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Evening star., 1939-12-16
Budapest Churchman
To Talk at Second Baptist

The Rev. DR.. Bella Udvarnoki,
president of the Baptist Convention
and the Baptist Seminary in Buda-
pest, Hungary, will deliver the SER
mons tomorrow at both the morn
ing and evening services at Second
Baptist Church. At II m. his SUBJ
ject will be Ammunition or Mission
to Europe, Which?" and at pm
with the Baptists in Hungary
White Christmas, with offerings
of foodstuffs, etc, for the needy. will
be observed at all services.
On Thursday evening the United
Missionary Society will have a spe-
cial Christmas program, including q
short pageant presented by the Eve
ming Mission Circle.
All the Young Peoples Unions will
combine and have charge of the
evening service on December a.
presenting a Christmas story pag-
cant.
Evening star., 1939-12-16
Communion Service
In Wallace Church

Communion service will be held
tomorrow at IL am. in the Wallace
Memorial United PRESBYTERIAN
Church. DR.. c. E. Hawthorne will
give a communion address. New
members will be received.
The annual white gift vesper serv-
ice will be held at 4:3O pm. The
pageant, 'Miriam's Visions" pre-
sented last year for this occasion, is
being repeated. Mrs. G.. F. Belt
and a corps of helpers have directed
and staged the pageant. Gifts of
food, clothing and toys will be given
to the Gospel Mission.
The Kings Messengers Glass will
have a Christmas party Tuesday
from 6:45-8 for So children sent out
by the Gospel Mission.
Evening star., 1939-12-16
Giving Is Sermon Topic
At Sixth Presbyterian

1T Is More Blessed to Give" is to
be the topic tomorrow at II am. in
the Sixth Presbyterian Church by
the Rev. j. H. Garner. Mrs. Marpa-
ret S. McInerney and Miss Ruth
Latimer will conduct the nursery
church from 1880 am. to 1915 pm.
with a special Christmas program
for the children.
At 4:30 pm, the annual white gift
service. The childrens choir viii
present three numbers, as will the
young adult choir. The two Young
Peoples Societies will present the
Christmas drama. The Light of
Men," closing with q candlelipht
service. Every one is invited to
bring a gift of food, clothing, TOYS.
books, etc., wrapped in white, with
contents marked. These gifts will be
distributed to needy people for
Christmas.
Betty Anne Richards, Jeanne Be-
lote and Irene Bardwell will be the
leaders for the Senior HI Young
People at Z pm.
The Session will convene Monday
at 7:30 pm.
Evening star., 1939-12-16
Gospel Of Anticipation
Dr.. 5teeIman's Tonic

At IL am. tomorrow in Petworth
Methodist Church DR.. Frank Steel
man will preach on "A Gospel Of
Anticipation" The senior choir, di-
rected by Mrs. Ardis Cannon, will
sing GLORY to God," from Handeps
Messiah" At pm. there will be
a festival of Christmas music by
the senior choir, directed by Mrs.
Cannon. Dikran hawaiian will be
the guest violinist.
The Intermediate and Senior
Leagues will unite their services at
7 pm, when the drama, Peace I
Give Unto You," will be presented.
The Philathea Class will meet with
Mrs. Kathryn Werber, IA University
road, Hyattsville, Md, Monday at
8 pm. The Epworth League busi-
ness and social meeting will be held
IN the chapel Tuesday at 8 pm.
The American Beauty Circle will
meet Tuesday at l pm. with Mrs.
Annie Hodgson, 1923 Varnum street
NV. The Daisy Circle will meet in
the chapel Wednesday at 1:30 pm.
DR.. Steelman will conduct the
Thursday service at 8 pm. Sunday
school departmental conferences will
follow.
Evening star., 1939-12-16
Georgetown Lutheran

