Tribune's Kiddie's Show, Craterian and Rialto I
The Weather
Fortes at: Purtly cloudy Sunday:
not much change In temperature; fog
In the morning.
Highest yesterday ',, 46
Lowest yesterday 36
Twenty-eifflitb Year
Bj PAUL MAI.T.ON
(Copyright, 1033, by Paul Mallon)
Lift.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 Prof. War
ren's gold price gyroscope has been
trying for two months now to lift
commodity prices orf the ground.
The highest altitude It has attained
Is one-half an Inch.
That can hardly be called a suc
cessful flight. -
There are definite indications that
Prof. Warren's backer. President
Roosevelt. Is secretly beginning to
grow Just a little Impatient. He Is
harboring some inner doubts as to
whether the contraption will ever
fly. He sees the RFC pouring the
necessary millions Into the Warren
uplift invention. He sees the price
of gold going up but the expected
rise In commodity prices Is barely
noticeable to the naked eye.
Any suggestion of a change In
policy may be officially denied for
the time being, so Warren can have a
full opportunity to show what he
can. do.
But the suspicious among the ad
ministration master minds Is be
coming more noticeable every day.
They can begin to see that the one
constructive accomplishment of the
policy has been political. It has kept
the Inflationists off Mr. Roosevelt's
neck. From that standpoint alone
It is an entire success.
Prices.
The policy was Inaugurated by Mr.
Roosevelt on October 25. He started
out then to attain the 1926 com
modity price level, through the War
ren device.
How far he has gone Is beet shown
by the published commodity price
Indices of Prof. Irving Fisher for each
week since. It follows:
(1926 Is 100)
0 O 8
?8
I 3 3
Is.
&
3 2
f
Oct. si
Oct. 28
Not. 4
Nov. 11
Nov. 18
Nov. 28
Dec. 3
Dec.
Deo. 18
71.8
47.
48.6
48.3
48.2
48.9
48.3
47.8
48.1
48.1
78.8
78.4
71.8
71.8
71.8
72.1
71.7
71.4
71.7,
720
70.0
78.7
78.8
78.7
78.7
78.9
79.5
j Bd
i You can see that the gold policy
has brought the general commodity
price Index from 71.8 to 72, leaving
It still 28 points under the 1926
price level.
The Warren economists' figured at
the beginning it would be more ef
fective on agricultural products, be
cause they are mostly exportable pro
ducts and therefore would be moat
favorably affected by the scheme.
Agricultural products have risen from
47 9 to 48.1. That Is less than half
of the general Increase.
The non - agricultural products
hardly provide a good teat of Warren
theorlea. They have been under pres
sure from the NRA. (The agricultural
, prices have been under weaker uplift
presure from the AAA.)
The non-sgrlculturala were pushed
up from 78.8 to 79.5.
At that rate of speed It would only
take about 100 years for Prof. Warren
to reach the 1926 commodity level.
rredlhlllty.
The administration economists have
a way of figuring It out In a more
favorable light. They can select the
prices of a certain few things which
have gone up sharply In the last two
months and make a table from them
showing possibly a 15 per cent In
crease In prices.
The Fisher index affords a fairer
barometer. Indeed It gives the ad
ministration an edge because the
majority of products In It are export
able and therefore more aubmlsslve
to the Warren theory.
It Is not perfect. No Indices are.
But It Is the standard one on that
subject, and the best.
, Piwperti,
What seems to have happened to
the Warren theory la Just what
uauallv happens to experimental theo.
ries when given a practical applica
tion.
They encounter unanticipated pres.
sure from unforeseen quarters. The
law of nature Interposes objections
which ccuM not be reckoned In ad
vance. leaky economic valves de
velop In flrft one phase of the ma
chine and then another. Its effic
iency Is never as high as the In
ventor expects.
