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Evening star., 1939-04-09
Easter

The story of Easter should have a
new meaning this year. Some, Of
course. may doubt the narrative of
the crucifXion and the resurrection
as it is told in the Scriptures; yet
every sensitive man and woman will
have faith in it's significance as a
symbol of the victory of life over
death.
Living generations are caught in
a dilemma unparalleled in the his
tory of the race. They are sur
rounded by the fruits of civilization,
but enjoyment of them is denied to
the average individual by circum-
stances completely beyond personal
control. War, revolution, economic
disaster, famine, crime, disease, in
tolerance, greed and hate cast their
blight over every home Nations in
which the will to peace is strong per-
force must abandon their ideal to
meet the challenge of neighbors who
refuse to exist within the natural
law of fellowship. A quarter century
of conflict has filled the plain people
of the earth with fear of final cata-
clysn, the outbreak of which may be
the event of any hour.
But this horror providentially has
begun to produce its own corrective.
Hope, by the grace of God, is being
reborn in humble hearts. The fate
OF the Carpenter of Galilee may be
the fate of all who have striven to
follow Him, yet death is not the end.
In millions of minds there is grow
ing the conviction that the grave
does not triumph over the soul. Per-
haps it is required of people that they
should suffer in Gethsemane and at
Golgotha in order that they may
learn the lessons of strife and win
at last the Heaven of their instinc-
tive yearning.
The clouds may be black above
Europe and the Orient, lightning
from the midnight sky may blast
helpless communities unoffending in
their innocence, brute strength may
ride unchecked over still verdant
fields and through once quiet little
towns, all the genius of destruction
of which it is possible to conceive
may be let loose in the world and
the desert prosper everywhere
against the sown, yet righteousness
and mercy, brotherhood and love
cannot be entirely destroyed. 1t was
to teach that truth that Jesus died
and rose again.
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And Thou hast made him; Thou art

And Thou hast made him; Thou art
just"
All the great poets have written In
like vein.
There IS something in the heart of
every rlan that reaches out beyond the
last horizon Of life for the higher fulfill
ment of his being. Whether articulate or
inarticulate he joins with Pascal in say
ing, THE heart hath reasons that the
reason knows not Of" There is an aspi-
ration, hope that will not down, that
impels him to hold to the conviction that
life cannot be lost in the silence of the
grave. What this hope has meant to the
whole human race it would be difficult to
determine. That it has had determin-
ing effect upon life, its conduct as we'll as
its comfort and peace, no one would ven-
ture to deny. 1t has affected more fully
mans philosophy of life than all else.
Take away this hope and the grave be-
comes dwelling place from which no
traveller returns" 1t writes Terminus"
on every place that marks the "bivouac
of the dead" and overcasts every hearth
stone with the dark shadows of despair
and hopelessness.
That Jesus Christ brought immortality
and light to their fullest expression on
the first Easter morning is what makes
this the most cherished day in all the
year. What belief in the life beyond
has meant to the human race is the most
precious. the most enduring truth 1t
clings to amid all the changes and
chances of this mortal life 1t was Wag-
ner who wrote out of the depths of his
sorrow as he mourned the loss of his be-
loved son: Thou hast soWn with rays of
white light the pathway to the grave,
and left at the gates of death a gleam as
of the dawn" 1t was with such a con-
ception Of the meaning of life and death
that he could experience the peace that
passeth all understanding.
This Easter message, however we may
interpret it, is the supreme gift that
God, through Christ, has given to the
sons of men.
Evening star., 1939-04-09
Speeding Traffic

