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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-07

Marylands traffic death toll in
September vas 80. In the same
month of 1888, the State Traffic
Safety commission reported to.
day, 46 persons were killed.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-07

,ivil service retirement system.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-07

The Civinette club of Silver
Spring will have rummage sale
today, tomorrow and Saturday at
1929 Georgia Avenue for benefit
of its scholarship fund.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-07

Tuesday is Columbus Day,
462d anniversary of Christopher
Columbus landing in the West
ern world.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-07

Health and physical education
courses for both men and women
have been added to the curricu-
lum of adult education at Pooles.
vile high school. Registration
starts at Z pm. Tuesday.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-07

Transforming big league base
ball players headed by White Sox
pitcher Virgil Trucks, will play a
benefit game at $3.50 pm. Friday
in Montgomery Blair high school
stadium. Tickets will be sold at
the gate.
Evening star., 1954-12-01
Plea Of Not Guilty
Filed for Mrs. Doss
by HE Assoeiuied Press

TULSA, Okla, Dec. IA plea
Of not guilty was entered by
Common Pleas Court Judge
Lloyd H. Mcclure yesterday for
Mrs. Mamie Doss after counsel
for the confessed poisoner of
four husbands refused to plead
to q charge she murdered her
last husband.
The 49-year-old grandmother
public defenders told the court
she is mentally incompetent and
tried unsuccessfully for the sec
ond time to have her committed
to a mental hospital for obser-
vation.
Judge Mcclure ruled against
such procedure at the request
OF County Attorney j. Howard
GuIAAOilQSOn, WHO SalQ ne would
not object to such observation
in time.
I'VE have no objection to her
being examined at the proper
time Mr.. Edmondson explained.
IF she is bound over to District
Court we'll join with the defense
attorneys in asking that she be
sent to an institution for exami-
nation"
Mrs. Doss is formally accused
of the death October 10 of Sam
uel Doss, So, of Tulsa, whom she
married five months earlier after
lonely hearts" club correspond
ence.
Evening star., 1954-12-01
Butler Reiieraies Stand
On TYdings Debate Bid
BY Tho Assoeicisd Press !.

Senator Butler. Republican, of
Maryland repeated yesterday
that he will debate with former
Senator Millard E. Tydings only
II Mr.. Tydings opposes him in
the 1856 election.
Senator Butler give this COM
raent through administrative
assistant In answer to an inquiry
whether the Senator would ap-
pear December IL in Salisbury,
Md. for a debate with Mr.. Tyd-
ings, q Democrat and Senator
from Maryland from 1927 to
1861,
Mr.. Tydings said recently he
has rented a hall in Salisbury for
the afternoon of December IL
for a discussion with Senator
Butler, The former Senator has
challenged Senator Butler, who
defeated him in 1850, to debate
whether Mr.. Tydings white
washed" the State Department
Of subversive charges when he
was head of a special Senate
committee.
Evening star., 1954-12-01
French Constitution
gesApprovedin
Move 10 Curb Reds
BY The Assoeiuisd Press

PARIS, Dec. 1.-The National
Assembly has approved IL
changes in Frances constitution.
The reforms include measures
designed to trim the influence
Of the Communists and to ease
the task of getting new premiers
into Office.
The vote last night was 412-
141, well over the two-thirds
margin needed to avoid a ma
tional referendum. The changes
become effective as soon as they
are signed by President Rene
Coty.
Under the new provisions a
candidate for the premiership
viii have to get only simple
plurality vote of approval from
the Assembly to take office. In
the past. majority of all 627
members was required.
Amendments Curb Reds.
To trim Red influence. the
deputies agreed: 4
/. To eliminate the constitu-
tional requirement that all par
ties be represented proportion
ally in the steering committees
of both the Assembly and the
Council of the Republic, the up
per house of the French Parlia-
ment.
2. That the immunity of Par
lament members to arrest should
apply only during actual sessions,
instead of all year round as at
present.
3. When the, Assembly is dis
solved, outgoing cabinets will re-
main in Office until a new gov
ernment is chosen. Up till now,
the constitution required that
all parties be represented in any
interim cabinet formed on a dis
solution. Fears have been ex-
pressed that the Reds might gain
possession of state secrets if they
became members of an interim
cabinet.
Other Reforms.
Among the other reforms ap-
proved were:
!. Confidence votes on the
government may be held "a
hours after the question of con-
Evening star., 1954-12-01

fidence is posed. In the past,
the Assembly had to wait
through one complete calendar
day before confidence motion
could be acted on.
2. A premier designate seeking
investiture will present the list of
his proposed cabinet ministers
when he makes his first appear
ance before the Assembly instead
OF waiting until after the vote of
confirmation.
Evening star., 1954-12-01

CHEVY CHASE Wisconsin Western Aves. oliver 476oo.
9Thursdoys December through December z3 Fdsy.
Evening star., 1954-12-01
Other Reforms.

