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Evening star., 1939-10-14
James Henry Hicks, 80,
Lawyer, Is Dead

James Henry Hicks. 80, lawyer and
father of John T. Hicks, attorney
with the Veterans Administration
died yesterday at his sons home. 724
Hamilton street NV, after a long
illness.
Born in Madisonville. Tenn, Mr..
Hicks began the practice of law
there. later moving to Newbern. Va,
in Pulaski County. He came to
Washington in 1929 and was a mem
Der of the Methodist Church here.
Descended from founders of the
Hicksite branch of Quakers, now
known as Friends, Mr.. Hicks was
the son of Asbury Thompson Hicks,
poet, educator and for a quarter of
a century county court clerk for
Monroe County, Tenn. Former
Postmaster General Keyes was one
OF his fathers pupils.
Also surviving Mr. Hicks are an
other son, James w. Hicks, and a
daughter, Mrs. z. Katherine Will
holt, both of Santa Barbara. Calf.
Funeral services will be conducted
at Hines funeral home at 3 pm. to-
day by the Rev. John w. Rustin,
pastor of Mount Vernon Place Meth
odist Church. A second service and
burial will be tomorrow in NeWbern.
Evening star., 1939-10-14
Piney Branch Sewer
Bids to Be Opened

Bids for the construction of the
last link of the Piney Branch storm
water relief sewer, to run between
Arkansas avenue south of Taylor
street N w. to Arkansas avenue east
of Iowa avenue NV, are to be
opened November at the District
Building.
Funds for the project, urged by
residents and civic leaders of the
area to prevent flooding of low
points during heavy rains, have been
found available among balances left
from other District P. w. A. prof.
ects.
Approval by P. w. A. officials has
been given to the proposed means of
financing the work, as we'll as the
engineering scheme. Bids from con-
tractors were advertised yesterday
by the Commissioners The cost is
expected to be near $250,000.
Evening star., 1939-10-14
Funeral Rites Held
For Mrs Edith Booth

Funeral services for Mrs. Edith
Nicolls Booth, 81, who died Tuesday,
were held yesterday in the Christ
Episcopal Church, Clinton, Md, With
the Rev. James Valiant, pastor of
the church, and Henry H. Rowland
of Bells Methodist Church officiat-
ing. Burial was in Loudon Park
Cemetery, Baltimore.
Born near Matthews Court House,
Va, Mrs. Booth lived in Washington
nearly so years before making her
home in Clinton. She was a mem
ber Of the Union Methodist Church
and the w. c. T. U. and was actively
interested in gardening
She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Elmo J. Milligan. Clinton, and
Mrs. George W. Moore. Worcester,
Mass; a sister, Mrs. Robert ToWson
Ward. Baltimore; a brother, r Will
son Nicolls, Baltimore, and two
grandchildren.
Evening star., 1939-10-14
In Mrn1nrtant

