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Weather Forecast

Cloudy and warmer, with occasional
rain tonight; minimum temperature
about As: tomorrow cloudy, with rain
pm; lowest, 80, at 4 am.
From the United states weather Bureau report.
Full details on Page Az.
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Liner Due for War Use

(See PROCOPE, Page A.,
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Continued on Page All. Column 4
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NEWS OF THE MOTORING WORLD
Temperate Optimism Seen 1889 Auto Industry; Pedesan.Ad
Plans Continued; Gas Supply Plentiful

Well, our gasoline buggies will be
able to run considerable time yet.
Within the confines Of the United
States are resources ample to supply
gasoline to American motorists for
more than 1000 years, according to
Hugh D. Miser, chief of the section
Of fuels of the United States Geo.
logical Survey.
Besides the billions of barrels Of
petroleum that now lie in the known
reserves of the United States, a still
larger supply of bituminous SUBJ
stances is locked In shale reserves,
waiting to be developed at some time
when it would be economically
profitable. The Nations coal deposits
would provide, says Mr.. Miser, in ad-
dition to the regular uses for coal,
all the domestic requirements for
petroleum substances for 1000 years.
Pointing out that during the past
20 years new discoveries Of petro-
leum have balanced consumption,
Mr.. Miser says that the extent of
the Nations petroleum reserves
rests largely with the geologist to
continue to aid in the increasingly
difficult problem of discovery; with
the engineer to improve drilling
technique to increase recoveries, and
with the chemist to continue i'm
provements in refining practice. In
part, it rests on the price that the
public can pay in the future for oil
products, and that, in turn. depends
in part on increased efficiency in use.
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Presidents, as follows: 1c, orange,
DR.. Juan Demostenes Arosemena,
Panama; &c, red, Senor Don Leon
Cortes. Costa Rica; SC, green and
buff. Gen. Anastasio Somoza, Mica
ragua; &c, plum and mauve, Gen.
Ilburcio Carias Andino, Honduras:
SC, bistre and pale green, Gen. Maxi
miliano H. Martinez. Salvador; 10c,
blue and pale blue, Gen. Jorge Ubico,
Guatemala.
Liberia has new airpost set of
triangles, values ranging from lc
to 81.
Post Office Department officials
are preparing booklet concerning
commemorative stamps. Copies, it
is suggested, will be distributed from
the philatelic exhibition truck when
al last it takes the road, some time
this year, possibly soon.
Miss Felicia Parker is editing
stamp column for the New York
Mirror.
The collection of former Senator
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen, recently
sold at auction in London, brought
s19,975.
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
Tomorrow evening at 8-Capital
Precancel Club, room 6, Thomson
School, Twelfth and L streets NV.
Program and bourse.
Tomorrow evening at 8-Wood-
ridge Stamp Club, 2206 Rhode Island
avenue NE. James Waldo Fawcett
will discuss Present Trends in Col
lecting." Regular quarterly busi-
ness meeting and auction.
Tuesday evening at 8-Collectors
Club of Washington, Thomson
School. Program, exhibition, bourse
and auction.
Tuesday evening at 9:45-Wash-
ington Stamp Club of the Air, Sta
ton VOL. Albert F. Kunze will
present a stamp romance and COM
ment on philatelic news.
Wednesday evening at 8-Wash-
ington Philatelic Society, Hotel
Carlton, Sixteenth street NV. DR..
Arthur E. Kimberly will lecture on
Repair and Preservation in the
National Archives"
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Automotive Brief

