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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-23
Baptists Elect Officials

The congregation of the Rock
vile Baptist Church elected Off
Gals for the current year at its
annual business meeting as fol-
lows:
Deacons-Thomas Baker, Will
liam L. Beall, Harry S. Beall,
Charles Ward and Melbourne
Ward; deaconess, Miss Edith Ma
gruder; clerk, Mrs. Harry S.
Beall; treasurer, Margaret F.
Gates; organist, Miss Elizabeth
Robertson. The trustees, who hold
over, are Russell Bogley, Eugene
Bridgewater and Melbourne E.
Ward.
A budget for the year which
totaled approximately $2,70O, was
adopted.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-23
Rockville Police
Court Convictions

Rockville Police Court convic-
tions are as follows: George Duff
fin, disorderly conduct, $3.50; Al
bert Cooper, disorderly conduct,
$3.50; j. Paul Reffitt, auto viola
ton, $3.50; Leroy Martin, exceed
ing speed limit, $16.45; Harry A.
Buchanan, failing to give name
after collision, $26.45; Charles O.
Russell, disorderly conduct, $3.50;
Dorothy Jones, disorderly conduct,
$3.50; William Sammerson, reck-
less driving, $2.45; Clifton E.
Frittes, exceeding speed limit,
$11.45; Chester Hill, disorderly
conduct, $3.50; Wilfred w. Beall,
exceeding speed limit, $2.45; Ma
rian Lambert, disorderly conduct,
$3.50.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-23
Farm Loan Group
To Hold Meeting

Members of the Western Mary
land National Farm Loan Asso-
citation, one of the major coopera-
tive credit institutions of the
county, will hold their annual
meeting on Tuesday, January %,
1941, at the Court House in Rock
vile, President Eugene B. Casey
announced today.
The operation and responsible
ties Of the association will be pre-
sented and discussed. Directors
will be elected to the board and
other business will be transacted,
"This is the best way for the
members to keep informed con-
corning the affairs of the associa-
tion," Mr.. Casey said.
Invitations have been sent to
county and home demonstration
agents, vocational agricultural in.
structors, representatives Of pro.
duction credit associations and
other agricultural agencies. Farm
women are especially invited.
"The association is operated by
and for farmers to make possible
long-term farm mortgage credit
on a cooperative basis" Mr.. Casey
said. "Most families buy a farm
only once in a lifetime. To pay
for the property many families
have to obtain farm loan. Tn,
farms they select, the price leve
at the time they buy, and thu
terms Of the mortgage they ge
will play a large part in theil
future success or failure. Tn,
Western Maryland National Farm
Loan Association was organized
to enable farmers in Montgomer!
County to obtain Federal Lane
Bank loans which are geared b
the needs Of farmers"
Association officials said some
one from the Federal Land Banl
Of Baltimore win be invited an'
may be called upon to common
on any new legislation or operat
ing policies affecting the associa
ton.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-23
Directors, Officers
Elected By County
Banks For The Year

