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Evening star., 1939-08-27
Army Is Organizing
Aviation Outfit 10
Test New Theories
Maxwell Field Group
To Be Outstanding
Show Organization

Organization of a new composite
Army Air Corps group, which is
expected to become one of the
worlds outstanding military avia-
ton show" outfits. is underway at
Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Ala.
home of the Air Corps Tactical
School.
The new group will be used as a
laboratory for new tactical theories
airplanes and equipment, and as a
demonstration unit in connection
with the training of Air Corps Off
GERS at the tactical school and officers
of other arms and services at the
various arm and service schools.
To be known as the 23rd Com
posite Group, the unit, already
known Informally as the demon
stration group" will be composed of
Group Headquarters and Headquar-
ters Squadron. five officers and go
enlisted men: the oath Attack Bonn
bardment Squadron, l8 officers and
l8l enlisted men: the 54th Bom-
bardment (mediumD Squadron, 81
officers and 220 men. and the 1st
Pursuit Squadron, 81 officers and 153
men, or a total of 81 officers and
GA enlisted men.
Squadrons Being Formed.
The Group Headquarters and
Headquarters Squadron and the 1st
Pursuit Squadron are now being
organized at Maxwell Field. The
54th Bombardment Squadron is
scheduled for organization October
/, and the Oath Attack -Bombard-
ment Squadron December /.
Personnel of the new group will
be the pick of the Air Corps and
they will be furnished with the
most modern types of equipment
available and kept at full author
lied strength at all times. The high
est standards of air and ground dis
cipline and of operating perfection
will be demanded of all personne
and it is expected that appointment
to the group in time will come tc
be considered an award for excep-
tional efficiency.
AS a field laboratory" the 23d
Composite Group with its three
squadrons, representing three out
standing combat types, will be avail
able for testing proposed tactical
evolutions developed at the Air
Corps Tactical School.
Maj. Hunter in Command.
The present headquarters squad
ron at Maxwell Field has been dis
continued and it's personnel incor-
porated in the new group. Of the
GA enlisted men to be assigned, 264
have been selected from experienced
Air Corps personnel already at Max
well Field. The 91st School Squad
ron and the 18th Air Base Squad
ron will continue to operate at Max
well Field in addition to the new
group.
Maj. Frank OD. Hunter, one of
the few World War aces still re-
manning in the Army, has been des-
ignated commander of the 23d Com
posite Group. He was born De-
cember 8, 1894, at Savannah, Ga.
and was educated in Connecticut
and Switzerland. He served for sew
en- months at the front as a pur-
suit pilot and was credited officially
with the destruction of eight enemy
aircraft. He holds the Distinguished
Service Cross with four oak leaves
and the French Croix de Guerre
Maj. Hunter is the only third de-
gree member" of the Caterpillar
Club, composed of aviators who have
oeen forced to make parachute jumps
to save their lives.
Evening star., 1939-08-27
Meetings This Week.

Monday-Tank Corps Post,
No. 10, 8 pm, Soldiers, Sailors
and Marines Club, Eleventh
and L streets NV; Internal
Revenue Post, No. 80, Hayloft,
rear 1926 Massachusetts avenue
NV.
Friday-Victory Post, No. 4,
414 Ninth street NV; United
States Department of Agricul-
ture Post, No. 36, room 1899,
South Building, Department of
Agriculture.
Evening star., 1939-08-27

these must be approved by the COM
mandants of the naval districts in
which they are located.
AS the knowledge of knotting and
splicing is one of prime importance
in the life of man-of of-warsman, 1t.
Jennings, commander of the local
battalion, has issued orders to the
Naval Reserve Enlisted Mems Ex-
amining Board that in the case of all
candidates for promotion the board
require the men before them to per-
form such knotting and splicing as
is required for such promotion to
definitely satisfy themselves that
the men are familiar with it and can
use the knots and make spices
when needed.
Evening star., 1939-08-27
Activities Of Y. F. W,
Posts in Capital
During Past Week
Department Commander
Addresses Meeting
Of Front Line Group

