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Evening star., 1938-08-20
HINTS
AT LIBEL SUIT
Charges T.~V. A. Inquiry
Was Obtained Through
False PretenSes.'
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KNOXVILLE. Tenn. Aug. 20-A
congressional committee investigating
the Tennessee Valley Authority rested
today from heated session in which
T. v. A. Director David E. Lilienthal
charged the inquiry was obtained
through false pretenses."
The youthful-appearing, bespectacled
director did not elaborate on. the
statement He is to return to the
witness stand when the hearing is
resumed Monday.
Mr.. Lilienthal, after accusing DR..
A. e. Morgan, ousted T. v. A. chair
man, Of 'vindictive resentment" and
trying to embarrass President Roose-
welt during his 1886 campaign, limited
broadly at a possible libel suit against
DR.. Morgan. He contended the for
mer chairman had charged him with
personal corruption.
At one point spectators hissed Rep
resentative Thomas Jenkins. Repub-
lican, Of Ohio when he declared he
saw no reason to change q statement
he made in Congress that "the T. Y. A.
is a stencil in the nostrils OF the
people"
The director, on the stand for the
second consecutive day, declared DR..
Morgan indicated to President Roose-
velt his resentment of the President s
appointment Of him Lilienthal) as a
member Of the T. v. A. Board, but
added he believed it improper" to
go into detail.
He questioned the deposed chair
mans good motives" in wanting to
have the marble claims of Senator
George L. Berry, Democrat, Of Ten
ness and associates called before the
President. and added: 1T might
have been a move to bother and
embarrass the President"
Last winter Senator Berry engaged
in litigation with the Government
in an effort to recover the value OF
marble leases in the Tennessee Valley
which he charged were destroyed by
r. v. A. operations. In connection
with a successful condemnation suit
brought by T. v. A. a Federal COM
mission held the Berry leases were
commercially worthless"
Evening star., 1938-08-20
HEBRON TERRORIZED
BY PALESTINE GANG
Troops, Planes and Police Scour
Nearby Hills for Band That
Invaded Town.

By the Associated Press.
JERUSALEM, Aug. 20.-Troops
planes and police searched the hills
around Hebron today for band which
raided and terrified that city of $4,000
population last night.
A large gang entered Hebron late in
the night, fired the post office, Bar
clay's Bank, destroyed an armored
police truck and invaded the urban
police post, seizing rifles and shooting
two occupants.
The band killed an Arab constable
and wounded a British policeman.
Troops were called to the scene quickly
and they Gained the inhabitants while
the gang fled to the hills
Authorities clamped down a 24-hour
curfew on Hebron at dawn, and the
situation was normal again today.
Arplanes sought out the positions of
organized bands and reported them to
army headquarters. Authorities sent
heavy reinforcements into the terror
lied northern sections, trying to drive
the bands into pocket along the
Syrian border.
Reports said many Arabs were at
tempting to reach Syria with their
wounded.
Evening star., 1938-08-20
J. s. WILL Be TOLD
Of D. c. VOTE NEED
Program Is Prepared by
Citizens Conference
A,ry
Committees.

A program of activity to carry the
voteless plight of the District to the
Nation was discussed last night at a
toint meeting of the Resolutions and
Executive Committees of the Campaign
Council of the Citizens Conference of
District Suffrage.
Meeting in The Star Building, the
group voted adoption of plan calling
for the contracting of all State and
national meetings of all types of Or
ranizations to reveal the lack OF fran
chise here; writing of letters to all
newly-elected members of Congress
and sending of a pamphlet to them
prepared by Donald T. Sheehan of
the association; holding of election
night rallies on November as a
means of ironically calling attention
to the voteless status of the District
citizen.
Burd w. Payne told the members
the election night rallies must be COM
pletely successful to have any effect
and he warned against planning such
demonstration too hastily. A failure
might detract from the success Of the
suffrage referendum of April 80, he
explained
Charles M. Thomas emphasized the
connection between a vote and equit-
able taxation here.
People must understand that suf-
frage affects them as vitality as the
price of bread" he declared.
The District Suffrage Association.
parent organization of the conference,
will hold its annual meeting Septem-
.ber 16 according to Wilbur S. Finch.
president. Mr.. Finch, who presided
last night, said the association meeting
will include election of officers.
Evening star., 1938-08-20
RADCLIFFE DEFIED
ON PURGE MOVE
Lewis Camp Challenges Senator
on Clusters, Says Baltimore
Cforv
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 20.-A definite
challenge to Senator Radcliffe to try
to block the threatened sweep of Fed
eral ofiiceholders in Maryland who are
supporting Senator Tydings for re-
nomination came today from the New
Deal camp running the primary CAM
paign Of Representative David ].
Lewis" the Baltimore Evening Sun
said this afternoon.
A story published by the Sun said
that 4S hours after Senator Radcliffe.
who Is manager Of the Tydings cam
paign, had served notice he would
block Senate confirmation of any sue
cessor in = purely political custer Of
United States Marshal August Klecka,
the New Deal strategists" issued q
reply saying:
Senator Radcliffe can't scare US.
Unless they are with us, out they 60 "
Those scheduled to 60, If the New
Dealers accomplish their purpose, in
clude Frank 8. Revell, immigration
commissioner and Tydings leader in
Anne Arundel County; Bernard j.
Flynn, United States district attor-
ney, and Mr.. Klecka."
Evening star., 1938-08-20
TEXTILE WAGES
FIRST TO Be SET
Andrews Expects to- Set Up
Committee Within a
Week.
b. the Associated Press.

