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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-09-28
Bell Telephone System
Enormous User Of Paper

Paper or papyrus. as 1t was known
back in the early days of mankind.
formed the basis of the principal
means Of communication for thou.
sands OF years. Today, transmitted
communications, both telephone and
telegraph, cover space much more
rapidly, and consequently more mes
sages are being sent than ever before
In the history of the world. But paper
still plays an important part in the
modern methods of communication
and 1t would be impossible to carry
on telephone conversations-which
now number in excess of $4,000, 900
daily In the United States alone-with.
out the use Of this age-old product. so
necessary in the makeup of many
parts Of the intricate equipment used
III the operation of the telephone.
The Western Electric Company, the
worlds largest manufacturer OF tele.
phone supplies, is authority for the
statement that paper is used extens.
lively in the manufacture Of telephone
cable, condensers and other equip,
ment
Telephone cable. which is made up
OF small copper wires, each wire being
insulated with paper and the whole
covered with a wrapping of paper and
then enclosed in lead sheathing to
protect the paper-insulated circuits
from the elements is one of the chief
agencies which makes possible the
huge telephone development OF this
country. Practically every community.
no matter how small, is now served
by telephone cable plant and thou.
sands Of miles Of cable extend along
the streets and alleys, overhead or
underground, In every city.
The wires in these cables carry the
voice currents which travel from one
telephone to another as people here,
there and everywhere, conduct their
business and social affairs by this
modern method of communication.
In addition to being used as insula.
ton for cable wires. paper is also used
extensively In the manufacture of con.
densers, necessary part of every tel.
ephone. Another use to which paper
Is put to good advantage In telephone
equipment Is in the manufacture of
carbon filaments which are l. d in
the small electric lamps ON which tele.
phone lines terminate In the switch.
boards. When the subscriber is max
Ing call the small lamp lights to in.
dictate to the operator that someone
wants a number. and she, plugging in,
establishes the connection or gives a
report
Each year sees further needs for
telephone service. and, according to
telephone engineers there will b. a
greater demand IN the future for pa.
per In the manufa "'ure OF equipment
necessary to meet the demands OF
service.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-09-28
"Fifty-Four Forty

The phrase "Flfty-fOur forty or
fight" is believed to have originated
with William Allen, who was United
States senator from Ohio IN 1874, at
the time of the controversy with
Great Britain over the Oregon boun-
Diary. This slogan, which helped to
elect Polk to the Presidency, meant
that Great Britain must recognize as
American soil the whole Pacific coast
from the northern boundary Of Cali
fornla to the southern limits Of Rus
sian Alaska, the line Of latitude "a
degrees 40 min. north, or else the
United States would declare war. The
matter was settled by treaty In 1846,
without war, by making the forty
ninth parallel the boundary line west
to the island Of Vancouver, which was
given to Canada.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-09-28
His Occupotion

II hear your son has taken up a
profession, Mr.. O'Casey," remarked
the visitor.
HE has, indade," rejoined the host.
Hes phwat they call a 'cross-exam-
iner.'"
This was too much for the stranger.
"And phwat's a 'cross-examlnerT
he asked.
For minute or two O'Casey was
at loss, but eventually he pulled
himself together.
"Sure, it's fellow who asks you
questions, an you answer the Ques-
lions, an then he questions the an
swers," be returned easlly.-Montreal
Family Herald.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-09-28
DisapnoinfinR

The big house in the wood had
been untenanted for years and was
supposed to be haunted.
In despair the owner had the place
redecorated, fitted with electric light
and every possible labor-savlng de-
vice, and offered the whole concern
at very modest rental.
Later he happened to hear that
man had been shown over the house,
and In great excitement he rang up
the agent.
rs 1t true some ones taken that
house at lastT he asked.
The agents voice was sad.
$50 far he's only taken the electric
light fittings" he replied. "Per'aps
he'll come back for the rest"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-09-28
Industrial. Eaui !, o.
Becoming froLou.iC,
Telephone Company operates
Training Course For Col
lege Graduates

