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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-02-10
SOrOptimist Club Holds
Meeting In Bethesda

The Soroptimist Club of Montgom-
cry County held it's usual monthly
dinner meeting on Wednesday in Beth
esda.
Miss Annie Wilson of Kensington;
formerly Art Director Of the d. c.
Public schools, was the guest speaker
and delighted the club with her in
spring talk on "Vision". Miss Betty
Lewis, pianist, of Chevy Chase, con-
cluded the program with the List
paraphrase of "Rigoletto" and the C
sharp minor waltz Of Chopin. Presi-
dent Helen Shaffer presided, with Sue
Blandy at the piano for the club
songs.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-02-10
Goodwill Industries
Open Rockville Store

The Goodwill Industries of Wash
ington have opened store in Rock
vile opposite the courthouse and for
merly occupied by Waters Drug
Store. The company, a non-profit
organization, specialize in offering
opportunities for employment to local
people.
Mrs. Lucy Howard will he the
manager. A committee of prominent
Washington business and professional
men act as board of trustees for
Goodwill Industries.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-02-10
Capital Transit
Asked To Furnish
Express Service
Rockville, Gaithersburg And
Washington Grove Residents
Stress Service

Following meeting of the Rock
vile Chamber of Commerce last week
addressed by E. D. Merrill, president
of the Capital Transit Company, res
idents of the Rockville, Gaithersburg,
Washington have urged that express
bus service be continued to downtown
Washington. Mr.. Merrill said at the
meeting there would probably be a
change of zones and rates with serv-
ice only to the District Line. This
week Mr.. George H. Lamar, chairman
of the Public Utilities Committee of
the Chamber of Commerce, has the
following to say:
''The Rockville Chamber of Com
merce and it's invited guests gave
Mr.. Edward D. Merrill, President
of the Capital Traction Company a
most courteous and respectful hear
ing at the Court House meeting on
Thursday evening; but the major
changes suggested on behalf of the
Company in the upper County bus
service do not meet with favor on
the part of commuters.
The business men know that the
more commuters there are the better
it is for business, and it would be
most unnatural for them not to stand
by the property holders and COM
muters.
The Rockville commuters welcomed
Mr.. MerilPs announcement that the
Company had abandoned the idea Of
disseminating the Montgomery Bus
Line service from the Woodmont
Country Club to Rockville; but, when
he said that Gaithersburg and Wash
ington Grove were to be deprived of
such service, the sympathy and sup
port of the Rockville people is with
Gaithersburg and Washington Grove.
whose citizens have long helped to
sustain the downtown Washington
Express Service.
To cap the climax of impossible
conditions for the up-County people,
Mr.. Merrill blandly stated that, if
the Capital Transit Company can
have it's way, it would like to aban-
don the express service of the Mont
gomery Bus Line Within the District
and require all passengers to change
vehicles at the District Line and be
content with slower non-express street
cars within the District of Columbia.
So that the effect of these basic
changes proposed is to cut off the
Montgomery Bus Line Service at
both ends, and thereby destroy the
basic purpose of the public-spirited
men who, by private capital, in
stalled the Montgomery Bus Line,
as a much needed express service
from d-Montgomery County to and
from down town Washington. Not
only that, but the logical effect of
such action would be to increase the
income of the City Railway by TAX
ing away from the bus at the Dis
trict Line it's own created customers
and hand them over to the city car
line of the Capital Transit Company.
"The old Washington and Rockville
Continued on page 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-02-10
Sue Thomas To Marry
Robert Chapman Turner

Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic L. Thomas
of Tanglewood, announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Sue Leggett
to Mr.. Robert Chapman Turner, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Turner, of
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Both Miss Thomas and Mr.. Turner
were graduated from Swarthmore Col
lege, Pa; Miss Thomas being assis-
tant to the Dean of Women, and Mr..
Turner is at present completing his
second year of graduate study at the
Pennsylvania Academy Of Fine Arts,
in Philadelphia.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-02-10
Lincoln Birthday Dance
In Baltimore Feb. IL

The Alexander Hamilton Club of
Maryland, Inc, will hold its eighth
annual Lincoln Birthday dinner dance
at the Lord Baltimore Hotel, Balti-
more, Saturday evening, February IL.
The dinner is slated for p. m. The
dance will begin at 9 o'clock.
There will be a nationally promin-
ent speaker. John H. link is the
toastmaster. Gov. Harry w. Nice is
the guest of honor.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-02-10
CAUTION!

