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futures closed lib lower.

CottOnseed Oil.
Bleachable cottonseed oil futures closed
- lower: sales. 81 contracts July.
$3.50; September. 6.71b: December. 6.Ss,
January, $50. b Bid
New Orleans Prices.
NEW ORLEANS May 30 P,.-Cotton
futures opened steady 3 points net lower
to = higher.
Cottonseed oil opened steady. July
6.1Sb; September. 6.33b: October. 63Sb;
December. 6.43bx January 646b. Bid
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-05-29
Washington Chapter
10 Send 10 Delegates
To June Convention
Institute Members
Leave Here Sunday
For Grand Rapids
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

Washington Chapter, American
Institute of Banking, will send a
strong delegation of 10 members to
the national convention which opens
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Corporate Earnings

NEW YORK Nav 90 (P.-corporate
earnings reports issued during the week
showing profits per common share included
6 Months Ended April 70
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-05-29

Milan, Italy. will hold an Inter-
national Aeronautical Exhibition.
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sUnit OF trading shares
Danuc9 OF Tefev5shp Or being reorganized under
Rates OF divdend H. the table
menS baseo last declaraton
unless otherwise noted special
xd Elk dividend. a extras Paid
Payable
~>-~o e@-N Va Nc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-05-29

low 70 cents year ago. On the basis
OF Government loans. which may re-
tard the movement of new wheat to
market, the value at Chicago is
around 80 cents for good grades.
Recent rains have improved crop
prospects but until private and Off
cial forecasts are issued within the
next week or two most dealers estl-
mate the total U. S. production might
be around 700,00O,OOO bushels. which
would be the largest since 1882, with
the exception of the 1887 and 1888
crops.
Wheat crops and their approx
mate market valuations in recent
years follow: 1898, 931 900 900 BUSH
els and $670,OOOOO 1887, 874 900 900
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-05-29
unchanged to IS lower

Cash Market.
Wheat. No, l Northern spring. So No.
8 nara Weevlly 1914 sample Grade hard.
20; No. J mixed. 1872.
- Corn, No. l mixed. sig: No l yellow.
grade, 43-4Sl2
Oats. No. 3 mixed 34L.: sample Grade
mixed. 33iA: No white. 35l2-3a: sample
grade white. 81 94-34
Barley, mailing. 5000. nom: feed, 35-
40. nom No. feed. barley, A..
Soy beans. No. yellow So
Rye. sample grade. As.
Timothy seed 2S5-3l5 nom red clover
SEED l3.oO-l1.OO nom: red top, 925-15
nom.
Winnipeg Prices.
WINNIPEG. May 80 QP.-Grain range
today:
High. Low. Close. Close,
July .66 $50 ,65as 651s-ss
October .67A .66's 81 .67ls
July-N 800. .soI .so1. .sos.
Cash Market
Wheat closed Ia lower Nav R3s..
July 629a. Oats. 's-ss lower; MAY. 3lts;
Baltimore Quotation.
BALTIMORE May 20 iP.-Wheat. No .
red winter. garlicky, spot. domestic. o.
Mote: This market closed Tuesday. May
30. Memorial Day.
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New Hampshire Avenue
Grading Nears Completion

Grading work on the New Hamp-
shire avenue extension in Prince
Georges County, Md, is nearly IS
per cent complete, Joseph Chaney,
district engineer for the Maryland
State Roads Commission, said today.
With the recent completion of the
concrete bridge over the Northwest
Branch, work under the present
contract will be confined to grading
the milelong length of highway
which will connect the present
terminus of New Hampshire avenue
NE. at University lane with the
Whiteoak-Avenel road near the
Montgomery County line.
Mr.. CLANCY pointed out that the
new bridge, which crosses the
branch several hundred feet down.
stream from the present bridge on
the Avenel road, and the new road
will furnish a direct route into the
District and will eliminate curves,
now source of danger on the old
road
Paving of the new road will be
let under another contract, Mr.
CLANCY said The road will be con-
crete and % feet wide to conform
with the existing New Hampshire
avenue. At the present time. he
said, contractors are waiting for the
concrete bridge to season before fill
Ing with dirt to the roper grade.
Evening star., 1939-11-14
|Strotosphere
| Balloon Aids
|Weothernon

