Evening Star Newspaper, April 18, 1940, Page 2

Atfack by Swedes Believed Anticipated By Nazis in Norway Maj. Eliot Sees Issue One of Who Will Strike First By MAJ. GEORGE FIELDING 2 ELIOT. The situation of the German troops in Norway and their operations are becoming very interesting. The main body, at Oslo, prdbably con- sists of 35,000 men, with perhaps 50 light tanks and armored cars and @ few guns (plus what they may have captured from the Norwe- gians). E This force is apparently occupying its time, at a moment when every hour is precious, in consolidating its _position along the Swedish frontier. First it mopped up the southeastern corner of Norway and occupied Halden,.on the main line of railway between Oslo and Gothenburg; next it has moved out to Kongsvinger, a fortified place controlling the other main line into Sweden, that between Oslo and Stockholm. At Trondheim, the rather slender -German garrison there, almost cers J'tainly to be the object of a heavy L British assault from the sea, has ~found occasion to send a trainload (perhaps 700 to 1,000) of its small * force to rush to the Swedish frontier near Storlien, where it has taken up a defensive position covering the railway from Trondheim to Oster- - sund, Sweden (and so to Stock- holm). Finally, up in the north, the ~ German force at Narvik, driven from that port by the allies, is now on the railway from Narvik to Lulea, Sweden, holding at the frontier and on heights dominating the rail line, - to which considerable damage has been done. Eager to Get Railways. Thus the principal concern of all : these German forces appears to be to secure the four railways from Norway to Sweden. One may well ask, why? Can it be possible that - the Germans have information : which leads them to suppose that the Swedes are about to attack ! them? It certainly looks like it; ; their conduct is hardly to be ex- plained on any other ground, since if they had no anxiety as to Sweden, they would hardly be taking such risks and wasting so much time, while the allies are swoopirig on the coast. This is, of course, conjecture based on information as it is avail- able here. Nevertheless, perhaps the time is ripe for an examination of this whole situation from the Swedish point of view, The Swedes are well aware of the value set upon their iron mines, their copper, zinc and timber by the Germans, and to some extent by the allies. They would much prefer to maintain their neutrality and con- tinue trading peacefully with both sides. If, however, as appears, they are not going to be allowed to do ~ 80, then they must consider their i position from an entirely fresh view- point They can, as the Danes, did, let ; In the Germans and become a Ger- man vassal state. If they do, the doom of Norway is probably sealed. But ttis would be the counsel of ! despair. Is the Swedish case des- perate? It depends, the Swedes would probably say, on whether they could depend on getting allied help quickly enough, and in suffi- clent quantity, to enable them to Put up a fight with some hope of success. Time Big Factor. The time factor promptly enters | in: How long could the Swedes| hold out under German attack, what could they do to defend them- selves until allied help arrived— and how could that help reach them? To answer the last question first, it could come by Narvik and the railway Narvik-Lulea, connect- | ing via Ostersund and Bracke with the main Swedish railway system. It might also come by the railway ‘Trondheim - Storlien - Ostersund if that line were open and Trondheim in allied hands. But for the mo- ment the Narvik line is the best hope, and that means that the Ger- man detachment in the north must be disposed of and the line put in working order, a task to which the British and Norwegians seem at this moment to be devoting consid- able effort, an effort which becomes explicable once one assumes a Swedish orientation. It is extreme- ly unlikely that the Swedes will take any undue risks, unless actu- ally attacked, until they can be as- sured that this railway, at least, will be open so that help can reach them. If it is opened then we have a new set of considerations for the Swedes. Presuming that by that time the allies will be making some progress farther south, that the Norwegians have suffered no crush- ing disaster, that the German force at Oslo has not been able to ad- vance very much farther, that the Skagerrak remains reasonably well closed by- allied naval operations and the Germans still dependent on airlines of supply, what would happen if the Swedes were suddenly to swarm over the border and