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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-03-29
COLESVILLE

The second quarterly meeting was
held at the Colesville Parsonage on
Wednesday evening. Those present
we're the presiding Elder, DR.. J. H.
Wells of Washington D. c., Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Gill of Washington, D. c.,
MIR. ]. H. Anderson, Mr.. John Hamil-
ton: Mrs. Albert Sager and Mr.. Will
liam Milstead.
Mrs. Albert Sager ST., Mr.. j. H.
Anderson, Mr.. John Hamilton and
Mr.. Russell Reed were appointed
delegates to the District Conference
of the Washington District at Ma
nassas, Va, the 18th and 18th of
April. Alternate delegates are Mrs
| K. D. Swecker; Mr.. P. H. Ray; and
Mr.. William Milstead.
Miss Emmalie Brigham, entertain
ed the young people of the Colesville
League on Friday evening, at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Boerum
Those present were: Miss Thelma
Oursler; Mr.. Wilbur Cissell; Mr.
Harry Turner; Miss Eleanor Hobbs
Mr.. Gene Davis; Miss Evelyn Barger
Mr.. Kenneth and Leonard Hobbs
Miss Hilda Hobbs, Mr.. Melvin Wheel.
err, the Misses Evelyn and Inez
Hobbs, Miss Pauline Suthard, Miss
Lula Trundle, Mr.. Franklin Hobbs
Miss Roberta Hobbs, Miss Dorothy
Sager, Miss Berneil Grimes, Miss Ira
Hardey, Mr.. Russell Reed, Miss Haze
Hobbs and Mr.. Alvin Hobbs.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-03-29
DEPARTMENT OF PURLIC WORKS
STATE OF MARYLAND
State Roads Commission
TO CONTRACTORS

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
National Recovery Highway Project
Under the Provisions of Section
204 of the National Industrial Recov
cry Act SEALED PROPOSALS fol
the improvement of one section Of
roadway as follows:
Montgomery County-Contract M
262-1-52 Federal Aid Project No.
N. R. S. 331: From Mt. Zion
to the Leizears Corner, distance
of 1.78 miles. (Macadam)
The employment agency for fur
nishing labor on the above project
is, National Unemployment Off
Ger, Old Court House, Rockville,
Maryland.
The minimum hourly wage to be
paid by the Contractor on the
above project shall be, for un-
skilled labor $0.40, for skilled
labor Glass "B" $3.50; and for
skilled labor Glass "a" 5000.
The attention of bidders is direct
ed to the Special Provisions cover
ing subletting or assigning of con-
tract, and to the use of ma
terials.
will be received by the State Roads
Commission at its offices, Federal
Reserve Bank Bldg, Calvert and Lex
ington Sts., Baltimore, Md, until IL
M. on the 10th day of April, 1884,
at which time and place they will
be publicly opened and read. PRE-
QUALIFICATION OF BIDDERS
REQUIRED. =, :,
Bids must be made upon the blank
proposal form which, with speclnca-
tions and plans will be furnished by
the Commission upon application and
cash payment of $1.00, for each sep
arate project, as hereafter no charges
will be permitted.
No bids will be received unless ac-
companied by certified check. pay
able to the State Roads Commission
of Maryland, as required by Sec. o,
Chapter 500, Acts of 1881, OF the
amount as set forth in the proposal
form, and certificate of compliance
with requirements of NATIONAL
INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY ACT on
limited STATES GOVERNMENT
FORM No. B. P. r. Ii.
The successful bidder will be re-
ouired to give bond and comply win
the Acts of the General Assembly OF
Maryland, respecting contracts.
The Commission reserves the rlgnt
TO reject any and all bids.
ny ORDER of the State Roads
Commission this 9th day of March,
G. CLINTON UHL, Chairman.
L. H. STEUART, Secretary. TO
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-03-29
Alexander H. Harris

Funeral services for Alexander H.
Harris, 70, one of the best known
citizens of the Jamestown commun-
ity, who died at his home near there
after an illness of several months,
were held Monday from the funeral
home of W. Reuben Humphrey. Bur-
ial was in the cemetery adjoining the
Presbyterian Church at Jamestown.
Mr.. Harris is survived by his
widow, formerly a Miss Ellen Fisher,
of this county and a sister, Mrs.
Victoria Trevey, SO, of near Ira
yilah.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-03-29

.$1,535,725.7a
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-03-29
NOTICE

