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Evening star., 1940-02-21
Pittman Asks Coininq
OF Silver atProfit
To Offset Debt
Proposal Follows
Pleo to Halt Buying
Of Foreign Bullion
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
Senator Pittman, Democrat, of
Nevada, suggested today that the
Treasury coin silver bullion at a
profit to delay the national debts
approach to the statutory $45,0O0,-
100000 limit.
Senator Pittman, chairman of a
special Senate committee to investi-
gate administration of the Silver
Purchase Act, made this proposal
after the Federal Reserve Council
urged that Treasury purchases of
foreign silver be halted.
Senator Townsend, Republican, of
Delaware predicted that the councils
action would facilitate approval of
his bill to repeal the Purchase Act.
"The report confirms what have
said about the folly Of building up
excess silver reserves" Senator
Townsend said.
ss41,1o0,ooo Purchased.
Senator Pittman contended. on
the other hand, that these reserves
could be turned to good advantage,
since the monetary price of silver is
fixed by law at $l.29 an ounce and
the Treasury now pays only about
IS cents an ounce on the world mar
ket.
All the leading bankers admit
that our gold should be coined and
circulated" Senator Pittman said.
The same reasoning applies to sill
yer. The only thing that is going
to stop the worthless managed cur
rency mania Of today is to circulate
gold and silver coins.
AT least, that would reduce the
bank reserves and remove the danger
Of our Indebtedness going beyond the
$45, ,000, 900 900 limit"
Repercussions Feared,
Council said silver purchases were
increasing already large bank re-
serves. The Treasury has bought
$94l 100000 of the foreign metal
since it was directed by law in 1884
to purchase silver until it reached a
price of $l.29 an ounce or until it
held dollar in silver for each three
dollars IN gold. Silver holdings now
amount to l76 per cent of the none.
tary stock.
The fear that halting of the for
elgn silver purchase program might
Evening star., 1940-02-21
Procope Expresses
Gratitude to Donors

BOSTON. Feb. 81 (P.-Hjalmar j.
Procope, Finland's Minister to the
United States, expressed profound
gratitude" today to Americans who
have contributed to the Finnish de-
fense fund.
In letter to Frederick A. Car
roll, vice president and trust officer
of the National Shawmut Bank of
,. Boston, (which is acting as de-
pository for the fund, Mr. Procope
said he was deeply touched by the
plan, which. provides for direct
dispatch of unrestricted funds to
the Finnish Legation in Washing
ton.
In less than two weeks donations
totaling $4,000 have been collected
by the bank and forwarded to Mr..
Procope. Additional funds are
being received daily-many of them
checks for $50 and 500 from sub
stantial citizens.
In his letter, Mr.. Procope wrote:
1T is somewhat difficult to find
q proper expression for the feeling
of profound gratitude for the mag
nif1cent attitude your committee has
taken in order to centralize the do
nations from your noble minded
fellow-countrymen, or should I
rather say, to prepare and facilitate
practical outlet for the sympathy
that the very sportsmanly American
people have for Finland in its un-
equal struggle against the barbarous
attack of much more powerful
nation"
Evening star., 1940-02-21
Two MineIoyers' Sinking
Claimed by Germans

BERLIN. Feb. 81 @.-An early
morning foray Of several enemy
planes from the west and north
west" over Helgoland Blight was
reported today by the high COM
mand communique, which, however,
did not give results Of the fight.
The communique also reported
that one German submarine, re
turning from a distant voyage, re-
ported the sinking of 27.795 gross
register tons" of shipping.
Repeating claims made last night
by the official news agency, DNB,
the communique reported the sink
ing of two minelayers and destruc-
ton Of an armed commercial
vessel" in yesterdays wide-ranging
raids by German warplanes along
the coasts of England and Scot
land.
Evening star., 1940-02-21

