Evening Star Newspaper, March 22, 1940, Page 2

" A—2 kww Delta Kappa Gamma Convention Studies Pay 'Discrimination’ Head of Society, Hurt In Accident, Attends Sessions on Crutches Beveral hundred delegates to Delta Kappa Gamma Society's 11th na- tional convention started business sessions this morning as the con- vention opened at Wardman Park Hotel. Discussions of “unjust discrimina- tions” against women because of marital status, and in the matter of smaller pay to women holding jobs of equal ‘responsibility with those of.men, were scheduled for this afternoon. The inequalities in pay between teachers of different grades also may be taken up. The society, a national honor fraternity for women, was founded 11 years ago in Texas in the in- terests of improving teaching stand- ards and conditions for women. President Attends on Crutches. Among those here for the sessions are Dr. Maycie Southall of Peabody | College, Nashville, Tenn., president of the group, who came by plane on crutches and with one leg in a cast from injuries received in an accident earlier this month, and Dr. Annie Webb Blanton, founder and first president of the organi- zation and sister of former Repre- sentative Tom Blanton of Texas, one time chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee han- dling the District budget. Highlight of today's program is the president’s dinner at 7 p.m., at which Dr. Mary Beard, historian, will speak on ‘“Contributions of Woman Teachers to Democracy.” Several Washington women are among those to be initiated at a program tomorrow at 6 pm. in- cluding Senator Hattie Caraway of Arkansas and Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle. president of the Board of Education, who will be made hon- | orary members. Alpha to Initiate Five. Initiates into Alpha Chapter here will be Miss Anna Cumpston, Miss Mildred Coates, Miss Roberta Shew- maker, Miss Madeline Padgett and Mrs. Inez R. Taylor. ‘Those to be initiated into Beta Chapter are Mrs. Mildred Gropp, Miss Louise Veihmyer, Miss Kath- erine Doonan, Mrs. Undine Fitz- gerald and Mrs. Eleanor Milsilk. A ceremony starting tomorrow at 11 am. will feature presentation to the National Council of dolls rep- | resenting outstanding women education who have died. Ellen Spencer Mussey has been chosen of the local women to be honored in this memorial program and her figurine will be presented by Miss Hazel B. Nielson, one of the founders of the local chapter. in Mrs. Symposium at Luncheon. A birthday luncheon will follow, at which a symposium on social im- plications of present-day discrimina- tions against women will be held. Speakers will include Charl Wil- llams of the National Education Association, Frances Speek of the American Association of University Women, Mary N. Winslow of the National Women's Trade Union League, Helen Atwater of the Amer- lcan Home Economics Association and Katherine Lenroot, director of the Children’s Bureau of the Labor Department. Further emphasis on the question of equality with man will be givea at the Founders' Day dinner to- morrow at 7 pm., concluding the two days of - sessions. Senator Caraway will speak on “The New Women on Trial,” and Florence Reynolds will talk on “Divided We Suffer.” Avis Stevens will speak “Married Women Lead Three " and Virginia White James on “Inequality Is So Unnecessary.” | Debbie Shaw will have for her topic “Our Responsibility to Other Women"” and Rose Parker will dis- euss “Women Earn Equality. Dr. M. Margaret Stroh of Wilson Teachers' College is head of ar- rangements for the convention, aided by Miss Margaret Patterson and Miss Louise Moore. Glee Club Plans Recital The Third Order of St. Francis will sponsor the St. Bonaventure College Glee Club in a recital Wed- nesday at 8:15 pm. in Pilgrimage Kall. The club sang here last April under the direction of Father Claude Kean, O. F. M. The pro- | and to- gram will feature classical humorous numbers and skits, gether with numerous soloists. A Collection of America’s Favorite Poems This collection of the favorite poems of America was not made by authors or experts, but by the American people themselves. A Nation-wide vote was taken to determine the favorite poems of the largest number of people. AMERICA’S FAVORITE POEMS, 2 48-page booklet offered by this bureau is the result. The old- time