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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-10-16
Farm Income
Last Year
1870 Higher

The 1851 cash income of Mary
and farmers rose to $269.659, 900
IL 10 per cent above the 1850 total
If 1928. 704 goo. This was disclosed
report issued by the Maryland
jrop and Livestock Reporting
,ervice, branch of the Bureau of
.gricultural Economics, US. De-
,artment of Agriculture.
Income from livestock and live
took products was $184,474,00
counting for two-thirds of all
lash receipts to Maryland farmers
asst year. Income from these COM
nodities rose 20 per cent compared
to 1850.
Dairy products led the commo-
lily list with 1851 cash income of
64,O79,0C0. Sales of chickens, in
iuding broilers, were next.
Tobacco was the most important
single crop, although there was an
8 per cent decline in 1851 tobacco
sales. Crop income rose IA per
cent in 1861, although there were
declines in income from tobacco,
hay, sweet potatoes, potatoes,
apples and peaches. Income from
soybeans showed the most increase,
II per cent to $2,743,000.
National farm cash income rose
IS per cent in 1851.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-10-16
Real Estate Board
Elects Officers

George w. Robertson was elect
ed president of the Montgomery
County Real Estate Board at its
Seventh Annual Meeting at the
Kenwood Golf and Country Clul
last Wednesday, October 8. Othe
officers elected were: Frank L
Hewitt, Jr., First Vice President
Margar,t j. Dunkley, Second Vic
President; w. E. Beers, Secretary
Treasurer and Harry B. Blail
Director.
Other members continuing O.
the Board of Directors are: R. H
Best, C. R. Graham, H. E. Thomp
son, Jr. and Charles P. Wood
Naomi M. Worthington is the Elk
.2cutive Secretary of the group.
Following the business meetinp
Board members enjoyed a cocktail
marty and testimonial dinner fol
the outgoing president, C. R
Graham.
Mr., Robertson has been active y
the ,'al estate business in the
metropolitan area for the past
twenty-five years and an officer
of the local Board since 1919. His
office is located at 1882 Wisconsin
Avenue, Bethesda. He is member
of the Bethesda Chamber of Com
merce and the Washington Board
of Trade. He and Mrs. Robertson
reside at 81 H.osketh Street, Chevy
Chase.
President Robertson has called
a meeting for the members of the
Multiple Listing System, and any
other interested offices and sales
people, for 1900 noon, Thursday,
October 16, at the Colesville Road
Hot Shoppe in Silver Spring.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-10-16
P.T.A. Council
W orkshop is
Set Nov. 9

The Montgomery County Parent
Teachers Council will hold it's
eighth annual workshop on Nov
ember 8, at Western Junior High
School. The worship begins at
2 pm.
Held each year, the Workshop
offers an opportunity for exchange
of information and techniques to
all PTA members and workers.
The theme for this years get
together is planning for Chang
ing Needs" and promises to pre-
sent new and stimulating ideas
which apply to all fields of home
and school relations. Special con-
sideration will be given to new
Corners in PTA work.
Those attending will have a
choice of various discussion groups.
Topics for discussions and leaders
will be announced at a later date.
General chairman for the plan
ming committee is Mrs. Arthur E.
Stack. Mrs. Harold E. Boesch is
chairman of the program commit
tee. She will be assisted by Mrs.
Frank Beatty, Mrs. Dorsey Grit
fifth, Mrs. Thomas Hutton. Mrs.
Aaron Nadel, Mrs. A. L. Russell
and Mrs. E. Warren Schmidt.
Mrs. Dorsey Griffith is in charge
of arrangements and Mrs. Eleanor
r. Nelson will handle publicitY.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-10-16
ACE to Meet

The Association for Childhood
Education montgomery County
Branch) will hold its monthly
meeting at 8 pm. on Thursday,
October %, at the Woodlin Ele-
mentary School, Silver Spring.
The speaker for the program
will be Miss Christine H,inig, as
sociate in Childhood Education for
the American Association of Uni
versity Women. Her subject will
be "Mass Media. Their Threat and
Advantage to Education. Televi-
sion and radio are the media which
Miss Heinig will discuss.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-10-16
County Agents Meet

