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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-12-03
By John Clagett Proctor.

OF the many things which have been
said against our Presidents, some of
which may have been true and a great
many not so, yet one thing which can
be truthfully said of them is that all
have been adherents to some particular
religious faith and nearly all were reg
ular churchgoers when in Washington
and when occupying the highest office
In the Nation.
OF course, in the very early days,
when Washington was the "City Of
Mangiacent Distances" and churches
were few and far between, it was not
always possible for the President to find
the church of his choice at hand but
then Georgetown, Bladensburg and Alex
andria were nearby and the Chief Execu-
tive could by only few hours drive
reach the farthest of these places.
Naturally, as Gen. Washington ceased
to be President in 1897, when he re-
turned to Mount Vernon, his opportunity
for attending religious services In the
District were quite limited, although
If he had been residing here he might
have gone to Old st. Pauls, opposite
Soldiers Home, or to another Episcopal
house of worship, formerly an old to-
bacco barn, on New Jersey avenue near
D street Northwest, where religious
services were conducted as early as
1880, and where Thomas Jefferson is
said to have attended when President.
And, indeed, since there is no record to
the contrary it is probable that even
Gen Washington might have attended
service at both of these places, since
he visited the city upon number Of
occasions up until the time of his death.
Washington and Adams
Christ Church, Alexandria, and Po-
hick Church, little closer to Mount
Vernon, were Washingtons favorite
places of worship and especially is this
true of the former church, where for
number of years he regularly attended
service. Indeed, Washington was not
only especially interested in Christ
Church and Pohick Church. but also in
Falls Church, and it is the writer's i'm
all erected from the same plans between
the years 1857 and 1772. Though they
resemble but little now, due to a num-
Der Of interior and exterior changes.
And 1t is also we'll known that when
Washington was residing in the cities
Of Philadelphia and New York he usual
ly visited churches of the Episcopal de-
nomination. though he was not an in
frequent visitor to churches of other
denominations
John Adams Is classed by some as a
Unitarian and by others as Congre-
gationalist. His parents sent him to COL
lege to study for the ministry, but this
Idea was soon abandoned and he substi-
tuted law for the pulpit. The best part
of his administration was spent in Phila-
delphia, where he attended churches of
different denominations. He did not
come to Washington to fill out his term
until the autumn of 1900 and therefore
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II streets.
Harrison was an Episcopalian, as was
John Tyler. James X. Polk was Pres
byterian and attended the First Pres
byterian Church. Zachary Taylor was an
Episcopalian, while Willard Fillmore was
a Unitarian. Franklin Pierce was an
Episcopalian. James Buchanan Meth
odist and Abraham Lincoln regularly
attended the New York Avenue Presby-
terrain Church, though 1t Is believed he
was not member. The pew he occu-
pied is one Of the priceless relics Of the
church.
New York Avenue Presbyterian
In this connection 1t is related that
one of Mr.. Lincoln's customs was to
stand when the so-called pastoral
prayer" was offered. For. 1t Is said, as
the sainted minister of the church
prayed, the martyred President felt that
he came in the very presence of God
and therefore was moved to stand. One
might we'll imagine the impressive sight
seeing the President of the United
States standing in reverence with bowed
head while the minister sought the di-
vine guidance upon the Nation in those
dark days of the Civil War.
Of Many Faiths
Andrew johnson was Methodist, and
yet like other Presidents was not an
infrequent visitor to various denomina-
tons. Rutherford B. Hayes attended
Foundry Methodist Church, when To-
Gated at the northeast corner of Four
teenth and G streets. Garfield was a
member Of the Disciples of Christ, and
the writer. frequently saw him and his
family as they drove up to the modest
little church building, then on Yer
mont avenue between N street and
Logan Circle, on Sunday mornings. He
was always accompanied by Mrs. Gar
field and his venerable mother. Rev
Frederick D. Power, then chaplain of
the Senate, was pastor of the church.
President Chester A. Arthur, who sue
ceeded Gen. Garfield, attended old St.
Johns. He came to the White House
a widower, and erected the handsome
stained glass window In the south tran
sept of the church to the memory OF his
wife, who was a churchwoman When
Grover Cleveland became President in
1885, one of his first acts was to rent
pew in the First Presbyterian Church
