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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-09-21

1.-THE Great Gildersleeve" is prob
ably the only stooge who's risen to
having his own radio program and
also starring In the movies. He sur
rounded Fibber MCGEE and Molly
in various stooge roles until in l941
his avalanche Of fan mail inspired
a sponsor to build q show around
the character Hal Peary had built
up - fellow with big ideas, but
simple, warm-hearted and jolly.
-
At the age of five and a half,
Dickie Jones, of THE Aldrich
Family" had his own radio pro-
gram on a local station in Texas.
Today, at II, he's played more
than half a dozen major films-in
fact, he had his first film layoff in
more than 10 years in 1912, when he
broke a leg while playing the lead
opposite Shirley Temple in Miss
Annie Rooney" then broke it again
in 1.-The Major and the Minor"
ODDS AND ENDS A,Ooy buck
iohen, Jim ("Here's to Romance
Ameche and Ann (~JOyce Jordan")
Shepherd Uere typical American boy
and girl in their first big radio pro
gram, out OF Chicago-nOtO they're to.
gefher again in big Sister" When
Lum and Abner rapel by train, Lun'
gets the lotOer berth and Abner the
upper; this teas settled ~ years ago
by Tipping a coin. "Mr. Ske6ingtOn'
set record for Bette Darts by running
IL Ueeks at a Broadway fheater.
Arturo de COrdOuo has played sViih OnI,
6re feminine stGrs-buf they're IHgrid
Bergman, Lltise RGiner, Joan FonfaiHe
Betty Hutton and Dorothy Lamour!
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-09-21

- FOR SALE Hollywood bed,
complete, excellent condition,
$40. 1908 Crawford Drive,
Rockcrest, Rockville. Md. n78
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-09-21

~FOR SALE-Ensilage Cutter,
in perfect condition, completely
overhauled last season, extra
knives, $225. cash. Roland E.
Mackenzie, Glenmont Sandy
Spring Road at Layhill. SIS
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-09-21

"FOR <SALE--Beautiful 4-year-
old Percheron Belgian mare
colt, never been broke. $4,000.
Gaithersburg 32-F-6. SCI
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-09-21

WFOR SALE = Victrola, cabi-
net model, $35; large wardrobe
trunk, SIS; small cook stove,
SIS; horse trailer, 500; luggage
trailer, SIPS; riding horse, quiet,
suitable for children, 500; small
flock of sheep, good mouths.
Pierson, Olney, Md. Phone Ash
ton 1928. 523
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-09-21

WFOR RENT = Groom house,
$40. per month. Phone Gath
ersburg 3O-F-14. 562
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-09-21

~RABBITS FOR SALE-Live
or dressed. Ted Crawford, 523
Montgomery Ave-, Rockville
65-R. 5O6
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-09-21

Bettejane Greer is making her
film debut simultaneously in two
RKO features, the musical PAN
Americana" and 1.-TWO O'Clock
Courage" This calls for consider
able bicycling between stages. so
she doesn't have to take time out
for exercise, at least!
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-09-21

Roy Acuff, his Smoky Mountain
Boys and little Rachel, of MICS
Grand Ole Opry," have been Sc
lected by the army to take part in
a special movie which will include
many top-fight stars Of stage,
screen and radio, and be shown in
army camps all over the world.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-09-21

~FOR RENT-A new Broom
bungalow, furnished with new
furniture. Electricity and on
hard surface road. Mrs. Beulah
LETTERS, Derwood, Md. $50
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-09-21

~PLAINFIELD ORCHARD =
Plenty of apples and some
peaches. Honey, cider and apple
butter. Tele. Ashton 2471.
Sandy Spring, Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-09-21

The War Production board has APP
proved Paper Troopers, written
by Mutual network composers SUM-
ny Skylar and Henry Sylvern, as the
official marching song Of the waste
paper drive. Skylar, you know, is
the composer of ''Besame Mucho'
and Amor; Sylvern is a noted mu-
steal conductor who is on the Jane
Cowl show and ''Cisco Kid" as well
as on the Mutual show he does with
Skylar.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-09-21

~FOR SALE-About 1000 feed
sacks. Rockville 176-J. 53S
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-09-21

- THE BAZZELL CIDER
MILL will start running very
Tuesday and Thursday beginning
September IL at Cooksville, Md.
Located on Washington Road
near Cooksville. T-9-28-44
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-09-21