Several reports have come TO our
notice that a solicitation is being
made in Rockville for so-called
"writeups" in the name of The
Sentinel. We have made an effort
to forestall this misrepresentation
by direct mail. This is our first OPP
portunity of publicly disclaiming
any connection with such solicita-
ton and to condemn such tactics.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-02-10
Robert L. DutrOw Is
Named To Police Force

Robert L. Dutrow, of Gaithersburg,
was appointed 10 the county police
force to fill the vacancy caused by the
death Friday night of Policeman Jas.
Z. Shoemaker.
Dutrow was chosen from the list Of
eligibles supplied by the State en-
ployment commissioner.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-02-10
Local Benedicts Sail
For The West Indies

Atlee Burroughs, G. Lamar Kelly,
Jr., and Arthur Hergenroder, Of Balti-
more, sailed yesterday from New York
on the S. S. Iroquois for two weeks
cruise to the West Indies. Mr.. Bur-
roughs is celebrating his annual leave
from Pepco. Mr.. Kelly, heating and
plumbing tycoon, will observe engin-
eering conditions along the Caribbean.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-02-10
Baptist Church Will
Hold Luncheon Feb. Is

The Ladies' Missionary Society Of
the Baptist Church of Rockville will
hold a roast beef luncheon at tho
church on Tuesday, February Is, from
IL to 2 p. m.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-02-10
Damascus High To
Sponsor Program Feb. IL

The Junior Class of Damascus High
School, Damascus, will sponsor vari-
ETY. program by "Cousin Lee and His
Boys, in the school auditorium on
February IL, 1888.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-30
If Atoms Ever Get Divorced,
 1t Will Be-WoW
By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE
 AP Science Editor

NEW YORK, Sept. .30-Science is beginning to see how it might produce atomic power, the energy which has long been thought an impossible dream
 There is enough atomic power in one lump of coal to drive a steamship across the Atlantic. The first step toward getting little of that power has been figured out in hydrogen, one of the chemicals in coal.
 It comes from the fact that Sev- eral years ago Dr. Irving Lang muir, of the General Electric, Com any, discovered a way to make atomic hydrogen. This S molecules of hydrogen whose atoms separate momentarily. An electric current does it.
 The hydrogen atoms recombine almost instantly, and in doing so give off immense amounts of en- ergy in the form of heat. The dis covery was used to make the atomic hydrogen torch, the hottest weld ing torch in the world 1 The next step" scientists figure is to keep the hydrogen atoms from combining so quickly. If they can be kept apart until engineers want to use them, their heat will give power nine times greater than steam, gasoline or anything now known.
 A way to keep the hydrogen atoms apart in definitely is known. That is to freeze the hydrogen at nearly 459 degrees below zero Fah- renheit. Hydrogen is actually cool ed to this temperature by present apparatus.
 But the cooling takes a long time. To catch the fleeting atomic hydrogen and keep it separated would require the entire cooling to last not more than thousandth of a second.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-30
U S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREA
 THE WEATHER
(By the U. $. Weather Bureau

vicinity beginning pm, 3O cloudy possibly partly cloudy mod winds.
 southern northern poronmost cloudy possibly cloudy moderate westerly
 the Gulf Alaska: Moderate Entrance Cape Hinchnbrook becoming northwestery Saturday
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-30
Mans Pants Lost
 In Dynamite Blast

PEKIN, Ind, Sept. 30. Walter James, thirty five, struck a buried stick of dynamite with an air drill on highway work near here.
 The blast blew him fifteen feet and buried him under loose rock, but he managed to eXtricate him self without serious injury and without pants.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-30
CershWin Leaves
 S341,000 Estate

NEW YORK, Sept 30.-George Gershwin, composer, who died a year ago in Beverly Hills, Cali fornia, left net estate of $341 ,000. This is revealed by tax appraisal.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-30

The first woman to hold the cer- tified public accountant degree il Florida was Miss Mary Lucia Fichey, assistant professor of ac- counting at Florida State College.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-30
WEATHER CONDITIONS AT AM. TO-DAY


 Blaine, Victoria Estevan raining 55 Alert Bay rain Bull Harbo raining 50 Triple Island cloudy Langara I Ketchikan cloudy 53 I Wange raining 47 Petersburg partly cloudy 48 cloudy 48 Radiovie showers 48 Ju- Skagway cloudy 47 Hnes cloudy Cape St Elias Hncnbrook 45 Cordov clear Chin cloudy 49; Anchorage clear 3 Fairbanks showing 3 Hot Springs cloudy 34 Nulato cloudy 32 McCirath cloudy 36; Stuyahok Bethel raining 40 Platinum cloudy Golovn cloudy 4o Solomon, cloudy, Council cloudy 39 Nome cloudy, 38
 Juneau 1.-Sunrise 6;O2 am, sunset, 5:36 m.
 
