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HEGHTC0 TOE BONUS OF 5000 1,800 Employes to Receive Largest Christmas Sum in Store’s History. A Christmas bonus of more than $30,000 will be distributed to employes of The Hecht Co. department store, it was announced today by Charles B. Dulcan, sr., vice president and general manager, Schedules for distribution of the bonus, largest in the store’s history, are being drawn up. The gifts will be distributed December 19 as follows: All regular employes who have been continuously employed since Novem- ber 1, 1935, will receive one full week's extra pay. All regular employes who have been eontinuously employed since May 1, 1936, will be given one-half week's extra pay. All regular employes who have been employed after May 1 and prior to November 1, 1936, and working con- tinuously through December 16. will received one-third week's extra pay. ‘The store has 1,800 employes. S;;in (Continued From First Page.) capital, where bloody hand-to-hand fighting has been in progress for days. The government - controlled radio station in Malaga broadcast a report that Socialist militia had captured the insurgent stronghold of Oviedo with- out firing a shot. Asturian miners, the report said, tunneled into the center of the Bay of Biscay City and blew it up. The report was not con- firmed. FASCISTS REPULSED. International Volunteers Turn Back Attack on Madrid. MADRID, November 24 (#).—Inter- national volunteers repulsed a fresh Fascist attack on Northwestern Uni- | versity City today as the Spanish So- | cialist government formally charged “foreign warships” with attacks on its fleet. The accusations were made after an investigation conducted by Indalecio Prieto, minister of air and the navy. ‘The battle on the capital's out- skirts. meanwhile, continued as in- surgent troops, under a heavy artillery barrage and preceded by tanks, sought vainly to push a spearhead into the | streets of Madrid proper. Gunners Rake Park. Socialist gunners raked Casa del | Campo Park, across the Manszanares | River, west of Madrid’s central dis- | trict, in reply to earlier bombardment | of the city's business section. Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. NO LIKE. R. VICE PRESIDENT, we learn, doesn't like his chair much up in the United States Senate chamber. While the seat is comfortable enough (our operative tried it), and is of leather over good springs, the shape of the back, which juts up perpen- dicularly without any curve for the| spine, makes it an uncomfortable place to sit for any length of time. They are planning to provide Mr. Garner with & new chair, one that will shape nicely to the curve of his back and contribute to his physical ease during those long, wordy ses- sions. “Just one more filibuster,” ob- served former Senator Dill, who was up looking about the other day, “would break anybody's back in that chair.” ¥ ¥ X X NO DEAL. Arthur J. McLaughlin, assistant district attorney, had almost for- gotten the answer to a once stand- ard question when a pretty, and pretty dejected, looking woman popped it at him again yesterday. “I want a search warrant,” she told McLaughlin. “And for what?” wanted to know. “For my husband,” woman, And McLaughlin had to say, as all assistant district attorneys have to say, that he was sorry dbut there is no such thing as a search war- rant for husbands. * k k& ELF. THE blithest, most elfin spirit among Washington's thousands of taxi McLaughlin said the | drivers turned up terrifyingly at the wheel of a newspaper executive’s cab yesterday morning. When he could stand the strain no longer, the pas- senger raised what he hoped would be | & restraining question: “How long,” he asked, “have you been driving?” “To tell the truth colonel, I just learned to drive a car last week,” was the startling reply. “And do I get a thrill out of it?” (Heavily censored dispatches re-| he added as his passenger felt the | ported an estimate of casualties from | vesterday's artillery attack on the‘l capital was not available because of | great confusion in the city. | (One report, however, declared “hundreds of victims had to be buried without shrouds.”) One Fascist shell struck the theater | next door to the telephone building and exploding fragments again pierced the communications center. The strong defense of the inter- national brigade developed into a con- test along the barricades, with soldiers in each sector vying with each other in demonstrating their resistance under fire. | The volunteers were a conglomera- | tion of Jews. Poles, British, Irish, | French Leftists, German refugees, | Italian deserters from Ethiopia lfld“ and from this decorative bronze work | others. EMBASSY TO CLOSE. Wendelin Notifies Occupants