Evening Star Newspaper, March 23, 1940, Page 2

Warning Is Issued On Conservation as Group Is Formed Tugwell and Chase Are Among Speakers At Meeting Friends of the Land, a group | seeking to encourage conservation of land and water resources, was organized today at the Wardman Park Hotel amid warnings by speak- ers of dire happenings in this coun- try should conservation be neg- lected. Rexford G. Tugwell, former Undersecretary of Agriculture, told | the Founding Committee of 50 men from 36 States and Canada that: “It is proposed here to eschew blame and fury, but rather to en- list the lasing resources of quiet determination we know to exist. There is brewing among men a will to prevent the baser members of our race from shaping the future for our sons. We mean to add to| the riches they may inherit; and we mean to prevent their being| stolen for private advantage now. “It is a peculiarity of the race that there should be this paradox at the} center of human struggle; that our | immediate superiority over the beasts, would come from clever ex- ploitation of the earth, should 50 | often result in long-run disaster. The evidence of literal wastage, of | timber slaughtered, of soil losses by wind and water, and, of course, of human exploitation, raise irrepress- ibly the question whether after all we can establish for the race such a permanent superiority as will as- sure survival.” | Stuart Chase, author of many | books on economics, declared, “We shall need research and technicians and husbandmen on the land who are skilled in their way as electric- ians, power engineers, surgeons, in- dustrial chemists and airplane mak- | ers.” | There are already more conserva- | tion organizations than we. have | conservation, J. N. (Ding) Darling, newspaper cartoonist and prominent | conservationist, assisted in a letter | to the meeting. “No nation was ever more crimi- | nally wasteful and no people were ever more heedless of its conse- | quences.” he wrote. | J. Russell Smith, professor of economic geography at Columbia University, told the founding com- mittee “we must make our farming | fit the land, otherwise the United States promises to be but a flash in the pan of history.” The new or- ganization lists an imposing group of scientists and nationa] figures, in- | cluding Dr. Albert Einstein, the| mathematician, and Dr. Charles Beard, the historian. Shakedown Laid o Police In False Sex Charges B the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 23.—Charges that hundreds of innocent men had been arrested and falsqly accused of sex offenses by four Chicago de- tectives operating a ‘shakedown racket will be investigated Monday | by a grand jury. ‘The inquiry was ordered by State’s Attorney Thomas J. Courtney after charges were filed by Police Capt. John Howe. Police Commissioner Allman has suspended the accused officers— William J. Kearney, Edward Hickey, Elmer Johnson and Francis O'Mal- ley. All are attached to the police morals squad. “The arrests almost always fol- lowed this pattern,” Capt Howe | said: “The person arrested is asked his business. When he arrives at | the lockup he is left ‘open’ (held without a charge) and sent to the Bureau of Identification. Soon after | a lawyer appears in the lockup and informs the prisoner he is in a ‘bad jam’ and offers to get him out for 8200 to $400.” If the victim retained the lawyer specified by the arresting officers he would be charged only with dis- orderly conduct, drunkenness or some similar minor offense, Capt. Howe said. Dartmoor Prison Afire After2 Lock Up Warders | BY the Associated Press. LONDON, March 23.—The author- | itative press association reported | fire broke out this afternoon in the | Dartmoor Prison shortly after two suspected members of the outlawed Irish Republican Army seized two | warders, bound them and locked them in a cell. The report said the two develop- ments were connected, but gave no explanation. The fire was reported still burning at 5 p.m. Chicago Grain By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 23—Trading | was resumed in wheat today at prices only fractionally higher than Thursday’s close, with the market exhibiting & nervous undertone that helped to restrict operations. Gains of as much as % cent were | chalked up at times, but prices later settled back to around the previous close. Absence of moisture in dry sec- tions of the Southwest, as well as the European situation, held sellers in check and contributed some en- couragement to buyers, although the | short session between two holidays was not attractive for large-scale operations. Most traders preferred to keep accounts fairly well evened up. pA holiday atmosphere prevailed in | export grain