Evening Star Newspaper, February 29, 1940, Page 2

A2 »s D. C. Board Weighs 6 Key Changes in Jobless 1ax Bill Lobor-Trade Parley Agreement Includes Experience Rating Plan By DON S. WARREN. Officials of the District Unemploy- ment Compensation Board today considered six major proposals for revision of the McGehee bill to amend the District’s jobless insur- ance law which were agreed upon late yesterday at a conference be- tween spokesmen for employers and the Central Labor Union, meeting with a committee of the D. U. C. Board. . One of the principal changes agreed upon calls for adoption of a new and specific plan for use of an employer experience rating system, to be effective next year, by which the individual employer may earn a decrease in his pay roll tax accord- ingly as he maintains stability of employment for his workers. Another change in the McGehee bill, agreed upon by the group, pro- vides for a sliding scale plan by which the pay roll tax rates would be increased horizontally should the reserve fund for payment of benefits to the eligible jobless ever fall below $10,000,000, or for a herizontal de- crease In rates when the reserve fund rises above $12,000,000. Prompt Consideration Forecast. Col. David"McCoach, jr., the engi- neer Commissioner and a member of the D. U. C. Board, who conducted yesterday’s joint econference, an- nounced the subjects would be con- sidered promptly by the District Commissioners, who constitute a ma- Jjority of the D. U. C. Board, and that their report to Congress would be forwarded soon to Budget Bureau for approval. Chairman Randolph of the House District Committee has asked the Commissioners for a report of the pending McGehee bill. The joint conference yesterday agreed upon the térms of the Me- Gehee bill which call for an increase in the maximum benefit payments from $15 to $20 a week, and for an increase in the duration of benefit payments from the present basic term of 16 weeks to a flat maximum of 20 weeks. Under the present law, if past regular employment has been extended over as long a period as five years, the maximum duration could be as long as 26 weeks. Other points upon which the con- ference group agreed yesterday were: ‘That the basic eligibility require- ment for a person to become eligible for benefit payments would be that he had earned as much as $200 in the past year. Under present law the worker must have been employed at least 13 of the previous 52 weeks. ‘The present form of the McGehee bill provides that the applicant must have earned no less than $150 in the past year. Spokesmen for the Board of Trade and other Washington busi- ness groups yesterday suggested the minimum be $250, but a compromise of $200 was agreed upon. Provides for Auditing. ‘That the new law should require that all pay roll taxes against the employers and collé by the board should be audited by the auditor of the District govern- ment (Maj. Daniel J. Donovan). Discussion of this point has brought out that while the District auditor has checked all administrative ex- penses of the board and its disburse- ments to the eligible jobless, none of the tax receipts has been sub- Jjected to an independent audit, al- though the board so far has collected more than $19,000,000 in pay roll taxes. ‘That benefit payments for partial unemployment should range from $2 to $10 a week, with the maximum not to exceed 80 per cent of the full- time benefit payment, which would otherwise have amounted to $20 a | week. Under this present wording of the McGehee bill, a claimant for benefits could earn $20 a week .in partial employment and be given $20 a week in benefit payment, making a tatal of $40 a week. Under the present law there is a deduction from the benefit payment if the claimant earns more than $2 in partial employment. Employer representatives who at- tended yesterday’s meeting were Lawrence E. Williams, president of the Board of Trade; Willlam Press of the staff of the Board of Trade, Charles H. Tompkins, J. J. Hasley and Arthur J. Sundiun, president of the Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association; Arthur L. Schoenthal, Fred S. Walker and James Holden, representing the Central Labor Union, and Col. McCoach, John Locher, labor representative for the D. U. C. Board; Daniel J. Callahan, employer representative on the board, and John A. Marshall, the board’s director. Reduces Maximum Rate Also. The proposed employer experience rating system, which would permit the pay roll tax rate to be reduced as low as one-half of 1 per cent for the employer having the most stable pay roll, but which would net pro- vide for a higher rate than 2.7 per cent, the proposed new flat rate for the District, is based upon the plans embodied in the laws of four States, Texas, Delaware, Illinois and Massachusetts. ‘The present District tax provides for an employer experience rating plan which is supposed to go into effect next January 1, providing for a