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Evening star., 1939-08-29
Texas Oil Wells
To Be Permitted
To Reopen Friday
Ruling Is 2-Doy Extension
Of Closing Order; Other
Stotss Due to Follow
~ the Associated Prsss.

~ the Associated Prsss.
AUSTIN, Tex, Aug. 29.-Texas
led the way today toward . restora-
ton Of oil production In six mid
continent States.
Chairman Lon A. Smith of the
Texas Railroad Commission an
nounced after meeting Of the In
terstate Compact Commission last
night Texas wells will be reopened
Friday morning. This constitutes a
two-day extension of the closing
ordered August Is after several
major purchasers slashed oil prices
20 cents per barrel.
Other States which shut of pro-
duction entirely or in part were
Oklahoma, Louisiana, New Mexico,
Kansas and Arkansas. Representa-.
tives from those States at q meet
Ing OF the Interstate Oil Compact
Commission said their regulatory
bodies probably will meet by Friday.
Chairman Reford Bond OF the
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
agreed Professionally today to ex-
tension of the States oil field shut
down until 7 am. Friday to keep in
line with Texas.
The l5-day closing order for
Oklahoma was scheduled to expire
Thursday.
Louisiana's 12-day oil production
shutdown, scheduled to end at 6 o m.
today, will be extended to 7 am.
Friday, Gov Earl K. Long and Con-
servation Commissioner Ernest S.
Clements announced.
The Railroad Commission, admin
istrator OF Texas oil laws, disclosed
no reason for lifting this States
shutdown, but a majority OF oil
men testifying at the Railroad
Commission hearing opposed
longer extension on grounds "it
would cause distress to many i'm.
portant refiners."
The commission did not sav
whether 1t believed refiners will
restore prices generally.
T. E. Swigart Of Houston, vice
president OF the Shell Co., testified
that firm had restored the former
price level, effective September |,
because I'VE considered that the
amount Of oil taken off the market
by the current shutdown was so
large that restoration of prices was
necessary"
The Shell Co. thus far was the
only major to rescind its price re.
duction.
Evening star., 1939-08-29
BY BLAIR MOODY.

1hereS no doubt at all that this
new social security scheme which
Congress has just written on the
law books will be great stuff for the
average wage earner-unless 1t ex-
plodes in his face.
1t will give him a new feeling
that he has firm backing. a fresh
personal interest in the success of
the profit system, an almost un-
hoped-for sense of security and
peace Of mind-unless it costs so
much that it costs him his job or
folds up or blows up so that in the
long run he gets nothing.
VIII the largest insurance COM
pany" in the world. backed by the
United States Treasury and the
Governments taxing power, col
lapse?
II it does, Uncle Sans financial
solvency. which means the eco
nomic foundation of the whole
country, will disintegrate at the
same time. That, it must be re-
corded. it exactly what a lot OF
Washington pessimists are worry
ing about. Are they wasting their
time?
Depends on Congress.
That question, rooted, of course,
in the complex fiscal background OF
the annuity-at-65 program, de-
pends almost entirely on what Con-
gress does.
The cost Of the system will be
high. Its taxes may prove a def
mite deterrent for business. On that
ground Congress this year baked
pay roll tax rise from per cent to 3.
Eventually the annuity schedule
calls for 8 per cent. 1t may prove
to be levy so onerous that both
purchasing power and industrial
activity will be retarded, turnover,
profits and jobs decreased, so every
body loses.
But the major countries of Eu-
rope, some of which are used as
glowing models by conservative
critics Of current economic trends,
all have similar schemes. Some have
even higher taxes.
When that issue comes, what will
Congress do? So far, its job has
been cinch. Flooded in a sea of
staggering statistics, it has voted
into existence broad social scheme
conceived for the benefit of the pee
pull that was not calculated quitting
1t mildly to drive away votes.
Now Congress, Of course, had to
enact some tax to get the scheme
going at all This it set at per cent
for the employer and per cent for
the employe Of covered wages (up to
$4,000 . year per employee. That's
not very tough.
Dodges at Increase Issue.
Yet, when the first real test Of
courage came, Congress shied away.
This was during the session Just
closed. when the entire basis of
figuring annuities was changed and
. complete new conception-"family
insurance"-set up.
The increased cost Of this In the
next Is years will be about t7,OOO,-
600 900. But when 1t came to raising
pay roll taxes on the schedule laid
out when the first law WAS passed In
1o35-from 2 to per cent next
January 1-Congress, to the unani-
nous hu2zahs OF business and lib
erals alike, "froze" the tax at 2 per
cent until 1912.
There is nothing wrong about that
yet. The next tax schedule, If
Evening star., 1939-08-29
Man Held for Grand jury
On Attack Churoe

