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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Force Formed in 1922
Only Two Unsolved Crimes Are
On Records of County Police
Force Formed in 1922

The history of the Montgomery
County Police Department has
been comparatively short but ex-
citing. 1t is marred only by two
major unsolved crimes. The de-
votion of its officers is epitomized
by the two policemen who have
been killed in the line of duty.
In July, 1922, the County Com
nisSionerS created and the Mary
land Legislature approved, the
first police department of a chief
and five privates, using motor
cycles for transportation. Pre-
viously criminal Investigations
and arrests were the duties of the
sheriff, his deputies, and some
conStableS.
After only five years of life,
the police department was ex-
banded for the first time. Police
stations, equipped with cells,
were opened in Silver Spring
and Bethesda and the force was
increased to IS men, one sergeant
and four privates at each station.
Today's police force is an
army compared to those earlier
groups. The authorized strength
is 178 men. OF these, IS men
and a captain are in the detec-
tive bureau. Each of the three
stations is supervised by a cap
tain with a lieutenant second in
command and the patrolmen
dived into three equal, rotating
shifts.
Many other, persons, besides
uniformed officers, work in the
Police Department: an admins
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29

tratiVe assistant and secretary in
the superintendent office; a
property clerk; II desk clerks;
and several clerks and clerk
typists.
The Montgomery Count y
Police have not Jagged in the
acquisition of modern equipment
and procedures. In 1880 the
Identification Bureau was estab-
lished and has been constantly
improved. In the '40's, police
cruisers were first equipped with
one-day radio receivers and then
tWo-Way radio communications
systems,
Today's communications Set-up
(actually three-way system since
cruisers may talk to each other
as well as talk to and receive
headquarters is managed by a
corporal and six patrolmen.
Sixty-five police cars and eight
motorcycles are equipped with
three-way radios. In 1947 tele-
type machines connecting county
departments and tied in with
the 13-State eastern police system
were installed in the communica-
tons office.
Seven Montgomery County
policemen are graduates of the
Federal Bureau of Investiga-
TONS Police Academy: Supt.
James S. McAuliffe, Insp. Car
roll V. Miller, Capt. Gassaway
w. Linthicum, 1t. John o. Leahy,
1t. William M. Whalen, Sgt.
Robert L. Dutrow and Sgt. Ken
meth w. Watkins. Two others.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29

Capt. Charles Peter and Sgt.
John Higdon, are graduates of
the Traffic Institute at North.
western University.
The department, charged with
policing 100000 people and SIS
square miles, keeps busy. In re-
cent years they've averaged over
5000 criminal arrests and over
$4,000 traffic arrests annually.
And when called upon, the
county's FINEST" have given their
lives in the discharge of duty.
On November %, 1852, Robert
w. McAllister was shot in the
head while experimenting a sus-
pect. On September 30, 1852,
David G. Bissett was killed in an
automobile accident while an.
swering a call.
Case histories of crimes invest.
gated by county police would
supply Jack Webb's "Dragnet"
for years.
On February %, 1915, Henry
H. Corens. Bethesda, was arrest.
ed and charged with numbering
his wife. Pearl Her head was
found the previous day in Vir-
ginia. Other parts of the body
were never recovered. Rockville
attorney Harold C. Smith, ST.,
defended Corens at the Anne
Arundel County trial, where he
was found guilty Of second-degree
murder and sentenced to IS
years in prison. He still main
tains his innocence.
Officers Gassaway Linthicum,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Mass Firing;s
FOUOUed Win
At 1884 Polls

ITO the victor belongs the
spoils." That was the philosophy
of the Fusion Party which swept
the commissionerships and elect
ed several members to the House
of Delegates in the Montgomery
County elections of 1884.
The new commissioners had
barely seated themselves before
they dismissed almost every
county employee and filled the
positions with Fusionist SYM
pathiZerS. Eighteen policemen
on a force of % were fired, in
GLIDING four with 10 years or
more of service.
The SENTINEL early in 1885
claimed that the county was sell
ing its typewriters because "the
new appointees know not one
keyboard character from anoth.
err"
A cry of politics" went up
from county Democrats and led
by State Senator Stedman Pres
cot they pressed for legislation
putting most county positions
under Civil Service. And they
were successful.
In March 1885 the State Legis.
lature passed a measure provid-
ing that Is of the fired police.
men be returned to duty and
allowing the Fusionist to appoint
a total of Is. The 80 man force
would then come under Civil
Service and no man could be
fired without cause.
Agitated by the abuses of the
"spoils" system, the Legislature
progressively placed other coun-
ty positions under the protection
of Civil Service.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29

