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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10
Rules Cited
For Manager
Selection
Council Sets Forth
Qualifications. Other
Business Transacted

In accordance with the
home rule Charter which pro-
vides for the Council Mana
ger form of government, the
Montgomery County Council
is now in the process of select
ing manager on the "basis
of merit" and invites all inter-
ested persons possessed of
the requisite qualifications"
to file written applications.
March Is was set as the dead
line for applications. When
asked if acting manager Irv-
ing G.. McNayr was a candi-
date, Councilman Bradshaw
who acts as secretary for the
Council, replied that as far as
he knew Mr.. McNayr had not
made application.
In a resolution adopted by the
Council the qualifications for Sc
lection of a county manager were
set forth. 1t provides that he
should have adequate administra-
tive experience in municipal gov
ernment," must have been in an
administrative position long
enough to demonstrate success"
in dealing with the public. No def
mite age limits were set. The posi-
ton, however, requires maturity
in judgment and action and prob
ably in appearance" and the APP
plicant should be young enough TO
give Is or 20 years of service be-
fore retirement.
The qualifications will be adver-
tised in publications of the Inter-
national Association of City Mana
gers, the committee in charge of
selection of the county manager
said. The committee is composed Of
Councilman Lewis Merriam, P. G..
Lyon and Dorothy Himstead. Mrs.
Himstead announced that Willard
F. Day, former county supervisor,
was mot available"
The salary of the manager is
fixed by the Council but under the
Charter cannot exceed $4,000 a
year. Mr.. McNayr receives $4,000.
William e. Wyman, from the
Parkwood Citizens Association,
told the council that children in
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10
Mustering-Out Pay For
Vets Out Before 1914

Any member of the Armed
Forces entitled to mustering-out
Hayment, who was discharged or
viewed from active service under
honorable conditions before the
Ord of February, 1914, shall, if
application therefor is made on or
before the 3rd of February, 1850,
be paid such mustering-out pay
ment. This is in accord with Pub
nc Law 500, 80thi Congress. Fur
Their information can be obtained
through T/Sgt. Ed Brown, Army
ana Air Force Recruiting Station,
llo Commerce Lane, Rockville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10
West Montgomery
Refuse Zoning Plan
At Meeting Monday

One hundred and fifty members
of the West Montgomery Citizens
Association went on record Mon
day night as opposing unanimously
the proposal of the Maryland-Na-
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission to zone the Rockville
Jamestown section of the county.
Meeting at the Jamestown
school, the association heard j.
Bond Smith, representing the COM
mission, outline plan to put zon-
ing regulations on all except farm
land in that area. A tax of 3 cents
per 500 would be levied on pro-
perty affected by the zoning. A
discussion and question period fol-
lowed his talk.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10
Redland Hunt
Point To Point
Races March 5

The Redland Hunt Point to
Point" races will be held on Sat-
urday, March 5. Events will in
clude four races, the feature race
being the "Redland Bowl" open
to members Of recognized hunts.
Owners ride at catch weights and
others must carry a minimum Of
1865 pounds.
Other events are the "Pair
Race" for lady and gentleman,
or two ladies; Gap Hunters Race"
for land owners in the Redland
territory riding marlborough
breds; Heavyweight Race for
riders weighing 200 pounds or
more, with tack.
Exact location of the race will
be announced a week before the
event.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10
Sharp Rise In
Measles Cases
Noted Last Week

A sharp rise in measles occurred
in Montgomery County last week,
according to the Montgomery Co.
Health Dept. Cases were reported
from Glen Echo, Bethesda, Silver
Spring, Takoma Park and Cal
thersburg areas. The total was 10,
nearly as many as in the previous
a weeks.
A few days ago DR.. Huntington
Williams, Health Commissioner of
Baltimore City, reported that 8
deaths had occurred in Baltimore
from measles, all among children
under 8 years of age. His timely
warning against exposure of
babies to measles applies equally
here. 1t is true that pneumonia,
the most frequent and dangerous
complication of measles, is less
dangerous now that penicillin is
available, but measles pneumonia
may come too quickly for the
child's life to be saved.
The plan which will give your
baby the most protection the
Health Dept. reminds, is to you
can to prevent exposure. If ex-
posture has occurred or if symp-
toms of measles have appeared,
call your doctor and follow his
advice. Measles is not a disease to
be treated by parents knowledge
alone.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10
National Boy Scout
Week Celebration Here

