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The Lexington advertiser., 1938-04-21

Percy s. Milton, teacher Of agricul-
ture at Myrtle school, paid old friends
visit in Coxburg and Lexington the
past week end.
The Lexington advertiser., 1938-04-21

John Rhyme. jr, with Ben and Billy
Rathell went to Memphis Tuesday and
brought back truckload of roofing that
will be placed on Mr.. Rhymes home in
south Lexington.
The Washington times., 1938-09-24

smiling and his topaz green eyes
dancing, as though he were in
wardly enjoying a very funny joke
He was in high good humor, and
with cause, for that day the dis.
turbance" in Palestine had
reached such a peak that the Brit
ish troops were daShing about
more than ever frantically and
without avail.
He is 43, has five children, one
wife. MY family is TOO years
old. and for 200 years we HuS
seinis have held the muftiship
My father. grandfather, great
grandfather, for six generations
have all been muftis," he said.
"Yes, I have the title grand
multi, which means multi of all
the muftis of Palestine. Mufti
means interpreter of the law
There is no literal translation
into English. It does not mean
bishop or, strictly speaking, any
ecclesiastical rank"
His eminence claims direct
descent from Mohammed through
the prophets daughter, Fatimah
and the Caliph Ali. His enemies
contest this, charging his real
name should be Aswad, and tina:
his forefathers only married into
family of Husseini, descendants
OF the prophet.
Be that as it may, his family
is incontestably old, and well-to-
do. He was born in Jerusalem, at
tended the government school
there, and then the school OF
Sheik Rashid Rida in Cairo, which
he quit at the age of 16, to make
the pilgrimage to Mecca. About
this time his father, the multi OF
Jerusalem, Sheik Taher Al-Hus-
semi, died and his elder brother,
Kamel Al-Husseini, succeeded to
the title,
The Washington times., 1938-09-24
GreenbeIt 10 Hear
Husband on Sweder

GREENBELT. Md. Sept. "a.
Wilfred Husband, noted travel lee
turer, will speak on Sweden:
Where Human Values Count" in
an address arranged by educa-
tional and cooperative committees
at the Greenbelt Theater here
Monday evening at 8 o'clock. The
talk will be illustrated with nat
ural-color motion pictures taken
by the lecturer. Mr.. Husband has
spent the past two summers in
Scandinavian countries and has
made an intensive study of COOP
erative enterprises, housing, unem-
ployment and finances.
The Washington times., 1938-09-24
Salvation ARM
Asks Chest Raise

Request by the Salvation Army
for an increase of $26,67O in its
1899 allotment was being weighed
today by members Of the Com.
munity Chest budget committee
before whom Charles H. Dodd, di.
visional commander of the Army
yesterday made his plea.
Mr.. Dodd said the additional
money was needed to cover the
transient problem which this
year forced the agency to turn
away innumerable persons in
dire need Of help. One addi.
tional case workers salary was in.
cluded in Mr.. Dodd's estimate
of the sum needed to see the or
ganization through next year,
The Washington times., 1938-09-24
u. OF NJ. WARNS
AGAINST HAZING

COLLEGE PARK, Md, Sept. "a.
After four freshmen were injured
during a pep rally" at the Univer.
sity Of Maryland Tuesday, univer.
sity authorities yesterday warned
sophomore officials that the col.
lege's ruling against physical haz.
ing would be strictly enforced.
Several years ago, after some
students had been injured by over
enthusiastic sophomores, the uni.
versity banned physical hazing
and ruled that students violating
the regulation were liable to ex.
pulsion.
On Tuesday evening, the Soph.
omores held their annual roundup
of freshmen and marched them
bltndfolded to the coed dormi.
tories, where they were forced to
serenade the goods. then kneel
and pray for rain"
Traditionally, the c0:eds are sup
posed to oblige by dumping water
on the "frosh." This time several
tossed out the containers too, and
several freshmen were struck by
milk bottles. Four freshmen were
injured when they walked blind
folded into a concrete pit.
Frank Davis, sophomore class
president, agreed to the mo haz-
ing" rule but warned the fresh
men they must wear rat caps,
attend cheering practice and
speak to all upper classmen on
the campus.
The Washington times., 1938-09-24
BRIDGE winner
Washington Woman
Tournament Victor

