Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1936, Page 3

NEW APARTMENT * PLANS JPROVED Three-Story Structure for 31 Colored Families in Alley Drive. The Alley Dwelling Authority, which recently dedicated the newly com- pleted Hopkins place project, an- nounced today its approval of plans to construct a three-story apartment house for 31 colored families on & site extending from Blands alley to W street, between Second and Fourth streets. A low bid for this building was $112,- 425, submitted by Beauchamp & King. This is a saving of $31,212 on the low bid submitted September 15, when the problem was ordered restudied. The principal change in the bidding was from concrete to brick outer walls. The authority said it decided on an apartment house on this site because it better suits a local need, and also because it wished to learn through a practical test the difference in cost be- tween the apartment and the row of one-family type of dwelling. Its objective in this development is to provide dwellings for an income group of approximately $1,500 a year. The monthly rent for apartments will range from $25 for two rooms and bath to $35 for four rooms and bath. ‘There will be 6 $25 apartments, 19 $30 apartments and 6 $35 apartments. Each apartment will be steam heated, with kitchen and laundry equipment, a gas stove and gas re- frigeration. Even without central heat, me- chanical refrigeration and janitor service, which an apartment house necessitates, the average rent per room per month in Blands court would be $8.35, as compared with the one- family houses in Hopkins place. Adding apartment house services brings the Blands court rentals to an average of $9.85 per room. This is much below prevailing rents in the neighborhood. It includes operating costs, amortization, taxes, insurance and interest on all the investment, —e New Head of Clan. Charles Fitzroy Maclean has be- come head of the Maclean clan of Scotland on the death of his grand- father, Sir Fitaroy Donald Maclean, &t the age of 101. _— Roosevelt, Garner Call Off Dinners For Each Other Social Calendar Crowded, So They Agree to Cancel Parties. Baid the Vice President of the United States to the President of the United States: 5 “It's a short time between parties.” Too short, in fact, and Mr. Garner and Mr. Roosevelt agreed to call off their dinners in honor of each other. The Vice President made the sug- gestion by telephone. The President said he accepted the proposition with alacrity because of his congested social calendar and the knowledge that the Vice President hates to stay up late. The White House is giving 10 formal dinners within 40 days. 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Phila. and New York. ~ Prequent trips to other Eastern . “Dependable Service Since 1896.” HE DAVIDSON TRANSFER & STORAGE €O.__Phone_Decatur_2500. TO QUR C ORIENTAL RUG MEETING OF THE STOCK- Masonic Temple Associatiol the building of the associa- York ave. n.w.. on 1036, at 10:30 CLAUDE KEIPER. Secre- ANNUAL olders of the Wwill be held in th st. y, December 31 o'clock am. J. ry. %’E ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ST¥ - holders of the American Building Asso- ciation will be held at the office of the s3sociation. 300 Pennsylvania ave. se. day, 'Janu . 1937, bet: lock s ec the ensu- Ing_ year and for the transaction of such usiness as may properly come before the ting. g CHARLES H. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF R Crmamrs o1 tha Hall aeaiNcon of the Grand United Order of Odd 8 Of nheld at e | impossible.” he District of Columbis will be ‘_ho New Temple, Oth and T sts. n.w.. on esday, December 29. 1936. at 8 o'clock .m.. {of the election of directors for the ensiing year. and for the transaction of nfh ot'l‘iie.r -'?3‘;?::' as may properly come efore E " LEE. President; smvn.“' L l‘g_w.u'so' SN, Becretary. ® & CCOUNTING SERVICE AUDIT- s.ccount el .-‘§5u Qmontm.v Call Met. RETURN LOAD RATES. PULL AND PART fg&mzu.ow muzys. insured. Natl. udo& ?um»' Local moving also. 1317 N. PLAINFIELD ORCHARDS Apples—Sweet Cider. Bandy ¢_Md._on %lenmont-Sandy Eoring rd. W. W. MOORE, 24 . A THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. New Low-Rent, Apartmeni _House Architect’s drawin, Authority for 31 colore: costs, will be $9.85 per room per month. The King Mrs. Simpson (Continued From First Page.) Morgan twins, Lady Furness and Gloria Vanderbilt, the wife of Benja- min Thaw had known the prince for several years. Lady Furness had been one of the prince's favorite dancing partners. 