. Hard finishsd lporsteds
Soft finishsd sporsteds
Blue Ssrsss; Oxford srays
Stripes, plaids, solid eoloys
. Single and double brsasfeds
Conservative and draps models
All sixss in the group
Evening star., 1940-02-21

asked the Federal Reserve Board to
transmit its resolution to the Sen.
ate Banking and Currency Commit.
tee, now considering Senator Town
sends bill. .....
A board spokesman, who noted
that Mariner s. Eccles, Federal Re-
serve chairman, has previously taken
the same position, said the resolu.
ton would be passed on as required.
The present Townsend proposal IL
similar to one passed by the Senate
last June, but eliminated in confer
ence committee OH the demand Of
House conferees,
Evening star., 1940-02-21

the Aeronatuical Chamber of Com
merce of America. appeared before
the committee yesterday afternoon
to ask for an amendment to leave
the Export-Import Bank free to
finance the export of commercial
aircraft.
Commercial Planes Not Desired.
Col. Jouett told the committee
belligerent nations are not inter-
ested tn obtaining commercial planes
for conversion to military use. Ear
lier in the day Representative Mil
Ter, Republican, Of Connecticut told
his colleagues that, despite a gen.
eral impression to the contrary, it
would be too difficult and costly to
convert commercial planes into mill
tary craft.
Col. Jouett said the only purpose
OF the amendment would be to
avoid closing the door against the
American aircraft industry compet-
ing with other nations in develop
ing an export market for CONNER
cial planes. He pointed out that
even with the amendment in the
bill the State Department would
still have control over shipments in
specific cases.
Representative Clifford, Republi-
can, of Massachusetts, said yester-
day that since this Government
does not recognize the existence of
a state of war between Finland and
Russia, neutrality restrictions need
not apply, and there is no reason
why Finland should not be permit
ted to buy anything 1t needs in this
country. He said he would favor
eliminating the Senate provision that
would prohibit the Firms from buy
ing anything on the Presidents
neutrality list. He indicated, how
ever, he did not expect such a mo-
ton would carry.
1t developed that a number of
changes would be submitted to a
vote, and it is understood action
was postponed to await the return
of absent, members.
Some members are reported to be
urging that restrictions In the SEN
ate bill be modified to enable Fin
land 70 make wider use of the
mone5e Under the Senate bill the
credits 1T obtains from the Export
Import Bank could be used only for
articles not listed in the Presidents
neutrality proclamations. The SEN
ate bill also provided that only such
loans could be made as would not
conflict with international law, as
construed by the State Department.
Further Restrictions Discussed.
On the other hand, there was said
to have been some discussion today
of further restricting the bill, so
that Finland could obtain only
sl0,000,00O in addition to the $1O,-
100000 authorized by the bank sew
eral months ago.
When the committee recessed yes
Evening star., 1940-02-21

terday it had planned to hear fur.
ther testimony from the State De-
partment, at the request of Repre-
sentative Wolcott. Republican, of
Michigan, who said he wanted to
inquire whether the Federal Reserve
Bank Of New York has acted as
fiscal agent for the allies, and If so,
whether the State Department had
any consultation on the subject.
Later, Mr.. Wolcott decided not to
raise the question and the hearings
ended.
Evening star., 1940-02-21
100000 Collected
To Aid Firms 10 Be
Given Procope Today
Fighting Funds to Go
For Unrestricted Use
In Defense Program

A gift of $780, collected by the
Fighting Funds for Finland, Inc,
was to be turned over today to the
Finnish Minister here.
Maj. Gen. John r. Organ, World
War commander and chairman of
the fund recruiting organization,
said the money was for the use of
the Finnish government for any,
thing 1t needed, including military
defense.
. Unrestricted use of American
funds by the Finnish government
was also made possible by the deci-
sion of the Finnish Relief Fund yes
terday to establish a remittance
division which will transmit special
donations to public institutions of
Finland, including the Finnish
government.
Institutions Being Aided.
The Washington unit of the Fin
nish Relief Fund explained that
special donations to the following
institutions would be transmitted
without cost to the donor by the fund,
whose purpose is to recruit charity
funds for. general emergency pur-
poses of the civilian population:
The Lolita Svard, women's organ
ization furnishing the backbone of
army disqualification service and
other civilian activities.
The various religious bodies of
Finland, chiefly the Lutheran
Church, the Catholic Church and
the Salvation Army, for their relief
services
The educational institutions and
any other established public insti-
tutions.
The Finnish government for its
own unrestricted use.
S666 in Theater Lobbies.
The Washington unit also an
flounced last night that a total of
$66626 was realized by the unit
from the collections received in
the lobbies of more than 30 local
moving picture theaters over the
week end. The Trans-Lux Theater
Is continuing the collection this
week end because Finnish film
is now being featured there.
The American Red Gross here said
word had been received that its
shipment of Is hospital tents and
large quantity of drugs, X-ray
equipment, hospital supplies, disin-
fectants and garments had been re-
ceived in Finland.
A total of $241573 for Finnish
relief mas already been spent by the
American Red Cross, it was said.
OF this sum, $4,000 was remitted in
cash to the Finnish Red Cross.
Evening star., 1940-02-21
Helsinki
Continued From First Page.)