Inaugurating a new sales cam
paign. the Hudson Motor Car Co..
headed by Joseph S. Calhoun, Wash
ington zone manager, was host last
Thursday to a delegation of factory
executives, headed by c. B. Beech
ing, sales manager in charge of
zones Guests included over 300
dealers and statesmen from Virginia,
Maryland and the District of Co.
lumbia. The sales meeting, followed
by a luncheon at Wardman Park
Hotel officially started a 10-week
sales contest in which, according to
Mr.. Beeching, Hudson is leading its
"aces of safety"
Mr.. Beeching told the assembled
dealers and salesmen that Hudson's
extraordinary sales increases over
last year are continuing steadily and
that the company is giving express
sion to its confidence in the business
outlook by entering into the most
ambitious selling program attempted
for several years.
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his own hand with the ace of spades.
cashed the ace of hearts and counted
four -odd The declarer could have
been held to his three no trump
contract if East had returned a
spade instead of heart when he
obtained the lead with his jack of
clubs.
The National Press Club will open
the second half of its season series
of games tomorrow night. At the
conclusion of the game q supper
will be served.
Among last weeks winners were
the following:
At the Roosevelt Hotel. north and south
Maxwell Johnston and Charles A. Lyons
first: Mrs: N. Mayer and Mrs. N. Good
bell third: east and west. Miss Mabel
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Tobin and Mrs. Ralph H. Werner, ffrst;
Dr Emily Grewe and Rush Buckley, second;
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Daniels. third.
At the La Sale Monday. Col. and Mrs.
T. B. Gray first; J. A. Dearing and John
Donnelly. second: Mr.. and Mrs. E. R.
Shepard. third.
At the La Sale Thursday. Mrs. Thomas
Clark and MIS-: Dixie T. Wright. first; Mrs.
W. ,Peyton Blamire and Mrs Elmer J..
KoGh. second; Mrs. H. R. Burt and Mrs.
AT the American Association of Univer-
Slty Women. Mrs. Emma Rose and Miss
EaTthe Rose. first: Mrs. Jessie Barber and
NJ, j., B. Belt second
>: the Agricu!ture Bridge Club. Mrs
Marian Barre and DR.. c. C. Mcdonnell
first; Miss L. A. Ehringer and G. NJ. Rich
third.
At the Fairfax Hotel. Tuesday. Col. E.
B: Gray and Mrs. Ca.harine Tidball first;
Mrs. W. 8. Athey and Mrs. Clarence Hall,
second: E, A. Perkins and Mrs. Daisy H.
Al the Fairfax Hotel. Wednesday. Col.
e. B. Gray and John Donnelly. first; Mrs
Mary Plum and Charles EdEerton. second:
J; a. Dearing and Mrs. Jack Bennett,
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Auto Hints
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL.

1t seems sort of foolish to drive
your car over a mountain when you
can sit down and think it over.
Because it is one of the smaller
units on the car the acceleration
pump, often referred to as the step
up piston, too frequently accounts
for trouble which might originate
in a dozen other ways. This pump
serves to give the carburetor an ex-
ira shot of fuel for richer mixture
when acceleration is demanded. If
parts of this pump are not working
properly it is likely that not enough
fuel will be picked up to power the
car for flash pickup. Stickage of
the pump creates a variety of other
troubles. Particularly annoying is
the situation where the piston sticks
in the upper end of the well, thus
providing too rich mixture all the
time. 1t accounts for much low gas
mileage with modern cars.
No Time for Coasting.
While it is a splendid record Of
progress against the forces of igno-
rance and carelessness, the marked
decrease in motor fatalities during
1888 should be no excuse for resting
on our oars. In fact, in this very
record of achievement lies the grave
Danger of losing all the ground al
ready gained. Many motorists still
drive on the ragged edge. Much
improvement may be merely tempo
rary unless the drive toward safety
is kept unrelenting. It's no time for
coasting when the number of per-
sons annually killed or manned for
life in motoring still dwarfs the
record of losses by all other forms
of transportation combined.
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Justified in any attempt at appraisal

