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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-31
Cannon as Church Corner Post

Symbolic of the victory of peace
over war is the ancient cannon that
forms the corner post of the historic
Episcopal church in New Bern, N.
c. The cannon was taken from
the British Man-of-War Lady Bless
ington, captured in the Revolution
ary war.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-31
IS-MONTHS-OLD BOY
DIES OF PNEUMONIA

Harold Hubert Drysdale, the Is
months-Old son Of Mr.. and Mrs
Dwight Drysdale OF SO Orange street
died of pneumonia at the Herman Kie
fer hospital, Detroit, March %. He
leaves the following brothers and sis
tiers: John. William and Eleanor. Fun
eral services were conducted by Rev
q. III. Severance, of st. Stephens Epis
cOpal church, at the ThOn funeral
home Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock
Interment was in Ferndale cemetery.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-31

Cock fighting is one of the most
ancient of all sports. 1t is at least
5000 years old and was introduced
centuries ago in Europe and into
this country long before the Dec
laration of independence In Europe
it was patronized by the nobility
and in this country by men in
all walks Of life.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-31
Meaning of Name Cleveland

The name Cleveland is of Teuton-
ic origin and means "a cleft in the
land" 1t is the first name of a sur
prising number of men, probably
given in admiration of President
Cleveland. since many of them were
born about the time he was Presi-
dent.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-31
where Buddha First Pre.ched

Stone pillars. centuries old, in
Sarmath, India, revered as the
place where Buddha first preached,
are said by critics to display q mas
terry over material not surpassed
even in the marble work of the
Parthenon.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-31
Gains Weight RanidIx

During the period of its most
rapid growth. the blue whale, the
worlds largest animal. increases in
weight as much as $50 pounds q
day, says Golfers Weekly.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-31

The Chamberlain Memorial museum
at Three Oaks, established by the
iamily of f. X Warren, contains one
OF the finest private pioneer collections
of the state
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-31
Birthplace Of Stanley

Denbigh, Wales. was the birth
place of the workhpuse boy. John
Rowlands, known in later life n
Henry M. Stanley, the African ex-
plorer and finder of David Living.
stone.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-31
Built Famous HANGING Garden.

1t IS supposed that the famous
hanging gardens were built by King
Observation-Disclosures to crafty his Me-
dian queen, who longed for the hills
of her native country.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-31
Asparagus Since Roman Time,

Asparagus has been known and
priced as food from earliest Roman
times.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-31

Artesian Wells Long KNOWN
Artesian wells were known at
Thebes 1000 years before the Chris
tian era.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-31
Comet BriIIiant Near Sun

A comet increases in brilliancy
as it approaches the sun and fades
rapidly as it departs. =
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-31
Spain's Annual Rainfau

The annual rainfall for the great
er part of Spain is less than 20
inches.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-31

The population of Michigan in 1911
was 4,762, excluding Indians.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-31
No Helm From Faultfuders

Faultfinders do not improve the
world; they only make it seem
worse than it really is.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-31
Algerian Delicaeies

Most of the French. sardmes and
anchovies come from Algeria
Evening star., 1939-02-18
Monopoly Probers
Seeking Plan 10 Give
Po|icyho|ders Voice
Choirmun Summers
Soys No Conclusion
Has Been Reached

In recess until the Federal Trade
Commission is prepared to place on
public review some of its expert
ences with business operations under
the antitrust laws, Monopoly Com
mittee members sought today to
evolve from testimony of the last
two weeks some formula by which
policyholders in mutual insurance
companies could and would exercise
some degree of actual control over
the companies they own.
At present. it was revealed, man.
agements of most of these COM
panies are self-perpetuating and
under no direct influence of policy
holders.
So universal has been this condi-
ton of non-ownership control and
so battling has seemed the problem
Of devising formula to overcome it
that Acting Chairman Summers de-
clared as the hearing closed yes
terday that he had come to mo
conclusion as to how a really ef-
fective, workable machinery could be
put into operation
BY contrast with most companies
studied, Northwestern Mutual yes
terday outlined how through its
own devices and requirements of the
Wisconsin insurance law it MAIN
tains an active board of policy
holders and how an independent
committee each year initiates an
audit and a thorough examination
of the company's record. At the
same time the company follows a
practice of wedding out of its man
agement directors or officials who
may have other interests in conflict.
Evening star., 1939-02-18
bentone||i Urges
Fine Arts Division

