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broken. Specifically, of the origi-
nal defenders of the ancient
castle. 81 were killed by the inter
minable fire of the reds. Their
bodies were recovered.
Two So-called natural deaths"
occurred when two ladies of over
10 died from the strain. Their
places were taken by two babies
born to women. One survivor eSti-
mated women must have num-
bered about 500 of the total de-
tenders.
A total of 430 defenders were
seriously wounded and $50 slightly
hurt: This means very few men
were left unhurt to continue the
epic defense which lasted, as q
matter of fact, until today.
So terrible was the experience
that some women had practically
to be carried out by their
white saviours, because they re-
fused to believe rescue possible
and wanted to persist in the sub
terranean caVernS.
The survivors owed the posi-
bility of defense to the fact they
made a sortie at the very begin
ming and obtained from the To-
ledo arms factory around 100000
rounds of ammunition, rifles and
machine guns.
OF this million they had only
shot 100000 rounds when relieved
and they were confident they
could have held out another II
days because now they were re-
ceiving food from the whites.
When this food first came over
by parachute the defenders were
so suspicious they had it ana
lyzed by one of their number who
was a chemist to see whether it
had been poisoned. They had
reason for suspicion, because no
conceivable lethal weapon had
not been used against them by
the reds.
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Besides 10000 rounds OF six
and fourinch shells fired at them,
the reds also used gas sprays and
petrol which then was set afire.
Five times mines were exploded
beneath the walls and on one of
these occasions occurred perhaps
the most tragic death of the
siege.
A man delegated to listen to
the menacing sound of miners
picks waited too long and was
torn to bits when the mine ex-
ploded.
OF the 81 who disappeared in
the explosions and the 80 whose
bodies were recovered, 81 were de-
Stroyed in one of these mine blasts.
Only toward the end were the
survivors sure they could be res
cued. They had a small radio
set run by batteries with which
they could listen to neighboring
stations.
They couldn't, however, hear
their friends in Seville and Burgos
because Madrid, only IS miles
away, perSistently jammed the air.
But they could get Lisbon and
Portuguese stations and learned
of the unremitting advance Of the
white armies.
RiddIed ASSauterS
With this support for their spirit,
every time the red mines went
off to blow down another bit of
the Alcazar's monster walls, the
defenders rushed out once more
to riddle with machine-gun fire
reds who attempted to take the
ruins by assault.
Today the bishop of Toledo clam
bered up atop the ruins with Gen.
Jose Valera, commanding the at
tack of the whites, and delivered
thanks to God for the end of the
most heroic struggle of our times.
Three suicides were reported,
probably from sheer nervous ex-
hauStion.
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By THOMAS LOAYZA

MADRID, Sept. 20 G.N.SJ.
Clashes on four roads, the inter-
mittent thunder of artillery, and
the clatter of machine-gun vol
leys sounded a deadly overture
today as the insurgents, flung
in a half.circle from conquered
Toledo to the Guadarrama Noun
tain, and the loyalists, their
backs to the wall, moved into
positions for the decisive strug-
gle for Madrid.
War on other fronts became
of third rate Importance as both
sides recognized that for all prac-
tical purposes the conquest Of
Madrid would mean victory or
defeat, but it was announced
that insurgents had moved into
Malaga and were drawing closer
to Bilbao.
Thousands Volunteer
The center of fighting on the
Madrid sector was at the town of
Olio, 10 miles northeast of Toledo
and 80 miles from Madrid, where
the Madrid militiamen staged a
string counter-offensive against
the Toledo insurgents and forced
them back a short distance.
Throughout the fighting insurgent
airplanes kept up their slaughter
ing.
Urgent calls for more recruits
the draft has never been imposed
during this war-have brought sew
eral thousand more men and
women flocking to the colors, and
reinforcements from the provinces
are continually arriving in Madrid,
to be dispatched Immediately to
the front.
Cleaning Up" Toledo
Toledo, although in the hands
of the insurgents, still harbored
scores of snipers, and a large force
was still engaged there today in
cleaning up"
Three other rightist columns
pressed toward Madrid by way Of
Santa Cruz, Navalcarnero, and
Sierra Guadarrama. In the north,
Gen. Emilio Mola's forces, accord
ing to insurgent announcements,
moved along the Bay Of Biscay
coast to within few miles of Bill
bao, while loyalist warships in the
harbor shelled the insurrectos.
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NICKEL FRANC
BILL PASSES
CHAMBER
French Senate to Pass
Bill After Debate
Tomorrow
BY LINDSAY PARRoTT

