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LARGE GAIN REPORTED
BY UNITED AIR LINES

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, March 29.-United Air
lines in February flew q total of
4,849,57S revenue passenger miles, an
increase Of Az per cent over Febru-
ary OF 1887, when the company flew
1857 ,922 revenue passenger miles.
The trafic last month represented
an increase Of 23 per cent over jan
uary, 1888.
During February United carried a
total OF 459,S42 pounds of airmail and
l27,263 pounds Of express while flying
96s,46S airplane miles over its New
York Chicago Pacific Coast and
Seattle-San Diego airway.
Evening star., 1938-03-29
Silver Continues
To Go Lower on
London Market
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, March 29.-The cut of
cent an ounce in the price of silver
by the United States Treasury yester-
day was followed today by further
price drop in the London market.
There was considerable speculat tive
selling in the belief the United States
Government my make further changes
in its silver purchase policy. Specu-
lators also believed Mexico may divert
the silver it formerly sold to Wash
ington to the London market.
Bar silver was quoted today at the
equivalent of ALP cents an ounce,
compared with 43.79 cents yesterday
and 45.47 cents Saturday.
The price also broke sharply IN
Bombay.
Evening star., 1938-03-29
General Electric
Plans Slashes in
Salaries, Wages
~ the Associated Press. i.

6y INC AbsOCIeteo TIebs.
NEW YORK.. March 29.-Formal
announcement Is expected in q few
days Of salary and wage cut by Gen.
eral Electric Co., amounting generally
to 10 per cent with a $4,000 exemption.
At tn. oflices Of the company today,
1t was said the complete "details of the
pay reduction have not yet been
worked out, but that the announce
ment would be made around April l.
For those on monthly salary, 1t was
believed the reduction would become
effective April is, and on April II for
those on weekly salary.
Workers at Bridgeport, Conn.,, 1t
was said, have already been notified
Of the cut, while several salaried en-
ployes at Pittsfeld, Mass, said yester-
day they had received their notifica-
ton.
Evening star., 1938-03-29
DAILY OIL OUTPUT
|. DECLINES IN WEEK
Average OFF 23,953 Barrels,
Texas Gains, Oklahoma
Shows Decline,
~ the Associated Press


TULSA, March 29-The United
States output of crude oil decreased
]a'So5 barrels daily during the week
endlng March 26, to On average Of
3,4oo,6l9 barrels daily, the OIL and Gas
journal reported today.
oklahoma declined 1920 barrels
daily to 5o4,s25; East Texas produc-
ton was up 7l5 to 429,165 and the
total State of Texas increased 4,674 to
1,317,423 barrels daily.
Production in Louisiana increased
28o barrels daily to 260,7Oo Califor-
MAS output was down 2e,75o to 727-
500 and Kansas increased, 6,7oo to
178750.
Eastern States including Michigan
increased 773 barrels daily to 192,84l
and the Rocky Mountain area in.
creased $3.50 to $3.50.
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FOREIGN MARKETS.
(Reported by Smith. Barney T. Co, :,

=, LONDON. March 20 P-Continued
liquidation. of internal tional securities
coupled with. sharp decline in rubber
shares caused general setback in today S
stock market. Trans-Atlantics continued
~. Declines were also registered in Rrit-
tsh funds mining shares and the dis
tillinE and oil groups., Home rails and
PARIS.-Governmentb bonds and banking
shares sold lower again today and the
large declines at the finish. Suez Canal
lost 57b francs, Royal Dutch 2l2 francs.
while rentes closed 20 to 100 centimes
lower.
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FREIGHT LOADINGs.

NEW YORK March 90 R.-Revenue
freight carloadings on railroads reporting
today for the week ended March 26 in
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Connecticut General Life
Insurance Comnany

OF THE
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Fairchild Aviation Corp.-Unfilled
orders of the company on January 81,
1888. totakd $l.252,o74, compared
with $l.oS4.os2 on January 81. 1897,
an increase Of 10 per cent?
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q. S. TREASURY POSITION.

The position Of the Treasury on March
%: Receipts. .S27, ,073, ,649.35; expenditures.
S22.363. 5SS.a1; balance, S3.121 933,-
22,s67.S7S.5S
Receipts for the fiscal year tsince July
incladins fSPenesiu5es sS
1871 Of emergency expenditures; excess
Of expenditures, Ss13,737. .235.6 SO; Gross
$50 .599. 80 above the previous day; gold
assets. S12 127SS.314.441.10.
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U. S. FARM EQUIPMENT
FOREIGN SALES JUMP
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
The Commerce Department says
sales abroad of American farm equip
ment, totaling s6,602,373 in February.
were 46 per cent higher than in Feb,
ruary, 1887.
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METAL MARKET.

