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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-11-08
Prince Georges Parish

AAhSS NSOA Sc oAloIl
Rockville, Nd.
Rev. Raymond P. Black, Rector
October 81, 1851
The Editor of the Sentinel,
Rockville, Md.
Dear Madame:
l have been directed by the Rec
tor and Wardens of Prince
Georges Parish in Montgomery
County to thank you for the SPLEEN
cid article in your paper of last
weeks issue, which included a
beautiful picture of Christ Church
at, Rockville and comprehensive
history of the Parish. ~
4 The Rector and Wardens, as we'll
as the Parishoners, deeply appre-
oiate this excellent article and we
all feel that it will be helpful to
our Parish and to the cause Of
religious education.
Again thanking you, l remain.
John E. Doxley, Register
Prince Georges Parish.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-11-08

Harper's Ferry entertained the
Sherwood football squad to a game
last Saturday. During the half
the score stood With Harper's
Ferry leading 1870. Sherwood
came back with more spirit, max
ing the final score 25-19 in favor of
Harper's Ferry. Sherwood's next
football game is with Laurel at
Sherwood on November 10.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-11-08

The Community Fair was held in
the Sherwood Gym last week.
There were three main depart
ments: farm products, livestock,
home arts and hobbies. There was
also a livestock show and a food
freezing demonstration.
Evening star., 1951-04-09
IWomon Fatally
Clubs Husband,
Goes off to Movies
BY the Assoeioted Press

NARROWS, Va, April Ga
Narrows woman has been charged
with murder, police said, after ad.
mitting she clubbed her husband
with baseball bat and went to 9
movie while he lay dying.
Mrs. Rachel Spicer Huffer. 81
was free today under $4,000 bono
pending a hearing April q. Hell
husband, Woodrow w. Huffer, SO
died Saturday In a Pearisbure
hospital.
Giles County Commonwealth
Attorney Chester j. Stafford
quoted Mrs. Huffer ss telling thi:
story after her arrest yesterday:
Her husband had been drinking
heavily for several days anc
threatened to hit her when he
came home late Friday and begar
a quarrel.
Mrs. Huffer picked up the bat
broke it over his head" went to 9
movie and then spent the night
with friends. She arrived home
early Saturday to find Huffer still
on the f1oor-alive but unconsci.
Gus. He died several hours later
Of fractured skull.
Evening star., 1951-04-09

ably soon get tired of me and I'll
ship to another camp. How many
camps are there in the United
States, anyhow"
It's been about a month since
the Army sent his measurements
to the depot. Pvt. Owings hopes
he gets the uniforms down soon
or they may not flt him.
I'm still a growing boy" the
% year old private explained
about two inches a year and
there's nothing I can do about
it."
Pvt. OWings. a chemistry major
at the University of Pennsylvania
when he was drafted, had size
troubles before he entered the
Army.
When he was II. he had to take
a birth certificate with him to the
movies in order to be admitted
at children's prices. At is. his
suits had to be custom tailored
at $3.50 each. And Just before
being drafted. he dislocated q
subway door when he discovered
ut was closing at a station where
he wanted to get off.
What's his reaction at Fort
Myer? He throws up his 42-inch
Iarms In despair.
Evening star., 1951-04-09
Clash With Lanhanl
Aired at Patterson
Contempt Trial Here

Two Congressman testified to.
day at the District Court con.
tempt of Congress trial of William
L. Patterson that a heated ex.
change of words had taken place
last August 4 between the de-
fendant and Representative Ian
ham, Democrat, of Georgia.
The clash came, they said, when
Patterson, executive secretary OF
the Civil Rights Congress, made
his second appearance before the
House Committee on Lobbying Ac-
tivities. The defendant, who is
colored. is being tried on two con-
tempt of Congress charges accus-
ing him of failing to produce GER
tain records of his organization
before the committee.
Today's first witness, Represent
ative O'Hara, Republican, of Min
nesota, testified that Patterson had
referred to Georgia as a lynch
ing State"
Mr.. O'Hara testified that after
Patterson's remark Patterson and
Representative Lanham called
each other liar. Representative
O'Hara said Mr.. Lanham then
called Patterson a "black some
thing" explaining he hadn' t
heard the exact words.
Representative Doyle, Democrat
of California, also testified as to
the exchange, but said he did not
hear what Representative Lam
ham said after both the congress-
man and Patterson rose from their
chairs.
The two witnesses were sum-
moned by the defense, but for the
sake of convenience were allowed
to testify ahead of additional
prosecution witnesses.
Representative Lanham also had
been subpoenaed to come in as a
defense witness but failed to ap-
pear. In answer to a request by
defense counsel to compel him to
come in. Judge Alexander Holtzoff,
who is presiding at the trial, said
he could not compel Representa-
tive Lanham to come in during a
session Of Congress.
At this point, Assistant United
States Attorney William Hitz, who
is prosecuting Patterson, said Rep
resentative Lanham is planning to
be excused from Congress so as to
appear tomorrow morning.
Evening star., 1951-04-09
Army Has q Growing Problem:
|6-Foot 7-Inch Private Owinqs

