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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14

@-FOR SALE = Fair Prospect
Farm fo1 sale, 467 acres, " mile
west of Jacksonville, Md, Mont
gomery Co. All fields have Just
been lined in rotation; excellent
fences, about " of them new;
can be sold in one tract, or di-
vided to suit the buyer, rs acres
or more; it is cropped, has fine
fields of blue grass, timothy,
clover and lespedeza; well
watered = creeks, springs, 81
wells. 10-roomed house, two 2
story tenant houses, all other
buildings necessary. Land well
drained and lays nearly level;
location ideal, paved roads on 8
sides, about IN miles of pave
ment frontage; for sale to settle
partnership agree emit.
WOLvERTON BROTHERS B.,
E. Wolverton, 3135 Adams Mill
road, N. W. Washington, D. c.
Phone: Col. 1921. Sc
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14
Damascus Fair Held
Success; Winners Named

Sponsored by the Home Arts and
Vocational Agricultural depart
ments of the Damascus High
School the annual Damascus Fair
held Friday, November s, was the
most successful yet attempted.
In general charge were Mrs
Julia w. Holley and F. R. McFar-
land, faculty advisors, while judges
were Miss Edythe Turner, Mrs.
Harry Beall, Mrs. Howard Bowie
Mrs. Charles Werdenger, o. W.
Anderson, Charles Veirheller and
w. Williams.
First prize winners in the vari-
Gus classes follow:
FRUITS: Canned peaches, Rich
ard Burdette; apple sauce, Mrs,
Claude Burdette; blackberries, Lii
liam Brigham; pears, Mrs. Ave
King; cherries (whole), Mrs
James Duvall; cherries (pitted),
Mrs. Frances Kemp;
CANNED VEGETABLES;
String beans, Louise Hawse; kraut.
Mrs. Howard Watkins; corn, Home
Arts Dept, D. H. S.; lima beans.
Herbert King; soup mixture, Mrs.
Maude Fetzer; beets, Mrs. Howard
Watkins; pumpkin, Madeline Mox-
ley; spinach, Mrs. Leslie Beall; to-
mato juice, Mary King; carrots.
Mrs. Maude Fetzer; sweet potatoes,
Anna Burns; peas, Mildred Brown;
canned tomatoes, Mrs. Clarence
Duvall;
CANNED MEATS: Chicken
Elmer Benson; pork, Mrs. James
Duvall;
PICKLES: Cucumber, Mrs
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14
GERMANTOWN

Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll F. Brown
announce the engagement Of their
daughter, Miss Frances Brown, to
Mr.. Edward Brosius, Jr., son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Brosius of
Rockville. The marriage will take
place on Wednesday afternoon,
November 20, in the rectory of
st. Mary's Catholic Church, Rock
vile.
Mrs. A. r. Selby and Miss
Betty Selby spent the weekend in
New Jersey, visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Landon Selby.
The Rev. William B. Waters of
Rockville is supplying the pulpit
of the Neelsville Presbyterian
Church during the. illness of the
Rev. G. G. Kundahl.
Miss Mollie Waters has re-
turned from Westfeld, New Jer-
sey, where she was maid-of-honor
in the wedding of Miss Evelyn
Lengnick of Westfeld to Mr.. John
billiard of Norfolk, Va. The bride
and Miss Waters were roommates
at the College of William and
Mary.
T.
Boyd Waters, a student at the
University of Maryland, spent the
weekend at the home of his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Julian b.
Waters.
The Quiet Hour meets this week
at the home of Mrs. Christopher
Norton.
Eugene Waters, a student at
the Johns Hopkins University was
recent visitor at the home of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Waters. Accompanying him were
four of his Kappa Sigma frater-
nifty brothers.
Mrs. Charles Cue entertained
Saturday afternoon at a birthday
party in honor of the fifth birth
day Of her son, Charles Cue, Jr.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14