B~ the Associated Press.
The textile industry definitely be-
came the No. job for Wage Hour
Administrator Elmer F. Andrews to-
day in the Governments latest effort
to establish minimum wages and max
imum hours for interstate industry.
Mr.. Andrews emerged from a three
hour conference yesterday with dozen
textile experts. tentatively committed
to a plan to set up within a week an
Industry Wage Committee for the
textile field that will cover silk, rayon
and cotton activities.
First Demonstration.
Committee will be the first practical
demonstration Of the wage-hour law
and experts said they expected its
operations would 60 far to establish
precedents and pattern for the
broad scale efforts to establish the
highest minimum wages commensurate
with economic and employment condi-
tions.
The wage-hour law, which becomes
operative next october "a. will impose
automatically 25-cent-an-hour MIMI
mum on all interstate industry. rising
to 30 cents the second year and 4C
cents at the end of seven years.
But in the interim industry wage
committees may determ ne a higher
minimum than the law calls for up tc
40 cents an hour
Wage cutting before the law starts
operating was described by Mr.. An
drews as economically unsound and
very unfair to labor" He said he
hoped it would not be done, although
department experts reported wage cut
ting in some sections of the Southern
textile industry.
To Get Technical Aid.
The full Textile Committee, which
probably will be named in a week
will be given technical assistance tr
its pioneering job.
This committee" Mr.. Andrews said
would wish to have technical com.
mittees to assist it. They would repre-
sent those parts Of the industry which
were not directly represented on the
main committee because of its size
The committee membership. he esti-
mated, would be either Is or 18, de-
pending largely on the need for pro-
viding more adequate geographical,
representation for the North ano
South.
Sidney Hillman. president of the C
/. O.s Textile Workers Organizing
Committee. who attended the Andrews
Conference announced later that John
J. Abt, recently in the Justice Depart
ment's Antitrust Division, and before
that chief counsel for the Senate Civil
Liberties Committee, had been engaged
to direct c. I. o. wage-hour infor-
nation office here. Mr.. Abt is a former
Chicago lawyer.
Evening star., 1938-08-20
SOUTH NOT INCLUDED
IN JONES CRITICISM
~ the Associated Press.

CUMMING, Ga. Aug. 2o.-Presi-
dent Joe T.. Haley of the Georgia
Bankers Association said yesterday
criticism of bank lending by Chairman
Jesse Jones Of the Reconstruction
Finance Corp. did not apply to South
ern banks.
Mr.. Jones recently said banks Of
the country were doing less than their
duty in supplying the credit needs of
their communities.
Mr.. Haley. addressing a zone meet
ing Of bankers, said loans were up and
deposits down from a year ago in all
Southern States from which figures
were obtainable.
Evening star., 1938-08-20
ElNDBERGH SEES PLANTS

MOSCOW. Aug. 20 (P.-Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh visited industrial plants
outside Moscow today, while Mrs.
1indbergh. here on an aerial trip with
him, remained in the capital and
toured museums and art galleries.
The Lindberghs, who arrived We'd
nesday, are expected to remain at least
until next week. Soviet newspapers
mentioned briefly that the famous
American couple were here.
Evening star., 1938-08-20
RAILROADS REQUEST
: COAL RATES STAND
Ask 7. G. C. to Continue Increases
in Freight Charges Because
of Financial Condition.