The Army has special supply
problem in Pvt. Frank Owings oI
Philadelphia, stationed at For
Myer. Va.
Pvt. Owings is a 6-foot finch
285-pounder and the Army cam
find size So extra-long to f1t him
Pvt. Owings says he has beer
living In the same set of clothes
since he was drafted nearly two
months ago. He temporarily
eased the Army's problems yester.
day when he returned from q
special pass home with fresh
changes Of socks and underwear
Army headaches over Pvt. Ow-
ingS started at Fort Meade, Md.
when he was inducted February
%. -Four times his shipping or.
ders were cancelled because he
had no uniform except for two
hats and four pairs Of Size Il
socks.
Pvt. Owings said they finally
got tired of seeing him walk
around doing nothing. SO ther
sent his measurements to the
Philadelphia Quartermaster De-
pot and shipped him to Fort Myer
Nov I'm walking around here, ,
Pvt. Owings said. They'll prob
Evening star., 1951-04-09
Dr.. Schocht Reported
Offered Eonion Post
As Economic Adviser
BY the Assoeioied Press

TEHERAN. Iran, April g.
The newspaper Bakhtar En-
rouz said Saturday the Iran
ian government is approach
ing Hjalmar Schacht, once
Adolf Hitler's financial expert,
with a proposal to serve as an
economic adviser to Iran.
There was no confirmation
in official quarters but such
an idea has been talked about
in financial circles in Teheran.
At Lueneburg, Germany,
DR.. Schacht - acquitted of
war crimes charges at Nuern-
berg-said he had not been
offered any post by Iran. He
refused to comment on
whether he would accept if it
were offered.
Evening star., 1951-04-09
u. ). Credit Control
And Debt Managing
To Be Investigated

A thorough inquiry into Gov
ernment policies for credit control
and debt management was shap-
ing up today,
1t will be made by a subcom-
mittee of the Joint Committee on
the Economic Report, appointed
by Chairman O'Mahoney of the
joint committee for the special
purpose.
Chairman of the subcommittee
lis Representative Patman, Demo-
crat, of Texas. and members are
Senators Douglas, Democrat. of
Illinois, and Flanders. Republican,
of Vermont. and Representative
Boiling. Democrat, of Missouri
and Wolcott, Republican, of Mich
igan.
Inquiries Suggested.
Chairman Patman outlined six
main areas in which he suggested
the subcommittee should direct
its inquiries. They are:
/ 1. The compatibility of econom.
ic expansion with the programs
of general credit expansion. The
Governments monetary and cred
lit policies, Mr.. Patman said
must be examined not only in
terms of curbing demands, but
also whether they facilitate ex-
pansion of production.
2. The effectiveness of changes
in interest rates in controlling
credit in the face of strong infla-
tionary pressures.
3. The desirability of imposing
additional reserve requirements on
commercial banks to restrict
credit while protecting the Gov
ernment bond market at the same
time.
4. The desirability of more
credit controls and the possibility
OF establishing standards for the
direct rationing of credit.
& Would Call Officials.
5. The feasibility and need of
new types of Government securi-
ties to take up present savings and
encourage future savings.
6. The question whether the in
dependence of the Federal Re
serve system should be curbed, or
to what degree its autonomy is
desirable.
Mr.. Patman said it is his idea
to seek information by calling
before the subcommittee Secretary
of the Treasury Snyder, Chairman
William McC. Martin of the Fed
eral Reserve Board, Director
Charles E. Wilson of the Office of
Defense Mobilization and Chair
man Leon H. Keyserling of the
Council of Economic Advisers,
Evening star., 1951-04-09
|4,3OO Left Homeless
In Minnesota Flood;
Damage in Millions
BY the Associated Press