poems predominate, favor- ites from Longfellow, Tennyson, Bryant and Whittier, but there are also some from the later poets. The finest sentiments of the race are expressed in its poetry. Every one should want a copy of this publication. Or- der your copy now. Only 10 cents postpaid. USE THIS COUPON. The Washington Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D C I inclose herewith TEN CENTS in coin (carefully wrapped) for a copy of the booklet, AMERI- CA'S FAVORITE POEMS. Street or Rural Route (Please Order by Mall Only.) STER REMEMBRANCE—Lest th THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO * e needy be forgotten at Easter time, juniors and seniors at Anacostia High School have prepared 62 colorful baskets for distribution through the Junior Red Cross Club of the school. Helping fill the Easter baskets are Joan Hughes, 12, of 1736 S street S.E.,, and Betty Tilghman, 13, of 1317 S street S.E. —Star Staff Photo. War Orders Inspire |800 W. P. A. ‘Easter Bunnies’ "Move fo Cut Army's Cheer Little Girl in Window’ "Education’ Fund | Allied Buying Missions | Want Newer Planes Than | They Now Are Allowed BY the Associated Press. Foreign purchases of munitions in the United States inspired a tenta- tive congressional move today to curtail the Army’s $40,000,000 pro- gram for “educating” private indus- try in making essential war supplies. One group of economy-minded legislators took the position that the program might be trimmed because allied war orders—in hand or antici- pated—would train the manufactur- ers without expense to the country. Fresh fuel was added to the wa plane controversy, meanwhile, by the disclosure that the British and French purchasing missions were seeking permission to buy later model military aircraft in the United States than those already released by War and Navy Depart- ments Plane Obsolescence Feared. The allies’ attitude is that any- thing other than the newest planes would be obsolete by delivery. The fact that manufac- turers cannot fill most of the mis- slons’ orders before 1941 was said to have motivated a request to in- spect late types. Asked about a report that important statement of policy on the planes sales was imminent, Waite House Secretary Stephen T. Early said he supposed if anything of the kind is being planned it probably will come from the War Department and be addressed to the House Military Affairs Committee. Discusses Plane Sales. In further discussion of reports of disagreement among the Govern- ment officials controlling sales of planes abroad, Mr. Early said if the an | agreement seems out of reach, the | | matter may be taken up in confer- ence with the President. The avia- tion advisors of three departments met with Mr. Roosevelt about a | week ago. but it was not disclosed whether this particular problem was | discussed at that time. ‘f ucational” munitions orders rested | with members of the House Military Appropriations Subcommittee. Cast- | port on a bill to modernize and |One had given him information that | | ing about for places to whittle the | Army’s $868.013,743 budget, some | mentioned the program as a likely spot. The Army’s estimates called for | $16.250.000 for that purpose. Con- gress appropriated $14250.000 for the program last year and author- ized total expenditure of $40.000,000. Paves Way for Mass Output Under the program, relatively | small orders for special war m: terials not manufactured commer- cially—such as gas masks, fuses and small arms—are placed with va- rious manufacturers, to prepare them for speedy mass production in evert of a national emergency. Economy advocates said that, in view of increased buying by Euro- pean belligerents, the $16,250,000 item for educational orders could be drastically trimmed if not elim- inated. Supporters of the educational program contended that so far most foreign purchases have been lim- ited to aircraft and powder, items | not invoived to any great degree | in the training program. They urged any curtailment protect vital war industries which are not benefit- ing by orders from abroad. Comdr. Durgin fo Command Anacostia Naval Station Comdr. Calvin T. Durgin, U. S. N., commander of the Utility Wing at the San Diego base force, today was ordered to duty as commanding officer of the Anacostia Naval Air Station. Comdr. Durgin