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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-10-01
Historical Newspaper To Be Placed
In Library AS Memorial Gift

Wilson, North Carolina.
The current news carried in the
Gazette gives an account of the
funeral procession of George Wash
ington, first president of the
United States, and also an account
Of the battle of Zurich, Switzcr-
land, between Napoleon's armies
and the armies of Austria. Mr.
Rice plans to bring the paper here
probably this weekend. The pages
will be framed so that they may
be examined by library visitors.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-10-01
Armory Rifle Range
Unit To Be Added
To Building Plan
Front of ArmOry, Now Being
Constructed, Will Face
Eighth Street

That Company c., 121st Engi-
neers, Maryland National Guard,
would get its indoor rifle range in
connection with the balance of the
armory building, was announced
this week by Capt Arthur Calhoun,
company commander. Confirmation
on the order was received from
General Milton Reckord, head of
the Maryland National Guard.
The work on the front section of
the building is going forward
steadily by r. L. Hamilton, con-
tractor, of Westernport. Mr.. Hamil-
ton was awarded the contract for
this addition, at a cost of $4,000.
The front of the building will face
Eighth street, and not High street,
as originally believed.
The plans call for brick front
( building 1876 feet in length and SO
feet wide. In it will be an enlisted
mems lounge, toilets, an officers
| lounge, Lieutenant's office, large
lobby with ticket window, and a
large classroom, all downstairs,
with four connecting doorways to
( the auditorium section which was
constructed a few years ago. On
second floor will be locker rooms,
! bin and storage rooms, and a class
room. The present structure is SO
by 40 feet, with the 10 feet fac
ing Eighth street.
The rifle range addition will be
on the High street side of the
present building and will contain
50-foot indoor range Bids are to
be sought on this item.
Mr.. Hamilton said he hoped to
! get the foundations ready for the
steel by November, but steel de-
| liveries will be delayed until De-
cember. Completion is tentatively
set for next spring.
Unit Is Commended
The local Guard unit was Of
ficially commended and given a
superior" rating in letter from
army headquarters, as result of
| the recent command inspection
here. A letter to the company said
! the inspection had verified out
standing reports received by the
company at the last annual armory
/ inspection and field training last
summer" and showed evidence of
superior performance of duty"
Both the company commander,
Capt. Arthur Calhoun, and unit
caretaker, Sergeant first class Don
aid limbaugh, were given special
concentrations.
Sgt. limbaugh said the entire
unit would be busy this week with
timber trestle bridge problem on
the Floyd Custer farm.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-10-01
Bibles Presented
To Local Hospital

Forty Bibles have been presented
to the Garrett County Memorial
hospital in Oakland by the Garrett
County Episcopal Diocesan mission,
it was announced this week by Miss
Irene Sharpe, hospital superintend-
ent.
The presentation was made last
week by Rev. John J. Atwell, rec
tor. This will place a Bible within
reach of every bed in the hospital.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-10-01
Cub Scouts Plan
Soap Box Derby

Cub scouts of Oakland are hav-
ing their soap box derby on Sun
day afternoon, October 4, at 3 o.
clock, it has been announced. 1t
will take place on Seventh street,
between High and Green.
Ten racers will be entered in the
contest which is in charge of John
Sharps, Nordeck Shaffer and Ed
win Michael.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-10-01
Heart Attack Is
Fatal to Lester
C. Yutzy, Crellin
Dies at Terra Alta Last
Thursday As He Prepared
To Give Talk About His
Gun Hobby

