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Hosea B. Moulton, 96,
Former Municipal
Court Judge, Dies
Was Oldest Member
Of District Bar
Association
Hosea Ballou Moulton, former
Municipal Court judge and Civil
War veteran, died yesterday morn
ing in Mount Alto Hospital after
an illness of three weeks. He was
96 years old. A heart ailment and
other complications caused his
death.
Judge Moulton was the oldest
member of the District Bar Asso
ciation. having practiced law’ in the
District for more than 50 years. He
was a member of the first graduat
ing class of National University Law
School and was the institution's
oldest alumnus.
Bom in Concord, Vt., June 28.
1843. Judge Moulton was one of
the first recruits to join the Union
Army. He was wounded three times
during the Civil War and saw action
at the second battle of Bull Run,
Fredericksburg and Gettysburg.
After the war he came to Washing
ton and had made his home here
ever since.
Rescued Girl in Blast.
His first job here was as chief
clerk at the old arsenal, where the
Navy Yard is now situated. He was
the only survivor of the arsenal ex
plosion in 1864 which killed 21 per
sons in one room. Judge Moulton
brought to safety a girl working in
another part of the arsenal whose
clothes had been ignited by the
blast.
Judge Moulton studied law here
at Columbian College, now George
JUDGE MOULTON.
—Star Staff Photo.
Washington University, besides the
National University, and entered law
practice here in the 70's. During
his student days he was a clerk in
the Treasury Department. He re
tained the position after beginning
the practice of law, only giving it up
so tnat a reduction in personnel
would not entail the letting off of a
young married man with four chil
dren.
His Municipal Court judgeship for
a brief period in the late 70's was
followed by a long period of private
law practice. Judge Moulton re
tired when he was 84 years old.
G. A. R. Past Commander.
He W’as past commander of the
Department of the Potomac, G. A.
R.: first president of the Memorial
Day Corp. of the District, a 33d
degree Mason, Harmony Lodge, and
a trustee of the Anti-Saloon League.
He was a member of the Unity Club
and attended the Methodist Episco
pal Church, of which he was a mem
ber for more than 40 years. Judge
Moulton made his home at 1628
Montague street N.W.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs. Elma
Saunders Moulton; a daughter. Miss
Elma S. Moulton of Washington;
two sons, Wilfred L. and Frank A.
Moulton of California; four grand
children and four great-grandchil
dren. •
Funeral services will be held Mon
day at 1 p.m. at Hines funeral home,
2901 Fourteenth street N.W. Burial
will be in Arlington Cemetery.
Mrs. Melvin C. Hazels
Funeral Is Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs. Melvin
C. Hazen, 69. wife of the chairman
of the Board of District Commis
sioners. who died yesterday, will be
held tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. in Ham
line M. E. Church. The Rev. H. E.
Burgan will officiate. Burial will be
at Manassas, Va„ near the Hazen
country home at Nokesville.
Mrs. Hazen, born Mary Elizabeth
Smith, died in Emergency Hospital
following an abdominal operation.
A lifelong resident of the District,
she was married to Mr. Hazen Octo
ber 22, 1894.
Pallbearers are to be Dr. H. Lynn
Colvin, Dr. E. Milburn Colvin, jr.; Dr.
Melvin Hazen Colvin. Edward A.
Dent, District surveyor; Richmond
B. Keech. vice chairman of the Pub
lic Utilities Commission, and E. Bar
rett Prettyman, former corporation
counsel.
Secretary Perkins
And Armour Officials
Confer Here Tuesday
Union Chief Says Strike
Will Start if Packers
Refuse to Negotiate
Faced with a threatened labor tie
up in the meat-packing industry.
Secretary of Labor Perkins will
meet with officials of Armour <fe Co.
here Tuesday for a second discus
sion of the conflict between the com
pany and C. I. O.'s Packing House
Union over collective bargaining
negotiations.
Miss Perkins disclosed plans for
the conference yesterday as Van A.
