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Chase Presbyterian Church on
Certainty and Purpose-Micro-
scopic."
The Trinity Mems Glass of Trim
ity Methodist Church will have
the lesson presented by Ernest j.
Higgins.
The Pinkham Bible Class of Ma
tional Baptist Memorial Church
will be taught by Frank Bentley
during March. The Fidelis, Eg-
bert and Johnson Couples Glasses
will hold business MEETINGS on
Tuesday evening.
The Susanna Wesley Class of
Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church will be taught by Mrs, B.
B. Wright. The monthly meeting
will be held at 3 pm. tomorrow.
DR.. James r. Mock will lead dis
cussion at the forum on Christi
anity and Fascism." DR.. Stewart
Webster will speak on "The Work
of DR.. Leslie Weatherhead" at the
Rustin Couples Class. Senator
Clyde r. Hoey of North Carolina
will speak to the Graham Couples
Glass on What Is Greatness"
Mrs. Caradine Hooton will speak
to the All States Glass.
DR.. Wilmer Souder will speak
on Jehovah Intervenes in Three
Generations of Crime" to the
Youth Fellowship Class of Ma
tional Christian Church.
The Friendship Glass of Emory
Methodist Church will be taught
by William B. Mauger. A meeting
will be held Monday evening in
Friendship Hall.
Mrs. Jennie A. Detrick has been
elected co-teacher of the Friend
ship Class of Eldbrooke Methodist
Church and will teach tomorrow.
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Bishop Dun Will Preach
Al 4P.M. in Cathedral

The Rt. Rev. Angus Dun, Bishop
of Washington. will preach at 4
pm. tomorrow on Ourselves in
the Light of God" in Washington
Cathedral.
The Rev. Charles Martin will
preach at the II am. Holy Com
munion services. The Rev. Craw-
ford w. Brown will be the
celebrant.
Richard Purvis. organist of
Grace Cathedral, San Francisco,
will give recital at 5 pm. to-
morrow in the Cathedral.
Holy Communion will be cele-
brated at 7::30 am. in st. Mary's
Chapel by the Rev. George j.
Cleaveland: at 8 am. in Bethle-
hem Chapel by Mr.. Martin: and
at $50 am. in Bethlehem Chapel
by the Rev. Richard Williams.
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.'On Being Unimportont'
Subject for Chaplain

Navy Chaplain Robert S. Sassa-
man will speak at 8 pm. Wednes-
day on "On Being Unimportant''
in Luther Place Memorial Church,
1926 Vermont avenue NV.
DR.. L. Ralph Tabor, pastor, will
preach at the IL am. service to-
morrow, and at 8 pm. will re-
view Constance CARROTS book,
Growth in Prayer" Roy J. En-
quist, vicar. will preach at the
9 am. service on THE Joy In
Suffering"
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program.

The Builders Glass of Brook
land Baptist Church Joined the
Organized Bible Glass Association.
Officers are Margaret Primm,
teacher: Violet Schlauch, presi-
dent; Ruth Anderson, vice presi-
dent; Vera Smith, secretary, and
Isabelle Rassier, treasurer.
Walter L. Fowler, budget officer
for the District of Columbia, will
be guest teacher for the Harrison
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SUI, president,
will be tn e
guest teacher.
Ralph Cole, vice
president, will
preside. Howard
M. Stackhouse,
executive v ic e
president; Miss
M ary Hama
walt, James L.
Ewin, Harold S.
King, VIM. F.
Brewer, jr., and
M a r S h a IL r.
Baker will par
ticipate in the
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Society to Show Film

The film, Christ the King" will
be shown at s pm. Tuesday by the
Young Peoples Missionary Society
of the Roberts Memorial. Free
Methodist Church,
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By DR.. Poqe Etchison

Organized Bible Glass AsSocia-
ton day will be observed by the
Bible classes of Francis ASbury
Methodist Church. DR.. Page Etchi-
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ST. JOHNS

ST. JOHNS
Lafayette Squore
"The Church Is Always Open"
5:OO-HoIy Communion.
e:3Oo.m.-HoIy Communion,
the Rev. Fronk R. Wilson.
e-lo-Dr. Glenn, WGMS t57o)
:OO-Confirmotion ond Holy
Communion, Bishop Remington.
II :oO o.m.-Sundoy School and
Nursery.
4:OO-Service in French.
7:3o-Evenino Prayer,
the Rev. c. Leslie Glenn. -
Weekday Lenten Services
DR.. Glenn's MONDAY ToIks-
Mon.. Tues. Wed. and Fri.
Holy Communion Dolly
NJ, T., w. and F.. 7:3o.
Thurs. and Sot., 1900
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EPIP HANY
1917 6 Street NV.
The Rev. Leland Sfork