National Boy Scout Week was
celebrated in Montgomery County
with Court of Honor in the Ma
val Medical Center auditorium last
night. The theme of the celebration
is "Adventure-that's Scouting"
Leading the massing of colors
was the drum and bugle corps of
Boy Scout Troop 294 sponsored by
the Cissel-Saxon Post of the Amer
lean Legion.
The following members of Boy
Scout Troop 264 of Sandy Spring,
sponsored by the Lions Club of
that area, received awards for ac-
tive participation in Scout activi-
ties before the "Court of Honor:
Second class Scouts, David Nestor,
Darby Coffee, Phillip Greene, and
James Rabbit. First Class Scouts,
Frank Kemp and Burwell Powell;
Star Scout, Richard Hickman.
Other members of the troop were
present with their parents to see
this impressive ceremony.
The Sandy Spring troop meets
every Thursday at 1880 P. M. in
the Olney Community House, st.
Johns Episcopal Church. Scout
master Ralph R. Hickman and
Assistant Scoutmaster Charlie s
Williams welcome any boys of the
community who are of Scouting
age and interested in the Boy
Scout movement to attend meetings
and join the troop.
There are now 1900 boys and
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10
Civic Assn. To
Support Area
Expansion

A resolution supporting legisla-
ton to extend the corporate limits
of the Town of Rockville was
adopted by the Rockville Civic As
ISOLATION at special meeting held
last Friday evening at the Board
of Education Building.
Guest speakers at the meeting
were Mayor Lamar Kelly and
Town Manager John Mcdonald.
Mayor Kelly touched on high
lights of the recent conference of
the Maryland League of Municipal
lites which he attended in Anna
polls, pointing out the need for
bringing government "back to the.
grassroots." He then discussed the
legislation to be introduced in the
current session of the Maryland
General Assembly which would ex-
tend Rockville's corporate limits in
such manner as to promote or
derby growth and control of public
utilities, Mr. Mcdonald displayed
map of the town showing the
proposed new boundaries.
The Rockville Civic Association
has directed letters to the county's
delegation in Annapolis advising
them of its resolution favoring the
legislation and requesting the dele
cations support.
Under the present plan Twin
brook Development and the inter-
vening area is not included in the
proposed expansion. The Civic As
ISOLATION has suggested that it be
considered for inclusion before the
final draft.
According to Mayor Kelly pre-
liminary negotiations under way
with the thought that mutual bene-
fit may be derived should it be
possible to include Twinbrook in
the town.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10
County Man Heads State
Press Association

Two Montgomery County pub
fishers were made officers of the
Maryland Press Association at its
annual convention held Friday and
Saturday in Baltimore. Blair Lee,
III, editor of the Maryland News,
Silver Spring, succeeded Glenn T.
James of the Record Observer,
Jentreville, as president.
Mrs. j. Reed Bradley of the
Record of Montgomery County was
named vice-president for weeklies,
and E. M. Jackson, Jr. of the
Annapolis Evening Capital for
iailies. Reelected were S. Ralph
Hostetter of Elkton, secretary, and
G. Bowie McCeney of Laurel,
treasurer. Gertrude Poe of Laurel
was named to assist the secretary
ind treasurer.
The Association, by resolution,
lsked the legislature to adopt
legislation barring restrictive
court rules on crime news publica-
ton. Whether legislation will be
asked at the current session in
Annapolis will be up to the three
man committee. Former State
Senator Wilmer Cronin of the
Hartford Democrat at Aberdeen is
chairman. The other members are
John Worthington of the Bel Air
Aegis and f. M. Jackson, Jr., of
the Annapolis Evening Capital.
State Senator P. G. Stromberg,
Ellicott City, publisher of The
Sentinel and five other weeklies,
said he would sponsor Legislation
II Il were deemed advisable.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10
Tickets Still Available
For Valentine Bridge

