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Evening star., 1940-02-18
FEC. Gets Extension
Of Time for Report on
Radio Distress Calls
Use Of Voice or Code
On Inland WATERWAYS
Yet to Be Decided
Star Staff Photo.

Faced with the task of digesting a
complicated, two-vo,ume report. the
Federal Communications Commits
sion has obtained from Congress an
extension of time for reporting on
what form Of radio transmission,
voice or code, should be used by
distressed vessels operating on in
land waterways.
The report, replete with intricate
tables, was handed the commission a
few days before it was to have been
forwarded to Congress. With the
extension Of time, the report, COM
mission officials said. was sent back
to the staff for rewriting and brief
ing.
When it comes back it is expected
to furnish the basis for a lengthy
discussion on the merits of use of
voice radio in times of distress at
sea. The report recommended that
voice radio be required exclusively
on ships Of the Great Lakes and that
the use of code radio or code be
m .de optional in sending distress
calls on ships plying the Chesapeake
Bay and other inland waters.
Further controversy may be stirred,
before the committees Of Congress.
if not before the commission, when
they consider the report over the
proposal to provide voice radio
exclusively on ships plying the
Great Lakes. Labor leaders already
have protested against the recon-
mendation because they say voice
installations will cut down on em-
ployment on ships, Voice sets would
be operated by license operators,
but not of the same grade and ex-
perience as those required to be
aboard ships which carry code sets.
Evening star., 1940-02-18
Japanese Oppose
Dutch Plans for
Batayian Navy Base
Three Super-cruisers
Projected by Holland
As Part Of Scheme
BY M. w. FODOR,

Chicaso Daily News Foreisn Correspondent.
THE HAGUE, Feb. 17.-Wfth the
United States as an OH -stage third
party, Japan and the Netherlands
have come to grips over The Hague's
project to erect . Batavian naval
base armed with three super
cruisers.
Intense antagonisn exists among
Japanese leaders against this
scheme.\ They fear . threat to
Japan's naval position in Far East
ern waters as well as potential aid
to the United States In q struggle
! for Pacific power. and this explains
Tokio's recent notice Of abrogation
OF It's arbitration treaty with Hol.
land and Its offer to conclude nom
aggression pacts with South Pacific
nations.
On its side. Holland remains de-
termined to go through with its in
tention and there is reason to be-
lieve that the Dutch government is
acting on well-defined scheme
; paSeQ on expert advlce.
A short time ago Holland an
nounced its intention to build three
cruisers comparable to the French
Dunkerque, with $1,000 tons dis
placement, armed with eight IL
inch guns, and-thanks to the lesson
learned from the sad fate Of the
German pocket. battleship Admiral
Graf Spec off Montevideo-so pow
erfully armored as to resist the best
of Japanese gunnery.
Japan is anxious that a naval base
at Sourabaya, Batavia, shall not be
built and that the three cruisers
shall not be constructed. In order
to dissuade Holland, Japan, on Feb
ruarys II. gave six-month notice OF
denunciation Of the treaty OF arbi-
tration signed with the Netherlands
in April, 1888. At the same time
Japanese spokesmen intimated
Japan's willingness to sign treaties
of non-aggression with nations OF
the South Pacific.
Copyright. 1889. chieaRo Daily News, Inc
Evening star., 1940-02-18
Chicago Courts Longest
Case Sets Another Mark
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. Feb. 1.-THE longest
case in the Municipal Courts history
was prolonged q bit more today-by
the longest jury deliberation on
record in civil suit.
The jurors attended 137 court ses-
sions in 95 days and earned approxi-
mately $3.50 apiece for their services.
They considered 100000 words of
testimony, SO pounds of. records and
215 pounds of exhibits. They heard
ia witnesses.
At issue was the claim of William
Cleary, court reporter. He asked
$4,000 allegedly due from the
Chicago Title g. Trust Co. under an
escrow agreement made in 1927.
The defendant firm contended there
was no such understanding.
The nine women and three men
on the jury retired at $3.50 pm. yes
terday. They established a new
mark for consideration of a civil
matter at $3.50 pm. They resumed
their debate at am. today.
They almost agreed on one point
the noon lunch menu. Eleven
ordered chicken salad. The dissenter
requested a jelly roll.
Evening star., 1940-02-18
Communist Party Selects
New York for Convention
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE Com
munist party's National Committee
today selected New York City for its
presidential nominating convention
and set the date for May 80.
William z. Foster, national chair
man, declared the party was "10C
per cent" for renominating Earl
Browder as its presidential candi-
date. Browder, general secretary
is under a four-year sentence for
passport fraud and recently was de-
feated for a congressional seat from
New York City district.
James w. Ford, Harlem Negro
probably would be nominated for
vice president, Mr.. Foster said.
The committee meeting was closed,
but statement issued at its con-
clusion quoted Browder as saying:
THE issue among the American
masses is no longer a third term
it is a third party"
Evening star., 1940-02-18
German Shock Troops
Beaten Off, Say French
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, Feb. 17.-More than 200
German shock troops were beaten
OF, French military sources said to-
night, in a dawn assault on French
outposts described as the heaviest
Nazi attack in recent weeks on the
snowbound western front.
The Germans. attempting to
pinch off advance posts established
by the French near the German
border, were held of by heavy
French counter fire, however, and
retired at daybreak. No mention
was made of the number Of casual
ties on either side.
A French patrol penetrating deep
into German territory earlier suf-
fered losses in a mine field west
Of the Saar.
Evening star., 1940-02-18
West Penn Power Asks
Approval Of Financing
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
West Penn Power Co. of Pitts
bursh, asked the Securities Com.
mission yesterday for permission to
issue new securities to raise funds
for plant expansion and improve
rnent which It said would cost more
than 1900, 900.
The application covered 5000 900
Of per cent first mortgage bonds,
series K, due March /, 1910, ana
24.023 shares Of ~ per cent cumu-
lative preferred stock Of 500. par
value.
The company said that 1t proposed
to add q 10000 kilowatt generating
unit at its Windsor power station.
along with substation and trans
mission line facilities.
It estimated 1910 plant improve
ment expenditures at 81, 400 900. with
q similar amount to be spent in
l041.
Among the underwriters were
listed w. G. Langley & Co., Bonn
bright & Co., Inc, and the First
Boston Corp.
Evening star., 1940-02-18
Finland
Continued From First Page.)

