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La gaceta., 1936-12-04

Frente de Teruei, Espana,
die. 4.-Uno de les rasgos que
mas emecion me ha producido
en- estos dias en- Ell Frente de Te-
ruel ha sido, sin duda, la incor-
poraci6n a las milicias popula-
res antifaScistas de todos los
hombres titles, jovenes y a1n
viejos, de los pueblos conquista-
dos del eRemigo y que con gran
entusiasmo, llenos de coraje y
profuRdo sentimiento de ciuda-
dania, auieren laborar por un
orden nuevo de cosas.
Pueblo conquistado, pueblo
que Sc levanta en- armas. No es
va la ideologia politica 10 que lie
alieRte a dejar los instrument
tos de trabajO, no: es ell coraz6n
que Sc alza indignado ante ell
vandalismo de las huestes fra
tricidas, representatives de la
violencia y la degeneration Y
que ahora Sc eRsancha ante la
posibilidad de acudir en- ayuda
de verdaderos hermanos, en- de-
fensa de TODD ell pueblo oprimi-
do. Acude ell campesino para IL
brar a Espana de las garras mi
litaristas v clericales.
He tenido OCCASION de hablar
con un campesino escapado del
inferno fascista en- ell frente de
Teruel. Ell desdichado labrador,
como otros tantos fugitivos, vie
ne materialmente agotado por
ell calvario que ha pasado.
"A huir los facciosos ante
las primeras avanzadillas de la
columna Eixea-U TRIBES, no con-
tentos con habsr despojado al
pueblo de sus where's, como ja-
mones, barriles de vino, etc, y
de habernos privado de las man
tas, colocaban en- medic de los
rebahss de cabras y ovejas car
tuchos de dinamita para que mu
rieran destrozadas y nosotros
no pudieramos aprovechar nj
la carne nj la lana,
u Como no Sc lievaban los
rebano2
Isl no Sc les daba TEMPO. 4,
Yes squella Iona, donde esta
Ia piedra de la Cruz? Pues des-
de ALI un fascista CRITIC: que vie
men. y todos, sin preocuparse
de kSs NADIA, huyeron.
AlNo h~mnF contra
Tempo?
ST. Los cahoneS se'les atas-
caron en- aquella cuestasRe hay
para bajar al pueblo. Y los ca
homes, que debierar de salyar
los primeros, entrafon en- Te-
ruel los dltimos. A
Esta maniobra, desOrganizA
da, algo mas jocosa que tragicsA
nos da clara muestra de la va
lentia".
y no para ahf la eosa. Nues
ras fuerzas tuvisron que ents-
La gaceta., 1936-12-04

la Influenza de los siglos.
Ell rey es I'm hombre moder-
no; pero ell sistema de gobisrno
sobrs ell cual Sc sostiene la CO.
roma es vetusto, "cubierto por la
patina de los AMOS"
Ademas Mrs. Simpson tiene
para los ingleses la agravante
de que naci6 en- la librs Ameri-
ca, donde las pelucas y las cere
moniaS de la antiguedad tienen
muy POGO valor.
La gaceta., 1936-12-04

Phonetic ell presidente Roose
welt, ell eximio presidente de los
Estados Unidos, un genuine de-
m6crata, que estudiara ell lido
ma espahol para hablarlo 81 rea-
liza otro viaje de amistad a las
naciones indo-ibericas.
Esas palabras del gobernante
n-orteamericano indudablemen :
tie serviran de propaganda para
ell estudio de la lengua castella-
ma en- las escuelas y universida-
des americans.
Ha querido decir Mr.. Roose-
welt que la juventud americana
debe estudiar dos idiomas, los
dos que lie pertenecen: ell espa-
mol y ell ingles.
La gaceta., 1936-12-04

Las nttsas apOyan al rey en-
contra de las 'barbas CRISES"
de los ministries conservadores
y sus consejeros-dicen de Lon
dres.
81 las masas, el pueblo ingl6s,
Sc ponen junto al rey y deciden
defenderlo, los ministries ten
dram que retirarse a sus casas y
probablemente la Sra. Simpson
Hegara a ser la esposa del mo-
narca.
Pero en- las masas britanisas
Ia tradici6n tawbien deia seutir
La gaceta., 1936-12-04
del Aso opresOr.

