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Evening star., 1938-08-02
Golf Course Grass
Is Dyed Green for
Nervous Putters
~ tho Associated Press.

~ tho Associated Press.
Now they're dyeing grass on
golf courses to make sure it stays
green.
Nervous golfers had complained
that some insecticides used on
green's turned the grass brown.
This, they said, created . mental
hazard which spoiled their game.
So experts at the Department Of
Agriculture, working with the
United States Coli Association,
have combined an insecticide with
. green dye.
Evening star., 1938-08-02
B CALLS LEGISLATURE
Hoey Seeks Bill to Facilitate
p. w. A. PROGRAM.


RALEIGH. N. c.. Aug. 2 R.-
Gov. Hoey issued q proclamation yes
terday calling the General Assembly
to meet in special session August 8
to consider the ALLEGATION Of Safe funds
for . proposed Public Works Admin
istration improvement program at
North Carolina institutions.
Attorney General Harry McMullan
was instructed to draw, up bill
authorizing the issuance Of bonds, the
money from which will be used to
supplement p. w. A. funds in the
event the contemplated improvement
program Is approved by the Legisla-
ture and by Federal omcials.
The amount of the bond issue which
the Governor will recommend to the
lawmakers will be determined bys the
Advisory Budget Commission. which
will meet here tomorrow and Thurs
day.
Evening star., 1938-08-02
TOWN GOES WORK
Church Bells Chime With Shop
Whistles at Altoona.


ALTOONA. Pa. Aug. 2 R.-The
Pennsylvania Railroads shop whistles
yesterday footed a merry greeting
the flrst In eight months-as the van
guard of some 10000 workers began
trickling back to their jobs to share
in an $S.32l 900 building program.
Mingling with the whistles were
church bells heralding . new phase Of
optimism in this Western Pennsyl-
vania town, which depends to a great
extent upon the shops, virtually idle
since January.
Included in the building program is
the construction of 20 electric loco
motives and 1000 freight cars.
Evening star., 1938-08-02
Ten Commandments oted Down.

WACO, Tex. August 2 tR.-The
McLennan County Democratic Con-
vention discovered yesterday it had
voted down the Ten Commandments
They were contained in q rejected
resolution embodying the biblical plat
form Of w. Lee O'Daniel, Democratic
nominee for Governor.
Evening star., 1938-08-02

Japan hopes to obtain American and
British capital to help her develop the
newly conquered areas in China. Japa-
nese economists and ofncials say.
Evening star., 1938-08-02
ENGLAND SWELTERS
Part Of Island Gets Relief,
However, From Storm.

LONDON, Aug. 2 (P.-storms swept
across Western England today. batter
ing crops and telling trees, but most
Of the island sweltered in heat wave.
The worst rainstorm in 40 years
flooded streets in the southwest corner
Of Britain to a depth Of 8 feet. Mo-
torists had to use headlights during
the day
The heat belt extended from the
south coast to Scotland, and thou
sands slept on beaches, fields and
foadsides.
Evening star., 1938-08-02
FALL PROVES FATAL
Nick Rosadivita, So, Dies Of
Tumble From Tree.

Injuries suffered in q fall from a
tree July proved fatal today to Nick
Rosadivita, SO, of $40 Florence street
NE, who died in Georgetown Hos
pital.
Mr.. Rosadivita received q fractured
pelvis and internal injuries when he
fell while removing branches from q
tree on . vacant lot at Grant road
and Cumberland street NV. He was
working for contractor who was
clearing the lot preparatory to erect
ing a house.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-22

