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20,000,000 Poles
Face Starvation,
Government Reveals
Resources Surviving
Destruction Taken
Over by Germans
By EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER.
PARIS, Nov. 23. — "Starvation
stares 20,000,000 Poles in the face.”
This is not propaganda. Jt is a
sober statement of fact from a writ
ten description of the situation in
German-occupied Poland, collected
and issued in Paris yesterday by the
Polish government.
None who remember the situa
tion in Belgium in the autumn of
1914, a few months after it had
been occupied by the German Army,
will feel the slightest astonishment.
For the fundamental reason is the
same in both cases—namely, appro
priation by the conquerors of all
resources for themselves with total
indifference to the plight of the na
tives whom the Germans, in this
case, call contemptuously, "Slavic
subhumans.”
Worse Off Than Belgium.
As a matter of fact, the fate of
Poland is far worse than that of
Belgium in 1914 simply because the
devastation of war in Poland is far
more widespread and destruction is
infinitely greater. Germany’s army
in 1914 possessed no aviation ca
pable of spreading destruction upon
a virtually helpless enemy and there
was no siege of Brussels similar to
the siege of Warsaw. According to
the Polish statement, the chief rea
sons for the approaching famine are
as follows:
First, certain of the best Polish
agricultural lands, namely, in Poz
nan and Pomorze, have been liter
ally absorbed into the Reich and 95
per cent of the Polish population
has been exiled into the rest of oc
cupied Poland, where conditions are
less favorable. Entire villages in the
two provinces have been stripped by
the conquerors like locusts.
On the other hand, the rich prov
ince of Wolyn is now absorbed by
the Russians, helping to compensate
for the Russian inadequacy. Areas
near the rivers Bug and San have
been devastated by the war oper
ations. Fires purposely lighted by
the Germans have turned large dis
tricts into temporary deserts, while
in some districts heroic Polish farm
ers have themselves destroyed their
crops to prevent their falling into
the hands of the invaders.
Reserve Grain Burned.
Reserves amounting to 150.000
tons of grain equal to Poland's
peacetime bread consumption for
one month wTas burned in the ele
vators. Potatoes, which &re a staple
diet, were not properly grown.
Weather conditions were bad and
partly ripe potatoes were dug up by
both armies. Poland’s potato supply
Is negligible.
The Germans, throughout the
country, have ruthlessly comman
deered for themselves cattle and
pigs. The breakdown of transpor
tation prevents the distribution of
what is still available.
Yesterday's document states:
“The German government is pur
posely aiming at the starvation of
the occupied territories. The dis
tribution of free soup is a mere
propaganda scheme.”
Warsaw was stripped of food and
left to get along as best it could and
the result has been hunger and a
tripling of food prices within the
city, while incomes have dwindled.
puiuons ox xne population
which lived on non-productive ac
tivity will soon have exhausted their
slender resources.
Infant Mortality Soars.
Moreover, German aviation and
artillery destroyed numerous in
dustries, leaving thousands unem
ployed and without any means.
Commerce between the cities and
the country will soon degenerate
into barter. Infantile mortality is
rising by leaps and the sanitary
breakdown is producing from 30 to
50 new cases of typhoid daily in
Warsaw alone.
The document concludes that
unless the civilized world is willing
and able to give organized, well
planned and immediate help, this
winter and spring will see simply
atrocious conditions in Poland.
Poland needs today foods like con
densed milk, canned goods, fats and
grains, while ^materials for soup,
medicaments like aspirin, disinfect
ants, warm clothing are also lack
ing. It suggests that the transport
of such articles to Poland can only
be effectively undertaken under in
ternational supervision.
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Methodists Back Hoover
As Peace Mediator
E* the Associated Press.
BOSTON. Nov. 23.—The editors
of ion's Herald, independent Meth
odist weekly, announced today they
would publish an editorial next week
iH support of a proposal that
former President Herbert Hoover in
tervene in an effort to bring peace
to Europe.
Describing Mr. Hoover, a Quaker,
as “the world’s, last desperate hope
fOr peace,’’ the announcement said
the suggestion was made first at a
church meeting in Newton Center,
Mass., and subsequently ratified by
other meetings in New York and
New England.
The United States Army in the
Mexican War numbered oniy 100,000
men.
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U. S. Anti-Aircraft Defense
Insufficient to Guard Capital
Despite Projected Expansion, Civil
Authorities May Be Forced to Defend Cities
By JOSEPH S. EDGERTON.
Despite a tremendous expansion
during the last year of the Army’s
anti-aircraft defense organization,
the Regular Army and National
Guard today, on a basis of European
standards, could not muster enough
anti-aircraft artillery to defend the
National Capital alone, in the opin
ion of military authorities.
To undertake the defense of the
Atlantic seaboard or even of the In
dustrial portion of the New England
seacoast, for exajpple, would be an
utter impossibility for the present
anti-aircraft forces of the Regular
Army and National Guard.
