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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-08

LIABILITIES
Demand deposits of in
dividuals, part err
ships, and corpora
tons ........ .$215,546.21
Time deposits of indi-
viduals, partnerships,
and corporations 1858, 606.98
Deposits of United
States Government
(including postal saw
ings) 100000
Deposits of States and
political subdivisions 81, 868.51
Other deposits (certi-
checks. etc. -. 4,e2o.5s
TOTAL
DEPOSITS $625,642.2s
Other liabilities 1854
Total Liabilities (not
! including subordi-
mated obligations -
shown below -. .$626,31792
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Capitals ............. $4,000. 90
Surplus man. ... 16,05239
Undivided profits. 49,. 25,64553
Total Capital
Accounts ... 76,697.92
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-08
The
Bank of Damascus

of Damascus, in the State of
Maryland, at the close Of
business on December 81, 1941.
ASSETS
Loans and discounts
zinc | u ding $37.40
overdrafts) $50. .$514, 455.85
United States Govern
ment obligations, di-
rect and guaranteed. $4,000
Obligations Of States
and political SUBJ
divisions ..... 1,250.00
debentures 10000
Corporate stocks go. 1,337.00
Cash, balances with
other banks, includ-
ing reserve balances,
and cash items in
process of collection 168, O47.79
Bank premises
owned 80. 81, 36800
Furniture and
fixtures $500 11,750.O0
Real estate owned other
than bank premises 2,773.20
Total Assets sos. N16.84
Evening star., 1942-01-11

D0TTLElGECX. When nv wife called out.
Honey please come here moment" should have
been on my guard. woman simply can t be married
to man "a years and call him Honey" without want
ing sugar. .,
But all unsuspecting went - and there stood The
Woman of My Choice with bottle of olives in her
hand and Defeat chseled her face PLEASE open the
olives for me-
viii someone kindly tell me why olive growers
put their olives in non-openable bottles! Some
Of them have cork tops - tho bottles, not tho
growers :. I. . although I wouldn't be surprised.
All you've got to do with the cork tops Il to jab
'em out with q fork. But the kind with metal
tops you couldn't jab open with canthook.
Just give me wet towel. said. took the bottle
firmly in my left hand and the towel in my right hand
and twisted - my face. That's ALL twisted strug-
gled But the metal top didn't bulge.
Still full of fight, turned to my wife and said.
Haven't you anything to open bottles?"
eyes," she said swoetly. "You!''
finally found a s.dset and put 1t around the
neck of the bottle. But it didn't se. No olive
opener gadget in the world litsi haven't the
statistics, but I'm ready to 6ght for this belief.
why don't you heat the neck of the bottle" asked
Il did before called you"
flew into it again. my own neck pretty well heated
now. But not yield.
IN take it down to the basement"
gave Il tne WNks anu II 8dve INC ue iduSh'
"Fn going to break tho cursed thing" l said.
"Don't," said my wife. ''That would get glass
in them just leave the bottle here. I'l got along
some way"
sure left it there.
After while my wife called out Come to dinner"
When went in, DANCED if the olives weren't heaped
temptingy on plate. How did you get it open?"
gasped.
81 don't know. I just gave the lid another
twist and it openod.''
And that's the way it il. 1t always takes an
other twist to open bottle of olives. Try it your
self and see if I'm not right. Good luck.
-honer croy
Evening star., 1942-04-18
Suspect, Out on Bond,
Seized in Closed Store

A man already charged with 10
cases of breaking and entering in
connection with theft of narcotics
from Washington drug stores was
arrested early today in a closed drug
store In the 1900 block of New Jersey
avenue NV.
Police said the man was at lib
erty under 1000 bond when Police
man w. j. Connally of No. 2 Precinct
noticed him in the store. He was
booked as Marvin r. Harlow, 36. of
the 1900 block of p street Sc.
The arrest leading to the 10
charges originally placed against
him occurred March 27 as the re-
81. of a plant" at drug store in
the Southeast section. Because a
Snpmber Of such establishments had
been entered In that area and moth
ing but narcotics stolen. police be-
lieved the crimes the work of the
same person. Detective Sergts.
Il. D, Lambert and Fred L. Rawln-
son Of the General Assignment
Squad were two of number of men
stationed at various stores. They
arrested the man later charged.
Police said the suspect admitted
the series of thefts.
Evening star., 1942-04-18

