Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1931, Page 4

A—4 »» - CHURCHES TO HOLD | SPECIAL SERVICES| ! Protestant and Catholic Con-: gregations to Observe Christmas Fittingly. Seenes__ That Religious observance of Christmas | will be launched in Washington churches late tonight, virtually every Catholic Church in the city having midnight mass, while many Protestant churches also will conduct special services. The most elaborate of the religious observances will be held at the Fran- an Monastery in Brookland, where 1l be presented in the course of sev- eral hours’ devotions, the same services which are held in Bethlehem. The Monastery services will begin at 10:45 o'clock tonight, when the friars will chant the solemn matins for the feast of the Nativity. Beginning at mid- night, the solemn high mass will be celebrated. Special music by the Mon- astery choir will mark the devotions. Will Sing Mass in Grotto. At the conclusion of the mass the Franciscan community will accompany the officers of the mass to the “Grotto of Bethlchem,” an exact copy of the original in the Holy Land. The gospel nnouncing the birth of the Savior will ~ the grotto and at the unciation of the words “And they im in the manger.” a lifelike figure of the Infant Jesus will be placed in the manger. Following the midnigh® low masses will be said on the of the nativity and others will »w hourly from 6 to 9 am. At k the second solemn high mass as day will be celebrated on’s religious observance of as will be heard abroad through | the radio broadcast of the Washington Cathedral's 11 am. services tomorTow. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, will preach the sermon and the services will be broadcast through the Columbia Broadcasting System and the British Broadcasting Corporation in England. The broadeast | will take place from 11:30 to 12:30 o'clock It will be 4:30 o'clock Christmas aft- ernoon when the Washington Cathedral Choir sings O Come, All Ye Faithful” at the opening of the radio portion of the services, This phase of the devo- tions will include the singing of the doxology, which Very Rev. G. C. F. Bratenahl, dean of the Cathedral, will conduct with the assistance of the clergy staff. Communion Service. Other Christmas services at the Cathedral will begin at 7:30 o'clock to- morrow morning with the celebration of holy communion. A similar service | will be held at 9:30 o'clock. The even- be held at 4 pm. All these will be conducted in Bethlehem A pilgrimage for out-of-town s will be conducted by Cannon John W. Gummere following the festi- val services to permit inspection of the story of the nativity as told in the stained glass and sculptured stone of the great edifice. Guices will be avail- able throughout the day to show the Cathedral to visitors unable to join the formal pilg Down are hav e. n Catholic churches which midnight masses tonight in- clude St. Patrick’s, at Tenth and G streets; St. Mary’s, at Fifth street above G street; Holy Rosary, at Third F . and St. Stephen's, at street and Pennsylvania avenue. St. Patrick’s Church also will have a low mass at noon tomorrow as well as at 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 o'clock morning. Other masses at Holy ary will be at 8, 9 and 10:30 am. Rev. Joseph Sizoo, pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, will preach on “The Feast of the at special services in his urch at 11 o'clock tonight. A quar- under the direction of Paul W. shbaugh, will participate in these services. Federation Service Tomorrow. ‘The ann Christmas services under auspices ‘of the Federation of Churches will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow in the National City Christian Charch at Thomas Circle. Bishop William F. Mc- Dowell, president of the federation, will conduct the service. Music will be under the direction of William E. Braithwaite with Robert Ruckman at the orga The services will be pre- with a musical program, includ- ons on the church chimes, at 10:45 am. Rev. Dr. A. J. McCartney of the Covenant-First Presbyterian Church will preach the sermon. Rev. H. V. Wheeler of Emory Methodist Church South will offer the prayer, Rev. F. S. Niles of the Georgetown Pr yterian Church will read the John Weidley of the Church of the Reformation the announcements and Rev. Fisher of the Ingram Congre- al Church will intone the closing yer. The Covenant-First Presbyterian Church will hold a candlelight service at 8 o'clock tonight, when a special musical program will be presented. This program will include the Covenant | Quartet with Miss Esther Clody as| soloist. el Lutheran will m: F. V. | | Midnight Communion. { A. A. Birch, vicar of St. George's vel, 85 R street, will conduct a mid- night _holy cor ion service at the chapel at 11:45 o'clock tonight. Services at the Grace Lutheran Church will begin at 6:30 a.m. tomor- row, when Rev. Gerhard E. Lenski. pas- tor. will pre The services will in- clude a candlelight procession. M. Williams, pastor, will services in the Asbury ist Episcopal Church at 5 am. | 0 The choir, under R. W.