defenses constructed since the first
Of the year by students and other
volunteers.
The 1900 Russians were said to
have been slain In a combat in the
Kuhmo sector, halfway up Finland's s
long eastern frontier, where the
Helsinki communique reported a
force Of three battalions and recon-
naissance units destroyed and the
remnants hurled back across the
frontier.
But in the Verdun-hke conflict
along the main Mannerheim line de-
fenses below Viipuri the Firms said
they had withdrawn "in some places
to positions farther back"
The seriousness of the situation
was emphasized by the Finnish
army's order for removal of all OF
the few women and children remain
ing in bomb-scarred Viipuri and
the calling to the colors of the class
of 1898, the third called up in foul
days.
The Kuhmo battle lasted several
days. the Firms said, and among the
dead was Russian colonel. They
also reported the smashing of Rus
sian sled attacks across the ice o1
Lake Ladoga and another along the
lakes northern fringe.
Situation Remains Grave.
These successes, however, did not
relieve the gravity of the situation
on the Karelian Isthmus. But a
foreign observer well qualified to
comment saw in the situation there
reason for continued Finnish hopes
He said that while the Russian
attack along the Karelian Isthmus
had been heavy, armies frequently
abandoned positions under terrific
pressure and later regained them.
It was pointed out that a lull in
the Soviet attack must ensue to en-
able the Russians . to consolidate
their positions and that in that
event the Firms could counter-at-
tack.
How extensive and how serious
were the Russian inroads into the
isthmus defense could not be es-
tablished. The new positions fur
ther back" to which the Firms with
drew are between the Gulf of Fin
land and the Vuoksi River, which
would include the Summa sector
where the hottest fighting OF the
karelian campaign has been Waged,
Evening star., 1940-02-18

