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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-08-06

the Washington Area.
The Germantown W.S.C.S. will
meet at the Church on Tuesday at
2 pm. The hostess will be Mrs.
Evelyn Harding.
The Dickerson W.S.C.S. will
meet at the Dickerson Church Oil
Tuesday at pm.
The Clarks burg Methodist
Charge will hold the following
Official Board Meetings: Dicker-
son Thursday night, and German
town. Friday night, both at 8 pm.
Last night it met at Clarksburg.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-08-06

Mrs. A. Irving Smith entertain
ed at luncheon on Wednesday in
honor of her mother, Mrs. p. E.
Manchester. The occasion was a
surprise birthday party as Mrs.
Manchester was celebrating her
18th birthday. The guest of honor
received an orchid from her three
gFeat-grandchildren, Robby, 6,
Lynda Grace, Az, and Allen, 1,
who with their mother, Mrs. P. R..
Burklow of Bristol, Va, are spend
ing the summer at Allen Acres.
Guests at the luncheon were Mrs.
Maurice Stabler, Mrs. Thomas
J.adson, Sr., Mrs. Isaac Smith,
Mrs. Norris Russell, Mrs. Iris
Beall, Mrs. Kinsey Metzger, and
Mrs. R. Bruce Emerson of Wash
ington.
Seven All girls and boys from
this neighborhood are among the
1900 from % Maryland counties
who are attending the 31st State
All Club Week at the University
Of Maryland from August 5-S.
They are Louise Kricker, Carol
Sweeney, Jean Lethbridge, Nina
Vann, Katherine Lawler, Donald
Hobbs. Mildred Lethbridge is the
local leader in charge of boys.
Mrs. William Dinwiddie has re-
turned home after a visit with her
cousin, Mrs. Edward Stone and
Mr.. Stone, on Cape Cod. Mrs. Din
widdie drove up with Miss Jean
Coulter who also visited the Stones
for a few days. Miss Coulter is
now in Cohasset, Mass, where she
will remain for several weeks with
her brother and sister-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Roger Coulter.
Among the visitors seen at the
Hospital Supper were Mrs. Conant
Webb of Montclair, N. j., who,
With her daughter, Polly, and son,
Roger, was here for a few days
visit at The Highlands. The truce
n Korea has real meaning for
them, as Bob Webb is still there.
A new feature was added at the
supper this year-a Tom Thumb
Wedding, which was a great sue
cess, both in entertainment and
in raising money. Mrs. Henry
Hyde was chairman, the other
members of the committee being
Mrs. William Martin, Mrs. Will
Ham Cuff, Mrs. Andrew Bond and
Mrs. Harry Miller.
/ The ushers, Johnny Martin,
Hank Hyde and Bobby Yates, were
very busy seating the guests and
making bows that almost touched
the floor. The guests, who were
dressed to impersonate people con-
llected with the hospital, were
Bobby Boni f ant and Darlene
Craver as DR., and Mrs. Bird; Jim
my Lyon and Connie Wilson as
Pr. and Mrs. Lyon; Michael Lam
borne and Jean Trexler as DIR. and
Mrs. Yates; Larry White and Marie
Stinson as DR.. John Zeigler and
Or. Lillian Zeigler; Rusty Small
and Barbara Hines as DR.. and Mrs.
Beebe; Ann Lyon as Mrs. Carr;
Betsy Gill as Mrs. Gallagher:
Marcy Ann Hyde as Mrs. Beall,
and Rusty Thomas as. Mrs. Will
cox.
The bridesmaids, Mary Lynn
Sharpless, Susan Meyer and Ann
Miller, were nonchalant about the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-08-06

for everyone in the Clarksburg
Damascus Area at Whitesell's
Pharmacy, Damascus, Tuesday,
August A.
The M.Y.F. met at the German
town Methodist Church Sunday
evening at 1870 pm.
The Clarksburg Community AS
ISOLATION met at the Clarksburg
School at 500 pm. Monday night.
The Clarksburg Optimist Club
met at the Clarksburg School at
$3.50 pm. Monday night. Mr.. Paul
Cacassa, Boys Work Director of
the Washington Boys Club, talked
about the Boys Club Activity in
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-08-06
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HHHHIIT mn Observation-Disclosures
Evening star., 1953-05-03
German Aviation Research

