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La gaceta., 1939-12-22
La aperture de la temporada
hipica e Tropical Park
Sc apOstaron $4,000 en- ocho carre4sas

gandose sus boletos a $49.50.
La mas importante Temporal
da hipica en- Miami es la del H.
p6dromo de Hialeah, donde este
ano Sc discutira la copa Wide
ner Challenge, con un premio de
$4,000. ,
La gaceta., 1939-12-22

LECCIONES DE ESPANOL.
tomarlas 8 G.as a Ia Sc
mana, entire 10 A, M, y IL. Pa
ra mas detalles escriha al apar-
tado P. o. $3.50, Yher City Sta.
Sc desea un maestro profe-
La gaceta., 1939-12-22
instintosl /.

instintos! L..
lily, 70 tie juro, tie 10 juro por
mi vida, que nunca me explica-
re como no mate en- aquel instan
tell,
iPorque de las manos de la
vii, de la traidora, habia arreba-
tado esta carta!,. iTomal lice!
Diciendo este, con ell rostro
congestionado de furia, con los
ojos cast fuera de las 6rbitas, ia
deando como un leon, ell inge.
micro trio de su cartera y extra
10 de ella la carta mil wees lei-
da de Miguel de Guzman, y Sc
la entreg6 al d~iplomatico, que
la cogi6, temblando ligeramen-
te.
La gaceta., 1939-12-22

Nldilez cay6 un instante sobre
un sill6n y Sc cogia la cabeza
entire las manos.
Luego, mientras Borgoha leia
Ia carta que 81 comandante ha-
La gaceta., 1939-12-22
La GACE,TA

q peri6dico en- idiomA EspAncl
10 uks circulation en- Tampa
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-30
Poles Fear
Hitler Move
In Slovakiia
Warsaw Also Accepts
Mediation Of Little
Neutrals; New Re-
serves Called in Or
d e<r Approaching
General Mobilization.

Warsaw, Aug. 3O.--(Ap)-Poland
issued orders today calling an un-
disclosed new reserve force to the
colors. The first mobilization pos
ters appeared with thc- reading,
"the president has ordered general
mobilization" but it was autbori-
t3tiveIy emphasized that the order
calling up about 500,000 Fn~n was
not actually general mobilization,
since large number of exceptions
were understood to have been made
It is estimated that Poland could
put 100000 men into the field
under general mobilization.
The increase in the number of
men under arms was ordered as
government officials took an in
crcasingly serious view Of the gen.
eral European situation, and es-
pecially of the concentration of Ger
man troops in SlOVakia on POland's
couthcrn border.
No official figures of men now
under arms have been issued, but
the total is estimated at between
100000 and 100000.
A communication explaining the
necessity for the mobilization of
additional men was issued through
the Polish Telegraph Agency. 1t
said "the Reich has started an ag-
gressive policy toward the Polish
Continued on Page Eight
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-30
Rivers Drop
Slowly From
High Floods
Roanoke Passes Crest
And No Damage Ex-
pected from T a r.,
Neuse or Cape Fear
In Eastern N orth
Carolina Lowlands.

Raleigh. Aug. 3O.-(AP) = The
Roanoke river, which has flooded
roads and lowlands for several days,
reached crest slightly over four feet
out Of Is banks at Weldon last night,
and was falling today
Highway officials reported the U.
S. 30l south of Halifax was closed
because 50 feet Of pavement had been
washed out by creek. Traffic was
beng routed by Rocky Mount, Tar
boro Rich Square and Garysburg.
Route 93, east of Rocky Mount,
was closed because Of high water in
the Tar river. and traffic was going
by Tarboro and Scotland Neck
The Cape Fear river at Fayette-
vile was slightly over four feet in
llood, and was expected to go very
little higher II. f. Kickline, direc-
Tor Of the Raleigh Weather Bureau,
reported. At ElizabethtoWn, the
stream was seven feet over its banks
ana not expected to rise much more
A 4.5-foot flood in the NeuSe was
expected at Smithfiled by tomor-
low. Farther down the stream at
1odsboro, waters were receding
nom previous flood and the pres
eit 81 crest probably will not reach
mere for several days.
me Tar at Rocky Mount had
Isdched o crest Of five feet over the
o5hka and at Tarboro was expected
70 90 three to four feet in flood by
saturday. % At Greenville a four-foot
nooa was forecast by early next
week
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-30
72 Children
In N. c. Jails

