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Evening star., 1939-06-29
John Bernard Eyerts,
Federal EmpIoye, Dies

John Bernard Everts, SO, an en-
ploye in the Construction Division
of the Veterans Administration
died Tuesday in Walter Reed Hos
pital after a long illness. He made
his home at 1872 Kenyon street NV.
A native of Timber Ridge, Pa. he
came here to live after serving in
the World War He was a corporal
in the 326th Infantry and saw action
in France during the St. Mihiel
offensive. He also fought in the
Marbach and Lucey sectors, Lor-
raine. He was accidentally wounded
once when a handgrenade he was
loading exploded.
He was member of Equality
Walter Reed Post, No. 284, Veterans
OF Foreign Wars.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Edith Lucas Everts of this city; his
mother, Mrs. Dorothy Everts, Fulton
County, Pa; two sisters, Mrs. Alice
Hull, Clearsprings, Md, and Mrs.
Effie Keefer C.hambersburg, Pa,
and six brothers, Harry, Hancock,
Md; Norman, Mount Union, Pa;
Earl, Canton, Ill; Joseph, Cham
oersburg, Pa; Archie, Big Cove
Iannery, Pa, and Samuel, Hancock,
Md.
Funeral services will be held at
l pm tomorrow in the Hines funeral
nome and burial will be in Arlington
National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1939-06-29
L egion Auxiliary
PAGEANT Tomorrow

A pageant will be presented by
the juniors of the American Legion
Auxiliary tomorrow night at 8
o'clock at the Palisades Field House,
Sherrier place and Edmonds street
NV, portraying the lives and Gus
toms of the different countries rep
resented in the Fidac organizations
during the World War.
Belgium will be represented by
Lorraine Bridges, Leona seiders,
Czechoslovakia; Helen Zaruba,
France; Ruth Chisholm, Great Brit.
ain; Barbara Andrews, Greece; Pa
tricia Lipscomb, Poland; Jean
Windsor, Portugal; Betty May Nc
Crahon, Rumania; Clair Mccarthy.
Yugoslavia, and Jean Lehr, United
States. HELEN Sullivan will take the
part of a Red Cross nurse and the
American Legion Auxiliary's song
bird" little Miss Helen Gilleart, will
sing several numbers.
Evening star., 1939-06-29
A|exandrian Freed
In Traffic Death

A Police Court jury today &C
quilted William Bates, 38. colored,
Alexandria, Va, on charge of neg
llgent homicide growing out Of a
traffic death.
The charge was in connection
with the death of Mrs. Cora Bell
Coffman, "a, of 1921 M street NV,
who was struck as she walked across
Fourteenth street NV. at Consti-
tuition avenue on the morning of
April 81.
A taxicab driver, William H. Sui
livan, headed west on Constitution,
testified that he was waiting for the
red light to change at the time
Of the mishap, indicating that Mrs.
Coffman was crossing contrary to
the signal.
Police testified that brake test
OF the heavily loaded coal truck
being driven by Bates showed 1t
would stop within so feet at a speed
Of Is miles per hour, whereas the
law requires halt within 40 feet
of such vehicle.
Defense Attorney John H. Bur-
nett attacked the method of test
ing, since the truck was paced by a
scout car because the speedometer
was not working and a signal was
passed when the 15-mile-an-h hour
speed was reached. Ordinarily the
tests are made by the cars own
speedometer.
The jury deliberated only 10 min
utes.
Evening star., 1939-06-29

the country. This would result in
removing many persons from relief
rolls. he added
The provision in the proposed
amendment to give exclusive con-
cession privileges to the blind in
Federal buildings was opposed by F.
w. Hoover general manager of the
Welfare and Recreational Associa-
ton, and by spokesmen for the In.
terror Department.
Mr.. Hoover explained his restau-
rants were able to sell food cheaper
because of small profit from soft
drinks, sandwiches, cigarettes, etc.
The other witness explained that
many paralytics and other handi-
capped vendors would be excluded
from Federal buildings by the
amendment
Mr.. Chunk conceded that an ex-
elusive clause might work undue
hardship on persons and organiza-
tionS already established in public
buildings, and suggested that the
wording be changed so that blind
vendors would be given preferential
treatment rather than exclusive.
The committee deferred action on
the amendment, but Chairman Ran
dolph at conclusion of the meeting
declared the measure would receive
careful and sympathetic considera-
ton
Evening star., 1939-06-29
Dr.. Smith Buys Auto
In Detroit, Police Soy

