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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-10-30
Charter Committee
Endorses Two
Ballot Questions
Directors Appoint
4-Man Committee to
Study Assessments

The Board of Directors of the
Montgomery County Charter Com
mittee has endorsed botn of the
proposed amendments to the Mont
gomery County Charter which will
appear on the ballot in the election
November 4, it was announced to-
day.
One of the amendments would
remove the present $4,000 limita-
ton on the salary of the county
manager and would permit the
County Council to fix the man
ayers salary. The other would re-
quire the County to pay members
of the Council $50 a day for each
Council meeting they attend up 20
maximum of $50 days in any
calendar year. Since the Charter
now provides for payment at the
$50 rate up to a maximum Of 80
days year, the effect of the pro-
posed amendment would be to raise
the permissible maximum payment
to any Council member from 81 800
to $1,000 a year. This amendment
would become effective January L
1855.
The Board Of Directors also an
nounced the appointment Of COM
mittee, headed by Lotion S. Wes-
ley, Spencerville, to study tax as,
sessments and tax rates in the
County. Other members named to
the committee are. Allen H. Gard
ner, Silver Spring; o. NJ. Kile,
Mohican Hills; and Frederic r.
Lee, Bethesda.
In endorsing the proposed Char
ter amendments, the Board issued
the following statement:
1--WE believe that the existing
limitation on the salary OF the
County Manager is unsound. The
figure written into the Charter a
number of years ago was $4,000,
but we think it is wrong in prin-
ciple to fix any specific sum in the
Charter itself.
"The County Council, which al
ready has responsibility for chcos-
ing the manager, should likewise
have authority to determine the
salary. The Council should be free
to pay whatever amount it finds
necessary to employ or TO retain
an able and efficient administrator
of the County's governmental
affairs.
approval of the proposed
amendment would not of itself
raise the present County Man
ayers salary. 1t would merely
CONTINUED on Page p
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-10-30
Whistle Stop Here
For Stevenson Due
Friday Morning

In case anyone hereabouts has
forgotten, the Democratic candi-
late for the presidency. Governor
Adalai Stevenson of Illinois, will
he whistle-stopping in Montgomery
County on Friday morning.
The Governor will stop at the
Silver Spring Station about 1915
and the way we hear it good
many thousand people will be
clustered about.
Don't forget the free ride which
can be gotten in Rokville-from
the motorcade now being formed
by the candidates enthusiastic sup
porters in these parts.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-10-30
Twin Brook Civic
Group Elects New
Officers for Year

At it's annual election meeting
last Monday the Citizens Associa-
ton elected the following officers
to serve for the coming year:
President, A. G. Stoughton; vice
presidents, DR.. Thurmond Grafton
and DR.. Thomas Pape; recording
secretary, Mrs. Robert Ward; COR
responding secretary, Mrs. Rita
Posner; treasurer, V. E. Schneider;
sergeant at arms, Durant Burton.
A change in organization this
year permits of co-chairmen on the
various committees. They are:
Membership, Julius Fink and Mrs.
Geo. Darr; Identification: Mes
DANES A. G. Stoughton and Eleanor
West; recreation: Leo Mccarthy
and Mrs. John Curling; vice presi-
dents subcommittee on coming,
Malcolm Morse.
1t was voted that letter be sent
to the Mayor and City Council re-
questing that no definite action be
taken in regard to the naming of
the recreation area until the matter
is brought to the attention Of all
residents. In that way the name
chosen will represent the majority
opinion of the entire community.
The membership expresses it's
most sincere thanks and apprecia-
ton to the retiring president, Dur
ant Burton, for his continued and
untiring work during the past year,
and commends him highly for his
community spirit and fine leader
ship.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-10-30
Boy Scouts
To Help Get
Out the Vote

Bow Scouts and Cub Scouts in
the Rockville area will distribute
get out the vote door knob
hangers to the homes of local re-
sidents on Saturday, November 4,
according to Nelson Oliver and
Howard Rick, Scout Commissioners
in Rockville.
Scout Troops 447, 44s and 472
under the leadership Of Ira Wal
tiers, Claude Purdum, Elwood
Havener and R"v Sutherland will
cover the older sections Of Rock
vile while Cub Pack 208 will take
the Rockcrest- Twinbrook area.
The project is part Of a nation
wide campaign Of the Scouts under
the organizations Forward on
Liberty's Team" program.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-10-30
County Election
Returns on Air
Tuesday Night

