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Evening star., 1939-03-14

, calls attention to the fact that
principal objections to this site are
traffic congestion and lack of park
ing space. AS result he suggested
the railroad yard alternative.
"One of the best-known build
ings for exhibition purposes
throughout the country" Mr.. Swope
said, lis that of Grand Central
Palace in New York which is To-
Gated Immediately above the tracks
of the New York Central Railroad
and has apparently never suffered
because of any interference on &C
count Of noise or vibration from
the movement of trains beneath
the street level.
Considers Economy Angle.
1T has occurred to me that it
might be possible to cover up an
unattractive entrance to Washing
ton at Fourteenth and Water
maine avenue) streets, S.W., by
placing an auditorium over the
Fourteenth street yards of the rail-
way company and work out an
agreement with them by which the
cost of real estate or the payment
Of lease for the use of the area
would be considerably smaller than
the fixed charges on the valuable
ground at John Marshall place."
Mr.. Swope explained.
Several advantages suggest
themselves in connection with that
location-first, the convenient To-
cation with respect to the number
of Washington hotels and the CEN
ter of the city. Second, the fact
that when the Jefferson Memorial
is completed. it should be possible
to provide a parking area east of
the Memorial which would serve
the double purpose of space for
visitors to the Memorial and park
ing space for such an auditorium.
Sees Exhibitions Attracted.
"Other advantages would include
a connection with the railroad ia
cilities for the delivery of equip
ment, since it is my belief that the
Washington auditorium when COM
pleted will attract a tremendous
number of nationally known ex-
hibitions to which such an advan-
| tage would be desirable. Visitors
from points south of Washington
would arrive at such an auditorium
without entering Washington traffic.
The disadvantage lies in the fact
of the heavy morning and afternoon
traffic incident to the arrival and
departure of personnel of the Bu-
reau of Engraving and Printing and
the Agriculture Department, which
would provide a considerable COM
plication.
LAS an alternative proposal it
seems to me that some of the low
cost property, which includes hous-
ing of the tenement variety ex-
tending along Virginia avenue S.W.
and connecting with the railroad
tracks leading to the tunnel be-
meath Capitol Hill, would provide
other sites in low-cost areas which
would eliminate this last objection
and still provide a locality reason
ably convenient to the center of the
city"
Evening star., 1939-03-14
Revenue Office Open
To Aid With Returns

The Office of Commissioner of
Revenue Harry K. Green will be
open from to pm. today and
tomorrow to assist Arlington County
(VaD residents in making out their
Federal income tax returns, it was
announced today.
commissioner Green urged tax
payers to also be prepared to make
out their State and local tax re-
turns as it would save them trouble
when these taxes later become due.
1t will be most convenient to compile
all three returns at the same time,
he said.
The State returns are to be made
on income and intangible posses
sions while local returns must be
made on tangible property.
Evening star., 1939-03-14

Location of the proposed local
auditorium above the railroad yards
near Fourteenth street and Maine
avenue S.W. is suggested by R. B
Swope, vice president of Children s
Hospital, Board of Trade member
and former president of the Rotary
Club.
Mr.. Swope said that of the sites
now under consideration it is his
opinion that the one in the Mu-
nicipal Center, at Constitution ave-
nue. and John Marshall place NV.
is the most conveniently located.
At the same time Edgar Nor
rls, chairman Of the Greater Ma
tional Capital Committee, past pres
ident of the Board of Trade and
past president of the Kiwanis Club
also indorsed the Municipal Center
site.
Emphasizes Accessibility.
Il have attended conventions held
IN auditoriums in many of the large
cities and have found that ready
accessibility is of prime Importance,
Mr.. Morris said This can only be
accomplished by placing the audi
torlum as near to the hotels as DOS
sible. Proximity to available railroad
yards is not nearly as much of ar
advantage for an auditorium as il
would be for a stadium"
Mr.. Morris pointed out that the
National Capital Park and Plan.
ming Commission has approved g
site at the end of East Capito
street for National Guard armory
and sport center, with provision fol
future construction of a stadium or
an adjoining site.
Il am also informed" Mr.. Nor.
ris said, that the director of We.
hicles and traffic is on record te
the effect that an auditorium in the
civic center development would moi
present an unusually difficult traf.
f1c hazard
Ind0rses Committee Selection.
considering the relative merits
Of the two sites and the proposed
uses to which they are to be put,
feel that the Public and Private
Building Committee has made 6
wise selection, and I wish to be
recorded in favor of the site neal
Fourth street and Constitution ave.
nue. for an auditorium.
The committee to which Mr.. Nor.
ris refers is a Board of Trade group
which has reported in favor of the
Municipal Center auditorium site.
Mr.. SWope. who also is president
of the Southern Oxygen Co., il
known as inventor of a resuscit.
alton apparatus for treatment o1
asphyxia in newborn infants now
widely used.
Although he expresses the opin.
ion that the Municipal Center site
is the most convenient of the pro.
posed locations, Mr.. Swope also
Evening star., 1939-03-14
BroziIion Loan Held
Defeating Johnson Act
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Senator Lewis, Democrat. of Illi-
nois declared in the Senate yester-
day the United States recent credit
arrangements with Brazil served tc
defeat the intent of the johnson Act,
which prohibits loans to defaultine
debtor nations.
Senator Barkley, Democrat, Of
Kentucky and Senator Minton, Dem
ocrat, OF Indiana asserted in reply
that the prohibition did not cover
EXport-1mport Bank loans to Ameri-
can businessmen doing business in
foreign country. They also de-
clared. the johnson Act referred onlv
TO direct debts of foreign govern
ments to the United States, and did
not apply where municipalities or
other subdivisions were in default.
Evening star., 1939-03-14
9. U. Debuters Meet
West Virqinio TONIGHT

