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thorized to spend $50,0o00 900 for
patrol, escort, torpedo boats and
submarine chasers, and to acquire
100000 tons Of merchant vessels
suitable to serve as auxiliaries to the
fleet.
Speeding the Nations defenses,
Congress prepared to open hearings
Monday on President Roosevelt's
request Of July 10 for nearly a.
000, ,000, 900 In appropriations and
contract authorizations for the
Army to provide equipment for L.
100000 men Immediately and criti-
cal items which cannot be obtained
commercially for 100000 more men.
The Senate Military Affairs Com
mittee disclosed it had been delayed
In preparing a compulsory training
bill, redrafted version, of the
Burke -Wadsworth bill calling for
registration and selective service Of
all men between 18 and IS years.
The revised bill will incorporate
changes proposed by the Army and
Navy, including a base pay of $2l a
month for conscripts instead OF IS
provided in the original draft.
It was intimated the redrafted
bill might increase the training
period from eight months to a year
or even longer. Gen. George C..
Marshall, Army chief OF staff, asked
for conscript term of at least IA
months.
Evening star., 1940-07-21
Rival Congresses Loom
In Mexican Election Fiqht
BY the Associated Press.


MEXICO CITY, July 20.-A pros
pect Of q congressional struggle be-
tween Gen. Juan Andrea Almazan
and Gen. Manuel Avila Camacho,
rivals In Mexico's recent presidential
election, appeared tonight when
Gen. Almazan's campaign manager,
Eduardo Neri, said congressional
candidates on the Almazan ticket
would set up their own Congress.
Neri added that he assumed the
followers of the administration
candidate, Gen. Avila Camacho,
would do the same and that we
therefore would have two groups,
each claiming to be the legal Con-
gress."
"Of course" Neri said, "ours will
be the legal Congress since our
party got 80 per cent of the vote
in the elections"
Gen. Avila Camacho's followers
also claim victory for him and his
congressional slate. Nert stated that
If the Almazan men were denied
the use of the regular congressional
balls, they would meet elsewhere in
Mexico City ,,and. it would then be
up to the people to decide which
Is the legal Congress.
Gen. Almazan, now vacationing in
Cuba, will return to Mexico In q
month and will take the oath as
Etesident. December l, Nert~said.
Gen. Almazan's party published
advertisements saying he received
1892 ,567 votes for President. Gen.
Avila Camacho's party previously
had claimed 2,265,199 votes for
Camacho.
Evening star., 1940-07-21

mented on in military circles. His
star has been waning
Military circles, however, were
quick to dispute any suggestion that
Lord Gort also had been kicked
upstairs.
Expert In Training.
we expect to have perhaps f.
1000 men under arms by fall"
they declared. There Is no greater
expert IN training men than Gort."
Brooke, a specialist in gunnery
and mechanization, has been an un-
swerving advocate Of more and more
mobility for combat troops.
Both he and Gort, military circles
point out, can apply the lessons
learned in Flanders and France to
their new posts.
With the 1907 class registering
today, Britain enrolled the third
group called to the colors this month.
When youths who reached the age
OF 20 since June % and the class of
1906 register next Saturday, it is
expected that Britain's army
strength will reach 1000, 900 men.
1t was of1lcially announced that
312,641 registered in the 1907 class.
Plane Factories Damaged.
Amplifying the communique on
last nights air action by the R. A..
F., the Air Ministry said the Focke-
Wulfe airplane factories at Bremen
had been damaged in an attack
which lasted an hour and q half.
Dornier plane factories at Wis
mar and Wenzendorf were set
afire. the Wilhelmshaven docks
were bombed and the main rail
line south Of Recklinghausen, man.
ufacturing and mining town in
Westphalia, was cut.
In today's second air battle over
the Channel, it was estimated
nearly 100 planes were in the air,
and that more than so German
bombs were dropped. Shell splin-
ters fell IN the streets of a Channel
town, without causing any cas-
ualties.
Shore batteries as well as guns of
British warships took part in the
night. The bombers attempted un-
successfully to put the warships out
OF action to break their barrage.
The British. In their tabulations
OF the months casualties, placed
the number Of planes lost by the
Germans at 100, with 40 to 50 others
so badly damaged it was unlikely
that they would be able to reach
home.
The British claimed 80 German
planes were shot down in the last
week.
Evening star., 1940-07-21
{. {. {. Work Given Youth
OF Families NEEDING HeIp