A new method of advance weather
forecasting based on the collection
OF stratosphere data up to heights
of l5i2 miles by means of radio
soundings was announced today by
the Department of Commerce.
Established in connection with the
rsdio-sonde system recently de-
veloped at the National Bureau of
Standards, the forecasting service
employs an instrument carried aloft
on small balloon. with a ground
station and receiving and recording
equipment. This device has sup
planted the use Of airplanes for
weather forecasting purposes.
Experiments with the new system
have provided data which exceeded
both in regularity and accuracy the
observations previously obtained by
the airplane soundings. according to
the Commerce Department.
An improvement consisting of a
device to control the modulating
frequency so as to provide measure
ments of pressure, temperature and
humidity has been introduced at
three of the 80 weather stations
which now use the new system.
Evening star., 1939-11-14
Representation Urged
In Reorganization Of
DC. Government
kuIorumu Citizens
Association Votes to
Study Cos Tax Bill

National representation should be
included in any plan for revision of
the District government, the Kalo-
rama Citizens Association voted at
It's meeting last night in the John
Quincy Adams School. The action
followed presentation Of motion
by Miss Eta L. Taggart
Study of bill imposing an addi-
tional 1-cent retail tax on gasoline
in the District of Columbia. intro
duced in Congress by Representative
Jennings Randolph, was launched by
the association when an inveStigat-
Ing committee was appointed, headed
by Monte j. Sanger. In her motion
favoring the study, Miss Taggart sug-
gested that the committee discuss
the possible Endorsement, in prin-
ciple. of the measure as a substitute
for the present District income tax.
Comdr. Slingluff Elected.
New officers for the coming term
were elected unanimously by the
association. They are Comdr. Frank
Slingluff, president; Rear Admiral
David F. Sellers, first vice president;
DR.. Loren B. T. Johnson, second vice
president: Marian L. White, treas
urer; Fletcher S. Tilton, correspond
ing secretary, and Miss Mary Yates,
recording secretary. Delegates to the
Federation of Citizens Associations
for the coming term are Mrs. Harvey
w. Wiley and Mr. Sanger.
OF &c of CO
snatchings were reported to the
association, which was told action is
expected soon toward preventing
further attacks and making it i'm
practical for thieves to dart out on
pedestrians from such hiding places
as the shrubs at the south end of
Connecticut Avenue Bridge.
The organization voted to con-
tribute IS to the Community Chest.
w. G. Eshelman Speaks.
w. G. Eshelman, member of the
Michigan Bar Association, replaced
the scheduled speaker, William A.
Roberts, who was unable to attend
He spoke on the various plans for
reorganization of the District gov
ernment and urged members to con-
tinue their efforts to gain local suf-
frage Mr.. Eshelman traced the
District government and its branches
from its origin to the present time
"Kalorama, meaning the beautiful
view, was the name given the locality
by an original owner when it was a
small subdivision" he said.
Miss Yates was accepted as new
member.
Evening star., 1939-11-14
EVENING WASHINGTON c. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER a. 1885,

tory urge, thousands Of birds perish
In Atlantic waves as they attempt
to wing their way from the South
ern United States coastal region to
South America, he declared in q
publication of the National Museum.
Describing his recent expedition
to the lonely north coast of Ven
ezuela, DR.. Wetmore told of watch
ing surviving bobolinks, warblers,
barn swallows, sandpipers and other
Evening star., 1939-11-14

birds arrive "in q state Of obvious
exhaustion"
I'm early morning I found little
groups Of them feeding listlessly on
the short herbage of the open flats,
where they hoped slowly about in
search Of food" he recalled. Some
obviously had barely made a land
fall after an exhausting sea journey.
In some Of those I handled the
flight muscles that move the wings
Evening star., 1939-11-14

the Willard Hotel On December ]
Gen. De Witt will shift his head
quarters to San Francisco, taking
command of the 4th Army. Harold
B. Rodier is chairman of the Ban
quet Arrangements Committee.
Evening star., 1939-11-14
Rainbow Veterans
Will Honor Gen. De Witt

1t. Gen. John L. De Witt, Army
War College commandant and quar-
termaster general of the Rainbow
Division during the World War, will
be rendered q testimonial banquet
by the D. c. Chapter, Rainbow
Division Veterans, November rs at
Evening star., 1939-11-14

were reduced to thin bands through
which the angular ridges Of the
breastbone projected"
DR.. Wetmore declared ut was easy
to visualize the hundreds and thou
sands that wandered over the water
until they fell to drown"
Evening star., 1939-11-14
Health Movie Forum

The Washington Council of So
cial Agencies will stage its second
annual health movie forum from
2 to 4 pm. tomorrow at the United
States Public Health Service Audi
torium. New films on venereal dis
ease, tuberculosis, deafness and
nursing will be shown.
Evening star., 1939-11-14
migratory Urge Results
In Huqe Loss of Bird Life

| vealed here today by DR.. Alexander
Wetmore, assistant secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution.
Answering a mysterious migra-
Evening star., 1939-11-14

