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Laurel outlook., 1948-07-28
RefueIing Of B-29's
In Flight Is Only
Matter Of Minutes

WASHINGTON. - Using a new
high-speed method developed by the
air force, B-29's, on their way to
long distant targets 10Y can refuel
In the air within a few minutes.
This range-stretching technique
for the big var planes was limited al
by Air Secretary w. Stuart Syming-
ton before the senate armed services
committee. He said B-29's utilizing
the most modern development" of
the old airborne refueling system
could, for example, bomb any part
OF Russia from bases in Alaska or
Labrador. He made no further ex-
PLANTATION, but said bombing units
OF the air force would have the new
equipment by the first of next year.
Other authorities indicated that
tests already have been made with
completely satisfactory results.
While declining to disclose the
exact speed with which transfer of
gasoline from a tanker plane to a
bomber is made under the USAF
method, one expert said:
British filters have developed a
method of pumping gasoline from
one plane to another at a rate of
about 100 gallons a minute. USAF
technique and equipment is designed
to accomplish several times such
speed"
This indicated that a BIG could
take on virtually a full load Of gaso-
line in perhaps is minutes.
Speed is of paramount Importance
under wartime conditions. During
fuel transfer, a bomber would be
vulnerable to attack by
enemy fighter planes. The faster
the fuel is loaded, the less the time
Of danger.
With a five-ton bomb load and
using only the normal built-in tanks
a BIG fuels with about $500 gallons
for an ordinary IL hours of flying to
target, dropping bombs and reach
ing a friendly base. With extra
tanks mounted in an unused bomb
bay, the fuel load can be increased
10 about $500 gallons.
Laurel outlook., 1948-07-28
Railroad Stops Passenger
Service for One Woman

ROCHESTER, N. Y.-No long
er will the New York Central
railroad maintain its Adams Ba-
sin station for the benefit of a
Rochester stenographer.
Trainmaster Frank Stafford
said he received a public service
commission order approving dis
continuance of the station.
Stafford testified at a hearing
that n train stopped each morn
ing to take Miss Lois Zines to
her work in Rochester and an
other train stopped nightly to
drop her at her home.
He said Miss Zines was the
only passenger riding between
the two communities.
Laurel outlook., 1948-07-28
The Outlook Saws:

Mr.. and Mrs. o. X. Chapman re-
turned Monday from a two weeks
journey that took them to Seattle,
Victoria, B. c., Portland and Boise.
Along theirroute they visited with
relatives.
Mrs. Christine Gunter returned
from the Deaconess hospital Tues
day and is at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Ward in the Nc
Cauley-Spencer apartments.
Mr.. and Mrs. Beauford Olson of
Minneapolis yer guests last week
of Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Hunting
ton.
Laurel outlook., 1948-07-28
Circles Of w. S. C.. S.
Recess For Summer

Two circles of the Woman's So
ciety for Christian Service met Fri
day afternoon at the homes of men,
bers. Fourteen members of cir
Gle 1 held a picnic at the home Of
RS. J.. A. Hartley.
Circle No. 2 met at the home of
Mrs. Reid Harris and served a
luncheon. The program was in
charge of Mrs. F. W. Graft and was
opened with devotions led by Mrs.
j.. W. Long.
Mrs. j. E. Galuhsa reported on
the w. S. C. S. summer school
Laurel outlook., 1948-07-28
Early Day Travelling

