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Evening star., 1934-10-27
LECTURES ON MARRIAGE
WILL BEGIN TOMORROW
Very Rev. G. Fitzgerald to
Deliver Five Addresses at
st. Matthew'S Church.

A series Of lectures on "The Church,
the State and Marriage Laws will
be given by Very Rev. G. Fitzgerald,
beginning toomrrow at pm. at St.
Matthews Church, and continuing
flve successive Sunday nights. 1t will
be the third season of the Catholic
Information Bureau lectures conduct
ed by the Washington General Assem-
bly,, Fourth Degree, Knights of Colum-
bus.
The lectures, which are free, will
include the following subjects: Oc-
tober %, Marriage Primevar"; No
vember 4, THE Purpose Of Marriage;
November IL, Marriage Tie That
Binds: November l8. Church Made
Marriage Laws" and November IS.
Civil Authority and Christian Mar
riage."
James B. Flynn is chairman OF the
committee arranging the series, and
Is assisted by DR.. Darcy Magee, DR..
George r. Ellis. Harold F. Jones,
James p. McKeon. J. Fred Brady, w.
B, Willcoxon and A. w. Neale.
Evening star., 1934-10-27
H0UDE co. PROSECUTION
AWAITS MORE EVIDENCE
Cummings Declares Affidavits Of
United Automobile Workers
Are Not Sufficient.
pvthe Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
The Justice Department is awaiting
still more evidence before deciding
whether to take the Houde majority
rule labor case to the courts.
Attorney General Cummings said
yesterday the affidavits the United
Automobile Workers filed with the
department this week were insufficient
evidence on which to base court case.
Additional evidence is being gath
cred in Buffalo, where the auto parts
firm has its plant. Cummings said.
In the light of that, he explained, the
department would decide whether
court action was justified.
The Labor Relations Board asked
the department to obtain court order
to compel the Houde Company to rec
ognize the United Automobile Workers
as representative of all the Houde en-
ployes for collective bargaining.
Evening star., 1934-10-27
TAGLOSS IS URGED
IN CAR OFFENSES
Prettyman Is Considering
Plan for Impounding
License Plates.

Automobile owners having bad
records as violators Of trafic rules
or regarded as dangerous drivers
would be deprived of their license
tags for stated periods, in proposed
new move for better traffic enforce
ment now being considered by Dis
trict officials.
This drastic action would be taken
against car owners even in cases
where the charges of persistent rule
infractions of reckless driving were
lodged against sons or daughters OF
car owners, or against drivers Of COM
mercial vehicles employed by fleet
operators.
Considered BY Prettyman.
The suggestion, made by an un-
disclosed party, now is being conSid-
cred BY E. Barrett Prettyman, cor
poration counsel. If he thinks well
of the plan after study. he will lay
the matter before the Commissioners
with a recommendation that the
necessary regulations be adopted.
Operators permits now are re-
yoked for serious trattic violations
but the driver still can continue tc
drive and is not punished until and
If he is caught in the act by pollce
II the District took physical posses
sion of the automobile tags, 1t IS ar
eued such action would almost Ger
tainlv prevent use of the car, since
machine lacking license plates coulo
be quickly spotted by police.
To illustrate the present problem
Mr.. Prettyman has been informed
there now are some $4,000 informa'
tions filed each year at police court
and about $4,000 deal with trafflc Of
fenses. He has been told that
large percentage of traffic cases in
volve either drivers of commercial
vehicles, or cars driven by youthful
sons or daughters of car owners.
10 Per Cent To Blame.
MARYLAND trafic officials have told
him, he said. that generally about IL
Der cent of the drivers of locality
cause about 80 per cent of the acci-
dents.
Also. Prettyman was told, CONNER
cial vehicle owners would be more in
sistent on law observance by thel1
drivers, If they stood the chance Of
losing the use of their machines for
a period. 1t might lead to main
tenance of lists of bad or dangerous
drivers, he was advised.
Details of the proposal have not
been worked out.
Evening star., 1934-10-27
CATHOLIC CONFERENCE
Visitors to Speak at st. Pauls
Church Tomorrow.