The District appropriation bill car
ries funds to provide the first steps
in several projects which will 60 far
toward relieving some of Washing
tons worst traffic congestion. Pro-
vision is made for engineering pre-
liminaries on the viaduct which will
carry Fourteenth street over the out
let of the Tidal Basin and across
Maine avenue. There are funds for
studies looking to a high-speed by
pass, which will divert through traf-
flc between the North and South
around the main section of the city.
A bridge is to be built to replace the
earthen fill on which Massachusetts,
avenue crosses Rock Creek allowing
for widening of the Rock Creek
Potomac parkway at that point.
Studies also are authorized as the
first step in plan to construct dual
road paralleling the present parkway
route.
These are of utmost Importance.
The through-traff1c bypass will
benefit the community by relieving
the heavily travelled streets of much
of the present through traffic. It will
unite Route One to the South at the
Highway Bridge with projected new
highway to Baltimore, following in
general the north and west banks
of the Washington Channel and the
Anacostia River.
The Rock Creek parkway plan,
however, involves different prob
lem. Already this has become a ma
jor arterial route connecting the
office centers downtown with the
northwestern residential areas, par
ticularly Cleveland Park and Chevy
Chase. At Massachusetts, avenue is
the last bottleneck remaining be-
tween the Taft Bridge and the Lin
coin Memorial. In this respect the
bridge is vital, but it raises a ques-
ton which must be answered in the
near future. Is Rock Creek Potomac
parkway to become a major traffic
outlet or be reserved primarily for
park purposes? This is bound to be
aggravated If and when the proposal
is revived to extend the route either
through or around the Zoo.
At present the section from Massa-
chusetts avenue to Constitution ave-
nue. has little value merely as a park,
in that it offers practically no retreat
from the turmoil of the city itself.
1t is still new and ever since its
opening has been subject to numer-
Gus large construction projects, rang
ing from the four-lane bridge Just
below Connecticut avenue to the
great P street span and the pending
K street overpass. But the time is
rapidly approaching when the major
projects will be completed and the
beauties of the section are developed.
When that time comes Washington
must face the question: Is the park
way to represent another surrender
to the exigencies of machine-ag
traffic?
Evening star., 1939-04-09
LIFE BEYOND LIFE
By the Right Rev. James Freeman d. ILL., d. D. c. L.,
Bishop of WASHINGTON.

A clever journalist wrote some years
ago an ingenious story entitled when
It Was Dark" The story had to do with
the Vaccinations of one who sought,
through the alleged discovery of an an
cient but spurious record, to disproye
the authenticity of the Easter message.
AS the story proceeds it tells of the effect
produced upon the world by this strange
revelation. In every department and
walk of life dire confusion followed. Sys-
TENS and institutions long established
found themselves built upon an ideal of
life suddenly discredited and disproved.
Everywhere chaos ensued.
The story, though the work of an
imaginative writer, is suggestive of the
universal influence of the Risen Christ
upon the hearts and minds of men. Ger
tainly no single recorded incident in all
history has so affected men In their con-
cepts of life as the story of the first
Easter. So central place does it occupy
in the whole scheme of Christian teach
ing that st. Paul says: If Christ be not
risen. then is our preaching vain and
your faith is also vain"
Easter above every day in the calendar
answers to the deepest yearning of the
human heart. All the great teachers and
philosophers have expressed the hope of
life beyond life The wisest Of the an
clients not only speculated concerning
Immortality, they dared to express their
deep convictions concerning it. No one
until Christ affirmed it. Faced with so
great question as: IF man die, shall
he live again?" the human mind refuses
to repose its hope in speculations. One
Of the ancient writer's had said: God
hath set eternity in the heart" Even
without the Word of the Christ given
with such utter and complete assurance
and confirmed on the morning of Easter,
man had fashioned for himself faith
In immortality. AS Tennyson put 1t in
his In Memoriam":
Thou wilt not leave us in the dust;
Thou madest man, he knows not why;
He thinks he was not made to die,
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Russiu's Role

