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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-10-27

which when absolutely dry weights
28.07 pounds, is very durable in
contact with the soil and makes
useful lumber for many purposes.
1t is also rich in tannin, which is
extracted and used FOR tanning
purposes"
In October, the chestnut burrs
began to open, with the first frosts
and rain, their golden-brown har-
vest Of nuts. Now the children and
their mothers hurried with bucket,
basket and sack TO gather this
source Of cash and trade goods.
The first prime crop of chestnuts
sometimes brought as high as 20
cents per pound. A retired rail
way mail clerk, Mr. Bruce Groves,
remembers passenger trains de-
layed as much as an hour in this
area because Of the large ship
ments of chestnuts. being loaded
at various stations.
At the d. NJ. Dixon store at
Swanton, where Joseph Welch, of
Mountain Lake Park, worked as a
boy he remembers box car ship
ments Of the nuts. The nuts were
dumped upon floor of the box cars
to a depth of about three feet.
Such cars were also loaded with
the nuts packed in burlap bags for
shipment to eastern markets. With
the supply so abundant, the store
manager, Walter WEIGH, of Oak
land, had stabilized his trading
price at to A cents per pound.
Mr.. WEIGH remembers one shipper
in this area who became moderate
ly wealthy from trading in the
fruit of a tree that is now only
memory.
We talked with a retired lumber
dealer, Mayor Mason, of Noun
tain Lake Park, who told us that
the North Glade and Meadow
Mountain areas of Garrett County
produced fine stands Of chestnut
timber He recalls how the blight
came first as a mosslike growth,
light yellow in color appearing on
the butts and bark of the trees
Soon there would be a limb with
its leaves dying and then the whole
tree turned from life to death, good
only for what lumber could be
salvaged from it. The chestnut
lumber was not considered Of
much value in early days. Thous-
ands of the trees We're cut down
and burned to clear the ground
for crops. Today we would have
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-10-27
Skeleton cf a blight
killed chestnut tree on
Hickory Ridge.
Skeleton
in the
Forest
BY w. w. PRICE

You will find here and there in
the fields and forests Of Garrett
County and the eastern United
States the skeletons of the Ameri-
can chestnut tree. A few are still
standing, such as the one we photo
graphed on Hickory Ridge at Alta
mont, in the pasturefield on the
Herman Schmidt farm. The living
glory Of this majestic tree once
spread from Maine to Michigan and
southwark into Louisiana.
A fungus, endothia parasitica, as
the botanist says, killed Castanea
dentata. This infestation apparent
ly came to the country with ship
cargoes from the Orient and be-
gan about 1904 in New York City
parks. From that point it swept in
land and within twenty-five or
thirty years had wiped out the
chestnut forests, leaving skeletons
to mock the efforts of scientists
who were trying to find some
method of controlling the blight
and of saving the trees for which
the parasite had a selective af-
finity. Efforts are now being made
to crossbreed shoots of the Ameri-
can chestnut tree with European
or Oriental varieties in hope of
producing a blight resistant prod
uct. Let us hope they succeed.
In early summer the fields and
woods used to burst into fragrant
bloom from the chestnut trees For
an accurate description of the
spreading chestnut tree" as Long
fellow accurately wrote in his
poem, we go to another expert,
Romeyn Beck Hough. Mr.. Hough
prepared his Handbook Of Trees.
published in 1907, before the blight
struck. He wrote: when growing
in the forests the Chestnut tree
atta;ns the height Of 100 feet, with
straight columnar trunk or 4
feet in diameter vested ii a gray
ish brown shallow-ridged bark. It
is in the open fields, however, that
it shows best its noble form and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-10-27
Fall Fertilization
OF Alfalfa Discussed