circles, with only a smali amount of Canadian wheat al- ready afloat reported sold to Contin- ental Europe. The spring wheat and soft winter wheat areas received some precipi- tation over the holiday and occa- sional light snows were in prospect for the week end. Low temperatures were not regarded as dangerous as there was snow in the Ohio Valley, while the blanket measured from % to 12 inches in the Dakotas and Minnesota. Light rain or snow was forecast for Southern Kansas and ‘Western Oklahoma with lower tem- peratures, while the weekly forecast also promised additional moisture. Prices of other grains held about steady, although rye was fraction- ally higher at times. Lard showed little change. At 11 am. wheat was % off to % up compared with Thursday’s finish, May $1.05%, July $1.03%, and corn was unchanged to % down, May New Aircraft Engine Is Rated World's Most Efficient Produces Horsepower For Every Pound Of Its Weight By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 23.—Develop- ment of the world’s most efficient aircraft engine, which produces a horsepower for approximately every pound of its weight, was announced today by the Wright Aeronautical Corp. of Paterson, N. J. Just licensed by the Government, the engine is rated at 1,200 horse- power for take-off—that is, with the throttles wide open at the moment a plane leaves the ground. Engineers have been striving for years to fash- ion motors of extremely light weight for both commercial and miliary use. Arthur Nutt, vice president for engineering of the Wright organiza- tion, said the rating of the new engine is 100 horsepower more than is developed by any other American- manufactured air-cooled engine of nine-cylinder construction. Europe has no air-cooled motor of equal horsepower, and no other American- made aircraft engine can compare with it for horsepower per pound. The new engine has been installed in a number of military planes. The first commercial application will be in a fleet of 21-passenger transports now being built for the Chicago & Southern Airline. Giant New Army Bomber Is World's Biggest Plane By the Associated Press. The world’s biggest plane, a bomber believed capable of flying across the Atlantic and back with- out stopping, is expected to take its place this summer in the Army’s | air armada. It 15 a 70-ton, $1,000,000 warplane which dwarfs the newest 42-ton | trans-Pacific clipper and is half again as large as the German-built DO-X, which carried 112 passen- | gers. Two years under construction in the strictest secrecy, the new sky monster is now so near completion that the Army revealed yesterday a few guarded facts about it. The first test flights are scheduled for this summer on the Pacific Coast. where the ship is being finished. Designated the B-19, the bomber | probably will have no sister ships, | officers said, indicating it would operate as a “lone eagle.” Experi- ence gained in its construction, how- | ever, may be valuable in building | smaller planes. Solution of technical | difficulties was a major reason for building the B-19, officers explained. | The plane will have a wingspread of over 210 feet, four engines, a speed of “over 200 miles an hour” and a cruising range of more than 6,000 miles. It is expected to carry a useful load of 28 tons, including bombs and fuel. Hints that a superplane was being constructed leaked out re- cently when the F. B. I. revealed that some of the blueprints for it had been stolen last year. Agents recovered them, however. Mrs. Robert Hutchinson Heads Eastern Star Unit Spectal Dispatch to The Star. MANASSAS, Va., March 23.—Mrs. Robert Hutchinson has been elected worthy matron of the Wimodausis Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Nellie Cosdon of Arlington, past worthy grand matron of Vir- ginia, will install Mrs. Hutchinson and other officers of the Manassas chapter next Tuesday night in the Manassas Masonic Temple. Other officers elected to serve dur- ing 1940 are: Worthy patron, Paul Cooksey; associate matron, Mrs. Beulah Stauff; associate patron, John Harpine; secretary, Miss Sally Proffitt; treasurer, Mrs. Lula Broad- dus; conductress, Mrs. Earl Hurst; associate conductress, Miss Bertha Luck; marshal, Mrs. Evelyn Brown- ing; chaplain, Mrs. Lillian Reeves; Ruth, Miss Virginia Mays; Ada, Mrs. Irene Hayden; Esther, Mrs. Norma Cooksey; Electa, Mrs. Mar- garet Lewis; Martha, Mrs. Irene Harpine; organist, Mrs. Margaret Broaddus; warder, Mrs. Melza Mc- Donald; sentinel, Theodore Reeves. Fire Equipment Firms Told to Stop Price-Fixing By the Associated Press. The Federal Trade Commission announced yesterday it had ordered five fire-fighting equipment com- panies to cease “price-fixing