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Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-07-06
State Pushing
Road
For 1914
HalethOrpe Grade Crossing.
Westminster Road Recon-
structiOn Included On List

Approximately $7,00O,0O0 Of
construction, including engineer
ing and right-of-way costs an
average normal years program -
is involved in the twelve highway
and bridge projects for which the
State has asked priority from the
Federal Government, Governor
Herbert R. O'Conor revealed this
week.
A plea stressing the urgency Of
the various projects, from a SAT-
ETY. and traffic requirements stand
point, the Governor said, has been
made to the Facilities Review
Board Of the War Production
Board, whose approval is essential
before any construction projects
can be undertaken.
Total costs on three of the
twelve projects, the Governor
made known, will run above
$1,000,000 each, with the Fred
erick Hagerstown Highway esti-
mated cost Of 100000 for con-
struction topping the list.
A stretch of 17.2 miles of sur
facing is involved, the Governor
made known, inasmuch as the
grading, culverts, and drainage
work have been completed for
some time.
Next in Importance, in amount
of expenditure involved, is the
proposed reconstruction of 11.6
miles of the present dual Wash
ington Boulevard, from the city
line to Laurel. This will include
renewal of base where necessary,
resurfacing Of the entire stretch
of highway with 51z inches Of BIZ
luminous materials, and at one
point, the dangerous "Deadman's
Curve" a complete relocation of
the road to straighten it and to
eliminate the dangers to traffic
which the present curve and grad
ing offer.
On the Eastern Shore, the re-
construction and Strengthening of
Route 213, from Mt. Holly to Big
Mills, will total $1,025,0O0. In
volved are 8.4 miles of road, and
the realignment involved will do
much to promote safety on this inn
portant road, the Governor de-
clared.
Reconstruction Of the Westmins-
ter Road, from Mt. Pleasant to
beyond Finksburgu a distance of
3.56 miles, will entail expenditures
Of $1,042,OO0, the Governor made
known.
Of the other eight projects for
which approval for immediate con-
struction has been asked, the most
important, both from construction
and expenditure viewpoints, are
the Halethorpe Grade Crossing
elimination, which with rights-of-
way is estimated to cost $500, 600;
Continued on Page 81
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-07-06
Montgomery County Exceeds Her
Quota In Fifth War Loan Drive

Richard F. Green, Chairman of
Montgomery County's Fifth War
Loan Drive, announced today that
the 'County's quota of $2,750,000.00
District
Northeastern District ....,...
Northwestern District ......
Central District ...........
Western District .........
Eastern District ...........
Purchased in other localities and
allocated to Montgomery County
Total. ...............
mas been over 1000 subscribed.
Subscriptions, as tabulated by MI.
Green in each of the County's re-
porting districts, are as follows:
Mr.. Green said that the drive
will formally end Saturday, July 8,
although the popular Series E, F
and G Bonds and Tax Savings
Notes will continue to be sold and
all sales recorded during the month
of July will count as part of the
Fifth War Loan Drive.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-07-06
RATION REMINDERS

MEATS, FATS-Red stamps AS
through Z8 good indefinitely.
PROCESSED FOODS - Blue
stamps A8 through Z8 and A5,
good indefinitely.
SUGAR-Sugar stamps 30, 81, and
32, each good for pounds in
definitely. Sugar stamp 40, good
for five pounds of canning sugar
through February next year.
GASOLINE-In II East Coast
States A-10 coupon good through,
August 8.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-07-06
Gaithersburg Cows
Triple Average Yield


Two registered Holstein-Frie-
sian cows in the dairy herd Of
McKendree Walker, Gaithersburg,
have recently completed official
production records of more than
800 pounds Of butterfat.
Rolling Knoll Hengerveld Fobes
with a record of 519 pounds OF
butterfat and 12,86S pounds Of
milk and Rolling Louise Posch who
at the age Of a years Z months
made 500 pounds of butterfat and
1878 pounds Of milk in 329 days
on twice a day milking. y
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-07-06
Do You Know?-

"No person shall turn a We
hicle from a direct course upon
a highway unless and until such
movement can be made with
reasonable safety and then Civ
ing an appropriate signal "
in the event any other vehicle
may be affected by such move
ment.
penalties: Fines may be up
to Fifty ($50.O0) Dollars"
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-07-06
County ''Sing" At
Ashton On Sunday