ALEXANDER. LOI1ISF A. In memory
of our loved one. LOUISE A. ALEXANDER.
tober IA. 1881
Mine" He said
For Won 10 love the while she lives and
mourn for when she's dead
IL may be SIX or seven years or twenty
two or three,
But will you till call her back. take care
She'll bring her charms to GLADDEN. you
and should her stav be brief.
You'll have her lovely, memories as solace
THE FAMILY. =
BANKS. HARRY In sad but loving
q meemoTy Of our dear son and friend. HARRY
ago today October IA. 1898.
o God, what weight of sorrow,
How can I ever bear
The silent room and empty bed,
The lonely. vacant. easy chair?
I think of him in silence,
There is nothing left to answer
HIS bEyoTED' MorHiERR" R"' AND ID FRIEND,
COOPER. LAURA F. tribute of love
and devotion TO the memory of our precious
Top, motheT; wife and sister LAURA F.
HER LOVING DAUGHTER, HUSBAND AND
SIS lER.
DAY. CLARA MAY. A tribute of love
wife and our devoted mother. CLARA MAY
DAY, who passed away two years ago to-
day. October ID 1897.
We miss Won now. our hearts are sore,
AS time goes by we miss you more:
Your loving smile your gentle face,
No one can ever take your place
HER HUSBAND AND DAUGHTERS.
JONES. MAMIE SYLVESTER. A tribute
nf lava orr
MAMIE sYLvEsTER JONES jones' tnee aeo carterS rterS
who was so lova', kind and true and who
day. October IA. 1923. devoted mother Of
Hiram. Talmadge, EVELYN and Elzur
As the years 60 hy and We grow older,
Your memory is orr binding tie;
The sWeeA remembrance OF those happy
When We were all together
LOVING DAUGHTER, EVELYN.
Love keeps her own thoughts apart
Your loving memory still fingers in our
SISTERS: JENNIE B. LoMAx AND LILLE
A. EDLIN.
of nv hnsband' FRED G. - MURRAY. tnJiss YeHno Who
died twenty-one wears ago today. October
HIS WIFE. NJ. ELIZABETH MURRAY =
ROBINSON. GEORGE R.. JR. In low
K RoBNsoN a r oe Who departed
this life October IA. 1918.
Loved in life.
In death remembered
HIS SISTERS, MRS, MARGUERITE r.
RICKS AND MRS. MAMIE J. LAW.
SHEAFFER. ANNIE I. A tribute Of
dear mother. ANNIE / sHEAFFER, who
departed this life seven years ago today
October IA. 1892
This dav comes with sad regret
And one that We will never forget:
We will always cherish with love sincere
Beautiful memories of One so dear
HER LOVING CHILDREN.
THOMPSON, MAGGIE ELIZABETH. In
loving remembrance of my dear aunt
MAGGIE ELIZABETH THOMPSON. who
departed this life one year ago today. Oc-
tober> IA. 1898.
Go not far into the land of light,
Wait awhile at the beautiful gate,
b Lest we miss yo,I from our sight
Wait for US. dear auntie. wait.
YOUR LONELY NIECE AND FAMILY,
ROSETTA LOUISE HATCHER.
Evening star., 1939-10-14
u. ). Defense Needs
Outlined for Guard
By Gen. Parsons
Nation Wants Peoce,
But Peace With Honor,
He Declares

BY the Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Pa, Oct. IA
Maj. Gen. James K. Parsons, COM
mander of the Army's Sd Corps
Area, declared today that this
country wants peace, but it must
be peace with honor"
He told the Pennsylvania National
Guard Association that to obtain
this peace, America must be ade-
quately prepared to maintain it.
Adequate protection" said Gen.
Parsons, means we must have a
Navy surpassed by none, an airforce
superior to any airforce which pos
sibly might be brought against us,
sufficient anti-aircraft defense for
our vital areas, modern harbor de-
lenses to cover approaches to our
cities from the sea and a mobile
army equipped with the latest and
best weapons.
'In addition to all this, We must
have on hand the arms and ammu-
IllllOil lltCtSSdIy W ldSG US u1lIll our
factories and arsenals can produce
what We require and an ample guam
tity of raw materials which we do
not produce to last at least for a
year.
The speaker asserted that with
the example of the Polish defeat I'VE
must bear n mind that the armies
Of today require something more
than bravery and patriotism, and
that something is modem equipment
and a knowledge of how to use it."
The corps area commander said
that he felt if the organization of
the Army for fighting was to be
perfected, certain essential corps.
army and general headquarters must
be organized in the National Guard
and that this would mean an in
crease in the National Guard and
greater burden on the States.
Regardless of what the outcome
may be" concluded Gen. Parsons,
I'VE are today doing what has never
been done before, namely, thinking
| in terms of preparedness and at
tempting to gauge in advance our
| military needs. This is long step
forward and hope there will be no
/ retreat"
Evening star., 1939-10-14
Students al Cooke
Hail Knee-HiAf
Safety Lesson
sofety-conseious Dog
Ends Appearances
For the Week