of Approaching Shutdown. MADRID, November 24 (#)—Eric | country during the war. For 16 years | C. Wendelin, the United States charge | d’affaires, today formally announced the approaching shutdown of the American Embassy as an official resi- dence, and notified persons remaining | there they will do so at their own | risk. i Transportation will be provided to Valencia and thence to Nice or Mar- seille aboard a United States warship for those desiring to leave the country, ‘Wendelin said. color oozing out of his hair. * x % % VASES. IT IS doubtful is even the Senators, who pass and repass them every day while Senate is in session, know whence came the two beautiful vases that stand, one at either end, in the lobby back of the Senate chamber. These vases, taller than a tall man, have stood thus for about 16 years. One is variegated, blending from a deep blue at its base up to green and brown tnat melts into the biue as if the colors had been put on liquid and allowed to run down the glazed sur- face. The other is & buff color, rang- ing from deep buff to cream. Both stand on bronze bases and are deco- rated with bronze work about the top, swing four glazed plaques, on each. The vases were sent to the United States by the French government as a token of appreciation for the | courtesies extended by the Senate to the French mission which came to this | they have added their grace and lustre | to the adornment .of the long lobby, | where Senators lounge in black leather chairs or write letters home or to constituents from square mahogany desks, at the entrance to their pri- vate periodical room back of the Sen- ate chamber. * x ¥ ¥ MEETING. 26 subjects of one famous Roosevelt (Continued Prom First Page.) “shellbacks,” because they have erossed the equator and been initia- ated into the mystic fraternity. “T'd like to have an inspection of all pollywogs,” Davy said. ‘Flanked by guards, the royal envoy marched to the President, handed him & summons and warned all the neo- phytes—those who have never been in the Southern Hemisphere—to be ready for trial at 12:30 p.m. today. President Roosevelt, 5 nominated “senior pollywog,” was on watch for Davy's appearance for an hour with the others. On the Chester newspaper men and Becret Service officers posted their own watches. The men who are guarding the Pres- ident on his trip to the Inter-Ameri- ean Peace Conferénce at Buenos Aires went through the stiffest ordeal, on instructions from their ‘“shellback” eommanders. WILL LAND AT BUENOS AIRES. President Aoccedes to Request of Argentine Government. BUENOS AIRES, November 24 (). —President Roosevelt acceded to the request of the Argentine government today that he land directly at Buenos Aires. He wirelessed American’ Am- bassador Alexander Weddell from the U. 8. 8. Indianapolis that he would arrive here at 1 p.m. November 30. The President, en route to the epoch-making Inter-American Peace Conference, had planned originally to land at Mar del Plata and proceed overland to Argentina’s capital, (A radio exchange between the government station at Olinds, Brazil, and the President’s escort ship, the U. 8. 8. Chester, indi- cated the presidential party was nearing Pernambuco, South America’s east wedge off the Brazilian coast.) President Roosevelt will remain Buenos Aires until after lunch De- cember 2 and then go to Mar del Plata in the evening to re-embark on the Indianapolis. cember 3, for a stay of & few hours. Lawn Mower Drivers Tested. portrait painter sit down to dinner within the walls on which their portraits hang, that’s news. Bo proclaims one of Washington’s bet- ter newspaper meén who attended the dinner, held the other night at the —_— University Club in Baltimore. Thomas C. Corner is the artist and Mr. Shriber, president of the club, was host at the dinner, the occasion being the hanging of the Shriber por- trait. Those among the guests who were not among the portraits of famous professional and scientific men had an excellent opportunity to compare artistic conceptions and renderings within the originals. And did they take advantage of it? * k% % PROTECTION. Not all parents are the doting things they are supposéd to be, a - cynical operative calls up to tell us with & most unbecoming leer. His particular non-doter showed up at a flling station with two children in the rear seat of the car, As papa talked to the man, the little girl, about 3, got out of the car and started walking toward the sereet. “Hey, you,” the father screamed belligerently, “come back here. Do you want to get smacked by & car and have a big hospital dill?” Night Final Delivered y crrier Anywhere EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1936. JESSE JONES ASKS MARKET CAUTION Forecasting Better