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Evening star., 1939-09-26
Treasury Awaits
New Rules on
War Credits
3y the Associated Press.

DS tTe ASSOCIATED PreSS.
Secretary Morgenthau said yester-
day the Treasury would issue no
regulations regarding short term
commercial credits to belligerent
countries pending congressional ac-
ton on the proposed new neutrality
bill.
Mr.. Morgenthau told a press con-
ference that so far the Treasury
had received only one or two i'm
portant" inquiries from businessmen
about what kind of commercial
credits are permitted under the
present neutrality law.
The proposed new neutrality law
specifically defines permitted COM
mercial loans to belligerents.
Evening star., 1939-09-26
Foreign Trade Gain
For August Shown
ByU. 5. Report
Further Rise Seen
In September Due
To Wars Sturt
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Commerce Department told
today of gain in United States
merchandise exports in August, the
month before the start of the Euro
pean war, which officials expect to
enhance United States foreign trade
still further.
August figures, available today,
showed that exports increased 8 per
cent over July, while imports in
creased only 4 per cent.
August exports totaling $3.50, $780,
600 were SIS ,083 900 in excess of the
$l75,756,000 imports for the month.
This brought the excess of exports
over imports for the first eight
months of the year to $457, 1856 900,
compared with $781 1882 900 in the
same period last year.
The August export figure COM
pared with $229 ,629 900 in July and
S230,79O,000 in August last year,
while the August import figure COM
pared with $168 ,925 900 in July and
$165,5l6,00 in August last year.
For the first eight months of the
year the United States exported ST.
1896 1922 900 and imported SLABS. 1856
600, compared with last years ex-
ports OF $2,049, l12 900 and imports
of 81 ,267 ,28O, 900.
Although exports of farm products
from the United States have Jagged
steadily this year, some slight i'm
provement was shown in August
particularly in the case of cotton
shipments to Europe. Europe bought
S6,855 900 worth of American cotton
IN August last year and boosted this
figure to $9285, 900 in August this
year. This increase was partly off,
set by smaller shipments to Japan.
Although August shipments of
foodstuffs valued at $8384, 900 were
about 30 per cent larger than in
July, they were still behind last
year. For instance. August exports
OF 5'9O3,O00 bushels of wheat COM
pared with 100000 in the same
month last year, and August exports
OF corn declined from l2647, 900 in
August, 1888, to 1,087 900 bushels
this August.
Increased exports were reported.
however, for scrap iron, semi manu-
factured steel products. industrial
machinery, motor trucks, rubber
tires and airplanes.
Evening star., 1939-09-26
COttOnSeed Oil.

Cottonseed Oil futures, under pressure of
commission house liquidation today de-
market later steadied on reiner buying
but the upturn was limited. Ring covering
and buying by commission houses with
owing to easiness of lard, grains and hogs.
December was off B at 1,3l around noon
and March rs lower at 7.51 Crude oil in
the Southeast and Valley was quoted ga
to 6Ss cents. nominal and Texas GA.
nominal
Evening star., 1939-09-26
Washington Exchange
SALES.

SALES,
Carpet Corp at %.
Washington Railway & Electric pfd.
lis at 1O8.
Capital Transit Co.-40 at l3.
Carpet Corp-30 at 281z.
Evening star., 1939-09-26
AIS Tons of Leod Sold

NEW YORK, Sept. 26 (P.-St. Jo-
seph Lead Co. reported 375 tons of
Southeast Missouri pig lead sold
yesterday at $5.35 per 100 lbs, East
ST. Louis: 1,025 tons at $555, New
York, and Is tons at the New York
average.
Evening star., 1939-09-26

Also extra or extras
Quotations furnished by National Asso-
citation of Securities Dealers, Inc which
states they do not necessarily reflect actual
transactions or firm bids or offers but
should indicate approximate prices.
Evening star., 1939-09-26
New Orleans Prices,

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 26 tP,.-Cotton
futures were supported by trade buying
here today and at midsession prices were
net UNCHANGED to Z points higher.
Evening star., 1939-09-26

