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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-04-20
R0YS AND GIRLS WEEK TO
RECEIVE WIDE ATTENTION

Indications from all parts of the
limited States are beng received that
4.o observance of Boys and Girls
Wool, - April 10Th to May 9th =
n,;ll be more widespread this year
than in any other of the sixteen years
s;Oce the Week was originated, ac-
cording to information received from
1obn L. Griffith, chairman of the Ma
tional Boys and Girls Week Commit
tee for the United States.
Tho American Legion, the National
Committee of All Clubs, and the Ro-
+ary Clubs of the country, as well as
some thirty other cooperating organi-
cations, report pans for unusually
active participation. 1t is impossible
to estimate the number of boys and
GIRLS who will take part in the observ-
epce. according to Major Griffith, but
with such organizations as the fore
going, plus Kiwanis, Knights of Col
umbus, Lions, Exchange, Order of De-
Molay, Salvation Army, ". M. C. A.,
Bow Scouts, and others, the total of
participants will undoubtedly be num-
bered in the millions.
Boys and Girls Week is the out
growth of Boys Week which originat-
ed in 1920 through the Rotary Club;
of New York City and in few years
spread to all parts of the word. With
the growth of Boys Week, there de-
veloped the feeling that girls as well
as boys should be publicly recognized
during the week. Since 1884, children
Of both sexes from about ten to eight
cen years of age have been included
in the activities.
The annual program i'll most COM
munities includes parades, pageants
and exhibitions, church and citizen
ship activities, health, vocational and
educational events, as well as enter
tainments and athletics. A popular
feature is the boys and girls evening
at home, the objective of which is to
stress the mutual responsibilities of
parents and children as members of
the family group.
The object of Boys and Girls Week
are the following:
1. To focus public attention upon boys
and girls, their potentialties, and
their problems, to the end that in
creasing numbers of adults may be
awakened to the joys and oppor-
tunities of youth service and in
spired to participate.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-04-20
WOODFIELD

Mrs. James F. Burdette spent
Tuesday with Mr.. and Mrs. Barry
Beall of Lewisdale.
The Woodfield Grange met in the
hall Monday night. A special Eas-
ter service was held.
Mrs. Chester Hawkins of Etchison
spent the day Wednesday with Mrs.
Elmer Green.
The Young Woman's Bible class
met at the hall Wednesday night.
The class was organized two years
ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill King had as
guest on Saturday night, Mr.. and
Mrs. Bill Radcliffe of Four Corners;
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilfred Watkins of
Damascus, and Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Nicholson.
Mrs. Harvey Green is slowly i'm
proving after breaking her hip
Wednesday afternoon. She was
moved to the Montgomery County
General Hospital on Sunday.
Those confined to their bed with
measles are: Misses Frances Weaver,
Mary Ann Ward and Catherine
Canady.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Green were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy
Wachter on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Green had
as dinner guests on Sunday, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Green and son, Ray
mond, of Germantown.
Miss Peggy Pope spent Thursday
night with Miss Frances Pope of
Ridgeville.
Mrs. Ava King is spending several
days with her daughter, Mrs. Mar
win Spooner, of Washington, after
undergoing slight operation at the
Sibley Hospital last week.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-04-20
BROWNINGSVILLE

Miss Hilda Mae Hyatt of Damas-
Gus, who is student at the Uni
versity of Maryland visited Miss
Alma Burdette on Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Joseph Day and daughters,
Annie Laurie and Dorothy Rae Wis
tied at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward L. Burdette on Tuesday.
Those who visited Mrs. Joseph
Day on Wednesday were Mrs. Her
bert Barnes, Misses Louise, Vivian
and Maize Barnes, Mrs. Moody Bur
dette, Mrs. Nellie Burdette and in
FAINT daughter, Diana Elizabeth, and
Miss Virginia Burdette.
Miss Alma Burdette and Miss Raw
email Burdette visited Mrs. Joseph
Day on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Day spent
Friday in Washington, D. C.
Mr.. Lansdale Burdette is on the
sick list this week.
Mrs. Ruse Mullinix and Mrs. Will
liam Smith and daughter, all of
Lewisdale, visited Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Beall on Friday.
Mrs. Edward Burdette and daugh-
ter, Alma, visited Mrs. Emory Mox-
ley on Thursday afternoon.
There will be a double feature
consisting of two blackface comedies
ELECTION Night In Slumpdump" and
"The Haunted Hotel" given in the
Browningsville Hall, sponsored by
the Epworth League of the Bethesda
M. E. Church on April 26, at 8
P. M. During the time between acts
there will be added attractions and
refreshments for sale. The public is
cordially invited.
Misses Alma Burdette and Louise
Barnes have accepted positions in
Frederick, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy B. Weller of
Monrovia, and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
L. Burdette visited Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Aubrey Flynn of Aide, Va.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-04-20

