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Britain and Reich
Battle for Bulk
Of Sweden's Trade
England Seeks to Force
Exports to Nazis Down
To Lowest Levels
By LELAND STOWE.
Chlftgn Dally News Foreign Correspondent.
STOCKHOLM tBy Clipper).—
What the Swedes would like to do
is to remain neutral during this war
and retain as much trade as possible
with both sides. If we lived in
Sweden that's what we would want
to do, but we'd find it a terrific job
to manage.
In September Sweden lost 15 per
cent of her foreign trade, but she
fears there's much worse to come.
The Swedes have a trade rope
drawn around their midriff and the
Germans pull fiercely at one end
of it while the British tug just as
determinedly at the other, and
sometimes Anders Anderson gets
distressingly short of breath.
The trouble is that this second
war to save the world from com
mon sense began where the last
lamentable effort ended, so far as
the technique and application of
naval blockades and economic war
fare are concerned. That means
that Sweden, as a Nordic neutral,
has found herself up against the
tough realities of 1917 rather than
the mere perplexities and annoy
ances that she experienced through
out 1914 and a bit later, until the
U-boat campaign got going in
earnest.
Rival pressure for the lion's share
of Sweden's trade in wartime has
been bitterly keen from Germany
and Great Britain alike, from the
moment that hostilities began.
None Will Be Satisfied.
It's much too early to prophesy
how this highly important British
Nazi trade tug of war will wind up
for the Sw:edes, but its vital signifi
cance for Germany is as plain as
was a side view of Field Marshal
Goering before he reduced his con
sumption of butter and sugar.
For Great Britain, commerce with
Sweden represents an essential ele
ment in final victory over Hitlerism.
For the Swedish people, large
scale trade with both of these
enemy nations is imperative, if they
are to avoid severe losses and per
haps a serious depression in the
midst of steadily rising prices for
ell commodities.
The upshot of this situation Is
that neither the Germans, the Brit
ish nor the Swedes are likely to
be satisfied and that commercial
relations between the three coun
tries wilhremain subject to constant
stress and to military and diplo
matic incidents or accidents.
Sweden's economic dilemma Is
clarified by a few simple facts.
Sweden buys more goods from Ger
many than from any other country
and the Third Reich habitually
makes the second largest amount of
purchases from her.
Sweden sells more to Great Britain
, than to any other country, under
normal conditions, and she makes i
her third largest amount of pur
chases from the British.
Fight to Control Exports.
The British game is to force Swe
den's exports to Germany down to
the lowest possible figure, while the
Nazis’ game is to do precisely the
same thing in respect to Britain.
The Swedes may make money from
both sides, but only at heavy risks.
The Swedes need to keep selling
their products to Britain, and they’d
lose 33 per cent of their export
business if the United Kingdom cut
them off completely. But if Sweden
stopped selling iron ore to Germany
she would lose 12ri,O0O.000 crowns or
more in the first year of the war
tactually Germany bought 158,000,
000 crowns worth of Swedish ore
in 1938i. The Nazis might well
threaten to use force unless impor
tant deliveries of this war-essential
product were continued.
As a result Anglo-Swedish nego
tiations for a wartime trade agree
ment have dragged on for weeks in
London, and the opening of similar
dickerings with Berlin is scheduled
for the first week of November. The
Germans agreed to let the British
go first, apparently believing they
could exert a tighter "squeeze” upon
Sweden after London had shown its
hand.
Meanwhile, the Swedes seemed
loath to move very fast in their Lon
don talks, perhaps preferring to de
lay and see how successfully the
British could keep their trade lanes
open across the North Sea despite
the Nazs’ U-boat warfare.
In several respects Germany en
joys advantages over Britain in their
struggle for Swedish trade. The
Germans have much easier access
to Swedish ports. It is estimated
that the Reich's exports have been
reduced about 50 per cent by the
allied blockade, which has erased
German trade with North and South
America and other foreign lands. So
the Nazis must concentrate their
efforts upon commerce with neutral
countries near at hand.
