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Evening star., 1940-04-07
Dies Probers Order
90 Writs Served on
Reds and Bundsmen
Foster and Browder
To Be Subpoenoed in
General Drive
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Since spring of 1888, Dies Com
mittee has Investigated un-Amer-
icdn activities, iUith critics accus-
ing it of bldckening regulations
and of using unfair" methods,
and defenders asserting 1t has
brought to light activities uhtch
could be exposed in no other iDdy.
Chairman Dies announced last
night that the House Committee on
Un-American Activities had ordered
80 subpoenas served this week end
in a general drive against the Com
munist party and the German
American bund.
Mr.. Dies said SO subpoenas had
been issued for Communists, in
cluding William z. Foster. national
chairman, and Earl Browder, gen.
eral secretary. Forty suhpoenas, he
said, were issued for bundsmen, in
Guiding officials who have taken
charge of that organization since
Fritz Kuhn, its f6rmer leader, was
sent to prison in New York after
conviction of misappropriating bund
funds.
Records Also Ordered.
I'VE want to get all the facts con-
corning these organizations" Mr.
Dies declared. I'VE have ordered
all these peoples to bring all their
records with them"
The committee chairman said he
would not make public the list OF
persons ordered subpoenaed OF
their residence at this time. He
said, however, that the Communists
involved were scattered all over the
country. Most of the bund members,
he said. were residents of Eastern
or Pacific Coast States.
simultaneously, it was learned
that the committee plans to call
again William Dudley Pelley, leader
of the Silver Shirt Legion of Ameri-
castor the purpose of obtaining new
information about that organization,
including its membership. It was
understood also that subpoenas
were planned for leaders of other
organizations which have been de-
scribed by the committee as Fascist
or communistic.
The subpoenas were issued despite
the recent refusal of several Com
munist leaders to answer commit
tee questions and issuance of COM
plants against committee agents
who raided the Philadelphia Com
munist headquarters.
V00rhis to Introduce Bill.
On that point, both Mr.. Dies and
Representative Voorhis, Democrat,
Of California, a committee member,
said they favored legislation to re-
quire organizations with foreign
connections" to open up their rec
Ords.
Mr.. Voorhis said that "in the in
terest of preserving civil liberties"
he would introduce such q bill to-
morrow.
Mr.. Dies said he thought any
such measure should require in
ternationally connected groups to
(See IIN.ANERTCAN page A.Sl
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picture on Page a.
BY BEN H. PEARSE.

In their campaign against num-
bers operators, Montgomery County
(Md.) police have invented game
OF "anagrams" to give a clincher to
their testimony before whatever
Circuit Court jury hears the case.
Aided by the new law making pos
session Of q numbers slip prima
facie evidence Of guilt, States At
torney Ben G.. Wilkinson, jr., has
failed to secure q conviction in only
two cases out of nearly dozen in
more than q year. He nolle pressed
one for technical reasons.
However, to give that last touch Of
credibility to the numbers slips used
as evidence, police devised the "ana-
grams" game. When q purchase is
made, the numbers operator puts the
initial Of the purchaser, or person
tor whom the alp u being purchased,
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Wife of D. 6. Worker
Fatally Shot in Home
BY the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, April 6.-Police ar
rested a 20-year-old unemployed
steel worker tonight in connection
with the fatal shooting of his aunt,
Mrs. Anna Reidy. "a, wife of WASH
ington Navy Yard worker, at her
home earlier in the day.
Police Capt. M. Joseph Wallace
said the youth, Donald Reidy, had
been charged with the assault
shooting and causing the death" OF
the woman, mother of three chill
dren.
Mrs. Reidy was shot in the head
with a 22-caliber rifle and died an
hour later at ST. Agnes Hospital
Capt. Wallace said Reidy told them
he was cleaning the gun when II
was discharged accidentally.
The dead woman's husband, Amos
is employed at the Washington Navy
Yard.
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Naval Bomber Completes
Secret Hop to Honolulu
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HONOLULU, April 6.-An expert
mental four-motored naval bomber
alighted on Pearl Harbor today (at
1:25 pm. Eastern Standard Time)
completing a 2,565-mile secret"
flight from San Diego, Calf, in 19
hours and Is minutes.
The big Sikorsky plane carried
a crew of seven under command of
Lieut.. Comdr. Kenneth Craig. She
will be the aerial flagship of Rear
Admiral Arthur L. Bristol, COM
mander of Patrol Wing 2.
Evening star., 1940-04-07
lured Into Alley,
Virginian Is Fatally
Shot al Herndon
Hundreds Of Shoppers
Hear Shot Thot Killed
Sterling, Vo,, Carpenter

