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A-4 TAKONA CITZENS URGE RATE SLASH Plan to Include Lower Water Rent Schedule in Appro- priation Bill. A reduction in District water rates was advocated last night in a re-olu- tion unanimously adoptcd by the Citi- gens' Association of Takcma, D. C. Efforts will be made to have a reduced water rent schedule included in the District appropriation bill. George E. Sullivan, who sponsored | the resolution, pointed out the present | minimum ‘charge is four times the rate prevailing in 1911: that it was raised temporarily for certain plant im- | provements for a three-year period only; that its continuance will result in turning back into the Uniled Slates Treasury s surplus of approximately $700,000, thereby subjecting consumers t0 carry an unreasoneble burden. The resolution stated the Federal Govern- ment should pay its fair share of water supplied 1t. Opposes Gas Merger. The association opposed any con- _gressional enactment providing for or| rmitting a merger of the two gas companies, without express sitpulation, { accepted by the companies, aitogether excluding from the rate base either franchise or going value The School Committes was instructed to investigate the cnrollment situation | at the Poul Junior High School and ascertain if the predicted overcrowding for the February 1 class is due to the enrollment of non-resident students, and if so, to make representations to the Board of Education protesting against the sending of pupils from the ‘Takoma Park section to the old Bright- wood School on Georgia avenue. The assoclation also adopted a resolution approving the action of the school officials in refusing to grant permission | for boxing bouts in high school gym- | neasiums. Seek Wage Exemption. The association urged exemption of | District firemen and police from the salary seduction as provided in the economy act. The District authorities | will be requested to make provision | for extending the period for tax sale redemptions from two to three years. The penalties now imposed by the gas and electric companies on consumefs delinquent in payment of bills was con- sidered severe and excessive by the association and a request will be made for modification or elimination of this proposition. W. M. Hurst was elected & member of the association. | WASHINGTON TOPIC AT ANNUAL MEETING Monday Evening Club to Hear Sev- eral Members of Congress and Civic Leaders. “Washington'’s Human Challenge for 1933" will be the theme of the annual meeting of the Monday Evening Club | next Monday, at 6:30 pm. in Barker| Hall, Seventeenth and K streets. Sev-| eral members of Congress and leading citizens of the Capital will be speakers. ‘The principal talks will be by Dr. John O'Grady, director of the Catholic Charities, who will speak on “Wash- ington’s Human Challenge for . 1933 Prom the Viewpoint of a Social Work- | %; Arthur Moses, president of the velers’ Ald Soclety; Mrs. Eleanor Patterson, editor of the Washington Herald, and Allen Burns, national di- rector of Community Chest and coun- cils, who will discuss various sides of | the question. | Discussion from the floor will include remarks by Senators Costigan, Capper | and La Follette; Representatives Nor-| ton snd La Guardia, Dr. Luther H Reichelderfer, Gen, Herbert B. Crosby. ! Ma). Daniel 'Donovan, George Wilson, | Frederic A. Delano and others. ! The Monday Evening Club is & forum | for conference and discussion of social welfare questions. REAL éSTATE OFFICE LOOTED BY CRACKSMEN | | A T | “TLess Than $200” and Quantity of Papers Stolen From C. A. Metzler's Safe. Burglars blew open a safe in the real estate office of C. A. Metzler, 1106 Ver- moni svenue, and escaped with about $85 and an unknown quantity of un- identified mortgage papers, according to Teports filed yesterday with the police. Mr. Metzler, former Central High Bchool athletic coach, said the safe contained only two rental collections. ‘The papers which were missing are | being checked. The safe wes moved from its usual place a distance of four feet around a corner in the office before it was blown open. The tactics used by the cracks- men were similar to those employed in the robbery of the J. C. Weedon & Co. safe recently, ARIZONA PIONEER'S | DIZRY TO BE PUBLISHED Goorge W. Parsons’ Will Provides for Printing His Record Tombstone in 0ld Days. | ot By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, January 11.