Take this enlightening example:
Before the war German tradesmen
made big sales of woolen goods in
Sweden. They sold so much that
Berlin ordered them to stop sales
and to cancel the fat orders they
had obtained. Then the Germans
about-faced and informed their
Swedish customers they were willing
to sell again, but the product would
have to contain 50 per cent of artifi
cial wool and the prices would be
80 per cent higher.
The Nazis got away with it because
the Swedes needed woolen goods,
needed prompt deliveries. The Brit
ish were not in the market and had
no woolens to sell abroad at the time.
Statistic* on Exports.
The comparison is shown by the
following statistics on Sweden's 1938
exports:
Crowns
Mineral products 115.Odd.(inn
Livestock and animal fats . _ 4ii.ddn.diid
Lumber. puId and paper 35,(1(10.(1(10
Ease metals and metal products 3li.0d0.dd0
umber, wood pulp and paper e38.000.000
Base metals and metal products 48.(l(io.OdO
Iron ore 30.000.000
Animal products, bacon, butter.
etc. 57. OOP. Odd
Lumber and wood pulp shipments
to Britain from Sweden have al
ready fallen off seriously, paper
shipments to a lesser extent. The
Germans have continued to obtain a
large part of their purchases ot
Swedish ore and of animal fats, both
vital now.
Berlin has no cold cash to ofler,
such as London has, but must ex
change German manufactured
goods for Swedish purchases. Nazi
agents have assured the Swedes
that they can continue to supply
them plentifully with these goods.
This should be possible for some
time, so long as Germany can ob
tain from Russia or elsewhere the
raw materials needed for the manu
facture of many products.
It is conceivable that the day may
come, if the war is prolonged, when
Stalin—by reducing or withholding
raw materials from Germany—may
be able to throttle much of the
Nazis' trade with Scandinavia.
German agents have been spon
soring the idea of drawing the Scan
dinavian countries into a so-called,
continental block that would feed
Germany's sinews Rt the expense of
the allies. As yet they have had
little success with this project.
The Gotesborgs Handelstidning.
Sweden's leading industrial organ,
dismissed it the other day with an
enlightening array of facts. After
pointing out that Britain buys 23.17
per cent of Swedish exports, this
publication added:
"It is impossible to develop com
merce with Germany and Russia
in proportion to replace Swedish
trade with Britain. Where can we
find the 750,000.000 liters of gas
consumed annually, or 114,000,000
kilograms of rubber nefcessary to
our textile industries? We buy 45,
000,000 crowns of vegetable oils per
year.”
Gasoline, rubber, oils and coal are
essential imports which the Swedes
must obtain in large quantities and
none of these materials can be sup
plied by Nazi Germany; very little
by Soviet Russia. It is impossible
for Sweden to abandon her trade
with Britain and she must continue
to buy from the western powers
and from neutral nations.
as a mauer oi iact, tne united
States’ rapidly expanding Swedish
market is already one example of
the increased foreign trade, in
creased profits and increased em
ployment, that America cannot
escape reaping as a result of the
war.
For even if our trade with bel
ligerent powers were sharply lim
ited, we should still have European
neutral nations clamoring for more
of our products and raw materials
—as Sweden is now doing—simply
because their normal markets have
been shut off. American sales to
Sweden have mounted steadily dur
ing the first two months of the war.
War does curious things to inter
national trade. In my hotel here
is an American woman who came
to Stockholm in July, gambling that
there'd be a war this autumn. She
and her husband had bought up
huge quantities of black and white
thread. They have sold the Swedes
all the thread they could manage
to ship, plus quantities of glycerin,
linseed oil and other oils and prob
ably soap.
(Copyright, (SSfl. by Chicago Daily
News, Inc.)
Controller General
Reported Improved
Condition of Controller General
Fred H. Brown, who suffered a slight
stroke several days ago, was reported
"good” by Casualty Hospital at
taches today. The 60-year-old official
was stricken as he left his auto
mobile in front of the General Ac
counting Office.
Senator Hattie W. Caraway of
Arkansas was reported much im
proved at Emergency Hospital,
where she underwent an operation
recently.
