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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-12-12

JAMES b. DAVIS
Attorney
Professional Bldg.
Rockville, Md.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that the
Orphans Court for Montgomery County has
issued Letters of Administration to James
B. Davis in the Estate OF
MARTHA SYLvERTA MARsELL
aka. MARTHA MORsELL
late Of Montgomery County, deceased. All
persons having Claims against the deceased
are hereby warned to present the same on
or before the 22nd day of May next;
they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefit of said Estate. All per-
sons indebted TO said Estate are requested
TO make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 18th day Of
November, 1857.
JAMES B. DAVIS
Professional Bldg.
Rockville, Md.
Administrator 1898
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-14
Sixteen Candles

There was a birthday party in
Washington on Tuesday, which was two
days ahead of schedule, and cake with
Is candles. According to news reports,
the guest of honor blew eight times
before she had blown out all the candles
and she explained cheerfully that she
made eight different wishes. We hope
that means that Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower
will get all eight of them. And perhaps
next year there will be another party,
with 26 candles, and it will all be just
as much fun as this one sounded.
There have been lot of nice First
Ladies" living at the White House over
the years, and Mamie qualities in all
respects. AS the wife of a military
person" she has lived in Washington
before and her circle of friends and
admirers has grown with each tour of
duty" We hope she has a lot more
happy birthdays and that those spent
In our town always will remain pleasant
in her memory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-14
Seeing Things?

It is a little late for Halloween
ghosts and COLLINS, but readers OF
London newspapers might believe that
all Americans still are hiding under
their beds. In a rash of weekend COM
ment on the American scene, some of
our Journalistic cousins have implied
that virtually everybody in this country
has taken to the hills" since the Rus
slams started tossing sputniks into
space. To a certain extent there is a
tone of gloating in some of this expert
ing" on contemporary life in America.
One paper, for example, spoke approx
ingly of the fact that Americas boast"
(of which we had never heard) that it
was master of the world" had been
blown to pieces forever.
Another British correspondent, writ
ing from Washington, reports: ut needs
only little probing to find in America
an alarm that is itself a frightening
thing. In the Pentagon !. and in the
intelligence organization you can
find an angry and appalled, fear that is
mingled with shame and Illustration
We would not like to underestimate
a colleagues ability to probe, but we
must say he has discovered" something
that has escaped most of us. Could it
be that the London correspondent was
Just seeing things?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-14
Fifteen-Minute Alert

General Thomas Power, chief of the
United States Strategic Air Command,
has served notice on the Russians that
our SAC bombers are loaded with nu-
clear weapons and ready to go in event
of attack. In ordinary circumstances
this would seem to be highly provoca-
tive thing for our SAC commander to
say But the prevailing circumstances
are not ordinary.
The great American problem is that
If war comes, the Russians will strike
first. And they will try to destroy our
retaliatory power by knocking out the
SAC bases in the initial assault.
So General Power, as of October /,
placed his command on a l5-minute
alert. AS he explained it, we are trying
to keep one-third of our planes on the
runways, loaded with nuclear bombs
The crews sleep nearby and the planes
can be off the ground Is minutes after
the signal is flashed He also said that
there ere always some of the big bombers
In the air and that they are not carrying
"swords or bows and arrows which
presumably means that they, too, are
loaded with their nuclear weapons.
This certainly is not the kind OF
world that one would choose to live in.
But we cannot accept any risk of being
caught as we were caught at Pearl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-14
NATO ConsuItont

There was small barb in Adlai
Stevenson's comment on his new lob"
with the adminiStration-pro provoked, we
suppose, by Press Secretary Hagerty's
boner in the original announcement.
Mr. Hagerty, who is seldom guilty
of mistakes of this sort, at first had
portrayed Mr.. Stevenson as kind Of
reluctant dragon-unwilling to partici-
pate in preparing "the American pro-
gram" to be presented at the forthcom-
ing NATO meeting in Paris. Mr..
Stevenson, according to Mr. Hagerty,
was willing only to comment publicly
on the program after it had been sub
mitted. This enormously cast the former
Democratic nominee in a decidedly
unadmirable role.
When the mistake was discovered,
Mr.. Hagerty was fortnight in accepting
responsibility and correcting himself.
Mr.. Stevenson. it seems. had declined
an invitation from Secretary Dulles to
work directly in the staff preparation
of the American program, but had
agreed to discuss the proposals as they
were being prepared and submit his
comments privately on them.
This correction did not quite catch
up with the original error, however, and
Mr.. StevenSon's irritation was clearly
reflected in his own statement. He said,
rather acidly, that he had told Mr..
Dulles he could not undertake to for
mulate the Presidents policies" but that
he would gladly review and discuss the
proposals before they were put into final
shape. Furthermore, he said that, where
there was agreement on the proposals,
he had offered to provide such support
for them as he could" privately,
publicly and politically"
This leaves Mr.. StevenSon'S new job
in a rather fuzzy area. Both the pre-
else nature of his prospective work and
the shape of the results expected from it
are unclear. But as Mr.. Stevenson put
1t himself, the gravity of our situation
in the world imposes upon him a duty
to assist the Government in such ways
as he can We hope his cooperation
will be enlisted and also welcomed. To
the extent that agreement can be
reached he is in position to lend valu-
able bipartisan support to this American
program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-14
To Protect Cab Riders

