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Evening star., 1939-04-18

States require that we send Mr.. Dies
to the White House?"
The audience applauded. Mr.. Dies
took a glass of water before an
swering: by the amount of SUBJ
versive propaganda being spread in
my district 1t looks like Mr.. Dies is
going to have a hard time being re-
elected to Congress"
Mrs. Keyser Fry of Reading, Pa,
chairman of the Credentials Com
mittee, estimates that the D. A. r.
Congress means 1886 900 for WASH
ington business.
She estimates the $500 delegates
and alternates spend an average of
SIS during the week they are here.
This figure, Mrs. Fry said, does not
include the added thousands spent
for flowers, gowns and gifts.
1t was the duty of six pages, work.
Ing on the two short flights OF steps
from the floor of the auditorium to
the stage, to lift the skirts of the
f1ag-bearing pages, avoiding stum-
bles as the girls, with their hands
full, started up the steps last night.
The skirt-lifting crew worked quick
ly and efficiently, both for its COL
leagues and the flower laden nation
al officers who followed.
Il Il Il
Some Of the most potent para
graphs in Mrs. Roberts address had
to be omitted last night when the
hands on the clock at the far end
OF the hall inexorably moved around
to 10 pm, the time Secretary of
War Woodring was scheduled to
speak over national radio hook
Evening star., 1939-04-18
ID. A. K. Convention SideIjohts

Despite the proximity of the D.
A. r. Congress, the more than $500
District of Columbia members OF the
national society have only a slight
advantage over members scattered
across the rest of the country.
The 60 voting delegates from the
District and their alternates are the
only local members allowed within
Constitution Hall until all the dele
gates are seated. Other District
members can then fill the empty
seats.
Mrs. Claude A. Swanson, wife of
the Secretary of the Navy, and Mrs.
Henry A. Wallace, wife of the Secre-
tary Of Agriculture, will receive the
Children Of the American Revolu-
ton when they go to the White
House at noon Friday.
In the absence of Mrs. Roosevelt,
Mrs. Cordell Hull. wife of the Secre-
tary Of State; Mrs. Wallace and
Secretary of Labor Perkins will greet
the D. A. r. delegates when they
make their White House visit at 8
pm. Friday. Mrs. Henry Morgen-
thau. wife Of the Secretary Of the
Treasury, received the Good Citi-
zenship Pilgrims yesterday.
X II
Representative Dies Of Texas,
chairman of the House Committee
Investigating Un-American Activi-
ties, heard himself proposed for the
presidency yesterday.
At the conclusion of his speech
before the D. A. r. mass meeting on
national defense, a member of the
D. A. R. got up in a question and
answer period and asked:
Doesn't the safety of the United
Evening star., 1939-04-18
Teacher Keeps Job

: After ruling the school of the
Island of Sark for 43 years, F. de
Carteret decided to retire, but the
Sark Parliament held a meeting in
the schoolhouse, the members Sit
ting at the children's desks. It voted
the schoolmaster must not quit, and
to hold him raised his salary from
$3.50 to $500 a year.
Evening star., 1939-04-18
TOMORROW MORNING.

organ recital, 9 until 9:30-Mrs. LIE
Roy Edward Fowler, organist, re-
gent, Niagara Falls Chapter, New
York.
Assembly call-Entrance of the
president general escorted by the
pages.
Congress called to order-The presi-
dent general.
Scripture and prayer-The chaplain
general.
The pledge OF allegiance to the flag
The assemblage.
The National Anthem-The Assem-.
blage.
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TONIGHT.

The President Generals Reception.
Concert-The United States Army
Band Orchestra, Capt. Thomas F.
Darcy, jr., leader.
8 PM.-The president general, as
sisted by the national officers, will
receive in Constitution Hall the
members of the National Society
OF the Daughters of the American
Revolution.
The State regents will receive In
their respective boxes.
~ P.M.-The pages ball, Mayfower
Hotel.
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Program of the D. A. K

Reading of the minutes-The record
ing secretary general.
Report of the Resolutions Commit
tee-Miss Emeline A. Street,
chairman.
Report of national committees.
Address Preservation of the Ma
tion's Records" DR.. Luther H.
Evans, national director, historical
records survey, Works Progress
Administration.
Announcements.
Recess.
TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
Assembly call, pm.
Call to order-The president general.
Reports of national committees
(continued).
Music-Alma Kitchell, contralto;
Mrs. James shera Montgomery,
accompanist.
Press relationships. Marie Lomas
Bockoven, chairman.
Radio-Mrs. Frank Boudinot Whit
lock, chairman.
Music-Alma Kitchell.
Address-"Cultural Ties That Bind" !"
DR.. Ben M. Cherrington, chief,
Division Of Cultural Relations, De-
partment of State.
Announcements.
Recess,
Evening star., 1939-04-18

