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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14
BEING UNDERSTOOD
IS SERMONS TOPIC
Or. J. J. Rives to Preach
Twice TomorroW-Mission
Groups to Meet.

DR.. ]. ]. Rives. pastor Of Francis
Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church
South, Sixteenth between Irving and
Lamont streets, announces the follow
ing subjects for his sermons tomorrow:
Endurance" at the morning service
and Being Understood" in the eve
ming.
The Epworth League at pm. will
be a "leaderless" Meeting at which
every one present will be given an OPP
portunity to participate in a general
discussion of questions Of interest to
young people. The league business and
social meeting will be held Monday
evening. The league will have charge
of the service at Central Union Mis-
sion, November 81, at pm.
The Woman's Missionary Society will
hold the following Circle Meetings: No.
/, with Mrs Folk, 1885 Park road, No
vember II, at 2 pm; No. 2, with Mrs.
McClammy, 1926 Euclid street, Mo-
vember II, at 2 pm; No. 3, with Mrs.
Settle, 1920 Clydesdale place. Novem-
Der 16, at pm; No. 4, with Mrs.
West, 1929 Hiatt place, November 10,
at 8 pm.
A special congregational meeting will
be held November 10, at PM, In
place of the regular prayer meeting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14
REV. FRANK S. NILES
TO PREACH TOMORROW
Adjoining the Doctrine" Will Be
Topic of Georgetown Min.
lister at Morning Service.

Rev. Frank s. Niles, minister Of the
Georgetown Presbyterian Church, will
preach tomorrow morning on the topic
Adjoining the Doctrine There will
also be a short story sermon for the
juniors. The evening service at 1850
union for past and present members
of the Young Peoples Societies. The
leader will be Mrs. stephen Hulburt.
Rev. Mr.. Niles will make the address.
The minister Is holding communi-
cants' class each Sunday from 10 to
1O:45 am, for those who are expecting
to unite with the church on the hrst
Sunday in December.
The Thursday evening meeting will
continue the series Of studies In the
Epistles of st. John.
The Union Thanksgiving service for
the II Protestant Churches Of George
town will be held in the Georgetown
Presbyterian Church Thanksgiving day
at IL o'clock. DIR. H. A. Kester, pastor
Of the Congress Street Methodist Prot
estant Church, will preach the sermon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14

The tenth anniversary of the pastor
ate of Rev. William e. La Rue at Take-
ma Park Baptist Church will be observed
with special exercises tomorrow. He Is
the first and only regular pastor Of the
church. He came here November is,
1921. after a pastorate of four years in
Rochester, N. Y.
He will preach q sermonette to chill
dren tomorrow on "a Feathered Tale,
and the regular sermon at IL o'clock on
"Ten Years in Takoma." He will
preach the first sermon he delivered at
the church under an apple tree. AT
7;45 pm. he will give the last sermon
in series of seven in "Things to Be-
lieve-About Living Again."
Sunday school meets at 10 am. and
B. Y. P. U. at 7:15 pm.
The monthly meeting of the Woman's
Missionary Society will be held Thurs
day evening. Leader, Mrs. J. G. Ste
vens; subject, Eat Work to Make Real
the Ideal of the Christian Home" Host
esses, Mrs. B. p. Davis and Mrs. c. w.
Hunt. President. Mrs, R. 8. Krout.
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rTRAGEDY OF UNFINISHED
/ TASK" WILL BE SUBJECT
Or. w. A. Shelton Will Preach at
! Mt. Vernon Place NJ. E.
! Church South.