low rate of 1% per cent and a maximum of 4 per cent, the board being directed to maintain an aver- age of 3 per cent—the present flat rate. The pending draft of the Mc- Gehee bill provides merely for further study of the advisability of employer experience rating, whereas the laws of 38 other jurisdictions calls for the use of such a rating plan, and these have gone into effect 8o far in four States. The whole question as to whether the District or other jurisdictions should place into use an employer experience rating boils down to a question as to whetler industry as a whole should contribute, at a flat rate, to the compensation insurance fund, or whether, within certain rea- sonable degrees, the employer with a stable pay roll should pay some- what less in pay roll taxes than the employer with an unstable record of employment, the latter placing a heavier drain on the insurance fund. Under arguments for the experi- ence plan which have been presented to the McCoach committee of the D. U. C. Board is the statement that such & plan “must be regarded as a method of assessing responsibility for unemployment at the place it belangs, and as & method for measpr- ing the employers’ experience with unemployment among his workers.” 13 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON LEAP YEAR GIFT—The proud papa of this Leap Year Day baby is Representative Melvin J. Maas of Minnesota. The infant, his only son, was born at Providence Hospital at 4:50 a.m, today. ETTY” ACTON. Of 2812 Thirty-second street ! S:E, was so'concerned about * being only “1” she wrote The Star a letter. Of course, she’s really 4. 20 New Babies Greet Leap Year In Washington First Arrives ot 12:50, With More Expected During Day ‘Washington’s crop of Leap Year Day babies had good reason to weep as they entered the world today— they won’t be able to celebrate their first birthday anniversary for four > years. Twenty infants, one of them the son of Representative Maas of Minnesota, made their debut at local hospitals in the early hours of Leap Year Day. Other babies born at Providence included the daughter of Mrs. Louis Peelyon and the son of Mrs. George George. Although most of the hospitals were expecting to double their score before midnight, Columbia, with four new infants, had the highest —Star Staft Photo. EVELYN GARBER, 2421 Pennsylvania avenue N.W., has had two of these stretched-out birthdays. She is 8. number to report when a check of hospitals was made. The first arrival on Leap Year | Day was a girl born to Mrs. Harold Howells of Odenton, Md,, who missed celebrating an annual birthday by about-50 minutes. . . Others born at Sibley were a girl to Mrs. William Hessick of 5325 Thirty-eighth street N.W. at 1:50 am, and & boy born to Mrs. Leo Dondero of 1845 North Capitol street at 6:10 am. The four babies born at Columbia included a boy, born to Mrs. Myrtin Hanback, 2503 Brentwood road N.E., at 1:27 am.; a boy, born to Mrs. Clara Kennedy, 5527 Seventh street N.W., at 2:22 am.; a girl born to Mrs. Evelyn Hiligh, colored, of 1638 Fifth street NW,, at 3:53 am, and a boy born to Mrs. Ruth Anhoit, 2419 Ridgewood drive, Alexandria, Va. at 8:55 am. Two boys made their debut at George Washington University Hos- pital. Their mothers were Mrs. James Thompson, 1322 F street NE, and Mrs. Andrew Stevenson of Kensington, Md. Georgetown Hospital reported four births. A girl was born there to Mrs. Stanley Scanlon, 4608 Harlind lane, Bethesda, Md., and a boy was born to Mrs. Fielder Hays of 1112 I street SE. Other mothers were Mrs. Henrietta Clark of 4215 Ninth street NW., a girl, and Mrs. Catherine Everngam, 4607 Chase avenue, Bethesda, Md., boy. ‘The single arrival at Homeopathic Hospital was a boy, born to Mrs. Abraham Alloy, 5113 Second street D. C THURSD Another baby who won’t celebrate his 1st birthday for four years is shown with his mother, Mrs. George George. The infant also was born at Providence Hospital. I e ———— PAUL WESLEY OVERHOLT Of Riverdale, Md. He’s 4 years ¢ old, but today is his first real birthday. worse? Can anything be Sympathy With Reds }Laid fo Jackson by Dies Group Member Thomas Hits Dismissal Of Indictments for Spanish War Recruiting | B the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, Feb. 29.