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No Tariff Concession
On Copper Will Be
Given Chile in Pad
State Department
Announces Stand on
Trade Agreement
Bj the Associated Press.
The State Department announced
today that no tariff concession would
be made on copper or copper prod
ucts in the trade agreement now be
ing negotiated with Chile.
“In view of the widespread inter
est in the question,” the announce
ment said, “it has been decided to
make this decision known publicly
at this time."
Previously, the department has
refrained rigidly from making any
announcement in advance of com
pletion of a trade agreement con
cerning any one product. Officials
pointed out that the decision on cop
per was not. however, to be taken as
a precedent for advance announce
ments on other products concerned
in future agreements.
The decision on Chilean copper,
the department said, was made fol
lowing hearings on the trade agree
ment project with Chile and the
submission of voluminous data by
industry and labor in the United
States “with respect to the position
of copper in international trade and
the effect which a concession to
Chile in the import tax on that
product might have upon domestic
production.”
The notice, issued October 2, of
intention to negotiate the trade
agreement set out a list of articles
on which the United States would
consider granting concessions to
Chile. Among these were copper
and copper products.
Wide Opposition Expressed.
Since then many copper producing ;
companies, organizations and labor
groups engaged in copper production
have emphatically expressed their
opposition to concessions, contend
ing it would lead to widespread
economic disturbance in at least a
dozen States.
Elimination of the controversial
item of copper is expected to remove
some of the opposition which has
risen in Congress to the trade agree
ments program.
Praised by Senators.
Senator McNarv, Republican, of
Oregon, said “announcement of the
State Department that no tariff
concessions would be made on cop
per or copper products in negotiat
ing the Chilean trade agreement was
good business for the country and
was good politics for the adminis
tration.”
Senator Hayden, Democrat, of
Arizona, said the State Department's
action was based on contentions by
himself and others interested in
copper mining that a reduction in
the excise tax “would be definitely
harmful to the United States.”
Grover D. Hill Named
Aide to Wallace
urover jj. hiu oi lexas was given
a recess appointment as Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture today by
President Roosevelt, it was an
nounced at the White House.
Mr. Hill, a rancher and fanner
who has served in several capacities
at the department during Secretary
Wallace’s regime, succeeds Harry L.
Brown, who resigned to go with the
Tennessee Valley Authority.
The new Assistant Secretary has
been in charge of the range pro
gram in Southern regions since 1936,
working in Washington. His home
is in Amarillo, Tex.
Mr. Hill was born in Gainesville.
Tex., in 1889 and his family moved
to Amarillo a year later. He was
graduated from the Amarillo Mili
tary Academy and studied agricul
ture at the University of Texas from
190R to 1911.
Since, he has been a farmer, oper
ating a ranch near Amarillo. When
the A. A. A. program got under way
he was named by Chester Davis,
then administrator, as an alternate
member of a committee of 25, ap
pointed to work out a national cattle
program.
During the year of the drought
he was in charge of the cattle-buy
ing program of the A. A. A. and
under his supervision more than
8,000.000 head of cattle were sal
vaged. He also served with the
Federal committee which moved
feed into the drought areas.
Next Government Pay Day
Is Set for January 2
The Government will pay off Jan
uary 2, it was said at the Treasury
today, dashing the hopes of employes
for earlier disbursement of the last
December roll.
Because of the three-day holiday
running from December 30 to Janu
ary 2, it had been thought in some
quarters that pay day might be set
for December 29, but it was ex
plained that the disbursing office
decided against the plan after con
sideration.
It was pointed out at the General
Accounting Office that the pay
would not be earned until Sunday,
j end that consequently disbursing of
ficers would be responsible in any
cases where employes, paid for the
month, failed for some reason to
complete the full time. This situa
tion can be adjusted where the em
ploye has a credit in the retirement
fund, but collection otherwise would
be a matter of chance.
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Christmas Heart
^Continued From First Page.)
Mrs. George Anderson. W. A. Rob
erts and Robert A. McGee.
