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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-08-19
SUMMER FIRE LOSSES

While the report of the u s. Forestry Department that
extensive forest fires not this
last there is much to ponder in statement from the
authority that farm fires running ahead of 1887
The statement right at the most dangerous
of the year. and at the very time when than
the usual precautions must be taken against this destructive
Just at this time every section of the country is
veritable finder box Forests dry weeds and grass
along the highways ready to spring into flame from
the tinest spark More campfres being built than
during any other month"; and vacatonists ira
versing the heavily wooded sections of the country.
warning against the careless of matches
and cigarette stubs timely, it is right
motoTist is warranted in going to extremes to avoid
ing fire in rural areas it is right And the warning
cannot be made too emphatic Break your matches before
tossing them out of the window Extnguish every
cigarette stub before dropping it, See that the camp fire
embers have been smothered before driving away Don't
bring and financial loss your felowmen through
carelessness.
Most all business concerns try to too much
territory, except those engaged in manufacturing bathing
suits.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-08-19

- FOR RENT-Available Septem-
Der 2, 1887. Six-room bungalow.
All modern improvements. Large
shaded lot on Forest Avenue in
best residential section of Rock
vile. Phone Shepherd 2561-R.
1856
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-08-19
NOTICE

/ win not DO responsible for dshfs
contracted By anyone other than
myself. Il. p. Ricaetts, BaRneSv@A'
Nd.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-08-19

.-FOR SALE-Wheat and barley
for seed or any use. Stored at
Jacksonville, Md. Phone E. VOL
verton, Col. 1921, or write 3135
Adams Mil Road.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-08-19

FOR SALE-Work horse, mare
excellent shape, $4,000. Also 1900
pound horse, $135.0O. Several beds
and springs and some farming i'm
plements and two horse wagon.
Persons Choice, Sandy Spring, Md.
Phone Ashton 1872. 1853
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-08-19

~ HELP WANTED-White man,
preferably between 80 and 40 years
of age, who is employed rest of
day, to drive my car 1h hours
horning and late afternoon. Call
Wisconsin 3607. 1852
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-08-19

WWANTED- Completely furnished
Apartment or house by August
18th, in or near Rockville, by re-
sponsible temporary tenant. Reply
THE SENTINEL, Rockville, Md.
1887
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-08-19

WSALESMAN wANTED-A Re
liable Dealer for Heberling Route
Of 1900 to 1000 families. Write
quickly. G. G. Heberling CO..
Dept. 1875, Bloomington, III.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-08-19

~STEADY WORK Reliable man
wanted to call on farmers in
County. Steady work. No expert
ence or capital required. Make up
to $12 a day. Write Furst &
Thomas, Gambler Bldg, Baltimore,
Md 1850
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-08-19

W>WANTED-Farm hand. White,
with family. Tenant house on farm.
Address Post Office Box 131, Rock
vile, Md. 1916
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-08-19

,FOR RENT-Three to five-room
apartment; heat furnished. Large
spacious grounds. Apply Box so,
Rockville. Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-08-19

- FOR SALE-5-room house, IN
acre lot with 800 foot frontage.
On Frederick Pike between Rock
vile and Gaithersburg. Price
$500. Terms. F. B. Cushman,
106 North Adams St., Rockville,
Md. 1888
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-08-19

WANTED Colored maid for
general homework. To live out.
Call Rockville 35-M. Rockville,
Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-08-19

WFOR SALE-Three to seven
acres of land in Montgomery
County. Opposite Congressional
Country Club. Part of private
estate. Electricity and telephone
available. Call Bradley 177-J.
1928
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-08-19

aEFOR SALE-Pigs, 8 weeks old.
Also fresh cows. Otis Watkins,
Rockville, Md. 1868
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-08-19

WSTEADY WORK GOOD PAY
Reliable man wanted to call on
farmers in County. No experience
or capital required. Make up to
SIP day. Write Furst & Thomas,
Gambler Bldg, Baltimore, Md.
1884
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-08-19

FOR SALE-1935 Deluxe Plym-
outh Coupe with Philco Radio. Also
! canoe and motor. Apply Carter
Clagett, POI West Montgomery
Ave., Rockville, Md. 1851
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-08-19

St. Mary's Annual Picnic, Aspen
Saturday, September 1S, 1887.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-08-19

It is easier for most women to make up their faces
than it is for them to make up their minds.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-08-19

