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Evening star., 1937-02-07
By William 4. Bell, T.

A T A total cost Of 81 I've just
~ had my soul barred by three
~ Of WaShington's licensed for
4 = tune tellers (ncluding palm
lists, clairvoyants, spiritualists and
other practitioners Of the so-called
occult arts), and, if am to believe
what I'm told, my alleged literary
career is coming to an abrupt halt
almost any time now, to be replaced
by a life Of ease and comfort, mean
ing no work. So much moneys COM
ing this way, in fact Cor fancy, that
my 81 investment will rank as the
wisest ever made. Maybe that's what
one of the oracles meant when she
told me that for a small down pay
ment the opportunity would arrive
ito make a fabulous sum-
Predictions Of future financial sta
bility counteracted the alarming in
formation that I was to sire three
children-two boys and girl. I've
got it all figured out: With this vast
wealth that's heading toward me, I'll
send the boys to Aiken, st. Pauls,
Harvard, Oxford and the Sorbonne,
and the girl to Foxcroft, q Swiss fin
ishing school, and Wellesley.
Assuming an expression like one of
Benda's tragic masks, I made my
first call to psychic" with mystic
television eyes," I was admitted to
the house, large and ancient red
stone affair-by a colored maid in
neatly starched blue uniform with
white cap and apron. Another coll
ored maid was rolling a carpet
sweeper across a floor, which goes to
show that even in the households of
persons in touch with the infinite
there exist the chores Of this work.
aday world. suppose the cave of
the Delphic Oracle occasionally had
to be subjected to Spring house
cleaning, It probably had plenty II
Evening star., 1937-02-07

ting on a stool near mine, What kind
Of Camel cigarettes you-all want? We
amt got none anyway"
Outside a long row Of cars was
parked. I wondered, since the engi-
neers lack of success with the trans
portation problem. A friendly woman
having a cup of coffee said: We're
sleeping there tonight-lots of us. My
husband and came in from our farm
to find some of the family and this is
Evening star., 1937-02-07

them and divide the pack into four
heaps. I was diverted by an anatom-
ical chart with zodiacal symbols, but
that must have been for the IS or $40
readings, 50, unquestioningly, did
as I was told.
''Now, lemme see your PALM" COM
manded the mystic, picking up .
magnifying glass to enhance the
vision of the teleyjsion eyes.
After q moments inspection o6 my
Evening star., 1937-02-07

This evidently was to keep tobacco
fumes from getting into the mystic
television eyes,"
A 3-foot oil painting exhibited a
solemn -visaged brunette with no top
garments, tossing a cupid on her
finger tips while cupe's twin brother
seemed to be snatching at the lady's
semi-detached chemise.
A DOOR opened and was con-
= fronted BY the seer h6ese1. For
Evening star., 1937-02-07
Riches Promised for Seven Dollars Keep
Reporter in Clean Collars.

big, furry Delphia cobwebs for bats
and spiders to cavort among.
The mystic was busy with another
client; so I was shown into parlor
that was a veritable nudist colony of
gilded cupids gracing gilded furni-
ture. The room gave the impression
of infrequent use and the chairs were
Evening star., 1937-02-07

If the television eyes could have seen
into my wallet, their owner would
have known instantly that would
take the So reading. But had to
supply that information myself. The
seeress handed me a pack Of cards,
with predictions and advice printed
on the faces, and was told to shuff1e
Evening star., 1937-02-07

the information of those who are
interested in soothsayer styles, she
wore a black dress with white collar
such as is worn by a thousand women
in offices and homes. Her finger
nails were 1acquered a salmon shade
of pink. The "television eyes" were
nice, friendly brown ones. The voice
was soft and very Southern.
Seated at table, facing the psychic,
I was asked which would I have-the
s.. the $ or the $40 1dtng. Now.
Evening star., 1937-02-07

the only warm place with lights any
where around. There are people out
there who come here to sleep in their
cars every night"
THE clack Of the radio went on. A
tall, broad man, his clothes good
week from a tailor's iron, his face
dark with two days beard, came by
and materialized into the port super
intendent, Lieut.. A. H. Near. Since
Evening star., 1937-02-07

arranged like those in q museums
display. Maybe I was in the spirits
sitting room. half apologized to
gingerly on what may have been his
favorite chair.
On a red marble topped table, be-
tween the figures of youth, whose
only clothing was q pair Of china
wings. and q china barefoot maid
with cracked jug over her arm, was
q metal sign saying. mo apking"
Evening star., 1937-02-07

t. Ne,c Jersey State police left for Louisville BY air to
patrol the flood 2 An air vieav of Louisville in the
flood. photo BY american Airlines from Vide World.
g. Bundles being to food sufferers from Washington
f. Three loads of PhHadelbha policemen ,cent to the
stricken area BY arbIane s. Aeral photographs such
this of the Ievee Ne,c Madrid, Mo-, used by
engineers. -Wide World Phofo s. Unloading Red
Gross supplies for flood relief at Louisville.
Evening star., 1937-02-07

lConttnuedPn Sixth Pase.l
Evening star., 1937-02-07
By Alice Rogers Hager.
KY.

