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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Rockville High Quintet
Lists Training Games
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Dec. 26-Richard
Montgomery High School will play
basket ball training games at Shop
herdstown wv. Va tomorrow and
at Harpers Ferry Friday, 1t was an
nounced today by Ralph Keller, ath-
letic director and coach.
The senior high team, which be-
gan the season last Friday, will end
its schedule February rs and the
Junior high team starts play Janu-
airy IL and finishes February Is.
The annual craftsmanship tourne-
ment at the school win bs held
February - and March !.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Wallace Takes Steps
To Force Greater
Soil Conservation
F. S. A. to Refuse Looms
On One-Crop Forms as
A Port Of New Program
By the Associated Press.

3. the Associated Press.
In an effort to encourage soil con-
servation practices, Secretary Wal
lace has directed that the Farm Sc
curity Administration refuse loans
to tenants or sharecroppers when
the would-be buyers farm plan pro-
vides for only one cash crop.
The policy Is expected to popu-
larize crop-rotation and diversified
ton in single crop areas, particularly
in the cotton South.
The new F.. s. A. requirement is
part of program which Secretary
Wallace announced last night to
change Agriculture Department
practices to increase their effective
ness in conserving soil and forestry
resources.
Land is still wearing out faster
than we can restore it, Secretary
Wallace said. I'VE are making sub
stantial progress toward conserva-
ton, yet we realize that all we have
done is only a start in the right
direction"
In addition to the F.. S. A., the
agencies affected directly by Secrc-
tary Wallace's program are the
Agricultural Adjustment Admins
tration, the Soil Conservation Serv-
ice, the Forestry Service, the Bureau
of Agricultural Economics and the
Extension Service.
Through programs operated by
these units, farmers will be asked
to place greater emphasis on con-
servation. In some of the pro-
grams, farmers will be required to
take such steps.
The A. A "A. will pay greater sub
sides to farmers cooperating in the
crop control programs who employ
conservation practices not carried
out normally on large number Of
farms. Payments for common con-
servation practices were decreased.
Recognizing that insecurity Of
tenure leads to misuse of land, be-
cause tenant farmers can afford to
conserve soil resources only when
they have an interest in the land
extending over several years. the
Secretary directed the F. S. A. to
intensity efforts to help its Dor
rowers obtain longer-term and bet
ter written farm leases. This agency
also was instructed to make grants.
whenever feasible, to low-income
farmers for conservation work.
The Soil Conservation Service was
directed to work more closely with
other Agriculture Department units
in supplying technical guidance anc
where possible in lending equipment
to farmers for conservation work.
The Bureau of Agricultural Eco
Monies and the Extension Service
were asked to place greater en-
phasis on conservation in their edu-
cational and promotional activities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
President Begins
Draft Of Annual
Congress Message
Budget Study
Also Under Way
At White House
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.

President Roosevelt started work
this afternoon on the first draft of
his annual message to Congress ad-
vising that body when it convenes
January 3 on "the state of the
Union and making such recon-
mendations for legislation as he
deems advisable.
The President arranged his sched-
ule today so as to give him an I'M
interrupted period to start upon this
task.
yots Down Ideas.
Mr.. Roosevelt always starts draft
ing of important papers by writing
down ideas and thoughts in long
hand. Also, long in advance for
writing such papers the President
jots down any number of ideas and
thoughts as they come to him from
time to time to guide him. When
the President is ready to start
drafting the message he gathers his
scrubbed notes and starts debating.
Judging from past experiences
the President will rewrite parts of
the message several times before it
is sent to the printers, and even
after that he is likely to make in
sertions and additions. The White
House today was unable to say
how long the Presidents message
would be. 1t was said the President
had not made up his mind about
sending it to the Congress by mes
senger or delivering it in person.
Budget Being Studied.
The President will not put the fin
ishing touches to the budget mes
sage, which is sent to Congress
after the annual message, until
he has the writing of the latter we'll
under way or in some definite shape.
In the meantime, the mass of de-
tail incident to the budget message
is being prepared under the direc-
ton of the budget director. 1t is
likely the President will require
several more conferences with his
budget advisers before the budget
for the next fiscal year is put in
final form.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Two Hurt as Train
Hits Acton Boulder
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
SALIDA, Colo, Dec. ga Den
yer g. Rio Grande passenger train
piled up against a Acton boulder.
yesterday, but only two men were
injured, neither seriously. Both were
enginemer.
The injured are William Reardon,
81, engineer, who suffered scalds,
and E. H. Nemier, A, fireman, who
jumped and was only bruised.
No passengers were injured.
The engine, tender and four bag
gage cars left the rails. The
smashup Of the eastbound Ogden,
Utah-Denver train occurred 10
miles west of Salida along the
Arkansas River. It was believed
that snow loosened the boulder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Soldier Is Arrested
On Burglary CHARGE