del hugo Opresor.
Han pasado miles de calami-
dades. No ban sido respetadas
nj sus vidaS nj sus haciendas.
Por donde has pasado los fas-
cistas, han passdo la desolaci6n
81 hambre, la tragedia.. -
Estos braves campesinos, cuan
do con tanto fervor piden ar
mas y exponen sus deseos fer
.vientes de marchar al f%rente,
|dejando a un lado sus convic-
ID les p%oliticas, sus hondos mo-
tivos tsndran.
!. +. GarelA
La gaceta., 1936-12-04
La divisa de los ~fascistas es desolaciony
muerte en- las provincias de Espaha
RoMPEN LOS EscLAVos LAS cADENAs
Ell PUEBLO EN- ARMAs Sc DEFIENDE

rrar a las victimas fascistaS
Los trecientos muertos de Vile
v Campillo dan prueba de clio.
Me relata este buen hombre
como observandolo todo desde
ell sotabanco de un pajar, las
hordas huian ante La presencia
de las aguerridas milicias.
-Dejaron muertos en- ell cam
pc a i'm captain que, por cierto.
10 conocia nuestro comandan-
te. tres tenientes, varios sarger
tos y RlRehos-Paisanes.
-tY soldados?
7SSoldados? Muchos jefes y
muchos p~aisanos; pero solda-
dos, verdaderos soldados, muy
pocos.
u u distingues a los sOlda-
dos de los oficiales?
70 soy un hombre de pue-
bio. Conozco a los soldados que
antes de empunar ell fusil cava-
ba la terra. Tienen callos en- las
manos. A esos hijos del pueblo
les conozco. A los de manos linn
pias, unas cortadas, cults de Sc
norito, a esos no los conozco CO.
mo a soldados, sino como amos,
que va no 10 son. Fran los juer-
guistas que nos ~quitaban ell pan
Y deshonraban nuestras canas
con sus crimenes.
Me cuenta este campesino CO
mo 10 apresaron. Cuando hula
fue descubierto por un alferez
de Artilleria. Estaba solo, aban
donado, con ell canon atascado.
Con la pistola en- la mano lie O.
a que lie prestase ayuda.
Me llev6 a Teruel tirando
de la pieza hasta subirla a un
Despues me obligaron
a CAVIAR trineheras en- Campillo.
~ Como te escapaste?
Hui la noche de la tormen-
IA. COnmigo Sc vinieron dos sol
dados, con fusiles y TODD. Ali
Sc acsreAn los dss mucha-
chos.
-Salud-nos dIcen con salts
Estan sonrientes. Estan con-
de hallarse entire noso-
tros. Somos sus hermanos.
re hablan &c sus pena-
Iidades, Us ojOs Sc les llenan de
Iagrimas, mas que de dolor, de
Indignation.
-Hemos roto las cadenaS DE
Ia esclayitud, seguiremss para
.iberar a los demas.
Y con gran entusiasmo levan-
tan Ell puho Llenos ode j1bilo
,sntan y marchan a sus pues-
.os.
Este hombre que hugo del Il
fascista, como por aqu
ienOminan aS Teruel. pide ar,
mas, al igaal que todos los habi-
de los puebl0 libsrtadOs
La gaceta., 1936-12-04

Cast es yergonzante, dicho sea
con ell debido respeto, que peri6-
dicos de paises democraticos de
diquen paginas enteras al "lio"
del rey con la Sra. Simpson, y
las amargas quejas de Stanley
Baldwin y los ministries.
La Sra. Simpson y ell rey a.
gradecerian mucho, mucho, que
los diarios americanos Y de o.
tros paises los deiaran en- paz,
entregados a su amor y sus con-
trariedades.
Los arist6cratas ingleses con-
sideran "cprdbiQSO' que Ell mo-
narca Sc "enlace" con una nor
teamericana.
Ahora bien, cada norteameEi
cano, ma pesado, vale por diez
arist6cratas britanicos y su pa
rentela.
La gaceta., 1936-12-04