Edward p Hanlon of Battery A,
112th Field Artillery, was elected to
membership and Charles E. Graffins
was reinstated in Front Line Post,
District of Columbia Post, Veterans
OF Foreign Wars of the United States
at the last meeting.
Addresses were made by DEPART
ment Comdr. George C. McLeish,
Evening star., 1939-08-27

Junior Vice Comdr. Kelleher and
AdJut. Fred White of Treasury
Post.
Committee chairmen were elected
as follows: D. R. Forno, Buddy Pop
py Committee, and Charles Kreuger,
Jr., Armistice Ball Committee.
The next meeting will be held Sep
tember IL.
Comdr. A. T. Quinn presided at
the last meeting of United States
Post held at the Soldiers, Sailors and
Marines Club. Department Comdr.
McLeish and Senior Vice Comdr. Ro-
land F. Kay spoke. Mr.. Whitener
was elected trustee for 18 months.
Representing this post and auxil-
iary in the Buddy Poppy Archery
Club is Miss Mildren Perron, daugh-
ter of Past Comdr Joseph Perron.
Fred A. Wright was appointed
publicity officer. The next post meet
ing will be September Is at 8 pm.
Comdr. Obey of H. L. Edmonds
L OoI, lIlt Jle2I meeting
will be held September at pm.
at Apartment 2, I'LL Thirteenth
street NV.
A meeting of the Department
Auxiliary was held at Pythian Tenn
pie on Monday evening Depart
ment President Eola Wright was
presented with a gift from the group
that were her guests at Colonial
Beach.
At the August business meeting of
Follow-Me Auxiliary. Mrs. Olive
Sudduth was admitted to member
/ ship. 1t was voted to eliminate the
August and September socials, due
to the hot weather.
Roberta Fawcett, Mary Campbell,
Hattie Byram, Patrice Kelly and
Louise Downs are attending the ma
tional convention in Boston.
Evening star., 1939-08-27
Sign in Window Seeks
Rut-Cotching Cot

BY the Associated Press.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa, Aug. 26.-This
sign appeared in the window of a
Johnstown store:
Wanted: Reliable cat, one wish
ing to learn the drug business and
willing to catch rats and mice while
learning"
Evening star., 1939-08-27

the active head
of this unit OF
the local Naval
Reserve. T h e
new commander
has been active
ly drilling with
the Communica-
tions Division
for several years
and has been
second in COM
mand ur | n G
most of the pc
riod that it was
headed by 1t.
Nicholson.
Evening star., 1939-08-27
Villages Sacked

ear-blooding Of the Merilee
tribe recently sacked four villages
and murdered 50 inhabitants of the
Turkana tribe, their hereditary enc
mics, west Of Lake Rudolph in
Kenya.
Evening star., 1939-08-27
Meetings This Week.

Monday-Front Line Post,
1700 L street NV.
Wednesday - Overseas Mill
tary Band, National Guard
Armory.
Friday-Follow Me Post, 100
L street NV; Advance Post,
100 L street NV.
Evening star., 1939-08-27

Reconstruction of the partially
wrecked astronomical observatory
near Nanking. China, has been
started.
Evening star., 1939-08-27
New Commander
Named 10 Naval
Reserve Radio Unit
1t. IA. Weinstock
Heads Communications
Division Here

The Naval Communications Re-
serve Division here has new COM
mander, 1t NJ Weinstock, who last
week relieved 1t. J. H. Nicholson as
Evening star., 1939-08-27

Department Comdr. William Slat-
terry has announced the appoint
ment Of Hiram w. Hummer, COM
mander of Sergt. Jasper Post, No.
l3, as department adjutant.
At the department convention
William P. Kershner and Ferdinand
Evening star., 1939-08-27