Times, He Warns Against Run- away Prices. The text of the National Radio Forum speech by Jesse H. Jones appears on Page A-14. A wamning to investors against being misled by run-away stock prices was sounded last night by Jesse H. Jones, chairman of the Reconstruc- tion Finance Corp. Jones spoke in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Star and broadcast over a coast-to-coast net- work of the National Broadcasting Co., through WRC. In a general summation of economic conditions, he said that that dividends being pald by some corporations may be misconstrued in determining the value of the stock. “Sound, healthy values are neces- sary,” the speaker added, “and I am not saying that present prices are too high, but would suggest care in making investments.” Jones forecast a better economic period and said business leaders would support the President. period of good business,” he said, “and if we will be a little more co-operative, er and not trying to do all the busi- ness, we will get along better. Itisa fair criticism that every one in busi- ness tries to increase his volume each year. That naturally means encroach- ment on the other fellow or a con- tinually increased buying power, great- er than is possible. “It would be ideal if each unit of business would try to do a better job, concentrating on service, efficiency and quality rather than volume and remembering that its competitor must also live.” Jones said it was time for the Gov- ernment to curtail its lending and that, as a matter of fact, something had been done. He amplified, how- ever, that he would counsel against cutting off all Government financing. “Interest rates would immediately g0 up, and they are high enough now,” he explained. VOLUNTARY CODE Directors of Retail Association Propose Patterning After For- mer N. R. A. Lines. | By the Associated Press. untary code of business practices, along the lines of the former N. R. A. retail rectors of the National Retail Dry Goods Association. | the first definite action of its kind by | any large business group, was adopted | by the board in Atlantic City Satur- | day, and will be submitted to 5,000 | members in the department store, dry association’s annual meeting in Jan- uary. The voluntary agreement, as made public yesterday, provides for the drafting of model State laws covering the hours and wages of employes, and also for outlawing advertising abuses, deceptive labeling and retail sales below cost. - CRIME ENRICHES SLAYER {Man Who Beat Wife to Death to Share in Her $13,000 Estate. DETROIT, November 24 (#).—Pro- | bate Judge Edward Command said | today that because Michigan has no law preventing it, Oral Sabo, whe was | convicted of mansiaughter after beat- ing his wife to death October 8, will share in her $13,000 estate, Expeaml (Oontinued From Pirst Page.) larger jungle beasts will be built in the fleld. The region to be visited is at present only poorly represented by animals in the National Zoological Park, Dr. Mann feels. He has not mapped out & definite list of specimens that must be brought back, however. Instead he will confer with game officials and naturalists in the countries to be vis- ited and will collect whatever he can of the missing specimens. Mammals, reptiles, birds and a few fishes will be the primary objects of the collectors, but in spare time Dr. Mann hopes also to collect insects and even & few botan- ical specimens. ‘The collection trip to the East Indies under joint Geographic and Smith- sonian auspices has been planned for some time, Dr. Grosvenor disclosed. The project was approved and organ- ised with its complete personnel two years agu, but had to be delayed be- cause of the start then of the extensive building program at the Zoo, which mflnuhfld Pr. Mann in Washing- After the work is completed in Su- matra, the expedition expects to visit the Dutch Island of Ceram, almost 2,000 miles to the east, and possibly some of the East Indies islands not under Dutch jurisdiction. Before starting home the party will also visit Bangkok, 8iam. The expedition will return through the Indian Ocean and the Mediter- ranean to England. There the tons of muscle and claws and fangs and the dozens of squirming snakes, securely incased in their crates; will be hoisted on board a ship for the final leg of the journey across the Atlantic. If pos- sible, it will be arranged land :: in Baltimore, so that the over] tri) the animals to their new homes Washington will be short. in the City Full Sports Race Results, Complete Market News of the Day, Latest News Flashes from Around the World. Whatever it is, you'll ind it in The Night Final Sports THE by ‘will start at onee. Edition. NIGHT FINAL SPORTS and m! STAR—delivered carrier—70c a month, Call National 5000 and service “It is clear that we are in for a| each having consideration for the oth- | NEW YORK, November 24.