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WASHINGTON Merry-Go-Round Dies Promises F.D.R. Not to Hinder F.B.I. With Publicity About Subversive Activities By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.

There were no fireworks in that closely guarded conference between the president and Representative Martin Dies. The two men talked things over amiably, though neither pulled his punches. Koosevelt criticized Dies' publicity antics, and the Texan complained that the F.B.I, had re-fused to "cooperate." Most of the discussion was on this point. Roosevelt bluntly declared that Dies had hampered the F.B.I, by releasing premature publicity on subversive agents whose operation were fully known, but who were being secretly kept under surveillance in order to ascertain their tie-ups and higher-ups. He cited three specific instances given by the F.B.I.

"I didn't call you here to censure you, Martin," the president said in effect, "but to consult with you on how to get better results in what you are doing. You say you want better cooperation between your committee and the F.B.I. Fine, but you can't get it by sniping at the F.B.I. That will have to stop and stop right now." Another point Roosevelt stressed was that Dies' shotgun press methods had unjustly cast suspicion on innocent persons. The president mentioned particularly the case of the League for Peace and Democracy, whose mailing list was published by the Dies last year with a big fanfare of publicity.

Dies' Side Dies vigorously defended this and tossed several "I-told-you-so's" back at Roosevelt. "It wasn't our fault if anyone got singed by the publication of those namc3," Dies argued. "The committee exposed the League as a Communist front long before, and those fellows had plenty of time to have their names taken off the rolls. If they didn't it was their fault. "Also I might add we were chiefly responsible for driving the league to cover.

You never hear of it any more, and no one doubts any longer that it was controlled by the reds. "And, incidentally, we made the same charge against the C.I.O. I told you in our conference two years ago that John L. Lewis was working with the Communists. Now it's an established fact that at least 10 C.I.O.

unions with whom Lewis has been cheek-by-jowl are Communist-controlled." The president admitted that Dies had him there, also that the investigating committee has done some "excellent work." But at the same time, Roosevelt insisted, Dies has been an obstructive in fluence by interfering with the F.B.I, through "giving too much publicity to your activities." "Well, the F.B.I, has never gone out of its way to cooperate with us," rebutted Dies. "We've always turned over our files to them but every time we ask to see an F.B.I, file, they refuse." In the end, Dies agreed to ex ercise more care and to confer with Attorney General Bob Jack son on a plan to avoid future con flicts. "In the future," he said "if a conflict arises and the F.B.I, is watching a spy or sabo teur, I can promise you that we won't interfere." Note Dies has one White House supporter. Toward the end of the conference, Gen. "Pa" Wat son, the president's hefty ap pointment secretary, strolled in and several times interjected, "He's right, Mr.

President, he's right." Right or wrong, Roose velt took no chances on subsequent controversy as to what was 6aid. A stenographer took notes of the entire discussion, a very unusual procedure. Diplomatic Chaff G. Henry-Haye, new French ambassador, will leave Washington soon for "consultations" with Vichy. It is not likely that he will come back.

As former mayor of Versailles, Haye was popular with Americans in Paris, but never with Americans in the United Stiles. Irony of diplomatic fate is that when Mussolini marched into Albania, the U. S. State department actually condoned it. Instead of registering a protest as in the case of other occupied countries, the state department dropped the Albanian minister from its' diplomatic list.

Meanwhile, the diplomatic representatives of Czecho-Slovakia, Poland, Holland, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, still are listed. But if the Greeks keep on going they will win back Albania for the Albanians. Henry Norweb, who probably will be relieved as ambassador to Peru, has behind him the family which dominates the Cleveland Plain Dealer. This year the Plain Dealer supported Will-kie. The Rumanian legation in Washington is almost empty.

Most of its diplomats, being pro-British and anti-Nazi, have resigned. Abls Minister Irimescu long ago saw the handwriting on (Continued on Page 19, Column 5) MAX BUSKER, Telegraph Company Manager Born in New York City educated in the public schools of New York and Connecticut; high school in Detroit came to California in 1928 came to San Bernardino in 1939 married, two daughters manager, San Bernardino office, Postal Telegraph Co an employe of the company since 1921 member of Masonic organizations residence, 13C4 Sierra Way office, 23 street. Widening of the important Highway 99 between the Redlands-Bcau-mont junction and Eighth street in Banning is Hearing completion, E. Q. Sullivan, district state highway engineer, said yesterday.