Mrs. Vinson Peter, Mrs. Adrian
Burnett, Mrs. Thomas Kelley, Mrs.
Robert Garrabrant and Mrs.
Thomas Anderson.
Mrs. Edward Stegman and Mrs.
Harlan johnson of Baltimore were
luncheon guests on Wednesday of
Mrs. Frank Williams.
The Minerva Club met on Tues
day with Mrs. Robert Garrabrant
with the following guests attend
ing, Mrs. Thomas Anderson, Mrs.
Paul Burnett, Mrs. Thomas Kelley,
Miss Catherine Smith and Mrs.
Basil Mobley.
The Rockville Woman's Club
held its regular meeting on Thurs
day with Mrs. E. L. Billiard and
Mrs. Frank Wilson as hostesses.
Thursday was Hospital Donation
Day. the donation going to the
Montgomery County General Hos
pital at Sandy Spring.
Mrs. Stedman Prescott was host
ess to members of the Tuesday
bridge club. Those present were
Mrs. Thomas Griffith, Mrs. William
Clarke, Mrs. Walter Williams, Miss
Elsie England, Mrs. Harriott Bas-
table, Mrs. Barrett Wilson and Mrs.
Carl Eastwood.
Mrs. ]. M. White left on Monday
for Waynesboro, Va, to be with
her friend, Mrs. David S. Fairchild,
who was seriously injured in an
automobile accident on Sunday, in
which her husband, Col. David S..
Fairchild, was killed.
Mr.. George Lamar returned to
North Carolina on Monday after
having spent the weekend with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
H. Lamar.
Mrs. William Mobley entertained
the following guests at bridge and
luncheon at her home in Bethesda:
Mrs. Hazel Cashell, Mrs. George
Hunter, Miss Mary Lyddane, Mrs.
John Brunett, Mrs. Charles Hol-
land, Miss Alverda Kingdom, Mrs.
William Reading, Mrs. Richard
Steele, Mrs. Ward Evans, Mrs.
Charles Mitchell and Miss Lulu
Bell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry M. Williams
of Poolesville celebrated their 50th
wedding anniversary Tuesday. Mrs.
Walter Pyles and Mrs. Carter
Claggett, sisters of Mr.. Williams,
were there from Rockville. Their
daughter, Mrs. Robert Gray, enter
tanned Monday evening in honor of
her mother and father.
Mrs. p. R. Stansbury, who has
been confined to Montgomery Gen
eral Hospital for some time is
much improved and went Tuesday
to the home of her son, Mr.. Beverly
Stansbury in Baltimore, for stay
of several weeks.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14
Mrs. Annie o. B. White

Funeral services for Mrs. Annie
Oliver Belt White, 81, widow of
former County Commissioner Lau-
renee A. White, whose death after
a long illness occurred at her
home in Dickerson, Wednesday,
November 6, was held at 2:30
p. m. Saturday, November 8 in
st. Peters Episcopal Church,
GAINESVILLE.
The Rev. Duvall Chambers of
Roxbury, Va, and the Rev. Guy
Crook, rector of st. Peters
Church, GAINESVILLE, and Christ
Episcopal Church, Poolesville, Off
ciated. Burial was in Monocacy
Cemetery, Beallsville.
Mrs. White was a daughter of
the late John Lloyd Belt and
Sarah Eleanor McGill Belt of
Frederick County. She is survived
by three daughters, Mrs. Fred
Armstead Jones, Monroe, La. !;
Mrs. William Bowers Everett,
Marshall, Va, and Miss Emily
Wardlow White, Dickerson, and
three sons, L. Franklin White,
Flaxcombe, Canada; Oliver Belt
White, Santo Monica, Calf, and
Pinkney McGill White, Cincinnati.
She also leaves nine grandchildren
and one great-grandchild.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14
Mrs. Annie l. Horton

