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Evening star., 1939-10-14
Cathedral Secretary,
Edwin Lewis, Takes
Wilmington Post
Will Join Executive
Stuff of Coco-CoIu
Company Soon

Edwin NJ Lewis. executive secre-
tary of the Washington Cathedral
since 1924, has Joined the organiza-
ton Of the Coca Cola Co. and will
be located at It's executive ofiices
in Wilmington, Del, 1t was made
known today.
The nature of his new duties has
not been worked out as yet, Mr..
Lewis said, other than the fact that
he is to become member of the
companys executive staff
Mr.. Lewis, World War veteran
and former newspaperman, said on
learning that his change in position
had been made public: MY natural
regret at severing Cathedral rela-
tionships and valued friendships in
Washington is tempered by the op-
portunities for creative service in
the field of business"
ut has been a privilege to have
humble share in the Cathedral enter
prise for nearly Is years, Mr.. Lewis
continued. Il am grateful for the
cooperation extended by many
iliClluS tIliOusH Iilc NhtlOIldl Cd-
thedral Association, representing
various parts of the country and
nearly all church affiliations."
Mr.. Lewis said that his new work
will not call for a change of family
residence until after next spring
He said he hoped to supervise The
Cathedral Age, illustrated quarterly,
and be available for advisory con-
ferences with his colleagues on the
staff at Mount st. Alban until the
Cathedral chapter makes other ar
rangements.
Mr.. Lewis stated that his final re-
port as executive secretary would be
made at the annual meeting of the
Cathedral Council November 2.
Mr.. Lewis is a native of Plainville,
Conn. and graduate of the Colum-
bia School of Journalism. He was
q reporter on the old New York
Tribune and at one time was asso-
ciated with the Western Electric Co.
In New York.
Evening star., 1939-10-14

and slipped to one pound and II
ounces shortly thereafter.
premature babies that small usu-
ally die before we can do anything
for them" a nurse said yesterday.
The little boy was delivered June
20 by DR.. Esther Nathanson, and
special equipment for premature
births was utilized at once. The
doctors held scant hope for his sur
vival at that time, however, parti-
cularly in view of the three-ounce
loss in weight.
Sibley obstetricians say their ap-
paratus is the best in the city for
handling premature births, but de-
clare the case of Baby Elliott is re-
rlarkable, nevertheless. Much of the
equipment has been provided by the
Variety Club OF Washington.
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Mrs. BiddIe's
Daughter Weds
Polish Prince
Ey the Associated Press.


PARIS, Oct 14.-Miss Boyce
Thompson Schulze. l8-year-old
daughter of Mrs. Anthony j. Drexel
Biddle, jr, wife of the United States
Ambassador to Poland, was married
today to Prince Alexander Hohen-
lohe OF Poland.
The couple plans to 60 to the
United States, where Prince Hohep-
lohe has been appointed adjutant
to the Military Attache of the Polish
Embassy.
Miss Schulze is the granddaughter
of the late Col. William Boyce
Thompson of Yonkers, N. Y. Her
mother, who married Ambassador
Biddle in London, In June Of 1881,
was formerly the wife Of Theodore
Schulze, noted Yale football player
Of the early l900'ds.
Prince Hohenlohe is the son Of
Prince Alfred Hohenlohe and the
late Princess Catherine Britton
Hohenlohe of Washington. He was
born In Switzerland and was an
Austrian subject until naturalized
as q Pole. .
Evening star., 1939-10-14
Un-Americun
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Communist party in the belief it was
working for the improvement of the
workers, but later resigned after he
became convinced the organization
was instituting "a form of slavery"
on the workers. Since the party
does not recognize resignation, he
declared, he was later expelled.
Grave Danger" for u. S.
Asked why he appeared before the
committee, Pitcof replied fear
exists there is grave danger for
the United States if the party con-
tinues to grow, and he believes any
information he could give that
would expose its operations might
help to retard its progress.
Committee Counsel Whitley read
off to Pitcoff the names of num-
ber of labor leaders who had been
branded by previous witnesses as
Communists, as we'll as the names
of a number of so-called Commu-
mist front organizations. The
witness said he knew, or it was
generally conceded in Communist
circles. some of these front" Or
ganizations were either controlled
or dominated by Communists. He
was able, however, to identify but a
few of the labor leaders as Com
munists.
Unwittingly Serve as Spies.
Yesterday the investigators heard
testimony from an avowed former
Communist organizer that party
members in factories throughout
the United States unwittingly
served as spies for the Ogpu.
The witness, Maurice L. Maxim,
a Russian-born, naturalized Amer
ican citizen, said the party had
shop nuclei" in every industry
where Communists were employed
and that they were under instruc-
tions to gather all available in
formation and transmit it to CEN
trail control committees.
He said unit of this type had
been gathering data about arma-
ments and other naval matters in
the Brooklyn Navy Yard for years.
Questioned about this set-up,
which Chairman Dies termed "al-
most unbelievable, Maxim declared
most of the party members were un-
aware that their reports were for
warded by devious means to Russia.
Loans From Rothstein.
Maxim, who testified he served
two years in prison on charge OF
felonious assault growing out of the
1926 furriers' strike in New York
stirred that city's police department
into immediate action when he tes-
titled that the Furriers' Union paid
about $4,000 to New York police
men to protect union "sluggers" and
to leave the strikers alone.
He said the money was part of a
81, $50 900 loan from the late Arnold
Rothstein, slain New York under
world figure.
Lewis J. Valentine, New York po-
lice commissioner, sent Inspector
Michael Murphy to Washington tt
look into the charges. He arranged
to get a transcript of Malkin's testi.
mony.
New York records showed similal
charges were investigated years agt
and dismissed by the late Magis'
trate Joseph E. Corrigan.
Evening star., 1939-10-14
Stunt Man Injured
Motoreyc|ing Into
Brick Wall
5000 Spectators
Watch 'CovuIcode of
Thrills at Studium