Marks 100th Birthday
WINCHESTER, Va„ Dec. 25 (Spe
cial).—Mrs. Abble Fay was ready
today to celebrate not only the yule
season, but also her 100th birthday
anniversary tomorrow. Mrs. Fay, a
native of England, has resided in
this country many years, living with
her son and daughter-in-law. Mr.
and Mrs. Logan R. Fay, at Hack
wood, Civil War battlefield farm
near Winchester.
on heavy smooth-finish
Paper, NOW ON SALB at
The Star Business Office,
11 th and Pennsylvania
Avenue N.W.
1 Oc per copy, by Mail lSe
• "What's happening in Eu
rope"—the changes in name
end area of territory, fortifieo
tions, naval bases, cities, bor
ders, boundaries, etc.—graph
ical ly told in o complete eight
page section. Invaluable for
reference as you seek intelli
gently to follow the course ond
significance of future war de
velopments.
Lincoln Civic Body
Hits Slum Clearance
Program in D. C.
Charges Families Are
Forced Into Worse Homes
Than They Had Before
The Alley Dwelling Authority was
charged last night with forcing
families into worse homes than they
lived in before the Authority began
work on its slum-clearance program.
The Lincoln Civic Association at a
mass meeting in the Liberty Bap
tist Church adopted a ‘ statement of
facts” presented by Dr. E. F. Harris,
association president, and agreed to
distribute it among members of con
gress.
The statement said it was under
stood the A. D. A. was to remove
slum dwellings and build better
homes in their place and then cited
O'Brien's court as a place where 56
houses were removed and the land
converted into a parking lot. Bis
sell's court, w'here a number of
houses were sold to George Wash
ington University, and the site of
the proposed new War and Navy
buildings, where, the statement
claims, 700 colored families were dis
lodged, also were listed.
It also was charged that in the
last five years the A. D. A. has
spent $300,000 for 93 colored units,
but that $1,222,555 is projected for
white families. Colored families, the
statement said, comprise more than
90 per cent of alley dwellers.
Attention was called to removal
of 172 houses in Navy place, pri
marily colored. The A. D. A. will
use the site to build homes for 300
white families. The statement, it
was said, is to be augmented by
compaints from the Southwest sec
tion and from residents of the How
ard Park area.
HELSINKI.—IN WAKE OF AIR RAID—A dramatic picture showing the rescue of a child from the
ruins of her home following a Russian air raid here recently. Many homes of workers have been
destroyed in recent bombings.
1 '4 -■ ” 7 i
ON THE FINNISH FRONTIER.—Finnish soldiers inspecting a twin-motored Russian bombing
plane which was brought down by gunners in recent fighting.
Judge Jails Defendant
As Christmas Present
Police Court Judge Walter J.
Casey todav played Santa Claus
to William Thomnson. colored, and
made his Christmas wish come
true.
Thompson, about 35, no fixed ad
dress, was arrested Sunday night
by Policeman H. L. Berger as he
staggered about the intersection
at Seventh and N streets N.W.
When first accosted bv the officer
and told to go home, the defendant
said he had no place to go. Threat
ened then with arrest, Thompson
declared:
“Officer, the best Christmas pres
ent you could give me would be
90 days in jail It's cold out here,
and I have no home. Lock me up."
Charged with drunkenness and
vagrancy, Thompson repeated his
request before Judge Casey this
morning and got his wish—60 days
for vagrancy and 30 for drunk.
“You can start with a warm
Christmas dinner.” the jurist added,
“and quit worrying about the cold."
Thompson mumbled his thanks
and stepped gingerly toward the
cell block.
Vega Airplane Names
New General Manager
Ppfcisl Dispatch to The 8*.sr.
BURBANK, Calif., Dec. 23.—Mac
Short, president of the Vega Air
plane Co., announced today the ap
pointment of H. E. Ryker as general
manager, effective immediately. Mr.
Ryker will be in active charge of all
Vega operations.