LOUISVILLE, KY.
~ UT of the terror and distress
4 that have ripened like grim
fruit from the flood waters
~ Of the Ohio and the Missis-
Washington Journal., 1937-06-18
Gin SrOi@, Der i6reit unO SrG'
men uerSieRt.

Ser ieltlamIte nler Sroide lit
n~eueroings I'M 3oologii6en @arten
bon 2onoon angefommen. St liebt
aus pie aus einem Sridfilm bon
@alt 9isneu (oem S90pfer Ser
MidD Mous) entIprungen, un0
oernentlpreGe1o iin0 aud Die Gone,
Die er bon ii6 eibt. Sem offi8ieIler
Same lit G%erotopbrDs, aber man
fam ii9 mebr Oorunter b~oriteIer,
penn man i'm ben i9reienoen bro
iilianii9en Sroi9 nennt. 9ie 8dr.
ter oes 300, Oie bod an aIerbano
ionoerbare Siere, g0geI uno &epti-
lien eem0bnt iino, miiiien geIteben,
Dab Oieies SnOibiOrum iie in or.
itaunen geieBt bat.
Ser Groi9 lit is 8entimeter
lang unO 1919 3entimeter brett,
uno er fam ii9 10 oufblaien, 0nB
er einen 0urdmeiier bon % Gem
timetern betommt. Ct liebt es, lid
gona in Sic grOe ein5ugraben, uno
tpenn man i'm oa beraiis bolt u1O
i'm auf einen Gid ieBt, gibt er iei-
mem MiBbergniigen NusOrud, IN
Dem er i9reit tpie elm fleiues Sinh.
0as SeItiamlte fam man aber err
leben, tpenn man i'm iiber BEN &iif-
fen itreiGt, Oann rotten n1mli6
ridtige Srdnen iein @eiidt beruti-
ter, er reiBt melt iein groBes Wanl
auf unN 5eigt cine ber5f0rmige
3unge.
ainoer, bic iOnlt Sr0i&e nidt
lei6en f0nnen ODER iid Dor ibnen
fiir9ten, tpiir0en nit oieiem iider.
li9 5reunoi6aft i4lieBen, oenn er
tpirft foit mebr pie elm @ummi-
ipiel8eug itatt pie elm lebenOiger
Groi1. l1eber Sen Mugen bat er
5pei boubenartige Solder, oie ipie
brnune 8lGtter ausieben, un0 iie
Iin0 0as ein5ige, mas bon linn 81
ieben bleibt, ipenn er iid gana elm
gr1bt. sic oienen inn als cine
Art orabtloier g~mpfdnger rno mel
ben ibm ie0es @erduld zines iid
n1bern6en 2ebepeiens.
Washington Journal., 1937-06-18
s6utmakmabmem fit Die Iettem
8ni@mGnmer.

