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MMAI BROWN LAUDS ¢ SWIMMING_DRE .Police Head Urges Youths of’ Washington to.Enroll in Free Course. Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superinten- dent of police, whose long service in THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C. FRIDAY. LEARN TO SWIM FOR SPORT AND SAFETY . Usnder Auspices of The Star and Boys’ Y.M. Department of the C.A. Boys 9 to 18 years old offered free lessons daily April 17—April 22 Send this application to the ¥. M. C. A, Boys' Bullding G “the Police Department has impressed him with the dangers that lurk in streams and swimming holes for non- “swimmers, today urged boys of Wash- | ington to take advantage of the free swimming lessons to be given next week | ‘under joint auspices of The Star and the Young Men's Christian Association. | : “The Learn-to-Swim week, April 17! to 23, inclusive, is a public-spirited | “movement to encourage the acquire- ment of the ability to swim in order that many lives, otherwise needlessly lcst, may be saved to our country and -and community,” Maj. Brown said. “Should Have Co-operation.” “The movement should have the full- Zest co-operation on the part of our “younger folks who find it difficult to -resist the lurz of a cool dip on a Shot day’s outing. “The inability to swim very often en- dangers the lives, too, of others, for| ven a good swimmer finds it hazardous | rescue a teiorized non-swimmer | “I, therefore, urge all to take ad-| tage cf the opportunity to learn to | vim and commend The Star and the | £Y. M. C. A. for rendering a mcst val- fuable public service in bringing to our | <boys the opportunity to learn to swim.” | 9't0 18 Age Limit. | ‘The swimming course is open to all Zboys between 9 and 18 who obtain con- Zsent of their parents or guardians. Ex- Zpert instructors will conduct hourly =classes during the week in the pool of Sthe “Y” boys’ department at 1732 G Zstreet. There are no fees or other obli- Zgations. Applicants may enroll by filling out Zthe coupon printed herewith and send- =ing to Mr. J. C. Ingram, director, Boys’ =Department, Y. M. C. A, 1732 G street. ADVICE OF GOVERNOR Acts Under Order of Judge in Foreclosure Proceeding More Than a Year Ago. 3By the Associated Press. = TWIN FALLS, Idaho, April 14— cting under an order of District Judge SAdam B. Barclay, Sheriff E. F. Prater ‘of Twin Falls County yesterday dis- Zcarded advice of Gov. C. Ben Ross to Zrefuse to issue a sherifi’s deed for a 40-acre farm sold under foreclosure Sproceedings more than a year ago. = The deed was issued to Charles E. Uhlig, mortgagee of the farm, northeast of berly which had continued in the n of O. C. Stansell, former Sheriff Prater lained his former refusal to put out papers complet- dng the sale was based on Ross’ advice “hat he would violate provisions of the aGovernor’s proclamation March 24 of 3a 60-day State-wide hohday suspending Il real estate mortgage foreclosures. £ Granting an application for a_ writ “of mandamus against the sheriff, Judgz SBarclay held that title to the property *was vested in the purchaser at a sheriff’s sale April 2, 1932; that the purchaser could not be divested of title without due process of law, and that “no act of the Legislature or moratorium proclamation could extend ;the right to redeem” the property be- ;yond one year following the sale. owner. stitched crepes with smart feather trims in harmonizing shades veiled semi TURBAN $|95 fitting semi- veils. sand, Stunning, smart turbans with hairline Black, brown, copen, navy, red, grey, white. PARENT'S SIGNATURE ..... | (Required) 1.5, RECO OF RUSSIA OPPOED Patriotic, Civic and Fraternal Societies Present Petition to Roosevelt. A resolution bearing the names of between 4,000 and 5,000 heads of the organizations represented in the Amer- jean Cealition of Patrictic’ Civic and Fraternal Societics, opposing recognition of Russia by this country, was left at the White House this morning by Mrs. Virgil H. Stone, national president of the American War Mothers. ‘White House Callers. With Mrs. Stone were Dr. John B. Trevor, honorary president of the American Coalition, and Maj. Edwin S. Bettelheim, adjutant general of the Military Order of the Werld War, who presented another resolution, which read as follows: “Whereas it has come to our atten- tion that pressure is being brought to bear to bring about reduction in the strength and personnel of the Army, Nevy and Marine Corps, and that this is being considered; “And whereas the condition of our defenses is of vital importance to the Nation, and cur defenses already at an irreducible minimum; be it “Resolved, That the American Coali- tion of Patriotic Civic and Fraternal Socleties, in convention assembled, oppose any reduction in the present strength of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, or any diminution or elimination of the present military training of their civilian components.” The American Coalition held its Spring meeting at the Carlton Hotel yesterday, and elected the following officers: Justice Josiah A. 