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Hopkins Is Expected
To Defend Protested
Census Questions
Vermont Senator Gets
600 Letters a Day
Applauding Fight
BACKGROUND—
Revelation several months ago
of questions to be asked on the
1940 census was followed by
storm of objection all over coun
try. Many queries were considered
Invasion of privacy. Secretary of
Commerce Hopkins has defended
questions as pertinent to evalua
tion of past decade and assured
returns would be confidential.
By BLAIR BOLLES.
Secretary of Commerce Hopkins,
if he is well enough to make the
trip to the Capitol, will appear be
fore the Senate Commerce Com
mittee Wednesday to defend the
questions in the 1940 census, it was
learned yesterday. Mr. Hopkins was
principally responsible for the in
clusion in the census of two ques
tions relating to individual income
in 1939, which has raised some ap
prehension around the country lest
it constitute an invasion of per
gonal privacy.
Senator Tobey, Republican of Ver
mont. the leader in the attack on
the census, said yesterday that 600
letters a day have been coming to
his office applauding his stand. He
ipoke against the census in a nation
wide broadcast last Monday. The
following day he introduced Sen
ate Resolution 231, which would for
bid census-takers from asking the
income question. He intends to
seek a Congressional ban on a num
ber of the other questions.
The population count begins April
1.
View* Called “Absurd.”
When Senator Tobey began his
anti-census campaign, Mr. Hopkins
told the press that the Senator’s
position is "absurd.” However,
among the letters received by Sen
ator Tobey is one from David W.
Guion, of Lehighton, Pa., the author
of the song, "Home on the Range,”
who expressed his opinion that the
income question is an "outrage.”
The Columbia Democratic Club,
Queens County. N. Y„ voted unani
mously at its meeting last Tuesday
to support Mr. Tobey's stand, ac
cording to a letter from the club.
The most enthusiastic Tobey sup
porter is another Vermonter. Philip
L. Rose, who owns a farm near Wild
Apple. Mr. Rose sent this letter
to Secretary Hopkins, and a copy
to Senator Tobey:
“In as much as many local resi
dents have avowed their determina
tion not to answer all the questions
contained in the census taker s form
and as a result it will be necessary
under the law to jail these people,
as many are too poor to pay fines:
it would seem to me the very num
ber of them will make necessary the
construction of prison or concentra
tion camps.
"I tnereiore oner ror your con
sideration a tract of land owned by
my wife, consisting of 30 acres, more
or less of well - watered timbered
upland. She would prefer to rent
the Government this lajid at a
nominal rental with thtf under
standing that all buildings and fix
ture* remain the property of the
owner at the expiration of the
lease. This property is ideally situ
ated about 3 miles from the village
of Bradford.”
The Controversial Questions.
The questions which Senator
Tooey seeks to have stricken from
the census are numbers 32 and 33:
“Amount of money, wages or
salary received (including commis
sions!” in 1939?
“Did this person receive income
of $50 or more from sources other
than money, wages or salary” in
1939?
Besides Secretary Hopkins, the
committee will hear William L.
Austin, the director of the census,
a Government career man who has
been a part of the census mechanism
since 1900. and from Representa
tive Reed, Republican, of New York,
a protestant in the Tobey camp.
The opponents of the census in
its present form expect to bring
legalistic arguments as well as in
dignation to bear in their fight
against the income question. Sena
tor Tobey holds in his resolution
that the census law of 1929, on
which the 1940 census rests statu
torily, restricts the census takers to
asking questions that will throw
light on the Nation’s population and
employment. Questions as to income
fall in neither of these categories,
Senator Tobey holds.
Privacy Is Questioned.
The chief bone of contention be
tween the Senator's following and
the Hopkins’ following concerns the
privacy of the answers which the
citizens of the country will give to
the questions. Senator Tobey fears
that any information as to a per
son's income soon will be bruited
about. Secretary Hopkins replies
that a census taker guilty of re
vealing information learned in the
line of duty is liable to fine and
imprisonment. This reply did not
satisfy Senator Tobey.
The 1940 population census, the
sixteenth in American history, goes
farther than any previous one. It
will be supplemented by a census of
housing—provided for in a specific
act of Congress passed last year—
and a census of agriculture. All
three will be taken simultaneously.
The census of agriculture dates from
1810. The census of housing is an
innovation.
Seek Data on Depression.
The purpose behind the question
ing which alarms Senator Tobey is
a wish to discover the sociological
and economic state of American so
ciety after 10 years of depression
and near-depression. The aim of
this discovery is to provide a basis
for governmental dealing with the
problem often summed up in a repe
tition of the President’s words—
"one-third of the Nation is ill-fed,
Ill-housed, ill-clothed.”
