Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1937, Page 24

$100,000 BUILDING FOR CHURCH READY Special Services at Alexan- dria First Baptist Will Be Held Nov. 7. By & Btaff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va.,, Oct. 830.—The new $100,000 Education Building, con- taining 25 Sunday school rooms and three assembly halls, for the First Baptist Church will be dedicated at special services Sunday morning, No- vember 7, at 11 o'clock. Work of renovating the church building itself will be completed by that date, officers of the church an- nounced today. An afternoon concert under direc- tion of the church choir will dedicate the new $15,000 pipe organ. Pastor of the church is the Rev. Pierce S. Ellis. who came to the church on October 1, 1930. Dr. Ellis was graduated from Richmond University m 1913, where he received his B. A. degree. He also is a graduate of Crozer Theological Seminary of Chegter, Pa., and received his M. A. dgree at the | University of Pennsylvania. An L. L. D. degree was conferred upon him last year by the National University of Washington (D. C.) at exercises in Constitution Hall. The membership of the First Bap- tist Church numbers 1,200, an increase of 400 within the last eight years. seen part of the church itself, Windsors’ Visit On a Bit of a Spot, by Jove Puts Society Big-Wigs a Little Record) With Ex-King for Leaving By DALE HARRISON, Associated Press Staff Writer. NEW YORK, Oct. 30.—Your cor- respondent made inquiry today in cer- tain super-colossal, ultra-uppity social circles to learn what society is going to do about the Duke and Duchess of ‘Windor, come Michaelmass and there- abouts. - For answer he got & load of lifted lorgnettes and a flock of “I-beg-your- pardons.” Society, grade A, although not what it was in the good old carriage days, is nonetheless conscious that the world is waiting for a sign from it. Society throat those historic words of the dying Charles II—"Take good care of little Nell"—and stands ready to do as much for the Duke. Off the record, however, it is a little put out with the Duke for ab- dicating, for an axiom of society is: When you get up there, stay up there or quit ringing my door bell. Neither the Duke nor society is will- ing to be quoted. Issue Is Too Tender. ‘The issue obviously is too tender. It wouldn't make much difference with the price of wheat, but it could easily upset an entire season’s schedule of afternoon teas. Perhaps the Duke and Duchess themselves, rather than New York so- ciety, will answer the social question by steering their paths on a wide de- tour, Nancy Randolph, who writes of society for the New York Daily News, advises society to cease quiver- ing and adds: “Former playmates of the Duke in New York and other cities are not apt to be called on to jeopardize their prizeds social prestige where his royal highness and her grace are pariah—by playing host. There is reason to believe the Duke will avoid any contacts * * * which | might cast doubt on the seriousness of his visit to America.” On the Duke's last visit—he was the Prince of Wales then, and that makes & difference—he showed no enthusi- asm f{or top-flight social maneuvers. Democracy was the keynote—H'yuh, Joe, old bean, all hail the jolly old ‘workingman. Smaller Big League. As heir to the throne of England, the Prince was definitely big league. Returning here next month as Duke, he will be accepted as still big league, but sort of St. Louis Browns or Brook- 1yn Dodgers. recalls with a catch in its | in London— | Put Out (Off the Throne. Society won't say so openly, but it feels the one-time bachelor king who went benedict after a coast-to-coast, round-the-world hook-up has been fraternizing with ideas and individuals on which society has always more or less frowned. Society, being exceptionally per- nickety and feeling that one must draw a line somewhere, is discouraged about the Duke's open mingling with the hoi polloi. It hears that he goes right down into coal mines and into factories and exchanges banter with toilers who actually have never been presented at court. This, the social bluebloods say, is extrawn'ry, to say the least. It is | Jolly to sing of the workingman as a | phase of how the other half lives, but