Throughout the past seven 1aay his
of Kaleidoscope Europe, beginning
with the dismemberment of Czecho-
Slovakia and including current
British efforts to lock the stable door,
the role of the Soviet Union has given
rise to speculation and wonderment
which persist to this day. Moscow
has presented the outside world a
composite of indecision or indiffer-
ence which has baff1ed understand
ing.
Commonest explanation of Russian
inaction, while Hitler was remaking
the map of the continent, was Cd
that Stalin's purge of the Red Army's
generals has paralyzed Soviet mill
tary power as an international fac
tor and (2) that the peril of war with
Japan is an influence which nullifies
the U. S, S. RS capacity for inter-
vention in Europe Since Munich a
third and even more plausible reason
has been advanced for Soviet reluc-
tance to join the democracies in
resistance to Hitler. The cold
shouldering Moscow received from
Chamberlain and Daladier, when
they sold Czecho-Slovakia for mess
of Nazi promises, was of itself
sufficient to dampen enthusiasm for
collective action.
Conclusion of the Anglo-Polish
alliance ana efforts to widen it to
include Hungary, Rumania and
Russia once more focus attention on
the Soviet's role in Europe The New
York Times seasoned observer at
Moscow, Walter Duranty, has just
analyzed the mental processes at
work there. He depicts the Soviet
in a Missouri mood 1t wants to
be unambiguously Shown" in the
form of a hard-and-fast diplomatic
contract, to just what extent the
British and the French are ready to
act-act, not talk-to check ag-
gression. In the case of Czecho-
Slovakia the Russians last Septem-
ber had the experience of learning
what France, despite her alliance
with that doomed country, was not
prepared to do to save her. The u S.
S. r., too, had contractual obligations
toward Czecho- -Slovakia, but their
fulfllment depended categorically on
initial action by France.
The Berlin Rome axis aggression,
Evening star., 1939-04-09
Chemists of Woshinqton

Members of the American Chemi-
cal Society constitute the third or
fourth largest professional group in
Washington.
The general public hears little of
their activities, compared with those
of physicians or attorneys. It is not
that these are less important, but
that they are step further removed
from immediate human interests.
But on the occasion of the annual
spring meeting of this great society
in Baltimore, attended at some time
or other by several hundred from the
District, it is not amiss to recount
some of the work these men are
doing.
In the laboratories of the Depart
ment of Agriculture they are finding
out how to cheaper living in scores
of ways-to extract sugar and wool
from milk, plastics and vitamins from
corn, rubber from sugar, fertilizer
from the air.
At the National Institute of Health
they are delving into some of the
inmost secrets of life, determining
the chemistry OF cancer, making non
habit-forming narcotics, preparing
remedies for many maladies which
now kill men.
At the Bureau of Standards they
are tearing gasoline to bits and re-
shaping them into the more power
full motor fuels of the future, extract
ing iSotopes of hydrogen and oxygen
out of air and water which are form
ing the basis of a new chemistry,
finding new and rare sugars, lighter
and better building materials, strong
er and cheaper textiles.
At the Geological Survey they are
finding out about the past of the
earth, its age in cons, the hidden
wealth of the eternal hills. And at
the various universities they are car
rying on researches in all these fields,
upon many of which they reported
at the Baltimore meeting.
Perhaps a generation will pass be-
fore some of their work becomes of
immediate concern to the man on the
street.
In the long run, however, 1t may
Evening star., 1939-04-09

be of more concern than that OF any
other single group. In the past cou-
pie of generations they have placed
in the hands of mankind wealth un-
dreamed of before-wealth over
which nations and classes now are
fighting. They have placed in the
hands of the poorest citizen things
that all the money in the world
could not have purchased for his
grandfather. They are continuing to
Go this at an accelerated pace.
Evening star., 1939-04-09
Shooting Stars
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Dreamer.
There is a beatific gleam
In his observant eye
When he beholds the sparkling stream
And hears the waters sigh.
Like one whose soul is deep in thought
His eye doth heavenward gaze,
AS If his mind poetic sought
Some great and fitting phrase.
And yet within his brain doth dwell
No soft and rhythmic tune;
He's thinking bout the yarns he'll tell
About his fishing soon.
Evening star., 1939-04-09
Renuscence
Sorrows brief season now gives way, and