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Sept. "a.
Mrs. Barney Robins, 1443 Ken
nedy st. N. w., Washington, was
a double winner in the first
events of the Northern Virginia
Contract Bridge Tournament be-
ling held in the George Mason
Hotel.
Paired with DR.. Fred C. BIanck,
Department of Agriculture Of
ficial, Mrs. Robins helped win
first honors in the mixed pair
event last night. Fifty-four pairs
competed.
Previously, Mrs. Robins and
Mrs. Dixie T. Wright, also Of
w a shington, captured the
women's pair championship by
half a match point from Mrs. C.
II. Wiley and Mrs. F. A. Colonel,
of Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1938-09-24
Pittsburgh u. Paper
Lauds Russia in Ad

PITTSB URGH, Sept. Is
G.N.SO.-Excitement swept the
student body at the University
of Pittsburgh today after the first
edition of the Pitt News, under
graduate newspaper, appeared on
the campus containing an ad ex-
tolling Soviet culture despite a
rigid faculty censorship.
The five-inch advertisement, on
one of the inside pages, named a
New York firm as the headquar-
ters for dissemination of COM
muniStic culture. Offered for
sale were pamphlets and litera-
ture on "Sovietland," Moscow
News" international Literature"
and the "U.S.S.R. in Construc-
ton"
The Washington times., 1938-09-24
ATTACKED
D. C.. Wife Seized al
Point of Gun

Police today are investigating
a report made by Mrs. Angeline
Montabo Grace, 25, Of 42O5 Nash
st. N. E., that she was criminally
assaulted by a colored man about
81 years of age near her home
about 1870 last night.
According to police, Mrs. Grace
said she had left a street car at
Kenilworth Avenue and Dean
Street and was walking towards
her home when she was seized
by the attacker who threatened
to shoot her if she screamed. She
was taken to Gallinger Hospital
where she was examined by DR..
j. j. Calarco. She was still under
observation today.
The Washington times., 1938-09-24
"Cradle" Babies Hit in Hollywood:
Al loIsons to Adopt Another Infant

CHICAGO, Sept. "a G.N.sO
Babies from THE Cradle" famed
institution for infants in Evanston,
ILL.,, are making good in the homes
Of Hollywood film stars, George
Burns, Of the screen and radio,
said here today.
So delighted are AL Jolson and
Ruby Keeler with AL Jolson, jr.,
that they are going to adopt an
other-this time a girl-accord-
ing to Burns.
Burns had just greeted his
own two foster children, Sandra,
4, and Ronald, 3, as they arrived
from the film capital. Both were
adopted from The Cradle by
Burns and his wife, Oracle Allen.
"Gee," said Burns, Oracle
and I have been separated from
the kids for five days and 1t
seemed like five years. Now
we're all going to New York
together.
These kids of ours are the
best in the world. Our whole
life revolveS around them. We
never owned a home or motor
car until we adopted the babies.
but we do now. You have to
have a home to raise children
properly"
Burns said babies from The
Cradle are Frightening the homes
of at least 20 members of the
film colony. Among them are the
Jolsons, the Pat O'Briens, the
Joe E. Browns, the Adolphe Men
jouS, the Jack BennyS.
The Washington times., 1938-09-24
MANTEL MEALS
FOR J. MARTINI

It is a safe bet that Jimmy
Martin, IA, Baltimore, will eat his
dinner off the mantel tonight
and perhaps for several days to
come.
For Jimmy sort Of upset things
today, and his mother says when
he gets home he is going to get
a whale of a good old fashioned
spanking.
It was a nice warm fall day
today, and Jimmy decided to come
to Washington and see his brother.
Lacking the necessary fare, he
hoped a freight train in the
Baltimore yards. And then the
fun started.
George Purper, 20, Of Baltimore
and his brother, Robert, 10, had
also decided to go a-traveling via
the side door Pullman. And they
helped Jimmy get on board.
Some one who saw all this called
the railroad and said a boy was
being kidnapped. So when the train
reached the New Jersey Avenue
yards here, there was a reception
committee of railroad police, re-
porters, photographers and work,
men, all eager to take a sock at
the kidnaperS.
But it was all explained, and
the three youths were returned
to Baltimore by some railroad EN-
ployes who live there-and Jimmy
has the prospect of that spanking
that is going to hurt, and how!
The Washington times., 1938-09-24
He Wants To Be
PGLestine's King

