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Germans Break Link
Between Warsaw
And Fortress
Grip on Both Tightens;
Berlin Announces
Lwow's Surrender
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Sept. 23.—The supreme
army command announced today
the cutting off of Warsaw from
Modlin, apparently bringing the fall
of both Polish strongholds a step
nearer.
Modlin is a fortress approximately
10 miles northwest of the be
leaguered Polish capital.
The daily communique also an
nounced the surrender yesterday
of Lwow, more than 200 miles south
east of Warsaw. German troops in
turn yielded the city to advancing
Soviet Russians, Nazis asserting
that there, as elsewhere, German
Soviet co-operation seemed perfect.
Polish General Held Taken.
In mopping up remnants of the
t’olish Army in the Bzura River
sector west of Warsaw, German
forces reported the capture of or.e
especially prominent Pole — Gen.
Bortnowski, described as supreme
commander of Polish Corridor Army.
His entire staff, the communique
said, also was taken.
Several thousand Poles were cap
tured in the Warsaw-Modlin sector.
The only developments reported
on the western front were minor
artillery activity, capture of a
French plane and crew which had
made a forced landing and loss of
one German plane.
Orders for more rigid food ration
ing at a moment of triumph in Po
land were regarded by many Ger
mans today as a sign of preparation
for a long war.
The new decrees caused wide
spread disappointment among those
who had hoped for a quick end to
the war and set up new food prob
lems for hausfraus. The nation
heard assurances, however, foreign
sources of food and other materials
remained open.
The new food rationing, similar to
that of World War days, will become
effective next Monday. Bread cards
will mRke their appearance then,
and only children, pregnant and
nursing mothers and the sick will be
allowed to drink unskimmed milk.
Soviet Arms Pact Possible.
I With Germany and Soviet Russia
In agreement on a line of demarca
tion between their forces in Poland,
rumors spread that the close co
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Russian military alliance. No one in
a responsible position, however, ven
tured a comment on such a possi
bility.
The agreement, announced yes
terday. gave Russia approximately
three-fifths of Poland as her zone
of occupation and left two-fifths, j
including Warsaw, for Nazi soldiers.
It was pointed out, however, the line j
was not necessarily permanent, and
that future boundaries still were the
subject of diplomatic negotiations in
Moscow.
(Some quarters in Moscow said
the line of demarcation seemed to
dispose of the idea that Ger
many and Russia might set up a
buffer state between them.)
Adolf Hitler, who has been in the
field with his army since the out
break of hostilities, stood yesterday
on heights within sight of Poland’s
still-resisting capital and was shown
German preparations for its cap
ture.
A communique today told of the
capture Thursday of the commander
of the Polish army in Pomorza (the
Polish Corridor), his entire staff and
of 103.000 prisoners and “unmeas
urable” arms in the Galicia cam
paign.
Some Items Unrestricted.
i Until now there was no restriction
on bread consumption. There still i
is none on potatoes, fruits, fish and!
fresh vegetables, which may be pur
chased without cards.
The bread rations, an announce
ment said, correspond to “peacetime
average consumption” and will be
imposed to “maintain our great na
tional bread and grain reserves and
to guarantee us daily bread, if we
should happen to experience smaller
harvests.”
The government explained the
Tnilk restriction as an effort to con
serve butter fats to insure a supply
for soldiers and workers in heavy
industries. They will be issued spe
cial cards allowing them larger ra
tions.
1.1 Pounds of Meat a Week.
Meat rations of approximately 1.1
pounds a person each week—the
weight of one good-sized steak—,
have become a cause of special
anxiety among many German house
wives.
Even with the introduction of two
meatless days—Monday and Friday
—they have been compelled to do a
lot of figuring on how to divide the
meat allotment evenly over the re
maining five days.
Seafood is almost impossible to get
because of Great Britain's domina
tion of the North Sea. Coal, on the
other hand, has been eliminated
from the rationing system. It was
said Germany posseses sufficient
coal now that Polish coal mines have
come within the German economic
Bystem.
That Germany can count on Ru
mania for supplies and much-needed
raw materials was emphasized by
Jon Gigurtu. Rumanian industrialist
and former minister of economics,
Who now is in Germany.
