Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-08-08
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by LILA THOMSON

learned practical and pointed
speech. This reporter, who has
faculty for riding eight-balls in
behalf of lost causes, could not
help but be reminded of prophet
ic words uttered by Faik Konit.
"a, longtime Minister from AL
bania, during World War II. At
that time, this reporter covered
national affairs for Newsweek.
Mr.. konitza became big news aft.
er King Zog fled Albania with the
national treasury tucked inside
his big fat belt. Mr.. Konitza, a
seasoned and able diplomat, who
had been instrumental in placing
the peasant Zog on the Albanian
throne, was left without funds in
Washington and was forced 10
move his headquarters from the
Mayflower to a small apartment
on 10th Street. He was inter
viewed there by this reporter who
was dewy-eyed and bushy-tailed
Chem when it came to believing
high-sounding ideologies which
were being tossed around by the
Roosevelts and the ChurchiIs,
particularly where those ideolo.
gies concerned the new, big, beau.
tiful world to follow the War
and more particularly where they
concerned the rights of small ma
tons, the rights to come,
that is. During the conversation,
Mr.. Konitza, his face and eyes
very sad, said, MY child, / mourn
for the rape of your ideals -
your mistaken beliefs. The small
nations aer as nothing. When this
war is over their rights and.
eventually their identities, will
vanish from the earth. Nothing
will remain but the struggles
Of the powerful nations for more
power. You will see it." This re-
porter was indignant at Mr.. Kon.
itza's lack of faith. She meant to
( go back at later date and argue
the point further but a few
weeks later Mr.. KonitZa was dead
He was king maker but he died
alone and broke. This reporter
could not help but remember Mr..
Konitza when she read Mr..
Churchilrs bare-faced words and
compared them with the big, new
beautiful world promised by the
practical politicians of the early
1940s. With slight heave of the
stomach, this reporter is forced
to admit ideals and principles of
practical politicians, wherever
they raise their heads, are only
instruments used to further pop
ular causes of the moment and
are subject to change without
notice.
LAST WEEK THIS NEWSPA.
PER carried very fine story,
including statement from pub
Usher Cy Campbell, which told
all about the good people who
work and write to make this
newspaper very fine paper. Said
story failed to mention the death.
less prose of Lila Thomson also
appears in the The Sentinel and
that she, too, is very good re-
porter. Said story also failed to
mention said Lila Thomson also
helps to make The Sentinel a
very fine newspaper. This para
graph is written to inform The
Sentinel that Lila Thomson writes
here also and she does not in.
tend TO be left out of any story
that sings the praises of said
paper. And if the management
thinks emitting her from a story
also omits her from the payroll
Just wait and see who's first in
Line August Is. This reported re-
grets The Sentinel's error in leav.
ing her name out of its song of
glory. So, there!
THE GATHER THEATRE
you know, up in Gaithersburg,
has just been aforementioned.
Did you know? Connie Fields
told us. So now you not only get
those good movies (see this
weeks schedule somewhere in !
this paperl, but you get them in
comfort, too. And not only that
a new paint job has been added.
Pink with black trim. A real
sharp looking job. If you've new
er been TO the Gaither-you ought
to go. What's more. if you've
never met Connie Fields = you
ought to meet Connie Fields. Only
woman around for miles and miles
who owns, operates and manager
her own movie house. Quite a
gal-Connie Fields.
IF YOU WONDERED ABOUT
THAT HELICOPTER at All
States Inn lunchtime Tuesday
charge off the visit to Mac Wells
of Rockville Crushed Stone. Mac
wanted to have one of the execu.
tives of the paving firm of Cor
son and Gruman out from Wash