—Represent- ative Thomas, New Jersey, Republi- can member of the Dies Committee, i asserted today that Attorney Gen- eral Jackson's “extraordinary” dis- missal of recent indictments for Spanish War recruiting in Detroit was motivated by sympathy for Communisits. “When we look at the record, the answer to his extraordinary course of action will become plain,” Mr. Thomas told the Women's National fipuhhun Club in a prepared ad- ss. “On August 4, 1938, the Daily Worker, official newspaper of the Communist party, carried the fol- lowing heading: “‘Peace March Is Indorsed by Jackson,’ N.W.. A boy and a girl were born at Gallinger Hospital. Another early arrival today was a baby boy born to Mrs. Thomas K. Miller at Washington Sanitarium in ‘Takoma Park, Md. More people were killed last year in the District in traffic accidents eccurring from 5 te 10 p.m. than met their deaths during the 12-heur period beginning at 1 a.m. Extra Day Comes Today; Most Don’t Know How to Use It People spend their whole lves] rushing about to save time, but when they are given 24 extra hours on a silver platter they don’t know what to do with them. That extra 24 hours, & Whole day, that comes but once in four years, arrived today. It's leap year today. And how will it be spent? Well, the Government employes can brood about the extra day they have to wait until pay day. Thursday is the maid’s day out, but that would have happened any- how. To most people today will be just another day, no occasion for rejoicing, solitary contemplation of life, great deeds or anything else that would set it part. . Even the weatherman refuses be stunned by the extra 24 hours. “A day thrown in,” he says, “doesn’t affect us at all. Of course, it it rains or snows there will be just that much more precipitation this year. But an extra day doesn’t matter much one way or another. As a matter of fact, we're not get- ting enough days the other years.” Here is what some think of the extra day: Commissioner George Allen—Tt happens to be my birthday anni- versary. It's terrible. Every time I have a birthday anniversary I'm four years older. Think what’s happened since my last birthday an- niversary. I shall spend today very quietly, very quietly indeed. Maj. Daniel Do novan,... District auditor—TI think they should declsre February 29 a legal holiday. Jimmy Lake, Ninth street night club impresario—I think people should sleep right through the day. ‘That would be one I2ss day to worry. I'd be just as glad if they didn't have the extra day. That's the sane and sensible view. Prince Mogul, seer—I will spend this exira day in the quarters of a crystal gazer, having him tell me if any one is going to propose to me. I'vé been answering everybody else’s questions. Now I'd like to find out something about myself. And if a crystal gazer told me I'd believe him. Representative Vreeland of New Jersey—Today would be a good day for the male members of the general public to get out of sight. Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superin- tendent of police—It would be a good day to get married. Then you wouldn’t have so many anniversaries. But for me—just another day. Patricia Hurley, daughter of the former Secretary of War—What does one do on an extra day—per- ticularly when it comes on a Thurs- day? I think Y1l go out in the country and take a walk. : come back from Hawaii to the United States you gain a day. = like you've accomplished something, but I don't see any cause for re- Joicing. February 29 m going o haré last mynmmthzy_'m.mn 4 yoars 0ld. | Isn't that funny? - [ | “In the article which appears un- derneath this caption, we read: ‘The march will be led by more than 250 veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade’ Earl Browder, convicted general secretary of the Communist party, testified before the Dies Committee that more than 60 per cent of the veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade were members of the Communist part. “We therefore have the astonish- ing spectacle of the present Attorney General having been one of the indorsers of the parade which was led by veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. “The highest law enforcement official of the United States Govern- ment has obviously disqualified him- self to. prosecute those who had illegally recruited these Communist soldiers whose parade he indorsed.” “I must reiterate that the work of the Dies Committee would have been made far easier if the New Deal administration had not so often made itself the official or unofficial sponsor of the very Com- munist groups which the Dies Com- Savold Il in Hospital, Pastor Bout Posfponed By the Associated Press. | —=Star Staft Photos. «: |of the District Bar Association, who CAROLYN JOY SACHS. Like Paul, Carolyn, of” 6000 Thirteenth street N.W., will be 1 today. Nazis More Acfive On Luxembourg and Dutch Frontiers Germans Believed Using Weather Break to Strengthen West Wall By the Associated Press. AMSTERDANM, Feb. 29.