on John Marshall place And this,
indeed, was most natural thing for
him to do. since his father, Richard
Falley Cleveland, was ordained to the
ministry In 1929, and 1t wasin the Pres
byterian parsonage at Caldwell, N. j..
that the future President was born on
March 10, 1887 He also attended the
First Presbyterian Church during his
second administration.
President Benjamin Harrison, also a
Presbyterian, attended the Church of
the Covenant at Eighteenth and N
streets.
The much beloved President McKin-
ley, like Gen. Grant, was a Methodist,
and both attended the Metropolitan
Methodist Church at John Marshall
place and c street. McKinley's success
sor, Theodore Roosevelt, was a member
of the Dutch Reformed Church, and not
finding this particular creed here, he
selected as his church the Grace Re-
formed Church of the German Re-
Continued on Page C-5J
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green's Of forests and meadows notified
with flowers, in rock grays and deep
lake blues. Man added to it by gaily
decorating his village steeples and
houses, his farm buildings and chalets,
and most of all, his person in the gay
colors least found in nature.
Province of Vienna
Vienna. with one-fourth Of Austria's
population, was the smallest OF nine
provinces which composed the republic.
Renowned as the birthplace of Schubert.
the workshop of Brahms, Beethoven,
Schumann, Haydn, Mozart, Johann
Strauss and a host of other famous
musicians, its name never fails to sug-
have been ready patrons not to music
alone but to all the arts. The citys
opera and theaters have produced
famous artists. Its great university was
known particularly for excellent tech
nical and medical schools and clinics.
But Vienna became large because in
dustry was stimulated by trade routes.
The city lies on the Danube thorough
fare from Germany to the Black Sea;
on the ancient amber route" from the
northeast and the Baltic; on the route
southwest past the oft-bombed airplane
and locomotive plants of Wiener Neu
stadt vienna Newcity) through the
Semmering Pass to Trieste on the Adri-
attic; on rail and highway routes running
westward through Austria's 350-mile
length into France branching at Inns
bruck, south through the Bremen Pass
into Italy, north to Munich and Stuff
CART
Other Cities
Other Austrian cities are small COM
pared with Vienna Second largest is
Graz, southwest of Vienna. capital Of
Syria, mountainous province whose iron
ore makes industry for many of the
citys 1853, 900 people. In a narrow strip
along the country's eastern border from
near Vienna to near Graz extends Bur-
genland Gland of Castles'D, transferred
from Hungary to Austria after World
War 1.-The only territory added to
defeated Central Powers nation under
the peace treaties.
A hundred miles west up the Danube
from Vienna, Linz. prewar population
100 900, best known for furniture, lies in
the Danube plain close to Ems and
Austria's automotive city, steyr. The
three constitute an industrial area re-
peatedly bombed by the Allies from bases
in Italy
Farther west, on the German border
north Of Berchtesgaden and at the edge
Of the Salzkammergut Mountain lake
resort region, Salzburg shares with
Vienna the glory of Austria's music
achievement. Musicians, artists, COM
posers, conductors. dancers have long
focked to Salzburg for music festivals
lasting half the summer. 1t Is Mozart's
birthplace, a mountainside city of 10000
people.
Innsbruck
Similarly beautiful. Innsbruck, capital
Of the Tyrol, is city of IS 900 in the
neck of the Austrian pear. Surrounded
by high mountains, it is, as its name
tells, thf Bridge over the Inn, on the
very ancient and always important route
of all traffic between Germany and Italy.
via the Bremen Pass. 1t shares honors
with Vienna and Graz as one of Austrias
three university cities
Westward a hundred miles Of high
Alpine beauty leads through Arlberg to
BregenZ. Eastward some so miles Is the
majestic Gross Glockner, Austria's high
est Alp, towering 12,461 feet.
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cThis is the fourth Of Z series Of articles
prepared by the National Geographic 30
ciety for The Sunday star TO inform readers
In operAtion)
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action. His picture of men rushing into
the surf, meeting enemy bullets. as well
as the commandment of our men, tanks
and ships. were done under fire.
1t. Jameson, who was born in Kings
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ton, Md, attended Central High School,
the Abbott School of Fine Arts and the
Corcoran Art School. Besides painting
the Marian Anderson mural in the In
terror Department Building he painted
on commission for Mrs Roosevelt water
colors of Hyde Park and for Secretary
Of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, jr,
pictures of his farm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-12-03

