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Evening star., 1940-03-02
Recreation Not loafing,
Supervisor Tells ParIey

A new philosophy Of recreation
was demanded of the nations recre-
ational leader today by Thomas G.
Ferguson, Maryland State supervisor
Of physical education and recreation.
He told the delegates to the sixth
physical education conference meet
ing at the Y. w. G. A. that there
has been q great fallacy in the belief
that recreation consists of a period
when you loaf and do whatever
you want"
Recreation should be purposeful,
demanding a high degree of skin,
DR.. Ferguson declared, citing "the
much greater satisfaction in play
ing golf which an expert has, COM
pared to the ordinary duffer."
Other speakers today included DR..
N. p. Nelson, executive secretary
of the American Association for
Health, Physical Education, and
Recreation; DR.. Frank s. Lloyd, Of
New York University, and DR..
Josephine Rathbone, Of Columbia
University.
Evening star., 1940-03-02
Senators Study Issue
OF Census Questions

= The Senate Commerce Subcom-
mittee that has been hearing argu-
ments for and against the income
and other personal questions in the
1910 census today began OIL -stage
consideration of whether or not to
urge that the Census Bureau re-
frain from asking the questions.
The fight against the questions
was carried by Senator Tobey, Re-
publican, of New Hampshire, the
author Of a resolution that would
make it the sense Of the Senate that
the two questions in the population
census about individual income
should not be asked.
Since introducing the resolution
Senator Tobey has expanded the
list Of questions which he opposes
on the grounds they are illegal, that
their usefulness is as shopping and
not really needed by the Census Bu-
reau and that any authorizing law
would violate the Bill of Rights.
Evening star., 1940-03-02
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force of clerks and warehousemen
to haul its files and records to
safety and empty freight sheds.
Nearly q dozen boxcars on a near
by spur caught fire. The blaze
jumped across Holiday street and
began sweeping through another
series of freight sheds from which
salvagers were forced to retreat.
leaving behind valuable merchan-
disc.
A pail Of thick black smoke hung
heavily over the area as special de-
tachments Of police were rushed
there from other sections Of the
city to handle the enormous crowds
in the narrow streets.
Firemen turned hose on the huge
grain elevator Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad near the fire.
It was estimated q dozen auto
mobiles had been destroyed and
10 or 13 boxcars were badly DAM
aged. The fire threatened gasoline
service station after nine trailer
trucks were destroyed In an adjoin-
ing garage Of an automobile sales
agency.
Firemen estimated damages would
exceed $500, 900. One fireman was
burned slightly.
Evening star., 1940-03-02
British See Trade
Of U.&Ironsformed

LONDON. March 2 R.-The au-
thoritative British Press Association
said today Sumner Welles' forth
coming visit to London might be
prompted by the United States Un-
dersecretary of States hope Of
finding Europe's warning countries
less divided than supposed"
While some persons in close touch
with the. United States said Mr..
Welles' mission should not be dis
missed as propaganda" for the
United States presidential campaign,
the Press Associations political cor
respondent wrote:
Americas shipping trade with
Europe is gone, as have her great
exports of motor cars, tobaccos and
other things.
I'm their place is an ornaments
boom that will break on the day
war ends. So for these and other
reasons, there is a very genuine
American desire for peace and freer
trading between nations"
Evening star., 1940-03-02
Government
Cotton Price Minima
Urged on Legislators
Scheme Put Forward as
Substitute for New
DeoI's Program
3y the Associated Press.

