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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-03-26
STUFFED CRABS,
INDIAN STYLE

The same preparation as Balti-
more, only add one tablespoonful of
curry powder diluted with little
broth, instead Of the mustard.
Evening star., 1936-03-25

tury and a quarter ago, when Henry
Bells Comet, earliest of European steam
boats, came forth from her dock. In
deed, every ship that ever entered the
water has been a venture to stir the
human heart with deep emotion. The
romance of launching grips the imag-
ination powerfully.
Longfellow was but one OF the gifted
singers who have felt the attraction of
the theme. And his genius was kindred
flame with that Of all his brother bards
when he made his ship cry:
Build me straight, o worthy Master!
Stanch and strong, goodly vessel
That shall laugh at all disaster,
And with wave and whirlwind wrestle!
Nations respond to such music. such
optimistic and courageous doctrine.
Hence, the goodwill Of humanity every
where yesterday as the Queen Mary
faced and met successfully her first i'm
portant test. She is a great craft and,
apparently, fortunate enough.
Evening star., 1936-03-25
World Trade Recovery.

War. or perils of war, were chronic
on various continents during 1885, yet
the almost incredible fact is now regis
tered that world trade volume for the
last quarter of the year reached "a per
cent of the 1929 boom" level, attaining
the highest point since the end OF 1881.
That those figures represent no merely
ephemeral squirt is indicated by the fact
that in January of this year business
volume mounted to a point six per cent
higher than in January, 1885.
Authority for this gratifying evidence
of international economic rehabilitation
is the March number Of the League OF
Nations monthly bulletin of statistics.
Indices of industrial activity for Octo-
ber. November and December, 1885,
showed an increase over the correspond
ing 1894 quarter in all countries for
which figures are available. The in
dustrial production Of twelve different
nations exceeded even that OF 1879, IN
cluding Soviet Russia, Japan, Sweden
and Great Britain. 1t fell short OF 1879
by more than twenty per cent in France
and the Netherlands and by twenty to
thirty per cent in the United States and
Canada. In Italy and Germany produc-
ton Jagged behind the peak of seven
years ago by about ten per cent.
Immediate prospects in the building
trades, that unfailing barometer of the
times the world over, the Leagues table
of construction permits shows, are bet
ter now in most countries than a year
ago. A noteworthy decline is observed
only in Sweden, France. the Neither
lands and Switzerland. The United
States led all countries in building con-
struction during the second half OF 1888,
with q 95 per cent increase over the
same six months ofs1934.
The moral to be drawn from all these
figures is that, given those normal con-
ditions which only dependable assur-
ance of peace can provide, the world is
entitled to look forward within the meas
urable future to gradual return OF the
economic status which existed before de-
preston wrecked the international hnan-
cial and industrial structure at the END
of the fabulous twenties. If recovery
could register the advances that were
scored in 1885 amid war, war scares,
revolutions and the excesses OF dicta-
torship in many lands, nations now have
before them concrete facts and figures
which hint plainly how trade may rea-
sonably be expected to develop in
world in which tranquility and ordered
government are the rule and not the
exception. Unhappily, current events in
Europe, due to the eruptions OF Hitler
ism and Fascism, do not hold out any
too rosy a prospect Of economic equilib-
rum across the Atlantic.
Evening star., 1936-03-25
The "Plan'' at Odds.