Or. W. A. Shelton, pastor of Mount
Vernon Place NJ Z. Church South, will
preach tomorrow morning on 1.-THE
Tragedy Of the Unfinished Task" At
the evening service at 8 o'clock Rev.
H. d. Deal, assistant pastor, will preach,
using the subject Peculiar People"
The Won1an's Missionary Society will
meet ut IL am. Tuesday, with Mrs. w.
"A. Shelton as leader. Circle No. IL,
with MRS. z. l.. Crawford in charge, will
serve luncheon at 1880 o'clock. At
q 40 pm, the mission study class, Mrs.
"A. r. Harlan, teacher, meets to con-
tinue the study of THE Challenge of
Change" The business meeting Of the
society will be held Tuesday at 8 o'clock.
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|CHUReHEST0 MEET
IN 18TH SESSION
Washington Association Of
CongregationaIists
Gather Here.

The ninety eighth, meeting of the
Washington Association Of Congrega-
tional Churches will be held Tuesday,
beginning at 2 O'Clock, at the Mount
Pleasant Congregational Church.
Rev. Clifford Wesley Collins of Bal
timore will conduct the devotions at the
opening session. Rev. Arthur Elmes of
this city ana Mrs Julie M. Way, home
missionary representative of Commission
on Missions, Middle Atlantic Team. will
make addresses. =
The principal address at the evening
session will be given by Rev Waiter b.
Wiley, Marash, Turkey. Rev. Frederick
". Fisher of this city will also speak
The devotional service viii be conducted
by Rev. George Gee Of Herndon, Va.
There viii be election Of oficers at
the closing meeting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14
'CARTNEY TO GIVE
CHILDREN SERMONS
Series Will Begin at Covenant
Presbyterian Tomor-
row.

DR.. Albert Joseph Mccartney, min
lister of the Covenant-First Presbyterian
Church, will begin q series of sermon
cites tomorrow morning to the chill
dren, which will be given in the course
of the morning service in the church.
He will take as his sermon tomorrow,
the seventh in his series, Highways
and Byways in the Land of the Book. y
the topic, The Very Well From Which
He Drank
At the Thursday evening prayer
meeting DIR. Mccartney will talk on
1.-The Street Called Straight"-the con-
version of Saul of Tarsus.
The All Corners Mems Bible Glass
will be addressed Sunday morning by
Judge e. H. Van Fossan Of the Board
of Tax Appeals, on paul in Jerusalem. y
E. H: De 1, Groot; jr:;; presidentt, s OF the the
trist of Columbia Sunday School As
ISOLATION, will address the class on
Paul in Rome" November %.
Society to Meet.
The Society of the Covenant will
meet Wednesday at II am. Miss Ann
Elizabeth Taylor of the Board of Ma
tional Missions will speak on "New
Roads and Old Trails" Work in
Canada and Tselami, Ariz., viii also
be discussed. Luncheon will be served
at o'clock.
The Covenant Evening Missionary
Society viii meet In the chapel Wed
nesday evening. Miss Elizabeth Taylor,
promotion secretary for the Board of
National Mission, will speak. The So
ciety particularly invites the members
of the Sadler Missionary League and
the Macleod Bible Glass to meet with
them.
DIR. Mccartney will show slides and
films and give q lecture on his trip
abroad this Summer Monday evening.
Men of the congregation have been
especially invited. This meeting Is
under the auspices of the Mems Club,
Every Monday night at 1880 O'Clock
is recreation period for the men at the
church. Games are provided.
Young Women to Meet.
Miss Thurston's class, which meets
each Sunday at GAS am, comprised
of Young women of the church, will
discuss the subject of What Gan We
Expect Of Prayer?"
The Covenant Fellowship, Of young
people over the age of 20 years, meets
each Sunday at $50 pm, preceded
by supper, in which the Tip Top Club
Joins them.
The Tip Top Club, for young people
under the age of 20 years, will meet
Sunday at $50 pm. Their topic for
discussion will be what Is the Pur-
pose of Life?" Harry Little will be the
leader Following supper with the
Covenant Fellowship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14
CHURCH TO RECEIVE
. MEMBERS ON ROLL
Congregation of Luther Place
Church to Be Trebled
by New Group.