The Walsh Debating Society of
the Georgetown University School
OF Foreign Service will meet a team
from West Virginia University to-
night at 8:15 O'Clock at Georgetown
University.
The Walsh Society will take the
negative side of the question: Re
solved, That the United States
should cease to use public funds.
including credit, for the purpose of
stimulating business"
Judges will be DR.. John w. Fisher
and Arthur R. Murphy, attorneys.
and Charles E. Bish, assistant prin-
cipal of Roosevelt High School.
Richard Look will be chairman.
Evening star., 1939-03-14
Norris Asks Senate
Amend 7. Y. A. Act
Without Delay
Proposes to Extend
Authority's Power
To Issue Bonds
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Senator Norris, independent, of
Nebraska asked the Senate today
to amend the T. v. A. Act swiftly
so the Tennessee Valley Authority
could finance its share of an agree
ment for purchasing properties Of
the Tennessee Electric Power Co.
Proposing an amendment which,
he said, would make the Au-
thority's $100,OO0OO0 bond-issuing
power available for purposes to
which 1t does not now extend,
Senator Norris said prompt action
was necessary.
The Senator referred to the
agreement for the purchase Of Ten
nessee Electric Power Co. properties
by the T. v. A. and other public
interests for $78,6OO,0OO.
1T is important" Senator Norris
said, that such an amendment be
acted on promptly, as several cities
which are to be parties to this con-
tract are now engaged in the con-
otA uSCAOll VI 1d(lAAllCH
which, in part at least, duplicate
those to be acquired from the COM
pany.
If there is any delay in consum-
mating the proposed purchase con-
tract, this duplication may reach the
point where it will be such serious
obstacle to participation by these
cities in the purchase as to prevent
consummation of the agreement"
Senator Norris said T. v. AS por-
ton of the purchase price for the
Tennessee Electric Power properties
would be between $42,OOO,OOO and
$44, 100000. T. v. A. also was nego-
tiating, he said, for other properties
in Northern Alabama and Missis-
sippi, and the total cost of T. v. A s
share of all of these acquisitions,
Together with the cost of rehabili-
tation and interconnection, may ap-
proximate s6O,OO0,0OO."
Evening star., 1939-03-14
Mother and Child, !,
Rescued by Firemen

Firemen helped a colored mother
and her l-year-old child down a
ladder from third-hoor balcony of
their home at 1859 U street NV
about noon today after smoke from
basement fire stopped them from
descending the steps.
Neither was injured. The fire, be-
lleved to have originated in a hot
water heater, caused several hun
dred dollars damage.
Evening star., 1939-03-14
Church Concert Tonioht

The Petworth Baptist Church
quartet and the Glee Club Of the
University of Maryland will present
a joint concert at tbs pm. sodav
in Woodward Hall, Calvary Baptist
Church, under the auspices Of the
District Organized Bible Glass As
sociation. Harlan Randall directs
and Robert Gradley is accompanist
for the Glee Club, and Harold S.
King is conductor of the quartet.
Evening star., 1939-03-14
1t. Strange Goes
To First Precinct &.