Knee-Hi, the rafflc-conscious fox
terrier, yesterday sold safety to the
children of the Cooke School.
The little canine, presented by
The Star with the cooperation of
the Board of Education, the Police
Department, and the Department OF
Vehicles and Traffic, gave an out
side demonstration at Sixteenth and
Euclid streets NV. followed by an
inside lesson in the school auditori-
um.
Knee-Hi appeared at the school
at the request of group, of fourth
graders who sent in requests to Dr.
George E. Brunson. her trainer, and
the dog received an ovation from
the entire school at the end of her
instruction. It was her final per-
formance of the week.
Arrangements were completed
with the cooperation of Mrs. I.
I. Reudiger, principal The dog s
announcers, as usual, were Jack Dali
ton and Bill Tobin.
Meanwhile, DR.. Brunson urged all
principals of elementary schools in
terested in having a Knee-Hi pro-
gram at their school to file a writ
ten request with him at The Star
office.
Evening star., 1939-10-14
Schools Emphasize
American Ideals
As Result Of War
Many Warn Teachers
To Maintain Neutral
Attitude Before Pupils
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Oct. 14-Europe's war
has resulted in an upsurge of en-
phasis on Americanism and neu-
trality in the schools, survey by
the Associated Press disclosed today.
Among steps taken by educators
as direct result of the conflict
were these:
The appointment by DR.. William
H. johnson, superintendent of Chi
cago schools. of committee to
study the public school curricula to
determine at which points the
American way of life can be
stressed"
An admonition from Supt. of
Schools Milton Potter of Milwaukee
that teachers maintain a neutral
attitude in classroom discussions of
the war.
A declaration by President James
Marshall of New York City's Board
Of Education. cautioning the 5000
public school teachers of the metrop-
oils to observe neutrality
mo culture or learning or Ian
guage," he said. "is taboo
Meanwhile university dean. DR..
Ernest o. Melby of the School of
Education of Northwestern Uni
versity, admonished American edu-
Gators to guard against a "preoc-
cupation with the European war
which would leave unsolved our own
problems and end with super
ficiality as far as long time educa-
tional objectives are concerned"
Sounding what he describes as a
warning in this time of crisis" DR..
Melby said:
The best educational program for
America now is one which seeks to
teach the democratic way of life
through everyday activities of the
school.
Such program will give major
emphasis to our own problems here
at home. 1t will keep the intarna-
tional scene in its proper perspec-
tive. 1t will proceed on the assump-
ton that democracy is to be saved
through effective living rather than
through the fighting of wars"
Evening star., 1939-10-14
Pardon for BILLINGS
lntimoted by Olson

by the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 14.-Gov.
Culbert L. Olson asked the State
Supreme Court yesterday to recon-
mend a pardon for Warren K.
Billings and intimated that if the
court failed to act he might grant
Billings his freedom on a techni-
cality.
The Governor repeatedly has ex-
pressed belief that Billings was in
nocent of the 1916 Preparedness
Day parade bombing, for which he
was sentenced to life imprisonment.
He pointed to opinions of attor-
neys that he had the right to act
without a high court recommends
ton.
Evening star., 1939-10-14
Suffrage Association
Will Meet Monday

A special meeting of the District
of Columbia Suffrage Association
will be held at 8 pm Monday in
the boardroom of the District
Building for election of new officers
and consideration of revised bylaws,
Wilbur S. Finch. president of the
association, announced today. Plans
for activities during the coming year
also will be discussed.
Evening star., 1939-10-14
Autopsy Reveals
Head|ess Body Is
That Of Man
Churred Torso Found
In Swamp Was First
Believed Thut of Girl
BY the Associated Press.

bE the Associated Press,
NEW CASTLE, Pa, Oct. 14.-An
autopsy disclosed today the body of a
mutilated victim found in an Erie
murder swamp" near here was that
of man and not a woman as first
believed
Coroner Charles P. Byers made the
announcement Immediately after the
autopsy.
1t was explained that the headless
torso. which had been burned on
wood fire after the Staying, was in
such condition that it was mistaken
for that of a woman
Detective Peter Merlyo Of Cleve-
land, who came here to study the
case because of the possibility that
Clevelands mad butcher of Kings
bury Rim" might have changed the
locale of his operations withheld
immediate comment.
The head. severed cleanly with
either sharp knife or AK. was not
located in hurried search of the
desolate marshlands along the
PennSylVanla-Ohlo State line. A
detail of State police was asked to
aid in the hunt.
The scene was the setting of six
similar slayings of men and women,
one of them decapitated, in the past
decade. All of these crimes remain
unsolved.
The swamp is 100 miles from
Cleveland where a cruel slayers
headleSS victims have turned up in
dumps the last six years. Cleve-
land authorities were summed on
the theory the mans death might
be linked with the torso murders.
Three boys. hunting walnuts yes
terday, stumbled upon the grue-
some form on dry ground secreted
by weeds 6 feet tall. They ran.
breathless. mile and a half to
notify police.
Evening star., 1939-10-14
DR.. Finch to Discuss
Strategic Minerals

Dr. John w. Finch, director of
the Bureau of Mines, will discuss
Investigations being made of the
country's resources of strategic min
erals which might be needed in war
time at 7 pm. Wednesday in the
Cosmos Club before a joint meeting
of the Washington Society of
Engineers and the American Insti-
tute of Mining and Metallurgical
Engineers.
Charles F. Jackson, chief engineer
of the bureaus mining division, will
present slides showing methods used
for exploratory and development
work. A motion picture on the use
and production of copper also will
be shown.
Evening star., 1939-10-14
Mrs. Marvin G. Coleman
Funeral to Be Today