Montgomery banks have elected
officers and directors for the year
as follows:
Farmers Banking & Trust Com
pany, Rockville Richard F. Green
president; Albert M. Bouic, Thomas
w. Perry, vice presidents; ].
Hampton Jones, secretary; F.
Bache Albert, treasurer; directors
G. Eddington Bell, F. Bache Albert
Louis D. Bell, Albert M. Bouic,
Edwin w. Broome, Dexter M. Bull
ard, Henry F. Gibbs, Richard F
Green, Charles C. Jones, John A.
Jones, Thomas w. Perry, William
Reuben Humphrey, Edgar Reed and
Winship I. Green.
Montgomery National Bank Of
Rockville = George P. Henderson,
president; Paul C. Ramsdell, execu-
tive vice president; William F.
Prettyman, vice president and
counsel; ]. Paul Brunette, cashier;
directors, Paul Ramsdell, 7. M. An
derson, Robert w. Vinson, G. p
Henderson, Robert C. Warfeld,
Lloyd J. Jones, Russell Mizell
Franklin H. Karin, Thomas c. Kel-
ley, Robert Peter and William F
Prettyman.
Saving Institution of Sandy
Spring Frederic L. Thomas,
president; Francis A. Thomas, sec
rotary; ]. w. Jones, vice president;
Francis Miller, treasurer; Miss
Sallie P. Brooke, assistant secre-
tary; directors, Tarlton Brooke, G.
Rust Candy, Or. George E. Cook,
A. Douglas Farquhar, Clarence B,
Hurley, Thomas Hyde, Josiah w
Jones, P. Garland Lyon, Francis
Miller, Robert H. Miller, Jr., Har-
wood w. Owings, William F.
Prettyman, Stanley P. Stabler
Frederick L. Thomas and William
]. Thomas.
First National Bank of Sandy
Spring = Fred L. Thomas, presi-
dent; Frank j. Downey, vice presi-
dent; Josiah w. Jones, chairman Of
the board; Francis Miller, cashier;
+. A. Thomas, assistant cashier;
Miss Sallie P. Brooke, Carl M.
Beall, Miss Alice Cockey and Miss
Mabel Metz, clerks; directors, DR..
Jacob w. Bird, Calvin Bready,
Frank ]. Downey, Allan Farquhar,
I. Lamar jackson, Josiah w. Jones,
Francis Miller, Richard H. Lans-
dale, William E. Talbot and Fred
L. Thomas.
First National Bank of Gathers
burg = Bates Etchison, president;
W. w. Hodges, vice president;
Leonard H. Hoyle, executive vice
president; c. o.. Bordeaux, cash
Ter; Leona G. Fulks, assistant
cashier; directors, John E. Oxley,
Bates Etchison, ]. S. Taylor, Gar
net Etchison, Louis d. Bell, z. M.
Cooke, w. w. Hodges, Harold
Ward, C. o. Bordeaux and Leon
ard H. Hoyle.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-23
Letters to Editor
To the Editor of the

To the Editor of the
MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
Rockville, Md.
Dear SIR:
l read with much concern ar
article published in a down county
bi-monthly paper in reference tc
the Poolesville--W White Ferry Road
in which it was suggested that
nothing be done to improve the
existing conditions of that i'm
portant stretch of unimproved
road.
For the information of your
readers, the 1889 Legislature
authorized an issue of Forty Thou
sand Dollars (4O,OOO.OO) levied
against that part of Montgomery
County outside of the Maryland
Washington Metropolitan District,
to construct a concrete road from
Poolesville to Whites Ferry. The
distance is 2.44 miles and accord
ing to a survey made by the
State Roads Commission and a
survey made by the County En-
gineer, it would have been i'm
possible to construct 2.44 miles
of concrete road for Forty Thou
sand Dollars ($40,000.0O).
The present proposal is to re-
quest this Legislature to strike
out the wording concrete high
way = = y = under specifications
of the State Roads Commission
and authorize a hard surface, not
concrete, road, as it is believed
Forty Thousand Dollars ($40, 000.-
00) expended for hard surfacing
will complete this stretch of road.
This road in question, is approx
mately thirteen miles from my
home in the GAINESVILLE District,
and / dare say my travel over
will be limited, however, I am
interested in seeing this historic,
interstate, upper Montgomery
County outlet improved with a
hard surface.
It is true that there is no
bridge across the Potomac al
Whites Ferry, and that the ferry
service is not all that it might be-
or should be, but it is also true
that a number of God fearing
peace loving, taxpaying mud bound
Montgomery county citizens live
on this road, who during the win
ter time are unable to get out
on account of this mud.
The school bus has to be pulled
out of the mud constantly by the
neighboring farmers, and the
rural delivery carrier has to aban.
don his route, or get a neighbor'
ing farmer to carry the mad
through on horseback.
Regardless of whether the
bridge is ever built or not, tn,
road should, in my opinion, b,
built for the accommodation ant
use of the citizens and taxpayer
of Montgomery County, who viii
use it.
This Forty Thousand Dollars
| $40, 0O0.O0) bond issue is not /
new bond issue, but is an alread,
authorized bond issue and viii
not interfere with the recent,
adopted "Pay AS You Go" polio,
Of the County Commissioners.
Yours veyy truly,
CHARLES H. JAMESON.
GAINESVILLE. Md.
January %. fQA1
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-23
st. Luke's Lutheran Church
Redland
Ralph Hershberger, Pastor