If you can't find your county
extension agents in their offices the
first three days of next week, it's
because they're in Baltimore at
tending the annual Extension Con-
ference. County agents, home de-
monstration agents, their assist
ants and extension specialists from
the University of Maryland will be
attending the three day conference
October 20-22 in Baltimore.
Following a theme of Extension
Works with People," the extension
workers will spend the three days
studying ways to improve their
service to rural people.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-10-16
Bull Changes Hands

Arthur R. johnson, Germantown,
recently acquired registered Hol-
stein-Friesan bull from the herd of
Bowman Brothers, also of German
town.
Change of ownership for this
animal, Rolling Knoll Joe Doodle,
has been officially recorded by The
Holstein- Friesian Association of
America.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-10-16
Pvt. Ricketts, Graduates
From Leadership School

Pvt. David V. Ricketts,, Jr.,
whose wife, Alice, lives at 408
Reading Ave, Rockville, recently
graduated from a leadership school
conducted at Fort Leonard Wood,
Mo-, by the 9th Armored Division.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-24

first bank was established in 1TS2 In
Alexandria, then part Of the District
Soon after that came the Bank Of
Columbia In Georgetown In 1873. the
Bank Of Washington (nOw the National
Bank of Washington in 1909. the Bank
Of the Metropolis (n0w the National
Metropolitan Bank In 1914. the Farm
eTS and Mechanics Bank (n0W part of
the Riggs National Bank, also In 1914.
and the bank organized by W. W.
Corcoran (now the Riggs in 1885.
There were others during the early
years Of the banking business. but these
are q few whose records tell the
Washington story" and give intimate
giimpSeS into the personal lives Of
some of the city's early and great
citizens.
There Is the minutes book of one
bank which tells of the board meeting
being adjourned in August. 1874. be
cause the British were advancing On
Bladensburg. The files Of this bank
also contain the yellOwed correspond
ence of Daniel Webster concerning his
real estate investments.
Another record reveals that a char
woman was rewarded with 500 by the
banks directors for perSuading Brit
ish sergeant not to burn the building
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-24

when the RedeOatS sacked the city.
Another shows that James K Polk kept
his checking account i'm the name Of
The Presidents House. J. K p.
President"
Actually. the use of checks dates hack
to medieval days I'M Venice Cheeks
we're used in this country as early IS
1864. but among the first IN this area
was one written by Stephen Decatur
In 1SO0- II was drawn On the first
Bank Of the United States. which
established an once here that year.
Although rubber was used little in
those days. rubber checks" apparently
had appeared Maryland. in 1901.
adopted a law providing that fOrgers
could be condemned to death without
benefit of clergy
And among the most interesting Of
the early checks were those written by
Lincoln, apparently for charity His
checks for $. to MI Johns "a sick
mani and for $. to a -eolored man
With one leg" are historical items
As the years rolled by, the use Of
checks grew. but they we're used almost
exclusively By persons of wealth and
position and none of the early ones
we're drawn BY women
The banker that says women nov
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-24

sW NAY eume aS q mild blow to
n @me mans egukizm. hut the bulk
aG family and household financial
mME<zzS nm Washington apparently has
ham zkEM GzE hE the women IL
zw Tn have neen a gradual usurpa-
Em thak SIT I'm 29 On 80 years ago.
ThR zuthmitT fur this news Of the
feminine Invasion of still another
mMaKnlEne fe1d E one Of the eity'S best
NnWu hMukErX He estimates that 90
uE cEuf 0f al checks written here are
dgueM NY wQmen
ThR dguHG becomes more impressive
xInuzsiEle the fact that more than 100
Wa eheckx ana presented for payment
eaehdaE nm t1e citE'S 10 hanks and their
- branches and that last year checks
ufaIEng more than s. billion passed
tauuuMh the Washington Clearing
Hmuz
ma research that disclosed women
have tzken Gver the household finances
aIsu revealed that there Is much more
mSiEfe WaSningtnn'S banks than Just
mEmEx Lacked within the vaults IS
VASE SturH of interesting SidelightS on
taR Capitals growth. told In faded
financial records which relate the
pnIffikzL- social and physical develop
mEnf OF the city from the time the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-24
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Also Writes Lot Of Cheeks

