Evening Star Newspaper, April 13, 1940, Page 2

Allied and Polish Diplomatic Staffs Leave Denmark Scores of Foreigners Seek Aid From U. S. Legation By the Associated Press. COPENHAGEN, April 13—The British, French and Polish Minis- ters and their staffs departed today for the neutral Netherlands, leaving behind hundreds of their nationals still seeking means of getting out of German-occupied Denmark. Many of these frantic foreigners turned for aid to the United States Legation which, already busy han- dling the affairs of some 700 Ameri- cans, was expected to take care of British and French interests in‘the emergency. Among those seeking help were scores of business men and their families, university students, Polish refugees and German Jews who were caught unprepared by the swiftness of the Nazi invasion. ‘The train bearing the departing Ministers—Howard Smith of Brit- ain, Jean Bonnefoy-Sibour of France and Jan Starzetewski of Po- land—was scheduled to reach the Netherlands frontier tomorrow. Phone Communication Banned. Although telegraphic communica- tion with neutral countries was re- sumed last night via Germany, after a three-day shutdown, telephone communication with the outside world still was prohibited and there was no indication when normal transportation facilities would be restored. Thus far authorities have not an- nounced what steps would be taken with reference to the citizens of bel- ligerent nations now in Denmark. American citizens expected, how- ever, that they would have no trou- ble in leaving the country when transportation is available. For most of the Americans here the situation is merely an incon- venience, Because of passport re- strictions against travel in vessels of belligerent countries, the only way they can return home is to travel through Germany to reach tIalian ports. Norwegians here find themselves facing a strange problem. Although Germany has announced that she does not consider herself at war with Norway, fighting is going on be- tween Norwegian and German troops and Norwegians in Denmark are doubtful of their status. Norwegian Ministry Operating. They gained some reassurance from the fact that the Norwegian ministry in Copenhagen is operat- ing as usual, and they expected to be treated as neutrals, despite the fighting in their homeland. Meanwhile, a German trade com- mission began negotiating with the Danish government in an effort to reorganize Denmark’s economy. Civilian life appeared on the sur- face to be continuing much as us- ual, but a mounting list of regula- tlons hinted at changes to egme. {'The latest police proclamation last night prohibited all public meetings. Rationing of foodstuffs is generally expected, but the only move in that direction has been an order limiting ases to a fHur-day supply. Sale | alcoholic beverages has been rred since the Germans moved in. News of the outside world still is limited largely to publication of German dispatches. "Simplicity of Christ’ Is Pastor’s Theme “The Simplicity That Is in Christ Jesus,” is the topic of Dr. Albert J. McCartney, minister of Covenant- First Presbyterian Church, tomorrow at 11 am. He will speak at 5 pm. on Thursday. This will be preceded by an organ recital by Theodore Bchaefer, . The Bociety of the Convenant on Wednesday at 11 o'clock will have Mrs. W. C. Lowdermilk, who has toured 17 countries of Europe since the outbreak of the war as guest speaker, R The annual meeting of the congre- gation will take place Thursday at 8 pm. There will be election of officers. Officers of the All Comers’ Men’s Bible Class have been elected. Dr. Charles Thom, president; Neville Miller, T: Hamlin Stroehecker and William C. Ingleton, jr. vice presi- dents; Howell Purdue, secretary, and Elmer L. Hennessey, treasurer, The Rev. Ralph W. Loew. of the Church of the Reformation, will conduct the devotional service for the Business Women's Council Tuesday from 6:45 to 7:15 pm. ‘Shepherd of Sinners’ Is Takoma Subject “The Shepherd of Sinners” is the subject of the Rev. J Adrian Pfeif- fer, pastor of the Takoma Lutheran Church, at 11 am. tomorrow.. At the children’s church service at 10:15 the sermonette will be “God’s Great Gift Box.” On Tuesday evening the Luther League will present a “Round the ‘World” dinner and entertainment in the church rooms, beginning at 5:30 o'clock. The entertainment will be- gin at 6:30 o'clock. Finland, Den- mark, Germany, Switzerland, Nor- ‘way and Sweden will be represented. Canadian to Preach At St. Paul’s Church At St. Paul's Church, on Twenty- third street near Washington Circle, tomorrow at 11 a.m. the Rev. Roland F. Palmer, Canadian superior of the Order of St. John the Evangelist, will preach. z He will remain over to lead a con- ference on “The Catholic Life” which is being held in this church ‘Tuesday. There will be an instruc- tion at 5 o'clock, followed by a sup- per in the parish hall at 6 o'clock. After supper there wili be a second instruction at 7 o'clock, and the con~ ference will be brought to a close with a service of solemn evensong and benediction, with a sermon by Father Palmer. This conference is being held for the Episcopalians in the diocese of Washington. Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate and House in recess. Joint Conference Committee con- tinues effort to adjust Senate-House differences on $922,000,000 fsrm &p- THE EVENING - STAR, “WASHINGTON, DAMAGED BY MYSTERY BLAST—This residence, at 1324 Harvard street N.W., was the scene of an explosion of unde- termined origin early today. All front window panes in the house, as well as front panes in most of the houses on the block, were shattered. (Story on Page A-1.) A gaping hole (shown above)_in the 6-inch concrete floor just outside the first-floor front door shows where the explosion occurred. Ruling Will Decide 'Right fo Attach Pay 0f D. C. Workers Lawyer in Tenant Case Declares High Court Ended Immunity Whether the approximately 12,000 District Government employes are immune from having their salaries attached for debts is expected to be determined in & decision in a land- lord and tenant case now in Muni- cipal Court. Attorney Richard B. Talley, rep- resenting Philip P. Peyser & Co., real estate brokers,.contends Dis- trict Government workers are no longer immune, basing his argument on a recent Supreme Court decision holding salaries of employes of cor- porate arms of the Government, such as the Federal Housing Ad- ministration, can be attached for debt. Hitherto, Mr. Talley asserted, the courts have held that the pay of Federal workers is not subject to attachment because the Federal Government cannot be sued with- out its content. But when the cor- poration of the District of Columbia was created, he said, Congress em- powered it to “sue and be sued.” Employes of the District are ser- vants of the corporate government of the District of Columbia, con- tinued Mr. Talley, and they are not paid by the executive branch of the Federal Government. Mr. Talley is seeking to attach the pay of James A. Sullivan, Dis- trict government worker, who for- merly lived in the 600 block of Rock Creek Church road N.W. The lawyer secured a judgment of $157 for back rent on those premises and yesterday in Municipal Court filed an attachment against Mr. Sulli- van's pay. The District govern- ment has 10 days in which to an- swer, Mr. Talley said, and if the municipality fails to do so, he will act against the municipaiity itself. Gridiron Club Will Give Annual Dinner Tonight The Gridiron Club will have as its %uests tonight at the club’s an- nual spring dinner President Roose- velt and more than a dozen of the Republican and Democratic presi- dential “possibilities.” Final prep- arations for the dinner, which will be given at the Willard Hotel, were made at a noon meeting of the club. Mark Foote, Washington corres- pondent of the Booth newspapers in Michigan, will be inaugurated president of the club for 1940. At today’s meeting Duke Shoop of the Kansas City Star was elected an active member. Mr. Shoop and Walter Karig, Washington corres- pondent of the Newark Evening News, récently elected to member- ship, will be initiated st tonight's i —Star Staff Photos. Labor Board Orders Hearst Paper Not fo Recognize A. F. L. Unit Chicago Ban to Hold Pending Election Among Employes By the Associated Press. The Labor Board today ordered American Newspapers, Inc., pub- lishers of the Chicago Herald Amer- ican, to withhold recognition of the Newspaper Commercial Associates (A. F. of L) or any other labor organization pending an election among editorial and commercial de- partment employes to choose bar- gaining representatives, The order also was made ap- plicable to the Illinois Publishing & Printing Co. and the Evening Ameri- can Publishing Co., both of Chicago, which were identified by the board as subsidiaries of the American Newspapers, Inc., and “part of the &leam Randolph Hearst organiza- on.” A newspaper strike has been in progress in Chicago since late in 1938. In August, 1939, the Chicago Herald and Examiner and the Eve- ning American were combined as the Herald American. Two_special elections, the board said, should be held, “as soon as the effects of the current unfair labor practices have been dissipated,” to