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Evening star., 1940-02-15

expert, who advocates the rating
system, reports that in Wisconsin,
where the plan has had the longest
trial, employers are striving gen.
orally to stabilize employment even
IN definitely seasonal industries.
with the result that great benefits
have resulted to workers. I'm one
striking instance" he writes, "a meat
packer who laid of an average of
about IS per cent of his employees
annually from 1925 to 1895, has been
able to achieve almost complete pay
roll stability. In the last six months
OF 1886, after his stabilization plan
went into effect, he laid OF fewer
than 40 out of a total pay roll of
1900. Formerly he would have as
many as 500 layoffs in the first six
months of the year."
In opposing experience rating. one
labor group has issued call for
uniform national unemployment
compensation system, insisting that
benefits should be increased and the
laws of the States simplified.
On the. other side, the American
Legion, In a convention resolution.
urging adoption, improvement and
continuation Of merit rating of en-
ployers, registered opposition to
Federal legislation or rulings by
the Social Security Board, which
would curtail or hamper the full
exercise of merit rating by the sew
eral States"
Evening star., 1940-02-15
Finn Gifts 10 Be Taken
In 80 Movie lobbies

Gifts for the Finnish Relief Fund
will be collected in the Hobbies of
more than 80 Washington motion
picture theaters Saturday and Sum-
day, the Rev DR.. Edmund A. Walsh,
chairman of the Washington unit
of the fund, announced today.
The collection teams, 116 young
women attired in typical Finnish
costumes, will ask patrons Of the
theaters for donations as they enter
and leave the movies.
The volunteer collectors. many of
them members of the Washington
Civic Theater and Finnish American
Group Of Washington, are headed
by Miss Lansing Hall.
Her committee includes Miss
Eleanor Hurwitz, Miss Evelyn Frey
man, Miss Doris Cooper, Miss Janice
Norton, Miss Sara Meigs, Miss Mimi
Norton, Miss Jean Duke Miss Helen
Myer, Miss Claudette Warfe, Miss
Betty Seibert and Miss Edith Sog-
nier.
A. j. Brylawski, as president of the
Motion Picture Owners of Washing
ton, will represent the theaters In
the arrangement.
Father Walsh said he had received
word from national headquarters
that 81 SOC, 900 has been donated to
the fund from Nation wide sources.
The industrial division which only
three weeks ago pledged itself to
raise a million dollars, has already
collected 100000, Father Walsh re-
ported.
Evening star., 1940-02-15
Is Held for Jury Trial
After Baltimore Party
By the Associated Press-

By the Associated Presa.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 15.-Approx-
imately 10 employees Of the Social
Security Board Accounting Division,
arrested Sunday night in a police
raid on stag party, forfeited col
lateral bonds Of $2.7o each last night
in Police Court, but 13 other persons
were held on bond for jury trial.
Bonds for the 13 ranged from
$500 to $1,000. They included four
women, charged with performing in
an indecent show, and nine men,
charged with operating . disorderly
house. conducting an immoral show
and intent to show obscene Aims.
After the raid, Social Security
Board officials said about 70 of those
arrested had been identified as
Government workers. Four board
employees, named as participants in
the promotion of the affair, were
suspended pending an investigation
by board officials.
Evening star., 1940-02-15

Nu0Au uS UTAvCyAEU.
Day in and day out, the Diamond
Lightship strains at her 7-ton
anchor upon the dangerous shoals
Is miles from Cape Hatteras guard
ing "the graveyard Of the Atlantic" :"
one Of the most treacherous stretches
Of the seven seas.
Captain and crew know that other
Diamond lightships hav egone down
in howling hurricanes. One even
was sunk by a submarine.
The present hghtship Of 825 tons
was built in 1922 to take the place
of another which grew old in the
service. Her lights, IS feet above
sea level, are visible for II miles,
except on q stormy night, when
the horn is brought into play.
Tender Brings Food.
The great fog horn echoes its
blast is miles away.
"Old Hundred and Five" warns
Of dangers of the deep with her two
high mounted lights and her mighty
voice. She wallows in 174 feet Of
water.
The crews spend go full days and
nights aboard this ship that never
sails-except when she's torn from
her mooring. They have 30-day
leaves. A tender comes out once a
month with fresh vegetables, fruits
and necessities Of the lonely life.
Evening star., 1940-02-15
Probe Sought in F. B. !.
'Gestopo-Like' Arrest

