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Evening star., 1940-10-15
Three Radio Chains Sign
Contract With Union
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK. Oct. 15.-Members
of the American Federation of Radio
Artists A F. L. last night approved
a three-year agreement with the
National Broadcasting Co. and the
Mutual and the Columbia Broad
casting Systems.
The agreement. which covers COM
mercial and sustaining program
performers, provides sustaining pro
gram fees of SIG for a 15-minute
program; S23 for 80 minutes; $27.5
for one hour in New York, with
rates proportionately lower in
Chicago and on the West Coast.
Rehearsal rates represent a 10
per cent increase, if programs are
held to new minimum of rehearsal
time, and 80 per cent increase
under the present practice. N. B. C.
staff announcers in New York and
Chicago gain 10 per cent increase
and other increases go to staff
singers. standby group singers and
signature voices.
Artists bureaus will be subject to
union regulation and will charge no
commissions on minimum fees, or in
instances where they act as en-
ployer, under terms of the agree
ment.
1t was agreed that if by December,
1912, living costs increase 10 points,
pay scales will be adjusted accord
ingly.
Evening star., 1940-10-15
Opera Appreciation Records
Become Part of School Study
Thousands Of Students Listen to First
Of II Broudcusts of Series

The stirring music of one of the
worlds best-loved operas was heard
in dozens of junior and senior high
school auditoriuns and Classrooms
Yesterday as school authorities
launched a novel music study in
cooperation with The Stars opera
appreciation program.
Thousands of junior and senior
high students put aside their studies
to listen to half-hour broadcast
of Gounod's Faust" played from a
WMAL studio by means of the re-
cordingS now being made available
in The Stars campaign. The broad
cast, launching a program which
will feature classroom studies Of the
operas included in The Stars series,
was the first of II weekly broad
casts arranged by DR.. Edwin n. G.
Barnes. head of the music depart
ment in divisions l to 9 of the pub
lie schools.
The broadcast was conducted by
DR.. Barnes, who interspersed the
recordings with a description of the
story and the settings for the arias.
Schools to Receive Sets.
The program was heard in vlr-
tually all the l9 junior and senior
high schools in divisions to and
the 10 junior and senior highs in
divisions 10 to 13 Sets of the re-
cordings of Faust" as well as the
other II operas included in record
ings offered in The Stars campaign,
are being given to each of these
schools by The Star and the Ma
Evening star., 1940-10-15

tioal Committee for Music Appre-
citation.
At Roosevelt High members of
the school orchestra crowded
around a radio in music room to
listen to the program, while hun
dreds of other Roosevelt students
and pupils from adjacent Macfar-
land Junior High School gathered
in the auditorium. where the pro-
gram was presented over loud
speakers.
The scene was duplicated in other
schools. At Mckinley Tech the
program was sent into the audito-
rum and a number Of class rooms
by means of the schools elaborate
address system. At Eastern the
program was heard by scores gath
cred in the auditorium. In some
instances, where schools were not
equipped with radios, teachers
brought their own radios to enable
their pupils to hear the program.
Was Gounod's Best.
DR.. Barnes opened the broadcast
by telling something of the life of
the composer, Gounod. He told his
listeners that Faust" is the great
est opera ever to come out of France
and the finest work Gounod gave
to the world Gounod's mother did
not want her son to become a pro-
fessional musician. he explained,
but the urge toward music was so
strong that Gounod could not re-
sist. Faust" DR.. Barnes explained,
pictures the age-old struggle be-
tween good and evil.
Then, after this introduction. DR.
Barnes told the story Of the opera
and explained the settings for each
of the arias included on the record
ings
Copies of the script used by DR.
Barnes on the broadcast will be
given to each of the Junior high
schools for use by the music teach
ers in the class rooms. This pro-
cedure will be followed on each
succeeding broadcast, to enable the
teachers to tell the story of the
operas as they play the recordings.
Evening star., 1940-10-15
japanese Quiz Grew
On Evacuation Of
American Citizens
Ships Are Booked Full
Till Mid-December
By U. S. Nationals
By the Associlied Press.