Interested to see into what homes
the money will go and how it will
be spent, a reporter accompanied
a P. A. D. worker on her rounds
yesterday. Here's what was found:
The first home was cold and
damp. The wood, supplied by the
W. P. A. woodvard, was gone and
there was no way of knowing when
the supply would be replenished.
Here the father, suffering from a
recurrence of the Infantile paraly
I sis he had had in childhood, was
temporarily unable to work but was
learning a .new trade to support
his family. Two of the children
were just getting over chicken pox.
When the worker arrived, the
mother was ironing a little doll’s
dress. It wasn't new but she
planned to dress up an old doll as
a Christmas present for her smallest
mrl
Warmth, a Tree, Some Toys.
What will this family do with
their Christmas check? Tire
mother's eyes lighted up as she
started to plan. Well, she will buy
a little wood so her home will be
warm at least for one day. Then,
she will get a Christmas tree, a
i little one, to be sure, but it will
be enough to bring Christmas into
the house and she will buy some
i toys to put under it. With wood
1 in the stove, she will be able to
cook a hot Christmas dinner. She
was still planning the menu for the
“feast" when the worker left.
Sickness hung over the next
home, too. For six months the
father had been in the hospital
and there was no chance of his
getting out for Christmas. The
latest catastrophe had occurred
when the youngest child, the 3
vear-old, had taken a tumble and
broken his arm. The other chil
dren, to cheer up their mother—
and perhaps themselves too—had
hung bits of pine needles through
out the house
Here the children helped their
mother decide what the Christmas
check would buy. All of them
thought first of the 3-year-old. He
must have the rubber toy soldiers
! he had talked so much about. And
; one cf the boys wanted a printing
I set, costing 98 cents. They had
| already scraped up enough to buy
I a little tree, but they had no dec
orations for it. A few cents must
go for bright balls and tinsel. All
the children needed gloves. The
rest of the money would go for car
fare so they could all visit their
daddy on Christmas Day.
Mother and Children Deserted.
The third home was a second
floor room. Here a mother and her
three children, two girls and a boy,
live. Her husband deserted her
four years ago. Frail and hard
working, the mother had the room
neat as a pin when the worker
dropped in. The little girls’ dresses
hung in the open closet door.
Freshly washed and ironed, the
small dresses still couldn't hide the
faded look of many launderings.
What she wanted most were new
dresses for her girls. The younger
one has never had a new dress, just
hand-me-downs from the older girl,
who. in turn, has a wardrobe of
cut-down dresses from her mother.
The boy will get a warm sweater
and a cap and his heart's desire,
a football. And on Christmas Day,
such an aroma of good fooa will
fill that little room as hasn’t been
there for many a day.
xu geii wj me iuui ui uuuie, me
worker and the reporter had to go
up an alley to a sagging door and
thence to the second floor by way of
boards balanced treacherously on
ancient frame-work. Crowded into
two rooms live a mother and five
children. The father disappeared
months ago. The mother confided
to the worker that she had to buy
shoes for all but the two smallest
ones so they could go to school.
That money, part of the relief check,
was supposed to go for food. Now
the Christmas check can help carry
the family through to the end of
the month. But it will also buy
a blanket to wrap the baby in and
a cap for the boy who’s gone bare
4
headed with a cold all winter. And
then, the mother planned, there will
be a Christmas tree, brightened
with the decorations she's saved
from her own childhood.
Into those homes some of the dol
lars you have sent to The Star
Christmas Heart Fund will go. There
are other homes, other families,
who cannot be reached with a
! Christmas check unless the fund
grows by hundreds of dollars before
the holiday. If you want to bring
to families like these the happiness
that those dollars will create, send
your check to The Star cashier for
the Christmas Heart Fund today.
Anything means everything to
them!
To Be for Whife Families
Navy place, in Southeast Wash
ington. which is being developed as
a low-rent housing project, is
planned for white families only, the
Alley Dwelling Authority said today.
A descriptive story of the demoli
tion that has taken place on the
: site that appeared Tuesday in The
| Star referred to it inadvertently
1 as a project for colored families.
