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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-03-10
Farm Bill Author
Tells Provisions
To Maryland Group
Senator Pope Of Idaho Explains
Advantages In Baltimore
County Address

Five advantages opened by the new
farm bill to Maryland farmers were
outlined to a group of more than 400
people at the annual Baltimore Coun-
ty Farm Bureau banquet last week
by Senator James Pope of Idaho,
joint sponsor of the measure in the
National Congress. The Senators ad-
mitted that the bill was not perfect,
but stated that 1--WE have made an APP
proach to the farm problem, and
nothing can stop its solution if the
farmers themselves will work to-
gether."
Every little has been said publicly
about the fact that the new farm bill
provides for laboratories in which new
uses for farm products may be de-
veloped,' Senator Pope told the Bal
timore countians. "This is an i'm
portant feature of the measure. Like
wise, provision is made for the direct
recognition of agriculture and the
transportation of it's products in any
consideration of freight rates.
The Idaho Senator pointed out that
the measure gave the small farmer
more consideration in the soil con-
servation program. This is done, he
explained, by limiting payments to
large-scale farmers, whether individ-
uals or corporations, and increasing
the benefits to the small acreage OPP
orator.
Commodity loans are a feature OF
the bill in order that prices may be
stabilized and continuous supply be
guaranteed to consumers" the meas
ure's author reported. FINALLY the
till provides democratically for the
control of production when two-thirds
Of the producers of any product vote
for it. All other industry has provis-
ion for production control and the
new measure allows extension of this
principle to agriculture"
The main purpose of the measure
is to secure for farmers a parity of
income with other groups, and to bal
ance the disadvantage under which
agriculture has been working, accord
ing to Senator Pope.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-03-10
Commissioners To Put Welfare
Request Workers On County
Road Projects Immediately
Board Votes To Get Able-bOdied Men In Harness
3O-Day Project Will Not Interfere With Farm Labor
Voting Machines Out At The Present Time

missioner Charles E. King, who
recently was named road commits
sioner, will have to be paid by Mont
gomery County out of the lateral
gas tax fund. When the increase
was granted the board asked that
the commission pay the expense.
After a lengthy hearing on voting
machines, in which the county board
of election supervisors and represen-
tatives of two manufacturers partici-
pated, the commissioners voted not
to purchase machines this year.
President Frank H. Karn was
authorized Tuesday to call for ar
appraisal of the former Jail site in
Rockville and large tract of land
owned by the county in the rear of
the Silver Spring National Guard
Armory with view to placing the
properties on the market.
J. Harry Gormley was transferred
from the Rockville liquor dispensary
to clerk of the police court to handle
dog tags. A delegation Of 80 resi-
dents of Etchison asked the Board
for road improvements in that area.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-03-10
ROCKVILLE
LIBRARY HIGHLIGHTS


The Library has just purchased 200
new books of non-fiction to begin a
background in this field, so that this
field will be developed and organized.
If you are interested in antiques or of
furniture of the olden times and early
American furniture makers, the Lii
brary now has several interesting
books on this subject.
The new fiction added for March
follows:
"Woolcott's Second Reader"
"Trojan Horse"-C. Morley
"This Proud Heart Buck
Joseph in Egypt 2v.-Thomas
Mann
"This is for Always"-Grace Tabor
"Under Capricorn" Helen Simpson
"They Seek a Country"-F. B.
Young.
"Transgressor in the Tropics"-N.
Farson
"The Dark Rose"-M. Walsh
"Bow Down to Wood and Stone
J. Lawrence
Enchanted Oasis"-Faith Baldwin
To-day Is Yours-E. Loring
"Son and Daughter Martin
death on the Nile"-Agatha Chris
tie
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-03-10
LENTEN SERVICES

Lenten services are announced for
Wednesdays at 10 A. M. and 1880 P.
M. at st. Johns church, Olney; Thurs
days at 1880 P. M. at st. Luke's,
Brighton and Fridays at 1880 P. M.
at st. Bartholomew church, Lay
tonsville--for all who care to attend
Committees on attendance have been
appointed at the three churches.
Next Sundays services will be at
9 A. M. at Laytonsville and at II A.
M. at olney. If your children are not
il Sunday School send them to st.
Johns, olney Sundays at 10 A. M.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-03-10
Redland Hunt