The regular annual Carnival fo,
the benefit Of the Sandy Spring
Volunteer Fire Department, which
includes many interesting features az
well as a chicken and ham SUNNI,
will be held on August 18th. at Sber.
wood School.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-08-19

Liberty Grove Grange annual picri.
at grove in Burtonsville August p
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-08-19

Wesley Grove picnic and cbickon
supper, Saturday, August Fl.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-08-19

Sandy Spring Volunteer Fire De-
partment annual carnival at sbo.
wood high school August 25.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-08-19
PICNIC NOTICES

Rockville Volunteer Fire Dena,4
ment Carnival Friday, August II :.
Saturday, August 21. "
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-09
|m LOST IfI P. KiNGDO OM 7 !; e
 k EAbvoREN cpvdJ NEA sSvsa ns s S

portant thing. Tn fact, I think it's extremely important to you and mo, Melissa" AZ
 "What is it Bobp What did he say about us2"
 "Why these Lost People think we're messengers from their god, the Sun. We're pretty important, temi.gods or something. We brought them 0 watch, yellow and shiny, Q piece of the sun, aS you observed. Now they beg us not to destroy them, not to reveal them to their ancient enemies out- side. see2"
 "ohl I can't imagine oil this. l Just can't, Bob. It wouldn't be possible, If It weren't trucl"
 "Check, I agree. But here we are. Fact are fact. They never saw white people before, especially Q beautiful white girl. You inl- press them tremendously, swcet- heart. I mean, you're Q greater sun god than !, because you're fairer, daintier, imagine. They're going to stage Q big party, Q pow. WOW and dance and oil that, for out benefit Scared"
 Mary Melissa was 50 frightened at oil this that she trcmbled Q bit. But she dlmplcd at Bob Barry. =.
 "Nevor, with you here, dcarp" aho declared,
 (TO Bc COntlnued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-09

to attack, because 1t was so high and hard to get at"
 aThen what happened, Bopp" The girl was intensely interested.
 "These people, mean their an- Dcstors, made Q smart move, They GIsroyed their front ladders, such as we built, abandoned their cliff home and came into this hidden valley to live. The enemies didn't know about this valley, and there was enough rich soil here to sup- port tho few surviving cliff people see9"
 "Yes, but wouldn't the raiders find this valley In time2"
 "No, they didn't. Tho raiders didn't live in this area. They came in from many miles away, When they thought all tho cliff people had been killed or led, they ceased coming"
 But Bob, why haven't white people found it9 You gay it's new to science, and these people Grc living aS they did 300 years ago"
 Look around uS, 'Lissa. Sec the great cllffs--there9 And there2 And on oil sides2 This really s c wide box canyon, Q Shutsin valley As you know, this part Of the Mexican border iS very Sparsely populated anyway. Few travellers would ever have caused to get over here. If one happened along, or if an aviator saw this valley and village, ho likely would think it s0mo obscure Mexican settlement of no importance. This may act- ualiy be in Mexico: don't know exactly where the international llno iS along here. Remember, we are many miles from any white town. So you see, sweetheart, wc have really stumbled onto q lost Kingdom"
 It was oil sort of fantastic, but it made sense. The Lost People Bob formally named them that = were indeed ttrn.baek of tho human calendar, Their Kingdom would Dc a microscopic point 0, tho vast map of the United States or of Mexico. And by \ freak of geography and circumstanee, they had remained completely isolated from oil tho rest of tho wofId, ur- known to it, and 1t unknown to them, Probably it could have hap. pened nowhere else in Nortl, America save in this arid, almost unknown southwest.
 Their box canyon would Do ono Of 10000 spots ir tho inaE6 Of mountains that make Up ArlSonH, old and New Mexico. With G stream for irrigation and for | drinking. tho Lost People had eX- iSted here in Q long BelfsButfl. cicncy, c tiny utopia In it way, gentiefolk who through many peaceful generations had lost their fear Of enemies and their inellra. ton to travel or expand. They were content to iivo and rest here, zeaiotS Worshipers Of the Eun.
 "At least that's tho best ] can do at interpreting tho story old what's. hisname told mo-" Bob concluded, Co Melissa, "except for ono rather iihs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-09
Todsys Answevs Co
 CRAHllUNA CRACKERS s