Comdr. Obey of H. L. Edmonds
Post, announced the next meeting
will be held September at pm.
at Apartment 2, I'LL Thirteenth
street NV.
Evening star., 1939-08-27

Staff Sergt. John G. Ciary, Head
quarters and Service Company, 12lst
Engineers, has been transferred to
the inactive list in the grade of
private because of business inter-
ference with the performance of
military duty.
The Nome nugget., 1939-11-27
BURDICK ON WAY TO BUY REINDEER

To buy reindeer for the gov ernment, Charles G. Burdick, formerly with the Forest Service with headquarter in Juneau is expected to start north in the near future.
 He was expected to leave Seat tie Saturday for the north. He may stop in Juneau short time before coming here.
 MT. Burdick recently was in Washington, DC, where he con- ferred with Secretary of the In terior Harold l. Ickes, whose de- partment has jurisdiction over the forthcoming reindeer pur- chase.
 Under the law enacted by Con gress, reindeer owned by white persons will be bought and turn ed over to natives, either on a sale or a lease basis.
 MT. Burdick will make his headquarters in Nome.
The Nome nugget., 1939-11-27

Although letting out a cabin et member does not mean so much in Europe as in the United States when four such officials at once are deprived of their port folios, it is safe to assume that there is something in the wind.
 MT. Mussolini parted company with a group of his ministers who were strong on the axis proposition replacing them with men known to be pledged to neu trality. A wise statesman will not urge one war too rapidly on the heels of another. The Afric- an conquest was an affair of no great magnitude but it was a war nevertheless. Sound policy sug- gests breathing spell. Neutral ity today does not mean neu- trality a few months hereafter. dtaly is to be congratulated upon taking a seat with the spectat- ors, but none should assume that she will occupy it until the game is over.
The Nome nugget., 1939-11-27
URGE G-MEN BE STATIONED IN 4 DIVISIONS

Urgently requesting the feder al government to station Federal Bureau of Investigation agents in each of the four Alaska divisions the Anchorage Chamber of Com merce has unanimously adopted strnog Resolution, citing the Cache Creek murders as proof of te need of such officers.
 According to the Anchorage Times, the resolution drawn by a special committee on law enforce ment headed by A G Thompson told of unsolved deaths under mysterious circumstances in terri tory adjacent to Anchorage.
The Nome nugget., 1939-11-27
HOLLYWOOD STAR-LITES
By Chuck Cochard
HOLLYWOOD Exclusive

HOLLYWOOD (Exc,usive) - Through the Hollywood looking glass Charlie Chaplin's coming film is in production these days on the famous old La Brea and Sunset studio lot where history was made during the early days of the picture business-it is sim ply listed as "Production No. G. however the story is to be that of The Dictator" with a cast of Paulatte Goddard, Jack Oakie, Reg:r ald Gardiner and Lucien Prival.
 These young ladies who think they have to travel to Hollywood in oraer to break into the movies had batter listen to the story of Doris Jordan, screcnland's new est, fnd,-Miss Jordan had to go to New York from Hollywood's extra ranks and get job as a
The Nome nugget., 1939-11-27

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 Months ago the gossips were saying that Deanna Durbin was on the dowagrade road because she had grown up and no studio could ever graduate her into grown up roles with d love in terest without failure This week her latest First Love- contra dicted this completely because Deanna has come through with another hit picture and her act ing and singing surpasses any thing in the past. On top of this she plays her first grown up role and does like an old-tiner.
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The Nome nugget., 1939-11-27
EDITORIAL
War Shifts Position of Highway