Ralph Hershberger, Pastor
1000 A. M. Sunday School les
son: "Christ's Concern For The
Lost" Glasses meet in the parish
hall.
HOO A. M. Divine worship. Pas
tors second anniversary sermon on
Praying and Praising the Lord"
Thursday:
800 P. M. Brotherhood topic dis
cussion of "How to use the Bible u
by Willard O'Neal.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-23

Rare blue-white diamonds were
among the 300 stones in an 300
pound safe which was stolen bodily
from a diamond cutting plant in
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-23
Christian Church Service

"The State Of The Church," will
be the sermon subject of the eleven
o'clock worship at the Rockville
Christian Church, Sunday, January
&c.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-23

Nearly $500 miles of new rail-
way lines have been established in
Manchuria in the last seven years.
Evening star., 1941-11-22
Civil War Is Reported
Spreading in Yugos|avia

BY the Associated Press
zAGREB. Croatia, Nov. 20
Fighting described as civil war"
gradually is assuming greater pro-
portions in the Serbian part of dis
membered Yugoslavia, reports from
the turbulent area reported last
night.
Clashes Wednesday and Thursday
among government troops and dis
sidents referred to as Communists"
resulted in 37l rebels being killed and
hundreds taken prisoner and exc
cuted, these reports said.
The worst trouble spots were re-
ported in the central part of the
former kingdom and along the bor-
ders of Italian-occupied Montenegro
and Herzegovina.
A new law aimed at discouraging
frequent attacks on trains and
buses was published in Belgrade
providing for clearing trees and
bushes from strip of land 500 yards
wide on each side of railroads and
highways.
Evening star., 1941-11-22
1hrice-Spared Slayer,
Another 10 Die in Chair

BY the Associated Press.
BELLEFONTE. Pa, Nov. 22-Two
convicted slayers with only shred
of hope left in the form of a possible
eleventh. hour respite from Gov.
Arthur H. James are scheduled for
a double execution in Rockview
Penitentiary's electric chair tomor-
row night.
Willie Jones, 26-year-old Pitts
burgh Negro, vino has won three
respites as the time of his scheduled
execution approached, was sentenced
for the holdup Staying Of Frank
Akerson. McKeesport meat packing
official. June !, 1910
Harold B. Frisbie. 33-year-old
Bucks County farmer, pleaded guilty
to the shooting October IA. 1910. of
Edward Lee. wealthy Sullivan
County lumberman. who had given
him lift in his car.
Evening star., 1941-11-22
Prince Georges Board
Calls "A for PhysicaIs

BY Staff Correspondent of The Star
UPPER MARLBORO. Md. Nov
22.-Prince Georges County Selec-
tive Service Board No. 3 today an
nouaced names of IA registrants to
be given physical examinations in
Baltimore, December 5. The list in
cludes the following: Four white reg
istrants-Noel L. Watson, Ritchie;
Vernon G. Uhl, Capitol Heights;
Robert G. Shumaker. Bradbury
Heights: William V. Hungerford
Oxon Hill
Ten colored registrants to be ex-
amined are Eugene F. Neal, Joseph
C. Robertson, Arthur H. jackson and
Charles H. Harrison, Paramount
Heights; Howard M. Smith. Croome
Station; Stanford E. Coleman,
Chapel Hill; Raymond L. Randall,
Cedar Heights; David Brooks and
Frank H. Chesley, Aquasco, and Will
liam M. Green, Camp Springs.
Evening star., 1941-11-22
Bethesda Resident
Is Found Guilty Of
6 Radiators
Totol Of Six Cases
Disposed of os Court
Opens in Rockville
B, a Staff Correspondent of The Star.

