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Evening star., 1933-07-22
cHArrEH xkvIu.

BATTING FATHER RoBART. :
TlATHIR ROBART looked down
- and hastily swerved Just n time
toprevent Pucci's sudden txanslA-
i ton to undoubtedly . warmer
spot.
Pucci croaked again and uttered
strugglinely upward to q chair and look.
81 ct the priest with his suspicions con-
The priest In the meantime muttered
something that sounded very much like
Course the birdl" and was most insult
able to his cloth, and had regained his
threatened balance.
why, Father Robaxtl" I murmured
He stood, long black figure, with the
wind sweeping the skirts Of his robe
outward and threatening his shallow
shovel hat. In spite Of his trappings,
he looked anything but pious.
Still, priests are but normal, and per-
haps the mysterious illness that had
brought him 70 Armene had made him
. little more peevish than ordinary.
Peevish, however, was scarcely the word.
The man was glowering down ct me. he
was fairly bubbling with wrath, but he
was still silent.
Father Rohart!" said again in gen.
tie reproach. Such words from . man
Of God! May I trouble you for =
His rage bubbled over at once. He
took Q nenacing step or two toward me,
his long. black arms looking, ! must
say. anything but feeble.
Il suppose. "a he said. that you've told
the police"
mo: not yet"
"Why?"
"Why whst?"
He forced himself, thought, to take
long breath and to become steady.
why have you not told the police
| what you've just told me?" he asked
more coolly, but with the still look
deepened In his light eyes.
y haven't had time" I said with .
portant matters to explain to them yes
terday. But It's my duty, Of course, to
inform them Of It,"
1T doesn't matter" said Father Ro-
bart. Having no alibi is nothing"
Nothing ct ALL" I agreed. "Still, I
suppose the police will ask-why has
this man been at some pains to prepare
Q false alibi?"
"A question that Is easily answered" I"
he said coldly. I'm these unsettled
times, when the church itself Is assailed,
It is unwise for men Of the church to
permit themselves to be entangled IN
any way with such things A." He
made q gesture toward the north wing
Of the hotel, with its shining glass wall
looking down at US and the little iron
stairway at It's end. "As that" he said
lconclusively.
/ Keeping myself completely clear Of
the thing was merely another duty, Mr..
Sundean, which you, who talks 30 glibly
! and familiarly Of duty, viii under
stand" With which he said good morn
ing In . wa. which limited at triumph
and turned sweepingly away.
| The dignity Of his departure was, how
| ever, somewhat mArred by the cocka-
too'c making . sudden clutch at his
soutane with long. gray claw and
hanging on for dear life, and squawking
Evening star., 1933-07-22
MISSING GIRL MARRIED
Search for Natalie Carr Dropped
With Receipt Of Letter.

CLINTON, Conn, July a. R.-
Search for Miss Natalie Z. Carr. 10,
Of New York, who left her aunt's home
here July - and did not return, has
been ended by State police ct request
Of Mrs. Emily Carr Of New York, her
mother.
Mrs. Carr yesterday said she had re-
ceived q letter from her daughter con.
taining the information that Miss Carr
was married to "Tom," Yale graduats
who had been working q garage me.
chanic, and was on her way to Europe.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
LODGING PLACE, TOPIC

Rev. Frank s. Niles. minister OF the
GEORGETOWN Presbyterian Church, VIII
speak at II o'clock tomorrow on "A
Lodging Place In the Wilderness"
T1e Vacation Church School held IT'S
closifSR exercises Friday morning. the
school has held its sessions each week
day for the past month. More than 2
hundred children have been enrolled.
These children have come from many
IT has been q community school under
the supervision Of Mrs. Wallace Rad
cliffe, assisted by faculty, all OF whom
were volunteer workers. =
Evening star., 1933-07-22
DERN REACHES UTAH
Secretary Of War Returns Home on
Way to California.