In spite of chronic malaria contracted
on Guadalcanal, which kept him hos
pitalized for long stretches, 1t. Laid
man managed to send back hundreds OF
water colors and sketches from that
theater. Much Of his painting was done
on material captured from the Japs.s
His wife and daughter live at Sill
South Wakefield street, Arlington, Va.
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Young DR.. Walker
Employed by St.
Louis Firm

Mrs. Anne C. Walker. recently
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lips, and his arms holding her close
against him.
"You do love me, Anne. don t
your" he whispered.
"oh. terribly, Miguel ="
81 know 1t will be hard for you, in
lots of ways" he said gently,
She looked at him quickly then.
He must have realized what was 60
ing on in her mind all the time &.
and II he did. it meant that 1t must
be going on in his too.
Miguel You you're afraid
too aren't you2"
Her voice was hardly more than a
whisper,
He didn't answer for moment.
Then Re said, 81 am, n little, Anne.
But not because | wouldn't always
love you It's because you're you.
I wouldn't want anything to
happen to yea You're so lovely
wouldn't want you to be diff
ferent. l wouldn't want you to be
docile and and domesticated-
and I'm afraid. wouldn't want
my my family to absorb you.
and make YOU"
"And they'd try. wouldn't
they"
He sat motionless for a while.
Then he nodded slowly.
And I'd rebel and we'd
we'd all be unhappy" Anne
said gently. The pain was eating
at her heart again. And at his.
She could see 1t in his white set face.
That's what you mean. isn't It,
Miguel"
"Oh, Anne!" II was a desperate
heartbroken groan as he drew her
to him and buried his head against
her throbbing throat.
She put her hand UP and brushed
her trembling fingers against his
dark hair.
"Oh. don't-please don'tl" she
whispered.
Anne sat on the porch of the Ora
NADIA. Her bags had gone to the
dock, and she was waiting, her
cheeks pale and her eyes dry a,
last, for Miguel to come and take
her to the ship. 1t had been harder
even than she'd thought. She could
still see him haggard and unhappy
and still hear his pleading voice
even after they'd both decided hi,
father was right.
But we'd always have each 9th
er. Anne" 1t was the last desperat,
plea Of his heart. Il love you SO
You're all I want"
She shook her head. 1T wouldn'
be enough, for either OF us, Miguel.
And now she was going home
Shed written notes to everybody
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even Pete, because she didn't want
any one TO see her, and see she
was unhappy.
Miguel's car drew up under the
portico. She got in beside him,
leaned her head back and closed her
eyes. Neither of them said any
thing. There was either nothing or
much too much to say.
They crossed the bridge by Fort
San Geronimo, with the brown coral
rocks jutting out across the mouth
of the lagoon like weatherbeaten
lions, and went down the broad
beautiful Avenida Ponce de Leon.
The day was brilliant. The palms
whispering in the soft trade winds
from the ocean seemed almost I'M
bearably lovely. Miguel turned down
into the crowded dirty streets OF the
waterfront and drew up In front Of
the dock. Anne put out her hand.
Don't come any farther-please,
I can. bear IT," she said quickly,
"Just say good-by TO me here. III
see you again some time
"Oh, my dear, please don't got"
She closed her eyes, holding tight.
ly to his hand. 1--WE got to 60.
Good-by. oh, good.by, Miguel"
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ing about you. And I. 7 didn't
send it. It's always been you. real
ly."
Il wouldn't have let YOU" Pete
said huskily. II knew after I left
you that day that l hadn't thrown
my hand in. II was because I'd
been wrong about Valera. l guess.
! don't know. | knew I still had q
chance when you came to me the
night before all that business. You'd
have thought Of him first II you'd
really been in love with him. He's
swell guy-but you belong to me.
Annie. You always have. and you
always will"
She moved away a little. still hold
ing tightly to his arms. and looked
around her slowly. Then she looked
back at him.
Don Alvaro was right" she said
softly, This is where | belong"
He took her in his arms again.
This is where you belong, Annie.
And don't ever forget it."
He kissed her gently on the lips.
smiling down into her eyes.
That's what meant" Anne said.
She buried her face against his
shoulder. "oh, Petel Thanks for
being SO so patient and so
sweet"
1.-THE ENDI
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EXTREMELY IMPORTANT

Transportation Advanced,
Attractive Scale Of Wages
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WARNING ORDER

