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Evening star., 1939-07-17
Dr.. WedeI Is Named
Canon Chancellor

The Rev DR.. Theodore Otte
Wedel. noted educator and for the
last six months director of studies
at the College of Preachers, was
appointed canon chancellor OF
Washington Cathedral yesterday
according to the Very Rev. Noble
c. Powell, dean of the Cathedral
Dr. Wedel will continue his super
vision of the reading and preaching
of clergymen here for graduate
work as we'll as assist in the work
of the educational program of the
Cathedral Foundation. Schools in
cluded in the foundation are ST.
Adams, the National Cathedral
School for Boys. the National Ca
thedral School for Girls and Beau
voir. newly created National Cathe-
dral Elementary School,
The successor of the Rev. Everett
H. Jones, who resigned as chan
cellor last autumn to become rector
of st. Marks Church in San An
tonic. Tex, DR.. Wedel will become
a member of the Cathedral Chap
ter and will be in direct supervision
of the libraries of the Cathedral
and the College of Preachers.
The new canon chancellor. who
is II, is a native of Halstead. Kans.,
and a graduate of Oberlin College.
He also holds degrees from Yale
and Harvard. He was ordained to
the diaconate in 1929 and to the
priesthood in 1881. He has taught
at Carlton College, Yale and Texas
Universities and has studied in
Marburg, Germany. During the
World War DR.. Wedel' served in
the Coast Artillery.
Evening star., 1939-07-17
F. {. T.. Told lis Rule
On Foreign Programs
Would Defeat Itself
Listeners Would Think
Broodcosts Censored,
6. E. OfficioI Says

The prime objective of the Fed
eral Communications Commission
international program rule would be
defeated by adopting it in the form
OF regulation, the commission was
told today when it resumed the hear
ing which resulted from charges
that the proposed regulation invoked
censorship OF radio programs.
Among other things, the rule, now
suspended pending the conclusion of
the hearing, limited the interna-
tlonal broadcasts to programs re-
Meeting the culture of this country
and promoting good will.
Boyd w. Bullock, assistant chief
OF broadcaSting of the General Elec.
trlc Co., hcensee of six interna tional
stations, told the commission that
II the suspended rule were again
put into effect it would create among
listeners In the nations to which
these broadcasts are beamed the
impression that the programs, in
Guiding the news broadcasts, were
censored.
Mr.. Bullock read several letters
winch praised the news program
services OF the international stations
ana ADDED that they were the only
stations which could be depended on
Ior unbiased and uncenSored reports.
commissioner Norman A. Case
wanted to know from Mr.. Bullock
II IN bullolng programs for interna-
tlonal broadcast consideration was
given to the promotion of goodwill
among nations. The witness replied
that that was done. He added, amid
laughter, that he had promoted this
policy in discussing establishment
OF such stations with the commission
before such licenses were authorized,
but said he now wished he hadns
done that.
Mr.. Bullock told the commission
the company had letters from list
eners in South America saying they
wanted typically American pro-
grams, as they have enough Latin
American service of their own. One
sentence of the suspended rule spe-
cifically prohibits international sta
tions from using programs designed
primarily for use on domestic sta
tionS.
The witness outlined some of the
practical difficulties which would
face program directors seeking to
comply with the commission's gooo
will and culture rule He said each
program would have to be measured
against the rule and any one of
them which would not fit all of the
qualifications might have to be
thrown out because of the fear that
the licensee might be subjected to
criticism.
Answering question from Com
missioner T. A. NJ. Craven, Mr. Bull
lock said he was not qualified to
judge what is and what is not in
ternational good will" as applied to
radio programs intended for foreign
listeners
The commission expected to COM
plete the taking of testimony this
afternoon.
Evening star., 1939-07-17
Bill for Medical Care
For Diplomats Vetoed
By the Associated Press

BY the associated Press.
President Roosevelt today vetoed
q bill to provide disqualification and
medical and dental care for Foreign
Service employees of the State De-
partment
Such care now is confined almost
entirely to the Army, Navy and
Coast Guard.
There seems no reason Mr.
Roosevelt wrote the House, why
such facilities should be extended to
employees of the Foreign Service
within the State Department with
our including all other employees
within the State Department. If
this is done for the State Depart
ment it should logically be done for
the employees of other departments. -
Evening star., 1939-07-17
Maj. Fitzpatrick Killed
In Auto Accident
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PfeSS.
PITTSBURGH, July 17-Maj.
Francis j. Fitzpatrick, S., United
States Army engineer, was killed
Saturday night and his civilian
chauffeur critically injured when
their automobile collided with an
other car near Bakerstown, north OF
here.
Maj. Fitzpatrick was en- route to
Tionesta, Pa, on flood-control dam
survey. 1t was one of his last as
signments before his scheduled
transfer August / from the Pitts
burgh Army Engineers District to
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechan-
ical College at Saltwater.
Surviving Maj. Fitzpatrick are his
widow. two sons, Robert c.. and
Francis Joseph, jr.. who was at Fort
Monroe, Va, attending Reserve
Officers Training Corps camp, and
a daughter. Anne Fitzpatrick.
Maj. Fitzpatrick will be buried in
Arlington National Cemetery at
Washington.
Evening star., 1939-07-17
Congress in Brief
TO-DAY.


