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Evening star., 1935-12-24
COUPLE CELEBRATE
GATH ANNIVERSARY
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. H. Robinson
Honored by Friends at County
Methodist Home.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
GAITHERSBURG, Nd December
24.-Hale and hearty despite their
advanced years, Mr. and Mrs W. j.
H. Robinson, 81 and SO, respectively,
celebrated their 64th wedding ami
versary here yesterday.
Scores of friends from Washing
ton and every section of Montgomery
County attended the observance, held
at the Methodist Home.
The Robinsons, married in 1871,
are natives of Maryland but resided
in the District of Columbia for many
years before coming to Gaithershurg.
They were members Of the Mount
Vernon Place M. E. Church South.
Mrs. Robinson was active in church
missionary work In the Capital and
was the first teacher of the Esthnao-
ruth Glass at Mount Vernon Church.
She also was president at one time
of the Woman's Missionary Society
of the Washington District, Methodist
Episcopal Church South.
Mr.. Robinson was born in Balti-
more on october 20, 1874. and Mrs.
Robinson was born near Claiborne on
April %, 1S46.
Evening star., 1935-12-24

the holy places. Their Christmas eve
caroling in the courtyard outside the
church is a special concession from the
Orthodox Jews, descendants of the
mob who cried. Cruelty Hinf Cruelty
Him!" and from the Romans who did
cruelty Him and are now accused Of
crucifying Ethiopia. These are 1il
complete possession Of the birthplace
of Christ.
The grave face of the high COM
missioner, Sir Arthur Wauchope, Is
visible as he stands on the stone steps
under an iron hook, where, In past
centuries. sacriicial lambs were hung.
1t is quiet on the hills outside Beth
lehem, and the olive trees cast long
shadows where pause for moment
to be alone. Here, somewhere near
me in the fields below, the shepherds
watch their f1ocks as they did on that
night when the angel appeared and
they were sore afraid.
Angel Speaks.
"And the angel said unto them,
Fear not. For behold, bring you
good tidings of great joy, which shall
be to all people.
For unto you is born this day, in
the city of David, Savior, which is
Christ the Lord.
"And this shall be a sign unto you:
Ye shall find the babe wrapped in
swaddling clothes, lying in a manger." ="
Here on the hills you cannot see
the cupidity or the curiosity in the
faces of the men gathered around the
manger. You hear only the long,
beautiful, exulting swell of prayers
meaning q Christ is born.
Etched in the moonlight against
the skyline stands the hill where He
spoke, saying:
Forgive them, Father, for they
know not what they do
Copyright. 1885 by the North American
Newspaper Alliance IncD
Evening star., 1935-12-24
snecialpisnatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LURAY. Va, December 24.-News-
paper articles have secured a home for
another Shenandoah mountain boy.
There will be Santa Claus this
year for Leon Meadows. 10, whose
father Is serving a 20-year jail sem
tence for shooting his mother-a
shooting which the elder Meadows
claims was an accident.
When the father was sentenced,
newspapers carried accounts of the
Evening star., 1935-12-24
ROOSEVELT GREETINGS
SENT ARMY AND NAVY

The Nations fighting forces re-
ceived Christmas greetings today
from their Commander in Chief
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
To the Navy he loves so well and
the Army, too, the President radioed:
I'm glad to take this holiday sea-
son as the occasion to thank the off1-
GERS anc enlisted men of the Army
and Navy for duty well done and fol
their devotion to the service of the
security of the country.
81 trust that the Christmas holiday
and the new year will bring them real
happiness and good cheer"
Evening star., 1935-12-24

interest in Mongolia's firm stand,
notably because responsibility was
placed jointly. on the Japanese gov
ernment and Manchukuo.
Heretofore this has been avoided, in
following the theory that Japanese
military officers in Manchukuo were
acting on their own initiative.
"a japanese foreign office spokes-
man said at Toxic that Japan has
been discussing with Chinese leaders
the principle of Sino-JapaneSe CO.
operation to prevent a spread of Com
mulist influence in China's northern
territories.
(The statement followed upon broad
indications by Japanese militarists
that the Nipponese army in Man
chukuo has begun a campaign of mil
itary pressure on Outer Mongolia.)
Evening star., 1935-12-24
MONGOLIA REBUKES JAPAN.
Apology Demand Names Both Toxic
and ManchukuO.

