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Evening star., 1939-08-20
Red Army Ensemble Plans
Visits to IS L. S. Cities
Group Is Scheduled to Give
Performance Here After
Carnegie Hall Concerts

Ten performances in Carnegie
Hall, New York, with a tour Of IA
other cities to follow in the course
Of six weeks, is the prospect prom
ised by the Red Army Song and
Dance Ensemble of the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics, according
to an announcement by Michael
Myerberg, American manager and
impresario, to whom the commits
sioner of the Soviet Pavilion at the
Worlds Fair has intrusted the or
ganizational work of the tour. Two
hundred and twenty singers, dane
ers and instrumentalists recruited
from the active ranks of the military
and naval arms of the U. S. S. r. and
representing all the major nationall-
ties within the Soviet Union will
make the trip in the charge OF their
conductor, A. Alexandroff.
Starting from its headquarters in
Moscow late this month. the Red
Army Ensemble is due to arrive In
New York in ample time for its first
American performance at Carnegie
Hall on Monday evening, September
18. Succeeding performances will
be given on the evenings of Septem-
ber 10, 20. 81, %. rs, 81, % and 80
with a single matinee performance
on Sunday afternoon. September "a
On the conclusion of the New
York engagement. Mr.. Myerberg viii
take the company to the larger cities
of the Atlantic seaboard and the
Middle West, starting with Sym
phony Hall in Boston and including
five performances in the Chicago
Civic Opera House and engagements
in municipal and other large audi
Evening star., 1939-08-20
Last>Minute
Act Started
Telegraph
BY Mary Machin Gardner.

A last-minute act of Congress gave
telegraphic communication to the
world and that act undoubtedly has
been Of as much universal service
to mankind as any other act ever
passed by that august body,
The Senate in the last 5 minutes
before adjournment on March 3,
1843, voted to grant Samuel Morse
100000 to construct an experimental
line for his magnetic telegraph be-
tween Washington and Baltimore
The House had passed the bill 10
days earlier, perhaps to placate
Morse. who had asked for a similar
grant five years before Few of its
members believed in the practical
bility of the idea.
Morse left the Senate gallery late
in the evening of the Sd, con-
vinced that in the short time re-
naming before adjournment his bill
would not come up for a vote.
Next morning, since no messenger
had brought him any word concern
ing the fate of his bill, Morse took
its defeat for granted and dejectedly
prepared to return to New York.
Before his preparations were COM
pleted a caller Miss Anne Ellsworth.
was announced. Miss Ellsworth. the
daughter of his intimate friend,
Henry L. Ellsworth, commissioner
of patents, explained to Morse that
his bill was one of two passed during
the last five minutes before Congress
had adjourned.
Miss Ellsworth also brought her
mothers invitation for Morse to
breakfast with the family.
AS a token Of his appreciation Of
her good news, Morse accorded Anne
Ellsworth the honor of selecting the
first message to 60 over the wire
when the line was completed. That
message, What God hath wrought" :"
was sent from the Supreme Court
room IN the Capitol in Washington
to Baltimore on May "a, 1874.
Shortly after this first transmits
sion of words by dots and dasfes, a
rhymester Of that period wrote:
What more, presumptious mortals,
will you dare?
See Franklin seize the clouds, their
bolts to bury;
The sun assigns his pencil to
Daguerre,
And Morse the lightning makes
his secretary"
Neither Morse nor Congress itself
could have realized the prophetic
significance Of the demonstration
message before a few New York
friends before Morse left to present
his bill to Congress. It was, AT
tention the universally kingdoms
right Wheel"
Evening star., 1939-08-20

