Newspaper articles from 1949-1951 about expeditions to St. Catherine's Monastery for manuscript project

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Jerry Klultx I L-t Ancient Biblical Text Found j W o m a n Hit This column today completes In Mount Sinai Monastery our exclusive presentation of job changes in the departmental staffs of Federal agencies here as pro­posed by the President in his 1952 budget. HOUSING AND H O M E FI­NANCE: Administrator's Office, 678 to 669; Federal National Mort­gage Association, 138 to 109; Home Loan Bank Bd„ 142 to 129; Federal Savings & Loan Insur­ance Corporation, 78 to 75; Fed­eral Housing, 1085 to 1075; Public Housing Administration, 1196 to 1986. AGRICULTURE: Research and; Marketing Act, 497 to 464; BAE, no change: Agricultural Research Administration, 56 to 55; Experi­ment Stations, 44 to 42; Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Leon-i omics, 138 to 126; Animal Indus­try, 324 to 327; Dairy Industry, no change; Agricultural and indus­trial Chemistry, 72 to 70: Plant Industry, Sous and Engineering, no change; Entomology and Plant Quarantine, no change: Control of Forest Pests, no change; Forest; Sen-ice, 235 to 236; Roads and! Trails, 46 to 47; State and private I forestry cooperations, no change; ] Flood Control, no change; Soil Conservation, 193 to 19L P & MA: AAA Act, 314 to 315; School Lunch, no change; Market­ing Services, no change; Com­modity Exchange Authority, 36 to 34; REA, 1031 to 1015; Farmers Home, no change; Extension Serv­ice, no change; Secretary's Office, 383 to 389; Solicitor's Office. 365 to 355; Foreign Agricultural Rela­tions, no change; Information Of­fice, 139 to 136; Library, 145 to 142; Crop Insurance, 147 to 160; Commodity Credit, 2017 to 1994: Farm Credit, 328 to 317. COMMERCE: Secretary's Office, 322 to 309; Technical and Scien- By Lee Grove tific Services, 51 to 61; Working Post Reporter Fund, 40 to 27: Census, 1347 to 1405: Seventeenth Decennial Cen­sus, 19,294 to 3342 (many of these departmental employes are in Philadelphia); Civil Aeronautics I Sinai monastery of a manuscript Adm., 1329 to 1313; Washington | containing some of the earliest Kat'l Airport, no change in 270- man staff; Federal Airport Pro- January Picnic? Here's By Henry Rohlanrj-The Washington Post PRECIOUS DOCUMENTS-Prof. Aziz Ttiya, vice dean of the faculty of arts at Farouk University, Alexandria, Egypt, looks over microfilm of the manuscript collection from the Monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai. Shown in microfilm on the recordak are two leaves of the Codex Arabicus, which many believe contains some of the oldest, if not actually the oldest portions of text of the N e w Testament An internationally known Egyp­tian scholar yesterday described his discovery in a remote Mount gram, no change; Civil Aeronautics Bd., 504 to 588; Coast and Geo­detic Survey, 842 to 891;C&GS Working Fund, 207 to 27; Foreign & Domestic Commerce, 890 to 567;Maritime, 1109 to 1050; Mari­time training:, no change; Patent Office, no change in 2000-man staff; Public Roads, 850 to 875; NatM Bureau of Standards working Biblical text in the world. Dr. Aziz Suryal Atiya, who is in Washington for three months as a special consultant to the Library of Congress, said that wben he found the manuscript in the library of the Monastery of St. Catherine of Alexandria the monks were so excited everyone kissed everyone on both cheeks, fund, 3416 to 3544, but defense iatnwdo nhigeh twsa. s unable to sleep for work not listed; Weather Bureau,•• Tne manuscript was discovered 675 to 687; Weather Bureau work- la5t ^ear 0-U"ng an expedition to rug fund, 57 to 54, A R M Y CIVIL FUNCTIONS: (Quartermaster Corps) Cemetery the monastery, which dates back to about 550 AD., for the purpose of microfilming the manuscript Expenses, 483 to 193: Engineer l collections for the Library of Con- Corps, 356 to 344; Soldiers* Home, 644 to 604. INTERIOR: Secretary's Office, 396 to 357: Working Fund, 136 to 138:" Land Management, 212 to 214; Indian Affairs (health, education and