The final set of questions are
offered as the work of the Bureau of
the Census, after their scrutiny by
the Central Statistical Board and
a group of international census ad
visers. Experts frame the questions,
but President Roosevelt himself and
Secretary Hopkins described the
wide range of information sought
in the 1940 triple census.
Woman Driver Makes Error
PHILADELPHIA,-Pa., Feb. 24 UP).
—Trainmen gaped as an automobile
rolled into the Pennsylvania Rail
road’s Thirtieth street station on
tracks usually used by switch en
gines. The driver, a woman, said
she mads a Wrong turn.
Readers' Guide
and
News Summary
Tht Sunday Star, Feb. 25, 1940.
PART ONE.
Main News Section.
Foreign.
Chamberlain bars peace with present
German government. Page A-l
Reds strike at VUpurl’s island en
virons. Page A-f
Trusting in God, Hitler pledges fight
till foes break. Page A-l
Stowe describes feelings under rain
of bombs. Page A-l
Venezuelan guests confused by new
coat-checking device. Page A-2
British examination of U. S. ships at
Gibraltar faster now. Page A-g
Allies’ confidence in Italy shown by
troop moves. Page A-3
Italy signs new trade pact with
Turkey. Page A-g
Duce expected to delay giving Welles
his views. Page A-4
Foreign office favorite target of at
tack in Japan. Page A-S
Parallel neutrality action seen for
Scandinavia. Page A-7
Foreign exchange control projected
by Sweden * Page A-7
23 ships is 25th week’s toll in war
fare at sea. Page B-2
National.
Dies sends ‘‘Pelley letters” evidence
to Pine. Page A-l
Hopkins may appear Wednesday to
defend census queries. Page A-l
P. W. A. debt refunding through bond
issue sought in bill. Page A-2
Fight on Finnish aid restrictions to
be resumed. Page A-3
Confession reported in wedding
night slaying. Page A-5
Washington and Vicinity.
Four Army flyers unhurt when plane
falls in river. Page A-l
Better meals to be served inmates of
Blue Plains. Page A-l
Washington relief needs unknown,
Bondy says. Page A-l
Auto tax decline here of 19 per cent
last year is revealed. Page B-l
Senate hearing on D. C. facing bill
set for Tuesday. Page B-l
C. A. A. to ask Gravelly Point paving
bids Friday. Page B-l
Sports
Blozis breaks shot mark. Fenske
takes A. A. U. mile. Page B-3
Griff, “Mr. Baseball” is maligned
philanthropist. Page B-4
D. C. net stars remain dominant in
M. A. sector. Page B-5
Hamilton girls annex playground
bowling title. Page B-6
Woof Woof wins Flamingo before
Hialeah throng. Page B-7
Miscellaneous.
Obituary. Page A-12
Vital statistics. Page D-9
"Of Hearts and Song.” Page E-4
Service orders. Page F-8
PART TWO.
Editorial.
Editorial articles. Pages C-l-3
Editorial and comment. Page C-2
News features. Pages C-4-5
John Clagett Proctor. Page C-4
Civic news. Page C-6
Military and veterans’
news. Page C-7
Cross-word puzzle. Page C-8
Fraternal and civic news. Page C-8
In bridge circles. Page C-9
Stamps. Page C-9
Automobiles. Page C-9
Dick Mansfield. Page C-9
Education. Page C-10
PART THREE.
Society.
Society news. Pages D-l-11
Well-known folk. Page D-3
Future debutantes. Page D-7
In service society. Page D-6
Barbara Bell pattern. Page D-9
Women's clubs. Page D-10
Travel. Page D-ll
PART FOUR.
Finance, Classified.
3pring rise anticipated. Page E-l
Stocks move down. Page E-l
Weekly stock summary. Page E-2
Bethlehem underwriters
listed. Page E-l
D. C. store sales climb. Page E-l
Metropolitan building slumps in
January. Page E-l
Lost and found. Page E-4
Classified advertising. Pages E-4-14
PART FIVE.
Features.
Amusements. Pages F-l -2-3
Radio programs. Page F-3
Books. Page F-4
Art notes. Page F-5
Music. Page F-6
The Junior Star. PageF-7
Route Boys' Jobless Bill
Before House Tomorrow
Before beginning action on a priv
ileged resolution to pave the way
for action on the Fnnish loan bill,
the House tomorrow plans to con
sider a bill to exempt from provi
sions of the District Unemployment
Compensation Act newspaper route
carriers under 18 years of age.
The measure was favorably re
ported last week by the House Dis
trict Committee.
Tomorrow is scheduled to be the
second regular “District day” of the
month in the House—a day which is
devoted to consideration of District
legislation—but because of the desire
of House leaders to dispose of the
Finnish loan bill and the contro
versial nature of two other District
bills on the calendar, Chairman
Randolph of the District Committee
said he would call up only the bill
affecting newspaper route boys.