The Montgomery County Sing
ing Convention will meet Sunday,
July 8 at 2 p. M. at the M. e.
Church in Ashton. J. Ernest Haw-
kins is song leader.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-07-06
S2,75O,OOO.OO
2,791,261.25

of $255, 100000 in the Silver Spring
Takoma Park area.
Mr.. Green remarked that the
business people and other large
buyers of bonds have come for
ward very well in the present
drive but that the number of small
purchasers of bonds has not been
up to expectations. He expressed
hope, however, that all individuals
who have not yet purchased at
least a $100 Bond would do so
during the remainder of July.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-07-06
Girls Guild To
Hold Bake Sale

The Girls Guild of Darnestown
will hold a bake sale on Saturday,
July 18th at Thomas and Company
in Gaithersburg from 10 to 2.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-07-06

The Lions Club, with quota
of $75, 100000, has made an out
standing record in the present
drive, Mr.. Green said, with sales
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-07-06
/ Might Be
Wrong--B
P. G. STROMBERG

Il politics it looks as though
the coming election will be be-
tween Dewey and Roosevelt. The
unity and smoothness of the Re-
publican convention gives Dewey
a flying start. The only fly in
Republican ointment is the
Willlie following. 1t must be
remembered that Willkie re-
ceived about forty-fve per cent
of the total vote
Dewey cast in 1910 and
VS.. that many thou
Roosevelt sands of people
have sworn by
him. Yet it is probable that,
like all former candidates,
Willkie will be on the stump for
Dewey. The Presidential cam
paign will not be one of the old
time bitter feuds. There are no
great issues on which the two
major parties differ. The Re-
publican platform writers rec
ognize a great many of the New
Deal enactments and pledge to
outdo the New Dealers. There
is no difference in the two par
ties regarding conduct OF the
war. There is little difference
in their attitude toward the tar
iff. The Republicans promise
more to the farmers than the
Democrats ever have and they
promise as much to labor.
The campaign cannot there
fore be fought primarily on the
basis of differing viewpoints on
major issues. It will, as many
have predicted it would be, q
battle of personalities. 1t will
truly be Roosevelt versus Dewey.
Or perhaps it be as well to state
that it will be a battle for or
against Roosevelt. And to state
it thus bluntly does not neces-
sarily speak disparingly OF
Dewey. The pro-Roosevelt vote
cannot be shaken nor can the
anti-Roosevelt vote be shaken.
The former would still be for a
fourth term for the President re-
gardless of the Republican plat
form or candidate and the lat
ter would vote against the Pres
ident regardless of issues and
candidate. Con-
Regardless sequently the
OF Who result of this
Wins Election years election
will depend en-
tirely upon how many voters,
Democratic and Republican
alike, will be willing to have
President Roosevelt returned for
a fourth term and how many
will express by their vote oppo-
sition to any man for a fourth
term
1t is this group of voters who
actually place a man in the Pres
idential chair. Political leaders
recognize that there has to be
appeal to this Independent vote
and if Dewey is able to conduct
his campaign in such a way as
to win votes on his personality
and by his statements on major
issues he will be ahead by just
that much.
The Republicans were wise in
not making an attack on the
conduct of the war. Rightly
they concede that the real bat
ties are being directed by the
military leaders who need no
civilian interference. Had they
sought to discredit the Admin
istration on this subject there
would have been an immediate
reaction favorable to the Demo-
Gratis. But they wisely chose to
place the Administration on the
defensive which is always the
most difficult campaign to con-
duct. In his speech Of accept
ance Governor Dewey indicated
the type of campaign he will
conduct. He
Japs and promises no
NaZis quarter for the
Will Lose Germans and
Japs. AS a
matter of fact he pledged that
Al. -. ..xn,,1I - oo,.,.,..I a. A.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-28

ionships on the Pacific coast
last year. Colonel Vandersluis
has a couple of eagles on his
shoulder-yes, he is full col
onel now.
l watched him play today's
hand, and he did not make any
mistakes. He was careful not
to win the first club trick. If he
had, he could hold off on the
second club, but the club stop
per would be gone. West would
win and Immediately lead an
other club.
When East won the first club
trick, he returned another club,
dummy's ace won and small
heart led. East played low, the
colonel won with the queen, led
a small heart to dummy's ace
and returned the third heart,
thus establishing good heart
in his own hand. East found
himself in the lead and played a
diamond, the colonel put on the
eight-Spot and Vests queen
won. But Vests clubs were not
set. He had TO lead another
club, and then it was impossible
TO prevent the colonel from
making nine tricks.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-28
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .
BY PETER EDISON

