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over the fabulously rich coal deposits,
This is really the heart of the Ruhr,
where blast furnaces and heavy indus
tries are situated. The Ruhr, as gen.
orally thought of, however, includes the
entire industrial region-the valley of
the Wupper, the Rhine city of Dussel-
dorf, and even the outer-rim city of
Cologne. This larger Ruhr forms a
rough triangle with corners at Cologne,
Vessel and Hamm-an area smaller than
Delaware.
The prewar Ruhr was an area of
fantastic statistics. Fifteen cities had
more than 100000 inhabitants. Duis-
burg, where the Ruhr River joins ths
Rhine, ranked in shipping tonnage with
Europe's largest seaports. The Ruhr's
pig iron output nearly equaled that Of
the entire British Commonwealth Of
Nations; its steel production was double
, that Of France. Five per cent of its
known coal deposits would furnish
enough coke to process all the ore in
Frances rich Lorraine iron field. I'm
plumbed beds of coal were estimated to
be sufficient to last for 1000 years at
the prewar rate.
Amazing Cities
Nothing about the Ruhr Of the late
'30s was more amazing or harder to
match elsewhere than its cities. The
aggregate population OF the Ruhr cities
over 100000 reached nearly 100000.
Four Cologne, Essen, Dusseldorf,
and Dortmund counted more than one
half million each. Seven cities in the
Ruhr Valley - Duisburg. Oberhausen,
Bulheim, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Bochum
and Dortmund- formed really one con-
tinuous urban development Of 2,5o0,o0
persons.
The problems that might arise from
the plan to deindustrialize the Ruhr and
turn it into farming community would
have parallel In the United States if
Delaware supported the following cities
tchosen to compare with Ruhr cities Of
the approximate sizel :: Boston, Pitts
burgh, Milwaukee, Buffalo, Newark,
Kansas City, Louisville, Atlanta. .Rich-
mond tva). Nashville. Des Moines.
Scranton. Paterson On. j., Chattanooga
and Peoria. When the Ruhrs chief in-
dustry was farming. Cologne had less
than 10000 inhabitants and Essen was
mere crossroads village.
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secretary and chairman Of the Banquet
Committee. District Attorney Edward
M. Currain Is chairman Of the Recep-
ton Committee.
In the Revolution, Barry was intrust-
ed with the most important task OF
outfitting the first feet OF American
warships.
Commanding the Lexington, named
after the first land battle, he captured
the first British warship, the Edward,
April 7, 1776, whose nag was struck to
him In naval battle.
Commissioned by WASHINGTON
He received special commendation
from Washington. and served the gen.
eral on land as aide de camp and special
messenger. Commanding the Alliance
he fired the last gun of the Revolution
in naval conflict.
Washington gave him commission No.
in the Navy of the United States under
the Constitution, to command the flag
ship United States which had been built
under his supervision, and he held first
rank in the Navy from June 4, 1894,
until his death September Is, 1903 He
was personally selected by President
John Adams for several important mis-
sions, and when President Jefferson was
practically abolishing the Navy, he re-
tanned John Barry as senior captain.
A national memorial to Barry in
Washington, first proposed by Arch
bishop John ireland, was unveiled and
dedicated on May is, 1914. President
Wilson, Secretary Of the Navy Josephus
Daniels and the late Representative
James A. Hamill OF New Jersey were
speakers. Miss Elise Hepburn, great
great-grandniece OF the commodore,
unveiled the statue in Franklin Park.
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The old Pension office Building in Judiciary
The Historic Pension Office

