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Evening star., 1939-04-28
Partial Recognizing
OF War and Navy
Units Indicated
Roosevelt Seen Tokinq
Steps to Safeguard
PIones, Munitions

By the Associated Press.
Indications that President Roose-
welt is considering partial reorgani-
Zation Of the War and Navy Depart
ments came to light today In the
midst Of other fast-breaking defense
developments.
These included disclosure that re-
strictions have been frightened to
safeguard new warplanes and NUM-
tions from spying and sabotage. An
undetermined number Of aliens has
been discharged from private in
dustrial plants because the War De-
partment refused to let them work
on munitions contracts.
Before the start of the admini-
stration's vast arms program, grant,
ing Of permits for employment OF
aliens vouched for by their employ
ers was routine. Now, authorities
indicated, the permits are issued for
only a few months and then only
after rigid investigation.
Plane Orders Secret.
BY another new policy, the num-
bers of warplanes ordered and de-
livered are to be confidential 1t
was put into effect yesterday when
only the firms and cost figures were
given in an announcement OF the
first $50,OOOO 900 order in the Air
Corps expansion toward its new goal
Of 5000 planes.
Looking to possible War and Navy
Department revision in the interest
OF efficiency, both Secretaries Wood
ring and Swanson have submitted
recommendations, aides disclosed,
that may figure in Mr.. Roosevelts
next Government reorganization
proposals to Congress.
Mr.. Roosevelt himself, Assistant
Secretary of the Navy during the
World War, favored merger of three
bureaus concerned with warship
construction: Engineering. Ord
nance and Construction and Repair.
Too often, he asserted. they adopted
a dog in the manger" attitude to-
ward each other.
Secretary Woodring made three
recommendations for War Depart
ment changes. which like Secretary
Swanson's are confidential. There
were hints, however. that one agency
involved was the Chemical Warfare
Service. Some officers have favored
merging it with the Corps of Engi-
neerS.
May Shift Waterways Corp.
There appeared also the posi-
bility that the Inland Waterways
Corp, operating a string of barge
lines on the Mississippi and other
rivers, might be shifted. It is now
under Secretary Woodring's general
supervision.
The Army General Staff is under
stood to have disapproved a one
time proposed merger of the Field
and Coast Artillery Corps.
Meanwhile. Congress sent to the
White House bill carrying $153,-
000, 900 in appropriations and in con-
tract authorizations for Army tanks,
artillery and ammunition. seacoast
defenses and expansion of the fleet.
The Army equipment amounts to
$110, 100000 Of the sum.
The Navy requested Congress to
provide $8,850,0O0 to overhaul the
battleships Tennessee. Colorado,
California, Maryland and West Viz
ginia to enable them to perform
their "combatant functions" effi-
ciently.
Evening star., 1939-04-28

that the verdict might be appealed
to the Supreme Court.
Before the verdict was announced,'
Bette Jean Hodges, the child who II
the central figure in the case, was re.
united with her mother.
Mrs. Ruby Hodges, who was grart~
ed custody of the child in Florida
divorce action last February, charged
her husband Kidnapped Bette Jean
from the home of her maternal
grandmother.
Evening star., 1939-04-28
Program for Veterans
To Be Given TONIGHT

An entertainment program de-
Scribed as one of the most elaborate
ever arranged for Washington vet
Grams will be staged at 8 o'clock to-
night at Walter Reed Hospital by
Cooley Mccullough Post No. %,
American Legion, and its auxiliary.
Directed by Comdr. Charles Kohen,
the program will be participated in
by the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co. Glee CLUB, Kits Eight
Riddles. Joe King, ventriloquist:
Lloyd Swanson, comedian; Erline
King, soprano; talent from the. Lotus
Restaurant and Tiny Meeker.
Two million bicycles are now in
use daily in India.
Evening star., 1939-04-28
Father Loses Fight
To Dodge Kidnop TrioI
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GRAFTON, w. Va, April o.
Circuit Judge Herbert w. Dent
denied writ Of habeas corpus yes
terday to Julius Debs Hodges, who
is fighting extradition to Hillsbore
County, Fla, where he is charged
with abducting his 5-year-old
daughter.
Bailey Wyckoff, counsel for
Hodges, announced after the ruling
Evening star., 1939-04-28