—Pro- vision for the pubiication of his diary | writien between 1880 and 1887, which he described as “the Apache and! bed man perlod.” is made in the will of the late George W. Parsons. | Parsons, & notabl> figure of Tomb- stone, Ariz, In that mining town's flush ;wzmd left 8800 for the erection of o ountain “at some suitable plece in the desert.” i Parsons campaigned successfully in the California Legislature and in Con- | | vles, E close of 50 years of uninter- rupted service in the House Press QGallery as correspondent for New York newspapers by Charies A. Hamilton was com- memorated at a dinner in honor of the veteran reporter held last night in the National Press Club. Mr. Hamilton, who is 76, still is ac- tively engaged in his profession as correspondent for the Troy (N. Y. Times. His admission card to the pross galleries of Congress bears the date January 10, 1883. Mr. Hamilton is trcasurer of the National Press Club, of which he was charter member when the club was rganized 25 years ngo. He is one of g;ehlwnden of the famous Gridiron ub. Among those who gathered at the guest table to honor Mr. Hamilton was John Boyle, Washington correspondent of the Wall Street Journal, who is l'oul'ufll"l,n out 55 years of continuous service the press galleries of Con- Roland gress, B. Mahany served as toast- master and among the speakers were Arthur Dodge, Frank B. Lord, former Representative Phil Campbell, T. V. O'Connor, Eugene S. Leggeit, Bascom Timmons and Micha®l Eidsner. An Véteran Reporter Honored NATIONAL PRESS CLUB HOLDS DINNER FOR C. A. HAMILTON. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, CHARLES A. HAMILTON. ~—Underwood Photo. entertainment program was given b | George O'Conn: Matt Horne, Bill fg&y&xcnd_ Bernard Fitzgerald and Bob O YOURG VTS NEW LANDING GEAR. Head of Maryland Commis-‘ sion [\~ 5 Retractable De- vice for Seaplanes. By the Associated Press BALTIMORE, January Hugh H. Young, one of the world's leading urologists, and chairman of the Maryland State Avlation Commis- | sion, has invented retractable landing gears for seaplanes and amphibians. The invention, he thinks, will reduce “parasitic resistance” 10 to 15 per cent. “It really is so simple,” Dr. Young said, “that I am astonished that no one has taken out patents on these in- ventions before.” Conversion Possible. Known the world over as an inventor | of surgical instruments, Dr. Young's re- tractable gear inventions are the first of their kind he has attempted. He was granted patents on them last month. The gears can be used on either &anoplanes .or biplanes and enable nversion of a seaplane into an am- phiblan For biplanes, the tip of each of the lower wings is hinged so that the pilot, by operation of a mechanism frcm his seat, can turn them from their ordi- narily vertical position to & horizontal position, forming pontoons. of such a plane must be of the flying boat design. To convert into an amphibian, wheels are placed in the wing tips and cne wheel under the prow of the flving boat. Ject to offer wind resistance. Form Part of Wings. In monoplanes, the pontoons form a part of th: wing, about two-thirds of the distance from the pilot's seat and the tip of the wing. A mechanism enables the pilot to lower them when landing or raise them when flying. Wheels may be installed, s in the case of the biplanes. » Dr. lenr admits his invention has not been given a trial on a working model, but he szys mechanics who have studied it believe it practicable. DOCTORS WILL MEET District and Baltimore Societies Plan Joint Session Tonight. The District Medical Society and the Baltimore City Medical Society will hold a joint meeting at 8 o'clock to- night at 1718 M street. he program includes lectures on “Bromide Poisoning,” by Dr. Charles W. Wainwright of Baltimore; “Lower Maternal Death Rate” by Dr. J. M. H Rowland of Baltimore, and on “Ap- pendicitis,” a review of 3913 cases, by Dr. John M. T. Finney, jr., of Balti- Dr. Harry A. Fowler, president Di body. presi 11.—Dr. | The body | Only a small part of these wheels pro- | REPORTS 3 BILLS rana 1328 Black Arnnou | Push Demand for Probe of | B. E. F. Evacuation Three bills were favorably repomd’ today from the House District Commit- tee, which made its special order of business for the next meeting considera- tion of Representative Black's resolu- tion for an investigation of the evacua- tion of the bonus army from the Capital. |~ Black served notice he would request that the District Commissioners, Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, former su- | perintendent of police, and other offi- cials be called before the committee. The committee reported favorably the bill to standardize the Wilson and Minor Teachers' Colleges and to raise | manual training and vocational schools | to the status of junior high schools. Representative Holmes, Republican, of Massachusetts, emphasized that the vo- cational schools should be put at a standing higher than junior high schools. The committee was unani- mous in the opinion that education should be particularly