Sorrows brief season now gives way, and
hopes
Bright phoenix spreads swift wings. The
leaf frond gropes
Through chill and quickened soil to seek
the light;
A reaching out growths slow, resistless
might.
Again the tomb is opened. April's rain
Has washed with shining tears old
winters pain;
Has rent the shroud which bound each
root and seed
Garth has atoned for Sacred Hands that
blee@.
The fragile snowdrop asks no Easter
hymn
To chant of resurrected life; no dim
Cathedral nave, with swelling organ note,
Can still the cardinals vibrating throat.
Springs choristers, life rising full and
strong,
Welcome each flower with glad. tri.
umphal song. IVY LINDSLEY.
Evening star., 1939-04-09

In the "open letter" exchange be-
tween Elliott Roosevelt and John
Boettiger, they seem to be tied in that
each uses like" as a conjunction.
However, John is one up because Ell
lott used Infer" for imply"
Evening star., 1939-04-09

The Londoner who periodically re-
covers Chamberlain's umbrella de-
clares that it has never yet been un-
furled. If the Premier has not yet
had occasion to do this, it is not likely
that he ever will.
Evening star., 1939-04-09

A mechanical talking cop" is an
nounced by the Greater New York
Safety Council. "He" can give infor-
nation as well as warnings. And,
furthermore. he cannot try to sell
you ticket to a policemen's benefit.
Evening star., 1939-04-09

Former favorite SMILES were built
like a Hercules" "muscled like a
blacksmith" or rugged as bear"
These all give place now to robust
as worlds fair (either one) statue"
Evening star., 1939-04-09

George Bernard Shaw, now aged
81, says: Il have had enough of the
world and the world has had enough
of me-" Perhaps George this time is
not just talking through his whlskers.
Evening star., 1939-04-09
Old Political Custom

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
It rained mud for a while in st. Louis
the other day. Just like a political
campaign.
Evening star., 1939-04-09
Iowa Not interested

From the St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The number of yachts owned in the
United States is 3,776. but only Florida
believes 1t.
Evening star., 1939-04-09

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Entered as second class matter post once.
Washineton. D. c.
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Says Uncle Eben.

I sees de storm a-bloWin'
Whah de sky was shinin' bright,
I counts de days a-goin'
As de sunshine turns to night.
Sometimes I thinks Is gropin'
In wilderness of doubt
An sort o gifts to mopin'
Wouderin' what it's all about!
Evening star., 1939-04-09

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Confidence.
II wish,' said young Mrs. Torkins, that
Charley would 60 into politics"
What for?"
II think it would be a good change.
Charley has wonderfully good judgment,
but I should like to see him interested in
a race in which he could do his own run
ming instead of depending on horse"
Evening star., 1939-04-09
Young Mans Fancy.

Young Mans Fancy.
'Was that wedding case of January
and May?" asked the sentimentalist.
NO" answered Miss Cayenne, from
the general excitement it has created I
should say 1t was a case of Christmas
and the Fourth of July"
Evening star., 1939-04-09
Milady.

Springtime shopping is at hand
So joyous yet so rash,
A generous flow of longing and
A constant ebb of cash.
Evening star., 1939-04-09

The Drawback.
What makes you think he will not be
successful in politics? He has a great
many friends"
Yes answered Senator Sorghum,
but he hasn't enemies enough to secure
him the abuse and criticism that make
people famous"
If you do not take care of your
money" said Hi Ho, the sage of China
town, "the world will sneer and ask you
what you did with it, and if you invest it
and get rich, the world will sneer and
ask you where you got it."
Evening star., 1939-04-09