Lured into a dark alley off the
business district of Herndon, Va, by
two men believed to be colored,
Stanley B. Webley, 80, a carpenter
Of Sterling, Va. was fatally wounded
last night by a shot heard by hun
dreds of Saturday night shoppers
hurrying along the street only 10
feet away.
Mr.. Webley died in the Herndon
Rescue Squad ambulance en- route
to Georgetown Hospital in WASH
ington. Physicians said a large
artery in his abdomen had been
severed by the bullet, but were un-
able to determine whether it had
entered the abdomen or the back.
1t passed entirely through the mans
body.
Deputy Sheriff B. Alton Poole OF
Fairfax County and Police Chief
Vernon G. Cockerille of Herndon
launched an intensive search for
the slayers but had only a meager
description.
According to Mr.. Poole, Mr.. Web
ley was seen walking along the
street and as he approached the
alley between a grocery store and
the Citizens Bank two men spoke
to him. One of the men hurled an
epithet at Mr.. Webley and both i'm
mediately ran down the alley, Mr.
Poole was told.
Mr.. Webley followed, but had only
gone three or four yards before
another passerby heard him cry:
Don't let them shoot mel"
Pair Flees Into Field.
A moment later, according to Mr.
Poole, a shot rang out and a score
of passersby rushed into the alley
where they found Mr.. Webley on the
ground moaning. The two men, ap-
parently, had continued running
down the alley which leads into an
open field behind the bank.
In the darkness, it was some
moments before Mr.. Webley was
recognized. The rescue squad was
summoned and had to fight its way
through the crowd.
DR.. william Meyer was summoned
and directed the rescue squad to
ICoo CIJ00TTNG Do0o AN
Evening star., 1940-04-07
40 Called in Probe
Of Machines Part
In Unemployment
Monopoly Group to Hear
EdseI Ford and Other
Industrial Leaders
BACKGROUND

6AChIhOUND-
President Roosevelt in April,
1888, asked Congress to authorize
comprehensive surrey of Nations
economic structure. TDelDe-mnn
joint MISUNDERSTANDING COM
mittee 1D1s established and has
held lengthy hearings on various
phases of business Last Feb
ru1ry, Chairman O'Mdhoney said
research 1Dould be completed by
June and start made on reports
expected to run to 80 DolunleS.
BY the Associated Press.
The Monopoly Committee, pre-
pairing to undertake broad study
of the effect use of machines has
on employment and production. an
nounced yesterday list Of 40 pros
pectfve witnesses which included
Edsel Ford, president Of the Ford
Motor Co., and leaders in half a
dozen other major industries.
Chairman O'Mahoney, Democrat
of Wyoming said the hearings, to
begin tomorrow, would develop the
impact of technology in all its
implications, what it means in terms
of unemployment, of unused capital
of the effective organization of our
Nations resources"
The witneSSeS-buSiness execu-
tives, labor leaders, scientists and
economists-will offer, Senate
O'Mahoney added, a well-roundec
presentation "of all sides of this most
interesting and important Of all
our economic and industrial prob
lems." He said that both theory
and practice will be examined"
Cease Studies" Planned.
Crediting modern technology with
developing mass production, the
Senator said this had brought many
| new industries and at the same
time displaced many workers. He
said the hearings would include
lease studies" for the automobile
industry, steel, coal, railroads, tex
tiles, communications, Office tech
niques and appliances. agriculture
and vocational and consumers edu-
cation"
Asserting that it was obvious that
chronological advance and the in
crease of unemployment have at
least been simultaneous, the COM
mittee chairman said this required
serious and concentrated study
and that the public hearings will
give an opportunity to coordinate
and develop public thought on the
problem.
First witnesses will be DR.. T. j
KrebS, economic advisor for the
committee; Watson Davis, director
of science service, and President
Green of the American Federation
of Labor.
Order of Witnesses.
Other witnesses in probable order
of appearance and divisions under
which they will testify include:
Automobile industry-C. F. Ket-
tering, research engineer, General
Motors Corp, Detroit; Mr.. Ford, r
j. Thomas, president, United Auto
mobile Workers of America, Detroit
Coal and steel-Charles Hook
president, American Rolling Mill
Co., Middletown, Ohio; Phillip Muir
ray, president, Steel Workers Or
ganizing Committee, Pittsburgh;
Charles J. ONeill, president, United
Eastern Coal Sales Corp, New York
Thomas Kennedy, secretary and
treasurer, United Mine Workers o1
America.
Railroads.. j. Pelley, president
Association OF American Railroads;
DR.. j. H. Parmelee, director of re.
search, Association of American
Evening star., 1940-04-07
Is Washington Safer
For Pedestriuns?