Encouraging progress is being made
toward Standardization of taxicab fares
for trips across the Districts boundaries.
Interstate cab operations in the Wash
ington Metropolitan Area now are free
from control by any public utility
agency. This has resulted in a. wide
range of fees for trips to and from near
by Virginia and Maryland. And there
have been frequent complaints by sight
seerS and other strangers of unconscion-
able fares charged by some unethical
drivers.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. consultations re-
Gently among governmental and taXicab
industry representatives have shown
that the problem is of wide concern
and that cab interests generally are de-
SirouS of cleaning up situation that
tends to reflect discredit on the industry.
Out of the conferences has come pro-
poSal for agreement on uniform cross
boundary fares This would be vol
untary arrangement, of course, since no
overall means of cab control exists. To
obtain such an authority would require
interstate adoption of a compact, and
such a compact is something that can
only be hoped for today. There are
many difficulties in the way of its real
ization.
But voluntary arrangement would
be preferable to none. And voluntary
compliance would be greatly increased
by such a plan as that proposed by
District Commissioner Mclaughlin.
Under this plan driver found to be
diSregarding the agreement would be
subject to suspension of his license to
operate in the District. Perhaps this
would be stretching the local licensing
law further than originally was in
tended, but the idea is worth serious
consideration in the absence of other
means of control.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-14

Last week, I drove down
Sixteenth street NV. only
recently improved and re-
surfaced. and found to my
amazement that the street
has been completely severed
at the point where it crosses
Military road and that all
traffic in both directions is
being shunted over a long,
tortuous, and totally made
quate detour. / am told that
this situation will persist for
a year.
Long time residents of this
area are popularity considered
rarities. but there must be
many Of us who were here
some rs years ago to marvel
at the program for replace
ment Of the old Calvert street
bridge over Rock Creek. After
rush hour one morning. the
old steel bridge was moved
intact by teams of horses to
location just downstream
and connected TO pavements
which had been laid in ad-
vance. Traffic was restored
shortly after noon and moved
smoothly during construction
OF the present span.
1t is not my intention to
suggest that the old tech
nique could or should have
been applied to the present
Sixteenth street bridge work:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-14
Democracy at Work

The Philippine Republic has been
described by one of its own spokesman
as ga projection of the Occident, located
in the Orient" With few variations, its
political structure is copy of our own,
and -Americanism is looked upon by
a majority of the FilipinoS as virtue.
This week it has held presidential and
congressional election, fought out in the
same fashion as in the United States.
The result was victory for Carlos P.
Garcia, who succeeded to the presidency
when Ramon Magsaysay was killed in
an airplane crash last spring. In addi-
ton, Mr.. Garcias middle -the-road
Nationalist Party retained control of
the Congress.
Since one of Mr.. Garcia'S campaign
promises was to maintain IAN undying
partnership with the United States"
foreign policy was hardly an issue in
the electioneering. From the time of
gaining its independence from the
United States eleven years ago, the
republic has rejected any suggestion
that it adopt the neutralist policy SO
tempting to some of its Far East neigh
bors. 1t is joined in firm alliance with
the United States and with some of its
other neighborS' in the Southeast Asia
Treaty Organization. Actually, domes-
tic economic questions drew major
attention during the campaigning, and
one of the unusual results of the election
d. may lead to some policy revision in that
field.
Philippine law permits election of
Vice President of different party than
the President, and the winner of this
race was the Liberal Party candidate,
Diosdado Macpagal. While defeat of the
Nationalist candidate, House Speaker
Jose B. Laurel, jr., was attributed largely
to his lack of appeal on personal
grounds, the choice of Mr.. Macpagal
gives the Liberals a voice in the inner
circles of government. The Liberal plat
form called for tax and trade reforms,
as well as program offering greater
incentive to foreign investment in the
islands.
However the voting returns are
supplemented through future govern
ment policy, the election was a praise
worthy exercise in democracy in a part
of the world where the example may
have impressive effect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-14
Druggist Protests, Too