SALT LAKE CITY, July a. R.-
George H. Dern, for eight years Cover
nor Of Utah, returned to his home
State yesterday as Secretary Of War
for the first time since he assumed that
ONCE.
With Mrs. Dern, he arrived at the
Salt Lake Airport aboard an Army
transport plane In the throng which
greeted them were their daughters, Mrs.
Harry Baxter and Miss Betsy Dern.
Secretary Dern will speak at the Ma
tional Governors Conference in Sacra-
mento, Calf, next week.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
PASTOR SELECTS TOPIC
Rev. A. r. Bird to Discuss "Ltght
for the Heart" f


Light for the Heart" Is the theme
tomorrow morning Of Rev. Andrew r.
Bird at the Church Of the Pilgrims, on
the parkway at Twenty-second and p
streets. The session will ordain and
install q elders, Walter B. Lawrence,
Charles q. Lueck. Frank r. Strunk, and
as deacons, Dr.. 8. Reeves Coleman,
Lloyd B. Harrison, DR.. Fred w. Poos.
Cecil Tolbert, DR.. John A Tolley and
Joseph L. wallace.
The pastor will have the Young Peo-
pies Department Of the Church associ-
ated With him in the conduct Of the
evening service. This service win be
preceded by . quarter Of an hour Of
special organ music by Warren T.
johnson.
A gathering Of the congregation for
prayer will be held In the chapel Thurs
day evening, and win be followed BY an
address by the minister on Solomon
at the Dawnins Of His Days"
Evening star., 1933-07-22
Good VIII Baptist.

The pastor, DR.. James L. Pinn. win
preach tomorrow morning on The
Purchasing Power Of Smile" and In
the evening on Foundation Stones OF
Friendship"
Evening star., 1933-07-22
HoNoRs PERCY S. FOSTER
Christian Endeavor Convention Re-
members Former Music Leader.

Recalling the many years during
which Percy s. Foster lead the music
at their Nation gatherings, the
thirty-fourth international Christian
Endeavor convention, which recently
concluded its sessions at Milwaukee,
wis, unanimously adopted resolution
honoring Mr.. Foster.
The Percy s. Foster Memorial Com
mittee. under the direction OF Miss
Monette Hallam, general chairman, 134l
Fairmont street, Is arranging Tor two
memorials to Mr.. Foster, one to be
located In the National Baptist Memorial
Church and the other In the head
quarters building Of Christian Endeavor
in Boston. Friends Of Mr.. Foster are
invited to share In this tribute.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
Afcmerial United Brethren.

The minister. Dr.. Simpson B.
Dausherty, win preach tomorrow at 10
O'Clock on "Our Sons" the fourth mes
sage In the series on "The Home: the
Church and Present Day Problems. :"
The vespers,- In charge Of the young
people, viii Be held ct 7:30 pm. The
subject d Friendship" Addresses BY
the youth. discussion, with closing mes
sage by the minister.
Midweek service Tuesday evening,
Q. Z. business meeting and social fol-
loWin9,
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Fifth Baptist.

DR.. John Z. Briggs will preach to-
morrow morning and evening. after
which he will take q brief vacation,
speaking at the Buelah Baptist Associa-
ton in North Carolina next week. and
the Dan River Association of Virginia
the week following. DR.. A. E. Harris
Of the Eastern Baptist Theological
Seminary of Philadelphia, former as
sociate pastor of the great Russell Con-
well, and DR.. L. De Worries will be guest
preachers. These ministers will not
only preach on Sundays but will be act
ing pastors, visiting the sick, teaching
the Bible classes, conducting prayer
and doing other church work.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
John weekly A, n. z. Zion.

"Heroic Discipleship" Is the sermon
subject tomorrow morning by Rev. w.
o. Darlington. big Brother" viii be
the message to the Junior Church.
At 7:45 pm. the minister will preach
on Done With Childish Ways" Music
by the second choir, Miss Lucille Mills,
orRauiSt, !
Evening star., 1933-07-22
TENT SERVICE PLANNED
"saved by FAITH to Be Sermon
Topic of DR.. Ferguson.

