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A2 British Claim Plane Output Has Recouped Losses in Flanders World's Biggest Bomber Being Built, Air Minister Beaverbrook Reveals (21 By the Associated Press. LONDON, June 7.—Britain has more than made good her air losses in the battle of Flanders and has started building a new bomber—*“the largest in the world"—Lord Eeaver- | brook, publisher and Minister of Air- craft Production, declared today. Humming British factories, work- ing incessantly to fill the Royal Air Force's tremendous order for more planes and still more planes, turned them out faster than they were lost during the three-week Nazi drive across the Low Countries and North- ern France, Lord Beaverbrook as- serted. The new bomber, he said in an interview, has been tested success- fully and is in production. He added that the increase in Britain's aircraft output per week since May 11, the day after Ger- many invaded Holland and Belgium, has been 62 per cent more planes per week. 33 per cent more engines per week, 186 per cent more planes repaired and 159 per cent more en- gines repaired. Lord Beaverbook was unable to disclose production figures on which these percentages were based. As for German figures, he was more specific. “I believe they have 11675 air- craft and 16,000 pilots, of whom 12,- 000 have had recent training,” he said. “I believe that the number of their troop carriers is 505 and that these are able to carry 40 men | or more each.” It was suggested to him that this | would indicate an ability to carry about 25,000 troops, since some car- rier planes are known to be able to carry 52 men. nodded assent The Minister said it front-line planes. Buses Hit by Strike Get Police Escorts Escorted through Maryland by State police, buses of seeking more pay, were operating today on regular schedule between here and New York City, Thomas F. Barry, here, reported. Local Washington-Baltimore serv- ice has not yvet been resumed, Mr. Barry said, only the New York run going through on schedule. five buses had been tied up by the strike, which® began early Tuesday. The Safeway company informed the Maryland Public Service Com- mission of the temporary suspension of operations and asked State police to provide an escort when oper- ations were resumed. Police head- quarters announced in Baltimore last night that police protection “had been arranged,” an Associated Press dispatch said. “The buses went through on the dot today,” Mr. Barry said,“As for the union, we're through. They have violated the terms of the con- tract.” Locals 988 and 682 of the Broth- erhood of Railroad Trainmen have demanded an immediate wage in- crease, from 3 cents a mile now paid to 5 cents a mile for drivers in serv- ice over six months. The union also asked extra compensation for changing tires. “To increase the wages now paid.” the company said, “would be abso- lutely impossible.” The firm is op- erating at a heavy loss now, it was sald. Court Rules Plaintiff Must Answer Writien Queries A person filing a suit in District Court must be prepared to answer questions put in writing by his op- ponent or the case is liable to be | thrown out of court. 1 This developed today when Justice ! Jennings Bailey dismissed a neg-' ligence suit because the plaintiff | had failed to answer, since April 11, | questions asked her by the owner of ' the building. Justice Bailey acted at the request of the law firm of Toomey & | Toomey and Attorney Joseph C Suraci, representing Vincent L. ‘Toomey, 1015 Fifteenth street N.W., owner of the premises at 2231 Tenth street N.W., who asked that the | plaintiff, Olivia Jones, show rent receipts, the lease, and answer ques- | tions relating to another tenant | renting the premises Mr. Toomey denied that he had rented the apartment to the plain- tiff, but indicated that she had sub- leased from another party. The -plaintiff asked $5,000 for alleged injuries. including a frac- tured right thumb and bruised left hip, when a door fell on her. | Nazis Reported Tapping 8-Months’ 0il Reserve By the Associated Press. BERLIN, June 7.