By TIE Associated Press.
The Nations railroads petitioned the
Interstate Commerce Commission yes
terday to continue temporary increases
in freight rates on bituminous coal
because their financial condition was
"highly critical"
The higher rates produce about ST.
100000 more revenue monthly than
those they replaced. They were
granted by the I. c. c. on October 49,,
1887, and expire next December 81,
unless the commission grants an ex-
tension.
The carriers said their expenses were
higher than in 1897 and their traffic
smaller.
Asking that the higher rates be made
permanent, they told the commission
in a brief that their financial ccndi-
ton in recent months has grown
progressively worse" and their need
for increased revenues has become
much more imperative"
The increases were:
Three cents a ton in rates Of IS
cents ana less, CeIlIS III IdIeS lIOlii
rs cents to ST. 10 cents in rates ex-
ceeding ST., and. in the case of rates
within and to Western territory, IS
cents in rates exceeding 81.
For the first five months of 1888,
class l railroads (those with gross
revenues of $1,000,O00) had a net rail-
way operating income of only S45.-
288,499, pared with $240, Ill 1882
for the months of 1887, a de-
crease of per cent, the brief said
For the nve-month period the car
riers estimated the increases in the
rates on bituminous coal had brought
in $7,7oS,552, or more than II per
cent of their total net railway operat-
ing income.
Evening star., 1938-08-20
Flag to Be Presented,

FAIRFAX, Va, Aug 20 (SpeciaD -
An American nag will be presented
to the Andrew Chapel Methodist
Church by the Farmers and Mechanics
Council, Order Of Fraternal Ameri-
cans. at services tomorrow at IL am.
State President j. Julian Davis will
present ths nag to the Rsv. n. Carl
Maxwell. pastor.
Evening star., 1938-08-20
boy Decorates
!: Craze of Father
/: Who Still Lives
Ey the Associated Press.

81 me ASSoclated Press.
CHICAGO. Aug. 2O.-A seven-year-
Old boy regularly decorates a grave
which he believes to be his fathers,
although his father is alive.
Mrs. Henry Kraemer told the Cir
cuit Court yesterday she instilled the
BELIEF IN her son, William, so that
he would not know his parents had
been divorced The grave he rever-
emily decorates is his uncle's.
The revelation came during hear
i1tg on charge that Kraemer Is
sl,50o TN arrears on payments Tor
tie support Of the boy.
Evening star., 1938-08-20
REsCUEs NINE ON BOAT
Boy Makes Three Trips After
Craft Is Disabled.

CHICAGO, Aug. 20 R.-Charles
Decker, IA, cruising on Lake Michigan
last night in his outboard cruiser, saw
distress flares.
He found the speedboat, Delaware,
with four women and five men aboard
her, disabled after striking a log.
Making three trips, he brought all
a mile and half to shore
Two weeks before, Decker's boat
had tipped over at nearly the same
location. u was tho Delaware which
came - IL aasastanAa
Evening star., 1938-08-20
FIREMEN GET EXERCISE
Climb AZ Stories to Quell Elevator
Shaft Blaze.

CHICAGO, Aug. 20 (P.-A fire m
the elevator shaft Of the ! North
La Sale street building did little dam
age early today but nearly exhausted
the firemen. The firefghters had to
climb ~ stories with their equipment
to reach the scene Of the blaA be-
cause q the breakdown OF sls'seof
segvioa.
Evening star., 1938-08-20
WEATHER REPORT


Maryland and vrginia-Fat
fair
in east portion.
Evening star., 1938-08-20
Saves Girl, Returns to Fishing,

Interrupting his fishing to rescue a
girl from drowning, 13-year-old boy
went home, changed his clothes and
was back with rod and line within half
"A hour ct Oxford, znghnd
Evening star., 1938-08-20
Report for Last ~ Hours.
Record for Last "a Hours.

Record for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon todayo
Highest. 81. 1880 an. today. Year
Lowest. 90. $50 am. today. Year
ago. 76.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 90, on August Is.
Lowest 1S, on January %.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today
Highest, 90 per cent. at ] am. TO-DAY.
Lowest. 81 per cent. at 4 pm. yesterday.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers muddy
at Harpers Ferry; Potomac muooy ~
Great Falls today.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic survey
To-day. Tomorrow.
High 2:36 am. 3:41 am.
low - Q:34 I'm. 10:40 Am.
Low LOW ------ --- S:35 pm. 1o:49 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
sun, today s:SS s:ess
xutemo6iis hghtS must - turned On
one.ha1 hour A3tef sunset.
Evening star., 1938-08-20

Sarcasm Means to Tear Flesh
The word sarcasm comes from the
Greek and originally meant, literally,
ito tear flesh"
Evening star., 1938-08-20

American bicycles may be intro
duced into Mauritius.
Evening star., 1938-08-20
Precipitatio..

