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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-09-05

The object and purpose Of this
suit is to obtain an absolute di-
vorce for the plaintiff, Lillian Mer-
Ger, from the defendant, Robert
W. Mercer, upon the ground of
adultery.
The bill states, in substance
that the plaintiff is a citizen of
Maryland, and a resident of Mont
gomery County, and the defendant
is a nonresident of Maryland and
his last known address was in the
District of Columbia; that the par
ties were lawfully married to each
other on or about the 7th day of
February, 1910, at Miami, Florida,
by a Minister of the Gospel, and
lived together as man and wife
until on or about the 7th day of
January, 1916: that three children,
namely, Ronald, Raymond and
Robert, aged respectively, five, four
and one and half years, were
born as lawful issue of said mar
riage: that the plaintiff endeavnred
in every way within her power to
be a good wife to the defendant
and to make their home comfort
able and happy; that, nevertheless,
the said defendant did treat the
plaintiff with extreme cruelty by
assaulting and beating her, by ne
glect to provide her and the chill
dren with a decent living, by in
toxication, and, finally, by desert
ing the plaintiff and their said
children on the said 7th day Of
January, A. d. 1916: that, between
the date of deseration aforesaid,
the defendant did, upon certain
premises in the District of Column
bia and on divers dates, commit
adultery with a certain woman
named Bertha Foote: that there
after the parties did not cohabit
or live together as man and wife
and in the opinion of the plaintiff
the separation of the parties is
definite and final, and beyond any
reasonable hope Of reconciliation.
The bill then goes on to pray
that the plaintiff, Lillian Mercer,
be awarded an absolute divorce
from the defendant, Robert w.
Mercer; that custody of the said
infant children be awarded to the
plaintiff, and for general relief.
1t is thereupon this 18th day
of August, A. d. 1916, by the Cir
cult Court for Montgomery Coun-
ty, Sitting as a Court of Equity,
and by authority thereof, adjudged,
order and decreed that the plain
tiff, by publishing copy of this
order in some newspaper printed
and published in Montgomery
County in each of four successive
weeks before the 21st day of Sep
TENDER A. D., 1916, give notice
to the said absent defendant, Rob
ert w. Mercer, of the object and
purpose of the Bill, warning him
to be and appear in this Court, in
person or by Solicitor, on or be-
fore the 9th day Of October, A. D.
1916, to answer the said Bill, and
show cause, if any he may have,
why decree should not be passed
as prayed.
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
Clerk Of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County.
True Copy-Test:
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
1926 Clerk.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-09-05
Tuesday, October 8, 1916
Notice To Creditors

j. r. Fletcher, Local Attorney,
GOO F. St., N. W.,
Washington, D. c.
Marcus Borchardt, Attorney,
423-424 Homer Bldg,
Washington, D. C.
NOTICE. is HEREBY GIVEN
that the Subscriber of Montgom.
cry County, has obtained from the
Orphans Court of Montgomery
County. in Maryland, Letters Tes-
tamentary on the personal Estate
of
HERBERT C. HOPKINS
late of Montgomery County, de-
ceased. All persons having Claims
against the deceased are hereby
warned to exhibit the same, with
vouchers thereof, legally authenti-
Gated to the subscriber on or be-
fore the 4th day of March next:
they may otherwise by law be ex-
cluded from all benefit of said Es-
tate. All persons indebted TO said
Estate are requested to make i'm
mediate payment.
Given under my hand this 4th
day of September in the year of
our Lord, one thousand nine hun
dred and forty-six.
NELLIE TRAYLOR HOPKINS,
Executrix,
5912 Cedar Parkway,
1903 Chevy Chase, Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-09-05

DlCK' II wonder how the distillers feel
apout that new movie built around an
alcoholic"
~ ~ JUDGE: cts funny you asked that,
O''N'''l was just reading piece about it."
mo-, D..
DICK; What did it say?"
H. IT, JUDGE: "a very sensible statement.
If t tbio the beverage distiers are fully aware
wa ,',S problem and are cooperating in every
;s y p1sSlble to help solve it. The alcoholic
the ro one beverage distilling industry what
ind,,st DNless driver is to the automobile
'y' There is nothing wrong with the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-09-05