DETROIT, June % tP.-Police to-
day investigated reports they said
indicated that Dr.. James Monroe
Smith, resigned president of Louisi-
ana State University, and Mrs.
Smith were in Detroit Tuesday night
and had purchased an automobile
here.
DR.. Smith has been sought by
Louisiana authorities since State
officials accused him of obtaining
$500, 900 by issuing invalid notes.
Detroit police said they were in
formed that woman introducing
herself as Mrs. T. NJ Smith" and
her companion as Mr.. Southern"
bought a new automobile from an
agency here at 6 pm Tuesday. Re-
ports from Memphis, Tenn, said DR..
Smith stopped at hotel there early
Monday, registering as u. M. South
ern," and that the couple bought
railroad tickets for Detroit by way
of Chicago.
The car purchasers here, police
said, carried six pieces of luggage,
three tan in color and three black.
Evening star., 1939-06-29
Mrs. Ida Ann BowIino.
Native of D. c., Dies

Mrs. Ida Ann Bowling, 80, died
yesterday at the home of her daugh-
Ter Mrs. Cora L. Yowell, 4444 Alton
place NV, after a four-month ILL
ness She was the widow of Thomas
M. Bowling, blacksmith, who died
five years ago.
Mrs. Bowling was a lifelong resi-
dent of this city and was member
OF Friendship Chapter, Order of the
Eastern Star. The former Ida Ann
Hurley, she is survived by two
grandchlldren, besides her daugh-
ter.
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. tomorrow at the Wise funeral
home and burial will be in Rock
Creek Cemetery.
Evening star., 1939-06-29
Riggs and Cooke
In Fourth Round
Al Wimbledon
Defeat MoIfroy and
Rogers; KukuIjevie
And Bruenon Win
b. the Associated Press.

WIMBLEDON, England, June 90
Bobby Riggs, Americas No. l anna
teur from Chicago, joined Elwood
Cooke of Portland, Oreg., in the
fourth round of the all-England
tennis championships today with an
8-6, 11-9, 60 victory over Camille
Malfroy of New Zealand. Cooke
eliminated G. Lyttleton Rogers of
Ireland, IS. 81, Ga.
AS in his earlier matches, the Sec
ond-seeded United States youngster
played Indifferent tennis through
the first two sets. He had to over
come a l-3 deficit to win the OPEN
ing set, in which the New Zealander
took the third and ninth games at
love. Riggs got the decisive service
break in the 18th game and then
finally won the 14th after losing
two set points
He was no better in the second
and never looked like a champion.
Malfroy ran away to a 20 lead, but
Bobby broke right back to square it,
and then followed long parade of
dreary games until Riggs at last
broke service again in the 10Th, and
then came up from 1880 to win the
goth.
In the final set the American
finally got up enough energy to run
around the court. He took the fifth
and seventh games on Malfroys
service for the match and his bracket
IN the round of 16.
Franz Kukuljevic, Puncec's coun-
tryman, and conqueror yesterday of
Don Mcneil, also scored in straight
sets. He beat W. c. Choy of China,
Ga, IS, Ga. Veteran Jacques
Brugnon of France gained a Ga,
Ga, 6-8, Ga verdict over another
long-term internationalist, Giorgio
de Stefani of Italy.
Gene Smith, the California
schoolmaster who yesterday whipped
Roderich Menzel kept the United
States threesome intact by winning
a great two-hour, flve-set match
from Franz Cejnar of Bohemia and
Moravia, 6-3, 60. ST, 1-6, 6-1.
Meanwhile, top seeded Alice
Marble of San Francisco and Mrs.
Sarah Palfrey Fabyan of Cambridge,
Mass, started defense of their wom-
ems doubles championship by de-
feating an English combine of Mrs.
v. Burr and Mrs. E. S. Law, 6-1,
6-1.
England's H. w. Dummy Austin,
2-to-l favorite and seeded No. l,
entered the last 16 when j. Drobny
OF Bohemia and Moravia withdrew
after Bunny had won the first two
sets. IS, 81. Drobny injured his
shoulder and was forced to default.
Gracyn Wheeler of Santa Monica,
Calf, and Mile. c. Somogyi of
Rumania also survived the first
round of the women's doubles, de-
feated the English team of Mrs. C.
P. Brutton and Mrs E. G. MacPher-
son-Grant, Ga, IS.
However, i'll the mixed doubles Bill
Robertson of California and Mrs.
E. c. Peters of England lost to Don
MacPhail, Scottish star, and Mrs.
r. T. Ellis, the former Anita Lizana
OF Chile, 6-8, 6-3, Ga.
Evening star., 1939-06-29
Corrupt Politicians
Held Nation 5 Real
Public Enemies
}. Edgar Hoover Urges
Scouts to Aid Fight to
Clean Up America
By the Associated Press.

