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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-07
Britain Bundles
Group To Hold
Monte Carlo Party

Plans for a mammoth benefit
party to be held November Is at
the Manor Club as the first money
raising affair staged by the newly
organized Montgomery County
Branch of Bundles for Britain,
has been announced by Mrs. E.
Brooke Lee, president.
The event will be Monte Carlo
party featured by games, dancing
and entertainment. Proceeds will
be used to further the work of
the branch, especially to buy wool
for knitting by volunteers and to
purchase medical supplies for
England.
A countrywide group composed
of members Of the executive board
of the branch will serve on the
committees in charge of the affair.
DIR. E. A. Merritt of Chevy Chase
heads a committee of men who
will aid in the project.
The tickets may be secured from
the district chairmen or from
places of business in the various
communities which will be desig-
mated later.
Appointment of Mrs. James E.
Cope of Burnt Mills Hills as pur-
chasing agent for the county
group was also announced this
week by Mrs. Lee.
On behalf of the committee
Mrs. Lee stated she is delighted
with the response to the plea for
warm, used clothing. She stressed
the fact that because the space
on the ships is so valuable it is
necessary that the donations be
limited to mended and clean warm
garments that will be practical
for wear in cold weather.
There is an urgent need for
blankets, particularly those for
babies beds. Shoe laces, also, are
badly needed, Mrs. Lee said, and
urged that an extra pair of laces
be attached to shoes donated. She
also stressed the necessity for the
soles of shoes being in good con-
dition and still whole.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-07
"Knute ROckne, All
American" Coming
To Milo Sunday

One of the most unusual screen
stories in recent times will make
its local debut at the Milo Theatre
Sunday when Warner Bros new
film, "Knute Rockne - All Ameri-
can," opens.
1t is film life of one of Ameri-
cas- greatest and wisest heroes -
Knute Rockne. The picture traces
Rockne's life from his early child
hood in Norway to his tragic death
in 1881. His life was full of ex-
element despair, love and tri-
umph. The film, with Pat O'Brien
cast as the Notre Dame football
wizard, faithfully portrays those
elements and keeps alive the true
spirit of Rockne.' His vigor, his
astute philosophy, the great teams
he built, the developing of the fam
Gus -Four Horsemen' are all told
with a skillful blending of power
and subtlety in "Knute Rockne =
All American" O'Brien is said to
have given such a realistic por-
trayal of the real "Rock" that
Knute's closest friends were amaz-
ed at the startling likeness in even
the smallest gesture.
The brilliant supporting cast
consists Of Gale Page as Bonnie,
Knute's wife; Donald Crisp as
Father Callahan, president of
Notre Dame, and Ronald Reagan
in the greatest role of his career,
that of the renowned George Gipp.
The players that portray the roles
of the -Four Horsemen" have all
seen action on the gridiron. They
are, Kane Richmond, as Elmer
Layden; Bob Byrne as James
Crowley; Nick Lukats as Harry
Stuhldreher, and William Marshall
as Don Miller.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-07
School Census Taken

A Montgomery county school
census is now being conducted I'M
der the direction of the Board of
Education with Miss Eleanor Smith
as chairman. Mrs. Eileen Wilkin-
son and J. W. White, Jr., complete
the committee in charge.
According to DR.. E. w. Broome,
school superintendent, State law
requires the census every two
years and it includes report on
every person from birth up to 81
years of age, in or out of school.
Members of the Parent Teacher
Association are assisting the school
teachers in this work, which is ex-
pected to be finished by November
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-07
Robert III. Miller
Elected To Head
Pomona Grange

Robert H. Miller, Spencerville,
was reelected Master Of the Mont
gomery County Pomona Grange
at the quarterly meeting, Thurs
day evening, October "a, Wood
field.
Composed Of representatives
from the subordinate Oranges Of
Germantown, Woodfeld, Olney and
Liberty Grove, Pomona Grange
officers are elected for a term Of
two years.
Selected to represent the county
at the State Convention, Balti-
more, December 8, 4, were Po-
mona Master and Mrs. Robert n.
Miller, Jr., and Mr.. and Mrs. r.
Bentley Thomas, Sandy Spring.
Other officers elected to serve
with Mr.. Miller for two year
term also, are: Henry L. Lank,
Falkland, overseer; Mrs. Ethel
Kirby, Germantown, lecturer;
Rufus B. King, Rockville, assist
ant lecturer; Miss Pearle E. Mar
low, Burtonsville, secretary; Cram
well King. Woodfield, steward;
y. U. Leaman, Germantown,
assistant steward; Walter Wright,
Burtonsville, Chaplain; Raymond
Kemp, Woodfield, treasurer. Mel
win Walter, Germantown, Gate
keeper; Mrs. Robert H. Miller, Jr.,
Spencersville, ceres; Pomona, Mrs
Edgar Stephens; Flora, Mrs. Ivy
King; Julia Kemp, Woodfield, Lady
assistant steward.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-07
Mrs. Mary McBain