MILWAUKEE,, Feb. Is R.-De-
nouncing methods used in the arrest
of DR.. Frederick c. Lendrum as
"Gestapo-like, the Executive Board
of the Milwaukee Branch Of the
American Civil Liberties Union has
demanded an investigation.
Agents of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation arrested DR.. Lendrum
at his Milwaukee home last week
following his indictment in Detroit
on charges of helping recruit Detroit
residents for service with the Span
ish Loyalists in 1888
The committee alleged that four
F. B. agents forcibly broke into
DR.. Lendrum's apartment at am.
on February 6, handcuffed him, took
him to their headquarters and then
ransacked his apartment. They re-
fused to tell him the reason for his
arrest the committee said, denied
him permission to call his lawyer and
later refused to tell his counsel the
reason for his detention.
Evening star., 1940-02-15
Funeral Rites Held
For Mrs. Hurley 4

Funeral services were held todav
TOR Mrs. Catherine w. Hurley, a res
ident OF Washington for 10 years.
who died Tuesday at her home. 1919
Belmont street NV, after a short
Illness
MRS. Hurley was q. native of Ire
land. She was SO years old.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs.
Annie E. Hopper, Mrs. BERTHE Palmer
and Mrs. Daisy Beaver, all OF Wash
ington, and Mrs. Ethel Gearhart Of
Baltimore. She also leaves three
grandchildren and two great-grand-
children.
Following a requiem mass at st.
Pauls Church, Fifteenth and v
streets NV, burial wss held in
Rock Greek Cemetery.
Evening star., 1940-02-15
100000 Libel Action
AGAINST n. FIFE
Is Given 10 Jury
A. F. 6. (. Suit Grew
Out of Editorial
In the Federal EmpIoye

Nearing a close after two weeks
Of testimony, the 5000, 900 libel ac-
ton OF the American Federation Of
Government Employees against the
National Federation of Federal En-
ployes was submitted to a jury in
District Court shortly before noon
today.
The suit, filed nearly three years
ago, grew out of an editorial in the
Federal Employe, official organ of
the National Federation Of Federal
Employees, in March, 1887. The edi-
torial attacked the rival group,
which earlier had been beset with
internal troubles that had brought
about a change in leadership and
had resulted also in the expulsion
of group of lodges that had joined
in picketing demonstrations at
Government establishments because
OF trouble between the employees
and administrative officers.
The plaintiff contended the or
ganization had been hbeled by being
held responsible for the conditions in
its ranks.
The American Federation of Gov
ernment Employees was set up by the
American Federation of Labor after
the National Federation of Federal
Employees withdrew from the A. F..
OF L. IN a dispute over classification
legislation
Of1cials Of the two organizations
occupied different sides of the court
room as Justice T. Alan Goldsbor-
ough gave the case to the jury.
Charlton Ogburn and Arthur Rey-
man were counsel for the plaintiff,
while William E. Leahy and William
J. Hughes represented the defense.
Evening star., 1940-02-15
Man Is Sentenced
To $50 Days for
Traffic Fatality
Ernest T. Mckay
Convicted Twice in
Homicide Cose

Ernest F. Mckay, 80, a hospital
attendant, today was sentenced to
serve $50 days in jail after the Sec
ond conviction on a negligent homi-
eide charge by Police Court juries
within the last eight months.
Sentence was imposed by Judge
John p. McMahon, VINO presloeo w
the second trial last month and who
once postponed sentence to grant
defense attorneys additional time
to study questions of law involved
in a motion for q new trial filed
February 5.
Mckay was held by the coroner
following the death of Miss GLADYS
Karr, Is, Of 1874 Eleventh street Sc.
from injuries received December 18.
1888, in. an automobile accident in
the 1900 block of Alabama avenue
Sc, In which his car was involved.
The tall, bespectacled defendant,
dressed in a gray suit, was accom-
panied to court by his attorney. F.
j. Donohue. No comment from
either side was forthcoming as
Judge Mcmahon reviewed facts of
the longstanding case.
Before passing sentence, the court
remarked:
"On the facts before me, this is
an extremely serious case. A partv
OF four young people riding in an
automobile on the proper side of the
road became involved in an acci.
dent because the defendants car
swerved across and struck them. As
result, a young woman's life was
snuf1ed out just when it had hardly
begun.
Il recall testimony to the effect
that the defendant had been drink
ing prior to the crash and coupling
that evidence with all other circum-
stances involved, I can do nothing
but confine Mr.. Mckay. l therefore
impose a sentence of 800 days in
Jail"
Mr. Mckay received his sentence
without any show of emotion and
was taken Immediately to the cell
block where he conferred with his
attorneys in regard to his release
on an appeal bond Of $1,000.
His attorney told the court that
I'VE will determine subsequently
whether or not the case will be
taken to the United States Court
of Appeals of the District of Co.
lumbia."
Mckay first was convicted on the
charge by jury last July after
numerous continuances. Three days
later motion for a new trial was
filed, and Judge Edward M. Cur
ran. on July 7, granted the new
trial, which was held before Judge
Mcmahon last month.
Evening star., 1940-02-15
Communists Propose
District improvements