Plans for construction of an in ternational highway athwart Can ada and Alaska which were booming until the European war broke out are now shifted to the background with lite chance of coming to the front again unless American sees her way clear to bear the burden of costs.
 Canada is dropping everything else in order to throw her weight into the struggle to win the war for Britain. The Canadian view is well summarized in the fol- lowing from the Northern Argo- haut, of Stewart, B. C.:
 Canada has virtually told the United States parties concerned that money required for the building of the Canadian section of the Alaska Highway is more urgently needed for the defense of the Dominion.
 Probably no place in the Dom inion is more eager to see the Alaska Highway built than is Ste wart. But Stewart and Northern British Columbia know that Can adds main job today is to help Great Britain win the war. Can ada has a small population and the people are heavily taxed. It is taking on a big new burden for the preservation of democra- cy in the world and, so far as possible, it is going to try to pay it's way as it goes.
 That means it is going to be hard for Canada or any of its provinces to find the money that will be need to build this high way. It is still as desirable as ever-but it is even more desir- able that Canada should con- serve her financial resources for the winning of the war.
 That brings us to the ques- ton: How much does Uncle Sam want the Alaska Highway?
 Does he want it enough to put up the money, the equivalent of which Canada must withhold 10 pour into the effort to crush Hitlerism?
 Does the United State possibly feel that the Highway is vital enough to the United States and it's interests for that country to move for the building of the high way with United States money in war time?
 "If the United States does think so, then there is good chance that some satisfactory ar rangement can be made for the highway 10 go ahead"
The Nome nugget., 1939-11-27

Proof of Labor Blanks can now be had at the .-ome Nugget office
Evening star., 1939-03-21
Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writer.