Nor could they even take his
title of President of the Moslem
Supreme Council. Much less could
they deprive him of ambition, toe
dazzling to be mentioned, one day
to have the title Caliph and rule
the Moslem world. That title re.
quires its bearer to be sovereign
Of an independent MoSlem state
Hence the mufti'S unquenchable
desire to become King Of PaleS.
tine.
It requires a prestige which he
does not yet possess, but is rap
idly acquiring. For he is the
one Arab who challenges tn e
British and Herewith wins re-
Spect in every diSaffected Mos
lem heart from India to Egypt.
Could he wiring from the British
their abdication of Palestine, now
threatened by the proposed par
titions, and win his way to king
ship, that greater kingdom Of a
revived caliphate might seem
within his grasp.
Many Jews hold that 80 per
cent of the fiercely violent Arab
opposition to the British man
date, to the Balfour declaration, to
Zion and the Jewish national
home, springs from this one man.
Most Jews and many British ad-
NIT that his eminence provides
the leadership, and through him
flows the money from Arab, Ger.
man and Italian sources to inspire
and feed the Arab terror in Pales-
tine.
It was midafternoon when,
coming from the sWeltering heat
Of Beirut, we motored for an hour
up mountain roads and finally
reached the mufti's home. His
house, like fortress Of concrete
blocks, overlooks spacious valley,
and surrounded by pine trees,
makes cool and fragrant place of
exile.
It was night before we were ad-
mitted. Meanwhile I sat beside a
Persian tent, gay in red and white.
and watched his encourage. A
Bedouin, straight as a cedar of
Lebanon, clothed in the dress Of
the desert, sat near the entrance
to his eminence's residence and
stated unblinking at the setting
sun. A moody, fattish youth in
European clothes took our card.
An old Arab gentleman with an
elegant tarbooSh and spats, bowed,
twirled his pugnacious mustaches
and took a seat.
Then came a Sheik and hal,
and another Sheik and another
hal, and a Bedouin silently passed
cups the size Of thimbles with Turk
ash coffee favored deliciously by
q desert berry. They told me it
improved the breath. Another
Arab came and a hush fell upon
the company. The newcomer was
the agent Of the French Surete,
assigned to watch his eninence.
The Washington times., 1938-09-24
Nine HOSPITALS
FAIL TO BECOME.
CHEST MEMBERS
Care for Needy to Be
Paid Under New Plan

Nine Washington hospitals, now
Community Chest members, will
not apply for membership in 1889
This decision, announced by
Herbert Willett, jr., Chest director
is the first step in a far-reaching
plan to care for the city's needy
sick taken at a meeting Of the
executive committee of the Chest
yesterday.
PAID FOR CARE
The hospitals will be paid for
medical care for the INDECENT out
of a general disqualification fund
to be set up by the Chest budget
committee. The hospitals will be
free to appeal for donations inde'
pendently of the Chest while still
being paid for care given patients
sent by that organization. Per
sons contributing to the Chest
will be allowed to specify any OF
the 56 Chest agencies to which
they want their money to be ap,
piled.
The Southern Relief Society will
also leave the Chest but two new
agencies have applied to enter.
These are the Washington Society
for the Hard Of Hearing and the
department of social welfare of
the Washington Federation OF
Churches.
CHANGE EXPLAINED
Two unpleasant situations"
Mr.. Willett explained, influenced
the change regarding the hos
pitals. He said these are:
One-Group Health ASSocia-
ton members have not been gen.
orally admitted to hospitals, and
the Chest has been criticized for
financially aiding the hospitals
under these circumstances.
Two-Certain hospitals under
the previous system Of Chest
membership have been going
deeply into the red" through care
Of INDECENT patients, while other
hospitals have kept in the black.
All received the same payments
from the Chest for INDECENT
patients sent by the Chest.
In regard to group health, Will
lett said the Chest has been "un-
justly criticized"
1--WE were not in any way re-
sponsible for the apparent atti-
tude of the hospitals toward
CHA patients. While we con-
tinued to pay hospitals, during
the GHA-hospital feud, it was
merely for services rendered,
just as we pay for gas, light
and heat.
1--WE hope eventually to per
suade the hospitals to agree to
a pro rata distribution Of this
fund according to the need of
each hospital"
The Washington times., 1938-09-24
Muftiship 200
Years In Family

