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Evening star., 1941-03-26
DC. Test 'B|ackout'
Favored by Patterson

Assistant Secretary of War Pat
terson today told Chairman Ran
dolph of the House District Commit
tee his proposal for an experimental
'blackout" of Washington and sur
rounding areas in Maryland and
Virginia is "worthy'of careful con-
sideration'
Representative Randolph said the
statement was made to him at the
War Department, where he went to
confer with Mr.. Patterson on
another matter and incidentally
mentioned preliminary steps that
had been taken to prepare for the
proposed demonstration.
Representative Randolph advo-
Gated the experimental "blackout'
last Saturday to give Washington q
preview of what might happen here
in the event the United States be-
comes involved in the European war
Evening star., 1941-03-26
Groups TO Answer
Questions on Army
Planned in State
Soldiers Service
Committees Will Be
Formed in Maryland
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
FORT GEORGE G.. MEADE. Md,
March 26.-Proposed formation Of
soldiers service committees in every
Maryland community where there is
a unit of the 115th Infantry, for
merly the old lst Regiment of the
State National Guard. was an
nounced yesterday by Col. D. John
Markey of Frederick. the commands
ing officer.
Col. Markey has asked each COM
pany commander 10 submit TO regi-
mental headquarters the names of
from one 10 three women. who will
be requested to organize committees
of from five to seven women in each
community
Chief function of the committees,
Col. Markey said. would be to dis
tribute information on the rights,
privileges and eXpectancies of par
ents and dependents of the soldier in
the field, as covered by military law
and custom"
Publicity to Be Asked.
Col. Markey said the committees
would be asked to publicize regular
ly their existence and times and
places of meeting, and indicate their
Willingness to give information to all
who desired it.
They would act as a semi official
clearing house on questions of prac-
teal and emotional matters having
to do with the Well-being Of all con-
cerned,' he said
Reglmental headquarters will sup
ply the committees with complete
information concerning dependent
allowances and Government insur-
ance as authorized for the National
| Guard in Federal service. as well as
! general information regarding regi-
mental activities.
Supervision of the committees will
be carried on by Capt. Frank Lam
| bert, regimental chaplain.
Meanwhile. it was announced that
the entire 29th Division will pass in
review before the divisional COM
mander, Mai. Gen. Milton A. Reck-
ord, on Saturday, April 5.
For the first time since the divi-
I sion's mobilization some 5000 officers
/ and men will fall in" on the drill
| ground below division headquarters
/ to parade before their chief.
The review is being staged by the
! division as its observance of Army
/ Day, April 7. The hour of the re-
view has not yet been announced.
Evening star., 1941-03-26
Nazis Claim Planes
Sank 10,00O-Ton
British Vessel
Ship in Atlantic Convoy
Guarded by 13 Croft,
Germans Declare
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, March 26.-Nazi long
range bombers were declared by in
formed sources to have sunk TO-
000-ton British merchant ship today
out of a convoy protected by five de-
stroyers, two cruisers and six patrol
boats in the North Atlantic.
They said British freighter, also
attacked from the air, was left sink
ing $50 miles west of the Hebrides,
Scotland
DNB, German official news agen-
cy, reported that another 10,000-ton
ship was sunk by long distance
planes in an early afternoon attack
off the North Scottish coast. The
sunken vessel was said to haye been
conveyed by two small naval craft.
German Warplanes destroyed 5000
tons of merchant shipping and dam
aged an additional $4,000 tons in at
tacks on vessels in the vicinity OF
Great Britain yesterday, the Ger
man high command said today.
One vessel of 1000 tons was sunk
east of Clacton-on-Sea by a direct
hit, and another of 5000 tons was
destroyed at the entrance to Bristol
Channel, the daily war bulletin de-
clared.
Another ship of 5000 tons was set
aflre off Great Yarmouth, one of
1000 tons was left with a list after
low altitude attack near Newquay
and a third of 5000 tons was hit
south of the Faroes, the high COM
mand added
A combat plane effectively
bombed the gas works of South
England city, the communique
added, and a Spitfire was shot down
in battle
A German outpost boat was said
to have shot down an attacking
British torpedo plane in the North
Sea.
Evening star., 1941-03-26
Ford Attorney Asks
Subpoenas for C.. |. 0.
Head and Browder
Their Testimony Sought
In Fight Against
EmpIoye Elections
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, March 26-Subpoenas
for dozen witnesses, among them
Philip Murray, head of the Congress
of Industrial Organizations, and
Earl Browder, Communist leader
now on his way to Atlanta to serve
a prison term for passport fraud,
were requested of a National Labor
Relations Board trial examiner to-
day by Ford Motor Co. attorney.
l. A. Capizzi, Ford attorney, said
he sought their testimony to sup
port his motion to dismiss the
petition of the United Automobile
WorkerS-C. I. o. for employe elec-
tionS among some $4,000 workers
at the Ford Rouge plant here and
some 5000 workers at the Lincoln
plant.
In moving for dismissal of the
U. A. VIC. I. o. petition, Mr.
Capizzi charged that Communists
lin control Of the C. l. o. union
and Communist sympathizers in the
N. l.. R B. regional office here con-
spired to subvert the national de-
fenSe program.
In addition TO Mr. Murray and
Browder, others for whom Mr..
Capizzl sought subpoenas are:
John Brophy c. l. o. official;
Lee PreSSman C. I. o. counsel; Lem
de Caux, editor of c. l. O. publi-
| cation; William z. Foster, long active
in Communist circles; William
Weinstone, former head of the Com
munist party in Michigan; William
Gebert, present Michigan Com
muniSt leader; Robert Minor of New
York; Nathan Witt. former N. l..
R. B attache, and "the Interna-
tional Workers Order"
On Monday. the day the N. L. R. B.
hearing here started, U. A. VIC. 1.
o. counsel obtained Subpoenas for
Henry Ford. founder of the Ford
Motor Co. and Edsel Ford. its presi-
dent, calling for their appearance
yesterday. The subpoenas went un-
answered.
Evening star., 1941-03-26
$4,000 Turned Down
For Service Due 10
Defective Eyesight
20 Per Cent Of 100000
Examined Rejected,
Col. Eones Says

