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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-29
Red Cross Head
Reports Increase

Sixteen thousand members of
Montgomery County Chapter of
the American Red Cross gave over
$4,000 in the 1912 annual roll call,
according to the report made pub
lie this week by Mrs. Everett j.
Roothby, chairman. This is an in
crease of 25 per cent in both money
and members over the previous
year. she said.
Members and money collected by
the divisions include: Bethesda,
1887 members, $5,445.29; Chevy
Chase, 1892 members, $4,1S8.39;
Annie Wilson, GA members
$S59.33; Clara Barton, 1922 mem
bers, $395.75; Silver Spring, 4,767
members, $5266.74; Takoma Park,
1,79S members, $1,911.52; Rock
vile, SAL members, $646.3s; and
county districts, 1872 members,
S1,821.16.
o.~yr. rrxre ~yrxycD A rrSn
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-29
Awards $24,755.9O
In Damage Suit

Damages to the extent of
S24,755.9O were awarded Ellen
Lutzer, %, Prince George County
student, by a Montgomery County
jury last Friday.
Miss Lutzer, through her father,
Edward c.. Lutzer, entered suit
against the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission and Huyette
Oswald as defendants, charging
serious injuries as the result of an
accident March 9. 1910.
Oswald was cited as the driver
of car in which Miss Lutzer was
passenger and which collided
with a ditch digger owned by the
Sanitary Commission on New
Hampshire avenue, Prince Georges
county. Miss Lutzer was represent
ed by State Senator Robert Peter,
Rockville, and Ralph and Jerrold
Powers, Hyattsville attorneys.
This was considered one of the
largest awards made by a Mont
gomery county jury in a decade.
-RJIY DEFENSE STAMPS
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-29
PRESIDENTS BIRTHDAY BALL
SILVER SPRING ARMORY, JAN. 30

is far ahead of any previous year
and table reservations have al
ready been asked for by several
groups. William E. Marvel,
adjutant of the Cissel-Saxon Post,
stated today that eight couples
representing the District of Co
lumbia Guard of Hanor have re-
served tickets to the dance, and
will be present.
Half Of all the money collected
from the Mile of Dimes Drive
and the Presidents Ball is re-
tanned here in Montgomery Coun-
ty and is devoted entirely to the
relief Of crippled children right
here in our own home county.
Alfred C. Paul is chairman Of
the affair.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-29
Tire Quotas For
Maryland Counties
Are Announced

Maryland's tire quota for Febru-
airy has been set at 1892 tires and
1920 tubes. Announcement of the
figures was made by Louis C. Burr,
State Rationing Administrator.
January quotas were 4,164 tires
and 3,482 tubes.
The following quota has been set
for this County:
Passenger-66 tires, 55 tubes;
Truck-tires, rs, tubes, 1923.
Except as to totals it is not pos
sible to make sharp comparison
between the January and February
qpotas, Mr.. Burr said, because the
OPM in Washington has revised
groupings. In the January allot-
ment, tires were broken down into.
first, those for passenger cars, mo-
torcycles and light trucks, and sec
ond, for trucks and buses. For
February the groupings are, first,
for passenger cars and motor
cycles, and second, for all trucks,
including buses.
considering simply the totals Of
both tires and tubes, however, Mr.
Burr said, the figures are about
in proportion to those Of January
in view of the fact that February
is three days shorter"
"Some adjustment for February
may be necessary both in Balti-
rnore city and in the counties after
the certificates issued in January
can be analysed, Mr.. Burr said. In
some spots the established quotas
may have proved to be inadequate"
Few shortages, however, have
been reported thus far. On the
ether hand, where too many tires
and tubes were allotted to the city
or a county in January there is no
recovery. Allotments are not GU
mulative. If the allotment has not
been. distributed any tires and
tubes not used go back into the
JACKPOT"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-29
BUY DEFENSE BONDS
County Autos Double

Robert S. Billhimer, automobile
assessor for Montgomery county,
today issued the following state
ment:
"The growth of Montgomery
county is reflected by auto regis
trations. Looking back to 1884, the
total number of automobiles as
sessed in the county were $500.
Today, with the completion Of the
assessing of autos for 1941, reports
show that 1851 cars have been
assessed.
ut is pointed out, however, that
this is not the total of cars and
trucks in the county, since all cor
porations in making their returns
to the State Tax Commission, list
the cars and trucks they own, and
the commission assesses those We
hicles and then certifes the assess
ment back to the county.
"The auto tax bills will be sent
at the same time that the Commits
sioner of Motor Vehicles sends out
the applications for 1912 auto tag
markers. These markers will attach
to the 1941 plates.
"There were a total of 29,932
cars assessed in Montgomery
county in 1910, so the figures show
an increase of over 5000 cars"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-29
Mikmen Name
Leslie r. Sabine

