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Evening star., 1939-07-03
IckeS over P. w. A. projects in
Georgia.

Ickes over P. w. A. projects in
Georgia.
There seems to be no doubt that
the members Of Mu Chapter of Sigma
NJ Fraternity at the University of
Georgia need new frat house, be-
cause they give their old one and
the site on which 1t stands to the
regents building committee, of which
Mr.. Robert happened to be chairman.
Mr.. Robert also happens to be a
member of Sigma NJ Fraternity, ac-
cording to Who's Who. The regents
applied to the P. w. A. for Federal
money with which to build on the
frat house site boys dormitory."
The application was approved and
ST 200 was advanced with which. to
start construction. With the build
ing well under way, a rumor reached
Mr.. Ickes that the "dormitory" was
in fact new home for the Sigma Nu
brothers. He launched an inquiry
with the result that the contract be-
tween P. W. A. and the university
was Cancelled on the ground that the
nature of the project had been mis-
represented. Return of the expended
$1,000 has been demanded.
The chancellor of the university is
quoted as denying that P. w. A.
money is being used to build a fra
ternlty house. He insists that it is a
dormitory and he says the university
has no intention of refunding the
advance allotment. Taxpayers who
must foot the bill for P. w. A. prof.
ects will be interested in the outcome
OF this controversy. They will ap-
prove heartily of Secretary Ickes'
ruling that P. w. A. money should
not be used to build a structure "for
the exclusive use, control, occupancy
and operation by private, self-de-
termlnlng membership organization"
They are entitled to thorough in
vestigation of the whole project
including the circumstances underly-
ing the presentation and approval
OF the application in the first place.
Evening star., 1939-07-03
Occoquan Mayor Favors
Lower Milk Price,

To the Editor of The Star:
We in this town are greatly interested
in the milk investigation now taking
place in the District of Columbia, prin-
cipally because we pay IA cents a quart
for milk, the same as is paid in Washing
ton, D. c.
I was amazed to see the article by
Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley few days ago
in which she stated in effect that the
milk regulations of the u S. Public
Health Service are inadequate I be-
leve we have the best Public Health
Service in the world.
We come almost entirely under the
inspection of the Public Health Service
here, and statistics give us better bill
Of health than the District.
If there is sufficient milk reaching the
District Of Columbia consumers with
out bringing milk from other States,
why is the price not reduced now? If
there is sufficient milk coming in now
the price should be reduced so the poor
people may be able to get more of it
for their children
We are in the same predicament here
with regard to the price we pay for milk
as are the residents of the District of
Columbia, and we are in back of them
in everything they do to reduce the cost
to the consumers.
THOS. J. JOYCE,
Capt. U. S. Marine Corps, Retired,
Mayor Of Occoquan, Va.
June 26.
Evening star., 1939-07-03
Woman Government Worker
Deplores Conditions Here.


AS Government empIoye I should
perhaps thank President Roosevelt for
his consideration in decreeing that de-
partmental workers be given Monday
and Tuesday as Fourth of July holiday
SO that thousands can get away shortly
after noon Saturday and will have that
afternoon, Sunday, Monday and Tues
day to do as they please But I am not
so sure.
In my home county I used to teach
school at sl25 month for nine months.
l lived at home, paid my mother for
board and room, and still saved money.
l attended church and taught in Sunday
school. AS look back on those days I
realize that I was as happy as mortal
could be. But I became restless and
ionged to be modern woman. ] chafed
under restriction of the School Board
which forbade me to smoke in the
helghborhood or even at home So five
years ago, after the close of school for
the summer, I came to Washington and
eventually secured a position paving
twice the annual salary I had been
earning. I figured that if I could save
money on $ly225 a year could save
much more on $500, even allowing for
the increased cost of board here.
I was influenced to make this decision
by friend of my girlhood, now resident
IN this city. I began to mingle with her
girl and boy friends mostly Government
employees and was greatly shocked to
learn that she smoked and drank social
cocktails with her visitors when YOU
take position in Washington" she told
nae. you get away from the restraining
influences of your parents home, and
their neighborhood, as I did. You have
your independence and do as you please.
You can't be modern woman and live
back in our home county"
AT first my convictions were strong.
I knew in my heart that my family and
our neighbors were leading ideal and
spiritual lives and successfully resisted
all invitations to smoke, drink, and be
modern, until the pressure became too
great. I was told, "If you don't fall in
line with the vogue here you will be
stigmatized as Victorian and Polly
anna. You must become one of us and
get away from the horse-and- buggy no.
tlons OF your parents and grandparents
IN the back county of your State"
I have learned that they were right.
l am now modern woman if smoking
numerous cigarettes and drinking one or
more cocktails day make me so. On
Saturdays and Sundays, at picnics, we
all smoke necessarily. Nest of my girl
friends are neurotics and subject to the
]ltters. I am never as fresh and fit
Monday mornings as I am on other
mornings of the week.
And now I am forced to 90 with nv
friends on ree-and-a-half- day holi-
day which I do not want and cannot
afford. The salary that once thought
so princely has proved a delusion and
I am heavily in debt to loan company.
I am being treated for tobacco heart
I dread the thought of how I will feel
Wednesday morning. There are very
few Victorians in Government Offices
and therefore I am convinced that the
fewer such holidays Government en-
ployes get the better off they will be.
WOMAN CLERK.
Evening star., 1939-07-03
JeIIyfish