A Catholic conference will be held
tomorrow at pm. at st. Pauls
Church at Twenty-third street, near
Washington Circle. The speakers will
be Rev. Walter Klein of Grace Church,
Newark, N. j., on The Catholic Re-
ligion and American Ideals; Lieut..
Col. John C. H. Lee of Philadelphia
on Service" At 8 o'clock they will
adjourn and pass into the church for
a service of solemn evensong and
benediction, conducted by Rev. Calvert
E. Buck, with Robert Kell as master
of ceremonies.
Sunday at IL o'clock. being the
feast of st. Simon and st. Jude, the
special preacher will be Father Klein.
The season of all saints will be kept
by services at 7:3O and II Thursday,
All Saints day; Friday, All Souls
day, at 1880.
Evening star., 1934-10-27
SERMON ON CHRIST

At Columbia Heights Christian
Church, the minister, Rev. A. P. VIII
son. will continue his series on Peak
Points in the Life of the Master" and
will take as his morning topic "The
Crucif1ed Christ" and his evening
topic rs Christ Repulsive?" There
has been an emphasis ON this general
theme, Christ Only" to lead up to
an evangelistic meeting in January
under the direction OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Owen Walker.
The topic for prayer meeting Thurs
day night will be The New Member
Winning Others
Evening star., 1934-10-27
ALCOHOL MEDIC'S TOPIC
DR.. E. M. Ellison to Address
Brightwood Park M. E. School.

Or. Everett M. Ellison, physician.
will address the Church School OF
the BrightWood Park M. E. Church to-
morrow on THE Influence Of Alcohol
on the Human Body" At IL O'Clock
the minister. Rev. s. Carroll Coale,
will speak on The Kind Of Power
the Soul Most Impefatively Needs"
The childrens story will be "a Sur
prise"
The evening service will feature an
old-fashioned service of song. The
minister's theme will be "A Message
of Spiritual Reinforcement"
DR.. w. L. Darby of the Federation
of Churches will speak Tuesday eve
ming before the Church School Board
on The Influence of the Movies"
The Thursday evening study hour"
will be conducted by the minister.
Francis Asbury, the Man From
Everywhere" will be the subject.
Evening star., 1934-10-27
LUTHERAN PASTOR BACK

DR.. Oscar T. Blackwelder Will
Preach Tomorrow Morning.
DR.. Oscar F. Blackwelder. pastor Of
the Church Of the Reformation. has
returned from Savannah. Ga, where
he attended the biennial convention
of the United Lutheran Church in
America, and will preach tomorrow
morning on The Prince of Peace"
Dedication services for the new
church are scheduled for November IL
and during the week following. DR..
Frederick H. Knubel, president of the
United Lutheran Church in America,
will preach the dedicatory sermon.
Other speakers will include DR.. A. r.
Wentz Of Gettysburg Seminary. DR..
Henry w. A. Hanson, president of
Gettysburg College; DR.. Ross H.
Stover Of Philadelphia and DR.. DAN
lei A. Polling Of New York.
Evening star., 1934-10-27
SERVICE ORDERS