Hay un cubano que Sc ofrece
para ir a Espana y combatir q
favor de la causa de la Repd-
blica.
Ell un hOmbre con experien-
ella militar y Sc llama Santiago
Rond6n.
iNo seria possible ayudarle pa
ra que realizara su prop6sito?
La gaceta., 1936-12-04
LA PARA LOS
ENFERMOS ~TUBERCULO-
sos DEL ID

En- Ia preseute semana, hoy
viernes y mahana s&bado, sc e
fectuara en- las fabricas una
cuestaei6s a favor de los enfer-
mos tuberculosis del condado.
The Washington times., 1936-12-15
POLICE HERE
s. HUNT 2>|N
Staying
Confession Attributed
To Prisoner Involves
Young Pals

Warned that their quarries are
armed and will shoot" Washing
ton police were today hunting
throughout the city for two youths
wanted by Montgomery County
authorities in connection with the
murder of Elwood D. Matthews,
65-year-old farmer of Burnt Mills,
Md.
One of the youths is sought by
police as the trigger man" OF a
gang of three who, believed to be
responsible for several MontgoTn-
cry County robberies, are said by
the third youth to have partict
pated in the Staying of Matthews.
The "break" in the mysterious
murder Of the prosperous farmer
came when States Attorney
James H. Pugh, collaborating
with Detective Sergeant Theodore
Vollten, threw discriminating ques-
tons at w. Joseph Kirby, ~,
of Smith, w. Va, during q spe-
cial visit to Charleston, w. Va,
where Kirby is being held on
bank robbery charges.
49, Admission Alleged
Kirby, Pugh declared, admitted
being one of three members OF a
gang of youthful desperadoes
who robbed the Charleston Ma
tiOnal Bank on December 5,
while hiding in West Virginia
after the killing Of Matthews.
The other two, Kirby is said by
Pugh to have confessed, are VIII
liam B. Reed, Is, of Burnt Mills.
we'll known to police here, and
Lawrence Gingell, %, OF Bethesda.
Reed and Gingen are believed by
police to be secluded here.
AS reconstructed by Pugh, Klr-
by's story of the Matthews STAY
ing cites the principal motive as
revenge. Reeds brother was sent
to the Maryland State Peniten-
tiary two years ago after trial
in which Matthews testified for
the State, Pugh said.
On the night of November 81,
at the time Matthews disappeared,
Kirby is said to have confessed, he
and his two companions were re-
turning from an unsuccessful at
tempt to steal golf balls at the
Indian Springs Country Club
when, near -Four Corners, Md,
Continued on Page 3, Col. y
The Washington times., 1936-12-15

LANSING, Mich, Dec. 10
G.N.SO-Hope Morgan, 25-year-
old college-bred impulse slayer"
of her best girl friend, today COM
mitted suicide by hanging herself
in her jail cell with a moose made
from her silk pajamas, police an
nounced here.
Miss Morgan had been held in
the Ingham county jail at Mason,
near here, since last Tuesday
afternoon when she was taken
into cuStory for Staying Miss Eliz-
abeth Giltner, IS, her lifelong
friend and college chun1. Miss
Giltner'S death disrupted her
plans to marry an Army officer
last Saturday.
Nail File COnfiscated
Fears that Mis- Morgan would
attempt suicide were expressed by
police yesterday when a pearl
handled fingernail file was found
in her cell. It was removed. But
some time last night, the girl
fashioned the suicide moose from
her pajamas.
Guards entering her cell this
morning found her dead.
One end of the improvised rope
was tied to a shower pipe running
along the cell and the other had
been twisted around her neck.
Deputies said she had apparently
stood on a chair and then kicked
the chair out from under her.
"GOing Mad for a Year"
Her death came as a sanity COM
mission of two doctors were COM
pleting a report on her mental
condition. The report was to have
The Washington times., 1936-12-15
F0|LS
MAXWELL
GR|LL|NG
Edith's Sister, 'l3, Is
Match on Stand for
Prosecutor