Twenty-six, or almost one third, of
the Districts traffic fatalities last
year were centered in rectangle in
the downtown area, roughly bounded
by Florida avenue on the north
Pennsylvania avenue on the south
Maryland avenue on the east and
New HAMPSHIRE avenue on the west
Evening star., 1940-02-18
Increased VOLUNTEERING
Expected in Sweden

LONDON, Feb. II R).-A Swedish
radio news bulletin said tonight that
intensification of the Finnish volun-
teer movement in Sweden may be
expected in the near future.
The announcer said that Swedish
policy covers all possible help for
Finland, except military intervcn-
tion."
Evening star., 1940-02-18
Education Association
Hears Brown Predict
Long War Of Attrition
y. S. Interest to Focus
On Jopun in East
Indies, He Asserts

A long war Of attrition in Europe,
with American interests focused
rather on what Japan may do in the
East indies. was predicted last night
by Constantine Brown, foreign af-
fairs columnist of The Star, before
the annual dinner meeting Of the
Education Association Of the Dis
trict.
Mr.. Brown painted for the ap-
proximately $50 educators in the
Willard Hotel a picture Of absolute
stalemate on the western front, with
efforts to create a dynamic second
front" by the allied forces now
massed in Syria doomed to failure.
Finland, he said, was the place
where that second front might sue
cessfully have been set up and some
action injected into the conflict, but
this was passed up by Chamberlain
and by the unwillingness Of the
allies to make formal break with
Russia.
The speaker said he saw determi-
nation from top to bottom to keep
America out of the European con-
flict, but that this did not mean the
United States would not get into
war. If Japan takes over the Meth
erlands East Indies according to in
dications, he said, the Japanese will
have all the raw materials needed
to deal a heavy blow at American
economy and throw millions out OF
work.
With the exception of Mr.. Browns
address, the program was presented
entirely by teachers. A trio OF teach
ers-Louis Potter, jr.; Franklin
jackson and Hendrick Essers-
played musical selections during the
dinner and Mrs. Hester Beal Prov
enson Of the University Of Mary
land gave poetry portraits. The
programs were printed by the Abbot
Vocational School students. Mrs.
Mary s. Resh, president, presided,
introducing guests at the head table
and those on the program.
Those seated at the speakers table
were:
Evening star., 1940-02-18
Will Edit Annual

Miss. Barbara Pipes. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Roy Pipes, 1866 Irv-
ing street NV, has been chosen
Junior college editor -in-chief of the
Linden Leaves, annual publication
of Linden Hall, IititZ, Pa.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-03-09

juice, Green food coloring, 2 egg whites
and 1-16 teaspoon salt. Cook sugar
and water slowly for ten minutes. Add
to strained lime juice. Cool. Add green
food coloring. Pour into freezing tray
of electric refrigerator, allow to freeze
firm. Remove to ice cold mixing bowl
and beat with rotary egg beater until
mixture becomes light. Fold in stiffly
beaten egg whites to which salt has
been added. Return to refrigerator and
allow to finish freezing. Set control at
the 9TH position for freezing and 4th
for holding until serving time.
LITTLE CAKES.-Top your favor
lite cup cakes with icing to which little
green coloring has been added.
For table decoration why not try
three Gardenias floating in a shallow
bowl. Adds a note of distinction and
a pleasant aroma.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-03-09

