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Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-05

silly Of her. said Ella. glaring with
eNasperatlon at a peche Melba,
but that's that. She won't have
such a good chance again"
Mary remarked mildly, at isn't
such a good chance, Ella, if she
doesn't love him.
Il suppose not"
Then it was winter again and
Matthew had seen half the plays in
town or at least the first act of
each. Sam Morley had been i'll and
Hilda frantic. Sam wouldn't have
anyone but Matthew and kicked
violently against the consultants.
But he a all right again now.
And Bits wife, Barbara, was go-
ing to have a baby.
1t was winter again and Irene
had been dead for a year. He went
with his mother to the cemetery.
Standing With her at his wife's
grave, he asked suddenly, DO you
believe in God?"
Mary looked at him in amaze
ment. Then she replied steadily.
IF | didn't, if | hadn't always be-
lieved. | couldn't have lived 49,.
not after your father died -. and
SINCE
Matthew said, 81 suppose I do,
too. I've seen -. miracles. Last
month, Mrs. Hamlin. She is a new
patient. | stood there in the hos
pital and watched her die . Il
worked to keep death away and l
thought | had failed. Her husband
was there. He talked to her. He
told her that she could not leave
him. He told her that she must
come back to him. And he prayed,
aloud. He didn't know | was there.
So, | watched her eyes open. She
is alive, now, she will live for many
years. | can't explain it. Ration
ally, of course, | can. Science had
conquered, and all that. Yet | am
far from sure.'
His mother suggested softly, "Sci-
ence -. and faith perhaps"
He looked down at the flowers on
l%rene's grave. -. After a rather
long silence, he took his mothers
arm and said gently, "lt's cold and
blustery, dear. Let's 60"
Judith did not go south that win
ter, Ella wanted her at home. Ella
wouldn't go herself. She was COM
Portable in her hotel with her
~cronies around her. And she had
come to depend on DR.. Matthew
Norman. Her heart ailment. 80.
Not such a bad heart, Matthew
had assured her, with care. She
must diet. -. But she laughed at
him. She said, There isn't any,
thing very wrong, or you'd tell me-"
"No, there isn't -. but frankly
there could be, Aunt Ella" He had
fallen into a way of calling her
that, and she liked it.
Spring came again with the
world rocking and a mailman loose
in Europe. People were jittery and
newspaper headlines were ominous.
Aunt Ella took the Villa Capri
for another season and Mary, need
ing little persuasion, returned "a
the salt-boX summer home.
(To be continued)
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! n.trrtut.l ty kIns r-stures Syndicate. Inc,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-05
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

-,
a man vas walking up n blue
tlohe drive at TINS early hour. Mat
the" stopped ana Stared A tan,
oiSco'sOi"'e man Nlcklhg the
e'a'ei as he walked. Matthew
'ouio JUS see 'he bonnet OF a long
eaf p'ih'a ou'Sl1e 'he gate. vi
co4iSe' lne p".o playo"y.
~fient''iE ir'uM"! came up TO
nun ana s'i,' pr' Norihah -. /
! co'ioi' Slr'p' 90 | HfoVe over:
i u''H. M"''' l." ""Nc anyone. l
'houp'' ia JUS VAIN up ana SIT
." cue ,'pS I"y'i 'NeTc was some
!" VI me nave 20 hho" no"
she e
S"e an r'H"'' occiaied Mat
'n.W' o,
ere you cer''ih.
~. "La,,, '"'P'" ''''He"
eiosSiy' ''1"'" ne certain ol any
'niI's. ~ - Noil'" > oI"pioSiS
"a s.is IL. 1'',uS.'o'' one mat VIII
.saa ""r ia",e no ~ l,
~ 'p''' ""'sn 1
.C",1, hoso,
.I,n afroiJ nd+, uo..hom
CON .Sha mns, bora ,ast a,;e,
sna f,sa,Jon frnm ,m await, Io
Co.. f.w days Uouavorn ~,
added "yisitors are rntireIv nm ~
nr Wor,o,y"
Traadwav soi, ,isor.hlv .yo,,
SbItl IlIlNtl dDIN, u
600 i was oil NV f,nltv
Matthew smote him On tho sbor,.
aor ua d;dn,t asnn.;,liu wish w.
~ - is tbn mission Of tLe Incta,
aarsol. ua sod "non,, worru
\ Wa, hottnr oo bnn,a .,5 ao,
soma h~rsaIfast9"
n Nnrn,n sm;]ed o,a tho loo,
.sow - Two hair ~ stoal fnr'
na wos vorno ur Traadua,
..n5o;nr al to,yara Vie larna
;nnn7to5 car
~ dnctor;s mother said when he
,eached the cottape, 81 was afraid
you'd ~overslept, so Kate was jus,
Soiug over"
no IRAN info Treodvav Seems
hos been marked outside the gate.
since two PIX. or somethjnp."
She took him into the dinino cor.
NOR nf the Mo room and kate nro.
dncad toas, and coffee. ecrs. bacon
and orange mice.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-05