The advent of warm weather has
caused all within reach of the ocean
to berate heartily the entire jellyfish
family. And yet, according to biolo-
glSts, they have glorious genealogy
extending In an unbroken line all the
way back to bit of pink protoplasm
named Sam, and have solved the
elusive secret of how to get along in
the world without brains. Like circus
lemonade and some of our more no
tor1ous stock issues, they are COM
posed OF ninety-nine per cent water,
and are singularly we'll able to take
care OF themselves with the other one
per cent. Tropical species often
come in every hue of the rainbow.
but according to Jack Benny are not
actually favored with strawberry,
raspberry, cherry, orange, lemon, or
lime. The North American variety
is less swanky in appearance, but can
afford to be, as they are members of
three well known families, the
Ctenophoras, the Hydrozoas, and the
Scyphozoas of MASSACHUSETTS. The
late MIR. Noah Webster says that
most Of the big shots belong to the
Scyphozoas, which associate with the
other clans only under extreme COM
pulsion.
Mr.. Webster also claims that thev
are coelenterate. To save much te-
dious effort, even the most skeptical
are advised not to waste time check
ing the validity of this statement,
One very curious feature about the
Jellyfish is its mantle, called by
biologists its umbrella. AS long as
that waves, all is well-a character
istic that cannot fail to remind the
thoughtful observer of the British
Empire.
Evening star., 1939-07-03
Fret Houses and P. W. A.

The Sigma Nu Fraternity boys at
the University of Georgia are not
going to get new frat house at the
expense of the Federal taxpayers, if
Secretary Ickes can prevent it. That
was the gist of an ultimatum de-
livered to the university by Mr.. Ickes
as the outgrowth of a controversy
with the university regents over use
to be made of $21 800 Public Works
Administration grant for construc-
ton of boys dormitory" The
name of Lawrence w. (Chip) Robert,
secretary Of the Democratic National
Committee, figures in the dispute
and 1t is not the first time that Mr..
Robert has been at odds with Mr..
Evening star., 1939-07-03
THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D.

appearance few years ago chiefly
as rather interesting addition to
the marine flora of the river, the
water chestnut during the past three
years has assumed the proportions
of a menace which must be fought
with the utmost vigor to safeguard
the public.
The plant now has invaded the
shadows and inlets along 81 miles
OF the Potomac. It's dense, matted.
leathery leaves choke the WATERWAYS.
closing them to boats; killing of the
marine plants which provide feeding
grounds for fish and wildfowl; trap
ping filth and promoting pollution
and creating stagnant breeding
grounds for mosquitoes, among them
the malarial mosquito. Its wicked
sharp-pronged seed pods or nuts are
making their appearance on the
bathing beaches all the way to the
mouth OF the river. Sharp enough
to puncture rubber-soled shoes, they
constitute a danger to bathers and
threaten to ruin many of the
beaches for recreational purposes.
Fully awake to the menace of the
water chestnut, local Army Engi-
neers, charged with supervision of
the navigable waters Of the Potomac.
have set to work on what may prove
to be a long campaign to save the
Potomac for the public Handicapped
by lack OF funds. their work this year
is largely on the development by ex-
pertinent of means of combating the
pest. The problem has become inter-
state in character and the help of
Congress is required if the water
chestnut is to be eradicated or even
controlled. To permit its further
spread, to other river and lake svs-
TENS, would be a serious national
error
Evening star., 1939-07-03
FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS.

