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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-11-24

headquarters as her car bat
terry was run down. Most
any one can relate stories of
cases where relief was UNI
deserved. But the thousands
Of worthy cases suffer due to
these fewer outstanding in
stances of selfishness.
It would be hard to draw
the line as to who should own
a car and who can afford q
car. There are many fami-
lies where incomes are far
above relief checks and WPA
salaries where wives have
had to go without fall mil
hnery and husbands without
new suits, because the auto
needed new tires, valves
ground and a new brake lin
ing.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-11-24
Suspicious Middle Class
Is Good for a Democracy

The sum total of the situation, as
regards the middle classes, is that
they have become critical again.
They followed Mr.. Roosevelt I'M
swervingly (speaking. now. Of the
majority and they accepted his
statements that I'VE have planned
it that way" But when the depres-
sion of 1897 came on them and it
hit as hard as that of 1890, they
found doubt in their minds. He
could not have planned it that way,
they reasoned. So there followed
the natural sequence Of criticism,
and the country began to think that
criticism was gitinate despite the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-11-24
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-11-24

a man a profession in BUSH
ness does not mean that the
man does not want hard
work and does not get it.
Any one who wants to avoid
hard work can do so without
using education as an excuse.
A tired mental condition is
often not relieved through
lying in bed relaxed, while
the man whose muscles ache
can benefit by such comfort
able repose.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-11-24
First Flea Circus

The first flea circus made its ap-
pearance in the United States in
1855 It was originated in Coblenz,
Germany, by a man who designated
himself Professor Hupf.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-11-24

warm season. There have
been many predictions that
there will be mild weather
until Christmas, but if not,
those wholly in zones where
noses are usually red during
this time of year, are CRATE
full for the lovliest of
autumns. Even here in this
section, violets have raised
their heads in the warmth of
the afternoons.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-11-24

If we had guns of smaller
cahbre and men of larger
calibre we would be a long
step further on the road to
peace.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-11-24

bow, while others would
rather decorate a mantle with
branches of pine sprinkled
with artificial snow. What
ever you use, or whether you
use no holly or pine, as long
as your spirit is whole
hearted and seasonal-the
size of the tree doesn't mat
ter.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-11-24

Back in the good old days
an optimist was a boy who
believed everything he read
on a circus poster.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-11-24

We have often observed
that the bigger a mans bank
roll the tighter he keeps the
rubber band around it.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-11-24

There are still q number
Of men who can remember
when along about this time
of year they began thinking
of getting a pair of knitted
mittens instead of a necktie.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-11-24

Any man who has reached
the top can tell you that the
road to success is lined with
toll-gates.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-11-24

In this day of frequent
divorces there's more court
ing after marriage than there
is before.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-11-24

It's a good idea to remem-
Der that the only way to
keep out of unpleasant news
is to keep out of trouble.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-11-24

A child taught good man
ners at home needs no book
of etiquette when it grows
up.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-11-24

What used to be called the
silent vote" now appears to
have a feminine voice.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-11-24
More Thinking and Less
Emotion Seems to Be Rule

Looking over the whole picture.
as the colors and the outlines now
exhibit themselves, one who favors
good government Of a sound and
lasting character cannot help hav-
ing his faith renewed. OF course,
the political pendulum swings back
and forth. That is to be expected.
But, to me, there has appeared on
the horizon a new level Of political
thought. Perhaps, I should not say
that it is entirely new; I should say
that it has been restored to its place
in American life. And that observa-
ton should be amplihed with the
further statement that more think
ing and less emotion appears to be
the rule throughout the land. Alb
sence of hysteria. or reduction Of
the scope Of hysteria, always makes
for sounder and more constructive
conclusions. That is why there IS
so little use for an analysis Of mi
mute returns tbs year. The aspect
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-11-24
Bruckarts Washington Digest
Tumult and Shouting Are Over;
So Now What Does 1t All Mean?
For Months Come the Results Will Be Subjected Meas.
urement More Thinking and Less Emotion Seems
To Be the Rule; Middle Class in Revolt.
BY WILLIAM BRUCKART
wNU Service, National Press Bldg. Washington, d. C.