DR.. Clendening will answer
questions of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-05
BY LOGAN CLENDENING, VI. d.

MODERN experience with
ankle sprains confirms that |
learned OH the subject from an old
Scotch surgeon nearly forty years
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-05
The Sproined ANKLE
It's Treatment Yesterday and Today

1t is TO those diSobedieut boys
that the modern ankle SpraIu owes
its rapid recovery.
OF course the first step III treat
ing an ankle spraln by moGcrn
methods is 20 have an A-ray and
b. perfectly certain that 1t Is =
sprain and not 4 fracture. And
then go ahead.
A convincing report on o,e.
200 ankle sprains Is that of hieuj-
Commander Paul +. NcMaster.
of the Medical Corps Of the Navy.
One group OF his patients he
strapped with adhesive tape and
sent Immediately to duty. One
group was treated by rest in bed
with cold and later hot applica-
tons to reduce pain and swelling.
Another group was given only ar
elastic bandage support and sent
to duty.
Same Results
All Of these groups had about
the same results. The period Of
disability never lasted more than
a few days and the amount Of pain
and limping was never trouble
some.
The best results were seen In
still another group which had the
procaine injection around tine sore
]ligaments. The tenderest spots
we're selected for the injection.
The procaine relieved the pain in
stantly and the subject a o.
dered to O around on the foot
Immediately. The relief Of pain
was really the great help and prob.
ably the reason this group did
so much better than any Of the
others. DISABILITY. to quote the
report, was entirely ah'ent III
many and rarely lasted over twen-
ty-four hours in the others"
The treatment applies to
sprains in other joint. such as the
knee, also. In fact to contusions
in general.
WHAT the exercise does to the
sprain is to keep the circulation
going about small clots which
might otherwise turn into scar It's
sue and overcome muscle @pasn.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
W. d.: What is Addison's dis
ease and can it be cured?
a: Addison's disease is due to
a destruction of the adrenal
glands. 1t is often successfully
treated with high salt diet and
Evening star., 1944-11-03
Arlington Precinct
Officials Announced

Judges and clerks in Arlingtons
II precincts who will serve in the
general election Tuesday were an
nounced today by Claude Thomas
secretary of the county electoral
board.
They are:
, Arlinston-Mrs. LAWNS. Gibbs, Mrs
Ruth Lowell. Mrs. Ella Merle Landes, Mrs
Mrs. IMYriel Dye, Mrs: Eiinor schefiei
mes; R.,1s1n, Mrs; jane Cox Msrarland. sF.IIa
MCDANIEL: Mrs. Beatrice Upfold Miss Doris
sYYnme.s, SaYni rs, Mrs: Nell Beck. Mrs. Edna Sim
csTne-7M5s Edith Simpson, Harry A.
grant MTs HELM W T59k dSscn Mrs Edith h, Sutton
ridge. Mrs, Evelyn Freer. j. p. Yoder Mrs
NAOMI eParr1sa5y, Dieksy, Mrs. d Audrey D; ghler;
Clara B. Doe, Mrs. Margaret r. Brown
Mrs. Mrs, sy.s; Agnes Wilson, Mrs. Mary TompEins
GIaTsndon No; I-MEs. Mary P. SNYDER,
E. M GMiannins, rsndGn Mrs Nj Helen B. Woods; 49,,
Peggy .I MasD9nsid. 81 s3H Mrs ME-; Mary siii.nstoS
Glen Carlyn-Nelson e. Reeves, Mrs
Leonie Claeys. R. F. Balinger, Mrs. Louise
Reeves, Mrs. Helen v. Haller
East Falls Church-Mrs. Ruth Marcy
P B. Nonrse. Mrs. E; F. NJ. ENGLISH, Mrs
Ads Crockett, Mrs. Nellie M. Pawley; .-.
England, Mrs. Marie NJ Lake, Mrs. Myrtle
Cation, Mrs. Virginia Stead.
Rosslyn-Mrs, Ef1e Whit, Mrs. Dells
Mullin. Mrs. Leila Spilman, Mrs. Julia D
Somers, Mrs. Winona Payne.
Virginia Highlands--Mrs. Monica Fla
nerty, Mrs. Dorothy Noe. B. s. Kidwell
Mrs. Ethel Henretty, Mrs. Margerye Pry.
Evening star., 1944-11-03
1een-Age Club Opens
Center on Sunday

