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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-18
50 Marriage Permits
Granted Past Week
Almost Third Of Total In
VOWED Couples Below
Legal Age Limits
OF 81 and Is

Almost onc-third of the total of
marriage LICENSEES issued during the
past week ending Monday at noon
from the office of Richard L.
Davis, clerk Of the Circuit court,
involved persons under the legal
age limit In eight cases both
parties needed the consent of their
parents. while in four other eases
one of the contracting parties was
below the legal age limit of ~
years for the male and is years
for the female.
In two instances both parties
were divorced and IN three in
stances one Of the parties was
divorced. In four cases one Of the
parties wa- widowed. Twcnty-seven
couples who applied were both
single
All in all thhty-cight marriage
licenses were granted during the
week granted during tho week
bringing the total for June thus
far to so. Two licenses issued were
marked "don't publish"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-18

force Congress to act if you will,
pass an amendment repeating the
Sixteenth Amendment or putting
Il limit ON the amount of tax which
can be levied under this Amend
ment. The necessary thirty-siX
states would promptly ratify
either a repeal or an amendment
limiting the amount Of the tax to,
say, 25e5.
The best way, then, to bring
about the change in conditions
which we need, in fact must have,
if we are to preserve our Republi-
can form Of government and if om
country is to have a chance to con
tinue to grow and prosper, is to
bear down on Congress to pass a
constitutional amendment repeal
ing or limiting the power OF the
federal government to lay taxes on
the incomes Of the people.
This amendment would not cure
Ill Of our ills and ailments; it how
ever, is the basic step which must
re taken. Without cutting off OF
llastically limiting the present un.
limited flow of income tax dollar,
into the federal treasury, Whatcvs
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-18
Extension Meetings

Homemaker and All club meet
ings were announced as follows by
Miss Ethel Grove, home demon
stration agent:
Sunnysidc Iioneilakoi.s at Sur
nyside Grange hall, June %, | 30
EST, with S. r. Pagenhardt speak
ing on law in the home.
Accident club at Accident Fire
Hall, June "a, 1880 EST, with Lewis
r. Jones speaking on law in the
home. Bittinger club June "a.
Friendsville club June 25. at home
Of Mrs. Orval Rush, $40 p. m.
EST. Walter w. Dawson to speak.
West Vindex club June %.
Oakland club, at home Of Mrs.
Cecil Bittinger, June %, s p. m.
EST. Demonstration will be "Color
in the Home" by home furnishing
chairman, Mrs. Donald MacMmray.
a report on Rural Women's short
course viii be made. Program will
also include roll call on good sand
Wich filings.
Corunna All club, June %, 1880
EST, at Corunna school.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-18

amendment which would permit wo-
men to vote in local elections.
Some 1870 of 1856 new laws
passed by 1858 General Assembly
were local legislation, affecting
Maryland cities and towns.
Steel companies CAVES 10000
Go employees an 812 cent an houl
wage hike. Workers had averaged
S2.06 to S216 an hour.
A million dollar wing was added
to Peninsula General hospital al
Salisbury, Md, adding rs beds,
bringing capacity to 276.
An ain force officer declared Rus
STA had developed a poison gas
strong enough to kill a man if one
drop contacts his body.
Supreme Court wiped out racial
segregation from restaurants of
the nations capital.
The army planned 10 draft % 600
men in August, same as for July.
A West Virginia coupe became
the first persons killed in accident
on the Chesapeake Bay bridge since
it opened last July. They were from
Logan and crashed head-on into a
truck cab.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-18
The Root of the Evil
BIZ Dewitt Emery
President of the National Small
business Mems Association


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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-18
| SEE BY THE DAILIES

L. s battle casualties in Korea
reached 135,586 on June 10; 21,672
killed in action, l00,8l2 wounded;
1902 missing.
For fourth time in 30 years
Switzerland all-male electorate
turned down constitutional
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-18