/ B. McClelland. jr.; Edwin H. j. earns
Joseph H. Colby detailed In Ordnance
Department. and John ]. La Ppage
from second lieutenant TO FIRST lieu
tenant. October /.
Field Artillery-Ernest J. Dawley,
from major to lieutenant colonel, Oc-
tober 20; Crowell E. Pease, Newton w
Jones, Michael B. Cannon and EN-
NETT A. Niblack, from first lieutenant
to captain, October /; Philip H. Draper
jr: Carl H. Jark. Robert L. Chandler
Roy E. Haitian, John E. Theimer and
William p. Connally, jr.. from second
lieutenant to first lieutenant, Octo-
ber /.
Coast Artillery Corps-Paul Elias
James T. Barber. Andrew Samuels, jr.;
Lawrence Mel. Guyer, Joseph Horridgs
detailed in Ordnance Department.
and Wayland H. Parr. from second
lieutenant to first lieutenant, Octo-
ber /.
Infantry-James M. Churchill, from
lieutenant colonel to colonel, Octo.
ber 49, Aloysius J. Tagliabue, Cleor
L. williams, David r. Nimocks, Archie
B. Whitlow detailed In Quartermastel
Corps, william T. Fits. jr. Fredfis
L. Knudson, jr.; Jesse T. Harris. Frank
H. Curtis and Thomas H. Christian
from first lieutenant to captain. Octo-
ber /. Richard l.. Scott detailed ir
Ordnance Department. and William L
Bell, jr. detailed In Ordnance Depart
ment), from second lieutenant to tirsI
lieutenant, October /.
Air Corps-William J. McKiernan
jr.; Edwin r. McReynolds, David @
Lingle and Robert M. Webster. from
first lieutenant to captain. October /
Harold Q. Huglin. Charles Sommer:
and John c. Horton, from second lieu.
tenant to first lieutenant, October /.
Trussell, Second Lieut.. Clyde Edgar
Quartermaster Corps Reserve, to frs
lieutenant, from October "a.
Cormack, First Lieut.. Charles Mar
shall, Engineer Reserve Corps, Il
captain, from october "a.
Buhrman, Second Lieut.. Gelbert
Charles, Infantry Reserve, to first
lieutenant, October "a.
Brown, Second Lieut.. Warren Harry
Infantry Reserve, to first lieutenant
from october "a.
johnson, First Lieut.. Briard Poland
Cavarly Reserve, to captain, from
October "a.
The Washington times., 1934-06-20
Awaits Baker Findings

Fortunately there is a man in
the White House who is COM
pletely informed concerning his
constitutional authority and re-
sponsibility as Commander-ln-
Chief. Without regard to any
dictation from a discredited
committee of the Congress, Mr..
Roosevelt can remove any Of
ficer as Chief of the Army Air
Corps and appoint any officer
whom the Senate will confirm
to that position.
Sometime ago PreSi d e n t
Roosevelt approved the setting
up by the Secretary Of War OF
a competent board headed by
President wilson's Secretary Of
War-Newton D. Baker-to in
yestigate the condition Of mill
tary aviation. This board, OF
which a majority Of the mem
bers are civilians, will in due
) time report to the President its
findings.
In the light Of those findings
the President will then be in a
position to decide what ought to
be done to better the admins
tration of the Army Air Corps.
If q new chief is required, the
President has ample authority
to appoint him, without any die
tatiOn from q congressional sub
committee.
Copyright, 1884. The Washington
Times Co..
The Washington times., 1934-06-20
Congressional DictatOrS
Veto for the District

The session Congress recently adjourned being hailed
having done great deal the good Of the District
There dispute about the fact that the session passed
many acts which will prove beneficial to citizens.
But session also concusivey demonstrated that
in either house Of Congress constitute the real
ment Of the District.
When opinions of those few individuals have been shunted
aside the District has propered However, it was only in
few that the great of the House and Senate
their usual apathy enough to oppose them
District able to retain the interest which those
1ors demonstrated few instances in the last session
safe say that the National Capital would speedily realize the
aspirations which held its behalf by the entire country
IT ALSO WOULD BE POSSIBLE, UNDER THESE CIR
CUMSTANCES, TO GIVE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE DIS
TRICT THE KIND OF LAWS WHICH REASONABLE CITI-
ZENs, WITH REASONABLE ACTIVITIES AND AIMS
HAVE RIGHT TO EXPECT.
But was demonstrated the District during the
session that the parliamentary situation in national legislature
often becomes such that impossible for that national eg
are function with due regard for the rights Of local COM
munity
house position to and did effectively block cond
Grafton of bills which, if allowed VOTE would have
passed overwhelmingly
This simply that for purposes Of District legislation
govern
That may and frequently does from section Of
the country which entirely dissimar to the National Capital
TO make him the dictator Of the National Capital is OBJ
Vious absurdity.
IT is IMPOSSIBLE TO SUPPOSE THAT THAT ONE MAN
WILL WITHHOLD THE USE OF HIS VETO POWER OUT
OF CONSIDERATION FOR THE WISHES OF THE PEOPLE
OF THE DISTRICT If HE SEES AN OPPORTUNITY TO
GARNER EVEN A SINGLE VOTE IN HIS OWN STATE BY
USING THE VETO
THIS IS THE LESSON OF THE LAST SESSION so FAR
AS THE DISTRICT Is CONCERNED.
The Washington times., 1934-06-20
BY John SnUre, J.

