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The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-02-11
Studies In
Bible Prophecy


IS. zEcHARIAH's VISION
The Seventy Weeks Vision of
setting the Babyonan Captivity Century
c. Transplaned to and surrounded by
the entcements of Babyonian religion Of the Jewish
exes aposatized from the faith of their fathers But
of Jacob angushed separation Holy
City and the temple of Jehovah Their spirit wildly express
ed in Psalm 1877:
By the rivers Babylon there down,
we Zion.
If forget thee, Jerusalem, let right hand
her cunning
do remember thee let my tongue cleave
to the roof of mouth; if prefer Jerusalem
above my chief joy. (verses 1, s. g.
However, the capves comforted by the words of the
prophets of old concerning the restoration their land
the Coming of Messiah Kingdom.
vealed that the foreign would end after seventy
Ezekiel himself exile in Babylon, did much bolster the
morale of the Hebrew captives
Finally with triumph of Persia over the Babyonion
realm Cyrus issued his momentous decree permitting return
restore the temple at Jerusalem ezra a. $3.50 With joy
and thanksgiving the first made the return trip from
Babylon leadership high priest
and Prince Zerubbabe.
Initial steps taken the rebuilding of the
temple but adversares of Judah and Benjamin. sought him
der the work. and Abandoned not to be resumed for
eral years.
Once the temple project had been halted the bulk of the
people apparently forgot the prmacy of the religious motive in
the return They settled down. seeking to establish their
prosperity and material welfare sight RESPONSE
bily to rebuild the House of the Lord Hagga 16).
historical setting that "Hagga the prophet
and Zechariah the Of Iddo propheed unto the Jews
that in Judah and Jerusalem in the the God of
Israel, unto Them ezra SD. Hagga apparently
old who had the temple of Solomon in all of
glory (Haggai 2) rebuked the people their mateam
and urged them take again the task rebuilding
temple When the work underway he encouraged
forward by enuncating the Messanic Hope
Haggai 2: 80; 2O23).
But Haggas message essentially "realsc"
the moment His mission the people
placency and to make them apply themselves diligently the
immediate task. The other prophet Zechariah doubt
man, of "ideals" and God able
him to give sustained and vivid picture the
the nations of Israel The first
Zechariah contain
Establishment of the Messianc Kingdom
exactly into the framework prophecy
outline for study sraes relationship Gentle
and the nature of the coming Kingdom.
This part of Zechariahs prophecy similar
Revelation literary STYLE all three books being
known to scholars apocayptc The relationship
Evening star., 1948-02-19

Facing the possibility Of q three
way tie for third place in the Dis
trict public high basket ball series,
or even q four-way tie for fourth
place, after tomorrow's four games,
school officials have mapped series
of preliminary playon games that
will pare the standings down to
four survivors for the title tourna-
ment next week. Even the dates
of the tournament are uncertain
right now, depending on the out
come to tomorrow's games and the
preliminary playoffs, il any.
There's a chance no preliminary
playoffs will be necessary, but 1t will
take some upsets for That. Games
tomorrow, all at the Armory, are
Tech against Coolidge ut $3.50, fol-
lowed by Western against Eastern.
Night games, starting at 8 o'clock,
are Central against Roosevelt ard
Wilson against Anacostia. II things
go according to form, and form has
been kicked around aplenty in the
league this season, there will be
three teams tied for third place
with 4-3 records. They would be
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With 1T Vernon Graves, pro-
prietor of the Petworth bowling
lanes, boasts the seasons record
game in the Minor District League.
It was Graves who turned the
tide of the battle in which E'etworth
No. l team whipped Greenway IN
the final two games at PetWorth
last night. The 81 victory gave
petworth No. l a tie for first place
with Greenway. With 122 and lS4
for first and third strings, Graves
counted a 433 set.
Led by Dan Pessagno's ISL Green
way won the first skirmish, 631 to
sos. With Graves firing seven
straight marks, a strike, two spares,
triple-header strike and spare, Pet
worth No. l copped the middle tilt.
635 to 632. George Scrlbner, Green
way anchorman, needing six pins
on last-box spare to win the Game,
cut a deuce. Petworth No. easily
won the final, 608 to $40. Harry
Browns 3eS aided PetWorth's 1,84l
set.
Third-place' Colonial Village
syamped Arcadia with 661 and 1881
scores to move one game behind the
deadlocked leaders. Frank Caruso's
1s8-402 and Bill Oliff's 156-3S4 led
the visiting Virginians' heavy bar
rage.
Clarendon mauled Lucky Strike
with SOB and 1873 scores to take
fourth place away from the losers
Tom Mock's 371 and Jack Mahoneys s
37O were best for Clarendon. Jack
Hutchison posted $50 for Lucky
Strike.
Bill Seidenberg's 374 led Ice Pal
aces 2-1 decision over Alexandra
Recreation. Petworth No. 2 beat
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Il. u. Boxers BahIino
For Two Berfhs for
Army Match Here