IL
Charles Edward Rounds. 3G.
steel worker. Swanton. and Deloris
lean Paugh. l8, Emoryville. W.
Va.
CLYDE Keith Kirk, rs, machine
operator. and Rose Marie Denosa.
2G. both Morgantown, W. Va.
Arvel Junior Shreve, ~, (par-
cnts CONSENT laborer. near. Buck
hannon. ". Va. and Shirley Irene
Thorne. Ii. (parcnts consenD Ran
goon. W. Va.
William Paul Cunningham, "a,
trucker. and Iilda Ruth Smith, p,
both Middleboune, W. Va.
Jackson Allen, "A. spinner, near
Frostburg. and Irene Lcona Rich
adson, 30, Cumberland.
William Morgan Huey, %. la
borer, and Eleanor Marie Ma
haney, 20. both Pennington, ".
Va.
Edward Wesley Petrosky, %,
TV service man, near Adah, Pa,
and Sara Lee Glover, 20, Union
town. Pa.
Lewis Albert burst, p, farmer,
and Hazel Coliene Wilt, 20, both
Amboy. W. Va.
Tylrel Noltyne Reay. 27, dance
instructor, near Westerly, K. l.,
and Anne Adele Roth, -. Cincin-
natl, O.
Paul Wesley LeBar, 60, teacher,
Lincoln, Nebraska, and Lucille
Francis. 50, Hundred, W. Va.
Charles Franklin Paugh, 46,
miner, near kingwood, W. Va,
and Elsie Clean Kirby, %, near
Smithvillc, W. Va.
Raymond Fray Layton, 10, (par-
ents' consent laborer, and Doro-
thy Ann Huchowsky, 20, both Tun-
Melton, W. Va.
John Richard Shirk, 10, (par-
ents' conscnD truck driver, Peters
burg, w. Va, and Eleanor JOY
Sherman, II, (parents consent)
Kessel, w. Va.
Kenneth Kermit Kerr, 26, la
borer, and Carolyn Ruth Sutton,
IS, both Elkims, w. Va.
Snowden Lester Vance, il, %,
teacher, and Virginia Lee Ella, 27,
both Whitmer, ". Va.
Michael Andrew Fetcho. 81,
grinder, Brownfield, Pa, and Olive
Maxine Raymond, 10, Chalk Hill,
Pa.
Carl Maj Til Schmidt, 70, n!2
chine repairmau, Bridgeville, Pa,
and lola Ruth Georg, %, near Ac-
cident.
Homer George Miller, 26, me-
chanic, near lockwood, Pa, and
Dolores Jean Leasock, 10, near
Stoyestown, Pa.
Milton William Taylor, p, truck
er, Greer, w. Va, and Ruth Ma
RE Dalton, 10, near MorgantoWn,
W. Va.
James Paul Herring, %, truck
driver, Kingwood, W. Va, and
Helen Soccorsi, l9, Brett, W. Va.
John Adrian NcGivcrn, 21, u.
s. Air Force, and Glenna Darleen
Kesslcr. p, both Counellsville, Pa.
Joseph Archie Burkhammer, 10,
(parents consenJ farmer, and
Ellen Grace Smith, 20, both near
Weston, W. Va.
Cal Edward Watson, %, steel
worker, and Esther Kathryn Nay
lor, rs, both Fairchance, Pa.
Licenses Recently Issued
Robert Kce Lambert, %, farm
en-. and Shirley Ann Harper, p,
both Riverton, W. Va.
Donald Jackson Sole, 25, truck
driver. and Della Mary " hltecot-
ton, "a, both Falrmoht, W. va
Cameron Herbert canoe 81
trucker ahG bettY Jane MINOR ~
Do Ill roii' na Mal,oi biil * s+,don+
w III" II D.. Deiia n,,L A,.io no. noIornI
1 4u'l, d. ln .,'" roneart1 CaI.
',;o ('Ii,'' = p.i P''' o''' p 80
Kenneth Raw Stacy. 10. (parents'
consentl u. S. NAVY, Vienna. W.
va. and Eloise Joan Harvey, is,
Clarksburg. W. Va.
El.t.In, pav,,,D,I AIa.uar DS
bench assembler, and Florence
Marie AUSTIN, y, Doth near Ifal-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-18