is too broad to hinge upon such de-
tail.
Probably, it can be said that the
vote was an expression against
waste and extravaganza, against
corruption of the electorate by use
of public moneys, such as went on
among relief workers and for which
we ought always to be ashamed; it
probably can be said that it was q
vote against blank check appropria-
tons, or against government mess
ing into every phase Of human en-
deavor, or against many another
item of policy in the New Deal, and
If it were so said, it would be true
to a degree, everywhere. But we
are concerned with the sum into
which these several things have
been added.
Vote Discloses ReUolt by
So-Colled Middle, Class
The United States has been gov
erned by an expression Of the will
of the majority. 1t is sound. It is
the basis of a republic. There has
been much criticism Of President
Roosevelt on the basis of his DOM
nation of government. 1t has been
said that he is the government be-
cause he has had such complete
control that even congress moved
this way or that at his direction, in
the manner of puppets.
If those Characterization be true,
then it appears to me logical to
conclude that the late election was
something Of a vote for government
by law and not by an individual or
group of individuals. BY the same
reasoning, it is a logical assumption
that the vote disclosed a revolt by
the great middle class Of the Ameri-
can people-the group which lives
neither by the power of organization
and the strike threat, nor by the
power which Mr.. Roosevelt so vften
attributed to a few whom he has
called the economic royalists.
The New Dealers completely capitu-
lated to organized labor Of the c. I.
o. type. and used the numbers Of
votes there to bulwark its assault
on business. The middle classes
which embrace the backbone and
the salt Of the earth Of any nation
haven't had much consideration
from the New Deal thinkers. >They
have been the forgotten men" (and
women) about which Mr.. Roosevelt
spoke when campaigning in 1882. Il
is quite clear that the middle classes
have grown tired Of government
playing into the hands Of a single
class. They are tired. as they were
in 1881, when the Republicans had
played too much into the hands Of
big business.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-11-24

LESSON rExr-Exodus ao:1s: M.uh..,
19:1.1O: IS, 46.
GOLDEN TExr-Thou shalt not steal.
Exodus 20:15.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-11-24

WASHINGTON. = The period Of
distorted claims by the winners and
the equally distorted alibis of the
losers seems to be about over. We
have heard all of the tumult and the
shouting of an election time. The
total vote has been tabulated, and
1t shows greater number-83 new
ones-of Republicans in the house
Of representatives and eight new Re-
publican senators. Some IA more
states have Republican governors
ready to take over from the Demo-
Gratis they have displaced. There
were what may be called important
numerical gains for the Republican
party label.
But while the total vote has been
tabulated and served as the basis
for the claims of the winners and
the alibis of the losers, those fig
ures viii be forgotten soon. The
thing that is important is the result.
We will be measuring the results for
months to come.
It is quite unimportant, in my
mind, to appraise what the swing of
a few votes may have meant. It
is, however. mighty important to
note that there were hard and close
fights for scores of candidates, in
this 1898 election. There were hard
and close fights in the whole of New
England; there were bitter strug-
giles in New York. Ohio, Michigan,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, and else
where. They were fought out largely
on major issues because. generally
speaking. local questions did not
provide the fundamental issue in the
states that are so important politi-
cally as those mentioned.
What does it mean? What is the
portent? Other writers and analysts
have given and are giving their
views. ! guess there is no prohibi-
ton against mine.
firmly believe the votes cast In
the 1888 election were the express
sion Of an opposition to further ex-
Fermentation by government in the
field Of unsound theories; the ex-
preston was against further use Of
the American people as guinea pigs.
and it was definitely for q middle-of-
the-road national policy. II was,
therefore. a showing. a proof. OF
the necessity for our traditional two
party system Of government, and
surely, to that extent, the nation
and national life benefited by the
poll taken on November 8, 1898.
The Washington times., 1938-04-22
State Aid to Probe
Charges of Wilson
Against Gov. Earle
McCLOskey Company Under Fire in Tense
PENNSYLVANIA Primary

HARRISBURG, Pa, April % (LN.S)-Out of the heat of
The Democratic primary campaign today emerged fuedged
investigation of charges of vorm leveed against Governor
George III. Earle BY a political opponent.
The Washington times., 1938-04-22