The "Cavalcade of Thrills" in
Griffth Stadium last night delivered
everything on the program, in addi-
ton to a few unscheduled chills
and spills.
The 5000 spectators rose out of
their seats when George Dockstader,
30, a Hollywood stunt man, cele-
brated Friday the 18th by motor
cycling into brick wall.
The stunt man hurtled through
the air and landed with shock
strong enough to send him to Gar
field Hospital. He was not seri-
ously injured, however, although
hospital attendants said he was to
return for treatment today.
The crowd was further startled
when a wild steer tossed its rider
and dashed at crowd of officials,
reporters and photographers in the
arena. The group scattered and
ran for cover while the steer was
headed off by yelling cowboys and
girls.
Show to Be Repeated.
The show, which is being put on
by the Variety Club for the benefit
of hospital fund, will be repeated
this afternoon and tonight.
Before he took his worst fall of
the evening, Dockstader thundered
on his motor cycle through burning
board walls and hoops of fire, leap
ing rows of barrels and two auto
mobiles parked together.
'Ironman" Gary butted his helm
eted head through a wooden wall
while riding on the front bumper
of a speeding automobile. Una
Holt drove another car through a
barricade of flaming timbers and
Rex Rekir overturned his speeding
machine.
George Cook demonstrated a mo-
tor car which spouted water, spurt-
ed flame, shed various parts more
or less vital, and spun of the field
in a series of explosions.
Wild West Stunts.
In addition to the motor rodeo,
there was plenty of riding, roping
and bronco busting in the best Wild
West tradition
The Plying Kimris" swung by
their teeth from trapezes 100 feet
in the air while searchlights of a
local National Guard unit were di-
rected on their whirling bodies.
The entertainment opened with
music and marching by the Fort
Steven Post Drum and Bugle Corps
Sons of the Legion Drum and Bu-
gle Corps, Elks Club Band, Colored
Elks Band, Metropolitan Police Boys
Club Band and an American Le-
gion guard Of honor.
Evening star., 1939-10-14

A young fellow who began life
As one of the city's tiniest people on
record went home from Sibley Hos
pital yesterday.
With justifiable pride. doctors dis
charged the infant son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Orren Elliott, of 1902 Gala
tin street NV, pronouncing him a
healthy baby. This new member of
the Elliott household now is nearly
four months old and weighs six
pounds and II ounces. Average
weight for this age is about II
pounds.
The mite OF humanity will need
many months to catch up with the
weight for-ag scale of normal in
fants, physicians say. but he is en-
titled to it. Baby Elliott weighed
two pounds and one ounce at birth
Evening star., 1939-10-14
Sinking Is Announced
BY German Papers

BERLIN, Oct. IA LP).-Sinking of
the 10, ,150-ton British battleship
Royal Oak was announced to the
German people today by special
editions Of newspapers with big
headlines reading "Battleship Royal
Oak Sunk by German U-Boat."
The supreme commands an
nouncement of the sinking did not
disclose where the ship went down.
DNB, cficial news agency, COM
menting on the British announce
ment that the Royal Oak was the
second heavy loss" asked Winston
Churchill. British first lord Of the
admiralty. whether he had "for-
Evening star., 1939-10-14
Mrs. Dodek's Funeral
Will Be Tomorrow