—Increased activity by German troops was re- ported observed today by various points along the Luxembourg and Netherlands frontiers. The significance of the troop movements was not clear, but there were indications that the Germans were taking advantage of the break in the prolonged clear weather to push their never-ending job of [ their West Wall for- tifications. Reports from Eupen, Belgium, told of & visit of high German Army authorities to inspect military works and augmented labor camps across the frontler. Greater Activity Along Meselle. From Luxembourg came reports of greater activity noted in the Moselle valley. With the coming of milder weather, new barracks are said to be springing up almost overnight. It was also believed that some of the shelters which could not be lived in in the recent severe cold weather now are being reoccupied. Across the Netherlands frontier work is continuing on military proj- ects carefully shielded from inspec- tion. While the extent of .these operations is not definitely known, they have not reached the elaborate scale of the Siegfried Line fortifica- tions, which extend to the Nether- lands border. Ne Signs of Uneasiness. ‘The frontiers remain open and there are no signs of uneasiness in the lowlands countries. Beigian and Netherlands workers continue commuting to work in German in- dustries. New passport regulations effective March 15, however, will mske it more difficult to go back and forth. The Germans have stretched a barbed wire fence along the greater part of the border with the Nether- lands and the number of ports of entry has been reduced. Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate: Considers House in Pinn- ish loan bill. i Agriculture Subcommittee con- siders changes in Agricultural Mar- keting Act. Finance Committee continues hearing on reclpro‘ul trade pro- gram. District subcommittee hearing on bill to legalize horse racing. House: Debates $203,000,000 War Depart- ment civil functions bill. Committee continues | The public defender’s term would ‘ |eiving & young lawyer an oppor- AY, FEBRUARY 29, 1940. Lawyers and Judges Appeal for Public Defender System Assail Assignment of Inexperienced Lawyers To Indigents’ Cases of Kansas. It provides that the salary of the public de- fender shall be fixed by the At- tornney General of the United States, but limits the maximum compensation to $7,000 a year. Hill Urges Enactment. ‘Under terms of the Kefauver bill, the public defender would represent and defend without a fee any indi- gent person who is charged with or term of more than 90 days, or penal- ized by a fine of more than $300. be for four years. Among those who urged enact- ment of the pending legislation was Francis W. Hill, jr, new president branded as “unsound” the theory of tunity to gain experience by de- fending & person whose life is at “The State has just as muchs in- terest in seeing that an innocent man gets a fair trial and an ade- quate defense as it has in seeing that a guilty man is actively and ably prosecuted,” Mr. Hill said. The appellate court voiced its dis- satisfaction with the District's pres- ent system in an opinion reversing the District Court conviction of a colored man for first-degree murder. Under the decision, William P. John- son, 22, colored laborer, who was ac- cused of sh e Scandalis, 44-year-old white foreman of a bak- :ry {“ 476 L street SW., wins a new rial New Trial Plea Falfled. The appellate court took its ac- tion on the ground that evidence | favorable to the defendant, when in- troduced in District Court after Johnson'’s conviction, failed to allow him a new trial. The court pointed out that “two young members of the bar, with little, if any, experience,” were assigned to represent the de- fendant. William H. Collins, former assist- ant United States attorney, who carried Johnson's appeal to the appellate court, was asked by Justice James M. Proctor 8 District Court to handle the case after the defendant had complained to the jurist his new trial plea was not being handled properly. < In his closing argument before the Court of Appeals on behalf of his plea for a new trial, Mr. Collins expressed hope that the court’s opinion would take cognizance “of the archaic and inhuman system which permits the appointment of the inexperienced practitioner to represent indigent defendants, par- ticularly in capital cases.” “If this court does make pro- | nouncement in this connection,” he | continued, “then it is certain that| the weight and dignity of such ac- tion will prompt legislation that| cries to high heaven for remedy.” In his plea for a new trial, Attor- ney Collins informed the Court of Appeals that one of the lawyers as- signed to represent Johnson had been admitted to the bar only the year before and subsequent to the trial had gone into the building business. The other defense attor- ney actually had been practichhg only a year before the trial and since has gone to work in a Govern- ment agency, Mr. Collins said. Cayten Advocates Defender System. Caommenting on the Johnson case, Judge Nathan Cayton of Municipal Court asserted “that breakdown in Justice” couldn’t have happened had the public defender system advo- cated in 1936 been established. He said he has never understood why Washington should be satisfied to be last in judicial and governmental g&rovemnt, when it ought to be Judge Edward M. Curran of Po- lice Court also asserted a belief that the system of assigned counsel should be succeeded by the public defender system “in order that the defendant would be adequately rep- resented by experienced counsel, capable