GEEING that the calendar regis
~ tiers an early Easter, the earliest
in years, the problem of what to
wear becomes a matter for Dame
Fashion and the Weatherman to fig
ure out between themselves. It's
safe to say that the deciding vote
will be cast by the latter.
Sunshine or shadow, snow, sleet,
rain or the gentle zephyrs of a
balmy spring day, be assured that
the new fashions are "all set for
come what may. Two trends that
may be depended upon to carry the
message of style at the same time
that they fling defy to the Their
mometer's ups and downs are the
chic suit versus the gay little frock
(notably pastel or navy wool or a
bright print worn under a smart
topcoat.
The suit theme is exciting this
year in that there is such a riot of
types from which to make choice.
Designers are playing suits up in
every expression from stunning util-
itarian well-tailored three-piece en-
sembles that give you a jacket, a
skirt and long coat of handsome
tweed, as shown herewith in the il
lustration, to soft little dressmaker
types Especially bolero models)
that make feminizing flattering de-
tail most interesting. There is GER
tainly good logic in buying a suit
as pictured, for while it makes its
debut in the Easter style parade,
it also serves as a perfect founda-
ton on which to build spring ward
robe that offers endless possibilities
for mixing and interchanging, SO
as to tune TO occasion.
There is no question but what
you will be smart in tweeds but
you will be equally as chic in the
new casual suits of endless variety
that top cleverly fared skirts
(gored, pleated or circular-cut with
contrasting plaid or striped wool
jackets. However, by no means will
the tweeds and jacketed skirts cap
ture all the honors for on the horizon
looms rival contestant. It's the
suit, coat or entire ensemble that
flares the vogue for navy blue in
big headlines across the spring bull
letin. Watch for navies!
Suits, however, are rot going to
have it all their way for hosts Of
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-03-09
Plaid Taffeta Is
High Spring Style
Stunning for Daytime and
For Party Wear.
By CHERIE NICHOLAS

The bigger the plaids the better,
is fashions verdict in regard to the
handsome plaid taffetas that design
ers are making up into the most
stunning party frocks eye ere be-
held.
Making big appeal to the younger
set are the gowns of peasant infu-
ence that have full fioor-length
skirts of the plaid taffeta topped
with delectable sheer white lin
gerie blouse. Clever too, are the
dresses all of the plaid fashioned
with fitted bodice that accents the
new nipped-in waistline.
Plaid for daytime wear, too, is
the message. A blouse of gay tat
feta plaid with gypsy tie girdle
will look charming with your new
navy bloero suit. You can get
plaid, also striped taffetas in pastel
colorings to aid in carrying out the
new pastel ensembles so fashionable
this season.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-03-09

easily digested food, plenty of fresh
fruits and vegetables, and very small
portions of sweets and starches.
SOFT MAKEUP MOST
FLATTERING
Your makeup it of utmost import
ance if you are to run competition with
youth. Soft shades that harmonic
with your skin tone are more fattering
than the harder, brighter effects.
Choose shades with little warmth and
be sure that your rouge and lipstick
is carefully blended. he younger girl
can get by with a more "slap-stick"
appearance than the mature woman.
Older skin, too, has a tendency to
dryness which in turn encourages
wrinkles. The wise woman will make
it a practice to cleanse her face at
least once a day with cream and to
apply a rich night cream before re
firing.
And if your hair is streaked and
craving or has lost some of its youth
full sheen, remember that it can be
tinted to its rich natural looking color
by the application of efficient modern
preparations. Gray hair is give
away. Cleaning, satiny hair is an
accepted symbol of youth. Don't over
look that important feature.
As l said in an earlier column, this
is leap year. Don't let the years handi-
cap you. Follow these simple sugges-
tons; get in there and pitch and you'll
carry off the honors because you are
old enough and clever enough to know
what it's all about.
What are your beauty problems?
Write Marie Downing, Ldrieuse Beauty
Foundation, Room 521-319 North ST.,
ST. Louis, No., and she tcdl be glad to
ansWer them. Be sure to enclose a self
addressed stamped enueIope.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-03-09
Subtle Designs in
New Spring Prints

Prints with an oriental inspira-
ton show subtle harmonizing colors
on olive green or deep blue back
grounds. These prints in bold de-
signs have a diffused coloring that
is difficult to identify. They are an
effective contrast for plain dark
furs ond may be worn with a wide
variety of accessories.
A pictorial print in blue, yellow,
red and green without a definite
pattern creates a Persian effect that
is lovely with either brown or black
furs.
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SnoOds Just Now
Milliners' Delight