Among the other reforms ap-
proved were:
/. Confidence votes on the
government may be held "a
hours after the question of con-
Smyrna times., 1954-09-30
Census Of Agriculture
Needs Help of H0memakers

The Bureau of the Census will
"never underestimate the power
of a woman" = especially during
the 1854 Census of Agriculture,
beginning November in Della
ware.
Farm homemakers can be a
tremendous help in making this
a complete and accurate farm
census" says Census Director
Robert w. Burgess. 'They can
help cut costs and save time"
He suggests that homemakers
can help their husbands fill ques-
tionnaires, look up records, and
answer census takers questions if
their husbands are absent. Wives
answers to some of the questions
usually will be just as accurate
as their husbands.
Sections of the QUESTIONABLE
probably will be of special inter-
Smyrna times., 1954-09-30
Sow Wheat After
The Fly-Free Date

Wheat growers are being warn
ed by County Agent George
Vapaa to wait until after the Hes
sian fiy-free date in sowing their
wheat this. fall. Summer rains
have produced a volunteer growth
of wheat in the old stubble fields
and, because there was a very
definite increase of Hessian fly
last spring, Vapaa says a large
supplementary brood of flies is
certain to be produced. This
brood, he adds, will mature in
ample time to attack early plant
ed wheat.
Hessian fly, some years, has
caused losses of over SO million in
Pennsylvania. The presence OF
one faxseed per stem causes al
most 10 per cent reduction in
Smyrna times., 1954-09-30

other people; and who are able to
meet the demands of life.
Feeling comfortable about them
selves means they can handle
their own emotions and take life's
disappointments in their stride.
They are able to laugh at them
selves, and neither underestimate
nor overestimate their abilities.
They accept their shortcomings,
have self-respect and get satisfac-
tion from the simple pleasures OF
life. These people who feel right
about themselves are able to deal
constructively with most situa-
tions that confront them in life.
People who feel right about
other people are capable of loving
others and caring for their inter-
ests. Such people like and trust
others and enjoy lasting and sat
isfying friendships. They respect
the differences they find in people.
They can feel they are a part of
a group and feel sense of re-
sponsibility to their neighbors and
fellow men. These people who
feel right about others do not
push people around or allow them
selves to be pushed around.
The third characteristic of be-
ing able to meet the demands OF
life, the mental hygienists tell us,
includes the ability to face prob
lens and deal with them as they
arise. These people accept re-
sponsibility. These are people
who shape their environment, il
possible, but adjust to it when
necessary. They enjoy new ex-
periences and new ideas. They
plan ahead but have no fear Of
the future. Such persons set real
istic goals for themselves and use
their natural capacities to realize
them.
Smyrna times., 1954-09-30

wheat and, in years of severe in
festation, fields have been found
averaging over five fiaxseeds per
stem.
Planting after the fiy-free date
will, in most seasons, practically
eliminate Hession fly attack,
Vapaa reports.
The fiy-free date for Delaware
is October 10 in northern Della
ware, and October Is in southern
Delaware.
Smyrna times., 1954-09-30

The latest changes were made in
Augusta of 1854, reports your Ex-
tension Service at the University
of Delaware.
Here's how farmers are affect
ed by the 1854 changes.
For the first time, farm oper-
ators will be covered. Starting
January 1, 1855, any farm opera
tor who makes S400 or more an
nual profit from farming is COW
cred by law. Also, many more
farm workers will be covered.
Starting January /, 1855, any
worker receiving 500 or more in
any one calendar year from any
one farmer is covered by law.
You do not report or pay So
cial security tax on your 1854
earnings. Early in 1865, you
make a social security report of
your 1855 earnings and pay the
tax on them. This report is part
of the income-tax return.
If your gross income is over
$1,000, you must figure your ac-
tual net earnings. If these net
earnings are less than 5000, you
have a choice. You may report
either the actual amount or 5000.
If you are going to be covered
under this program, you will need
a social security card. Applica-
tion blank for social security
cards can be requested from the
Social Security Office in Whining
ton, at 813 West Street, or from
your nearest post Office.
You can get information about
Social Security as it affects you
and your hired men. Just go to
your nearest Social Security Of
fee. The County Agricultural
Agent knows the location of these
offices. The Social Security pro-
gram for farm owners is not vol
untary. . it is compulsory.
Smyrna times., 1954-09-30