All citizens of Gaithersburg, Md,
who are 81 years of age and have
resided within the Corporate Limits
3 months previous of May 4th, 1884,
and have not previous registered
are required by law to register in
order to vote, to elect a Mayor and
two Councilmen on Monday, May
4th, 1884. The registrars will sit
on Monday, April End, and Monday,
April 9th, 1884, from IL o'clock noon
to P. M. in Mayor and Council
Room, Fire Department Building.
252 MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-03-29

Collection of Lighting Devices
An unusual collection in the Smith
sonian institution is the exhibit Of
artificial lighting devices from early
bird and fish torches to modern cleo
trio lamps.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-03-29

Record Snowfall
In one day, February Is, 1893, 80
inches of snNw fell in Crater lake, Ma
tional park.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-03-29
Total
LIABILITIES

LIABILITIES
Demand deposits, except
U. S. Government de-
posits, public funds and
deposits of other banks $379,3O7.4S
Time deposits, except
postal savings, public
funds and deposits of
other banks " 864,599.37
Public funds of States,
counties, 81 h DOL dis
tricts, or other sub
divisions or municipali-
ties ....-.... 15,4O2.2O
Deposits of other banks,
including certified and
cashiers checks out
standing .....- 5,337.15
Total of Items Is to 10:
(o) Secured by
pledge of
loans and
or invest
ments SIS, 402.2O
(b) Not Sc
cured by
pledge of
loans and
or invest
ments 1,249, 24400
(c) Total
Deposits1 1864, 646.2O
circulating notes out
standing - 100000
Other liabilities .. 20.O6
Capital account:
Common stock,
1000 S h es,
par $25.00 per
share $10O,000.00
Surplus 100000
Undivided profits
net . 21,059.47 III, 059.47
Total, Including
-, Capital Account 1885, 725.79
MEMORANDUM: Loans and
Investments Pledged To
>. Secure Liabilities
united States Govern
ment Securities ... 100000
Loans and Discounts 100000
Total Pledged
-, Excluding rediscounts) 172,9O0.0O
Pledged:
No) Against circulating
notes outstanding 100000
(c) Against public funds
OF States, counties,
school districts, or
other subdivisions or
municipalities .. 100000
~ Total Pledged $f72, 10000
state of Maryland,
County of Montgomery, SIS:
\. Y. T. HENDERSON, President of the
sILoove.named bank, do solemnly swear
nat che above statement is true to
'ne best Of my knowledge and belief.
c. G. P. HENDERSON, President.
subscribed and sworn to before me
C1ls 9th day of March, 1884.
LEE A. THOMPSON, Notary Public.
CoTrect-Attest:
WILLIAM F. PRETTYMAN,
+. H. karin,
80, R. W. vTNSoN,
Directors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-16
We Can't Agree

At the meeting of the State Grange IN
Hartford last week State Master Louis
G.. Tolles is reported as saying with re-
spect to the repeal of the 18th amend
ment that, For the present, at least, we
stand before the world disgraced by our
utter weakness. If this is to be the final
answer we have lost the first war in our
history. - Somehow or other we
don't think that this is the pitiful attitude
in which the world finds us. We're more
inclined to think that the world is now
trying to make beaten path to our ports
of entry with ships laden with foreign
liquors.
It's all well and good to regard the war
against Intoxicating beverages as lost be-
cause the United States rejected the 18th
amendment, but on the other hand why
can't it be regarded as a mistake in the
beginning to wage war against liquor in
such fashion as we did? There is such
a thing as admitting an error in tactics.
That's what this nation must do, just as
others have before it. No nation, to our
knowledge, has been able to exile liquors
from it's midst by legislation We don't
think we will ever see the day when one
will.
With all due respect to Mr. Tolles and
the organization which he represents, we
think that the farmers of the United
States stand to profit more by prohibi-
tons repeal than they would with the
amendment still in force. There is an in
creased market for grains. There is
every indication that liquor taxes are go
ing to enable governments, big and little,
to spread the tax base This is boon to
the farmer, whose chief stock in trade is
the land that he owns and can cultivate.
All in all the farmer will fare pretty well.
If we take to moralizing on prohibition
we can only say that the question of eco
Monies is also involved which makes it
topic not alone for the pulpit but also for
the seat of government.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-16