3! the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. June 29.-Corrupt
politicians who place the profits
OF the underworld above the pro-
lection of the decent citizen" were
said today by j. Edgar Hoover to
be responsible for a criminal army
of almost 100000 persons in this
country.
The director of the Federal Bureau
OF Investigation, speaking at a Boy
Scout Day celebration in the Court
of Peace at the New York Worlds
Fair, told the assembled youths it
was their job to clean up America -
Even though you are 1921 900
strong. the criminal hosts outnum-
Der you almost four to one" he said.
Criminals "plunder our country"
he continued, because they are pro-
tected by skulking behind-the-li lines
crew of despoilers and modern-da
pirates, the venal and corrupt poll
ticianS
They are the real public enemies >
Mr.. Hoover said Scouts should war
against this vicious, corrupt influ-
ence, which sooner or later must
stif1e America" unless deter
mined battle is waged against it."
Walter w. Head OF St. Louis.
president of the National Council
Of Boy Scouts of America since May
l, 1926, was reelected today at the
councils 29th annual meeting.
President Roosevelt was reelected
honorary president, and honorary
vice presidents reelected were for
mer President Herbert Hoover,
Colin H. Livingstone, Daniel Carter
Beard and William G. McAdoo
Mr. Beard was also reelected ma
tional Scout commissioner.
Evening star., 1939-06-29
Blind Operators of Stands
In u. S. Buildings Tell Story
Work Of Making SightIess SeIf-sustoininq
Described Before House Body

Even a blind man can see what
difference it makes in the family
when he, and not his wife, is bring
ing home the bacon.
What is being done to make blind
men self-supporting was described
today at a hearing before a Labor
subcommittee of the House on an
amendment to the bill authorizing
blind persons to operate refresh
ment stands in the Federal buildings.
The proposed amendment would
provide S250,000 in 1910, the same
amount in 1910 for equipping the
stands in Federal buildings and
100000 year for enlarged admin
lstratlon staff in Washington to
supervise work among the blind.
Three blind operators of stands in
Government buildings here related
their stories today to Chairman
Randolph of West Virginia and
other members of the subcommit-
tee. They told how they were able
to make a success of the business
because they were trained and
supervised by rehabilitation experts
who had worked out system for
arranging their merchandise so
they could lay their hands on each
item without seeing it.
DO customers cheat blind VEN
dors?" one of the witnesses was
asked.
Not often was the reply. II
know most of them anyhow and it's
hard to fool me with money, espe-
cially paper money. I can identify
currency by its odor."
There was some laughter in the
committee room when the witness
was asked if he could identify any
of his customers by the same
method.
The stand operators testified they
made from $l25 to $500 per month,
and were unanimous in praising the
Sheppard Randolph bill which en-
abied them to be independent by
permitting them to operate stands
In Government buildings Joseph F.
Chunk, Federal supervisor of service
for the blind, said the operation
Of these stands should be extended
throughout the Federal buildings of
Evening star., 1939-06-29
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

