Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1936, Page 2

EMPLOYES TOGET SECURITY BLANKS Applications for Benefits Will Be Delivered Tomorrow. The Social Security Board today reminded wage earners of the Nation that tomorrow is the date of delivery for their applications for Federal old- age benefits. Each post office will distribute the forms that are to be filled in and returned by December 5 in order that individual accounts may be set up as each worker receives an identification card of the type given with insurance Ppolicies. Delivery Through Employers. In Washington, the forms are to be delivered through employers tomor- row afternoon. Approximately 26,000,000 persons in private employment will be covered. The exluded classes are: Agricultural labor, domestic service in a private home: casual labor not in the course of an employer's trade or business; service as officer or member of the crew of a vessel documented under laws of the United States or of any foreign country; service for the United States or an instrumentaiity | of the United States: service for a State or its political subdivisions or an instrumentality of one or more States or political subdivisions; employment by non-profit institutions organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, literary or edu- cational purposes, or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals; per- sons covered by the railroad retirement act Payments Due January 1, 1942, The payments become due January 1, 1942, to those reaching 65. They will be based on the amount of wages received by those participating. Chairman John G. Winant of the Social Security Board will explain this phase of the act in a Nation-wide broadcast at 7:15 tonight. Mattingly (Continued From First Page.) health or have been prumised jobs and should be released | “It always has been my policy to | turn a lot of the people out after they have had time to think things over. Many of them, sentenced to long terms, are even turned loose before they leave the Police Court Building. I believe that if a man is given a stiff Jail sentence and allowed to think it over, he might reform and become a better citizen.” Judge Mattingly has been serving as substitute judge in Police Court for 16 years, and in that time has sentenced thousands of persons to jail on various charges. He said: “I never have gotten any | pleasure out of sending a man to ]li].“ and there are a lot of them who are | in prison who deserve to be given a | chance. I can't do it now. though, | with Justice McMahon saying that I held by an aitendant, who appears| il have no more authority after I leave to appreciate his responsibility and | the Police Court bench.” Insists He Has Jurisdiction. Judge Mattingly contends that the term is not closed on his commitment | for 30 days after sentence and that | regardless of his whereabouts he has | Later in the day the cat looks be- Washington Wayside Tales Random Gbservations of Interesting Events and Things. SECRET. Federal Bureau of Investi- gation has a habit of dis- tributing press releases with great secrecy and efficiency, but recently the G-men thought up a new trick which is something of a nuisance. When 1nformation is sent around to privileged sources it is put in a large brown paper envelope and delivered by messenger. Now, however, officials take an added precaution. They seal down the edges of the envelope's flap with practically indestructible, trans- parent tape. Our operative informs us that the tape sealed the envelope so effectively he had to destroy both the envelope and its contents recently to get it open. * ok ok INDEED! It was their story then and they're sticking to it now. Saws whine and hammers pound in some new apartments being built in the Northwest section. Plasterers plaster away on the structure, which obviously must remain in the throes of construction for some little time yet. But a large sign on the corner proclaims: “New apartments—ready Sep- tember 1.” ¥ % ¥ ¥ FIRE FANS. F THE firemen of an engine com- pany whose number our operative neglected to get are interested in knowing who were those people in the Rolls-Royce who gave them such good advice at an uptown blaze the other day, we can tell them. They were the chauffeur and maids of Gertrude Lawrence, the actress. Miss Lawrence does not select them on that basis, but her present crop of “help” is composed to the last man of fire enthusiasts. They never miss one if they can eip it, and they always get so ex- cited they must tell the fire laddies just what to do. ® x ¥ % CAT. PEDESTR!ANS and bus passengers passing the vicinity of New Hampshire avenue and Rock Creek Church road are piqued by a large white and yellow cat which is given its morning exercises in that neigh- borhood. The cat strains at the end of a leash to enjoy the attention they attract. nignly out on passing traffie from the window of a doctor’s office on New