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Evening star., 1953-08-07
900, WRC-All-Star Parade
Billy May and his orchestra.
TeIevision Todov.

S.UO, "hC-All-SCdF FdT dQc .
Billy May and his orchestra.
TeIevision Today.
500, WMAL-Interlude: Joy
Lansing and Lois Hall co-star
in "Sadie and Sally" a comedy
about two girls who seek careers
in a big city.
500, WTTG-Meet Your Con-
gress: Senators Capehart, Re-
publican, of Indiana; Case, Re-
publican, of South Dakota; Mon
roney, Democrat, of Oklahoma,
and Douglas, Democrat, of Illi-
nois, discuss the work of the
last Congress.
$3.50, WNBW-First Person: A
drama, August Heat" stars
Francis L. Sullivan as a man
who learns the date of his death.
$3.50, WTTG - Guide Right:
Mary Small, Ray Eberle and
Ray Anthony appear with the
Air Force dance band.
800, WTOP - Playhouse of
Stars: Eddie Bracken stars in a
comedy-myStery.
$3.50, WNBW-TV Soundstage !:
A drama about a boy and his
janitor friend at an orphanage
stars Cliff Hall and Ralph Rob-
ertSon.
$3.50, WTOP Holiday Thea
ter: Maureen O'Sullivan and
John Kodiak appear in the
drama, "They Also Serve"
Evening star., 1953-08-07
HighIights
Rodio Today.

500, WWDC - Baseball: st
Louis VS.. Washington.
Evening star., 1953-08-07
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Evening star., 1953-08-07
On the Air

It is long past-due suggestion
that the baseball commentators
on television talk too much, but
something more pertinent has
come up this season. The boys
do talk too much. Arch Mcdonald
and Bob Wolff haven't yet man
aged the conversion to TV. The
impression is that they were
better at it in past summers. so
maybe they are in the midst of
a retrogression on orders from
above.
The fact remains that when
you see a batter walk up to the
plate. take a healthy cut at the
ball, hear it plop into the CATCH
er's mitt and watch the catcher
throw it back to the pitcher
while the umpire thruSts up his
right hand, you have a fair idea
of what happened. You do not
have to be told, There it is
A swing and a miss Strike
one!"
Mr.. Mcdonald is a gentleman
and a scholar and a most COM
panionable citizen. Fine fellow
to have around. Mr.. Wolff is O
pleasant young man, properly
ambitious. If he has a seeming
tendency toward being over
solemn. well, there isn't too much
to laugh about these days any
how. He at least makes a serious
effort to pronounce the names
of the players properly. not an
easy task around here.
Neither of them, however, has
successfully adapted to I'V. Both
seem to have that old radio
aversion to dead air. Both lean
toward describing the action
rather than commenting on it. a
radio rather than a television
announcer's function.
AS for Bailey Goss, the third
man in WTTG's baseball trium-
virate, let it only be said that
he has a great knack for starting
a sentence in one direction and
then turning it back on itself
More often than any one else
on televiSion he can make you
shake your head in the belief
that you have water in your ears
and have been listening through
bubbles.
Through the season we gath
cred a fairly ample collection of
Gossisms, but unfortunately the
dog chewed them up. She
couldn't swallow them, either,
but they were illegible when re-
covered. We have only couple
of minor specimens, collected
during recent contest at
Griffith Stadium:
1-After a pitched ball bounced
away from the catcher: THAT
was a ball, of course-it hit the
plate-but there was nobody on
to no avail"
2-After a batter was hit by a
pitched ball: HE threw up his
arm to protect him, too, so he
Evening star., 1953-08-07
On the Air
Arch and Bob Talk Too Much,
But They Do Cameras Work
By Harry Macarthur