However. Mr. Rooseve'.t might keep
on with It temporarily, merely be
' cause of the political re-ults. Prr-
(Ccatiautd liai Pa." 8.x),
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COOLER WEATHER
NETS RESPITE IN
13 Dead, 5000 Homeless in
Washington Traffic Is
Paralyzed Idaho Tdwns
Menaced; Mixed Weather
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 30'. (AP)
Clear, cold weather had brought con
siderable relief to' Oregon tonight
from what threatened to be one of
the most serious flood conditions in
its history. Trains were once more
moving, though with difficulty in
some Instances, and most of the high,
ways were reopened.
The town of Tulatln was flooded by
the swollen Tualatin river. Rowboats
were used through the main streets,
where automobiles were abandoned
In the swirling water.
Motorists leaving Portland could
reach point east of the upper Colum
bia highway blockade by traveling
over the Waplnltla cutoff, then pro
ceeding to The Dalles by way of The
Dalles-California highway.
The situation was reported Unproved
In the Willamette valley. The Willam
ette river reached the 20. 2 -foot stage
at Salem today, then began to sub
side. At Portland several hundred c'ty
and civil works administration, em
ployes were busy removing slides that
blocked streets and clearing up mud.
rocks and debris. A couple of the
streets were still blocked by slides. :
Tillamook county was, recuperating
today after & storm that old-time
residents said wu the most severe in
their memory.
SEATTLE, Dee. 23. p) Advising
Saint Nick to trade his reindeer fox
a seaplane, the Pacific northwest toil
ed tonight at rehabilitation work in
the wake of a disastrous flood, hoping
to restore crippled communications by
Christmas. J
Most sections of the country ie
ported conditions definitely better be
cause colder weather stopped the six-
day rain, but at Kelso and Long view.
Wash., workers sanbagged their dlkw
against three swollen rivers, and bare
ly held their own. Kelso was partially
inundated with six feet of water.
The floods left 13 dead, niany In
jured, damage running Into the mil
lions and most traffic paralyzed.
British Columbia and Oregon wsre
recovering fast, but Washington w.is
hard-hit from end to end by inunda
tlon, earth slides, shattered railroad
schedules and raging rivers. Airplanes
were the only sure means of travel,
In north Idaho and famed Couer
d'Alene mining cities of Kellogg. Wal
lace, Burke, Mull fin and Wardner were
virtually isolated by torrents smash
ing down the mountainsides, and in
western Montana trains were delayed
or halted.
Hundreds of Christmas vacationers
were marooned all over the state. No
transcontinental trains left Seattle,
and hourly airplane service was main
tained to Portland.
(Bt the Associated Pre)
Santa Claus must be prepared for
every trick In the weather man s rep
ertolre tonight.
A blizzard blew down his path from
the North Pole to the Montana gate
way yesterday, and aero temperatures
put the appropriate Christmas co'.or
on Santa's nose like a cherry.
Cold weather was on its way to 'he
northern Pacific coast, where floods
and storms have made 5,000 homeless
and taken 13 lives. Hip boots must
be in Santa's pack for his travels In
Idaho. Washington and Oregon.
He ll find It fair, foggy and cold in
spots down the long stretch of Cali
fornia.
Down around the gulf coast the fur
(Continued on Pew Three)
ELECTRIC LIGHT
FORT MEYERS. T.a . Dee. 33.
(AP) The city of Fort Meyers would
like to have something or other done
about the rumor that the planet
Venus Is Just a bl(t electric llaht hung
from a balloon In honor of Thomas
A. Edison, who had a winter home
and laboratorlea here.
Folks In Florida and In other atalee
persist In spreading the rumor about
the evening star which Is very bright
In this section now. and newspapers
and the chamber of commerce have
been flooded with Inquiries about the
"Edlvm light." how It la suspended
In midair and when It Is taken down.
Entirely because of the peralstent
rumor and the necessity of repeated
denial. Fort Mevera public achoola
have petitioned the United Statea Ob
ervatory to rename Venus the Edison
Star.