Nations" But, he said, the Ver.
sailles treaty provided:
"The International Labor Of
flee shall be established at the
seat Of the League of Nations
as part Of the organization Of
the League"
Continuing, Tinkham said:
''Yet, Miss Perkins states that
the international Labor Organ
izatiOn is not an integral part
Of the League Of Nations.
"ThiS statement Of the Secre.
tary is wholly false.
"It was made to deceive and
to misIead the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House
and the House ITSELF"
Tinkham couldn't have said
much more had the Secretary
been q man.
A few years ago a member OF
the subcommittee which drafts
appropriation bills for the Army
referred to meetings of the
Organized Reserves as Soviet
assemblies"
The comment provoked bitter
resentment among Army people
who knew that no statement
could be more false. They knew
that reserve officers met on
their own time, at their own ex-
pense and without pay except
when on actual detail, and that
that pay was absorbed by the
cost of uniforms which they
purchased themselves.
To them the term Soviet as
Semblies" when applied to their
meetings was more than they
could stomach. Somewhat diff
ferent was the expression made
recently by Senator Morris Shep-
pard, of Texas, chairman Of
the Senate Committee on Mill
tary Affairs.
Sheppard said:
ITO the members of the Or
ganiZed Reserves who give of
their time and energy in these
hurried days to perfect them.
selves in the performance Of
their military duties, every good
citizen is grateful.
"The public appreciates, as
never before, the value and sig.
nificance of the Organized Re-
serves"
Sheppard has presided over
the Senate Military Affairs
Committee on which he has
served for several years, and
unlike certain pacifistic gentle
men in the House, has learned
the value Of preserving national
defense and the national de-
fense act.
Some members Of the House
are not so different from ordi-
nary folk.
Representative Carl Mapes
of Michigan was seen hurrying
up Connecticut Avenue early
the other morn taking his
"Other suit" to the tailOr'S for
a cleaning.
(Copyright. 1894 The Washington Timea
The Washington times., 1934-06-20

It is fortunate alike for Amer
ican honor and American de.
tense that the President of the
United States is not dependent
for his information regarding
the military establishment or
for his authority and response
bility as Commander-in-Chi Of
Army upon the House Commit
tee on Military Affairs.
Probably no committee in
either House of any Congress
since the Great War has shown
such failure to understand its
legislative responsibility in re-
gard to the national defense as
has the House Committee on
Military Affairs under the ad-
ministrations of President HOO
yer and President Roosevelt.
The latest exhibition of this
committee appears in an extraor-
binary document prepared by
one of its subcommittee and re-
ferred to the House calendar in
the closing days of Congress.
This document purports to be
a partial report Of an investiga'
ton of alleged profiteering in
military aircraft which the
House directed the Committee
to make.
This partial report closes with
the following recommendation:
1--WE find it necessary tore
port that We are most firmly
convinced, from the evidence
and records submitted, that be-
fore any substantial progress
in the upbuiIding Of the morale
and material Of the Army Air
Corps can be attained. Maj.
Gen. Benjamin d. FOulOis must
be relieved from his position as
chief of the Air Corps. We unan-
imously recommend that the
Secretary of War take such
action without delay"
Defense Act Cited
The subcommittee, which
signed this recommendation, did
not report it for the approval
of the full Committee on Mill
tary Affairs but reported it
directly to the House.
This subcommittee apparently
labors under the hallucination
that the Secretary of War can
relieve a chief Of branch Of the
Army before the expiration Of
the four-year term for which
he was nominated by the Pres
ident and confirmed by the
Senate.
Had the subcommittee taken
the trouble to look up the rec.
ord, it would have found:
That the National Defense
Act of 1920, as it passed the
Senate, gave to the Secretary
Of War the authority to remove
any chief of branch when in
his Judgment this should be
done.
The Washington times., 1934-06-20