| , will sing Christmas carols. | Thomas F. Shahan, rector least temporarily, yesterday when Penn- | B emeritus of Catholic University, will be the celebrant at a solemn pontifical | Christmas mass at midnight tonight at | the National Shrine of the Immaculate | Conception. The devotions will be the, first Christmas mass said in the shrine | since the completion of the basement of | the edifice that is being constructed | on the university campus. V ith the two sacristies.. the shrine no': has the largest crypt in the world. Music will | be presented by a choir of 125 Chris-| tian Brothers. ~Admission to this mass | will be by ticket only and these can ! be cecured free at the shrine's office. Subsequent Christmas masses in the shrine will be said at 8, 9 and 10 am. tomorrow. | The Takoma Lutheran Church will have its Christmas service at 6:30 am tomorrow. Rev. R. G. Steinmeyer, pastor, will preach. Special music will be presented by the choir, under the direction of C. Baus, Services in German. Christmas services in German will be held at the Concordia Lutheran Evangelical Church at 10 aum. tomor- row. An English service will be held at 7 am. Rev. Charles Enders, pastor, will preach at both hours. The Georgetown Presbyterian Church will hold services at 8 o'clock tonight, when Rev. Frank S. Niles, pastor, will preach. A special musical program will include a harp recital by Sylvia Meyer and soprano solos by Sadie Gibson French. Mrs. Frank Akers Frost will be_organist. Midnight mass tonight at the Catho- lic Church of the Holy Redeemer will be preceded at 11:15 o'clock by a pro- gram of sacred music by the senior choir. Dr. A. G. Green will be organist. Rev. W.. J. Murphy, pastor, will preach. Trumpeters will present a in the portico of the Petworth Meth- odist Episcopal Church prior to the Christmas services at 6:30 o'clock to- morrow morning. Rev. Robert L. Wood, pastor, will preach. The Epworth League of the church will visit homes where there is sickness tonight to sing carols. . Bt. Monica's Chapel will hold & mid- i i &'oman FrceJWl]éfi Red Traffic Signs; ALEXANDRIA, Va., December 24 THE EVENING STAR, WxSHINGTON, D. (. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1931, Herald {Look Like Christmas | Spectal Dispatch to The Star. | | —Stating that she thought the red- peinted curbs here were Christmas decorations, a woman tourist was let off by Sergt. George Everly after being tagged for parking her car along one of the “No parking” cor- ners on King street, which have re- cently been painted red. The police sergeant thought the story original enough to warrant letting the woman go. PHOTO BAN ORDER SSUANCE IS DENED U. S. Marshal G. H. Edelen Answers Prince Georges Police Statements. the Coming of Santa HOOVERS SEND GIFTS TO MOUNTAIN CHILDREN, ment to less fortunate friends who live Ridge Mountains. look on. Center: Children of the | the play. “Santa and_ His Toys,” | under the Direction of Mrs. Boul, Lower: Old Kriss as he distributed George Hulse; Dr. Frank W. Ballou, supe Assertions by Price Georges County | poiice that they were directed by George Hunter Edelen, deputy United States marshal, to prevent picture tak- | ing at the Old Colonial Tea House in- quest December 4, today provoked a denial from Mr. Edelen. The statements that Mr. Edelen is- | sued the order were made by two Prince | Georges policemen at a hearing before | the county commissioners Tuesday. | The commissioners were investigating | the blackjacking of a photographer by; & constable. 