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Evening star., 1939-05-18
Dies Committee
Closely Guards Most
Important Testimony
Army-Novy RoeioI
And Class Distinction
Plot Is Reported
BY the Associated Press.


The House Committee on Un-
American Activities began taking
carefully-guarded testimony today
from group of witnesses on a sub
ject which Chairman Dies described
as too highly important to dis
cuss.
There were reports that the hear
ing concerned advices to the COM
mittee that a wealthy businessman
was financing campaign of racial
and class distinction which has
reached into the highest Army and
Navy circles. 1t was understood the
man was one of the witnesses, all
OF whom were under committee sub
poena.
Behind locked doors, the committe
called at least six men, whose names
were not learned, to make sworn
statements. After the meeting be-
gan, Representative Dies left the
hearing room to make this state
ment to neWspapermen:
This is so highly important that
we can't tell you a thing now. We
would like to cooperate, but we just
can't do it and we have got this
thing fixed so you can't possibly
find out.
After we get all through we may
make public the testimony or try
to get a unanimous report to give
you. The facts will be made public
at the proper time"
Evening star., 1939-05-18
Mcclellan Resigns
Pepco Job 10 Head
Union Electric
A. G. Neal Will Become
Acting President
Of CopitoI Utility
Pictures on page BIZ

DR.. William Mcclellan today re-
signed as president of the Potomac
Electric Power Co. to become acting
president of Union Electric Co. of
Missouri, st. Louis, Mo, the largest
unit of the North American Co.
DR.. Mcclellan succeeds Louis H.
Egan, who withdrew as president of
the st. Louis company in a drastic
shakeup growing out of an investi-
cation started April 5 by the Securi-
ties and Exchange Commission,
which was to sift charges the COM
pany had violated the Securities Act.
DR.. Mcclellan was picked as an
ace troubleshooter of the North
American Co. to clear up the situa-
ton in ST. Louis.
A. G. Neal, vice president and gen.
eral manager of the Potomac Elec-
trio Co., becomes acting president
of Pepco, succeeding DR.. Mcclellan.
This drastic change affecting
Washingtons largest utility was an
nounced shortly after noon in both
Washington and st. Louis simul-
taneously following special meetings
of the boards of directors of the
two companies concerned.
Will Leave Today.
DR.. Mcclellan planned to leave
Washington today for St. Louis to
take over his new post there, but
intends to be back in Washington
Monday to begin the big task OF
winding up duties as president OF
Pepco here. There was no definite
indications as to how long it will
take him to do this.
Prominent in many public affairs
in Washington, DR.. Mcclellan is not
relinquishing any of his many and
varied civic posts at the present
time. He has been prominent in
many leading movements, including
the Community Chest and the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra. He in
dicated that he also would retain his
home at Burgundy Farm outside OF
Alexandria, Va, which has been a
center of fox hunting circles in the
Old Dominion.
The shake-up in st. Louis was an
nounced out of New York City
Tuesday by j. F. Fogarty, president
of the North American Co., which
controls the Union Co. This shake
up involved the withdrawal from
the Union Co. of its president. Mr..
Egan; Frank j. Boehm, executive
vice president, and A. c. Laun, vice
president, all of st. Louis.
The North American Co. also
controls the Potomac Electric Pow
er Co. and the Capital Transit Co.
here, which are units of the North
American system.
DR.. Mcclellan could not take over
his post in st. Louis to clear up the
situation there without resigning as
president of the power company
here, 1t was explained, because OF
(see MCCLELLAN, Page A-40
Evening star., 1939-05-18
Jerome Frank Elected
Chairman Of :. f. T..
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Jerome Frank of New York today
was elected chairman of the Securi-
ties and Exchange Commission.
The vote was not unanimous. An
s. E. c. official said Commissioners
Robert E. Healy and George C..
Mathew voted against Mr.. Frank.
The vote followed the swearing in
OF Leon Henderson as commits
sioner. He was named by President
Roosevelt to fill the vacancy created
by the retirement of Chairman Will
liam O. Douglas to become a Su-
preme Court justice.
Mr.. Henderson said it would be
some time before he could form any
opinions on S. E. c. matters, since
for the next two weeks he will be en-
gagged with the Monopoly Commit
tee hearings.
Evening star., 1939-05-18
BY JOHN c. HENRY.