1. George I, King of England from TIA to 1727, could neither read nor write English.
 2. 'STwo-bits," meaning one- quarter of a dollar, originated in the West Indies where "bit" ap- piled to coins equalling one-eighth of A Spanish dollar or real. The term was adopted in New Orleans and later spread over the country.
 3. As far as science has been able to discover, no two objects, natural or artificial, are exactly alike.
 q. Newfoundland Is not a part of tl1e Dominion of Canada but is a1s independent, self-governing doe nninlofl, on equal status with other British commonwealths.
 s, in nine days of driving Jones' mileage was ITO, 100. 1s0, aA0, 1ao. 12o, no 100 and pe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-09
CR ANllJM CRACKERS

l. What King of England could neither read nor write English?
 2. How did the designation "two-bits." meaning one quarter dollar, originate?
 !. Are any two objects exactly alike2
 (. Is Newfoundland part Of the Dominion of Canada?
 6. Jones drove 1170 miles in his car beginning Tuesday morning and ending Wednesday evening of the following week. If he drove 10 miles less on each succeeding day, what were his daily mileages?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-09

AFTER thorough investigation breeds of hogs throughout the country te important question of which way hogs should curl been settled that makes little difference which direction takes clock-wise or counter elocc.wlsa just % long as N euEis
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-09
CAST OF CHARACTERS

ROBERT BARRY - hero, ex. ploreF.
 MELISSA LANE - heroine, narry's partner. HONEY BEE GIRL = Indlani member of Barry's party. HADEs JONEs-ploneer; mcm- Der Barry'S party.
 ea
 Yesterday; Bob and Melissa are escorted down and out Of the cav. eFn and into Q lost wOFld--R world of strange ancient Indians who know no English and who worship the sun.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-09
BucAAe A PLLAa
STRANdEST of trHnsfoFmNIIof1I

WuB N1HG WHIGV iulS pSubdh people of Asslsl, Italy, noticed ono day In their fellow townsman PraneIg, eon of tho leading elott merchant.
 ifo had been gay, romantic fellow. given to free spending ane dIssoluto companions, lle hae served In tho army of AsBlSlS In . war with PorugIa and for e tlnnt was prisoner. And now ho was % and had suddenly turned from hli gay WayB. Francis hnd seen a vl' sion; he had heard Christ.
 IIo aold a land of his fatherA cloth Co rAIso money for tho fes pnIr of a email church and there's by brought down paternal wrath upon his head. Ills father went 10 court about the matter and Franels. In ono sweeping gesture, stripped Of his worldly garments and donned n peasants brown cloak upon which no had drawn 2 crud0 efoBg, In that moment hl0 mission had begun. :.
 Forthwith this man eonBeerated to God established tho order Of barefoot frIarg. Dressed in Q slns glo rob0 of camel hair, no was to eomo later before Pope Innocent f1f to receive confirmation for this order. in succeeding years his gospel was 10 travel around tho entire medieval world,
 Humble, lacking scholarship, Ute leriy poor, Francis grew to Dc. come q mighty power and a saint ,mong saints, iIe was called 'nnoihor Christ" IBe died on Oct 1, i220, Q pillar of Christianity liIs death is portrayed on on Ital' mn stamp of 1920,
 (e0pyFlgit, iDB7, MIA BhPVlea, inc,
Evening star., 1937-03-19
Survivors
Continued From First Page.)

there. Some we carried out. Some
got up, busted themselves and walked
out with unbelievable calmness.
While we were digging down to
them, one little fellow, whose leg was
broken, asked to each of us in turn,
Mister, will you get me out, Nease?'
Just minute, sonny, we're COM
ing we replied
All right, won't make any noise,
he said. And he didn't, except to ask
every minute or so if one Of us would
get him out
We were not so fortunate as we
went on. We found no more children
who could walk away. Some were in
jured horribly. Most we're dead.
ut is one of the most horrible ex-
periences a man can conceive Of I
don't care to think about it any more
or to talk about it.
My mother-I took her place for a
few minutes-Was killed"
Five Classmates Killed.
John Nelson, II, brother and high
school student, also survived the blast.
He related:
Five of my classmates and my
teacher were killed. I'm lucky to be
telling you this.
Il was in the manual arts shop in
the basement of the building, work.
ing on lathe. My teacher, Mr.. L.
Butler, was standing about five feet
away. I guess there were Is kids In
the room.
Suddenly a big mass Of sand and
what looked like ball of fire tumbled
into the room. Something hit me on
the leg. 1t slit the front of my pants.
See? 1t felt like a 'charleyhorse' you
get playing foot ball.
"It knocked me down, but I scram-
bled up and rushed outside. 1 had
funny sort of feeling and I sat down
on the ground. 1 looked up and saw
my sister hanging on window pane
I climbed up and got her down. She
was unconscious and bruised.
Then I ran back into the room and
found Jack Stripping, unconscious and
with a broken ankle. I dragged him
across the room and out into the open.
They told me later Jack wouldn't live.
Il hurried back into the room. Mr.
Butler and five Of my friends were
dead.
Back outside I helped them look
for bodies for about Is minutes and
then I got sick. They took me home
and today I'm in a hospital, getting a
serum for possible lockjaw.
One of my little sisters and a
brother, Evelyn and Thomas, had got
ten out of school an hour before and
gone home on the bus"
Evening star., 1937-03-19