Funeral services for Mrs. F. Jessie
Coleman, wife of Marvin G. Cole
man, Government Printing Office
employe. who died Thursday, were
to be held at l pm. today at the
home. 4l0 Rittenhouse street NV,
with burial in Fort Lincoln Gene
terry.
A native of Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs
Coleman came here as a bride in
1920. Besides her husband, she
leaves three daughters, the Misses
Louise. Mildred and Betty Coleman
brother, H. Lewis Williams of
PottstoWn, Pa. and three sisters,
Mrs. Doris w. Martin. Mrs Martha
W. Walters and Miss Elsie Williams,
all of Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1939-10-14
Black Widows Attack Twice

PHOENIX, Ariz., Oct. IA GA
black widow spider bit Bryan
Thacker, As, courthouse gardener.
on the right knee, but he returned
to his job after emergency treat
ment.
A few minutes later another black
widow crawled up the other leg and
bit Mr.. Thacker twice. He went to
a hospital
Evening star., 1939-10-14
School Head Is Hurt
Again After Injury
Coaching Gridders
By the Associated Press.

CRESTON, Nebr., Oct. IA
Double trouble:
Supt. Elton Copley of Creston
High School suffered a sprained
left knee showing the schools
football linemen how he
charged opposing linemen when
in college. That put him on
crutches.
Several days later ligaments
in his left leg were torn and
the kneecap injured when the
crutches slipped as he descend
ed stairs at the school. That,
said Mr.. Copley. is misfortune!
Evening star., 1939-10-14
Womun Conducts Revival

Mrs. Corretta j. Mason, evangelist
from Lynchburg, Va, is conducting
a series of meetings at Calvary
Methodist Church. Aurora Hills, Va,
each night at 7:45 o'clock through
Sunday, October %,
Evening star., 1939-10-14

Buy In Rock Greek Cemetery
Intimate Chat Number %
7HERE was no speculative angle to
~ the inception and establishment of
Rock Greek Cemetery-never has
been, and never will be.
1t was founded as a service to the
public-that would forever remain free
from changing ownership and control
of management. At its opening, re.
serve fund was established to provide
tor proper expansion, insure perpetual
care, and maintain price level that
does not have to reckon with dividend
obligations to investors.
Born of an ideal, conducted for two
and quarter centuries in strict accord
with this policy, Rock Greek Cemetery
has steadily grown in preference with
those who want the security guaranteed
by its stewardship. Who appreciate the
sublime beauty with which nature has
endowed it, and to which the master.
pieces of famous sculptors and artistic
landscaplng have been matchmaking
1t not mecca for 10y riding"; but a
halowed shrine where loved ones are
laid to peaceful rest and where you will
come, not to mourn, but to commune in
the beauty of Holiness.
Don't wait for a salesman to call
upon you to buy lot in Rock Creek
Cemetery. We employ none; authorize
no solicitation; pay no commissions and
offer no subsidies to any individuals or
groups. But we will appreciate your
voluntary inspection of available sites
in Washington's most beautiful Gene.
terry, right now catching glimpse of
the autumnal glories.
The Cemetery Office is OPEN
week-days from 9 to 4:3O,
Sundays and holidays, 9 to II
D. Roy Mathews, Superintendent
Phone COL 1896
Evening star., 1939-08-09
SuIfopyridine Hailed
In Gongrene Case Cure
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press
BALTIMORE, Aug. 9.-An "amaz-
ing" recovery of Robert Osborne, 81,
from a gangrenous infection was
credited by physicians today to the
recently introduced drug sulfapyri-
dine, and described as possibly
pointing the way to a successful
attack on this Infection" hereto
fore fatal in most cases.
Mr.. Osborne, truck driver, DROP
ped plaster block on his right foot
while unloading his truck in Phila-
delphia five weeks ago. The infec-
ton followed, and physicians held
the case practically hopeless" when
he entered Mercy Hospital.
Mr.. Osborne had temperature of
los degrees when the first injection
of sodium sulfapyridine was applied.
Within three days his temperature
dropped to nearly normal. He left
the hospital Monday fully recov-
cred but IS pounds lighter.
Evening star., 1939-08-09
Too. Too Polite

MADISON, Visit Lawrence ].
Hanna had not been so polite, he
might not be presenting the city
with 5000 injuries claim.
He met two women on a dark
street the night of June II, he said.
and politely stepped to one side
right into An open manhole.
He asked the damages for large
portions Of skin scraped off his face
and for employment lost because
of other injuries.
Evening star., 1939-08-09
Keep Political Appointees Out.