MarseiIIes, Barcelona and Seville. On
the second and third days they will go
from Cadiz, via the Canaries, to Bath
hurst in British West Africa. On the
fourth day the Westfalen will be reached
somewhere at sea. The fifth day will
see the planes drop down at Natal Brazil.
The flight from Berlin to Cadiz will
be made in fast new airplanes; that to
the Westfalen in seaplanes The final
flight will be made with land plane
catapulted from the steamer. 1t is a
reasonable way to make the service safe,
regular and swift. Eventually planes may
cover the whole distance safely in less
time without the relays and cargo trans
fers. The Lufthansa service seems the
best arrangement to date.
1t will be easy for the German auth
critics to compare the cost and reliability
of heavier-than-air and lighter-than-air
craft when the new service has made as
many trips as the Graf Zeppelin has al
ready made. It is strange to see North
America ignored and outdone in these
transatlantic air services.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-16
Surveyed Backwards and Forwards

Nothing in the history OF the Worid
could. to our way of thinking, equal the
relief measures that have been brought 10
bear on Old Man Depression by the koose-
welt administration. The result VIII
either be the greatest failure of organized
effort or the most signal success. NOUN
ing is being left undone to insure work
for every unemployed man and woman
in this nation. And If we can put our
unemployed millions back into the earn
ING class what will be the effect on the
world.
OF recent weeks considerable has been
said and done about conducting census
and business surveys throughout the
various states. In addition to that, right
here in our own state we have tax lnVes-
tigating group intent upon removing
some of the burden of the oppressed prop
erty owner This in itself is mighty
undertaking, one that has been considered
for years but inevitably postponed Now
that we have undertaken it, let us hope
the results will really bring about some
widening of the tax base
In resurning the tax on liquors we have
discovered prolific and new source Of in
come for federal and state governments,
not to mention their smaller subdivisions.
MAY we hope that this will be an invita-
ton in the days of 1884 to ease the bur
den of the man who has invested heavily
in real estate or simply the man who de-
sires to own his own little home. AS it
is right now the home owner is heavily
penal;@ed Surely there must be some re-
lief from such a situation as this which
prohibits more general trading in prop
erty.
Perhaps the business survey that Will
be conducted as a CWA enterprise will
show us the way out of our present diff
ficulties. Surely something can be eX-
pected along these lines. 1t isn't too
much to hope that with all it's various
plans the National Recovery Act can ac-
ccmplish that for which we have long
hoped-revivaI Of interest in home own
ership. Waterbury, as well as every city
and town in the nation, is vitality con-
cerned in assuring protection to the man
who dares invest his lifes savings in his
own property.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-16
A Book a Day
by BRUCE CATION
"LAffaire Jones" Ties Lost
Coat To War Debt

"I,Affaire JONES'" by Hillel Bern
stein. is a hilarious and Intelligent
satire--a jovial farce-comedy built
on q thorough understanding OF
the ouirks and oddities Of Franco
American relations.
It tells about a young chap from
Georgia, one Jones, who goes 70
Paris to write book about French
cookery. Ono day he accidentally
takes the wrong coat from a care.
A gendarme comes to get the coat;
Jones, trying to explain, suddenly
finds himself involved in a terrlnc
argument about the war debts ana
Verdun.
This, theauthor explains, Is SIM
ply because all arguments between
Frenchmen and Americans swing
to the war debts and Verdun soon
err or later. But Jones doesn't UNI
dcrstand. The argument WAKES
warm, the cafe crowd gets hostile
and Jones finally Is hauled off
to TAIL, suspected of being a dam
gerous foreign spy.
The coat itself is forgotten. The
case becomes the celebrated "Af-
faire Jones'" and though no one
knows what It is all about, the en-
tire French nation gets infiamed
over 1t.
The nations honor in involved:
Jones finds himself the villain OF
the hour.
Finally, after much trouble, the
matter gets cleared up and Jones
liz released. Then he learns that
the whole business was smoke
screen, wilfully pumped up by the
government to divert attention
from a certain deal that Is being
put over with. a visiting oriental
potentate.
And Jones reluctantly comes to
admire the French; they never
need watching quite so much, he
concludes, as when they seem the
dizziest - for at such moments
they invariably are dealing some
body some cards from the bottom
of the deck.
Published by Stokes, "LAffaire
Jones" sells for $3.50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-16
The Social Compromise

