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A—6 s Allies Decide fo Buy As Many Planes as Possible in U. S. War Orders May Reach Billion, With 75 Per Cent Allotted to Aircraft B the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—The British and French purchasing commis- sions announced last night that their governments had decided to place “extremely large additional orders” for aircraft and other prod- ucts with American manufacturers. “The decision to place as much aircraft business in America as pos- sible was, in’large part, reached on the basis of the highly satisfactory reports that have been received on aircraft which has already been de- livered,” said the commissions. “The commissions express the opinion that the business to be placed with American manufac- turers may reach $1,000,000,000,” the announcement said. It added that “more than 75 per cent” of the or- ders were in the field of aviation. “In the event that it is possible to place with American aircraft manu- facturers all the orders that they have under consideration, this per- centage would be greatly increased,” the announcement continued. “If successfully carried out,” the announcement said, “this new pro- gram of the allied governments may be expected to place the United States in a supreme position where airplane production is concerned and thus insure for American air- craft manufacturers and allied in- dustries a position of leadership similar to that enjoyed by American automobile manufacturers. “The placing of vast additional orders for American aircraft depends upon a number of factors. The two most important include the demands of the United States Government and commercial aviation, and the solving of the production problems of those industries closely allied to aviation such as engine manufac- turers and machine tool makers.” éopenhugen (Continued From First Page.) ‘The ministers weer expected to seek some means of halting the sink- ings and also to get Britain to mod- ify her blockade measures so neutral ships would not be forced through danger zones to control stations. Altmark Case Concerns Norway. Norway was concerned particu- larly with the ramifications of the Atlmark case. Among these were reports indicating that allied war- ships were patrolling the Arctic coast off Northern Norway, apparently | with the intention of halting Ger- man shipments of high-grade iron ore from Kirkenes, Northern Nor- wegian port. The British have severely criti- eized Norway for allowing German ships to traverse her territorial wa- ters, and Norwegians fear another | incident similar to the boarding of | the Altmark. The ship, which ran aground when the British cornered her in| Giossingfjord, was refloated last| night, but there was no immediate indication when she would depart. Prisoners’ Return Demanded. | Norway has demanded return of | the British prisoners taken from the | Altmark, but Britain has refused. | Authoritative sources indicated that the Norwegian government might THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1840, Hore-Belisha Plea For War on Russia Paid Slight Heed Former War Secretary Urges Sea, Air and Land Aid for Finns By the Associated Press. LONDON, Feb. 24—The British press, which raised the loudest ob- jections when Leslie Hore-Belisha left the cabinet, gave slight atten- tion today to his outspoken stand for full intervention on behalf of Finland against Soviet Russia. In urging action by “sea, air and land,” Hore-Belisha told his Devon- ask that the incident be submitted to an arbitration board. The Ship- ping Times suggested the matter be submitted to a board headed by President Roosevelt. Upon his arrival here, Koht said he saw no reason why Norway and | Britain should not be able to reach | an agreement on the Altmark, but | Norway was “willing to accept any | form of arbitration,” if necessary. The Oslo newspaper Dagbladet reported the Norwegian Minister to| London had been instructed to pro- pose arbitration of the affair to the British government, with the form of arbitration to be decided later. Swedes Find Bombs Were Russian. The Swedish foreign minister was delayed in starting for the confer- ence by the Swedish dispute with Russia over the bombing of Pajala. He met with the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Swedish Parlia- ment after the Soviet answered a Swedish protest over the bombing with a flat oral denial that' Red Army planes had done the bombing. The Swedish foreign office said an investigation proved that the bombers were Russian and frag- ments of the bombs showed they were Russian made. ‘While the ministers were expected to be concerned chiefly with their own problems, they also were ex- pected to discuss means of helping Finland without compromising their own neutrality., Gannett Says President Takes Side in War By the Associated Press. 