The question often arises-can |
apply fertilizer in the fall and get
good yields Of alfalfa. The answer
is yes. Fertilizer test plots con-
Quoted by research workers at the
Maryland Agricultural Expert
llent Station showed that yields of
alfalfa from fertilizer applied in
the fan were equivalent to those
obtained from spring fertilization
For example, in one Of the tests
400 pounds per acre of an 0-20-20
fertilizer applied annually in the
fall gave a yield of 1857 tons per
acre Of hay. When the same amount
Of fertilizer was applied in the
spring the yield was 1862 tons. In
this same test, the plot which re-
ceivcd no fertilizer yielded only
2.76 tons per acre annually. These
results were for four-year period
and showed that the time of APP
plication Of the fertilizer appeared
to have little effect on the total
yield Of alfalfa for the season.
Dr. James r. Miller, of the
Agronomy Department stressed
the Importance Of applying ade-
quate fertilizer for top yields and
profits from alfalfa He recon-
mended that 500 to 600 pounds per
acre of 0-15-30 fertilizer containing
borax be applied annually. 1t was
pointed out that other analyses of
fertilizers such as 0-10-20 and 0-18-
So can also be used.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-10-27

proportions There it develops a
very large, broad, or rounded head
sometimes covering an area 100
feet across with massive branches
and short sturdy trunk sometimes
8, 10 or even II feet in thickness.
Its long handsome leaves al
ways give it a peculiar charm, but
its beauty is greatly enchanced in
early summer when it puts on its
clusters of golden catkins These
are succeeded in few weeks by
its hardly less conspicuous pale
green clusters of fruit, the preci-
Gus nature of which is indicated by
the forbidding barricade of sharp
spines which effectually protects
it until ripe, and then, opening,
cast it out to be eagerly coveted
by both man and beast
Chestnut wood, a cubic foot Of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-10-27

Englander's Pharmacy has
brought this Hearing Clinic to
Oakland as a service to those
OF our community who have
hearing problems. You are in
vited to examine the devices on
display and to try them out.
These hearing aid devices are
the conventional type, behind
the ear, and eyegIass models.
They represent as high quail
itY and variety as are available
in the industry. There is no
mystery concerning hearing aids.
They must be manufactured by
a reliable firm and they must
improve the hearing of those
with hearing problems. In ac-
cordance with our past policy,
all hearing aids sold are sold
on a satisfaction guaranteed
basis.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-10-27
Services Continue

Revival services are continuing
each night this week at the Deer
Park Methodist church at 7:30 p. m.
Rev Meade Gutshall is the evan
gelist and Rev. Joseph E. Gerstell,
the pastor R. Lee Rodeheaver is
director of music, There are spe-
cial musical numbers each night.
Nine were dead in a crash of
two boats on Mississippi river.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-10-27

fertilizer containing pounds
dieldrin per ton. Other fertilizer
mixtures may be used as above,
but the rate Of dieldrin, pound
per acre, should be the same.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-10-27

If desired dieldrin used should applied last
with the fertilizer fall
thus control the alfalfa actual ddn should
weev Ted Bssel Eten be applied each For
pounds O530
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-10-27

has two, Mike 16 and jeanne
no The time and peace of
mind which the telephone saved
us are worth much more than
the money involved"
The comforting knowledge
that your telephone is always
ready to keep you in touch with
all the world outside your home,
can't be measured in money
alone. And yet if you were to
keep a telephone diary, you too
would probably find your phone
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-10-27

My foot and leg have been in
a cast for the past six weeks. As
a result, the telephone has been
all-important to NEGOTIATING
with friends to relieve the bore
dom of having to stay home;
getting rides for the kids; call
ing my twin sister and friends
to do errands and take me
shopping"
Mrs. Long went on to say,
"a telephone seems to be the
No. I necessity to kids. (She
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-10-27

Mrs. Longs telephone diary shows
the money her phone saved her in
Just tzgo weeks and the time and
mileage it saved her, and those
who phoned to chat or lend hand.
Money Saved $l3.82
Time Saved 2212 Hours
Travel Saved 1919 Miles
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-10-27