Reports from West Germany indicate that
a postwar economic recovery that already is
highly impressive is merely awaiting political
green light" in order to soar high into the
skies. For such famous aviation names as Mess
erschmitt and Heinkel and a flock of others
already are identified with drawing boards
covered with designs for passenger and cargo
airplanes of new types and the intricate mathe-
matical-mechanical formulae of new devices
for supersonic flying.
At present. Germany is prohibited by her
wartime conquerors from either building or
operating aircraft other than gliders. The Bonn
peace contract continues the prohibition against
military aircraft unless unanimous approval is
granted subsequently by the European Defense
Community. Whether or when these obstacles
will be removed is an open question but the
German planning has begun and it is logical
to suppose that time will remove the barriers.
German proficiency in the aviation field
was well established in the period between the
two world wars. If employed for purposes of
peace rather than those of war it could un-
doubtedly make new and spectacular contribu-
tions. The German technicians in this field
are thinking in terms of their country again
becoming a major air power-in commerce, at
least-within the next decade. It Is not an
unrealistic aspiration.
Evening star., 1953-05-03
A Winning PorIoy

The thoroughbred and the betting window
have been parlayed into winner in the Ameri
can sports world.
survey of 1852 attendance at the sport
of kings" shows that total of 45.8 million
persons spent some of their leisure time, and
probably lot of their money, watching the
bangtails in the United States and Canada.
PercentagewiSe, the greatest increase was
recorded at the harness tracks as this form of
horse racing continued its spectacular postwar
revival in popularity. Organized baseball, the
major and minor leagues continued to slide of
in attendance to total of 400 million spectator
fans. For those who still consider baseball the
national pastime, however, 1t must be noted
Evening star., 1953-05-03

the Vice President announced that the
Senate and House were ready to attend
while the oath required by the Consti-
tuition of the United States was ad-
ministered by the Chancellor of the
State of New York. Washington grave
ly replied: I am ready to proceed
and, led by the Vice President and
accompanied by the Senators, the Chan
cellor in his robes and other men of
distinction, he passed upon the balcony
and Broad streets. There was
large Bible laid on table on the bal
cony. .. This was taken up and held
up between Washington and the Chan
cellor by the secretary of the Senate.
Samuel Alyne Otis. Washington laid
his right hand on the opened book, and
the Chancellor slowly and in a clear
voice repeated the oath. At it's con-
clusion, Washington said: I swear and
added, with deep fervor noticeable to
all, so help me God He then stopped
over and kissed the sacred volume.
1T is DONE. said Chancellor Livingston,
and turning to the throng in the streets.
with wave of his hand. he uttered the
cry, Long live George Washington,
President of the United States! The
response from the people seemed all the
more tumultuous from contrast with
the silence that had attended upon the
administration of the oath. The Ma
tional Ensign was Immediately run up
from the cupola of the Federal Hall"
The Star on April 81, 1903, published
a two-column line cut representing the
design of a pro-
Plan for Jefferson posed memorial to
Memorial Thomas Jefferson.
With the illuStra-
ton appeared an article outlining a
plan for raising the necessary money
by selling 10000 portrait medallions
of the third President and copies Of
the Declaration of Independence which
he wrote. Sponsors Of the project In
cluded: Former Senator Kenney OF Del
aware, DR.. Ralph Walsh, Gen. Edwin
Warheld. Joseph Daniels. Philip P.
Evening star., 1953-05-03

except Russians. are to be employed in
the public service of Manchuria:
fourth, the present status of the adj
ministration of Manchuria is to re-
main unchanged; fifth, the customs
receipts at the port of New Chwang
are to be given to the Russo Chinese
bank; sixth. sanitary commission is
to be organized under Russian control:
seventh. Russia is entitled to attach
the telegraph wires and poles of all Chi
nese lines in Manchuria, and eighth.
no territory in Manchuria is to be
alienated to any other power" Excite
ment soon spread from Peking to other
capitals. In Tokyo, "the press insisted
on vigorous action, confident that the
United States, as well as Great Britain,
will support Japan" Here in WASH
ington it was announced that: Silently
but surely Russia has been amassing
a force in Eastern waters, preparatory
to the enactment of her coup d'etat,
until today her fleet in the Asiatic sta
ton numbers AZ vessels" The rum
bling of eventual war could be heard
by Informed authorities"
The Star of April 18 1908. disclosed
that the body of Capt. Thomas w. Lord
mad been found in the
Copt. Lords Potomac River at Mar
Body Found shall Hall. He had dis
appeared December 20.
1901, and had been on the missing
persons list ever since that date. A
native of Maine and a veteran OF
the Union Army who had lost a
leg at Charlottesville. he had been
well known in Washington and his
mysterious absence had created wide
spread discussion. A friend, Thomas
Marshall, had offered q reward Of
500 for information concerning him.
The police had searched for the captain
in vain Arson Neal discovered his
corpse floating In the water near the
wharf at Marshall Hall. Identification
was made by a police photographer.
Evening star., 1953-05-03
Moscow's May Doy