Joseph Bentonelli, Metropolitan
Opera Association tenor who sang
here Tuesday in La Boheme," NH-
terday urged on members of Con-
gress creation of Federal depart
ment of fine arts as subdivision Of
the Interior Department.
He spoke at q luncheon given in
his honor in the Speakers dining
room at the Capitol by congressional
members of Pi Kappa Alpha Fra
ternity, Alumnus Gamm Xxi Chapter.
He belongs to the fraternity.
Mr.. Bentonelli was invited to ap-
pear before the House subcommit-
tee charged with Interior Depart
ment affairs to present his plea.
Senator Charles o. Andrews Of
Florida, SPEAKER at the luncheon,
agreed with Mr.. Bentonelli on the
need for fine arts department and
said he would support it at the
proper" time.
Mr.. Bentonelli said that of the
millions being spent here and there
for other things, there ought to be a
lew pennies for the fine arts. He
told OF singing in Oklahoma after
speech by meat tycoon.
Evening star., 1939-02-18
Contributions Laq
In Symphony
Fund Drive
lotest Gifts Of $4,065
Misses Halfway
Mark in Campaign

Reporting only $4,O65 collected
since the first report meeting last
Tuesday. volunteer workers in the
National Symphony Orchestras S
ninth annual sustaining fund CAM
paign yesterday failed by narrow
margin to reach the halfway mark
IN their efforts to raise Sill 900 for
the l939-40 season of the orchestra.
The total amount pledged thus
far in the drive is $55 ,499 .l3-only
slight increase over the sum re-
ported at the initial luncheon. New
pledges included 355 separate gifts,
bringing the total number OF con-
tributors to 1855. The total at the
end OF last years campaign was
6,46O.
Harold A. Brooks. a member OF
the Board of Directors of the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra Asso-
citation. told the workers the drive
Is tagging seriously and that pledges
are about $4,000 below the figure
for the corresponding period in last
years campaign. The drive ends
next Wednesday.
Failure to raise the entire sum
Of $lll,000 would mean the end of
the orchestra, he declared, because
the pledge cards this year again
state that unless the entire sum is
subscribed by the time when the
symphony must sign its contract
with the musicians union the money
already obtained will be returned
and all pledges Cancelled.
Guests of honor at yesterdays
luncheon included Lawrence E. Will
liams, first vice president of the
Board of Trade; Edgar Morris. past
president of the Board of Trade:
Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox. commander
OF the District National Guard: Lyle
ORourke, president of the Junior
Board of Commerce; B. M. Nickel
way, managing editor Of The Star:
representatives of civic groups and
members of the orchestra.
Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe an
nounced that Nine. Olga Samaron
Stokowski, founder of the Laymen's
Music Course, Nation wide music
appreciation series, and famous con-
cert pianist, will be guest of honor
at the third report meeting next
Monday. She is coming here from
New York especially for this meet
ing.
Evening star., 1939-02-18
$500 Boys Attend
Entertainment Program

Fifteen hundred boys, all members
of the Metropolitan Police Boys
Club, attended an entertainment
program this morning at Eastern
High School, held under the auspices
of the clubs Women's auxiliary.
Maj. Ernest w. Brown, police su-
perintendent, greeted the club men,
bers and James E. CollifloWer, presi-
dent, outlined plans for the clubs
forthcoming $4,000 campaign.
With Gordon Hittenmark as mas
ter OF ceremonies, program features
included a showing of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation motion pic
ture You Can't Get Away With It,"
music by both the clubs uniformed
band and the clown band of the
Elks Lodge, No Is, as we'll as enter
tainment provided by the Capitol
Theater.
The program was arranged by
Miss Mae Helm, auxiliary president;
Miss Elizabeth Howry and Mrs.
Goodwin Reh Rhett, jr.
Evening star., 1939-02-18
Pre-Lenten Season
To Be Observed

The Incarnation Lutheran Church
will observe the pre-Lenten season
tomorrow at II I'M. when the pastor,
the Rev. Henry Manken. jr., will
preach. The Lepten season proper
begins Wednesday, with q special
Ash Wednesday service at 8 pm.
The pastors catechetical class will
meet Friday at 3:45 pm. and is
preparing for confirmation on Palm
Sunday, April 2. The Boy Scouts
will meet in the parish hall Friday
at 7 pm, under the supervision OF
Scoutmaster George w. Freas.
The Incarnation Brotherhood,
which sponsors the Boy Scouts, last
Monday elected its officers for 1899
as follows: President. Joseph L.
Hartranft; vice president, Edward
r. Folk; recording secretary, Leroy
E. Kluge. and financial secretary,
John w. Martin.
Evening star., 1939-02-18
Rejected and Accepted
Christ Sermon Theme

