Evening Star Newspaper, April 21, 1940, Page 20

Newman Clubs Close 19th Convention Today With Prayer American Youth Group Attacked at Session as ‘Organically Unsound’ ‘The 19th annual convention of the Middle Atlantic Province of the New- man Clubs Federation will close with a benediction at the Franciscan Monastery at 3:30 pm. today after sessions yesterday at which dele- gates elected a George Washington University student chairman for the coming year and heard the Amer- ican Youth Congress attacked as “organically unsound.” The approximately 250 delegates, Catholic students in 18 non-sectar- ian colleges, selected Edward V. Ki- ley chairman and another George ‘Washington student, Rita Roley, corresponding secretary. Gathered at Hotel 2400 for the sessions, the students listened via radio to a talk by the Rev. Vincent Mooney, executive secretary of the National Council of Catholic Youth here, in which he declared that the Anierican Youth Congress and “oth- er so-called youth movements do not in any sense represent the whole of American youth or even a major portion of our youth population.” “Contrary-to the impression which has been given in some quarters,” he said, “the sponsors, the leaders and the membership of the Amer- ican Youth Congress and its affili- ates, have not monopolized think- ing and planning when it is a ques- tion of solving youth's problems.” He added that Newman Clubs and other Catholic youth groups had been working in “unity and with singleness of purpose” long before the congress came into existence. Need Common Principles. After reviewing briefly the ses- sions of the congress here recently, the Rev. Mr. Mooney said: “As you think these things through do not lose sight of the fact that it is not only the Com- munist and radical elements within the American Youth Congress which prevent Catholic youth groups from collaborating with this super-or- ganization. The American Youth Congress is organically unsound. The Catholic Church and millions of true Americans of other faiths believe that no constructive work can be done without a minimum of common principles.” The speaker declared than an “unfavorable reaction” took place | among the Nation's legislators in | Congress to the sessions of the Youth Congress and then turning to the sessions of the Newman Clubs Federation, said: “Let me remind you that the members of Congress, who unques- tionably are deeply conscious of their obligations to the youth of | America, will interpret your pres- ence here as a refreshing, construc- tive effort rather than an attempt | to intimidate members of Congress | and Government officials.” “Suffrage of Selfishness.” | Dr. John K. Cartwright, pastor of | the Immaculate Conception Church and chaplain of the George Wash- ington Newman Club, told the gath- ering at a luncheon session that three fundamentals of the tradi- tional American character are being attacked both openly and by under- mining. He said that democracy is being diverted into a “suffrage of selfish- ness,” that education is sometimes changed into “merely a form of AT NEWMAN CLUBS CONVENTION—Edward Kiley, left, student at George Washington Uni- versity, elected chairman yesterday of the Middle Atlantic Province of Newman Clubs Federa- tion, is shown receiving the gavel from John J. Murray, retiring chairman, with the Rev. Vin- cent Mooney, executive secretary of the National Council of Catholic Youth, looking on. Envoy of Panama Pleads for Unity 0f Americas Canal Society President Receives Decoration From Ambassador The Ambassador of the Republic of Panama, Dr. Don Jorge E. Boyd, last night told the fifth annual re- union banquet of the Panama Canal Society of Washington at the May- flower Hotel that “the unity of the | Americas means their safety.” Dr. Boyd addressed approximately | 100 members of the society, formed | of the men who built the short cut| between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The Panamanian Ambassador's speech preceded his presentation to| | former Representative Maurice H. Thatcher of Kentucky, president of the society, and a member of the | Isthmian Canal Commission which | administered the building of the| waterway, the degree of Commenda- | dor con Placa of the Order of Vasco Nunez de Balboa in the name of President Augusto Boyd of