At the Luther Place Memorial Church
at Thomas Circle tomorrow at ii am,
DR.. Carl G. Rasmussen, the pastor, VIII
deliver a sermon on the theme, "WhaI
Live LayRen Can Do for the Cnurcn.
At pm. he will discuss "What our
Loyalties Do for U.s."
At the morning service another large
group will be welcomed into the fenoW-
ship of the congregation. This group
will carry the recruiting program which
DIR. Rasmussen set up when he came 10
the local pulpit well past the mark OF a
trebled membership. ms marx was
reached in less than 19 months.
The church members have been In
terested in the record being made py
Rev. Frank H. Clutz in the membership
building activities. He came to WASH
ington from the Lutheran SEMINARY IN
Gettysburg. where he was graouateo 10
May. After spending the month OF
June studying the plans and poncles at
Luther Place, he took full charge OF
the work for the period OF DR.. Ras-
nlussen's absence at Columbia Unlver-
sity. and since his return has served as
assistant pastor. In four ana a nan
months he has brought more than gu
new members into the church.
Plans are being made for the annual
every member visitation November ~.
1t is expected that approximately 10
teams will make the visits. The vista
ton is being arranged under the leader
shin of Arthur P. Black, executive sec
retary of the Laymen's Movement OF
the United Lutheran Church in
America.
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MINISTER TO DISCUSS
EVERYDAY PROBLEMS
taking Second Place Gracefully"
to Be DR.. s. B. Daugherty's
Subject.

At the Memorial United Brethren
Church, North Capitol and r streets,
tomorrow the minister, DR.. S. b
Daugherty, will preach in the morning
on "Our Transient Tears" and in the
evening he will deliver the second dis
course in the Selies on Solving Lies
Everyday Problems" taking for his
theme taking Second Place Grace
fully" A question period will precede
the evening sermon. The Sunday school
will meet at GAO am. and the G. E.
societies at 7 PM, with short bust
ness session at 6:15 o'clock. The junior
church will meet at IL am.
The mid-week service of prayer will
be held Tuesday evening at 7:45 o'clock.
The missionary society will meet to
sew for the children Of Quincy Orphan
age Wednesday at 10 O'Clock in the
Sunday school house. The Ladies' Aid
Society will conduct a rummage sale
Tuesday, wednesday and Thursday at
17151a Seventh street. Mrs. II. Lee
Smith, Decatur 1898, will have charge
of the donations.
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ILLUSTRATED LECTURE
ON NORTHWEST PLANNED
Talk Will Deal With Mission Work
Of Evangelical Church in
Oregon and Washington.

An illustrated lecture on 1.-THE Pacific
Northwest" will be given at Concordia
Church, Twentieth and G streets, to-
morrow evening by Rev. Charles Enders.
It viii deal with the progress being
made in the mission churches of the
Evangelical Synod of North America in
Oregon and Washington.
The annual pledges for church sup
port will be received in the services
next Sunday. In the morning worship
recognition will be taken of the twenty
fifth anniversary of the laymen's mis-
sionary movement. The pastor will
preach on "The Compelling Power of
Christ's Love-"
In the young peoples meeting at TBS
pm. William Steiner will be the leader.
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VISITOR TO MAKE APPEAL
I FOR HURRICANE RELIEF
Dr. Percy Steed, En- Route to Brit
ish Honduras, to Preach at
st. Thomas Church.

DR.. Percy Steed, chaplain to the Lord
Bishop of Honduras, is visiting Wash
1ngton, en- route from England to Belize,
British Honduras. to appeal for aid on
behalf Of the sufferers in the recent
hurricane and tidal wave disaster, the
effects Of which are being felt not only
in Belize, but also throughout Central
America. He will preach tomorrow at
st. Thomas Episcopal Church at IL m.
and at the Church of the Epiphany at
pm.
In lcommemeration of the Armistice,
all veterans and ex-service men of the
American and British forces are invited.
On Armistice night DR.. Steed was a
guest Of Toc-H, Marck I, where he ad-
dressed the members.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14
S|zO0 TO MARK
/ HIS ORDINATION
"Test of True Religion" to Be
Topic at TWenty-First
Anniversary.