ac- tivities” and directed one to discon- tinue contracts alleged to have been made in violation of the Clayton Anti-Trust Act. The commission said the com- panies were Walter Kidde & Co., Inc, New York; American La France and Foamite Industries, Inc., Elmira, N. Y.; C-O-Two Fire Equip- ment Co., Newark; National Foam System, Inc., Philadelphia, and Fyr- out Co, Inc.,, New York, a subsidiary of Walter Kidde & Co. Walter Kidde & Co., the commis- sion said, holds two patents for car- bon dioxide fire extinguishers and has issued patent license agree- ments to the other companies. At- tached to each agreement, the com- mission alleged, is a “schedule of minimum prices and terms, includ- ing uniform prices” at which the companies have sold material, in violation of the trade commission ct. Archbishop Cicognani Fills Three Posts Appointment of a bishop and two auxiliary bishops was announced here today by Archbishop Cicognant, apostolic delegate to the United States. Msgr. Vincent J. Ryan, vicar gen- eral of Fargo Diocese, was raised to the rank of Bishop of Bismark, N. Dak., succeeding Bishop Vincent Wehrle, O. S. B. Since 1917 Bishop- designate Ryan has been pastor of St. Anthony's Church in Fargo.. Msgr. George J. Donnelly, chan- cellor of the Archdiocese of St. Louis since 1929, was named Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis and Titular Bishop of Coela. The Rev. Henry J. O'Brien, rector of St. Thomas’ Seminary in Hartford, Conn., will 66%, July 57%. be Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford and Titular Bishop of Sita. THE EVENING' STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1940. MAMMOTH IN THE MAKING—A tail view of the B-19, Army bomber, nearing completion at the Douglas aircraft plant in Santa Monica, Calif. of the tail assembly. the tail. Note men at right leaning on part Tower partially hides the rest of The plane is expected to be ready for flight this Hungarian Premier In Rome fo See Duce and Ciano Teleky Believed to Be Seeking Clarification Of Italian Policy By the Assnciated Press. ROME, March 23.—Hungarian ‘Premier Count Paul Telexy arrived n Rome today for conferences with Premier Mussolini and Italian For- eign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano. Political observers said Count Teleky's visit might play an im- portant part in the plans of the Rome-Berlin axis during the next few weeks. It was believed that his conversa- tions would be based largely on what I1 Duce learned of Germany's de- sires in Southeastern Europe during his surprise Brenner Pass conference with Adolf Hitler last Monday. Germany is striving to tie the | Danubian countries to her economic war chariot, Italy is anxious to have peace preserved in this area and some Italian sources believe the allies are searching for a new front on which to fight Germany. Informed Fascists said, however, that talks would produce no change in Italian-Hungarian relations. Count Teleky was understood here to desire further classification of Ital- lan policy in regard to Hungarian claims for territory lost to Rumania in World War settlements. Last January, Count Ciano reportedly told Hungarian Foreign Minister Count Stefan Csaky that Budapest should soft pedal revisionist demands in the interests of Balkan peace. Police Guard Panamanian At Balfimore Pier By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, March 23.—A spe- cial police detail stood guard today at the pier where the freighter Panamanian became flooded and partially submerged Thursday while taking on a cargo for a run to Eng- land on the hazardous North At- lantic route. Five officers checked the goings and comings of crew members and those without identification cards were refused admittance to the ship, owned by Arnold Bernstein, refugee German-Jewish shipping magnate. Along the water front there were unconfirmed reports that when the 10,000-ton cargo was unloaded the crewmen would be paid off and dis- charged and that the Panamanian then would be placed in drydgek for inspection and repairs. Two salvage tugs were en route here from New York to pump out the freighter and raise it from the mud in which her keel was stuck. The Panamanian was scheduled to have sailed Friday with a 15,000~ ton general cargo. Kansas District Names G. O. P. Delegates By the Associated Press. EMPORIA, Kans., March 23 —Fay Seaton, Manhattan, Kans., news- paper publisher; and Mrs. Grant Watson, Burlingame, were selected yesterday by 4th district Repub- licans as delegates to the Republi- can National Convention. The convention adopted resolu- tions indorsing Alf M. Landon, Re- publican presidential nominee in 1936, and John Hamilton, chairman of the Republican National Com- mittee, as two of the four members of the Kansas delegation at large. Fireman Interrupts Trip Home to Save Three From Blaze By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, March 23.