Radio Station WGAY will join
with station VOL (1450 on your
diaD election night in order 10
broadcast Montgomery County cleo
ticn returns to County residents.
The broadcast will begin over
the VOL hookup at Z pm. Elec-
ton night and will continue
through the night. WGAY's staff
will do the reporting.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-10-30
Scouts to Baby Sit
On Election Day

Members of Rockville Boy Scout
Troop No. 447 will baby sit at the
polls at Lone Oak School on Elec-
ton Day from 8 am. to IL noon.
Ira Walters is Scoutmaster. He is
assisted by George Mclaughlin.
The Scouts are offering their
services on Election Day as part Of
the national project "get-out-the-
vote" campaign.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-10-30
Council Cancels Official
Business for Two Weeks

The regular Tuesday meetings
Of the County Council have been
cancelled for the next two weeks,
Council President Lathrop Smith
announced this week.
The council definitely will not
meet on Election Day. If too
much work piles up, however, the
council may be called out for a
meeting on Armistice Day, No
vember II. If the meeting is
to be held, it will be announced
bv Novemher 6.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-10-30
Library Closes
Election Day

The Rockville Public Library
will be closed all day on Tuesday,
November 4. Story Hour, regularly
scheduled for $3.50 Tuesday after
noon, will be held next week only
at $3.50 Wednesday afternoon. No
fines will be charged for the holt
day, and books may be returned
by dropping them in the Library's
porch box.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-10-30
String on Your Finger

Fun and games will be the
watchword in Gaithersburg Hal
lowe'en night, beginning at 7
pm. In case you've forgotten,
the big spook party is a project
of the Gaithersburg Lions Club.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-10-30
Election Day Closing

The Register of Wills Office will
be closed on Election Day, Tues
day, November d Walter G.
Clarke, Register, announced today
The Orphans Court Of Montgom-
cry County will sit next week on
Wednesday, November and
Thursday, November 6.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-10-30
Homecoming at TOUsOn

Homecoming Day at State Teach
ers College, Towson, will be held
Saturday, November /, from 10
am. to 8 pm.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-10-30
Schools Close

The public schools in Montgom-
cry County will be closed on cleo
ton day, November 4.
Evening star., 1952-12-16
Scenes About Woshnqon That Resulted From Campaigns by

ON these pages are scenes The
" Star fought to bring to
Washington.
They were the results of only
a few of The Stars hundreds of
campaigns. Scattered through
preceding pages and those to
follow are many other instances
OF the papers battle to rid the
city of what was undesirable, to
acquire and keep what was good.
For It's entire 100 years, The
Star has used facts as weapons
to make Washington a capital
worthy of the Nation. Seeking
facts, The Star has sent its
reporters to jail, underground
into sewers and incognito to
secret meetings. The water
you drink, the streets you use,
the schools your children attend,
the Police and Fire Departments
you call in emergencies-all these
were once no more than goals Of
Star campaigns.
Sometimes, especially in the
early days, The Star fought
alone. More often an aroused
community has had The Star as
champion to convince Congress
or city off1cialS of Washington's
needs. To win its battles, The
Star has collided with the rail-
roads, the trolley interests and
other utility corporations. It has
exposed corrupt city officials and
profiteers. It has battled Con-
gressmen, the President and, on
occasion, the apathy Of citizens.
Throughout a century, The
Star has consistently had one
purpose. In 1852, it stated it
would fight for the city's prog
ress in the march to power and
greatness" In 1902, its reiter-
ated policy was Ito be honest,
fair and accurate and to fight
for Washington" It enters its
second hundred years still fight
ing for the principles that have
made the history Of The Star
the history of the Nations
Capital.
Evening star., 1952-10-20
Customs Agents Nab
81 Million in Opium
Aboard British Ship
BY the Assoeioted Press