Apology Demand Names Both Toxic
and ManchukuO.
BY the Associated Press.
> MOSCOW, December 24-The gov
ernment of Outer Mongolia. press
dispatches from Ulan Bator said yes
ferday, has taken firm stand in face
of an alleged threat of Japanese
Manchukuoan invasion, wiring
peremptory demand to Manchukuo for
an apology because of border clash
last week in which five Mongolian SOL
diers were killed.
The Mongolian government, which
has strong and friendly relations with
Soviet Russia, warned that it imposed
entire responsibility for such raids"
on Manchukuo and the government
of Japan, whose troops took direct
e1rd active part in the raid"
Mongolia also demanded the inme-
diate return of IL soldiers, who, it de-
clared, had been carried away as pris-
oners.
The protest also called for the "se-
we're" punishment of persons who or
ganized the border raid, which, the
Mongolians contended, led to the clash.
See Serious CONSEQUENCES.
"The government of the Mongolian
peoples republic considers it its duty
to warn the government of Manchu-
kuo," the note continued, "of the
,kerious consequences that could come
from any further such attempt.
= 1T imposes the entire responsibility
on Manchukuo and the government of
Japan, whose troops took direct and
active part in the raid
: The raid was described in Tass
8ofhcial Soviet news agency report
from Khabarovsk yesterday as "test
attack" with view to major invasion
later.
y The Mongolian minister of war and
the prime minister, who have been in
Moscow conferring with Soviet leaders,
were in Leningrad today on a sight
eeeing tour.
y The note was telegraphed to Man.
ehukuo by Choi Boil San, the Mon
Rolian foreign minister and the act
ing head of the government.
3 1t conveyed Mongolia's most en-
phatic protest against actions of the
Japanese -Manchukuoan military COM
pnand in violating Mongolian frontiers,
qnurdering Mongolian soldiers and
Destroying Mongolian property"
Indemnity Demanded.
Z Any apology, the protest said. must
be accompanied by promise that the
faids will cease and by an indemnity
aor. destruction of three frontier build
1ngs allegedly burned by the raiders.
Foreign observers expressed great
Evening star., 1935-12-24
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.

first-born Son was q supreme
event. One Of the wonders of
nature, and one of Its wise pro-
visions, Is that the coming of q
child Is to every father and
mother a fresh creation: as great
q marvel as If no other babe had
ever before been born.
So even without the special
knowledge which Mary and
Joseph kept hidden in their
hearts, this Nativity would have
been to them a wonder of God.
That the stable should be its
scene would lend peculiar in
terest to the tales that would
later be told to the growing Boy
about the Nazareth flreside; and
every one of the warm hearted
drivers who had made room for
the family in the stable would
be remembered by name; while
the friendship Of the inn
keepers golden-hearted, prac-
tical-minded wife would be
treasured throughout life.
All of that interest, however,
was purely domestic, and not at
all public. So far as Bethlehem
outsiders we're concerned, there
was no news value in the casual
incident of another baby's hav-
ing been born to travellers In the
village khan. The event that
has shaken the centuries caused
scarcely q tremor in the little
world where it was enacted.
Nobody near 1t. except the par
ents. knew the Importance Of
the news Of the Nativity. Most
Of the neighbors were sound
asleep. and uncaring.
To the one wakeful group in
the vicinity the news first came.
These we're the little company
of shepherds a mile or so distant
from town, guarding, from
wolves and predatory providers
from the East. the temple sheep
on the hillside where once
David, the shepherd-king, had
tended his fathers flock. These
men were accessible, and rea-
sonably foot-loose, so that they
could act upon any intelligence
impaired to them. None others
in or near Bethlehem that night
we're so fit to hear and so free
to carry as these shepherds.
Therefore it was to them that
the greatest News Tip" of the
ages was given. A mysterious
messenger miraculously stood in
their midst and told them the
Fact-a simple fact. but of stu
pendous significance. Some in
the inn knew that the Babe had
been born, but they did not
know what that, fact implied;
the shepherds had not known
of the birth, but they we're given
its meaning, the lead" to the
Story.
Almost as sensational as the
news itself was the manner of
its presentation to the first news
bearer. Around them shone a
radiance that was nothing less
than the Shekinah that had
once blazed above the Ark of
the Covenant in the Holy of
holes of the Hebrew tabernacle
or temple. as symbol of the
true presence of Jehovah. By
their side stood the awesome
Messenger from heaven, sud-
denly become vocal. Following
his overpowering news-that the
long-desired. oft prophesied
Messiah had at last made his
advent to earth-a celestial
army surrounded the Messenger.
and in swelling chorus sang a
song Of glory and of peace.
Never since Abraham had
heard the Voice that called him
to Canaan; and Moses had met
God face to face, amidst the ter
rors of Sinai's height. had NOR
tai man been so favored with
divine revelation as were these
simple shepherds. They had the
Evening star., 1935-12-24
Telling Greatest Story in the World;
How Event Was Reported for History
Wake Group Shepherds Hill Near Bethlehem Given First
News of Nativity