It is one of two housing projects
for white families under immediate
planning, the other being built now
at Minnesota avenue and Ridge
road S.E.
Navy place, an inhabited alley,
, occupied a large portion of the
square bounded by G and I streets,
Sixth and Seventh streets. Houses
fronting on those streets outside the
confines of Navy place were omitted
from plans for the new project, as
their conditions were considered
satisfactory.
Christmas Card Mailed
In 1935 Arrives
By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Ind., Dec. 21.—A
Christmas card which got here five
days before Christmas, nevertheless
arrived late.
Mr. and Mrs. -Edward Nusbaum
received the card yesterday from
Dean Kenneth Olson of Northwest
ern University Journalism School
and his wife.
The Olsons had mailed it in New
Brunswick, N. J., December 16, 1935.
Is Yours a Christmas Heart?
If it gives you a warm feeling at the Yuletlde to know that some
needy child has a woolly sweater because of you. or a new toy or what
that child needs most—then you've got a Christmas heart.
Every beat of the Christmas neart is a dollar, or five dollars, or even
a few pennies sent to The Star Christmas Heart Fund, which in turn
i will pass the money on to the Council of Social Agencies to distribute
through trained workers to Washington families whose Christmas with
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Following Ls a list of contributions
received today:
Previously acknowledged .. $2,141.94
Anonymous... IDO
Anonymous. 5.00
Anonymous .. 2.00
Catherine D. Schaffner_ 1.00
Anonymous .. 2.00
A Friend _ 5.00
Pamphlet Binder Em
ployes. G. P. O . _ 9 25
Mail and Record Section
Chief Counsel’s Office.
Internal Revenue . 12.82
j Labor Department _ 13.25
G. E. M.. Jr_ 1.00
! Anonymous .. 1.00
Anonymous_ 1.00
Cash 1.00
In memory of Tom .... 5.00
E. E. P. 1.00
W. S. Ginston _ 1.00
S J. M. C. . 1.00
j Public Debt Service,
j Treasury _ 5.00
i Anonymous.. 10 00
Anonymous. 1.09
Anonymous. 3.00
J. R. Harris.. 1.00
Anonymous.. 10.00
Mrs. May Turner _ 1.00
Mrs. Minnie T. Aicheson... 1.00
Two Friends in War Dept... 2.00
Mrs. Lewis _ 1.00
Anonymous. 5.00
T. H. Kearney. 10.00
Hughes A. Shank... 1.00
L. B. Wallace.. 2.00
Anonymous ... 5.00
U. S. Coast & Geodetic
Survey .. 77.42
Alba I. Zizzamia_ 5.00
H. M. B. ..’. 1.40
M. P. Dodge .. 2.00
From a very old lady_ 1.00
Anonymous _;_ 10.00
Anonymous . 5.00
R. D. N. .. 5.00
Anonymous _ 2.00
Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Lloyd 2.50
John Doe.. 5.00
Peter Baron. 1.00
Anonymous _ 1.00
L. C. C—-. 100
W. L. Brown.. 5.00
' Anonymous . 1.00
Cash .. 1.00
! Arnsworth H. and Henry
i K. Brown .. 1.10
I Arthur C. Romhilt. 2.00
I A. V. B... 5.00
1 P. D. T. T.._. 5.00
I Permanent Homes, Inc. 25.00
I Mra. D. G. P. IjOO
Cash .... 1.00
Prances Randall . 5.00
A Reader . 1.00
C. J. S. 1.00
S. S. W.. 5.00
“Mother” _ 10.00
Sherry and Raymond_ 5.00
Cash - 2.00
D. S. -- 1.00
Members of Gamma Phi
Fraternity, Arlington, Va. 2.0C
Registered _ 5.0C
A Friend . 1.0C
Friend in Need. 5.0C
Anonymous .. 1.0C
Anonymous. 1.0C
F. E. B.. 1.0C
Anonymous _ 1.0C
E. A. C.--_. 1.0C
J. C. Pressey. 5.0C
Mrs. O. G. Funk_ 1.0C
Lawrence S. Morris. 5.0C
Mrs. Alice D. Thompson_ 2.0C
Ron _ 2.0C
Mrs. B. Greenberg... 1.0C
Mary and Nina.... 1.0C
Venita M. Hinkle..T___ 2.0C
Bureau of Fisheries, Inte
rior Department _ 8.0C
Mrs. J. Atwood Maulding... 1.0C
Total ..$2,506.61
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Exeter Reaches Falklands
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 21 (/Pf.—
The British Embassy confirmed to
day that the cruiser Exeter, dam
aged in a battle December 13 with
the German pocket battleship Ad
miral Graf Spee, had arrived safely
at Port Stanley, British base in the
Falkland Islands.