The C&P Telephone Company
of Maryland
Evening star., 1960-06-12
HELP MEN

SERVICE STATION MECH.-Mus
be exper.. white, apply Monday
EVANS SUNOCO, sl01 FentoI
St, Silver Spring, Md.
SERVICE STATION ATTENDANT
White. Must be experienced II
fabrication work, Apply in per
son, CONNORS, INC, 2721 Nay
lor I'd. Sc.
Evening star., 1960-06-12
HELP MEN
SALESMAN
SATEc MAMAnED

Experienced in working with deal
ers; new distributorship in BOOM
ing industry. No competition. Call
today. SY PRISTOOP, OR. 4-6362
Evening star., 1960-06-12
HELP MEN AND WOMEN

ACCORDION PLAYER, white, for
German restaurant. MA. s-1723.
ACCOUNTING GRADUATE for Ma
tional organization, under 35,
must type. 5-day wk., all fringe
benefits, starting salary S4,50O,
Advancement per ability. Write in
own handwriting to Box 42O-E,
Gfar
Evening star., 1960-06-12
SALESMAN

Part time opening for man to sell
major appliances: evening and
Saturday hours. Salary plus COM
mission. Apply Monday between 8
and 5 pm. at the Penn-Mar Co
Op. Pennsylvania ave. at Donnell
drive. Forestville, Nd.
Evening star., 1960-06-12
TOO OLD AT
45

Not in our business, we recognize
the quality and reliability of a
mature person. We hired Mr..
L. W. B. at age so, he earned
S770 his first month in our bust
ness. Last year Mr.. L. W. B.
worked only 10 months of the
year and he earned over $1,000.
However. the opportunity is not
only available to men over As, it
is available to all men Of good
Character, IS years or over. Mr..
T. B. G.. age 80, his first full
time year in our business, earned
over $4,000.
No experience is necessary, you can
learn our business very quickly
as these men did and many others
with varied experiences.
You must be Of good character and
have a firm desire for permanent
employment where the earnings
opportunity is unlimited and the
promotions are always from within
and based solely on the individ-
uars ability.
Write a brief letter about your
self, giving name, address and
phone number. You will be con-
tacted for q personal interview.
All replies treated confidentially
Evening star., 1960-06-12

APT. CARETAKER AND MGR
White couple for small, new apt.
bldg, NV. D. c.; husband to care
for bldg, and wife to rent apis
when vacant Attractive 1-bedrm
apt. incl. all utils.. rent free in
consideration of service. For appt :,
please call MR.. GATES, ST. g.
1900. 9-l0 am. or AS pm
ASST. BOOKKEEPER- CASHIER -
Machine bookkeeping, excellent
working conditions, air conditioned
office. 5-day week, paid holidays
and vacation, all company bene.
fits; experienced preferred but not
a must: interested in a we'll.
paving permanent position, con.
genial atmosphere? See Mr.. Nor
ris at MCNEIL PONTIAC. 1880
Hampden lane. Bethesda, Md.
BALLET TEACHER. Write Boz
Abe Star. stating age, expert.
ence and background.
BOOKKEEPER for all-around one,
clerk office, small realty company
Call Monday ME S-R5S0
Evening star., 1960-06-12

ADMIN. SECY.
To Ambassador, $500
Will assist in preparing speeches.
manuscripts and confidential re-
ports; Dictation REQUIRED; will
Ftianoie tinn1 eorrespondin sand invita-
Secy., 1-Girl Ofc.
mgmt. firm. Some dictation: must
nave admin. ability; dntn. once,
Secy.-Bkkpr.
Natl publication: 1-sirl ofc. Ex-
PBX-TypiSt
Research org: will train on PIX:
DAY WE;, excel. oppty.
Editorial Asst.
Natl trade assn, EnEl. or journal
Ism major: some exp. on his. or
college, newspaper or yearbook, 5
day wk.; st. S270.
Keypunch TraineeS
Tpm;; nj. some ofc. exp. helpful. 35
Billing Clk-$325
Located nr. B. C. line for mfer's
rep; pod typing. s day wk.
elk .-Typist, NE.
Capitol Hill located. for builders.
Cen. ofc; duties: opportunity. 5
Clk.-Typist, $500
Some recep. duties: will train on
switchboard 5 day wk.: immed.
opening.
Fields Agcy. EX. 3-25O8
504 Sheraton Bldg. I'll 14th NV.
Evening star., 1960-06-12
HELP WON EN-
ACCTS -RKKPRS