In a statement to the German
press, Gigurtu expressed confidence
German-Rumanian trade relations
would not be disturbed by the war
and were bound to Increase.
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YOM KIPPUR SERVICES—Three leaders of the Jewish faith in Washington are shown in the
Washington Hebrew Congregation Temple today before the start of services for the Jewish new
year. They are (left to right) Cantor Abrasha Robofsky, cantor of Washington; Rabbi Norman
Gerstenfeld, minister of the Washington Hebrew Congregation Temple, and Rabbi Paul Rich
mond, rabbi of the overflow service of the congregation. —Star Staff Photo.
Minister, Back From Europe,
Finds Return to Peace Difficult
The Rev. Dr. Albert J. McCartney
was back in his beloved study in
the Covenant-First Presbyterian
Church today trying to concentrate
on his sermon for tomorrow while
readjusting himself to life in a city
with no blackouts, no nerve-jarring
air-raid and gas warnings, a city
with automobiles parked along the
curb instead of sandbag barricades.
“It’s a hard job.” Dr. McCartney
said, “but it's wonderful to be back
home.”
The minister and his wife arrived
in New York from war-torn Europe
aboard the steamship Volendam
Thursday and returned to their
home at 1302 Eighteenth street
N.W., last night.
“It’s certainly a grand feeling to
know we won’t be torn out of bed
at early hours in the morning for
air-raid wakings,” he said.
British People Determined.
Dr. McCartney, who was worship
ing at Wellington Barracks Chapel
in London when Britain’s announce
ment of war came, reported a grim
determination and marvelous unity
on the part of the British people.
No hurrahing, as in 1914; just a
determined attitude that they must
do it now.
“It tears the heart out of you to see
those thousands of young men leav
ing for the battlefields—trainload
after trainload filled with them. I
pray God that we can avoid getting
into the conflict.”
Dr. McCartney said the gas warn
ings in London were more terrifying
than anything else.
“They sound like those ratchety
things you hear on Halloween
night,” he said.
The minister said he feared the
blackouts would get on London's
nerves after a while. At first, it's
difficult to see your hand in front of
your face. You can's go abroad with
any degree of safety until you get
used to the sandbag barricades pro
truding into the street, the bluish
lights of taxicabs, busses and auto
mobiles.
First Air-Raid Experience.
Dr. McCartney's first experience
with an air-raid warning came while
he was in the Wellington Barracks
Church. Shortly after the minister
finished his sermon the warning
sounded. A plane, later revealed to
have been falsely identified as Ger
man, had been sighted over the city.
The pastor and his wife had to
wait three days at Southampton be
fore they were able to get passage
to this country.
"But we were so fortunate com
pared to lots of other Americans
who probably are still waiting in
line,” Dr. McCartney said.
Negotiations Delayed
In Strike of Drivers
Of Dump Trucks
Conference Is Probable
Early Next Week
In Labor Dispute
Further negotiations toward set
tlement of a dump truck drivers’
strike which has crippled highway
maintenance and some building
work in the District for nearly two
weeks probably will not be forth
coming until the first of next week.
Labor Department officials indicated
today.
Howard T. Colvin, department con
ciliator, who has had the job of
clearing up the city’s strike-plagued
construction industry for more than
a month, stated that he planned to
talk by telephone with factions in
the dispute today, but that pros
pects for a joint conference during
the week end were not bright.
Other Peace Efforts.
In other Labor Department quar
ters, meanwhile, it was learned that
negotiations already are under way
to effect settlement of an alleged
jurisdictional dispute, claimed in
unofficial circles as partially to blame
for the drivers’ strike, by the time
the immediate wage controversy is
ironed out by the conciliation serv
ice.
Mr. Colvin has made it clear that
his office is not interested in any
jurisdictional dispute, should one
exist, between the striking Drivers,
Chauffeurs and Helpers Union
Local, No. 639, and the Operating
Engineers’ Union over the operation
of concrete-mixing trucks. The con
ciliation service is aiding only in
settling differences over wage de
mands which include an increase of
approximately 15 per cent in the
scale for dump truck operators.