CrlEND0dlH dElddlS.
Dear Sir: Having read with so much
pleasure your articles on birds, I feel
as if we had been acquainted for some
time
Yesterdays article about catbirds
made me decide to write and tell you
that they do steal eggs.
Last summer, when having under
brush cut in my locust grove, a tiny,
beautifully made nest, close to the
ground, was uncovered.
There were four eggs in it, pale blue,
with maroon-colored dots on them, and
the mother was very small bird similar
to the wren.
We tried pulling branches around the
nest, to conceal it again, and then stood
OIL to see what would happen. The
mother came back, and hoped all
around on the bush to get acquainted
with the new surroundings.
Before she could get back on her
nest, catbird darted straight as an ar
row from tree to the nest and took an
egg in his bill and few away.
she went back on her nest, and was
there for couple of days, and then all
OF sudden all the eggs were gone! I
didn't see what got the other three, but
did see the catbird, and immediately
l thought it was well named.
Last summer was particularly hard
one on birds on my place.
y 4 X
Il saw blackbird drop a robin egg
right under my window.
Several robin nests and mockingbird
nests were left with either eggs or tiny
birds in them. There were many cats in
the nelghborhood This summer there
haven't been so many cats, and there
are more birds.
without going into too much detail,
I want to ask your opinion Last sum-
mer l raised mockingbird, one of four
from nest which had blown out of a
tree. They were just a couple of days
old when I got them
Il bought mockingbird food. after I
found out they were Knockers. when the
feathers began to grow, and l gave
them water with medicine dropper,
One survived, and when l freed him
for a week he would come to me to be
fed and get his water and bath.
X
Then he suddenly disappeared, and I
believe he must have blown out of the
bush in which he roasted. as there was
strong wind that night, and cats were
seen at the bush.
Il don't like to believe that he would
desert me, if he lived.
DO you think he would?
Now, for the first time. a mocker has
built nest in the rosebush on the
porch' ana 1 like to think it is my pet,
out ne gives no sign of knowing me- so
l guess Ill just enjoy the nearness of
the little home and protect it all I can.
Evening star., 1939-07-03
Water Chestnuts

To the many imported pests which
have come across the seas to plague
Americans now must be added the
water chestnut, which has adopted
the Potomac River in and below the
District of Columbia as the chief
forefront of it's invasion.
Regarded when it first made its
Evening star., 1939-07-03
Pleased With Articles
About Doorways.
To the Editor of The Star:
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The STAR
I wish to congratulate The Star on
the series of articles on Washington
doorways by Annabel Paxton. I have
been following them consistently and, as
an architect, I can see that they show
an accurate knowledge of architectural
detail They are informative as well as
interesting, and I think the drawings
on the whole have been quite good.
have heard number of my friends
outside the architectural profession ex-
press interest in these articles and
drawings, and think it is Segrettable
that newspapers cannot devote more
space to such worthwhile features and
less to comic strips.
JOSEPH E. BLANTON.
jlne 26.
Evening star., 1939-07-03

congressman determined to tax
D. c. residents might find way out
Tor themselves and their constitu-
ents by following football ticket style
and fixing their salaries tax In
cluded."
Evening star., 1939-07-03
Cites High Cost of
Drunken Driving.


Many of our papers are carrying ar
ticles about the State controller of
Maryland collecting s7l,487S3 in taxes
on beer for the month of May, 1885,
Shame on our great State The truth
of the matter is this: "Liquorized' mo-
tor accidents cost the United States at
least 443,750O0O in one year. This is
nearly s1OO, 900, 900 more than the amount
received by the Government in liquor in
ternal revenue taxes In the same II
months.
4 No one can calculate or estimate the
suffering and misery that goes along
also with the liquor traffic.
say again shame" on our great
State.
WALTER M. MAGRUDER.
Gaithersburg, Md
June e.
Evening star., 1939-07-03

commendahle habit of selecting a diff
ferent group of men to act as collectors
and ushers for each of the months of
the year. One of these months is taken
over by members of Congress. Now
which of the IL groups which acted in
this capacity during the year Just closed
had the highest record of attendance?
The six members of Congress! They
were there in their places with record
attendance of almost 100 per cent. They
were more faithful to this duty than
any class of professional men, such as
lawyers, doctors, etc, who also had
their monthly turn. I think, man for
man. those representatives of the people
on the Hill measure up with any
group and the country is perfectly safe
in their hands. No doubt the reason
they are in Congress is because they ac-
cept duty such as this one with the
church and perform it with record
which is nearly perfect! R.D.S.
Evening star., 1939-07-03
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Evening star., 1939-07-03

. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled TO
the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to it or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights of publication of special dispatches
herein also are reserved
Evening star., 1939-07-03
Member of the Associated Press

Entered as second class matter post once.
Washinston, D C
Evening star., 1939-07-03
Praises Congressman for
Church Work

fralSeS C0ngreSSmen Tor
Church Work.
To the Editor OF The Star:
So many gibes are directed at our fine
body of legislators on the "Hill' that I
offer real compliment to them.
At one of our large downtown
churches the minister in charge has a
Evening star., 1939-07-03

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Evening star., 1939-07-13
Wheat Prices Slump
Below 1931Lows on
Liverpool Market
July Delivery Options
Drop to About IS
Cents Per 100 Lbs.
BY the Associated Press.

LIVERPOOL, July 13.-Wheat
prices on the Liverpool market to-
day fell through lows established in
the dark days Of 1881 before recov-
ering.
July delivery options slumped to
3 shillings and seven-eighths pence
(about IS cents) per 100 pounds.
This would be at the rate of ap-
proximately 51A cents per Amer
lean bushel.
Today's price was one penny be-
low the bottom Of the 1881 market.
Before the close the market re-
covered most Of the days losses, with
July ending at the equivalent OF
523s cents a bushel.
The drop emphasized the huge
surplus stocks overhanging the
world ma1ket and the prospective
large Canadian crop. 1t also un-
derlined the tremendous problem
confronting the Wheat Advisory
Committee.
according to trade records in
the United States the price of 3
shillings and seven-eighths pence
per 100 pounds represents the low
est at which wheat has sold in Eng
land since 1892 prior to the great
inf1ationary period experienced
toward the end of the Tudor reign0
The slump has aroused conjecture
whether grain traders are taking an
optimistic view of the possibility of
European war being averted, or
whether the size of world stocks of
wheat is simply transcending all
political factors.
CWheat traditionally rises in price
during war scares, drops on peace
news.)
Last January the Wheat Advisory
Committee suggested world supplies
for the 1889 season, including
holdover stocks, totaled approx
mately Sis ,000, 900 bushels and that
only 75.3 per cent could be absorbed
during that period. For the 1939-4
period (the wheat season runs from
August l to June 81 the total sup
ply was estimated at 5,125, 900 900
bushels, of which only 73 per cent is
likely to be consumed.
Requirements are now approaching
the quietest period of the year, with
vast surpluses still in sight and with
Argentina and other countries anx-
ious to sell as much as possible be-
fore the new United States Cana
dian crop is harvested shortly. the
outlook for prices has been uncertain
Evening star., 1939-07-13
Bank CIearings Hold
Moderate Increase
Over Year Ago
TotoI for Leading Cities
Climbs 2.9 Per Cent
Above 1888 Levels
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July l3.-Up slightly
over the preceding holiday period,
bank clearings for the latest week
displayed small gain over the corre-
spending 1888 week, following the
slight loss recorded in the year-to-
year comparison a week ago.
Total clearing for % leading cities
for the week ended July IL. according
to Dun & Bradstreet, amounted to
$5,132 $40, 900, compared with $4,989,-
100000 for the same 1888 week, an in
crease of 2.9 per cent.
Clearings for the July IL week rose
S94 1888 900 over the total for the week
previous, which contrasted with a
decrease of $97 1882 900 between the
two similar weeks of 1888.
Due to Saturday bank closings dur
ing July and August in New York,
clearings for that city represent only
five days business. The total for
the week aggregated $3059, ,7O3 900,
against $3,074 1878, 900 for the six days
last year, giving drop of 05 per
cent. ms was the sixth successive
yearly decline recorded at New York.
The turnover for the 81 cities, ex-
cluding New York. amounted to 81
073. .267 900, rise of 8.3 per cent over
the 1915, 100000 for the like week a
year ago.
The outside centers all displayed
advances over the previous years
figures, the more important of which
were: Atlanta, IT'S per cent; New
Orleansr Ill per cent; Baltimore, II
per cent; Detroit, 155 per cent;
Dallas, 14.9 per cent; Cleveland, 1871
per cent; Richmond, 1914 per cent,
and Boston, 98 per cent.
Bank clearings at leading cities,
together with percentage gains over
last week, follow; also, the daily av-
erage bank clearings for May, June
and July to date:
Evening star., 1939-07-13
Airline Troffic Sets
New Hiqh Records