ments near Kunmo. about midway
on the Russian Finnish frontier, was
repulsed.
Finnish planes secuted behind the
Soviet lines and bombed Russian
encampments during a day which
saw extensive aerial activity ex-
tending into the night.
Several fierce air battles" were
reported both in the war zone and
far behind the lines but 'in many
cases attacks by enemy formations
were foiled and formations dis
persed."
The Firms charged passenger
train was machine gunned and in
one locality an infants nursery
damaged by bombs. However, only
"a couple of civilians" were reported
killed in the raids.
In far-ranging raids by Russian
warplanes yesterday 10 persons were
killed and 20 hurt in attacks on at
least 80 communities.
Eight hundred Russian planes
were authoritatively estimated to
have participated in Yesterdays
raids, which continued into the early
morning.
A Finnish announcement said
that, although many bombs were
dropped Yesterday, damage was rel
atively slight. 1t said that probably
1000 bombs fell in the town Of
Riihimaki and the surrounding area
alone.
Today's two alarms in the capital
were of 10 minutes each, one begin
ming at $3.50 am, the second st $50.
Tries Knockout Blow.
Apparently attempting a knockout
blow from the skies, the Soviet aerial
armada ranged Southern and Gen.
trail Finland through the night and
into the early morning hours, send
ing bombs crashing onto cities, rail-
ways and roads.
Nothing in the worlds wars to
date approaches the power of the
Russian aerial offensive. ~
The World Wars largest bombing
dAO wac AAdOC OSCOUCA ., AoAO, Ny
a fleet of $50 allied planes which
flew over German lines on the west
ern front sector held by American
forces.
In the Spanish civil war, the
Chinese-Japanese conflict and Ger
many's inv ion of Poland, the num-
ber of planes raiding in a single day
did not approach the 800 estimated
for the Russians today and yester-
day.
February's first swirling blizzard
handicapped the Russian bombing
operations in Southern Finland to-
day, however.
Snow ana cold which usually
strikes this country with its great
est fury in February is helping Finn
ish military strategy. Our posi-
ton will be greatly improved if to-
days snow continues" said one
Evening star., 1940-02-21
British WarpIanes
Make Scout Flights
Over he|go|and Bighi
German Submarine Chief
Claims 27,795 Tons
Of Shipping Sunk
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 21.-The air min
istry announced today that British
warplanes carried out q successful
reconnaissance flight over Helgo-
land Blight, of Germany's north
west coast, last night.
The Berlin communique pre-
viously had reported a fight of
several enemy planes from the
west and northwest" over the Blight,
which contains the naval base of
Helgoland and heavily fortified
islands near the coast.
Last night a reconnaissance of
Helgoland Blight was carried out
successfully by several r. A. F. air.
craft" said the air ministry's an
nouncement.
Only meager details. of yesterdays
widespread German air raids on
Britain's eastern coastal waters were
available here today.
In one attack three men aboard a
trawlel were reported wounded by
machine gun attack by two Ger
MN planes
Berlin announced the sinking of
two minelayers and destruction of
an armed commercial vessel In
the raids.
Radio listeners in Northumber-
la: d. Norfolk and Lincolnshire
heard S o S signals, but lifeboats
Soarched tho eeo for y,oora <ho~ ~
hours without finding any victims.
An aid raid warning in the Lon
don area proved to be a false alarm.
Evening star., 1940-02-21

bring about international economic
repercussions was expressed by Sen
Gtor Adams, Democrat, Of Colorado.
He sale there was some feeling
among banking committee members
that termination OF purchases
might comphcate attempts to adjust
the dispute with Mexico over seiz-
ure OF American oil properties, since
Mexico has been one of the chief
benef1ciaries Of the program.
The Federal Reserve Advisory
Council, composed Of ~ prominent
bankers representing banks in each
Of the IL Federal Reserve districts,
Evening star., 1940-02-21
House Committee Puts
Off Finnish Loan Bill
Action Until Friday
Hearings Are Concluded,
But No Positive
Decision Reached
BY ]. A. O'LEARY.