WARNING ORDER
State Of Arkansas
county OF Pulaski. SIS.
In The Pulaski
Chancery Court
Samuel Wilest Valentine, Plain
tiff.
vs.. No. 70l45
Susie Valentine, Defendant.
The Defendant Susie Valentine,
Is warned to appear in this court
within thirty days and answer the
complaint OF the plaintiff. Samuel
Willest Valentine.
Dated May 18th, 1914.
Booker & Booker,
Solicitors for Plaintiff.
John L. Sullivan,
Attorney ad Litem.
II. s. Nixon, Chancery Clerk,
BY Airline p. Turner, d. G.
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York, commander of an all-Negro
fighter unit in Italy, was recent
~ promoted to colonel. 1t Was an
nounced Col. Davis. son of Brig.
Gen. Davis, lone Negro general,
formerly commanded the 99th
fighter squadron, the first all
Negro unit placed in combat.
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WARNING ORDER

WAkNiNG ohDrh
State of Arkansas
county OF Pulaski, IS.
In The Pulaski
Chancery Court
Mable Eckford Morris, Plaintiff
Va. No. 70167
Leo Morris, Defendant.
The Defendant, Leo Morris, Is
warned to appear in this court
within thirty days and answer the
complaint of the plaintiff, Mable
Eckford Morris.
Dated May goth, 1914.
Booker & Booker,
Solicitors for Plaintiff
J. A. Hibler,
Attorney ad Litem,
II. S. Nixon, Chancery Clerk
by Ealy Red, ID. G.
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the b. S. degree from the Uniyer-
sity OF Kansas School of Pharm-
aey this year.
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associated as assistant to DR.. F.
h. Coffin, veteran owner of the
Children Drug Store, left this
week to accept position with the
Owl Drug Company in St Louis.
Mo.
The young pharmacist received
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Overtime for Work in Excess of 40
Hours
The following crofts ore needed Immediately:
Sheet Metal Workers, Registered Nurses, Phys-
cions, Electricians, Telephone Operators, Brush
Painters with four years recent experience,
Mochinists (erectors), MiIIwrehts process equip
ment erectors). Carpenters, Heavy Duty Oilers, Pro-
teetve Firemen, PotroImen, TeIeph Operators
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-27
SUES FOR DIVORCE

Allie Gray Thompson Wednesday
flee a divorce suit in Imperial
county superior court against Robert
Lee Thompson.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-27
GRABS CAR KEYS

Paul r. Stewart, 631 North
Twelfth street reported to police
Wednesday that he left his keys III
the car after parking it. Upon his
return, he saw a small boy taking
the keys. Stewart says that he
chased the boy but could not catch
him.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-27
Bomber Strikes
Five Homes;
Six Filters Dead

KANSAS CITY, Mo, July 81
up - A four-motored bomber
from the Lincoln, Nebraska, army
base crashed and burned, devastat-
ing a 4tD-foot area in a populated
suburban section Wednesday anc
killing six filters.
It was understood at the crash
somewhere five homes were Ell
Their destroyed or damaged-that
the father-in-la of the pilot was
present when the body of the Off
Ger was removed from the burning
Wreckage. The laws home
repeatedly was damaged somewhat
by the plane as it plowed to earth
Witnesses said the plane seemed
to explode in the air after one
wing had hit a tree. At least five
civilians were hurt as the wreckagC
of the big plane cut a one-half'
mile sWath through the district.
The plane first hit the home o
Mr. and Mrs. j. T. Gray. Mrs. Gray
blocked from the doors by the burn
ing gasoline which sprayed he
home, climbed through the break
fast room window to safety
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-27
Press Operators.
Company Sign
Wages Contract

NEW YORK, July 27. up
Concluding three months of nego-
tiation and arbitration, United
Press associations and division Al CT
the Commercial Telegraphers' union
tAFL) have reached a new agree
ment governing the working con-
ditionS for United Press telegraph
and radio operators and printer
maintenance men.
The new contract provides no
change in the scale of wages, but
affords other advantages to the en-
ployes, including improved sick
leave and holiday benefits, as well
as other refinements. Coincident
with the signing Of the contract,
United Press announced a policy
which will increase the amount of
overtime work which will be made
available to regular employees.
The points which had been pre-
scented III dispute before Arbitrator
Aaron HorViGz were withdrawn at
the eleventh hour and the contract
was drawn as a voluntary mutual
agreement. 1t is of two years dura-
ton from May Is, 1914 Cthe date of
expiration of the previous agree
menb, but may be rcopened for
wages only at any time after the
first year.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-27
Jups Move Ships
From Buses