Prince Georges County police are
holding a 27-year-old soldier after
H. L. Crisp, superintendent Of
grounds at the University Of Mary
land, said he captured the man in
his home at College Park last night.
The man under arrest gave his
name as William l.. Cohee, of Walter
Reed Hospital. He was charged with
burglary and assault. Mr.. Crisp was
preparing to retire for the night
when he discovered the intruder
police were told. He grappled with
him and held on until police were
summoned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
BrickIoyers' President
Improves at Hospital

Harry G. Bates. vice president Of
the American Federation Of Labor
and president of the Bricklayers'
International Union, who has been
confined in Emergency Hospital
since December 81, was reported
greatly improved today.
Friends who visited him this
morning report the labor leader may
be well enough to leave the hos
pital shortly after the new year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Zoning Board to Study
10 Appeal Cases

Ten appeals will be considered by
the Board Of Zoning Adjustment at
a public hearing week from to-
morrow in the boardroom of the
District Building. The hearing will
begin at 10 am.
Among the appeals is one by the
Riggs National Bank of WASH
ington for permission to establish a
gasoline service station and an
open-type parking garage near
Sixth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV.
Another appeal, filed by the Po-
tomac Electric Power Co., requests
permission to establish Ill electric
substatien on the west side of Con.
neetieut avenue between Jenifer
and Harrison streets NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Actor Seriously Injured
In Fall in Baltimore
BY the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, Dec. ga few
minutes before he was to appear in
the premiere of George Abbott S
play, 'Unconquered," Howard Free
man was injured seriously last night
in a fall down the stairs from his
second-hoor dressing room.
Mr. Freeman was taken to Mary
land General Hospital, where ply
sicians said he appeared to have
suffered spinal or pelvic fracture.
He was partially paralyzed, but ply
sicians said the condition might be
temporary. The play went on, with
another actor reading Mr.. Free
mans lines.
Mr. Freeman's 14-year-old daugh-
ter was killed by an automobile last
Wednesday near their home at
Rockville Center, Long Island. He
joined the cast here after funeral
services Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
German Managers
Run Polish Farms
-
And Factories
Annexed Sections Also
Being Indoetrinoted
With Nuzi Credos
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LODI, Dec. 26.-German man
ayers have been placed by the Nazi
regime on all farms and factories
belonging to Poles and Jews in
sections Of the former Polish state
which have been annexed by Ger
many, even though they were not
a part Of the Reich before 1914.
The borders of the annexed sec
tons have not yet been established
definitely, but 1t is apparent they
will include LODI, the Manchester
of Poland and famed in the textile
industry for its million spindles.
The Nazi political and economic
structure is being introduced rapidly
here also, yet with less smoothness
and promptitude than in the So
called "Ur-Deutsch" regions, the
parts of Poland which belonged to
the Reich before establishment Of
the Polish state.
There is divergence, for instance,
as to the treatment of the Jews.
1t appears to have been left to each
local 'Landrat," or county super
visor, ito solve this question accord
ing to his lights.
Treatment of Jews.
In Sierpce, for instance, all Jews
were ousted without obtaining per-
mission to take any money or other
belongings with them.
In Wloclawek, the Jews must
walk the streets with yellow patches
on their backs. And they are not
permitted to use the sidewalks.
In LODI, all Poles and Jews, ir-
respective of age, must give up their
seats to German officers in street.
cars. This order did not meet with
the approval Of the army, however,
so many German officers avoid U.s.
ing streetcars In order not to de-
prive elderly Polish women Of their
seats.
Work in the LODI textile factories
goes on in three shifts under Ger
man supervision. There was large
store of 100000 tons of cotton on
hand when LODI was annexed. 1t
must be mixed with wood fiber and
other "ersatZ' (substitute) mate
rails to manufacture cloth, chiefly
for consumers in the Reich.
The peasants are under no
economic pressure. They can bring
their. produce freely to town where
they obtain fancy prices.
No Mail Outside Reich.
Educated Poles in the German
occupied but not annexed part of
Poland are finding the Polish Ger
man dictionary most useful, as
Poles may correspond in German
only with persons in Germany.
Their letters must be handed in
unsealed-and no mail to any other
country is accepted.
Letters addressed to friends in
Berlin, however, often serve to
transmit greetings to relatives who
fled to Rumania, Yugoslavia and
other neutral countries. Mali from
neutral countries, if inoffensive,
reaches its destination after delay,
but it is not possible to reply to it
from the occupied area.
Poles in the occupied portion are
not permitted always to correspond
in Polish with Poles in other parts
Of the occupied territory. Poles in
Warsaw. for instance. may not write
in Polish to friends in Krakau or
Lublin Polish cities In the annexed
parts of Poland are automatically
taboo for Polish correspondence
from the occupied parts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Wallace Hits Critics
Of Certificate Plan
For Farm Prices
Declares Proposal Is
No 'Regressive' Tax
On Consumers
BY the Associated Press.