the breasts of humanity to-
day as on the morn following
the appearance of that star,
when the world awakened to
find that in truth there had
come One capable of saving
all who might look up and
believe. And not alone has
this grand message of cheer
gladdened the hearts of that
part of the world in which
it was first read, but it has
spread to even the darkest
corners until today every
heart can feel the solace of
the sweetest story ever told
and they take on new hope.
To the citizens, of this COM
munity, we extend the greet
ings of the season. We Wish
You A Merry Christmas. For
each of you we hope that the
star in the east shines as
brightly and with a message
as comforting as it did on
that Christmas eve more than
1900 years ago. We want to
hope that the year fast draw
ing to a close has found you
stronger in your faith and
love for your fellowman, and
that the blessings that come
from a life honestly and sin
cerely lived have been yours
in abundance. Just as men
have lived by the star in
years gone by, men must, if
they would truly enjoy iv-
ing, be guided by it in all
the years to come. And we
broaden our hope that by it
you have lived and shall con-
tinue to do so.
May Joy and Happiness
and Peace be the portion of
every one of you as you pass
this Christmas milestone and
push on down the road of
Life to a glorious sunset.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-22
NO EXCHANGES

There is a young boy of
Is years in Georgia who says
he would not swap his job
for any office position that
might be offered him. He
has a 55-acre farm which he
owns and this year he made
200 bushels of sweet po-
tatoes, $50 bushels of corn,
800 gallons of syrup, S acres
of cotton and a tobacco crop
that was profitable. He owns
60 head of hogs, Is beef cat
tie, a good cow, a storeroom
containing 80 quarts of
string-beans, 80 quarts of to-
matoes and a number of jars
of peaches and other fruits.
This young man asks for
nothing more, is satisfied and
pleased with his labor and
his earnings. The worry of
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-22
THEY SAW THE STAR

In this day of rapid
changes and fleeting fads it
does the heart good to know
that one custom has never
changed since it was origi-
mated almost 1000 years ago
the custom of celebrating
the birth of the Prince of
Peace.
Again, we are approaching
the anniversary of that me-
morable event, the night
when a new and brighter star
cleaned in the eastern skies,
and men in far places paused
TO point it out and marvel at
its brilliance. It has been al
most two thousand years
since shepherds, tending their
flocks in the still hours of the
night, stretched forth their
hands as a greeting to the
newest heavenly diadem, and
read within it the greatest,
sweetest message that has
ever come to gladden. and
comfort the human heart. In
it's brilliant rays they read
that "This Day There Has
Been Born To The World A
Saviour"
Almost 1000 years, and
yet we find ourselves as firm
in our belief that that mes
sage is true, and as steadfast
are we in our rejoicing as
were those who first read in
it, freedom from an earthly
bondage that had kept heavy
the hearts of all mankind.
Since the moment we first
learned the meaning of
Christmas none of the bril-
lance surrounding it has
been dimmed, and passing
years only make dearer the
story that the star told in
centuries long gone by. Faith
and Hope are as strong in
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-22
IT is PRESENT

There is always some one
to remark that folks don't
think about religion like they
did in the old days. They
usually follow this up by say
ing it is a Goddess Age.
This is not true, we feel sure
and are aware of various in
stances where the inclination
is more for religion than in
other years. The average
man is as interested in re-
ligion as always, and perhaps
he doesn't talk about it but
the reverence and respect is
nevertheless present. There
are plays on the stage of re-
igious subjects and trends of
thought, there are numerous
moving pictures with re-
hgious b a ckgrou n DIS and
themes. There are many cur
rent books, fiction and non
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-22
WATCH THEM BURN

Keep the home fires burn
ing but watch them burn!
When the thermometer sinks
to low and the coal bin shows
a lot of floor space, the home
fires are kept busy. It is
necessary to take precaution
during any heating season
for many fires are caused by
over-heated stoves and fur
naces during winter months.
The loss in money due to
winter firing to keep the
homes warm, runs into mil
lions of dollars each year.
The fires on farms alone, in
the United States, cause an
average loss of $500 a day.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-22
Should Glue Thought to
General National Policy

