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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-06-12

be held at the Burtonsville Church,
next Sunday at 1890 o'clock.
Mrs. May Howard, in company
with friends, drove to Denver, Col,
two weeks ago, as delegate to
the Employment Board convention.
She is expected home some time
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Duvall have
greatly improved the appearance
Of their home by having recently
having it covered with white as
bestos shingles, with green trim.
Mrs. Belinda Rich is reported as
very i'll at the home of her son, Mr..
Wilmer Rich, near Beltsville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Roby and
family attended services at the Big
Gospel Tent, on Wisconsin avenue
last Sunday afternoon and evening,
to hear Jackie Burris, the world
noted evangelist, and his wonder
full music. 1t is presumed, there
were 5000 persons present.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-06-12

guests of their brother-in-law and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas W.
Troxell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marberry Gates
were guests of relatives in POGO
moke City, Nd, recently.
Mrs. Ira Darby entertained on
Saturday with a dinner party in
honor of her husbands birthday.
Included among the guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Walker, Mr..
and Mrs. McKendree Walker, Miss
Sallye Holland, all of Gathers
burg, and Mrs. Kate Browning and
daughter, Miss Carrie Browning,
both of Germantown.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-06-12
ASKS COURT TO BREAK
HART"

The N. c. st. L. Railway re-
Gently petitioned the court to en-
join Sam Shipley, %, from stand
ing in front of fast trains until
emergency brakes are applied. II
was alleged that Shipley was in
the habit of watching until fast
freights and passenger trains ap-
preached, then stepping on the
tracks, necessitating the applica-
ton of emergency brakes. AS the
trains slow down to stop, Shipley
would step from the tracks.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-06-12
FALKLAND

The school is putting on a COM
munity social on Tuesday evening,
June II, at 8 o'clock; sponsored by
the PIT. A. There will be fancy
articles and refreshments for sale.
Miss Seville Roby, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Roby, has ac-
cepted a position with life insur-
ance company in Washington.
Mrs. Bessie Rich is directing the
Children's Day services which will
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-06-12

Fifty-one per cent favor lower
ing the draft age to 10, Gallup
survey finds.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-06-12

March exports show IS per cent
increase to the best in year.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-06-12

Germans again urge European
unity if we fight.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-06-12
Receipts and Disbursements
MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF ROCKVILLE
May l, 1910 to May 1, 1911
RECEIPTS
RECEIPTS

Balance Way lSao 116344
lakes cwSeee a. 0o Gen on SIOV 2401859
HeWeL p4 alIe lax conecteo 3,7O724
Watei ser coilec.eu 11,21869
Gasonne aA py State) 1910 and 1871 1868
Paid by County Sewer Water Bonds 1'ns0 m
Bank Tax COLLECTED by County, .....t, ''' T04 Oh
Franchise Tax COLLECTED 70
Permts cohecteo 10000
heiunus 81.01
on SurD ana Gutter work and Material Sold 9034
Kent colecteo
Gouecoeo on BAKER properly 1000
Iteres coneSeo on laXes 11278
Dog rags SOLO 236OO
FUNDS borrowed 100000
snow removal 35
Miscellaneous 1889
TOTAL RECEIPTS. ........................$ 5ss6s6
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-06-12

On May 194O the Mayor and Council had balance of $634
and had outstanding notes of sOOOO This condition caused
by the taking West End Park which
and installed This mostly
by bond but the finishing of this job and the digging and
putting into operation of wells the Maddox property caused the
Mayor Council borrow this We have paid
this balance
Of $5755.25.
During the have had to extend and water
in West End and Croydon Park which has been done from the
Upton Street We
reduced the bonded debt of the Town 100000.
For the the Town Limits have been extended to
take Rokcrest the abung First Street in East
Rockville add taxable basis of the Town Like
there number houses constructed in the
Town and of facts in the face of rising taxes
everywhere Mayor Council deemed advisable reduce
the tax rate five for the coming year.
Respectfully submitted this first day of May, 1941.
255
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-06-12

F. B. ALBERT, Clerk.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-17

own. Ruthlessly attempting to repel any in
vasion by outsiders" or upstairs" the estate
was divided into four parcels and bid in by
Hans Christian Some, George b. St George
(whose wife is a kinswoman of President
Roosevelt) and George S. Amory. This trio
comprises longtime residents of Tuxedo,
which probably used to be the most exclusive
suburb in America
But Of all the imposing social and finan-
cial clans represented in Newport only one
made any attempt to purchase Rosecliff when
il went on the block.
The only member of the Newport colony
who bid on Tessie's mansion was Frazier
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-17