by luc aSooSldleu 1853
Secretary Of Agriculture Wallace
declared today critics were wrong In
characterizing his proposed farm
certificate plan as progressive" tax
on consumers.
"Its effects" the Secretary said,
instead of being regressive would
be progressive because it would
benefit the low-income farm group
through improved prices from agri-
cultural products supplied in large
part to the higher-income non-farm
groups"
Secretary Wallace's analysis of the
certificate plan-described as form
of processing tax which would help
finance crop control programs-was
made in statement which was con-
sidered at the Agriculture Depart
ment to be reply to indirect critic
ism by Secretary Morgenthau and
Mariner S. Eccles, chairman of the
Federal Reserve System.
Secretary Wallace said Congress
had for seven years declared Its
objective to bring about parity re-
latlonships between prices and in
comes of agriculture and other in
dustries.
Back of this objective is the rec
ignition of the fact, repeatedly
demonstrated by actual experience,
that the maintenance of farm in
come at parity level means more
jobs for industrial workers, more
purchasing power in the hands of
consumers, increased business &C.
tivity, and an improved condition of
I've Federal Treasury"
The Secretary said farm income
was now about rs per cent OF parity.
Secretary Wallace has suggested
that the certificate plan be applied
to wheat, cotton and rice. Under 1t,
cooperating farmers would receive
income certificates from the Govern
ment. Persons who bought the crops
from the farmers for domestic con-
sumption would be required to buy
the certificates. The value of the
certificates would be the difference
between the market price of the
commodity and its parity" price
the price goal of the farm programs.
In his statement Secretary Wallace
said it was mot only misleading, but
also astonishing" to describe the Ger
tif1cate plan as an unfair" tax on
consumers because a fundamental
result of the program would be the
correction of existing injustices."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Christmas Seal SuIes
May Exceed $114,500
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 26.J.
Vaughan Gray, president of the Vir-
ginia tuberculosis Association, said
yesterday more than 100000
Christmas seals had been distributed
in the State this month and, while it
would be several weeks before the
result of the campaign would be
known, there was every reason to
believe that the sale will exceed last
years record figure Of $1l4,582."
This means" he said, that our
association and its afnliated ergan-
izations throughout Virginia will be
able to continue their care Of the
vigtiuS Of tuberculosis"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Weather Report
FURNISHED by the U.