NEW YORK. March 20 UP.-Copper
steady; electrolytic spot. 1000: export
4O.5O. Lead steady; New York spot 400
IS; East st. Louis. 4.35. Zinc steady:
Gron aluminium. antimony' quicksilver,
Slatinum and wolframite UNCHANGED.
Evening star., 1938-03-18
DAM BUILDING
AIDS ARGENTINA
TerCer0 River Wall Holds
Irrigation and Power
Possibilities.

South Americas largest dam was
recently completed in Argentina. Hold
ing back the waters of River Tercero
in Cordoba Province, the tremendous
wall Of concrete possesses infinite
irrigation and power potentialities.
Argentina has long been in need of
systematic irrigation on a big SCALE
says a bulletin from headquarters of
the National Geographic Society.
More than half the country re-
ceives too little rainfall for successful
cultivation. And only a fraction of
the arid land can be irrigated because
water cannot be obtained. In regions
where rainfall is fairly we'll distributed
there is always the danger of oc-
casional drought, which, of course,
causes heavy losses to farmers.
Aid to Navigation.
Until completion of the great dam,
storage reservoirs of large capacity
were not used in Argentina. The
Tercero dam fills bowl in the Sierra
de los Condores, nine times the size
OF Italy's Lake of Garda. The cement
barrier is higher than a 2O-story
building, with three-lane highway
atop its quarter-lnile length. In addi-
ton to Irrigation the dam is an aid
to navigation. A second dam, three
miles below the first, is under con.
struction. 1t, too, will water the plains,
LIGHT hnroac f,,r
industry.
The neighboring province of
Mendoza diverts mountain streams
into canals and bitches efficiently
enough to become the most thoroughly
irrigated area in Argentina. Thus the
province is able to produce IS per cent
OF all Argentina's wine In an average
year the output is over 100000, 900
gallons, valued at $4,000, 900. A single
acre of healthy grape vines will fill
800 gallon jugs.
Dams Defeating Deserts.
"Mendoza's vineyard, depending as
1t does, upon questionable water
supply, has reached a static figure of
acreage as well as quantity of wine
produced. Cordobas plains, however,
on the other side of the mountains,
will yield grapes and graph in up
ward swing for years to come, due to
water control.
although South Americas grand
est, the dam of River Tercero is not
the first of its kind in Cordoba
Province. San Rogue Lake, on the
River Primero. is the result of a dam
that was completed in 1890.
Like oases in Sahara lands, artifi-
elally-Watered regions of the central
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ONCE POWERFUL TRIBE
CUT TO 8 MEMBERS
Descendants of Last Chief Try to
Garry on Traditions of the
Piankashaws.

Carry on Traditions OF the
Piankashaws.
By the Associated Press.
TULSA, Okla.-There are just nine
Oklahomans left to carry on the ira
ditions Of once strong Indian tribe,
the Piankashaws.
The tribal lore started centuries
ago with the banding together on
Midwestern plains of . group Of
sturdy aborigines.
Last chieftain Of the Piankashaws,
George Washington Finley, died in
1888. Those left to tell the story of
the tribe are his daughter, Mrs. c. c.
Barnard of Tulsa. and her children,
Oletha, Leota and Charles; his son,
Leo Finley; his grandchildren, Carol
Jeanne, Dixie Dean, John and Jim
Finley, who live in Miami, Okla.
A Tulsa artist, Frank Wonder
Lancken, painted the chiefs portrait
short time before his death. called
it THE Last Piankashaw." But now
he plans portrait of another
Piankashaw, Carol Jeanne Finley.
Evening star., 1938-03-18

In . Denver "bunco" game case, and
returned him to Denver.
The bondsman proudly brought his
prisoner before police and city and
county officials.
Nov, I want my $4,000 bond re-
turned" said Van Glider.
Authorities decided too long q
period had elapsed and declined to
pay.
Van Glider filed suit to collect 1t,
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Seek to Improve Crops.

In an attempt to improve the quail
ity of California crops, South Amer
ica's Andes Mountains will be explored
in the hope Of finding rugged plants
to be developed with local species. Air
express will be used to transport .
steady stream Of eligible seeds, cut
tings, bulbs and plants, says Business
Week.
Evening star., 1938-03-18
Springs to Heat Buildings.