The Rev. Worren Mace
500 o.rn.-Holy Communion.
1000 o.m.-Adult Bible Gloss.
II 100 o.m.-HoIy Communion and
Sermon,
the Rev. Leland Stark, Preaching
II 100 o.m.-Sundoy School and
Nursery.
500 p.m.-Youna Peoples Fel-
loWship. +
500 p.m.-Youne Adults Forum.
800 p.m.-Holy- Communion ono
Sermon.
the Rev. .Worren Mace, Preaching
(See Other Ad for lenten Serviees)
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First printer in the western
hemisphere was one Giovanni
Paoli who came to Mexico City
in about 1889.
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Ascension and St. Agnes

ASCeMSlOH anu O1s 3ayneS
Twelfth and Moss. Ave. NV.
The Rev. james Murehison Duncan
7:3O-Low Moss.
e:3O-Sune Moss, Church School
and Nursery.
:OO-Hiah Moss and Sermon.
Week Days During Lent: Low Masses
Thursday at 8: 80 am; Monday, Wednes.
day and Friday at 12 Noon. Heanne
Service Thursday at 10 Am. Stations ol
the Cross. Intercessions and BenedictioI
of the Blessed Sacrament Friday at
pm. Confessions Saturday. 4-5 ant
7:30-S.30 pm
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|W AuxiIiaries'
Christmas Party

The Department Auxiliary will
make its annual Christmas visit
to the United States Soldiers
Home Hospital today from 2 to 4
pm. Gifts will be distributed to
the patients. Members are re-
quested to bring homemade cook
les.
Gen. M. Emmett Urell Auxiliary
will meet Wednesday evening in
Pythian Temple.
Gen. Henry w. Lawton Auxil-
iary will meet at 921 Pennsyl-
vania ave. Sc, on Friday evening
The Military Order of the Ser
pents will meet Saturday evening
at 7 Fourth street NE.
The appointment of Gretta w
Ludwig, past department presi-
dent. as chief of staff, has been
announced. Margaret E. Burns,
former chief of staff resigned be-
cause of Ill health.
Admiral George Dewey Naval
Auxiliary will meet Monday eve
ming at 921 Pennsylvania avenue
Sc. There will be a Christmas
party to which the members OF
the camps and auxiliaries are in
vited. At the last meeting Mil
dred Barrett. Joanne Bartlett and
Blanche Caldwell were admitted
to membership.
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Disabled Veterans
Christmas Activities

A Christmas party will be helc
Monday evening at Bethesda Nava
Hospital under the joint auspice:
of King and Rea Chapters. Gifts
will be distributed, followed by re-
freshments.
National Service Auxiliary will
entertain patients in Ward E a.
Mount Alto Hospital December %
Agriculture Auxiliary will hole
a Christmas luncheon in Room
697O, Agriculture Department
Building, at HAS am. Thurs.
day. The principal speaker will
be Mrs. Thelma Feighner, auxil-
iary national commander.
Mrs. Edna Gruebele, community
service chairman. is collecting old
nylons to send to the Orient for
use in making rugs. etc. All ole
nylons are to be turned over to
her, with proceeds from the sale
Iof TB seals and the Arthritis
Fund.
Meetings this week are:
Federal Auxiliary, Monday.
National Capital Auxiliary
Wednesday.
Department Executive Commit
tee, Thursday.
All meetings will be held at
1701 Eighteenth street NV. at
8 pm.
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Personalities NJ
Christmos Carols and HYMNS Have Siqnfcont Oriqins