IN BANKRUPTCY or recefverShip or beina
eeorganixed under Bankruptcy Act oy
securities assumed by such companies
Rates Of dividends IN the foreaoine table
are annual disbursements based on the last
quarterly OF semi-annual declara ton On.
less otherwise noted special Or extra divi-
dents are not inclndeo
RI Ex dividend IT II rights q Also
extra or extras Paid last wear fPay-
this year b Cash or stock ( Accumu-
lated dividend uaid or declared this wear
VI Under rule w With warrants ~
Evening star., 1939-09-26

Cottonseed oil opened steady: October,
6 81; December 5000: January, 6;9ob:
March 7.l2o May, 7.l2b; July, 7.20p.
Bid.
Evening star., 1939-09-26
FREIGHT Loudinqs

NEW YORK. Sept 90 R.-Revenue
freight carloadings on railroads reporting
today for the week ended September % in
Evening star., 1939-09-26
New York Bank Stocks

NEW YORK. Sept 26 lPn.-National As
eociation of Securities Dealers, Inc:
(Quotations as of . O,ClockD
Evening star., 1939-09-26
Insurance Stocks

NEW YORK, Sept. 90 tP. National AS.
soclatlon o. security Dealers. Inc:
Evening star., 1939-09-26

Fin R NJ B IS 81 st "A "A "A
Rio de Jan 6i2s 80 5A 5L 5H
rants New st tstp)-Stamped
sNegotiability impaired by maturity,
Evening star., 1939-09-26
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
By private wire direct to Ths star.

Stock and Sales
Dividend Rate. Add 90. Hieh. Low. 2:I
Evening star., 1939-09-26


Aero Sup A 1.50--
Aero Supply (B)-
Air Assoc (.60)--
Air Investors
Air Invest war
Ala Grt Sou t3g)
Allies & Fisher
Allied Prod .375g
Alum Co Of Am
Alum Co of (6) -
Alum Industries
Alum Ltd t.26a)-
Am Book 90 -
Am Box Board -.
Am Capital (B)--
Am Centrifugal
Am City Power q
Lt(A) 2.62 Nh
Am c P & Lt(A)V
WV 2.75 H $500
Am City P&L(B)
Am Cynam B so
Am Fork & H so.
Am Gas & El l.60
Am General 80
Am Gen Of a.
Am Lt&TrAc 1.20
Am Mfg Co ----.
Am MAracaibo---
Am Republics
Am Seal-Kap 1853
Am Superpower
Am Thread pf .25
Angostura (.05g)
Apex Fec Mfg
Appal Ell p pf(7)-
Ark Nat Gas -.
Ark Nat Gas A.
Ark Nat Gas of
Art Met Wks .40g
Ashland OAR 40
Assoc Gas & Elec
Assoc G & e tA)-
Assoc Gas&El pf-
Att Coast Fish -
Atl Coast L t1e)-
Atlantic Ravon
Atlas Drop Forg
Atlas Plyw'd .25g
Austin Silv Mtr)-
Auto Vot M so
A via ation & Trans
Axton Fisher A
Babcock & vii
Bald win Lo war.
Baldw l. Of 2.10
Barium Stain Stl
Barl&Seel A l.20-
Basic Dol .25g -
Ba tn Iron ----
Beaunit NJ
CIV pf (.315k)-.
Beech Aircraft
Bellanca Aircraft
Bell Aircraft
Berk & Gay Fur
Bickfords (1.60)-
Birdsboro Stl Fly
Bliss tEW) -
Blue Ridge ----
Bouriois. Inc
Bowman BIZ. LIST.
Brazilian T i, L.
Breeze Corp
Brewst Aero .20E
Bridgp't Machine
Brill CAD -
Brill OBJ -
Brown Conf
Evening star., 1939-09-16
Permits
Continued From First Page)

