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Evening star., 1938-02-25
FEDERAL SAVINGS
TO OPEN TUESDAY
First and Final Dividend" Of
Fidelity to Be Paid in Cash
or Shares.

Opening Of the First Federal Sav.
ings & Loan Association, to take over
assets OF Fidelity Building g. Loan
Association, has been set for next
Tuesday.
This was announced by Controller
OF the Currency j. F. r. O'Connor to-
day as final steps under court authori-
zation were completed to make the
transfer Of assets.
Mr.. O'Connor announced the FIRST
and final dividend" to shareholders of
Fidelity of IS per cent to be paid
through the First Federal either in
cash or in shares in the First Federal.
1t is known that already a large ma
jority of Fidelity shareholders have
planned to take shares.
Claims against Fidelity aggregate
about s3,743,000, Mr.. O'Connor an
nounced, affecting about $4,000 share
holders.
Evening star., 1938-02-25

later defended the Government when
private power companies attacked the
validity Of the Federal power develop
ment program. Many of the most
difficult cases and legal problems which
have come into the district attorneys S
Office have fallen to his lot.
A member of the Masonic fraternity,
he formerly was master of St. Johns,
No. II, lodge nearly 100 years old.
He also is member of the Transfgu-
ration Episcopal Church, the Lawyers
Club, the District Bar Association,
the American Bar Association, the
Metropolitan Club, Delta Theta Phi
Legal Fraternity, and the Barristers'
Club, of which he formerly was pres
ident.
Mr.. Pine married Miss Elizabeth
Bradshaw, also a native of Washing
ton, and resides at 1925 Nicholson
street NV, with his wife and one
child, Elizabeth Carr Pine, IA.
Evening star., 1938-02-25
ROOSEVELT KEEPS
FAITH IN SHIPS
Doubts Ability of Planes and
Bombs to Carry Defense
Burden.
BY ]. RUSSELL YOUNG

President Roosevelt indicated at his
press conference today that he does
not take too seriously reports that
development Of modern bombing planes
and a mysterious new aerial bomb has
replaced the battleship as the back
bone Of national defense.
He also said he does not favor pro-
posals for the unification Of the Army
and Navy into one department of de-
tense.
Commenting on the position of the
battleship in the defense set-up, the
President said that in the whole his
tory Of warfare new weapons had
usually been hailed as changing the
course of offense and defense, but
that no single weapon had long re-
manned supreme.
Defense Weapons Evolve.
He mentioned the Monitor, famous
Civil War fighting ship, the develop
ment Of torpedo boats late in the last
century. and the development of sub
marines. For each of these, he said,
some adequate defensive weapon was
evolved.
In the case OF the airplane, he added,
defensive weapons are the anti-air-
craft gun and defense airplanes.
AS for the unified Department of
Defense, the President said he was in
favor of unification some years ago.
but since then he has become satisfied
mat the present system of a separate
department. for the Navy and one for
the Army is working satisfactorily and
ne sees no reason to make any change
He ADDED that during the World War
the present system worked quite effec-
lively.
Army-Navy Friction Hinted.
Another inquirer asked whether the
PRESIDENT had noticed any evidence of
friction between the Army and NAVY.
Inc questloner explained there were
reports at the Capitol that the NAVY
iound 1t easier to get appropriations
than the Army. Mr.. Roosevelt
cnuckiing at this remark, said the
services were working together better
today than at any previous time.
BY way Of comment on the appre-
hensions created by DEVELOPMENT of
the torpedo boat, the President re.
marked that one of them is still in
service. being used as a sort of ferry
boat between Washington and the
Indian Head military reservation. The
craft mentioned is the Berceaux
formerly the Talbot,
Evening star., 1938-02-25
THREE NOMINATED
BRIGADIER GENERALS
Two Promoted by President. Col.
Brooke and Col. Fairbank.
From D, G.. Area.

