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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-02-26
Browningsville Club
Meets With Mrs. Leisheal

The Browningsville Homemakers
Club met February 10 with Mrs.
Chester Leishear. Seventeen mem
bers and two visitors, one of whom
became a member. were present.
The roll call was something per-
tanning to Washington or Lincoln"
Mrs Helena Lewis read a poem en-
titled "Just a Boy" Moral-under-
stand the boy.
The Health and X-ray chairmen
gave reports of their progress to-
ward the survey for the x-ray
clinic to be in Damascus March 8.
Mrs. Luhn, president, appointed
a committee headed by Mrs. Ar
mold to arrange for a window dis
play in celebration of Home Dem
onstration Week.
Mrs. Jesse Day and Mrs. Ches-
ter Leishear gave a nice demon
stration on pressure pan cooking.
Yum! Yum! that beef stew was
good
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-02-26
Former County Resident
Dies In Baltimore County

Funeral services were held Tues
day, February "a, at Pikesville,
for a former resident of the coun-
ty, Howard r. Groomes, aged SO.
Mr.. Groomes, who had been an in
valid for long time, died on Sun
day of pneumonia, at his home in
Granite, Baltimore County.
He is survived by his father,
Thomas Jefferson Groomes, 81; his
wife, Gertrude Owens Groomes,
and six children, Worthington,
Russell, William, Fred, Gilbert,
and Margaret. He is also survived
by four brothers and five sisters.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-02-26

The Damascus Chapter of the
Future Farmers of America, un-
der the supervision of William w.
Miles, as advisor, has commence
rated national Future Farmers of
America Week by decorating a
window in the Damascus Electric
Company. The display is made up
of the banner of the F. F. A.,
whose colcrs are national blue and
corn gold, as back drop for the
chapters poultry exhibit which
placed second in the recent Poul-
try Product Show in Baltimore.
The motto of the F. F. A. may only
consist of four lines, but these lines
reflect spirit that shows the view
point of farm youth, the Back
bone of q Nation"
February 21st through the 9th
is National Future Farmers of
America Week, to honor those who
are making agriculture their aim
in life. Twenty-Five years ago
Henry C. Groseclose, a teacher of
agriculture in the town of Buck
ingham, Va, was trying to mott
vate his pupils to take agriculture
more seriously. However, Mr..
Groseclose was having difficulties.
1t seemed that the boys preferred
social prominence in their COM
munity in preference to agricul-
ture. One day, overhearing dis
cussion of several students, who
were remarking about the F. F.
V.-"First Families of Virginia."
Henry Groseclose interrupted to
inform these youngsters that being
"b u e b God S" wasn't the only
achievement in life. Then he in
formed his socially conscious
group that they were the F. F. "
Future Farmers of Virginia"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-02-26

Otto Praeger, father of air
mail service" dies at age of n.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-02-26

When big business men demand
the green light" for private initi-
alive, what do you reckon they
maan9
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-02-26

General Electric slashes called
move for price-cut parade"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-02-26
Banquet Night" For
Rates Set For March 4;
Cooperation "GOOd"

Continued from Page u
from rats at least one day prior
to setting the bait.
(2) Securely pen cats, dogs,
chickens and hogs on Banquet
Night. The ANTU product we're
using could possibly kill these ami
mails if they received goodly
amounts of the poison although it
is most specific against rats.
(3) Be sure that food and water
are not available to rats on Ban
quet Night.
(4) Mix the poison with bait
consisting of meat, canned fish,
cereal or just plain ground table
scraps. Be sure to weigh out the
correct amount of bait for the
amount of poison to be used.
(5) Place the bait late in the
afternoon near where rats use,
never in the middle of room.
Better results will be obtained if
the bait is placed behind lean
ing board or some other such OBJ
ject.
(6) Pick up and destroy unused
bait and casualties early the next
morning.
90 Fill out and return the report
card showing results obtained.
Remember the night, Thursday,
March 4th.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-02-26

o. E. Zacharias, Jr., will take
over as general manager of South
ern State Cooperative July 1, 1913,
succeeding w. G. Wysor who re
signed after serving Is years at
the head of the organization he
helped establish. Zacharias has
been with Southern States since
1885. Serving first as treasurer
and comptroller, he became direct
or of the Cooperative's finance di-
vision in 1915.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-02-26
COunterfeiting