Lester Cline Yutzy, aged IS,
prominent coal operator and civic
leader of Garrett county, died sud
denly of heart attack last Thurs
day evening, September "a, at Ter
IA Alta, W. Va, Just before attend
ing Rotary club meeting where
he was to be the speaker,
Mr.. Yutzy was co-owner and sec
rctary-treasurer of the kray and
Stanley Coal companies, the Stan
ley Supply Company and the Pres
ton Railroad company, of Crellin,
and was active in number Of COM
munity affairs.
He was preparing to give talk
about his hobby of guns before the
Terra Alta Rotary but collapsed
in the X. of P. hall there shortly
before the group began to gather.
Among Mr.. Yutzy's civic activi-
ties he was a member of the board
of the Garrett County Memorial
hospital, vice president and director
of the Garrett National Bank at
Oakland, a member of the Red
Cross board of the county, past
president and active member of the
Oakland Rotary club, member of
Oakland Lodge No. 1872, A., f. and
A. Masous. the Eastern Star and
the Baptist church at Loeb Lynn
Heights. He was also second vice
president of the Garrett County
Historical society and was an in
terested member of the Mt. Top
Rifle club. Hunting was one of his
most loved sports.
Born near Sunnyside, about six
miles south Of Oakland, on April
s, 1888, he was a son of the late
Solomon and Rachel Hahn Yutzy
He went to work for the c. M
Rathbun Lumber company in Mt
Lake Park in 1906, and in 1920,
moved to Crellin and worked for
the Kendall Lumber company.
Survivors include his widow
Mrs. Della Crane Yutzy; two
daughters, Mrs. Wade H. Hasa
leah) Rice, Hyattsville; and Mrs.
Floyd O. (Dolores) Leighton, Win
chester, Va; and five grandchil-
dren. A daughter, Margaret Cath
rine, preceded him in death.
The body remained at the home
in Crellin until Sunday afternoon,
September 27, when funeral serv-
ices were conducted at O'Clock
from St. Paul's Methodist church
in Oakland. The church was COM
pletely filled Officiating ministers
were Rev. w. c. Rogers, pastor of
the Loeb Lynn Baptist church;
Rev. w. B. Orndorff, pastor of the
Baptist church at Westernport, and
former pastor at Loeb Lynn; Rev.
w. S. Patterson, pastor of the
Methodist church; and Rev B.
Finney Bragg, also former Bap-
fist pastor here.
Interment was in the Oakland
cemetery with members of the
Masonic lodge in charge of final
rites at the grave. Honorary pail
bearers included members of the
Oakland Rotary club, the hospital
board, bank directors and en-
ployes of the Stanley Coal and
Supply companies.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-10-01

A historic newspaper will be
presented to the Ruth Enlow Ii
brary i'm Oakland as a memorial
to the late Lester c. Yutzy. It will
he presented by his son-in-law.
Wade II. Rice, of Hyattsville.
The newspaper is the Ulster
County Gazette, published January
4. 1900, in New York State, which
Mr.. Rice has had in his possession
for over forty years. Prior to that
it was kept by his father, the late
James T. Rice, newspaperman of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-10-01

\ Pole. who deserted his L. N.
delegation. declared Soviet Union
was schcming TO achieve world
mastery in 1870 or 1880.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-10-01

A top authority on alcoholism
said 60 to 70 million Americans,
mostly parents, drink alcoholic
beverages and four million of them
are potential or confirmed alco-
holics.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-10-01
To Remain as President

At a meeting of the County
Council of Parents and Teachers
at Southern High school on Tues
day evening, it was announced that
Mrs. Kermit Glotfelty would re-
main active as president of the
council. She had rendered her
resignation week previous.
About fifty persons attended the
meeting from various PEA.
groups throughout the county.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-21
ROBERTS TELLS OF

Continued From Page One)
years certainly provides me with
the essential background and know
ledge to capably consider and act
upon the many problems Of NUM-
cipal government; the questions of
management, business, finance
health, sanitation, i'm
|provements, and recreation, all of
which are translated, ultimately,
into social policy and administra-
tive action.
major improvements are the
symbol Of planned development
and progress in all cities. Under
the category of important major
projects / advocate Street Improve
ments of q more permanent ma
ture, together with improved drain
age; care and Identification of the
Municipal Cemetery; more area or
neighborhood Fairgrounds; and the
restoration and development Of the
abandoned, city owned swimming
pool site on Roosevelt Boulevard.
81 believe that the tasks that con-
front us in municipal government
may be successfully accomplished
through effective organization and
unselfish cooperation.
"A good public official is a good
public servant who must fairly and
Unfortunately serve all citizens
of the community. All legislation
must be enacted to provide what
is best for the general public good
and must be applicable to all citi-
Gems in the same measure.
81 believe that the life worth liv.
ing is the honest life and the use.
full life dedicated to an ideal. I be-
lieve that is is the responsibility
of each of US to guard and to inn
prove, so far as it Is within our
power to do 30, the political, COM
mercial, and social life of our COM
munity and nation, and to teach
the youth of America, by precept
and example, the honor of serving
"a country so great. This is the
work that we are called upon to
do; this is the work that we should
be proud to do; and we must look
deeply into the meaning and neces-
sity of accomplishing well 80 noble
a task" (Pd. Pol Adv
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-21
RELUCTANT POW
fConfinueu FROM Page Onel