Hampshire avenue. Much attention 15 bestowed on this household pet dur- ‘mg the morning outings, but it is all THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., CHANGE PROPOSED IN POLICE SYSTEM Speaker Gorfine Promises Bill to Revise Prince Georges Procedure. Support of a legislative program de- d to change the police system un- der Which charges of graft have been made in Prince Georges County, Md., has been promised by Emanuel Gor- fine, Speaker of the House of Delegates, it was learned today. The Baltimore legislator recently conferred with Keystone Automobile Club officials, who have led the investi- gation into alleged- police irregularities in the nearby county. ‘Would Change System. Willlam I Canning, chief engineer and legislative authority of the club, will obtain data from local Keystone attorneys for a formulation of the pro- posed program. Gorfine said he would sponsor the legislation expected to revise county police procedure at the next session of the General Assembly, opening in Jan- uary. It is known that Keystone offi- cials favor a police set-up restricting authority of traffic arrests on arterial highways to State officers. Such a system, club attorneys believe, would lessen chances of collusion between police, bondsmen and justices of the peace. Tax Accounts Probed. Operatives of the Intelligence Unit of the Bureau of Internal Revenue are understood to be investigating ac- counts of some individuals named in the Prince Georges inquiry. Officials of the bureau, however, would neither confirm nor deny reports of their par- ticipation in the inquiry today. They pointed out that most of the evidence collected from Washington motorists, charging victimization by police in Prince Georges, has been obtained after arrests in the past six months. No income tax returns for 1936 have been flled, and. therefore, evidence gathered in the current inquiry can- not be immediately linked with tax accounts. : In designing the legislative pro-; gram for presentation in the House of Delegates, Canning will obtain his | information on alleged police irregu- | larities from Attorneys Walter New- | rath and Louis Lebowitz, who have been collecting affidavits from Wash- | ington motorists. According to Har- | vey L. Cobb. general counsel of the Keystone Club, Canning will use this data to demonstrate the shortcomings of the present county police set-up throughout Maryland. | { Pin Ball (Continued From Flrsgfgge) | | instance, it might go one place and it might go another but—" | “It usually does,” Justice O'Donog- hue interjected with a smile. Lichtenberg continued: “But you have seen some players more consistently put the golf ball a restricted area than other?” | “I don't think this witness’ opinion ' of what human beings can do or can- |not do in playing gemes can heln | this court much,” said the judge. Returning to consideration of the | “Credit” pin ball machine. a gaudy| blue and orange affair, which resled‘ ! alongside the witness stand. and Dr.| MISSION BOASTS UNIQUE RECORD Protestant Movement Has Averaged 104 Engage- ments in 20 Cities. The world religious leaders who have beéen conducting the National Preaching Mission in towns and cities all over the country can lay eclaim to a rather outstanding record. Since this Protestant movement was inaugurated September 13, the noted speakers have made an average of 104 speaking engagements in 20 cities—Washington being the twentieth —and fulfilled every single scheduled engagement but one. This and other facts about this far-reaching movement were described by Dr. Jesse M. Bader, director of the mission, on his arrival here yesterday from Chicago. He had to rush to & speaking engagement himself as soon as he arrived. Many Thousands Reached. “When the National Preaching Mis- sion closes early next month in New York City, we will have reached 25,000 ministers,” Dr. Bader revealed. “At- tendance has averaged 100,000 in the cities visited—and that doesn't in- clude the many thousands more who have come into contact with the mis- sion through the newspapers, maga- zines and radio.” Dr. Bader, who is also secretary of the Department of Evangelism of the Federal Council of Churches, declared the movement has reached “far be- yond our expectations” and that it would be recorded as the “greatest movement in the history of Protestant churches in America.” “It is simply tremendous,” he said. “In starting out, we hoped to begin & religious revival—and we're seeing it today. Every Protestant denomination in every city is participating, as well as business groups, civic clubs, Gov- ernment executives, high schools, col- leges, labor groups. We are seeing a marvelous response to the Christian religion on every side.” Youth Held Interested. The mission director took issue with “those who say youth is not inter- ested in religion today.” “The youth of today, the mission has found, is vitally interested in