8T. PETERSBURG, Fla., Feb. 24. ~PFrank E. Gannett, Republican presidential ‘aspirant, yesterday ac- cused President Roosevelt of play- ing “fast and loose with this ques- tion of peace and war.” “He has taken sides in the terrible European conflict,” the Rochester (N. Y.) publisher charged in a pub- lic address, “He has denounced in violent terms one side against the other. He has assumed the right to scold three important governments. His diplomatic notes to the rulers of Germany and Italy have gone un- answered—an insult to the United States never before experienced.” Mr. Gannett said the President is “ready to rush into European war because of his deep sympathies for the allies and his hatred of the op- posing nations.” Salvation Army to Open Youth Council Today ‘The annual Young People’s Coun- eil of the local Salvation Army was to open here at 2 pm. today, with Lt. Commissioner Willilam C. Arnold, territorial commander in 15 South- ern States, in charge. Group discussions on problems of modern youth were’'to occupy the afternoon conferences, held at Wasih ington Temple Auditorium, 606 E street N'W. At 5:15 pm., & dinner port constitutency last night, “The risk of helping Finland may be great, but the risk of not helping her may be greater.” This first public address since he stepped down as war secretary Jan- uary 5 was covered scantily in most London papers. The only immediate editorial com- ment was in the Daily Express, which without mentioning Hore- Belisha, said, “If we could not get to Poland, how could we get to Fin- land, where we have given no pledge and no guarantee?” Real War on Russia Urged. Great Britain and France were exhorted boldly by Hore-Belisha to make real war on Soviet Russia to save Finland and to shorten their own ordeal by fire. Hore-Belisha told his Devonport audience that Finland is holding the pass of civilization. If Russia wins the war in the north, he went on, she will not be satisfied with her spoils in Fin- land—she will force advantages for Germany in Scandinavia, where both Britain and Germany are hungry for food, iron ore, timber and other supplies. “Well-planned, adequate, decisive action” in Finland, Hore-Belisha argued, would prevent this—give new strength to the allies’ economic arm and “curtail the duration of the war.” Cites Finnish Resistance. Germany's strategy, he declared, is to force the allies to keep a great force inactive.on the western front, “particularly in a position where there can be no fighting unless the enemy chooses to violate neutral territory. Meanwhile they can, in conjunction with Russia, by intimi- dation if.not by domination, obtain from their neighbors sufficient sup- plies to sap the effects of our blockade.” ‘The former war secretary pointed to stubborn Finnish resistance to Soviet massed power as providing “reason to believe that the might of Russia rests on an insecure foun- dation.” “Is there not an opportunity,” he asked, “to throw in the weight of France and Britain by sea, land and air?” So far, Britain, avoiding an open break with Russia, has moved to aid Finland by licensing volunteers and sending some war material to the north. Reports of a British naval blockade lining up off Mur- mansk, however, indicate Hore- Belisha’s advice is being followed, in some measure. House Bill Would Reveal U. S. Officials’ Holdings By the Associated Press. Congress members and Govern- ment employes receiving more than $3,000 a year would be required to file annual statements of their stock and real estate holdings under a resolution introduced yesterday by Representative Lemke, Republican, of North Dakota. “It is clearly improper,” Repre- sentative Lemke’s resolution said, will be held at the E street branch of Y. W.C. A. A biblical drama will be presented at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Sessions will continue at the audi- torium - throughout tomorrow, be- . ginning at 9:45 am. “thal any member of either branch of Congress or any employe.of the Federal Government should be swayed or influenced in-his attitude toward pending legislation by con- sideration of personal gains.” p CHURCHILL GREETS CREW OF EXETER—This striking picture of Winston Churchill, first lord of the British admiralty, shows him in fighting pose standing under two of the big guns of the cruiser Exeter