In response to a request by
Mayor S. Davis Wilson, Governor
H. Earle's Democratic opponent
for U. S. Senator, Attorney Gen.
eral Charles J. Margiotti an.
nounced he had instituted an Off
cial investigation into activities Of
the $65,OOO,O00 General State
Authority.
CONTRACT CHANGE
Wilson, in a campaign speech
at Williamsport Monday, inferen-
italy charged Governor Earle with
accepting $4,000 in loans from
Matthew H. McCloskey, wealthy
Philadelphia contractor and prom.
inent Democratic hacker, and
called upon Margiotti to investi-
gate whether Governor Earle had
influenced awarding of contracts
to McCloSkey. The contracts
total close to $10,0OO,O00.
IT will investigate the
charges made by Mayor Wilson
to the fullest extent of my law.
full authority" said Margiotti.
The investigation will be full
and complete and will be con-
Cluded as promptly as the cir
CT n ~ will
make the results public"
BEFORE PRIMARY
The investigation will be COM
pleted before the primary, said
Margiotti. .-.. ~
Questioned whether he would
query the governor, the attorney
general, who is himself q Demo
cratic differentiation candidate
for Governor Earle's post, replied:
under the law as attorney
general I have no Jurisdiction
or authority to question the
governor. The attorney gen.
eral is appointed by the gov
ernor.
Margiotti announced his inves-
tigation was intended to reveal
whether, as he termed it, "Mc-
Closkey is being inspected by Nc
Closkey." In pursuance of his in
Vestigation, Margiotti ordered the
General State Authority to fur
nish him with the following infor-
nation:
Reports on the specifications Of
all projects: A list Of former en-
ployes Of McC loSkey and Company
who now hold positions with the
authority; a list Of all projects
and project grants; the names and
addresses of all architects, engi-
neers anE inspectors under con-
tract with or on the authority pay
roll, with the names of their po-
litical sponsors and their assign
mentS,
The Washington times., 1938-04-22
PRACTICE SUNDAY

The Agriculture. Department
American Legion Junior dia-
monders have scheduled a prac-
tice on the West Ellipse at 3 p M,
Sunday,
Evening star., 1938-12-24
Waterways Interests
Not Surprised al Rail
Plea 10 Impose Tolls
Proposal for Levies on
Inland Woters Held
Expected
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 2l.-Water.
ways interests studied President
Roosevelt's special railroad commit.
tee recommendation closely TODAY.
but showed no surprise over tho
proposal to collect tolls on CONNER
cial use of the GoWrnment-main-
tained inland streams.
1T brings out into the open what
we've known for a long time" said
O. Slack Barrett, president of the
Ohio Valley improvement Associa.
ton. We've been fighting proposed
legislation along this line and we
expected the committee to recon-
mend It,"
Mr.. Barrett, also head OF barge
line, contended that If tolls were
collected on inland streams, they
must also be collected on ocean
harbors and the Great Lakes.
The railroads are heavy users of
the harbors in the great ports, like
New York, San Francisco and Bos-
ton he said,, through lighterage
OF their cars. Many railroad cars
also are lightered on Lake Michigan.
These ports further are great
centers of rail activity because they
have water transportation. There
are few major cities in the world
without water transportation.
AT least half the appropriation
for river and harbor work 20 to the
harbors which are so important to
the railroads"
Evening star., 1938-12-24
George R. Andrews
Funeral Rites Today

Funeral services for George r
Andrews, 80, employe of the Capitol
carpenter shop, who died Thursday
in Sibley Hospital, were scheduled
to be held at 2 pm. today at his late
residence, % S street NV. Burial
will be in Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Born in Iowa, Mr.. Andrews came
to Washington in 1922 and had been
employed at the carpenter shop
since 1924. He was a member of
the Masonic fraternity and the Odd
Fellows.
Surviving are three sons, Jesse E.,
George c. and Don D. Andrews; a
brother, William E. Andrews, and
three grandchildren. His wife, the
late Mrs. Mary C. Andrews, died
about five years ago.
Evening star., 1938-12-24
Bride of a Days
Killed in Auto
| Accident

