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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-09-01
Montgomery SideIights
By ELSIE WHITE HAINEs

and weaving blankets and carpets,
open their eyes at today's exhibit?
The Household department this
year was not large but was very
attractively arranged in a building
donated by Marshall Davis. The
donors name by the door coupled
with an immense basket of formally
arranged flowers sent to the women
by GUIDES, cast a memorial aura
over the exhibit. "a I'M,
ifs Would you like to hear the, names
of some of the winners in 1855?
They were: bread, Mrs. Elisha ].
Hall; biscuit, Mrs. BENZ. l. Perry;
green pickle, Mrs. l.. A. Dawson;
the best flannel cloth, Miss Susan
Dawson; best carpet, Mrs. Nathan
c. Dickerson; best calico quilt,
Miss Anne E. Jones; second, Miss
Emma Jones; best wooden counter
pane, Miss Ellen Dawson; cotton,
Thomas Benson. The best pair of
blankets were made by Nathan
Cook Dickerson. For very beauti-
full "tidies" complimentary notice
was given Miss Eleanor O'Neale
and Miss Kate Veirs.
A Note: "Mrs. Richard ]. Bowie
exhibited very rich cordials and
wines and the committee regrets
that it failed to provide premiums
for these articles of so much value
and comfort to the social circle and
the freside." Anyway she was per-
haps comforted by getting the first
prize of SO for the "best fulled
linsey."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-09-01

Miss Dorothy Alma Monroe of
6 North Washington Street, Rock
vile, was married to Robert Car
lyle Humphrey, son of the late Mr..
and Mrs. George A. Humphrey of
Woodstock, Md, on Saturday, Au-
gust 6, 1949, in the Rockville Meth
odist Church. Rev. Wesley Dodge
officiated. The bride is the foster
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Claude
A. Hazard.
Given in marriage by Mr.. Haz-
ard, the bride wore gown of
candlelight satin trimmed in seed
pearls with fingertip veil held
by crown of pearls. She carried
shower of white roses and baby's
breath.
Miss Hazel Monroe, sister of the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-09-01
Births Reported AT
Suburban Hospital

Births reported at Suburban
Hospital for the period August Fl
through August 81, include:
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Stewart,
Germantown, a son, Gilbert Maui
rice, August 81; Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Julian Butt, Boyds, son,
Clarence Julian, August 25; Mr..
and Mrs. Harvey H. Haines, Der
wood, a son, John Paul, August %;
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Hampton Jones,
Jr., 211 Blandford Avenue, Rock
Vile, a daughter, Anne Brooks,
August 20; Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
X. Davies, Jr., Gaithersburg, a son,
William Calvert, August 26; Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Waters, Gathers
burg, a son, James Larry, August
20; Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis French,
i04 E. Montgomery Avenue, Rock
vile, Apt. 8, daughter, Deborah
Catherine, August 20; Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard P. Schallon, 603
Blandford Avenue, Apt. 2, Rock
vile, a son, Steven Paul, August
27; Mr.. and Mrs. William F. Bal
lenger, Derwood, son, August 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-09-01

Miss Betty Jane Wilson, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. William H
Wilson of Silver Spring became
The bride on Thursday, August %
1949, of Guy Hanson Watkins, sor
Of Mrs. Rachel Watkins of Rock
vile and the late A. G. Watkins
The ceremony was performed ir
Christ Lutheran Church, Bethesda
The bride, given in marriage by
her father, wore an ankle length
gown of aqua blue lace, fashioned
with v-neckline, short sleeves and
full skirt. She wore a matching
lat and carried bouquet Of white
,tephanotis and rosebuds.
Miss Jane Hynan, the brides
only attendant, wore a gown of
rink marquisette and matching
nat. She carried bouquet of pink
rosebuds fashioned with an orchid
center.
Lawrence Cecil of Rockville was
best man for the bridegroom.
Following a reception held at the
home of the brides parents, the
couple left for a honeymoon trip to
the South. Mrs. Watkins chose for
her going away costume a beige
linen suit with navy blue accesso.
ries.
The bride is a graduate of Mont
gomery Blair High School and the
University of Maryland. Mr.. Wat,
kins attended the University of
Maryland and served with the
Navy during the war. When he re-
turned from the service he entered
business with his father in Rock
vile.
When the couple return they will
live in Layhill.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-09-01