The controversial bills on the cal
endar, bills that have been pending
since the last regular session of
Congress, would authorize the Pub
lic Utilities Commission to reduce
the number of taxicabs in Wash
ington and open the local market
to milk and cream produced in any
section of the United States.
James McCallum Dies
ATLANTIC City, N. J., Peb. 34
CP).—James McCallum, 70, former
consul general to Switzerland, died
today at his Ventnor home after
an illness of eight years. He retired
in 1915.
Finnish Relief Receipts
Prev. acknowledged.$933.75
Mrs. J. C. 10.00
Anonymous.... 1.01
Star Composing Room.. 6.00
Mrs. Milo E. Brown_ 1.00
Anonymous.. 1.50
Grand total.$94236
Employe Appeal Right
May Be Urged by
N. L. R. B. Probers
• Early Report on
House Labor Inquiry
Is Indicated
BACKGROUND—
Investigation of National Labor
Relations Board by special House
comvdittee has been under way
since last fall. Public hearings
have been held from time to
time since December. Committee
is charged with reporting to Con
gress whether Wagner Act has
been enforced efficiently and im
partially and what, if any,
amendments to law are needed.
By CARTER BROOKE JONES.
Right of employes to appeal to the
courts decisions by the National
Labor Relations Board designating
the union which an employer must
recognize as the collective bargains
ing agent was reported yesterday to
be one of the proposed amendments
to the Wagner Act under serious
consideration by . the House commit
tee investigating administration of
the law.
The board’s rulings in the nu
merous disputes between the A. F. of
L. and the C. I. O. have stirred up
any number of stormy protests from
losing unions. The American Fed
eration of Labor has charged the
board with favoring the rival Con
gress of Industrial Organizations.
Yet, in some instances, C. I. O.
unions which lost the bargaining
privileges also have berated the
board. The Supreme Court recently
held that under the present wording
of the act employe-representation
cases could not be appealed to the
courts.
The committee, having adjourned
hearings from Friday until Wednes
day, held frequent executive sessions
at the week end, and, though Chair
man Smith said yesterday there was
nothing to announcei there was
every indication the committee, or a
majority of its five members, would
submit some sort of preliminary re
port to Congress soon.
Accord on Point Forecast.
An amendment either removing
representation cases entirely from
the board—leaving rival unions to
settle their own quarrels—or at least
giving employes an appeal to the
courts in such cases was said to be
one measure on which a majority
of the committee was likely to agree.
Lloyd Garrison, dean of law at the
University of Wisconsin, recom
mended to the committee that set
tlement of inter-union disputes be
left to the men to thrash out and
neither the board nor the courts
have a hand in it.
An instance known to have im
pressed the committee was brought
out at the last hearing, when four
employes of the Consumers’ Power
Co. of Michigan described the
board's election machinery as it
worked in a C. I. O.-A P. of L. con
flict there.
The A. P. of L. petitioned for an
election to determine which union
was the “appropriate" bargaining
unit. The election resulted in 1,174
votes for the C. I. O., 1,062 for the
A. P. of L. and 506 ballots against
either union. Under the formula
evolved by Board Chairman J. War
ren Madden and concurred in by
Edwih S. Smith, a runoff election
was called, with the A F. of L. elim
inated, and the employes asked to
decide whether they wanted the
C. I. O. or no union at all. The third
board member, William M. Lelser
son. dissented, declaring the act
gave the board no authority to hold
runoff elections and where, as in the
Michigan case, no union obtained a
majority, the board should refuse to
certify any bargaining agent. In
this instance the A. P. of L. appealed
to the courts, but the Supreme Court
held the courts had no jurisdiction
in such cases. A. F. of L. represent
atives contended to the committee
that in the Michigan runoff elec
tion, the 506 voters who refused to
designate either union should have
been eliminated and the second elec
tion held between the rival organ
izations.
Other Amendments.
Other amendments, often men
tioned before, reported in the fore
front of the committee's closed-door
discussions were:
1. Replacing the present board
with a flve-man board, which, if
approved, would give Congress a
chance to get rid of the incum
bents.
2. A clear separation of the Ju
dicial and prosecuting functions of
the board.
When the hearings are resumed
Wednesday, the board will have an
other inning, it was disclosed yes
terday.
Charles Fahy, the board's general
counsel, will be given a day to pre
sent any further defense evidence
he and the board may desire. The
board previously was given five days
for defense and asked for additional
time. Mr. Fahy said yesterday he
had not decided what witnesses he
would call Wednesday
Further Blacklisting Probe.
It was understood the committee
was not through with the alleged
“blacklisting” by other Federal
agencies of companies involved in
unfair labor practice complaints
before the Labor Board.
Testimony along this line has put
the board and the Reconstruction
Finance Corp. at sword’s points.