religion— | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1936. Church Leaders Attend Mission Opening RODSEVELT FACING With some 20,000 persons attending, the first session of the National Preaching Mission, which is seeking to strengthen adherence to the Christian faith, was held in local and nearby Protestant churches yesterday. Leaders of the mission shown above are, left to right, Dr. George W. Truett, minister of the First Baptist Chureh, Dallas, Ter.; Mrs. Grace Sloan Overton, author and lecturer, and Dr. Jesse M. Bader, director of the mission. o e Mission (Continued From PFirst Page.) mm—————r—e—————=] [ 705 ognnts: of 1o’ National director of the mission, and Dr. George | Preaching Mission today and tomor- W. Truett, one of the best-known | row follow: Southern evangelistic ministers. TODAY. ‘The audience of more than a thou- | 12 noon—Gordon Junior High School, sand young people at a mass meeting | speaker, Dr. M. E. Dodd. at the National City Christian Church Services at Church of the last night was described by Mrs. Grace | Epiphany, speaker, Bishop Henry Sloan Overstreet, noted author and| Wise Hobson. lecturer, as “the finest youth meetng 13:15_Ministers' and laymen's lunch- 1 bave ever addressed.” eon at the Mayflower Hotel, Herbert 1,500 at Cathedral. B. Clark and Dr. E. Stanley Jones, Nearly 1,500 persons filled the great speakers. choir and St. John's and St. Mary's | 13:45—Gordon Junior High School, chapels at the Cathedral to capacity,| speaker, Dr. William H. Foulkes. and many thousands more participated ' 1:00—Howard University, speaker, in the sectional meetings held last| Miss Muriel Lester. night. 2:30 — Seminars, Calvary Baptist Dr. Bader, in his address at the Church. initial session in Calvary Baptist|5:15—Youth meeting, Calvary Baptist Church, explained the purpose of the! Church; speaker, Dr. E. Stanley Preaching Mission Programs not in a narrow sense. but in the Jones. larger. broader interpretation of the | Mission, asserting that “it seeks to cul- | importance of the word of God in | everyday life.” | Dr. Bader revealed that when the miss.on closed in St. Louis, the Mayor asked if they couldn't stay another | week. “Do you know what he told me?” | Dr. Bader asked. “He said ‘if yo stay another week, I can dismiss my | was the greatest thing that had ever | happened in the city.” e HERNDON IS GRANTED‘E HIGH COURT REVIEW Georgia Statute of 1871 Chal- lenged by Colored Communist. Faces 18-20 Year Term. B) the Associsted Press. Angelo Herndon of Cincinnati, col- ored Communist organizer, was| granted a Supreme Court review to- day in his effort to escape an 18-t0-20 year chain-gang sentence imposed by tivate the roots of Christianity” and 8:00—Sectional meetings in various to “bring God from the edge into the | center of the life of the individual and of society.” ‘The mission is dealing with funda- | mentals,” he declared. “It fosters the decpening of the spiritual life by Bible eading and prayer, and it aiso asks Christians to give themselves to the! | police force’ The Mayor thought it | great social issues, to help youth into an understanding of the spiritual con- | tent cf life, to bring into the church school the large numbers of children who are on the outside.” Christ “Our Only Hope.” Discussing the divinity of . Jesus, Dr. Truett said: “Christ is the only adequate hope and help of our needy | world. It is not difficult to under- stand why certain false gospels would | have their devotees, but mark the nature and purpose of Christ’s gospel, its high and holy requirements and compare it with all false gospels. with their appeals to the carnal and selfish nd see how Christ's gospel wins everywhere.” Dr. Bader also spoke at & meeting in Petworth Methodisf Church last night, taking as his sub- | Episcopal | Chevy Chase Presbyterian, Robert ‘ B. Clark and Dr. Rufus M. Jones. Petworth M. E., Dr. Foulkes. Memorial United Brethren, Mrs Grace Sloan Overton and Dr. Ivan Lee Holt. Georgetown Presbyterian. Mre. Harper Sibley and Dr. John A.| Mackay. | Church of the Reformation, Dr. | George W. Truett. | Epworth M. E.,, South, Dr. Henry Henriod and Dr. H. L. Reed. i —Star Staff Photo. ‘TOMORROW. 9 a.m.—Central High School, speaker Dr. Rufus M. Jones. 10 a.m.—Session for ministers, Calvary Baptist Church, Drs. George But- trick and E. Stanley Jones. Session for women, Calvary Baptist Church, Mrs. Sibley and Dr. Henriod. 10:30 a.m.—Marjorie Webster School, speaker, Dr. Mackay. |11:00 a.m —Virginia Theological Semi- | nary, Miss Lester. 11:30 a.m.—National Park Seminary, Mrs. Overton. 12 noon—Services, Church of the Epiphany, Dr. Lynn Harold Hough. | 12:30 p.m.—Arlington Hall School, Dr. Holt. Luncheon for ministers, Calvary Church, Herbert B. Clark and Dr. Foulkes. 1:00 pm —Cardoza High School, Dr. King f inars, Calvary Church. | Calvary churches. | Calvary Baptist, Miss Lester. ! Asbury Methodist Episcopal, Dr Walter E. Woodbury. Columbia Heights Christian, Dr. Worth M. Tippy and Dr. Willis J. | :30 pm. :15 p.m.