We discussed prayer and its
meaning. That was safe. A serv'
ant offered tumblers OF non-alco'
holic grape juice. Suddenly I dis
covered they thought was Eng,
lish. Corrected, they warmed ap'
preciably.
Just as the sun was setting, the
tall Bedouin arranged his rug
faced towards Mecca, and in the
golden glow, his tarboosh sharp
against the ruddy sky, Frustrated
himself. The notables did not stir
Full dark came, and the stars
bursting into flame joined the
lights Of a village on the opposite
hillside. First one and then an
other Of the encourage were sum
moned by his eminence. I was
finally left alone, then called.
In a silver-painted room, the
mutt sat facing me as entered
He rose. His twinkling, irontc
eyes, his shrewd mouth with its
humorous smile, told of intellect
His sandy beard. with streak Of
white, his big strong hands and
his sturdy bearing spoke of force
Over a black silk surplice he
wore a coarse brown woolen cape
reaching to his feet and bordered
with gold His extra-size tarboost
with its snow-white turban de
noted his rank.
In Arabic, translated by my col
league, Mouhiddine z. Nsouli. edi
tor and proprietor Of the Pan-AraE
newspaper Beyrouth, his eminence
acknowledged the honor Of the
visit, avowed full knowledge oi
the Importance Of Internationa,
News Service, and deprecated
deeply that he could not talk poll
tics because he had promised the
French not to do so. Noting that
the Surete agent had taken a sea-
nearby, bowed assent.
But he consented to answer
questions about himself, and die
% cheerfully, the while slwayi
The Washington times., 1938-09-24
Y Head TO Speak
Al Mission Service

Mrs. Julia West Hamilton, presi.
dent of Phyllis Wheatley Y. w.
C. A., will be the guest speaker at
the observance of missionary day
at Metropolitan Wesley A. NJ. E.
Zion Church tomorrow at 8 p. m.
Other services during the day
will include the morning sermon
by the Rev. David c. Lynch, pas
tor, at II o'clock and a program
by the Buds Of Promise Of the
church at 3 p. m. The speaker
at the afternoon service will be
the Rev. Gilbert Watson, Of Gar.
field.
The Washington times., 1938-09-24
CAPITAL LEADS
With ROLL CALL
BY RED CROSS
First City to Launch
Annual Drive

Final plans were completed to-
day for the opening Monday Of
the annual Red Cross Roll Call.
Washington is the first city in
the nation to hold the Roll Call,
and last year 87,700 persons were
enrolled. This year the campaign
heads are hoping to increase this
figure to 100000.
AS feature of the opening of
the campaign, a squadron of Ill
Navy planes will fly here today
from the Norfolk Navy base, take
the formation of huge cross and
fly over the course of the Presi.
dents Cup Regatta, then over the
city, before returning to their sta
tion.
VOLUNTEERS MEET
The 500 volunteer workers in
the campaign met last night at
the District Chapter House, 1870
E st. N. W., to discuss final plans
Edgar Morris, general chairman
Of the Roll Call, and Earl A. Nash,
vice chairman, praised the work
of the volunteers in the past, and
predicted that the campaign this
year would be a greater success
than ever before.
Pointing to the work now peing
done in the New England storm
area, Mr.. Morris declared that
the Red Cross is the greatest sin,
gle agency of relief in the nation,
and that it is imperative that the
campaign be a success so that
this rescue and relief work can
be continued.
DAVIS BROADCASTS
4 nationwide broadcast was
made last night by Norman H.
Davis, national chairman of the
Red Cross, in which he spoke of
the grave danger of war in
Europe.
Declaring that the Red Cross
is "one of the beacons of hope in
this period of great disturbance in
human affairs" Mr.. Davis said:
THE world Sorely needs the
human understanding, the
kindly action, the sharing of
burdens which the Red Cross
stands for everywhere.
The Washington times., 1938-09-24
Fled After Shooting
of Commissioner