would be a mistake to lodge such
extensive powers in the hands Of
any President, said he construed
Senator Pittman's move as an at
tempt to avoid action on the neu-
trality question.
Denying this, Senator Pittman
said he wanted the Japanese mat
ter considered separately. He added
that he would seek no hearings on
the resolus ION, but merely bring it
before the committee for action. He
made no claim to administration
support, saying he had drafted it
without consulting the State De-
partment.
SALT LAKE CITY, April 28-
Former President Hoover last night
denounced Senator Pittman's resolu-
ton empowering President Roosevelt
to embargo trade with Japan.
AN embargo is the surest way to
war;" Mr. Hoover told reporters.
"Embargoes inf1ame a nations
hatred to the extent that any little
incident would mean a declaration
of war. The right to declare an
embargo is the right to declare war,
and that right is reserved to the
Congress by the Constitution of the
United States"
Evening star., 1939-04-28

Economic conditions in Iran are
influenced by government t-controlled
monopolies.
Evening star., 1939-04-28

Palestine is shipping large guam.
titles of oranges and grapefruit to
England.
Evening star., 1939-11-13
Less Cottonseed Crushed
Than in 1888 Months
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Census Bureau reported to-
day cottonseed crushed in the three
month period, August l to October
81. totaled 1887 ,44O tons, compared
with 1,465 ,963 tons a year ago, and
cottonseed on hand at mills October
81 totaled 1866 ,708 tons, compared
with 1,574,270 a year ago.
Cottonseed products manufactured
In the ree-month period and stocks
on hand October 81 were reported as
follows:
Crude oil produced, 2S,196, ,285
pounds, compared with 45l ,942 1886 a
year ago, and on hand October 81,
56,874,019 pounds, compared with
153 ,l36,460 year ago.
Refined oil produced, 311 .905, 500
pounds, compared with 308,544,686,
and on hand, 433,636.754 pounds,
compared with 447,063,823.
Cake and meal produced, 621 ,5O8
tons, compared with 651 ,889. and on
hand, l97,6l8 tons, compared with
291 1893.
Hulls produced, 353,5l2 tons, COM
pared with 377,845, and on hand.
l47 654 tons, compared with l65, ,286.
Linters produced, 333,257 running
bales, compared with 349,874. and on
hand, 397 1888 running bales, COM
pared with 495,73
Evening star., 1939-11-13
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO, Nov. l3 LP ~ s Depart
OF Agriculture e).--Salable hogs, 1000:
total $4,000: fairly active; senersliv
20 lower than Fridays average; TOD.
o.40 sparinRly: for choice light hogs load
I6o-lLO pounds 6.2O-35: generally 625
up: some 27O-33O- pound butchers, & Io.3o.
good 33O-45O-pound packing sovs, < 5O.
besvi.is be; nsh!er ~ weights to $40; extreme
Salable cattle. $4,000: salable calves.
S:OoO: bidding 20 or more lower on me
olum-weight and weightv steers: few early
saies about steady to order buyers. but
not enough done to make q market and
practically all bids uneven and sharply
down: strictly good and choice light heif
ers and mixed yearlings scaling 900 pounds
dooTnward steady best mixed offerings.
in.sS: itssrs by 6Ht haTdlycnnished as5-pound
mxsd M o6 aSsalss' yearlinss' lo:0o-6o. but bidding
h,,i,nu. hhWi;uu DOWNWARD on rank and file weiehty
1uIloeks; 16@ s., lons yearlinss SCALING 1000 to
steer run with strictly grain-fed ofYerinss
scaling 100 pounds upward predominant
ing stockers and feeders steady: beef cows
carce but very weak: bulls 1918 lower
at 700 down: vealers. 80 lower than II 81
Thursday: mostly 1000 down; few selects.
salable sheep. 10000: total. 1000: fat
lambs opening slow: early sales and bids
around steady: good to choice native and
ied comeback lambs. 9O0-25: best held
9.35-40 and better: sheep strong to higher:
rood to choice native ewes, 1854 o5: best
eligible. 4.50 and above: feeding lambs
steady; good Montana white-faced feeding
lambs 9.15.
Evening star., 1939-11-13
Cocoa Futures Rise
As British Reveal
Buying Plans
Proposal to Purchase
West Afrieon Crop
Spurs Market
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. ia wave Of
buying In the cocoa futures market
today on news that the British gov
ernment proposed to buy the et.-
tire British West Africa crop pushed
prices up y to around u cent a
pound at the start of trading.
Ondcial cables received in the
trade said the British government
has undertaken to purchase the
African Gold. Coasts 1939-40 pro-
duction "as a war measure"
II the transaction is completed it
would mean. cocoa interests said,
the United States would have to
find other sources to cover fully its
annual consumption CT 225,000 long
tons, the largest taken b. any ma
ton. Great Britain's annual ccn-
sumption has been around 100000
tons.
The Gold Coasts output has been
rated at around 250,OO0 tons an
nually. Some interests suggested
Britain's plan might involve The sale
of some cocoa abroad to obtain for
eign exchange for other war pur-
chases.
In the past the Gold Coast has
supplied large part of this coun-
try's import requirements Accord
ing to trade sources there are other
cocoa producing areas in West
Africa not affected by the proposed
British purchase, and the commodity
also is produced in some quantity
in South America.
Evening star., 1939-11-13
Southern Firms
Challenge Hearings
On Garment Wages
Authority Of Trial
Examiner for Poy-Hour
Agency Protested