INTERNATIONAL CHRISTMAS CHEER—Heads of nations could have found a lesson when chil
dren of 32 countries gathered to exchange greetings here yesterday. Representing this country
was William Douglas, jr., son of the Supreme Court justice, shown with Isabel Recinos, left,
daughter of the Minister from Guatemala, and Marjorie Bertha de Morgenstierne, right, daugh
ter of the Norwegian Minister. ' —A. P. Photo.
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Children Broadcast
Good-Will Message
To 30 Nations
International Radio
Program Is Marked by
Gayety,Tenderness,Pathos
That good will, if not peace, pre
vails in most parts of the world this
Christmas was evident here last
evening as 39 children representing
30 countries joined in the interna
national children’s Christmas broad
cast.
Gayety and spontaneity were j
tempered with tenderness and;
pathos as the young performers,
clad in native costume or in their
Sunday best, took turns before Na
tional Broadcasting Co. microphones
which carried their greetings to the
United States and Canada, and, via
short wave, to distant lands.
The lively youngsters and the
several hundred adults in the studio
audience at the Washington Hotel’s |
Hall of Nations ballroom, hushed!
to an awesome silence as Paul
Wankowicz, son of the Counselor,
of the Polish Embassy, said in even 1
tones:
"I would like to say merry Christ- j
mas to the children of Poland, but I
cannot do so, as it will be a sad
Christmas for them. Their country
j c nnt free thoir hnmoc hoi/a Kaan
destroyed, many of them are
orphans, and they will have little to
eat. But we pray with them that
Poland may be restored and that
Christmas shall again become a day
of rejoicing, not only for them, but
also for so many other suffering
children throughout the world.”
To Finland’s Children.
There was vigorous applause, and
not a few eyes wet with tears, as
Sinikka Solanko, daughter of the
secretary of the Legation of Fin
land. declared with restrained emo
tion:
“Dear children of Finland, we
greet you from the United States.
We want to wish you a happy
Christmas during these trying times
and we want you to know that we
are proud of you ”
But there was humor, too.
As Parvin Davallou, son of the
secretary of the Iran Legation, be
gan his message ahead of his cue,
calmly ad libbed answers as the
announcer, Bryson Rash, smoothed
out the continuity and started over
again like a radio veteran.
As Lisa de Kauffmann, daughter
of the Minister of Denmark,
and Jacqueline van Troostenburg,
daughter of the First Secretary of
the Netherlands Legation, mastered
nervousness and bravely spoke their
pieces.
As Amr, son of Egyptian Minister
Mahmoud Hassan Bey, beaming
happily and maintaining a military
carriage to match his naval officer's
uniform, asserted that “this is my
second year in this country and
the more I stay here the more I
like it."
As Liana de Bayle, daughter of
the Minister of Nicaragua, arrest
i ingly beautiful in a simple costume
! topped with a bright yellow shawl,
, emphasized her lines with, sweeping,
graceful gestures.
roundest not Itl 3.
Youngest of the scheduled per
formers, 2*6-year-old Adolpho Paez,
son of the Second Secretary of the
Embassy of Ecuador, gripped the
microphone stand firmly and ap
peared at ease, but declined to
speak above a whisper.
The first children to speak were
Mildred and William O. Douglas, jr.,
j daughter and son of the associate
justice of the Supreme Court. They
took the proceedings in stride, and
at the conclusion of the program
were among the first to ask where
ice cream was to be served at the
i after-broadcast party.