A total of 5000 selectees given
physical examinations thus far in
the national draft by local board
physicians have been found to have
defective eyesight, while the Army
has rejected an additional 5000 for
the same cause.
These figures were revealed yes
terday by 1t. Col. Richard H. Eanes
Of national selective service head
quarters who addressed the annual
meeting of the District of Columbia
Society for the Prevention of Blind
ness at the Y. w. c. A.
Slightly more than 100000 men
have received physical examina-
tions, according to data supplied
headquarters, and approximately 20
per cent of these have been found
physically unfit for service. Col
Eanes disclosed. OF this latter group,
9 per cent have been disqualified be-
cause of defective eyesight.
Wants Better School Lighting.
Citing the high rate of faulty eye
sight among District schools, Mrs
Allen L. Worries, society recording
secretary. contended that so per
cent of schools here are ''woefully
ill-lighted." She said the society had
urged an increase in the District
budget to supply better lighting of
schools in a three-year program.
Mrs. Mary Hopper Spencer, execu-
tive director of the society, in her
annual report expressed regret that
'only IA per cent of the 5-year-old
population receives vision tests"
sponsored by the society.
Hopes for Glasses in Braille.
The Board of Education, Mrs
Henry Grattan Doyle, president,
said, was hopeful of establishing
classes in Braille for school children
who are blind or are losing their
sight.
DR.. James N. Greear. jr., who pre-
sided at yesterdays meeting, was
reelected society president. Other
officers are: Mrs. Walter K. Myers,
first vice president; Mrs. Edward E.
Robbins, second vice president; Mrs.
Arthur T. Lyon, recording secretary;
Mrs. Milton W. King, corresponding
secretary, and w. L. Howenstine,
treasurer.
Evening star., 1941-03-26