"A series Oh ArClCleS III Inc St8Es
has been urging initiation Of such
. program. School ofiicials are pre-
pairing estimates for the expanded
program at the request Of the House
Appropriations subcommittee now
holding hearings on the 1943 District
budget. Many school and recre-
alton leaders in the District are on
record favoring the program.
The committee passed the recon-
mendation along to the Board Of
Trade yesterday in line with re-
port by the committees subcom-
mittee on recreation and play
grounds. Presented by B. B. Der
rick, chairman of the subcommit-
tee, the report set forth the follow
ing conclusions:
/. That young men are being
turned down for Army service at
an alarming rate from the District.
Cite Loss Of Fairgrounds.
2. That recreational centers such
as tennis courts, Fairgrounds Of one
description or another, etc, have
been eliminated as result OF de-
Tense activities.
3. That none OF the high schools,
with the exception of Calvin
Coolidge, seems to have adequate
facilities or personnel for giving
proper physical training to high
school youths of the District.
4. That the subcommittee recon-
mends that inasmuch as this train
ing should be started with the be-
ginning of the school year in the
fall, immediate steps should be
taken by the School Committee to
attempt to obtain appropriations
through the District budget ofiicer
to establish an adequate, we'll
trained. physically fit personnel
staff to take charge OF this much
needed training together with suf-
ficient training facilities.
Before the report was presented
Hardy Pearce, acting director Of
health and physical education Of
the District. gave a talk. An ade-
quate program would make the gen.
Evening star., 1942-04-18

Clarke Kawakami, who until Pearl
Harbor was Washington correspond
ent for Domei. the Japanese news
agency. protested today that he has
been refused induction by the Army.
Declaring that he is eager to fight
Japanese or any other enemies of
the United States, he was scheduled
for induction today. But at 1 pm.
yesterday, he reported. he was in
formed by an oficial Of Draft Board
No. 2, whose name he did not learn,
that he would have to change his
plans.
This oficial repeatedly told Mr..
Kawakami that the board leceived
instructions Tuesday that no Amer
ican of japanese descent was to be
accepted for induction.
The 32-year-old newSpaperman
protested that such . general policy
would throw away much good
Army material"
Selective Service oficials said they
know of no such policy. Army
spokesmen said they had none. A.
J. Driscoll. president OF Mr. KAYAK
ami's draft board, declined to COM
ment on the case. He said he was
not around yesterday when the
group Of young prospective soldiers.
with whom Mr.. KaWakami reported.
were given final Instructions.
Mr.. Kawakami said his decision
to enter the Army was made i'm
mediately after Pearl Harbor, and
was approved by his father. Kiyoshi
K. Kawakami. . Japanese writer
who Was interned for Z, period after
Evening star., 1942-04-18
w. P. B. Expands Curb
On Wool Manufactures

Rug, drapery and upholstery man.
ufacturers can put no more wool
into process except for military and
Maritime Commission orders
A War Production Board ban went
on last night at midnight. but does
not mean immediate cessation of
wool rug and carpet production, the
board said because all mills now
have wool In process which they will
be permitted to complete.
A study Of all other wools In pos
session Of mills viii be made at once
TO determine how much of this ma
terial can be used for military and
essential civilian purposes.
In another conservation move yes
terday TIE board ordered radio tube
manufacturers TO discontinue within
seven days civilian output Of $40 Of
the ITO types Of radio tubes now on
the market. The board estimated
stocks Of the $40 types were sum-
eient to supply civilian yeeds-
Evening star., 1942-04-18

Frank McHugh and Desi ArneS. Al
ready In the cast were Bob Hope,
Frances LAngford. Jerry Colonna
James Cagney. Olivia de Haviland.
Bert L.ahr and Charles Boyer.
Other names will be announced to-
morrow.
1Ickets for the performance
which Will be given ut the Capitol
Theater, will range from $50 to
$40, with all proceeds being divided
between Army Emergency Relief
and the Navy Relief Society. Fol-
lowing the showing here, the cara
van win 60 on to other cities.
Evening star., 1942-04-18
Waste in CONSTRUCTING
She'll Loading Plant Denied
Hy The Associated press.

