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A-10 . CHURCHES TO HOLD VON SUNDAY" Anniversary Banquet Is Told Central Union Relief Sets New Records. Today being set aside in many Protestant churches as “Central Union Mission Sunday’’ for the first time in live years, a score of Washington pastors and visiting evangelists were included among the 200 or more friends of the ‘'mission of the churches,” who joined last night in observing its fort; -seventh anniversary. With mission speakers at services in 16 churches, there also will be two large public mass meetings under the auspices of the Central Union Mission. These will take place at 3 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church and at 8 p.m. at Gunton-Temple Memorial Presby terian Church. Rev. "Mel” Trotter, of the City Mission of Grand Rapids, Mich , one of the leading evangelists of the country, will speak at both pro grams. Homer Rotelieaver, song leader, and Mrs. Ruth Rodeheaver Thomas also will take part. At last night’s anniversary banque„ meeting, Supt. and Mrs. John S. Ben nett, who aie completing their sixteent.i y:ar at the Central Un* v» Mission, re ported on the work done ior the wel fare of destitute men and under-privi leged children during the past year. All the mission's former records were snat tered, Mr Bennett reported, by the in creased demands made by reason of the unemployment situation. Included among the work of the past year he said, was the serving of 109,594 free meals and shelter provided for 45,745 men. A great increase also was reported in the rehglous attendance at the mission meeting, the number being 64,845 compared with 29,179 the previ ous year. E. H. DeGroot, jr., president of the board of directors, presided, and mem bers of the Ministerial Council were among the guests. Dr. Paul Hickok, of Newark, N. J.. former pastor of the Metropolitan Presbyterian Church in Washington, was the principal speaker. As president of the Ministerial Council 16 years ago, it was he who brought Mr. and Mrs. Bennett to the mission. Homer Rodeheaver and his sister, Mrs. Thomas, old friends of the mission, pre sented a musical program. KING SEES EARLY SILVER CONFERENCE gays Financiers Are Convinced Monetary Elevation Is Becom ing: Inevitable. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 24.—United States Senator William H. King of Utah, after conferring with bankers here, today predicted the early organi ration of an American Central Com mittee of leading financiers, industrial ists, statesmen and economists to pro mote the proposed establishment of silver as basic money. Before leaving for Washington Sen nter King declared, “Many financial leaders who heretofore have opposed any elevation of silver are now con vinced that such a move has become Inevitable.” Senator King said the efforts of all Interests favoring bimetallism are now being focused on the calling of an in ternational silver conference. “If the gold standard is persisted in,” he warned, “the populous countries of .China and India are certain to under - ' take the same kind of Industrial ex pansion that Russia is now attempting.” CHINESE TOLD TO TALK ONLY MOTHER TONGUE Students Who Use Foreign Lan guage Branded as ‘‘Denational ized Intellectuals.’' NANKING (jFV—Chinese proficient in a foreign language and fond of using it are branded as “denationalized intellec tuals” by a government order prohibit ing the free use of foreign tongues. The government holds that Chinese who use foreign languages simply be cause they find them convenient are not patriotic. 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