In making the change. Mr. Ryker
is relinquishing his position as as
sistant works manager of ^he Lock
heed Aircraft Corp., a post he has
held since late last year. He joined
Lockheed in September, 1938, as co
ordinator and is generally credited
with playing an imprrtant role in
increasing the production of the
Burbank airplane plant to the rec
ord marks established this year.
Christmas Heart Fund Gifts
The following donations were received by The Star for the Christmas
Heart Fund today. This money, as in the case of previous donations, will
be distributed as soon as possible to needy families on the lists of the
Council of Social Agencies to bring them your measure of good cheer for
the holiday season.
Previously acknowledged $5,233.44
Mt. Rainier Bowling alleys 25.00
Lucky Strike Bowling Alievs 20.00
Silver Soring Bowling Alleys 15.00
Georgetown Recreation
Bowling Alleys _ 5 00
Rosslyn Bolling Alleys 5 00
Queenpin, Northeast Tem
ple, Takoma Park Bowl
ing Alleys 2000
Convention Hall Bowling
Alleys fi 75
Arcadia Bowling Alleys . . 10.00
Mrs. H. T. A. L ._ 100
Katie N. Bailev 5 00
Edna A and Walter Sutton 1.00
M. D. B 1 00
Anonymous .. 100
Anonymous .. 10G
Anonymous . 2 00
F. M. Plummer _ 1.00
H. W. . _ LOO
H. L. C. .5 00
Anonymous _ 100
E. S. Jordan _ 3.00
Anonymous _ 1 00
Anonymous _ S.00
J. A. Higgins_ 1 30
Anonymous _ 3.00
Anonymous .. 10.00
Anonymous _ 1.00
Anonymous _ 2 t0
A friend . 5 00
Anonymous . 5.00
Anonymous _ 2 00
Anonymous _ _ 5 00
Lily C. Kingelus.. 3 00
Eric Friedheim _ .. 100
M. Eldridge Church_ 5 00
Anonymous _ 1.00
Total.. $190.75
Grand total_$5,429.19
Three Persons Die Here
Of Self-Inflicted Wounds
A lonely Chinese youth from New
York City and two Washington men
lay dead today of bullet wounds self
inflicted on the eve of Christmas.
Joseph Long, 22-vear-o!d Chinese,
.lotted down a note saying “this
half-dead structure is of no use to
any one." and then shot himself in
the temple He was found dead
early yesterday on the floor of a
hotel room by employes who in
vestigated after hearing the shot.
Long's note advised police not
to search for relatives “because I
have none." and added an apology
for the “trouble caused.”
Malcolm Kenner. Veterans' Ad
ministration employe, was found
unconscious from a bullet wound in
the abdomen. His wife, Mrs. Min
nie Kenner, discovered him in an
upstairs bedroom of their home in
the 3100 block of Thirty-eighth
street N.W. Near him lay a .32-cali
ber pistol, poiice said. Mrs. Kenner
said she had been out of the house
and did not know how the shooting
occurred, according to police.
In ill health. William R. Killmon,
67. shot himself in the head in an
upstairs bedroom of his home in the
600 block of M street N.E. shortly
after noon yesterday. He was found
: by his wife, Mrs, Lucy Killmon.
Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald
I issued certificates of suicide in all
i three cases..
Waterman Line Orders
Three New Steamers
By the Associated Pres*.
NEW YORK, Dec. 25.—Three 415
foot cargo-passenger liners are to
be built for the Waterman Steam
ship Corp., the freight line has an
nounced. Comprising 370,000 cubic
feet of cargo space and accommoda
tions for 50 to 60 passengers, they
will have a cruising speed of 15
knots and will be put into the com
pany's new’ service between gulf
ports and Puerto Rico.
MORE CHRISTMAS CHEER.—Refreshments were in order after members of the Metropolitan
Police Boys’ Club attended a show at the Earle Theater today. Doing the honors are (left to
right) H. Clifford Bangs, member of the club Board of Directors; John A. Remon, another direc
tor, and Mai. Ernest W. Brown, police superintendent and founder of the club.—Star Staff Photo.