determine employe bargaining repre- sentatives, Editorial department employes, it said, would vote on representation by the American Newspaper Guild (C. I. 0, the Chicago Editorial As- sociation (A. F. L.) or neither. The commercial department em- ployes, with some exceptions, would choose between the Newspaper Guild, the Newspaper Commercial Associates or neither. Reinstatement of Harold Sullivan and Howard Mayhew, whom the board held were “discriminatorily” discharged by the Evening Amer- ican for “membership in the Chi- cago Newspaper Guild,” was ordered by the board, which directed that they be given back pay from Janu- ary, 1939. The board dismissed a similar complaint made on behalf of Harry Read. Eldbrooke Methodist “Seeing We Have This Ministry” is the sermon subject of Dr. Walter M. Michael tomorrow morning. In the evening the Dramatic Club of the Epworth League will present “The Lost People,” by Dorothy Clarke Wilson. Jason Swinson will direct and the characters are Ruthe Michael, Florence Bicking, George Gibbs, Leslie Walleigh and Clifford Downs. The junior choir will ren- der sacred numbers before the play. ‘The humorous play, “Sewing for the Heathen,” will be presented by the Missionary Society in the social hall on Friday at 8 pm. Selected readings by Wilma Wright Flood and instrumental piano solos by "Never Felt Better,’ Says Mrs. Harriman, Safe in Sweden Iliness Rumors Spiked; Describes Hardships in Fleeing Norway Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, 70- year-old American Minister to Nor- way, reported to the State Depart- ment today that “I have never been better in my life” despite the hard- ships of traveling across war-rav- aged Norway. Mrs. Harriman reached the town of Holjes, Sweden, on the Norwegian border, yesterday and reported last night that 50 civiians had been killed in German airplane bombings which virtually destroyed the Nor- wegian town of Elverum and nar- rowly missed King Haakon of Nor- way shortly after she had passed through there. She reported by telephone again at 11 am. (Norwegian time) today to Frederick A. Sterling, American Minister to Sweden, who forwarded her report from Stockholm to Wash- ington. The State Department said Mr. Sterling asked Mrs. Harriman con- cerning her health in view of rumors that she was not well. Sounds Cheerful. “I have never been better in my life,” she told Mr. Sterling, who said she sounded cheerful and full of energy. Mrs. Harriman added that Capt. Frank B. Losey, American Military Attache to Sweden and Norway, had Joined her at Holjes at 3 a.m. today. Mrs, Harriman said she hoped to rejoin the government in Norway today. The State Department’s summary of her report, made public last night: “She was on the outskirts of Elverum when it was bombed. She had gone there with the Norwegian government. They stayed outside the town a little way. Spends Night in Farm House. “The government moved night be- fore last to Nybergsund. She was in contact with the Foreign Min- ister yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock, who told her to come to Nybergsund if she could get there. The only way was for her to go through Elverum, but the German forces were bombing Elverum, so she could not get through last night to Nybergsund. “She went to & farm house where she spent last night. With the help of a farmer, she, with Miss Lind- gren who is her private secretary, her maid and chauffeur, got through the Elverum barricade this morning and reached Holjes. Bombs Destroy Elverum. “The hotel in Nybergsund where the King and government were in conference was bombed after they had left and completely destroyed. The King and government escaped by going out into the woods. She does not know where they are now. She hopes to return to join the gov- ernment in Norway tomorrow.” Mrs. Harriman, widow of a C., SATURDAY, CHILLY AMONG CHERRY BLOSSOMS—Despite the cold\weather, Miss Betty Cramer kleft) and Miss June Hyde, both of Trenton, N. J., came to Washington to see the cherry blossoms, and APRIL "13, 1940. appeared to enjoy the experience, even while shivering. Arnold Offers Unions Advance Rulings on Anfi-Trust Practices Move Is Made to Save Labor From Running Afoul of Laws In & move to save labor organiza- tions from running afoul of the anti-trust laws, the Justice Depart- ment will rule on activities that might restrain commerce before they are put into operation by the unions, Thurman Arnold, head of the Anti- Trust Division of the department, has advised John P. Coyne, presi- dent of the Building Trades Depart- ment of the American Federation of Labor. ‘This new development in the cur- rent Government campaign against restraints in the building industry was disclosed late yesterday by Mr. Coyne in an address to the 21st an- nual convention of the International Union of Operating Engineers when he discussed the controversy be- tween the department and organized labor which vigorously has opposed the application of anti-trust laws to abor banker, is & Washington society | labo: | leader. "Religion of Assurance’ Dr.