Industry is becoming better edu.
Gated Every year more and more
college men are entering the ranks OF
industrial and utility organizations.
One reason for this Is that the popu-
lation OF the country is increasing
rapidly and there are more men going
to school and likewise more graduates
of the institution Of learning.
John C. Rooms, vice-president of tho
chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Company which operates in Maryland.
Virginia, West Virginia. and the Dis
trict of Columbia, in discussing tho
subject recently said, THE number Of
young men who are entering the high
er educational institutions has in
creased tremendously during the past
few years. At the same time more
and more OF the industrial organiza.
tions of the country are turning each
year to these institutions for grad.
yates
The telephone company Is one Of
the large industries which annually
recruits employees from the higher in.
situations of learning and for some
time has been making intensive
Gvdies to determine the extent to
which the usual course OF instruction
:al the training received are equip.
Ping men for the work in the indus
ties"
With this in mind the Chesapeake
and Potomac Company has organized
general training course for college
Gf2duates entering the employ of the
company and for certain employees CT
the company who are assigned by
l.inir department heads as men suita.
be to take the course which consists
Il special studies of departmental
7, ltines, standard specifications On
construction and maintenance OF tClc.
l.. ne plant, handbook telephone in
stiuction and special pamphlets end
circulars. The men taking the course
also attend conferences so that they
may be more familiar with the va
rious operations OF the telephone sys.
ten.
In addition to this general training
course, the students secure a great
deal of information through in; nate
contact with supervisory officials ard
key men Of the telephone or~aa.2a.
ton while observing the perform. 2tco
Of actual operations of the various de.
partments of the company.
On completing the training course
the men are assigned to the various
departments OF the company in the
several states in which it operates.
With this special training course they
are fitted to take up the work to which
they have been assigned.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-09-28
Versatile Publishers

The Centroizdat, central publishing
house of the Soviet republics, faces
a big task in supplying books to the
various small nations of Russia in
their respective tongues. Most of the
books are textbooks, printed to sup.
ply the demand of the newly liberated,
backward peoples for education and
knowledge. Six fundamental alpha.
bets are used to print the II dialects {:
Russian. Latin, Hebrew, Arabic, Goth.
ic and East Gothic.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-09-28
Not Case of Attraction

When two small objects are float
ing near each other In basin of wa
ter why are they suddenly drawn to-
gether as If by magnetH The bu-
reau of standards says that the
weight of the floating particles
stretches the surface Of the water,
forming dimple when the two par
tlcles come close enough; the two
dimples cOalesce into one, throwing
the particles together. The action is
due to surface tension, in virtue of
which the surface is constantly strlv.
ing to reduce its exposed area to a
Washington Star.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-09-28
Scientific Bodies

The National Research council was
organized in 1916 by the National
Academy of Sciences under its cOnstl.
tutional charter. The majority Of its
membership is composed of accredited
representatives of about Is national
scientific and technical societies Its
essential purpose is to promote fundn
mental research in the fields of physl-
cal and biological sciences. The Ma
tlOnal Academy Of Sciences was
founded in 1863 and consists of men,
bers elected from among the most dis
tlnguished scientific men of the United
States.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-09-28
Makers and Measles

Old wooden drinking-bowls. known
as mazers, appear to be becoming In.
creaslngly popular among wealthy col.
lectors one Of these bowls fetched as
much MS 100000 and ii Is rare to
find one In good condition, and with
pedigree at less than $500.
The words "mazer" and measles, "
by the way, are said to be derived
from the same German word "maser,"
meaning spot, the spotted portion of
maplewood being the favorite mate
rial employed in the making of these
bowls.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-09-28
Where the Shed Horns Go

Why aren't the woods full of the
horns which deer and moose shed
every winter? The answer, according
to Il writer In Field and Stream, is
that they are eaten by rodents.
"Many," says the sport monthly, 'have
been found partly eaten which have
the teeth marks of mice, chipmunks,
squirrels, ground squirrels and porch.
pines. Horns disappear quickly after
they are shed, as few are found in the
woods"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-09-28
Problem

Last year | asked my best girl to
marry me and she refused. got even
with her by marrying her mother.
Then my father married the girl. Now
what am to myself?
When married the girls mother
the girl became my daughter and when
my father married my daughter she
became my mother. Who am II
My mothers mother, who is my
wife, must be my grandmother. Since
| am my grandmother's husband,
am, therefore, my own grandfather
Vancouver Province.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-09-28
May Shed Arm at VIII

