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Evening star., 1939-11-14
BY DEWITT MACKENZIE,
CoreiHn A1aira Writer

The war Of sound finally has
talked itself into an uncomfortable
position from which it would be
quite easy to tumble into general
European upheaval.
The many small countries, taking
courage from each other, are get
ting over their fright and sticking
out their chests.
Bent on maintaining their neu-
trality, they now are showing a
sturdy determination not to knuckle
under further in the matter Of their
independence and territorial integ-
rity.
The Finns' daring rejection Of the
Russian territorial demands, the
vigorous preparations Of Holland
and Belgium to defend their neu-
trality, the reported new Balkan
agreement tending toward defensive
cooperation under italian sponsor
ship-all mark a hardening of the
political temper Of the continent.
1t Is significant that in all in
stances this attitude Is the out
growth Of fancied or real dangers
emanating from Germany or Russia
or both. The Anglo-French allies
apparently haven't inspired fear
thus far Thus we find large num-
Der of little nations in Southeastern
and Western Europe which are de-
cidedly on the defensive against
Germany. This in effect repre-
sents what seems to be moral gain
for the allies, who undoubtedly have
exploited the situation to the full.
Powder Keg Again.
So delicate has become the posi-
tion of some Of these small states
that it wouldn't take much bullying
to set them to using the arms they
already have ready at hand. And
there is indication Of growing
tendency among them to support
one another.
Indeed, the way things have beer
framing the past few days II
wouldn't be surprising to see devel.
opment Of coalitions which, as 9
whole, would be very formidable.
He would indeed be either daring
or very rash who challenged these
neutrals far in their present frame
Of mind. He might start stampede
he couldn't stop.
These developments are co-inci.
dent with bad news for the Dutch.
Evening star., 1939-11-14
FEC. Group Refuses
To 0. K. Te|evision's
ComlnerciaIization
Committee Urges,
However, Rules Be Made
More Flexible
BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY.