A yearly loss of familiar Ameri-
can bird life to which "the wastage
of modern human battleflelds is as
nothing in comparison" was re-
Evening star., 1939-11-14

Doctors of Portugal are being
urged to use foreign drugs only when
necessary.
Evening star., 1939-11-14

The government Of South Africa
has started war on profiteering.
Evening star., 1939-11-14

Zip the lining with
have Every group all Grey beg greens
browns Banacaan model bal sth
Regular, Short long sizes in the group.
Evening star., 1939-10-08

den- Baden to pick up some bag
gage Il had left there. It was from
Baden-Baden that I had set out
originally for Strasbourg.
After looking at the maps I de-
cided ! would save a lot OF time
and gas by short-cutting straight
across country. I got lost. I had
with me party going as far as
Strasbourg who spoke both German
and French but who didn't know
beans about the low lying, fiat
countryside where we finally found
ourselves. There were green fields,
a lot Of small villages we couldn't
find on the map and orchards with
out end. The roads had become just
plain dirt rut roads through the
fields.
Then, just ahead of me, saw q
large group of men at work on the
road. They were fixing 1t up with
crushed rock, tar and asphalt, strong
enough apparently to carry even
the largest truck. That seemed sorter
funny to me to have a road like
that way out here where there
couldn't be much need of 1t. I
found out the reason shortly after.
The German workmen seemed
very much surprised at the sight
OF my car. We told them we were
lost-wanted to 60 to Strasbourg.
While my companion was talking
to the foreman in German I hap
Evening star., 1939-10-08
(First of a Series.)
BY FONTAINE FOX.

If the French have as much trou-
bic trying to drive through the sieg-
fried Line as I did driving a car
through Southern Germany, Switzer-
land and Italy, after the war started,
I don't believe they will ever make it.
I was in France at the border
line in Strasbourg when a few items
in the European newspapers made
me feel that I better get going to
some place that wasn't going to be
mixed up in the war which seemed
to be just about to bust.
The bridge over the Rhine at
Strasbourg is supposed to be the
worlds ugliest bridge. At the French
end, the width of the bridge is al
most completely blocked off by a
concrete turret which runs down
through the center of the bridge,
apparently deep into the ground be-
low. This doesn't help the looks of
the bridge any.
The French customs and military
officials were very polite and while
I was waiting for them to okay my
papers and examine the car I
strolled over toward the turret, just
Evening star., 1939-10-08

to have a look in the door at the
back. I don't believe I have ever
been yelled at so loud in my life.
There must have been six or seven
men collaborating on that, yell A
free translation of 1t woule be: Get
the h-away from our turret and
come back here!"
That yell sent me st aight up in
the air but as soon as my feet
touched the ground ag lin sure did
comply.
I did get near enough, however,
to see what appeared to be a sort
of elevator inside that turret, and
when it came up from below it had
a looking gun on it, pointing
straight down the center of the
bridge. They also had very young
soldier (probably selected for his
keenneSs Of eyesight), who stood on
Evening star., 1939-10-08

a raised place In front Of the turret
with field glasses which covered
the three roads leading up to the
other end of the bridge on the Ger
man side. He never seemed to take
these glasses away from his eyes.
At the German end of the bridge,
the Germans had to give me the once
over, too, and I asked one of the
officers there why they didn't have
a turret, or something, at their end
OF the bridge. He pointed in three
directions toward the German land
scape and said, "A gun--a gun-a
gun-the range Of the bridge down
to the last millimeter-cne shot"
And then smiled very pleasantly.
I had selected Switzerland as the
country to which I would go. but
couldn't head for 1t right away.
1t was necessary to go back to Ba-
Evening star., 1939-10-08
Dr.. Sheehy to Be First
Johns Hopkins Speaker

The Rev. DR.. Maurice s. Sheehy.
head Of the department Of religious
education at Catholic University,
will be the first speaker in the 1899
series of Johns Hopkins University
lectures on religion sponsored by the
university and the Baltimore Round
Table Of the National Conference
Of Christians and Jews, it was an
nounced yesterday.
The points Of difference between
Catholic, Jewish and Protestant re-
Evening star., 1939-10-08

jened to look to the other side Of
the car, and there, about 10 feet
away, was . perfectly good con-
crete turret with q steel door.
We were told to go straight ahead
on that new road until we came to q
main road, which would take us to
Strasbourg. About 200 yards far
ther on there was another con-
crete turret, the top covered over
with tall grass. Then another and
another. There was no doubt about
1t now. We were right in the middle
Of part Of the famous German West
Wall!
(Released BY the Bell Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1939-10-08
Through the West Wall With Fontoine Fox
The Fomous Creator Of "Toonevl|e.
Folks" Penetrotes Sieqfred Line