6y the ASsoclateo PreSS.
CHARLOTTE, N. C., March A.
Government fixing Of minimum
prices for cotton and other farm
commodities was advocated by DR..
Francis ]. Clair, Washington eco
nomist, who appeared yesterday be-
fore a group Of Republican Con.
gressmen, here to get views on the
South's agricultural problems.
DR.. Clair, speaking as represent
tative of j. E. Mcdonald, Texas
commissioner of agriculture, and Of
the Association of Southern Com
missioners Of Agriculture, demand
ed that the Government get out Of
the business of buying, selling and
financing cotton and suggested it
fix a minimum parity price Of 17h
cents a pound.
Ten voluntary witnesses testified
yesterday at the first day of the
hearing, generally criticizing New
Deal farm problems. An exception
was 76-year-old w. j. Craig, .
farmer living near here, who said:
Il don't agree with all the pro-
gram, but do know that many Of
the farmers of my county are better
of now than they were before it
was started"
j. A. Baker Of Charlotte, repre-
senting the American Cotton Ship
pers Association, told the Congress-
men the Shippers Association dis
approved of the principle of crop
control, but thought some such legis-
lation was necessary until the Gov
ernment stock of 100000 bales
could be liquidated.
The group, headed by Representa-
tive Hope of Kansas as chairman,
will wind up its two-day hearing
this afternoon.
Evening star., 1940-03-02
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whether the result will compensate
for the sacrifices Of power. Many
examples from military history show
that similar small results gained by
great efforts may in the course of
time prove expensive and even
downright fatal for the attacker."
251 Planes Shot Down.
The Finnish review said 251 Rus
sian planes had been shot down in
February alone, with SO additional
reports still awaiting confirmation
During the first three months OF
the war 1t listed 538 Russian planes
destroyed, not counting uncofirmed
reports.
Concerning the fighting on the
Eastern frontier north of Lake
Ladoga, the review said the Fin
nish army there had shown Its ca
pacity for successful operations"
"Shattering of the 18th Division
Tin the vicinity Of Syskyjarvi during
February is to be regarded as at
least as fine and important an
achievement as the destruction of
two divisions (the 163rd and 44th)
in December and January at .Suo-
muSSalmi." it commented.
Evening star., 1940-03-02

Former Slave Boasts $1,000
Healthy Days Of Life
Alexander Willis
TO Be Congratulated
On Tooth Anniversary

Alexander Willis Of 947 @ street
NV. Is beginning to think he's a
healthy man.
After prayer hour Tuesday night
worshippers Of Vermont Avenue
Baptist Church will gather to con-
gratulate Brother" Willis. a for
mer slave, on being hale and hearty
on his Tooth birthday anniversary
"Hiccups" are the only ailment
that has spoiled Mr.. Willis health
record, he says. Four years ago he
had to visit Gallinger Hospital while
physicians soothed him out of q
hiccough attack.
But aside from that he swears
that illness has never confined him
to bed for q single one of the &c.
500 days he has lived. To demon
strate his agility for visitors, he
flops on the floor and jumps quickly
up again.
Long g-Lived Parents.
For invulnerability to microbes he
has no formula, except the old one
OF choosing proper parents. He says
that his mother lived to be 100 and
his father to be 113.
The first quarter OF his life was
spent In slavery on a plantation in
Orange County, Va. He recalls sew
eral occasions when he ran away
from his master. hiding in the woods
for days and living on diet of
berries and nuts.
The roads north had so many
officers watching them that I could
never get far away-so when I got
hungry enough I came back home
and took my whipping" he de-
clared.
There were all sorts OF masters
in that part of the country and
my boss man was a bad one. I've
still got scars down my back from
his whip. and the vinegar he threw
on afterward," the former slave
asserted.
Slave Meetings Held.
Brother" Willis says he recalls
secret slave meetings before the
Civil War, when Negroes huddled
in their cabins to sing spirituals
softly and discuss vague rumors of
a coming freedom. Negroes were
forbidden to travel from one farm
to another except on "wife-house"
night, twice weekly, when husbands
were permitted to visit their wives
on neighboring estates, he declared.
After the war Brother" Willis
attended night school, learning to
write and read, while he worked as
a hired man on Orange County
farms. He finally saved enough
wages to buy a 23-acre farm, which
he worked for 40 years, until his
retirement at IS.
He then came to the District to
live with a son, the late Rev. James
E. Willis, who was pastor of the
Vermont Avenue Church. Only seven
of his Is children are alive.
The speaker at Brother" Willis
birthday celebration Tuesday night
at the church will be the Rev. Chas-
tine T. Murray, pastor.
Evening star., 1940-03-02
Finnish Soldier Tell,
How Hospitals Are
Russian Targets
Heed Of Relief Fund
Here Makes Public
Letter to ReIutive

Milton M. Brown, secretary of the
Washington unit Of the Finnish
Relief Fund, today made public q
letter written by q Finnish soldier
to q relative in this country de-
scribing Russian bombings OF civil
ians and hospitals.
''The Russians are showing a par
ticular preference for hitting hos
pitals and for machine cunning flee
ing civilians from their planes" +"
Sergt. Roger Linberg, 22-year-old
Finnish oflicer, wrote in a letter to
his uncle, Otto G. Lindberg of the
New York division Of the fund.
Il am witnessing barbarians tear
ing down everything around us that
took centuries to build, but though
the Russians may eventually con-
quer Finland, they will never con-
quer the Finnish people," the letter
said. Yesterday. they bombed out
of commission our strongest radio
station at Lahti, and now they are
amusing themselves by sending out
news from Moscow on that wave
length, that is, their version of
news. The fantastic lies they hand
out are really more laughable than
irritating.
Economic sacrifices are enormous,
and everybody is conscripted for
the country's best use. Soldiers fam
lilies have to get on as best they can
with the aid of friends or with the
help of the state. How much longer
they can hold out I do not know,
for know Of many families and
friends in real want"
Sergt. Linberg also told of his
mother and father living in a single
room in the city Of Oulu, while his
sister works, cooking food for the
soldiers.
Evening star., 1940-03-02
Club Plans Hike
Near Pennsylvania Line