May Day in Moscow. an occasion in recent
years for bluster and show of force, was cut
from different pattern this year.
The emphasis was on sportsmanship, good
will and dancing in the streets. The military
parade, usually an impressive show of Soviet
power was the shortest on record lasting only
about Is minutes. And most of the weapons
displayed were defensive in character.
Different, too, was the oratory. The famil
lar overtones of threat and boast were not
heard. Defense Minister Marshal Bulganin
was the principal speaker He said that the
attitude of the West calls for the Strengthening
of our armed forces so as to be ready at any
time to rebuff attempts of any hostile forces to
interfere with the peaceful and victorious ad
vance of the Soviet people toward it's great goal
communism" But he also said this: THE
Soviet government will welcome any steps on
the part of other governments genuinely aimed
at the easing of tension in the international
situation and would like to see peaceful state
mentS made by the leaders of these govern
ments supported by deeds" The steps which
Marshal Bulganin said would be welcome include
a reduction in Western arms production and
an abandonment of military bases in areas
bounding the Soviet Union.
There were many parallels between this
speech in Moscow and President Eisenhower'S
Editors. The Soviet marshal was only echoing
the American President when the latter said
that the free nations, as long as the threat to
freedom persists, must remain at any cost
armed, strong and ready for any risk of war.
And the Russian Defense Minister merely para
phraSed this excerpt from the Presidents
speech: eve care only for sincerity of peaceful
purpoSe-atteSted by deeds. The opportunities
for such deeds are many The performance OF
a great number of them waits upon no complex
protocol but upon the simple will to do them.
Even few such clear and specific acts-such
as the Soviet Unions signature upon an
Austrian treaty, or its release of thousands of
prisoners still held from World War 1I-would
be impressive signs of sincere intent"
Will the deeds" for which both of these
spokesnen have appealed materialize? Will
the tokens of genuine desire for peace be
forthcoming? Or must mankind, in the end,
be dragged down to atomic ruin leaving behind
only the wreckage of civilization monu
ment to stupidity or, more probably, duplicity?
Evening star., 1953-05-03
Spires Of the Spirit
Eorthen Vessels

An English novelist, writing Of the
coming coronation of the second Queen
Elizabeth, described England in these
words: "A drab, threadbare, industrial
community with an overcrowded popu-
lation Shivering in the worst climate In
the world" If any one but an English
man whose love for the right little,
tight little isle" could not be questioned
uttered such derogatory thing, there
would be instant angry rebuttal by any
loyal subject of the Queen. But, when
in the same article, this author scars
in rhapsody as he envisions the gilt
tering glory which constitutes the treas
ure of England, one knows that even
when he tells the unvarnished truth
about her living conditions and her
rain-drenched. foggy weather, he is
simply describing the container In
which are placed the enhancing flowers
of English life and history and civiliza
tion. Gazing at the brave and gallant
annals in the long history Of this
little island, he is thinking not chiefly
of the earthen vessel, but of the treas
ure it has held up to the ages, as rever-
entity he quotes the ecstatic song OF
Shakespeare:
This royal throne of kings. this scep-
tered isle, >.
This precious stone set in the silver
sea-"
1t is this contrast between the COM
monplace channel and the opulent
heritage which flows through it that
led st. Paul to say of the Christianity
which, with its Transforming power.
came so many centuries ago to the fair
haired angles: I'VE have this treas
ure in earthen vessels"
Think of what the apostle to the
Gentiles wrote to the early Christians
about the very ordinary human clay
and the priceless treasure poured into
it, Concerning those first Christians.
Paul, in his immortal letters. said some
of the most discounting, critical, dis
illusioning things that could be i'm
agined. He talks plainly Of their faults
and failures, of their lapSeS into pagan
practices, of their contentious and
jealousies, of their impurities and in
consistencieS, until one is inclined to
see little but the marred and imperfect
vessel in which the flowers Of grace are
supposed to be exhibited. But when he
has his eye not on the human material.
but upon the Crystal Christ and the
Church all resplendent, adorned with
white purity and loveliness even as a
bride, then he clothes his vision of the
treasure in language which climbs to
the summit of sublimity. He reaches
out for words with which to capture
the glory; he stretches, bends and pol
Evening star., 1953-05-03

