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Evening star., 1938-10-19
YOUTH CONFESSES
29 THEFTS OF SIPS
Police Say Biggest Loot Was SIS,
Smallest 5 Cents-Was Seized
on Suspicion.

Police announced today that a IT.
year-old colored youth, arrested yes
terday on suspicion by Patrolman D.
F. Donoghue of the tenth precinct
station, had confessed to 20 house.
breakings and petty thefts in the
northwest section since September 2.
The cash loot amounted to a total
OF $l256S. The largest amount stolen
at one time by the sneak thief was SIS
and the smallest pennies. He also
had taken food and beer from refrig-
orators, large hunting knife from one
place and eight movie passes from an
other.
Patrolman Donoghue was strolling
along an alley near Fourteenth street
and Columbia road NV. yesterday
morning when he noticed the colored
youth looking into back yards. He
stopped to question the boy, found
on him q knife with 7-inch blade,
and took him to the precinct station
for investigation. Less than Is hours
later, the confessions had been OBJ
tained.
The youth was said to have sneaked
into the houses by rear doors, windows
or unlocked front doors, usually TAX
ing only cash to be found in purses
within the house.
He was locked in cell at the Re-
ceiving Home today. while other pre-
cincts were notified to see If there may
be other cases against him.
Evening star., 1938-10-19
MRS. D. C. STUTlER
DIES IN Her HOME
Former Secretary to District
Register of Wills Was So.
Ritee Ton, orrnu,
Rites Tomorrow.

Mrs. Ella w. Stutler. So, former
secretary to the District register of
wills, died last night at her home,
1880 Davenport street NV, after a
long illness.
Mrs. Stutler had worked for many
years for the register OF wills until
retiring last January. She was the
wife of Delmas C. Stutler, lawyer. A
native Of this city. Mrs. Stutler was
daughter OF the late William Wagner
formerly in the hardware and sports
goods business here. She was men,
Der of the Mothers Club of the Kappa
KAPPA Gamma Sorority.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Stutler is
survived by two daughters, Mrs.
Eleanor Stutler Vaughan, Philadelphia,
and Mrs. Jearette Stutler Owings, this
city; a son, Delmas c. Stutler, jr.,
this city, and five sisters. Mrs. Lillian
Heintz, Mrs. Elmer L. Trey, wife OF the
chief of the Intelligence Unit. Bureau
OF Internal Revenue, and Mrs. Frank
Wallace. all of this city; Mrs. Arthur
Kwis, Cleveland, and Mrs. Ernest P.
Hutchinson, Columbia, S. c.
Funeral services will be held at
2:3o pm. tomorrow in Lees funeral
home, Fourth street and Massachusetts,
avenue NE. Burial will be private.
Evening star., 1938-10-19
WORLD W0ESLA|D
TO MATER|AL|SM
Eucharistic Congress Hears
Mass in Language Used
by Christ.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 19.-Material.
ism was blamed for the multiplied
evils" Of the world by Auxiliary Bishop
Bernard J. Shell OF Chicago in
sermon today at the Eighth National
Eucharistic Congress
THE world said the bishop ad-
dressing a special mass for youth in
the city park stadium. lis largely
impotent Intellectually. bankrupt eco
nomically and on1inous politically
Catholic schools of the city, high
and elementary, sent students into the
stadium where yesterday George
Cardinal Mundelein, also of Chicago,
opened the congress with a solemn
high pontifical mass. Archbishop Ed
ward D. Howard Of Portland, Greg,
was the celebrant.
A mass, strange in this city and
strange even to many priests, was
said in Aramaic. the language spoken
by Jesus Christ, in downtown church.
Priests Crowd Sacristy.
Visiting priests crowded the sacristy
to watch the Rev. Elias Magem of
San Antonio, Tex, don his vestments
for the mass. which was specially
arranged for Syrians and Palestine
ians of the city.
In his sermon to the youths, Bishop
She'll said the world has tried one
promising expedient after another only
to be disillusioned.'
We behold nations whose distressed
and harassed peoples no longer have
any strong faith in the present order
OF things and no serene confidence in
the creation of a better order Of !
things. The lowering skies off
human life are darkened by ever-I
growing clouds of national and inter-l
national suspicion, distrust and mount!
ing hatred.
I'VE look with dismay upon the {
bloody juggernaut of war, rolling
steadily forward in its triumphant
course, crushing into red pulp mil
lions of human lives, destroying in
single hour Of mad fury what whole
genera lions cannot rebuild or replace,
leaving in its wake ghastly famine,
hopeless misery and black despair"
Taxes for Death.
I'VE see every day the appalling
sums which governments are wringing
from sorely impoverished peoples to
provide new engines of war. bigger
more destructive hattleships. airplanes
to rain death from the skies upon
defenseless peoples. endless miles Of
menacing fortresses stored with every
kind Of death-dealing device the mind
OF man can invent"
The bishop said it seemed clear to
him this whole hideous brood was
the natural and necessary offspring of
the stark. blatant materialism which
has dominated our civilization for the
past 100 years and more" b"
Rain drenched the thousands that
heard the opening mass yesterday. and
because Of the threatening condition
of the weather last night the congress
general assembly was moved indoors
from the huge stadium.
Priests and laymen addressing the
mass meetings. condemned religious
and racial persecution and many Of
them in blunt language lashed at die
tatorships which they said crushed
freedom, economic, political and re-
ligious.
Evening star., 1938-10-19

