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Evening star., 1939-09-26
Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK,

fspOSAdtc flCos IHduCIdl WElLSI.
NEW YORK, Sept 26.-Persistent
offerings pushed stock market prices
lower today, with pivotal issues
down fractions to around a point
at their worst.
After moderately fast opening.
at which slipping tendencies were
seen, turnover lightened. Near the
fourth hour prices were mixed.
Only the rails displayed real signs
of strength, and there were modest
gains throughout this group. Bro
kers said there had been some
switching from industrials into
carriers, now benefitting from the
current business upswing. Steels
enjoyed a little favor.
Failure of traders to interest
themselves in the leaders was
ascribed by brokers to their desire
to learn the fate of the neutrality
measure before making commits
ments. The conviction grew that
debate over the bill might be
lengthy and acrimonious.
Lower-priced rail liens gained in
the bond market, along with some
foreign dollar loans, but the balance
of the list was mixed. Commodi-
ties inclined lower. Foreign mar.
kets finished down a bit.
Backward most of the time were
General Motors, International Har-
vester, American Telephone, Ameri-
can Smelling, Kennecott, Consoli.
dated Edison, Johns-Manville,
Western Union, Goodyear and
Standard Oil of New Jersey.
Among carriers. the most resistant
were Norfolk g. Western, Santa Fe,
New York Central and Chesapeake
& Ohio. Narrow were U. S. Steel,
Bethlehem, Montgomery Ward,
Douglas Aircraft, Pathe and Gel
aneSe.
Of in the curb were Aluminium
Co. and Todd Shipyards.
Announcement that Republic
Steel Corp. would spend 100000
on an expansion and improvement
program was followed by word from
K. c. Gardner, vice president OF
United Engineering & Foundry Co.,
that the steel equipment makers ex-
pected to benefit from the upturn
in the steel industry, with both do
mestic and foreign orders involved.
Evening star., 1939-09-26
New York Produce

NEW YORK, Sept. 26 A9-Esgs. 1866:
irregular; Mixed colors. fancy to extra
seconds. 17-1SHa; mediums, 49,: dirties, No,
l, 1888; average checks. 13-l3la: refriqer-
stor, fancy heavyweights, 1922; stand.
mediums. 1874: dlrties. 15h
Whites. resale Of premium marks. 81 u
a. nearby and Midwestern, premium
marks, 2Sia-31: exchange specials 2s:
exchange standards, %; resale of nearby
heavier mediums. 2Oh-25; nearby and
Midwestern. exchange mediums. 20:
pullets, 16-16Ia; peewees. 14-14h: re-
frigerator. nearby and Midwestern, stand-
ards. 81 h-22; firsts. 20-20h
Browns, nearby. extra fancy. s9h-Ss
nearby and Midwestern, exchange specials.
20: exchange standards. 21h-22; nearby
mediums, 10: pullets. 15k. r
Duck eggs. nearby. 1926
Butter, 1,165 $50: about steady. Cream
cry. higher than extra, 29h-30: extra
2f:. seconds lR4-s7), 22K-e4. 2
tCheese. t23.00@; quiet; prices UNCHANGED.
Evening star., 1939-09-26
Grain
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Sept. 26.-Wheat prices
lost about a cent bushel at times
today, but recovered all the setback
Just before the close.
Light selling through most of the
session was induced by showery
weather In parts of the domestic
grain belt, estimates of a record
world supply of wheat and talk OF
peace efforts in Europe. Short cov-
ering developed late in the session
to help the rally.
Substituting small gains for early
losses. wheat closed 1s-12 cent high
er than yesterday, December 857s-
86, May 86i2-7s; corn 1s-ss lower,
December 54A -ss, May STA; oats
Evening star., 1939-09-26
D. & H. Places Order
For Freight Cars
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 26-The Della
ware & Hudson Railroad has or
dered 1000, freight cars, of which
500 will be constructed by American
Car & Foundry Co. and the remain
der by Bethlehem Steel Co.
The recently announced order by
the Erie Railroad for $500 freight
cars was placed as follows: 500 to
American Car & Fountry; 400 to
Pullman-Standard Car Manufac-
turing Co.; 300 to General Amer
lean Transportation Corp; $50 to
Greenville Steel Car Co., and so to
a maker not yet disclosed.
Evening star., 1939-09-26

