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Evening star., 1940-05-27
Producers Promise
U. 5. First Call on
Machine Tools
Requirements Can Be
Net, Leaders Declare
After PorIey Here
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Manufacturers Of machine tools,
responding to President Roosevelt's
call for the best, speediest and
most efficient mass production" !"
promised today to give the Govern
ment first call on tools vital to
acceleration Of defense industries.
I'VE are confident Of our ability
to meet the requirements" Clayton
r. Burt Of Hartford. Conn. said
after he and five other leaders Of
the machine tool industry conferred
with Treasury, War, Navy and Com
merce Department representatives.
Mr.. Roosevelt made the call on
private industry in a radio appeal
last night for national unity.
Accompanying Mr.. Burt were John
E. Lovely Of Springfield, VT, presi-
dent of the National Machine Tool
Builders Association; Tell Berna Of
Cleveland, general manager Of the
association: Norman D. Mcleod of
Providence. r. l.: Charles J. Still
we'll of Cleveland, and Howard D.
Dunbar of Worcester. Mass.
While no details of the conference
were announced, 1t was understood
that the manufacturers indicated
they could meet many Of the new re-
quests for machine tools by putting
extra shifts to work in existing fac
tories. It was limited that building
of new factories or enlargement of
existing ones might not be neces-
sary, at least now.
Evening star., 1940-05-27
Man Found Hanging in Cell
Identified as McCuistion

Inspector Bernard w. Thompson,
chief of detectives, today said that
the man found hanging from a cell
bar at the 18th precinct Saturday
afternoon, but later revived. has
been identified positively as William
c. McCuistion, a Dies Committee
witness last October.
Inspector Thompson said Detec-
tive Sergt. Vigo Larsen of the Iden-
tif1cation Bureau had established
identity through photographs and
tattoo marks on McCuistion's arms.
McC Cuistion, released from Gallinger
Hospital, was returned to No. II
precinct today.
McCuistion was prominent in the
news last year when he was ar
rested on a murder charge after
finishing two days of testimony be-
fore the Dies Committee. Accused
of the murder of Philip Carey in
New Orleans, McCuistion success
fully fought extradition.
He was arrested Saturday after
noon on charge of intoxication on
the grounds of St. Elizabeth's Hos
pital.
Evening star., 1940-05-27
Air Forum Program
AirmoiI Pickup Flight From Boiling
Field to Airport on Todoy's Aeendo

2 pm.-Commerce Department
auditorium, fourth forum session.
3pm.-Bolling Field, aviation ex-
hibition, to II pm. Landing Of
flights of Army pusuit and medium
bombardment airplanes. Bus serv-
ice from Willard Hotel.
4pm. and 6 p.m-Bolling Field,
airmail pickup flights.
5:45 pm.-National Press Club,
special broadcast by Lowell Thomas.
6 to 9 p.m.-Departmental Audi
torium, public movies.
WEDNESDAY.
National Defense Day.
8 am. Members Of Aviation
Writer'S Association leave for Bal
timore to inspect mass production
methods Of Glenn L. Martin aircraft
factory.
8 a.m.-Commerce Department
auditorium, fifth forum session.
am-Anacostia Naval Air Sta
ton, take-of of Pan-American AIR
ways Clipper for New York and
Europe.
9 a.m.-Willard Hotel, national
convention, Aviation Writers Asso-
citation.
IL noon to S p.m-DepartmentA
Auditorium, public movies.
2 pm.-Commerce Department
auditorium, sixth forum session.
pm.-Bolling Field, landing Of
Army pursuit and flying fortress
bombardment airplanes, General
Headquarters Air Force: represent
ative Navy combat airplanes from
the q. S. S. Ranger and Marine
Corps combat aircraft from East
Coast expeditionary force, Quantico.
Va.
3 to II pm.-Bolling Field, ma
tional aviation exhibition, including
planes of the three services, which
viii take OF during the Afternoon.
4 and 8 pm.-Bolhng Field, air.
mail pickup flights.
7:30 pm.-For1m banquet, VIII
lard Hotl ballroom.
Evening star., 1940-05-27
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