—Germany, ac- cording to an excellently informed Nazi source, entered the war last September with an oil and gasoline reserve for six months. These reserves, this source said today, were increased during the winter to eight months, and only now are being touched. The Polish campaign, according to this information, pald for itself in that sufficient oil and gasoline were found to make it unnecessary to touch the then-existing six-month Teserve. During the winter synthetic pre- duction was said to have been stepped up while shipments were arriving from Rumania and Soviet Russia, so that, this source said, reserves rose to an eight-month basis. He added that the campaigns in Holland and Belgium again paid for themselves, so that Germany is now entering the great French offensive with the eight-month reserve just beginning to be touched. Two Culver Graduates Richard F. Perrine of the Hotel Commodore and William M. Trible, 1150 Connecticut avenue N.W., will be graduated from Culver Military Lord Beaverbrook I would be | about correct to say that two-fifths | of Germany's planes are combat or | Safeway | Trails, Inc, whose operations had| been halted by a strike of drivers| attorney for the concern/ Thirty- | | | determine if they are citizens of the THE EVENIN { as men via parachutes. Photo by Clipper. Dismissal Faces |Aliens Employed By District | Steps Will Be Taken | When 1941 Supply Bill Is Signed Immediate steps will be taken as | soon as the 1941 District supply bill becomes law to bring about the dis- charge of any employe of the mu- nicipal government who is an alien | | or who has not applied for citi- i zenship papers, District officials said today. Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, auditor and District budget officer, said a | questionnaire would be sent to all regular and per diem employes to United States or have applied for citizenship up to the date of enact- ment of the supply bill—now await- ing the signature of the President. This move, similar to rules in- serted in the Federal appropriation measures, was prescribed in an| amendment to the District appro- | priation measure proposed in the | House by Representative Van Zandt, | Republican, of Pennsylvania. The provision, accepted by both Senate and House, reads: “No put] of any appropriation contained in this act or authorized hereby to be expended shall be used to pay the compensation of any officer or em- ploye of the Government of the United States or of the District of Columbia unless such person is a citizen of the United States, or per- son in the service of the United States or the District of Columbia on the date of the approval of this act who, being eligible for citizen- ship, had heretofore filed a declara- tion of intention to become a citizen or who owes allegiance to the United States.” Maj. Donovan, as auditor, will be required to certify to the contmoller general's office that no one lacking the citizenship requirements as out- lined is included in the pay rolls of the District. \ Civifan Clubs’ Banquet Honors Bethesda Unit ‘The Washington Civitan Club and the newly-formed Bethesda Civitan Club last night banqueted at the Congressional Country Club on the occasion of the presentation of a | charter to the new club. | The charter, listing 23 members, was presented by Henry Ortland, Jr, of Annapolis, governor of the Chesapeake district of Civitan. Presiding at the banquet was Dr. E. E. Merriman, president of the Washington Civitan Club. The charter was received in the name of the Bethesda club by A. W. Hurt, treasurer of the new club. Paul M. Ludt is president. An address, “Civitan International —Its Aims and Purposes,” was made by Arthur Cundy, international sec- retary of Civitan. A guest at the banquet was Dr. Franklin Tyler, representing the Richmond Civitan Kent's Work as By WILLIAM H. STONEMAN, Chicago Dafly News Foreign Correspondent. LONDON, June 7.—Breaking a ban which was imposed on the Chicago Daily News two weeks ago, | the London Evening Standard today reveals that Tyler Kent, American Embassy clerk who was arrested by the British authorities at that time, | was “in charge of cable and coded | messages passing between the Em- bassy and Washington,” and that his | detention was “due to the personal astuteness of Ambassador (Joseph P.) Kennedy himself.” Although the significance of Kent's arrest still cannot be disclosed now, 1t becomes a matter of public knowledge that many of the most confidential messages exchanged G STAR, WASHINGT ON, D. C, FRIDAY, |in 1937 and 1938 | PARACHUTES SUPPLY NAZIS—Units of the German airforce photographed over a town in Bel- \ gium, according to a German censor-opproved caption, “supplying the foremost German lines | nine, this morning in par 3. | with material by means of parachutes.” Germans have dropped supplies and materials as well | | | | A. P. Wirephoto. ‘ Code Clerk Revealed Back of His Arrest between the American Embassy in London and the State Department during a most critical period of the war were being perused by