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Following the convention luncheon at the Carlton yesterday afternoon, a lecture, illustrated with lantern slides, showing conditions in Russia, was given by Jorges de Lodydensky of the Entente Interallie of Geneva, an or- ganization opposed to the propaganda of the Third International, Communist organization. | W. D. BEALL TO SPEAK | Columbia ,Historical Society Ad- dress Tuesday Evening. William D. Beall will be the princi- pal speaker at a meeting of the Colum- bia Historical Society Tuesday at 8:15 pm. at the Cosmos Club. His topic will be “Washington Times From the Middle 50s to the End of the Civil War, as Recalled by an Old Resident.” It will be the 271st meeting of the soclety. Allen C. Clark is president and Maud Burr Morris secretary of the or“ ganization. APRIL 09 D0, 14, 1€ MRS. BUCK SCORES MISSION METHODS “Tolerant and Sensitive” Teaching Forbidden, She Says in Article. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 14—Mrs. Pearl| S. Buck, whose status as a Presbyterian missionary has been imperiled by her doctrinal views expressed in a current secular magazine, had already _ecriti- cized missionary methods in a religious publication. ‘Writing for the Christian Century on the report of the laymen’s foreign missions inquiry, Mrs. Buck said: “Almost every missionary who has achieved distinction in appreciation and understanding of a culture which he was sent to christianize, and who has | expressed that appreciation and under- standing, has been forced to leave missionary ranks. “There are many great names of scholars of international reputation who were once missionaries, but who be- cause they sought to teach Christianity in a tolerant and sensitive way were compelled to sever themselves from missions. “We missionaries have been made to feel that we are judged by numbers of converts end by the accuracy and HEADACHE —Why wait for slow- dissolving tablets to act? Nothing gives such quick reliei from headaches, neuralgic, rheumatic or periodic as Capudine because it is liquid and its ingredients are dissolved, Your system can abeorb them at once. Why wait for & pudine’s | boerd's money.” ecconemy with which we spent the | Mrs. Buck said she had not been | offic’ally informed of any action against her by the Board of Foreign Missions. Sh> would not coriment. Further elaboration of her views was contained in a pamphlet published | early this year. She wrote: “I have seen missionaries, orthodox missionaries in good standing in_the church—abominable phrase—so lacking in sympathy for the people they were supposed to be saving, so scornful of any civilization except their own, So harsh in their judgments upon one another, so coarse and insensitive among & sensitive and cultured people, that my heart has fairly bled with thame. * * * “I have heard a missionary say. ‘Of | course, I tell these people their ances- | tors are in hell. If I did not believe | that every heathen who did not con-! u, The fess Christ as his Savior burned in hell I would not be here.”” She agreed, Mrs. Buck wrote, with a Chinese who told her: “I cannot, if this be true, belleve in this new rel g Let me rather go with my fathers where they are when I die. “Let the spirit of Christ be mani- fested by mode of life rather than by preaching,” Mrs. Buck urged. “I am wearied to death with this preaching. It deadens all thought, it confuses all | issues.” Mirror Assuages Grief. Grief over the death of its com- panion was dispelled for one of two love birds at the cflice of Attorney Gen- eral Philip Lutz jr., Boonville, Ind., when a mirror was placed in the cage. The bird’s reflection supplies the miss- ing companionship. Cresta” VERY desirble and a very “smart” style fabric shoe for Spring and Summer costumes. 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