senate:
Continues debate in Oppressive
labor practices" bill.
Appropriations s b c m m ttee
works on Sl.1l1 900 900 relief bill;
1890 am.
Military Affairs Committee con-
siders bill outlawing private arm
les; 10:30 am.
Judiciary Committee considers
legislation Tightening alien and
subversive statutes: 1920 am.
Labor Subcommittee holds hear
ing on permanent work agency pro-
posal; 10 am.
Civil Liberties Committee contin-
ues testimony on farm migrants;
10 am.
House:
Considers resolution making trans
fer OF immigration Service to
Justice Department effective In 10
days.
Naval Appropriations Subcommit-
tee hears Admiral Stark on big
Navy program; 10 am.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
May take up Federal-aid hospi-
talization bill, if civil liberties bill
is disposed of today.
Interstate Commerce Subcommit-
tee considers wire-tapping hearing.
10 am.
Banking and Currency Committee
meets (executive) on commodity
credit bill. 10:30 am.
Irrigation and Reclamation Com
mittee meets on Boulder Dam
power rates. 10:30 am.
House:
Considers naval shipbuilding and
naval aircraft construction bills.
Invalid Pensions Committee con-
siders bill providing pensions for
certain veterans of Indian wars.
10:30 am.
Evening star., 1940-05-27
Col. |. F. Stone Killed
When Plane Hits Auto
The War Department was notified

The War Department was notified
today of the death of 1t. Col.
Laurence F. Stone, Air Corps, at
Dodge City, Kans., yesterday. Col
Stone was killed when his plane COL
lided with an automobile.
Another occupant of the plane, an
Army sergeant, was slightly injured.
Two persons in the automobile also
were hurt, 1t was said.
Col. Stone, SIS, was serving at the
Command and General Staff School
at Fort Leavenworth. He was born
at Malad City, Idaho. On gradua-
ton from the University Of Idaho
he was commissioned a second lieu
tenant of infantry.
He attended the Army War Col
lege here in 1896.
Col. Stone held the ratings of air
plane pilot, balloon pilot and balloon
observer. He participated in the
national elimination balloon races
in 1926 at Little Rock, Ark. Ee
piloted the McCook Field entry,
with Capt. G. r. Oatman as aide.
Col. Stone is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Louise B. Stone, and
three children, Laurence, Elizabeth
B. and Mary Louise Stone, all of
Fort Leavenworth.
Evening star., 1940-05-27
Giant I. W. A. StratoIiner
Christened al Bo|Iinq Field

The giant new four-engine strato-
liner of Transcontinental g. Western
Air, Inc, was christened at Boiling
Field today and will be on display
there during the three days of the
air forum.
Smith w. Purdum, Assistant Post
master General, in the principal ad-
dress stressed the important role
played by the Post Office Depart
ment in stimulating the develop
ment Of commercial airlines. During
the past fiscal year. he said, the
department paid to airline operators
for carrying the mail $16600,000.
Robert H. Hinckley. chairman Of
the Civil Aeronautics Authority,
characterized the great plane behind
him as the flying carpet Of
Bagdad."
The stratoliner was described by
T. B. Wilson, chairman of the board
of T. w. A., as the most modern
development in commercial aircraft,
designed to carry 33 passengers by
day, IS at night, in so-called pres
surized cabins" to provide comfort
when flying at attitudes of miles
above the earth. The ship is to be
placed in transcontinental service
and is expected to fly from coast to
coast at about 220 miles an hour,
completing the trip in about IA
hours.
The ship was christened when
gaily colored ribbons, stretched from
the airplane's nose to the speaker S
stand, were cut by Mrs. Robert H.
Hinckley. Music for the occasion
was furnished by the United States
Navy School of Music Band under
the direction of Bandmaster ]. M
Thurmond.
Evening star., 1940-05-27
Air Forum
Continued From First Page.)