NOouAHUGu FEOa EakG Ouet
that prisoners be forced TO listen
20 Communist persnaders.
Dickinson. wearing 4 blue Chi.
nese Pow Uniform. snapped a
smart salute as he walked up to
Ia Marine major who received him
at the transfer tent in the neutral
zone.
Dickinson angrily crumpled a
pack Of Chinese cigarettes and
asked an Indian officer, is it all
right to smoke, sir" The officer
replied. yes and the smiling
corporal Lit an American cigarette.
More May Return
Asked by a newsman whether
more Americans might return,
Dickinson answered, More than
likely" The remark was the first
indication that at least some Of
the other balky PoWs are thinking
of coming home.
After the l0-minrte transfer
process, Dickinson was whisked
by helicopter to the 12lst Evacua-
ton Hospital in Seoul for a medi.
cal checkup and processing.
Dickinson made up his mind to
come back some time before 10
Tuesday night. The soldier APP
preached an Indian guard, COM
planned Of being Ill and asked to be
taken to the medical station out
side the stockade.
Once there, he asked for an off,
Ger, and an Indian noncommis-
stoned officer asked him: "What
is wrong with your"
Dickinson replied: ''Nothing's
wrong with me. ! want to be re-
patriated."
He was segregated from the 9th.
er nonrepatriated prisoners.
The Indian command said the
touchy problem of getting defiant
North Korean POWs to meet with
Communist explainers may be
settled Friday.
A spokesman said the leaders of
the Korean P0Ws-who have
steadfasty refused to leave their
compounds-have promised to de.
eide then whether to 60 quietly to
the interviews.
He said 1t. Gen. K. S. Thimay-
va. Indian chairman of the repa.
triation commission, had obtained
the promise and was trying to
reason" with the rebellious pris-
oners.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-21
SAILOR HELD FOR
Continued From Page One

Continued From rage OneD
bury say, 'Silven, what in the
worlds the natter
I'VE both looked at Albury. Mer-
Ger ran away"
Albvry testified that he was
walking to work when he saw
fwo men fighting. Ne said he
thought they were both sailors.
When he looked closer, he saw
that one Of the men was Fine.
81 guess the sailor had plugged
him four or five times by then, "
Albury said. "As I went toward
them, Mercer ran and / called the
law"
Mercer was arrested Monday
night at his home, 902 Truman
Ave., by deputy sheriff. Mercer
is married and the father of two
children.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-21
TUESDAYS FIGHTS
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES - Oscar REYES,
14s, Los Angeles, stopped Lou
Gage, 149, San Francisco, Z.
BUTTE, Mont - Glen Flanagan
1873, 81. Paul, outpointed Joey Clemc
1856, Portland, Ore, 10.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa - Tommy
Harrison, 1873, Los Angeles, out
pointed Murray Brunette, 1904
Chicago, 10.
HARTFORD, Conn. - Johnny
Casario,f 14S, Hartford, Knocked on,
Mario Perez. lat, Argentina, 1.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex - Doug
Medley, 1872, San Antonio, out.
pointed Jose "Pepe" Alvarez, 135
Monterrey, Mexico, 10.
WARREN, Ohio-Bobby Hughes,
160, Warren, knocked out Bill Cor.
don. 160, Macon, Ga :, 2.
HOUSTON, Tex. Earl Keel,
l67, Oklahoma City. stopped Jimmy
Curl, 1859, San Antonio, S.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Jackie
Graves, 12Ss4, Minneapolis, out.
pointed Larry Mcjica, 1855, Mi,
ami, 10. :,
SACRAMENTO, Calf - Ramon
Tiscareno, 141lA, Los Angeles, out,
pointed Freddi Babe" Herman,
1884, Los Angeles, 10.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-21
TODAY'S
STOCK MARKET

NEW YORK, u - The stock
market declined today In O quiet
manner.
1t was the first fan in six ses-
sions. and extended into the major
fractions at the most. Many small
gains were scattered through the
list.
Going lower were such major
divisions as railroads, steels, util-
tiles, chemicals, aircrafts, and
most oils.
Motors displayed q little resist
ance to the decline as did the
coppers. distillers, radio-televisicns
and air lines.
Among lower stocks were seea-
board, Northern Pacific, Standard
Oil (ND, American Telephone,
Phelps Dodge, Du Pont, General
Electric, U. S. Steel, Chrysler,
Boeing and Douglas Aircraft.
Higher were General Motors,
Dome Mines. American Wooden,
and Sinclair OIL.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-21
The
-
Weatlerman
Says


