Evening star. [volume], March 01, 1936, Page A-9, Image 9

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EXPORTER CREDIT
THAWINGSPEEDED
Jones Fixes Rules to Free
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American Funds Blocked
by Brazil.
By the Associated Press.
Plans for “unfreezing” $30,006,000
cf American credits In Brazil were
furthered yesterday with an an
nouncement that notes due Ameri
can exporters by the Bank of Brazil
may be discounted at the export
import Bank.
This word followed voluminous ne
gotiations intended to remove ex
change difficulties which have ham
pered trade with Brazil for several
years, and has resulted in millions of
dollars of American credits being
blocked in the South American coun
try.
Making today's announcement, Jesse
H. Jones, chairman of the Advisory
Committee of the Export-Import
Bank, as well as chairman of the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
said notes should be deposited with
the bank not later than June 30, ac
companied by a 1 per cent committee
fee.
"The bank,” Jones said, “will ad
vise the depositor within 15 days of
its willingness, or nonwillingness, to
discount the note, and should the de
positor wish to withdraw the note
after comment by the bank is made
the fee of 1 per cent will be retained
by the bank.
"The discount rate will be 4 per cent
per annum, plus the committee fee.
Should any note discounted not be
paid at maturity the exporter dis
counting the note will be required to
take it up and hold the Export
Import Bank harmless from loss.”
He added that the bank will not
purchase foreign securities or discount
blocked balances in foreign countries
without recourse.
MRS. MATTIE SCALES
LEAVES U. S. SERVICE
Stenographer in General Account
ing Office Ends 18 Years
in Departments.
Mrs. Mattie Scales. 70, a senior
stenographer in the records division
cf the General Accounting Office,
yesterday retired from the Govern
znent service
'upon completion
of 18 years in a
variety of de
partments.
With Assistant
Controller R. N.
Elliott giving the
principal speech,
a retirement pro
gram was held
yesterday at the
accounting office.
Mrs. Ruby Moore,
a stenographer in
Mrs. Scales, , ~ .
sion, presented
Mrs. Scales a memento from her fel
low workers.
Bom in Verona, Miss., Mrs. Scales
lived thtre most of her life. After
the death of her husband she came
to Washington in 1918 and obtained
a stenographic position in the War
Department. She was transferred
later to the Treasury Department and
served in several divisions until 1920,
when she became associated with the
accounting office. She lives at the
All States Hotel.
Plans for the next few years have
not been fully completed, Mrs. Scales
said today, but she plans to visit
relatives in Mississippi and Missouri.
She is a sister of Harvey C. Long,
former attorney for the General Ac
counting Office.
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D. X. E. Secretary Dies.
MOUNT KISCO, N. Y., February 29
—James Anderson Hawes, 60. law
yer, for 25 years general secretary of
the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity,
died Friday night in a hospital here
after a heart attack. He was a gradu
ate of Yale University.
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Life Underwriters Launch
Intensive Safety Drive
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Outgrowth of Partwipa•
tion in Evening Star’s
.
Campaign,
Charles W, O’Donnell
Named Chairman of
Activities Here,
An outgrowth of Its participation
last Fall in the local safety campaign
of The Evening Star Safety Coun
cil, the National Association of Life
Underwriters, through 300 affiliated
units, including the District of Co
lumbia Life Underwriters’ Association,
has launched what is described as one
of the most extensive safety cam
paigns to be conducted in this coun
try.
The association will conduct an in
tensive street and highway safety cam
paign in Washington under leader
ship of Charles W. O’Donnell, gen
eral agent of the Minnesota Mutual
Life Insurance Co., who has been
named general chairman in charge of
activities here.
"Save-a-Life” has been adopted as
the campaign slogan and special au
tomobile windshield stickers carrying
the slogan and the admonition: “Drive
Carefully,” will be distributed to local
motorists.
“The District of Columbia Life Un
derwriters’ Association has pledged
itself to co-operate with other civic
organizations and with the local police
and safety authorities working toward
the prevention and elimination of ac
cidents,” O’Donnell said.
The local association, previously
identified with The Star Safety Driver
and other local progressive move
ments for improvement of conditions
in Washington, has a membership of
263. headed by J. E. McCombs, presi
dent. Other officers are Laurance H.
Riggles and Earle W. Sapp, vice presi
dents: O’Donnell, treasurer, and
Joseph A. Barbeau, secretary.
“The organized Life Underwriters
of Washington are vitally interested
in the conservation of human life and
are tendering their efforts to combat
this national tragedy,” said O'Don
nell.
"The traffic death total of the
United States soared to new heights
in the year just closed, reaching a to
tal of 36,400, compared to 36,101 for
the previous year. In addition over
a million persons were injured non
fatally during the year as a result of
automobile accidents on the country’s
highways, and of these over 100,060
were permanently disabled. Added to
this toll in life and human suffering
was the monetary cost. The loss in
wages, medical expense and overhead
insurance costs, combined with prop
erty losses, shows a total money loss of
nearly $3,500,000,000.
“The death trend of America’s ac
cident toll will turn downward only
when public Interest becomes suffi
ciently active to inspire individual
precaution. The Evening Star's Safe
Driving Campaign of last year had the
indorsement of thousands of public
spirited Washingtonians and it is
hoped that the efforts of the several
hundred local associations of the Na
tional Association of Life Underwrit
ers, in emphasizing the need for con
tinued action, will accomplish as
much good for the country as Tnc
Star’s campaign did locally.” ‘
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Crying Need for More
Planes and Personnel,
Department Says.
The starting today of the second
year of operation of the General
Headquarters Air Force finds the force
handicapped by serious snortages in
airplanes, personnel, funds for field
exercises and maneuvers, necessary
equipment, air bases and depot repair
facilities, the War Department an
nounced last night.