Mrs. Olga M. Zehnder, having
requested a license to operate a
Tourist Home" located at Clarks-
burg, Maryland, on the Dutrow
Farm. This place has twelve rooms
and is all ready to open, being in
the End Election District. Notice is
hereby given that under the power
vested III them under Article 16 :
Sections 609-610-611 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Mont
gomcry County, Maryland (1939
Edition., the County Commission
ers will hold a public hearing in
the Commissioners Hearing Room
at the Court House, Rockville,
Maryland, on
Tuesday, October 8, 1916
AT l1:45 O'CLOCK A. NJ,
or as soon thereafter as it can be
heard.
All persons interested, or op-
posed to the issuance of said
license may appear and be heard
by the County Commissioners be-
fore action on the proposed re-
quest is taken.
BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS FOR
MONTGOMERY County.
By: julius P. Stadler, President.
Attest
J. Forest Walker, Clerk.
1852
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automobile, but in the hands of man who
doesn't know how to drive it or is reckless.
it becomes menace. Likewise, it's not the
use but the abuse of alcoholic beverages
that causes trouble"
DICK: wonder why it is most men can
drink moderately and others cant?"
OLD JUDGE" Intensive research at great
university has shown that most excessive
drinkers are really sick people. They are
suffering from some physical. social or emo
tional upset And great strides have been
made in developing clinical methods of help.
ing these unfortunate neople"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-09-05
Office of the
Board of County Commissioners
for Montgomery County
Rockville, Maryland
August 81, 1916
NOTICE

Application having been received
from Mrs. Clara B. Youngerman,
of 100 Forest Avenue, Rockville,
Maryland, for permission to use
property known as the property of
Mrs. Clara B. Youngerman at 1909
Forest Avenue, Rockville, Md, To-
Gated in Rockville, and for license
to use these premises as a "Rest
Home for the Aged", upon the
condition that the patients treated
will not include mental cases or
those suffering from infectious dis
eases that the number of patients
treated will not exceed six (6) at
any time; and that the patients
will be attended by their own ply
sicians, that there will be at least
three attendants in attendance at
all times; that there are eight bed
rooms. 1t is hereby ordered that
a public hearing be held OH said
application, before the Board of
County Commissioners, for Mont
gomery County, Maryland, on
Tuesday, October 1, 1916
AT 11:45 O'CLOCK A. NJ, or as
soon thereafter as it may be heard.
in the office or Hearing Room of
the Board of County Commission
ers for Montgomery County, at the
Court House, Rockville, Maryland.
Attest:
BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
By: JULIUS p. STADLER,
1919 President.
J. FOREST WALKER, Clerk.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-09-05
Thomas C. Kelly,
Attorney-at-Law,
Rockville, Md.
Order Nisi-


Rockville, Md.
Order Nisi-
Daisy p. Hull, ct al
Plaintiffs.
vs.. "a
Grace Hull Staub, ct al
Defendants.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, AS
A COURT OF EQUITY.
No. 11,488 Equity.
ORDERED, this 18th day of
August A. D. 1916, by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County, as
a Court of Equity, that the Special
Auditors Report First Audit filed
in the above entitled cause, be
ratified and confirmed, unless cause
to the contrary thereof be shown
on or before the 18th day of Sep
TENDER next: Provided a copy Of
this order be inserted il some
newspaper published in said Mont
gomery County, once in each of
three successive weeks before the
said 14th day of September, 1916.
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County.
True Copy-Test:
CLAYTON X, WATKINS,
1926 Clerk.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-09-05
MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
T;ca of the

Office of the
Board of County Commissioners
for Montgomery County.
Rockville, Md.
CoDtao,b0,. q 10Ac
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-09-05

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY,
MARYLAND.
Garfield |. Kass and National
Savings and Trust Company,
A United States Corporation,
Trustees under the will of Will
liam F. Brice, deceased.
Plaintiffs
Versus
Elizabeth r. Droop
E. r. Foley,
Defendants.
FoI1itv No. 12474.
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tn, Advertisement sponsored BY DISTILLED SPIRITS rrsfn. Inc.
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NOTICE

September 8, 1916.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-22
Police Courtesy