The Alexandra Teen-Age Club
will open its new drop-in center
Sunday afternoon in the converted
locker room Of the municipal SWIM
ming pool at Cameron and Harvard
streets.
The club members have painted
the room, made curtains, set up ta-
bles and chairs and furnished the
center with comfortable sofas and
chairs, radio and phonograph loaned
by the Girls Club, as well as with
ping-pong tables and shuffieboard
equipment.
The center also has a snack bar
which will be open at all times.
After Sundays opening the CEN
ter will operate from 4 to $50 pm.
Monday through Friday, from 10
am. to S pm. Saturdays, and from
2 to 5 pm. Sundays. In addition
the room will be used as a gather
ing place on Friday nights after
high school athletic events.
Calvin Major, president of the
club, expressed appreciation to Alan
He'll, recreation director, and Mrs.
w. S. Reid, director Of the Girls
Club, for their help.
Evening star., 1944-11-03
lsiWRshoni;nq
.Remiindery6

Canned Foods, Ete.-Book No. 4,
blue stamps A-8 through Z-8 and
As through VS. good indefinite
ly. Each stamp worth 10 points.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-Red stamps A-8
through Z-8 and AS through P-5
good indefinitely for 10 points
each.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for
each pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Book No. 4 stamps 80 through
80 valid for pounds indefinitely.
Book No. 4 stamp 90 good for 5
pounds for home canning through
February %. 1945.
Gasoline-A-11 coupons good for
gallons each through November 8.
B-4, Ca, B-5 and C-5 coupons
good for gallons each. New A
Ration Books good November
now available by mail to local
boards. Get applications at serv-
ice stations or Ration Board and
mail in along with back cover of
present A book.
Shoes-Atrplane stamps / and 2 In
Book No. 3 good indefinitely for
one pair of shoes each. Stamp
3 will become valid November l.
Fuel Oil-Periods No 1 and b cou-
pons good for 10 gallons per unit
through August 81, 1945. Period l,
l944-5 ration, also good for 10
gallons unit. Consumers in this
area should not have used more
than 2 per cent of their ration as
> of october 80.
Evening star., 1944-11-03
Special Abe Offices Closed
In Northern Virginia

The special ofiices maintained by
the Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board for issuing liquor ration books
in Northern Virginia have been
closed. Books will be issued In the
future at the district ONCE in Alex
andria and at the Clarendon store
in Arlington.
E. E. Lawler, jr., supervisor of
Northern Virginia stores, said regis
trations had fallen OF to such an
extent that special of{ices were no
longer needed.
In Alexandria books will be issued
on the second floor of II South
Fairfax street from 8 am, to 5 pm.
Mondays through Fridays and from
8 am. to pm. Saturdays. In
Arlington books will be issued at the
Clarendon store, 30l8 North Fairfax
drive. from 10 am. to l pm. and
from LAS pm. to 8 pm. daily.
Evening star., 1944-11-03
Former Baltimore Mayor
Speaks for COP Ticket

