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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-25
Telephone Story in County
Starts 1891 in Caithersburg

The telephone made its ap-
pearance in Mon tg m e ry
County about 1891 when a
group in Gaithersburg, under
the leadership of A. F. Meen,
president of the Bank and
stationmaster for the BIO
r. R., organized the Montgom-
cry County Telephone Com
pany. The first switchboard
was located in the railroad sta.
ton and connected five lines in
town and one line which ex-
tended about seven miles to
Travilah. 90
Frank Farrall was the first
employee, being manager, op-
orator, linesman and trouble
shooter. Among the first sub
scribers were the Gaithersburg
National Bank, Gaithersburg
Milling Company, Carver Ward
(druggist), John Dia m n d
(farmer) and Watkins Store
(Travilah).
In 1893, the Telephone Com
pany had grown until it was
necessary to move the office to
q separate location on Summit
ave. and Mrs. Flora Hinkley
was made operator. In 1896,
because subscribers wanted to
use their telephones as late as
3 PM, 1t was decided to install
9 new switchboard in the home
of Mrs. Helen Hogan. Mrs.
Hogan was operator until her
husband, Arthur, finished his
work, at which time he took
over until the s pm. closing
time.
In 1900 the first out-of-town
service began with one line
linking Gaithersburg with
Rockville and Washington. In
1902, a switchboard was in
stalled at Boyds, to serve the
Clarksburg- Poolesville area and
the first Frederick Washington
line was built connecting
through Gaithersburg.
In the meantime, telephone
service h a d appeared else
where in the county. The En-
terprise Telephone Company
had set up business in the
home of Mrs. Robinson in
Sandy Spring. By the spring
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-25

up their farms for the capital
So in 1871, the Maryland A.
sembly having passed an act
ceding land to the Federal gov
eminent for the third time,
Montgomery County moved
over and welcomed its new
Observation-Disclosures, District
of Columbia.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-25

Finally, after George Wash
ington had rejected a Williams
port, Washington County, loca-
ton, the present site was ap-
proved. The actual land was
owned by five countians, Daniel
Carroll, David Burns. Samuel
Davidson, Motley Young and H.
Rozier who periodically gave
Evening star., 1960-06-29
BUSINESS BRIEFS

Construction in June Jagged
to an annual rate of $50, $685.
100000 in June compared to
$53 100000 for May, and
$50, ,760,0 900, 900 for June, 1859
but private residences were UP
$50 million to an annual rate
of $21, ,O96, 900, ,0O0.-Census Bu-
reau.
Electrical Output rose to IA
2l3,000,000 last week from IA
O53, 100000 a week earlier and
l3,749.000.000 a year ago. The
mid-Atlantic region showed a
rise of 3.4% over a year ago.
Edison Electric Institute.
Crude Oil and COndensate
daily average production in
week ended June IS slipped 49,
$40 barrels to 6,8l1,56O.-Oil &
Gas Journal.
X. ]. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
symbol on the New York Stock
Exchange changed from RI to
RJR, the initials of the COM
pany'S founder, Richard Joshua
Reynolds.
American Ship Building Co.
directors have voted a 5-for-1
stock split. subject to share
holders approval.
RaytheOn Co. has developed
an electronic converter capable
of producing 2.5 million sam
pies of information a second.
SO times faster than any similar
unit on the market, according
to the company.
ReXall Drug e. Chemical Co,
has bought Schenlabs Pharma-
ceuticals, Inc, from Schenley
Industries, Inc.
National Union Electric Corp.
stockholders have approved a
merger with Eureka Williams
Corp. National Union is sur
vlvlng company.
Evening star., 1960-06-29
Steel Signs
Ofu Pickup
Hard to Find