a msn‘ whose loyalty | doubt. Kent was, in fact, arrested by military intelligence officers in the presence of the American Ambassa- dor and has been detained since then. His arrest directly preceded the wholesale cleanup of fifth col- umnists in this country. The Ambassador, who had sus- pected a leak at the American Em- bassy for several months, finally tracked down the young code clerk and reported he found enough in- criminating evidence to justify his subsequent detention (Copyright, 1040, Chicago Daily News, Inc) proved subject to Civil Rights Preservation Is Conference Theme ; The National Conference on Con- stitutional Liberties in America, announced as a conclave to consider plans for preservation of civil rights, will open tonight at 8:15 o'clock in the National Press Club auditorium, with Prof. Robert K. Speer of New York University presiding. About 200 delegates of civil rights groups and labor organizations are | expected to attend the three-day | conference, according to Merle D.| Vincent of Washington, temporary chairman. | Speakers tonight will include the Rev. Owen A. Knox, president of the Civil Rights Federation of Mich- igan; Pearl M. Hart, chairman of the Civil Liberties Committe, Na- tional Lawyers' Guild; Alderman Earl B. Dickerson, Chicago; Harold J. Pritchett, president of the Inter- national Wood Workers of America, and James Dombrowski, member of the Southern Conference for Hu- man Welfare. Discussions of the rights of citi-~ zenship. minority political and ra- clal groups, aliens and labor, will continue tomorrow and Sunday. Edwin S. Smith, member of the National Labor Relations Board, will discuss “Civil Rights and Na- tional Defense” at a luncheon Sunday. High School Band Members Tour Capital Sixty boys and girls, members of the Willmar (Minn) High School Band, stopped in Washington today to go sight-seeing before they start home after a 9-day tour of the East. The band members, who left the community of Willmar seven days ago, had their picture taken on the House steps of the Capitol. Repre- sentative Andersen of Minnesota welcomed the group. Varying in ages from 12 to 20, the band members are chaperoned by several teachers of the school and their wives. John Saari, business manager of the band, and Nicholas Jadinah, the band director, accom- panied the group. After pictures were taken, the group hustled to the busses awaiting them to get in some more sight- seeing before leaving Washington tonight for home. Durban wants the Natal legisla- Academy Wednesday. Club. tive capital moved to Bloemfontein. Shanghai Rumors Say U. 5. May Take Over French Concession British Abandonment Also Said to Be Weighed; Japanese Coup Hinted By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI June 7.—Rumors that Great Britain and France are considering virtual abandonment of their interests here and elsewhere in China caused a visible tightening tonight of police precautionary measures in Shanghai's foreign- controlled areas. The outstanding tale in this talk | —all denied by sepresentatives of the nations involved—was that| Americans were negotiating to take over the French concession. i The French concession has a| population of 1,000,000, mostly Chi- nese, about one-third that of the! International Settlement. which is| administered by nine foreign muni- cipal councilors, including two Americans and five Chinese. Some 4,000 Americans reside in the lwn} areas. | Japanese both here and in Tokio seemed inclined to take the story of the French-American negotiations seriously. American and French authorities, however, informed the local Japanese counsul-general that the report was not true and that no| such action was anticipated. Another report, featured in the Chinese press at Chungking, provi- sional capital of the Central Chi- nese government, was that the Jap- anese army at Shanghai, “upon | Italy’s entry into the European war,” is planning to seize both the Inter- national Settlement and the French | | concession “with the assistance of | the local Italian defense unit.” The Japanese declared that they had no such plan and pointed out that the local Italian force—a few hundred sailors—could not be an important factor in any such action. Phegsant Holds Up 'Fruffic KEARNEY, Nebr., June 7 (#)— State Highway Patrofhan C. H. Rudge held - up traffic on busy Transcontinental Highway 30, while smiling motorists watched a hen pheasant and 10 chicks strut across the road in single file, Little Shoots a 69 For 141 Tofal in National Open Comes Home in 33 After Matching Par On First Nine BULLETIN. ; CLEVELAND, June 7 (#).