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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-01-04
Neps OF Service Men & Women

versity School of Medicine, accord&
mig to a recent announcement fro
the Medical Field Service School, /
Carlisle Barracks, Pa. He is now
qualified for field duty with troops.
Herbert L. Wins, son of Mr.. andV
Mrs. Maynard Wins, Is East Mid
die Lane, Rockville, has been pro-
NOTED from private to technician
fifth grade, rank corresponding
to corporal, at the. Army Service
Forces Training Center, Camp
Lee, Va. Prior to his induction in
to the Army June 8, 1912, Tvs
Wins was employed in the clean
ing and pressing business. He is a
1880 graduate of Lincoln High
School, Rockville, where he was a
member of the football, base ball
and basketball teams. His brother,
Pvt. Leonard Wins, is serving
with the Army oversee.
X
Private John C. Allnutt, %, son
of Mrs. Leigh C. Allnutt of 214
w. Montgomery Ave., Rockville,
has been awarded the Combat In
fantry Badge for superior per-
formance of duty on the front lines
in France and Germany.
He entered the service in Sep
TENDER, 1913 and was graduated
from Admiral Farragut Academy,
Toms River, N. j. and Randall's
School, Washington, D. G.
Sgt. Norman R. McGaha, 81, som
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Will .McGaha, Pol(
tomac, was wounded for the third
time on Tinian on July 7, but has
returned to active duty, according
to the Navy Department. Over
seas with a Marine Corps unit for
the last year, Sergt. McGaha was
first wounded in the Marshall Isl
lands in March and three months
later was wounded on Saipan. BeN
fore entering the service in 1897,
he was employed by Peoples Life
Insurance Co, He was born in
Potomac and attended high school
in Rockville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-01-04
THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1s45.

clusion, will automatically revo-
lutionize human nature. is mat
ter for eminent psychologists. The
hope has been fostered, no doubt,
by the delusion that the United
States has gone to war in pursuit
OF noble Ideals and that the people
OF this country alone possess the
intelligence or probity necessary
to correctly settle the perplexing
problems of all mankind.
We yield to no one in our hope
that, out Of the present war, there
will evolve better understanding
between the nations and peoples
of the world. We do not agree,
however, that the way to bring
this about necessitates any break
with our allies, which, in our
opinion, would result in the very
danger which we are anxious to
avoid.
The present world situation re-
quires some exhibition in the good
will and COCO faith of friendly
powers if, in the future, we expect
cooperation and collaboration to-
ward any goal.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-01-04

HERE is an item for Americans
a. ito remember when the time
sconies 70 settle accounts with the
Japanese:
A few months ago when the
Japanese expected American
foAces in the Philippines, they de-
cided to transfer prisoners Of war
to japan. One ship, which had
brought supplies TO- the island,
started on the voyage home with
$50 survivors of Bataan packed
beneath the matches.
On the way, the Japanese ship
was hit by an American torpedo,
Only eighty-two Americans es-
capped and they have given an ac-
count Of Japanese brutality.
Captain Fred J. Gallagher, who
served under General Wainwright:
in the Philippines, describes how
the men rode for nineteen days
and eighteen nights. packed Shout
der to shoulder in the holds of the
Sinking ship" until its sinking.
Lieutenant Harvey Benson, of
Granger, Texas, who served at
Corregidor, says that five hundred
men were put naked into the for
ward hold. measuring about fifty
by forty feet Every time there
nwas an alert, the hatch covers
were closed and one time the men
went thirteen hours without fresh
air. When the ship was finally
sunk, "it was seen that 40 men
had persisted"
Finally, on the nineteenth day,
the men heard a shot from a heavy
caliber gun and found themselves
in the water. They "were greeted
by machine-gun fire from every
ship in the Jap convoy who had
lowered their boats to take up
- Jap survivors. When the pistols
of the Jpps in the boats failed,
tthey then used their bayonets on
1 the bows. Only the darkness
saved those who managed during
/! the night to reach Shore
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-01-04
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FSA Holds Line
Against Land Imitation