The heart of the supreme courts de-
cision in the Minnesota mortgage mora
torium case is it's establishment of the
principle of growing appreciation OF
public needs and of the necessity Of find
ing ground for rational compromise be-
tween individual rights and public well
fare" The application of the principle
in the case in question might be expressed
somewhat like this: The holder of the
home mortgage had private right to
payment, and to foreclosure on the home
in lieu of payment. But the state had
right to postpone his foreclosure in time
of public emergency. The public right
superseded the private right, because the
enforcement of such private rights at
such time would make a difficult situa-
ton worse for everybody.
About 20 states have enacted similar
laws The principle may find expression
in various other ways before we are out
of the woods. 1t is not Socialism" 1t
is sensible teamwork. It is common
saying to-day that rugged individualism"
isn't SO rugged any more. Some even
describe it as ragged" and there is
tendency that way. Tennyson saw the
change coming nearly century ago when
he wrote, "The individual withers, and
the world is more and more" Life be-
comes more interviewer. So do rights and
privileges and obligations. Society as
whole accordingly has more to say. 1t
must preserve itself. In doing so, it may
preserve it's individuals better than they
themselves can. 1t is doing so now IN
crisis that has made millions helpless.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-16

Meriden motorists who commute to
work daily are finding their goings and
comings checked these days. 1t seems
that Meriden, like all other cities in Con-
necticut, has motorists who believe in
making hay while the sun shines. In
short they are willing to give friends
rides to and from work in their pleasure
vehicles at certain stipend. Some time
ago the motor vehicle department heads
called attention to the fact that many
motor vehicles were being operated in
the livery class, but not with livery mark
ers. 1t was claimed that cars were be-
ing hired for funerals without the proper
livery markers. The department won't
interfere where a group of men pay the
expenses of the car in making daily trips
to and from work, but if the owner and
driver collects fee for each trip he is
liable to fine, not to mention the loss
Of his marker plates. A checkup through
out the state is threatened, because the
motor vehicle department could use the
money it loses by failing to have applica-
ton made for livery markers. It's a
dangerous game to be in. We advise any
in it to change their tactics. They stand
to lose more than they are gaining now
if caught transporting passengers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-16
HISTORY

The. whipping post Of old Water
bury days stood near Exchange
place in front of what was once the
Park drug store, and the stocks
also stood alongside the whipping
post. There was at one time a
depression in the ground at the
south side of West Main street
which was famous playground
for children, and was called by
them the "PIly Hole" so-named
because of game they played
called "pily," and which DIR Ander-
son thinks must have closely re-
sembled the game called "puss In
the corner"
The Green is described as a
peaceful and mildly active spot on
an afternoon before the year 1850;
a few cows grazing, children play
ing on the meeting house steps; n
game of ball being enjoyed by the
clerks from the few stores in the
ncighborhood; occasional loads Of
hay coming up from the meadows;
the congregating of few of the
well known citizens at the post
Office or at the hotel, waiting to see
the New Haven stage when it
passed, which have been outstand-
ing Connecticut and New England
gestures since there have been
postoffices and hotels; and other
such conditions all representing a
peaceful and quiet community.
such as existed before the transit
ton period from village to city.
In 1912 certain Improvement
plans were formulated to enclose
the green with a railing all around,
and to keep in good repair the
roads around the Green, with the
stipulation that when such inn
provements were made the Green
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-16
Seagoing Air Mail

The German air line, Lufthansa, an
nounces regular 14-day mail service be-
tween Europe and South America, to
start February !. It will be the first
such service wholly by plane. In the
spring, the Graf Zeppelin will resume its
regular flights TO South America, also on
a 14-day schedule. The two services
will alternate. providing weekly air mails
between the two continents.
There lis already French air service be-
tween Europe and South America. II
combines use OF planes and fast boats,
and takes ten days. The Lufthansa's
combination OF land and sea planes viii
cut that time In half. The steamship
WestfaIeD, equipped ~ radio guide, fuel
station and relay post, will provide u mid
Atlantic stopping place.
As proposed planes on lhe first day
Will touch Berlin, Stuttgart, Geneva.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-16
Moscow Letter
by JOSEPH H. BAIRD