Is Washington becoming a
safer city for pedestriansa
How do the pedestrian traf.
fc fatalities during the first
three months of 1910 compare
with the first quarter of last
year?
Has the pedestrian control law
been effective in cutting down
both pedestrian injuries and
fatalities during the first quarter
Of this year as compared with
the first three months Of 1889?
What percentage of pedes.
trians from January l to March
81 Of this year met death BY
crossing the street not in
crosswalk7
See pats AS.
Evening star., 1940-04-07
Allies PRESSING
Economic War
On Two FIanks
First Of Diplomats
Return to London
From BuIkuns

WAR INVOLVEMENT feared by
Norway if allies stop ore: retalia-
ton by Germany seen If blockaders
enter neutral waters. Page Ais
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(See MONOPOLY, Page A-21)
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See DAVIS, Page A-4.)
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(See LONDON, Page A-1s)
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(See UN-AMERICAN, Page A-5J
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(See SHOOTING, Page A-4)
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(See ARMY DAY, Page A-190
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Weather Forecast

Cloudy today, followed by showers to-
night and tomorrow; slightly warmer
tomorrow. Temperatures yesterday
Highest, so, at 6 pm; lowest, SO, at
am.
From the United States Weather Bureau report.
Full details on PAGE Az
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(See SOCIALISTS, Page AL
Evening star., 1940-08-13

being of satin and the lace bodice
was made with v neckline and long
fitted sleeves. Her long tulle veil
was held by tiara of seed pearls
and mother of pearl and her only
ornament was a string of pearls,
the gift of the bridegroom. She
carried a prayer book, bound in
white satin. with white orchid on
top and shower of lilies of the
valley. The maid of honor was
gowned In shell pink chiffon FASH
ioned with a shirred bodice, short
full sleeves and full skirt with
short train. Her picture hat was
trimmed in shell pink and she car
ried an arm bouquet of pink roses
and blue delphinium. The brides
maids were dressed in similar frocks
of powder blue chiffon and carried
arm bouquets Of garden flowers.
MIR. James G. Stoutsenberger was
best man and stood with his brother
at the chancel steps as the bride
was escorted to the altar. The
ushers, who preceded the bridal
party down the aisle, were another
brother of the bridegroom, Mr.. Leo
Stoutsenberger, and Mr.. Richard
st. Clair Green.
The mothers of the bride and
bridegroom received at the recep-
ton in the home Of the brides par
ents. Mrs. Harriss was dressed in
cornf1ower blue lace, made long, with
which she wore natural lace hat
and had a corsage bouquet Of tails
man roses and gypsophila. Mrs.
Stoutsenberger was in a floor-length
dress of orchid color lace and wore
a white hat and spray of white
gardenias.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stoutsenberger will
make their home in their recently
completed house in Arlington, Va.
Their wedding trip included visit
to Atlantic City. and the brides
travelling costume was of green and
white with a natural color hat and
coat and a shoulder bouquet of
orchids.
Mrs. John Jarvis of Harpers
Ferry, w. Va, grandmother of the
bridegroom, came for the wedding
and among others from out of town
were Mrs. Thomas A. Rockwell, Mr..
James Fisher and Mrs. Helen
Williams of Frederick, Md.
Evening star., 1940-08-13
F. ). A. Loans Finance
4.H Club Work

The Farm Security Administra-
ton is broadening its rehabilitation
program by making loans to chill
dren of It's borrower families to take
part in activities of All Clubs and
the Future Farmers of America.
In many cases children in F. S.
AS low-income farm families do
not have the cash on hand to take
part in club projects. Farm Security
Is now making loans with which
they can buy the stock or equip
ment necessary for the projects.
These loans do not exceed S75
and are usually less than $50. Be
fore the loan is made the F. S. A.
supervisor learns from the county
extension agent that the boy or girl
can make good use of the money.
Security includes note signed
by the child and the parents. and
also a chattel or crop mortgage.
The business transaction is fully
explained to each boy or girl bor-
rover to make clear the personal
obligation and the responsibility for
repayment.
In addition to this business train
ing the young people learn sound
farming practices through the prac-
tical experience offered in All
and Future Farmers programs.
Club loans are ordinarily made for
the purpose of buying a calf, pig,
chickens or other livestock to carry
out a club project, but they may
also be used to purchase seed,
plants, fertilizer or other material
for approved projects.
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Weddings
Continued From Page B-3.)