—A vol- | code, is proposed by the Board of Di- The proposal, believed to represent | goods and specialty shop fields at the | MISSION SESSIONS ENTER THIRD DAY Christianity Is Held Answer to Needs of Sick World. ‘The challenge hurled by one of the foremost interpreters of the Christian gospel—“to make Christianity a sweeping, head-on answer to the needs of a sick world"—was uppermost in the minds of ministers and laymen of the Protestant churches in Washing- ton today as they began the third day's sessions of the National Preach- ing Mission. ‘The challenge was set forth yester~ day by Dr. E. Stanley Jones, world- renowned missionary to India, in his first address to the Washington Preaching Mission. He spoke to & distinguished gathering of more than 500 ministers and laymen at the May- flower Hotel. The luncheon was one of the high lights of the day's ac- tivities. “We live in a world in which three potent forces are undertaking the re- construction of society—communism, fascism and Christianity, but there is only one—the word of Jesus Christ— which offers the true answer to the needs of the world,” he said. Application of the conception of the kingdom of God on earth would bring | an end to poverty, place a divine Justice at the heart of the social order, i create a brotherhood throughout the | whole world and remake the “inner | self” of every man, he asserted. “Criticised” by Writer, “A writer once criticized me as being ‘obsessed with the idea of the kingdom of God on earth,’ I leaped at the chance of being worthy of such a criticism because Jesus himself was obsessed with that conception. “Jesus turned religion to the task of remaking the world, but these other | forces—communism and fascism—are | working toward the same end, and if | Christianity fails, these two forces, | which I reject with all my strength, will rebuild the world in their own way." The speaker said religion does away | with the duality between the material | and spiritual; the duality between the sacred and secular; the duality be- | tween idealism and realism, and the distinction between the social and in- dividual gospels, he said. “There is no answer but that of Christ, and we must change ourselves from flickering into flaming torches | and devote our lives to this work of rebuilding,” Dr. Jones declared. Addresses Youth Meeting. The speaker also addressed a youth mass meeting in Calvary Baptist Church later in the afternoon. In his talk there, he said the demand of Jesus | to find one’s life by losing it in the will of God is the deepest law of re- ligion, the deepest law of life. Miss Muriel Lester, noted social worker and religious leader of Lon- don, England, who arrived with Dr. | Jones early yesterday, .delivered her first talk at & community meeting in | Calvary Church last night. Discuss- | | ing “Prophets of God,” she said: | “The prophet annoys people. He | isn’t content with the surface of | things. He looks behind appearances, and gets to the facts. If we are to be | of any use as Christians, we have to use every faculty, imagination, in- tellect and originality to discover the truth behind phenomena.” Sectional meetings were held throughout the city again last night. Large attendance marked those gath- erings as well as the sessions held during the day. Attendance Set at 12,000. It was estimated that between 12,- 000 and 14,000 persons attended yes- terday’s sessions. One of the meet- ings included a group of 40 students of Unlon Theological Seminary at Richmond. An unusual sngle to the mission | here lies in the fact that one of the | visiting speakers is a man, who, though not s minister, holds the highest office in his denomination. He is Her- bert B. Clark, North Adams (Mass.) banker, president of the Northern Baptist Convention. Clark addressed the ministers’ and | l]aymen’s luncheon at the Mayflower on “The Appeal of the Church to the Layman,” and last night spoke at Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church. He was to talk at & ministers’ luncheon at Calvary Baptist Church at noon and will make his final address tonight at the Georgetown Presbyterian Church, taking as his topic, “The Onward Ache of the Gospel Message.” Irreligion Wave Seen. Irreligion is sweeping like a tidal wave over the Nation in a highly or- ganized form, and “in a loose and chaotic fury, is inundating us with paganism,” Dr. William H. Foulkes, chairman of the .National Preaching Mission Committee, told a large group at the Petworth Methodist Episcopal Church last night. “Unless America kindles again its fires of Christian faith and courage, it will go the way of