Bittner, chairman of the Packing
House Workers’ Organizing Com
mittee, served notice of a strike
! Tuesday unless Armour officials
j agree to meet and negotiate with
I the C. I. O.
After a conference with C. I. O.
i Chietain John L. Lewis and mena
; bers of the Organizing Committee,
Mr. Bittner announced: “If Armour
doesn't agree to meet Tuesday and
negotiate, we'll shut down all their
plants.”
Secretary Perkins first had urged
the packing officials to come to
Washington yesterday, but she re
ceived word they would not be able
to reach here until Tuesday. The
company declined Monday the Sec
retary's invitation to meet in a Joint
conference with her and officials of
the union.
Mr. Bittner amplified his strike
: ultimatum later with a statement
j declaring that since a strike was
I "imminent” at Armour plants, “the
; American people should know the
pertinent facts in the controversy.”
The Organizing Committee leader
recounted briefly C. I. O.’s cam
paign to organize the packing house
workers and said that during the
last 18 months, the P. W. O. C. had
won elections by “overw'helming
majorities” in Armour plants.
U. A. W.-C. 1.0. Victory
Hailed by Leaders
By the Associated Press.
DETROIT. Sept. 16 —The C. I. O.
United Automobile Workers said to
day its overwhelming victory over
the A. F. L. United Automobile
Workers in an election at the Briggs
Manufacturing Co. was “a con
clusive answer that the U. A. W.
C. I. O. speaks for the auto workers.”
In seven plants of the company,
which makes automobile bodies, the
U. A. W.-C. I. O. received 13.301
votes: the U. A. W.-A. F. L. 1.052,
and 978 employes voted for neither
union as their sole collective bar
gaining agent.
The election was conducted by
the National Labor Relations Board
Thursday, and the ballots were
counted late yesterday.
The only close voting was at the
Briggs plant in Evansville, Ind.
The result there was 655 votes for
the C. I. O. and 524 for the A. F. L.
The C. I. O. polled approximately
90 per cent of the votes cast in the
six plants here. There were 21,000
workers eligible to vote.
The U. A. W.-C. I. O. won five
other recent elections in automobile
and aircraft plants here, and R. J.
Thomas, president of the union, pre
dicted the same outcome September
27 when the N. L. R. B. conducts a
poll of approximately 60,000 Chrys
ler Corp. employes.
The U. A. WT.-A. F. L., which made
a futile llth-hour attempt to with
draw its name from the Briggs bal
lot, has indicated it may do so in
the Chrysler election.
Syrian and Lebanese
Convention Under Way
The eighth annual convention of
the Syrian and Lebanese American
Federation of the Eastern States got
under way in the Willard Hotel to- j
day.
Through 65 affiliated organiza- |
tions, the federation represents 50.- :
000 American citizens of Syrian and '
Lebanese extraction or nativity.
One of its principal aims is "to
perpetuate our racial contributions
to civilization."
The delegates were to visit the
Department of Justice this morn
ing. view a Syrian motion picture
this afternoon and attend a dinner
of the Syrian Washington Club at
6:30 p.m. in the Willard. The last
affair will be followed by a dance.
Following a business session and
tea in the afternoon, the convention
program is to be climaxed tomorrow
night, at which Marshall E. Dimock,
Assistant Secretary of Labor, is
to be principal speaker. Others
slated to attend include Prof. Philip
K. Hitti of Princeton University,
Sheikh Mustafa E. Ibrahim, royal
Iraq Consul: Charles Bey Corm, com
missioner general of the Republic
ot Lebanon to the New York World's
Fair: former Representative Virginia
E. Jenckes of Indiana, Corporation
Counsel Elwood Seal and Maj.
Ernest W. Brown, superintendent of
police.
GERMAN ARMY SPREADS ACROSS POLISH PLAIN—German troops advancing somewhere in Poland. Note motor units flung
far across the plain behind the cavalry. This photo was made September 3 and reached New York by clipper.