The house itself, stripped of so much OF
its grandeur, now belongs to Broadway.
My mothers favorite song has always
been / Dreamt 1 Dwelt in Marble Halls"
Gertrude Niesen told me when the purchase
of the house was announced.
We'll, she's going to have plenty of EN-
now!' her daughter added with decision.
AS for the future of snooty Tuxedo Park.
that too looks dark and dreary to the social
elect who once considered it their impreg-
nable citadel Not long ago. they were
shocked to hear that Colonel Pierre Lorillard
who owns most of Tuxedo Park was planning
TO let the bars down to young folks of moder-
ate income, regardless Of whether or not blue
blood flowed through their veins
Heavy income taxes. depleted returns from
investments and similar misfortunes have
caused the exodus Of many of the patricians
who formerly made the park their home Then
too there was a 81, 100000 mortage due and
the Tuxedo Park Association had to dig I'D
the funds to pay it.
So Colonel Lorillard decided that the
colony needed some up and coming young
people who would consider it Paradise enow TO
dwell there in small, reasonably priced
cottages.
Furthermore Colonel Lorillard was quoted
as saying he didn't give a boot whether or
not the new Tuxedo colonists were in the
Social Register.
What is blue blood anyway" he is
reported to have snapped
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-17

the eventual doom of all the great and glitter
ing palaces erected by multimilionaires when
money was no object, taxation no problem.
and the world placid, inviting playground
for the rich.
In the years since these pleasure palaces,
decreed by the time Kubla Khans Of
American finance and industry, were built
the world has changed so drastically as to
transform such marble piles into burdensome
financial liabilities TO owners and heirs alike
Todays shrunken fortunes are not large
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-17

Rare Old Photo
graph of Tessie's
Father, James &.
Fair extre I'M e
right and a Party.
Including President
Grant, on "A Visit 10
the Com stock
Mines. Whose Gold
Built the Newport
Mansion. Left TO
Right Are: John w.
Mackay, Mrs. VI. &.
Gillette, L. -. Grant,
Jr., Mrs. Grant,
President Grant,
Mrs. Fair. Gov. j.
III. kinkead and
Mr.. Fair.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-17

aid of her crony. the late Mrs o. H. p.
Belmont-who was then Mrs. Willie X. Van
derbilt- Tessie presented her late Sister Vir-
GINA 20 society and married her off TO Mrs
Bemont's son, the Willie X Vanderbilt, of
this generation.
In November 1925. Tessie came to a sad
and tragic end in the Newport mansion
where she had given such costly fetes for the
great and near-great OF two continents
Jessie died in the mansion she had loved
IN room whose walls were padded and
whose windows were barred with iron In
the final years of her life, the woman who
had led society such an extravagant dance,
lost her mind.
So in the ensuing years, the mansion can
not have had very many happy memories for
her only child and heir. Both his guests and
his parties were less ostentatious than his
mothers. His friends were more cosmopoH-
tan than TeSsies, whose roster had included
Queen Marie OF Rumania
But where the Queen had left a scrawled
signature in the guest book as a memento of
her visit. Cole Porter. the Broadway Holly
wood composer and hbrettist has left a far
more substantial memo of his visits with the
young Hermann Oelrichs
II is said that Porter gained the in
spraton from one of his finest songs
Night and Day" from the endless surge
OF the on the pebbled beach below
the cliffs on which Tesse perched her
ornate palace
Ever since the sale Viewpoints swank
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-17
: Inez RObb Describes
NeWp0rtSSurrcnder
Of TeSSie 0elriChS'
Social Castle

The crumblins Colony Read Message Of
Doom in The Auction When the Tragic
Society Queens Great Marble Soncfum
Of the Old Four Hundred Was Knocked
Down to Torch Singer - and Only
Faithful Butler venfured to Buy and Cherish
What TrifIes He Could Save
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-17

