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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-07-17
BRANDES LEAVES ON
ALICE ON BUYING TRIP

Fred Brandes, Postmaster at An
COON and general merchandising
merchant, left aboard the Princess
Alice on a buying trip to the
States
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NEW GROCERY FIRM
ANNOUNCES OPENING

The Douglas Cash Grocery, a
new business firm for Douglas, an
nounces their opening next week
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DISMISSED

jim Lay, medical patient, was
dismissed from st. AIMS Hospital
this morning.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-07-17

Frank Gilquist entered St. AIMS
Hospital this morning for medical
treatment.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-07-17
ROSS ON ALICE

r. r. Ross arrived in Juneau last
night by plane and left aboard the
Princess Alice enroute to Seattle
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-07-17
Alaskan

S. R. Coulter, Frank Bonipusich,
L. Thompson, all registered from
the city.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-07-17

On future occasions OF similar ma
ture.
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lynda

Mrs John Makinen, Hoonah; Mrs.
]. Graham, Haines.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-07-17
DOUGLAS
NEWS
FIRE DEPT. SoLICITS

= ~ LIZ 81. DOLfCi .
FUNDS FOR NEW TRUCK
The use Of salt as well as fresh
water in the new water system, be-
ing installed to fight fire, was ia
ken up for discussion at the regu-
lar meeting of the Douglas Volun-
teer Fire Department last night.
1t was stated that the City Coun-
Gil has a scheme for plenty of
storage Of water, in case Of neces-
sity.
Further consideration Of ways
ana means to finance the purchase
Of q new fire truck was had, and z.
Hachmeister, chairman OF the COM
mittee in charge of the project,
volunteered to canvas each men,
her of the department for a dona-
tion of IS to start the truck fund.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-07-17
FOURTH OF JULY ASSN. MEETS

Officials of the Douglas Fourth
Of July Association met last night
to close up the business matters
relative to the recent celebration
According to the list of donations,
total collections amounted to $219
Cost of the celebration totaled a
little under 5000, leaving a balance
OF about $40 1t was decided to
purchase with the money, flags and
bunting appropriate for decorations
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-07-17
AT THE HOTELS
Gastineau

Gastineau
w L. Freeman, Prince Rupert,
B. c.; L. G. Wingard, Seattle; Mr.
and Mrs F. F. Farrely, Providence,
r. I.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-11-15
Miss Nan Riggs
Closes Her Home
At LaytOnSville

MISS NAN RIGGS has closed her
49, home on the Latonsville- Brooke
vile road and will spend the Winter
in Gainesville, Nd, with her brother,
Mr.. Lee Riggs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Duvall enter
tanned at dinner Sunday, when their
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Earl john
son and family, Mr.. and Mrs. LIE Roy
Wachter, Miss Evelyn Rebecca Wach-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Greene of
Woodfield, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Smith
of Mount Airy, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson
Duvall Of Cedar Heights.
Miss Olivia Myers, Mrs. Nathan
White, Mrs. John Larcombs of Gath
ersburg and Mrs. Merhle Haines of
Laytonsville attended the luncheon
meeting Of the Woman's Board Of
Montgomery County Hospital in Sandy
Spring and went on to the tea given
later on Monday by Mrs. Jacob w.
Bird of Glen Mary to meet DR.. Ruth
Heckler and the nursing staff of the
hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Hawkins spent
Monday and Tuesday in Bethesda
with Mrs. Elizabeth Kramer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Moore were
on a motor trip through Virginia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Rose and
Miss Myrtle Linthicum of Washing
ton were guests at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Harvey Greene on Sunday.
Mrs. Elmer Greene has been elected
a member of the Woman's Board of
Sandy Spring Hospital.
Miss Maud Dorsey has issued invi-
tations for a bridge luncheon We'd
neSday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-11-15
Alliance Franchise
Will Open Season