Counterfeiting, increasing sharp
ly, cost the American public $685.
90 in 1947, nearly double the
$4,000 lost by the public on bo-
gus money in 1916, according to
the Secret Service.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-02-26
Rockville Women Voters
To Meet With Mrs.
G.. V. Hartley Mar. /

The Rockville group of the
League of Women Voters will meet
on March l, at 8 P. NJ, at the
home of Mrs. G. V. Hartley, 1O3
Forest Avenue. Mrs. X. Boyd Ladd
will give a report and lead the dis
cussion on the Palestine problem.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-02-26

The time is coming when some
smart politician is going to tell the
pressure groups where to go.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-22
Nature And The South

If in the spring a young mans fancy turns to fishing when
he could be working, and lolng on the grass and enjoying the
sun, who are we to blame him? This old Southland of ours SIM
ply cannot be beat in producing springime. There may be a lou
else wrong with the South, but there's a lot else right, too; ana
if people elsewhere would settle their own differences FIRST
we S%outherners might have a little better opinion OF their WIS
don and judgment.
They say the Southerner in general is, if not il1terate, back
ward, and that he is narrow-minded, proud, obstinate and biased.
Well we would like to say that the Northerner is backward, and
narrow-minded even if formally educated, proud, stiff-necked, and
intolerant. He is backward in that he refuses to open his mind to
the true facts of the Negro question, as well as to. Thine real
question of states rights, and tenaciously chngs to the old IN
herited feelings. Of course we do not refer to all Northerners nor
half. We in the South are proud of our observation-disclosures, and OF
our unpretentiousness and of our willingness to face things
squarely eye to eye. We want education for the Negro. We want
him to be treated decently, fairly, and as a human being. We even
believe that the majority of our Negroes are not unhappy.
And though we should not let that be a drawback to our contln-
uous. though slow, efforts to right a wrongful situation, we do
say that happiness in ignorance is far better than bitter hatred
and the inability to correct the basis of such hatred as certain
groups in the North end to promote.
We believe with all honesty and fairness, that the South
will, if let alone, settle her own problems with malice toward
none and with Justice to ALL"
The South isn't such a bad place if you don't want it to
be and in the springtime there's no better place in the world.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-22
Russia And The Press

At the beginning of the ADVERTISERS 111th year, we
would like to take the occasion to express our gratitude lor te
opportunity of living in a country OF free presses, wnere 1ree aa
of sneech and of thought are everyday privileges. We are proud
to live in these United States which have, all working togethel.
established themselves as one whole as the fore-ranklng natlon d
the world.
Since democracy is a term considered almost synonymous
with "freedom" we believe Fundamentally in an American free
press. If Democracy" is to be a real democracy, our free press
must survive. When histories of nations are reviewed, it is con-
sistently found that the countries lacking a representative govern
ment, which must by necessity of the term embrace press free
dom. are the nations that inevitably meet their doom.
Russia today is an example of a country which is not allow
ed such press freedom. The Russian government is supposed to
be in the hands of the people, but in actually, is in the hands Oh
her own higher brackets. This makes of its government a
mere farce, which would in a way be typical of many of the govern
ment's recently sanctioned actions were it not for the farreachne
results of such actions, which are most grave.
At any rate, the Bosheviks will not permit press freedom
because they know this will MAIN ard hinder, if not defeat, their
nnrnose. We ire proud that our government, in spite of its many
shortcomings and we do not say this with any feeling OF
smugness not only sanctions press freedom but provides Tor
y and we feel that we could not choose a better time to shout
it to the world that we are proud of this right than at the beglnn-
ing of this, our 111th year.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-22