Redland Hounds will meet during
March on Wednesdays and Saturdays
at 1000 A. M, weather permitting.
For place of meet call the Kennels,
Gaithersburg, 32-F-11.
March 18th, Saturday, Redland
Hunt Point to Point Races 100.
March 10th, Saturday, Warrenton
Hunt Point to Point Races, Warren
ton, Virginia.
March 26th, Saturday, Middleburg
Hunt Point to Point Races, Middle
burg, Virginia.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-03-10
Young Tom Mott Has
Fast Time For Race Cup

Fastest time of the day during
the Riding and Hunt Club Point-to-
Point races near Potomac was made
by Tom Mott, Jr., who won the
first race with his mare, Miss Dor
cite, over a better than Smile course.
Flowing through heavy going, Mrs.
Frank S. McSherry, on her bay
horse, Fox, won the coveted Dun
boyne Challenge trophy. In a squirt
between the last fence and the finish
line Mrs. McSherry forged into a
1O-yard lead on the following horse,
Charm, ridden by Harry Semmes,
M. F. H., of the hunt club.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-03-10

REGARDLESS OF POLITICS it IS
more and more apparent that the lat
eral roads should be turned over to
the County Commissioners. The State
Roads Commission has either ignored
or made blotch of anything attempt
ed as far as county roads go. Every
week an indignant group of citizens
comes before the commissioners ask
ing passable roads. The commissioners
find their hands tied. DR.. Tabler of the
State Roads Commission has passed
the buck" The situation needs
remedying. Farm women complain
that they cannot get to market. Their
children have to walk two or three
miles to meet the school buses. Farm
ers are always being asked to pull
cars out of mudholes. 1t is high time
that Maryland does something about
the road situation. A good start
would be to give the county roads
back to the county.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-03-10

WHILE WE ARE ON this subject
may be point out that candidates
seeking office this year will do well to
pay more attention to the great de-
mand for better roads. There has been
a tendency to overemphasize schools
at the cost of roads. Schools should
be built where needed and the neces-
sary equipment provided-but many
Of the frills could be sacrificed and
the money spent for highway i'm
provements. Under the modern plan
Of consolidated schools, good roads
are not only desirable, THEY ARE
VITAL!
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-03-10
AS We See It
By MONTCo

BOB PETER, representing the
Democratic Organization and Bob
McKeever, Republican tycoon. both
are strong for the elimination of
mud-slinging in the coming political
campaigns. This is a good gesture
and the various election precinct
leaders will do well to abide by the
decision. 1t is very embarrassing to
have Montgomery County ridiculed.
We have not admired certain sections
OF the country because of their indul-
gence in personalities during politi-
cal drives. Montgomery County has
an opportunity to rank with the
greatest governmental units of the
United States. It is a shame that
politics, in its most putrid form,
threatens to destroy every argument
for better government and closer
civic cooperation. We know that
Bob Peter will do everything pos
sible to make the coming campaign
. clean one. He has the confidence
OF the Democratic party. While
we are not so familiar with the prin-
ciple and ideals of Mr.. McKeever
we believe that he too, stands for
the best interests of the electorate.
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
made. a wise move this week when
they voted to place all able-bcdied
men coming under the relief program
to work on the county roads. This
ysheuld have been done long ago. The
nlan will be temporary and will see
these workers getting $1.75 per day
for 80 days. This should not inter
fere with the farmers offering $1.O(
to $3.50 per day with much better
meals. The relief program, in many
ways, has grown into racket. Plenty
OF those on relief are capable OF put
ting in four or five days week al
hard work. Too many have been tax
ing a holiday at the expense of the
taxpayers.
The Washington times., 1938-01-17
MERCY DENIED
BLACK SHEEP

A middle-aged Washingtonian
sadly learned today that there
are various PHILOSOPHERS con-
nected with justice.
James r. Sothoron, so, Of a
we'll known Washington family,
pleaded guilty to II charges Of
false pretenses in police court.
The charges involved bad checks,
their total amount being $65.
Said Sothoron, to Judge Hobart
Newman:
81 wish to rehabilitate good
name 1 have dragged in the
mire. l think the ends of JUS
tice would be met by being as
lenient as possible in view of
sincere desire to go straight"
Replied Judge Newman, drily:
II think 30 days in Jail on
each of these charges would
better meet the ends of Justice"
The Washington times., 1938-01-17
Dear Washington
By Helen ESary