to go to him and seek advice on | working and living conditions is | hardly cricket. To make society squirm all the more, | the word keeps going around that | among those with whom the Duke will discourse is John L. Lewis, head of C. I. O, which is definitely not F. RV Revolve Around Duke. In conversation with the socially well informed, your correspondent was not unconscious of the fact that the social phases of the Duke's visit revolve around the Duke rather than the Duchess. | The mere fact that a young man gave up a throne to take her for wife does not register as tenderly with society as it did with the shopgirls. Society feels that romance is all right in its place, byt that thrones are not to be lightly cast aside. There is an under-current of un- easiness, the correspondent gathered, due to a fear that the actual arrival of the Duke and Duchess and the very fact of their presence here may take the play right away from so- ciety. Society suspects that the Duke doesn’t give a hoot about the finer things of life—smart luncheons in the gold room, an afternoon of tea and crumpets with Mrs. Vandervan der Vandervan, and maybe a bit of & ball at one of the swankier estates. Society fears there is a chance that the Duke may actually show a pref- erence for mingling with the masses, and that the masses may actually en- Joy exchanging pleasantries with the Duke. In that case, of course, all— from a social viewpoint—will be lost; and society will go to Flgrida for the winter. Society hopes the Duke and Duchess won't mind too much. Beauty WINS HIGH SCHOOL POPU- LARITY CONTEST, MISS HARRIET TABLER, A senior, tall, blond and blue- eyed, emerged winner of the title “Miss Martiugburg (W. Va.) High School” in a popu- larity and beauty . contest sponsored by the Hi-Y Club of the schools which ended Fri- day night. She was formally crowned queen by Supt. of Schools G. William Ropp dur- ing intermission at a dance given by the club. Card Party Wednesday. 'HYATTSVILLE, Md,, Oct. 30 (Spe- cial) —A card party will be given in the parish hall of St. Jerome's Catho- lic Church here Wednesday night, starting at 8:15 o'clock. Refreshments will be on sale. The Senior Sodality of Bt. Jerome's Church, of which Mrs. Russell W. Cullen is president, will be in charge. RITES SET TOMORROW FOR MRS. EVERHART Stecial Dispatch to The Star. 2 TAKOMA PARK, Md, Oct. 30.— Mrs. Margaret A. Everhart, 83, died here last night at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. James KnowNn, 200 Philadelphia avenue, of heart disease after an illness of three weeks. Funeral services will be held from her late residence. Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Interment will be in National Memorial Park Cemetery. The Rev. Reno 8. Harp, rector of Trin- ity Episcopal Church, Takoma Park, D. C., of which the deceased was a member, will officiate. Mrs. Everhart was born in Liverpool, England, coming to the United States when 16 years of age. At one time she resided in Nova Scotia, later mov- ing to Parksburg, Pa., and Philadel- phia. She came to Takoma Park six years ago. She was the wife of the late George Everhart of West Ches- ter, Pa. In addition to her daughter, Mrs. Knowlin, she is survived by two sons by a former marriage, George Elliott of Dayton, Ohio, and Dell Elliott of Los Angeles, and two grandchildren, KIWANIS TO DANCE LANDOVER, Md., Oct. 30 (Special). —The fourth annual dance of the Kiwanis Club of Prince Georges County will be held next Saturday night at the Beaver Dam Country Club here, from 10 o'clock untii 2. 8. C. Halfer heads the Arrangements Committee. Proceeds of the dance will go to the club’s fund for a summer camp for underprivileged children. Arthur C. Keefer, first president of the club and now lieutenant govermor of the Kiwanis Capital district, is chairman of the Camp Committee. A substan- tial sum toward the camp already is in hand. Frank Balch, Inventor, Dies. SALEM, Mass, October 30 ().— THE SUNDAY The new Education Building of the First Baptist Church of Alezandria, Va., which will be dedicated November 7. The structure contains three assembly halls on the first floor and 25 class rooms on the second and third floors, and extends back nearly half a block. To the left may be which the new structure joins. JEALOUSY BLAMED INVIRGINIA KILLING Waynesboro Man Admits | Slaying Housekeeper’s Fiance, Police Say. By the Associated Press. WAYNESBORO, Va., Oct. 30.