4 One officer said he did not know at the time he received an order to pre- vent the taking of pictures the identity of the officer who gave, it, but had since learned #t was Mr. Edelen. Denies Issuing Orders. In a formal statement the deputy( marshal said he had issued orders to no one. He added that if he had need- | ed assistance at the inquest he would | have sought it from the sheriff of the | county. Efforts to have Peter Abbott of Phil- adelphia, suspect in the hold-up and | murder, returned to Maryland failed, at | sylvania authorities refused to release | the man to Maryland officers who went to Philadelphia armed with extradi- tion TS. It rlg'expllmed Abbott is trying to obtain his freedom under a writ of habeas corpus and will be given a hear- ing next Wednesday. Held as “Trigger Man.” Abbott was Arrested in Philadelphia December 1, and later identified by Mrs. Verne Edwards of Baltimore as the “trigger man” in the 5 which cost the life of Grover Amick and injured five others. Since his arrest Abbott has main- tained he was in Philadelphia the night of the shooting. He produced eight witnesses to substantiate his claim at a hearing on the extradition papers be- fore Deputy Attorney General Edwards, at Harrisburg last week. Births lieported. Bernard and Viola Fortney, boy. Rezi: s Reynolds. girl. . and Katherine Butler, girl. © F. and Helen Stoutsenberger, girl. Georse N and Lois Jeffries, airl night Holy Communion service at 11:45 o'clock tonight. A special Christmas eve service will be held in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Rock Creek parish, tonight at 11:45 o'clock. Christmas carols will be sung and there will be Holy Communion at midnight. The musical program in- cludes the communion service in A flat “Custance,” and the offertory anthem, “The Wise Men,” from “The Light of the World.” A special Christmas day service will be held in the church tomorrow at 10:30 am. A musical program will be offered and the sermon will be H Tonseth, gr the schools; Miss Ethe! sistant superintendent of schools. Upper: Peggy Anne and Herbert Hoover, 3d, helping to load truck with gifts brought to their Christmas party at the White House yesterday for ship- Their mother, Mrs. Herbert Hoover, jr.. and the First Lady Langdon Sehool Kindergarten who participated in presented in the school auditorium yesterday teacher. ganization of clerks in the public schools yesterday. Peeples, director of the Community Center Department; Miss Helen Collier, president of the Clerks’ Organization and party hostess; Miss Elsie Zuberano, | Secretary to the secretary of the Board of Education; Santa Claus, played by dson of the late John Chambe: 1 Ginberg, secretary to the first assistant superintenden Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant superintendent, and Robert L. Haycock. as near the President’s camp in the Blue ‘Underwood Photo, gifts at the Christmas party of the or- Left to right: Mrs. E. K rintendent of schools, with little Tommy . director of manual training in —Star Staff Photo. BIFTS PRESENTED AT ALTO PARTY Several Hundred Veterans Made Happy by Santa and Other Features. | | | Several hundred veterans were pre- | sented with gifts last night at a Chrift- | mas party given in Mount Alto Hospital by a group, including Mrs. Laura V. |Dann, "Miss' Lillian Dann, Clyde B.| tist, was acquitted today of the murder Stovall, Mrs. Amos A. Fries, Miss Agnes Brophy and Earle Gregory. | Many of the gifts, donated by Wash- ington” merchants ‘and friends, were | taken from a gayly decorated Christ- | mas tree. Each veterans was given a | sock containing cigarettes, hanker- chiefs, candy canes, tooth paste, tooth brushes. shaving cream, nuts, figs and chewing gum. | Music was provided by the Marine Band. | Robert R. Tolson, impersonating San- | ta Claus, drew applause by presenting toys to the distinguished guests. Talks | were made by Secretary of War Patrick | J. Hurley, Admiral Charles E. Riggs, | Brig. Gen. Prank T. Hines, veterans’ ad- ministrator; Bishop James E. Freeman | and Isaac Gans. Other guests were Senator Brookhart of Towa, Dr. Victor A. Aimone, Rev. Raymond R. Wolven, Dr. Charles Grif- fith, Col. and Mrs. J. Miller Kenyon, | Capt. and Mrs. Walter B. Miller. Mrs. E. Lester Jones and Almiral Robert Coontz, | SEIZED CAR HI-JACKED Trio Takes Loaded Truck and Pris- | oner From Dry Agents. REVERE, Mass., December 24 (#).— Three hijackers yesterday held up two Federal prohibition agents at pistol point and took away a liquor laden automobile the agents were guarding in a Beach street garage. The agents had been left on guard while others under the command of Thomas Murphy went to confiscate another liquor truck. The hijackers also freed a prisoner, the driver of the seized automobile, Who was also being held in the garage. They disarmed one of the agents. The | other carried no weapon. e GOES AFTER CONVENTION SAN FRANCISCO, December 24 (#).