—Youth meeting, Church, Miss Lester. 8:00 p.m.— Sectional various churches: Calvary Baptist, Dr. Buttrick. Asbury M. E, Dr. Foulkes. | Columbia Heights Christian, Dr. Rufus M. Jones. | Chevy Chase Presbyterian, Miss Lester. | Petworth M. E,, Drs. Henriod and Woodbury. Memorial United Brethren, Dr Reed. | Georgetown Presbyterian, Herbert | B. Clark and Dr. Mackay. Church of the Reformation, Mrs. | Sibley and Harry N. Holmes. | Epworth M. E, South, Dr. Tippy 2 5 meetings in that instead of marching “as a con- quering army with the slozan, ‘The World for Christ in This Generation.’ the church has been and still is on the defensive.” The way out, he said, would seem to be in the rediscovery of Jesus and s determined effort to | apply his principles to the world in | which we now live. C. W.DEKNIGHT, 63, DIESOF PNEUMONIA | RITES AT EQUATOR Accused of Incompetency in His Failure to Carry Maine, Vermont. BY the Associated Press. ABOARD THE U. § 8. CHESTER AT SEA, November 23. — President Roosevelt, appointed “senior polly= wog” aboard the cruiser Indianapolis, ordered a watch posted today for Davy Jones, royal agent of King Neptune The fictitious repreentative, who arranges initiations of travelers at their first crossing of the Equator, was expected to arrive during the day to prepare facetious accusations against the neophytes. Already the President has been charged with “gross incompetency in failing to carry Maine and Vermont” in the national election. The cruisers en route to the inter- American Peace Conference at Buenos Aires, steamed steadily ahead, making 25 knots in a smooth sea. Dutch and French Guiana were left behind at midnight. The President spent a quiet Sunday attending church services on the quarter-deck of the Indianapolis and then working on his mail After official business was com- pleted a delegation of “royal poiice” and “shellbacks” called on Mr. Roose= velt, gave him orders to post the watch, and supervised formation of the Welcoming Committee which will greet Davy Jones. Assistants to the royal agent made preparations to deliver subpoenas to secret service agents in the presidential party for nomination of “dangerous pollywogs.” After the group is notified its members will be confined in the brig to await trial. On his arr dresses the captain: “I would like to make an inspection : see all your fresh meat for slaugh- Then he goes to the brig, observes the “dangerous” captives and opens the initiation ceremony. Crew mem- bers who have been named “Polly- wogs” already have been designated with red crosses on their foreheads, signifying they are among those to be “slaughtered.”” Continues to Work on Speech. Chaplain James M. Hester empha- sized during religious services about the Chester yesterday that the Neoe tune ceremonies were under the impe= tus of democracy and “good neighbor policy” in which all passengers m:ist Davy Jones ade | participate. President Roosevelt continued work on his speech for the opening o¢ssion of the Buenos Aires Conferenc:, at- tended by representaives of the 21 American republics. Hie intcrvals of work were broken Saturday by a fishing expedition into the Bay of Trinidad, where the cruis- ers refueled. Accompanied by two Secret Service officers, the President spent several hours in a whaleboat, but returned to the Indianapolis empty handed. He announced he expected to land at Trinidad December 11 on the re- turn voyage to do some Christmas shopping. AIR COMMERCE BUREAU GETS NEW MONOPLANE Craft Equipped With Modern De- Georgia courts under a statute en- Jurisdiction to release the imprisoned | aver 1n a dignified manner, which | Crook's contention that there were acted in reconstruction days to pro- | person and that no other judge of the | sybctantiates the old adage that “a |certain known variables, Lichtenberg vices Crosses Nation in ject “Christ and Bread.” He said | “Most of our social and economic | court has any authority to approve or | disapprove his actions. An average of five recommendations & day have been made for release of prisoners by Judge Mattingly since he left the bench. The recommendations | along behind him, and this is as it | are being held up by an order from Judge McMahon that all such releases be approved by him. William A. Nor- gren, chief deputy clerk of the court, said he has about 50 of the recom- mendations pending. “Very few persons whom I have eentenced to 180 days in jail on drunk- | enness charges have ever had to serve the full time.” Judge Mattingly de- | “Most of them are ordered | clared. up and released within a few days or a month at most. I can't do that now, however, until Justice Cox decides if Judge McMahon has the right to tell me wnat to do with my own commit- | ments. This is the first time in 16 years in the court that my authority to release my own prisoners has ever been questioned by