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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-06-21
Advised
On Tree Shearing

Landowners who are raising
Scotch pine for Christmas trees
should shear them within the next
two weeks, and the Red and White
pine soon thereafter if they wish
to have buShy, well-fOrmed Specl-
mems for the market This infOr-
nation was released by the fores-
try department.
r. Thomas Thayer, assistant dis
trict forester, said the pines should
be sheared or pruned during the
growing season, and in the new
growth. He said this was necessary
so that new buds may be formed to
take the place of those removed.
It was stated that this applies only
to the pines and not to the spruces
which may be sheared from late
July until early spring.
He explained that in shearing the
pines, the terminal leader or top
shoot is cut back to about II inches.
The laterals or side branches are
then cut back to make the general
form of the tree symmetrical. 1t
was emphasized that cutting should
be done only in new growth at
time when the new needles are
half as long as the old ones. The
shearing, which is usually done
with hedge shears, may begin when
the trees are two to three feet high.
The time of shearing varies from
year to year depending upon
weather conditions.
Thayer said he had additional in
formation on shearing and Christ
mas tree production and that he
would be glad to assist landowners
in starting their pruning operation.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-06-21
Stunt Show Will
Be Given Saturday

The original World Champion
Hell Drivers will appear in their
Tournament of Thrills stunt show
at the Deep Creek Speedway on
Saturday night, June %, at $50 o.
clock. Twenty-eight thriller events
will be staged.
AS the featured attraction Bill
Ward of Santa Monica, Calf, Hol-
lywood stunt man, will leap a new
Sc Ford stock sedan from a launch
ing platform to receiving ramp.
He hopes to establish new worlds
record which would have to exceed
81 feet, if he is to do so. A second
car will pass directly underneath
as he attempts the jump.
Johnny Bruno, Pittsburgh, Pa,
is expected to roll an automobile
end for end as many times as pos
sible. Other stunt men will be per-
forming. Among other events on
the program are a slide for life, all
types of precision driving, hi-ski
wingovers, balancing automobiles
on two wheels, flaming firewall
crashes and others.
Others participating will be Lar
nv Shaw. a full blooded Cherokee
Indian from Oklahoma; Ace Will
liams, Philadelphia; Lucky Lee
Cradle, Ell Centre, Calf; Wild Bill
Palmer Flint, Mich; Larry o.
Brien, Cleveland o.; Bobby Cros-
by, Boston.
The Commute show is the same
that was recently completed as a
movie and television short which
is to be released to the public in
October.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-06-21
Activity Begins
At Summer Theatre
Location on Lake

With Gene Yell, director of the
summer theatre, having arrived in
Oakland last week from Albuquer-
que, N. NJ, a renewed activity was
Immediately noted at the former
Arden Boat club location at Nc
Henry, where the eight plays are
to be presented this summer,
The steel beam, which will per-
nit an entire Encouragement of the
seating capacity, already is in place
and carpenters are now adding
platforms for the IS additional
seats that will be available this
year. For the first time Mr. Yell
will realize his desire to have a
theatre in the round" since the
steel beam will allow seating on
all sides of the stage
The stage will be somewhat
larger, too, giving actors more
space for acting than they had last
year.
The actors and actresses are to
arrive this Sunday and they will
begin rehearsals Monday morning
for the first play, Hay Fever" by
Noel Coward, which will open for
five-day run on Tuesday, July 3.
Mr.. Yell said he planned to fea-
ture special exhibits each week in
the lobby which will include paint
ings of local artists as well as some
from New Mexico; also Amish rugs
and Amish quilts.
He is planning to have three
places this year where reservations
may be made for a particular night.
These reservations may be made
at the Oakland Pharmacy, the
Highlander Pharmacy, and the Will
Iliam-James hotel. Reservations also
can be made at the box office at
the theatre which will open at 1880
p m.
Curtain time this year will be
$50, Yell said. The campaign to
obtain season subscriptions to all
eight plays is continuing by the
Business and Professional Women's
club which gets a percentage of all
season tickets sold to add to their
community project fund. Subscrip-
lions are available for $40 which
allows a patron an admission to
each of the eight plays, plus one
guest admission.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-06-21
Two Die In Wreck