Americas idle men, money and
machines" are being matched by
idle opportunities" Alfred P. Sloan
jr., chairman of the board of Gen
eral Motors Corp, declared today
after appearing before the Monopoly
Committee to discuss financial oper-
ations and policies of his company
Telling reporters later that he is
in substantial accord with yester-
days suggestions of Owen D. Young,
head of General Electric, for Gov
ernment encouragement to business
through tax and bankruptcy re-
forms, the automobile magnate
added succinctly:
I'VE must do something about it,
not merely talk about it. Some
thing was said here few days ago
about idle men, money and ma
chimes. To that I would add idle
opportunities, opportunities which
are all around us for stimulation
and improvement of business"
Says Trend Will Persist.
Taking a position about half way
between bullishness and bearishness
Mr.. Sloan ventured the opinion that
the present rather aimless business
trend will continue unless affected
by some strong influence from with
out-such as the outbreak of a war
in which case he declined any pre-
diction.
OF the automobile industry in par
ticular, Mr.. Sloan told the commit
tee he does not believe it to have
reached a point of stabilization or
saturation.
"As the national income may &c
up We should 60 up at an increasing
rate" he declared. There are more
motor cars today than ever and we
have not yet reached the point OF
saturation, particularly as long as
we are able to capitalize on techno-
logical Improvements
In his initial testimony before the
committee, Mr.. Sloan told how his
corporation. like so many others OF
the Nations key industries, has lived
and grown largely on its own rev.
enues without recourse to the out
side capital markets.
S2,3O0,O0O,O0O Profits.
In an 18-year period, he said
General Motors has made sales of
more than $4,000, 100000 with prof
it's of about $2,3O0,000,O00. At the
same time some $490,0O0 900 of this
profit had been retained, and $780,
100000 more had been accumulated
for depreciation charges-all being
plowed back into the operations OF
the company. Such plowing back
Mr.. Sloan explained, had been di-
vided generally as follows: $77O,-
100000 for expanding plant and
equipment, $176,OO0,0OO for SUBJ
sidiary operations and 1886, ,0O0, ,OOO
for special tools.
Preceding Mr.. Sloan, Frederick B
Rentschler, chairman of United
ICoo N6ONODOT " po0o 90
Evening star., 1939-05-18
Mixed Nudist Comps
Barred in Ohio Bill
b. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 18.-
Mingling of men and women in mud
ist camps would be punishable by
fine of 5000 and six months inn
prisonment under an Ohio act which
went to Gov. John w. Bricker to-
day for his signature.
Legislators said the bill would
not prohibit separate camps for men
and women or prevent boys from
visiting "the old swimming hole"
Before the Senate today was bill
which would permit suits against
gambling houses for three times the
losses Of a Customer"
Evening star., 1939-05-18
Hy the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LIVERPOOL, England, May 49,
United States Ambassador Joseph
P. Kennedy expressed annoyance
today at the average Englishman' s
idea of the United States.
II have from time to time urged
that (British) newspaper publishers
provide something about current af-
fairs in America so that people in
England would believe that some
thing happens there besides gang
ster shootings and kidnapings," Mr..
Kennedy said.
The Ambassador spoke at cere-
monies at which he received an
honorary doctorate of laws from,
Liverpool University.
II feel that after being in Eng
land nearly 10 months" the Am
bassador said. ut is rather an an
Evening star., 1939-05-18
10000 Men to March
In Madrid Tomorrow
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
MADRID, May 18.-One hundred
and thirty thousand troops, includ-
ing German and Italian legion
naires, will march in the Madrid
victory parade tomorrow, Gen.
Andres Saliquet, commander of the
central military zone, announced to-
day. Naval units may boost the
number to 100000.
High officials of Italy and Ger
many and members of the diplo-
matte corps are to watch the review,
after which Gen. Francisco Franco
is expected in a speech to define
Spanish foreign policy.
H. F. Matthews, American Charge
d'Affaires, arrived last night for the
program.
Evening star., 1939-05-18
Royal Couple
Halls En- Route
To Montreal
Three Rivers Crowd
Sees King Receive
Official Group
Royal Program
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Todays program for the
British sovereigns:
1892 a.m.-Leave Quebec by
train for trans-Canada trip.
10;45 pm,-Stop at Three
Rivers to receive officials.
lis pm.-Greetings upon ar
rival at Montreal from Mayor,
City Council and members of
Dominion cabinet from Montreal
districts.
2:53-City Hall reception.
7pm.-Dinner as guests of
city
10pm.-Depart for Ottawa.
Evening star., 1939-05-18

poration counsel, he was placed in
charge of an investigation conduct
ed by Senate committee into the
milk industry of this area. At the
present time, as corporation coun-
sci, he is assisting the Bates sub
committee of the House District
Committee in its investigation of
the milk industry. Recently, rumors
were spread in some quarters on
Capitol Hill that Mr.. Seal planned
to resign to take a position as coun-
sci for the milk industry. This re-
port Mr.. Seal has denied vehe-
mently,
Evening star., 1939-05-18