Television broadcasting on . reg
ular commercial basis was denied
approval In q report made public to-
day by the special Television Com
mittee Of the Federal Communica-
tions Commission, headed by Com
missioner T. A. M. Craven. How
ever, the committee recommended
to the commission that its present
rules be made more flexible 50 any
applicant for television broadcast
station who might be able to show
ability to render a public service on
a regular program basis could be
granted license.
The intent of the rules, the COM
mittee reported, should be to pre-.
vent commercial exploitation of tele-
vision as a service to the public
prior to demonstrated proof Of its
readiness for regular operation in
accord with public interest, conven-
ience and necessity. 1t Is the COM
mittee's opinion that further prog
ress in television is directly depend
ent on the development Of public in
terest In television as a broadcast
service and that such interest can
be developed only through the
broadcast of programs that have a
high public appeal.
The committee, however, recon-
mended an ALLEGATION plan for tele.
vision channels under which Wash.
ington might have two stations.
This ALLEGATION is made necessary
at this time, 1t was said, because
only seven Of the channels have been
proved Of value. The IL other avail
able channels are still in the unex-
plored, experimental stage.
The report pointed out that each
televlsion channel occupies 600
times the ether space required for
a standard broadcast channel and
that even the seven developed chan
nels occupy nearly 80 per cent of the
entire radio spectrum now available
for all types of practical radio COM
munication.
At present there is no circulation
10 attract any sponsor to televisiOn
as logical ma:lum for obtaining
public interest, the report asserted.
Since only a few experiments.
stations in operation now are render
ing broadcast service to not more
than 1000 receivers. there is no
convincing argument. the report
said, that the removal at this time
of the ban on commercialization
will affect development of television
IN any positive manner.
On the other hand, the commit
tee added, there is grave poss
bility that premature commercializa-
ton could retard logical develop
ment by leading to a scramble for
5elevision channels by unified appli-
cants who have no real public service
concept.
Furthermore, the, report warned.
the immediate commercialization
threatens to open the door wide
to financial exploitation of the pub
lie without any sound basis therefor.
Evening star., 1939-11-14
Attorney 1estifies
He Never Received
$500 Listed by Kuhn
Others Soy Bund
Athlete Cove Gosh
To Aid Legal Defense
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Nov. 14.-James D.
c. Murray, an attorney, testified to-
day that he never had received
from Fritz Kuhn, leader of the
German American Bund, $500 al
legged by the State to have been en-
tered In the bunds books in the
stout bundsfuehrer's handwriting
as payment to the lawyer for legal
services.
Mr.. Murray appeared as a prose-
cution witness in Kuhns trial on
charges Of theft of money from his
own organization.
Other witnesses had testified that
in June, 1888, the German-Ame
ican Settlement League, a bund
affiliate, gave Kuhn money to be
handed over to Murray for aid in
the legal defense of six league men,
bers who were tried for not filing
certain membership lists required
by State law.
Follows Telegram Revelations.
This new scrutiny of bund
finances followed the prosecutions
effort Of yesterday to depict Kuhn
as a man who at the bunds expense
had telegraphed kisses" to a woman
friend.
The defendant. being tried on
charges Of larceny and forgery
blushed a fiery red yesterday as the
prosecution read into the record
three intimate kilograms to Mrs.
Florence Camp, blond Hollywood
matron.
In the kilograms Mr.. Kuhn, who
other witnesses said had described
Mrs. Camp as merely a casual
friend" and bund supporter, ad-
dressed her as my everything" and
assured her Of his great love and
Kisses"
Hope to have everything under
control tonight" said the first wire,
which was dispatched on September
IL, 1888, to Mrs. Camp. Leaving
tomorrow. Great love and kisses"
Said the second, sent October 26
to the Aberdeen Hotel, Oklahoma
City:
Arrived safely. Lots of news.
| Write you tomorrow All my
thoughts of you, Love and kisses"
The third, to a Cleveland address
not disclosed:
Train mistake. Called you twice.
Arrive by plane II pm. tonight.
Love and kisses"
The bund leaders wife and two
! children were absent from the court
room when the kilograms were read
by Assistant District Attorney Her
man j. Mccarthy.
Seek Prison Sentence.
The prosecution, through testi-
mony that Kuhn used the bund's
money to pay $272 for the three
kilograms, SIT to move Mrs. Camps
furniture, and other amounts for his
private use. hopes to imprison him
for from l7la to IS years.
That is the maximum penalty the
| bespectacled former German Army
machine gunner can receive II con-
victed on all counts He is accused
OF stealing $5,64l from the bund.
The defense conceded Kuhn sent
the kilograms to Mrs. Camp. but has
contended the bund leader had un-
limited authority over his organiza-
tion's funds and that District Attor-
ney Thomas E. Dewey was perse-
cutting him for political reasons.
Adele Jennings and Frederick
Viohl. telegraph company employees,
testified the three wires had been
charged to the account of the bund's
newspaper.
Evening star., 1939-11-14
Plants in GERMANY
Owned by Americans
Cause Uneasiness
Eventually Situation
May Leod to Bon on
Construction Abroad
BY the Associated Press.

~ s"e nooOS12teO EICoS
Several hundred million dollars of
American capital invested in huge
American branch factories in Ger
many are helping Adolf Hitler carry
on his war against Britain and
France and are causing some un-
easiness among high officials here.
Eventually, the situation may lead
to the formation of an administra- =
ton policy against the future es-
tablishment of American factories
abroad.
The plants. branches Of vast cor
porations like General Motors, Ford
and National Cash Register, were
constructed before the Nazis came
into power. In 1893, a reliable au-
thority estimates, they were valued
at $500, 900, 900.
Since then, their valuation has
greatly declined owing to numerous
Nazi restrictions on operations and
profits and a prohibition against the
export Of their profits to the United
States. Nevertheless, some of them
are still tremendous plants employ
ing thousands of workmen.
Question Of Control.
In the last few years, the German
government has placed overseers in
the plants with such wide powers
that there Is a question in official
quarters here as to whether the fac
tories are actually under American
control.
Before the war began, they were
thoroughly integrated into the Ger
man economic system and are now
working, just as are German fac
tories, in producing whatever mate
rials are required for the pursuance
of the war.
The administration was worried
about the plants even before the war
started. The chief reason was the
fact that products from the plants
were competing seriously with goods
made IN America. Originally, the
branches were established to supply
the German and nearby markets,
but the German economic authori-
ties forced them to export to other
countries so as to provide Germany
with foreign currency. They began
10 export millions of dollars worth
OF products annually to Latin
America.
Another factor enters the situa-
ton. that Of American patents used
by the branch factories in GERMANY
Hltler's war machine now makes use
Of them.
Little Can Be Done.
There is little the United States
Government can do about it, al
though the possibility of retaliatory
measures If Germany's control over
the factories tightens much more is
not to be entirely excluded. It is
known that oficial quarters here
made an informal survey of German
factories IN the United States and
have found that the German invest
ment equals about IS per cent of the
American investment in Germany,
However, the German investment
here is largely in the hands of Ger
man individuals rather than cor
porations. As long as the United
States is a neutral, authorities would
be extremely loathe to take any re-
taliatory action against individual
Germans.
1t Is acknowledged that American
branch factories also exist in the
countries fighting Germany and
may also be assisting those coun-
tries IN prosecuting the war. Feel
ing IN omcial quarters, however, is
not SO strong on their account be-
cause they have not been forced
to export to other countries in COM
petition with their parent COM
panies.
Evening star., 1939-11-14
Russians Blame
Finland for
Flood on Neyu
y the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Nov. 14.-The latest
Soviet Russian radio thrust at Fin
land blames her for floods rising in
Northern Russia.
The Soviet midnight broadcast,
shortly after the Finnish delega-
tion had gone home from fruitless
negotiations, said the Neva River,
which runs through Leningrad, was
flooding because of winds from
Finland"
The Firms, the broadcast charged,
neglected to inform Russia of the
meteorological conditions, as they
were supposed to do under interna-
tional convention, and, therefore,
the responsibility was theirs.
Evening star., 1939-11-14
Purdue Alumni to Meet