A man described as desperate
maniac was seized for allegedly
threatening President Eisenhow-
hower's life. The man also previ-
ously had threatened Presidents
Roosevelt and Truman.
Evening star., 1953-07-21
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO. July 21 R,.---Grains how
the Board Of Trade today. refiectins the the
direeto3 Of the market should Snfs BE- 'he
There wasn't much in the overnight
news to stimulate buying or selling.
Wheat essed little at the start
in recent sessions, but, the easier trend
suffered from liquidation; -
was unchanged to . cent lower. July
S!sserE'' July ils s. ,ssS.. s sns Ssss were ~ ~
cents lower to ~ higher. July So o9't.
q hundred pounds lower. July .$1l.1O.
and Northeast over night. but they. APP
reports were heard about damage to
Ss'c Co. Ss had ths RS; fsport IfSn frO@ BrooRnss
our oats crop is very Disappointing;
ns and moss aa5E q Sat hem are will 'f not @ Red
20 to 80 bushels. per acre. The late
oats are a much better stand. but are
badly infected with rust; 1t appears
that the test weight will be light"
Cash wheat receipts were not large,
totaling go cars. 1t was said con-
ket was still available for storing wheat,
which was not what anyone had ex-
pected prior to the post-harveSt move
ment. 1t had been expected the avail
able space would fill up quickly.
More reports were heard about stem
rust infestation in spring wheat. Just
how serious this is remains unknown
at the moment. Guesses vary. One house
said. I'VE do not believe the infestation
Is widespread or acute enough to make
its damage potential serious one" But
another house said. apparently the be-
damage Is serious"
The Commodity Credit Corp. has
offered to sell approximately 3M mil
lion bushels of Soybeans for domestic
crushing use.
Evening star., 1953-07-21
Washington Exchange

Pot Elec Pwr-60 at i7h, SO at 17hs,
so at 171s, 25 at 17Hs, 8 at i7M.
Wash Gas Loo at 80.
Evening star., 1953-07-21
Stock Prices Decline
As Trading DwindIes;
Losses Are Small
By the Assoeiafed Press

NEW YORK, July 21.-Most
prices were lower today in the
stock market, but a few individ-
ual issues attracted buying at
tention.
Changes either way were in
the smaller fractions, with many
key issues unchanged.
Business was dull, as it has
been for some time.
Some railroads were firm in
the face of general easiness
through the rest of the list. New
York Central was up 1s at 251s
on a block of $500 shares today
at the opening. It continued
trading around that level.
Liggett & Myers gained a small
fraction after reporting first
half profits equal to $3.50 a share
as against $2.15 a year ago.
Consolidated Edison of New
York was up a small fraction on
it's earnings report showing
profits for IL months ended June
80 equal to $2.97 a share, COM
pared with $3.50 in the previous
IL months.
Aluminium Co. of America was
off around a point as the Federal
Government sought to force can
collation. of a contract for Alu-
minum Co. to acquire IL billion
pounds of aluminium from Alu-
minimum Ltd. of Canada.
Among lower issues were CheS-
apeake SC Ohio, Texas Co., Ana
conda Copper, Dow Chemical,
Westinghouse Electric, Bethle-
hem Steel, Chrysler and Douglas
Aircraft.
Higher were Dome Mines, Gen.
eral Electric. American Woolen,
American Tobacco and Pennsyl-
vania Railroad.
A block of 10000 shares of
r. j. Reynolds Tobacco "B" was
traded at 47ss, off ". A block
of 5000 shares of Columbia Gas
went unchanged at 13.
Corporate bonds were quiet
with railroad loans advancing.
Governments in the overtime
counter market were steady.
Evening star., 1953-07-21
New York Produce