With the transition of the true
carol in the 18th century to the
more dignified and solemn Christ
mas hymn, the world came to
know Isaac Watts "Joy to the
World" set to the tune of Han
del's glorious music. Another
famous Christmas hymn of this
era, with music from Mendelssohn
is Charles Wesley's "Hark, the
Herald Angels Sing" With his
brother, John Wesley. Charles was
a founder of the Methodist
church.
The Story of Holy Night.
There is perhaps no more popu-
lar nativity hymn than Silent
Night, Holy Night" On the day
before Christmas in 1918 in Obern-
dorf, little town on the Austrian
side of the Bavarian border, the
village priest, Josef Mohr, gave a
little poem to the village teacher,
Franz Gruber, and asked him to
write the music. The new Christ
mas song was ready that evening
and was sung by tenor and bass
with organ accompaniment. When
the organ broke down, a guitar
was substituted. The tune at
once became a part of the Christ
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tor1o. "The Messiah" "Adeste
Fidelis," or Come, All Ye Faith
full" has been traced to 18th CEN
tury origin. It has been trans
lated into 100 languages from the
Latin.
From Italy. it is thought, the
carol spread to Spain, France,
England and Germany and to
other countries. In France, every
song pertaining to the Christmas
season, whether hymn or carol,
Is called Noel" from the
French word which means Christ
mas. In England this word is
spelled NOVEL;" and it is applied
also to all of the music of Christ
mastime.
English Carols.
John Awdlay, chaplain of
Houghmund Abbey in Shropshire,
England, 66 years before Colum-
bus discovery of America, wrote
the lines of the old English carol
which began,
II pray you Sirs, both more and
less,
Sing these carols in Christmas"
All of us love the swing of the
English Christmas carol, God
Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" Much
favored, too, is John Wainwright's
stirring hymn" Christians Awake,
Salute the Happy Dawn"
Many of the Christmas carols
and hymns sung today in the
revival of the old and lovely Gus
tom OF singing them in the streets,
go back to days of old when carols
were sung by waits and ministries.
| Martin Luther, who had been
a carol, singer in his youth on
the streets of Erfurt, Germany
naturally felt that the Christmas
season should be celebrated with
special music. He wrote Christmas
songs for his own children, the
best known of which is the lullaby
Away in a Manger." In 154t
Luther wrote for his little son
Hans the famous hymn, From
Heaven High I Come to You.
During the reign of Puritanisn
in England. the Puritan Parlia.
ment even abolished Christina.
and the singing of Christina.
carols as having a tendency to b.
gay and festive.
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VFW Post Plans
Christmas Party;
Other Activities

Front Line Post, District of Co.
lumbia Department, Veterans of
Foreign Wars. and its auxiliary,
will hold Christmas party today
from 4 to pm. at 1900 New
Hampshire avenue NV. Comdr.
Paul Komdat and President Flor
ence Shaw will officiate.
A Christmas party will be from
2 to 8 pm. at Mount Alto Hos
pital, with Bernice Rupprecht,
senior vice president, in charge.
Commander in Chief Frank
Hilton has designated January "a
to 81. at VFW Week. Work
has begun on a national, depart
mental and post level to make
this an outstanding observance.
Letters of suggestion have gone
out to department commanders,
with plans to bring the VFW
before the public in big way.
Meetings this week:
Monday - Washington Post,
1900 New Hampshire avenue NV.
Tuesday-Press Post, Bert's
Trans-Lux Restaurant, Fourteenth
and H streets NV; Bethea- WEIGH
Post, $50 S street NV: TINT Pup
Tent No. l, moo, 730 Eleventh
street Sc.
Wednesday - q. S. Treasury
Post, 1900 New Hampshire avenue
NV: Police-Fire Post, 1909 Rhode
Island avenue NE; U. S. Naval
Gun Factory Post, 730 Eleventh
street Sc; Pentagon Post, 1900
New Hampshire avenue NV: De-
partment of Justice Post, 101 In
diana avenue NV.
Thursday-National Capital Post,
1900 New Hampshire avenue NV;
Daly-Rogers Post, 1903 Rhode Is
land avenue NE.
Saturday-Public Health Service
Post. Willard Hotel.
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mas repertoire. Tyrolean singers,
like the Rainer family who came
to this country in 1840, did much
to popularize "Stille Nacht, Heilige
Nacht."
This era produced "It Came
Upon the Midnight Clear" the
words by Edmund Sears, a Massa-
chusetts Unitarian pastor, and the
music by his friend. Richard
Willis. Another hymn brought
forth at this time was, I'VE Three
Kings of Orient" the words and
music by j. H. Hopkins, an Epis-
Icopal rector.
Philip Brooks Christmas eve
visit to Bethlehem inspired this
Massachusetts, bishop to write, 20
Little Town of Bethlehem" 1t is
today one of the best known of
our American carols:
I"It is everywhere, everywhere
Christmas tonight,
Christmas in the lands of the fir
tree and pine.
Christmas in lands of palm tree
and Dine,
Christmas Where SnoD peaks stand
solemn and Dhite,
Christmas where corntelds lie
sunny and bright"
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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