DR.. w. L. Darby, executive secre-
tary Of the Washington Federation
OF Churches, will be the guest
speaker at II I'm.
A candlelight service at 7 pm.
will be conducted by Mrs. George
Fetchko. White gifts will be pre-
sented for distribution through the
Lutheran Inner Mission.
The Child and the Kingdom"
will be the theme Thursday, 8 pm.
Mrs. Kenneth c. Hamer, 44O4
Chesapeake street NV, will be
hostess to the members of the True,
Trusted and Tried Sunday School
Glass, Mrs. J. Frank Butts, teacher,
IN their annual Christmas party,
Friday, 8 pm.
Boy Scouts, Troop No. Sc, Herbert
G. Tucker, scoutmaster, will give a
Christmas party. Friday, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1939-12-16
Choir Of 100 10 Sing
In HandeI's Messiah

The Rev. DR.. Peter Marshall, min
lister of the New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church, will have for his
topic tomorrow at II am. "Sancti-
fed Imagination"
The church choir of 100 voices
will present Handel's "The Mes
siah" at 8 pm. Instrumental ac-
compartment will be by % members
of the Washington Civic Orchestra,
Miss Irene Lerch, pianist, and Will
liam o. Tufts, jr.. organist. The pro-
gram for Sunday evening also will:
include a short meditation, The
Bandmaster." by DR.. Marshall.
On Thursday at 7:30 pm. the an
nual family Christmas party of the
church Bible school will be held.
Evening star., 1939-12-16
Eastern Presbyterian

special Christmas musH will be
rendered by the senior and Junior
choirs tomorrow morning. DR.. Bar
rows will give the Christmas story
OF The Boy Who Found the King" :"
IN the evening the church will hold
Its annual white Christmas gift serv-
ice. The pageant. why the Chimes
Rang will be given by pupils of
the Sunday school, assisted by the
junior chorus.
A lantern lecture on Modern
Palestine will be given next Thurs
day evening by DR.. J. w. Davis, who
mas recently spent several months
in the Holy Land.
Evening star., 1939-12-16
Trinity Episcopal

The annual Christmas carol serv-
Ice will be held tomorrow at pm.
The church is lighted for this serv-
ice by over 300 candles. The pro-
gram is under the direction of the
organist, Ruth Farmer Vanderlip,
A. A. G. Q.
The Rev. Mr.. Harp will preach at
II a m. Holy communion is at
3 am.
Evening star., 1939-12-16
Ministry Of Light
Is Pastors Theme

The Rev. r. Paul Schaerrer will
preach at II am tomorrow in the
Takoma Park Presbyterian Church
on The Ministry of Light" At 4:30
pm. a vesper carol service will be
given under the direction OF Mrs.
Albert w. Volkmer. The churcn
choir and the young peoples choir
will participate in this service.
The Mother Gordon Bible Class
will have Christmas party Mon
day evening at the home Of Mrs. H
II. Hubert, 6703 Sixth street NV.
Evening star., 1939-12-16
Hnttrh Brrthrrn

North Capitol and r Sts.
Rev. Simpson B. Daugherty, DID, Minister
Growing Sunday School at 9:4O am
Attendance rui ming away ahead OF last
Home. ~
Morni!g at lido We Believe the
Christmas Story"
Evening at S-Whlte Christmas Pageant
What Shall Give" Procession
of Gifts.
Come, and You Will Come Again.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
France Grows Fearful
OF New European Crisis

PARIS, Jan. IA (P.-Fears that a
new European crisis was developing
caused France today to strengthen
her diplomatic and military lines.
Diplomatic sources were pessimis-
tic from these viewpoints:
l. The Anglo-Italian conversa-
tions left the situation-for France
virtually where it was before
Prime Minister Chamberlain went
to see Premier Mussolini.
2. Reports of new italian troop
concentrations in East Africa,
although unconfirmed officially,
brought new anxiety for Frances
strategic seaport of Djibouti, on the
Gulf of Alden.
3. The Spanish insurgents whirl-
wind campaign in Catalonia in
creased the danger of an extension
OF Italian influence on the Pyrenees
border and menaced empire COM
munications to North Africa.
Omcials let it be known that the
foreign Office and the ministry of
national defense were in continuous
communication on questions of
mutual interest,"" and Premier Dal-
adler summoned various of his min
isters for frequent conferences.
Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Symposium Scheduled
At Miner COLLEGE