improvement of. terrible condi-
tions" at the Blue Plains Home for
the Aged and 1nfirm and of "the
entire welfare situation in the Dis
trict" was urged today in a legis-
lative program proposed by the Dis.
trict Communist Party. .~
1t was asserted that the so-called
war boom had failed to increase
employment in the District and
pointed out that $500 Government
workers had been dismissed and a
$24 ,0O0, 900 Federal building program
scrapped, meaning unemployment
for thousands of building trades
workers.
The right of suffrage here was up
held. Prosecution by the Justice De-
partment of District building trades
unions under the Anti Trust Act was
condemned. An equal rights bill
prohibiting segregation Of the races
on any Government property was
urged.
AAC Pal W ACCOIluucIlUeO lV-CSQL
milk. with price of cents for
the unemployed; restoration of the
81 weekly streetcar pass and scent
fare. Municipal ownership of utili-
ties and transit lines was urged.
The party opposed any taxes ex-
cept those derived from income and
inheritance.
Reorganization of the Alley
Dwelling Authority, with repre-
sentation from labor, tenants and
colored people was another recon-
mendation. The party also urged
restoration of the 100000 cut in
the District health budget; District
labor department; better educational
facilities and more Fairgrounds.
Evening star., 1940-02-15
Congress in Brief
TO-DAY.

Senate:
Takes up $1,os2, 900 900 Treasury
Post ONCE bill.
Labor Committee considers nomi-
nation Of Philip B. Fleming to be
wage-hour administrator.
Monopoly Committee studies in
surance investments in farm areas.
House:
Resumes debate on naval appro-
priation bill.
Secretary Wallace discusses farm
program with Agriculture Commit
tee.
Labor Committee continues hear
ings on Wagner Act amendments.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
win not meet.
Joint Committee on Forestry holds
hearings, 10 am.
Military Affairs Committee meets
(executive), 1880 am.
House:
Continues consideration of naval
appropriation bill.
Labor Committee resumes hear
ings on proposed amendments to
Wagner Act, 10:30 am.
Evening star., 1940-02-15
Civil Liberties Director
To Insist Indictment
OF Is Be Quashed
Discrimination Charged
In Singing Out Friends
Of LoyoIist Spain
By the Associated Press.

Roger N. Baldwin, director Of the
American Civil Liberties Union, said
today he would insist to the Attor-
ney General that the indictment OF
16 persons in Detroit in connection
with enlistments in the Spanish
LOyalist Army be dismissed.
The indictment is dishonest" he
said in a statement. TT is an at
tempt essentially to punish a po-
litical minority for its views under
cover Of technical violations of the
law. Most of the defendants are
Communists. Discrimination is evi-
dent in singing out friends of 10y
alist Spain when no action is taken
against enlistments for Finland or
the French Foreign Legion. None
was ever taken against the open
recruiting in years past for the Irish
Republic"
Evening star., 1940-02-15
Bituminous Output
Drops During Week

The National Coal Association
from incomplete car-loading reports
from the railroads, estimates btu
minous coal production in the United
States for the week ended February
10 as approximately 100000 net
tons.
Production for the corresponding
week, 1899, $500, 900 tons; 1888, g.
866, 900 tons. Percentage of change.
1899, increase 1913 per cent; 1898.
increase 427 per cent.
The report of the Bituminous Coal
Division Of the Department of the
Interior shows production of TO-
800, 900 tons for the week ended jan
uary 27, and 10,200. 900 for the week
ended February 3, 1910.
Evening star., 1940-02-15