PARIS, SEPT. 29 dNsJ.
Lashed into line by political
whips" leftist deputies who had
rebelled against elimination of i'm.
portant social features of the new
financial bill rallied into united
front again today and pushed the
"nicked franc" through the cham.
ber by a vote of $50 to 221.
Over the earlier protests Of the
Communists the franc devaluation
measure was stripped Of its Slid
ing salary scale" provision aimed
to compensate government and
other workers for possible increases
in the cost of living.
In it's place, however, there were
guarantees that the government
would curb price increases.
With the radical Socialist party
supporting the bill as amended it
is expected easily to pass the SEN
ate, where debate begins tomorrow.
The first disorders Of Frances
financial crisis came today when
market Gardeners, prot esting
against regulations in the big cen.
tral markets, attempted to prevent
unloading Of vegetables.
Five hundred Mobile guards
sped to the scene, arrested 30 trou-
blemakers, and permitted trains
to unload produce, ending threat
Of a vegetable shortage.
The vote on the 80 per cent cut
in the francs in the chamber of
deputies showed strong co-opera.
ton on the part of the left front.
The total for the bill fell only 36
short of the total coalitions vote
of 386.
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tEuLLOT NOCe-FOLLO1Dtng IS
the fourteenth of the tDGr logs
sent from the Spanish battle
front By H. r. Knickerbocker,
famous roDing correspondent of
International NeDS Seruice.)
BY H. r. KNICKERBOCKER
Copyright. 1881 by International
News service)
OROPESA, Sept. 90 QN.SO.
The room where Lieutenant
Colonel De Tella, commander Of
the two banderas of the Foreign
Legion at the Castle of Oropesa,
had his headquarters was full of
baskets of all kinds Of loot. One
had the gold and silver altar
pieces Of a church. I asked where
it came from. He explained:
"The Reds had all this stuff
packed up ready to take away,
but they left in too big q hurry.
Look here. This Is the sort Of
thing they did; and here"
ROOMS DESTROYED
There were a series Of small
rooms, each gotten up to illustrate
a Spanish period, with the bed
stead Of the time, and wax figures
dressed in the costumes Of the
period. These rooms had been de-
stroyed, the beds ripped open and
even the figures had been behead-
ed, and, ironically enough in view
of the popular old atrocity stories
Of the great war, their waxen
hands cut off.
The Lieutenant Colonel gave US
permission to go where we liked,
as near to the front as we liked,
and he said he would give us SOL
diers to go with us, if we liked.
We went downstairs and Joined
UP with Straet, German legion
naire, who was delighted to find
somebody to talk German to, and
he led us to luncheon mess,
where we ate enough TO make up
for "a hours fasting. Straet said:
"This is nothing here. Down
in BadajOz, Herr Gott! we
killed 4,5OO there and they got
a lot of us. But in Constantine,
those reds! / saw with my iv-
ing eyes an old dry well where
the reds had thrown down II
live people and then they blew
in the top Nf the well with gre
nades and left them buried
alive. OF course they were all
dead except one or two just
breathing a little when we found
them, but the ones tn at
breathed, they died too.
NIGHT RAIDTNG
NATURALLY we got back at
those reds all right as far as we
could, but we only got $50 Of
them at night.
"These reds amt the fighters
them MOOrs are. You get a
Moor at home in Morocco fight
ing against his own people and
he amt no good, but you get
him in Morocco fighting against
us and he's damned good, much
better I'd say than those reds
are now"
Whereupon the deSpiSed reds
poked the nose of their armored
car out from a cut in the railroad
right in front Of the castle and
the shooting began.
I didn't see brother Straet dur
ing the fighting; I was much too
busy trying to see without getting
hit. l haven't the least desire to
carry away so much as small
scar from this war. It has killed
two French journalists and one
Spanish journalist already. The
fact is that no matter how much
care you take, you can't see a
battle without being in it to ex-
actly the same extent as the
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MADRID FACES
ATTACKS BY
; ROADS
Volunteers Flock to
Aid As Insurgent
Hosts Near CITY