8ince the day when the American press first became aware that a new star was in the ascendancy on the royal horizon, many stories have re- counted the first meeting of Wallis Simpson and the man who has just told the whole world he loved her. It is true that Mrs. Simpson, then the wife of Lieut. Earl Winfield Spencer, Jr., “met” the Prince of Wales at San i Diego when he was in America in 1920. As far as I have been able to discover, so did practically every- body else in the United States. But the romance that transcends fiction's fondest began that evening of December 24, 1931, when the heir w0 the throne of the Windsors met “my American friend.” Many Errors by Press. Many are the errors committed un- | wittingly by the American press dur- ing these exciting weeks, when the love of & man was balanced against the crown of an empire. I shall at- tempt to correct a few of them. First off, I was not the gray-haired, | middle-aged man” who accompanied Mrs. Simpson to France, no matter how hard one press service sought to | | leave that impression. It is with con- siderable pain that I admit the de- scription fits. But, although I would have traded my right eye for the privi- lege of taking part in such a historic occasion, I remained in London that | night and, to my chagrin, was unable | to confirm her departure until the next day. Wallis Simpson was not a derella.” She has met her Prince Charming, but she has never had to sit by the fire and spin. At no stage in her life did she ever lack for the “Cin- | imeans and the background to make life very much worth while. The yarn about that “two-story home” in Baltimore in whick her mother rented rooms isn't exactly cor- | rect, either. The reporters took off a story to make a story. It was & ___ | three-story house, and a very elite one % |in its day. Taking in boarders inci- cated a lack of ready cash at that time, 7 but it caused very little loss in prestige for any family that had an established background. And Wallis’ family had exactly that. Incidentally, her father did not die before she was born, as 5o many papers have stated. He died about four ; | months after her birth, I have seen in many newspapers since I have refurned from England a story that Wallis’ mother, Mrs. Charles Gordon Allen of Washington, told a faithful nurse on her death- bed: “It will be impossible for Wallis ever to have a child.” P A “deathbed statement” is & rather hard thing to disprove. But the fact is that neither Wallis her- self nor any member of her family ever heard her mother make any such statement or knows any justification for such a belief. Violet Is Favorite Color. “Her favorite eolors are blue, jade, amber, soft browns, flame and the pink of rose quarts” it has been quoted. As a matter of fact Wallis Simp- son's favorite color is a light shade of violet, almost matching her eyes. Her stationery is that color. Her informal UR letterheads have “Wallis” reproduced in her own handwriting at an angle in the upper left corner. Her more formal stationery also carried her ad- dress, 16 Cumberland Terrace. What address it will earry after this, who can tell? “Reaching King Edward directly is I quote from a New York afternoon newspaper. The statement is not correct. I asked the King whom I should contact when I wanted to talk to him. He said: “I will be my own press relations man.” He gave me the number of his pri- vate switchboard and thereafter, when I wanted to inform him of some new development, I could reach him as easily as you could reach the office | service to Mrs. Simpeon on her trip of your newspaper. “Mrs. Simpson has British tastes.” Perhaps so. But she served pop- overs—real Southern popovers—with roast pheasant in her home in Lon- don. acquired purely = “Mrs. Simpson was never called ‘Wally’ back home.” Bosh. Although she never liked it, several of her closest friends used to refer to her as Wally and sometimes do still, unless they're speaking to her. Called Bessie Wallis, Incidentally when she was very small she was called Bessie Wallis. This raises the interesting point that if the dice had fallen differently England might have had another Queen Bess. “It is tiring to travel under these conditions. We literally had to flee from our hotel this morning. I need rest. Plenty of rest.” Like dozens of other statements, this one was attributed by a press through France from Dieppe to Cannes, No doubt she was tired. No doubt she needed rest. But I can say on direct information that Mrs. Simp- son made absolutely no statement on that journey. Knowing her dislike to be quoted, I view with grave sus- picion any of the sensational state- ments she supposedly made to the press since she went to France, ex- cept for the one released by Lord Brownlow in which she disclosed her willingness to give up the King if necessary. Scores of other inaccurate state- ments are being made from day to day. To refute a few of them, definitely and decisively, I sent this cablegram to | Wallis last Sunday: “Greatly appreciate cable immedi- ately brief answers to following | list. Personally sure most queries pnpoeurm}l. but need specific corrob- oration in order to kill. Give answers | by numbers. “1. Have bought home Northern | Africa. “2. Negotiating