Deny Jurisdictional Factor.
Officials of the American Federa
tion of Labor, parent organization
for both the strikers and the engi
neers, have denied that a juris
dictional dispute is any factor in
the strike.
Attention of the Labor Depart
ment also has been given a threat
ened strike by warehouse employes
of the Welfare and Recreation As
sociation. The employes, given au
thority to strike several days ago
by their union, have been requested
by the department to postpone any
walkout pending arbitration.
Chicago Grain
By the Associated Pres*.
CHICAGO, Sept. 23.—Wheat fu
tures late today recovered nearly
all of early losses that ranged to
nearly a cent a bushel.
Trade was light during the entire
session, with speculative traders ap
parently unwilling to make new
commitments. What trade there
was consisted chiefly of evening up
operations. Weakness at Winnipeg,
where prices declind about 1% cent
at times, was a factor in the early
downturn here.
Wheat here closed unchanged to
Va lower, December, 86',4-%; May,
87!8-'/4; corn, V4-*i down; Decem
ber, 5434-ts ; May, 57*8-?i; oats un
changed to >/8 lower.
WHEAT— Open. High. Low Close
Dec. -.86% .86% ,85*. .86%-%
May -.87% .87% .86% .87%-%
July - .80% .80% .85% .86%
CORN—
P/C- -.54% .55 .64% .54%-%
May -.57% .57% .57% .57%-%
July .68% .58% .58% .68%
OATo—
May ::::: 3t$ 3$ 3ft 3ft
JJoY BIAN^ -38V‘ '34i*
Ited I-II. .84 ' .85% .84 :”%
b|ye—•8,U
Dec. -.54% .55 .54% .55
May -.57% .57% .56% .57%
LARD—
Sep. - 7.80 7.80 7.77 7.80
Oct. _ 7.75 7 75
Dec. - 7.67 7.07 7 05 7.07
Jan. -7. ,5 _ __ 7 75
tm, — - — 830
BELLIES—
Sep. - — - — 8.26
Infantile Paralysis
Outbreak Subsiding
B> the Associated Press.
The 1939 outbreak of infantile
paralysis is beginning to subside.
The Public Health Service an
nounced yesterday that during the
second week in September, the latest
week for which full records are avail
able, 436 new cases of poliomyelitis
were reported. During the previous
week, 479 new cases had occurred.
Roosevelt
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task of Congress by taking the step
suggested.
“He owes It to himself, to his
party and to the Nation.”
White House sources asserted
that since September 3 Mr. Roose
velt had pleaded with the country
to keep politics out of the problems
arising from the war in Europe.
They said that probably was the
best answer to Landon’s request
that the President declare himself
against a third term.
The President arrived at his Hyde
Park home this morning to spend
the week end with his mother. A
belated celebration of her birthday
anniversary was arranged for to
night at a dinner for members of
the family and neighbors.
Keeps Close to News.
Although Mr. Roosevelt had indi
cated before leaving Washington
that he expected to be back at the
White House Monday, he said today
his return depended mostly on the
news he received from Washington.
He talked with officials in the Capi
tal by telephone about lunch time.
In the rear seat of his car as he
drove to the site of the library were
his granddaughters, Sarah and Kate,
children of his son, James.
White House officials had said Mr.
Roosevelt would break ground for
the library today, but a steam shovel
already had cut 10 feet deep.
The President chattel with John
McShain of Philadelphia, contractor
for the library, Mr. McShain's wife
and 11-year-old daughter, Pauline,
and w-ith Paul Hauck of Pittsburgh.
Mr. Hauck will be superintendent
of the library, which v.ill house the
President's historical papers and
collections.
Landon Urges Stronger
G. 0. P. in South
Bj the Associated Pres*.
ATLANTA, Sept. 23.—Alfred M.
Landon, titular leader of the Re
publican party. Is opposed to Re
publicans weighting down their
Southern delegations to national
conventions with Negroes, the At
lanta Constitution says in a copy
righted dispatch from Washington.