block dwellings, 121O-2S Buchanan
street NE: to cost $4,000.
David Isen, Silver Spring, Md.
owner and builder: Dana B. Jo-
hannes, jr., designer: to erect four
2-story brick and frame dwellings
1918 1922 -4226-4230 Forty seventh
street NV: to cost $4,000.
Preston E. Wire, 927 Fifteenth
street NV, owner and builder:
George T. Santmyers, architect; to
erect six 2-story brick and cinder
block flats. 1866 Sixth street NE;
to cost $4,000
Harry E. Radcliffe, 1914 Sixteenth
street NV, owner; Elmer Cappel-
mann, architect; Korzendorfer &
Brooks, Inc, 923 Fifteenth street
NV, builders; to erect one 2l2-
story brick, cinder block and frame
dwelling, 5051 Millwood lane NV;
to cost $4,000.
G. F. Mikkelson & Son, 1858 Rit-
tenhouse street NV. owners and
builders; e. Burton Corning, archi-
tect; to erect two 2-story brick and
tile dwellings, 3342 and 1888 Stuy-
vesant place NV; to cost $4,000
each
Carl I. Johnson, 3037 Ordway
street NV, owner, designer and
builder; to erect two 2l2-story brick
and cinder block dwellings. 350l-
3505 Thirtieth street NV; to cost
$500 each
j, A. Jordan, 1924 Quesada street
NV, owner, designer and builder:
to erect three 2-story brick and
Evening star., 1939-09-16

Cladny Construction Co., 635 F street
NV, builder: to make repairs, 521-
523 Thirteenth street NV; to cost
So 900.
Edmonds Art Stone Co., Inc, 2135
Queens Chapel road NE, owner and
builder: to make repairs to boiler
room, 2135 Queens Chapel road NE;
to cost $7G0.
Mrs Effle Strother, owner; to make
repairs, 1924 Park road NV; to
cost $500.
Joe Abraham, 1920 Orren street
NE, owner and builder; w. B.
Honey, architect: to erect one 2-story
brick addition, 1855 H street NE;
to cost $1,000.
Joe Abraham, 1920 Orren street
NE, owner and builder; w. B.
Honey, architect; to make repairs,
1855 H street NE; to cost $1,000.
G.. F. Mikkelson 81 Son, 1858 Rit-
tenhouse street NV, owners and
builders; to erect two brick and tile
garages, 3342 and 3343 Stuyvesant
place NV: to cost sl,100.
Rafael Palmer, 500 Central ave-
nue., owner and builder; J. M. Hal
lett, designer: to make repairs, 1101
G street NE, to cost 81 500.
White Palace Cafeteria, 3l4 Ninth
street NV. owner; l.. c. Mayors, de-
signer; c. G. Kennon, Inc, 814 Eigh-
teenth street NV, builder; to make
Evening star., 1939-09-16

NV, owner; w. K. Reeve, 1924 Nine
teenth street NV, builder; to erect
third-foor addition, 3017 o street
NV; to cost $4,000.
Henry j. Beahm, 1916 Forty fifth
place Sc, owner and builder; Mary
E. Beahm, designer; to erect one
IL STORY frame dwelling, 1901 Forty
sixth street Sc; to cost $500.
Potomac Electric Power Co., Tenth
and E streets NV, owners and de-
signers; builder not given; to erect
one 1-story brick and concrete net
work transfer station, 1926 South
Dakota avenue NE; to cost $3,50O
Potomac Electric Power Co., Tenth
and E streets NV, owners and de-
signers; builder not given; to erect
one 1-story brick and concrete net
work transfer station, 1862 Kearney
st. NE; to cost $4,000.
Martha Harrison, owner; Milton
Dorsey, designer; Simon Vincent, 73O
LoWrie place NE, builder; to erect
one 2-story brick dwelling, 1042 Sum-
ner road Sc. to cost 81 500.
Potomac Electric Power Co. Tenth
and E streets NV, owner and de-
signer; builder not given: to erect
one l-story brick and concrete net
work transformer station, 20O6
Bunker Hill road NE; to cost $500.
Washington Loan & Trust Co.,
trustee; E. B. Corning, architect; M.
Evening star., 1939-09-16