PHILADE ELPHIA, Oct. 20.
United States customs agents
swarmed aboard the British oil
tanker Silverdale when she docked
here yesterday and conf1scated Ill
pounds of opium-valued at more
than 81 million on the narcotics
black market.
Michael j. Bradley, Collector of
the Port of Philadelphia, who led
the raid, said two Chinese crew.
men were arrested and charged
with attempting to smuggle and
possession of narcotics. They are
All Tay, a seaman. and Choy Peng,
a fireman. Two other crew men,
bers, also Chinese. are being held
for questioning. Mr.. Bradley said.
The port collector said Capt.
D. B. Edgar found so pounds of
opium during the last leg of the
voyage and placed it in his safe.
Mr.. Bradley's men were alerted
by a radio message from the Sill
verdale on Saturday and were sta
toned on the pier when the ship
docked.
Mr.. Bradley declined to COM
tment on reports that some of the
crew were high on opium" and
had attempted a mutiny.
The Silverdale was inbound
from the Persian Gulf with a load
of oil. The crew was recruited
earlier in the voyage at Singapore
Evening star., 1952-10-20
Truman Ignores
Advice to Ease Up
In Campaign Drive

President Truman has not been
sparing himself in his determined
effort to "deglamorize" Republican
Presidential candidate Dwight
Eisenhower-and build up Gov,
Adlai Stevenson and the rest OF
the Democratic ticket.
Party leaders throughout the
territory he has covered say he has
been a lot of help. both in pre-
senting the issueS-aS he sees
them-and in spurring rank and
file workers.
Some of the Presidents staff
including Maj. Gen. Wallace
Graham, his personal physician,
have told the President he should
ease up a bit, but their admo-
nitions get exactly no place. His
days are averaging at least 18
hours. and he has been out and
talking as early as 6:45 am.
Evening star., 1952-10-20
Raymond J. Nora,
Railroad Head, Dies
BY the Asseeioted Press

DENISON. Tex, Oct. 20.--Ray-
mond j. Morfa, So, chairman OF
the board of the Missouri kansas
Texas Katy) Railroad, died yes
terday in the Kathy Employees
Hospital here.
He was brought here in a special
train from a Dallas hospital five
days ago. Mr.. Morfa had been III
for several months and IN a coma
much of the time.
His body was taken to Dallas
for burial.
Mr.. Morfa, who lived. in Dallas
headed the Katy railroad since
|1945. He was a director Of II
other railroads.
Mr.. Morfa was an unemployed
Chicago salesman in 1882 wher
he was hired by the Van Swer.
|ingen brothers to negotiate exten-
sions on some of their notes on the
Nickel Plate road.
Mr.. Morfa stayed with the rail.
road properties after they passee
into the hands of Robert r
Young in 1887. In 1912 Mr.. Youns
named Mr.. Morfa chairman of the
board of the Chesapeake & Ohio
railroad.
Survivors include his widow. the
former Mrs. Patty Newton of Tex.
arkana, whom he married in 1887,
his mother, Mrs. Catherine Morfs
of Chicago; a brother. w. w
Morfa of Chicago. an official ol
the New York Central railroad
and a stepson, Fred D. Newton OF
Denver.
Evening star., 1952-10-20
Posse Abandons Search
For Escapee From Lorfon

A 20-man posse aided by blood
hounds abandoned its search early
today for a 27-year-old escaped
Lorton Reformatory prisoner.
Lewis Flyth, colored, of no fixed
address, climbed out of a work.
house dormltory late Sunday
night, after rolling up blanket
under his bed covers to make
guards believe he was asleep.
Donald Clemmer. director OF
the Department of Corrections,
said a search of woods near Lor-
ton proved fruitless. A check OF
three houses in the District where
Flyth was known to have left
some clothes brought no result.
Mr.. Clemmer said Flyth, be-
lieved not to be dangerous, was
housed in a lightly guarded dor
mitory occupied by trustees and
prisoners serving light sentences
He is under six months sentence
for housebreaking. i.
The escapee is 5 feet 10 inches
tall, weighs 100 pounds and has
a scar over his right eye.
Evening star., 1952-10-20
Presidential Straw Vote
beqins al Hecht Store

A two-week sampling Of the
Washington areas presidential
choice began today with a straw
vote conducted at the Hecht Co.
stores of Washington, Silver
Spring and Arlington.
First at the polls by pre-
arrangement were Melvin D. Hill
dreth,' Democratic national COM
mitteeman, and Joseph G. Nc
Garraghy. District Republican
leader. whose votes gave the can
didates an even start.
The stores will count and report
on the voting trend daily. When
the final tally is made November /,
the management hopes at least
100000 persons will have voted.
One purpose of the poll. and its
daily tabulation, is to convince
the public that every vote counts.
Daily totals also will be sent to
national headquarters of each
party to keep leaders advised OF
the trend.
Store officials emphasized that
the poll is strictly impartial-just
a chance for people to express
their preference. e.:
Evening star., 1952-10-20
Health Aide to Speak
To BioIoqicuI Group

