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it will be to replace the highly skilled
and professional officers and crews
which are now being captured or
destroyed.
Therefore, We hope to have a
much larger margin in the future to
meet new forms of attack or new
scale of attack
Early in 1917, on the other hand. it
had seemed that submarine attacks
on coastal shipping might encom-
pass our total ruin ."
II watched with fear never
felt at any other moment in the
struggle the deadly upward effect
of the curve of sinking over the
arrival of new constructions, he
said. "In my opinion it was the
gravest peril we faced in the war.
But We have no reason to believe
such a situation will return
we are replacing tonnage. There is
an enormous building program Of
ships of simple character, rapidly
built, already in full career
Chamberlain Talks.
In his fourth wartime report to
the House Mr. Chamberlain launch
ed anew into the effects of the Rus
sian invasion OF Poland. but said
Soviet troops apparently had not yet
occupied all the territory allotted
to them under the arrangement
with Germany, which amounts to
more than half the total area Of the
Polish republic"
He called particular attention to
the fact the German-Soviet line
of demarcation running through
the middle of Poland brings the
Soviet forces up to the suburbs Of
Warsaw and leaves the Polish oil
fields in Soviet control"
Mr.. Chamberlain then declared
supplies of finished munitions, raw
materials and foodstuffs from the
dominions are being made available
in ever-increasing volume for the
common cause" But the Prime
Minister warned against over-opti-
mism as to choking off Germany's
supplies.
Mr.. Chamberlain added that "our
command of the sea meant that
from the day war broke out Ger
many was cut off from many of her
sources of supply, and figures for
the first three weeks of war show
that We have seized about 256 600
tons of goods, as to which there
Evening star., 1939-09-26
Se|f-Sufficiency Now Vital
To Italy, Musso|ini Says
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, Sept. 26.-Premier Musso-
lini today declared it was more i'm
portant than ever for Italy to use all
her ingenuity for achieving economic
-suficiency
Receiving the Executive Commit
tee of the Confederation of Fascist
[ndustrialists, II Duce said European
events had demonstrated a powerful
autarchy-self- -suflciency-was es-
sential to guarantee the life and po-
Itical independence of nation.
Count Giuseppe Volpi, president of
the confederation, reported to Mus
solini that Italy's industrial power
had been increased one-third since
1884 and that industrial products
now represent 70 per cent of the ma
tons total exports.
Raw materials produced by Italian
agriculture represent % per cent of
the exports, he said.
Evening star., 1939-09-26
Germany Again Outlines
Its Controbond List

BERLIN, Sept. rs LP.-German
officials took notice today OF the
reaction aroused in Finland and
Sweden by sinkings of Swedish and
Finnish ships by outlining again
Germany's prize law contraband list.
They mentioned specifically the
sinkings of three ships which sur
vivors attributed to German sub
marines. Two were Finnish vessels
carrying cellulose and the other was
a Swedish ship carrying wood pulp
to England.
Authorities asserted that Germany
set up an extensive contraband list
"only after Great Britain issued
one going far beyond the limits Of
international law"
Evening star., 1939-09-26
Roosevelt Acts to Speed
New Appointments

Moving to speed up appointments
to specialized posts necessitated by
the neutrality and national defense
programs, the President has issued
an order under which the Civil
Service Commission may select ap-
pointees by non-competitive exam
ination.
The order, made public yesterday,
limits the authority to cases where
unusual and compelling circum-
stances" exist. and was designed to
obviate necessity for individual
executive orders.
Evening star., 1939-09-26
French Guns Bombord
Troop Concentrations

PARIS, Sept. Is LP.-French ar
tillery continued today to hurl shells
across the Rhine River in an effort
to break up new German troop
concentrations reported north of
the Swiss border.
The dispatches also disclosed con-
main Siegfried lines by French
heavy guns. which opened on the
German fortified zone yesterday.
A general staff communique is
sued at 1914 m reported that Ger
man batteries likewise were active
southeast of Zweibruecken, near the
left center of the western front
New combats between French and
German fighting planes were noted,
but no details were given.
Meanwhile Premier Daladier sum-
moned a meeting of his cabinet this
afternoon for a general discussion of
war problems
Advices from the front said the
combined French and British air
forces had played a major role in
detecting new disposition of the Ger
man troops.
Rhine Crossing Feared.
French sources speculated that re-
ported German concentrations near
the Swiss border might presage a
possible attempt by the Nazis to
cross the Rhine below the Black
Forest, at the extreme end of the
Maginot Line.
These sources said, however, that
such an attempt would be hazard
Gus from the German point of view
because of heavy French forces sta
toned near Belfort.
French military men estimated
that as sequel to the lightning oc-
cupation of Poland the Germans
might soon be able to mass from 100
to 1l0 full divisions on the west
ern front. This would compare, they
said. to Germany's World War
strength in the west of about 24O
divisions CA German division is
composed of approximately $4,000
men,
The French reported last night
that their air forces had defeated a
German air force in two major air
battles which preceded yesterdays
bombardment of the heavily forti-
fled Siegfried line.
The dispatches said the French
lost two planes in the engagement,
Evening star., 1939-09-26