1859 Connecticut avenue NV, own
ers and builders; Kirkhuff 81 Bag
ley, designers: to erect one 2-story
brick and cinder block dwelling, 3613
Appleton street NV; to cost So ,500
Barnaby-W Woods Development Co.,
1859 Connecticut avenue NV, own
ers and builders; Kirkhuff e. Bag
ley, designers; to erect one 2-story
brick and cinder block dwelling, $500
Cumberland street NV; to cost
$500.
John F. Dirks, 227 Douglas street
NE, owner; Edwin Weihe, archi-
tect; Stone Construc don Co., 927
Fifteenth street NV, builders; to
erect one 2-story bIick and cinder
block dwelling. 1890 Duesada street
NV; to cost $4,000.
S. M. williams, Silver Spring,
Md, owner and builder; A. L. Ander-
son, designer: to erect one 2-story
brick and cinder block dwelling. 4817
Albemarle street NV; to cost SO 1000.
David Isen, Silver Spring. Md,
owner and builder; Dana B. johann
mes, jr., designer; to erect one q
story brick and cinder block dwell
ing, 1924 Forty-seventh street NV;
to cost $1,000
Mrs. Emily H. Shepard, owner;
Kenneth F. Craft, designer; E. E.
Lyons, Arlington, Va, builder; to
make alterations and repairs and
convert into apartments, l403 Thir-
tieth street NV; to cost S6,400.
Harry Wolf, 3404 Staples street
NE, owner; w. Shoemaker. design
er; District Construction Co., 2l16
Kalorama road NV, builders; to
erect one 2-story brick dwelling,
484O Forty-third place NV; to cost
$4,000.
Hanna Auerbach, owner; Joseph
Blair, designer; R. A. Leonard,
Laurel, Nd, builder; to erect one
~ story brick, concrete block and
frame dwelling, 922 Ridge road Sc;
to cost IS 900
Fred C. Foster, 1643 West Virginia
avenue NE, owner; Earl Won Reich
enbach, designer; Carl H. King,
Silver Hill, Md, builder; to erect one
1-story brick and frame dwelling,
367O Highwood drive Sc; to cost
$4 1900.
Mrs. Chandler Hale, 3Ol7 o street
Evening star., 1939-09-16
Improper Insulation
Declared Wasting
Billion Annually
T. V. A. Experiments
Show 44.75 Per Cent Fuel
Can Be Saved

A billion dollars annually Is being
wasted by the home owners of Amer
lea through improper home insula-
ton.
That is the startling conclusion
drawn from a recent technical report
of the Tennessee Valley Authority
entitled Studies in the Heating of
Small Houses"
The report details study of ther-
NAL insulation and fuel savings in
two Identical houses-one properly
insulated, the other uninsulated. 1t
shows fuel saving of 4475 per
cent in the insulated house.
Based or an estimated average
annual fuel bill of $75 per home for
coal-oil and gas heating is even
more expensive-in city of 100000
population with approximately U.s.
600 homes, fuel saving of $780,
062 so could be effected.
On Nationwide scale this saw
ing-through proper insulation
would soar to about billion dollars
annually.
The insulated house in the T. v.
A. study contained full-thick min
eral wool insulation in sidewalks and
ceilings and l2-inch insulation in
the floor.
The study also brought attention
to the fact that thermal insulation
is additionally desirable from the
standpoint of comfort. Principal
among these comfort factors were
!, reduction in temperature strait
f1cation within the insulated house
over that in the uninsulated house;
2, an improved constancy of any one
temperature within the insulated
house: 3, less time required each
morning to raise the temperatures
within the entire insulated house to
a proper level; and, 4, slower move
ment of air across the floor in the
insulated house.
Undertaken for the purpose of
collecting field data on heat trans
fer and its reduction by thermal in
sulation and also to study the rela-
tion of insulation to bodily COM
fort, the T. V. A. study used two
adjacent houses in the Hiwasee Dam
construction community The houses
had identical orientation and uni
formly severe exposure. Each con-
tanned four rooms and bath and
were of ordinary construction.
. One of the two houses was used
with its normal construction intact,
except for the addition of weather.
stripping upon the two doors.
Evening star., 1939-09-16