can be a destructive force. The pres
ent situation, whatever the cause,
is matter Of fact which cannot be
altered by argument. Today all Of
us must cooperate, must think Of
ourselves as team in a united effort
to reproduce the most practical re.
suit in the shortest possible time"
Will Establish Principle.
Speaking before a gathering of
the Nations aviation leaders and
representatives Of the South and
Central American republics. Gen.
Marshall declared that the principle
has been well established that the
country's welfare in time of peace
and its safety in time Of war "de-
pends to an important extent upon
the existence of highly organized
industry for the production of planes
and a well-established system for
their operation for commercial
transportation"
Gen. Marshall said that the "un-
expected success" which resulted
from an army experimental use of
civilian aviation schools for training
Of Army pilots will be followed at
once by a tremendous enlargement
of this procedure with q view to
stimulating civil aviation and facil-
itating development of the Army Air
Corps.
The general declared that the
wisdom of the action of President
Roosevelt in expanding the aviation
industry last year sis now clearly
apparent to all' as step toward
the early production Of $4,000 planes
year.
"At the same time" he warned,
I'VE must consider many other in
dustries which must be expanded to
meet requirements in production of
items of armament in which we are
even more seriously deficient"
Must Observe Realities.
# the World War provided any
lesson for the American people it
showed that we must guard against
"the American tendency under the
emotional strain of a great emer-
gency to assume that vast projects
can be completed on a basis of en-
thusiasm without regard to the prac-
tical realities of the problem" He
pointed out that tragic disillusion-
ment" resulted during the World
War when planes and trained pilots
failed to materialize in few
months, or even by the end of the
first year after Congress had ap-
propriated $640. 100000 for the de-
velopment of air power.
"The country did not realize then,
as I think it does not realize today,
the long time required under the
most efficient procedure, first to ini-
tiate production program and then
to arrive at the hour of mass pro-
duction; the time necessary to train
the personnel and to transport the
equipment and that personnel to the
field Of action"
Thomas H. Beck, general chair
man Of the forum, warned his list
eners that when the Nation talks
Evening star., 1940-05-27

= A runaway plane. circling twice
over dangerous high tension lines,
made a forced landing at the Poto-
mac Yards terminal in Alexandria,
Va, yesterday afternoon and threw
workmen into confusion.
No one was injured and the plane
was only slightly damaged.
The plane was a three-foot model
which apparently began its flight
at Boiling Field where the National
Aeronautical Association was stag
ing q model plane contest.
First to reach the scene Of the
accident" was Milling Underwood,
yard engineer. The plane made a
three-point landing along the tracks
Evening star., 1940-05-27
Inquest Clears Woman
In Traffic Death

A coroner's jury today exonerated
Mrs. Ann F. Barry, 80, of the 600
block of Twenty-first street NV,
In the traffic death of Christ Ara
wants. So. of 2l33 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV. who ran into the side
OF Mrs. Barry's car at Connecticut
avenue and N street NV. on
May 18.
Testimony at the inquest re-
vealed that Mr.. Aravanis had
crossed from a loading platform on
Connecticut avenue to a taxicab
parked on the east side Of the thor
oughfare to inquire about the fare
to a point in the Southeast. He then
wheeled around and started to run
back across the street to catch a
street car, when he ran into the
right front door of the north-bound
automobile, witnesses said.
Evening star., 1940-05-27

as Mr.. Underwood drove his locomo-
tive by.
He stopped the train to investigate
and in few minutes was surround
ed by yard workmen.
When the men saw the plane fly
ing high overhead they at first
thought 1t might be a real ship, and
when 1t circled back again they felt
sure something was wrong.
Several men were about to call
police until the miniature ship came
nearer and dropped to earth.
Mr.. Underwood said the model
must have caught in back draft
that sent 1t back over the yards.
The plane was taken to the Un-
derwood home, 200 Massachusetts
avenue NV, where it was held for
the owner.
Evening star., 1940-05-27
Show of Aerial Might Draws
Crowds to Boiling Field
New Bomber Capable Of $50 MP.H.'
Among Croft Placed on Exhibit

