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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-02-12
NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN
that if the taxes shown to be due
to The Mayor and Council of the
Town of Rockville, in Montgom-
cry County, State of Maryland,
by the above list, together with
interest accrued and the proper
tional cost of advertising and the
proper legal fee be not paid on or
before the last Wednesday in
February, 1912, which said last
Wednesday in February is the
twenty fifth day thereof, the
undersigned, Bailiff of the Town
of Rockville, will, at the Court
House door in Rockville, in Mont
gomery County, State of Mary
land, at the hour of ten o'clock
A. M, on the twenty fifth day of
February, 1912, offer each and
every of said parcels of land for
sale to the highest bidder for
cash, beginning with the first par
eel on said list as designated, and
continuing from day to day, each
secular day, from ten o'clock A. M
until three o'clock P. M. until
every parcel shall have been
offered.
i CASH will be required from
all purchasers as each parcel is
sold by the auctioneer. All con-
veyancing, public or special taxes
ard charges for recording, rev.
enue stamps, etc., shall be paid
by the purchaser or purchasers
of each and every parcel of LAND
heretofore advertised and sold.
FRED c. NELLINGER,
Bailiff Of the Town of Rockville
43s
Evening star., 1942-10-11

The first driver is now chauffeuring
broom; my friend is rated tops as tank driver
Even light tank, moving 30 miles an hour,
will sheer off tree as thick as telephone
pole with hardly jar. A no-account driver
will knock over trees Just because he can do
it, forgetting pieces may damage his tank.
A good driver will go through the woods and
hit nothing.
Ne Spot fer Settle
"A LOT of men do not last because, bluntly,
they can't take it. In hot weather the tenn
perature inside tank will top 13O degrees
and practically fry your Shoes In sub-zero
weather if you touch the steel with damp
finger you'll freeze fast. In pouring rain you
are soaked to the skin for 48 hours or more
at a time. In desert weather you are dried to
a crisp. You're bruised black-and-blue. In
combat you must forget the incessant din
in your ears, be ready to drive anywhere,
over any ground, and fire your sponsons on
Evening star., 1942-10-11

Here, of course, tank drivers sense of
balance is vital. Only he can feel when the
tracer fire will hit the enemy. For my part,
fire those Sponsors by the seat of my pants,
which is a swell balance center.
Next, the rookie goes up against map read
ing. This isn't just knowing contour lines; he
has to get the feel of rolling country. When
your tank is attacking you have to find the
low ground that will hide you from enemy
fire. To make mistake and get silhouetted
on top of hill is to be destroyed. So you'll
always see a tank commander and his driver
conferring over maps. They must work to-
gether, knowing each other inside out.
Now, finally, the rookie driver is as
signed to me or one of the other drivers
to see how he handles q tank. If we Okay
the man, the top sergeant puts him
through rs qualified tank driver. If we
say no, he is assigned to some other duty.
What makes good tank driver? reck-
less, hel-for-leather driver with very careful
Evening star., 1942-10-11

is always on trial. One boner and you're apt
to be through for good!
Recently driver rated as good gave the
engine too much gas and started fire. He lost
his head kept on feeding gas He's driving a
wheelbarrow now Fire is, of course, the great
est hazard If tank tips over - the usual
cause of fires - the chances are that It's nose
is in the ground and it is resting on its tur1et
The crew can't escape through the turret
or the front slope plates. But there is hre
extinguisher behind the driver. If he keeps
his head, he can usually extinguish the blaze
and the tank can be righted later on.
The process of elimination keeps US all
on our toes. We're learning something
new every day.
makes a tank respond differently from
the clay at Fort Knox. At 26 below zero a
tank acts differently from when it's " or
more. You have to study those reactions;
your life may hinge on them if you 60,
say, to Russia or Africa, or Australia.
When the Army turns powerful, expensive
tank over to crew, its their tank, for victory
or defeat. They've seen it 60 places men swear
nothing could go. They know that fast
moving tank is impervious to snall-arms fire
and is tough target to hit by any gun
whose shell can penetrate its armor. They'll
take care of it because their lives depend
on its perfect performance. But they'll polish
it and boast about it and invent a name
for it because it's the fightingest weapon IN
the Army.
In battle, tank and its crew are pretty
much on their own. On outpost duty you've
got to do your own thinking, take your own
chances. The war is personal then, and you
can win or lose small battle IN few MIN
utes.
Yes, sir, it's the best job in the Army.
The End
Evening star., 1942-10-11