~ the Associated Press.
Spokesman for the Silas Mason
Co., New York architectural and
engineering firm. denied before .
House Military Affairs Subcommit-
tee yesterday charges of waste and
extravaganza" in construction of .
shellsloading plant ut Minden, La.
a Samuel T. Ansel, Washington at.
torney for the company, said testi.
mony would be submitted to show
that the charges, made after an
Investigation by Gordon X. Miller,
committee investigator. were with
out substantial justification.
He said the construction, started
last July and 81 per cent complets
April !. was carried ont with u1-
usual speed because Of the war
emergency.
Robert L. Telford, general man-
ager for the project, referring to the
expenditure Of more than 427, 900 900
on the plant originally estimated to
cost I'll, 800 900. said he did not know
how the $l5.s00. 900 figure vas ar
rived at because. when the Mason
Co. received the contract IL had to
begin from scratch.
Evening star., 1942-04-18
District Budget
For Water Unit
Weighed Today
House Group Also
Schedules Testimony
On Rood Funds
ny WILL r. KENNEDY.

At all-day hearings today on the
District budget Chairman Mahon
and members Of the House Appro-
priations Subcommittee hope to ret
the testimony completed for two Of
the largest agencies Highway De-
partment and the Water Depart
ment and washington AQeuduct.
The Recommendation for three
District agencies were discussed yes
terday. covering . total of el2,65O.- :
646-the courts. $<33,674; Rhltc
Health. $3,6l6,652. and Public Well
fare, $500, ,347.
Today's hearing started with the
testimony Of Brig. Gen. Albert l.. Cox,
commander Of the Warrington Pro-
visional Brigade, and two aides, Col.
c. A. bravo, adjutant general, and
Capt. o. p. CLARK. administrative
assistant. Improvement Of WASH
ington Channel and the Washington
Aqueduct are to be explained BY
Col. william J. Barden, District
engineer for this area, and y. A.
Schmitt, his assistant. Recon-
mendations for the Water Depart
ment viii be explained BY Humphrey
Beckett, supermtedent. and Norman
Robertson. administrative assistant.
.Parks Need 10 Be Explained.
Thomas 8. Settle, executive Sec
retary, has been asked to explain the
appropriations asked for the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission, and the needs of the
capital parks vii be discussed by
Irving c. Root. superintendent
r. r. Gillen, senior assistant: Frank
Garside, assistant, and Leo Bittner
chief Of the fiscal and personnel
division.
Capt. H. G. Whitehurst. director
of highways. is expected to explain
this afternoon the program Of street
improvements, superhighways and
grade separations to take care OF the
increased trafiic caused by the emer-
gency.
The subcommittee was attentive
yesterday to all Health Department
proposals pertaining to congestion
here. DR.. George G. Rutland, health
oficer. was asked to flie . statement
on . $475. 900 fund not included In
the District budget which he be-
lieved could be advantageously spent
for health protection.
New Court Setup Discussed.
Both he and DR.. Daniel L. Finu-
cane. superintendent Of the Tuber-
cdlosis Sanatoria, explained In exec
utive session the Health Department
policy which resulted In the Com
niissioners' deleting from the health
budget 5000 for the salary Of the
chief visiting consultant. It was
made clear that was not In criti-
cism Of the consultans or his work.
After the hearing. DR.. Rutland
said the committee was thoroughly
sympathetic to the efforts OF his
department, which he said Is nov
making "substantial progre8S with
the cooperation Of the Commis-
sioners."
Much time at the hearing was
devoted to a discussion of the new
setup for the combined Police and
Municipal Courts with a New NUM-
cipal Court Of Appeals. The budget
estimates for the combined court is
$254,849 and for the Court of
Appeals, $4,000.
Evening star., 1942-04-18
Reflections Above Average.