Word was received here last
week telling of the death of Mrs.
Mary McBain, mother of Mayor
William McBain, Gaithersburg, in
Kirkcaldy, Scotland, on Friday of
last week. Mrs. McBain had lived
long and useful life being in her
Goth year and but for the fact that
her home town had been recently
bombed, from which it was thought
the shock was too great, she would
probably still be indulging in her
favorite pasttime, that of knitting
socks for the soldiers. Besides
Mayor McBain, she is survived by
one son, George McBain of Scot
land, and five daughters, Mrs.
James Dingwall, Miss Elizabeth
McBain of Schenectady, N. Y, and
Mrs. David Stables, Mrs. Helen
Brown and Mrs. James Fisher Of
Kirkcaldy, Scotland.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-07
Separate
Containers
Used For Garbage

The cost is low Why not settle your Refus
collection problem permanently by placin,
your order with us.
TRUCKS and DUMP officially approved.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-07
Telephone Company
Releases Statement

Net income for the month of
September for The Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company of
Baltimore City, serving the State
Of Maryland, was $1sS,OO3, which
was $56,613 less than for the same
month of last year, according to
the report of operations just filed
with the Maryland Public Service
Commission.
Operating revenues in September
amounted to $1,458,325, as COM
pared with $1,343,459 for the same
month of 1889.
Operating expenses, including
taxes, amounted to $1,27O,322
which was $171, 479 more than for
September, 1889.
Taxes for September amounted
to $27S,574, which was $S2,4O8
more than for September, 1889.
For, nine months of 1910 taxes
amounted to $1,9S2,5SO, which is
$229,326 or an increase of about 7.6
per cent over the same period for
1889.
Maryland was served by 296,977
telephones on September 80, 1910,
which was an increase 70 21,675
over the number in operation on
September 80, 1889.
Telephone users made more than
3s,S91,2O0 calls during the month,
which was an increase of IL per
cent over those made during Sep
TENDER of 1889.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-07
Dick Waters Wins
Carson City HOnOrs

Climaxing whirlwind campaign
in Carson City, New, Richard L.
Waters, formerly of Rockville, run
ming on a non-partisan ticket fol
Justice of the Peace, was elected
to that Office this week.
Located in the Capital of Ne
vada, the position carries with it
all the prestige comparable to the
Eastern Police Court Judges, and
Dicks many friends join the Sen
tinel in congratulation and good
luck.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-07
Mental Hygiene
Society Program
Well Under Way
Psychiatric Ire a t m e n t
Clinics Fund To Be Used
Soon

"The fall program of the Mont
gomery County Mental Hygiene
Society is well under way" said
Mrs. George W. Young, President,
after the October meeting of the
Society. sour campaign for funds
for a psychiatric treatment clinic
was interrupted last spring by the
American Red Cross emergency
drive. However, the money which
was subscribed will be put to i'm
mediate use," Mrs. Young added.
The Executive Committee de-
cided at a recent meeting to
appropriate $500 of the fund
raised for the clinic to be used
for the purchase of psychiatric
treatment facilities. Rather than
to wait until sufficient funds are
available for a full-time clinic, the
Committee voted to begin the part
time treatment program at once.
"It is necessary to distinguish
between diagnostic service and
treatment service in the county,"
said DIR. H. Whitman Newell, chief
psychiatric consultant to the So
ciety. "The volunteer psychia-
trists will continue to donate their
time for diagnostic service for peo-
pie who cannot afford to pay for
it, as they have since 1885.
Psychiatric treatment, however, is
often a long and expensive pro-
cess. In physical illness a ply
stefan may in one visit make a
diagnosis of a disease which it will
take months or even years to treat.
Just so in mental and emotional
disorders, diagnosis may be
made by skillful psychiatrist in
one interview, but treatment may
consist Of concentrated, individual
attention over long period"
A number of the psychiatrists
participating in the program of
the Mental Hygiene Society have
agreed to give treatment service
at very nominal figure. The
funds appropriated will be divided
among the five county social agen-
cies served by the Society, name
ly, the Social Service League, the
Montgomery County Welfare
Board, the Juvenile Court, the
Board of Education, and the Pub
lie Health Department. Patients
to be given this service will be
selected in consultation with the
agency executives. DR.. Frieda
Fromm- Reichmann, DR.. Marjorie
Jarvis, DR.. Edna Dyar, DR.. Ralph
Crowley, and DIR. Douglas Noble
have agreed to participate in this
treatment plan.
DR.. H. Whitman Newell, Chief
Consultant, and DIR. Alice Rock
well, psychologist of the Maryland
Mental Hygiene Society in Bal
timore, will continue to hold
monthly diagnostic clinics in the
County. Their services are now
used by the Juvenile Court and
the Montgomery County Welfare
Board.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-07
William Bradford MILAN