Clyde Webster Sliger, II, of Bar
croft. Va, was held for grand jury
action under 5000 bond in Police
Court today on a charge of crimi-
nally assaulting 22-year-old wom-
an on parking lot in the TOO block
OF 10th street NV. Saturday night
The young woman told Judge
Edward M. Curran that Sliger
pulled her into a parked automobile
The defendant pleaded innocent.
Evening star., 1939-08-29

carried out, will do the Job. But
will it be carried out? II Congress
baked at rise to per cent, what
will 1t do when the time comes to
up it to 8? What will be the effect
on business then?
There's no need to ask what the
effect will be on the insurance
scheme. Pay roll taxes must 60 up
or the entire venture will fold up
and 100000 families will be
gypped.
Together, employer and employe
are to chip in the tidy sum Of
$4,000, 900. 900 a year to keep Uncle
Sans Annuities. Inc, in business. In
some quarters there is grave doubt
that even that will be enough.
Those who say it won't point to
two facts. The first is that. under
the old program calling for accumu-
lation of a $47 900 .000, 900 reserve
fund" interest earnings Of this re-
serve were to furnish the fund with
another $1,000, 100000 a year. The
second is that vast new fields have
been entered in the new act, many
annuities have been boosted. widows.
orphans and parents have been in
cluded, a complete and novel insur-
ance system enacted.
Boosts Cost.
In other words, the critics say.
the cost of the program has been
boosted by Congress. while its in
come was cut down. The old
program called for a peak expendi-
ture Of at least 5000, 900 900 q year
The peak pay roll tax-at per cent,
as compared with the present .
will be $4,000 900 ,OO0
How about the other $1,000, ,000.-
900? A new general tax to yield
81 900, 900 900 a year for this purpose
alone in addition to pay roll taxes?
If you think that's possible, the
critics say, you don't know Con-
gress. At that point, they insist. the
whole shebang falls in, tine boys
who've been coughing up pay roll
taxes for years find they've been
im-flammed and Uncle Sam makes
Ponzi look like a conservative, gilt
edged bond buyer.
These fears, says Arthur j. Alt
meyer, chairman of the Social Sc
curity Board, are groundless. Both
premises on which they are based
he declares, are false.
The first mistaken notion, Mr.
Altmeyer asserts, is that because the
old reserve fund was to earn 81 0O0,-
600 900 interest. that same amount
will be needed under the new plan.
What is missed there, he explains,
Is that not only the reserve was
junked. but the need for high in
terest earnings also has been elimi-
mated.
Peak Need Cut.
That's because the reduction of
annuities in the later years of the
plan will cut also the peak amount
needed annually to finance it. The
new scheme. while junking the $47,-
900 900 900 reserve idea. does pile up
a reserve Of some 416, 900 900 900 in
terest on that amount, he says, plus
the $4,000 900 900 approximate an
nual pay roll tax, and should amply
cover the peak cost.
The second error Of critics, Mr..
Altmeyer declares. is In assuming
that, because some sectors of the
program have been expanded and
hberalised, its total cost has been
increased.
As near as actuaries can calculate,
he asserts, that Is not SO. Basic
annuities in the late years of the
plan, as already pointed out, have
been substantially decreased. While
insurance benefits have been added
If worker dies while his family Is
in = situation where 1t could not be
expected to support itself, Congress
Evening star., 1939-08-29
Sheet BIumed for Deoth

Nine month-old Alice Faye Wood
OF 1895 Florida avenue NE, found
strangled to death in her crib
Yesterday. apparently was choked
by a rubber sheet that was twisted
around her neck. according to police
reports. The infant died at Casulty
Hospital, where she was rushed
after she was discovered uncon-
scious by her father, Norman Wood.
Evening star., 1939-08-29
Beer Permit Denied
On zoning Grounds

The Montgomery County, Nd,
Liquor Control Board yesterday de-
MED the application of Eliza Boose
Tor Glass D beer and light wine
license for Riverside Inn on Con-
duit road on the ground that the
establishment is in Z residential
zone
The inn was formerly known as
Sunset Hall,
Investigating the application, Of
ficials Of the Maryland-N National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission said they found that Sun
set Hall is located on a lot in Glen
Echo Heights which is zoned resi-
dental, instead Of on a site about
100 feet south, which was zoned
commercial at the time the original
license was applied for, and which
was expected to be the site Of the
beer establishment.
Evening star., 1939-08-29
Summary Of Toduy's Star
Foreign.