SSyn Ser @eIdidte Ser Meniden
nie Ser Siere gibt es cine &eibe
BON 8eiipielen, oaB man erit oatti1
anfing, iiH Inn ein5elne &alen 81
fiimmern, penn fie bonn @usIterben
beorobt tparen. 50 geboren iett
audi oie 8uidmdnner in Sioofrifd
5u Ben &oiien, oenen Die 8iiier'
Idaft pI0Blid cine groBe Iufmerf-
Iamfeit aupenoet. Sn Sobannes-
burq Iir0 mie in .HecIams Uni
Derium" beri6tet miro, ettpa 70
8ui9mGnner in Elm Eager bereint
poroen. 9ie genolen 9enner Der
8erbdltniiie in Der &olabariiteppe
fms Der lte%ber8eugitng, bob iie nit
oieIen 20 Meni9en run0 Oie SGlfte
ser beute nod Iebenoen Mitglieocr
oes friiber iebr oabIreiden l1rOol-
fes auiammeneebrnht baben. gbe
nun oieie Iebten 8uidmdnner Der
@eIt bieneidt berIdminoen, ioIen
iie nod einmal Sen @iiienf6aftlern
ole MOgli9feiten gu llnteriudun-
gen uno b0lferfunoIih Di1tigen
SeItiteaungen bieten.
9eben oieier Siiriorge fir Oie
guIGmGnner lallfen dber aud Be-
Itrebungert, ibnen nod Dem 8orbilo
ser or0amerifanii9enS
bationen elm 9duBgebiet ols @obn-
fiddle au8npeiien, Inn ite auf Oicie
@eiie Dem i1periten grilten5fampf
3u ent3ieben uto ibr fonit unber-
meioIi9es Muslterben 81 berbinOern.
OieIer NIon miro BON iiioafrifani-
i6en @iiieni6aftlern ungefdbr felt
8eginn oieies SobrbunOerts nit 2ei-
6enI6aft bertreten, ober Biz beute
fonnte er in Sen &ieIenrdumet
afrifas nod ni6t bertpirflidt ipcr'
oen. Beiiimiiten rednen oamit, oaB
ungefGbr in elmer Generation Die
IeBten 8ertreter Beg Bottles Der
BufdmGnner bon ser groe ber-
i1pinoen DerOen.
Washington Journal., 1937-06-18

grmeen berun. 9as 5ieber tommt
uto iaet ourd Oie aOern unO offnet
oos auge gum S6nuen bon unDirt-
Iiden 0ingen, unO Oie S~ternenougen
elmer unerrei66aren @elt idauen
fnlt berab.
ln 0en SluBufern Iiegen geeger-
aebofte. Sort lit Ser lliofi nit iei-
mem SerenmeiIter Sotuspofus Serr
iiber Qeben uno SOB. Seine Gfliat
lit es, Sic Bfeile 5u bergiften uno
aus &rdutern Meoi5in 5u brouen.
Stirbt elm S1uptIing, 10 muB er ben
boien @eilt bonnen, Der Die Rrant-
belt Deruria1t bat, onnn beult uno
ton8t ct, Bis er in 8uduneen an
Bo6en Iiegt. 9ie &Guptlinge limb
nit Dem l1iofi abiolute Serrider
iiber 2eben uno SOB ibrer Itnterta-
men,, unbeIaItet BON moralilhem Der
nnttportungsgefiibl. sic fennen tel,
ne onoere 8fIi6t, aIs ibr eiaenes
@obIeraeben 3u forbern. 9adu
brouden Iie niHt bel, MIR Palm-
pein, Ea6af uno m0glihIt Diele
6rauen, oie Iie mad tangent Bola.
Der BON BEN gltern fnufen unO Damn
als Mrbeitstiere %bertuenoen.
8eIonoere GeIte bilOen Die Gle
fanteniagoen. Sn Ser Nodt pOrber
per0en olerlei &rdrter gefodt, De.
rem @enuB oie Sdger nngebliA fiir
Sic elefanten unIiGtbor moHt. BirO
elmer oieIer &ieienoidbduter erlegt,
70 biI6et oas TIeif9 eiuen 0eder-
biIIen, Ser ouf oampfenoe Geuer ge-
rOitet unO gierig Deri1lungen tDirO.
9as ipnniihe Mtunige6iet lit tpenig
erforIdt, nur am &op San Suan
gibt es einige Saftoreiet in oenen
ii9 Die guropGer Ourh reidli1en
gbininaenuB Dor Dem Sumpffieber
al i6iiben beriuden. 9abinter liegt
Ser l1rDaI0, aus Dem 3ufDeilen &te-
ienaffen Bis au ben l1m5Gunungen
nor0ringen uno neugierig NIT tiidi-
iden Mugen oas Meni6entperf be-
troGten. 9ie ipnnii6e &egiertng
bat in Sernnnoo 8oo unO an Der
&iifte einen Naoioempfdnger oufItel-
len Iaiien. 9ie i6par3en Meoi5in-
manner unO 3auberer Der 8ilOnis
fonnen, pern fie ouf ben Softoreiett
eri6einen, iebt einem @aI5er ODER
Eango aus 8oris ODER MaoriO lait-
fden. sic beugen it9 Damn Dor benz
iibermddtigen 3altber Der @eiBen,
Oenen fie geborden miiIien uno ben
lie fiir9ten gelernt boben. Sour Der
l1rtpoIo IeI6it fiirdtet ben BeiBen
nidt, er Iteut ii9 inn nit ieinen
Siebern, nit ieinem @rQuen unO
nit tauienS Naturgeipalten ertge-
gen. !.
Washington Journal., 1937-06-18