The Washington Purdue Alumni
Association will meet tomorrow at
$50 pm. at 1901 K street to elect
officers for the coming year. A
member of the United States EN-
ployment Service will address the
meeting on methods used by that
orgauiSatton.
Evening star., 1939-11-14
Low Fire Rates Here
Shown in Survey by
Trade Board Group
Subcommittee Reveals
Progress in Study;
Report Due This Yeor

Progress in a survey of Washing
ton fire stations and fire hazards
was reported last night by sub
committee to the Board of Trade
Committee on Public Order D. C..
Collauay, subcommittee chairman,
indicated the full report would be
completed by the end of the year
with recommendations of action.
The board wants to maintain the
good service of the Fire Department,
but if economies can be effected
changes should be made, it was said.
OF II cities with populations between
100000 and 100000, Washington has
one of the lowest fire rates in the
country, second only to Jersey City,
N. j. preliminary charts show. The
survey includes the period from 1929
through 1893 and shows Washington
followed the national trend, but on
lower scale, in fire loss and rates.
Firemen Michael H. Finan of No.
II Truck Company and j. M. jamie
son of No II Engine Company told
more than 35 committee members
attending the meeting in the Har-
rington Hotel that the Fire Depart
ment personnel already has been re-
duced as much as possible without
cutting it's efficiency.
Narcotic Probe Proposed.
The committee proposed an in
vestigation of narcotic peddling here
and voted to call on the Washing
ton Criminal Justice Association to
Join in finding means of eliminat-
ing the narcotic problem. In pro-
posing the motion, John F. Hillyard
declared Washington has one of the
worst records on narcotics in the
country.
Detective Sergt. Henry M. Jett of
the auto SQUAD described the Police
Departments work in tracing stolen
cars. Since 1888 the number OF
stolen cars has decreased more than
40 per cent, he declared, and the
proportion recovered has increased
from 94 per cent to 81 per cent.
Odell S. Smith presided at the
meeting and other speakers included
Capt. Floyd Truscott of the tenth
precinct, Charles Bates and Joseph
Burkhart.
Airport Group Meets.
The subcommittee on the WASH
ington National Airport of the Avia-
ton Committee met yesterday in the
District Building under the chair
manship of 10 " Morgan and as
signed a number of members to spe-
cial surveys and report in two weeks
at the next meeting The board
particularly wants to learn what
agency will operate the airport, COM
mercial restrictions to be imposed
in the surrounding area and traffic
regulations to be established on
routes from the city to the nearby
Virginia site.
Capt Henry c. Whitehurst, Dis
trict highway director, and Col.
Sumpter Smith. engineer in charge
of construction at the airport have
been asked to attend the next sub
committee meeting to tell what ar
rangements are being made to pro-
vide efficient service for the new air
terminal.
Evening star., 1939-11-14
War in Europe Day by Day
Small Countries, Getting Over Their Fright,
Are Sticking Chests Out