The Potomac Appalachian -TraiI
Club will leave early tomorrow
morning for a hike in Southern
Pennsylvania and Northern Mary
land.
The party will leave by bus at
am. from Eighteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue NV. and start
their hike In the hemlock grove
where the Appalachian Trail crosses
Pennsylvania Highway 16 near
Bubbling Spring.
Leader Of the trip is Victor How
ard, 6l03 Fourth street NV.
Evening star., 1940-03-02
Dy the Associated Press,

8y the Associated Press. T
HONOLULU, March 2.-This is
the final chapter Of the story about
Capt. Gerasimos Panas Of the Greek
freighter Christps Markettos, who
bought coal to burn, but it wouldn't t
burn.
En- route to Japan with q cargo
Of scrap iron, the freighter was
forced into Honolulu for coal after
battling the worst storm In Capt.
Panas' 80 years at sea.
There were no private stocks for
sale. The Navy had some. first re.
fused to sell and then agreed to
Evening star., 1940-03-02
Skipper Charged for Return
To Navy Of Non Burning Cool
panas bought

at SIS ton. Capt. panas bought
800 tons.
Stokers aboard the ship couldn't
get the coal to burn. The Navy
sent crew which had better sue
cess, but the coal didn't burn hot
enough to keep up steam. Capt.
Panas demanded his money back
That was several weeks ago. Yes
terday the Navy received orders
from Washington to take the coal
back. But it's going to cost Capt
Panas money to get rid Of the coal
He has to pay the handling charges
Meanwhile, coal is en- route from
the mainland for the Christoa
Narkettos' hungry boilers.
Evening star., 1940-03-02
Bridge Players to Vie
For Trip to Florida

Bridge enthusiasts will battle TO-
day in a bridge contest at the Ward
man Park Hotel, with the prize to
be q free trip to Florida for the
winning team.
Sponsored by the Washington
Whist Club, today's tournament will
be played in two sessions, the first
round starting at 2:30 pm. and the
finals at $3.50 pm. It is not an
elimination game and all pairs will
play through both sessions.
The winners will go as the Dis
trict entry in the Southeastern con-
tract championship tournament, q
four-day regional event beginning
March IA in Hollywood, Fla.
Evening star., 1940-03-02
ceived by Hitler since the visit here

ceived by Hitler since the visit here
Of Herbert Hoover two years ago.
1t was believed in some informed
quarters that Mr.. Welles' conference
with Weiszaecker was arranged to
give the Germans an opportunity
for a detailed analysis of German
American relations.
There has been no exchange Of
Ambassadors between Washington
and Berlin since November, 1898,
when President Roosevelt called
home United States Ambassador
Hugh R. Wilson to report on Nazi
anti-Jewish activities and Hitler
called home DR.. Hans Heinrich
Dieckhoff, German envoy to the
United States.
Won Ribbentrop was understood
also to have spoken emphatically on
German-American relations.
To Visit Goering Tomorrow.
An authoritative source said Mr..
Welles was expected to visit tomor-
row with Field Marshal Hermann
Wilhelm Goering and later to con-
fer with Rudolf Hess, deputy Nazi
party leader.
President Roosevelt's fact-finder
is scheduled to leave Berlin shortly
after pm. tomorrow, it was said.
1t was understood the suggestion
for a Hess-Welles meeting came
from the German side. Presumably
1t would be looked upon as a spe-
cial courtesy by the Nazi party
upon whose support Hitler primarily
relies in all his decisions.
The projected meeting of the
American with Hess would replace
a visit with Propaganda Minister
Paul Joseph Goebbels, previously
mentioned as a possibility.
Goering returned to the capital
today after several weeks touring the
western front and observing Ger
man air activity along the north
coast. The time for his meeting
with Mr.. Welles was not given i'm
mediately.
It was said Mr.. Welles privately
also would see "an old acquaintance
who might be DR.. Dieckhoff.
Welles is expected to leave Ger
many by way of Switzerland for
Paris and London.
It was understood that Welles
lunched privately today with DR.
! Hjalmar Schacht, former economics
minister and former president OF
the Reichsbank. He arranged to
dine tonight with Baron Won
Wieszaecker, state secretary in the
foreign Office.
Evening star., 1940-03-02
Virginia House Speaker
To Be Honored Thursday
BY the Associated Press.

