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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-06
H. Harmed Named
Head City Council

Harold II. Harmed was elected
president of the City Council of
Oakland at a reorganization meet
ing on Monday night. Appoint
ments were also made and com
mittees appointed.
Mrs. Gladys Nordeck was reap.
pointed clerk-collector Clyde
Sines was named street superin.
tendent, James Lewis was named
water superintendent, and Denzil
Hile was named assistant water
superintendent.
Henry Arnold was named chief
of police, with Percy Lawton and
Leslie Baker named police. The
latter appointment was dependent
upon a favorable report by a
physician on Bakers present con-
dition. Hobart Shillingburg was
named substitute police. James
Carney was named weighmaster
and L. r. Jones was named city
attorney.
Committee appointments in
Guided the following:
Street. James Helbig, chairman,
Erwin Smith,, Donald M. Browning,
Mayor Russell Smith, eX-officio.
Water, E. W. Adams, chairman
H. H. Harmed, W. E. Naylor and
Mayor Smith, eX-officio; finance,
Erwin Smith. chairman, William E
Naylor, E. w. Adams and Mayor
Smith, eX-officio; golf and rec
reation, Donald Browning, chair
man, Jim Helbig; building and
grounds, Erwin Smith, chairman,
William E. Naylor, Donald Brown
ing, Jim Helbig.
Bonds were approved for Mrs
Beryldine Stanton, treasurer, and
Mrs. Nordeck.
Collections for the monti,
amounted to S1,SO5.21 which in
Guided S398.61 from water, S119.54
from taxes and $1,2S7 from mis-
cellaneous items. Among the lat
ter were S673.77 for parking
meters and $3.50 for use of thaw-
Continued On Page Four
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-06
Center Street PIT. A.
To Meet Monday, April 10

The Center Street Parent
Teacher association meeting will
be held Monday, April 10, at 8 p,
M, in the school auditorium.
The program will be presented
by Mrs. Mary Jackson and her
class on Maryland history and
early discoveries.
Mrs. Jackson and class members
have correlated the social studies
unit on Maryland and carly eX-
plorers with other curricular areas
in the school program. These areas
include arts, map study, and
language arts. Under the latter,
Mrs. Jackson has covered a num-
Der of areas of development in
creative writing, speaking, reading,
dictionary work, spelling, English
usage and sentence structure.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-06
BPW Club Works
On Talent Show
Two Plays To Be Presented
Next Thursday Evening,
April Thirteenth

Members of the Business and
Professional Women's club of Oak.
land will present their third club
talent show on Thursday evening
April 10, at the bennett Road
school. Curtain time is s O'Clock
Two plays are to be given. A
comedy, entitled Autograph
Please under direction of Mrs
Elisabeth Thayer, will be the first
offering. In the cast are Mrs
Helen Buchanan, Mrs. Leo Helbig
Mrs. Beeson Snyder, Mrs. Albert
Ringer, Miss Mary Louise Helbig
and Mrs. Jay Bell.
During intermission the Talons
Southern High quartet, will give
three selections. Members are
Fred Bell, Brenton Propst, Ronald
Colaw and Clayton Winters. Tom
Forman will be accompanist. Candy
and soft drinks are to be sold
during the intermission. A ham
donated by the APP store will be
given away.
The second presentation will be
The Wedding in the Wildwood,
a dog patch type affair Preceding
the wedding professional Mrs. Bee.
son Snyder will sing Il Can't Say
No. from the stage show okla
homa.'
The cast of characters includes
Mrs. Harve Mustard as the bride
Continued on Page Four
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-06
Looks Over Camp Property

