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Fourth of Tickets Lefi
For Finnish Benefit
G. W. T. W. Showing
Sales Active, bat
Desirable Seats Still
Are Available
More than three-fourths of the
tickets for the benefit performance
of "Gone With the Wind,” to be
presented Saturday night at the
Palace Theater, have been sold, the
Washington unit of the Finnish
Relief Fund, which is sponsoring
the performance, announced today.
Most consistent contributor to
the fund, it was said, is an Ameri
can ex-soldier now living here on a
modest pension. The unit has Just
received his seventh check. Every
day the Finns held the Russian
Army back, a contribution came in
from the veteran.
Desirable Tickets Remain.
Then, when the Finns started
driving the Russians back from
Finnish territory, the gifts doubled.
The veteran has requested that the
tickets to the benefit performance
which his payments would pur
chase be resold to others, further
increasing the funds for civilian war
refugees.
Desirable tickets for the benefit
performance, priced at S3, $5 and
S10, are on sale at the Carlton,
Shoreham, Washington, Mayflower,
Willard and Wardman Park Hotels
and at the headquarters of the
unit. Room 425, Transportation
Building.
Norman Davis, chairman of the
Amevican Red Cross, announced
today that Rlsto Ryti, Finnisn
Prime Minister, has cabled his
thanks to the Red Cross for war
relief supplies.
More Supplies to Be Sent.
The cable read: "Please accept
Finnish government's sincere
thanks to you and American Red
Cross for abundant help received by
Finnish Red Cross and for supplies
and aid promised.”
Mr. Davis said additional supplies,
comprising 10 motor ambulances, 25
hospital tents with a capacity of 50
beds each and large quantities of
medicines and clothing, had been
shipped to Finland this week. An
other consignment, he said, with
*30.000 worth of drugs and 20,000
blankets, will be sent as soon as
cargo space is available.
B ■ a BB ■ ^ ■
union neaa uenies
Anti-Trust Charges
By thy Associated Pryaa.
NEW YORK. Jan. 24 —Joseph P.
Ryan, denying Federal charges that
he high-pressured lumber dealers to
force their employes into his Inter
national Longshoremens Associa
tion. called for an early trial today
to clear away the ‘•stigma.1’
He said the indictment, charging
anti-trust law violations and con
spiracy to impede interstate com
merce held no truth, and that he
had done nothing except to try to
organize men being paid inadequate
wages.
The indictment was returned yes
terday against the A. F. L.-afflliated
union and Ryan as president. It
was the broadest of its kind ever
brought here and was the third in
an investigation into building trades
racketeering.
It came about the same time that
Chauffeurs’ Local, No. 600, of the A.
F. L. Teamsters’ Union in St. Louis
fell under a Federal indictment
charging conspiracy to monopolize
interstate commerce in the heavy
hauling business.
Mrs. Roosevelt Gives
Crippled Boy Brace
By the Associated Press.
MEMPHIS. Tenn., Jan. 24.—Little
Bobby Holland, Dyess Colony. Ark
Infantile paralysis sufferer, has a
new leg brace to replace the one
he has outgrown. It's a preseftt
from Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Bobby made Mrs. Roosevelt's ac
quaintance four years ago when
she sent him to Warm Springs, Ga
tor treatment. Later she visited him
her at the Crippled Children's Hos
pital to which he returns now every
three months for treatment.
A letter accompanying the pres
ent expressed Mrs. Roosevelt's “hap
piness’’ over Bobby's improvement.
Sugar Workers Return
To Jobs Under Truce
the Associated Press.
MANILA, Jan. 24.—Striking sugar
field workers returned to their jobs
today under a two-week truce dur
ing which Commonwealth President
Manuel Quezon will study the So
cialist Union's labor dispute with
the Pampanga Sugar Development
Co.
Union leaders emphasized that
their strike still was in effect. The
return to work was general except at
the Pampanga Co.'s central mill,
where the strike was called the first
iyf the year. Company officials said
the mill was operating normally.
Several thousand workers at the
American-owned Calamba sugar es
tate at Canlubang, in Laguna Prov
ince, presented a series of demands,
but did not threaten strike action.
Congress in Brief
Senate:
In recess.
Secretary Hull sends statement to
Finance Committee on proposed
loan for Finland.
Monopoly Committee continues
ttudy of steel Industry.