will relieve Comdr. Samuel P. Ginder, U. 8. N,, who has been ordered to duty in connection with the fitting out of the seaplane tender Curtiss, now building at the | New York Shipbuilding Corp. yards, Camden, N. J. Comdr. Ginder will take command of the Curtiss when she is commissioned. Comdr. Ginder has been stationed at the Anacostia air fleld since last July. Comdr. Durgin, a native of Pal- | myra, N. J.,, was appointed a Mid- | shipman from the 2d naval district |in 1912. He took special instruction in destroyer engineering, and dur- ing the World War served with the Atlantic Fleet operating out of Queenstown, Ireland. He was executive officer of the naval operating base at Norfolk, Va., in 1935. Later he was designated a5 a naval aviator and served on the aircraft carrier Yorktown. 1 ' The decision on the Army’s “ed- | By the Associated Press. JOHNSTON, R. I, March 22.—To 800 men and a girl, an Easter bunny is just as real as Santa Claus, and maybe more real. Yesterday they ; about him. | Forty great | with 20 W. found out all trucks, P. A each loaded workers—800 of them in all—have rolled out on the ! Plainfield pike morning after morn- ing for a year or more. When they went by a house on the pike, an 18- year-old girl, Lillian Obrieter, came to the window and waved to each truckload of men “The girl at the window"—that's what they called her. Lillian has been waving at the men as they went to work each morning and came back toward home each after- noon When the trucks came rolling down the highway yesterday after- noon, however, there was no wav- ing. The 40 trucks stopped and the 800 men scrambled down and walked over to Lillian’s house. Lillian didn’t know what to make of it. She was frightened to see all the trucks stop in front of the house, 50 she walked out with her brother Charlie to see what was the matter. Out of the ranks of the men | stepped a “committee.” The com- mittee members filled their arms | with bunches of Easter lilies, a basket packed with nuts and fruits and candy and Easter eggs—and a purse containing money. “You waved at us every day for a year” one of the men said. “We want you to accept these Easter gifts.” “You're the little girl in the win- day. You don't know us and we don’t know you, but you're a bright light as we pass by in the morning and the evening. “Now, good-bye and a happy Easter.” New Barbt;r BiI—I Permits Establishing Of Minimum Prices Schulte Measure Would Set Up Board to Govern Trade in D. C. the time of | ‘The minimum price of a hair cut and a shave or any other service available in a Washington barber shop would be fixed by the Board of Barber Examiners under provisions ot a oill introduced late yesterday by Representative Schulte. The measure, which was referred to the House District Committee, of which Mr, Schulte is a member, also would give the board authority to decide when a barber should open and close, The board, however, could not promulgate any regulations without approval of 70 per cent of the pro- prietors of barber shops. Representative Schulte titled the bill a measure “to establish a bar- ber’s fair trade act.” Earlier in the day, the Public Health Subcommittee of the District Committee, of which Mr. Schulte is chairman, ordered a favorable re- tighten existing law regulating the practice of dentistry here. Action was taken following a public hear- | ing at which a group of prominent dentists indorsed the proposed | legislation. | _Another bill dropped into the | House hopper by Representative | Sheridan, Democrat, of Pennsyl- |vania would prevent loan agencies rom either soliciting or collecting |a loan on Federal or District prop- erty. Speaker Bankhead referred to the | District Committee the draft of a proposed bill to permit the Com- | missioners to establish and operate a public automobile parking lot on the municipal center site. The Commissioners said that even after erection of the first unit in the municipal center area there would be sufficient space to accommodate the cars of the employes as well as those of the publie. The legislation, sought by the Commissioners, would give them au- thority to fix the parking fee, or install parking meters in the area allotted to the public. taken in tow and beached. P 1-Whealley Would Call ‘AnyD. C. Policeman ‘Who Has Policy Data Metropolitan