WISE, Va, Dec. 15-A veteran
lawyer, Oscar Wears, special pros
ecutor in the Edith Maxwell MUIR
der trial, met his match today In
13.year-old Mary Catherine Max
we'll.
He tried to get her to admit
she saw her sister Edith strike
her father, Trigg Maxwell. but
Mary Catherine said she did
not see any blow struck, although
she heard her father say:
Look what Edith has done to
me-"
The prosecutor questioned her
as to the position of her bed IN
reference to the room where
Edith and her father had the
fight, and also as to the distance
to the door of her fathers room
from her room.
Nearly In Tears
But to these questions, designed
to show the jury she could not
have seen what she described on
direct testimony, she replied,
simply:
81 don't know"
Mary Catherine was on the verge
of tears as she said to the prose
cutor:
II am trying to answer your
questions, but they are not very
clear"
She was scared" that night, she
said, and when Wears asked why,
she explained:
Because pappy had said he
was going to kill Edith"
Wears attempted. to link Mary
Catherine to the case when he
thundered:
Didn't you see a man outside
and warn Edith that he might
come in and find what was hap
pening?"
She replied:
II did not say that"
Afraid of NeighbOr
Mary Catherine explained she
was afraid of Chant Kelley, the
next-door neighbor and that was
why she did not allow him to come
into the house. She said:
Edith and both had reason
CONTINUED on Page 3, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1936-12-15
Dancers Lion Attack
Laid TO Negligence

BALTIMORE Dec. IS GN.SJ.
Miss Gladys Cote, IS, of Chicago,
who got a job dancing before a
group of lions because she liked
lions, lost her life because of her
own carelessness, Coroner F. L. c.
Helm ruled today.
Miss Cote was bitten and clawed
by a lion doing a performance
last week and died three days
later. The coroner said she suf-
fered her fatal injuries by her
carelessness in remaining in the
cage when the beast first showed
it's i'll temper. Other performers
who witnessed the attack, now ap-
pearing in Philadelphia, were
brought here to testify.
The Washington times., 1936-12-15
CLER|CS FL A Y
CANTERBURY

LONDON, Dec. IS G.NsD.
In sizzling words unparalleled in
church history, parliamentary,
press, and even clerical critics
today turned rapid-fire guns on
the primate of England, the arch.
bishop of Canterbury.
The prelate's comments in a
radio broadcast and in the House
of Lords on ex-King Edwards So
cial circle, suddenly became a par
liamentary issue as Col. Josiah
Wedgwood, laborite, announced
he would bring up the question
Thursday during a debate in the
House of Commons on the British
Broadcasting Corp, which carried
the archbishop's speech.
Referring to the Archbishop of
Canterbury. and also to the Mel
Continued on Page 2, Col. II
The Washington times., 1936-12-15
IN BLAST
NEAR DEATH

Mrs. Louis Don Coiner Bean.
daughter Of Senator Edward r.
Burke, hovers between life and
death this morning at George
town Hospital.
Critically burned yesterday in
a gas explosion which blew out
the back of her apartment at
3516 w Pl. N. W., the bride Of
six months is still unable to give
police sufficient information to
help them in their investigation.
Hospital physicians said that If
Mrs. Bean survives she faces dis
figurement for life. Her scalp,
face and the left side of her body
from shoulder to knees was burned.
The Washington times., 1936-12-15
LEADS omen IN BATTLE
IN
Defiant
TOEnd

NEW YORK, Dec. Is Q.N.SJ.
A tough guy" to his last shot
and thereafter.
That's Harry Brunette, 25-year-
old desperate, captured in a gun
battle with Federal agents at his
apartment-house hideaway here
today.
j. Edgar Hoover, No. / Oman,
shouted:
"COme on out, Brunette"
Brunette answered:
cav, take your time. still
got one shot,"
Defiantly he fired the last bullet
then flung open the door and
marched out, his hands held high.
He growled:
"All right, you buns, I'm fin
lshed."
But not quite.
AS the Omen inadvertently
roughed him up on getting him to
the street, Brunette fired this last
blast:
do that again and I'll kill
yOu!"
The Washington times., 1936-12-15
Glenn Mccarthy
Picks

At Bay MeadOws-Likely win
ners are: Third race, Chica, weight
off: fourth race, HOwden, good
chance; fifth race, The Pelican,
fresh cIassieSt.
At Fair GrOundS-Third race,
All Night, smartly placed; fifth
race, Chinese Empress, primed for
this; sixth race, KievsOn, should
do it.
At Tropical Park-First race,
Rafter, solid spot; seventh race,
Night Raven, speediest; eighth
race, Reservist, ideal spot.
Major Smyley :parlays 10
straight; same place on Chinese
Empress and Reservist.
Copyright by Chrtsty Walsh syndicate)
The Washington times., 1936-12-15
Surgeons TO Operate
On F. D. Roosevelt, Jr.