Howard w. Jackson, Democratic
former Mayor of Baltimore, last
night told Hyattsville political ral-
ly, sponsored by the Prince Georges
Democrats-for-Dewey Club, that he
will support the Dewey Bricker
ticket.
Mr.. Jackson said he thought the
American people would make a
grave error If they allowed the for
eign situation to divert their atten-
tion from domestic issues.
He said he would support Gov.
Dewey because he 'is against one
man government and for more busi-
ness in government and less govern
ment in business"
The former Baltimore Mayor said
he was in favor of helping the peo-
Piles of the world, provided I'VE are
strong at home and can afford it,"
He added, however, that he is
against playing Santa Claus" to
the people of other nations.
Evening star., 1944-11-03
leyte Guerri||as Danced
For Preinvasion Yanks

BY the Associated Press.
LEYTE, Philippines, Oct. ~ De-
layeO Fighting with the guerrillas
had its pleasant aspects, as we'll as
its danger, for 1t. James O. john
son, Spencer, Iowa.
Sent into the Philippines by sub
marine 20 days before the invasion
of Leyte to coordinate guerrilla ac-
tivities, 1t. johnson said the hos
pitality of the guerrillas was almost
overwhelming" He continued:
Once they had a dance in our
honor. A three-piece stringed or
chestra played while we danced
barefoot on split bamboo floor"
His closest call, 1t. johnson said,
came when he was sailing from
Samar to Southern Leyte at night
and was within 200 yards of q Japa-
nese motor launch.
Evening star., 1944-11-03
.AIexandrian Decapitated
BY Southern Freiqht Train

Simpson Rodgers, SO, who Alex
andria police said lived in a house.
boat on the Potomac River in Alex
andria, was decapitated early today
by Southern Railroad freight train
as it was backing along q spur
track near the river.
Police said Mr.. Rodgers was seen
lying on the tracks by Conductor
j. H. Davis, 6 West Myrtle street,
who was riding on the rear of the
train. He said he signaled the en-
gineer, M. L. Hummer, 806 Duke
street, but it was too late to stop
the locomotive.
Police said Mr.. Rodgers lived on
the boat with two brothers. The
body was taken to the Wheatley
funeral home.
Evening star., 1944-11-03

ment and the Bureau of Engraving
What's that silo for?" she asked
them the first time she passed the
Washington Monument. Traffic po-
licemen would wave her a special
greeting, which she would acknowl-
edge with changing Of the bell.
At the Woman Operators Club on
Fourteenth street she sang folk bal
lads to the accompaniment of her
steel guitar and she would put on a
rabbits dance that had her COL
leagues suffering from laughter.
Mr.. Hill, a widower, has three
teen-age children. Miss Lewis also
has been married before and has a
son of Is.
The romance was closely followed
by the Capital Transit personnel
working out of the Fourteenth street
terminal. The woman operators
were going to attend the wedding,
at Takoma Park Baptist Church,
but the couple kept down attend
ance by holding the ceremony dur
ing the afternoon rush hour. Mr..
and Mrs. Hill live at 2422 Fourth
street NE.
The Transit Trumpet, publication
Of the Woman Operators Club, had
a scoop on the wedding, which oc-
CURED on October IA. The account
ended with this sendoff: "A green
light to you on your new run
Evening star., 1944-11-03
Montgomery Charter
Plan Opposed, Upheld
In Five Statements
Three Call Present System
Satisfactory; Others
Soy Change Is Needed