With careful search, some good
farms can still be bought at fair
prices despite higher land values,
says the Farm Security Administ-
ration, in reporting that 3,36s
farm purchases made during the
last fiscal year, under the Bank
head-Jones Farm Tenant Act, were
based on its policy of holding the
line against land initiation.
But with farm land values il
many areas approaching boom le
wells, tenant purchase loan appli-
cants, who must find for themsel-
YES the farms they wish to pur-
chase, experienced more Difficult.
ty last year in locating farms that
measured up to FSA standards
and could be bought at prices
FSA would approve.
Although average land values
increased 10 per cent during the
last fiscal year, farm purchases by
FSA averaged no more per .acrs
than the farms bought IL previous
Sssts. 1-sss wets t:rantsa or ne
basis Ct their prsduetivity, and
quality was not sacrificed. The
average purchi Sc price per farm
last year was $4,252, compared
with S4,s54 the year before When
5,144 farms weSe bought.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-01-04

new order, and when the left-wing-
ers begin to feet that the cabinet
was monarchist and British-made,
they withdrew and their followers
refused to give UP their weapons.
All armed groups in Greece not
absorbed officially by the army
were ordered to turn in their arms.
The police, of course, did not turn
in their arms and they we're the
same police who had helped the pre-
war Metaxas dictatorship, and later
the Germans, keep order" The
sacred battalion" a group COM
posed chiefly of former Greek Off
GERS who fought bravely beside the
Allies all through the African cam
paign (and were charged with con-
tanning strong monarchist ele-
menD was not disbanded but
became a part of the army. Il "a
Translate the above into terms Of
the French attitude and see how
impossible acceptance of a, Greek
government such as that, could be
to groups thinking as the French
resistance, groups think. .4
There is every reason to believe
that the 1eftist movement IN Greece
and elsewhere in Europe, even
where the majority Of their leaders
may be led by communists Gas was
not the case in Greece) is actually at
heart drive against tyranny and
toward democracy.
Here again it might be wise to
examine some Of the opinion ex-
pressed by Frenchmen now back
ing the De Gauile provisional gov.
ernrnent which is product of the
forces similar to those operating in
other, liberated countries. ,a
The leading editorial in the
December issue Of. Free FRANCE, :"
that attractive and Informative
magazine published in New York by
the French provisional government
gives the reasons for the changeaof
attitude toward the French COM
munists as follows:
l. The French communist party
Joined the resistance movement and
later gave its allegiance to De
Gaulle's national committee.
2. The comintern was dissolved.
3. The communists rendered in
valuable aid to the resistance
movement.
A. The striking collaboration of all
French patriots in the underground
struggle removed many preiudices,
including the suspicion of "com-
munists sans patrie' Ga political
group with loyalty to no fatherland.
The editors of Free France eau
tiously state that it is too early to
answer the important question:
Have the French communists ac-
cepted democracy as il is under.
stood by the western democracies?
Nevertheless, they note for the rec
ord that so far 1.-THE communists
helped to draw up the National Re-
sistance council program Of March,
1914, tacitly accepting the democrat
ic principle and ''the abolition Of
private property is not listed among
the immediate demands of the COM
munist party"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-01-04
NeuU Spirit
In Greece

Papandreou, premier of Greece
during the revolt, with all his vir-
tues, was no De Gaulle in that re-
spect.
I was reliably informed that
Papandreou had expressed firm
anti-monarchic sentiments, that he
is, as he says, a democrat and
socialist, that he had a clean rec
ord through the occupation. But
and what a ''bMt" there is, judged
by such standards as Imagine
"Franc-Tireur' would hold UP =
Papandreou was selected by the
King with British consent. The mo-
tives back of his election may have
been honest enough and practical
enough from the standpoint of the
fold order. Here was man with a
good record who. it would seem,
could reconcile the royalists and the
leftists. But that formula itself
violates the very principles Of the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-01-04
WNU Service, Union Trust Building
~ Washinetnf. d. C.. ~