House:
Starts debate on billion-dollar
rreasury-Post Office supply bill.
Naval Committee resumes hear
ings on naval expansion program.
Ways and Means Committee con
tinues hearings on reciprocal trade
program.
Smith committee questions labor
attorneys.
TOMORROW.
House:
Continues consideration of Treas
try-Post Office appropriation bill.
Naval Affairs Committee resumes
mnsideration of fleet expansion
program, 10 a.m.
Ways and Means Committee con
inuea consideration of reciprocal
;rade agreements, 10 am.
Smith Committee continues in
estlgatlon of National Labor Re
ations Board, 10 a.m.
Judiciary Subcommittee of Dls- i
rict Committee begins hearings :
on Wll to revise Unemployment
Compensation Act, 10 am.
*
I William F. Gude Dies at 72;
Was Head of Florist Firm 1
v-ivic Leaaer expires
From Heart Attack
At Laurel Farm
William F. Oude, 72. president of
Oude Brothers Co., died last night
of a heart attack at his home,
Winterburn Farm, near Laurel, Md.
Veteran of some 50 years as a
florist, Mr. Oude was one of the
best known citiaens of the District
of Columbia. Besides conducting
his retail flower business. Mr. Oude
was prominent in civic and fra
ternal affairs of the city. He was
a rent commissioner during the
Harding administration.
Mr. Oude was born in Lynch
burg, Va„ January 4. 1868. and
came with his parents to Prince
Georges County, Md., when he was
2 years old. At the age of 10 he
worked for an Anacostla florist
j while attending school, and con
tinued to work during the day while
attending the old Spencerian Busi
ness College three nights a week.
He was graduated from the col
lege.
Started Business at 21.
What is popularly known as a
self-made man, Mr. Gude always
insisted that it was a blessing to be
born poor rather than rich.
When he was 21, Mr. Gude. with
his brother, the late Adolph Oude,
started a business of his own. The
brothers borrowed $30 for the busi
ness venture, which was launched
in old Center Market, in the 900
block of B street N.W. Three months
later they opened a store in the 900
i bloc 1* of F street N.W. under the
! name name A. Gude At Bro. Soon
I they were able to erect three green
i houses in Anacostia.
The brothers did all the work
I themselves, tending the greenhouses,
marketing the flowers. The business
flourished. In 1906 Mr. Gude ac
quired ownership of all the stock,
subsequently acquiring new proper
I ties, until today the windows in the
; Arm's greenhouses coprisea some
I thing like half a million square feet
of glass.
Developed New Rosea.
Mr. Gude developed the Red
Radiance rose, an outgrowth of the
Pink Radiance, and for his discovery
! was honored with the presidency of
] the Society of American Florists and
Order of Horticulturists.
In 1889 he became a member of the
Anacostia Lodge, No. 21, of Masons,
and was made a Knight Templar
the same year. In the years that
followed he became affiliated with a
multitude of civic, social, fraternal
and honorary organizations.
He served on many inaugural
committees from the time of Presi
J dent Cleveland, was chairman of
] the 50th anniversary encampment,
Grand Army of the Republic, 1915;
1 was vice chairman of Citizens- Com
mittee, reunion of United Confed
j erate Veterans. 1916; had charge of
preparedness parade, 1916; parade
; of selected service men. 1918; was
; vice president. Central Dispensary
and Emergency Hospital. Christian
j and Eleanor Rupert Home for Aged
: and Indigent People; director Met
| ropolltan National Bank. Home
I
vuuuiu^ nanm-iauun, was & IlieiU
ber of the Board of Trade, Cham
ber of Commerce (thrice president),
Rotary Club. City Club, National
Press Club, Old Colony Club, Pet
worth Citizens' Association. Asso
ciation of Oldest Inhabitants, Mili
tary Service Legion (honorary) and
the Firemen's Relief Association.
Active in Florists' Societies.
His membership in florists' organi
zations Included the American Car
nation 8ociety. American Rose So
ciety, American Dahlia Society, Na
tional Gardeners’ Association, Ten
nessee State Florists’ Association.
Society of American Florists and
Ornamental Horticulturists (past
president), and he was representa
tive and chairman of the Commit
tee on Tariff and Legislation of the
Florists’ Telegraph Delivery Asso
ciation. being an honorary life mem
ber and past president.