HELSINKI.—Part of its roof smashed in and wreckage lying on
the floor this church in the Finnish capital was pictured fol
lowing a recent air raid by Soviet bombers.
—Wide World Photos.
Roosevelt's Yule Message
Thanks for Interlude of Christmas
Voiced in Address to Nation
The text, of President Roose
velt's Christmas address to the
Nation in connection with the
lighting of a national Christmas
tree follows:
The old year draws to a close.
It began with dread of evil things
to come and it ends with the horror
of another war adding its toll of
anguish to a world already bowed
under the burden of suffering laid
upon it my man's inhumanity to
man.
But thank God for the interlude
of Christmas. This night is a night
of Joy and hope and happiness and
promise of better things to come
And so in the happiness of this eve
of the most blessed day in the year
I give to all of my countrymen the
old, old greeting—“merry Christ
mas-happy Christmas."
A Christmas rite for me is always
to re-read that immortal little story
by Charles Dickens, “A Christmas
Carol." Reading between the lines
and thinking as I always do of Bob
Cratchit’s humble home as coun
terpart of millions of our own Amer
ican homes, the story takes on a
stirring significance to me.
Neighborliness Spreads.
Old Scrooge found that Christ
mas wasn't a humbug. He took to
himself the spirit of neighborliness
But today neighborliness no longer
can be confined to one's little neigh
borhood. Life has become too com
plex for that. In our country neigh
borllness has gradually spread its
boundaries—from town, to county
to State and now at last to the
whole Nation.
For instance, who a generation
ago would have thought that a week
from tomorrow—January 1, 1940
tens of thousands of elderly men
and women in every State and every
county and every city of the Nation
will begin to receive checks every
month for old age retirement in
«
i surance—and not only that but also
insurance benefits for the wife, the
widow', the orphan children and
even dependent parents? Who
! would have thought a generation
ago that people who lost their jobs
would, for an appreciable period,
receive unemployment insurance—
that needy, the blind and the crip
! pled children are receiving some
measure of protection which will
reach down to the millions of Bob
Cratchits, the Marthas and the Tiny
! Tims of our own “four-room homes "
In these days of strife and sadness
. in many other lands, let us in the
! nations which still live at peace for
bear to give thanks only for our
: good fortune in our peace.
Let us rather pray that we may be
given strength to live for others—
to live more closely to the words of
the sermon on the mount' and to
pray that peoples in the nations
which are at war may also read,
learn and inwardly digest these
deathless words.
May their import reach into the
hearts of all men and of all nations.
Basis of Message.
I offer them as my Christmas
message.
“Blessed are the poor in spirit:
for their is the kingdom of Heaven.
! “Blessed are they that mourn:
for they shall be comforted.
“Blessed are the meek: for they
shall inherit the earth.
“Blessed are they which do hunger
and thirst after righteousness: for
they shall be filled.
“Blessed are the merciful: for they
shall obtain mercy.
“Blessed are the pure in heart: for
they shall see God.
“Blessed are the peacemakers: for
they shall be called the children of
God.
“Blessed are they which are per
secuted for righteousness' sake: for
' theirs is the kingdom of Heaven."
Society for Public
Administration
Is Planned
Organization Will Be
Mapped at Political
Science Gathering
Organization of a proposed So
ciety for Public Administration will
be attempted at a meeting here
Wednesday preceding the 35th an
nual gathering of the American
Political Science Association.
William E. Mosher, dean of the
school of citizenship at Syracuse
University and chairman of the Or
ganizing Committee, said the new
society has as its purpose the “pro
motion of the science and art of
public administration "
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
and Director of the Budget Harold
D. Smith are scheduled to address
the organizational meeting, Dr.
Mosher said. The organization was
proposed at a meeting last Sep
tember of the Governmental Re
search Association at Princeton, N. J.
The political science meeting is
scheduled to open Thursday at the
Wardman Park Hotel and continue
through December 30. Secretary
Wallace is on the program to speak
at a joint dinner meeting of the
proposed society and the political
coIaboaotinn ThitrcWaw nio’hf
His subject will be ‘ Emerging Prob
lems in Public Administration.”