Seim un0 69Ieier-
m a d I. Mls Ser alte Me0i5iner
Seim gum erItenmal nit S9leier-
NADER auinmmentraf rief er err
1taunt aus: nSino Sic Ser beriibmte
Ghleiermader?" Dieier Iebnte be-
l6eioen ab, OaB er beriibnlt lei, aber
er Iei nobl Der ein5ige 8reoiger unO
8rofeior oieies Namens in Berlin.
Darauf fubr Seim, Der INNER iebr
ungeniert mar, fort: nW1ein @ott,
i1 babe mir unter Sbnen einen gro-
BEN anlebnli9en Mann borgeltelt,
90 Die 9amen nit ioldem gifer in
Sbre Stride 1tromen". Sir oieie I'M
beitreitbare Satia1e gab Der geiit-
bone &an6elreOner ieIbIt folgenoe
@rtldrung: 0@s iino bauptiddlia
Stuoenten, iunge 9amen uno OF
fi3iere, Die 81 mir fommen. Die
Stuoenten fommen, neil i9 Der
8riifungsfommiliion a~ngebore; Bic
iungen 9amen fommen negen Der
Stuoenten, uno oie 2eutnnnts megcn
Der iungen 9amen~. Seim, Der BET
leiner groBen 9raris unmogli4 ale
Nanen I'M &opf bebalten fonnte,
pflegte ieOen unbefimmert gu fro:
gen: User Iin0 Sic, uno Die BEL
Ben Gie?~ 9as fragte er nu9
S9leierma9er, na9Oem er i'm i9on
tpieOerbolt seieben bate, uorauf bic
Ter nit gr0Btem @rnit antiportete:
SD bin elm beriibmter Qlr3t uno
beige @ebeimrat Seim". Seim ltan6
einen Augenblid gang berOuBt. Damn
aber faBte er ii6 i6nea, mo er
muBte nun, nit ipenl er es gu tun
bate: nltno i9 bin Elm beriibmter
Ebeolose", iagte er, ~uno belize
SHleierma9er".
Washington Journal., 1937-06-18

10000 GbineIen ouseinanOertrieb.
gs tpurOen &unoerte BON gerbof.
tunaen Dorgenommer, ober mad Elm
paar Stun0en mar Die Gu6e mie0er
beraeIteat, obne OaB elm ein5iger
S6ub obgefeuert porOen mare uno
nit nur einem @ernunoeten BEL Der
8oliaei. Sinter Der 8oli5ei iteben
sic internationoIen @orniIonen Der
enaliiden, amerifaniinen unO fran
s6iIhen Sruppen. @ber iie treten
nitr in Mugenbliden ernlter Griie in
grI6einung unO mebr ais 8arnrng,
Dab oas englii9e @igentum bon
$250,O0 900 uno oos Der anoeren
neItIiden 0otionen geidiiBt lit.
Bon Morgenerauen biz our
Mountaineering orbeitet Sbangboi.
Bon Der Mountaineering bis gum
Mlorgengrnuen erIoi9en Die Sidter
ienes onoeren Sbongboi nidt. lin
5 ubr morgens tan3t Die StaOt iid
nod lire Sorgen meg. I'm z ubr
frii6Itiiden einige feiner g%iupobner
in Sen ipGteiten &aboretts Der fran-
36IiI9en Mie0erloduug. Niemono
6enft ~oestpegen idledter bon ibnen.
limb nidt Ser gerineite &ei4tum
Der GobelItoOt fommt BON Oener,
Sic It1 bonn 9ngeslidt iiberraiden
IaIien, nahoem tie bic 9o6t gum
Gage 3emndt boben.
Washington Journal., 1937-06-18
@ie man gienemsift ss~innt.

0as gienengift piro befanntIi1
bielfoG our 9ebanolung beg Ofbeu-
matismus b%erDenoet. Sn Der
S1wei5 bat man ~neueroings elm
beionoeres @erfabren aitsgedrbeitet,
Oieies 8%ienengift at geipinnen, uno
oamit quite Grgebniiie er3ielt. Dian
ldBt Die 8ienen Ourd gegerbte 3ie.
gem un6 SdaffeIe, Die cine raube
OberIeite, aber cine glatte Inter
ieite baben, ite6en. Damn Ianmelt
man oas auf Der ltnterieite austre-
tenoe @itt, oas iebr rein 1T. Muf
oieie @eiie erbdIt man bon touieno
8ienen 20 Miuigramm trodenes
Gift, oas i'm 8aiier nufgeloit uno
filtriert NIT AlfoboI in reinItar
Gorm bergelteIt pir0~
Washington Journal., 1937-06-18
ITO WaiatOnem MalariafraEssse
IN Der Melt.