The funeral of little William
Bradford MILAN, 13 months old,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. James r.
MILAN of Groveton, Va, was held
at Alexandria, Va, Saturday, No
vember 2. Little Billy was a
great grandson Of former Post
master Willis Bradford Burdette
Of Rockville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-11-07
Fair At Damascus

Sponsored by the Home Arts and
Agricultural departments of the
Damascus high school, the annual
Community Fair will be held Fri
day, November 2 from 1 to 9 p. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
Individual Verusus The State

"The history of government is the his tory of two conflicting principles: one IS the supreme importance of the state; the other is the supreme importance ot the individual" said Wendell L. Willkie re- gently. "Either the people have believed that the state was merely the voluntary creation of individual citizens, respon- sible to them and designed principally to protect their liberties; or else they have believed that the state was an authority in it's own right to which individuals were subject and which could demand of them the suppression of their own desires and talents The individual versus the state that is the theme which more than any other has determined the course ot c1v- ilization."
 In the tangled years since the World War this eternal struggle between the ln- dividual and the state has become more intense, more bitter, more conclusive. The ancient rights and liberties of millions of people, citizens of great nations, have been ruthlessly abrogated Statlsm has been made into a new religion, and the man at the head of the state has become a new god The clock has been turned back centuries those humanitarian, so- cial and cultural values men fought for through the generations have been at least temporarily destroyed.
 Few of us have realized that in our country there are those, travelling under various disguises, whose purpose is to elevate the state and to subdue the ln- dividual Few of us have realized that dictatorship can come slowly and insidl- ously as well as swiftly and brutally- and that basic rights may be destroyed before we know we have lost them.
 This is the greatest issue that any na- ton can face. Either we are to maintain democracy, and all that democracy means free enterprise, free speech, the rights of free men to act freely as their energies and ambitions dictate-or we are to let democracy die. There can be no compro- mise. no middle ground. No American could do finer thing than to passion ately resolve that in this nation at least the state shall continue to exist for the people-not the people for the state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
British Cabinet Shakeup

The shake-up in the British war cabi- net was not unexpected-it has been felt both here and in England that some of the posts were held by stuffed shirts who had to be given the gate in the ln- terest of efficiency. But the dropping of energetic, popular War Minister Hore- BeliSha was surprise.
 Hore-Belisha's downfall apparently came largely as result of a. run-in with the general staff. One belief of his was that the army must be made more democratic, and that the higher officers should be younger. He put that belief into action, and it didn't please the generals. On top of that it is reported that he fell out with Winston Churchill Churchill is by far the most colorful and aggressive figure now in Chamberlain's cabinet, and he usually gets his way.
 The London press has been hammerlng away with Chamberlain editorials. Some have even said that the successful prosecution of the war demands the Prime Ministers resignation. The whole thing will be aired when Parliament meets again.
 Should the Chamberlain government fall-and there is no indication that 1t will as yet-it's almost a certainty that Churchill would get the Prime Minister ship. So the chance of Hore-Belisha con- ing back is extremely remote.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
Fighting An Old Taboo

Syphilis is still talked about in whispers. Because it was taboo for so long, the word still sounds slightly inde- cent. And because of the evil connota- tion that has grown around the disease itself, medical men are still hampered in their efforts to combat it. No one knows clearly how many persons may be infect ed. The spread of compulsory tests as a preliminary to issuance of marriage li- cenSes has aided the fight against the dis ease little. Most recent estimate, report ed by the American Social Hygiene Asso- ciation, Inc, indicates per cent of the population of this country is affected.
 Other estimates have varied from 1-2 to 10 per cent. None can be considered accurate. There is no conclusive way of arriving at figure. At least not until victims are less reluctant to submit to treatment. And until people, unaware that they may have the disease, permit examinations To prevent the dangerous later stages, most people, whether they believe they are infected or not, would do yell to visit doctor. There need be nothing more disgraceful about getting treated for syphilis than for diphtheria or measles
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
Will New School Prevail?