If you are still interested in
economical and efficient opera
ton of your federal government
and you should be if you had
10 she'll out pay-as-you-go in
come taxes April 15-you may
care to dig still a little deeper
into this business of how the
big spending executive depart
ments of the federal government
are supposed TO be inspected and
policed.
Such digging leads inevitably
to the conclusion that no matter
how such inspections are made,
they aren't adequate. Otherwise,
there would be no need for
many of these congressional
post-mortem Investigations Of
executive agencies and there
would be less yelling on govern
ment spending. The government
will spend approximately $685.
100000 this coming fiscal year
just to audit its books. This
sum is the appropriation of the
General Accounting Off ce,
which will have a force of H.
900 employees to reconcile some
$50 million checks with sim
liar number of vouchers and au-
thorizations. In a way, this is a
good bit like locking the barn
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-28
MESSAGE FROM FRANCE

The first issue Of Trcoor the American edition
of La France Lbre, has just been Publ'shed II IS
one of five editions the others being printed in Lon
don, Coiro Aeiers, and in Poris, where it is crcu'
loted by the underground
The very look of the magazine sets it apart from
the other expotrote publications OF occupied coun-
tries The formal is distinctive and interesting. The
photoorophc illustrations have been chosen with
imooinotion The sketches match great deol OF
the writing in bitter sorcosr Reading this VOL !,
No. there is feeling that here is O truer picture
of France under the Nozs than can be found in q
reom of dispatches from Agiers.
TricoIor tells not only story Of struggle against
OPPRESSION There is q biting memoir Of Yvette Guil-
bert five hitherto untronsIoted letters Of Marcel
Proust; profile Of the aged painter Pierre Bonnord
and his life under the Nozs.
There is much Of the France that Americans
Knew even though the silent, struggling Fronce of
todoy is more remote from America as the mag
ozne points out - than at any time in this nations
history.
The stories leave the impression that, almost as
bad as torture and hunger and yronny must be the
nooddenine irritation Of living under the stupid reg
ulotions Of the superior rooe."
There are accounts of the clumsy cojolery with
which the occupying forces try to win over French
to collaboration and the effrontery Of square,
headed Prussons debating taste" in their orts
And there ore some interesting, if indirect, conn.,
ments on American foreign policy it effects
France practically the first good words that have
been sold for it. A few:
1.-THE war Of resistance is not q campaign fought
TO elect one porty or one man Our leaders are
in France, and there they must and will remain
The men inside Europe will not show enthusi-
osm when those who lived in foreign lands try to
judge and direct internal offoirs"
All Of which suggests thot our policy Of leaving
General Eisenhower free to deal with persons inside
France, once liberation has begun, will have sup
port.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-28
A WAY TO HELP

Most Of US know about the paper shortage, and
are cooperating in the salvage campaign. The
shortage isn't licked yet, but here is remarkably
easy thing that every householder can do to relieve
it:
Take home one less overoee-sze paper bag from
the grocery whenever you go marketing. 1t doesn't
seem like much. But if each one of Americas esti-
mated "a, 854 532 foriIies used one less bog every
Noy the dolly sowing would amount to 1884 tons
- enough paper to make rings for III, 3Ol 500
pound bombs; or containers for ,8i5 1886 75-mm.
shells; or blueprint paper for IS botteshps
How to do it9 Have your grocer put more items
in one big bog; bring bags with you to the store and
use them again; CORY pockoged merchandise un-
wrapped; use string or other non-poper shopping
bog. 1t WILL help
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-28

Speaking of victory gardens
- the folks who have one will
have the ha. ha, ha on the folks
who don't hoe, hoe. hoe!
Rumor has il that Hitler may
hide out in Argentina. Probably
figures an earthquake is tame
compared to what he can ex-
pect at home.
Spring will bring the usual
number of optimists = folks
who believe everything they
read in seed catalogue.
The time to start worrying,
il any. is when your friends
stop telling you you're looking
older.
Bathtubs now can be purchas-
ed without authorization from
the WPB. That's something tc
sing in and about.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-28
GOOD NEIGHBORS

Sports writer Harry 0royson returning from
trip to Mexico City, reported that the unrufled Lot
in American attitude Of "monono" doesn't opply
where bull fights ore concerned The fixed and in.
oIterobIe starting time, he wrote is o'clock and
the Iote-comin9 spectator is greeted by chorus Of
boos that make the Bronx cheer seem O choutouquo
salute by comparison
This being So we may rest assured thot the
eood-neiohbor policy down Mexico way is solid, sin
cere, and success. For the bull fight impresoros
postponed the performance hour recently so that
group Of American newspopemen could see the
horse races first.
Thots not O mere goodwill gesture thots
love!
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-28
. BARBS