This improvement, which consists of adding two traffic lanes at a cost of $200,000, will provide a four-lane divided highway along a stretch which for a number of years has constituted a "bottleneck" to the transcontinental route. In adding the two new lan'es, the state highway division has rede signed the junction west of Beau mont of the roads from Redlands and Riverside. Both branches of (Continued on Page 19, Column 5) First Shoot Held for Byron Allen Trophy Twelve San Bernardino policemen took part yesterday in the first shoot for the Col. Byron W. Allen trophy.

Twenty-four more matches will be hold at the Perris Hiil range in the trophy series. Scores were: Gordon Stewart 267, John Brazil 263, Glenn Sheriff 258, Lee I. Robb 253, Milford Eerglund 219, T. B. Freeman 248, Gordon Nail 232, Fred N.

Brown 229, W. Van Mectren 224, L. D. White 220 V. E.

McBride 217, and M. H. Owens 200. just bought whether I'm a bull bear!" no i Wit 1 ggBkgJ SATURDAY CEREMONIES 100 REALTORS HOLD EI AT SPRINGSHOTEL Bye of Riverside Installed as District's Chairman; City Realty Board Is Host More than 100 real estate men, representing 12 Southland cities, assembled at the Arrowhead Springs hotel last night for the annual dinner of the fourteenth district of the California State Real Estate association. Walter Bye of Riverside was installed as vice-president of the state association and chairman of the fourteenth district, succeeding Herman S.

Walch of Crestline. He was installed by Paul Eomberger of Modesto, state president-elect. HELLYER SPEAKS Host to the members was the San Bernardino Realty board. Thomas Norton, vice-president, acting in the absence of President B. E.

Evans, opened the meeting. Frank L. Whitelock was toastmaster, introducing Mr. Walch who presided- William S. Hellyer, young San Bernardino attorney, addressed the group on "The Advantages of San Bernardino," stressing the superior ity of local industrial sites offered expanding business.

Hayden Jones, past president of tno state association, talked on 'The Future of Real Estate," while Glen Williman of Los Angeles, state association secretary, summarized activities of the association during the past year. President-elect Bom- berger also addressed the group. SCROLL PRESENTED The fourteenth district included chapters in San Bernardino, Beau mont, Banning, Twentynine Palms Palm Springs, Redlands, Riverside; Ontario, Upland, Pomona, Fontana and the Rim of the World. A resolution of condolence was passed in memory of the late Charles S. Mann, pioneer Southland real estate developer.

A scroll of achievement was presented to Mr Walch by Wynne A. Savage, San Bernardino broker. Mrs. E. I.

Huh Is Death's Victim Mrs. Elizabeth L. Huls, widow of William M. Huls, pioneer San Bernardino printer, died Thursday night at her home, 344 Sixth street, where for many years her late husband conducted his printing business. She was the mother of Dr.

Trenton D. Huls, San Bernardino dentist and president of the school board; and Mrs. Albert E. Weller (Marie Huls), also of San Bernardino. Mrs.

Huls was 63 years old, a native of Sugar Grove, Ohio, and had resided in California and San Bernardino 33 years. She was a member of the First Presbyterian church, being identified with the Berean Sunday school class and the Pastor's Aid society, and before her health failed was active in the Red Cross and Y.W.C.A. She had been in ill health for five years and confined to her bed for the past 10 days. In addition to her son and daughter, survivors include five grandchildren, Evelyn and Trenton William Huls, Ned, Ted, and Fred Weller; two brothers, Alonzo P. Deeds of Washington, D.

and Webster Deeds of Sugar Grove, Ohio; and three sisters, Mrs. Rose Sharp, Mrs. Henry Cooncy, and Miss Ida Deeds, all of Sugar Grove, Ohio. Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. today from the Mark B.