Precipitatio..
Monthly precipitation in inches IN thu
Capital tcurrent month to date):
Evening star., 1938-08-20

FURNISHED BY United States Coast ant
Geodetic survey .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-01-08
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way carrying plenty OF dirt promptly
drop it all in the cleaner.
There is removable drawer in the
bottom of the device which catches
the material which drops down. This
drawer is designed in clever manner,
which makes 1t possible for you to take
it out and dump 1t at any time, even
when the heater is running full blast.
This Is done by the throwing over of
small lever which closes OH the lower
part Of the cleaner so that the smoke
goes up the chimney until the cleaning
process Is completed.
THE average oil burner Is suffering
from q bad case Of poorly built
combustion chamber, or hearth as
some people call 1t. Too often when
the burner Is put In 1t is done by q
mechanic who has little or no idea
Of what the art of laying bricks is
all about. and certainly not much more
about what a combustion chamber
should look like.
To enable you to enjoy the utmost
In economy from your oil burner, and
also make 1t as simple and easy as
possible for even an unskilled me-
chanic to make the installation, it Is
possible to obtain performed COM
bustion chambers to fit into your pres
ent furnace. These chambers come in
standard package, with complete
parts and materials for the installa-
ton. They consist of cast refractory
blocks Of high quality fire clay, shaped
in such way as to make q series
Of interlocking joints which will fit
into almost any shape Of fire box.
Because Of this unique joint you can
make a square. rectangular or round
shaped chamber with equal ease, and
you don't have to use any cement.
The standard package which you
would receive contains . front brick
arranged to take the burner air tube
and IA other tile with which to con-
struct the main walls or body. If the
combustion chamber Of your furnace
is in need Of a bit Of renovizing it is
even possible for you to tear out the
old one and put in the new one your
self, although 1t would be somewhat
safer to call In one Of the many oil
burner mechanics who know about
those things.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-01-08
UTILITIES BUILDING
AWAITS INVESTORS
Five.Year Sit.Down Strike Of
Share Buyers Must End,
ANALYST Saws.

Launching OF 1875, 000- jobs-a-
year utilities building program hinges
wholly on the termination of five
year Shutdown strike" by several mil
lions of small investors, and not by
any agreements between the ma
tional administration and utility ex-
ecutives. Until the broad base of the
investing public once again believes
in the future Of private investment in
utilities and once more ceases to fear
governmental aggression, new money
will not be forthcoming to unlock one
Of the largest job reservoirs readily
at hand.
Such is the substance Of an analysis
Of current utility problems in rela-
ton to recovery from the present re-
cession by James F. Owens, one Of
the Nations outstanding utility
spokesman, in an article appearing
in the current issue of the Magazine
Of Commerce, official organ of the
Chicago Association of Commerce.
President of one Of the largest in
dependent Middle Western operating
utility companies, Mr.. Owens is for
mer president OF the National Electric
Light Association and for many years
has been a director Of the United
States Chamber Of Commerce.
Meantime, negotiations peace
terms and bargains with leaders of
the utility industry by the admin
istration can be dismissed as head
line stuff" the article states. THE
role of executives comforting with the
President is that Of Of counselor, ad-
vising him on ways Of attracting
new utility capital by dispelling fears
Of the investing public"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-01-08

living room. Here the connecting color
is the white Of the trim, relating 1t to
the walls Of. the living room. As this
particular dining room opens to the
south and has SUFFICIENT light during
the daytime, light gray blue was used
for the walls. This is q frequently
chosen color just now because, for one
reason, 1t provides . very good con-
trast with mahogany furniture. Blue
walls. in fact, go well with any Of the
furniture woods: Walnut, maple and
the bleached woods used 80 much in
both contemporary and traditional fur
niture. -
When the kitchen door leads directly
from the dining room, the decorator
is careful to harmonic the kitchen
co!ors, too. In this apartment the tiled
wainscot and the trim are soft blue,
linking them with the blue-gray Of the
dining room walls. Above the wainscot
the walls are painted light, sunsldny
yellow, contrasting pleasantly with the
colors Of the dining room when the
door swings open.
When this same decorator; had .
well-arranged Colonial cottage in
Westminster to do, she adopted the
same plan Of considering the walls Of
each room in relation to one another.
For an upstairs color scheme, for ex-
ample, she began with off-white for
the walls Of the second floor hallway.
because that was the color of the
painted walls Of living room and stair
way. The master bedroom, extending
clear across the front Of the house,
has walls Of deep apricot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-01-08
FIJI. A. SPEEDSUP
LOAN PROCESSES
Insuring Offices Can Now
Complete Work on Applica-
ton in 6 to s Days.

