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Davis Is Reported In New Reich Deal For Mexican Oil U. S. Operator Said to Have Gone to Lisbon Via Rome After Talks By JOHN T. WHITAKER, Chicago Dally News Foreign Correspondent ROME. Oct. 9—W. R. Davis, American oil operator, who has dis posed in the past of Mexican oil produced by the Cardenas govern ment from the expropriated well* of the Standard Oil and Dutch 6hell Cos., has just made a secret visit to Berlin, it is revealed here today. With virtually the whole Mexican production in his hands, Mr. Davis discussed with important Nazi of ficials. it is believed, measures for payments and means to circumvent the blockade of the British and French, who. under international law. can seize such shipments. Mr. Davis returned here last week from Berlin and “left for Lisbon" on Wednesday. It was assumed that he was returning to America by Clipper immediately, but Niles Hansel, another American operator who is believed to be working here for Mr. Davis, left for Lisbon on Saturday. Perhaps Mr. Davis mere ly managed to throw off his trial, agents who were checking his con traband plans. ; Deal Declared Consummated. Wherever Mr. Davis may be, .in formed quarters here understand that he consummated a deal in Ber lin. If that be so, the Germans must provide not only gold or something equally valuable to the Mexican government, such as ships or machinery, but also a system of indirect consignments and trans shipments. Oil consigned directly to Germany could be halted and taken into prize court by any British or French war ship. The British and French could not ask anything better than Mexi can oil without paying for it and their blockade is too effective to let tankers slip through. Germany's best bet lies in ship ments to the Balkan countries who, whether they like it or not, can scarcely refuse to carry out the orders of the mighty German war machine which casts its shadow deep into Hungary, Yugoslavia, Ru mania and Bulgaria. These coun tries already have felt German pressure to adopt benevolent neu trality. Germany Uses Hungarian Cars. In Trieste, for instance, this cor respondent found that the Germans were using Hungarian rolling stock. The Italians quite naturally want to conserve their own railway equip ment and, like Yugoslavia, which is still waiting for the return of freight cars now incorporated in the German railway system, are declining to send their own rolling stock across the frontier. Conse quently, the Germans undoubtedly ordered Hungary to make available for German use tank and other cars I saw carrying produce for Germany from Trieste. The British and French cannot reproach the Italians for permitting shipment through Triests of these goods consigned to Germany which I saw moving—about 200 oil tankers were moved in a fortnight. Twenty seven German vessels had gone to Triests during the opening days of the war. They Jiad the right to be there and the right to unload their goods. But while permitting this, the Italian authorities had to let Trieste commercial agents know that the government feels that at this time trade with the gold coun tries would improve Italy's adverse balance. (Copyright. 1939, by the Chicago Dally Newt, Inc.) Red Cross Roll Call Runs Ahead of Last Year The Red Cross Roll Call began a new week today, with contributions from Washingtonians running far ahead of last year’s record. The total for the campaign thus far is 35.006 enrollees, 1.260 of whom tyere added to the list on Saturday. Many of these have signed up for Subscriptions of from $5 to $25. it was announced. The membership fees range from $1 to $25. 'The drive continues through Oc tober 19 and volunteer workers were trying to establish a record this year because of the heavy demands for Red Cross relief both in this country and abroad. -The Redskin football team was enrolled yesterday at pre-game cere monies in Griffith Stadium. Jim Meade, former Maryland University football star, and Clem Stralker, ex Georgetown player, presented filled lh membership blanks from the Red skins to Marguerite Reese and Helen Mark. Red Cross drive workers. -The local chapter revealed todav that Washington had been rated first standing in the last Red Cross Roll Call. In proportion to the pop ulation. the local chapter enrolled more members than any other city In the country. Last year 114,465 members were enrolled in Washington. I ______ First Low-Cosi Housing Case Reaches Court The first low-cost housing case under new legislation to reach Dis trict Court, was before Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat today, it concerns development at Navy place SR. be tween G and I streets, Sixth and Seventh streets, and is projected as a development for colored families of low income. Alexander H. Bell, jr., special as sistant to the attorney in charge of all condemnation cases in the Dis trict of Columbia for the Federal Government, explained