NEW YORK, March 2l.-Euro-
pean war fears lessened somewhat
in world markets today and securi-
ties regained a portion of their re-
cent declines.
Traders in New York took their
cut from buying move that got
under way earlier at London Paris
and Amsterdam and leading issues
were pushed up l to points.
The going was slow from the start,
however, and light profit taking cut
down top marks here and there at
the close. Transfers approximated
100000 shares.
Aside from the fairly widespread
belief an outbreak of hostilities in
volvlng the so-called Democratic
and totalitarian nations was hardly
likely at the present time, specula-
tive forces had nothing much to 60
on in the way of especially stim-
ulatlng developments on the busi-
ness front or at Washington.
Publication of the State Depart-
ment's note to Germany stating the
United States does not recognize
that any legal basis exists" for the
establishment of a German pro-
tectorate over Bohemia and Moravia
mad been pretty we'll discounted bv
Under-Secretary of State Sumner
Welles' condemnatory statement
last Friday.
Wheat futures broke in the fore
noon on the waning of war appre-
hension, but recovered later and fin
lShed OH only 4 to Is of a cent
bushel at Chicago Corn was un-
changed to down 4. Cotton. in late
transactions, was off 20 to As cents
. bale. Sterling and the French
franc were unchanged neao midaft-
ernoon. the former at 4.68l. and
the latter at 264 1916 cents.
American Telephone, among
stocks, jumped more than 3 at the
best, and improvement was shown
by United States Steel Bethlehem,
Chrysler, General Motors, Mont
gomery Ward. Douglas Aircraft,
Boelng, Consolidated Edison, Ana
conda, Westinghouse. Du Pont, East
man Kodak, United States Gypsum.
Philip Morris, Santa Fe, Chesapeake
IL Ohio and Standard Oil of New
Jersey.
Evening star., 1939-03-21
Dollar Moves Lower
In London TRADING
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 21.-The United
States dollars stood 1853 5/16 to
the pound as foreign exchange trad
ing ended today, net loss of 1/16
Of a cent in terms of sterling. In
comparison, New York's overnight
sterling rate was $4.68A.
French francs finished 1861 to
the pound against 1857 yesterday.
PARIS, March 81 %.-The
United States dollar was quoted
37.7575 francs (2.648 cents to the
france in final foreign exchange
dealings today and corresponded
with a similar franc rate in New
York overnight. Exchange on Lon
don 1865.
Three per cent rentes in the
bourse ended 5000 francs; AIS Ca"
$500; AVS 1887, 1925.
Evening star., 1939-03-21
Mortgage Firm Head
Refuses 10 Answer
). f. T.. Questions
A. O. Stewart Declares
Queries Unrelated at
1ronsomericu Heurinq
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A. o. Stewart, president of the
Pacific Coast Mortgage Co., repeat
edly refused to answer questions at
the Transamerica hearing before the
Securities and Exchange Commits
sion yesterday. taking the position
the queries were unrelated to the
matter in hand and unwarranted.
Mr.. Stewart was a witness at a
resumption of hearings on the S.
p. C.'s charges that Transamerica
Corp. San Francisco bank holding
company, filed misleading state
ments In a registration statement
with the commission. The questions
ne declined to answer dealt with
dealings in stock by Bankitaly Mort
gage Co., predecessor of Pacific
Coast Mortgage Co.
At previous session four wit
nesses refused to answer, and O. ],
Rogge, S. E. c. chief counsel, OBJ
tanned a court order requiring them
to do so. After asking Mr.. Stewart
numerous questions Mr.. Rogge asked
recess of the hearing until Today.
He declined to say what his next
move would be.
T. w. Dahlquist of San Francisco,
special counsel for Transamerica,
asked Examiner Henry Fits to per-
NIT Louis Ferrari, vice president and
chief counsel for the big holding
company, to enter an appearance for
his firm. Mr.. Fits said the matter
would have to be referred to the
commission.
/, When Mr.. Dahlquist suggested
that he wanted Mr.. Ferrari to ap-
pear Immediately Mr.. Rogge told the
examiner he believed the commits
sion had some question as to
whether Ferrari should be permitted
to appear" He said he believed this
was due to remarks Mr.. Ferrari had
made at a District Court hearing
on Mr.. Rogge's action to compel
previous witnesses to testify.
The S. E. c. counsel did not ex-
plain the nature of the remarks and
proceeded Immediately with ques-
tioning of Mr.. Stewart. Mr.. Ferrari
sat with the Transamerica legal staff
but took no part In the proceed
ings. \
Evening star., 1939-03-21
Morgenthau Not Worried
By Initiation Possibility
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
Secretary Morgenthau asserted
yesterday ne had no fear of inf1a-
ton resulting from the renewed In
f1ux of European gold which has
pushed Treasury gold stocks past
SIS .O00, 900, 900.
The Treasury Secretary told a
press conference:
Il am not worried about gold
coming in. and 1 am not worried
about imitation because I don't see
any in sight,
He said there was no reason to
talk about imitation at a time when
the commodity price index was
about IS per cent of the 1926 level.
Morgenthau declined to say how
much gold was coming into the
country as a result of the European
situation.
The gold depository at Fort Knox,
KY. and the vaults of Federal Re-
serve Banks, he said, have enough
room to take care of the additional
metal.
Evening star., 1939-03-21
Textile Industry Group
Seeks Compromise
BY the Associated Press.

