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Evening star., 1940-09-30
Refugee Children Reach
Haven After Is Bombinqs
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 30.-A group
81 116 British children, who an
escort said had been subjected to
bombing Is times on the train trip
to their port of embarkation in
England, arrived in New York last
night.
They came by train from Montreal,
where they arrived Saturday after
an l1-day crossing of the Atlantic,
Which was uneventful except for a
false alarm that a submarine had
been sighted.
> The escort said the children, rang
Ing in ages from to Is, took the
hpmbing "bravely" The children.
who wore big Identification tags on
their coats, will go 10 foster-homes.
The youngest. Kasimir Siegenberg,
5, is headed for Sitka, Alaska.
THE children were the first to ar
rive here since the torpedoing of the
City of Benares September II, re-
srlting in the death of II of the 80
British children aboard. The un-
Identified ship on which the new
arrivals sailed departed from Eng
land September 18.
Evening star., 1940-09-30
Commissioner Hozen |ndorses
Music Appreciation Campaign
Supports Stor's Drive to Increase Interest
Through Distribution of Recordings

Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen,
president Of the Board of Commis-
sioners of the District, today gave
his wholehearted Endorsement to
The Stars new campaign to increase
appreciation of grand opera through
the distribution of recordings of
great operate masterpieces.
Commencing The Star for its con-
tinuing efforts to promote apprecia-
ton of the arts in the Capital and
surrounding communities. Commis-
sioner Hazen said he was glad to
offer his support to the new pro-
gram and expressed a hope for its
success
I'm happy to hear Of this new
effort to enlarge the field of enjoy
ment of fine music" he said. None
of us hears enough of the best in
music, but I believe that is due
largely to a lack of opportunity.
Music is one thing that appeals to
everyone"
Mr.. Hazen said he believed the
program should be Of great cultural
and educational value to Washing
ton because it offers to all music
lovers an opportunity to hear and
learn to enjoy the immortal MASTER
pieces of opera.
Having served as member Of the
Committee OF Sponsors for The
Stars first music appreciation cam
paign last year. Mr.. Hazen is we'll
acquainted with the results Of that
program, which brought to thou
sands of homes recordings Of SYM
phonic masterpieces by the greatest
composers of the ages.
IF this program does as much
to encourage enjoyment of opera as
the other campaign did in he field
of symphonic music he said. then
The Star can feel well paid for its
efforts"
The new program, details of which
Evening star., 1940-09-30
Senate Unit Tokes Up
Defense Fund Bill
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
The Senate Appropriations Com
mittee shelved other business today
to take up the s1,46s 1893 ,e36 defense
bill which carries the funds for the
consciption program and other Army
or Navy purposes.
Gen. George c. Marshall, Army
chief of staff, and other military
officials were called for testimony
as the committee worked to get the
measure ready for Senate action
later this week. The House ap-
proved the appropriations by a voice
vote last week.
Evening star., 1940-09-30
Plants Can Run 62% of Time
And Yet Fill Defense Orders
Speedup initiative Lies With Government
In Arranging for Quicker Contracts

The Federal Government. it is
held, has no power to stipulate in
its contracts how many nours a
day or how many days week a
factory shall operate. United States
laws on the other hand, restrict
the number of hours individual en-
ployes may work and require over
time pay for overtime work. These
laws, however, have nothing TO co
with the number of daily shifts a
plant may use.
There is no doubt that the opera
ton of three full shifts daily seven
days a week would be more ex-
pensive, relatively less efficient
method Of production than that now
in effect. 1t is the consensus of ma
tional leaders, from the President
on down. however, that an emer-
gency exists which justif1eS extraor-
dinary efforts to speed up defense
production. especially Of airplanes.
There certainly can be no question
of the emergency where British
orders are concerned.
Power Possessed by Government.
The power to speed up airplane
production to the maximum possible
capacity of the United States air
craft industry. as it exists today,
with the employees it now has. Is
possessed today by the Federal Gov
ernment. through the medium of
time allowed in its contracts for the
production OF airplanes.
II an aircraft manufacturer Is
able to produce in 220 days the num-
Der of airplanes his contract calls for
in 260 days, for example, 1t is OBJ
vious that the contract has not been
arranged to push that particular
company to anything like its maxi
mum capacity. especially when the
company is able to keep ahead Of
schedule with its plant idle third
of the time.
Through their power to set the
date for completion Of a contract,
the Defense Commission. the Army
and the Navy can regulate the speed
with which factories must operate.
1t is this completion date which de-
termines whether a factory must
operate two shifts or three. five days,
six days or seven days week.
Until the Federal Government be-
gins to push the companies by set
ting up contract dates, paying extra,
if necessary. to cover overtime and
lowered efficiency, there is not going
to be much further speeding up. ex-
are able to bring about voluntarily.
Through their power of negotia-
ton, the companies can protect
themselves against q too arbitrary
speed-up program. The initiative
is in the hands of the Government
Evening star., 1940-09-30
Binnie Barnes Murries
Radio Sports Announcer
BY the Associated Press