WNU Service, Union Trust Building
Washington, d. G. ~
As the New Year approaches,
Washingtoni is preparing to expert
ence the results of two titanic str1g-
giles which will chart the course fol-
lowed by this nation and the world
in the decades ahead. lee
one contest will be witnessed on
the floors Of congress- The other in
some unnamed spot where Presi-
dent Roosevelt, Prime Minister
Churchill, Marshal Stain and per-
haps General De Gaulle will sit down
and try to agree on details of the
frarnework Of AIN international or
ganization for the maintenance of
peace. e9 l,rta aSt ..fflF n9A
The election was supposed to
have settled the old issue of '''isola-
tionism versus internationalism' but
those terms were far too indefinite
to delinit any lasting decisions and
since November nour allies have
been strewing land-mines of doubt
along the way, causing many cases
of non-interventionist jitters in con-
gress.
There will be debate in the senate
favored with remarks, the tenor of
those which criticized the British
course in Greece.
AS to the battle behind closed
doors, you can imagine that the
American viewpoint will need all
the support the President can rally
behind it, to overcome the tendency
Of Messrs. Churchill, Stain and De
Gaulle to fall into all the old bad
habits of their happy power politics
days.
In order to understand the differ
ences which have already arisen be-
tween those, who support British
armed intervention in Greece and
those who support the state depart
ment's action in protesting against
II, it is necessary to take a look be-
hind the scenes and see what these
forces are which are bound to
shape the new governments of Eu-
rope as they are reborn after the
period Of democratic Information
during Nazi-Fascist occupation or
control. N
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-01-04
Dragged In

EVERY once in a while, some
bright thinker takes a few
thousand words to tell the people
of the United States why the ma
ton is at war.
We wonder if the authors ever
heard of Pearl Harbor, OF whether
they know that Germany and
Italy declared war upon this coun-
try Immediately thereafter.
The United States, if we want
the truth. did not go to war it was
dragged into war. After Pearl
Harbor and the Axis declarations
of war, we had to decide whether
to surrender or fight.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-01-04
Suggests Equalizing
Taxes

FlORELLA La GUARDIA. Mayor
of New York, advocates a
national taxing policy with "uni-
formity of taxes throughout the
country in order to avoid placing
business and industry in any sec
tionsof the country at a disadvan-
tage." Rtlt m
This is something of a novel
suggestion i deserves consider
alton.
The Mayor would eliminate du-
plication of taxes, the overlap
ping of fields of taxation and the
unbalanced tax situation between
the various states. He suggests
that income and corporation taxes
should be left to the national gov
arninent,s with no state income
taxes anywhere, rs
Une OF the great difficulties of
state and local governments in
assuming proper responsibility
toward modern society is a lack
of income. While most of the
states are enjoying abnormal rev.
enue. due to the spur of war in
comes, the state and local govern
ments, in normal times, have q
problem to secure adequate funds.
We are not inclined to agree
with the suggestion that income
and corporation taxes should be
left exclusively to the Federal Gov
eminent. Perhaps, better solu-
ton would be to leave the levy and
collection of these taxes TO the
Federal Government with a plan
devised to distribute percentage
of total collections to state and
local governments. This would
assure, we believe, adequate reve-
nue. for these units to carry their
proper burdens of government.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-01-04
Naval Power At It's Best
THE LANDING Of American sol

~ II
!. diers on the island of Mindoro,
.ca,,, in the Philippine group, repeatedly
made without the loss of man,
i, - represents an astonishing projec-
ton Of naval power.
araw Moving from Leyte Gulf through
Surigao Strait and the Sulu Sea.
saviqthe American striking force navi-
gated waters ringed by Japanese
i~aS. landing fields and, supposedly, the
ssa.s happy hunting grounds" of Japa-
' nese submarines and torpedo
3s.s craft.
That the expedition was success
liw full attests not only the thorough
ness of defeats inflicted upon the
FIN Japanese Navy but the growing
s. impunity with which our feet dis
regards land-based aircraft.
The carrier ship strength of the
American fleet has reached such
proportions in the Pacific that it
is now possible for carrier-based
IN aircraft to overwhelm Japanese
land-based aircraft. Striking from
the decks of their carriers, Ameri-
can planes blast Japanese aircraft
stationed at island bases and man.
aged to maintain aerial supremacy
despite frantic Japanese efforts to
send in aerial reinforcements.
It should be noted that the use
of amphibious tactics alone has
made possible the steady advance
of American ground forces into
the Philippine islands. Such TAG
q. ties are only possible to the nation
which controls the Surrounding
waters. Intelligently and boldly
utilized, as in the present instance;
[ amphibious offenses catch the
n enemy unaware, in his weak
\ places. and. move ! forward, llwith
slight losses, to inevitable victory.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-01-04
Ration Reminders