Shaw memorial chapel, with the Rev. John B. Cavitt, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiating. Interment will be in Mountain View cemetery. Sheriff's Posse at Del Rosa Gathering The sheriff's posse of San Bernardino county held its regular monthly meeting last night at Del Rosa with 50 members and guests attending.

Dr. Vaughan C. Gardner, president, was in charge. Feature of the affair was a venison dinner prepared by John Harris of the U. S.

forest service. The venison was provided by Sheriff Em-mctt L. Shay. 4 Teachers' Tour of Air Field Canceled A tour of March field by San Bernardino county teachers sched uled today has been canceled, according to C. Burton Thrall, county superintendent of schools.

The trip was scheduled before new army regulations regarding vis- ifnra wonl Intn offoof of thn ormv I field. SECTION TWO INLAND EMPIRE SECTION TWO INLAND EMPIRE AMD mi DJUM BELT IftWI AIRPORT OHM CRASH OF 60S, AH KF.II. One of Victims Identified as Clifford Noyes, Crestline; 11 Receive Injuries Four persons were killed and 11 taken to hospitals late yesterday afternoon after an army station wagon and a school dus comaed nine miles east of Lancaster on the Mojave desert. The dead were identified by Los Angeles county sheriff's officers as: Clifford Noyes, 38, Crestline, a civilian building inspector for the army. Edwin O.

Slater, 49, 3557 Elm- wood drive, Riverside, inspector. Neel Urling, 50, 2350 Eighth street, Riverside, inspector. William Grant Scarth, 19, a March field soldier. 10 CHILDREN HURT Los Angeles officers from the Lancaster sheriff's substation said there were 13 children in the school bus, 10 of whom were sent to hospitals. Three other children incurred minor injuries, requiring only first aid treatment.

The bus was from the Antelope Valley Union High school. Noyes and the two Riverside men were employed as civilian building inspectors on army construction projects at Muroc dry lake and at the new anti-aircraft base cp.mp near March field, the sheriff's office reported. Scarth was driving an army station wagon in which Noyes, Slater and Urling were passengers. DRIVER INJURED Critically injured, Scarth died three hours after the crash at a Lancaster hospital. Eoth Slater and Urling were well- known Riverside residents.

George Guthrie, 42, of Lancaster, was the school bus driver. He in curred internal injuries, cuts and bruises. Miss Alverda McCaleb. 20, a stu dent of Antelope Valley Union High school, one of those hurt, said some one shouted to the bus driver a brief instant before the army truck plowed into the school vehicle, smashing its motor and toppling it onto its side. "Several of the students climbed out of the rear window of the bus," she said.

"That was the only escape we had. Mv brother and two sisters were with me on the bus." What's Doing Today 11 a.m. General Welfare benefit dinner, all day, 743 Third street. 2 p.m. Pioneer society, log cabin, Pioneer park.

2 p.m. Job's Daughters, Masonic temple. 5:30 p.m. Pioneer society public dinner, log cabin, Pioneer park. 8 p.m.

Old time dance, log cabin, Pioneer park. 8 p.m. Golden State club dance, 677 Rialto avenue. Grin and Bear It By uchty to KUfe irx 17-7 )r in u. i.

ah ru. iu "It doesn't say on this stock I or a You Should Know: 1 II MORNING, DECEMBER Slate Praises Student Work On Structure Frank A. Johnson of Los Angeles, district structural engineer of the state department of public works, inspected San Bernardino High school's new trade school building, now being built by student carpenters. "The work compares favorably with that of a contract job," said Mr. Johnson after he examined the structure the first to be built by students under the high school's trade training program.

Ho said the structure, nearing completion, shows "very good workmanship" and pointed out that its construction involves more difficulty than the ordinary building because of the rigid state requirements for schools. Students of Henry McLain, trade school carpentry instructor, are employed on the building, learning through experience, as well as classroom instruction, the carpentry trade. In the class are Eugene Pester, Orlo Watson, Albino Magario, Elmer Spence, Jack Robinson, Everett McMahan, Manuel Reyes, Kenneth Nelson, Royal Trimlett, Billy Walters, Dick Tiedeman, Carl Horn, Chester Bruton, Ce-priano Lechuga, Ralph Lopez, Bob Chalker and Ralph Pierce. Members of the San Bernardino Exchange club held a closed lunch' eon session yesterday at a cafeteria, electing officers for 1941. Harold R.