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GERMANS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE RAILROAD—This picture, sent from London to New York by flying boat yesterday,
shows ruins of a Polish railway station somewhere in Poland. —A. P. Wirephotos.
Woman Is Killed,
Three Are Injured
On Virginia Roads
Accidents in Washington
Result in Hurts
To Three Others
Traffic Record
The traffic record, as revealed
at police headquarters, for 24
hour period ending 8 a.m, to
day:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, 38.
Motorists injured, 1.
Motorists arrested. 198.
Pedestrians injured, 7.
Pedestrians arrested for viola
tion of pedestrian control regu
lations. 4.
A Culpeper <Va.) woman was kill
ed and three men were injured, om
of them seriously, in a series of ac
cidents in nearby Virginia last night
Mrs. Eva Green. 48, was killed
when the car she was driving struck
a tree on a curve 8 miles south
east of Culpeper. Warren McDaniel
47, a passenger in the car, suffered
lacerations and bruises.
Mr. McDaniel told Clarke County
Coroner C. H. Iden that Mrs. Greer
was thrown partially through the
windshield, then fell back into the
car and through the door opposite
the driver's seat. Deputy Sheriff
Bob Buckner said an investigation
is being made.
William B. Kingrev, 41, of 814 D
street N.E. suffered a fractured
skull and lacerations in an acci
dent near Accotink, Va., on U. S.
Highway No. 1. He was brought to
the Alexandria Hospital in a pri
vate car
In another accident of the Rich
mond highway near Woodbridge,
Va., Ellis Shipp, 40. of 27 East Wal
nut street, Alexandria, suffered a
compound fracture of his left arm
and cuts and bruises. He was ad
mitted at Alexandria Hospital.
William J. Blake, 6, 1347 Kalmia
road N.W., was recovering in Gar
field Hospital today from injuries
received in a coasting accident yes
terday in the rear of his home. The
child was struck by an automobile,
receiving injuries which the hospital
described as not serious.
Luther Tapp, 17, of Arlington, Va.,
received minor injuries yesterday
when struck by an automobile on
Fourteenth street near Constitution
avenue N.W.
Jame Quigley. 25, of 1324 Four
teenth street N.W., a motorcycle
racing driver, was in Sibly Hospital
today with a fractured leg, received
in a spill last night during a race at
the Capitol Speedway.
Haydon Heads Chest Budget
Harold G. Haydon, controller of
the Potomac Electric Power Co., has
been appointed chairman of the
Community Chest Budget Commit
tee, it was announced yesterday by
Herbert L. Willett, jr., director of
the Chest. He will succeed C. Mar
shall Finnan, former superintendent
of the National Capital Parks, who
has been transferred to Utah.
t.
This Changing World
Russo-Japanese Truce, With Pact Expected,
Held Inevitable Because It Fits Their Plans
By CONSTANTINE BROWN.
The Russo-Japanese armistice, re
portedly to be followed shortly by a
non-aggression pact between the
two countries, was as inevitable as
night following day.
Even after the German-Russian
agreement—the phrase temporary
alliance might be more correct—was
; signed in Moscow, there have been
wishful thinkers in democratic coun
I tries who smiled and said wait and
see. The Russians are cagey. They
will double-cross Hitler because they
cannot afford to have a strong Ger
many at their gates.
When the rumors of a Russian
mobilization on the Polish-Ruma
nian border reached these people they
were delighted. They thought they
were vindicated, that Russia was
ready to hop on the Reich as soon
as it reached the Russo-Polish bor
ders. There is nothing of the kind
in prospect.
* * * *
Germany, Japan and Italy used
to be known as "have nots." Now
they are known as predatory coun
tries. Russia follows two policies—
a realistic one and an idealistic one.
Realistically. Stalin wants to take
advantage of every possible situation
to reinstate the old boundaries of
the Czaris Empire. By associating
himself with Germany he is given
an excellent chance to get every
thing that Russia lost after the col
lapse of the imperial government—
with the exception of Finland.