Foreign.
Money is useless against Reich ra-
tloning system. Page Al
France waits to see whether Hitler
will negotiate. Page Al
Italians look to Mussolini for peace
move. Page AS
Poles blame Germans for new series
OF subversive acts. Page Al
Soviet Parliament delays ratifica-
ton Of German pact. Page Al
Russian aviation defending Chung
king battles Japanese. Page AS
japanese world flyers wait at
Nome. PAGE As
NotionoI.
Texas oil wells to be reopened Fri
day. Page Az
Democrats watching results Of Mis-
sissippi primary today. Page Al
Washington and Vicinity.
Labor conciliator shifts attention
to plumbers strike. Page B-l
Byzantine mass Il l1lns ct Catholic
University. Page Bel
Evening star., 1939-08-29
Col. Edwin A. Hickman
Funeral Today

Col, Edwin A. Hickman, IS, o. S.
A., retired, budget officer and secre-
tary OF the Board Of Commissioners
at Soldiers Home, will be buried to-
day in Arlington National Cemetery
with full military honors. Services
will be held at 2 pm. in Fort Myer
Chapel.
Col. Hickman, who was retired
IN 1887, at which time he was on
duty here with the general staff. died
sunday while playing golf at Chevy
Chase Club. He collapsed on the
seventh green and was pronounced
dead OF 4 cerebral hemorrhage.
Evening star., 1939-08-29
War Fear Won't Affect
Geodosy Convention

Plans for the convention of the
international Association Of Geod-
osy and Geophysics have not been
seriously affected by cancellation of
reservations by some of the foreign
delegates. DR.. John Fleming, secre-
tary, announced yesterday.
I'VE are going right ahead with
Preparations for the meeting" DR..
Fleming declared, pointing out that
only a few of the delegates said
they were not coming" A prelimi-
nary meeting OF the convention will
ington.
Evening star., 1939-08-29
Democrats WATCHING
Mississippi Run-0ff
Primary Today
GubernotorioI Election
Regarded as Index to
Convention Sentiment
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
JACKSON, Miss. Aug. 29.-Mis-
sissippi Democrats voted today on
who shall be Governor for the next
four years-an outspoken pro-R Roose-
velt man or candidate supported
by men who might oppose the Presi-
dent at the 1910 Democratic national
convention,
Martin Sennett Conner was
backed by Senator Pat Harrison,
who has opposed some New Deal
theories. while Paul B. johnson was
supported by Senator Theo G. Bilbo,
vociferous third term advocate.
Senatorial influence would be felt in
the States delegation to the conven-
ton.
Winner to Be Governor.
The primary victor will be the next
Governor, since Republican votes are
negligible in this State. This is a
sun-off from a primary August 8.
Mr.. Conner blocked the third-term
from becoming clearcut campaign
issue, however, when he said he was
personally friendly to the President,
and denied that johnson had presi-
dental support. Mr. Conner is a
former Governor 193l-l93A.
Mr.. Johnson's platform has been
one that will benefit the average
man and woman-that will bless all
the people" He served in Congress
from 1919 to 1923, where he once in
troduced bill to prohibit women
from smoking in the District of Co.
lumbia. He has been twice defeated
for Governor.
Phase in Senatorial Feud.
Today's election provides another
round in Mississippi's feud between
Senators Harrison and Bilbo, who
have been at odds since 1885, when
Senator Harrison repelled an at
tempt by Senator Bilbo to block
senatorial confirmation of Harri-
son-supported judge nominee who
had once Jailed Bilbo for contempt,
Bilbo's revenge was to vote against
Harrison and prevent him getting
the Senate majority leadership in
1887.
Mr.. johnson polled 103,099 votes
and Mr.. Conner 79,305 in the first
primary. Conner hoped to get today
the bulk of the l25, ,086 votes which
went to five candidates eliminated
In the first race.
Mr.. johnson yesterday asserted his
majority would run above $4,000. Mr..
Conner confidently predicted victory.
Senator Harrison said he was con-
vinced OF Mr., Conner's election:
Senator Bilbo declared the only
question was the size of Mr.. John
sons majority.
Evening star., 1939-08-29