bride and maid of honor, wore a
gown of white embroidered or
CANDY over orchid taffeta and
carried sheaf of yellow roses.
Miss Beverley Ann Noll of
Woodstock, niece of the groom,
was soloist.
Best man for the groom was
Ralph Shines of Brooklyn, N. Y,
and the guests were seated by
Denwood Merkle of Granite,
nephew of the groom.
Following the reception held at
the Hungerford Tavern, Rockville,
the couple left for a short honey
moon.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-09-01
Homemakers
Corner

Who buys new kitchen sink as
often as she does a hat? No one,
of course, for porcelain enamel
sink is a piece of durable furni-
ture that doesn't 60 out of style
and is expected to last many years.
You'll want to take good care OF
this sink, then, since it's going to
be in your kitchen year in year out.
Aside from removing dirt that
might accumulate through neglect,
porcelain enamel needs no strong
er cleaning agent than soap and
water. When food spills, remove
it Immediately before it dries and
hardens. If food has become
firmly attached to the porcelain,
rubbing with either hot, strong
solution of soda in water, or a
weak ammonia solution will loosen
it, without resorting to harsh
harmful abrasives.
The TACT that porcelain enamel
has unusual wearing qualities is
proved. A Celtic shield found in
the Thames River in England,
washed by swift-Aowing water for
over 1000 years, bore round decor
atoms of red porcelain enamel
still in perfect condition when dis
covered.
When beating eggs for waffles,
beat whites first. Then you can
beat the yolks with the same beater
without having to wash it between
times. If yolks are beaten first,
beaten must be carefully washed.
Even a hint of yolk in the egg
whites keeps them from fuffing up.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-09-01
Old Poles

The average telephone pole
comes from tree 60 years old.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-09-01

The crab spider gets its name
because it runs sidewide like a
crab.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-09-01

Mccormick pays $4,50O,000 for
Washington Times Herald.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-09-01

President Truman expected to
Law u. N. cornerstone October "a.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-09-01

New range of fall colors de-
scribed as misty and yellow.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-09-01

FEC says it has no legal, author
ity to ban radio liquor ads.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-09-01

India celebrates second anniver-
sary Of independence.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-09-01
= COLESvILLE :

Mrs. Granville Thompson and
daughter have as their guests for
the week Mrs. David Atkins and
children Mary and Davy of Pat
terson, N. j. Mr.. Atkins will join
them the latter part of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rossell O'Keefe
spent the weekend with relatives
on the Eastern Shore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Boerum mot
ored to Salisbury for the weekend
with Franklin Hobbs, Jr. who had
been spending his vacation with
relatives here. They visited Mr..
adm Mrs. Franklin Hobbs.
Mrs. Charles Bowman of Ger
mantown visited Mrs. Granville
Thompson on Tuesday.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-09-01

House votes ban on assets buy.
ing to stifie competition.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-09-01

Australian trade with U. S
doubled since before war.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-09-01

Deadly Housefiy
A house fly carries more than
100000 germs.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-09-01

Suspicious" activities on Fin
nish border reported by Soviet.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-09-01
New invention

A wrist watch with an alarm
feature is now on sale.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-09-01
$40 Billion

The federal government is &
$40, 1000, COO, 000-a-year business.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-09-01

Short Shrubs For Low Houses
Low growing shrubs are recon-:
mended for one-story houses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-18

encourages the Communists of Indo-C China.
But it also tends to trouble the National
lists, who have no desire to fall under
Chinese domination, no matter what
theology it may profess. And it likewise
alarms the well-to-do section of the large
resident Chinese element in Indo-China.
The Nationalist remember that, after the
Japanese evacuation, Chinese forces occu-
pied Tonking and left only under strong
pressure from France and the Wet Nam
alike. They likewise remember that, during
strong periods of Chinese history, Tonking
was a Chinese dependency while AMMAN
was tributary to the Celestial Empire.
Taking advantage of these Nationalist
apprehensions, French diplomacy is en-
deavoring to split the Nationalist from
the Communists, liberalizing offers of
autonomous federation somewhat similar
to the plan worked out by the Dutch for
Indonesia. 1t will be interesting to see
whether the prospect of Red China will
cause a shift in the balance of forces
within Indo-China. Such q shift might
portend similar changes in other parts of
Southeast Asia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-18