purchase old Merry- n house in Green Spring Valley. “3. Offering personal diary for sale. | “4. Contracting sale personal byline story romance. “5. Going Austria meet King Christ- mas. “6. Was forced prior leaving lflk-i land to return large quantity jewels | claimed as crown property. “17. Divorce being pushed forward enabling marriage February 1. “8. Can you give idea how long re- main at Cannes?” Her answer should put some of these rumors to rest and may establish others. If Mrs. Simpson cables a reply, and I think she will, you’ll know the answers tomorrow. (Copyright, 1036, World Rights.) Sl e PEDESTRIAN HURT Man in Serious Condition After Accident at Halpine. By » Staff Correspondent o1 [he Star, ROCKVILLE, Md,, December 24— Charles Joppy, 66, colored, remained in a serious condition today in Mont- gomery County Hospital at Ashton, suffering from injuries received Tues- day night when, according to wit- nesses, he walked into the side of an automobile at Halpine, Md. The driver of the car, Mrs. Lillian Riley of R. F. D. No. 6, Bethesda, was driving south on Highway No. 240, and Joppy was walking north on the left side just before the accident oc- curred, police said. Arizona Gold Mines Named for Figures In Simpson Crisis PHOENIX, Ariz, December 24 (P).—England’s recent constitu- tional crisis has left a lasting im- pression in Arizona, through names given new gold mining properties. 3 Claims recorded in Maricopa County today from the Crater Mountain area included the Wally Simpson, the Duke of Windsor, King George VI, Princess Eliza- beth and Princess Margaret Rose, Queen Mary, the Ernest Simp- son, Stanley Baldwin, the Arch- bishgp of Canterbury and Buck- ingham Palace. LEAKY ROOFS REPAIRED H. BERENTER ADams 8855 of the newest apartment house to be erected by the Alley Dwelu:& families in Blands court northwest. The average rental, including WHEAT INSURANCE MEASURE BACKED Detailed Crop Program Sub- mitted to Roosevelt by Committee. BT the Associated Press. An administration bill for Govern- ment-directed crop insurance was viewed in many quarters today as the probable outcome of a detailed proposal submitted to President Roose- velt by his special committee on the subject. The committee recommended the program start with insurance of the 1938 wheat crop against drought, flood, hail, insects and other hazards. Similar protection, it said, was de- sired by many farmers who grow cotton, corn, tobacco and other crops. After studying the report, President Roosevelt is expected to submit it to Congress. Under the wheat proposal, farmers taking the insurance would agree to pay premiums of a certain number of bushels of the grain for each acre planted. If natural hazards kept the yield' per acre below half or three-fourths the normal crop, the Government would supply the deficiency—in wheat. Insurance would not cover declines in price. United States Pays Storage Cost. Costs of storing this wheat and administering the vast plan would be paid from Federal funds. The expense was not estimated. The amount of premiums, losses and similar details would be determined by committees of farmers subject to approval of State committees and Agriculture Department officials. Secretary Wallace, chairman of the | Insurance Committee, long has advo- | cated an “ever normal granary” plan | which would store surplus crops in “fat” seasons for use in “lean” years. Although wheat farmers have asked insurance on the 1937 crop, he said the complex details of the plan would not permit operation before 1938. Wallace said the Government could “well afford” to use public funds to set up the plan and pay part of the costs. He pointed to a Treasury re- port which showed Federal agencies have expended more than $600,000,- 1 000 in the last 10 years to aid farm- ers who lost crops through natural disasters. The report reviewed attempts by private insurance corporations to pro- tect against crop hazards. All ended with heavy losses or financial ruin for the companies. Insurance on Large Scale. “Crop insuramce on a large scale would probably be a larger enterprse than any one company or group of companies would now desire to under- write,” the report said. Pitfalls on the private ventures, it added, could be avoided by a wide- spread national program by insuring against yield instead of price and by determining risks from data concern- ting millions of farmers who have participated in farm programs. The committee declared the crop insurance plan would have an inci- dental effect of leveling supplies and prices between good and bad years. Discussing the wide range of pre- miums that would be required in vari- ous wheat areas, the committee said: “In some areas long recognized as good farming territories the costs ap- pear low, while in other areas the costs appear high.” ‘The report acknowledged that “costs appear to be prohibitive” in