Travelling in the early days Of rail-
reading was quite a hardship. Night
travel was particularly difficult. The
male traveller hung his coat on one of
the wall hooks, put his feet upon the
seat in front, if there was room, then
lay back and went to sleep-if he
could. The womenfolk could not be so
comfortable, for it was not seemly
for them to lift what were known a
their extremeties off the floor. They
merely sat and dozed. At night the
cars were lighted by one candle at
each end, stuck in candlesticks near
the doors.
Laurel outlook., 1948-07-28

held last week in Billings. A re-
port on the Methodist institute al
Luccock park was given by Mrs
NJ. F. Crawford.
All present brought contributions
for a box to be sent to missionary
women residents at the home at
Thoborn Terrace, Alhambra, Calf.
Mrs. Arthur Callahan was in charge
of the collections.
The circles and regular meetings
Of the w. S. C. S. have recessed
for the summer.
Guests in attendance were Mrs.
Henry Strending, Mrs. G. N. Wig
gins and Mrs. Galusha.
nUUD 0TTrr ~" 20 r@~r--~ --
Laurel outlook., 1948-07-28
.ALENDAR
looming Events. :.

Saturday, July 81.
The Past Matrons club of Zidon-
ian chapter, Order of Eastern Star,
will meet at 1870 for dessert lunch
and bridge.
Laurel outlook., 1948-07-28
Prolific earn

Prolific Carp
A s~ix-pound female carp will spawn
around a half million sor more eggs
per season.
Laurel outlook., 1948-07-28

THE OUTLOOK, So ISSUES. $3.50
Evening star., 1948-11-22

ment planning In the backward
areas Of the world.
A wealth Of evidence, pro and
con, is being assembled here In q
nutshell. In thousands Of millions
of nutshells, to be exact.
The Overseas Food Corp, q sub.
sidiary Of the Socialist Labor gov
ernment, is counting on its peanut,
(or groundnuts, as the British cali
them to ensure the survival Of
the British Empire.
Defenders Of the corporations
5000, ,000-acre peanut project, wheth-
Socialists or not, are agreed that
the United Kingdom-indeed, all
of Western Europe-is doomed to
slow starvation unless the worlds
Evening star., 1948-11-22

that the primitive East African
transportation system could handle.
Incompetence Charged.
So many blunders have been COM
mitted by the corporation thus far
that the Conservative London
weekly, Time and Tide, was recently
moved to remark:
Directors yho planned for bull
Evening star., 1948-11-22

dozers to knock down trees but for
got about the roots, or who failed
to realize that . single-track, out
of-date railway and . port depend
ing on lighters could not handle
the vastly increased trafhc without
congestion, would be dismissed for
incompetence.
Neither Of these things will hap
Evening star., 1948-11-22

More. than 5000 in unclaimed
coins and banknotes salvaged from
rubble Of bombed houses In Ber-
mondsey. London, will be used to
reduce the tax rate.
Evening star., 1948-11-22
Itching Discomfort

What bliss-to feel fiery itching ease up,
when soothing Resinol is applied to the
affected parts! This famous ointment, con.
% soes TO vort esvs At once 10 rive rnaer,nT ~.
lief from torments Of common skin irrita.
ton. Get Resinol today.
Evening star., 1948-11-22
unclaimed Funds Cut Toxes

lpen under the system Of public own
ership." %
Evening star., 1948-06-13
RESORTS.
REHOBOTH BEACH. DEL.

CREWS GUEST HOUSE, With private baths
or without, near the Ocean. MRS. HATTIE
CREW, 16 Baltimore Ave. Rehoboth Beach.
Del Phone 5181.
Evening star., 1948-06-13
T raveIer's Notebook