houses: One on Potomac street and
at the Fourth street address
Then, on October T. Mrs Rector
said, she decided to do little house
cleaning. AS Dave Lamb. her boarder
was out of work. she called on him
to help scrub the floors and wall
boards.
Later she said. he borrowed a dime
from her and went ou: with a boy
hood friend, who drives taxicab,
and waitress. She reported the Incl
dent to police and they are now looking
for the taxi driver and the waitress.
In the hope of getting the girl Mrs.
Rector took two-hour trip last night
through the night club district of
Northwest Washington with Policeman
C. Wheeler Of the fourth precinct,
plain-clothes man working on the case.
Evening star., 1938-10-19

The disturbance that was over Mime
sofa Tuesday morning has advanced east
ward to eastern Ontario. Parry Sound
29.1S inches, with a. trough extending
southwestward to the Rio Grande Valley.
Pressure is also low over Hudson Strait
Resolution Island. 29.42 inches. Another
disturbance Of slight intensity is central
about $50 miles northeast Of Nassau. Ba-
hama Islands moving slowly westward
with lowest pressure about $3.50 inches
High pressure prevails south and southeast
OF Nova Scotia with maximum pressure
about 1920 inches with a wedge extending
west by south to North Carolina. Asheville.
Of considerable intensity is moving east
ward and southeastward over the Plateau,
the Rocky Mountain region and the Plains
States. Helena. Mont 3O.6O inches. Dur
ing the. last "a hours rains have occurred
in the lower Ohio the lower Missouri and
Mississippi Valleys the upper. Lake resion
End in the east portion Of the west Gulf
States. Temperatures have risen in the
Ohio VALLEY. the lower Lake region and the
while they have fallen in the Plains States,
the upper Mississippi and Missouri Valleys.
the northern Rocky Mountain resion and
the north portion Of the west Gulf States.
Evening star., 1938-10-19
FRATERNITY INITIATES
FLEMING AND MORRIS
Two Men Prominent in D. c.
Civic Work Are Honored by
Omicron Delta Kappa.