By the ASSOCIATED Press.
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 3O.-Binnie
Barnes, British film actress, and
Mike Frankovich, radio sports an
nouncer and former football star,
were married yesterday at the home
Of Film Comedian Joe E. Brown.
Only a small group of friends
witnessed the ceremony, performed
by Superior Judge Benjamin j.
Scheinman.
The bride wore smart beige suit
trimmed with leopard skin, with
matching shoes, bag and hat.
IT was the second marriage for
beth.
Evening star., 1940-09-30
By JOSEPH S. EDGERTON.

One OF the most serious reflections
on the "speed-up" air defense pre-
gram OF the National Defense Com
mission and the War and Navy De-
partments is that, despite the fact
the United States aircraft factories
are idle from one-fourth to one
third Of the time. every manu-
facturer holding a contract for COM
bat airplanes either for the British
or the Army and Navy is reported
to be ahead OF contract schedule.
These contract schedules are ar
ranged by negotiation between Fed
eral procurement officers and the
manufacturers and they are. obvi-
ously, the key to the tempo of the
entire aircraft manufacturing pro-
gram.
I'VE are way ahead of our con-
tract schedules and there just .sn't
any need to 90 into overtime on the
present contracts. which are not
financed on the basis Of overtime
operations" senior official Of one
of the largest bombardnient air
plane manufacturers explained.
This particular company Is work.
ing only five days week, on basis
Of two 8-hour shifts and one 5-hour
cleanup" shift-a total Of los
working hours a week. leaving 81
hours weekly in which the plant is
idle. In other words, this plant is
able to keep ahead of contract
schedule agreed to by the Defense
Commission and the War Depart
ment by working a little more than
81 per cent of the time.
Economically Unjustifiable.
1t is unnecessary and economically
unjustifiable for it to work longer
hours on the basis of its existing
contracts. 1t may be said, however
that this company. as are many
others, is having great difficulty OBJ
tanning supervisory personnel suffi-
cient to staff its plant for maximum
capacity production.
This case Is not isolated; it is
representative of what is happening
throughout the industry.
Evening star., 1940-09-30

the members of super-state In
America.
BY every means short of war
1t (the State Department. has put
the Pacific in turmoil until, their
patience exhausted. Germany. Japan
and Italy took group precautions
against an utterly irresponsible
American Nation"
Evening star., 1940-09-30
Weather Report
(Purnikhed BY the United States wea

likelihood
tomorrow change temperature moderate fresh
northeast winds.
tonight and and central portions tomorrow
change northeast gales the
portion tonight and in
much change in temperature
gales the
increasing
coudiness in east portion change temperature
Evening star., 1940-09-30
Weather Conditions Last 2

Weather Conditions Last p Hours.
The disturbance on the South Atlantic
coast has deepened considerably during
the last six hours. 1t has remained almost
stationary during the last Il hours and
is centered this morning about zoo miles
south Of Cape HatteraS with lowest pres
sure about zoos millibars t29.6S inches\.
Pressure remains relatively low over the
far Southwest Phoenix. Ariz-. 100a.s mil
libars t2a e" inchesl. High pressure pre-
States. Alpena. Mich. 1O32.5 millibars
f3059 inches, and North Head Wash.
loI2O milllbars 60 inches,. ram mas
Florida coast and showers have occurred
in the Rocky Mountain and northern
Plateau REGIONS and portions of the Plains
States. The temperature has risen in the
Plains States. the Ohio Valley the Middle
Atlantic States, and Southern New Eng
in portions of the Lake region. Northern
New York and Northern New ENGLAND.
R.~Art g., A HAurS
Evening star., 1940-09-30
Use Of Fighter Planes
To Dis|odge R. AT.
Believed Failing
Croft Used os Cavalry
To Smash Resistance to
Bombers in New Tactic
BY DREW MIDDLETON.
,.oriated press War Corresponde