—A fireman off duty stopped on his way home today to rescue two women and a child from a fire that routed six persons from their Linwood avenue home. John Zablocki of No. 15 engine company, saw smoke pouring from the house, ran in and on two trips rescued Mrs. Florence Grace, Mrs. Anna Grace and her 2-year-old son. Three men climbed down a ladder to safety. The fire was believed to have started from the explosion of an ofl stove, A.F.L.Unions Consider| Dam Gates Closed, summer. The 70-ton bomber will be the largest plane of any type ever built in the United States and will have a cruising range of 6,000 miles, capable of flying to Europe and back non- stop, carrying a load of bombs. —Official Army Photo From Associated Press. Daughter of Envoy Phillips Now Ready for War Work Miss Beatrice Phillips, daughter of the United States Ambassador to Italy, is shown at the wheel of her car. Miss Beatrice Phillips, attractive 26-year-old daughter of .the Am- bassador to Italy, can take an au- tomobile apart and put it together again, but mending a tire she finds is the hardest job. Miss Phillips’ interest in things mechanical stems from her determi- nation to help in France. Two months ago she volunteered to do chauffeur service with Miss Anne Morgan’s Friends of France. But there were qualifications she had to fill first. There was the lit- tle matter of knowing what to do when an automobile acted like a mule, to say nothing of learning the fine points of first aid and stenog- raphy. She worked as a volunteer at Red Cross headquarters here and went from garage to garage picking up the fine points of automobile me- chanics. | Learn-fo-Swim Drive Wins Praise From Bishop Freeman Boys Urged to Register At Y. M. C. A. Before Time Ends Tonight The boys’ learn-to-swim cam- paign to be conducted March 25 to 30 by The Star and the Young Men’s Christian Association was praised yesterday by the Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman, bishop of Wash- ington, as “a most important work.” Bishop Freeman stressed the im- portance of swimming from a safety standpoint, declaring: “I have known so many tragedies, the result of the inability of boys and men to take care of themselves in deep water that I regard this campaign as of great importance. 450 Boys Register. “I trust the boys of Washington will take advantage of this oppor- tunity to learn how to swim.” Through the middle of this morn- ing more than 450 boys had reg- istered with Willilam T. PFry, assist- | she likes to travel. | languages. —Associated Press Photo. Her course completed, she is sail- ing April 6 for Rome, where she will see Ambassador and Mrs, Wil- liam Phillips before reporting in Paris. The Boston society girl, who has been spending the winter here, is interested chiefly in the mbothers, | wives and children behind the lines. She said her family had no ob- jections to her going and, besides, She also likes In fact, a knowledge of French was one of the requisites for the job. But learning French, a feat which shé accomplished long before she responded to the call to France, was simple compared with automo- bile mechanics. “You have to go into it rather deeply,” she smiled. “But mending a tire is the hardest part.” ant boys’ director at the Central Y. M. C. A, at the building, 1732 G street NW. Mr. Fry was anticipat- ing a “last-minute” rush in register- ing, which he hoped would bring the number up to 700. Provision has been made to give instruction to that number. Entries Close Tonight. Boys may register at the building in person up to 9 p.m. today or by mail, provided they post their let- ters tonight in time to reach the “Y” tomorrow in the Sunday de- livery. The name, age and address is all the registration data required. For the convenience of the boys, The Star is running a “Can You Swim?” coupon, containing the necessary blank space for registra- tion data. Colored boys may register at the Twelth Street Y. M. C. A, 1816 Twelfth street N.W., where they will be taught how to swim. Registra« tions will be open there up to noon Monday, it was announced by A. A. Greene, physical director, who is in charge of the campaign there. More than 75 colored boys had registered there up to this morning, Mr. Greene announced. Of the traffic deaths reported for January of this year in 36 States, 15 had death totals below January, 1939; 18 had increases and 3 showed no change. In January last year 20 of 37 reporting States showed reductions from 1938. CAN YOU SWIM? No? Here's Your Chance to Learn March 25 