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Evening star., 1937-09-25
CAPT. TURNER RITES
Funeral Services Held for Former
Seaman on Steamer.

Seaman on Steamer.
Funeral services for Capt. John
Henry Turner, IA, former captain of
the old steamer Charles Manchester,
who died. Thursday at his home, 829
Third street northeast, were held to-
day in st. Aloysius Catholic Church.
Burial was in Washington Memorial
Park Cemetery.
For more than half century a
familiar figure around the waterfront,
Capt. Turner served on the Manchester
about 40 years, the last % as captain.
He retired several years ago when the
boat was withdrawn from service. A
native of st. Mary's County, Md,
Capt. Turner began his career on the
water in his early teens aboard small
fishing schooner.
Evening star., 1937-09-25
DR.. .Healv Entertained

DR.. Thomas Henry Healy, professor
of international law and dean of the
School of Foreign Service, George
town University, was the honor guest
yesterday at a tea given at Newport
by the president of the Naval WF
College and Mrs. Charles P. Snyder :
Evening star., 1937-09-25
Weddings of Interest
Miss Janet Alice Smith
Weds G. II. Phipps.

ferns. smilax and white chrysanthe-
NUNS, dahlias and gladioli
The bride was graduated last June
from the Porter School and made
her debut December %, at tea dance
at the Ritz-Carlton. She is a men,
ber of the New York Junior League.
Mr.. Phipps attended LaWrenceville
School and was graduated from Will
liams College in 1886, where he was
elected TO Chi Psi and Gargoyle.
After a sea trip to California, the
couple will live in Denver.
Evening star., 1937-09-25
CIGARETTE ROBBERIES
Il REPORTED TO POLICE
!Averal Boxes Taken From Load
sg ing in
r. Sanitary Grocery Loot.


Sanitary Grocery Loot.
Two cigarette robberies were re-
ported to police last night.
William Rudy. manager of truck
ing concern at Seventh and I streets
southwest. said several boxes were
stolen from loading platform. Their
value was estimated at S163.
At the Sanitary Grocery Store a,
$500 Twelfth street northeast several
cartons were reported among s13t
worth of merchandise missing. The
manager, James E. Brittle. discovered
the theft when he opened the store
today. Entrance had been gained by
forcing a rear window.
Several other robberies also were re-
ported.
Evening star., 1937-09-25
ARAB NOTABLES KILLED

Two Are Slain at Homes in Pales-
tine Disorders.
JERUSALEM, September 25 (P).-
Two Arab notables were killed at their
homes in Palestine last night.
Awad Khoury, the richest Christian
Arab landlord in Northern Palestine,
was slain at his home near Nazareth.
Sheikh Mohammed Ibrahim, land
broker, was killed in the village of
Damun, near Acre.
Evening star., 1937-09-25

Judge Ira c. Rothgerber and Mrs.
Rotherberber arrived in Washington
yesterday from their home in Denver,
Colo, and while here are at the Carl
ton Hotel
Evening star., 1937-09-25

F INTEREST to Washington
is the wedding of Miss Janet
Alice Smith. daughter of Mr..
~ and Mrs. Herbert E. Smith
Evening star., 1937-03-02
Nazi Church Tyranny.

Although the German government is
about to permit the nations Protestants
to hold an election for general synod
on Sunday, April 4, the Nazis are resort
ing to methods hardly designed to in
fuence Evangelical communicates in
favor of Hitlerism. Amid rising resent
ment over the avowed purpose to sub
ject spiritual life to political domination,
fresh action has been taken to bring
churches of all faiths under the yoke.
They have been called upon forthwith
to share their real estate with the land
less elements of the population or yield
to compulsory measures.
The order is in pursuance of the gov
ernment's program to find land for
small settlers. Pastors and bishops are
adjured to cooperate wholeheartedly or
invite coniscation of church property
The minister for ecclesiastical affairs,
Herr Kerll, argues that citizens spirit
ual welfare" unquestionably would be
promoted if he were helped to establish
q home, and in that sense churches are
expected to make the necessary sacri-
fees, at whatever cost to their material
status. Religious organizations own ap-
proximately 2,5OO0OO acres of agricultural
and forest land. Catholic monasteries
and converts and Protestant churches
are the principal proprietors. According
to Nad estimates, these holdings COM
Evening star., 1937-03-02
Palmetto Resistance.