TOXIC, Oct. Is Informed
sources reported today that United
States Ambassador Joseph C. Grew
had been summoned to the Japanese
Foreign Once and asked for an ex'.
planation of Washington's action in
advising American citizens to leave
the Orient.
Authorities declined comment,
but it was understood the Ambas-
sador had been questioned at
length.
Passenger agents for shipping
lines. meanwhile. reported that
reservations on vessels bound for
the United States were booked
solidly up to the middle of Deem
ber. They said they were consider
ing placing beds in cardrooms and
lounges to increase accommodation.
II developments warranted.
Numerous Americans were at
tempting to book passage on ships
sailing in the opposite direction
bound for Manila, whence they
hoped to fly homeward.
The Toxic newspaper Nichi Nichi
commented editorially yesterday
that the United States apparently
is committed definitely to enter the
war, after conflicting versions OF
President Roosevelt's Western
Hemisphere defense" speech were
printed in newspapers here.
1T cannot but be regarded as ex-
pressing the intention, if not the
decision. by the United States to
plunge into the war Nichi Nichi
said Of Roosevelt's Dayton speech
outlining defense preparations and
plans to continue aid to Britain.
Newspapers asserted Gen. Yoshisgo
Tatekawa, en- route to Russia as
Japanese Ambassador to Moscow
succeeding Shigenori Togo. is con-
cerned chiefly with, counteracting
British American efforts to effect q
rapprochement with the Soviets.
Evening star., 1940-10-15
Leaders Taking u. 5.
Toward War, Says
Col. Lindbergh
Freedom in Jeopardy,
Colonel Declares in
Broadcast to Nation
(Tert OF Lindbergh Speech on
Page B-6)
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Charging the responsibility to the
country's leaders" Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh declared last night that
the people of the United States have
been led to debt and weakness. and
now we are being led toward war
The noted aviator in a broadcast
address said he was making plea
for American independence" be-
cause it had never been more in
jeopardy.
The entire future of America and
of our system of life hangs on the
action we take and the judgment
We show" he said 1T does not de-
pend upon the outcome of the war
in Europe, but upon men. regardless
of their party, who will lead us to
strength and peace, rather than to
weakness and to war"
Col. Lindbergh coupled this with
the statement that leaders must"
be selected whose promises we can
trust, who know where they are
taking us and who tells us where
we are going"
Paragraph Omitted.
In the prepared text of the address
this was followed by the words:
Our vote next month can either
bring or avoid a disastrous war for
our country. We can either throw
the world into chaos or lead it to new
heights of civilization. Upon
the quality and wisdom of the
leadership that we choose for our
Nation in November-upono our Con-
gress. upon our Senate, and upon
our President depends the future.
Col. Lindbergh omitted these lines.
however, in delivering the speech.
although otherwise he followed his
prepared text closely Neither Presi-
dent Roosevelt, Wendell L. Willkle
Republican presidential nominee.
nor any other living American was
mentioned by name.
The Mutual Broadcastlng Co.
whose network carried the address,
said Col. Lindbergh had sought time
to speak on national defense, and
that the request had been granted
as public service. The company
announced that Col William j.
wild BilD Donovan would reply
to Col. Lindbergh in a radio ad-
dress tonight (at 8:15 pm, Z. S. ID.
Sharp criticism of the Nations
leaders" occupied a major portion
ryC
What we lack today he assert
ed, ''is the type Of leadership that
made US a great Nation
No one doubts that We are in the
midst Of a world crisis. No one
doubts that our defenses are weak.
that our debt is great, that dissat-
isfaction is rising among us. We do
not question the need for rearma-
ment, for reform, for better eco
nomic condition.
What We do question is the
leadership that has brought these
conditions upon us.
/ I'VE do question that the men
who were unable to foresee these
/ conditions in time to avoid them,
who could not foresee the war in
| time to prepare for it, who refused
to believe the reports of rearming
| abroad when there was still time
Ito take action are now competent
to carry this Nation successfully
through a period of great crisis.
Under their leadership We have
alenated the most powerful mill
tary nations of both Europe and
Evening star., 1940-10-15

Asia at a time when we ourselves
are unprepared for action and while
the people of our Nation are over
whelmingly opposed to war
Says Confidence Is Lost.
Again he asserted:
The fact is today that we are di-
vided: we have not confidence in
our leaders
These same leaders who have
failed to solve even our peacetlme
problems. who have a consistent re-
cord Of promise followed by failure,
now ask us to put ourselves in their
hands again as they lead us steadily
toward the climax of all political
failure-War"
Col. Lindbergh said that while the
Nation required an adequate de-
Tense" it Gid not require armaments
running to the astronomical fig
ures Of present plans unless we in
terd to wage war abroad
Evening star., 1940-10-15
Weather Report
FURNISHED by tn


about
colder preceded by rain
moderate northwest winds
Maryland-Ran tonight; rain east clearing in west
portion: portion tomorrow.
north portions tonight and In
clearing rain followed
clearing portion colder north portions tonight
and n portion
ending portion by
much colder tonight slightly cooler
period 49, inclusive
colder tonight with rain fol-
Continued cold Thursday Frost
Slowly Friday
much normal WEDNESDAY
Thursday reaching about normal Saturday
Valley TennesseeRapd and much colder tonight
night Slowly rising temperature THURSDAY Warmer
The will be much below normal
Friday and slightly above normal SATURDAY.
Evening star., 1940-10-15
PIT. A. Luncheon