A mental hygiene symposium will
be held at the Miner Teachers Col
lege January 81 at 2:30 pm, DR..
Dorothy B. Ferebee. chairman Of
the Arrangements Committee, an
nounced today.
The symposium is intended to pre-
sent the high lights of the Is pa
pers presented at recent sessions OF
the American Association for the
Advancement of Science.
Details of the program are avail
able at Miner, the sociology depart
ment of Howard University, Freed
mems Hospital, the Terrell Law
School, the Garnet-Patterson Com
munity Center, Southeast House and
the Phyllis Wheatley Y. w. c. A.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Invalid Burned to Death
When Clothing Flares

Mrs. Rosalie Nicholas, 54-year- old
semi-invalid, was burned to death
late yesterday at her home, 621
Keefer place NV, after her cloth
ing caught fire, apparently from a
cigarette.
Firemen, who answered an alarm
turned in by Miss Fannie McCleary,
housekeeper and attendant for Mrs.
Nicholas, found the victim in the
second floor hallway, a few feet
from the bathroom, which she was
attempting to reach.
Miss McCleary told police she
found Mrs. Nicholas af1re on the
edge of the bed and threw a blanket
around her in an affort to quell the
flames. She said Mrs. Nicholas
jumped from the bed and staggered
into the corridor, where she COL
lapsed.
Miss McCleary said she had taken
Mrs. Nicholas upstairs some time
earlier for a nap and apparently
she had lighted cigarette in bed.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Mother-in-Luw Rules
Are Rigid in Africa
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO-A man may talk to
his mother-in-law only through the
walls of her hut In Portuguese West
Africa.
This is one of the facts gath
cred by an expedition of the Field
Museum, Chicago, which was study
ing Ovimbundu tribal customs.
The mother-in-law is very i'm
portant to the Ovimbundu hus-
band. Preliminary to proposing
marriage to her daughter he has
to give the prospective mother in
law some tobacco and a pig, blan-
ket or bottle of wine.
After marriage he must never
enter her hut. If the two meet in
the open they must turn their heads
in opposite directions and pass
without speaking. This signifies
profound respect for the mother-in-
law.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
U. S. Singers Daughter
Escapes japanese Bomb
3y the Associated Press.

6y Lnc AS6OClhtcu TIebS.
CHUNGK1NG, China, Jan. IA
Miss Joy Homer, 23-year-old daugh-
ter of Louise Homer, American opera
singer, arrived here from Kweilin in
a soldiers uniform yesterday with a
story of a narrow escape there re-
Gently when Japanese bombed and
burned a Baptist hospital.
Sharing her adventure in Kweilin
was DR.. Robert E. Brown of Ann
Arbor, Mich, who also came to the
capital today. Both are touring China
on behalf of the Church Committee
for China Relief, DR.. Brown as in
spector of medical needs and Miss
Homer as photographer.
DR.. Brown, a Methodist mission
physician, said six American doctors
were en- route here to volunteer for
front-line service, along with seven
Jewish refugee doctors from Vienna.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Three to Probe Crash
For Air Sufety Bourd

The Air Safety Board announced
today it had designated three men
to investigate the crash Of North
west Airlines plane near Miles City,
Mont.
Tom Hardin, a member of the
board, and Frank Caldwell, chief in
vestigator, left Washington by plane
last night for Miles City. Phil Salz-
man of the boards Los Angeles Office
was scheduled to leave today.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Counting Room Doesn't Rule
Press, Publisher Says