Panama. Mr. Thatcher expressed his “pro- found gratitude” to the govern- ment of the Central American Re- public for the decoration. Mr. Thatcher, later in the ban- quet program, said he believed the $15,000,000 bill for the construc- tion of an additional set of locks for the canal probably would be ap- proved in conference. The Senate has approved the item. It was re- Jected, however, by the House. Mr. Thatcher called on a num- ber of the “old timers” who stuck with the canal project through its | construction years, fighting yellow fever and malaria, to reminisce. At the end of the banquet, the society held a business meeting and elected officers. New president of the society is William R. McCann curiosity” and that religious free- “If these things happen on a| large scale,” he said,*“our institu-| tions, our Constitution will be powerless to hait the downward | trend toward hopelessness.” Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president | of the George Washington Uni-| versity, told the delegates that he| has followed closely the work of | the club at .that school and that| the organization had the “full con- | fidence” of the school officials. | Presiding at the luncheon ses- | sion was Thomas McCarthy, first Vice chairman. Aspects of Youth Problems. ‘Three speakers presented aspects | of youth problems at a forum in| the afternoon presided over by Albert Rinehart, newly elected | president of the George Washington Club. Charles Ferry, president of the ‘Washington Alumni Association, discussing “Youth and Labor,” de-} clared that unemployment could | not be solved by the Government alone, but only by co-operation be- tween all groups in the American economic system. Advocating a “gradual change” in the economic setup, he said that “there is danger for democracy” if the unemployment problem remains for lonk unsolved. In response to a question from the floor as to what plan the Catholic | Church is advocating for solving| the problem, the Rev. Edward Mc- Gowan of the National Catholic ‘Welfare Conference said that it favored a meeting of employers and representatives of labor, agricul- ture and the professions to confer on “more evenly distributing income and balancing of prices.” Youth and Education. Daniel Iero, president of a Phila- delphia Newman Club, discussed “Youth and Education,” declaring that it was among youth that propa- ganda agents in Germany and Russia concentrated in their “pro- gram of hate and distribution.” “The American Home and Family” was the topic of Paul Taggart, jr., president of the Student Council of Mount St. Mary's College, who explained the Catholic Church’s | stand on birth control and divorce. Other officers elected for the comming . year were Alfred Bing- ham, Mr. Iero and Hugh Hilferty, all of Philadelphia, first, second and third vice chairmen, respec- tively; Charles Ferry of the George ‘Washington Alumni, fourth vice chairman; George McCormack of Philadelphia, fifth vice chairman; Frances Maloney, recording secre- tary; Joseph McGowan, treasurer, and Dr. William A. Kavanaugh, chaplain, all of Philadelphia. At a communion breakfast at the hotel this morning delegates were to hear the Right Rev. John A. Ryan and Associate Justice Harold M. Stephens of the United States Court of Appeals. ‘Plowboy’ Dies at 88 | Eire's oldest plowman, MSehnel; Delaney of Mountbutler, who died recently aged 88 was known all his life as ‘the plowbozr.” | of Hopewill, Va., who was draftsman canal at Culebra. J. Fred Huber of Falls Church, Va., was elected vice president and Mr. Thatcher, sec- retary and treasurer. The society’s auxiliary, composed of the women who accompanied their husbands to the canal during the construction peried, also dined last night in another part of the hotel. Guests of honor at the aux- iliary function were Senora de Boyd and Mme. Ricardo Alfaro, wife of the former President of Panama. Mrs. Aileen Gorgas Wrightson, daughter of Gen. William C. Gorgas, presided. Tighter Liquor Curb Near Schools Is Urged Tightening of the District's Alco- holic Beverage Control, Act, to limit liquor sales in the vicinity of play- grounds, schools and other institu- tions was urged in a resolution adopted by the District of Columbia Public School Association Friday night at a meeting in the District