Funeral services for Mrs. Annie
l. Horton, who died Sunday night
at local hospital, were held at 2
p. m. November Is at S. H. Hines
Co. funeral home. Burial was in
Congressional Cemetery.
Mrs. Horton, who was "a years
old, was born and reared in Wash
ington. She was formerly Annie l.
Armstrong. At the time of her
death, she made her home in Hunt
ing Hill, Rockville.
She is survived by her husband,
R. Lee Horton, and a daughter,
Mrs. Mabel A. Donovan, of Wash
ington.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14
COMING EVENTS


Nov. -Gaithersburg high scboo,
faculty turkey supper, in school
building, from 5 p. M, on.
Nov. 16 - Turkey dinner, Commu-
nifty Hall, GAINESVILLE, St. Marv's
Church, GAINESVILLE.
Nov. 16 - Annual turkey supper
of Mt. Tabor Church, Etchison.
from 4 to 8 p. m.
Nov. 18-Dance and Monte Carlo.
Bundles For Britain" at Manor
Club.
Nov. 81 = Thanksgiving Day din
ner, Poolesville High School, p
noon.
Nov. % - Alumni dance, Gath
ersburg High School, 10 It'll l
a. m. in high school gymnasium.
Thanksgiving Day-Turkey dinner
for Wesley Grove Aid Society at
Woodfield Hall, 2 P. NJ, on.
Dec. g. Turkey supper under aus
pices of Ladies Aid, Rockville
Christian Church. 5 to 8 p. m.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14
Engagements Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles M. Brown
of Olney announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Alice, to
Mr.. Stanley Beall of Aspen. Mr..
Beall is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Scott Beall. Miss Brown has set
December as the date of her
wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Benson
of Gaithersburg announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Dor
othy Virginia to Mr.. Willard
Watkins of Damascus. The we'd
ding will take place at the Salem
Methodist Church, Brookeville.
Blanche Covell; mixed pickles,
Kathleen McWilliams; peaches,
Mrs. Frances Kemp; relishes, Mrs.
Bradley Hawkins;
JELLIES: Blackberry, Bruce
Benson; raspberry, End, Linda
Woodfield; grape, Mrs. James Du-
vail; ounce, Mrs. James Duvall;
peach, Catherine Purdum; apple
Lillian Brigham;
PRESERVES: Strawberry, Anna
Burns; peach, Mrs. James Duvall;
pear, Mrs. Blanche Covell; plum,
Frances Kemp;
BUFFERS: Apple butter, Doro-
thy Black; pear butter, Home Arts
Dept, D. H. S.;
BAKED PRODUCTS: Cookies,
drop cookies) 9rd, Betty Branden;
(rolled cookies), Mrs. Roger Day;
lice box), Violet Hall;
Other winners will appear next
week in THE SENTINEL.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14

~FOR RENT = Four room
apartment with bath, oil furnace,
electricity, garage. garden
shady lawn. Rent $40 month.
Apply F. P. Robinson, Sands
Spring, Md. 301
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14

EFOR SALE = Fresh cows; 2
Jerseys, l Holstein. End calf for
each, giving over 4 gal; tested
500. Engine for wood saw,
Fairbanks Morse, 8 h. p, ex-
cellent condition, $50. 1888
Chevrolet 1a-ton delivery truck,
new rubber, $10o. PERSON,
Sandy Spring. Md. Phone Ashton
1921. 1856
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14

~ ANNUAL SALE and-woven
rugs; bags and luncheon sets;
hooked rugs and chair seats.
November 20 to November 80.
Mrs. VIM. A. Iddings, BrinkIow,
Md. Phone Ashton 524S. s92
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14

- FOR SALE OR RENT - IL
acres with 5-room bungalow, no
improvements, $50 per month;
broom bungalow in Rockville,
$35 per month; Groom house in
Rockville, sos per month; Broom
bungalow in Rockville, oil heat,
$50 per month. BUELL. m.
GARDNER, j. E. KELLY, Rock
vile, Md. Phone: $50.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14
= WANT ADS -

Advertising p NJ Wednesday,
While all representations honestly strive
maintain this primarily for the of readers
We accept copy which be misleading
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14