The Textile Industry Committee,
appointed under the wage-hour law
to recommend minimum wages for
l 1900, 900 persons, attempted today to
reach an agreement OH working
standards for the cotton, silk and
rayon industries.
Although it was the first commit
tee appointed under the law, it has
failed to agree on a minimum wage
and some members, well-informed
persons said, want to compromise on
321a cents an hour.
These persons said Southern rep
resentatives Of the public and indus
try were old out for a 3O-cent fig
ure, while Northern members, to-
gether with labor representatives
from both sections, sought At least
. 35-cent figure.
Evening star., 1939-03-21
Chicago Grain
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. March 21.-After.
slumping l3s cents a bushel wheat
prices staged rally today that
Whitfield away about half of the
early loss.
Buying credited to Eastern
sources. mills and export interests
aided the recovery which got under
way as soon as the overnight ac-
cumulation of selling orders had
been absorbed.
Wheat closed 14-as lower than
Yesterday, May, 67lz So; July,
619s-s.: corn, unchanged to 4 off,
May, 47's-S.; July, 49ss; oats, as-14
bjpber
Evening star., 1939-03-21
Newspaper Advertising
Climbs ~ Per Cent
srt cial Dispatch to The Star,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, March 21. Retail
newspaper advertising in 80 major
cities was up IL per cent during the
week of March II, compared with
the corresponding week of last year,
according to a report released to-
day by Advertising Age national
advertising newspaper.
During the week, retailers placed
total of 19,34l,71O lines of adver-
tising in the newspapers of the re-
porting cities compared with 49,
023, ,403 lines during the.same period
of 1898.
For the 10-week period ended
March II, newspapers in the report
ing cities have carried 171,414,111
lines of retail display advertising
In the corresponding period of 1888
they carried l73,312,58l lines, max
ing the current loss slightly more
than l per cent.
Evening star., 1939-03-21
New York Cotton
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 2l-Cotton
futures relinquished most Of Mon
days gains today under Southern
and commission house selling. Only
limited support from the trade and
ring professionals occurred on
scale down. Switching operations
provided the greater part of after
noon dealings.
In midafternoon prices were of
S to l3 points with distant months
showing the widest losses. July was
of 5 at the Scent level. October
moved from TIA to 766 for net
loss of points.
Evening star., 1939-03-21
New Directors Added

PHILADELPHIA, March 81 (Spe-
ciaD Three new directors were
added to the board of the Birdsboro
Steel Foundry & Machine Co. at
the annual stockholders meeting
yesterday at Birdsboro, Pa. The
newly elected board members are
Samuel M. D: Clapper, Alfred R.
Hunter and John F. Headly. Elec-
ton of the three new directors in
creases membership Of the board
to II. 4
Evening star., 1939-03-21
Alaska Juneau Nets
$1,572, 1913 in 1898

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. March al
Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co.
reports sl,572,ls8 net profit after
all charges for 1898. or $l.06 share
on the 1,487 500 shares. compared
with 1912 or sl.29 share in
1887.
There we're higher charge-offs
than in the preceding year, and
operating costs were up. while yield
kbm ore milled was little lower.
Evening star., 1939-03-21
Excise Tax Collections
Rise Above Year Aqo
By the Associated Press.

zfsSUCIdtpu F1eSS.
The Treasury reported yesterday
that most of it's excise tax collec-
tions in February we're higher than
in the same month last year be-
cause of improved business condi-
tions
Collections were higher on liquor
tobacco, playing cards, lubricating
oil, gasoline, electricity, tires, auto
mobiles, automobile parts and
radios. Decreases were reported fol
beer, motor trucks, refrigerators ano
theater admissions.
Evening star., 1939-03-21

TO
bankruptcy
6ankruptcy Act or securities COMPANIES
Rates OF dividend
ments based the last declaration
noted
49, I'd Ex dividend Ex or extras PAD
last year PAYABLE stock Declared far this
year Cash or stock Accumulated dividends or de-
Evening star., 1939-03-21

Baltimore Quotations
BALTIMORE. March Il tP,.-Wheat, No.
> red winter. garlicky. spot, domestic. rs.
Evening star., 1939-03-21

COttonseed Oil.
Bleachable cottonseed oil futures closed
| to lower. Sales. 136 contracts. Nav.
$50; July. 7.03-O4; September, 7.14. Octo-
Der. III.
Evening star., 1939-03-21

Chicago Cash Market.
Cash wheat, No. 4 hard. 66 Corn. No
mixed. 5Oi2 mainly white): No. . yellow
41'+; No. white, SO; sample grade. A.
Oats. No l white. 49, sample grade
white, o1l2-2a. Soy beans No d. yellow
50. Barley, mailing. $3.50 nominal: feed
55-42 nominal Timothy seed 2S5-215
nominal; red clover. 130O-160O: red top.
9.25-15
Winnipeg Prices.
WINNIPEG, March II CP,.-Grain ranse