Richmond, district manager of the Zellerbach Paper Co. for San Bernardino, was named president, succeeding James D. Palmer, who headed the club during 1940. Other officers elected include Hugh Holmes, vice-president; Myron G. Reed, secretary; William H.

Meyer, treasurer, and Eugene B. i 1 Dewey W. (Continued on Page 19, Column 7) Enlistments in City for Week Set New Mark Reflecting the appeals by army and navy authorities for men to fill the nation's rapidly expanding armed forces, San Bernardino's two recruiting offices have this week shown the greatest enlistment gains in peacetime history. Staffs at both offices in the federal building have been busy handling the flood of enlistment applications, which indicate December may be the heaviest enlistment month, excluding wartime. During the first four days of this week 38 youths have applied for naval service, Recruiting Officer Maurice H.

Deal announced. Of this number 12 were rejected for physical or character reasons. Largely responsible for the gain was the lowering of the navy's bottom age limit to 17 in an effort to attract high school graduates. Mr. Deal reported almost 90 per cent of the applicants thus month and the latter part of November were 17 years old.

Coincident with the lowering of the age limit, the recruiting headquarters announced a December quota of 555 men for the San Bernardino district. During November 168 men applied for service. Thirty-six were enlisted, 24 were rejected for physi- (Continued on Page 19, Column 8) Forester Warns of Blaze Hazards Closures of public lands along the foothills of the San Bernardino mountains are still in effect and will be until winter rains lower fire hazards, the forest service said yesterday. Week-end tourists and summer home owners were warned against burning of leaves or rubble and against all types of outside fires be cause of the hazards Only once before has the closure been retained this late in the year, Public lands are usually opened in early November. Mountain weather forecasts for the weekend predict moderate wind conditions with lowering humidity and surface moisture, indicatin high fire hazards, the forest service said.

Tools Stolen From U. S. Forest Truck Tools valued at $39 were stolen from a U. S. forest service truck on Highland avenue between Arrowhead and street Thursday night, according to a police report.

Harvey M. French of the forest service, reported that the theft occurred while the driver of the truck was away for few minuses. RICHMOND WILL LFJ EXCHANGE 7, 1940 ARE SOUIUDIO 001160 AT LIS! RUES Noted Figures of Bench, Bar to Act as Honorary Pallbearers At Services Today Noted figures of the California bench and bar, along with residents of the San Bernardino valley who knew him since the days when he came to California as an ambitious young printer, will serve as honorary pallbearers at the funeral to day of Samuel W. McNabb, three times mayor of San Bernardino and former U. S.

district attorney for Southern California. The services will be conducted at 11 a.m. in the Oneonta Congregational church, 1919 Fletcher avenue, South Pasadena. Mr. McNabb died Wednesday at his home in South Pasadena following an illness of weeks.

CURTIS TO SERVE Among the honorary pallbearers will be Jesse W. Curtis, associate justice of the California supreme court and a former law partner of Mr. McNabb; Federal Judge Ben Harrison, until recently U. S. district attorney and for years a prominent San Bernardino attorney; Henry M.

Willis, superior court judge at Los Angeles and formerly of San Bernardino, and Hugh L. Dickson, U. referee at Log An geles and another former member of the San Bernardino county bar long associated with Mr. McNabb Other Los Angeles men who will serve as honorary pallbearers are Paul J. McCormick, Harry A.

Holl- zer, Leon R. Yankwich, Ralph Jenney, Campbell E. Beaumont, and J. F. T.

O'Connor, all U. S. district judges; Circuit Judge Albert Lee Stephens; Superior Judge Pierson Hall; U. S. District Attorney William Fleet Palmer; Robert S.

Zimmer man, U. S. district court clerk; Ern est R. Utley and Samuel F. Hoi lims, referees in bankruptcy; Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz, and Herbert Pres ton, president of the Los Angeles Bar association.