guided and main- tained at high standards during the period of the depression. ‘The committee aleo favorably re- ported a bill which exempts from the diploma - mill legislation institutions which carry on their work in foreign countries in foreign languages. Rep- resentative Gasque, chairman of the | subcommittee on education, said that | this bill was indorsed by the Board of Education. | The other bill favorably reported | would remove a limitation of $25,000 on contributions to orphan asylums. Charles V. Imlay, one of the repre- | sentatives from the District on the | National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, urged the committee to take action promptly on & bill which passed the Senate last year. 'This blll has been referred to | the judiclary subcommittee. Mr. Imlay | said ‘that it is intended to simplify the | laws of the District with reference to | the treatment of minor and incompe- tent beneficiciics under veterans' legia- | 1ation. | | | | | Newspaper Boy Also Wounded in | Duluth Hold-up. | DULUTH, Minn, January 11 (#)— | James Savela, paroled convict from the Michigan State Prison at Jackson, was | seriously wounded yesterday when offi- cers surprised him snd a companion attempting to hold up a downtown jew- | elry store, Savela, wounded seven times, was given slight chance to live. A news- paper boy, Harold Gray, 10, was shot in the leg when police and the hold-up | men exchanged shots in the store. Sa- | vela's companion was captured after & ‘c)u He gave his name as Jack Bu- rak, 42. CULTURE OF 3,000 YEARS AGO Amcrican Eqm ‘Discovery. Made by Lumberman. Held VETERANS' COSTS | He Wi, | obvious fact that dissbled and helpless valcnt to Tomb Qf Tut-anl(h-Amen. Special Dispatch to The Star. WICKLIFFE, Ky, January 11 (N.A. N.A)—Fain W. King, a Paducah Jum- berman, who had grown tired of lumbering, came here with a few thim- | dus | teaspoons and orange stic 10 feei into the soil of &n old factory site and dropp=d out of the twentieth century into the dusty trzcks of an Amerfcan culture that flourizhed along the great rivers 3,000 years ago. Under his ounce-by-ounce excavation there came to light the American equiv- . alent of King Tut-ankh-Amen's wmb——‘ a dead city that seems to have been the center of a forgolten race—the metrop- olis of a vast heterogeneous population that settled and thrived and changed, | but remained rooted in the Kentucky bottom lands for hundreds upon hun- dreds of years before there was any Kentuc & d archeologists came from all arts of Ame to lo.k upon Mr King's evid that & people well upon their way toward civilization had mastered the elements of community life and government while Babylon s ruled the known world. They saw Jioof | natural chart that even without the vast quantities of additional evidence would show how this town had flour- ished for generation upon generation for at least 1,000 years. Expected Usual Discoveries. ‘When Fain King bought the old fac- tory site and came to Wickliffe he brought with him a vecord of consid- erable experience in the excavation of so-called Indlan mounds from Wiscon- sin to New Mexico. He was able to | discern without preliminary tests that | the bluff was topped by nine mounds. He hoped to find in them the cus- tomary grist of such excavations—a skull or two, perhaps, a few ornaments | and some relics of early Indian religious activities. He had spooned out less than a foot of the present surface of mound No. 1 before he knew that this group of hillocks was unlike anything else of their classification in the world. He was in the midst of a prehistoric charnel house that seemed virtually without limits. Before his eyes were disclosed the first bodies of an army of A«sZ men—an army that had been laid mere when the Christian era was just beginning—a _concourse over whose gress for measures sign-posting desert'of travel and trade among these van- | heads had marched the warriors of later water holes. The will was filed here | ished people, stretching from the upper | and decadent races, and witite exploiers today. | The will, disposing of an estate of $25,000, left $250 to St. pal Church at Tombstone. T.c bulk of the estate was bequeathed a sister.!ture of life in the prehistoric area of | Emeline H. Parsons, Roxbury, Va Parsons was 81 years old when he dled last week | HELLENIC GROUP MEETS | Cambouri Is Jnstalled as President | of Educational Association. \ (M. Cambouri was installed as presi- nt of the District Chapter of the erican Hellenic Educational Progres- e Association &t a meeting last night 0Odd Fellows Temple. Other officers installed to serve with Mr. Cambouri are: Alexander 8. Economon, vice ident; T. N. Skiados, secretary, and Nicholas Kendros, treas- urer, George ~T. Thomaides, former g;sment. was elected chairman of the rd of Governors. P. L. Dounis, P. A Grose, L. B. Kalamaras and J. L. Calomaris were elected to the board. ‘Plans for the annual dance of the to be held January 23 st Hotel, were ulf and from the lake region to the ‘est to the hinter- great plains of the with the discoverer that no such pic- the United States has ever before been brought back into the light. Covers Twenty-five Acres. Columbus ~ discovered America in 1492. Today &s one stands here on this blu and Ohio Rivers, amid tons of broken crockery and other kitchen midden, the steady nccxam;xhuan‘oi :e:tgrm:: is permitted to wonder wha was doing in all the thousands of years before Columbus got around 1o dis- cover 1t. For 25 acres this promontory is paved with human bones and ornaments and arrowheads and fragments of baked clay and lumps of a conglomerate that analysis has shown to consist prin- cipaily of charcoal and wood ashes. One finds great squares of watte work— once part of the walls of permanent dwelling places—a Sort of brick con- struction made by burning reeds that had been daubed with mud, And toward the river, where a deep ‘cut has been made for a new United States wny, one Sees etched on the hill the stratified relics on top of fT at the junction of the Mississippi | | to whom this region was a hostile wil- | derness—the Danlel Boones and Sam Episco- | Jands of Tennessee, and they agreed | Houstons to whom history refers a bit humorously as “early” Americans. Mr. King. who since has located more than 1,000 bodies in th: ingle mound, sent out a call for help and other dig- gers came to Wickliffe. They, too, were equipped with teaspoons and orange | sticks and put to work lifting the sofl | & grain at a time from the substratum | of skeletons. Three Layers Found. The work was done as it has seldom been done in American archeology. The dead, save for the removal of the earth that covered them, were left as they had been found. ed by the clay | mixture in which they lay, not a bone i1s afforded the debtor and a majority disturbed, not an ornament or primitive tool carried away. The excavation was carried down alongside the skeletons to the hardpan 4 or 5 feet below—the spot s which the erection of the mound had begun. | In places & second layer of bodies was unearthed and here and there a third, indication, perhaps, that one genera- tion had h,ldh:w-y l;: dead wflm knowledge of the numbers under the mlbon & few inches » (Copwright, 1933, m lummA-’u News- OPPONENTS HIT Legion Spokesman Declares Rich Are Trying to Lighten Own Tax Burden. By the Assoclated Press. | A spokesman for the American Le- glon put before a Joint Veterans Com- mittee today the contention that “rep- | resentatives of wealthy interests” were seeking to “transfer a large portion of | veterans' cost from the wealthy income tax payers of this country to the backs of the distressed and needy local prop- erty tax payers.” | Appearing to contest the demands the Economy League, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and various other organizations for reduc- tions in veterans expenditures. John Thomas Taylor, legislative representa- | tive for the Legion, d that such action would increase , county and Stata expenses. | He promised to produce witnesses to support his arguments and more than a score of spokesmen for other veterens organizations waited for him to finish | in order to begin their own statements in opposition to cuts. The recommen- | dations for reductions have totaled $450,000,000 annually. Holds Facts Ignored. Taylor said the organizations oppos- |~ ing veterans’ benefits had sought to “place the veterans and the profiteer a parity so far as th obligation of eral Government, is concern-d." ing _directly to th- cnt, Taylor sald m-mbs cf “have listzned for tev weeks {o men, backed by large foriu who have continually atlacked Federal expenditures on account of veterans.” | “They have presented no arguments | to show that Federal expenditures| under existing law are wrong or im- proper,” Taylor said. i “They have ignored completely the men must be cared . or. Taylor sald the oi .inization oppos- ing veterans’ benefits . sught “to remove the veteran from the position of honor he has held in Am‘vican life” since Colonial days and place “the veteran and profiteer on & parity so far as the | obligation of our Federal Government ! is concerned.” Hits Hines Testimony. Referring_ to recommendations by | Frank T. Hines, admin'strator of vet- | eran's affairs, for a number of mmor; economies here and there through the veterans' structure, Taylor said Hines had not told the committee the effect | such savings would have on disabled | veterans. He suggested that Hines be called