The disturbance Of the Middle Atlantic
coast is movins slowly north-northeast-
ward with somewhat increased Intensity.
and 1t was centered this morning about
LOO milss east q the Virsinis Capes. Oape
Pressure is high over the Canadian Mari
time Provinces and Newfoundland, Grind
stone Island, Quebec 1924 milllbars
SS0l9 inehssl. and oyer Central Valleys,
inches). A disturbance Is moving east
ward over. the Western portion Of the
Province OF Quebec, followed by al extern
sive area Of rising pressure over Western
Ontario, and Hudson Bay. Churchill, Mani
Pressure is low over the plains region and
aoortaern ao -, Alberta, McAurray. Alberta.
s94 q millibsrs te9.31 inehesl. while
States, Spokane. Wash. Io2I.6 millibars
t3O.lb incheG. During the last - hours
Of the Middle Atlantic States. and scat
tered showers In the northern portion of
the lake region and the Middle and North
ern Rocky Mountain region. Temperature
changes have been slight.
Evening star., 1939-08-29
N. F. F. {. Delegates
Sturt for Convention

Delegates start leaving today for
the biennial convention Of the Ma
tional Federation Of Federal En-
ployes which opens in San Fran
cisco Monday.
The Washington party gets away
on the Capitol Limited at 5:45 pm.
after being Joined here by delegates
from other Eastern cities.
A record attendance is predicted
for the convention, which will be
addressed At the opening session by
Gov. Olson Of California and Mayor
Rossi of San Francisco,
Evening star., 1939-08-29
Michigan Peach Queen
Leaves Bosketfu| Here.

Nancy Barber, II, queen Of Michi.
gan's annual Peach Festival, left
Washington late yesterday after
noon for the New York Worlds Fair
after having presented a basket of
peaches for President Roosevelt to
his secretary, Brig. Gen. Edwin M.
Watson.
Miss Barber, who fiew here from
Detroit with her mother Sunday. Will
be given q reception At the New
York Fair.
Evening star., 1939-08-29
Weather Report

Weather Bureau
ANrlct OF Coumba-Mosty cloudy
noon and probably tonight tomorrow much chang.
In temperature; moderate northerly winds 1900 '
MsryandCoudy east portion tonight. norro
generally fair; slightly warmer portion
Vrgna-Mosty cloudy tonight; with sehtv vae
in east and central portions. '' -
In temner ~0N-N--O" nv eialse
Evening star., 1939-08-29
Turtle Catches Boot

AUGUSTA, Kans., August 29 lP.-
Frank Wright and Leo Hiser were
fishing. A large swapping turtle
swan by the boat, and Wright
brought 1t into the boat by its tail.
The turtle had been hooked In the
leg and was angry. Before long 1t
had the boat itself.
Evening star., 1939-08-29
First Girl in 73 Years

A baby born to Mr.. and Mrs. L.
G. Fountain Of Stamford, England,
is the first girl to be born into the
Fountain family for 73 years.
Evening star., 1939-08-29
New Social Security Plan
Under Shadow of Big K
Pessimists Wonder Whether 1t Will
Work; AItmeyer Scouts Feurs

The workings OF the social
security la,p, as it has been er-
pdnded and revised By recent
amendments, are described here
In the third and last OF a series
OF articles.
Evening star., 1939-08-29

Automobile lights must be turned m
ohe-hah hour after sunset
River Rspsrt.
Potomac and shenandoah Riysrs cloudy
a. harpers Ferry; Potomac muddy at Great
Evening star., 1939-08-29

England now has over 4,OOO, 900 IL
censed motorists.
Evening star., 1939-08-29
Report for Last "a Heurs.

8eeeP6 fer Last - aouRs.
From noon yesterday to noon todayJ
Highest, 7S. l pm. yesterday. Year
ago. ~.
Lowest. SO. 4 an. today. Year aso. o..
Record TsaDssaturs This Year.
Flghest, 90. on August g.
Lowest. ~. on February 2S.
Hunidity fer Last - Asurs.
(Yrom noon yesterday to noon today)
Highsst, IS per cent, at an. today.
Lowest. 40 per cent, At I pm. yes
terday.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED By United States Coast and
0eodette Survey
Today. Tomorrow
High ----------- 7:2e An. sos an
Low --.-------- 2:0S am. 2:46 m
High ----------- $50 pm. e:25 pm.
Low ---------- 2:23 Pm. 500 p.M.
Evening star., 1939-08-29
PreciDitatien.