Chicago Cash Market.
yellow. hard. S. Corn No ] yellow,
63A A-64; sample grade. 50; new corn. No.
. yellow, 54a4: No. 3, 54A-I2. Oats, No.
2 mixed: 80; mixed grain, 33,4; No I
white. 3715: No .. 36ka. Barley. No
Illinois. 60 No. Illinois 64: No / malt
ing. 66: No. mailing. IS. Timothy seed.
3.65-90 Red clover 12.50-15.00. Red
top. S5O-a.OO. Asike. 13.OO-16.Oo
Evening star., 1939-09-26

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Evening star., 1939-09-26
Winnipeg Prices.

Baltimore Quotations
BALTIMORE Sept. 26 P.-Wheat. NJ
2 red winter. garlicky. spot domestic. 961!
Evening star., 1939-09-29

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Evening star., 1939-09-29
Fort Davis Citizens
Discuss Pedestrians

Pedestrian control was discussed
pro and con by members of the Fort
Davis Citizens Association at their
first meeting of the year last night
in the Southeast Branch Library.
A brief talk on the subject was
given by w. L. Robertson, American
Automobile Association official.
People believe they are being
regimented by pedestrian laws" said
Mr.. Robertson. Instead, these laws
are for their protection. Many per-
sons are killed yearly through
neglecting simple rules" He pointed
out, too, that a three-year study
made by the A. A. A. shows that
three-fourths of the pedestrians
killed have been persons so and
over. 1T is these people particu-
larly whom pedestrian control will
help" he said.
Amembership drive to continue
through November % is in progress.
with present membership standing
at SO, it was announced.
Evening star., 1939-09-29
PoIlbeurers Named
For Mohony Funeral

Honorary pallbearers for Felix E.
Mahony. u, prominent artist, who
died Wednesday at his home, 1882
Massachusetts, avenue NV, were
named yesterday. Mr.. Mahony was
to be buried at 3 pm. today In Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, after services at
Gawler's funeral home.
Pallbearers named are Clifford K.
Bergman, L. M. Leisenring, Lewis L,
Moneyway, Fulton Lewis, Frank B.
Steele, L. M. Lamm, James w. Bryan,
Ralph A. Collins, A. j. Montgomery
Daniel E. OConnell, Frederick J.
Haskin, Robert Patterson and
Charles H. Stratton.
Evening star., 1939-09-29
Mrs. Susan R. James, 96,
Dies al Her Home