befcre the committee again to tell “how | many one-armed men such and such an_amendment would remove from the | ! presented figures to show that dividend payments in 1932 were 60 ger cent Ligher than in 1926 and that| Treasury issues last year were oversub- scribed $36,000,000,000, which, he said, “shows that there are ample funds in the hands of wealthy persons in the United States.” and that their taxes could be paid. He expressed opposition to a state- | ment of Representative Woodrum, ! Democrat, of Virginia, of the House | Agpl’onfll!lons Committee, suggesting a 10 per cent horizontal cut in veterans’ expenditures, sdding that under this plan “the ax would fall upon the just| and the unjust alike.” Between 20 and 30 spokesmen for other veterans’ organizations were to follow Taylor. HOOVER MESSAGE URGES REFORMS IN BANKRUPTCY LAWS ___(Continued From First Page) they mature, is utterly destructive of the interest of the debtors and creditors allke and if this process is allowed to take its usual course misery will be suffered by thousands without sub- stantial gain to their creditors, ;co in- sist upon liquidation and foreclosure in the vain hope of collecting their claims. | Present Process Destructive. “In the great majority of cases, such liquidation under present conditions is | 80 futile and destructive that voluntary readjustments through the extension or composition of individual debts and the reorganization of corporatins must be desirable to a large majority of the creditors. “Under existing laws, even where ma- jorities of the creditors desire to ar- range falr and equitable readjustments with their debtors, their plans may not be consummated without prohibitive de- lay and expense, usually attended by the obstruction of minority creditors, who oppose such settlements in the hope that fear of ruinous liquidation will induce the immediate settlement of their claims. “The proposals to amend the bank- ruptey act by providing for the relief of debtors who seek the protection of | the court for the purpose of readjust- ing thelr affairs with their creditors cafry no stigma of an adjudication in bankruptcy and are designed to extend the protection of the court to the debtor and his_property, while an opportunity of his creditors to arrange an equitable | settlement of his affairs, which upon | approval of the court will become bind- ing upon minority .creditors. | Right to Reorganize. “Under such process it should be pos- sible to avold destructive liquidation | through the composition and extension | of individual indebtedness and the re- organization of corporations. with the 1ull protection of the court extended to the rights and interests of creditors and debtors alike. The law should encour- age and facllitate such readjustments in proceedings which do net consume the estate in long and wasteful Te- ceiverships. H “In the case of individual and corpo- | rate debtors all creditors should be | stayed from the enforcement of their debts pending the judicial process of readjustment. The provisions dealing with corporate reorganizations should be applicable to railroads, and in_such cases the plan of reorganization should not become effective until it has been approved by the Interstate erce Commission. “I wish again to emphasise that the P“““ of leglslation for this relief of individual and corporate debtors at this session of Congress is & matter of the most vital importance. It has a major bearing upon the whole economic situ- ation in the adjustment of the relation of debtors and creditors. I therefore recommend its immediate consideration as an emergency action.” Plane Crashes; Two Escape. PRINCETON, Ind, January 11 P). —Oapt. L. A. Lawson, 37, stationed at Langley Pield, Va, and his mechanic, ‘Tracy Nance, 23, escaped serious in- jury ‘when the plane Lawson was fiying cn'.l‘;ledd 3 miles n:l:‘h ?'X“ here lfie yesterday. = They Langley Field bound for Scott Fleld, Tl Lawson’s injuries consisted of cuts and bruises and a slight concussion. Nnn'ne suffered a severe scalp wound. Firemen to Hold Benefit. MARLBORO, Md., Jan 11 (Spe- cial) —The card Forestville #mhu Fire scheduled “Colonel” GIRL GIVEN HONORARY POST AT U. OF ALABAMA. MARY HALL VAN PELT Of Montgomery, University of Alabama co-ed, is honorary colonel of the school's R. O. T. C. unit. —A hoto. % NIFED CHURCH PLANS SET FURTH Unitarian and Universalist ' Commissions Report on Needed Action. By the Associated Press, BOSTON, January 11.