At the New York Avenue Presbyte-
rian Church tomorrow DR.. ]. r. Sizoc
will have for his topic, The Test OF
True Religion" Sunday will mark the
twenty-first anniversary of his ordina-
Gion to the ministry and the services
win be in the nature of special rec
ignition. The morning service VII De
broadcast over Station VOL.
DIR. Sizoo graduated from the New
Brunswick Theological Seminary and
was ordained in the Reformed Church
of America in 1910. He also took post.
graduate work at Union Theological
Seminary and Summer course at OK
ford University. He began his MINIS
try In Washington in 1928.
DR. Sizoo will continue Sunday eve
ming his series of travel sermons when
he will speak on Paris or Pride Com
eth Before"
Fellowship Tea.
The young people are invited to the
fellowship tea at 6 o'clock, with Misses
Elsie and Doris Cummins as hostesses.
Following the tea at 6:45 o'clock, the
Christian Endeavor Society will meet
with Jajib Khoury as the leader.
The Wednesday Morning Guild will
meet e. ii O'Clock November 10. Mem
bers are requested to bring canned
goods which will be used to make UP
the Thanksgiving baskets to be sent
out by the church. DR.. j. Hillman
HOLSTER, minister of the Chevy Chase
Presbyterian Church, will be the
speaker. The luncheon following the
meeting will be in charge of Mrs. Drury
and Mrs. Mayors.
The George Washington University
Presbyterian Club will hold meeting
and social Wednesday evening. DR..
Sizoo will be the speaker and enter
tainment under, the direction of Miss
Marjorie Webster will follow. The pas
tors of the churches are invited to
attend.
To Open Parish Hall.
For The first time the parish hall
which was purchased by the church last
Spring is to be used Thursday at 6:15
O'Clock for a church fellowship dinner
There will be program of dedication.
Reservations for the dinner must be
made through the church Office not
later than Tuesday at noon.
The mid-week prayer service will be
conducted Thursday evening by DR..
Sizoo when he will speak on another
phase Of the general theme, THE Road
Home
The Church Bible School will give
an entertainment Friday evening at
the Marjorie Webster School under the
direction of Miss Marjorie Webster,
Stewart Smith and Mark Smith. The
program is entitled "Etcetera" and will
consist of several numbers presented by
talent furnished by various classes of
the Church Bible School. The pro-
ceeds Of this entertainment will be used
toward the pledge of the school to the
church building fund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14
HALL SOON TO BE READY
New Metropolitan Church Space in
Use Next Month.

The assembly hall in the new Metro
politan Church will be ready for occu-
pancy by the church school the first
Sunday in December. The women of
the church will give their annual bazaar
in the new church parlors the week OF
December 4.
The public services Of the church will
be held tomorrow morning at IL O'Clock
in the Mount Vernon Seminary Chapel
DR.. James Skera Montgomery will
preach on "a Great Recovery" The
Metropolitan EpWorth League will meet
in Simpson Chapel at O'Clock. The
speaker will be- Charles Ford, fourth
Vice president, Epworth League.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14
COMMUNION PLANNED
Cleveland Park Church to Hold
Special Autumn Service.