all the earth” he said. The speaker told of the enor- mous crowds that have attended the preaching missions throughout the country, and asserted many people be. lieve the Nation is in the midst of & spiritual awakening. Launching of the seminar classes was one of the highlights of yester- day's numerous sessions. The six mission leaders assigned to this ac- tivity conducted their opening classes at Calvary Baptist Church. Each one will lea : two more seminars, one today and the third tomorrow, dis- cussing & different phase of the gen- eral theme assigned to each particu- lar seminar. Seminar Is Held. Dr. Worth M. Tippy, secretary of the department of social service, Fed- eral Council of Churches, led s semi~ nar on “Christianity and Social Prob- Jems.” At his first class he attacked the subject from the angle of “The Kingdom of God on Earth: What Is It Like?” The new Christian social or- der which, he said, is making its ap- pearance throughout the world, “is | Dr. not Utopian, but is intensely prac- tical and finally will bring peace, Preaching Mission Leaders Meet Leaders of the National Preaching Mission, now in progress here, met with members of the local clergy yesterday at a luncheon in the Mayflower Hotel. Lejt to right are Dr. E. Stanley Jones of India, world famous missionary evangelist and author; Rev. C. E. Hawthorne, pastor of n Church and president of the Washington Federation the Wallace Memorial United Presbyt: 0 of Churches; Dr. Jesse M. Bader of New York, director of the mission, and Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Episcopal Bishpp of Washington. —Star Staff Photo. understanding,” she said, adding that the modern child loses respect for the ‘“‘unreasonable parent.” Earlier in the day Mrs. Overton spoke to the special session for women on “The Responsibility of Women for a Christian World Through the Home" and declared: *“The home is | still the most important social unit | and if the world is to be made Chris- tian, the home and its output must be Christian.” The outocratic home, where only one voice is heard, cannot be defi- nitely Christian, nor can the lawless home, where there is no discipline, she continued. The social structure is more business centered than family centered, she said in calling for the building of Christian homes “which will radiate a wholesome faith in God and be a place where life can be lived abunaantly.” A Christian home must.have Chris- tian parents, Mrs. Overton declared. “Parents need a fundamental and abiding faith in God, ccmbined with | a yearning passion for a Christian world,” she said. “We as parents can- not call upon our children to give themselves to a cause concerning which we ourse! re unconvinced.” Gives Views on Gospel. Dr. Foulkes, who also spoke at the session for women, spoke of the Chris- tian gospel as “not a system of moral | reform, not a social or economic scheme or a set of theological opinions, but essentially God’s good news, showing how people can live in all relationships.” Describing civilization as a “mas- sive and monumental machine,” Dr. | Foulkes said it is s0 vast and com- plicated “that it is too huge for us | Visit some of the gay and carefree kids Jennings admonished his solicitors to to handle without the aid of the voice of God.” | Dr. Henry Henriod. general secre- | tary of the World Alliance for In- ternational Friendship, took the place of Dr. Lynn Harold Hough in con- ducting the first seminar on “The Christian Message.” The other seminar leaders and the subjects discussed were the follow- ing: “Using the Bible” Dr. H. L.| Reed, president of Auburn Theologi- | cal Seminary; “PerSonal Evangelism,” Walter E. Woodbury, superin- tendent of evangelism of the North- ern Baptist Convention, and “Chris- tianity and World Problems” Dr.| John A. Mackay. The ministers who are presiding over the seminar classes each day are Rev. Charles Enders, Rev. N. M Sim- monds, Rev. G. Ellis Williams, Rev. Wiliam A. Keese, Rev. R. Paul Schearrer and Rev. Clifford H. Jope. Each seminar is followed by a period of discussion on the point of view of each speaker, | e BILL WERBER MUST FACE TWO CHARGES B> a Staft Correspondent ot The Star. | HYATTSVILLE, Md., November | 24 —William (Bill) Werber, 28-year- old star third baseman of the Boston Red Sox base ball team, was at liberty on personal bond today pending his appearance in local Police Court to- morrow to answer charges of reckless | driving and disorderly conduct. The latter charge resulted from a heated verbal argument with Sergt. Ralph Brown of the Prince Georges County police force in the station house following Werber’s conviction of a speeding offense. Preaching Mission Programs The programs of the National Preaching Mission today and tomorrow follow: ‘TODAY. 