some sec- tions. The wheat insurance plan is not “a substitute for any farm program now being administered,” the commit- tee said, but is “supplementary to other programs.” It suggests that farmers who wished insurance be re- quired to participate in other Federal farm measures. Benefits for “the consumer and the people at large would justify public contribution,” the committee argued. Listed as benefits in which they would share were a reserve supply of wheat, stable prices and a more stable farm income. PATTON HURT IN CRASH LIVINGSTON, Tex., December 24 (P)—Representative Patton, Demo- crat, of Texas; Mrs. Patton and three companions were injured when his automobile collided with a truck late yesterday. Patton's right ankle was sprained and his back wrenched. Mrs. Patton’s left foot was broken. D. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1936. *h A—3 DRIVE 10 BE MADE{Eég-Foot Snake in Refuse Can,| ki (} AGS A ON SOCIAL DISEASE Deleuates’From 32 States and D, C. to Meet Heré Monday. Creates Furor The first organized Nation-wide ef- | fort to combat the inroads of syphilis and gonorrhea on the health of Amer- ican citizens will be launched by Surg. Gen. Thomas Parran, chief of the United States Public Health Serv- ice, in a three-day conference here, beginning Monday. The meetings will be held in the Department of Commerce Auditorium. More than 300 delegates from 32 States and the District of Columbia are expected to attend this conference on venereal disease control. The pur- pose of the conference, according to Dr. Parran, is to encourage discussion of the problem in open forum so that & more workable national program may be outlined. Paul de Kruif, popular writer on microbes and medicine, will be among the first day’s speakers. The others include Dr. Parran, Assistant Surg. Gen. R. A. Vonderlehr, Dr. Edward 8. Godfrey, New York State commissioner of health; Dr. Earle G. Brown, secre- tary of the Kansas State Board of Health; Dr. Walter Clarke, director of the Bureau of Social Hygiene, New York City Health Department; Dr. P. 8. Pelouze, Dr. John H. Stokes, Dr. H. H. Hazen, professor of dermatology, Howard University, and Homer Folks, executive secretary of the New York State Charities Aid Association. Five Meetings on Second Day, For the second day five section meetings are scheduled, conducted in panel discussions of the important problems in venereal disease control. A section on the public health control of syphilis will be conducted by Dr. George H. Ramsey, assistant commis- sioner of health, New York, as chair- man, and Dr. Paul 8. Carley of the United States Public Health Service, as secretary. A panel discussion of treatment as a factor in the control of syphilis will be led by Dr. Joseph Earle Morre, as- sociate in medicine and physician in charge of the syphilis clinic, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, with Dr. William P. Snow, director of the American Social Hygiene Association, as secretary. Medical follow-up of the venereal disease patient will be discussed by a | group of medical social workers, headed by Miss Lena R. Waters, direc- tor of the social service department, University of Pennsylvania Hospital, and Miss Pearl Mclver, senior public health nursing consultant of the United States Public Health Service. Dr. U. J. Wile to Attend. Dr. Udo J. Wile, professor of der- matology and syphilology, University of Michigan, and Dr. W. W. Bauer, direc- tor of the Bureau of Health and Pub- lic Instruction, American Medical As- sociation, will lead the discussion of co-operation of the private physician in the control of the venereal diseases. A fifth section on the public health control of gonorrhea wil! be led by Dr. N. A. Nelson, assistant director of the Massachusetts State Division of Com- municable Diseases, and Dr. P. 8. Pelouze, University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Alan M. Chesney, dean of the medical faculty, Johns Hopkins Uni- versity, will deliver the closing address of the conference on Wednesday, to be followed by the reports of the chair- men of the various section meetings held on the previous day. ~ 28 to Represent D. C. ‘Twenty-eight delegates will repre- | sent the District of Columbia. Among them are: Dr. George C. Ruhland, Distfict health officer, and Dr. T. C. Thompson, Dr. George Tredwell, Dr. Jerome Rogers, Dr. Ross Taggart, Dr. Truxton Morgan, Dr. George Jable, Dr. Bernard Notes, Dr. M. W. Glover and Dr. Arthur Mourot, staff of the District venereal disease clinic. Dr. Numa P. G. Adams, dean of the School of Medicine, and Dr. H. A. Poindexter, Dr. C. Wendell Freeman. Dr. R. 8. Jason and Dr. Paul B. Cor- nely of Howard University; Ray H. Everett, executive secretary of the So- cial Hygiene Society of Washington; Miss Naomi Deutsch and Miss Edith Baker of the Children’s Bureau. Miss Margaret Hagan, American Red Cross director, St. Elizabeth's