A bride of four days, Mrs. Frank
NJ. Harter. the former Miss Oddie
Frances Cox of Washington, was
killed yesterday in an automobile
accident while on a honeymoon trip
to California.
Mr. and Mrs E. H. Moore of ALL
rora Hills, Va, with whom she made
her home, were notified of her death,
but had no details of the accident
or where it occurred. Mr.. Harter
was not injured.
Mrs. Harter came to Washington
three years ago from Illinois and
was a clerk in the Office of the
United States Employees Compensa-
ton Commission. She and Mr..
Harter, whose home was in Bowen,
ILL.,, were married last Monday night
in Kansas City. After a tWo-month
wedding trip they planned to be at
home in Bowen.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day in Carthage, Ill.
Evening star., 1938-12-24
Miss Susonnoh Noyes
Dies After Illness

Miss Susannah Noyes, 70. for
more than so years a resident of
this city, died yesterday at the
Home for Incurables, after an i'll.
ness OF about two years.
Miss Noyes was native Of Mont
gomery County, Md. She was a
member OF the National UniyersalIst
Church here.
Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. J.
William Lee and Mrs. Henrietta
Poist, both of this city, and Mrs
Hannah Ruddock, Baltimore.
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. Monday in the j. William Lee
Sons Co. funeral home, Fourth
street and Massachusetts avenue
NE. Burial will be in Glenwood
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1938-12-24
Grand JuryGi
YuIetide Party
|For Officials

The District grand jury held its
own Christmas party yesterday and,
in a festive mood, expressed the
hope that all defendants sent
down" by the jurors would have a
happy Yuletide season. The jurors
explained they had no personal
grudges against the defendants and
were only doing their duty as
citizens.
Guests OF the juorors included
United States Attorney David A..
Pine and an assistant, Eugene
Carusi. The jury foreman, Allen G..
Evans, took leading part in hand
ing out gifts and serving refresh
ments.
The jurors presented Deputy
Marshal James s. Mccarthy with q
testimonial Of appreciation for his
services.
All members Of the jury signed
the testimonial and forwarded 1t
through United States Marshal John
Colpoys.
Evening star., 1938-12-24
Rail Aid Proposals Push
Stocks, Bonds Ahead
3y the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-Railroad
aid proposals by President Roose-
velts special committee brought a
flush of hope to Wall Street for leg
islative action in the new Congress.
Rail stocks and bonds. driven down
to extraordinarily low prices in the
past year, held the market spot
light and moved ahead before and
Immediately after the high lights Of
the report became known in the
financial district yesterday. contin-
uing an advance which began Thurs
day.
Some carrier shares finished with
gains of 81 or more, including Great
Northern preferred, Louisville &
Nashville and New York, Chicago g.
st. Louis (Nickel Plate). However,
advances In the group generally
were shaved before the market
closed.
Many rail bonds scored sizable ad-
vances.
What seemed to make the deepest
impression on financial circles was
the combination of rail manage
ment and labor support behind the
recommendations of the committee
On the other hand, F.. j. Lisman,
rail investment expert, predicted
many of the proposals would meet
opposition of narrow, selfish local
interests which in the aggregate will
certainly defer action by Congress
until late in the summer" The re-
port, he added, "sidesteps the labor
problem"
Some buying in rail equipment
shares was apparent in hope the
report would speed rehabilitation to
the point where the carriers could
resume large-scale purchases OF
rolling equipment.
Evening star., 1938-12-24
Children to Hold Service

A children's Christmas festival
service will be held at 8 o'clock to-
night at Trinity Lutheran Church,
Mount Rainier, Md. A dramatiza-
ton Of Christmas entitled Para
disc will be given by the children
OF the Sunday school under the d.
rection OF James w. Kibler, super
intendent OF the school.
The Rev Edwin E. Pieplow, pastor,
will preach on Great Joy to Every
Man." at II am. Sunday.
Evening star., 1938-12-24
Truce Is Sought
To Avert Tin-PIate
Wa|kout Of 200
Contract Barring Wage
Cuts to Expire in
Three Doys
Hy the Associated Press.