any judge of the court.” Judge Mattingly explained that no recommendations are made directly to Judge McMahon, “because I do not recognize his authority to pass on the validity of my orders.” He said he sent all the letters recommending re- leases to Norgren and other clerks of the court. “I have been going over there and helping out for 16 years,” Judge Mat- | tingly stated, “but when a man is| treated as I have been treated abaut | cases he himself has tried, he won't| feel very much like going back and | helping out again. This is the first | time my authority ever has been dis- puted over there.” Has Special Appointment. Judge Mattingly is regularly ap- pointed to Municipal Court, but has a special appointment to the Police Court bench during vacations and other absences. He served three months from July 9 to the first week in November in the court this year, getting out of a sick bed, where he had been confined with a broken foot, to go to the court. He said he has not had a vacation in two years. The magistrate said he had not taken any part in the fight by the attorneys to nullify Judge McMahon's order preventing the release of O'Shea, who is alleged by his attorneys to be suffering from active tuberculosis and who is serving a sentence of 180 days on a charge of ess. “I don't want to appear antago- nistic,” Judge Mattingly declared, “but if Judge McMahon wants to dispute my authority and keep the prisons filled to overflowing, it's perfectly all right with me.” cat may look at a king.” If not of royal blood, he at least appears to be | very well cared for and living in the lap of cat luxury. | Usually he drags the attendant should be, for if allowed to follow | or “heel” like a dog, a cat slips off the leading harness with persistency. * x ¥ x | CABBAGES. A COUPLE new in Washington re- ports that the town is replete with budding Emily Posts, but Emily Posts that will not be quite so tactful as the current favorite in the world | of etiquette. The couple, out for an afternoon | stroll, crossed the street and came up | on the inside. “Cabbages,” shouted a | group of children. ‘“Cabbages,” they | shouted again. (T Tt ™ e casBAsEs — ‘Q\{‘« ‘The couple could not figure it out, but the children left them mystified but for a short time. “Cabbages, cabbages, The gent should be Where the lady is,” they finished the thing. Husband and wife changed posi- tions and everything was fine again. * %k ¥ % APPLICATION. We leave it for readers to decide if the writer of the following let- ter succeeded in getting a job: “Dep Justst, “Dear sir: “I have Ben reading in the paper where you are Puting on man for training for Dep Justst and I would like to know if thir is @ chanch for me.” * % ok X SYSTEM. JOUG, elderly colored elevator op- erator, spends his pennies “bettin’ on the numbers.” Usually he gets his numbers by watching the floor stops as they are rung up in his car. “But the best way to git a number is to dream it,” says Doug. Three weeks ago Doug dreamt a number that brought him $20.64. Since then, he declares, he has not had a single night's sleep, let alone any more lucrative dreams. Night Final Delivered by Carrier Anywhere in the City Full Sports Race Results, Complete Market News of the Day, Latest News Flashes from Around the World. Whatever it is, youll find it in The Night Final Sports Edition. THE NIGHT FINAL SPORTS and SUNDAY STAR—delivered by carrier—70c a month., Call National 5000 and service will start at once. on the opposite side with the husband | inquired: “These 720 variables of which you | speak are entirely at the control of the player, aren’t they?” “Yes,” Dr. Crook responded. | “And can they be controlled by a | machine?” “They could, possibly, if you worked | long enough.” At that point, Justice O'Donoghue stepped in again. “Do you mean to say that a human being could control those 720 variables and eliminate them in shooting that, | machine there?” he demanded. | “Yes—I would say yes,” the wit- ness replied. | Lichtenberg represented the Pio- neer Novelty Distributing Corp., which | is attempting to enjoin United States | Attorney Leslie C. Garnett and Supt. of Police Ernest W. Brown from seiz- ing its machines as “evil chattels.” The principal argument has centered | around the question whether the ma- | chines are games of chance or skill. Bailey Takes Stand. When Assistant United States At- torney John J. Wilson put Bailey on the stand, Lichtenberg tried vainly to | discredit his tests because the machine | examined used a composition ball rather than a steel ball bearing, such as now is used. He only succeeded, however, in provoking Justice O'Don- oghue into calling attention to evi- dence that the composition balls were withdrawn by the Pioneer Novelty Dis- tributing Corp. after results of the Bu- reau of Standards tests became known. Overruling Lichtenberg’s objectior to admission of part of Bailey's testi- mony, Justice O'Donoghue