Votes on bill to ban block booking
OF motion pictures; 3 pm.
Joint Conference Committee takes
up differences in Senate and House
social security bills; 1o:3o am.
House:
Considers patent legislation and
minor bills.
Banking Committee resumes hear
ings on lending bill; 10 am.
Foreign Affairs Committee consid-
ers bill to let United States aid Latin
American republics in STRENGTHENING
their armies and navies; 10:30 am.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
May take up unanimous consent
calender If Walsh Healy Act amend
ments are passed.
Banking Committee will hear
Secretary Morgenthau on the new
lending program. 10:30 am.
Labor Subcommittee continues
hearings on Wagner Act changes.
10 am.
Commerce Committee considers
flood control and bridge bills. 10
am.
Post Office Committee considers
the star postal route carrier bill
1890 am.
House:
Considers bill to establish the
John Muir-Kings Canyon National
Park in California.
Foreign Affairs Committee be-
gins hearings on proposed legisla-
ton dealing with treaty violations,
10 am.
Banking Committee resumes con-
sideration of lending bill. 1890
am.
Evening star., 1939-07-17
Lewis Threatens
To Inject W.P. A. Cut
Into Political Wars
c. |. o. Leader Charges
Bill Is Reputation Of
Democratic Pledges
BY the Associated Press


CHICAGO. July 17.-John L.
Lewis, president of the Congress of
Industrial Organizations, threatened
last night to carry the c. I. O.'s fight
against the new relief law into the
political wars ahead.
In the coming political cam
paigns," he asserted in an address
prepared for delivery at C. I. o.
rally, I'VE shall want to know from
any party or candidate who seeks
labor support just what program
they will advance to give the people
work"
He charged Congress had not only
failed miserably' to meet the prob
lem of providing work for the un-
employed but had also concentrated
on cutting the vitals out of the
w. P. A. program He added:
THE w. P. A. bill passed recently
by Congress is a direct reputation
of the pledges made by the Demo-
cratic party in its 1886 program =
The majority party must share re-
sponsibility with the Tory Republi-
cans for measure which will de-
prive a million unemployed of w
P. A. jobs, besides reducing the al
ready meager w. P. A. wage.
Mr.. Lewis told his audience in the
Coliseum that the C. l. o. was sup
porting amendments to restore the
prevailing wage rates for w. P. A.
workers and to prevent cuts in the
scale scheduled to go into effect
September l.
The C. I. o. will, as it has in past
struggles, lead in the drive to stop
w. P. A. slashes," he said.
At press conference earlier he
touched briefly on the new w. P. A.
regulations.
He related then that the C. I. O.
had opposed the recent w. P. A.
legislation when it was before Con-
gress.
THE c. I. o. doesn't plan anv
demonstrations" against the new
law, he said when asked if he had
any comment on President Roose-
velt's statement that you cannot
strike against the Government"
Any instances of members of C.
I: o. local unions participating in
the w. P. A. strike, he added, were
marginal cases.
Evening star., 1939-07-17
United States Needs
Two-0cean NAVY,
Stirling Warns
Admiral Sees AtIuntic
Coast Undefended
If Dictutors Win
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July ia two
ocean Navy" was urged today by
Rear Admiral Yates Stirling. jr.
U. S. N. retired, who declared the
United States fleet is in the Pacific
because We are depending upon
the seapowers of Great Britain and
France to keep our Atlantic Coast
free from attack"
In an address before the American
Legion Advertising Mems Post. Ad-
miral Stirling said the Nation should
realize the probability that should
the dictators be victorious. they will
'cast envious eyes on this side of
the Atlantic"
Sees America Next.
THE dictators' frontiers. when in
command of the seas, will be the
American coast line" he added.
"Supposing that we decide to
keep out of a war and furnish no
supplies to any belligerent," he
said, then when making this hard
and fast decision we should at once
start to build a two-ocean navy and
air force to take care of security in
the Americas from aggression from
the victorious dictators who will
come across both oceans-possibly
at the same time.
Framing neutrality laws" he
added. lis fiddling while Rome is
burning"
Time to Start Worrying.
Admiral Stirling said the Nation
should worry about the awful pos
sibilities of the next war and not
be stampeded to save our hides by
neutrality legislation, but be real
istic and 60 to work to make sure
whichever side is victorious that we
shall be able to protect our two
coasts against aggression, for after
all, the law of self-preservation is
the first law of nature and a dicta-
torial victory will put this country
on the spot
Let us at least pray for British
French victory even if we are deter
mined to keep out of war;" said the
admiral.
Evening star., 1939-07-17
Senator Wheeler Denies
Presidential Ambitions
By the Associated Press.