Stalin and his associates don't
I worry about being too close to Ger
many. They know that no army
j in the history of Europe has ever
! been able to get a solid foothold in
i vast Russia. And despite the
mechanized forces of today, what
w-as true 200 years ago is still true.
So much for the policy of realism.
Idealistically, Stalin is following
the Lenin-Trotsky ideology of prole
tarian world revolution. The Rus
sian armies may go to Poland to
finish off the Poles without much
loss. Then they will sit tight and
wait for further developments. If
the Germans, the French and the
Italians fly at each other's throat
for good, they eventually will be so
exhausted and their populations will
; be so tired out that the time may
come when the four or five million
Red soldiers could begin their
march across Europe with the slogan
on their banners: “We are coming
to help the proletariat shake off the
yoke of the bloodthirsty capitalistic
governments that sent them to the
slaughterhouse for their own selfish
reasons.”
* * * *
For the time being the practical
policies are the prevailing ones. By
associating herself with Germany,
Russia has made the present war
possible. In order to give the
Japanese a free hand in Asia it was
necessary to reassure the somewhat
scared Tokio government that there
would be no aggression on the part
of Russia from Siberia. In order
to facilitate the future Russian ac
tivities in Europe, Stalin had to be
sure that Japan would not attack
Siberia. In order further to em
barrass Britain, Germany had to
act as a broker between Russia and
Japan, and German diplomacy once
more scored a bull’s eye.
With Great Britain and Trance
I
; tied up In Europe. Japan feels she
is free to do whatever she wants In
the South Pacific.
Britain, on the other hand, must
follow an imperial policy besides
her European policies and. Hitler
hopes, she will be more amenable
to his peace proposals when it is
known that Japan has now a free
hand in the Far East and can take
advantage of the obligations of the
empire in Europe to kick the
Western powers out of Asia.
* * * *
There is no sincerity in the vari
ous pacts and alliances concluded
between the predatory powers.
Germany is not particularly keen
about having Japan dominate the
Asiatic continent. But for the
time being it is more important
to win the European war than worry
about what is happening in Asia.
Japan does not care what hap
pens to Britain, France and Ger
many so long as she can consoli
date and expand on the Asiatic
mainland. In fact, it hopes the
war in Europe will be a long one
and the whites will do a thorough
job of destroying each other. But
she has to be sure that the strong
Siberian army will not move across
the borders, for the Japanese forces
may have to operate in the South
Pacific.
Japan, Russia, Germany, and pos
sible at a later date, Italy want to
change radically the present world
structure. They have joined hands
to do so and it will take greater
opposition than is being met now
to put a stop to their endeavors.
Canada Bars Entry
To Would-Be Volunteers
FORT ERIE, Ontario, Sept. 16
tCanadian PressK — Immigration
officials here said yesterday hun
dreds of United States citizens wish
ing to join Canadian active service
forces had been turned back at the
border during the past week.
Assassin Poses
As Patient to Slay
Doctor in Office
Man With Black Mustache
Hunted After Shooting
Physician Dead
Br the Associated Press.
JERSEY CITY, N. J.. Sept 16.—A
man with a coal-black mustache
was sought by police today as the
slayer of Dr. David M. Marks, chief
surgeon at Hudson County General
Hospital and a veteran of the last
World War.
A supposed patient, the must ached
man shot and killed the 47-vear-old
physician in his office yesterday as
Dr. Marks, engaged in a telephone
conversation with a fellow practi
tioner, remarked that “things are
slow.-’
A thorough check of the physi
cian's records was begun in hope of
obtaining a clue to the killer and
his motive.
Dr. Marks, who served as a first
lieutenant in the United States
Medical Corps in 1917, called the
man from a waiting room into the
inner office at his home and then
answered the telephone.