meals, which are 40 cents. Three
meals are served daily.
There is no tuition charge for any
Of the courses offered by the Acad-
envy; and no obligation for future
merchant marine, military or naval
service of any kind is incurred by the
young men.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-04-20
Earthquake Zones

No portion of the earth's surface is
wholly without earthquakes. The so
called earthquake zones are only
places where disturbances are most
frequent or violent.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-04-20

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13
welcome the opportunity to pay such

welcome the opportunity to pay such
a price?
But much has been forgotten in
twenty years. The animosities Of
war days have grown dim in mems
memories. Bergdoll is no longer
much of a symbol. Millions Of chill
dren now growing up have never
heard of him-of the man who once
was as widely and unfavorably
known as the Kaiser. And we are
not a particularly vengeful people.
We do not 60 back on the bargains
of our military courts or of our civil
courts. The price to Bergdoll Of life
in America was set in days when
it may not have been so much of a
bargain. America will stick to it.
So, to put good face on bad bar
gain, let us hope that Grover Berg
doll lives to a ripe old age after he
gets out of prison to enjoy the bless
ings he once spurned-for whatever
real motives only his own heart
knows.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles Z. Tr1ceDeH.

in the next decade few more per cent
will be added to the growing group, in
Guiding medical men, who realize that a
strangers sneeze is not to be sneezed at.
In al! such matters there comes a
turning point. Maybe 1t will be at IS
per cent. When Is per cent of the popu-
lation fear and shrink from public sneez-
ing, perhaps something real will be done
about it.
So far Just few signs in public places,
and few articles here and there, speak
up against the practice of unrestricted
sneezing.
1t all helps, but much remains to De
done.
Physicians can't do it without wide
public support.
There is the case of the doctor who
told the father of boy who had SUI
fered from the "hu," and who didn't
seem to be able to regain his strength,
that he could take him to the movies.
but that if any one sneezed within 20
feet of him, he should take him out at
once.
This father had been one of the
indifferent ones, processing to poke fun
at persons who felt afraid of promiscuous
sneezing.
We wondered if he followed his ply
sicians advice.
Changeable weather such as we
have had this spring emphasizes that
something must be wrong with thu
Matchmaking mechanism of the average
human body under civilization.
The stable state maintained by the
body, keeping the temperature just SO, in
hot or cold weather, has under no en-
vironment been able to score 100 per cent
success Even savages suffer from colds
and grip and "f1u." In the early days
of settlement in America, sort of ia
grippe" known as "break-bone fever"
was treated by the Indians with herbs
which brought on sweating. The Colo
nists learned the secret from them, and
when they got the disease used the
same Indian herb, one of the eupato-
RUINS.
1t seems that since that date the
American public has been going down
hill steadily in the ability to resist
respirational diseases. Is it lack of
certain vitamins? Is it too much heat
in homes? Is it too much fat?
The answer is not at all clear to
any one.
An average observer may feel sure
that universal sneezing, at all times and
places, helps in the spread of colds, and
that indifference to this bad habit also
plays part.
er-choo!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13
Hoping for First Opportunity
To Vote in Thirty Years.