Glenn Wood and Stanley Harding
apprehended Lee Sonny Edwards,
Washington. and successfully
proved that Edwards was the
murderer of Donald Stambaugh
whose body was discovered in the
woods along Piney Branch Road.
Edwards. because of lack of wit
nesses or motive, was sentenced
to only seven years.
Two of the forces best efforts
solved crimes not involving homi-
eide.
On the night of January u,
1913, Hustin Swing, owner of the
SIS Market, was shot in the
foot and robbed of 81 800 in front
of his Halpine Road home. An
exhaustive police investigation OF
suspects led to a 22-year-old for
mer Swing employee who knew
the victims habits, Victor S.
Johnson. County police proved
the youth had come from his
southern Maryland home on the
bus, carrying a sawed-off shot
gun wrapped in paper, and
Johnson is now serving a 20.year
prison term.
Extremely fast work by Inst.
Carroll B. Miller, 1t. Charles
Peter and Sgt. Carroll Durham
brought about the capture within
minutes after he had held up the
American Finane Co., Silver
Spring, of Darl D. Parker.
Finding the streets crowded
with alerted police, after he'd
snatched S4,196 from the finance
company, Parker drove his green
Studebaker into the open garage
of Mrs. jeanette Wise at 907 Gist
Avenue. Mrs. Wise heard him
pull the door shut and phoned
police. Though armed with
German Luger pistol, Parker was
taken without a battle.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Only Damascus and TakOma
Resisted County Wet Wave.

ton by the "drysN that the first
post-prohibition Christmas would
be a drunken revel did not mate
rialize. In fact the SENTINEL
noted, christmas passed with a
minimum of drunks seen on the
streets. Indeed there are those
say this was the sobereSt Christ
mas seen in the county seat since
prohibition wiped out the old
DAYS"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Cheese Tooth Prints
Led to Arrest

Somebody had been eating the
cheese at Johnson'S Grocery
Store, Rockville, and it wasn't
mice.
The store was robbed in Sept,
1910, and the only clue was a set
of teeth marks in a five-pound
hunk of cheese. Detective Sergt.
Theodore Vollten made plaster
cast of the marks and Chief An
drew II. Newman sent them to
the FBI for evaluation.
Upon advice from the Federal
bureau, county police arrested
William Henry Peters. His teeth
perfectly matched the widespread
tooth prints" in the cheese.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29

vi PANlilDCl lSy IOOO, NULL
gomery County concurred with
the rest of Maryland and with
the country as a whole by voting
for ratification of the 21st amend
ment repeal of prohibition
overwhelmingly, 6,199 to 1891.
Only the Damascus and Takoma
Park areas expressed a desire to
retain prohibition.
But repeal was not the signal
for a flood of liquor. Many pro-
blems remained to be worked
out. While they were being
worked out CONTAINS had to be
content with their 80 beer, APP
proved earlier the same year.
A series of articles in the SEN
TINEL, entitled How Will Pro
hibition Repeal Affect Residents
of Montgomery County" claimed
that the September II vote was
a clear refutal of lover a decade
of dry administration with its
attendant evils of banditry, gang
sterism and bootlegging."
Primary foe of liquor for Mont
gomery County was Rockville
lawyer George H. Lamar, Trainer
of the local. option law under
which the county had been regu-
lated for many years. Lamar
and other "drys" believed that if
Montgomery was left to make its
own decision, liquor would never
be sold in the county.
However at a special session of
I the Maryland Legislature in De
cember 1888 the delegates passed
and Governor Richie signed a
liquor bill establishing the dis
pensary system patterned after
Canadian and Swedish systems)
and the Liquor Control Board.
The county districts retained the
right of referendum to decide
whether private business to dis
pense drinks could be established
in the respective districts.
The Board of County Com
missioners appointed DR.. Ben
jamin c. Perry, Bethesda, chair
man of the Liquor Control Board.
Other members of the board
named were John c. Walker,
Chevy Chase; Downey Williams,
Laytonsville; and George A.
Sacks, Bethesda.
The first three diSpensarieS
were in Rockville, Bethesda and
Silver Spring. Silver Spring was
first open. The SENTINEL re-
ported, "A clamoring throng be-
sieged the Silver Spring dispen-
sary last night to purchase Mont
gomery Countys first legal whis-
key in SO years, at a price which
BODIED still stronger future for
the bootleggers."
Blended WHISTLES ranged in
price from $1.65 to $2.15 per pint.
Bottled-in,bond between S6.75 and
SIPS per quart. Wines were
priced at $3.50 a quart and
triple-distilled gin brought $3.50
a quart. tom Harding was the
dispensary's best seller at $1.65
per pint.
The dispensary system was
established just in time to pro-
vide plenty of cheer" for Christ
mas 1888. However the predic,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29