A high government official recently said. according to the New York Times, that if private banking will not advance to small businesses "the reasonable loans which they require" the government will provide the money.
 It remains to be seen whether that is a threat of bluff. And it will be inter esting to watch the politicians attempt to justify it. For there is no lack of fac tual data showing just what the banks are doing to meet the loan requirements of business, small and large. And this data overwhelmingly indicates that rarely in our history have the banks sought sound loans more zealously. They aren't just willing to loan to the deserving busi- ness-they are eager. And very large percentage of today's bank loans are small-a few hundred or few thousand dollars The worthwhile little business is as interesting to the banker as the big. But any banker who agreed to all loans asked for, would soon see his bank broke and himself in jail. The banker has to know where the money to meet the loans is coming from-a political lending body, using the taxpayers money, would not.
 Government banking, like government in other business, would be ,~about the most expensive thing the taxpayers could have forced on them. On top of that, it would be a mighty political weapon, and open a new and fertile field for pa tronage and votes. To attempt to sell it to the country by attacking the banks is on a par with previous political efforts of this character There is new school in politics which wants government to compete with and dominate business in all fields, and it will go to almost any length to get the result it seeks. We have seen the results of such policy in foreign nations where liberty and private enter prise have been wiped out by govern. ment in business Socialism, commun- iSnn)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30

pie, and also, of the rights of Italy as a nation.
 So, think, I can express view on the actual and future position of Italy, in confront of the present European conflagration, which, even considering the difficult under standing of the situation, will be close to the reality, because the fulfillment of Italy's desires are radicated in the hearts of the great majority of the Italian people, and consequently are bound to be uttered and accomplished by the present Italian government.
 
 As a matter of fact, the German action of September, 1889, was not contemplated by the military al- liance between that nation and Italy, and that alone constitutes clear justification of Italy's declar- ation of not belligerency. More over, the pact signed by Germany with Soviet Russia, being viola ton of the anti-Comintern pact previously signed by Germany Japan and Italy, is another justifi- cation of the Italian assumed posi- tion.
 But these two concomitant fac- tors, which gave to the Italian gov- ernment the possibility of keeping his nation out of the incipient sec- ond World War, were not consid- cred necessarily sufficient for call- ing off the alliance existent between Italy and Germany.
 It is evident that the Italian government, which in August of 1899 tried every possible way for the peaceful solution of the dis ,pute between Germany and Poland, were unmiStakable, contrarily im- pressed by the long efforts of the governments of England and France at having Soviet Russia at their side, for completing the encircle- ment of Germany, and eventually. of Italy. Therefore, it is not a surprise if the Italian government decided that a Russia with Ger many was less dangerous than Russia with England and France especially considering the probable possibility of checking the move- Inents of Russian military forces through the intervention of Ger many.
 But even this possibility does not exclude the alert watchfulness of Italy which is determined at imped- ing at any cost the entrance of the Communists of Russia in the Balkan region.
 The coerence of the Italian anti- Communist policy is the only con- crete and constructive policy of any European nation. The noble. courageous and factive help liber- ally furnished to the Spanish peo-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30

The news now coming from Poland and gleaned from a memorandum pre- sented to Pope Plus XII concerning Ger man treatment of clergy and civilians is appalling Coming from some sources one might be inclined to believe the stories were exaggerated as were many of the German atrocity stories in the World War that terminated twenty years ago; but coming through channels that have been carefully considered by His Holiness the stories are given credence. The New York Times yesterday printed excerpts from these memoranda that were shocking Vile treatment of priests and laymen, closing of churches, the Basilica, hearding together of lay peo- pie and clergy, abuse of Jews, shooting of priests, proclamation of churches, and many such atrocities, are mentioned in the charges against the Nazis since their occupation of Poland.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
prayer.

Today marks the seventh anniversary of the reign of Hitler. During these years he has triumphantly carried on his de- sign for Notwithstanding. He perhaps feels he has done an excellent job. Per haps he has measured by his twisted standards of social existence. Regarding Hitlers career and his influence as a leader of seventy million Germans New York Times editorial expresses the sen- timent "But the career of Hitler has shown in seven short years that social improvement, cultural advancement, ma terial happiness for millions upon mil lions of "little men" can be shattered by one fanatical leader who is not watched in time."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
STAMFORD PROBE
Bridgeport Times-Star)

(BrldgepOrt I1meS-Starl
 States Attorney Lorin Willis is not a public official likely to ask a grand jury to begin a probe of gov- ernmental affairs unless he has fairly strong reasons for believing in the existence of irregularities.
 It is indicated, then, that ale though Connecticut has but recently had its i'll of the unsayory picture of politics and business in conni- vance for the footing of the public till, there has been some unpleas- antness found on the doorstep of the city of Stamford.
 It is not the business of the press to speculate on the situation which is now in the hands of the grand fury. If it's bad news, it will be out soon enough, and if there is shame, it will spread fast enough. We can but hope that, if there has been corruption, it has been limited and petty in nature, not Of any sub stantial injury to Stamford's tax payers or of any sweeping dis- credit to the Stamford town and city administration.