FOR SALE-Farmall Tractor
F 20, Al condition, with plows;
A fresh cows, 2 good family
cows, all T. B. and Bangs tested.
Russell O'Keefe, inquire CAROLS
Garage, " mile North of Coles
vile. Tele. Ashton Bill. SIS
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-09-21

iii Weeks Sl.OO
- HOME MADE FRIIIT
CAKES-To send to boys in the
service; also Christmas. Tele.
Rockville 685. 5o3
~STRAYED- Hereford steer.
weight about 1850 lbs, from
Frank H. Karin Farm near Rock
vile. Last seen about August
10. Please notify owner. Frank
Il. Karn, Rockville, Md. Phone
Rockville "a. 573
@FOR SALE-Good seed wheat.
$1.9O per bushel. Call Gathers
burg 37-F-22. 571
~GRAIN DRILL 8 disc .
horse. D. L. Snyder, Ounce
Orchard, Md, Phone Gathers
burg 20-F.5. 56s
= FOR -Shoats and Pigs
Y; L. Bowling, Brookeville, Nd.
AAOAiO HAofIOH 4l4Z. hhd
- FOR SALE-A Comparatively
new Ford Sedan car, $4,000. and
a duplicator as good as new.
5000. J. w. Benson, 531 w.
montgomery Avenue. Phone
NocKViue lzz-W. SIT
- FOR SALE-6O cords of oak
and mixed wood located near
Rockville, Md. Phone Kensing-
TON l-J-Z. STA
~WANT TO RENT-Furnisbed
house or apartment, modern fur
nlture, within the vicinity of
Rockville. Tele. Rockville 248-J.
after 6 P. M. or write Box 269.
Rockville, Md. $50
- FOR SALE A Pure Bred
Holstein bulls with papers, Is
months old, out of dams from
Dunloggin Farms; l first class
rubber tired buggy, like new;
2 two-horse wagons with box
bodies; l spring wagon; 2 sets
of heavy double harness; 1 set
of single harness. w. o. Dosh,
Phone Gaithersburg 40. TIN.
~WANTED-Couple for coun-
try place with car preferred.
No young children. Man to care
for 3 riding horses, garden,
lawn, etc. Wife to help with
housework about a hours daily.
No cooking. Furnished tenant
house. Write Mrs. kirkpatrick,
Finksburg, Md, or phone Refs
terstown 54F4. T-9-31-44
~FOR RENT-FARM Large
productive farm, about 275
acres of cropland, 2 miles from
Frederick. Equipped to ship
milk to Washington. Modern
house with bath and furnace.
Samuel H. Rosenstock. Phone
361, Frederick, Md.
T-9-2S-44
~FOR SALE-Large "An.ri-
can Sun Flame" kerosene oil
heater stove, air circulating,
complete with so gallon storage
tank. Cost $4,000. Practically
new. Sale price $65.OO cash.
Clifford H. Robertson, Rockville,
Md. $50
- FOR SALE Angus heifers,
grade, Is months old, been vac
cinated; have been bred, and can
be seen at my Gaithersburg
Farm. W. r. Winslow, See Mr..
Main, near Norbeck, tele. Rock
vile GIN or National 861O.
522
"WANTED- Settled lady to
learn Theatre Business even
tually to become manager, eve
ming work, Saturday and Sun
day Matinees. Tele. Executive
1130, 1 Thomas Circle, N. w.,
Washington, ID. C. 486
~SYNTHETIC TIRE AND
Evening star., 1944-05-18
Lilies of the Valley

Ics-orssn, tror- r-trhits. ths cold pdls bells
Hang silentIy among green elossy
stDords,
Distsllino scent Of pernal showers snd
crushsd tern,
Dssttllirso silence hsapy psth ysnssn,-
bere6 tpords.
Fragile pdgodas OF small ivory cups
In April rain, tchoss cool scent Nsutely
sings:
Chill fotDers OF morning and evening
and OF death,
And dsothless green memory OF
myriad springs.
Stained glass and organ tones, thite
fotDers choired:
The DRIFT OF incense In cold Easter
sun.
But still the Uet pild smell OF fern in
dripping woods,
And echo OF birdsong IN rain this
moment done.
FREDERICK EBRrGHT.
Evening star., 1944-05-18
GEORGE Ade