Corners without lights are the
most dangerous. Drive and walk
safely.
Evening star., 1939-05-16
Alexandria Office Finds
Jobs for 387 Persons

For the two-week period ending
May 13, 1889, employment was found
for 387 persons by the Alexandria
Office of the Virginia State Employ
ment Service. Two hundred and
thirteen of these jobs were in pri-
vate employment and TIA were on
projects financed by Federal, State
and local funds. The Alexandria
office, located at 301 King street,
serves the employers and workers of
Alexandria City, Arlington. Fairfax
and Prince William Counties.
During the first two weeks of May
223 persons filed applications for the
first time and 295 renewed their
applications, making a total of 518
applications. Five hundred and
siXty-two persons were referred to
employers for consideration for en-
ployment and 2,965 personal visits
were made to the office by appli-
cants, employers and persons seek
ing information. Members of the
local Office staff made visits to %
employers in their attempt to locate
jobs for applicants.
Applications are removed from the
active file at the end of 80 days
unless applicants request the en-
ployment service each month to
keep their applications on file for
additional 30-day periods. Balance
OF active applications on May 13,
1899. are as follows.
Evening star., 1939-05-16
Wholesale Commodity
Average Goes Down

The wholesale commodity price
index compiled by the National
Fertilizer Association dropped
slightly last week after advancing
in the three preceding weeks. This
index in the week ended May 13
stood at 1875 per cent of the 1926
1928 average, compared with 1877 in
the preceding week, 721 a month
ago, 74.4 year ago and 87.3 two
years ago. The highest point reached
by the index this year was 1873, and
the lowest was 704.
Last weeks decline in the all
commodity index was due primarily
to lower prices for foodstuffs. With
such important commodities as
meats, eggs, flour and potatoes de-
clining, a moderate drop took place
in the food price average. The farm
product index was somewhat high
er, with new high points for the
year registered by the cotton and
grain averages.
Evening star., 1939-05-16
Daily Oil Production
Off 170,287 Barrels
In Latest Week
Oklahoma Flow Cut
Moderately; Texas
Output SIumps
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TULSA, May 16-Crude oil produce
ton, reversing a trend of the past
several weeks, declined l7O,287 bar
rels daily in the United States dur
ing the week ending May 13, the Oil
and Gas Journal said today. Daily
average production for the Nation
was 3,4O4,356 barrels.
Oklahoma production was down
$685. barrels daily to 453,155. East
Texas declined 74,652 to 372298,
while Texas as a whole decreased
POI 001 to 1,268,987.
Louisiana went up 1,244 barrels
daily to 269,610, Kansas increased
1927 to 176,240 and California ad-
vanced $500 to 620.25O.
Eastern States, including Illinois
and Michigan. rose 13,443 barrels
daily to 373.654 The Rocky Noun
tain area declined 1000 to II 400.
Evening star., 1939-05-16
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, May 16.-Buying aC-
tivities in todays bond market con-
tinued to center on the top-grade
low-yield group. Loans of specula-
tive quality sagged
United States Governments were
leaders, moving up l-32 to 7-32 on
generally small dealings. Extreme
gains were well maintained in the
late trading.
Traders in the second-grade issues
were mostly on the selling side, TAX
ing their cue from the unimpressive
action of the stock market. Down
fractions to a point or more at the
start of the final hour we're Della
ware g. Hudson refunding 4s, Great
Northern &c" 4s of "a, Interna-
tional Hydroelectric IS, International
Paper IS, Bethlehem Steel 3l2s and
Northern Pacific is.
Foreign loans moved over an I'm
even course. with price changes
mostly narrow. Poland Is pushed
up more than points on a small
trade.
Evening star., 1939-05-16
Paris Gold Fund
Registers Huge
| Increase
BY the Associated Press.