of seeing to it that the ends of justice are served.” “In other words,” he said, “the Government should protect the in- nocent as well as protect society against the criminal.” Judge Curran advocated establish- an article in the bar rnal of December, 1936. s Sefton Darr, immediate past pres- ident of the local bar association, declared the pending would eliminate the many abuses under the present-system, “which is ment of a public defender system in | Pr legislation | t: not scientific and can’t be guaran- teed to produce results.” : Work for New Procedure Cited. Another association leader, Fred- erick A. Ballard, chairman of the group’s Public Defender Committee, pointed out that -the association has been trying to correct the pres- ent system since 1937, when a recommendation for establishment of & public defender system was u“;;md by an almost unanimous In its decision yesterday the appellate court said: “In the circumstances the failure of counsel to produce all available evidence in a case involving the life of the accused should not be held .| against him. It would be a strange system of law whith first assigned OLD MAID—House colleagues wondered if there was any Tleap year implication in a laughing remark yesterday by Representative Jessie Sumner, Republican, of Illinois, that “as you know, I'm an old maid and haven't anything against any man.” This comment was an afterthought to an asser- tion that Congress has a tendency to concentrate too much authority in one man. —A. P. Photo. Washington Hotel Sold fo Galveston Corporafion Transaction Involves More Than $2,500,000; Modernization Planned Climaxing a year’s negotiations, the National Hotel Co. of Galveston, Tex., one of the world’s largest hotel chains, today announced the pur- chase of the Washington Hotel from the National Capital Hotel Corp. The sale, completed this morning by Leas Campbell, 38-year-old presi- dent of the Texwash Corp., newly- formed affiliate of the National Ho- tel Corp., is to take effect at mid- night tonight. Mr. Campbell, who also is general manager of the Galveston corpora- tion, said he could not disclose the exact purchase price, but indicated that the consideration, after inven- tories are made, would be between $2,500,000 and $3,000,000. The prop- erty currently is assessed at $2,600,- 000, he said. ‘The hotel, residence of Vice Presi- dent Garner, Supreme Court Justice Murphy and other dignitaries, was completed in 1919. Straight Cash Transactien. The sale was a straight cash trans- action, the P. E. Lucas Co., Wash- ington real estate brokers, acting as brokers for the transaction, Mr. Campbell said. Distussing the purchase at a con- ference at the hotel this morning, Mr. Campbell said he contemplated no change in the management of the 400-room hotel. Ployd Rush is the present manager. He said an extensive moderniza- tion program is contemplated, and that bids already have been asked for air-conditioning of 200 addi- tional rooms. The air-conditioning work, he said, probably will be com- pleted about June. He explained 100 rooms already are air-conditioned. Year's Negotiations. Mr. Campbell said negotiations ‘were begun for purchase of the hotel a year ago after patrons of other Campbell-operated hotels through the South and Midwest had urged him to operate a hotel in Wash- ington. He said he has made tentative plans to spend between $50,000 and $100,000 in improvements this year. Attending today’s conference was former Representative Clark W. Thompson of Texas, who now is public relations counsel for the Na- tional Hotel Corp. $45,506 Raised Here For Relief Abroad In Five Months Nine Organizations * Report Expenditure Of $13,105 Nine local organizations authore ized to solicit funds for relief in Poe- land, Prance, Great Britain and: Germany collected a total of $45.=- 506.83 during the first five months-: of the war and had a balance of- $29,850.52 on hand February 1, their reports to the State Department- disclosed today. Expenditures of $13,105.77 for actual relief purposes and of $2,+° 550.54 for administration, publicity, campaigns and other overhead ex-- penses were reported by the Wash- | ington organizations. 3 The State Department reports” showed a total of $3,38896298 was collected in the country as a whole during the first five months of the war, with $2168072.14 being spent for actual relief, and $205,721.21 for. overhead expense by Pebruary 1. Collections of relief funds by the Red Cross and by other organiza-. tions for relief in Finland were not included in the reports to the Stats Department. The Red Cross re- ports separately to the Secretary of War and the requirements of the Neutrality Act for monthly reports on funds collected for relief in bel- ligerent countries do not apply to Pinland since the neutrality has not been invoked in the Pinnishe Russian conflict. s Bishops’ Group Is Leader. ‘The Washington organization re- porting the largest collections was the