Christmas music was played at
intervals by the United States Ma
rine Band. Marjorie Bertha de
Morgenstieme, daughter of the Min
ister of Norway, sang “Silent Night,
Holy Night’’ in Norwegian, and Wil
lie and Charles Bruggmann. sons
of the Minister of Switzerland, won
approval with a Swiss yodel song.
Other participants in the 5 to
5:45 p.m. program included:
Nora and Anna Marie, daughters
of the Brazilian Ambassador, Carlos
Martins: Isabel, daughter of the
Minister of Guatemala, Dr. Don
Adrian Recinos; Teresa, daughter
of the Minister of El Salvador, Dr.
Don Hector David Castro: Pola.
daughter of the Minister of Yugo
slavia, Constantine Fotitch; Casar
Augusto, son of the Minister of
Honduras. Dr. Don Julian R.
Caceres; Robert Patrick, son of the
Minister of Ireland. Robert Bren
nan; Carmencita. daughter of the
Counselor of the Peruvian Embassy.
Dr Don Eduardo Garland; Shizuko,
daughter of the Counselor of the
Japanese Embassy, Morito Moris
hima; Julieta and Jacinto, daugh
ter and son of the Counselor of the
Legation of Venezuela, Dr. Don
Jacinto Fombona-Pachano; Carlos,
son of the Counselor of the Mexican
Embassy, Dr. Don Rafael Feuntes.
viicviiu-uiuvaiua ncprcsTiHCu.
Mary, daughter of the Counselor
of the Canadian Legation, Dr.
Walter A. Riddell; Wenceslao, son
of the First Secretary of the Domin
ican Republic Legation, Julio Vega
Bat lie; Charles, son of the First
Secretary of the Legation of Czecho
slovakia, Dr. Karel Cerenka; Stella
Maris, daughter of the Military and
Air Attache of the Argentine Em
bassy, Col. Pedro Zanni; Charles,
son of the Military Attache of the
French Embassy, Col. Emmanuel
Lombard; Fernando, son of the
Military Attache of the Cuban Em
bassy, Maj. Felipe Munilla; Maria
Elvira, daughter of the Secretary of
the Colombian Embassy, Alberto
Vargas Narino; Parviz, daughter of
the Secretary of the Iran Legation,
H. Hadjeb Davallou; Freddy and
Leandra, son and daughter of the
Commercial Secretary of the British
Embassy, Leander McCormick
Goodhart, and Gilliann, daughter of
the Attache, Union of South Africa,
William Christiaan Naude.
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Film Singer, 15,
Ends Doubts
On High Notes
By the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 21—When
people yell "fake” at little Susanna
Foster, she just ups and hits the
highest notes in the register—but
softly.
Some critics expressed doubt that
the Minneapolis girl—she was 15
December 6—really produced the
high notes they heard in her first
motion picture role.
So yesterday, before a small group
of newspapermen, Susanna effort
lessly reached A Flat above high C
in singing “Sempre Libera” from
“La Traviata.”
Then, smiling the while, she
soared to B flat above high C in
“Kiss Me Again.” It was this note
in this song in her movie debut, in
“The Great Victor Herbert,” which
prompted one writer to suggest her
voice had been extended by micro
phones and another to charge that
a flute had been interposed in the
sound track.
Not satisfied with this exploit, the
Chicago-born Susanna went through
her vocal exercises for the awe
struck audience. Starting from a
below middle C, she climbed by de
grees to the incredible top of D
natural above C above high C. And
she did It in full tones, with no re
treat into falsetto.
'Possibly Drunk' Thief
Takes Cafe's Coins
But Leaves Bills
Dozen Bottles of Whisky
Also Taken by Robber;
Purse Snatchers Active
The burglar who robbed Parchev's
Restaurant at 1900 K street N.W.
early today must have drunk some
<Jf the whisky he stole before he
got around to the serious business
of looting the safe.