Chairman Madden and Associate
General Counsel Thomas I. Emerson
contradicted Emil Schram, R. F. C.
chairman, who testified that the
“arrangement” for the N. L. R. B. to
report complaint cases to the R. F.
C. and for the latter to send the
board a list of approved loans was
initiated by the Labor Board. Later
Mr. Schram told the press: "I was
under oath. I did not lie.”
Whether the board will pursue this
controversy further was not re
galed yesterday.
It was learned, however, that Ed
mund M. Toland, general counsel
for the committee, and his staff
have not completed their study of all
the records subpoenaed from the
War, Labor and Interior Depart
ments and that other witnesses may
be called on the “blacklisting” mat
ter.
Mr. Toland said he planned to
call 50 to 75 more board employes
as witnesses, many of them field
officers. Several new lines of evi
dence may be developed, he inti
mated.
The committee counsel alsb said
he expected to broaden the inquiry
to delve into the economic effects
of the Wagner Act—whether the
law as administered has encour
aged or discouraged strikes, whether
it has incraased or decreased em
ployment i
A QUEEN SMILES DISARMINGLY ’MIDST ARMAMENT—The
charm of Queen Elizabeth is shown to unusual advantage in
this scene as she chatted with a woman worker in an armament
factory in Western England. The visit was part of a tour of
Inspection with King George. —A. P. Wirephoto.
T. V. A. to Purchase
North Alabama
Electric Properties
Acquisition Is Final
Step in Rounding Out
Vast 'Power Empire'
By the Associated Press.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 24—The
Tennessee Valley Authority virtually
rounded out its vast “power empire”
today in an agreement to purchase
the North Alabama Electric prop
erties of the Alabama Power Co.
for $4,800,000.
“Tills purchase is the final step
in carrying out the plan for long
term adjustment of the relations be
tween the Authority and privately
owned utilities in the region,” said
Gordon Clapp, T. V. A. general
manager.
The Authority, Mr. Clapp added,
is now past the period of expansion
and is ready to settle down to de
veloping its “yardstick" power pro
gram.
Acquisition of the Alabama prop
erties will give the aauthority r
virtual monopoly on power output
in the Tennessee Valley. Last year
the agency purchased the Tennessee
properties of Commonwealth &
Southern Corp. for $78,600,000 and
later acquired North Mississippi
Electric properties, controlled by the
same interests, for about $2,000,000.
The cast of acquiring the Alabama
properties will be divided among
the T. V. A. municipalities and co
operative associations participating
in the transaction.
Huntsville is the largest city in
cluded in the system which further
extends the vast T. V. A. power em
pire.
Michigan Woman Admits
Brutal Killing of Boyr 10
Bj the A«*oci»ted Press.
TAWAS CITY. Mich.. Feb. 24 —
A 34-year-old housewife admitted
today the brutal killing of a small1
boy three and a half years ago be
cause he had thrown stones at her
cows and “called me names."
Capt. Joseph Kearney of the
State police said that Mrs. Winni
fred Moshier, mother of three chil
dren, had confessed to killing 10
year-old Bobby Kenyon with a
butcher knife and mutilating his
body in exasperation at the lad.
The crime, committed Tune 22.
1936. shocked Michigan. Five days
after his disappearance Bobby's
body was found in a river. Mrs.
Moshier waived examination in Jus
tice Court today and was bound over
to Circuit Court under *5,000 bond.
Police said a neighbor s suspicion
had been aroused by a remark by
Mrs. Moshier and that her arrest
followed.
U. S. Will Ask for Isles I
Near Canal, Shanley Says
By the Associated Preas.
NEW HAVEN Conn.. Peb. 24.— '
Representative Jrnnes A. Shanley. I
Democrat, of Connecticut predicted
tonight that the United State*
would ask for and get island pos
sessions from both Great Britain
and Ecuador to strengthen the
strategic position of the Panama
Canal in Central America.
"I think that we will eventually
ask Britain for islands at the east
ern approach to the Panama Canal
and Ecuador for the Galapagos Is
lands on the western end of the
canal,” said the Congressman in
an address before the New Haven
League of Women Voters here.
Mr. Shanley is a member of the
House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Brown to Be Forum Speaker
'Some Aspects of Our Foreign
Policy' to Be Topic Tomorrow
‘‘Some Aspects of Our Foreign
Policy” will be discussed by Sena
tor M. Brown, Democrat, of Michi
gan in the National Radio Forum
tomorrow night.
The National Radio Forum is ar
ranged by The Star and is broad
cast over a coast-to-coast network
of the National Broadcasting Co.
It can be heard locally at 10:30
o'clock through Station WMAL.
Aid for Finland and what form
it should take is likely to be touched
upon by Senator Brown, since his
interest has been keen in this sub
ject.
The Michigan Senator took a
leading role in debate when the
Senate recently voted to extend Fin
land a further $10,000,000 credit
through the Export-Import Bank.