for here as early as 1902, about the CEN
ter Of the reservation. was located the
jail. And when this became obsolete in
1889, the building was used for hospital
purposes, until it was destroyed by fire
November 3, 1861.
The United States Courthouse, or the
City Hall, as the older Washingtonians
still enjoy calling it, and which faces
the D street side of the square, was be-
gun in 1920. A schoolhouse once faced
the Fifth street side of the square and
even early circuses gave performances
here. But one of the best stories to be
told of the reservation happened back
in the days when the original Jail occu-
pied a spot on the north side of E street
between Fourth and Fifth streets.
1t was a plain oblong building, one
end OF which was fitted up for the
jailer, and for years 1t housed prisoners
under commitment for trial or under
sentence. runaway slaves and the indi-
gent insane and those confined there at
the instance of their families. For years
Cartwright Tippett occupied the posi-
ton of jailer, being succeeded by Thomas
Williams, who filled the office until
about 1847, when Robert Ball, ST., was
appointed, he being assisted by his son,
Robert Ball, jr, then mere lad, but
who was some 20 years later placed In
full charge.
The saying that love laughs at lock-
smiths is well illustrated by a story told
on that great friend of matrimony, Dan
Cupid, who even visited this little Jail
and caused the jailer's daughter and
prisoner to become man and wife, and
which not only made the jailer father
in-law, but incidentally secured the
son-in-law job which he held for many
years afterward.
Old Arlington Hotel
The present location of the Govern.
ments great pension agency, officially
the Veterans Administration, is on the
west side OF Vermont avenue between H
and I streets, the site having formerly
been occupied by the Arlington Hotel,
erected by w. w. Corcoran in 1869 and
replaced by the present building in 1919.
Before the hotel was erected here the
site was occupied by at least three
dwellings, the first one having been the
home of such distinguished Americans
as Reverdy johnson, Senator from
Maryland and Minister to England, and
James Buchanan before he became
President.
Shortly after the Arlington was
erected many prominent persons made
it their home, including Senators Reu-
ben E. Fenton of New York, Frederick
T. Frelinghuysen, New Jersey; John w.
Stevenson, Kentucky; Simon Cameron,
Pennsylvania; Henry Cooper, Tennes-
see; Cornelius Cole, California; Thomas
M. Norwood, Georgia; Jerome B. Chat
fee, Colorado; Benjamin H. Hill, Geor-
gia; George E. Spencer, Alabama: Henry
B. Anthony, Rhode Island; T. H. N.
Mcpherson, New Jersey; Henry P. Bald
win, Michigan; william w. Eaton, Con-
necticut; James T. Farley, California;
johnson N. Camden, Kentucky; Ed
ridge G.. Dapham, New York; John p.
Jones, Nevada; Orville H. Platt, Con-
Continued on Page CD
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THE PREWAK KUHR RANG WITH INDUSTRY: TODAY iT
LIES IN RUINSThis the basis of the Rechs poaper to
'oage total 0ar 0as giuen systematic bombing By
Allies that lett nearat01nic deSoation auake Millions of
people still iue in the Rur however copcatnq the problem
of oheher to alou the rebuild its industriesprtunL
their only means of likelihood.
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i You Don't Know These
Infimcfs Physical Foefsl

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0'Conor Asks for Action
On La Fontaine's Place

Gov. O'Conor has asked Prince
Georges County authorities and the
superintendent Of State police to
act ON a request by the Washington
Federation OF Churches that action
be taken to close Jimmy La Fon-
taine's gambling place on Bladens-
burg road, near the District line.
In a letter to Wilbur La Roe,
jr., chairman Of the federation's
Committee on Civic Affairs, the
Governor wrote that Sworn as we
are to enforce all laws, it Is the
bounden duty of public officials to
uphold the statutes forbidding va
rious forms of gambling"
The Governor added that cit
must be borne in mind that the off,
GERS Of the county and the grand
jury are the proper agencies Of the
Government by which such pro-
ceedings should be instituted. am.
therefore, sending to the States
attorney and to the sheriff copy
of your communication and am
placing the matter in the hands of
the superintendent Of State police"
In his letter, Mr.. La Roe pointed
out that an active campaign against
gambling by District police would
be nullified II gambling houses are
allowed to operate in nearby Mary
land,
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Bus transportation
On Nine-State Line
Halted by Strike
BY the Associated Press.