In reviewing the first year of the
new fore?, the War Department said
that it will be "years at the present
rate’’ before the goal of 980 combat
planes can be reached.
"The greatest single national de
fense necessity to make the Nation's
first line of defense effective, the G.
H. Q. Air Force, is a balanced pro
gram of airplanes, personnel, equip
ment, bases and repair facilities,” the
War Department claims.
Made Marked Progress.
"In resume, on this, its first birth
day, the G. H. Q. Air Force has made
marked strides in spite of handicaps.
Many nations abroad have embarked
on programs of tremendous expansion
in the air. but none of them surpasses
the United States Army G. H. Q. Air
Force in the high quality of its per
sonnel, airplanes and accessory equip
ment. With continued public support,
after a few more birthdays, it should
reach such a state of vigorous maturity
as to form a strong deterrent to any
nation contemplating an attack on
the United States. It should prove
itself a powerful element in our na
tional defense should war, neverthe
less, unhappily come.’’
First leader of the force Lieut. Col.
Frank M. Andrews sti” is at the head
of the force with the temporary rank
of major general. The G. H. Q. Air
Force was organized into three wings
under command of Brig. Gens. Henry
H. Arnold, Henry C. Pratt and Gerald
C. Brant. Gen. Arnold since has taken
over the post of assistant chief of the
Air Corps, command of his wing going
to Brig. Gen. Henry B. Clagett.
Increased Flying Time.
Among the noteworthy accomplish
ments listed by the War Department
for the year are a materia increase in
the average monthly flying time of the
average G. H. Q. airplane and pilot
and an increase from 9 to 84.6 per cent
of all O. H. Q. pilots ir. completion of
blind flight trailing.
Training in aerial navigation by
dead reckoning and by celestial ob
servation without use of known refer
ence points has been stressed because
of a realization that future combat op
erations of the force "will requite long
flights over the ocean o"‘ of sight of
land,” the War Department explained.
"Upon the creation of the G. H. Q.
Air Force,” it was explained, "every
one of its units proved by actual in
spection and tests to be seriously de
ficient in aerial bombing and gunnery,
which, in the final analysis, is the
only reason for the existence of the
Army Air Corps. Along with naviga
tion, bombing and gunnery have been
stressed, and it is gratifying to note
that combat proficiency has been more
than doubled.”
NAVY ORDERS.
Bureau of Navigation.
Clement, Comdr. Samuel A„ de
tached Office of Naval Operations,
Navy Department, in May; to com
mand U. S. S. Detroit.
Small, Comdr. Ernest G., detached
staff, commander battleships, Battle
Force, about April 1; to naval opera
tions, Navy Department.
Smith, Comdr. Lybrand P„ detached
Bureau Engineering, Navy Depart
ment, in March; to staff, commander
battleships. Battle Force, as engineer
officer.
Shepard. Lieut. Comdr. Andrew G.
Detached Navy Yard, Washington. D.
C., about April 1; to U. S. S. New
Mexico as gunnery officer.
Vetter, Lieut. Comdr. John P., de
tached U. S. S. Maryland, about June
1; to Naval Academy.
Broadbent, Lieut. (J. G.) John if.,
on discharge treatment. Naval Hos
pital, Washington, D. C.; to home,
relieved all active duty.
Rubins, Lieut. (J. G.) Joseph R.,
detached Naval Academy in May; to
U. S. S. California.
Tucker, Lieut. (J. G.) Alfred B.. 3d,
detached VB Squadron IB <U. S. S.
Ranger), about June 8; to Naval Air
Station, Norfolk, Va.
Medical Corps.
Ahl, Lieut. (J. G.) Benjamin N.. de
tached Naval Medical School, Wash
ington. D. C., in April; to commission
fitting out, U. S. S. Charleston and on
board when commissioned.
Supply Corps.
Hine. Capt. William J., detached
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Navy
Department, in June; to instruction
Naval War College, Newport, R. I.
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INDUSTRY AHACKS
15 PENDING BILLS
Manufacturers’ Association
Declares “Breathing
Spell” Menaced.
By the Assoeltted Pr(ti. .
The National Association of Manu
facturers yesterday contended IS billi
in Congress were upsetting the Presi
dent's promised “breathing spell'' and
i constituted a threat to further busi
ness recovery.
| In a special survey for its members,
the association especially attacked
these five proposals:
The Walsh bill to require firms con
tracting with the Government to ob
serve N. R. A. wage and hour pro
visions.
The O’Mahoney bill to license all
producers shipping goods, in inter
state commerce.
The Ellenbogen bill to set up a
“Little N. R. A." In the textile industry.
The Black-Connery bills to limit in
dustry to a 30-hour work week.
The Robinson-Patman bills to re
strict price discriminations in quan
tity purchases, such as those by chain
stores.
Coincidentally, there came from
Senator Hastings, Republican, of Dela
ware, an assertion that he also be
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lleved these and other measures con
stituted a threat to business Whd
made business men uncertain whe^ljer
to proceed with production plant* »
He added, however, he did not be
lieve they would go through Congress
unless President Roosevelt gave the
word. That, he said, was unlikely,
“I think,” Hastings explained, “that
the President will get his tax bill and
then quit. And I don’t Intend to vote
a cent in taxes until common sense
comes back to Washington.”
Stamp Proof Sold.
The engraver’s proof of th Penny
Black, Great Britain’s first postage
stamp and “mother” of all postage
stamps, was sold recently in London
for $420 to Mrs. M. Weatherley, grand
daughter of Henry Corbould, who de
signed it in 1840 for a fee of $63.
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