A model of the worlds first Music
Garden has just been placed on
exhibition at the New York Worlds
Fair through the courtesy of Hortus.
Inc, producers Of the horticultural
presentation, Gardens on Parade" I"
Designed by I. Bostelmann Cobb, a
composer and teacher of music, the
Music Garden embodies a unique
and original extension Of the Cycle
of Fifths" design which was worked
out by Pythagoras in the 5th CEN
tury BIC, The cycle of Fifths"
has long been the standard device
used by music teachers to explain
to their pupils the harmonic rela-
tionships of the II major tones of
Western music.
The Cobb musical design goes
much further, however, by explain
ing the relationship Of harmony and
melody. The model was constructed
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by Vincent King Of the Columbia
School Of Architecture from a copy
righted drawing owned by Mrs.
Cobb. Among those who have pre-
viewed the Music Garden, the cele-
brated conductor, Willem van Hoog-
straten, has stated that because Of
its educational value 1t should be
placed In every city park or play
ground In the country.
The design of the Music Garden
was worked out last year when its
inventor discovered that her pupils
grasped the relation Of harmony
and melody far more rapidly when
they thought Of the Pythagorean
"Cycle of Fifths" as a music village,
the home OF II families Of tones,
each family having seven different
members, all related to the main
key tone. To play . melody In any
given key these tone children would
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travel over path of seven musical
stepping-stones leading to a music
theater at the center, where a con-
cert would be given.
With the stepping-stones repre-
senting the scales, she drew a dia-
gram Of this music village for her
pupils, showing them, by means Of
fiat and pointed bushes, just which
notes were sharps and which were
flats, and at the head of each
scale path she put a tone family"
house, marking on its roof the mon
agram of the most important chord
In that key. Thus, BY looking at
her diagram her pupils could quickly
visualize not only the IL major keys
and the relation of the chords that
are harmonically closest to each, but
they could also memorize most easily
Just which and how many sharps
or flats occurred In any given key.
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toriums in Detroit, Minneapolis, Des
Moines, st. Louis. Cleveland. Pitts
burgh, Washington, Baltimore, Phil
adelphia and three other cities.
The Ensemble of the Red Army
was founded by Prof. Alexandroff on
January II, 1929, as conscious
effort to preserve and expand the
spontaneous professional artis-
tic achievements of the soldiers and
sailors in the ranks, as one of the
many cultural mass organizations in
the Soviet Union. Comprising only
II members in the beginning, it has
grown to include nearly $50 persons,
over half of them singers, with %
dancers and over SO in the orchestra,
consisting chiefly of folk musical in
struments, such as the balalaika, the
accordion, the mandolin and others.
Evening star., 1939-08-20
Joun of Arc Feted

More than 100000 flowers were
placed before 10000 statues of Joan
Of Arc in France as floral climax
to ceremonies of commemoration
staged in almost every French city
and village in May. The festivals
began in Orleans on May 7 and
terminated in Rouen late in the
month. Religious ceremonies, civic
programs, band concerts, military
pageants, torchlight parades and
other events marked the observ-
ances.
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Takes New Studio

Eva Whitford Lovette, president
Of the District Of Columbia Fed
Grafton of Music Clubs, has re-
turned to the city and has moved
into her new studios at 1876 Con-
necticut avenue. She will open hei
fall vocal class on September /.
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Soloist RESIGNS

Margaret Evans Sitley has re-
signed her position as contralto
soloist Of Chevy Chase Presbyterian
Church and is now spending some
weeks in Florida on account Of her
health.
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Peru's Trade Benefits

War preparations in Europe are
being felt in Peru. where sheep own
ers ars busy shipping wool for use in
the manufacture Of uniforms.
blankets and other artic.ss.
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Final Sunset Concerts
To Be Given This Week
Program Toni ght Is Under
Guy Fraser Harrison,
Rochester Leader

The final two concerts Of the current series Sunset Symphonies
National
night At eight o'clock at the Potomac Water Gate
Sharing honors nght will
ductor with
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Warren F. johnson, Organist
Church Of the Pilgrims
22nd and p Sts. NV.
1880 O'Clock
Third Fugue, Intermexso, First,
Second and Third Variations,
1adenSa, from "Fantasla
Contrsppuntistica,s Buso
Evening star., 1939-12-31
Stock Prices Remain
In Narrow Range
Al Year 'sC|ose
Gains Predominute
And Trading Moves
Rapidly at Times
What Stocks Did.
BY FREDERICK GARDNER,