haleieh Aug 30.-(AP)-Seventy-
.Mo children less than 16 years old
l. *eIe 0eng held in 81 North Caro-
una county jails last month, despite
. ., lolIna by the attorney general that
,,n ug practice is unlawful, w. c. Ez-
1.., -. director Of the division Of in
4''ltiii2ns ~. i2lns and corrections, said today.
,.2I me total, 20 were white and 40
.a5 .eie Negro boys, and six were white
pl,' TX were Negro girls. Ezzell said
~ tb3.l were Jailed on larceny counts,
~ 15oi2h other reasons varied from
W., ,s[ investigation" crazy, robbery
~ arms and murder.
in.,5 .L,5osecombe, Rutherford and Rock
d@, d,9''"ln counties each had child un-
rer, In years old in jail, the director
ce ap3i led Cumberland and Edge
fga ,''e gnuntles topped the list with
Te'.oc ciiiaren each in jail. Wayne
e,eo ren 'hree. Nash, Vance and War
dgr.. reported they jailed one each
"0lag The month.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-30
Europe Hard
Place During
Time OF War
Ry CHARLES p. STEWART
Central Press COlumniSt

Washington, Aug. 3O.-EurOpe is
disagreeable place in wartime. Any
place is, for that matter. But the Eu-
ropean countries are so closel y bound
together that you are everlastlngly
right in the midst of things. 1t gets
tiresOme.
In pre-World War days l lived for
several years in London. The town
was rational then as Manhattan. II
was a nice burg. l liked it. Next
lived there again for awhile IN 1910.
My, what difference! To begin with
it was a hard job getting into the
country First had to have the home
offices permission. Landing, | pres
ented my credentials to a port OF
ficial. "This," said the functionary,
els all right as to the home office,
but you need war office Ok. to
stay here" Well, l got it, with con-
siderable trouble. Next a member OF
Parliament inquired about me, say
ing he heard I'd been in Germany
l had too, but it simply was on
Continued on Page Eight)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-30
H. %Y-
Bilbo Man Is
Elected In


Jackson, Miss, Aug. 3O.-(AP)-
Paul Burney Johnson, backed by
Senator Theodore Bilbo, in a poll
tical feud with Washington rami-
fications, held 22,OOO-vote plural
itv today over Martin Sennett Con-
ner for the Democratic nomination
icr governor of Mississippi.
Senator Pat Harrison, BilbO'S COL
league, who opposed some New Deal
measures in Congress, supported
Conner, a former governor, in a
primary election run-off yesterday.
Democratic nomination is tanta-
mount to election in this State
Conner's defeat puts the Bilbo-
Johnson forces in power in 1910,
when Mississippi will send 18 dele
gates to the National Democratic
Convention. Bilbo is an outspoken
advocate of q third term for Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-30
Thanksgiving Next Year
Will Be On November Fl.
Roosevelt Has Decided
President Accomrno-
d a t e S Calendar
Makers and Football
Schedule Men by An
nouncing Intentions
Well Over Year in
Central Press RadiOphofo

Washington, Aug. 3O.-(AP) =
President Roosevelt has decided to
proclaim November Il as Thanks
giving day for 1910, it being the
third instead Of the usual fourth
Thursday Of the month. This will
correspond to the Presidents action
in moving up this years Thanksgiv-
ing from November 80 to November
%.
Following the announcement of
this years change, many governors
sports authorities and calendar maxi
ers protested, and some governors
announced they will not follow the
Presidents action, but will proclaim
November 80 as the day for Thanks
giving.
The chief executives original ac-
ton was taken on the belief there
was not enough time between No
vembcr 80 and Christmas, Decem-
Der 25, in which to conduct holiday
trade, and he believed by moving up
Continued on Page Five)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-30
Clemency Denied
By The Governor
For "Gray Mouse