Because he lacked enthusiasm
for manual labor" possessed mo
ambition to be an engineer or an
agriculturist" and was "a total loss
in mathematics" George AIDE, who
always from childhood onward had
had his nose in book, very natu-
rally decided to make literature a
career. The choice was wise. It
brought him fame, fortune and
friends. No man of sense could ask
more. In bachelor comfort at Hazel
den farm, near Brook, Indiana
only a few miles from the place
where he was born, February 9,
1e66-the greatest of American
fabulists took life easy" while the
rest of the world periodically went
mad.
OF course, that does not mean that
Mr.. Ade habitually was lazy 1t
simply signifies his unwillingness to
be disturbed by alien claims upon
his mind. The essential sanity of
his celebrated 'Fables in Slang" was
the quality which accounted for
their vast popularity. He had a
placid and canny appreciation of
quiet. Some Of his best effects are
in the silences which he introduced
into his writings. Readers did not
howl with simian laughter over the
pieces he syndicated in the press
beginning in 1900. They merely
"snickered." 1t was obvious that
numerous company of his country
men agreed with Mr.. AIDES prejudices
against "social showoffs," bigots,
fanatics and "all persons who take
themselves seriously"
Yet "the Hoosier gadf1y" did not
wish to be considered a humorist.
II never wanted to be comic or
tried to be one," he said. The Scotch
Irish inheritance which he received
from his mother kept him on the
serious side. His wit was disciplined.
He never was bumptuous, vulgar,
loud or perverse. 1t was his policy
to cater to "the family trade" The
Evening star., 1944-05-18
Situation in Burma
By Maj. George FfeIdins Eliot

The Japanese situation in North and
Central Burma appears to be steadily
deteriorating, and there does not seem
to be very much that the japanese high
command can do to improve it.
The total Japanese strength in Burma
is now probably seven divisions. 1t can
not be rapidly augmented because of
Allied air superiority (Which strikes at
ports, shipping and railways and Allied
naval superiority in the Bay of Bengal.
The capacity of the single track, mar
roW-gauge Burma -Thailand Railway
from Bangkok to Moulmein is decidedly
limited, even when the line is operat-
ing, and it is being constantly bombed.
OF the seven Japanese divisions, three
are engaged in the hopeless offensive
in the Manipur region and appear to be
faced with the alternative of progressive
dlslntegration or weary retreat back
to their river bases on the Chindwin,
which few of their soldiers seem likely
ever to reach. About one division, per-
haps brigade or so more, is in the
Arakan region. There was originally
division or a reinforced brigade in the
area Myitkyina- -Bhamo, defending the
approaches to North Burma. Two other
divisions were on the Salween River
front. One of these divisions was with
drawn some weeks ago, probably via
Lashio. to attempt to smash the Allied
air-borne troops in the Indaw-Katha
region of Central Burma, where they
are sitting on the communications of
the Japanese troops in North Burma.
X X Il
The situation in North and Central
Burma is now as follows:
Gen. Stilwell's forces-two American
trained Chinese divisions, plus q de-
tachment of American troops, are press
ing southwark on Kamaing, which
guards the northern approaches to
Mogaung on the Mandalay- -Myitkyina
Railway. Another column is making a
parallel advance on Myitkyina from the
north-this column is composed Of
Gurkhas and of Kachin levies, under
Evening star., 1944-05-18
Censorship of Art Discussed

Censorship of Art Discussed
TO the Editor Of The Star:
The Star prints report to the effect
that novel. The First Lady Chatter
ley" has been censored in New York
as immoral and obscene. I have not
read the book, but the question arises:
What is ohscenity?
Yes, what is it? Who is to Judge
whether something is in good taste or
bad tasteP 1t Is turning to nausea, a
self-admissior of sorrow and disgust
about which we believe obscenity to re-
volve. And, since taste is a matter of
individual difference, the question of
censorship becomes decidedly difficult.
Maybe our censors think the public will
be cheated If certain bit of writing is
denied 1t, and yet be forced to assert a
negative power because they feel that
the public Is not yet ready for accept
ance. Perhaps the contrary is true.
The problem carries heavy respon-
sibility. Is not the world too hetere-
geneous in its taste for a censor to say
either yes or no? Should there not be
enough faith in the individual proper,
Less pessimlsm, and a more cheerful
attitude toward individual interpreta-
tions of art?
TEDDY DE NoLAsCo.
Evening star., 1944-05-18
Progress in Italy