j Dy tut hsoOCidteu
JACKSON, Miss, June II. - Bul
transportation over lines of the Tri.
State Transit Co. in nine States
was at a standstill today as approx
imately 400 drivers and mechanics
staged walkout over wage dis
pute.
officials of the Tri-State Transit
Co. offered to open negotiations with
union officials if the drivers would
start buses rolling in Mississippi
Louisiana, Alabama, Missouri, Illi-
nois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas
and Texas.
A spokesman said it would be "im-
possible" however, to try for set
tlement as long as buses were not
operating.
Seek Agreement Today.
Union leaders and company off,
cials planned to meet today in
Shreveport, La, to try for an agree
ment.
A similar conference here last
night was unsuccessful.
In Birmingham, Ala, striking
employees of the Tennessee Coal,
Iron g. Railroad Co. ignored a Re-
gional War Labor Board order to re-
turn to work and New Orleans re-
ported that 80 Gulf Coast shipyards
were threatened with a work stop
page resulting from a Houston
(TexD Metal Trades Council dis
pute.
In the shipyards disputo 30 Car
ter, international repre- we of
teamsters' union In Il |, said
AFL truck drivers empll at the
Air Reduction Sales Corp. 4.cre were
ordered to strike, effective today
Men Still Working.
The strike order went out, Mr..
Carter said. after the Air Reduction
firm allowed the Brown Shipyard
in Houston to obtain acetylene gas
and oxygen from its Texas plant
during Metal Trades Council
strike.
Air Reduction officials at New
Orleans said, however, that they had
not yet received a notice of strike
from the teamsters and that their
men were working.
The corporation supplies Todd
johnson and Pendleton Shipyards
here with acetylene gas and oxygen,
essential in building and repairing
Liberty ships and damaged combat
vessels.
A spokesman for the 9th Naval
District said the matter had been
referred to the Navy Department in
Washington.
10000 Workers Idle.
At Birmingham a company
spokesman said the stoppage, which
began June l. had spread to other
finishing units of the Tennessee
Coal, Iron & Railroad Co., and the
total number of idle employees had
grown to about 10000.
r. Z. Farr, district director oi
the United Steel Workers of Amer.
ica (CIO), reported the striking
workers had voted, 20 to /, yester-
day against going back to work.
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|0PA Asks Dismissal
OF Suit 10 Withhold
0vercharge Fine

In an answer filed in District
Court, the Office OF Price Admins
tration has asked dismissal of a
suit brought by James G.. and
Thomas E. Raley to restrain the
Government from receiving money
on check for 1900 presented by
the two men as damages for alleged
overcharges totaling $196.
The two men, trading as Raley's
Food Store, 1900 block of Calvert
street NV, filed suit last Monday
to keep the Government from col
lecting money on the check. Short
ly after the suit was filed, Justice
Matthew F. MCGUIRE of District
Court signed an order temporarily
restraining the Treasurer of the
United States and the bank on which
the check was drawn from cashing
it, pending further hearing.
The suit claimed that the check
was in payment of fine levied by
War Price and Rations Board No.
2221 and that it had no jurisdiction
to levy the fine.
The OPA in its answer Saturday
stated the board did not levy a
fine but that the plaintiffs volun-
tarily offered to pay $1,000 for the
alleged overcharges following a con-
ference with members of the board
panel.
The answer also stated the check
had not been formally accepted as
the question of its acceptance had
not been transmitted to the Dis
trict OPA director for his necessary
approval. 1t stated the panels acts
in an advisory capacity only.
The OPA also denied the Raleys
were coerced.
In a statement, District OPA Dt-
rector Robert X. Thompson said:
They could not have been fined,
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because price panels are not au-
thorized to fine any one. Panel
members may only hold conferences
with alleged violators, discuss
charges and, when voluntary settle
ments are offered, submit them
with all pertinent facts about the
violations to their OPA district Of
flee for approval or rejection"
According to the Raleys' suit, the
alleged overcharges complained of
ran from three Of one cent each
to one of "a cents, with others in
between, with the total amount of
the alleged overcharges being 81 .96.
1t says they were fined the sum of
$50 on each separate charge.
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Funeral Set Tomorrow
For Dr.. jones Crubtree