 high this the south Alaska the adjacent Pacific Ocean with the center 
 with the reported 2946 inches at Fort Simpson Light to moderate precpta fell generally Alaska the extreme northern portions during the last A hours also Light valleys this of riory and portion morning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-30
CASTLETONS SAILING
 ON ALASKA SATURDAY

Mir and Mrs. w. A. Castleton. well known Alaskans, are sailing south on the Alaska tomorrow after visit
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-30

ing in Chichagof and Juneau for several days.
 MT. Castleton is a prominent Se- ward Peninsula mining operator and was formerly with the Chichagof mine
Evening star., 1938-07-30

at its hands before his adOleScent mind
discovered nature merely was taking
it's course, is Mickey Rooney. He is
not the Mickey Rooney of the past
He is an even better one, youngster
who. finding himself in one of the
brightest spots created by Hollywood S
script writer's in long time. makes
the most of brilliant opportunity.
The honey quality which has dis
tinguished the three earlier episodes
in the story of the Hardy family is
not sacrificed to make this picture the
standout of the series. On the con-
trary it is intensified for which Di-
rector George Seitz and members of
the cast ought to be thanked heartily.
They have kept the simple story SIM
pie, familiar. sincere and honest and
in doing so have produced something
that keeps the audience in a virtually
constant uproar-such an uproar, in
all truth, that there are times when
the next laugh line on the sound track
is washed out in the waves Of mirth.
Adolescent love. if you have not been
waiting here for us to catch up, is the
theme of the picture The story
starts with Mickey feeling the first
faint STRINGS Of interest in the other
sex to the extent that he is buying
$40 car in order that he may give
Evening star., 1938-07-30
Designer Tackles
Another Odd Job.

OLDEST order ever handed a set
designer has just been carried out
by Hans Peters, one of the ace scene
architects at Twentieth Century-Fo
in creating the backgrounds for Hold
That Co-Ed."
Peters was asked by David Hemp
stead, associate producer on the pic
ture, to do the exteriors and interiors
for the state capitol, in which most
of the action takes place, so they'd be
unlike those of any state capitol In
America"
The set architect, who like most
experts in the industry, is not unac-
customed to carrying out seemingly
possible commands, finally produced a
series Of sets in English Tudor and
classical styles, which represent a
unique effort in statehouse archl-
lecture.
Hempstead's angle in making his
strange request, it seems, lies In the
fact that the picture is built around
the adventures of a piratical state
governor, who goes to town with the
state colleges homegrown football
team. And the associate producer
didn't want to take a chance on hav-
ing the sets duplicate the contours of
any statehouse, so that some over
Jealous critic could then pin John
Barrymore's comic portrayal Of. the
governor on some living or dead
figure of political importance.
Evening star., 1938-07-30

with Cliff Hall. who learned stooging
at the knee of Jack Pearl, Miss Pitts
gives a perfect portrayal of the utterly
defenseless, completely defeated fe-
male. The act comes to a climax with
Miss Pitts giving virtually exquisite
imitation of some one giving an imi-
tation of Zasu Pitts; a thing that has
not been so we'll done since Beatrice
Lille followed up an imitation of her
self by Elsie Janis with the original.
The rest Of the Earle stage show,
which is less of unit proposition
than usual, is as sound as an old
fashioned dollar, not brilliant but good
enough to keep the mind from wan
dering. There is tap dancing, involved
stuff handled with precision by Jack
Lenny and the Statler twins; Spanish
numbers handled vocally and effect
lively by Corinna Mura. And, by way
of proving that ice skating is not the
only kind which a lot OF customers
may have thought after last weeks
show, Harry Anger this week has i'm
ported Juanita and her champions
Roller skating is their specially. 1t
is impressiveiy acrobatic.
Evening star., 1938-07-30