Some eople don't know
enough to learn as much as they
lead people to think they know.
The liquor shortage means
that there not as much pull in
Washington these days with
cork screws.
In wiping out Italian towns,
Mount Vesuvius is giving Allied
bombers keen competition.
An Indiana man sued for di-
vorce because his wife made
him do the family laundry. 1t
all came out in the wash.
A henpecked man is the fell
low with his nerve in his wife's
name.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-28
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Staff COrrespOndent

Inc him parade: Olivia de
Havilland-Every star in Holly
wood is watching Olivias con-
tract fight with Warner Bros.
after Los Angeles judge ruled
in her favor that no film con-
tract can extend beyond a term
of seven years. The studio is now
appealing. The final decision
will determine whether studios
can add suspension periods at
the end Of contracts. Wal
lace Beery-Although grounded
for the duration by Uncle Sam s
anti-flying ban for civilians,
amateur pilot Beery makes theo-
retical hops daily on navigation
paper. Gladys George
Always studies her roles before
a mirror. The reason for this,
Gladys says, is that on the stage
people hear you talk, while on
the screen, they see you think.
Marc LaWrence-On advice Of
his doctor, Marc took up oil
painting year ago to overcome
color blindness. His color-blind
ness didn't improve, but his
painting did to such an extent
that a Beverly Hills are gallery
will give exhibition soon.
Orry-Kelly, fashion designer
One of the airline companies has
just commissioned him to design
a wardrobe of tomorrow for the
woman of tomorrow who will
hop to Cuba for lunch and Lon
don for a week end. George
RATA dapper dresser, George
had the shoulders of his regula-
ton USO uniform padded be-
fore leaving on an overseas
entertainment tour. Victor
Moore-That battered briar pipe
clenched between Victor's teeth
so often is 25 years old.
HAT-ALIKES
Oracle Allen-When she and
daughter Sandra, aged 8, step
out they always wear identical
hats. Ralph S. Peer, music
publisher-Five years ago Ralph
published "Besame Mucho' in
Mexico. It's finally hit.
Smiley Burnette-Many a car
penter could take lessons from
singin' Smiley, who's turned out
three albums-full of songs in the
last decade but who spends more
time turning out flawleSs furni-
ture and household gadgctS in
his carpentry shop. -. John
Garfield-When Warner Bros.
gets around TO filming the life
story OF Marine Hero AL Schmid,
John will play the role Which
is our idea of great casting.
Ann Sothern-You can't miss
Annie on a film set. Between
scenes she sits in an old wicker
rocking chair which she has
been Juggling around ever since
she crashed pictures. And If
you know her we'll enough, you
can call her Grandma.
Alexis Smith-A wedding gown
wears in a scene for The
Doughgirls' is now hanging in
her closet at home. She'll wear
it again when she weds Craig
Stevens some time next month.
John. Wengraf - Since COM
ing to Hollywood, he has been
cast mainly in Nazi roles. But
in his native Austria, Wengraf
was billed as ''the Clark Gable
OF Vienna" Orchestra
Leader Wingy Manone-When
Wingy's wife won S45 week
alimony recently, he told his
matrimonial troubles TO the
Judge, saying, How would you
like TO work all night and fight
all day. The judge didn't ans
Wer.
Milton Berle-When Milton
met Arthur Murray at an ex-
New York tailoring shop
and discovered the dance master
was getting an identical suit, he
left orders to transform the gar
nent into a suit for his wife.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-28
. IN HOLLYWOOD

Jacqueline White-Film star
let. When Jackie checked out
of a Pensacola hotel after a To-
cation trip for Thirty Seconds
Over Tokyo she told an elevat-
or girl she was going back to
Hollywood. Gee" the girl
said, Il hate to see you 60" add
ing, What part of Hollywood
did you say you were from
California;" Scenar S t
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-28