Criticism of President Roosevelt's plan
to "reorganize" the Federal judiciary is
not centered in any single neighborhood.
The Palmetto section of the Union, for
example, is loud in its clamor against
the scheme. At Barnwell, s. c., the
stalwart Democratic weekly, People,
Sentinel, says that Americans "take
kindly to revolutionary ideas only when
threatened by revolution" and that
Judging by the storm" which has
greeted the proposal to "pack" the
Supreme Court I'VE are in no immediate
danger of a revolution"
The Bamberg Herald of the same
sovereign Commonwealth discusses the
slogan I'VE are on our way" and desires
to know "just what" the destination may
be- It declares: "As Congress seems to
pass any law which the President wants,
the change Of the Supreme Court would
be virtually equivalent to the President
becoming a dictator" Co-incidentally.
the Newberry Observer declares: 'The
Supreme Cour. Is . check on govern
Evening star., 1937-03-02
An Eminent Statesman on
The i. S. Supreme Court
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Forty-one years ago James Bryce
published The American Common
wealth in which he says page 276) re-
garding the packing of the Supreme
Court: Suppose Congress and Presi-
dent bent on doing something which
the Supreme Court deems contrary to
the Constitution. They pass a statute.
A case arises under it. The court on
the hearing of the case unanimously de-
clareS the statute to be null, as being
beyond the powers of Congress. Con-
gress forthwith passes and the Presi-
dent signs another statute more than
doubling the number of the justices.
The President appoints to the new JUS
ticeships men who are pledged to hold
the former statute constitutional. The
Senate confirms his appointments. An
other case raising the validity of the
court. The new justices outvote the old
ones; the statute is held valid; the
security provided for the protection of
the Constitution Is gone like morning
mist"
This supposition as a possibility is
merely prediction that the democratic
form OF Government of the people, for
the people will cease to be as soon as the
cunningly devised scheme to control the
Supreme Court becomes a fact.
Then the mastery of RECOMMENDATION
under dictatorial power will take place
of liberty and freedom as we have
known it.
Beware!
Have a fear!
Be jealous of the inalienable rights
that belong to you and to me!
FREDERICK C. MARCY.
Evening star., 1937-03-02

prise 27 per cent Of all German land, the
rest being in the hands Of 100000
farmers and settlers.
Protestants contemplate the synod
election with mingled misgivings and
indignation. They have just learned
that there will be no freedom OF the
press during the campaign" for either
daily newspapers or denomination'l Or
gans. In consequence, the Evangelical
clergy, in its desperate fight for religious
liberty, will be compelled to rely ex-
clusively upon exhortations from the
pulpit at the end of divine services or at
private gatherings in church halls. At
no time may there be any criticism of
Der Fuehrer, discussion Of his action In
calling for the election, or questioning of
the manner in which it is being con-
Quoted. DR.. Martin Niemoeller, intrepid
leader of the Protestants who are bat
ting for freedom of conscience, boldly
pillories present conditions as "a strug-
gle between Satan and Jesus of Naz-
areth." He brands the governments
abortive attempt to effect a compromise
between the Evangelical community and
the pro-Na1 German Christians" as
an effort to create church made up
of moderate Christians on the one hand
and moderate heathens on the other"
Protestant opposition to state tyranny
is not abated by the disclosure that the
secretary of the National Confessional
Synod, the Reverend Wiesler, who was
sent to a concentration camp last Sum-
mer on improved charges, was found
dead in his cell on February 10, after
alleged suicide by hanging. Thirteen
other pastors and three laymen are still
in prison, exiled from their parishes or
forbidden to preach.
Evening star., 1937-03-02
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Is there anything more naked looking
than a gold-plated collar button, show
ing when it should not show?
Templeton Jones had pleasant men,
cries of Uncle Tom, who wore his collar
the year around, but no necktie in
Summer.
Then the gold-plated button shone
forth. On Uncle Tom 1t looked all right.
That was because Uncle Tom had
way with him. An old Government
clerk Of yesteryear, he never made more
than $1,000 most Of his life. except that
last year, when he was promoted to
81 800.
Uncle Tom always had said that
good man would be rewarded, and that
last 'raise" pleased him immensely, be-
cause it indicated his lifelong opinion.
Small, kindly, white haired, with
quavering little voice, and bright blue
eyes, Uncle Tom finally went back to his
home town and spent the latter years
Of his life tottering around on two
canes, satisfied to the last in his belief
that the good man is always rewarded.
mo harm can come to a good man,
in this world or the next" he liked to
say, quoting the brave words Of Socrates.
Templeton Jones would always remem-
ber that gold button, and the kindly,
quavering voice behind it.
As for himself, Jones despised gold
buttons on dress parade.
His latest amusement, let us whisper,
is to keep track of the gold buttons
down f1remen's coats and note how
many Of them are upside down. Try it
sometime. and see!
When Jones twisted the right hand
side of his tie over the left hand side,
brought it up and over, and then down
through the loop. he tried his best, as
he had been trying his best for many
years, to make it "stay put"
What fellow of infinite variety, this
Templeton Jones!
Surely he was,th only man in town
who, during the recent heavy snow,
noted that the North side of street signs
were plastered completely over by snow,
that the South side was clear. This was
because of the heavy clinging character
Of the fall.
Alas, for the Jonesian neck, the
Jonesian collar, and the Jonesian tiel
Never would they stay exactly the
way they ought to suit the persnickety
humor of their fond owner
No matter how perfectly he had the
knot of his tie up, when he started
down town, by the time he got there
the cravat was pulled sideways, some
way or other, or had fallen completely
Being a persistent man. however, he
neither took to the manners of the
young, nor permitted his tie to hang as
it would.
He simply kept on pulling it up.
That was the way Templeton Jones
cut his own Gordian knot.
Evening star., 1937-03-02