justified in any attempt at appraisal
Of prospects for the new year."
Keller declares business to be
better than we had reason to an
ticipate six months or SO ago."
Demand for new automobiles is
currently strong" he adds, land it
is hoped that further time will I'M
prove the outlook and demonstrate
that present prospects have con-
tinuing substance"
A hopeful sign for 1889 is the firm
basis laid for cooperation between
the manufacturers and dealers.
New agreements have been written
by many of the companies that will
strengthen the whole automotive
sales structure. In fact, the sue
cessful attempt made to bring the
manufacturing and distribution
divisions of the industry into
greater working harmony may be
written down as the outstanding de-
velopment of the year in the auto
mobile world.
While the pedestrian control prob
lem-or as others would call it, the
pedestrian protection problem-is
temporarily checked in the National
Capital as the Commissioners make
further studies following the open
hearing here, action is continued
elsewhere throughout the country.
With definite results being at
tanned in the country's drive for
traffic safety-indicated in 20 per
cent drop in motor deaths in 1888
as compared with 1937-new en-
phasis on pedestrian safeguards will
feature the organized traffic safety
effort during this year, according to
the American Automobile Associa-
ton.
Prepared to stress pedestrian pro-
lection in its 1889 traffic safety pro-
gram, the A. A. A. declared that
four out Of five fatalities involve
pedestrians, and States and cities
can i'll afford to delay longer the ad-
justing of traffic facilities so as to
safeguard those who walk, and at
the same time assure the efficient
and safe movement of vehicles.
THE situation is particularly
acute in cities" said Thomas P.
Henry, president of the national
motoring body, where the per-
centage Of pedestrian deaths in traf-
fic ranges from go per cent upward.
Obviously, pedestrian protection is a
key to better traffic safety records in
metropolitan areas. It will, of course,
require restrictions on both drivers
and walkers, but all evidence indi-
Gates that individuals are willing to
accept these, provided they are rea-
sonable and for the public good.
Certainly we cannot hope to achieve
anything like a maximum degree of
traffic safety until there is co-ordi-
mated control of all who use the
streets and highways
High lighting the 1889 A. A. A.
program will be a national pedes-
tyian protection contest with awards
to cities reducing pedestrian fatal
tiles and those developing sound
methods for assuring free and safe
movement of walkers. A second
phase of the contest will be awards
to schools and school systems which
do the best job of protecting youth
full walkers, whose actions loom
large as cause of traffic deaths.
Utilizing the experiences drawn
upon in one of the most comprehen-
sive surveys Of pedestrian deaths
and causes ever undertaken, the
A. A. A. national contest and other
pedestrians protection activities will
be under the direction Of Burton w.
Marsh, director Of safety and traffic
engineering
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Mr.. Edwards, sitting South and
having four aces. opened the auc-
ton with two no trump. West passed
and North. desiring to keep the bid
ding open. called three clubs; East
passed and South bid three no
trump. A small heart was opened by
West and won in dummy with the
10. Mr.. Edwards then led a small
club and won with the ace in his own
hand. A second lead of this suit
disclosed the fact that West was out;
South played small club, allowing
East to win with his jack-the Ed
wards gift trick. A return of a
heart was won by West with his
king, South holding up his ace of
that suit. West then switched to
diamonds and South won with the
ace and leading his last club pro-
ceeded to cash four more club
tricks, the queen falling on the play
of the king. The queen of hearts
then won and South, returning to
Evening star., 1939-01-08
BY G. Adams H0ward.