Accts., irs., for CPAs, to s.. 200
Bkkpr. .-secy. $50, 200 up
Bkkpr.. payroll; N. Arl. $50
Asst. bkkpr., payroll, hotel SS5
Payroll records clks. S75-SS5
Bkkpr., real est: 35-hr. wk.. S75
Asst. bkkpr. -typist S75
AcctS rec bkkpr SIS
Evening star., 1960-06-12
. ACCOUNTING
CLERK
Maybe the Grass
Is Greener!

Maybe you would like this lob
much better than YOUR own. After
all. why not?
For one thing, you'll be working in
Radio-Television Station.
Evening star., 1960-06-12
ACCOUNTING CLERK

High school grad. with a mini
mum OF general accounting ex-
perience: 40-hour week. good
starting salary and benefits. Ap-
ply in person.
SEALTEST FOODS
2535 Pa. AVE. NV.
Evening star., 1960-06-12
SALESMAN to operate established
EALESMAN. 10 call on drugstore
ence not necessary.

terman, exper. preferred, IoF near
by employment. must have car.
Phone DU 7-1522.
SALESMAN, between 25 and As with
solid sales experience, needed by
the Metropolitan Areas largest
Realtor. We have an opening in
our Rockville, Silver Spring, Fair
fax and Alexandria ofices. We
have Al management assistance,
and our own F. W. Berens Real
Estate School to help you earn
a minimum Of $4,000 year. Call
Mr.. Crowell, IA. 5-0707.
sALESMAN-Top salary and bene-
fits for aggressive exper. retail
salesman; Work for a leading
food broker in the Wash. and
BALTIC. area.
cHATMsoN & ROBINSON. INC.
Call ia. 9-7933 For Interview
All Replies Confidential
Evening star., 1960-06-12
HELP WON EN-
lcONTINuED)

ACCOUNTING CLERK. will train
ures. Varied duties. No typing.
days. Min. S225. POTOMAC
EMPL.. 1884 Wilson blvd, Arl.,
ia. $4,000
Evening star., 1960-06-12

VACANCY in lovely pvt. home for
elderly lady. Lge. pvt. room.
Excel. meals. tray service and
care II desired. RA. 6-7346.
Evening star., 1960-08-07

registered letter for the ped
dler. Should the letter be
turned over to the peddler?
Who should sign for it? Should
it be opened and by whom?
(We're not giving the answers
because the current class hasn't
reached that point in the
courSe.)
In other rooms, the students
work on mock crimes, learn
how to lift latent fingerprints
at the scene, how to take crime
photographs, how to make
plaster casts and moulages to
preserve evidence.
Sometimes, they emerge from
the Twelfth street building to
shadow a suspect" through
downtown Washington. The
suspect" is actually a veteran
Treasury agent, who is just as
anxious to spot any of his five
shadowers as they are anxious
to avoid being spotted.
Technique of Shadowing
Five of them at time may
be assigned to pick up the
suspect in a drug store. It's
up to the team members to
divide themselves up for the
most effective shadowing. The
suspect may make a telephone
call. One Of them tries to pick
up a snatch Of the conversation.
The suspect may talk to a
passerby. Did he pass any,
thing? The suspect may dis
card slip of paper with in
eliminating information on it.
Did one of them recover it?
The shadowing may create
C o m plications. One willy
suspect" darted into an ele-
vator at Garfnckel's and was
on his way up before any of
his pursuers was close enough
to get to the same elevator.
Not knowing what floor he
stopped on, the shadowers
could do nothing but lurk on
Evening star., 1960-08-07
to protect himself against ;
compromising situation?