Dr. Charles A. Beard, historian,
will address the luncheon meeting
Thursday on the subject, ‘‘Admin
istration—the Foundation of Gov
ernment.”
Arrangements for the political sci
ence meeting are being made by a
committee composed of Ernest S.
Griffith, American University; Rob
ert K. Gooch, University of Virginia;
Lawrence V. Howard, Maryland Uni
versity; Lewis Merriam, Brookings
Institution; James F. Leahigh,
Georgetown University; Charles
Pergler, National University; Henry
Reming, jr„ National Institute of
Public Affairs; Carl B. Swisher,
Johns Hopkins; C. I. Winslow,
Goucher College, and Herbert
Wright, Catholic University.
Frederick 4-H Clubs
Report $1,022 Profits
Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va.. Dec. 25.—
Members of six 4-H clubs in Fred
erick County made a net profit of
$1,022.85 this year in 75 projects,
according to Frederick Stine, county
agent. Gross receipts were $2,472.34
and expenses $1,449.49. Pigs, com
and poultry were most profitable.
Other projects Included sheep, cows,
bees, tomatoes, garden crops, straw
berries, raspberriea, potatoes, buck
wheat and beans.
Collectors Offer Bids
For Confederate Money
Bv t,fc* Associated Tress,
FREDERICK, Md„ Dec. 25— Part
of a colored woman's estate was
$300. willed to four persons and a
church.
But it was Confederate money—
at first glance worthless.
A Frederick coin collector offered
Edward D. Storm, attorney for the
heirs. $2 85 for it.
A brief newspaper story on the
will was circulated nationally.
Collectors began sending bids from
New York State, Missouri and points
South.
Highest was $5. offered by a Fort
Mill <S. C.) dentist.
A Frederick bidder offered $5.25.
Mr. Storm is watching and wait
| mg.
I -—
Taylor's Appointment.
Meets Opposition by
Two D. C. Pastors
*
*,
Dr. Rufus W. Weaver
And Dr. F. B. Harris
Voice Protest
Opposition to President Roose- *
velt's appointment of Myron C Tay- .
lor as his “personal representative’’"
to the Vatican as a part of a move
for ‘‘united expression’’ of common.
ideals for peace was voiced today bv
two Washington clergyman, one a
Baptist and the other a Methcdi.T
Speaking as chairman of a joint
Baptist Committee on Public Rela
tions, Dr. Rufus W. Weaver, execu
tive secretary of the District of Co
lumbia Baptist Convention, said
three general conventions, repre
senting 10.167,000 members, bad
voted unanimously against ‘'diplo
matic relations being formed with
any ecclesiastical body."
“It seems to me,” he added, “‘.hat
the appointment of Mr. Taylor as*
envoy to Vatican City violates the
expressed declaration of the Bap
tists of America. I don't'know what
action will be taken, but I am sure
something will be done ;n thp form
of a protest."
Asks for Expression.
Dr. Weaver said he teiegraphed
members of his committee for an
expression. He indicated a meeting
will be held here Thursday to
formu'ate some protest to the Presi
dent's action.
Dr. Frederick Brown Harris, pas
tor of Foundry Methodist Church,
said the appointment “does virtu
ally accord recognition." He added
that President Roosevelt had as
sured him some months ago he had
no intention of recognizing the
Vatican.
"I am utterly opposed " he de
clared, “to any direct or implied
recognition of ihe papal court as a
political entity or a temporal power.
As everybody knows who hears me,
I regard the Catholic church as on*
of the greatest forces for peace and
righteousness in all the world, but
that is a very different matter from.
yielding to its pretensions as a
temporal power.”
Suggests Conferences Here.