— Representative San Prancisco business and civic leaders yesterday gave Dem- ocratic party spokesmen here assurance that $150,000 will be raised if the 1932 Democratic National Convention is awarded to San Francisco. Isidore Dockweiler, Justus Wardell and James Meredith, Democratic lead- ers, said they planned to present the National Committee at Washington, on January 9, & certified check for $150,000 preached mbr, Franklin J. Bohanan, rector of parish, | widow, was killed the night of Sep- | the State | destime love affair in the doctor’s office. and San Franciseo's invitation, ‘a DR, ANDRE FREED N REND SLAYING Jury in Spectacular Night- Life Trial Deliberates Only 73 Minutes. By the Associated Press. RENO, Ngv., December 24.—Dr. Carl Pierre Andre, young West Virginia den- of his former flancece, Mrs. Martha Hutchinson, by a jury, which deliber- ated 1 hour and 13 minutes. The verdict was reached after sev- eral ballots, principally to decide wheth- er Dr. Andre was guilty of involuntary manslaughter. The decision was greeted by cheers from spectators. Saying, “This is the best Christmas present I ever had,” Dr. Andre imme- diately wired news of his acquittal to his mother, who is ill in bed at Fairmont, W. Va. Killed in Fall From Car. Mrs. Hutchinson, 21-year-old a tember 13 in a fall from Dr. Andre's speeding automobile on the outskirts of Reno. The prosecution charged Dr. Andre either shoved her out of the | machine or caused her to fall by reck- less driving. The derense held her death came through a simple accident. The verdict followed eight days of sensational testimony, which involved almost evéry phase of night life in Reno. Dr. Andre and Mrs. Hutchinson first met in rmont and for two years, ged, carried on a clan- Dr. Andre came to Reno last June, Mrs. Hutchinson following in August only to find another woman had come between them, it was charged. “From that time forward,” said As- sistant District Attorney A. P. Johnson in his . closing argument last night, “Martha Hutchinson became the cast- Off sweetheart, riding in the rumble seat, while the doctor's new girl rode with him in ‘front.” Father Is Present. Several women who had attended all of the court sessions rushed forward to congratulate the dentist after he had been acquitted, but his father, Omar J. Andre, a glassblower of Charleston, W. Va., reached him first and threw his arms around his son. District Attorney Melvin Jepson said he was satisfied with the verdict. Dr. Andre testified he and Mrs. Hutchinson were engaged to be mar- ried a month before he separated from his wife and sald he had come to Reno to obtain a divorce. The trial provided the first court record of Reno's night life since it be- came the Nation's divorce capital, { 0HIO WOM HUSBAND IS HELD MELLON APPROVES RELIEF BILL CHANGE Smooths Way for Passage of Reconstruction Measure After Holiday Recess. y the Associated Pres Again the President’s Half-billion Re- construction Corporation plan fdund its way smoothed today, through ap- proval by Secretary Mellon of changes which' & Senate committee wished to make. Sacrifice of holiday time by Senator Walcott of Connecticut and his asso- ciates on a banking subcommittee found e measure nearer ready for the drive at passage promised imme- diately after Congress reconvenes in January. Informing Chairman Nor- beck of ‘the whole Senate Banking Committee, that he approved altera- tions, Mellon spoke again of the vital importance which is attached to this measure as a'restorer of confidence and a stimulation to credit flow. Work went on simultaneously to get ready for the Senate the House bill to | add $100,000,000 to the capital of Fed- eral Land Banks. Here, however, bobbed up an amendment by Senator Carey, Republican, Wyoming, to add a $25,000,000 sum, specifically to per- mit_extension of farm mortgages. Its adoption was not certain, but the en- tire bill had strong support. Controversial proposals, however, have been added to the general eco- nomic relef picture by Western inde- pendents. Yesterday La Follette of Wi consin put forth a five-and-a-half-bil- lion “prosperity bond issue” proposal contending for immediate expansion of public works. Another similar plan by Norris of Nebraska is pending. The President’s organization for unemploy- ment relief has taken a stand against such big issues, and the administra- tion forces are expected to combat them. AN SLAIN, Body of Mrs. Mary Shand Found in Wrecked Bed Room, Bat- tered and Neck Broken. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, December 24— The body of Mrs. Mary Shand, 48, neck broken and bearing the marks o beating, was found lying in the w age of her bed room late yesterday by her husband, Thomas M. Shand, a steamfitter, who was held for question- ing by police. Mrs. Shand's body was slumped in the wreckage of a bed. She was partly unclothed and battered almost beyond recognition. The furniture of the apart- ment was in disorder, and much of it was broken. Coroner A. J. Pearse sald the woman had been slayed some time Sunday night or early Monday morning Shand told police he had been drink- ing and came home early Sunday. but was locked out of his wife’s bed room. He said he lay down on a davenport in the apartment and slept for some time, finally leaving. He declared he had not returned home until late yesterday, when he re- ported the discovery of Mrs. Shand's body. Marriage Licenses. t H. Hancock, 4._both and Rachel W of ey, Va.i Rev. 36, Mos a 0! Edward E._Br 24. both of Ric Smi i c. allmen Henry D. Tillman, R. gan, Bernard Hol Johnson, 25: Rev. C. J. Robert M. Curtis. 25, Annie_ M. Randolph, v Perkins Hampton both of Pierpont Charles R. Slosberg. 30. Chelse: and Gert Coplan, 23, Baltim: on. Y Gray. 23. and Helen both of Baltimore, Md.: Rev. bert E. Dowling. Jr.. Washington, 22 Rev. W Mason Bridgetortn. 45. > ngmas, Frankiin, 72. and Gladss Greene. Rev W, eie o ankiin ey W D, Ba Russell S ‘Castle. 22. and Catherine E. Sebastian, 18: Rev, M. J. Riordan Auron Crowell. 25. ‘and Sophie F. Poms. 18; Hev. George Silverstone. 3 Arthur J. Harriman. 25. and_Hattie E. Bodenhamer, 25: Rev. Joseph T. Kenneds gpAllen Coe. 36, and Eleanor W. : Rev. W. C. Coe. i Eliiah’ Georre. 58 and Lula Burr, 56 Rev. ughes: Lewis M. Cooke. 23. Arlington. Va. and Maty E. McCauley, 20. this city: Rev, Jo- ok e 27, and_ Marzaret M 'G. &' Jonnson. @nd Helen C. Perle adley, 28, and Dora L. Howe. hmond. Va.. Rev. H. H. Har- ith, 25. Rockville, 25, Sellman, Md.. Md. and Rev. Rockville, Md.. and 18." Clarksbure. 'Md.; 5. Grey. 31. and Marion F. Hall, Warrenton, Va.. Rev. William Mass.. Md G. H 21, ar LW and s rycital. 23 Re e, {inon. "Bauer. 27, and Anna B. Eckley. icett 5. Bel Garvio. 30, Balt M. and Marsafita E. Cross. 23: ¥ Poore. seph R. Gouldman, 21. and Martha E. ciape 5o, Bt of Richmond. Va.: Rev. Wil- D e KoveRs. 43, ‘and Dora Felker. 35. both of_Baltimore. Md.. Rev. 'G. Silyerstone M. W. Fowler, 5. and Eva Glass. 20. of Raleigh. N, Rev. A F._ Poore George L. Bohannon, 29, Baltimo; and Diana Rusa, 19. this city: Rev. ToEfward A, Smith. 23. and Mary T. Lewis. 20 Rev. A J. Ty 5" and Josephine Sobal. im Rev. re. ) L H. W, Thomas and Margaret viliam: 32! Rev K oy W dueh & Henson. 54. and Rosa L. Glover, = and Mary A. ’ F. Graebstein i7"and Daisy Smith. 21 Karl A, Ba WlllTlm A. Shelton. 28, and Henrletta | Olas . | the chair wheeled Cripple Plays Santa | | | | | | | | | | l PHIL McGRATH. BY GRETCHEN SMITH. The postman’s sack weighed heavily as he entered the office of the Homne for the Incurables, far out on Wiscon- sin_avenue. | Hardly had he made his appearance, when from far down a corridor, a wheel chair could be seen approaching rapidly, deftly guided by a middie-aged man, whose lower limbs dangled help- | | lessly, ‘while strong, determined hands | turned the wheels | “It's still coming, Phil” ereeted the postman, taking myster looking packages from his sack, as the man in the chair wheeled up to him. Plays Santa 30 Years. | For 30 years Phil McGrath has been | playing Santa Claus at the Home for Incurables, delivering from the tray in front of him on his chair Chri mas packages and mail to his more helpless companions at the home | Passing quickly through the corridor: the chair, carrying the frail, crippl body, stopped with dexterity before the doors of bed. den patients. A cheery word. a smile, and Phil le a bundle of letters and some gayly wrapped packages at the bedside of a feeble old la Litile difference does it make to Phil McG tha. since his fourth year | bis only home has been the friendly | institution on Wisconsin avenue., Even |less does he worry over the handi- | cap