today as the known snip losses Of
belligerents and neutrals mounted
to 50.
Sinking Of the 2,s50-ton freighter
Silesia Monday, the second Swedish
vessel destroyed within "a hours,
led Eweden to draft 4 stiff note Of
protest to Germany, whose subma.
rines have sunk four neutral craft
in the last three days.
German ofncials held all four
ships were carrying contraband
wood pulp to England.
Another submarine victim yester-
day was the new 2,660-ton French
collier Phyrne, sunk near the Eng
lsh coast. Crews of the Phyrne ana
the Silesia were rescued.
Britain in % days Of war has lost
81 ships; Germany, .; France, /,
and neutrals, 10.
Evening star., 1939-09-26
Americans Organize
Relief for Poles
In Rumania
Sconty Emergency Funds
Used to Provide
Beds and Food
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
BUCHAREST, Sept. 26.-Amer-
leans using scanty emergency funds
from United States sympathizers
yesterday began organizing relief
work among thousands of Polish
refugees scattered throughout Ru-
mania.
Mindful of relief work performed
by American organizations in the
World War. Paul Super. Warsaw
Y. M. c. A. general secretary, started
organizing agencies to provide food
and shelter to Poles who fled across
the frontier before the advancing
German and Soviet Russian armies.
Mr.. Super said Polish groups had
established relief camps with straw
mats for beds and providing one
meal a day.
An estimated 10000 Polish officers
and men have been disarmed and
interned in Rumanian military
camps. Polish government and
provincial officers, totaling 10000.
also were in Rumania.
Other uncounted thousands
crossed the Dniester and Pruth
Rivers and entered the country by
every available roadway. These
"people without a country reported
they were warned they must leave
within Is days.
Neighboring Hungary faced a SIM
liar problem and did not welcome
the influx of more refugees.
Yugoslavia shut the door on the
wanderers, refusing to issue visas or
offer residence on the grounds the
country already was crowded with
Albanian and Czecho-Slovak refu-
gees. France has imposed severe re-
strictions and offered no haven.
Despite the flight of thousands, it
was estimated more than 100000
Poles remained in Poland either
under German or Soviet Russian
rule.
Evening star., 1939-09-26
Basel
Continued From First Page)

have relied mainly on small patrols
for their assaults
Until today's counterattack south
of Zweibruecken, the German losses
were reported low.
French artillery was said to have
taken a heavy toll during yester-
days barrage, which continued to-
day in some sectors.
Despite frequent reports of air
battles, including a raid Sunday on
German airplane factories at Fried
erichshafen, neither side seemed
anxious to make extensive use of the
air arm.
The Germans were reported re-
serving the bulk of their bombers
and fighting planes for swift. con-
centrated action against French
and British land troops in event of
a mass attack on the main Sieg-
fried Line.
Evening star., 1939-09-26