fall upon the Germans in the Oslo region? This is an interesting spec- ulation. Swedes Well Equipped. ‘The Swedish’ Army is well equipped and well led. It has an excellent corps of officers and of career and Teserve non-commissioned officers. Its period of training (normally 175- 200 days, more than twice that of the Norwegian Army) has been lengthened this year by special de- cree and additional reservists have for some time been with the colors; probably it has immediately ready 100,000 men—four large divisjons, a cavalry division and some ' tanks, heavy artillery and so forth. Four more divisions could probably be formed from available reservists within a few hours. These eight divisions are the equivalent in fighting power of 10-11 German divisions, always presuming that their artillery and equipment have not been seriously cut down by Swedish contributions to the defense of Finland. Three or four of them should be able to overwhelm the Oslo army, leaving a strong force available to defend in the south against the certain German inva- sion via the bridgeheads of Trelle- borg, Malmo and Helsingborg. But the Germans would depend very largely on their air force to interfere with such Swedish moves, to break up the Swedish concentrations, at- tack the rail lines, and assail the centers. of Swedish industry on which their war effort depends— especially the great Bofors works in THE EVENING BRITONS BOUND FOR NORWEGIAN FRONT—This picture, radioed from London to New York today, shows British troops Kid McCoy Found Dead l Of Sleeping Potion BY the Associated Press. DETROIT, April 18 —Norman Sel- by, the Kid McCoy of the ring, was found dead today in a downtown hotel. Deputy Coroner Lyle C. Ring said he had taken an overdose of sleeping medicine. McCoy claimed the world middle- weight title early in the century after he defeated Tommy Ryan. He had fought all over the world, in- cluding South Africa, and had made and lost a fortune. In the later years he came to grief and in 1924 was sentenced to 20 years in San Quentin Prison for killing Mrs. Theresa Mors of Los An- geles, He was paroled, however, and obtained a job in the service depart- ment. of the Ford Motor Co. through Harry Bennett, Ford personnel chief. McCoy first met Bennett when the latter was a young boxer in the | Navy. McCoy was cradited with invention of the so-called corkscrew punch. He was 66 years old, was born in | Moscow, Ind., and was married nine | times. C. W. Bartlett, Artist, Dies HONOLULU, April 18 (#).— Charles W. Bartlett, 79, interna- tionally known artist, died Tuesday night He was born in Dorsetshire, England, and had lived in Holland | and Brittany. He had resided in Hawaii since 1917. —_— Central Sweden, and the big factory at Bjoerkborn Air Force Modern. The Swedish air force is modern and well equipped, but it does not include more than 500 planes of combat types, probably not that many. Swedish anti-aircraft ar- tillery is good, but none toe nu-| merous. Thus, the first thing the | Swedes would need from the allies | is air support, and the next is a vig- | orous diversion along the coast to occupy the attention of a good part of the German air force. If allied squadrons are to be sent to Sweden they must, of course, bring with| them their ground base equipment, stores and ammunition; hence the railway via Narvik is as necessary for this purpose as for troops or munitions, though the planes them- selves might be flown in once the allies have an air base in Norway (is this the reason for the landing on the Lofoten Islands, near Nar- vik?). ‘We may well be over-emphasizing the importance of Sweden, and the tenor of Swedish reactions to the invasion of Norway; but one can- not suppose that the Swedes can any longer have the least idea that if Norway goes, they will not be next; they may, therefore, feel that they had as well fight now, while they have allies, or submit later alone. And the outstanding fact re- mains that of all the forces avail- able to save Norway, the nearest, the most immediately available and the strongest in applicable fighting strength is the Swedish Army. One might add that the supply problem of the German troops in Norway does not become acute unless these troops are compelled to fight, to use up ammunition, to suffer cas- ualties. They can eat and maintain themselves off the country, with air support, unless they are faced with an energetic and dangerous enemy. The allied landing force can be such an enemy, but so can the Swedish Army—and the Swedes can get there first. Progress of Allies. As to the progress of the allies in landing