Tickets are still available for the
Valentines Day bridge party to be
given by the Rockville Woman's
Club for the benefit of Dutch or
phans. Over 30 tables are expected
TO take part in this affair, which
will be heldNon Monday evening,
February ID, at s p. NJ. in the
Parish House of Christ Episcopal
Church on South Washington
Street. General chairman of the
party, which is the Clubs big
money-raising project of the sea-
son, is Mrs. William p. Sherman.
the proceeds Of the benefit
bridge will be used TO help sup
port little Dutch boy, named
Recs Schippers, whom the Club
adopted" through the relief agen-
cy CARE, more than a year ago.
Young Rees, at Christmas time,
sent the following greeting to the
Rockville Club, touching the heart
Of every member:
Though am little man,
From n country small,
Yet ] show you, what can,
Telling TO you all:
Have, in your far Yankee land,
Friends, beloved and dear,
A very merry Christmas,
A prosperous New Year"
Mrs. Sherman announces that
door prizes will be awarded at the
party as well as prize for each
table. At the close Of the evenings
play, refreshments will be served.
Tickets are S1.00 each, and may be
secured from Mrs. William Ran
dolph Talbot (tel. 2061) and Mrs.
w. Hamilton Knox (tel. 26l1).
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10

Freedom of the press is just as
essential to our democracy as free
dom of the judiciary" Mr.. Strom-
berg said. "No one denies that
newspapers throughout the years
have contributed to and not ham,
pered the courts of justice"
Mr.. Stromberg is vice chairman
of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The association also memori-
allied Congress, asking for
amendment % the postal laws to
permit publication of news about
bingo games, raffles and so on.
In the newspaper contest held
for the second year the Maryland
News was adjudged the best week.
ly with the cord-Observer as
second. Other awards wefe;
Best editorial, Maryland News;
editorial page, Maryland News;
meritorius editorial promotion,
Takoma Journal; original column,
Havre de Grace Record; photo
graphs, Maryland News news
story, The Record; front page,
Centreville Record observer; fea-
ture story, Ellicott City Times;
editorial promotion, Record-obser-
yer; promotion of local industry,
Maryland News; industrial adver-
Using, Record Observer and Mary
land News; classified section,
Ellicott City Times.
Only ten of the 35 weekly news
papers in the association entered
the contest. The Sentinel was the
only rural paper to enter--it ac-
cumulated 81 points.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10
State Flag Will
Appear At Cathedral
On Maryland Sunday

Maryland's state flag will be
borne in procession with the ma
tional colors in observance of
Maryland Sunday at Washington
Cathedral on February 18th. The
Very Rev. John w. Suter, dean of
the Cathedral, invites all Mary
landers of the greater Washington
community to attend the morning
or afternoon service and join in
the prayers for the government
and people of their state, remem-
boring also those who served in
our country's wars.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10
Any Old Clothes?

The Little Theatre Group of
Rockville which recently announced
plans to present The Damask
Cheek" reports that the play has
been postponed until after Easter.
Anyone in the vicinity who would
like to help the group in any ca
pacity, is welcome. The players are
very much interested in getting
some clothing Of the early 1900
era, and those having clothes Of
this type and willing 10 lend them
out, should call Barbara Veirs,
Rockville PITS.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10
Florida VacatiOners

Harry Slicer of Gaithersburg
and Bill Slicer of 924 Sligo Ave-
nue., Silver Spring, are vacation
ing for two weeks at Fort Lauder
dale and Miami Beach, Florida.
Their uncle, Ernest Gloyd, will
join them in Miami next week.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10
Foreign Exchange Student

Miss Hennie Hanson, foreign
\ exchange student, is living in
Maryland for six months learning
of home life in the U. S. under the
guidance of the University of
Maryland Extension Service. She
will be in Montgomery County
from February 9Th to the 10Th, the
second week of which she will stay
with the Home Demonstration
agents at their apartments. Miss
Hanson will be a guest on Miss
Virginia McLuckie's regular radio
program on WGAY at GAS Friday
morning. On Monday she will at
tend the presidents meeting in
Rockville in her native Denmark
costume. She is also expected to
join the Senior Council at its meet
ing that night,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10
In ''Smog" Investigation