The Cleveland Park Congregational
Church will hold its Autumn commun-
ion service tomorrow at IL am New
members will be received into the
church. The pastor, Rev. George Farm
ham, will preach on AFTER Thoughts u
The Woman's Association will hold
its annual bazaar and turkey dinner
Thursday and Friday. Mrs, r. L. Liv-
ingston, president Of the society, has
appointed Mrs. Charles Parke Miller
as chairman Of the general Bazaar
Committee and Mrs. D. E. Whitman
chairman of the Dinner Committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14
Nrias JrritHalr.it
(SwEDENBOR0IAN)
CHURCH OF THE HOLY CITY

18th above Q NV.
S:45a .m.-Bihle Glasses.
1000 a.In.--Arcana Adult Class, Alice
Thatcher Post. leader.
400 a.m.-Morning worship, with ser
mon by the pastor.
500 p.m.-Discussion meeting in the
Church Parior, led by the
pastor.
- Every One Welcome Always
> me Church Library Is open daily
nroni to in the afternoon as well ~
1pNovang the Sunday morning service,
B, pastor-Rey. Paul speFt1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14

DR.. z. q. Phillips will occupy the pull
pit at the Church Of the Epiphany at
the al o'clock service on Sunday.
The guest preacher at the evening
service will be Rev. Percy Steed, chap
lain to the Lord Bishop of Honduras.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14
DR.. JOHNSON TO PREACH
National Baptist Pastor to Deliver
Two Sermons.

DR.. Cove g. johnson will speak to-
morrow at IL am. at National Baptist
Memorial on Who Is on the Lords
Side? in connection with Men and
Missions day. George Edelin, will speak
Tor the laymen. In the evening the
pastor will speak on THE Song of De-
will be in charge of this service. The
Bible school, George s. Neweombe
superintendent, will meet at $3.50 am.
The Boy Scouts, Troop AZ, and the
Junior World Wide Guild meet at the
church Friday evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14
Eninhanx Chanel.

DR.. Francis Yaruell. vicar, will preach
at the IL o'clock service tomorrow on
Society will hold a three-day bazaar
November II, IL and 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14

REV. HOWARD v. MILLER,
Superintendent of the New York dis
trict, Church of the Nazarene, and
Prof. Fred. G. Smith of South Port
land, Maine, will begin series of
the Nazarene. Seventh and A streets
northeast, Of which Rev. Leewin B.
williams is pastor, next Wednesday
evening.
Services will be held each evening at
1880 o'clock and on Sundays at II am.
and 1880 pm. during the campaign.
The Washington times., 1931-04-11
JUST|CEHUGHES
IS So TODAY

Chief Justice Charles Evans
Hughes. of the United States Su-
preme Court, is observing his
sixty-ninth birthday anniversary
today by carrying on" as usual.
While he will doubtless expert
ence brief Interruptions caused
by the flood of congratulations
which are pouring in from all
parts of the country from citizens,
public officials, members of the
legal profession, business, and in
dustrial leaders, the major por-
ton of his time will be devoted
to whipping important Supreme
Court decisions into shape.
Chief Justice Hughes has long
been one of the country's out
standing statesmen and juristS.
He was the Republican candi-
date for the Presidency in 1916
and so close was the race which
he gave President Wilson in that
campaign that for several days
the victory was in doubt. His
biographical sketch in who's
Who" is one of the longest in
that compilation.
The Washington times., 1931-04-11
YOUTH ROBBED,
SUSPECT HELD

Charged with having lured a
14-year-old newsboy into an alley
and robbed him of $1.6O, Charles
Pinkert today was held for the
action of the Grand Jury on bond
of $4,000 by Judge Ralph E.
Given in Police Court.
Charles Liddington, 1924
Twelfth st. N. E., told the court
that, on March 26, he was &C
costed by Pinkert at Eighth Street
and Michigan Avenue Northeast.
The man told him, Charles said,
that there was an injured man
in a nearby alley and asked him
to come and see him.
The boy entered the alley and
there, he declares, Pinkert robbed
him, telling him he would shoot
him if he made an outcry.
Pinkert was arrested yesterday
near the scene of the alleged rob-
berry on a description given by
the boy.
The Washington times., 1931-04-11
KITE Contest
AWARD MADE

