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Evening star., 1940-08-31
Defense Aim Is 10 Avoid
MIGRATION Of Workers
a. the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 31.-The
U. S. Civil Service Commission, sur
veying Government war industries
to determine their civilian needs,
lis anxious to avoid migration of
workers." Commissioner Arthur S.
Flemming announced here.
when workers leave their own
area for jobs in another area, then
the first area SUFFERS" he explained
yesterday after an inspection of the
Frankford Arsenal. Navy Yard,
Army and Marine Corps depots.
Every civilian job in every
arsenal, every navy yard and every
Army and Marine Corps depot will
be filled as soon as our national en-
ployment machinery gets into full
swing"
The commissioner said his Eastern
inspection trip will include the Bos-
ton, Portsmouth and Norfolk Navy
Yards and arSenals at Dover, N. j.;
Edgewood, Md; Watervliet, N. Y,
and Springfield and Watertown,
Mass. He added:
What we are doing Is finding
what each one of these places needs
in the way of civilian personnel"
Evening star., 1940-08-31
Dies Probers Study
Records Seized al
German Library
Dutu Confiscuted in
New York includes
List of 70, 900 Names
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Aug. 31.-Agents
of the House Committee Investi-
eating Un-American Activities to-
day studied books, financial and pay
roll records and correspondence of
the German Library of Informa-
ton which were seized yesterday in
the organizations Offices adjoining
the German Consulate.
1t was the third similar action
involving German organizations in
recent days. Both the German
Tourist Information Office and
Trans-Ocean News Service-which
has no connection with any Ameri-
can news service-have been served
with subpoenas.
Among the records taken by
Stephen Birmingham, chief inves-
tigator for the committee, of which
Representative Dies is chairman,
were a mailing list of 10000 names
and copies of Facts in Review, a
weekly tabloid paper, in which ap-
pear speeches by Adolf Hitler, Off
cial German communiques and Ger
man versions of disputed events in
neutral, belligerent and conquered
countries of Europe.
The investigators said many of
those who received copies of the
tabloid also received free a large
volume entitled Hitler's Germany,
in which the activities of National
Socialism are presented.
The library, said the investigators,
also issued motion picture films,
lantern slides of romantic German
spots and latest records of Lord
Haw-Haw," English-speaking Ger
man radio commentator.
Similarly, they said, radio pro-
grams giving time and wave lengths
of short-wave broadcastS, and list
ing the broadcasts of Lord Haw-
Haw" in bold-face type, were dis
tributed by the library.
DR.. Matthias Schmitz, in charge
Of the organization, said several
months ago the functions of his
Office were similar to those main
tanned by British and other foreign
information libraries in this country.
Evening star., 1940-08-31
F. H. A. Indicates Jump
In Home Construction
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Stewart Mcdonald, Federal hous-
ing administrator, said today in
creasing applications for F. H. A.
mortgage insurance indicates ex-
ceptional autumn activity" in home
construction.
In the week ended August "a, Mr..
Mcdonald said. 4.904 applications
for mortgage insurance were re-
ceived. This was so per cent great
er than in the corresponding week
of 1899 and compared with 4,855
in the preceding week.
The administrator reported also
that borrowing for modernization
and repair reached a 1910 peak in
the month ended August "a, with
total of $3.50 loans amounting to
s23 ,688, ,423.
The Federal Home Loan Bank
Board reported that home mort
cages amounting to 1857, ,054 900
were recorded in July, compared
with $685., ,463,O0O in June and
$500 $500 in July, 1899.
Evening star., 1940-08-31
BY the Associated Press.