NEW YORK, June 30 (AP)
Positive signs of a major stee
pickup in August are hard tt
find, Iron Age magazine says
The publication notes, how.
ever. that The positive fac
tors of automotive orders, in
ventory buildup and end of sea-
sonal declines should come at
almost the same time.
IF this happens, the steel
market can make a fast re-
covery. In addition, if retail
buying holds up or increases,
steel operations can come back
relatively strong"
The national Woodworking
weekly in its issue out yester-
day said automotive orders in
the last week were encouraging.
1t added that the f1at-rolled
market had held up well and
that the outlook for continued
high rate of flat-rolled prod
ucts was good.
Evening star., 1960-06-29
ON WINGS
Where's q Billion to Spare?
By CHARLES YARBRoUGH

BOeing 7O7s, the intermediate
range Model 72O, will begin
flying for American Airlines
during the next year.
Designed for nonstop routes
ranging up to 2.900 miles an
hour, the 720 has increased
speed Tin excess of 615 miles
an hourl and is 8.5 feet shorter
than the models currently in
use.
First of the 25 scheduled for
delivery to American is now
undergoing certification tests
at Renton, Wash.
= y +
Allegheny AirlineS will drop
the ticket "recon1rmation" rule
August l after being convinced
that the effect of the nov
show" passenger can be mini
mized. Robert Mitchum
has been signed to star in a
new movie based on the Kills
rocket plane pioneered by North
American Aviation and Scots
CrOSsfield. William Z. Far
rar, formerly of LOckheed, is
now assistant to the vice preSi-
dent in the Grand Central
Rocket COmpany's Washington
offices. Trans World will
convert six of its Super Con-
StellatiOn Upstream passenger
planes into freighters at a cost
of SIS million, with the first
new conversion due into Serv-
ice about August Is. :. Beech
craft has increased its ma
tional dealerships to 1l9-an
all-time high. the Ma
tiOnal Pilots Association is an
Evening star., 1960-06-29
Reading Co. Names
Simpson of B&O

PHILADELPHIA, June 20
(AP).-Howard E. Simpson,
president of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad. yesterday was
elected board chairman of the
Reading Co.
He succeeds Col. Roy B.
White, also of Baltimore, who
resigned. Col. White is chair
man of the B&O board, and
will remain on the Reading
Railroad board.
Evening star., 1960-06-29

nouncing a Pilots Fly-Tn
Weekend, October 60, at the
lakeside Western Hills Lodge,
Wagner, Okla; association
headquarters are at 1925 Con-
necticut avenue NV. the
ThurlOw Navigation Award,
highest honor given for ad-
vancing the science of naviga-
ton, goes to William J. TuII,
vice president of General
Precision Laboratories.
Frank E. MamrOl, who pio-
neered the PiaSecki "Sky Car
aerial jeep, has been named
chief engineer of the Piasecki
Aircraft Corp. Republic
Aircraft has sold two AlOuette
jet helicopters to Air Florida,
Inc. which will inaugurate
charter 'copter service in the
Tampa-St. Petersburg area.
Evening star., 1960-06-29

owners in name only. are dab
blers interested just in get
rich-quick tips. are puppets in
the hands of their brokers
This response from women in
dicates the popular notion is
way of base.
The superior calibre Of the
writer's was particularly note.
worthy. Letters from physi-
clans, lawyers, engineers, teach.
ers (half of them college pro-
fessorS) stood out. Many came
in from heads of corporations
executives of financial institu-
tionS.
The six States which led in
total responses were New York,
California. Ohio, Illinois, Michi-
gan, Florida. The six cities
which led. in addition to New
York, were Cleveland, Chicago,
San Francisco, Washington,
Philadelphia, Grand Rapids,
Mich.
The eagerness for knowledge
about finance and investing is
clear. The desire for simple
primers which will help guide
investors to intelligent deci-
Sions is unmiStakable. The
gaps which responsible flnan-
cial firms and the Stock Ex-
changes can fill are obvious.
AS Wall Street finds out
more and more about your
needs, its top leaders will act
more and more to meet your
needs. What you have said
through this response to me is
not going to be shrugged off.
Distributed, 1860, by The Hall Syn
dicate, Inc. All Rights Reserved)
Evening star., 1960-06-29
YOUR
MONEYS WORTH
Serious Investors
~ SYLVIA PORTER

