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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-01-27
Women Ready For
Mothers March

Women of Garrett County were
ready this week to proceed with
then Mothers Marches in the polio
fund drive. Some of them we're
conducted yesterday, but most Of
them were scheduled for next Mon
day evening, January 81, from Z
to 9 o'clock.
Mrs. William DeWeese heads the
Oakland unit; Mrs. William Har-
mon and Mrs. Wilmer Margroff,
the Accident unit; Miss Verna
Harvey and Mrs. Arthur Humbert-
son, the Mt. Lake Park unit. The
Accident group will march on Fri
day, January 28.
Dances and other activities are
also planned for the weekend in
various sections of the county.
Scouts were assisting this week
in collecting funds at the Mary
land theatre for the March of
Dimes program. Yesterday three
gas stations in Oakland contributed
their gross profits from the sale of
gasoline toward the polio drive.
The amount was not yet tabulated.
About 800 paid admission to the
March of Dimes benefit basketball
game last night but many of them
were children, admitted for the
price of so cents.
1t was announced on behalf Of
the mothers participating in the
Mothers March in Oakland on the
3lst, that they would assembly in
the Fire hall afterwards to give
their report and to receive some
refreshments.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-01-27
Fire I've Isolated Section NPeEE'
SSqDSys4zs KigE% GhiEGg. EBWB'Es$ 3

An early morning fire on Sun
day in a farm home near German
claimed the life Of an 1S-months-
old girl, left her grandmother and
ten-ycar-old aunt in critical con-
dition and hospitalized four other
members of the family.
Victim of the fire was Margaret
Ann Lee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
David Lee, who had been living
about one and one-half miles from
the Gorman-Loch Lynn road, about
three or four miles from German
Inc enid dIed IN University nos
pital, Baltimore where mercy
plane trip there by the maryland
Air National Duafa had taken her
ana two others Oh the more crI'i-
callE burned Inc cHlIu EId''"-
mother MRS. Joseph Lee ana aunt
Loretta Lee renamed III cIlVlc"I
cohol'loh win second degree ouIi'S
"oo"' wy 10y
fof more IMAM TWO hourS' 'he
dEihg Daoy ana the o'ner victims
IN the FANNY Oh II waited III tne
'.'9" - ~ ~ = - 'e',' W .l.;
homo wbiIo If-voa,.-oId Henry Leo
wont fo,. holm
Accordipu 70 state nolico and
count, officials Io.onb Lee "a got
nm about ( o'clock to robt a fire
in - coal burnino. stove near fine
foot Of tbc stairway leading to the
second floor Clothes above +bo
s+oyo caucbt firo Who, son,o lcro-
snno oxnloded and +bo flames
snrosd ouiclI,. to tho stairway
1rns+airy oo,s v.ifo hi. civ chill
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-01-27
Woman Is Killed, Ten Injured
In Series of Weekend Mishaps
Fay Harvey, u, Struck
BY Car As She Leaves
Church Near CreIlin


a 22-yem-old Mt. Lake Park
woman was killed almost instantly,
her male companion was critically
injured and several other persons
were injured IN automobile accl-
dents over the weekend.
The FIRST two were struck by an
automobile as they left church
at CreIlm along route 80 Sunday
night Mary Fay Harvey was dead
on arrival at the Garrett County
Memorial hospital Paul Roderlek'
- OF Nesternport' was IN very
serious condition IN the hospital.
Df Joseph Alvarez VINO examined
kodefleN' SAND ne sustained lfac-
lures OF both legs conclusion ana
a fractured peIVls' Inc soldier IS
stationed WIN Ihe army aI rorC
campbell NY
/ ne 2lfI oIeu OIL d fractured Skull
ana multiple internal INJURIES
Inc accident was IhVeStlgated
ny Trooper kooeft lehIlhe' ohefl1
F"uI 'sher ana . H. ragenhard1'
slaIe ; attorney Driver OF the car
wa loohlilIea as Joseph ran'z'
81 mutton ne was 'c'c"Seu peIuli'S
luF'''er l'.Nes .IR"'IoH ol '"e case
lr"oPef iie'llIi' 'aIu ho"elleA mas
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-01-27
Lown Fete At Jennings

An indoor lawn fetc will be held
at the Church of God parsonage in
Jennings on Saturday evening,
February 5, it was announced by
Mrs. l. Shewbridge, president Of
the Willing Worker band Of Jen-
nings.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-01-27
Bill to Delay Auto
Tag Hike Is Backed