congratulating the crew upon their return to Plymouth after the successful South Atlantic battle with the N_azi battleship Graf Spee. —A. P. Wirephoto. Dr. Herbert Schoenfeld Sued for Limited Divorce Dr. Herbert Schoenfeld, local physician and brother of H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld, United States wife, Mrs. the Cordova charged cruelty. Martha Schoenfeld of Apartments, who The two were married in New | 1919, and | York City October 18, have one child, Martha Wills Schoenfeld, 19. Mrs. Schoenfeld charged in her suit that her hus- band had treated ‘her cruelly tori the last two years, and removed his personal effects from their home last June to move into the Con- necticut Apartments. Through Attorney Frank J. Kelly the wife told the court her husband abused her and threatened repeated- ly to start divorce proceedings against her in Reno, Nev. Lodge Loses Attempt To Stop Funds for Envoyfo Soviet Senate Subcommittee Votes Down ‘Gesture’ Of Protest By the Associated Press. A new “gesture” of protest against Soviet Russia failed yesterday when a Senate appropriations subcommit- tee voted down a request by Sen- ator Lodge, Republican, of Massa- chusetts to provide no pay for the United States.Ambassador to Russia. Senator Lodge sought to strike out a phrase in the annual State De- partment appropriation bill provid- ing pay for the Ambassador to Rus- sia, but he said “I was shouted down without a record vote.” Similar attempts were narrowly defeated in the House when the an- nual supply bill was approved there. “I made my move in the appro- priation measure because that was the only place where I could get any consideration,” Senator Lodge told reporters. Chairman Pittman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and ex-officio a member of the appro- priations group, protested “this was not the place to take this kind of action.” Senator Lodge said he lost a sec- ond argument at the stormy ses- sion when the Senate subcommittee, overruling his protest, restored $172,000 for salaries of numerous “business experts” under Secretary of Commerce Hopkins. The House had stricken this item from the sup- ply bill carrying funds for the State, Commerce and Justice Departments, Chairman McKellar of the Senate group said it approved a total of $107,241,160 for the three depart- ments, only $15,500 more than voted by the House, despite numerous in- creases and reductions. Musician May Re-Enact Slaying of Enferfainer By the Associated Press. LOS | ANGELES, Feb. 24—The knife slaying of Alice (Jerry) Burns, 17-year-old cafe entertainer, may be re-enacted by John Frank Reavis, 26, orchestra trombonist. Reavis, charged with the knifing, has been asked to show in detail how the girl was stabbed to death on a vacant lot December 28. Deputy District Attorney Vernon Fergusoh, who questioned Reavis, said the case will be taken before the grand jury Monday to seek an indictment. Reavis was arrested in San Diego Thursday and brought here yesterday. Officers quoted Reavis as admit- ting he killed Mrs. Burns, and saying: “I want to get the whole thing over. They can shut me into the gas: chamber up, at San Quentin Just as soon as they like.” i Uruguay’s Congress Battles President Minister to Finland, yesterday was | sued for a limited divorce by his | On Conscripfion Spark of National Crisis Seen in Conflict Over Plans for Legislation By the Associated Press. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Feb. 24. —President Alfredo Baldomir’s strug- gle with the Uruguayan Congress was believed today to hold the spark of a national crisis. Observers pictured the President as determined, even at the cost of constitutional revision, to win en- | actment of a national conscription law. Congressional opposition to several government measures, including a national defense bill providing for conscription, already has caused the ! resignation of three cabinet mem- bers and blocked government legis- lation. The usually mild-mannered Presi- dent called the Congress “careless, misguided and unenlightened” and rejected its request that the admin- 1stration withdraw the conscription measure. Asserting that Congress left him no choice, he demanded eradication of “blind spots” in the constitution which, adopted in 1933, guarantees Uruguay a representative form of government. There was no indications of what action Congress might take, but some political sources indicted fur- ther ministerial changes were pos- sible. President Baldomir yesterday ac- cepted “with reluctance” the resig- nation of the defense minister, Gen. Alfredo