cinder block dwellings, 20-22-24
Burns street Sc; to cost $4,000
J. A. Jordan. 1924 Quesada street
NV, owner, designer and builder;
to erect three 2-story brick and tile
dwellings, 12-14-16 Burns street
Sc: to cost $4,000.
Stone Construction, Inc, 927 Fif-
teenth street NV; Edwin Weihe,
architect; to erect one 2-story brick
and cinder block dwelling, 1918
Quesada street NV; to cost $4,000
Stone Construction, Inc, 927 Fif-
teenth street NV, owners and
builders; Edwin Weihe, architect: to
erect one 2-story brick and concrete
block dwelling, 3235 Patterson street
NV; to cost $4,000.
Barnaby-W Woods Development Co.
Evening star., 1939-09-16

repairs, 314 Ninth street NV; to
cost 81 ,000
John w. Cromwell, 1915 Thirteenth
street NV, owner; to make repairs,
1915 Thirteenth street NV; to cost
$1,000.
Leo Braver, owner; Julius Wenig,
architect; Charles G. Kennon, Inc,
Evening star., 1939-09-16

s14 Eighteenth street NV, builder;
to erect one 2-story brick addition,
4015 Ninth street NV; to cost 81 500.
Anthony Pignatolli, I'll G street
NE, owner; Campotelli g. Co., 713
Roxboro place NV, builders: to
erect second-story addition, Ill G
street NE; to cost 81 400.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-23
Willis Thorntons S Editorial on:
Civilization May Sneak Through Again

During the course of the last war,
writer's and orators re-discovered
a word that was not only filled
with lurid implications but bounced
pleasingly along the tongue. The
word was "Armageddon,' and it
came to be an essential part of the
vocabularies of alarmists and pes
simists.
Never before 1914 had war been
staged on so widespread a scale.
Conflicts before had always been
conducted along conventional lines
between two nations or two fac
tions within a nation over some
such orthodox matter as boundaries,
colonies, freedom of the seas or the
prestige of a ruler. Never before
had half the world gone to bat for
democracy and the other half
against it.
Here then was Armageddon. 1t
was not only Gods great battle of
good against the forces of evil, but
it was the war that would eliminate
either all future wars or civilization
itself. Here was the master war
Of them all, with new-fangled flying
machines that could wipe out cities
as men swat flies and guns that
could fire shells into towns go miles
away. Civilization could not pos
sibly survive that mighty onslaught.
For 81 years after the 1918 ArmiS-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-23
CAMPAIGN YEAR ECONOMIES
IN NATIONAL MANAGEMENT

Congress will not enact any drastic
new tax legislation at its forthcoming
session. President Roosevelt will use the
economy knife unsparingly to cut the
national budget he will submit to con-
gress at the session. Federal bureaus and
departments are extremely busy with
plans to cut down the amount of money
they spend
Fine. Grand
It's too bad such activity is manifested
only in election years.
If the democratic form of government
does nothing else, it assures an economy
campaign in the federal government once
every four years-because there is ma
tional election once every four years.
Wouldn't it be good idea one of these
times to elect a few people who would
make the off years economy years, too?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-23
Bruce Cation in Washington
Dissects the News