Officials Deny Saying They Know Of 10 Places in County State's Attorney H. Winship Wheatley, jr., of Prince Georges County. Md., today offered to issue grand jury summons for any Met- ropolitan police officer who has evi- dence in connection with numbers operators in the county, Mr. Wheatley's statement followed published reports that police had | asserted they knew of 10 numbers headquarters in Prince Georges County. Metropolitan police officials | denied the statement, claiming that | they would have conferred with Mr. | Wheatley and other county officials | before making any official comment. | Yesterday Justice Peyton Gordon in District Court called on enforce- | ment authorities to bring to justice | backers of the numbers game and persons who post bonds for smaller | operators. | Commenting on the published re- | port, Mr. Wheatley declared that no | would be sufficient to convict op- | erators in “10 different places.” | “All T want is sufficient evidence,” | Mr. Wheatley continued, “and if the | District police have such information | they should turn it over to us. Or | if they turn over sufficient evidsnce {to warrant issuance of a search | warrant the local police would be | able to proceed. | “While our summonses aren't op- | erative in the District, I am sure that Washington police would not | disregard the wishes of a Maryland 3grand Jjury if the police have suf- ficlent information to warrant a conviction.” Justice Gordon's challenge grew |out of the sentencing of two men who had pleaded guilty to violating the numbers law. One of the men contended he did not know the names of the pick-up men who took the numbers slips from him, the names of the backers or those who put up bail. When the other man appeared before Justice Gordon, the jurist noted that the man identi- fled the higher-ups and those who put up money for bond. ENGLAND.—HALF-SHIP LIMPS HOME—The stern half of the oil tanker Imperial Transport after being beached on the north shore of England recently. The vessel was torpedoed 300 miles at sea, and, after breaking in two, the stern half was steamed 107 miles, at which point she was Photo passed by censor.—Wide World Photo. 4 D. C, Industrial Decline InD. C. Since 1929 , Shown in Reports Plants 14% Fewer; National Manufactures Concentration Set Forth Secretary of Commerce Hopkinsi today made public the findings of two final reports analyzing economic trends in Washington and the)jother parts of the country, as shown by the number of manufacturing estab- Jishments maintained in the District | and in each county and the number | of wage earners employed by manu- | facturing plants during the eight- | year period from 1929 to 1937. In 1929, the District ranked 48th nationally in the number of plants in operation, with 546 establish- ments. In 1933, the number of | plants declined by 29.3 per cent| to 386, giving the District 49th rank- | ing. In 1937, the District still stood 49th, with 469 plants operating, 21.5 per cent more than in 1933, 14.1 per cent below 1929. | In the number of industrial wage earners, the District ranked behind 152 counties in 1933, with 9,683. In 1933, the number was 7,696, in 1937 it was 8714, which put the District | ranking 175th. | Previous Studies Supplemented. These reports supplement previ- | ous studies by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce compiled | by the Census Bureau in the bi- | ennial census of manufactures, deal- | ing with wages paid by the counties’ manufacturing plants, the values of manufactures produced in each county and the value of raw mate- rials, fuel and power used in the manufactures. 4 The entire series of studies, Sec- retary Hopkins said, was under- taken with a view to enabling | distributor and producers to mar- ket their products more effectively | by providing a picture of economic trends in each counfy from 1929, the peak prosperity year, through 1933, the turning point in the de- pression, to 1937, the latest year for which figures are available. The 1940 census of manufactures is now under way. For the country as a whole, the report shows: Seventy-five per cent of all the manufacturing plants in operation in 1937, amounting to 125064 es- tablishments, was concentrated 331 of the Nation's 3,070 counties. Of these 331 counties, 7 had 41,469 plants, or 25 