LONDON. Sept 30.-Swarnns Of
German fighter planes are being
used as cavalry of the air to smash
British fighter resistance and allow
heavy Nazi bombers to filter through,
neutral air attaches said today.
This tactic, they said, has been
employed in daylight raiding with
increasing frequency in the past
three days. Such raids. it was
pointed out, result from the failure
of night bombers to hit military
targets consistently.
These sources said they expected
no letup in the night bombings,
which, they say, are aimed first at
military objectives and, second. at
terrorizlng the population OF Lon.
don
Attacks Called Failure.
Large-scale attacks which sent as
many as 500 German planes, most
Of them fighters. into action on six
different days in September were
tried first to dislodge the Royal Air
Force from its southern bases.
The second objective was TO force
the R. A. F. command to pack
London and the southern areas with
fighter planes at the expense OF the
industrial centers in the Mldlands
and Wales.
British military comment shows
most experts believe that these at
tacks failed and that the r. A. r.
now is in a better position than
before the start of the aerial siege
of London. September 7.
Reasons for Confidence.
These three reasons are given:
/. New British types of fighters
and bombers. better than anything
the Nazis have, are ready for action.
2. The r. A. F. can afford to ex.
tend its offensive as new bombers
and fighters come into use.
8. A new weapon which will prove
the answer 10 random bombing OF
London by night is about to come
into use.
Much has been written. but little
seen or heard, about this new
weapon"
Guesses range from cannon shoot
ing clouds of gas into the area where
bombers are in operation. TO radio
wave" machine sending rays into the
sky which will paralyze German
engines. London correspondents
learning aeronautics bv ear declare
/ they hear-but do not see-the new
weapon.
| Even the most optimistic-and
many are optimistic with the passing
of September another In a long
series of crisis months-do not say
the new weapon will end the night
bombings entirely.
Evening star., 1940-09-30

we're announced in yesterdays Star.
will feature distribution of record
ings of 10 operas. the first Of which
will be made available next Satlr.
day, October 5. The recordings were
made by world-famous opera stars
and conductors.
Here is a list OF the operas To be
distributed: Carmen" which will
be the first Offering; Faust, Aida, -
Madame Butterfly" "Rigoletto," "
La Boheme," "Tannhauser.' La
Traviata. ''PagGacci,' "Lohenerin. -
Tristan and Isolde and The Mar
riage of Figaro"
For full details of the program,
read the instructions on page Ais.
Evening star., 1940-09-30
Oldest Inhubitunts
To Meet Wednesday

"Recollections of early members
of the association" will be discussed
at the meeting Of the Association
of Oldest Inhabitants Wednesday
night at the old Union Engine
House, Nineteenth and H streets
NV.
The session will start 7:3o, ac-
cording to John B. Dtckman, 81,
recording secretary.
Evening star., 1940-09-30
Klein and BoIIunfunt
Will Umpire in Series
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO, Sept. 30.-Kenesaw
Mountain Lands, commissioner of
baseball. announced today that Um-
pires Bill KLEIN and E. Lee Ballafant
would be the National League ar
biters to work the World Series
starting in Cincinnati Wednesday.
The National League alternate is
Larry GoetZ
Emmett Ormsby and Steve Basil
were named by President Will Har-
ridge as the American League UNI
pires. with William Grieve as al
ternate.
Evening star., 1940-09-30
Conductor Badly Hurt
As TrestIe CoIIopses
r. the Associated Press

H the Associated Press.
sLYNCHBURG, Va, Sept. 3O-A
span of the old Virginia trestle at
Alta Vista collapsed under a train
q coal cars yesterday. plunging
eight cars to the ground 40 feet
helow and seriously injuring S. G.
Brown of Spencer, N. c., Southern
Railway conductor.
He was suffering from a fracture
near the base of the neck.
The accident occurred when the
conductor was backing a train from
the south end of the trestle to couple
several other cars, which were left
standing on the bridge with brakes
applied. His cars. it was reported
here, collided with the others,
causing them to buckle. and the
bridge gave way under the strain.
Evening star., 1940-09-30
Traffic Record

The traffic record. as revealed
at police headquarters for "a
hour period ending at 8 am.
yesterday:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, So.
Motorists injured. 8.
Motorists arrested. 383.
Pedestrians injured. Z.
Pedestrians arrested for viola
ton Of pedestrian control reg
ulations, 7.
The traffic record for 24-hour
period ending at 8 am. today:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents. 30.
Motorists injured. 6.
Motorists arrested, 157.
Pedestrians injured. g.
Pedestrians arrested for viola
ton of pedestrian control reg
ulations. none.
Killed in 1910 traffic, 81; by
September 80 in 1899, So.
If you don't kill any one with
your automobile and no one
kills you by 8 am. tomorrow.
Washington. traf1ic will have
had nine deathless days.
Evening star., 1940-09-30
truckers Fight Kentucky
Load Limit in Court
]. the Associated Press.