-Pierce’s Topic Dr. Ulysses G. B. Pierce will preach at the 11 o'clock service at All Souls’ Unitarian Church tomor- row on “The Religion of As- surance.” The Current Problems Class, meeting at 10 o'clock, will hear a discussion of “Christianity and ‘Union Now’'” by Dr. Merser G. Johnston. At the same time Christopher B. Garnett, jr, of George Washington University will address the Comparative Religion Class on “Philosophy Today.” Emil Jannings in “Robert Koch” will be the feature at the last motion picture hour at 7:30 o’clock. At the dinner meeting of the Business and Professional Women's Club Miss Elmira Bier of the Phil- lips Memorial Gallery will speak on “Modern Art.” Pierce Hall Players present “Whistling in the Dark” Wednesday and Thursday evenings. A work meeting of the Child Wel- fare Committee will take place at the home of Mrs. Winifred Over- holser on Thursday. Takoma Park Church Will Install Officers The Rev. R. Paul Schearrer will preach at 11 am. tomorrow in the Takoma Park Presbyterian Church on, “The Genius of Our Church.” There will be the ordination of the elders-elect, Harry L. Garver, Wal- lace C. Magathan and Bennett A. Porter; and of the deacon-elect, Osmund J. Condon. Dr. E. L. Griffin and Albert W. Volkmer will be re- installed as elders, and P. Kirby Moffatt re-installed as deacon. Pub- lic recognition will be made of the following trustees: H. E. Allanson, C. F. Ferry, R. E. Gould, C. M. Kyle and R. M. Lyon. At 8 p.m. the pastor will speak on “The Spirit of Scouting in the Life of David Livingstone.” This will be the monthly Boy Scout service, and Troop 33 will attend in a body.. Palmer A. Lewis will be in charge of a special missionary program at 7T p.m. The young people attending the Neelsville Conference will leave the church at 1:15 o'clock. The Takterian Players will meet Monday night. The Mother Gordon Bible Class will meet the same eve- ning at the home of Mrs. E. V. Crit- tenden, 120 Albany avenue, William M. Greene, president of the Brotherhood Club. will preside at its meeting Tuesday evening. The Woman’s Soclety on Wednesday morning will be addressed by Miss Evelyn Pierce, of the Indian Bureau, on the American Indian. Evangelist to Conduct Union Baptist Service The Rev. Walter R. MacDonald, evangelist and singer, will conduct a gospel service at the Fifth Baptist Chureh today at 7:45 pm. He will tell the story of his conversion, en- titling the message “From Stage to Pulpit, From Comedy to Christ.” At 11 am. tomorrow his subject will be “God’s Look at You and Me” and in the evening “God and Grace, or Greed and Gold.” A special serv- ice will be held at 3 pm, when he will speak on “The Sure Return of the Crucified, Risen Savior.” At 9:30 am. Dr. John E. Briggs will teach the Darlington Berea Bi- ble Class, Willlam M. Plerson the Charlton Myers will be features of | Moon ok /7 The convention today was in re- cess until Monday. N Describing a meeting with Mr. Arnold which followed a number of conferences, Mr. Coyne told the con- vention that to his “great surprise” they “carried on a‘ conversation which permitted us to arrive at con- clusions that he did desire to modify his program, at least to a certain extent.” Not a Policy of Persecution. “I discussed certain cases,” he con- tinued, “and while he stated that it was not the policy of his department in any way to persecute labor organ- Izations as such, that it was their full intention to carry out the purposes of the investigation and if such in- vestigations warranted, to seek in- dictments before the Federal grand jury and to prosecute such indict- ments if the findings warranted.” Mr. Coyne then read a letter from Mr. Arnold in which he outlined the course which labor might follow to avoid criminal prosecutions, such as already have been instituted in & large number of cases. “First,” the Assistant Attorney General wrote, “the labor organiza- tion may submit to the Department of Justice a full statement of the facts about any activity which it has undertaken or desires to undertake which restrains interstate commerce in a. way the union considers rea- sonable. If the departmgnt finds that such activity violates