U. 5. 10 Scan Bund
And Red Activities
For Espionage Acts
Kuhn to Be Quizzed
Again When Committee
Reconvenes
BULLETIN.

DOAAIA A&Ns
NEW YORK, Sept. 26 R.-
Fritz Kuhn, head of the German
American Bund, declared today
in an interview he would no
longer Cooperate" with the Dies
Committee investigating un-
American activities because I
was treated SO unfairly"
Commenting on the testimony
of Gerhart H. Segar, former
Reichstag member, VINO offered
evidence yesterday which tended
to rebut Kuhns statements that
the bund is not a Nazi agency,
Mr.. Kuhn said:
1T is strange to me that all
Dies Committee witnesses are OF
such a peculiar character. The
whole investigation has been
conducted like a kindergarten
depending on witnesses like
Segar."
The State and Justice Depart
ments were prepared today to scan
the activities Of the German -Ameri-
can Bund and the Communist party
to determine If they have violated
the registration and espionage acts
Basis Of the inquiry is testimony
before the Dies Committee which the
House group investigating un-Ameri-
can activities decided yesterday war
ranted this step. The registration
act requires agents of foreign prin-
cipals to register with the State De-
partment.
Representative Thsmas, RepubH-
can, of New Jersey. a member of the
committee, proposed that what he
as "clear-cut testimony
relating to the "close tie-up" be-
tween the bund and Communist
party and headquarters groups in
Germany and Russia. respectively
be given the departments in view of
the national er" ergency which
In the meantime. the committee,
facing recess of several days,
awaited the temperance on the
witness stand of Fritz Kuhn. bund
leader, whose previous testimony
IS to be checked. Chairman Dies
said if this cross-examination in
dicates perjury was committed, the
United States attorney would be
asked to take appropriate action.
Evening star., 1939-09-26
-Four Neutral Craft
Sunk in Last Three Doys

BY the Associated Press.
Nazi claims that a German sub
marine had sunk a British destroyer
remained unanswered by England
Evening star., 1939-09-26
For Washing Alone
9 lbs. only 39f

If you prefer to iron f1atwork at
home, you pay only 39e to have
everything in your 8 pound
bundle washed. Additional
pounds only AZ, formerly st.
Evening star., 1939-09-26
net BAG Washing
Saves Clothes

At Manhattan your clothes are
washed in strong Net Bags, in
ten changes of rain-soft water.
There's no rubbing, no scrub
bing to wear them out. Grease
and dirt are completely removed
whites are whittier, colors
brighter. Why pay more for
laun dry work, at home, or
elsewhere? Try Manhattan!
Send for q Routeman now.
Evening star., 1939-09-26

The mid-ofternoon de.
porfuxs gives you proc-
ticolly an entire business
day in Chicogo-Twin
Cities that evening!
Evening star., 1939-09-26
NINE POUND BUNDLE
only 63f

That's all it costs! Everything
is washed-sheets, tablecloths
and other fiat pieces expertly
ironed, ready to use-bath tow
els Notwithstanding apparel
delivered just damp enough for
easy ironing. Nine pounds 63t.
Evening star., 1939-09-26
Note These

Note These
Special Features
Tavern Car . Solsx glass
windows glars.proof
. New draftlsss air condi-
toning . Lunch Counter
In addition to Dining Car
. Dinner hour recorded
concerts . Powder Rooms
and Smoking Lounges In
Coaches and Parlor Cars
. Extra roomy Coach and
Parlor Car seats adjustable
to any position . Speed
omsters in both Obssrva-
hon and Tavern Cars
CA>,m>.J>.--
Evening star., 1939-03-11
Real Estate Boards
Urge Continuance
Of +. H. A. Loans
Mortgage Insurance
On Existing Houses
To Expire July

Hearings reopened this week on
proposed legislation to continue F.
H. A. mortgage insurance on ex-
listing houses show that the issue
drawn between supporters and op-
ponents is by no means a routine
question of detail but fundamen-
tai question of national policy, the
National Association of Real Estate
Boards warns in statement to its
member boards and to other groups
in the general real estate, financing
and construction field.
The hearings, and their revel-
alton Of where opposition comes
from, and what it really proposes,
should be followed closely by every
home owner, every prospective home
owner. They affect every citizen
and every business group having an
interest in the maintenance of
sound and stable conditions of home
financing through ups and downs
of the economic cycle, the associ-
alton states.
Home financing needs a reserve
system. The last six years have seen
the beginning of such system.
About one-half of the urban home
mortgage field is now being covered
by the F. H. A. plan, and by the
Home Loan Bank system.
An attempt to bring to an end
large sector of that reserve system
is now under way. The attempt
must be defeated If the whole
Evening star., 1939-03-11

F. H. A. plan for existing homes
are practically confined to lending
institutions that themselves would
remain protected by a mortgage
discount system in the Home Loan
Banks
BY no means all institutions and
State groups within the Home Loan
Bank system, however, oppose the
F. H. A. continuance.
The chairman of the Home Loan
Bank Board, John F. Fahey. appear
ing at Senate committee hearings
on the pending legislation to extend
F. H. A. insurance on existing homes,
told the committee that he felt such
Evening star., 1939-03-11
Exhibit House
In Kent Wins
Wide Acclaim
Final Full Week
Of Display Will
Begin Tomorrow