Word was received by relatives
in Oakland of the tragic death Of
Mrs. Frederick ToWnshend, Jr
and a 22-months-old son by burning
following a collision as the Town
shend family was enroute for a va
cation about fifty miles from Park
ersburg, W. Va, last Wednesday,
June 10. Major Townshend and his
daughter, eight, were critically in
jurcd with the daughter being bad
ly burned. Both are patients in the
Walter Reed hospital in Washing
ton.
Fred Townshend, Sr, who now
resides in Parkersburg, was for
mer Oakland resident.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-06-21
Gas Service For
Loeb Lynn Heights
Is Being Improved

Improved year-round natural gas
service in Loeb Lynn will result
from a pipeline replacement prof.
ect now in progress there, the Cum
berland and Allegheny Gas Com
pany announced this week.
Some 1000 feet of new 3 and g.
inch line is being laid through the
center of town along an alley and
Paul Street, manager r, H. Brown
said. Costing over $4,000, the new
feeder lines will replace smaller
gas mains.
About 800 feet of the main feeder
line in Loeb Lynn is being replaced,
the official said. Almost 400 feet
of 3-inch pipe will be laid parallel
to that line to bolster deliveries in
part of the Paul Street area, he
added.
These lines will make more gas
available to customers in all parts
of Loeb Lynn because each branch
line serving a section of town is
supplied gas from the new feeders
on Paul Street" Brown said.
The new feeder will eliminate a
bottleneck which previously de-
veloped in the smaller line when
cold weather demands multiplied
some 1915 times over normal daily
requirements, he added
The project is part of c. and Az
1856 service improvement program
designed to build up its gas supply
and delivery network and make
sufficient quantities of natural gas
available to all customers in the
most economical and efficient man
ner possible, he said.
Construction is under the super
vision of manager Brown and gas
company inspector Wayne Booth.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-06-21
Summer Brings Cool
Weather to Area

Today is the first day of the
summer season, but there was no
indication of it as far as the tenn
perature was concerned.
Cooler air moved into the entire
area over the weekend, dropping
temperatures as far south as north
ern Florida, and there was plenti-
full amount of rainfall.
The summer season officially
started at SPA a. M, EST.
After a fairly hot Friday and
Saturday there was a sprinkle of
rain on Saturday evening and this
was followed by rain most of Sun
day with continued showers on
Monday and Tuesday Wednesday
appeared cloudy but warmer, but
more rain was falling this morn
ing and the fog was heavy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-06-21
18th Birthday Observed

David II. Thomas, of Hazelton, w
Va, celebrated his Goth birthday
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Clarence Taylor, near Friendsville,
on Sunday, June II, and was at
tended by all of his children as
we'll as 90 other relatives and
friends.
Relatives and Friends attended
from Friendsville, Philippi, Cleve-
land, Tunnelton, Swanton, Hazel
ton, Canton, and Harrisburg.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-06-21
Youth Is Sought
After Auto Wreck
15-Yeur-Oid Blamed for Mis-
hap Which Injured Nine