Raleigh, Aug. 3O.-(AP)-
Governor HOey announced to-
day he would not grant clemen-
cy to Arthur Morris, 24-year-
old Negro of Durham and Ra-
leigh, scheduled to die Friday
in the gas chamber.
The governor announced that,
although Morris got only
small amount of mOney-2O
cents and a check he never
cashed-in the first degree
burglary for which he was con-
victed, he could have been tried
in Otner cases in which larger
amounts we're involved, and in
which Morris exhibited violent
tendencies and with implica-
tons of sexual assault.
Morris, known here as the
"grey mouse" and in Durham
as the "eeP', was convicted of
entering the home of a Raleigh
physician at night when persons
were asleep in the house.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-30
Wage Law Reduce
Tobacco Workers

Raleigh, Aug. 3O.-(AP)-
X. Maybe Albright, State direc-
tor of the State Employment
Service, said today the wage
and hour law and the use Of
stemming machines caused
North Carolina tobacco stem
meries to employ 9.263 fewer
stemmers this year. The direc-
tor said he based his statement
on a survey of AZ stemmeries,
showing that only 8,147 persons
were being used, as against the
usual 1880.
A majority Of the firms at
tributed the decrease to the
wage-bOur law, Albright said,
because hand stemmers cannot
make enough pOundage to earn
the minimum wage.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-30
Russians, japanese
Massing Troops On
Borders of Siberia

Tokyo, Aug. 3O.-(AP)-As re-
suit of Soviet Russia's non-aggrcssion
pact with Germany, freeing the
hands of Japan's rival in eastern
Asia, the japanese army is rushing
large forces into ManchOukuO thro-
ugh Korea and north China.
All vulnerable points along Man
choukuo's frontiers with Soviet
Siberia and Outer Mongolia, Soviet
protectorates, are being reinforced.
Manchoukuo is filled with rumors
that Russia, now freed of the Ger
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-30
Central Press Radiophoto

man menace on her western from
tier similarly is massing fresh
armies in Siberia.
I'm Moscow, however, the official
agency Tass issued a denial of re-
ports that 100000 to 100000 red army
troops had been sent to the Far East,
asserting that, Oh the contrary, Rus
sia was reinforcing her western from
tier garriSOnS.)
Scores of pcrSonS in all walks Of
life frankly voiced fears that the
long-awaited second Russo-Japanese
war was imminent.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-30
Edwards Is Ready
To Assume Leases
On II. C.. Railroad

Raleigh, Aug. 30.-(AP)-
Final arrangements were COM
pleted today to lease the State
controlled Atlantic & North
Carolina railroad to III. p. Ed
wards, of Sanford, who will
operate as the Atlantic &, East
Carolina Railway Company.
Edwards posted a $4,000
surety bond this afternoon with
Attorney General Harry Nc
MuIIan, and said he would sign
the lease papers within a few
hours. Under the lease, Ed
wards will pay the State S6O,5OO
annually.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-30

soviet b rg ain
than Britain and
France are. Off
cial Berlin ac-
counts are to the
effect that Herr
Hitler kept II Duce
informed all along
concer n in 6 the
progress of h i s
negotiations with
Die t a tor Stain.
Democratic govern
ments' OBJ servers
doubt it, however.
Or. thew saw. if
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-30
Weygand To
Direct Armv
In NearEast
World War French
General Called from
Retirement and Sent
To Syria; Daladier
Expects to "Know
Where We Stand To-
day"

Paris, Aug 3O.-(AP)-General
Maxim Weygand, former chief of
the French army, who has flown
dramatically to the Near East, was
reported in military quarters today
t. have been chosen as commander
Of the Allied forces in the eastern
Mediterranean in case Of war.
The 72year-old but still active
Weygand landed today in Beirut,
Syria, by plane from Paris, where
re had held series of conferences
with military and civil leaders.
General Weygand retired as chief
Continued on Page Five)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-30
British Reply
Sent With
French Okay

London, Aug. 3O.-(AP)-
Great Britain's reply to AdoIph
Hitler's latest message concern
ing his demands on Poland and
the European crisis was said by
informed quarters to have been
sent to Berlin tonight.
There was no indication as to
the contents of the note, but Of
fIclal circles said it was of such
nature that reply from the
German fuehrer was expected.
The communication was sent
Continued on Page Five)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-30
Germans axe Over
Power In Slovakia