b! the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, March IA
testimonial dinner for Ashton Dovell
of Williamsburg, Speaker Of the
House of Delegates, will be given
by a group Of his friends Thursday
Mr.. Dovell announced yesterday
that he would retire at the end OF
the present session of the General
Assembly after 16 years in the
House. He has been Speaker foI
four years.
A group Of Williamsburg citizens
have been active in the Capitol cor
ridors recently in the interest Of the
possible candidacy Of the Speaker
for the governorship.
Evening star., 1940-03-02
Chicago Grain
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, March a. Wheat
prices dropped almost a cent in
early dealings today following re-
ceipt of precipitation in some areas
Of the grain belt.
May contracts momentarily dipped
below 81 bushel for the first time
in two weeks, touching 99%, only
to bound back to around the pre-
vious closing level slightly above 81.
Reports of raids on ocean COM
merce and the belligerent attitude
of European powers Offset peace
talk associated with the Welles'
conferences with the result that
foreign news had little direct mar
ket effect except to create trade
nervousness and uncertainty.
Grain men regarded the hard
wheat belt moisture as beneficial.
A forecast of clearing skies in some
areas, however, tempered selling on
this basis although the long-range
weather prediction promised further
rains early next week and possibly
later. Rain Monday or Tuesday is
in prospect for the Southwest, with
clearing skies later.
Estimates of Government officials
indicating recent redemption OF
loan wheat have brought stocks
still in storage under loan down
to 115,0O0,OO0 bushels, reduction
of about $4,000 900 bushels the past
two months or less, attracted at
tracted attention. Most recent
figures had indicated selling of this
grain had been on slightly smaller
scale.
Some buying on the rally was
credited to milling interests, but
this was short-lived and prices
weakened again.
Corn and oats declined very small
fractions while rye prices were
steady, due to absence of selling.
Lard advanced slightly, rejecting
the improved tone of the hog
market.
At II am, wheat was 3s-H lower,
compared with yesterdays finish;
May. l; July, 977s, and corn was
N-h down; May. 55A; July. ssh.
Evening star., 1940-03-02
Realty Firm Files
Bankruptcy Petition

One Of Washington's oldest real
estate loan and insurance agents
Caywood Brothers and Garrett, Inc.
9l5 New York avenue NV, today
filed in District Court a voluntary
petition in bankruptcy.
Through attorneys Daniel Par.
fridge Sd, and Charles Emngel
Smoot, the firm advised the court
that debts of the concerned aggre.
gate some $35 1886, while assets tota
some $4,906. The petition wa.
signed by the corporations presi.
dent, Mrs. Miriam C. Evans.
Evening star., 1940-03-02
United Food Recipe
Winners Are Announced

The "favorite recipe" contest OF
United Food Stores has Just been
completed, and winners of the $500
in groceries have been announced
BY unanimous vote Mrs. Frederick
G. Irwin, Ais Wisconsin avenue
NV, wins 500 in groceries; Mrs
Irving A. Laity Of Alexandria, Va.
submitted the second prize winning
recipe and receives $50 in groceries
and Mrs. G. w. Kennedy, 3446 Con-
necticut avenue NV, won the $25
grocery prize. Seventy-two addi-
tional entrants won prizes of 81 in
groceries.
Evening star., 1940-03-02
Two Men Kill Each Other
In Shooting Affroy
BY the Associated Press,

BY the A6Soclated Press.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, March a.
Two men shot each other to death on
a downtown street here last night.
Policeman Joe Heiskell said the
two men, identified as John Ray
mond, also known as John Remondo,
80, and Cecil T. Kinbrough, "a, were
quarreling loudly in small hotel q
short time before their bodies were
found.
When he tried to quiet them, Mr..
Heiskell said, one Of the men told
him they were arguing about a girl.
Evening star., 1940-03-02
Nozi Patrols Dispersed
On Front, Say French