The danger of too much control in Washington has been
pointed out in these columns many times. One of the greatest
danger lies in the mistaken notion that when we get something
from Washington it cost us nothing.
Consequently in the years OF, the depression and through
out the Roosevelt regime the states of the Union came more and
more to look to Washington for handouts in various projects or
movements and that trend continues.
The falacy of this reasoning is easily seen in a recent re-
port made by Sen. Styles Bridges, chairman of the Senate COM
mittee on appropriations. Sen. Bridges prepared a table showing
how much money the Fedora. government takes out of each state,
the two amounts.
This report shows conclusively that the idea of federal
said" is nOnsence. From the money standpoint the federal govern
ment does not really laid a single state in the union.
On the contrary the enormous amount of money spent by
the federal government is a burden and a direct drain on all of the
taxpayers of the United States, including every business and every
person.
According to his report Mississippi the poorest state in the
union, spends sos, 100000 but Uncle Sam takes out of our state
SIZE, rs per cent more than Mississippi spends.
In commenting on this situation Samuel B. Pettengin,
coumnist in The Dallas Morning News says:
"These figures prove two things. First, there is no such
thing as federal aid" There amt no such animal. Every dollar
the United States spends in any state as federal aid or sub
= less the political brokerage fee charged in Washington, which
Sen. Harry F. Byrd estimates to be not less than 20 per cent. This
is some fee for you to pay to somebody you don know for hand
ling your money!
1.-THE second thing these figures prove is that if federal
taxes were cut even 10 per cent, there would be left in the states
as a source of state revenue more than enough to educate the
children, pay their schoolteachers, and do for themselves most of
the things the power-drunk government on the Potomac proposes
to do locally for them"
To which we all might add:
federal aid is a fake. Bring government back homer
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-22

NEW YORK, April 12-Although
luxury sales have been sagging
steadily, buying Of durable goods
which were scarce during the war is
still rising.
Release Of figures showing re-
venue from federal excise tax levies
gives a pretty complete picture of
the industries and stores which have
been hit the hardest by the price
and tax-squeeze.
Fur, jewelry, luggage and cosme-
tics collections-reflecting sales in
retail stores-dropped from five to
twenty per cent from July /, 1947,
to February 20, first eight months of
the federal governments current fis-
cal year.
AT the same time sales of durable
goods on which excise taxes are
levied show increases over a similar
period in 1946-47. Refrigerators and
air-conditioning equipment scored a
gain of go per cent. The collections
on the manufacture of autos and
motorcycles jumped 43 per cent,
auto parts and accessories % per
cent, radios and monographs 20 per
cent, Photographic equipment 10 per
cent, musical instruments IL per cent
and sporting goods five per cent.
HOME REPAIRS - Keeping the
nations homes in tip-top condition
is n of the construction industrys
biggest jobs. This year expenditures
for home repair are expected to run
between So, 100000, 900 and $780,
000, 600 according to a report Of the
Tile Council of America. More than
80 of every 100 homes will be paint
ed, either inside or out, and IL will
be re-roofed in the course of 1913,
the report disclosed. Ten will have
heating equipment overhauled or re-
placed, and nine will get new plumb
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-22

equipped with the same code as the
sender---Concentrated apple juice IS
a new food development of the Week'
BIG ORDER-A refreshing note
was sounded in international trade
last week when Graham-Paige
Motors shipped some 1900 farm i'm
| Observation-Disclosures, Jaques-Frazer
tractors, plows, mowers, harrows and
| other tools-to Argentina. Notewor-
| thy in its own right as the largest
| single export order in the company's
history it is also encouraging as evil
| dence of the functioning of free en-
| terprise. Neither Graham-Paige nor
| its Argentine distributor, S. King &
Cha, requested or received any gov
| eminent aid in the transaction; nor
did it involve any special legislation,
or special pleading. Graham-Paige
has been vigorously developing the
Latin America market as a prime
outlet for its farm equipment and the
big order was a direct result of this
| active craftsmanship. According to
demand has been created throughout
| president Joseph w. Frazer, similar
| Latin America as well as in Belgium,
the Netherlands, Scandinavia and
| South Africa to the point where the
company expects to Increase its for
eign trade this year from 10 per cent
| of output to about Is per cent.
BITS O. BUSINESS-Some con-
troll of manpower is regarded as in
evitable late in 1913 when the stepp-
ed-up defense program makes large
demands on the labor market---One
large textile firm has warned its
sales force not to expect increases in
merchandise if the military draft
plan goes through. Some appliance
manufacturers, however, are begin
ming to plan on the possibility that
sizeable ornaments contracts may
solve their over-production problem
Industrial firms are finding 1t diff
ficult to obtain good statesmen de-
spite the fact that annual earnings
of beginners in sales have risen from
$500 to $4,000 since 1936--Alabama
business men are telling high school
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-22
In Memoriom