nonetheless. For whether it Is mere
confusion breeding propaganda or not,
whether it is phony peace feeler or not,
it indicates that the Kremlin may be
fishing around for some formula to change
the present status of its relations with us.
It is hardly conceivable, of course, that
the President would consent to any meet
ing that would leave the Western powers
and the United Nations out in the cold or
that would be undertaken without prior
concrete evidence of Soviet good faith.
After all, If the men of the Kremlin really
want to reach an understanding with us,
they can do so readily enough by showing
a new mood of cooperation regarding
key problems in the u. N. Until they take
action along that line, anything that their
controlled press or their French and
Italian spokesman may say will seem to
lack real significance, however interesting
1t may be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-18
Blind Girl

She spoke OF uocaI sounds as touching all
The senses, having fragrance, favor,
shape,
Color or texture: Shouts were straight
and TALL
And hummtng ,oas length OF fo,oered
tape;
A whisper svas blue-gray feather blot0n
Against her ears; sob tDas dark ana
harsh;
Commands soere blocks of granite, and
moan
Was qutcksand IN the middle Of a
marsh.
LAUGHTER aas ribbons: Lavender, char
trenSe:;
and signs ,oere puts, OF smoke; scream
had edges,
Salt-jagged, and a gasp became moose;
A questioning uoice released It's rusty
hedges,
and luHabys were alsDays blossonaed oDer
With bunny-tails and peppermtnts ana
clouer. COSETTE MIDDLETON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-18
South African Race Riots

Inc Outstanding 1dcC dpOuL tHe uelcc
rioting which has already caused heavy
loss of life and extensive property damage
in Africa is that it is confined exclusively
to the native African and Asiatic Indian
elements of the South African Union.
Whites or Europeans" as they are termed,
regardless of birthplace or nationality,
have not been involved. So far as is
known, only one white man has been killed,
and he was criminal looter shot by police
seeking to re-establish order.
The trouble started and still centers in
Natal, a province of the Union bordering
the Indian Ocean. But sporadic acts OF
violence have appeared elsewhere, and the
authorities have been alerted wherever
Indians are settled. This indicates that
the friction between Africans and Asiatics
is generalized Indeed, this friction has
long been apparent, although it has not
previously hared into violent hostility.
Natal was the logical seat of the current
explosion, because there the two races are
most in contact and the Indians are most
numerous The East Indians of Natal are
the descendants of indentured laborers
brought in long ago to work the big planta-
tons in that semitropical land. The natives
are mostly Zulus, a proud and warlike
people who still recall the days when their
highly disciplined armies were the terror
of all the surrounding tribes. Although
technically part of Natal Province, Zulu
land is still virtually native reserve"
few whites living there, while the Zulus
retain their tribal organization and
Identity. The Zulus living in the developed
parts of Natal have mostly come there
from their homeland to earn a living.
Many of them work for Indians who have
set up as small shopkeepers, peddlers or
moneylenders, catering almost wholly to
native trade.
In Natal, and wherever else this Asiatie-
African relationship exists, bad blood has
been engendered. The Africans complain
that the Indians exploit them and treat
them with indignity. Such Indian arro-
gance is especially resented because they
enjoy no such respect and prestige as that
which the natives tend to give the Euro
peans. Indeed, the natives consider the
Indians as, in some respects, their interiors
and they are aware that the Europeans
feel the same way toward these Asiatics
mostly descended from low-caste Hindus
Such hostility toward the Indians would
naturally be especially strong among the
proud and militant Zulus.
The East Indians are thus two -pronged
thorn in the body-politic OF the South
African Union. The Europeans, who are
the ruling element in South Africa, do
their best to keep the Indians confined to
Natal and prevent their spreading into
other provinces. These restrictions bitterly
offend the Indians, in which they are sup
ported by their homeland, the result being
strained relations between the Union and
India. The current outbreak of native
hostility toward the Indians reveals the
complex difficulties of race relations in
South Africa. And there seems to be no
easy formula for the solution of those
problems.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-18
Olive Branch?