Leslie R. Sabine, Laytonsville,
was reelected director of the Lay
louisville district Of the Maryland :
Virginia Milk Producers Associa-
ton at a special meeting of the
district at the Rockville court
house.
At a previous election Edwin D.
Fry, Laytonsville farmer and milk
producer, was named to that post
but his election was declared ille-
gal by the Milk Producers Associa-
ton attorneys.
Under a new system one of the
four directors is named each year.
Besides Sabine, the other directors
are: Lawson King, Wilson Poole
and Julian B. Waters.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-29

Climaxing a fortnight's drive
for funds to fight infantile par
alysis, the Montgomery County
Council of the American Legion
will sponsor the annual Presi-
dents Birthday Ball at the Silver
Spring Armory tomorrow evening
friday beginning at ten o'clock.
The popular Stephen Leseiur and
his orchestra will furnish music
and entertainment for the affair
and grand time is guaranteed
for all who dance so that Grip
pied children may walk.
According to Legionnaire s. A..
Woolner Of Rockville, chairman
Of the ticket committee, the adj
vance sale Of tickets to the dance
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-29

Thomas C. Darby, German
town, has announced that on
Thursday, February 9Th, at 1890
A. M, the stockholders of the
Frederick Production Credit
Association will hold their eighth
annual meeting in the State
Armory, Frederick. All members
of the association are urged to
attend as plans will be formu-
lated for the part the association
is to play in the National De-
Tense Program. Business meet
ing, "skit", movies, and free
luncheon are also scheduled on
the program. Ulysses Griffith,
4th, Gaithersburg, and director Of
the association also urges all
members to attend.
AMFRICA MEETS QATVACF
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-29
Enlist Help Of Retail
Stores In Collection
OF Waste Materials

A campaign to enlist the help of
the $4,000 retail stores in Mary
land in a program to salvage waste
materials for defense was an
nounced by H. Findlay French,
chairman of the Maryland Salvage
Committee of the Maryland Coun-
ell of Defense.
He said merchants will be asked
to pledge their stores to save
waste paper, scrap metal, old rags
and old rubber and that window
emblems signifying their partici-
patton in the Salvage for Victory
Program" will be given those
storekeepers who cooperate.
1t is suggested that the store
keepers appoint employees to super
wise their regular collections and
the disposal of waste. 1t may be
sold directly to a dealer or given
to some charity, school or organi-
cation which will sell it. Cartons,
boxes and paper bags should be
fattened and baled. Rags, metals,
rubber, etc., should be boxed or
bagged.
Mr.. French suggested that store
keepers send card to the Bureau
of Industrial Conservation, War
Production Board in Washington,
requesting a pledge card and stat
ing their willingness to cooperate.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-29
POOlesville To
Have Repair School

Dan E. Wight, Percheron horse
breeder of Frederick County, will
appear on the program of the
adult evening school class at
PooleSville High School on Thurs
day night, January 20, at 1880.
Thirty farmers of the Pooles-
vile community have enrolled in
this class on farm machinery for
twelve-weeks course on the Sc
lection, care, operation, and repair
of farm equipment. The class
meets ordinarily on Tuesday
nights and has completed six
meetings.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-29
Mrs. .HOstetler
Addresses County
Women Voters
State League OF Women
Voters Talks At Monthly
Luncheon In Bethesda.
Chairmen Report