Dr. William Madden informed po
lice that he had called Dr. Marks to
discuss a medical meeting scheduled
next week. Summer vacations were
being discussed. Dr. Madden said,
when Dr. Marks commented “things
are slow.-’
"At the moment,” Dr. Madden
said, “there was an explosive sound,
like a chandelier falling on a glass
topped table. Later there was the
sound of a woman screaming and
later the sound of a woman trying
to clear the wire. She said she
wanted to reach Pairmount Hospi
tal; Dr. Marks had been hurt.”
Spain will spend $290,000,000 on
road improvements and construction
in the next five years.
Summary of Today's Star
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Amusements. Lost, Found. B-10!
B-18 Obituary ... A-6
Church News, Radio_B-10
A-ll-13 Real Estate,
Comics ..B-16-17 B-l-7
Finance • A-16 Society ... A-10
Garden Page B-8 Sports ..A-14-15
Editorials ...A-S,
Foreign.
German envoy hints British cap
tured Bremen. Page A-4
Russo-Japanese pact seen blow to
U. S. position in East. Page A-7
Anglo-American tanker submarined
off Irish coast. Page A-l
German troops drive to crush Polish
“lost army.” Page A-l
Fierce battle rages on 40 miles of
Western front. Page A-l
National
Aquitania passengers bitter against
Kennedy. , Page A-l
Hoover urges study of civilian treat
ment in war. Page A-7
Lawrence Y. Sherman, former Sena
tor, dies in Florida. Page A-6
i
m
Washington and Vicinity.
President's Cup Regatta opens with
sailboat races. Page A-l
Planners to consider water front
survey today. PageA-18
Striking truck drivers picket several
building projects. PageA-18
Editorial and Comment
This and That. Page A-8
Answers to Questions. Page A-8
Letters to The Star. Page A-8
David Lawrence. Page A-9
Alsop and Kintner. Page A-9
G. Gould Lincoln. Page A-9
Lemuel Parton. Page A-9
Jay Franklin. Page A-9
Miscellany
Barbara Bell Pattern. Page A-10
Vital Statistics. Page A-13
Nature's Children. Page A-13
Bedtime Story. Page B-10
Crossword Puzzle. Page B-18
Letter-Out. Page B-18
Winning Contract. Page B-17
Service Orders. Page B-18
Dorothy Dix. Page A-10
Needlework. Page A-10
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27 Die in Heat Wave
Moving Eastward
From Midwest
Wide Area Affected
As New September
Records Are Set
Bt the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. Sept. 16.—The Middle
West counted 27 dead today from its
record-breaking September heat
wave as cooling winds advancing
from the Northwest promised relief.
For the fourth consecutive day
the mercury yesterday pushed be
yond the 100-degree mark over a
wide area. Ohio, Illinois. Indiana,
Iowa and Arkansas all reported 100
plus temperatures.
After smashing Midwest records in
wholesale quantities, the heat wave
slowly rolled eastward. A reading
of 03 broke September 15 records at
Northfield. Vt„ yesterday. Boston’s
90 was only three degrees under the
season's maximum.
Scores of schools were dismissed
again yesterday because of the blis
tering heat. Many high school foot
ball games were postponed. Thou
sands sought relief at beaches. Sum
mer cabins, usually locked after La
bor Day, were reopened as city
dwellers sought to escape from the
torrid wave.
In Northwest Missouri hot winds
tore millions of apples from trees,
making them unfit for anything ex
cept vinegar. More than 3.500.000
pounds of the fruit were dumped at
a St. Joseph vinegar plant this week.
Oklahoma suff ered one of its worst
fall droughts in history. Some
towns were on emergency water ra
tions because of a shortage caused
bv prolonged heat and lack of rain
fall.
Crops were reported damaged in
scattered areas. The corn crop was
hurried into maturity by the in
tense heat. Many rural regions re
ported badly burned pastures.
Drought, conditions prevailed in
upstate New York areas as the
temperature hit new high marks.
Children's Chapel
Dedicated at Cathedral
The Children's Chapel of Wash
ington Cathedral was dedicated yes
terday at special services attended
by Roland Leslie Taylor of Phila
delphia, donor of the chapel, who
presented it in memory of his son.