The Dunn-Loring Parent Teacher
Association will sponsor luncheon
in the Falls Church Baptist Church
at noon Thursday for the Piedmont
Chapter of the American Wal
Mothers. An oak will be planted on
the Dunn-Loring School grounds by
Mrs. P. w. Byrne, chaplain of the
Virginia war mothers, who are hold
Ing q State conference tomorrow and
Thursday at TllS Church.
Evening star., 1940-10-15
Long-Distonee Truckers
Siqn Contract, End Strike
E> the Associated Press.

By the Associated PreSs.
NEW YORK, Oct. 15.-A strike OF
1900 long distance truck drivers,
members of Local 807 of the A. F.
LIS International Brotherhood OF
Teamsters. was at an end today with
the signing of a contract by the
union and the Highway Transport
Association.
The settlement. reached yesterday
after the drivers had been out eight
days, provided for the same wage
scale, but granted a weeks vacation
with pay and the right to set up
arbitration machinery.
Evening star., 1940-10-15
Representative Knutson
Reported Improved

Representative Knutson, Repub-
lican, of Minnesota, entered Provi-
dence Hospital for treatment OF
bronchitis yesterday, but aides at
his office said he is not seriously Ill
and expects to be out by the end of
the week. He is somewhat improved
today, it was said. He is scheduled
to attend a party rally in Min
neapolis this week end.
Evening star., 1940-10-15

The disturbance over Iowa Monday
morning has advanced rapidly east-north-
eastward to the New England States. Bur-
lington. Vt. 1904 : millibars C2a6 inches.
with trough and well marked cold front
extending southwestward to the Louisiana
coast. New Orleans. La. lolh.b milhbars
5000 inchesl. An extensive mass OF cold
air with attendine high pressure. IS ad-
vancing southeastward over the Plains
States and the Upper Mississippi Valley
Dodge City. KanS. 1O31 ) millibars go As
inrhes). and Alexandria, MINI. 1880 \
millibars t3044 inchesI: Moderate to
heavy rains have occurred generally from
the Yves, Gu'f States northvard and mort h.
eastward to the Lake reeion. Much cooler
weather has overspread the Mississippi ana
Missouri valleys the Upper Lake region
and the west Gulf States. while 1t has be-
come warmer in the North Atlantic States.
the Appalachian region and Northern Hocky
Mountain States.
Evening star., 1940-10-15
Osiris Lodqe to Meet

Osiris Masonic Lodge No. rs will
have a CONSUMPTION day program at
7:30 o'clock tomorrow night at the
Masonic Temple. All Master Masosas
are invited.
Evening star., 1940-10-15
Report for Last 81 Hours.

Record for Last 24 Hours.
From noon YESTERDAY to noon today
HIGHEST, 15 noon TODAY. Year AGO, s..
Lowest, 50, 6 am. today. Year ago 3s'
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 100 on July -.
Lowest, T. on January 29.
Humidity for Last 2i Hours.
fFrom noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest. a5 per cent. at midnight.
Lowest, Al per cent, at . pm.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clea r
at HsrperS Ferry: Potomac slightly muddy
at Great Falls today.
Tide Tables.
Evening star., 1940-10-15
FOREIGN Stations.

Moon, Greenwich time. todayD
Temperature. Weather.
Horta (FayaD Azores 50 Cloudy
tCurrent observations)
San Juan Puerto Rico 20 Cloudy
Havana. Cuba so Cloudy
Colon Canal Zone 70 Cloudy
Evening star., 1940-10-15

Chicago is the worlds greatest
railroad center.
Evening star., 1940-10-15

Automobile lishts must be turned on
one-han hour after sunset.
Precipit ton.
Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital tcurrent month to date:
Evening star., 1940-10-15

Furnished by United States Coast and
Ceodetic Suryey)
Evening star., 1940-10-15

The Sun and Moon.
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FORTY BUILDING
PERMITS ISSUED