A small sample of Uncle SIMS
aerial might was displayed today at
Boiling Field as the Nation pondered
problems of enlarging its air fieet,
but OF the 800 or more Army and
Navy planes on exhibit only about
f1ve were less than q year old.
The four-day exhibition in the two
new hangers and air show were held
in connection with the National
Aviation Forum, which was planned
long before President Roosevelt in
dicated the need for $4,000 war
planes. Although manufacturers of
small planes for civilian flying par
ticipated, the emphasis and interest
was on military might. The Army
clocked more than 1000 spectators
through No. l hangar, where the
military exhibits were concentrated.
and 1000 automobiles used the park
ing area yesterday.
Several short movie films were
shown by firms specializing in mill
tary planes depicting the numerous
steps in manufacture of warplanes.
which indicated they were largely
handmade. None would predict
publicly how the present output
could be turned into mass produc-
ton.
Favors Reducing Models.
One minor executive declared 1t
was his opinion that the sole
method Of assuring q vastly In
creased output was to reduce the
number Of models now being pur-
chased and concentrate in all plants
a few models selected by the Army
and Navy. Some of the smaller
plants could manufacture parts OF
the plane, which would be assem-
bled by the company owning the
model.
THE Army is handling the prob
lem of mass production and there's
nothing I should say publicly" he
said.
There aren't enough orders to
permit large-scale production OF
present models" said another, who
also refused to be quoted by name.
What has to be done is pool our
plans and patents and get started
on mass production on a scientific
basis. We shouldn't disperse our
energies by having to change tooling
and dies after only few planes
have been produced"
All were quick to point out that
current high-speed bombers and
pursuit ships were not sufficiently
far ahead Of types being used in
Europe to warrant a vast produc-
ton without making allowances for
even better models.
Sentiment Echoed.
Their feelings were echoed by an
engineer employed by a company
manufacturing engines for military
use. A ''bottleneck" is reported in
their branch of the aviation indus
try.
we can't make engines fast
enough" he said. ''If it's liquid
cooled engines (Which make for
more streamlining but at greater
weight the Government needs, let's
all make the same kind"
Placed on display by the Army
was new bimotored B-23 Douglas
bomber, reported to be capable of
top speed Of $50 miles per hour.
Most novel feature was q sglass-in-
closed machine gunner's turret,
streamlined under the tail assembly
and following the contour Of the
fuselage.
An officer declared that although
the bomber had been recently de-
Evening star., 1940-05-27
Wage.Hour Act Holds
For Motor Carriers,
Supreme Court Rules
District Court Here
Reversed by Decision,
Which Split, 5 to 4

A 5-to-4 Supreme Court decision
today made approximately 20o, 1000
motor carrier employees subject to
the Wage-Hour Act.
The ruling reversed decision by
a three-judge District Court here
which held that the Interstate Com
merce Commission was empowered
to fix hours of service for all en-
ployes of common and contract
motor carriers.
Justice Reed gave the majority
opinion for the Supreme Court and
sustained the Governments conten-
ton that only those employees con-
cerned with safety operations came
under the supervision Of the I. c. c.
Other workers. it was held, come
under the Wage-Hour Division.
Labor Department
The case was brought by the
American Trucking Association and
five companies.
"In the broad domain Of social
legislation a few problems are en-
mesned with the difficulties that
surround a determination of what
qualifications an employe shall have
and how long his hours of work
may be-" the court said.
upon the proper adjustments of
these factors within an industry
and in relation to competitive ac-
tivities may well depend the eco
nomic success OF the enterprises af-
fected as well as the employment
and efficiency of the workers"
1T seems !" that it was not In.
tended by Congress to give the COM
mission power to regulate the quail
fications and hours of service of
employees, other than those con-
cerned with the safety Of opera
tions."
Chief Justice Hughes and Justices
McReynolds. Stone and Roberts dis
sented. They did not give written
opinion.
The District Court which ruled
against the Government divided 2
to !, with Justice Let's dissenting.
Evening star., 1940-05-27
R. W. Strong, Jr., Winner
Of Sober at West Point