—A plan for organizing an “all-inclusive fellowship of religious liberals” under the name | of the Free Church of America was | announced yesierday in a report of the Unitarian and Universalist Commis- stons. | The commissions were appointed by | the American Uniterian Assoclation and | the Universalist General Convention in | 1931 “to look into the practicability of | uniting these two communicrs for the | common good.” The report adopted at JANUARY 11, 1933. IVINE PEACE GOAL | FNEW GOVERNOR Horner Confers on Enforce- | ment of Military Rule in Christian County. By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, 1Il, January 11— Tlinol-* new Governor, Henry Horner, | moved yesterday to bring about peace in the State's strife-torn coal mine fields. | Shoving ‘aside all other business on his second day in cffice, the executive | conferred with officers enforcing mili- | tary rule in Christian County and union | heads with a view to arriving at peace- | able settlement of the latter's differ- . ences. i The Governor's action followed Te- ceipt by him of a telegram from Alcude | Pearcy, president cf the Progressive iners’ Uni'n. Pearcy asserted in hi~ ommurication constitutional rights had been denied Progressives in Christian County and threatened a move to call a Natlon-wide mine sympathy strike un- ; less they were restored Pearcy’s telegram added that a “trag- edy in Christian County coal flelds has reached the place where our people are suffering the most inhuman conditions ever known in laboring history.” “The Illinois National Guard and Sheriff Weineke have today denied them the right to vote in a miners’ election | and have closed relief stations in Kin- | |cald and Tovey,” the telegram said. ! a detalled study of the B Hciner said, in an- nouncing plan 2 confarancs, “and o my best to re peact to the trou- bled ereas.” | Labor leaders here said there was considerable question whether asking of a Nation-wide strike by the progres- i sives would result in any concerted ac- i tion. The progressives are an offspring of the United Mine Workers' Union and are not recognized by the older group. Christian County, long_storm center of the miners' dispute, has been vir- tually under military rule since last week. VETERANS APPROVE BOXING IN SCHOOLS Urge Board of Education to Permit Use of Gymnasium for Inter- collegiate Matches. T 1 In supporting the request of Columbus University for use of the McKinley Cowgirl Queen WILL DEFEND TITLE AT “OLD WESTERN DANCE.” ELLEN DAVIS Clayten, M. Me:., will comy it 11 ths i1 “old C'=Jion late in J ot pete for n Western She P. Photo. U.SPAYCUTLIKE “TREASON IN WAR" Zmployes’ Federation De- nounces Move, Pointing to ] Loyalty in Service. | The move to cut Government pay | was compared to “treason in war time” |'n a statement today from the American | Federation Government Employes. | “Those who have taken advantage of | the present economic conditions to re- & meeting on December 29, last, will be | High School gymnasium to hold inter- | duce the living standards of the Ameri- submitted to the legiclative bodies of the ' collegiate boxing contests, Front Line |can people have restorted to many un- two_denominations. ‘The report described the commission's consideration of three alternatives—re- taining the status quo, forming an or- ganic merger of the two denominations or the organization of a larger and more inclusive fellowship of liberals. It pointed 8ut that the commissions de- cided to recommend the latter. Need for Grouping. “The present need for such a group- ing,” the report said, “cffers an oppor- tuntiy to work out a co-ordination of the liberal forces of the United States and Canaca which might be far more effective than a merger of only the Unitarian and Universalist denamina- tions. ‘The commissions, therelore, adopted this third alternative and pro- posed the Free Church of America, be- lieving that the advantages of a merger, together with other and more far- reaching advantages, are including in this plan. They voted to call them- selves the Council of the Free Church of America, and drew up a tentative constitution. In their preamble to the plan the commissions asserted that the members of the fellowship shall have entire freedom of belief and that “if we are controlled by & purpose to serve man- kind in a spirit of mutual good will, | differing statements of faith may en- rich our common life " “Under this plan,” the report said, “the Free Church would become an all- inclusive, fellowship or religious liberals. Local churches would retain their present name, adding thereto Free Church of America. Each affiliated denomination would retain, for the present, at least, its ecclesiastical name and its funds. So far as possible, how- ever, all departments of work would be united or co-ordinated.” Local Church Option. Local churches, under the plan, might or might not merge, according to the determination of local policy. The re-’ port emphasized, however, that local consolidations were not the objective of the