President Roosevelt today sent to
the Senate nominations of three new
brigadier generals. two of them from
this section
Col. Roger Brooke, native of
Sandy Spring. Md, and 1t. Col. Leigh
Cole Falrbank. now on duty at the
General Dispensary here, were NOM
mated brigadier generals under pro-
visions OF recent act increasing the
NUMBER OF assistants to the surgeon
general from two to four.
Col. Arnold N. Krogstad. Air Corps,
commanding officer of Kelly Field
lex, was named as brigadier general
ana wing commander in the General
Headquarters Air Force. effective
March /. to succeed Brig. Gen. Gerald
c. Brant
Gen. Brooke was graduated from
the Medical School of the University
OF Maryland in 1900 and became a
surgeon in the Army a year later.
During the World War he was senior
instructor at the Medical Officers
Irslning Camp, Camp Greenleaf, Ga.
and supervised training of more than
1000 officers and 10000 enlisted men.
Gen. Fairbank is the first dental
officer in history appointed to the
rank OF brigadier general. As assist
ant to the surgeon general, he will
supervise the work of the Army dem
lists. A native of Michigan, he was
graduate of the Dental School of
Georgetown University, entering the
Army in 1914.
Gen. Krogstad, one Of the Army's
outstanding aviators, is a native of
Minnesota. He was appointed TO the
Military Academy in 1905, and after
serving as an infantry officer began
his aviation career in 1916. He has
seen considerable service in Washing
ton.
Evening star., 1938-02-25
ROADS Chief DOUBTS
TOLL CHARGE VALUE
Macdonald Says Super Highways
Needed, but Believes Such
Financing Impractical.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PRESS.
Thomas H. Macdonald, chief of the
Federal Bureau of Public Roads, told
Senate Committee yesterday the time
had come for Congress to consider con-
struction of uper-highway system
but expressed some doubt whether toll
charges would finance such program
Testifying before a banking sub
committee, considering a bill intro
duced by Senator Bulkley, Democrat.
Of Ohio to build 10 uper-highways
three running east and west and seven
north and south. Mr. Macdonald in
dicated the experience of other coun-
tries with tolls on special motor roads
had not been happy. Italy, he said
attempted to finance highways in that
manner. but had to abandon the idea
Under the Bulkley bill the super
highways would be financed ultimately
by the imposition OF tolls.
Mr.. Macdonald acknowledged that
the experience with tolls in other
countries was limited, and that no one
could say whether the system would
be unWorkable here.
Evening star., 1938-02-25
BRAVES ACCLAIM
. Staying BY CHIEF
White Mems Court Puzzled
Over Course in Case
of Seminole.
BY the Associated Press.

MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 25.--An execu.
ton carried out under Seminole law
that was old when Columbus dis
covered the New World brought a
grizzled chief into the white mans
courts today to answer for the slay-
ing, while his fellow braves acclaimed
his deed
In the flickering freight Of the
Pirates Cove Indian village the chiefs
puf1ed on their pipes and agreed that
the shooting of John Billy. 30. by
Chief John Osceola, 78-year- old leader,
was justified by the Seminole code.
Seldom do the Seminoles brush with
the white mems law. and there was
some question whether the proud
chieftain, a great-great-grandson of
the Osceola who led the Seminoles a
century ago in their nine-year war
with the United States, would be
prosecuted.
He was released in care of his at
torney after being booked at police
headquarters and returned to his camp
for the pow-wow.
State Investigator Stuart K. Smith
said Chief Osceola described John
Billy. a member of the tribe, as heap
much bad" His record included an
accusation Of Staying another Indian
and beating two Indian women, one
of them Osceola's own daughter Lilly,
Mr.. Smith said.
Oficers said Osceola apparently had
been delegated to carry out the exc
cution under tribal law They said
the old chief. partly crippled, yester-
day was driven by his son in a truck
to the nearby village where John
Billy lived. They said Billy was called
outside his house and killed by Osceola
with one blast from shotgun.
The Seminole War cost thousands
Of white mems lives and millions of
dollars. The Seminoles never surren-
dered and never formally acknowl-
edged the sovereignty of the white
man. They retreated into the Ever
glades and have lived there ever since.
In the Creek Indian tongue the name
Seminole" means runaway" or
"Wanderer."
The first Osceola carried out an
execution somewhat similar to the
killing yesterday of John Billy. He
shot down an Indian chief who agreed
to give up his Florida land to the
United States and move to a Western
reservation, Later Osceola declared
war against the United States by
thrusting his hunting knife through
a treaty calling for the Indians re-
moval.
This is the only treaty I will sign
with the white men," he cried.
Evening star., 1938-02-25
GONZAGA ALUMNI PLAN
SCHOLARSHIP DANCE
Benefit Tomorrow Night to Raise
Funds for Students Who
Cannot Pay.