which has ‘made the upper Part of this body that of a strong, capable man. while his lower limbs remain _as helpless as an infant's This Christmas will be his 38th at the home. and the passing of the years finds him still cheerfully | 0dd jobs here and there, and making |and everv person in the home. from Mrs. Viner, the assistant, to little Bel- mont, the youngest resident, admits much of its sunshine Service Is Life Work. secret? To keep himself oc- to serve others. “I love my Work.” he explained, “and I keep busy all the time. You think people here look happy? They are—they never talk about their sufferings and their —1I guess they're lots happier than people outside. I'm not an expert workman,” he continued modestly, “but I cane .chairs and varnish them and | help with th | plenty to do.” | ,, Just then Phil was called and turning 1 himself onto the ele- vator, which would carry him up to the third floor. In tlris wing of the building an open- ed coor looked into a cheery bedroom. |A tiny woman, with parchment-like | skin, drawn tightly over the sunken fea- tures. lay helpless among the pillows on | the bed. “Mother Meade” Talks. The blue eves looked dim and luster- less. until she spoke. Then the words | which came from “Mother Meade" made one forget the clouded eves and "h(’_thm. weak voice which Tecalled Christmasses of long ago. Ninety-eight a little town in Pennsylvania, spending much of her childhood n the company of her grandmother, born during the Revolution. “Christmas was very different when ? was a child,” she said. “In our stock- ings we would find a doughnut or some homemade gifts on Christmas morn- ing—there was none of the feverish giv- ing of extravagant gifts which one has these days. CLIFTON TERRACE Clifton Street, 13th to 14th, N.W, Under New Management and Ownership 0 car line and Centra to upper 14th St. shopping section. ful location. of Washington's veniently located apartment houses. s largest and most con- Close to 1 High School—convenient High, health- Well proportioned apartments, with large, light rooms, ) 3 Electric refrigeration. 24-hour elevator and switchboard service. 1 Room and Bath to 3 Rooms, Kitchen and Bath Now Available at Very Reasonable Rentals H. L. Rust Company 1001 Fifteenth Street National 8100 | Gelivering the Christmas mail, doing | ! himself so generally useful that each | that without Phil the place would lose | e mail, and there's always | vears ago “Mother Meade” was born in | INCURABLE HOME INMATE IN ROLE 30 YEARS. —Star Staff Photo I’Dld lady nodded. “It makes children vain to give them so many things.” “Christmas is celebraied now, it's true,” she continued, “But not in the ne spirit. People seem to have for- gotten the message of Christmas a the beautiful story of the Little C! born in Bethlehem on Christmas da: Thought Dancing Wicked. ‘We should have thouzht it wicked when I was a girl to dance on Christ- mas day. That was a religious time with us, when every one day school and sang c Mcdern improvemen “Mother” Meade eloguently summed up her opinion of modern times, com- pared with her own childhood “The light from the piae k we burned in the fireplaces w a child were worth all of the electricity of today,” she said Although “Mother” Meade will be alone on Chris children and too far away she will not be lonely “I am never lonely,” she answered, “I can't read more, but I recite oetry and verses from the Bible. 1 now the Bible heart,” she added proudly, “and reciting passages to my- self gives me all the companionship I want.” Peaceful and Content. There was peace and contentment the face of “Mother” Meade. felt that the Christ visited the crippled old ! her bed, in a manner u agitated, hectic Christmas shopper of America. That same spirit of contentment sur rounding the old lady be fou from the oldest to the youngest of the 125 patients at the Home for the In- curables. The youngest, 12-year-old Belmont Poole, crippled since birth, and a resident at the home for the past fiv years, has found, like Phil, compensa- tion for his handicaps, in work. With but two fingers on one hand, and onc finger on the other. Belmont | for the past three years has been pick- ing up pin money at Christmas time painting cards with water colors. Paints 500 Cards. This year he painted nearly 500, all of which were disposed of, not anly be- cause Belmont has many friends glad | to help him, but because his work is | meritorious