A stariish may jerk off each of Its
five arms seized in succession; It may
cast or an injured or parastzed arm:
In rare cases there Is multiplication
by division. Sea cucumbers discharge
their viscera in the spasms OF capture
md may thus escape from an aston
ished foe The replacement of the
food canal is sometimes accomplished
In ten days though II may take as
many weeks.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-09-28
Earth's Big Bulge

As the earth's crust is 10y no means
rigid 1t rises and falls under the gray.
national attraction Of the moon and
sun in manner similar to that of
the oceans tide. Various difficulties
have SO far prevented exact measure.
ments.
The pressure eXerted on spots OF
the earth's crust by the rising tide OF
the ocean is another thing that makes
It heave and fall Atlantic tides have
caused an observed earth bulge 500
miles away, and II is thought probable
that this influence girdles the world.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-09-28
juvenile Curiosity

Little Maragret had been presented
with a splendid toy with which she
was never tired Of playing; In fact,
she played with 1t all day long.
Margaret" remarked her mother,
show is 1t that you never play with
any OF your other toysr
"0h, let her play with It," protested
the chlld's father. las soon as, the
novelty wears Off she'll stop"
A few minutes later mother noticed
her little daughter examining the toy
very closely, and asked what she was
doing.
Looking for the novelty that wears
or" the little one replied. Parsons
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-09-28
Buick
for 1928

was announced on July 23 and we now
have on hand the following brand new
1927 Buick models, which we are offering al
prices that provide substantial saving
while they last
1927 iive-passenger Broueham. series
1l5. $i225.
1927 five. passenger. twO-door. Sedan,
series 100. $l245.
1927 five-passenger Sedan. series 100,
$3.50.
All prices F, o, B. Flint. Mich. Govern.
ment tax to be added.
These are brand new Bucks and carry
the full new car guarantee and our new
car service. They may be purchased upon
the G. NJ. A. c. time payment plan,
c. G. WATERS & SON.
aug 2S-tf Gaithersbure. Nd.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-09-28

Gai hex sburS Homes.
Price, $1,000.


Unsutpas ed as to location. is exclusive
residential nei9hborhood. A most com
pletely equipped and beautiful home,
eleven rooms, including bath. basement
and attic steam heat, electric lights. oak
stairway, three OAK mantels, garage, large
front and side por 1es. back porch, iceless
cooler, pneumatic water system, fruit, etc. ;
lot 80x360 with $50 feet of church /;
close to school hous beautiful shrubbery,
flowers and trees; lhin blocks of Ward
station, and With. 10 minutes walk Of
Gaithersburg station.
Prize, $500.
i've rooms half acre of land. fruit and
II t iiul shrubs located on Frederick
nue..
Immediate possession can be had.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-09-28
NoRsEcK GARAGE.

AUTHORIZED FORD SERVICE STATION
using genuine Ford parts,
automobile repairing, tires, tubes and
accessories.
Au'o ana stationary electric plants service.
n pS'oil'ce address. Rockville. Md, R. F.
da rnohe. Sandy Spring ll6 F IA: resi-
uence' Sandy Spring llo F 81.
c, E. FORD. Proprietot
30 successor TO Donald Bowie
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-09-28
Biz Reduction In
Clothing.

oiisoh' the Tailor of Gaithershurg
" ~ " the pos'Ofce offers a Big Reduction =
rure wool suits selling from SIG to Soa m
Doys pure wool uits fromS
rants nice looking frmS2 m
pressing, yene and repairing Guarantee nv work
Price ""'e' my ""A'
Also RAIN Beach suits cleaned and nss..d
a. NJ until 9P' NJ Open m Saturdays until l;3o p M
A""Ork done on my plant at very re,s,,,. ~
p.,,. 49,. J. WoIfson,
GAIrHERsBURG Md
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-09-28

FARMERS BANKING AND TRUST CO.
OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY
ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
Capital, $552OO Surplus. 300
Undivided Profits, $4,000
Resources, $1,4O0,0OO
Transacts General Banking and Trust Business
A1 Interest paid savings Credited accounts
f/O January l and July l. Compounded thereafter.
ACTS as Executor Administrator Guardian, and Trustee.
Commissions very moderate. Literature furnished on
application
WILLS naming this Company Executor Trustee will BIZ
written and safely kept, free of charge.
LOANS approved endorsements collateral
estate.
Hilton, Presiden Secretary
M. Bouic, Vice Pres. E. Treasurer
and Counsel F. Bache Albert, Asst
w. Walker, End Vice
D. D. Darby
James E. Deets Thomas w. Perry
W. Ben
William W. Darby Eugene one
Albert NJ Bouic Richard E. Darby
Robert G. Hilton Ernest L. Billiard
We invite you to account with us.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-09-28