PITTSBURGH, Dec. 24-With ex-
piration Of the c. I. O. contract with
the 325. .000, 900 McKeesport Tn Plate
Co. three days away, a union spokes-
man expressed hope last night some
agreement could be reached to avoid
"Stoppage Of work."
The spokesman for the Steel
Workers Organizing Committee said
the company had served notice on
the union December that to meet
competition Of the new high speed
mills 1t would have to cut wages
from 6 to is per cent for Its 1900
employees or cease operations.
The contract expires automatically
20 days after the notification unless
an agreement Is reached.
L. D. Smith, vice president Of the
company, said he had nothing to say
for publication about the negotia-
tions. but added:
There Is no connection between
the mems jobs and the expiration
OF the union contract. They should
not be mentioned together"
Mr.. Smith declined to explain that
statement further.
One source said there was q chance
the minimum $5-a-day pay might
be retained, but wages In the higher
brackets reduced to account for tho
average 9h per cent slash, which
the company said declared was nec-
essary.
Asked for an expression to guide
the unions committee, which has
the power to reach an agreement,
the men at the mass meeting voted
virtually unanimously against tax
Ing q wage slash.
Evening star., 1938-12-24
Wisconsin Avenue Bus
'Owl' Service Ordered

Operation of owl" bus service on
Wisconsin avenue between M street
and the District line will begin
January l, under an order adopted
by the Public Utilities Commission
and Endorsed by the District Com
missionerS.
In recent years there has been no
service in the early morning hours.
Details Of the schedules are yet to
be worked out by the Capital Tran
sit Co.
Evening star., 1938-12-24
Reynolds Won't Fiqht
Hancock Nomination

By the Associated Press.
Senator Reynolds, Democrat. e.
North Carolina said yesterday h
would not oppose the nomination o.
Representative Hancock, his unsuc.
cessful primary opponent, to be q
member of the Federal Home Loan
Bank Board
Senator Reynolds had recon-.
mended George Coan, jr., North
Carolina w. P. A. head, for the
board vacancy.
i have no idea OF making anv
objection to Mr.. Hancocks appoint
ment," the Senator said on his re-
turn here from a six-week visit in
Europe
The appointment was one about
which I had nothing to say except
to make recommendation" he
told reporters.
President Roosevelt announced
Thursday Mr. Hancock's appoint
ment to the $l0,000-a-year lob.
Evening star., 1938-12-24
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON w, BURGESS

After visiting the Smiling Pool
and warning Little Joe Otter and
Jerry Muskrat to watch out for
traps, Bobby Coon decided that the
Laughing Brook was altogether too
dangerous a place for him, so he
turned back into the Green Forest
ana firmly resolved to keep away
from the Laughing Brook. Billy Mink
and Little Joe Otter talked things
over.
Il found three traps" said Billy
Mink. There may be some I have
not found. Anyway. it is certain
that when that trapper finds that
know about those traps he will
set some more. I don't believe he is
smart enough to hide trap so that
we cannot find it. But, you know,
accidents will happen. He knows
that you and make our homes along
the Laughing Brook and he will
simply make life miserable for us
by continuing to set traps. Do you
know what 1 believe I'll do?"
"What?' said Little Joe Otter.
L believe III 60 away for a visit"
replied Billy Mink. I've been feeling
rather restless for some time ANYWAY
and there isn't any better time of
year to go visiting than right now.
There's a certain brook some dis
tance from here that for long time
I've been thinking Of visiting. I
believe I'll start tonight and III stay
long enough for this trapper to get
tired Of setting traps and catching
nothing"
That's good idea" said Little
Joe Otter. II believe I'll 60 visiting
myself. I always did like to travel.
lhere IS no sense In taking foolish
risks, and that is just what we
would be doing by staying here.
| think I'll go down to the Big
River and stay a while. The fishing
here isn't as good as it might be,
anyway. wonder If Jerry Muskrat
Will 60 visiting, too. Let's tell him
what we are going to do and see II
he wants to 60 along with one Of
U.S."
He can't go with me-" declared
DAAAy &vAllih III q iilooV tCIldCu UOllCs
He travels too slow. I don't believe
he would want to 60 with me any
way, because, between you and me, I
suspect Jerry Is little afraid OF
me-"
Little Joe Otter griAned. II guess
he has reason to ee," said he. 1--WE
been told that Che Mink family has
a liking for muskrat meat. I hardly
think he'll want to 60 along with
me either because he is such a
loving body. But anyway,
We'll tell him what we're going to do
and then he can do as he pleases."
So Billy Mink and Little Joe Otter
told Jerry how they were going to
tfool the trapper by going visiting.
FThey urged him to do the same
thing.
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