the law it will so inform the union which thereafter must act at its peril in the event it disagrees with the de- partment’s position. It Department Can’t Advise. “If the department is not in a position to state positively that the practices are illegal at the time the plan is submitted, either because of lack of personnel to investigate or for any other reason, and the union decides to go ahead with the pro- posed activity, any future action on the part of the department will be through civil proceedings. This policy has been adopted because it is not fair to keep any organization under the hazard of criminal prose- cution where it has submitted to the department all the facts and has been unable to receive a definite answer.” This policy, he amplified, was that applied in connection with the pending case in which the de- partment has instituted civil pro- ceedings against the Association of American Railroads because of an agreement designed to kep etraffic away from motor carriers. Civil Decrees. i “Second,” Mr. Arnold said, “we come to the civil decree. Business groups some time desire to secure the sanction of a court decree for & proposed course of action because they intend to borrow money and wish to assure the lender that no risk of prosecution is involved, or because in some other respect they feel the need of the utmost possible advance guarantee of the legality of what they are doing. I take it for granted that the desires for Judicial sanction of labor activities will seldom arise and therefore there will seldom be occasion for labor organiations to seek such a decree. The procedure may be used, however, wherever a labor group now engaged in practices which the department has questioned or is likely to question believes there is an advantage in obtaining a final determination by a court as to the legality of proposed activities. “In any such case & labor organ- ization may propose a decree to the department wilth the mmumnbeo:n that if the proposal appears the public interest the department will submit the plan to a court with a recommendation that #t be incore porated in a consent decres.” ) COL. CHARLES DEMONET. —Harris-Ewing Photo. Col. Demonet, 66, Head of Catering Firm, Expires An Officer in World War, He Was Active In Veterans’ Affairs Charles Demonet, 66, head of the catering firm bearing his name, diéd | this morning in Mount Alto Hospital after a short illness. A native of Washington, Mr. De- monet had been in the catering business since youth. The firm which he headed at the time of his death was founded by his grand father in 1878 and is one of the cit; best known establishments. Mr. Demonet was active in vet- erans’ affairs, being a member of the George Washington Post of the American Legion. He served during the World War as a captain of ord- nance and held the rank of lieuten- ant colonel in the Army Reserve. He was also a member of the Rotary Club, Elks Club. the Military Order of the World War and the Reserve Officers Association. He made his home at 3108 Cathe- dral avenue N.W. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Cora L. Demonet, and a son, Jules Dem- onet of Detroit. Funeral services will be held at 11 am. Tuesday in Fort Myer Chapel, with burial in Arlington National Cemetery. Dr. L. J. Clements Dies; Physician Here 34 Years Dr. Lyman J. Clements, 74, who had practiced medicine in Wash- ington for the last 34 years, died yesterday at his home, 512 B street NE. Dr. Clements was born in Vicks- burg, Miss, and began his career as a newspaperman. In the early 1890's he took a position with the Government Printing Office here. While employed at the printing office he studied medicine and was | Today: graduated from George Washing- ton University Medical School in 1906. Dr. Clements was a mem- ber of the American Medical As- sociation and the District Medical Society. He had become a mem- | ™ ber of the Columbia Typographical Union while working for the Gov- ernment, and held his union card until his death. Surviving Dr. Clements are eight children, Mrs. Ivy Ashburn, Mrs, Myrtle MacAboy, Mrs. Lucille Bos- well, Lyman P. Clements, Dr. Wil- liam Clements and Samuel B. Cle- ments, all of Washington, and Sister Maria Anthony of Golds- boro, N. C., and Mrs. Julia Golden of San FPrancisco, Calif. He also leaves 16 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren, Funeral services will be held Mon- day with requiem mass at St. Jos- eph’s Catholic Church at 10 am. Burial will be in Fort Lincoln Ceme- tery. Mrs. Hamilton, Former D. C. Resident, Dies By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, April 12—Mrs, Katherine Harmon Hamilton, grand- daughter of both John Harmon, for- mer owner of the Detroit Free Press and twice Mayor of Detroit, and Gen. Hector Stevens, former surgeon general of the United States Army, died yesterday at her home after a week’s {llness. 