The bitterly contested fortress
ruin Of Casino Is at last ours. The
so-called Gustav Line has been
smashed in its entirety. Now oui
crushing Allied offensive hammers
at the Adolf Hitler Line, a network
of fortifications heretofore described
as the most formidable on the road
to Rome. Our all-out drive in Italy,
a key phase Of the final effort to
liquidate the enemy everywhere in
Europe, is apparently progressing
ahead OF schedule, with more success
and lighter casualties than had been
expected.
Some idea of how we'll our Allied
forces are doing can be cleaned from
what the German high command
and the Goebbels Propaganda Min
istry are beginning to tell the people
Of the Reich. Not long ago the Nazi
press boasted ct great length about
the impregnability OF the Gustav
and Hitler Lines. But now, all of a
sudden and with typographical
prominence, it is explaining that
these lines never existed and that
our gains have been made not be-
cause Of any break-throughs but
because the Nazis, pressed by our
numerical and material superiority,
have withdrawn according to "pre-
conceived plan" Indeed, 1t is
strongly suggested that they may
continue to withdraw to points north
OF Rome and thus Immensely
improve the German strategic
position"
1t remains to be seen,. however,
whether such q vast "disengage-
ment" maneuver will be permitted
by the Fifth and Eighth Armies. AS
announced last week at the opening
OF the offensive, our Allied objective
In Italy envisions nothing less than
the complete destruction of all
enemy forces committed there. This
means that we propose to smash
some twenty or twenty-five Nazi
divisions before they have a chance
to get away. It is a military aim
OF the first magnitude; If it can be
accomplished, If the withdrawing
Germans can be cut on and trapped
by new blows struck from the Anzio
sector and by leap-froggins move
ments up the peninsula, a very great
victory will be won In this theater,
with far-reaching effects on the tide
OF battle throughout Europe as q
whole. Our Italian progress to date
is rich in promise, q happy augury
OF even greater things to come.
Evening star., 1944-05-18

British officers. The japanese are
making q fighting withdrawal on
Kamaing and Myitkyina.
South OF Mogaung, the railway IL cut
by our Air-borne troops. So 10 the Irra.
waddy River line. These troops are
under attack by the Japanese. but are
holding their ground.
Now the third element enters on the
scene: The Chinese have taken the
offensive on the SAlween River front,
have crossed the river at three places
and are advancing on Bhamo, a jap
anese river base south of Myitkyina
The Chinese say that their force is
10000 men, with 100 900 more In reserve.
Probably there are two Americana
trained divisions at least. If these
troops prove as capable as those under
Gen Stilwell it is not going too far to
suggest that the Japanese 56th Division,
which was left to hold the line of the
Salween, may have to fall back toward
Bhamo or Myitykina, and that this
division together with the Japanese
troops now resisting Gen. Stilwell may
ma themselves surrounded (a) by
Gen. Stilwell In the north, (b) by the
air-borne troops in the south, (c) by
Marshal Weis Chinese from the east.
\
Should these conditions lead to COM
plete Japanese disaster in North Burma,
the Japanese division in Central Burma
would have little choice save to fall
back on Mandalay In an endeavor to
hold that city and to protect the river
route up the Chindwin, on which the
river bases of the troops in the Manipur
area are dependent. The sole chance
OF saving anything out Of the Manipur
adventure will depend on getting sup
plies up the Chindwin and out from the
river bases by coolie columns or pack
mules. Since cross-country movement
by road or mule track will be greatly
impeded during the monsoon, the
branch railway from Mandalay to
Monywa on the Chindwin becomes of
great importance to the Japanese from
now on.
tcopyright. ie44.)
Evening star., 1944-05-18

with the habits OF the underground"
and the interference Of foreign troops
might be as much resented - the activi-
ties Of the NaM occupation troops.
In Eastern and Southern Europe there
are likely to be similar outbursts due
to possible frustrated national aspira-
tions.
II the reports are correct that the
entire eastern section Of Europe is to
be under the influence Of the Red Army,
what will be the attitude Of the organ
ized underground? At present the
hatred for the Germans in Poland, for
instance, is such that there Is very
close cooperation between the Polish
irrcgulars In Poland and the Russian
armies which have entered their terri
tory. But 1t Is conceivable that these
fighting men might change their atti-
tude II they are dissatisfied with the
arrangements Of the big three who are
going to dictate the peace.
OF course, there are plans for the
policing Of the liberated territories
These plans provide for military occu-
patton by the forces Of the United
States, Great Britain and the u. s. 8. r.
Those who drafted them obviously
assumed they would have to keep peace
and order In areas which have UNDER
gone intense suffering and they would
have to do only limited police duty.
Americans who know Europe well and
look at the situation effectively fear
that old rancors against the former
governments and natiopalistic ideals
among the peoples Of Eastern Europe
might create state Of chaos which will
require more than the presence Of mill
tary policemen. The Russians are used
to this type OF resistance and unques-
tionably will handle the situation ade-
quately, even II occasionally they appear
to be ruthless.
The British have the same experience
Of their colonies where they have often
been compelled to use the mailed fist.
But our lighting men are not used to
this type of policing. Political and
nationalistic squabbles Of the Europeans
are foreign to them and so is the
technique Of the underground of guer-
rilla fighters.
According to some Americans who
have returned from Europe, the under
ground forces have only begun to BE-
important. While their assistance in
the present conflict might be overesti-
mated by some observers, they feel that
their real job will begin after the war
Ii over.
Evening star., 1944-05-18
The German MentoIity