— Jimmy Demaret, Houston pro, and Clayton Heafner, Linville, N. C, tore up their cards on the second round of the National Open here today and quit in disgust. Demaret actually shot an 81, but refused to sign his card to make it official. Heafner had 39 for nine holes and start- ed badly on the back nine. Sam Snead started his second round with three 4s. By the Associated Press, CANTERBURY, CLUB, Cleve- land, June 7.—Lawson Little of Bretton Woods, N. H.,, who won the British and American amateur titles in 1934 and 1935, shot a brilliant 3- under-par card of 36—33—69 today to take at least temporary second- round leadership of the 44th Na- tional Open Gold championship with a 36-hole total of 141. Little, who equaled Canterbury’s par of 72 yesterday, matched par figyres on today’s first nine. Then the husky star, who was national low qualifier in the sectional tests, turned on the heat. He came home with a blazing 33, clipping par a stroke at the twelfth, thirteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth. He slipped a stroke over regulation figures at the eighteenth. Little's card: Out_ 443 435 445—36 In.___ 433 443 435—33—69—72—141 With the starting times reversed, Sam Snead, who shattered all first-round records with his 67 of yesterday, was not due to tee off until 1:06 o'clock. Sam Parks, Horton Smith and Ed Oliver, each of whom shot an open- ing round 69, were due off at 11:24, 2:19 and 2:33, respectively. The first player to get as hot as| the weather today was Bruce Coltart, 8 professional from Haddonfleld. N. J., who shot a dazzling 32 on the out nine. He scored an 80 yesterday His card—443 334 245—32 showed four consecutive birdies from the fourth hole through the seventh, Coltart cooled off, however, on the last nine, soaring to a 40 for an 18-hole score of 72. His 152 may yet win him a place for the 36-hole final rounds tomorrow. Ed Dudley and Tony Manero each | in par 36. Yes- | turned the first nine tel:zd_ay Dudley had a 73 and Manero a 75 Ralph Guldahl, Open champion who had a first round 73, couldn't get going on the first nine today, making the turn | in 37, one over par. He was playing with Jim Ferrier, the Amateur and Open champion of Australa, who had 8 73 yesterday and turned the first “Smiling Jim” Demaret of Hous- ton, the big gun on the winter tour, had little about which to smile today. Demaret was out in 41, with bis first nine showing four 5s and a 7. He took the 7 on the par 5 sixth. Yesterday he shot a 74. Lewis Worsham of Burning Tree Club, Washington, lost all hope of remaining in the tournament for the final 36 holes tomorrow when he shot an 81 today. His 81, coupled Wwith his 78 of yesterday, gave him a total of 159, (Earlier Stories in Sports Section.) Mrs. Martin and Mrs. Allen Take Virginia Golf Leads | By the Associated Press OLD POINT COMFORT, Va. June 7.—The co-medalists, Mrs. Lily | Harper Martin of Portsmouth and Mrs. H. N. Allne of Newport News | took early leads in their Virginia Women's Golf Tournament 18-hole semifinal matches today. Mrs. Martin, defending cham- pion, had a 2-up advantage over Mrs. Grayson Dashiell, Richmond, at the fifth hole and Mrs. Allen was 1 up on Mrs. Helen Wise, Langley | Field, at the fourth. Mrs. Dashiell wasted three shots { | the first hole to Mrs. Martin’s bogey 5. The Richmonder also dropped when she topped her brassie sec- ond shot for less than 50 vards. The sand trap jinx continued to harass Mrs. Martin at the short third, and she lost to Mrs. Dash- | iell's par 3. They halved the fourth with par 4s, and Mrs. Dashiell con- ceded the fifth, a dog-leg over wa- ter, after taking six shots to reach the green. ‘the first two holes, the first in bo- | ey 55 and the second with par 5s. | Mrs. Wise's drive off the first tee | carried only about 100 yards, but she made a nice recovery. Mrs. | Allen had to sink a 6-foot putt | to get her par on the second. Mrs. Allen’s par 3 sent her one up at the third, and they halved the fourth when both missed short putts. Mystery Woman Collapses Near Fort Myer A neatly-dressed young' woman who police believe to be an amnesia sufferer was taken to Emergency Hospital today after collapsing on Lee boulevard, near Fort Myer, Va., narrowly missing an automobile as she fell. The woman, who bore no clue to her identity, told Arlington County Police Sergt. James Scott she did not know who she was, and Sergt. Scott said the only coherent statement he could obtain was that she was hungry. D. M. Sprinkte of Winchester, Va., told police he was driving along the { boulevard when the woman col- lapsed just after his car passed her. The Clarendon Resque Squad took her to Emergency Hospital and she was removed later to Gallinger. Sergt. Scott said he learned the woman was seen wandering around aimlessly in the vicinity of Lee boulevard for moré than half an hour before she fell. He described the woman as being about 28 years old and said she appears to be of Italian descent. She is dark-complexioned with dark hair and was wearing a checked dress. She had a ribbén in her hair. Deut,enc‘tge Sergt. Hugh Jones of Ar) n County planned to ques- tion her this afternoon. | coming out of a sand trap to lose | the second to the titleholder’s par 6 | | Mrs. Wise and Mrs. Allen halved JUNE 7, 1940. the Bethesda Public Library. Kuhn Memorial Cup 'Given fo Bethesda Library Leaders Award Made at Annual C. of C. Banquet at Kenwood Club Award of the Oliver Owen Kuhn | Memorial Cup to Mrs. A. Brook- house Foster and her associates onr | the Bethesda Library Board fea- | tured the Bethesda Chamber of | Commerce’s sixth annual banquet and first annual ladies’ night at | Kenwood Golf and Country Club | last night. Nearly 200 members and their| guests attended and were enter- tained by a talk in which Dr. Roy | Tasco Davis related many amusing incidents which occurred while he was serving as United States Min- ister to countries in South America, Dr. Davis, now president of Na- tional Park College, was an envoy | to Guatemala, Costa Rica and | Panama during the administration | of President Coolidge. Mrs. Foster and her associates are ! the third recipients of the Kuhn | | Cup. donated by The Evening Star | in memory of its late managing editor, who was an active Mont- | gomery County civic worker and an | { honorary life member of the Beth- | esda Chamber of Commerce, | through which the trophy is| awarded. | John A. Overholt, past president of the chamber and chairman of the Awards Committee, made the | bresentation and recounted how ! | Mrs. Foster and a small group of | aides started the movement which | resulted in the establishment of the | Bethesda Public Library in 1939, Burrell H. Marsh, jr., retiring president, in behalf of the chamber | presented to Clarence C. Keiser, new second vice president, a com- bination phonograph and radio in | recognition of his services as execu- tive secretary during the last year. | J. Henry Hiser, newly-elected | | president, presented Joseph A. Can- ! trel, a member of the chamber and | former member of the Maryland House of Delegates, who presided as toastmaster J. Horace Smithey, director of the Chevy Chase Chanters, sang several solos, while the Bethesda- | Chevy Chase Senior High School Band played. Dancing followed the | | dinner. RECEIVES KUHN MEMORIAL CUP—Mrs. A. Brookhouse Foster is shown receiving the Oliver Owen Kuhn Memorial Cup for out- standing civic service from John A. Overholt at the Bethesda (Md.) Chamber of Commerce banquet last night. Mrs. Foster and a group of associates were responsible for establishment of | attached to the bill to amend the | —Star Staff Photo. District Bills (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) strengthen the regulation of the practice of dentistry, with some amendments to the House bill. ‘The bill to improve the regulation of podiatry, which had been passed by the House. Senator King re- served the right to oppose the bill on the Senate floor. A bill to establish a board for the examining and licensing of under- takers and embalmers, provided a favorable report on the measure is submitted by the District Commis- sioners. The “compromise” bill to provide for the establishment of an agent of the recorder of deeds to list in the office of the District traffic di- rector the recording and releasing of liens on automobiles, while leav- ing the official task of such record- ing with the recorder of deeds’ office, and providing for a reduction in the fees for recording of automobile | liens. | Exemption for Co-operatives. A bill sponsored by Senator Tyd- ings, Democrat, of Maryland, to grant exemption from the District income tax to farmers’ co-operatives —which Senator Tydings urged be District Unemployment Compensa- tion Act or to “any other tax meas- ure” on which congressional action was expected at this session. A bill to direct the Commissioners to give free water service to the Jew- ish Community Center and to the Boys’ Clubs, which, it was estimated, would cost the District less than $1,- 000 a year. | A bill to perfect the retirement status of Mrs. Elizabeth K. Peeples, former