1t Is interesting If not significant that
all of the more important Moscow news
papers have prominently displayed an
appeal by Henry Wallace's Progressive
Party for a meeting between President
Truman and Prime Minister Stain. Such
things do not happen spontaneously in
the Soviet press. They happen only
when the Kremlin wants them to happen,
and so here we have at least a suggestion
that 1t is not altogether happy about the
cold war and would like to start nego-
tiating with us on the highest level.
As the Moscow papers see it, Truman
Stain meeting is something that the
whole world wants, and the way should
be prepared for it by a conference of
American and Soviet experts. Moreover,
whether by accident or design, this slight
ly conciliatory new note in the Russian
press has been accompanied by peace
making words delivered to the French
National Assembly by Communist Marcel
Cachin, one of the Kremlin's most sea-
soned spokesman in France.
According to Mr.. Cachin, "the theological
differences between the United States and
Russia are not irreconcilable" and the two
countries should be able to agree to work
together tremendously in establishing a
good peace, just as they did in winning the
war. Further, hard on the heels Of visit
by Mr.. Cachin to Italy, Palmiro Togliatti,
chief of the Italian Communists, has
voiced practically the same view-a CO.
incidence making it seem that the Reds of
Western Europe have received orders to
launch propagandistic peace offensive.
Coming so soon after President Truman's
recent statement about certain leaders"
in Russia being anxious for an under
standing with us, and timed as it is with
the change in our State Departments top
command, all this suggests modification
of sorts in the Soviet line. Naturally-in
the light of past experience-it must be
viewed with caution, but 1t is interesting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-18
French Indo-Chinu

French Indo-China is no exception to
the rest of Southeast Asia in the roper
cussions produced by the impending Com
munist triumph to the northward. Striving
to prepare against coming storm, the
French authorities there are attempting
to negotiate a settlement with the Wet
Nam provisional government against which
the French have been fighting for more
than two years.
Like most of the big blocks of territory
in the Far East acquired by the European
powers during the colonial era, Indo-
China includes number of lands and
peoples differing notably from each other
and bound together primarily by the
external factor of French control. French
rule is most complete in Cochin China,
the rich delta country of thee extreme
south, which is a full-hedged French
colony. It and neighboring Cambodia are
inhabited by gentle, easy going people
akin to the Siamese. Very different in
character are the inhabitants of AMMAN
to the northward. The Annamites are q
tough, warlike highland folk which, before
the French arrival, were dominant In
Indo- China. The French never attempted
to rule them directly, granting them the
status of protectorate under their native
dynasty, subject to the advice of French
Resident. In the extreme north is the
region known as Tonking which adjoins
China and has been historically much
under Chinese influence.
It is the Annamites who are the chief
dynamic In the movement for independ-
ence from France. This movement was
encouraged by the Japanese when they
occupied all Indo- China during the late
war. When the French attempted to
re-establish their authority after the Japa-
nese evacuation, they ran up against a
self-styled Republic" of Wet Nam which
claimed Jurisdiction over the entire country
and refused French offers to set up an
Indo- Chinese Federation with a large
measure of self-government but recogniz-
ing French paramountcy. The Wet Nam
leaders combine in their theology national
ism and economic radicalism in varying
proportions. The dominate personality,
Ho Chi Mimi, Is an avowed Communist
with Moscow training, and it Is to his
intransigeance that Frances inability to
make workable agreement with Wet Nam
is largely due.
The prospect that communism may soon
sweep adjacent Southern China naturally
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-18
A WASHINGTON Reqionul Plan