Robert v. Fleming, banker, and Ed
ward K. Morris, business executive,
both leaders in civic work, were made
honorary members Of the George
Washington Chapter Of Omicron Delta
Kappa. honorary student activities
fraternity, at a ceremony at the Hay
Adams House .a.st night.
Mr.. Fleming is president OF the
Riggs National Bank and a former
president of the American Bankers
Association He is chairman of the
board of trustees Of the university. Mr..
Morris, who is president Of the Fed
eral Storage Co., formerly coached
baseball at George Washington as
hobby
In recognition Of leadership In
campus activities. the folAwing
students were initiated into the fra
ternity: Wallace Alden, Silver Spring,
Md; Robert c. Breasted, Fort Belvoir,
Va; Casper S. Gardner, Owensboro,
KY; Augustus c. johnson. Covington,
KY; Robert w. Linehan, Oleofl, N. Y;
John P. Southmayd, Great Falls.
Mont. and John T. G. Daugherty,
Rapid City, S. Oak.
Evening star., 1938-10-19
TWO NATURE WALKS

Weekend nature walks In Wash
ington parks we're announced today
by the Office of National Capital Parks.
At 2:30 pm. Saturday the parks
Office will conduct tour of the
w. B. Shaw Aquatic Lily Gardens.
just across the Anacostia River from
the National Training School for
Boys and near the District line in
Kenilworth, D. c.. and at 2:30 pm
Sunday nature hike will start at
Military road and Beach drive in
Rock Creek Park A special bus will
leave 1416 F street NV for the Rock
Creek Park tour at pm.
A tour of the lily gardens was also
conducted today by the parks ONCE.
Evening star., 1938-10-19

81 900 Bill Hidden for 5 Years
Stolen From Widow, Man Held
Bx JOHN ]. DAILY.

Mrs. Ella Virginia Rector, blond
widow with five children, who keeps a
rooming house at 1911 Fourth street
S.W, has lost her faith in humanity
along with a thousand-dollar bill.
It disappeared from under her bed
room rug, where 1t had been hidden
almost five years. The loss came to
light Monday. Then the truth dawned
on her: Somebody stole it.
Today, in cell in the old fourth
precinct. Mrs. Rector's star boarder,
David Lamb, Al. former dairy employe,
is being held while police investigate
the loss Of the money.
The thousand-dollar bill, last Of the
insurance money left by Mrs. Rector's
first husband, Fred Trumbsll, has
gooe the way Of the world. If the
bill Is not recovered, there is no
telling what may happen to broken
little family of five fatherless chill
dren. Three are with their elderly
grandmother near Warsaw, Va; one
is in Glenn Dale Hospital with tubercu-
losis, the other is with his mother, who
is about to undergo an operation.
As the story goes, told to the police
by Dave Lamb and to the press by
Mrs. Rector, she had drawn $1,000
from a Seventh street bank about five
years ago-to pay some bills and get
an even break with the world. When
her husband died. seven years be-
fore that, he left her some $1,000 in
insurance.
After I spent 5000 of the $1,000
withdrawn from the bank" Mrs. Rec
tor said today, things began to get
better-and I decided to hide the
thousand dollar bill for just such an
emergency as hospital bills, and to
take my little family away from Wash
ington."
For those years that $1,000 bill
remained snug under a rug-in two
Evening star., 1938-10-19
STATE AID BOARDS
PROPOSEDBYK|NC
Utah Senator Says He Will
Oppose Giving Further
Funds to w. P. A.