6s tne hSSOCldteu fIeSSs
LONDON, Aug. 31.-The defenders
of Briton are using a sort of me
chanical bird dog" to hunt down
German night raiders.
After holding up this dispatch for
more than "a hours, the British GEN.
sor permitted disclosure for the first
time today that pointing" Is done
not only by searchights but by an
ingenious range-and-course pre-
dictor which the British call a
sausage machine" and by other
equipment of a nature kept closely
secret.
1t works something like this:
With the secret devices apparent
ly listening apparatus) anti aircraft
guns and crews determine the posi-
ton and direction of the approach
ing raider. They feed this data into
the sausage machine" which turns
out series of positions for the plane
in the immediate split-second fu-
ture.
These positions then are SUBJ
JCCtCu W ACdFy lllc llOIll ., o. dllu
as inch anti-aircraft batteries
Searchlights also cover these spots
to try to catch the raider in the
beam for the benefit both of ground
gunners and defending fighter
planes.
The crews say that once an enemy
is caught in the glare. it is relatively
easy to hold him in the light of first
one beam and then another until the
anti-aircraft guns or fighter pilots
can catch up.
The difficulty is to catch the raider
in the first place, since sound travels
slowly in relation to the speed OF
planes.
Nevertheless, military circles credit
the anti-aircraft guns with destroy
ing about 100 Germans in the past
month. The record is much better
than in the World War, when gun
ners fired an average of 5000 rounds
for each plane brought down.
In addition to the course-plottine
Evening star., 1940-08-31
Midwest Demands
lis JUST Share Of
Defense Business
800 From Nine States
Meet in Kansas City;
Will Bring Plea Here
By the Associated Press.

KANSAS CITY, Aug. 31.-Eight
hundred businessmen from nine
States voiced demands at Midwest
defense conference for a lust and
proper share" of the billions to be
spent for national defense.
The resolutions passed during yes
terdays one-day session made clear
the conference was behind the Ma
tion's defense program and that it
was not case Of seeking pork" but
only Justice"
Representatives came from more
than 200 communities in Missouri,
Kansas, Oklahoma. Arkansas. Ne
braska, Iowa, Minnesota, North
Dakota and South Dakota. The 81
Senators and Representatives in the
area had been invited, but only five
appeared.
The resolutions, demanding that
the areas resources be considered
in developing "a sound or adequate
preparedness program, will be taken
by committee to Washington for
presentation to President Roosevelt,
the National Defense Commission,
the Army and Navy Boards and
other authorities.
Among the regions advantages
were listed: Invulnerability against
attack. adequate and easily available
raw materials, native-born trained
labor, fuel and power, transportation
facilities and food supplies.
The conference ended last night
with a dinner at which Gov. Payne
Rather of Kansas declared at is one
of the great tragedies of our day
that inland States have been jock
eyed out of their proper position in
the national defense lineup"
Evening star., 1940-08-31
Robert Calls on Bridges
To Stop His Sniping'
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
L. w. (Chip) Robert, jr. secre-
.tary of the Democratic National
Committee, called on Senator
Bridges. Republican, of New Hamp-
shire yesterday to stop his political
sniping at the Navy Department"
The Senator demanded Thursday
that President Roosevelt remove
Mr.. Robert as committee secretary
because of a disclosure that the
Atlanta architectural firm of Rob-
,ert & Co. had been granted fees
atotaling 3l,56O on defense con-
tracts. Senator Bridges urged an
Investigation.
Back from Des Moines, Iowa,
where he attended Henry A. Wal
lace's notification ceremony, Mr.
Robert said in a statement:
ct have always been taught to
cross my bridges when I got to
them. I expect to continue this
practice. Senator Bridges should
know that have been investigated
all my life and mostly by profess
stonals.
But I think it only fair that in
an election year should give my
Republican friends a chance to in
vestigate me also"
Evening star., 1940-08-31
Farley Bids Good-By
To Associates on
Leaving Office
Thanks Stuff for Their
Loyalty in Reeountine
IN Years in Office

