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Evening star., 1952-01-07
Fletcher KnebeI:
Potomac Fever

Prime Minister Washington and shakes
hands warmly with President Truman
greetings record mile Of the Treasury
Snyder began to sweat.
Capt Carlson and his crippled American freigher
toward England The English
boast he's been at longer than outside Washington
Price Boss Mike Disable rolls price potatoes
Mike made New Years resolution roll back something
the consumer.
Senator Styles Bridges Of New Hampshire
election Senate Republican leader G.
has to be with strong of public affairs hasn't.
he's liable to lose Senator Tafts brief
The Air Force the Russians gune
sight The Air very you
United States Navy is liable to get it,
house in Oakland, Calf. slides q Gov.
Warrens Presidential ecsac they
dicted eight when running
Men, it's landslide
Politicians return to Washington for the opening of Congress
tomorrow Congress expected with from the
chaplains and close with the country
Evening star., 1952-01-07
.Conferrinq in a Dream World
Churchill and Truman Outwordy Don't Concede That Ball
Isn't in Their Hands Under Present Appeoeent Policy

Sooner or later Britain and
America will have to accept
the realistic fact that, in order
to get peace and aYoid a war
of large-scale military opera
tions, it is important to show a
willingness to fight such a war.
Every move made by the
United States in recent months
has been based on the assump-
ton that the Russians will be
frightened off by the American
armament program. There are
no signs that the Moscow regime
has been deferred in the slight
est since the resistance to
aggression in Korea was un-
dertaken and American rearma-
ment got under way. It is
admitted publicly now by Gen.
Nuckols. spokesman for the
American negotiators, that the
Communist negotiators act as
if they were the victors and as
if they were debating the armi-
stice terms. He says: Every
major concession during the
talks has been made by the
United Nations command"
The sooner the British and
American governments see the
Importance of taking the initia-
tive from the Russians and
starting tactics of inf1ltration
and counter-aid to elements be-
hind the Iron Curtain, the
sooner the Russians will come
to terms. It is a calculated risk
that could mean big war but the
inevitability of such a war un-
der the present drift Of events
grows clearer with each bold
act Of the Communists.
Firm action can stop the
limited wars but weak policies
will prolong tension and bring
incidents that will make large
scale war unavoidable. Mr..
Churchill used to be a realist.
Mr.. Truman and the British
Prime Minister can shape the
course of future events toward
peace. Their conference can
bring more deterioration and
appeasement or it can bring
resoluteness and the beginning
of a policy to enforce peace
Evening star., 1952-01-07
Dovid Lowrence:

Prime Minister Churchill and
President Truman, if the ad-
vance notices of the things they
are to talk about are to be &C.
cepted. are living in a dream
world. It's a world in which the
heads of two governments still
think they can plan agreements
for ALLEGATION of raw materials
or for economic adjustments on
the assumption that peaceful
co-existence with Communist
Imperialism is feasible.
Mr.. Truman, for example, is
actually thinking of cutting mil
ftary expenditures this year.
which means curtailment of
American air power at critical
moment when air power is the
primary need for defense and
offense. Likewise, the whole at
titude here and in Britain
toward the Korean situation is
that. once a truce is established
there. the continent of Asia will
be relatively quiet.
What both Mr.. Truman and
Mr.. Churchill, outwardly at
least, decline to concede is that
the ball isn't in their hands at
all, that the initiative still is
with Soviet Russia and that
move after move is being made
by the Communists as the
Western powers founder in be-
wilderment.
An instance of this is the ef-
feet produced by Mr.. VishinSky's
speech at the United Nations
Assembly. He hints broadly at
trouble in southeast Asia.
Whether it is threat or a fore
cast of a new Soviet move, he
suddenly asks that the armiStice
negotiations in Korea be taken
over by the United Nations. No.
body in official quarters is able
to figure out the meaning of
this or any other move the
SovietS make for the simple rea-
son that almost everybody in
top officialdom refuses to be
realistic about the behavior of
the Russians. Wishful thinking
dominates almost every action
or every statement of comment
on this side.
What isn't accepted is that
the Communists have COM
Evening star., 1952-01-07
Thomas L. Stokes:

Whatever happened to the
Fair Deal?
Yes, whatever went with 1t,
as they used to ask about
grandpa's silver-headed cane
after the Yankees stormed
through the South.
Well, as for the Fair Deal,
1t was a strange alliance of
modern Confederates and Yam
KEGS that grandpa wouldn't
recognize that did away with
that, as we know-buried it,
piece by piece, in committee
pigeonholes at the Capitol for
a long slumber. That alliance
we call the Southern Demo-
cratic-Republican coalition.
The Fair Deals sleep won't
be disturbed in the second ses-
sion of the Eighty-Second Con-
gress that is getting underway
this week.
President Truman, Fair Deal
sponsor, is fully aware of that,
So he has bowed to reality and
the inevitable and, on his own,
has put away some of the Fair
Deals most controversial items
in the cold storage of special
commiSSionS-"for study"-for
the duration of this 82nd Con-
gresS.
That, for example, was what
he did with his Federal health
insurance plan-called social
lied medicine" by the enraged
medical fraternity. A special
commission headed by the dis
tinguished surgeon, DR.. Paul
Magnuson. formerly head of the
Veterans Administration med
ical service. will explore the
whole field of health to the end
Of bringing out recommended
tions as to how adequate med
ical care can be provided for
our people and cheaply enough
so that all who need it can get
it without going in hook.
Likewise, with MVA, the pro-
posed Missouri Valley Au-
thority. Similarly a commission
Is being set up to try to find
some solution, aside from MVA,
to control floods in that vast
watershed that embraces so
much of our Middle West and
Central Northwest. This is still
the subject Of hot controversy
Evening star., 1952-01-07

-. General Winfield Scott (a@ect;onately
kno,cn as 'O1d Fuss n Feathers0 sohdy
sits his iron mount atop the pedestal in
recently underpassed Scott Circle.
The Key West citizen., 1952-08-09
BY WILLIAM HOPSON

"Why, Belle Ransom" Helen
exclaimed, in mock dismay. Il be-
lieve you could play a good hand
of poker yourself"
Il ought to be able to, darling
Dad taught me early enough. And
King is a good gambler. :. :"
She said something else too:
something that Helen didn't hear.
Her eyes had gone back again to
the quiet man farther up the
coach, and now she saw something
that had escaped the notice of the
others. At the mention of Bellies
name, the mans fingers, clamped
around long cigar, had jerked
tight until the band burst. She
couldn't Understandings knowing
that at mention of Bellies name,
something strange, a voice Mon
tana heard clearly within, had
cried out: Belle Ransom! King
Ramson's daughter. Then this
woman is my halt-SiSter!"
At that moment the train gave
a lurch and two of the silver dol
lars slid off the top of a pile and
dropped to the floor of the coach
in the aisle. McBain bent over to
retrieve them, his eyes going
along the floor to the second. Just
beyond his reach.
His eyes met those of the man
farther back. McBain went rigid.
For what might have been Sec
onds he remained in that half bent
position, head up, staring. Then
his right hand began sliding back
toward the heavy pistol at his hip.
With the movement he pushed
aside the board to free his knees
and came slowly to his feet, kick
ing the wood box backward, his
eyes still riveted on the others
face.
THE others had become aware
L for the first time that some
thing was wrong.
when did you get on this train,
miSter?" came in strained whiS-
per from the man McBain.
"About seven miles before you
did," came the reply.
AT Smeller- A-Mile. eh?"
"You rode out of town about
seven miles after sundown. looks
like"
1t sounded queer to Helen For
rest. She wanted to cry out. to
move away; she felt Bellies hand
suddenly reach out to pull her
aside, out of harms way.
Then death struck.
With bawl. McBain went for
his gun.
In a dim paralysis of thought
The Key West citizen., 1952-08-09

she saw McBain's hand 90 down
to his hip. flashing with remarka-
bic speed. It started up, came half
way out. and then ali was blotted
out in the smashing roar of an
other pistol. It roared again
and still again from the quiet
mans right hip. Flame spurts.
orange in color, jetted out almost
in continuous flash from in front
Of the black coat, lurid against the
somber veStment. She heard the
big bullets driving into McBain's
chest and midriff, or thought she
heard. That she would never know
for sure. The scream that came
up in her throat froze as the man
standing less than two feet away
seemed TO be driven back by some
invisible wind that struck him in
gust. He went over backwards,
turning as he fell, and the arm of
the chair across the aisle gave off
sudden thud as his face struck it.
He went down. rolling over, rest
ipg fiat on his face in the aisle
With his hat off, the mop of Shag-
gy. uncombed hair almost against
the doorlin the end of the coach.
Helen Forrest lifted her eyes TO
the man who had shot him.
He stood wooden-faced and
strangely motionleSs, one hand
the left. resting on seat back 70
hold his balance in the aisle. The
other hand lay low at his right
hip, gripping the big six-shooter
from whose muZZle end a faint
wiSp of acrid smoke was rising.
His eyes were upon the man who
lay at the end of the coach near
the stove. McBain's hfeleSs body
had begun to rock now, limp, al
most jelly-like in motion with the
train. The horror that first had
been engendered in the girl now
turned to sickness and revulsion
toward the man with the gun.
Montana slid the heavy weapon
back into its sheath and dropped
his coat tails into place again. He
saw the look in Helen Forests
eyes, noted that the woman who
undoubtedly was his half-sistef
stood cool and calm, and a tinge
of admiration shot through him.
Whatever kind of a scoundrel the
man who now styled himself King
Ransom had been, his daughter
appeared to be a thoroughbred.
Montana nodded curtly. opened
the door to the rear. and went
back into the last coach.
He curled up in his chair and
tried to sleep, but slumber came
with difficulty that night.
(To be continued)
The Key West citizen., 1952-08-09
HILLS H0RSEMAN
BY WILLIAM HoPsoN
40