May 9, 1854 leaky excursion boat
manned by only one adult, keeled over
in the River PISTOL, near Kharkofi, Rus
sia, drowning % children. Thirty
swan ashore.
June IS, 1936-Twenty children and
mothers died In movie fire in Hydera-
bad, India.
March 13, 1936-Twenty-three chill
dren and women killed in fireworks
factory explosion near Macao, China.
December Is, 1933-Train crowded
with children returning from school
crashes into another in Poznan, Poland,
killing IL, injuring 80
June 80. 1854 children's excursion
bus wrecked at Moncalvo, Italy, seven
killed, 100 hurt.
Evening star., 1937-03-19

January 9, 1927, in the Laurier Palace
Theater in Montreal.
In Cleveland, S. c., school fire on
May II, 1928, like number, IT, were
killed.
Seventy-two children died in Christ
mas party false fire panic at Calumet,
Mich, December "a, 1918.
An unknown number Of children
were among 800 killed in circus and
theater fire in st. Petersburg, Russia,
in 1886.
More recent tragedies involving chill
dren were:
June /, 1934-Forty primary school
children killed and SO injured when a
hurricane destroyed a school near
Nanchang, China.
Evening star., 1937-03-19

May S, 1934-Seven children killed
and 20 injured as Stuttgart, Germany,
school collapses.
January 13, 1936-Eight children
and mother burn to death In cottage
at Tyldesley, England
June 21, 1935-Eight hundred chill
dren in excursion train crash at Edin-
burgh, Scotland, thrown in heaps and
showered with glass; none killed, but
many injured.
November 20, 1935-Five children
killed and others injured in landslide
at Souillac, France.
April 18, 1936-Five English school
boys die in storm in Black Forest,
Germany.
May l8, 1927-School house at Bath,
Evening star., 1937-03-19
THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON c., 10,

Christine Beasley, but she was un-
injured. Evelyn Peters was blown
through a window, only to suffer
foot wound when she landed on a pro-
truding nail.
j. B. Nelson, jr., an oil company
employe, who was in the building, saw
20 children buried under collapsing
bookshelves.
Gov. Alfred said National Guard
officers and the secretary of state
would set up court of inquiry to in
vestigate the disaster.
In some cases the bodies were so
unrecognizable that parents disputed
possession. Fingerprint experts were
hastened here, many prints of chill
dren having been made of visitors at
last years Texas centennial
There are larger buildings and
more lavish buildings, but none any
better" said AinsWorth of the wrecked
school.
Building 254 Feet Long.
The building had an overall dimen-
sion Of 254 feet long by 146 feet wide.
1t was two-story and Of steel frame
hollow tile and brick construction,
with stone trim. The truSses in the
roof were steel These were covered
with a concrete slab. On top of the
slab was tile roof. The interior was
plastered. The structure was entirely
flreproof and the general contract
alone on one building ran S115,00O,
AinSWorth said
1t was the main one of group
The auditorium, where the students
were at the time of the blast, was SO
feet wide and lot deep. 1t had a bal
cony that seated around $50. The
main floor seated around 700.
Undoubtedly, the auditorium was
full to capacity when the blast oc-
CURED, if dispatches from the scene
are correct" Ainsworth commented.
AID RUSHED BY U. S.
Evening star., 1937-03-19
Finger Prints Taken
At Centennial Fair
To Identify Victims
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
AUSTIN, Tex, March 10
Finger print records voluntarily
given by thousands Of school
children at the Texas Centennial
Exposition last Fall may be the
means of identifying many vic
Tins of the London Consolidated
School tragedy.
The State Safety Department
last night sent two officers into
the explosion vicinity to finger
print bodies, many of them burned
beyond recognition. The prints
will be compared with those taken
at the departments booth during
children's day at the exposition
last year.
Evening star., 1937-03-19

Mich, dynamited by crazed farmer.
43 children killed.
April II, 1935-School bus struck by
train at Rockville, Md, crossing. IA
killed.
November 9, 1926-School house at
La Plata, Md, demolished by tornado.
Is killed.
Evening star., 1937-03-19
Texas Senators Push Plans to Help
Stricken Town.