Chester Johns, owner of Camps
Minnestoska and Whitethorn, near
Hutton, was in the area on Tues
day looking over his camp prop
crty in preparation for the COM
ing season.
One large building about forty
feet long had collapsed during
winter months, presumably from
the heavy SHOWS. The building was
used as a gathering place for the
campers.
Mr.. Johns said he was anticipat-
ing a successful year with a full
complement Of campers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-06

ert White, Harold M. Dawson,
Thomas A. Gender, Tracey A.
Curry, Douglas Smith, Linda
Dunithan, DR.. Carl Oertel, Harry
McComas, Mrs. Karl Kahl, Mrs.
Louise Burdette, Mrs. Grace Ault,
Mrs. Elizabeth Sanders. Mrs. Betty
Schildwachter, Mrs Alice Runner,
Mrs. Frances Gnegy, George
Altstetter, Betty Ann Evans, Shir-
ley White, Wanda Hauser, Fran
ces Coddington, Alice Wilt, Rita
Sweitzer, Lois B. Glotfelty, David
E. Full, Betty Peck, Keith Wolford,
Donna Walsh, Kay Keller, Ruby
Harvey, Modena Baker, Harriet
Root, Thomas Michael, Mary Saw
age.
Present employees are Mrs
Continued On Page Two
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-06
Work on Route AZ
Will Begin Soon

Work will begin soon on i'm
provemcnt of State Route AZ near
Fricndsville, John B. Funk, Chair
man-Director of the State Roads
Commission of Maryland, announ-
ced this week
The project calls for grading,
drainage and paving of section
of the road westerly from a point
eight-tenths of mile west Of
Friendsville, Mr.. Funk said
The contract was awarded to
the Baughman Contracting Com
pany, Inc. of LaVale, at an
amount of 1919, 425.19.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-06
To Address Group

Mrs. Betty Clapper, principal
of the HagerstoWn Training Cen
ter, will address the next meeting
of the Garrett County Chapter
for Mentally Retarded Children on
Friday evening at o'clock, at the
Methodist Fellowship hall in Oak
land.
Mrs. Clapper has worked with
mentally retarded children since
1854. She will also answer ques-
tons concerning her work.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-06
Scouts Plan Meeting

Girl scout leaders, troop COM
mittee members and other regis
tered adults in the girl scout
movement, are to hold a neighbour
hood meeting at St. Paul's Metho.
dist Church on Tuesday evening,
April II, at 8 o'clock.
Evening star., 1961-03-04
West Germany Shifts
Mark, Aiding. Dollar

Rumors of revaluation of
the German mark, long recog-
nlzed as one Of the strongest
currencies in Europe. have
cropped up periodically over
the past few years.
Purchase of the west mark
for speculative purposes has
been an important contribu-
tion to the rise Of Germany'S
foreign currency reserves.
The revaluation was expected
to some extent to reduce the
speculative attraction of the
mark.
1t will also put a squeeze on
Germany's prospering export
trade and to this extent curtail
the influx of dollars and other
foreign currency into Germany.
Costs Go Up S %
In effect. it means a S per
cent increase in the cost of
everything West Germany sells
abroad and will reduce by this
amount West Germany's trade
advantage over other countries.
The revaluation was expected
to increase the flow of cheaper
imports to check runaway price
trends domestically.
West German gold and for
eign exchange reserves last
See MARK, Page AS
Evening star., 1961-03-04

FRANKFURT, Germany,
Mar, 4 (AP).-The West Ger
man mark was revalued today
in the strongest move yet to
ease the pressure on the Ameri-
can dollar.
Effective Immediately the
dollar will buy only 4 marks
instead of 4 marks and 20
pfennigs and all other foreign
currencies were adjusted &C
cordingly.
The measure, disclosed by
the DeutSche Bank in Frank
furt. was confirmed by the
West German Economies Mini
stry. Details were expected to
be released at a Bonn news
conference tomorrow.
The move was preceded by a
furry of stock exchange specu-
lation and a rapid weakening
of the dollar in the German
market. 1t came after repeated
denials by both the Bonn
government and the Deutsche
Bank of any revaluation plans.
(In Washington. a spokes-
man for the Treasury said this
Government had not yet been
formally notified of the action.
But he added that based on
news reports "it looks like a
good step in the right direc-
tion.")
Evening star., 1961-03-04
RUSSIA NEXT?
RUSSIA NEXT?
Sutchmo Says Cats
Are Alike All Over