Imitation in Mexico never ap-
preached the proportions it has
reached in the United States. While
it is possible to spend lot in swank
Mexico City night clubs and luxury
hotels, it is also easy to find good
clean hotels with every modern con-
venience at moderate prices"
To reinforce the claim, the COM
mission points to rates for the new
So, 900 900 del Prado hotel. AS to the
fact that it apparently is the last
word in hotels:
Everything in the way OF enter
tainment and service is within the
hotel, from 24-hour bank to q
swimming pool contrived to resemble
a seaside resort and roof garden
in which bloom all the exotic flowers
of Mexico. There are several cock
tail lounges, night clubs and restau-
rants, movie theater and nine
story garage with complete service. :"
AS to price:
The del Prado's rates start at Is
pesos ($5) for single rooms and 35
pesos ($D for doubles. A private
sitting room with bedroom, bath and
unusually large closets cost IS pesos
single and IS pesos double ($15 and
STD.
In tourist centers like Acapulco,
Cuernavaca, Taxco, Guadalajara,
Oaxaca, Vera Cruz, San Miguel de
Allende, Patzcuaro, Morelia, Mon
terrey, Puebla and San Luis Potosi,
the commission says there are fine
hotels and restaurants where room
with meals need cost no more than
81 a day.
X u X II
Sailing schedules of the Italian
liners, Vulcania and Saturnia, offer
ing New York Mediterranean serv-
ice, have been completely revised.
Word came last week from the
Export Line, which acts
as agent.
American Export has been advised
by italian Line headquarters in Italy
that the Vulcania has been laid up
at Genoa for 10 days to permit GER
tain repairs, and that the Saturnia
should have from so to 90 days in
for reconversion work.
The Satrrnia will sail from New
York July 8. August 13, October 16
and November 19 for Gibraltar.
Naples and Genoa, and also Septem-
ber IA for Alexandria and Piraeus
in addition to Gibraltar, Naples and
Genoa.
The Vulcania will depart from
New York for Gibraltar, Naples and
Genoa on June 30, August 81, Octo-
ber and December 7, and will also
include two voyages to Middle East
ports in addition to Gibraltar and
Italy on July 30 and November 4.
Evening star., 1948-06-13
Continued From Page A-32.)

complimentary admission per newly
wed couple.
Thirty-si hotels, including Is on
the Boardwalk, are cooperating In
the plan this year, also 10 restau-
rants and the amusement piers ano
theaters. Honeymoon Headquar-
tiers" at 2307 Boardwalk give details
Those following through on the plan
are promised the rules" a list OF
hotels, etc. First qualification in the
pamphlet is: You must have been
married on or after June /, 1948
To avoid possible embarrass-
ment and to insure your getting the
special rates and privileges extended
newlyweds between June IA and
June 80, present your marriage GER
tificate to the hotel of your choice
when you register"
Each couple also receives a certif-
icate enrolling them as Atlantic City
Honeymooners, as well as Board
walk photograph in a folder.
Budget minded travellers may be
interested in average vacation ex-
penditures reported for two States
One is Virginia, the other Connecti-
cut. The figures on vacation costs
per person in each State in 1947
Qatest available) are close enough
to confirm one another With a
slight revision upward for 1948, to-
days travellers can estimate rock
bottom expenses. On the upward
side, of course, the sky's the limit.
Connecticut, says State survey,
has about one-tenth of the New
England recreation business. Yet
the summer vacation income for re-
sort interests amounts to about
s2O,O00,0OO. The State Development
Commission had the opportunity to
question individual tourists when
they wrote in for information on
resorts. Those replying gave this
picture:
The vacationer going to Connecti-
cut took his family, and each party
averaged three persons. He spent
slightly over IL days in Connecticut
and the total expenditure for the
group averaged more than 5000.
Broken down this figure means each
person spent about $5.75 per day.
Those who asked for information
were invited to check any one OF a
number of reasons why they chose
Connecticut as vacation spot. The
most frequently checked (by more
than a third of those responding)
was, Like the New England scene"
Virginia's tourist business amount
ed to approximately $132, 100000 for
the 1947 year. This sum set a new
high. 1t was about $16 100000 above
1916 and S32,O0O,O00 higher than
1941. The 1947 Highway Department
report shows foreign travel over
Virginia's roads increased more than
10 per cent over 1916 and 1.3 per
cent over 1941, the previous peak
travel year
The Virginia Conservation Com
mission estimated that the out-of-
State visitor spends an average of
s6.25 day in Virginia now, as COM
pared with S5 day in 1941."
Aware that travellers. these days
are price conscious, Mexico is stress
ing the idea that vacations south of
the border need not cost fortune.
The Mexican Tourist Commission
sums it up this way:
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-06-24
New Officers
To Be Elected
By Civic Asso.