Bratislava, Siovakia, Aug. 3d.
(AP)-The Slovakian government,
in a decree issued by Premier
Josef Tiso, today surrendered its
mowers to the German military,
which has occupied this German
protectorate on the Polish southern
More than 100000 German troops
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-30

now are in Slovakia, neutral OBJ
servers estimated
Under the decree Slovaks must
provide automobiles, horses, food
stuffs and other. materials as re-
CURED by the German army, and
Tiso warned that any who failed
to comply will have to answer be-
fore German military courts and be
punishable under German laws.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-30

Adolf really did Keep Mussolini post
I'd it's cinch that the latter must
have objected furiously, but Derr
Fuehrer went right ahead with his
program anyway
There are various reasons why this
conclusion is arrived at
In the first place, all along Benito
s positively known to have argued
CONTINUED on Page Five)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-30
GiQnhQh
NORTH CAROLINA.

FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly cloudy and somewhat
unsettled, scattered thunder
showers in mountains and south
west portion this afternoon or
tonight, and near the coast
Thursday.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-30
Reich-Soviet
Pact Worries
Italy, Also
By CHARLES T.. STEWART
Central Press COIumniSt

Washington, Aug. 30.-Diplomatic
dope from Europe hints that Benito
Mussolini is not much better suited
with tho rpich-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-30
Summation OF
War Crisis
Over Europe
(By The Associated Press

Tby Tic ASSOCIdCed PTeSS.
London-Britain plans new note
to Hitler after German reply indi-
Gates willingness to negotiate direct
ly with Poland; cabinet holds emer-
gency session.
BerlIn-Authoritative quarters say
Germany welcomes offer of Belgian
Continued on Page Eight)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-30

Berlin, Aug. 3O.-{AP)- The Ger
man government WELCOMES with ex-
traordinary sympathy the offer of
mediation by Queen Wlhelmina of
The Netherlands and King Leopold
OF Belgium, authoritative quarters
said unreservedly today
These persons said the offer of
mediation was not extended to the
German government, but TO Great
Britain, France and Poland
Britain, in the opinion of these
persons, is the only nation really in
a position to press upon Poland to
accept.
Oondon and Paris have sent IA
vorable replies to The Netherlands
and Belgian sovereigns. Poland
reiterated her reply to President
roosevelt on the desirability of
mediation, but indicated further pro-
(COntinued on Page Five\
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-30
Reich Ready
ToNegotiate
With Poland
Germany "Welcomes
With Extraordinary
Sympathy" Belgium
Netherlands Media
ton; N e w British
Note Calls for Hitler
Reply.

Berlin, Aug. 3O.-(AP)-
Fuehrer Hitler late today called
in his leading military aides and
several cabinet members for a
conference while awaiting fur
ther word from London in his
secret negotiations with the
British government.
Field Marshal Hermann Will
helm GOering; General Wilhelm
Keitel, chief of TIVE high COM
mand; General WaIther Bon
Brauchitsch, commander in
chief of the army; Grand Ad-
miral Erich Raeder and Henri
Heinrich Himmlcr, chief of all
German police, were among
those called.
This was done in case Ger
many might be willing to nego-
tiatc the crisis.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-30

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-30

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-30

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Evening star., 1939-07-25
Chicago Cash Market.

Chicago Cash Market.
Cash wheat, No. red tough). 64:
No. 3. 64l2: No. , hard. 63a4 tough),
6ls4,62s4;, No; 3, SO; tough). 60l2; No.
, yellow, hard, 62l4 -63l2; ttough), 6O34-
81: No 3 tough). 90; sample yellow, hard.
59l2 No, ? mixed, 62l2-63 tough), 50:
No. 3, 62h4: Cough 50 tgarlicky) No
3 Northern spring (tough). 81: No. 8 red
spring SO Corn. No. / yellow, 4094; No.
40L2 Oats. No. ? mixed. 90; No. 3.
2434-25l4: mixed grain, "a; No white
26A-27: No. 3, 2512-26ia; sample grade
white. 2312-25. Barley. Illinois mailing,
$3.50 nominal feed. 1897 nominal.
Evening star., 1939-07-25
Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
AsSocia ted Press Financial Writer