"The best wartime service the
Montgomery County League of
Women Voters can render to the
public is the spreading of impair
tially-gathered information on sub
jects made partinent by the present
national emergency" Mrs. MINER
Hostetler. president of the Mary
land State League, told the Mont
gomery county membership last
week at the regular monthly lunch
con meeting in Bethesda.
"The league has the necessary
assets for spreading information
and the desire to serve, so we must
pursue harder our usual business
that of making Democracy work. "
said Mrs. Hostetler.
Mrs. Ralph Himstead, Chevy
Chase, State chairman of Govern
nlent and its Operation, told of the
State Leagues plan for local
leagues use of their fact-fnding
information.
Following the program, Mrs.
PGad Morehouse, local president,
heard reports from league depart
ments from September to January.
Mrs. Francis Goodell, Bethesda,
chairman of the department Of
Government and Economies We'll
fare, which last fall sponsored a
study group on Labor, announced
that February / of a study on con-
sumner problems, the leader to be
announced later. Mrs. Goodell has
already received a number Of
names of those interested in this
study, but says that many more
could be accommodated.
Other department chairmen re-
porting were: Mrs. Clarence NJ
Smith, Silver Spring, Education;
Mrs. Durward Sandifer, Silver
Spring, Foreign Policy; Mrs. A. L.
Rata. Bethesda, Government and
It's Operation; Mrs. Milford Zim-
norman, Chevy Chase, Social
Welfare.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-29
Garden School
Planned Here

A victory garden school will be
held in Rockville, Feb. 10 from
$3.50 A. M. to 4 P. NJ, farm lead
ers made known today.
County Agent o. w. Anderson
and Home Demonstration Agent
Edythe M. Turner will have charge
Of the program which will include
instructions in nutritional value,
production and disease Of crops.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-29
Salute To Rockville

On page eight viii be found
an announcement by WJSV of
the Forthcoming SALUTE TO
ROCKVILLE on that station
February 1 at 1900 noon.
This is the first Of q series of
such programs arranged by
James Hurlbut, publicity agent
for WJSV and is promoted as
a gesture Of good neighborli-
ness and in behalf of Rock
ville's defense effort.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-29
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Forrest A. Fraley, "a, Gathers
burg, TO d. Jane Marshall, II, also
Of Gaithersburg.
Rean Statler Miller, 35, Rock
vile, to Hannah M. Turner, %,
Shellsburg, Pa.
Robert A. Gallery, 80, Bethesda
to Elizabeth E. Jones, 80, Dici1er-
son.
John NJ. Burke, Jr., FL, German
town, to Marion A. Lancaster, IS,
Gaithersburg.
Laurence E. Thompson, I'd, 26,
Washington, D. c., to Mildred e.
Ayres, "a, Gaithersburg.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-29
THIS NEWSPAPER
County Cattle Tops

Ten Aberdeen-Angus steers be-
longing to Major Richard D. La
Garde, cattleman near Rockville,
topped the Baltimore live stock
market this week.
Selling for $13 per hundred
weight, the ten animals weighed
10,260, pounds.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-29

Owners should procure tags for
their dogs before April or be
subject to fine, Harry A. Williams,
clerk of the police court announced
this week.
eve have received 5000 dog tags
and 1000 kennel tags" he said and
there is no reason for anybody rot
having their dog properly tagged"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-29
Deacons Elected

The congregation of the Rock
vile Baptist Church has reelected
Thomas Baker, Harry S. Beall,
William I. Beall, Charles Ward
and Melbourne E. Ward, deacons;
Miss Edith P. Magruder, deacon
ess, and Mrs. Harry s. Beall, clerk,
and named Miss Hester Ayers
treasurer, in place Of Marbury F.
Gates, who declined reelection.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-29
AMERICA NEEDS SALVAGE
Defense Garden Winners

Defense Garden Contest winners
for 1941 have been announced by
County Agent o. W. Anderson as
follows: Western county section
1st. Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Hough,
Germantown; End. Mr.. and Mrs.
George Willard, Poolesville; Srd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Cubit, Pooles-
vile. Eastern county section-1st.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Rufus King,
Etchison; End. Mr.. and Mrs. Phil
d. Poston, Silver Spring; Bird. Mr..
and Mrs. McKendree Walker,
Gaithersburg.
Thirty dollars in defense stamps
have been distributed to the win
ners as prizes.
SAVE THIS NEWSPAPER
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-29
James d. King
Reelected To
Head Farm Group