For drama in fashion, study back
views of head and hat. Snoods are
the milliners' delight, and the more
fantastic the more in keeping with
the style trend. Many of the newer
tiny hats plunge forward over the
forehead and you wonder how they
stay on until the back view comes
into sight. Greets the eye snoods
of versatile type, that anchor the
wee hat firmly, or ribbon bandeaux
and bows that girdle the head and
the most whimsical of contrivances
that creative genius can devise.
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1t hardly seems possible that Easter
is Just two weeks away with the damp,
snowy and dreary days we still have
with us. However, we do know that
when the sun does decide to shine it
certainly will and bad weather or no
bad weather the spring styles in all
their beauty and color will blossom
forth. This, of course, brings to mind
that one of the first things to tab on
your schedule is the Press Club of Bos-
toms Annual Award Service which will
be held at 4th NJ f. Church, Sunday,
March II at 3 pm. The club feels
that many would like to cooperate with
them in truly giving the Atty. ]. S. R.
Bourne and Mrs. H. Abbie Durbin
ais, Atty. J. S. R. Bourne and Mrs. H.
Abbie Durbin, program that they will
long remember so come one, come ALL
Lecture Hall, Public Library, Boston
Sunday, March 10, $3.50 pm.
american Policy in The Far East"
Professor G. Nye Steiger. pm. "But
Good Queen Bess Lives on Forever"
Emily Vance, reader and lecturer
Musical accompaniment by Frances
Archer Madsen Thursday, Mar. IA, s
pm. "Pacifc Northwest and Columbia
River Basin" Illustrated by r. A.
fitzpatrick Field and Forest Club
Comse).
This week we will leave Boston and
head toward the historic town of
bingham. The Historical Museum for
merly called "Old Ordinary" was built
in 1850 and is open daily from June to
August The Town Mill was built in
1913. One of the oldest churches in
continuous service in America is the
cold Ship Church." built in 1851. This
town is full of historic lore and the
Journey to the town is a most delight
full trip by car.
AstrOnOmy-The Observatories are
in Harvard University, Harvard So,
Cambridge, and Wellesley College,
Wellesley An interesting drive to
either point and very informative
trip around the observatories.
Foreign FOOds-Let's visit around
home again this week and drop in at
the famous "Estelle's" located on Ire
mont Street, Boston, for that tasty and
delicious Southern Fried Chicken Din
Continued on Page 81
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fashion followers will no doubt de-
eide that gay little print or pastel
frock worn under smart and pro-
tective topcoat is the ideal solution
of the Easter dress problem. 1t
adds to the glamour of prints this
season that they are styled so fetch
ingly with emphasis on pockets that
give the coveted NEW" look. The
dress shown to the left will slip
under your coat most graciously for
it is made of 100 per cent pure silk
crepe print that patterns a maize
colored ground with brown polka
dots-a very smart color combina-
ton stressed this season. The di-
agonal pockets in the skirt together
with centered front fullness achieve
the very fashionable pegtop silhou-
cite.
The fashion of the simple basic
dress that transforms into a CLAM
our costume under the magic touch
of different accessories still holds
good. New for spring is the basic
dress done in delicious" monotone
pastel colorings that are typically
Easter in their refreshing loneliness.
See the costume in the foreground
to the right in the group. Here a
yarn turban, a well-tailored pastel
frock, spanking fresh gloves and a
peplum belt bespeak the Easter cos
tune ideal. The rediscovery of
peplums adds zest to the current
mode, and the fact that you can
buy separate peplum belts, such as
this fashion-alert young woman is
wearing, makes the idea even more
intriguing, for it can be worn again
and again with different dresses. OF
suede soft as pussy willow this
peplum belt by Criterion has a
graceful sweeping line, the fluting on
the edges giving it a decidedly
dress-up air.
The modish young lady conferred
in the picture encircles the waistline
of her simple basic dress with one
of the new pretzel-twist patent leath-
er belts by Criterion. Note that
the hat that crowns her stylish head
carries out the pretzel treatment of
the belt
Released by Western Newsnaner linton
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-03-09
Accent on Pockets
Is Fashion Dictum

The accent is on pockets this sea-
son, and no mistake. The more at
tention called to the pockets that
decorate your costume, the smart
er your style. Which leads up to
good news, big ncws-you can buy
neckwear sets that include little
frilly val and embroidered pieces to
Finish Off your pockets, pique
bows too and other cunning gadgets
matched to the collar.
More news! Selling in the neck
wear departments you will discover
separate lace sleeves and lace col
lars to match.