If you're a typical investor
today, you are an exceedingly
serious minded individual who
not only hopes for a profit anc
income from your holdings, but
who also wants to know how tc
go about intelligent buying OF
securities in the future.
If you're a typical woman in
vestor, you not only want to be
successful, but you also are avid
for knowledge about the techni-
cal details of stock ownership,
financial statements, Wall
Street jargon.
If you're a typical stock
holder, you feel you should
know a lot more about stocks
than you do, you're thirsty for
information, you're ready and
willing to work to improve
your knowledge.
And if you're typical, you are
not an in-and-outer, not upset
by temporary price breaks.
Rather, you're investing for the
long pull and are a decidedly
high calibre person.
Astounding Experience"
No research outfit found this
out for me. found it out about
you as a result of an experience
which has astounded me and
all those who are aware of it.
Specifically:
In this space last April 19 and
20, I wrote two columns in
which I tried to explain the
meaning of the oft-advertised
warning Investigate Before
Yon Invest" Buried in those
columns were suggestions that
you write to the New York
Stock Exchange or your broker
for free booklets which would
Evening star., 1960-06-29

help you on investigating Sc
curities.
An overwhelming $4,000 o.
of you sent letters. postcards
land even a telegram request.
ing 10000 of the booklets! The
size of the response amazed al
much as it delighted me, fol
as one research expert put it
THE significant point is that
this was no easy-to-mail cou-
pom deal. A person had to read
all the way through the COL
umns, find the suggestions
about writing for the booklets
voluntarily write for them
identify what they wanted,
etc. This is what is so impress
Sive about the reaction"
A review of the response now
reveals:
A startling seven out of every
ten letters asked for the book
let about financial statements
- a booklet I had remarked
was devoted to explaining such
technical terms as price-earn-
ings multiple. dividend payout,
earnings per share. the like.
Almost half the letters asked
for the pamphlet defining Wall
Streets language.
About four out of ten wanted
the booklet giving guides on
whether a person should even
own stocks in the first place.
WOmen's Response Large
Nearly as many women wrote
requests as men and as many
asked for the booklet on f.
nancial statements as men.
While there are more women
shareholders than men-52.5 5
per cent women against ATS
per cent men-the idea per-
SiStS that many women are
Evening star., 1960-06-29

The average man who re-
CARDS today's jet transports as
the answer for many years to
come may be in for a shock.
AS is frequently pointed out,
the present generation of tur-
bine-powered transports is far
from paid for and, in the new
issue of Fortune Magazine,
BOeing President william NJ.
Allen is saying:
Everybody making CONNER
cial jets has lost a piece of
his shirt, although in some
cases it has been only the tail" "
From all Segments of the
aviation industry are coming
repeated warnings that as a
matter of vital prestige, this
country cannot afford to "ab-
dicate our position of world
leadership in transport devel-
opment."
There is hardly a responsible
planner among aircraft build
ers who hasn't admitted the
supersonic transport $4,000 to
5000 miles an hour is possible
even with today's state of the
art.
Money for development If
one is something else.
In a recent speech here,
Orval r. Cook, president of
the AerOspace Industries As
sociatiOn, declared that no
single company, or even a COM
bine of companies can shoul-
der" development costs of the
Supersonic airliner-a figure
estimated as high as 81 billion.
THE solution" Mr.. Cook
said. "as is true of most of
our problems. must come from
concerted. equitable action by
Government and industry"
Writing in the July issue of
"Flying" magazine, Washing
tons James ]. Haggerty, jr.,
looks at several possible ways
of financing the project. then
comes up with:
There appears to be one
major solution. The Govern
ment must step in and part
with a billion dollars of the
taxpayers cash"
y
Douglas Aircraft's G. F.
WOrley, chief of the advanced
design section of air transport
engineering, taking a conseva-
tive guess on the gap between
today's jet planes and the
triple-Sonic liners, says the
plane, capable of $500 miles
an hour, undoubtedly will be
in use by 197O-75.
Operating from existing
runways, these aircraft will
carry from 100 to 200 pas
sengerS and will not require
premium fares"
Indicative of the trend in
size if not in speed, the Brit
ish Aircraft Corp, last week
announced the sale of 10 air
liners to BOAC, with pas
sengers capacities up to 2l2.
The first of the Vickers VIC
los isn't scheduled to fly un-
til 1865.
Newest in the family Of
Evening star., 1960-06-29
TREASURY BONDS