est to some homemakers. The
section on facilities and equip
ment asks whether the place has
a telephone, piped running water,
electricity, television, and home
freezer.
Farm labor and off-farm work
sections include questions about
labor by members of the family
other than the farm operator.
Burgess also points out that
home economists, clothing and
household equipment manufacture
ers, and other individuals and or
ganizations that serve homemak-
ers often obtain information from
farm census totals.
Any information released is in
the form of totals for counties
States, or larger areas. Facts
about individuals and farms are
confidential.
Smyrna times., 1954-09-30
Proper Care of
Dry Cows Pays

There are several good reasons
why the feeding and management
of dry cows are important to
dairymen, says County Extension
Agent George Vapaa.
Some of these reasons can get
pretty complicated with medical
terms, but there is one that needs
no Interpretation to any dairyman
"a cow properly handled during
her dry period may give up to
1900 pounds more milk during
her lactation than she would give
if she started the lactation in
poor condition.
Vapaa suggests dry period of
six to eight weeks, and good
good ration that will get the cow
ready for the big job ahead.
Often dairymen have cow in
their herds that milk, and milk
they just won't dry up.
The county agent suggests this
routine for drying off the persist
ent producer: ~ All grain should
be withheld and a poor-quality
roughage low in protein supplied
for a few days. (2) Milk once a
day for a week or until she is
down to two gallons of milk
daily. Then stop milking if the
COW is free from mastitis.
Another suggestion that seems
to help in drying off a COW is to
keep her out of the barn at milk
ing time. Vapaa explains that a
COW is stimulated by the routine
of entering the barn and seeing
and hearing all the regular milk
ing activities. "She will dry up
quicker if she doesn't have this
stimulation" Vapaa advises.
Smyrna times., 1954-09-30
Qualities of Good Mental Health
Described by Family Life
SnecailiSt

IF you are mentally healthy,
the chances are you are good
friend, good worker, good
mate, a good parent and good
citizen"
hat.gs~tRs. sbelief. Qf Miss Louise
Whitcomb, home management
specialist for the Agricultural Ex-
tension Service at the University
of Delaware.
Those who wish to evaluate
themselves should consider the
characteristics that go to make
up a mentally healthy person and
see how we'll they measure up to
them," she believes.
People with good mental health,
according to the National Asso-
citation for Mental Health, are
those who feel comfortable about
themselves; who feel right about
Smyrna times., 1954-09-30
Change In Social Security
Now Covers Farm Operators

There's been a change in social
security!
When we speak of Social Sc
curity, we generally mean Old
Age and Survivors Insurance for
insured persons and their famil-
les. based on earnings in work
covered by the Federal Social Sc
curity Law.
The Social Security Act was
passed in 1885, and has been
changed several times since then.
Smyrna times., 1954-09-30

Materials used in making glass
for spectacles are fused at tenn
perature of $500 degrees. Because
this heat would melt an ordinary
Smyrna times., 1954-09-30

thermometer, an instrument
which measures the light given
off by the glowing mass is used
to determine the temperature.
Evening star., 1954-04-29
Life in the u. S.
Life in the u. S.
|HungryMon
TroppedHours
In Food Truck
BY the Asseeia,ed Press

FORT WAYNE. Ind, April
29.-A Tennessee hitch-h -hiker
told police last night he spent
a hungry % hours locked in a
truck trailer loaded with canned
goods.
The young man without a
can opener, Carl Henley. "a. of
Tracy City. Tenn, was released
after driver John Dolan, 33,
Marysville. Pa, heard his cries
as he checked the tires on the
trailer. \
Henley was held on a loiter-
ing charge. He told police he
had been drinking and broke
into the trailer near Harrisburg,
Pa. to get out of the rain. The
door locked on him and he was
unable to make himself heard
until the stop at Fort Wayne.
Evening star., 1954-04-29
Setback for Fight Against Reds
ChurchiIs Urging for Delay in Southwest Pacific Pact
Weakened Position of West at Geneva Conference