that the Government plans to condemn the property and the Alley Dwelling Authority is to construct the homes. A move to challenge the validity of the low cost housing program disap peared when counsel withdrew a mo tion designed to attack the constitu tionality of the low-cost statute. McNutt Accepts Bid Paul V. McNutt, Federal security administrator and formerly high commissioner to the Philippines, accepted an invitation extended yes terday by a Cincinnati delegation to address the Foreign TYade Club of the Cincinnati Chamber of Com merce on April 24, at the annual world trade dinner of the club. 4 INJURED IN EXPLOSION—John Dowd, one of two men injured by a blast of compressed air, is shown receiving first aid in the ditch where he was working at the south end of Key Bridge. —Star Staff Photo. A Compressed Air Blast Injures Two Workers Two men. working on a gas main at the south end of the Key Bridge, were injured this morning in an ex plosion. John Dowd. 40, of 2525 Bladens burg road N.E., and Charley Gra i ham. 33. colored, of 1035 Thirteenth I street S.E., were treated at Emer i gency Hospital for shock and pos | sible leg fractures. Their condition was undetermined. The men were working in a ditch, connecting a gas line from Wash ington to an Arlington County <Va.) line. Gas company employes on the scene said that compressed air, which they thought had been re moved from one of the pipes, blew an iron cap off. The force of the blast blew one of the men all the way out of the ditch, which was more than 6 feet deep. They were given first-aid treatment on the scene, then removed to the hospital. Both were employed by the Washington Gas Light Co. Rainbow Division To Honor New leader “The rainbow dance of the year,” outstanding social event of the Dis trict of Columbia Chapter of the Rainbow Division Veteran*, will be staged thia year in honor of the na tional presldeht of the Rainbow Division Veterans, Elmer F. Neagle, and Mrs. Neagle. The dance will be held at the Indian Spring Country Club November 4, starting at 10 p.m. Various chapters in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York will join with the local vet erans in honoring the national presi dent and Mrs. Neagle, it was stated by James E. Witherite. president of the Washington chapter, who will serve as honorary chairman for the dance, with Frank M. Stockton as general chairman. Among others who w'ill assist are Oscar Avelin Jackson, in charge of reservations; Capt. Oscar W. Underwood, jr., patrons; M. Manning Marcus, dis tinguished guests; Walker H. Col ston, refreshments; Fred W. Jordan, door; James R. Daly, flowers; Col. A. L. Smith, U. S. A., retired, print ing; Frank E. Hill, lighting; Harry B. Schultz, tickets; Bentley Mulford, publicity; Walter E. Fillman, deco rations; Maj. Ivy Albert Pelzman, entertainment, and Irving H. Silver berg, music. Saturday evening, October 21, the various committeemen will meet at the Capital Plaza Hotel to make their reports to the president of the local chapter. Georgetown Lutheran Marks 170th Year Members of the Georgetown Lu theran Church yesterday assembled there to observe the church’s 170th anniversary and were urged by the Rev. Dr. William A. Wade of Bal timore, guest speaker, to “carry on” in the spirit of the founders. The church, said to be the oldest of its faith and the second oldest of local Protestant churches, rests on a site at Volta place and Wis consin avenue, where stood the orig inal log cabin church. The site once was known as “Knaves Disappoint ment.” Following the services. Dr. Wade and the church’s pastor, the Rev. Dr. Harold E. Beatty, stood beside an age-cracked bell—which once summoned worshipers to the log cabin—as they greeted those who attended yesterday’s service. Otto H. Fischer, who last July celebrated his 50th anniversary as a member of the congregation, was among those in attendance. The old bell some years ago was taken from the church to a West Virginia edifice, but was returned to the Georgetown church In 1*37. It is one of the church's prize pos sessions. Want Reunion Here The Washington chapter has been asked to be host to the 1*40 na tional reunion of the 3d (Marne) Division of the A. E. F. Members will meet at 8 pm. Wednesday at the Florida Sea Food Grill, 1304 North Capitol street, to decide whether they will undertake the task. Race Driver Runs for Mayor SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. B OP).— Ab Jenkins, who set many automo bile speed records on Bonneville salt flats, has announced his can didacy for mayor on a platform of greater traffic safety. The non partisan election, with five candi •dates, is November 7. Italian Pacts Reported Offered Two Neighbors By the Associated Press. BUDAPEST, Oct. 9.