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Evening star., 1944-05-25
Coninehom Tells Flyers
Greet Day Is Near
Ry the Associated p

By The Associated Press.
LONDON, May 25.-Air Marshal
Sir Arthur Cunningham, commander
of the British Tactical Air Force
told his airmen yesterday that
bombing alone cannot beat Ger
many, but "the very great day" is
approaching and pressure by all
forces will be applied against the
Nazis from the south, from Rus
sia and from the west"
Our forces from the west are
ready under Gen. Eisenhower" he
declared.
Evening star., 1944-05-25

Detachment. At present she is on
special duty in Norfolk, Va.
Pfc. Wise entered the service In
June of last year and received her
basic training at Fort Oglethorpe
Ga. Her mother, Mrs. Mary F. Hep
burn, lives at 1908 Utah avenue
| Brentwood.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla.-Pvt. Leslie
K. Powell, ~. 4107 Connecticut
avenue NV, Womens Army Corps
has arrived here for duty at Army
Air Forces Redistribution Center
and has been assigned to the sta
tion's permanent party personnel
Pvt. Powell has been serving with
the WAC since March.
For the bond drive you have an
S-card and the speed limit is off
Evening star., 1944-05-25

One pound of waste cooking fats
makes enough glycerin to manu-.
facture one-third pound gun
nNWder
Evening star., 1944-05-25

For the bond drive you have an
S-card and the speed limit is off.
Drive now, and step on il.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-03-09

attack on the Anzio beachhead.
After reporting that the attack
failed he said "The field was lit
tered with German dead" Period.
Nothing more. No mention of any
losses on our side.
We all like to feel cocky and
confident. We love to hear of the
heroic and masterful exploits of
our fighting men. But we are not
naive enough to believe that our
gains are accomplished without
some loss.
A policy of featuring only favor
able news is a terrible mistake.
People don't scare by pleasant
announcements-and the people of
America have a right to be scared.
Lullaby time in this war has
passed. Sweet words to cover up
hard facts are out of place and do
the nation a disservice. We are
up to our neck in a shooting war
and the greatest job to be done
in America is to arouse everyone
to a full appreciation of the real
challenge to our daily lives. The
public does not want to be treated
like children in a kindergarten.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-03-09
The Soft Answer

A MOTHER possible source. of
a friction between the Senate
and the Executive branch of the
government evaporated when Mr..
Jonathan Daniels, an administra-
tive assistant to the President,
agreed to answer questions asked
him by a subcommittee of the
Senate Agricultural Committee.
Mr.. Daniels had previously refused
to answer the questions on the
ground that the matter involved
was confidential one between the
President and himself and that
answering the questions would not
be in the public interest.
The Senate subcommittee then
voted to ask for a contempt cita-
ton against Mr.. Daniels. Two
days later Mr.. Daniels announced
that he had changed his mind and
would answer the subcommittee IS
questions.
This incident received national
publicity because it seemed likely
that a test of the Senate's pre-
rogative versus the will of the
Executive was brewing. In view
of the recent explosion over the
tax bill it appeared that the Sem
ate was in the mood for a show
down. The outcome hinged upon
the willingness of the Executive
branch to recognize the Senate's
authority. The incident could have
easily stirred up a storm far
beyond its actual Importance.
! There was general feeling OF
relief when the Executive branch
poured oil on the waters with a
soft answer. Not too soft, at that
because Mr.. Daniels letter to the
subcommittee clearly implies that
while the Executive branch yields
on the immediate subject it does
not completely yield on the prin-
ciple involved.
The incident does, however, re.
veal more cooperative attitude
on, the part of the Executive
branch than has heretofore existed
There is general satisfaction owe,
the outcome.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-03-09
Washington Grove
Mrs. Robert s. BilIhimer
TeIe. GGithersburg 54-J.