The Star on April Is, 1908. explained:
Before sailing for his home in Scot
land yesterday. Andrew
Peace Palace Carnegie donated SIS
Provided million for a temple of
peace for the perma-
nent court of arbitration at The
Hague. The gift was made through
Baron Covers, the Minister OF The
Netherlands at this capital, and was
made with the understanding that
the government of Holland would be
responsible for its administration. Mr..
Carnegie has spoken of his purpose to
make a donation for the building OF
library of international law at The
Hague to several persons. Some time
ago he broached the subject to Mayor
(Seth) Low of New York, Andrew D.
White and Frederick w. Hollis. and all
of these gentlemen approved the idea.
1t is supposed that should the gift be
accepted, trust would be constituted
and administered by the government of
The Netherlands as trustee for the
other powers to the conventions that
might meet there"
On April 30, 1903, The Star quoted
the New York Tribune as follows con-
;, corning the first in
First Presidents auguration of George
Inouourotion Washington: New
York was now april
80. 1897 ready for the incident that
overshadowed all others of the time
. the most important and imposing
ceremonial that had yet been observed
on the western continent. The pro-
cession was made up of various regi-
ments, the joint committees Of Con-
gress. the heads of departments, the
foreign ministers and a long train Of
distinguished citizens. It marched
through Pearl and Broad streets to the
Federal Hall. where Congress was as
sembled. Vice President Adams met
Washington at the door, led him to the
chair Of state and introduced him for
mally to the august body in whose pres
ence he stood. After q moment or two,
Evening star., 1953-05-03
Fifty Years Ago in The Star >.
Reserve Officers Wife.

Baker, Horace S. Cummings, Andrew
A. Lipscomb and w. S. Mexican. The
memorial was to take the form of the
Parthenon in Athens with modifica-
tions. 1t was to contain "all the fea-
lures of classic architecture which the
dignity and grandeur of such
structure demands" A Government
reservation near the White House" was
stipulated as the site. ut may be that
it will be placed somewhere along the
line of the boulevard planned by the
Park Commission to connect the Cap
itol with the (Washington) Monument
Grounds. If this plan (should) be
adopted, the memorial might take the
place of the Lincoln memorial in the
commissions plan and be placed at the
far end of the boulevard at such
point that the monument will be mid
way between it and the Capitol" The
cost of the Jefferson memorial had been
estimated at $500,000. When the now
existing white marble structure on the
Potomac basin finally was erected be-
tween 1899 and 1943, it involved an
expenditure approximating $2.980. 900.
X
A despatch from Peking, featured in
The Star for April "a, 1908, said: Rus
Sia has demanded
Russion Demonds that China sign an
On Chino agreement practic-
cally ceding to her
the sovereignty of Manchuria and ex-
cluding other nations from that coun-
try. The Russian charge d'Affaires. M.
Plancon, has informed Prince Ching.
president of the Foreign Office, that no
further steps in the evacuation of Man
churia will be taken until the agree
ment is signed. Prince Ching refused
the Russian terms. but his refusal prob
ably pleases Russia as well as his ac-
ceptance would have done. because
either alternative means the relin-
gushing Of Chinese sovereignty in
Manchuria. The Russian demands are
as follows: First. no Manchurian ports
or towns are to be opened; second, no
more foreign consulS are to be admitted
into Manchuria; third, no foreigners
Evening star., 1953-05-03
Defends the Military