Continued from Page One)
Cost. $500: owner. Benjamin Fer
nandez.
Repair One-storv frame build
ing at 1880 Duncan street Cost.
$500: owner. Chas. H. Smith.
Paint two-story brick building
at corner Duval and Fleming
streets. Cost, S226; owner, S. H.
KreSS.
Repair two-story frame bust
ness building at 600 Duval street.
Cost. $3.50: owner. Francisco
Zeppa.
Repair porch of one-story
frame building at 722 Love Lane.
Cost. $50; owner, William Spen-
Ger.
Repair twO-stOrv frame build
ing at 336 Duval street. Cost.
$50; owner. Mrs. Annie Baldwin.
General repairs to two-Story
frame structure at corner Flem-
ing and Margaret streets. Cost.
$50; owner. Mrs. Davis Estate.
Building bathroom on one-story
frame structure at 1411 Newton
street Cost, $50: owner, Lille
Manegold
Repair. fence and paint one
story building at $40 Petronia
street. Cost. S23: owner. H
Knowles.
Repair porch and kitchen al
722 Windsor Lane. Cost. $3.50,
owner. Robert Evans.
Build One-StOry frame Struc-
ture at TIP Eaton street. Cost
$50: owner. Clara L. Curry.
Repair roof of one-story frame
building at 627 Carsons Lane
Cost, S38: owner. Murlock Rus
sell.
Repair two-storv frame build
ing. Cuban Club. 1908 DIVA
street. Cost, SIS; owner, Joseph
Fernandez.
Repair one-story frame struc'
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ture at III Olivia street. Cost.
S45: owner. Annie Role.
Repair store room of One-story
frame building at 418 William
street. Cost. $50; owner. A E
Sharpley.
Repair porch and floor of one
story frame building at corner of
Division and Thomas streets.
Cost, 500: owner, Einhorn.
General repairs to one-story
frame building at $50 Grinnell
street. Cost. $50; owner, Naomi
OSterhoudt.
Build two-Story frame building
at 7O5 Ashe street Cost, 500:
owner. VIM. NJ. Albury.
Repair bathroom at 221O Staple
Avenue. Cost. $50; owner. San
tiago Caraballo.
General repairs to two-Story
frame building at 8O1 Waddell
street. Cost, $50; owner, F. c.
Brown
Build one-story wooden Struc-
ture on Amelia street. Cost,
500: owner. Juan Hernandez.
Repair roof of one-story frame
structure at 730 Emma street
Cost, S35; owner, G. E Cam
bridge.
General repairs to one-story
frame building at 722 Eaton
street. Cost. $40; owner. ". A
Thompson.
Build porch on two-Story frame
building at 521 Grinnell street
Cost, $50: owner, E L. Sawyer
Repair porch of one-story
frame building at 612 Eaton
street. Cost, SIS: owner, B. B
Warren.
Build garage and wall, one
story. on Bertha street. Cost
500; owner, Theodore Knowles
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SOS. Bingo
Party Next Monday

The SOS. Bingo Party sched-
uled for next Monday evening.
October 7th. as sponsored by the
students of Mary Immaculate
Convent. will start at 7:30 o'clock
on the Convent grounds.
Prizes will be given for every
round and the special prize of
the evening will be a trip to Mi
ami. Free games and surprises.
including a jackpot on the last
game and a door prize, will also
feature this affair.
Convent girls will collect tick
cts and distribute prizes They
will be dressed in school uniforms
with blue and white hats.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-01

NEW YORK, Oct. Lots of
women have nouted time, but
Elizabeth Achelis of New York is
trying to change it.
She wants to revise the calen-
dar.
This handsome, white-haired
woman, president of the World
Calendar Association, which
would divide the twelve months
into four equal quarters, even up
the lengths of months and make
dates fall on the same day of the
week each year.
The constant change of the
present calendar brings cOnfu-
sion, she says. You don't
change clocks and tape measures
from year to year Why shouldn't
there be changeleSS calendar"
Miss Achelis. a former debu-
tante and member of the League
for Political Education, claims no
credit for the original idea, but
she has put a lot of punch into
it. Eleven years ago she heard a
lecture on calendars and agreed
a change was needed.
Quarters Of 81 Days
The World Calendar. which the
association would like to see go
into effect on the last day of 1914,
divides the year into four quar-
tiers of three months. and 81 days
each.
The quarters begin in January.
April. July and October-each of
these months having 81 days. The
other months have 80 days. This
takes care Of 364. The 365th day
is an extra Immediately after
Saturday, December 80. and is
called December Y or 81 1t Is
classified as a year-end holiday.
The extra day in Leap Year IS
placed Immediately after June 80.
is called June L or 81 and is fixed
as a second world holiday.
With the World Calendar, the
year would always begin on Sun
day. January l. Christmas and
Thanksgiving Day Gf celebrated
in the fourth week of NOvember)
would always fall on Monday.
The calendar association favors
Monday holidays and suggests
that Memorial Day be moved
from May 80 to May 81 and Co
lumbus Day from Oct. u to Oct
9, so they would fall on Monday.
Sees Aid To Business
The new calendar has a great
many advantages. says Miss
Achelis. Since each date would
fall on the same day of the week
each year, it would do away with
that search for a calendar before
one can make an engagement.
1T offers advantages to bust
ness too. Under the present cal
endar system it is difficult To
compare quarterly reports, be-
cause quarters have more bust
ness days than others. The World
calendar would make exact COM
pariSon possible. 1t would aid the
farmer in planting. fix the begin
ming of the school year and make
possible the regular arrangement
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-01
High School Parent Teachers To
Hold First Meeting Of Year Tonight