BY the Associated Press.
Representatives of Southern gar
ment manufacturers challenged to-
day the authority of a Wage Hour
Administration trial examiner to
conduct public hearing on mini
mum wages recommended for ESQ.,.
600 workers in the apparel industry.
They contend that the wage-hour
law required an administrator to
conduct such hearings and that be-
cause Of the resignation of Elmer F.
Andrews as administrator today's
hearing was not valid.
Albert F.. Beasley, Washington,
and w. Gordon McKelvey, Nashville,
Tenn, representing the Southern
Garment Manufacturers Association,
Inc, contended the authority of the
administrator could not be delegated
under the law to trial examiner.
Because Of Mr.. Andrews resigna-
ton "vacating the administrator S
position and failure of the Presi-
dent to appoint successor, they
contended, there was no person in
authority to exercise the admins
traitors duties.
Thomas Holland of the public
contracts division, who is trial ex-
aminer at the hearing, took the pro-
test under consideration.
Meanwhile, George A. McNulty,
chief counsel for the Wage-Hou
Administration, remarked that Har-
old D. Jacobs was acting admins
traitor and added that when an ad-
ministrator was appointed by the
President he would determine
whether to approve the wage recon-
mendations ION the basis of this
hearing"
Mr. Beasley. however, contended
the Wage-Hour Act specifically di-
rected the President to appoint an
administrator with approval by the
Senate. He declared the designa-
ton Of Mr.. Jacobs as acting admin
istrator was made by Secretary
Perkins and failed to comply with
the law. The White House has
indicated that President Roosevelt
would appoint 1t. Col. Philip Flem-
ing administrator after Congress
enacts the necessary enabling leg
islation.
The hearing itself involves wage
increases for 100000 of the indus
try's workers in 12,50O establish
ments throughout the country. An
Industry Committee has recon-
mended their minimum pay be in
creased from 3212 cents to 40 cents
an hour.
Evening star., 1939-11-13
Maryland Is Fourth
In Tomato Growino
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
Only three States In the Nation
New York, Indiana and California
have larger commercial tomato
crop than Maryland.
This was shown today in the an
nual study Of agricultural produc-
ton compiled by the, Department
of Agriculture.
The tomato crop in Maryland was
listed as 1852 400 short tons for 1898,
just below the New York production
Of 10000 short tons. Indiana and
California were far out In front,
with production totals of 299 900
and 283.500 short tons.
The free State, however, took first
place in canning of tomatoes and
tomato juice, with total of 5,091,- :
600 cases.
Evening star., 1939-11-13
Employment 10 Trail
Industrial Upturn,
SaysMiss Perkins
Production Up to
Peak Level Of 1929,
Conference Told
BY the Associated Press,