DR.. H. A. Press, assistant to the
chairman of the Presidents Com
mission on the Health of the Ma.
ton. will address the Biological
Sciences Group at $50 pm
Wednesday at Avignone Freres
1777 Columbia road NV.
The dinner meeting will be thu
first session of the season for the
group, which is the Washington
chapter of the Special Libraries
| Association.
Evening star., 1952-10-20

hover in the Iowa. Nebraska and
Kansas fairs, and a wide margin
in the Missouri and Ozark EN-
pire Fairs, also. Only at the Illi-
nois State Fair in Adlai Steven
sons home town. Springfield, did
the balloting show the Governor
in the lead. The result there was
1921 votes for Gov. Stevenson to
4,913 for Gen. Eisenhower.
Other Candidates.
Kansas elects a Governor this
year. and Republican Gov. Ed
ward F. Arm is expected to win
over his Democratic opponent.
Charley Rooney of Topeka. Gov.
Arm will run perhaps $4,000 votes
back Of Gen. Eisenhower. some
observers say. 1t is expected. also.
that Kansas will re-elect all its
present six Republican members
Of the House of Representatives.
The toughest battle for them will
be in the Kansas City, Kans.. dis
trict where Representative Scriv-
ner is opposed by Claude L. Rice.
In Nebraska, two United States
Senators are to be chosen-one of
them to fill the unexpired term of
the late Senator Wherry, Repub-
lican. The Republicans say they
will elect both their candidates
Senator Butler, who is running for
the six-year term, and former
Gov. Dwight Griswold, running
for the short term. There seems
no reason to doubt their victory
The Republicans would feel
easier, even than they do, about
the farm States if they were GER
tain that the Democrats, through
the county agents, operating
under the program of the De-
Evening star., 1952-10-20
COP. Leader Says Party
Can't Afford 'N BItz'

Walter Williams. chairman of
Citizens for Eisenhower, said here
yesterday the Republicans were
financially unable to come with
IN gunshot" of a projected So
million TV "blitz" campaign.
This campaign, proposed some
weeks ago in behalf of Gen. Eisen-
hover, has come in for criticism
by. the Democrats.
In a CHS television interview
Mr.. Williams said paid spot polit-
ical programs ranging from 20
seconds to a minute would start
on TV today. He added:
"It's going to be far, far short
of a 81 million program. although
we wish we could do it,
Mr.. Williams said Republican
campaign finances were "des-
perate" and could not meet the
cost Of a proposed TV "blitz" al
though "the opposition has had
TV programs for its candidate
twice a week."
Evening star., 1952-10-20
Montgomery Unit Seeks
$50 Junior Hostesses

An appeal for volunteer Junior
Hostesses has been sent out by
the Montgomery County USO
Committee. ,.
One hundred and fifty young
women between the ages of 49,
IS are needed in the county's
two USO clubs to help those who
now entertain visiting service
men and patients from Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Walter Reed and
Forest Glen Army Hospitals.
Volunteers may arrange for an
by phoning the Bethesda
USO.
Evening star., 1952-10-20

October 3, the figures were So
per cent Republican and Al per
cent Democratic.
This shows swing in recent
weeks. The poll is based on the
choices of thousands of Midwest
farmers in five States. Missouri,
Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois and
Colorado, and in parts of seven
other States. Oklahoma, Arkansas.
Louisiana, Texas, Indiana, Ken
lucky and Alabama. Some of this
territory is strongly Democratic
However. the poll which was be-
gun in July, shows accumulative
totals of STA per cent Republican
and 48.6 per cent Democratic.
The Staley firm, in addition to
this "pullet poll" conducted Sc
cret ballot tests at five State
fairs and the Ozark Empire Fail
in Springfield, Mo.
The farmers, in these polls,
I0ast a 2-to-1 vote for Gen. Eisen-
Evening star., 1952-10-20
Big O. p Majority Held Virtually Certain in Kansas Votinq