the target. You've got to
love a tank to take that
punishment and come
back for more.
Our drivers are the best
in the world because un-
less they're good and keep
getting better they don't
hold their jobs. A driver
might be swell at the con-
trolls, but an equally good
driver, who is better at re-
pairs and maintenance,
will get his job. A driver
who can shoot straighter
will supplant one whose
craftsmanship is off. It's
a process of elimination,
and it goes on constantly.
Most of all your judgment
Evening star., 1942-10-11

a concrete house. He may have to drive into
certain death at the order. That demands
reckless, ll-for- leather traits.
But he must also get the most out of his
tank with the least strain upon it. He must
know what his tank can and cannot do. A
good driver can look at the ground ahead,
recognize its difficulties and quickly put the
tank in the proper one of the five forward
gears that enables it to keep moving easily.
A lot of drivers look swell until they meet this
mental test in sudden emergency.
The engine in tank makes deatenng
thunder If you were inside boiler with
pneumatic hammer thundermg on 1t you'd
have some idea of what we endure hours on
end. The tank commander is kicking you IN
the back, there are signal flags to watch for,
enemy shells to dodge, your own guns to aim,
and maybe unusual ground to cover. It's
hard, then, to keep good judgment.
Juda1nent: Bad and eood
LAST winter, for instance, drivers and tanks
were being tested in a long march with the
thermometer 26 degrees below zero. The roads
were icy, and the heavy tanks slid at the
slightest chance One driver, responding to
the order for square turn, frightened up on
his right lever to slow down the right tread
and speed up the left. The tank started to
slide. He frightened the lever still more,
poured on the gas. The tank spun like
whirling dervish and skated into a CIVILIANS
car.
On the same march, driver friend of mine
felt his tank slide toward ditch. He knew 1t
might throw the driving tread, tie up the
whole column. He let go his levers stepped
ON the gas, and shot up over a stone wall
beside the road Then he raced along the field
until he saw good spot to bring his tank back
down to the roadway and fall into his
proper place in the column.
Evening star., 1942-10-11

judgment - a guy who
would rather drive a tank
than eat.
That reckless but care
full" sounds funny, but I'll
explain. In war, at the
command, the tank driver
must take his tank down
slopes almost as sheer as a
building wall, crash wide
open into road obstacles
made of logs twice as thick
as telephone poles. He
must, if ordered, leap a
tank over a tank trap
whose crater may be 80
feet deep. He must swiftly
ford streams, the water up
to his neck. He may have
to crash into a stone wall,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15

For the "Inside News" Of
Washington. Follow Paul NAL
Ions Column in the Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15

git out, Lew Bastrop. Well git
out some day, an"
NO." Lew said, swinging him
self down and walking to Roose-
welt, "you amt ever gettin' out
ON account of you amt going
there"
He united the rope and moved
toward RooSevelts brother.
You amt under arrest.
Jason, on account of I amt got
the right 10 arrest anybody" He
united Jason and moved along.
HAS FRIENDS AGAIN
81 tied you up" he said TO
ScruggS. his fingers working at
the knots, "iust SOS you'd UNI
dcrstand"--he cast him free
that I wasn't being run out of
anything. l resigned this morn
ing"
Lew BaStrop. law enforcement
officer no longer, a man among
men again, faced the crowd. ~
II was still a moment. The
urmur came again
mounted and broke into a chuckle
"By God" Jason Appleby said
slowly. you're a white man."
and held out the first of many
hands.
Only Scruggs was going silently
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15
Daily Quiz
BY THE ACE ANsWERMAN