By Staff Correspondent OF The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md. Nov. 22.-Two
larceny cases. three forgery cases
and one housebreaking case we're
disposed of by Judge Stedman Pres
colt yesterday as the Circuit Court
opened the November criminal term.
After celebrating for more than
two hours. jury found Leroy T
Strothers. 80, of Bethesda, guilty of
the larceny of six radiators worth
about Sll0 from his employer, Mrs.
Annie T. Lewis of Glen Echo.
Judge Prescott postponed sentence
after a clemency plea by the de-
PENDANTS mother that he is the sole
support of herself and her father.
Estel NJ. Lee, l9, of West Virginia
was sentenced to serve so DAYS in
the Maryland House of Correction
after pleading guilty to larceny and
embezzlement of s37 from the Beth
esda restaurant in which he worked.
Dorine Virginia Hawkins. colored,
21, of Rockville. was sentenced to
serve three years after she pleaded
guilty to two of 10 forgery indict-
ments.
A 2-year sentence was imposed on
Melvin Brown, colored, of Washing
ton, who pleaded guilty to forging
two pay checks of fellow employees
at the American Instrument Co. in
Silver Spring.
James William McAllister of Ia
koma Park. who pleaded guilty to
two of five forgery indictments, re-
ceived a sentence of three years.
Roland Ulysses Lyles. l9. colored,
of Damascus was sentenced to serve
two years and six months after
pleading guilty to two charges of
housebreaking,
Evening star., 1941-11-22
Is N. u. Students Listed
For CoIIeqe Who's Who

By the Associated Press.
Sixteen outstanding University Of
Maryland students, among them
John Cordyack, varsity football star,
were named yesterday for inclusion
in the 1912 edition of Who's Who"
among American university and
college students.
The selections are made on the
basis of character, leadership. scho-
lastic standing and potentialities of
future usefulness to business and
society. Others named were Mary
Ann Griffith of Silver Spring. Ruth
Lee Thompson of Cumberland,
Mary Powell of Hagerstown, Doris
Mcfarland of Cumberland, Jane
Howard of University Park, Larry
Mackenzie of Silver Spring, Robert
Searls of Baltimore, Orville Shirey
of Cumberland.
Judson Bell of Aberdeen, Jerry
Prentice of Hyattsville, James Dunn
of Washington, Harry Spicer of
Baltimore. Bill Holbrook of College
Park, Walter Kerwin of Bennings
Station and Neal Hathaway, Uni
versity Park.
Evening star., 1941-11-22
Disappearance Of {. !. 0.
Editor Investigated
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Nov. 22.-Police were
investigating today the reported
disappearance of Donald L. Miller.
c. I. o. editor and investigator, who
recently had expressed fear for his
life to friends and ofncials.
Mr.. Miller, 80, had gone a month
ago to John s. Bugas. in charge Of
the Detroit Office of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation. to ask pro-
lection. Mr.. Bugas said Mr. Miller
told him he had received telephone
threats. Mr. Bugas said he advised
Mr.. Miller to 60 to local police,
Mr.. Miller has been missing since
October 81, his mother, Mrs. Alice
Miller, with whom he made his home
in suburban Ferndale. said. She said
friends told her they had seen him
in an automobile with another man
October %.
Special Prosecutor Chester P.
O'Hara said Mr.. Miller had come to
him q month ago. saying that he
(Miller had been falsely accused Of
giving testimony before a grand jury
investigating graft and that he was
afraid.
Evening star., 1941-11-22
Clause in Standard
Agreement |mperiIs
Penny Milk Project
Limitation Of Half Pint
For Pupils Revealed
By Federal Official