The place: Park road and Pine
Sereet NV.
The accident: A 69-year-old man
was fatally injured when he was
struck by an automobile proceeding
east on Park road as he was crossing
the street after stepping from be-
tween two parked cars. Witnesses
said the man was looking in the
opposite direction to that in which
the striking car was travelling. He
was picked up about II feet from
the point of impact. He was taken
TO Garfield Hospital, where he died
March Is.
The time: About 11:10 am,
March is.
The weather: Clear.
The street: Straight and level.
The vehicle: A 1941 sedan with
excellent" brakes. Speed at the
time of the accident was estimated
by the driver and by witnesses at
Is miles an hour. There were no
skid marks on the street.
The driver: A 17-year-old girl
with 10 months driving experience.
She said she first saw the victim
when he was standing in the middle
Evening star., 1941-03-26

of the street about Is feet away.
She blew her horn and continued on,
she added, and the man, who had
his head turned in the opposite
direction, walked into the right front
side of her car. She said she
Evening star., 1941-03-26
Bethlehem
Continued From First PageD

strikers, who have been in the plant
since the strike was called late Mon
day, and others who crossed S. w. o.
c. picket lines to enter the smile
long plant.
The plant here is the key plant
of seven Bethlehem mills in New
York, Pennsylvania and Maryland
working on more than a billion dol
lars in defense orders. The company
also operates shipyards on both
r0aSfs
Evening star., 1941-03-26
Jopon's Envoy to Vichy
To Leave for Berlin

VICHY, France, March 26 LP).-
Ken Harada, japanese Charge
d'Affaires at Vichy, present seat of
the French government, is expected
to leave for Berlin today, it was dis
closed here.
japanese Foreign Minister YoSuke
Matsuoka arrives in Berlin this
afternoon on a visit to axis capitals
IN Europe.
Evening star., 1941-03-26
Camden Shipyord Fire
Causes Slight Damage

Fy tte Associated Press.
CAMDEN, N. J., March pa
small fire in scaffolding around a
naval cruiser being built at the New
York Shipbuilding Corp. yards was
extinguished today by Camden city
firemen.
Evening star., 1941-03-26

The Atlantic coast disturbance has
moved northeastward with increasing in
tensity, being central this morning over
Maine with lowest pressure about 96S
millibars t29.12 inches. Another disturb
ance IS over the middle Gulf, ship, about
200 miles south of the mouth of the Mis-
sissipp; River. 1905 millibars t29.71
incheS> and pressure remains low over
southern and central Texas, Brownsville,
1009.5 millibars (29.S1 inches). A minor
disturbance is moving southeastward over
Montana and another is moving southeast
ward over the Lake Superior region. Bill
lings, Mont. 1012:a millibars l29.9
inches) and Marquette, Mich. 1922 mil
libars 1892 incheS. An extensive anti
cyclone covers the. greater part Of the
United States east Of the Rocky, Mountains.
except the North Atlantic States and ot the e
millibars (30.15 inchesl, and Cincinnati
Ohio, 10000 millibars t30.12 inches): Rain
has fallen in Florida, Texas and Oklahoma,
and snow in portions of the Rocky Noun
tain region, the Plains States and the
extreme upper Mississippi Valley Temper
ature changes have been slight as rule.
River Report
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
ut Harpers Ferry: Potomac slightly muddy
At Great Falls today.
Evening star., 1941-03-26
Weather Report
Furnished by the Unit