Fontaine For, famous cartoonist
creator OF "Toonerptlle Folks" ,Uas
on pleasure trip in Germany.
uhen war broke out. He found
out that It wds no pleasure to be
in the thick OF things, ,ohen a
country ,Dds mobilizing for uar.
especially il you happen to blunder
on their strongest jort,hcaticns
and Fontaine For ,Das mo-
toring right through the heart of
German West Wall
Here Is DtDtd, uncensored de-
scription OF the much talked about
tortifcdtions, BY an impartial ob-
seruer who was caught in the
tun,ult of ,odr hysteria.
Evening star., 1939-10-08
Roosevelt Seeks Solution
OF BIind-L Landing Issue
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt has asked the
National Academy of Sciences for
an opinion on the best method of
blind landings for airplanes-a
question of controversy between the
Army Air Corps and the Civil Aero
nautics Authority.
The academy Is the official scien-
tif1c advisory body to the Federal
Government.
The Air Corps recommends its
own system, which combines
broadcasting station on the ground
and sensitive receiver and alti-
meter in the plane.
The G. A. A. and number of air
lines have expressed themselves as
favoring system which provides a
directional radio glide path for the
pilot which makes the altimeter un-
necessary.
Evening star., 1939-10-08
Roilrooders Plan Contest

An Information Please" contest
about local, streetcar routes will
feature a meeting of the District
Chapter, Electric Railroaders' Ascot
alton, at 8 pm. Thursday at 1929
Legation street NV. An exhibition
Of old District trolley maps and
photographs, the property of Robert
A. Truax, vice president of the Or
ganization, will be displayed.
Evening star., 1939-10-08

hgions viii be the subject Of the
series, which begins October 10 in
Latrobe Hall and continues through
November 20. An open forum will
be held in connection with the
lectures,
Evening star., 1939-10-08
Protect Yourself NOW

The repercussion Of having its serious effect
pound of it abroad an ex.
listing conditions is arriving, which
1y sends prices skyWard.
both Of Oriental Domestic and BROAD
loom Carpets and which prices will
raised long existing quantities available.
You can buy prices based low Tut
you must prOmptly-for large stocks
Oulast the demand
Oriental Rugs Sloane
In Lmge Size.
Pebbly Textured
savings prices BrOadlOOm
immediate selection
would be inlposs ible to
o"1" price nA' "uS
Special
Regular
$695 s.u
Khanbh 1z1a s17s $7s5 thought thought in the the present present existing
Krman price could not oe
than
su5 $685.
$285 Reed.
enRa
Asplendid collection Of KIRMAN,
SAROUK, INDIA CHINESE Blue % P%ss.n
RUGS-patterns
N
Regular, '295 "&'S1OANE
or Oriental. 0A~\/A A W.
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-12-08

end guest of Harriet Cherrix.
Elinor Wilson spent the weekend
in Wilmington.
BOOK REVIEWS
The following criticisms of books
have been made by the Sophomore
English class:
Drums" by James Boyd
"Drums" is very interesting book.
It describes life in North Carolina and
tells many interesting and adventur-
GUS incidents. The scenes are related
in a most technical manner. The
characters are introduced with very
plain comments. This book has a
small portion of humor and is exciting
in few parts. Words that are used
in this book are easy to understand
except in a few places. The begin
ming is rather dry but gradually works
up to more enjoyable and exciting
parts. Practically all the book has a
wonderful choice of words. I enjoy
ed the book to a great extent and
think that anyone else who reads it
will do so.
Clifton Mock
"The Pearl Lagoon" by Nordhoff
In my opinion "The Pearl Lagoon
is one of the most fascinating books
I have ever read. While reading, one
is subconsciously carried to those
dreamy, heavenly islands of the South
Seas where most of the story takes
place. It is conferred around the work
of pearl diving in the lagoons sur
rounding one of the islands. The au-
thor gives one clear picture through
out the story and his way of intro
ducing the characters makes it seem
as if one were living with them, ex-
periencing their adventures, SORROWS,
fears and joys. Besides these facts,
the words are easy enough to under
stand, without the inconvenience of
having to look in dictionary to un-
derstand the reading. The only thing
I have against this story is that it
was too short, consisting of just 200
pages.
Mildred Berella
"The Conquered" by Mitchison
It is an interesting book on an equal
ly interesting subject. It is about
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-12-08