To the Editor Of The Star:
The people of the District are greatly
encouraged by the increasing interest
in their claim for the right to participate
IN national elections and to have direct
representation In Congress. It now
seems very probable that appropriate
amendment Of the Constitution will not
be much longer delayed. We are often
reminded, in extenuation of the present
situation. that many residents of the
District have been able to retain voting
right in the States, although paying taxes
here; but far greater number have not
been able to avail themselves of even
such a privilege. The writer, for ex-
ample, came to Washington from a
State that has an inadequate absentee
voter law. requiring the voter to main
porary-a claim that in his case would
be false. Hence, for 30 years he has
not voted. Three sons, in different
States, can vote, while their parents,
living in Washington, cannot. 1t is i'm
possible to justify such condition.
With the granting of suffrage to Dis
trict residents, 1t is presumable that
many who now have voting rights in the
States would relinquish them. Such
development will be aided by granting
to District residents such measure Of
participation in local government as
may be found consistent with the para
mount national interest.
April II. c. v. BURNSIDE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13
In the Halls of CONGRESS

implications of the Senate'S action
In following the House in cutting the
Presidents supplemental relief re-
quest from $15O,OOO 900 to $500, 900
are about evenly divided between in
dicating determination for de-
creased Government expenditures
and indicating rapidly weakening
administration leadership on Capitol
Hill. In this instance, of course,
these two trends are rooted in the
same congressional opinion, namely,
that the administration financial
policies must be reformed, if not by
cooperation then by force of votes
in the halls of Congress.
Dividing these implications for
purposes of discussion, however, it
must be conceded that any worth
while trend toward Government
economy must extend far beyond
slash in relief funds. To begin with,
such curtailment is not true econ
omy If effected by mere arbitrary
decision to cut amounts sought; in
stead, it should be effected through
careful and honest appraisal of
need with vigilance being directed
not only against extravaganza but
against reduction of funds to a point
where efficient administration of re-
lief is endangered.
In any event, relief alone cannot
and should not bear. the sole burden
of the curtailment drive. Compa-
rable standards of economizing must
likewise be applied to other expendi-
lures. Undoubtedly some might be
cut materially while others, such as
armament appropriations, appar-
emily must be stepped up rather
than down.
AS for the evidence of a weakened
administration leadership in Con-
gress, it cannot reasonably be con-
sidered an unmixed blessing even
among those who are fully out of
sympathy with the major New Deal
premises. That it probably means
an end to experimental legislation
must be considered a salutary de-
yelopment. But insofar as it may
interfere with positive national
policy in time of emergency, domes-
tic or international, it must be looked
~upon with some concern.
On this ground, it may well be
pointed out that as administration
power wanes there is comparable
increase in the responsibility of it's
opponents to contribute constructive
leadership rather than partisanship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13
Shooting Stars
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Placing the Blame.

Placing the Blame.
These are the days when some small
phrase
Holds meaning most intense.
For instance, If I tread the ways
OF hasty violence
Oh, do not let the things I do
Distress you or appall
1t is, let friends explain to you,
A Professionalism is all.
If should wrathfully arise
And speak in tones severe
With threats to blacken some ones eyes
Be patient while you hear
My angry words, and calmly trust
That it is all well meant,
The reason for these things is just
Artistic temperament.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13
ARLINGTON, VA.

Dear Sir:
well, here we are back to the time
Of the year when the birds and flowers
and trees just up and say, Well, here
It's spring again
II have enjoyed your articles in The
Star about the birds and the varied
comments you receive from your readers
Unfortunate is the man who cannot see
eye to eye with nature, and who would
destroy any of our bird life.
I'm the shrubbery around my garage
the cardinals have built a home. The
attention and devotion displayed by the
two for each other might well be lesson
for TIE human race.
"Spring and all that has come agaiA
has caused the poetic bee to buzz, and
I am inclos,ng a little effusion entitled
.Kerchoo to YOU
Sincerely, J. w. H."
Here's the way spring affects EN- over
In Virginia, just across the bridges:
KERCHOO TO YOU.
Miss Spring arrived the other day
With bag and baggage. heard her say
That shed been out a-gallavantin'
Meath budding boughs and warm rays
slantin'.
For quite some time, both here and there
She's travelled far, but always where
The sun-kissed soil brings forth anew
Life and beauty in varied hue.
Her trunks are filled with lacy dresses
And flowry tiaras to grace her tresses.
The birds acclaimed her with shout;
The flowers, wond ring what twas about,
Began to stir in warming beds,
And from the ground poked forth their
heads.
Now every morn on carpet green
She dances and sings. All, fate! ween
Miss Spring will catch her death of cold
Because by now she must be old.
She always fills my heart with cheer
A-a-a-ah, kerchoo!
removed my f1annels too soon this year
+ X 4 4
Kerchoo indeed
This audible sign of the season is not
confined to nearby Virginia.
People are kerchooing everywhere.
They kerchoo on the sidewalks, in public
vehicles, in homes, Offices, at athletic
events.
Thus vast accumulations OF varied
types OF cold germs are let loose on the
unsuspecting and the Indifferent.
Perhaps 80 per cent of the populace
remains totally Indifferent to this plain
menace.
Ten years ago SO per cent of the public
was Indifferent.
There has been slight gain. Perhaps
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13