Key West and vicinity: General.
ly fair and mild today thru Thurs.
day with risk Of q brief scattered
shower in the area. Moderate to
fresh northeast and east winds
with highest velocity offshore ..
bout 16 knots. Low temperature to-
night about ~ degrees; high to-
morrow So degrees.
Florida: Fair and mild thru
Thursday except for isolated briei
showers near east coast and in the
Keys.
Jacksonville thru the Florida
Straits and East Gulf: Moderate to
fresh north to northeast winds thru
Thursday. Partly cloudy weather.
Isolated brief showers near the
shore.
Western Caribbean: Moderate to
fresh east and northeast winds thru
Thursday. Partly cloudy to cloudy
weather with scattered showers.
Weather summary for the tropi-
cal Atlantic, Caribbean Sea area
and the Eastern Gulf Of Mexico:
Conditions are relatively quiet
throughout the nearby tropics and
there are no signs Of . developing
disturbance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-21
Navy Denies ANY
Wave Involvement

WASHINGTON, a - No Navy
servicewomen are involved in a
reported ''ring' Of Is women mem.
bers Of the armed forces accused
of engaging In abnormal sex prac-
tees. q Navy spokesman said last
night.
And an Army spokesman refused
to say whether any such group had
been apprehended by military in.
vestigators. The findings Of the
Army's Criminal Investigation
Division are secret, he said.
The Times-Herald reported yes.
terday the CID had broken up the
alleged sex ring, which II said
was composed Of about Is enlisted
servicewomen -- all said to be
Wacs except for three or four"
Waves.
The newspaper said today it had
learned that two Waves "still are
under observation"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-21
Council Votes
ToHold Off
Trieste Debate

UNITED NATIONS. N. Y. IN
The U. N. Security Council voted
over Soviet opposition last night 70
hold off debate on the Trieste issue
and feared its decks for an exhaus.
tive probe into the explosive Pal.
estine situation.
The Il-nation council faces its
next Palestine debate tomorrow
when II takes up Syria's plant that
Israel is endangering Middle East
peace by diverting the waters Of
the historic River Jordan.
During two wrangling sessions
yesterday the council pushed
through a u. S. call for full-dress
inquiry into the alleged border in
cidents between Israel and her
Arab neighbors, including the re.
cent Israeli attack on the Jordan
village of Kibya in which Jordan
claims 66 persons were killed and
the village flattened.
Gen. Vagn Bennike, chief Of staff
OF the truce supervision organiza-
ton In Palestine, has been sum-
moued to report on the general
Palestine situation. He left Jeru-
salem by plane last night and Is
expected to arrive here later this
week.
The tense Middle East issue was
further complicated last night
when Israel fired off q counter
complaint, demanding the council
take up 4 charge that the Arab
states violated the 1919 armistice
agreements, engaged in illegal
blockade measures and refused to
negotiate q peace.
In Jerusalem, the Israeli radio
reported fresh incident last night
claiming troops Of Jordan's Arab
Legion fired across the border al
q group Of Jewish railway workers
near the Holy City. No casualties
were reported.
AZ the close Of its double-header
last night, the Security Council
OVERRIDE Soviet Delegate Andrea
Vishinsky's demands for immedi-
ate action to internationalize Tri.
este. II decided to postpone the
issue until Nov. 2. This would give
the Big Three time to try 70 settle
Trieste's future through diplomatic
moves.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-21
Natl Income
Has Expanded

WASHINGTON R--National In.
come continued tn expand during
the first half of 1858. the govern,
ment said today, with a big gain
in on-farm income more than max.
ing up for a decline in farm re.
ceipts.
A report in the Commerce De.
partment'S monthly publication,
Survey of Current Business, said
net farm income appears to be
headed downward this year to .
level Of about 1874 billion dollars
about the same as the postwar
low Of 1919 and ala billion dollars
under the level Of 1851.
In contrast. wage and salary
earners' income in the second
quarter of this year reached an
annual rate, after seasonal adjust.
ments, Of 2Os billion dollars. or :
per cent more than last year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-21
Home Folk Hold
No Ill Will
For Repatriate