About 4.300 persons fed their
Ifiood-struck homes in Minnesota
town yesterday as the swollen
Minnesota River covered streets.
With temperatures down near
freezing, all but 500 North Man
kato, Mimi, residents left their
homes under orders of local Off
Icials. Most were cared for in
Mankato, south of the suburb.
Meanwhile, the spring thaw
sent the Red River rising. A flood
warning was posted at Fargo, N.
Oak, and Moorhead, Mimi, lying
on either side of the river. The
river is expected to crest at 26 or
81 feet today.
Elsewhere in Minnesota, the
community of Marshall counted it's
losses as the Redwood River ebbed.
Damages were estimated at 81
million.
In Alabama, Iowa and South
Dakota, flooded rivers were sub
siding.
The Minnesota River spilled
over levees at North Mankato, in
Southern Minnesota, as volunteers
bolstered the dikes against the
expected flood crest. Twelve miles
north of Mankatc at st. Peter
about $50 volunteers were build
ling emergency dikes.
Hope for Crest Today.
At New Ulm, 30 miles upstream.
the river level dropped some last
night, giving rise to the hope that
the Minnesota would crest at
Mankato today.
Two feet of water covered
North Mankato streets and at
least thousand telephones were
out of order. Four persons were
hospitalized as a result of the
flood. One man was burned when
his flooded house exploded and
caught fire. Carbon monoxide
fumes from basement pump en-
gine made three others sick.
In Alabama, disaster relief
workers still aided victims of the
Tombigbee River. which had ma
rooned an estimated 1,035 low
land residents. The river dropped
about IA inches yesterday from
its maximum flood stage.
The Red Cross said it expected
to continue bringing food to res
ldents near Demopolis by boat
for another week. Later. FAM
lilies would be able to come in
their own boats to draw rations.
Four Motorists Drown.
At Merrill, Wis, four young
persons drowned early yesterday
when their car missed a bridge
and hurtled into the flood
swollen Prairie River on the
northern edge of town.
A fifth passenger was thrown
from the vehicle and spent an
hour on a small island scream
ing for help before he was heard.
He was taken to a hospital suf-
fering from extreme shock.
Evening star., 1951-04-09
Mobilization Board
TO Meet First Time
With Truman Today
By Froncis P. DouoIos

The newly appointed Mobiliza.
ton Advisory Board will hold 1t.
first meeting with President Tru.
man at $3.50 pm. today with the
subject for discussion reported tt
be more effective control of in
| 1ation.
Recommendations for changes
in the Defense Production Act
which expires June 80. are being
drawn up at the White House
Mr.. Truman repeatedly is seeking
agreement by the advisory group
on what changes are needed, par
|ticularly to aid the fight against
Imitation.
The Advisory Board consists of
four members each from industry
labor, agriculture and the public
with Defense Mobilizer Charles E
Wilson as chairman. The board
was selected by Mr.. Truman last
Friday. Earlier. Mr.. Truman had
told labor leaders he would attend
board meetings.
Differences on Controls.
Winning agreement by the board
with its diverse representation on
the necessity and means of stiffen-
ing economic controls could be q
substantial help in getting Con-
gress to adopt such legislation as
the administration believes neces-
ISary.
Evidence that the present con.
trolls have failed to control in.
fiation came from no less an of.
fetal than Economic Stabilzel
Eric Johnston. He said last weel
in an address that there is moi
the slightest evidence that inf1a.
tion is in general retreat.
A contrary view was expressed
by Price Stabilizer Michael v. Di.
Sale. He said on a CHS televi.
sion program last night that since
price controls were imposed there
have been signs of a very def.
mite leveling off" of prices.
He said it has never been be.
lieved that price controls alone
would do the job. He said siphon.
ing off excess purchasing power
through a tax program woulc
make the price control job easier
Slackened Buying Seen.
At the same time the Bureau o1
Agricultural Economies predicted
that slackening in buying may
take some of the pressure off o1
prices in the next two or three
months. But after that it looked
for new pressures building up by
reason of increases in defense
spending and a smaller output OF
consumer goods.
Mr.. Johnston is reported tc
favor limit on profits by strictel
price controls, a freeze of farm
parity at the levels of last Jan
uary Is and an end by June 80 oi
tne coSI OF living increases fol
labor.
Chairman Maybank of the Sen.
ate Banking Committee, which
would handle any legislation fol
changes in the production act, ha.
served notice he will oppose an,
proposal to freeze parity prices
He has called a meeting of farm
organization leaders this week tt
discuss the situation.
Senator Aiken, Republican, ot
Vermont called such a proposal 6
ridiculous idea. He said the ad.
mlnistration ought to remove
price and wage controls and thai
prices wolud be 10 per cent lower
today If they had not been i'm
posed and talked about in ad-
vance.
Evening star., 1951-04-09
Iron Rejects Protest;
Premier Is Cautious