are making their home at 205
Springview road. at Silver Spring,
Nd. following their wedding July
27 in the Chevy Chase Presbyterian
Church. The bride is the former
Miss Katherine Caldwell, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Alban B. Caldwell
of Chevy Chase, Md, and Mr.. YOU
mans is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilson D. Youmans of Yonkers,
N. Y.
DR.. Joseph Hillman Hollister per-
formed the ceremony in a setting
of candelight, palms and galdioluses.
The bride was given in marriage by
her father and wore white marqui- =
sette and Chantilly lace gown over
taffeta, with bouquet Of white
roses. Mrs. R. Bernard Jones, jr.,
the matron of honor, was in blue
marquisette over taffeta and she
carried Johanna Hill roses.
Mr.. Charles S. Webster, jr., of
Yonkers was best man and the
ushers were Mr.. Warren Lee Cald-
well of Chevy Chase. Mr.. Richard
E. Youmans of Yonkers, Mr Murrell
c. Lank of Washington, Mr.. John
N. Johnson of Arlington and Mr. r.
Bernard Jones of Greenbelt, Nd
A garden reception was held at
the home of the brides parents. The
bride and bridegroom went imme-
diately after to their new home in
Indian Spring Club Estates. Mrs.
YoumanS was graduated from the
University of Maryland, class of
1898, and Mr.. Youmans attended the
Julliard School of Music in New
York City.
Evening star., 1940-08-13
Miss Hazel Harriss Wed
To Mr.. Stoutsenberger.

Miss Hazel Elizabeth Harriss,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
Harriss, and Mr.. Paul William
Stoutsenberger, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry c. Stoutsenberger, were mar
ried in st. Adams Church the aft
ernoon of July 27. The church had
a simple arrangement of summer
flowers against a background of
palms and the chancel was lighted
with candles The Rev. Charles T.
Warner, rector, offlciated at 2
O'Clock, the gold wedding ring used
being that of the brides maternal
grandmother. Mr. Walter H. Nash,
church organist, played the wedding
music.
Mr.. Harriss escorted his daughter
and gave her in marriage and she
was attended by Miss Marian Butler
as maid of honor and her sister.
Miss Mildred Louise Harriss, and
Miss Katharine Dietz as brides
maids.
The bride wore a becoming cos
tune, the long, full skirt and train
Evening star., 1940-08-13
Democratic Women
To Hear w. G.. TaylOr

Walter C. Taylor, technical adviser
of the Labor Departments Concilia-
ton Service, will address the summer
study group of the Woman's Ma
tional Democratic Club at II am.
tomorrow at the clubhouse
The study group, which meets
weekly, has been concentrating on
national defense problems. Sessions
are open to all women interested in
the subjects, as we'll as to club men,
bers.
Mrs. Henry Walburn will preside
Evening star., 1940-08-13
Junior Nature Walk
Set for Tomorrow

A nature walk for juniors, to pe
held from $50 to 1880 am. to-
morrow in Rock Greek Park, was
announced today by the once of
National Capital Parks. 81
The young naturalists will be told
of the quilts of the porcupine, the
forked tongue of the snake, frogs
and other animals by Park Natural
ist Donald z. McHenry. Mr.. Nc
Henry today asked those taking the
walk to meet him at Picnic Grove
No. 9, near Beach and Bingham
drives in the park. Those going by
bus will be met at Sixteenth and
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Underwood streets NV. at Oils am.
Mr.. McHenry said the picnic lunch
would be "dutchs treat"
Evening star., 1940-08-13
Mrs. WILEY
Talks Before
A. A. i. w.
Goodwill Tour
Of South America
Described at Tea

Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley discussed
high lights of her recent trip to
South America before a large audi
ence at the tea of the Washington
Branch. american Association of
University Women, held yesterday
at the clubhouse.
A member of the party which
made a goodwill tour sponsored by
the General Federation of Women s
Clubs and the Pan-American Union,
Mrs. Wiley told how the visitors were
met by officials of the countries and
cities visited, as well as by large
delegations from womens clubs and
civic organizations.
She stressed the belief of the club
women that relations between the
Americas would be strengthened
greatly if more people of the English
speaking countries had a knowledge
of Spanish.
Mrs. Lalla Cornish arranged the
program for the tea and Mrs. Frank
S. Smith introduced the speaker
Several women, who were formerly
of Latin American countries, were
among the guests. These included
Mrs. Thomas Burke, wife of the chief
of the Division of International
Communications of the State De-
partment, formerly of Chile: Sonora
de Farman, formerly of Chile, and
Sonora de Lewis, formerly of Ar
gentina.
Other guests included Mrs. Morris
Sheppard, wife of the Senator from
Texas; Miss Mabel Vernon, director
of the Peoples Mandate Committee;
DR.. Madaline w. Nichols of the His
panic Foundation, Mrs. Maurice H.
Thatcher, Mrs. Randolph D. Hop
kins, Mrs. Theodore Tiller, Mrs.
Philip Clancy, Mrs. Victor Zelov,
Mrs. Theodore J. Morgan, Mrs. Ben
jamin D. Hill, Miss Celeste Mumford,
Miss Alice Kuhn. Mrs. Emma M.
Triepel and Miss Roberta P. Wake
field.
Evening star., 1940-08-13
-Four. Forest Fires
Rage on Unchecked
In California
Thousands Of Acres
Of Trees and Summer
Homes Are DESTROYED
Ry tie Assoctated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13.-Four
disastrous fires which have destroyed
scores of summer homes raced on
through Southern California tim
berlands today in defiance of the
efforts of 2,500,0O0 recruits, forest
rangers and volunteer flrefghters.
Approximately $4,000 acres of trees
and brush have been destroyed in
the four blaZes, chief of which is
in Los Padres National Forest Is
miles from Santa Barbara.
That blaze, said Forest Supervisor
Dewitt Nelson, has blackened 10000
acres over an area of miles wide
and IL miles long. Destroyed were
35 cabins and several pretentious
lodges, including the 100000 man.
sion of Joseph Sexton, millionaire
Goleta lemon rancher; the S45,000
Christian Holmes place and the
mountain home of C. Deere Wiman
of Chicago and Elmer Awl, hotel
man husband of the former Alma
Spreckels. A thousand men are
fighting this fire.
East of Santa Barbara, on the
Tecuya Ridge of the Mount Pine
Mountain Range, 240 men are fight
ing a 100-acre grass and brush
blaze. Near Newhall, 40 miles north
east of Los Angeles. crew of 180
reported it was gaining control of
a 400-acre brush fire.
Ninety miles southeast of here
l 1000 men fought fire in the San
Bernardino Mountain Range which,
leaping the Pines -to-Palms high
way, raced 10 miles through valua-
BILE watershed timber.
Evening star., 1940-08-13
Mr.. and Mrs, Edwards
On Wedding Trip.

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Edwards will
be at home after August 81 at 218
East Thornapple street in Chevy
Chase, Md, when they will return
from their wedding trip. The mar
riage of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwards, the
latter formerly Miss Joseph Irvine,
both of this city. took place Satur-
day afternoon in Concord, N. H.
The ceremony was performed in the
Baker Memorial Church, the Rev.
DR.. G. Ernest Thomas officiating.
The bride, who was attended by
Miss G. Elizabeth Putney, wore
white marquisette and lace and her
veil was flnger-tip length. Her bou-
quet was of white roses and gypso-
phelia. Miss Putney was dressed in
pink chiffon with blue tulle veil
and she carried blue delphinium and
Evening star., 1940-08-13
St. Dominic's Opens
Two-Week Carnival

st. Dominic's Church annual
carnival opened last night at the
church grounds, Sixth and z streets
SW., for a two weeks run. Many
former parishioners attended the
opening. x.
Irish music, vaudeville acts and
Bernard Fitzgerald, tenor, will fea-
ture Irish Night" Thursday.
Evening star., 1940-08-13

DR.. and Mrs. Albert T. Young
of Russell road, Alexandria. Va, are
spending some time at Rochester,
MINI.
Evening star., 1940-08-13

gypsophelia. Mr.. Richard Stevens
of Concord was best man.
An informal reception was held
in the Stevens Norris Home in Con-
cord after which Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
wards left for their wedding trip to
Maine. Both are employed in the
Public Roads Administration in
Washington.
Evening star., 1940-08-13
D. c. Resident Shot;
Brother Detained

Samuel Weistock, 29-year-old res
ident of TIT Fourth street NV. was
treated at Emergency Hospital last
night for bullet wound in the lett
hip and head laceration received
in family quarrel" according
to police.
His brother, Abraham Weistock,
25. of 466 G street S.W., was held
for investigation.
Evening star., 1940-08-13
William 6. PorIett,
Army Accountant, Dies
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CONVICTION, KY, Aug. 13.-Wil-
liam Gordon Parlett, so, cost ac-
countant of the Army Engineers
flood control division, died sud-
denly at his home, in Fort Mitchell,
yesterday.
His body was to be sent today to
Columbus, Ohio, for burial. Mr..
Parlett was a native of Norfolk, Va.
He is survived by his widow, Laura
Parlett.