WASHINGTON. - The American
freight steamer Iowa dropped down
the Columbia river on a cold Janu-
airy morning in 1886 and stuck her
nose into the breakers, 76-mile
gale was smashing over the bar.
One Of them caught her wrong;
she lurched away from the chan
mel. A few minutes later the Iowa
piled up ON Peacock Spit a total
loss, with 81 of her officers and
crew drowned.
That was nearly four years ago.
Since then, there has been no loss
of life due to wrecks, fires or COL
lisionS in the American merchant
marine. except for one passenger
who was rescued from a burning
Chesapeake Bay steamer in 1887.
He dropped dead of heart failure
after being landed on the beach.
NAUTICAL G-MEN
KEEP SEA SAFE
This unheard-of safety record is
due to two things: first, the pro-
tective legislation that Congress en-
acted after the shock of the Mo-
hawk and Moro Castle disasters:
and the second, the lynx-eyed work
of those unpublicized Omen of the
sea. the personnel of the Bureau of
Marine Inspection and Navigation.
The safety legislation covered de-
fective construction and tightened
up regulations. The BMI sees that
these rules are enforced and that
protective laws are obeyed.
Under the direction of Com
mander Richard S. Field who took
charge on Sept. l, 1887, it has
made enforcement air-tight.
The Bureau believes in being
thorough and remorseless. Every
vessel is checked periodically-hull,
engines, boilers and gear. If there
is a structural failure later, the
inspector who last gave that par
ticular bit of equipment his okay
is in for trouble. For instance:
The mast of a freighter on the
Atlantic coast gave way recently
The inspector who had last check
ed on that vessels mastS was haul
ed on the carpet.
The Bureau is equally hard boil
ed with ship captains One was
recently brought up for some in
fraction of the code. and his license
was suspended.
He was IN his COS, had an ex-
cellent record, and his company
made a stirring plea that-sinct
his infraction hadn't caused any
damage-the Bureau temper justice
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-23

tice. Armageddon was forgotten by
all but classical scholars. Civiliza-
ton, through some inexplicable
miracle, had not been wiped out.
And wars had not been ended. The
euphonistic word was packed away
in balls along with such Gu
rios as A. f. F.. uniforms and bustles.
Then came 1889. Bustles came
back and SO did Armageddon. Here
it was again-the great decisive bat
tie of all time. This was the war
that would grind the earth into n
mass Of lifeless pulp. Columnists
built their sermons around the res
urrected word. On one day, two
writer's climaxed their messages
with nearly identical sentences,
both involving "Armageddon' and
other columnists used the word SO
often that it began to sound like
the title of a popular song.
During the past two months,
speakers and writer's have gradually
been laying off. Either they began
to tire of the word or they realized
that maybe this wasn't quite Judg-
ment Day. Perhaps they decided
civilization, having managed to
squeeze through the last assault,
might get through this one.
If the war abroad is ever un-
leased IN all its fury, folks all over
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-23
CRIME RIDES
A RACE HORSE
tChristian Science Monitor)

Public apathy on the subject of horse
and dog race betting often has to be
shaken by a violent outbreak, such as a
gangster murder, before people awaken
to see that legalized forms of gambling
usually are accompanied by other activi-
ties of an illicit nature. The murder in
Chicago of Edward J. O'Hare, operator
of horse and dog racetrackS in Illinois,
Massachusetts, and Florida, is a case in
point.
The victim had appeared before the
Massachusetts Racing Commission spe-
officially to deny that he had gangster
connections, and the Commission evil
IDENTIFY believed him for it continued to
license the track at Dighton in which
he was interested. Yet now Investigators
of the Staying have reported O'Hare at
one time managed a racetrack for Al
Capone, that he lived in frequent fear.
carrying gun and covering the windows
of his apartment with iron bars, and that
he had underworld connections which
apparently resulted in his assassination.
Just what these connections were has
not been disclosed, but the circumstances
SO far brought out warrant the fullest
Investigation not only by county authori-
ties charged with solving the murder, but
by the governors or racing commissions
of the states, where the O'Hare tracks
are located. For, the extent to which the
legalized, pari-mutuel system of betting
stimulates the illicit operations of book
makers, policy writer's and other gang
stcT types should be brought into view.
An inquiry is in order as to why have
there been three murders in the last two
yoarS of fjClreS prOminent in gambling
promotion in Massachusetts,? What lies
behind this violence?
Those who vote on the race-betting
issue, whether in the legislatures or at
the polls, are entitled to the fullest an
swers to these questions. Possibly those
who vote racketeers into power might
feel themselves largely responsible for
resultant crime and violence.