FURNISHED by the United States Weather Bureau)
Colmba-ncreasing oudiness
atre about 33 degrees tonight cloudy
night
variable
Maryland and Vgna-Mostly
rain afternoon
night not much change
Virginia-Coudy
tomorrow afternoon;
Evening star., 1941-03-26
Mafsuoka Arrives
In Berlin for
Hitler Talks
Discussions Designed
To Help New Order,'
Commentators Soy
D the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
BERLIN, March 26.-Japanese
Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsnoka,
arrived in Berlin this evening for
discussions which German COM
mentators said were designed to
make the three-power pact more
effective instrument for organizing
the new order" in Europe and the
Far East.
Matsuoka's train which carried
him from Moscow where he had
talked with Joseph Stain drew into
Anhalter Station as twilight de-
scended on the city.
Streets had been blocked off and
tens of thousands of citizens were
on hand to give him a wild greeting.
The authoritative commentary,
Dienst aus Deutschland, comment
ing on the visit, said it was more
significant than a mere friendly
exchange of opinions"
Rousing Welcome Ready.
When Matsuoka begins confer
ences tomorrow with Adolf Hitler
and other German leaders, the COM
mentary said, they will view prob
lens from a worldwide perspective
and will stabilize and clarity the
pre-conditions for the fundamental
reform of international life"
The German capital had rouSlng
welcome for the japanese Foreign
Minister. backgrounded by jubila-
ton over Yugoslavias s entrance into
the axis camp.
Matsuoka entered German terri
tory late last night at the tiny town
of Malkinia on the Russian border.
Factories and schools were ordered
10 close early to give workers and
children time to get in line along the
route from the railway station to
Bellevue Palace-the Fuehrer'S guest
house for state visitors.
Five top-hatted diplomats were in
the welcoming party, representing
the junior partners of the tripartite
agreement - Hungary, Rumania,
Slovakia, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia.
1t. Gen Hiroshi OShima, the jap
snese Ambassador to Germany, wore
q bowler. Ribbentrop and Dino AL
fieri, Italian Ambassador, were in
uniform.
Decorations Elaborate.
The decorations were more elabo-
rate than those seen on any other
recent state occasion and culmi-
mated in gigantic rising sun made
of paper, white chrysanthemums
and red poppieS.
Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph
Goebbels urged Berlin residents to
decorate your houses with flags
and personally take part in this his
toric event"
The reception accorded this dis
tinguished Japanese visitor in the
Reich's capital" Dr. Goebbels de-
clared, will most effectively demon |
strate the insoluble union of nations
bound together by the three-power
pact ="
Aid to Cooperation Seen.
Gen. Oshima said he had not the |
slightest doubt that the Foreign |
Minister'S visit will contribute much |
toward strengthening our Japan- |
ese-German) cooperation"
Oshima envisaged world peace as
a result of the glorious final victory
of Germany"
Matsuoka came to Berlin after a !
one-day visit in Moscow, where he /
talked with Joseph Stain and other |
Soviet Russian leaders.
Domei, Japanese news agency, /
said in broadcast yesterday from |
TOXIC that Matsuoka probably would |
stay in Berlin until March 30, leav-
ing that night for a three-day visit |
in Rome.
Evening star., 1941-03-26
Congress in Brief
TnnAN

Senate:
In recess.
House:
Debates cotton storage legislation
Judiciary Committee resumes study
of defense labor problems.
Military Committee opens hearings
on aviation procurement.
Evening star., 1941-03-26
DR.. Cartwright to Broadcast

The Rev. DR.. John K. Cartwright,
pastor of the Church of the I'M
maculate Conception, will broadcast
from Station VOL tomorrow from
$3.50 to pm. on the Catholic Radio
Hour. His subject will be The An
nunciation of Our Lady"
Evening star., 1941-03-26

swerved to the left to avoid striking
the man but could not avoid the
accident.
Coroner's jury verdict: The death
was accidental and the operator Of
the car was released.
Evening star., 1941-03-26
Why Must They Die? No. 10 D's' Do.s Lost s Te%s eo%


Analysis of traffic death No. 8
has not been published pending
completion OF official inDestiga-
tton.
Evening star., 1941-03-26
Report for Last "a Hours.