James D. King, of Germantown,
was reelected president of the
Western Maryland Farm Loan AS
sociation at a meeting Of the board
of directors following the annual
meeting Of, stockholders at Rock
vile.
Other officers elected were Will
liam J. Hines, of Brighton, vice
president; Talmage L. Watkins, of
Germantown, secretary treasurer,
and John w. Smith, of Carroll
county, assistant secretary treas
urer.
King was reelected as a three
year term director at the stock
holders meeting. Other directors
are Mr.. Hines, William H. Fulks,
of Laytonsville; Wilson C. Poole,
of GAINESVILLE, and Jerry T. Will
liams, of Damascus.
AMERICA NEEDS SALVAGE
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-29
Cut On PatriOtism'
Charges Lodged
Against Four Men
Thurman Rigdon, Samuel
Rankin, Harry Duncan
And r. C. Musser Taken
Into Custody

Late Saturday afternoon, JAM
uary "a, Montgomery County
police arrested Thurman Rigdon,
Of Lexington, KY, and Samuel
Rankin of Washington, d. c., on
charges of promoting a lottery
and obtaining money under false
pretenses. Using the National
Defense as basis the men allegcdly
placed boxes in stores for "Patri-
otto deposits" to buy defense
bonds.
Yesterday Ben G. Wilkinson,
States Attorney, ordered the
arrest of Harry Duncan of the
Little Tavern Shop and Richard
c. Musser, publisher of the Mont
Gomery Independent and SiLver
Spring Standard, both of Silver
Spring. Musser recently pur-
chased the independent from Will
liam Wilder Moon Evans, who
published it in Gaithersburg.
Musser is charged with circulate
ing the lottery advertisement in
his paper.
In a statement today concern
ing the defense lottery case, Mr..
Wilkinson said:
ION January "a, 1912, Mont
gomery County police arrested
Thurman Rigdon, Of Lexington,
KY, and Samuel Rankin, of Wash
ington, d. c., on charges Of pro-
noting a lottery and obtaining
money under false pretenses.
"At hearing on an applica-
ton by Rigdon for Writ of
Habeas Corpus held this morning
before Judge Stedman Prescott,
Bond for Rigdon was set at
$4,000.
"The investigation of this lot
terry revealed a callous plan ON
the part of Rigdon and his asso-
ciates to take a cut on American
patriotism. The lottery was oper-
ated under the name Of the De
Tense for America Advertising
Corporation, and consisted of a
plan by which loyal American
citizens were encouraged to place
their contributions to our war
defense plan into certain boxes,
painted red, white and blue, and
bearing the words, Defense for
America Keep EN- Flying, The
envelopes provided for the contri-
buttons represented that the con-
tributions were made as patriotic
gesture and were to be used in
the purchase of u. S. Defense
Bonds and Stamps The boxes
were placed in local stores in
Bethesda and Silver Spring in
Montgomery County and in Prince
Georges County.
"After further investigation, /
have ordered the arrest of Harry
Duncan, of Washington, D. c.,
under charges Of promoting and
financing this Defense for Amer
lea Advertising Corporation and
also the arrest Of Richard C.
Musser, Silver Spring, under
charges of promoting and adj
vertising a lottery by means
Of circulating the advertisement
for this lottery. Bond for
Duncan and Musser will be set at
$500. Other arrests will follow if
further investigation reveals the
implication of others in the pro-
noting and conducting Of this
lottery.
"Public officials of Montgom-
cry County will act quickly and
without mincing words in oppos-
ing any activity which casts a
shadow over cur war defense
finance plan"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-29
Repair School Opens

According to Maxwell E. Bur-
.dette, principal Of GSithersburg
High School, defense training
courses in farm machinery repair
ands upkeep will be held every
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday, at 7:30 P. M, at the
high school work shop.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-29
Cummings Named

Appointment of James w. Cum
mings as Chairman of the Public
Defense Education Committee Of
the Montgomery County Civilian
Defense was announced today by
Phillip j. Austensen, Chief Pub
lie Relations.
Mr.. Cummings will handle the
motion picture showing.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-29

the navy and army it must be
extremely humiliating. They
have the respect and confidence
of us all. They are showing by
their daring achievements that
they are out to avenge the Pearl
Harbor incident and to redeem
their respective services.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-29

A Bumboat is boat which sells
supplies, provisions, and articles to
ships.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-29

-Washingtom Post Photo
CONFISCATED-Detectv Corpl Lane of the Mont
County Police Department examines
box used by Defense for America Advertising Corporation
collecting funds from patriotic Drawings
be bed in which the would savings
all advertised c the Federal Government
Secret Service FBI Securities Exchange Commission
Postofice Department agents investigating well
police of Montgomery Prince Georges countless
Washington The four taken into custody
Rgdon Samuel Rankin, Harry Duncan and Richard
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-29

buy DEFENSE BONDS
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-29
Credit Group Meets