—Po- lice Chief R. L. Switzer said a jealous employer shot and killed his house- keeper's prospective bridegroom today and offered the explanation that he “just had to do it.” The bullet-riddled body of Pierce Lovegrove, 55-year-old cooper, was found in the kitchen of a small East ‘Waynesboro home early this afternoon and less than a half hour later, Jasper Mullins, 54, was arrested on a mur- der charge. Chief Switzer said he had obtained a signed confession from Mullins, and would hold Mrs. Ethel Anderson, Mul- lins' housekeeper, as a material wit- ness. The officer said the woman told him during questioning at police head- quarters that she had lived at the Mullins home as housekeeper at in- tervals during the last 10 years and that Mullins had become jealous be- cause of attentions Lovegrove paid her. ‘The police chief quoted Mrs. Ander- son as saying that Mullins had been “abusive” since she had informed him she planned to marry Lovegrove. Prior to the shooting, Switzer said | the woman told him, she locked the door to prevent Mullins from entering his house while Lovegrove was there, and after Lovegrove had left by an- other door she also left to seek refuge at the home of her daughter, Mrs. | Morris Scruggs, where the shooting | method he said had been devised by occurred. Chief Switzer further quoted the woman as saying that Lovegrove had planned to leave theé city and had come to the Scruggs home to say good- by when Mullins appeared. Lovegrove was felled with four revolver bullets in the body. Patrolman Wad Drumheller said Mullins, in a signed statement, de- clared he loved Mrs. Anderson “better | than anything in the world.” Drumheller said the confession told of emptying a revolver at Lovegrove and explained that the shots were fired because he (Mullins) “just had to.” Dr. Glenn C. Campbell, Augusta County coroner, returned a verdict of homicide in Lovegrove's death. MOROCCAN BORDER IS CLOSELY GUARDED French Troops Act to Bar Spread of Agitation by Arab Nationalists. By the Associated Press. CASABLANCA, French Morocco, Oct. 30.—Heavy patrols of French troops were stationed on the frontier between Algeria and Morocco tonight virtually closing the border to all but foreigners to prevgnt the spread of Arab nationalist agitation. Police and troops pushed their round-up ‘of nationalist leaders, ar- resting Mohammed Hassan El Ousz- zani, chief of the “Moroccan Action Committeey, which officials said worked closely with Arabs in Syria and Palestine. Gen. Amedee Blanc, commander of French troope at Fez, where Hassan was arrested, told a gathering of Arab leaders that France ‘“clearly recog- nizes the hand of a foreign power” in the attempts to overthrow the French protectorate and set up & native Arab kingdom. Jails at Rabat, Fez, Sale and Mar- rakech were jammed with the more than 1,000 demonstrators arrested as an aftermath of the riots which started Wednesday. SRS RSSO Argentina imported 80,000 bags of rice in & recent month. Poet Honoring Amelia Earhart Reveals Her Liking for Amber By the Associated Press. HAGERSTOWN, Md., Oct. 30.—Miss Aida L. Fryer, Hagerstown poetéss Wwho wrote & poem to Amelia Earhart after the disappearance of the fiyer, unwittingly stumbled on the fact of the aviatrix’s liking for amber. Miss Fryer sent & copy of the poem to Miss Earhart’s mother. Two verses of it were: “Across the skies & shadow fell, “A shadow wild and free— “To mark a ship that trailed the stars, "'n\en-nch:ndmthelel... “Amelia, daughter of the stars, “We held in memory; Frank Baich, 58, inventor of the “Balch Roentengen scopic screen,” died suddenly "today at his home. 4 “If tears still turn to amber grains, “How rich the ses must be .. .” ) |in Alabama, STAR, WASHINGT Etar Staff Photo SOUTHS FORESTS NDLSTRYCADHS Research Giving Greater Economic Value to Tim- ber Tracts. By the Associated Press. Gerald D. Cook, chief of the Forest Service's timberland division, predicted yesterday rapid development of the South’s forest products industries as a result of new chemical research. Mr. Cook urged the South, however, to