Robert w. Strong. jr., son of 1t.
Col. and Mrs. Robert w. Strong,
1927 Klingle road NV, a member
of the graduating class at the West
Point Military Academy, has won
the saber presented annually by
Colon E. Alfaro, Ambassador -
Ecuador. The honor will be be-
slowed at West Point June 8.
Mr.. Strong, who is captain and
adjutant of the Corps of Cadets
the second highest military rating
has been varsity polo star for
three years. He is secretary Of his
class and a member of the Dialectic
Society.
Evening star., 1940-05-27
Mrs. Ida L. King
Of Treasury Retires

Mrs. Ida L. King. clerk in the
Treasury. Division of Securities, was
retired today after 80 years in the
Government service.
Fellow-workers and friends gave
Mrs. King surprise luncheon Satur-
day at her home. 10 Ingraham street
NV. She was presented with a
radio, rocking chair and basket
Of flowers.
A native of Norfolk, Va, Mrs.
King served the first 10 years of
Government service with the Bureau
Of Engraving and Printing. During
the World War she was transferred
to the Treasury Department.
Evening star., 1940-05-27
Former Borburu Mcleod
Of Movies Is Shot Dead
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
VAN NUYS, Calf, May 27.-Mrs.
Barbara Fielding, 80, formerly Bar
bara Mcleod Of the movies, was
fatally shot in her home last night.
Detective 1t. William Mari re-
ported she shot herself after an
argument with her husband, Gerald
c. Fielding. The officer said Mr..
Fielding told him he had refused
to give his wife their motor car keys
because she had been drinking.
The McLeods came to California
from Minneapolis about IS years
ago. Her mother is Mrs. James
Alan Mcleod, Pasadena socialite.
Mr.. Fielding. former British film
actor. is q radio executive.
Evening star., 1940-05-27
STAR WASHINGTON, D. c. MONDAY MAY a. 1910

livered, an even faster model-the
B-24-was already being produced
for the Army.
The Navy exhibited . new Con-
sondated, twin-engined patrol am
phibian for use In long distance
patrol. All information on its cap
abilities was withheld. There were
also three new Lockheed planes
staked on the field, which were prob
ably for use as transports.
All the remainder were models OF
pursuit, observation and bomber
planes dating back at least eight
years.
Pursuit Ship Delayed.
. The Curtiss Wright Corp. was to
have brought its new, 400-mile-an-
hour P-40 pursuit ship, which has
been made available to the Allies,
but 1t was delayed by weather and
probably viii arrive by tomorrow.
An exhibition of anti-aircraft
equipment was made by Battery B,
260th Coast Artillery, District Ma
tional Guard, commanded by Capt.
l.. w. Linderer. Enlisted men went
through the motions of firing the
gun. but disclosed they actually had
not used their two 3-inch guns with
service ammunition for nearly two
years. Blanks were used during ma
neuvers last summer in Virginia.
Probably the most popular ex-
hibition was that Of the Army, Navy
and Marine Corps. The Army
brought four flying cadets from
Kelly Field, Tex, who were detailed
to hand out pamphlets entitled BE
a Flying Cadet. Aviation as a
Career" Many application blanks
also were issued. They are Cadets
G. w. Faust Of Emporia. Kans.: G.
F. Hewins Of Pasadena, Calf; L.
D. Van Mullen of Chicago and J.
D. Lavelle of Cleveland.
Don Ameche, radio and movie
star, arrived in q new stratoliner
from Pittsburgh. One of five to go
into service July l for the Trans
continental g. Western Air Ex-
press. the four -motored, 22-ton
plane can carry 33 passengers at q
top speed OF 240 miles an hour 49,
600 to 10000 feet up. The usual
flight level is 5000 feet. The strato-
liner was piloted by D. w. Tomlin-
son w, chief engineer for T. w. A.
and pioneer in stratophere flying.
Aviation minded youth - nearly
100 boys and girls-meanwhile sent
miniature planes of their own con-
struction zooming into the air at
Boiling Field yesterday, while q
Navy crash boat" stood by on the
Potomac to retrieve runaway models
Dick Everett of Hampton, Va
was awarded a trip over three air.
lines to the national meet of the
Academy of Model Aeronautics in
July. His gas-powered model, aver
aging 1925 seconds in three flights
won first place, while he placed
second in the fuSelage-type, rubber
powered division.
A second Hampton youth, Cald-
well johnson, won a first prize in
the glider class George n. Gel
OF Baltimore was winner of the stick
type in the rubber-powered division
In the exhibition of models shown
on the basis of beauty and original
ity in design, A. M. Eckert of Wash
ington was declared the winner. j
D. Perkins, also of Washington, was
second, and Walter Coburn Of Bal
timore third.
Three models scared across the
river as far as Alexandria, while
three others were f1shed from the
river by the crash boat"
Evening star., 1940-05-27