VI the people VINO thronged
through Rosecliff before and dur
ing the auction, fully SO per cent
were outlanders from beyond
Newport. Only a few Newport
residents turned up to take adj
vantage Of this field day in bar
gain-and all wanted the same
things: Tessie's magnificent COL
lection of dishes and rare Geor-
gian silver.
Such elegantes as Mrs. Willing
Spencer, Miss Julia Berwind.
Mrs. William F. Whitehouse.
Mrs. Vladimir Behr and Mrs.
Reginald Norman braved the
crowds to bid on and buy the
heirloom silver and china.
But even Newport. geared TO
modern living despite its plush
and gilt traditions, had no use
for such large museum pieces as
the rare Gobelin tapestries,
which were sold TO art dealers
for song.
The famed painted panels on
the dining room walls were
bought by Miss Carolyn Trip. a
rich spinster Of the Old School.
who intends to install them in
her country home. But the gold
and white pipe-organ in the gilt
tering ballroom went for a mere
81, 700 to a bidder whose name
has not vet been announced.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-17

Jeike' himself snubbed as an upstart and
soclal entrepreneur when he first braved New
ports chilly social atmosphere after World
war No. l. Jelke, who has managed to
make pleasant if not dominant social place
for himself in the Queen Resort, bid SIT 600
Tor the S2,5OO000 mansion and then quit.
Neither Jeke nor any other member of
the Newport social clique wanted to be saddled
with either the tax burdens or the responsible
Ties or maintaining house as huge and
costly to operate as Roseciiff
So Newport, which was thrown into a
panic two years ago when Father Divine
threatened to buy "a heaven" in it's exclusive
confines, made no attempt to save itself or
Roseclff from invasion. Newport united to
ward off Father Divine. But it was unable
to rally enough strength or mazuma to pre-
vent the first SCATTERING crack in it's armor
by spearhead thrust from Broadway, Holly
wood and intermediate points.
OF course, if Miss Niesen really goes to
live in Rosecliff, she may decide that she
was basely deceived when she was assured
that Newport lay within the Temperate Zone.
For she will undoubtedly discover that its at
mosphere is that of the Arctic Zone or of
Little America during a particularly pro-
longed spell of frigid weather
Otherwise. Newport is as vulnerable to the
onslaught of outsiders" as any other rich
community where mansions are being sold
for cent, or even a few mills, on the dollar
The sale epitomizes the passing of the old
order and the emergence Of new In which
even the heirs of great fortunes must count
all their pennies carefully.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-17
enough to maintain
such mansions.

SuCh mansions
They are a drug on
the market, a dime q dozen in real estate
circles. The history of the last fifteen years
is merely repeating itself in Newport. This
swank resort is learning the bitter lesson
forced on an almost equally swank social
colony: Tuxedo Park.
The milion-dollar Tuxedo estate of
Charles f. Mitchell, former President of the
National City Bank, was sold at auction for
a mere S152OO
But, at least the residents of Tuxedo Park
temporarily rallied TO the defense of their
y AmcrIcan weekly Inc Great Britain Rights Rescr
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-17

the last eally
strong outpost of
what now passes
for the Four Hun
dred - has wrung
its hands in despair
and m a de loud
means in any and
all fashionable bars
over the terrible
fate of Tessie's
house"
y on & h { by a
torch singer, indeed
what lney CGy
is Newport coming
TOT And are afraid
20 sing out the an
swer they know so
well. For the pur-
chase of Rosecliff
by the Broadway
and II ollywo cd
Chantcuse is the
handwriting on the
wall which has al
ready appeared i'm
S o m ny n er
fashionable COM
munities.
It's message is
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-17

THAT typical American euphemism rs
nothing sacred" probably first crept
into the sanguage at an auction sale.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-14
PARROT WORKS
in TALLAHASSEE
SENDS LETTER TO THE CITI-
ZEN TELLING OF HIS
ACTIVITIES

The Citizen is in receipt of a
letter from Milton A. Parrot at
Tallahassee stating that he is
keeping in daily touch with hap
penings in the legislature and al
so with us. Senators Claude
Pepper and Charles o. Andrews
in Washington.
Mr.. Parrot, who is Familiarity
known to his numerous friends
in Key West as Mickey, states
in his letter that he will be more
than glad to render any service
possible for The Citizen and Key
West during his stay in the state
capital. which will be for the du-
ration of the legislative session.
The following is a clipping re-
lative to MIR. PARROT which was
taken from the Tallahassee pa
per:
Milton A. Parrot and his son.
Joseph Anthony, Of Key West,
are visitors in Tallahassee. Young
PARROT. who is four years old. is
said TO be the youngest member
of the American Legion. He is a
protege of Senator David Elmer
Ward of Fort Myers and he and
his father keeps in constant touch
with United States Senators c. o.
Andrews and Claude Pepper.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-14
EVERARD TIBBOTT
I DIED LAST NIGHT
SERVICE AT LOPEZ CHAPEL
THIS AFTERNOON AT
O'CLOCK