Buildings of Reykjavik, Iceland, will
soon be heated by the natural hot
water from nearby springs. Estimated
coal savings will be 100 per cent per
installation. Borings have increased
the capacity of the springs to 40 gal
Ions of hot water per second.
Evening star., 1938-03-18
TRAP NETS EAGLE

for Coyote.
ROUNDUP, Mont. @.-Where =
coyote should have been, Highway Pa
trolman Charles Dell and Jack Thomas
found an eagle
The bird was fluttering in trap set
by coyote hunter near Ryegate and
attracted the attention Of the two men
as they were driving along q nearby
highway.
Investigating, they discovered the
eagle was not injured seriously and
they brought it to Roundup.
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plains attract thirsty men and animals.
Natives from the pArched provinces
hunger for such garden spots, which
little by little are absorbing more OF
the adjoining desert area"
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GOT MAN TOO LATE
Returns Bond Jumper, but Fails
to Get $4,000.

DENVER @.-For ~ years Hal
d. Van Glider, bondsman. tracked
. fugitive who Jumped . 10000 bond
which Van Glider had to forfeit.
Finally, In Reno, New, Van Glider
got his man." former defendant
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SEE MEXICAN
RIGHT TREND
Impartial Observers Be-
lieve Revolutionary Habit
Is Abandoned
B., WILLIAM II. LANDER
I1,;teJ Press Staff Correspondent

MEXICO, d. F., Mar. 3. CUP.
Hard as it may be for some to
realize, Mexico is becoming rela-
lively conservative. 80, 49,,
Millions of people still either
think of it as the land of Pancho
Villa or as a cred" country.
Actually, neither is the case
The development of the machine,
gun an dof aviation make it out
of the question for a general on
horseback successfully to rise
now. And as for being Commun'
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insist that my son keep out Of it.
These insults we nave had from
England had better be ignored
than fought over =.
Cabell had replied by request
mo his fathers lawyer to send
him at once a small inheritance
he had had from a relatives eS-
tate "since | am Of age and the
money is mine" This amount
was transferred to him at a Will
mington bank and it was now al
most spent.
1t was during their stop at Will
mington that Jerry and Cabell
had the recipe for taking Brit
ish merchantmen which they were
now about to put into practice:
"You cut out your ship after
dark" a reckless young CAROLYN
ian told them. Don't attack the
first brig you see. She's apt to
he the lookout. Wait TO Ia stray
plcr. When you've picked your
Iaggard, sail round her and cut
her from the pack. Then take
her" There followed advice more
explicit from the young man who
sailed a Baltimore clipper as light
a sthc Gull and who was not trou-
blcd with New England caution.
He had already taken four prizes,
he said. and had divided the spoils
among gratified crew.
That May day when Polly's son
was CRYING his first cries, the
Gray Gull was cruising off the
coast Of Northern France, boldly
attempting to spy out a convoy of
homecoming merchantmen from
foreign waters.
Toward cvcning a fleet was
spied by the lookouts. At this
news Jerry climbed the ratlines to
see no wmany sail thcer were and
how we'll protected. He climbed
down TO confer with Cabell. He
had counted more than a score,
he said, with what appeared to be
two men-of-war conveying the
fleet.
They decided to wear ship and
sail west TO avoid being detected.
We're not worth chasing" Jerry
pointed out, "but il they see us
| following, one of the fligates will
rake US. Do YOU agree"
Cabcll did and ordered the man
at the wheel to port helm. They
put out into the Atlantic. deter
mined TO withdraw from sigh as if
making westward passage.
A feeling of citation seized them
! all Not a man among them but
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tons to business establishments,
buildings. farms, homes and insti-
buttons, install heating, plumbing,
wiring, etc, paint, refloor, etc.
Q: How much can each borrow
er Obtainn from the lending ag-
ency?
A: Up to $4,000 for modemi-
zation and repair. Up to $500
for the erection of new structures
including roadside stands, filling
stations, barns, business establish
ments, commercial buildings, etc,
and, in some cases new dwellings.
@: How does the borrower re-
pay the loan?
A: In equal monthly Install
ments over a period up to five
years and and in the case Of new
! dwellings up to 10 years. Farm.
ers may repay loans on an annual
or semi-annual basis from the sale
of crops, livestock, etc.
Q: Does the federal housind ad,
ministration lend money for this
purpose?
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8, RACHEL MACK

