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Evening star., 1940-05-05

erality In the proposed bin, released
. formal statement which said:
Il feel It Is very unfortunate that
In discussing the relative merits Of
H. r. 96l0 and the present District
law certain facts have been pre-
sented In q manner that undoubted-
ly will result in wrong impressions
regarding the benefits to which the
average unemployed worker will be
entitled under our present law.
1T Is true that under the present
law certain laid-of1 workers will In
time be entitled to 266 weeks of
benefits. What was not made clear
Is that such workers must have been
steadily employed for $50 weeks, ap-
proximately five years. Immediately
preceding their unemployment. In
other words, when a worker has once
drawn that amount Of benefits for
continuous unemployment. he could
not again become eligible for like
number Of weeks of benefits until
he had again worked steadily for at
least five years.
III such unusual examples are to
be considered, I call attention to the
fact that under my proposed bill
(H. r. 96l9) q worker can qualify
for SO consecutive weeks Of bene-
fits for total unemployment and
these would be based on the two,
instead Of five, years of his preced-
ing employment"
Tables Presented.
Added to this McGehee statement
were two tables, one to show the
minimum employment necessary
each year to obtain the maximum
number Of weeks of benefits year by
year under the present law, as COM
pared with the compromise bill. and
the second to show the minimum
employment each year which Is
necessary to obtain the maximum
amount Of benefits each and every
year payable under present law and
under H. r. 96l9.
In the first case, the table showed
a person having earned SIS a week
who was single could receive maxi
mum Of $74 a year II single. or 500
II married. or $l04.83 If having one
child, or Sill If having two children
or $l23.34 II having three children
all under present law, whereas
under the compromise plan the
amount would be $l44.
In the second case, the table
showed, person having had q
weekly wage Of SIS, would receive
a maximum of $50 if single, OF
1850 II married. or $82 1T II having
one child, or $87 if having two
children. or $96.l7 If having three
children, all under present law;
whereas under the compromise
plan the amount would be $144. In.
creased benefits were outlined, un.
der the compromise plan as com.
pared with present law for persons
having worked at other wages
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Methodists Urge
Facts Of Life Be
Taught by Parents nj:
Pre-MoritcI Medical
Examination Lows
Also Are Advocated
Nv the Associated Press,

8y the Associated Press.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., May A.
The General Conference of the
Methodist Church formally pro-
claimed today that parents should
teach their children the facts of
life"
Our children" the pronounce
ment stated, desire and have a
right to know before adolescence
the facts regarding the origin Of
life and the nature OF their per-
sonalities as 1t relates to SEX,
Parents, If properly instructed,
are best fitted to give this assist
ance, but If they are recreant to
this duty, then qualified persons In
the church should teach reverently
the beautiful truths of life to or
set the obscene and all-too-pre-
valent misinformation to which our
Children are exposed"
Another pronouncement author
lied by the delegates urged a ma
tional law and unifrom State laws
requiring medical examina tions be-
fore marriage and prohibiting mar
riage Of persons unified physically
or morally, by hereditary or other
wise, for the responsible estate Of
matrimony."
Elmer E. Collins, Billings (Mont.)
lawyer, protested against adoption
OF the medical measure.
Somebody slipped through law
like that in Montana" said Lawyer
Collins, land in few months the
church people were on their knees
praying for its repeal. The respect
able element refused to undergo the
humiliation and went outside the
State to get married"
But Medical DR.. w. G. Fawcett
OF Starkwater, N. OAK, said, Our
medical examination law in North
Dakota has worked out very whole
somely.'
Delegates ordered the election of
two additional missionary bishops
in China. Bishop Ralph A. Ward,
stationed at Chengto, said Christian
missionaries rad great opportu-
nifty" in China now because the
Chinese were no longer suspicious
that missionaries ARE designed to
further imperial ambitions OF their
home countries"
Evening star., 1940-05-05
BY DON S. WARREN.