The final full week Of exhibition
will begin tomorrow for the attrac-
tive dwelling at 5O47 Lowell street
NV, one of the most popular homes
ever shown to the public under the
Silver Star plan.
Thousands of persons have eX-
amined the house in the three weeks
1t has been on display, and many
OF the visitors have openly praised
1t. The beauty of its exterior, the
charm and convenience of it's in
terror plan have come in for par
tlcular praise. The crowds have
been so dense at times that many
had difficulty inspecting the home.
The new home is in Kent, the ex-
elusive section developed by Phillips
& Candy, realtors. 1t was built by
Korzendorfer e. Brooks, and de-
signed by Elmer Cappelmann, an
authority on Colonial architecture.
1t is of the old farmhouse style of
architecture, and full advantage was
taken of all available space.
Occupies Huge Lot.
The house, built of white painted
| brick, is situated on a huge lot of
about an acre in size. This lot has
a frontage of $50 feet and an aver
age depth of more than $50. 1t
has been tastefully Handicapped By
j. H. Small. 4. formal garden ad-
joins the ground level, covered ter
| race at the rear.
The new home represents the best
in residential construction. All the
trim and paneling were made espe-
cially and reflect expert workman
| ship. Timbers are all of first-gradc
| fir, and the dwelling is topped with
a roof of handmade Richmond tile
to simulate old shingles.
Unanimous Endorsement was Civ
en- the Kent home by the five eX-
perts in home building and plan
ming who comprise the Silver Star
Homes Committee. This committee
declared it to be one of the best
houses it had ever examined. James
S. Taylor of the Federal Housing
(See EXHIBIT, Page B-2)
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(See F. H. A., P
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Eight Of IS Homes
Shown al Fair 10 Be
In $4,000 Range.
High QuoIity Materials
Possible in Houses
Of Moderate Cost

For the estimated millions of
home owners, present and prospec-
tive, who will be visiting the Worlds S
Fair in New York this summer, the
most practical and extensive home
and home building exhibit ever de-
veloped will be presented.
Ten acres Of the fair are devoted
to The Town of Tomorrow" a model
community of 81 full-size demon
stration homes, planned to display
the extraordinary developments of
recent years in the field of small
house construction.
Fifteen of these homes, in recog-
milton of their greater demand, are
planned at construction cost OF
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less than $4,000, and eight of these
are in the $4,000 range. The sur

ACoO tlldll 04OOOO, dllo ClS1lI VI lA1CoC
are in the $4,000 range. The sur
prisingly moderate cost of these
homes by no means implies either
inferior materials or Standardization
Of design. The materials used are of
a uniformly high quality, obtained
from nationally known and estab-
lished companies. and their cost was
included in computing the cost of the
finished house.
AS for design, the 81 houses repre-
sent nearly as many different styles
Of architecture. Each has been
designed by an outstanding archi-
tect, they are alike only in their
charm and moderate cost.
The modernistic home is, of
course, presented. Few other me-
diums are so readily adaptable to
the tomorrow theme of the fair.
The demonstration town is not, how
ever, that of a visionary world CEN
turies ahead. Not futuristic concep-
tions were planned or allowed in
this exhibit. This is the city of the
immediate tomorrow practical,
realistic and applicable to the hous-
ing problems of today.
Evening star., 1939-03-11

construction should no longer be
insured. He questioned whether
F. H. A. should be regarded as a
continuing agency and intimated
that in the near future the entire
(See F. H. A., Page B-3)
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to be adversely affected.
July Deadline.
To bring to an end F. H. A.
mortgage insurance on used houses
would deprive very important
group of home projects from parity
with other homes in respect to
mortgage accessibility, lower in
terest rates and bettered loan
terms. 1t would go far to ham,
string the whole movement for home
mortgage betterment as it is being
carried on through F. H. A. But
unless Congress extends the F. H. A.
Act in this respect, mortgage insur-
ance on all except new construction
will cease after July of this year.
Opponents of continuance of the
Evening star., 1939-11-24

tion. It is weak, closely grained,
easily worked and aromatic. It has
been found to be very satisfactory
wood In every detail for interior fin
ish for houses, clothes closets and
boats. Small woodenware uses up
the short pieces, and the rougher
lumber is used for fence rails, rail-
road ties, barrels, buckets, shingles,
and, in fact, in all places where con-
tact with the soil calls for a lasting
wood, this cedar fills the bill to the
satisfaction of the user.
In April the fowers-monoecious,
small, the terminal ones made up of
four to six scales-can be seen. The
male ones are yellow or red; the
pistillate or female ones are fewer
IN number and green in color.
The leaves are your field mark for
Evening star., 1939-11-24