Statements by five Montgomery
County residents-two supporting
and three opposing the proposed
charter-were issued today by the
County Charter Committee and the
Citizens Committee to Defeat
Charter.
Eugene M. Fry, Bethesda real es-
tate dealer, denounced the proposed
charter on the grounds that county
residents now are receiving more
for their tax dollar than in any
comparable area in the United
States" and that the charter, at
most. is an untried experiment.
Agreeing with Mr.. Fry, Snowden
Athey, Burtonsville, held that III
We adopt the charter we will put on
ourselves, with our own votes, an
unjust and untried form of gov
ernment for all time"
The third charter opponent, A
R. Selby, Germantown mill op-
orator, said that while I am not
very familiar with the details OF the
proposed charter, I am opposed to il
more from basic reasons than from
opposition to this particular char.
ter. I don't see how any one car
give his or her best thought to q
new system of county government
or how one can find the time to sci
up the various boards and other per.
sonnel to carry out the details of the
new county governmental system tt
replace present system, which i.
certainly fairly satisfactory"
On the charter side, Walter E
Perry, Bethesda businessman, said
Il have come to the conclusion that
citizens of the county who wish tc
protect Their property rights mus,
take the government out of the
hands of the machine and place l,
in the hands of citizens. Charter
with home rule, will do this"
John E. Muncaster, Derwood, said
he failed to see how the proposed
charter could ruin two-party gov.
ernment, since it has been virtually
imperative under the existing
system.
Il voted for the first time ir
$780," Mr.. Muncaster said. Since
that time there have been three
Republican State Senators, one Re.
publican Circuit Court Judge, one
Republican clerk of the Circui,
Court and three Republican county
commissioners. Where is the two.
party system?"
Evening star., 1944-11-03

This is as far as co. "Tennes-
see" Lewis, the tall, blond motor
woman on the Fourteenth streetcar
line, sang out for the last time. She
meant it. 1t was her last run. She
jockeyed the car into the barns and
came back only to turn in her traps
and get her check.
The reason the Capital Transit
Co. has "A instead of As woman op-
orators today is that Miss Frances
E. Lewis married Ralph Hill, Cap
ital Transit supervisor of instruc-
ton, who had hand in showing her
how to run streetcar.
Miss Lewis was No. 2 in seniority
among the woman operators, but
she never considered continuing her
work after marriage, she said yes
terday when encountered ealing for
her husband at quitting time.
Il just never thought of it," she
said, after I found he wanted me to
run his home. l think running a
streetcar and running home would
be rather difficult"
A colorful line of folk talk from
the hill country quickly determined
Miss Lewis nickname. She comes
from Chattanooga, where she
worked in store. She would put on
a bit for the benefit of passengers
bound for the Agriculture Depart
Evening star., 1944-11-03
0'Conor Halls Bond Plan
To Reorganize Judiciary
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 3.-The bond
plan for reorganization of the Mary
land courts is "the final effort to
strengthen OUR State judicial sys-
tenn and to bring 1t more nearly into
line with today's requirements" /"
Gov. O'Conor says.
The Governor recalled in a radio
address last night that his admin
istration sponsored the proposed
(constitutionaD amendment at the
last session of the General Assem-
bly," and added
To my mind the most important
single change to be made in the
Court of Appeals through the pro-
posed amendment is the broadening
of the field of selection"
The proposed amendment, to be
voted on in Tuesdays election, would
reduce the Court of Appeals from
eight to five judges, take away their
trial duties in circuit courts and re-
wise the Setup of the various circuits.
Evening star., 1944-11-03
Pro-Churter

The five Commissioners under the
present setup have usually been
average, run-of- the men, They
possess no particular qualifications
for administering the details of To-
cal government. They are subject to
control and frequent interference by
the County boss who also decides
most county policies, both in Rock
vile and Annapolis-a combination
of executive and legislative functions
in dictator form.
Consequently, legislation and pol
icy are made by one man instead of
by deliberative body; administra-
ton is directed by muntiple-head-
ed body rather than by single re-
sponsible head-the reverse of good,
business-government practice.
Businesslike System.
The council-manager system of
charter makes the elective council
the legislative, icy-making body.
Details will be run by the county
manager, skilled in the business ad-
ministration of local government.
Councilmen are prohibited from in
terfering with the daily handling of
County affairs. But they can fire the
manager on 80 days notice to insure
their control of policies as the
elected representatives of the people.
Where now the unelected county
boss determines policies, the elected
councilmen will perform this func-
ton. And where now the five COM
missioners and the county boss all
take hand in the detailed opera
tions, thus violating the most ele-
mentary rules of efficient business
management, charter assigns these
duties to one qualified manager and
his subordinates.
Present System Held Bad.
The present boss system is waste
ful, undemocratic, archaic-main-
tanned to take machine spoils, not
to give the public a businesslike
government. The council manager
form Is efficient, democratic, mod
ern-proving its efficiency in $40
cities and counties. Eminent au-
thorities have attested the greater
efficiency of the council-manager
plan-Woodrow Wilson, Charles P.
Taft and many others. Senator
Glass has spoken of it as "in my
judgment vastly to be preferred to
the old system"
Best of all, the plan gives inteln-
gent people confidence in their
power to have efficient government.
1t dissipates cynicism, defeatism,
and resultant lethargy-the most
potent enemies of good government
and democracy. This confidence
inspires the will to have good gov
ernment.
Evening star., 1944-11-03
Roosevelt Committee
Formed in Alexandria