in the long run protect her indie
pendence and freedom from subjec-
ton to the great powers.
Boris has more to lose in the long
run by hasty capitulation to Rome
and Berlin. For the present he would
be wiser to cooperate with his
neighbors and to refrain from any
territorial demands which would play
directly into the hands of Hitler and
Mussolini. So far, he has been dis
posed to do just that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13
TURNING Homewurd

Twenty years ago the name of
Grover Bergdoll was a hated symbol
in America.
Perhaps only psychiatrist is COM
petent to speculate on the motives
for the strange conduct of this
spoiled, rich son of German brewer
who owed everything to the hospi-
tally and democracy of his adopted
land.
This country is a haven of many
races, each of which retains to the
second and third generation natural
sentimental ties to its homeland.
Any war with any European nation is
bound to involve painful emotional
conflict for thousands of our citizens.
But, by and large, the conduct of
Americans of German descent in the
World War was admirable. In many
cases they were the most rabid anti
Germans, as they contemplated what
a blessing their ancestors had be-
slowed upon them by leaving the
militarist-dominated empire. The
roster of the A. E. F. was filled with
German names, and very seldom in
deed did any question arise as to the
loyalty of any of these soldiers.
The exceptions were so few they
were noteworthy. Bergdoll, because
of his wealth and previous harum-
scarum exploits which had gotten his
name in headlines, was the most
noteworthy of all and became the
symbol for the rest. He was the out
standing draft dodger," the slack
err who was the symbol of all
"slackers," the pro German" who
stood for the worst that the term
signified.
He became still more a symbol
when he escaped from his military
guards shortly after the war and
made his way to a haven in Ger
many-the land of his forefathers,
whose cause he presumably had ia
vored in the great conflict.
Now Bergdoll is twenty years older.
He has had twenty years of bitter ex-
perience. He wants to come back to
serve out his sentence and, having
paid his debt to society, resume his
place in the life of free country.
It is the ultimate and inevitable
triumph of justice. But perhaps in
this case justice would be better
served If this man could be refused
admittance even to an American Jail.
1t is a cheap price for him to pay
to exchange life in Nazidom for life
under the Stars and Stripes. How
many decent, upright, pitiable vic
tins Of German persecution would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13
Soft Coal Shutdown