CELL FRUIT
NJ Trees and ornamentsls
We have an opening in this section for n
iuIl or part time representative. Cash
commission paid weekly.
TITUS NURSERY CO.,
july 1887 Wanesboro. Va.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-09-28
Baues, PATENT wEBIsIHEs AND sHEMIsALs,
TOILET ARTICLES.
FINE STATIONERY AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES

Oils Varnsho Turpentnc Machine Oils Sponges Cham
skins Window Glass, Glaciers Supplies, &c.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-09-28
Price $1,000.

-Four rooms IS, II. front. third acre of
land lot No. il Thomas Addition to
Gaithersburg
, 1928-04-23

the interclassic Boston marathon in two
hours and thirty seven minutes and sew
en- and four ffths seconds. JOie Ray
in his first appearance in a marathon.
finished third.
Los Angeles. Dolores Delrio, motion
picture star, left today for NOgaIes. Ari-
z,nl with the announced intentions of
fling suit for divorce in Mexico against
her husband James DeIriO from whom
she was separated last December.
London. Commander NJ. NJ. Daniel
who wrote the letter of complaint 10 re-
cord TO Admiral CoIIard that brought
aboJt the famous Royal Court Martial,
has decided to leave the RoyOl Navy, A
London newspaper quotes him as saying
he has no prospects Of advancement and
therefore will seek a new position.
New York.-Roger HOrnsey enabled
the Boston team to beat the New York
Giants.
Boston Babe Ruth hit his first home
run of the season here today in a game
with the Boston Red SoXs. The Yankees
won seven to two.
New York. The wind which whipped
the city at a velocity of sixty miles an
hour last night had dropped to thirty
miles an hour today and was expected to
drop further tonight. Forest fires, fan
ned by the strong winds, destroyed more
than fifty thousand acres of lumber land
rased twenty homes during the night
still ragged today in New Jersey and
Long Island,
, 1928-04-23
KILOGRAMS
ST CROIX STATION.

Washington, DC April 20th.-Ihe col
lapse of the st. Francis Dam 10 Southern
California was attributed to a defective
foundation, in a report made public by
DR. Flwood, head commissioner of re-
ION.
New York, April goth. The construc.
ton of MERCHANT ships throughout the
world has been on the decrease since
the first Of the year, LlOyds register of
shipping said yesterday. A decrease of
nearly a quarter of a million tons has
been noted in the quarter ending March
81. 1t is the first time a decrease has oc-
Cured since September 1926. However,
The latest quarter showed an increase of
lob, 900 tons over the 1926 period.
Great Britain and Ireland. at the top Of
the list, accounted for l ,440, 842.
Havana. April 20Jh. Extensive search
has been ordered for two Cuban officers
who took off on a practice flight from
Columbia Field on Tuesday evening and
have since disappeared. When last seen
they were flying at an altitude of 4. 900 it.
and heavy head winds were blowing.
The men were flight Lieut. Ponce De Leon
and Ensign Perez of the Cuban navy. 1t
was said they had only enough gasOlene
for three hours flying.
Sofia. Bulgaria, April GOTH Earth
quake shocks occurring shortly after 9
on Tuesday night and continuing
throughout the early part Of the night
, 1928-04-23