This new plan of the police depart
ment of issuing courtesy cards to out
of-town visitors emitting them to free
parking in the meter area is we'll cal
culated to make friends for Winning
ton-and Wilmington wants friends, as
many as it can obtain.
Any courtesy extended a visitor
sends him on his way with a warm
and friendly feeling for the city. And
no courtesy is more highly appreciat-
ed than when it comes from the po-
lice.
Furthermore, it is apparent that the
police are determined to make Whining
tons own residents more friendly with
the force and more satisfied with their
own home town. There is no laxity in
enforcement of essential ordinances but
members of the force are continually
doing kindly things for the home folks.
They we'll deserve praise for this kind
illness, especially as it is not definitely
a part of the proverbial police code
to be good to anybody.
At the same time, it is noticeable
that fundamental law enforcement is
steadily improving. Surely the public,
which is the beneficiary, owes it to
the force to cooperate with it by OBJ
serving both traffic and parking laws.
At the present time the Wilmington
force is conducting a campaign to get
motor vehicle drivers to use their lower
headlights in approaching other We
hlcles. If this is done by all drivers
voluntarily the court will have no cases
to try and fines to impose. But be-
cause it is in the public interest and
for the public welfare that headlights
be lowered at the approach of other
vehicles, the police are instructed to
arrest all offenders who come under
their observation. There is no Just ex-
cuse to complain because they are do
ing their duty in this respect. Rather,
there is reason to commend them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-22
Rental Housing

AS results of the public housing pro-
gram continue to be something short
OF miraculous, it is encouraging to read
that a $3.50, 000, 900 program of rental
housing by American life insurance
companies is under way, with dwelling
places for $4,000 persons already under
construction or scheduled for a start
within the coming year.
One weakness of the federal program
to have been it's emphasis on
home ownership. Many veterans re-
fused to buy $4,000 houses for under
standable reason. Today's material and
labor costs don't supply much house for
that money. When the ceiling was lifted
to $4,000, many more veterans felt
unable to pay that price. More rental
housing seems a logical solution.
Ut course, the life insurance COM
pan1es have proceeded slowly and con-
servatlvely, as behooves the investors of
p~olicy-holders' money. And of course the
insurance companies project is small
potatoes compared with the govern
ment program. Nevertheless it is good
to see that a private investment group
has seen a critical need and moved in
to do something about it, without wait
ing for the final outcome of govern
ment-industry wrangling.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-22
TOP o. THE MORNING
Prayer makes Christians invincible
DR.. william Evans
Meat Price Control

Restoration of price control on meats
may or may not drive great quantities
of the commodity into the black mar
ket. It is an open question, the answer
depending for the most part on the
persuasive powers of the Office of Price
Administration, upon which the duty of
carrying out the Decontrol Boards Or
ders will fall, and how the policy gov
erning it's enforcement of the order
shapes up.
Certainly the methods employed by
the old OPA, dating back to Leon Hen
derson's days as chief of the bureau,
will encourage revival of black mar
kets. On the other hand, if the new
OPA uses its powers with proper and
adequate discretion, it is not impossi-
BILE that former black market operators
and livestock men may be convinced
they have a duty toward the public
which comes ahead of unreasonable
profits. In this case, the prices set for
all meats by the OPA, which the pres
ent chief, Paul Porter, says will be
at or close to those prevailing on June
80, will be charged and an ample sup
ply be available.
The reductions thus to be obtained
will comfort the nations housewives,
if not the taxpayers who will be COM
PEELED to pay into the Treasury the
necessary money for meeting the sub
sides the Decontrol Board restored
simultaneously with it's revival of price
controls.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-22

bleau, said he had "only heard of
such an incident" and believed the
casualty figure was Exaggerated"
Before leaving Hanoi to take COM
mand of French forces in the Far
East, Gen. Jean Etienne Valluy,
who headed both the French gov
eminent and military in Tonkin,
said in an interview that the list
Of posts to be occupied was under
discussion. Valluy said the Wet
aamese sometimes had tried to
isolate the French troops in
veritable concentration camps"
and I'VE cannot admit this point
of view
valluy and Clap, in separate in
terviews, agreed that the future
of peace in Tonkin depended on
decisions reached at Fontainebleau,
where French and Vietnamese
delegations have been conferrlng in
an effort to finally settle Wet
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-22
Free Annamites Maintain
Uneasy Peace Under Dual Leadership