James A. Farley put in a plug"
for his new business connections
when he told the staff of the Post
Office Department good-by yester-
day afternoon.
Leaving the cabinet today to be-
come chairman of the Coca-Cola
Corp. and head a syndicate that is
negotiating to take over the New
York Yankees, the retiring Post
master General thanked the 1900
men and women for the loyal and
efficient service in the seven and
one-half years of his administra-
ton, and then, with a grin, asked
them 'if you're not tied up too
closely with the Washington ball
club, pull for the Yankees"
Touched by Cheers.
The crowd whooped at that, and
again when he said there would be
no more work for the day as the
employees started filing past his desk
for a handshake.
Touched by the cheers and ap-
plause that greeted his entrance
into the large reception hall of the
department where the employees had
gathered, Mr.. Farley said it was not
pleasant to end his Government
association. He recalled some of
the humorous incidents that had
cropped up in the course of his
trips covering the vast postal sys-
tenn, and drew an appreciative
laugh when he commented: II was
away some times on business not
connected with the department"
when he said his travels had taken
him more than 100000 miles-the
reference obviously being to his &C
tivities as chairman of the Demo-
cratic National Committee.
Not at Government Expense.
This travel, however, was not at
Government expense, as Mr.. Far
ley left behind him the unique rec
ord of never having filed an ex-
pense account, he told newsmen in
reminiscing on his years in office
Postal representatives on official
business pay no railroad fare, and
all other expenses were financed
either out of the Farley pocket or
by the national committee.
Long before Mr.. Farley said his
farewell to the staff, friends were
dropping by his Office, and later,
Postmaster Vincent C. Burke and
others from the Washington Post
Office came in to wish him luck.
As a parting gift, officials of the
department gave him a set of dia-
mond shirt studs and cuff links.
Mr.. Farley's successor is expected
to be announced In a few days.
Evening star., 1940-08-31

Weekly Outlook.
North and Middle Atlantic Ststes-Show
ers. and moderately warm Saturday and
probably Sunday. Remainder of period
generally fair. Cooler about Monday.
wednesday generally fair and slightly
warmer
Ohio Valley and Tennessee-Local thun-
der showers latter half Of period and in
Tennessee Sunday and Monday Season.
ably warm except slightly cooler in Ohio
Valley Sunday night and Monday.
A disturbance. apparently OF tropical
origin. is central about 225 miles southeast
OF Cape Hatteras. moving north-northwest-
ward about 12 to 8 miles per hour, with
indications of turning more to the north
ward. This disturbance is attended by
hurricane winds near its center and shift
ing gales over q considerable area A dis
turbance Of slight intensity is moving east
ward over Lake Michigan. Sault Ste. Marie.
and another disturbance is moving east
ward over Montana Havre. 1.0105 mill
bars t29S4 inches) Pressure is high of
the Middle Atlantic and North Atlantic
Coast. Nantucket. Mass, 1.022.7 millibars
1920 inches). Pressure is also high over
the Northern Plains States, Bismarck, N.
OAK, 1,O23 millibars t3O.21 inches), and
states. Fort Smith. Ark. 1.02I.3 miilibars
t30.l6 inches). During the last "a hours
showers have occurred in the upper Mis-
sissippl Valley. Kansas, the upper Ohio VAL
ley; the Lake region. the Atlantic States
and along the West Gulf Coast Tempera-
tures have risen in the Middle Atlantic and
North Atlantic States and In Montana,
while they have fallen slightly in the upper
Ohio Valley
Evening star., 1940-08-31
Arthur Kemp Jones,
General Land Office
Law Examiner, Dies
/ Native Of Maryland
Had Been III q Year;
Funeral Mondoy