United Press Stan Correspondent.
MOSCOW (UP)-Although the
average Communist considers
bridge a silly game for bourgeois
idlers, he admires chess, long the
favoritc pastime of philosophers
and sages.
That Is why. perhaps, the recent
international match between Sam
uel Flor, Czechoslovakian master,
and Michael Botyinnik, young So
Wet player, was followed keenly
here by all sections of the people,
even including Nicholas Krylenko,
commissar of Justice.
Indeed, No Harvard Yale foot
ball game In Amreica, no Oxford
Cambridge boat race In England
has aroused more popular enthu-
siagm than did Flor and Botvinnik,
facing each other over their check
cred board and moving kings.
queens. castles and pawns with
consummate skill.
During the matches in Moscow,
KrylenkO was always found In the
first row. When the second half OF
the match was moved to Lcnln-
grad, he followed 1t there. The
commissar's devotIons before the
god of chess were interrupted by
the converting here of a Soviet
congress. He returned to Moscow,
but on learning one night of Bot
vinnik's victory In O game, he
caught O late train and rushed back
to Leningrad.
And his enthusiasm was merely
symbolic OF how Muscovites felt
generally. Each day the newspa-
pers devoted columns to the match.
Even a political element entered
into public feeling about the COM
petition. For Botvinnik, a young
scientist employed by the Physics
Institute at Leningrad, IN an ar
dent member Of tho Communist
party and his skill at chess was re-
garded as q demonstration OF the
rigorous mental training which the
Soviet Union In impartiDg 10 IT.
youth.
Unfortunately, IN view Of the
keen public interest, tho match
ended In a draw, ench player win
ming Hix games But the Moscow
public regarded tho result an q
moral victory for the young Com.
munlat, for he hed held his own
against an older and more expe-
rIenc0d rival.
rho match was arranged by the
ohoMs sortlon Of the Al. Union
Council fOr Physical Education.
because Of The great intereat u
stimulated plans are being made
lfor q large international chess tours
lnmfnf here ~ which the worlds
masters with % iflVltea.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-16
Gov William II. alfalfa Billy Murray

Gov William II. alfalfa BilD Murray
is in the news again. This time the
tempestuous executive has authorized at
torneys for his state to sue the federal
government for $1OO,O0O,OO0 Nothing
niggardly about "Alfalfa Bill'' when he
gets started. The suit is brought in the
interest of Oklahoma which was forced
to remove much land from it's tax lists
when the state was taken into the Union.
The land is included in Indian reservations
and property which is not subject to tax
alton under federal statute. Governor
Murray does not complain about the ex-
emption to the Indians. He admits it is
just, but he does claim that Uncle Sam
should recompense the state and not al
low it to foot the entire bill There is
doubt that the courts would establish such
precedent as is asked
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-16

In order TO feel the pulse OF
the country I'm its response to
the New Deal, one Of the authors
of this column has spent the past
week In O. quick swing through
the heart of the iron and steel
belt with q few detOurs to other
areas. Below are summarized the
results OF his observations.
washington, Jan. 10 The
New Deal is being given a lot of
new names in the iron and steel
belt from benevolent Autoc-
racy" to 1.-THE Dictatorship
with a Smile" but whatever 1t
is, the people like 1t.
There are a few lone voices
crying against him, but by and
large, Roosevelt has even great
err support than he had imme-
diately after March a. People be-
Iieve in him. Even though they
think he is not always right, they
admire the fact that he Is frank
enough to admit it when he
makes mistakes. But first, last
and foremost they are con-
WINGED he is working not for
party or politics, but for them.
Right here Is the secret Of
why congress Is eating out OF the
New Dealers hand. Any con-
gresham who bucks the presi.
dent and does It often and
vigorously enough to make
himself conspicuous, brings down
ON his head the wrath OF the
folks at home.
How long this political para
disc can last Is going to depend
chiefly upon how long the man
in the White House can keep
business on the upgrade. That,
however, Is a question for the flu
ture. For the present, here IL
how the richest Industrial Sec
ton in the world looks.
SMOKY PITTSBURGH
Smoke has come back to
Pittsburgh. For almost three
years the traditional murk of
that city had been 80 scarce
that you could wear the same
shirt for an entire day. Now 1t Is
different, Pittsburgh has not yet
reached the three-shirt per day
apex of real prosperity, but
lot Of the blast furnaces are
belching smoke, and a lot Of
people are beginning to smile
who never thought they would
again.
Those whose income depends
on steel dividends complain that
they are a long way from pros
perity, but the debutante list Is
longer this year than any time
since the days OF the Coolidge
hull market, and--miracle-o of
miracles-you actually have to
stand in line to register for a
room at the William Penn hotel.
Politically, Pittsburgh Is
laughing ut Its new democratic
mayor, who insists ON holding
court in the lobby of City Hall,