welfare) 44 to 55; Resources Management, 63 to 73; Construc­tion, no change; General Admin­istration of Indian Bureau, no change; Reclamation: (administra­tion) no change in 380-man staff here; Geological Survey, no change here; Bureau of Mines (conserva­tion & development), 278 to 287; Health & Safety, no change; Ad- ' ministration, 121 to 115; NMTPark Service, 79 to 87; Construction, 33 to 28; Maintenance, no change;Ad-ministraiion, no change. Fish & Wildlife Resourse Management, 62 to 65; Investigation of Re­sources, no change; Administra­tion, no change, Migratory Bird Fund, no change; Office of Terri­tories, no change. JUSTICE: General Administra­tion. 542 to 573; General legal activities, 877 to 1117; Anti-Trust, 300 to 296; FBI, 4971 to 4337, a reduction here of more than 600 employes; Immigration and Natu­ralization, 742 to 820; Federal Prison System, no change; Alien Property, 625 to 615; Federal Prison Industries, 59 to 61. LABOR: Secretary's Office, 302 to 312; Solicitor, no change; Labor Standards, no change; Vet­erans' Reemployment Rights, no change: Bureau of Apprentice­ship, no change, isince the budget was compiled. however, this agency was given a defense appro­priation); Employment Security, 466 to 470 (It, too, is slated for a defense appropriation): Employes Compensation, 385 to 421: Labor Statistics. 879 to 891; Women's Bureau, no change here; Wage and Hour, no change. gress. The expedition was con' ducted by the American Founda­tion for the .Study of Man. Five Layers of Writing Given the name "Codex Arabi­cus," the manuscript contains five layers of writing, according to Dr. Atiya. Each layer at sometime in the dim past was erased so the parch­ment could be used again. But through the use of ultra violet and infra red ray it is hoped to reScoov erS hteh'es e rAasrerd etsexttse. dT he Plain Clothes Fool Woman But Not Dog In Freeman ct. nw., there lives a dog so good at spotting policemen that he can even iden­tify them in plain clothes. In this respect, the dog is con­siderably more talented than his mistress. In fact, if his mistress had taken his advice Friday night, she would not stand convicted today of soliciting two plainclothes po­licemen for prostitution. The dog. who barks and bites only at officers of the law, is name­less. His mistress is Mrs. Urselena technique has been used before with varying degree of success. . The top layer of writing is in Kufic Arabic of the eighth cen­tury. The text gives lives of saints and martyrs and is expected to throw light on the early Chris­tians and the Roman Empire. The second layer is in archaic Kufic of a century earlier-the period of Mahomet, founder of Islam. The text is apparently, a translation of a Gospel. Seventh Century Greek The third layer is in early seventh century Greek and also is a version of a Gospel. The earliest two layers of writ­ing are in Syriac, the language closest to the Aramaic that Jesus spoke. One text was written in the sixth century. The other appears to have been written in the fourth century, perhaps even earlier, Dr. Atiya said, and preliminary ex­amination reveals traces of the Gospels of SS. Mark, John, and Matthew. They vary from extant texts: particularly the Gospel of St. Mark, which may be based on a second or third century text. "Experiments with ultra violet and infra red might result in the discovery of the missing end of St. Mark, but we shall have to wait upon events," said the silver-haired scholar. . "What is certain is the antiq- j uity of the codex, and that it has j possibilities." Sifie of Phone Book The manuscript consists of 175 j folios, or sheets folded once. It is about the size of a telephone book and bound in padded leather dating from the eighth or ninth century. The padding consists of old manuscript leaves that may themselves be of significance. If the manuscript justifies the hopes of Dr. Atiya, it will he the archeological find of the century, he said. It is likely the manuscript will rival in importance the Codex Sinaiticus, which was taken from the monastery by the German