write most Of the checks here trareS
the tremendous growth II checkag
accounts % world War / FINANCING
When the Government began SEng
Liberty Bonds in small denuniuzE1snz.
il was the first time such 1uUeStmeMES
were within reach of the 1VHzge Wzge-
Garner. Banks then became zKzre tAnE
the little fellow had money Thy IN
cOuraged hank 1ccuMnfs- Ssnes SasD
realized the public 1Ad muneE- 111S Il
it-and encouraged credR buying
Paying store bills by check became
easier than BY cash On postal muex
order and checking accounts Increased
enormously Bank clezr1ngs here Eose
70 nearly 500 million In 1a2D ana %
$lE hAli0n In l9aH
Nov, according 70 another hzzk
authority, there probably zze mMe
than S5O!D00 checking accounts N the
District area
Balances range from hznaTeas q
thousands Of dollars fr hig business
concerns down @ = few dollars Ew
Government girls and their 1D-cents-a-
check accounts But II women Wz11e
90 per cent Of al checks here. fhEe
IS only one logical deduction
They really do hold the househnHH
purse strings
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-03
Too Busy to Clear His Name

A New York County grand jury has made 1t
plain that in generating one OF former Mayor
william ODwyer's henchmen of dereliction of
duty it was not generating Mr.. O'Dwyer of
failure to clean up police corruption during his
regime. The dereliction which had been charged
against Chief Magistrate John Murtagh related
to his former job as commissioner of investiga-
ton for New York City. The jury found that
Mr. Murtagh had kept the Mayor fully informed
on "the conditions and Deficiencies of the police
department.
The grand jurys lengthy and caustic report
does not make pleasant reading for those who
hold that American diplomacy should be in the
hands of exemplary public servants. MIR.
ODwyer became our Ambassador to Mexico on
the eve of shocking disclosures regarding graft
in the New York Police Department and at
higher levels of the municipality. The jury was
UNDERSTANDABLE puzzled by Ambassador O'Dwyer's
repeated refusals to come back to New York for
questioning by that body. His excuse was that
he was too busy with diplomatic affairs. But
it is hard to think Of any diplomatic problems
involving Mexico that could have been more
important to Mr.. ODwyer than the clearing
away of the clouds which still surround his
record as Mayor of New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-03
This and That

A prominent Frenchman calls Amer
lean squirrels Charming and has set
a movement afoot to get 5000 of them
for his country.
He has been quoted as saying:
Il have been told by American
friends that university campuses and
city parks in the United States have
large population of friendly squirrels
who like to eat peanuts out of peoples
hands,
Il am certain the French would be
delighted to provide these charming
creatures with peanuts, too"
There would be an equal certainty,
perhaps. on the part of many Washing
ton suburban jewellers to supply the
French with our small gray friends.
Others will rebel.
The latter would point out that squir-
rels were shipped to England many years
ago and have since grown into a real
nuisance there.
In England there are no such natural
controls as operate here to keep their
numbers down. This is the odd, I'M
happy way nature takes to handle such
matters, and who are we to criticize
nature?
Come to think Of it, some one could
write a good book on that very theme.
criticizing nature for various and sun
dry failings, as he might see it. Nature
at times seems Indifferent, cruel, even
vengeful. It is only God who is good.
Can't you just see the happy French
children, handing out peanuts to the
American squirrels?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-03

Only by that time they would be
French squirrels. of course-or would
they?
The editorial page Of The Star on
st. Patrlck's Day had wonderful pho
tograph of an Irish lion"
Actually, the lion was just a native
African.
It all reminded one of the old story
that made the Ladies' Home journal
famous. about the kittens born in the
oven, and would you call them biscuits?
You would not. they were just kittens,
wherever born.
American squirrels in France would
be exactly the same as they are here,
cute, interesting, humorous.
There can be no doubt that the
French people, with their keen sense
of the picturesque, would find these
natural hurporlsts and acrobats very
much to their taste.
It is said that Emile lola, the great
novelist. when he first came to Paris,
lived in garnet and trapped sparrows
on the roof for food.
It is to be hoped that no aspiring
authors would trap and eat squirrels
over there, although it has been done
here, and maybe still is, in the back
woods.
favorite in our Colonies.
Attempts to COLOMBO animals or birds
of one continent on another have sell
dom worked out successfully. but 1t Ii
still tried. mostly because some one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-03
By Charles E. 7roceweN