Funeral services for Mrs. Lena
Dodek, u, widow OF Hyman Dodek,
merchant, who died yesterday At her
home, 2807 Connecticut avenue NV,
will be held tomorrow at II am. ut
Danzanskys funeral home. Burial
will be in Adas Israel Cemetery.
Mrs. Dodek is survived by 4 son,
Harry H. Dodek; three daughters,
Mrs. Sophie Mandell, Mrs. Eva
Simon and Miss Fannie Dodek.
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sequel to the signing last Tuesday
Of mutual assistance pact.
The pact was scheduled for rati-
fication in Kaunas this afternoon
with the exchange of ratifications
to follow tomorrow.
Molotoff expressed in a message to
Foreign Minister Juozas Urbsys his
conviction that the pact will serve
to strengthen the peace of Eastern
Europe" The Lithuanian diplomats
message conveyed gratitude of the
Lithuanian delegation for the warm
hospitality" and added:
Il would ask you particularly to
convey to Stain our gratitude for
the broad understanding of the as
pirations Of the Lithuanian people
and for having by active participa-
ton in the negotiations enhanced
the mutual confidence and tradi-
tional friendship that have invari-
ably existed between our states"
Evening star., 1939-10-14
Appreciutive Audience
Hears 'Pinufore'

An audience which demanded re-
peated encores heard the Gilbert
and Sullivan opera H. M. 8. Pima
fore" at Constitution Hall last night.
The performance was given for the
benefit of Children's Hospital by
the New York Light Opera Co.,
under auspices Of 4 local concert
bureau. THE Mikado" was given
on the preceding night,
Evening star., 1939-10-14
RoyuI Oak
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military machine at the strategic"
moment.
British observers declared that
Britain and France had Hitler on
the rum in both the military and
diplomatic phases Of the war. The
Nazi leaders, they said, were faced
with continuing the war against
what were regarded here as insuper-
able odds or making another peace
offers that might in itself mean the
overthrow Of the Nazi regime.
Polish Destroyers Operating.
It was disclosed also that three
Polish destroyers have been operat-
ing with the British fleet against the
submarines Of the power that con-
quered Poland.
It was understood that the de-
stroyers-the Blyskawica Mghtning), i,
the Grom (thunderbolD and the
Burza (storm)-were to be fitted for
winter service in the English Chan
mel and the North Sea.
With the transportation of 1853 900
men to France without loss of . life
acclaimed as FIRST round VIC
tory"-the war ofiice declared Britain
ready for anything"
Newspapers, publishing the first
accounts Of their correspondents
with the expeditionary force in
France, speculated at length on Ger
many's next move.
Some observers predicted q Nazi
push soon on the western front.
A war ONCE spokesman said yester-
day that the allies would sit tight
and wait, but that it was very late"
now for an attack by land because
Of the approach of winter
.Naxi Reaction Headlined.
Hitler RACES" and "he hopes to
wiggle out" were newspaper head
lines over British descriptions of
the Nazi reaction to Prime Minister
Chamberlain's rejection Thursday
Of German "end-the-war proposals.
The well informed London Times
declared editorially that the Ger
mans were in retreat from the Bal
tic and called the ascendancy Of
Soviet Russia there "the second
main defeat Of Nazi policy slice
the war began"
The first, it declared, was when
the plan which 1t said the Germans
had for q protectorAte of Poland
extending over the 0ahcian oil fileds
"miscarried" and when the states
Evening star., 1939-10-14
First Woman Named
Patent Examiner in '73

The first woman patent examiner
was appointed in 1878; in 1897 a
woman was first registered to prac-
tice as an attorney before the Pat
ent ONCE, says Elizabeth Hunter OF
New York in a paper prepared for
the American Chemical Society.
But, she points out, less than 100
women have been active in patent
work since the creation of the sys-
tenn, and less than IS women in the
United States today are engaged in
patent work. OF these, nine are
examiners in the Patent Once, and
the others are patent solicitors.
Five of the total are chemists.
Evening star., 1939-10-14
Research Lob Chief Chosen

The Department of Agriculture
announced yesterday the appoint
ment of Michael J. Copley, once
associate professor of chemistry at
the University of Illinois, as chief
of the analytical and physical
chemistry division, Eastern Re-
gional Research Laboratory, Wynd-
moor, Pa.
Evening star., 1939-10-14
Security Number Buried

