairly solid advancing
front during the opening hour,
One Of the wider movers was
Northern Pacific. which was down
around o point at times In con-
trast to It's strong advances last
Saturday.
Traders said there was an air
Of caution generally In the market
based on truce developments In
Korea. continued softness In con.
sumner goods business and un.
certain labor conditions In the
steel and textile industries.
Market observers also pointed
out that the need Of cash to meet
March tax payments was q sitting
influence.
American Telephone. which
showed better earnings last year
than In 1850, moved ahead O
fraction. The Bell system showed
slightly smaller per share earn.
ings on net income applicable TO
the parent company stock.
Other advances included re.
public Steel. ChrySler, Goodrich,
Douglas Aircraft, Radio Corp.
kennecott Copper, Du Pont,
American Can, American Wonlei,,
santa re, Texas 90. and Aiieris
can Altiines.
Among The declines were
YOUNGSTOWN, General Motors,
Goodyear, gears.tteebuok, Ana
eohdA, American BmeltihR, Amer.
lean CyAnAmld, Dow Chemical,
General Electric, international
Paper, standard Oh IN, - ana
JohhssNiahville,
The bond market waA auiet
Win railroad loans tendlna Ios
WARD The d0Whsldel Government
ISSUES were about steady,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-25

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-25
A. !. 81. Volume Hits
New High, but Taxes
And Costs Reduce Net
BY Nelson NJ. Shepord

American Telephone a. Tele.
graph Co, again established q new
high volume Of business In 1851,
although operating costs and taxes
reduced share earnings, President
Cleo +. Craig reported today.
Consolidated net income for the
nationwide Bell System for 1851
was equal to $ll.76 a share on 81
028. 485 shares Of A. T. q T. stock,
compared with SASS a share on
3.442.878 fewer shares in 1850,
the annual report disclosed.
AS in each year Of the postwar
expansion program, net income of
$375.612,955 In 1851 was q new
high. It compared with $685.
B66,924 in the previous year. OF
the 1851 earnings, $364,814,176
was applicable to A. T. g. T. stock,
against $346.962,0 in 1850.
Earnings on capital were SO
per cent compared with 81 in
1850.
Accounting Methods Changed.
Due to q change in accounting
methods, listed assets Of the Bell
system were reduced to 99,732,.
51S,7S7 compared with S11,676,-
9e6.807 at the end Of 1850 under
the former method. Under the
old system the latest total would
have been Si2,774.2l5.o6o.
The revision left the Bell sys-
TEN as the worlds largest corpo-
ration but put the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Co.. d mutual Arm,
IN FIRST place as the largest bust.
ness with It's total Of $4,000, 008..
lH4 In assets.
Approximately 2,o70,0o0 tele.
phones were added by the Bell
system last year 10 bring 10 total
10 nearly $40 million, o little
over f0ursilfthH OF the Nations
total. Operating taxes edualed
1870 n share Including excise
taxes Oh telephone service by eus.
toners, The total Tan bill WAS equal
~ about ta,T0 per telephone per
m6hth=Ah Increase OF more than
On cents u month IN the last two
years, Total operating revenues
In 1901 Were eB,6BB, 4Bp 300 against
tB,gBi ,bsBr0Ba IN 1880
kF0nheim Named Director,
Milton T. kreRhelm, prominent
washington businessman was
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cARAcA9-Abouk 90 peF cent
OF the VeResuelan Governments
treasury receipts are derived from
levies on the petroleum industry.
Import duties make UP about 10
per cent OF total income. Thus
Venesuela 10 dependent 70 the OK.
tent Of nearly 90 per cent on Tor.
eign trade.