plans that would enable Government in
vestment to fit snugly into fields of con-
structlon - particularly railroads and
low-cost housing-that are neglected by
private investment. Emphasis is turning
more to Government interest in enter
prlses that produce some income rather
than in enterprises like w. P. A. that call
merely for debt creation without any in
come to service the debt.
A good deal of hope still is held that
the war scares in Europe will blow away
and that the recovery that was under
way will be resumed with vigor.
But If war scares should develop into
actual European war, wholly changed
picture would appear. In that event
there would be an initial period of shock
and OF liquidation, followed by what the
Governments experts agree would be a
period OF heavy spending for war pur-
poses and recovery based upon that
spending.
The British and French have about
$4,000 100000 in this country that would
be available for expenditure before there
would be need for loans or for new trans
fers of capital. Those dollars would be
mobilized at the start of trouble, if off,
cial expectations are realized, and would
be spent for goods in this country.
From the point Of view of business,
either actual war or assurance of peace
would hold the chief promise of activity.
1t is the suspended animation of threat
ened war that appears to be rasping the
nerves Of businessmen and Government
omcials alike.
Evening star., 1939-04-09
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-26
POLI'S

The magnificent production THE
Rains Came" of the great novel OF
the same name will be held over at
the Loew Poll theater for three more
DAYS after a terrific four day run
Queries in regards to the extent OF
the run of the picture have come IN
SO fast to the management that ne
had no other alternative than 10 sat-
isfy the theater-goers of waterbury.
Starred at the mead of dazzling
cast are Tyrone Power, Myrna 10y
and George Brent who put on an
exceptional great performance.
Rarely has famous book which
has been read and enjoyed by nil
lions. been transferred to the screen
with such devoted fidelity. such un-
sparing care and cost! The result
gloriously justifies the effort. Here
Is a great film. Tyrone Power is
grand as the handsome, high caste
Hindu surgeon, Major Rama Saftl:
Myrna 10y looking more encnant-
ing than ever, breaks with the per-
feet wife tradition to play the am
OrOuS Lazy ESketH anu oiAS 40 sNf
erb, and George Brent gives spien-
did account of himself as the world
weary Tom Ransome.
The colorful background ana
realistic catastrophes are produced
magnificently in this spectacle MIN
"The Rains Came.
On the same program is Irish
Luck" with frankie Darro and Dick
Purcell with Lovely Lillian Elliot IN
the feminine lead. ~
And don't forget tomorrow even
ing is the hour of fun and laughter
for all during "Uproar Hour" where
by we are ably assisted by Gus
Meyers and the Loew Poll orchestra
Did you know that Kaiser's o
Boats actually send a 10000 ton
American fighting ship In New
York Harbor in 1918? Z. that
other Hun sea raiders torpedoed 81
q. s. vessels In American waters?
that an unprotected New Eng
land Town was shelled by German
sea scourges? -. that Americas
suicide fleet engaged the U boats
at sea, blowing them of the face
of the Atlantic? Now with the ON
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-26
|FANNlCK UNITS
meet TOMORROW
Post and Auxiliary to AM
nOunce Activities for
Winter Months

A Joint meeting of David L. Fam
nick Post, 81. Jewish War Veterans,
and the Fannick Auxiliary. tomor-
row evening at 8 o'clock at the
American Legion home on Holmes
Avenue will mark the opening of
the fall season.
Presidnst Minnie Block of the
auxiliary who recently returned from
thu National Convention with Miss
Lee AbramSon will tell about their
trips to Miami, Fla. and Bermuda.
Past Cci lmander Rudy Hennick
and Jack Shapiro will give details
of their trip to the convention. Fall
activities of the post and auxiliary
will be announced. Past Commander
Hen-lick wishes all committee chair
men and thei- aides to attend this
meeting anc the weekly meetings
thereafter. Reports will be made on
the military ball and dance which
will be held Armistice Eve November
IL.
/, A membership drive win be spon-
sored not only by the local post but
throughout the country and the post
showing the best results will receive
a silver cup. Each Jewish War Vet
eran is to contact each member and
give him an application to the Big
Three, the American Legion, Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars or Disabled
War Veterans.
Membership applications for any
of these organizations may be had by
contracting Commander I. Green
blatt.