God in His infinite wisdom has
called from our midst one of our be-
loved members, Mrs. Velma Lee.
We as a Society wish to pay a tri-
butte of love, respect, and apprecia-
ton to her memory.
Her love for her church and for
humanity was manifested in her ever
willingness to serve others. Our
Society, our Church and our COM
munity are richer because she passed
our way.
We, as a Society, extend to her
loved ones our deepest sympathy
and point them to God for comfort
in this hour of bereavement.
The Woman's Society of Chris
tan Service, Tchula
MRS. w. w. GWIN
MRS. L. T FOSTER
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-22
Behind The Scenes In
AMERICAN BUSINESS
BY REYNOLDS KNIGHT

ing, have bathrooms tiled or showers
installed, according to the report. In
addition, many thousands of farm
homes will be greatly improved, for
farmers today not only want but can
well afford such modern convenien.
ces as running water, tiled baths and
s~treamlined kitchens. These home re-
pair expenditures mean not only
busy days for building manufactur-
ers but prosperity to skilled con-
~struction workmen throughout the
country.
THINGS TO COME-Night traf-
fic cops can now direct in techni-
color with new flashlights that can
be push-buttoned from red to green
---Built-in spray system for wooden
buildings can be loaded with a pow
erful chemical toxic to combat ter
based auto jack with
a rated capacity of 1890 pounds can
be used safely and efficiently on up
grades and in mud or sand---Tap
water can be "demineralized" into
the mineral equivalent of distilled
water by using a newly developed
renewable resin cartridge---for dra-
matizing pictures or household beau
ty spots or highlighting the front
door, Westinghouse is manufactur-
ing 75-watt spot or floodlights with
built-in reflectors---Heater hood for
tractors does double duty by circul-
ating engine heat through the OPP
orators cab and also acting as pro-
tective cover for the machine, elimi-
mating the need for indoor storage
Confidential messages car really re-
main private through use of a new
automatic coding device. The sys-
tenn "scrambles" a dictated message
in code on a recording machine. The
message cannot be decided unless
the recipient has a playback device
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-22
Peace In The Hearts Comes First

Apopos of the world situation, and particularly relevant
to the recent Army Day speech of Colonel HARDWOOD c. Bowman,
not to mention the constant admonishings by ministers of religion
everywhere, we read with accord the following excerpts from an
editorial written by Miss Ice F. johnson, peace program worker
at Central Missouri State college at Warrensburg. Miss johnson
is an assistant professor of English and journalism, and has been
appointed the Missouri chairman of the Women's Action Commit
tie for Lasting Peace.
AS printed in the Warrensburg Daily Star-Journa, Miss
Johnson writes: Peace must come to the hearts of all people
When enough people live peace in their own lives and are insis-
tent on treating other people fairly and with consideration, there
will be some hope of peace on earth, good will to men. The true
foundation of peace then lies in the lives of each of us, not in the
international treaties and extensive international organizations for
the purpose of establishing peace in the world"
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-22

and college students the story of free
enterprise through plant tours by
students and talks by business lead
ers in schools and colleges--Annual
business volume of the average U.
S. retail store has climbed from $23,-
900 in 1899 to $4,000 in 1947---up
more than $50 per cent.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-22
Christianity And Relief

In a recent article in Liberty, freedom magazine, it was
stated that in the foreign, needy countries, Christianity is on the
decline. It's practices are almost non-existent, the article stated
except within the Christian relief program bounds. Young people
then would not be impressed with Christian ideals, it was sald,
were it not for the insistent guidance of Christian-believing older
people. Whether true or not not, this article would lead churcn
organizations in this country to double their efforts.
Evening star., 1948-11-11
Further Hearing Set
For Mother Accused
OF Custody Contempt