Housewives are Urged to destroy
all food ration stamps that have
been declared inyaled,;the office Oh
Price Administration said, today.
Use of these stamps by consumers
las well as acceptance. Of them NY
retailers, lisa violation OF rstioninc
regulations, OPA said. hsira1a
AT thaisane time OPA explained
the red ration tokens'h continue
good and housewives may -
them for buying meats-fats. G
GERS will continue to give them
houseMiSss ass dhansd 8Stothe
loTp0irltI stfmgsn9>I aEiqUI
Blue ration tokens, ,DoweveI
have not been good siiice October
l and, therefore, cannot be used
for canned fruits and vegetables.
They are, no longer needed as
change for the lO-point blue ration
stamps used for processed foods
because point values Tor these
items are set in multiples Of ten.
Ration stamps which were inva-
lidated as Of 1901 A. NJ, Tuesday,
December &c, 1914, and which are
not good for consumer use are:
RED STAMPS-A8 through Is
and AS through P5.
BLUE STAMPS-A8 through 70
and AS through W5.
SUGAR STAMPS-30, 81, 80, So
and 40, along with all home can
ming coupons outstanding.
Stamps continuing TO be good
and those soon to be made good :
are:
RED STAMPS-Q5, Rs and SIS,
which became good December 3.
In addition, five more red stamps
T5, Us, vs., VS. and ks will be-
come good on Sunday, December
81. ~
BLUE STAMPS-X5, VS., rs,
Az and BIZ. In addition, five more
blue stamps CT, Do, E2, F2 and
G2 will become good on Monday,
January 1.
SUGAR STAMPING. "a, which
became good on November 16.
Another sugar stamp will become
good on February 1, 1916.
Expiration dates have not been
set for the stamps that still re-
main good.
GASOLINE-A-14 coupons good
for four gallons.
FUEL OIL-East l and 2 cou-
pons good for ten gallons per unit.
SHOES-Airplane Stamps 1, 2,
and in Book Three, good indefi-
nitely.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-01-04
Overseas Breakfasts

ARTIE SHAW, well known band
leader, was recently discharged
from the Navy after years serv-
ice in the Pacific theater of action.
He comes home with the opinion
that most morale broadcasts "just
rub SALT in the feeling of over
seas servicemen.
Mr.. Shaw points out that the
men in the trenches know "the
people who are broadcasting gush
are sleeping in beds without planes
coming over"
We can imsgins that 4one If
tl;e rsp and S;4-sls talk. rAsasa
q. tia h1riA sro%t t. swalAH slAsp.
ing civilians as to the necessities
Of the war, sound strange 70 men
risking their lives under enemy
fire.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-01-04

Great Britain has found that true
love (even in Greece doesn't
always run smooth.
Tha appointment Of Arehahald Me-
LAish IS assistant secretary If
state was opposed hy certain sena-
tors and others ON the ground that
he was a poet. 1t is well they
didn't have to pass on the confrma-
ton Of John Hayl
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-01-04
u. S. Fauors
Self Rule

In the first place, there is a pow
erful, liberal-oriented ground swell to
be discerned everywhere il we look
for it. It is the belief that. even
tually. this force will dominate,
which has prompted the American
'hands-off" policy. Uncle Sam
merely says. Let the people of the
various countries choose the form of
government they want. Those who
want democracy enough will get it
if there is no outside interference"
That is one thing to bear in mind.
Another is that this ground swell, as
! call it. is the result Of many diff
ferent factors not merely hum
ger and discomfort or faith and en-
lightenment; not only inspiration or
desperation, but aspiration as well,
aspiration toward the natural his
torical and evolutionary goals OF
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-01-04
Liberal Ground Swell
Sweeping Over Europe
Underground CoaIesces Democratic Groups
In Fight for Popular Government;
Look to Big Three
ruby BAUKHAGE
Nelps Analyst and Commentnlor