The House took swift action
rdag on an emergency bill to
postpone motor vehicle license fee
increases with indications it would
be enacted and sent to the governor
this week.
The measure already has cleared
the Senate. The measure would put
off for one year license tag boosts
which are scheduled to 20 from $15
to $50 on most passenger cars, $23
to $50 on heavier cars and CORE
spending raises ON trucks and
other heavy vehicles.
Urge Adoption Law Change
Changes in the states present
adoption laws, have been recon-
mended by a commission appointed
by the Governor. Proposed amend
ments are scheduled to come be-
fore the present session of the
legislature.
Other Legislative Routine
S.B. IS by Goldstcin - To in
crease the number of State roads
commissioners from three to five.
S.B. 9S, to appoint a special
legislative committee and appro-
pirate it $4,000 to study the State
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18
Virginia as Seen
By Thomas Jefferson

NOTES ON THE STATE. OF
VIRGINIA. BY Thomas JET
ferson. university Of North
Carolina Press; So
An improved Topographic
cally) and annotated edition,
the first new edition in so
years Of the only full-length
book Jefferson himself COM
piled. 1t was written in $780,
81 at the request Of the French
government, which had asked
detailed information about Vir-
ginia. At that time the State
claimed territory embracing a
third Of the continent. Many
Of Jefferson's pungent ideas
on religion. art and life found
their way into the "Notes.
William Peden has edited the
new volume and contributed
an introduction and many
notes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18
"A Coast Guard
Adventure Tale
10 Years Lonq

ADVENTURE UNLIMITED.
By Harold Waters. prem
tice-Hall; $685.
Landlubbers as well as mari
ners viii enjoy reading this
retired Coast Churchman'S
colorful story Of his more than
20 years Of sea duty. in peace
and war. Things seldom were
peaceful in peacetime for this
veteran sailor and officer and
in wartime he had the usual
rugged going Of those who land
on enemy shores under fire.
Unlimited adventures were
his. indeed - ranging from
the tracking down Of rum.
runners of prohibition days
and the dynamiting Of icebergs
to Inflated rescue operations
during the tragic sinking Of
the q. s. Submarine S-4 and
the loss Of the British steamer.
vestris. Harold Waters evil
dences a pride in his branch Of
Government service that u
understandable.
REX COLLIER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18
Making Love and Teo
Across the Channel
THE N0TERnnKs nE

THE NOTEBOOKS OF MA
JOR THOMPSON. BY Pierre
Daninos. tAlfred A. Knopf:
$685.
You really get two books for
the price of one in this fizzy
volume. For what you have
here is not just an English
mans view of France, but
what makes it doubly funny,
a Frenchman's view Of an
Englishman's view of France.
The temptation is very
strong merely to quote whole
pages of the notebooks or
maybe to run the book serially
In installments. This hap
pened in France, where Major
Thompson's pe7asees were q
daily feature in Figaro" the
newspaper where NJ. Daninos,
his creator, works. Even so,
100000 thrifty Frenchmen
coughed up the requisite num-
Der Of francs to purchase that
many books about themselves.
NJ. Daninos is superb when
he is carefully charting the
built-in double-edged para
doxes that characterize his
mercurial countrymen. He is
even funnier when he Is con-
trasting the French and the
English, who, as he says. might
as well be living at the OPP
posite ends of the earth in
stead of a mere 81 miles away
from each other. For example:
1.-THE English observe rites for
making tea, and have habits
for making love. The French
devote to love. the care we
bring to making tea"
Major Thompson - Major
William Marmaduke Thomp-
son. DC, ST., D.S.O.. ODE,
II you don't minds In Q
position to know the differ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18
IA Judge Looks
AT the Weird
|GreerCuse
THE GREER CASE.