Of Mr.. Churchill's speech the
Muscovites will use their usual
diplomatic tricks to bring to
the fore, stronger than in the
past, the demand for the rec
ognition of China and her ac-
ceptance in the United Ma
tions. And he repeatedly does
not want to be present when
the haggling around these two
latter matters starts in secret
sessions. The curt and short
tempered Undersecretary of
State, Gen. Walter Bedell
Smith. can say mo- more ef-
fectively and dramatically.
It is hard for our policy
makers to understand what
makes our allies tick. Red bad
faith is as obvious at the pres
ent conference as it has been
at all others since 1943. The
British and the French dip
lomatS know as we'll as we do
that our enemies have never
intended to keep any of their
pledges. They know, for in
stance, that this very day the
Swiss and Swedish members
of the neutral teams" who are
supposed to supervise the ar
miStices terms in Korea are
never allowed to travel freely
in North Korea. Only the
satellite Polish and CZecho-
slovak teams are allowed this
right. The armistice terms
clearly provide that until a
peace is signed the neutral
representatives must have "un-
handicapped access" to all mil
itary installations and estab-
liShments to see that none of
the belligerents increases his
forces.
It is feared here that Mr..
Churchill's speech torpedoing
the American proposal for a
Evening star., 1954-04-29
Mr.. Dulles Lays 1t on the Line
Secretory's Speech Is q HyPodermic of Resouteness
For Foternq Allies at Geneva in an Hour Of Crisis

so many side issues have crept
in. TO put into perspective the
faithless position Of the Com
munists. Secretary Dulles
minced no words as he accused
the Communists Of breaking
the terms of the armistice
agreement by failing to permit
a political conference on Ko-
rean questions within three
months after the truce was
signed, because they desired
first to consolidate their posi-
tion in Korea" !"
Calling attention to the fact
that the North Koreans had
just proposed that all foreign
forces be withdrawn from Ko-
rean territory in six months,
Mr.. Dulles pointed out that
the United Nations forces
would have a long way to go"
while the Chinese Communist
forces would have only a few
miles to go and they could
quickly return" He added:
"Once before We had our
troops in Korea and Withdrew
them, as it turned out, prema-
turely. We do not want that
history to repeat ITSELF"
These are things that had to
be said. For unhappily in and
around conference circles the
defeatisni that comes from
certain allied quarters is most
discouraging. Retreat and sur
render. both in Korea and In
do-China. are offered as the
best way out, with little
thought given to the damage
to the whole principle of COL
lective security in Europe as
well as in Asia that could
ensue.
Unfortunately, both Prime
Minister Churchill in London
and Prime Minister Menzies in
Australia might better have
left unsaid at this time that
they will not enter into any
military commitments in In
do-China. Actually, America
doesn't want to make any such
commitments by itself either.
Evening star., 1954-04-29
Constantine Brown

The spectacular Army VS..
Mccarthy hearings have di-
verted the attention of the
American public from a far
more serious drama now tax
ing place at Geneva. Yet the
results of that conference, to
which our people pay only
scant attention, may affect
seriously our lives for many
years to come.
Secretary of State Dulles is
expected to leave the Swiss
city and return to Washington
some time next week, unless
there is some dramatic change
in the attitude of our French
and British allies toward the
Moscow and Peiping Reds.
According to reports from
Geneva, the Secretary regards
the spectacular announcement
made Tuesday by Prime. Min
lister Churchill to an enthusi-
aStic House of Commons not
to consider any defensive alli-
ances in the Southwest Pacific
until after the present parley
is over as a body blow to
Americas policies.
Mr., Churchill knows, prob
ably better than any other
Western statesman, that the
men in the Kremlin respect
and fear only determination
and strength. His official re-
fusal in the Commons to have
anything to do with the Amer
ican proposal for a South
Pacific NATO is regarded by
our Secretary Of State as a
green light to the MuscoviteS
to press for their own solution
concerning Korea and Indo-
China at the Geneva Confer
ence. Mr.. Dulles is also re-
ported to fear that as a result
Evening star., 1954-04-29

was asked about the possibility
Of Germany organizing separate
troop units for mutual defense
If the treaty fails. He is under
stood to have advised that the
chances of doing that would not
be bright.
He pictured the Germans as
willing to help, but pointed out
that Germany is still under the
joint control of France, Great
Britain and the United States.
According to reliable reports, he
suggested that if the treaty is
blocked, the same factors prob
ably would prevent an agreement
for separate German forces.
Senator Wiley quoted DR..
Conant as reporting widespread
approval of the EDO treaty in
Germany.
DR.. Conant also told the For
eign Relations Committee that
Western Germany is cooperating
closely with the Western powers
in controlling exports of strategic
materials to Iron Curtain coun-
tries.
Evening star., 1954-04-29
diplomats Are Buying a Book
Little Volume Undertaking to Explain American Political
MYSTERIES Engages Attention Of BoffIed Embassy Stofs