Chapter Five
LIE sat there, waiting, saw the
L man look at Rundert. A signal
passed between them. Rundert's
eyes dropped back to his cards
squirting little harder. while
the man dumped his saddle and
its sweat -dampened blanket into
a seat.
Then he strolled over and stood
above the players.
Mind if git in the game, stran-
gers?" he asked of Rundert and
the others.
''It's a free country" Rundert
grunted in reply.
McBain sat down and reached
for big leather purse.
A blast of cold air hit the coach
and the two girls came in, closing
the door behind them. Montana
saw she of the golden hair go to
the man in the business suit, who
looked up with frown of disap-
proval.
Now. now," she anticipated
teasingly, its cold in there and
we're tired of sitting practically
alone. And I'm terribly bored,
Dad"
Montana watched the game,
from his position further back,
thankful that McBain had not no.
tlced him when the man entered
the coach. For there was a little
doubt but that he would recognize
the man he had tried to kill only
few hours before The girls stood
In the open space in front of the
now warm stove, Helen Forrest
looking over her fathers shoulder.
the other woman beside her. Nc
Balm had pulled out a firewood
box from back of the stove and sat
on it in the aisle. while a big
square board on the laps of the
others served as table.
It's coming, Montana thought.
It's got to come because he knOUs
Uho am. It's coming.
1t was coming.
He sat there, watching the flick
ering lights play upon Helen For
rests aristocratic, almost hau ahtv
face. Beautiful. she was. and the
sight of her reused something
within him. Forrest tried a hlrff,
then drew down his hand as Nc
Balm chuckled and raked in the
pot. Montana heard the older of
the two young women say to For
rest:
That's lessor number one"
"Such as?"
Don't try to bluff one of these
Westerners in any kind of game
.. specifically poker"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-01-17
Jr. WOman's Club
Hears Miss Barron

The Junior Woman's Club of
Rockville had as guest speaker on
January 8 Miss Ruth Barron, chief
psychiatric social worker for the
Mental Hygiene Clinic. Miss Bar
ron spoke on mental health, pei
ticularly as applied to children.
At the meeting, held in the par
Tors of the Rockville Presbyterian
Church, the club was presented
with a gavel which had previously
been presented to Mrs. Eugene
Scott when she was Parent Teach
ers Association president in Rock
vile.
In planning activities for the
current year. the group formed
tentative plans for spring dance
and bake sale, to be held in the
near future. 1t was decided also
to give further study to POSSIBLE
tiles of forming ceramics class
for club members.
Mrs. Frank Williams, ir., presi-
dent of the club, presided at the
meeting.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-01-17

m. Thursday, January "a. The
meeting will be held at the Wom-
ans Club of Chevy Chase, 7431
Connecticut Avenue.
The meeting, arranged by the
Clubs membership committee,
headed by Mrs. Betty w. Luttrell,
will afford Montgomery County
voters their first opportunity TO
hear Senator Taft in the County
since his hat was tossed into the
presidential arena.
Officials of the Republican
State and County Central commit
tees have been invited as have Mr..
Jacob France, National Committee
man and Mrs. Bertha s. Atkins,
National Committeewoman from
Maryland.
Mrs. AID Hermann, president of
the Rock Creek Club will preside
and Senator Taft will be intro
duced by Mrs. Leona M. Rush,
member of the House of Delegates
and vice chairman of the Stare
Central Committee of Maryland.
The public is cordially invited.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-01-17
Sherwood FLA
Wins First Place
HOnOrs at Meeting