With a group of prominent Dis
trict officials releasing balloons
in an effort to determine how far
they will travel, more than 300
children yesterday gathered at
Anacostia Park to participate in
the annual kite contest sponsored
by the District Model Aircraft
League.
Those who released the balloons
were DR.. Luther H. Reichelderfer,
District Commissioner; DR.. H. Bar
rett Learned president of the
Board of Education; Gen. Mason
M. Patrick, chairman of the Pub
lie Utilities Commission; Col. U. S.
Grant, 3rd, and DIR. George C..
Havenner, president of the FEEDER
alton of Citizens Associations.
Luther Schmidt, with his kite
taking first prize in performance,
workmanship and decoration, was
declared winner of the meet.
Other winners were Jack Collins,
Brooks Fry, Samuel Bacasse,
Frank Salisbury, David Fish, Adel-
bert Selden, James Carpenter, l..
Pumphrey, and Fremont Davis.
The judges of the contest in
cluded Hugo linden, of the Fine
Arts Club; Bertis Baker, Of the
Corcoran Are Gallery; DR.. H. L.
Dryden, of the Bureau of Stand
ards; S. T. Ferguson, of the
Weather Bureau; Paul Edward
CARRIER, of the Smithsonian; and
F. A. Woodward, principal of the
Gordon Junior High School.
The Washington times., 1931-04-11
Boy on Way to See
Hoover Is Injured

The dream of Jack Open
heimer, 13, Of Crestwood, N. Y,
of shaking hands with President
Hoover, was dispelled when he
was seriously injured in an auto
mobile accident April 4, at Belts.
vile, Md.
The boy and three companions
had left their New York home to
drive to Washington and had a
note to a man who was to intro
duce him at the White House.
Jack, the only one injured, re-
ceived a compound fracture of
the skull and. according to
Casualty Hospital physicians, is
in a critical condition.
The Washington times., 1931-04-11
MARKET SPACE
To De BOUGHT

Purchase of all property in the
block bounded by Tenth and
Eleventh, and E and F Streets
Southwest, for $145,500, as a part
of the proposed Farmers Market
has been voted by the District
Commissioners.
The District has instituted con-
demnation proceedings to obtain
other property for the market in
the adjacent block of Tenth and
Eleventh and F and G Streets.
The purchase was made on
recommendation of Major H. L.
Robb, assistant Engineer Com
missioner, who pointed out that
such a move would permit de-
velopment of the project and also
would provide the farmers with a
temporary market space.
The farmers will soon have to
leave stands adjacent to the old
Center Market
The Washington times., 1931-04-11
BOOKS ABSENT,
RHEEM CASE
ADJOURNED
Public Hearing Postponed Till
Next Thursday; Shift Made
for Future Examination

Creditors of Swartzell, Rheem,
and Hensey Company, bankrupt
mortgage bankers, who crowded
into Criminal Court No. 2, in the
District Supreme Court Building,
today, hoping to gain added in
formation regarding the involved
affairs Of the concern, were dis
appointed when the public exami-
nation of officers held before
Fred j. Eden, referee in bank
ruptcy, adjourned without results.
When it was learned that no
plans had been made for conduct
ing the examination and that
needed records were not available,
the public hearing was continued
until 10 a. M, Thursday, April
16, at the Swartzell, Rheem, and
Hensy Building, 727 Fifteenth
st. N. w.
Examinations in the future will
be limited to transactions in
volving specific properties. These
will be held on days set aside for
them and only those persons di-
rectly interested in these projects
will need attend.
The Shoreham Building is to
be the first property studied. It
is expected that several days will
be needed to delve into the trans
actions connected with this deal.
This also concerns the sale of
the Hurley-Wright Building, ac-
iording to Attorney E. Hilton
Jackson, who questioned Edmund
D. Rheem until it was evident
that information he sought could
be obtained only through the
firms records.
Judge Michael M. Doyle, one
of the trustees, announced that
the District of Columbia has made
an offer for certain lots listed as
assets of the firm. These are
located near Rhode Island Ave.
nue. and Thirteenth st. N. E., and,
if sold, would become the site OF
a new fire station.