Dr. Harris, who is chairman of
the Washington Committee on the
World Council of Churches, an or
ganization for unifying religious
endeavors, holds that Mr Taylor's
appointment does accord such rec
ognition. "even though, to avoid
Protestant protest, the label 'am- ■
bassador' is not assumed. ’
'The logical procedure, it. seems
to me.'' he continued, "would be
for the President to carry out his
laudable decision to keep in close'
touch with the organized religious
life of the Republic by conferring
with the recognized head of the
Churches of Christ in America and
with the apostolic delegate here,
who is in constant touch with Rome,
and with an accepted representa
tive of the Jewish faith, rather than
send $17,500 of ambassadorial dig
nity to the papal court, high grade
as that ambassador may be and
is. We must still remember if, is
a court which joined in the jubilee
when Catholic Italy mowed down
thousands of fellow Christians m
Ethiopia."
In announcing the appointment
of Mr. Taylor, retired steel mag
nate and head of the Intergovern
mental Refugee Committee, the
President invited Protestant and
Jewish leaders to visit him fre
quently in order to "encourage a
closer association’’ among the "seek
ers of peace everywhere."
Investment Concern
Declares Dividend
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. Dec. 23—Trustees
of Massachusetts Investors' Trust*"
have declared a quarterly distribu
tion of 19 cents a share from in
come. representing dividends and
interest on securities owned, payable
January 20. 1940. to shareholders of
record December 29, 1939. For the
same quarter last year, 18 cents a
share was paid.
Including this payment, distribu
tions from investment income re-,
reived during 1939 will total 85 cents
a share, compared with 71 cents a
; share paid from investment Income
for 1938.
.
Weather Report
tFutnished by th* United Suites Weather Bureau >
District of Columbia—Fair, slightly colder tonight, minimum tem
i perature about 25 degrees; tomorrow' fair, gentle to moderate w'est and
j northwest winds. •»
Maryland—Fair tonight; tomorrow increasing cloudiness followed by
1 snow' in extreme west portion tonight, not much change in temperature.
Virginia—Fair tonight; tomorrow increasing cloudiness followed by
! snow in west portion at night and in extreme soutUerest portion in after
I noon or at night, not much change in temperature.
West Virginia—Fair, slightly colder in north portion tonight; tomor
row increasing cloudiness, not so cold followed by snow in north portion
: at night and by rain or snow in south portion in afternoon or at night.
Pressure continues low over the North
Atlantic 8tates. Eastporl. Me.. 995.0 mil
libars 129.40 inches). Another disturbance
is moving slowly eastward over the south
ern Pocky Mountain region and Arizona,
Flagstaff. 1,002.0 millibars. 29.59 inches),
with indications of the development of a
secondary disturbance In the Rio Grande
Valley. Pressure is high in the northern
Plains Slate. Bismarck. N. Dak.. 1.031.5
millibars (30 40 Inches), wnh a wedge
extending southeastward to the South At
lantic States. Pressure is also high over
the northern plateau. Havre. Mont., 1.029.8
millibars (30.41 inches). During the last
24 hours snows have occurred in the
southern Rocky Mountain region, and
Northern New York, and in Vermont, and
rains in the Rio Grande Valley. Tempera
tures have fallen In the Ohio and middle
Mississippi Valleys, the South Atlantic and
Oulf Stales, and over the middle plateau
while they have risen In the lake region
and In portions of the North Atlantic
States.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry today.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetia Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow.
Hieh_ 8:53 a m. 7:39 a m.
Low__ 1:35 a.m. 2:20a.m.
High _ 7:17 p.m. 8:01pm.
Low - 1:38 p.m. 2:22 p.m.
Freelpitatlan.
Monthly precipitation in Inches in thi
Capital (current month to date):
Month. 1939. Average. Record.
January _ 3.41 3.55 7.83 '37
February - 5.71 3.27 « 84 '84
March- 2.89 3.75 8 84 '91
April _ 3.78 3.27 9.13 '89
May - .41 3.70 10.69 ’89
June - 4.45 4.13 10.94 '00
July _2.01 4.71 1063 '86
August - 3.22 4.01 14.41 ’28
September_ 8.90 3.24 17.45 '34
October_ 4.06 2.84 8.81 ’37
November _ 1.40 2.37 8.09 '89
December _ 1.77 3.32 7.58 ’01
Report for Last 48 Henri.
Temperature. Barometer.
Saturday— Degrees. Inches.