One Of the minor misgivings of
Templeton Jones was that he had never
been able to make his tie stay UP.
Sleek haired, oily gentlemen always
manage to make their ties stay put
within the collar opening. Jones envied
them.
Since the days when the collar open
ing was mere slit, behind which the
knot of the necktie rested easily, Jones
had been wrestling with his ties.
His, somehow, always had way Of
sliding down.
He had tried, by and large, all the
collars on the market, and all the ties.
His tie rack represented a manufac-
turer's dream.
Also that of an advertiser.
There were on it ties of all colors,
materials, lengths, widths, "feel," etc.
The "feel' Of a tie, by the way. Is
important.
II tie doesn't feel right, both to the
hand in tying, and the neck, in reposing.
it is not the tie for Templeton Jones,
or any one else.
Every tie, Of course, has its individ-
uality.
This is WELL since the men of America
are doomed to wear them, no matter
how fashions come and fashions 60.
Who remembers the "Gertie" shirt,
with a huge, wide open collar, and no
tie at all?
Jones recalls. with suppressed
laugh, that he. too, had tried one-once.
The individuality of a tie, call it
cravat four-in- hand, or what the VIC
tim will, reaches the high point in its
insistence on falling down out of the
exact place at which it should stay.
1t is the glory of the sleek-haired
boys that their ties are fall-proof.
Once up, they stay up. and this no
matter whether tie pin, so-called, is
used or not.
Jones had tried these so-called tie
pins, and had found them snare and
a delusion.
1t is true that they hold up the tie.
but then the obstinate bit Of cloth has
another way of getting it's revenge.
1t either looks too small, or too large.
There is no pleasing tie.
It seemed to Templeton Jones that
he had spent half his life looking into
mirrors to see if his tie were up.
The younger generation, he noted, had
gotten around this handsomely. by de-
liberately pulling the knot Of the cravat
to one side. far to one side, in order
to create that devil-may-care air.
Jones couldn't achieve it. To him it
just looked sloppy.
He wanted his tie to stay up. but it
never did. 1t insisted on falling down.
as if its only mission in life was to
descend to the bottom of the affair, and
leave the collar button revealed in all
it's nudity.
Evening star., 1937-03-02
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,

ly. Wait as long as possible before put
ting it under the tongue. 1t really is
better adapted to the hospital than to
sick call. 1t might be considered as
supplement to the laundry soap method.
The chances are, to Judge from the
announcement, that when the doctor or
nurse looks at the thermometer after
this simple procedure excitement will
start. The mercury may read as high
as 108. The living man will be medi-
cal curiosity. There probably will be
consultations about him. The trick can
be repeated time after time, until some
body gets suspicious.
Dr. F. E. Poindexter, st. Louis Uni
versity physicist. explains why the ther-
mometer acts that way The vapor in
the breath is absorbed by the fibers in
the cloth. The heat of absorption raises
the temperature.
Anyway the best of luck to the bold
pioneer who tries it and gets away
with 1t.
Evening star., 1937-03-02