A little more than a year ago the
Regular Army assembled at Fort
Bragg, N. C., for thoroughgoing
tests all its mobile anti-aircraft
artillery east of the Rocky Moun
tains. It mustered 24 guns and was
hard put to defend even the single
dummy airport which was the tar
get of air attacks delivered across
a civilian-manned aircraft warning
net.
Some Improvement Made.
Today the situation is somewhat
improved as a result of deliveries of
anti-aircraft guns now being made
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c*v_auHlUlliCU uy V_/Uil”
gress during the last fiscal year.
These contracts, made under ap
propriations totaling $23,685,387,
called for 337 anti-aircraft guns of
3-inch caliber, together with neces
sary fire-control apparatus and ac
cessories.
In all the continental United
States there are today a few more
than 300 of these guns available,
according to the most accurate
available estimates. Exact figures
are withheld by the War Depart
ment as military secrets. So are
figures dealing with the proposed
organization and arming of new
anti-aircraft regiments. An addi
tional 300 guns or so are on order
from funds made available during
the last and present fiscal years.
What this means in terms of ac
tual defense may be realized when
it is considered that approximately
900 anti-aircraft guns now are be
ing used to defend the metropolitan
area of London alone.
One Gun Guards Square Mile.
It has been estimated by at least
one coast artillery authority that a
modern American anti-aircraft gun
regiment could defend adequately
one square mile of territory. Other
officers consider this estimate con
servative but are not inclined to in
crease the area greatly. There are
in the continental United States
today seven anti-aircraft regiments
in the Regular Army and 14 in the
National Guard. While figures as to
the number of guns available to
these regiments are not published,
it is understood the seven regular
regiments have no more than peace
time requirements, if that, and that
the Guard regiments have no more
equipment than is necessary for
training
The anti-aircraft regiments of
the Regular Army are now at the
following stations and strengths:
61st Coast Artillery (anti-aircraft),
1.329 enlisted men, Fort Sheridan,
111.: 62d, 1.357 (full peace strength,
including band) enlised men, Fort
Totten. N. Y.; 63d, 1,357, Fort McAr
thur, Calif.; 65th, 1,329, Fort Win
field Scott, San Francisco; 69th,
742 (one battalion is in Puerto
Rico), Fort Crockett, Tex.; 68th (a
new regiment), 1,000, Fort Williams,
Me., and 70th (also new), 1,000,
Fort Monroe, Va.
The anti-aircraft regiment, at peace
strength, is composed of headquar
ters and headquarters battery and
two battalions The first hottou™
a gun battalion, is composed of a
searchlight battery equipped with
15 60-inch searchlights and lo
cators and three gun batteries, each
armed with four 3-inch anti-air
craft guns and four .50-caliber ma
chine guns, or a total of 12 guns
of each caliber. The second bat
talion includes a machine gun bat
tery equipped with 12 .50-caliber
machine guns and three batteries
each armed with eight 37-millimeter
anti-aircraft guns. The gun strength
of the regiment, therefore, is 12
3-inch guns, 24 37-millimeter guns
and 24 ,50-caliber machine guns.
34 Regiments Projected.
The present program, as outlined
in congressional hearings, calls for
a total of 34 anti-aircraft regiments,
many of which are to be part of the
permanent garrisons of Panama,
Hawaii and other insular and terri
torial points.
In case of an aggressive war
against the United States, much of
the responsibility for defense of
threatened American cities against
hostile aircraft attacks would de
volve on the communities them
selves. under present defense plans.
The mission of the anti-aircraft
regiments has been defined as “to
give day and night protection to
ground forces, aircraft at rest and
important establishments.” The
object of anti-aircraft weapons is
to attack all enemy aircraft within
range, to destroy them, to cause
them to abandon their missions, or
to decrease the efficiency of their
operations.
According to Capt. John R. Lovell,
coast artillery, winner of a recent
essay contest conducted by the
Coast Artillery Journal on the sub
ject of anti-aircraft defenses, it is the
particular mission of the heavier
caliber anti-aircraft guns to fight
bombardment aviation, especially at
high altitudes; of the intermediate
caliber guns (37-millimeter) to fight
observation aviation operations over
forward areas and all other avia
tion at altitudes of 6,000 to 10,000
feet and of light caliber guns to
fight low-flying aircraft.
Frees Aviation for Offensives.
The anti-aircraft artillery, he
pointed out, performs the same mis
sion for the Air Corps that coast
artillery performs for the Navy—
to release aviation from defense
missions and enable its concentra
tion for offensive action.
It is regarded as likely that in the
future a greater part of the anti
aircraft artillery may be assigned
to duty in the rear areas, leaving
each of the combat organizations in
the forward areas to defend itself
against enemy aircraft, by rifle and
machine gunfire or with whatever
other weapons are available.
This despite experience in the
Ethiopian war that only one in 33
airplanes struck by small arms fire
was brought down and in Spain that
airplanes were hit by as many as
several hundred bullets and still
managed to reach home airdromes.
These experiences point to the need
foi more effective weapons than
rifles and machine guns against air
craft.