Prior to that he had sponsored a
bill to lend the Finns $60,000,000
through the Reconstruction Finance
Corp. with which to purchase war
supplies either here or elsewhere.
However, when the Senate acted
on increasing Finland’s credit. Sen
ator Brown withheld an amendment
he planned to offer to relend Fin
land the $5,800,000 it has repaid
on its old war debt. He explained
he did not want to do anything
that might infringe on this coun
try’s neutrality program.
Among other things, Senator
SENATOR BROWN.
Brown is considered to be a fiscal
expert. He is a graduate of the
House, having served in the lower
branch in the 73d and 74th Con
gresses prior to talcing his seat In
the Senate.
Losses in War at Sea
By the Associated Press.
The following "box score” .lists sea warfare losses reported during
the 25th week of the war, from February 18 to February 24, inclusive:
-Bunk by
Bubs, planes. Other causes Known
warships. Mines, or unknown. Tonntie. dead
Britain ..3 3 1 20,541 192
Netherlands . 1 2 2 18,923 0
Norway .. 2 0 2 9.832 0
Finland . 10 1 6,017 s 0
Sweden ... 0 0 2 3,172 ’ 0
Spain ... 0 0 1 2,140 22
Denmark .... 0 0 1 1,206 16
Greece . 10 0 1,114 0
Totals . 8 5 10 62,945 *230
Previously reported— 173t 119 110 1,376,862 S.368
Grand totals. 181 124 120 1,439,807 3,598
* 64 men listed as missing and possibly dead, t Figures on causes of
sinkings have been revised because of new information.
Ship losses by nations—Britain,
196 (includes 25 naval vessels, ex*
eludes subs); France, IT; Germany,
IT; Norway, 60; Sweden, M; Don
mark, 21; Greece, 18; Netherlanda,
16; Finland, 11; Estonia, 6; Belgium,
6; Italy, 4; Lithuania, 3; Soviet, Ru
mania, Japan, Yugoslavia. Latvia,
Spain. I each. Total. 436.
Hull's Protest Brings
Faster Examination
Of Ships by British
Statistics Show Average
Delay at Gibraltar Is
Reduced to 3.7 Days
By GARNETT D. HORNER.
British examination of American
ship cargoes at Gibraltar has been
speeded up since Secretary of State
Hull complained last month against
apparent discrimination in favor of
Italian vessels, the State Depart
ment disclosed yesterday.
The department published sta
tistics showing that the average
delay suffered by American vessels
through contraband control inspec
tion at Gibraltar has been reduced
from 14 days in November to 3.7
days for the first half of February.
Secretary Hull expressed “serious
concern” about the Gibraltar delays
in an aide memoire to Lord Lothian,
British Ambassador here, on Janu
ary 20.
He pointed out then that Ameri
can vessels stopped at Gibraltar
between November 15 and December
15 had been detained for an average
of 12.4 days, while Italian ships
detained during the same period
were delayed an average of only four
days and asked for “immediate
correction” of the situation.
Have Discussed Problem.
Secretary Hull and Lord Lothian
have talked the problem over in
several conversations during the
last few weeks, and State Depart
ment officials said yesterday the
record obviously indicated consider
able improvement in the situation,
although it could not be termed
satisfactory.
The department report showed a
total of 108 American ships have
been detained for cargo inspection
by the belligerents since the war
began in September, with BO deten
tions by the British, 14 by the
French and four by the Germans.
Nearly half of the detentions by
the British, or a total of 44, oc
curred at Gibraltar. Five ships
were delayed an average of 7.8 days
at Gibraltar in October, four an
average of 14 days in November,
nine an average of 9.7 days in De
cember, 19 an average of 4.2 days
in January and seven an average
of 3.7 days from February 1 to 15.
25 Ships Detained.
The State Department reported
25 ships had been detained for vary
ing periods since January 8, when
it last made public a list of such
incidents. The British were respon
sible for all but one of the last 25
detentions, the other occurring on
February 2, when a French patrol
vessel stopped the S. S. Manhattan
at sea and ordered her to proceed
to Gibralter for examination.
Only one American vessel has
been reported forced into the combat
zone around England and much of
Northern Europe, which they are
forbidden to enter under the Neu
trality Act. The S. S. Mormacsun
was taken by the British into the
port of Kirkwall on January 3 and
later released.
Secretary Hull warned that the
United States would hold Great
Britain responsible for any “losses
or injuries” resulting from infrac
tions of our rights by forcing ships
into the prohibited combat area.
U. S.-Born Viscountess
Goes to Aid Finland
By the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM. Feb. 24—The
American-born Viscountess Valerie
de Rosiere will leave for Finland
Monday as assistant leader of an
ambulance corps recruited in France
by Dr. Tage Van Holten Ellinger,
a Dane.