On Saturday Mrs. Cleveland
Watkins moved to Arlington, Va,
where she will make her home,
She recently sold her home to Mr..
and Mrs. Will Price.
Mrs. Lucy Salamanca has re-
turned from a weeks stay at the
Waldorf in New York City. She
was accompanied by Mrs. George
Norie and her daughters Miss
Marina Garcia and Mrs. Jack Sal
amanca.
Mrs. Bernice Mcpherson, who
has been in the Takoma Park San
itarium for several months, has
asked US to express her gratitude
for the many cards and messages
she has received during her stay
there. She will be confined to the
hospital for several more weeks
before she can return to her home
on Chestnut Ave. Mrs. Mcpherson
is the attractive, young, defense
worker who received such splen-
did write-up in the POST last year.
Pvt. Herbert Liller has been con-
fined to the hospital at Camp
Blanding, Fla.
DIR. Maude Nuttall and Mrs. Ro-
land Waddill left on Wednesday for
a ten day visit in New York City.
Miss Betty Bradley spent the
weekend at home with her family.
Mrs. Erma Billhimer is spend
ing several days with her son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack Billhimer, in Falls Church, en-
route to Richmond and Portsmouth
to visit her sisters.
Mump Bulletin: Among the lat
est to succumb are Stanley Wat
kins, Kenenth Pray, Dottie Muir,
Dickie and Helen Tull, Phillip
Schwartz, and Betty Billhimer.
The Wesleyan Service Guild en-
tertained the members of the Mems
Fellowship at a Leap Year Party"
at the Billhimer home on Feb. goth.
Twenty-seven people were present
to play games appropriate to the
occasion and partake of what one
member called "an indoor picnic, +,
which was complete from hot dogs
roasted in the fireplace to pop corn
minus the ants and flies present
at most picnics. of course!
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-03-09
Testing Air Power

MORE THAN two years ago
AVA Air Marshal Tedder of the
R. A. F. was claiming that it
would be possible to defeat Ger
many almost entirely by aerial
bombardment. Destruction of fac
tories, communication lines and all
fields, Tedder argued, could sc
weaken the Nazi war machine that
victory would become possible
without the sacrifice of manpowei
involved in a land invasion.
Tedder's theory is now getting
its test. The Allies have achieved
such a degree Of air superiority
over Europe that the Luftwaffe is
apparently unable to offer effective
resistance to bombing on grand
scale. Percentage losses in Allied
air raids on the Continent appear
to be slowly but steadily decreas'
ing.
Many people have long believed
that this war will be won in the
air. The answer will probably bC
known in 1944. There has beer
a school of thought among mill
tary men which discounts the abil
ity of air power alone to knocl
out an enemy such as Germany.
But air power is now available
on scale never dreamed of be
fore. 1t is possible that the in
vasion of Nazi Europe is awaiting
the supreme test of Tedder'i
theory.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-03-09
The Draft Boards
EOR AN EXAMPLE of dem

EOR AN EXAMPLE of democ-
= racy functioning at its best,
consider the draft boards. They
are performing a voluntary and
thankless service too vast to meas
ure in terms Of financial remuner-
alton. The nation owes them a
large debt of gratitude. Their
only reward is the satisfaction of
knowing how well they are per-
forming one of the biggest and
most vital tasks in this critical
period.
AS the New York Times points
out editorially. "They are too busy
to listen for applause. Through
their $500 makeshift offices flows
a whole generation of American
manhood. In their hands is the
responsibility of sorting millions
of men fairly to the men and fair
ly to the country. They must con.
slider the men one by one, for nc
two men are alike. There can be
no herding of them into the armed
forces. Each man must be judged
separately for his fitness, physical
mental and moral, his family's
economic status and the com.
munity's ability to spare HIM from
civilian status. The task, the
greatest study and sitting of hu-
man life in our history, calls for
days and nights of gratuitous de-
votion from tens Of thousands OF
citizens"
1t is estimated that the decisions
Of the average draft board affect
the lives and future Of 5000 men
in addition to the well-being Of
their parents, wives and children
A huge volume of regulations, con.
stantly changing, must be digested
and complied with. Record keep.
ing alone is a collosal job.
Draft board members are the
neighbors, often the relatives Of
the men called up. Upon this in
innate knowledge of local condi
tions rests much of the success Of
the Selective Service system. Il
calls for the conscientious exercise
of good sense and fair play.
The question of how well {
democracy can function under th'
stress of total war is convincingl!
answered, we think, by the worl
of the draft boards.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-03-09
BOYD
Mrs. James P. Kerr
TeLe. PooLesvilLe 2047