The senior B. Y. P. U. Society Will
have charge of the first 80 minutes OF
the 3 pm. service tomorrow at WIS
consin Avenue Baptist Church. The
pastor, Rev Clarence Ray Ferguson,
will preach on Saved by Faith" The
service will be in the tent by the
church. During the II o'clock service
the pastor will preach from the theme
"The Church at Antioch"
The church Bible school will observe
its annual picnic next Friday. at No:
10 grove in Rock Greek Park, to
pm. Deacons' meeting, Wednesday,
I pm, and the church will study Col
ossians the fourth chapter at o'clock.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
: RETURNS TO PULPIT
Dr.. Taylor WIN Report on Pan
Presbyterian Council in Belfast. !

At the Central Presbyterian Church
the pastor, DR.. James H. Taylor, who
has been spending several weeks IN Ire
land, Scotland and England, WIN preach
tomorrow morning and give m account
OF the Pan-P Presbyterian Counea which
was recently held In. Belfast, Ireland.
At the evening meeting, reports w1l
be received from the delegates 70 the
Young Peoples Conference 1t Massa-
META, Va. The following win take part:
Evans Buchanan, Ella Harllee. Emily
Johnston. Robert Meyer, Mary Poole
Shannon, Helen seheppard and AsIen
Wl1liamson.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
wesley M. z.

DR.. J. Phelps Hand. pastor, Is con-
tinuing his series Of sermons on the
general theme Of Messages Of Obscure
and Forgotten Lives" with the subject
1.-TWO Women at the MIL" ct the IL
o'clock service tomorrow. He Will also
speak ct the union vesper service from
II to O'Clock at AL Saints Episcopal
Church.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
Chevy Chase Presbyterian.

"Blindness" will be the subject Of
DIR. J. Hillman HOLSTERS sermon to.
morrow. Harold Martin, tenor, VIII
sing. This will be Dr.. HOLSTERS last
sermon until he returns from his yaca-
ton In the early Autumn. Sunday
evening members Of the church viii
attend the union vesper service on the
lawn Of the Episcopal Church.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
lreunt Msriah Baptist

The twenty-third anniversary Of the
pastor, Dr.,J. H. Randolph, viii be cele-
bfated tomorrow. Dr.. A. ]. Tyler win
preach the anniversary sermon ct II
Choir. At 3 pm. sermonette viii be
delivered by the pastor, with special
music BY the Senior and Junior Choirs
and addresses.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
WOMAN GUILTY IN DEATH
Gets Two-Year Sentence for Killing
Husband With Poison.

Husband With Poison.
FORT STOCKTON, Tex, July AZ
R).-Mrs. Bessie Sharp was convicted Of
murder and sentenced to two years I'M
prisonmeut yesterday for the poison
death Of her husband, Teleftis Sharp,
at their home In Sanderson, two years
ago.
The State presented testimony pur-
porting to show she gave her husband
three doses Of poison to get rid Of
him" 70 she could marry cowboy.
Mrs. Sharp displayed no emotion upen
hearing the verdict.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
Llnee,n Roaa Meslpdi.s Episcopal

Lincoln E0eo MesnDoDs kpooopas.
Divine Directions" = the toplc TO-
morrow morning OF Rev. walter r.
Atkinson. Albert Dell. tenor, win sing.
At the vesper service from Z TO . pm.
members OF the School Of Religious
Education win participate. Rev. Lowell
N. Atkinson, spn Of the PASTOR viii
preach. Mr.. Dell will sing.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
western Presbyterian.

Rev. J. H. Dunham viii preach To-
morrow ct II am. on "The Main
Hope" Early morning watch win Be
held wednesday ct am. Prayer serv-
ice Thursday. nm, $50 80
Evening star., 1933-07-22
Divine Science.

Grace Lishtfoot Patch, has for her
subject tomorrow morning at Stone
leigh Court, l706 L street 'The Law
of Being" Wednesday at 8 pm. At
3303 Thirteenth street Mrs. Fay has
for her subject, New Prayer"
Evening star., 1933-07-22
n Street Christian.