New officers viii be e.ected at
the June meeting of the Rockville
Civic Association, to be held Fri
day evening, June 25th, at 8:15
PM. in the Parish House of Christ
Episcopal Church. A slate was no
minated at the May meeting, and
further nominations may be made
from the floor before the vote is
taken. Among those nominated at
the last meeting were: Hugh
Dawson, for president; Herman
Hartman, vice-president; LIE Roy
Sherman, treasurer; Mrs. Robert
B. Ladd, recording secretary; and
Mrs. Robert Bridges, correspond
ing secretary.
A progress report will be made
on the summer recreation program
which will begin July l for Rock
vile children between the ages of
six and thirteen.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-06-24
Rockville Class
OF 1923 Holds
First Reunion

A reunion of the class of 1928
of the old Montgomery County
High School at Rockville, now
Richard Montgomery, was held
Saturday evening. 1t was the first
time in 25 years that the class had
met in group. The reunion, held
in the Rockville Baptist Church,
was featured by banquet served
by the ladies of the church.
The guests of honor were Miss
Kitty Frizzell, teacher in the COM
merical department, and Harry S.
Beall, who was principal Of the
school at that time.
Alumnae and husbands present
were: Helen Becraft, (now Mrs.
Everett BEAM, Washington Grove;
Lavinia Collins MRS. VIM. Roby)
Glen; Virginia Candy MRS. Will
liam Darcy, Rockcrest; Mary
Griffith (Mrs. Walter Royal, Jr.),
Washington; Virginia Hudson
MRS. Marvin Simmons), Glen
Hills; Lillian Palmer MRS. George
Burton), Kensington; Ruth Poole
MRS. Maynard King), Washing
TOM Lucille Weaver MRS. Forest
Msgruder) Rockville; Mary Wire
MRS. Gassaway Linthicum) Rock
vile; Eleanor White (Mrs. Lamont
Thurston) Silver Spring.
Alumni and wives present were;
Henry Becraft, Washington Grove;
Henry Broadhurst, Bethesda; Paul
Wire, Rockville.
1t was decided to make the re-
union an annual affair, which next
year will be held in the form Of a
picnic at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Becraft, Washington
Grove.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-06-24
Chamber Of Commerce
Meeting Lacks Interest

scarcity developed two years ago.
In the report, the firm advised a
tie-up with W.S.S.C.
Valentine Wilson, chief Of the
Rockville Volunteer Fire Depart
ment, said he was interested only
in a dependable" water supply,
and deplored newspaper publicity
which had caused the Suburban
Sanitary Commission to refuse to
send a representative to the meet
ing.
Clayton Gasque, president of the
organization, deplored the lack of
interest shown by citizens of the
town in this important and inform
alive meeting. Of the long list of
the committee chairmen, only one
or two were present.
The chamber recessed for the
month of July and August. Bust
ness will be transacted by the ex-
ecutive committee.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-06-24
Tighter Checkups
Urged For Vets
Housing Projects

The House Expenditures Com
mittee late last week recommended
to the House, "an immediate and
vigorous Tightening up" of all
Government inspection of veterans
housing projects, after the COM
mittee condemned Veirs Mill homes
between Wheaton and Rockville,
as overpriced at $500 each.
. The committee report declared
$500 each would be fair selling
price for the Veirs Mill homes built
for veterans by the Harris Con-
struction Co. of New York. The
project occupies a 329-acre tract
and will comprise some 400 four
room frame houses. Charges of
substandard construction led to the
inquiry.
The report said it would not
delay the Veirs Mill program, de-
claring even inferior housing is
better than none. But it urged re-
medal action by the Federal Hous-
ing Administration and Veterans
Administrator to ENSURE sound
values and a square deal for the
veteran in every housing contract"
Representative Glenn Beall, who
aided in launching the investiga-
ton, said he believes the $500
figure suggested by the committee
is still a little high. He declared
more careful" supervision by
Government agencies could cut
veterans housing costs.
81 feel that with more careful
supervision the prices can and
should be substantially reduced in
other projects for veterans" Rep
resentative Beall declared.
A report of its Subcommittee
on Veterans Housing, which in
quired into the Veirs Mill project
in April and May, was adopted by
the full committee.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-06-24
Republican
Women Elect
Mrs. Wallace