NEW YORK, June q tAP)-Yester-
day closing over the counter United
States Government Treasury bonds.
Evening star., 1960-06-29

Mlnn 81 RR '7S0,0l9 1894, sos
NNeN nav RR '5,5OO.235 '3,l25.6pl
nnolI q so RR l0l,Sl0 40. .243
6eaolng co 162,l74 l,00S, ,4q2
Southern Rwy l1,O43, 600 Il,47q. .006
Per share 80 5T
FOR q Months Ended MAY 81
Gen Tire e. Rb II ,236 ,g64 IA. q2p 500
Per share 2,0l S63
For I2 Months Ended NAV RI
Com Edison 751A54f4 Ro oo2 oaa
Per share 3SI SE6
No Ill Gas - l6,0ql,7S4 i2,g67' 'aaS
west Penn Ell al,55s.s!44 2o,s2s,idiiss iiis
Per share 232 "a
Loss
Evening star., 1960-06-29
FOREIGN EXCH'GE

NEW YORK, June 80 (AP) For
elen eXchange rates tGreat Britain
and Australia in dollars, Others in
cents and decimals of a cent?:
Today Prev. Day
Evening star., 1960-02-14

The President will find in
BraSilia some of the worlds
most dramatic architecture. He
will see there. too. the culmi-
nation of hopes held by Brazil
since it became independent
early in the 18th century.
Built on a wilderness plateau
900 miles inland, the dream city
will replace Rio de Janeiro as
capital and eventually be pop
ulated by half a million per-
sons.
For those who wonder why
this particular site was chosen,
the answer is supplied by Pres
ident Juscelino KuoitSchek. its
foremost booster. The new capi-
tai is an economic necessity, he
says, to attract industry and
people westward into the vast
interior Of a country that
spreads over half Of South
America.
Narrow Strip"
Socially and economically"
President Kubitschek has said,
Brazil is still only a long mar
row strip along the (Atlantic)
coast"
A majority of Brazil's 64 mil
lion people are concentrated in
the coastal areas. In over one
half Of the country there is less
than one resident per square
mile.
AS might be expected, the
people of Rio de Janeiro and a
number of other Brazilians are
unhappy over the shift of the
seat Of government from the
gay and beautiful city by the
sea. Some critics complain the
Evening star., 1960-02-14

when the Soviet leader visited
Pittsburgh last fall.
Two other families have been
reunited since the first of the
year following appeals to Mr..
Khrushchev during his visit to
the United States.
Regina Leonas, 20, and her
brother Tomas. II. joined their
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Paulius
Leonas IN Chicago, January %
They had been separated since
1914 when Mr.. Leonas and mis-
wife fled Lithuania in front of
the advancing Russian army
The children stayed behind
with their grandparents.
Last Wednesday Mrs. John
Evening star., 1960-02-14
WHAT AMERICA THINKS
New InfIotion Round
Seen in Steel Accord

man: while they will try to
blame imitation on the money
labor is going to spend, it will
take the steelworkers too long
to get their back bills paid"
A Nebraska maintenance
man: THE Government is keep
ing a close watch and will pre-
vent any more imitation.
The wife Of the owner Of a
New England milk business:
The increase in wages will
probably be offset by better
production methods"
A Massachusetts, fire protec-
ton engineer: steel manage
ment will wait until after the
election. 1t wants to see q
Republican elected"
Evening star., 1960-02-14