In a front-page article. Das
Schwarze Korps, an influential Naxi
newspaper, has Just assaiied the
"riffraff of the world" for having
the impudence to wage war against
the Reich. The following EXCERPT IL
worth quoting because of the light
1t throws on one Of the darker
aspects of the German mentality:
Gentlemen of London, Washineton
and Moscow, rest assured. We will
not be defeated. You can make
hating enemies out Of good, diligent
workers, but you cannot defeat us.
We are more intelligent than you,
more clever, more diligent. We have
better soldiers and primarily we have
our Fuehrer. We know our unique
chance. We have better organiza-
ton. We have better nerves. We
are a healthier people, with the most
ideal youth in the world-perhaps
you don't guess what else we have
and we have the certainty Of final
victory. Those among us who have
sacrificed our dearest, they are the
fanatics among us, the eternal war
mongers. We Germans are irnmodest
enough not to find sufficient fulfill
ment in our short lives. Hence every
thing we build must be so that it can
stand for several thousand years and
please our eyes when they already
are our grandchildren's eyes. That's
how we are.
Probably it is an exaggeration to
say the entire German people are
like that, but certainly vast numbers
of them have willingly let them
selves be led by men who have
thought, preached and acted that
way, not only in Hitler's time but
long before him. It is a thing that
lends strength to the views of those
psychiatrists who believe that Ger
many is peculiar among the nations
for a historic tendency toward mass
paranoia. All the major symptoms
can be found reflected in the Das
Schwarze Korps article-the sense
OF persecution, the delusions Of
grandeur and the superman feeling
of superiority over the "riffraff," }"
over the rest of the world
After the First World War, the
German people readily found a lot
OF truth in the fraudulent Nazi
claim that they had never been de-
feated. and they will be inclined to
believe the same fiction again. Para
mold or not. their mentality is an in
tensely stubborn one, and their
self-esteem Is high almost to the
point OF a psychosis. Their history
back to the days of Bismarck, anc
even earlier, strongly suggests as
much, and 1t is point that needs
to be kept in mind. II they are not
to be eternal warmongers"-to use
Evening star., 1944-05-18
Letters to The Star
A Soldier Tells How 1t Feels
to Have No Vote
TO the Editor Of The star;

TO the Editor OF The star:
Things have come to a pretty turn
now. The soldier vote bill battle has cut
some pretty deep scars. the poll-tax con-
troversy is at white heat and still the
citizens Of the District OF Columbia have
to sit around watching while the voting
Is going on.
Granted there are lot Of people in
the District now who don't care whether
they are governed In this direction or
that, there still have been boys like my
self growing up there. who hardly knew
the meaning Of vote" until they entered
the service.
Picture the soldiers in their barracks,
sitting around on their foot lockers ar
guing whether to keep Roosevelt; and
some individual soldier sits there not
saying a word. He's from Washington.
You hear that explanation so many times
that 1t begins to get disgusting.
Ballot forms for the State vote were
distributed the other day, and who we're
forced to turn them down with the most
regret7 What do I want with one of
those? I can't vote anyhow" is the an
swer the D. c. CT gives.
What possible reason is there for keep
ing manacles on the hands Of the Dis
trict citizens, keeping the paddock on the
voting machine? Fear OF party infiu-
ence?
The people Of the District are under
no stronger one-sided influence than
are the people Of many Of the States.
Especially hit by this unjust law are
those who either were born in the Dis
trict or came to Warrington early in
life, and who may have lived there until
the Army called them to protect those
rights which they are supposed to enjoy.
Not only is this meant as the opinion
OF the District man in the service, but
also this letter should represent the feel
ing OF all Of those citizens Of the District
who have that unjustly treated, deprived
feeling. and who ought to be putting
their two cents worth into the next elec-
ton.
PVT. DONALD B. CRIDER,
Camp Campbell, Ky.