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Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1939-09-14
Plans Made For Share Sales

With twenty volunteers the COO. will begin what
is expected to be the final share drive, to eliminate
before the end Of October in the formation Of Green
BELTS cooperatives.
AS of Friday evening, September 9, the COO.
had received for shares from represe
tatives Of III residences in Greenbelt, Of which l52
were paid in full. In accordance with agreement
between the COO. and Consumer Distribution Corpor
alton Of New York, approved by the people of Green
belt in public meeting November 10, 1895, the
local cooperative will be formed soon sub
scriptions from half the residences in Greenbelt,
that is from 3 residences, have been paid in full.
The COO. therefore is endeavoring to by
October Is payment of balances due about 300
shares.
Leading in the share drive Will be Tessim Zorach,
director Of share distribution. He is not c. &C.
member, but has taken major part in Assisting the
Coo. in carrying out its function of preparing the
way for the proposed local cooperative.
Last spring the COG. presented to the people
of Greenbelt suggested bylaws for the proposed
cooperative, and a suggested financial agreement
to govern the repayment Of the SIC, 900 loaned to
the local cooperative by Consumer Distribution
Corporation. These documents, after several
hearings and amendment, tentatively ap-
proved by the citizens Of Greenbelt in public
meeting, that there is now no technical OBJ
stacle to the formation Of the cooperative.
The local enterprises definitely oper-
ating in the black, the net savings for the first
and second quarters Of 1899 being $lol2.86 and
$2A5.2o, respectively.
Many Greenbe1t citizens have volunteered their
assistance in carrying out this drive to make
Greenbelt's cooperative reality and each of some
80 share distributors Will endeavor by October IS
to add 10 residences to those already repre-
sented by fully paid shares. The di stributors Will
contact subscribers and potential subscribers on
each of the pay days, September IS, October i and
October Is. The C.OC is seeking further volun-
teers to assist in distribution Of shares, les
their services.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1939-09-14
High School Enrolment Is 2O4

The High School opened on Thursday with half
day session which gave an opportunity for every
to straighten out schedules and greet old
friends. Glasses began in earnest Friday, and
thanks to careful planning in advance, everything
went very smoothly.
The erol1ment Friday numbered 2o4, IS to 70
Of these being FIRE slmen AS know from experience
this enrolment figure Will vary for few weeks
pupils cone In and changes mades unle IS it
grows much larger, however, the school popul ion
Will be very good size for the building and teach
Ing staff to handle comfortably. Great Britain,
Mexico, and Japan represented among the Students
and there Is set Of twins.
Among Innovations noted during the first two days
are three new courses, and an Activity Card. The
courses are Econ omic Geography, taught by Mr.. Hnes
General Mathematics, taught by Hiss Archer; and Eco
nomics, taught by Mrs. Brown formerly Mss SWAMI.
want It for $1.25. Tt entities the buyer to the
use Of locker for the year, ed GIT issues Of the
school newspaper and adm sion to ten boys basket
ball games, and ten played by the girls (hone games
only, Of cowse). Twenty-Five cents Of the money
paid for the card will be refunded at the end Of tn
year when the locker key is returned. AS the of
locker ord nari1y COS is seventyfive cents Coventry
five cents of this refwded), and the paper last
year cost five cents issue and amittance to each
game was ten cents, it easily be that the
savings to the pupil through this plan substan-
tia1. Tt will also help the school. It will be
possible to budget expenditures for athletic supplies
and the newspaper in advance and they will not have
to depend poss lille future receipts.
Evening star., 1939-12-04
Concern Felt as Prices
Of Ships' Fuel Oil Rises

Chairman Bland of the House
Merchant Marine Committee said
today he was deeply concerned"
over rising prices for ships fuel oil.
Mr.. Bland said the subject was
being closely watched by his COM
mittee
considering the efforts being
made to stimulate our foreign trade
on neutral routes not barred to
American ships by the Neutrality
Act" Mr.. Bland said in a state
ment, "and particularly the trade
with our Latin American neighbors
it is a matter of national concern
that recent increases in the price OF
ships fuel and further prospective
increases indicated by the oil COM
panies, threaten to make necessary
increases of ocean freight rates.
II am informed by the Maritime
Commission that the prices being
quoted by the oil companies for the
1910 requirements of American ships
will undoubtedly make necessary
some increases in freight rates in
view of the large part played by
the cost of fuel in the total cost OF
ship operation.
1T is, therefore, to be hoped that
the oil companies will give due con-
sideration to the public interest in
volved before making any further
price increases.
Evening star., 1939-12-04