Campos, over the conscrip- tion dispute. Issues over other ad- ministration bills previously had caused the resignations of Public Works Minister Jacobo Varela and Industries Minister Abalcazar Gar- cia. Allies’ Daylight Time Begins 2 Months Early By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, Feb. 24—As a war- time economy measure, Great Brit- ain and France will return to “sum- mer time” at 2 a.m. tomorrow, two months earlier than usual. Bel- gium and Portugal also will ad- vance their clocks one hour. Summer time began last year on May 16 and was extended to No- vember 18, more than a month past its customary elimination. It is in- tended to conserve electricity and stimulate trade, which has been hampered by the nightly blackouts. This struck the French National Union of Consumers of Gas and Electricity as such a good idea that it proposed to the French govern- ment the inauguration of “super- summer time”—a two-hour advance of the clocks—from May 14 to Sep- tember 15. No immediate decision was given, but the French reported the one- hour advance was popular with everybody except farmers. They say cows object to being milked an hour earlier than usual. British tipplers think summer time is & bit of all right because the pubs are to be permitted to sel liquor an extra half-hour daily. Summer time began in Britain in 1916—during the World War. Man Dies After Fight William J. Hill, 30, colored, of the 1200 block- of Ninth street N.W. died yesterday in Gallinger Hos- pital as a result of injuries received in a fight in his home February 10, police reported today. Three men and ‘& woman, said to have been BELGIAN FREIGHTER BREAKS ON ROCKS—The Belgian steamer Louis Sheid, which went ashore on the rocks off the Devonshire coast of England, just after she suddenly broke in two. She went aground after rescuing passengers from the Dutch freighter Tajandoen. v cBelgians Compromise Neutrality in Buying Ships, Nazis Charge Serious View Expressed Of Transfer of Eight American Vessels By the Associated Press. * BERLIN, Feb. 24.—Sources close to the government indicated today | that Germany takes a serious view‘ of the sale of vight United States Lines vessels to a Belgian firm. | The general attitude here, most forcibly expressed by Adolf Hitler'si newspaper Voelkischer Beobachter, | is that the sale “seriously Cony promised” the neutrality of Belgium. | “Is this neutrality?” was Beo-‘ bachter’s headline over critical com- ment—which authorized sources ln-‘ dicated was inspired—on the trans- | action. | ‘The newspaper asserted that the | Norwegian government recently | | blocked a plan to transfer United | | | States Lines ships to Norwegian | | registry, but that now a similar | | “sham maneuver” hoisted the Bel- | gian flag over ships it said pre- | sumably would begin plying between | the United States and English and | | French ports. | “While the Belgian government | meanwhile explained it had nothing to do with the transaction,” Beo- bachter said, “it nevertheless gave | the necessary approval to change | | flags. | “The Belgian government, by tol-} | erating the deal, made itself guilty | of a serious breach of its obligation | | as a neutral.” | At the beginning of the week the | | meine Zeitung cast suspicion on the | | deal announced in New York last | Saturday. | Belgian merchant fleet and Allge- meine Zeitung said “it sounds pretty improbable that a Belgian firm is buying this considerable tonnage, although it is known that Belgium long since has had great need for | tonnage and had large purchases in mind. “It will be worth watching whether English buyers are hiding | themselves behind the un-named | Belgian firm.” { Barber Loses Job | DES MOINES, Towa, Feb. 24 (#).— | Kenneth Mabrier's folks promised the 9-year-old youth a haircut,.so| he hurried through the chore of poking up the kitchen fire—with a | little kerosene. His face and locks | were so badly singed doctors said he won'’t need tonsorial attention for some time. | Chamberlain (Continued From First Page.) ward as our aims there is nothing humiliating or oppressive for any- one." He repeated, “The next step does not lie with us. We are resolved that freedom shall prevail, and it is because tyranny and intimidation have sought to prevail over freedom that we have entered the war. “Until we are satisfied that free- dom is safe, we shall continue to fight to the utmost of our strength and the strength of the whole em- pire.” Recalling that he spoke in this, his home city, nearly a year ago, “just after Herr Hitler had pro- claimed, in the brach of his