EDFORD
Northwest Flood
Situation Review
Western Montana Train schedules
disrupted and travelers delayed.
Northern Idaho.
Wallace. Mull an, Wardner, Burke.
Kellogg moods from cloudbursts con
tinue to pour down mountains. Many
marooned. Water six feet deep In
some streets.
Lewlston Several blocks of resi
dential district flooded when dike
breaks.
Eastern Washington.
Spokane Rail service Interrupted;
lowlands flooded by Hangman creek.
Walla Walla No floodwaters In
city, but surrounding lowlands In
undated. Central Washington. ,
Yakima Virtually Isolated. Bridges
over Naches and Yakima rivers swept
away. Pavement torn up. Thousands
acres Inundated.
Ellenaburg All roads except In
land empire highway closed. Many
holiday travelers marooned.
Wenatchee Water levels going
down In all rivers and creeks except
Columbia, which was still rising
slowly.
Cle Elum Traffic blocked by slides
and raging Yakima river.
A- southwest Washington.
Long view -Kelso Worst situation in
state. Rivers seven feet over flood
stage; dikes weakened. Kelso cgv
ered by water to depth of six feet
in some places.
Castle Rock Inundated; SO to 60
homes under water.
Aberdeen - Hoqulam Conditions
better, floods receding. ' :'
Vancouver Lewis river falling.
?
Woodland Still serious.
Paget Round.
Tacoma Rivers receding; condi
tions better. - . s
Auburn. Kent, Renton Hooded.
Rescue work progressing. -;
Everett Surrounding lowlands In
undated, but situation better.
Port Angeles Several Industrial
plants closed because of floods.
1 La Conner Under water.
Belllngham Rivers receding.
British Columbia Conditions im
proved after heavy damage.
FOR CHANGES AT
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PORTLAND, Ore., Dee. 33. (JPi
Approval of airport Improvement worfc
In Salem, Albany and Medford, to
cost mora than S32.0OO and to gle
employment to about 200 men. was
given today by Lieutenant Basil" B.
Smith, department of commerce aero
nautics representative on the staff of
the Oregon supervlcor of civil works.
Grading and drainage facilities on
the Salem airport will cost about
10.000. and additional development,
plans were being studied for "that
field today.
Two new runwaya will be constructed
at Albany airport at an estimated ex
penditure of $5,500, employing 44
men for six weeks. Provisions for
drainage will be made there, too.
The Medford work, to coat 17,O0
and give employment to 08 men for
six weeks, will consist of field sur
facing, drainage, extension and a new
runway.
It Is planned to get the work at the
three points underway Immediately.
Projects for other fields were being
considered today.
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SALEM, Dec. 23. The Oregon
supreme court next Thursday, De
cember 28 wll hear arguments on the
application for a certificate of prob
able cause for an appeal In the cse
of L. A. Banks, sentenced to life im
prisonment for murder.
Judce O. P. Sfclpworth, who tr'.fd
the murder case at Eugene, refused
to sign the certificate of probable
cause, without which an appeal for
Banks would be Impossible. The mat
ter was referred to the court and if
probable errors in the trial In the
lower court are found, an appeal will
be granted by the supreme court.
Transcript of testimony and exhib
its in the Medford murder case was
received by the supreme court yes
terday. Pa Couple Part
REVO. Nev Dec. 23. Pi Divorce
complaints filed today Included:
Richard U Mitchell ts. Elinor
Mitchell of Eureka, Cal.; marred
Grunts Pass, Ore, June . 1932; de
sertion. NO PAI'F.R MONDAY
In accordance with long esttb
llshed custom, and to permit em
p'oyeea to fully observe Chrlsimw.
there will be no isne of the Mi. I
T-'bnnt Mn1v DeeTtV- 2
$17,000 APPROVED
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24,
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FEDERAL LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD MEETS
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The. men who have been aelected by President Roosevelt to rule the liquor business until congress
passes permanent legislation are shown as they assembled In Washington. Seated, left to right, are:
Harrla E. Wllllngtiam, essistant director of the federal aloohol control administration; Joeeph H. Choate,
jr., director, and Edward Q. Lowry. tr.r-oeneril counsel, standing are Dr. Wlllard L. Thorp (left) and.