STUDEBAKER AZ Commander 4-dr.
Seoah' excellent blue finish, over
drive; climatizer, defrosters; one
icsI 1@ner & car, good tires. good mechan-
priced at S1.045. All cars displayed
sat; and Sun. till 5. LEE D. BUT
dER; d5iS INC 1121 21st st. NV. DI.
sTUDEBAKER so Champion Reea,
2-dr. sedan; blue, gas-saving over
drive, climatizer, defrosters, excel
lent tires, like-new condition; Butler
bonded S1,395. All cars displayed
sioe Sat- and 9pen sSn We Teekday s eyes tn 2.
dERs diRSs INC. 1121 2lst st. NV. DI.
sTdDEBAKER az comdr. Els 4-door:
best Be- aHa Cash n ofrsf good wf epnd ID, S475 or
sTUDEBAKER 1850: here's iS a trim
club coupe that won't nickle and
olme you; it's in such good condi-
tion we're offering. the famous Cher
SI,395. sHiRLiNGTeo;NI INC MoToRp TrocIspeee' coi'
Lincoln Mercury Dealers. Shirling-
ton Business Center, OV. 1904.
sopen az Hav Sun. daily til pm.
sTUDEBAkER dyerd4Eyet 81 2-dr and b.
S.''!; Ss5. GRADY S''af M9foRs 9SSfaSHse0n, Nc. Sd'
ons;nl oys;l dss|I dBss|thesas; "a Md. Oh. S4oo.
sTUDEsAKEK STUD BAKE s-y yie51 Land Cruiser:
completely equipped. low mileage.
Gan an, finance. MR.. BONNER, KE.
STUDEBAKER 1851 company official
AMERICAN SERVICE CENTER, Stu
afIinston afRaksT deelSTs oW 75sS 5sS N Glebe sd
light club coupe. Beautiful it. beige
fin. r, h.. cd. See. ride. and buy
gladly accented. KLEIN MOTORS.
sTTpEBAkER Gf' Ii RT ion NE commander sn5n Re-
gal De luxe; light green starlight
coupe; overdrive; radio; climatizer,
dSg lights: SS75. FA. 92S3: -l6
car; Wv. tires; only S1195 fun
accepted. Williams. Rhode Island
ave; ne: at goth St. AID; s344. -16
DR.. sedan; l mo. old, driven 375 MI,
auto. drive. Wv. tires. climatizer.
etc. Cost S2,234. will sell for S2,O75
or ST best q sS Sffer' Owner leaving tpSn
sTuDEBAKER 80 Regal de luxe
Champion 2-dr; r. and h., overdrive,
seat covers; an exceptional one
owner car; 1900 miles; $1.295;
eudEdnlee ana terms. 1HlANliIE
MOTORS, 30l0 r. l. ave. ne. De
sTUDEBAKER 80 STARLIGHT cpe.:
equip; S1,293. 5eo bank financing.
sALERs. 173i Bladensburg Rd.. 3
STUDEBAKER 1850 champion conv.;
radio. overdrive. climatizer. direc-
tional signals. many other useful
extras; driven 20.150 mi; priced
to-, to sell immed; at $1,375; q; N;
SULLIVAN 81 n n 1900 F st. NV. NE. 9s4o
TATRAPLAN. 80; rear engine, air
cooled. mum. spares, high peri. sleek
and sporty, 4 dr., T. and h.; best
offer. TIE 6965.
WILLYs 40 station wagon; heater,
good rubber, Al condition through
out; 90-day guarantee; 81 1,095.
STEUART MOTOR CO. tNA. 10000,
eth and N. Y. ave. NV. Open Sat.
WiLLYS 1s4s all-metal station
wagon; complete with radio. heater
and overdrive. So good 1t carries
the famous Chernerized car guaran-
tee; 81 ,095. SHIRLINGTON MOTOR
CO., Lincoln Mercury Dealers. Shir-
lington business center. oV:. 1904.
OPEN ALL DAY SUN. DAILY TILL
WHY'S Ys AZ station wagon; fully
equipped. r. and h., overdrive. per-
fset ax rubber; low mil mileage one owne;T;
able. MORRIS & HUGHES. 1914
Georgia ave. NV. RA. 1922. --16
WILLYS 1851 station wagon; h.. def.
o, d.; less than 5000 mi; must be
sold; $1,495. best ofter. UN. 1902.
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'VFW AuxiIiaries'
Christmas Parties