wings to his love for Polly Benedict
tAnn Ruthertord). His $l2 initial
payment looks wasted short time
later when Polly tells him she Won.
be home for the Christmas dance:
more than wasted when it seems he
will lose it through inability to raise
the additional So. Things look
brighter. however, when a boy friend
also going away. offers Mickey the
needed So and expenses for protecting
his siren-like sWeetie from the other
fellows during his absence. Then.
before the dance, the protection buyer
defaults on the money, the first girl
wires that she will return for the
affair after all and Mickey finds him.
self with two women on his hands.
That's crusher. but that is not all
Throughout all these developments
the girl next door Judy Garland) is
lowering protectingly in the back
ground. submeEing her own yearnings
in being of great help to Mickey in
Strengthening out the tangled skeins
Of existence.
1T DOES not sound like much when
it is put into words. but M-G-M
put it into celluloid where it seems
vastly important in comparison with a
great many much more pretentious
offerings. As a picture, it is the COM
plete story of teen-age humans, han
died in such a fashion as to bring out
every element Of comedy without the
slightest touch of grown-up intoler-
ance for such childish antics.
There are a number of excellent
scenes in Love Finds Andy Hardy"
familiar stuff so expertly directed and
acted that it seems funny you never
saw them from quite that angle before
One of the best of these is that in
which the tormented Mickey, finding
himself in the middle between a nice
girl and siren-with the used-car
dealer adding further complication
takes his travail to his father, the
judge, played by Lewis Stone. Their
an-to-man" talk is both a fine and
funny thing as acted by one Of the
screens most promising adolescents
and one OF its most revered elder
statesmen
Miss Garland, as the girl who gets
Andy mot for the happily-ever-after
result, OF course) also is given several
nne moments; one of the more memo
rable ones that in which she sings
plamtlve, catchy number about VIC
tins OF the "In-Between" age. 1t has
petulance, poignance and humor all
at the same time, which is quite a
number of things to put into anything
SO seemingly pooh-poohable.
Even il you have not been a Hardy
family fan heretofore, you owe it to
yourself to get around to this INSTALL
ment Of the family's story. 1t will
teach you much of how humorously
human the human race can be in
some OF its manifestations. j. C.
Evening star., 1938-07-30

valley and a yacht" But the yacht
is small-has a crew of only one
Dick does everything else-aId costs
a mere $50 month in upkeep
I'm never in Hollywood-so 1
don't know a thing about it." says
Dick in answer to my query for the
changes in movieland. Il always have
to be introduced to my leading ladies
when We start a picture 1 honestly
don't know who they are"
X
Tuesday .. . dinner at Beverly
Brown Derby Robert Benchley
turns over his crutches for gout) to
apartment-mate John McClain, who
has just twisted his ankle (and who,
incidentally, is leaving for date with
Loretta Young :. A couple of sailors
take table near the door to see the
stars come in-and out Wallace
Beery enters solo, wistfully eyes the
Evening star., 1938-07-30

pile talk out OF the corners Of
their mouths, drive large automobiles
as If every street were a proving
ground and register with word and
bullet their extreme dislike for police
men probably will be interested to
know that the Metropolitan is showing
a motion picture entitled Gangs of
New York. The aforementioned un-
scrupulous people disport themselves
in their accustomed way. but the more
particular gang film addcts will not
be completely pleased with the treat
ment currently being displayed on F
street.
This Republic product offers law en-
forcement agencies a daring way to
break up all rival criminal syndicates
in a city-if the circumstances cor
respond: The first utensil required is
leader who already has been con-
victed and sent to the big house. When
said boss man seems to be able to keep
his rackets operating efficiently, a
capable detective who resembles him
can have scar added to complete
the likeness, acquaint himself with
the leaders mannersms, be released
from Jail In place of the latter when
his time has been served. Then the
detective can take command of the
gang, persuade opposition groups to
join in a protit-sharing arrangement
and herd everybody together so the
officers can capture them
This plan works out very we'll in
the f1lm. Charles Bickford performs
convincingly in the dual roles of the
real mobster and the counterfeit. but
the other performances are unimpres-
sive except for those of Make Rosen-
bloom and Harold Huber as two of the
racketeers. Wynne Gibson is the boss
mans girl friend who becomes sus-
picious of the substitute. Ann Dvorak
participates in a whirlwind romance
with Bickford in his Characterization
of the headquarters man. Bickford,
Huber, Rosenbloom and the stock ac-
cessories only add up to fair entertain
ment for deep-dyed cops-and robbers
fans, however.
Evening star., 1938-07-30