Judge William A. Traver. (Associated Press PhotoV
LESS TALK WORLD
NEED, SAYS POPE
Hitler's Attitude Against Par
enthood Held 'Incon
sistent' Annual Christmas
Address of His Holiness
VATICAN CITT, Dec. 23 (ZD
Pope Plus today assailed a Oerman
program for the sterilisation of the
unfit and exhorted those who wek
the peace and welfare of the world
"to pray and persist In their prayers."
In his account of the Joys snd sor
tows of the past year, he described as
"Inconsistent" the proposal of the
German government to deny parent
hood to thouaands of persons suffer
ing Incurable aliments.
He listed ss one of the Joys and
success so far of the Holy year and as
one of the aorrdws a world situation
characterized by "conflicts and con
tradictions" and bound up "with un
certainties and distrust by the clash
lng Interests - of ' fruitless negof.a
tlons." , - "''
His holiness, gave hfs annual Christ
mas address to the richly-robed collego
of cardinals and the Roman prelates
who gathered In the cinslstory hall
to wish him "multos annos" many
years ot life. ... '
"All those," he said, "who wish for
the welfare, peace, and concord of
the world and the general good of
the whole Chrlatlan family, but wlio
are In the seme altuatlon as we art
namely, obliged to Judge events by
that which"! done or. better said,
thai) which Is not done, for U thoe.
my word Is this: ,.
"They must, firstly, pray, secondly,
pray, and thirdly, continue to pray
There are other things, the pope
said, "that we feel In our heart, but
cannot aay," and explained that the
church's attitude on the Oerman ster
ilisation program wan clearly act foith
In a papal decree of 1031 and In 'he
encyclical, "caatll connubll."
Mankind until now, he asserted,
"has talked too much and too use
lessly" and other courses, save pray
er, derived from efforts at negotiation
and even generosity "seem to us to be
really unfounded."
"Prayers, prayers, prayers." are
needed In world affairs, he went on.
"money, money, money Is needed to
wage war."
MAINE WIFE HAS
BNOWVILLK. Me., Dec. 23 (API
Rescued from a well as her home
burned to ashes, Mrs. Gertrude Brown,
30. was In a critical condition In a
hojpltal here tonight. Her husband,
James A. Brown, accused of beating
his wife twice, throwing her In the
well with a rope tied about her ankle
and burning their home, waa lodfed
In the Waldo county Jail, charged
with assault and battery.
Authorities said they had learned
no motive for the attack.
Nelghhora attracted by the flamea
at the Brown home reamed the wo
man from the well. They eald she
tu unclothed when they pulled her
out, having lost her kimona In the
flight from her biasing bedroom.
8he Mid she had been draeed
through the snow to the well by a
rcpa tied about her ankla.
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STEEL, BUIL
TOUNOSTOWN, O.. Dec. S3. fP)
The close of the year In the Youngs
town area finds ateel mill operatlona
at a higher point than in any year
end since 1020. Steel production next
week will be at about 40 per cent of
capacity, with finishing mills at an
even higher rate.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23. (P) Moody a
Index figures for freight loadlnrs,
electric power production, snd swel
ingot output today Indicated consid
erably improved business activity dur
ing the past week. The figure was 63.7
compared with 53.5 a year ago.
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BOSTON. Dec. 23 (Pr Bualness In
New England so far this year has
been 10 to 12 per cent higher than at
the end of 1932. W. It. carter, cnlv
man of the Industrial committee of
the New England counclU . Tepord
today. " ' " ''
NEW YORK, Dec. S3 Wr--Real-dcnUal
building oontract In the fir
JtH of'pecemusr In 37 states east of
the Bocav mountains were reported to
day at'5 pet 'oent above last year.