You never can tell, these days,
whether a legally separated pair
will remarry each other or not,
until they have spent enough
"happy years apart" to celebrate
their "tin-divorce," together.
A woman's beauty always
"fits the crime" No matter
how ravishing a famous di-
vorcee may be, she can rate
only half the flattering publ
city that a good-looking blonde
gun-moll receives.
When a woman reaches the
point where she can be "rea-
sonable" about the "other
women" in a mans life, her
love has practically gone into
it's last coma.
Never conclude that women
are as independent as men are,
until men begin carrying vanity
The Washington times., 1934-06-20

Driving toward adjournment,
Congress found. itself in a leg
islative jam before it finally
concluded the second session.
Members trying to secure ac-
ton on favOrite bills and speak
ing for home consumption tied
both Houses in q nasty knot
which leaders were forced to un-
tangle before they could send
the boys away for the summer.
In the midst of the jam, Sen
ator Millard Tydings of Mary
land made one Of the most con-
structive suggestions Of the ses-
sion.
He advocated new rule
which would restrict attendance
to the galleries.
Tydings said:
"Keep the people out of the
galleries on the last days of the
session and most of these men
in Congress won't want to do
SO much talking!"
House members had planned
to have a "songfest" when they
adjourned the other night. But
they called it off.
Early in the evening it was
rumored that Majority Leader
ByrnS planned to recess the
House about $50 p. m. so that
the tired legislators might start
their singing early.
ByrnS was asked to verify
the rumor.
He vehemently denied he had
any such plan and shouted:
'What! I wouldn't think Of
recessing this House for a
circus!"
Later in the evening Repre-
sentative John Rankin of Mis-
Sissippi said that he was op-
posed to the songfest because
it would be "undignified."
It certainly would have been
horrible to behold the House
when it was not dignified!
Probably no member Of the
Cabinet made as many enemies
on Capitol Hill as did Secretary
of Labor Perkins.
The men, however, hesitated to
criticize Miss Perkins because of
her femininity.
Representative George Tink-
ham of Massachusetts,, bearded
Republican, however, took the
Secretary of Labor to task the
other day for her suggestion
that the United States accept
membership in the Interna-
tional Labor Organization.
Opposing the entrance of the
United States into the organiza-
ton, Tinkham alleged that it
was a part of the League of Ma
tions to which persons interested
in American individuality were
opposed.
Tinkham pointed out that Sec
retary Perkins had denied that
the laber organization was IAN
integral part of the League of
The Washington times., 1934-06-20
The Human Side of the News
Old Testament Receives Scientific Support
By EdWin C.. Hill