the last phrase was from an opin-
ion of an earlier case.
THE Sherman Act the opinion
of the court continued, lis a broad
enactment prohibiting unreasonable
restraints upon interstate commerce
and monopolization or attempts to
monopolize with penal sanctions.
The Agricultural Act is limited
statute with specific reference to
particular transactions which may
be regulated by official actions in a
prescribed manner. The Agricul-
tural Act declares it to be the policy
of Congress-'through the exercise
of the powers conferred upon the
Secretary of Agriculture under this
chapter to establish and maintain
such orderly marketing conditions
for agricultural commodities in in
terstate commerce as will establish
prices to farmers at a level that will
give agricultural commodities q
purchasing power with respect to
articles that farmers buy equivalent
to the purchasing powers of agri-
cultural communities in the base
period described"
Evening star., 1939-12-04
Moscow
Continued From First Page.)

heavy battle near Kronstadt, Rus
sian naval base, but said that Soviet
ships, airplanes and the army
routed the Firms and the English
who dared to attack our shores
There was no elaboration of the
allegation that "the English took
part.
Pravda further told its readers:
THE Red Army goes to Finland
to help the Finnish people and
its peoples government in their
struggle against Messrs. Tanner
and Mannerheim Foreign Minister
Vainc Tanner and Field Marshal
Baron Gustaf Mannerheim of the
Helsinki government)
"It acts in Finland on the invi-
tation of the peoples government Of
Finland. 1t will leave Finland with
out delay as soon as the peoples
government of FINLAND finds 1t
necessary"
Communique Lists Advances.
The Soviet Nays advances In the
Gulf of Finland were reported in
an official communique.
Units of the Baltic fleet, after
successful battles captured the
Gulf of Finland islands of Suuraari
(HoglandD, Seiskari, Lavansaari and
Tytaersaari, according to a COM
munique from the staff of the Len
ingrad military area covering oper-
ations of yesterday.
The communique used the phrase
small and big in listing Tytaer-
saari, which would indicate a small
er island nearby bearing the name
Pien- Tytaersaari also was occupied.
The island group lies along Rus
sia's line of communication through
the Gulf of Finland into the Baltic,
the nearest of the group, Seiskari,
being about As miles west of the
Soviet Unions island naval base.
Kronstadt.
Continued Advances Claimed.
The Leningrad staff communique
also reported continued advances
into Finland, along her middle east
ern border, and in the Karelian
Isthmus north of Leningrad-ad-
vances to points 10 to 28 miles within
Finland.
OF operations against the north
ern tip of Finland, the communique
merely reported a Continued ad-
vance" "in pursuit of retreating
Finnish troops"
I'm view of bad weather no aerial
operations took place." the COM
munique said.
Evening star., 1939-12-04
Court
Continued From First Page)

and makes illegal every unreason-
able restraint upon interstate COM
merce.
Case First of Series.
In taking up the argument of the
lower court that the Agricultural Ad-
justment Act provides machinery by
which the Secretary of Agriculture
may regulate abuses alleged in the
indictment, Chief Justice Hughes
said:
"While effect is expressly given as
we shall see, to agreements and
orders which may validly be made
by the Secretary Of Agriculture,
there is no suggestion that in their
absence and apart from such quail
fed authorization and such require
ments as they contain, the COM
merce in agricultural commodities
is stripped of the safeguards set up
by the antitrust act and has left
open to the restraints, however, un-
reasonable, which conspiring pro-
ducers, distributors and their allies
may see At to impose. We are
unable to find that such q grant OF
immunity, by virtue of the inaction
or limited action, Of the secretary
has any place in the statutory plan.
We cannot believe that Congress in
tended to create 30 great . breach
In historic remedies and sanctions :"
Evening star., 1939-12-04
Marshal WI
CONTINUED From First Page.)