per cent of the total. These counties were, in order of their rank, New York, N. Y.; Cook, Ill; Los Angeles, Calif.; Philadel- phia, Pa.; Kings, N. Y.; Wayne, Mich., and Suffolk, Mass. Wage Earners Concentrated. Seventy-five per cent of the wage earners in manufacturing establish- ments in 1937 was concentrated in 200 counties in the country, and 11 counties accounted for the employ- ment of 2,191,193 persons, or about 25 per cent of the national total | These counties are Cook, 111.; Wayne, Mich.; New York, N. Y.; Philadel- phia, Pa.; Allegheny, Pa.; Cuyahoga, Ohio: Kings, N. Y.: Los Angeles, | Calif.; Milwaukee, Wis.; St. Louis City, Mo, and Providence, R. I. ‘ Every one of the 331 counties ac- | . |counting for 75 per cent of the manufacturing establishments in | operation showed a decline from 1929 to 1933 in the number of plants, while 314 of the 331 showed marked increases from 1933 to 1937. From 1929 to 1933. losses in the number of wage earners ranged from 275 per cent to 43.8 per cent in the | 11 leading counties which aecounted | for 75 per cent of the manufacturing employed. All 11 counties showed considerable progress in regaining their losses from 1933 to 1937. Boy Killed With Larson |In Alaskan Air Crash | in | FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1940. MRS. HELEN MAURINE GUIDA, ‘Wanted in Philadelphia. JOSEPH GUIDA, | B9oked as Fugitive. —Star Staff Photos. Battle Efficiency of Garand Rifle Provokes Controversy | National Rifle Association Questions “ Wisdom of Displacing the Springfield This is the first of a series of | three articles discussing the new | Garand rifle. In the series, The Star endeavors to cover both the criticisms and defense of the new rifie in order to present a fair picture of the controversy. The next article will appear Sunday. By WALTER McCALLUM. Is the new Garand semi-auto- matic rifle, present standard infan- try arm of the United State Army the efficient military arm it is sup- posed to be? Is this new gas- operated rifle, equipped to throw lead at almost machine-gun speed, equal in battle efficiency with aimed ‘!flrr of the Springfield, the standard infantry arm for almost three decades? Does the raplidity of fire of the Garand rifle make it overwhelm- ingly the superior of the Springfield in the hands of competent marks- men? Does the M2 ammunition, now specified as the cartridge for the Garand, compare in battle or war efficiency with the heavier, more powerful M1 bullet used in the Springfield? Experts Differ. In the quiet, peaceful precincts of the Army Navy Club in Wash- ington, on Army posts all over the world, in the offices and corridors of the War Department and on fir- ing ranges of the infantry and the marines these questions are being pondered, raised alike by technical experts and hard-boiled military men, and raised as well in the of- fices of the National Rifle Associa- tion. The Garand rifle, adopted four years ago as the standard in- fantry arm of the military forces ot the United States, is the center of a series of questions that today find qualified experts both for and against the rifle. “In its present state of develop- ment we do not believe the Garand rifie has proven itself to be the perfect military arm, with the M2 ammunition,” says Maj. Gen. M. A. Reckord, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, ad- Jjutant general of the State of Mary- land, & member of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and a combat officer in France in 1917-18. “The Garand is the finest shoul- der rifle in the world,” says the War Department, backing up a prepared statement with a description of an | exhaustive test given the new rifle | at Fort Benning, Ga. under ap- proximate war service conditions. Projectile “Less Efficient.” “The M2 ammunition, a 150-grain | projectile propelled by a compara- }‘ively low-pressure powder charge, is specified for the Garand because the Garand will not operate satis- factorily with the more efficient M1 more accuracy per shot, more shots per minute and more minutes of effective firing,” says the War De- partment. | same Philadelphia crime Four Arrested Here In Robbery Slaying Case in Philadelphia Two Washington Couples Booked As Fugitives Four Washingtonians, and two women, were arrested today and booked as fugitives from justice, on