The rVW. iDodge corporation reported
the total building amounted to I3.
029,300. , ,.
OHIOAaO, Dec. 23. P) Chlcsgo-
ane spent ,i,inu,iif w maw vut
Christmas packages this wcok, Post
master Ernest-J. Kruclftei computed
today. It mado th holiday mall 10
Map Mtnf sr.n(pr In volume than last
vearand swelled nostofflce revenue
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HELLISH DEVICE
LONDON. Dec. 24 (Sunday)
A new "llfe-desth" rsy, said to he
capable of projecting bscterls ema
nations which will destroy human be
lnRS, animsls snd crops, wss described
today In special article in the Sun
day dltpstch.
The article said the new scientific
device cc-jlfl he u.xd as well for n-u-traltxinn
plfRue conditions and fos'.er
lnj( healthier animal snd plant life
Professor O. A Nwell, head of th"
refirarch department of the na,tior,al
health league, the newspaper said,
hsd disclosed some of the characteris
tics of the ray.
It was described as "a wireless de
vice made to imitate deadly rays
whlrh hare ben found In nature."
"Emulsions of abnormal bacterla.nre
taken from patlrnU suffering from
various diaenws. Three bacteria 'nd
out rays so atronu that in some cane.i
.hey swing trie needle of a (talvsnom.
etT at range up to 4. feet."
The wave lengths of these emana
tions are then said to have been re
produced and sent out by wireless,
FmtiiirkH In MiilrimniiT,
PORTLAND, Ore. Dec. 23. ( AP)
Marrlag) Hrenaea iMued here today
included: rarwell 8. Bwth of Med
ford and Helen Marie Burse of Tort
land. (No Kirwell H BoMh Is lUtfd In
any Medford directory )
1933.
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ALLEN GIRL SUES
FATHER AND SDN
IN ESTATE FIGHT
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Kidnaping and Threats
Charged by Mary Allen
Towle to Gain Inheritance
Control Asks Huge Sum
LOS ANGELES, Dee. 33, (AP)-A
suit for $225,000 damages, charging
her father and her brother With kid
naping, threats and in timid fit ion,
was filed here today by Mrs, Mary
Allen Towle.
The defendants are Albert O. Allen,
senior and Junior, of Medford, Oregon,
Mrs. Towle Is one of the contestants
In the legal fight over the estate of
the strange wealthy recluse, the late
Margaret Keith, whose will named the
Junior Allen as sole heir. .
She alleges that her father and
brother by threats and lntlmldat.cn.
took her shnre in the estate of her
mother, the late Mrs. Lillian Ketth
Allen-Woods, who was Miss Keith's
sister. -; j
She sets forth that her mother first
married Albert O, Allen, senior, and
divorced him In 1010 and later mar
rying P. H. Woods. She died May 31,
1031. "
On the day of tier mother's death,
Mrs. Towle charges, her father and
brother "by threats, force and Intiml
dntlon" took her agalnat her will to
Medford, Oregon, and Induced her
to sign a power of attorney which
gav' her control of her inheritance
from her mother. She charges they
deprived her of 925,000, worth of
honda and properties worth $100,000,
She aka In Addition the reimburse
ment for such property, damages of
$100,000 berause of "humiliation and
embarrassment."
"They threatened to have me placed
in an Imtane asylum unless I signed
those papers." she alleges. She al
leged ahe was held In Oregon againat
her will for more than thirty days,
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World News
At a Glance
(By the Aasorlaled Pre")
Iiomestlc
WASHINGTON President Roose
velt will speak to the country again
next Thursday night at anniversary
of Woodrow Wilson's birth.
SUMMIT, N. J. Woman superin
tendent of home for blind babies re
slur After charges of harsh disci
plinary measures.