whether any corrective amend
ments to the Districts Unemploy-
ment Compensation Act will be pos
sible at this session of Congress-to
place even a halfway damper on
the admittedly high and mounting
benefit reserve fund-may be deter
mined tomorrow at meeting of the
House District Committee. when a
compromise plan is scheduled for
action.
AS lines were being drawn for a
last-ditch battle over the compli-
Gated issues involved, the following
major developments occurred yes
terday:
l. Chairman McGehee of the Ju-
dietary Subcommittee of the House
District Committee issued state
ments designed to show that some
labor spokesmen had misunderstood
| the extent of liberalization of the
law for the worker, and voicing
hope the compromise plan still
would be adopted.
2. Support for the compromise
plan was registered by the WASH
lngton Board OF Trade and II other
local business groups, in a state
ment which insisted that the plan
would be liberal for the worker as
well as the .tax-paying employer,
much more so than labor spokesmen
have realized, and more liberal than
present law.
Eberharter Prepares Bill.
3. Preparation by Representative
Eberharter, Democrat, of Pennsyl-
vania-whose bill to provide for
greater liberalization of the law for
the benefit of the worker has been
indorsed by spokesmen for the local
council Of the C. I. O.-of amend
ments he proposes to urge at the
District Committee meeting tomor-
row.
Denials that the compromise plan,
which has been reported favorably
by the Judiciary Subcommittee,
would be less liberal to the worker
than the present law were made by
both Mr.. McGehee and by spokes-
men for the 18 Washington business
organizations. A mass of statistical
data was offered by Mr.. McGehee
and the trade groups to show that
the compromise plan would provide
increased rather than decreased
benefits to the covered, eligible un-
employed.
In fact, the Board Of Trade state
ment as well as data released by Mr..
McGehee showed that whereas a
person who has been employed regu-
larly over a period as long as nearly
five years may become eligible for
benefit payments over q period of
as much as rs weeks, under present
law. the compromise plan would
make it possible for an unemployed
worker to draw benefits for a period
Of SO consecutive weeks, under con-
ditions "less dificult to meet" than
under the present law.
| Representative Dirksen, Republi-
can, OF Illinois, minority member
OF the Judiciary Subcommittee
voiced hope that satisfactory plar
would be adopted at tomorrow's
Evening star., 1940-05-05
Nazi Surprise Drive
Broken in Disorder,
French Declare
Germans Declared Hurled
Bock in Confusion When
Caught in Borbed Wire
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, May 4.-The French high
command tonight reported that q
German surprise attack against the
vital center of the 100-mile active
section Of the western front had
been thrown back "in disorder"
The Germans, attacking on what
was described ofncially as . wide
'front.'" were caught in strong
French barbed-wire entanglements
by heavy artillery fire.
Machine guns and automatic
rifles placed strategically to sweep
the fields of wire were said by mill
tary observers to have thrown the
Nazis into confusion, forcing their
retreat.
Strong Posts Erected.
This section Of the front, where
the valleys Of the Blies and Saar
Rivers join, Is one of the most difi-
cult countrysides on the western
front for ground operations. Far
m front of the Maginot Line the
French have erected strong advance
post positions, taking advantage Of
the thickly wooded slopes and rock
strewn valleys.
The German attack, launched be-
fore dawn this morning is under
stood to have covered the whole
valley area situated almost in the
exact center Of the northern hinge
Of the western front, where 1t bends
west from the Rhine and runs to
the Luxembourg frontier.
The sparsely worded high COM
mand communique referred to the
action as a quiet important sur
prise attack" indicating 1t was con-
siderably larger than the recent
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local skirmishes between advances
posts and patrols in this sector.
Artillery Fire Increasing.
Since yesterday artillery fire has
been. increasing along the entire
sector between the Rhine and
Moselle Rivers.
However, military observers
warned against attaching undue i'm
portance either to the cannonading
or to the surprise Nazi foray.
The artillery fire. apparently
heaviest in the Blies Valley Just
east Of the sector where the Ger
mans attacked, covered the area
farther to the east between the Plies
and Vosges Mountains as well as
the Moselle Valley, some so miles
to the west.
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ranging from SIS up to $50 a week.
Mr.. McGehee also released nine
other tables. outlined in more de-
tailed fashion, to show that the
proposed plan was more liberal than
conditions under the present law.
Board of Trade Analysis.
Attached to the Board of Trade
statement was a statistical analysis,
to the same end, which was as fol-
lows.
Evening star., 1940-05-05
Job Tax Revision Compromise
Before House Body Tomorrow
Action Urged on Bill to Put Brakes
On Growing Reserve, Boost Benefits
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Amendment of the District Un-
employment Compensation Act
at this session has been jeop-
ardized BY a protracted dispute
oDer terms OF liberalization for
labor and tdr-paying employers.
All agree the present tar rate
is too high and benefit scales
lo,Der than are desirable here, re-
snlting in building a huge, frozen
reserDe fund. As compromise,
the McGehee subcommittee sug-
gested modified increases for Ia
Dor and abandoned. for the time,
special formulas for ertra tar
rate cuts.
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from the German air bases in South

from the German air bases in South
ern Norway.
One unofficial military source,
however, reported that the Germans
had been able to establish strong
battle positions around the port as
a result of having materials drop
ped down to them from low-fiying
bombers.
Newspapermen who asked why, if
the Germans were able to supply
Narvik with food and other mate
raids, they wouldn't be able to bomb
British troops there, were received
with polite military laughter.
Evening star., 1940-05-05
London
(Continued From First Page.)