Hospital; Miss Irene Grant, Veterans' Administration; Comdr. Charles 8. Stephenson, Bureau of- Medicine and Surgery, United States Navy; Dr. Mor- ris Chase, luetic clinic, Children's Hospital. Miss Lucia Murchison, director; Mrs. Mary Spencer, Miss Edith McCoy, Miss Edith Beattie, chief nurse of the dis- pensary, and Miss Caroline Sweeney, Social Service Department, Children’'s Hospital; Mrs. Ella D. Fleming, Freed- men’s Hospital. N P. 0. AND ALL BRANCHES CLOSED TOMORROW No Mail Deliveries During Day, but Parcels on Hand at 7 A.M. Will Be Sent Out. All branches of the post office, in- cluding the main office, at North Cap- itol street and Massachusetts avenue, will be closed all day tomorrow. There will be no mail deliveries during the day, but parcel post pack- ages on hand at 7 a.m. tomorrow at postal stations will be delivered. On Saturday all stations, with the exception of the Benjamin Franklin station, Twelfth street and Pennsyl- vania avenue, and the main office, will be closed. There will be one mail delivery on Saturday, that in the morning. We wish to extend to our many friends and patrons our very Christmas best wishes for a Christmas AND A NEW YEAR FILLED WITH JOY AND SUCCESS . . . Offi brought to police headquarters of the refuse department. ARRY GRAY has seen a lot of queer things come out of trash cans, but—well, after his experience today he's not 80 sure he ever wants anything to do with such receptacles again. Gray, a colored helper on a District trash truck, picked up a can of refuse near Fifth and F streets and tossed its contents into a truck. His eyes became as big as the proverbial saucer when he saw an 8-foot snake in front of him. “Boy, look at that!” he called to a fellow employe. The workers hurriedly drove the truck to police headquarters. Officer The re; professional disinterest in the rept: on Trash Truck cer H. E. Caranfa poses with the eight-foot snake today by a bewildered employe rter at the right shows a —Star Staff Photo. H. E. Caranfa took a quick look, pulled (out his revolver and shot the reptile through the head. Apparently no one had thought of it | before, but after the officer fired the shot everybody realized they hadn't really seen the snake move at all. Ex- |amining the snake, they decided it | probably had been dead for some time. | Where the snake came from or what | kind it was, no one could say. Zoo officials said none had escaped from the reptile house there. A snake of that size, they said, might be a boa constrictor, python, a type of rat- |tler or an indigo snake—or maybe | something else. ELLIOTT UPHOLDS LOW BID REJECTION | Decision Based on Compli- ance With Walsh-Healey Act on U. S. Contracts. Overruling a finding by the Labor Department, Acting Controller Gen- eral Elliott, in a decision made public yesterday, held that a low bidder can be denied a Government contract be- cause of certain exceptions to the ‘Walsh-Healey act. As a result, the State Department will pay approximately $25,580 for two tractors for the International Bound- ary Commission—to the second low bidder, instead of the bottom figure of $24,740. The issue was raised by the Tri- State Equipment Co.. which took ex- ception to two sections of the act, one dealing with responsibility by sub- contractors and the other with the keeping of records of contractor and subcontractor. According to the correspondence | made public in the decision, Gerard Reilly, assistant solicitor of the Labor Department, had informed a repre- sentative of Tri-State that exceptions on record keeping and responsibility for subcontractors “cannot be considered sufficient basis in any respect for passing over low bids.” Dissenting, Elliott said: _“It is plain that contractors with the Government must be required to keep, and the Secretary of Labor or her designated representative must have access to, proper employment and other records.” He also held that the bidder in this instance is actually a representative of the manufacturer. In consequence, Elliott continued, the low bid must be rejected and the business given to the McWhirter-McClure Co., the sec- ond low bidder, if its bid, agreeing with the Walsh-Healy act, otherwise meets specifications. R $7,680 Contract Awarded. ‘The Treasury yesterday announced award of a $7,580 contract to F. H. Martell Co., Inc, local contractors, for construction of emergency rooms in the south building of the Departe ment of Agriculture here. SRR ALL DAY CHRISTMAS The Low Night Rates For Out-0f-Town Telephone Calls Will Be In Effect. SAY “MERRY CHRISTMAS" To Distant Friends HOPINS DENES PN TORESE ‘Hits Report of Split With| President Over Amount | of Relief Allotment. Harry L. Hopkins, works progress | administrator, was back at his desk | today, after issuing a vigorous denial of reports that he intended to resign if his demand for a $750,000,000 defi- ciency relief