THE GREER CASE. BY JUS
tice David w. Peck. (Simon
a. Schuster: $3.50
Mabel Seymour Greer, .
dowager Of old New York
society. left q half million dol
lar estate and q revelation that
as q young girl she had borne
o son out Of wedlock. The con-
test over her will was initiated
by q man Of 60, who had
reason to believe he was the
son.
Key questions: Was Mabel
old enough to have q son that
age2 Did she first get the idea
he was her son by reading the
obituary Of the man who had
fathered her child? And be-
hind those questions, what was
the truth Of her life before she
met the socially prominent Mr..
Greer?
Even to those who recall the
l947-48 win contest. the case
unfolds like a whodunit. It has
all the elements Of fiction--the
woman with a past. the patient
sleuthing. the climactic court
room scenes, the ironic finale.
Justice Peck, presiding JUS
tice of the appellate division Of
the New York State Supreme
Court. First Department. gives
these elements their full value.
But he does more than that.
AS q judge himself. he is the
ideal guide through the intri-
cacies Of q will fight. Not for
one paragraph, however, does
he abandon the even now Of
his narrative.
Out of legal briefs. exhibits,
bulky volumes Of testimony
and court decisions, he has
nodded Q story rich In drama
and suspense. IN. o.
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ence. having taken for his first
wife. Ursula, a horsey, prim.
graduate of a girls school
who was taught to sleep like
a statue and not to dream at
all; and for his second, Mar
tine, who not only thought q
lot Of love, but even talked
about it.
M. Daninos would seem to
be a typical Frenchman. He
has used a ruse to write a
love letter to his own country.
No Frenchman would do any
thing so straightforward,
unsubtle and therefore as
undressing as coming right
out and writing a book in
praise of his native land.
From an Englishman partic-
ularly a baffled. red-faced one
like Major Thompson, who
finds the French inhospitable
but welcoming, contrary but
logical, boastful but uncertain.
and lovable withal. 1t Is per-
fectly acceptable.
MARY McGRoRY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18
More French Fizz
Light and Dry
MY AUNT LUCIENNE. By

MY AUNT LUCIENNE. BY
Rose c. Field. tScribner's;
So
Miss FIELDS Gallo aunt is
living proof Of all that Major
Thompson says about the
French in THE NOTEBOOKS
OF MAJOR THOMPSON. IRE
viewed on this page. She is
skeptical, thrifty. intriguing.
She is also warm hearted, sen.
sible and devoted to her family.
Miss Field tells her story in the
form of q memoir, a series Of
sketches that go back over
80 years.
Aunt Lucienne, willy as ever,
is now over 80 and living har-
Oily in Tours. by herself. hay-
ing outwitted the attempts Of
her son and daughter-in-law
to domicile her with them or
an old ladies' home. Aunt Luz
cienne Is feminine, but for
midable. On occasion after
occasion she circumvents I'M
friendly fate. A firm believer
in God, she relies on herself.
however. in a crisis. She skill
fully steers her son away from
an unsuitable fiance:. she deft-
ly divests her daughter-in-law
). of an unbecoming uniform in
wartime; she converts her be-
loved unbelieving husband on
his deathbed. Aunt Lucienne
is, in a word, wonderful. and
Miss FIELDS affectionate remi-
niscence does her full justice.
This is a most winning book,
light and dry. MEG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18

for languages. q, man about
town who lived latishly.
Finally we find Felix, or
Armand as the hotel preferred
to call him, on a world tour
impersonating q certain mar
quis and carrying his letter Of
credit. This he is doing with
the full consent of the mar
quis. who is involved with an
actress in Paris and thus es-
capes the year-long journey
on which his parents in Lux
embourg insisted that he go
to forget his infatuation. As
the false marquis, our hero is
presented to the King Of Por-
tugal and ether celebrities.
We leave him in full career.
undetected. He alludes. earlier.
to the times he had to go to
prison. But we have only q
tantalizing glimpse Of his
years as q confidence man. !
put down the book wishing DR..
Mann could have been spared
to pursue Felix's adventures
in further volumes. Presum-
ably this is all. though you
never know what manuscripts
literary executors viii dis
cover.
Most Amusing
It Is true that there are
pages in Confessions Of Felix
Krull" when this golden youth.
in stimulation If not sincere
search Of the Intellectual life,
reflects on the world about
him or learns for the first
time the mysteries Of an
thropology and paleontology.
But. in carrying the narrative
forward, the author was at
his most amusing. The comic
possibilities Of the various sit
uations are explored fully.
The period. the mid-l890s,
was that Of DR.. Mann's own
youth. It was q time when
sumptuous living was still an
art. before a world war and q
revolution began to change the
world so radically. There are
many sly illusions to the bored
complacence with which the
aristocracy of that day ac-
cepted luxury and pomp. Well,
has the worship Of wealth
ceased even in this day?
The novel grew out Of a
fragment called Felix Krill,"
. short story now to be found
in Stories of Three Decades"
1886. We can be grateful
that the author extended it
into q full-length book. The
translation by Denver Lindley
never seems o translation,
which is q tribute to its adj
mirable conversion into an
English text.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18
CRIME, MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE
Some New Whodunits
By q Few Old Experts
By MIRIAM OTTENBERG