Associated Press Financial Writer.
NEW YORK, Dec 30.-Stocks
teetered on a narrow ledge in to-
days market as Wall Street shook
off cherries 1889 and prepared to
make another try in the new year.
While dealings in the short ses-
sion frequently churned at rapid
rate, and gains predominated at the
close, price changes generally were
In minor fractions either way.
Business news, prompting consid-
cradle reinvestment demand, served
to Offset relatively heavy belated tax
selling brokers said
The Associated Press average of
60 stocks ended up OIL of point at
51.2 A year ago the composite
stood at 532 The years high was
$50 and the low 416
The days turnover of 655, ,955
shares compared with 33l,672 last
Saturday and was the largest for
two-hour proceedings since Novem-
ber 4.
For the entire month of December
the volume in full lots of l7,768,713
shares was around the smallest in
81 years for this period. For the
year there was total of 262 ,015 ,799
shares. smallest since 1928. For 1888
and 1887 the figures were 297 7,385,059
and 400 ,453910, respectively.
In the final traders for the year
Allied Chemical pushed up 11s.
Slightly improved were Johns-Man-
vile, WoolWorth, United Aircraft,
Chesapeake g. Ohio, Great North
ern, New York Central. Consolidated
Edison and Sears Roebuck.
Climax Molybdenum lost IL fol-
lowing announcement the company
would observe the administrations
"moral embargo against countries
bombing civilian populations by dis
continuing shipments to Russia and
Japan.
United States Steel was un-
changed and Bethlehem down a
point Other moderate losers in
cluded General Motors, Standard
Oil of New Jersey. Union Carbide,
Wright, Goodyear. Inter
national Harvester and Westing-
house
Incomparatively fast curb deal
ings gains running to more than a
point were posted for Northern
States Power "a" Carrier Corp, and
Electric Bond & Share. Posers in
cluded American Cyanamid B" and
American Gas e. Electric. Turn
over of 5000 shares was the larg-
est for a Saturday since November
4 and compared with 100000 week
ago.
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won't be much. According to Edgar
S. Gorrell, president of the Air
Transport Association of America.
the fiscal year ending June 80
showed a profit for all domestic
lines of about 100000 before taxes.
But in recent years losses have been
at the rate of over two million dol
lars annually.
Most revealing evidence OF the
extent to which air travel has been
accepted by the public is found in
this comparison: Five years ago
the airlines earned 70 per cent of
their revenue in carrying mail; now
passengers furnish so per cent of
the revenue, s28,000,000, with the
remaining 40 per cent derived from
mail transport and other sources.
Advertising Helps.
This tremendous increase In pas
senger travel may be ascribed in
part to the joint educational ad-
vertising campaign effectively staged
by the airlines in cooperation with
aeronautical manufacturers, in part
to the extraordinary safety record
compiled by the airlines in the past
year. The airlines on November
3, 1899, completed 100000 plane
miles and the carriage of 1850 900
passengers without injury to any
person.
John Stilwell, president Of the
National Safety Council, stated:
Official records of the Civil Aero
nautics Authority indicate an in
crease in Observation-Disclosures
fatality of $40 per cent for the first
nine months of 1899 as compared
with the three-year average 1868.
From all records available it seems
safe to say that this is the greatest
increase in safety travel of any class
of passenger service for any similar
period in the history of transporta-
ton in the United States"
Predictions in regard to the
future of American air transport are
needless. The industry, still par
TALLY of a luxury nature, will in
evitably be affected by the ups and
downs of general business. Un-
questionably, however, the long
term trend will remain upward for
many years to come And each day
now more miles are flown daily by
American systems than by the air
lines of any other four countries.
Evening star., 1939-12-31
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK Dec. 80 L4'-The foreign ex-
change market topped a week OF generally
rising prices with further gains today.
A particularly wide mover in terms OF
the dollar was the French franc. up .o1 "a
of a cent Recently the French money
has stayed in a closed course under. the
Vatchful eve of the official control fund.
The advance. foreign exchange men
noted, came on the heels OF approval by
the French Parliament OF expenditure OF
nearly 81. 500 600 900 for armament pur-
poses during 1910.
Other major monies seemed aided IN
their gains by trade talks in Europe to
help minimize war dislocat tions.
The guilder rose 04 of a cent and the
belga 05 of cent. Sterling was up "
cent and the Swiss franc improved mar
rowly
Closing prices follow:
Great Britain in dollars. others in
Great Britain. cables 3 a!7s; 6o-day bills,
treal in New York, sssa,s:, Canada, New
France. Franc; ea4fs; Germany. 4o'san. be-
nevolent. II so: Gretce .73n: Hungary.
Norway. sa,7a: Portugal. : son: Ru-
mania. .73n; Sweden, % SO; Switzerland.
2a,44; Argentina tofhcian ,.c9,77: Ar
sos: Brazil free,. $40: Mexico 17"5n;
Japan. 234a: Hong Kong 2412; Shang-
hal. 7s5: Yueoslava 2.35n.
Rates in spot cables unless otherwise
indicated
n Nominal.
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AirIines Establish
A|I-Time Records
During Year
Launching Of European
Service Is High Light
Of Expansion
BY Cambridge Associates.