American baseball is a COM
bination of two games which
Englishmen have played for
centuries. Name them.
OF course your choice may
differ but what sometimes is
called the best beloved Ameri-
can hymn" was written by
Mrs. Sarah +. Adams. What is
It's title?
Of its long single
tuSk. valuable source Of
ivory. a certain marine animal
is known as the sea unicorn.
What's that2
rates the faster pulse
the male or female?
When the English hunt gaol-
birds it's the equivalent OF
Americans hunting what?
Any rich man is usually likened
10 what sixth century king Of
Lydia having vast wealth?
What has been called the
longest undefended frontier in
the world?
ANSWERS on Page 25)
Distributed by King Features synd.. Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15
Poison, Note by Body;
Autopsy Launched

An autopsy was under way to-
day in the death of Bernard
WachSman. 81. OF 457 Brainard
avenue, whose body was found in
his home Sunday. A bottle of
poison was in the SOON and he
had left a suicide note
Deputy Coroner Foster Knob
lock called suicide the death of
Walter G.. Clough, 80. of 1901
Hamilton avenue, found hanging
from a doorway in his home by
an electric cord. Highland Park
police blamed an argument with
his sweetheart.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15
WORDS HAVE EFFECT

When he went off 10 attend 10
several matters of business. solid.
close mouthed, level eyed, she
knew the yeast of her words was
working. but not what the results
would be. Nor when---and if--they
came. did she expect TO be told
with any promptitude.
Sometimes Lew treated his news
as a dog treats a bone-took it off
and buried it until he was good
and ready 10 dig it up. However,
she figured that made him feel inn
portant and was good for him.
That night they sat on the porch
again. The moon was up and pat
termed across its broad face by the
sourwood tree where the road
tilted TO go down the mountain
side.
She thought Lew was just about
10 tell her something, when the
pattern was further complicated
by a pair or mules ears, and then
the head that went with them
and then the head of the Bay
thorpe boy. as the mule hove him
up. barefooted and bareheaded.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15

away. An old man blocked his
path.
'If you're amin TO go on
Twin here" he drawled, sit
might be healthier"
That's right" the crowd said.
ScruggS shook, too; and Martha
Bastrop sat down abruptly in her
chair.
THE END.
Fenfofrow's short story: AT
lantic Lancer by Anthony Rud.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15

Nv PAUL ELLERBE

sI Ew." Martha BaStrop said
IL 10 her husband, I'm a
lonely ole woman
He was a quiet man with
quiet uneNpressiye face, hut
shadow went across %.
"T'm sorry. Martha
They sat on the front porch Of
the gray-with-age cement-chinkec
log house LEWIS great grandfather
had built on the Old BaStrop farm
high up on the mountainSidc, look
inc of over the tvllit valley
Somebody's got 10 be law en-
forcement officer and deputy
sheriff round here" Lew said.
II do the best I can"
NEVER HAVE VISITORS
Its the best anybody could"
she admitted impcrsonaly, but
we Amt folks any more. We're
set of 10 ourselves. People don't
visit with us. They don't trust
us. They used 10. but not now.
"'Nunch unCh,' they say.
CANT never trust the law bout
nothin.' and Lew BastrOp's the
law now. Better leave him be,
Lew-you didn't make more'n
half as much al IL, but-Well,
TIM mighty nigh froze with lone
illness. and wish YOU was back
at farmin' again"
Lew shifted until his Spllt-bot-
tom chair creaked and he >pat out
among the pretty-by-niGhtS but he
didn't say anything.
And the next morning he didn [
say anything. He wasn't one for
much talking. But il he seemed
he wasn't. Martha
was the family'S moot court. town
hall. something of that sort. He
listened when she talked, and the
of his thought were some
how known 10 her.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15
A HEARTFELT PRAYER