senate:
Routine business.
Banking Subcommittee hears
Chairman Jesse Jones of R. F. G.
testify on proposal for small business
loans. 10:30 am.
Labor Committee continues hear
ings on Wagner Act amendments.
10 am.
Monopoly Committee studies cred
it problems of building industry.
10:30 am.
Finance Committee considers
changes in Social Security Act. 10
am
House:
Continues debate on neutrality.
II am.
Ways and Means Committee con-
tinues hearing on tax-exempt secur-
tiles. 10 am.
Labor Committee continues hear
ing on Wagner Act amendments
TOMORROW.
Miscellaneous business.
Civil Service Committee meets in
executive session on nomination of
Arthur S. Flemming to be a member
of the Civil Service Commission.
1890 am.
House:
Continues consideration of neu-
trality bill.
Interstate Commerce Subcommit-
tee considers amendments to Inter-
state Commerce Act. 10 am.
Post Office Committee considers
bill to provide power boat service in
Alaska. 10 am.
Evening star., 1939-06-29
Dixie Clipper Roars
Toward Lisbon on
Second Leg Of Hop
Ship Leaves Horto on
Seven-Hour Trip With
First Fares
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 29.-Pan-
American Airways' Alton Dixie
Clipper roared along on the second
leg Of its inaugural passenger flight
from the United States to Europe
today.
Racing through tranquil skies, the
giant four-motored flying boat hit
speeds up to 180 miles an hour on
the 2,397-mile first leg from Port
Washington, Long Island, to Horta,
the Azores, landing there at $50
am. (E. S. IT,, the company's office
here announced. The flying time
was IS hours AZ minutes.
The Clipper took of from Horta
at 1885 am. for Lisbon, a hop ex-
pected to be made in Z hours.
% Passengers Aboard.
The Clipper lifted from the salt
spray of its Port Washington, Long
Island, base at 2:10 pm. (E. S. t.
yesterday, carrying % passengers
including six women-a crew OF II
and mail cargo.
The departure. made with mini
mum OF ceremony, was watched by
5000 spectators. The whistles of
harbor craft saluted the $750,OOO
flying boat as it rose into the air
and wheeled seaward.
Capt. r. o. D. Sullivan, pilot COM
mander, kept the ship at an altitude
Of 1000 to 5000 feet. A light tail
wind helped it along and within AZ
hours the Clipper was 870 miles out,
more than a third of the way to
Horta.
Overnight Stop at Lisbon.
The schedule called for an over
night stop after the 1.05O-mile hop
to Lisbon, Portugal. The 1203-mile
flight to Marseilles, France, the
terminus, will be made tomorrow.
Thus the 4,650-mile journey will
be completed within an elapsed time
OF 48 hours, approximately halving
the time taken by the fastest ocean
liners. The return trip. will begin
Sunday.
Numbered among the passengers,
selected from list of 300 applicants,
were several corporation executives.
The fare cost s375 one way, $3.50 for
the round trip.
Two Circling Globe.
All passengers have had previous
flying experience. Two, Mrs. Clara
Adams of Maspeth, N. Y, and
Julius Rappaport, an Allentown, Pa,
attorney, planned to circle the
world.
Flying regular passenger planes
Mrs. Adams hoped to girdle the
earth in Is days.
Most persistent was w. j. Eek,
who applied in 1881 for a berth on
the first commercial trans-oceanic
flight and kept calling up every few
months since then about his reser-
vation--"just to hurry them up
The Yankee Clipper, sister ship
OF the Dixie Clipper. was anchored
at its base at Southampton. Eng
land, after completing the first half
OF its flight initiating air mail serv-
ice over the Northern Atlantic
route.
Evening star., 1939-06-29
Summers Due to Leave
HospituI Soon

Chairman Hatton w. Summers of
the House Judiciary Committee is
expected to leave George Washing
ton University Hospital soon, prob
ably some time next week. his
physician, DR.. Walter A. Bloedorn,
said today. Representative Summers
has been recuperating from an
operation and is reported doing
we'll"
Evening star., 1939-06-29
House Nearing Vote
On Neutrality Bill
Arms Embargo
Action Expected Today
On Proposal to Keep
Ban on Exports
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
After threshing out the neutrality
issue in two days of spirited debate,
the House rapidly approached a
vote today on repeal of the arms
embargo against warning nations.
The first test of strength ap-
parently was to come in mid-after-
noon on a proposal by Representa-
tive Tinkham, Republican, Of Massa-
chusetts to retain the embargo, con-
trary to the administrators wishes.
The administration bill, proposing
several changes in the neutrality
law, would grant the President and
the State Department greater dis
cretion in dealing with touchy in
ternational situations.
As the law stands, the ban on
shipments of arms and munitions
TO warning nations becomes effective
whenever the Neutrality Act is in
voked.
Representative Barton, ,Repub-
lican, of New York proposed yester-
day what he called compromise
between the present laws embargo
and the administration bills out
right repeal. Representative Barton
would substitute 'lethal weapons"
for arms and munitions" which he
said was a broader term.
Passage Predicted.
All suggestions, however. were
waved aside by the bills managers.
Acting Chairman Bloom Of the For
eign Affairs Committee predicted no
important changes would be made
IN the measure by the House, other
than those which Democratic lead
ers approved Monday.
These included deletion of a pro-
vision empowering the President to
declare American ships and citizens
could not enter combat zones.
Debate yesterday did not follow
party lines.
Representative Wadsworth, Re-
publican, of New York, one of 13
House members who voted against
the present neutrality law in 1887.
said he would vote for the admins
tration bill if certain highly objec-
tlonable features" were removed and
II the embargo repeal were retained.
Frankly" Representative Wads-
worth said in opposing embargo pro-
visions, Il never had any faith in
the Congress of the United States to
write into the statutes of our country
a rule of conduct which was proof
against all events, unpredictable and
otherwise, in the future"
Sees Strong Nations Favored.
Representative Barton, the only
Republican on the Foreign Affairs
Committee who did not sign a mi
nority report criticizing the bill, said
present law does not result in neu-
trality"
1T favors strong nations as
against weaker nations" he said,
and warlike nations against peace
seeking nations. The strong war
like nations are already armed and
supplied with munitions"
Representative Stanley, Demo-
crat, OF Connecticut, Foreign AZ
fairs Committee member, asked for
repeal of all neutrality legislation,
declaring attempts to legislate neu-
trality in peacetimengere "unwise."
We cannot pr( or visualize
the future" he sal
Representative Vd Republican,
OF Ohio, asked members to defeat
the Bloom bill IF you think that
our entry into the next World War
is not inevitable, but is a possibility
that you want to resist in every
way"
Evening star., 1939-06-29
Army Tennis Title
Quorter-FiinuIs PLAYED