becomes enthusiastic about the matter
without attempting to look into the
history of such colonizations.
-. The starting, for instance, favorite
bird in England, where rocks and owls
manage to keep its numbers down, be-
comes a pest and nuisance over here.
The common sparrow was brought
here to eat inimical insects on trees.
but failed miserably in that though not
in extending itself throughout the
country.
Other species have been tried, not
so successfully, from the standpoint Of
survival, and perhaps 1t is just as well.
The creatures of one continent are
best left to that continent. since all the
factors are there for their well being,
else they would not have been there in
the first place.
When man displaces them-a nasty
little habit man has. among his many
bad habits-they either succumb in
short order, or put forth such efforts
to survive that in the end they make
nuisances out Of themselves.
One cannot, therefore, quite hope the
French desire for our gray squirrels will
come of; those squirrels will be better
of. over here, where they belong.
There are so many factors contribut-
ing today to the wiping out of all our
natural species that we can i'll afford
to give any specimens Of our natural
fora and fauna away.
Let the French feed peanuts to some.
thing else, please.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-03

selves have acknowledged as much. They have
grievance that certainly justifies them in
seeking to eject the Nationalist force or disarm
and intern 1t. Yet, being close to the situation
and familiar with the factors responsible for
bringing it about and prolonging it, they have
refrained from heaping blame on Chiang's
Formosa government. Further, they have been
at pains to make clear that they believe the
United States when it denies that it is helping
these troops
Peiping and Moscow, OF course, will continue
to distort and misrepresent the situation to stir
up as much anti-American feeling as possible
in Southeast Asia. To that extent, the presence
of the Nationalist soldiers in Burma can be used
as a kind Of club against us. But the Burmese
government, even while launching an attack on
the Chinese force, has taken a position that
shows it will not be party to any such
propaganda.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-03
Faith Of Our Fathers

am certain that I speak for many
members of Congress in wishing the
continuance of Faith of Our Fathers"
am confirmed in this belief by the
many expressions of approval which
have come to me as result of the at
tached statement of mine which ap-
peared in the Congressional Record on
March Is, 1852:
1T was my great privilege to witness
this inspirational production last season
and it was a most exciting experience.
I only wish it were possible for all
Americans, who love their country and
its great traditions of freedom and hope,
to be able to see Faith of Our Fathers.
Many of the members of Congress
may not realize that this drama is pay
ing its own way. Over 100000 visitors
from all parts of the Nation attended the
performances in 1851, eliminating with
the standing room only audience of
$4,000 during the final week of the sea-
son. Revenue from this attendance
more than reimbursed the Government
for its underwriting expenditure -"
Harold C. Hagen,
Representative in Congress, Ninth
District Of Minnesota.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-03
Park Project Endorsed

Harold F. Mericle wrote that we are
missing nostalgia pleasures by not being
able to 60 nutting in the fall. AS a solu-
ton he suggested that Rock Greek Park
be planted in popular nut trees. am
highly in favor of the project. The more
nuts we have in Washington the better.
I am not sure that chestnut trees
from Germany would be immune from
the blight which destroyed our own
former primeval forests of chestnut
trees. However, the Agriculture Depart
ment and the Park Service are develop
ing a blight-resistant species of chest
nuts from the Far East.
should like to show Mr.. Mericle
some samples Of butternuts, chestnuts,
etc.. already growing in Rock Creek
Park-possibly within a half mile of
his residence.
But what am saying? Is it legal to
gather these nuts in Rock Greek Park?
To whom do they belong? will eat
the evidence If the Flaw" crowds me.
Edward /. Mullins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-03

who swarmed over the river into North
Korea. Now he points the finger of
guilt at others. Motive?
Or take Eisenhower: Deeds of con-
structive, positive action. Few words,
many deeds. Could service to fellow
Americans possibly be his motive?
AS a Maryland Republican from q
long line of Ohio and Pennsylvania Re-
publicans, here's one who will change
her registration and vote Democrat if
Eisenhower does not receive the Re-
publican nomination on the basis that
it is better to remain static with what
we know to be basically good plan of
action than to retreat too late.
Frances Townsend Trammell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-03
Toxpuyer's Lament

