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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-07-25

never would accept the responsible
ity-then the morale Of your fighting
force Is gone. Any one knows that
maintenance of high spirit among a
fighting force is the first essential.
Moreover, if the army was discred-
tied, smeared, blackened by polit-
ical attack, who among those willing
to enlist will want to be associated
with 1t thereafter. The number
would be surprisingly few.
I have omitted reference thus far
to the fears that I have concerning
use of such national policy upon
the nations general attitude. Once
before, in these columns, I wrote
that the fall of every nation, disin-
tegration or its subservience to die
tatorship, was preceded by forced
training Of all civilians. They be
came the tools of a few leaders and
those few leaders eventually were
knocked of. even as Hitler and
Stain and Mussolini have done.
Yes, I am convinced that universal
military training constitutes another
and an important step towards die
tatorship. It may be called I'm
American in principle.
Since the war in Europe gave Mr..
Roosevelt an excuse to get excited
and to spread hysteria throughout
the nation. to seek and gain appro-
priations of $4,000. 900. 900 more
from congress, this compulsory mill
itary training idea has been spawn
ing. It was due to follow the pro-
posals for the sensational expansion
Of the army and the navy. It was
the next and the logical step. With
plenty Of money to spend and no
plans for spending it, comes now
the program for universal training.
Things like that happen when the
wedding takes place after courtship
Of two days.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-07-25
Novel Milk Marketing
Works to Perfection

FREEPoRT, MICH. = Mrs.
Maud Rogers here has a novel
method Of selling milk to neigh
bors. She leaves her refrigera.
tor and house door unlocked,
and neighbors come and 90 as
they please to get their milk,
leaving the money in a box or
paying later.
In nine years she has been sell
ing milk this way. Mrs. Rogers
says she has not lost the price
OF one bottle nor has milk been
stolen.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-07-25
Naming Knox and Stin,son
Might Be Political Trick

Nor can l figure out why Mr..
Roosevelt resorted to the appoint
ment Of two Republicans-Col.
Frank Knox and Henry L. Stimson-
to be heads of the navy and war
departments, respectively, unless it
was a political trick. While these
two men may be, and probably are,
good men, it strikes me that there
surely were two good Democrats
available somewhere among the
135, 900, 900 Americans. .
One has to 60 back several months
to understand these appointments.
I have recorded in these columns
before the hapless type of Harry
Woodring, who was forced out Of
the job of secretary of war. I have
told likewise how the late Claude
Swanson was unable to do his job
as secretary of the navy because Of
illness. ! have told Of the strife
within the war department and it
was common knowledge that Charles
Edison was named secretary to sue
coed Mr.. Swanson only to boost his
political stock, now shaped up in q
campaign for governor Of New Jer-
sey. All Of these things obtained
through months past, when-as we
are told these days-the Chief Ex-
ecutive knew the war in Europe was
coming headon. The fact also re-
manned that there was no great
movement on the part Of Mr.. Roose-
welt or any Of his advisors to place
big men" in the jobs which direct
military preparedness.
/ wonder, in view of all Of these
things. whether any one can be
blamed for smelling politics? I
wonder, also, whether any one can
feel that the appointment of Colonel
Knox and Mr.. Stimson represented
anything more than the cheapest
type of politics, stirred into the
bowl just a few days before the Re-
publicans met In their national con-
vention to nominate Mr.. Willkie.
It is to be hoped that the two new
secretaries will be able to do a good
job. The secretary Of war, of
course, will be the man to have
charge Of the universal training, If
congress ever enacts it into law.
But Secretary Stimson, a Republi-
can all Of his life, becomes the
mouthpiece Of the President of the
United States who appointed him.
He cannot, he dare not, be anything
else, and 1t is not a situation that
convinces me Of real desire for
national unity.
So, instead Of all Of this hula
balloo, why not have some honesty
and common sense? Why not let
the army go ahead with its program
Of expanding slowly and as it is
capable Of taking care of the Job?
That would bring US nine great divi-
sions, ready to move on "a hours
notice in case Mr.. Hitler's airplanes
started landing in Kansas City, as
Mr.. Roosevelt once said was pos
sible.
Moreover, we might 60 ahead and
build a real national defense that
will stand the test, because there
surely is money enough available
under the recent appropriations. It
can be done. All army officers say
that, and every one else says it can
be done. 1t win fail miserably, as
it ought to, however, If the govern
mental plan is to build the house
first and construct a foundation for
it later. You may recall how one of
the federal housing projects in West
Virginia Topped because the houses
were built Of one dimension and the
foundations Of another.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-07-25
United We Stand?