More than two-thirds of the 6s,-
354 young men most recently ac-
cepted for enrolment in the Civil
ian Conservation Corps were re-
ceiving their first job opportunity
when they joined the C. c. c.. and
1886 per cent came from families
in need of some assistance, 1t was
revealed in report made public
yesterday by James j. McEntee.
G. G. G. director.
A total of 284,454 were enrolled
during the fiscal year ended June
80 and the total number of per-
sons, including both young men
and war veterans, enrolled at one
time or another during the year
was approximately $4,000, Mr.. Nc
Entee's report stated.
The 66,354 enrollees were accent
ed in April, the last enrolment
period of the fiscal year. OF their
families. 3766 per cent were classed
as below the normal living standard.
Only 4.34 Of the April enrolment
do not make allotments of salary
to dependents. Slightly more than
As, 900 had no previous work expert
ence and less than 10000 had been
employed from 8 to 10 months,
Evening star., 1940-07-21
Training Bill Is Sent
To Mexican Congress
BY the Associ lat Press.


MEXICO CITY, July 20.-Pres-
ident Lazaro Cardenas sent to
Congress today a bill to establish
universal compulsory military train
Ing In Mexico. Its passage was
considered assured.
In a message accompanying the
bill he said, THE situation which
prevails in the world because of the
European war urgently demands
that nations take adequate mean
to prevent unjustifled aggression. /"
Cardenas asserted scarcity Of
trained reserves would make prac-
tically impossible a mobilization
that might be needed at any mo-
ment for defense of our institutions
and national territory"
The bill to make all physically fit
Mexicans between 10 and IS eligible
for service, will be considered by
the extraordinary session OF Con-
gress convening next Thursday.
Mexico now has an active army
OF $4,000 men. The War Ministry
said several weeks ago it expected
to call $4,000 men a year for train
ing at least until an active reserve
OF 100000 had been developed.
President Cardenas also trans
mitted to Congress a bill to create
Supreme Council of National De-
Tense, composed of Cabinet officers,
labor, peasant and business leaders.
Evening star., 1940-07-21
London
From First Page.

small hours of this morning and
were still going on at sunset.
One patrol of hurricanes shot
down two Messerschmitts and Sc
verely damaged several more. They
also got in some useful bursts on
one Junkers.
Bomber Is Shot Down.
Another patrol of hurricanes
chased a dive bomber more than
halfway across the English Chan
mel. It was straight chase and
ended with the bomber in the sea.
A fourth new enemy aircraft defi-
nitely destroyed on the southeast
coast was q Messerschmitt 100
fighter. 1t was shot down by spit
ire pilots.
AS these fights were in progress
q formation Of hurricanes patrol
ing farther down the south coast
met q number Of Messerschmitts
At least two were shot down.
Elsewhere, German planes were
given battle over Southwest England,
Wales and Southeast Scotland.
Replaces Ironside.
In, reshufie of army commands,
SiE~Alan-one of the Northern Ire
land family Of lighting Brookes''--.
replaces Sir Edmund Ironside as
commander in chief Ct home forces.
ViScount Gort, who led the British
Expeditionary Force IN france, nov
is Inspector general to the forces
for training.
Neutral military observers regard
ed the selection of Sir Alan, who
also fought with the B. E. F., as
fresh evidence of a British shift
from straight defense to . balance
between defensive and offensive
plans-aimed at Wrestling initiative
from the Nazis and, ultimately, win
ming the war on the Continent.
Promotion" Of Ironside to the
rank of field marshal was not COM
Evening star., 1940-07-21
Defense Needs Speed
Coast and 6eodeiic
5uryeys0ff Alaska
Aerial Photography Slated
To Assist in Chortins
Peninsula Coust Line
BY OLIVER MCKEE.

Because of the strategic impor-
tance Of Alaska In plans for hemi-
sphere defense the Coast and
Geodetic Survey is speeding this
summer the charting Of the waters
of the Alaska Peninsula and the
Aleutian Islands. At present imper-
fectly charted, this area, q potential
theater of operations for the United
States Navy, presents many dangers
to navigation. The Aleutian Islands,
on the west, reach q point within
. few hundred miles of Siberia.
The Coast and, Geodetic Survey
now has in Alaskan waters five sur
vey ships and several tenders. The
Alaskan feet includes the new Ex-
plorer, rated the worlds finest and
best equipped survey vessel. Though
1t will require several years to COM
plete the Alaskan surveys, much
progress is expected this summer.
Air Survey In Prospect.
Either in September or early next
spring the Coast and Geodetic Sur
vey will make an air survey OF the
coastline on both sides of the Alaska
Peninsula. Army planes will do the
flying, and from the photographs
obtained from the airplanes, experts
of the Coast and Geodetic Survey
will construct charts of the shore
and the land areas Immediately ad-
jacent. These charts, to, will be Of
great value to the Army and Navy in
any future operations in this region.
The Great Circle Track, the Short
est ruote from the Pacific North
west to the Orient, cuts across the
Aleutian Islands at Unimak Pass
and then extends west to the north
OF the Aleutans. Because of the re-
liable charts are at present lacking,
this route to the Orient is seldom
used by commercial vessels. When
the waters of the Aleutian chain
are charted, merchant ships will
have available a new and shorter
route from the Pacific Northwest to
the Orient.
Slow in Early Decades.
The Coast and Geodetic Survey
began work in Alaska in 1867. For
Evening star., 1940-07-21
U. S. Ambulance Group
Bucks War Truinino
By the A1eocisted Press.