BURGOS, Spain, Sept. 20
U.N.SO.-TrOOps of Gen. Fran
cisco Franco today pushed their
advance on Madrid, heading for
a spot between IlleScas and
Aran-Juez to cut the railway
which remains the capitals only
connection with the world, it
was announced at headquarters
here.
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What They're
Wearing

Bronze kid, q mellow, glowing
leather, Is a smart discovery for
spring accessories. The new bronze
kid has a heady burgundy cast
touched with a golden CLEAN.
Shoes fashioned Of this exquisite
leather possess an almost magic
quality Of blending with any color.
Paris wears bronze kid shoes with
black and brown, accents prints
and pastels with them. Footwear
styles in bronze kidskin vary from
tailored tongue types to almost
naked cocktail sandals.
Forerunner Of an entirely new
mode in footwear is an amazing
shoe that has Just made its debut.
Made. Of terra Gotta kidSkin, it
has o walled last" q vertical
ledge surrounding the front Of the
sole, above which the vamp is
sleek and smooth. It is slightly
reminiscent Of quaint old English
pantoufles, since the vamp rises
high on the inStep in a pointed,
scalloped line, Slanting down to
meet the curved quarter. This
brand-new rusty-red kidskin shoe
is the perfect companion for new
spring tailleurs.
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Our Bachelor Girls Serve Tempting Dinner

, the shoulder. I had the butcher
take out the bone and the fell. "
"The feH," said Mary. what
is that?"
"The fell is the thin papery
covering over the outside, and
should always be removed before
cooking except in the case Of a
leg of lamb and then it is cooked
with the fell to preserve the
shape. We saved the bone and
are going to make soup from
that" said Jane.
"NOw that it is purchased I
will continue" said Mary. 1--WE
like our roast stuffed and it also
goes much farther. So, first /
shall make a bread stuffing and
add to it salt, pepper, celery and
a suggestion of garlic. Then
press this in neatly here where
the bone once was, roll, and tie
securely in place.
81 always allow about Is min
uteS to the pound with Is for
good measure, and since our
roast weighed three pounds that
will be so minutes. one hour.
And it is to be cooked in the
Ovenette today.
eve are very careful about our
grocery orders. One-haIf pound,
we figure. will be enough for each
person, so this should serve three
meals and will be a real econ
Omy," added Jane.
They had started preparation.
Mary made the bread Stuffing
while Jane scraped the new
potatoes, and shelled the peas.
They had it all timed to the min
ute.
Since the roast was being pre-
pared in the ovenette, that left
the two burners Of the hot plate
available for use. The peas were
to be cooked in a rather small
amount of water and the potatoes
boiled in salt water and creamed
just before serving. They were al
lowing 80 minutes for the peas to
cook but since the white sauce
also had to be made on top of the
stove, the peas had to be finished
about 10 minutes before serving
time so they could be drained,
seasoned, placed in one of their
flat insert pans on top of the
potatoes, while cream sauce was
being thickened,
It was all very complicated but
having been down in their apart
ment before when they had even
more elaborate dinners I knew that
everything would be done to a
turn. Their kitchen operates
like clock work.
I am interested in what they
plan to have tomorrow. aren't
you?
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and the day had hardly started
for me.
After a shower, I dressed and
went down to find breakfast all
prepared on a tray they had set
on the end table. A large glass
hrimming full of orange juice, a
poached egg on toast; and hot
coffee. AS 1 leisurely ate, they
told Of the grand and glorious
dinner they were having and that
I could. if / liked, watch the
preparation.
Mary took a typewriter list
from the desk and said:
"NOw listen to the menu.
Roast lamb with mint jelly" and
paused dramatically to let the
significance register.
"Spring lamb. Don't you love
it?' said Jane turning to me.
"Creamed new potatoes, new
peas, apricot salad with cream
cheese, and chocolate cake with
fudge icing and Coffee" continued
Mary.
This seemed a very filling meal.
MAY 1 ask if you girls have
gone off your diet?"
"NO. We didn't 60 on the diet.
Mary refused. If we went on .
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the lamb in your small kitchen
cite and what cut did you buy?"
1 asked.
"The question should be re
versed," Mary stated judicially
'But Jane did the purchasing"
eyes, mann. If we had waited
on you Saturday, we would have
been eating bread and water.
Saturday knitting, will 1 ever for
get the occasion! Pay day, half
day, and you come home to spend
the afternoon and evening knit
ting"
'But the dress needs only to
be narrowed at the neck to be
finished and 1 have to get new
directions for that" said Mary.
anyway, looks like you are eat
ing royalty" 1 said looking at the
roast. The lamb has a good
color"
eyes," said Jane, "that means
that it is from young animal.
When the flesh Is a dull brick red
the animal is old. This is from
The Washington times., 1936-03-02
By JEAN GREEN