—Italy waa reported today to have offered new friendship pacta to Hungary and Yugoslavia. These reports were confirmed semi officially in Belgrade, while similar rumors were heard in Bucharest. Italian radio broadcasts heard here also said negotiations were under way. Diplomatic circles said Adolf Hit ler s Reichstag speech last Friday declaring Germany and Russia would settle Jointly all Southeastern Europe's problems had speeded Italian action to protect her own Balkan and Danubian interests. More Than “Mere Treaty.” Usually reliable Yugoslav sources said the Italian negotiations were “only the beginning of something much bigger than a mere treaty.” (Associated Press dispatches from Rome contained no official confirmation of the reported negotiations. Some quarters, how ever, advanced belief Italy was seeking to eliminate differences which have divided the Balkans preparatory to forming a bloc under Italian leadership. This bloc, it was suggested, might take the form of a consultative pact and economic agreement similar to the Rome protocols which once bound Austria, Hungary’ and Italy.) With Italian diplomacy thus far aimed at preserving neutrality, the small southeastern nations saw their chances of staying out of the war enhanced by possibility of some sort of pact with Italy. Appeals Court Rules Bank Doesn't Practice Law The American Security <fc Trust Co. won in the United tSates Court of Appeals today in the fight waged by the Bar Association of the Dis trict of Columbia, which contended that the corporation was engaged in the unauthorized practice of law. A dissenting opinion, filed by As sociate Justice Harold M. Stephens, held that the corporation is practic ing law. He asserted that "the prac tice of law includes not only court work, but also the rendering of legal service—whether the giving of ad vice or the drafting of instruments —outside of court,” Whether the bar association will seek a review of the case in the Su preme Court will have to await ac tion by that body which meets on Friday evening at the Mayflower Hotel, as the action was conducted by its Committee on Suppression on Unauthorized Practice of Law. Rep resenting the American Security & Trust Co. were Attorneys Frederic D. McKenney, John S. Flannery, G. Bowdoin Craighill and John E. Larson. Will Rogers7 Widow Denied Tax Review The Supreme Court refused today to review a decision sustaining a $33,950 deficiency Federal income tax assessment for 1933 against Mrs. Betty Rogers and the estate of her late husband, Will Rogers. Mrs. Rogers and other executors appealed from a decision in favor of the Government by the Ninth Federal Circuit Court. Mr. Rogers died August 15, 1935. Shipping News Banned BEAUMONT, Tex., Oct. 9 i/F).—A ban on shipping news has been an nounced by the Magnolia Petroleum Co. here, operator of two Neches River terminals. Arrivals and sailings of both coast wise and foreign vessels will be kept secret, said T. D. Cousins, marine superintendent. Racing Results Laurel FIRST RACE—Purse. 81.000: claimlnt: 2-rear-olds: 8 furlonts. Chatted (Stevenson) 19.00 7.70 5.00 Ml Jock (Peters)* 10.40 7.20 Ponemsh iWa’l) 4.20 I Time. 1:12V AUo ran—Town Prince. Winter Sea. •Gtttle Lee. i Supreme Kin. Port Wale*. Scorch. Sealoen, Madam Capet and Mae'a Cantor. aO. O. Wauah. jr.-jane Wauth tntrr. Rockingham $ Blood-Test Order Against Mother' Is Appealed Attorney Argues Science Has Perfected No Method To Prove Paternity Arguing that medical science has perfected no means of determining that a certain man is the father of a certain child, Attorney John T. Bonner today filed a petition in the United States Court of Appeals to prevent a blood-grouping test being performed, as District Court has ordered, on his client, the mother of a young child, as the outgrowth of an action centering around pa ternity. Mrs. Mary E. Beach is resisting District Court order, under which she and her baby were to have a blood-grouping test today, but Mr. Bonner contends that the filing of his petition for the allowance of a special appeal in the appelate tribunal negatives the District Court order. “A mother will starve that her child may be fed; she will wear rags that her child may be clothed; she will even die that her child may have life and there is no torture that she would not suffer before she would risk having her child pub licly proclaimed, by the father, to be illegitimate," the appellate tri bunal was told in the petition today. Claims Court Without Authority. Mr. Bonner contended that Dis trict Court lacks the inherent power to order Mrs. Beach and her child to submit themselves to a blood grouping test; claimed that the court was without authority to or der the mother to submit herself to a blood-grouping test, and that the lower tribunal did not have the power to order that the child be submitted for a blood-grouping test, and the lawyer also maintained that it is contrary to public policy to have an order to take a Blood test to de termine the parentage of a child bom in wedlock. Mrs. Beach was married to James. E. Beach on January 25. 