Rev. G. N. williams. the minister.
viii preach tomorrow morning on
Growing Christian"
Evening star., 1933-07-22
PAY ROLLS HIKED SO PCT.
Flooring Concern Also Increases
Employment In Last 90 Days.

Employment in East 90 Days.
CHICAGO, July n H).-Pay rolls
and embloyment Of the Z. L. Bruce Co.,
hardwood flooring manufacturer, have
increased more than 50 pea cent Ia the
last 90 days, o. Arthur Bruce. Vice
preSident, announced Today. The COM
pany . now operating . Of it, IL
plants. and the tenth win b put Int
qperakion within the nsxt tNo We1R
Evening star., 1933-07-22
Third BSptist.

| DR.. George o. Bullock's topic tomor-
row at IL am. Is "All for Jesus" and
8 pm. "The Rejected Stone" Prayer
meeting Tuesday, 8 to 10 pm; young
peoples prayer meeting. Thursday, .
to 8 pm; MONDAY prayer meeting
daily.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
Eldbrooke M. z.

The pastor, Rev. w. M. Michael, will
preach tomorrow on "A Days Jour-
ney" The choir, under the direction
Of Mrs. Clara Young Brown, will sing.
The evening services are omitted dur
ing July and August.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
YOUNG COLLIER TO WE'D

Son Of Advertising Kagnats to
Marry Miss Barbara May.
NEW YORK, July ~ Cp.4Ths en-
gagement Of Miss Barbara May, daugh-
ter Of George Oliver May Of Southport.
Conn, to Barron Collier, r., son Of the
street car advertising maSnate and
terday. Miss May 10 Z member Of the
Junior League. Collier, who was grad
uated from Yale IN 1880, Il associated
with his fathers advertising nrm.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
Unity Society.

Or. Amelia A, Randall Win Be the
Ruest speaker In . series Of lectures and
classes for the next two or three weeks.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
First Brethren.

Rev. Homer A. Kent, pastor, will
preach at II O'Clock tomorrow on 'The
Half Hath Not Been Told" At 8 pm.
the service will be in charge Of the
Layman's League Of the church. The
weekly prayer service will be held
Thursday night.
Evening star., 1933-07-22

tian Endeavcr Society viii hold IN
outdoor meeting at pm. In ONeils
court, between Second and Jhir6 =
and q streets southwest.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
Grace Lutheran.

The pastor, Rev. Gerhard =. Lenskl,
win preach tomorrow at II Am. o.,
1.-THE uttermost Farthing."
Evening star., 1933-07-22
Luther Place Memorial.

Rev. Paul Reaser, supply pastor. VIII
preach tomorrow on Christian HUI
mility." DR.. Carl c. Rasmussen, the
pastor. is spending the Summer weeks
In study at Columbia University. New
York
Evening star., 1933-07-22
Metropolitan A. NJ. E.

The annual excursion to Riverview
will be July ~. Dr. william H. Thomas
will preach tomorrow at II am. and at
8 pm. DR.. Frank w. Alstork Of Union
Wesley will preach at $3.50 pm.
Music by the choir.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
Eirlf Banti6t.

Rev. George p. Alternately will occupy
the pulpit tomorrow morning In the
absence Of DR.. Samuel Judson Porter,
pastor, who is recovering from q recent
illness. DR.. Abernathy's subject will be
THE TRANSPORTATION" There will be
no evening service.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
Yogods Society.

Louis Z. Van Norman, author ana
lecturer, and chairman Of the society,
will speak tomorrow evening on God
In Everyday Life," In the chapel. Suite
81, the Champlain, 1924 K street. The
public k invited.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
fifteenth Street Presbyterian.

I DR.. H. B. Taylor. pastor, will preach
tomorrow at IL am. on Improving
Prosperity" Special music BY the
junior choir, under the direction OF
Miss Allen.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
81, Paul's Lutheran.