By the Associated Press.
E, ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., July 90
After adopting 4 resolution indors-
ing compulsory military service for
all American males over 10 years.
the United States Army Ambulance
Service Association here for its
2lst annual convention, today elect
ed John B. Hardin Of Margate City
national commander.
Mr.. Hardin, who served on the
Italian front with the University of
Chicago Unit, succeeds J. Wilson
Corwin Of Baltimore, Md.
Regional commanders included:
East, Clarence O'Brien Of Boston;
South, Sol Glass Of Baltimore.
Baltimore was selected for the
July, 1941, convention.
Evening star., 1940-07-21
Two Air Scouts Units
Formed at D. G. MEETING

Two units of Air Scouts were
formed at a meeting held at the
Knights of Columbus Hall last
night. Richard Watson, 1913 Ninth
street Sc, heads Unit No. and
William Weller, Benning, D. c.,
Unit No. 2.
Prizes for q membership drive
were announced. Any member
bringing in 10 new members will
be awarded uniform cap. A grand
prize will be q complete uniform
cap. A grand prize will be a COM
plete uniform and a one-day trip
to the New York Worlds Fair.
There will be 10 second prizes Of q
uniform cap and pants or skirt and
a one-day trip to the fair. and 10
third prizes consisting of a trip to
the fair and q uniform ,cap.
Evening star., 1940-07-21
Byoir Is Cleared
BY House Group
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press
Representative Dempsey, Demo-
crat, of New Mexico said yesterday
that House subcommittee had
cleared Carl Byoir, New York pub
licist, Of charges of n-American
activities.
In a telegram to Chairman Dies of
the House Committee Investigating
un-American Activities, Representa-
tive Dempsey recommended that it
adopt a resolution covering a full
exoneratiod."
Representative Dempsey was
chairman Of the subcommittee
named by Mr.. Dies to investigate
charges against Mr.. Byoir. Repre-
sentative PatmAn, Democrat of
Texas hid told The House that Mr..
Byoir, an Army reserve lieutenant
colonel, was hired by Germany to
establish an espionage and spy
system in this country.
A Justice Department official said
last Tuesday that the Federal Bu-
reau Of Investigation had found no
evidence to support that charge.
Evening star., 1940-07-21

rahan Will present the awards.
William X. McMahon, chairman Of
the contest, said that the entries,
had established a record Of 1,soo,-
600 miles by 1872 vehicles with only
one accident per 100000 miles. This
is about half the national accident
rate.
Special certificates will be issued
to the highway department and to
Murphy & Ames for 140.450 miles
and 115, ,595 miles respectively, Of no.
accident driving during the year.
Other concerns with fleets in the
contest we're the American Oil Co.,
the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co., Rosslyn Gas Co., Texas
Co., and the Virginia Public Service
Co., as well as the vehicles Of the
Arlington Sewer and Water Depart
mentS, .-.--
Evening star., 1940-07-21

many decades operations were slow
and netted comparatively meager
results. In 1884 surveys were started
at Unimak Pass by the ships Dis
coverer and Surveyor. After the
surveys In the immediate vicinity
Of Unimak Pass were completed the
Dtscoverer turned its attention to
the south coast Of the Alaska Pc
ninsula, while the Surveyor moved
westward to the Aleutian chain.
In the Bering Sea there has been
little survey work in the past ex-
cept Of Z reconnaissance nature.
This Is vast area and tina waters
are comparatively shallow. The
ship Guide has been assigned to
this region and has recently started
surveys in Bristol Bay.
The Aleutaan Islands extend their
long fingers some $500 miles toward
Asia. Because Of frequent fogs and
Evening star., 1940-07-21
Growth Of United States Fleet
1888
1.ole,o7o

nno
yet The Mooooo authorization for
nA .,n so~n % Of S
Evening star., 1940-07-21
Exonerotion Of Byoir
Too Hosty, Potmon Says