Mans borders, her rights, her
place in the proposed Indochinese
federation and the future French
role in the economic and political
life of the country.
The two groups will fight hardest
over Cochin China, the rich state
in the South which before the war
produced most of the country's
chief exports of rice and rubber.
Clap has said the Wet Nam as
sembly would not accept any agree
ment which does not give Cochin
China to his republic.
The French here do not discuss
Cochin China; in Saigon, however,
they insist that a referendum, to
be held when peace is restored
in the South" must decide its fu-
ture. Meanwhile they have set up
a provisional government at Da-
lat.
Cooperation here in the North
between the French and Wet Nam
is confined mainly to a liaison COM
mission, whose chief work is the
settlement of complaints brought
by one side against the other.
Otherwise the Vietnamese are run
ming the. government.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-22
Bad Means To Good Erd

A meeting of Tennessee veterans
formation of a national vet
Grams political organization to wipe out
machine politics. That's a noble intent,
boys. But why not call in some nom
veterans? They suffer the consequences
of machine politics, too And why not
put away your guns?
1t is easy to appreciate and sympa-
thize with the disillusionment of many
former GIs who have returned from
fighting a wal to conditions which mock
their suffering and sacrifice. But it is
time that the armed, extra-legal vet
eran political action in the South was
brought to a stop.
Guns win wars, but they don't cor
rect injustices permanently. That is a
task for peaceful courage and deter
mined nonviolent action. Promoting the
public good by force of arms belongs
to the days of Robin Hood, not to our
own. And gangs of gunner are an
eventual menace, however noble their
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-22
BY HARRIS

HANOI, Aug. q -(P- In this
North Indochina capital of the
young republic of Wet Nam, barb
ed wire and armed striplings guard
government buildings symbolic
of the distrust with which the An,
Mantle free state eyes the French,
from whom they won independence
of a sort six months ago after a
series of bloody battles.
Since then, with Wet Nam con-
sent, the French have put Is, 00O
troops in the major cities OF the
republic which extends from China
on the north through the rice fields
of Tonkin and North AMMAN to the
10Th parallel.
Occasional shootings and two
serious armed clashes one early
in July in which so Annamites were
killed and another in August which
cost II French lives has &C
Cured thus far.
The French have remained chief
ly in the eight towns which the
March 6 agreement permitted them
to garrison. Their primary work
has been to protect French property
in these centers and repatriate the
20, 900 French who spent the war
years in Tonkin. About 1000 re-
main to be repatriated.
Wet Nam has concentrated on
eliminating Annamite opposition
to the Wet MINI party controlling
the government, inteasifying pro-
duction of rice, potatoes and maize
to stave off famine, maintaining
order and reducing illiteracy. In
all these fields they have had a real
measure of success.
The uneasy peace prevailing be-
tween the Aanamites and the
French may be seriously threaten
ed if the latter extend their mill
tary lines in a gradual spreading
out from centers previously oc-
cupied.
The only indication so far of such
a policy was movement of French
troops from the strategic Nortnerr
point, LaAgson, to the Chinese Dor
der 10 miles away. A French source
said the troops were fired on by
Annamites, and in returning the
fire killed a large number Of
them.
Vo Nguyen Clap, who heads the
Wet Nam government which Presi
dent Hi Caih Mini is at Fontaine.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-22
Your GIRights
Questions and Answers
On Servicemen's
Problems
BY G LARSEN