NEW YORK, Mar. 4 (AP)-
Louis (Satchmo) Armstrong,
back home after six months
abroad, today summed up his
triumphal concert tour of Eu-
rope and Africa:
Listen, man. Cats are the
same everywhere-all over the
world. They all talk the same
language. They all dig me and
my horn"
Americas jazz ambassador
at-large sat cross-legged in an
easy chair in the Fifth avenue
office Of his agent, Joe CHASER,
president Of Associated Booking
Corp, and reminisced:
Man, they even declared
peace in the Congo fighting the
day l showed up in Leopold
vile. Them cats there and me
really had a ball"
Armstrong, who will be- 81
next July 4, looked trim, fit
and happy.
He spent IA weeks in Africa.
The rest of the six months was
spent touring Europe. His tour
OF Africa was sponsored BY the
State Department.
The response was the same
everywhere he went. In Satch-
mos own words:
They treated me like a
Evening star., 1961-03-04

king. Wherever I went, I'd hear
the crowds shouting, 'Satch-
eemo.'"
How did you find the mood
OF the African people, Arm
strong was asked.
Il don't have no time for
politics." he answered. II Just
blow my horn. I just go to try
and give people some pleasure. /"
In Italy, he appeared for a
concert in Milan. When he
finished playing, he related, II
had to rush over to the La
Scala (opera house).
II stood there with my horn
and they took pictures. The
Italian cats figure our music's
the same. We all blow the
same horn, I guess"
Mr.. Glaser handed him a
cablegram and said: 1T just
came in today. They want
you in Russia, just as soon as
you can make it."
II the Russian tour goes
through, Mr.. Chaser said, Arm
strong will tour all of the prin-
cipal cities in Soviet Russia in
the fall for a minimum of eight
weeks. He would be the first
jazz artist ever to be invited to
give concerts in Russia.
Evening star., 1961-03-04

dent James Buchanan, played
by Ray Moore.
Attorney POrtrays Douglas
The actor playing Lincoln
DOTTED his stovepipe hat. 1t was
taken from him by Ralph
Becker, a Washington attorney
who played Stephen A. Doug
las, Lincoln's opponent in the
famous Senate campaign de-
bates.
The narrator pointed out
that this action was a matter
OF legend rather than history
Douglas was later said to have
unused, "if I can't be President
at least I can hold his hat"
Mr.. Collision read excerpts
from Lincoln's inaugural ad-
dress in a firm but quiet voice
He said:
I'm your hands, my dissatis-
fled fellow countrymen, and not
in mine, is the momentous
issue Of Civil War you have
no oath registered in Heaven
to destroy the Government,
while I have the most solemn
one to preserve, protect and
defend it,"
An actor in a long white wig
then stumbled forward in the
See LINCOLN, Page Az
Evening star., 1961-03-04
Sailors Flee
AngryScots
Crowd Moves on
PoIuris Crewmen

HOLY LOCH, Scotland, Mar.
4 (AP).-Scores of angry DEM
onstrators against nuclear
weapons surrounded six Ameri-
can sailors from the submarine
tender ProteuS on a Scottish
pier today and forced them to
take refuge in an office build
ing.
The incident took place on
the pier at nearby Dunoon as
about 1000 demonstrators as
sembled with posters and ban
ners to march to the floating
missile submarine base at Holy
Loeb.
The six sailors were waiting
for a ferry to carry them across
the Firth of Clyde toward the
bright lights of Glasgow.
Several hundred demonstra-
tors sailed up to the pier in a
specially chartered ferry and
began yelling, Go home
Yanks," and Ban the bomb. "
Close In on Sailors
Then scores of demon
strators, some carrying bag
pipes and drums, streamed
down the gang plank to the
pier and closed in on the
sailors, who began to look
alarmed.
An official at the pier, afraid
the situation would turn ugly,
opened an office door, admitted
the sailors and locked the door
again.
A Scottish clergyman, who is
a supporter of the anti-Polaris
campaign, came to the Ameri-
cans aid. Up rushed the Rev.
Kenyon Wright, waving his
arms.
THE Americans have done
you no HARM" he shouted at
See POLARIS. Page A-3
Evening star., 1961-03-04