The letter, Margin OF
Profit" written by an individ-
ual who signs himself Il Pro-
test" contains many ire
sponsible and false state
mentS.
Percentage of profit and
percentage Of markup are
two entirely different things,
as any storekeeper can tell
you after paying his payroll.
taxes, power, heat, rent. in
surance. repairs, and any
number of miscellaneous ex-
penses. Percentage of mark
up is determined by dividing
the retail price into the in
crease in price above the cost
price. This means that an
item costing the merchant
SO cents and selling for 81
would represent a markup of
so per cent, not 100 per cent
No drug manufacturer to
my knowledge, and 1 have
been in the drug business for
over ten years both in this
section and the Midwest.
suggests a minimum markup
Of over 331s per cent. Some
suggest minimumS of as low
as Is per cent. The item
your correspondent quotes
as costing the retailer So and
selling for $6.75 to $3.50 as a
minimum simply does not
exist. Instead of $3.50 as
claimed. the minimum sug-
gested by the manufacturer
would not exceed $3.50.
The average operating ex-
penses of a drugstore are APP
proximately % per cent. The
average markup on a stores
entire stock seldom exceeds
80 to 80 per cent. Since l94;
food prices have risen 81 per
cent the average of all con-
sumner items has risen Sc per
cent. while drug prices have
risen only 81 per cent
iSource: United States Blu
reau of Labor Statistics. In
the same period average
family incomes have had
rise comparable to the aver
age of all consumer items.
Does this indicate that chill
dren are being deprived of
needed drugs?
By your correspondents
method of figuring percent
age of markup. the 25 per
cent markup with which H.
says merchants of the past
were content would dwindle
to 90 per cent. Would that
not deprive children, and
adults as well, of needed
drugs BY forcing the sellers
of those drugs into bank
ruptcy or other businesses?
Charles r. Mcdaniel.
l. i.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-14

A few weeks ago Frank
Lloyd Wright, the celebrated
architect, is alleged to have
made a few caustic remarks
about some of our best
known and bestowed land
marks. On November 8. a
hurricane-proof house de-
signed by Mr.. Wright and on
display at Seven Corners was
blown down by one of our
zephyrs. May we call Mr..
Wright's attention to the fact
that the criticized structures.
including the Washington
Monument and the Lincoln
Memorial, managed to sur
yive the bic blow?
Angus Sinclair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-14
SIum Clearance

Gold is where you find it,
and slums are where slummy
people live. The Stun clear
ance project described in The
Star reads very well. but
what will the situation be
10 years after its completion ?
In 1896 I visited the home
of squatter on a claim in
the old Indian Territory, now
the State Of Oklahoma He
was living in half-dugout.
which had a dirt floor. But
the floor was swept clean.
everything in the house was
clean and neat. and against
one wall was a long shelf OF
good books. No Stun there.
Several years ago your
paper published the story Of
a poor mountalneer in North
Carolina. A picture of this
poor mans home showed a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-14
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL
FOURTEENTH STREET.

FOURTEENTH STREET.
Dear Sir:
"All my friends are talk
ing hi-fi these days. and l
do not know what to say to
them, since l have only old
fashioned rs revolutions a
minute records. My friends
sheer at them and me, and
say 1 ought to bring myself
up to date.
II would like to know what
to say to them when they
prod me into doing some
thing 1 don't want to do. l
am satisfied with my old
records, and mildly resent
their SNUG belief that these
wonderful discs are not
worth listening to.
Il have spent hours. days,
weeks and months listening
to them / have liked to
think that the best of them
are quite as good as any
musical records will be.
When ! contrast them
with the first phonograph
records ever heard, I am
quite sure of this. so am
willing to not be too offended
when my friends turn up
their musical noses at me.
"Resolutely. J. D."
4
Our correspondent has put
his finger, in fact all ten of
them, on the proper point.
Contrast is everything.
we'll. almost everything. in
this our collective life.
We appreciate the automo-
bile in contrast with the
horse and buggy, and the
airplane in relation to the
choo-choo train, and the
newer music as a foil for the
older more sedate sort.
In everything and any,
thing we have to know some
thing of what went before.
If we want to get the most Of
what we have now.
This is easy to say, not so
easy to do.
Perhaps every photograph
lover who cherishes his
cleaning hi-fi LIP records
would be better for having
listened. in his long past, to
the first Of all phonograph
records.
They were cylinders, not
discs. and were made Of wax.
Temp Jones, our old friend
in need, heard his first re-
cording when he was 8 years
old.
His friend Bill had been
presented with it by his ia
ther, who was a personal
friend of Alexander Graham
Bell. as well as his lawyer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-14