BY the Associated Press.
ABOARD THE ROYAL PILOT
TRAIN AT THREE RIVERS, Que
bee, May 18.-King George vi and
Queen Elizabeth saw Canadian
country for the first time through
the valley of the ST. Lawrence today
as the royal train bore them west
beyond the hills of Quebec.
At every village station school
children and toWnspeople frantically
waved British, Canadian and French
flags as the train rolled through.
Along the roads from early morning
French Canadian inhabitants plod-
ded with fashioned horse and
buggy transport to reach the rail-
way.
Between towns, country folk, some
dressed brightly in their Sunday
best, trudged across fields to wave
to the cleaning royal encourage,
the like of which they had never
seen.
Train at Three Rivers.
To the south. the King and
Queen saw the wide St. Lawrence
glistening in the sunshine and from
either side of their observation car
the strip fields peculiar to French
Canadian agriculture. Even be-
tween Quebec and Montreal a
thickly settled district in Canada,
forests of birch and pine and rush.
ing, clear streams, gave the visitors
a view Of the character of Canada.
At l0:45 am. the royal train
reached Three Rivers, historic town
in the building of Canada and the
exploration of America.
From Three Rivers sailed Mar
quette and Joliet, discoverers of the
Mississippi. From here began the
expeditions that built the old Hud-
son Bay Co.
Here the King and Queen could
have seen the largest number of
well-preserved 18th and 18th CEN
tury buildings to be found north of
the Rio Grande, but what they saw
mainly during their 17-minute stop
was larger maSsed crowd than in
Quebec. The whole city and country
turned out. packing the town.
Accompanied by Premier.
The King and Queen appeared as
soon as the train came to a halt.
They were accompanied by Prime
Minister w. L. Mackenzie King, who
presented Atches Pitt, Mayor of
Three Rivers.
Then their majesties mounted
carpeted dais and Mayor Pitt intro
duced Bishop Alfred Odilon Comp
tots and 30 dominion, provincial
and civic officials and their wives.
The Queen never lost her smile.
Occasionally both their majesties
responded smilingly to the continu-
GUS cheers, especially from the hun
dreds of school children sitting in
tiers close to the station.
Left Quebec at 8:32.
The King and Queen left Quebec
Citadel, their stopping place last
| night at $40 am. and % minutes
later began the first overland stage
of their historic trip.
Crowds raised a thunderous fare
we'll cheer as the King and Queen
passed into Palais Station to board
the train.
King George wore the uniform
of an admiral of the fleet and the
Queen light blue suit. A fur was
wrapped around her shoulders as
they stepped into an open automo-
bile in bright but crisper weather
than yesterday.
On the way to the station the
King inspected guard of honor of
Quebec's Les Voltigeurs Regiment
(See KING, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1939-05-18
B uII etin

The Senate passed today the
record peacetime naval appro-
priation of $773,O49,151. The
measure now goes back to the
House for action on amendments.
Earlier Story, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1939-05-18
Sloan Urges Action
To Put Idle Men
And Cash 10 Work
Opportunities Wasted,
He Says After Monopoly
Hearing Appearance
BACKGROUND

President Roosevelt last spring
asked Congress to authorize CON-
prehenSiUe surrey of Nations
economic structure. To do the
job, there UdS established a Joint
MISUNDERSTANDING committee.
Provided initially Dith $500 900,
this group recently has been
giUen an additional s120, 900.
Present phase of inquiry is deal
ing 1Dith broad problem of Sau-
inQ and Investment.
Evening star., 1939-05-18

woman sometimes known as the
rose of death"
Philadelphia authorities have
named her one of the principal
(See POISON RING, Page A-l4J
Evening star., 1939-05-18
Kiss of Death Woman Arrested
In |nsuronce-Murder Probe
Rose Corinu Taken
By Federal Agents
For Questioning
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Wholesale arrests tolfoWed dis
closure OF untold number of poi
sonings by insurance murder ring
in Philadelphia. Federal Bureau
OF Investigation agents Were
asked BY Judge to assist in in
peStigation. Uhich already has
spread to three States. A doc
tor, a politician and SeDeral 1Uitch
doctors are among those taken
into custody.
BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 18-The elusive
kiss of death" woman, Mrs. Rose
Carina, known to have had at least
five husbands, three of whom died
under mysterious circumstances
was arrested today by Federal agents
in connection with the Philadelphia
into a mass murder
syndicate.
Dwight Brantley, F. B. I. agent in
charge of the New York area, de-
clined to disclose where she was
taken into custody or where his
agents picked up the trail of the
Evening star., 1939-05-18
BULLETIN.