hap Which Injured Nine
West Virginia State police still
were searching today for a 15-year-
old boy who was identified as the
driver of car which collided with
two other vehicles on us. route
2l9 near Silver Lake in Preston
county, Sunday afternoon
Nine persons we're injured in the
accident, seven of them hospital
lied as the result of the thrce-car
smashup.
West Virginia State Trooper W..
Z. Sparks of the Kingwood detach-
ment, who is investigating, said
the accident occurred when one of
the cars involved went out of con-
troll while travelling at a high rate
of speed, smashed headon into an
other automobile and forced it in
to the path of car following.
Admitted to Garrett County Me
mortal hospital at Oakland we're
Lloyd Koontz, 80, of Boswell, Pa.
the most seriously injured; his wife,
Mrs. Marietta Koontz, 20; nine
year-old son, Randall Koontz;
Arthur Pyle, SO, also of Boswell;
his wife, Mrs. Edna NJ. Pyle, all
passengers in the Koontz vehicle;
and Jack Delaney, II, of Baltimore
passenger in the auto which re-
portcdly caused the accident.
Koontz, who is reported salts
factory" although the nature of
his injuries is considered critical,
suffered abdominal and chest in
juries. broken left leg and broken
ribs. His wife sustained leg abra-
sions and decorations of the head:
his son, a broken right leg and
body Commissions; Pyle, head and
face decorations and a broken left
arm; Mrs Pyle, decorations of the
head and numerous Commissions:
young Pyle, cuts of the knee and
hands, and Delaney, decorations of
back, arms, wrists and face.
Trooper Sparks said Jack De-
laney's brother, Robert Delaney,
believed to be Is years of age, was
the driver of the car which went
out of control He was treated at
the Oakland hospital for minor
injuries and left before he could
be questioned. State police said
last night they have a lead as to
his Whereabouts but said he had
not been apprehended. 1t was be-
lieved Delaney had no drivers Ii
cense.
Also treated for minor injuries
were Mrs. Sally EneiX, 30, and H.
E. Garrett, 80, both of Wolf Sum
nit, w. Va, passengers in a car
operated by Mrs EneiX's husband,
Paul EneiX, who was not hurt
Trooper Sparks said the Delaney
vehicle crashed into the Koontz
car although it had pulled nearly
off the highway in an effort to
escape the collision. The Koontz
car was Whirled around by the i'm
pact and forced into the EneiX We
hicle which was following Koontz
Total damage was estimated at
approximately $1,60O by the state
trooper.
The 1949 Ford driven by the De-
laney youth was registered to Burl
James Delaney of Baltimore
Charges in the accident will be
handled by the Preston County
Juvenile court.
Trooper Sparks said no charges
would be brought against Koontz
or EneiX, the other drivers involved
Koontz was operating 1855 Nash
Rambler and was driving south on
the road with the EneiX car fol-
lowing
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-06-21
Sacred Song Service
Is Set for Sunday

The eleventh annual sacred song
service will be held this Sunday at
the camp meeting tabernacle at
Mt. Lake Park, beginning at l o.
clock and continuing through the
afternoon.
Instrumental music will precede
the song service. Choirs, quartets,
trios. duets, solos, group singers
and musicians are invited to par
ticipate. Only sacred music will be
used and no prizes are offered.
The public is invited.
Evening star., 1956-08-17
Both Parties Must Face the Problem
OF Growing Power of Communists
CONSTANTINE BROWN.

into the United Nations" And
it further pledges Continued
support Of Nationalist China"
A heretofore nationally little
known Democratic candidate
for the Senate seat in Nevada,
Jay Sourwine, is in part re-
sponsible for the mention Of
the Chinese in the Democratic
platform. At q meeting last
month he asked Gov. Steven
son where he stood on the
question Of permitting Red
China to enter the United Ma
tionS and America recognizing
the Peiping regime. Stevenson
replied in effect that it was
up to the U. N. to decide on
the seating Of the Red Chinese
and that we could not forever
continue to punish the Chinese
people for the misdeeds of
Mao Tse-tung. This was in
terpreted by Sourwine and
others who attended the gath
ering in Nevada to mean that
the Democratic leader was not
too strongly opposed to letting
bygones be bygones in regard
to the Chinese Communists.
On August 10, Sourwine, as
a delegate to the convention,
sent a telegram to the mem
berS Of the platform commit
tee saying that "the Demo-
cratic platform for 1856 would
be incomplete without a plank
formally and unequivocally
opposing the entry of the
Chinese Communists into the
United Nations. :. The plank
should further declare that
If the Red dictatorship now
opposing Chang +. Is per-
mitted to strong-arm its way
into the U. N, the United
States would withdraw (from
that organization)."
Sourwine's telegram obvious
~ made an impression on the
Democratic platform commit
tee. According to informa-
ton received by this reporter
from Chicago, a number Of
those on the committee re-
Evening star., 1956-08-17
Senator Humphrey Held by Some to Be
Stevenson's Choice as Running Mate