NEW YORK, July 25.-The stock
market played humpty -dumpty to-
day, bounding up fractions to 2
points or so in the forenoon and
subsequently tumbling for a loss Of
most of its recovery.
Large overnight buying demand
pumped rallying fuel into the list
at the start, Traders, though, were
quick to seize profits and prices
began to melt away after midday.
While modest advances were still
plentiful at the close, many early
plus marks were transformed into
declines.
Dealings were fastest in the first
hour. Thereafter the pace reverted
to a jog. Transfers for the five
hours were around 1850, 900 shares.
Steels led the initial upswing as
belated recognition was given the
estimated sharp jump in this weeks
mill opera tions to new peak since
last November. Both United States
Steel and Bethlehem were prominent
in the final retreat Chrysler was
thrown for a net loss of more than
a point at the worst after being up
about 2.
There was little in the news to
inspire unloading, brokers beginning
to think the markets, in the for
ward brush of the past few weeks.
may have caught up with the opti-
mistic business parade and were due
for at least breathing spell.
Satisfactory corporation earnings
the first los industrial companies
to report for the second quarter
showed aggregate net 729 per cent
better than in the same 1888 months
helped restrict selling in the stock
division.
Among resistant shares were
American Telephone, North Amer
lean, Consolidated Edison, Columbia
Gas, Santa Fe. New York Central,
Studebaker, General Motors, Loew S,
Anaconda. j. c. Penney and Inter
national Harvester
Inclined to back away were U. S.
Rubber, Montgomery Ward, Sears
Roebuck, Douglas Aircraft, Westing-
house, Kennecott. Loft, Du Pont,
Glenn Martin, General Electric,
Great Northern and Johns-Manville.
Secondary rail loans maintained a
forward stride in the bond depart
ment. Commodities were mixed,
but wheat rallied y to l cent a
bushel at Chicago. Corn conceded
w LOFT fro
was up so cents to 81 bale. Euro
pean markets exhibited frming
trends as war talk waned.
Evening star., 1939-07-25
Chicago Grain
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 25.-A revival in
European demand for American
wheat halted the wheat markets
recent decline today
Prices rose as much as 112 cents
Selling was renewed before the
close, however, and half of the ad-
vance was wiped out.
Corn rose more than a cent with
wheat, but then fell back below
previous closing levels to new lows
for the past six years. Traders who
were early session buyers unloaded
before the close.
Small country offerings of wheat
to domestic terminals and improved
domestic milling demand helped to
strengthen that market. Millers
bought approximately 100000 BUSH
els here.
Wheat closed 12-1 cent higher
than yesterday, September, 613s-A
December, 627s-24; corn 3s-7s low
er, September, 38ls-14; December,
3912 IS; oats unchanged to Is
bipher
Evening star., 1939-07-25
Exchange of Du Pont
Debentures Talked
Stock and

WILMINGTON, Del, July 25.-
The E. I. du Pont de Nemours g.
Co., Inc. announced yesterday it was
considering plans to offer its de-
benture stockholders opportunity to
exchange the holdings for preferred
stock. Details remain to be worked
out in thesvent the plan is adopted,
it was said.
Evening star., 1939-07-25
Washington Banker
Is Virginia Speaker
Special Dispatch to The Star.


LEESBURG, Va, July 25.-Theo-
dore Reid, cashier of the Farmers
& Merchants National Bank, Ham
llton, who is president of the Bull
Run Bankers Association, stated
today that the group will meet this
evening at Middleburg, with w. T.
Vandoren, vice president of the
Liberty National Bank of Wash
lngton, as principal speaker.
The Middleburg National Bank
will be host to members preceding
the meeting.
The associations membership
comprises bankers from Loudoun
rauquler and Prince William Coun.
ties.
Evening star., 1939-07-25
United States Treasury Position

ion Of the Treasury July 22 date
Evening star., 1939-07-25
Winnipeg Prices.
WINNIPEG, July 25 LP.-Grain range

Oct. "a .2312 "a .23A
Wheat, No. Northern. 513s: No. .,
All; No 3. 431s: oats. No. 2 white, 23:
No. 3, 20l2.
Baltimore Quotations
BALTIMORE. July 25 dP,.-Wheat, No.
2 red winter, garlicky, spot, domestic, 66N.
Evening star., 1939-07-25