troops, our conjecture as to landings at Andalsnes and Namos, encircling Trondheim, appear on the basis of available reports to have been justified by events. The Ger- mans are said to have flown a small force to Dumbas, junction of the Andalsnes branch railway with the main line Oslo-Trondheim; mean- while, also as predicted, air fighting is becoming severe off the coast, the Germans are using their air force in an endeavor to attarck the British warships and transports, the British are vigorously keeping up their at- tacks on the German air bases and are, of course, hard at work trying to establish air bases of their own from which to support their land- ings. It should not be supposed that these operations will move very rapidly; that they are so far under- way at present indicates pretty clearly both that the allies still had their Finnish expeditionary force, with some of its shipping, in hand, and that they regard the Norwegian situation as so critical as calling for their utmost efforts to restore it. Meanwhile the Germans must re- member their danger from Sweden, along with the fact that through Swedish territory runs the only really good line of communications for their army in Norway; it rather looks like a question of who will strike first, the Germans or the Swedes. So far, in such situations, the Germans have managed to re- tain the initiative, to get in those first blows which are so important in modern war. Whether they will do so this time remains to be seen. (Copyrizht 1040 By New ‘York Tridbume powder [ STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1940, i C. 1. 0. Wins 16 of 19 Plants Reporfing in G. M. Election A. F. L. Union Gains Majorities in Only Two Instances By the Associated Press. DETROIT, April 18—The United Automobile Workers (C. I. O.) won 16 of 19 General Motors plants to report today in yesterday’s bargain- ing election among more than 100,000 of the corporation’s employes. The A. F. L.-affiliated United Au- tomobile Workers gained majorities in two plants—the Chevrolet and Fisher Body units at Norwood, Ohio. The Mechanics’ Educational Soci- ety of America won one election. Included in the U, A. W.-C, L. O. ranks:were such large G. M. units as the Pontiac Motor Division and at an unnamed Scottish port, awaiting embarkation for Norway. British-censored caption information included no other details, Upside-Down Stomach Girl, Now 15, Revealed as Bride By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 18.—Alyce Jane McHenry, who attracted Nation- wide attention five years ago as the “girl with the upside-down stomach,” was honeymooning here today. The former Omaha (Nebr.) girl, now 15, was disclosed as the bride of William Kern Byle, 23, a former Northwestern University student. They eloped March 22 and were married at St. Charles, Mo. Alyce met the bridegroom in January while here visiting her sister, Mrs. Jean Vickers. She had been working in New York as a professional model. Hull (Continued From First Page.) Mrs. Luella McHenry, the girl's mother, flew to Chicago yesterday from New York to visit her daughter and meet the bridegroom. Mrs. Mc- Henry is a saleswoman in a New York fur shop. In 1935 a medical examination revealed Alyce's stomach, appendix, spleen and most of the intestines were misplaced—crowded into the place where her left lung should have been. A corrective operation was performed in a Fall River (Mass.) hospital. Mr. Byle is & son of Dr. Arch 8. Byle of Fort Myers, Fla. London _(Continued From First Page.) terials, by declaring that any change in their status quo “would directly affect the interests of many coun- tries.” Taking cognizance of official Jap- anese expression of concern for the future of the islands should the European war engulf the Nether- lands, Secretary Hull declared: “Intervention in the domestic af- fairs of the Netherlands Indies or any alteration of their status quo by other than peaceful processes | would be prejudicial to the cause! of stability, peace and security, not only in the region of the Nether- | lands Indies, but in the entire Pa- | cific area.” Disclaim Designs. Prompt official comment at Tokio | was that the Hull statement coin- cided with Japanese Foreign Min- ister Arita’s views on the subject. An admiralty spokesman declared that Japan had “no territorial de- signs” on the Dutch possessions. However, British, French and American naval authorities in Shanghai frankly considered a Jap- anese attempt to seize the Dutch | East Indies if Germany should in- | vade the Netherlands was a “seri- | ous possibility.” The Hull statement went beyond | the immediate situation in the Pa- cific area to urge again “that poli- cies of force be abandoned” in every part of the world and that peace be maintained on such fundamental principles as “respect by every na- tion for the rights of other nations and non-intervention in their do- mestic affairs.” Mr. Hull's statement pointed out the United States was one of many countries that depended on the Netherlands Indies for substantial supplies of “important essential commodities such as rubber, tin, quinine, copra, etc.” He calied particular attention to notes exchanged by this country and Japan in 1908, in which the two governments affirmed policies for maintenance of the existing status quo in the Pacific, as well as specific guarantees to the Netherlands by the United States, Japan, Great Britain and France in 1921 to respect Dutch rights in that region. The ruling political power in the East Indies virtually since the first Dutch explorer visited the islands in 1596, the Netherlands had given their possessions more and more self-government until today they enjoy practically a dominion status. Defense Efforts Sped. Preparations for defense of the Netherlands Indies have proceeded rapidly in recent years so that they would be no “push over” for any for- eign invader, military experts be- lieve. They have built up a modern air force, buying more than $6,000,- 000 worth of arms, mostly fighting planes, from the United States last year. Another shipment of Amer- ican war planes valued at $388,264 went to the islands in February. Their arms expenditures here for the last three years are estimated at more than $16,000,000. Aside from other “essential com- modities,” the colonial empire is a rich source of oil, which is vital to the Japanese military machine. From the Indian Ocean eastward into the Pacific the islands stretch along the Equator for some 3,200 miles. They have an area of 733,- 642 square miles and a population of 60,731,025, mostly native. Lying between the Asiatic mainland and Australia, the islands are in a posi- tion to control important trade routes. American imports from :,hem last year were valued at $93,- Maryland-G. W. Game, School Tilts Postponed The Maryland-George Washington baseball game and two schoolboy games scheduled for today were postponed on account of weather conditions. Another scholastic contest between Georgetown Prep and Gonzaga was to be played at Garrett Park unless it was raining at game time—3:15. ‘The postponed school games were the St. Albans-Friends and Eastern- Episcopal Isinglass may now be used only was demonstrated by Germany’s seizure of Denmark and Danish stores of oil and gasoline. The House of Commons also looked even further afield—to India where the Congress party had de- manded complete independence. Sir Hugh O'Neill, parliamentary undersecretary for India, told the House in beginning a debate on In- | dia that the British government could not accept the Congress party demand. Acceptance, he said. would mean ‘“complete severance of India | from the empire.” He said that if the Congress party carried out a threat to resort to| civil disobedience, Britain would take “full measures” to counteract it. In a speech at Sheffield last night Mrs. Cross declared that Italy “must behave as a neutral” if she wished to be treated as one. And warning Sweden that Ger- | many might attack her within the next month to grab vital Swedish | iron ore, Mr. Cross said, “Let Sweden | see to it that she is not taken by | surprise.” “We are ready,” he added, “to give any help if she is attacked, but we | must ask her to do everything pos- sible to help herself.” ¥ —A. P. Wirephoto. House Group Ends Hearing on "Court’ For Civil Service Mitchell Opposes Independent Board To Hear Appeals The House Civil Service Commit- tee today closed its open hearings on nine bills proposing various forms of courts or boards of appeal for civil service employes on suspen- sions or dismissals from the Gov- ernment service. Harry B. Mitchell, chairman of the Civil Service Commission, and Ismar Baruch, chief of the Classi- fication Division and general coun- sel, the only witnesses today, op- | posed proposals for an independent boards of appeals such as were | recommended by more than a score of witnesses representing various or- | ganizations of Government em- | ployes. mittee against authorizing an in- | depndent board on the ground that under an executive order concilia- tion committees in various Govern- ment establishments are handling grievances of employes in a thor- oughly satisfactory manner. He advised that similar