A world, which went wild over
the discovery of the tomb of
King Tutankhamen, has taken
with surprising calmness the ex-
cavation Of Ur Of the Chaldees,
ancient city at the junction Of
the Tigris and Euphrates, men.
toned in the Bible as the city
Of Abraham. And yet, these ex-
plorations are far more i'm
portant historically than those
which unearthed the young
Pharoah. Such an authority as
DR.. Horace F. Jayne classes
them as easily the equal Of any
so far made.
The expedition at Ur, sent
out by the British Museum and
the University of Pennsylvania,
has made. it's final field report
through its director, DR.. C.
Leonard Wooley, and from it
we learn of the great civiliza.
ton which existed there 5000
years ago. Bones Of men and
women, kings and queens, COM
moners and slaves have been
found in 200 graves. Of which
DR.. Jayne says:
I'm these royal tombs, which
gave mute evidence Of human
sacrifices on a lavish scale,
were found an unbelievable
wealth Of jewelry, harps of sill.
yer and wood, vessels, weapons
and tools Of gold and silver, in.
laid gaming boards and vanity
boxes-all attesttng to the artis-
try, the culture and the luxury
Of the royal court at Ur. 5000
years ago."
Flood and Noah
It was at Ur that DR.. Wooley
and his diggerS came upon a
find which scientists accept as
direct evidence Of the flood de-
Scribed in the Bible. The explor.
ers had unearthed the ruins Of
a city when they struck a layer
Of clean white clay, apparently
virgin soil with nothing below
it. However, they decided to go
a little deeper and, to their sur
prise and delight, came upon a
civilization 60 centuries old
buried beneath eight feet Of this
mysterious clay. There could be
only one explanation for such a
deep layer of sediment separat-
ing two distinct civilizations.
DR.. Wooley gives it in these
words:
Taking into consideration all
the facts, there can be no doubt
that the flood Of which we thus
found the only possible evil
dence, was the flood Of Sumer-
ian history and lege n d-the
flood on which is base d the
story Of Noah"
One cannot mention the ex.
cavation of biblical lands with.
out bringing in Sir Charles
Marston, who made millions
building motorcycles, and who is
spending them now in PaleS-
tine and Mesopotamia to prove
the authenticity Of the Old
Testament. Sir Charles, one Of
the leading biblical students of
the world, says that it Is his
purpose to ascertain by excava-
ton how far the early books are
correct. He has financed the
The Washington times., 1934-06-20

work of the celebrated Prof.
John Garstang and the results
have been remarkable, particu-
larly those treating with the in
vasion of the Promised Land by
Joshua after the death of Moses.
Joshua's passage of the Jor-
dan and his blowing down the
walls of Jericho have been
classed hitherto, not only by
Skeptics but also by clergymen,
as folk stories of the category
of Jonah and the whale.
Today it is proved beyond
reasonable doubt that landslides
and earthquakes, both common
to the region, dry up the bed Of
the Jordan for hours, easily per-
mitting such passage as that
of Joshua and the IsraeliteS.
Much of the controversy over
the Bible may be traced to the
fact that most of us, layman
and scientific man alike, read it
in the light of conditions and
things as they exist today, and
not as they might have been
10000 years ago. Samson's de-
struction Of the temple of the
Philistines is a case in point.
Astounding Destiny
The word "temple" conveys to
the mind a great building Of
stone or brick supported by mas
Sive columns of like material. II
we accept that picture, then we
must have a belief in the super
natural to accept the story that
a human pulled down the edi-
flee with his hands. Yet, a
recent archaeological discovery
permits, even compelS, credence
in the story as it appears in the
Bible. Excavators may have
found at Gezer a temple in the
form of a flat roof with gal
leries, all supported on wooden
pillars set in stone sockets. A
crowd of Philistines could have
been on such a roof and a man
with not half the prowesS which
is credited to Samson could
have pulled one of the supports
out of line, causing the col
lapse of the structure.
Recently in the New York
Times, P. w. Wilson dis
cussed the proof of many other
Bible stories by archaeology.
His summing up is well worth
repeating. Mr.. Wilson said:
1--WE are left, surely, with a
general conclusion. It is ines
capable. The annals of the Old
Testament have been subject to
q scrutiny absolutely unique, in
the records Of historical inquiry.
In order to test the truth Of a
single phrase, expeditions have
gone forth and labored for
months, even years." Mr.. Wilson
says further, "The broad result
has been decisive. We realize
that the narratives of Scripture,
apparently so simple and at
times so improbable on the sur
face, convey by implication the
essentials of a destiny as as
founding as it is actual. This
great sequence Of events is not
fiction. It happened"
copyright, 1884. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)