Funeral services for DR.. James
w. Crabtree, 81, secretary emeritus
Of the National Education Associa-
stion, will be conducted at 8 pm.
tomorrow at the S. H. Hines fu-
neral home by Dr. Orris G. Robin
son, pastor of Calvary Methodist
Church. Burial will be in Rock
Greek Cemetery.
DR.. Crabtree died Saturday at his
home, 1904 Euclid street NV.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Donna w. Srabtree, and three
daughters, Mrs. Donna L. Walker,
a District school superintendent;
Miss Eurnicc K. Crabtree, a member
Of the faculty at TowSon (Md)
State Normal School, and Mrs. Mary
E. Rathner, New York artist.
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lions of women know how it helps
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1,079,643 Bomb Tons
Dropped by RAF in War

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 1.-THE RAF
bomber command flew SOL ,137 sorties
during the war and dropped 1,079,-
SAB tons Of bombs, of which 1885,
594 tons were unloaded on Ger
many, according to a recapitulation
by the Air Ministry.
In addition the Raj laid 47,250
mines, credited by the ministry with
sinking or damaging more than
900 enemy ships
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-04
Vets Desire
Orderly Community

On this subject, Director Hoover
issued an emphatic mol" Here is
his reasoning:
"Of course, soldiers are trained to
kill-but so are we of the FBI and
so are police officers. But no man of
the FBI has ever been arrested for
a crime of violence. There will be
criminals among the returning vet
Grams, it is true--criminals who will
operate more efficiently than they
would have if they hadn't had army
training. But these are the men
who probably would have been GRIM
inals anyway if they had remained
civilians. After all, the army is only
cross-section of the American peo-
pie. OF course, the real criminals
never got into the army-their rec
ords were too bad.
II expect the returning veteran 70
be big help to us in combating
crime" Hoover went on. 1.-The boys
who are returning from the battle
fields have seen so much of destruc-
ton, horror, disease, the dangers of
dictatorship that they are anxious
to see their communities get back
TO normal, peaceful ways. They are
more interested in their homes and
civil affairs. They want law and or
der over here"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-04
NeW Crop of
Criminals Teen-Agers

Perhaps the most ominous single
factor about the picture with which
we start the postwar years is that
the most frequent criminals in the
United States today are boys and
girls II years Of age.
Director Hoover explained why
this has come about. These teen
ayers have been maturing in a Pc
riod of great political, economic and
social upheaval. AS they were en-
tering the critically formative years
for them in the beginning teens, ia
theirs and big brothers, to whom
they might have looked for guild.
ance, left home to enter the armed
services. Mothers frequently had 10
take jobs which kept them away
from home, leaving boys and girls
to their own social and recreational
devices.
Frequently, families pulled up
roots and moved to teeming indus
trial centers in other parts of the
country where jobs could be had in
war plants. Normal living was inn
possible under such overcrowded
conditions. There was a general
spirit Of wartime abandon which i'm
questionable. youth was not long in
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-04

war with ten per cent of its popu-
lation owning ninety percent of
the country's liquid wealth and
emerged with ninety per cent of
the people owning forty per cent
of the liquid wealth.
This huge backlog of wealth
which he says, "is greater than
any people ever had in any coun-
try in the history of the world"
will not be used by the people ito
buy the first gignmick or gadget
that comes along,' but will be
used, to large extent, for capital
investment. Mr.. Gamble says
that the people are thinking ain
terms of homes, of old age, of edu-
cation for their children"
There is considerable truth in
the idea that the savings effected
by the people during the war con-
stitute an insurance for business,
which means that it constitutes
protection for the entire nation. 1t
is to be hoped that the savings
will be expended wisely so that
the gradual use of the funds will
help maintain adequate buying
power in this country for many
years.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-04