Transfer of 1t. Clyde N. Smiley"
Strange to the first precinct from
administrative headquarters yester-
day put three lieutenants on duty
at the station. Ordered by Mai.
Ernest w. Brown, police head, the
new assignment will permit a lieu
tenant and two sergeants to be on
duty during each 8-hour shift.
Capt. Harvey G.. Callahan. in
charge Of the precinct, formerly
was on duty with two sergeants for
an 8-hour shift each day. The
order OF transfer becomes effective
Thursday.
Evening star., 1939-03-14
Weather Report

Ostct OF Colmbia-Fa about depr
tonight tomorrow cloudy followed beginning late tomorrow
or ngn colder Thursday and Thursday night easter winds
becoming southeast and increasing ' ~
maryland and VTgnia-Fa slightly in extreme west
coudness
ate tomorrow afternoon night slightly west portions
tomorrow; colder Thursday and Thursday night ~ r
west misunderstanding
by light in cos
tomorrow night '' 1ANN' ~'1o0i
Evening star., 1939-03-14
Federal Workers to Meet

Marshall Dimock, assistant Sec
retary OF Labor, will speak on Gov
ernment reorganization at a meet
ing OF Labor Local IL, United Fed
eral Workers of America, at o'clock
tomorrow night. The meeting will
be at U. F. w. headquarters. 532
Seventeenth street NV.
Evening star., 1939-03-14

The disturbance that was centered near
Cape Cod Monday morning has moved
slowly east-northeastward with a further
increase in intensity. Sable Island, Nova
Scotia. 2S.S4 inches. Another disturbance
Of wide extent is advancing eastward over
the Plains States and the lower Missouri
Valley. Concordia. Kans. 29.5O inches
These disturbances have been attended by
snow In New England and New York and
from the northern Rocky Mount ain region
eastward to northern Michigan. and by rain
In the, North Pacific States. High pressure
prevails over nearly all other sections, Nor
man. district Of Mackenzie, -3OsO inches.
Norway House; Manitoba, 3O.7s inches:
Boise. Idaho 3042 inches. and Ashevile.
N c.. 1920 inches The temperature has
risen from Michigan and Wisconsin south
westward to northern Mexico. while much
colder weather has overspread the northern
Plateau and northern Rocky Mountain re-
g1ons. Ontario and southwestern Quebec.
Calgary, Alberta. reporting a minimum
temperature of -2S degrees
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers muddy
at Harper's Ferry; Potomac muddy at
Great Falls today.
Evening star., 1939-03-14
Street Roller Kills Man

BRUNSWICK, Nd, March IA
P.-A two-ton street roller out of
control sped down a steep grade
yesterday and. as Mortified spec
tators watched, overturned and
fatally crushed the driver, Edgar
Hillary Virts. Is. . municipal en-
ploye.
Evening star., 1939-03-14
Site With Railroad Facilities
Urqed for Auditorium
RIB. Swope Suggests Maine Avenue
And Fourteenth Street as Possibility

This IS the 31st of a series of
articles dealing With the audi
torium-stddium problem noW
pending in Congress. Further dts
cussions 1Dil tollo,o, and the opin-
ions OF readers are inptted,
Evening star., 1939-03-14

Record for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon todayD
ago 80.
Lowest. 35. 3 am. today. Year ago Al.
Record Temperatures This Fear.
Highest 76. on March 5,
Lowest II. on February %.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
CFrom noon Yesterday to noon today)
Highest, 81 per cent, at 3 am, TO-DAY
Lowest, 30 per cent. at s pm yesterday,
The Sun and Moon,
Rises. Sets.
sun, today ------- 6.23 6:13
sun, tomorrow ---- 1922 6:14
Moon. today------ 223 am. 1896 pm
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset
Evening star., 1939-03-14
Precipitation

Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital tcurrent month to date):
Evening star., 1939-03-14

Report for Last ~ Hours.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-06
unog'8 MORE ABOUT
s s n0QU0E

Ii ~ ~ - - y - y
epsuot1ne ~ frcesoas und<r char
~. 1n1uned Aoualral Masters warn.
-. DsopaGnndal
0uponnment esarxss refused 10
po~on1 ~ position ~ TIE Isosuols.
~ onarnlalions. hnssd o. ths
en1p's esunal spesd. sAe~sd ~ vas
oopot - miass frosn ceAh. Irv,an1.
ear1y tncay. ~ h hpand nor New
xerk m = one thoro Wednesday.
n Wh1te t1oslns cnAcunced ne
German warning. nnd he <ilspaieh~
~ n naval shlpe b accompany
~ lrnQnnas home. rrees secrs-
taFy oteph<n r. xnriy sAid Ne
panee1 ilst1e essdsnrs N Admiral
noo6nr's Information.
Anenshs War.sa
3no1or olnmmoned Commander
4. - ornrn1er. U. g. naval sttache
at nm1ln. 70 M cfl1ce "Wednesday.
and M Nm ~ believed the Iro-
Qnn1e wpo11 - sunk '1hrouxh :
pepee1kina = eircumstancss which
meeAed t. loss II tie tnritixh)
e1namnh1p Athsnia.- IL whlfs
unnso I'D
~ Athaala wss sunk on tn
49, - unhrtdea On The day
nr1nnd ontorod fhe war WITH 4
The Washington times., 1939-01-16

