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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-04-25
1900 Attend Democratic
At Silver Spring
TO Hear HOJUnrd Bruce
Major E. Brooke Lee Introduces Guest Speakers.
OConor, Walsh, Peter, Cantrel And Pugh Also
Speak. Hampton Presides

county housing plan. The letter
follows:
Mr.. Nathan Straus, Administrator,
United States Housing Authority,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr.. Straus:
The establishment of a Housing
Authority for Montgomery county,
Maryland, to my mind opens up
many possibilities for you and
offers opportunities which / think
are quite unusual. From time to
time there has been some comment
in Congress to the effect that ac-
Invites to cure slum conditions had
been restricted too much to the
large cities and that effort should
be made to show what could be
done in such matters in rural and
quasi-rural districts.
The creation of the new Housing
Authority for Montgomery County
would facilitate greatly any efforts
which you might make to set up in
that county slum clearing projects.
The county is very we'll organized
in very many ways and the per-
sonnet of the new committee is
excellent. Major E. Brooke Lee
has had long and wide experience
in real estate matters in Montgom-
cry County and has an intimate
knowledge of conditions of housing
and general business conditions in
that county.
/ 4 have not the data to attempt
any general comparisons but it is
difficult for me to conceive of any
county in the United States better
equipped than Montgomery Coun-
ty at this time to serve as a place
for experiments in rural housing.
The existence of the Housing Au-
thority of Montgomery County, the
organization of that county, it's
proximity to Washington, are
among the many reasons which I
could easily site in support of the
statement which l have made.
| Certainly successful efforts to
show what could be done through
the cooperation of the Federal
Government in matters of rural
housing would find a more force
full expression in Montgomery
County than in any other place
that | know. l was very glad to
be able to attend the conference
in your Office few days ago and
to have had the opportunity of dis
cussing this matter with you, your
associates, Congressman Byron and
Major Lee.
/ am confident that the Housing
Authority in Montgomery County
would be ready to act quickly and
efficiently on any basis of coopera-
ton which you might have in mind
and I recommended most heartily
, that you give favorable considera-
ton to the suggestion Of establish
ment of such projects in that
county.
Sincerely yours,
GEORGE l.. RADCLIFFE,
(Signed).
Gil Fidelity Building,
Baltimore, Maryland.
September 18th, 1889.
I Speaking on behalf of Mr.. Bruce,
Governor O'Conor claimed Mr..
Bruce would be his choice to rep
resent Maryland in State affairs.
"This is the largest and best of
the campaign meetings" said the
Governor.
Governor 0'Conor received q
tremendous ovation when he stated
that about $4,000 would be re-
turned as Montgomery County's
share Of the income tax. 1t had
previously been put at $4,000.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-04-25
Townsend Club Meets

Announcement has been made
that Robert B. Kinlble, CumIber-
land, will be the guest speaker
at a meeting of the Rockville
Townsend Club, Sunday, April 20,
2:30 P. NJ, Rockville Fire
House.
Mr.. Kimble is opposing Walter
johnson, Stewart and Frank R.
Long for nomination in Congress.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-04-25
WOmen's Club To
Dine On May 2

On Thursday, May 2, the Rock
Vile Women's Club will hold their
annual luncheon at the Manor
Club, Norbeck.
Mrs. L. Fletcher Schott, presi-
dent, win preside. Steve Coeh-
ran, owner Of the Olney Theatre,
will speak on Country theatre
projects.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-04-25
MONTGOMERY
Nl SIDELICHTS
By ELSIE WHITE HA1NEs