Consideration is being given as a
result of experiences in Europe,
Ethiopia and China to development
of a gun of larger caliber than the
present standard American 3-inch,
with opinion favoring one of about
3 7 or 3.8 inch caliber. It also is
regarded as desirable to develop a
small gun. with opinion favoring a
20-millimeter size, to replace the
machine gun.
Capt. Lovell’s Recommendations.
In his essay, Capt. Lovell listed the
following recommendations for “the
establishment of a stable anti-air
craft armament policy”:
1. Develop and standardize a de
tection system not dependent on
vision:
2. Discard the searchlight and
sound locator unit;
3. Develop a heavier anti-aircraft
gun with a caliber of about 3.7 or 3.8
Inches, using the present standard
3-inch gun to reinforce the fires of
the larger weapons:
4. Develop a mechanically oper
ated fire control director;
5. Discard the machiy gun as
primary armament for anti-aircraft
artillery troops; ,
6. Develop a light caliber can
non (20-mm.) to replace the ma
chine gun for anti-aircraft artillery
troops.
7. Develop special vehicles (mobile
fortresses) to transport the lighter
caliber cannon for convoy and spe
cial objective protection;
8. Permit no dual purpose design;
9. Place the development of a fire
control system for the automatic
cannon in the highest priority.
“The protection of the citizen
population against aerial attack
causes the nations of the world
grave concern,” Capt. Lovell said,
“especially in Europe, where the
flying distances are relatively small.
Some knowledge has been gained
from the attacks on the cities of
Madrid, Barcelona. Shanghai and
Canton, but because the more ef
fective chemical agents were not
employed we may look for worse
; conditions in the future.
I n ri..ii r..—_
“The protection of the civilian
population in any community must
be a function of the local civil gov
ernment. The protection against
enemy aircraft can be handled by
special agencies similar to the police
force and the fire department. It
would obviously be impossible for
the armed forces to protect all of
the population centers of the Na
tion. There would be no army left
to conduct an active defense.
“It is believed that the mayors of
all large communities should take
the necessary action, in time of
peace, to formulate plans for the
co-ordination of all the civil agen
cies and for the designation and
training of all of the volunteer of
ficials and reorganizations needed
to,, organize a defense against air
attack. The most practicable de
fense for a civil community is to
utilize all means of passive defense
possible. Many aerial attacks will
probably come at night and here the
blackout is the best possible answer.”
In time of war, it was pointed out,
the anti-aircraft artillery must be
ready to protect vital industrial and
transportation centers on the out
break of hostilities and must be
capable of quick expansion to full
war strength.
Red Cross to Add
3 First-Aid Classes
To meet increased demand for
instruction, three new classes will be
added to the District Red Cross’
First Aid Instruction Division, it
was announced yesterday. This
will bring the total to 43.
The new classes are made possible,
it was said, by additional class
room space obtained through co
operation of George D. Johnson,
manager of the Wardman Park
Hotel, and Daniel Masterson, chief
clerk and administrative officer of
the United States Public Health
Service.
Several French and English sub
jects, having completed the stand
ed for the advanced class and upon
Its completion will return to their
native countries to aid in first aid
work. Red Cross officials declared.
The additional classes are:
Morning—Tuesday and Thursday,
9:30 to 11:30, beginning November
28 at the Wardman Park Hotel;
Robert H. -Duncan, instructor.
Afternoon—Monday, Wednesday
and Friday, 1:30 to 3:30, beginning
November 27 at the Wardman Park
Hotel; Robert H. Duncan, instructor.
Evening—Tuesday and Friday,
7:30 to 9:30, at the District Red
Cross Building; Sidney R. Gould,
instructor.
All those who have passed the
standard course are eligible for the
advanced course. Further informa
tion may be obtained from tele
phoning branch 240, National 5400.
Stripped
ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 23 OP).—
Eric Benson knows what it means to
be “housecleaned” by thieves.
From a vacant building he owns
they took: Eight windows and cas
ings, eight doors, three electric
fixtures, all electric wiring and
switches, a pile of wall board and
a lot of face brick from the exterior.
He bought the house and lot last
spring, but all he has left is the lot.
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Testing of Foes'
Weaknesses Delay
Mass Air Attacks
Guarding of Bombers
May Be Nazi Motive
Of Move on Holland
By MAJ. GEORGE F. ELIOT.
War is an uncertain business—
indeed, the only certain thing about
it is that it will produce the unex
pected. Who would have supposed,
for example, that the long-dreaded
second world war would have pro
gressed to its 83d day without having
witnessed large-scale air operations:
without having given at last the
answers to the question of what is
going to happen when and if the
air fleets of great powers are loosed
against each other’s vital centers?
Yet, so it is. Save' for the over
whelming of Poland, air activity in
this war has been strictly limited,
either in objective or in the size of
the forces employed. There are as
yet few new lessons to be gleaned
regarding this new element in war
fare.