Walter Bullock-Recently as
signed to write a screen play,
Stork Club" Walter was called
to the office of Paramount S
story editor, Bill Dozier. Dozier
said. well, Walter, what do you
think of the Stork Club" I've
never been there" confessed
Walter. Good" said Dozier,
nov you won't have a biased
opinion of the place"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-28

our heroine Emma into the per-
picking circumstances created
by her self-appointed role as
amateur detective.
A demented spinster, sus-
pected Nazi spy, a long forgot
ten tombstone, and hidden
radio station all figure promi-
nently in adding TO the reader S
confusion. But the plot unravels
to an unexpected conclusion to
the mutual satisfaction of both
the characters concerned and
the reader.
Murder a Mile High" is rec
commended for an evenings dose
of light reading-and guaran-
teed not to produce nightmares.
NOTHING AS BEFORE" a
first novel by Dorothy Sparks
(Harper Bros: S250), is essen
TALLY the story of small town
in Illinois, and what happened
to it following the double i'm
pact of a murder and the out
break Of the war.
John Matthews, New York
neWspaperman who fled the
city in anger, branded as a rad
ical, found haven in Danfield,
where he found work on the
Clarion" and was happy, even
though the tone of his editor
ials won him enemies. He as
sumed the name of Tim Duncan,
and met Helen Nicholson, the
high school English teacher
with whom he fell in love.
Ed. Stoneman, the local big
shot, was a principal character
until his murder, but his influ-
ence lived after him and forms
a part of the changing fabric Of
the entire town.
PIGS AND POP
OUT OF THE MIDWEST. 4"
Title of the book, edited by
John T. Frederick (Whittlesey
House: $500, is rather mis-
leading. since you get the idea,
if you live in the east or west,
that the stories contained there
in aren't of much interest TO
you. But they are! Any book
containing stories by Harold
Titus, Ben Hecht, Ernest Hem
ingway, and Thomas Hart Ben
ton, the artist, is enough of
Americana TO make the volume
OF nation. wide interest.
Especially interesting is Titus
story built around the train dis
patcher who, to an ordinary
layman, sits in a chair all day
lon gand talks to a telephone di-
rccting trains hither and yon.
But Titus builds drama around
his character, showing how the
dispatcher worries himself sick
in clearing the path for a Boy
Scout special from Chicago into
Michigan. sidetracking slow
freight, clearing the track of a
wrecked gondola, and engineer
ing the capture OF a runaway
boxcar by fast-rambling en-
CINE.
While that story is exciting, a
fomey treatise on pigs is con-
tanned in Raymond Weeks
story, Arkansas" that deals
with Alphonse Jaccard's hog by
that name. Nothing could be so
dear TO AIS heart than his pig,
and the story comes close 10 be-
ing as close to your heart.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-28
High|ights from
the Latest Books


there in the United States?
A-l27, 900.
Q-HoW many people does
the federal government employ
within the United States?
A-2,797,000 as of October
1943.
Q-What is the measurement
of a caliber? -------------
A = One hundredth of al
inch.
Q-What is the principal
commodity of Peru?
Action.
Q-Is the centuries-old caste
system adhered TO in the Indian
navy?
A-No; Indian seamen serve
together irrespective of class OF
creed. They dress alike except
for sikhs, who wear turbans
There are two messes, one fol
vegetarians, one for meat eat
ers.
Q-About how many types OF
woods found in the u. S. are
disable commercially?
$50.
Q-HoW is the fighter pilot
warned that his ammunition is
running low?
A-One method is TO insert
tracer bullets near the end OF
the ammunition belt.
Q-HoW many Medals OF
Honor has Congress voted in
World war IL!
A-83.
Q-What is the President
salary?
A-S75,O0O a year.
Q-What is a light year.?
A-The number of miles light
will travel in a year.
Q-How many Purple Heart
decorations have been issued in
World War II?
A-Up to Nov. 80, 1943: So.
393.
Q-Has Australia had any
money-raising campaigns SINH
lar to our War Loan drives?
Ayes, Victory Loan drive
for S750,000,000; slogan: Fight
and Feed"
Q - w h i h withstand all
bombings better, cats or dogs!
A-Britain's National Canine
Defense League declares thai
London's cats behave better
than dogs during blitzes.
Q-What European nation i.
at peace at home and at war in
its island possessions?
A-Portugal; she allows the
Allies TO occupy the Azores anc
she exports wolfram TO Ger.
many.
Q-Name the largest river ir
the British Isles.
A-The River Shannon ir
Fire, $50 miles long.
Q-Where is the Hall oil
Fame for Great Americans?
A-On the campus of New
York University, New York
City.
Q-When was the first trans
Atlantic radio photograph trans
mitted?
A-1924.
Q-Who is George" to Brit
ish flyers?
A-The automatic pilot.
Q-Who is the u. S. Bureau
of the Budget director?
A-Harold d. Smith.