Roland Leslie Taylor, jr., who died
in infancy.
Mrs. Taylor, who died two years
ago, had Joined with her husband
in giving the Children’s Chapel and
the Pilgrim Steps, which form the
approach to the south transept en
trance to the Cathedral. Prayers in
her memory were said during the
celebration of the holy communion
with which the dedication ceremo
nies began at noon. The Right Rev.
James E. Freeman. Bishop of Wash
ington, was the celebrant, assisted
by the dean of the Cathedral, the
Very Rev. Noble C. Powell.
The dedication service included
music from the small electrical
organ designed for the chapel.
Psalms and hymns were sung.
Bishop Fretfnan was assisted by
Dean Powell and Canon William
Murray Bradner, precentor of the
Cathedral.
Following the dedication, Bishop
Freeman paid tribute to Mr. Taylor
and his late wife for their generosity
in providing a chapel whicn would
be visted. he predicted, by thousands
of children coming to the Cathedral
in the Nation’s Capital in future
years.
Skins' Season Seat Sale
Ends at 8 Tonight
Only a few hours remain before
the season ticket sale to the Wash
ington Redskins' home games this
fall comes to an end. Officials an
nounced today that none would be
sold after 8 o'clock tonight.
Nearly one-third larger than last
year, the final count promises to
find approximately 5,000 tickets in
the hands of local and out-of-town
fans. They may be purchased at
739 Ninth street N.W. for $9 for the
six games.
Officials Complete
Traffic Patrol Plans
For School Opening
Police Survey Ordered
To Perfect Protective
Measures for Children
Police and safety officials met to
day to complete plans for mobilizing
the schoolboy traffic patrol for Mon- *
day’s opening of the new public
school year.
Officers assigned to school safety
work in the 13 precincts met at the
Mills Building with officials of the
American Automobile Association,
which sponsors schoolboy patrols,
and Robert W. Eaves, principal of
Thomson School and chairman of
the Public School Safety Committee.
The meeting followed special or
ders by Police Supt. Ernest W.
Brown yesterday to precinct cap
tains to make a survey of school
areas as a means of continuing the
department’s “policy of affording »
the fullest possible protection to
children attending school.”
Last Year Mark Is Goal.
It was hoped this year, Mr. Eaves
said, to equal the record last year
when 92.000 children went to school
for 179 days without a traffic fa
tality. This year, as last, some 3.000
boys, including a few girls, will serve
in the schoolboy patrols. About
2.200 of these are in the public *
schools and the remainder in pri
vate schools.
Early in the school year, Mr. Eaves
said, principals will instruct pupils
in important traffic safety rules.
These included “Obey the pedes
trian control regulations” and "Don't
"hitch-hike rides to and from
school.”
Mr. Eaves said that many com
plaints were received last year of
hitch-hiking by pupils of Junior
and senior high schools. This year,
he said, students would be warned
against the practice and their pa
rents notified if the offense is re
peated.
Bicycle Club Seeks 3,000.
Washington I. Cleveland, manager
of the District (A. A. A.) Motor Club,
said a drive will be renewed to
enroll 3.000 young bicyclists in a
bicycle club whose members are
pledged to observe the traffic regu
lations. The club already has some
1,000 members.
Through registry of serial num
bers and descriptions of bicycles, «
the club aids the police in the re
covery of stolen bicycles, it was
pointed out.
Police and safety officials from
nearby Maryland and Virginia par
ticipated in today's meeting at
headquarters of the A. A. A.
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Immigration to U. S.
Is Stepped Up by War
NEW YORK. Sept. 16 </P).—'The
European war has stepped up immi
gration to the United States.