Because of this prospect and the
existence of several other things like
it, there ought to be some thought
given to the question of a general
national policy. In other words, l
am OF the opinion that the congress
and the several state legislatures
ought to keep their feet on the
ground instead of jumping off the
deep end when there is no boat in
which to ride. see no profit in cut
ting off my nose just to spite my
face. There is just as little sense to
that as selling out to the "vested
interests" .
There is something to the argu-
ment in favor of regulation of great
chains of stores. 1t can be truth
fully said that they exert a lot of
pressure on the independent. They
deny this, of course, and answer
that there is no pressure. Their
statement may be true insofar as it
may mean that the chain store has
made no calculated plan to drive
the independent out of existence.
Yet, their very bigness is, of itself,
a pressure because they can buy in
larger quantities and obtain lower
cost prices than the individual who
buys few cases of canned goods at
a time. When they buy at lower
prices, they can sell at lower prices
and the independent finds himself
hard put to meet the competition.
That sort of thing happens in ev-
cry community where chain stores
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-22
The Parent Mind

The souls of the sons Of God are
greater than tl.eir business; and
they are thrown out into life, not to
do a certain work, but to be GER
tain thing; to have some sacred
ineaments, to show some divine tint
of the Parent Mind from which they
came.-Martineau
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-22
Bruckart's Washington Digest
Legislation Against Chain
Stores Will Come Up Again
Danger to Independent Store Operator Will Be Theme Of
Discussion; Question Of General National Policy
Needs Thought; Sane Regulation Is Possible
BY WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service, National Press Bldg, Washington D. G.

WASHINGTON. - The politician
who is demagogue-the fellow
who has nothing on the ball and gets
into politics on his gift for gab-al-
ways must have boyle man, a
hobgoblin. There must always be
an immediate threat, like the sword
OF Damocles, hanging over the
heads of the dear pee-pul. If the
political demagogue doesn't have
that sort of thing, he is utterly lost,
because usually he can not talk.
about fundamental issues.
The favorite boyle man of fellows
like former Sen. Tom Hefiin was
"Wall Street." Day after day, ole
Tom would drag Wall Street onto
the floor Of the senate and shake the
gizzard out of it. There were others
like Tom and there were other hob
COLLINS. The chain stores, for
number of years, were the meat and
drink of the demagogue and many
an otherwise punk got elected to Of
fee because he could talk for 10
hours about the evils Of the chain
SSOASSs We always nave n6u OuI
trust busters, the baiters Of corpora
tons. One bogie dies and another
takes its place and the thing goes
on until presently one Of the old and
and almost forgotten boyle boys is
brought to life again.
As possession plans take shape,
1t appears that the country Is going
to be told again about the evils Of
the chain stores. There Is going
to be an attempt to legislate them
out Of existence. Many shout win
ring out on the floors Of the senate
and house about the danger to the
independent store operator. the man
at home. The bill, whatever form
it takes or whatever it proposes to
do, will serve as a vehicle for a
shouting mob Of Representatives and
senators. As usual, they will offer
no new argument, but they will send
copies of their speeches back home
and make great howdy-do over
themselves.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-22

fiction, dealing with the SUBJ
ject of religion. There are
new folks joining churches,
many of them of this young
er generation. We are not
living in a goddess age as
long as man retains his faith
in his fellowman and leads
an honest and upright life.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-22

Judges in scarlet robes and full
bottomed wigs carried posies of
flowers when they attended their an
nual service in st. Paul's Cathedral
in London and some gave their BIOS
SONS to children as they filed out.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-22

Many a reader went to
school where they were
taught that knowledge is
power. Today their chill
dren believe everything is
horsepower.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-22
The Nation,s Progress

National progress is the sum OF
individual industry, energy, and up
rightness, as national decay is OF
individual idleness, selfshness ard
vice.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-22

A wit has mentioned, seri-
ously, that the average man
needs some one to tell him
what to do. And all the time
we thought that was the rea-
son he got married.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-22

Maybe we will live TO see
the day when all highways
will be widened so that two
cars can start around you and
meet two more cars and tan
gle six at one time.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-22

paying the grocery-man is
not for him-he grows his
own. But a case like this is
not exceptional, it is only
brought to the attention of
readers to remind them that
if it can be done in Georgia
it can be done here.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-22