~FOR SALE / city gas Roper
Range; also used refrigerator,
both in good condition. Phone:
Rockville 463-J. 1877
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14

WPLAINFIELD ORCHARDS =
Sandy Spring, Md. Apples and
sweet cider, canning and apple
butter apples 8 blu. for S1.00
bring container. w. w. Moor,
phone Ashton 2471. $50
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14

WFOR SALE - New and used
radios, parts, tubes, dry bat
teries. Decca, Victor, Bluebird,
Columbia and OK records. Cabin
John. Glen Echo, Potomac, Ken
sington, Rockville. Bring your
radio in for repairs, pick it up
on way home. Free estimates.
Agency for Emerson, Philco
and RCA Victor Radios.
Magee Radio Service, 6907 Wis
consin avenue, Bethesda, Nd.
Phone: Wisconsin 6666. LOT
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14

. LOST On Gaithersburg road
near Lawson Kings, / red over
coat belonging to Rockville Fire
Department. Please return to
Fire Department. 1913
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14

.FOR SALE Bright Star
radio and fiashlight batteries
ratio battery packs, Vitaspark
fence battery. A. G. Watkins Co.
407 East Montgomery avenue
Rockville, Md. 227
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14

WWANTED = Young woman or
girl with good sunny disposition,
capable as mothers helper in
home with two children. Refer
ences exchanged. Phone for
interview - Oliver OLA.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14

IMPROPERLY WANTED - Let
US help you rent or sell your
property. Sidney Thompson, Real
Estate Broker, "a E. Montgom-
cry Ave., Rockville, Md. Phones;
residence. Rockville 1871; Pooles-
\ vile d: Office: Rockville 1853. Gas
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14

WFOR SALE - Saw-mill COM
plete with Prick steam engine,
$3.50. F. A. Emerson, Rockville,
Ri. No. /, on Travillah road.
387
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14

"FOR SALE - Cheap, deep
well pump, " h. p, go eye. mo-
tor, 120 gal. galv. tank, pressure
switch and gauge, all accessories
including 65 #. galv. pipe. See
George Allnutt, Rockville, Nd,
or call Rockville 1876. 1863
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14

y FOR SALE = At Jamestown
on route %, 8 acres, pebble-dash
house, 6 rooms, 2 halls, bath. Oil
heat. Call Gaithersburg 26-F-23.
James A. Broome, Germantown,
Md. $3.50
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14

EFOR SALE OR RENT-Nine-
room house, steam heat, electri-
city, IN mi. from Rockville on
Jamestown road; price So 500 or
rent, $50 per month. j. Vinson
Peter, Rockville, Md. Tele.:
Rockville 1856. 366
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14

"WANTED = To trade for
farm property in Montgomery
county, choice residential build
ing lots near Alexandria, Va.
See Buell. M. Gardner, Rockville.
Phone: Rockville $50. 36e
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14

RWFOR SALE = 6 acres, 8 miles
beyond Rockville, broom house
needs some repairs barn for
cows, 2 horses, good condition,
several outher outbuildings, in
Guiding nice chicken house. Price
$500 on easy terms. Also
modern bungalow with 5 to- 20
acres. Buell. M. Gardner j. e.
Kelly, Rockville, Md Phone $50.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14

~AITENTION TO FARMERS
= When in need of work horses,
see w. o. Dosh. at Gaithersburg,
Montgomery County. Md. If yo1
cannot pay all cash, terms can
be arranged to suit you. Phone:
Gaithersburg 40. office ZIG. S02
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14

"FOR SALE = Choice dairy
cows, just received car load of
Wisconsin Holsteins; also have
Maryland Guernseys and Jer-
seys; ali fresh and close spring
ers; T. B. and Blood tested; can
make attractive terms for any,
one interested. d. H. WOOD
White Hall, Md. Telephone:
Parkton 51-W. 339
~WANTED-- White girl or
woman for general homework
to live in. Apply 122 N. Chel-
sea Lane, Bethesda, Nd. Tel.
Wis. 242S.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14