Record for Last "a Heurs.
lFrom noon yesterday to noon today
ago. 46
Lowest. 81. e:45 Am. today. Year
ago. rs.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 6S, on March 3.
Lowest, Is, on March IS.
Humidity for Last "a Hours
rrom noon yesterday to noon today
Highest, SO per cent, at 7 am. today.
Lowest, 80 per cent, at noon today.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED BY Omitted States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Today. Tomorrow
High -------- 7:06 I'm. 7:46 am.
Low -------- 1:32 am. 2:14 am.
H1gn ----------- 1852 pm. S:12 pm.
Low ----------- 1888 pm. 2.42 pm
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Sun. today ---- 500. 6:25
Sun. tomorrow 500 6:26
Automobile lights must Be turned on
ene-haf hour after sunset.
Evening star., 1941-03-26

Domei, Japanese news agency,
said in broadcast yesterday from
Toxic that Matsuoka probably would
stay in Berlin until March 30, Ieav-
ing that night for three-day visit
in Rome
Evening star., 1941-03-26

FURNISHED BY Omitted States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Evening star., 1941-01-26

That very night it seemed that
Patrick was to be made to swallow his
own words, and that Watson's turn
had come at last, for Phil was destined
to skate into the toughest spot in his
career
1t came in the last moment of the
game. The gasping Rangers had made
last superhuman effort behind Phirs
constant sparkling and had spurted
from behind with two straight goals
to tie the score at two-all. That carried
the game into overtime. Whoever
scored the next goal would be the win
ner, and the game would be over.
Finally, Watson got the puck and
raced down center ice, skating behind
the Toronto net. That looked like
Phips biggest mistake, for Reg Hamil-
ton and Bingo kampman were waiting
for him. They had him just where they
wanted him.
You can fne-comb the league and
you won't find two more Furnishing hus
kles than Hamilton and kampman.
Warily they stalked Phil; this, they
figured, was the spot where lot of
debts we're to be paid off, where they'd
even things for some of the times
Watson had given them the slip and
made them look bad on the Leaf de-
fense line. You could almost see them
plotting that long-overdue, bone-rat-
ting body check that would fold
Watson and drop him in the laps of
the fifth-row customers.
But Hamilton and Kampman, in
their eagerness to settle with Watson,
hadn't noticed Bryan Hextall follow
ing the play in. Watson had. Deity
Phil passed the puck out, putting it
right on his fast-fying mates stick,
which was only halfway stop on the
disks hasty and now-historic trip into
the mesh of the Toronto net.
Goal, game and Stanley Cup those
were the sweet fruits the Rangers
reaped from that play. But it also
meant eleventh-hour escape for the
Evening star., 1941-01-26
DANGEROUS ALIBI
Continued from pose nineteen

made him as conspicuous as the En-
pire State Building"
This is no place for sentiment,
Olivia" the Camp attorney said.
'The man breaks into your house,
has the run of the place while it's
crowded with guests, gives you an
assumed name and vanishes Your
jewels vanish at the same time. The
thing is open and shut"
In NOT so sure" advised Wasp
Cardigan. ITS curious, how often the
obvious solution is as unsound as a
fairy tale" He whispered into the
phone again, settled back in his chair
and examined young Tony. Take
your handkerchief and wipe your right
eye, SON.
"What for?''
well, for one thing, want to know
who blacked it,
Nobody. fell downstairs.
might of the ball, wasn't it?"
81 don't remember"
Think hard. After this Malvolio
left the party, what did you do?"
81 followed him."
"How far?''
81 saw him sneak up to her room,
tell you"
you saw a man in a dress suit go
up to her room and you followed. You
were pretty drunk. weren't you?"
What business is that of yours?"
Besides, you didn't get a good look
Evening star., 1941-01-26
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE
LAY OFF THAT GUY!"
Continued from pose eight