appropriation were not met. Hopkins conferred with President Roosevelt yesterday, and then said the resignation rumors were “cockeyed.” “There is no dfference of opinion between the President and me at all,” he asserted, “There is nothing to that report.” The President had intimated at his last press conference that he would ask for a $500,000,000 appropriation | to continue the work-relief program | | through to July 1, although the United States Conference of Mayors had | asked for $750,000,000. It had been assumed in some quarters that Hop- kins supplied the mayors with infor- maiion which led them to fix that figure. Meanwhile, protests against lay-offs in New York City continued to reach W. P. A. officials here. One delega- tion, representing “white collar” proj- ects, attempted to make a protest to Hopkins yesterday, but were referred to a subordi TR Santa Says: “BETTER Schneider’s Fruit Coke BETTER Evegbody loves the real old- fashioned Yuletide flavor that oaly Sehneider’s Dan-Dee Pruit Cake offers. Only the wery choicest imported fruits, e T of the b‘n‘h’. art. Insist on Sehneider’ s—that means Qudlity. CHARLES SCHNEIDER 1S CARDENAS GOAL Expropriating Large Landed Estates Defended, but In- vestors Reassured. (Copyrizht, 1936, By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, December 24.— President Lazaro Cardenas of Mexicd in an interview reaffirmed his governe ment's determination to help Mexico's working classes better their standard of living. He defended his policy of expro- priating and dividing great landed estates because of its “benefits to the people,” but assured foreign investora they need not fear lack of guarantees in Mexico. . It was the first formal interview the Mexican executive had granted any foreign newspaper man regularly ase signed to this country in the twa years since he took office December 1, 1936. & While he talked about his problems of the past and plans for the future, hundreds of the farm workers his ad- ministration had given land, their annual convention in Mexico City just adjourned, waited outside his office to express their gratitude. 2 Seeks to Aid Labor Classes. President Cardenas spoke freely and fully of the agrarian program, the new, sweeping expropriation law, Mexico’s attitude toward foreign cap= ital, the religious question, public works and government finance. “We are trying, precisely, to aid the working class,” he said, “within the limitations of the possibilities of ine dustry, taking always into considera tion the necessities of capital as well as those of labor.” Admitting provisions of the bill stirred alarm among business men here, President Cardenas contended this feeling had disappeared now that the law was actually on the books, and added: “The law tends to let the Governe ment take over sources of production which are inactive. In the case of an idle (industrial) plant, the Gove ernment must find the way to bring |1t into activity and then the governe ment applies the law, making pros vision for payment (indemnity) in accordance with the law itself.” Mentions Daniels Interview. conversation recently United States Ambessador Josephus Daniels, the President recalled, he assured him that “Mexico looked with *| gratitude upon persons having capie g theymwls‘h;d to invest in the coune » giving em eve cl . antees within the l::'y." e He declared Mexican legislation governing industry “offers it more protection than that of the United States, where taxes and wages alike “;..o higher.” ng-standing bitterness the Catholic church and the :e:xv’v::: state over laws limiting certain church activities and nationalizing chit;rch property is disappearing, he said. The government hopes to have Mexico's leg of the Pan-American Highway leading down through the Americas completed, from the United States on the north to Guatemala on the south, by April, 1940, he added. Solons Get New Home. Japan's lawmakers have a new home after two decades in a temporary structure. The Diet Building, facing the Imperial Palace in Tokio, repree sents 17 years of work and the exe penditure of $7,500,000. The original plans called for construction in 10 years at a cost of $3,000,000. e Translates Into Braille. H. K. Picard, a Briton, translated 40 volumes into Braille in 1936. The Federation of Churches Invites You to Its Annual Christmas Service on Dec. 25 at 11 O’Clock Covenant-First Presbyterian Church Sermon by Dr. F. B. Harris Christmas Anthems by Covenant Quartet A Worshipful Service COME AND ENJOY IT Lutheran Worship at Midnight in the Charming Little Christmas Church CHRIST LUTHERAN (MISSOURI SYNOD) 16th and Gallatin Sts. N.W, l.hn-. > Christmas Eve Worship, 11 P.M. Enlarged choir, candlelight processional. stringed ensemble. Sermon: “Christmas Is God's Gift." A Welcome For All Visitors! 18th Bet. P and Q, Nr. Dupont Cir. Rev. Howard S. Wilkinson, D. D. Rector CHRISTMAS EVE ».m.—8t