actually had no protection
there"
Well, that is the bulk of the
complaint against the baseball
announcers, on TV. 1t has now
been decided, however. not to
lodge it. The baseball fans
watching the games on television
here this season would be in a
bad way without the talkative
Messrs. Mcdonald and Wolff.
There was a time, few sum-
mers back, when WTTG pro-
vided the best baseball coverage
you were likely to see on televi-
sion. That can't be said any
more. The camera work and di-
rection have been glaringly inept
on enough occasions this year
to approach consistency.
Baseball is spread out too
much to be an ideal televised
spectacle. but there are a few
things that might be kept in
mind by those trying to do the
televising.
One is that it must be assumed
that those watching know how
the game is played. If they don't,
they'll never learn from televi-
sion and they might as we'll be
ignored. When, for instance,
there are two out, with a runner
on third, and a long fly is hit to
the outfield, the TV director can
take it for granted that his audi
ence knows that the runner will
cross the plate. Whether or not
the ball is caught is what affects
the ball game at that point.
Runs count in the score, all
right. but that horsehide-covered
pellet is the focal point of the
action in a baseball game. If a
man triples then fails to touch
first base, it may be good tele-
vision to catch him in the act
but the ball is still the center OF
that play. The runner isn't out
until a defensive player calls for
the ball and tags the base he
missed.
All too often, though, the
WTTG cameras follow base run
ners in motion while the real
action is lost to televiewers. One
example of several during We'd
neSday nights game occurred
when somebody bunted and Bill
Glynn, Cleveland first baseman,
rushed in to field the ball. The
camera followed the runner.
Televiewers would have been in
the dark until they read Thurs
days paper, but for Mr.. McDon-
AIDS explanation that Mr.. Glynn
appeared to be playing num-
bledy-peg with the ball.
Another camera lapse occurs
often when the game pauses
while managers and players
gather around home plate to
shout at the umpire and at one
another. It is not very interest
ing at a time like this to watch
a base runner and the first base
coach stand there idly discuss
ing last nights poker game.
A good, sharp-eyed ballhawk
would just about cure everything
though. 1t would unless, of
course, this is all part of a dark
plot to make us come out and
pay cash to find out what really
is happening in Griffith Stadium.
If there isn't any plot, we wish
WTTG would sharpen up the
baseball camera work so Nc
Donald and Wolff can save some
breath. And let Mr.. Goss peddle
the beer.
Evening star., 1953-08-07

eIeVISIOn 0mOrrOW Saturday. August 8, 1853
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Evening star., 1953-08-07

actually had no protection
there"
Evening star., 1953-08-07

| Evening news broadcast
direct from The Stars news
room Monday through Fri
day over Stations WMAL
and WMAL-FM, 6 PM.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-09-24
LISTEN AMERICANS!
-. by George S. Benson
pvOsidSns 81 fsardiaU College

With the United States not at war, and with acute
emergency existing the taxpayers Of America have good
to resist any effort by the federal government to
raise the limit the national debt The people
should demand balanced budget for the 1954-55 fiscal
years the beginning Of program for gradual reduction
of the national debt and substantial reduction in taxes
Here are six good reasons
L. The present administration took office with cleo
Oral mandate from the people of America to dascay cut
spending balance the budget and reduce
1t publicly acknowledged and accepted this mandate.
,. When Congress cOnvenes in January the admins
raon will have had year to establish sound financial
practices and adjust the expenditures of the entire govern
mental organization reasonable of income from the
taxpayers.
3. The recent history of government in the United
States shows that if the czemy permits it. the govern
ment will beyond the money available and spend borrowed
funds It's easy, and it's good poltcs-if the people will
permit constantly rising debt The has
spent its income in 80 of the last As years. and % of the
last %
towering national debt which be increased every
time a political administration wants to spend money
invitation to the worst kind of political extravaganza
5. debt reduction is urgently needed Every family
income is involved
6. The yearly interest the national debt totals
nearly $7000000000 This is $130 year for every family
in the natontaXes for which there is government
vice being rendered.
The choice is simple: Shall be increased shall
spending be trimmed to balance the budget?
In very real spending borrowed money slap
ping heavier mortgage every Americans income If the
government spends the taxpayers must pay
with interest Talk to your Congressman because Congress
will be asked to increase the legal debt limit in January
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-09-24
DIED