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Harold Gaver,
of Buck Lodge, are receiving con-
gratulations on the arrival of a
little daughter, named Nancy May,
on Feb. "a, at their home on the
Poole place. here. Mother and
daughter are getting along nicely.
Miss Carolyn Williams is spend
ing several weeks with her aunt,
Mrs. B. N. Headley, of Rockville,
while her uncle, 1t. B. N. Head
ley is away on trip for the
government.
Mrs. Lula Dutrow has been in
disposed for the past two weeks.
Mrs. James P. Kerr, who has
been confined to her home with a
"strep" throat for the past two
weeks, is able to be out again.
Pvt. Marshall Allnutt is home
on a ten-day furlough. Also
home from camp in Kentucky is
Pvt. Harvey Jarel, of Buck Lodge,
who is on ten-day furlough, and
who expects to be sent overseas
on his return.
A fire of undetermined origin
completely destroyed the new cow
barn of Mrs. James Maughlin, on
Friday, March 8, at about II Am.
Fortunately all the milking had
been done and the cows were
outside the structure. The loss is
partly covered by insurance.
At the morning service on Mar.
9th in the Boyds Church, little
James Patterson Kerr III, was
christened by his grandfather,
the Rev. James P. Kerr, Sr. His
father and mother, DR.. and Mrs.
James P. Kerr, Jr., of Damascus,
presented him for baptism and
standing with them also, was Miss
Marcelena Tucker, of - Davidson
vile, former neighbor of Mrs.
Kerr. An interesting feature was
the fact that little Jimmy" wore
the same dress in which his father
was christened about thirty years
ago.
Another fire in this neighbor-
hood on Sunday night last, COM
pletely destroyed the brooder of
Douglass Horine, of Buck Lodge,
killing about 400 month-old chicks.
Word has been received lately
by his wife, Mrs. Mary Frances
Maughlin, that Pvt. David Maugh-
lin has been transferred from
Camp Crowder, Mo-, to a new
post in Nashville, Tenn. For any
one wishing to communicate with
him, his address is as follows:
Pvt. David Maughlin, 33,899,141,
Co. C, 1872 Eng. Combat Bn., A.
P. o. 402, Postmaster, Nashville,
Tenn.
Miss Evelyn Virts, who has re-
turned to her home from the Fred
erick Hospital, recently, is stead-
ily improving and expects to be
able to return to her work at the
Rockville Court House soon.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-03-09
LAYTONSVILLE
Mrs. S. MehrIe HGines
TeLe. GGithers. 5-F-23
after z P. NJ.

Mrs. William T. Warfield and her
daughter, Miss Mary Warfield
were hosts at an attractive bridge
luncheon at their home near Wood
field Monday afternoon when their
guests were Mrs. Samuel Riggs
Mrs. Remus Riggs, Mrs. Merhle
Haines, Mrs. Edwin Blunt, Miss
Maud Dorsey, Miss Helen Worley
and Mrs. Greenbury Griffith. Prizes
were won by Miss Dorsey and Mrs
Haines.
Mrs. Elgee Riggs celebrated her
birthday anniversary on Sunday
with all of her children, with the
exception of Mrs. Williams and
Mrs. Hill, with her for the day.
Mrs. George Vault and her
mother Mrs. Burnap Bartlett, en-
tertained with a small bridge lunch
con in honor of their houseguest
Mrs. Elizabeth Wood Davis, OF
Alabama, last Thursday, Mrs. Will
liam Waters and Mrs. Samuel
Riggs made high scores.
George English, who underwent
an appendectomy at Montgomery
County Hospital last week is doing
nicely. His brother Harold is ex-
pected home from Bainbridge
where he is in training, for a short
stay this week.
Three big boxes of Red Cross
sewing was sent into Rockville for
the truck to pick up last week. The
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-03-09

sewing takes place twice monthly
at the home of Mrs. Ethel Taylor.
A new lot of unmade garments is
ready for the next sewing.
Mrs. A. w. Hines and Miss Maud
Dorsey were luncheon guests Of
Mrs. William Ward, of Travilah,
Saturday preceding the meeting of
the Darnestown Woman's Club
where Mrs. Hines was guest
speaker.
The P.-T.A. met Monday eve
ming in the school building and ten
tatively planned a bingo party to
be held in April.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-03-09
Radio POllyannas

A MONG OUR PET aversions
"A are certain radio commen-
tators who specialize in dishing
out overdoses of good war news
while completely ignoring the bad.
These gentlemen still seem TO
think that the way to win friends
and prestige is to feed the Amer
ican people a diet Of one-sided in
formation in a. lyrical manner.
For example, the other night we
heard one Of these gentlemen de-
scribing the repulse Of a German
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-03-09
POOLESVILLE
Mrs. Charles NJ. Upton
Poolesville 2184