For some unexplained reason, he
left $165 in bills in the strong box
which he lugged into the cellar and
battered open with a sledge ham
mer. He got a $50 bag of change
and overlooked the greenbacks,
which were in envelopes scattered
over the basement floor.
Breaks in Through Cellar.
The burglar broke in through a
cellar door. He stole a dozen bot
tles of whisky and a dozen Christ
mas cartons of cigarettes. He also
broke into an automatic phono
graph and emptied the coin box.
The robbery was discovered this
morning by the manager, Howard
Tice, when he opened for business.
The burglar left a heavy sledge be
side the smashed safe. Headquar
ters detectives said the job prob
ably was that of one man.
Purse-snatchers and strong-arm
robbers were active during the night,
police reported.
Margaret Poor, 1726 Lang place
N.E., was the only woman who
emerged victorious in an encounter
with a purse thief. Miss Poor beat
off a man who tried to seize her
pocketbook in the 1600 block of L
street N£. He fled when she
Other Victims.
Other victims included Cora
Cooper, 1237 Irving street N.W.,
who lost $4 to a thief near her
home: Marjory F. Schuler, 3034 C
street N.W.. $13 to a thief in the
3000 block of N street N.W.: Mrs
Frances Lusby. 1226 Pennsylvania
avenue S.E., who surrendered her
purse containing $60 to a colored
man who was hiding in her apart
ment when she entered: Sarah
O'Neill. 2101 New Hampshire avenue
, N.W.. robbed of a pocket book con
taining $22 near her home, anc
Elizabeth’ Thomas, of 5729 Thir
teenth street N.W.. who lost $4 to a
| thief at Thirteenth and Madisor
streets N.W.
Max Dwoirin. 67. 1228 Ninth street
| N.W., was treated at Sibley Hospital
| last night for lacerations received
, when he was beaten by two white
I robbers on N street between Sixth
, and Seventh streets N.W. The rob
. bers searched his pockets after beat
ing him, but found them empty.
Three colored men seized Harry L
Malone, 1320 Eleventh street, Iasi
j night and robbed him of $2.
Justice Bailey Calls
Business Tax Unjust,
But Holds It Valid
Maryland Distillers
Case, First Test of Law,
Will Be Appealed
In what is described as the first
test in District Court of the business
privilege tax. provided for under the
District of Columbia Revenue Act of
1937, Justice Jennings Bailey today
held that the act was valid.
The jurist indicated that he per
sonally felt the act was unjust, but
held it was within the power of
Congress to enact it. Justice Bailey
dismissed a bill for review of a
tax levy involving the Maryland
Distillers Products Corp.. Baltimore.
Counsel for the corporation said the
case would be appealed to the United
States Court of Appeals here.
The question arose when the cor
poration contended that excise taxes
are not part of gross receipts, for
the purpose of levying the business
privilege tax, measured on gross re
ceipts, under a law which has now
expired. Lawyers said the income
tax law, which becomes effective in
the coming year, will replace the
business-privilege tax program.
Representing the corporation
were Attorneys George A. Mahone
and Arthur Callahan, while Assist
ant Corporation Counsel Glenn
Simmon appeared on behalf of the
District government. The munici
pality contended the excise taxes
are part of the gross receipts of a
firm for the purpose of figuring the
business privilege tax.
Although the business-privilege
tax statute has expired, attorneys
said a number of cases are pending,
ing. The United States Court of
Appeals now has under consider
ation a number of cases involving
i the validity of the business tax
! statute, where firms have paid the
lavy under protest.
! Today's proceedings in District
■ Court sought a review of the de
I clsion of the Board of Equalization
I and Review, which had been set up
! to consider business tax cases.
Red Troops Moving
Northward in Arctic
By the Associated Press.
KIRKENES. Norway fat the Fin
nish frontier), Dec. 21.—Russian
troops were seen moving northward
j in the Arctic Petsamo sector today,
giving rise to reports that their
southward drive in Finland’s cor
ridor facing the Arctic Ocean had
I been thrown into reverse.