At the outbreak Of the war,
Amin joined the Turkish army,
became staff captain and was
captured by the British. At the
end of the war, aged "a, he re-
turned to Jerusalem, entered the
British government service. first
in the office Of the Arab adviser
to Sir Ronald Storrs, military gov
ernor of Jerusalem, then in the
public security department, then
as a customs official, when he left
to become a teacher in the RaSh1-
diyeh school in Jerusalem, and a
journalist.
The first attempt to found the
Jewish National Home found him
an original opponent, and in 1920
his anti-Jewish articles having
helped provoke a bloody pogrom
in Jerusalem, he was sentenced to
10 years in prison. He fled to
Trans-J Jordan, was amnestied by
Sir Herbert Samuel, high commits
sioner of Palestine, and then
strangely appointed by Samuel to
succeed his brother, who died, as
multi of Jerusalem.
Samuel picked him as a highly
intelligent man who could be per-
suaded to help the British make
the mandate work. He has now
nearly achieved his ambition to
wreck the mandate completely.
He has travelled widely through
out the Moslem world, in India,
Iran, Irak and Afghanistan, quietly
to lay the foundations for the rep
utation which might one day lead
to candidacy for the caliphate.
Nothing has helped him more than
his present exile, and the dra-
matte circumstances OF his flight
from Jerusalem.
When District Commissioner
Andrews was shot September 26,
1887, as the climax to a terror
wave only surpassed by the pres
ent one in Palestine, the British
arrested 200 Arab leaders and the
mufti only escaped by taking ref
uge in the Mosque of Omar. The
British dissolved the higher Arab
committee, of which the multi
was president, and sent to the
Seychelles Islands the five they
could catch of its II members.
For three weeks the British
watched the exits Of the mosque,
not daring to offend the Moslem
world by invading its sanctuary
to arrest the paramount notable OF
Palestinian Arabry. Critics insist
that the British sighed with relief
when they heard one morning
that the multi had escaped; some
say in the disguise Of a woman,
some say as a peasant. others
that he was carried out in coffin.
I asked the mutt to tell me
how he got away. THAT" he
smiled, would be political. But I
may tell you that three of my
multi forefathers had to flee Jeru-
salem for one reason or another.
And they all returned" he added
meaningly.
eyes," he concluded, land may
recall that my earliest ancestors
of record also had to flee. You
may remember the hegira. Even
Mohammed the Prophet had to
flee"
The multi, conscious of his OBJ
legations to the French and OF the
presence of a Surete agent, dis
cussed no politics, but he assigned
a spokesman from whom I was to
learn the program Of the man
who, like a prophet, had to flee.
This Is the Sirth article in a
series of ttDelUe by Mr.. Knicc-
erbocEer describing DGr in the
Holy Land. The SeUenth 1UiH Gp-
pear In Mondays Times.
The Washington times., 1938-09-24
TankeKs PiCketed
In Firing Protest

EAST CHICAGO, Ind, Sept. "a
G.N.S0 S0.-Protesting the dismissal
Of several unionists, six members
of the National Maritime Union
today picketed outgoing steamers
of the Cleveland Tanker Corpora
tion at the ship canal dock. Repre-
sentatives Of the corporation and
the union are discussing a wage
contract. Oil products from Whit
ing and East Chicago refineries
are transported by the boat line.
The Washington times., 1938-09-24

Hal Amin Al-Husseini, grand
multi Of Jerusalem, multi Of all
the muftis Of Palestine, is in exile.
Over the mere shooting of Brit
ish district commissioner, he had
to leave Jerusalem a year ago.
The incident has paled beside the
daily toll Of terror in the Holy
Land today. It cost him his title
Of president Of the Higher Arab
Committee. The British took that
away, but they could not take
away his power.
The Washington times., 1938-09-24
PWA O. KS "a More