request of Phila~ delphia police, who said the quartet was sought in connection with the slaying of a 61-year-old housekeeper n 1935. John Aloysius Lagna, 37-year-old ommission merchant, of 1322 Forty- fifth place SE, and his wife, Mrs. Angela Luzy Lagna, 35, of the same address, were picked up early today by Detective Sergts. Tim Fitzgerald, Richard J. Cox and Guy Rone, Later in the morning. Joseph Guida, 48-year-old salesman, and his wife, Mrs. Helen Maurine Guida, 317, of 4801 Wisconsin avenue N'W., surrendered to police at their resi- dence, according to the Detective Bureau. Police said that one and possibly two other men had been arrested in New York in connection with the and that George Richardson, Philadelphia police inspector, was expected here today to take the four to Pennsyl- vania. two men Doughboy Held Vital. “Make no mistake about this: In the wars of the future, as in the past, the plodding doughboy with his | rifie and bayonet will be in at the , finish,” says Maj. Gen. C. M. Wes- son, chief of ordnance, U.S. A. “Of course, airplanes, artillery, tanks and other similar contrivances will be necessary, but these are merely auxiliaries to the infantry, which | always has been, and will continue |to be, the ‘queen of battle’ At | least I see no other royalty at this stage of things to oust her majesty.” | Gen. Wesson made these and oth- | er statements at the annual dinner of the National Rifle Association. “But if the rifle jams, of what good is it as a battle weapon?” asks | the National Rifle Association “The War Department in 1936, continued Gen. Wesson, “after many vears of extensive experimentation adopted a semi-automatic rifle to replace the Springfield as the arm | of the individual soldier. This rifle, popularly known as the Garand, is | now in production at the Springfield | Armory and 25,000 have been com- pleted and delivered to troops. A vear ago we were making 800 a month. In the current month a production rate of 4000 a month has been attained. * * * It is ex- pected that the entire Regular Army and the National Guard will be | equipped with it within the next two years.” All Want Most Efficient Weapon. Actually there is no acrimonious controversy, for the men on both sides of the picture are concerned only with one factor—providing the American soldier with the most efficient military rifle that can be manufactured. The Garand was adopted by the Infantry Board, final court of ap-| peal in all matters touching on the | equipment of American infantry sol- | diers for battle. That was four years ago. Since that time those for the Garand and those against it admit it has been improved. But | those who do not believe that the Garand, using M2 ammunition, is the perfect infantry weapon, believe considerable improvement must be made before it meets the “perfect” specification. | _Gen. Reckord, as a member of the | National Board for Rifle Practice | works hand in hand with the War | Department. So do all other offi- | cials of the National Rifle Associa- | tion. But they have their ideas | about the Garand. | Sportsman in Hospital | WARRENTON, Va., March 22 (&) | The body of Larry Larson, Alas- | ammunition,” says Gen. Reckord.|__w. Henry Pool of Grove Farm, kan flying ace killed in a plane crash | Technical experts of the rifle asso- |y, Wednesday, has been located and | brought to Anchorage, Alaska; his wife, a former Washington school | teacher, wired her parents here to- day as the Associated Press reported from Anchorage that a 15-year-old Alaskan youth was a passenger in the crashed ship. According to the Associated Press, | the youth, who was killed, was | Adolph Jackinsky of Minilchik; the | village near which the fatal crash occurred. The village is 100 miles | from Anchorage. | Meanwhile the Civil Aeronautics | Authority here was seeking details of the accident. It was understood | that Civil Aeronautics Inspector I. | K. McWilliams was investigating. Mrs. Arthur A. Kimball, 2802 Wis- consin avenue N.W., mother-in-law | of the fiyer, said she had received a | message from her daughter stating: “Larry was brought to Anchorage | today. Killed instantly. Ship spun |in wind. Funeral probably Sunday. | Will remain in Anchorage indefi- nitely.” Mrs.