The dispatch, written by the
paper's executive editor, Ralph Mc
Gill, quotes the former presidential
candidate as saying in an authorized
statement:
"The real trouble with the Re
publican party in the South was
not the Civil War, nor was it the
tragic period of reconstruction. The
trouble was the fatal error of the
Republican party L. believing that
it had paid off its obligations to the
Negroes of the North by appointing
Negro delegates to the convention
from the Southern States.”
A two-party system, Mr. Landon
was quoted, “would be the finest
thing which could happen to the
South” and would assure better gov
ernment in both local and national
affairs.
Belgium Not to Open
Dykes for Defense
By the Associated Press.
BRUSSELS. Sept. 23.—Belgian
defense officials said today that
opening of the Albert Canal dykes
to flood an area of Belgium as a pro
tection to Antwerp would be unjusti
fied under the present circum
stances.
FREMONT, OHIO,—ACQUITTED IN INFANT’S SLAYING—Velma Baker Fink (right), 22-year
old Clyde, Ohio, divorcee, shown with her brother Edwin (left) and her father, Oren Baker, after
a Jury acquitted her of first-degree murder yesterday, holding she was insane when she threw
her 10-week-old son into a creek last June IS. ... —A. P. Wlrephoto.
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Washington Jewry
Observes Day
Of Atonement
Blowing of Shofar
At Sunset Will End
Yom Kippur Services
Yom Kippur, which began yester
day at sunset, is being observed to
day bv thousands of Washington
Jewry.
The blowing of the shofar. a ram's
horn, at sunset today will mark the
end of services for the day in the
many Jewish temples and syna
gogues and the conclusion of its
observance in homes of members of
the faith.
The day—the Day of Atonement—
is the most solemn holy day on the
Jewish calendar. Having asked for
giveness, the individual prays that
he be inscribed in the book of life
for the coming year. Following the
day of prayer and fasting, feasts
are held in the homes, symbolizing
the beginning of the joyful celebra
tion of the harvest of happiness
that comes from obedience of the
law of God. According to the Jew
ish calendar,* Yom Kippur falls on
the 10 days after Rosh Hashana, or
New Year Day. The day is ob
served by orthodox, conservative
and liberal Jews.
Special Prayer Services.
Besides talks by the rabbis of the
various temples and synagogues,
scheduled for the morning, special
prayer services will continue until
the end of the day—marked by sun
set.
At the Washington Hebrew Con
gregation's Temple. Eighth and I
streets N.W., Rabbi Norman Ger
stenfeld spoke this morning on
"Our God, God Our Father.” Last
night in another message he de
clared "every Jew should make it his
personal duty to preserve American
democracy.”
Col. Julius I. Peyser, president of
the Washington Hebrew Congrega
tion, was scheduled to speak at me
morial exercises in the temple this
afternoon for deceased members of
the congregation.
Other Services Set.
Subjects of rabbis who were sched
uled to speak in other synagogues
and temples today were as follows:
Rabbi Solomon H. Metz of Adas
Israel Congregation, "High and Holy
Sanctions of Life”; Rabbi Harry Sil
verstone, Tifereth Israel Congrega
tion, “The Message of Atonement”;
Rabbi Henry Segal, BNai Israel
Congregation, ‘‘A Full Life”; Rabbi
Julius T. Loeb, at the Southeast
Hebrew Congregation, "Let Us Re
sort to Our Faith”; Rabbi M. H.
Levinson, Beth Sholom Talmud
Torah Congregations, "Remember
the Soul,” and Rabbi Arthur Bogner,
Ezras Congregation, "Repentence
and Atonement," Rabbi Zemach
Green, Ohev Sholom Synagogue, was
scheduled to deliver a message to
his congregation.
Rites in observance of Yom Kip
pur also are being held in other
synagogues, the Hebrew Home for
the Aged, the Hebrew Travelers’
Sheltering Society and other Jewish
institutions.
U. S. Urged fo Increase
Latin American Imports
B» the Associated Press.
Eugene P. Thomas, president of
the National Foreign Trade Council,
said last night that the "only real
way" for the United States to in
crease trade with Latin American
countries was “to increase its im
ports from them, thereby giving
them a greater purchasing power. j
"Under no circumstances,” he said,j
“do we wish to repeat the sad ex
perience of stimulating temporary
and artificial buying power with
uneconomic and unwise loans.”