BY perhaps more than coincidence a
breach occurs In the ranks of the Town
send plan forces on the eve of the
beginning Of an investigation of the
organization by special committee of
the House of Representatives. The ma
tional secretary and treasurer Of Old Age
Revolving Pensions, Ltd, under whose
active direction the movement has been
organized throughout the country, ten
ders his resignation in consequence of
q difference of judgment between him
and DR.. Townsend regarding the ques-
ton of the formation of third party.
DR.. Townsend accepts the resignation.
Whether this change in personnel will
affect the course of the congressional
inquiry remains to be seen.
1t appears evident that there is an
irreconcilable difference between the
originator Of the pension scheme and
his first lieutenant regarding the ques-
ton of the organization of separate
political party. DR.. Townsend has been
inclined to the Endorsement of Senator
Borahs candidacy for the Republican
presidential nomination. Mr.. Clements
evidently does not see eye to eye with
the head Of the movement in this regard.
Just where DR.. Townsend stands on the
Endorsement proposition is somewhat
vague. He has made several statements
on the subject which are not altogether
consistent or definite.
The growth of this movement has been
remarkable. Clubs have been organized
throughout the country, some seven
thousand Of them, according to a recent
count Large sums have been contrib.
uted as dues and it is stated that there
is now cash reserve of more than $780,
900 in the treasury of the concern. A
weekly newspaper is printed, with wide
circulation. The House investigating
committee is authorized to probe into
the financial aspect of the organization
and to ascertain if these large fees and
dues have gone into private pockets to
any large extent. The now retiring off,
cial of the league has been served with
a subpoena of the broadest character,
requiring the submission of all records
and copies of income tax returns made
by himself and DR.. Townsend since the
formation of the plan. His resignation
may bring the movement to an end or
it may stimulate it.
The plan itself is one of the most fam
tastic ever proposed to the American
people. 1t would seem now to have
begun to disintegrate through its own
internal strains.
Evening star., 1936-03-25

answer is: '"The Supreme Court is with
out an army and without a purse. It
secures obedience to its judgments and
determinations of right and legal rela-
tion under q written Constitution from
the Executive, from Congress and from
every citizen by that public knowledge
and realization that the wit of man has
not yet evolved better plan for promo
tion Of justice and protection of the in
dividual against the excesses inherently
present in all forms of human institu-
tions."
When the impending impeachment
trial of Judge Ritter of Florida is under
way women will sit as members of the
court Of impeachment for the first time
in history. Senators Hattie Caraway,
Democrat. Of Arkansas and Senator Rose
Mcconnell Long, Democrat, of Louisiana
have both been sworn for service. Mrs.
Caraway was a member of the Senate
at the time of the impeachment trial of
Judge Louderback of California, in May,
1888, but asked to be excused from vot-
ing in the proceedings, which ended in
an acquittal.
Ex-members of the Senate. lame ducks
and others, are fond of coming back to
roost and enjoying the privileges of the
cloak rooms and floor. This week there
was a record breaking reunion of old
timers, when no fewer than four were
fraternizing with colleagues of official
days. They were former Senators Nor
rison. Democrat, of North Carolina He
bert, Republican, of Rhode Island: Wal
colt, Republican. of Connecticut, and
Brookhart, Republican, of Iowa.
r X
In method and manner, Samuel
Becker, stocky, two-fisted special coun-
sci of the Federal Communications Com
mission, who is conducting the A. T. & T.
investigation, resembles Ferdinand Pc
cora, matador of the Senate banking in
vestigation. Although punctiliously re-
spectful of all the amenities, Becker is
quick as trigger to discern an opening
and pursue it vigorously. Apparently he
has at his tongues tip every meaty fact
dug up by the army of lis F. c. c. ac-
countantS engineers and investigators
who have been in the field during recent
months. Becker, who is in his 33rd year,
Is native of Milwaukee, graduate of the
University of Wisconsin, and received at
Harvard both law degree and the de-
gree of doctor of juridical science. Be-
fore entering practice in Milwaukee he
taught law at Tulane University, in New
Orleans. In 1872 he was executive
counsel to Gov. Phil La Toilette, at Mad
ison, and assisted the State Public Serv-
ice Commission in investigating tele-
phone rates. Early in the New Deal he
entered the Law Division of the Public
Works Administration, and later became
general counsel of its Power Division.
(Copyright, 1850
Evening star., 1936-03-25
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Graceful Surrender.