freedom Of action 1t gave
him.
Stevenson's aides generally
suggest that his personal
choice is Senator Hubert H.
Humphrey Of Minnesota
Farm leaders went on record
as saying Humphrey could ex-
plot the discomfort in their
States. Labor leaders said
they would be well satisfied
with him.
He has supporters on the
Stevenson staff and among the
intellectuals who are still
very influential with the can
didate despite the infusion Of
pros into the campaign.
All agreed that he is a mar
.elous campaigner who can
handle Nixon"
Stevenson admireS Hum
lhrey's political skill, his un-
Ciring energy in the work OF
The Senate and his homely,
Small-town background.
But Speaker Rayburn.
Southern Governors and some
of the big State pros protest
that Humphreys ADA back
ground will hurt the ticket and
give Republicans radicalism as
an issue. Southern Senators,
on the contrary, prefer Hum
phrey to Kefauver and are so
stating.
In this situation, with Ste
venson remaining silent, back
ers of the attractive young
Senator John Kennedy of
Massachusetts were begging
him to stand fast and insist
upon a roll call vote in the
convention. They declare that
what would then elect their
candidate would be the
Achilles heels of the other
contenders.
Kennedy has support on the
Stevenson staff. They argue
that he is the new look, the
young wave OF the future,
They are having to answer q
variety Of counter-complaints
Rayburn and others ask
why, in an already divided
party against a strong Repub-
lican candidate, inject poten-
tial trouble over a Catholic
nominee. Kennedy has nc
substantial record. others point
out. and noticeably lacks a
record OF opposition to Senator
Joseph r. Mccarthy. He votec
wrong on one farm bill.
Rather plaintively somt
Midwesterners complain that
an all-Ivy League, all eggheac
ticket from P1nceton-Stev-
enson II and Harvard X Ken
nedy--is O bit thick.
Stevenson wants terribly Il
have q Vice President or
whom he can depend for worI
and for friendship. He per-
ceives that II he uses his vic'
President Is an assistant pres
ident their relations mus
become extremely intimate
that they must bear each
others personal inarmities
He knows that the burdens o.
Evening star., 1956-08-17
Stevenson Won't Take Just Anybod,

cially between different Sec
tions Of the same plank.
While denouncing the Com
munists and approving in a
creditable fashion the oppo-
sition Of the United States to
the entry of Red China into
the United Nations, the for
eign policy plank nevertheless
criticizes the Republican ad-
miniStration for refusing to 60
along with the kind of "neu-
tralism" in ''uncommittad"
countries that plays the Com
munist game.
Also, while arguing that 1t
is necessary to reappraise the
foreign aid program and hint
ing that maybe it has gone too
far, the same plank argues for
a give-away Of the American
taxpayers money through the
"multilateral approach" so
that burdens are shared and
resources pooled among all the
economically developed coun-
tries with the capital and skills
to help in this great task"
Whoever slipped this into
the platform knew what he
was doing. For It's the scheme
which so many of the give
away propagandists have been
publicizing for months in order
to get Congress to allow the
American taxpayers money to
be pooled by the United
Nations. In this way. America
not only gets no direct benefit
from her financial contribu-
tionS but has little to say about
their use in foreign lands.
although putting up most Of
the money.
1t is amazing that the Dem
ocratic platform makers fell
for the stratagem, and it
may be suspected that Walter
Reuther's influence was per-
haps partly responsible, as he
has been in the past among
the foremost advocates Of the
plan.
The labor plank is one that
will cost the Democrats plenty
Of independent votes and get
them very little recompense in
the form Of votes from the
labor side. The proposal is to
repeal the Taft-Hartley Act
and go back to the one-sided
Wagner Act and by Federal
law to wipe out the right to
work" laws Of the States. Lit
tie business and large business
will line up against this plank.
and many members Of labor
unions will not be diverted by
it from their instructive desire
to vote for the party in power
on economic grounds.
The presidential and vice
presidential candidates of the
convention here will have to
struggle with these inconsis-
tencies in their campaign
speeches. The Democrats will
take the offensive.
President Eisenhower Is not
the kind Of man who makes Q
vigorous, hard-hitting cam
paign. So the burden Of the
Republican battle will fall on
Vice President Nixon, whereas
the Democrats will have two
fighting candidates. 1t looks
like q slugging campaign.
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Evening star., 1956-08-17