Defense Secretary Wilson should be
the last person to make such a state
ment as You can't buy the type of
leadership Gen. Bradley is talking
about" BY this he presumably means
that those in the military should give
no thought to any personal advantage
or gain, but give their service and de-
votion out of love for their country.
I recall that Mr. Wilson was very re-
luctant to part with any personal ad-
vantage and gain when he started his
own tour of duty, and Congress had to
beat him over the head, flguratively
speaking, to cause him to make
sacrifice
Granted that in any sprawling or
ganization such as the military there
is bound to be waste, and there are
bound to be inequities, Mr.. Wilson is
not painting true picture of the Pen
tagon when he picks out one isolated
case of lieutenant colonel being in
charge of mail room. The great ma
jority of officers are underpaid, mis-
understood, and frustrated to the point
of despair at Congress and others in
authority WHO are SO SnOrCSlgnCeO CIlaC
they cannot or will not see, or are so
anxious to get reelected that they pass
over. all the good things accomplished
by the top men in our military.
In a democracy we do things differ
emily in Government and the military
from the so-called efficiency of industry.
I imagine that if Mr.. Wilson had ever
spent two years of active duty in the
Pentagon as a reserve officer, recalled
involuntarily, as my husband was, and
really knew whereof he spoke. instead
of sitting aloof, he might have clearer
picture of men who are making nervous
wrecks of themselves trying to do a
good job in spite of Mr. Wilson and
others who want to make a good show
ing at cutting expenditures.
Reserve Officers Wife.
Evening star., 1953-05-03

iSheS them, as he struggles to depict
what he calls this treasure" Across
ecstatic pages Paul seems to be saying:
This treasure! This TREASURED But
always he adds, conscious, of his own
low stature and as he looked without
illusions at his fellow Christians, ''We
have this treasure in earthen vessels"
We who are living today. in the Goth
century. have this same consciousness
of the incongruity between the treasure
and the vessel. There is the church.
with it's regrettable littlenesses, its per-
sonal animosities; its unhappy divisions.
it's exaggeration Of denominational
viewpoints which, in this day Of the
terrific onslaught against all for which
the church stands, seem often to be no
more important than the difference
between tweedle dee and tweedle dunn.
Yet there is the treasure which she has
carried across stormy centuries.
Now in this distinction between the
earthen vessel and the treasure there
is indicated fundamental method OF
the divine revelation. God pours His
glory not into chastely adorned, royal
chalices. but into commonplace, earthy
vessels.
Biographies are the records of treas
ure in earthen vessels. And what COM
mon clay q complete biography often
brings out. when there is no face
lifting and Cromwell's wart is left to
mar his countenance!
The surprising wonder Of the incar-
nation is that in Christ this treasure,
Gods very heart. was in an earthen
vessel. And then glance at the men
He called to His side. Matthew. the
tax collector: Simon. the social radical;
Peter, the swearing fisherman John
and James, bad-tempered sons of thun-
der; all sorts of rough fellows with
Evening star., 1953-05-03
Driver Training Pays

With traffic accidents among the younger
drivers on the increase throughout the country,
the renewed interest in driver training courses
in the schools is justified. An analysis of serious
automobile accidents last year prepared by the
Travellers Insurance Companies showed that
drivers under Is, though they constitute only
Is per cent of all motorists, were responsible for
about one fourth of all fatal highway accidents
in 1852. These figures show why school author
tiles in many cities, including Washington, are
paying greater attention to safety courses both
of the classroom and practical-training types.
AS evidenced by the teen-age traffic conference
here, young drivers are eager to learn how to
operate an automobile safely They should
have this opportunity in the interest of public
safety.
The Travellers report declared that the
young drivers cause more than their share of
accidents because "too many of them simply
don't know how to drive safely" 1t said the
cure was competent training. That such train
ing can drastcally reduce accidents has been
proved everywhere driver-training courses have
been established. In one study in another city
1t was found that high-school students without
benefit of special instructions were involved in
so per cent more accidents than group which
had completed driver-training course in the
schools. Similar results have been reported
from various parts of the country.
Last year more than 100000 drivers under
Is were involved in serious highway crashes.
Deaths occurred in more than 1000 of these
accidents. Most of the accidents were caused
by speeding improper passing and similar
hazardous practices Safety authorities are
confident that this slaughter can be materially
reduced by more adequate training of drivers
and that the training should begin in the
schools Washington has a training program
now, but it is said that only about one-third of
the students eligible for it can be accom-
modated. committee Of the automobile in
dustry has offered to cooperate by providing
additional automobiles for instruction purposes.
This offer is too attractive to pass up. Expan-
sion of driver instruction among the youth of
Washington will pay dividends in lives saved
and injuries prevented
Evening star., 1953-05-03

that the spectator total above does not include
the millions who ringed the sandlot and softball
diamonds-or the kids in the vacant lots Nor
does it include the additional attendance via
television, probably exceeding that which
watches the relatively few big stake races
served up on video.
Probably the only lesson to be drawn from
all of this is that the lure of pyramiding two
dollars into a fat roll of currency provides an
attractive "condiment" to an afternoon or
evening of sport for sports sake. Any tips
would be welcome.