William Andrew George Hetz,
"a, retired farmer, died Tuesday
afternoon at his home near Avil-
ton, following an illness of several
years.
Mr.. Hetz, who was born near
Avilton three years before Garrett
county was created from the West
eln part Of Allegany county, is
survived by four generations of d.
rect descendants.
A son of the late George and
Martha Fisher Hetz, he was born
July 7, 1869.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Margaret Wilhelm Hetz; two sons,
Thomas w Hetz, of Avilton; and
Melvin Hetz, of Meyersdale, Pa;
one daughter, Mrs. Agnes Bowers,
Of Frostburg; q grandchildren, 81
great grandchildren and one great
great grandson.
A funeral service was conducted
at 10 o'clock this morning from
st. AIMS Catholic church at Avil-
ton, with Rev. FIR. Hillary officiat-
ing. Burial was in the church Gene
terry.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-09-24
Red Oak-Fairview

Worship service Sunday morning
was i'm charge Of Rev. Ross SPEECH
en-. There We're 50 in attendance.
The c. B. Y. f. group had choir
practice Sunday afternoon and
sang at the Maple Grove church,
near Grantsville, in the evening.
The District c. b. Y. +. meeting
will be held at Fairyiew next Sun
day afternoon and evening.
The District Women's Work
meeting will be held Saturday,
September 26, at Accident
The Corunna All club met Tues
day evening, September %. James
McHenry and Miss Ethel Grove
attended.
Mrs Isabel Alternately was a
Sunday dinner guest of the Will
liam Bittingers.
Rev. and Mrs. Ross Speicher and
daughter were Sunday dinner
guests Of Mrs Rosetta Harvey.
Mrs Mary Paskay is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Paul DelSignore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Childs and
wi anu -hi9. nay OIACSN NlSlLtu
Mr.. Child's sister, Mrs. j. f. Will
son, who is a patient in a Morgan
town hospital, on Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Dayton Conneway
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Gibbs on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Richie
were Sunday guests Of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Richie.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Terrant and
children visited relatives in Davis
on Sunday afternoon.
Sunday evening guests Of the
Ray Gnegys were Mr.. and Mrs.
James Childs, daughter Shirley,
and friend, Garland Clipp, Jr
Nh and Mrs. Harold Bachtel and
children visited her pan ents, Mr..
and Mrs. Boyd Warsaw, Friday
evening.
Sunday dinner guests Of the Lee
Ritchies were Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Heuline and family. of near Cor
man.
Mr.. James Childs, who is en-
ploycd in Pittsburgh, was at home
for the weekend.
Keith Gordon, Of Washington, d.
c., was a Sunday dinner guest of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-09-24
"Oakland" Is Popular
Name In Many States

If you live in Oakland, you live
in one Of the most popular towns
i'm the United States.
Just how popular Oakland really
is is shown by recent survey
which reveals % communities of
this name, scattered throughout 81
states. No other single place name
appears so often on the map.
The largest Oakland is found in
California, where the big metropo-
lis across the bay from San
Francisco claims a population Of
348,575 Smallest is in Missouri, a
village Of just 5 souls The "Show-
Me" state, however, can show two
Oaklands, with the other having
LOAF population.
No other state can claim two
communities with this name, al
though New Hampshire can
hedge bit and show. i'm addition
to a bona fide Oakland of 1877
population, a second community of
1889 bearing the name Oaklyn.
Variations of the name are found
in Oakland Park (Florid0, Oak
land Mills Qowa), Oakland City
Indiana), Oakland Terrace MARY
land.)
The popular community is found
in states across the nation, from
California to Maine and from
Louisiana to Nebraska. Other
states with Oaklands include Ala
bama, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Ken
lucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Mis-
souri,, Nebraska, New Hampshire,
Maryland, New York, Oklahoma,
Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee,
West Virginia, and even little
Rhode Island.
Slight variations of the name
place are found by the hundreds.
Some are Oak Bowery, Oakman,
Oak Grove, Oak Haven, Oakhurst,
Oak Dale, Oakley, Oakville, Oak
Orchards, Oak Park, lakewood,
Oaklandon, Oak Town, Oakside.
and Oak City.
In addition, there are Oak Hills
and Oakdales, Oakmonts and Oak
Valleys, Oak Rivers and Oak Har-
bors, Oak Lawns and Oak Forests,
Oak Ridges and Oak SUBMITS.
Persons telephoning here from
distant places are sometimes con-
fused by the similarity of names
in Maryland's telephone system.
Besides the local office, there
are five other Oakland exchanges
in the state These are located near
Parkton, Baltimore County; near
Easton, Caroline County: one is in
Carroll County, near Sykesville;
another in Prince Georges County
and one on the Eastern Shore, near
Denton.
An Oaklynn branch serves sec
tions of Maryland from the Wash
ington, D. c. office, and there is
an Oakland Mills exchange near
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-09-24
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FRIENDSVILLE