dies and the Philippines.
The 57-year-old commander of
Task Force So indicated, however,
that he did not believe taking full
advantage of the vulnerability of
these Pacific prizes to American sea
attack would secure them for the
Allies.
There is just one way to win a
war" he told me-"fight it out with
the ground troops
He conceded that this was quite
an admission from an airman, but
said one of the primary handicaps
of airpoWer in the Pacific was the
impossibility CT neutralizing an air
field for more than a few hours,
particularly those handy to a coral
supply, such as Guam and Rota.
In sharp, nearly violent language,
the leathery and semi-bald admiral
expressed his disappointment at not
catching and sinking the entire
enemy fleet during its recent en-
gagement with Task Force SO. He
said the strike was decisive"
AS far as navy men are con-
cerned, however" he said, mo ac-
ton is satisfactory unless there is
a complete catastrophe.
He admitted hearing reports that
he might be slated for a new job
but said there was nothing Off
cial'
Tie brief version of the admirals
opinion of the japanese is: beasts.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-27
War Effort Ads
In Newspapers
Hit ~ Million

NEW YORK. July 81. CUP)-The
bureau CT advertising of the Amer
lean Newspaper Publishers associa-
ton reported that daily and Sunday
newspapers during April printed
advertising in support of the war
effort worth $3,2O4,547.
The April figure brought the total
for the nine-month period starting
with August, 1943 to $44,907 1855.
The various claSsifications dur
ing April were led by war bond adj
vertising, on which $855,589 was
spent in newspapers. Advertising in
promotion of the fat and grease
salvage campaign was second, the
Wastepaper campaign third and
don't telephone" promotion fourth.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-27
WORRY OF
FALSE teeth
SLIPPING OR IkRlTATING7

Don't he embarrassed by loose false
teeth slipping, dropping or wobbling when
you cat, talk or laugh. Just sprinkle a
little FhSTEETH on your plaucS This
pleasant powder gives a remarkable sense
of added comfort and security by holding
plates moro firmly. No Eummy, goocy
pasty taste or feeling. lis alkaline mon
acdI Get FASTEETII at any drug store
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-27
MORE COTTON GOODS

WASHINGTON, July 81 up
The War Production Board Thurs
day ordered 50,000,000 yarCs of cot
ton fabrics set aside each quarter
for the manufacture of low and
moderate priced clothing scheduled
to begin appearing on the market
this fall anu winter.
Top prices for mems shirts unCer
the program is expected to DE $239.
Women's dresses are expected to sell
foI about $298. Other items include
infants, boys, and misses clothing.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-27
Land Purchasers
Risk Snakes

SACRAMENTO, July Of. up
Hubert Il. Scudder state real es-
tate commissioner, Thursday dis
closed that his agency is having diff
ficulty in enforcing regulations in
subdivisions springing up in remote
areas of the state near such war
operations as strategic mineral
workings.
"Subdividers of this type are
somewhat difficult to deal with, as
they feel that they are operating
in remote sections and are rather
indifferent to controlling rules and
regulations" Scudder explained.
One subdiViGer, Scudder said, fl
nally consented to file a question:
naire statement. One question was:
What arrangements have been
made to clear the land?' The an
sWer was: "NOnc-Purchasers must
remove rattlesnakes at their own
risk"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-27
Coast Officers
Face Charges

GLENDALE, Cal, July OF. CUP)-
Police Detectives George Laas and
Verne E. Cargion have been charged
with "asSaulting prisoners under
tie cloak of authority" in INSIDE
meanor complaints filed in the
court of Police Judge Frank Lowe.
The complaints concern alleged
assaults June % on Melvin Hinck-
ley and William MarloWe.
Laas and Cargion denied that
they had struck either prisoner or
had seen anyone else strike them.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-27

meals and beverages in rooms to 90
per cent Of the average number so
employed in i334i, 10 unit bed lin
EN- changes to twice a week for
other than daily guests, maid serV-
ice to once in "a hours, and to
changes Of washable shower cur
tains only once a week.
Establishments seeking "the pro-
lection and advantages afforded
by the "locally-needeo' designa-
ton must substitute women, elder
ly men, or persons physically handi-
capped in place of able-bodied
males under as employed as eleva-
tor operators, bellhops, doormer.
and front office workers, VINO also
ruled.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-27
SUMMER SCHOOL SESSIONS
WILL CLOSE FRIDAY

Ell Centres summer school session
will close at Central Union High
school Friday, the mastering en-
rollment standing at 60.
The summer school classes start
ed June II.
Attendance kept up remarkably
we'll in spite of the expected him
drance of wartime activities.