EUROPE-daily at noon, except
Sundays. Such will be the schedule
o fthe transatlantic airplane service
within a few months-a service born
only last May when the Yankee
Clipper took of from Port WASH
ington, N. Y, and settled In the
harbor of Lisbon 2612 hours later to
complete the first regularly sched-
uled commercial flight from the
New World to the Old.
The coming of war added to the
difficulties but also to the prestige
of the transatlantic service in its
first year of operation. Ambassadors
and actors, business nabobs and the
neighbors, chose to travel by air
after the outbreak of hostilities not
for speed, for comfort, or for thrills,
but for a safety that they felt was
no longer assured on the liners
that tracked the gray waters below.
In the conquering of the Atlantic
lies the high drama of the year, OF
course, but in the records OF the
air transport companies operating
United States appears just as signi-
fcant evidence of enterprise and
achievement.
Huge Gains Shown.
It was the biggest year in history
for American air transport systems.
Some statistics, not dry but excit-
ing: 8SO,O0O,00O passenger miles
flown as compared with 635 900 900
In 1898; 12,95O,00O pounds of express
carried as compared with 9,452,6 900
pounds in 1888; 26,S0o,0o pounds of
mail hastened to their destination
when 23,500,oo0 pounds were flown
In 1888.
The air transport lines will make
money this year, too, something that
has been only spasmodically possible
during the pioneering period. It
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New York Bank Stocks

NEW YORK, Dec 90 LP.-National
Association Security Dealers. Inc:
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Chicago Grain
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec 30.-Wheat prices
advanced about cent today in
the final trade of the year which
was characterized mostly by year.
end and pre-holiday adjustment of
accounts.
Some strength was attributed to
buying of mills in connection with
-four business. No material mois-
ture was in sight for the winter
wheat belt.
Wheat closed Sci cent higher
than yesterday, May, sl04-s1. .041s;
July, s1.0l1s-l4; corn, 1s-14 up;
May, 58a4-5s; July, 59ls; oats, 12-1
cent higher, and soy beans, 2-2l4
cents higher.
Grain range at principal markets
today:
High. Low. Close. close: ose:
chieaso-1. 1.o4,4 1.os7.1.o4 1o3,.-%
K;Hs;ses K1nsfs CITY ss'' IS s. ss': ss,: So: 81
Minneapolis 1o2ls ioo'. 1OiH 1OO7s 20
Kansas City .97ls .95la 81 1854
Winnipeg - .s97s 80 .s9s4 .S9's-h
chicago.-'- zoos. .aa1a .ooas .aass-h
Minneapolis 1.Olh4 l O05s
Kansas City - - 1914 80
chicago.1oN .5s7. .5sss .5ss4 .5sh
Kansas City .567s .56la .56ss .56's
ss'ssss sss:.s sss cl,, 50" :ss" seS: se# :se 52
chicagol ~ .3a7. $50. .aoss .asa.
Minneapolis 36Ss 1854 .362s .355s
Winnipeg = .403s .39s4 .40l4 1913
Chicago Cash Market.
Cash wheat, No. 3 yellow. hard tough
and weevily. .03. Corn. No; l mixed
63l.; No / yellow. 5717-59H; No. p 57l4-
white. 42K4; No. 3. 41l4s4; sample, 39i2-
4ll4 Soy beans No. yellow /. 7'4.
Rye sample grade. 61a4. Barley mating
54-64. nominal: feed. 40-4S. nominal;
sample. A Timothy seed. 4.l5-40. nom-
tnal. Red cloverseed II sol 8 90 nominal
Red top, s. 500 90. nominal Alske. 90
400. Alfalfa, 175O-22.5O. nominal
Winnipeg Cash Market.
WINNIPEG. Dec 30 P-CaSh wheat,
No | northern. s47s; No. .. S27s; No. 3,
S9ss. Oats. No. = white, 40a4.
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Continued on Page D-1oJ
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Winnipeg Cash Market.
WINNIPEG. Dec. 30 Pl.-Cash wheat,
No | northern. s47s; No. ,. S27s: No. 3,
S9as. Oats. No. = white, 4O34.
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ACTIONS ON N. Y. STOCK EXCHANGE II
TOTAL STOCK SALES.

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-Following is table of
transactions stocks the New York Stock Exchange
during the year 1899 1t gives the yearly sales, price
ranges and the net changes from the previous year on
stocks listed prior to January !. 1899:
Evening star., 1939-12-31
Chicuoo Produce

CHICAGO, Dec. 80 R.-Butter, tone
arm; prices UNCHANGED. Eggs, tone steady;
prices unchanged.
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Federal Lund Banks

NEW YORK, Dec. 80 QP.-Federal Land
Bank bonds:
Evening star., 1939-09-17
Il KNOW How TO
BEATe9E LOUIS %