He had killed a man once in
that quiet and even rhythm
gently and regretfully. A tough
egg who needed killing. Lew never
shot till he had to. If the inn
personal unpassionate Lew had an
avatar, il was Lew Bastrop.
Martha sat as still as an ole
worn stone and stared after him.
"God sent him back TO me.
He's all I got and I'm an ole
woman now, and plum worn out
with all this shinin' and shOotin'
and hell raisin'. God send him
back with no more blood on bis
hands,"
And she bowed her head and
two tears glittered down through
the moonlight and fell on her big
veined hard old hands in her clean
Bingham lap.
There's nothing I can do"
she thought. but walt. And
I've waited 80 long, looking of
at that sourwoOd tree against
the moon. or the blue sky, or
the clouds, or the snow and
rain. Amt there enough killing
i'm all them nations everywhere
without my Lew making his liy-
ing at it,"
But she hadn't said anything TO
him when ne went away. She
didn't say anything 20 the wind
when IL made up its mind to blow.
She knew when there was some
use 10 say things 10 Lew and when
there wasn't.
And she knew all about BaScom
SCruggS mean into the marrow
OF his bones that seemed from a
larger race than other mems. An
outlaw by nature and choice. A
lover Of violence and SeparateneSS.
4 hater of conformity, even the
little II took 10 keep out OF trouble
IN that prmeval lvc-and-let-livc
corner. where if YOU didn't tread
on The other fellow he'd 60 "a
almost endless pains not 10 tread
on YOU because il ne did. most
likely he'd have 10 kill YOU.
Sometimes I think IL shining
wasn't against the law" Lew
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15

night, and IL he's scared, there's
no sign of it,; and her knees
began TO shake.
1--WE done my duty" Lew
BaStrop said, "as I seen IL. But
I'm sick and tired Of being all by
myself in "a place where 1 used
10 have friends.
II brought these three law
breakers up here and let the
rest uf you follow along To tell
you"-IIe stopped and looked
around at the faces upturned in
the moonlight-"that can't
take ii any more. I'd rather
have your friendship than the
job. This il the last run-in I'm
going to have with anyone. I'm
quittin'."
Jason Appleby laughed a harsh
and angry laugh.
TOO LATE TO QUIT
you're like the democracies,
Lew" he said. "A little latew
1T amt yore qulttin' that
matters now" Scruggs said, cts
mine. An ! amt quittin', see,
till I've planted you"
"Quittin'w Roosevelt Appleby
said. "a hell of a lot o. good
that'll do us. won't IL. through
ticketed for the pen. But we'll
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15
Answer to yesterdays puzzle.

had said cnce, 'BascOm Scruggs
would quit IL. He's the orneriest
GodfOrgottenest, lOw-downedest
scoun'I-o-beast ever blOwed into
this neck OF The woods for the
good of nObOdy-just nobody
a-tall."
Don't wait up for me-" Mar
tina thought.
That's why at times like this
she didn't say anything TO him
He really thought it was possible
for her TO 60 10 bed and to sleep,
"Ain't much woman i'm him."
she thought "a man needs a
little woman in him too" But
she loved him.
RETURNS WITH PRISONERS
The great cool moon climbed
the heavens. Owls to-whooed at
IL. A fox barked. The night wore
on. And Martha Bastrop died
again one of the many deaths that
had been hers since Lew left the
warm friendly world of his fell
lows and climbed up dragging her
after him. onto the bleak promon-
tory of law enforcement.
When she heard sounds APP
preaching over her mountains
rim 49, voices. the thudding of
horses feet, the jingle of brides
she rose slowly beside her chair
and held onto it. How many times
had she stood there and waited!
Cold dread lay in a pool in her
heart.
First over the edge came Bas-
com Scruggs, climbing with his
long singing SLOUGH, his big frame
black against the blue-black sky.
Bent little forward. His hands
behind his back. His hands-her
heart jumped tied there! Tied
to the next man--JaSOn Appleby!
And thcn-they topped the rise
like figures in a shooting gallery
- Roosevelt Appleby. Jason ;
tied TO Jason. And Lew.
Lew solid and secure atop of his
big bay mare. the old forty-four
IN his hand agliSten in the moon
light, and his steady law-enforcing
eye agliStcn TOO.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15
KnowIede Test
A Spending Spree
BY DIR. sABINA II. connolly