to protect himself against a
compromising situation?
Or a student assigned the
role of undercover agent goes
along with another student act
ing the informer to make a
narcotics buy. Were there holes
in his "cover" story? Would
a peddler find that the train
he said he arrived on actually
didn't arrive at that hour? Did
he contradict himself?
A Narcotics Raid
The practice sessions also
are carried out in another room
the crime scene search room.
The students already have done
the preliminaries = preparing
the affidavit for the search war
rant, presenting the affidavit to
the United States Commits
sioner. " +" .-r..
They are told that mar
cotics peddler and associate
are in the room. They are
ready for the raid.
Now, all the problems in the
book are thrown at them
what could happen on any raid.
The search warrant is for mar
cotics but the search uncovers
counterfeit money and snug
gled jewels. What do they do
with them? When they pick up
a lamp, it falls apart in their
hands and the peddler starts
shouting that they are destroy
ing his property.
They come upon a pill bot
tie with a blurred label and
the peddler insists the bottle
contains medicine which he
must take Immediately. Should
they let him take a pill?
Many Questions Raised
A man representing himself
as the peddler'S lawyer arrives
and demands to see his client.
Should they let him? A post
man comes to the door with a
Evening star., 1960-08-07
NEARLY 100 INSTRUCTORS
School Develops Ace TreosuryAge

the first floor. Result: A store
detective was summoned to
look at the suspicious char
acters.
After each shadowing ses-
sion, the suspect" faces the
whole class and tries to pick
out the ones who followed
him. Then he tells why he
spotted his tail"
Morning -tiII-night Lectures
Along with the practice prob
lens, laboratory work, judo
and, role playing, the students
are lectured from morning till
night. A veteran like M. L.
Harvey, former coordinator Of
Treasury enforcement, dis
cusseS the advantages and dan
gers of informers and what
to do in the face of a "forti-
fed room"
Or Charles Siragusa, now as
sistant deputy commissioner Of
the Bureau Of Narcotics, who
gained renown for his vast mar
cotics hauls in Southern Eu-
rope. lectures them on the
Malta. ...
Or Howard S. Anderson, spe-
cial agent in charge of per-
sonnel and training for the
Secret Service, takes them
through the PAGES of effective
speaking to prepare them for
the day when they will be pre-
senting their evidence in court.
Nearly 100 Instructors
In all, there are more than
so instructors in the basic
school alone. For all the
schools conducted in the build
ing-including the Technical
Equipment Operators School,
Institute for Instructors, Insti-
tute for Law Enforcement Su-
perviSors, Special Agents School,
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
School. Secret Service Hand
writing and Questioned Docu-
ments School, Secret Service
Special Agent in Charge School
and Treasury Guards School
there are close to 100 instruct
orS.
First InterpOl Meeting in U. S.
The Treasury agencies par
ticipating in the joint basic
training program are the
Bureau of Customs Investiga-
tionS Division, United States
Coast Guard Intelligence Divi-
sion, Secret Service, Federal
Bureau of Narcotics, and the
Internal Revenue Services In
telligence Division, Alcohol and
Tobacco Tax Division and In
spection Service.
In addition to giving the pub
lie a look at the training pro-
gram, Mr.. O'Carroll and his
associate director, Walton M.
Joiner, are trying to get the
school all shined up for two i'm
portant October meetings here
the convention of the Inter-
national Association of Chiefs
of Police. with which the school
has a close working relation
ship, and the first meeting in
this country of Interpol, the
International Criminal Police
Organization.
Evening star., 1960-08-07
BY ALEX r. PRESTON
Star stan Writer,