Coach Eddie La Fond has selected
six Of the eight Catholic University
fighters who'll oppose West Point
Saturday night at Brookland, but
there's a merry scramble for the two
remaining berths.
The atmosphere lightened per-
ceptibly late yesterday when Bucky
Ennis was reported okay after q
touch Of illness, and the entire
Cardinal squad is working overtime
with the idea of upsetting the cadets.
Tom Cronin will draw the 125-
pound assignment and Johnny
Arnold Is set at 1876. Ennis will box
1855, Bill Maher 165, Frank Stras-
burger ITS and Charley Rohr
heavyweight. But La Fond can't
make up his mind about 100 and las.
At 100 he has Joe Incarnato, Jack
Redmond and Johnny Doherty,
three willing but inexperienced
clouters. All three have had one
bout, Incarnato making his first
start at 1875 pounds, and all lost.
But in training they seem 10 closely
matched La Fond hasn't been able
to make a choice.
Gal Nilsson has the edge in the
145-pound squabble, but he faces
strong opposition from Ray Calnan
and Tom Wing. Calnan Is . veteran
Of the l943 team whose career was
interrupted by the war and he's a
two-fisted puncher. Wings decisive
victory over Maryland's Barney
Lincoln weighs heavily In his favor.
One thousand seats are available
to the public for this match, which
viii mark Army's only appearance
In this section this wear,
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Preliminary PIoyoffs Booked
If School Series Ends in Tie

Tech, Eastern and winner Of The
Anacostia-Wilson tilt. One Upset
with either Coolidge beating Tech
or Western taking Eastern, would
eliminate the necessity OF 3 pre-
liminary playoff.
But two upsets would foul up the
standings even more. The Ana
costia-W Wilson winner would be ir
third place, while tied for fourtt
with 3-4 records would be the losel
of that game, along with Tech
Eastern and Western. So tht
coaches got together yesterday anc
figured out these "if" arrangements
If no ties result, the title tour.
nament involving top four teams
goes as originally booked next Mon
day and Friday nights.
If there is q three-way tie fol
third, the Anacostia- Wilson winner
plays Tech at $3.50 o'clock Saturday
at American University. Loser plays
Eastern Monday night at tht
Armory at 8 O'Clock. winners of the
Saturday and Monday games 90 In
the title tourney, which is reset fol
next Friday and Saturday at the
Armory.
If there is . four-way tie fol
fourth, the Anacostia- Wilson losel
plays Eastern, and Tech plays West.
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6. W. Shows Power
lin Lacinq Fairfax

George Washington High Schools
basket ball team, one OF the fav-
orites in The Stars tournament
which gets under way March Q as
Ritchie Coliseum, served up another
indication of its power yesterday by
swamping Falls Church, 4s-17, al
Alexandria.
Anacostia had sitter time of II
with Episcopal, but managed to earn
a 43-40 verdict In overtime.
The G.. w. regulars played only
one quarter, helping the Alex
andrians to q 1855 halftime COM
mand. Tony Daukas, 6-foot 5-inch
center, gained scoring honors with
10 points.
Wally Warner again was the big
gun for Anacostia. The indiana
had to come from behind a 23-1:
halftime deficit and managed tt
knot the count at 40-all as the reg.
ulation game ended. Warner, who
contributed q basket in the overtime
period, was high scorer with Il
points. The loss was Episcopalt
fourth in IL encounters.
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Jackson, Bee Bee Sci
For Turner Scrap

stonewan Jackson and Bee Bee
Washington are all set for next
Mondays boxing card at Turner's
Arena. They each have an oppo-
nent now with Randy Brown OF New
York providing the opposition for
washington and the popular Jimmy
Collins OF Baltimore facing Jackson.
That completes the card Of four
eight-rounders. Jimmy Cooper WIN
meet Billy Lima Of Miami and Red
Gaddis will take on Orlando Fer
'nandez of Tampa in the other CO.
features.
Cooper, undefeated bantam, Is
coming up against . rugged little
opponent in Lima, who like Cooper
is new to the game. Both are
knockout specialists and this bout
isn't expected to 60 the distance.
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Horne Arrives 10 Taper Off
For Fight Against Hursey