BULLETIN.
MONTREAL, May 18 lPy.-
King George vi and Queen
Elizabeth arrived here, destina-
ton of their first days travel on
a 6,000-mile tour. aboard their
private train at lis pm.
Evening star., 1939-05-18
Summary of Todoy's Star

Page. Page.
Amuse- Obituary --A-l4
ments ----C-5 Radio -------C-6
Comics C-1o-11 Short Story --C-6
Editorials ALP Society ---B-3
Finance --A-21 Sports -C-1-4
Lost, Found, C-6 Woman's
Page -B-14
Foreign.
King leaves Quebec to start tour of
Canada. Page Al
Palestine Jews, angered, march to
protest plan. Page Al
Kings VISIT causes first British En-
bassy press conference. Page Al
japanese quitting Kulangsu as U. S.,
Britain, France act. Page A-3
Argentina accepts plan to spur i'm
ports OF U. S. cars. Page A-23
Pope takes over st. Johns Church
with peace prayer. Page b.
National.
Country's vital interests threatened,
Hull warns Congress. Page Al
kiss Of death woman" arrested In
poison ring probe. Page Al
Jerome Frank elected chairman Of
Securities Commission. Page Al
Evening star., 1939-05-18
Shots Returned
By Troops in
Harlan Area
Ambushed Group
Routed After Firing
On Six Miners
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Harlan soft coal operators are
the last to hold out against
United Mine Workers Union, all
other groups in the eight State
Appalachian area haUing signed
union shop contracts. When Ken
lucky operators started to operate
iDithout contracts, Gou. Chandler
sent National Guard troops to
keep order and to protect miners
tUho 1Uished to 90 to aUork.
Evening star., 1939-05-18
BY the Associated Press.

(See COAL, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1939-05-18

(See MONOPOLY, Page A-23D
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Hard Program
For Prepnlen

Tzeems and Pierce oo4nty hlxh
ssApal fosthAH activity 81 last
seek ~ili - a. An Quist on th~
Western Front compared 10 ths
program that faces ina prep grid
ders thss WEES
Stadium travels east q the
mountains 10 battle ths reyiisl!Esd
wsliA waliz Blas Devils. Lincoln
steps our iEto cross State oomps-
u,ion. B<llarmins plays IN Seattle;
both the Puget Sound conferences
and Pierce County league open
play while the Tri-Cognty loop
moves into It's third week Of CON-
petition
John Heinriek's Stadium
Tigers breexed by Bremertoa
but the VAIL Indigo impe,
fresh from n so win over
strong Gonsaga Props. win b
something else.
Eddie Schwartz Lincoln Abes
get their crack At Bremerton and
should win after showing convine-
ing power against Bellarmine Sat
uriay afternoon. Everett goes 10
Yakima In the other cross State
fray.
Bellarmine plays its annual bat
tie with O'Dea Irish in the Seattle
Civic stadium. The game appears
a tossup since puyallup beat Bel
larmine, TO. then played a score
less quarter with Highline, who
lost 10 to o'Dea last Friday.
The Puget Sound conference
race opens with four games
carded. Auburn, Enumclaw,
Highline and Puyallup are the
favorites to take the pennant
won by Kent In 1888, Puyai-
lup In 1887, Enumclaw In 1895
and Puyallup In 1888.
Auburn plays at Puyallup,
Sumner goes TO Buckley. Kent
travels to Highline and Enumelaw
plays a night battle with Renton
at Renton.
Pierce County league play starts
with Fife at Kapowsin, Yelm at
orting and Clover Park at Roy.
The Fife-kapowsin battle. match
ing Fne's Frankie Spear and
Kapowsin's big Don DAndrea
looms as a classic.
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COAST SERIES
NEARING END