I.N.S.) PWA today announced
approval of "a additional non
Federal projects having an esti-
mated construction cost of $10,-
853,976.
The Washington times., 1938-09-24
NEIGHBORHOOD MOVIES

Robert Montgomery. Virginia Bruce:
''Josette," Don Ameche. simon
Simon. Robert Young. Thursday and
Friday: Treasure Island" Wallace
Beery Jackie Cooper; Women in
Prison" Wyn Cahoon, Scott Cotton;
comedy; news. Saturday: THE Pur-
pie Vigilantes"; the Three Mesuui-
teers; Making the Headlines" Jack
Holt; serial
The Washington times., 1938-09-24
By q. r. KNICKERBoCKER

aionalN News Service Staff Correspondent
in
BEIRUT, Lebanon (IN.S )-High upon mountain crest
IN the Lebanon sits erenely his emnence the chief Of all
the Arabs in Palestine the paramount public enemy of the
Jews Zon the Hitler of the Near East He greeted with
all the simple dignity of an Arab Fuehrer.
The Washington times., 1938-09-24

CENTRAL-Sunday and Monday:
Bob Taylor and Maureen O'Sullivan in
Crowd Roars." Tuesday and Wednes-
day: Boy Meets Girl" starring James
CaEney and Pat O'Brien. Thursday
and Friday: Edward G. Robinson in
The Amazing DR.. Clitterhouse."
Saturday; Don Ameche and Arleen
Whelan in Gateway; Jane Withers in
Keep Smiling: Popeye.
The Washington times., 1938-09-24

c o L ON Y-Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday Adolphe Menjou and Charlie
Mccarthy in Letter Of Introduction"
Wednesday and Thursday (return en-
gagemenD: Gary Cooper and Helen
Hayes in Farewell To Arms" FRI
day: Crime School Kids in Little
Tough Guy" Saturday: Don AmechO
and Arleen Whelan in Gateway;
Flaming Frontier" No. 8; Popeys.
The Washington times., 1938-09-24

PENN-sunday, Monday and Tues
day: Enrol Flynn. Olivia DeHavilland,
Rosalind Russell and Patric Knowles
in "Fours a Crowd" Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday: Joan Bennett
and Randolph Scott in The Texans"
Saturday: Jane Withers in Keep
Smiling: Popeye.
The Washington times., 1938-09-24

This is the sirth article in
series of tIDelUe by Mr.. Knick-
erbocker describing DGr in the
Holy Land. The Seuenth tDiH Gp-
pear In Mondays Times.
The Washington times., 1938-09-24

HOME-Sunday and Monday: Adolph
Menjou and Charlie Mccarthy in
Letter of Introduction" Tuesday
and Wednesday: Crime School Kids in
Little Tough Guy" Thursday: Lloyd
Nolan and Shirley Ross in Prison
Farm" Friday: Harold Lloyd in
Professor Beware; Our Gang
Saturday: Joe Penner in I'm From
the City,; George O'Brien in Painted
Desert; Popeye.
Evening star., 1938-04-17
Residential News
Of Social Note
In Sandy Spring.

SANDY SPRING. Md. April 10
Mrs Richard B. Thomas, jr.. and
her small son are spending the week
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. R
E. McCartv Of Waterford, Va.
Mrs. Karl Wilson and her sons have
arrived from Rochester. N. Y. tc
spend two weeks with relatives. They
are dividing their visit between Mrs
John c. Bentley and Mrs. Frederick
L. Thomas. Dr. Wilson will join his
family later for visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Graham have
had as their guests for several DAYS
their Son-in-laW and daughter. Mr.
and Mrs. Parker H Spear of Phila
delphia.
Miss Doris Lea entertained at . tea
Monday afternoon at her home, Lea
croft
Mr. and Mrs Harold Lounsbury
and their small son and Mrs. Louns-
bury's sister. Mrs Hopper of Wayne
Pa, have arrived to spend several days
with Mr.. and Mrs A. Douglas Farqu-
har at the Cedars
Mrs Francis Miller entertained al
a bridge luncheon Wednesday.