It is not surprising that the Presidents
plan to reduce the number of c. c. G.
camps met the opposition it did from
members of the House. The location of
a camp in members district is a dis
tinct asset-to the member and to the
. district. The camps are doing work that
benefits property. The camps mean mar
kets for products of the countryside and
q certain amount of spending by the
c. C. C. workers.
Nor is it surprising that the threatened
revolt among House members over pro-
posed reduction OF camps led the Presi-
dent to revoke cutting-down orders and
to direct Mr.. Fechner to maintain the
number of camps now existing. The
President has his new relief bill to get
through the House within the next few
days and is anxious to protect it from
possible harpooning.
But the significant thing about the
revolt, so quickly quelled by acceding to
the wishes of the House Democrats un-
der the excellent leadership of Repre-
sentative Nichols, is this: No relief activl-
ties. once begun, are ever going to be
abandoned without struggle and with
out a high standard of political cour-
age. 1t will be easier to cut down or
abandon the c. c. c. camps after March
81, 1887, when the C. C. c. law expires
and the election is over, than it would be
now. But it will be difficult enough then.
While the C. c. c. is undoubtedly the
most popular of all relief measures, the
same thing will hold good with any OF
them.
The Presidents original order on c.
c. C. dissolution, revoked yesterday,
would have resulted in abandonment OF
ass of the 2,158 camps now in operation.
The amended order means that all
camps, except those closed through COM
pletion of current tasks, will remain in
operation. While enlisted strength is
to be gradually reduced" between now
and next March to 350,000, such reduc-
ton will be automatically accomplished
at the end Of this month, when $4,000 OF
the $4,000 enlistments expire. The re-
duction will be accomplished, in other
words, by slowing up future enlistments,
rather than discharges in advance OF
enlistment expiration. Deaths and other
causes facilitate reduction Of personnel.
Retention OF the camps means that
more money will have to be drawn from
other relief funds than was appropri-
ated. The increased expense, over previ-
GUS estimates, will be about $4,000, 900.
That is small potatoes compared with
the mental pain to be endured by men,
bers whose districts would otherwise have
suffered the loss of the camps.
Evening star., 1936-03-25

The obligations of privacy in COM
munication have advanced with civiliza-
ton. Primitive men who transmit mes
sages in relay by drums or other methods
of sound, or by mirrors, are compelled to
let any one into the secret who can
fathom the code. Despite the ingenuity
of modern methods it is, after all, on the
development of sense Of ethical pro-
priety that the preservation of privacy
must depend.
Evening star., 1936-03-25
Down the Clyde.

People instinctively appreciate great
things. So it happens that the whole
world yesterday watched with interest,
with anxious wonderment even. the pas
sage of the Queen Mary, largest and
finest of ships, down fifteen miles of the
to Southampton. There was question
in many minds about her passage-would
she negotiate the course safely, reach
her premier goal undamaged? Stran-
gers to the river, anyway, were puzzled
by the problem OF what experts consid-
cred "the most momentous, most ven-
turesome and certainly the most ticklish
trip of her whole career" But Clyde
siders, crowding every inch of the
streams "grandstand," were possessed Of
the necessary faith. Perhaps their hopes
helped the pulsing frame through the
channels perils.
OF course, there were exciting mo-
.nents during the tortuous trip. 1t would
not have been thrilling show had there
been no hesitation over sand bars, no
delay at the shadows. Difficulty made
drama, as is its universal custom in the
affairs of men. The multitude gasped
now and again as the mistress Of the sea
moved slowly forward over her charted
path to the freedom of the ocean she was
designed to rule It was much the same
nearly thirty years ago, when the Lusi-
tania "snaked" through the narrows to
q similar berth, and also nearly CEN
Evening star., 1936-03-25
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

when did the forsythia bloom last
year?"
And then the mind often finds itself
unable to give an answer, whereas the
garden notebook can do It with precision.
To be Of real value, everything that
pertains to the garden ought to be put in,
not day after day, perhaps, for that
would tend to become boresome, but Ger
tainly as it occurs. Birds for instance.
Nothing Is more interesting in such q
book than to keep record OF the arrival
Of the first birds of species. Do you know
the day the first thrush sings in your
garden? II dol" says the garden note
book addict. And he or she can turn
with equal poSitiveness to the records Of
arrival Of other species. Those who have
fed the wild birds all Winter will be
especially interested in such notes But
there are many more. Animal and insect
life in the small garden offers fruitful
material.
Records Of fertilizers used, the amount,
the plants, and results-these are in
valuable.
The same may be said of insecticides
and fungicides.
Let such notes be as complete as pos
sible. Even what may seem to be trivial
data will in time be priceless, because
the human memory Is notoriouSly faulty.
1t is impossible for any head to hold such
figures and names for any length Of time.
The length OF time for seed germina-
tions is another important point to keep
in mind. This record, too, will be found
invaluable in the years to come.
Ola ntinn dofac Af yx,;t
results, constitute one of the main rea-
sons for such records. Despite the pleni-
tude of planting tables for all sections of
the country there is nothing to beat the
personal one. with its due record of
weather vagaries.
You may be down in little valley or
change your own planting dates from
the theoretical ones for your section.
y
There is no use in planting the same
things in the same places if they do not
do good there, but without some written
record this is the easiest thing to do.
The lawn will deserve much mention
and no doubt will get it, to the future
well-being OF both grass and owner.
At this point it may be said that too
iuCtShiouo icCOiulllS lS IlOC QeSlTdDl6,
except for certain natures Most persons
will do well to realize that to be of the
most use the garden notebook must be
kept continuously and that with them
too close a recording will result in ulti-
mate boredom. 1t is just like expense
accounts. The pennies have driven more
well-intentioned persons out of budget
ing than the dollars.
There are two great values in a garden
notebook which must never be forgotten.
One is the fun of it. If kept too closely
1t is not fun for very long If kept in
a more haphazard manner, but still well,
1t will be continuing source of pleasure
Then there is the sentiment of the
thing. A garden ought to be- and often
is, a precious part of the intellectual and
spiritual life. Is it not well to put some
OF 1t down, so that, in retrospect, the
flowers of memory will have their chance
along with the flowers of long ago?
Keep a garden notebook, by all means,
even If faulty one. Sometimes one may
think that the more faulty the better,
for then the more human.
Evening star., 1936-03-25