A clause in a Department Of Ag.
riculture standard agreement" linn
iting the amount of subsidized milk
one child can receive, today bobbed
up to becloud hopes of establishing
here a penny-a- -half-pint milk prof.
ect for needy District school chill
dren.
Leon j. Steck of the Surplus Mar
keting Administration of the de-
partment, told members of a special
Board of Education advisory COM
mlttee that under standard agree
ment form TO be signed by boards of
education in communities TO receive
the department-sponsored penny
milk, the program provides a limita-
ton of one-han pint of subsidized
milk per child.
Previously S. M A. officials had
advised the committee headed by
FIRST Assistant Supt of Schools
ROBERT A. Haycock that an increase
OF 27O per cent in milk consump-
tlon among District school children
would be necessary for a depart
ment-spOnsored program 10 protect
the mix producers against financial
loss.
Statistics Presented.
AT a meeting at the Franklin
School, Mr. Haycock presented Mr..
otecks statistics covering a. Dis
trlct public schools. IA parochial
schools and seven settlement houses,
IN which 1t was estimated milk con-
sumption could be increased to a
total OF 3l5.5 per cent. This in
crease, however was predicated in
many instances on giving addi-
uonal half pints at the 1890 recess
period to children who would also
receive half pints under the free
hot school lunch program at the
noon recess.
IL seems as though our Vhols
increase is based on giving chill
dren more than one-half pint" de-
clared Mrs. Lucian Jordan of the
District Congress of Parents and
Ieachers, in suggesting that the
District may not be able TO qualify
under the contract limitations.
Mr.. Steck said he did not know
whether the rule could be modified
TO fit the District situation or not.
He said he was in no position to pass
final judgment on the program.
Steck Offers Proposal.
Mr.. Steck suggested the possibil-
lty of paying full price for the milk
under the tree-lunch program, thus
taking it out Of the subsidized cate
CORY, as a possible means by which
the necessary consumption increase
might be effective without a child
receiving more than one-half pint of
subsidized milk.
The S. M. A. official praised the
completeness of Mr. Haycock's sta
tistical report and hinted that the
program was in such formative state
that nothing could be set down as
definite at the present time. The
program, he said, is now in oper-
alton in New York and Boston, but
only in Boston does it function un-
der the standard agreement" New
York will be drawn into the agree
ment later, it was suggested.
Evening star., 1941-11-22
0utfitting Of New
Polish Army in Soviet
Speeded by British
Large Consignment Of
Uniforms Is Received;
Force Grows Steadily
BY A. T. STEELE,
Foreign Correspondent OF The Star ana
Chicago Daily News.


Chicago Daily News.
KUIBYSHEV, Nov. 22-With the
arrival of a large consignment OF
British-made uniforms, the outfit
ting of the new Polish Army in
Russia is going forward. Part at
least of the Polish military force
will be fully equipped to pass in
review before Gen. Wladyslaw
Sikorski, premier of the Polish
government in exile, when he
reaches this country shortly.
Gen. Anders, commander-in chief
of the Polish forces here, expects to
have a considerable body of we'll
drilled soldiers. including many
veterans of the Polish campaign
ready to move into action against
the Germans within two or three
months.
Number Steadily Growing.
The Polish troops have been
under training for three months at
three centers in Russia and their
number is being continually aug
mented. Recruits are arriving in
a steady stream from distant regions
of Russia ...
The problem of uniforming the
Polish volunteers is being solved
through collaboration with the
British. However, supplies of uni
forms, greatcoats and shoes are just
beginning to come in large quanti-
ties. The Russians are also contri-
buting much in the way Of equip
ment and arms.
The vast Polish community in the
Soviet Union is anticipating Gen.
Sikorskis visit with considerable in
terest, for he symbolizes their re-
vived hopes for the liberation of
their homeland from the Nazi
clutch.
During his brief stay of two or
three weeks in this country, Gen.
Sikorski will pay a formal call at
the Kremlin to confer with Soviet
Premier Stain, inspect Polish camps
and deliver a radio address to the
people of his own PROSTATE land.
Draw Peoples Together.
The conference last week between
the Polish Minister and Premier
Stain and the impending visit of
Gen. Sikorski are indicative of the
improving relations between the two
peoples now united against Hitler.
There has been no difficulty in
obtaining many thousands of volun-
teers from among Poles in the
Soviet Union for a new army to
fight side by side with the Russians.
The task of assembling these
legions, dispersed over country as
vast as this one, is formidable and
will be long time in completion.
News of contributions of clothing
and medicines from Poles in the |
United States, Great Britain and
other countries is welcomed more
than money, but transport and
delivery are proving most difficult. |
Copyright. 194l. by Chicago Daily News.
Evening star., 1941-11-22
Mother SIoys Infants,
Then Shoots Herself
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Nov. pa young
mother killed her two infant daugh-
ters yesterday by shooting them with
a shot gun as they lay in their cribs,
and then shot and critically wound
ed herself, Chief Clarence Neu-
schafer of the suburban Riverside
police, said.
Chief Neuschafer said the tragedy
was discovered by the woman's hus-
band, Wallace Bergeron, an X-ray
therapy expert at the Hines Vet
Grams Hospital. when he returned
home from work.
The dead were Brenda, 21a, and
Amelia, Is months. Mrs. Bergeron,
30, who was found on a studio couch,
a shot gun nearby, was taken to q
hospital. Her condition was reported
grave.
Evening star., 1941-11-22
7O2 Soldiers
Volunteer to
Work in Mines
BY the Associated Press.