Construction in the Netherlands il
rs per cent higher than a year ago.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-22

The Church of England now has
$1,000 clergymen, 1000 fewer than in
1914.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-22

are In operation. It will continue
to happen, because there is not a
man nor a woman who will say
honestly that he or she will pay
higher price simply because the,
store at home is owned by somebody
who is a local citizen. I am old
fashioned about it. I will 20 to a
chain store many, many times, be-
cause I save money. It is my mon
ey that I am spending and am
going to get the most for it that /
can. The fellow who owns a local
store is in business to make profit
and / am willing that he shall have
profit, provided he can give me
the same value for what I spend as
does some other store. If the indie
pendent runs his store in a slip.
shod way, fails to manage his af-
fairs efficiently and thus has to have
higher prices, ! see no reason why
I should be the goat. To me, the
situation Is exactly the same as II
both competing stores were home
owned and, one Of them gave better
values.
Sane Regulation Of Chain
Stores Can Be Accomplished
II the chain stores are abusing
their power, a power they have sole
ly because they are big, the con-
gress and the several states surely
ought to take notice. There can be
sane regulation Of them. They can
be made to correct any abuses, but
I can not find any legitimate ex-
cuse for destroying them. ! am in
the role Of consumer. and every
legislator ought to consider that his
constituents are consumers and that
they must be given consideration.
] have been told by men in the
government whom believe have
general understanding Of the prob
lem that destruction of chain stores
viii raise retail prices of the things
they sell by as much as 20 per
cent. Who is going to pay that?
You and and everyone who buys
for consumption. If / can get my
cigarettes at two-for-a-quarter am
not going to pay is cents. So, If con-
gress or the state legislatures find
It necessary to protect the independ-
ent, that policy should be adopted.
But the extreme position of taxing
them out Of existence or DESTROYING
them some other way is utterly silly.
1t is, as said earlier, rather like
cutting off my nose to spite my face
and / have beak of which no
one could be very proudl
This chain store boyle man is Just
another of the many that are used
by politicians to build I'D them
selves. Once before, in these col
umns, l express ed the hope that
some time would like to see an
honest politician. / think it would
be refreshing to all of us.
! heard lately, too, of a movement
against those people who sell direct
to the consumers. There are GER
tain types of them that ought to be
locked up. Most of them, however,
have legitimate product and they
are making that product to sell to
consumers. The movement that is
now said to be spreading has
evolved into what is called the
Green River ordnance" munich
pal law which is designed to prevent
any house-to-house canvassers.
Problem of Separating
Crooks From Honest People
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-22
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UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
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OcHOOL Lesson
BY HAROLD L. LUNDouIsr m
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Lesson for December Is

Lesson subjects and Scripture texts "A.
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-22
All Factors in Situation
Need Careful Confederation

] suppose that some Of the things
] have said in this analysis Of ma
tional problem will make me as pop
ular as skunk with some local
merchants. ! believe, however, that
there are two sides to the argument
and that there must be moderation
in dealing with the hobgoblins that
are built up for selfish reasons,
either political selhshness or for
monetary gain.
Hence, argue that the country
and its legislative bodies must look
at all factors involved in the situa-
ton. Hysteria and demagoguery 60
hand in hand, with the demagogue
leading and capitalizing on the cir
cumstances he has created. II ii
can be shown where the brush sales
man or the salesman for the floor
sweeper or the home remedy sales
men are welding a bad influence
upon the life of the nation, prohibit
them as is done many places with
the saloon. If it can be shown that
the vast majority of the people get
no benefits from chain stores and
that the chain stores damage the ma
tional life, get rid of them or regu-
late them closely. My thought con-
tinues to be, however, that there
must be moderation in legislation.
eWestern Newspaper Union.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-22

Many a man figures that
the average American is a
fellow who worries this week
about going to the poor
house, and next week goes
out and buys an automobile.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-22

You can't blame any wom-
an for wondering if the
champion, Annie Oakley, ever
had any arguments with her
husband.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-22