The local chapter of the American
Institute Of Architects is to be congrat-
Mated on ito sponsorship OF the meeting
last week for discussion Of washington
regional planning.
The thought behind the meeting was
that the sesquicentennial year OF 1850
should be the occasion for renewed atten-
ton TO planning the washington OF the
future, Just as the centennial year OF 1900
brought into being the Mcmillan Commits
sion, which revived and extended the
original plan of L'Enfant. A number OF
distinguished speakers and planners ampi-
fed this thought. W.:
It's Importance is emphasized by what
IA happening now. Washingtons greatest
growth is taking place outside the limits
Of the District OF Columbia. Silver Spring
and Its environs can claim with some merit
10 be Maryland's second largest city;
Arlington County could lay like claim to
being Virginia's fourth city. A comparable
growth In population and residential con-
struetion is taking place in Prince Georges
County. Government decentralization Is
represented in such developments as Suit
land, the Pentagon and the Navy Build
ings across the river in Virginia, the
National Health Center and the Naval
Hospital in Bethesda, the Department of
Agriculture station at Beltsville, the Car
dsrock Basin, the Corps of Engineers Map
ping Plant and the Public Roads testing
areas out Macarthur boulevard. The COM
muting zone extends seventy-five miles
from the city.
And much of this sort OF development
has proceeded without q comprehensive
plan and in q fashion that will bring
regrets In after years for its disorderliness.
The Warrington Plan that concerned the
Mcmillan Commission In the early part
OF the century was small, compact and
simple compared with the proportions Of
the problem represented in the Washing
ton Regional Plan of the future. And 1t
Is time that Americans everywhere, who
take justified pride in this Capital City,
insist that the most skilled men in the
country bring their talents to bear in
working out q wise solution.
The National Park and Planning Com
mission should be the agency on which
10 build. 1t has been denied funds for
even such elemental purposes as printing
its present Washington Plan, which goes
beyond the boundaries of the District and
encompasses the Washington region. Its
plan never may be complete, for develop
ments nowadays come very rapidly, requir-
Ing changes and revisions in previous
concepts. But its plan should be published
and put before Congress. Those who dis
agree with 1t should be given opportunity
for full expression Of other ideas.
Agreement on Washington Regional
Plan, of course, is merely part OF the
whole problem. Problems of financing, of
government, of jurisdictional jealousies
and controls are all part of the picture
One OF the great things that Congress
could do this year in preparation for the
sesouicentennial is to provide the funds
:or publication and distribution OF the
Washington Plan as prepared by the Park
and Planning Commission; and to provide
for It's study and full discussion by the
best minds that can be assembled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-18
InuuquruI Traffic Problem

Motorists can save themselves lot of
trouble and make things easier for others
by cooperating Fundamentally with police
of the Metropolitan Area instheir plans to
control automobile traffic during the in
augural rush period. Washington's traffic
problems from now until the big ceremonies
are over will increase as the number of
visitors increases. If ever there was need
for reduction in number of vehicles on
the streets and for greater use of mass
transportation facilities, the time is at
hand.
Under arrangements worked out between
Washington police and traffic officials and
those of nearby Maryland and Virginia
areas, motorists seeking to enter the city
will be advised of congested conditions on
main thoroughfares, no-parking restric-
lions in the downtown section and other
factors which ought to discourage them
from becoming involved in the confusion
and adding to it, Motorists moving Thurs
day toward the city over the Fourteenth
Street and Memorial Bridges will be faced
with a far-reaching no-parking zone
They will be we'll advised to leave their
cars on the Virginia side of the river and
continue their journeys by bus. Suburban
police can be of great assistance by relay
ing to motorists traffic advice which they
receive by radio from authorities in the
overcrowded areas.
This is, community enterprise for the
public good that requires coordination of
police work and common-senSe teamwork
on the part of traff1c officials and the
motoring public. With such teamwork
inaugural traffic troubles should be reduced
to minimum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-18
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
,oriter, although it is permissible for
1Driter kno,nn to The Star to use
nom de plume. Please be briet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-18

1t begins to be thought that in figures
on existing housing some 100000 dwell
ings were overlooked. So that's where the
Truman vote was hiding from the
pollsterS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-18

The Buttons and Bows" song suggests
that women may be going all feminine
and helpless again. The prudent male will
be guided accordingly.