Los ANGELES-Los Angeles
and Sacramento wind up Pacific
Coast league baseball for the
season at Wrigley Field tonight in
the final one or two games of the
play-off for the presidents cup.
II the Solons win the first
game, the series Is ended right
there, for Sacramento Is al
ready ahead three games to
two. II the Angels take the
first game, the series goes on
into a double-hcader, and Los
Angeles has q chance to cop
another game and the cup.
The winning team gets 5000,
and the loser $4,000.
Manager Truck Hannah planned
pitching Julio Bonnetti in the first
game for Los Angeles, and Jess
Flores in the second game, il
there is a second. For Sacra-
mento, Tony Freitas will pitch the
first game, and Tom Seats the
second.
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eut.lde Of Seattle. and the only
opponents he'll bring Into Sc
attic are guys who are sup
poecd % be washed up--or
noviccs."
So - whom can Garcia fight :
parnassus shook his head sadly and
admitted, Il don't know, but we'll
fight anybody in the world. Just
get Us a money match. We bar
none"
Parnassus was full of confidence
after watching Garcia 'moider"
Apostolic before a sso.AsS.sS gate.
Parnassus, who has been manag-
ing fighters for 20 years without
ever having a previous champion.
almost had apoplexy when the bout
was stopped in the seventh. But
he said afterwsrd, There never
was any doubt In my mind as to
the outcome"
(ParnasSus' assertion that
Druxman was Hostak's man
ager was denied by the Sc
attic prom ter Druxman
pointed out that n law In
Washington forbids a promo
ter to own any part of fight
er's contract or to manage any
fighter. Eddie Marine Is Hos
talks manager, DruAman said.)
GARCIA HURT
Parnassus was kidding, of
course. because the abbreviated Is
ronnder was an electrifying contest
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-03
Columbus Meet
Yellow jackets

Tacoma's Columbus viii make
their home town debut Sunday af-
ternoon ut Lincoln bowl. when
they fAcs the West Seattle Yellow
Jackets In a Northwest league tilt.
For . time II was believed that
the Beers would make Stadium
their home field. but improvement
TO the seats and playing surface
ut Lincoln has put the oval in
much better shape and the bowl
will continue to be the home field.
The loss Of Don wofford, who
suffered broken arm in the
game, hit the Beers hard. Hal
Nilsen. who came out of the
stands to FIN in. Is expected TO be
In shape by Sunday. John ''Fud''
Fadness also signed with the
Beers. giving the club capable
strength at center.
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GARCIA VS.. AL HOSTAK

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Ping Pong Entries
Close Tomorrow,

All entries in the Park-Com-
mercial Ping Pong league should
be filed by tomorrow night at
1880 o'clock with Ralph johnson,
president of the Tacoma Ping
Pong club, who will be at the club
rooms on the third floor Of the
Medical Arts building.
The league will play every
Wednesday night and teams are
limited TO three registered players.
An entry fee will be a club
membership for the season and
permits play and entry in all of
the competition throughout the sea-
son which ends March 27th, 1910.
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RED RUFFING TO OPEN ON HILL FOR YANKEES
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lands NAMES
SERIES JUMPS

CHICAGO - Baseball Commits
sioner kenesaw NJ. Lands today
announced selection of four UNI
pires. two representing each major
league, for the 1899 World series.
They were: National league,
Ralph Tinelii and John r. Bear
don: American league: William A.
MCGOWAN and william r. Sum
mers.
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Leg InjuryCosts
Wisconsin Tackle

MADISON-Foreed to shuttle his
tackles to fill a gap created by
announcement that Robert Grinde,
z22-pound senior left tackle, is lost
for the season with leg injury,
Coach Harry Stuhldreher moved
Bert Conley from the right to the
left side of the University Of Wis
consin line.
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In which Garcia battered Frisco
Fred about the ring in the first.
third and fourth rounds. But in
the fifth. the Golden Gate Italian
beltcd ceferino so hard that he
floundered about the ring. and
Apostoh went on to win the sixth
only. to have Referee ksvanagh
take IL away for hitting on the
break. That was Freddie's last
stand.
shortly after the seventh
opened, q right-handcd "bolo'
(uppercut) hit poor Freddie on
the chin. knocking his mouth
piece across the ring. He
crimpled 10 the floor. but rose
without a count. As he stag
gcred about, another bolo con-
nected with his jaw and he
landed ON his back on the can
vas. This time he took the
count of nine. He rose gamely,
only to be belted 10 the resin
again.
Because OF his helpless condition,
Ksvsnagh stopped the bout. Apos-
toll was bleeding from a cash over
his left eye. a deep cut under his
chin, and from his nose and mouth.
Only a slight trickle of blood
showed on Gsrcia's right brow.
Yet he had been the 2-to-1 under
dog in the betting and scaled only
1889. pounds to Apostolis l60.