THE COUNTRY HOUSE
BURGLAR. BY Michael Gill
bert. (Harper & Bros:
$2.75.)
A strong minded widow and
a retired general decide to do a
bit Of sleuthing on their own
when the church choir's tenor
gets blown up, the church box
is rified and a second-story
man starts preying on country
estates. Their trail leads to a
warehouse Of old Army files. to
a theatrical agency and finally,
to the murderer. Wry humor.
romance and the most ingeni-
Gus murder device in many a
month combine to make this
one q standout.
So -
SHOOT A SITTING DUCK.
BY David Alexander. (Ran-
dom House: $2.75.)
A kidnapping note is de-
livered before the lady is kid
mapped. the most likely sus-
pect is murdered and Bert
Hardin, knowledgeable man.
againg editor Of the Broadway
Times, finds himself accused
by the lady's husband--his
boss-of rigging the kidnap-
ing and making OF with the
loot. Such assorted characters
as a bum CARRIED as Santa
Claus and a gambling kingpin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18
PHILATELIc NEWS

Stamp Collecting Week
November IA through 20-this
year will honor Theodore
Roosevelt.
Peter G. Keller. executive
officer of the American Stamp
Dealers Association. said the
Roosevelt theme fitted perfect
~ into stamp collectors plans
because of the issuance that
week Of the new Scent Roose-
welt stamp.
To assist stamp clubs in
planning programs for that
week, Mr.. Keller has prepared
O special kit. Kits can be OBJ
tanned by writing to Mr.. KEEL
Ter at 116 Nassau street. New
York 80. N. Y.
The half-cent Benjamin
Franklin stamp. eleventh Of
the new regular U. S. series.
will be first placed on sale here
October 20. The date COIN
cides with the opening day Of
the Washington jubilee exhibi-
ton.
Appearing on the new adj
flesive Is q likeness of Franklin
reproduced from a portrait in
pastel by J. S. Duplessis in the
book THE Pictorial Life Of
Benjamin Franklin. Printer"
It was furnished by the LIZ
brary Of Congress. The color
viii be orange.
Stamp collectors desiring
first day covers may send adj
dressed envelopes to the post
master, with money order re-
mittance to cover the cost of
the stamps to be affixed.
Warning: To receive the Off
cial first day postmark Of this
stamp. the covers must bear
postage at the first-claSs rate
In other words. each cover
must have q Scent stamp.
The outside envelope to the
postmaster should be Endorsed
First Day Covers"
Singapore has issued the
most beautifully designed set
Of pictorials in its postal his
tory. There are Is stamps in
the set, each bearing a vi
gnette portrait Of Queen Eliza
beth,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18


other novels and books of
shorter stories. He received
many honors. topped by the
Nobel Prize. He lived in Cali
fornia for a number Of years.
but several years ago returned
to Switzerland to live. There,
at the age Of 80, his remark
able career ended.
CONFESSIONS OF FELIX
KRULL. CONFIDENCE MAN.
BY Thomas Mann tKnopf:
$4.50) is. beyond much doubt.
his most entertaining novel.
aside from It's other qualities.
There is something Of Vol-
taire In its satirical imphca-
tions. something of the latter's
successor, Anatole France. but
mostly Thomas Mann himself,
vet writing largely at a lighter.
more relaxed pace, with q
sense Of the ridiculous some OF
his novels have lacked.
Not all DR.. Mann's novels
have been as easy to read as
this one. The Joseph tetralogy.
q tremendous enterprise. was
laid on with a heavy German
hand. The novel Of q few
years ago. eDr. Faustus." was
q satire with few light touches.
little to relieve its profound
meditations. And yet the
author has shown often that
he could write In q more def
way. with q more popular ap-
peal. Witness the short novel.
The Holy Sinner" or Q num-
Der Of the short stories.
An Engaging Rogue
Felix Krull is Of that species
which has always intrigued
readers-the engaging rogue.
He is a philosophical Casa
nova. q sort Of Robin Hood of
European salons at the turn
Of the century, who was
amoral and dishonest without
.compunction. but robbed those
who could most afford it.
Felix tells his story with dis
arming candor. He does not
trouble to be modest about the
good looks with which his
youth was endowed. the
swooning love he inspired in
women, young and old, the
grudging admiration with
which men regarded him. He
grew up in the Rhineland.
the son Of Q frustrated manu-
facturer Of sorry wine, who in
evitably failed In business and
finally ended his own life.
Felix was sent by his godfather
to an old friend. the manager
of q palatial hotel in Paris.
The boy. then 20. started as an
elevator boy, became q waiter
and finally. through his wits.
his intelligence and his knack
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18

versity Of Michigan Press;
So
This is subtitled "A Study
Of Germans Visiting America.
The book attempts to answer
this question: How can visits
to the United States, sponsored
intensively and increasingly by
business and Government, have
positive value in bringing about
international understanding
and growth? The authors
make suggestions for the
improvement Of visitors pro-
grams, for selecting and train
ing leaders and for i'm
proved communication proce-
dures which will make such
programs increasingly helpful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18
An Adventure for Lovers
Of the Greet Outdoors
THE SOUND OF WHITE WA