Mrs. Susan r. James, one of
Washington's Oldest residents, died
yesterday at her home, 43O8 Thir-
teenth street NE. after brief
illness. She was SO years old.
Mrs. James came to WASHINGTON
as a young girl, having been born
in Prince William County, Va, and
had made her home here since. She
was the widow of Charles E. James,
who many years ago was clerk in
the Police Department..
Mrs. James was the oldest mem
ber Of the Fifth Baptist Church.
She is survived by son, G.. C..
James, and a daughter, Mrs. Henry
F. HALEY, both of Washington; eight
grandchildren and six great-grand-
children.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow at 2 pm. at the home.
Burial will be in Congressional
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1939-09-29
General Neutrality
Declaration Drafted
Al Panama Session
Appeal to BeIIieerents
To Humunize War Also
Being Drawn
Rv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PANAMA, Sept. 29.-A general
neutrality declaration designed to
keep peace In the Western Hemi-
sphere and to cushion its nations
against the shock of Europe's war
was being drafted today by the In
ter-American Conference Neutrality
Subcommittee. An appeal to bel
ligerents to humanize war also was
being formulated.
Meanwhile, other delegates studied
belligerent contraband lists, plans
for inter-American police and meth
ods for suppression of subversive
activities which might endanger
American neutrality.
Argentina was said to favor
strongly the clamping down on ac-
tivities of citizens of belligerents
living in neutral states, prohibition
of flights of belligerent aircraft over
neutral territory and radio broad
casts regarded as harmful to neu-
trality.
Submarine Plan Offered.
Departing from a program sub
mitted by the United States, Argen-
tina urged that belligerent subma-
rines be permitted to use neutral
ports, provided they entered afloat
and flying their flag.
The Argentine plan also would
allow three large belligerent war
vessels or II smaller ships in a
port simultaneously, but not for
more than "a hours. Submarines
would be permitted to refuel suf-
f1ciently to reach the next neutral
port.
Argentina would bar blacklisting
of firms believed to have connec-
tions with belligerent nations. This
was regarded as serious problem,
since many South American firms
are foreign owned. 1t was recalled
that during the World War the
United States published a particu-
larly broad blacklist.
Another Argentine proposal would
allow neutral vessels to take essen
tial supplies for neutral countries
from the territories of either bel
ligerent or neutral nations.
This plan, Argentine representa-
tives said, was based on the argu-
ment that warning nations were not
entitled to hinder the commerce of
neutrals in articles not destined for
military usage and its impossible
to make exports If they are uncom-
pensated, at least partially, by i'm
ports
Chilean Disapproval Hinted.
Authoritative sources said Chile
was inclined to disapprove" of a
proposal that the conference extend
territorial waters to a 300-mile line
around the Americas.
These sources said Chile pre-
ferred to contract rather than ex-
pand" the territorial waters because
of difficulties in patrolling such great
areas. The United States had offered
to bear the brunt of such a patrol.
United States Undersecretary of
State Sumner Welles told the con-
ference yesterday the United States
and Cuba completely coincide on
the basis of the project and offered
a map showing the proposed patrol
zones.
The plenary sessions of the con-
ference were postponed yesterday
until further notice" to allow the
subcommittee to complete their
work.
Foreign Minister Narciso Garay of
Panama, permanent president of the
conference, said he hoped the meet
ing would be closed Monday night.
Evening star., 1939-09-29
Trumps Around World

Frederick j. Berry, a barber, aged
70, recently left his home in Chath-
am. England, on q round world
tramp with his guitar over his
shoulder and his BARRIERS Kit Ia his
bag.
Evening star., 1939-10-22
Slayer Seems Unaware
He Is 10 Die Tomorrow
b. the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BELLEFONTE, Pa, Oct. 21.-Ap-
parently only a few hours from
death ut the hands of Pennsylvania
novice executioner, q man whose
jailers said he seemed unaware of
his impending fate was admitted to
the death house in grim Rockview
Penitentiary today.
He is Paul Ferry of Erie, Pa, 81
year-old wife slayer, who, with Willie
Bailey and Ira Bob Redmon, colored,
Of Philadelphia, is scheduled to die
early Monday in Philadelphia's old
oaken electric chair. Ferry has had
13 respites.
At the switch will be a man iden-
titled only as ''Mr. x" and described
by officials who chose him to sue
ceed the late veteran Executioner
Robert Elliott, as poor, deserving
electrician"
"Mr. x" will receive $500 for his
nights work, should he execute all
three, and $500 on each of two sue
ceeding Monday mornings when
four others are scheduled to die, two
each Monday.
The States last triple execution
was on April 25, 1898, when the
calm, efficient Elliott, who died sew.
eral days ago, performed the maca-
bre task in IA minutes.
Evening star., 1939-10-22
Catholic Parade
Will Be Held Here
Next Sunday
Apostolic Delegate to
Celebrate Benediction
In Outdoor Rites