A garden notebook Is something every
home owner ought to keep.
Even the smallest garden deserves one,
for the owners memory may be equally
faulty whether he has large or q small
place.
The personal, written record Of sue
cess and failure in the garden is some
thing that no amount of formal books
can replace.
Now this is the best time of year to
begin one or to keep one going.
Those who have never kept Q garden
notebook ought to resolve highly to begin
doing so, while those who have should
firmly determine to carry on.
Even one years recording will show
the most skeptical the need Of such q
chronicle. In time the record will be-
come irreplaceable.
which to write down exactly what one
does and what the plants do.
There are several very elaborate books
of this type on the market and no doubt
they are very good. They have blank
spaces for variety Of information, pock-
cts for clippings from magazines and
newspapers, and other features.
A cheap notebook, however, will serve
II one is careful to remember the two
necessary things:
/. What one does.
2. What one plants.
II these are kept in mind, not once, but
every day and all the time. the informal
account will become priceless chronicle
to the garden-minded.
In few years it will have turned.
though of humble beginning, into book
which no fancy and costly binding could
duplicate.
The only thing necessary is a true
interest In gardening.
Those who just stick few rosebushes
into the ground and fondly think they
are rosarians will not keep notebooks
Neither will those fair-weather garden
ers who rush at the yard hammer and
tongs for a few weeks, then wilt COM
pletely when the hot weather comes
along
thusiasts are not recruited from these,
worthy persons though they be.
But garden lovers who take this recre-
dGlOil SCllOuoly Will ulSCOFcT, IL tEey al"
ready have not done So that the personal
notebook has an important part to play
1t gives. first and foremost, q list of
those plants which the owner has set
out and what happened to them.
By reference to these notes year by
year he may save himself from wasting
more money on such things as have been
failures with him, and point out those
things which have done we'll for him.
He will see at glance, or maybe two
or three glances, just where he planted
the specimens which did well and where,
alas. he put those flowers and shrubs
which he lists as failures. And where
he purchased them.
The notebook shows the dates of plant
ing and also the dates of first bloom
These two records alone would be worth
all the time one puts into such book.
1t is always interesting to know the
time of planting and blooming. Espe-
cially in Spring. when the thoughts of
everybody turn to flowers, the foremost
n,YecfioV, dc.
Evening star., 1936-03-25
Future of Chain Bridge.