Arthur Kemp Jones, law exam
iher in the mineral division of the
General Land Offlce, died today at
his home, 1884 Garfielt street NV,
after years illness. He had been
an enpioye of the Interior Depart
ment since 1917.
Mr.. Jones was born in Queen
Anne County, Md. He attended
Queen Anne Academy and received
his law degree from the University
OF Maryland. Until 1898 he was
employed in the law department of
the Merchants Credit and Collec-
ton Bureau in Baltimore.
He volunteered for service in the
Spanish American War and saw
action in the Philippine insurrec-
ton. In Manila he was detailed to
special service under the military
governor, subsequently becoming a
civil employe with the Taft Com
mission.
Mr.. Jones later became chief of
the Division of Documents in the
Executive Bureau. He held the post
until 1905, when he was made clerk
OF the Court of Land Registration
From 1910 to 1915 he was again en-
gagged in legal work with the Bureau
of Public Works in the Philippines.
He returned to the United States in
1915 and two years later came to
Washington to live.
Mr.. Jones was a member of Rich
ard j. Harding Camp No. 2, United
Spanish War Veterans, and be-
longed to the American Federation
OF Government Employees.
His widow, Mrs. Marion Hallett
Jones, survives.
Funeral services will be held at
IL am. Monday at the Gawler
chapel, 1850 Pennsylvania avenue
NV. Burial will be private.
Evening star., 1940-08-31
Escaped Nazis Seized;
Canada Probes CdmpS
BY the Associated Press.


OTTAWA, Ontario, Aug. 81
Two German war prisoners, who
escaped Tuesday, were captured to-
day and returned to the Ontario
internment camp as the Canadian
government, spurred by other es-
capes, launched an inquiry of its
internment system.
Hans Kibart, rs, an aviator, and
Theodore Steyrer, 28, a non-com-
missioned naval offlcer, were the
prisoners. Kibart was taken shortly
before noon, a few hours after an
armed posse captured Steyrer in
the vicinity of the Spanish River
Bridge, miles from the camp in
the Northern Ontario wilds.
Their escape had brought to six
the number of getaways from Cana
dian camps. Two men are still at
liberty.
Evening star., 1940-08-31
Hollywood Club to Get
Bust of Roosevelt

In return for their healthful eli
mate, California voters will be pre-
sented with a bust of President
Roosevelt next month.
Yucca Salamunich, local sculptor
is going to the West Coast for his
health in about two weeks. During
his four or five months stay he will
present to the Hollywood Democratic
Club a bust for which the President
sat three and one-half hours about
two years ago.
Evening star., 1940-08-31
Senate Finance Unit
Expected 10 Revise
Excess Profits Bill
Hearings Stort Tuesday;
Harrison Hopes for
Completion in Week
BY the Associated Press.

o' Sbc nSooSAoecO ElcoS.
Indications that the Senate
Finance Committee would revise the
House-approved excess profits tax
bill increased today with a state
ment by Senator George, Democrat,
of Georgia that nobody can apply
the bill accurately and that goes for
the experts from the Treasury"
The committee will start hearings
on the measure Tuesday and Chair
man Harrison said he hoped it would
be ready for Senate action a week
from Monday, Senator Harrison
said 1t was the most intricate tax
bill ever presented to Congress"
Both he and Senator George. a
member of the committee, said
spokeSmen for corporations would
get chance to testify on how they
thought the proposed levy would
work out when actually applied. AS
approved by the House. it would
range from 20 to so per cent on all
corporate excess profits.
Simplification Urged.
Senator George declared that
changes were needed in the inter-
est of simplification."
THE Senate is under an obliga-
ton to advise the public and tax
payers of the exact terms" he said.
Legislation of this type is extremely
difficult to draft and we wan to be
certain We are doing what we try
to do"
Another member of the Finance
Committee, Senator Herring, Demo-
crat, of Iowa urged that action be
completed reasonably soon" be-
cause, he said, the more we get
into this thing the more confused we
will be-"
Defense Officials to Testify.
Defense officials urged speedy &C.
tion when the measure was awaiting
House action. They said two Sec
tions, not directly related to the ex.
cess profits tax, were essential to
advancement of industrial aspects
of the defense program
One section would permit costs for,
plant expansion for national defense'
orders to be deducted from taxable
income over period of five years.
The other would remove the present
7 and 8 per cent profit limits on
Government contracts for ships and
aircraft.
Senator Harrison said representa-
tives of the Defense Commission
and Government tax experts would
be among the first witnesses called.
Evening star., 1940-08-31
36 British Dogs
To Be Housed in
Own Raid Shelter
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 31.-Thirty-
six lucky dogs are to be housed
in a blast and splinter-proof
air-raid shelter in Kensington
Gardens.
The project, submitted by
the National Canine Defense
League, was approved today by
the ONCE of Works. But the
league did not disclose how the
fortunate SO are to be chosen.
Evening star., 1940-08-31
x-Joponese Attuche
Returns to U. S. for Visit
BY the Associated Press.
GAM r1r, AHrCTCrn Au1 of ro,

. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3l.-Gen,
, H. Haraguchi, japanese military at
tache in Washington from 1921 to
> 1925, returned to the United States
on the liner Asama Maru yesterday
"to meet again some of my Amer
, lean friends"
+. The general, now retired, is a
member of a committee interested
In promoting tourist travel in Japan
: Haraguchi said he wanted espe-
cially to meet and thank Admiral
Montgomery M. Taylor, who in 1928
: commanded the battleship Wyoming
which rescued Haraguchi's daughter
Mrs, Teruko Inouye, at the time of
the steamship Vestris disaster.
. Admiral Taylor, now retired, lives
In. Washington. He formerly was
commander in chief of the Asiatic
Fleet.
Evening star., 1940-08-31
Weather Report
Furnished by the

FURNISHED
District of ColumbaCloudy
tomorrow slightly
shifting north
Maryland and VgnaCoudy with showers southeast and with
showers
temperature increasing east winds tonight shifting
tomorrow the
uotn nIc change in nternrer
Evening star., 1940-08-31
Mother of DC. Insurance
Firm President Dies

Mrs. Emma F. Peters, mother of
Albert R. Peters, president of the
Mutual Insurance Agency. Inc. of
Washington, died yesterday in Phil
adelphia.
Mrs. Peters was the widow of
Justin Peters, one-time president of
the Pennsylvania Lumberman's Mu-
tual Insurance Co. A second son,
Justin Peters, jr., of Philadelphia,
also survives.
The funeral will be held Tuesday
at the Bair funeral home, 1920
Chestnut street, Philadelphia. She
will be buried there.
Evening star., 1940-08-31
Report for Last e4 Hours

Record For Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest, 81. 4 pm. yesterday.
Lowest. 73. am. today.
Record Temperature This Year.
Highest, 100. on July 81.
Lowest, z, on January %.
Humidity for Last "A Hours.
tFrom noon yesterday to noon today.)
terday.
Lowest. SO per cent. at pm. yesterday.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers muddy
at Harpers Ferry: Potomac muddy at
Great Falls today.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED BY United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Today. Tomorrow
HiSh --------- 500 am. 6:54 am.
Low ---------- 1928 am. 1:17.a.m:
Hish ---------- 6:35 pm. 7:25 pm.
RW --------- 1:02 DIN. 1:50 Pm.
Evening star., 1940-08-31
Belgian Passenger Ship
Reported Torpedoed

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 31.-Mackay
Radio picked up. message today
stating that the Belgian passenger
ship Vile de Hasselet, a former
American liner, had been torpedoed
No details were given in the mes
sage, which was sent by Station
KGT in England.
Evening star., 1940-08-31
Dissent in South Curolinu

GREENVILLE, S. c., Aug. 81 Up.
There must, obviously, be a wet
hiding somewhere in the Hillside
community of Greenville County.
In the Statewide wet-dry refer
endum this week Hillside's vote
was: Dry, 80; wet, /.
Evening star., 1940-08-31
Congress in Brief

: TODAY.
Senate:
Routine business (12 noon, e. S.
sT0.
House:
Evening star., 1940-08-31