crisis with Soviet Premier
KhruShchev as soon as possible.
The worsening of the situa-
ton in Laos, as evaluated in
official quarters here, is due to
a heavy inflow of Soviet weap-
ons and Communist military
technicians from North Wet
Nam.
A Soviet airlift to the rebels
in the northern and eastern
parts of the country has been
delivering tons of weapons and
ammunition, including artil-
lery, for almost three months.
Truck conveys from North
Wet Nam have also been de-
livering Soviet weapons. The
total amount of supplies the
rebels have received since De-
cember is estimated at 1000
tons or more.
Red Forces Have Edge
This buildup for an esti-
mated force of 1000 Commu-
mist and pro-Communist troops,
officials here said, has given
the Reds a slight edge in mill
tary resources over the royal
Lao army operating under the
government of Premier Buun
Gum.
The Reds have taken pos
See POLICY, Page Ala
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KennedyAide
SeesDeGauIIe
Hurrimun Seeks
To Form Contacts

PARIS, Mar. 4 (AP) United
States Envoy w. Averell Har-
riman today conveyed Presi-
dent Kennedy's wish to open
personal contacts with French
President Charles de Gaulle.
Speaking at a news confer
ence, Mr.. Hartman said Mr..
Kennedy had sent "his greet
ings and the indication that he
wanted to establish personal
relations" with Gen. de Gaulle.
Mr.. Hartman made no men,
tion of any top-level meeting
between the two men. THAT
was not discussed" he said.
Many Problems Discussed
Mr.. Hartman declined to go
into details of the conversation
with the aloof French general,
frequently at odds with the
Eisenhower administration in
the United States. II can say
the talks covered a wide range
Of problems concerning our two
nations and the international
situation" he said.
Asked specifically If Gen. de
Gaulle's hopes to establish q
three power British French =
American directorate to CO.
ordinate world policy were dis
cussed. Mr.. Hartman replied:
IF you use your imagina-
ton I believe you will come to
the proper conclusion"
Past Meetings Recalled
He said President Kennedy
asked me to find out those
matters which were uppermoSt
in President de Gaulle's mind
and to answer any questions
the general had about the Ken
nedy administration"
Mr.. Hartman said his in
See HARTMAN, Page AS
Evening star., 1961-03-04
Two More States
OK District Vote

Indiana and North Dakota
yesterday became the twenty
fourth and twenty-fifth States
to ratify the constitutional
amendment giving District
residents the right to vote for
President and Vice President.
The Indiana Senate voted
400 for the amendment. This
action followed an earlier 1873
favorable vote in the House.
The North Dakota Senate
voted 42-4 for the Amendment.
This action also followed
favorable action in the House
and thereby represented rati-
fication.
The suffrage amendment re-
quires the approval of 13 more
States before it becomes the
Twenty-third Amendment to
the constitution.
Evening star., 1961-03-04

leaves in an autumn wind, and
springtime blossoms, dying
time and birthing hour =. and
birthing hour"
Mr.. Sandburg was instantly
recognized by the crowd as he
walked down the Capitol steps.
The spectators applaud e d
loudly.
Notes Large Crowd
He noted that there were
twice as many spectators for
the re-enactment as there
were for the first Inauguration.
He departed from his printed
address to say, Its good to
see so many children here to-
day-tomorrow belongs to the
children"
House Speaker Rayburn in
troduced Mr.. Sandburg. Mr..
Rayburn said prejudice, hate
and agitation had brought
about the Civil War but I'VE
have forgotten that prejudice,
we have forgotten that hate" "
After the Sandburg address,
John c. Collision of Richmond
appeared at the top of the Cap
ltol steps. He was a striking
image of Lincoln. He was
escorted to the simple inaugu-
raj platform by retiring Presi-
Evening star., 1961-03-04