In looking over old records. find
that my income for 1884 was less than
half what it was in 1851. In 1884, my
income was $2.314.60. Last year 1t was
$5,0O220.
Yet my standard of living is no
higher today. In 1884 prices were stable
and taxes were negligible. I paid $500
in taxes last year, which before World
War I amounted to almost an annual
wage.
The politicians may sheer at the
"good old days." but you can go back
to 1926. during Calvin Coolidge's admin
istration, and the standard of living
was even higher than it is today, due
to low taxes and reasonable prices.
Working Man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-03
One More April

Once more let April longing tear my
heart
With wild. sweet promise and the
sudden thrust
OF deep delight until each frozen part
OF aDinter knowledge crumbles into dust
And lies forgotten in the neU, green
grass.
Fill me Nth April dreams and April
trust.
Let me forget the heavy years whose
mass
OF tuisdont holds so much of fear and
But is so certain that all beauties pass.
Bare-headed, / shall run In soft, ioarm
rain,
InproDident and gay my lips ioiH sing
And my feet dance to every tDind- refrain.
Let April take my heart as offering
And make me young again for one more
spring!
loIo S. Moraoa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-03
Battling Is the Word for 1t

There are number of puzzing things in
the House Appropriations Committees report
on the reduced District budget, but none more
battling than the committees explanation of
its action in cutting estimates for the District
Motor Vehicle Parking Agency.
The report states: "Inasmuch as there are
presently operating only the four members of
the board, the committee has recommended a
reduction of $4,000 in the estimates" AS a
matter of fact, the agency has seven members,
all OF whom are actively interested in it and
its vital goal-solution of Washington's increas-
ingly serious parking problems. There are four
staff members, and the need is for a larger
staff, not smaller one. OF the $127 200 re-
quested for fiscal 1858, $93,699 was for expenses
of collecting parking meter revenues and of re-
pairing the meters This job must be done, re-
CARELESS of what happens to the parking agency.
The remaining $685. 31 was to take care of opera
tionS OF the agency. The Houses reduction
presumably would mean virtual adjustment
Of the agency as an operating organization, with
curtailment of meter collections and repairs
in addition. Since the meter revenues are used
to defray costs of the parking agency program,
the net effect would be to pile up meter collec-
lions for use by a crippled agency.
Chairman Bates of the District subcommit-
tee told Chairman Upham of the parking
agency: 1--WE realize the (parking) problem.
do not think any one who goes downtown does
not find out that it is problem" But the
committee and the House have chosen a strange
way Of showing appreciation of the problem
and the need for dealing with it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-03
Let's See the Plan First

Last December the Commissioners sent a
plan to the Budget Bureau for recognizing the
District Government One thing that can be
said about their plan is that there was nothing
secret about it. 1t was given publication in the
newspapers and was the subject of a public
hearing at the District Building.
Budget Bureau technicians are reported to
be against this plan. They have drawn up one
OF their own. But nobody outside the Budget
Bureau has seen its details. And the details
are important Only few things are known
about it. One is that it follows the principles
OF the counci-city manager form of municipal
government. The other is that the council
appointed by the President, would consist of
nine people. The council, presumably, would
choose the city manager. The city manager
would run the city, with the council members
outlining policy
The Star does not happen to believe that the
city manager plan would work in Washington.
One OF our difficulties here is that there are too
many city managers already, and always will
be as long as this is the Capital of the United
States. council or commission of nine ap-
pointed members would inevitably become an
aggregation of special group representatives
rather than body capable of defining wise
policy for the city as whole
A sound compromise between the Commits
sioners' plan and the Budget Bureau plan will
be found in the plan drawn up by Budget
Officer Fowler. It retains the commission form
OF government, but remedies one of its weak
nesses by supplying an executive. At any rate,
before the President makes any choice as between
different reorganization plans the details of the
Budget Bureau plan should be submitted for
public inspection and comment from citizens of
Washington. It will be unfortunate If the
President submits to Congress reorganization
plan evolved in secret and protected by secrecy,
without opportunity for the people who would
have to live under such a plan to examine it
and offer their criticism