WAHHINGTON United Statea
chamber of commerce asftalls tax rec
ommendations.
PHILADELPHIA leasing J. Hosen
wald. millionaire philanthropist, foils
second extnrtton plot In yar.
WAHH1NOTON Rear Admiral King
says reduction of navy's aviation ac
tivities creates "serious situation."
CHICAGO Hilton Crouch, notor
ious gangRter, arretted and confrasca
participation In Indianapolis bank
robbery.
lorrlpn.
VATICAN CITY Pope Plus In
Christmas message assails German
utrrlliwitlona program and exhorts
thone who seek the peace and welfare
of the world to prav.
LAONY, Prance One hundred or
more persons killed In tra'n collision
nenr Pompronne,
pA.nisMr. and Mrs Swlta, Amerl
cnun, aert, their arrest tn alleged
py plot frsmeup by the police.
:l a. m. Monday
93 Mothers Honored
In Duce's Plan For
More Stork Visits
ROME, Dec. 23 ( AP) Musso
lini played host to Italy's 03 most
irollfic mothers today as the whole
country paused In Its Christmas
separations to glorify the progeni
tors of large families.
Nursvs cared ror their children,
while the mothers, whose com
bined brood numbers 1310, re
reived II Duce's praise and heard
him expound hla conviction that
only with an increasing popula
tion can the nation assure Its fu
ture grandeur.
They were received on the eve of
the kingdom's celebration of
mothers' and infants' day, which,
with the fascist campaign to boost
the birthrate, has become one of
Italy's most important holidavs.
ASKS INJUNCTION
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Mayor Mahoney Files Suit
y oiauiiy r ui ii i oia ncctauua
Basis for Action
Saturdav at Salem
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SALpM. Ore.. Deo. 23. (AP) The
city . of Klamath Falls, as had been
predicted for the last fortnight, late
todays tied its formal chargea against
the Kpox liquor control act In cir
cuit couit here. The city's complaint,
brought to Salem by Mayor Willis
Mahopfey of Klamath Falls and Elton
Watjrfns, special counsel for that city
and a Portland attorney, asks a per
manlnt Injunction against the state
llquoy commission, restraining that
body jfrom operating under the Knox
act, which Governor Meier signed De
cember 14.
v A variety of reasons are set forth
In the complaint as an alleged basis
f oryxes training the act. The Knox
measure Is held:
yi. To violate the 14th amendment
to the federal constitution by depriv
ing the people of life, liberty and
property without due legal process.
3. To violate the federal constitu
tion which gives congress exclusive
power to regulate commerce between
the states.
S. To violate section two, article
XI, of the state constitution, the so
called home rule amendment.
4. To repeal, Illegally, all conflict
ing municipal enactments.
B. To Increase the taxation bur
den to all people In the state and to
the city of Klamath Falls.
0. To violate the state constitu
tion. Inasmuch as the Knox bill la
held to be a revenue raising meas
ure and thus not permitted to In
clude the emergency clause.
Mahoney and Wntklns asked the
court to set next Thursday, Decem
ber 2fl. at 10 a. m., as the time to
hear the Injunction petition. Whether
Judge Lewelllng can hear the case
then has not been determined.
Both Mahoney and Watktns said
the cane would be carried to the state
supreme court, no matter which way
it was decided. They said the suit
would be welcomed by all aides to
the Knox bill controversy since It
would determine the legal status of
the measure.
(Attorney Elton Watklns repre
sented then Sheriff Oordon Scher-
I mernorn in the ballot recount pro-
ceedlngs here last spring against
him.)
CHICAGO. Dec. 33. Calling
"special delivery" Into the apartment
speaking tube, two robbers gained en
trance today to the home of Mrs
Leonard Marcus, former wife of John
"Jake" Factor, and left with Jewelry
she valued at ai.ooo
Mrs. Marcus fainted when they en
tered. Both her former husbsnd and
her son, Jrome Factor, have bn
kidnap victims.