by IH6 "a hSSOClaIeO Press.
PARIS, May l6.-Finance Minis
ter Paul Reynaud in a report to
President Lebrun on his three-year
economic program said today that
the assets of Frances currency stab
ilization fund had increased by more
than 12,OOO,OOO,OOO francs (about
$318,000,000) in less than four
months.
The report said that the funds
value in October, 1898, was 2,O67,-
100000 francs (about 54,780, ,00O) =,
representing 54,776 Kilograms of
gold. At the end of January, Rey-
maud said, the funds value had
risen to 14,32l 100000 francs (about
$3o0,000,000), or 376,485 Kilograms
of gold.
The minister said that profits in
exchange operations and a large
return of French gold previously
sent abroad were responsible for
the increase.
Evening star., 1939-05-16
Lower Net Reported
By Creole Petroleum
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, May l6.-E. Holman,
president of Creole Petroleum Corp,
told stockholders at the annual
meeting today the company's earn
ings thus far this year have been
running about IS to 80 per cent OF
those in the corresponding period of
1888.
The average price received for
crude oil in the first four months of
the year, he said, was around 81
cents barrel, compared with
slightly more than 86 cents through
out 1888
Mr.. Holman said the Standard Oh
Co. of Venezuela, operating SUBJ
sidiary of Creole, had completed 3
of the IA new wells under contract
with Pantepec Oil Co. of Venezuela.
Evening star., 1939-05-16
Newspaper Advertising
Gains for Third Week
srecial Dispatch to the Star.

SLeclal Dispatch to the Star.
CHICAGO, May l6-Retail news
paper advertising in 80 leading
cities showed a gain of almost 2
per cent over the corresponding week
of 1888 during the seven-day period
ended May 6, Advertising Age, ma
tional advertising newspaper, re-
ported today. This is the third
successive week in which gains over
1888 volume have been registered.
For the week ended May 6, news
papers in the reporting cities carried
a total of 22,745,542 lines of retail
advertising, compared with 22,316,-
879 lines during the corresponding
week of last year.
For the 18-week period since the
first of the year, retail advertising
in these cities is off about one-third
of ! per cent from the 1888 levels.
Evening star., 1939-05-16
New York Sugar

NEW YORK. Nav IL tPt.-Price changes
4, suear futures were small today as th1
trade awaited new dc dsvelopmrents: I!,Inrts:,
suffcient to offset hedging. july and Dc
cember each were unchanged at l.19l2
Domestic futures were even TO a point
net lower May sold at 1856.
cuban raw sugar sold IN spot poStloN
at 800 delivered basis. unchanged from
the last Cuban sale but points under the
previous duty-free spot transaction Re-
fined remained 4.45-4 so
Evening star., 1939-05-16
Dividend Is Ordered

NEW YORK, May Is (SpeciaD -
Directors of Niagara Share Corp of
Maryland have declared the regular
quarterly dividend Of 112 per cent,
equal to 81 so per share, on the Glass
A preferred stock, for the quarter
ending June 80, 1889, payable June
81 to stockholders of record June 8.
Evening star., 1939-05-16

In bankruptcy or receivership or being
reorganlzed under Bankruptcy Act or
securities assumed oy such companies
Rates OF dividend in the foregoing table
are annual disbursements based on the last
quarterly or semi-annual declaration Un-
less otherwise noted special or extra divl-
dends are not included
xd Elk dividend xr Ex rights Also
extra or extras Paid last year fPay-
able in stock Declared or oad so rar
TINS year Cash or stock Accumu-
lated dividend paid or declared this wear
" Under rule WV With warrants xv
without warrants war Warrants.
Evening star., 1939-05-16
Metal Market

NEW YORK, May Is tP-Copper
port 10.07l2. Tin steady. spot and near
by, ass: forward, 1925. Lead steady:
spot New York, 4 1850. East St LOUIS.
460. Zinc steady; East ST Louis SPOT
and forward, 45O Quicksilver. SIS 90
a3 90. PIG iron, aluminium, antmony. plat
mum and Chinese Wolframite UNCHANGED.
Evening star., 1939-05-16

Quotations furnished by Investment
ey do no nf Th aeo aesaa
transactions or firm bids or offers. but
should indicate approximate prices. and
unless otherwise indicated are as quoted
by the SPONSORS or lSSuers
'Not quoted by SPONSORS or issuers.
Evening star., 1939-05-16

a---Also extra or extras.
Quotations furnished by Investment
Bankers Conference, Inc, which states
they do not necessarily reflect actual
transactions or firm bids or offers but
should indicate approximate prices.
Evening star., 1939-05-16
Freight Loudinqs

NEW YORK. May 16 lP-Revenue
freight carloadngs on rairods reportine
today for the week ended May Is in
cluded:
Evening star., 1939-05-16
Rubber Futures