TULSA, Oct. IA R.-Relatives
claiming benefits for a deceased
worker failed to note his social
security number. They told Charles
L. Wilson, manager Of the Social
Security Board once:
His number was in the vest
pocket Of the suit we buried him in. :"
Evening star., 1939-10-14

of Southeastern Europe began with
one accord to look for guidance to
Moscow rather than to Berlin"
The Times said the small Baltic
states. striving to maintain their in
dependence. have in the western
powers and the United States
friends whose sympathy and help
will. in the long run, not be without
effect"
Finland Feels Influence.
"In the case of Finland, which is
somewhat different from theirs" the
Times added, western diplomatic
help, together with the resolute at
titude of the Firms themselves, is
apparently having considerable
influence already. =
Finland feels herself attached to
the Scandinavian rather than the
Baltic group of countries and has
staunch friends in Sweden, Norway
and Denmark.
The representatives of these
northern states have made Joint
representations at the Kremlin on
Finland's behalf; their sovereigns
and the President Of Finland are to
meet at Stockholm next week, and
the American Ambassador Ito Mos
cow was specially instructed by
Washington to make a rare inter-
vention in European affairs In the
same cause
American civilization is partly
Scandinavian in origin, and Finland
holds a special place in American
hearts for having never failed to pay
the debt incurred in the last war.
1T Is the earnest hope of all the
Western democracies-and not the
least OF Great Britain-that nothing
shall occur to disturb the good rela-
tions. OF Finland and the U. s. s. r. I"
Evening star., 1939-10-14
Lecture on Palestine

An illustrated lecture on "Pales-
tine" will be- presented tomorrow at
7 pm. at the international Student
House by Charles H. Brown, lee
turer- photographer, who spent four
months in Palestine. He will lee
ture before members of the Wash
ington International Club.
Evening star., 1939-10-14
Club Donates Comp Cobin

Cosmopolitan Club members will
donate a $3.50 cabin to be built at
Camp Ernest Brown for the Metro
politan Police Boys Club, it was
announced yesterday at the clubs
luncheon meeting at the Carlton
Hotel.
Evening star., 1939-10-14

gotten the sinking of a second
British airplane carrier"
The British have admitted the
loss by submarine action of the
"a, ,500-ton airplane carrier Coura-
geous. The Nazis assert that the
22,000-ton carrier Ark Royal also
has been destroyed" but the
British have refused to admit this.
DNB asked whether Mr.. Churchill
was ready now to say where the
Ark Royal Is" /
Evening star., 1939-10-14


ton which will house the dining kitchen dornioy
o
president Jane eh West Salem Mass president Miss Marjorie
Or andC
Evening star., 1939-01-31
Thomas Says New Deal
Opposes Hasty Action
On Labor Act Changes
Amendments Referred
To Labor Bureau and
N. L. R. B. for Opinions

BY the Associated Press.
Senator Thomas. Democrat, OF
Utah, disclosed today that the ad-
ministration was opposed to too
much haste in amending the Ma
tional Labor Relations Act.
Senator Thomas, chairman of the
Senate Labor Committee, said a
series of amendments offered by
Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Mas
sachusetts, in behalf of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, had been
referred to interested Government
agencies for recommendations"
When these are received, Senator
Thomas said, the whole Senate La
Dor Committee will hold public
hearings on the proposed amend
mentS.
The Labor Committee chairman
refused to say approximately when
public hearings could start.
Mad Rush Makes Bad Law.
"Any mad rush always results in
bad legislation" Senator Thomas
told reporters after the initial ses-
sion of his committee "The Walsh
amendments were referred to the
Labor Department and the National
Labor Relations Board for their
recommendations"
Senator Thomas said the decision
to have the entire committee rather
than a subcommittee conduct public
hearings on the amendments was
not unusual because the entire COM
mittee conducted hearings on the
original act
THE whole committee expressed
an open mind on the merits of these
amendments" he said.
Senator Burke, Democrat, OF
Nebraska predicted, meanwhile, that
Congress would revise the Labor
Act.
Il think the country is in a frame
of mind to insist upon amendments
this session." said Senator Burke
frequent critic of the act and the
board that administers it.
The committee, in considering the
Wagner Act amendments, will get
into one of the major problems fac
ing this session of Congress.
Sponsored by A. F. L.
The Walsh proposals are those
sponsored by the American Fedora
ton of Labor, which has criticized
Labor Board decisions as being
partial to the c. I. o.
Senator Walsh said the nine pro-
posed changes would guarantee
fair and equitable administration
of the law by the Labor Relations
Board"
President William Green of the
A. F. l.. said the amendments would
strengthen "the fundamental pur-
poses of the act by preventing arbi-
trary abuses of discretionary power
by the board which have aroused the
resentment of the entire nation"
The Walsh proposals would give
greater recognition to craft unions
(baSis of A. F. L. organization) as
distinguished from industrial unions
(basis of c. 1. o.; would permit en-
ployers as we'll as employees to seek
board elections. and would revise
procedure by the Labor Board. Sem
ator Burke said he would offer addi-
tional amendments later.
Evening star., 1939-01-31
julien E. Topp Dies
In Arlington County