government cannot undertake the
war task, I'VE shall have no alter
native but to expose them and call
for a government which can show
more f1rmneSs and courage"
Unrest among tho younger Con-
servatives. such as Richard K. Law
member of Parliament for strongly
, Conservative Hull an> son of Bonar
Law, forced the partys famed
Council of Is" to hold an emer-
gency meeting in London last night
to plot its strategy for the debate in
Commons on Tuesday.
Mr.. Laws attack on the govern
ment, which included the state.
ment that the governments "at-
titude toward the problem must be
changed before the country is ir
sight of victory" is regarded a!
particularly significant because II
may indicate a detection of part o1
the Conservative majority, which ir
turn may give opposition Liberal,
and Labor enough strength to over
throw the government.
Lloyd George Critical.
The independent newspaper Sun.
day Pictorial prominently displayed
an article by David Lloyd George
Britain's World War Prime Minister,
denouncing the direction of the
current war as faulty, feeble and
foolish"
Leaders of democracy have ut
terly muddled their case and IL
will certainly be lost if there /.
not an immediate change in direc.
tion," Lloyd George asserted in the
article, which occupied the entire
front page of the Pictorial.
THE British Parliament must
take the situation in hand immedi.
ately. If they fail to do so without
delay they will be guilty of higr
treason to the nation. -
"The war direction must be dras-
tically reconstructed in organization
and in personnel, otherwise disaster
Is inevitable"
Silent on Sinking Claims.
While the War Office remained
discreetly silent and official quar-
ters declined comment on Ger
many's claim of having sunk bat
tleship of the Queen Elizabeth class
in a bombing attack of Norway
yesterday. unofficial military sources
reported that Britain will continue
fighting in Norway with great vigor.
Well-informed quarters described
the German claims as "of a fan
tastic character to which the pub.
lie fast is becoming accustomed
These sources also revealed details
Of the unsuccessful attempts TO cap.
ture Trondheim.
They admitted that "the allie.
failed to anticipate" Germany.
lightning move into Denmark anc
Norway and thus were left with 6
force which never had been de.
signed or intended to land against
opposition forces"
Optimistic Over Narvik.
These sources reported that ter.
fitorial troops, similar in training
and equipment to the United States
National Guard, were the spear.
head of our troops in the first land.
ings" in Norway and formed tn.
bridge heads through which NOR.
trained and experienced troop!
would pass"
Military circles, nevertheless, were
optimistic about the situation il
Narvik, the ore port north of tn.
Arctic Circle where allied troop!
are beleaguering a German garrison
They cheerfully pointed out tina
Narvik is "a good long distance
Evening star., 1940-05-05
Losses in War at Sea

The following box score" lists warfare during
S5th week Of the from April % to May inclusive:
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Table on Job Insurance Chances

ans ons owl examples show how application Of the PROPOSED
Line based on the present law and shows the number Of
Totals of work weeks waiting period
More less work weeks would ess weeks
Line is based the proposals. weeks or u
wages and the number
necessary to obtain proposals
Line shows the benefits resulting
same twok weeks and
benefits under ~ ~ ~ $40 -
Weekly wage Tin left comn) employee earns in each
Evening star., 1940-05-05
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Evening star., 1940-05-05
Boy Watches Holdup,
Then Calmly Orders
His Ice Cream