Building. The resolution asks, in effect, that the act be changed to forbid the ise suance or/renewal of any licenses except retailer’s Mcense, Class E, for any sales within 600 feet, by direct line, of playgrounds, school grounds, colleges, universities, libraries, hos- pitals, churches or other ptiblic in- stitutions—except in downtown sec- tions of the city “which are wholly commercial for large areas.” For the latter, the resolution would have the act leave the issuance of licenses to the discretion of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. The association also adopted a resolution indorsing a proposal to conduct an “International Exposi- tion” here in 1943 in commemora- tion of the 150th anniversary of the laying of the corner stone of the United States Capitol. An address was delivered at the meeting on “Cancer, Its Prevention and Control,” by Dr. J. Rogers Young of the Speakers’ Bureau, Medical Society of the District of Columbia. Cafe Damaged by Fire LURAY, Va, April 20 () —Mem- bers of the Luray Fire Department said fire caused about $300 damage last night to the Panorama Res- taurant on Skyline Drive. Firémen said the blaze apparently started from an oil heater. ADVERTISEMENT. ~ STUBBORN RHEUMATIC PAIN When Irritated by Excess Urie Acid Thousands take ALLENRU fer the rheuma- THE SUNDAY.. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, APRIL 21, 1940—PART ONE. State Department Official To Crown Blossom Queen Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va. April 20.— Henry W. Grady, Assistant Secretary of State, has accepted an invitation to crown Senorita Lillian Somoza, daughter of the President of Nica- ragua, as Queen Shenandoah XVII at the annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. Miss Somoza is in the senior class at Gunston Hall | School in Washington. The coronation will be held the| afternoon of May 2, the first day of the festival, in front of the Handley High School here. It will be followed by the “springtime” pageant in which approximately 1,000 school children will take part. —=Star Staff Photo. i Officials of the festival announced today that six additional princesses had been chosen. They are Miss Gene Dell Sale of Washington, D. C., representing American University; Miss Nancy J. Washington of Alexandria, Va., rep- resenting St. Agnes’ School; Miss Jane Allen of Salisbury, Md., repre- senting the Maryland State Horti- | cultural Society; Miss Dorothy Lee Cox of Martinsburg, W. Va., repre: | senting Shepherd State Teachers’ College; Miss Ruth Douglas of Reed- ville, Va., representing Blackstone College, and Miss Eugenia Lee Fargo of Baltimore, Md., representing St. Mary’s Female Seminary. Vegetarian Rats Get Special . Attention in Downtown Area Vegetarian rats are given special attention in an anti-rodent cam- paign begun in a downtown residen- tial area yesterday. Every household and business con- cern on Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh streets between M and O streets | N.W. received a package contain- ing three types of rat poison—mixed with hamburger, fish and oatmeal (that's for the vegetarians). Mixing and distribution were done by members of the Young People’s Societies of the Chevy Chase (Md.) Presbyterian Church. They worked at the Temple Baptist Church, Tenth and N streets N.-W., aided by several volunteers from Temple Center and a group. from the Met- ropolitan Baptist Church. . Dr. Frank N. Jarvis of the Bio- logical Survey supervised the work and saw to it that rats of all tastes were taken care of. “Rats are like human beings, in that no two of them have the same food preferences,” said Dr. Jarvis. “So we have the hamburger for the meat eaters, the fish (canned sal- mon) for fish eaters and the oat- READ WHY 80 MANY PONTIAC OWNERS GO ouT OoF THEIR WAY ' TO SELL CARS FOR us! ARCADE PONTIAC CO. 1437 Irving St. N.W. KING STREET PONTIAC CO. Alexandria, Va. 1 APPRECIATE IT WHEN FRIENDS RECOMMEND GOOD THINGS TO ME. THATS WHY | ALWAYS UKE TO RETURN THE FAVOR. ymeal for grain eaters or vegetar- ians. The latter type are found mainly around vegetable markets. “We expect the fish bait to get the most rats, because, for one thing, its odor is more penetrating. Some of the rats in the section we are covering may shy away from the hamburger, because