IEHERAN, Iran, April 8 (R.-
The 1ranian government rejected
Britain's protest against national.
ization of the Anglo-Iranian OF,
Co. yesterday. but Premier Hus-
sein Ala cautiously made no COM
mitment to Parliament on the ex-
ploSive question.
The new Premier made public
after his first appearance before
the lower house. a carefully word
ed note in which he said the Brit
ish government has no right to in
tervene in dealings between Iran
and a business concern.
The Premier. a former United
Nations delegate with pro-Western
leanings, told the British a special
commission is studying means of
carrying out the naturalization
authorized in principle by Parlia-
ment and that his government
has no other duty except to wait
for the result of the commissions S
study"
Premier Ala echoed this view in
his only statement to Parliament
on the oil issue.
Evening star., 1951-04-09
Federation Indorses
Sanitary inspectors

A proposal by the District
Health Department to ask $64. .682
in the 1852 budget for II addi-
tional sanitation inspection engi-
Ineers has the Endorsement of the
Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions. The Federation agreed in
an action at its meeting Saturday
might that the present 80 inspec-
tors are not adequate.
It~was enormously reported in
The Star yesterday that the Fed
leration was opposed to the addi-
ltional sanitation inspectors.
Evening star., 1951-04-09
Gordon to Run Again
For His Stafford Post
BY the Assecioted Press

STAFFORD. Va, April O.
George L. Gordon, jr., commits
s1oner of revenue for Stafford
County since 1912, has announced
that he will seek reelection in the
fall.
Louis A. Moncure, jr., Stafford
High School teacher, will oppose
Mr.. Gordon in the Democratic
primary.
Evening star., 1951-04-09

Maryland and Virginia-Partly
cloudy and cool tonight and to-
morrow; low tonight 40 to IS
degrees.
Wind: East t-southeast at 1880
Io'clock at miles an hour.
Evening star., 1951-04-09
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District of Columbia - Mostly
sunny, highest about Sc degrees
this afternoon. Fair tonight and
tomorrow; low tonight about As
degrees.
Evening star., 1951-04-09
Puytes Is Candidate

SPOTSYLvANIA, Va, April 9
(R.-Buford M. Paytes, retired
postmaster. has announced his
candidacy for election as Spot
sylvania county supervisor from
| Livingston district.
Evening star., 1951-04-09

Civil defense needs 100000 vol
unteers to protect you. your family
and your neighbors. Will you be
ona2 Volunteer now at the
Veterans Service Center, 1400
PENNSYLVANIA avenue NV.
Evening star., 1951-04-09
Three Reported Abroad.
Pocific Ocean Area

Area Of the Pacific Ocean, the
wotips largest, is more than g.
600, 900 square miles. It's average
depth is more than $4,000 feet.
Evening star., 1951-04-09
Red Cross Aide Truinino

A training course for staff aides,
sponsored by the Arlington County
Red Cross, will begin at 10 am.
tomorrow in the chapter house
l4333 Lee boulevard.
Evening star., 1951-04-09
|VeIde 10 Ask House
10 Vote Warrants fol
3 Elusive Witnesses
By L. Edgar Primo