oS tf'e n hSoVViutcV IcSSs
Senator Wheeler. Democrat. of
Montana has written the editor of
the Iowa Legionnaire that II am not
a candidate for the presidency
He made the statement in an ex-
change of correspondence in which
Frank Miles of Des Moines, the edi-
tor, told the Senator he did not
believe he should be the Democratic
presidential nominee.
Il have no quarrel with you for
being opposed to me for the nomi-
nation for President" Senator
Wheeler also said In reply.
Evening star., 1939-07-17
Entire Skyline Drive
May Be Opened Soon

DS the hsSoCldteQ freSS.
Secretary Ickes announced today
Skyline Drive through the Shen-
andoah National Park in Virginia
might be opened to visitors for its
entire 96 miles in the next two
weeks.
He said there remained to be
completed work on a 5OO-foot Sec
ton now traversed only by a dam
gerous dirt road.
National Park Service officials
said 1t was possible traffic might
be permitted over the entire lengtl,
before completion of the connecting
link by permitting traffic to use
the Spotswood Trail. They said an
other possibility was that passage
over the connecting link would be
permitted during construction.
Evening star., 1939-07-17

Apol IlAiSllOS 14i-
er an illness Of
one week.
Born in North
c arc lima. Mr..
Crisp came to
Washington in
1921. after hav-
ing lived in Nor
folk and Rich
mond. He was
a m e m b er of
Almas Temple of
the Shrine and
of the Congress
sional Country
Club.
Surviving are
Evening star., 1939-07-17
Jesse Jones Urges
Action This Session
On Lending Plan
Praises Roll Aid Section
After Tokine Oath os
Loan Agency Head
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Jesse H. Jones took the oath of
office today as head of the Federal
Loan Agency. and later told a press
conference he favored enactment of
the administrations lending pro-
gram at this session.
-Terming the plan a good BILL
Mr.. Jones said it was essential to
pass the measure now because "it
will take long time to get in high
On the administration of the act
after it is passed.
= He praised particularly the $780,
600 900 portion of the plan allotted
10 leasing railroad equipment.
"a great deal of good can be done
in getting rid of obsolete and in
efficient railroad equipment" Mr.
Jones said.
Answering the contentious of some
railroad men that the Government
should lend money to the railroads
for equipment purchases rather
than leasing equipment, the new
lending administrator asserted that
he proposed to adjust the plan to
each railroads needs
He said those roads which want
outright loans. such as the r. F. C.
already is making, would continue
to get them, but poorer railroads
preferrlng to buy equipment on
what he said amounts to installment
payments would have new method
Of acquiring needed box cars and
locomotives.
The R. F. c., which Mr.. Jones for
merly headed, is one of the Federal
Departments grouped under the new
Federal Loan Agency.
Mr.. Jones said if the railroad pro-
gram went through. he hoped to
offer railroads trade-in allowance
on their old equipment which would
be higher than the scrap value
Then, he added, he would ask the
w. P. A. to provide labor to scrap
the trade-ins and salvage scrap
metal or other items. The differ
ence between the scrap and the
traoe-in value of the old equipment,
he continued, would be made up by
charging the railroads a trihe more
interest
Both Mr.. Jones and Emil Schram,
who was sworn in today as chairman
of the R. F. c., told reporters they
believed existing laws gave the R. F.
G. all the power needed to make
loans to business.
Evening star., 1939-07-17