>~>--->->~--7---~~~~
return from a Russian prison,
the two Air Force officers
calmly told about the brief air
battle that heightened inter-
national tension for months.
Capt. McKone, %, and Capt.
Olmstead. 25, revealed that the
RB-47, previously described as
unarmed, had two 20-milli-
meter cannon in the tail and
that they returned the fire of
the Soviet MIG Jet fighter that
sent the RB-47 down in flames.
The story of the RB-47 firing
back at its attacker was one
interesting phase of the Incl
dent revealed for the first time
by the two flyers, but many
mysteries about the mission re-
manned unsolved. CaptS. Nc
Kone and Olmstead skirted
many salient questions about
the objective of the mission,
what happened to the three
missing crewmen and what in
formation they gave the Rus
slams.
The two poised young men
told about extreme hardships
in their Russian prison, saying
they had little more than hope
and faith in God to sustain
them for seven months.
They were treated as Grim
See FLYERS, Page AS
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tions.
Officials hope to avoid a mil
itary showdown with the Soviet
Union in Laos. but increasingly
it is being said privately by
authorities here that the United
States will never allow the
Communists to take over the
country. The feeling in high
quarters is that Communist
conquest of Laos would en-
danger all of Southeast Asia.
Unless the situation can be
improved from the Western
point of view in the next two
or three weeks, the United
States will have to take much
stronger position than it has
so far in trying to bring the
civil war under control, respon-
sible authorities say.
New Warning Studied
One possible action under
consideration is to give the So
Wet government a new warn
ing of the seriousness Of Amer
lean intentions not to settle
for anything less than a neu-
tralized Laos.
United States Ambassador
Llewellyn Thompson, who re-
turned to Moscow from Wash
ington early this week, is ex-
pected to explore the Laotian
Evening star., 1961-03-04
Nixons Plan Visit
With Eisenhowers

PALM SPRINGS. Calf, Mar.
4 (AP.-The Eisenhowers and
the Nixons plan a get-together
today.
The former President and his
wife are vacationing at a coun-
try club near here. The for
mer Vice President and his wife
returned to California
to make their home.
The Eisenhowers yesterday
invited the Nixons to lunch.
and the Nixons accepted.
Evening star., 1961-03-04
Fighting Rages
For2Hours
In River Town
Garrison Driven
From Another Port
After Gun Battles

LEOPOLDVILLE. the Congo,
Mar. 4 (AP).-Congolese troops
battled United Nations soldiers
in the vital port town of Matadi
today as anti-U. N. violence
gathered pace through the
Congo.
U. N. sources reported fight
ing broke out in Matadi streets
around midday and ragged for
two hours with mortar and
small arms fire. First reports
gave no indication Of casualties
but said houses and property
were damaged in the battle.
Earlier. about 100 miles to-
the west down the Congo
River, Congolese troops came
ashore in boats and drove the
United Nations garrison Of "a
Sudanese soldiers out to the
town of Banana.
When the Matadi fighting
died down, the commander of
the U. N. Sudanese garrison,
conferred with local Congolesel
officers on a cease-fire.
Matadi is the country's prin-
cipal supply port.
Dayal Sees BOmbOkO
The U. N. Congo mission
chief. Rajeshwar Dayal, met
this morning with Congolese
Foreign Minister Justin Bonn
boko to discuss ways of halting
the spreading wave of attacks
against U. N. forces. The vio-I
lence has increased steadily
over the past week in a grow
ing climate of Congolese army
fears that the U. N. is OH the
point of trying to disarm it.
The assault at Banana fol-
lowed a series of gun battles
yesterday in which q Congolese
soldier was killed and a Sudan
ese wounded.
ReinfOrcements Rushed
U. N. reinforcements of In
donesian troops were rushed
out to nearby Kitona this
morning after U. N. Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold
issued firm instructions for
order to be restored.
The U. N. spokesman said the
trouble started when a platoon
Of Sudanese troops escorting
their colonel out to the airport
was stopped by Congolese
troops.
After brief argument the
Congolese troops opened fra
the U. N. spokesman said.
A Congolese civilian was shot
dead in a hail of submachine-
gun fire outside his home last
night and Leopoldville police
seized a United Nations Tu-
niSian soldier they said was
the killer.
The shooting repeatedly
stemmed from a row between a
Tunisian soldier and Congolese
tailor over a pair of pants.
Mortar Fire Laid Down
The retreat of the Sudanese
from the town of Banana fol-
lowed several hours of sporadic
clashing including mortar fire
laid down by the Congolese.
See CONGO, Page AS
Evening star., 1961-03-04
House Poses
Slower Action
On Judge Bill
Senute Approves
Addition Of 73;;
Speed Irks 6. o. P.
By the Associated Press