HARRISBURG, Pa, Jan. IA (P1.-
James Wright Brown, publisher of
Editor and Publisher, mentioning
President Roosevelt, said yesterday
it was "a libel" on newspapers of
the country for any one ito try to
create the impression that our news
papers are edited from the counting
room."
Mr.. Brown, addressing the Penn
Nlvania Newspaper Publishers As
sociation, declared:
You and I know that some news
papers are edited from the counting
room, but by and large newspapers
are not edited and it is a libel on
the press of the country to have any
one create or try to create the i'm
preston that American newspapers
are to any large extent controlled
In this way. This is not true"
The publisher referred to the
Presidents recent article written for
the st. Louis Post-Dispatch's Goth
anniversary.
But | must be fair to Mr.. Roose-
veit. Mr.. Brown commented, "and
IL is due him to say that at the
recent annual members dinner of
the National Press Club the Presi-
dent said: There is no finer, more
sincere or more sensitive group in
the world than the newspapermen of
the United States"
However, Mr.. Brown asked the
publishers: Doesn't it hurt your
pride little to find the presi.
dent of the United States embracing
'every opportunity, apparently, to
emphasize the little imperfections
Of the press and unwilling USUALLY
to express any appreciation of the
great public service newspapers ac-
curately render every day in the year
to the citizens Of this great Republic
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Travel Aid Society
Reports Increase
In Transients Here
Relief Task Has Been
Almost Impossible,
Mrs. Ford Says

Persons seeking relief who be-
long nowhere" are on the increase
here, according to Mrs. Margaret
Ford. executive secretary of the
Travellers Aid Society.
In report yesterday to the So
ciety's board of directors, Mrs. Ford
said this conclusion is brought about
by curtailment of relief funds. both
public and private, throughout the
country.
The transients who are coming to
Washington because they have no
place else to go, Mrs. Ford said. are
not "drlfters' in the ordinary sense
of the word, since most of them are
looking for work.
almost Impossible Task"
During last October. November
and December, Mrs Ford said. there
was an increase of Ais individual
cases over the corresponding period
last year. This additional demand
for aid, coupled with a budget cut
necessitated by the. Community
Chest deficit, is forcing the agency's
staff to give supminimum care to
cases accepted, Mrs. Ford said.
1T has been an almost impossible
task Mrs. Ford said, land during
the winter months a cruel one
cruel to the clients and cruel to
members of our staff who are forced
to give subminimum care to those
accepted.
often with little or no warning
we are forced to discontinue care
of those who we find have no legal
residence anywhere. We must do
this knowing there is no help locally
or in any community for them"
Says Rackets Thrive.
AS result, Mrs. Ford said,
racket" agencies collect thousands
of dollars for charity without having
to account for their funds to any
body.
The Travellers Aid, Mrs. Ford
added, receives many kilograms and
letters authorizing the return of
stranded travellers, but explaining no
resources are available at home for
their care. The Public Assistance
Division here is forced to make the
same reply, she said, when other
cities wish to return stranded per-
sons to Washington.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Streets. for Coastinq
Designated by
Traffic Director
Traffic to Be Barred
During Certain Hours
While Snow Lies