Mrs. Wilton Wallace of Silver
Spring Tuesday was elected presi-
dent of the Federation of Republi-
can Women of Montgomery Coun-
ty. She succeeds Mrs. Mildred
Smith, also of Silver Spring. The
election was held during a meeting
in Wheaton.
Other officers elected included;
First vice president, Mrs. Walter
c. Clarke, Silver Spring; second
vice president, Mrs. Milward Taft,
Takoma Park; third vice president,
Mrs. Anders R. Lofstrand, Rock
vile; fourth vice president, Mrs.
Leona Rush, member of the
Maryland House of Delegates; re-
cording secretary, Mrs. Merton
English, Chevy Chase; correspond
ing secretary, Mrs. Dewitt Hyde,
Chevy Chase; assistant CORES
ponding secretary, Mrs. Frank
Long, Kensington; treasurer, Mrs.
Howard Smith, Silver Spring; and
directors, Mrs. Mildred Smith, Miss
Olive Kinsman, Burnt Mills, and
Mrs. Gertrude Rusk, Kensington.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-06-24

A sparsely attended meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce Monday
evening heard Mayor Lamar Kelly
ssure-the-citizens of Rockville
that the town had an ample water
supply and "a council which well
comes expansion" Rockville, he
said, is built over three streams,
one of which is an "unfailing"
water source.
In event of expansion of the
town to the extend that wells
could not furnish sufficient water
the water could be piped from the
Potomac and a filtration plant
built as cheaply as purchase Of
the water from the Suburban San
itary Commission.
This statement was questioned
by Judge D. A. DeLashmutt who
cited the report of Whitman, Re-
quardt and Associates, engineers
employed by the town to make
recommendations after water
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-06-24
Rockville Methodist
Choir To Give Program
OF Music On June ~

A program of music will. be
presented by the choir of the Rock
vile Methodist Church, on Sunday,
June 27, at 8 P. M. in the church.
The choir, consisting of twenty
five members, was originally or
ganized and directed by William
F. Prettyman. 1t is at the present
time directed by Mrs. Lucille j.
Allnutt, with Mrs. Genevieve
Franklin at the organ.
The choir, in this program, will
be assisted by William A. Croft
of Washington. Mr.. Croft is tenor
soloist at St. Johns Episcopal
Church and has appeared before
many audiences in the county.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-06-24
Frank l. Davis, Jr. Gets
Award At Harvard

Frank |. Davis, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank I. Davis of Rock
vile, is a cum laude graduate of
Harvard University Law School.
Mr.. Davis, who served as an editor
on the Harvard Law Review, and
as treasurer on the Board of Stu
dent Advisers, has been awarded
the Joseph H. Beale Prize in a tie
with another student. The prize
is awarded annually to the stu
dent writing the best examination
in Conflict of Laws.
Mr.. Davis, who graduated from
the University of Maryland in
1941, served Az years in the U. s.
Army. He was discharged with the
rank of major. He will begin work
with a law firm in New York City
in August.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-06-24
Active Duty Billets
For 5000 Approved

Volunteer active duty billets for
approximately 5000 additional
Naval Reserve officers have been
approved by the Bureau of Naval
Personnel. Officers volunteering
for active duty may expect opport-
unities for retention beyond the IL
month period but definite commit
ments cannot be made at this time.
Approximately 1000 Naval Reserve
officers and contract aviators are
now on active duty.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-06-24
Press Heads
Protest State
Gag" Rule