NEW YORK, July 81 LP.-Butter
1;196,067; steady, prices UNCHANGED
Cheese, 319,524; steady, prices un-
Eyes. 1855 steady New York 500,
quotations. based largely on exchange
Midwestern = Mixed colors: Fancy
Extra i S: iarse. S;a g; extra ; and 4 isrge, ie,
standards, large, 1880; current re-
ceipts, 46ha:471a; dirtieS, 411s; checks.
$50; fancy large. .57Hs; extra large,
54-55: extra 3 and 4 large. 50h-51 "a;
extra raSx .,nS.. medium: o6oA Browns; Fansy
extIa large. 541a-55h; extra l
medium. 60z.
Nesrby-Whites: Extra fancy heavy
let's, 43h; peevees, 2q. Browns: Extra
fancy hesvyveights. 81; mediums, So
"a: pullets, ~; peevees, 27-2a
Evening star., 1953-07-21
Business Briefs

Building Permits issued in 215
cities in June totaled $455, ,238,-
1877, compared with $464 ,085, SOC
in May and $3.50, 1858. .442 in June
a year ago.-Dun & Bradstreet.
Short Interest in stock on July
Is totaled 1,812,353 shares vs..
1,785.725 on June 15.-New York
Stock Exchange.
Craig Hotel Chain is reported
to have contracted for the pur-
chase Of the Sheraton Beach
Hotel at Daytona Beach. Fla.
E. I. Du P0nt deNemOurs g. Co.
in six months ended June 80
earned $2.41 a share, compared
with $2.12 in the like period a
year ago. Net profit figures are
unavailable.
Southern Co. in IL months
ended June 80 earned $21, ,042,-
848 or $1.16 share VS.. $19,268.-
479 or $1.19 in 1852.
Crown Zellerbach Corp. in
year ended April 80 earned $21,-
$50, ,705 or 1882 a share VS.. $685.
923,919 or 1888 in 1852.
Kimberly Clark Corp. in year
ended April 80 earned $8,746,393
or $4.08 a share VS.. $11, ,305.913
or $5.29 in 1852.
Hercules Powder Co. in 6
months ended June 80 earned
$685. 1896 or ~$2.44 a share VS..
$685. $50 or $2.12 in 1852 pc
riod.
Joy Manufacturing Co. in nine
months ended June 80 earned
$3,351,2 or $3.76 a share VS..
$3.454.600 or $3.50 in 1852
period.
General Time Corp. in "a
weeks ended June 13 earned
$943,045 or $2.03 a share VS..
$701,711 or STAT in 1852 period.
Lehigh Navigation Co. an
nounced election of Glenn o.
Kidd, 81. as president to sue
ceed Evan Evans. Mr.. Kidd is
a former attorney for Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Evening star., 1953-07-21
Other earnings included:
For Six Months End I'd June 80.
Tobacco Markets

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. July 81 1P
--(USDA)-Most medium to lower quail
ity grades of Southern Maryland tobacco
sold yesterday on the auction market at
average prices under Fridays quotations.
Better offerings were firm. according to
Growers marketed a little more to-
bacco yesterday than in the past several
sales
Largest proportions Of cigarette-type
tobaccos we're sold to improve the over
all quality of the sales.
Last week 1,537.570 net pounds were
auctioned for an average of S49.S9 a
hundred. The poundage was the smallest
of the year and the average was the
lowest since early May. Season sales
totaled 2S,641.752 pounds and averased
S50.7S.
Auction bid AVERAGES per hundred
pounds on q limited number of repre-
sentative United States grades were as
fnllnWS
Evening star., 1953-07-21
Metal Quotations

NEW YORK, July FL. R-spot nom
ferrous metal prices today: Copper
ley. Lead 133t esnts a pound, New York.
Zinc 11-11A cents . pound. Tin 70 &
cents pound, New York At Pittsburgh,
scrap steel No. heavy was ouote6 to-
day ct <7.00-4e.
Evening star., 1953-07-21
Market AVERAGES
New York Cotton

NEW YORK, July 81 LP.-Cotton fu-
lures held steady in forenoon today on
mill and local buying.
ton made excellent progress in the
Southeast. but excessive rains are caus-
ing weevil infestation to become heavy.
The weevil DAMAGE could be large un-
rains during the past week in West
Texas were. termed very beneficial
Noon prices were Is to 80 cents a
october, "a ,04; December, 3427 and
March 34.45.
Evening star., 1953-07-21
Hourly Sales on the Exchange