coudiness followed light rain
slightly colder tonight
with minimum 80 degrees gentle variable winds tonight be-
coming northeast tomorrow.
cloudne followed light and
light portion late tonight
slightly on the tomorrow.
Virginia-Coudy west
portion tonight slightly southeast portion
West followed light in south
portion late tonight cold south portion tonight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Broadcusts in Many TONGUES

The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Brit
ish Broadcasting Corp. now radio
casts daily news bulletins in Afri-
kaans, Arabic, Czech, English,
French, Gaelic, German. Greek,
Italian, Magyar, Polish, Portuguese,
Rumanian, Serbo-Croat, Spanish.
Turkish and Welsh.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26

Pressure continues low. but rising, over
south Of the Texas coast has moved north
eastward toethe Louisiana coast. Port Eads.
1OO1.7 t29.58 inches); whence it will move
low over the southern Rocky Mountain
!ss;sS, inches, hien pressure area is
Pembina. N. Oak. 1026.4 millibars t3O.31
inches). with wedse extending south
lols:o millibars 900 inches, Pressure
is also high over Idaho Pocatello. 1023.7
millibars {3O.23 inches). During the last
"A hours rains have occurred In the middle
and east Gull States. and light SHOWS in
the Plains States. the Rocky Mountain
region: Oklahoma, Western Texas, Western
Missouri and in portions of the lower
Lake regiou and the North Atlantic States.
Temperatures have risen in the Ohio
Valley and in the East Gulf and South
Atlantic States. while they have fallen in
New York; Southern New England: the
southern Plateau, and portions Of the
Rocky Mountain region.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers, clear
ct Harper's Ferry; Potomac slightly
muddy at Great Falls to-day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26

Record fer Last "a Hours.
Nrom noon yesterday to noon today)
Hishest. 30. noon today. Year ago. AZ.
Lowest. IS. 7:15 pm. yesterday. Year
ago. 20.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 100. on September 8.
Lowest. II. on February 20.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest. So per cent at 8 am. today.
Lowest, 43 per cent, at 1870 pm. yes
terday.
Precipitatien.
Monthly precipitation In inches In the
ranftaI (Nurrent month IN datal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Toe per copy, by Mail lSc

. "Whot's happening In eu-
rope"-the changes in name
and oreu Of territory, fortifico-~
tions, naval bases. cities, bor-
ders, boundaries. etc.-groph-
icoIIy told in q complete eight
pooe section. Invaluable for
reference as you seek inteIli-
gently to follow the course and
Significance Of future war de-
vsfopnents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
The Night cAfter Christmas

At the request readers OF Euening Star reprint
ting this by John Jay Da The Star sa1 th illustration
by Stat Artist Sudduh the issue Of December
26 1885.
Nv
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
WAR MAP
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
River Report.
Repsrt fer Last "a Hours.

Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clea
ct Harper's Ferry; Potomac slight
muddy at Great Falls today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Tide Tables.

The Sun and Moon
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-02-18
MONTANA MAN
DIES IN SPAIN
DEFINITE PROOF OF HIS DEATH
IN CIVIL WAR is RECEIVED
BY SISTER

Is Believed to Have Been Killed in
Battle of Teruel Fighting With Abra-
ham Lincoln Brigade in LOyalist
Army.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-02-18
PIONEER COUPLE
WE'D so YEARS
MIR. AND MRS. w. w. HARVEY OF
TOWNSEND WERE MAR
RIED IN 1879
There Was No Townsend at That Time
and Indian Raids Were Not Unus-
uaI; Many Friends Attend Reception
in Their Honor On Anniversary.

Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Harvey,
who were married in 1879, before
the town of Townsend, where they
now live, existed, and who settled
near the present site of Townsend
when Indian raids were still COM
mon, celebrated their Goth wedding
anniversary recently. Friends hon
ored them with a reception at their
home. Mr.. Harvey came from
Galesburg, Ill. by boat to Fort Benton
and thence by stagecoach to Helena,
81 years ago, to become employed at
mining and farming. He met his bride,
Miss Jeanette Sharp, at Poverty Flat.
Her father, Anthony Sharp, had home
steaded a large farm a mile north Of
the present site of Townsend. There
was no Townsend then, however, and
the nearest postoffice was at Old Cen
terville, some distance away.
The wedding was a quiet affair at
the brides home. The Rev. j. M. Craven
performed the ceremony.
The couples first home was on a
farm. Later they operated farm for
a year at Beaver creek, and then they
purchased a ranch at the foot Of Old
Baldy on Cottonwood creek from the
Northern Pacific railway They lived at
Cottonwood creek more than 20 years.
In 1907 they sold the property and
bought their present home In Town
send. Harvey served two terms as a
Broadwater county commissioner He
was also a director of the old First
National bank and manager Of coal
business. He Is now retired. He cele-
brated his 9th birthday Jan. 10.
For 80 years he has been marshal Of
Valley lodge No. II, A. F. and A. M,
and both he and Mrs. Harvey are
charter members of Esther chapter NO. |
3. order Of Eastern Star. Mrs. Harvey
was worthy matron Of the chapter in |
1902. when attendance at q meeting |
required a l5-mile trip over tortuous |
country roads.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-02-18
Dam Kowski, Butte Tailor
Nomad, Is National Figure

His notes on these subjects also form
a bulky mass. They represent a CLEAN
ings of 100000 miles OF travel within
the borders of the United States.
Dankowski yields capable pen as
well as a most capable measuring tape
he has not laid the tape away. In a
letter to Mrs. H. B. Lowry of Butte,
who has known the family for many
years, he said recently:
1T would require many pages to
relate the story Of our travels since we
babe you adieu. And since we have
reached this lovely state of Florida,
we have been having the time of our
youthful lives" (Mr. DankoWski was
"a, Dec. "a lasD.
Dancing Winter Away
MANY a winter has come and gone
since We INDUCED in so many youthful
pleasures. We have done more dane
ing in the last two months than in
many years past. Florida is the ideal
home, the rendezvous for winter trail
critics" He then burst into a kaleido-
scopic description and an eulogy of
Florida that would have been worthy
of Dexter Felles, the famous circus
advertiser, when he was at his best.
Dankowskis ability as a writer is
recognized in Florida. He contributed
tWo-column article to the Braden-
town Herald and was given ''byline."
The article related the experiences of
this septuagenarian on a fishing trip,
when he, his wife and a couple Of
friends, hauled in a 350-pound catch
of RED snapper and grouper.
A Florida paper, in two-column
article, Dec. IS, said:
'AIr. Dankowski begins his 18th year
of life today and his SD annual con-
secutive round of outdoor travel. Dur
ing that period he has not only trav-
eled more extensively than the average
man but has experienced measure of
hunting, fishing and sightseeing that
must be the envy of any sportsman.
Has Bagged Bears
HE has bagged all kinds of game
including silver tips and grizzlies. He
shot his latest grizzly from the door
of his rolling home while crossing the
Bitter Root range between Salmon
City, Idaho, and Wisdom, Mont.
mr.. Dankowsh claims that
during his many years Of travel he
has met no one who has equaled his
unbroken chain Of outdoor life.
The article states that Dankowski
Is known as the daddy" of trailerites
and that he looks more like a man in
his early fiftieS than one who Is four
years past the allotted life span OF
man. The story incidentally dlscloses
the fact that there is a Dan" In the
family. Dan Dankowski, a brother, is
sheriff of Sweetwater county, wyoming. |
Devoting the remainder Of their |
ives to pleasure, Mr.. and Mrs. Dam
Sowski announce that Europe will be |
heir next stop after leaving Florida. |
We plan to visit every country In the |
world" said the former Butte tailor. |
Mr.. Dankowski is down for a speech |
before he leaves Florida. He Is to speak |
before a convention Of thousands of /
railerites on the development of the |
nation, from bull whacking to air. |
planes, from trails to hard surfaced |
from mule teams to stream |