John Offutt, High School
coach, will be the principal
speaker on the program. He will
talk on Sports Guide Post to
Health and Good Citizenship"
Two numbers have been ar
ranged for the program section
of the meeting. A vocal duet
will be given by Mrs. Carl Ber-
valdi and Mrs. Paul Archer. A
piano solo viii be presented by
Miss Madalaine Weeks, High
School music teacher.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-01
Legion Auxiliary
Meets TOMORROW

Officers of the Arthur Sawyer
Post, No. %, American Legion
Auxiliary group. announced this
morning that a meeting of the
organization will be held tomor-
row afternoon, Wednesday, at
Legion home on Whitehead
street, at 400 o'clock.
This meeting is the regular
monthly SESSION of this organiza-
ton, and all member have been
urged to attend.
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=: SOCIETY =:
Key West Players Predict Birth
Of New Production I'm November

Novel announcements telling of
the Players activities and plans
for the next production were re-
leased yesterday and signed, to
make it official, by Captain Wal
ter F. Jacobs, commandant of
Key West Naval Station.
All interested in acting have
been invited to join in the group.
The Players meet tonight at the
Art Center at 300 o'clock.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-01

and enjoyment of holidays.
But one of the things 1 like
best about it is the fact that, in
adopting 1t nations of the world
would De in agreement on one
thing and would universally OBJ
serve two holidays. One such
agreement might lead to another
and thus the calendar might &c
a step along the road toward
peace.
1t has already been approved
by IA gOvernmentS-thoSe of Bra
I'll, Chile, Mexico. Panama, Peru,
Uruguay. Esthonia. Greece, Hun
gary, Norway. spain, Turkey, At
ghanistan and China.
Miss Achelis and associates
want to see it go into effect at
the end of 1914. because, they
say the transition could De made
then without a hitch Under
the present calendar system, De-
cember 80 of that year falls on
Saturday. The following day
Sunday, December 81 could
then become the new year-end
day and the World Calendar if
adopted would be in effect on
Sunday. January l, 1915.
They advocate an international
conference to draw up an inter
national treaty.
What about undertaking such a
change in war time?
Daylight saving went into eff
feet during the last World War"
Miss Achelis saws. What Is there
about war to prevent a calendar
changer"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-01

The Junior Senior High School
Parent Teachers Association will
hold the first meeting of the cur
rent school year this evening,
starting at 100 o'clock, in the
school auditorium. Mrs. Reba
Sawyer, president, will be in the
chair.
All members of the group to-
gether with their friends have
been urged to attend the meet
ing by the club officers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-01
Political Quiz ANSWERS
Questions on Page Twol

l. Sam Rayburn of Texas, ele-
waited to the speakership of the
House of Representatives follow
ing the death of William B. Bank
head.
2. The five: Ashurst, Smith.
Pittman, Sheppard and Norris.
3. In Jasper.
4 A dirt farmer from Indiana.
5. False. Each state has two
Senators regardless of population.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-01
Mrs. Harry Louie
Recovering

The many friends of Mrs. Har-
~ L. Lowe, VINO was recently
operated on at a local hospital,
will be pleased TO learn that she
has recovered sufficiently to be
removed to the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Bernard Cruz, 100
Passover Lane.
Another daughter, Mrs w r.
Holt, who came to be with her
mother during her stay in the
hospital, left for her home in Fl.
Lauderdale this morning via bus.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-01

More than $4,000 acres of
ThOrne wheat were harvested in
Ohio in 1870
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-01
TRANSPORTATION
SIS. ALAMO

Steamship Alamo of the Clyde
Mallory Lines arrived in Key
West this morning at 400 o'clock,
coming from New York.
The Alamo unlOaded Sc tons of
freight for local merchants and
military establishments and de
parted for Tampa at 7:3O O'Clock.