sternly ad- | monished: “It would seem to me it ill becomes | the plaintiffs in this case to ask the | court to hold this testimony not ad- | missible, because now they tell the court that ‘We have had machines here in the District of Columbia and we have invited the public to use them and to play them and to spend their money on them, and now we admit that they were not games of skill and that the balls were not uniform or homogeneous in make-up, and that, in other words, they are not fair ma- chines offered to the public to play upon and spend their money on! I don't think that is any ground the court should listen to, because that would be like coming into & court of equity without clean hands and ad- mitting it and then wanting to ex- clude some of the defense testimony.” Lichtenberg protested that the police were threatening to seize all ma- chines, not merely those with com- position balls, adding: “Isn't it rather futile to have this testimony before the court, because we admit that a machire cannot be operated skillfully with that type of ball?” “This admission on your part comes after you learned—and this is what the president of the company said— after you learned the results of the experiments by the Bureau of Stand- ards,” Justice O'Donoghue pointed out. Denies Objections. “The Pioneer Novelty Co. did not object to this test,” Lichienberg re- plied, “and that should clearly indi- cate, if your honor please, that in their own mind they did not believe that the ball was not homogeneous.” After the test, the company was ad- vised by counsel to stop operating ma~ chines with composition balls, the at- torney asserted. . The wrangle ended with the admis- ; hibit insurrection against the State. (and sustaining | tion. | was A review of a Georgia Supreme | Court ruling upholding the 1871 act the conviction was granted. The death penalty could have been imposed under the legisla- In his appeal to the high court, ! Herndon contended the statute vio- | lated his right of free speech, free press and free assembly and that | there was no evidence that he hadl “advocated violence or other unlawful | acts.” | Communist literature found in his | possession advocated among other | things establishment of a “Black Belt | Republic” in Southern Negro sections. He was convicted in 1932, but has been at liberty under $7,000 bail pro- vided by the International Labor De- fense. e AIRLINE APPOINTS BAKER CHIEF PILOT Veteran Flyer Awarded Post on Newly Formed Pennsyl- vania Central. - Appointment of R. L. (Bud) Baker, veteran pilot who has flown 1,000,000 | miles on the route between Wash- | ington and Cleveland, as chief pilot for the newly- formed Pennsyl- vania Central Airlines Corp., annoumnced today. Baker was the first pilot to fly passengers in scheduled air transport service across the Alle- gheny Mountains. He has been fly- ing siace 1919 and has more than 8,000 hours of flying experi- ence to his credit. Before being appointed to his posi- tion as chief pilot of the new com- pany, created November 1, my merger under Federal authorization of Penn- sylvania Airlines and Central Air- lines, Baker had served as chief pilot for Pennsylvania. He was at one time connected with the pioneer Stout Air Service and the airplane division of the Ford Motor Co. As chief pilot of the new company, Baker will have more than 50 pilots under his supervision. The announcement of Baker's ap- pointment was made by W. S. Rosen: berger, ne;vlyt-huppnlnud operations manager o e merged company. Rosenberger also is a veteran pilot, having started flying in 1923, R. L. Baker sion of Bailey’ 's testimony. The sclentist told of shooting the machine 700 times, in groups of 100 Christ is the only way out in this | problems would be eliminated if the hour “when our civilization around | program of Jesus had any real chance the world seems to be at the edge of | of acceptance on the part of the peo- a dizzy precipice.” | ple called Christians,” he said, adding The idealism and longing for peace | that “it is the business of the Chris- shots each. On an average, his fig- ures disclosed, 70 shots went into the “out” hole and the other 30 were dis- tributed among four or five other holes, The tests were made with the plunger withdrawn different distances and re- leased by the specially-constructed vacuum device. Finally, an experi- enced player and a blindfolded novice operated the machine with approxi- mately the same results obtained mn the mechanical tests. b which marked the post-war period has not been realized because nations, as well as individuals, seek money, power and material satisfaction in- stead. it was asserted by Dr. Henry L. Henriod, general secretary of the Universal Christian Council, in & talk in the Methodist Episcopal Church of Rockville, Md. “Money, we say, is scarce, but it is plentiful for our comforts and pleas- uers and it flows into firms.” he said. “Germany and