from the Peiyang Military Academy
at Tientsin.
He went into the Chinese I'm
perial Army and served for several
years as aide to the commander OF
the empires forces in Northern
Kiangsu
Establishment of the Chinese re-
public under Yuan Shih-kai in 1912
brought him post as regimental
commander and although his gifts
as a painter and poet already had
earned him the nickname among his
colleagues of "the poet-soldier," he
also had gained name as a strate-
gist and tactician.
The Yunnan revolt of 1914-15
against President Yuan's attempt to
make himself monarch of China,
brought WI his first batch of wide
spread fame Yuan ordered the
youthful colonel to crush the rebel
lion and the latter accomplished the
task with such thoroughness that he
was made a major general.
In 1916 he won another promotion
by being largely instrumental in the
defeat of Gen. Chang Hsun, who
sought to restore the old Chinese
monarchy. WI commanded the
western flank of the republics forces,
a position which gave full play to
his talents as strategist. He came
out of the campaign a full-fledged
general.
Then Canton, under the late DR..
Sun Yat-sen, father of the republic,
began to menace the vaulting ambi-
tions of Yuan Shih-kai. WI was
picked to crush the movement and
was given command of all the forces
sent south in the campaign. But
he turned pacif1st and stopped the
Cantonese by negotiating truce.
This resulted in the 1919 peace
conference and brought lull in the
civil warfare. In the interval WI
was named commissioner for Chilli,
Shantung and Honan provinces In
1920 and a year later Human and
Hupeh we're added to his control.
He was named a marshal in 1923.
EmbroiIed With Marshal Chang.
When Yuan died and the presi-
dency fell to the lot Of Tsao Kun,
the Canton Nationalists resumed
their move for power. But WI re-
tanned control of his five provinces
and also command Of the Sd Divi-
sion of the Peking Army, one OF
the most efficient forces in China.
This force became embroiled with
Chang Tso-lin. late warlord of Man
churia, in 1924. WI was waging q
successful campaign until Feng Yu-
hsiang, China's "Christian general
and one of Wu's trusted subordinates,
went over to the enemy. Although
WI was beaten by this development,
he reorganized his army and later
Joined Chang in defeating Feng.
But Wu's career as war lord was
nearing its close. In 1927 he faced
Chang Kai-shek's army from the
south at Wuchang. The defeat
drove Wu's army from the field and
its commander into retirement.
WI was q tall, slender man with
ladylike hands which betrayed his
talents with pen and brush. He was
noted for his probity and was never
to have taken Q bribe nor to have
offered ous. q
Evening star., 1939-12-04
Monopoly
CONTINUED From First Page0

many respects from that which pre-
vailed Immediately prior to Ameri-
can entry into the World War. In
dustry in this country now has
greater capacity and is more adapt
able to the use Of substitute prod
ucts, he said. To illustrate, he cited
basic chemicals for which this
country formerly depended upon
Europe, out it now producing at
home. AS a result, some chemicals
that rose sharply in the early days
of the last war have remained vir-
tually unchanged since August this
year, he said.
Higher Living Cost Forecast.
Despite these changes, however"
he continued, there is no assurance
that the price rises that have al
ready begun will not continue and
broaden to include constantly
wider group of commodities. If this
happens we must expect an increase
in the cost of living and a demand
for increased wages by labor, and
out of it all will come the same
serious economic repercussions that
we witnessed 20 years ago-an econ
omy with widely expanded indus
trial facilities and increased agrl-
cultural acreage called forth by price
increases-an expansion financed at
inflated values with a consequent
burden of high fixed charges and
mortgage Indebtedness. During the
years following the last Armistice
the burden OF these fixed charges
upon agriculture and industry i'm
posed long and painful period OF
readjustment. These readjustments
were reflected in the depression OF
1921 and were an important factor
IN the depression of the 30s. In
deed, some of these readjustments
have not yet been completed
DR.. Lubin said that industry,
profiting from the experience of the
last war, may be slower to increase
plant facilities recklessly. but there
is still danger of overexpansion in
certain lines following price rises,
and he suggested this danger will be
aggravated if prices get out of hand.
Evening star., 1939-12-04
Finland
Continued From First Page.)

Erkko, foreign minister during the
long negotiations with Moscow, was
en- route to Stockholm to become
Finnish Minister to Sweden.
Juhu Kusti Paasikivi, chief of the
Finnish delegations to Moscow and
now Finland's Minister in Stock
holm, was reported on his way again
to the Russian capital. This, how
ever. was not confirmed officially.
Three German steamers took
aboard Germans, Italians, Russians
and Estonians fleeing Helsinki last
night and sailed in the forenoon.
Because Of the fear of renewed
attacks on this city. the exodus Of
civilians was speeded yesterday
when long lines of Sad-faced Finn
ish women and children moved into
the rocky interior.
"Helsinki has been evacuated to
such an extent municipal official
said later, that further air raids
will be only wanton destruction OF
property"
While workers boarded up build
ings and piled up sandbags against
Russian bombs, military authorities
predicted the capitals railroad sta
tion and post Office, two landmarks
in the center of the city, would be
the Russians next targets.
The Films showed contempt for
the Red air fleets craftsmanship,
declaring the buildings apparently
were saved last Thursday only be-
cause bombs fell wide of their mark,
ard said only one missile out of
eight exploded, their quality being
,lnbelievably inferior"
A military spokesman said Finnish
casualties in the first four days Of
war were mot large" and that
Finland had lost only two airplanes,
compared with "a Russian craft
downed. Besides the reported heavy
Russian troop casualties. a reliable
source said 700 Red army soldiers
had been taken prisoner.
Evening star., 1939-12-04
Manufacturers
OF Insecticides
Open 2-Day Meeting
Bright Future Forecast
For Member Groups
By Association Head