NEW YORK, May 1e e R,NSsrude R9,s,Ls r! rub
1900; July. 1600b; September. 16.06-1O.
Evening star., 1939-05-16
Crude Rubber Exports
To Be Increased in
Third Quarter
International Control
Committee Decides
To Boost Quotes
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 16-Exports of
crude rubber will be increased slight
ly during the third quarter Of the
year the International Rubber Reg
ulation Committee decided today.
1t fixed export allowables at IS
per cent of standard tonnages COM
pared with the so per cent which
has been maintained so far this year
The rubber futures market, quiet
until the quota decision was made,
became more active and prices ad-
vanced lie to Is pence pound.
The International Rubber Cartel
which controls exports of crude rub
ber, comprises the Malay states,
Netherlands India, French Indo-
China, Ceylon, India, Borneo, Burma
and SaraWak.
Traders said the decision was
about what had been expected. The
next meeting of the committee will
be held July q, when revision OF
the quota may be made at the COM
mittee's discretion.
NEW YORK, May 16 P.-The
Rubber Manufacturers Association
announced today consumption Of
crude rubber in the United States
in April was 44,166 long tons, COM
pared with 5O,165 in March and 29,-
730 in April, 1888.
Stocks on hand on April 80 were
19O,896 long tons, against 205 1886 on
March 81 and 303,9 ,9O1 at the end of
April, last year.
Evening star., 1939-05-16
New York Bank Stocks

NEW YORK. May 16 lP-Investment
Bankers Conference Inc:
Quotations as Of 2 o'clockD
Evening star., 1939-05-16
T ( { As U R Y.

FEDERAL FARM MORTGAGE.
3s 1944-49 109l3 l09.l3 1913
HOME OWNERS LOAN.
~ S l939-49 10l "a lO1 2l lO1 "a
3S l944-52 109l1 1899 lO9.1O
Evening star., 1939-05-16
Insurance Stocks

NEW YORK MAY Is OP.-Investnent
Bankers Conference, Inc:
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Investing Companies

NEW YORK. May IS lPl.-Investmen
Bankers Conference, Inc:
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BONDS ON N. Y. STOCK EXCHANGE
Eastern Daylirht Saving Time. +,
Approximate Transactions Todoy,

BY private wire direct to The Star.
Evening star., 1939-05-16

WV With warrants XIV without warran
New. st tstpl Stamped
Susceptibility impaired by maturity.
Evening star., 1939-05-16
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
(Esstsrn Daylisht savine Time.)
By private wire direct to The Star.

Stock and Sales
Dividend Rate. Add 90 IT
Evening star., 1939-09-10

have been placed upon the statute books
during the last four years, Congress
has tried to obyiate these ancient dan
gers of American involvement. Trade
in munitions with belligerent nations has
been prohibited entirely
Already, however, pressure is being
brought upon the administration by
business interests to seek amendment OF
the law cutting off trade in war NUM-
tions with something President
Roosevelt attempted futilely during the
last Congress. In view of the likely loss
of foreign trade, and also in view of the
demonstrated sympathy of the majority
of Americans toward the British-French-
Polish bloc, it is believed very likely that
the President soon will call Congress into
extraordinary session to amend the pres
ent Neutrality Act to permit shipment
of Arms to Europe, q move that would
be Of primary benefit to the allies, who
control the seas.
Evening star., 1939-09-10
Wide World Photo.

early, despite the murky warmth Of the
evening. Many Of them must get their
children ready to be evacuated at day.
light-sent to homes in the country, the
parents know not where. Others expect
they must walk to work from the out
skirts of the city since street cars and
buses will be taken off the regular routes
for the evacuation.
Grimmer and grimmer becomes the
appearance of the green park as dark
ness falls and the piles of sandbags rise
higher around the guns. Much the same
scene is repeating itself in all the little
parks that strew London. Around Plea
dilly and Trafalgar Square crowds of
tourists stroll aimlessly. All day they
have been haunting the steamship Offices
for the latest news of possible cancella-
tons of sailings. They have gathered
into London from all over Great Britain
in spite of warnings that foreigners
should scatter as much as possible.
Evidences Of War Everywhere.
All around them are evidences of war.
piled along the sidewalks. Serene on its
lofty pinnacle, towering over Trafalgar
Square and Whitehall and Westminster
Abbey and the Houses of Parliament
stands the erect, cloaked figure of Lord
Nelson The foot of the monument is
covered with placards urging ex-service
men, especially former airmen, to return
to the country's service. Almost oppo-
site is placard asking for $50 volunteers
for the "stretcher bearers corps for this
particular area of London. On nearly
every street corner directions are posted
telling of the warnings from factory
whistles, bells and the whistles of police
men which are agreed upon in case of an
air raid. There are still other warnings
if it is accompanied by gas.
|, All factories or stores employing more
than 20 persons are required to install a
warning system, clearly audible through
out the buildings. A radio system Is rec
ommended which will emit a constant,
high pitched buzz. Such appliances have
been set up in public buildings.
Confident OF Air De1enSeS.
Britain is confident of its air defenses.
Even on very dark, crowded night, the
average Londoner is assured no planes
can get within bombing distance OF the
metropolis without encountering the
ROYAL Air Force, which will win the
greatest pitched battle in the clouds in
the history of the world. Londons
nerves are good.
l. But as darkness falls and the lights OF
the city burn dim there can be little
doubt that many thousands are listening
for that continuous high-pitched buzz
which will be the signal to seek the
shelters provided in every section OF the
city.
Evening star., 1939-09-10
By Thomas r. Henry.