Pfc. Irving Dixon and Pvt. Pete
Belcher are home on furlough.
Mrs. G. r. Gray entertained st,
Peters Auxiliary on Monday.
Misses Virginia Tyffe, Sara
Carter White and Helen White
spent the weekend at their homes.
Mrs. Mary Clagett and Mrs
Louise Ball are guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey White.
Mrs. Lloyd Jones, Sr., entertain.
ed the regular meeting of P. B. D
Homemakers Club on Thursday.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-03-09

Unselfish leadership is the great
gift that an individual can give
to his community. During the
war we have had numerous ex-
amples Of this type of service.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-03-09

There are some people who seem
to be more worried about what
will happen to the Germans if we
win than they are about what
might happen to us If we lose.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-03-09

This is the time to make your
contribution to the American Red
Cross so that it will be able to
make its contribution to the well
fare of our fighting men.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-03-09
Lesson for March IL

Lesson subjects and Scripture texts Sc
lected and copyrighted by international
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-03-09

Propaganda is information dis
tributed by those on the other
side.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-03-09

The variety of people in the
world explains the variety of
opinion.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-03-09

Unfortunately, an early Spring
usually collides with a late Win
ter.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-03-09
JESUS BETRAYED, DENIED
AND CONDEMNED

LESSON TEXT: Mark 14:10. IL. 53.
54, 66.72; 15:12.15.
GOLDEN TEXT: He is despiseu and
rejected Of men; a man Of sorrows. and
acquainted with grief.-Isaiah 1873.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-03-09
1NNNeeVNNNNNWNNNNNNNNNNNN
Improved 1 STTNDAY
Uniform oo-0~
International COHOOL
-:-LESSON = =

BY HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. d.
OF The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-11-02
From where | sit !. .Iy Joe Marsh
Crocker-burreI
versus Dog House

craclker-barrel is for them who
help protect it-and all the other
freedoms in America-by vot-
ing. Folks that just talk freedom
don't count here" shp
From where / sit, it doesn't
make any. difference hoi1 you
vote-the important thing is that
you Do vote. Call it a sacred
right If you want TO, but to me, it
is the bedrock of the whole idea
OF democracy.
9es M"A<.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-11-02
G. T. WhaIen Feted
On Birthday

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Mullican
of Silver Spring gave a dinner
party on October 9th In honor of
the birthday of Mr.. G. T. Whalen
of Derwood. Other guests besides
Mr.. and Mrs. Whalen and their
daughter, were Mr.. and Mrs. w.
H. .Millstead, their two daughters
and a grandson Of Burnt Mills;
Mrs. Lewis Sledge and her daugh-
ter from Washington; Mr.. and
Mrs. Douglas Whalen' and two
children of Cedar Grove; Mrs.
Laura Burriss and grandchildren
of Layhill; Mrs. Blair Mullican of
Takoma Park.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-11-02
Limited Mail Service
To France Resumed

Effective November l, limited
mail service was extended between
the United States and three addi-
tional French departments, Post
master General Frank C. Walker
has announced. The departments
are Charente-Inferieure, Loire-In-
ferieure and Morbihan.
The service is restricted to un-
registered, non-illustrated post
cards in English or French, on per-
sonal or family matters. The rate
of postage is 3 cents for each card.
Mr.. Walkers order will bring a
total of 81 French departments
within the restricted service. Az
cording to the 1886 census, these
departments had population Of
38, ,204, 800. The 8 departments and
the Territory of Belfort, to which
service has not yet been extended
have population of 3,702,666.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-11-02
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Junior Red Cross

18,000,000 American boys and
girls belonged last year to the jun
Tor Red Cross-the largest youth
organization in the world. Just
remember that the next time you
look at pictures of German chill
dren of the Hitler youth move
ment!
November / to Is is the period
set aside for Junior Red Cross en-
rollment; and this year with all
the opportunities for boys and
girls to serve their country, the
Armed Forces, children in this
county and in other lands where
the lot of children is far from
cheerful, it is expected that men,
bership in the Junior work will
reach a new peak:
Rockville Unit
Under the able direction of the
Junior Chairman, Miss Billows,
Rockville and upper county has
made and turned in beautiful
things. Richard Montgomery High
School designed linoleum plates for
the Christmas menu cover, some of
which have been retained for ex-
hibition. Schools are asked to send
news items to Miss Billows. Better
yet, appoint Junior Red Cross
Reporter.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-11-02
Shoe Rationing
Still Needed