- Kimball said she couldn’t understand how her daughter, the former Ruth Kimball, could carry on the fiyer's business without him. Mr. Larson was president of the Larson-Alaska Distributor Co., which sold planes and schooled pilots. i | ciation, including F. C. Ness and | C. B. Lister, both highly qualified experts, guardedly point to several | weak points in the Garand rifle | which might impair its battle effi- | ciency under service conditions. “Nothing less than the perfect | combination of rifle and ammuni- tion should be adopted by our Army,” says Gen. Reckord. “The | Garand does not function satisfac- torily with M1 ammunition and in its present state of development | practically is limited to the use ot | inferior from many angles. “This is a backward step. Why carded 20 years ago immediately following the experiences of the World War? I insist that the War Department should perfect the rifle so that it will be dependable with the best and most accurate ammuni- tion that can be made. The Spring- field uses M1 ammunition, with a | boat-tail bullet of 172 grains, pro- | pelled by a heavy powder charge. { The Garand, because of its me- chanical faults, cannot satisfac- torily use M1 ammunition, over a lengthy test, and is, therefore, re- stricted in practice to the use of the M2 ammunition, throwing a projectile of 150 grans, with a lighter powder charge, of less penetration and shocking power and of generally less efficiency in battle.” Gen. Reckord pointed out that against tanks, airplanes, revetments and trenches the M1 ammunition has proven itself superior to the M2 used in the Garand. Airplane Speed Cited. “The M2 projectile takes about one-tenth of a second longer to go 1,000 yards than the M1 bullet,” says Mr. Lister. “An airplane flies at about 100 yards a second.” Entering into the complex situa- tion is a difference in schools of one group strongly recommending so-called “area fire,” which means, in layman’s terms, covering enemy positions with & curtain of lead in the hope that some of it will strike the objectives. The other group holds that aimed fire by skilled marksmen is superior in battle ef- ciency to the indiscriminate scat- tering of lead over the landscape. This latter group back up their arguments, in part, by a .terse mes- sage sent to the War Department by Gen, John J. Pershing in 1918. “Send no more men to France,” the cable said in effect, “unless they are trained in the handling and fire of the military rifle.” “A rifle which jams is out of ac- tion,” points out Gen. Reckord. “And & man may also be out of action by the jamming of a rifle, “The effect (of using the Garand) is to increase the fire efficiency of troops armed with this weapon— n ’ accept ammunition which was dis- | thought on military tactics, with | Todi arrenton, a prominent sportsman | and ex-master of hounds of the | Warrenton Hunt, is in Emergency Hospital in Washington where he was taken yvesterday for an appen- dectomy. His condition today was reported as “very satisfactory.” Philadelphia authorities said that on May 16, 1935, Winifred A. Flan- nery, housekeeper in the home of a retired naval officer, was garroted by five men who tied her to a chair, gagged her and robbed her of her meager life savings. Father of D. C. Sisters Found Shot fo Death The father of two young Wash- ington women, Charles T. Hansen, chief postal inspector of the Denver district, was found shot to death at his Denver home yesterday. His daughters, Miss Jeanne E. Hansen and Miss Maxine C. Hansen, both of 2101 Sixteenth street N.W., left for Denver last night to attend funeral services. They are General Accounting Office and Post Office emploves, Deputy Coroner Gus Economy said Hansen, 55. had fired a bullet through his head with a serv- ice revolver, the Associated Press reported. Friends here said he had just returned home after hospital treatment for a disease which left him highly nervous Mr. Hansen, born in Springfield. Ill, had been in charge of postal investigations in Colorado, Wyom- ing, Utah and New Mexico. Besides his daughters, he is survived by hts widow and a son, Charles H. Hansen of Denver. 