Three years Of experience now en-
ables F. H. A. insuring ofdces to speed
up their procedure very considerably
according to Stewart Mcdonald.
Many of1ces can complete the pro-
cessing Of an application for mortgage
insurance In six or eight days or even
less. The maximum time allowable
for processing an individual case has
been set at IS days.
II advise prospective home buyers to
beware Of those who try to steer them
away from F. H. A. with the specious
argument that an insured loan involves
delay and red tape" Mr.. Mcdonald
said. They usually have some utter
Tor motive decidedly detrimental to
the buyer. A few extra days devoted
to careful appraisal, investigation Of
the neighborhood, and examination Of
the borrowers ability to pay may save
years Of misery and worry later.
AS q matter Of fact, it takes very
little longer to get an F. H. A. insured
mortgage than an uninsured one and
the extra time Is well worthwhile both
to the borrower and to the lender. We
have abundant evidence Of, the folly
of hasty and unsound lending prac-
tees which the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration procedure is designed to
eliminate"
The Housing Administration Is con-
stantly studying ways and means Of
reducing the time required for pro-
cessing applications without impairing
the soundness Of its underwriting
procedure.
While we have always recognized
the prime importance of promptness
in our underwriting procedures" Mr..
Mcdonald said, I'VE will not sacrifice
quality for quantity in our appraisal
and risk-rating methods. In fact, 1t
is not necessary to do so.
I'VE have, for some time past, set
IS days as the maximum time allow
able for the processing OF an indi-
vidual case in field Office. AL Of our
ofices have had the majority of their
applications analysed well within this
period. in fact many have done so
within six to eight days. Others,
faced with unusual problems Of travel
in order to properly ascertain the
soundness Of the property risk, have
been delayed. Our new plans include
provisions for such situations as well
as simplified method Of procedure
In routing cases through the various
divisions Of the local field Offices. All
are calculated to cut the time elaps-
ing between submission Of an applica-
ton for insurance and = commit
ment thereon"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-01-08

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-01-08
REALTY BOND ISSUES
RECORD 1887 DECLINE
Average Price Drops First Time
in Five Years-24. Per Cent
Total Noted in Index.


The average price of real estate
bond issues during 1887 showed the
first decline in the last five years, &C.
cording to the Amott-Baker Real Es-
tate Bond Price Index, based upon
the market action Of 200 representa-
tive Eastern property issues.
Continuing the upward trend in
force at the close Of 1886. the general
price average rose during the first
two months Of 1887, but early in
March, began a steady drop which
took the average price from . high
for the recovery movement Of sass
per 81 1000 bond at the end Of Febru-
airy to 1926 at the close Of this year.
This average price compares with
$433 at the end of 1886, $3.50 at the
end of 1885 and $197 on December 80,
1882.
The Amott-Baker index showed q
percentage depreciation in the gen.
eral price average Of 24.7 per cent
from the close Of 1886, as against an
appreciation Of 1874 per cent during
1885 and 30.8 per cent during the
year 1885. The Average shows q net
combined gain Of 63.3 per cent from
the close Of 1882.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-01-08
BY LAWRENCE CROLIUS.

~ URING the last few years
there has been a great deal of
talk about the fireprooflng of
. ships, airplanes and other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-01-08
ADJOINING ROOMS
BEING HARMON|zED.
Interior Decorators Blend
Color Schemes of Walls
Seen in Vista.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special OlSpatcn 70 Inc star.
NEW YORK, Jan. professional
interior decorators here are making q
point Of harmonizing the walls Of
room with those Of the rooms leading
out from it. Whether In an apartment
or . suburban house, the color effect
Of each room Is enhanced by this plan
and the vistas from doorways become
much more pleasing.
Take the three interiors which 80
often open from each other-the en-
trance hall. living room and dining
room. The decorator Of an Upper East
Side apartment which has Just been
finished chose light terra Gotta for the
entrance hall with the trim in oyster
white. In the living room the walls
themselves are white, repeating the
color Of the trim in the foyer; the trim
Is gray. She might, however, have fol-
lowed the fashion for colorful contrasts
and chosen very light lemon yellow, In
stead, for the walls.
The dining room opens from the