Solemn benediction will be cele-
brated by the Most Rev. Amleto Gio-
vanni Cicognani, Apostolic Delegate
to the United States, next Sunday
afternoon at the conclusion of q
Catholic parade and religious DEM
onstration on the Washington Mon
ument Grounds.
The outdoor demonstration be-
came an annual event on the last
Sunday of October in 1925, when the
late Pope Plus XII called on millions
of Catholics throughout the world
to observe that day as the feast Of
Christ, the King.
A prominent orator of the Domin-
ican Order. the Very Rev. Ignatius
Smith, o. p, will deliver the sermon.
He is a pioneer in Holy Name ac-
tivities here and formerly was ma
tional director Of the Holy Name
Society in America.
Band to Lead Parade.
Catholic men from every parish
in Washington and nearby Maryland
and Virginia will march in the pa
rade, leaving the Capitol Grounds at
2 pm. and moving along Constitu-
tion avenue to the Monument, where
benediction and the recitation OF the
Holy Name pledge will conclude the
service.
The enlarged Catholic University
band win lead the parade, followed
by contingents from many of the
religious orders of the university
matching in cassock and gown
There will be a reviewing stand on
Constitution avenue for hundreds
Of guests.
Chairmen Appointed.
DR.. George F. Harbin, president
of the Washington section of the
Archdiocesan Union of Holy Name
and general chairman of the COM
mittee on arrangements for the
event. has appointed the following
committee chairmen to assist with
arrangements.
Daniel j. Cramer, religious group.
committee; William j. Kehoe, spe.
cial guests; DR.. George R. Ellis
finances; William J. Boyd, pres
and publicity; Alfred Neff. louc
speaker equipment; Capt. William
j. Walsh, flags and color bearers
Alfred J. Headley, jr., and Johr
Storer, permits for parading ane
assembling.
Evening star., 1939-10-22
Walter {. DriscoII
Funeral Tomorrow

Funeral services will be held in
Fort Myer Chapel tomorrow at $50
am. for Walter E. Driscoll, As, 1880
Irving street NV, who died Friday
after an extended illness. Interment
will be in Arlington National Gene
terry.
Mr.. Driscoll enlisted in the Army
June IS, 1917. and was sent to
Hawaii. Later he was a student in
the Central Officers Training School
at Camp Gordon, Ga, and was dis
charged there as sergeant of in
fantry, replacement troops, in No.
vember, 1918.
After the World War he served in
the United States Grave Registra-
ton Service overseas and later was
in the consular service in Germany
and Italy.
Mr.. Driscoll is survived by his
mother, three brothers and a sister,
all of Washington.
Evening star., 1939-10-22
GarnH nf ThankH

s MARTIN, LUCY J. We wish to express
our sincere thanks and appreciation to the
friends for their kind expressions Of
sympathv and beautiful floral tributes at
the death Of our mother, LUCY j. MARTIN
~ THE FAMILY.
late SARAH F. MASON wishes to express
deepest gratitude to Union Wesley Church
the ministers and churches. Francis Junior
il. H. Of Ruth and Taylor Co. of St. Luke's
educational and civic organizations the
Air Corps. the community and friends for
tender and helpful sympathy and beautiful
aoral tributes given upon the passing Of our
loved one. THE FAMILY.
STEVENS, MARY I. We wish to express
friends for their kind expressions Of
THY and beautiful floral tributes dur
Ing the illness and at the death of our wife
and mother Mrs MARY l. STEVENS
CHARLES H. STEVENS AND CHILDREN.
Evening star., 1939-10-22
Anti.American Agitation
Forces Mission CLOSING
4y the Associated presG.