100 Star Carrier Boys To Make Plane Tour As a reward for their successful efforts in a recent two-week sub- seription contest sponsored by The Star, 100 Star carrier boys will be taken on a 30-minute air tour of Washington and Mount Vernon to- morrow. The boys will be taken aloft in a regular 21-passenger airliner of the Pennsylvania-Central Airlines, which will make six trips beginning at 9 am. to accommodate the entire group. The plane. which has a cruising speed of 180 miles per hour, will carry a full crew of captain, co-pilot and hostess. Before each trip, the boys will have an opportunity to inspect the mechanical equipment of the ship. Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate: Votes on farm bill, House: In recess. TOMORROW. Senate: Program uncertain, but session possible on trade agreement debate House: Not in session. 5Weat District of Columbia—Fair and colder, with her Report (Furnished oy the United States Weather Bureau.) lowest temperature about 22 degrees tonight; tomorrow increasing cloudiness with some Sunday and Monday; moderate to | tonight and becoming gentle easterl: | Maryland and Virginia—Fair | creasing cloudiness, some probabil; | West Virginia—Fair and colder | quite so cold; light snow tomorro | colder Sunday; continued cold Mon tral States Thursday morning has advanced rapidly east-northeastward with increasing intensity. Canton, N. Y. 1001.0 millibars (29.56 “inches) with' a"trough extending southward to the Middle Atlantic Coast Gulf region Thursday morning has moved rapidly eastward with center of lowest pressure about 300 miles east-southeast of Jacksonville. ~ & _ship. 1002.0 millibars (29.59 inches.) Pressure is low and falling over the Central Rocky Mountain_and States, ~ Cheyenne. ~ Wyo.. 1008.8 “millibars (29.79 inches) Phoenix, _Ariz, 1007.5 millibars inches).’ Pressure is high over Alaska, banks. 1036.6 millibars (30.61 inches) and pressure conunues relatively high over the orth Pacific Coast, Eureka, Calif., 1017.: millibars (30.04 inches). Pressure is high and rising rapidiy over 'the Central States with highest pressure at Pembina, N. Dak 1027.8 millibars (3 inches). ' Light snow has occurred over portions of the North Central States and from the Ohio Valley and Lower Lake region eastward to the North Atlantic States. The southern disturbance has been attended by moderate to heavy rain over the Florida Peninsula. Much_colder weather with temperatures considerably below normal has overspread the Central States from the Rocky Moun- tains eastward to_the Appalachians and as far south as Okiahoma and Kansas. The weather is somewhat warmer over the Middle Atlantic and North Atlantic States. Report for Last 24 Hours. Temperature. Barometer. Yesterday— s 4 pm! & p.m. Midnight ay— 4 am. & am. Noon Record for Last 24 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest. 47, 3 p.m. yesterday, Year ago. 486, Lowest, 36. 145 am. todsy. Year . on, ch 20. on January 29. Humidity for Last 24 Hours. (From noon vesterday to noon t Highest, 92 per cent, Lowest, 16 per cen Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers cloudy at Harpers Ferry: Potomac River slightly muddy at Great Falls today. Tide Tables (Purnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) oday Tomorrow R | §9 i | (19 pm. 508 am. | must be turned on sunset. e, Another disturbance centered in the Wes; | | Albany | Adsnga | 8an Diezo { M2 ammunition, which is decidedly | probability of light snow tomorrow night.and continued cold tomorrow fresh northwest winds diminishing y tomorrow afternoon. and colder tonight; ity of light snow tomorrow the in in interios | tomorrow night; continued cold tomorrow, Sunday and Monday. tonight; tomorrow cloudy and not W afternoon and night; somewhat day. The disturbance that was over the Cenegom— | Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in_inches tn thi Capital (current month to date): Month, 1940, Ave. | January | February March 5o ey September | October November December 3 1 L 4 4 P SBRLEAEZZE 7 =~ S 898 in Various Cities. Temp. in- . fall. Weathe Clear 0.02 0.09 0.02 0.01 0.08 Abflene _ At City Baltimore - Birm’ham” Bismarck. Boston Buffalo Charleston Chicago___ Cincinnafi Cleveland Columbia Davenport Denver Des Moines Detroit El Paso___ Galveston. 2251 Diamiz EEEARE ok drite Lake C. Antonio 8. |8 | 8. Franci'o Seattle Spokane Tampa WASH D.C. P T SRR FOREIGN STATIONS. (Noon. Greenwich time. today ) Temperature. Weather Horta (Fayal) Aureg 61 Cloudy {Current _observations.) San Juan. Puerto Rieo. 77 Cloudy H Ratn Cloudy avaj Colon, Cll‘llll.