Mr., Widener's son and daughter-inlaw, Nj. and
Mrs P. A. B. Widener.
Before the races began we lunched at the
Hialeah Club with Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Content,
of New York Che is a famous stock broker).
Hundreds of other people lunched there, too.
People whose names make news on the financial
page. Some of the men were with the wives OF
their youth. But others, you could see it with
the naked eye, had lately acquired something
dashing and expensive and new.
And the Food Is Good
How the club kitchen managed to serve such
good food can't imagine. My chicken salad was
in big tender hunks of meat and there wasn't
any mayonnaisecovered celery to deceive the
eye and distress the palate. Bookies hurried
around the tables taking bets and trying to
explain the new score boards. I tried long shots
and favorites. brooded over the records Of
maiden two-yearold fillies. prayed about the
daily double-t paid $65-but nothing helped
me.
In the grandstand I looked at prosperous
crowds and wondered where is that depression"
Bets from So to $4,000 were pushed across the
wickets Cars parked about the track were
Snooty limouSineS.
Hoi polloi takes on the same hard-boiled
look as the upper classes Gen. and Mrs
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Lady Anne Hunloke, Capt.
Cecil Rochefort and Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
Sigrist English visitors; the Marquis de Polignac
of Paris, Mr.. and Mrs Charles A. Mum and other
people of extreme Importance were in the boxes
But they might have changed places with the
standing room only crowd. You would never
have known the difference.
The Washington times., 1938-01-17
Says Boake Carter

The reason is not hard to fird. The Lon
doners wait to see how far United States labor
will go in its boycotts against goods from Tokyo.
If the United States boycottS spread in earnest,
British labor will forget about their boycott
notions. The more United States labor boycotts
Far Eastern goods from Nippon, the more goods
will flow to the British, providing more work for
British labor United States labor doesn't get
that
Just to make our own position a little more
ironic, note these State Department figures:
During the month of December exports of
arms ammunition and war implements from the
United States to Japan amounted to $250,252; to
China, 1920, ,632-revealing thereby that we are
almost SO per cent neutral! Instead of giving
one fellow a gun with which the better to kill
his adversary, we are giving gun to each!
Sims Knew Onions
The late Admiral William S. Sims pointed out
once that if you give gun to man, so that he
may kill another man, you are arrested as an
accessory to murder. If, however, you give gun
to each man and by so doing inform the police
and the court that you took no sides and were
therefore neutral, you will be locked up in the
asylum and then, when sane, will be hanged for
assisting double murder.
On top of all this, Washington statesmen
declare this warfare is terrible business highly
immoral, destructive of peaceful relations, and
should be stopped!
And the poor dumb public is supposed to fall
for it, too!
Copyright, Ledger syndcate)
(BoGke C1rter'S opinions are his OI0n and
not necessarily those of the Washington TirneSJ
The Washington times., 1938-01-17
SYMPHONY FUND
DRIVE PLANNED

A campaign to increase the
sustaining fund Of the National
Symphony Orchestra for the 1888
80 symphony season will begin
February rs and continue until
March 6, according to an an
nouncement today by Corcoran
Thorn, president of the National
Symphony Association.
L. Corrin Strong, a member Of
the board of Children'S Hospital,
the Community Chest executive
committee and the Boy Scout
executive council, has been ap-
pointed chairman of the drive.
A large volunteer organization
will be formed to canvass the city
for contributions.
In announcing the dates of the
fund campaign, Thorn praised the
work of DR.. Hans Kinder, director
of the orchestra and expressed
confidence that Washington citi-
zens would again rally to the sup
port of the orchestra.
The Washington times., 1938-01-17
MONDAY, JAN. II, 1888
By E0alw Walsh Mclean

me when I was very young. had just been
married and my husband and had gone to
dinner at Mrs. Draper's-a large dinner given
for that wonderful man, Cardinal Gibbons.
Dear Mrs. Draper was remarkable woman, but
utterly frank and without thought of the conse-
quences of what she did
Blessing Refused
That night, before the large assembly went
into dinner, she asked Cardinal Gibbons if he
wouldn't bless Ned and myself. Well, the dear
old man apparently didn't like my looks because
he turned very stern and said:
mo, not here. I shall have to think it over
and if the young people want me to bless them,
they can come to my church and have it DONE"
1 didn't feel just then that needed bless
ing, as I was quite happy and well and could
think of nothing wrong that had done; but
the Cardinals words so upset me that I cried
most of the night wondering what wicked thing
I had done that he had found out.
Afterwards I asked His Eminence why he
refused the blessing that night and he said:
well, my child, you had on too much makeup,
your gown was cut too low, and I didn't like the
way you looked"
He was marvellous man and did admire him
for standing firm, and doing what he thought
was right.
Yes, this city of ghosts is a marvellous place
in which to live, whether you win or lose. And
when New Year and Thanksgiving and Easter
come around, with my big parties, like to feel
my friends are near me-and they become
doubly dear when I remember the patience and
kindness they showed toward my youthful
ignorance.
The Washington times., 1938-01-17