Residents of the San Bernardino valley, all friends of Mr. McNabb for many years, who will also serve as honorary pallbearers include: William Guthrie, Raymond Hodge, John C. Ralphs, W. H. Rog ei'S, J.

H. Wilson, Mayor H. C. Mc Allister, Ralph E. Swing, Walter J.

Hartzell, of Redlands; Grant Hoi comb, Joseph Lyddon, James Shed- den, H. D. Sibley, O. B. Guire of Colton; J.

B. Gill, William Marsh Jonas S. Wood, W. A. Leffen, W.

(Continued on Page 19, Column 8) Youth Grabs Purse, Woman Tells Police Mrs. Maude Neel, of 1020 Fifth street, reported to police that her purse, containing $7 or $8, had been snatched by a 16-year-old boy, either a Mexican or a Negro. She was walking along Fifth street, between I and streets, when he grabbed the purse, she told officers. Pioneer Society to Serve Dinner Today Another in a series of public dinners sponsored by the San Bernardino Pioneer society will be served today between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. at the log cabin in Pioneer park.

Entree of the dinner this week will be beef pot pie. Proceeds of the affair will accrue to the Pio neers' Memorial hall fund. Sale of Liquors Near ANGED dedication of San Bernardino county's publicly-owned airport on Dec. 17, the program for which was announced yesterday by Frank T. Perkins, coordinator of ground breaking and dedicatory ceremonies.

Hundreds of automobiles, in three motor caravans, and massed bands comprising 250 musicians will converge upon the new field shortly before 3 p.m. A program of brief addresses will be followed by the breaking of ground, in which C. E. Grier, chairman of the county board of supervisors, will turn the first shovelful of earth. Aircratt Shop Construction MovesRapidly Work was well advanced yesterday on the north wall of the $75,000 Morrow Aircraft corporation factory, first manufacturing unit in the newly laid-out industrial area adjoining the site of the San Bernardino county airport.

The airport and its industrial tract are located on East Third street, midway between San Bernardino and Redlands. Representatives of Buttress McClellan, Los Angeles industrial engineers who are erecting the factory for the Morrow corporation, said the plant building will be virtually completed within six weeks. A type of construction that lends itself to rapid progress is (Continued on Page 19, Column 5) Crest Chamber Elects Officers Harold E. Murphy was elected president of the Crest Forest cham ber of commerce at its annual elec tion meeting yesterday in Crestline. He succeeds A.

C. McArdle as head of the organization. Other officers named were Er nest Parmalee, first vice-president; Stuart A. Wagner, second vice-pres ident; Frank Waters, secretary, and Frank C. Russell, treasurer.

A committee comprised of the new president, Mr. Wagner, and Jack Schultz was appointed to con sider the advisability of changing the chamber's name to the Crestline chamber of commerce. A re port will be submitted at the next meeting. Andrew M. Johnson Enlisted in Army Andrew M.

Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Johnson, 401 Gilbert street, San Bernardino enlisted in the army yesterday at the city re cruiting station, Sgt, William Mairs announced. Son of a well-known city contrac tor, Mr. Johnson will serve with the medical department at Fort Lewis, Washington.

Also enlisted from San Bernar dino was Edwin Arthur McPeek, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy M. Mc- Peek, 2995 Muscupiabe street. He was assigned to the G.H.Q.

air force at March field. Samuel J. Roper, Riverside, and Charles Harvey Martin, Hemet were also enlisted yesterday. tor for the San Bernardino chapter, read a lengthy statement from the national headquarters of the W.C. T.U.

regarding the union's view of the relation of beverage alcohol to the national defense program. The statement read in part: "We call upon the citizens of our country to defend the young men now called to the defense of the nation from alcohol an enemy (Continued on Page 19, Column 6) St. Bernard Commandery will assemble in full Temple uniform at the Masonio Temple, Saturday, December 7, 1940, at 1:45 o'clock, p.m., for the purpose of conducting full Knight Templar funeral services at Mountain View Cemetery for the late Sir Knight S. W. McNabb.