This year augurs well for the
automotive industry, according to
Consolidated News reports cleaned
at the hub of the motor vehicle
manufacturing center. A spirit of
temperate optimism is seen.
Detroit executives are Of the
opinion that as business goes in
general so will the automobile busi-
ness. No unprecedented expansion
Is predicted during 1889, but it is
widely believed that for the first
six months of the year, at least,
the current weekly output of 100, 1000
units will not meet with any great
resistance. The Michigan leaders
feel the recent production figure Of
100000 a week as below the actual
sales potential. But they appear
satisfied and will not attempt to
push much further before spring.
Two factors are represented in the
desire OF the manufacturers to keep
production within well-regulated
bounds. One is the effort to CO.
operate with the dealers in keeping
floor stocks under reasonable re-
straint. The second is the economy
to be achieved under the new wage
and hour law in eliminating over
time work in the factories.
Detroit companies would prefer
to have dealers clamoring for cars
rather than to hear complaints of
topheavy inventories.
For the first few months OF 1899" "
says the Automotive News, 1T seems
likely that current production rates
can be maintained in order to fill
accumulated orders and build up
stocks against anticipated increases
in the spring.
While it is little premature to
make predictions, all signs point to
a 3,500,000 or 100000 car year.
With this volume, factories, deal
ers, statesmen and plant workers,
as well as the thousands engaged
IN service and after-market activi-
ties. can now look forward with
confidence to better times in the
II months ahead"
Covering a slightly shorter range.
Automotive Industries says: "On
the basis of current strength in re-
tail sales, informed observers now
believe that the seasonal drop an
ticipated for January will not be as
great as originally expected, and
that the influences of spring pur-
chasing will begin to be reflected
in augmented production schedules
before the end of February"
Alfred P. Sloan, jr., chairman of
the board of the General Motors
Corp, reflects the general tone of
caution within the industry when
he says:
1T seems reasonable to expect
that 1889. as whole, will be q
somewhat better business year than
1888 has been. This belief is based
on the expectation that the current
recovery movement will be extended
we'll into the new year"
Sloan believes, however, that
there undoubtedly exist the essen
tial fundamentals of a broad re-
covery that might be well sus-
tained" This" he adds. appears
to depend more upon political de-
velopments here and abroad than
upon the existing economic posi-
bilities."
K. T. Keller. president of the
Chrysler Corp, is more specific in
his enthusiasm.
Judging from encouraging public
response to the automobile indus
try's 1899 models and the velocity
of turnover of new cars" he says
optimism tempered with caution is
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girls in native costumes-10c. violet
and buff, St. Gall Canton; zoe, red
and buff, Uri, and 30c, blue and buff,
Aargua.
Col Charles S. Hamilton, past
president, will address the Washing
ton Philatelic Society, Hotel Carl
ton, Wednesday evening, January
Is. His subject will be: '"The Stamps
of the Philippines"
The 1929 Postal Union Congress
1-pound stamp of Great Britain
originally was prepared for the
Wembley Empire Exhibition. Har-
old Nelson was the artist, and Brad
bury. wilkinson & Co. of New NAL
den the printers.
At the recent Crocker sale in
London Sir Nicholas Waterhouse
paid $50 pounds for a fine copy of
the scent Millbury postmaster's
provisional stamp of 1886 on cover.
J. Michael Brown has resigned
his position as secretary of the
Washington Philatelic Society and
Miss Dorothy R. Fisk has been ap-
pointed his successor.
The first meeting of the new
Washington Philatelic Study Club
will be held at the Hotel Washing
ton, Pennsylvania avenue and Fiji
teenth street NV, Thursday eve
ming, January 10.
David D. Caldwell of the Depart
ment of Justice, chairman of the
first National Stamp Conference in
1887, exhibited his fine collection of
the Penny Blacks of Great Britain
at the Eastern Shore Philatelic So
cietys second annual show last
week.
Switzerland is bringing out nine
propaganda stamps for the national
exposition to be held at Zurich be-
tween May and October.
The dictators of other days are
commemorated in the post Office
names of many American commune
ties. For example, there is Caesars
Head, S. c. Likewise: Napoleon,
Ind, Mich, Mo. N. Dak., Ohio, and
Napoleonville, La.
Postmark collectors interested in
mythology may be interested to
know about Jupiter, Fla, and Zeus,
Va; Mars, Pa; Hercules, Calf;
Atlas, Mich, Pa. and Tex; Apollo,
Pa; Mercury, Tex; Venus, Fla,
Nebr., Pa. and Tex; Juno, Ga, Tenn.
and Tex, and Pluto, w. Va.
Charles H. Chevallaz announces
the organization of the Department
of Agriculture Philatelic Club, Col
lectors who wish to join may COM
municate with him in care of the
Bureau of Biological Survey.
Postmaster General Farley in his
annual report says that 16,280, ,697
letters and about 5000 parcels were
transported by airmail during Ma
tional Airmail Week last May.
Guatemala is responsible for a
series of airpost stamps adorned
With portraits Of six Latin American
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capital at one penny each. The
government took over his business
in 1893 and granted him a pension
Readers interested in naval can
cellations are advised that the post
master, New York, N. Y, will fur
nish a list of vessels having mail
clerks who will service covers. Send
self-addressed, stamped envelope.
Forty-one nations will exhibit at
the International Philatelic Conven-
tion at Tulsa, Okla, May II to 81.
Iceland has issued three adhesives
to publicize the Goth anniversary
of the National University at Rey-
Evening star., 1939-01-08

18TH c e n t u r Y
poet, painter and
e t C h er, is the
subject of the SC,
green, denomi-
nation. He was
born in Zurich.
April /, 1870, and
lied there March
2, 1888.
Other values
II, tho cot cbcyxr
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Postmaster General Farley in his
annual report says that 1920, ,697
letters and about 5000 parcels were
transported by airmail during Ma
tional Airmail Week last May.
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In Local Bridge Circles
Maryland Championship Wins Attention.