FRANKFORT. KY. Sept. So
Three large truck operators asked
Federal Court today to halt en-
forcement of Kentucky's 18,000-
pound gross load limit.
The operators charged that the
limit law is unconstitutional. inter-
feres with interstate commerce, de-
lays the program of national de-
tense" and "discriminates" against
freight trucks in favor of passenger
vehicles, which are exempt from the
restriction.
The three-Whitney Transfer Co.
of Bowling Green, Huber & Huber
Motor Express Co., Inc, and Silver
Fleet Motor Express Co., Inc, both
of Louisville-asked q temporary in
junction pending hearing.
Evening star., 1940-09-30
Congress in Brief
Senate

Considers minor bills.
Military Committee considers final
big defense appropriations measure
Judiciary Subcommittee resumes
hearings on presidential tenure. .
House:
Takes up minor legislat1ou.
Evening star., 1940-09-30
Burmu
Continued From First Page.)

part in French penetration into
Yunnan.
A bomb crashed into the COM
pound Of hospital operated by the
English Church Mission Society, but
the staff and patients escaped in
jury. A house occupied by English
nurses was demolished.
AY. M. c. A. building and res
idence in the English Methodist
Mission compound were damaged.
Evening star., 1940-09-30

Believing that quantity produc-
tton OF combat airpldnes at the
earliest possible moment is the
key to American security, as rell
as the greatest contribution this
Nation can make to Great Brit
ain, undex our policy OF all aid
short of pdr," The Star has un-
dertaken surrey to determine
the state OF affairs in the Amer
ican aircraft industry. This is
the nth of a series OF articles
based on these studies.
Evening star., 1940-09-30

Brazil has ruled that all radio
announcers must Be Bradhan.bof
eitiIeuk
Evening star., 1940-09-30

Sibley Hospital for head lacerations.
Detective Sergts. j. j. Tolson, Elmer
Lewis and Daniel Jones of Police
Headquarters are investigating the
case
Evening star., 1940-09-30
,r Last A. Hours.

Record for Last "a Hours
From noon yesterday to noon today
HIGHEST. 73. 2:15 pm. yesterday. Year
ago. S5
Lowest. IS. 8 am. today. Year aEo. So.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 100 on July 81.
Lowest, 2. on January 90.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest. Al per cent, at $40 am
Lowest, 26 per cent, at 3 pm.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers cloudy
at Harpers Ferry; Potomac muddy at Great
Falls today.
Tide Tables.
Furnished by United States Coast and
0eodetic Survey
Today. Tomorrow.
High 6.32 am. 1.23 Am.
Low - 1857 am 1:52 am
High 7:n3 pm. 1:53 . m.
Low --E 1:23 pm. gil pm.
The Run and Moon.
Rises. Sets .
Sun, today 6:O3 5:53
Sum tomorrov-- 6:04 5:5l
Noon; tod.y u-s, 4;sl an. 5;27 pm;
ons-haH hour after sunset.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1940-01-06
Blessings OF Liberty.
"and Secure the Blessings of Liberty
to Ourselves and Onr PoSterity ="
FROM The PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION

ALL OF THIS AMAZING upward march has taken
place within the lifetime of living leaders who themselves
were born in bondage.
There can be no doubt that it is quickened by the
Negroes full appreciation of the blessings of liberty.
The anniversary Gifts beginnings that first Eman-
ipation Day. is Justly celebrated by the that has
made so much of these blessings.
AS a MATTER OF FACT, Emancipation Day might
we'll carry every American regardless of color, creed
or condition fresh reminder of the blessings of liberty
which all enjoy beneath the American flag.
Especially in day when much of the world is
stricken with and hatred and cruelty, life with lib
ery and equality under the law is priceless
Here man and his family may live in peace Here
worship how and where he peases. Here, against
the hardest circumstances and in the hardest times make
the most of himself
This freedom to live, to make living and to be
somebody, is the great emancipation for all 1t is the
rues of all blessings. 1t is what makes America
our countrywide finest homeland in the world
DETROIT, MICHIGAN
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The Coolidge examiner., 1940-08-22