ment and when the controlling party
has the power to regulate the bench
accordingly, there viii be no check. . "
It is q time when party alignments
should be forgotten. It is time when
Congressman should think Of the future
and what such radical change could
mean to the America of tomorrow. The
Presidents proposal is a highly question:
able one"
Meanwhile, the Anderson Mail, ira
ditionally loyal to the Democratic cause,
insists that "the President is pursuing an
unsound policy" and I'VE can well afford
to be cautious in such grave matters.
=" wise captain never scuttles the
ship because one or two disagreeable
leaks persist in coming through" And
the Columbia State reports: Even in
the South, the majority of the Presi-
dents journalistic friends are probably
either opposed or in grave doubt.
They are thinking of their country, not
Of themselves. They are not jumping
jacks. If there be patriots in the land.
then these people belong in their ranks"
The Anderson Independent is forth
right in the opinion: I'VE do not be-
lieve the people of South Carolina are
in favor of destroying the usefulness of
the Supreme Court by making it over
to suit the whimS of any administration"
Likewise, the Walterboro Press and
Standard meets the issue bravely with
the sentiment: The President now
controls the Congress and can dictate
what enactments are to be made by the
Congress. Having thus in his hands two
Of the departments of our Government,
it would be tragic for the third branch
to come under his control. This would
mean complete dictatorship" With
gesture toward Holy Writ, the York.
vile Enquirer warns: president Roose-
velt's attitude toward the Supreme Court
and his aim to set aside the members
Of that tribunal because they are old
men, brings to mind the end of forty and
two children who scoffed and mocked the
Prophet Elisha as he was going up to
Bethel" And the Greenville Piedmont
congratulates those supporters of the
Presidents plan who lent their indorse-
ment" and then, on second thought,
found that lit would be dangerous and
unsound."
In North Carolina, the Charlotte OBJ
server visions the threat of fascism in
the campaign against the highest tri-
bunal, and the Gastonia Gazette an
nounces that loyal and faithful Demo-
Gratis are aghast at the brazenness
of the request of the President that the
whole system Of checks and balances of
our Government be revamped to allow
him to say what and how about every
thing"
These, without exception, are journals
which supported Mr.. Roosevelt in 1882
and 1886. 1t cannot be charged against
them that they are Republican or re-
dictionary. There must be some other,
more valid explanation of their attitude
of resistance.
Evening star., 1937-03-02
Jury Service Problem.

Many thoughtful citizens, 1t Is safe to
assume, must have wondered what, If
anything, might be done to render jury
service more attractive to the average
talesman. Next to the obligation of vot-
ing at election time, jury duty should
be the most important service for which
person could be summoned in period
of peace. The civic purpose of the jury
system is a factor in the democratic
philosophy of government: it is in truth,
an authentic aspect Of the doctrine of
social freedom. Yet in recent years there
has developed a certain psychological
resistance on the part of great numbers
of potential jurors. There is a growing
feeling that when an ordinary individual
goes into court he does not receive trial
at the hands of jury of his peers.
Consider the example of a business
man. If his business is small, he cannot
afford to abandon it for month to ac-
cept a place on successive panels; if it
is large. the livelihood of several hundred
dependents might be jeopardized by his
absence. So he goes into court and gets
excused. Nor is it remarkable that he
believes himself obliged to avoid service
Without regard to his own personal
prejudice, he deems it imperative to
remember the demands of those who
look to him to stick to his proper job.
His creditors, for instance, are apt to
be downright critical of him if he ap-
pears to welcome the opportunity to
escape from their opportunities.
The length of service demanded GER
tainly has something to do with the
problem. 1t might help if there were
some provision whereby man could sit
for only few days at a time. But the
courts, it seems, entertain a disposition
to require long rather than short terms
of duty. Judges say that a new juror
needs to be "educated"-they insist that
talesmen agree with them that a couple
of weeks in court is obligatory before
jurors are competent to weigh testimony
or reach intelligent verdicts.
In the District of Columbia last year
4,450 citizens were called for the District
Court and 1910 accepted. The figures
for the Police Court were 1900 and 1872;
for the Municipal Court, 1,078 and 52S,
and for the Juvenile Court, 300 and 100.
In other words, total of 1923 persons
were summoned and only 2,42O could be
persuaded not to dodge service.
Such record provides food for cogi-
tation. Reform is suggested by its in
controvertible implications of faulty JUS
tice, fading faith and declining de-
mocracy. In America, as in England,
the jury is one leg of the tripod OF
civilization. If it suffers, society in every
civic respect is endangered. The words
of Lord Brougham are worth quoting
in the circumstances: I'm my mind, he
was guilty of no error, he was chargeable
with no exaggeration, he was betrayed
by his fancy into no metaphor, who once
said that all we see about us, kings,
lords and commons, the whole machinery
of the state, all the apparatus of the
system and its varied workings, end in
simply bringing twelve good men into
a box"
Evening star., 1937-03-02