THEY'RE still laughing about spectacle provided
by the Maryland delegation at the Democratic conven-
vided in the grand parade after President Roosevelt
was nominated Sereney aloof from the milling thrcng
stood Senator Tydings, clutching Maryland banner
mert's poker-face marched with calm dignity among
the paraders with another Maryland banner over his
shoulder.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-07-25
MILITARY TRAINING

Formation Of a national policy
requires vast amount of thought.
Compulsory training might affect
the morale Of the army. History
shows that dictatorship usually
follows forced training Of civil
ians. Naming Of Knox and Slim
son might be a political trick.
One must 60 back a few months
to understand these appoint
ments, when the war gave Roose-
welt an excuse to get excited.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-07-25
As Lambs Among Wolves

Go your ways: behold, send you
forth as lambs among wolves. Carry
neither purse. nor scrip, nor shoes;
and salute no man by the way. And
into whatsoever house ye enter. first
say. Peace be unto this house
Luke 10: 3-5.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-07-25

sorry military train
ing is certain to be-
come a much dis
cussed subject dur
ing the coming pres
idential campaigns.
! think 1t may be
well to delve into the
subject again with
the idea Of reporting
and analyzing recent
developments. There
was a first flush OF
heat churned up
W b en- President
Roosevelt proposed
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-07-25
The Works Of tha lord

Praise ye the Lord. I will praise
the Lord with my whole heart, in
the assembly of the upright, and in
the congregation. The works Of the
Lord are great, sought out Of all
them that have pleasure therein
Psalm Ill: /, 2.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-07-25
Would Destroy Morale
OF Our Fighting Force

This may be said to be an I'M
important argument. I say that it
is vital. The reason is that once the
army h discredited, as it surely
would be, by failure to do its as
signed job-because the politicians
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-07-25
Still A FavOrite

His aspirations shattered and his hold on the Demo-
cratic party broken jim Farley still acclaim
before given to political chairman after the Chicago
convention The genial Postmaster General was ten
dered dinner by newspaper writers, the boys who
usually do nothing but eat such meals.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-07-25

II we can not hope that life viii
be all happiness we may, at least,
secure q heavy balance on the right
side.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-07-25
The God within

God worketh In you" This Inn
plies the actual presence Of God at
the center of our being.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-07-25
Lesson for July %

lected and copyrighted by Inter- e atise; sc;
n COUNCIL OF Religious Education; used Su
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-07-25
WEIGHING CONSEQUENCES
A Principle of Temperate Living

LESSON TEXT-Proverbs ,.7-,o. r.,
an I'll; u. 1923; Galatians e:7.s 1901
GOLDEN TEXT-Codliness is nroe.
ape unto all things. having promise ~
tne me tnat now is, and of that which 10
TO GOMEZ Timothy 4:8. WINCH ~
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-07-25
THIS N THAT

What is going to happen to the
man who is living from hand to
mouth when he sprains his wrist
Many mothers are now wishing
that schools offered courses in how
to help around the house.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-07-25

By WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service, National Press
Bldg, Washington, D. c.
WASHINGTON.-S Since it is APP
parent that the question Of compul-
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Improved 0 CTTNDAV
Uniform oo
International / SCHOOL
blossoms

By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. d n
Dean OF The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
'heieased by Western Newspaper Union
Evening star., 1940-10-30
Hull Labels as Politics
Reports He'd Serve
In WiIIkie Cabinet
But Secretary Leaves
Question of Whether He'd
Accept Post UncIeor

Secretary of State Hull today took
sharp and cryptic cognizance of re-
ports circulating around the country
that Wendell Willkie intends to re-
tain him in his cabinet post if Mr..
Willkie is elected President.
At his press conference, Mr.. Hull
said that the reports seemed to
smack of politics and that he did
not countenance them for moment.
On the contrary, Mr.. Hull said, he
most strongly disapproved of circu-
lation through the country Of these
reports. He said he had no know
ledge of the origin of the reports
Newspapermen reminded Mr.. Hull
that a few days ago he told his
press conference that naturally in
a time of national emergency he
would tender his services to the
country in any position from his
present post to that of doorman.
He was asked if that statement was
applicable to the present situation.
Mr.. Hull responded that there
was no politics in what he had said.
The question of whether he would
accept an offer from Mr.. Willkie
was left unclear. The reports ap-
parently had their origin in a speech
by Mr.. Willkie a week ago Monday,
where he promised, If elected, to
apoint the ablest, most experienced
man available to conduct our for
eign affairs.
Evening star., 1940-10-30
American Pilot Killed
As Japanese Fell Liner
Trash to Be Examined.
Ey The Associated Press