The Atlantic storm covers q wide area
and 1t is of great intensity and this morn
ing 1t was apparently centered about $50
miles east Of Nantucket. Mass. moving
miiiibars tSs. 80 inches, Il is accompanied
by strong winds up to whole gale force over
2 wide area. Pressure is high from the
ern States. Sauit Sainte Marie. Mich.
1:02s.1 millibars 40 SO inches). A new
disturbance Is moving eastward over the
Junction Colo. 99S,O millibars (2a47
inches) During the last "a hours there
has been general precipitation mostly in
and North Atlantic States. LIGHT rains
occurred in southern Texas. while rather
general precipitation occurred in the Pa
ueratures have fallen considerably in the
unper Ohio VALLEY and the Middle Atlantic
Ouf Stetes and the lower Missouri Valley.
Evening star., 1940-02-15
Ferry Service HdIts
As Water Is Blown
Out Of Horbor
BY tho Associated Press.

BY tho Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Feb. l5.-An-
napolis- is-Matapeake Ferry serv-
ice was suspended today by high
winds that blew water out Of
Matapeake Harbor.
Ferry officials reported the
combination Of Q 40-mile off,
shore wind and low tide so re-
duced the depth Of water in
the harbor that an oil barge
grounded In front Of the ferry
Slip.
They expected service to be
resumed later today when the
barge is foated.
Evening star., 1940-02-15
Tommies See Imoqe
OF Virgin in Clouds;
Find 1t Nozi Trick
6y the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
PARIS, Feb. 15.-Press &C.
counts from the front sector oc-
cupied by the British today re-
ported that Tommies manning
an outpost during the night
suddenly saw an image Of the
Virgin Mary appear in the
clouds with cher arms out
stretched In entreaty.
The commander sent out q
patrol which returned with the
information that the Germans
were projecting the image from
. machine on the ground.
Evening star., 1940-02-15
Weather Report
Gather Bureau.)
(FurniShed ny the


District Of Coumba-Far
slowly rising
diminishing
Maryand-Fa colder
increasing cloudines and slightly
visns-Far and colder except in extreme southwest portion
tonight;
interior; light southwest portion tonight
tonight slightly
Evening star., 1940-02-15
Teachers Put to Work

Nearly 1000 unemployed teachers
have been put to work in 347 new
schools in Belostock, Russia, in
which classes are being conducted
in the Russian and Belorussian
languages
Evening star., 1940-02-15
Report fer Last - Hours.

Reeerd fer Last - Hsurs.
(From noon yesterday to noon today)
Hizhest. 33, noon today. Year AGO. 68
Lowest, 25 9 pm. yesterday. Year
Record Temperature This Year.
Highest. "a. on February 12.
Lowest. z. on January 20.
Humidity for Last - Hsurs.
tErom noon Yesterday to noon today)
Htghest 81 per cent, at $50 pm. yes
Lowest, 33 per cent. at noon today.
The oua and Neon.
Rises. Sets.
sun. today - 7:01 b:4A
SUN. tomorrow - 700 $40
Moon today ---- 1887 am. -
Avtomcbile lights must be turned on
Evening star., 1940-02-15
Losses in War at Sea

following losses reported since Sat-
urday night, February 10:
Evening star., 1940-02-15
River Report.

River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers muddy
at Harpers Ferry; Potomac muddy at
Great Falls today.
Tide Tables
FURNISHED BY United States Coast and
HAndotir Gfrrv
Evening star., 1940-02-15
Guards GRAVEYARD.

the lighthouse service was merged
with the Coast Guard last summer.
Evening star., 1940-02-15
Lightship

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1940-02-15

Aqtomcbile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
pFecipitstion.
Evening star., 1940-02-15