Byron H. Uhl. district director of
the Immigration and Naturaliza
tion Bureau at Ellis Island, said
the bureau's work had been in
creased so that “even if war condi
tions were removed tomorrow, it
would take two years to return to
normal.” ■
Mr. Uhl said that applications for
certificates of arrival—the first step
toward United States citizenship—
had been filed by 90.000 persons, in
cluding some who had lived here
for years without attempting to
become American citizens.
Co-operatives Spend
$258,958 in Capital
Consumers’ co-operatives have,
caused the spending of $258,958 in
Washington so far this year, accord
ing to an announcement yesterday of
the District of Columbia Co-opera
tive League.
The league, which claims a mem
bership of 2.100. declares that 1.000
other customers took part In the
spending.
The annual meeting of the league ^
will be held today and Sunday at
Camp Good Will, at Federal Park,
near Quantico, Va.
Weather Report
(Furnished by the United States Weather Bureau.)
District of Columbia—Fair and warmer tonight; tomorrow generally
fair and continued warm followed by cooler late tomorrow’ afternoon and
night; gentle to moderate southwest shifting to northwest winds.
Maryland—Generally fair tonight and tomorrow; somewhat warmer
tonight; coder tomorrow afternoon and night.
Virginia—Generally fair in north and mostly cloudy in south portion
tonight and tomorrow; slightly warmer in the interior tonight; cooler to
morrow night and in west and north portions tomorrow afternoon. ,
West Virginia—Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; warmer to
night; cooler tomorrow afternoon and night.
A disturbance of considerable intensity C» ————
is moving eastward over aouuiern muMvn, ;
Cordova. 986.8 millibars <29.14 inches*.
Pressure is relatively low over the Gulf of
Mexico. S. S. Tegucigalpa, about lOo miles
northeast of Vera Cruz. Mexico. 1011..*
millibars <29.88 inches*. A broad trough
extends from Texas northeastward to the
Lake region, and pressure is falling rapidly
thence eastward to Maine. Caribou. Me..
1009.8 millibars (29.82 inches*. An area
of high pressure of great magnitude is
moving eastward with center this morning
over Wyoming. Yellowstone Park 1033.9
millibars (30.53 inches), and pressure re
mains high from Tennessee and the Ohio
Valley eastward over the Middle Atlantic
States and the Western Atlantic Ocean.
Wytheville. Va.. 1024.7 millibars <30.26
inches). Showers have occurred in por
tions of the Gulf and South Atlantic Stales
and Washington, and from New Mexico
northeastward to Minnesota and Eastern •
North Dakota. The weather has become
cooler in the Plains States, the Rocky j
Mountain region and the Upper Mississippi
Valley, but the temperature is still un- •
seasonably high between the Plains States
and the Appalachian region
Weekly Outlook.
North and Middle Atlantic States— .
Generally fair at beginning of week, show- }
ers beginning Tuesday or Wednesday and
ending about Thursday, then generally
fair. Considerably cooler Monday, slightly
warmer middle of week and cooler latter
part of week.
Ohio Valley and Tennessee—A period of
showers during first half of week and gen- j
erally fair latter half. Cooler Monday. J
slightly warmer Tuesday, cooler by Thurs- ,
day and warmer at. end of week.
Report for Last 24 Hours.
Temperature. Barometer |
Yesterday— Degrees. Inches.
4 p m._ 82 30.20
8 pm. _ 74 30.21
Midnight _ 68 30.21
Today—
4 a m. _ 67 30.18
8 a m._ 71 30.16
Noon_ 84 30.14
Reeord Temperature This Year.
Highest. 100. on September 8.
Lowest. 17. on February 23.
Humidity for Last 24 Hours.
fFrom noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest, 98 per cent, at 2 a m. today.
Lowest. 46 per cent, at 4 p.m. yesterday.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry: Potomac clear at Great
Falls today.
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today Tomorrow.
High_ 9:54 a.m. 10:44 a m.
Low _____4:26 a.m. 5:16 a.m.
High_10:22 p.m. 11:11p.m.