One lesson, however, is beginning
to stand out—and it is a lesson to
which the Spanish civil war likewise
bears witness: Large-scale opera
tions on the surface of the earth
(whether land or water) and espe
cially offensive operations, must be
co-ordinated with and supported by
aerial operations.
Planes Guide Subs.
The German air force was prob
ably the chief ingredient of victory
In Poland. The co-ordination of
ureiumu tur wnn sea ana suDsea
activities in the North Sea undoubt
edly accounts for some of the Ger
man successes in this area. Among
the chief limitations of the subma
rine are its lack of speed and lack
of vision. High-flying aircraft can
discover targets for U-boats and
direct the latter on courses enabling
them to intercept rather than over
haul their prey.
The bombing raids which German
aircraft have carried out against
Great Britain have been chiefly
directed at shipping. The very small
size of the forces employed and the
total lack of any attempt at con
tinuity of effort mark these raids
as being purely of an experimental
nature. How accurate is British
anti-aircraft fire? How alert is the
observer system? How long after
enemy aircraft have reached the
coast does it take for British pursuit
aircraft to appear? The answers to
these questions and many others of
like tenor were necessary before the
German high command could risk
any large proportion of its air force
in "full-out” attacks on the British
Isles.
Bombers Need Pursuit Protection.
One point seems here of interest.
It was. in general, the experience of
the Spanish civil war that bombers
ought to have a pursuit escort, either
immediately accompanying them or
so operating as to cover them from
attack by enemy pursuit aviation.
For flights across the North Sea.
however, the distance from the pres
ent German bases to London is 330
miles, slightly less to some other
parts of Great Britain, but in any
case beyond the radius of action of
German pursuit aviation. If the
German experimental raids—several
of which have been reported as being
driven off by R. A. F. planes—have
shown that unescorted bombers are
not likely to have much luck, we
have here a possible motive for a
German move on Holland, which
would reduce to 150 miles their flying
distance to Britain and enable their
pursuit to cover a good part, at
least, of their bombing operations.
Incidentally, the only German air
attack on a British convoy which
has been reported was driven off by
shore-based aviation.
There has been no solution of the
battleship-airplane controversy.
German air attacks on British
warships appear to have inflicted
only minor damage, if British re
ports are to be trusted rather than
German.
Claims Must Be Weighed.
It may be well to remark that in
this particular connection the re
ports of both sides are likely to be
very carefully editied. Nothing
could be more damaging to British
morale than any suggestion that
German air power is a real treat to
British sea power. Conversely,
nothing could give German morale
a greater “lift.” Thus, careful ex
amination of the available evidence
makes it appear likely that the
injuries inflicted by German raiders
on the British cruisers Edinburgh
and Southampton in the Firth of
Forth was somewhat more serious
than the British communique ad
mitted. On the other hand, there
is definite proof that the German
claim to have destroyed the British
carrier Ark Royal is unjustified. So
it goes—and will continue to go.
while the world tries to read be
tween the lines to get some glimmer
of the truth.
The allies, with minor exceptions,
have used their aircraft chiefly for
reconnaissance, photographic and
pamphlet-dropping missions. Dur
ing the course of these operations
they have certainly accumulated a
great deal of valuable informa
tion which may one day stand them
in good stead.
There have been some "dog fights”
over the lines between allied and
German pursuit aviation engaged
in protecting reconnaissance mis
sions or driving off opposing recon
naissance. In these encounters the
allies appear in general to have come
off best.
It has been asserted that the
latest British and French pursuit
planes show superior qualities to
the German Messerschmidts. But
uuc uciiun*; oupciioiity wnicn tnese
encounters emphasize is the better
and longer training of the French
pilots. This is due to the stout
refusal of Gen. Vuillemin, chief of
the French air staff, to permit pilot
training to be rushed in order to
obtain numbers. “Better a few real
pilots than many dubs,” said he—
and the reported defeat of 27 Ger
man pursuit planes by one-third
their number of French would ap
pear to support the veteran gen
eral’s theory.
We have not learned anything’
much that is new about the effec
tiveness of anti-aircraft artillery, or
searchlights, or the famous London
balloon barrage. We have heard
rumors, but have seen no evidence
of new aerial weapons in both of
fensive and defensive categories.
But the real question which looms
In the back of every one's mind is
still unanswered—what will happen
if air war really starts in over
crowded Western Europe?
We don't know. Nobody knows.
That, in all probability, is pre
cisely the reason it has not started.
(Copyright, 1939, by Nov York
Tribune, Inc.)
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BOSTON. FITTING FAREWELL—As a taste of what’s to come, snow fell heavily yesterday as
the Bear, laden with supplies, sailed out of Boston Harbor en route to the Antarctic. In the ,
foreground a crowd waves farewell. The vessel was refitted in Boston yards to serve as a unit 1
in the United States Antarctic Expedition. _A. P. wirephoto. 1
Washington Priests
Are Honored at
Baltimore Rites
Silver Jubilee Marked
By Archbishop Curley
Before Dignitaries
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md„ Nov. 23 —Sev
eral Washingtonians were among
those honored today at the silver
jubilee of Archbishop Michael J.