BY the Associated Press.
Senator King. Democrat, of Utah,
said today he would ask the next Con-
gress to place administration of relief
funds in the hands of non-partisan
State boards
He predicted "a new independence
In spirit in the Senate" would bring
more support for his proposal than
similar measures have received in the
past.
The Utah Senatox declared he
would oppose vigorously any further
appropriations for the Works Progress
Administration Instead, he said, he
would propose that Federal funds be
allocated to the States on the basis
of need after each Governor certified
his States inability to carry its own
relief load.
Senator Kings suggestion came
while several other members of Con-
yress and Federal officials discussed
whether increased private employment
might he expected to tighten Federal
relief costs and accelerate recovery in
general.
G.. NJ. to Rehire $4,000.
The discussion of possibilities for
new employment in private business
was occasioned by the announcement
OF General Motors Corp. that it was
preparing to rehire $4,000 furloughed
workers and restore some pay cuts.
Most administration economists
have regarded the motor industry as
a key business factor and they ex-
pressed hope that General Motors ac-
ton would have beneficial effect on
business through next spring.
W. P A. officials termed the an
nouncement welcome news" recall
ing that some automobile manufacture
ing cities were among the centers OF
greatest relief demand last summer.
Senator Radcliffe, Democrat, Of
Maryland said he thought business
conditions had been improving for two
or three months and that continu-
alton Of the trend ought to permit re-
duction of relief appropriations.
Senator Lundeen, Farmer-Labor of
Minnesota however, suggested the
General Motors action might not re-
fleet general business conditions. He
asserted that unless there was sharper
upturn than has been shown thus far,
eve will have to appropriate as much,
or even more, for relief next year"
W. P. A. Must Spread Funds.
The last Congress made s1,455 ,000,-
900 available for W. P. A. until next
March /. President Roosevelt recently
notified the agency it must spread out
until that date the s7o0,0o0,00o which
has not yet been spent.
Senator Lee. Democrat, of Oklahoma
said he believed the Federal housing
program was playing major part in
stimulating business.
Chairman Jesse H. Jones Of the
Reconstruction Finance Corp. said at
a press conference he thought business
had taken "a definite turn" upward,
with increased railroad traffic a fav-
orable factor.
Asserting that banks were now 60
operating better" in making industrial
loans, Mr.. Jones added that he never
theless saw no early end to Govern
ment lending.
Evening star., 1938-10-19
RANKS Of QUEEN
REDUCED TO L
One to Rule Over Halloween
Festival, 10 to Serve as
Honor Court.

Fifty-hve pretty faces mirrored ex-
pectant hope yesterday, but only II
managed to keep their smiles follow
ing the preliminary judging in the
annual Halloween queen contest at
the Raleigh Ebotel.
The II successful candidates. who
with the other entrants, paraded in
evening gowns before the Judging
Committee of five men and three
women for nearly two hours, will par
ticipate in the final judging at pm
Monday. The judges will then choose
one of the II girls to be queen of the
Halloween parade, and the other 10
will serve as her court of honor
The girls who survived the first Sc
lection and their sponsors are Ellen
Birckhead, 1872 Fifth street NE, Ma
tional Capital Display Club Carmelina
Cernuto. 1902 Quincy street NV
Twin Oaks Playground; Anne and
Dorothy Dever, twin sisters. of 5000
Maple street NV, -Takoma Park Rec
reation Center; Marjorie Hart, 1855
Ontario place NV. National Capital
Display Club; Margaret Mary Parker
1920 Ingleside Terrace. Lansburgh &
Bro; Nadine Petrey, 1907 Irving street
NV. Georgia Avenue Business Mems
Association; Audrey Porter, 6l00
Brookville road, Chevy Chase, Md
Soroptimist Club; Dorothea Reuss. 2403
Third street NE, Metropolis Citizens
Association; Ann Stief, l341 Monroe
street NV. Strayer College Of Secre-
tarial Training, and Pauline Utz. 712
Twenty-second street NV, Gallinger
Fairgrounds.
Spectators Watch Parade
Prior to the actual judging the girls
walked in line through a group OF
spectators to tie Queen Elizabeth
room, where the judges were gathered
There they stood in circle as the
frs. selection Of 10 was made
The winners in the first elimination
were then judged individually and the
final selection Of II made. All of the
eliminated contestants were given two
tickets to the reviewing stand for the
night of the parade.
The II entrants chosen for the Anal
judging were instructed to appear
Monday in queen costumes and were
informed that first and second maids
of honor would be chosen at the same
time the queen is selected.
Coronation Plans Made.
The committee announced plans
this year for a coronation, to be held
at the Washington Hotel Thursday
October 27 At that time the queen
will be presented with gifts donated
by organizations. business firms and
other groups. The committee already
has received loving cup, string OF
pearls and offers of flowers for the
queen and her court. Following the
coronation the festival courh will be
entertained at dinners and other func-
tions.
The committee Of judges was COM
posed of Miss Mary Mason of the
National Broadcasting Co., vice chair
man of the committee; James Hurl-
but of the Columbia Broadcasting
System, Art Brown of the Mutual
Broadcasting Co.. Clifford K. Berry,
man of The Evening Star, Gene Elder
man of the Post. Mrs. Mary Padgett
of the Times, Harold M. Talburt of
the News and Miss Betty Hynes OF
the Herald Miss Ella C. Werner,
chairman of the committee and past
president of the Soroptimist Club, did
not participate in the judging.
Evening star., 1938-10-19
Award Goes to Douglas,