semble for rehearsal. The instruction
is given on Thursday afternoon fol
lowing the close of school.
This is a worthwhile organization
and will be most beneficial to the In.
dividuals and to the school. Begin
planning now on joining the band!
If you have any questions about In
struments, the acquisition or cost Of
them, please see Miss Humphreys.
LONGFELLOW LITERARY
SOCIETY
Last Friday, the members of the
Longfellow Literary Society enjoyed
a play composed and directed by pu-
pills of the seventh grade.
The name of the play was: "In OLD
Slave Days..
The Characters were: Mr.. Brewster
Ralph Lee Chapman; Mrs. Brewster
Flora Adkins, Slaves, Eliza, Bessie
Barnes; Jake, Marvin Birmingham;
Mrs. Adkins, Lola M. Adkins; Ralph
Randell Mariner; Betty, Betty Ward;
Four Indians, Hilton Bradford, Zadok
Cherrix, Betty Tyndall and Ann Wat
son.
SOCIAL NEWS
Ruth Duer spent the night with
Rosemary Corddry on Monday.
Marie Parsons, from Pittsville, Wis
tied friends in Snow Hill over the
weekend.
Mary Alice Wimbrow spent the
weekend in Baltimore.
Lola Marie Adkins invited the fol-
lowing group of girls to a teaberry
hunt on Saturday: Bessie Barnes,
Grace Laws, Marie Laws, Mary Anne
Disharoon, Flora Adkins, Eleanor
Bowen, Betty Tyndall and Betty
Ward.
Flora Adkins and Bessie Barnes
spent the weekend with Lola Marie
Adkins.
Barbara Brown visited in Washing
ton and Baltimore during the Thanks
giving holidays.
Margaret Holloway was the week
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-12-08

The two bank robbers, said to be
the same men who held up the bank
previously and escaped with $473.45,
made Mrs. Ida Slade, teller, open the
time lock on the vault and then help
ed themselves to all the money. They
were in the bank approximately 30
minutes.
The robbers told Mrs. Slade and Viii
liam P. Wright, cashier, that they had
come back for the $4,000 they missed
the first time. At the previous hold
up, the bandits missed approximately
$4,000 by failing to wait for the time
vault to be opened.
After the bandits had obtained the
money they locked the two bank en-
ploys in the vault and headed out the
York road toward York, Pa, in a
1884 dark Ford with yellow wheels.
Three men were picked up by FL
licott City Police in front of the FL
licott City Bank on Monday afternoon
and held for investigation. The en-
ployees of the White Hall Bank made
a trip to Ellicott City to view the sus-
poets but failed to identify them.
The three men were held, however,
by Howard county authorities on a
charge of transporting a truck across
State line without proper license.
Bank authorities said the bandits
had taken $3.50 in half dollars, 500
in quarters, $115 in dimes, $17O in
nickels, $4,000 in ten dollar bills, ST.
500 in five dollar bills, and 81, 400 in
one dollar bills. A .32 calibre revolt
yer was also taken from the bank.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-12-08
DIR. WILLARD

On Wednesday afternoon the Junior
and Senior classes had an opportunity
to gain a great deal of information
concerning tuberculosis. DIR. Willard
the county health doctor, gave most
interesting talk concerning the reas-
ons for the development of this dis
ease and also possible ways of curing
it. He had with him number OF
charts which gave good idea OF the
consciousness of tuberculosis and the
danger of exposing tuberculins to peo-
pie who are perfectly healthy and well.
Most of us, who knew little about
tuberculosis gained much valuable
knowledge from both DIR. WIZARDS
talk and an interesting movie which
followed. From the movie, particular
ly, we understood the great attempt to
control this disease and reduce the
number of fatal victims.
We are very grateful to DIR. Willard
for his excellent talk from which we
profited a great deal.
THE HIGH SCHOOL BAND
Attempts have often been made to
organize a band in the Snow Hill
High School. Many attempts have
failed, but with several weeks of les
sons in back of us, we can report that
Snow Hill has band.
The size of our school warrants a
band and the talent in our school de-
serves a means of expression; so, we
are organized now and through CO.
operation with each other and with
people outside of school we desire to
continue.
Each year new people will be added
so in looking forward to Christmas or
another time of gifts, let us keep in
mind the possibility of getting an in
strument so we may join the band.
Mr.. Cresson is the instructor. He
carries on his schedule here as he does
in his other schools Each group
meets for individual instruction and
then later all come together in an en-