He had served as national coun
cillor on the Board of Directory of
the Society of American Florists
since 1893.
Mr. Gude's activities included
being at one time treasurer of the
Grand Commandery of the District
of Columbia, and eminent com
mander oi De Molay Commandery,
Knights Templar. He became a
Shriner in 1903. His other
Masonic honors were: Thirty
second degree Scottish Rite Ma
sons. Southern Jurisdiction; mem
ber of the Royal Order of Scotland:
member of the Order of the Eastern
Star since 1895 and past patron of
Ruth Chapter No. 1. past grand
patron of Grand Chapter of the
District of Columbia and honorary
member of Temple Chapter; hon
orary member of Temple-Noyes
Lodge of Masons and honorary
member of Boumi Temple, A. A. 6.
N. M. S. Baltimore, Md.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Katherine Loefller Gude; two sons.
Ernest and Frederick Granville
Gude; three daughters, Mrs. Amelia
Thomas. Mrs. Wilhelmina Hussey
and Mrs. Louise Davis, all of Wash
ington or vicinity.
WILLIAM F. OUDE.
—Harris A Ewing Photo.
Agitation Over G.H. A.
Easing, Says Head
Of Garfield Hospital
'Sane and Consistent
Attitude' Toward Its
Doctors Is Cited
A “sane and consistent attitude”
has been observed by the Garfield
Hospital staff toward doctors affiliat
ed with Group Health Association.
President Clarence A. Aspinwall said
yesterday in making his annual re
port of the Institution.
“The agitation over this associa
tion is fortunately subsiding,” he
added, "and the fear of the Federal
Government's national health pro
gram and its possible injury to
voluntary hospitals is less acute.”
*2.220 Loss in Year.
A loss of *2.220 was sustained by
the hospital in 1939, Mr. Aspinwall
reported, as compared to $15,544 in
1938. He pointed out income was
$659,000, an increase of $130,000 over
1938, and expenditures amounted to
$650,000. or $119,000 more than in
1938. The profit indicated was dis
sipated in interest charges and bad
debts, he explained.
Mr. Aspinwall said many did not
realise voluntary hospitals need
contributions, adding 25 or 30 cents
of every dollar paid such institu
tions went for nursing care and 10
cents or more to help defray the
cost of charity cases and bad debts.
Charity treatment cost Garfield
$58,000 in 1939 as against $31,000
the previous year, the report
showed.
Improvements Needed.
Soundproofing of an elevator
shaft, remodeling and plumbing
changes at an estimated cost of
$5,600 have been approved by the
Executive Committee, Mr. Aspin
wall said. The preparation of plans
for a one-story addition north of
the present clinical department and
other work also has been authorised,
he disclosed.
An enlarged emergency roopi.
dental clinic and receiving ward
space and equipment for clinical
records are other improvements
needed urgently, the report went on.
All officers and board members
were retained in the election held
at the meeting. The Board of Di
rectors. Board of Incorporators and
Women’s Board attended.
Nye to Get Borah's Post
On Foreign Affairs Unit
■7 the AMOcUietf^reu.
The vacancy on the Senate For
eign Relations Committee caused by
the death of Senator Borah will be
filled by Senator Nye, Republican,
of North Dakota, Republican Leader
McNary of Oregon said today.
Belgian Ship Carrying
Seven Is Feared Lost
ij the Auocieted Preei.
BRUSSELS. Jan. 24—The 728-ton
Belgian freighter Meuse, with a
:rew of seven, was feared lost to
lay. The Meuse has not been re
ported since she radioed January
18 that she was on route to Zee
prugge. 1
h
Another Japanese
Liner Stopped
By a Warship
Captain Questioned
By Blinker on
Germans Aboard
Bx th« Associated Preu.
HONOLULU. Jan. 24— Capt. S.
Ito of the Japanese liner Tatuta
Maru said on arrival here today
that an unidentified warship or
dered his ship to halt at 10:55 p.m.
January 18 and asked its destina
tion and nationality by blinker sig
nals from a distance of two miles.
The Tatuta was given authority
to proceed at 11:05. Ito said. The
incident occurred when the Tatuta
was 170 miles out of San Francisco.
Ito said he was unable to iden
tify the warship because of dark
ness. The ship Mked whether the
Tatuta carried any Oermans. and
Ito said he replied that five Oerman
civilians were aboard, two of them
women.