1937. the court was told in the petition today, and after their marriage they lived i together until January 3. this year. Mrs. Beach on May 26 filed in Dis trict Court a complaint for mainte nance. The husband, in reply, sought a divorce, claiming that the woman was about to have a child I but that he was not the father. District Court on /July 7 ordered the husband to pay $7 a week as tempo rary maintenance and on August 11. the court was told, seven months after the party separated, a son, that the husband claims is not his, was born. The husband then came into District Court and asked that tri bunal to require the mother and child to submit to a blood-grouping test and last Friday Justice Jesse C. Adkins ordered the test to be made this morning. From that order, Mr. Bonner and his client desired to appeal. Says Infant Not a Party. Mr. Bonner argued in his peti tion today that under the Federal rules and statutes, a physical exam ination can be required by a court “only in the case of a suit for damages as a result of personal injury, but that here the infant is not a party to the legal pro-: ceedings,” Mr. Bonner told the ap-! pellate court that if children are parties to all divorce actions, “why not have the grandchildren in the j same category, and in fact all the other relatives?" Further, Mr. Bonner said: “The theory that the child is a party to the action when the parents sue each other is absurd and not worthy of serious consideration,” adding that the lower court did not appoint an attorney to represent the interest* of the child and accordingly Justice Adkins’ order is ”a clear violation of the right guaranteed by the fourth and fifth amendments to the Constitution of the United States in that it seeks to deprive him of his personal liberty and subject him to unreasonable seizure without due process of law.” Pastor Threatened In Drive on Racket Following publication of charges of "charity racketeering" here, the Rev. John L. Mixon, director of the department of social welfare of the Federation of Churches, said today he has received a number of threatening telephone calls warn ing him to stop his campaign against this type of appeal for funds. Mr. Mixon said he was asked to go along with the charity racket eers and overlook their work. One caller said Washingtonians will be lieve anything and if they want to give that’s their business and he should keep out of it. “They want me to modify my statement and stop the campaign against them,” he said. “However. I will continue to report on the status of charity organizations and I do not intend to have the churches continually fleeced by organizations of this type.” He estimated that more than $100,000 a year is going into the charity racket here. He said he receives scores of calls daily from church officials and individuals ask ing information about various so licitations by telephone or from door to door. The church organi zation maintains an information service in co-operation with the Bet ter Business Bureau and the Coun cil of Social Agencies. Mr. Mixon said charity racketeers are particularly active at this time in an effort to collect as much as possible before the annual Com munity Chest drive begins. U. F. W. A. to Carry Fight to White House Unless Morton Friedman, presi dent of the W. P. A. local of the United Federal Workers of Amer ica, is rehired by the W. P. A. by Wednesday, the union will “con sider” taking the case to the White House or an impartial board of ar bitrators, it was announced today. Mr. Friedman was dropped three months ago, the W. P. A. announcing that the reduction in force made this necessary. The union has contended that his union activities were responsible. According to today’s statement, John M. Carmody, Federal Works administrator, has requested Col. F. C. Harrington, W. P. A. commis sioner, to rehire Mr. Friedman, and he has agreed to do so, but the la bor official hag not been returned to the pay roll. I Secretary Hull Greets Good-Will Delegation From Latin America Tell* Women of Accord Shown at Recent Conference Secretary of State^Hull, extend ing formal greetings to a delega tion of Latin American women, to day commented on the "remarkable unity and solidarity” shown in the recent Pan-American Conference at Panama City. “Everyone there,” he told five of the six women beginning a good will tour of the United States, "was thinking of methods whereby they might co-operate to promote con ditions of peace and unity in this hemisphere.” Five of the six Latin American visitors, constituting the first good will visit of women from Latin America, attended Mr. Hull’s re-! ception in the State Department and later visited various State De partment offices. Greetings Extended. Each of the women, as she was introduced to Secretary Hull, made a little speech containing the greet ings of her country. One of them praised Mr. Hull as “the outstand ing leader in the promotion of peace throughout the world,” while an other