Secretary Of Labor Perkins, point
ing to the increased efficiency of
mechanical production in the last
10 years, told State labor officials
today that employment gains would
lag behind the present upturn in
industrial production.
In an address prepared for the
National Conference on Labor Legis-
lation, the Secretary said that "a
healthy recovery" which began last
summer in manufacturing and busi-
ness had sent fall industrial produc-
ton to the peak level of 1929.
That does not mean," she said,
that employment will be corre-
spondlngly quite as high, since ma
chine processes are increasingly
efficient and the amount of goods
produced by each worker averages
more than it did 10 years ago."
The Secretary said that 1850
200 more persons were employed
now in non-agricultural industries
than a year ago. She noted special
employment gains, some of them
from war orders in the manufac-
ture of steel, airplanes, ship and
machine tools.
In construction. however, and
the industries supplying construc-
ton materials" she said, while
there has been some recovery, en-
ployment is still far below the 1929
figures.
And even in 1929, as we know
there was a shortage of housing
But there was more residential
building in 1888 than the year be-
fore and for the first nine months
OF this year the country has been
running ahead of 1888 in residen-
tial building"
The conference is the sixth called
by Miss Perkins to get an exchange
OF views from State labor commits
sioners and State labor agency ad-
ministrators on labor legislation and
standards.
Evening star., 1939-11-13
Western Auto Supply
Announces Extra
OF 25Cents
Quarterly Payment
Of 50 Cents q Share
Also Declared
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated rress.
NEW YORK. Nov. 13.-Western
Auto Supply Co. (MissourD an
nounced today an extra dividend
of Is cents and quarterly payment
of so cents on the common stock,
payable to holders of record Novem-
Der 20. The company, which oper-
ates chain of stores In 106 cities
previously paid 40 cents quarterly
American Brake Shoe.
American Brake Shoe e. Foundry
Co. announced an extra dividend of
rs cents, in addition to the regular
dividend of Is cents a common
share. payable December 81 to hold
ers of record December 8. Divi-
dends of Is cents were paid in the
three preceding quarters of this
year.
Evening star., 1939-11-13
Chicago Produce