In quarter finals matches of the
Army tennis championship tourna-
ment at Army Navy Club today 1t.
G. c. Russell defeated Capt. Thomas
Sherburne, 81, IS; Cadet Julius
Evans defeated Capt. j. H. Drake,
60, 81; Cadet Richard Tindall
defeated 1t. H. B. Thatcher, Ga,
6H. and 1t. G. S. Bell defeated
Staff Sergt. S. N. Lapsley, e1, ST,
60.
Semi-finals will be played tomor-
row 1T 10 am.
Evening star., 1939-06-29
Mill Owners Declare
Proposed Wage Will.
Cut Labor's Throat
Textile Workers Would
Suffer Loss of Jobs,
Andrews Is Told
BY the Associated Press.

ATLANTA, June 29.-Labor lead
ers pressing for a 32l2 cents an hour
minimum wage in the textile in
dustry were described today as being
in danger of cutting their own
throats by forcing adoption of labor
saving machinery and elimination of
workers.
Testifying before Wage-kour Ad-
mlnlstrator Elmer F. Andrews in a
public hearing on the proposal,
Frederick Moore of Charlotte, N. c.,
said basically wages could be in
creased only as the output of work.
ers was increased.
That meant, he added, that lust
as many workers would lose their
jobs and income as pay increases
were granted those remaining at
work.
The wage question, therefore," he
asserted, lis in essence only an
argument for chronological advance
1t is a sound one, of course, but it
seems to me rather strange one for
labor leaders to be advancing at this
late hour"
Spokesmen for A. F.. L. and CLIO
unions have taken a leading part to
have Administrator Andrews an
prove the 3212-cent minimum rec
commended by the Textile Commit
tee.
Qestions Efficiency Increase.
Mr.. Moore. representing the
American Cotton Manufacturers
Association, an organization of
Southern mills opposing the mini
mum, took sharp issue with what
ne said were claims higher wages
automatically produced greater efs-
ciency
= He produced statistics which he
said proved the N. R. A. period of
sharp wage increases was the least
efficient period in recent textile his
tory.
Yesterday witnesses testified un-
usually low wages were paid in
Mississippi textile mills.
Small Mills Threatened.
Testimony contending the pro-
posed wage minimum would cause
more unemployment by running
small mills unable to pay it was
placed yesterday before Administra-
tor Andrews by operators of both
small and large plants.
A small mill owner, John F..
Schenck, ST., of Lawndale, N. c..
told Mr.. Andrews the Wage-Hour
Act, with increasing wage minima,
would stifle small plants and throw
thousands Of their employees out of
work.
Mr.. Schenck said unemployment
would be brought about by the
wages forcing small isolated plants
either to close or install labor saving
machinery, which would make only
skillful and rapid workers" ac-
ceptable.
Mill owners arranged again to
supply the bulk of arguments today,
with their testimony scheduled to
be supported tomorrow by Cows. E.
D. Rivers of Georgia, Carl E. Bailey
of Arkansas and Frank Dixon of
Alabama.
Charles Cannon of Concord, N. c.,
a spokesman for the larger South
ern mills and a member of the Tex
tile Industry Committee which
recommended the proposed mini
mum, said the Textile Commit
tee had failed to give ade-
quate consideration to such vital
factors as freight rates and mini
mum wages now paid by cotton
mills.
Mr.. Andrews must either accept
or reject the recommendation of the
Textile Industry Committee. The
general minimum under the wage
hour law now is Is cents, but rises
automatically to 80 cents October "A.