Weekend guests Of Mr. and Mrs.
Ronald Guard were Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas G. Davis, Mr.. and Mrs.
Tommy Davis, Jr., and children,
Pittsburgh, Pa, Mr. and Mrs. John
Simmons, Finnleyville, Pa.
Mrs. E. J. Frantz, Oakland, spent
Friday with Mrs. Iona HENDERSON
and Mrs. Ronald Guard.
Mr.. and Mrs. David HENDERSON
and family spent Sunday with
Deputy and Mrs. E. J. Frantz and
daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Sellers and
children spent Sunday with Mrs.
burst, who is a patient at the
nursing home in Mt. Lake Park.
Mrs. Catherine Friend spent
Tuesday in Oakland with her sis
ter, Mrs. Walter Bittinger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-09-24
u. B. Brotherhood
Opposes Army Order
On Sale Of Liquor

The Brotherhood of the Evangeli-
cal United Brethren church of the
Mt. Lake Parish, meeting at Mt.
Bethel on September 8, went on
record as opposing the order Of the
U. S. Army and Air Force to per-
NIT the sale Of liquor in mess halls
The following letter has been
mailed to the representatives in
Congress, u. S. Senators Beall and
Butler, and Congressman Hyde
September u, 1853
Dear T. s. Senator:
We, the Brotherhood of The
Evangelical United Brethren
Church of the Mountain Lake Par
ish, do hereby stand opposed to the
new order of the u s. Army and
the Air Force to permit the sale
of liquor in mess halls.
We, as a Christian organization,
are asking you as our U. S. Senator
to do everything in your power to
prevent such a thing. As our nation
is a Christian nation we urge you,
and with Gods help, to keep it 50
as not to let such a thing mar our
faith and hope in God. With all
respect to our men of the armed
forces, let's keep them clean and
upright citizens because they are
the cream of our country, the most
noble and courageous men. For
4l,,,. 10 r
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-09-24

Clarksville in Baltimore County
These, Of course, do not repre-
sent actual communities Of that
name.
So while the residents of nearby
Meyersdale, Pa, may continue to
boast, There is only one Meyers
dale" those here on the mountain
top can say, "There are % Oak
lands, but only one Oakland, Mary
land"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-09-24
Garrett Indifferent
To Statewide Alert


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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-09-24
Along the Potomac
to Washington
With Your Congressman
Dewitt S. HYDE


When the voters of this country
went to the polls last year, they
made one thing crystal clear: They
wanted an end to the "five-per-
center" racket in Washington
Evidently there are still some
persons in the capital who didn't
read the election returns right, be-
cause we now have evidence that
this shady activity is still going
on. A committee headed by Rep.
Hess (R-Ohio) has turned up the
first case of man using political
contacts here to get secret infor-
nation and help a manufacturer
land a government contract.
For this he would collect four
percent of the contract price. But
in this case the manufacturer,
knowing the activity to be improp-
en-, reported it to the government
and the investigation began.
There is no law against this
sort of thing, and it would be diff
cult to write one, because COM
panies who wish to do business
with Uncle Sam do need some kind
of contact. The problem is that
some people don't know where to
draw the line-they make unwar-
ranted use of secret information or
tempt government officers to give
them favored treatment, and it
doesn't take much of this to give
whole Administration a bad
moral complexion.
This new case made public by
Rep. Hess did not involve any of
the men President Eisenhower has
placed in his Administration. We
can hope that the prompt pub
LEFTY given to the case will dis
courage other potential four or five
percenters before we have another
series of scandals on our hands
such as we did under the old Adj
minishatiOn.
There is one possible way to
deal with manufacturers agents to
keep them on the straight and mar
row-through a registration law
similar to the one which controls
lobbyists. Perhaps if they had to
submit financial reports and list
their names with the Congress they
would curb their undetermined
deals.
No one, no matter how good a
Republican, will claim that the new
Administration is perfect. But its
first responsibility is to stay per-
fectly honest and perfectly moral.
And the Republican Party has
promptly shown its good faith with
Americas voters by kicking this
first offending -four percenter" out
of its organization.
On my calendar: This Sunday l
will look forward to meeting mem
bers of the Seven Oaks Citizens
Association at their garden party
at 301 Ellsworth Drive in Silver
Spring Next Thursday l have
been invited to speak to the Cos
mos Club of Washington on my
experience as a freshman Congress
man J.. I'll be visiting the Hagers-
town Fair this weekend, and the
Frederick Fair two weeks from
now
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-09-24
ADDITIONAL LOCAL ADS, TOO
LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION

HOUSE FOR SALE-6 rooms
and bath, full basement Forced hot
air furnace. 21a miles north of
Mt. Lake Park on Route Al. Easy
terms. Phone 2-2817. Lester White,
Mt. Lake Park Adv. 30-1t.
FOR RENT-Two furnished
rooms, with Frigidaire. Phone ,
3492.-Adv. 30-tf.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-09-24
DIED
MRS. NETTIE NJ. STODDARD

MRS. NETTIE NJ. STODDARD
Mrs. Nettie Michael Stoddard,
Baltimore, aged 81 years, died
Wednesday, September %, in Balti-
more where she had made her
home for many years.
She was a daughter of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. John Michael, Oak
land, who many years ago had a
candy and toy shop.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs.
Nell Billmire, Mrs. Mayme Hum
bert, 21O4 Holly St., Walbrook,
Baltimore Her husband, Clarence
Stoddard, preceded her in death
fifteen years ago.
Funeral services will be held in
Baltimore on Saturday.
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RHEUMATISM - ARTHRITIS
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-09-24

IN MENIORIAM

I'm loving memory Of my mother,
Mrs. Hattie Brobst, who passed
away one year ago, September -.
Better Days
Mother dear, I've tried to tell you
Just how much I've loved you here.
But better day is coming
When our thoughts shall be made
clear.
You are gone but not forgotten,
Gone from US for evemore.
But a better day is coming
When We'll meet up on that shore.
You have joined the angels sing
ing,
But a better day is coming
When we can sing for evcrmore.
Yes. 0 yes, we sure do miss you,
For your place is here no more.
But better day is coming
/ shall sing with you once more.
| can see your hands extended
Reaching from that distant shore.
But better day is coming,
shall clasp those hands once
more.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-09-24

the Frank Blambes. Afternoon
visitors were Mr.. and Mrs. Ted
Onderdonk and children, Darwin
Cooper and Miss Edna Sheets.
Bob" and Bud" Cullers spent
Sunday afternoon with Ray Har-
way
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-09-24
CARD OLE THINKS

We desire to express our thanks
and appreciation to our friends
and neighbors for their kindness
and helpfulness during our recent
bereavement in the death Of our
husband and father, Daniel Fuller
Lewis.
We also want to thank all who
gave flowers and contributed the
use Of their automobiles for the
funeral service.
Wife and Children.
ADV. 1t.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-09-24

Internal Revenue reported its
racket squads had turned up tax
cases that yielded S178 million in
additional assessments and penal
ties in a year.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-09-24

Western Allies put Russia on
the spot by offering to lift their
restrictions on free travel through
out all Germany September 80,
provided the Russians would do
the same.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-09-24

Reinald Werrenrath. Metropoli-
tan opera and radio singing star of
the Twenties and who once sang at
Mt Lake Park, died at 70 on Sep
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-09-24

Vice President Nixon confirmed
that Z. s. agents We're probing the
report Beria had fled Russia.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-09-24

Your son and daughter-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul George
Swanton, Maryland.
ADV. 1t.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-09-24

THURSDAY, SEPT. "a, 1853
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-09

A glove impregnated with lead
has been perfected to permit work
with the hands under x-rays. says
the National Geographic Society.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-09

The National Geographic Society
estimates that $500 miles Of dikes
guard the Netherlands against in
vasion by the sea.