Youth Service, under the Health
Department. The funds for this
were appropriated by the Coun-
ty Council last year.
This is psychiatric team ap-
pointed to work with schools,
the Juvenile Court and other
agencies that deal with children.
1t is the result of a study by
joint planning group from he
Mental Hygiene Society and
Clinic, the Health Department,
the Pupil Personnel staff and the
Social Service League. This
first year of the team will be a
trial period to determine its
scope and functions.
The total number of cases
served in 1858 were 257 and in
1854, 1874. This decrease is due
to a limit of psychiatric time
available on the part of the
staff.
Another project of the Mental
Hygiene Society was begun by a
special committee in February
1851 and will be continued this
year under the direction of the
legislative chairman, Walter
Nolte.
This project was first directed
TO the Improvement of Jail facili,
ties for mental patients in the
county. But the committee soon
concluded that failing the men
tally i'll was not in keeping with
modern medical practice.
Since the county Jail is too
small for installation of psy-
chiatric facilities, the committee
recommended that the process.
ing of pSychiatric patients be
accelerated. But it was found
that in the three month period,
January to March 1852, eight out
of 10 pSychiatric patients were
held in the county Jail two of
them as long as Is days and in
only cases was the processing
accelerated with commitment
directly to a State mental hos.
pital.
This last led to other problems,
resulting from hasty commit.
ment and the committee CON
cluded that a'psychiatric ward
in one of the general hospitals
was justified in a county the size
OF Montgomery. In this manner
emergency psychiatric treatment
could be given.
In July 1858 a clinic for emer.
gency mental patients was open.
ed at the Washington Sanitarium
and Hospital with emergency
nurses from the Health Depart.
ment on call for assistance.
The new president, Mr.. Assay,
already has his organization
functioning with u chairmen APP.
pointed for the special com.
mittees.
Other officers are Mrs. D.
Wells Goodrich and Walter
Nolte, vice presidents; Mrs. Char.
les Rideout, treasurer; Mrs.
Adele Bashor, secretary. The
board of directors number 30,
elected for three, years with
staggered terms.
Evening star., 1955-06-17
British Froemen Stort Job
Of Raising Wrecked Sub

Witnesses to the disaster told
today of the heroism of Medical
1t. c. E. Rhodes, q, the only
victim to go down with the
Sidom who was not a member
of the crew.
1t. Rhodes, stationed aboard
the depot ship Maidstone to
which the sub was moored, was
eating bacon and eggs on his
vessel when the explosion was
heard. He ran on deck, went
over the side and reached the
deck of the Sidom, which was
still af1oat.
The lieutenant went down the
coming tower, came back chok-
ing. but returned to the smoke
filled submarines interior and
helped several of the injured up
the ladder to safety.
HE was a brave man." said a
midshipman, 1.-The last of him
was seen when he was supporting
an injured man. We think he
must have been overcome by the
fumes. Some seconds later the
order was given to abondon ship
and then she went down."
Evening star., 1955-06-17
Garner to Be Host
Ito Butler Sunday

UvALDE, Tex, June II R.-
Cactus Jack" Gamers going to
play host Sunday to anybody
who wants to drop In, around
2:30 pm. and meet National
Democratic Chairman Paul But
Ter.
You can bet hundreds will be
thereto see Mr.. Garner as
much as Mr.. Butler.
The former vice president
hasn't left Uvalde, except to go
out in the brush hunting, since
he came back from Washington
in 1910.
A spry SO, Mr.. Garner was in
high spirits today when he told
publisher Harry Hornby. jr., of
the Uvalde News-Leader he
wanted everybody to come to his
house Sunday.
This will be a fine opportu-
nifty for all Democrats to meet
their chairman" Garner said.
Mr.. Butler. touring Texas to
promote harmony among feuding
factions of the State party. had
been scheduled to have a quiet.
private luncheon with Mr.. Gar
ner Sunday.
Evening star., 1955-06-17
WEST GERMANS CELEBRATE
SO REVOLT AGAINST REDS