State and on any day some
member of Congress, most i'm
portantly the majority leader
of the Senate. The last named
in most any other country,
would be accepted as the au-
thorized spokesman of the
government. Not here. Not
Senator Knowland. And the
same goes. much of the time.
for the Vice President, the
Secretary of State and even
the President.
One reason, of course, Is
that our foreign policy doesn't
stay put. One day we are 60
ing to retaliate massively
against Red China under Ger
tain circumstances. Another
day we would not do that un-
der any circumstances. One
day we are prepared to send
our troops into Indo-China,
if the French give up Another
day we wouldn't even think Of
such a thing.
So it goes. No wonder the
embassies and legations, need
ing to keep their governments
informed, are seeking enlight-
enment on the United States
political system and how it
works.
Evening star., 1954-04-29

defense organization Of the
West in the Pacific has put the
Soviets and their Chinese allies
in the drivers seat at Geneva.
Admiral Arthur Radford, the
chairman Of the Joint Chiefs
OF Staff, who few to Europe
last week to discuss preliminary
measures which might be
taken in the Pacific in the
event of a failure of the con-
ference, returned posthaste to
Washington after Mr.. Churchill
launched the torpedo. He is
believed to have reported to
his Superiors that the French,
panicky as they are, might
have gone along with us until
the British Premier's speech
in the House of Commons.
The French cabinet has de-
cided to follow Britain's policy
in the Far East rather than
that of the United States.
French public opinion has
been conditioned for some
time in that direction.
According to all available re-
ports from Geneva, Comrades
Molotov and Chou En-lai are
driving for coalition" govern
ments in Korea and Indo-
China (one-third Communists
and two-thirds non-Commu-
nists) and free elections Mos
COW style) in both countries.
This is the face-saving device
they intend to offer the
Western powers. But this
solution for Asia is expected to
be subjected to the pledge by
France and Great Britain to
support the substitution Of
the Nationalist Chinese in the
United Nations by the Com
munists from Peiping. regard
less of opposition the United
States would offer.
Evening star., 1954-04-29

massive retaliation" which
would seem to guarantee us
against any attack. If threat
ened from within we are ca
pable of equally massive retail
alton. Yet we give to the
world the impression that, as
a nation, we are on the verge
of a nervous breakdown. Why
we should be so jittery our
visitors cannot understand.
It is hardly necessary to say
they cannot understand the
spectacle being presented on
Capitol Hill. They cannot un-
derstand how a single Senator
is able to throw the whole
machinery of government out
of gear for weeks at a time,
when there are problems OF
real Importance demanding
the Governments attention.
More important perhaps
than all this, from their pro-
fessional standpoint, the men,
bers of the diplomatic mis-
sions cannot understand our
foreign policy. They cannot
understand who actually ex-
presses it. One day it appears
to be the President. another
day the Vice President. an
other day the Secretary OF
Evening star., 1954-04-29
Fletcher KnebeI-
Potomac Fever

The Mccarthy hearings proving educational
for the kddes This week Mr. Cohn showed how to cut out
pictures Next week maybe paper dolls.
to give full independence to Wet in
IndoChina You catch France missing the boat The
French had enough to do missing the goth century
Vice President Nixon aim is to to keep from
sending troops to IndoChna Nixon carries brief
doesn't He knows foreign policy speech heart
both sides of it.
Mccarthy somebody's lying Mccarthy Army
hearings Joe is pretty isn't him. much
in lying about the facts when it's
outhank em.
Twenty-four State Governors campaign against
highway Speeder So getting smashed
the highways the parking lot attendants running
tenders to dent.
lot Of fighters have championship bouts on points
but Joe Mccarthy Is the first to try points order
Red Chinas Chou Ena demands that the powers
get out of Asia. It's $3.50 proposition If
when Red China will get it she can.