A boy walked into a Highs
ice cream store at 1898 North
Capitol street shortly after II
o'clock last night to find q COL
ored man threatening the only
clerk. Mrs. Frances Jet, with q
pistol.
The holdup man turned his
pistol on the youth ard ordered
him to hold up his hands. AS
the boy watched, the robber
forced Mrs. Jett to hand over
$40 and fled on foot.
Then, said Mrs. Jett, the boy
turned to her and said: III
take my ice cream now."
Evening star., 1940-05-15

most Of his time to helping out in
relays. Fields was another easy
winner in the dual meet with Army
and is going to be a tough hombre
to deal with at the. conference. He
has his heart and feet set on WIN
ming the 2-mile crown and when
Tommy puts his mind on anything
it's hard to beat him.
So much for track. Maryland
stands to win many points from the
century to the 2-mile gallop and to
take the mile relay, which team
would be comprised of the two
Millers, Alan and Vernon. Warfield
and Ochsenreiter. 1t sounds inn
pressive but one of the boys may not
get home first and Carolina is cer-
tain to be running second and third
in the events it doesn't win so Mary
land must do its absolute best In
the fiat races to figure in the final
consideration.
Maryland Needs Help.
That brings up field events. the
shot, javelin, discus, broad jump and
pole vault. Hurdles are overlooked
because the Terps aren't kidding
themselves on that score-they
haven't the faintest resemblance of
a good timber-topper and will waste
no time in these events. Nor Is the
team overburdened with talent in
field events.
Charley Morris has tossed the dis
Gus 1876 feet 2as inches and put the
shot AZ feet IL inches. Francis
Morris has been leaping about %
feet in the broad jump and in an
emergency Murphy can step into the
breach and do possibly little bet
ter. But Maryland needs help in
these events, particularly in the pole
vault-another event it isn't even
entering.
Clemson has a top-flight hurdler
in Banks McFadden, Duke has the
conference vaulting champion in
Bob Montfort and William and Mary
has Capt Bob Rawl while Clemson
has Ralph Fennell in the same
event. Maryland's title hopes rest
on its "allies success in these
events. If this group can keep
Carolina from capturing too many
places and win & first here and there
the Terps could come home with
lots of silver plate but If they fail
Eppley's boys are going merely for
the ride.
Evening star., 1940-05-15
Rose-Wootton Pair Big Threat
As Ace Duos Roll at Close
OF Women's City Tourney

Main interest centered around the
Glass A doubles championship bio
Of Lucy Rose and Blanche Wootton
stellar Rosslyn twosome, who, with
bevy Of leading feminine bowlers
of Silver Spring, Hyattsville and the
What's in Name League, will share
the Lucky Strike drives tonight as
the curtain falls on the 18th annual
Washington Women's Duckpin AS
sociation tournament.
Also aiming for the Glass A dou-
bles title at tbs pm. will be three
other strong combinations, includ-
ing the Thelma Robinson Gladys
Lynn. the Silver Spring sister team
of Alma Schultz and Louise Rob-
erts, and Margaret Lynn, the aSso-
stations secretary, who will pair
with Evelyn Naylor, captain of the
champion Rosslyn team.
With Caroline Hiser and Mabelle
Herring leading with an all-time
record of 731, all concerned have q
big order to fill.
Again at 9:15 Mrs. Lynn. who has
been the handspring in making the
biggest tournament on record run
like a well-oiled machine, will rol
in the singles along with host of
rollers of all classes, including Mary
flanagan, champion of the Catholic
Ladies League. whose goal #also il
the Glass A championship.
The first places were gained las'
night as Doris Goodall and Beth
Minson of Arcadia'S S Ladies District
League team shot 698 in Class E
doubles and General Office of the
c. & P. Telephone League rolled ar
all-time record of 1871 in Glass D
While Mrs. Minson shone with 374
tops for the evening. and Viola
Bechtold with 337 paced the new
Evening star., 1940-05-15
Kennel Club to Hear
Talk on Distemper

Causes, cure and prevention of dis
temper will be discussed at the
Old Dominion Kennel Clubs open
meeting Friday night at Alexan-
dria's George Mason Hotel by DR..
Norman j. Pyle of the Lederle Lab
oratories. The meeting will start at 8
O'Clock.
DR.. Pyle addressed an open meet
ing for dog fanciers near Rock
Vile two years ago, but new dis
coveries in connection with dis
temper will be the subject of his
remarks on Friday.
Evening star., 1940-05-15
Bulldog Puppy Show
Is Listed Saturday
Al Arlington

The first puppy match Of the
season (limited to bulldogs) and the
first public effort of the Washing
ton Bull Dog Club take place simul-
taneously Saturday afternoon, start
ing at 2 o'clock. The match will
be held on the lawn of the Brewer
home, $500 South Fourth street, Ar
lington.
Mrs. George Hosmer, the dean of
local bulldog breeders, is judging.
Prizes will be awarded in the vari-
Gus classes. All entries will be taken
just prior to the judging. Glasses
will be divided according to age, un-
der months, 3 to months, 6 to
8 months and 8 to IL months.
All pure-bred bulldogs, whether
registered or not, may be shown.
Evening star., 1940-05-15