Curley, before one of the largest and
most distinguished gatherings of
ecclesiastics to assemble in this city
for many years.
Six Washington priests were in- j
vested among 20 monsignori recently I
appointed by Pope Pius XII. One
Washingtonian was invested as
papal chamberlain and two laymen,
well known here, at Catholic Uni
versity were decorated as Knights
Commander of St. Gregory the
Great. The occasion took place at
the 5th Regiment Armory.
Archbishop Curley presided at the
investiture ceremonies and later
pontificated at solemn mass, using
the chalice given him by his mother,
the late Maria Ward Curley, on the
occasion of his silver jubilee as a
priest in 1929.
Washington Priests Invited.
The Washington priests invested
as domestic prelates were the right
reverend monslgnori: Dr. John M.
Cooper, professor of anthology, the
Catholic University of America;
John W. Dowling, pastor of Holy
wame unurcn; Edward P. Mc
Adams, pastor of St. Joseph’s
Church; Charles R. O'Hara, pastor
sf Holy Comforter Church; James
A. Smyth, pastor of the Shrine of
the Sacred Heart, and his brother,
Thomas G. Smyth, pastor of the
Church of the Blessed Sacrament.
The Very Rev. Lawrence Shehan.
director of Catholic Charities of
Washington, was invested as a papal
chamberlain, along with the Very
Rev. Dr. Joseph Manns, assistant
chancellor of the archdiocese of
Baltimore.
The two laymen decorated aa
Knights Commander of St. Gregory
the Great were William L. Galbin,
who is treasurer of the board of trus
tees of Catholic University, treas
urer of the board of trustees, Cath
olic Sisters' College, and prominent
Baltimore Catholic layman; and
Fred V, Murphy, head of the de
partment of architecture of Cath
olic University. He is architect of
many buildings in the archdiocese of
Baltimore and Washington.
Messages From Pope Read.
The Rev. Dr. John K. Cartwright,
pastor of the Church of the Immac
ulate Conception of Washington,
read messages from Pope Pius XII,
creating the Right Rev. Lawrence J.
McNamara, pastor of St. Brigid's
Church, Baltimore, a Roman prelate
with the title "Our Domestic Prel
late,” and congratulating Archbishop
Curley upon his silver jubilee.
Priests of Baltimore and other
parts of Maryland invested as do
mestic prelates of the papal house
hold include:
Robert J. Achstetter, pastor of SS.
Philip and James Church; Dr. John
I. Barrett, archdiocesan superin
tendent of education and pastor of
St. Katherine’s Church; Edwin L.
Leonard, pastor of St. Bernard's
Church; William E. Mackessy, pas
tor of St. Cecelia’s Church, elevated
from papal chamberlain; Charles F.
Morrissey, pastor of St. Ann’s
Church; Lawrence J. McNamara,
pastor of St. Brigid's Church;
Joseph M. Nelligan, chancellor of
the flrrhriinrPRP* T/Mlic nTVmmron
pastor of St. Martin's Church;
Harry A. Quinn, rector of the Basil
ica of the Assumption of the Blessed
Virgin, elevated from papal cham
berlain; Antonio Scarpati, pastor of
St. Peter in Chains Church, West
emport, and William A. Toolen, pas
tor of St. Edward’s Church.
Gov. O'Conor Present.
Seated on the platform with the
archbishop was the apostolic dele
gate, the Most Rev. Amleto Gio
vanni Cicognani. flanking the front
of the altar platform were 10 bis
hops and two abbots. Gov. O'Gonor
of Maryland and Mayor Jackson of
Baltimore attended.
The sermon was delivered by the
Very Rev, Ignatius Smith, O. P.
Archbishop Curley took over the
Archdiocese of Baltimore November
30, 1921, coming to Baltimore from
Florida. In October of this year he
was made Archbishop of Washing
ton also. He was bom in Athlone,
was educated in Ireland and Rome,
coming to the United States in 1904.
Archbishop Curley was presented
with a jubilee check offered by mem
bers of religious orders and societies,
and the people of the archdiocese.
The presentation was made by the
Most Rev. John M. McNamara, aux
iliary bishop of Baltimore and Wash
ington.
Lenin, the guiding genius of Rus
sia’s 1917 revolution of the prole
tariat, was the son of a hereditary
Russian noble.
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'Home Workshop Club' Formed
To Make Its Own Products
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Members of Montgomery County’s,
new “Home Workshop Club” are
going to manufacture their own
products—everything from baby’s
crib to a new set of storm windows
for the missus.
They organized the club last
night, elected officers, set a meet
ing date and made plans to com
pare their work and perhaps inter
change tools. The charter mem
bers included a carpenter, a barber,
a physician and various business
men.
The men, drawn together by a
mutual hobby, met at the home (or
rather in the basement workshop) :
of Leroy Allison of 4219 Leland
street, Chevy Chase, Md. They
elected Mr. Allison president. Other '
officers were C. C. Clageit, vice
president, and A. W. Kizer, secre
tary nad treasurer.