Vi Tie DIGiIlGI anu q QCNlolOJ VIII JIG
reached as to what means Will be taken to
bring Captain Koehi and Baron Won iu-
enefeId from Greenely Island.
London, April 20th. One of the first
fruits Of the conference between Iabour
and capital, inaugurated last January, els
a memorandum which will be submitted
to the government signed by Sir Alfred
MOnd, representa- : the employers, sand
Mr.. Ben Hurner, representing the work
ers. This memorandum advocates great
elasticity of currency and credit ard calls
on the government to institute d full
inquiry into the best form OF credit policy
from Great Britain, before any further
decisive steps are taken by the govern
rent.
Toxic, April 2Oth-More than one thou
sand buildings were destroyed In the
city Of Hirosakj, in Northern Japan, by
a fire which ragged for seven hours be-
fore being placed under control. Among
the destroyed buildings were four schools
: two banks. six hospitals and one church.
The damage was estimated at one million
yen. No casualties were reported,
New York, April 2Oth-A steadler tone
developed in the raw sugar market.
All offerings of nearby sugars were
absorbed at advances of 1882 cents, with
Spots now quoted at 4,4U. nav sugar
futures closed net unchanged to two
points higher. Approximate sales were
%, 800 tons. May closed 2.68, July 2.80,
September 2.90, December 2.97, January
2.87. March 2.79. Refined sugar prices
were unchanged.
New York, April 20lh.-The governing
committee of the New York stock ex-
change, at a special meeting, voted to
close the exchange on Saturday April
21st and ruled that officers and members
of the exchange may remain open for a
regular transaction Of regular office bus.
mess on that day. The closing up on
Saturday Is to allow firms to clear up an
accumulation of clerical work.
New Market, England April goth His
Majesty the KING won his fist race Of
the season when his three year old,
"ScuttIe" captured the Brandon handicap
over nine turIongs, from IL others,
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
New York, April goth.
Our standard export grades $7.85.
Corn meal yellow kiln dried per bag Of
1876 lbs. So 20.
Pork heavy mes old per barrel $33. so
Pork Short clear medium quality per
barrel $31 So
Sugar centrif. basis SO deg. test per
100 lbs. So 70.
Exchange sight $4 50.
EYchanOP 60 DAVIS S4 Sd
, 1928-04-23

bulgarian Clues, AL IllllppOUOtIS d NUN
Der Of large buildings are known to have
fallen and some big fires started in vsr-
ious parts of the city. Dispatches state
that the inhabitants are panic stricken
and remaining out Of doors.
Tokyo, April 0th.-Subject to the APP
prevail Of the cabinet, the naval aUthOri
ties have decided to order three cruisers
and four destroyers to TSingtaO, China
owing to the activities Of the Nationalist
troops in Shantung province Japanese
marines have been ordered landed at
Tsinotao, bringing the total landed forces
available to about 900.
Marking China, April 18TH An Off
cial communique reports the penetration
of Southern S|hantung by the Nationalist
armies in their renewed drive on Picking.
Clark, City April 10th. Passing rapid
~ over the ocean, which Major Fitzmau-
rice said was in itself no different from
many other flights he had made in the
past, except that the three flyers were
all under a continuous and tremendous
nervous strain and they had to battle
with all their skill against strong winds,
at timas real gales, tog5 and contrary
air currents, the Irish airman describes
their arrival on this side of the Atlantic
and their ultimate landing on Greenley
Island. About sixty seconds before they
actually sighted land, the three men had
practically given up all hope, They had
made up their minds to exhaust their last
drop of fuel in an attempt to remain in
the air as long as possible. Major Fitz-
maurice believes that Captain Hlnchclltfe
and the Hon Elsie Mackay must have
been carried out of their way on their
fatal attempt to cross the Atlantic and
that they landed somewhere in the thick
forests in the wilds of Labrador.
London, April 20th-The British Gov
ernment's four percent funding loan was
on the New York exchange on Tuesday
and within half an hour all the two mil
lion pounds available was sold, the pur.
chasers being almost entirely banks and
large companies. The event is of sigDi
fcance, because no other foreign govern
ment stocks have ever been listed on the
New York exchange without application,
while in this instance, officials of the
stock exchange took the initiative. The
Guarantee Company who offered the
bonds attributed the heavy demands for
them to the solid faith of the United
States investors IN British credit. The
four percent funding loan is an internal
loan issued in London in 1919 at eighty
percent and is purely a sterling obIIga
ton. 1t is one of the lesser long term
British loans, the amount outstanding
being about one hundred and lightweight
po1IUOOC CtprlIOO
, 1928-04-23

our standard export or.
Corn meal yellow kin Dir
1876 lbs. So 10.
Pork heavy mes old per
Pork short clear medium
barrel $31 So
Sugar centrif. basis SO
100 lbs. 81. 70.
Exchange sight $4 SO.
Exchange 60 days 81. "a.