William A. Van Duzer, director
of vehicles and traffic, yesterday
designated streets to be used for
Shedding. 1t will be permitted from
to II pm. on weeks days and from
10 am. to II pm. on Saturday and
Sunday for the duration of the snow.
The lst of streets follows:
Second precinct-l5-77 Bates
street NV, Fenton street NE, be-
tween North Capitol and First
streets.
Fourth precinct-N street S.W.,
from Fourth street to Union street;
Ninth street S.W, from C to D
streets.
Fifth precinct - South Carolina
avenue Sc, between First street
and Second street.
Sixth precinct-Thirteenth street
NV. from Kalmia street to Eastern
avenue; Holly street NV. between
Sixteenth street and Seventeenth
street; Oglethorpe street NV, be-
tween First street and Third street:
Piney Branch road NV, from Bu-
chanan street to Decatur street;
First street NV, from Emerson
street to Gallatin street.
Seventh precinct-Klingle street
NV, from Fifty first place to Ma
comb street, Garfield street NV
from Forty-fourth street to New
Mexico avenue, w street NV. be.
tween Thirty ninth place and Huide-
koper place, Galena place NV. from
Potomac avenue to Dorsette place.
Eighth precinct - BrandyWine
street NV. from Forty-second tt
Forty-fourth street. Morrison street
| NV. from Broad Branch road te
Chevy Chase parkway.
Ninth precinct-Tenth street NE
from Maryland avenue to G street
Oates street NE. from Trinidad
avenue to Sixteenth street, Twenty.
third place NE. from Benning roac
| to E street, Queens street NE. from
Trinidad avenue to Sixteenth street
Tenth precinct-Eighth street
| NV. from Shepherd street to Taylor
street, Irving street NV. from
Mount Pleasant street to Adam.
Mill road, Third street NV. from
Allison street to Webster street.
Eleventh precinct-High stree
Sc, from Maple View place tt
Fourteenth street; Hillcrest drive
Sc. from w street to Twenty -eightf
street; Forty-fourth place Sc, from
Rodd terrace to Hillside drive
Forty-fourth street Sc, from Fad.
street to Hayes street.
Twelfth precinct-Newton street
NE, between Fourteenth and Eight.
zenith streets, Bryant street NE.
between Lincoln road and Fourth
street; Twenty-sixth street NE, be.
tween Hamlin and Vista streets
Central avenue NV, between
Brentwood road and Carlton ave.
nue.; Thirteenth street Ne, between
Irving and Jackson streets.
Thirteenth precinct-Twentietf
street NV, from Belmont road Il
Kalorama road: Barry place NV.
from Georgia avenue to Ninth street
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Master Builders Name
(. l. Davis President

Edwin L. Davis was elected presi-
dent of the Master Builders Asso-
citation at a meeting Thursday in
the Continental Hotel. Other Off
GERS named include John M. Sharf,
vice president; Charles w. Hum
phries, second vice president. and
Frank Sheehan, executive secretary.
Walter B. Avery and Nelson T.
Jeffress were named to the Board
Of Directors for one-year terms.
Charles H. Tompkins and Joseph F.
Nebel were named for two-year
terms and Abner L. Roe and James
r. Skinker were selected to serve
three years.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Snow and Freeze Grin
Wide Area in u. S.
By the Associated Press.

by Cne ASSOClAteQ freSS.
The worst storm of the new year
spread over the Nation today, with
snow and sub-freezing temperatures
general from the Atlantic Coast to
the Rocky Mountains.
A blizzard, sweeping through New
England, buffeted New York and
Rhode Island with particular fury,
although all the North Atlantic
States suffered.
A 10-hour snowfall covered New
York City's streets to a depth of
8 inches and jammed trafflc so badly
in Manhattan that police asked ra-
dio stations to broadcast appeals
to out-of- town residents not to at
tempt to drive their cars into the
city.
In the wake of the snow a 40
mile-an hour gale roared up the
East Coast. The Weather Bureau or
dered storm warnings posted from
Cape Hatteras to Eastport. Me.
Bus Travel Delayed.
Transportation was retarded by
ice-glazed highways in New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa and 1li-
nois. Most roads remained open,
but buses were running up to 80
minutes late In Pennsylvania. Low
visibility tied up shipping on the
Delaware at Philadelphia and
grounded commercial planes at the
Newark, IN. j. airport.
The temperature at New Orleans
dropped from a balmy 76 Thursday
to 40 yesterday. Elsewhere through
the deep South seasonal temper
atures prevailed. California-ike
Florida maintained its reputation.
The mercury reached SO degrees at
Los Angeles.
Heavy rain or snow fell in por-
tions Of Kentucky, Tennessee and
the East Gulf States, but slowly
rising temperatures were forecast
Heavy SHOWS over the week end
were predicted for the North At
lantic States, with lighter falls In
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Yeggs Fail in Fourth
Attempt 10 Open
Sanitary Safes
Police Officers Warned
To Watch Chain; One
Gang Held Responsible