THIS NEWSPAPER
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-29

DEFENSE STAMPS
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SAVE THIS NEWSPAPER
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BUY DEFENSE
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-29

CASES OF OH IIIC
officers who had
any authority in
the defense of the
Hawaiian Islands
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motion picture showing.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-19
LOSING HOPE
.MtNdd Rdided
9Th Day in Row

WASHINGTON, Dec 10 CINS).
air forces are going
ahead steadily with campaign of
attrition 10 blast the Japanese
from their bases northwest of
American-held Guadalcanal Island,
in the Solomons, navy communi-
que revealed yesterday.
United States planes led by
army Flying FortreSses on Deem
Der II (Solomons date bombed
the Japanese airfield at Munda,
on New Georgia Island, 80 miles
northwest of Guadalcanafs Hen
derson Field, for the eighth con-
sccutive day. The FortreSses were
escorted by Bell Airacobra CP-39)
fighters.
On the basis Of new information
from the South Pacific. the navy
made a correction in Thursday
communicate, which had reported
that Flying Fortresses shot down
II Japanese planes in An air battle
on December Is. A later and cor
rected report disclosed that only
three of the II Zeros which at
tackled the American bombers were
DESTROYED.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-19
NaZiS Still
Fleeing
I'm Libya

CAIRO, Dec 10 UP).-German
forces have evacuated Nofiha,
Libya, 80 miles west of FL Agheila,
and are continuing their with
drawsl along the coastal road. q
eastern command COM
said today.
Our forward troops main
tained pressure on the
retreating enemy rear guards
throughout yesterday" the COM
munique said.
Allied ighter-bombers, moving
forward with the land forces.
operated from new advance bases
yesterday and attacked the fleeing
enemy in the Sultan area, SIS
miles west of Nofilla
Allied bombers, in a heavy laid
on Tunis and La Goulette Island,
in its harbor area, Thursday night
started large fires and explosions.
Long-range fighter planes shot
down two enemy transport planes
over Sicilian airdromes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-19
Italians Leave
Cities En- Mdsse

BERNIE. Switzerland, Dec. Ia.
(UPl. - British and American
bombings have started an evacua.
ton craze that is sweeping Italian
cities, reliable advices said today.
II began last month in the north
ern industrial centerS OF Milan and
Turin, spread west 10 Genoa swept
south TO Naples and now has
seized Sicily.
The newspaper La Stampa Of
Turin said 100000 persons had fed
from Turin 10 the countryside.
Benito Mussolini'S own Popolo
d'Italia said $50 900 children had
been sent from Milan 10 noun
talns and seaShore resorts.
Although the Fascists have not
admitted il, il was understood
that all ministries and armed
forces left Rome months ago. while
il was officially announced week
ago that the mint OF the Bank Of
Italy had been transferred 10
Aquila. 80 miles northeast OF Rome.
The Russian Tass agency re-
ported yesterday that $4,000
German troops had occupied
Romeo
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-19
u. 8. Subs
Sink Z
Jap Ships

WASHINGTON. Dec. 10 CUP),
submarines have sunk
seven more Japanese supply ships
and auXiliaries in the Pacific COM
bat area. the navy announced
today.
The new Sinkings boosted the
total of japanese ships sunk by
American submarines 10 los
The navy reported these enemy
victims all sunk:
A large tanker. a large cargo
ship. medium-sized tanker, two
medium-sized cargo ships, a
medium-sized transport and a
trawler.
These sinkings, the navy said,
occurred in the Pacific and Far
East" indicating that our under
sea craft still are operating across
the enemys supply lines 10 the
Southwest Pacific.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-19
ESCAPE ALLIED TRAP

LON DON. Dec. 10 up
Remnants OF an Axis force
trapped in the Libyan desert have
escaped after suffering heavy
losses in tanks and men, and are
attempting to join the main
Afrika Korps in flight toward
Tunisia, dispatches from the front
today.
The British air force already
was operating from the Marble
Arch airdrome, 40 miles west OF
FL Agheila, and was moving up
toward Nofilia.
Dispatches reported that the
rear of Rommel's main force had
row reached the vicinity of Sirte.
IT'S miles west of FL Agheila. 235
miles from Tripoli and $40 miles
from TuniSia.