BY the Associated Press.
PEIPING, Oct American
agitation has forced the closing of
the American Free Methodist Mis-
sion at Chenliu, near Kaifeng, a
member of the staff who reached
here today reported.
Miss Minnie Peterson of Seattle,
Wash, said Chinese and American
members of the staff had left the
mission and that they considered it
unsafe to return here
The United States Embassy was
understood to have protested to the
Japanese.
Sources from the mission, whose
headquarters are located in Chicago,
said the first demonstration against
American-owned property occurred
September 16 when Chinese demon
strators stoned the church and broke
windows
Shortly after Miss Peterson de-
parted for Kaifeng on a previously
scheduled trip. demonstrators were
reported to have plastered posters on
the mission walls reading Down
With Americans" and Down With
the Old Foreign Devil"
Miss Peterson said she did not
plan to return unless she was given
guarantees Of personal safety.
Evening star., 1939-10-22
Labor Spies Used
By Auto Makers,
{. |. 0. Leader Says
Thomas Makes CHARGE
In Protest Against
Labor Act Changes
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Major automobile manufacturers
were accused by a C. I. o. leader
yesterday of maintaining a system
of labor spies
r. J. Thomas. president of the
c. I. O. branch of the United Auto
mobile Workers of America. includ-
ed the charge in a statement he
filed with the Senate Labor Com
mittee protesting against any
amendments to the National Labor
Relations Act at this time
Espionage in the auto industry is
still widespread at the present time, "
the union leader said.
He added that the Senate Civil
Liberties Committee had proved
that the industry was infested with
labor spies" and that General Mo-
tors Corp. had spent $l000.000 in a
little more than two years Q934-36)
for spy services"
$50 infested with labor spies was
General Motors that it eventually
deemed it necessary to employ one
set of spies to spy on the rest" Mr..
Thomas asserted
These conditions, he continued,
had been improved under the Labor
Act. He credited the Labor Board
with reducing labor disputes in the
automobile industry in Michigan
from BOG strikes involving 354 .499
workers in 1887 to IS strikes involv-
ing 76.968 in 1888.
ANY weakening of the act will
invite a return to industrial an
archy," Mr.. Thomas said. adding
there had been no fair trial" of the
act.
The c. I. o. official said union
organization of workers in the auto
mobile industry was making steady
progress, and predicted the Ford
Motor Co. eventually would be in
cluded.
Evening star., 1939-10-22

q. a
friend, ROSA B. ALEXANDER. who passed
away three years ago today, October %,
1886
She left loving memories
In my heart to stay
To comfort and sustain me
HER q9SR Eo71Na 1tsf rkfESD hhhSn' ROBERT FISHER.
ALEXANDRA. ROSA B. In loving mem
ago today October %. 1885. -
HER 2EyoTED FRIEND, SERENA
CHASE, JOSEPH ROLAND In memory
CHASE Who spo Dsssed sxsS uH four ,es2s s1ASD .so
today, October %, 1895.
Oh. the memory Of that morning
When knew that he was dead
NV. heart was crushed with sorrow
HIS DEvoTED Eso4 sf'1S VIE Hase AhSE shfS CHASE
REYNOLDS. JAMES F. In loving re-
JAMES +. REYNOLDS. who departed d this this
life one year ago today. October 90. 1898.
He is gone. but not forgotten.
And, as dawnS another year.
In our lonely hours of thinking
thoughts Of him are always near.
Days Of sadness will come Ger U.s.
Friends may think the wound is healed.
But tney IN little & know the sorrow
n'' lies "'nan WIFE e ANp hsfTt cHITbREa f2nseasfS
SMITH, E. BERNICE. A tribute Of love
and devotion to the memory OF our be-
loved daughter. E. BERNICE SMITH. who
1915 1s55 US three years ago today October 60
To To- live ~ 4. in the hearts Of those We love
THE FAMILY. .
Evening star., 1939-10-22
Jurors Who Convicted
Jordon Are Called 10
New Trial Hearing
Justice Let's Summoned
Also as Attorney Tries
To Prove Influence