Weather Conditions Last "A Hours.
The Atlantic disturbance has continued
to move northeastward to the north of the
steamer lanes with diminished intensity
A slight disturbance remains nearly sta
tionary over the Middle Atlantic States.
Urbana. Va. 1012 millibars 1920
upper Great Lakes region. Green Bay,
Wis, 1908 millibars l29.sO inches). Pres
sure is rising OF the South Atlantic Coast
Vile. N. c.. 1918 millibars $50 O4 inches).
Pressure continues hiah over the Red
Oak. 1O19.O millibars 5000 inches.5 and
over the North Pacific States. Seattle,
Wash: 1O20.7 millibsrs t3O.I4 inches).
disturbance 10 developing over the Rio
Grande Valley. Alpine. Tex. 1OO51 milli-
bars (29.6S inches). During the last "a
hours there have been light showers In the
Lake region and portions Of the Atlantic
States. the Southern Plains. and the middle
Rocky Mountain region. Temperatures
continue below normal In the Central VAL
leyS,
Evening star., 1940-05-27
Mrs. Vida Boschen Dies;
Wife Of General

Mrs. Vida G. Boschen, So, wife Of
Brig. Gen. Frederick w. Boschen,
chief Of finance, U. S. A., died yes
terday at her apartment in the
Wardman Park Hotel after a long
illness.
Gen. and Mrs. Boschen had plan
ned four-month voyage to South
America which would have ended in
San Francisco, where they planned
to make their home. The general is
on leave preparatory to retiring from
the Army, May 81.
Gen BoSchen was Government
representative for the national drive
of the Red Cross in 1887 and 1898
and Mrs. Boschen was his most ac-
tive assistant. She was also a direc-
tor of the Women's Army, Navy and
Marine Corps League and a member
Of the Central Committee on Relief
of the Army Relief Society.
A native of Saguache, Colo, Mrs.
Boschen was educated in private
schools in New York City and
Washington. Her marriage to Gen.
Boschen took place at Denver, Colo,
in 1912. They came to Washington
in 1920 and remained until 1925,
later being stationed in West Point,
N. Y; the Philippines, Chicago and
San Francisco. returning in 1886.
Mrs. Boschen is survived by her
husband and daughter, Mrs. Betty
B. Morris of Brookdale, Md.
Funeral services will be held at
pm. tomorrow at Gawler's funeral
home, 1850 Pennsylvania avenue
NV, with burial in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery.
Named as pallbearers were Coils. F..
W. Browne, E. j. O'Hara and w. M.
Dixon; Majs. E. w. McLarren and
L. w. Smith; Capts. L. E. Edwards
and j. B. Haley and F. G. Gardiner.