Jane called me yesterday
morning and said:
Guess it is a good thing we
are clothing budget conscious
because we went to church this
morning and saw all the new
spring hats. They are keen
and we both choose the kind
we liked.
II want one with the most
frivolous of veils-and very
gay with flowers. How I would
love a shopping spree-new
shoes, gloves, hat, dress and"
I stopped the flow of talk long
enough to ask what time it was
and whether she was feeling en-
tirely normal.
Eyes" said she, "but bet I
woke you up. Come down. We
will have a special breakfast for
yOu."
must confess that Jane was
right. I had not gone to church
The Washington times., 1936-03-02

Just an up-to-date skipper wait
ing for her ship is Harriet Hilliard
when she dons her new yachting
ensemble inspired by her role in
Follow the Fleet" The young ra-
dio singers costume is of fleet
blue" and white Seda Iona (Span-
ish for silk canvass. The SlackS
are white and the finger-tip length
coat is fleet blue" in a double
breasted model fastened with
white bone buttons. A sailor cap
and white sandals complete the
ensemble.
The redingote looms on the
horizon as leading spring fash
The Washington times., 1936-03-02

12 doz. ladyfingers or sponge
cake
~ pts. whipped cream
CryStallized pineapple or cherries
Almonds.
Line a deep dish with halves
Of ladyfingers or slices of sponge
cake. Cover with cream that has
been whipped stiff. Chop the
almonds and crystallized fruit
into tiny pieces and sprinkle on
the cream. Repeat with another
layer of cake, cream, and sprink-
ling of nuts and fruit until cake
Is used, leaving top layer cake.
Make a soft custard by beating
three egg yolkS lightly, adding a
quarter cup of granulated sugar
and a pinch Of salt, beating again.
Then two cups Of rich milk should
The Washington times., 1936-03-02
Yachting Ensemble