5 Mrs. Hamilton was reared in Mr, Harmon’s home and later lived in ‘Washington, where she was active in the Daughters of the American Revolution. . She moved here about 20 years agog Keep ‘mind en whon Jons. astnse o —Star Staff Photo. . E. C. Plan fo Curb Investment Trusts Called Unworkable ‘Reasonable’ Regulation Welcomed, Bankers Tell Senate Committee By the Associated Press. Two members of the investment trust industry told a Senate bank- ing subcommittee yesterday that they would welcome Federal regu- lation of the business, but contended legislation proposed by the Securi- ties Commission was unworkable and went “far beyond reasonable regulation.” The witngsses, first to speak for the industry at hearings on the S. E. C. proposal, were Arthur H. Bunker, executive vice president of the Lehman Corp., and Cyril J. C. Quinn, vice president of Tri-Conti- nental Corp. and associated com- panies. They said they represented the so-called “closed end” type of investment trust. Abuses Declared Exaggerated. Both contended there had been in the industry in the past “abuses” which should be outlawed, but con- tended the S. E. C. had given an exaggerated picture of conditions by selecting the worst examples for | citation to the committee and fail- ing to give adequate account of the performance of companies not guilty of the practices. Mr. Bunker told the committee {that the investment trust industry remained “perhaps the most impor- tant organized reservoir” of new venture capital and ed that “nothing should be done in the | name of regulation and control that | will immobilize this great dynamic pool of capital or which will im- | pair its ability to invest intelligently in American industry.” Shrinkage of Values Cited. Asserting the S. E. C.s study of | investment trusts had not taken into account the shrinkage of all { security values which took place | while the industry was in its in- _‘Iancy, Mr. Bunker contended the | commission’s conclusions were “un- | realistic and give no true picture whatever of the actual comparative performance achieved.” Proposed restrictions on selection of directors, Mr. Quinn contended, went too far, subjecting director- ships to “a degree of bureaucratic control demanded of no other busi- | ness” and would “make it virtually impossible for investment com- panies to retain competent and Cold Wave Persists Here With 28 Low Forecast Tonight Freeze Is Expected to Cause Small Loss To Crops Nearby ‘Winter, with cold rain and snow, made a belated attack on spring here and throughout the East last night, with prospects early today that the weather would be fair to- day and tonight, but the cold snap would continue. Slowly rising temperatures. fore- cast by the Weather Bureau for this afternoon, however, gave prom- ise of a maximum of 38 degrees. Lowest temperatures tonight will be about 28 degrees, the bureau predicted. The wintry attack late yesterday brought tempergtures down from a maximum of 60 degrees yesterday morning to a low of 28 at 5 am. to- day. The thermometer had risen to 38 degrees by 10 oclock, with prospects that the temperature would continue to rise only “slowly” during the day. Half Inch Snow Falls. About half an inch of smow was estimated to have fallen in Wash- ington and vicinity. In the down- town section most of it had melted by midmorning. The cold wave extended over most of the region east of the Rocky Mountains, carrying temperatures below freezing almost to the Gulf Coast. Meanwhile, temperatures were more than 100 degrees in the Southern Pacific slope. Small Crop Loss Expected. The freeze, however. was not be- lieved to have threatened seriously any of the crops nearby. L. M. Wal- ter, jr, Virginia State agriculture commissioner, said the bulk of the State’s crops and fruit probably would suffer little damage. He said apple trees in the Shenandoah Val- ley were not in bloom and probably would escape severe injury. ‘Temperatures in many sections of Alabama and Georgia were the low- est ever recorded for the middle of April, Early unofficial reports indicated all tender vegetation, including to- matoes, had been killed in Central Georgia. Orchardists, however, be- lieved the peach crop was stiil safe. In Florida, winds were believed to have made chances of frost damage to crops slight. A drop of 20 de- grees to 44 gave Tampa the lowest reading