A moron is person who holds to an
early age of intellectual advancement.
In encouraging youth, care should be
taken to prevent congenial companion
ship between people who are actually
immature and others who are old enough
to know better.
Evening star., 1937-03-02
Shooting Stars.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.
Thoughts Of Long Ago.

Thoughts Of Long Ago.
We laughed about the telephone.
Electric lights might do
For scientific work made known
To the enlightened few.
An auto run by gasoline
Made a derided show.
Airplanes in dreams alone were seen
But that was long ago.
We thought Sir Isaac Newton knew
Why stars sped on through space.
To ancient patriots were due
A thought of reverent grace.
And good old Texas once believed
Strong drink made babies grow
Alas, how we have been deceived
BY thoughts of long ago!
Evening star., 1937-03-02

there has been talk about and criticism
of men who have left public Office to 60
into private industry. Mr. Morgan is not
leaving a Government Office to become
head and forefront of the liquor in
terests. He is abandoning, however, .
position that might be expected to leave
him with still Q great deal Of influence.
Evening star., 1937-03-02
Young America.

From the Salem CMassJ News.
Some folks think home work for
school children should be abolished. As
people gradually realize how many social
and athletic dates have to be filled, per-
haps it will become necessary to abolish
school work also.
Evening star., 1937-03-02

Respected for his years and envied for
his attainments, Andrew Mellon has no
reason to fear question as to whether
he is too old to be permitted to give away
priceless art galleries.
Evening star., 1937-03-02
Radical.

From the Worcester Gazette.
Cecil B. De Mile says it takes more
than red lips and red f1ngernails to make
a movie artist. Mr. De Mile was always
one for springing radical ideas.
Evening star., 1937-03-02

History clearly suggests that the great
problem of communism is not how to
acquire it but how to get over it.
Evening star., 1937-03-02

Experienced men of affairs are frankly
puzzled by the question of how and for
whom a sit-down strike is going to pro-
duce dividends.
Evening star., 1937-03-02
Fear of q Crowd.

Fear Of . Crowd.
Aren't you a little subject to stage
fright" asked the admiring lady, when,
in recognition of your talents as film
star, you are called on for speech?"
NO." answered Cactus Joe, human
beings is easy tanned. The only time
was ever skeered by a crowd was when
I was in front of herd of cattle that
looked ready to stampede"
"He who thinks only of money" said
Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, becomes
a bookkeeper who never takes a holi-
day."
Endless Search.
We look around, proper man to meet,
Who is equipped public place to fill,
And when his fortune seems at last
complete, -..z
For his successor, We keep looking still.
Evening star., 1937-03-02
A RHYME at Twilight
BY
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
A Prayer.

"A Prayer.
Lord. give us gifts of Galilee,
OF gay, sublime simplicity,
To ease our surcharged hearts Of pain
And make our world grow young again.
Into our lives Thy spirit pour,
That we from Thee learn more and more
To meet life with good craftsmanship,
With laughter curve the sullen lip.
Kindness to all, and thoughtfulneSS
For those who walk in ways Of stress;
Gentleness, honor, courtesy
Give Us these gifts Of Galilee.
Evening star., 1937-03-02

A sit down" strike uses Office furni-
ture and does not even make business
any better for chair manufacturers.
Evening star., 1937-03-02
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Evening star., 1937-03-02
HObbling.

From the Burlington Hawkeye Gazette.
Nebraska's one-legged Legislature
slowly learns to waltz around on its
hickory limb"
Evening star., 1937-03-02
Pacific Trend.

From the Newburgh IN. ~ News.
Here and there we note practical
moves toward peace. They are now
playing bridge by mail.
Evening star., 1937-03-02
Caste and Crime,

From the Wall Street Journal.
The world is getting better. The
people sent to Jail are of much higher
class than formerly.
Evening star., 1937-03-02
Classified.

From the Detroit News
The little woman has the Christmas
things neatly classified: The ones she
wanted, the ones she can use and those
that will make nice bridge prizes.