Harbor. So we must 60 on living under
the gun, SO to speak, trusting that the
loaded bombers will never have to take
to the air. If we may be permitted to
express one small hope, it is that no one
on our side ever pushes the button by
mistake.
Furthermore, while the situation
may require the urgent alert described
by General Power, we see nothing that
requires him to make speeches about it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-14

The little machine. as
Jones recalls, was turned
with a crank, and the cylin-
der, covered with tinfoil. as
it was called, gave forth a
squeaky version of Mary
Had a Little Lamb"
1t was not very interesting,
as he remembers it, and the
boys soon went to playing
with their lead soldiers.
These were in Spanish
American War dress. and af-
forded endless hours of jul
venile amusement.
The first photograph rec
ord was merely an interlude.
When Jones was a few
years older. maybe 10, he
Succumbed to an ad in The
Star, and with a couple of
pals went down to a store on
Seventh street and there in
vested in one of the early
Edison machines.
This had a jeweled point,
and record cylinders of wax.
each one kept in a neat box
with cotton lining.
Young Jones signed up TO
make payments every month.
He bore the whole home in
triumph. and installed it
when his mother was down.
town-in the attic.
He would have gotten away
with this hidden and secret
music If he had not incau-
tiously left the door to the
attic open one day.
Then the fat was in the fire,
as people said in those dis
tant days.
Mrs. Jones made her young
son take all of his purchase
back, and she personally
made a trip TO scold the
seller. This was a sad day IN
Temp Jones life. because
some of the records had been
pretty good, notably Cohen
On the Telephone" The
Naughty Little Bird on Mel
lies Hat" and Il Want What
Want When I Want It."
one of Victor Herbert's hits.
Later in life. our hero
bought a Victor talking ma
chine, as it was called. and
had many fine songs. but the
repertoire was limited. and
the bass thin.
The first Of the electrical
recordings we're a vast i'm
provement, and then came
hi-fi.
The best way to handle
the earnest hi-fi enthusiast
is to go along with him. He
has science on his side. and
science is everything today.
We must 90 ahead or per-
ish, in music as in bombs and
intercontinental missiles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-14

sprang to fame almost over
night because of his handling
of the Boston police strike
when he was Governor. John
Quincy Adams had served as
Senator, but he was a diplo-
mat and Secretary of State
before he was chosen Presi-
dent-when the issue was
thrown into the House of
Representatives. A number
of Massachusetts, Senator's
incumbent Senator's have
looked longingly to the presi-
dency-among them Daniel
Webster and Senators of
great ability-but none of
them have ever made it. And
so have Senators from other
States-among them Seward
of New York. who was de-
feated for the Republican
nomination by Abraham Lin
coin in 1860, Andrew Jackson
and Andrew johnson were
Senators from Tennessee be-
fore they entered the White
House, but both had left the
Senate. johnson had been
Governor before he was Sen
ator. and he was appointed
military governor of his State
during the Civil War and was
later nominated and elected
Vice President with Lincoln,
succeeding to the presidency
when Lincoln was assas-
mated.
History Against Senate
The precedents are all
against the Senate as an i'm
mediate stepping stone to a
presidential nomination. The
late Senator Bob Taft of
Ohio, who tried three times
for the Republican nomina-
ton and lost to Willkie,
Dewey and Eisenhower, is an
example. On the other hand,
Governors, former Governors
and military men, like WASH
ington, Jackson, William
Henry Harrison. and Grant.
and several Mexican and
Civil War generals, and Eli
senhower have won such
nominations and the pres
idency itself. The larger num-
Der have been Governors.
Both RooseveltS were Cover
nors of New York. So were
Cleveland and Samuel ]. TIL
den, who almost made it to
the White House, and Alfred
E. Smith. Adlai Stevenson,
Governor of Illinois, had the
last two Democratic pres
idential nominations.
All of which should en-
courage Senator Kennedy to
seek election as Governor
an election he could win
easily. AS Massachusetts Gov
ernor, he would have the
States delegation to his
party's national convention
in the hollow of his hand. and
in all probability the support
of delegates, from the other
five New England States. He
would be on all fourS with
Governors Williams of Mich
igan, Meyner of New Jersey
and Hartman of New York
and Brown of California if
they win in 1858.
On the other side of the
picture, Senator Kennedy
may wish to make a career of
the Senate, where he can
apparently remain indefl-
nitely. In addition. the job of
Governor of Massachusetts,
has plenty of headaches at
this particular time. The
State government is debt
ridden. Property taxes are
excessive. A greatly increased
State income tax or a sales
tax or both are said to be
drastically needed.