The equipment of the local
fire department may be suf-
ficient to serve the needs of
the community but there are
always fires that win despite
the efforts of man and fire
apparatus. Most of us are
aware that fire insurance is
the best guard against COM
plete loss but all of us
haven't fire insurance. Be ON
your guard and carefully
watch the home fires burn.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-22

LESSON TEXT-Matthew 2:l-l2.
GOLDEN TEXT-God so loved the world.
mat ne gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish
but have everlasting life.-John 3:i6.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-22

from selling direct. At the moment.
! do not know Of any. Yet, accord
ing to the reports received by the
federal trade commission, there was
small town out in Wyoming which
actually convicted some boys from
the neighboring farms and SEN
fenced them to jail because they VIC
lated the city law, by selling direct
to the householders in the town.
That town ought to have a very red
face, it seems to me.
! said that there were certain
types OF canvassers ought to be
barred. refer to the racketeers
who scour the country in crews,
selling this or that or the other;
who are here today and gone tomor-
row, and who many times leave a
wake of dishonest dealings, insults
and sometimes plain thievery. OF
course, there, ought to be punish
ment OF that type. But why punish
the honest ones by placing them in
the same category as the crooks.
The problem becomes one of sepa-
rating the crooks from the legiti-
mate people, but your demagogue
will not do that, whether that dema-
gogue be a member of congress. a
member Of the state legislature or a
member Of the city council. He
would not be able to bleat so long
II he attempted to analyze the real
situation.
This "Green River ordinance"
hysteria is being promoted by some
outfit which, it appears from the
federal trade commission informa-
ton, goes from town to town and
operates campaigns for passage of
such a law. Those fellows make
money out Of their campaigns. The
local merchants pay the bill. For
the life of me, I can not see where
they are any better than the agents
Of the direct sellers whom they are
seeking to prohibit, because the
agents make a profit. I must cor
rect that last statement. The agents
OF the direct sellers are different.
Usually, especially the legitimate
agents, live in towns in their terri
tory and pay their taxes and buy
their human needs there. The pro-
motors run the campaign, take their
profit and scoot.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-22
Problem of Separating =
Crooks From Honest People

Now, there may be sound reasons
for a city council to bar anybody
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-15
COullJy ClCI
BV CITHA LAMSON,

FLEMING & ROBBINS, Attorneys
for Petitioner, 1l2l Los Angeles
stock Exchange Bldg, 639 South
Spring Street, Los Angeles, Cali
fornia.
F. l1-22 incl
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-15
Inquiry Opened
In LiquOr Cases

LOS ANGELES, Feb. Is. (UP)-
An assembly committee investigat-
ing vice and gambling today eX-
plored income tax returns and the
records of 200 cases in which Ii
quor licenses were revoked and
then restored.
The committee, headed by Assem-
bly, Speaker William Moseley Jones,
opened the inquiry as an aftermath
of the Harry Raymond bombing.
Jones said the state income tax
returns showed one well known
gambler" drew 100000 in the past
year from a well-known night club
in Hollywood.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-15
IL Real Estate For Sale
II LIUeStOcE For Sale

GOOD family COW, just fresh, $50.
Mrs. F.. w. Paine. Dahlia canal
and Heber road. Phone 8703-M
FIG
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-15
Air Liner Crashes
In Storm at Sea

ROME, Feb. 10. (UP)-An 1tal-
ian air liner carrying 10 passengers
and a crew of four crashed in a
storm in the Mediterranean Sun
day and has been given up for
lost. it was announced today
News of the crash was first dis
closed when families of passengers
and crew were notified that dis
aster" had overtaken the plane as
It flew from Cadiz, in Nationalist
Spain, toward Rome.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-15
"a Wanted, Miscellaneous
2S Business Opportunities

OPPORTUNITY. Want man to
handle job printing sales and ac-
counts. Experience not necessary.
Chance for someone with wide
business acquaintance. or young
man to develop real future. See
jenkins, POSJ-PresS. Phone 300.