The club will affiliate with the ,
Nationl Home Workshop Guild.
Members plan next year to make
toys for underprivileged children at [
Christmas time.
One of the most enthusiastic
members is an amateur cabinet
maker who has fashioned all his
own furniture.
Testimonial Dinner
Given Perry Boswell
At Country Club
Kiwanians and Rotarians
Honor Donor of
Camp Site
Kiwanians and Rotarians tempor
arily discarded their traditional ri
valry last night as Perry Boswell,
member of the College Park <Md.)
Rotary Club and chairman of the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission, was the guest of honor
of the Kiwanis Club of Prince
Georges County at a testimonial
dinner at the Beaver Dam County
Club.
Representative Lansdale G. Sass
cer of the 5th Maryland congres
sional district, a member of the
Kiwanis Club, and approximately
125 other members of the organiza
tion and their friends, paid tribute
to Mr. Boswell for his gift of a
tract of land on the Largo-Marl
boro road for the establishment of
a Kiwanis camp for underprivileged
children.
The camp which is approximately
11 acres, has been designated the
J. Enos Ray Memorial Kiwanis
Camp, in memory of the late Mr.
Ray, a prominent citizen of Prince
Georges County and close friend of
Mr. Boswell. The site is 3 miles
east of Largo. Mr. Boswell pre
sented the deed to the tract to the
club last night, and Dr. Harold P.
Cotterman, president of the club,
accepted in behalf of the organiza
tion.
Representative Sasscer warmly
praised Mr. Boswell, as did other
speakers on the program. Guests
included Mrs. J. Enos Ray, Judge
Joseph C. Mattingly and his daugh
ters, Miss Betty Mattingly, and Miss
El^ncr Mattingly: Mrs. Sasscer,
State Senator and Mrs. Charles C.
Marbury, Dr. H. C. Byrd, president
of the University of Maryland; T.
Howard Duckett, member of the
Maryland-National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, and Mrs.
Duckett; Maryland’s collector of in
ternal revenue and Mrs. M. Hampton
Magruder: William A. Carson, presi
dent of the county commissioners,
and Mrs. Carson; County School
Superintendent Nicholas Orem and
Mrs. Orem and Prank B. Smith,
member of the Washington Subur
ban Sanitary Commission, and Mrs.
Smith. Arthur C. Keefer, first presi
dent of the club, and chairman of its
Camp Committee, was toastmaster.
Entertainment, which followed the
banquet, was arranged by a com
mittee headed by S. C. Heifer, sec
ond vice president-elect.
Kresge Employes
Hosts at Party
Employes of the S. S. Kresge Co.
5 and 10 cent store at 434 Seventh
street N.W., recently gave a turkey
dinner and floor show and invited
the staff of the Kresge dollar store.
Frank Kimball, store manager, gave
a short talk.
Store employes who presented en
tertainment numbers included Mary
George, Mae Morgan, Esther Lyles,
Annie Bokoles, Ruth Richardson,
Florence Slocombe, Helen Barnes,
Olive Owens, Florence Bailey,
Evelyn Franks, Edward Silas, How
ard Lipe, Glenna Densmore, Louise
Bragg and Dorothy Clapy.
The committee in charge consisted
of Esther Lyles, Louise Bowersox,
Catherine Brodie and Minnie
Bowers.
Employment Agency
Aids lllini Athletes
By the Associated Press.
CHAMPAIGN, 111., Nov. 23.—Uni
versity of Illinois athletes now have
an employment agency—the Board
of Directors of the University Stu
dent-Alumni Association.
The board has adopted a 6-point
program designed to obtain em
ployment for the athletes. All
fraternities, sororities, university
dormitories, boarding clubs, restau
rants and business establishments
will be asked to set aside one or
two Jobs for athletes recommended
by the athletic association.
I
Bridges Wants
Day of Thanks
Without Politics
By the Associated Press.
Senator Bridges, Republican, of
New Hampshire said today that
while Americans “should be a happy
family together” on Thanksgiving,
they are divided by President Roose
velt's proclamation moving the ob
servance up a week.
Urging adoption of his resolution
fixing the last Thursday in Novem
ber as the official, country-wide
Thanksgiving, Senator Bridges said
in a statement:
“A people who argue throughout
the year about Franklin Delano
Roosevelt should be permitted one
day of peace and serenity.
“What we are now apparently ;
confronted with is an observance
of Thanksgiving by the pro-Roose- i
velt people on one day and by the J
anti-Roosevelt people on another
one. A day on which we should be
a happy family together will only
accentuate our division."
Bonus to Be Given
Murphy Employes
A Christmas bonus of $5 for each
year of service will be distributed
this year to the more than 500 em
ployes of the G. C. Murphy stores
in Washington, Alexandria, Silver
Spring and Rockville. The bonus
also will include all part-time em
ployes who have averaged more
than 25 hours a week during the
year, it was announced.
Over half of the present employes
will receive the bonus based on four
or five years' service, and more than
30 employes have been with the
concern since it started business
here.