identification purposes. They are
dull green with BLUSH tinge, scale
like, growing opposite on the twig,
four ranked, the lateral pairs are
keeled, others concave, fitting into
compressed twigs.
Winged seeds, one to two under
each scale, are matured each year.
They are woody, spherical and cone
shaped. Being small, rarely over
one-fourth of an inch in diameter,
they often escape your notice. Dur
ing their youth they are a glaucous
blue-green, being brown at maturity.
One of its most important func-
tions is that Of beautifying the land
scape. 1t glorifies the swamp and
adds charm and beauty wherever it
is found. With the right conditions
1t grows to be very large and hand
Evening star., 1939-11-24

some tree. It develops enough fruit
to take care Of many guests, who
seek shelter In the thick foliage
against the winter winds.
Though the white cedar does not
mature large crop of seed children
there. is always fine group OF
youngsters growing up under the
shadow of the father-mother tree
These youngsters may be trans
planted, for the white cedar is a
sturdy American, able and eager to
become established and successful in
the spot that it calls home.
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Natures Children
Southern White Cedar
(Chamaectparis thyoides)

1t is a handsome tree, fast grow
ing and pyramidal in form, reaching
a height of 40 to 80 feet, with fiat,
graceful spray on erect, spreading
branches. Its preferred habitat is
in deep swamps close to the seacoast
and its range is from Maine to Mis-
sissippi. 1t thrives in any sandy
loan, provided there is sufficient
moisture for its toes. 1t is a tree
Evening star., 1939-11-24
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.

Here again we have a misnamed
tree. 1t is called a cedar when it
IS an Eastern cypress. In the genus
In which it belongs there are six
species which are distributed in
North America, Japan and on the
Island of Formosa. White cedar is
its trade name and by this the lum-
herman knows it.
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Redwoods Near CoustIine

The famous redwood trees of Cali
fornia are seldom found farther in
land than 30 miles from the coast
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EVENING WASHINGTON FRIDAY

whose wood Is durable In contact
with water and when exposed to
sun and wind.
The bark on this tree is q reddish
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They are estimated to be 5000 to
5000 years old.

The average man has 1000 to TO-
900 words in his vocabulary.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-04-14
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

WEST VIRGINIA.: In the
Clerks Office Of the Circuit Court
Of Mcdowell county, April 7,
1899.
MAMIE FAPRIS
Plaintiff
VS.. In Chancarv
GEORGE FARRIS
Defendant
Pending in the Circuit Court of
said Mcdowell County
The object Of this suit is to
obtain from the defendant by the
plaintiff divorce from the
bonds of matrimony and for
general relief.
And it appearing from an
affidavit now on file will the
papers in this cause, h a t the
defendant is a nonresident of
the state of West Virginia; it
is therefore ordered that the
said defendant do appear at the
Clerks office Of the Circuit
Court of Mcdowell County with
one month from the date of the
hrst publication of this order
and do what is necessary to pro-
tect his interest herein.
And it is further ordered that
copy of this order be published
once a week for three successive
weeks in some newspaper of
general circulation in said Nc
DOwell County.
A copy, Teste:
ALEX ID. CYPHERS. Clerk
of the Circuit Court, Mcdowell
County. West Virginia.
CAPEHART & MILLER, P. @.
Date of first publication, April
ID, 1889. 49,.
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KELLY MILLER SAYS
Continued from Page Two

NConunucu from rage Two)
rated for their second term and
than Theodore Roosevelt, when
he ran for constructive third
term in 1912. The argument bas-
ed on traditional objection to a
third term is wholly part from
that basel upon the state or con-
Thence of the candidates health
and strength.
Those who seek shelter be-
hind the example of George
Washington are prone TO AFRO
gate themselves patriotic super
, iority to their adverSarics. But
this assumption is not borne out
by analysis of historical facts.
Among other reasons which
motiviateed Washington to re-
tire at the end of the second
, term was that he considered
himself an old man worn out
with the long duration of re-
sponsible official duties.
No one would consider the adj
vocation Of Grants third nomi-
nation less patriotic than those
who antagoniZed it. Who would
consider James G.. Blaine more
patriotic than Roscoe Conkling
Had Lincoln survived h c
assassm's bullent the patriot
ism and statesmanhip of h c