scholar Tischendorf to the Russian capital in the last century, and sold by the Bolsheviks to the British Museum in London for 100.000 pounds sterling. The Codex Arabicus is still at the Monastery of St. Catherine. Dr. Atiya hopes to arrange for j B y Bus Dies I Of Injuries j Mrs. Edith D. Raab Year's 4th Fatality; j Several Others Hurt In District Traffic DISTRICT TRAFFIC TOLL: .: 1951 deaths to date.... '4 1950 deaths to date - 3 Total 1950 death toll 72 A 70-year-old woman, in­jured Wednesday when she was struck by a Capital Tran­sit bus at 11th and H sts. nw., died yesterday at Emergency;; Hospital. She was Mrs. Edith D. Eaab of 1315 Massachusetts ave. se., who had been hospitalized with a frac­tured right leg and internal in juries. Police said the bus was driven I by Gus T. Caperones, 24, of 17531 Lanier pi. nw. v A Resident 55 Years i: dj Mrs. Raab was the widow of Edward W. Raab, of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, who died about 25 years ago. A native of North Carolina, she had been a? resident of Washington 55 years. She was a member of- the Daughters of the American Revo-, lution and the Church of the^te-formation. She is survived by three sons, Neill F. Raab, of 3741 D st. se.; J. David Raab. of 4743 17th si N.','; V P T •). I f\ Arlington; Edward D. Raab, of! V V O H . t A . C I \)j\. 10221 Sig Rock rd„ Silver Spring;!) 5 grandchildren; a brother, Neilfc] JUST COULDN'T RESIST IT-A warm day in January brought out the first picnic of the year for Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Peitrowski and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Buller and their children. Sligo Park was the setting for yes­terday's unusual weather demonstration. Pic- Federation W. Dumont. of 3147 19th st. nw.,'; J J . (_j. C J O U I 1 S © 1 and two sisters, Mrs. Ruth D.| Bradley, of Preston, Md.. and Mrs.' Ethel D. Galliher. of 2220 2001; St. nw. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Struck By Truck .''- Vincent Fletcher, 42, of 921 Rejects Proposal T o Get Behind O'Dea Successor By a vote of. 52 to 24, the Federation of Citizen's Associa- It's a B o y 1st Japa Bride hi Now a k Mitzue Shigeno '. pretty Japanese brii ding here last Marc gressional best-wisl pound, 4-ounce A m Little Rainbow - Mitzue - cuddled baby boy in Doctor': terday morning. Ii 6:55 p. m. Friday. "We only thinki "*f. be vacated January 23 by Attor- j don't know other much," she spoke own charming kin English. After disc st nw., was critically injured atj tions last night rejected a pro- 6:30 p.m. yesterday, when he was! ^ to select and struck by a small truck at 6th anqf ,.,> : , / . N sts nw J candidate for the office of District He was admitted to Freedmen'D People's counsel. I Hospital with head injuries. P o j The office represents the public llice said the driver of the truckJin cases before the Public Utilities i Richard H. Day, 39, of 1219 C st| Commission and is expected to ! ne., was charged with unreason^ '• able speed. I I Mrs Julia W Tolmer, 55, o f n e v John °'Dea-- I 1748 Willard-st. nw., was admittettj Those who voted against the : to Emergency Hhospitai with post j proposal held that ' it was too isible fractured ribs shortly beforl^ iate for consideration of the best noon yesterday after she struck by a car at 18th and H sts> H qualified man, or that the Federa- Police identified the driver o.fM-the car as Gabriel A. van Laethem,' J'-A*:Tesolution was passed sup- 33, a Second Secretary at the French Embassy, who lives at 3724 Jocelyn st. nw." •••' '• 4 Falls From Bicycle , Robert Louis Williams, 11, -of 1801 Wyoming ave nw., received minor-head injuries when-he fell from his bicycle while riding south tion should not choose one man And alienate others. porting the appeal by the Glover Park Citizens Association to some kind of control on the price of milk here. . '_ $: In other actions the Federation reaffirmed support of the Sasscer area commission bill; appointed Elmer F. Richter of Southwest as fire committee chairman, and under the Dupont Circle underpassi?