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 p.m.—Cardozo High School, Dr. King. 2:30 p.m.—Seminars, Calvary Church. 5:15 p.m—Youth meeting, Calvary Church, Miss Lester. jous churches: Calvary Baptist, Dr. Buttrick. Asbury M. E., Dr. Foulkes. Columbia Heights Christian, Dr. Rufus M. Jones. Chevy Chase Presbyterian, Miss “Lester. Church of the Reformation, Mrs. Sibley and Harry N. Holmes. Epworth M. E. South, Dr. Tippy. TOMORROW. 9 am.—McKinley High School, Dr. Ivan Lee Holt; Armstrong High 8chool, Dr. Willis J. King. 10 a.m.—American University, Dr. E. Stanley Jones. Session for ministers, Calvary | Baptist Church, Dr. Rufus M. Jones and Dr. Lynn Harold Hough. | Session for women, Calvary Bap- | tist Church, Miss Muriel Lester and | Dr. E. Stanley Jones. | | Dr. John A. Mackay. | 112 noon — Service. Church of the Epiphany, Dr. Holt. 12:30—Luncheon of Kiwanis and Ro- tary Clubs, Mayflower Hotel, Harry N. Holmes. | ALASKA FOODLOW - IN MARINE STRIKE Release of Supplies Asked as McGrady Announces New Parleys, B the Assoctated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, November 24— Federal officials pinned hopes for peace in the maritime strike on ree newed negotiations with one ship« owners' group as they sought release today of Alaska food supplies from the spreading blockade of American ports. Assistant Secretary of Labor Ed- ward F. McGrady, tireless mediator at this key port, announced unions and operators of 63 coastwise freight- ers will resume settlement discussions, probably today. Prospects for release of vessels to carry fresh food to Alaska were termed “hopeful” by Col. O. F. Ohlson, man= ager of the Government-owned Alas- ka Railroad. Liner Sailing Cancelled. Ohlson, who carries authority from President Roosevelt to charter supply vessels, said striking unions were re- ferring a proposal to their member- ship. He expected a reply by 5 pm. 8 pm, E 8. T). The Nation-wide strike lines, offi- cially extended to all American ports by two unions representing deck and engine room officers, brought cancel- lation of the scheduled Wednesday sailing from New York of the United States Liner President Roosevelt. | Houston, New Orleans, Philadelphia | and Boston also reported increasing | waterfront tenseness as the Masters, Mates and Pilots Association and the Marine Engineers Beneficial Associa- tion started their independent walk- | out in support of demands for higher pay. Officers’ Unions Watchful ‘The Eastern anc Guif ports also were | 8:00 p.m.—Sectional meetings in VAT~ 11:20 a.m—University of Maryland, | troubled by the continued strike of rank-and-file seamen, who drew sym- pathy picket lines in defiance of regu- lar union officers when the West Coast strike was called October 29. Officials here of the two officers’ unions, which have been out on the Coast with other seagoing and dock Petworth M. E., Drs. Henriod and 2:30 p.m.—Seminars, Calvary Church. | workers for nearly a month, indicated ‘Wood| Reed. Georgetown Presbyterian, Herbert B. Clark and Dr. Mackay. lbury. | Memorial United Brethren, Dr. !8:15 pm.—Mass meeting, Constitu~ tion Hall, Miss Lester and Dr. Jones. | | Mass meeting, Continental Hall, Miss Lester. Dr. Jones and Dr.| | William H. Foulkes, kers. Chest (Oontinued From First Page.) poverty where hunger and despair hold the inmates in their cruel grip. at play at the settlement houses and | boys® clubs. “And now indulge in a horrible | nightmare. Picture the lives of all these beneficiaries changed by the failure of the Chest to provide suffi- cient funds for this work to con- tinue adequately. This will occur un- less a sufficient number of people, even at this late date, prevent this tragedy from happening by giving more money.” Appeals For “Extra Dollar.” Appealing for “that extra dollar,” | Jennings called attention to what a| dollar will do. It will provide a baby with milk for a week, send an instruc- tive visiting nurse on one visit to ease a bed pain, give an ill person two visits to a clinic, buy bread for a family of five for a week. “Can any of us.” Mr. Jennings asked, “enjoy our own happy and perhaps fairly expensive plans for Thanksgiving and Christmas while we know that these urgent needs are not met? “In the light of this crisis, many of us have to remember our original gifts and if we cannot honestly say that we have given to the absolute limit, now is the time to send in more. I am convinced that there are literally thousands of people in Wash- ington who simply would not tolerate the human misery which the failure of the Chest would involve without going to the limit of their giving power at this time. “In the name of those who can- not speak for themselves, for the honor of this fair city, for