grievance committees could be set up every- where. The proposed board of up- peals need not interfere with the present setup, but it should be placed | in the Civil Service Commission and not outside, Mr. Mitchell empha- sized. To create an independent board, he said, would be adminis- tratively a mistake. Mr. Baruch argued that appoint- | ment of an outside board with au- thority to reverse the action of a | department and force restoration of } constitutional. He cited many legal | Mr. Mitchell counseled the com- | an employe to his job would be un- ! references which committee mem- bers said they would study. The minister's comment on Italian | neutrality came as diplomatic circles | in preserving food in Moravis. A ! noted reports that Italy was calling | up four classes of men previously exempted as unfit for army training. Mr. Cross was blunt in what he| said about Italy. “We have no quarrel with Italy,” he said. “We have every wish to be friends. But we are plain-dealing and plain-speaking people and we should like to know where we stand with Italy.” Boost for Warships. Informed observers in London de- clared that allied strategists real- ized the importance of speeding as- sistance to Norway not only to keep the Germans from consolidating their positions, but also to convince the neutrals that the allied forces are able to deal a knockout blow on the battlefield. Naval observers contended that the British Navy's 80-minute shell- ing of Stavanger airdrome yester- day was further evidence that war- ships are not outmoded by the bombing plane. That airdrome on Norway's west- ern coast has been occupied by Ger- mans since the day Norway was in- vaded. German planes bombed the warships as they returned to their base, but the Admiralty said in a communique that only one cruiser was hit and that it was able to con- tinue to its base. ;Privm;\;/ith Law;'ers Given D. C. Jail Inmates Henceforth, attorneys will have an opportunity to interview their clients at District Jail in private, out of the hearing of guards or pris- oners, but under the eye of the au- thorities, a District Court order today indicated. Justice F. Dickinson Letts signed the order, permitting Attorney Al- fred Goldstein of the law firm of O’Shea, Burnett & Goldstein to in- terview privately Irving L. Young, who is under indictment on a charge of first-degree murder. The order provided that Mr. Gold- stein is to be given opportunity to converse with the defendant in ordi- nary conversational tones without being overheard by any other per- son, but both lawyer and defendant may be visible at all times to Supt. Thomas M. Rives or his subordi- nates. Parks Netmen to Meet The regular meeting of the Pub- heid Tuesday night at 8 at the ;ennls Shop, 1019 Fifteenth street W. Woman Drags Hit-Run Victim From Path of Speeding Autos Mrs. Estes Saves Life of Indian Near College Park Curiosity and quick thinking of a Greenbelt (Md.) woman, who only three weeks ago lost her father in an automobile accident, last night was responsible for saving the life of Roy Napper, 36, full-blooded Tulsa, Okla, Indian, run down on - the Baltimore - Washington boulevard by & hit-and-run driver. Last night Mrs. Esther Estes hap- pened to be in a gas station on the boulevard between Berwyn and Col- lege Park, when some one suddenly shouted: “There’s & man lying in the street. I guess he’s been hit by an automobile.” “Naturally, I was curious to find out what had happened,” Mrs. Estes related today. “I went outside and & man was lying face down in the road.” She said she rushed out to the road. which was filled with speeding cars, and pulled Mr. Nap- per off to one side. She stated that he was unconscious at that time, but that she knew from his pulse beat that he was not dead. “It was the only natural thing to do,” she explained. Mrs. Estes said that she had been injured by a hit-and-run driver in Washington in 1927, and that her father, William Sledge of Griffin, Ala,, had been killed in an accident MRS. ESTHER ESTES. —Star Staff Photo. her that he was trying to hitch- hike his way back to Tulsa He is an unemployed painter. Mr. Napper was taken to Casualty Hospital by the Branchville rescue squad. His condition today was re- Mrs. Estes is the wife of Virgil Estes, an engineer in the Experl- mental Station in the it of Agriculture at Beltaville, Md. lic Parks Tennis Association will be | Fisher Body plants at Pontiac, Mich.; the Oldsmobile and Fisher plants at Lansing, Mich., and the Fisher Body unit at Cleveland. The first report from a complete plant at Flint, Mich., largest center of G. M. operations with mere than 35,000 eligible voters, gave the U. A. W.