Ut WAS Just before the end of the first round
when saw that Joe Louis was sucker
d for a feint had been backed into
neutral corner and Louis was stabbing his left
into my face. started to throw a right
hand punch but checked it. Louiss eyes
blinked, and then both his gloves flew up and
out in front of him and he ducked his head
onto his chest Just at that moment the bell
banged and l wheeled and walked to my
corner.
My manager, Jimmy Johnston, Jr., and
Trainer Freddie Brown had scrambled up the
little ladder leading into the ring and were
waiting for me. was tingling with the
excitement of my discovery and as they
showed the stool under me, said: Let me go
after this guy Let me punch with him."
They shushed me up. They had sent me
out with instructions to stay away from
Louis and they saw no reason for changing
the plan of battle.
Listen, Bob" they said, repeating what
had been told in the dressing room, this
fellows terrific puncher when he gets set.
So keep moving away from him. Keep him
on the go. Don't bother so much hitting him.
Just see that he doesn't hit you
Listen" protested, Il can do both. can
hit him and keep him from hitting me. just
saw something. He's sucker for feint.
They almost burst out laughing. 1t seemed
funny that novice like me lit was only my
second ten-round main event. should think
that Louis would fall for feint They said
Don't be crazy, Bob. Do what we say. y
Throughout the bout, l wanted to take
Evening star., 1939-09-17

first twenty-round heavyweight championship
fight since the days of Jack Johnson and Jess
Willard. Not only are the faults that Louis
showed me in that first fight still bright in my
memory, but my ability to take advantage of
these mistakes has been sharpened by the
long, hard campaign I've waged. Since our
first meeting have improved vastly; Louis,
on the other hand, has stood still - perhaps
he has slipped little. He has had only nine
fights against pathetic opposition: Tony
Galento, fat bartender; John Henry Lewis,
blind in one eye; and James J. Braddock, Max
Schmeling and Jack Roper three veterans who
have seen better days. Meanwhile, have gone
through twenty-five battles with the toughest
opponents my manager could find.
Each of those bouts has really been train
ing session for the showdown with Louis. The
Evening star., 1939-09-17

advantage of the faults l saw in Louiss
defense, but they held me back and Louis
was given the decision.
honestly think that if had been allowed
to fight my own fight I'd have knocked Louis
out that night in Madison Square Garden
two and half years ago. But perhaps my
seconds were right. After all, l was still pretty
much of rookie and my attempts at feinting
might have got me in trouble. Maybe I'd have
laid myself open and been knocked fiat,
because must admit that if you are found
guilty of any kind of crudeness in the ring
with such an exceptional master craftsman as
Joe Louis you are practically under death
sentence from the word go
However, there will be no holding me back
this coming Wednesday night when l meet
Joe again at Briggs Stadium in Detroit in the
Evening star., 1939-12-15
n. & W. President Sees
Good Year Ahead
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
ROANOKE, Va. Dec. 15.-W. j.
jerks, president of the Norfolk &
Western Railway, in a Christmas
message to the company's 10000
employees said that Il think we can
look forward to the New Year with
some degree of confidence"
The railroad presidents message,
published in the December issue of
the N. g. w. magazine, expressed
the management's appreciation for
the capable manner" in which en-
ployes have "co-operated to meet
the increased demands upon the
services of our railroad
Increased business, he said, has
resulted in recalling a large num-
Der of the railways furloughed en-
ployes and declared that the N. e.
w. has equipment and facilities to
handle any further increase in busi-
ness.
'On the other hand" he told en-
ployes, 1.-The continued success of the
railroad, and its ability to meet
efficiently and promptly any in
creased demands upon it, will de-
pend upon your individual and
collective efforts to provide an in
creasingly better service to the pub
lie. and the manner in which you
fulfill the duties of good citizenship
to your respective communities"
Evening star., 1939-12-15

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-Mixed
price movements spotted the bond
market today, with changes in most
groups negligible either way.
Toward the final hour only a few
of the less active loans had re-
corded gains or losses beyond y
point with the losers having a slight
edge.
Rail, utility and industrial issues
all followed the same pattern. A
shade lower were Baltimore & Ohio
convertible 412s, Delaware & Hud-
son refunding As, New York Gen.
tral SIS, Columbia Gas & Electric SIS
of 81. Portland General Electric
4l2s, American Telephone ga of '66
and Armour As of SIS.
Diminutive gamers included Ches-
apeake & Ohio 312s, st. Paul SIS of
rs and United States Steel 81
Canadian Pacific 412s of As, show
ing independent strength in the
narrow market, were up over a
point on sale of two bonds.
United States Governments, in
light dealings, were 6-32 of a point
lower to 1-32 higher.
Among foreigns, some Danish
and Norwegian loans tilted up a
little.