The National Association of In
secticide and Disinfectant Manufac-
turers, Inc, representing q business
of some $15O,000,O00 annually,
opened its 25th annual meeting to-
day in the Mayflower Hotel. Ses-
sions will continue through tomor-
row.
A bright business future was pic
tured for the nearly 200 member
organizations of the association by
the association president, j. L.
Brenn, Huntington, Ind.
There have been no major finan-
cial debacles in our industry the last
Is years, even though our country
passed through the most serious
crises in its history" Mr.. Brenn said
He also declared that "since the en-
actment of the Labor Relations Act
in more recent times we have had
practically no labor difficulties in
any of our plants"
Hoyt Gives Brief Talk.
A brief account of the history Of
the association was given by Fred
A. Hoyt, a past president.
Reports by the associations secre-
tary, Ira P. MacNair, New York;
Henry A. Nelson, chairman Of the
Membership Committee, and the
treasurer, John Powell, were made
at the morning session. A Resolu-
tions Committee, which will report
at the final business session tomor-
row afternoon, was named at today's
meeting. The members are j.
Varley, William Pollnow and Bert
Williams, all of st. Louis.
A nominating committee also was
to be named today. The remainder
of today's program was to be given
over to technical discussions, in
cluding one by DR.. Werner r. Husen
of the Commerce Petroleum Co. on
THE Effect of Insecticide Bases on
the Staining of Wall Papers; an
other on Water Emulsion Floor
Wakes" by Melvin Fuld, and q
third on Manufacture and Prop
critics of Cresylic Acids From
Petroleum" by D. B. Luten, F. A.
Brent and M. L. Griffin, to be
presented by Mr.. Griffin.
Election Tomorrow.
Other papers were to be read by
E. G.. Klarmann, F.. w. Reynolds of
the Division of Trade Standards,
Department of Commerce, on Pro
cedure in Effecting Changes in
Commercial Standards" and another
by A. F. Matson of Underwriters
Laboratories, Inc, Chicago, on Fire
Hazards in Disinfecting and In
secticides."
Technical discussions on matters
pertaining to distinfectants and in
secticides will feature a session to-
morrow morning. Tomorrow after
noon association officers will be
elected and resolutions will be pre-
sented for consideration. Among
addresses tomorrow afternoon will
be one by C. c. Concannon, chief OF
the Chemical Division, Bureau of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce,
on the subject Effect of War on
Raw Material Markets"
Evening star., 1939-12-04
Browder Trial Postponed

NEW YORK, Dec. 4 R.-Trial OF
Earl Browder, Communist party
leader, on charges of using a fraud
ulently obtained passport, was post
poned today until December 28 at
the request of his attorney, George
Gordon Battle.
Browder, who has been free on
bail, appeared for the brief pro-
ceedinss before Federal Judge Muir.
ray Hubert.
Evening star., 1939-12-04
Roosevelt Silence
On Third Term Urged
By Senator Norris
Dewey to Stort Series
Of Speeches Wednesday
At Minneapolis
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Failure OF any outstanding
Democrat to develop an tmpres-
sipe campaign appeal for 1910,
the war in Europe and pressure
from ardent Ne,D Deal advocates
for President Roosevelt to run
again haze marked the political
picture of pert year as the pres
ent year closes. The President
has taken notice OF third term"
rumors jokingly. but has an
nounced no decision. Among the
ardent third-term men has been
Senator Norris OF Nebraska. uet-
eran independent liberal.
Evening star., 1939-12-04

France has a coast line of 1,76G
miles, 1900 on the Atlantic and 456
on the Mediterranean.
Glacier County chief., 1939-12-22
Christmas
Dinner
By Katherine Edeln,an