Stricken Town.
The Red Cross, War Department
and Bureau of Mines set relief and
investigatory machinery in motion
last night in the New London, Tex,
school explosion.
Senators Sheppard and Connally of
Texas asked aid from the Red Cross
and Government agencies for the
New London victims.
Red Cross headquarters here said
relief units were going into the Texas
village from cities in Texas and
Louisiana, as well as other points.
Senator Sheppard was informed by
the War Department that Maj. Gen.
Herbert j. Brees, 9th Corps Area
commander, had been instructed to
give all possible assistance
The Bureau of Mines director of
safety, Daniel Harrington, said an
inspector would be sent to the scene
to study the cause of the explosion.
Evening star., 1937-03-19
Disaster List
Texas Explosion Worst of
Catastrophies Involving
Mainly Children.

By the Associated Press
The New London. Tex, school house
explosion appeared today to be the
worst disaster involving mainly chill
dren in modern times.
At the Collinwood School in Cleve-
land, Ohio, March 4, 1908, an explo-
sion killed 174
Seventy-seven children were suffo-
Evening star., 1937-03-19
Fight Leak at Coulee Dam.

GRAND COULFE DAM, Wash,
March 10 (P.-Gigantic pumps and
feveriSh workmen fought a slowly
losing battle today against a leak in
the downriver cofferdam, built to hold
back waters from the construction
site.
Evening star., 1937-03-19

NOUHUIlUeu FTOHl FITSC Page.J
dismissal time, showered brick and
steel upon screaming victims.
The school, located on hilltop be-
tween New London and London, serves
an area of 80 square miles.
Eight hours after The blast, a junior
high school boy and girl were rescued
alive from the ruins. The two, sob
bing hysterically, were clasped in each
Evening star., 1937-03-19
Disaster

Continued From First Page.)
Milford chronicle., 1937-03-26

property OF Mrs. John Carson on
Water street. y
Prof. and Mrs. ID. A, Petry, Mrs
Maude Reynolds, Miss Virginia Case
and Miss Rachel Bastian enjoyed a
motor trip through southern Della
ware and Maryland recently.
The Avon Club held st. Patrick s
Day party on Wednesday OF last
week. In charge of Mrs. Charles Lee
Sipple and Miss Nellie Hughes.
mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Mackell of
Philadelphia are being congratulated
on the birth of son, born March
Sth. Mrs. Mackell will be remem-
bered as Miss Helen Morrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Case and
SON have returned to New York af-
ter being guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Case.
Mrs. Walter Hughes is visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Lee Turner of Woodbury.,
N. j.
A shower was given for Mr.. and
Mrs. James Blades who recently an
nounced their marriage, of last April.
Mrs. Blades is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. James Salisbury of near
Houston. The young couple have
the best wishes of their friends.
They will reside in Harrington.
Milford chronicle., 1937-03-26
FELTON,

Mr.. Daniel Sherwood has pur-
chased a property from the band
ON Water street tenanted by Mrs.
Robert Abbott. Mrs. Abbott will
move in part of the property owned
by Mrs. John Carson on Water street.
Mrs. LOuisia Reeve is in the Mil
ford Emergency Hospital for treat
ment. She was taken to the hos
pital after having a slight stroke at
her home in FELTON,.
Mrs. Jennie Atkins has returned
to Chester after spending nearly
three months with her aunt. Mrs.
John Carson.
This town was sorry to learn of
the death of Mrs. Jennie Milbourn
who had been in poor health for
some time. Mrs. Milbourn resided
with her daughter. Mrs. Lawrence
Keller for some time. She leaves
one son, Mr.. Clifford Milbourn, and
one daughter. Mrs. Lawrence Keller
both of FELTON,. Funeral was held
ON Wednesday. March 18th at the
Berry Funeral Home, with interment
in Barratt's Chapel Cemetery.
Mr.. Shannon has moved from
Woodside to FELTON, i'm part of the