and gladly purchased by those secking colorful cards. Although Belmont is unable to walk without braces, it is safe to say that there will be few children in W ington who will derive the happiness from Christmas day that will be | joyed by t his mother and friends_have come from the earnings of his crippled hands. on MEXICAN BA.NK REOPENS Business Resumed as Arrangement ‘With Creditors Is Completed. | MEXICO CITY, December 24 (P)— | The Bank Credit Espanol, which ba. been closed for four opened | for business yesterday after an ar- rangement with creditors had been completed. Savings depositors were permitted to | witkdraw up to 500 pesos (about $200) | and withdrawals up to 15 per cent were allowed in checking accounts | The bank was the,only one to close | here this year I think it is wrong,” the . TAC e |2 Lt See Friday’s Star for Details! UPTEFFUTON PLUNGES T0 DEATH |National U. Graduate in 1930 Falls 12 Stories From Hotel Room. By the Assoclated Press | NEW YORK, December 24—Capt. | Prank F. Pulton, assistant finance off- |cer at the United States Army base, | Brookiyn, jumped or fell to his death today from his quarters on the twelfth floor of thie Hotel 8t, George, Brooklyn. He was 42 years old Officegs associated with him at the Army base said he had been suffering from a nervous disorder for some time, probably due to intensive study and Worry over the illness of his wife, Mrs. Ruby Fulton, who was ol recently discharged from a hospital after treat- ment for pleurisy. Capt. Fulton, a native of Iowa, en- tered the Army as a second lieutenant of aviation November 27, 1917, and was discharged in August, 1919. He Teceived a commission in the finance | department of the Regular Army in and was made a captain in Feb- , 1929 entering the Regular Army he | ved two degrees, bachelor of | science in 1922 from the University of | California, and bachelor of laws in 1930 from National University, Washington, |D.C. | | SERVED HERE TWICE. Capt. Fulton Was in Office of Chief of Finance of Army. Frank F. Fulton, whose death «d from New York today, s of duty here in the office the chief of finance of the Army and was a law student last year at the National University, from which he received his bachelor of laws degree. Capt. Fulton came to Washington first in 1920, serving for two years in the Army Finance Department head- | quarters under Brig. Gen. Herbert M. Lord, who afterward became budget di- rector. In 1928-29, before returning to the Capital. Capt. Fulton served in Nicaragua as a finance officer with units engaged in duty there in connection with the survey for a new canal site. ning to Washington after his caraguan duty, Capt. Fulton served nce Department, en- ng same time for & law course at the local university. ing Inmates To Have Yule Trees In Prison Tonight Sing S Warden to Supervise Turkey Dinner for His Charges. By the Asso ed Press. OSSINING. N. Y. December 24— Within the cray walls of Sing Sing, a8 the twilight creeps up from the Hud- son late this afternoon, Christnfs trees will grow softly in courtyards. mcss hall, hospital, chapel and visitors’ rcom. In the warden's house 11 young mea to more than one of whom such & heme life is a new experience—wili be busy with holly wreaths and evergreen boughs and strings or_colored lights The warden of Sing Sing—a big, quiet man, who has long believed his real ob is rehabilitating the men who are turned over to him here at Sing Sing, and he feels that old Father Christmas is a valuable aide in the work “Human contacts help to strengthen the tles that keep men interested in normal life “Seven thousand Christmas cards were sent out this year by the prisoners. Fully as many have been received here.” he most popular resident of Siug Sing is Joan Lawes. the warden's daughter. For several days now men who have the run of the yards bave appeared at the warden's house with packages “Just a li they murmur shyly. Handmade gifts, they are—toys carved out of bits of wood, drawings, sometimes verses The warden himself will supervise the turkey dinner to be served in_tine mess hall everybody. even those in the death house, there will be & radio program of Christmas music. le something for Cherie.” G s Nurses Ask 12-Hour Day. KLAHOMA CITY (P —Oklahoma's s want sh hours. They'll be hour day, speakers here CHRISTMAS DINNER Special Served 12 Noon to 8:30 P.M. HOTEL CONTINENTAL UNION STATION PLAZA For Reservation Call NAtional 1672