Mrs. Ann Perry. department
hospital chairman. announced
the following activities at Mount
Alto Hospital this week:
Patients in Ward D will be
visited from Z to 9 pm. today by
the members of Treasury Auxil-
larry who will give each patient a
hospital canteen book and a
pack of cigarettes.
All = American Auxiliary will
visit Ward B tomorrow evening.
Federal Auxiliary on Tuesday
evening will visit the patients and
Columbia Ward Ell Wednesday
evening.
Equality Walter Reed will visit
Ward D.
Music will be provided in the
dining room at Mount Alto on
Christmas Day by the Candle
light Trio.
Mrs. Esther Keehan, National
Home Fund chairman, requests
each auxiliary keep a record of
the number of National Home
Christmas Seals purchased by
members.
Mrs. Allene Larsen, department
president, announced that baskets
were being prepared for needy
families by Mrs. Olga Clickner.
rehabilitation chairman. Make
known to this committee any one
the auxiliary is not able to care
for.
The Past Presidents Club will
meet at the home of Mrs. Mary
Hargraves, 5055 Eighth street
NE, on Tuesday evening.
Meetings this week: Monday
National Capital, Fourth and
Pennsylvania avenue Sc; Federal
Willard Hotel; Friday-All-Amer-
lean. 4l9 Seventh street NV.
Equality Walter Reed, Washing
ton Loan & Trust Building.
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Personalities and Impressions
BY Jessie Font Evons

Songs of Christmas have beer
among the musical treasures OF
the people of many lands and
sung in many tongues since the
beginning of Christianity.
We of the Christian world like
to think the first Christmas caro-
was sung by the angel chorus on
that first Christmas eve, when
GLORY be to God on high and on
earth, peace, good will to men,
re-echoed across the hillside
above Bethlehem and led the
wonderful shepherds of Judea
to the Christ Child in the stable
Therefore, it is not strange that
in almost every land today there
are more songs of Christmas than
Of any other season. In fact
carols and Christmas hymns have
come to mean Merry Christmas
in almost every language, so uni
versally are they a part of the
Christmas holiday season.
The word carol in its true
meaning is a song applied to circle
dancing with gay and festive
air. with the tune sometimes
more important then the words
Carols are a part of the folklore
OF the people and often had g
deep religious as well as a legend
ary significance. The words otter
were handed down from genera.
tion to generation.
st. Francis of Assist in italy. |,
the 18th century. gathered hi
friars around him in the humani.
zation of the story of the gospe
and composed songs about tn,
birth of Christ. These were sun,
around a creche or tableau, show
ing the surroundings of the man.
ger. Thus began a very lovel,
custom perpetuated in churche
today. A Franciscan name,
Jacopone de Todi became one O
the first recorded writer's o
Christmas carols.
Italy is credited with the al
OF the lovely Parthenia Caro-
which begins, 'In Bethlehem wa
born the Holy Child" Handle
used 1t as the melody of his Pas
toral Symphony in the great ora
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Legion Auxiliary
Activities Listed

The Department Executive Com.
mittee of the American Legion
Auxiliary will meet at 8 pm. to-
morrow in Room 1881, Depart
ment Of Commerce Building with
Mrs. Sarah Deery, president, pre-
siding.
The annual Christmas party for
the patients at Mount Alto Hos
pital will be given by the auxil-
iary on December 81 at 7 p.m.
Mrs. Margaret Carol, depart
ment rehabilitation chairman. is
in charge.
All unit presidents and mem
bership chairmen are reminded
by Mrs. Mabel Pugliese. depart
ment membership chairman. that
the deadline for meeting the mem
bership pledged by each unit is
midnight. December 81.
United States Maritime Unit
Will meet Tuesday at 8 pm. at
1900 New Hampshire avenue NV
with Mrs. Mary Maghan, presi-
dent, presiding.
Sergt. Jasper Unit will en-
tertain the patients at Mount Alto
Hospital on Tuesday. There will
be a show beginning at 7 pm.
Arrangements are being made
under the direction of Mrs. Ercelle
M. Quinn. unit rehabilitation
chairman. Post and unit mem
bers are requested to attend.
A Christmas party will be given
by James E. Walker Unit for
underprivileged children at the
YWCA Annex, 17l9 Thirteenth
street NV. on Saturday at 6 pm.
Arrangements are being made by
the child welfare chairman. Mrs.
Nema Jackson.
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Births Reported