humanity's sake, I earnestly bespeak your utmost generosity before the drive closes.” Pleading For Neighbors. ‘To the luncheon report meeting yesterday, Jennings called for “crazy, reckless” things to happen in order to Europe Heading Toward War 9 Says British Social Worker - ® Only United Effort of! Christians Can Avert Conflict She Avers. Only a united effort on the part| of Christians throughout the world can keep Europe from being plunged into another war in the near future. This opinion was voiced today by Miss Muriel Lester, noted social | worker of London, England, who is | here as one of the leaders of the National Preaching Mission. Even the , “anguished longing for peace” that | she has found in the hearts of peo- | ple in every country she has visited cannot halt the forces pulling nations into “another futile struggle.” “Europe is heading straight toward war, and only a refusal of the peoples to fight, a trust in the spirit of God and the prayers of Christians every- where can stop it.” she declared, in an interview. “If we refuse to wage war against our fellowmen, there can be no war. “Thousands of my countrymen know that war doesn't work out— that victory never brings real peace. MISS MURIEL LESTER. —Star Staff Photo. “But I'd much rather go about in your blessed Pullmans,” she laughing. The unity of spirit between the | | send the subscriptions over the top of the goal. “We are not pleading for success | of the drive,” he declared, “but for | | our own neighbors. We are pleading | that Washington shall not be humi-r lated by failure to reach the goal.” | Quoting a distinguished Britisher, follow the advice, “If there is a good fight don't miss it!" The meeting tonight will take place in the same ball room of the Willard Hotel, where since Novem- | ber 12, with the exception of Satur-| days and Sundays, the daily 12:30 report luncheon has been held. Doors will be thrown open at 7 o'clock for | the workers to gather and prepare | their reports. The session will be | called to order promptly at 8 o'clock | by OChairman Jennings. He, and Herbert L. Willett, jr., director of the Chest, will conduct the session. Drive Ends Tonight. There were no prospects early today | | that the campaign would be pro- | longed. Chairman Jennings explained | | that gifts would be received after | tonight, but that the regular machinery | of the campaign would bring its| | activity to an end. For several days, | however, it is anticipated, that the | power of the appeal made by the Chest organization to support 65 dif- ‘terem agencies throughout the city will result in voluntary contributions coming in to build up the total re- poried at tonight's session. Another public denial of stories about high salaries paid campaign | officials was entered yesterday by | Willett at the luncheon. He ridiculed | as absolutely unfounded stories which he said had been reported, to the effect that President Clarence Phelps | Dodge of the Chest was receiving | | $25,000 a year, and Chairman Jennings | | $20,000. Neither these men nor solicit- | ors, he emphasized, were getting “one single cent” for all the work they | did. He scored the unfounded stories | | concerning salaries paid to campaign | officials as untrue and “perennial.” “G” men captured the silver trophy | | in the Community Chest radio playlet contest, it was announced today from | headquarters. The silver cup, which | | goes to the Drama Unit of the Social | Activity Club, Federal Bureau of In- vestigation, Department of Justice, will be presented to Stanley J. Tracy, pres- | ident of the club, at the final Chest meeting tonight. Ceremonies of pres- entation also will be broadcast at 7:15 p.m. over Station WMAL, which broad- | cast the playlets during the Chest | | campaign. The trophy was presented by Lansburgh & Bro. Honorable men- tion in the contest went to the Mont- | gomery Players, Harold Allen Long of the Arts Club will officiate at the ceremony. Judges in the competition were Miss Caroline | McKinley, Denis Connell and Prof.