-C. 1. O. a victory in the Fisher Body No. 2 factory, scene of one of the industry’s big sit-down strikes in 1937. The Fisher No. 2 vote was: U.A. W-C.1 O, 634; U. A. W.-A. F. L, 144; neither union, 16. The Die Sinkers Local of the In- ternational Association of Machin- ists (A. F.L.) defeated the U. A. W.- C. I O. in a departmental election in the Buick Motor plant at Flint, 70 to 16. In the first 16 complete plant elections, the U. A. W.-C. I. O. had received 17,880 votes to 7,577 for the U. A W-A. F. L. The U. A. W'=C, I. O. lost to the independent union, the M. E. 8. A, 204 to 78, with 107 employes voting for neither union, in the Detroit Diesel engine division, only plant where the issue was between these two unions. In two departmental elections re- ported, the U. A. W.-C. I. O. won one from the A. F. L. Patternmakers and lost one to the A. F. L. Machin- ists Union, Die Sinkers Local. The Chevrolet plant at North Tarrytown, N. Y., where A. F. L. and C. I. O. unions have contended closely for representation recogni- tion, was in the U. A. W.-C. I. O. column, 675 votes to 517, Two Fined, Senfenced In Lotfery Case | By the Associated Press. SANTA FE, N. Mex., April 18— | | Frederick W. Benduhn and Mrs. | Mary Derieux, New York residents, | convicted of conspiring to ship lot- | tery tickets across State lines, were | sentenced today to two years in prison and fined $10,000 each by Federal Judge Colin Neblett. “The | sentence was the maximum possible | under the conviction. | | Two other persons convicted last | | night by a Federal Court jury which | | acquitted Mrs. Oliver Harriman of | | the same charge, recefved lesser | sentences, as did Harrison J. Tharp | of Denver, who had pleaded no de- | fense. Tharp received a sentence of a year and a day, the same as that | assessed Mrs. Irma Hopper. Frank |S. White was sentenced to six| | months in jail. | Mrs. Harriman, 66-year-old New | Yorker, whose name was given to | | the organization through which the | | group unsuccessfully had sought to | promote a New Mexico lottery two years ago, was not present in the | courtroom this morning. Testimonial Luncheon Honors G. B. Burrus George B. Burrus, newly-appointed vice president of the Peoples Drug Stores, was given a testimonial luncheon yesterday by fellow mem- bers of the Advertising .Club of Washington in the Raleigh Hotel. Praise was voiced for Mr. Burrus, who started working for Peoples Drug Stores 17 years ago as a soda fountain boy. Those who lauded Mr. Burrus in- cluded A. D. Willard, general man- ager of Radio Station WJSV; Rich- mond B. Keech, vice chairman of the Public Utilitles Commission of the District; Gen. F. R. Keefer, chair- man of the District Chapter, Amer- ican Red Cross; L. Gordon Leech, representing the Police Boys' Club, and Dr. Malcolm G. Gibbs, chairman of the Board of Diregtors of Peoples Drug Stores. Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate: Debates $964,000,000 naval appro- priation bill. Banking Committee continues hearings on proposed investment trust regulation. Monopoly Committee study of technological unemploy- ment. p Naval Committee continues hear- ngs on Navy expansion bill. House: Votes on Logan-Walter uniform procedure bill for administrative agencies. Appropriations Subcommittee studies 1941 relief bill. Judiciary Committee renews study of Hatch Act extension. TOMORROW. Senate: May not be in session, if naval supply bill passes today.s Special campaign committee, ex- ecutive, 11 am. and Currency Subcom- mittee considers investment trust bill, 10:30 a.m. Naval Affairs Committee consid- ers naval expansion bill, 10:30 am. Monopoly Committee .continues hearings, 10:30 am. Judiciary Subcommittee consid- ers Nye resolution, 10:30 am. House: ; b u?onndm Federal crop insurance Public Buildings and Grounds Committee resumes hearing on con- struction of Navy Department Build- ing here, 10:30 am. Ways and Means Subcommittee continues hearing on Patman chain on bills to liberalize local unemploy- ment compensation law, 10 am. Palestine will increase its chases of United States products. ) | Chamberlain, president of the Ca- continues | H: Himmler Proves He Wasn't Shot In Copenhagen By Radio to The ftar. BERLIN, April 18, — Henrich Himmler, chief of the Reich’s police, 8. S. (elite guard) and gestapo (sec- ret police), today convincingly dis- proved reports that he had been wounded in an attempt on his life. He received this correspondent for & 10-minute talk and submitted to & mild “examination” which left no doubt .that Himmler is sound