Cash income Of United States
farmers from marketing of prod
ucts In 1899 is estimated at $7,7ll,-
900 900.
Evening star., 1940-08-31

Trinidad Island produces more
petroleum than any other spot in
the British EmpiNe.
Evening star., 1940-08-31

Crater Lake, Oregon, with a depth
of 1000 feet, is one of the deepest
in the world.
Evening star., 1940-08-31

FOREIGN STATIONS.
Temperature. Weather.
Horta (FayaD. Azores ciouav
Current 9bservations.)
a.1.ra Gan Juan rrhs rher'o RICO s3 Cloudy
1oinn c.nsJ zon.---- - Cloudy
'-0A' 90 Cloudy n
Evening star., 1940-08-31

The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Sun. today ----- 5;35 6:4I
Sun, tomorrow 5:36 6.3Q
Moon. today -- 343am 5:3l nm
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-02-01

HE WATCHED LANDON-Sen-
ator Borah matted for Aft Landon's
campaign before 'prejudging" him,
but he later confded: Il an, not
for him."
his speech-which he secretly hoped
would stampede the delegates-I
countered Borah leaving his hotel.
1t was past midnight, hot and sticky.
"Come along, Robert, and walk
with me-" he said. cts cooler out
here"
So we walked about the deserted
streets and he talked about Hoover,
the convention, and ALI Landon.
Doubted Landon's Ability.
They'll nominate Landon tomor-
row." he said. "The stage is all
set. Hoover tried to run away
with the convention tonight, but they
don't want any of him. It will be
Landon and Knox, you mark my
word"
''And then what are you going to
do, Senator?"
II don't know. I'll wait and see
what Landon says. But what I'm
wondering is what can he say. He
knows nothing about national or for
eign affairs. I am told he is nice
gentleman, but the country needs
more than that in the White House
in these times. I don't want to pre-
judge Landon. shall hear him out,
but / have strong hunch will not
support him.
He Didn't, Either!
Borah's premonition was right.
Three months later 1 spent day
with him in Boise as he,campaigned
for his sixth senatorial term. We
had a long talk that night in his
room before he retired l remarked
that I hadn't heard him say word
during the day about Landon. e
"And I don't intend to say any
thing about him." Borah replied
quietly. 81 am not for him.
care you for ROOSEVELT"
"Well, Robert" he said, GIVE got
lot of Democratic friends in Idaho
and I think they know where I
stand" And then with a gentle smile
he added, ''That's a pretty good
news story, isn't it?'
1t certainly was. 1t was the big
scoop of the campaign.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-02-01
Mannerisms Mark the Man.
They All Perform Off Guard

Zone woman speaker asked me
for handkerchief just before she
went on" Miss Wells remembers.
Cali through her lecture she stood
twisting it in her hands. When she
returned it, the handkerchief looked
like cruller."
Sen. James Reed of Missouri used
to have a habit of chewing tobacco
in the courtroom, while Sen. David
I. Walsh of Massachusetts can never
speak without thrusting his left
thumb into the corner of his trou-
sers' pocket. Ex-Gov. John G. Wi.
nant of New Hampshire used to
hang his arms straight down his
sides and walk sideways across the
stage like a small boy reciting his
"piece."
Emerson Had 1t Too!
Such mannerisms are not exclu-
sively a modern device. Many years
ago the highly intellectual Ralph
Waldo Emerson had a habit of plac-
ing the thumb and forefnger of one
hand between the thumb and fore
finger of the other, moving them
gently while speaking. Henry Ward
Beecher would emphasize the eli
max of his speech by rising to his
toes and throwing his arms over
his head, virtually pulling the audi
ence up with him.
Psychologists who have watched
such carryings-on from the specta-
tors seat don't believe it's neces-
sarily a matter of nervousness.
Sometimes the speakers are merely
throwing off excess energy. Or, as
one psychologist suggested, it may
not be so much the energy or the
audience as what the speaker had
for dinner.