told him that the good-will trip, which will take the women to 40 cities, was designed to show the effect of women on the peace work in each country and what women could accomplish for peace in the home. After greeting the women sep arately, Mr. Hull told them “we are all very much complimented by this visit of good will.” He traced the growth of inter American co-operation from Monte video to the recent conference at Panama and declared, “This step in Panama City we hope will not I be the last in bringing closer to gether each of the 21 nations.” "I hope sometime,” the Secretary smiled, “we may send back a good will visit to each of the American re publics you represent with five per sons for each one of you.” After calling at the State Depart- j ment the Latin American visitors i went to the Social Security Board. ; where George E. Bigge, acting chair- | man of the board, took over the | mammoth job of explaining the | Government and State aid programs in half an hour. He discussed the W. P. A., the | P. W. A., the C. C. C. and the N. L. A., and the five functions of the Social Security Board. The women were also shown a movie illustrating i the work of the Social Security I Board. niter mis me L*tin Americans made a flying trip to the Capitol, where they heard Senator Johnson of Colorado discussing neutrality and met Senator Borah of Idaho as he left the Senate floor. The young women spent only a few minutes in the Senate which j they occupied by staring as much at the galleries as at the Senators. As they started down the corridor, one of their hostesses pointed out Sen ator Borah. They had all heard of him and insisted on meeting him right then and there. The Senator bowed politely and shook hands all around. Traveling behind a police escort they went to the Carlton Hotel to be the luncheon guests of the Wash ington Committee of Sponsors. Fol lowing the luncheon, they were to go on a two-hour drive through Wash ington and wind up at the clubhouse of the American Association of Uni versity Women for tea. Their four days here will be crowded with official visits and parties. They were the guests of honor at a luncheon given today at the Carlton Hotel by the Wash ington Committee of Sponsors. Then, there was to be a tea for them at the American Association of University Women's clubhouse, at which they were to meet heads of local women's organizations. Rabbins Dinner Tanight. Dinners will be given for them to night by Mrs. Warren Delano Robbins and by the Ambassador and Mrs. Alfara of Ecuador. During their visit, the young women will be received by the Secretaries of Agriculture and Labor and by the chiefs of the Women’s Bureau and the Children's Bureau. The program includes inspection of Government projects, visits to Mount Vernon, the Capital, the Pan American Union and other points of interest and tea with Mrs. Roose velt at the White House Thursday. Embassy, State Department and Pan-American Union officials as well as a District committee headed by Engineer Commissioner David McCoach, Jr., met the delegates at Union Station. Members of the Sponsoring Com mittee, of which Mrs. Hull is hon orary chairman, were also on hand to greet the visitors. Received by Mrs. Hull. Leaving the station behind a motorcycle escort, the young women were received by Mrs. Hull and then went on to a dinner given by Miss Mary Winslow, United States rep resentative of tlfe Inter-American Commission of Women. ifUMitii ivi WilUUI Uipiu* matic and official Washington will extend itself this week are Senorita Susana Perez Irigoyen of Buenos Aires, Argentina, prominent young journalist on the staff of La Nacion; Senora, Lucia de Paula Fonseca of Rio' de Janeiro, Brazil, daughter of Brazilian Ambassador Carlos Mar tins; Senora Angela de Chacon, San Jose, Costa Rica, lawyer, writer and Chairman of the Peoples’ Mandate In her country; Senorita Mercedes Guerra of Havana, Cuba, daughter of Dr. Ramiro Guerra, distinguished historian; Senora Rosa Marcos de Ycaza of Guayaquil, Ecuador, daugh ter of the Minister of Ecuador to 8pain, and Senorita Yvonne Gon zales Rincones of Caracas, Venez uela, daughter of the former Venezuelan minister of education. Miss Mabel Vernon, director of the Peoples' Mandate Committee, which is directing the tour, and Mrs. Ana del Pulgar de Burke, chair man of the Committee for Latin America and wife of Thomas Burke, chief of the Division for Interna tional Communications of the State Department, are accompanying the delegation. F. W. Burpee, 73, Dies CHICAGO, Oct. B f/P)—Frank Watts Burpee, 13, president of the Burpee Can Sealer Co., died yes terday. Bora in Waterville, New Brunswick, he manufactured can nery equipment in Bellingham, Wash., from 1900 to 1913. h BENEFIT PERFORMERS—Two members of the cast that will present ‘The Mikado” and "Pinafore” for the benefit of Chil dren’s Hospital at Constitution Hall Thursday and Friday, Ruth Altman and James Montgomery, read to 5-year-old Betty Jane at the hospital. —Star Staff Photo. Pennsylvania Patronage log Jam' Held Broken By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH. Oct. 9.