partment of Agriculture, were not
getting in their licks for Gov.
Stevenson.
Big Fight for Illinois.
While North and South Dakota
apparently continue fairly safe for
Gen. Eisenhower, Minnesota still
remains tough spot for the Re-
publican presidential candidate.
Wisconsin is decidedly slanted to-
ward the Republican column. This
leaves Illinois, with its big elec-
toral vote, still a major bone Of
contention. 1t is Stevenson's own
home State, which he carried four
years ago by a huge majority.
Today it is one Of the major bat
tlegroundS.
A poll taken by the Sun Times
Of Chicago, which has been amaz-
ingly correct in the past. indicates
that Gov. Stevenson would lose
the State by some 100000 votes.
1t is the first of the tests, how.
ever, and its results may be ma
terially changed in the later
count. Judging from the results
just announced. Gov. Stevenson
will 60 out of Cook County. which
contains Chicago. with q smaller
lead than did MIR. Truman in 1948.
The Democrats are pointing out
that this same poll. in 1948. gave
Gov. Dewey a lead in Illinois,
too. They insist that Gov. Steven
son will 60 over we'll in the State
on election day, no matter what
the polls show. Their machine in
Chicago will tighten up and bring
the voters to the polls, they say.
Objective observers continue to
say that Illinois could go either
way in the coming election.
Evening star., 1952-10-20
Labor 10 Continue Efforts
For Collection Of Blood

Defense Mobilizer Henry H
Fowler announced today that both
Phillip Murray, president of the
CIO. and William Green. president
of the AFL, have pledged labor's
continued support for the national
blood program.
Mr.. Fowler made public the mes
sages to President Truman assur-
ing him that labor will continue to
cooperate in the collection of
blood. Also made public were Mr..
Truman's letters thanking Mr..
Green and Mr.. Murray.
Evening star., 1952-10-20
Indonesian Capital Calm
Again in Cabinet Crisis
By the Associated Press

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Oct 20.
-Indonesia's capital returned to
near normal today after a week
end Of explosive political tension.
Tanks and artillery were with
drawn from strategic positions
throughout the city yesterday.
Army roadblockS were removed
and two hours were chopped off
the emergency curfew.
But the political crisis which
touched off mob scenes Friday re-
manned unsettled. Parliament's
chairman announced the legis-
lators would continue indefinitely
a recess called after the dramatic
session Thursday in which they
adopted a motion censuring the
Defense Ministry. The mobs had
demanded that the Parliament re-
sign.
Still hanging is the parlia-
mentary motion, which demands
reorganization of the Defense
Ministry and of the, Army high
command. The 7-month-old cab
met of Premier Wilopo was ex-
pected to fall over the issue but
announced it would remain in Of
flee, at least temporarily.
Evening star., 1952-10-20

Continued From First Page.)
indicate the huge falling of in
the farm and Republican rural
vote Of that year.
Feed Sack Poll.
Farm polls taken in these States
show UP well for Gen. Eisenhower.
One novel way of Sampling
political sentiment among the
farmers of the Midwest is the
feed sack poll" taken by the
Staley Milling Co. of Kansas City.
This poll really showed the farmer
trend to Mr.. Truman four years
ago. It is showing the trend back
to the Republican Party today.
The company sells chick feed
sacked in two sets Of bags. one
bearing the Republican elephant
and the other, the Democratic
donkey. Purchasers are offered
their choice. In the week ended
Evening star., 1952-10-20
Mons Deuth in River
Listed as Accidental

District Coroner DR.. A. Ma
xruder Macdonald today issued
a certificate of accidental death
In the case of Thomas G. VIM
termyer, 54. whose body was re-
covered Saturday from the Po-
tomac River.
Mr.. Wintermyer, Of no fixed
address. died from crushed chest
and conclusion of the brain. The
former restaurant and construc-
ton workers body was discovered
wedged between two retaining
walls at the rivers edge, near
Wisconsin avenue and K street
NV,
Evening star., 1952-10-20
Austrian Glass Imports Rise

VIENNA.-The value of Austrian
glass and glassware sold in the
United States mounted from $685.
600 in 1949 to $4,000 in 1850 and
1901 900 in 1851. Austria exported
$5.2 million worth of glass jewelry
to the United States in 1850 and
$66 million worth in 1851.