in 50 years, while Jackson- ville noted the coldest mid-April weather on record—35. A low of 47 set a 25-year record at St. Peters- burg. Alabama truck and fruit crops suf- fered. Low temperatures brought heavy losses to Arkansas’ peach and strawberry crops. Public interest in the weather was registered at the new weather station at the telephone com- pany, where the telephone number, Weather 1212, received 35,645 calls yesterday. This service has light- ened appreciably the pressure of public calls on the Weather Bureau itself, officials said. Richmond, Va., experienced the severest weather ever recorded this late in the season, with 214 inches of snow. During the winter and | spring 29 inches have fallen, ‘third deepest in the city’s history. Michigan U. Head Hits U.S. ‘Use’ of Colleges President Alexander P. Ruthven | of the University of Michigan last night objected to American uni- versities being made “service sta- tions” by the Federal Government for the performance of duties the | Government should do itself. He spoke before approximately 100 members of the Washington Alumni Club at a dinner at the Mayflower Hotel. President Ruthven declared that an increasing number of professors are being asked to come here for discussion and conferences and he expressed the hope that something would result from them. Durand Springer presided ‘as experienced directors.” toastmaster and Herman Schmidt is president of the local alumni. (Purnished by the United District of Columbia—Generally perature tonight about 28 degrees. Report for Last 21 Hours. Temperature. Barometer. Dezrees. Yesterday: Inches, 4D 20 88 Record for Last 24 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Record Temperature This Year. Highest, 75. on_April 4. Lowest, 7, on January 29. Humidity for Last 24 Hours. (Prom noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 94 per cent, at 5 p.m. yes- rday. Lowest, 41 per cent, at noon today. Weekly Outlook. and Middle Atlantic Btates— esday night or Wednesday and ward end of week Warmer about ay, slightly colder Wednesday night and Thursday. warmer latter part. Ohio Valley and Tennessee—Showers about Tuesday in Ohio Valley. local show- ers and thunderstorms about Friday: rising tomperature first half of week and mod- erately warm_latter ha! Weather Conditions. Last 24 Hours. North The disturbance that was over Eastern Pennsylvania Friday morning -has moved northeastward with increased intensity. be- ing central on the New England coast. Portland, Me., and Nantucket, Mass.. 992.6 millibars’ (2931 inches), with a trough ex- tending sduthward and southwestward to the Bahamas. A disturbance of slight in- tensity is moving eastward over the North- ern Flains States, 'Devils Lake, Dak., 1.015.9 millibars (30.00) inches). est. f Coast, Houston. Te; 5 millibars (3045 inches), and pressure high over the Rocky Mountain region, Sal Lake City. Utah, 1.0254 inches), and on’ the During the last 24 1t millibars (30.28 North Pacific Coast. bours rains have oc- curred in the South Atlantic States and | N g BT o T Goar snows and rains Atlantic™ and_ North Aflantic. States. the Hentberatives have fatten i T AR ratures’ have falien e and ’enl J‘l: Indvml Gulf Btates. while 6y have risen in the Plains States. the untain region, Oklahoma snd ‘Texas. y Northwestern Tide Tables, (Purnished by United States Geodetic Survey.) }‘odl’ Cosst and ng,eu. 60, 8 a.m. yesterday. Year | M Towest, 28, 5 a.m. today. Year ago, 31. | A X., | Huron X Indian’olls 3 Jack'ville 7 2 | Kans. City Weather Report States Weather Bureau.) - fair, but becoming cloudy at times tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature; minimum tem- Maryland and Virginia—Partly cloudy; continued cold tonight and tomorrow with snow flurries in northwest portions tonight. West Virginia—Cloudy; continued cold, with snow flurries in north portion tonight; tomorrow fair; slightly warmer in west portion. >-—— River Repert. Potomac and Shenandosh Rivers muddy 3 Harpers Ferry: Potomac muddy st Great Precivitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (current month to date): Month. 1040 Avge, January _, February November December @20 2D 2t 2325232352 4 City Baliimore 20.8 irm’gham 0.3 Bismarck _ 3 Boston __ St arleston _ Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbia Davenport . De; elens 233! L Anee] ‘/umv!ll:. Miam{ 253235 RA2RIZRIET: Phoenix Pitisbureh ;""zlf’l'd Me, 2f nd Ore Ralaih SEEL S EEEAS 8 A 2029201990:91 1910 01 MII DI RV WL 0 RRAITZRI28TH3T993 33382333 0.80 Cles Ferelsn Stations. (Noon, Greenwich time today) iPerature. Weather. Borts (Payal). Azores 40 Cloudy