The pastor, DR.. Henry w. Snyder.
will have Dead, Yet Alive" for his
subject tomorrow at the II O'Clock
service
Evening star., 1933-07-22
Zion Baptist, Southwest.

At the ii O'Clock service Tomorrow
the pulpit WIN be occupied 81 Rev.
will be celebrated. At B O'Clock Rev.
Emmett staris win preach. The Chris
Evening star., 1933-07-22
Christ Lutheran.

The service at II o'clock tomorrow Is
the only service. The pastor, Rev. ].
Frederic Wenchel, will speak on How
Apostle" This is the third sermon in
this years series of Summer sermons
on Christ and the Sea of Galilee. The
vocal soloist Sunday morning is Miss
Clara Reese. Next Sunday morning
Granville Leonard Of Waynesboro, Va,
will preach the sermon.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
T.ko,na. Park Baptist.

Rev. william E. La Rue will preach
tomorrow at IL am. q sermonette TO
the children, "Who Shall Receive the
Medal?" The regular sermon subject
is How Should Christians Act In De-
preston Times?" No evening services
during Summer.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
EckinKton PRESBYTERIAN.

Morning and evening services will be
held tomorrow. The pastor. Rev. Henry
B. Wooding, will speak. The service in
the evening will be under the auspices
Of the Missionary Society. A service
fer prayer and praise will be held
Tuesday evening.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
Healing Services.

Healing in the Early Church" will be
the subject of the talk by Rev. Clyde
Brown, at the service Of Christian
healing Tuesday evening in the Church
of st. Stephen and The Incarnation.
Sixteenth and Newton streets. Mr..
Brown has had charge Of these services
in July during the absence Of Or. Dud-
ley, rector. The st. Stephen Prayer
Circle will adjourn its meeting Monday
evening and combine with the Tuesday
service. Books on psychology, life ad-
justment and the spiritual hfe VIII be
loaned after the service.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
st. Marks Lutheran.

DR.. L. M. Zimmerman will preach to-
Luther Frantz, is attending the Luth-
eran Conference at Massanetta Springs,
Va, and will return to preach July 80.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
Centennial Baptist.

'How q Clod-hopper Got There!" Is
the title Of story for Sunday night at
8:l5 o'clock by Rev. E. Hez Sven.
The Sunday morning sermon subject is
Remarkably Related to sGodl"
Evening star., 1933-07-22
Friendship Baptist.

Prophet Milton Sparks of New York
will preach tomorrow at II am. and
pm. Prayer and praise meeting
Tuesday. 8 pm.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
Zion Baptist.

Rev. Frank E. Hearns. pastor Of the
Shiloh Baptist Church, Alexandria, Va,
will preach tomorrow and administer
holy communion. The Christian En-
deavor will hold an outdoor meeting
at Gas pm. The night services will
be conducted by Rev. Emmett Starks.
formerly the pastor Of the Emmanuel
Baptist Church, Garfield, D. G. =
Evening star., 1933-07-22
Bethany Baptist.

"Our Lords Day" will be the pastor's 8
subject tomorrow morning. In the eve
ming he will speak on The Healing
Shadow" The young people will assiss
In the service.
The mems Bible class will be taught
by Perry Stevenson. The class Will
have charge Of the prayer service
Thursday evening. The Ladies Aid WILL
meet Wednesday evening.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
An Souls Episcopal

Rev. Edward Slater Dunlap, guest
preacher, will have for his subject to-
morrow rs God Indifferent" He VIII
also have charge Of the early service
at 7:30 O'Clock.
DR.. J. Phelps Hand, pastor Of Wesley
Methodist Episcopal Church. viii be the
speaker at union vesper service TO pc
held from Z to 8 o'clock on the church
lawn. DR.. Henry w. Snyder, pastor OF
st. Paul's Lutheran Church, VIII pre-
side.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
Zion Evangeiical Lutheran.