Cine eridredenoe @tntiitif pur0e
bon Ser Malnriafommiiiion oes 80l.
ferbunoes aufgeiteIt, na9 Der ettua
10 Minionen Meni6en in Der 8elt
an Malaria Ieioen. Sir bic @rfranf-
ten tpur0en bon Dem 9auptmitteI
gegen Malaria, Gbinin. 1887 Son'
men IN einem Sabre oerbraudt..
Evening star., 1937-01-10
BOY, II, WILL LEAD
JUNGLE EXPEDITION
Worried Over Secretary as He
Plans Trip to Look for
Umbrella Bird.

BY Tire Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 9.-The lat.
est thing in scientific expeditions,
headed by i7-yesr-old Orlando Weber.
jr.. son Of the president of the Allied
Chemical d. Dye Corp. will sail
from here Thursday looking for an
umbrella bird in the jungles of Vene-
Zuela.
Among his associates will be Arthur
Hartwell of Minneapolis, Bryce Net
calf of New York and two women.
Mrs Gladys Gordon-Fry, ornithologist
from the National History Museum,
and Fridy Enkerli. Webers secretary.
They feel fairly confident of finding
an umbrella bird in the Paria PENN
sula country Of Venezuela. because no
one has looked there before, and
Weber's worries are chiefly over his
secretary and how she will get along
in jungle country.
She is fine secretary" he said
today. She doesn't write very well
on q typewriter. but she is excellent
at research, keeps things neat. and
can sew buttons on (Which should
be of great help looking for umbrella
birdS.)
But she is nervous about snakes
and things"
Evening star., 1937-01-10
MAN FEARED VICTIM
OF SPINAL MALADY
Harry Carson, Sr., Found in Semi.
Conscious Condition on
Bath Room Floor.

Harry Carson, sr.. IS, yesterday was
found in a semi-conscious condition on
the bath room floor of his home, 1911
Gales street northeast, several hours
after a Casualty Hospital physician
responding to sick man" call found
Carson had symptoms of spinal menin.
gifts. A gas light fixture had been
turned on in the room.
A Health Department physician ar.
rived for an investigation after being
notified by Casualty Hospital author
titles and found two policemen tending
Carson. After viewing the patient,
DR.. Fletcher ordered him sent to Gal.
linger Hospitals isolation ward for OBJ
servation. It may take until tomorrow
to diagnose Carson's ailment, 1t was
said.
Policeman D. A. Higgins and H. M.
Hilldrup Of the ninth precinct, who
answered the gas call, were ordered
home for q fumigation of their uni.
forms and general disinfecting as 0
precautionary measure.
Evening star., 1937-01-10
TROTZKY ARRIVES
AT MEXICO HAVEN
Breaks Silence to Denounce Mos.
cow Frame Up"-Pledges
mo Politics"