to 30 UNDER AUSPICES The Star and Y. M. C. A. LIMITED TO BOYS 8 to 18 N T e T Age —C o fave s [ S N IR L R AL SRS TS S e Ciip This Coupon and Mail or Present at Registration Desk in the Boys’ Y. M. C. A. Building 1732 G St. N.W. Colored Boys Apply at Twelfth Street Branch, 1816 Twelfth St. N.W. | warden. | the furnishings were saved. | and approached five homes on the Two Homes Burned, High Winds Spread Brush Fires Hundreds of Acres in Nearby Areas Are Swept by Flames High winds yesterday kept fire | companies in nearby Maryland and | Virginia busy battling more than a | score of fires which destroyed two homes and burned over hundreds of acres of grass and timber areas. ‘Washington firemen, too, had their hands full during the afternoon. The department reported it had re- sponded to 27 alarms between 1 and 7 p.m. Most of the alarms were for brush fires, none of which proved serious. Aided by No. 19 Engine Company from the District, Prince Georges County volunteer firemen battled in vain to save the two-story frame home of Ernest R. Pyles at Jenkins Corner, near Clinton, Md. Loss was set at $6,000 by D. E. Randall, Tofest Mr. Randall said the.fire appar- ently started from sparks from a chimney which ignited the shingle roof. The family of four fled to safety. Family Flees to Safety. Another fire destroyed the home of Mosby Butt at Quince Orchard, on the Darnestown road near Rock- ville, Md. Mrs. Butt and several children were in the two-story house when the fire started upstairs. They made their way to safety. Most of Meanwhile, 10 Prince Georges County volunteer fire companies and a corps of C. C. C. enrollees fought a brush fire which swept over more than 200 acres of land between West Lanham and Ardwick Ardmore road before it was brought under control. Warning Issued. Arlington County (Va.) Fire Chief A. C. Scheffel again warned against careless burning of trash following nearly a score of brush fires in the county. Fanned by the high wind, several of the fires were difficult to extinguish. In Alexandria, Fire Chief James Duncan said five brush fires were fought yesterday. Writ Filed to Tie Up Illinois Road Funds By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, March 23— A Republican candidate in the Illi- nois primary campaign filed an in- Jjunction suit yesterday to tie up $74,000,000 of highway funds, charg- ing that “thousands” of political workers have been given State jobs. Representative Arnold L. Lund, running for Lieutenant Governor, named Gov. Henry Horner and two other Democratic officials in the legal action. “The present Democratic admin- istration has been hiring thousands of unnecessary employes during the last few weeks,” Mr. Lund said in a statement. “These employes are obviously politicians who will do no work except * * * in the interest of certain Democratic candidates.” The suit alleged unitemized high- way appropriations were illegal in = TIllinois. Nine Freight Steamers Called Home by Turkey ISTANBUL, March 23 (#).—The government yesterday summoned nine Turkish freight steamers home from the Mediterranean to carry military Supplies between Turkish rts. ports. The order coincided With an- nouncement that Turkish military attaches throughout the Balkans had been ordered to speed to Aleppo, where Turkish, British and French Army chiefs are mapping plans for oo-tzrdlmted effort in the Near East. 22 Slain in Shooting Cutfing Wage Scale On Small Houseg Head of Building Trades Department Appeals For Reduced Pay By the Associated Press. Belief that a reduced wage scale might be put into operation by A. P. L. unions on small house con- struction throughout the country was expressed today by John P. Coyne, president of the A. F. L.’s building trades department. Mr. Coyne disclosed that he had appealed to 19 unions for accept- ance of the reduced—or “secondary” —scale in New York City and that it also was under consideration in Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinnat{ and Toledo. $9 or $10 Scale Possible. Proposals for a new wage rate were advanced after a conference between building trades unions and contractors in New York earlier this week. The new rate was expected to be fixed at $9 or $10 a day, as against the $12 to $15 daily sched- ule in force on large commercial structures. Mr, Coyne informed the presidents of the 19 unions that small housing contractors in New York had agreed to negotiate with A. F. L. locals on the proposed “secondary” scale for an 8-hour day, 5-day week, on the condition that all the trades would work for the suggested rate. Seeks to Spur Building. The A. F. L. has been giving spe- cial attention to the small housing field lately in organization efforts. The motive has