A bill creating 73 new Federal
judgeships. passed by the Sen
ate in jig time, appeared today
to be heading for slower action
in the House.
The measure provides for IA
more judges than President
Kennedy requested to help re-
duce delays in handling Federal
court cases. 1t would create
SO new district court judge
ships and add 10 judges to cir
cult courts Of appeal.
The Senate passed the bill
yesterday by voice vote after
rejecting a Republican motion
to defer action until March 16,
two days after the Judicial
Conference meets here to make
recommendations on the needs
of the judiciary.
However, at the conclusion
Of a House Judiciary Subcom-
mittee'S hearings on a compan-
ion bill Thursday, Chairman
Celler. Democrat of New York,
said the record would be kept
open for the submission Of
statements for 10 days.
Adherence to this timetable
would virtually preclude any
chance Of House action on the
legislation until after the meet
ing of the Judicial Conference,
composed of senior judges of
the Federal circuit and district
courts.
Kennedy Asked for SO
Mr.. Kennedy asked Congress
to create SO new Federal judge
ships, as recommended by the
Judicial Conference last Sep
tember, and included the leg
islation on a list Of 16 priority
measures.
The Senate Judiciary Com
mittee raised the total to SO by
providing for 10 more district
judges-three in California,
and one each in Arkansas, Mis-
souri,. North Carolina, Okla
homa. Rhode Island, Texas and
Washington State.
Then the Senate amended
the committee bill to provide
for still more judges-two for
Indiana, one for Vermont and
one for the Third Circuit Court
of Appeals. serving New Jersey,
Pennsylvania. Delaware and
the Virgin Islands.
The House bill introduced by
Mr.. Celler would create SO new
judgeships, but his judiciary
subcommittee received requests
from House members to add
seven or eight more.
Political Plums" Seen
These are choice political
plums," Senate Republican
Leader DirkSen of Illinois said
in leading the unsuccessful
fight to postpone Senate action.
Federal judges, appointed by
the President for life with the
approval Of the Senate are paid
a minimum of $22,500 a year
and collect full pay upon retire
ment.
Senator Dirksen and other
See JUDGES, Page Az
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Firing on U. n. Spreads in Congo
Tide of War in Laos
Running Against West
Danger Of Showdown Mounts as U. S.
Ponders Ways to Counter Red Moves
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
Associated Press staff Writer

The tide of civil in Laos is beginning danger
ouy against American efforts to unity and neutraze that
Southeast Asian country.
Worried Kennedy administration officials trying
to figure out moves this country it's allies
make to achieve military staemate and provide fresh
basis for diplomatic negotia-
Evening star., 1961-03-04
RB-47 Flyers Tell Of Red Attack;
Americans Returned Russian Fire

TOPEKA. KanS., Mar. 4 (AP).
The story told by Capts. John
r. McKone and Freeman B.
Olmstead raised new questions
today about the fate of three
fellow crewmen missing since
their RB-47 reconnaissance
bomber was shot down by the
Russians last July /.
Answering questions publicly
for the first time since their
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CHURCHMEN BUILD
S150,0OO UNION

PARISHICNERS Of St. Ausustine's
Cotholie Church here hove built a
credit union with Sl5O,ooo in assets.
They just deelored 4 per cent
dividend. The organization Of the
union is described on Pose AS.