BIG STONE GAP, Va. 1-Folks
around this community in noun
famous southwest Virginia have a
message for Cpl. Edward S. Dick
enson.
"Tell him NOBODY hereabouts
thinks hard of him for what he
done, and we will all give him a
big welcome home. Aain't no hard
feelings on our part"
Those were the words last night
of a grateful mother, Mrs. Bessie
C. Dickinson, after receiving news
that her son had changed his mind
and wanted to come home after
first refusing repatriation in Ko.
rea.
The Dickensons--the father Is "
the mother In her 40s--live in a
remote cabin straight up a
mountainside about three miles
from the nearest village. The home
is about six miles from the nearest
telephone.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Morris, who
live two miles down the noun
tain, drove to the Dickinson cabin
to tell the family about their son.
but we weren't exactly sur.
prised," Mrs. Dickinson told a re.
porter later from a party line tele.
phone at Crackers Neck, q com.
munity six miles from here. "We
had done heard ON our radio ear.
lier tonight that one Of the boys
had decided to come home. They
didn't say what his name was,
but my husband said to me: 'Bes.
sic, just feel like that's Ed.
Well, ! tell you, / felt like tina,
too"
The happy mother said "nearly
everybody" in the area had writ.
ten to her son urging him to &C.
cept repatriation.
"And, Of course, I wrote hin
all along and just pleaded with
him, but ! don't know If he ever
got the letters. Anyway, I knowed
he would come home If they 1.-THE
Communistsl would let him"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-21
200 ssDADDES'' AWAIT

Il
Continued From Page Onel
- Hswn % Miami and proceed
% Ksy West In . meseresde.
Maria's hometown Is reportediy
very happy about her visit 10 this
country. The mayor gave her q
letter Of greeting TO deliver to the
mayor Of Key West and some Of
the townswomen gave her local
Embroidered pieces to present to
the wife Of the commandant OF the
Key West Naval Station.
The crew Of the Davis first de.
lcided to "adopt" a war child last
October. They voted for q girl and
after hearing about conditions In
Italy they chose an Italian. The
Foster Parents Plan assigned Ma.
ria to them and sent along her
case history. Their first Christmas
present to her. along with clothing
and essentials, was a big doll.
Maria replied: 'How can / thank
you enough for what you are doing
for me? / send you many kisses. I"
Along with her letter she sent a
picture Of herself in her new cloth
es with the new Christmas doll.
She and her foster fathers have
been exchanging letters and pic.
lures since then.
The ships company of the Davis,
average age 10, had Clipped in TO
adopt" Maria through the Foster
Parents Plan for War Children
for $500 month. They found
through the Plan they could sup
lply her with food, clothes, medical
care and schooling. They plan to
keep her until she's old enough to
get a job or until she's married.
The skipper, Il. Cmdr. George
B. Howe, did the writing to her for
all hands. I'VE all love you," he
wrote in one, "iust as much as
though you were a separate dau-
ghter to each Of US. So now you
have many kinds Of 'daddies,' some
are big, some small. Among them
are all colors Of men and Just
about all nationalties and relig.
IONS"
During the collection Of funds
for next years adoption some.
one came up with the idea Of
bringing their daughter here for
visit. Another collection was
made. They got other funds from
a television show con Your Ac.
count" WNBT), business men in
Key West and other sources.
Foster Parents Plan, a non.
sectarian, non-profit, non-political,
charitable organization was found.
ed sixteen years ago to secure
American aid for the destitute and
needy children of Spain during the
Civil War. In the years that fol.
lowed, the spread of hostilities
throughout the continent increased
their work as more and more
countries were oyer-run by war.
Today the Plan operates in eight
nations, England. France, Italy,
Greece, Belgium, Holland, West
ern Germany and Korea caring
for children Of fifteen different ma.
tionalities.
Foster Parents, through the Plan
contribute $4,000 a year or $50
2 monthrfor the support of a child
in Europe or Korea whom they
may designate in their application
to the Plan.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-21
HIGH SCHOOL

SCOnunueo from rage Onel
stated yesterday that the offer had
not been made.
"We'n play them anywhere, /"
Coach Ed Beckman said today.
Beckman expressed fear that the
entire season might be wrecked.
Constance is q member of the new
ly formed Gold Coast Conference in
which the Conchs are the leaders.
Key West is boasting of an un-
beaten and unsecured on season
after five games and some quar-
tiers have expressed the opinion
that the mediocre Constance team
is using the polio situation as a
convenient "out."