director of the Community Center and now an elementary school principal, who would be en- abled to purchase her back retire- ment credits by paying a sum of | about $3,200. | A bill to permit Government | workers to be granted leave when they are called as witnesses in cases before the D. C. branch of Folice Court. | A bill to increase the pay of mem- bers of the board which licenses steam and other operating engi- neers up to a maximum of $300 a year. A bill to amend the District life insurance code. | A bill to authorize the Board of Education to pass judgment on junior colleges which confer de- grees. | A bill to amend the Juvenile Court | Act to restore to the court juris- diction in non-support cases to the extent to which it formerly had Jjurisdiction. | Tags Aid Red Cross In $300,000 Drive For War Relief Campaign Here Passes Halfway Mark, With $154,790 Collected Contributions to the Red Cross war relief fund will be received and acknowledged in the news columns if sent to the cashier’s office of The Star. Tags that are miniatures of the campaign poster picturing a child clutching her doll amid the ruins of a war-devastated city ware being pinned on contributors to the Dis- trict Red Cross Chapter’s war relief fund today. The shiny new tags, identifying the person as one,of thousands giv- ing their money to relieve suffering in Europe, are being given to past contributors as well as those making their donations today and in the future. Drive Passes Halfway Mark. Workers in the local drive were forging ahead on the second half of the District's $300,000 quota, a total of $154,790 having been reached with yesterday's collections of $17,258. Among the contributions received yesterday was $1008 from Mrs Majorie Post Davies, wife of the former Ambassador to Belgium, who is now a special adviser at the State Department. Other gifts yesterday included Capital Transit Co. $500; Loew's Theaters employes, $413,25; the Civic Education Association, $465; Dr. Edward Meigs, $200; Pattern Makers’ League of North America, $200, and Joseph H. Himes, $100, and employes of The Star, $1978.16. $1,000,000 Cargo Ready. Meanwhile, the national head- quarters of the Red Cross prepared to load the 8. S. McKeesport, leaving Baltimore, Md., today for New York City, with a cargo valued at $1.000.- 000 for refugees pouring into France. The vessel, chartered to the Red Cross by the United States Maritime Commission, is scheduled to leave for Bordeaux about Thursday. Two Washington women, Miss Helen Holbrook of the Home Eco- nomics Section, Agriculture Depart- ment, and Miss Melva Bakkie, nu- tritional consultant on the Red Cross staff here, were among those select- ing the supplies the ship will carry. The national fund totals $8,171,215 today. headquarters reported, Taxes (Continued From First Page) person earns $1,000 and a married person $2,500. Would Double Number of Returns. At present 7,500,000 returns are filed, and a little more than half of them call for tax payments Treasury officlals estimated the new bill will bring in 8,000,000 more returns, or a total of 15.500,000. At present corporations with a $5,000 net income pay income tax at the rate of 12!, per cent. Un- der the proposed law they would pay 13%. New Australian Department SYDNEY, Australia, June 7 (#.— Prime Minister Robert G. Menzies today announced establishment of an Australian Department of Muni- tions, with himself as minister. He already is minister for co-ordina- tion of defense. Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate: In recess. Banking Subcommittee hears Sec- retary Wallace on proposed revision of farm credit setup. Naval Committee continues hear- ings on bill to expedite shipbuilding Post Office Committee considers authorization for Federal highway grants. House: Continues debate on Wagner Act amendments. Ways and Means Subcommittee works on income tax program. Securities | (Continued From First Page.) I be bona fide imports from countries | not included in President Roosevelt's “freezing” order, they will be re- leased. |Ruling Seen as Move | To Establish Ownership NEW YORK. June 7 (#).