been both to pro- mote construction operations and to meet C. I. O. rivalry. The C. I. O. Construction Work- ers’ Union has been holding its own conferences with New York build- ing contractors this week. It of- fered a wage scale on small house construction similar to that which Mr. Coyne approved. Major League Club Sought For Southern California By the Associated Press. ard Cantillon, an attorney, said today he was representing a group | of wealthy sportsmen interested in| buying a major league baseball | franchise for Southern California. | He said he had a capital of “up- | ward of $5,000.000” for the proposed project. Mr. Cantillon is a nephew of Joe Cantillon, who managed the Washington club 30-odd years ago. “We are prepared,” said Mr. Can- | tillon, “to make outstanding oflex‘s‘ to the St. Louis Browns, the Phila- delphia Phillies and the Boston Bees. “The offers will be sent to the owners of these clubs within the | next few days. | “Southern California is ripe for big league baseball and if money can swing the deal our present idea will materialize.” Mr. Cantillon said the advance | in airplane travel had nullified the chief objections to establishment of big league baseball in California— the great distances involved. He declined to disclose the names of his backers, asserting the name of the corporation would not be an- | nounced for several days. John P. Flynn Dies; Banker and Oil Leader By the Associated Press. ’ ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 23—John P. Flynn of Sistersville, | W. Va, banker and oil company | | executive, died here last night. Mr. Flynn, 68, was president of the Union National Bank at Sistersville | and president of the Reno Oil Co. He was connected with several other oil concerns. LOS ANGELES, March 23 —Rich- | Oklahoma’s Governor May Abandon Fight Phillips Talks of Being ‘Knocked Down by Mailed Fists of the Bureaucrats’ By the Associated Press. DISNEY, Okla., March 23—Gov. Leon C. Phillips' “States’ rights war” was at a Waterloo today, with the massive gates on the Grand River Dam shut and muddy waters rising in the 52,000-acre reservoir. Closing of the gates under cover of ‘darkness yesterday—at whose order the Phillips-appointed Dam Authority professed not to know— climaxed the fiery chief executive's fight with court order and National Guardsmen to obtain $889,275 dam- ages from the Government for roads and bridges which would be flooded. As word of the coup reached the Capitol, Gov. Phillips, for the first time since launching his fight March 10, did not threaten further action. In fact, it was believed he was ready to drop the fight. “I'm just sitting tight and waiting for the next move,” was his only comment. Nor would he say whether he might send troops back to the dam in defiance of a Federal re- straining order. Later at a late press conference he said: “I don’t figure it will hurt me to be knocked down by the mailed fists of the bureaucrats in Washington if the people of Oklahoma know what it is all about.” The Public Works Administration, which put up the cash for the proj- ect has said it was standing by a previous State administration's agreement to waive damage claims in return for construction of a $350,= 000 bridge across the reservoir. Gov. Phillips declined to recognize the agreement or submit the claim to the courts. Water flowing through the open gate is to serve Muskogee, Wagoner and Choteau. The construction contract called for completion of the $20,000,000 hydro- electric project by next Saturday. Gov. Phillips accepted service to= day in a Federal suit to rectrain him from interfering with completion of the dam. 19 Workers Hurt in Blast At Picatinny Arsenal By the Associated Press. DOVER, N. J,, March 23.—An ex- plosion of high-power shell powder in the loading area of the United States Army’s Picatinny Arsenal, near here, injured 19 workers yes- terday. Col. A. S. Byer, in charge of as- sembly, said the explosion occurred when the power detonated while being compressed into pellets. Most seriously hurt were Edgar J. Burrows, 22, Dover, operator of the press which exploded, head lacerations and shock, and Mrs. Ann Moltanz, 24, Dover, an assembly worker, lacerations. Seventeen others were treated for minor injuries, mostly caused by flying glass. hattered skylights were the only damage to the plant. Sergt. York and Lasky Continue Conference By the Associated Press. CROSSVILLE, Tenn., March 23.