Monthly c prectpitation 10
Evening star., 1940-05-30
Manners
of the
Moment

Some people have peculiar habit
of being terribly close-mouthed over
the phone if the person they have
called is out: They refuse to give
any information about themselves
or their business to any one else In
the place. If you are the one who
is struggling to take the message
for your friend or boss, you half ex-
pect the man on the other end of
the wire to say: II refuse to talk
until see my lawyer"
If he but knew it, his whole atti-
tude casts suspicion on him. You
are quite sure that his business Is
either unpleasant or illegal. And
besides that, you feel resentment
over the fact that he obviously con-
siders you an incompetent who can't
get q message straight.
Naturally, these two reactions are
not the sort that you will keep to
yourself. You will tell your friend
or boss when he comes in, somewhat
bitterly: "A nameless man Cor q
Mr.. Jones) called you, but refused
to tell anything more about what
he wanted or who he was. Sounded
like an insurance salesman to me- '
And, thereafter, no "Mr. Jones" OF
nameless man will ever be able to
find his quarry in.
Can't you see that, Mr.. Jones?
You're running your own game.
You might as well come clean from
the start. You may never get
through to the boss. But you stand
q much better chance If you stop
acting like q man who is hiding q
crime. JEAN.
Evening star., 1940-05-30

We have different games, but after
refreshments there Is always q call
Tor Post ONCE"
All Of us like to play it. but mo-
body knows the ofncial rules. Each
time q different person leads the
game 1t is played differently. Can
you send us the rules? E.B.
We're sorry, but we don't know
OF any Official rules for post Once" !"
1ts just one Of those games which
are universally played by young
people OF a certain age, with soma
variations in different parts of tho
country.
We think that one variation is
about as good-or as harmless-as
another. At most, the game ia
merely an excuse for a little we'll
regulated kissing.
Probably your crowd will outgrow
the game rather soon. Most Young
people lose interest in kissing games
about the time they start doing
any regular dating.
Are you nervous On a date be-
cause you're not sure of your
table manners? Our Ease When
Eating Out" leaflet will help you.
Send 5 cents in coin or stamps
to Kay Caldwell and Alden Har.
rfson, In care Of this newspaper.
Evening star., 1940-05-30
Sandwich Filling
For Picnic Menus

Now that the season of outdoor
living is being welcomed back, there
Is need to apply ourselves once more
to the art of sandwich making. A
properly put together sandwich now
becomes an accessory of q main
dish for many menus.
The use of rolls or buns with such
inspired filings as deviled egg and
chopped ripe olives on tomato slices
is something to offer backyard-gar-
den or picnic enthusiasts without
apology. Other combinations for
the roll or bun include a well-sea-
soned mixture of chopped or sliced
ripe olives, minced green pepper and
onion in mayonnaise on tender
slices of ham, tongue, bologna or
corned beef.
Ripe olives take to a seasoning of
chilli in sandwich filings, too. An
appetlzing example is the combina-
ton of 70 cup grated soft American
cheese, 70 cup cream, " cup chopped
or sliced ripe olives, one teaspoon
chilli powder and one teaspoon
minced onion. This may serve with
no addition, If you like, as a spread
for white bread. Or for picnics
and those occasions when heartiness
OF the filling is an attribute, use as
a spread on boiled ham or any ten
der meat between bread slices.
These proportions will spread six
sandwiches. You've a choice be-
tween ready-to-use chopped or
sliced ripe olives for these numerous
filings and cutting the fruit from
the pits of inexpensively sized
whole ripe olives.
Evening star., 1940-05-30
Plan Ironing First;
1t Saves Time

Ironing can be as smooth as your
best finished tablecloth If you organ
ize the operations beforehand. II
you still are ironing by hand, you
undoubtedly have worked out your
own way of manipulating the clothes.
In the first place, in any event,
arrange your equipment and ma
terials in the most convenient Sc
quence. Place the clothesbasket on
a chair or stool at your left, and on
the floor If you have an ironer,
because you will be sitting down
to iron, anyway, and won't have to
bend double. Close by, to the right
OF your ironer, have a rack for the
finished clothes. Keep few hang
ers handy, too, for dresses and
blouses. 1t saves folding and pre-
vents creasing after you have ironed
the piece.
You will see to it that the light
Is on your ironing, of course. Iron-
ing in the kitchen is just a habit
left over from when the old sad
irons were kept hot on the stove, and
there is no reason why you should
not iron anywhere you please. Ger
tainly you can find less crowded
space than the kitchen. A sunny
dining room or a cheerful bedroom.
Why not? Each has q great deal
more temporary storage space than
the kitchen. Such rooms almost
always are much closer to the linen
closet. the shelves and the bureau
drawers where the finished ironing
finally Is placed.
Fold the larger pieces as they come
from the line. Don't crumple or wad
anything. That Just mashes extra
creases into them, to be pressed out
afterward when you sit down at your
ironer.