In nursery rhyme who: ta)
Was a merry old soul; tb) ate
curds and whey; (c) Went to a
cupboard?
2-Who wrote: "a Tho Deer
slayer: Tb) "HiaWatha (c)
"InnoccntS Abroad ?
}-Finish the titles Of these
operas: TAI The Bohemian
$50" Bale; CD "Cavalleria
..." MaScagni; tc) The Bar
tered ....," Smctna.
In what state is: (a) Daniel
Field tb) Aberdeen Proving
Ground; (cD Camp Bcaure-
gard?
) Use another word for the capt.
tallzcd one: ,aD The STEPPES
of Russia; co. HERCULEHN
efforts; (cD the VITAL city. "
(which is larger: (a) Argentina
or Brazil OBJ Australia or
Canada; (c) Spain or Poland?
ANSWERS on Page 25)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15

ls-Coddess OF the dawn.
2O-Clusest.
% Wading bird.
% Dislike extremely.
25-AllJW use of.
20 Small valleys.
27-EXcess ~ solar year.
% south African.
33 singer.
a. peher
81 Soldiers quarters
40--What English surgeon is father ~
antiseptlc surgery?
i2-And
43-Rauk.
46--MarCh date.
47-Chart
lS-Wbo is the heroine NJ Harriet
Beecher Stoves novel Uncle Toms
Cabin
4e-OCeAn.
81 Hebrew high priest,
So Restrain.
55--Symbol for hthium.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15

rows of pretty-by-nights and the
Princes feathers.
Don't wait for me. Ma" he
said gently and regretfully, and
disappeared over the mountains
edge.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15
A WRITTEN WARNING

All moon-silvered and misty and
vague, the Baythorpe boy came
forward, babe them good evenin'
styly. tackled around until he had
the mule close enough. shyly
handed Lew a folded paper. reck-
oned he'd have to be goin' now,
and went.
Lew walked inside and read the
penciled communication standing
by the lamp, and Martha followed
and read il over his shoulders.
"Aint no Tor infOsement officer
ever lived this side the crick
long and amt none ever goin to.
You got 10 daze Lew Bastrop TO
quit or cleer out" 1t was signed:
"Yore Majors"
Itch, tch, tch!" said Martha.
A subtle change came over Lew.
He seemed little soldier, a little
straighter, a little keener eyed
CAV off a Snse of physical alert
ness and well-being like that of
a wild animal on the hunt. They
hadn't ought to've monkeyed with
Lew like that. Martha thought: II
was dangerous. She sighed, but
suppressed the sound of IT,
do you think II was all Of
'em, or just n few"
NO QUITTING Now
cit was Bascom Scruggs."
Lew said. II wasn't sure till now
he was shinin' again. wasn't
amin TO tangle up with him,
on account o. all the troubles
he's been havin'-twO boys
drafted, daughter comm home
with baby and no daddy for
n, and all the like o. that. But
now"
There's more I'm II than him"
"Yeah. Now he's stepped out
and wrote me that they've most
likely lined up behind him.
Folks"-the shadow crossed his
face again-"that was once good
neighbors TO me. But they'll fall
away from him II this don't
work-which'- mouth set
(which IL won't"
Moving in a quiet even rhythm
he strapped on his faShlight anc
his worn old forty-four and went
out and saddled his big bay mare
and came riding back beyond 'h6
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15
HORIZONTAL