Weather Report
(Furnished by the United States Weather Bureau.)
District of Columbia—Fair tonight and tomorrow: lowest temperature
tonight about 34 degrees: rising temperature tomorrow; light variable
winds becoming gentle to moderate southerly tomorrow.
Maryland—Fair tonight and tomorrow; rising temperature tomorrow;
cooler Saturday.
Virginia—Fair and slightly colder tonight; tomorrow fair with rising
temperature.
West Virginia—Fair and slightly colder tonight; tomorrow increasing
cloudiness and warmer: colder tomorrow night.
The Atlantic disturbance has moved •>——
■ iuibucaciuaiu «I1U II* IS millHl UUS IllUrU
mg about 300 miles east of Eastport Me..
with lowest pressure about 1003 millibars
(29.82 inches). Another disturbance is
moving southeastward over Minnesota In
ternational Falls. 1007.1 millibars (29.74
inches), and a trough extends thence
south-southwestward to Kansas. Still an
other disturbance is approaching the coast
of Southeastern Alaska. Ketchikan. 907.3
millibars (29.45 inches). High pressure
prevails over the Plateau and Rocky
Mountain regions and from Texas north
eastward to Michigan and the Lower Lake
region. Kallspell. Mont. 1029.8 millibars
(3041 lnchesi and Cairo 111.. 1024.4
millibars <30.25 lnchesi. Light precipita
tion. mostly in the form of rain, has oc
curred from Indiana and Eastern Ken
tucky. eastward to the Atlantic Coast and
In North Dakota. Fair weather has pre
vailed elsewhere. The temperature has
fallen in Georgia and Florida and from
the North Pacific States eastward to Mon
tana. while the weather has become warmer
from Arizona northeastward to Minne
sota and North Dakota.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry; Potomac clear at Great
Falls today.
Report for Last 24 Hours.
Temperature. Barometer
ifeaterday—■ Degrees. Inches.
4 p m. _ 37 30 07
8 pm. _ 38 30.08
Midnight _ 38 30.09
Today—
4 a m. _ 39 30.09
8 a m. _ 40 30 19
Noon _ 45 30.12
Reoord for Last 24 Hours.
(From noon yeiterday to noon today.)
Highest. 45. noon today. Year aco. 80.
Lowest. 37, 7:35 am. today. Year
ago. 37.
Rocurd Temperature This Your.
Highest, 100. on September 8.
Lowest. 17. on February 23.
Humidity for Loot 24 Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest. 94 per cent, at 4 p.m. yee
torday.
Lowest. 59 per cent, at noon today.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow.
High-,- 5:02 a.m. 6:63 a.m.
Low -11:55 a.m. 12:38 a.m.
High- 6:32 p.m. 8.19 n.m.
Low - - 12:40 p.m.
The Bun and Moon.
Rises. 6ete.
Bun. today _ 6:68 4:60
Bun. tomorrow_ 6:59 4:60
Moon, today_ 2:57 p.m. 8:33 am.
Automobile lighte mutt be turned en
one-half hour after sunset.
A
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inchee In the
Capital (current month to date):
Month. 1939. Average Record.
January 3.41 3.55 7.83 '37
February_ 5 71 3.27 6.84 '84
March _ 2.89 .3.75 8.84 ’91
April _ 3.78 3 27 9.13 '89
May _ .41 3.70 10.89 89
June - 4.45 4.13 10.94 '00
Julv _ 2 01 4.71 10 83 ’88
August _ 3.22 4.01 14.41 '28
September_ 8.90 3.24 1745 '34
October _ 4.08 2 84 8 81 '37
November _ 1.35 2 37 8.69 89
December - 3.32 7.56 '01
Weather In Various Cities.
Temp'ture. Raln
Barom. High. Low. fall. Weather.