NEW YORK, Oct. 19 LR.-The Ma
tional Association of Accredited Pub
licity Directors announced last night
that William o. Douglas, chairman
of the Securities and Exchange Com
mission. would receive its 1888 award
for outstanding service in publicity.
Charles Nicholson, publicity director
of the Democratic National Commit
tee, won the award last year.
Evening star., 1938-10-19
ROPER REPORTS
GENERAL UPTURN
Commerce Secretary Cites
Concrete Evidence of
Improvement.

An optimistic view of the improving
business situation in this country was
drawn today by Secretary of Com
merce Roper from an analysis of re-
ports which have come to his desk
He said that the low inventory sit
uation in the country. coupled with
evidences of increased purchasing
power, give much encouragement to
business
Today. he said, I'VE have much
concrete evidence that this condi-
tion is being translated into general
business improvement" The Com
merce Secretary asserted that it is
very gratifying to observe that indus
try is showing evidence OF taking up
the slack in unemployment and mov-
ing to higher ground.
The resumption of production sched-
ules by the automobile industry. he
continued, is an outstanding illustra-
ton of this trend to gradual broad
ening Of the recovery base He added
that this increased activity is prompt
ed, not by estimates, but by the flow
Of large volume of orders, more
in evidence now than in many months
1t thus reflects increased purchasing
power of the people.
Broad Effect Seen.
Secretary Roper said this increased
employment and demand for raw ma
terials in the automobile industry will
have implications in other industries
and services, including the wholesale
trade. and will multiply many times
in its social and economic effect.
The Secretary went on to say that
there is more than one encoura gire
aspect to this 1t not only opens op-
portunities for self-reliance through
private employment but lessons the
relief responsibility OF the Federal
Government and paves the way fol-
an improved budget situation This
upward trend. he went on, is pro-
ceeding along most desirable lines in
that 1t is most gradual and general
without boom proportions, and, thus
maintained, the country will build a
more Sale ana endurlng prosperity.
Upturns in Other Lines.
He said this improvement was being
noticed also In other lines, naming the
glass. paper and lumber industries. In
the latter case, he said. the improve
ment was reflected by the number of
building permits which are far ahead
OF last year in the more important
centers. He cited New York City as
an example where, he said. the build
ing permits for last September aggre-
gated s24,0oo,0oo as compared with
$14000,000 for the same month OF
1887.
He pointed out that as the auto
manufacturing plans are translated
into actual manufacting the improve
ment will be affected in the steel and
other related industries.
Evening star., 1938-10-19
OCHS MUSEUM PLANNED
ON LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN
National Park Project, Accepting
Project, Will Spend $25, 900,
Chattanoogan Says.
v the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Oct, 1e.-
Plans for an observatory and museum
on the point of Lookout Mountain
which will be a memorial to the late
Adolph S. Ochs, publisher of the
Chattanooga Times and the New York
Times, were announced here last night.
z. c. Patten, representing a group
of Chattanooga citizens, said construc-
ton had been assured through ac-
ceptance of the project by the National
Park Service of the Department of the
Interior, and that $4,000 would be
spent.
The museum will contain maps,
miniature models and other devices to
explain the scenic features and his
torical significance of the wide ex-
panse Of country which can be seen
from the observatory.
Evening star., 1938-10-19
PEACE PARLEY URGED