supreme story OF the ages, the
greatest News In the world.
What should they do about it3
What Journalism calls the
"news sense" Of these shepherds
was strong. They set cut at
once to verify the strange story
that had come to them amidst
so many incomprehensible mar
vels. Why has nobody ever re-
marked upon the editorial dis
elimination in the minds Of
these men, which made them
differentiate distinctly between
their own tremendous expert
ence and the tidings they had
been told? Most persons would
have run home straightway, to
tell their own tale, and to bask
in the light of the miracle that
had befallen them.
Not so these shepherds. They
held fast to their assignment,
and set out with haste to verify
the central Fact. Overwhelming
as had been their own expert
ence, it was of less Importance
than the News that had been
impaired to them. They might
even have distrusted the whole
affair. and attributed it to an
apparition or a subjective ex-
perience; but the Fact that had
been told them remained to be
Substantiated.
1t was not an easy story to
run down. For them there was
no star in the heavens to lead
them to the spot where the
young Child lay. Bethlehem's
homes were tightly closed, after
the Orient's ageless fashion;
and babies we're many. The
original Greek of the record of
Luke implies that the shep-
herds found the Babe only after
difficult search. But find Him
they did. completely verifying
the news that had come to them.
AS the centuries since have
failed to do. these men grasped
the point that the central won-
der of the nights events-the
marvel passing even the pres
ence Of celestial heralds and a
sky become voiceful-was the
utter simplicity and natural
ness of the birth of a Babe.
They had been told of a Messiah
come; and. 10, he was but a little
red infant sleeping in the COM
mon rockhewn manger of a hill
side stable. Had the Child ir-
radiated light, or been crowned
by nimbus. the wonder would
have been less. For all the
heavenly heraldry and pomp
had led only to q Babe, out
wardly no different from all
other infants they had ever
seen Graded in the trough out
Of which the horses we're won't
to eat their fodder. What a
Story!
The incongruity of it all did
not battle or silence these re-
porters. They simply told the
facts as they had discovered
them. The meaning of it all
would be for the editors to
point out subsequently: they
confined themselves to relating
what they had found out.
So to Mary and Joseph: to
the company of humble folk in
the stable who had been
awakened by their entrance;
and. later, to their own families
and neighbors. the shepherds
told their news; which spread
until the countryside rang with
it; and then the nation, and
then the world.
Once released, the facts could
not be hidden, or kept from
having their effect. That is why
it has come to pass that today,
wherever civilization has pene-
trated, humanity repeats and
does honor to the Good News
first told by a little company of
unlettered shepherds turned
newsgatherers and reporters.
Evening star., 1935-12-24
HEIR TO IRON FORTUNE
HAS $3.50 FOR ALIMONY
Henry K. Chaplin, Jr., Tells Court
His Only Income Is Coal
Commissions.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December 24.-Henry X.
Chaplin, jr.. heir to mining fortune,
has scraped together $3.50 for par
tial payment of his s1,149 alimony bill.
Judge Rudolph Desert had ordered
him to bring in at least $25 but Young
Chaplin complained that getting even
a dozen dollars together was a tough
proposition.
Chaplin told the judge his only in
come was a IS cent commission on
each ton of coal he sold to three
buildings controlled by the estate OF
Charles A. Chaplin, his grandfather,
who amassed a fortune in iron. It is
to this that young Chaplin Is an heir.
The alimony arrearage is due Mrs.
Ada Josephine Bruce Chaplin Of Bos-
ton. She was awarded q $500 settle
ment at the time of their divorce in
May, 1884.
Evening star., 1935-12-24