We went to Gaithersburg Tues.
day evening and attended the
opening of their new Free
Library, in the Barnett building
We gave them one dollar and be-
came a member of the Friends Of
the Library Association, got a
card and borrowed a book-it is
not necessary to become a Friend
/ to borrow a book, but only the
friends are voting members, and
those membership dollars will
help pay for more books.
The room over the drug store
is being donated by DIR. w. D.
Barnett-,he had a new floor put
in-new paint and paper have
quite transformed the place
many Of those in attendance have
rather painful memories Of it, for
DR.. Bates Etchison, the dentist,
used it for nearly twenty five
years-remember how he always
said "Now, honey, this is going
to hurt like the devil" as he
ground into a molar?
DR.. Etchison is member OF
the board of trustees, together
with Mrs. Dudley Robertson, Mrs.
Clay Plummer, Mrs. John S. Lar
combe, Mrs. Alfred Christie, DR..
Alice Rhine, Hobart Ramsdell, Irv-
| ing McCathren, and the Rev.
Norman Schribner.
The result is a good example
of the old adage, eff at first you
don't succeed, try, try, again
for this was the third attempt
to establish a library in the town,
according to Mrs. Dudley Robert
son, who is president of the asso-
|CiatfOn s .sA.7s
They have about $500 books,
land more are being received
|daily-do send them a book or
better still send them a dollar
they hope as time goes on to build
up a good reference shelf.
The library will be open Mon
days, Wednesdays and Fridays
from / to 8 P. M. and Tuesdays,
Thursday and Saturdays from 2
to 9 P. M. Mrs. Dudley Robert
son, Mrs. Harry Britt, Mrs. AL
fred Christie and Mrs. Otis Gard
|ner and Mrs. William Crawford
will alternate as librarians, occa-
|sionally relieved by Mrs. John
Larcombe and DR.. Alice Rhine.
We read in the inventory of
archives of Maryland that Cath
|ersburg, five miles from Rockville,
was named for Benjamin Gather
who built the first house within
its limits, in 1902. 1t was slow
|ot growth - for twenty-five years
Later there were only three or
-Four houses-it grew more rap
Poly after the Metropolitan Branch
|of the B&O railroad was built
thru the town.
Until sometime after 1850 it
was known as Forest Oak-local
tradition has it that Braddock
and Washington, rested and
iunched under a large oak in the
town, while surveying for the
right Of way for route 240. The
cemetery is still known as Forest
Yak, and we remember when there
was a Forest Oak Hotel.
The population of Gaithersburg
Is about 1900. William McBain,
a Scotchman with most delight
1ul accent, a real sense of humor
ana a passion for fishing, is mayor.
Inc councilmen are-Otho Ttrun-
Ole, William Cooley, Hobart Rams
oeii, and George Marshall.
Don't you think Forest Oak
Library in memory of the old
name would be rather nice-we
predict that it will not be many
years before the present quarters
VIII be too small to accommodate
Inc hbrary-and do hope by that
'ime we can have a building as
nice as the one in Rockville, the
history of which we hope to give
some time.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-04-25
Democrats To Dance

Alger Y. Barbee, chairman in
charge, has announced the annual
spring dance United Young Mems
: Clubs, Friday, May 10,
at the Manor Club.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-04-25
Birth Announcement

Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Violette
are receiving congratulations on
the birth of a daughter, Sunday
in Rockville.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24
TAXABLE WEALTH INCREASES

While the 81, 608,474 new valuation placed
on the county tax books does not represent
the net gain in assessable property, as the
"Wrlte-oft' has not been checked against it,
1t does indicate that New Hanover county
mas made substantial gains in invested capt.
tai during the last year, and encourages the
forecast that 1910 will be a banner year for
the community.
1t is significant that Federal Point own
ship, in which the Ethyl-Dow plant is sit
uated, contributed most to the assessment
gain. 1t points the fact, as. repeatedly claimed
IN these columns, that the county's advance
ment, next to port development, depends upon
industrial expansion. New construction at the
Ethyl-Dow plant accounts for the bulk of the
Federal Point townships lead. If additional
industries were brought into the county, they
would do as much in increasing the county's
taxable wealth and the county's revenue. And
it is not too wild a dream to believe that
with the tax burden shared by more indus
tries the individual load could be reduced,
Clearly, a concerted effort to- bring new
industries to New Hanover county is among
the more important needs of the hour.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24
Editorial Comments
From Other Angles
DISASTER ON THE RAILS
New York Herald Tribune