While it is hardly conceivable that
either the United Mine Workers or
the soft coal operators will permit
their current bargaining dispute to
reach the point where exhaustion
of mined coal reserves would cripple
the country, the situation in WASH
ington, where available coal supplies
will be used up within a few days, is
sufficiently serious to emphasize the
Importance of breaking the deadlock
which has prevented the signing of
a new contract covering the Appala-
chan bitunlinous field.
The real issues involved in the con-
troversy are obscure and the con-
flicting statements issued by John L.
Lewis, president of the Mine Workers,
and Charles O'Neill, spokesman for
the operators, have not helped to
clarity them. When the contending
groups are so far apart that Mr..
Lewis can describe the shutdown as
a lockout" while Mr.. O'Neill is call
ing it strike" both apparently
speaking seriously, the difficulty of
making any fair appraisal of all the
issues becomes obvious.
Nevertheless, it is clear that the
principal bar to an agreement grows
out of the unions demand for a
closed shop or repeal of a penalty
clause which has been included in
all past agreements, and which i'm
poses fines on the union or it's men,
bers for strikes during the life of
contract. Union spokesman say the
operators have abused the penalty
clause by imposing fines indiscrimi-
nately, regardless of whether the
men were on strike or not working
for other reasons. Mr.. Lewis also
has said that the clause must be
eliminated to protect the Mine Work.
ers against entertainments by other
labor organizations" Mr. Lewis did
not identify the "other Tabor organ
izations," but the operators have
intimated their belief that he has
in mind the attempt of the American
Federation of Labor to organize non
union miners and is determined to
protect his organization against any
such encroachment.
Mr.. O'Neill, speaking for the opera
tors, has stated their unequivocal
opposition to closed shop, and con-
tends the penalty clause must be
retained to insure stability in the
industry.
If the penalty clause, and not the
closed shop, is the real issue, there
appears to be little reason why
settlement cannot be reached. II
the clause has been abused in the
past, such abuse could be eliminated
by requiring the approval of some
neutral party before it could be in
voked or by defining in the contract
specific conditions under which it
would become applicable. Certainly
whatever difficulties are presented
by this issue are not so great as to
justify either side in depriving the
Nation as whole Of its coal supplies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13
What Color?

"A virginia correspondent, MI.
Robert L. Jaynes of Fredericksburg,
has written to The Star requesting
editorial assistance on the shirt prob
lem. AS he so aptly remarks, all the
standard shirt colors have been pre-
empted by various subversive organi-
cations. If his list is correct, the
colors brown, blue, black, gray, green,
gold, khaki, red, silver and tan have
been stolen for this purpose, which
leaves very little for the man not
engaged in the overthrow business.
Must he 60 shirtless, laments Mr..
Jaynes, or masquerade under false
colors?
Research into the sartorial history
of the country shows that the prob
lem is not unique; other articles Of
wearing apparel have had false
and artificial significance attached
to them. Take the case of Sockless
Jerry Simpson of Arkansas. Years
ago he first achieved notoriety in his
native State by defying local tradi-
ton and wearing shoes. Initially
these symbols of aristocracy were a
political handicap, but after it be-
came known that Congressman, even
from Arkansas, would have to wear
shoes in Washington, he had such a
tremendous head start on the oppo-
sition that he was elected almost
unanimously. To his dying day, he
never wore socks, which he consid-
cred an effete luxury that would
eventually undermine the manhood
of the Republic and make 1t a push
over for the first foreign nation to
attack; but his opinion was never
officially adopted, and the Nation
survived.
To get back to current events, in
quiry at the Patent Office has de-
veloped the fact that the colors OF
shirts are not patentable. II they
were, the astute John Hamilton
would long ago have stolen the plain
white shirt for the Republican party,
and with such a powerful aid would
undoubtedly have sunk the New Deal
without trace. Advice is given,
therefore, to Mr.. Jaynes and others,
not to worry about colors, and by all
means to keep their shirts on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13

forts to prevent war materials reaching
England and France.
With this. idea in view. the totalitar-
ians will not hesitate to send airplane
carriers of our Atlantic seaboard and
bomb our Eastern cities.
The result will be that our foreign
commerce to neutrals will be endan-
gered as well as eastwise water traffic.
Our fleet will have to be used to pro-
tect this ocean trade. Everybody wants
the cash and carry" plan carried out,
but it will not prevent our being en-
broiled in war. MARK S. WILLING.
Montross, Va.
April II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13
Wants Present Neutrality
Laws Maintained.
To the Editor Of The Star.

To the Editor Of The Star:
AS a veteran Of the World War I
should like to recommend to Congress
that 1t maintain the neutrality laws as
they now are and not give the Chief
Executive any more leeway.
As we all well remember, President
Roosevelt fought the last war behind q
desk IN a comfortable Office in WASH
ington. He never was in trench or had
q gun shot at him, so his knowledge Of
war is necessarily somewhat limited.
April Z. A. LEE.