The local alumni association of
Gonzaga High School, numbering
more than 1000 members. will hold
its annual dance tomorrow night at
the Washington Hotel for the purpose
OF raising funds to provide free
scholarships to boys who cannot af-
ford to pay even fraction of tuition
costs.
Henry I. Quinn. '98, former presi-
dent Of the District of Columbia Bar
Association, is honorary chairman of
the committee in charge, with Bernard
F. Garvey, 10. as active chairman
and Henry Queen, 20, as vice chair
man.
The Very Rev. Arthur A. O'Leary,
S. j., president Of Georgetown Uni
versity, who is also a graduate of
Gonzaga. heads the list of patrons for
the dance.
Evening star., 1938-02-25
REORGANIZATION
BATTLE DELAYED
Annual Supply Bills to Be Put
Ahead for Senate
Action.
BY J. A. O'LEARY.

The impending Senate battle over
Government reorganization probably
will be put off until the latter part of
next week to make way for several
annual supply bills it was indicated
at the Capitol today.
The $l.413,O 100000 independent Of
fices appropriation bill is approaching
a final vote late today, and after that
the reorganization bill is slated to be
made the unfinished business.
Once it has been given that status,
however. the present intention of
Senate leaders is to lay it aside tenn
porarily to permit action on a de-
ficiency appropriation bill, the Treas
ury-Post Office and. the Navy supply
bills.
In view of the current discussion OF
armaments, both here and through
out the world, the naval supply bill
may take longer to dispose of than
ordinally would be necessary.
Expect to Sustain Action.
Before passing the independent Of
fices measure. the Senate is expected
to sustain the action of the Appropria-
tions Committee in killing the presi-
dental item veto provision the House
placed in the bill last month. Even
Senate elimination will still leave it
subject to final determination in con-
ference. however
The House clause would have en-
abled the President to eliminate or re-
duce any item in this or any other
appropriation bill by executive order
which would become effective so days
after being submitted to Congress.
Members of the Senate committee
feel that, aside from the merits of the
Item veto principle, it should be con-
sidered separately There is also a
difference of opinion over whether
item veto power can be conferred
without constitutional amendment
and a judiciary subcommittee is now
studying the subject.
Contains Commission Fund.
In addition to many other inde-
pendent agencies, the pending bill
contains the annual appropriations for
the National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission and the District AL
ley Dwelling Authority. The House
provisions for both of these activities
were approved by the Senate COM
mittee without change and, therefore,
are not subject to separate Senate
action.
The reorganization battle is ex-
pected to last at least two weeks
not nearly SO long as the anti-lynch-
ing struggle, but probably much more
intense.
Administration leaders predicted
eventual victory. Opponents. however,
offered amendments to every major
provision, although they agreed some
limited reorganization should be un-
dertaken.
In the forefront of opposition were
Senators Wheeler, Democrat, of Mon
tana; Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia,
and Burke. Democrat OF Nebraska.
who stood together year ago against
President Roosevelts court bill.
Evening star., 1938-02-25
Rum Business
Pays Expense of
Virgin Islands

BY the Associated Press.
Uncle Sans Virgin Island rum busi-
ness is just about paying for the cost
Of governing the islands.
Lawrence Cramer. Governor of the
islands. in testimony made public to-
day, asked the House Appropriations
Committee for s237, $50 for 1899, COM
pared with $265, $50 for this fiscal year
He estimated that sales of Govern
ment rum from the islands for the IL
months ending April 30 will be 1900
gallons.
And, at 81 per gallon. the internal
revenue tax would yield $4,000 for
the United States Treasury"
Evening star., 1938-02-25
Girl, 8, Shot Accidentally.