iaSl +
eral health Of high school students
30 per cent better, he said.
81 Reflections Above Average.
Declaring that the program was
urgently" needed, Mr.. Pearce cited
figures to show that a greater per-
centage Of District young men were
rejected for Army service than for
the Nation as a whole. Percentages
of reflections because of the five
major defects, with the national
percentage first and the District
second, as given by Mr.. Pearce, were:
teeth. 1877 per cent and 20 per cent;
venereal disease, 3.7 per cent and
II per cent; eyes, Ill per cent and
10 per cent; heart trouble, 90 per
cent and 10 per cent, and nervous
disorders, IL per cent and 10 per
cent.
Citing what had been accom-
plished at Calvin Coolidge. Mr..
Pearce said of 726 children examined
at the start of school last year, sos
had correctable defects and 428 were
corrected at the end of the term.
He believed the corrections were a
direct outgrowth of the physical
program at the school.
Sees Cost as S275, zoo.
He said an adequate program
would cost about $275, 900 annually.
Mr.. Pearce's views were indorsed
by Milo Christensen, co-ordinator-
director OF public recreation in the
District, who said the results shown
by the Army examination were "ap-
palling."
The Schools Committee also
adopted a report by the subcom-
mittee on school buildings and costs
urging that money be sought to
finish certain rooms on the ground
floor of the Cuno H. Rudolph
School. The report was presented
by Henry Thompson, chairman OF
the subcommittee.
George E. Keneipp, chairman of
the Schools Committee, presided at
the luncheon meeting. held at the
Harrington Hotel.
Evening star., 1942-04-18
Tickets on Sale
For Army, Navy
Relief Show

Tickets for the Hollywood Victory
Caravan, the Army and Navy Relief
show that win bring number OF
radio, screen and stage stars here
April 80. went on sale today al
LoeW's Capitol Theater. The boz
once viii say open until 10 pm.
Added today to the list of stars
who have joined the caravan were
Spencer Tracy, Eleanor Powell
Evening star., 1942-04-18
NEGATIVE Teams Win
Elimination Trials
In 6. W.U. Debate
Western, Mckinley,
Foirfox High Triumph
In Pre-Droft ToIks

Three teams opposing q proposal
to require one year Of military train
ing for men Of pre-draft age were
adjudged winners today in the early
elimination trials Of George WASH
ington University's ninth annual
high school debating contest. Prizes
OF / years tuition at G. w. y,
awaited each of the three ultimate
winners.
Western High won over Eastern
High, Mckinley triumphed over
George Washington High of Alex
andria, Va, Fairfax (va) High won
over Bethesda Chevy Chase, and
Southern High. Baltimore, defeated
woodrow Wilson in the first trials.
Only Southern High successfully
upheld the Affirmative position.
Contentious Of Both Sides.
The Affirmative position contend
ed its plan for universal training
of men between 10 and 20 is neces-
sary. efficient and democratic. A
year of Army discipline would pro-
mote health, good habits, reduce
crime at the dangerous age" and
not interfere with industrial pro-
duction or retard preparation fol
the civilian professions, 1t was as
serted. The Affirmative debaters
said it was unfair to send unframed
men into battle or wait until wal
was declared before training them.
The negative debaters, preferrine
peacetime continuation OF the Sc
lective service principle to universal
military training. said a sane de-
mobilization of millions of soldiers
would enable industry to reabsorh
the soldiers without doing violence
to the Nations economy
A standing Army and Navy and
Air Force could protect the Nations
security. they said. without taking
young men from the farms and
machine shops under a universal
military program.
DIR. Yeager in Charge.
DR.. w, Hayes Yeager. G. w. U
professor Of public speaking, was In
charge of the debate. Judges were
Assistant Prof. Henry G. Roberts
Arthur Murphy, Mrs. Marcel Lane
Prof Lowell j. Ragatz. DR.. Thelms
Hunt, Ward Beard, DR.. Katherine
Adams. DR.. Richard NJ Owens, B. H
Jarman, DR.. Ruth Coyner, DR.. Free
Upper and Fred Nessell.
Those debating were:
Western High--Marian King, Ar.
mold Edleman, Robert Stokes. Mar.
tina Reed. Frank Mullins, Roberr
Stokes.
Mckinley High-Darleen Weisen.
burger, Irene Clay, George Daffer
Leroy Smith, Tia Gray Garris, Mons
Jeanne Keesling.
Woodrow Wilson High - Thelms
zeskind. Dolores Lancaster, Ruth
Ellis, Patrice Shette, Edward Krise
Richard Wheat. Hewitt Robertson.
Bethesda Chevy Chase High
George Edelen, Peggy Spencer, Ed
ward Wichers.
George Washington High. Alex
andria, Va.-Ray Clark. Mary Ag,
mes Dent. Sim Taylor. Billy Kramer
Richard Marshall. James Taylor.
Eastern High - Marie Helgesen
Emily Brunk. Betty McGill. Torai
Siegel, Lorraine Arkin.
Fairfax High-Stephen Fentress
Edward Hobbs, Lucian Grove
Dewey Lee Curtis. Edward Moore
John Rigsle.
Southern High, Baltimore-Made
line OBrien. Cornelia Bruck, Rent
Miller, Marilyn Lilly. Curtis Good
night, James Donnelly.
Evening star., 1942-04-18
Denial Of New Trial
For Ewing Indicated,
By Justice Morris
Hearing Is Continued
Until Friday; Two Held in
Protective Custody