Places for 812 Canceled.
Reservations had been made for
512 crew members of the scuttled
Nazi liner fcolumbus, but were can
celed just before the Tatuta left
San Francisco January 18. The Co
lumbus crew is still in San Fran
cisco, housed at the Angel Island
immigration station.
Passengers on the Tatuta included
J. Reifsnlder, Toklo, representative
of the Commercial Pacific Cable Co.
Reifsnider said he read the Morse
code blinker message and confirmed
Capt. Ito's story.
One of the Oermans aboard, who
would not disclose his real name or
actual destination, said he was a
captain of a United Fruit Co. vessel
and hoped to reach his family in
Germany. He said ruefully that he
still might be taken from the Tatuta.
Destroyer Not Identified.
While the Tatuta still was at sea.
a passenger who asked that his
identity not be disclosed radioed
the Honolulu Star-Bulletin yester
day that the ship had been stopped
by a destroyer which inquired as to
the liner’s destination.
In turn, the Tatuta asked the
name and nationality of the ship,
but received no answer, the passen
mp on ie4
The Tatuta Mam left San. Fran
cisco January 18.
The Japanese government filed a
protest with the British government
this week after 31 German seamen
had been removed from the Jap
anese liner Asama Mam off the
Japanese coast last week end.
Japanese Ambassador
Confers With Halifax
LONDON, Jan. 34 OP).—The Japa
nese Ambassador, Mamoru Shige
mltsu, conferred with Foreign -Sec
retary Lord Halifax today on the
Japanese protest against British
removal of German seamen from the
Japanese steamer Asama Mam.
The British were said to be pre- ,
Miring a reply to the protest, dealing
nth the legal phases. i
Fer safety first—stop fer signals i
Ad signal fer stags.
f
Senator Pepper Asks
U.S. to Cut Off Trade
Aiding Japan's War
•
Treaty Violations Citjed
At Session on Cause
And Cure of War
The United States should discon
tinue such trade with Japan as as
sists that nation in its military
campaign against China, Senatoi
Pepper. Democrat, or Florida, said
today In an address to the IStli
Conference on the Cause and Cure
of War being held in the Washing
ton Hotel.
Senator Pepper declared this
country "should not lend direct aid
to a nation which is committing a
flagrant violation, not only, first, ol
a treaty, but, second, of the moral
sentiments of the world.”
The legislator added he thought
a desire on the part of a nation tc
end aggressionsin the world prob
ably should carry with It a respon
sibility to assist in finding peaceful
solutions to underlying problems
which might provoke hostilities in
the future.
Isolation Sentiment Doubted.
Senator Pepper said he felt Amer
ican citizens “at least spiritually
and mentally never have been isola
tionists.”
Foreign guests of the conclave
were honored at a luncheon
presided over by Mrs. Saidie Orr
Dunbar, president of the General
Federation of Women’s Clubs. For
mer President Winifred Kid* of the
Canadian Council of Women, Miss
Mary A Dingman of the Women's
International Organization. Sin Chi
Huang of China. Ofella Mendoza of
Honduras and Kamaladevi, mem
ber of the All-India Congress Com
mitlpp cnclro Krioflif
Mr*. Roosevelt to Speak.
Prior to being received at the
White House for tea, the delegates
were to attend a session featuring
presentation of the 1940 tentative
program of the National Committee
on the Cause and Cure of War by
a vice chairman. Dr. Esther Caukin
Brunauer.
Oscar Janowsky. professor of his
tory in the College of the Citv of
New York, was to discuss "Exodus
in the Past and Today.”
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will
speak on "Our Responsibilities as
Individuals” tonight at a banquet
scheduled to begin at 7:30. Other
speakers will be William Allan Neil
son, president emeritus of Smith
College, and Miss Carrie Chapman
Catt, veteran feminist leader and
honorary chairman of the com
mittee.
The Sherman anti-trust law was
attacked in a paper prepared u.v
Robert J. Watt, international iabor
representative of the American
Federation of Labor, which was
read last night.
Lasting Peace Doubted.
“I was against the Sherman anti
trust law long before \abor unions
were indicted under it/’ Mr. Watt
said in his paper, adding the act
had been used merely as a "bogey
man" to frighten “economic midg
ets."