Approximate Soes Of Stocks the NJ Y Stock Exchange
11:0O A.M.-------- 100000 1900 Noon $50 900
100 Pm. $4,000 2OOPM O3O 900
Total Sales for the day. 100000
sUnit OF trading shares
bankruptcy
BANKRUPTCY Act securities assumed companies
Rates Of dividend the table annual
ments
noted
xd Ex dividend TX rights Also extras ePaid
last Payable stock Declared this
hcash stock K Accumulated dividends paid or de-
clared this 1 80 " -
Evening star., 1939-01-31
Marriage License
Applications

George E. BauIsir .25. @022 Columbia I'd
nv and Mary j. Smith. is 2lOl New
MONTGOMERY.
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Donsld B Black. 81 1737 H St NV. and
Joe W % JoRnson. Rrisoa y g sS'' and Dorothy L.
ESoun,sine, ISa ~ both of 1s?2 81. NV;
James me- fs' = kenned9. e M?55aE e. columbia Pa and
CHEVY Chase Nd; the Rev. Charles B.
'amss SSGa a RGneh Gaso AF5 c6lahsa HH5s
osnSi,i. G the Fey RoyI!- H Dqnhap nh n.r,or.
110ffs ,hs Rev Roaard 9osn q Wi!knsoh vi ns5n ST.
Theodore eodor r r. Steiner rs and Roberta N
PaTs5 AS F:{' Nassz H. sgs M.Fy G. He'd
55s Fsd ss1 : .q5a a3'f Il hs9'aasDh'a Pa.
Say and aoE5atns s.. = Ashisgy la'
John l, Beador. y, 1900 stepies st. rs,
Della E. seeybqId 26: 81 st. Sc;
utchsdi tFs Fec Z sada2o Il R9nha% 9 Canton Mass.
ano Louise E; Fulton. - / 800 18th
Lansdoh IS, 6 rs Whsox h cs EuEsans f5va
and Jean L. Pavlat, 20. 1882 Belmont
I'd. NV. the Rev. E. L. Ford
GinnisS, =! both. of 645 Kenyon st.
NV: the Rev, A Lincoln Smith.
FrsnSin o,.d M Lanham - SO 1th s. ne
ne; the Rev. T. NJ. Mullen. '''' '''
David I. Cox. 81, 800 10th st. ne, and
lima ave. Sc; the Rev. Frances E. Sui
Edwin H. McDuhe. %. lis North Carolina
ave. Sc, and Olive G. WHITE lo1
North Carolina ave. Sc; the Rev. JOS
Harold il. Smith. IS. a932 Upton st. NV
and Mary E. Downing 80. 171O Massa
ehusetts ave. NV; the Rev. William F.
James E. Scales IS. 1925 st. NV. and
:. St. NV; the Rev, c. r. Murray,
Henry Crump, rs, and Frances Jackson
"a. both Of 1858 Wallach pl. NV; the
AbTaham ReS diasser. sefnaeh a4 1o2s Connecticut
ave. NV, and Virginia v Euobell 90
10l1 18TH st. NV; Judse Robert E.
Mattingly.
Va; the Rev. J. c. Ball.
Evening star., 1939-01-31
Wheeler Urges Program.

BUFFALO. N. Y, Jan. 81 (P,-
Chairman Wheeler of the Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee last
night recommended a program Of
legislation to aid railroads. Among
the steps he urged were reorgani-
zatlon Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission and speeding up reor-
ganization of roads needing it.
Addressing the traffic division of
the Chamber of Commerce, he said
that without a large-scale business
advance nothing that we can do for
the railroads would really meet their
needs"
He urged an "even-handed regu-
latlon' Of competing forms of trans
portation and an inquiry to deter
mine whether they are being un-
duly favored by the Government.
He expressed belief the I. C. c..
would function more efficiently by
leaving decisions to a smaller group
OF men, All of the present II COM
mlssioners participate in cases
which come up on appeal and each
also works in the commissions
lower divisions. Senator Wheeler
proposed fewer commissioners, who
would hear only important appeals
and let subordinates handle other
work.