Low _ 4:41p.m. 5:29 p.m.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Sun. today_ 5:50 6:17
Sun. tomorrow_ 5:50 • 6:15
Moon, today_ 9:27 a.m. 8:18 p.m.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset. ■
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Record for Last ?4 Hour*.
(From noon yesterday 10 noon today )
Highest, HI. :*<) p m. yesterday. Year
&co. 70
Lowest. 05, 3 a m. today. Year a*o 61.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital (current month to date):
Month. 1939. Aver Record
January -3.41 3.58 <-|3 ,37
February -5.1 . .i< 6-84 84
March _ ~ 89 3.75 8.84 91
Anril 3.i8 3.21 9.13 89
May —:::::: 0.41 3.70 10.69 *89 •
June ::::_4.43 4.13 10.94 wo
July :::::_2.01 4 ?i 10.53 '86
August 3.22 4.01 14.41 28
September'::::.. 4.63 a.24 17.4ft |34
October - -- g*2A *fia
November - --- £•.{.' 5fs ,5?
December 3.34 s.o o ui
Weather In Varioa, title*.
Temp. Rain
Barom. High. Low. fall. Weather.
Abilene_ 30.03 94 65 - Clear .
Albany_ 30.09 88 67 - Clear
Atlanta - 30.12 83 69 Cloudy
Atlantic C. 30.18 77 66 Clear
Baltimore- 30.21 80 61 - Foggy
Bir'ing'am 30.12 90 70 Cloudy
Bismarck 30.27 74 45 - Clear
Boston._ 30.03 90 70 - Clear
Buffalo 30.06 89 TO _ Clear
Charleston 30.09 87 73 0.10 Cloudy
Chicago 30.06 99 76 - Clear
Cincinnati 30.12 -101 67 - Clear
Cleveland- 30.09 101 70 _ Clear
Columbia. 30.15 86 70 0.05 Cloudy
Denver-- 30.30 71 46 _ Cloudy
Detroit-- 30.03 100 75 _ Clear
El Paso - 30.03 81 64 0.09 Cloudy
Galveston 29.97 92 69 0.21 Cloudy
Helena_ 30.36 65 43 _ Clear
Huron_ 30.30 78 49 0.03 Clear
Indiana'olis 30.09 100 69 _ Cloudy
Jacksonville 30.09 83 71 0 54 Clear
Kansas C. 30.12 .99 73 _ Cloudy
Los Angeles 29.94 92 69 _ Clear
Louisville- 30.15 96 69 _ Cloudy ,
Miami_ 30.06 85 80 -_Cloudy *'
Mpls.-St.P. 30.15 98 60 _ Cloudy
N. Orleans 29.97 85 73 _ Rain
New York 30.15 81 64 _ Clear
Norfolk 30.18 81 71 .. Clear
Okla. City 30 06 97 71 Clear
Omaha __ .30.24 99 64 _ CToudy
Phil'dphia 30.18 81 63 _ Foggy
Phoenix 29.91 90 65 _ Clear
Pittsburgh 30.15 91 62 _ Clear
P Hand.Me. 29.97 77 61 _ Clear
P’tland.O. 30.15 76 56 _ Clear
Raleich 30 18 87 67 — Cloudy
8t. Louis 30.09 101 74 _ Cloudy
S. Lake C. 30.27 66 39 _ Clear
S. Antonio 30.00 94 71 Cloudy
S. Fran.- 30.00 79 57 _ Clear
San Diego 29.91 86 61 .. Clear
Beattie_ 30.18 70 49 0.01 Foggy
Spokane. 30.27 7.3 48 _ Clear
Tampa 30.03 87 72 _ Cloudy
Wash..DC. 30.18 82 65 _ Cloudy
Foreign Stations. *
• Noon. Greenwich time, today > .
Stations Temperature, weather.
Horta iFayal). Azores.. 73 Rain
(Current observation*.)
San Juan, Puerto Rico- 82 Cloudy
Havana. Cuba_ 75 CToudy
Colon. Canal Zone_ 78 Clear