George Sonny" Horne, one Of the
best and busiest middleweights In
the country, has reported for his
scheduled 10-round boxing feature
with Smuggy Hursey at Uline Arena
Monday night.
The 25-year-old Niles (ohio) vet
eran, who now is fighting out Of
Valley Stream, N. Y, is enthusiastic
over announcement that the win
ner OF his bout with Hursey will
receive serious consideration for q
non-title bout with World Middle.
weight Champion Rocky Grazianc
at Uline's April 5, and predicts he
will qualify.
Two years ago Horne confounded
the experts when he not only ended
Graziano's string Of Madison Square
Garden knockouts at six in a row
but stood up through 10 tough
rounds with the present titleholder
Horne Is to work out In public
at the Liberty Athletic Club today
through Saturday at 2 pm, and
Hursey reports here tomorrow te
join him in public appearances there
at 8 pm.
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ern ut American U. on Saturday.
The two winners play each other On
Monday night, with the winner there
finally entering the title tourney on
Friday and Saturday.
Central and Roosevelt have NO
real worries, already having clinched
title series berths, and Coolidge toe
is unconcerned, definitely being out
Of the running after winning for two
years In q row. Central and Roose-
velt do have to worry about playing
each other tomorrow because the
winner gets the valued No. l seeded
place in the title round, putting II
against the fourth seeded club.
All that's really necessary, though
Is for either Coolidge or Western
but not both, to turn in an upset
tomorrow afternoon.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Levin and Boys Club Win
As Result of Mat Show

Dave Levin has one more victory
to his credit and the Police Boys
Club fund is $412 fatter as result
of last nights wrestling show at
Turner's Arena.
Levin won on disqualification
over the Super Swedish Angel after
II minutes. Billy Darnell and Don
Lee fought to a draw, while Benito
Gardini and Marver Mercer won
over Pat Welsh and Joe Kamarof
in a two-man team match. Sander
Kovacs drew with Mike Rollins in
the other match.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Simon Assumes Lead
In Bowling League,
SuppIanting Singer
By Ben MeAIwee

Sam Simon, with an average Of
127-31 for So games, Is the Major
District Leagues new individual
paceSetter.
Bowling 4o3 with games of 122,
1874 and lat, Simon spurted ahead
Of Julie Singer, his Winchester
Packard teammate, by margin of
nine pins when Singer shrank his
average to 1922 with a 355 set. 1t
was Simon's sixth 400-set Of the
season. He also sports season high
game, 203.
Sharing the limelight at Green
way last night as Winchester Pack
ard beat Galliher g. Huguely with
counts of 7o1 and 1857 were Heller
with 160-401, Abe Weinberg with
157-414 and Sam Shreve with 1877
1914.
1t was the third 700-game for the
sensational scoring WinchesterS
who last month posted a national
record game of 773 and early in the
season q ISL. Led by Lou jenkins
142, 146 and 146 that totaled 434
Galliher 81 Huguely won the first
tilt. 662 to 638. The lumbermens
set was 1922.
The Winchesters gained a tie fol
second place with Burr Heishmar
Tires when the latter dropped q
2-1 decision to Winn's Motors al
Rosslyn. The victory moved Winn's
one game out of second place anc
two from first place.
Pacesetting Mann's Potato Chips
despite 2-1 loss to Mapledge Pins
at Mount Rainier, maintained Q
one-game lead. Fred Watson's 161
in 3S6 set gave Mapledge the frs
game, 658 to 557, and Ell Geibs IN
won the rubber after losing the mid.
die by three pins.
Moe Meade's 1853 and Ala featured
a. Senate Beer defeated Arcade
Pontiac the final two at Clarendon
Leon Fleisher's 157 gave the motol
team the first, 636 to 631 while
Meade's wallop as the beermen an.
nexed the middle one, CAT to 645.
Standings: Mann's Potato Chips
1928; Burr Heishman, 37-29; Win
chester, 37-29; Winn's, $500; Ar
cade Pontiac, 31-35: Galliher &
Huguely, 3o-36; Mapledge Pins, g.
38; Senate Beer. 27-39.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Virginia Brothers
Alternate in Rinq
BY the kssoeiotsd Press