The blizzard which yesterday buf
' feted the invading Red forces and
practically immobilized their motor
ized equipment abated during the
I night. This morning watchers on
j the Norwegian side of the frontier
j could see Red soldiers marching on
| the Arctic highway traversing the
corridor.
This was near Nautsi, about 70
miles from the Arctic Ocean, where
the Norwegian border turns back
sharply to the northwest.
Puzzling to the watchers, however,
was the fact that the Russians were
marching to the north.
Some observers recalled Napo
leon's retreat from Moscow and in
sisted they could see pursuing Fin
nish troops through their binocu
i lars.
I Others, however, cautioned against
I jumping at conclusions and sug
1 gested that only some far-advanced
detachments were being withdrawn
! because of the handicaps to com
| munications arising from the bitter
cold—25 below zero Fahrenheit yes
i terday.
Oldest Alumnus of Knox
Dies at Age of 88
By the Associated Pres*.
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 21.—James J.
Parks. 88. oldest alumnus of Knox
College. Galesburg, 111., which
awarded him an honorary degree
of doctor of laws in 1922 on the 50th
anniversary of his graduation, died
last night.
Mr. Parks was a vice president of
Beta Theta Pi. national college fra
ternity, and was its oldest member
in Missouri.
Weather Report
(Furnished by the United States Weather Bureau.)
District of Columbia—Fair, colder tonight, with minimum temperature
i about 25 degrees: tomorrow fair, continued cold, moderate west winds.
Maryland—Partly cloudy and colder with snow flurries in extreme
west portion tonight: tomorrow fair, continued cold.
Virginia—Fair, colder tonight: tomorrow fair, continued cold.
West Virginia—Partly cloudy , slightly colder with snow flurries In
north portion tonight; tomorrow fair.
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Lake Michigan Wednesday morning has |
advanced eastward to Lake Ontario. Can
ton. N. Y.. !>!»•».ti millibars (20.37 inchest,
while the wave disturbance that was over
the Middle Atlantic States has advanced
rapidly north-northeastward beyond our
field of observation. A disturbance of
slight intensity is central over Texas Abi
iene. 1,011.it millibars i2ii.SK inches), and
pressure is low over Montana, Havre.
1.011.5 millibars (20.87 inches). A high
pressure area is moving eastward over the
eastern Gulf of Mexico, Tampa. Fla.
1.021.3 millibars (30.16 inches). Another
high-pressure area is moving slowly east
ward over the Plains States and the upper
Mississippi Valley. Pembina. N. Dak
1.026.4 millibars (30.31 inches). Pres
sure is al«n high nn the north Pacific
Coast. North Head. Wash . 1.020.8 milll
•bars (30.41 Inches). During the last 24
hours rains have occurred in the North
Pacific States, the Middle Atlantic and
North Atlantic States, and along the south
Atlantic Coast, and light snows or rains
in the upper Ohio Valley, the Appalachian
region, the l ake region and the Northern
Rocky Mountain region Temperatures
have fallen in the Middle Atlantic and
South Atlantic and East Gulf States, the
Ohio Valley, the Lake region, and the west
portion of the North Atlantic States, and
temperatures have risen In the West Gulf
States.
Report for Last 21 Honrs.
. Temperature. Barometer.
Yesterday— Degrees. Inches.
4 p.m. _ 46 20.58
8 p.m. _ 43 20.65
Midnight _ 30 20.68
Today—
4 a.m. _ 35 29.72
8 a.m. _ 36 20.77
Noon _ 30 20.72
Record far Last 24 Haora.
(From noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest. 47. noon yesterday. Year ago.
46.
Lowest. 34, 5:30 a.m. today. Year
ago. 34.
Record TemPeratores This Year.
Highest. 100. on September 8.
Lowest. 17. on February 23.
Huldity for Last 24 Haara.
(Rom noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest, 63 per cent, at 11:50 p.m. yes
terday.
Lowest, 41 per cent, at 7:50 P.m. yes
terday.
Tida Tablet.
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow.
High_ 3:31 a.m. 4:24 a.m.
few _10:17 am. 11:10a.m.
High_ 4:03 p.m. 4:55 p.m.