Danyluk was reunited here with
her husband and two sons. Mr..
and Mrs. Danyluk, both natives
of what now is the Soviet
Ukraine. were married in New
York City in 1916 when she
was II and he 26.
She went to Poland in 1928
to visit her parents. The two
boys. Paul, 3S, of Landover
Hills, Md, and Robert, 40, Terre
Haute, Ind, went with her and
attended school there. When
World War II started, the boys,
Evening star., 1960-02-14

bara Armonas and her son
Johnny, 10.
They will come to the United
States to join the father, John
Armonas, and a 24-year-old
daughter, Donna Armonas of
Wickliffe, Ohio.
The mother and son had
been trapped in Europe since
1910. Both were born in Lith.
uania and were detained there
by the Russians after World
War II.
Donna. who has not seen her
mother for l9 years. appealed
to Soviet Premier Khrushchev
to permit her mother and
brother to leave Lithuania
Evening star., 1960-02-14
3dFami|yGets
Red Exit Visa
By the Associated Press

Another American family
the thirds going to be re-
united after years of separa-
ton by the Iron Curtain.
The Soviet government has
told the United States En-
bassy in Moscow that passports
and exit viSas will be provided
early next week for Mrs. Bar
Evening star., 1960-02-14

lean nations to promote West
ern Hemisphere economy. Mr..
Eisenhower welcomed the idea
and a movement known as OPP
Grafton Pan America" was
launched.
The Kubitschek suggestion
was followed by a meeting Of
American foreign ministers in
Washington in September, 1858.
They arranged for the appoint
ment of a special Committee
of 81" representing all of the
nations belonging to the Or
ganization of American States.
This committee had the re-
sponSibility of laying the
groundwork for inter-Ameri-
can cooperation in developing
the economy. Officials are sat-
isfied that progress is being
made.
Thus, President Eisenhower
goes first in South America to
a country which is on unusually
friendly terms with the United
States. In Brasilia, and later
in Rio, he will be visiting an
other Chief Executive whom he
helped acquire international
prestige through Operation
Pan America"
Mineral Wealth
Brazil's own economy is pre-
dominantly agricultural and
the country has done little to
develop a great potential in
mineral wealth. Since World
War II, however, industry has
grown spectacularly, so that
the nation now is self-sufficient
in many finished manufactured
products.
United States investments in
Brazil total approximately SIS
billion. These are in utilities,
rubber tires. meat packing and
manufacturing.
Because of the infiationary
spiral, social unrest is growing
and this. of course, provides a
threat to political stability.
President KubitSchek heads
the Social Democratic Party
Vice President Goulart, with
whom he campaigned jointly in
1855, leads the Brazilian Labor
Party. Their loose coalition ex-
tends to the National Congress.
Party discipline is not en-
phasized in Brazil, however.
Hence, the administrations ac-
tual strength is not a great
as the figures would indicate.
The Kubitschek administration
also is attacked frequently by
Communists on the left and by
civilian and military elements
representing extreme nation
alist and conservative view
points.
Evening star., 1960-02-14
lnouye Will Speak

Representative Inouye, DEM
ocrat OF Hawaii, will speak
about his homeland at a meet
ing OF the Sisterhood of Con-
gregation Har Tzeon at $50
pm tomorrow at the Har Tzeon
Synagogue. 1040 University
boulevard West, Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1960-02-14