THE SOUND OF WHITE WA
TIERS. By Hugh Fosburgh.
tScribner's; So
Having read "The Hunter"
one Of MIR. Foshurgh's two
previous novels. I was eager
to see this one. 1.-THE Hunter"
was an unusual love story, set
In the rugged New Mexican
mountains. with the ways OF
outdoor men permeatins an
inner struggle between two
persons.
! was not disappointed in
1.-THE Sound Of White Water"
In which Mr.. Fosburgh. still
concerned with woods. noun
tains and streams, moves TO
the north country Of upper
New York State.
At first glance. the new
novel might seem strictly q
mans story. It concerns .
fishing trip which three men
take in canoes down a hazard
Gus stream which the author
calls Big River. But there is
considerably more to the story
than the account Of a fishing
trip, with constant danger Of
. moody mountain stream
strewn with rapids and hidden
rocks. Mr.. Fosburgh has
presented three memorable
men-Pete Gay, the profess
sional trapper, Ben Pierson.
who. unlike Pete had been to
college and was an Industrial
executive, but also was Pete's
best friend and old companion
In the wild country: finally,
Tony Farr, Ben's friend, q ten
derfoot, but not so tender, at
that.
There Is not a woman In the
brief novel, unless you count
some references to one named
Mary, whom Pete turned away
from and always regretted.
The men, though, come fully
alive in the course Of the swift
narrative. And this remote
country. lush with early sum-
mer, given over to fish, beaver,
bear. raccoon and eagle, is de-
scribed with charm and beauty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18
THOMAS MANN WRITES FINS
The Closing Chapter
OF q Greet Author
By CARTER BROOKE JONES

When Thomas Mann died the other day in Zurich. his
novel already had been published Europe Tomorrow
appears poshumousy In the United States Naturally great
interest attached for many everything published
distinguished author Of Buddenbroos THE Magic
tain !. volumes Joseph and Brothers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18
POISON IN PARADISE. BY
Anne Hooking. Doubleday
g. Co.: $2,75.)

The owner Of the pub called
Paradise was q hearty woman.
handsome and ever so sympa-
thetic. She was also. it de-
veloped. q blackmailer. so,
Chief Detective Inspector Aus
tin had q pub full Of suspects
when she was done in. The
plot idea turns out to be o lot
more promising than its exc
cution and the denoument Is q
lkiss-oR . m. O.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18

assist in extricating Hardin.
Banal dialogue but plenty Of
local color.
THE CASE OF THE THREE
LOST LETTERS. BY Chris
topher Bush. (Macmillan
Co.; $2.75)
Ludoyic Travers gets q tough
one. A wealthy man has
asked for a bodyguard and .
week later Is dead. Obviously.
his relatives are suspect and
just as obviously they all have
something to hide--something
the dead man may have
known. Complications tumble
over each other but the tale
unfolds with such elaboration
that even sensational Develop
ments become only mildly
interesting.
HAH
ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT.
BY Whit Masterson. Dodd.
Mead g. Co.; $2.75)
A romantic interlude at
Lovers Loop is interrupted by
an intruder with a gun. The
young man in the car is
knocked out. The intruder
goes of with the girl. In the
five hours that follow, we see
the psychotic kidnaper moving
from desire to fear to MUIR
derous rage. And we see the
police mobilizing to do q job
the of duty police called in.
the roadblocks set UP, the
search of sex offender files.
the cracking urgency Of the
manhunt. This one packs .
wallop.
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Collectors to Honor
Theodore Roosevelt

The lower values show native
boats, steamships and air
planes. The 81 depicts a statue.
50 a view Of the harbor and IS
the coat Of arms. Each stamp
has the words Singapore Ma
laya" beneath the illustra-
tons.
The Western zone Of Ger
many has issued a 20-pfennig
violet red stamp to commence
rate the 1,000th anniversary
Of the city Of Augsburg. The
stamp also honors the battle Of
Lechfeld at Augsburg In 955
AID. The design, a symbolical
one. depicts an apple on which
is superimposed a cross. Three
arrows penetrate it. In the
center is q pine cone and q
sword.
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