ey the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, China, Oct. 80
Walter c. Kent of Kentwood, La,
pilot, and seven Chinese passengers
were killed when a passenger air
liner of the China National Aviation
Corp. was shot down yesterday by
Japanese warplanes, an official an
nouncement said today.
Two other Chinese passengers
and the Chinese co-pilot and hostess
survived.
The plane, en- route from Chung
king to Running, fell near Chanyi
80 miles from Running.
Kent. who would have been 81
years old tomorrow, was a graduate
of Sewanee University, Tennessee
trained at Brooks and Kelly Fields
Tex, and joined the China Ma
tional Aviation Corp. in the summer
of 1887.
He is survived by his widow, the
former Marie Brown, American
born resident of Shanghai. and their
son, Peter, Sd. Mrs. Kent is in
Hong Kong and had planned to
depart by clipper for the United
States on Friday She Cancelled
her passage because of her hus-
bands death.
Kent's plane was similar to one
shot down in August, 1898, in the
only other previous Japanese at
tack on one of the lines ships.
Evening star., 1940-10-30
BY ROBERT BRUSKIN.

Seventeen hours and 81 minutes
after the first capsule was drawn,
the Nations first peacetime draft
lottery came to an end at SAT am.
today with the future of more than
100000 men arranged in ordered
sequence.
The last moments of the drawing,
as the first, had a dramatic touch.
For after the last capsule, number
2114, had been drawn from the
glass jar by Brig. Gen. Lewis B.
Hershey, assistant director of Selec-
tive service, it was found six num-
bers were missing of the 5000 sup
posedly placed in the bowl. A sur
reptitious side lottery was hastily
arranged. Into a brown felt hat
owned by Capt. Francis v. Keesling,
jr went six capsules containing the
missing numbers.
Newspapermen who had kept the
Evening star., 1940-10-30
| Roosevelt Visit
ToHome of Son
|Gets Lane Paved
sy the Associated Press.

BOSTON, Oct. 30.-A newly paved
lane giving access to the rear Of
the Beacon street apartment of his
youngest son, John, awaited arrival
of President Roosevelt today.
Also bordering the lane were the
rear entrances to four Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology frater-
nifty houses, from which were sus-
pended two large signs bearing the
inscriptions: Inspection Tour or
Fishing Trip" and Massachusetts
Welcomes Willkie."
One Theta Chi member said Bea-
con street residents, particularly
members of the fraternities, had
tried unsuccessfully for six years to
have the lane paved. 1t parallels
Beacon street, along the Charles
River bank
A secretary to Mayor Maurice j.
Tobin said that Office presumed
the paving, installed last night, was
for the purpose of making more
convenient" the arrival and depart
ure of the President when he visits
his son tonight prior to making a
campaign speech at the Boston Gar
den.
Evening star., 1940-10-30
B. & 0. Fireman Is Killed
In Fall From Locomotive

The fireman on a speeding Balti-
more g. Ohio passenger train fell
to his death from the locomotive
cab near Laurel, Md, about o'clock
this morning.
Railroad officials said he was c.
B. Fletcher of Baltimore No expla-
nation of the accident was i'm
mediately forthcoming.
According to an executive Of the
railroad, Mr.. Fletcher plunged to
the roadbed as the train, number
las, a "commuter" operating be-
tween Baltimore and Washington,
approached Laurel on its way to
Washington.
c. w. Mcdaniel, the engineer rid
ing with Mr.. Fletcher, had not yet
made an official report of the
tragedy.
The body was taken to an under
taking establishment in Laurel
pending an investigation by police
and the coroner.
Evening star., 1940-10-30
"a Firemen FeIIed
In Blaze al Hotel
Training School
Nine Token to Hospital;
Entire Basement of
Building Chorred
picture on Page A-6.J