The Viscountess, the former
Valerie Baker of St. Louis. Mo.,
whose husband is serving in the
French army, will be accompanied
by 10 nurses and Dr. Ellinger, who
already has dispatched one unit
of his corps to Finland. They
arrived here from France last week.
A third group of Dr. Ellinger's
volunteers is scheduled to arrive
Monday with equipment for the
entire corps. Until the equipment
reaches Finland members of the
first and second groups will work in
Finnish hospitals.
The 28-year-old Viscountess joined
other Americans living in France
and a number of prominent French
leaders in contributing funds to
equip the corps, which has pur
chased 12 motor ambulances, three
transport cars, a surgical section
and 100 beds.
Vacancy to Be Filled
On D. C. House Group
Chairman Randolph of the House
District Committee announced last
night he would make an appoint
ment tomorrow to fill a vacancy on
the fiscal affairs subcommittee, the
group that will handle any proposed
amendments to the local revenue
law.
The vacancy was created by the
recent resignation from the full Dis
trict Committee of Representative
Schwert, Democrat, of New York.
Mr. Randolph had planned to give
the appointment to Representative
Michael J. Kennedy, Democrat, of
New York, a new member of the
committee. Mr. Kennedy told Mr.
Randolph, however, he did not be
lieve he would be able to devote suf
ficient time to such an important
subcommittee.
Miss Kendrick Is Bride
Of Oscar Chapman
By the Associated Press.
8HREVEPORT, La., Feb. 24.—
Oscar L. Chapman of Washington,
D. C., and Denver, Colo., Assistant
Secretary of the Interior, and his
former secretary. Miss Ann Ken
drick, were married here tonight at
the home of Miss Kendrick's parents,
the Rev. and Mrs. James I. Kendrick.
The bride s father, a retired min
ister, performed the ceremony. The
couple planned a wedding trip to
Havana, Cuba.
Mr. Chapman, 43, is a native of
Omega, Va* and has been active in
Colorado politics. Miss Kendrick
met Mr. Chapman when both went
to Washington to work in the
Roosevelt campaign in 1932. Later
she became Mr. Chapman’s secre
tary, a position which she resigned
a month ago.
Mr. Chapman's first wife, the for
mer Olga Pauline Edholm, of Still
water, Minn* died in 1932.
Kintner and New York
Girl to Marry
Robert E. Kintner, Washington
newspaperman, who, with Joseph
Alsop, conducts a column in The
Evening 8tar, yesterday obtained a
marriage license in New York to
wed Miss Jean Rodney of that city,
according to an Associated, Press
dispatch.
It will be the second marriage for
Mr. Kintner, who gave hie age as
30 and his birthplace as Strouds
burg, Pa. Miss Rodney, who Ac
companied Mr. Kintner when he
obtained the license, gave her age
as 24 and her address as 129 West
Tenth street. The couple said they
expected to marry next week in
Larchmont, N. Y.
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Man Is Slashed,
Two Women Hurt
In Robberies
Cab Driver Is Knifed
In Attempt to Rescue
Victim of Thug
A man was knifed and two women
knocked down in the course of t*o j
street robberies last night, believed
to have been attempted by the same
colored thug.
John Prender, 27. of 605 Ninth
street N.W., a cab driver, was treated
for a knife wound in his arm after
he had come to the rescue of Mrs.
Catherine Markle of 2651 Sixteenth
street N.W., who was being attacked
by the robber. •
Mrs. Mfrkle was walking on Six
teenth near Euclid street N.W. when
the tall colored man approached
her, knocked her down and grabbed
her purse. Mr. Prender saw the
struggle and rushed to the spot,
frightening the robber away.
Woman Bruised and Cut.
He pursued the man and caught
him a short distance away. In the
struggle, the jobber drew a knife
and stabbed Mr. Prender. He was
treated at Garfield Hospital. Mrs.
Markle suffered bruises and cuts,
but did not require medical aid.
A short time before, a colored
man answering the same description
had felled Mrs. Mary Burke of Bos
ton. who is visiting in Washington
at 1430 Belmont street N.W,, and
had stolen her purse.
The man sneaked up behind Mrs.
Burke as she walked in the 2200
block of Fifteenth street N.W. After
felling her. he seized the pocket
book. which contained about $16,
and fled. Police said Mrs. Burke
did not require hospital treatment.
Filling Station Robbed.
Marvin Sours of 3535 Van Ness
street N.W. was robbed of about
$35 by two colored bandits who
drove into the gas station where he
is employed at 1127 Nineteenth
street N.W., last night.
Three colored boys robbed Jacob
Goldenzweig, a grocer of 453 Ten
nessee avenue N.E.. of $15 in his
store last night. The boys ranged
in age from 15 to 17 years, he said,
and one carried a pistol.
Joseph P. Burke. Jr., 4611 Yuma
street N.W.. was robbed in front of
his home of $1 by a bandid who
approached him as he was locking
his automobile.