NEW YORK, Feb. 13-Amer-
ica thinks the steel strike set
tlement will cause another
round Of imitation, the What
America Thinks" poll indicates.
Interviewers have been ask
ing Americans from Maine to
California: do you think the
steel strike settlement will lead
to another round Of infiation?"
The replies, in percentages:
yes-50.4; no-28.5; don't know
all.
The majority expecting more
imitation Is even greater than
the figures show, because many
answering mo" added that the
settlement would not lead to in
flation until after the election,
until next year, or until some
time in the future.
Pattern Of Reasons
Reasons given by some say
ing yes fell into patterns. These
were:
1T always does, doesn't it?"
"The steel industry will pass
the raise on to customers, and
that will make everything cost
more"
Everybody else will now want
q raise and prices will have to
60 up to pay them"
Imitation has already begun.
I find prices higher"
There were some variations
on these themes. A few sam
pies:
A Maryland merchant:
when they pay more wages,
they have to take in more
money, so naturally the price
OF everything will go up"
New Imitation Seen
An Illinois machiniSt: Wages
went up, so steel prices will 60
up. Because steel Is our basic
industry, this will trigger a new
round of imitation"
A Wisconsin teacher: There
will be imitation because the
corporations run the country.
The settlement was crooked all
the way through and it was
definitely political"
An Iowa mechanic: 1T might
not happen until 1861, but it
surely will"
OF those who said they did
not expect more imitation, many
gave these answers:
THE wage increase was too
small to cause imitation"
Improved production meth
odS will offset the wage in
creases."
1T was agreed that prices
would not go up"
Sample of Variations
Here is a sampling of varia-
tions in reasons:
An Iowa supermarket sales
Evening star., 1960-02-14

establishment Of Brasilia epito-
mizes what is wrong for the
country.
The contention is that the
President has pursued such an
active program Of development
that he has neglected other
factors bearing upon the econ
omy. The critics argue the gov
ernment should be working
harder on a policy to solve the
problem of Brazil's burgeoning
imitation.
World Markets
Brazil suffers from a serious
and chronic balance of pay
mentS problem, and she is
heavily dependent upon fiuctu-
ating world market prices for
such exports as coffee. cacao,
cotton. hides, tropical goods
and minerals.
The economic situation Is
further complicated by increas-
ing payments for essential i'm
ports. such as petroleum. as we'll
as substantial fixed debt serv-
ice obligations.
His concern with the prob
lens of economic development
not only for Brazil but all of
Latin America-led President
Kubitschek in 1858 to suggest,
in a letter to President Eisen-
hover, major effort by Amer
Evening star., 1960-02-14

American citizens. returned to
the United States but Mrs.
Danyluk, Soviet citizen, was
not permitted to leave.
Evening star., 1960-02-14
NEIGHBoRLY TOUR
Eisenhower to Visit
BroziI's Dream City
BY JOHN v. HORNER
Star Stan Writer

When President Eisenhower takes off from Rico
next week his goodwill trip South America will
head directly for the worlds modern capital
Brasia. the capital of Brazil, even completed
in fact Under construction three years the city
will be "naugurated" April 81.
Evening star., 1960-02-14

This is the first Of four articles on
countries President Eisenhower will
visit on his South American tour
which storts next week. A picture
story on BrosiIio oppeors on Poss 8
Of Sunday. The Stor Mosozine.
Evening star., 1960-06-15
Russiu Invited
To Observe u. S.
Test Explosion

GENEVA, June Is (AP).-
The United States has invited
the Soviet Union to observe a
non-nuclear underground ex-
plosion planned in the Nevada
desert July IL.
Ambassador James j. Wads-
worth told Russia's Semyon K,
Tsarapkin yesterday that So
Wet observers would be well
come to watch the experiment
tai blast to be held under a
program Of nuclear blasts for
peaceful uses. But he said the
United States expected an as
surance American scientists
would be invited to witness
similar underground explosions
in the Soviet Union.
Mr.. Wadsworth said the ex-
perimental blast would be con-
Quoted with 500 tons Of conven-
tional explosives.