Abilene_ 30 15 72 42 _ Cloudy
Albany_ 30.12 38 22 Cloudy
Atlanta . 30.12 47 34 _ Cloudy
Atlan. City 30.09 42 38 _ Cloudy
Baltimore. 30.12 44 36 _ Cloudy
Btrm'gham 30.21 52 26 _ Clear
Bismarck 30.06 56 38 Clear
Boston_ 30 03 36 33 0 12 Cloudy
Buffalo _ 30 18 42 28 Cloudy
Charleston 30.09 56 43 _ Clear
Chicago.. 30.18 41 35 Cloudy
Cincinnati 30 21 39 38 Cloudy
Cleveland. 30.18 39 37 0.04 Rain
Columbia 30.12 48 40 Cloudy
Denver_ 30 33 68 32 Cloudy
Detroit... 30 18 40 .31 0 01 Cloudy
El Paso_ 30.12 68 38 Cloudy
Galveston .30.18 71 48 Cloudy
Helena_ 30 39 56 29 _ Clear
Huron_ 30.06 60 38 _ Clear
Ind'napolis 30 18 37 35 Cloudy
Jacks'nville 30.08 62 43 _ Clear
Kans. City 30.15 48 38 Cloudy
L Aneeles 29.07 87 62 _ Clear
Louisville. 30 18 40 39 Cloudy
Miami_ 30.00 73 58 Cloudy
Mpls.-St. P 29 91 49 35 ... cloudy
N Orleans 30.15 64 50 __ Clear
New York 30 09 43 34 0.01 dear
Norfolk... 30,09 44 37 0.02 doudy
Okla dty 30.18 62 34 _ Clear
Omaha- 30 08 54 36 III Cloudy
Phlla.- 30.12 40 38 0.15 Cloudy
Phoenix.. 30.00 80 44 _ dear
Pittsburgh 30.15 41 35 0.12 doudy
p ,and'Me 30 03 34 32 0.05 doudy
Plnd.org. 30.03 56 44 ... clear
Raleigh 30 12 41 37 0.04 Cloudy
St. Louts. 30.24 42 28 _ dear
S Lake C. 30 36 56 28 _ dear
8 Antonio 30.21 71 • 46 ... CWIHIy
8an Diego 29 94 82 51 _ dear
8 Fr'cisco 30 03 72 57 _ dear
Seattle... 30 03 83 38 ... cloudy
Sookane.. 30.33 55 29 ... doudy
Tamna... 30.09 6 8 51 _ dear
WASH. D C. 30.12 40 37 0.10 doudy
Foreign Stations.
(Noon. Greenwich time .today )
„ . „ Temperature. Weather.
Horta (Fayal). Azores. 86 Cloudy
(Current observations.)
San Juan. Puerto Rico. 77 doudy
Havana. Cuba- 70 Cloudy
Colon. Canal Zone_ 78 Clear
Farm Bureau Attacks
Housing Project on
Several Grounds
Board of Directors
Sees Plan as Blow
To Agriculture
By a Stan Correspondent of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md„ Nov. 23.—The
Board of Directors of the Mont
;omery County Farm Bureau yester
day made public its reasons for
disapproving the rural housing
arogram of the Montgomery County
Housing Authority.
Over the signature of G. Rust
Sanby, chairman of the Resolutions
Committee, and James D. King,
Dureau president and exofflcio mem
)er, the resolution declared that in
Drinciple the plan for elimination of
•urai suDstanaara nousing snowea
‘a tendency to further dependence
jpon Government rather than a
step to these folks becoming more
ndependent and self-sustaining.
“We cannot approve a plan which
ilaces a premium upon unemploy
nent and deliberate refusal to
vork,” the resolution declared. “On
he contrary, no one will go further
han this body to help sustain self
especting, honest, industrious labor
o improve their housing standards
ind become property owners, how
;ver little they are able to pay
owards the equity each month.”
Hines Introduces Resolution.
The resolution was introduced by
Villiam J. Hines, who last week
>bjected to the program outlined
>y E. Brooke Lee, chairman of the
bounty Housing Authority. Pour of
lis five tenant houses, he told Mr.
-,ee, would be eliminated by the
luthority’s program. It was sec
rnded by Mr. Canby.
The directors also contended that
here is no need for the 800 to 1,000
lew houses the authority proposed
o build, although it was agreed that
'isolated cases” of need exist. The
rtrtue of the plan, the resolution
ieclared, depended on the “legality
)f any action to destroy such houses,
larticularly upon the farms where
he business depends upon available
abor.” The houses would be re
iccupied if allowed to remain two
rears, the board stated, resulting in
urther overcrowding of schools and
heir cost. The same could be said
>f expenses regarding health, social
velfare and relief, according to the
•esolution.
'TTip h/varH
)f placing low income labor on a
:ash basis and opposed a "policy
Jf removing farm labor to point's
Hit of reach, especially if this class
lave no form of transportation,”
idding that should transportation
oe provided to industrial or suburban
tenters this labor would “thereby
oe lost to agrictulture.”
Sees Modem Trend Reversed.
“The program in question,” the
’esolution stated, “reverses the mod
ern tendency against concentration
if individuals. Concentration lends
itself to so many social disorders,
lamely, public health, unemploy
ment and crime without correcting
anything or saving expense. For
instance, houses could be built as
theaply if scattered throughout
immunities without destroying
present labor contacts. Little, if
anything, would be saved on school
transportation, as the buses must
lover these routes anyhow.”
The board declared itself in sym
pathy with the position of some of
its members, but suggested the pro
gram be readjusted to bring elec
tricity to every farm in the county
and pointed out that “scarcely a
single electric line extension has
been made in rural Montgomery
County in the last seven years.”
Under the present proposed plan
of constructing 25 or more villages
for white and colored workers in
the low income brackets, the damage
"to adjacent and nearby properties
would be inestimable,” the resolu
tion stated.
Queer Appetites
BRULE, Nebr., Nov. 23 bP).—
Thanksgiving Day can t mean any
thing to the coyotes in this area, but
the slinking raiders killed 20 fine
gobblers on the Earl Blair and Gust
Schmaltz farms.
The coyotes bit off the turkeys'
heads, then left the dead birds.