Members of the Jury which con-
victed Thomas Jordon in 1886 for
the hold-up murder of Mrs. Lizzie
Jaynes have been summoned to ap-
pear at a habeas corpus hearing in
District Court tomorrow, Defense
Attorney James j. Laughlin an
nounced yesterday.
Mr.. Laughlin, seeking to prove
his charges that the jury was i'm
properly influenced and that the
District Attorneys office has sup
pressed evidence favorable to Jor-
don. made the request that the
nine jury members whose where
abouts are known be brought to
court. He also summoned Justice
F. Dickinson Let's, who presided
at the trial.
The hearing was scheduled for
resumption at II am tomorrow be-
fore Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat.
District Attorney David A. Pine
said he was prepared to 60 into
court.
The object of the habeas corpus
proceedings was to win new trial
for Jordon, who is serving life
sentence for the Staying, which oc-
CURED in the Garden T. Shoppe, on
Columbia road near Eighteenth
street NV. on April 3. 1881.
Former Deputy United States
Marshal John B. Upperman. who is
serving a Jail term at Occoquan for
tampering with the Warning num-
bers trial jury. is expected to appear
before Justice Wheat before the
hearing is concluded.
Upperman was brought from Oc-
coquan yesterday to be interviewed
by members of the district attor-
neys staff. He was closeted in Mr..
Pines Office for about 20 minutes
and then returned to Jail.
Mr.. Pine has also interviewed the
nine jury members still available
and says he has taken statements
from them. He said yesterday that
he was 'in position to present their
testimony if the circumstances
should require it."
Mr.. Laughlin charged, when the
hearing began Friday. that Upper
man. who was custodian of the jury
while it deliberated the case in 1896,
had obtained copy of the District
Code and practically charged the
jury himself
The lawyer said in court that he
believed it possible the deputy mar
shal may have been acting in good
faith and not deliberately tampering
with the jury. District ATTORNEY
Pine said, however, that if Mr..
Laughlin could sustain his charges
he would consider Upperman liable
to charge of jury tampering.
Evening star., 1939-10-22
Knee-Hi Will Visit
Children Of Nine
Schools This Week
Dog, Fan Mail
Growing, to Conduct
Sufety Glasses

Prof. Knee-Hi will return to an
other group of District schools this
week to conduct her safety classes.
The little wire -haired fox terrier,
sponsored by The Star, with the CO.
operation of the Board of Education,
the Police Department and the De-
partment of Vehicles and Traffic will
appear before the children of nine
schools.
Meanwhile, the canine safety in
structor has been receiving more and
more fan mail from the children she
has taught to date.
Naomi Stern of the Barnard
School sent Knee-Hi a poem she
composed after the dogs visit:
THE worlds safety dog is little
Knee-Hi
We obey his safety rules, or at
least we try.
Don't play in the streets is rule
No. l,
If you play on the playground
you'll have much more fun.
Rule No. 2 is don't hitch a ride,
If you're too lazy to walk, don't
go outside.
There are many more rules for
you to obey,
If you don't you'll regret it some
unlucky day.
Little Betty Lou Hands, also of
Barnard, wrote: please let me
apologize to you because thought
my dog could do things you can"
She also inclosed "bow-wow" from
her dog.
Another poem came in from g.
year -old Mary Ellen Cook of the
Park View School, She wrote:
"Knee-Hi shows us what is right,
Not to cross on the red light,
Not to ride on handle bars,
To look up and down for on
coming cars.
Be careful when you cross the
street,
Or another accident you'll repeat.
Take lesson from Knee-Hi
And you will be grateful by and
by"
Evening star., 1939-10-22
Funeral Services Held
For Mrs. Mary HoIbrook

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Louise Holbrook. who died last Sun
day, were held Tuesday at the home
of her son, Fay S. Holbrook, co-chief
OF the weights and measures de-
partment, National Bureau of
Standards, Is West Kirke street,
Chevy Chase, Md. Mrs. Holbrook
died at her sons home after a long
illness. The Rev. DR.. Hillman Hol-
lister. pastor of the Chevy Chase
Presbyterian Church, of1iciated.
Burial was in Troy. N. Y.
A native OF Troy, she had been a
resident here since 1919. Besides her
son she leaves a daughter, Miss
Edna F. Holbrook, and three grand
children, all of this city.