Once, in a land and time al
most beyond the compass of our
unpract iced imaginations,
Christmas was a piece of news
STORY" like, and yet unlike,
the great news events which
suddenly fall upon newspaper
Offices today. AS a study in
news-gsthering and news-trans-
mission, a publication feat, the
Nativity acquires fresh interest.
Certain aspects Of the Christ
mas story naturally put 1t into
a class by itself; nevertheless, as
a simple matter of public in
formation, it was indubitably the
greatest news that ever passed
from lip to ear, or found place
in the written records OF the
race. In a way different from
all the other facts of history, it
is still being circulated as "live
news" to the remotest sections OF
the earth's population. AS it
goes. the meaning Of the story
grows; every day and every year
and every century since the
news first was told to an un-
suspecting and Incompetence
ing world. there has been hu-
man interest ''follow-up" to it.
As of many another great
event of supreme importance,
the significance Of this news
was unperceived by those who
were closest to it. The story
actually broke" a considerable
distance away from the point OF
its origin: and diligent reporters
had no small difficulty in verify
ing the tip" that had come to
them so sensationally.
Nobody paid any attention to
the birth of Jesus, except his
parents and the friendly drivers
who had made room for them in
the warm and cosy cave-Stable
of the khan; and the kindly inn
keepers wife, who served as
helper to Mary in her hour OF
need.
Why should the event cause
any commotion? Babies were
being born every day; nothing in
all creation is more common:
and every person in the stable
that night had known of chill
dren being born amidst the
friendly horses and donkeys,
with a manger for a first cradle.
That was neither a great hard
ship nor a great wonder for
folk who lived as simply and as
close to nature as did these
Judean working people.
Much comment was caused
subsequently because the Ma
IlNlJy Ildu dI OuSCO llO oPCIIdA
interest in the khan. Most
of the guests slept Soundly
throughout, their slumbers un-
touched by the revolutionary
event that was taking place
under the same roof. Even the
drivers within the stable itself,
after their first hoSpitable re-
adjustment of their animals and
of themselves, in order to make
room for the belated wayfarers,
had quietly slipped off into sleep.
undisturbed by the quiet talk of
Mary and of the inn-keeper's
wife; nor yet by the first shrill
cries of the Babe, as he entered
the world that he was destined
to transform. All was as COM
monplace, to outward seeming,
as life itself.
To Mary and Joseph, as to
all parents, the birth of their
Evening star., 1935-12-24
Tenth Victim Of Flood Found.

HOUSTON, Tex, December "a F3.-
The body of man, tenth victim Of the
food which struck Houston two weeks
ago, was found yesterday imbedded in
mud On tlaa bank Of Buffalo Bayou.
Evening star., 1935-12-24
LAUGHING BOY DEAD

Indian of Whom Lefarge Wrote
Is Pneumonia Victim.
PHOENIX, Ariz, December "a R).
Laughing Boy, the 25-year-old In
dian of whom. Oliver Lefarge wrote in
his Pulitzer Prize novel, is dead.
Only yesterday his death certificate
was received at the Arizona Depart
ment Of Health, showing he died OF
pneumonia November rs, at Fort De-
fiance.
Evening star., 1935-12-24
Auto Horns Banned.

Motor accidents in Budapest, Hun
gary, have been halved by the new
ban on auto horns.
Evening star., 1935-12-24
Uathnltr
FRANCISCAN MONASTERY
Washington, d. G.
14th and Quincy NE.
Gathnltt
14th and Quincy NE.

CHRISTMAS EVE 10 AS P.M.-Chantng of Solemn
Mathis.
MIDNIGHT-Solemn High Mass for benefactors;
Holy Communion
AFTER THE MASS-Procession to the Grotto of
Bethlehem where the services will be as in Beth
lehem on this Holy Night, after which Low Masses
will be celebrated in the Grotto at the Altar of the
Nativity.
CHRISTMAS DAY-Low Masses at 6, Z, and Am.
CHRISTMAS DAY, 9 AM.-Solemn High Mass
CHRISTMAS DAY, 80 P.M.-Carols and Solemn
Benediction.
SUNDAY, January 5th 8 80 M Solemn Epiphany
Procession to Grotto of Bethlehem.
The Bookland Car which will
until on Christmas morning.
Evening star., 1935-12-24