. CHICAGO, Nov. l3 lR.-Poultry, live.
cars =, trucks; turkeys hrmer, others
sitseady ite Hens ~ lbs up, l4l4 under A
and Under on eolored atns ri Piymoath Ds Rock
lbs ana under. IA: Leghorn springs, over
lbs. 10; springs. 4 lbs up colored. 12L;
Plymouth Rock, 13; White Rock. l3l2;
15;a 15i White Rock, Is: bareback chickens.
colored -; white. 1915 small colored 10:
small. white, 10: geese. over I2 lbs. IL "a;
~ lbs and down. 1871 turkeys. toms old,
-; -; young 1872; hens: 1917; capons, I lbs.
cresmeIy Saats! 17so1o d axo days STEADY
VI; 2Sh: 80. 27H; 80. ,26h.: SO, 25hs; 90.
orst. ttwo days, Icy, steady, Fresh sraded, extra
nrsts: - nrsts. 24ha: current receipts. 81 ::
reiriserator extras. 1917: standards, 1874:
Potatoes. a37. on track 47o: total United
States shipments Friday. 783: Saturday.
526: sunday. As; Nebraska Triumphs duh,
sllehtly weaker undertone. Idaho Russets
oarely steady, other varieties. all sections,
unsettled: supplies heavy. demand slow:
a;lSs sacked L.. per hundredweisht. Idaho Russet
y =, s; - No a. 2. .o: Nebraska Bliss Tr'nmphs.
sacks. unwashed. few sales, soia-s5: 9
washed, 30 to 90 per cent U. S. No /.
lew lew sales; MeS;. 1.75.s0: North Dakota Red
nav nsver valley SECTION Cobbiers, s. to 80
/ "O-3O; showing decay. J.lO: Eary Oh,os
IS per cent u g. No. j I.lO-15; Wis.
consin Round Whites n No. l. 10:
hatahdins. q. 8. No. l. lao
Evening star., 1939-11-13

Greyhound Corp. Nets
$5,315,250 Profit
In Nine Months
Result Compares With
A,391.25l Recorded
In 1888 Period
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 13.-Greyhound
Corp. and subsidiaries, operating q
Nationwide bus service, today re-
ported for the nine months ended
September 80 net profit of $5,315 $50,
equal to 81 90 share on the common
stock. This compared with $4,39l,- =
251 or $1.59 share in the like period
last year.
Jersey Public Service.
Public Service Corp. of New Jersey
for the IL months ended September
80 reported consolidated net income
OF $26, 036, ,082, equal to 1894 a share
on common stock against $22, ,2s1 ,403
or 1925 q share In the preceding IL
months.
Douglas Aircraft.
Douglas Aircraft Co. reported
indicated net profit for the quarter
ended August 81 of $685., 1868, or
SIG share. compared with $72s, ,8l5,
or $l.28 a share, in the like 1898
period. The company gave its back
log OF untitled orders on November
3 as $75,468,713 Sales in the nine
months ended August 81 totaled
$19,l92,357 compared with $22,
1873 in the like 1888 period.
Evening star., 1939-11-13
Dry Goods Market

NEW YORK. Nov 13 R3.-There was
Worth Street gray goods market today
but actual bookings were mostly for fll-in
requirements Prices were steady and un-
changed
Demand for rayon goods was slow. but
mills were kept we'll covered on yarn de-
llverieS.
high raw silk price. In the wooden mar
ket demand for fabrics has lessened con-
sderably although mills are operating At
a good pace.
Domestic consumption OF burlap dur
ing October was placed by trade sources
at !3.O0O.O0O yards, which is 5000 900
600 under September this year.
Evening star., 1939-11-13
Shipments Of Asphalt
Roofing Decrease
By the Associated Press.

~ t1e ASSOCI1CcU FrtBS.
Shipments Of asphalt prepared
roofing, the Census Bureau says,
totaled 1856, 1892 squares in Septem-
ber and 25,07l 1862 in the first nine
months of the year, compared with
4.0l3,3l9 squares in September and
25,894,6l7 in the first nine months
Of last year.
Evening star., 1939-11-13
Washington Exchange

SALES.
Capital Traction 1st 5s-S5 900 at 95,
$4,000 at 95.
AFTER CALL.
Capital Traction 1st 5s-$3,0OO at
95l4
Washington Railway g. Electric As
$1,000 at 107l2.
Peoples Drug Stores common-lO at
35.
Capital Transit Colo at 1917.
Evening star., 1939-11-13
Central Reports
Smaller Loss
In 9 Months
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Nov. 13.-The New
York Central Railroad System re-
ported net deficit after charges
for the nine months ended Sep
tember 80 of $5,779923 compared
with a net deficit of $2l ,433, 1923 in
the like period of 1898.
For September a net income after
charges Of s3,120,096 was reported.
against deficit of $917,974 in Sep
tember last year.
Evening star., 1939-11-13
NOTICE OF REDEMPTION