coin. And that is what | want to
tell you about.
Down on the rolling Potomac
they been saying that a banker is
not such a hot citizen, but l drop
ped in at our bank anyway. And
| sidled over and l says to the
feller there, l am building house
and need II hundred dollars. And
Mr.. Paxton-he is the banker-he
says, Come right in, and couldn't
you use, he says, "a hundred
versus II hundred? 1t almost
tloored me. And also, he says, do
you know anybody else, wanting
money?
This talk about bankers being
hard citizens is baloney-and not
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-08-22

least not to me. There is some
thing false about it. The music,
the laughter and the gayety it
sends to Us through our magazines
and radios does not come from
the real heart of New York. The
bright lights, champagne and top
hats may be old stuff to a few
thousand New Workers, but I had
q glimpse of the seamy side of
town where millions of people look
as though they had never had
breath of fresh air, new shirt or
too many square meals. | could be
poor and happy in a cabin over
looking the Grand Canyon, but
never in a tenement house on the
wrong end of fabulous Park
Avenue.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-08-22
ARIZONA IN
WASHINGTON
By Bob Merkley

FOT lOHS lllle Idu dH lued
that Washington, d. c. was a big
city. Having been brought up in
Arizona where there is plenty OF
room for everything and every
body, I thought that three-fourths
of a million people would fill all
the city a person could take in at
one glance, and that a few more
would not make any difference.
But now l have seen New York.
| got only a quick look at the
place on a trip to the Worlds Fair
so | do not know it intimately.
But what | do know is that it is a
mighty big town. When seven
million people crowd into one city,
they don't waste any room. They
have built skycrapers that look
high, even to one who grew up at
the foot of an Arizona mountain.
They have Easements that go
down, down into the earth. They
have streets and railroads built
above the ground, On the ground.
and under the ground. But still
they are crowded.
Most of the famous sights | have
seen left me a little cold. They
were talked up to much. My imagi-
nation may be a little too wild for
my own good, but | have seen just
two places that were all l expect
ed them to be, and both of these
outdid my imagination. One is
New York and the other is our
own Grand Canyon. No combina-
ton of words will ever exagge-
rate the grandeur of the Canyon,
and New York is just as wonder
full in its own way. But there the
similarity ends. At the Grand
| Canyon one is led to think of God
and time and space-ethereal
| things-while in New York he can
think only of the devilish ingenui-
ty of man.
Man has dug miles of tunnel
beneath the city. He calls 1t a
subway, and without it he could
never have New York. | had heard
of the subway, and it was the one
thing that | wanted most to see
and use. A flight of steps led my
party from a busy street down in
to the ground. There we found
cars pausing in their wild flight
There was a hiss of escaping air
| as the motorman released his
brakes. A gong sounded and peo
pie ran toward the cars as though
| they had been caught in hail
storm. The doors closed and the
cars thundered away into the dark
| tunnel. The New Workers must
\ have a keen sense of time, fof
nobody was left behind. That is,
nobody but the people in my party
/ We got sidetracked in the rush.
But that didn't matter. We found
another flight of steps going still
farther down, and sign said the
cars we wanted would be found
somewhere below. We went down
and, believe it or not, we found
/ another flight leading to third
/ level. Here were our cars, nevr-
i Gus to be on their way. There
were two railroads, street and a
! skyscraper above US, and I'm tell
! ing you in all sincerely that there
was another flight of steps lead
! ing down. l was glad we didn
miss those cars, for l would not
have been surprised to see old
! Satan himself trudging up that
last flight of stairs.
Yes, New York is wonderful
place, but it is not inspiring, at
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-08-22
The Low Down From
Hickory Grove

Susie and I, we are getting ready
to build a house. Two people in
a big house rattle around like in
a barn, SO we decided on one that
is kinda small-along simple lines.
But our idea of simple architecture
got us into difficulty. You can't
find simple design-you only
find chrome Plated and ivory trim
med.
But we wanted something with
less glare-so we had to skirmish.
And also we had to scare up more
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-08-22
Page Three
so. Anyway it is not so with Joe
Paxton, here at our bank.
Yours with the low down,
10 SIERRA.

Lived just like an old Arabian
Nights" Sultan. Cobras guarded
the Maharajah of Mysore's tons of
jewels, he owned more elephants
than any other prince, his guests
ate from the back of slave girls
then he settled down. Read about
this fantastic story book Rajah in
an Illustrated feature in The
American Weekly, the magazine
distributed with next weeks LOS
EXAMINER.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-03-14
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