—State Re publican Chairman James F. Tor rance today assured party followers the “log-jam” on patronage had been broken and disclosed that 4.487 jobs had been handed out during the first nine months of Gov. Arthur H. James’ administration. At the same time, he said in a prepared address opening a series of regional rallies in the November 7 election campaign, 6,054 persons in departments under the Governor's control “have been fired or their Jobs abolished,” effecting savings of (3.701,379 annually. The record of appointments and dismissals, he said, “reveals clearly the progress made in the solution of the patronage issue.’’ For compari son. he said that in the first year of the Democratic administration of Gov. George H. Earle, James' predecessor, there were 4,137 ap pointments and 4,141 dismissals. Gov. James, he added,- found 12.436 employes in departments un der his control upon hi$ inaugura tion last January and had reduced the number to 10,177 employes. Reviewing the campaign, Tor rance declared the party's objec tive in next month's election was “the elimination of the last vestige of New Dealism in any comer of Pennsylvania.” Founder of Berry School Honored on Broadcast Miss Martha Berry, founder and president of the famous Berry Mountain Schools for Boys and Girls at Mount Berry, Ga„ was guest of honor on the Nation-wide broad cast of the “Woman of the Week” program last night from the stage of the Capitol Theater. Miss Berry described briefly how she byilt up the schools from a handful of pupils in a log cabin to an institution that has a faculty of 130, an enrollment of 1.200 and embraces all the stages of school work from kindergarten through college. Before her radio appearance Miss Berry was given a reception by Georgia members of Congress at the Willard Hotel. The veteran edu cator, nationally recognized for her work among mountain children, re turned to Georgia today. A leading benefactor of the Berry Schools has been Henry Ford, who often has visited the institution. Some of her Washington friends helped Miss Berry observe her 73rd birthday anniversary Saturday. nummary of Today's Star Page ! Page. Amusements B-ZO Obituary ... A-6 Auto Puzzle B-13 ! Radio _B-15 Comics B-18-19 i Society _B-3 Editorials .. A-8 Sports ..A-19-1Z Finance ... A-13 Woman’s Lost, Found B-15, Page.B-14 Foreign. Daladier to broadcast “important speech" tomorrow. Page A-l Reich launches repatriation of East ern Europe Germans. Page A-l Britain to formulate war alms state ment with French. Page A-l Finland's delegation expected in Moscow tonight. Page A-S Fascists to remain anti-Communist, editor writes. Page A-3 Russia throws weight behind Hitler's peace moves. Page A-4 Morton, U. 8. vice yonsul in Warsaw, reaches Bucharest. Page A-7 National' Foreign submarine and two tankers sighted off Key West. Page A-l Government opens General Motors monopoly trial. Page A-Z Washington and Vicinity. Steel workers here strike: building tied up. Page A-l Latin American women, on good-will tour, feted here. Page A-Z Bank depositors’ cases before Su preme Court this week. Page B-l 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-8 Alsop and Kintner. Page A-9 Frederic William Wile. Page A-9 Charles G. Roes. Page A-9 Jay Franklin. Page A-9. Sports Cincinnati fans irked as Reds flop In Yankee clincher. Page A-10 Berger is voted goat of series by victorious foes. Page A-10 Redskins prove grid greatness in crushing Dodgers. Page A-ll Hoy as rated among possible Eastern top spot winners. Page A-18 D. C. college elevens move into stormy going this week. Page A-1Z Miscellany Nature’s Children. Page B-15 Bedtime Story. PageB-lf Cross-word Puzzle. Page B-19 Letter-Out. Page B-15 Winning Contract. Page B-19 i Amos W. Hawk Dies Af Mount Rainier Amos Wesley Hawk, 67, a resident of Mount Rainier, Md„ since 1905, died suddenly late yesterday after noon at his home at 3625 Thirtieth I street, as the result of a heart at ' tack. I Mr. Hawk, who was connected i with the Procurement Division of ' the Interior Department, had been | ill for* several days apparently with 1 a stomach disorder. His family lived in Washington a year before moving to Mount Rainier. Mr. Hawk was first em | ployed in the Bureau of Pensions J and about 1908 became connected ' with the Supply Division of the In terior Department, later serving as chief of that division for a number of years. Since 1934, he had been connected with the Procurement Division. Born in Wilding, W. Va., August 9. 