NOll|E VI NEUEWF llUN
The Potomac Joint Stock Land Bank
of Alexandria, Virginia
2 Per Cent Bonds
(CoupOn)
Dated-December 1, 1898
Callable-June /, 1899
Due-December 1, I8lI
Notice is hereby given, as provided by
rules and regulations prescribed by the
Farm Credit ADMINISTRATION, that the un-
dersigned, The Potomac Joint Stock Land
Bank Of Alexandria Virginia, has called
Tor redemption on December /. 1889, all
OF its outstanding bonds above described.
Said bonds are payable at par upon pre-
sSsntatlon ssta at The Riges National Bank,
washington. D. c., ON and after December
] 1899, on which date interest thereon
will cease.
Dated: November 7, 1880.
TIE POTOMAC JOINT STOCK LAND
BANK OF ALEXANDRIA. VIRGINIA,
BY DONALD S. MACE, President.
Attest:
Audrey B. Carroll,
Asst Secretary
Evening star., 1939-11-13

Shipbuilding In Italy has greatly
decreased this year.
Evening star., 1939-11-13
Failures TotoI Down

NEW YORK Nov. 13 lP-Business fail
ures IN the United States during the
week ended November 8 dropped slightly
nf on ~ e1 ne
this year. Dun & Bradstreet reported
today. The latest total of go compared
with 221 in the preceding week and 2O6
a year ago
Evening star., 1939-11-13
New York Sugar

NEW YORK. Nov. 13 P.-suear fu.
lures No. 3 opened 1-2 higher January
.S3b March. 1.02b; MAY / o6b; July
2.01: September. 2.04. b Bid
Evening star., 1939-11-13

20c paid June 10 1889
TPlus extras e2ea extra. 49, extra.
81 400 extra paid December 20 1898:
20c extra m $3.50 extra. p5Oc paid
September 20, 1898. So 90 paid in 1888.
yS4:o0 paid so far this year. yS5.01
extra.
Evening star., 1939-11-13

Nearly half the bicycles in Latin
America were made in Germany.
Evening star., 1939-11-10
Bv the Associated Press,

Bv the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 10.-A lot of
gadgets on modern locomotives
would have puzzled Casey Jones, but
none perhaps so much as the new
tWo-Way communication system
which the Bessemer & Lake Erie
Railroad plans to install on one OF
its long, rumbling freight trains.
This new equipment will enable
the engineer and conductor to talk
back and forth between the cab and
caboose while low-frequency radio
waves carry their voices through the
steel rails. Even though hundreds of
car wheels may be grinding and
humping along, the voice reproduce
ton is said to be sharp and clear.
The system is based upon research
extending over several years, par
ticularly with respect to an expert
mental set still in use on one of the
Bessemer & Lake Erie freights. So
far the railroad, a United States
Steel subsidiary, is believed to be
the only carrier making use of such
an innovation, but company engi-
neers think it is worth all it COSTS "
Aside from increasing safety. the
communication system was believed
to lower operating costs through re-
luction in lost time On 125-car
freight such as the B. & l.. E. often
runs, it's quite a problem for the
engineer and conductor to go into
huddle on some question of opera
ton. That's because trains of that
length are slightly more than a mile
from engine to caboose The carrier
wave communication system ends all
such trouble.
When the conductor wants the
engineer to stop a train equipped
with the system, he simply presses
Evening star., 1939-11-10
Two-Woy Radio Is Installed
To Aid Freight Train Operation

a button and speaks into q micro
phone and almost at the same in
slant a loud-speaker booms out
above the engineers head. Then
when the engineer wants to reply, he
presses button in the cab likewise.
To listen, he merely lets go of the
button which normally is set for re-
ceiving.
During tests recently the locomo-
tive was reported to be separated