Helen Mamie Anderson, 8, colored
346 Clarks Court S.W.. was wounded
in the chest yesteday by a .38-caliber
revolver fired accidentally by Albert
Joseph Stover, also colored, 320 Clarks
court S.W. Mrs. Ethylene Anderson,
mother of the girl, said the children
had been playing with a gun. they
had found in bureau drawer.
The girl is in Gallinger Hospital
Evening star., 1938-02-25
Held on Narcotic Charge.

District police and Federal agents
last night arrested Henry Lewis Moore,
"a, colored, 100 block of I street NV,
and booked him on four charges of
narcotic law violation. The arrest was
made by Detective Daniel H. Jones of
the local narcotic squad and M. B.
Wilson, Federal narcotic agent.
Evening star., 1938-02-25
PRESIDENT SIGNS ACT

President Roosevelt today signed an
act of Congress exempting from taxa
tion the Lars Anderson mansion near
Twenty-second street and Massachu-
sets avenue NV, which Mr.. Ander-
son bequeathed to the Society of the
Cincinnati, corporation with head
quarters In the District of Columbia.
Evening star., 1938-02-25
STUDENTS PLAN DANCE
Filipinos in Six D. c. Universities
Gather Tomorrow Night

Filipino students from six local uni
verslties will hold their annual get
together dance under the auspices of
the Phllipinesian Club of the George
Washington University tomorrow at
the university Student Club, Begin
ming at 9 pm.
Students from George WASHINGTON.
Georgetown, Catholic. MARYLAND.
southeastern and National Uniyersi-
ties plan to attend. Filipinos from
harvard, Yale, Columbia and Chicago
universities have also been invited.
M. r. Aguilar. Tomas Dionolo
PEDRO Agpaoa and Nolasco Icarangal
are In charge of ARRANGEMENTS.
Evening star., 1938-02-25
Botanical Society to Meet,

w. A. Archer will talk on PLANT
Exploration in Latin America" and
Irvine T. Haig on "Silvacultural His
tory Of the Western White Pine Type"
before the Botanical Society at the
Cosmos Club at pm. Tuesday.
Evening star., 1938-02-25
Defense
Continued From First Page.)


IN the management, or control, of any
industrial enterprise and could set up
licensing system for various types of
business.
Violation of the proposed law would
be punishable by fines up to $4,000
or a years imprisonment or both.
Cook Explains Planes Role.
Meanwhile. the Nays chief of aero
nautics told Congress that "airplanes
have not supplanted ships"
Rear Admiral Arthur B. Cook, testi-
Tying before the House Naval Com
mittee on the proposed ST ,05O 900 900
expansion of the fleet. asserted the
$50 new planes contemplated under
the program would add another $780,
100000 to the total cost.
He said the projected enlargement
OF the Navy amply justified the pro-
vision of additional planes launch
Ing at once into the controversy over
the vulnerability of battleships to
aerial attack, Admiral Cook said,
"Airplanes have not supplanted ships,
the power and efficiency of the fleet
AS q whole"
Mission Not to Sink Ships.
The admiral, pilot of 10 years
experience. told the committee the
onense mission" of the Navys air
forces was not to attempt to sink
enemy battleships, but to so severely
1njure them that the American fleet
would have marked superiority"
He said a policy of attempting to
sink battleships from the air would
require "a terrific, uneconomical and
very probably unsuccessful concentra-
ton OF forces on only few battle
ships"
In response to questions by Repre-
sentative Mas, Republican, of Min
nesota, senior minority member of the
committee, Admiral Cook warned the
United States would lose its lead in
aviation, if it has not already done
so.' because foreign nations are spend
ing so much money in aviation re-
search.
Independence Delay Discussed.
Administration officials have been
discussing the possibility, informed
persons said meanwhile, of postponing
Philippine independence because of
disturbed conditions in the Far East.
A decision has not been reached,
It was emphasized. Under present
law the islands would receive COM
plete political freedom in 1916.
Some members of Congress. on the
other nand. have been advocating that
the United States should get out Of
the islands are close to the Sino-
Japanese war zone.
Problems Of the islands will be dis
crssed at luncheon tomorrow by
President Roosevelt and Paul v. Nc
Mutt, American high commissioner.
The latter talked with the President
yesterday. but said afterward the
meeting was ''only a preliminary one
touching upon the merest highlights." !"
In support of their belief that a
change of policy might be forthcom-
ing, some observers cited President
Roosevelt's recent announcement of a
pisn for continuing commercial rela-
tionships with the Philippines until
le60. Under this arrangement the
United States. even after political in
dependence became effective, would by
no means pull up stakes entirely.
England Attacked.
The old phrase "perfidious Albion"
resounded yesterday on Capitol Hill,
where Britain took tongue-lashing
for deciding to dicker with Fascism.
by going along with relationships, !"
representative Kopplemann. Demo-
cz3t, OF Connecticut said, England had
~double-crossed' the United States.
Evening star., 1938-02-25
D. A. r. to Hold BANQUET.