Inflnilnn Riot.
BORDEAUX. France, Dec. 33. (AP)
While the French parliament today
was voting on finance bills, eeveral
thousand taxpayers clashed with po
lice here In a demonstration against
increased taxes and what they called
"the danger of inflation."
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COLUMBUS. O.. Dec. 33. (AP)
Intoxicating liquors flowed legally In
Ohio tonight for the first time in
14 years. John Barteycorn, ousted
socially during the long "dry" spell,
donned formal attire as d nigs tores
throughout the state started selling
package liquors to all comers.
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No. 235.
BETHLEHEM STAR
TO GLEAM AGAIN
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Pilgrims Gather to Pay Rev
erent Homage at Christ
mas Time Patriarch
Leads Annual Observance
BETHLEHEM, Dec, 24. (Sunday)
(A1) The pealing of bells and the bus
tle of arriving pilgrims early today
heralded the holy land's Christmas
observances that will reach their cli
max at midnight.
Despite the strained racial and po
litical atmosphere and the decline in
the number of visitors because of the
depression the spirit and piety of the
worshippers gathering In this cradle of
Christianity remained unaltered.
Hundreds of pilgrims, American rd
European visitors among them, as
cembled in reverent remembrance of
the birth nearly 2,000yeara ago of
the Christ child.
For despite the many centuries of
change and destruction, and the strife
In this land even at this time, the
holy city still holds the imagination
of mankind and no power has yt
been created that can break the apel!
which binds the world to It.
Early this morning the Latin patri
arch went out in procession from Je
rusalem to the Roman Catholic con
vent situated on the north side of
the church of the Boly Nativity, there
to spend the day In meditation and
prayer.
Tor-tght he will go into the church
of the convent, which communicates
with the church of the Holy Nativity,
for vespers at 9 o'clock. The service
will continue until shortly before
midnight.
Promptly at midnight a large star,
representing the traditional Star of
Bethlehem, will be lighted above the
altar In this centuries-old edifice of
stone and wooden rafters and at the
same time a curtain will be drawn
away to reveal the effigy of the hoiy
infant. High mass will begin then.
Shortly afterward, the patrlach, fol
lowed by his clergy and notables, will
participate In a procession with the
holy babe to the Grotto where, in
the spot of the manger marked by
a star, the effigy will be laid rev
erently.
The Grotto, a hollow chamoer
under the main altar of the Church
of the Holy Nativity. Is said to mark
the traditional stable where cnrisc
was born.
The spot Is the object of adora
tion by the Greek Orthodox, Roman
Catholics, Armenians, Protestants,
Copts, and others, and there are very
strict rules as to the number of lamps
each faction Is allowed to have.
Another annual ceremony is the ,
special service on the Young Men's
Christian association site in the Field
of the Shepherds, near Bethlehem,
where Chrlatlans, with Jews and Mos
lems as onlookers, will gather tonight
to sing carols after partaking of bread
and meat at the entrance of the
shepherd cave.
nabbls Protest
SEATTLE. Dev. 33. P) Four Seat
tle rabbis Joined today in a protest
about the participation of 58 Jewish
boys and girls in a Christmas pageart
held last night at a high school.
Jewish children have no right 10
take part In Christmas playa." de
clared Rabbi Philip A. Langh.
ROGERS
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal.,
Deo. 23. California has a new
ruling on the snlo of liquor in
hotels. The latest one is you
buy it in the lobby of the hotel
at the news stand, then tnke it
in tho dining room and drink it.
."Give mc a quart of gin, the
morning Times, a pint of French
varmouth and American Mer
cury, some Angastora bitters,
Physical Culture Magazine and
a box of Bayer's aspirin."
See where they captured an
American spy in France. He
must have been working on his
own, for we already know all
we want to know about cm.
Yours,