Yesterday: Arriving safely IN
America, Polly leaves Jerry TOT
her home in Connecticut; he puts
out again to sea. viii he come
back, she wonders?
CHAPTER NNEl
The war was not over Oe1oEe
Christmas. Nor before the spring
came. 1t grew fiercer ana IIam E
inland along the frontiers. Oh
sea the fighting approached tn '.
fantastic. Almost without a navy
the United States was holding neL
own, doing it by means OF Few
well-managed war SloopS OIou
might count them on your mn
gers) and those little prlvateerS
that were pouring out Oh every
American port to sting the pfout
British Navy like 4 swarm u
waSpS.
On the day that Polly's son was
born in her fathers house IN (oHI
necticut, the clipper Gray G"ii
was having a reckless try at an
armed British merchantmen al
most twice her size.
The Gull was not without eN-
pericnce. Several times during
the winter she had intercepted
West Indianmen coming up from
Jamaica and had crippled them
considerably; but always other
ships in the English convey had
driven off the fragile clipper be-
fore she could take her prize.
The question OF money became
acute to the Cults officers. he
unpaid crew was loyal, cheertully
foregoing pay; but the matter OF
procuring food for rs hearty men
was a problem that kept Cabell
and Jerry awake and SchcmlnG
through many a night when they
should have bee nSlCeplng.
ard not have expected my
father TO DC so pig-headed about
this" Cabell said.
Soon after getting his letter of
maruue from President Madison
he had asked his father for $4,000
with which to finance his cruise.
He asked it by land post from
Wilmington, since Boston was M
accessible by water at the time.
The letter that came in answer
was violent and Scathing.
"You exceeded yourself when
you bought the clipper on my au-
thority. | will pay for il since the
debt is made. but | will not sub
sidize it nor give you another
shin if YOU lose that one. do
not hold with Mr.. Nadison's wal
and I wish TO keen out Of il.
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A: No. The FILA does not lend
money for any purpose. 1t insures
the lending agency against loss.
@: Can the borrower use these
funds for the purchase of re-
frigerator, stove or home fur
nishings?
A: No. These funds must be
used for repair and modernization
of property and such equipment
as becomes permanent part of
the structure, except, of course,
in the case of loans up to $500
which may be for new structures.
Q: Does the borrower have TO
give security for property i'm
proycment loans?
A: The law does not require
the borrower to give security
except in the case of loans up tC
$500 for new dwellings. Such
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Builders Apply for Federal Loans