Monthly precipitation in inches IN the
CAPITAL (euSrsnt month to dats):
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-15
Jap Villagers Kneel at Mound
They Call Christ's Burial Place

TOKYO.-Peasants in a remote
4 northern Japanese village do not
celebrate Christmas but they believe
Jesus Christ died in Japan.
Nor are they Christians, but each
year they kneel before strange
mound which they believe is Christ's
burial place.
This takes place at the village of
Herai where Buddhists or Shintoists
gather each year around a mound
surmounted by pillar on which are
three Japanese characters and a
six-pointed star composed OF inter-
locking triangles, like the Hebrew
emblem.
How this strange tradition arrived
in Japan is not known, but visitors
notice that the village, which is To-
Gated in Aomori, near the extreme
tip of Honshu island, is no great
distance south of Mount Yadaijin.
which is pronounced almost like the
modern Japanese word for Jew.
The six-pointed star is completely
foreign to the people, yet some peas
ants are familiar with the Biblical
version of Christ's death. The 40
morian story, which they have be-
lieved for 20 centuries, is this:
During the reign of the Emperor
Suinin, the eleventh emperor, a
young white man came to live in
the district. Twelve years later, at
the age of "a, he disappeared. His
name: Soraitaro.
Fifteen years later he returned
and told the people he had been to
the land of his birth teaching reli-
gion and that, because of his beliefs,
had been sentenced to death by cru
cifixion.
Soraitaro is then said to have told
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-15

DENVER, COLO.-Because Louis
K. Sigman sometimes went hungry
when he was an orphan boy in the
streets of Brooklyn, N. Y, he now
gives $4,000 pounds of meat each
Christmas for distribution to needy
families by Denver newspaper.
This custom, followed the past 10
years, has helped make the holiday
season CHEEKY for the destitute.
There are 5000 parcels of 10 pounds
each. In the l0-year period, Mr.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-15
Men of Christmas

Postmaster General James A.
Farley receives Christmas cards
at the rate of 1000 a day during
the Yule season.
vasco Da Cana, the great Por-
tuguese navigator, was born on
Christmas day in 1869, discovered
Natal, Africa, ON Christmas day,
1897, and died on Christmas eve,
1924.
Oscar Phillips, postmaster at
Santa Claus, Ind, cancels a
half-million pieces Of mail each
Christmas season.
President Roosevelt gets a
toothbrush and cake Of soap in
his stocking each Christmas-an
old family custom.
Edward Keenan,, who has en-
acted the role Of Santa Claus In
Milwaukee since 1927, keeps q
small herd Of reindeer al year
round for this purpose.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-15


the natives that his younger broth
er, Iskiri, sacrificed his own life
on the cross. Then he travelled for
four years, across Europe and
through Siberia. Finally reaching
Aomori again, he died at the age of
los in the eleventh year of Keiko
Tenno's reign.
Near the alleged burial mound is
the ruin of a stone building which
villagers call ''Tsukino-Tatte the
House of the Moon. Many foreign
articles are reported to have been
unearthed from this place. People
say it is the place where Jesus wor-
SHIPPED.
They do not worship His memory
in religious way, nor is the mound
especially sacred. They describe
Jesus as ''Sei-jin," saint or wise
man.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-15
Next Years Yule Cards
Already Being Designed

Workers on Christmas cards carry
on steadily all through the year.
The artists who draw them have al
ready produced their designs for
the 1904 season, and as soon as
the holidays are over the printer
will begin work on those cards. One
big firm in England has 500 men
and women employed in the produc-
ton Of these cards, sometimes with
calendars added.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-15

however, come after December Is
indeed, fall after New Years day.
Remote Shetland islanders north Of
Scotland celebrate January 5, still
clinging to the old Julian calendar
and refusing to accept that of Pope
Gregory which most of the world
has used for two centuries.
January is also Christmas day
in at least one part of the United
States proper, isolated and wind
swept Rodanthe island off North
Carolina. The custom, apparently
a follower from "old Christmas
the Twelfth night, or Epiphany
the occasion finds all 300 residents
hanging their stockings and await
ing Santa Claus.
In Alaska, where midsummer de-
livery of Christmas presents makes
them suitable either for last Christ
mas or the coming one, part of the
residents celebrate on December Is
and the rest, January z. The latter
date is observed chiefly by Aleutian
islanders, which is populated by ma
tives who were interbred with Rus
slams hundreds of years ago. They
use the Russian calendar, which has
not been changed to conform with
that used by the rest of the world.
BY this calendar, New Years is
celebrated January IA.