— Sergt. Alvin C. York, World War hero, and Jesse L. Lasky, movie producer, conferred for two hours yesterday without signing a contract for production of a film based on the life of the Tennessee moun- taineer. They planned another conference today in Nashville. Mr. Lasky said preliminary plans for the picture had been completel |and production would start soon 'after the signing of a contract. (Purnished by the United tomorrow and Monday. Virginia—Generally fair tonight tinued cold tomorrow and Monday. West Virginia—Generally fair t cold tomorrow and Monday. Weekly Outlook. North and Middle Atlatnic States—A period of precipitation about middle of week: otherwise generally fair weather in- dicated. ' Temperature much below normal first part of week, gradually moderating middle and latter part of week. perhaps reaching normal at end. Ohio Valley and Tennessee—A period of precipitaticn near middle of week and again at end: otherwise generaily fair. Temperature much below normal first part of week, gradually moderating thereafter, perhaps’ reaching normal toward end of wee The_disturbance centered over Northern New York Friday morning has moved rapidly northeastward and a secondary disturbance which formed over Southern New England during Friday has moved northeastward with _increasing _intensity and it is centered this morning at Houlton, Me.. 986.5 millibars (29 13 inches). The disturbance just east of the Florida Penin- sula_Friday morning has advanced very rapidly northeastward and it is centered this morning about 550 miles east of Portland, Me., with lowest pressure about 080.0 millibars (28.94 inches). Pressure remains low over the Southwesiern States, El Paso, Tex. 1005.1 millibars (20 .68 inches) ' High pressure prevails generally from the Rocky Mountains eastward with highest pressure at Devils Lake. N. Dak.. 2 millibars (30.51 inches). Pressure nues high over Northern Alaska. Fair- banks, 1.0308 millibars _(30.44 inches). | Light ‘snow has occurred from the north- ern Rocky Mountain region southeastward over the Central Plains States and from the Middle Mississippl Vallev ~eastward and northeastward to_the Middle Atlantic and North Atlantic States. ~ Light rains have fallen in the west Guif region. De- cidedly colder weather has overspread the States from the northern Rocky Mountain region eastward to the Middle and North Atlantic coast with temperatures consider- ably below normal for the season. Some- what higher temperatures are reported in the Southwestern States and Western ‘exas. River Report. Potomac River muddy: Shenandoah clear at Harpers Ferry: Potomac slightly muddy at Great Falls today. Report for Last 24 Hours. ‘Temperature. Barometer. n — Degrees. Inches Tegterday ree iches 8 pm. Midnight st 24 Hours, (Prom noon yesterdsy to noon today.) Highest. 40. noon yesterday. Year 5 *“Lowest, 22, 6 a.m. today. After Labor Dispute By the Assoctated Press. MEXICO CITY, March 23.—Press dispatches from Vera Cruz today reported 22 persons killed in a ceme- tery shooting affray following a labor dispute at a sugar mill. ‘They said 11 mourners at a funeral were killed by machine-gun fire in & cemetery near the village of Cua- totolapan, Vera Cruz state, and that the survivors killed 11 attackers. \ Record Temperatures This Year. Highest, 65. on March 20. Lowest. 7. on January 20. Humidity for Last 24 Hours. (Prom noon vesterday to noon todsy.) Highest, 38 er cent, at 8:40 a.m. today. Lowest, 15 per cent, at 5 p.m. yesterday. Tide Tables Unif (Furnished by Dnited States Coast rvey.) Today 29 8, ‘Tomorro! District of Columbia—Fair tonight and tomorrow ‘with lowest temperature about 18 degrees tonight; continued cold tomor- row and Monday; gentle to moderate northwest winds. Maryland—Generally fair tonight and tomorro in extreme west portion tonight; slightly colder tonight; continued cold . | 8an ‘m. | Havana, Cuba 2 . Colon, Canal Zone _ Weather Report States Weather Bureau.) : slightly colder, , except snow flurries and tomorrow, except light snow flurries in south and extreme west portions tonight; colder tonight; con- onight and tomorrow, except light snow flurries in east portion tonight; slightly colder tonight; continued The Sun and Moon. Rise: Be Sun, today e 8 Sun; £ ' 8 Moon. today 6:33pm. 3 Automobile lights must one-half hour after sunset. Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches tn the Capital (current month to date): Month. January 3 33 48 am. be turned on a.m October November December Rain-, Low. fall. Weather. Abilene __ "2t Albany ___ Atlanta Atlan. City 3 Baltimore Birm'gham : Bismarck Boston Buffalo Charleston Chicago Cincinnaty Cleveland Columbia Davenport._ 0.16 enver Des Motnes 3 Detroit __ El Paso Galveston _ Ind'napolis 3 Jacks'ville Kans. City L. Angeles Loulsville Miami Year ago, 30. | S. 30.03 . 36.03 Cloudy FOREIGN STATIONS, (Noon. Greenwich time. todav.) Temperature, Weather, Horta (Fayal). Azores 4 dy (Cufrent observ4ons.) . Puerto Rito 77 70 udy 81 Cloudy