ever, that it is more likely to resulJ
in q game contract than q one spade
bid. Culbertson demands generally
four to five honor tricks for a one
no trump opening bid, although one
no trump may be bid with a hand
containing only 3h honor tricks dis
tributed in three suits II the hand
also contains at least eight honor
cards, meaning the 10 spot or better,
not honor tricks. On the other
hand his minimum requirement for
a one spade bid is three honor tricks
and a biddable suit or 21a honor
tricks and a rebiddable suit.
Culbertson strongly advises a T.
1913 distribution for one no trump.
The Four Aces would bid one no
trump with seven honors Go or
better), allowing " point less for
each honor over 71a points more re-
quired for each honor less than
seven. While making the same
recommendation of 1888 distribu-
ton, they will nevertheless make the
bid at times on a 4-4-3-2 or a 5-3-3-
distribution.
Frequently these bids are shaded
by some average players, and in
such cases the result is often disas-
trous. All expert bidders prefer the
suit bid to the no-trump bid when
1t is possible The e-spade bid
gives the responding partner a bet
ter picture of the openers hand
than the no-trump bid, and conse-
quently might be regarded as the
stronger hand so far as reaching a
game contract is concerned. The
one-no-trump bid does not tell the
responding hand in which suits the
opener is strong. It simply saws
that the holder does not have a bid
dable suit, but rather that it has
four to five honor tricks in three
suits, and probably favorable dis
tribution.
1t often happens that a one-no-
trump bid may be carried to game,
that three odd will be made, where
as, a one-spade bid may be carried
to game, four odd tricks, which re-
suits in higher score than the
three-no-trump contract. In this
sense the one-spade bid would seem
to be stronger than the one-no-
trump bid, although the latter has
more high trick values. The opening
one-no-trump bid is usually limited
to the type of hand described. Most
players, therefore. regard it as the
strongest opening bid at the level
Of one.
Ever hear of the gift trick?
Most players have, perhaps under
another name, even If they do not
always make it when the opportunity
to do so is offered. Locally, it is
known as the Edwards gift trick"
from the fact that the play is prac-
ticed with success by John H. Ed
wards, former Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury, in the bridge circles
where he is popular player. Here
is an Illustration:
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TBS fine porait OF Sir RoOand H OF the first
bogaphy by courtesy the Library Congress ,oa born
at K1ddermnSter in 1895 gubised his famous pamphlet
Post Office Reform in 1887 appointed to the
postmaster general OF Great Britain 1916 secetary
to the Post Office in 1S54-a position hch until his
health failed in 1864 He died August 1879 havinq ved to
see the post universally applauded phidtey
~
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kjavik. The design shows the prin-
cipal building and the values are
25a, olive green; 30a, brown, and
40a, red violet.
TIL 1888 Pro Juventute stamps of
Switzerland have been received in
Washington, and, as usual, are an
attractive series. Solomon GesSner,
Evening star., 1939-04-19
Father Held on Kidnop Charge,
But Girl 6, Is Still Missing
Mother Says He Told
Her He Would Rot
Before Yielding Child

Mrs. Ruby Hodges quest when she
came to Washington month ago
to aid detectives in locating her for
mer husband. charged in Florida
with kidnapping their 6-year-old
daughter, was only half ended today.
julius D. Hodges, 80. was on his
way back to Tampa to face the
charge but the little girl, Betty
Jean. still is missing.
And, according to Mrs. Hodges,
her estranged husband promised
her he would rot in jail' before he
would tell her or police where the
daughter could be found.
Mrs. Hodges was given divorce
year ago and was granted full
custody of the child in the decree.
Since that time, she said today, Mr..
Hodges has asked that he be allowed
to keep the daughter in Washington
nine months out of the year. She
said she offered to compromise and
allow him to keep her three months,
but that he would not accept.
"On January 20 he took Betty
Jean from the sidewalk in front Of
my mothers home in Tampa" Mrs
Hodges recalled. Il thought he
would take her to Washington, 50
I obtained a warrant for his arrest
on kidnap charges and came here
two weeks after the warrant was
forwarded to Washington police"
Mr.. Hodges was arrested in Graf
Evening star., 1939-04-19
Cursing Crowd,
7 rec Sitter
SIoshes Throat
By the Associated Press.

EASTON, Conn, April 19.-For
three hours 33-year-old handy
man perched atop a 60-foot tree
yesterday shouting epithets at res
cuers and spectators, then slashed
his throat with a pocket knife and
leaped.
Besieged by firemen and State
and local police. Carl Carlson
plunged from his lofty seat as Fire
man Albert Wilkes, who had scaled
the tree with ladder, grabbed un-
successfully at his legs.
GO on, you're bunch of rats. "
Police Chief Edward Knight said
Carlson shouted.
A moment later, with blood
streaming from several wounds in
his throat, he tumbled to the
ground, his fall partly broken by
branches He was taken to Bridge
port hospital, where physicians to-
day gave him q good chance to re-
cover.
Other employees on the estate
said Carlson. after helping to return
several horses that had wandered
away, had left them suddenly, say
ing:
Il feel like climbing that tree
and am going to do it,