The Sherwood Chapter of the
Future Farmers of America tied
for first place with the Clarks-
vile Chapter in the State Chap
ter contest held at the State Farm
Bureau Convention in Baltimore
last week.
An award Of $35 was presented
to Donald Hobbs, president of the
Sherwood Chapter for outstanding
accomplishments in it's work pro-
gram for the last year. The
award was made by the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad.
Inaddition to receiving the first
place Chapter award, seven mem
bers of the Chapter received GER
tificates and medals in the State
Farm Bureau Project Contest.
Sherwood led all chapters by win
ming eight places in the contest.
Those receiving awards we're:
Charles Lethbridge and Donald
Hobbs. They tied for second place
and received silver medals for beef
projects. Alfred Tolson received
the bronze medal for third place
among corn projects.
In truck crops, Stephen Ingra-
ham received bronze, third place
medal. In miscellaneous projects,
Bruce Berlage was first place win
ner and received a gold medal.
Charles Linton was second, silver
medal, and Calvin Howes was third
and received bronze medal.
Bruce Berlage also won third
place in the diversified project
class and brought home a bronze
medal, too.
The above awards are made an
nually by the Maryland Farm Blu
reau to boys having outstanding
supervised projects in vocational
agriculture.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-01-17
Rolling Library to
Make Is Stops in
Week Up-COunty

The third weeks schedule of the
County Library Departments
Bookmobile was announced today
BY George p Moreland, director of
the County Library System.
The schedule of stops is as fol-
lows:
Monday
School: Sellman, 100000. Com
munities: Sellman, 3:10-3:30, w.
D. Woods Store (P.O); Comus,
340-4:10, Kenneth French Grocery;
GAINESVILLE, 4:15-5:15, P. w.
Browns Store; Beallsville, 600
e:30, Staub Store & P.O.; Buck
lodge, 6:40-7:15, Mobly's Store &
P,O.; Jacksonville, 7:3078:O0, Doc
tors Fawcett and Smith; barnes
town, 8:15-8:40, Clark's Store.
Tuesday
School: Germantown, 9:15-11:30;
Dickerson, 1:00-2:45. Commune
ties: Germantown, 12:00-12:30, W..
]. Clements Store; Dickerson, 3:15-
$3.50; Boyds, 3;45-4:15, Selby's
Market; Clarksburg, 4:25-4:50,
Mobly's Store.
Wednesday
School: Rockville (White), 800
300. Communities: Travilah, 3:15-
400, Daniels Cloverfield Farm
Store; Big Pine, 4:10-4:50, Emer-
sons Grocery, Travilah Road.
Thursday
School: Rockville (White), 300
300.
Friday
School: Spencerville, 9:15-10:30;
Sandy Springs Negro, 1:05-2:30.
Communities: Colesville, HOO
11:30, Trexler's Hardware; Coles
vile, 11:35-12:00, Lancaster's Fill
ing Station; Burtonsville, 800
$3.50, Seibel's Parking Area; Spen-
cerville, 3:40-4:00, Spencerville
Supply Co. & P.O.; Ashton, 4:10-
4:45, Dameron's Filling Station.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-01-17
WOman's Club
Hears MahOney
At Recent Meeting

The January meeting of the
Rockville Woman's Club was held
Thursday, January 10, at the Pres
byterian Church. The guest speak
err was Mr.. Claude Mahoney, radio
commentator for radio station
station WTOP.
Mr.. Mahoney spoke on scenes
behind the radio, how the news
came into the station in more or
less rough form, how many hours
were necessary to Gull through the
voluminous amount of material in
order to select the most important
events and said that when pre-
pared in final form it required but
few minutes to be presented.
He also related some interesting
and amusing personal experiences
which included anecdotes on such
notables as the late President
Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt, as
well as the notorious gangster,
Dillinger.
The club voted $4,000 for CARE
in Korea. Mrs. Bernard Welsh re-
ported that making bandages for
defense work is again starting
after a let-up during the holidays.
She stressed the need for more
helpers. This group will meet at
the firehouse Thursdays from 10
am. to IL noon.
Mrs. Francis Van der Veer,
chairman of the Welfare Commit
tee reported that in addition to the
work done in this vicinity at
Christmas, large box containing
clothing, toys and candy was sent
to the Dutch boy sponsored by the
club last year.
Mrs. Harry Westcott, chairman
of the Lay Health Committee, re-
ported that 40 baby garments have
been sent to Lay Health. More
garments were distributed to be
finished by the next meeting.
The hostesses were Mrs. Ed
ward 0. Gardner, Mrs. NJ. b.
Hough, Mrs. William Pitt Shear
man and Mrs. Watson Phillips.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-01-17