lures of the Siegfried line, released re-
Gently by the Nazi government for prop
aganda The descriptive lines describe
how, in spite Of the seeming efficiency
Of the defenses, part Of it had to be
abandoned because Of floods a few
days ago.
This picture is followed Immediately
by views Of the British feet.
Britain needs no Siegfried line" the
Aims proclaim proudly. Our line is the
British fleet
In the face of war there is scant en-
thusiasm and no hate. It is strikingly
different from the sentiment which at
tended the last outbreak of hostilities.
The feeling rather is one of profound
sadness and pity for nation which has
been so deceived by its leaders.
1t is a kind of war whose chief emo
tional accompaniment is pity for the
enemy There is an hitherto unknown
realization the helplessness of the in
dividual in the grip of political forces
in the grip, as most folks think here,
of the illogical fantasies of mad man.
1t may be different. of course, when
the casualty lists begin coming in.
Night in Hyde Park.
summer night in Hyde Park-green
island in the center of the brick and
stone ocean OF the earth's biggest city
where men and women are like the froth
on waves and the dimmed lights of
stores and theaters like the blueish phos-
phorescense of sea worms.
Ordinarily the grass is strewn with
weary folks and couples stroll quietly
along the tree-shaded walks. Tonight
stake fence cuts off the center of the
park and at its gates stand uniformed
men with rifles, III the most rigid mill
tary fashion.
Within are air-defense guns. Soldiers
are hard at work in the dusk piling sand
bags around them. Just outside another
group, wearing blue uniforms but not so
military, are digging a shelter for civ
ilians in the event of an air raid The
crowds lean against the stake fence and
watch almost alphabetically, so monoto-
nous has become the threat OF death out
of the clouds that veil the afterglow of
the setting sun.
Close to the Marble Arch stands man
on packing box. Behind him he has
set up a wooden cross. He is haranguing
the crowds, trying to justify the strange
ways of Providence. A small group
gathers around him in cynical mood.
The churches of all creeds are open "a
hours day, he tells them, that folks
may pray for peace.
and if all those prayers 60 unan-
swered does it mean that the Lord wants
war" cynic asks.
TT would be just punishment for the
sins of the world" says the preacher.
The loiterers in Hyde Park 60 home
Evening star., 1939-09-10

must depart as soon as the cause of the
delay Is at an end. The regulations as
to the question of the length of time
which these vessels may remain in neu-
tral ports, roadsteads or waters do not
apply to warships devoted exclusively to
religious, scientific or philanthropic pur-
poses.
I'm neutral ports and roadsteads bel
ligerent warships may only carry out
such repairs as are absolutely necessary
to render them seaworthy, and may not
add in any manner to their fighting
force = ."
In summary, the main causes of Amer
lean involvement in European wars have
been the efforts of belligerents to stifle
trade between this Nation and their
enemies and the loss of American lives
at sea through naval attacks on liners
bearing United States citizens, such as
the Lusitania.
IN the series Of neutrality laws which
Evening star., 1939-09-10

losing it. The prize ship, however, can
remain only long enough to satisfy these
emergencies)
"Bellgerents are forbidden to use
neutral ports and waters as base OF
naval operations against their adver-
saries, and in particular to erect wire
less telegraphy stations or any appara-
tus for the purpose of communicating
with the belligerent forces on lapd or
sea.
I'm the absence of special provisions
to the contrary in the legislation of a
neutral power, belligerent warships are
not permitted to remain in the ports,
roadsteads or territorial waters of the
said power for more than "a hours, or
within the time prescribed by local
regulations. '.
"A bellgerent warship may not pro-
long its stay in . neutral port beyond
the permissible time except on account
Of damages Of stress Of weather. 4 It