Bishops’ Committee for Polish Relief, which is co-ordinating the handling of funds solicited by vari- ous Catholic organizations. It ree ported collections through January of $37436.19, with expenditures of $10,000 for actual relief, $3.50 for | overhead expense and a balance on hand January 31 of $27.432.69. Other organizations, the countries for which they solicited relief funds and the amounts they reported col- lected, spent, and on hand January 31, were: The Catholic Student War Relief of Pax Romana, Poland, France, Germany and Great Britain; re- ceipts, $101.60; spent for relief, $50; overhead expense, $22.75; balance, $28.85. Central Spanish Committee for Relief of Refugees, France: receipts, | $3,085.65; spent for relief, $1.225.48; overhead expense, $1,785.56; balance, $44.61; estimated value of contribu- tions in kind sent to Prance, $1,200. Aid to Polish Children. Gen. Gustav Orlicza Dreszer Foundation for Aid to Polish Chile dren, Poland: Receipts, $61220; spent for relief, $150; overhead ex= pense, $303.85; balance, $15835. Mrs. Carroll Greenough, France: Receipts, $360; spent for relief, $70; balance, $790. | Polish Club of Washington, Po- land: Receipts, $94431; spent for relief, $583.41; overhead expense, Mrs. Walter R. Tuckermsn, Great Britain: Receipts, $280; spent for relief, $223.10; balance, $56.90. Urgent Relief for France, Prance: Receipts, $2216.88; spent for relief, $803.78; overhead expense, $7398; balance, $1339.12; estimated value of contributions in kind sent to France, $92; on hand, $530.65. The Lafayette Fund, which regis~ tered on January 2 to solicit fupds for relief in Prance, reported no re- | ceipts and no expenditures during the month. R |Will Preach in Arlington The Rev. Ze Barney T. Phillips, rector of the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, will preach on “The Fourt Word From the Cross” at 8 p.m. today at St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church, North Nelson and Ninth streets, Arlingtan, Va. Legion Income $580,399 The American Legion reported to Congress yesterday that its income was $580,399 in 1939 and its ex- penses were $245,061. Weather Report (Purnished by the United States Weather Bureau.) District of Columbia—Cloudy tonight, followed by light snow tomor= row; not much change in temperature; lowest tonight about 33 degrees; gentle variable winds. Maryland—Cloudy tonight, followed by light snow tomorrow and in extreme west portion tonight; somewhat colder tonight in east portion. Virginia—Cloudy tonight with light snow in extreme west portion; tomorrow light snow probably changing to rain in extreme southwest portion; somewhat colder in southeast portion. West Virginia—Cloudy tonight, followed by light snow in north por=- tion and light rain or snow in south portion tomorrow; colder tomorrow afterncon or night in north portion The disturbance that was east of Nap-#— — ——————— tucket, Mass.. last’ night has continued to move eastward, and it is now located about 750 miles east of Nantucket, a ship, 1.010.2 millibars (20.83 inches). with a trough extending southeastward to the Carolins coast. Charleston, 8. C.. 1.014.6 | March millibars (29.96 inches). Pressure is low over the Dakotas. Huron. 8 Dak.. 1.006.8 | June millibars (29.73 inches), and Williston, N. Dak. 1 inch 003.4 millibars (29, es). r 7 over the central plateau region. is high over the Eastern States. Cincin- patt, Oblo 1.019.6 milibars (10.11 inches). tation, most form of rain. llen n" the Middle Ohio Valley: Novih Carolina and Southern Virsinia. while light snow has oceurred in New Eng) eastern lake on. and the Upper Mis- sissippi Valley. "Moderate to heavy raims have occurred on the West Coast, and in the northern plateau region. ures have fallen over most of the eastel part of the country. while ther have risen appreciably in the Northern Plains States. Report for Last 24 Hours. ‘Temperature. Barometer Degrees. Inches. 29.74 2982 80 294 20.97 30.08 (Prom ‘neon yesterday to noon today) Sighest. 47, 3:45 p.m. yesterday. Lowest, 36. 7:15 a.m. today, Record Temperatures This Year. Highest, 04. on Pebruary 13. Lowest. 7. on January 20. Humidity fer Last 3¢ Bours. AProm noon yesterdsy to noon today.) Highest, 73 ver cent, at noon yes Lowest, 44 per cent. at noon today. River Revert. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers cloudy | R at Harpers Ferry; Potomoc slightly muddy R A el Tide (Purnished United eodetis Burvers 1d. _the | Alba; Pittsburgh States Coast and | San Pr'isco 2 Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches im Capital (current month to date): 94 4 gdseidsddssy 82 29 S Buffalo Charleston 2! Chicago RN Cincinnati 30 Cleveland . 3 e929.300-32900 t D Thé aport ‘napolis Tacks ville City Los Ahgeles 30, Louisville Miami is.-8t. P, N'Grieans”. EEEORREFFEE 838 Portl'd, Me. 30. Portl’ . . RS S T R e AR A PR H . RS Horta (Paal. (Current_observations.) b Juan, Puerto Wico- 73 Colem, ‘2aal Bons. -4 | D