Urging world peace conference as
the one escape from universal disas-
ter. Nevin Sayre Of New York, national
chairman of the Fellowship Of Recon-
ciliation, appealed to President Roose-
welt to call such conference In an adj
dress to the Washington organization
last night at the Y. w. c. A.
Discussing a recent tour of Europe's
sore spots, Mr.. Sayre declared that 'in
every country in Europe where trav-
eled, not excluding Germany and
Czechoslovskia, found beneath all
the confusion Of war preparation a
quiet spiritual determination among
men and women that war must CO."
Evening star., 1938-10-19
Safety Society to Meet.

High lights of the 25th annual Safe
ty Congress. held in Chicago last week,
will be discussed at meeting of the
Washington Safety Society at 8 pm.
tonight at the Department Of Labc"
Building, room 1929. Reports on the
congress will be made by w. T. Came
ron, Burton w. Marsh and H. v.
echr9beY.
Evening star., 1938-10-19
WILKINS WINS AGAIN
Advertisement Adjudged World S
Best for Coffee and Tea.

For the third consecutive year the
Wilkins Coffee Co.'S newspaper adver-
tisements have been judged the world S
best for coffee and tea by National
Ad-VieWs. publication devoted to the
study and appraisal of all newspaper
advertising.
The company's advertisements also
were given third place in the general
award covering all advertising. The
cartoons and advertisements used
were created In the art studios Of
Lewis Edwin Ryan, Inc, q national
advertising agency in this city.
Evening star., 1938-10-19
WEATHER REPORT

District of Coumba-Ram tonight probably
colder moderate shifting
probably morning:
and portion
Vigna-Rai tonight probably
in southeast portion tonight colder afternoon
West Vrginia-Coudy
colder
Evening star., 1938-10-19
KiloWatt Club Dance.

The Kilowatt Club OF Washington,
composed of 500 male employees Of the
Potomac Electric Power Co., will hold
its first dance of the season at 8 pm.
Friday at Wardman Park Hotel,
Charles Herbert, chairman Of arrange
ments, announced today.
Evening star., 1938-10-19
ROOSEVELT'S PROGRAM
HELD REAL QUESTION
President of Young Democrats
Says Organization Is in Spot
for Constructive Work,

By the Associated Press.
Pitt Tyson Maner. president of the
National Young Democratic Clubs,
said today the real question" in the
November elections is whether Presi-
dent Roosevelt's program shall be
supported and continued"
In letter to associates throughout
the country. Mr. Maner said young
Democrats are in IAN enviable posi-
ton for real constructive work" be-
or animosities to forget"
The clubs national charter prevents
their participation in primaries.
Evening star., 1938-10-19
PIT. A. Benefit Party.

A benefit party will be held by the
Anacostia Junior-Seenior High School
Parent Teacher Association ct 8 pm.
Friday in the school cafeteria for the
student aid fund, Mrs. J. Britt. chair
man In charge, announced today.
Evening star., 1938-10-19
Political Rally Listed.

An old-fashioned political rally
with eats and beer" will be given by
the Bradbury Heights Democratic Club
at 8 pm Friday at Grifith Farms in
honor of Thomas Elmo Jones, candi-
date Tor the Maryland Legislature from
the 9Th district Joseph p. Hillock is
chairman of the event and county
delegates and nominees will attend.
Evening star., 1938-10-19

Shows Chinese War Pictures.
William Golding. business man from
Shanghai. China, last night showed
first-hand pictures taken by himself
of the outbreak of hostilities in China
in the Shoreham Hotel
Evening star., 1938-10-19

Jews form less than l per cent OF
the population Of England.