Justice James w. Morris fndi-
Gated yesterday he could not grant
the motion of Orman w. Ewing Tor
q new trial on the present showing
OF the defense. The hearing on the
motion was continued until Friday.
Ewing was convicted Of criminal
assault. s
Meanwhile, Raymond Hager and
Kenneth H. Miller, two witnesses
who testified previously for the de-
fense in the retrial motion. but now
concede that they committed per-
jury, will be continued in the pro-
tective custody" Of the District At
torney's office.
Previously, Mr.. Hager and Mr..
Miller testified that Robert PAYNE,
r. F. C. employe, had accosted them
in a cafe in October and proposed
that for 500 each they frame"
Ewing by viewing his girl friend in
a compromising position with man
now identified as the defendant.
Mr., Payne's girl friend was the
complainant in the criminal assault
case against Ewing. Inasmuch as
Justice Morris has not yet ruled on
the motion for new trial, Ewing
has not been sentenced.
Ewing's new defense counsel,
James ]. Laughlin, who did not
represent him at his trial, led Mr..
Miller through an all-day cross
examination Yesterday, going into
detail regarding the witness role
in the making of the concededly
false afIidavit and Mr. Miller's ad-
mittedly perjured testimony pre-
viously. Mr.. Miller said that Mr..
Hager, who Is his cousin, told him
CMiller) that the witness would get
81 200 for identifying Mr.. Payne.
but after he signed an afiidavit that
Payne had "propositioned" him, he
got worried about getting time" for
perjury.
Evening star., 1942-04-18
ChorIes Strouehn Dies;
Pennsylvoniu Publisher

By the Associated Press.
SHENANDOAH, Pa. April H.
Charles T. Straughn, editor and
publisher Of the Shenandoah Eve
ming Herald, died at his home last
night of pneumonia. He was a..
Mr.. Straughn was born In Cam
bridge, Nd, where his father. Levin
e. Straughn, edited the Dorchester
County Intelligencer. first Mary
land paper to espouse the Union
cause.
Survivors include . son, Dr. VIII
liam s. Straushn, and daughter.
Mrs. Hughlett Colt, both Of Dover,
Del.
Evening star., 1942-04-18
Funeral Services Held
For John O. Luke

Funeral services were held today
for John o. Lake, ~. for nearly
20 years an employe Of the Capital
Transit Co.. who died Wednesday
The services were held at the
Chambers funeral home, 5l7
Eleventh. street Sc. Burial was In
Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Mr.. Lake Is survived by his widow
Mrs. Mary B. Lake; q daughter
Mrs. Mildred L. Combs of Wash
ington; Wilton Lake. a brother. OF
Front Royal. Va, and two sisters,
Mrs. Lulu Rector of Haymarket, Va.
and Mrs. Laura Wilkinson Of Falls
Church, Va.
Evening star., 1942-04-18
Auto Purchases Approved