^ C U ™ T -l ™ ™ M n , - « iO about noon vesterday.- He wa\lT°l Ben" C" + C r u*s h a r J of Manor treated at Emergency H o s p i t a L ! ^ ** M * i 0 n a l SUffrage V1Ce ToJ»,. Z --« _ 1 •%m*yML ! chairman; and supported a com-tJSv whf Wereinjured ves-imittee ruling that the Northeast «-n1?an £ 3 C3r' S W C r V m g to;Washington Citizens Association avoid another car coming out of a I be denied membership until the drveway, struck a pole on Route j group had defined its boundaries. 301 in Cheltenham, Prince Georges fit was announced that more 0 ^ ^ t4U i than 150 tickets to the annual The driver of the car, Mrs. Fran-! dinner have been sold. ces Shaedel. 37. of Montclair N I j ui Z ™ SSF^fg. fraternity to Hear band. Carl Shaedel. 38, was ad-1 T h r e e N e w s m en nutted to Casualty Hospital with a - r e e newsmen. severe head laceration and cut • 'Tnree prominent newspapermen upper lip. His condition was de-!wiU b e n o n o red by the Washington scribed as good. i Professional Chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, journalistic fraternity, R c ^ T i - n c o * „ T • 'at a 6:30 p. m. Tuesday dinner in l i e u U / USS lO 1 raitl the National Press Club. 106 in First Aid In Anne Arundel | Mrs. Small at 6th and O sts. nw., ; Friday night. I En route to he» room, Costanzo i testified, they passed a barking, ; snarling dog. i "Don't worry about him," Cos- POST OFFICE: 2664 to 2696 tanzo Quoted" Mrs. Small. "He only).- STATE: 5450 to 5499;; won't hurt you. That dog just Mission'; to Intern^fir»nal Orram. ' doesn'1 likp policemen. Uf bile? c , ,,. . „,,. .- , its ioan fr°ni the monastery in Small. 42, of 613 Freeman ct. nw. | several monlh,. so it can be Vi*fe Squad undercover men j scientifically examined in Cairo by John Costanzo and George Maurer i scholars testified they were solicited by The monks, who wear vestments dating from the fifteenth century i during their services, are jealous of the book, he said, but they have indicated they will let it travel j from their treasure house as far j as Cairo. 1 (They are: Howard Blakeslee, As-sociated Press science editor; Ben­jamin M. McKelway, editor of the Evening Star: and Walter Lipp- , ,„. , , ,,_ imann, columnist in The Washing- A total of 106 men and women; ton Post. have registered for training as I t first-aid workers in the civilian de- i TV1 • • TUI • . fense program of the Anne Arun ! eleVlS10n Maintenance d%hCe°UregiSr?sedwCerreS-5 taken T° Be Demonstrated yesterday at five Annapolis fire: } A demonstration of new tech-companies by Alvin H. Cuare of' ""lues in the servicing of tele- West Annapolis, Bed. Cross train- i v1sion sets will be held for Wash­ing chairman, and his coworkers. I in£ton's television maintenance The classes, which will be tie i m e n at 8 p.m. Monday in the Hotel regulation Red Cross 34-hour first- : Hamilton. New equipment will be aid course, will be organized im- demonstrated by Robert J. Mid-mediately. Registration for classes dieton, of Precision Apparatus in other parts of the county will C0-, Elmhurst, N. Y. The meeting be held in the near future. is: open to the public - Ballads of Oui- L a nd kiyo and a few oti parents came to a national agreement- Klotzbach, jr. The l for father, Carrol district horticulturis mont St. nw. Haeij zue's father, a"surgi( manufacturer in To The tiny mother, c of nine girls, w Japanese sweethearl ican veteran to be ; ter the United State act of Congress. "In Japan, akam much funny. He loc ... his eyes they l know his mother laughed. Akambo. anese, means "little Vnemployi Chef Hang; In Bathroo Low Sai Su, 64. 5th st. nw.. hanged h day in a third floor the 5th st. address. He was found abo another roomer, Mrs. 59. Police said he h cord around his neck the other end to an c He was pronounced scene. Friends told police in ill health and hsc to find employment a said he had previous to take his life: Cm gruder MacDonald is cate of suicide. ABA Meets Tod; Robert Mars, of tl tract Co., 410 1st address the breakia: the American Busi? tion at 9:30 a. m. Crown Boom of the It W Hotel.