Present Z inventories and the
present rate of production of shoes
show the necessity for continued
shoe rationing, the OPA and the
War Production Board report. The
statement pointed out that overall
production of civilian shoes of ra-
toned types in the first half Of
this year was 134,O65,OO0 pairs
contrasted with 154,125,OOO pairs
in the like 1943 period, which was
also short of needs.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-11-02
PEP-UP WlTAAc cnEck-uP

= Keep that old butterY lively
ds long os possible stop
in at TIRE SERVICE HEAD
QUARTERS for q regular
FREE check-up. Wen check
the chmge. cleun und grease
cables and terminals. add
.wuter if necessary at
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-11-02

tak advantage of the absence
FROM the county OF our brothers
in the armed forces. Members
Of the armed forces can rest as
sured that their fellow officers
and men at home are supporting
the charter in the hope Of having
them return to the very thing
they are fighting to preserve"
Judge Henry j. Hunt, III, who
signs himself "a Plain Poet of
Western Maryland" says: 81
would give Charter a slap, as l
would shoot dRwn a Jap" Judge
Hunts says he Lread the Brook
ings Report from cover to cover.
He reminds the voters that the
better suggestions in the Report
"have been and still are being
adopted by the present admins
tration," and states thatSSin bis
opinion the proposed charter is
the worst of the several "dis-
tinctly bad suggestions contained
in the Brookings Repoft. )
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-11-02
The Charter
Main Topic
In County
Radio Talks And Letters
Come Thick And Fast AS
Campaign Nears End

AS the election campaign draws
to close interest in the charter
proposal for Montgomery County
lis probably higher than interest
in the Presidential election. At
least there is more activity re-
garding the charter than there is
in the Presidential, senatorial and
congressional campaigns.
During, the final week the Conn
hittee to Defeat Charter has had
Sumner Wood on the radio
against charter. "A. R. Selby,
member of the Rockville Selec-
tive Service Board, and secretary
treasurer of the Liberty Milling
Co., Germantown, wrote a letter
in opposition and several other
statements of individuals released.
Charter proponents issued a
letter to county employees setting
forth the proposed merit system
and informing them that expert
ence has shown that old en-
ployees usually qualify under the
new government.
Excerpts from some Of the re-
leases and letters follow; 4ls
Summer Wood: "a government is
no better than the. men. whom
the people choose or allow to
do the business Of governing.
This charter will not alter or
change, the human element or
r. do away with the politicians,
It will not cure political ills
or raise the level Of our politi-
d cal intelligence. After a vie
tory in November will come an
endless conflict of authority be-
tween State and local agencies
which can only throw this
farming and residential county
into sour administrative con-
fusion and legal chaos"
A. r. SeIby: "I have been asked
by a number Of citizens what
think Of the proposed charter
and change to manager sys-
tenn of couny government.
am not very familiar with de-
tails Of the proposed charter
but I am opposed to IL more
from basic reasons than from
opposition. II do not question
the sincerity of the committee
who drew the charter (several
of whom I know and respect)
but intend to vote against
the charter on November T."
The charter committee issued
a statement signed by a number
of retired former service men
which says: eve are acquainted
with the movement for the char
ter and are actively working for
its adoption. We deny that there
has been any desire or effort to
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-11-02
Movie At Olney
November To- :

st. Johns Church, Olney, will
give a movie on Thursday evening,
November 16, at 7.30 o'clock. The
movie shows the work that is being
done for the enlisted men by Army
and Navy Chaplains, and those
precious helpers, the native Chris
tian Fuzzy <Wuzzies." There will
be no charge for admission and it
is hoped that many from Burtons-
vile and Laytonsville win be in
attendance. Everybody welcome
especially men.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-11-02
Traffic Safety Slogan

The Maryland Traffic Safety
Commissions slogan for the
week is:
Careless today = Carless
tomorrow.
Drive under 40."
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-11-02

pf the political conventions
III town are held around
packer r-barrel-in Sam -AScr-
S store.
were settling how the
Zry should be run the other
when Homer Watson
B TO put in a word. a
Fait a minute, Homer Sam
Sharply, did you vote in
st election?"
ell,v Homer fumbled, al
wful busy just at the time"
pat don't matter" Sam in.
"Free speech around this
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-11-02
1T is

There are two kinds of people
good and bad. The classifying is
done by the good.-Bethlehem
Gl9be- Times.