Evayn Walsh Mclean ment or class and live within
that groove for the rest of their lives. But here
they may suddenly become allpowerful-and
then find all that power is gone with the wind,
practically overnight. How many examples OF
this 1 have seen, living here so many years.
Blossom, Then Fade
AS rule find that when people first come
here they don't like Washington, and they are
apt to feel frightened and out of place, but the
sense of power grows on them and you can
watch them expand and blossom like flower
when the sun shines on it.
Then abruptly death may take the man who
has the power, leaving his widow truly forlorn-
or he may lose out in the elections Then 1t is
as though some icy blast had reached out and
struck that family down.
But there is one comforting thought in all
this Most of the people who come here are
gallant souls. Though they themselves may fall,
the constructive work they dc lives on.
Such funny, yet pathetic, thing happened to
The Washington times., 1938-01-17
Boake Carter

SWdyGu NY d SPcSCA dOOuO
patriotism, snappy band, some gold braid and
shiny buttons. just turned 18 and couldn't get
to recruiting office fast enough. but. L made
it made it all right. and saw the truth. -. L
left some kid pals over there, too. wrapped up
In o. D. blankets, with the dirt from a shell hole
thrown over them Sure! gotta break. 4 did.
I'll still go to bat within the borders of these
United States. but they'll have to burn the
brush and sft the cinders to get me into an
other A. E. F.. brother!"
Reason Is Plain
Yes Mr. Congressman, he served with the
140th Infantry, Thirtyfifth Division in the last
show on foreign soil.
Labor Defers Action on Japanese Cargoes
headline referring to the failure OF British LABOR
leaders to decide what to do about handling
slipmentS from Tokyo.
The Washington times., 1938-01-17

tunes of the Spectating ladies (many of whom
were obviously OVERnourished) had their color
and grace. If you've ever seen flock of coral
flamingoes flapping their black lined wings
against tropical sky you'll know what mean.
For me the birds stole the show at Hialeah.
Out on the tracks the whippedup horses were
at their heels. past the bougainvillaea hedges
which enclose the flamingo lake. Beyond, like
backdrop in theater Royal Palms and Aus
traIian pines rose straight to heaven.
Widener Beams
Up in the grandstand, in the presidents box,
Mr.. Joseph E. Widener, president of the Miami
Jockey Club, THE Joe Widener, who made
Hialeah out of swamp, beamed proudly in the
sunshine. With Mr. Widener was the Governor
of Florida, Fred P. Cone and Mrs, Cone and
The Washington times., 1938-01-17

harried human beings $4,000
more than last year, yelled
and moaned in the grand
stands as the horses flashed
by, the flamingoes waded
about complacently on their
long thin, knock-kneed legs,
and showed in their beauty
and repose that they were the
afternoons best bet.
Sartorially, the flamingoes
certainly had odds of about
436 to Z. Not one of the
anxiously thought-out COS
The Washington times., 1938-01-17

VI IL L1lILJ HNlP
Other prizes will be awarded for
the tip on the death of three chill
dren whose farm home burned at
Dentsv1lle, Md. and for the first
tip on the story of a soldier in
jured when his horse was killed at
Fort Myer. Va.
Smaller prizes will go for the
tip on the automobile crashing
through a bridge rail on the Lee
Boulevard; for the story on the
bituminouc coal upset; and the tip
on the disappearance of a Wash
ington policeman's young daugh-
ter.
The story of the wind blowing
down the wall of a building at
Duke and Union Streets, Alexan-
dria, also won a cash prize as
The Washington times., 1938-01-17

police riots in Chicago, which
were shown to the Senate In
vestigating Committee. on the
grounds that such Showings
would "inflame" public opin-
ion?
Congressmen may have re-
fused to discuss the principles
of the Ludlow referendum pro-
posal, but they might profit
a little by reading this tabloid
comment:
"I was a hotaheated kid,
=
The Washington times., 1938-01-17

did the tip on the brain operation
on four-and-a-half-year-old boy.
Other awards went for the story
on the death of a prominent citi-
zen; the tip on the fire in the
Gray School, Alexandria; the
story of the mother who had II
children; the story of a cat who
walked IS miles back to her old
home and that Of the person who
let air out Of the tires of parked
automobiles.
The Washington times., 1938-01-17

meath all the glitter and
glamour it is, for many, a city
of heartbreak.
There is no other place 1
can think of in the world to-
day where people can achieve
the highest >ositions to be
attained, only to be plunged,
through misfortune or change,
back into their ordinary lives
in so short a time.
Most people in cities are
born into a certain environ
The Washington times., 1938-01-17