The fourth unsuccessful attempt
to batter open safes In Sanitary
Grocery Stores in the past four
nights was under investigation today
following the burglary of a store at
1907 Fourth street SW.
The robbery came on the heels
of an order last night for officers to
keep close watch on Sanitary Stores
throughout the city.
Inspector Bernard w. Thompson
said he is convinced the attempted
safe robberies are the work of the
same group of yeggs At the scene
of the burglary reported today de-
tectives found hinge knocked of
the strong box, apparently with a
meat cleaver, and the combination
battered.
Pry OFF Window Bars.
William R. Merryman, manager
of the store, said the burglars, en-
tered by prying the bars from rear
window and jimmying the sash.
More than $50 worth of merchandise
was taken, he said.
Detectives said a colored suspect
was being held at the fourth precinct
for investigation.
In other robberies and housebreak-
ings last night and early today more
than $50 was taken. Charles M
Luechs, cab driver, said three
colored men held him up at Twenty
second and D streets NV. and fled
with his wallet containing $40.
More than S25 was taken by
thieves who jimmied the door of g
lunchroom at 27O3l2 Nichols avenue
Sc, Paul Feierbend, proprietor. tolc
police. Another restaurant was en-.
tered at 1889 Ninth street NV. anc
SIS worth of clothing and Other
articles stolen.
Young Burglar Taken.
Meanwhile. police captured a col
ored youth in the act of burglariz'
ing a novelty shop in the 1900 block
of H street NE. early today. Sergt
w. T. Murphy and Pvts. T. P. Den
ton and o. E. Rehbein, all OF the
9th precinct, captured the burglar
after he pried the bars from real
window of the shop.
The officers said they found five
bags of marbles and jack-knife or
the prisoner. He was held at No.
for investigation.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
the Ohio Valley, the lower lake
region and the Appalachian section.
Eight Inches in Pennsylvania.

Five to 8 inches of snow were re-
ported in Pennsylvania. 4 to 6 in
Ohio. more than 2 inches at Rut-
land, VT; 4 to in Connecticut, 4
inches in parts of Upstate New York
and 2 to S inches in the eastern half
of lower Michigan.
Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Idaho and
Utah also reported snow or snow
flurries. Kansas and Oklahoma
drew rain and sleet. It was so un-
seasonably warm in Oregon that
farmers-missing snow-expressed
fear crops would suffer from lack
of moisture.
The storm resulted in 200 traffic
accidents in a six-hour period in
Detroit yesterday.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Chamberlain
(Continued From First Page.)

lAlC I 4lllC AVAAllAoICl olASA AAAo &%ANASS
left Rome at 1905 pm.
II Duce, Foreign Minister Count
Galeazzo Ciano and other brilliantly
uniformed high officials were at the
station.
Mussolini and Mr.. Chamberlain
smiled genially as they reviewed an
honor guard and took solemn sa-
lutte from a company of Fascist boys
armed with muskets.
A band played God Save the
King!" and the Fascist anthem. Mr..
Chamberlain waved his hand from
the door of a car as the train drew
slowly from the station.
Press Halls Conversations.
The press hailed Mr.. Chamber
lain's conversations with Premier
Mussolini as marking renewed 1tal-
ian-British friendship and as q
foundation stone for general Euro
pean conciliation embracing recog-
milton of Italy's needs as an empire.
The visit thus was presented as an
other triumph for Mussolini.
British circles did not share the
Interpretation expressed in the Ital-
ian papers.
Uniformed quarters in London
said the harmony of the talks
was disturbed at one time when
British Foreign Secretary Vis-
count Halifax objected to the
violence" of italian Foreign
Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano's
language and twice warned Mus
solini's son-in-law he would
withdraw unless Count Ciano
moderated his tone. Ciano COM
piled, these sources said, and only
slight Importance was attached
to the incident.)
French circles likewise did not
anticipate a new Mediterranean
equilibrium, which Italy has made
plain must be achieved chiefly by
French concessions to her.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Come Nets $60,100

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. IA R.-A
check for $60,100 was turned over
to the Shriners' Hospital for Grip
pied Children yesterday by William
M. Coffman, managing director Of
the East-West charity football game
played here January 2. He said
the profits of the game were the
largest in IA years.