The Potomac's rampage did lot more
to old Chain Bridge than most people
thought. The bridge is still there, which
is more than can be said for good
many others. But putting it into shape
again for its relatively heavy traffic use
is no simple job. Engineers figure tenta-
lively on a month or more before it can
be made safe again.
But is it worth while to spend the
money involved in repairing the bridge
when the pending appropriation bill for
the District provides funds for its COM
plete remodeling? There would be little
sense in doing q months work of re-
pairs, opening the bridge for short time
and then closing it for the six or more
months required to reconstruct it.
But, again, is there any certainty that
funds for remodeling the bridge will be
available any time soon. The plans pro-
posed in the House bill do not meet ap-
proval of the Commission of Fine Arts.
Unless the judgment of that advisory body
is to be completely dlSregarded, a'more
elaborate rebuilding would be undertaken
than is provided for in the House bill.
And the House bill has only reached the
stage of Senate hearings. It will be
many more weeks before final decision
is reached on the District bill
The Virginia residents who habitually
use this bridge are confronted with
long period of inconvenience. Traffic
counts have shown that between three
and five thousand automobiles cross the
bridge every day. 1t is the most con-
venient means of access to rather
thickly populated section of suburban
Virginia. Normal traffic is now being
diverted over the Key and other bridges,
reaching its destination through cir
cuitous roads that mean delay and con-
gestion. It has been estimated that
$4,000 persons will be inconvenienced
through closing Of the bridge.
Decision on the future ot the bridge
Evening star., 1936-03-25
Shooting Stars.
The Spotlight,
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Spotlight.
The worlds stage. To this we an agree
All kinds Of actors we're allowed to see.
And even, as in plays of long ago,
The auditors may take parts in the show.
Good actors we applaud as they draw
near.
The bad ones are supposed to disappear
Unnoticed, all unworthy as they are.
Then why should Two-Gun AL become
star?
Is it the great example that he sets
In elegance of perfumed cigarettes?
Is it the aim of the assassin's shot
When some discarded friend is on the
spot?
Here we have men who bravely toll to
A means of betterment for all mankind,
When words and deeds are helpful, near
and far,
Then why should Two-Gun Al become
a star?
Evening star., 1936-03-25

should be expedited. AS matter of
equity to the District. the bridge item
should be removed from the District bill
and made the subject of separate legis-
lation which, at the same time, would
recognize the obligation, on the part Of
either the State of Virginia or the Ma
tional Government-or both-to share
substantially the cost Of its reconstruc-
ton.
Evening star., 1936-03-25
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Gypsy Trails.

As the trail of fox to q dog
Is the scent of the open road
When Springtide has noistened the
earth;
. A keen, irresistible goad.
In the black and velvety dark.
With the star-studded sky above,
Let us wander afar, afar,
Hand in hand, In a gypsy love.
We two in the earth-scented night
Filled with natures sweet mysteries,
Far, far from the haunts of mankind,
Inhaling the odor of trees,
One with the forest primeval,
Our light but the faint star-slow,
In love with the Spring, wen wander
Down the road only gypsies know.
Evening star., 1936-03-25

So fierce are the denunciations by
radio that only hats mentioned in the
Spring styles bring any comfort in COM
parison with those thrown into the cam
paign ring.
Evening star., 1936-03-25

Bombing planes will hardly use Amer
lean cities for target practice. Even
should war run riot, areas in the Western
Hemisphere will be needed for zones
OF quiet.
Evening star., 1936-03-25

According to Wagnerian legend the
Rhine has always been scene OF mys-
terious and tempestuous conflicts which
defied human PHILOSOPHERS.
Evening star., 1936-03-25

Germany is still eminent in the YER
satility of craftsmanship that knows
when to assert unlimited power and when
to assume an air of injured innocence.
Evening star., 1936-03-25

Taxpayers are assured that Congress
will arrange for an adjournment in early
June, regardless of expense.
Evening star., 1936-03-25

Futuristic art develops an inclination
to place freedom of the paint brush on
a footing with freedom of the press.
Evening star., 1936-03-25

The intrepid Amelia Earhart sees
no airport here that does not look like
q lake. No aviation expert should be
expected to perform in a bathing suit.
Evening star., 1936-03-25
Hectic DAYS.

From the Atlanta Journal.
The average citizen has just about
reached the point where he can't sleep
well at night If some new crisis hasn't
bobbed up during the day.
Evening star., 1936-03-25
Rotation in Office.

II believe in rotation in Office" said
the dissatisfied citizen.
YES" replied Senator Sorghum. But
so frequently an impression exists that
rotation merely means turning things
upside down."
Evening star., 1936-03-25

Floods are subsiding. Only economists
trained to mathematics can estimate the
waste of water power.
Evening star., 1936-03-25
Bridge Statistics.

From the Philadelphis Inquirer
An authority states there are 100000
bridge players in this country. He might
60 further and tell us how many of them
play bridge.