free church movement. ‘The commissions voted that so far as their objectives will permit, the fol- lowing enterprises might well be car- ried on in common: Church extension, religious education, women's work, lay- men's work, young people’s work, social relations actlvities, missionary literature, preaching missions, radio broadcasting, religious publication, publishing houses, hymnology, joint Summer meetings and institutes, local headquarters, common | use af properties and equipment, region- al representative lowships, re ciations, relf and inc “International Association for Liberal Christianity and Religious Freedom,” in which both Universalists and Unitarians have long co-cperated. RECEPTION POSTPONED The annual congressional reception of the Massachusetts Soclety, sched- uled for January 20, will be postponed ause of the national period of mourning for ex-President Coolidge, and later will be combined with the reception for the Secretary of the Navy and for undersecretaries from Massachusetts, it was decided Monday night by the organization’s executive committee. The joint reception will be held at the Shoreham Hotel on February 17. to work in both fel- onal conferences and asso- ous work in forelgn lands Probes Stocks ng co-operation with the | Post No. 1401, Veterans of Foreign Wars, last night urged the Board of Education to make public school gym- | nasiums available for this purpose. |, In a resolution, the post said it | “considered boxing on the same footing | with basket ball, foot ball and other intercollegiate contests, having for its object a competition of skill between colleges with the hope of more spirited and friendly competition.” The post urged the board to allow |any school or university, or any lawfully | organized unit the free use of any gym- |nasium in the city for the purpose of holding amateur boxing contests or any other contests that are within the law | of the District. In its action, the post falls in line with other organizations which have | favored boxing in school gymnastums. ‘The Board of Education has denied use of the Tech gymnasium to Columbus ’Unlvemty. | PAPAL BULL TO BE READ Deacon to Read Holy Year Order of St. Peter's. VATICAN CITY, January 11 (P)—A { papal bull proclaiming & holy year will |ing by the deacon of apolostolic pro- tortotaries, who will go to the Cathedral direct from the throne room, where he will receive the bull from the Pope. ‘The deacon then will visit three other basilicas, St. Mary Major, St. John Lateran and St. Paul's, outside the walls, RAIL LEADER DIES Joseph W. Blabon, 74, Was Aide to James J. Hill in West. | NEW YORK, January 11 (#).—Joseph | W. Blabon, 74, & former vice president | of the Great Northern Railroad, died | yesterday after a long illness. Blabon entered the service of the Great Northern Rallroad a8 s young man while James J. was ng |into the Northwest. He later serve | as president of the Northern Steam- ship Co. and the Great Northern Ex- press Co. For many years Blabon lived in St. | Paul, later moving to Chicago. Inl| 1926 he married Mrs. Prederick Lewis Johron, who survives. |MRS. WILLEBRANDT WINS' | ! Recovers $200 Watch and Ex-! | Chauffeur Admits Theft Charge. Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, for- | mer Assistant Attorney General, ap- peared in District Supreme Court yes- terday as complaining witness against William T. Robinson, colored, a_former chauffeur, who was charged With steal- ing her $200 watch. | Robinson pleaded guilty before Chief | Justice Alfred A. Wheat and bly will be sentenced Friday. b United States Attorney John J. Siriea represented the Government. The watch was recovered. Burned Bills Return Farmer Unexpected ‘Ten-DollarDividend | Treasury Experts Find More Money Than Owner Claims. Many & man has brought mutilated money to Washington and redeemed at Jeast & part uf it—but it remained for | W. A. Belter, farmer of Benton Harbor, to take' back more than he the representatives of rival schools and | | be read in St. Peter's on Sunday morn- | warranted, unpatriotic and treasonable methods,” the statement raid. ‘“None hes been more despicable than the false impressions that have been spread about employes of the Federzl Government. No act of treason in war time could be more harmful to the country as a whole than the demands that the salaries of nlv:l service employes be cut and further cut. “Federal workers have shown they are surpassed by no class of workers in the trades or professions. This is proved by the fact that they are required to pass competitive examinations against the best qualified citizens of the coun- try. They proved their loyalty to the Government by remaining in the service during the boom years, when the ma- | | jority