Francis P. Fenton, director of
organization for the federation,
read the statement.
There is scant reason to hope a
lasting peace will follow the present
European war, the evening meeting
was told by Dr. Harry R. Rudin.
Yale Ijistory professor.
“Those in our midst whom we
curiously call statesmen are neither
intelligent enough nor bold enough
to write a new peace any better than
Versailles.” he said.
Businessmen Seek
Underpass Action
Aroused by an accident Saturday
at the Georgia avenue viaduct in
which two persons were gravely
injured, the Silver Spring iMd>
Business Men's Association yester
day launched a drive to obtain
prompt elimination of the “death
trap."
The following telegram was sent
by the Board of Directors of the
association to Gov. OConor:—“Col.
John P. Wade, secretary of the
United States Soldiers' Home and
Miss Helen Burns, chief dietitian,
Walter Reed Hospital, Washington.
D. C.. were gravely Injured Saturday
evening when their car struck the
center past in our B. & O. Georgia
avenue underpass. This associa
tion has worked diligently and you
promised us to do away with this
miserable death trap. Please ad
vise us preaent status of matter and
do everything possible to secure
widening at earliest possible mo
ment.” *
Following a special luncheon
meeting of the association yester
day with representatives of the
American Automobile Association,
it was decided to enlist the co-oper
ation of the Washington and Mary
land newspapers and the public
in an effort to impress officials that
the request is not merely for com
munity benefit, but for the safety
of every person passing through
the viaduct.
It was stated at the meeting that
the caution light on the south sup
port of the underpass was not blink
ing the night of the accident.
Through the efforts of a special
committee headed by William F.
Carlin, the businessmen succeeded
in having the improved plan placed
on the list of projects for the State
Roads Commission. Latest reports,
however, indicate that no money
is available for. the project, Mr.
Carlin recently reported.
New Reorganization Plan
Proposes Elected Council
A proposal for District government
reorganization embracing a partly
elective ll*man Council serving 2
year terms and headed by one
Commissioner, chosen every four
years, was urged last night by the
Hampshire Heights Citizens’ Asso
ciation, which approved a detailed
recommendation offered by its Ex
ecutive Committee, headed by Harry
J. Miller.
The resolution, stressing provision
)f suffrage as the basic factor, calls
'or u separate departments to be
leaded by officials other than the
councilmen and specifies that quali
fications for all administrative posts
‘equlre at least 10 years’ residence in
,he District and that minimum age
■equlrements be 30 years for the
'ommiaaioner and 21 years for the
iouncilmen. Salaries were listed
is $10,000 and $2,000 per annum, re*
ipectlvely.
i
ORPHANS OF THE STORM—The unusual duration of the cold spell has spread a heavy sheet of
ice on the Potomac, and an oil company tug and barge are shown here caught in the jam between
the Highway and Railway Bridges today. Star Staff Photos.
The heavy mantle of white provided a downy surface for sleighs, and the photographer
caught this merry party on Constitution avenue this morning. The group includes Doris Eddy
and Ruth B. Beaver, Naval Hospital nurses, and F. J. Hannan.
Vole for Washington
Wins Support ol
Senator Tydings
'Only Fair' That City
Should Have Voice in
U. S. Affairs, He Says
Throwing his support behind na
tional representation for the District
of Columbia. Senator Tydings.
Democrat, of Maryland declared
yesterday that he considered it
“only fair” that the voteless resi
dents of Washington should have a
voice in national affairs.
The Maryland Senator said even
if suffrage is included in a local
reorganization program, he will vote
for national representation for the
citizens of the District, allowing
them to vote for presidential electors
and Representatives in Congress.
Senator Tydings made no com
ment. however, on proposals that
have been advanced to provide for
local self-government. He said he
had not studied this question and
preferred not to comment on it.
Considers Vote “Only Fair.”
8ome members of Congress have
expressed objection to national rep
resentation or local suffrage pro
posals being included in the re
vamping program. The Commis
sioners’ reorganization plan contains
no suffrage plan.
“I consider it only fair,” Senator
Tydings said, “that the people of
the District should be allowed to
vote for President and to elect
spokesmen of their own who will
represent them in the House when
they are assailed or when matters
of vital interest to them are under
considration.”