BOYS.
Ernst and Christine Arndt
Landon and Mary Beach.
William and Elizabeth Blanchette
Denzil and Frances Bywater.
clarence and Shirley Condrey.
SnarleS and Sarah Cornett.
Edward and Lois Davitt
RAYMOND and Hilda Dickey
Armos and Alese Estepp.
Bernard and Helen Good
Ralph and Vireinia Houchen.
Milton and Doris Kanner.
Henry and June King.
Galerio and Betty Marconi.
Francis and Margaret Mudd. jr.
John and Helen 'Pszczola,
Paul and Phyllis Ryan.
Eugene and Gerda Shroyer.
Edward and Sally Sink.
Edwin, and Audrey Thurston.
Robert and Annabell Young. sr,
Charlie and Mable Campbell.
Davis and Tom Lee
Perry and Barbara Sprigg.
GIRLS.
Edward and Marjorie Bedore.
BENJAMIN and Adele Bindeman.
George and Olivia Bryan.
Henry and Charlotte Carter,
Russell and Betty Coleman.
Roland and Barbara Cool.
Lloyd and Agnes Grouse.
Guy and Marie Day.
Edmund and Blanche Estes.
Henry and Lois Faircloth.
Matthew and Loretta Flanagan, jr,
Irving and Selma Foz.
Robert and Allene Kelly.
Withrow and Frances Knode.
Payille and Leontina Liepins.
William and Bessie Mcdaniel.
Robert and Dolores O'Brien.
John and Helen Oehmapp
Laughton and Mary Founders.
Dominic and Claudia Santaitim.
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Chinese Communist Campaign
Against Churches Intensified

in China, while 657 missionaries
had been expelled from the coun-
try. In November, the number OF
imprisoned bishops had risen to
20. while six others were under
house arrest and nine had been
expelled. Meanwhile, the num-
ber of banished priests and nuns
had risen to well over thou
sand.
In Tsingtao alone, three bish-
ops and II priests-all foreigners
are now in Jail, together with
six Chinese priests. They were
arrested in October. apparently
on charges of resisting attempts
by the Communist regime to set
up a puppet schismatic church.
The plan to establish a national
Catholic Church" in China in
dependent of the Vatican has been
part of the Communist campaign
to wean Chinese Catholics from
their allegiance to the Holy See,
which. according to the propa-
gandists, is an ally of Western
Imperialism and exploitation"
Apostolic Group Outlawed.
In pursuing this plan, Com
munist authorities in some areas
have outlawed the Legion of Mary
a Catholic lay apostolic group
whose leaders, they claimed, were
responsible for mastering opposi-
ton to certain of the governments
economic as we'll as religious plans
An undetermined number OF
foreign and native priests have
been executed or jailed following
public trials in which they were
branded as "reactionaries." In
several instances priests and nuns
have been given long prison terms
on charges of mistreating inmates
OF mission-run orphanages. These
acuSations obviously were framed
in an attempt to discredit the en-
tire Christian missionary move
ment in the eyes of the people.
Something new in Communist
anti-religious persecution wa.
added recently when local au.
thorities began to demand huge
sums of money from foreign mis-
sionaries under threats of subject
ing them to severe punishment or
refusing them permission to leave
the country.
Christian prospects in China are
expected to become increasingly
dark. Nevertheless, both Protes-
tant and Roman Catholic leaders
are counting upon the fidelity of
the Chinese Christians to keep
the spark of Christianity alive in
their country in spite of what the
future may bring.
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Deaths Reported

By the D. C. Bureau of Vital Statistics
Mary Cusic SO. zoos Grafton St, Md
Juanita Newton, 73 $50 22nd st. NV.
Anna Farrell. So. 4911 44th st. NV.
Natalie D'Agostina, 81. 55 X ST. NV.
Lloyd North. 5S 161 Darlington st. s.w.
Ethel Miller. 81. $500 N. Capitol st.
Thelma Way, 46, New Cumberland, Pa.
Robert Patterson. 45. 1419 Columbia rd
Lucille Coleman. As. s27 Queenstown DIR.
Mt. Rainier. Md
Infant Saxty. 1871 Bunker Hill I'd. s.e.
Infant Sanford. 1898 Queen st, ne.
Infant Cook 571S Chillum Heights dr.. Md
James Twaites, 10, 1904 r st. NV.
Emily Palmer. 4S. 1015 N st. NV.
Annie Dunston, AZ, 443 N st. NV.
Edith Long. %, 145 Hickman st. Sc.
John Doe. Address unknown.
Infant Owens. 221 Bird st. ne.
Infant Sheridan. 246 Warren st. ne.
Carolyn Watkins, 1882 Temperance ct. NV