The really astonishing safety of American
railroad operation is never SO apparent as in
the exceedingly rare, if CHASTITY, moments of
tragedy such as that which overlook the New
York Central's Lake Shore Limited. The very
shock of disaster emphasizes the rarity of it's
occurrence; while the violence of the destruc-
ton. with it's reminder of how titanic are the
forces at play in any speeding express train,
emphasizes the near perfection of the human
and mechanical controls which, year in and
year out, over millions of train miles of op-
Grafton, in all weathers and under all condi-
lions of traffic, keep these forces under their
safe command. A disaster Of this sort is a dis
aster by a millionth chance-which is a much
smaller chance than one runs among the haz-
ards of a quiet day at home and in the office,
Nevertheless, that mil>~lth chance must be
investigated, as, of course, it will be by the
Interstate Commerce Commission. The first
announcements seem to point to a human CT
ror on the part Of the engineer, who is dead
and cannot defend himself. AS to that, one can
only wait until the technicians have sifted
all the available evidence. Some have asked
whether the new equipment and higher speeds
to which the railroads have been driven by
competition from the air have had any ten
dency to lessen safety. Offhand, this wreck
would seem to offer no more reason for sup
posing SO than did the wreck last August of
the Southern Pacific streamllner which was
deliberately derailed by a criminal act of sabo'
tage, while on the point of equipment, at
least, the fact that the standard cars Of the
Lake Shore Limited seem to have suffered in
about the same way as the lightweight cars
of the streamliner under similar conditions is,
perhaps reassuring as to the new lightweight
trains. But such questions are for expert analy-
sis. One may feel sure that if any weakening
in the roads defenses against accident should
be revealed, it will be reported and eliminated.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24
SOUTHPORT OR MOREHEAD CITY

The controversy over a site for a nautical
school on the North Carolina coast revolves
now around population. A state empIoye had
recommended Mrehead City as near the cen
ter Of the coast fine. The Brunswick County
Chamber Of Commerce has completed a sur
vey which indicates two-thirds OF the states
population and industry nearer Southport
than Morehead City.
The Brunswick county organization, through
W. B. kBzIAH. its secretary, contends it is
not fighting Morehead City's claims, but
wants the facts known before a decision is
reached. Mr.. KEzIAH, in a dispatch to the
Greensboro Ners, says that 63 of North Caro-
|lina's 100 counties have their borders within
the radius. nearer Southport than Morehead
City. The center of population, he points out,
at Siler City. is within the Southport area.
The industrial center is some 60 miles to the
west, approximately at High Point. Bruins
wick county lie says, claims that two-thirds
of the population and two-thirds of the indus
trial activity Of North Carolina are nearer
Southport than to .Morehead, on the much
favored central part of the coast"
And, for the present, there the discussion
rests. If the decision is to be on a population
basis, which seems fair, the choice will have
to go to Southport.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24
DO IT NOW

While partial protection from typhoid may
follow vaccination in a week, full immuniza-
ton cannot be established in less than two
months.
This fact is used by DR.. CARL V. REYNOLDS,
state health officer, as basis for an appeal to
the people Of North Carolina contemplating
vacation trips to take the shots early. WHY
not act now" asks the doctor, Gin order to
be prepared fully when you take your vaca-
ton or go camping this
An ounce of prevention is still worth a pound
Of cure. Wise people in the state will accept
DR.. REYNOLDS timely advice and assure them
selves Of freedom from this disease which is
chiefly spread by flies, familiar denizens OF
most vacation spots.
Typhoid fever is no longer the cause OF
great epidemics which swept the country be
tore it's germ was discovered. But it still
makes heavy inroads upon the population
yearly. With its prevention made SO easy by
vaccinetherapy it would be the heighth oil
Jolly to neglect its use we'll in advance OF
vacation time.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24
RCSEHILL BERRY
MART IS OPENED
Produce Draws From S5.75
To $685. Per Crate; Heavy
Yields Are Expected

ROSEHILL, April 23.-The Rose.
hill strawberry market opened today
and Blakemore Strawberries drew
top prices at $5.75 per 24-quart crate.
Next in price were Improved Mis-.
sionaries at $5.35 per crate.
The first berries sold were de.iv'
cred by William Wells, local farmer,
whose berries brought top prices.
The Rosehill market is conducted
by the Rosehill Marketing Company,
Ire, an association of produce buy
ers and business men.
Prospects for the 1910 season, ac'
cording to local berry experts are
for a sale parallel to that OF last.
year. Heavy per-acre yields are eA'
rected, although acreage planting
las been light here, as it has ge2l
throughout the state.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24
CAUSE FOR PROTEST ONLY