The preparatory services for the
Christ Centered Crusade, which be-
gins Sunday, February 26, and lasts
for l3 weeks, will continue on Sun
day at Columbia Heights Christian
Church, when the Rev. A. P. Wilson's
topic will be THE Rejected and
Accepted Christ" At the evening
service the series of talks on Chris
tian Salesmanship" will close with
Meeting Specific Difficulties"
The Board of Education will meet
at the home of Mrs. J. w. Eicher
Monday at pm.
Circle 3 of the Woman's Council
will hold costumed Colonial tea on
Washington's Birthday, at the home
Of Mrs. George Head, 280O Thirteenth
street, from 3 to 6 pm
The prayer meeting Thursday
evening will be led by Charles
Campbell.
Evening star., 1939-02-18
Dollar Day Service
At Dumburton IA. <.

The third sermon in the pre-
Easter series at Dumbarton Avenue
M. E. Church will be given by the
Rev. Walter Franklin Atkinson on
THE Reasonableness of the Gospel"
The special message to the juniors
will be THE Story of the Christian
Church. This is the annual dollar
day service. Each worshiper is
asked to make a free-will offering
OF 81.
At 7:30 pm, youth program;
leader, Evelyn Leigh; topic, For
giving Others" Evening sermon by
the minister on THE Human and
the Divine in Forgiveness.
Monday evening the Women's
Missionary Society will meet at the
home OF Mrs. c. H. Gray, 14l9
Foxhall road NV. Thursday Miss
M. e. Soderberg will teach the Sun
days day school lessonAat the prayer
Evening star., 1939-02-18
Refugees Discussed
By French Cabinet

PARIS, Feb. 18 (P).-The French
cabinet discussed the Spanish refu-
gee problem today while progress
was reported in efforts to make
peace in Spain.
The cabinet met for two hours
and As minutes in session devoted
principally to technical details in
handling hundreds of thousands of
expatriated Spanish government
supporters.
A communique said the ministers
considered a series of measures to
speed up assistance to the refugees
as we'll as the repatriation of both
civilians and militiamen.
While the cabinet ministers were
assembling at the war ministry, Sem
ator Leon Berard travelled to ma
tionalist Spain to establish French
relations there and Foreign Minister
Julio Alvarez del Vayo returned
empty-handed to government Spain
after conferences here with Manuel
Azana, President of Spain, who was
reported to have demanded that his
government make peace with Gen.
eralissimo Franco on any terms.
Toward the End of the Spanish
drama" was headline used widely
by the French press.
The conference of Azana. Alvarez
del Vayo and other officials at the
Spanish Embassy broke up with AL
varez del Vayo's departure last night
after a call at the foreign ministry
He took train from Toulouse. From
there he planned to fly to Valencia.
Spanish sources said that he failed
IN his mission to take President
Azana back to Spain and that Azana
insisted he would resign soon unless
resistance to Gen. Franco were
abandoned.
Evening star., 1939-02-18
St. PuuI's Lutheran
Faces Busy Week

At st. Paul's Lutheran Church
tomorrow morning the pastor, Dr.
Henry w. Snyder, will speak on
Working Out Salvation" At the
evening service the discourse will
deal with Value of Man"
The Union Lutheran Brotherhood
OF the District of Columbia will meet
Monday evening and will be ad-
dressed by the Rev. DR.. Kornman
OF Washington at this church.
Ash Wednesday will be observed
with a service at pm, at which
Or. Snyder will preach on Greater
Sincerity"
This church will participate with
other Chevy Chase churches in
union Lenten services, of which the
first will be on Thursday evening at
Wesley M. E. Church.
Congregational officers recentlv
elected by the council are as follows:
President, DR.. Henry w. Snyder, ex-
ofhcio; vice president, LindIey g.
Schmidt; secretary, Alfred j. Baker:
treasurer, Harvey M. Hickman:
treasurer of benevolence, Charles
p. Haupt; financial secretary, Ezra
N. Stirewalt.
Evening star., 1939-02-18
Church Of St. Stephen

Ash Wednesday, the beginning of
Lent, will be. observed at the Church
of st. Stephen and the Incarnation
by celebrations of the holy COM
munion at 1880 and 10 am. At 8
pm. there will be the service OF
Litany, and the Rev. William M.
Bradner, canon of the Washington
Cathedral, will preach. Throughout
Lent there will be celebrations of
the holy communion at 1880 am.
on Tuesday and at 10 am. on Thurs
day. Each Wednesday night there
will be Litany and sermon with a
guest preacher. Healing in the New
Testament" from TIE course on
Christian healing by DR.. John Gay
ner Banks Warden Of the Fellowship
of st. Luke, will be taken up for
study by the Prayer Circle of the
Church of st. Stephen and the In
carnation Tuesday at 1890. Mrs.
James Cliff will lead.
Evening star., 1939-02-18
Plane Declared
Secret Only
Until a Flight
BY the Associated Press.