HOMER M. BAIL, Commander of St Bernard Commandery. Army Camps Opposed The San Bernardino chapter of the W.C.T.U. yesterday called for a campaign of letters and telegrams to congressmen urging them to defeat proposals to license the sale of alcoholic beverages near army encampments. The action was taken in a resolution adopted at a meeting held at the First Christian church.

Mrs. Gladys Morris, president of the San Bernardino chapter, presided at the meeting and introduced Mrs. A. T. Coe, program chairman of the day, who in turn introduced the Rev.

Julian E. Stuart who spoke on International Relations for Peace." PROGRESS TOLD Mrs. O. P. Boone, state director of W.C.T.U.

activities for Arizona, spoke of the progress her group had made in securing restricted sales of liquor in several districts. Mrs. Boyce Van Osdel, popular San Bernardino contralto, accompanied by Miss Lucille Mitchell, sang two solos. Miss Hattie Graham gave the invocation and Miss Pearl Weeks, the devotionals. Mrs.

Emma Wiley, publicity direc- Ranking Officers of Air Corps Will Speak At Qround'Breaking Communities of Valley to Participate in Services at Two high ranking army New Field officers will take part In th The county airport site is locate! on East Third street, midway be- tween San Eernardino and Red-lands. It consists of a mile-squar tract bounded on the west by Ster. ling avenue, on the north by Third street, on the east by Palm avenue and on the south by Mill street. BANDS TO PLAY The army officers who will address the throng from a platform on the air field are Major-Gen. Jacob E.

Fickel and Brig. -Gen. Frank D. Lackland, both of March field. General Fickel only recently wa3 appointed commanding general of the southwest air district.

Pre viously, as brigadier-general, he was assistant chief of the U. S. army air corps, and before that he was commander of the first wing, G.H.Q. air force, based at March field. According to James Willess, gen eral chairman of the dedication program, the ceremony will be preceded by a 15-minute concert by the massed bands, between 2:45 and 3 p.m.

These bands will be the San Bernardino High school, Sturges Junior High school, Colton High school, Redlands High school, and Federal Music project musical aggregation. ORGANIZE CARAVANS Motor caravans will arrive about 2:45 p.m. from San Bernardino, Red- lands and Colton. In addition, representatives of every community in the county will be present, Mr. Perkins said.

At 3 p.m., Lertis R. Ellett, pastor of the Church of Christ in San Ber nardino, will give the invocation. (Continued on Page 19, Column 6) 29-30 Club Will Hold Dinner for Past-Presidents Past presidents of the San Ber nardino 20-30 club will be honored with a dinner Thursday, Dec. 12, at which W. A.

Barnes, Los Angeles transportation engineer, will be the speaker. Leo E. Thayer, program chairman, said arrangements are being made for 125 persons. The dinner will be served at 7 p.m. in Mapes cafeteria.

There are 33 past president of the San Bernardino club who will ba among the guests. Others to be honored will include all past active members and the original promotion committee. The latter group, responsible for the club's formation 17 years ago, is composed of Frank H. Binney, John M. Oakey, Fred B.

Mack, Drury P. Weiman and R. H. Stockwell. R.

D. McCook, the club's first speaker, and the presidents of San Bernardino's other service clubs also will be guests. Edward Imsand, now president of the club will preside. Muscoy Association Party Is Postponed The monthly party of the Muscoy Mutual Building association, originally scheduled for tonight, has been postponed until Dec. 14.

The party will be held at the Muscoy Community building. ATTENTION MASONS Phoenix Lodge No. 178, A. M. will conduct the funeral service of our late Brother David Thomas Richards, 1:30 p.m.

Saturday, December 7, 1940, at the Funeral Parlors of Stephens Bobbitt. GARLAND O. GRAEFE, Worshipful Master. Peters-McCook Studio ANNOUNCES SPECIAL HOURS FOR DECEMBER Nine Till Five-thirty and Saturdays Nine Till Ons 317 Street Bazaar, Cooked Food and Rummage Sale FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Reorganized Latter Day Saints Church S. E.

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