Hat-Checking Device Fails,
Venezuelan Guests Delayed
The latest gadgets for checking
hats and coats played havoc with a
large crowd of diplomats, officials
and others attending a reception
at the new Venezuelan Embassy,
2443 Massachusetts avenue N.W.,
last night.
An estimated 250 persons waited
on the steps of the Embassy, in
some instances as long as 45 min
utes, to get in, but took advantage
of the lag to renew old acquaint
ances among those similarly situ
ated.
“I think we ought to picket this
place as unfair to guests," laughed
one diplomat good-naturedly.
The new gadget consists of dumb
waiters which carry the wraps to
waiting hands on a lower floor and
return with a check. When the
guest left, the ticket was sent down
and the coat returned from below.
It was the time consumed in these
procedures that caused the delay,
it was stated. Observers expressed
the opinion, however, that the new
Weather Report
(Furnished by the United States Weather Bureau.)
District of Columbia—Cloudy and colder, preceded by light rain to
day, colder tonight; tomorrow fair; fresh west shifting to northwest
winds.
Maryland—Cloudy and colder with light snow in west and preceded
by light rain in east portion today, colder tonight; tomorrow fair.
Virginia—Cloudy with light snow in northwest, preceded by light
rain in northeast and rain in south portion today, slightly colder today,
colder tonight; tomorrow fair.
West Virginia—Cloudy and much colder with snow flurries in east
and north portions today, colder tonight; tomorrow fair.
Weather Conditions Last 24 Boars.
The disturbance that was over Iowa Fri
day night has advanced eastward to Lake
Ontario, Oswego, 1012.9 millibars (29.91
Inches). A secondary disturbance is central
on the Texas coast. Brownsville. 1018.1
millibars no.01 inches), whence it will
move east-northeastward. High pressure
prevails off the Atlantic coast with center
about 400 miles east ol Nantucket with
pressure about 1025.1 millibars (10.27
inches). Another high-pressure area is
movin* southward and eastward over the
Plains States and Upper Mississippi Valley,
Huron. 8. Dak., 1035.9 millibars (30.59
inches). During the last 24 hours rains
have occurred on the North Pacific coast,
in the Ohio and Middle Mlsslisinpi Valleys,
the Southern Appalachian reclon. and por
tlons of the Gulf States, and snows m
the Northern Plateau, the Northern Rocky
Mountain region, the Lake region, the
Northern Appalachian reaion and in por
tions of the North Atlantic States. Tem
peratures have risen In the Middle Atlantic
States. New York and Pennsylvania and
in ihe Northern Rocky Mountain region,
while they have fallen in the Lower Mis
apuri, the lower Ohio end the Middle end
Upper Mississippi Valleys and in the inte
rior of the West Gulf State*.
._ , . . . Tide Tablet.
(Purniahed by United Slates Coast and
Geodetie Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow.
High -8:28 a.m. 10:18 a.m.
{SJL-3:51a.m. 4:39 a.m.
Hi«h -8:53 p.m. 10:45 p.m.
Low-w- .. 4:17p.m. 6;08p.m.
The Ban uid Mean.
_ . . Rises. Sets.
Sun. today - 8:48 5:56
Sun. tomorrow- 8:47 5:56
Moon, today _ 8:55 p.m. 7:68 a.m.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-halt hour after sunset.
„ ... Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation In inchea in tha
Capital (current month to date);
Month. 1940. Average. Record.
January- 2.12 3.55 7.83 ’37
February- 2.66 3.27 6.84 ’84
March- ... 3.75 8.84 Si
April - 3.27 9.13 89
May- 3.70 10.69 ’89
June - 4.13 10.84 ’00
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November__ 2.37 8.69 *89
December- 3.32 7.66 *01
_ River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivara muddy
Midnight-34 12 noon_,.45
i a.m-S3 6 p.m_47
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P. W. A. Debt Refund
By D. C. Bond issue
Sought in Bill
Commissioners Seek
Budget Bureau Approval
Of Legislation
Budget Bureau approval aval
sought yesterday by the District
Commissioners for proposed legis
lation to permit a refunding of the
District's debt to the Public Works
Administration through a bond Is
sue.
The plan originally was suggested
several months ago by Col. David
McCoach, jr„ who became con
vinced the District might achieve a
saving of between $1,000,000 and $2,
000.000 by obtaining funds from the
refunding bond sale at a cheaper
interest cost than the 4 per cent
charge prevailing on the District’s
P. W. A. loans. The proposed bond
issue would be restricted to this obli
gation.
The bill has been drawn by Cor
poration Counsel Elwood H. Seal
after weeks of consultations with
the Commissioners and Maj. Daniel
J. Donovan, auditor and budget offi
cer. and some Federal officials.