The fmous cotton fdbric that is known the
breodth Of the lond for its sturdy wearing ond
ideal woshing properties. Many fmcY potterns
in smart color combinations. All with fused
ottoched collors. Sizes IA to II.
The Washington times., 1939-01-16

Herringbone. tweed dnd ploid pot
tern all wool fubrics on one side.
Shower-proof cotton gdbudine on the
other. Bdlmocom model. 80 to AZ.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-06
Nazis Say British
Planning to Sink
American Vessel

Continued From Page u
Berlin, to his office Wednesday and
told him that he believed the Iro-
quois would be sunk Through a
repetition of circumstances which
marked the loss of the (British)
steamship Athena" the White
House said.
The Athena was sunk off the
isles of Hebrides on the day that
England entered the war, with a
loss of more than 100 passengers,
including % of the 81 Americans
aboard, The British charged that
the ship was torpedoed by a Ger
man submarine.
German authorities asserted that
the ship had been sunk by the
British on orders of Winston Chur-
chill, first lord of the admiralty,
to arouse American sentiment
against Germany.
1t was reported in authoritative
circles that Raeder told Schrader
that he had received his informa-
ton about plans to sink the Iroquois
from sources in neutral Ireland
Neither the White House nor mari
time commission announcements
detailed Raeder's warning.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-06
Fuehrer i'm Final
Peace Bid Gives
Hint of fHorror

SAID.
But let no one believe. Hitler said
that his proposals meant that he
was weak.
Again 1 take this chance in ex-
pressing my ideas he said. my
prestige can stand such dangers,
Whether fear or despair motivates
the course of events will be shown. "
Only international Jewish capi-
talisGS and their journalistic mouth
pieces" could now have any inter-
est in a bloody clash between ma
ton and nation.
The Poland of the Versailles
treaty never would rise again. Rus
sia and Germany, Europe'S great
est powers, guaranteed that. Ger
many would not be crushed again
II they tried to crush Nazism, the
western powers would only useless
ly sacrifice the lives of millions
upon millions of men and women
and vainly.
But if the western powers wanted
peace, Hitter said he was willing
to say that he now considered the
Versailles treaty as no longer in
existence, and that all German
claims were satisfied with the ex-
ception of that for restoration OF
former colonies.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-06
Germans Attack in
Effort to Nu||ify
Gains by French
Continued From Page u

continued FROM Page u
Rhine I have seen soldiers engaged
in attempts to evacuate cooties from
shirts and trousers.
The same situation exists across
the lines in the German trenches
I have been told. and the only dif-
ference is that the Germans spell
cootie with a capital k.
Horses. however, have disappeared
from the war scene, but to my sur
prise, I found COWS and goats graz
ing contentedly in the backyards
of Maginot line fortresses.
These fortresses, I discovered
when Gen. Maurice Gustave Gam
elm permitted American war cor
respondents to visit their erstwhile
secret inner workings, maintain
from 20 to 80 COWS and goats each.
The herds serve a double purpose
by providing camouflage and
milk supply. Enemy airmen look
ing down on the concealed fortress
es see what the French hope will
seem to be a purely pastoral scene
COWS and goats nibbling grass on
innocent looking knolls.
The animals are kept in place by
harbed wire designed to be as ef-
fective in keeping Germans out as
in keeping cows in. In case OF
attack. the COWS and goats can be
herded down a slotted incline into
the fortresses inner galleries, $50
feet below the surface.
There, they become part of the
fortresses' food reserves. Enough
meat is kept on the hoof and ON
refrigerator hooks to supply each
garrison for six months in event
of siege.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-06
Turkey Agrees to
Pact with Britain