bia to furnish strong support
to one theory about what is
wrong with the movies. A studio like
etro-Goldwyn Mayer, for instance.
which can on occasion turn a million
dollars into an overstuffed. gilt-plated
turkey that is colossal only in that it
is magnificenty bad, must be no end
embarrassed when an unknown pro-
Queer announces his company is
through work and turns in a picture
like Fast Company" For Fast Com
pany'' very evidently was on the B
schedule at M-G-M, produced on
low budget. but Producer Frederick
Stephani, Director Edward Buzzell and
the players have contrived to make it
one Of the better entertainments to
come out Of that studio during the
season.
It's breezy and fast-moving mys-
terry yarn and credit to all of these
people connected with it. To begin
with the script by Marco Page and
Harold Tarshis is good, solid one,
with a fair number of logical sus-
poets dangled before you. with a good
ly amount Of suspense. and with the
solution kept properly in the dark un-
til time for revealment. Mr.. Ste
phani and Mr.. Buzzell have welded all
the elements together with a skill
which makes Fast Company a truly
well-knit tale.
1t is more than just a "whodunit," ."
however. being done in the gay and
breezy Thin Man" manner, and be-
ing done mighty we'll in that manner,
you may be assured. The debonair
sleuth is played by Melvyn Douglas.
who really is no Sleuth at all, but just
rare book dealer who becomes in
Volved because the murder is done to
a chap who deals in counterfeit first
editions. Mr.. Douglas is truly splen-
did. The little wife-secretary who aids
him in both the rare book and deduc-
ton businesses is Florence Rice, who
has more to do than we remember in
better. Between them they have lot
OF bright and gay moments that ac-
count for much of the films merit,
and the film has lot of merit, if you
have not gathered that already.
The other people are mostly just
people who are around because it is
so much fun watching Mr.. Douglas
and Miss Rice, but there's a fine bit
OF acting turned in by Claire Dodd
that bears mention. And Nat PEN
dleton has couple OF good moments.
The Columbia also has on its bill
that tender lesson in How Not to
Make Comedy" the t&o-reeler titled
Snow Gets in Your Eyes" This,
messieurs ct mesdames. is truly stu
pendous. II 1t is not the worst short
made since 1927. we do not want to
see the worst until we're stronger. Do
not miss it. H. M.
Evening star., 1938-07-30
Tragedy Features
Weeks s News Bill.

DEATH takes prominent place on
the program now being shown at
the Trans-Lux. The news cameras
were present when disordered mind
arrived at its tragic decision on ledge
high above New York City street:
when another rain of bombs descended
on unfortunate Hankow, China as
floods ravaged Japan and the United
States Middle West. Instruments of
destruction are displayed by France
during celebra ton of Bastille day with
a military parade.
Other events, important and trivial,
which have come before the lenses in
clude mass parachute training in the
U. S. S. R., winning OF the Texas
primary with hillbilly music, govern
mental buying of clothing for relief,
martial law in an Iowa strike, display
of the latest evening gown and fur
fashions, Gabby Hartnett becoming
manager of the Chicago Cubs, the
opening of Saratoga, Nadyr winning
the Arlington classic, a contest to de-
termine the most kissable lips, Nava 10
Indians fleeing from tourists in Ari-
ZOna
The short subjects this week are
high lighted by visit to the studio
Of Edward j. Steichen. master of
camera art Mr.. Steichen makes the
picture-ta business appear rather
simple, but few have ,,evn able to equal
his technique. Seen in Syria" shows
autos replacing camels in one locality
while the old ways of doing things
are retained In another. stranger
than Fiction" features the use Of
gourds as duck decoys in Mexico, the
curing Of foot ailments by two remark
able hands. ''Mickeys Grand Opera"
= sn excellent D1sns1. G. A. N.
Evening star., 1938-07-30
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

EarIe-"My Bill" Kay Francis in
tale of devotion and sacrifice: IL am,
ITO, 3:25. $40. 7:50 and 1905 pm.
Stage shows: 1920, 2:35, 4:50, 7:05
and $40 pm.
CapitOl-"I'll Give a Million" rich
Warner Baxter in search of a nom
gold digger: IL am, las, 4:30. 7:l5
and 10 pm. Stage shows: l2:45, $50.
els and 9 pm.
MetrOpolitan-"Gangs of New York, -
the big-time rackets and how they
are fought: l1:50 am, $50, $50,
$50, 7:50 and $50 pm.
Palace-"Love Finds Andy Hardy"
Mickey Rooney has three girl friends
IL am, ITO. 800, $50, TAO and
$50 pm.
Columbia-"Fast Company" mys-
terry and romance in a book store
II m, 2, 3:55, 5:55, 7:5O and e:45 pm.
Keith's-"Mother Carey's Chickens, "
film version of the Kate Douglas Wig
gin novel: ll:51 am, 81, 3:5l, 5:5l,
Isl and 9:51 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts. Con-
tinuous from 10 am. to midnight.
Little-"Charge of the Light Bri-
gade," revival of the popular adven-
ture yarn: IL am, lilo, $40, $40,
7:30 and $40 pm.