catching-lack of &c. .--.e, lack OF
personal responsibility, became the
accepted thing. A war hero" at
titude developed in many of those
too young to ''join up"
Then teen-age boys and girls found
that because of the manpower short
age they could stop school and take
jobs where they would make more
money than some of their elders did
before the war. Coming suddenly
opto what seemed sudden wealth,
and of their own making, found
them, unprepared to use it wisely.
I'VE have been developing a gen.
GRAFTON Of money-rich and charac-
ter-poor Americans.
While we had our attention on the
far-hung battlefronts the foundation
was being laid for one of our major
postwar problems on the home
front.
There is another condition that
has been breeding ground for law.
lessness during the war, according
to Hoover. and which may spread
if crime detection and law enforce.
ment do not keep ahead of it.
"Gangsterism has been showing
signs of revival during the war;" he
said. There have been gang wars
in places where they used to thrive.
Hijacking. shakedown rackets, black
markets and bootleg have been on
the increase"
Therefore. the groundwork has
been laid for a new era of Dillingers.
Then there are the returning vet.
Grams. Because of their peculiar
training, will they present a new
band of criminals efficiently trained
in taking life and appropriatine
property that does not belong r.
them?
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-04
To Catch Tax Evaders

II NE AREAOORl department Is
seeking an enlarged force OF
agents in order to enforce the pay
ment Of taxes but Secretary Fred
X. Vinson insists that there is to
be mo gestapo."
In fact, he seeks to convince
honest Americans that the equit-
able enforcement of tax laws will
work to the benefit of those who
make it a practice to pay their
taxes ON an honest basis. He says
rigid enforcement will protect
them against the black market
operators, the racketters and other
tax evaders.
The large percentage of our
people pay their taxes. There is
a small group of crooks, criminals
and chiselers who do not. Their
success in evading the tax laws
increases the burden of honest tax
payers, who should firmly support
the Treasury Department in its
drive to punish tax evaders.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-04
You Will Be Needing
Many Formal Gowns
Gala Season Ahead With
Servicemen Returning.
By CHERIE NICHOLAS

All signs point to an important So
cial season this year. With our men
coming home, there will be more
parties, more gala occasions and
festivities that require dress
up clothes than we have seen for
many and many a day, So look to
your evening attire if you would be
ready for the coming months in wav
of formal dress-up and pretty pretty
accessory accents.
The floor-length dinner or evening
gown is back in all its glory. There
is also increasing call for cocktail
types and the short dance frocks are
ever so important on the list. In a
more sociable season, the restau-
rant suit takes on new importance.
Milliners are creating hats that
have fabulous look because of the
wealth of ostrich that is being law
ished upon them. and the glitter
of jeweled embroidery.
Gloves tune in on the dress-up
program with elaborate decor in
way of sequin embroidery and
various frills and furbelows that
sends glovecraft up to a new high
in artistry and fanciful theme.
It's going to be big season for
velvet which is news of utmost i'm
portance. for velvet has been con-
spfcuous by its absence for many a
season. For the cocktail dress, vel
vet is scoring new triumphs. The
pride of the cocktail group is the
tWo-piece dress of transparent vel
vet with side-swept bodice closing
and a peplum that falls softly about
the hips. Black velvets with lingerie
accent at the neckline, also hustle
back velvets in such gorgeous col
ors as royal blue and the new dahlia
shade are especially prominent in
the new displays.
Among outstanding dinner and
evening gowns, one comes across
such beguiling creations as the slim
wing-sleeved fioor-length dress
made of white crepe with a gold
studded belt slipping through an art
full drape at the waistline. A strik-
ing use is being made Of striped
taffeta in the evening mode. One
such brought out this season is done
in white taffeta striped in mauve,
green and orange. 1t is draped at
the back in bustle-back effect.
Beaded bodice tops worn with
floor-length velvet skirts, likewise
skirts of satin or crepe are also
sn2Ts fashion.