Glass D. mark, the Silver Spring
duo of Evelyn Gay and Doris Leizear
moved to second place in Glass B
with 684.
Ann Vito had 800 as the c. &. c.
team of the c. g. p. Telephone
League tied with the G. p. O. Blanks
team for the runner-up spot in
Glass c.
Featured by Bernice Johnson's
1853, the National Ale team of the
Maryland-District League rolled
l ,545 to tie for fifth place in Glass c
with the Little Tavern quint.
A 1,465 gave the Federal Lithos
OF Brookland a tie for fifth in
Glass d.
Evening star., 1940-05-15
20 Years AGO
In The Stor

Washington scored a run in
the last inning to beat Detroit,
9 to 8. Walter johnson, who
pitched two innings, was the
winning hurler.
Ofilcials of the New York
Giants notified Col. Jacob Rup-
pert of the Yankees that the
American Leaguers will not be
allowed to use the Polo Grounds
after this season.
Connie Doyle beat Willard
Bottsford and Ichiya Kumagae
stopped Samuel Hardy in the
Chevy Chase Club Invitation
Tennis tournament
Four Central athletes, Kern,
johnson, Montgomery and JEFF
fries, are at Princeton for the
annual scholastic track and field
meet.
Maryland State, playing below
form, lost its final lacrosse game
to Penn State, 2 to 3. Dutch Axt
stood out for the losers.
Evening star., 1940-05-15
Has Edge in Runners
But Must Be Aided
In Field Events
Hopes Hinge on Just How
Well Others Con Cut In
On North Curolinu

Splitting fractions of points and
seconds and proceeding on the pre-
sumption that none of his arch
and ankle athletes will develop
bowed tendons at the eleventh hour
"Swede" Epuley figures his Mary
land trackmen have chance to
win the Southern Conference cham
pionship in the annual meet this
week end at Williamsburg. Va.
In stark. black figures MARYLAND
isn't on par with North Carolina S
favored team because the Tar Heels
have too much man power and too
much balance. But the games are
pretty much like the war, with
Maryland, Duke, Clemson and 9TH
ers portraying the role of allies
attacking Carolina's supremacy, and
Eppley is counting heavily on his
neighbors' support to bring home
the groceries.
Terp Runners Have Edge.
On the fiat, Maryland may have a
slight edge, what with Joe Murphy,
defending dash champion, augment
ing glittering array of hooters.
Murphy, i'll and out of training
in the early stages of the cam
paign, is back in harness and be-
ginning to show the speed that
carried him to victory last year. The
raven-haired Irishman wasn't at
his best against West Point last
week but was near it and with
Several days of warm weather to
prep for the conference meet should
be hitting on all cylinders at Will
liamsburg
Jimmy Kehoe, the Terps' sterling
half miller, Mason Chronister, a
crack miller: Alan and Vernon
Miller Gene Ochsenreiter and Jack
Warfleld, quarter -milers, round out
the running squad. Kehoe hung
up stadium record for the
$50 in the Army meet last Saturday
going the distance in 1888 and he
won going away from Frank de La
tour, a pretty good man. Chron-
lister established an all-time Mary
land mark of 4:16.6 for the mile
and Alan Miller turned in a 49.5
quarter. Eppley says they're at
their peak and ready for their best
races. Maybe they won't win but
it'll take a lot of running to beat
them.
Not to be overlooked is gravel
voiced Tommy Fields, Maryland s
2-mile specialist, who can go for
himself this week after devoting
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G. u. Prep Netmen Gain Loop
Title by Beating London

Regardless of the outcome Of the
individual tournament in which it
still is represented by three players.
Georgetown Prep's tennis team will
be recognized as the prep school
champion this year as the result
of an undefeated record in four
league matches.
Yesterdays 3l2-lia conquest of
Landon not only clinched the title
for the little Hoyas, but enabled
them to end their season with a
record of four victories in five starts,
ST. Aubans crack team being it's
only conquer. One point was split
when the doubles match between
Prep's Cannon and Barrett and
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SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Columbia Il; Spartanburs. 2.
Macon. 8: Savannah, g.
jacksonville, =: Columbus, /.
Augusta, ). Greenville. 3.