hamburger- poisoned bait was used around here in a drive about three weeks ago, and many of the rats survived the too-small poison doses put out at that time.” Dr. Jarvis explained that the type of balt used containing powdered red squill this time is relatively harmless to other animals and hu- man beings. Cheese ‘was not used because it is a poor rat bait, ac- cording to Dr. Jarvis. “Few human beings like to eat cheese every day, do they?” he asked. “Well, neither do rats. If a cheese bait is put out shortly after they have had their fil? of cheese the rats are not likely to ap- proach the traps or bait for several days. It's much better to put out something that a rat can eat and like every day.” s | their voice shall be to me the voice WHEN ONE DISCOVERS A REAL™BUY" LIKE PONTIAC, WHY SHOULDN'T HE LET ON IT T00 2 Methodists fo Open First Conference Since Unification 782 Delegates Will Meet At Atlantic City For Three Weeks By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, April 20. —Representing the largest Protes- tant church organization in the United States, the Methodist Church will open Wednesday its first general conference since the uniting of its 7,856,000 members at .Kansas City & year ago. For three weeks the 782 delegates from the Uni States, Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America, rep- resenting 124 conferences, will legis- late for the new denomination, re- view articles of doctrine, co-ordinate women’s work and strengthen ma- chinery for administration of a far- flung spiritual empire. Unification of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, the Methodist Epis- copal Church, South, and the Metho- dist Protestant Church gaye the Methodists 38,000 preachers 46,- 255 congregations scattered through 42700 American communities. The church has 5,926,000 pupils in 46,000 Sunday schools. Budget of $75,000,000. The new Methodist Church’s an- nual budget will be about $75,000,000. There are 45432 church buildings and 22,898 parsonages valued at $565,474,000. Eighty-three hospitals valued at $73,250,000 employ 5,300 nursés and provide treatment for 356,000 patients annually. Forty- seven orphans’ homes with $11,000,~ 000 of buildings and endowments care for 4,500 children; 3,200 aged are retired in church homes valued and endowed at $16,500,000. Organized Methodism began in England a little more than two cen- turies ago, pioneered by John Wes- ley, who, guided always by his mother's advice, went. to Oxford University to “prepare for a right- eous life.” For 40 years Wesley, the “great Circuit rider,” rode horseback to meeting places on his 8,000-mile circuit. Enter New World. Wesley's followers tricked into the New World, the first in 1760. On September 2, 1784, Wesley ordained ‘Thomas Coke of Bristol, England, as superintendent of American Methodists, with instructions for him to ordain Francis Asbury as Joint superintendent. Asbury refused to accept ordina- tion ‘unless American Methodists were granted ecclesiastical - inde- pendence to match thelr pelitical independence. Coke told Asbury: “Doctor, we will call the preachers together, and of God.” During week of 1784, 60 unordained preachers met quietly for nine days in Lovely Lane Chapel at Baltimore. ! This was the famous “Christmas | conference” from which the Meth- | odist Episcopal Church was born. Y. M. C. A. Concert Today The Central Y. M. C. A. will pre- sent Everett Palmer, tenor, of the Robert Frederick Freund Studios, at 5 o'clock this afternoon in the third | of a series of Sunday afternoon con- | certs at. 1736 G street N.W. Mr. | Grocery Robbery Climaxes Day of Crime in District Burglary Nets $1,043; And $820 Worth of Jewelry Is Missing Two robbers obtained $100 last night in & holdup in s Sanitary gro- cery store in the 1900 block of Cal- | vert street NW., to top off a day which had netted thieves more than manager Mutual Insurance Co., block of Florida avenue at the Fox Hotel, 916 Fourteenth HOW CAN THEY BUILD SUCH A COMFRORTABLE MATTRESS FOR ONLY 2450 It’s the Guaranteed Comumter-Balanced Karr Sprimg Ceowstruction that makes it COMFORT FOR KEEPS SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED BOX SPRINGS Palmer will be accompanied by Myrtle Alcorn. MY FRIEND FRIENDS IN WHAT . 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