of wind and limb and unwounded. He has never been in Denmark in his life, furthermore, the S. S. chief said, in commenting on one report that he had been wounded in Copenhagen. Nor had any at- tempts been made to assassinate him since 1934, Himmler added, and he emerged from that attempt un- scathed. (Copyrisht, 1940, Chicago Daily News, Inc.) Forésl Hills Citizens Dine and Pay Tribute ToMrs. L. B, Wright President’s Ability To Get Improvements Subject of Banter Good-natured banter at the abil- ity of its president to accomplish civic needs not only in the area cov- ered by the association but through- out the District was the feature of the annual dinner of the Forest Hills Citizens’ Association last night at the Columbia Country Club. Wil- bur La Roe, jr., head of the District of Columbia Parole Board and member of the association, was toastmaster and confidentially dis- closed the technique of Mrs. Leslie B. Wright in securing community improvements. Engineer Commissioner David McCoach, jr., contributing to the in- formal atmosphere, announced that through the persistent efforts of Mrs. Wright all the important needs of the Forest Hills area had been| cleared up and the association had nothing further to worry about. Miss Katherine Overton, daughter of the Senator from Louisiana, thanked the group for the appre- ciation shown to her father for fighting for Washington measures in Congress. Jesse C. Suter, former president of the Federation of Citizens’ Associa- | tions and honorary president of the Society of Natives, praised the work of the Forest Hills body and ex- pressed the hope that national rep- resentation for the District was not far distant. George C. Havenner, noted civic leader, who has just recovered from a serious illness, thanked all his friends for their interest and prayers for his recovery. Among those introduced by Mr. La Roe were Mrs. Pat McCarran, wife of the Senator from Nevada; Harry N. Stull, president of the Fed- eration of Citizens’ Associations; Henry Colman, president of the North West Council; Culver B. thedral Heights-Cleveland Park Dies Calls Treason Situation Here Worse Than Norway's Committee Will Reveal Plans of Anti-Americans At Hearings, He Says By the Associated Press. Chairman Dies said today that his Committee on un-American Activie ties was prepared to show that “in the United States we have a Trojan horse situation” worse than the “treason” ascribed to Nazi agents in Norway. Representative Dies told newsmen the situation would be brought out at committee hearings and stressed the need of legislation he has pro- posed to force foreign-connected organizations to disclose their mem- bership. 4 The Texan declared that his com- mittee had information that Com- munists and Nazis had penetrated “the transport, communication, maritime, utility and steel indus- tries and navy yards and airplane factories.” He added that other industries, “vital to us in case of war and also to the allies if large shipments to them are planned,” also had been “penetrated.” “We can show,” he said, “that they will attempt to do in the United States what they did in Norway. They will engage in sabotage and espionage. “It’s all part of a well-thought-out plan.” Mr. Dies also said that the com- mittee probably would start hear- ings in June—a month before the general election in Mexico—on what he called a “Communist-Nazi plot” to set up a puppet state there. “In these hearings,” Mr. Dies said, “we are not going to attack the Car- denas government or do anything that will be objectionable to the State Department. “We will confine ourselves to the United States angle, showing how | Communists and Nazis in the United States are preparing to help out in this Russo-German move to bring on a revolution there.” 258 Lincoln Etchings Stolen From Dr. Wall By the Associated Press. LIME ROCK, Conn., April 18— Dr. Bernhardt Wall, the noted | etcher, informed State police today that 258 copper plates comprising | a considerable part of his pictorial | biography of Abraham Lincoln had been stolen from his home here dur- ing the winter. Dr. Wall, who was in Florida from November until last Thursday, said that shortly after his return he found the plates were missing. He placed his monetary loss between $9,000 and $11.000, but said that it would take him from two to three years to etch new plates. The | stolen work had not been published. | Action of Citizens {Incorrectly Reported | A statement that the Northwest | Citizens’ Council favored bills to Citizens’ Association; and L. A. Car- ruthers, former president of the Federation. Music