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Feb.
19.-Two brothers on Virginia's
boxing team-Basil and Jimmy
Miragliotta-usually range close
together in weight. So they al
ternate with each other In the
135-l45 pound divisions. And
Coach AL York leaves the choice
to them. York likely will study
the situation himself, though,
come Saturday nights dual meet
with Michigan State. Michigan
States 1s5-poupder, you know.
is Chuck Davey, winner Of his
second NCAA championship last
wear.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Lundon's Soccer Team
Captures Title Again

Landon Schools soccer team now
owns permanent possession Of the
st. Adams Cup after annexing the
Washington high school champion
ship for the third straight year.
Landon added win No. ~ to a
streak which goes back to 1945 by
blanking Friends, 40, on the Ian.
don field. Goalie Polk Wright
chalked up his sixth straight per-
feet game.
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Title Practically CIinched
BY King Pin Women's Team

though second-place King Pin won
10 of u games.
Loretta Mills 140 and 337 gave
SpillWay q al edge over Greenway.
Hazel Jarrett's 134 was the deciding
wallop in Lucky Strikes 2-1 win
from King Pin.
Standings: Temple, 49-14; King
Pin, 3o-33; Spillway, 1894; Lucky
Strike, 1884; Greenway. 2s-35; Fort
Davis, 24-3e.
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Vernon Graves 777 Game Sets
Season Record in Pin League

Temple, al, as Johnny Stewart led
with 373.
Queen Pin, aided by Roy Hovver's
l49 and 39l, won the first two games
from visiting Spillway, but Pete
Places, Spillway anchorrnan, pulled
the final out Of the fire by four
pins with a nine-pin count on q
llast-box spare.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
UItimutum for Walker

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 10 (P.-
The Philadelphia Phillies have told
Harry (the Hat) Walker that he
can take or leave his 1913 contract.
I'VE are pretty far apart, but I havs
sent him our last contract" Presi-
dent Bob Carpenter said yesterday.
"If he doesn't take 1t he is very
foolish. I would"
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Cre
County
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Fencing Exhibition

With the Warner Theater Swords
man Trophy awaiting the champion,
the Washington Fencers' Club will
stage three-weapon fencing ex-
hibition tomorrow night in Pierce
Hall ut 8 O'Clock. Admission is free.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Bethesda Girls Win

Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School girls basket ball team re-
mains In the unbeaten class today
after downing Friends girls, $3.50,
yesterday. Jerry Walker headed the
attack.
Evening star., 1948-02-19

In the one-sided Ladies' Minor
District League nag chase, paceset-
ting Northeast Temple swept last
place Fort Davis. Toni Rowe, Tenn
pie ace. hiked her top average to
l09-43 with 135 and 342. Evelyn
Freeman posted 3S5 for Fort Davis.
Holding 4 1s-game lead, Temple
can lose all its remaining AZ games
and still win the championship even
Evening star., 1948-02-19

I0e pennant chase In tne lsaQleS'
Major District League was just
about settled when King Pin. in
sweeping second-place Rosslyn,
spurted to q nine-game lead.
In the II games remaining on
the schedule, King Pin has only
to win seven to gain the champion
ship on total pins, while Rosslyn
will have to win 10 to tie In games
won and lost.
Ruth King In helping to put the
crusher on Rosslyn last night at
Rosslyn with 13e and 378 lifted her
average to 1850 to supplant Ross
lyn's Lucy Rose In third place.
Evelyn Nickel, King Pin captain,
slkidded her top average to ll6-15
with 311.
Betty Bainbridge in sparkling La
fayette's 2-1 victory over Hi-Skor
with l3S and 3S7 boosted her aver
age to 1876. Lorraine GULL, HI
Skor ace, fired 14s and 381, jump
ing her zecond-high league average
to 115.11.
Chevy Chase ice Palace white
washed Mount Rainier, being aided
by Jeannette Januskis' 157, Clara
Walks S63 and Frances Johnsons
$50. College Park and Brookland
match was postponed.
Standings: King Pin, 46-17; Ross
lyn, 37-26; College Park, 32-2s: Ice
Palace, 1884: Mount Rainier, 1884;
Brookland, 25-35; Lafayette, 1887;
Hi-Skor, 1888.
Evening star., 1948-06-12
Union Leaders Accept
General Electric Offer
|0f 89d Wage Increase
~ the A,.oeio,ed Pres.