A 61-year-old Virginia judge
who jailed seven District teen
ayers on auto theft. obscene
literature and vagrancy charges
doesn't believe in molly
coddling" Juveniles.
Il agree with Mr.. Hoover
(FBI Director j. Edgar
Hoover; I don't believe in
mollycoddling them" says
Hanover County Court Judge
j. l.. Landram.
The Judge. who is childlesS
has held that office. as we'll as
that of judge of the Juvenile
and Domestic Relations Court,
for more than !S years.
Hanover County, which
abuts Richmond on the north,
straddles traffic damned U. S.
Routes / and 301.
I'VE don't have much Ju-
venile delinquency here" the
judge says. Most of our cases
come from out-of State -
mostly from the North. A few
come from the South, of
course"
The cases, involving Negroes
ranging in ages from IA to II
years, have stirred the interest
of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People and the American Civil
Liberties Union.
Lawrence Speiser, Washing
ton director of the American
Civil Liberties Union, said last
night that his organization
would enter the case because
the mother of one of those
charged, a 14-year-old girl, re-
quested its help.
Mr.. Speiser asserted that
there are "Stronp Indications"
Evening star., 1960-08-07
Negroes Say Insecurity
Deters Child Adoption
BY BETTY MILES
Star stan Writer

Determination to hold on to
the middle-class status they
fought to win keeps the rate of
child adoption by Negro couples
low, a Washington sociologist
believes.
Seventy-two per cent of those
interviewed in a pioneer study
of the attitude of Negro adults
toward adoption of children
said they felt economic road
blocks stood in the way.
Many Negroes don't become
financially secure until they're
middle aged, those interviewed
said. Many Negroes never feel
secure, others declared.
OF the 1923 couples surveyed,
"a per cent of the wives work.
Even then, some said, it is hard
to maintain a decent standard
! of living.
Star Aided Survey
The study was conducted by
DR.. Leila Calhoun Deasy, re-
search director of Catholic Uni
versity's National tholic
School of Social Service. Two
out of three interviews were
conducted by Negroes. All OF
the lnterviewees were Negro.
The study was financed
through a l,500 research grant
by The Evening Star, a $4,000
National Institutes of Health
grant and the cooperation of
Catholic University.
DR.. Deasy noted fears that a
child from a low-income back
ground might not live up to
middle class standards. Also,
she said, So per cent of those
interviewed believe there should
be a physical resemblance be-
tween adopting parents and
their children.
The child's skin color and
mental and physical health
were cited as important factors.
Public Image Distorted
DR.. Deasy observed that the
picture of the Negro middle
class in Washington that
emerges from the study is one
that skaters stereotypes in
the public mind.
1t reveals a body Of Negro
citizens quite different from
the dependent class with which
most white people are likely to
identify most Negroes, she de-
clared.
In 80 per cent of the families
studied, the man of the house
has been in his present job
more than 10 years.
Fifty per cent of the couples
own their own homes.
The marriage is the first for
both partners in 70 per cent
of the cases. Fifty-nine per
cent have heen married more
than 10 years.
Fifty-seven per cent have
moved up the socio-economic
ladder.
The birth rate is low.
Sets up Criteria
In setting up her study, DR..
Deasy adopted four criteria for
her subjects that social agencies
probably would insist upon if
considering couples as adopters:
/. That their marriage be in
tact.
2. That they be between 25
and so years old.
3. That they be childless or
have only one child over 5
years of age.
4. That they have reached
"a certain degree of economic
stability"
Two-thirdS, rather than the
Evening star., 1960-08-07
Home Mishops
Iniure 135

Home accidents sent 1876
Washington area residents to
the hospital during the past
week, the District Red Cross
Safety Services reports.
Injuries included 80 falls.
five burns, Is poisonings, Is
cuts and three contusions.
No deaths from home acci-
dents were reported. The most
serious injury occurred when
a 2-year-old girl fell down the
stairs and. suffered a brain
conclusion.
Accidental poisonings were
caused by liquid bleach, aspirin,
paint remover, drain cleaner,
ant powder. lye and rat poison.