Everard Franklin Tibbott died
last night at 1855 o'clock at the
home, 1920 South street. Services
will be held this afternoon 4
o'clock at the Lopez Chapel by
Mrs. r. r. Ricketts,.
The body will be taken to Mi
ami tomorrow morning by the
Lopez Funeral ffome where it
will be cremated, after which the
ashes will be shipped to his home
in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Everard Frank Tibbott was 80
years old. He had been i'll for the
past two months. He was born
in Ohio, Sept %, 1858 and in his
early days was a court steno-
grapher and later a reporter for
the Associated Press. He was as
signed to cover General Harri-
sons presidential campaign in
1888 and Mr. Harrison was so i'm
pressed with his ability and per-
sonality that he asked him te be-
come his Confidential Secretary
in the White House, in which
capacity he acted throughout
President Harrison's term of of
flee, 1889 1898, and continued as
his private secretary until his
death in 1901.
Recently, during the prepara-
ton of Pres. Harrison's biography.
Mr. Tibbott. at Mrs. Harrison's
request, reviewed and transcribed
from old shorthand notes, sew
cral thousand letters and mem
oranda, taken during HarriSon's
terms as United States Senator
and President, a remarkable feat,
40 years after he had laid aside
all shorthand work, many of the
notes having been made by other
persons. i'm a short hand system
with which he was not familiar.
MIR Tibbott has known per-
sonally all the Presidents, nine in
number, from Harrison to Hoover
Shortly after Pres. Harrison's
death, John Wanamaker, who had
been Post Master General during
Harrison's administration, and
who had come to know Mr. lib
bolt at that time, invited him to
join the Wanamaker organiza-
ton. Hr acted in many capacities,
under Mr.. Wanamaker. some Of a
very confidential nature. and
handled and operated several OF
Continued on page Four
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-14
Bids For Building Two Highway
Bridges Higher Than Estimate

Bids for the construction Of
two bridges which will replace
wooden spans in Overseas High
way were considerably higher
than the estimate, State Senator
David +. Ward revealed today.
In letter to Stephen Singleton.
secretary of the chamber of COM
merce, Senator Ward said the
road department viii cooperate
on a fifty-fifty basis with the fed
eral government TO replace the
wooden bridges,
The bridges which are to be- re-
placed are between Key West and
the toll bridge district. which
would place them between here
and lower Matccumbe. Senator
Ward said he will attend another
meeting of the road department
April IS, when the matter of the
bridges again will come up,
The senator said he saw Com
gresham Pat Cannon several
times last week and added, I'VE
arr very much pleased at the
prospect for the splendid i'm
provcmentS for Key West and
Monroe county"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-14
BERVALDI GIVEN
DEFENSE CONTROL
DELEGATED TO CONTROL DE.
TENSE CORPS IN MON
ROE COUNTY

Carl Bervaldi, chairman of the
Monroe county commission, will
be delegated to control this coun-
tvs share of the state home de-
Tense corps, Stephen Singleton,
chamber of commerce secretary
announced today.
Singleton, who returned To
Key West yesterday after attend
ing a meeting of the state defense
group at West Palm Beach. said
he would be unable to reveal
details of the groups action un-
til he had furnished Bervaidi
with a written report.
"One thing ! can tell you"
Singleton said, els that Bervaldi
has been chosen to direct the
Key West and Monroe county
end of the defense organization"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-14
ATTACK MADE
ON BORDEAUX
SCORES OF FRENCH PRISON
ERS KILLED IN RAID BY
BRITISH
tBy Associated PressD