The Daughters of the American
Revolution will hold banquet Tues
day night at the Wardman Park Ho-
tel. Mrs. George Middleton Is chair
man of the arrangements committee.
Evening star., 1938-02-25
HOUSE PROBE SOUGHT
ON CONGRESS LIBRARY
Representative McFarlane Asks
Investigation of Management
and Operation.

By thf Associated Press.
Representative McFarlane, Demo-
crat, of Texas introduced yesterday a
resolution for a House committee in
vestigation of the management and
operation of the Library of Congress
and its legislative reference service.
Mr.. McFarlane said he particularly
wanted the committee to investigate
the removal of DR.. George w. Schulz
as director of the reference service.
He said efficiency of that service had
since declined.
Evening star., 1938-02-25
England Attacked.

The old phrase ''perfidious Albion"
resounded yesterday on Capitol Hill.
where Britain took tongue -lashing
for deciding to dicker with Fascism.
by going along with relationships. !"
representative Kopplemann. Demo-
cIN, OF Connecticut said. England had
"double-crossed" the United States.
Evening star., 1938-02-25

incredible sovnes When you con-
slider thot all Of them are remoinders
from groups that we're st-seIers at
$50 and S35! Now, to close out the
lines, we're sending them forth at
price that soys =. "GentIennen, ontici-
pate your future needs right now"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03
Famous Sayings -

Just how the Home Owners Loan
Corporation is going to turn out
in the long run, it is too early TO
tell.
But one thing must be chalked
Up on the credit side of its ledger.
That is the fact that by midsum-
mer of 1887, a total of SAC, ,752,363
covered by 20,844 home mortgages
had been discharged, paid IN 1uil'
Bear in mind that the reason IN
most of these cases for HOLC re-
financing was that the maker OF
the mortgage was in danger OF los
ing his home by foreclosure. Ihus,
whatever else the HOLC does or
does not do, it has helped 2O,844
Americans to real home-oWnerShlp.
The interesting thing about the
torn-up mortgages, reports CharleS
A. Jones, HOLC general manager,
was that most of the people who
made them had been carrying STAN
dard three-year mortgages on thelr
homes for years. These mortgages
had been renewed every three years
or so, and were, in effect, perpe-
tual. Today, thanks to the Hole
thousands of these people know true
home ownership for the first time
There is a good deal of talk IN
the country today about What do
we really want?" What are our
real goals?"
One of the things on which prae-
tically everyone will agree is that
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-03
Bruce Cation Says:
- 10000 Homes Saved Due to HOLC

it is better to have country Oh
home-oWners than a country OF
renters; better to have q country oil
small land-owning farmers than
country of tenants and share-crop-
pers.
Neither of these detectives flies
in the face of the modern trend
toward industrialization, mass-pro-
duction, socialization in the broad
sense, which is plainly irresistible.
There is a point and a place where
common effort ceases to be desir-
able, and most Americans draw that
line at the door of their homes. The
American dream of "a home or
ones own" will not down, and 1t
must not.
The common idea is a false one
that to pay $1,000 down on a $1,000
home, carrying perpetual mort
gage for the rest, is home owner
ship. That is means of securiting
a more or less definite tenure in
home, but it is not home ownership.
The key to the HOLC procedure is
the payment not only of interest on
the mortgage but also, little by lit
tie, of the principal. That is the
road to real home ownership, as the
Holes patrons have found out.
Anything that helps to give the
country 10000 new home-oWners
can never be quite written off as
a total loss.