11:0O am. 100 900 IL noon $40 600
100 pm. A6o 900 200 pm. 900 600
tUnit OF trading 10 shares. 'In bank.
lied under the Bankruptcy Act. or secur-
ltieS assumed bv such companies Rates
OF DIVIDENDS in the foregoing table are
quarterly or semiannual declaration
Unless otherwise noted. special or extra
divldends are not included cid Called
EX dividend. xr Elk rights. q Also extra
or extras Annual rate plus stock div
idend d Declared or paid in 1853 plus
able In stock, estimated cash value on
ex-dtvtdend date, g Paid or declared so
far this year, Declared or paid after
stock dividend or splitup. K Declared or
paid this year. an accumulative issue
with dividends in arrears. Paid this
year, dividend omitted, deferred or no
action taken at last dividend meeting.
r Declared or paid in 1889. plus stock
dividend. Licuidating dividend. vi When
issued kids Ex-distribution. wd When
distributed.
Evening star., 1953-07-21
Dividends Announced

NEW YORK, July 81 R1.-Dividends
announced:
Resumed.
Pc Stk. OF Pay
Rate. riod. record. able
Telautograph Corp 25c @ els 1O-l
Initial.
FL PaSo Natural Gas
$3.50 of = S1.4lA @ STA 0-1
Stock.
Cosden Petroleum 206c"
Evening star., 1953-07-21
Visible Grain Supply

CHICAGO, July 21 QP.-Visible sup
BS BG.h.s Shts sas5saS'' busssf S.
Beard Of Tsads II 6eo rsporteeds ss. SSG SS5n De:
Increased 1,Io3. 900 to II. .153, 900, rye
creased 42s.oo0 to 1853, 900 and soy
Evening star., 1953-07-21
Egg Market Steady

Eggs: Market steady to arm. Large
advanced mostly l to cents and price
changed to "a cent higher. Mod.
crate to heavy receipts consisted pri-
marily Of Midwestern shipments. De.
mand fair to good. Offerings of better
quality short of trade needs. One lot oi
grade B purchased at so cents.
Prices paid fob. Baltimore by FIRST
A quality, whites, 5s-8S: brown and
mixed colors. 56la-65. Mediums, mini
mum so per cent A quality, whites. SOFA
53 brown and mixed colors, 50la-53
Receipts: 1855 cases.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-29
Large P-TA Crowd
Votes Drums for Band

The Farmville Elementary
school PTA held its first meet
ing Of the year, Thursday night.
n the school auditorium Mrs w.
j Gills Jr, presided
During the business session. the
members voted to provide three
drums to Russell Hoier for the
school band
New teachers were introduced
and student teachers were pre-
scented
The meeting ended with a social
hour and the serving Of punch.
cookies, minis and nuts Mrs Har-
old Garrett. chairman Of the en-
tertainment committee, was in
charge, with Mrs. Dave Crute and
Mrs w f Smith assisting at the
punch bowl
The officers were delighted to
see that o many parents turned
out for the meeting The audi
forum was so crowded that adj
G,ti0nal chairs had to be provided
II is hoped that parents viii con-
tinue TO attend the meetings and
support the PTA as they did at
the first gathering.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-29

Mr. ana Mrs j D Cornell
were called to Arlington on Satur-
day on account of the death Of his
brother-in-laW, Frank Coe
DR.. and Mrs. r. c. Slmonlni and
children Dlonne and Charles
'eavo Far-oV.ne on Thursday to
spend few days at his home in
Baltimore Nd From there they
VIII travel to New York, and viii
sail on October 6 for Italy, where
they Wll spend the next nine
months
Mrs John Stock spent the week
end at Holland and Gloucester
Point Va. where she visited with
her brother and sister, in law, Mr.
and Mrs HuPh T. White. and with
her sister and brother-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs w f. Lemon.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-29
J. ". bennington is Ee!cd
On 0,3 ri Birthday Thurs.