Hearing on contempt proceedings
against Mrs. Rose Barbara Moore,
80, accused Of failure to comply
with a District Court custody order
involving her two small sons, will
be resumed before Chief Judge Bo-
litha j. Laws at 10 am. Tuesday.
AS the hearing began yesterday,
Mrs. Moore temporarily lost the
right to visit with the boys, John
A. Moore, jr, 8. and James E.
Moore, 6, whose custody legally be-
longs to their father, John A. Moore
43, of Mount Airy, Md.
Released From Custody.
Judge Laws also ordered Mrs.
Moore released from custody, pend
ing Tuesdays court session. The
mother had spent a night in jail
after being arrested last Tuesday
by deputy marshals, who also
turned the children over to Mr.
Moore.
The father charged that Mrs.
Moore, who lives at 776 Princeton
place NV, had refused to deliver
the boys to him Monday after their
latest visit with their mother.
Mrs. Moore testified the older boy
would not go with his father when
Mr.. Moore called for him. The
younger boy was i'll, she said.
Divorced in 1912.
The mother said that, despite her
efforts to persuade the 9-year-old
to go with his father, the child burst
out crying and said, IT love my
mother, and I don't want to 20
back"
Continuing the hearing, Judge
Laws said he considered it advisable
to suspend all contacts with the
mother until the matter is settled"
Mrs. Moore was awarded a divorce
in Florida in 1912, and given Gus
tody of the boys. She, relinquished
them in 1945 because conditions
made 1t Impractical" for her to
retain custody. Subsequently, Mr.
Moore gained legal custody.
Evening star., 1948-11-11
Carefaker Found Starving
Beside His Dead Partner
BY the Assoeioisd Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 11.-Police
broke into a 25-room Staten Island
house yesterday and found two ell
derly men seated in rocking chairs
one of them dead and the other
suffering from starvation.
The two, Morris Driscoll and
Charles Sharrott, both 76, had
served for years as caretakers in
the house, once owned by a New
York banker, Edward w. Brown, who
died about IS years ago.
Mr.. Driscoll, suffering from star
vation, was taken to hospital. He
told police Mr.. Sharrott had died
two days earlier and "the shock was
so great I couldn't stand It,"
Il sat In my chair and I couldn't
get up to phone a doctor or any
thing" he said. II couldn't even
60 to the kitchen for something
to eat"
Police broke into the house after
o delivery man reported that bread
left at the door had not been picked
up for three days.
Evening star., 1948-11-11
Society Of Friends Of Area
Meet Saturday, Sunday

Members Of the Society Of Friends
in the District and nearby Mary
land and Virginia will meet in
Washington Saturday and Sunday.
Meetings of the Baltimore Quar-
terly Meeting and of the Fairfax
Quarterly Meeting will be held
jointly at 10:45 am. and 1870 pm
Saturday in the Meeting House at
Thirteenth and Irving streets NV.
At the evening session, ut 7::30
o'clock, DR.. Frederick E.. Reissig,
executive secretary of the Washing
ton Federation of Churches, will
speak on "The World Council OF
Churches: Amsterdam Assembly"
The members will gather for. wor-
ship at II am. Sunday in the
Meeting House at 2111 Florida ave-
nue. NV. At 2 pm. there will be a
special program on Palestine, fea-
Evening star., 1948-11-11
Show-Window DESIGNS
To Be Displayed Here

Scale models Of IL modern show
window designs for retail stores win
be displayed to the public in tha
Hotel statler from 10 an. TO 6 pm
tomorrow.
Built to one-eighth scale, the
models demonstrate \ths open
front design which permits q pas
serby to look through the glass
walls into the stores interior. The
models were designed by the Pitts
burgh Plate Glass Co. and took q
year to construct.
Evening star., 1948-11-11
Dr.. TiIIieh to Speak
On Germany Todoy'

DR.. Paul Tillich, noted philoso-
pher and theologist, will speak on
Germany Today" at pm. tomor-
row in st. Johns Episcopal Church
Library, 821 Sixteenth street NV
DR.. Tillich, former professor at
several German universities, came
to this country before World War
II. He is now professor Of philo-
sophical theology at Union Semin-
ary, New York.
The South American condor is be-
lieved sometimes to ascend as high
as four miles.