Nine firemen were taken to Emer-
gency Hospital and about IS others
were gassed as result of a stubborn
blaze which swept the basement of
the Lewis Hotel Training School,
Twenty-third street and Washing
ton Circle, at 7 am. today.
Two alarms brough 18 pieces OF
apparatus, almost all of the crews
Of which were already on the verge
of exhaustion from battling the
Munitions Building fire which they
had barely finished extinguishing.
Water was pumped into the cellar
of the school for nearly two hours
before the flames were brought un-
der control. Believed to have
started in an oil burner, the fire
burned of the Illuminating gas
meter and ignited the gas.
List Includes Battalion Chief.
Those taken to Emergency after
being overcome by escaping gas
and smoke were Chief H. B. Barker
of the Second Battalion, 1t. Ray
mond E. Hunt of No. IS Engine
company, Pvt. Scott Valentine of
No. 5 Truck company, Pvt. George
Sowerby of No. Is Truck company,
1t. Clarence Bum, No. 5 truck
company; Sergt. A. N. Grunwen,
No. 2 truck; Pvt. Joseph Mattare,
No. % engine company; Pvt. John
R. Barber of No. % engine company,
and Pit. Joseph Lyddane, No. 5 truck
company.
All but 1t. Bum, Sergt. Grunwell
and Pvt. Lyddane were admitted for
treatment. Doctors said that none
of the men was in serious condition.
Others, including Fire Chief
Stephen Porter were given first aid,
in some cases elf-administered, on
the scene, but none required ex-
tensive treatment.
Later in the day Chief Porter, i'll
and exhausted from fighting the two
fires, went home. Members of the
Fire Board expected him back at
his job tomorrow.
Virtually the entire cellar of the
building, including stacks of files,
was charred.
No Estimate of Damage.
No estimate was made of the dam
age.
Several of the firemen who were
overcome by the fumes collapsed in
the cellar and had to be assisted out
by their comrades.
Heavy oil smoke poured through
the cellar windows and billowed up
above the building, attracting nearly
a thousand persons to the scene.
Traffic at Washington circle was
blocked.
The fire had already made extern
sive headway when James Day,
utility man at the school, opened
the building and discovered the
flames.
Evening star., 1940-10-30
Even 7oxicobs Used by Greeks
To Rush Soldiers to F Front
SoIoniko Calm Despite CIoseness of War;
People Resolved to Keep Back Italians

An unofficial report here said 500
Italians were captured in fighting
along the frontier mountain passes.
There have been no air or sea
attacks on Salonika. The public is
calm and orderly despite the close
ness of the war.
Everywhere in the streets, in the
shops and cafes there seems to be
unlimited resolution to keep the
Italians checked. Enthusiasm for
Britain is high.
The people of Salonika looked sea-
ward today for the possible approach
of italian bombers.
The first Greeks wounded at the
front were reported to have reached
base hospitals here, but casualties so
far are considered to be surpris-
ingly few.
The Greeks are using artillery EN-
placements blasted out of the noun
tain precipices. The rocky surround
ings protect the gun crews from
aerial bombings.
Evening star., 1940-10-30
Italians Report
40-MiIe Push
Into Greece
Athens Insists Line
Is Held Unbroken:
British Loy Mines
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A Rome radio broadcast as
serted today that Italian troops
had smashed 40 miles into
Greece, capturing the town Of st.
Nicholas, but Athens reported
that reinforced Greek fighters
were holding an unbroken front
under heavy artillery fire.
The Italian attacks, supported
by planes and mountain guns,
were said to be steadily intensi-
flying.
Authoritative Fascist quarters in
Rome acknowledged the Greeks
were resisting stubbornly, but de-
MED that troops of the little
Aegean kingdom had driven a
counter-thrust into Albania, the
starting point of the italian invasion
Monday.
Great Britain stepped up aid to
her new ally, the London Admiralty
announced, by mining approaches
TO key ports on the Greek coast, not
ably in the Gulf of Aegina which
guards Piraeus. the port of Athens.
Other mine fields were sewn in the
Cuffs of Patras and Corinth and
in the waters lying north of Crete
along the east coast of the Pelopon-
neSuS.
British military circles denied re-
ports that British troops have al
ready landed on the Grecian isles of
Corfu and Crete, following a broad
cast of Rome dispatches saying
Italian troops had also landed at
Corfu and were fighting the British.
Amid sparse reports of actual
fighting, evidently trimmed by a
heavy censorship on both sides,
Athens reported that the italians
were striking hard into the western
sector of Greece's defenses in a drive
apparently aimed at Ioannina (Ja-
ninD some 80 miles from the Greek
Albanian border.
Evening star., 1940-10-30
lComero lobbyist
Nearly Loses $50
LAT Draft Lottery