improve its forest culture practices to conserve timber supply for such de- velopment. He said he believed Southern pine would produce newsprint and provide a new fleld of activity for paper mills. “The chemists have been doing won- derful things in wood research,” he said. “I have no doubt newsprint will be made in the South, and fine results have been obtained in the search for processes for manufacturing wood | rayon, plastics and other products.” Sees Further Success. Mr. Cook expressed the opinion a Dr. Charles H. Herty, Atlanta research chemist, to manufacture newsprint by a sulfite method would prove prac- ticable. ‘The timberldnd division chief said four new paper mills and one plant to make rayon from wood have been located in the South during the last year. These, he said, indicated a steady increase in the number of by-product plants. Paper Mills.in 13 States. Paper mills have been constructed Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Missis- sippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West | Virginia in the last 10 years. | Cook said a wood rayon mill was es- tablished recently at Fernandina, Fla., and that new mills have been com- | pleted or were under construction at | Spring Hill, La.; St. Joe, Fla; Savan- nah, Ga., and Lufkin, Tex. CATHOLIC FEDERATION HAILS FRANCO CAUSE National Alumni Group Acts After Editor Predicts Dicta- torship for Christian State. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, Oct. 30.—The National Catholic Alumni Federation today commended Gen. Prancisco Franco's “nationalist cause” in Spain. The action came after the Rev. Francis X. Talbot, 8. J, editor of the publication America, had pre- dicted Franco would “set up a mili- tary dictatorship for a Christian state.” The Franco resolution was passed at the closing session of the eighth biennial convention at which Arthur T. O'Leary, New York attorney, de- clared: “We do not know what kind of government the reds will set up. We have been ducking for fear of offending. Let us approve Franco.” Arthur J. Hughes, Chicago, was elected president and Edmund Butler, New York, chairman of the Executive Committee. Rural Women Elect. LEONARDTOWN, Md, Oct. 30 (Special) —Mrs. Aubrey 8. Gardiner of Chaptico has been re-elected pres- ident of the St. Marys County Coun- cil of the Rural Women’s Clubs here. Other officers elected for 1937-8 are: Vice chairman, Mrs. J. Barnard Love, sr., of Loveville; recording sec- retary, Mrs. Richard Smith; corre- sponding secretary, Mrs. Clyde Jar- boe of Pearson; treasurer, Mrs. Thom- as Ratledge of Leonardtown; publicity chairman, Mrs. Sprigg Reeves of Chaptico, and parliamentarian, Mrs. Jack Herbert of Dynard. In reply, Miss Fryer said, Mrs. Ear« hart wrote: ““I want to tell you that in your ref- ernce to amber you happened upon something that Amelia was very fond of. She often wore a rare old neck- lace of amber or a bracelet, and one of her wrist watehes had an inset of amber. “If she is spared to come back, I am sure’she will love that part.” Miss Fryer said the reference to amber in the poem came from her recollection of the legend of Phae-|' thon. The sisters of Phaethon, mourn- ing his death, wept for four months and their tears turned to grains of amber, C. Montgomery Merit System Effective Ndw, Suit An- swer Declares. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 30.—The validity of the law creating a civil service system for Montgomery County was upheld today in an answer filed to the taxpayers' suit brought in Cir- cuit Court in an effort to restrain State Employment Commissioner Harry C. Jones from putting the new system into operation. Attorney General Herbert R. O’'Conor and Assistant Attorney Gen= eral Charles G. T.e Viness filed the answer in Jones' behalf and sub- mitted with it a petition asking that arguments on the answer be heard in open court. O'Conor and Le Viness asserted in their answer that the engrossed bill providing for the new merit system of appointment to county positions was validly passed by the State Legislature to take effect in 1937, not 1939, as contended in the suit. Says Law in Force. Having been duly approved by Gov. Harry W. Nice, they added, the law is now in full force and effect and the