Mr. Thomas, speaking from New
York, was Interviewed by Under
secretary of Commerce Edward J.
Noble, in Washington, during a radio
program.
Mr. Thomas said Latin American
nations which formerly carried on
a large trade with Germany would
turn largely to the United States,
“but the volume of trade will be
affected by their reduced purchasing
power and restricted credit.”
Loans Made Available
To Jewish Students
Non-interest-bearing loans for
Jewish students otherwise unable
to continue their education are
being made available through the
Council of Jewish Youth Studemt
Loan Fund, the fund's board of di
rectors has announced.
Applications, which will remain
confidential, may be addressed to
Miss Ruth Slackman, 313 Gallatin
street N.W.
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LONDON.—WAR WEDDING—With their gas masks along, this
happy couple is shown just after marriage in the sandbag-pro
tected Islington register office recently. They are Corpl. C. J.
White of the 1st City of London Regiment and the former Miss A.
Hock. —Wide World Photo.
Europe's Battlefields—Day by Day
German Offensive Moves Indicate How Vital
A Prize Is Saarbruecken to the Nazis
By J. NORMAN LODGE, ,
Auoclited Preu Stiff Writer.
, Offensive gestures by German
troops occurred today on the west
ern front when three assaults were
made against French positions in
the Saarbruecken area.
At the same time Paris military
dispatches said Adolf Hitler and his
commander in chief. Gen. Walther
von Brauchitsch, had visited that
sector.
Whether these initial assaults pre
sage an offensive by the German
Army or were sporadic raids to re
coup territory lost to the poilus, Is
unknown.
Saarbruecken, important ammu
nition center for the Siegfried Line
emplacements, is a prize Germany
will defend with all her strength
and one which the French would
consider as valuable as Metz or
Sedan in the last World War.
Meanwhile, the highly mechan
ized German forces were being with
drawn from sections of Poland and
rushed to the western front, where
only 15 or 20 divisions now guard
the Siegfried Line.
Across th# “no man's land” be
tween the Siegfried and Maginot
Lines. 70 to 100 French divisions
are massed along with an unan
nounced number of British units.
Aviation activity in the northern
section of the western front was
reported by both sides, with German
planes also active near the Swiss
border.
Hitler asserted last week that
he was prepared for a seven-year
war if necessary. Today additional
rigid food rationing was announced
in Berlin effective Monday. Bread
Anally has come under the ration
ing restriction, but potatoes, fruits,
Ash and fresh vegetables may still
be purchased without cards.
Germany’s rapid assault on Po
land proved the efficacy of mechan
ized units, so much so, in fact, that
Summary of
Today's Star
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Church News. Obituary _..A-12
A-13-15 Radio_A-ll
Comics B-16-17 Real Estate,
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Garden Page A-9 Society _A-7
Editorials ..A-10 Sports ..A-18-17
Foreign.
Germans repulsed three times,
French claim. Page A-l
Admiral Nomura named Japanese
foreign minister. Page A-l
Smyrna earthquake kills two hun
dred persons. Page A-3
Americas may organize permanent
neutrality committee. Page A-3
Gas rationed in Britain; cab short
age threatened. Page A-4
Funeral tomorrow for slain Premier
of Rumania. Page A-8
55 American refugees given haven
by Germany. Page A-8
British anticipate great losses in sub
marine warfare. Page A-12
Notional
Landon urges President to take
stand on third term. Page A-l
Washington and Vicinity.
D. C. National Guard to begin re
cruiting Monday night. Page A-8
Editorial and Comment
xms anu x uni. rage a-iu
Answers to Questions. PageA-10
Letters to The Star. Page A-10
David Lawrence. Page A-ll
Alsop and Kintner. Page A-ll
0. Gould Lincoln. Page A-ll
Lemuel Parton. .Page A-ll
Jay Franklin. Page A-ll
Sports
Duel of Cards and Reds now rated
“war of nerves.” Page A-16
Southern Conference tilts prove
football is here. Page A-16
Big boats start as Ferguson wins
outboard honors. Page A-17
Conn no cinch to defeat Bettina
again on Monday. Page A-17
Miscellany
Service Orders. Page A-6
Dorothy Dix. Page A-7
Needlework. Page A-7
Barbara Bell Pattern. Page A-7
Vital Statistics. Page B-9
Nature’s Children. Page B-9
Bedtime Story. Page B-16
Crossword Puzzle. Page B-16
Letter-Out. Page B-16
maniac Contract. Pace B-17
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Prance ordered a speedup of its own
mechanized units.