CAMP FORREST, Tenn, Nov. %
Members of a field artillery bat
terry at Camp Forrest today sent this
telegram to John L. Lewis. president
of the United Mine Workers Union:
In response to your statement
that soldiers of the United States
Army won't dig coal we, the under
signed members of Battery c. 19lst
Field Artillery, 100 per cent strong,
do hereby offer to dig coal at our
present rate of pay and to donate
the difference in that pay and the
present average salary of a coal
miner to the Treasury of the United
States for national defense"
The message was signed by l02
members of the battery, including
II sergeants and II corporals.
Mr.. Lewis, commenting earlier in
the week on the possibility that
troops might be sent to take over
the captive coal mines where the
c. I. o. union is on strike, had said :
The Army is not going to shoot our
people and the soldiers are not going
to mine coal"
Evening star., 1941-11-22
Takoma Park Unit
Opposes Increase
In Gasoline Tax
D. C.-MoryIond Citizens
Association Hears Yohe
On County Government

ANY increase in the present gaso-
line tax in the District was op-
posed in resolution adopted last
night at a meeting of the Takoma
Park ID. C-Md) Citizens ASsocia-
ton after Arthur F. Gordon de-
clared the proposed increase should
be dispensed with in view of the
rise in price of other commodities.
L. R. Grabill, vice president, re-
ported that the paving of Eastern
avenue, following its widening from
Laurel to Willow avenues, had been
completed, but could not predict
when the improvement of that sec
ton of Eastern avenue between
Whittier street and New Hampshire
avenue would be undertaken by the
District authorities.
An appeal will be made to Mai.
Edward j. Kelly. superintendent of
PoilSS. W give dllOll " Illo
need for proper apportionment of
personnel. The urgency of the traf-
flc situation was discussed by Burt
w. Andrews and Mr.. Gordon, who
spoke of the Importance of more
foot patrolmen.
The resignation of Albert Roberts,
secretary of the association, was &C
cepted and Miss Grace B. Holmes,
association president. appointed
Hardin Waters to fill the unexpired
term.
New members elected included
Ralph G. Stevens and P. D. Mac
Morris.
A county council. as provided in
the Brookings report to replace the
present board of county commits
sioners, was supported by H. S.
Yohe. former president of the Mont
gomery County Civic Federation.
who said that this would provide
for one representative from each
district in Montgomery County and
would result in better government.
He said that there also should be
county manager, to serve under the
council. He criticized the pyramid
ing of government in the county
and useless duplication of activities
and its administrative functions.
Mr.. Yohe pointed out that the
superintendent of schools performed
AZ different functions. although he
commended that branch of the
government. He recommended a
county civil service commission of
three unpaid members. He deplored
the lack of interest on the part of
citizens in the county and said all
legal jobs should be consolidated
under a county solicitor.
The meeting was held in the
Takoma Park Branch of the Wash
ington Public Library.