Belgian peace proposals, or for any
other such offers in the near future
This lies in the Anglo-French an
nouncement Of their war aims call
ing for restoration OF Poland
Czecho-Slovakia and Austria.
Since these three conquests rep
resent some Of the brightest jewels
in the Fuehrer's crown, it would
take lot of imagination to visual
ize handing them over without q
fight.
What the Allies Mean.
What the allied war aims an
nouncement means Is this:
England and France again have
served notice that the appeasement
stage is past, and that they have
definitely made up their minds to
break Nazidom. They don't want
peace until they have achieved that
UNLESS, OF course, the unbelievable
happens and Hitler meets their
terms.
Any doubt as to the present An
glo-French intentions would be re-
moved by the nature of the verbal
assault Winston Churchill, British
first lord Of the admiralty. made on
Hitler and Nazidom Sunday night
The first lord, who has one Of the
most devastating tongues of history
threw at the Nazis two of the Bit
terest taunts imaginable.
Mr.. Churchill committed the un-
pardonable sin of referring to the
Nazi leader as "a cornered maniac
and to cap this studied insult, flung
out a remark about Hitler and his
Huns" The reader who recalls the
fury Of Germans over Rudyard
+, Kiplin's World War poem, "The Hun
Is at the Gate" will realize the ef-
feet.
Obviously had the Anglo French
allies the slightest expectation Of
making peace before victory, neither
Mr.. Churchill nor any other cabinet
minister would have dreamed o1
making such speech.
Berlin has indicated that Hitler's
reply to the Anglo-French attitude
toward peace will be by deeds.
In view of all the circumstances
it also would be logical for Herr
Hitler to go easy with the neutrals
and not run the danger of having
them gang up on him. However, thu
NaZi leader is a law unto himself
and frequently doesn't pursue what
! looks like a logical course.
Evening star., 1939-11-14
Strike May Close
Oyster Packing Plants
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PRINCE FREDERICK, Nd, Nov
l4.-Calvert County oyster packers,
beset by strike of shuckers de-
manding a wage increase, indicated
today they would remain shut down
for the season, although they have
large stocks on hand.
Operators Of five plants had sew
eral tons of unshucked oysters on
hand when 252 shuckers struck yes
terday for a scent increase to 80
cents a bushel. which the packers
said they could not pay because OF
poor prices.
Evening star., 1939-11-14

Hlen 0essure and lair weather prevail
I1 almost generally over the United States
Pikeville. Ky. 1.O342 millibars (3O54
inehss'; haa Buffalo: n. y, 1892 millibars
millibars (30.16 inches, Pressure is ab-
normally low and still falling over the
eastern portion of the Gulf Of Alaska with
The weather has become colder in the
Atlantic and east Gulf States. Tennessee
and Arkansas. but mild temperature pre-
valls from the northern Rocky Mountain
region eastward to the upper Mississippi
Valley and the upper Lake region,
Evening star., 1939-11-14
Narrugons
BY the Associated Press.

FIRST RACE-Purse. $500; claiming
3.year -olds and up; 6 furlonGs.
rural Mail (W. Taylor) 7.20 $50 $50
Euuerry tLeavitt) 17.3O ~
Nixwen (Prehm) S.4O
AiSo ran-Some oQod, Aittie. orandeen
Dun Capture, yolo snow. Jecauells, Pes'
sensible. &Ilht Chase ana oaenefooD.
Evening star., 1939-11-14

Riots over the starting Of the Euro
pean war caused policemen of Jo-
hannesburg, South Africa, to remain
on duty at the central station day
and night for nearly two months
until peace wa restored there,
Evening star., 1939-11-14
Racing Results
PimIico
PinnIico

FIRST RACE-Purse. $1,000; claiming;
for 2-year-o -olds; furlongs.
Good Taste (Ryan) 1000 1920 a2O
oh Air Cooled (Peters) .b.Su 64o
oh Summer Stock (Smith) 3l.2O l7.4O
Also ran-Mary's Lassie, Corsica. Irish
Mirth. set, Paper Girl, Idle Night, miss
Maker, Ponemah, Dona's Pal.
dh Deadheat for place money.
Evening star., 1939-11-14
To l01 on Milk and Water

On his 101st birthday anniver-
sary, Oliver Chalker of Keinton,
England, drank has health in milk
and water, for that is the strongest
drink he has ever touched, and he
smoked only once, when a boy.
Evening star., 1939-11-14
Weather Report
FURNISHED by the United States Weather Bureau.)