new system of appointments should be carried out immediately. The suit was brought in Circuit Court several weeks ago by Frederick ‘W. Paige and Frank I. Davis, employes in the county treasurer's office, and Henry J. Hunt, 3d, an employe in the coynty auditor's office. They repre- sent all three of the county’s polit- ical factions. It was contended in the suit that members of the Legislature from Montgomery County originally intro- duced the bill to take effect in 1937, but later amended it to read 1939 merely by striking out all the “7s” in the bill and inserting “9s” in ink. Nice Ordered Change. Affidavits declaring they were ad- vised that they could amend the bill in that fashion were signed by several members of the county delegation in the Legislature and were submitted along with the suit. It was when Gov. Nice was pre- sented with the bill for his signature that he noticed the bill had been altered with ink and he ordered that the law be printed up in its original form without the change to 1939. Thus it was that preparations were being made to put the system into effect this year when the suit was filed to restrain State Employment Com- missioner Jones’ plans to that end. |SHARPE TO HEAD CENTER COUNCIL Recreational Leaders Pay Tribute to James G. Yaden, Retiring President of Group. C. Melvin Sharpe was elected presi- dent of .the Community Center Coun- cil at its regular meeting Friday eve- ning in the Franklin School Building, after the resigna- tion of James G. « Yaden was an- nounced. Mr. Yaden had served as president since 1931. It was pointed out that it had been while Mr. Yaden “was president ‘'that the department | had been able to | secure substantial | increases for rec- | reational appro- priations in the | public schools. | The Council came out unanimously in favor of complete control of pub- | lic school properties, both buildings and grounds, by the Board of Edu- | cation. The new president has been & member of the Council for a number of years. He has been active in rec- reational circles as well as other civic undertakings. Miss Edith Grosvenor was chosen first vice president for divisions 1-9, and Woolsey Hall first vice president for divisions 10-13. Miss Anna L.| Goodwin was chosen general secretary. ONE SHIPPING STRIKE ENDS, ANOTHER PUT OFF By the Associated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. 30.— Negotiators settled one water front strike, here today, but failed to agree | on another. Representatives of the International | Longshoremen’s Association and deep sea shipping interests announced they | had reached terms demands of stevedores who load and unload ships touching foreign ports. They declined to reveal terms of the agreement, but said the shipping lines had made “some concessions” to the longshoremen who wanted in- creased pay, an eight-hour day and extra money for overtime, The other strike, temporarily sus- | pended until November 5 pending continued negotiations, involves more than 8,000 stevedores working for coastwise shippers in all southeastern ports from Wilmington, N. C, to Tampa, Fla. They also want higher pay, an eight-hour day and extra wages for overtime. ‘Writer Directs Ashes Be Given To Natural Spot By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Oct. 30.—Miss Vivian Butler Burke, Irish writer and traveler, in her will filed today in Probate Court, asked that the ashes of herself and her dog be scattered “in some beautiful 'spot consecrated by Nature.” The dog, Condla, an Alredale, died while Miss Burke %oured Italy last year. She brought its ashes here in a vase. The will of the former Dublin, Ireland, resident, who died here Octo- ber 22 at the age of 56, bequeathed “my whole estate” to 11 animal and children’s welfare societies in Ireland, England and Japan. ' . Attorney John -W. Chapman, who filed the will, said the value of the estate was unknown, but it “may exceed $10,000.” The will leaves half of a $10,000 fund left Miss Burke by an uncle, William M. Butler of New York, to Miss De Sousa Barros of the Brazilian Embessy in Washington. b C. Melvin Sharpe. 1937—PART ONE. TOUCH TUNING PUTS AN END TO TEDIOUS DIALING THE new 1938 G-Eactually tunes itself. 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