BERLIN June II tE9-West Germany and West Ber-
lin observed the anniversary the Soviet Zones June
II revolt against communism with national holiday.
The Communists doubled their border police force In
this divided city and rmpeted warnings watch for prov
ocatons West which they charged two
set off workers riots. AntiCommunists said the revolt
which spread throughout East Germany due to dis
satisfaction with Red rule
The Reds did inftrating of their last night
Berlin police arrested Ill East Berliners shouting
Communist songs and distributing leaflets in the Western
sectors leaflets denounced anniversary obsevances
Fascist meetings urged West Berners boycott them
West German bulletin today recalled that
267 persons killed injured in the 1858
uprising The bulletin said STAB arrested by Red
thorites and 90 executed by the SovietS"
memorial to the revolt casualties dedicated
Berlin cemetery today The statue depicts massive
male figure shaking of yoke.
Evening star., 1955-06-17

PORTLAND, England, June II
P'.-Salvage crews today began
raising the British submarine
Sidon, which exploded and sank
to the bottom of Portland har-
bor with 13 officers and men en-
tombed aboard her.
The navy announced that sc
personS-creW, passengers and
trainees-Were on board when a
practice torpedo exploded and
ripped open the 1,000-ton sub
marine yesterday.
Besides the dead, seven sailors
were injured. none seriously.
A team of is divers worked in
relays through the night to seal
the hull Of the sub. lying on her
side on a muddy bottom in 36
feet of water.
Then naval frogmen went
down, shot a dozen holes in the
hull and quickly attached high
pressure air hoses. Il.
Pumping began at once, to fill
the submarine with compressed
air so she can be lifted to the
surface. Two lifting vessels were
standing by.
Evening star., 1955-06-17
Greece Is --latest
Soviet Target

ATHENS, Greece, June II
R.-Greece is the latest target
of the Kremlin's new friendship
campaign. The Russians say
they would like to see an i'm
provement in Athens relations
with both Moscow and the Soviet
satellite states.
This was disclosed early today
by Foreign Minister Stephanos
Stephanopoulos following a din
ner he attended at the Soviet
Embassy. Mr.. Stephanoulos
told newsmen he had exchanged
views with Russian Ambassador
Mikhail G. Sergeev and other
ENJOYS on the improvement of
Greek k-Soviet relations.
The dinner guests also dis
cussed the normalization of
Greece's relations with the satel-
lite states, he added. Athens
has accused her neighboring
Communist states Of aiding Red
guerrillaS who attempted to
seize power in Greece following
World War II. The rebellion
was finally quelled in 1949.
Mr.. Stephanopoulos also dis
closed that the president of the
Athens Academy had accepted a
Soviet invitation to visit Russia
to attend a conference on the
use Of atomic energy for peace
full purposes.
Besides Greek diplomatic Of
ficials, Yugoslav. Czechoslovak,
French, Bulgarian and Syrian
diplomatic representatives at
tended the dinner.
Evening star., 1955-06-17
Boo Doi 'Deposed' by Council
Of RoyoI FomiIy Of Amman

SAIGON. South Wet Nam,
June II (P.-The council of the
royal family of AMMAN an
nounced yesterday it had for
hidden ex-emperor Bao Dai to
use the title of chief of state of
Wet Nam.
The council asked Premier Ngo
Dinh Diem to become provisional
president of the Wet Namese re-
public.
The official Wet Namese news
agency, reporting the family
council action, said this body
for centuries has been empower
ed to invest and depose mon
archS.
The legal effectiveness of the
move is questionable, since Bao
Evening star., 1955-06-17
SHOP THE STAR
FOR AUTO BARGAINS

You cont afford to overlook the
mony outo borsoins listed in the Stor
Classified. From wide attractive
listing Of best outomotiNe offeSines
no doubt you'll find just the used-eo
buy you've been looking for OF q price
seored to fit your budget.
Remember. for the widest voriety
Of good guaranteed used cars. shop
The Stor Classified first before you
buy.
Evening star., 1955-06-17
How to
Make Your
Rugs Last
Longer
Look LoveIier!