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Jan. 1.-THE two hun
dred pink flamingoes and the black swans in the
blue lake at the center of Hialeah were the only
completely satisfied guests Saturday at the most
beautiful racetrack in the world While $4,000
The Washington times., 1938-01-17

Anything Wrong With the Way Your
Mind Works? If So, Test Yourself
With the Helpful QUESTIONABLE Pre-
pared by the Eminent Psychologist,
DIR. Charles A. Drake, and Read His
chinery in The American Weekly.
with Sundays Washington Herald
The Washington times., 1938-01-17
lucky l3' to Get
Cash for News TIPS

Thirteen persons will checks this first
telephone stories to The Washington Times in it's weekly
newsp contest Among them will be the individual who wired
the story of the automobile accident which University
of Virginia students iured.
The Washington times., 1938-01-17

Embarrassing Predlcament of COU-
pie ON Weekend Visits to an Exotic
Actress. The Brilliant Satirist, Fish
Starts q New Series OF Amusing Pages
of Sketches in Full Color. Do Not MisS
These Sbrewd Observations of Human
FOibles and Frailties In Words and
Pictures Beginning in The American
Weekly, with Sundays Washington
Herald Times
The Washington times., 1938-01-17
E'But" "

/ wonder:
Why film companies had no compunction
about stirring up public emotion by ballyhooing
the showing of the Panay bombing pictures, but
suppressed the pictures of the Labor Day CIO-
The Washington times., 1938-01-17
My Say

I have always called Washington ga city of
ghosts" 1t is also a city of great learning,
delghtful diplomats. and gaiety, but under.
The Washington times., 1938-01-17
200 HAVE FUN
ON SKI TRAIN
By EDWARD M. LOCKETT

By EDWARD M. LOCKETT
The first snow train of the sea-
son yesterday carried some 200
Washington winter sports addicts
to Dear Valley, Pa, for three
hours of fun on skis, ice skates,
and toboggans in ideal weather.
Washington Ski Club members.
who know about skiing, and tired
and happy passengers, who rode
home after their first day on skis,
voted the outing a success.
There were mistakes by the rail
way which arranged the trip and
Capt. Gallon B. Harris, who
operates Deer Valley, yet most of
the SkierS and the would be skierS
who made the trip are ready to
try again. And that's the test.
Besides, both the Baltimore and
Ohio railway, which operated the
train. and Captain Harris prom
ised to profit by Sundays mis-
takes.
The Washington times., 1938-01-17
HAZEN TO AIR
VIEWS ON D. C.
KIDNAP BILL
Opposes Execution
For Robbery

Commissioner Melvin C.. Hazen
went to the Capitol today to recon-
cile his views on capital punish
ment for armed robbery and kid
naping with those of Representa-
tive Jack Nichols CD of Okla
homa, chairman of the House Dis
trict Committee on fiscal affairs.
Nichols introduced bills last
week setting 20 years as the mini
mum and death as the maximum
penalty for both these crimes.
The Washington times., 1938-01-17
SNOWFALL LIGHT

Saturday morning eight inches
of snow blanketed the ski runs
at Deer Valley, and it was snow
ing hard.
Then, along toward Saturday
evening it stopped showing, and
the thermometer stopped drop
ping. The Baltimore and Ohio
snow train pulled in Sunday noon,
and an hour later Deer Valley
hills were thick with skiers.
H. H. LEIGH, president of the
Ski Club, talking it over with
other members on the way back,
said:
Deer Valley has definite pos
Continued on Page Is, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1938-01-17
HAZEN GIVES VIEWS

Hazen has made clear his agree
ment on the death penalty for
forcible detention with ransome as
the objective as stipulated in the
Nichols bill.
He has emphasized his objection,
however, to any legislation which
would make possible the death
penalty in other cases of technical
kidnapping where the ransom ele-
ment is not involved. AS an ex-
ample Hazen cited the case of the
estranged father holding child
against the wishes of a mother.
1t is in regard to armed robbery
that Hazen's views apparently con-
Continued on Page Is. Col. p
The Washington times., 1938-01-17

Do you want money? The Washington
Times is offering $50 in prizes each week for
Evening star., 1938-01-20

Fencing experts, too,
appreciate Camel's s fin.
er tobaccos. As Bella
DE TUSCAN, the IA.
nous instructor, says:
Fencing is very tir.
ing, and I welcome
the quick lift I get
with q Camel"