Rus- sia” still impoverished, can send help to Spain in order to further their political ambitions.” . Mrs. Overton urged the young peo- ple gathered at the National City Christian Church to “not only preach spiritual values, but also find a way to practice them.” Communism has captured the imagination of the youth of Russia; fascism has given a ring- ing and commanding challenge to German and Italian youth and “Christianity must challenge our American youth,” she declared. Holmes Addresses Youth Group The youth meeting also was ad- dressed by Harry N. Holmes of New York, secretary of the World Alllance for International Friendship, who said youth “wants a base that is steady and sure, a compass to direct the course of life that does not vary with every eddy and breeze. Some have found it in other lands, in de- votion to the State as the one su- preme rock-like reality in a plunging and confused life. There are increas- ingly others who are finding per- spective and balance in the message of Christianity and in the personality of the Founder of Christianity.” Selecting as his topic “The Mag- netic Master,” Dr. M. E. Dodd, min- ister of the First Baptist Church at Shreveport, La., told a group at the Fifth Baptist Church that “the uni- versal acceptance of Christ as Savior and Lord would settle every problem of human relationship.” Dr. Willis J. King of Atlanta, presi- dent of Gammon Theological Semi- nary, who spoke at the Asbury Meth- odist Episcopal Church, asserted the years since the World War have seen | & great reaction against the church; | armament | | tian church to make the principles of | Jesus dominant in the world.” Bishep Hobson at Cathedral. Right Rev. Henrv Wise Hobson, | Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal | Church of Southern Ohio, was the principal speaker at services at which | Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, presided. Bishop Hobson declared the preach- ing mission holds that it is God's will and purpose “that we rediscover the approaches to Him, so that we may have His guidance and strength. In this material age, we have been de- pending upon ourselves to do things which we cannot do without His strength and power.” Other speakers who participated in the opening sessions included Herbert B. Clark, president of the Northern Baptist Convention, and Mrs. Harper Sibley, wife of the president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, both of whom spoke at Calvary Bap- tist Church last night; Dr. William H. Foulkes, chairman of the National Preaching Mission Committee at Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church; Dr. Worth M. Tippy, secretary of the Department of Social Service, Fed- eral Council of Churches, who spoke at Memorial United Brethren Church: Dr. John A. Mackay, president of Princeton Theological Seminary, at the Church of the Reformation; Dr. Rufus M Jones, professor of philos- ophy at Haverford College, who gave an address at the Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church South; Dr. Walter E. Woodbury, superintendent of evan- gelism of the Northern Baptist Con- vention, at St. George's Episcopal Church, Clarendon, Va., and Dr. H. L. Reed, president of Auburn Theological Seminary. ‘The pastors of the various churches presided over the meetings. cludes a ministers and laymen's luncheon at the Mayflower Hotel, as ‘well as the first of a series of seminars, sessions for ministers and sessions for ‘women. Cycling tracks are being built paral- lel to the main highways in England. Powell Science Students’ Rock Turns Out to B A green stone as big as a golf ball, which for years was just another rock to science students at Powell Jumior High School, was treated with a lot of respect today. No longer will it be tossed like a ball by playful youngsters or dropped on the floor and* perhaps kicked | pert. around. It was given a choice spot on the desk of Principal Lester T. Walter this morning, and maybe later on it will become part of the collection of val- uable stones at the ‘Museum. The curiosity of 12 -old Caro- line Barrett, 1642 place, is responsible for the green stone’s rise e Rare Emerald students took along several other un- | classified rocks to have them ex- amined by the museum’s geologists. ‘When the time came to display the collection, Caroline pushed her fav- orite stone to the fore. It caught the eye of James Benn, rare stone ex- “What have we here” Benn asked, tion, an- e 7 A developed, is a much better speci- probably has little worth as a jewel, Benn said, P £ o Anyhow, museum Wwan trade their Russian emerald for the The mission program for today in- | Prominent Lawyer Familiar Social Figure and Widely Traveled. | Clarence Woods De Knight. 