Representative Velde, Republi-
can, of Illinois, today planned tc
urge the House Committee on I'm
American Activities to- seek con-
lgressional arrest warrants for "at
least eight" Hollywood personali-
ties he accused of lodging com.
mittee subpoenas.
He did not name the individuals
but said he would take up the
matter Of the warrants-a seldom
lemployed device-at an executive
session Of the committee today.
The House, by a simple majority
could vote such warrants on the
resolution Of one Of its members
The sergeant-at-arms would be
responsible for enforcement, but
he could ask help from United
States marshals or the FBI.
Full Probe Promised.
| At the same time, the commit
tees ranking minority member
declared that the current investi-
cation into subversive influences in
the film capital would be full and
complete" This was an indirect
reference to the 1947 Hollywood
hearings which ended abruptly
after 10 screen writer's, directors
and producers refused to answer
Questions on communism.
Mr.. Velde predicted that the
hearings, which resume Tuesday
with Movie Star Sterling Hayden
as first witness. would go on until
late in May.
According to Louis J. Russell
senior investigator, 80 subpoenas
have been issued and more are
likely to follow. Three witnesses
already have been heard, actors
Larry Parks and Howard da Silva
and Academy Award winner Gale
Sondergaard.
Jose Ferrer, who just won an
Oscar for his title role in "Cyrano
de Bergerac," and John Garfield
stage and screen star, are scheduled
to testify later in the month. Also
on the list are Abe Burrows, radio
land television comedian, and
Karen Morley and Anne Revere
actresses.
Three Reported Abroad.
Three other persons the com
mite would like to question are re-
ported to be in foreign countries
Gordon Kahn, a writer, and Rob-
ert Rosson, a director, are be-
lieved to be in Mexico, while
another director, Frank Tuttle, is
said to be in Austria.
A major decision facing the COM
mite today in its executive ses-
sion is whether to allow the pub
lie hearings to be televised. News
reel and TV cameras have been
barred for more than two years
but indications are that the com.
mite will reverse itself.
Evening star., 1951-04-09

Record Temperatures This Year.
Hlghest, "A. on April l and April r.
Lowest. IL. on February 8.
High and Low of Last "A Hours.
High, 81, at 1920 pm.
Low. 4S, at 5:45 am.
Evening star., 1951-04-09

River Report.
(From U. s. Engineers)
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah cloudy al
HafperS Ferry.
Evening star., 1951-04-09
|Anglo-U. 5. Farley
Ito Form United Policy
lon Iran Oil SET Today
By the Assoeioied Press

i The United States and Britain
open today series of talks de-
signed to produce a common An
lglo-American policy for meeting
the Iranian oil crisis.
Assistant Secretary of State
George 'McGhee is expected to
urge the British government,
through Ambassador Sir Oliver
Franks, to accept the Nationalist
ton of Iranian oil and concen-
trate on working out a plan for
operating the industry under
Iranian control.
Britain Opposes Move.
Britain, however, is understood
to oppose the naturalization move
approved by the Iranian Malls
. (Parliament) and repeatedly is
anxious to block it.
The Iranian fields produce about
500, 900 barrels of refined oil day
through the worlds largest re-
f1nery at Abadan and an addi-
tional 10000 barrels of crude oil.
The fields are controlled by the
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. This COM
pany Is dominated by the British
government and is a vital source
of oil for Britain's navy.
/ Oil for Western Europe.
The Iranian wells together with
those in nearby Arab countries
also supply most of the oil for
i Western Europe.
Because of the constant Rus
sian pressure against Iran, West
ern diplomats are concerned that
naturalization of Iranian oil
might result in a diversion of the
fuel from Western industry and
defense.
Since the United States is
| vitally interested in keeping the
oil flowing toward the West, and
because American companies con-
troll some of the Arab fields. this
country has followed a political
policy of trying to keep Iran
stabilized.
Mr.. McGhee recently visited the
area and talked with the principal
Iranian leaders.
American oil companies operat-
ing abroad in recent years greatly
nave llberalized their profit-shar-
ing arrangements with the gov
ernments whose land they exploit.
Evening star., 1951-04-09

Showers will be scattered the region between the
Upper Mississippi Valley and the New England
few showers also likely in the Dakotas Southern
Rock Temperatures in most places l be about same
yrday though will Nhe extreme northwest
-AP Wirephoto.
Evening star., 1951-04-09

Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital (current month to datel:
Evening star., 1951-04-09

TIde Tables.
FURNISHED BY United States Coast
Evening star., 1951-04-09

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