Senator Tydings. a member of the
Senate District Committee, made
his comment on national represent
ation while discussing the plans
for reorganization of the municipal
government.
Hopes for Committee Action.
The Senator expressed hope that
"some action” would be taken by the
House and Senate committees in
charge of pending resolutions pro
viding for national representation
for the District.
For several years, Senator Capper.
Republican, of Kansas and Repre
sentative Norton. Democrat, of New
Jersey have sponsored joint resolu
tions providing a constitutional
amendment authorizing Congress to
extend representation and the right
to vote for presidential electors and
giving Washington residents the
same sights to sue and be sued as
are held by residents of the States.
Chairman Sumners of the House
Judiciary Committee also has spon
sored a resolution calling for a
similar constitutional amendment,
but giving Congress the power to
withdraw these privileges later
without another constitutional
amendment.
Horseshoe Brings Cosh
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del.. Jan.
34 OF).—Frederick O. Vogel, jr..
found a horseshoe and took it-homa.
Right away he found a penny, found
a dime and received a check for a
long-overdue bill. He nailed the shoe
over his door.
T
Dog Overcomes Armed Robber
Being Pursued by Police
The calm, matter-of-fact com
mand from his master to “sic im,
Bo” unleashed the furv of the 100
pound bulk of a half Great Dane,
half police dog last night and an
armed bandit went sprawling to the
ground.
! Allan Ward. 27-.vear-old Navy
; Yard mechanic, had gone to the
back yard of his home at 1231
Tenth street N.W. seeking wood,
with his dog along. Suddenly a
i 20-vear-old colored youth, being
pursued by police, leaped the fence
I and pointed a gun at him.
Ward gave a low command. Bo.
with a single rumbling growl, hurt
led through the air for the youth s
neck He bore him to the ground
and held him down until police ar
1 rived.
A few minutes before, police said,
the colored youth had fired at Lt.
N. O. Holmes of No. 1 precinct, one
of the pursuers.
The youth had gone into a pawn
brokers exchange in the 1200 block
of Seventh street N.W. and at
tempted to rob a clerk, Hyman
Sandler. He fled, when a customer
entered, saw what was happening
and ran for police.
Lt. Holmes and Policeman Conner
crusing in the neighborhood on the
lookout for the youth, saw him run
up an alley between Ninth and
Tenth. M and N streets N.W. As
they gave chase on foot, they said,
the youth turned and fired at Lt.
Holmes, who was in the lead.
After the dog had downed him,
he continued to scuffle with po
lice when they arrived and received
a broken nose. He was treated at
Freedmen s Hospital and then taken
to No. 1 Precinct Station for in
vestigation.
Bo, a 4-year-old brownish-gray
dog. was a good investment for
Mr. Ward. He paid $2 for him
at the dog pound two years ago.
_
Ducks Are Really Wild
BRULE. Nebr.. Jan. 24 </Pt.—'The
wild ducks wintering on C. B
Douglass' farm are really wdld. He
put up a scarecrow after they ate
25 bushels of his com. Mr. Douglase
said the ducks then ate the hat off
the scarecrow.
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Britain and Rumania
Consult on Changes
On Oil Industry
London Seeks to Learn
Whether Reorganization
Would Aid Germany
B? t>.e AwoiimI Preu.
LONDON, Jan. 24.—Great Brit
ain la consulting with Rumania to
determine whether the recent re
organization of the Rumanial oil
industry means that more oil is to go
to Germany, officials said today.
This development coincided with I
reports here that the Germans are
considering a pipeline through Rus- j
sian Poland to the Rumanian oil *
fields.
Rumania recently created a Na
tional Oil Control Board with wide
powers, and Britain and Franco
yesterday warned her that any at
tempt to compel British and French
companies in Rumania to furnish
oil to Germany might lead to ' grave
complications."
The official Rumanian news agen
cy in London asserted today that
the creation of the oil control board j
was aimed at co-ordinating produc
tion, consumption and export of
oil and "should not give reason for
apprehension abroad.” !
A British spokesman said that
cases have recently been noted in
which the Rumanian government
failed to approve contracts covering
oil bought from Rumanian com- '
panies by agencies of the allies,
and had failed to grant export i
licenses for such oil.
Britain, said the spokesman, is
concerned and wants to see that
Rumania does not interfere with
normal commercial contracts with
the allies.