1872. Mr. Hawk was a graduate of West Virginia Wesleyan University j at Buckhannon. W. Va. He served two terms as a member of the West Virginia State Legislature. He fre quently contributed poetry to news papers and magazines and wrote music for songs. .j Surviving Mr. Hawk are his widow, the former Miss Addie May Mc Cauley of Washington County, Ohio; two daughters. Miss Faith May Hawk and Mrs. G. M. Barlowe of Mount Rainier, and two sons, Omer E. Hawk of Roanoke, Va., and Clerc W. Hawk of Mount Rainier. He also leaves a sister, Mrs. Minnie Say freed of Akron. Ohio, and two brothers, Ernest Hawk and Otis E. Hawk of Ohio. Funeral services will be held at 3;30 pm. tomorrow at the home with the Rev. Robert K. Nevitt. pastor of the Mount Rainier Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will _ be in Washington Memorial Park ' Cemetery. ! Al Lopez, Bee Catcher, Married at Elkton E» the Associated Press. ELKTON, Md.. Oct. 9.—Alphonso R. “Al” Lopez, regular catcher for the Boston Bees of the National League, and Evelyn M. Kearney, an actress, were married here Satur day night by the Rev. Joseph Baker, Baptist minister. Lopez, formerly with the Brook lyn Dodgers, gave his age as 31 and his residence as Tampa. Fla. Miss Kearney's age was listed as 29 and her residence as Northpoint, Long Island. Trocadero Is Closed HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 9 UP).—The Trocadero, favorite night club of the film colony, is closed. Host Felix Young blamed "friction with the lessor.” Government Opens Anti-Trust Trial Of General Motors Other Manufacturers Watch Legal Test of Sales Finance Methods Bt the Associated Press. SOUTH BEND. Ind., Oct. 9.—The anti-trust trial of the General Mo tors Corp. and affiliates—legal test of sales finance methods al legedly used by big automobile manufacturers—was scheduled to start today in Federal District Court here. Defendants with the motor firm were its finance companies, the General Motors Sales Corp. and the General Motors Acceptance Corp., and 19 officials, notably Board Chairman Alfred P. Sloan, Jr„ and President William S. Knud sen. Interested onlookers were others of the Detroit automotive "big three"—the Ford Motor Co. and the Chrysler Corp. The extent of their freedom to promote their own finance companies hinged upon out come of the trial. Monopoly Plot is Charged. A grand jury in session five days indicted the three companies, eight affiliates and 50 individuals here May 27, 1938. Three almost Identical indict ments charged that they plotted to set up a monopoly, in violation of the Sherman Act, by forcing deal ers to finance sales through the manufacturers’ own credit firms. This action, the indictment held, did ‘‘irreparable damage" to small finance companies. Later the Ford and Chrysler de fendants entered consent decrees admitting the practices charged and agreeing to stop them in return for a suspension of the prosecution. Thomas W. Slick of South Bend, judge of the Northern Indiana dis trict. accepted these decrees last No vember 15, but pointed out that should General Motors be acquit ted, they would not be binding. Judge Disqualifies Himself. Walter C. Lindley of Danville, judge of the Eastern Illinois dis trict, was to sit in the trial. Judge Slick has disqualified himself. Holmes Baldridge of Washington, special assistant to the Attorney General, headed a staff of 10 Gov> eminent lawyers and investigators. >, John Thomas Smith, vice presi dent and general counsel of Gen eral Motors, had charge of a de fense staff of 25, using -5.900 square feet of office space in a down town bank building. Months before the indictments were returned here, a Federal grand jury called to study motor financing methods in Milwaukee, was dis missed by Judge Ferdinand A. Gei ger before it could report. He charged Government attorneys had discussed a settlement with auto mobile companies’ counsel while evi dence still was being considered. 5 Jurors Are Named For Land Condemnation Chief Justice Alfred Wheat in Dis trict Court today selected five jurors, who will inquire into assessments to be made on land where street Improvements are planned in North east and Northwest. The jurist set November 20 as the date for the hearing and named Kenneth S. Wales. Thomas A. Cant well. Harry L. Slye. Wilbur H. Zepp and Edward S. Swan as the jurors to consider the case. The land condemnation is pro posed for the widening of Sheridan street between Eastern avenue and Sligo Mill road N.E.; for the ex tension of Eastern avenue between Sheridan street N.E. and Whittier street N.W.: for the extension of Kansas avenue between Nicholson street N.W. and Eastern avenue N.E.; for the extension of Quacken bos street between Blair road and Kansas avenue N.W'.; for the widening of Blair road northerly from Sligo Mill road N.W. and at North Capitol and Nicholson streets and for the widening of North Da kota avenue southeasterly from Pea body street N.W. Weather Report (Purnlahed by the United 6tates Weather Bureau ) District of Columbia—Pair tonight and tomorrow, not much change in temperature; gentle variable winds tonight becoming south tomorrow. Maryland and Virginia—Pair tonight and tomorrow, not much change in temperature. West Virginia—Fair tonight; tomorrow cloudy followed by rain in west portion; not much change in temperature. weatoer ixinuiions Lon i * Hoars. The disturbance that was over Lakp Michigan Saturday niomine has advanced east-northeastward with a trough extend- < lng south-southwestward over Nrw Eng- ! land. The disturbance that was over Utah has moved northeastward to Eastern , Nebraska. Grand Island. 