BY the Associated Press.
TAMPICO, Mexico. January g.
Leon Trotzky came to Mexico today
to the haven that European nations
had refused him.
The tanker Ruth brought the one
time co-leader Of Soviet Russia to
Tampico from Norway. where he had
been living in exile until Mexico in
vited him to come here and Norway
expelled him.
The 57-year-old Russian looked well.
His gray goatee was trimed neatly and
his hair was bushy. He broke the
silence of his last four months inter-
ment in Norway-where police closely
guarded his villa-to denounce what
he called the Moscow frame-up."
He referred to the execution Of 16
men in Moscow-including Gregory
Zinovief1 and Leon Kameneff, Trotzky
followers-convicted of plotting to
overthrow the Soviet administration.
Defendants testified Trotzky direct
ed the alleged plot in an attempt to
make Russia a Fascist state.
Trotzky declared he would soon
publish an article which would de-
scribe, among other things. "the meth
DDS used to extort the so-called volun-
tary confessions" at the trial.
Mrs. Trotzky sat quietly beside her
husband as he read his prepared state
ment in which he pledged himself to
"complete and absolute non.interyen.
ton in Mexican politics"
Evening star., 1937-01-10
REICH CHURCH GROUP
PUT IN BANKRUPTCY
Proceedings Begun Against Fran.
ciscan Lay Brothers by
Nazis.
~ the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WELDBREITBACH Germany, jan
uary 9.-Nazi authorities renewed &C
ton today against Franciscan Lay
Brothers, charged in the past with i'm
morality and smuggling money from
the country, with q bankruptcy pro-
ceeding.
A brief announcement said bank
ruptcy proceedings had been insti-
tuted by a court against the total as
sets OF Caritas. Ltd, Of st. Joseph's
House. near Weldbreitbach, Rhine
land town.
Brother Bertinus, a member OF the
order, charged insolvency of the Cath
olic organization, the mother house
of Franciscan Lay Brothers, was the
result of two moves by the govern
ment: The ministry of education can
celed the permits of all the Franciscan
houses to continue their tasks. Fines
Of more than $1.745, 900 were imposed
on several hundred brothers for snug
Cling and alleged immortality.
Despite the bankruptcy proceedings,
the Order of Franciscan Lay Brothers.
the legal owner of 'Caritas, Ltd, will
continue to exist, a spokesman said.
The announcement said the action
against the mother house included "all
its establishments and possessions at
Buchholtz, Oberbuchenau, Linz-on-
the Rhine. Ebernach, Bad Kruznach,
waldniel. Darnstedt, Doisburg, Koeln.
Lndenthal and Lugano, Switzer-
'aAnA
Evening star., 1937-01-10
Staying OF MAN, II,
IS LAID TO FARMER
Detectives Told He Beat Former
Convict to Death With
Plank.
BY the Associated Press,

KNOX, Ind, January Carl A.
c. johnson, 36-year-old farmer. con-
fessed today, State Police Detective
Fremont Lemeler said. that he beat
to death Morris Siegl, n, ex-convict
and Chicago confidence man, whose
battered body was found Thursday in
. farm house near here.
johnson told the detective he
banged siegel over the head with .
plank Thursday morning.
ut was just q fit of temper" the
detective said johnson told him.
Despite Johnsons admission. au-
thorities vent on with an investiea-
ton into the death Of the elderly man,
whose activities recently were under
scrutiny in Chicago in connection
with inquiry into an ambulance-chas-
ing racket.
Siesel several months ago con-
tracted to purchase from his alleged
slayer the farm where he was killed.
Sheriff Frank B. Lough said john
sons admission still left unexplained
two mysterious fires ut Siegels farm
last wednesday, the day before his
body was found by an insurance ad-
juster, who had called concerning the
fires.
Evening star., 1937-01-10

ton is unlike the "unwritten" consti-
tuition of the British.
They contend the Presidents ad-
dress to Congress, in which he said
from reading the debates in the
Constitutional Convention $50 years
ago, Il obtain the very definite thought
that the members of that convention
were fully aware that civilization would
raise problems" which would require
liberal Interpretation of the Consti-
tuition did not 60 far enough. The
trainers of the Constitution, they in
sist. might have been aware, and
probably were aware, of the need Of
future changes. But they provided for
that by inserting . provision for the
amendment Of the Constitution when
such changes Eefs roQui1e6
Evening star., 1937-01-10
POPE ENJOYS DAY
FREE FROM PAIN
Pontiff Is Cheerful, But
Paralysis OF Leg Seen
Extending.
By the Associated Press,

90 tAAC HSoOCiAIeQ FTtbSs
VATICAN CITY, January e.-Popa
Plus XI. cheerful and serene. enioyed
a day free of pain today, but paraly-
sis of his right leg was said to be
extending.
His physician, DR.. Aminta Milani,
was able to alleviate the pain in his
partly paralyzed left leg, aggravated
by open sores which resulted from the
breaking of varicose vein.
The brilliant Winter sunlight stream
ing through the 79-year-old pontiff's
bed room windows helped to raise his
spirits.
Vatican sources reiterated, however,
that the Pope, who has been bed
ridden for more than a month, prob
ably could not be cured of his funda-
mental ailments-heart disease and
hardening of the arteries.
He sent this plea to the eucharistic
congress to be held in Manila Feb
ruary to Z:
Pray for the re-esta blishmsnt Of
peace in a world which needs it
badly
The message was given to the papal
mission to the congress, led by Dem
mis- Cardinal Dougherty Of Philadel-
phia, by Cardinal Pacelli, papal secre-
tary Of state.
Cardinal Pacelli received the group
In his offices, presenting to Cardinal
Dougherty a gold and silver casket,
the Pope's gift to the eucharistic con-
gress.
The pontiff was fatigued greatly to-
night, and injections we're admins
tered. They soothed him and per-
mitted him to rest.