Is your rug really clean? You
may think so, but did you know
that unless a carpet is put
through professional cleaning
processes, using modern scien-
tific equipment, as much as 1871
OF the grease and CRIME cannot
be remoued? Ordinary do-it
yourself methods do only half
the job.
Grease is the bugaboo of lovely
carpets. 1t imprisons dirt and
crime down in the roots" of the
pile, causes it to mat" down
and stiffen. A rug loses much
Of its texture and residence un-
less every iota of grease is re-
moved.
So, in the long run, prolonging
the life of your carpets by send
ing them for thorough cleaning
at least once a year. SAVES
YOU MONEY-because a really
clean rug is longer-Rued. Dirt,
insects, grease and CRIME can
not take their toll.
Our methods are based on those
developed by the National In
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been restored to glowing fresh
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floors. under your supervision,
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our De Luxe Service. Inquire
now about our repair and stor-
age facilities.
Evening star., 1955-06-17

Dai was installed as chief of
state by the French government
when the new state of Wet Nam,
composed of Tonkin, AMMAN and
Cochin-China, was created in
1949.
Authoritative sources in Paris
have indicated that Bao Dai feels
no obligation to heed the de-
mands Or proclamations of his
royal relatives.
But the councils denunciation
of him probably will be infiuen-
tial among Wet Namese with
whom royalty still has prestige.
The reaction of Diem's ma
tionalist government is not yet
known.
Evening star., 1955-06-17
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Clear
tonight with low about "a. Fair
and continued warm tomorrow.
Ea
Maryland-Fair tonight, low
56-64 but in the SOS in west.
Fair and warm tomorrow with
high in the 8Os but in the 70s
along the coast.
/. Virginia-Clear tonight with
low $3.50 in west and 60-65 in
east. Fair and warm tomorrow,
Wind-North to northeast g.
IL miles per hour tonight and
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1955-06-17
Air Crash Kills
i. ). Newsman

ASUNCION. Paraguay, June
IN (R.-United States Core
Spondent John Graham Dowling
and l3 other persons were killed
or unaccounted for in the crash
of a Panair Do Brasil airliner in
Ia fog yesterday. Only 10 aboard
are known to have survived.
The engine constellation,
nearing the end Of a 6,800-mile
flight from London to Buenos
Aires, cracked up and exploded
as it was letting down for its
landing at Asuncion.
Mr.. Dowling, Al, was on the
way from Sac Paulo, Brazil, back
to Buenos Aires, where he was
Time Magazines bureau chief
The veteran newsman was the
son of a theatrical couple. actor
Eddie Bowling and Comedienne
Raye Dooley Bowling.
Mr.. Bowling was one of IA
passengers, Of whom Z were
listed as escaping with injuries.
OF the 10 Brazilian crew mem
bers aboard. only 3 were ac-
counted for
In New York, Time Magazine
said Mr.. Bowling had been work.
ling on a story about Paraguay's
coffee plantations. A Time staff
member since 1850. he directed
the magazines coverage in Indo-
China and Malaga for three
years as bureau chief in Singa-
pore and was transferred to
Buenos Aires in March. 1854.
Born in Philadelphia. he was
graduated from the University
Iof Notre Dame in 1884. He
worked for the Chicago Times
and Newark Star-Ledger and,
from 1941 to 1948, covered Asian
war fronts for the Chicago Sun.
Evening star., 1955-06-17
No Charges Filed
In Officers Death

FIT. LEE, Va. June II "a
board of officers has found mo
criminal negligence on the part
OF any parties concerned" in the
bayonet death here June 6 of 1t.
John j. Wymard, former Univer-
sity of Pittsburgh athlete.
Col. c. C. Holcomb, chief of the
headquarters training command.
said mo action will be instituted
against any personnel in con-
nection with the incident"
1t. Wymard was struck in the
heady by the bayonet of a fellow
officer in their first day of train
ing here. He died the next day in
Walter Reed Hospital in Wash
ington.
Evening star., 1955-06-17
Porkwood Civic Group
Elects Feutherstone

The Parkwood (Md.) Civic AS
ISOLATION has elected Robert H.
Featherstone its president for
the 1886 season.
Other officers are: Miss Irene
Madden. vice president; Mrs. A.
H. kirkpatrick. recording sec
retary; Mrs. Donald Kovacic,
corresponding secretary; DR.. An
drew Kirkpatrick, treasurer: Will
liam Kirkland, historian: DR..
Kenneth Freeman, parliament
tartan, and Joseph Barse. DR..
Robert Greenfield and Richard
Urban, delegates to the Civic
Federation.