Eighty per cent of Rumania's oil
companies are foreign owned, with
British, French and American in- "
terests heavily represented.
Plea for Loan to Finland j
Made by Educators
By thp Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Jan. 24—Twenty
four leading educators from all sec
tions of the country said last night !
the proposed United States loan to
Finland “deserves the support of all
Americans who have the interest*
of their country at, heart.”
In a letter to the New York Time*
they declared:
“One must be blind, indeed, to
refuse to see that the United States
has a vital interest in the mainte
nance of some semblance of law,
public faith and security in interna
tional society.
“If, one by one. the nations which
seek to observe law and public faith
are destroyed by powerful aggres
sors, it is absurd to suppose that
this spread of international an
archy will have no serious effect
upon the welfare and security of
the American people. * j
i "There is abundant evidence that
| Nazi ambition and Communist m
j trigue have not ignored the possi
bilities of the American Continents,
j With all this before us it is folly j
to assume that the threat of the I
disintegration of international sta- I
bility offers no menace to our own -
Republic." j
Among the signers was Msgr. John
A. Ryan of Catholic University.
Earle's Assignment
Reported Shifted to Sofia
i By the Associated Press. j
A report that former Gov. Earle
of Pennsylvania would be appointed
I Minister to Bulgaria, instead of to
Ireland, circulated today. Persona !
in a position to know would neither
confirm nor deny the report.
Several weeks ago informed per
1 sons said Mr. Earle would be sent
to Dublin, but word that the as
signment had been changed to Sofia
, spread after Senator Guffey and
j the former Governor visited tha
White House yesterday.
—
Weather Report
• Furnished by the United Stetes Weather Bureau.•
District of Columbia—Fair and colder tonight and tomorrow; lowest
temperature tonight about 14 degress; continued cold Friday and Satur
day; fresh northwest winds diminishing tonight. 11
Maryland—Generally fair and colder in east and snow flurries and
colder in west portion tonight and tomorrow; continued cold Friday
and Saturday. . ^
Virginia—Generally fair and colder tonight and tomorrow except
snow flurries in extreme west portion; continued cold Friday and Satur
day.
West Virginia—Snow flurries and considerably colder tonight; tomor
row generally fair and colder, except snow flurries in northeast portion;
continued cold Friday and Saturday.
eastward with rapidly inereaslna Intensity,
being central this morning at a severe
storm about 130 miles east of the Virginia
Capes with lowest pressure about P8n mil
libars 128.04 Inches), This storm has
been attended by galea along the Atlantic
Coast, by rain in Florida, along the South
Atltntic Coast, and by moderate to heavy
snow in the Middle Atlantic Statea. North
Carolina. Tennessee the Ohio Valley.
Northern and Central Mississippi, and the
northern portion of Alabama. Georgia and
South Carolina. Many atatlont In this
area report more than 7 Inches of snow
on the ground this morning. Light snow
has fallen in the Lake region, the upper
Mississippi Valley and the Rocky Mountain
and Plateau reglong, and general rains
are reported from the Pacific States. Pres
sure remains low from Western Alaska
southeastward to the Oregon coast, Dutch
Harbor. Alaska. 088.8 millibars 120 14
Inches), and minor disturbances are cen
tered over Arlgona and Lake Mlchlgen.
Fleistafi. Arlg.. 1.01:1.0 mlUlbgrg <20 04
inches) end Grand Rapids, Mich.. 1.018 3
millibars (30.07 Inches). Pressure con
tinue* high from the northern plateau and
northern Rocky Mountain regions and the
Dakotas southeastward to tha Gulf of Mex
ico and It is abnormally high over the
Plains States and the northern Rocky Moun
ted region. Havre Mont.. 1.080.8 millibars
131.03 inches) The weather hat become
colder from Washington, the northern
Rocky Mountain region, and the Dakotas
southeastward to the east Gulf and south
Atlantic coasts, and the temperature is now
from 20 decrees to more thsn 30 decrees
below normal over the greater Dart of this
area. The lowest temperature reported
this morning was -27 degrees at M.lea City.
Mont. The temperature has moderated
in New Kngland .Pennsylvania, and Bastain
New Tork.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United Statea Coast and
Geodetic Surrey.)
. Today. Tomorrow.
High -a- 7:20 a.m. 8:08 a.m.