69, prominent lawyer here for many years, | died last night of pneumonia in Gar- fleld Hospital. He had heen ill only six days. | Mr. De Knight had represented many large firms and corporations before the execu- tive departments. | the Court of| Claims and the Supreme Court, as well as before | the International Claims Commis- sion. He was a fa- miliar figure in social circles in | Washington, New ! | York and Newport and had traveled extensively, | Senator Gorman's Secretary. At one time he was secretary to the | | late Senator Arthur Pue Gorman of | Maryland and years ago had served as | | secretary to the Senate Committee on | Naval Affairs. He also had served as | secretary of the United States Armor | Factory Board, appointed to investi- | gate the price of armor. Later he held | a similar position with the Puerto Rican Evacuation Commission. He | was a former counsel for Queen | Liliuokalani of Hawail. | Mr. De Knight lived here at the | | Shoreham Hotel. He was unmarried. 1 He was a native of Rocky Mount, Va. He was educated at the old Columbian College, now George Washington Uni- versity, receiving his bachelor of law degree there in 1891, his master of law degree there in 1892 and the de- gree of master of patent law in 1896. International Law Member. He was a member of the American | Society of International Law, the In- ternational Law Association, American Law Institute, American Bar Associa- tion, Navy League of the United | States, Chamber of Commerce of the United States, American Chamber of Commerce in France, International Chamber of Commerce and the Na- tional Aeronautic Association. He was a delegate to the Third Congress of the International Chamber of Commerce at Brussels, 1925; to the Fourth Congress at Stockholm, 1927; the Fifth at Amsterdam, 1929, and the Sixth Congress, Wash- ington, 1931. He was a member of the National Council of the National Economy League to represent the District of Columbia and a member of the Na- tional Advisory Council of the Amer- ican Peace Society. He belonged to the Phi Kappa Psi and Phi Delta Phi Fraternities, was a thirty-second degree Mason, a mem- ber of the Aero'Club, Washington Golf and Country Club and the Riding and Hunt Club. {Puneral arrangements were to be ounced later. ? | i ) Mr. De Knight, Gasoline Energy Great. ‘The energy contained in the gaso- 1213 Hours. Crossing the United States in 1215 hours’ flying time, a new high-speed twin-engined monoplane equipped with almost every known modern device for air navigation. radio communication and safety, was delivered at Bolling Field today for the use of the Buread of Air Commerce. The new ship, a six-passengcr Lockheed, was flown to Washington from Burbank, Calif., by Bennett Griffin, burcau test pilot and hero of record trans-oceanic and world flights, made with Jimmie Mattern. The all-metal monoplane, powered with two 450-horsepower engines, is | capable of speeds of more than 220 miles per hour. The equipment in- cludes automatic pilot, complete blind flying equipment and improved types of radio equipment. Griffin was accompanied by Joseph Marriott, Bureau of Air Commerce air« line inspection service: R. D. Bed= inger, superintendent of inspection for California, and Don Seiles, bureau mechanic. J. E. DAVIES TAKES OATH AS U. S. ENVOY TO SOVIET Large Audience of Officials and Social Leaders Present at State Department. B» the Associated Press. Joseph E. Davies, Washington law= yer, took the oath today as Ambassador to Russia. His wife, the former Marjorie Post Hutton of New York, and a large au- dience of officials and social leaders were present. | Davies, former chairman of the Fed- eral Trade Commission, will be the { United States’ second Ambessador to the Soviet Union, succeeding William C. Bullitt, recently transferred to Paris. Among those at the ceremony, which was held in the presence of Acting Secretary of State Moore, were Secre- tary Roper, Senator and Mrs. Tydings of Maryland, Senator Harrison of Mis- sissippi, Jesse H. Jones, chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corp.; Stephen T. Early, secretary to Presie dent Roosevelt, and Donald Richberg. The Davies plan to sail for Moscow next month. DR. HOLMES TO TALK Dr. Harry N. Holmes, field secre« tary of the World Alliance of Friend- ship Through the Churches, vice pres- ident of the World Christian Endea- vor Societies, and lieutenant governor of the New York district of Kiwanis International, will address the twelfth joint Thanksgiving celebration of the Washington Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs at the Mayflower Hotel at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday. ‘The male quartet of the George Washington University Glee Club will provide music under the direction of Dr. Robert H. Harmon. Bynum Hine ton, Kiwanis president, will preside, with Dr. Chagles Warner, Rotary leader, also to be active in the proe gram. Natives in the Amaon region of line consumed in the United States each year is greater than 15 Niagara ) South America are busy shooting fish with bows and arrows, high water making the finny swimmers numerous. +