TEXARKANA, Tex, July 20 (F.
Representative Wright Patman,
Democrat, of Texas said tonight "a
statement that the subcommittee of
the Dies Committee has exonerated
Carl Byoir is too hasty, since have
not been heard by the committee
In connection with the charges"
un Washington, Representa-
tive Dempsey, Democrat, of New
Mexico said a House subcommit-
tee had cleared Byoir, New York
publicist, of charges of un-Amer-
ican activities. Mr.. Dempsey was
chairman of the group named by
Chairman Dies to investigate the
accusation against Byoir.)
Mr.. Patman had accused Byoir of
pro-Nazi-ism, asserting the New
Yorker had handled Nazi propa-
ganda In the United States.
Patman's Statement.
Mr.. Patman said in statement:
II have sworn testimony to sup
port every charge that made, and
I will continue to urge the charges
until complete justice is done.
The testimony shows that Carl
Byoir sent George Sylvester Vierick,
q noted World War German propa-
gandist, to Germany soon after jan
uary, 1888, when Hitler came into
power, and obtained contract for
himself and Vierick to sell Hitlerism
to America. When this contract was
IN Byoir's name, no law required
registration. =
Now registration is required and
George Sylvester Vierick is regis
tered with the State Department in
Washington as representing Nazi
German interests which are con-
trolled by Hitler.
Will Demand Hearinr.
II certainly will demand hearing
before the full committee and de-
termine why the hasty action to ex-
onerate one that has already been
found guilty by another congress
sional committee on un-American
activities"
The statement added that Chair
man Dies told Mr.. Patman the full
committee on un-American Activi-
ties could make no report "at this
time because the matter is still un-
der investigation. Therefore any
act on the part of the subcommittee
Is certainly without force, effect and
is premature"
Evening star., 1940-07-21
Alexandra to Form
Club to Back WiIIkie

By staff Correspondent OF The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, July 20.-Per-
manent organization Of q Willkie-
for-President Club will be effected
ut . meetins In the George Mason
Hotel at 8 pm. Tuesday.
Frederick L. Flynn, chairman Of
the Alexandria Republican Commit
tee and temporary chairman Of the
Willkie- for President Club. said that
the organization will be formed
along nonpartisan lines. for the club
expects to recruit many Democrats
who are opposed to third term
for President Roosevelt.
Mr.. Flynn said he would rot be
. candidate for permanent chair.
man Of the club.
Evening star., 1940-07-21

bad weather survey operations are
necessarily slow.
Az part Of It's contribution to
the national defense program the
Coast and Geodetic Survey is speed
ing up the production Of nautical
and aeronautical charts. The de-
mand for these In recent months
has greatly increased.
Evening star., 1940-07-21
Dies Hears ". P. A.
Data Puts New York
Al Mercy Of Reds
Writer'S Project Bored
Vital lnformution,
Investigators Testify
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Ae3oClateo fIeSS
BEAUMONT, Tex, July 20.-The
Dies committee heard today that
New York City could be rendered
swiftly uninhabitable through in
formation obtained by the Com
munist party from w. p. A.
writers project.
George Hurley and Steve Bir-
mingham, investigators for the
House Committee Investigating Un-
American Activities, told Chairman
Dies, Democrat. of Texas the prof.
ect had unearthed complete infor-
nation of New York's nerve centers
Of industry, communication, trans
portation and food and water supply.
Utilization of this mass of photo
graphic and charted material would
mean, possibly, decentralization of the
great city within space of hours,
the witness asserted.
Official Belittles Testimony.
In New York, however, 1t. Col.
Brehon B. Somervell, w. P. A. ad-
ministrator, said mo one need be
alarmed" at the testimony, adding
the writers project had obtained
only information readily available
to any one interested.
Mr.. Hurley and Mr.. Birmingham
asserted that Communists assisting
In preparing a book. Underneath
New York." had duplicated for party
files information obtained from
State and Federal officials as well
as industries.
The material pertsined to water
supply, subways. food and milk
centers, electricity, railroads, gas
supplies. bridges, water mains, ter
minals and police and fire depart
ment signal systems.
Probes Reds In Colleges.
Later in the day Mr.. Dies, who
Is conducting a series of one-man
hearings in Texas, turned again to
reports of Communist infiltration
In State-supported schools.
From a report prepared by Sher-
III Chris P. Fox Of Ell Paso, the
committee chairman was told at
least one State college president and
q basketball coach were members
Of the party.
The report added that active
Communist units had been estab-
1ished in many Texas cities and
that the the party aimed to build a
permanent independent labor politi-
cal party in this State.
Evening star., 1940-07-21
Firms to Receive Awards
For Sufety Drivinq

Awards in the second annual
Large Fleet Operators Contest
sponsored by the Arlington (Va.)
Safety Council will be made at the
Arlington Courthouse at pm.
Tuesday, Clifton G. Stoneburner,
executive director Of the council,
announced today.
County Manager Frank G. Han
Evening star., 1940-06-19
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