progress. which are : .,art of mans
eternal struggle for liberty.
The reaction against Nazi tyranny
and the successful resistance to
German control in the form Of the
underground, generated certain
forces toward freedom and inde-
pendence. The underground made.
its. own laws, gave opportunity for
the coalescence and Strengthening
of all democratic movements, 1t was
natural when the Germans were
driven out that these forces re-
fused to bow to Representative of
any regime. no matter how benefr
cent, If it had about it even the
slightest odor Off sanctified feudal-
ism. As.,rf as a,tt, ,,sss.s,.
It is necessary, to get this premise
firmly fixed in our minds or else
fall into the error of writing off ev.
cry revolutionary movement as
communist including some GER
tainly no whit less virtuous than our
NWH ~ AFVs flstl sff
i It is well to study the France OF
today in this connection, and inter-
esting to note the comment which
appeared in the French press at the
time of the first revolts in Belgium
and later in Greece where Allied
support was given the government
in power. The 'Franc-Tireur," whose
name indicates the underground
flavor of its opinion, explains why, so
far. France has had no such inter-
nal trouble.
1T has been our great good for
tune" 1t says, ito have man to
protect our honor and prepare the
liberation, who had such character
and personality that he is univer-
sally accepted, acclaimed and fol-
lowed by the entire nation as our
leading member of the resistance"
The last seven words are the
important ones 'as our leading
member of the resistance" In
other words, De Gaulle was able to
lead his fellow countrymen into
liberation without chaos because he
had the approval of the most ac-
tive and most militantly democrat
ic elements of the underground.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-01-04

There is a new dodge in tax-dpdg-
ing. A black money market which
cashes big checks. thus preventing
the record of deposits But look out.
some Of those cash depositd may
holsnca As h.zk a. 4 rubber Ahsck.
That great sporting race! tho
Japs, recently organized a weight
carrying race around the island of
Java. The natives did the carrying.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-01-04
For Psychologists

THE people in the United States
who expected the end of the
present wars to usher in new
era in world affairs, with the
abolition of everything that they
Idisapprove and the beginning of
golden day for humanity, are
suffering from shell-shock in con-
rection with evident differences of
opinions that exist between the
Br:tth, American ard EusE:an
governments i. regards to VAR.
gus areas IN Europe.
Just how any person manages
70 become convinced that bloody
war, fought to successful con.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-01-04
ANSWERS

Count: Question one, 90; rest, 20 each.
Score; 100, perfect; so, good; 60, fair.
l. Anthony Eden.
?. Taree.
s. Fake, Russians invaded trcsa east,
taking about half Of country.
= ancient p2ovinca sn Lihy4.
ssHHtS In 4 4 4 4 M 4 Z 4 M
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-01-04

2. A u. S. army division has (a) 3,
(bl s. (c) 2 regiments.
3. True or false: Nazi attack in
1899 captured entire nation of
Poland.
4. British and Germans fought over
Cyrenaica. Where is it?
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-01-04

Children of the present genera
ton puzzle their elders. It has
been the same since the human
race began.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-01-04

Did you know that it was
against the law, at one time, to
observe Christmas in sections OF
the United States?
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-01-04

The prospect for business men
IL 1el5 Is promising & tiey adver
tiLsescutElliSsntly r this pswE-
pars--.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-01-04

Advertising money is never al
together lost; usually, the promo
ter Of the scheme ptospers.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-01-04

BUY MORE wAR'BeNDs
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-01-04

First Lieut.. Benjamin F. Gill,
NC, of Ashton, has received his
II D Deeree from Harvard Uni
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-01-04
WAR QUIZ
CORNER
fis hAlt 4 1SlS "a 4 4 ~

WHO is HE?
H0 points
1. Famous before
war as dap
per- states
m an, he b e.
came Britain's
wartime for
eign secretary.
Familiar?
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-01-04
Japanese Brutality

HERE is an item for Americans
- ito remember when the time
sconies TO settle accounts with the
Iananeee.
Evening star., 1945-01-15
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January 20, Ie45, except produce prices which are
subject 70 daily market changes. NO SALES TO
DEALERS,