BOSTON, Dec. IS GNS0.
Surgeons at Massachusetts, Gen.
eral Hospital prepared today to
operate Thursday, to relieve the
sinus trouble Of Franklin D.
Roosevelt. jr., son of the Presi.
dent. The operation depends
upon his continued improvement
from grippe.
His fiancee, Miss Ethel du
Pont, visits him daily. Physi-
clans doubted he would be able
to spend Christmas with PreSi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt and at
tend a White House party in
honor of his engagement.
The Washington times., 1936-12-15
Giant Farmer PLAYS
Santa Claus 10 1000

CLINTON, Mo-, Dec. IS Q.N.S0.
Six-foot nine-inch Raleigh A.
Shaver, farmer, today told why
he annually plays Santa Claus to
the 1000 school children of Gin
ton county:
81 spent a good deal Of time
planning how to make money,
but also made up my mind
that a man ought to spend as
much serious thought on how to
use his money as on how to
make it. have a 'share-yOur-
wealth philosophy Of life."
The Washington times., 1936-12-15
DR.. Jernagin to Speak

DR.. William H. Jernagin, pastor
of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church and
president of the National Bap,
fist Sunday School Union and B.
Y, P. u, will address a gathering
of young people at the Twelfth
Street Branch Y. M. C. A., to-
night at 8 o'clock. The meeting is
sponsored by the local committee
of the Union.
The Washington times., 1936-12-15
SUSPECTED
KIDNAPER,
R0BBER
TAKEN
Surrenders With Wife
When Bomb Starts
Fire in Room

NEW YORK, Dec. IS QN.SO
A frenzied battle with tommy guns
and tear gas ended here early to.
day with the capture by Omen OF
25.year-old Harry Brunette, wanted
for daring bank robberies in the
Middle West and the kidnapping of
Q New Jersey State policeman.
Trapped in ground floor apart
ment in upper Manhattan with mis-
authenticated wife, whom he mar
r1ed two months ago, Brunette was
beSieged by 80 Government agents
and so police under the personal
direction of j. Edgar Hoover, chief
Of the United States Bureau Of
Criminal Investigation.
Wife Badly Wounded
Brunette fought back for nearly
an hour, and did not surrender
until his apartment had been set
on fire by an exploding bomb. His
wife was shot in the back and
critically wounded.
The fire, which threatened to
sweep through the entire building
and burn to death tenants on
upper floors, added a high note of
terror to the gun battle.
While bullets were flying fire
men were trying to break through
the main door of the building, but,
finally forced back by the barrage,
they put up an aerial ladder and
reached the roof.
The flames were confined to
Brunette's room, and since it did
not spread, some of the police and
Federal agents used the fire lad
der to get to the roof to see that
the desperate did not escape in
that direction.
Surrenders to Hoover
After scores of shots had been
exchanged between the besiegers
and the embattled gunman,
Hoover called a halt to the firing,
and shouted:
"Come out, Brunette. You
haven't got a chance"
A cry from the smoking apart
ment answered:
"AIl right, you buns. I'm
finished"
With hands appraised, a muscu-
lar, lumber-jacketed man with
chestnut hair and glowering
face, stumbled from the apart
ment and was Immediately
bounced upon by Hoover's agents.
One of the men tried to pull the
hat from Brunette's head so his
face could be seen, but he tried
to keep his features concealed,
shouting:
eff any Of you mugs try to
null off that hat, I'll kill YOU"
Rushed into an automobile, he
was taken to the Federal Building
and then locked up. His wounded
wife, in the meantime, was taken
to a hospital.
Wife a New Yorker
Police identified her as the for.
mer Airline Laveau, %, of New
York city. She was charged with
aiding and abetting Brunette.
When Brunette was searched,
1881 was found in his pocket.
The money was believed to be
CONTINUED on Page II, Col II
The Washington times., 1936-12-15
Fur Coat Is Dukes
YuIe Gift TO Wallis;
Gives Self PYjamas