could have received much better | “fi,‘" private employment. | s American Federation of Govern- | ment Employes stands firmly against | any_additional reduction of the salaries | of Federal workers. We contend it is| unnecessary, unwarranted, and totally unwise at a time when the Government ! chould be leading the way toward economic recovery.” STATE SOCIE | Missour{ Organization to Have TY TO MEET| Philippine Program. | The Missouri Society will give a | Philippine program Saturday at !:30‘ pm., in the Washington Hotel. { Mrs. Camilo Osias, wife of the Com- | missioner of the Philippines, will sing a group of native fongs, accompanied by Mrs. Eva Whitford Lovette. Repre- sentaltlve Menlove of Missouri wflli speal NS WL HEA FEHT WELCONE Navy Secretary Will Greet 22 Planes From Nicaragua Landing Here. CHARLESTON, 8. C., January 11 (A —Twenty-two Unfted States Marine Corps planes, returning to Quantico, Va., after service in Nica- ragua, took off from here today at 8:30 am. on the last lap of their flight. Secretary Adams will head an offi- cial Welcoming Committee for the Ma- rine Corps fiyers, scheduled to reach the Naval Air Station at Anaco:tia to- morrow afternoon, ending a flight of more than 2,500 miles from Managua, Nicaragua. | The Navy Department yesterday an- | nounced details of the program, which | will bring some 22 planes, lately in | combat with bandits in the Nicaraguan | jungles, to the local naval airport. Other Officials to Be Present. Accompanying the cabinet officer will be Maj. Gen. Ben H. Fuller, com- mandant of the Marine Corps; Rear | Admiral Willam A. Moffett, chief of | the Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy De- partment, and other high-ranking of- fictals of the Navy and Marine Corps, to receive the relurning fiyers. Capt. Francis - Mulcahy, U. S. M. €., noted ace of the Devildogs, commands the combined squadrons. He holds the Distinguished Service Medal for his ;;rhl combat exploits in the World ar. Capt. Mulcahy’s command comprises amphibians, attack, observation and transport ships. In three gro aviators evacuated Nicaragua on Jane uary 2. ) One squadron of five amphibians flew over the Caribbean Sea and the | Gulf of Mexico in a straight line from | Nicaragua to Florida. They fueled in Guatemala, Honduras and Cuba. The “ducks,” as the seaplanes are known in service circles, are commanded by Capt. Harold C. Major, U. 8. M. | and _comprise one Sikorsky tr: | amphibian and four Loening amphibe | ian planes. The personnel includes five officers and eight enlisted men, ine ‘cludinl Marine Gunnér Kenneth P. Bubler, who was with the Byrd Ante arctic expedition. Nine Observation Planes. Capt. Mulcahy’s grou| comprises nine Gurtls observation Jand gl:n-wd | cne Ford trapsport land plane, with | 10 officers and 15 enlisted men. The | second land group is commanded by | First Lieut. Hayne D. Boyden, and this outfit totals five Vought observation |land planes and two Ford | land planes, with seven officers 1 | enlisted men. | _The land planes followed the coash line of Central America and Mexico, reaching the United States near Brownsville, Tex. The three groups are scheduled to | meet today at Charleston, 8. C., mak- an‘ the flight to Washington as one DRIVE PHOGRE:;S; City Club ¢ Adds to Membership. The sponsors of the membersh:p drive being conducted by the Women's City Club, 736 Jackson place, reported progress today. Members of the Drive Committee in- clude: Miss Alice M. Heaven, Judge Mary O'Toole, Mrs. Cary T. Grayson, Miss Jessie Lane, Miss Martha Lane, Mrs. Grace Hays Riley, Mrs. Jennie O, Berliner, Mrs. Edgar P. Brown, Mrs. Merritt O. Chance, Dr. A. Frances Foye, Mrs. Patrick Gallagher, Mrs. Custis R. | Perry, Mrs. Nell V. Price, Ellis Mere- | dith, Miss Clara Saunders, Miss Mare jorle Webster, Mrs. William Lee Cor- | bin, Mrs. Mary Izant Couch and Mrs. Caroline B. Stephen. Card Party Planned. SILVER SPRING, Md., January 11 (8pecial) —A card party for the benefit of the school bus fund of St. Michael's parish, will be held Friday afterncon at 1:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs, Richard Gott, Caney place, forest Glen. Women'’s The terms of Morris Plan Loans are simple and prac- tical—it is not necessary to have had an account at > this Bank to borrow. For each $60 bor- rowed you agree to deposit $5 a month in an ac- count, the pro- when due. Depos- its may be made onaweekly, semi- monthly or monthly basis as you prefer. Loans are - ed within s’fd’:y or two after filing :&fi“ftlt 0n— ew tions. T MORRIS PLAN notes are usually made 1 year, $1,200 $100 $6,000 $500 to 12 months. MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 'H Street N. W., Washington, D. 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