These committees are being es-
.ablished in each of the seven COM
plete and three partial county
election districts which are situated
within it's area of jurisdiction. The
membership list is subject to final
ratification by the County Coun-
ell.
The names are as follows:
Election District No. / = Lay
louisville: William Fulks, Mrs. Will
lis Smith, John Ward. Mrs. Edwin
D. Fry. ULYSSES Griffith, ".
Election District No. 2 - Clarks-
burg: Arthur Watkins, Jr., Clar-
ence D. Day, Edwin D. Burdette,
Mehrle King, Ward Fetrow, Henry
Hicke1s son.
Election District No 8 Pooles-
vile: James D. King, Charles
Jamison. Mrs. G. R. Gray, Mrs.
Harold Smith, Jr., Mrs. Sidney
Wells. William Griffith.
Election District No. A = Rock
vile: Adolph GUIDE, Mrs. Merritt
Sherman, Thomas Anderson, Les
lie NJ. Able. ]. D. Louthen, Jr.
Election District No. 6 = Dar-
nestown: Mrs. Wesley Hargett.
Wilbert McInerney, Charles Clarke,
James S. King.
Election District No. 8 = o.
rev: Clark Toms, Mrs. J. W. Jones,
Willard Harvev. Frank Palmer,
Harry Fraley, Wiley Griffith.
Election District No. 9 = Cal
thersburg: Mrs. Robert Stiles,
Mrs. Joseph Fisher, George Fry,
w. Lawson King.
Election District No. 10 = Po-
tomac: Louis ]. VAIL, Edward
Beale, Washington 1. Cleveland,
Election District No. IL = Bar
nesvilie: Mrs. ]. ]. Chisolm, Mrs.
GEORGE Menke, M. L. Bagley, W.
c. Clever, Russell Fitzwater.
Election District No. IL = Da-
mascus: Bernard Gladhill, Roscoe
Pearce, Mrs. Clifford Davis, Ev-
erett Jones.
AS a regular practice each COM
mittee will meet one evening 4
month, together with the commit
tee from a neighboring district.
One member of the upper Mont
gomery County Planning Commits
sion and one member of the staff
Continued from Page ~
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-01-17
Fire Department Current Assets $224,075;
Reelected at Departments Annual Meeting
Board of Directors
Includes First Members

Fire Chief w. Valentine
Wilson was elected to his 21st
term of service with the
Rockville Volunteer Fire De-
partment at the annual meet
ing held at the Firehouse on
January 8.
At the same time, Marberry
F. Gates, was elected to his 10th
term as president of the Depart
ment, and Thomas Slater was
elected assistant chief.
Other officers elected were
Frank H. Higgins, vice-president;
Charles w. Merry, secretary; Will
liam o. Best, treasurer; David E.
Belts, general counsel; DR.. Gordon
Rosenberger, surgeon; and Rev.
Howard Cobb, chaplain.
Line officers who were elected
are Capt. George Wilt, ST., Lieut..
William Berry, Capt. Ray Multi
can, Lieut.. Norman Ceilings,
Capt. Thomas Melvin, Lieut.. Clay
ton E. Curtis, Lieut.. Harry Beane,
Rescue Capt. Elridge Pier, Lieut..
Russell Ray, Capt. Marion Nice
warner, and Lieut.. William Cruick-
shank.
Engineer is James Ankney and
George Crown is electrician.
The Board of Directors includes
w. Valentine Wilson, Marberry
Gates, A. H. Hamke, F. H. Hig-
gins, David E. Belts, Thomas Sla-
ter and w. F. Bond. Four of the
Directors are charter members:
They are Mr.. Wilson, Mr.. Gates,
Mr.. Hamke and Mr.. Higgins.
At the meeting a tribute was
paid by Chief Wilson to the late
William (BilD Burrows, another
charter member who died recently.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-01-17
Stories and Movies
For Youngsters Set
At Local Library

Spring may not have reached
Rockville but the Rockville Public
Library is ready for it. The Spring
series of Story Hours for chill
dren opened on Tuesday of this
week and will continue until MAY
when no self-respecting child can
resist the lure of out-of-doors.
A group Of three movies for
children will be the feature of mex.
Tuesdays program. This pro-
gram, arranged with the assist
cnce Of the Montgomery County
Library, will appease many young
sters who were disappointed when
similar program had to be can
celled because of the snowstorm
shortly before Christmas.
The movies, like all Story
Hours at the Library, are sched-
uled Cor $3.50 to 4:3O pm. All
children old enough to sit through
the program quietly without a par
ent are invited whether OF not
they have come to Story Hours
before. The Honor Roll awards
to those children who attended the
Fall series Of Story Hour pro-
vans will be made. Mrs. Miller.
'branan, promises that popcorn
viii be on hand for all corners.