A childish prank ended in tragedy
today with the death of 5-year- old
Joanne Bashelor of Capitol Heights,
Md, in Emergency Hospital.
Joanne succumbed to burns at
2::3O am, II hours after she was
injured while helping playmates
start bonfire in the yard of her
home, at 8l4 Central avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs Earl Bashelor, her
parents, were in the house when the
child ran screaming to them, her
clothing in flames.
They attempted to beat out the
blaze with their hands before wrap
ping her in tablecloth to extin-
guish the fire and both suffered
minor burns of the hands.
Joanne was removed to Emergency
Hospital and treated for first, second
and third degree burns of the body
Her parents said they later learned
that in trying to start the bonfire
box OF matches exploded in their
daughters hands, igniting her cloth
ing
Two District residents today were
recuperating from second degree
burns received in fires here yester-
day
Charles M. Hedrick, 38, of 800
Ridge road Sc. was recovering from
severe burns sustained when the
engine of his automobile caught
fire as he was making minor repairs
on the machine He was treated for
burns on both arms at Gallinger
Hospital, according to police, and
later returned home.
Mrs. Grace C. Boswell As, an
occupant of the residence at 1877
B street Sc. also suffered burns in
fire which ragged for nearly an
hour and caused $500 damage to
the building in which she lived
She was treated by private physi-
clan.
Evening star., 1939-07-17

Weather Conditions Last 2i Hours.
The northwestern disturba nee continues
to move very slowly northWard over Alberta
and the upper Mackenzie Valley. McMurray.
Alberta l001 4 millibars C,9.5. inches,
Pressure remains low between the Rocky
Mountains and the Mississippi Valley and
over the Canadian Maritime Provinces,
Ellis Kansa 1oo1;7 millibars ..a5S
lncheS'; ST. Georges, N. F.. 1005.4 millibars
':G69 inches. and Alma. Ga. IO13.2
millibars t2a.a2 inchss,. Pressure remains
high from Hudson Bav southwark to Vir-
einia and Eastern Kentucky and from
Alaska southeastward to Idaho. and from
the vicinity of Bermuda eastward and
s@outheastward SOU over the ocean, S. S. Azalea
G1ty; Inty; about 700 miles east of Bermuda,
In23.0 millibars t3O.2l inches: Chester
hsld' hsEs ao Dstset sS Of Kewatin: 1oec mill
I020.7 millibars t3Oi4 inches and Erie
aso a., ou,l. Iole;3 millibars (3o.lo inches,
valiey' the central and northern Plains
StaIes the southern Rocky Mountain re-
gion and the Saint Lawrence Valley
axanIt Temperature st. chanees have been slight.
snce9t grd from the North Pacific coast east
ward 10 the Rocky Mountain region, where
'ne weather has become cooler.
Evening star., 1939-07-17
A Map Of Europe
As 1t Stands Today

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caught up with the European
situation for the time being,
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OF our new MAP OF EUROPE
showing these changes to date.
With every day bringing a
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paid.
Evening star., 1939-07-17
ST. Andrew 'sChurch
Congregation Holds
Final Service
Edifice Is Filled os
Rev. A. }. Wilder Gives
Lost Sermon

The congregation of st. Andrew s
Episcopal Church, New Hampshire
avenue and v street NV, met yes
terday morning for the last time.
Homeless now, because of the sale
of their property to the Augustana
Evangelical Lutheran Fellowship
which takes possession next Sunday,
old men and women and little chill
dren, many of whom never have
known any other place Of worship,
assembled to hear the farewell ser
mon of the Rev. Alfred j. Wilder,
rector of the parish since 1892. The
occasion was mournful but not with
out hope.
Mr.. Wilder began his words of
comfort with a reference to the
29th verse OF the 10th chapter Of
ST. Matthew: Are not two spar
rows sold for a farthing? And one
OF them shall not fall to the ground
WITHOUT your fatHer.
Into Reverent Hands.
The congregation which will oc-
cupy this church in the future he
told his listeners, "prays to the same
God. believes in the same Christ
and in His power of salvation. This
building is not going to crumble
| into dust. 1t is going into reverent
/ hands. 1t will be taken care of
materially and spiritually. That is
our great consolation now. This is
not dark day for us. Rather, it is
day filed with brightness. filled
with memories of sacramental wor-
ship here, filled with the Holy Spirit
in human lives. God looks down
upon US with understanding love
We are not bereft We never will
forget st. Andrews. This church
never will die The spiritual edifice
we have built survives. I have
learned by experience that when the
night seems darkest then will come
the dawn. In whatever church YOU
pray, always remember that it is
TO the same God, the same Christ,
that you bow your head.
This is not a farewell service. We
are not going to say good-by. As
long as God gives me the power,
spiritual and physical. shall con-
tlnue In the service of my people.
Call upon me in your need"
Church Is Filled.
Many of the parishioners attended
holy communion at 9 o'clock and
remained at the church through
out the morning. Older members
openly wept as they exchanged
greetings. The children stood
around the doors in uzzled quiet
Mr.. Wilder went from group to
group, endeavoring to cheer his
flock. BY the time the final service
started the church was filed. Peo-
pie who had moved away from the
nelghborhood to points as distant
as New York returned.
A special musical program had
been arranged by Miss Minnie Volk-
man, director of the choir and
principal soloist. She led the sing
ing OF the communion in E fiat bv
Alum. The congregation Joined in
singing three hymns.
Mr.. Wilder's last words at the
close of the service were: MAY the
LORD keep you and bless you, may
the Lord make His face to shine
upon you and give you peace"
An hour later, when the doors Of
the church had been closed, a few
members still stood in conversation
on the pavement outside.
Evening star., 1939-07-17
Navy Lists 101 Ships
Under Construction
In Defense Drive
Record Peoce-Time Fleet
Of OfWoreroft, AuxiIiories
To Cost 81 ,000, ,000, 900
BY the Associated Press.