cornered Watson; Hamilton and
Kampman couldn't cut Phil down, be-
cause the game was over!
But this is another hockey season,
another open season on Phil Watson,
the most gunned-for quarry in hockey.
And Lester Patrick says it is the cam
paign that will prove his little firebug
center has turned into a 100000
hockey player at last. Watson shot
scorching goal that helped us win our
first game this season against the Leafs
in Toronto" Lester explained. "The
Leafs were amazed; but frankie
Boucher, who's running the Rangers
for me now, wasn't surprised, nor
was |.
''All last summer we had Phil walk
ing on his hands," Patrick explained.
"He practiced it every day, some
times for an hour at time. 1t was an
exercise, we figured, that would stiffen
those rubbery wrists of his, put some
punch into his shots.
For several seasons Watson has
been the fastest and most elusive
skater in the league" the Ranger
cheftain went on. 'He could pass, he
could make plays, he could back-check
with the best. But he just couldn't
shoot hard enough to worry the goal
tenders. He had to resort to felntlng
and trickery all the time. The goal
tenders knew that; they watched for
it.
after the play-offs, pointed out
to Watson that hockey's big league,
like the sky, is full of stars" Lester
went on. But only the shooting stars
attract crowd attention. reminded
him of the case of the Boston Bruins
Roy Conacher; Roy can't do half the
things on a hockey rink that Watson
can, but his terrific shot makes him a
high-scoring superstar."
This season, Patrick insists, there's
dynamite in Watson's wrists as well as
in his personality!
Evening star., 1941-01-26

touched his lips. about the time the
talkies were born, my voice was chang
ing. When | was twenty-one and
ready to take over my fortune, |
found that between Fathers convivi-
atty and Mothers love of finery, it
was collapsed balloon. =. The movie
world still remembered me as an en-
gaging kid. But at twenty-one / was
homely, and casting directors summed
me up as a by no means engaging
young ham. So l came East. hated
grease paint anyway. I'd studied
chemistry at high school and had the
insane idea l might get work in some
laboratory. .. Well, | couldn't. Did
you ever hear a funnier story, Olivia?
Aren't you going to laugh?'
NO" she answered after a mo-
ment. "No, | definitely am not. It's
all so simple. You should have told
the truth on January sixth and
we wouldn't have wasted two days.
Dad can use another chemist in his
plant. III see that he needs one, MIR.
Malvolio."
William Shakespeare Malvolio
smiled then, and his smile had none of
its clown quality. Very softly he quot
ed line from Twelfth Night: Moth
ing that can be, can come between
me and the full prospect of my
hopes. -"
Nothing can," murmured Olivia.
The End {
Evening star., 1941-01-26

sleeve. 81 think | know who he is"
Come on - quick"
Wasp led the way to the office where
on previous visits to the lineup had
watched him carry on Investigations.
He had a trick of speaking into the
phone, so that his lips moved SEEM
ingly without sound He raised the
receiver, gave an order A few min
utes later a plain-clothes man came in
with Olivia Camp. Behind them was
dark-haired kid of about nineteen and
an older man. The boys right eye
looked suspiciously as though it had
been reconditioned with makeup.
Wasp shook hands with the man,
who was one of the Camp attorneys,
then turned to the boy where's your
bodyguard?" he asked.
'Racky couldn't come"
"Aren't you afraid to be without
him? Somebody might steal you"
The boy shivered and drew nearer
to the attorney as if for protection.
"Racky said didn't need him. This
guy in the lineup. he's the one |
threw out of the house didn't know
then he had my sisters jewels
"They made me come here and
identify him" Olivia Camps eyes
flashed sparks at her brother. Il told
Tony - told Father - won't be-
leve it. A man who's clever enough to
walk off with a fortune in jewels
wouldn't be stupid enough to sleep
on park bench in a dress suit that