DR.. Hugh Brinton, statistician
for the U. S. Public Health Serv-
ice, is one of group investigating
\ e fatal smog at Donora, Pa,
which recently took the lives of 20
persons. The probe which got un-
der way last week may take "many
months" DR.. Brinton and his wife,
both OF whom are sociologists, live
on a farm near Laytonsville. They
have a small daughter.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10
Chamber of Commerce
To Meet On Tuesday

A. Dennis Lewis, brother and
assistant of John L. Lewis, will be
a guest at the regular meeting of
the Rockville Chamber of Com
merce- next Tuesday night. Mr..
Lewis has not announced his topic.
The meeting will be held at PM.
in the Firehouse.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10
Luxmanor Association

A regular meeting of the Lux
manor Citizens Association was
to be held this evening at Alta
Vista School. The program will
consist of lecture on kitchen
planning by representative of
PEPCO; a motion picture film, a
social period and refreshments.
A. G. Stern is president of the
association.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10
Addition To Herd

Paul {. Burdette, Germantown,
recently acquired registered
Holstein- Friesian COW from the
herd of M. L. Dade, jefferson.
Change of ownership for this ami
NAL, Belle Christine King, has been
officially recorded by the Holstein-
Friesian Association of America,
Brattleboro. VT,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10

cub scouts in the county and 400
volunteer adult leaders.
The Rockville Troop, which has
been very active in the past, is at
the present time without leader.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10
A Real SelIout

Those who want to see Little
Nell and the City Slicker" which
will be given at Potomac School
Wednesday night, are urged to get
tickets from Mrs. David Weed,
Mrs. Moran McConihe or at the
Potomac Store as ticket selling at
the door will most likely be can
celled
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10
Don't Forget Friday

Don't forget the evening of
fun" to be held at 8 o'clock on
Friday, February IL, in the audi
torium of Potomac School, given
by the Potomac Methodist Church.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10
THE. NEWS
FROM
Here And There
Singing Convention

The next meeting of the Mont
gomery County Singing Conven-
ton will be held at 2:15 P. M. on
Sunday, February Is, at Epworth
Methodist Church, Gaithersburg.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10
To Be All DOlled Up

By September 1, 1850, all men
of the U. S. Air Force will be at
tired in the new uniforms of slate
blue. Both officers and enlisted men
will wear identical styles, pat
termed after the present khaki
ones.
The Nome nugget., 1949-05-25
Yukon Receding: KuskOkwim Rises: Aniak Evacuated

FAIRBANKS, (P -Rainstorms Hailed southwestern Alaska Mon day night, adding to the flood peril faced by native villages along the swollen, ice-jammed KuSkokwim river.
 Muddy waters were swirling through Aniak, about 150 miles from the mouth of the river, but all of the 200 villagers were re- ported evacuated to high ground.
 An amphibian Seabee plane carried the residents to safety, six at time, in long series of shut tie flights.
 Air force bombers from Ladd and Elmendorf fields still awaited clearing weather to resume bomb ing of huge ice jams on the Kus- kokwim near Aniak and Bethel, approximately 100 miles down stream.
 Low ceilings and poor visibility were expected to delay the flights for more than "A hours.
 The ice blockades, following in the wake of the spring breakup, have backed up the Kuskokwim's S waters along nearly its entire course from central Alaska to the Boring Sea, bringing the worst floods in the native villages.
 At McGrath, 200 miles upstream from Aniak, the flood waters were reported still high and DOT tions of both runways at the big air force field were inundated. Small planes will be able to land there, however, when the weather improves.
 Reconnaissance flights over the
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The Nome nugget., 1949-05-25
Unified Military Buying Would
 Save Huge Sums
By Jack Bell