The Maryland Press Association
will actively support the Mont
gomery and Prince Georges Coun-
ty Press Association in their fight
against restriction of crime and
court news.
On Monday telegram of pro-
test of "Rule 8" was sent to Fred
erick w. Invernizzi, court reporter,
Maryland Court of Appeals, by
John w. Coffman, Jr., president of
the Montgomery County Press
Association, and Philip j. Austen
sen, president of Prince Georges
County Press Association.
The rule prohibits issuance of
any statement "forecasting future
course of action" by any official
including the defense counsel and
prohibits photographing defend
ants unless they give their con-
sent.
Glen T. James, president of the
Statewide association and publish
er of the Centerville Record OBJ
server, said more than 40 weekly
newspapers will be represented at
a meeting Thursday night to draft
plans for the fight.
State Senator P. G.. Stromberg
of Howard County, former presi-
dent of the Statewide association
and publisher of a string of week
lies in Maryland which include the
Montgomery County Sentinel, also
pledged his aid in the fight.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-06-24
Potomac Hunt
Horse Show
On Sunday

Eighteen classes will DE SHOWN
at the Potomac Hunt Horse Show
to be held at the Kennels, near
Potomac, on Sunday, June q be-
ginning at 10 o'clock.
Members of the club and their
families will meet at the Kennels
tomorrow and Saturday to harvest
the hay crop from the fields where
cars will be parked on Sunday.
The hay which is harvested in this
manner every furnishes forage
for the horses during the winter.
Sandwiches and soft drinks will
be sold by the Potomac Band.
There will be ample free parking
overlooking the ring
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-06-24
ormer Mayor OF
Rockville Dies
At Age OF 90

Joseph Reading, 81, former
mayor and postmaster of Rock
vile, died on Sunday in Baltimore.
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday at the Rockville Presby-
terrain Church with burial in Union
Cemetery.
Honorary p al bearers were
Bunker Hill, Commander of Mont
gomery Commandery No. 10, KIT;
William F. Prettyman, High
Priest; James F. Allen, Chapter
No. S3; Tyson Wheeler, Worship
full Master, Montgomery Lodge
1876 A. F. & A. M; Arthur B.
Gleason, PM; Winfred Beck, P.
NJ; Walter Williams, PM.
Active pallbearers were: Rowan
Erb, PM; Edgar Thompson, PM;
Horace Troth, Past Commander
and Prelate of Commandery; Rog-
er Shaw, PM; and Guy Wilcox,
Pm.
Mr.. Reading was mayor and
postmaster in Rockville in the late
1905, at the same time also in
the real estate business there. He
had lived since 1924 with son,
William M. Reading at Chevy
Chase.
Born in Pennington, N. j., Mr..
Reading was educated at st. Tim
othy's Military School in Balti-
more. Later he moved to a large
farm owned by his father where
Glen Echo now is and helped him
operate it. He moved to Rockville
in 1890.
Mr.. Reading married Elizabeth
Marshall of Fauquier County, Va.
in 1878. She was the great-grand-
daughter of Chief Justice John
Marshall. Seven years after her
death in 1890, Mr.. Reading mar
ried Mary M. Gassaway of Pooles-
vile. She died in 1923.
Active in Masonic circles until
some 10 years ago, he was a thir-
ty-second degree Mason and past
grand master of Rockville Lodge.
He had been a Mason more than
30 years. He was a member Of the
Rockville Presbyterian Church and
had served as elder there.
Besides his son, William Read
ing, he leaves two other sons
Joseph G. Of Gastonia, N. c., and
Hugh Reading Of Columbus, Ohio;
two daughters, Mrs. Theodore
Mason Of Rockville, and Mrs. Mary
Martin Of Washington.