How long is q secret military air
plane secret?
Only until its first fight, Maj
Gen. H. H. Arnold, chief of the Army
Air Corps, told the Senate Military
Affairs Committee.
He explained:
Once 1t goes on the airdome for
flight tests, any one can take a
photograph. There Is no way to
stop them If they have a telephoto
lens.
And from that photograph, with
a knowledge of the engines in there,
they can come pretty close to figur-
ing out the actual performance of
that aircraft, no matter how secret
We want to make it.
And they can also get from those
same photographs a certain amount
OF information relative to the type
OF construction, which may have
been a secret; the ratio between the
wing spread and the cord (Wing
width; and the size and the shape
of the elevators and the shape of
the fuselage.
All those things are what 20 to
make a secret ship; but once it is
on the line, all that is gone, because
anybody can get it from a short
distance away"
Evening star., 1939-02-18
Syrian Cabinet Quits
In independence Crisis
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DAMASCUS, Syria, Feb. 18-The
Syrian cabinet resigned today dur
ing crisis that followed Frances S
rejection of a Syrian request for
immediate control of key state
services.
Several demonstrations followed
the cabinets action. Shops in
Damascus were closed by a Syrian
strike in protest against the French
stand. Disorders were reported from
other parts of the country, which
France holds under League of Ma
tions mandate.
With excitement mounting, fears
were expressed that the situation
might flare Alto revolt against
French rule.
The government decided to quit
after the French high commissioner
informed Premier Jamil Mardam
Bey that France could not grant
the Syrian request for greater in
dependence and asked that the de-
mand be Internationally Withdrawn.
The cabinet had been committed to
policy of cooperation with France.
Evening star., 1939-02-18
Luncheon to Honor
Miss Gabrielle MistroI

Miss Gabriela Mistral, Chilean
poet and recently appointed as her
governments diplomatic representa-
tive to Panama, Puerto Rica and
Guatemala, will be the guest of
honor at a luncheon of the PEOPLES
Mandate Committee at lis pm.
Tuesday at the Carlton Hotel.
one OF the first women in South
America to support the work of the
committee, Miss Mistral will dis
cuss with Miss Mabel Vernon, ma
tional director of Peoples Mandate
plans for a goodwill tour of the
United States by a group of Latin
American women in the near future
A number of local women promi-
nent In Official literary and social
circles, have been invited to attend
the luncheon.
Evening star., 1939-02-18
Rev. E. 6. Latch Opens
Lenten Sermon Series

The minister, the Rev. Edward
Gardiner Latch, will begin a series
OF Lenten sermons on the general
theme "a Study of the Beatitudes
with the subject THE Poor in
Spirit" at the II o'clock service on
Sunday morning, at Chevy Chase
M. E. Church.
The intermediate young people
will have as guests at GAS Sunday
evening the group from Woodside
Methodist Episcopal Church. The
senior group will meet with Miss
Rhoda Coulson leading a discussion
Circle No. will meet at pm.
Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Edward
E. Wendell, 6402 Valley place.
Members of the church will attend
the corporate communion service to
be held at Foundry Church Wednes-
day evening. This church is CO.
operating in the Chevy Chase Union
Protestant Lenten service to be
held Thursday evening in Wesley
M. E. Church, with the Rev. Arthur
c. Baldwin of Chestnut Street Bap-
tist Church of Philadelphia, as
speaker.
Evening star., 1939-02-18
German Foreign Trade
OFT Sharply in January

BERLIN, Feb. 18 (R).-Germany's
foreign trade shrank sharply in Jan
uary-the month at the end of which
Chancellor Hitler told the Reichstag
we must export or die
Ofhcial figures made public today
showed German exports dropped II
per cent, chiefly in industrial prod
ucts, and imports sagged 13 per cent,
compared to the previous month.
The import decrease was chiefly in
vegetable foodstuffs.
From December to January the
adverse balance of imports over ex-
ports increased by 81 ,038, 900 marks
(about $l2 100000.
Since Hitler spoke, Nazi propa-
gandists have been engaged in Wig
orous nationwide drive to stimulate
exports by reminding manufacturers
OF their national duty" to sell
abroad.
Evening star., 1939-02-18
Mrs. Lizzie ChuImurs
Funeral Rites Held