WASHINGTON - The Veterans
Administration has improved and
increased its service to veterans
who got out of the service with
some mental illness. Mental hy-
giene clinics are now being set up
in most of the VA regional offices
throughout the country.
The mental illnesses are show
ing up in many different ways. a
VA doctor explains. Some veter-
n are finding it difficult to get
along with their wives. Some have
a habit of quarreling with fellow
workers. Some drink too much.
Most of these cases don't re-
quire disqualification. A few SEES
slons with a trained psychologist
car dlspel the abnormal condition.
In the new program, emphasis
is being placed on group therapy
This is the simultaneous treatment
OF a number of veterans suffering
from similar mental or emotional
disturbances. 1t is found that this
sharing OF treatment for a common
trouble helps the men back to
complete emotional stability.
When the patients condition
warrants it, however, individual
treatment is provided.
No veteran who suspects that
s3ne of the problems he faces IN
to get readiusted to civilian
life are due to service-connected
mental trouble should hesitate to
seek help from one of these new
clinics.
Each patients case is kept
strictly confidential by VA Off
Gals. The treatments are
ed so as to interfere as little as is
possible with a mans regular rou-
tine.
The first person a veteran con
facts at n of these clinics is a
trained social-worker who gets all
the facts of the case and tries to
Isolate the exact problems.
A doctor will talk to the veteran
during his first visit to the clinic,
Patients with certain mental
and nervous conditions, such as
severe anxiety ant depression, Will
De put under care at the earliest
possible time.
Insofar as possible. VA is ar
ranging to employ only veterans
employees of the clinics.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-22
Nick On
BRIDGE
ONE OF THE BEST
PLAYERS MISSED THIS
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Gard AUTHORITY

1t is not possible to play every
bridge hand perfectly, and if 1t
were possible there would not be
any fun in the game. One of the
country's outstanding player S
missed today's hand. Let's see ii
you make the same mistake he did.
East played the queen of dia-
monds on the opening lead. What
should declarer do? Remember
that East bid diamonds and it is
therefore easy to read that Vests
ten-spot is his top diamond. Would
you win the trick, knowing you
had the suit stopped with the
jack? If so, you lose the con-
tract. because when East gets in
with a club he will lead back a
small diamond, which declarer
wins with the nine-spot. Then
when West gets in with the ace OF
hearts, the third diamond will
come back and East will defeat
the contract.
If declarer refuses to win the
first diamond, East will return 3
diamond at trick two, declarer
wins with the jack and leads a
club. East wins and returns an
other diamond which South wins
with the ace. Now when the ace
of hearts is knocked out, West
will have no diamond to return.
Refusal to win the first dia-
mond is the hold-up play. 1t
is n of the most important plays
in handling no trump contracts,
and can sometimes be employed
to very good advantage even at a
suit contract.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-22
Fruits OF Complacency

At first glance, the American Com
munications Association boycott strike
against all cable companies in it's dis
pute with Press Wireless might seem
like a triumph of utter stupidity.
By imposing an international news
blackout at the height of the Paris
peace conference, the AGA was sure to
arouse a storm of public indignation. It
was bound to-and did-alienate the
responsible American press, even those
papers which are usually found on the
side of labor. Both the cause of the
dispute and the unions method of
handling it were i~ndefensible.
The AGA apparently had nothing to
win but unpopularity by this abuse of
the strike weapon. But the AGA is no.
toriously dominated by Communists.
And the Communists prime desire
seems not to be the winning of new
friends Or the just advancement of
labor, but disruption and chaos.
They got it in this strike. It was a
move calculated to renew the demand
for legislation which would make such
strikes against the public interest i'm
possible or punishable. That would give
the Communists another chance to crv
"repressive legislation" to enlist the
support of reasonable union men who
feared general punitive laws as a con.
sequence of this unwise strike, to create
an impossible situation for labor ir
which they might gain the upper hanc
for the moment.
Thus onoe more labor and the whole
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-22

QUESTION: For some time |
have had trouble with veins in my
legs, and now veins are appearing
on my face. What causes this!
ANSWER: Small veins (te-a1s:
ectasia) are sometimes inherited,
but unless they ulcerate and bleed
they do not cause any trolas
Consult your physician.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-22
Religion
MILADY AND THE CHILDREN
BY WILLIAM T. L L

MILADY AND THE CHILDREN
If Milady's parents had been
classicists, instead Of Scotch and
German Presbyterians. they might
have named Ter Cybele, after the
ancient mother goddess of Asia
Minor. For she has the mother
heart to a rare degree, and the
mother wisdom, too.
When we arrived in camp last
Summer it was touching to see
how village children thronged her:
and she called them all by name.
This is not a cultivated art. or a
professional social service hob
by, but a deep, natural love for
childhood.
This quality characterized Jesus
Children were easily attracted to
Him. because He loved them. And
His spirit animates those who love
and serve the little ones.
Blest Lover of little children. we
thank Thee for all Thy friends who
serve Thee by m~inistering to 'the
least of these" Teach us to love
the children whose lives we touch.
Amen.