The District’s P. W. A. program,
which provided for the current con
struction of anti-pollution sewer
projects, the east building of the
Municipal Center, additions to Gal
linger Hospital and the jail, a num
ber of school projects and other
works, amounts to $18,150,000. Of
this the District must repay nearly
$10,000,000, at 4 per cent interest
over 24 years, which will make the
final costs run to nearly $15,000,000.
The bill would authorize the
Commissioners to issue through the
office of the Secretary of Treasury,
registered and coupon bonds of the
District with which to fund all or
any part of the District's P. W. A.
liabilities. The faith of the United
States would be pledged, by neces
sary annual appropriations, which
would be charged against the Dis
trict government, to pay the interest
and principal of the bonds.
Thompson, Former G. U.
Grid Leader, Dies
By the Associated Press.
MOUNT VERNON, N. Y., Feb. 24.
—Gerald R. Thompson, 36, former
track and football star at George
town University, died today. He
had undergone an appendectomy
a week ago.
Thompson, an insurance company
employe, had been a sprinter on
the Georgetown track squad and
captain of the 1927 football team.
His parents, his widow and five
children survive.
Kennedy Sails for Post
After 3-Month Absence
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—Joseph P
Kennedy. United States Ambassador
to Great Britain, sailed on the
United States liner Manhattan to
day after an absence of three months
from his post.
In an interview. Mr. Kennedy
said he thought “without question
that the United States should stay
out of the war,"
device would work admirably at
smaller affairs.
The reception was both a "house
warming" for the new structure and
in honor of Col. Isaias Medina.
Venezuelan minister of war and
r.avy. Invitations were sent out to
about 1.000 guests.
Among those who stood and
chatted on the steps were the
Chilean Ambassador and Mme.
Cabero, tlye apostolic delegate. Arch
bishop Amleto G. Cicognani; Mrs.
Arthur H. Vandenberg, former
Secretary of Commerce and Mrs.
Daniel Roper, and Mrs. Lucille Mc
Millin of the Civil Service Commis
sion.
Some, who apparently knew their
way around, got in the back door
on the California street side, it was
disclosed.
There was some good-natured
cheering when anybody came cut
and also when the lights went on.
(See Society Section for Story of
the Reception.)
i>--—
Record Until 10 P.M. Saturday.
Highest- 49, 3:30 o m. Yesterday year
ago. 41.
Lowest. 32. 5 a.m. Yesterday year
ago. 32.
Record Temperatures This Tear,
Highest. S4. on February 12.
Lowest. 7. on January 29.
Weather in Various Cities.
Temperature. 7 30
Max. Min. Sat p.m to
Sat- Frl. 7:30 7:30
urday. night, p.m. p.m.
Asheville. N. C_4S 36 43
Atlanta. Ga. . _ 62 36 47 _
Atlantic City. N. J. 42 30 41
Baltimore. Md._ 43 34 40
Birmingham. Ala. . 47 38 43 0.44
Bismarck. N. Dak.. 10 16 6 _
Boston. Mass._- 32 21 80
Buffalo. N. T. — 33 19 33 0.84
Cheyenne, Wwo._43 ll 39
Chicago, ni. ... 33 30 21 0.14
Cincinnati. Ohio_ 39 34 3r 0.05
Cleveland. Ohio_ 36 29 29 0.10
Dallas. Tex. ._ 86 64 41
Davenport. Iowa.. 21 17 12 0.13
Denver Colo. _ 60 23 47 0.02
Des Moines. Iowa.. 14 4 8 0.06
Detroit, Mich_ 36 26 23 0.29
Duluth. Minn._10 —8 5 _
El Paso. TeiL_ 69 40 86 _
Galveston. Tex_ 70 62 Of
Helena. Mont._19 19 0.04
Huron. 8. Dak. ... 10 —14 7
Indianapolis. Ind.. 36 31 80 010
Jacksonville. Fla... 66 42 69
Kansas City. Mo... 24 14 21 044
Little Rock. Ark. . 47 40 42 0.36
Los Angeles. Calif.. 61 86 61
Louisville, Kv. .. 40 36 3f 0.05
Marauette. Mich... 15 13 8 0.45
Memphis. Tenn_46 39 42 _
Miami. Fla. .. 71 66 47
Mpls.-St. P.. Minn.. 5 —6 2 _
Mobile. Ala. . 69 42 54
New Orleans La... 65 4f 64 0.40
New York. N. ?7 . 39 26 P ...
North Platte. Nebr. 29 10 21
phlud*eiphfabr p..:: 43 sjj i :::
Phoenix. Arts.- 73 44 69
Pittsburgh. Pa.— 88 26 34 I”
Portland. Me. - 27 17 25
Portland. Oreg. 44 36 83 0.13
&DBfc H 53 i| 14
Balt Lake CT. Utah 62 36 50 .1
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