Editors note: The tolloD-
ing story, printed in the issue
OF December 81 OF Editor
and Publisher, Is here re-
printed in the belief that the
beauty OF its telling tDii dp-
peal no less to the general
reader than to the Journal
istic profession, to trhom 1t is
primarily addressed.
Evening star., 1935-12-24

llAk. tIiC NAOIAl Va oil
automobile accident He
~ will not be listed among
this years traffic fatalities. That
makes no difference-Old Blackstrap
is a traffic victim, just the same.
The direct cause of Old Black
straps death, the neighbors say, is
a broken heart. 1t broke when his
maste, George Ofenstein, 81, became
111th on the 1885 traffic fatality list.
That was more than a week ago.
Eve since last September, when
his master was hurt, the huge, lum-
bering old dog had waited for their
friendship to be resumed. They had
grown old together, but they had each
other, and it was kind world if a
less active one for both of them.
In warm weather, they sat in the
sun al. on nice days, they took slow,
dignified walks. They we're familiar
Evening star., 1935-12-24
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Bv GEORGE w. HURD.
~ LID BLACKSTRAP" is dy-
ing, the victim Of an
automobile accident. He
~ will not be listed among
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-01-24

total population of each county re-
ceiving relief as of September, 1884.
In one county in the drouth area, for
instance, this runs as high as S8.S
per cent. In Pine county it is $50
per cent.
Under the new policy set forth by
President Roosevelt and his national
relief administrator, Harry Hopkins,
the states must contribute what the
federal government regards as a rea-
sonable share of the relief expense.
In view of this, Governor Olson has
asked that the Legislature authorize
$10,000,00O in appropriations as Min
nesOta's part of the relief burden.
The figures given earlier show how
utterly impossible it will be for Min
nesota to care for the destitute with
out adequate federal aid. The Leg
islature can hardly do anything but
follow out the governors recOmmen-
dations and act in such a way as
to assure for the state the amount
of federal monies that is absolutely
essential.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-01-24
LAKE SURVEYS TO
SAVE FISH LIFE

Surveys Of Minnesota's lakes where
there is any indication that fish life
will be smothered out during the WIN
ter months is being conducted by the
Division of Sanitation of the Depart
ment of Health in cooperation with
the Division Of Game and Fish OF the
Department of Conservation. Most OF
this work is being confined to south
ern Minnesota lakes where water
levels are abnormally low.
Oxygen content of the lake waters
is being determined in the survey.
Where it is found that fish life is
threatened. the Game and Fish Divis-
ion either mechanically aerates the
water or the fish are removed. In the
latter instance, game fishes are trans
ferred to deeper lakes and rough fish
is sold or held for sale depending
upon market conditions.
The work is being supervised by
George Weaver. in charge OF fish
lakes improvement for the Game and
Fish Division.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-01-24

of them sink into crime as the only
way out. Four young men who plead
ed guilty to a series of robberies in
st. Paul last week when told by the
judge that they fought not to blame
society for the depression conditions"
asked the judge what society was do
ing for them that they should have
any regard for it. They had no money
and no way to live except by stealing
for there were no jobs for Single
men," and no relief.
Society is going to pay fearful
price in the building up of huge
criminal class in this country because
nothing has been done in past years
to meet the changing economic condi-
lions. The most radical proposition
in the world could not bring about
worse conditions than are now arising
from this neglect to plan.
Herding young men into camps may
be all right for a time, but it cannot
be permanent remedy. These young
men are going to demand a definite
opportunity to make something of
themselves in life. If they are not
given such an opportunity the time is
coming when they will smash the sys-
tenn that deprives them of opportunity.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-01-24
RIGHT ON THEIR LAPS
minneapolis Labor Review

When Governor Olson had concluded
his message to the legislature, one
veteran reactionary Senator was heard
to exclaim: well, he certainly put
it right on our laps"
What the Governor had placed on
the ample laps of the legislative gen.
tlemen was the pressing needs of
their constituents.
Like the faithful and able servant
that he is, Governor Olson has told
the legislature what must be done.
They have the power to do it. They
hold the purse strings.
Unfortunately the message of the
Governor is not the only message that
goes to legislators.
The Governor delivered the message
of those in need. There has already
been delivered another message to
certain legislators urging them to pro-
tect the exploiters in their greed.
Broadcast over the radio was the
message of the Governor Whispered
to legislators was the message of re-
action.
The message of the Governor was
for the people to hear as well as the
legislators. The message of reaction
is whispered to Legislators lest the
people hear it.
Who will the Legislators respond to-?
The daily papers say the reaction
aries are in control. That means that
greed will be served and need forgot
ten.
Fortunate indeed were the people to
have their cause and their needs pre-
scented by so brilliant and sincere a
champion as the Governor. But greed
whispers with a golden voice that too
often is listened to eagerly by legis-
lative enemies of the people.
If unemployment and misery are
not cured those responsible for it may
be worrying about having something
on some part of their anatomy other
than their laps.
Never have the people been more
serious and determined that their de-
mands be granted. The Governor has
presented them.