A committee for reelection Of
President Roosevelt has been
formed and headquarters have
been opened at 102 North Fairfax
street, Alexandria, according to
Maurice D. Rosenberg, former Alex
andria Delegate to the State Legis-
lature and chairman of the group.
The committee includes Charles
E. Davis, finance chairman; Mrs.
Elizabeth Kelley, executive secre-
tary; j. r. Boland, Kenneth Vic
ker, r. Samuel Luckett, Simpson
Fairfax. Walter Angel, j. G. Crump,
Frank Ludlow. Mrs. Clifford Durr,
and Benton T. Boogher. Mr.. Davis
has issued an appeal for funds.
Evening star., 1944-11-03
PrinceGeorges
Group |ndorses
Police Increase
Federation Is Told
Strength Is Below
Population Needs

The Prince Georges County Fed
Grafton of Citizens Associations was
on record today as approving in
principle an increase in the county
police force.
The action was taken at the fed
eration's meeting last night after a
proposal to increase the Police De-
partment to more than four times
its present strength was presented
by Policeman Charles Thompson on
behalf of Police Chief Ralph w
Brown. who was unable to attend.
The proposal, which calls for 130
policemen, as compared with the
present force of 20 men, together
with substantial increases in salaries
for all ranks, was referred to the
federation's Laws and LEGISLATION
Committee. The committee is ex-
pected to report at the federation's
December meeting.
Proposed Setup Explained.
In presenting Chief Browns pro-
posal Officer Thompson said the
State Legislature will be asked to
authorize the following police setup:
A superintendent Of police at an
annual salary of $4,000; captain in
charge of equipment and purchas-
ing, $4,000; three ieutenants, each
to receive $4,000; nine sergeants,
each to be paid 81, 100; nine corporals
at a salary of $2,400 each with
to start at $1,000 a year,
increasing to $2,l00 after six months.
After that period patrolmen would
receive a $50 annual increase UP to
a maximum of $2,280.
The present pay scale, Officer
Thompson said, provide for an an
nual salary of S2,500 for the super
$2,10O for each of the two
1890 for each OF the two
corporal and an entrance salary of
81 200 for patrolmen.
Montgomery Force Larger.
Officer Thompson said the proposal
is based on both the size and salary
scale of the Montgomery County
Police Department. He said Mont
gomery County had IS policemen to
care for an estimated l08, 900 people.
He added that Prince Georges
has a population of approx
10000.
Declaring that bus service is
urgently needed" to and from the
Prince Georges General Hospital
near Cheverly. the federation in
structed its Public Utilities Com
mittee to meet with Representative
Sasscer Of Maryland in an attempt
to obtain such facilities as soon as
possible.
Walter F. Mulligan, federation
president, praised the legislator for
his aid in the past in obtaining in
creased transportation facilities in
the county.
After DR.. John M. Byers, county
health ofiicer. spoke on the recent
lnfantile paralysis epidemic, the
federation congratulated him for
his efforts in maintaining proper
health standards throughout the
county. He also was praised for his
enforcement of the county dog
Evening star., 1944-11-03
Alexondrio Issues
So Building Permits

There was no new building in
Alexandria last month. Fifty-eight
permits were issued for repairs and
alterations at total cost of 74,100.
A. r. Lesh, building inspector, said
one of the permits was issued to the
Alexandria Hospital for construction
Of $50. 900 addition, and another to
the Coca Cola Bottling Co. for i'm.
provements costing $4,000.