Despite Germany 's assurances that
neutral countries would not be vio
lated. the Swiss and Belgians pre
pared for any eventuality—Switzer
land by voting emergency decrees
and Belgium by strengthening her
defenses along the Albert Canal.
Great Britain reported “energetic
measures'’ taken by the Royal Navy j
and air force had proved the sub-;
marine “very vulnerable,” but1
warned the nation it may have to
endure great losses before the pres
ent war is ended.
Canoeist Traveling
Through Grand Canyon
By the Associated Press.
JENSEN. Utah, Sept. 23.—Down
the turbulent Green River a frail
canoe is carrying Charles P. Mann,
who hopes to be the first person to
travel in so light a craft through
the Grand Canyon of the Colorado.
Mr Mann, 29-year-old York (Pa.l
taxidermist, entered the river at
Green River, Wyo., 11 days ago.
He halted here briefly yesterday,
then continued down the Green
River toward its confluence with the
Colorado, more than 200 miles to :
the south.
His immediate objective was Lake
Mead, above Boulder Dam. but he
said he might continue on to the
mouth of the Colorado.
Cows Use False Teeth
Three cows with sets of false
teeth were among the entries to the
All-Union Agricultural Exhibition
in Moscow. Russia, this year. They
were raised in VoroshilofTgrad in1
the Ukraine. Last year an old bull
was given a complete set of new
teeth by the same dentist. His ex
periments are now declared to be
“of national interest.”
French Are Puzzled
Over Hitler's Heavy
Price to Russia
f
Disaster Seen Worse
Than in 1918 if He
Fails in West
By PERTINAX.
PARIS, Sept. 23 (N.A.N.A.) <—1The
extraordinary territorial advantages
conceded by Germany to Soviet
Russia are deeply impressing all
political observers here. They
realize that a great historical de
velopment has occurred whose far
reaching consequences cannot be
perceived.
No wonder that Adolf Hitler
should have succeeded in winning
Joseph Stalin to his side, since he
was willing to pay such a heavy
price.
It is difficult to understand, from
the point of view of Germany’s
national interests, how the new sit
uation created by Russia’s expan
sion in Central Europe can have
been deemed preferable by Hitler to
existence of an independent Poland.
Danubian Areas at Stake.
Now Hitler is compelled savagely
to assault the western front. Once
he has failed against the western
democracies, Germany's disaster
will be much worse than in 1918, as
she will have to reckon in Eastern
Europe with a powerful Russia in
stead of a defeated one. German
ism then may be uprooted from the
Danubian and sub-Danubian areas.
Well-informed quarters here are
less Inclined than they were yes
terday to believe that Rumania may
be partitioned in deference to rter.
man wishes. Russia, at any rate,
could not allow Germany to obtain
an outlet on the Black Sea at Con
stanza or elsewhere without com
pletely estranging Turkey, whose
fixed program of foreign policy is
that the status quo must not be
disturbed either in the Black Sea
or in the Balkans. Already, Tur
key is sure to be disgruntled by the
reappearance of the Imperial Rus
sia she was wont to dread so much
in the past. Moreover, Russia can
not relish the prospect of Germany
interposing herself between her own
territory and Bulgaria and Yugo
slavia,
Share in Oil Fields.
All the odds, therefore, are that
the Hitlerian government will have
to be content with saddling Ru
mania with a commercial treaty
more exacting than the former one,
and with being given a share, with
the help of Russia's good will, in the
Galician. Rumanian and Caucasian
oil fields.