J W Dunnncton was complete
ly surprised las, Thursday to find
that the caIl he made on MI. and
Mr.. { J Cox t.uned into birth
da% Party il his honor Although
he became SiNty-three on that day,
as far as be knew, nothing more
unusual had been planned but a
friendly yiel, to the CoX's.
When Mr.. and Mrs Dunnington
arrived at the Cox home on First
}ycA0e he found all the mem
bers Of his family awaiting him
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-29

Mr. and Mrs. r. N. Peak. of
Long Island. Va was THE guest
Of their daughter Miss Lucille
Peak, on Sunday.
Mrs Ida Southall left Srn@7v
for Roanoke where She viii at
tend the Vagina State Ham
dressers SHOW, held " Hotel
Roanoke. Sunday Through Tues
day
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-29
Miss June FoWlEeS
To Wed Mr.. Collier

The eneagement Of Miss June
Carter FoWlkes, daughter Of Gar
land Fowlkes. OF Penareyl. Pa,
and the late Mrs Fowlkes. to Lee
Roy Collier, Jr. eon Of Mrs Lot,.e
II Golfer and the late Lee Roy
Collier, e Mehorrin. has been an
nounced by Mr FoWlkcs
Miss Fowlkes Is Y graduate ~
Penargyl High School ana Mr..
Collier N graduate Or FarmVlle
High School
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1953-08-05

Springfield, - Secretary OF
State Edward j. Barrett today
issued charters to the following
corporation:
Champaign Truck Leasing Cor
poration, 1856 N. Walnut ST.,
Champaign; so Shs Common pv
at $25 per share; NJ. E. Dillavou,
Chas. E. Dillavou, John G. Dilla-
YOU: buy, sell, lease, operate
maintain repair and use or dis
pose of trucks and truck equip
ment; Cor. ]. c. Ermentrout,
Atty, Champaign.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1953-08-05
EDITORIAL
By DIR. J. Merahy
Continued from last Edition

by Ur. j. Mcax2nT
Continued from last Edition
and up. We have psid , pct. inter-
est for 16 years never any less. the
u. S. Govt guarantees every ac-
count up TO $4,000 each, we have
had no losses, have been helping
hand to the masses OF our people
in teaching them the saving habit
and 1t has beeen quite struggle,
slow but sure. It Is no easy task TO
live down and overcome the trick
cry and phoney schemes in which
our people have lost Thousands of
dollars in years gine by. It Is the
bad record Of the past which still
retards our growth and prevents
many people from depositing their
funds with us az against the other
similar institutions. The mininsry
has been OF much help because
they deal with the masses and
speak their language, and we have
ebeen quite helpful to the ministry.
Many of the large institutions who |
are friendly have put trust funds
and pension funds wit h us as
have many of the labor unions.
Our books, rs you know, sne nh
dited by the u. s. Govt. and the
very fact that our doors are open
8 p eaks for honesty In dealing
with the peoples money.
There are many commendable
comments which have been pas
sed ON us by others In big busi-
ness, these | would be too modest
to quote. One thing we have done
as far as our people are concerned.
and that is to gife the lie to the
saying that 1--WE are poor pay and
won't pay our debts. We hafe 10
members on our board, all OUT
standing in the community and
who have contributed to the wei
fare of our people In the city OF
Chicago unselfishly. We have a
staff of 6 persons in our OFFICES
and beside these our attorney.
We welcome out Of town ac-
counts, We will send you a bank
book and stamped envelope 30
you can send in your deposit each |
week or m n h. We feel that
every negro should give rs his
moral support by opening an &C
count even il il is $1O0 so we can
swell tn G number of depositors
and in this way persuade others
to join Us
And now I must tell you tha
name of the institution, 1t is the
Illinois Federal Savings and Loan
Association of Chicago with Off
ces Mt 10 E. Attn st. The writer
of this article il the Treasurer of
the Institution since it opened its
doors. DR.. ]. A. Megahy, the Asst
Grand Medical Director OF tn
IBPOE Of w.