own solemn assurances, the annexation of Bohemia and Moravia,” Cham- berlin asserted: “By that one act in March last year, Herr Hitler shattered forever any faith that remained in his pledged word and disclosed his am- bition to dominate the world by force, “That was a black moment for me, who had striven so hard to preserve peace and who had hoped against hope that if the German chancellor had broken the promises of his predecessors he would at any rate keep his own.” Sir Archibald Sinclair, leader of the Liberal opposition, also outlined three essentials for peace with Ger- many and declared that Britain “must strain every nerve to help the Finns.” ‘The conditions for peace, he said, are first, utter destruction of the Nazi government; second, removal of German military means to threaten the peace of neighbors, and third, restoration of Poland and Czecho-Slovakia and removal of German forces from Austria. Sir Archibald, who spoke at Queens Hall, urged -a smaller war cabinet to avoid fumbling. “We want to see the same aggres- sive spirit which animates the ad- miralty under Winston Churchill,” he ‘said, demonstrated on the mili- involved in the altercation, were hry."m.mnmlcmw sought. , fronf A \ i‘ldeuls for which they themselves —A. P. Wirephoto. Hughes Marks His 10th Year As Head of Supreme Court Described as Enjoying| Good Health, With No| Plans of Quitting By the Associated Press. Charles Evans Hughes rounded out today 10 years of service as' Chief Justice of the United States. | Friends of the 77-year-old jurist | said he was in good health and had no intention of retiring in the near future. Appointed by President Hoover in 1930, the Chief Justice presided over the Supreme Court during perhaps ! the most turbulent decade of its, history—climaxed by the congres- | sional struggle over President Roose- | velt's court reorganization bill. The Chief Justice was not absent | a single day on account of illness until last March 6. An attack of | grippe kept him from the bench until April 17. Then on June 3 it was announced | he had contracted a duodenal ulcer. It responded rapidly to treatment, | however, and when Mr. Hughes re- | turned to Washington in October he was described as having recovered completely. He is conserving his strength in every way possible. He seldom ac- | cepts social invitations and is care- | ful about his diet. He exercises in | some manner every day, taking an early morning walk when the| weather permits. Althoagh the court consisted of | only eight justices until February 5 (when Justice Frank Murphy suc- ceeded the late Justice Pierce But- | ler), it has disposed of litigation more rapidly this term than in re- Jjudges. This has given the Chief Justice great satisfaction. He takes pride of its docket. Finland (_(;oqungedilij m First Page.) stand. | “The struggle is now being waged | on Finnish soil,” he said, “but the | fact that you are joining your fate to ours in armed comradeship gives us binding assurance that the whole | north comprehends that this fight involves the refense of common | ideals.” | Although specialized Swedish and | Norwezian volunteers, such as pilots and mechanics, have been in active service for several months, the main units have been undergoing inten- sive training for combat duty. sMarshal Mannerheim’s statement came as the first indication that these volunteers actually were in the thick of the fight. i Early this week the Russians de- clared they were only six miles from ‘Viipuri. Attacks aimed at the city, and others ranging the full 65-mile width of the Karelian Isthmus, were being beaten off, the Finns reported, with heavy Russian causalties. Military observers, noting the slow advance of the Red Army, said the Finnish withdrawals were de- liberate and well planned, with each bit of soil bought in Russian blood before the Finns relinquished it. Foreign observers saw no reason to believe that the Russian progress would become faster. Even should the Karelian Isthmus be overrun, the most direct path to Helsinki still would be along a watery, forti- fied neck of land only 30 miles wide, between the Gulf of Finland and the Saimaa lake system. 12 Finnish Forts Taken, Say Russians MOSCOW, Feb. 24 (#).