Funeral services for Mrs. Lizzie
Kressin Chalmars, 6S, who died
Wednesday at her home, 2651 Six
teenth street NV. were held yes
terday at Danzansky's funeral home,
35O1 Fourteenth street NV. Bu-
rial was in Adas Israel Cemetery.
For many years a resident of this
city, Mrs. Chalmars was the wife of
Nils Chalmars, real estate operator.
Besides her husband she leaves two
sons by former marriage, Robert
and Maurice Kressin, both in busi-
ness here. and four grandchildren.
Mrs. Chalmars formerly headed a
dime messenger service here and
belonged to the old Washington
Chamber of Commerce. A native
OF Russia, she had been resident
OF this city since 1890.
Evening star., 1939-02-18
Armed Bandits Get
S266 Loot in Two
Store HoIdups
Two Men Seize S226
In Money Bog at
Sonitory Grocery
Press Photo.

Robbery squad detectives today
were investigating armed holdups
of two District stores, which occurred
almost simultaneously last night.
Bandits escaped with loot totaling
1866.
Lenwood Murphy, manager of the
Sanitary Grocery Store at 1920
Brown street NV, and an assistant
were forced into the rear room of the
store shortly after closing time by
two men who fed with money bag
containing 1926, the days receipts.
Mr.. Murphy told police one of the
bandits opened the unlocked front
door and asked for ciragetts. When
he was informed by the proprietor
that it was too late to make a pur-
chase, he brandished a revolver, off,
GERS were told, and joined by COM
panion. proceeded with the robbery.
At the same time an armed
youth was holding up the assistant
manager of the Roy Logan Shoe
Store, 436 Ninth street NV, John
A. Pearce told detectives he was
forced to turn over $40 to the bandit
who entered the store. posing as
a customer, and fingered until late
purchasers had departed.
Meanwhile, Carmen G. Quantrille,
30, of the first block of N street NV,
was re-arrested yesterday as he left
District Court after being released
under s1500 bond pending an appeal
from robbery indictment. Detect
i've Sergt. Guy Rome of the fugitive
squad placed the suspect under
arrest on a warrant charging him
with robbery and assault with
deadly weapon in April. 1896. New
bond was set at $4,000. The warrant
charged him with a $1,000 robbery
in Prince Georges County.
Two Women's purses were stolen
from automobiles last night and
early today. Mrs. Carrie Sprouse,
208 Upshur street NV. lost S27 in
her pocketbook taken from a car
parked in the 1900 block of G street
NV, and Gladys Mikell of the
Clifton Terrace Apartments. report
ed her purse containing $ll taken
from a car parked in a garage near
Fourteenth and Clifton streets NV.
A colored man snaAched purse
containing $40 from Carmens john
son, 1890 K street NV. in the 900
block Of Eighteenth street NV. to-
day. The thief fed through an alley.
Evening star., 1939-02-18
St. Poul's EpiscopoI

Members of the Acolyte Guild in
st. Paurs Parish will be formally
admitted into the Order of st. Vim
cents, which is the national guild
Tor acolytes, Sunday night. The
service will be corducted by the Rev.
Gordon eraser, the diocesan chap
lain OF the organization. At the
service OF holy eucharist at II am.
the rector, the Rev. Arlington A.
McCallum, will preach on what
Shall We Do Them" This service
will be conducted by the Rev.
George B. Kinkead.
On Ash wednesday there will be
COMMIT, u,ions at 7:3o and II, and q
service u devotion with address ut Q.
Evening star., 1939-02-18
Emory Methodist

Dr. Forrest j. Prettyman will
preach at Emory Methodist Church
at II. DR.. Prettyman is pastor
emeritus OF Emory and is supplying
the pulpit the 18th and 26th of Feb
ruary In the absence Of the pastor,
Horace E. Cromer, who is assisting
IN city-wide evangelistic program
IN richmond, Va. The young
peoples division will have charge
OF the service Sunday evening. The
Minstrel Daze," directed by Mrs.
Gertrude Dyre Parsons, will be
presented Monday and Tuesday eve
nlngs. The Rev. William H. Hantz-
man will lead midweek service
Thursday evening.