—The ruling of the Treasury today that any securities imported for sale must be passed on by the Federal Reserve Bank was seen in brokerage | circles as an effort to deal with the | problem of establishing ownership |of stocks and bonds made out | merely to “bearer” rather than reg- istered in the names of individual | investors. | It has been customary for many | foreigners dealing in American se- | curities to have them made out to| “bearer” and to arrange transac- | tions through their banks. There- banks in Holland and Belgium held | for clients substantial amounts of American stocks and bonds unreg- istered in the names of their real owners and it would not seem diffi- | cult to ship these securities nere for sale through neutral countries. | 'Cooler Weather Forecast; | Jenks Stricken by Heat Representative ~ Arthur Byron Jenks, Republican, of New Hamp- shire was reported resting com- | fortably at Naval Hospital today, a victim of what was diagnosed as prostration from Washington's 91- | degree heat yesterday. Mr. Jenks, a member of the House Naval Affairs Committee, was mo- toring to the Army and Navy Coun- try Club with Mrs. Jenks when | stricken. Slightly cooler weather was pre- dicted for today, with gentle winds expected to keep the temperature below 89. Although cloudiness is expected during the afternoon and the Weather Bureau said. Little change is expected tonight and tomorrow. Yugoslav exports to Germany have increased greatly over 1929, | fore, some said, it was likely that | PI | Middle Plateau. while they have fallen in early evening, no rain is expected, 2 Low Weat (Purnished by the United her Report States Weather Bureau.) District of Columbia—Fair tonight: tomorrow partly cloudy. continued warm, followed by local thundershowers in late afternoon and at night; gentle variable winds, becoming sontherly. Maryland and Virginia—Fair; sl ightly warmer in extreme west por- tions tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy, followed by local showers anc thunderstorms in the interior in la‘e afternoon and at night West Virginia—Generally fair showers; not much change in tempe: The trough of low pressure that was. over Maine Thursday morning has ad- vanced southeastward and southward over the ocean. The lowest pressure reported this morning was about 1.002.0° millibars (29.50 inches). in aoproximately latitude 40°'N.. and longitude 58> W. The west- ern disturbance continues to move slowly eastward. Sault Ste. Marie. Mich.. 1.009.5 millibars’ (29.81 " inches). with & troush extending southward and then westward to lowa. Des Moines. 1.009.1 millibars {20.80 inches), and thence south-south- wesiward to 'Western Texas. Abilene. 1.008.5 millibars (29.78 inches). Pressure is reiatively low over the ateau and Northern Rocky Mountain regions. Billings, Mont.. 1.009.8 millibars (20.82 inches) A high-pressure area is moving eastwad | over the North Atlantic States. Burling- | S ton. Vt. 1.015.9 millibars (30.00 inches) Pressure continues high over the Sou'h Atlantic and East Gulf States and off the Plorida coast. Jacksonville. Fla.. 1.018.0 millibars (30.06 inches). _Another high- pressure area is moving eastward over the lains States. Pembina. N. Dak. 1.017.6 millibars (30.05 inches) and pressure is high on the Oregon coast. During the last 2 occurred in Roc o0 the” Missouri and U; ley and at scattered points and South Atlantie States. have ‘risen in the DDer Mississiopi Val- in_the Guif Temperatures Lake region and the the Plains States. the Middle Rocky Moun- | tain region and alonz the Middle Atlantic and Southern New England coast. Report for Last 24 Hours. ‘Temperature, Barometer, Yesterday— degrees. 4 pm 88 29. D 2 Midnight 29.93 Tozl p— 91 9 9l 00 96 9. 9. 9.05 0, 9. Record for Last 24 Heurs. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest. 91, 3:15 p.m. yesterday. Year ago. 3 Toweit. 68. 5 a.m. today. Year ato, 63. Record Temperatures This Year. Highest. 92. on June 4. Lowest. 7. on January 99. idity for Last 24 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) (eriehest. 95 per cent, at 11:30 p.m. yes- erday. Lowest. 35 per cent, at noon today. Tide Tables. (Purnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) A must sunset, B afh tonight; tomorrow local thunder- rature. River Report. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers muddy at Harpers Ferry: Potomac slightly muddy at Great Falls today. Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (current month to date): Month, 194 January 3 February Ve PSS =D 3k D% 0 A2ILRRZ 33 November 2 December Z 333 7 Weather in Various Cities. ~Temp.— Rain- High Low. fall. Weather. 5 64 041 Abilene Albany 52 Atlanta o Charleston Chicago Cincinnati” Cleveland Columbia Denver __ Des Moines Detroit___ Pas: Rk Jacl Kans. City L. Angeles Louisville_ Mig BD@E 10NV SR ERE Pittsburgh B tland Me. Cloudy FOREIGN STATIONS. (Noon, Greenwich time. today) Temperature. Weather. Horta (Fayal), Arores__ 66 Cloudy’ (Current observations.) n ""“b-'u"."" Rico. Evm. goi