4 p.m. _ 39 30.10
8 p.m. _ 37 30.08
Midnight _ 34 30.05
Sunday—
4 a.m. _ 31 30.01
8 a.m. _2_ 25 30.04
Noon . _ 27 30.03
2 pm. _ 29 30.02
4 p.m. _ 32 30.04
8 p.m. _ 29 30.04
12 midnight _ 28 30.01
Today—
1 a m. _ 30 70 33
8 a m. _ 37 70.94
Noon __ 36 2904
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets. -
Sun, today _ 7 ~li • 4:51
Sun tomorrow_ 7:-5 4 51
Moon, tooav_ 4::inpm. «;15 i m.
Automobile lights must be turned on one
! half hour after sunset.
Record for Last 24 Honrs.
(From noon yesterday to noon todgy>~'K
Highest, :t6. noon today. Year ago. 43,
Lowest. Zb. 11 pm. yesterday. Yaaf
ago, :i i
Record lemperatures This Year.
Highest lun. on September 8. *
Lowest. 17. on February 23*
Weather in Various Cities.
Temp. Rain
Barom High.Low. fall. WeathAfc
Abilene 30.08 35 33 _ CiOUdf
Albany 20.64 20 15 _ Cloudi
Atlanta 30. JO 44 31 _ Cloud*
Atl. City 20.84 34 24 _ Cloudy
Baltimore 20.02 31 27 _ Clear
Birmi ham 30.23 44 32 _ Clear .
Bismarck. 30 46 21 4 _ Cloudy
Boston 30 55 28 18 _ Cloudy
Buffalo 20.82 31 25 _ Cloudf
Charleston 30.17 51 33 _ Clear
Chicago 30.24 32 27 _ Cloudy
Cincinnati 30.26 37 16 _ Cloudy
Cleveland. 30.05 33 21 _ Cloudy
Columbia 30.10 44 26 _ Cloudy
Denver 3o.y» jo 16 _ Foggy
Detroit __ 30.04 32 25 Cloudy
El Paso _ »0.77 48 35 6.05 Cloudy
Galveston 30.00 54 46 _ Cloudy
Helena 30.35 16 5 _ Cloudy
Huron 30 38 27 17 _ ClOUdF
Indapolla 30 27 34 16 CHuF1
Jacks'ville 30 10 67 3» 0.05 Cloudr
Kansas C. 30 32 34 25 ___ ClOUdT
L. Angeles 2ft 00 63 40 ... QSZj
Louisville. 30 31 32 3 _ ClSR*
Miami 2000 80 57 ... ClWfT
Mpls-St.P. 30.33 27 23 _ Cloud*"
N. Orleans 30 14 54 45 _ Cloudf'
New York 23 Aft 30 22 CloUM
Norfolk .10 15 12 31 0.22 CleaF,
Okla'ma C. 10 20 35 33 ClouS*
Omaha 30 33 34 10 _ rottUL,
Phtla'phla 2082 33 20 ... Cloud*
Phoenix 3ft 70 22 43 ... ClouS
Ptttsburah 10 04 27 19 _ Cloud*
Port'd. Me 2ft 52 23 12 ... Clear...
Portl'd. Or 10 11 35 2ft . PSm*
Raleieh 30.11 35 24 0.04 Cloud*
St. Loitf 30 14 37 7 Claar -
S. Lake C. 10.20 3ft 10 0 09 Clear
S. Antonio 30 oft 4ft 40 ft.IS Owed*
San Dleeo 7!> ftft 03 4ft 0.02 Clear
s. Franco 10.13 5ft 45 Clear
Seattle 10.31 17 30 Clw»
Spokane 30.2ft 35 25 CToiftF
Tampa 30 04 72 51 0 20 Clouar
Waahlneton 2ft »3 31 2ft CKww^
Forelm Station,. ,w'*
(Noon. Greenwich time, today) .
Temperature. WeathaCSi
Horta (Fayal) Aiores 04 Clouflff ’
(Current observation*.) _>»*•
San Juan Puerti Rieo 78
Havana. Cuba ..... 73 Cloud*
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