during the dinner was pro- vided by Melvin Creamer at the piano. Concert at Immaculata Will Benefit Finns A benefit musical performance “With the Finns,” will be presented at 8:15 o'clock tonight by th= Singers’ Guild of the Junior College of the Immaculata in the school’s auditorium. No admission charge is set for the public concert, but a collection will be taken for relief of students in Helsinki, Finland. Thirty-two cos- tumgd college girls and guest soloists will “give the program in co-opera- tion with the Catholic Student War Relief Society of Pax Romana Folk songs and dances and piano and harp selections of Sibelius will be featured. regulate dentists, barbers, embalmers | and chiropodists was incorrectly re- | ported in The Star on Tuesday. The association voted opposition to the | bills, which were brought before the organization by Henry L. Colman, | president of the Council, on a motion by Mrs. Leslie B. Wright, a repre- sentative of the Forest Hills | Citizens’ Association. The council opposed the bills on the grounds that they were priv- ileged legislation and that Congress should not be asked to grant legis- lation which would benefit any one | group of persons. The action of the council was unanimous in opposing the bills. The Star regrets the error. |Harry E. Clark Dies EASTON, Md., April 18 (P— Harry E. Clark, 65, director of the Farmers & Merchants Bank and former president of the Easton Utilities Commisison, died yesterday after a long illness. Weather Repo rt (Furnished by the United States Weather Bureau.) District of Columbia—Showers slightly warmer tonight, with mini cooler tomorrow afternoon and ni winds tonight shifting to northwest Maryland—Showers; warmer showers in east and occasional light tonight and probably tomorrow mum temperature about 50 degrees ght; moderate south and southwest tomorrow. in east portion tonight; tomorrow rain and cooler in west portion. Virginia—Showers; warmer in northeast portion tonight; tomorrov. showers in east and occasional light rain in west portion; slightly cooler in west and north portions. West Virginia—Showers; cooler with showers in east and south port; The disturbance that was over Indiana over Lake Huron. Harbor Beach, 1,000.3 millibars (29.54 inches), with trough extending southward and southwest- ward to Mississippi and thence Southwa over the Gulf. New Orleans. La, millibars (29.67 inches) . 1.007.8 mllibars Pressure is high over Easte: port. 1.024.4 millibars (30.25 1 along and off the south Atlantic cosst, Hat- teras, N. C.. 1.0183 mi inches). ~'Pressure is inches), g During’ the last 24 hours rains have oc- curred on the Washington coast, in the southern Rocky Mountain region. the south- ern plains States, the Gulf States, the Ohio und Mississippi * Valleys. ihe lower resion and portions of the Middle Atlantic and North Atlantic States. and light rains and snows in the ubper Lake region. Tem- ratures have risen in the upper Ohio Val- ey, the lower Lake region. the northern Rocky Mountain region and the middle and northern Plains States, while thev have fallen in the southern Plains States. the southern Rocky . Mountain_ region and in the lower Ohio and middle and upper Mississippi valleys Repert for Last Twenty-feur Hours. Temperature. Barometer, Yesterday— Degrees Inches. 4 pm, 59 20.97 2 20.80 ‘wenty-four Hours. (Prom noon yesterday to noon todsy.) Highest. 61, noon today. Lowest, 48.'2 a.m. today. Year ago, 43, Record Temperature This Year. Highest. 75, on April Lowest. 7 on January 29, Humidity for Last Twenty-four Hours. (Prom noon yesterday to noon todsy.) Highest. 94 per cent. at 7:30 a.m_today. Lowest. 85 per cent.’ at 3 p.m. yesterday. River Report. Potomac__ River _muddy. ~Shenand cloudy_at Harpers Ferry; Potomac muddy #t Gréat Falls today. Tide Tables, the United States Coast and ic Burvey.) Tomorrow. 5:23am. 5:47 p.m. 12:13 p.m. Sets. (Purnished a: 814! . 3:02a turned ) tonight; tomorrow cloudy and cooler, lons. < Precipitation. recipitation in inches in the ent month to date): Monthly p Capital (curr Month, January February November December ~-2717 A Weather in Various Citles. ~Temp.—~ Rain- h. Low. {all. Weather. Inke | Alby Baltimore Birm'gham Bismarck _ Charleston Chicago . _ Cincinnati~ Cleveland Columbia Davenport, Denver ElPaso___ Galveston_ Helena uron Ind apolis - Jacks'ville Kans. City Los Angel Louisvyille Year ago, 69. | Miami aha Phila'lphia Phoenix PBittsburgh Portl" 33 Ta 0.97 w‘fllpl;llbn 9.91 0.01 Foreisn Stations. (Noon. Greenwich time. today.) Temperature. Weather, Horta (Payal) Azores 60 Cloudy [{ rent observations.) to Rlo. ' 78