From a Southern State there once
came delegation OF colored Office
holders to one of our national con-
ventions. They were loyal to the
power which had given them polit-
ical jobs. An effort was made to
swing this delegation away from its
pledged devotion to the support Of
another candidate Inducements of
all kinds were said to have been
offered the delegation and its lead
er if 1t would switch its allegiance.
l understand the delegation Spurned
the inducements, but not until after
its leader remarked that the dele
CATION was worth more per man on
the hoof than men were bought and
sold for in the days Of slavery"
The lions share of situations like
this is traceable to the fact that ap-
pointive officeholders owing al
legiance to national machine are
adroitlY maneuVered into the roles
OF delegates to national conventions.
Better delegates, better party gov
Evening star., 1939-08-09
Pope Sees Remuneration
As Best Way 10 Peace
BY the Associated Press.


CASTEL GANDOLFO, Aug. g.
Pope Plus has counselled Canadian
Catholics that the way to peace is
ito renounce rather than to de-
mand."
The pontiff expressed this view
in letter his secretary of state,
Luigi Cardinal Maglione, sent to the
president of the Canadian "Ecole
Sociale Populaire" on the occasion
of its approaching 18th annual study
week.
The letter said that peace with
justice would not be obtained
through strict right" without sac
rifice. Cardinal Maglione wrote:
All external peace springs from
the internal peace of the conscience,
and all collective peace has its root
in individual peace, which is the
spontaneous fruit of Christian JUS
tice"
Evening star., 1939-08-09

eminent, better platforms, better
candidates will come from an i'm
provement of the conditions out
lined here. Political appointees
ought to be ineligible to sit as dele
gates in national nominating con-
ventlOnS.
This column was prepared for my
friend Frederic William Vile before
Congress passed, and the Presi-
dent signed, the Hatch bill. I
am naturally gratified that the
views, which I have so long held.
Evening star., 1939-08-09

men who were appointed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt. Revival of this
aspect of the controversy is what
may result from the developments
this week, for it will focus atten-
ton as nothing else might have
done on the future decisions of the
four Roosevelt appointees. If it is
to be assumed that the new justices
are going to decide cases in &C
cordance with the formula of con-
stitutional Interpretation prescribed
by the Executive in his campaign
against the justices of so-called
conservatives view, then another
court controversy may be in pros
pect and another political issue
created over the kind of justices
who shall hereafter be appointed
to the bench.
Evening star., 1939-08-09

decision until pleased him to
promised tnat Farley lot would be little happier the
The thrd-term will
and Jim Farley return from their respective holidays
OF the New Dealers feelings
little Washington anecdoe Not long
the New Deal but not the third
believe President would
the White Queens advice Alice similar
herself the White
impossible things practice
needed she explained.
dby h American ewspaperA Alance,1nc
Evening star., 1939-08-09

TT Ut % U1oF4lfNIII5 UIIt III
cumbent, is part of the game of
politics.
New Dealers speak bitterly of
Gamers betrayal of MI. Roose-
welt. That is not the issue with the
public. The question is whether the
Garner policies are closer to the
public interest, better calculated to
promote the general welfare and
national unity, than are those of
President Roosevelt. BY this test
Evening star., 1939-08-09
Convention Tricks.

The sponsors of the various can
dldates know these convention
tricks. Consequently, they instruct
the delegates for a particular can
didate, when the time comes for the
demonstration, to parade longer and
yell louder, than others supporting
a different candidate. This seems
largely to determine who the
nominee shall be.
I remember one occasion when the
partisanS of a particular candidate
hired 300 people, not delegates to
the convention at all, to come in the
hall and simulate delegates, and
then to parade and cheer for an
hour and a half, to impress the
convention with the fitness of that
particular aspirant Noise and mass
strength are employed in an effort
to put each candidate over. 1t is
a pretty sorry spectacle for a Nation
as great as ours and for an occasion
as momentous as the nominating of
President of the United States.
Evening star., 1939-08-09
Issues Don't Count.

1t does not appear, at least on the
surface, that national problems count
for much. There may be 100000 900
or 100000 unemployed; war may
hang over the horizon: farm prices
may be below cost Of production;
railroads may be in receivership,
the banks in shaky condition;
foreign trade may have nearly dis
appeared: but the convention at