Low _11:06 p.m. 11:58 p.m.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Sun, today _ 7:23 4:40
Sun. tomorrow_ 7:23 4:49
Moon, today_ 1:28 p.m. 2:17 a.m.
Automobile lights must bo turned on
one-hall hour after lunaet.
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River Rrport.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harper- Ferry: Potomac slightly muddy
at Great Falls today.
Preripitation.
Monthly precipitation in Inches In the
Capital (current month to date):
Month. 1930. Average. Record.
January -,1.41 ;j..-)5 ~83 37
Fehruary -6.71 3.2 7 0 84 '84
March-2.89 ;t 75 8.84 '91
April - 3.78 3.27 9.13 ’89
May- 41 n.rit 10.69 ’89
June -4.4.“i 4.13 10.94 '00
July -2.01 4.T1 10.63 '86
August - 3.22 4 01 14.41 '28
September_ 6.00 3.24 17.4a '34
October_ 4.06 2 84 8 81 '37
November _ 1.40 2 37 8 69 '89
December 1.77 3.32 7.56 01
Weather In Various Cities.
Temp. Rain
.... Barom High.Low. laU. Weather.
Abilene_ 29.88 69 49 __ Clear
Albany. 29.50 40 34 0.51 Cloudy
Atlanta 30.06 50 32 Clear
Att'tic City 29 71 54 36 0.35 Clear
Baltimorr 29.77 51 34 0.47 Cloudy
Birmgham 30.09 61 29 _ clear
Bismarck. 30.24 18 12 _ Snow
Boston- 29.53 57 36 0.94 Cloudy
Buffalo _ 29.50 41 27 0.21 8now
Charleston. 30.09 61 39 0.05 Clear
Chicago _ 29.88 32 24 0.04 Cloudy
Cincinnati 29 88 38 27 Snow
Cleveland- 29.68 35 25 O'.Ol 8now
Columbia. 30.96 59 32 Clear
Denver... 30.03 53 25 III Cloudy
Detroit... 29.62 36 26 0.01 Cloudy
El Paso.. 29.97 63 30 _ Clear
Galveston. 30.06 61 5.T> _ Clear
Helena... 30.00 40 30 0.02 Snow
Huron- 30.30 20 12 _ Snow
Ind spoils. 29.91 32 28 II Snow
Jacks'ville 30.16 63 40 _ clear
Kans. City 30.21 43 20 ..I clear
Los Angeles 29.94 77 57 _ Clear
Louisville. 30.00 38 26 Cloudy
Miami ... 30.12 82 49 III Coudy
Mpls.-St.P. 30.12 24 14 Clear
N. Orleans 30.15 59 42 Clear
New York. 29.62 53 35 0.33 Clear
Norfolk 29.88 64 35 0.09 dear
Okla City. 29.97 59 35 ... dear
Omaha... 30.24 23 17 ... Snow
Phila lphia 29.71 58 35 0.27 Cloudy
Phoenfx.. 29.91 74 38 ... dear
Pittsburgh 29.71 39 24 0.02 Snow
Portl’d. Me. 29.44 49 34 1.18 Cloudy
Portl d. Or 30.42 53 42 0.01 Rain
RaleTkh 29.94 62 31 0.15 dear
St. Louis. 30.09 32 21 .. Cloudy
Salt Lake C. 30.16 44 18 _ Snow
S. Antonio 30.00 68 40 _ Clear
San Diego 29.71 72 47 _ Clear
8an Pr'lsco 29.15 62 49 _ Clear
Seattle... 30.39 50 41 _ Cloudy
Spokane.. 30.18 42 35 0.01 doudy
Tampa... 30.09 70 42 _ dear
Washington 29.77 56 34 0.63 Cloudy
Fareirn Stations.
(Noon. Greenwich time, today.)
Temperatura. Weather.
Horta (Fayal). Axores.. 57 doudy
(Current observations.)
San Juan. Puerto Rleo. 75 Cloudy
Havana. Cuba_ 72 Cloudy
Colon. Canal Zone_ 78 doudy
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