Julian E. Tapp, IS, former post
master at Cherrydale and Clarendon
In Arlington County for IA years,
died this morning at his residence,
following an illness of several
months.
Mr.. Tapp, who lived at 4O01 Co.
lumbia pike, Arlington, was past
president and one of the founders
of the Arlington Volunteer Fire De-
partment, No. l. He was also past
president of the Arlington-F Fairfax
County Firemen's Association and a
member of the Board of Trustees Of
the Arlington Presbyterian Church.
He had been retired for about six
Evening star., 1939-01-31
Capital Among
40 SoIuting
Ports

Washington is one among 40 new
world ports which have been desig-
mated as official world saluting sta
tions, according to naval orders
made public today. Baltimore Is
the only other United States port
added to the list.
The water front of the Washing
ton Navy Yard was designated as
the Saluting area.
Naval officers explained that the
list is issued to vessels of the worlds
navies to designate ports in which
saluting batteries are maintained
for the purpose of answering ma
tional or port salutes in accordance
with international custom.
Evening star., 1939-01-31
Burns
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and a ring valued by the Govern
ment at s4,885.
The fines imposed today were
$1,000 on one count of the first in
dictment, charging the smuggling of
dimanod bracelet; $500 on the
first count of the second indictment,
charging the smuggling of another
bracelet, and $500 on the fourth
count of the second indictment,
charging the smuggling of a ring.
Other counts alleged the viola
ton of customs laws and the evasion
of revenue taxes.
Mr.. Burns has already paid S9,770
in penalties to the customs authori-
ties.
Mr.. Burns was not accused of
actually smuggling the jewelry into
this country himself, but of abetting
evasion of customs duties and of
receiving, concealing and transport
ing the jewelry after it had been
smuggled by others.
Others Questioned.
His attorneys said he had bought
the jewelry and had mo purpose or
intent to offend against the laws"
In addition to Mr.. Burns and Mr..
Benny, numerous other radio and
screen celebrities were questioned in
connection with the investigation,
including Jack Pearl, the former
Baron Munchausen" of radio, and
Wallace Ford, motion picture di-
rector.
A native of New York, Mr.. Burns
is the husband of Oracle Allen and
serves as the foil in their radio act.
Evening star., 1939-01-31

chancellor of Sigma Nu Phi Interna-
tional Legal Fraternity, was elected
secretary treasurer, and 1t. Col.
Lester G.. Wilson, consulting engi-
neer, director.
Representative Andrew j. May,
chairman of the House Military At
fairs Committee. was guest of honor
at luncheon of the society yester-
day at the Army and Navy Club. He
spoke on national defense.
Evening star., 1939-01-31

E. Horn, a cap
tain during the
World War and
now manager of
the Washington
office of the Gen.
eral Electric Co.,
was elected vice
president. M + .
Horn is a | SO
president of the
w a S h i n G t 0 n
r o t ar y Club.
Maj. Victor Mar
tin, a S S o C | a t e
e or Of the
Military E n 6 i
neer and mast
Evening star., 1939-01-31

years and was i'll since last fall.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Margaret Tapp; a daughter, Mrs.
F. Wearing Bell, both of Arlington;
two sons, Julian E. Tapp, jr., Of
Bethesda, Nd, and William F. Tapp
of Arlington. Funeral arrange
ments were to be made later today.
Evening star., 1939-01-31
Col. Godfrey Heads
Military Enqineers

The new president of the Wash
ington post of the Society of Mill
tary Engineers is Col. Stuart c. God
frey, executive officer, military di-
vision, Office of the chief of en-
gineers.
The annual election of officers for
the post was held yesterday. A. F.
Evening star., 1939-01-31
Old Glassware Firm

Manufacture of glassware has its
roots in the centuries. One London
firm has carried on a continuous
history of more than $50 years.