For the second consecutive month
Pennsylvania-C Central Airlnes es-
tablished a new all-time company
record for the number of passen-
gers carried in any one month, it
was announced in Washington to-
day, 1l,629 passengers transported
during June, 6 per cent increase
over the 10,935 passengers carried
in May, the previous high mark.
The June record represented q
66 per cent gain over the June, 1898
total, making the twelfth consecu-
tive month that better business re-
ports have revealed substantial
increase over the similar period for
the preceding year.
1t was reported that 54,248 pas
sengers were carried during the first
six months Of 1889. a 4e per cent
gain over 1898.
Evening star., 1939-07-13
Hale Holden Retires
As Southern Pacific
Board Chairman
Office Is Discontinued,
Duties Transferred
To Mcdonald
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 13.-Hale Hol-
den, SO. chairman of the Southern
Pacific Co., has retired from active
service on pension after 80 years Of
continuous railroad service, the
company announced today.
The company, at the same time,
said the Office of chairman had
been discontinued and the duties
and authorities formerly held by
Holden were transferred to Angus
D. Mcdonald, president of the board.
Mcdonald said the headquarters
of the directors and Executive
Committee would be moved soon
from New York to San Francisco.
Holden was born August II, 1869,
in Kansas City and, after gradua-
ton from Harvard, practiced law
there.
He was made general attorney of
the Chicago, Burlington g. Quincy
Railroad in 1907 and has remained
in the railroad business ever since.
In 1923 he advocated before the
Interstate Commerce Commission
the consolidation of all Western
railroads into four systems.
Evening star., 1939-07-13
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK. July 10 P,-The Neither
lands guilder stepped back into position
as one of the liveliest movers OF all Euro
pean currencies with a sharp advance
today
gain of lilo of cent in terms o.
provement in the Netherlands political set
up. recently disturbed by sauabbles over
fiscal policy.
Bids came mostly from Amsterdam. for.
elen exchange traders said. but little
business was done, as offering dried up
IN the face Of the bidding The forward
eulIder also advanced.
shaded lower while the Swiss franc was
Of the Bank Of England. which showed
currency circulation during the week had
Jumped TO the highest since the record
nigh established in late December, 1887
dhs dhe reserve ratio also moved up sharply
que to the large purchase of gold by the
Late rates follow:
cents Great Britain a0A4s 4iss,. o'hess s6-dan a1
bills: bills d65!s, Canada. Montreal in New
YORK 99 9S5is: Canada. New York in Mon
sTeaL S0 a.. 100 14Is: Belgium, 1900: Denmark,
4p1an0 bsnevosnt bsS rTanes ss5; ,rsxs Ger
Italy. 5,26E: Netherlands. 53sI, II Nor: op:
way. %. 54: Poland. 1S SIS: Portugal. 421:
Rumania, 70: Sweden, 24.l3; Switzerland.
..o2h4: Argentina fofficiaD. 312 Ar
seentina g ~ Gree: 23.!5: Brazil (officiaD.
1.oo: Brazil freel. 5,12: Mexico. II. Son
hspa1 haI "a 90 a} yuIdo1ay, nonE Kong asel shans
ina. -'oNi-
Evening star., 1939-07-13
Boston Wool Market

BOSTON, July 13 LP, UNITED States De-
partment, of Agriculture) .-Sizable quanti-
Boston market Good French combine
lengths fine territory woods in original
bags brought mostly SO to 81 cents secured
basis Limited quantities realized 67 to fS
cents. secured basis Graded French comb
ing lengths fine territory woods sold at S5
to 80 cents, secured basis. recent sales
range. Graded combing three-eighths blood
territory, woods were sold in fair volume at
so to 62 cents. secured basis few sales
Of mixed grades. three-eighths and quarter
blood bright fleece woods offered for ship
ment from the country were closed at 81
to 81 cents. in the grease delivered to users.