LONDON, oct. 6. UP)-Great
Britain and Turkey have initiated
mutual aid pact covering the
Mediterranean sea, and the formal
signature is TO be effected as soon
as Turkish Foreign Minister Sukru
Saracoglu returns from Moscow, it
was reported today in well in
formed quarters.
1t had been known that the draft
OF an agreement had been COM
pleted. covering political. military
and economic matters.
Information here was that the
agreement had now been initiated
as finally approved at Ankara, the
Turkish capital.
Saracoglu's negotiations at Mos
COW had caused a change in the
diplomatic situation as regards the
Black sea, and it had been assum-
ed that there might be a safeguard
clause in the British Turkish pact
and a similar French Turkish
pact-to guard against the poSsibi-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-06

llty that Turkey might have to fight
its old friend Russia
Nevertheless the effecting of any
agreement at all was regarded as
a diplomatic triumph for Great
Britain and France because it as
sured them an ally in the eastern
Mediterranean in event Italy cast
its lot with Germany-a contin-
gency now regarded as most re-
mote-and a friendly neutral even
if Russia entered the war.
In the World war Turkeys aid
to the German cause was of meal
culable value
The Daily Telegraph, in a dis
patch from Bucharest, quoted pri-
vate adviceS from Moscow that
Saracoglu was about 10 sign a mu-
tual aid pact with Russia, and that
he was comforting now regarding
a Balkan peace pact based on main-
tenance of the present territorial
status.
Any such agreement as that, nat
uraily would mean that Russia
would not try to seize BeSsarabia
from Rumania, would not permit
a German drive into Rumania
through Hungary, and would not
try to force Rumania to restore its
Dobrujda area TO Bulgaria.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-06
Morrnons Condemn
War, Ask Peace

SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 6. OUP)
A blunt condemnation of war, a
prayer for peace and an appeal for
America to stay out of European
hoStilities were made today by the
two top-ranking leaders of the
IT'S, 0O0-member Latter Day Saints
church.
I'VE should pray that the spirit
of hate, exploitation and domina-
ton in the spirit of men be re-
placed by a spirit of forgiveness and
benevolence that the war might be
brought to an early close" said
Heber j. Grant, 82-year-old Nor
mon president
The manifest destiny of America
is that of the peacemaker of the
world" said j. Reuben Clark,
Grants first counselor and U. s.
ambassador to Mexico under Pres
ident Hoover.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-06
CONTINUED From Page y

tCOlllulueQ fIOlll rage -
Hitler said "provocation" had
forced Germany,s forceful moves
in recent years.
Reviewing the Polish campaign
at length, he said that a grand
success" was achieved by the Ger
man army, though western powers
mad tried to belittle it. He said the
collapse OF Poland was inevitable.
1t was not a Polish state, he said
and was run by a clique OF landed
aristocrats Also, he said, Poland
wanted to destroy Germany.
Il have pledged my word" he
continued. ito discard the Yer
sailles treaty 1 have pledged my
word to restore Germany's rights
in a modest way"
Germany had found her resur-
rection, he said, in Nazism.
Then, in his appeal for peace,
he swung round the circle in Eu-
rope-no demands against the neu-
F. trails of northern Europe; no in
tention of changing the "inviolabie
and eternal" boundaries of south
eastern Europe; no demands on
France.
I think that permanent
peace can be established in this
world only if Great Britain and
Germany get together" he said
1T has been one of the chief aims
of my life to bring the German
and British people together-not
only intellectually but also in their
feeling of mutual respect"
He praised the vaiour and eff
cheney of the French army and
said.
7 have never made a demand
that was incompatible with French
honor or French vital interests. "
The Nazi fuehrer said he had
no fear OF the British-French COM
bination. Nor, he said, was he
afraid OF the judgment of history,
His desire to bring about a peace
full solution Of European problems,
ne said, came from a feeling Of
justice and strength, not of weak
ness.
Realization Of his program, and
of peace and security was possible
only through the cooperation OF
all European nations.
IN order to achieve this aim
the great nations of this continent
mist meet in order to work out,
accept and guarantee an agreement
which will give them all a feeling
Of security. peace and quiet" he
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-06
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-06
Fresno Officers
Find Stolen Auto

FRESNO, Cal, Oct. 6. (UP)-
The Fresno county sheriff's office
announced today recovery of an
automobile stolen last night near
Fresno when a young couple was
kidnapped, robbed and bound with
tape by pair of holdup men, be-
lieved to be the cowboy bandits"
wanted by Merced county authori-
ties. 4,EI
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-06

Imperial Valley land values will
double, even triple, if and when
proper drainage facilities are in
troduced and Imperial Irrigation
district Indebtedness put on sat-
isfactory basis.
A crowd of farmers and their
wives heard this prediction Thurs
day night at a Calipatria farm
center meeting where Paul Jenkins
Post-Press publisher, showed his
film Life in Imperial Valley"
which illustrates present and po-
tential agricultural wealth of the
county.
No community has richer soil
than Imperial Valley. No commu-