VIENNA, Dec. IS Q.N.SO-To
Wallis from David-with Christ
mas greetings fur coat.
The self-exiled Duke Of Windsor
placed an order with a well-known
Viennese firm of furriers today for
this Yuletide gift to Mrs. Wallis
Warfield Simpson.
He also ordered some plainly
initiated pyjamas, shirts and dress
ing gowns for himself, all in a gay
shade of lilac.
The Washington times., 1936-12-15
Charge Of Speeding
JaiIs District Man

FAIRFAX, Va, Dec, IS.
Charged with driving 80 miles an
hour on the Richmond Highway
south Of Alexandria, R. A. Wilson
of the 1900 block Fourteenth st.
N. w., Washington, D. c., was ar
rested late last night by State
Policeman Strange. Wilson is be-
ing detained in the county jail
pending a hearing tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1936-12-15
Police Suspected Her Will to Die on Finding
Finger Nail File; College Girl Was
To Have Faced Sanity Test

determined whether the girl would
be committed to a State asylum
or be tried on first-degree murder
charges.
Her only explanation to the
murder of Miss Giltner, who was a
daughter of a Michigan State Col.
lege professor, had been II had an
insane impulse to kill someone
anyone"
She said she had felt herself
going mad for more than a year.
The Washington times., 1936-12-15
BY JOHN GOETTE

PEIPING, Dec. is G.N.sJ.
With the latest of a series of con-
flicting advices indicating Gen
eraliSsimo Chang Kai-Shek still
was alive, the China dictator's
troops today reached a point only
Is miles from Sianfu, where their
leader was held captive by the
rebel general, Chang Hsueh-Liang.
GeneraliSsimo Chiang's forces
pushed onward in a dramatic race
with time, hoping to reach Sianfu
before harm has come to their
chief.
Meanwhile, an Australian jour
naliSt-advisor, w. L. Donald, raced
back to Marking as Intermediary
with the latest terms for General
Chiang's release as drawn up by
the rebel Chang.
Second Revolt Seen
While this drama centered about
Sianfu, capital of Shenshi prov
ince, there broke out at Ian
CONTINUED on Page 3, Col. y
The Washington times., 1936-12-15
By ALFRED TYRNAUER

VIENNA, Dec. Is G.NS0-The
Duke of Windsor's royal anger
flared today over the double re-
buke administered publicly by the
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1t was
learned, and the former king and
former temporal head of the
Church of England plans a reply.
While Lord Brownlow, intimate
friend of both Edward and Mrs.
Wallis Simpson, sped back to
Cannes with some important mes
sage too precious to go by tele-9
phone or telegraph, the Duke sat
in Enzesfeld Castle and steWed
over the remarks of the white
haired primate. -
Edward discussed the arch.
bishops radio speech and stgse.
ment in the House Of Lords with
his host, the Baron Esfgene de
Continued on Page 4, Col ~
The Washington times., 1936-12-15
NEAR
GEN. CHANG

NANKING, Dec. Is I.N.SD.
GeneralissimO Chang Kai-Shek
is well and in good spirits" but
still under detention by rebels
in Sianfu, his Australian ad.
wiser, w. L. Donald, informed
Mime. Chang Kai-Shek by tele-
phOne today.
The Washington times., 1936-12-15
STOCKS EXTEND
ADVANCE

NEW YORK, Dec. IS GN.S).
The stock market extended it's ad-
vance as much as two points early
today, as heavy buying sent the
highSpeed ticker behind.
The Washington times., 1936-12-15
ITICISM
OF FRIENDS
RESENTED
BroWnIow Speeds to
WaIIy Again After
Seeing Ex-King

LONDON, Dec. Is U.N.S.).
The Duke of windsor, suffering
from q slight chill and head
ache, is confined to his room in
EnzeSfeld Castle, Austria, Reut-
ers Vienna correspondent under.
stood today. The Vienna dis
patch said he sent his chauffeur
to Baden to obtain medicine.
The Washington times., 1936-12-15
WASHINGTON FORECAST
MEAN TEMPERATURES

Rain beginning late tonight or Wednesday:
warmer tonight; lowest temperature about 40
degrees