The expanding Navy listed to-
day 1Ol Warcraft and auxiliaries OF
all sizes as under construction, a
record peacetime fleet which by Off
cial estimates will cost 81 900 900 900.
The monthly progress" report.
however. included ships on which
not rivet has been driven. In
such cases. contracts have been let
or the construction assigned to a
navy yard, and materials are being
assembled
Included for the first time were
nine small vessels of the new SIS
100000 mosquito" fleet of sub
marine chasers and motor torpedo
boats, for which Congress last year
provided an initial s3,OOO00
Will See President.
Meanwhile, it was announced at
the White House that a group OF
Navy officials would see the President
this afternoon to work out plans for
expansion of naval stations. The
White House said both existing sta
tlons and those to be created under
recent acts of Congress would be
considered.
Those invited were Admiral Will
liam D. Leahy, retiring chief of ma
val operations; Rear Admiral J. H.
Towers. chief of aeronautics; Rear
Admiral Ben Moreell, chief of
yards and docks: Rear Admiral Ray
Spears, chief of supplies and ac-
counts; Rear Admiral Ross T. McIn-
tire. surgeon general and personal
physician to the President, and Capt.
Daniel J. Callaghan, presidential
naval aide.
Aside from the ships under con-
struction the Navy by its latest COM
pilation included 1863 vessels of all
classes and ages with an aggre-
gates tonnage of 1.265,69O. Only
Great Britain boasts a greater
armada
Eight BattIeships on List.
On the ways or to be started
shortly are these additional vessels:
Eight battleships, of $4,000 tons
and of $4,000 tons; 2 aircraft car
rlers, S light cruisers. 20 submarines,
AZ destroyers, Is auxiliaries, 3 sub
marine chasers and motor tor
pedo boats.
While the Navy is rushing its con-
structlon program, an administra-
ton objective of expanding the Ma
tion's capacity to produce warplanes
in an emergency also is on the way
to realization.
Fifteen manufacturers have been
awarded Air Corps contracts for
various types of planes, compared
with six manufacturers a year ago.
Larger orders to be placed within
the next few weeks are expected to
include additional plants, officials
said.
1000 Planes Ordered.
Toward the aim of at least $500
Army planes by mid-194l, nearly
1000 aircraft already have been
contracted for at a cost of $50 OOO,-
600. Orders for possibly $500 others
are scheduled to be placed by the
summers end.
OF "a American aircraft manu-
facturers, 10 have turned out mill
tary craft for the Army, Navy or
foreign governments, Congress was
told recently.
In the midst of the, Army and
Navy expansion, plans already are
being made to ask Congress next
year for additional funds. Admin
istration ofhcials estimated that ST.
600 ,0O0, 900 or more will be needed
IN the year starting July /. 1910, to
maintain the increased land, air and
sea forces and to continue author
lied DEVELOPMENT.
Evening star., 1939-07-17
Americans Spend
IS Billions Abroad
In 20 Years
BY the Associated Press.

HSSUC-HIcU
The Commerce Department esti-
mated today that Americans had
spent $5,4OO, 100000 on overseas
travel in the past 20 years and that
this was five and one-half times as
much as foreigners spent on visits to
the United States.
The figures did not include traveI
between the United States and Can
ada and between this country and
Mexico.
The report estimated that Ameri-
cans spent $500,0OOOO0 last year on
foreign travel and that foreign WIS.,
itors to the United States spent
$16O, 900, 900,
Evening star., 1939-07-17

his widow. Mrs. Olga Crisp; a son,
William Walter Crisp, jr.. and a
sister, Miss Mollie Crisp, the latter
of Macclesfield, N. c.
Funeral services will be held at II
am. tomorrow in Hines funeral
home, 1904 Fourteenth street NV.
to be followed by services in the
chapel at Cedar Hill Cemetery,
where burial will take place.