After the din Of the conven-
tions dies down: after the
golden throats have become
hoarse. and promises from
both parties that the American
people will live under their
leadership in another Garden
Of Eden, we shall have to set
tie down and face once more
the facts Of life.
These facts have been with
us since the end Of the war
and have persisted and wors-
ened through both Democratic
and Republican administra-
tions since Immediately after
WI day.
These facts of life are not
the domestic. but the interna-
tional situation: they are the
continued risk to our security
from the ever-growing power
Of the Communists all over the
world.
At this time when the Demo-
cratic orators have blasted
from the rostrum in Chicago
what they call the stupidity
and lack of craftsmanship of
the Republicans land these
compliments will be returned
in San Francisco) Communist
imperialism is making long
strides all over the world. 1t
stands a good chance Of add
ing to the nearly one billion
people under the Communist
dictatorship and so-called neu-
trail following of Moscow and
Peiping another 100 million
MoSlems from the Atlantic to
the Persian Gulf-and possibly
farther, to Indonesia.
The Democratic platform on
foreign affairs is more or less
what was expected. It con-
centrated mainly on the blum
ders of the present admins
tration without offering any
thing more tangible than pious
wishes for the future, except
in one paragraph when it
pledges the Democratic Party's
determined opposition to the
admission of Communist China
Evening star., 1956-08-17
a Deny Guilt
In Stock Sale

NEW YORK, Aug. II R.-
Four men pleaded not guilty in
Brooklyn Federal Court yester-
day to an indictment charging
them with a SIS million mail
fraud and securities law VIOLA
ton.
Authorities say about 10000
small investors were victimized
in the sale of worthless penny
uranium stocks.
The four men are Arnold L.
Kimmes, r. Eugene Neher and
Cecil L. Turner. all of Denver,
Colo. and Kenneth H. Huston Of
Grand Junction. Colo.
Federal Judge Matthew T.
Abruzzo set bail at $2,500 each
pending trial October /.
Another defendant in the case.
Earl N. Murray. will plead to the
indictment in Denver, authori-
ties said.
Last Monday Stock Broker
Walter F. Teller of Rye, N. Y.
pleaded not guilty to 17-count
indictment in the case.
Evening star., 1956-08-17
Returning to the Facts of Life

jected completely the young
Nevadan's plea and wanted to
speak only in the most general
terms about the Chinese prob
lem. which will be with us
again soon after the election
in November. But apparently
the better counsel prevailed
after Ambassador Henry Cabot
Lodge answered a letter from
Republican Senator John
Marshall Butler on the same
matter of China's admission to
the U. N. In his reply to q
question from the Maryland
legislator our representative in
the U. N. said positively that
the United States would use its
veto power to block Communist
China and that this country
will continue to support by all
available means the Nationalist
government now in Formosa,
which is q charter member Of
the United Nations.
The Lodge letter was COM
municated to the Democratic
platform committee by well
wishers" and 1t became OBJ
vious that the question Of Conn
munist China would become q
relatively important electoral
matter unless the Democrats
also agree to pledge their de-
termined opposition to Macs
maneuvers. Attention was paid
to Lodges unequivocal state
ment because Of his closeness
to President Eisenhower. It
became evident that the Re.
publicanS at San Francisco
will deal with the delicate mat
ter Of Taipei VS.. Peiping by an
nouncing their unrelenting sup
port Of the Formosa govern
ment.
This will be only one Of the
many facets Of international
affairs which will continue TO
require the undivided attan.
ton Of whichever party IL ca.
trusted with the conduct Of
the Nations affairs next year.
And while the consensus Of .
number Of strategists Of both
parties Is that foreign affairs
will be relegated to q secondary
plane, political realiStS main.
tain that this will not be pos
sihle.
Evening star., 1956-08-17
ICunudu Will Claim
st. Lawrence Gulf

OTTAWA, Ontario, Aug. II (P1.
The Canadian Press said yes
terday Canada plans to claim the
Gulf Of st. Lawrence and some
similar areas as Canadian waters.
Canada already had informally
claimed a new territorial limit. IL
miles offshore instead Of the
present three.
The agency said the Dominion
would put all these claims before
the United Nations this fall.
Some ofiicials. it said. feel the in
corporation Of new territorial
waters is needed to. save Canada
possible future embarrassment.
The Canadian Press quoted one
authority as saying q ship OF
plane Of an unfriendly power
operating over q gulf adjoining
Canada and outside the present
territorial limit could oversee the
far northern DEW distant early
warning) radar line.
I II this happened now. the au-
thority was said to have sug-
gested. Canada would have nc
legal basis for protest.