WASHINGTON, R A mer- ger of army, navy and air force buying was demanded yesterday by Senator Morse R.-Ore) to cover what he called "a big loop hole" in a new armed service unity bill before the Senate.
 Morse is the sole opponent of the measure among 13 armed service committee members. He said he would offer an amendment requiring the three military bran ches to get together on their pur- chases.
 There won't be any real unifi- cation until there is unlfication in procurement" he declared in an interview"
 Morse said that the economic pressure" of those who prefer to have the three services bidding against each other on some items has kept out of the pending bill any provision of the kind he wants.
 While chairman Tydings o. M0. said secretary of defense Louis Johnson had put Ca No. 1 priority" stamp on the legislation, Morse said Johnson admitted in a closed committee session that even greater savings would be possible under some conditions.
 The Oregon Senator said he also will propose that the civilian
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The Nome nugget., 1949-05-25
Cunnan Again Tries To Slay
 Victor Reuther

DETROIT, (P)-A stealthy gun man, firing through a window, shot and wounded Victor Reuther of the CIO United Auto Workers union at his home last night.
 Badly hurt, the 37-year-old unionist faces the possible loss of his right eye, pierced by a shot gun pellet.
 Dr. C. R. Lam, surgeon attend ing Reuther, said at 10 am. today that his condition was good" There were injuries of the face and neck as well as the eye from six pellets.
 Several blood transfusions had been made.
 Thus, for second time within 13 months, police today sought a man, or men, apparently bent on murder in the UAW-CIO's Reu- ther family.
 The unions president Walter Reuther escaped death at the hands of a mysterious assailant the night of April 20 last year.
 That attack remains unSolved despite one of the most painStak- ing investigations in Detroit's po- lice records.
 Walter called his brothers shooting another dastardly and
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The Nome nugget., 1949-05-25
Bethel Sure To Be Flooded

FAIRBANKS, (P)-Whether to try to circumvent nature by bomb ing out a 100-mile solid sheet of ice in the Kuskokwim river to prevent further destructive floods was the question perplexing the Alaska Air Command last night.
 w h tever the decision, the river-meuth village of Bethel was feared in grave danger from the rampaging Kuskokwim, which all ready has pushed over its banks along the 20O-mile course from McGrath to Aniak.
 Bethel, populated by about 400, mostly natives, is situated where the KuskokWim-Alaska's second largest river after the Yukon broadens into an estuary emptying into the Boring Sea.
 It's "the end of the line" for the destructive downstream jour- ney of the giant ice floes.
 Air force flierS, after a recon naissance hop, said water is flow ing over the ice pack and already is within two feet of flood stage
 In their opinion, Bethel is going to be under water whether the ice is bombed or whether nature is allowed to take her course.
 Meanwhile, pilots of two B-17s and one BPS at Ladd air force base are awaiting orders to take off with bomb loads and join the B-26s from Elmendorf air force base at Anchorage in case the bombing tactic is decided the best way to prevent disaster at Bethel
 Bad weather kept the bomberS grounded more than 48 hours, but skies were reported clear n g slightly below Aniak yesterday.
 Damage at Bethel could be cost ly to the entire Kuskokwim basin
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The Nome nugget., 1949-05-25
Archbishop Beran Threatens Czechs'
 ExcOmmunicatiOn

PRAGUE, (R R-Archbishop Jo- sef Beran threatened yesterday to excommunicate all Catholics col laborating with Czechoslovakia's communist government against the church.
 The archbishop charged that an attempt was being made to set up "a new Catholic church without its current bishops and it's princi- pal head in Rome"
 The statement was the sharpest the archbishop has made in a mounting church-state confli t here. It was contained in a per sonal letter to Alois Petr, minister of transport and head of the com munist-approved Catholic Peo- pies Party.
 The letters contents were dis closed by a well-informed and re- liable source.
 It accused Petr of "sins" and of distorting information in the press about Catholic activities.
The Nome nugget., 1949-05-25
Secy. Forrestal Now Rests In Arlington

WASHINGTON, (P) - The na- tion paid last honors today to- James V. Forrestal.
 Led by President and Mrs. Tru- man, high officials of the govern ment and leaders in the United States business life gathe d where the unknown soldier lies, in funeral services for the first sec retary of defense. Bright sunshine bathed Arlington National Ceme- tery for the ceremonies.
 Forrestal died in the early hours of Sunday in leap from a tower at the Bethseda naval hospital where he had been under treat ment after a collapse from over work.
 The 57year-old former secre- tary of defense was buried with
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