—The com- mand of the Leningrad-Soviet mili- tary area announced today that heavy snow and fog had hampered the Red Army offensive on the Karelian Isthmus, but that 12 Fin- nish fortifications had been occupied yesterday. The text of the Russian com- munique: “February 23,. nothing of im- portance at the front. “Deep snow and fog on the Ka- relian Isthmus hindered operations. “Soviet troops occupied 12 of the enemy’s fortifications, including four iron and concrete artillery forts. “In view of the bad weather, avi- ation activities were restricted to reconnoitering flights.” ‘The day’s inactivity on the front failed to dim the ardor of the 22d anniversary celebration of the Red Army and Navy. The press, radio and countless meetings tolled off glowing accounts of recent successes agains; the Finns and used such words as “lib- erator of oppressed peoples.” “hu- manity’s hope” and ‘invincible guard of the Socialist Fatherland” to describe the nation's armed forces. a [ & | will come to life. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES. Radio Cast Tonight To Depict Expedition | Of Lewis and Clark Cross Roads Theater Players to Be Heard Over WMAL at7:30 As an education feature designed Berlin newspaper Deutsche Alige- | Cent yvears when there were nine | especially for the junior high school | Roads Theater Players tonight will The sale’added 65,000 tons to the | in having the tribunal keep abreast | present a radio dramatization of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The broadcast will be heard over siation ‘WMAL at 7:30 p.m. The program will re-enact the hardships and accomplishments of the little band of 46 men who hit the trail through the uncharted north- west and finally finished their long Two Naval Bureaus Would Be Merged By General Board Plan to Be Laid Before House Subcommiitee At Hearing Monday BY the Associated Press. A merger of two big bureaus of the Nation’s expanding Navy has been recommended by the Navy's General Board, it was learned today. Under the plan, as laid before s House naval subcommittee study- ing reorganization of the Navy Department, the Bureau of Con- struction and Repair would be con- solidated with the Bureau of En- gineering. Conflict of interest between these two bureaus has been the subject of criticism in Congress for some time and was aired most recently in testimony dealing with the so~ called “topheavy” destroyers on which the Navy found it necessary to make adjustments. Hearings Begin Monday. Generally speaking, the Burean of Construction and Repair has Jjurisdiction over the construction of ships’ hulls and the Bureau of En- gineering over construction and in- stallation of machinery. A number of recommendations of the general board, made up of high ranking naval officers charged with serving the Secretary of the Navy in an advisory capacity, will be before the House subcommittee along with those of the Secretary and the chiefs of the several bureaus when the committee begins hearings Monday. Difference of Opinion. Some of the general board’s ideas seemed to differ from those expressed by President Roosevelt and Secre- tary Edison. The board recommended that the chief of naval operations should be , the principal naval adviser and executive to the Secretary. He is charged by law with the operations of the naval forces and with their preparation and readiness for use in war. Under this proposal he also would be charged with the direction of the efforts of the various naval profes- | sional bureaus and offices of the Navy Department not directly un- der the Secretary, in relation to the readiness of the naval forces for | war. Secretary Edison has proposed that the functions of the Navy De- partment, now decentralized to a large degree, be grouped in general under the chief of naval operations and a new chief of shore establish- ments. President Roosevelt has been quoted as expressing the opinion that the Secretary of the Navy should not delegate to the chief of | naval operations the power to issue direct orders to bureaus and offices. Searchers Fail fo Find (Trace of Trapper By the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Md., Feb. 24— | Searching parties reported yester- |day they had found no trace of Carlton Ewell, Cambridge trapper | who was lost in marshland near | Duck Island during a heavy snow= storm February 15. During the search for Mr. Ewell, another Cambridge trapper, Ray- mond Handley, told how he escaped possible death by seeking shelter in | students of Washington, the Cross | & muskrat house. Mr. Handley said he was trapping |on an island in Blackwater River ,and moored his boat just before the storm broke. The wind swept the craft from its mooring to the | opposite shore and because of low visibility, the trapper was unable to | signal for help. A nearby muskrat house, he said, | afforded some protection from the ]driving snow and wind. When the | storm lessened, his brother, Charles journey to