FURNISHED ather Bureau)
District of CoumbaFar with lowest enera
tre about 81 and with slowly
rising gentle north becoming southeast
south tomorrow. e '"''
Maryland and VngnaFar cold oniet tomorrow
fair with slowly rising temperature ~ e''' ''o"
+or,or-,,r
n tonp No '0A'0AAo"
Evening star., 1939-11-14

In his will disposing of a $l,13O 900
estate. Sir Walter Forrest, former
Liberal M. P. in England, directed
that trust moneys under the will
should not be invested In Russia
or the Irish Free State
Evening star., 1939-11-14
River Report.

River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
At Harpers Ferry; Potomac slightly muddy
at Great Falls today.
Evening star., 1939-11-14
Precipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches In thu
Capital tcurrent month to date):
Evening star., 1939-11-14
Report for Last "A Hours,

Record for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest. 81, $50 pm. yesterday. Year
ago. 81.
A.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 100, on September 8.
Lowest. II. on February %
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
rrom noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest. 81 per cent, at $50 am. today,
Lowest, Al per cent, at $3.50 pm. yes
terday
Evening star., 1939-11-14

FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-03-02

WASHINGTON. Judging by whis-
pers around Washington the end OF
that rejection of Floyd H. Roberts
by the senate is not yet. The whole
affair seems destined to be the most
important political mistake Presi-
dent Roosevelt has made since his
attempt to enlarge the Supreme
court. 1t seems similar TO the court
episode in other ways. First, be-
cause both were, as it turned out,
so unnecessary. The President has
appointed three judges to the high
bench since that fight, and in all
probability will have two more ap-
pointments within short time,
making a total of FIVE, a majority
of the entire court, which he will
have appointed.
Also, the court fight led to the
purge, inevitably, and that purge
was disastrous in its outcome, and
laid the foundation for trouble for
the New Deal still TO come. Where
as the Roberts case seems 70 have
no end of epercussions.
The latest is the bitterness of the
New Dealers surrounding the Presi-
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-03-02
Whitefish WoOzes
We Heard About

Bill Martin paying $l00 for the
98c hat he bought at the tourna-
ment-The Poison boy who broke
Burke's heart, or was he from
Whitefish? -Stickney opening a
barber shop with the reluctant Paul
son as his first customer-"Bert
spending all his money in the penny
slot-machine-Bill Seims and the
two little sixth grade girls-All the
food that Stass, Sally. Bug, Gerry,
and Miss Winston consumed on their
way to Whitefish-Th basketball
boys learning to play cards, and at
least one of them becoming a pro-
ficient shuffler-Junior and Tiny
eating vast quantities of toasted
cheese sandwiches-The unknown
number of boys who slept in Room
10 We've heard guesses from ten
to sixteen-your guess is as good as
ours.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-03-02

ton on IVA.
But when the joint committee was
appointed Joe's fine Italian hand
appeared. White House orders to
the majority of the committee were
that Biddle should be appointed.
Comparatively Easy for
Cufey to Put Biddle Across
So it was comparatively easy for
Guffey to persuade President
Roosevelt to make the special~eoHn-
mittee accept Biddle as counsel for
its investigation, and from that mo-
ment we're ordained whitewash
of IVA and sporadic raids by the
committee against the utilities OBJ
structing TWAS progress. Biddle
virtually became defense counsel
for IVA.
Newspaper men who covered the
raid that committee made on Chat
tanooga are still laughing over one
episode, which fits in with the aver
age New Workers. alleged contempt
for the prosincialism of Biddle s
home town of Philadelphia.
The leading newspaper in Chat
tanooga is the Times. Young
Adolph Ochs, editor of the Chat
tanooga paper, was about to be
called to the stand. Representa-
tive Charles A. Wolverton Of New
Jersey made some innocuous ref
erence to the connection between
the New York Times and the Chat
tanooga Times.
Bddle had been in touch with
George Fort Milton, owner Of an
other Chattanooga paper, which had
been friendly to IVA. He knew the
Times had been on the other side.
So he devastated Wolverton for
holding such an absurd idea.
Its common knowledge that
there is no connection, shouted
Biddle.
A little later Young Ochs, went
on the stand and stated his name.
Are you any relation to the
Adolph Ochs who owned the Phila-
delphia LEDGER inquired Biddle,
apparently impressed with the
name.
His nephew" was the answer.
Mr.. 0chs not explaining that bis
uncle had never been exactly proud
ot bis Philadelphia venture.
. Eea synd,date -WNu Service.