BERLIN, April IA. - Heavy
British air attacks on the Ger
man-occupied city of Bordeaux
last night brought death to scores
Of French prisoners when bombs
dropped on a prison camp, it was
revealed here today.
The air ministry said British
planes bombed Lorient and Brest
in addition to the attack on Bor-
deaux, but a report said little
damage was done in any of the
cities.
German planes, meanwhile,
struck at a convoy in the North
Sea, sinking $4,000 tons of mer-
chant shipping. Other German
planes in the Mediterranean were
said to have crippled two British
deStroyers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-14
Claimed Germans Suffered Terrific
Losses During Fighting IN Balkans
Washington Makes No Comment On
Signing Of Russia-Japanese Pact
Try Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, April 14.-Of-
fetal Washington today refused
to comment on the newly signed
non-aggression pact between Rus
STA and Japan, but newspapers
throughout the world gave widely
varying interpretations of the
treaty.
Pravda, semi-official Russian
paper, said 'the treaty will leave
Japan and Russia free to pursue
their destinies," but did not .ex-
plain exactly what VIII be its ef-
feet.
London newspapers suggested
the pact might leave Russia free
in the east to oppose Hitler's drive
into the Balkans, but German and
Italian newspapers hailed the
treaty as a triumph for their
diplomacy.
Chinese spokesman in Wash
ington said they do not believe
the treaty will interfere with
Russian shipments of supplies to
the embattled army of Chang
Kai-Shek, but Japanese news
papers intimated there would be
no further aid for China from
Russia and limited that Moscow
may step in to mediate the war.
Whatever the effects of the
Japanese-Russian move in Eu-
rope, most observers in Washing
ton expect Japan to take more
ambitious steps in her campaign
to control the south Pacific
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-14
GERMANS MOVE INTO
EGYPTIAN FRONTIER

CAIRO. April l4.-German sol
diers crashed nearly 100 miles
inside the Egyptian frontier yes
terday 10 knock at the gates OF
Salum as dive bombcrs poured a
hail Of high explosives on British
troops still holding out at To-
bruk.
Ships in the harbor at Tobruk
were methodically bombed, APP
pareptIy TO prevent the strong
British force there from making
an escape by sea.
The joint Italian German drive
into Egypt marks the second time
since September that Axis sol
diers have crossed the frontier
Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell's
Army Of the Nile began its drive
across north Africa from Sidi
Barrani. next city in line on the
new Axis push.
tThe London DAILY Mail said
today "the drive Is now large
Continued on Page Fosiri
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-14
MISS BRADY, BEAUTY
SPECIALIST, IN TOWN

Through the courtesy of Gard.
ner's Rcxall Drug Store. Miss
Tcrrice Brady. make up and
beauty c0nsuitsnt. Is IN Key
West for interviews with ladies
81 this city desiring advise IN her
tire.
Without any obligation of any
nature. Miss Brady win anaiyze
yolr beauty problems and give
free makeup demonstration
using CARA NOME beauty aids
TITS il a special service az.
ranged through RexaII DRUG
Stores Interviews are strictly
personal ard private, being made
~ the expense ~ Gardeners phar.
macy. at The Beauty Colony. neat
70 tire Bus Station or soushaEd
NfFeea.
The number os appointments
sre limited ~ Hiss Brady heaan
thaa naoFnsng ard Nlil be here
arslY through Friday
Tnose interested assOuId snake
appointments through GasdgeYss
Rexali Store. pRsasse 1T or AZ the
Beauty cOiony. phone z0s.--advt.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-14
Hotel Man Coming Here To
E Supervise Reservations For
LegiOnnaireS Going To Cuba

Adolph Valdes, owner Of the
Plaza hotel. Havana, will arrive
in Key West this week 10 super
wise the hotel reservations for the
trip of the American Legion s
state convention 10 Havana be-
ginning on April u, the day after
the convention here closes. Al
Mills. executive director ri the
Key West Convention corpora
ton, announced today.
Mr. Valdez runs one Of the best
hotels In Havana. and all Of those
making the trip to the Cuban
capital will be hov1ed in Il The
Plaza will be headquarters for the
group while IN Havana
Civilian population Of Key
West viii be carried 10 Havana
on the same trip. Mills said Tbe
fare is so from Key Wcsi, 70 in
clude the boat trip ~ % miles
across the Straits of FLORIDA ard
return. the hotels ard all uaealss
the entertainment and other as
poets Of the trip.
Nothing has been left Cit /.
Mills said Everything b IN
Guided, right down 10 the trans
portation 81 baggage from the
boat 10 the hotel II IL one of IRE
cheapest trips 70 Havara tf2as vfas
ever announced
Approximately go Legion
(ConfInued OF Page FouxJ
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-14
MISS B. A. RUSSELL
DIED This MORNING
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE
CONDUCTED TOMORROW
AFTERNOON

Miss Bessie Amelia Russell,
age AZ, died this morning at an
early hour at the residence. lib
Petronia street
Funeral services will be held
at 400 D. m. tomorrow from the
residence. William A, Edwards,
of the Grace and Truth Hall. will
officiate.
Survivors include the mother,
Mrs. Alice Fl. Russell: three sis
tiers, Mrs. Catherine Russell. Mrs
Una Monsalvatge and Mrs. Al
berta Stills, and a brother. Dwight
Russell
Lopez Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.