PARIS, March 2 R.-French ar
tillery dispersed several German pa
trolls operating in the muddy fields
west of the lower Vosges and in the
Lauter section, military sources re-
ported today.
Bad weather grounded air forces
on the western front.
The French also announced that
allied patrol boats had attacked sew
eral German submarines, but that
results had not been determined.
This mornings French commu-
nique said only, "A quqiet night on
the WHOLE"
Evening star., 1940-03-02
Planes
Continued From First Page

or resulted from similar air attacks
yesterday.
The communique:
I'm the West no special events.
"The air force carried out recon-
naissance flights over the entire
North Sea up to the Orkney Islands.
German planes at various places sue
cessfully attacked English warships
and merchantmen in English con-
voys.
"One ship sank Immediately; on
another extensive fire was observed.
I'm addition, four ships were 50
seriously damaged by bombs that
their loss is probable.
After a night flight over North
west Germany. an enemy airplane
Yesterday morning returned to Dutch
territory at NymVeRen,"
Evening star., 1940-03-02
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This and other comment In the
same vein led to the conclusion
among observers that Mr.. Welles
would find Hitler cold to any peace
talk, except on Germany's terms.
Mr.. Welles would shed no Light on
his meetings with the Nazi ofncials,
but authoritative published outlines
made it plain to him that Germany
considered herself at war to throw
of British grip on world economy
and was resolved to fight until her
aim was attained.
AS q result Of those conversations,
however. a great mass of material
in which Mr.. Welles was particularly
interested was believed already to
have been covered-leaving the par
amount political questions which
only Hitler can answer for the meet
ing In the chanceller's study.
The Fuehrer, no doubt, had re-
ceived beforehand q good idea from
Won Ribbentrop of what to expect
in the meeting with Mr.. Welles.
The Undersecretary was the first
distinguished American to be re-
Evening star., 1940-03-22
Stockholders Dissolve
Huey Long Newspaper

By the Associated Press.
HAMMOND. La. March 22.-The
late Huey P. Longs American Pro-
Evening star., 1940-03-22

uiAhs uAAA PoSe
president of the Virginia Bankers
Association. was given great praise
for the program arranged under his
guidance. Types of bonds in which
banks should invest their money fea-
tured the program. Many interest
ing echoes of the meeting were
heard in the financial district today.
Six Vital Bond Factors.
Edward A. Wayne, chief bank ex-
aminer of South Carolina, discussed
the problem of determining the quail
ity Of State and municipal bonds,
urged a planned investment pro-
gram after making allowance for
credit demands, and said the hardest
problem lay in determining in the
quality of the bonds purchased. He
citeo six important factors:
Legality of issue; purpose of issue,
adequacy and permanence of espe-
cially pledged supporting revenues;
efficiency of the administrative ma
chinery of the State: trend of debt
in relation to the general economic
stability Of the State. and general
attitude of the State toward its debt
as evidenced by enacted legislation
and by rulings of its courts.
B. Howard Griswold, jr., senior
partner in Alexander Brown & Co.,
Baltimore, advised commercial
banks against buying long-term
bonds at present prices. Il can see
no reasons for higher prices and
many reasons that might cause
break" he said.
j. Harvey Wilkinson. Richmond,
urged banks to explore possible saw
ings in operating expenses. stating
that the saving of $4,000 was equal
to the income on a 5000 ,000. invest
ment in bonds, and without any
risk. The more volatile a banks
deposits, the more care a bank must
use in investment funds, he said.
Need Of Experts Seen.
The banker must become his own
bond expert, DR.. E. A. Kincaid,
economist of the Federal Reserve
Bank of Richmond, asserted. No
banker should rely entirely upon
outside experts for advice about the
quality of a bond, he added.
Hugh Leach, president of the
Richmond Reserve Bank, expressed
the belief that banks will have to
make large investments in bonds for
a long time to come. Converting
funds into earning assets is the very
essence of bank management, he
declared.
Provident Mutual IS Today.
The Provident Mutual Life In
surance Co. celebrated its 18th an
niversary today with a telephone
broadcast in which President M. AL
Evening star., 1940-03-22
Junior Red Cross
Work to Be Dromutized

The story of the establishment, ex-
pansion and work of the Junior Red
Cross will be told Monday night in
radio dramatlzation scheduled to
begin at 10:45 pm. over station
WRC. The broadcast will mark the
35th anniversary of the founding of
the District of Columbia Chapter.
American Red Cross.
Members of the Washington Civic
Theater are to present the drama
tization from script prepared by
Mrs. Charles Dillon, in charge of ra-
dio for the chapter, and Mrs. Fred
erick w. Pennoyer, jr., Junior Red
Cross volunteer worker.