Low- 1:84 a.m. 2:40 a.m.
Sikh- 7:43 p.m. 8:31p.m.
“W- 2:02 pm. 2:82 p.m.
Tha Sow and Maon.
RiflCA. fUfi
Sun. today _ 7:22 8:10
Sun. tomorrow_ 7:21 8:20
Moon, today __ . 6 :24 p.m. 8:40 a.m.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
FreMattallea.
Monthly precipitation In lnehea In the
Capital (current menth to date):
Month. 1940. Average. Record
January - 2.10 3,58 7.83 '37
ESSh".:::: ::: f:?f rft
April . Sy 9.13 -89
May - Sfo 10.60 -80
Jung- 413 10.04 '00
SBer.-j: ::: pi lii\ 31
November __ 2.37 8.80 ‘80
December _ 8.32 7.60 01
Blear Report.
_ Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear at
g*H*r^Perry^ Potomae slightly muddy at
X I
Report for Uit <4 Rear*.
Temperature. Barometer
Yesterday— Degrees. Inches.
4 pm. _ CP 30.17
« pm. _ 28 30 01
Midnight _ 2.' 2P.P3
Today—
4 a m._ 21 2P 75
8 a m. . 22 79 70
Noon _ 30 29 8*
Regard far Last 24 Hears.
(From noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest. 30. 1:15 p m yesterday Year
ago 45.
Lowest, 20. 7:15 a m. today. Year ago,
32.
Raaard Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 55. on January 14.
Lowest. 8. on January 20.
Hamldlty far Last 24 Hears.
(From noon yesterday to noon today !
Htahest. 89 per cent, at 10.15 p.m. yes
terday.
Lowest 45 per cent, at noon today.
Weather ip Vartans Cities. > ,
Temp. Rein
station*. Baro. High. Low. fall. Weather.
Albany __ 29 97 IP 8 Cloudy
Atlanta _ 30.12 32 24 0.71 Cloud*
Atl. City. 2P.5P 31 27 0 54 Snow
Baltimore 29 80 39 IP 0 52 Sony w
Birm'gham 30 30 35 14 0.53 Clear
Bismarck. .30.77 3 -21 Clear
Boston... 29 89 28 1« Cloud*
Buffalo . 30.03 20 10 Cloud*
Charleston 29 97 50 31 1.30 Cloud*
Chicago 30 15 24 P Snow «■
Cincinnati 30.15 27 IP 0.18 8now
Cleveland 30.03 23 20 0 07 Snow
Columbia. 29.97 35 27 0.47 Clear
Denver._30.5P 18 -1 0 01 Snow
Detroit . 30.00 24 19 0 02 8now
El Paso _ 30.21 31 20 Cloud*'
Oalveaton. 30.61 41 26 Clear
Helena_ 30.89 o -]0 o 02 cloudy
Huron ... 30.71 10 -17 _ Clear
Ind’polls . 30 21 24 9 0 10 Snow
Jack'TUl* 30.18 66 36 0 32 Cloud*"'
Kana. City 30 69 16 0 Cloudy
L. Angeles 30.06 61 48 0.92 Clear
Loutevfila. 30.21 28 18 Snow
Miami . 30.15 72 47 0 50 Clear
Mpla.-StP. 30.38 14 -3 0.03 Snow
N Orleans 30.42 33 30 Clear
New York 29.77 32 04 Cloudy
Norfolk 29.58 38 32 1.47 Snow
Okla. City 30.82 25 10 .... Cloud*
Omaha.-. 30.82 15 -8 — Cloud*_
Phil*. 29.74 3o 22 Cloud*
Phoenix 30 03 64 42 Cloud*
Pittsburgh 2PP4 25 IP 0.13 Bnow _
P’land. Me. 30 03 28 12 .. Cloudy
RalelglP”- 29.80 £l 24 0 62 Cloud*
1* Lake **C 32 2.? 0°?J
B. Antonio 30.53 51 24 MoudT
Ban Dieeo 30.08 70 64 0 54 lloudy
8. Fran’co 30.06 53 48 0.01
Hr: 88 8 « „„
WASH. D C. 20.83 30 30 1.02 •
FOREION STATION*. » *
(Noon Greenwich time, today,)
_ ,, Temperature. West her. !
Horta tFayalt. Asores 58 HaHa ,
(Current observations.)
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