1005.8 millibars (20.70 inches!, with a trough extending southward to the Rio Grande Valley. Pres sure continues high over the South At lantic and East Gulf States and the South ern APOalachign region. Mount Mitchell. N. C. 1095.4 millibars (30.28 Inches', and off the North Carolina coast An other high-pressure area is moving east northeastward over Eastern Lake Su perior. Sault Sainte Marie. Mich.. 1010.0 millibars (30.00 inches). Pressure is also high some distance off the New England coast and over the North Pacific States and northern plateau. Baker. Orel.. 1027.1 millibars (30.33 inchest. During the last 24 hours rains have occurred in the Middle and Southern Rocky Mountain region, the Middle and Southern Plains States, the upper lake region, the Upper Mississippi Valley, portions of the West Gulf 8tates. and portions of thf lower lake region, and the North Atlantic States. Temperatures hare risen In the Middle Plains States and the Middle Atlantic and North At lantic States, while they have fallen over the Southern Rocky Mountain region and Lower Michigan. Report for Last 24 Boors. Temperature. Barometer. Saturday— Degrees. Inches. 4 p.m. - 85 211.1*8 8 p.m.- 69 30.02 Midnight---. 63 30.06 Sunday— 4 a.m.-.T 59 30.05 8 a.m.- 59 30.12 Noon- 76 30 13 2 p.m.- 80 30.09 4 p.m. - 83 30.08 8 p.m. - 71 30.09 12 midnight_ 67 30.08 Today— 4 a m._ 65 30.08 8 a.m.- 70 30.10 Noon_ 87 30.07 Record far Last 94 Bouts. (Prom noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest 83. at 4 p.m. yesterday. Tear ■to. 85. Lowest. 64. et 6 a.m. todsy. Tear ago. 50. Booord Teaspcrataroe This Taar. Highest. 100. on September 6. Lowest. 17. on February 23. Haasldity ter Lost 24 Hoars. (Prom noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest. 97 per eent, at 11 p.m. yester day. Lowest. 42 per eent. at *:30 p.m. yes terday. Tide Tablet. (Furnished by United States Coast and Oeodetlc Survey.) Today. Tomorrow. High ......- 4:19 a.m. 5:19 a.m. U>v _11:17 a.m. High_...._ 4:57 p.m. 6:53 p.m. Low._11:44 pm. 12:13 p.m. Hirer Report. Potomac River cloudy, Shenandoah clear at Harpers Perry; Potomac muddy at Great TWla today. ► The Sun and Moon. _ Rises Sets. Sun today_ 6:10 5:40 Sun. tomorrow_ 0:11 5:30 Moon, today- 2:19 a m. 3:33 p.m. Automobile lights must be turned on one-half hour after sunset. Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches In tha Capital (current month to datet: Month. 1039. Ave. Record. January _ ... 3.41 3.55 7.93 -37 February -5.71 7 6.84 '84 March _ 2.89 3 75 8 84 '91 April - 3.78 3.27 9 1.3 '89 May - .41 3.79 10.69 '80 June-4.45 4.13 1094 'no July - 2.01 4.71 10.63 '86 August _ 3.22 4.01 14.41 '28 September_6 mo 3.24 17.45 '34 October _2.51 2.84 8.81 '37 November _ _ 2.37 8 69 '89 December _ 3.32 7.56 '01 • Weather in Various Cities. Temp. Raln Barom. High. Low. fall Weather. Abilene „ 20.83 88 67 0.62 Cloudy Albany . 30.00 63 56 0.12 Clear Atlanta 30 18 89 62 ... Cloudy Atlan. Cy 30 06 72 65 ... Cloudy Baltimore 30.09 76 61 _ Cloudy Birm'ham 30.18 91 62 _ Clear Bismarck 30 09 61 41 Cloudy Boston 29.94 69 59 0.01 Cloudy Buffalo 30.00 73 56 0.43 Cloudy Charleston 30.21 88 62 _ Fog ay Chicago . 29.97 81 65 0.06 Cloudy Cincinnati 30.12 92 62 _ Clear Cleveland 30.06 90 65 0.06 Cloudy Columbia 30.21 91 69 dear Denver __ 30.03 57 37 0.17 Rain Detroit __ 30.06 89 61 doudy El Paso _ 29 92 74 50 0.01 dear " • Galveston. 29.97 87 77 0.30 Cll Helena ... 30.20 52 43 ClflE Huron ... 29.94 64 46 0.38 Ratn Ind'pnlis 30.06 90 62 _ Clear Jscksonv'le 30 15 84 65 Clear Kans. Cy . 29.83 83 83 0.35 Rain L. Angeles. 30.06 72 58 _ Clear Louisville 30.12 91 65 ... Clear Miami _ 30.00 86 78 0.15 Cloudy Mn.-8t. P. „ 29.86 64 54 0.11 Rain N. Orleans 30 09 88 80 _ Clear New York 30.03 72 61 _ doudy Norfolk __ 30.00 88 66 Cloudy Okla. CT. . 29.86 88 67 1.02 Cloudy Omaha __ 29.74 65 60 0.38 Cloudy Phtla. ... 30.09 76 83 ... doudy Phoenix 30.03 76 48 _ Clear Pittsburgh 30.09 85 66 Cloudy rtl’d. Me. 29.89 60 55 0.03 Cloudy P'tl’d. Ore. 30.27 69 50 _ Cloudy Raleigh . 30.15 89 60 doudy Bt. Loula 29.97 92 67 0.41 dear 8. Lake C. 30 18 57 37 0.02 dear 8. Antonio 29.92 93 77 ._ doudy San Diego 30.03 70 55 ..I dear San Fran. 30.06 73 58 _ Clear 8eattle 30.24 64 46 _ _ Cloudy ■Pokane _ 30.30 60 35 _ dear Tampa 30.12 87 73 _ Cloudy WASH.DC 30.09 83 64 ..I Clear Vsrelga Stations. (Noon Oreenwlch time, today.) _ Stations. Temperature. Weather. Horta (Fayal). Azores _ 68 doudy (Current observations.) gan Juan. Puerto Rico 70 doudy Havana. Cuba- ft doudy Colon. Canal Zona__77 Sain 4 «