, ion, in fresh and arresting new
guises. The Gibson girl type. espe.
cially flattering. has shoulder full,
ness, a tiny waist and circular.
swinging skirt. This, in navy, Is
worn over bright prints, and in
beige or gray, coupled with con
trasting solid color frocks. An ami
mated afternoon costume consists
Of a tUnic-length redingote Of
black wool over a cherry red dress
enSembled with a lacquered straw
Flemish bonnet, black kidskin san,
dals and eherry-red gloves.
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be added and the whole brought
to boiling point in the double
boiler, stirring constantly.
When thick, take from the fire,
cool. add a quarter teaspoon
each of almond and vanilla ex-
tract. With a large silver spoon,
make holes in the ladyfinger mix
ture and pour the custard into
it. Put in the ice box for several
hours. If a Sweeter taste is de-
sired, the cream may be sweet
ened little.
When ready to serve, the top
should be decorated with whipped
cream (reserved) and SprinklingS
Of nuts and cryStallized fruit.
Quantity of cream and cakes may
be apportioned for small family.
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Jane and Mary, too girls avho to Washington to
finding satisfactory place to ve they are mooO renting
oneroom apartment 0itk gerry small kitchemete that
is equipped 1Oh electric appliances to make their culinary
experiences pleasant.
Saturday, Mary home from aOork and started knit
ting. Jane could not understand the sudden burst of
emergy but 1t finally revealed that Mary waned at
least spring costume before they aUent the very h
tied budget they considering.
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happen 70 DC In new YORK.
English Regency Is rather q new
influence on the horizon OF
present-day decorating, so we will
talk q little about its historical
significance. According to Helen
KoueS, director Of the Good
Housekeeping Studio, it is to be
watched. The information is from
her.
DirectOire Contemporary
After the French revolution in
the late Eighteenth century, the
Directoire, q period of classic
simplicity, succeeded the court
extravagances Of Louis XVI. At
the same time, the Regency pc
riod in England evolved, from
the same Greek classic ideas, but
it had q character Of its own.
Officially the period covered the
years between 1912 and 1920, the
Regency Of George w.
Actually the period had its
beginning somewhat earlier, about
1795, with the late works of
Sheraton, and its influence was
felt until about 1880, when the
collapse Of all decorating ideals
began with the Victorian period.
In building and decorating their
apartment, the studio did not
follow the period slavishly, but
adapted those features which
seemed remarkably comfortable
and useful for present-day needs.
They Simplified the architectural
details to create q more livable
background than the high old
Regency rooms.
Copper and Brown
The small hall, and the book
room which is shown on this page,
join, so that the color schemes
had to be kept in close harmony.
The walls Of the hall were painted
a lovely cocoa brown which blends
perfectly with the copper wallpa-
per used on the walls Of the book
room. The woodwork in both
rooms is white.
On the floors they have repeat
ed the colors and the motifs. The
ground of the floor is an interest
ing pearl gray linoleum, while the
inlaid band and the specially de-
signed Regency motif are white.
The furniture in both rooms Is
light and graceful, giving a feeling
Of SpaciouSnesS to the small rooms.
A smart chintz with gray-green
background and a stiff feather de-
sign in red and white is used at
the windows, and on two small
but comfortable chairs.
A copper cornice over the win
dow is a new note, and it matches
the copper tones Of the walls. The
desk is a late Eighteenth century
kneehole, large enough to be use
full, but small enough for the room.
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FaVOriteS

Nert Deek's contest Is another
Jane and Mary eUent, this time
for recipes using cuts OF meat
adapted to cooking for tho.
Send in any recipes you haze
tried and found delicious that they
can prepare in their kitchen. They
think they can do almost GgGy type
of meat cookery except brottn0
1Uith their equipment.
They fry chickens In their
heGvy skillet over the hot plate,
bake meat loGUeS In their oUeN-
ette, and haze made delicious
SteUs and pot roast in their Dutch
oUen.
One dollar Dill be the prize
awarded sir lucky 1DjnnerS in this
contest. Chops, hamburger, StDeet-
breGdS, offer only a tetO pOSSibili-
ties in the contest.
The 1Dinner in last lOeek'S Fac
orite Recipe contest for a Jane
and Mary dessert:
MAPLE SPONGE
/ envelope gelatine
112 cups cold water
l cup chopped nut meats
2 cups of brown or maple sugar
y cup hot water
Soak gelatine in cold water five
minutes. Put sugar and hot
water in saucepan, and let boil
10 minutes. Pour syrup gradu-
ally on soaked gelatine. Cool.
When nearly set add Stiffly
beaten whites Of eggs, and nut
meats. Turn into mold or re-
frigerator pan.
Serve with custard made from
Jane and Mary's Jello CuStard
recipe.
Submitted by Mrs. Geraldine
McKenney, 2027 Eleventh St..
N. w.
Rules for the contest: Write ON
one side OF the paper only and
include your :ldme and address
under each recipe. There is no
limit on the number OF recipes
that may be submitted. Send
recipes to Miss Jean Green, The
Washington Times, 1917 H st.
N. w., before midnight Saturday,
March 7.
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Blue Felt

The first hat of spring is al
ways exciting. A new model is
of blue felt with lacquer red
pleated taffeta ribbon posed on
the inside of the outstanding
Breton brim. There is a peaked
crown,