| Marvin Herrick. Reports of the five solicitation units yesterday resulted in a total of 22,522 gifts amounting to $167,346.63, bring- ing the aggregate to date up to 140,169 I gifts amounting to $1,517,468.36, | which is 77.06 per cent of the total goal of $1,969,000. Reports of the five units were as follows: Special assignments — Today, 52, amounting to $15454; to date, 598 gifts amounting to $498,352, which is 88.07 per cent of quota. Group solicitation—Today, 9,309 gifts amounting to $67,136.55; to date, 36,462 gifts amounting to $286,828.79, which is 70.78 per cent of goal. Governmental—Today, 11,553 gifts amounting . to $65,647.53; to date, 93,178 gifts amounting to $577,273.26, said, | which is 79.62 per cent of quota. Metropolitan—Today, 1474 gifts amounting to $19,147.36; to date, 9,168 gifts amounting to $151,140.62, which is 82.5 per cent of quota. Capital—Today, 134 gifts amount- ing to $561.19; to date, 763 gifts amounting to $3,873.69, which is 48.42 per cent of quota. Among the gifts of $100 or more yesterday were: Chase Dairy. $1,200—Karl W. Corby. $625—Security Storage Co. $600—Wilkins Rogers Milling Co. $500—Willard Hotel. $400—Mr. and Mrs. Henry N.! Brawner, jr. $365—F. E. Rogers. $300—Corby Baking Co., Clarence 2| A. Asperwall and G. C. Murphy Co. | / $350—H. 2Zirkin & @Sons, Inc; anonymous, Franciscan 3 National Oapital Prees, Inc.. L. they were watching closely develop- ments at East and Gulf ports. Late last night 447 strike-bound passengers were taken two miles off Honolulu, where they had been strand- ed nearly a month by the strike, and transferred to the liner Monterey from a pineapple barge. Bound for San Prancisco from Australia, the liner anchored far enough out to avoid be- coming tied up. Reports from Alaska, made to the Govermnor's office at Juneau, showed most communities running short of eggs, milk and fresh meat and vege- | tables. In pressing peace efforts, McGrady pointed out that the coast-wise freight cperators had virtually com- pleted agreements with all but one union when the strike was called. The principal dispute leading to the walkout wss with another employers’ group, the Coast Committee for Off- shore Operators, headed by the Dol- | lar and Matson companies. Picl;-Up (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) companies be restrained from operate ing under the new rates. The truck- ers contended the railroads had no right to go into the trucking busie ness without subjecting themselves to regulation under the motor carriers act. The court today held that the trucke ing involved in the pick-up and dee livery service is only a terminal ac- tivity and that it is not necessary to obtain a certificate of public cone venience and necessity under the mo- tor carriefs act. Not Regarded as Rebate. It also ruled that the 5-cent allow= ance to a shipper who transports his own consignment to the depot was not | & rebate such as is prohibited by law. The 45-cent per 100 pounds rate established by the commission may or may not be a proper one, but the court will not substitute its judgment on that matter for the judgment of the Interstate Commerce Commission, the judges declared. Defendants in the truckers' suit were the I C. C., the Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio, New York Central, New York, New Haven & Hartford, Chesapeake & Ohio and Norfolk & Western Railroads and the Eastern Steamship Lines and the Clyde-Mallory Lines. The statutory court was composed of Associate Justice D. Lawrence Groner of the United States Court of Appeals and Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat and Justice Jennings Bailey of the District Court. —————————————————— and Mrs. Brenninger and Mr. Lawrence Gassenheimer. $240—Harry Somerville. $228—Sterrett Operating Service, Inc. $200—J. B. Kendall Co. J. Frank Kelly, Inc.; PFred S. Gichner Iron Works, Inc.; Pred Buckholz, Capital Printing Ink Co. Miss Elizabeth I Keyser, Havenner Baking Co., Nae tional Permanent Building Associa- tion and Hotel Harrington. $160—J. A. Sterrett. $150—Santus W. Zink, Trew Motor Co., Electrical Workers’ Benefit As- sociation, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and Allen V. DeFord Co. $141—American Oil Co. $140—William E. Russell. $125—Mr. and Mrs. C. Powell Minnigerode, J. William Lee's Sons Co., National Capital Insurance Co. and S. Meyer Barnett. $120—E. B. Eynon, jr. $100—Bazzuro Eng. Co., the Shade Shop, Inc.; W. C. Ruediger, Thomas V. Ganey, Standard Brands, Inc.; Capital Hotel Co., Dodge Hotel, Mrs. Hare Lippincott, Dr. and Mrs. Howard P. Kane, Pyke Johnson, A. B. Dick Co., William H. Harrison, Rock Creek Ginger Ale Co, Miss Katherine Loughran, Miss Regina Loughran, G. B. Hoover, Howenstein Bros., Dr. and Mrs. R. Massie Page, Dr. and Mrs. William A. Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. Harry King, Bernard Harding, Howard W. and Albert J. Phillips, E. N, Brawner, Frederick G. Hunt, John F. Donohoe & Sons, Dr. Linn F. Cooper, Dorsch Bakery, Mr. and Mrs. J. Hertz- berg, Arthur J. Harnett, Walter G. Moyle, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Benton, Harry Alexander, Inc.; W. W. Spald- ing, Joseph Ottenstein, H. W. Sohon, Waldron Faulkner, Mrs. Waldron Paulkner, George N. Ray, E. K. Morris, Capt. and Mrs. E. J. Dorn, James B. Henderson, Elmer B. Young, Ed- ward C. Potter, Mrs. Franz E. Altemus, William E. Kingswell, Inc.; Little Tavern Shop and Mr. and Mrs. George Mitehell. ¢ BiM