The Montgomery County Com
MODIFY Rationing Board yesterday
granted applications for purchase
of automobiles to Edward r. Phil
lips. carpenter foreman, Silver
Spring Joseph M. DAILY, Army
physician. Silver Spring; Richard
X. Miller. plane worker, Monrovia;
Helsing Bros. Inc. paving contrac-
tors. Bethesda; Earl Dodson Hoover,
mechanical engineer, Silver Spring
and Mrs. Ada s. Main. farmer. c.
dAr Grove.
Evening star., 1942-04-18
Loses Legs Under Troin

Randolph Nelson. colored, 26. Of
the $500 block of Florida avenue
NE, lost both legs early today
when train passed over him rs
he was lying on q B. a. o. railroad
siding in Hyattsville, Md. Prince
Georges County police took him to
Casualty Hospital where the legs
were amputated.
Evening star., 1942-04-18
Former Jap Correspondent
Barred From Army Service

December 7. and his mother, ar
American.
He wrote his draft board that hi
would not seek deferment because
of q dependent, he said. His wife
q former Japanese movie actress
lives with his parents here at 372l
Morrison street NV.
Evening star., 1942-04-18
D. {. Draft Boards
Send Out IA for
Induction Today
To Be exomined at
Fort Myer or ot
Fort George Meode

District draft boards sent IA men
to Fort Myer. Va. and Fort George
G.. Meade, Md. for Army physical
examinations and. II they pass, In
duction today. Six others scheduled
for induction have been transferred
to other communities or have en-
lirfAd
Evening star., 1942-04-18
For q Stronger America
For Stronger America
Trade Board Committee Backs
Physical Training in Schools
Program Needed Urgently, Report Soys;
Cost Put at $275,O00 Yeor
(Thtrteth of a SeriesJ
fThirtieth OF a Series.J

Trade today had the unanimous
Committee that funds sought
provide physical training in District
high schools.
Evening star., 1942-04-18
Police Academy Selects
33 for Third Session

Thirty-two District policemen and
q policewoman have been selected to
attend the third session Of the
Washington Police Academy begin
ming Monday. Supt. Edward j. Kelly
announced today.
Included in the group selected by
Capt. John H. Fowler, head Of the
school, are four lieutenants, three
detective sergeants. two precinct de-
tectives. seven uniformed sergeants
and q representative of the Women's
Bureau.
The academy. founded early this
year by Capt. Fowler, gives advanced
courses in crime detection.
The class roster follows:
ss,o.os sSs,s; ssrss Esrl sHs'., He... Pvt H.,
James. Pvt. r. J. Rice, Pvt. :. H.
Hefiin, eerEt. H. H. Rector, PIT. ". p.
Chenault Il n d. Langley, Ssrgt c. L
Hallman. Pet Det z Engie. Pvt. u. J.
narnall. oergt. G. q. peGnell eergt. ?. A.
Arney. ryt a. ~. AryAns Pvt. J. A.
1aiser, Pvt t1randD Hartman. L.. r.
2css 22Sss. ~ kt 4 SrSs:; G,l;i.ns rssl pei 4 Bet
Baker, Dat. Ssrgt J. Prophet. Pvt. o. u.
Christian, Det &ergt q aiinAne, PVT. J. J.
Npcema. Pvt. John u fillstt. Pvt. D. D.. jr.
DlAcknsn, 1t, u c.
Evening star., 1942-04-18

eral health Of high school students
30 per cent better, he said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-04
TROOP "A HOSTS
 ON MOTHERS DAY

Arrangements are underway by members Of Troop 24, Boy Scout mt c. the !nmseulate oonccpf'on parish, to entertain their mothers at the apDual communion breakfast services planned for next Sunday, The mothers vii occupy 6 special reserved section and will witness the program dedicated 10 nlelF honor, It Is expected that the Scouts will receive communion with members 0f the Holy Name society, pr, Joseph A, Reyn0lds, the unlls physician, g1ll be one of the guest speakers at the breakfast services,
 Troop 2a gave 8 dem0nstFati9n nf first aid TbuFsdav evening at the closing session Of tine Chase cotas paDlae class under the direction 0f B, AlbeekeT, 4 demonstration ln res snseltatlon f0F persons Fekenea Foln drowning or plle0aseigls from cons tact with live eleelfle wire,