It is still too soon to foresee the
repercussions which the territorial
growth of Stalinian Russia may have
on Italy. Italy's old associate,
Hungary, is now threatened in her
medieval social structure by the fact
that the agrarian reform of Bol
shevism will be carried out at her
door. For all its fragility, the Ger
man-Russian consortium pushes to
the background the German-Italian
consortium.
Daniels Holds Parley
With Castillo Najera
Bt the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 23.—United
States Ambassador Josephus Daniels
conferred yesterday with Dr. Fran
cisco Castillo Najera, Mexican Am
bassador to Washington, but de
clined to discuss their meeting be
yond saying they had talked over
various “pending matters.’’
Mr. Daniels said the oil expro
priation problem was "not specifical
ly” discussed.
The European war has eliminated
Mexico’s best customer for oil_
Germany—and observers here have
expressed belief new negotiations
were under way for adjustment of
the oil question.
Mr. Daniels was to leave today by
plane for Chicago to attend the
American Legion convention. He
said he and Castillo Najera, who
will leave Thursday for Washington,
will meet shortly there.
Weather Report
(Furnished by the United States Weather Bureau.)
District of Columbia—Fair and warmer tonight; tomorrow increasing
cloudiness followed by showers and cooler tomorrow afternoon and night;
gentle to moderate southwest winds, becoming moderate northerly to
morrow.
Maryland—Fair and somewhat warmer tonight: tomorrow mostly
cloudy; showers and cooler tomorrow afternoon and night.
Virginia—Fair and slightly warmer tonight; tomorrow increasing
cloudiness; warmer in south portion, followed by showers and cooler to
morrow night in north portion tomorrow afternoon.
West Virginia—Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight, followed
by showers and cooler tomorrow.
Tv roi * vuiivot.
North and Middle Atlantic States—
Showers Tuesday or Wednesday and again
at end of week: otherwise generally fair.
Cool Monday, rising temperature Tuesday,
cooler middle of week and warmer at end.
Ohio Valley and Tennessee—Showers
about Tuesday and again about Friday;
otherwise generally fair. Rising tem
perature Monday afternoon in Ohio Val
ley. cooler about Tuesday night, warmer
Thursday and cooler at end of week.
A disturbance is moving eastward over
Northern New York and Northern New
England, Canton. N. Y. 1,010.5 millibars
(20.84 inchest, and a trough extends thence
west-southwestward to the Texac Panhan
dle. Concordia. Kans.. 1.012.5 millibars
(20.00 lnchesi. Pressure remains low over
California. San Diego. 1.008.5 millibars
(20.78 inches), and over the Southern Oulf
of Mexico and Southern Florida and thence
east-northeastward over the ocean, with
lowest pressure about 1.010.2 millibars
(20.83 lnchesi about 400 miles west of
Key West. Fla. Pressure is high from
Texas northeastward to Southern New Eng
land and over Southeastern Alaska and
from Montana and Wyoming eastward to
the Northern Lake region, Bismarck. N.
Dak. 1,027.1 milibars (30.33 Inches);
Ketchikan. Alaska. 1.02H.1 millibars
(30.30 inches), and Elkins. W Va„ 1,024.2
millibars (30.24 lnchesi. Showers have
occurred in the Florida Peninsula and from
the Northern Rocky Mountain region east
ward to Northern Michigan. The weather
has become warmer from the Southern
Plains States east-northeastward to New
England, while the temperature has fallen
from the North Pacific Coast eastward to
the Northern Lake region.
Report far Last 24 Honrs.
Temperature. Barometer.
Yesterday— Degrees. Inches.
4 p.m. _ 76 30.07
8 p.m. _ 64 30.11
Midnight _ 69 30.13
roday—
4 a m. _ 57 30.13
8 a m. _ 60 30.15
Noon _ 77 30.13
y Eeeerd far Last 24 Haurs.
(From noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest, 77. noon today. Year ago. 80.
Lowest. 66. 6:30 am. today. Year
■go. 66.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 100. on September 8.
Lowest. 17. on February 23.
Humidity far Last 24 Haurs.
(From noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest. 99 per cent, at 2:30 a m. today.
Lowest. 38 per cent, at 5:30 p.m. yes
tcriiftT.
River Report.
■ Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
l! S,rp«r« £*rr*: Potomac slightly muddy
■t Great Falls today.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United Slates Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
. Today. Tomorrow.
ni(h ...- 3:49 a.m. 4:43 a.m.
taw -10:44 a m. 11:37 a m.
High ____ 4:20 p.m. 6:11p.m.
taw ........_..11:03 p.m. -_.....
r ■ ....
The San and Meon.
„ , Rises. Set*.
Sun. today_ 6:86 6:05
Sun. tomorrow_ 5:56 6:04
Moon, todsy- 3:21p.m. 1:21a.m.
Automobile lights must ba turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
... Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inchea In tha
Capital (current month to date):
Month. 1839. Aver. Record
January_ 3.41 3 55 7.83 '37
February- 5.71 3.27 6.84 ’84
March - 2.88 3.75 8.84 ’01
April - 3 78 3.27 9.13 ’?#
May- .41 3.70 10.60 ’89
June - 4.45 4.13 10,94 ’00
July -2.01 4.71 10.63 ’86
August ._. 3.22 4.01 14.41 ’26
September- 6.51 3.24 17.45 ’34
October . _ ... 2.84 8.81 ’37
November - ... 2.37 8.89 ’89
December . . 3.32 7.56 ’01
Weather In Tsrloms Cities.
Temp. Raln
.v„ Barom. High. Low. fall. Weather.
Abilene_ 3000 88 52 _ Clear
Albany_ 30.00 73 62 _ Clear
Atlanta ._ 30.15 88 61 Cloudy
Atlan. City 30.16 70 62 _ Clear
Baltimore. 30.15 74 67 _Clear
Blrm'gham 30.15 86 59 _ Cloudy
Bismarck _ 30.33 73 31 _ Clear
Boston... 30.03 73 58 ... Cloudy
Buffalo 2994 60 60 _Cloudy
Charleston 30.12 84 60 ... Cloudy
Chlcaao 30.00 82 60 _ Cloudy
Cincinnati 30.12 83 43 ftjggy
Cleveland. 30.08 78 58 ... cloudy
Columbia. 30.18 82 80 ... Cloudy
Denver... 30.15 87 63 _ Cloudy
Detroit— 30.00 8] 61 _ Cloudy
Galveston. 30.03 87 72 ... Clear
{*?>'"»— 00 15 72 46 ... Clear
Huron-- 30.21 03 44 ... Cloudy
Ind napolis 30.09 81 48 ... Clear
Jacks nvllle 30.03 82 72 0.21 Rain
Kans. Ctv 29.97 87 62 ... Cloudy
L. Angeles - 103 84 Cloudy
l4>ulsvtlle_ 30.12 81 45 ... Clear
36 00 87 77 0.63 Cloudy
Mpla_-8t. P. 30.12 86 52 ... Cloudy
N Orleans 30.03 87 72 Cloudy
E£w. X°rk- 30 12 74 67 — Cloudy
Norfolk- 30.18 74 80 _ Clear
Omaha... 20.94 88 58 ... Clear
Phlla. ... 30.15 77 56 ... Clear
Phoenix59.88 09 64 _ Clear
Pittsburgh 30 12 75 50 _ Clear
P land. Me. 29.97 66 51 ... cloudy
Plnd.Org. 30.03 84 55 _ (hear
Raleigh.. 30.18 70 50 Cloudy
gt. Louis. 30.06 82 54 _ Cloudy
S. Antonio 30.06 95 64 __Clear
San Diego 20.77 102 76 ... Cloudy
g. Fr'cisco 29.80 97 7(1 _ Clear
Seattle... 30.09 78 48 ... Foggy
Spokane __ 30.00 85 50 ... Clear
Tampa- 29.97 82 74 0.71 Rato
WASH .D O. 30.15 75 56 ... Clear
Foreign Stations.
(Noon. Greenwich time, today.)
_ Station*. Temperature, weather.
Korta (Fayal). Aaores_71 Cloudy
(Currant obaarratlono.)
Bon Juan. Puerto rim. 78 Cloudy
Havana. Cum_ 76 Cloudy
Colon. Canal Sou__ 77 Cloudy