Applications are being received
for building repairs and modern-
cation under the new terms OF
the federal housing act.
H. B. Kelly authorizes the state
ment that the State Trust COM
pany will handle loans under
title l" and that the bank ex-
poets TO handle larger loans for
new construction under title 2"
The main obstacle just now is
the lack of application forms. Mr..
Kelly says the bank has distribut-
ed the few it had but expects adj
ditional ones daily. Roy c. Ben
nett. chairman Of the federal
housing committee, obtained
few for his own use from the
First National bank Of ASheville,
and has been expecting others
daily.
The average prospective Dor
rover seems TO be at a loss to
know how to make applications
Mr.. Kelly suggests that they do
not apply at the bank but through
the supply dealers of their choice.
The federal housing administra-
ton has prepared the following
QUESTIONABLE as to conditions
governing FILA loans, except il
does not state that the applicant
must have a regular income anu
be able TO show his ability to lie,
pay:
Question: Who can borrow mod
ernization funds?
Answer: Any individual, cor
pOration or firm, business, com
mercial establishment, farmer
tenant or home owner.
Q: Who lends this money?
A: Private lending institution,
there are approximately 70O(
approved by the FILA in all party
of the United States including
commercial banks, building anC
loan associations, installmen
lending companies, etc.
@: What can the borrower dc
with this fund?
A: The borrower can improv,
his property, make any structure
repair, make additions and altera
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wished for action and a streak OF
Iuck So far, the Gray Gull nae
not justified her letter OF marque
ne = nriyateer. Ii she had stune
the English navy, it was as nef'
yous pnat rather than as an angry
The test had arrived. when
dark was falling the Gray gun
crew brought her cast, no[the"S ~
with all lights doused, in toward
the rich prizes that were heal my
the sea girt island called England
Bristol would be the fleets desIi-
nation, for it had passed Lana
End and showed no intention Oh
entering the Channel: This much
was to the Gray GullS advantage
And now luck came at last: The
hindmost ship was tagging. From
her lanterns, fore and aft ano
quarterback, they could judge hel
size. A large merchant ship, about
500 tons, tai lsparred, three mast
ed and square sailed.
The Gray Gull, with jerry al
the helm, came up on her slowly
and silently, sailed to larooard Of 81
her for a time, passed her and all
but crossed her bows; wore snip
and crossed her stern, then came
up to starboard. Looking up, they
could see that she was lightly
manned and that those who saliet
her were celebrating some event
in the cup that cheers.
Jerry conferred with Cahell' ne
said, "Ill take her without firing
round if you'll give nc dozef
men,"
We'll have to fire, of course
Just the carronades. A few rounds
and she's ours. Well have hel
before they can man the guns
We'll board her and run her of
in record time" 1t was thu
method of the young Carollnlan
applicable here to perfection.
But Jerry shook his head IL
violent negation. YOU'D ruin he
rigging at best. She's got SWec
rigging" - his gaze lifted t
where tall masts pierced tn
blackness. AT worst you'd brinI
the frigates down on US. No fir
ing, | tell you"
How'll you do it?" Cabel
Kissed. "By tossing Seaweed?" Thu
tensencsS of the situation mad
him feel a furious impatience will
his obstinate first mate. He woul'
have liked, actually, to wiring hi
neck. Jerry was feeling tn
same urge in regard to his cap
tain. Perhaps the inevitable mo
ment had come when one ship wa
too small for two such dominating
personalities.
GIVE me ~ men and q Ions
boat" Jerry said again, land II
take her. I'll board her by
stealth"
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18th Soviet Russia did not take
nlacr. The Comintern itself has
become more and more conServa-
i've Bv the time that CardenaS,
in Dccember, 1886, granted per-
n,istion for Leon Trotsky-arch-
enemy of Josef Stalin--to cstab-
lish himself as an exile in Mexico,
tbc Communist Influence here had
all but disappeared.
EVIDENCE OF
CONSERVATISM
Other conservative symptoms
apparent:
/ Cardenas continues to be a
friend of labor, but is now an en-
! emv of strikes. He split with Cal
les in 1885 over the question of
the right to strike; CardcnaS still
recognizes labor's right to do so,
but wants it to utilize this weapon
only as a last resort.
2. The government forbade
Lombardo Toledano from organ
izing the peasants, which it pro-
ceeded to do itself.
3. The forthcoming creation of
a new political party of laborcrs,
soldiers and peasants. The last
two arc considered relatively con-
servative forces, and the secretary
of war probably will have a big
influence in the new organization.
4 Labor's growing friendship
/ with the army, which would indi-
cate that neither one wants Il rep
etition Of the Spanish tragedy on
! Mexican soil.
a., ). The presidents invitation in
his New Years day speech for
foreign capital to come to McXi-
co was followed shortly with the
announcement that Texas cotton
concerns would resume their OPP
erations here.
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nestle policies.
Mainly he discussed the Ethiop-
ian conquest. the invasion of
China, an dthc political theology
Of Italy, Germany. and Russia.
One thought stressed was that
it results unfortunately for q ma
ton to own more lands than it
can properly exploit and develop,
maintaining at the same. time,
that Il country does not have to
own territories, in order to have
favorable trade relations with
them.
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Cabeu called him a madmah'
cursed him softly while the crew
stood on the GulPs larboard deck
and strained their eyes TOWARD
the merchantmen. 1t was tantas-
tic to be sailing beside the big
shi min the darkness, just out OF
range of her lantern rays, unseen
and unsupported. Now and again
the Gray GulPs sailors would take
in more of her sail to keep pace
With the laggard. The British snip
was being so badly handled that
her. sailors were scarcely getting
eight knots out of her.
Jerry said, GIVE me my chance
CabelI, ! want a ship of my own.
IN even it up by giving you most
of her cargo. Give me II OF your
men. That'll leave you 60, and
more. Bill Gill can replace me as
mate. He's as good a seaman,
any way YOU take hlm; r.,
"Rater' exclaimed Cabel. he
was referring to the last remark.
"Nobodv could replace you. But
he nut out his hand and grlpped
,Jerry's. "Takc the best OF the
long boats" he said, land pick
YOUR men. But God help you.
/ doubt if Polly would thank me
for this"
At that moment Polly was an
unreal dream to Jerry Whitfield,
4 dim beautiful dream from
whom he had had no word since
their parting. This venture and
this peril were reality, more urg-
ent than heartbeat, swccter than
lips of woman.
ITO be continued)
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INVETERATE Filler

MIAMI, Fla. (UP)-Having
flown enough miles to circle the
globe one and half times on
his missions between Puerto Rico
and the L. S., Blanton Winship,
governor of Puerto Rico, has COM
plcted his 18th trip by Clipper
ship between Miami, San Juan,
Washington and New York.