~FOR SALE - l hah-ton, one
wheel Auto Trailer, can be seen
at Andy's Blacksmith Shop, at
Washington street and Wood
lane, Rockville. 382
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14

WFOR SALE = A large coal
heater; a 1880 Chevrolet Truck.
$40. w. C. Wood, Sandy Grove
road. 385
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14

WFOR RENT - House, Groom
and bath, hot water heat, electri-
city, newly decorated. Shady
Grove road near All States Inn.
w. T. Lewis, Gaithersburg, Md.
Phone Gathers. 82-J. 1888
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14

- FOR RENT - 7-room Bunga-
low. Inquire at 419 West Mont
gomery avenue, Judge Webb. 372
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14

= FOR SALE - Being over
stocked, will dispose of several
finest registered Beagles and
puppies. S. P. Wagner, Tele.:
Kensington 1-F-2. 1858
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14

W~FOR SALE - One to forty
acres of ground, beautiful build
ing sights on Colesville Pike,
Route 20; also Stayman Winesap
apples, 8 bu., 81, bring container.
G. ]. Thompson, Rockville, Md
Rt. No. 3. Tele.: Ashton 3112.
1862
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-14

~ FOR SALE - One registered
Jersey year-old bull; T. B. and
blood tested, papers included.
George A. RICHTER, Sandy Grove
road, Rockville, Md. Ri. No. l
1856
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~FOR SALE = Four pure-bred
T. B., blood tested, registered
Jerseys. Can be seen at my
place near Glenmont. Two milk
ing and two will freshen before
January. Edith A. Hill. 384
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wFOR YOUR INFORMATio.,
= Always Mon, We'd, Fri. II
Frederick, l w. Church. Phone
ASH. DR.. Watkins. OPP ometrist
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Evening star., 1940-12-10

in company with licensed operators.
They can get regular permits at six
teen. Many believe it is expecting
too much of children of that age to
operate anything as deadly as an
automobile in modern trafflc. County
and State authorities without doubt
are justified in seeking more men for
highway safety work. But public
officials-and the parents of teen-age
children-must realize that human
lives never will be adequately safe
guarded, even with more patrolmen,
as long as fast, powerful automobiles
are placed in the hands of children
of immature judgment and brief
driving experience.
Evening star., 1940-12-10

aries were relatively limited. The prin-
cipal incentive for conquest in those
quaint days was the exaction of tribute
and the carrying off OF the booty; an
epoch aptly epitomized in the phrase:
"the robber barons."
In our scientific era aggrandizement
follows no such simple process. 1t calls
for the systematic exploitation OF the
cheap labor and natural resources OF
the conquered, and on a scale OF con-
tinental and hemisphere dimensions.
This requires not only an elaborately
mechanical military establishment.
which Japan possesses, but what is more
important, a vast reservoir of finance
capital, which she lacks.
Nippon's recent retreat from the
Asiatic mainland is the inevitable con-
sequence of an impoverished exchequer.
She was unable to consolidate her spec
tacular military successes in China by
an economic offensive. Similarly,
Ethiopia is proving white elephant on
Italy's hands as is revealed in a signif-
icant study by DR.. N. William Hazen,
expert of the United States Department
of Agriculture in the Mediterranean
area. At the cost of national disasters,
the pauper imperialisms of Japan and
Italy are learning that armed force
alone no longer suffices as an instrument
of national destiny. War is only SAN
culinary interlude IN a game they are too
poor to play. JULIUS DAVIDSON.
Evening star., 1940-12-10
Quotes 1902 Publication
On Preparedness.
To the Editor of The Star:

History repeats. In 51-page "Ad-
dress to the People of the United
States written and published in 1902 in
Philadelphia BY an American Citizen
on "the Policy of Maintaining a Perma-
nent Navy" the author might have been
visualizing the scene 1872 years later He
wrote:
Experience has told us that 1t is not
on national friendship. it is not on the
sanction of natural law, it is not on the
faith of treaties. however solemnly rati-
fed, but on a resolute determination to
defend our rights that we are to found
the hope of security"
To that might be added Livy's graphic
account of the stalling tactics of the
Roman politicians until it was too late
to save Saguntum, and the way was
made clear for the ghastly triumphs of
Hannibal later at Thrasymene and
Cannae. Cicero observed, moreover, that
"In bello bis peccare non licet." In the
modern version, Not a chance to get
away with second blunder in a blitz-
krieg!" HISTORIAN.
Evening star., 1940-12-10

sentiment of many thoughtful citi-
zens when he insists that there is
every reason to welcome the growing
evidence Of what may be called a
conservation movement in cultural
philanthropy. This is shown in the
cooperative grouping of hitherto
competing institutions"
During the next two or three
decades the people of the United
States may be obliged to retrench in
their expenditures for luxuries of
the more costly variety. If cultural
losses are to be guarded against,
there must be some contraction of
spending for essentials. Above
all, there can be no tolerance of
waste. DR.. Keppel has invited the
attention Of the whole national
community for cause which is vital
to freedom and hence is entitled to
constructive study.
Evening star., 1940-12-10
Postwar PIunninu

In stressing the need for an imme-
diate study Of the postwar problems
OF employment in the United States,
Secretary Perkins, in her address at
the opening session of the seventh
national conference on labor legisla-
ton, has sounded a timely warning.
The transition from a war to peace
economy will require far-reaching
readjuStmentS in our industrial set
up, now geared to the production of
defense materials. When the pres
ent emergency ends, means must be
found by which factories engaged in
the production of munitions can be
diverted to the manufacture of con-
sumers' goods. Otherwise large scale
unemployment will be the inevitable
result.
Under the stimulus of defense ex-
penditures, and British orders, Amer
lean industry is rapidly expanding,
and this expansion has created hum
dreds of thousands of new jobs. The
United States today is enjoying a
high degree of prosperity, but this is
in large part based on rearmament
spending Though there must be no
relaxing of our preparedness effort,
it is plainly the part Of prudence to
plan for the wars aftermath.
When defense expenditures taper
off, the Federal Government can help
to cushion the shock by stepping up
expenditures for public works and
other essential projects. This is one
method, economists point out, where
by the Federal Government can as
sist materially in the transition from
war to peace production. Other
plans have been proposed to achieve
the same objective.
To meet the postwar problems of
employment and economic readjust-
ment will necesSitate careful plan
ming and close coordination between
the Government and private indus
try. After the war is over, it will be
too late to prepare these plans. AS
Secretary Perkins pointed out, the
time to begin this planning is now
before the country is face to face
with the problem.
Evening star., 1940-12-10
Influenza Epidemic

1t is natural that, with the coming
of war winter, the minds of Ameri-
cans everywhere should revert to a
terrible experience - the influenza
epidemic of 1918.
Are there any possibilities of it's
recurrence? The facts, briefly, are
these: In August and early Septem-
Der there was a mild epidemic in
Puerto Rico. Very few persons died.
In late September there was a
slightly more virulent epidemic in
Hawaii. Last week a widespread, but
not very virulent, epidemic was re-
ported from California.
Influenza usually starts in mild
form and grows more and more viru-
lent, as do other virus diseases, when
it passes rapidly from person to per-
son. That the three outbreaks thus
far reported were mild is fortunate,
but not especially reassuring.
OF much more consequence is the
fact that medicine now has a group
of potent remedies against pneu-
monia. into which influenza eventu-
ally develops and which is the
cause of ninety-nine per cent Of the
deaths. These were unknown in
1913 sulfanilamide, sulfapyradine,
sulfathiazole and the various pneu-
monia type serums. There Is also a
vaccine against influenza itself
which promises to be effective, al
though it has not been tested on a
large scale.
So, on the whole, there is little
occasion to be worried over repeti-
ton of 1918