The death Of Captain ROBERT M. LosEY
from a bomb splinter in Norway is regret
table but, because of the peculiar circum-
stances surrounding it, it is difficult to see
how the United States government can do
more than file formal protest in Berlin. Cap
tain LosEY was not the object of individual
attack, but the victim of an accident. He had
taken refuge in a tunnel where he would be
safe, nine times out of ten, when signals of
an air raid were sounded. That the bomb
should have burst near the mouth of the tun-
mel and a piece Of it single him out for tar
get is a strange demonstration of the insecur-
iy of life, but is hardly to be attributed to
Nazi craftsmanship or German hatred OF
America, or Berlin's disregard of American
rights.
Had Captain LosEY been shot down by dI-
rect fire, while wearing his uniform, the sit
uation would be something else,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24
Hollywood Sights And Sounds
By Robin Coons-

HOLLYWOOD, April 23.-Billy
Lee sure had a good time down in
Albany, Ga.
Billy Lee went back there to see
Miss Georgia Frye and Taxi Smith
and Martha 1nez and the elevator
boy at the hotel and all the folks.
OF course, sort of incidentally, Bill.
lys trip was a business journey
personal appearance. Billy's a pic.
ture actor. Made one called "The
Biscuit Eater" down in Albany.
and the company set the opening
there so Billy got a return trip
out of it.
"It was sure fun" said Billy
Lee, hero Of this months Big
Comeback story. ESPECIALLY that
day | was riding the OK out in the
country, and 1 talked Miss Smith
she's Miss Rachel Smith, the
Paramount school teacher into
taking a ride on it, too. Boy, was
she scared. And Taxi Smith-he's
a lawyer and a great friend of
mine down there since we met 90.
And Martha and Inez, they kept
the candy and tobacco store at the
hotel and they'd let me keep store
for them sometimes And the
elevator man, he let me ride it all
| wanted And Miss Georgia
Frye-we all ate at her big house
and do they have good cooking
there? Oh, boy
Billy Lee is nine and a half
years old, and about $50 per cent
boy. He's a stocky little fellow,
a checry, respectful greeting
for all persons in sight, most of
whom he knows by name-at least
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24

around the Paramount lot, where
he rad worked steadily from the
time he was about five. Steadily,
that is. until a few months be-
fore they needed a youngster who
could act for THE Biscuit Eater"
"The Biscuit Eater" is the story
of a boy and a dog-a hunting
dog who doesn't carry on the best
traditions of his tribe and hence
is dubbed the epithet of scorn
which is the movies title. The boy
of the story had to be an emo.
tional actor.
Well, they picked Baby Leroy
for the role-the same Baby LIE.
Roy who was the infant terror of
the films of w. C. Fields, Maurice
Chevalier, ct al, in the early 1905.
After long retirement, Baby Leroy
was selected for a comeback in
The Biscuit Eater Baby Leroy
went to Georgia and, first thing,
took a cold from a water scene.
The cold got worse, and a substi-
tute was required-now, without
delay.
That was where Billy Lee got
the call. Billy Lee, who could
dance, sing, yodel, ride, beat the
ofums and play cute kids mis-
chleVous mostly-had been "reieas-
ed" a few months before. So they
called him back, as the best pros
pect available. They Sent him to
Georgia, and-as above reported
he had a swell time.
But he also gave an emotional
performance q base the report OF
a study of a few hundred preview
cards( which had audit
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24
. ALL ABOUT BABIES
Fight Goes Forward Against
Diphtheria, Smallpox Scourges

skin. A simple method has been
devised which causes very little
ii any, pain and leaves a small
scar. Vaccination may be perform
ed safely at any time, but the best
age for the first vaccination ap-
pears to be between three and six
months of age. If there is a good
take at that time the protection
against smallpox will last years.
To be safe, children should be We
vaccinated at school entrance and
again in the face of any epidemic
of smallpox.
der control by immunization. We
know the cause of diphtheria, how
it is transmitted, how to treat it,
and better still, how it can be pre-
vented. With all this knowledge we
should have very few children dy-
ing from diphheria. In recent years
both the number of cases and
deaths from the disease have been
reduced considerably where immu-
nization has been carried out sys-
tematically on preschool children.
Newborn babies 7 largely i'm
mune to diphtheria, but this i'm
munity gradually fades out until at
the age of nine months about one
third of the babies have no i'm
munity left.
After nine months of age, babies
should be immunized with diph-
iberia toXoid or alum-toXoid. Old
er children and those sensitive to
toxoid should be immunized with
toxin =. antitoxin. Illumination
against smallpox and diphtheria
should be expected of your doctor
as q routine procedure in the first
year or two of life.
Next: Young children espe-
cially susceptible to %tubercuIo-
sis
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24
THE TOUR

DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S swing around
L the country in June will distract atten-
ton from the republican national conVentlon'
as a similar trip did four years ago. No one
can steal headlines quite as well as the Chlef
Executive. But it is apparent, even 10 lay
men. that this is not the only Objective. Inc
itinerary itself shows a deeper purpose.
The President will dedicate the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park. tie Will
stop in Fort Worth to visit his son ELLIOTT.
He will 90 to California for the Kings Can
Won National Park dedication. These stops
are not to be considered accidental. They are
craftily spaced and timed-even to the dedl-
catory arrangements.
The South has shown signs of disaffection.
The President once called it the nations NO.
1 economic problem, and ever since there
has been great hue and cry throughout the
region. Democracy is not quite as we'll knit
here as it used to be. Especially is there
latent rebellion in some quarters against MI.
RoosEvEr's leadership. An address in his best
manner. not on politics but on con-
servation and the beauties Of nature as re-
vealed in the Great Smokes, and the wonder
full opportunities in Dixie for industrial
growth, coupled with a few adroit phrases
on recent progress, is we'll calculated to over
come much adverse feeling and bring tine
party's membership solidly back into line. Mr..
is a past master at this. He, above
Ill others in this generation, knows what
balm to apply to open wounds.
OF course, he win be delighted to visit his
in Texas. What father would not be? But
t is not to. be forgotten that this particular
on lives in CARRIERS state, and GARNER wants
o round out his useful career in the White
House. The stop at Fort Worth has a deeper
ignificance than the opportunity it will at
ord to prattte baby talk to grandchildren.
lie may be relied on to put. a finger, on the
POLITICAL pulse. Of Texas. and not move on to
he Pacific coast until he knows its beat and
Who it beats for.
In California there has sprung up much the
anne sort Of party unrest that exists in the
outh. Senator JOHNSON, the sturdy republi-
an who backed Mr.. ROOSEVELT in many of his
arly administrative ventures, has of late
aiken occasion to differ with his policies.
he President will want to find out just how
stand there and what the chances
re of regaining JoHNsoN's support for per-
~etuation Of the new deal under a new adj
Illustration. Kings Canyon and the San
fair are not the only reason for his
ding to California.
Stops in Mississippi and the far Northwest,
nd the extension of his junket to Alaska,
eem to mean less but also may have objec-
not so easily seen in advance.
lis pauses in North Carolina, Texas and
california appear to mean most. And as
result o. them it is reasonable to believe
hat the democratic party will assume. a more
erfect pattern, with more complete unity of
eminent and purpose, when it goes into its
Wn national convention.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24
Star-News Program

Consolidated CityConnty Government
under CouncilMandger Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
cnd Marketing Facilities.
Arena TOR Sports and Industrial
ShoUS.
Seaside Highuay from WrightsuiAe
Beach TO Bald Hcad Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
SJ-Foot Cape Feur River channel, tcld'
er Turning Basin WitA ship lanes into
Industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Pared Rirer Road to Southport, uta
Orton Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Produc-
ton through sNstained-yield methods
Throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro-
motionQl Agency, supported by one,
countrywide tag.
Shipyards and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities for Whttes.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF native grape gro1oing
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis SanatoriNm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24
The Editors
BOX

The editor does not ~necessari-
lily endorse any article appear.
lin this department. They repre-
lsent the views Of the individual
readers. Correspondents a r g
warned that all communications
must contain the correct name
md dress for our records,
Though the latter may be signed
las the writer sees fit. The Star.
News reserves the right to alter
lany text that for any reason is
Objectionable. Letters on con.
reversal subjects will not be
Ipublished.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-24

time vaccination against smallpox
has been used on millions of per-
sons OF all ages in all parts of
the world. Smallpox has been wip-
ed out in those places where care
fully prepared vaccine has been
used with approved methods of
vaccination and revaccination.
Great Improvement in the prepa-
ration of vaccine have taken place
since Jenner's day. Every scientific
precaution is now used to produce
a safe, reliable vaccine which must
have the approval of the United
State Public Health laboratories.
Its manufacture and distribution
are carefully checked.
In vaccination today it is not
necessary to mutilate the child with
multiple scratches or rubbed-off