A s SOON as Darrell Thorpe got a
= chance to use the phone, he
dialed his home. He must tell Edna,
how sorry. how terribly sorry he
was for what had happened this
morning. All the way down on the
car he had reproached himself for
the hasty words he had said. He
couldn't understand how he had spo-
ken to Edna like that. and on Christ
mas eve.
He drummed impatiently on the
desk as he waited. Edna was al
ways punctual about answering the
phone and doorbell. 1t was a way
she had, going right through with
things.
Which really was the cause of
his flash of temper this morning.
In her quick, decisive way, she had
swept aside his idea of having old
Mrs. Darby for Christmas dinner.
The little lady, now down on her
luck, had befriended Darrell when
he had come to the city.
"Im not going to have her!" Edna
had declared emphatically. "We're
Glacier County chief., 1939-12-22

doXn on our agreement, but knew
you wanted the darned thing"
There you are!" cried Kay hurl-
ing the box at him. Il simply will
not let you squander your money on
expensive things for me, Toby"
Toby opened the box, drawing
forth a manly, well-tailored dress
ing gown for tall gentleman. You
know" muttered his wife in small
voice, you haven't a thing to sit
around in at home"
so this he raved, lis the great
exhibition of 'selfishness! And where
is your housecoat, I'd like to know"
Kay, in a thin, quivering voice,
begged him to be kind while she ex-
planned.
GWestern Newspaper Union.
Glacier County chief., 1939-12-22

TOBY BARNES, just home
from the Office, stood regard
l. ing his wife with amusement.
"You have the manner, Kay, of be-
ing about to leap up and wave a
flag. What's happened?"
i've just discovered something
important about myself" Kay's
short, light curls were becomingly
haphazard. Her eyes were of an
intense blue. She was slender and
young and vivid. I'm supremacy
selfish" She rose to her feet and
gesticulated with both hands, II
want to be utterly, gloriously en-
crossed in ME-"
They both laughed. Then Kay ran
forward and dragged her husband
Glacier County chief., 1939-12-22

him. His eyes were glued on a
cl0sely-typed statement.
going to skip Christmas as much as
possible-go out and eat somewhere
and miss all the rush and bother. +"
II think that's darn selfish way
Of doing" Darrell shot back. Christ
mas is a home day, with a turkey,
and tree, and gifts. and above all,
someone to share them with u.s."
Then, without waiting to see the
effect of his words, Darrell rushed
from the house, banging the door.
Now. he dialed the number three
times, but there was no answer.
Panic seized him. Had Edna be-
ieved that he meant what he had
said? He had heard of young wives
who had packed up and left for
much less reason. What a brute he
had been to flare up as he did!
THE morning was unbearably
I long. Inwardly Tuning, he hung
up the receiver, to answer an i'm
perative buzzer from the inner Of
fee. 1t was about the tenth this
morning. If it hadn't been for
Wheatley. keeping him running
around in circles, Re might have
been able to reach Edna long ago.
And if the old man hadn't been in
the same ugly mood yesterday, OAR
rel knew that he himself wouldn't
have been on edge this morning,
that he wouldn't have spoken to Ed
ma as he had done. He blamed
Wheatley as much as himself.
You sent for me-" he said stiffly.
as he waited beside the desk. The
big man did not seem to hear him.
His eyes were glued on a closely
typed statement. Darrell spoke
again. Then Daniel Wheatley looked
up, and rubbed his hand across his
forehead as if trying to remember
something.
"Oh. yes, yes" he began; Mrs.
Thorpe called before you got to the
office this morning. l forgot to tell
you. She left word that she was
going marketing with a Mrs.-Mrs.
Darby, or some such name. Also,
she wanted me to be sure to tell
you to bring home Christmas tree
and all the trimmings" There was
a merry twinkle in Wheatley's usual
ly hard eyes. Looks as if you were
going to celebrate Christmas at your
house." he finished, with laugh.
1--WE certainly are" Darrell
grinned back; we're going to have
a real old-fashioned celebration of
the day."
Think your wife would object if
you took cranky old man to Christ
mas dinner"
Darrell wondered if he were hear
ing things, then his quick wit jumped
to the surface. eff you really mean
that, Mr.. Wheatley, can assure you
of hearty welcome. My wife thor
oughly believes in having people for
Christmas dinner. At least, l am
sure she does now" The last SER
tence Darrell whispered to himself.
Glacier County chief., 1939-12-22

lace addressed the Farmers Union
Convention.
Wheeler said he thought Presi-
dent Roosevelt does not want to run
for a third term, and added that
our nation. cannot afford to have
such precedents at such a time as
this" He added tlTst "a lot of the
ambassadors back from Europe
have advised the president to run
for third term, and I don't think he
wants to or will rum