the Pacific after fighting | Handley, became alarmed. A search privation and the Indians. As the Cross Roads Theater Play- ers unfold the story, many of the historical figures who participated in the planning and carrying out of the Lewis and Clark Expedition President Jeffer- son will commission his private secretary, Meriwether Lewis, to head the little band, detailing him to | bring back complete information concerning the Indian tribes which inhabited the great expanse and to make charts and maps indicating the mineral and timber resources as well as notes on the soil, topog- raphy and best trade routes. The program will recall the dealings with the Indians who were at first hostile | and then frendly and also the un- timely end of Capt. Lewis, who was murdered in a lonely inn on the ?atchez Trace in the Indian Coun- ry. The cast tonight includes Ruth| May, Peggy Johnston, Bill Draper, Ed Evans, Don Sisler, Doyle Tripp, Bob Langley, Ted Field, Margaret | Mansfield,” Allen Andrews. Bassler and Charles Hohein. The broadcast is another in a series of educational features for Jjunior high school students spon- sored by The Star with the co-oper- ation of the National Broadcasting Co. and the Board of Education. Gypsum Industry Inquiry Second Phase of Probe The gypsum industry investiga- tion planned by the special grand Jjury in District Court represents the second phase of the general building investigation being conducted by the anti-trust division of the Justice Department, the department an- nounced today. The grand jury convenes Monday. The first phase of the program consists of investigations of local violations of the anti-trust laws over the country, which now are cen- tered in 11 cities, while the second is going into the Nation-wide opera- tions of particular industries. This line of inquiry has been started in Cleveland, where the plumbing in- dustry is being studied. The impending gypsum inquiry was disclosed Thursday when it be- came known that subpoenas had been issued for 12 of the leading n.goml producers of gypsum prod- ucts. Attorney General Jackson said it was the. outgrowth of numerous complaints that “prices for gypsum products used in the construction and repair of buildings have been high, uniform and rigid for a period of years.” Gypsum is used principally in wall plaster and boarding. From $30,000,~ 000 to $40,000,000 is sold ann 3 9, Sidney :: I | located the missing man in a half- | frozen condition. Council Deadlocked On Waer Extension By 2 Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va. Feb. 24—A tie vote at a special meeting of the Alexandria City Council last night blocked action on the proposed ex- tension of water mains to three out lying sections and postponed until the regular meeting Tuesday any further consideration of the mat- ter. A petition signed by more than 500 residents of the fourth ward pro- testing a proposed surcharge to the rates of present consumers to help | bear the cost of the extension was | presented to the Council. The res sulting tie vote on a motion to ex- tend the service to three of four requested areas, with provision for a surcharge, left the issue undecided. Family Tells of Kutb_lrlp Through Africa A family trip through the wilds of Africa by motor car was described last night in illustrated lectures by J. O. Stewart, his wife and daugh- ter at a meeting of the National Geographic Society in Constitution Hall town over sometimes primitive, but always passable, roads to Cairo, the Stewarts traveled some 13,000 miles in four and a half months, in one place outracing a lava flow which cut off the road behind them the day after they had passed . Motion pictures in color, taken from their moving car when pass- ing through great herds of wild ani~ mals, illustrated the talks. Mr. Stewart described the route from comfortable, flower-bedecked inns of South Africa, through the Kruger National Park, where lions stared ;te the travelers from roadside shrub- Ty. Miss Sewart told of encounters with lions which tore at fresh-killed carcasses pulled past within 50 feet of the camera. At one camp the family shared a water hole with lions which paced around their ring of fires all night while jackals and’ hyenas howled. Mrs. Stewart talked when the pic- tures showed bazaars in Nairobi, important city in Kenya; the erup-- tion of Mount Nyamlagiri, whose- lava fiows almost cut the automobile route; flocks of thousands of coral- hued flamingoes on Lake Nakuru, and the intensively cultivated green hills of the Eastern Belgian Congo. e Driving their own car from Cape~ a . -