NEW YORK, June 12.-Leaders
of the CIO United Electrical Work
ers have accepted an 8 per cent
wage increase for 125,000 employees
of the General Electric Co.
The settlement yesterday brought
| to an end II weeks of negotiations
between the union and the Nations
largest manufacturer of electrical
products.
The wage boost, which the COM
pany says will add to more thar
| Is cents hourly to workers current
average pay of $3.50 weekly, be-
comes effectively Immediately.
Almost simultaneously with ap.
proval of the GE wage offer, the
union announced in Pittsburgh that
it has turned down a 6 Ger cent
wage increase proposed by the West
inghouse Electric Corp. for 75,00(
employees.
Offer Called Below Standard.
Edward J. Matthews, interna-
tional union representative, said the
Westinghouse offer would give work
ers IAN increase in take-home pay
far below increases" granted by other
electrical manufacturers.
The accord with General Electric
came three days after the company
advanced its wage offer.
A 10O-member union conference
board, representing members in 81
GE plants across the country. voted
to recommend acceptance by the
locals.
The union said membership vote
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approving the agreement is expected
| by June Is.
/ Albert J. Fitzgerald, president Of
the electrical workers. said the settle
ment did not solve the problems OF
workers in the lower paid brackets,
but that it was ian important step
forward for labor in 1913"
The company said the contract,
subject to ratification. would extend
| to March 81, 1850, with one reopen
| ing of wage talks during the period.
Company Opposed Any Raise.
Until this week, General Electric
steadfastly held out against any pay
increases, contending they would
contribute to the infiationary spiral.
With the union demanding un-
specified but substantial" increases,
negotiations finally broke on.
However, the company asked to
reopen wage discussions after the
General Motors settlement was an
Inounced. The GE formula called
for a 1-cent hourly pay boost, with
other adjustments geared TO the
cost of Living index.
The union then asked for a similar
settlement, or a fiat 13 cents hourly
increase.
| Following the settlement yester-
day, Mr.. Fitzgerald said General
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Electric had during the negotiations
supplied the leadership among in
dustry" for denying urgently needed
wage increases"
Campaign Given Credit.
"The campaign of UE workers in
the shops and communities" he
said, bringing out the true facts
regarding wages, prices and profits,
assisted in reversing the position of
the company"
A company statement said it still
held to its belief that this third
round of wage increases is wrong" !"
and added:
But once the new wave of wage
increases was Under way through
the action of others, . General
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Electric wanted, to the degree pos
sible. to restore the damage to its
employees pay checks that this third
round was likely to do to the value
of money"
The company said appropriate
wage and salary adjustments are in
process of being developed with the
company's non-union employees and
with the many other unions which
represent the rest of the employees"
Evening star., 1948-06-12

Under the auspices Of the United
Nations World Health Organization.
about 100000 European children
are being examined by trained men
for tuberculosis this year and
Is .0OO, 900 will be vaccinated.
Evening star., 1948-12-03
Northeast Council Backs
D. {. Playground Control

The Northeast Council Of Citizens
Associations last night concurred
with resolution previously adopted
by the Brentwood Terrace Associa-
ton to support agencies of the Dis
trict in defending its right of con-
troll over land paid for by the
people Of the District.
The resolution further requested
that action be taken to transfer
the title of such land to the District
If this becomes necessary"
The resolution, proposed by Je-
rome p. Lynch, president of the
council and of Brentwood Terrace
citizens, was directed at current
efforts to put the District play
grounds under the control of the
National Park Service Ia the In
terror Department.
Another resolution introduced by
Mr.. Lynch was adopted recommend
Ing that 10 days sick leave with
pay be provided annually for all
teachers In the District public
schools.
The council voted to indorse the
forthcoming tuberculosis fund drive
and to urge each member associa-
ton TO make an individual contri-
button. The meeting was conducted
by Mr.. Lynch In the No. II Police
Precinct, Seventeenth street and
Rhode Island avenue NE.