The House Banking Committee to-
day put of action until Friday on
the Senate-approved bill to enable
the EXport-1mport Bank to lend
Finland s20,o00,0OO out of a pro-
posed $100000,00 increase in the
banks fund to stimulate American
exports.
Completing nearly a week of hear
lngs on the measure, which already
had been the subject of separate
hearings by two Senate committees,
the House group held a preliminary
executive session today without
reaching a decision.
Col. John H. Jouett, president of
Evening star., 1940-02-21

In August, 1889, soon after pedes-
trian control regulations were put
into effect, 139 pedestrians were in
jured. The total injured in January,
1910, was IS, a decrease Of 54.
Evening star., 1940-02-21
Dutch Batteries Fire
Upon Foreiqn Planes

AMSTERDAM, Feb. 81 CF.-Anti-
aircraft batteries fired on foreign
planes Of unknown nationality last
night near Denhelder, a Neither
lands naval base, q communique
announced today.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-02-16

Rad Blank {. 1O1 C.S.A. Cd
byva sch1ze 2. sobotu v mesfci
v 8 hodin vecer v Sokolovne.
Pfeds. Jos. Novotny, 1912 E.
Eager ST., mfstopreds. J. Pro-
chazka, tai. A. Vancura, 9O6
N. Madeira St., 1cet. AL. Ma
SEX, 626 N. Curley ST., pokl. K.
Stock, 2412 E. Monument st.
Patronat Ceske Svob. skoly
Augustin Herman odbyva sve
schGze 2 stfedu v mesici We
SkOln1 budove v 8. hodin vecer.
Pred. Step. Tuna, mistopreds.
j. Prochazka, tai. M. Kraft,
TIC N. Milton Ave-, 1cet. R1z,
Stock, pokl. Vic. Kilian, uciteI
K. Zahradka. Dopisy zasilej.
tie ma tajemnici.
DISTRICT Karel Jonas {. 1Oe
G. B. u. odbyva schnze kazdJ
4 ctvrtek v mesfci v els. 221S
Ashland Av. PTeds. F. Soukup
mfstopreds. J. Tyc, tai. a 1cet
J. l.. Cermak, so N. Miltor
Ave-, pokl. Jaroslav Cermak
BIT N. Glover st.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-02-16
Omyl no stall zivot.

V uherskohradiStske nemoc-
nici zemrel sestadvacetilety del
nix Frantisek Smejkal z Rajec
ka u Brna. Smejkal byl "a
mestnan v jedne brnenske to-
varne. Dojfzdfval do Brna VIA
KEN a vecer sc odtud Ease vra-
c1val dom1. Asi pred tydnem
sedl Smejkal omylem do nepra
veho vlaku, jenz no mfsto do
Rajecka veil ma moravske Slo-
vacko. Smejkal seznal svIj o.
teprve We stanici, kdyz
WAX jiz byl v pohybu. Byl u
smrcen.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-02-16
C.. S. A.

Rad Jiri Podebradsky (. "a
.C,S.A. odbyva schGze posledni
pondelf v mesfci v mist. Ceske
Svob. skoly, Ashland a Glover
ul. Lacine ~pojistenf pro oboji
pohlavi ma $1,000, $3.50, $500,
$3.50. u Loze tez mono po-
jistiti dftky cd 2 let vyse.
Pfedseda Jan Proxies, tai. K.
Stock, 2412 E. Monument St.,
1cetnfk Jind. Polacek, 623 N.
Curley St., pokl. V. Pavlik,
1901 Gardenas Avenue.
Rad Jaroslav z DUDE {. 1874
Loze Jaroslav z DUDE {. 154
6. S. A., odbyva schGzi kazdy
3 patek mesfci v mistnostech
Delnickeho Domu,25O7 E. Ma
olson st. Preds. K. Rys, tai.
A. Rys, $40 N. Glover ST., 1cet.
JOS. E. Flip, 1873 N. Milton Av.
pokl. j. zitnfk, 1924 N. Port St.
do Patronatu: F. Hell
duk, J. Prochazka. Zastupce do
Sdruzenych Spolk1 K, Matras.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-02-16
POLITICKE KLUBY:

Cesky Demokraticky Klub 7.
wardy odbyva m6sfcnf schdze
| patek v mesici v 8 bod. vecer
We sve mfstnosti 838 N. Chester
I'll. Pfeds. Jan Dolfvka, m1sto-
pfeds. Rud. Behounek, ucet. V.
PazOurek, pokl. John Cermak,
tai. L. Kot6sovec, 523 N. Castle
ST., domOvnik John Sanda. We
Skere dopisy budte adresovany
ma t~ajemn1ka.
Demokraticky Klub CeskJch
MladikG 7. wardy odbyva sve
schGze kazdou nedeli v klubo-
WI m~fstnosti {. 21OO Ashland
Ave. v 1890 dopol. PTedseda
Vaclav T. Klfma, mfstopreds.
Ant. Smrcina, tai. Vaclav M.
Zelenka, 722 N. Port St., 1cet.
Charles Fisher, pokladnik Jas.
Bocek, dOmovn1k G. Holub.
Prvni Americko-C esky Dam
sky Demokraticky Klub z. war
dy odbyva mesfcnf sch1ze tretf
stfedu v mesfci v 8 hodin vecer
" klubovnf mfstnosti, 838 N.
Chester st. PTeds. B. Rfha, ma
mestka R. Fischer, tai. A. Ne
jedlfk, 1cetnice B. Rob, pokI.
A. Itch, strazkyne M. Vlk. W.
Dor majetku: M. Nemec, M.
Rokos. vybor ma nemocne: M.
Klecka, A. Svoboda, A. Smrha.
Spravkyne klubu: A. Svoboda,
M. Kastner. Uctujfcf vybor: M.
Cermak, K. Sevcik. Zastupce
do Sdruzenf: A. Peleska, A.
Zelenka, FAB. vybor B. Benda.
Do Svazu KatolfkG F. Rob, K.
Skrabek. Do Mar. Sdruzenf:
NJ. RGzicka, B. PaTfzek.
Observation-Disclosures CT
vic Association kona schulz ka-
zdy tfetf patek V mesfci We Slo-
venskem Dome, rob Eager a
Montford ulic. Emil MynaT,
pfeds., Jan Wallis, mfstopfeds.,
Jan Kordula, pokladnfk, VIM.
Oktavec, mi. zapisnf tajemnfk,
Antonfn Jesatko, fin. tajemnfk,
Josef Pokorny, strazce (Ser-
geant of Arms.) Veskere zpra-
Wy a dotazy vyfizuje VIM. Ok
tavec, NIL, tai. 24O9 E. Monu-
ment ulice.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-02-16

V Italii pocali Italove
platiti novou dvouprocentnf
dan z prodeje. Dan tato zahr-
nuje We skutecnosti vsechen
obchod, cd krejcoviny az pc to
varn1 vyrobu.
V mnohych pffpadech, jake
ma pTfklad v departmentnich
obchodech, dan Dude placena
celorocne. Obchody il vsak bu-
dou pocitati zakazn1kovi. Men
81 obchody, jake ma pfiklad
hoilci, kadernfci, mcdaniel v
garazich a podobna zamestna-
nj, dan pTipocitajf k cenam a
dali ma nj zakaznikGm oficiel-
nj stvrzenku.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-02-16
Adresar csl. spolki.
SPOLKY:

Staly Stav. Spolek "Slovan-
stvo" odbyva pravidelne schG-
re v els. 9O1 N. Patterson Park
Ave. rob Ashland Ave. v pom
deli vecer cd 6. do 8. bod. JOS.
FiSer, pfeds., F. J. Hradsky,
mfstopTeds., F. j. Hejny, tai,
Jos. F. Viktor, pokl. Pravni
zastupce Karel j. Novak.
Cesky Stav. Vyp. Spoil. "Sla-
vie" odbyva schGze kazde pom
deli cd $3.50 do 9. bod. vecer v
mfstnosti 73O N. Collington av.
PTeds. A. Klecka, mlstopfeds.
J Novotny, prot. tai. A. svejda
2. tai. v. Hubka, pokl. j. Koe-
nigsmark, pravnf zastupce S..
Kirkley.
STAY. Spolek sv. Vaclava els.
L., odbyva sve pravidelne schd-
re We sve mfstnosti {. $40 N.
Chester St., kazde pondelf 8.
hodin vecer. Predseda F. Otce-
nasek, mfstopreds. Karel Pc
terka, tajemnik Vaclav Krato-
civil, vyp. tajemnfci: Eduard
Sup1k a Jan Dol1vka, pokl. F.
Supfk, pravnf zastupce Frank
j. Pintner.
"Zlata Praha" Stav. Phi.
Spor. Spolek odbyva schGze
kazdou stTedu Cd Z do 9 hodin
vecer v mfstnosti 901 N. Pat
terson Park Avenue. Penfze
Sc ukladajf a pGjcky Sc spro-
stfedkujf. PTeds. Anton zit-
nix, mfstopTeds. j. Rob, tai.
J.. L. Cermak, SO N. Milton
Ave-, pokl. L. Soul, pravnfk
Karel Novak.
Cesky Amer. Stav. Spolek
odbyva schGze kazdou sobotu
vecer cd 1880 do 9. vecer v no.
We mfstnosti 73O N. Collington
Avenue. PTedseda J. Lehecka,
mfstopTedseda F. Hejny, tai.
A. J. Svejda, pokl. V. Zeman,
vyp. tai. T. Velenovsky, pray
nix Eduard F. Dob1hal.
Madison & Bradford SITS.
Stav. a Vyp. Spolek, 901 N.
Patterson Park Ave. Uraduje
Sc kazdodenne vyjma ctvrtka
cd 9 do IL bod. dop. a Cd 1 do
4 odpol. V sobotu cd 9 do IL
dop. R. Novak, pTeds., ]. Ne
mec, mfstopreds., K. Matousek
tai, Jar. Cermak, pokl., Jan
Cermak, vyp. tajemnfk, K. J..
Novak a E. F. Dobfhal, pravni-
ci. Pravidelne schGze kazdy
patek cd Z do 9 hodin vecer.
cesky Stavebni a Vypomoc-
ny Spolek "Slovan" odbyva
pravidelne tydnf schGze kazde
1tery cd Z. do 9. bod. vecer, v
{. 1927 Cherry St., V Sokolske
Budove, Curtis Bay, BALTIC. Md.
V. Kozlik, pfeds., F. Kuska,
mlStOpfeds., F. PuncochaT, tai.
w. Marek, vyp. tai, F. Bernat,
pokl., F. j. Pintner, pravnf
zastupce. Adresa spolku: 1927
Cherry ST., Curtis Bay, Md.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-02-16

Rad Cechie, {. 2775 Standard
Life Asso. odbyva sve sch1ze 2
a 4 1terek v mesfci v Delnic-
KEN Dome, Madison a Rose ul.
Pfedseda Vino. Suchanek, TIT
n. Milton Ave-, mfstopredseda
Flip Noha, tajemnfk Ant. J.
svejda, 73O N. Collington Ave.
(uradovna "Slavie"), 1cetnfk
Aug. Klecka, pokl. F. Base.
domovnfk F. Kankovsky.
Del. Podp. Spolek "Rovnost''
odbyva schHze kazdou 3 stredu
v m6sfci We spolkove mistnosti
v Delnickem Dome, Madison a
Rose ul. Predseda Jan zitnfk,
tajemnfk F. Cincibus NIL, 811
N. Rose ST., 1cetnik FIR. Cinci-
bus ST., 721 N. Montford Ave-,
pokladnfk V. Svec, 813 N. Clio
yer ST. Revisofi: j. Santa a A
CincibuS.