To-day and the Way Out" Is the
subject Of the sermon by Rev. Edward
G. Goetz tomorrow at the II am.
service.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
lenle,e CongreeAtlonaI

Rev. A. =. Zines, minister. viii pre-
sent the second In the series Of Sum-
"Old Testament Portralts." tomorrow
at II am. The subject Is '"The Man
Who Lived In Front Of God" Md
week prayer service Thursday, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
Calvary Baptist.

Rev. Philip G. Murray, minister's as
sistant, will preach tomorrow morning
on "Out of the Crowd" and In the eve
ming on "Life's Little Things" Rev.
Wayne Buchanan will conduct the
Christian Endeavor Society Tuesday
evening.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
Second Baptkt.

The pastor, Rev. J. L. s. Holloman
will preach tomorrow at II am. on
"The Souls Quest" and 10 the evening
on Indications of National Decay" The
vacation Bible school meets daily, ex-
cept Saturday, at 8 am.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
Ebenexer M. E.

The pastor, Rev. Walter A. English,
will have for his theme THE Last Re-
sort" tomorrow at II am. The churcn
choir will render music, directed by
Prof. Richard Hawkins. The evening
services Will be conducted on the lawn
adjacent to the church. The pastor
will begin . series Of sermons on Men
Who Have Missed the Trail" The flrst
subject will be "The Man Who Gave
Us All Start" Spiritual songs win
feature these open-air meetings.
Evening star., 1933-12-10
BRIDGE REPAIRED
Highway Span to Close to Traffic
During Two Nights.

Traffic Director Van Duzer issued a
warning to motorists yesterday that
Highway Bridge would be closed to traf-
fic from midnight tomorrow to 5 am.
Tuesday and from midnight Tuesday
to am Wednesday. Repairs will be
made to the fender system Of the
bridge.
Light traffic will be detoured via
Arlington Memorial Bridge. but trucks
will be forced to use Key Bridge in
Georgetown.
Evening star., 1933-12-10
Coueted Nightingale Medal -
Is Won by Charlotte Heiln,an
ID. G.. WOman Will Get
AsUard, One Of High
est in Nursing.
Made Brilliant Mark in
Profession During
and after War.

OF all the hQnors that may come to
graduate nurse, whether in the
United States or any other country,
! none is as coveted as the Florence
Nightingale Medal, struck of annually
by the International Committee of the
Red Cross at Geneva, Switzerland,
where the Red Cross was founded 70
years ago.
This year one of these coveted
medals, awarded to nurses who have
won special distinction in war or dis
aster, comes to Washington. On next
Wednesday, December 13 medal with
, citation on velium, will be presented
to Mrs. Charlotte M. Heilman, assistant
national director of the Red Cross pub
lie health nursing service. The Inter-
national Red Cross will be represented
| by Chairman John Barton Payne of
the American society.
Hemingway a Patient.
Already the recipient of other medals
for her work on the battlefield and in
the war against disease, Mrs. Heilman
looks back upon an eventful career.
filled with the color and adventure of
nursing work in war-torn Europe.
Among her patients was Ernest Hem
ingway, author of Farewell to Arms"
4lidt WdS AL I1lldIl. WIlCtl AL SfCCSC,
where she and other members of her
unit received medals at the hands of
the King, she numbered as her COL
leagues both Queen Sophia and Queen
Elizabeth. Unforgettable for her also
is the episode of her farewell to the
Piave, said with flowers and music in
1919, when the peasants of that region
and group Of Italian officers who had
been her associates gathered in tribute
She had been sent there by the Ameri-
can Red Cross to put up a barrack
hospital for the care of the refugees
VIII were returning to their devastated
hon es. She had lived at the time in
the home Of a peasant family, one of
the few homes left intact, sharing the
meals with eight Italian officers Not
one person in the town spoke English,
but with her American resourcefulness
the nurse picked up some words of
Italian and with proper gestures made
her meaning clear in giving orders.
Evening star., 1933-12-10

Carrie Hall, Miss Julia G. Etinson, Miss
Lucy Minegerode and Miss Alice Fitz.
gerald. 2