The preoccupation of candid
camera fan with making pictures OF
the lottery nearly cost him $50 and
his pocketbook last night.
According to officials at the De-
partmental Auditorium, Lawrence
w. Carlson of Wisconsin, who is re-
siding at 1900 F street NV, took
out his wallet, placed it on a plat
form, balanced his camera on the
top of the pocketbook, took picture
of the scene on the stage, then
walked off with his camera, forget
ting his pocketbook.
Jack w. Gross of Airway Traffic
Control Center, Washington Air
port, noticed what had happened.
He turned the wallet over to guards,
and the loser, who came rushing
back within Is minutes, retrieved
his wallet, which contained $50.50 IN
cash and a large check.
Evening star., 1940-10-30
BY ]. IVES GALLAGHER,

Associated Press War Correspondent.
SALONIKI, Greece, Oct. 30.-I have
been watching at first hand the
Greek army moving up swiftly to
meet Italy's attack.
All regular passenger traffic was
blocked when I crossed the Yugo-
slav border, but I managed to get on
by railway handcar and freight, ar
irving in this strategic port in time
to see one phase Of Greece's de-
termined preparations to hold their
country from the invaders.
Since I arrived here there has
been continual activity as troops
are moved to the northwest to
strengthen the defenses there. All
motor transport has been requisi-
toned. Even taxicabS are being
used to carry soldiers to the front
where, the Greeks say, the Italians
are making no headway in their
attempts to break the Metaxas line.
Evening star., 1940-10-30
WiIkie Denounces
Kennedy and BuNitt
For Leaving Posts
Calls Radio ToIks Cheap
Political Speeches. to
Preserve Their Jobs
(Tert OF Willkie speeches on
Page A-12.)
By J. A. O'LEARY,
Star Staff CorreSpondent

ABOARD WILLKIE SPECIAL
EN- ROUTE TO MARYLAND. Oct.
30.-Wendell L. Willkie today de-
nounced American Ambassadors
Bullitt and Kennedy for leaving
their posts in France and England
and coming home to make cheap
political speeches, like any political
hirelings trying to preserve their
jobs"
Commenting on the President S
practice Of calling up the State De-
partment by telephone when he is
out of Washington, Mr. Willkie said
he would have to call there, because
he would not find the Ambassadors
at their posts.
Lashing out also at the support
given the President by Mayor
Frank Hague of Jersey City. Mr..
Willkie declared. Il am going to
break up the firm of Frank and
Frank in this election"
AS he headed toward Maryland
today, Mr.. Willkie told the crowd
at Clarksburg, w. Va, this morning
he is the only candidate in this
campaign who represents the prin-
ciples of the Democratic party.
I'VE Haven't Got the Guns"
In Charleston, w. Va, last night
he answered President Roosevelt's
charge of Republican opposition to
the administrations defense pro-
posals by asserting that the Demo-
Gratis had the votes in Congress, but
I'VE haven't got the guns"
Mr.. Willkie told the crowd at
! Clarksburg he understood he was
speaking in Democratic territory. He
said he had tried to talk in many
such areas because "as a matter Of
fact I am the sole candidate in this
campaign who represents the prin-
ciples of the Democratic party"
Declaring that he wanted to
preach them a sermon, Mr.. Willkie
said this would be his text:
The genius of America is stronger
than any candidate or any party.
This campaign, hard as it has been,
has not shattered my sense Of
humor or of proportion. I still
know the fate of America cannot
depend on one man. The greatness
| of America rests upon principles,
not upon any personality. I for one
shall remember that, even as Presi-
| dent"
Mr.. Willkie paused for a moment,
then told the crowd President
Roosevelt expressed those views in
1882.
THE sense of humor is gone" he
added.
Sees Bankruptcy Ahead.
An hour later, at Grafton, a rail-
road center, Mr.. Willkie assured the
workers he will not merely retain,
but strengthen new laws for the
benefit of labor. This administra-
ton, he told them, has spent in
seven and a half years two-fifths
of all the money spent by the Gov
ernment in $50 years. 1t has dou-
bled the national debt, he added.
you railroad men, you pottery
men," he continued, TASK anybody
in whom you have confidence if
this administration is continued
this country will go down the road
(see WILLKIE, Page A-5)