HORIZONTAL
J. Pouch
CIV On Russian battlefront,
Oriental tea
~ Geological age.
l5-What noted German poe, lived from
17Fq-l $50
IA Female run
a. What American hct P. comedian
starred IN Banjo Eyes
IL SCOTS
la-- Timber projection.
2i--Smaii child.
22-SeleCtcd.
"a Difficult 90 grasp.
2S-Rage
29-What contender was defeated by Joe
Louis IN September 1882
3O-ShOrt sleep.
3l--Preposition.
-Deridcd.
35--NOte IN the scale.
36--Beak.
3s-Bamboolike grass.
3g-Fish sauce.
4l-Redactors
As Grain TO he ground,
44-Game Of chance.
45--Wesries
Al Plants Of gourd family
5O--Moved swiftly.
53-Salutation
5a--Fished for lamprevs
56--Noie in Guido's scale.
57--Light blow.
HS4-I.ift.
5s-Edge.
VERTICAL
DRY. as wine.
2-SOuthern constellation.
3-Chinese port In Japanese possession.
River in France
What type OF japanese plane is being
used in fighting the Allies:
6-United States territorial possession
lahbr.)
Half an EN- (pD.
S-Dare.
e--Deformed person.
10-Pronoun
11--Ancient copper.
16-Trials
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15
NEIGHBORS FOLLOW

Low holding the end of the rope
that bound his prisoners. And
then behind him, most of their
neighbors, atoot and on horses
and mules.
MA Lew said, sitting there
II got something To say to our
neighbOrs, and | want 10 say IL
here. on my own ground, In
front of YOU"
Low could talk when he had TO
lie sat looking at them. ringed
around him In the moonlight. and
they looked back with little liking
silent save for a sort OF ground
murmuT that went from mouth 10
mouth and stopped Martha'S heart
IN her breast.
They'd kill him. she thought,
"as quick a. look at him. to-
RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1942-08-20
LIBERALII SITNI BIZNES.
(Nastavak sa 2. strane.)

pokusajima koje mi sada cinmo.' Senor Del
Vayo mlsll ida je.. moguce da ce lndlvldu-
ano mnoge osobe, koje su bile bogate pre- ra-
ia preci ka proetarijatu." Ali kao klasa je
ubedjen ida &c element reakcije bti dovoljno
jaki nakon rata da ugroze svaki pravi pokusaJ
narodnog mira ako Sc ne sjedine demokratske
sile "a akciju." Izgleda kao da je Senor Del
Vayo genie "a razumevanje. / kada on nabro-
java "demokratske sile Drugu Internaciona-
IL Federacionih Sindikata it'd, to zvuci kao
prozv politiekih bankrota.
Liberal je ozaloscen zbog kasapjenja sit
nog biznesa, ali on ne moze da opazi intimru
srodnost izmedju njegovog loseg stanja sta
MIA sitnog biznesa. Zaista, nece da prizna
de da ie on stvari politicki literarni preds-
tavnik majusne kapitalisticke ldase Jer libe-
raj moze, kao sto je to Marx pokazao 90
samnaestom Brumairu," biti u prosvecenosti
individualnom polozaju daleko cd majusnog
kapitaliste kao "sto je nebo cd zemlje.'
"Ono sto njih cini predstavnicima sitne
trgovacke klase," veil Marx, ''jeste to sto oni
ntelektuano ne prelaze granice koie sama ia
kasa prelazi prakticnom zivotu; da
sledstveno, oni su teoretski gurani ka istim
problemima solucijama kao sto materjalni
interest i drustveni polozaj praktcno gura
poslednje. Takva je, u stvari, sva vremena
srodnost 'politickih 1iterarnih' predstavni-
ka prema klasi koju oni predstavliaju."
Takav je slucaj sa tekucim liberalma
postojecim majusnim kapitalistma Liberali
sebe smatraju sampionima potlacenih, dok u.s.
-iovi kojima uni teze stvari @su ta7svi pod kd-'
Jim &c mausni biznes bit udaljen cd halaplii-
vog apetitu velikog biznesa, dok ce radnici
zadrzati svoj polozaj naiamnog ropstva Oni
ne traze da Sc obore klase vec da Sc pomire.
MA koliko da razlkuju metodi koji Sc pre-
porucuju "a postignuce owe objektive, ma ko-
liko da je objektiva Hvezana sa mamie wise re-
volucionarnm nakitima, sustina estate ista O.
va sustina ie transformacija drustva ma demo-
kratskoj liniji, ali transformacija okvru sit
ne trgovacke klase.' Mark
Bee obzira prema "lberalnim" pobedama