The Alliance Franchise OF Washing
ton will open its thirty-fourth season
tomorrow at the Sulgrave Club, where
a tea will be served at 4 O'Clock.
The alliance will be host to Nine.
de Laboulaye, honorary president;
Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr, Mrs. Robert
Woods Bliss, diplomats and all men,
berS of the alliance.
Following the tea. Nine. Louise
Arnoux, well-known French diseuse
and singer, will give program, Lies
Vieilles Chansons de France" in cos
tunes. Mr.. Gabriel will assist Nine.
! Arnoux at the piano.
The Federation Of the Alliance
Franchise in the United States and
Canada was established in 1902. His
excellency, the French Ambassador,
Mr.. Andre de .Laboulaye, is the honor
airy president of the federation. The
purpose Of the society is to bring to
America from France eminent men
Of letters who speak before the afil-
lated societies and groups. thus bring
ing together the people Of France and
America.
Nine. de Laboulaye is the honorary
president Of the Alliance Franchise Of
Washington. The officers are: Mr..
Lynch Luquer, president; Mrs. Hugh
Campbell Wallace, vice president;
Mr.. w. T. Brantly, general secretary.
and Miss Blanche Bimont. treasurer
secretary.
The members Of the council are:
Mrs. Charles S. Alden, Mrs. George
F. Becker, Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock,
Mrs. James Carroll Frazer, Mrs. E. A.
Hartman, Mrs. w. A. Hayes, Mrs.
A M. Hegeman, Miss Edith Hoyt.
Mrs. Hennen Jennings. Mrs. New
lands Johnston, Miss Mamie Macomb,
Mrs. John Lindsay Morehead, Mrs.
Charles r. Shepard and Mrs. Law
renee Townsend.
The program for the season includes
well-known authors from France.
among them being Mr.. Paul Hazard
of the College de France and Mr..
Fernand Baldensperger of the Sor-
bonnie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-11-15
Italian Ambassador
And Signora Suvich
To Be Honor Guests

THE Italian Ambassador and Donna
i Matilda Suvich will be the guests
of honor at reception on wednesday
afternoon, November Is, at 5 O'Clock
at the Mayflower by the Italy America
Society of Washington. This will be
the first social function of this season
given by the society.
Next Saturday the first business
meeting will be held at the hotel for
the purpose of electing the president
and officers for the ensuing year and
to make plans for the winter. Col.
George B. Mcclellan now holds the
office Of president.
Monthly meetings of the society are
held during the winter season when
speakers familiar with artistic and
cultural aspects of Italy, are invited
to address the members.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-11-15
f are w e |
Parties for
Mr.. Melcher
Dramatic Critic OF
The Star is
Widely Feted.

ELDOM has q departure from
Washington met with such keen
- regret as the leaving Of Mr.. Ed
ward de s. Melcher, for the last
several years dramatic critic Of The
Evening Star. Mr.. Melcher will leave
shortly to take up his new duties
writing for the motion picture world.
Until then he will be at 410 Park ave-
nue., New York City.
Mr.. Melcher has endeared himself
to a host of friends in the Capital and
during the past few weeks there have
been q round Of farewell parties for
him. He carries with him as he en-
banks on his new career a world OF
good wishes from all who knew him.
A large reception was given for him
last week at the MayfloWer by a group
of his friends, including Miss Mabel
Van Dyke, Miss Bess Schreiner, Miss
Maurde Howell Smith, Mrs. Addie Hib-
bard, Miss Lisa Gardner, Miss Caroline
Mckinley, Mr.. Paul Murphy, Mr.. Paul
Walters, Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Beers,
Miss Ruth Perrott, Mr.. Hugo Iden,
Mr.. Lewis Lotion Moneyway and Miss
Anne Ives.
Thursday his colleagues on The
Star entertained at cocktail party
at the Newspaper Women's Club for
him, on this occasion presenting him
with a travelling clock duly inscribed.
The group at this function represented
the editorial department, composing
room, business Office, medical and den
tai hygenic clinics of The Star.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carter T. Barron gave
a large dinner party for Mr.. Melcher
last night at the Heigh Ho, when a
number Of guests came from Balti-
more for the occasion. Miss Margaret
Stewart and Mr.. John Skinner were
in the group from Baltimore. This
afternoon DR.. and Mrs. James F.
Mitchell will give cocktail party for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-11-15

known violinist, gave several Schubert
numbers. Mrs. Ross johnson Of
Washington, better known ON the air
as 1.-THE Little French Girl" sang a
group Of French songs.
Other interesting numbers included
q duet by Mrs. Lawrence and Mrs. Ada
Davidson. Mrs. A. L. Young read q
paper on the life of Schubert.
Delicious refreshments were served
by the hostesses.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred N. Windridge
were hosts Tuesday evening at cards
and buffet supper in their home on
Thirty-second street north, Country
Club Hills, Va, having as guests Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Geib, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Robertson and Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Gettle, all Of Washington.
Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Windridge
and Mrs. Fielding Lewis Of Lyon VIII
lage attended the card party and tea
at the Shoreham given for the benefit
of historic Kenmore, home Of Betty
Washington Lewis at Fredericksburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. John M. Keith Of
Country Club Hills will move soon to
Philadelphia, where Mr.. Keith has
accepted a position with a large cor
poration. They made brief visit to
Philadelphia this week to locate a
house. They have many friends in
the county, who deeply regret their
leaving.
Rev. and Mrs. Thomas g. Betschler
of Aurora Hills have as house guests
Rev. and Mrs. j. c. MINIS and
family, who arrived yesterday from
Asheville, N. C.. Rev. MINIS was the
guest speaker this morning at the
Calvary Methodist Church in Aurora
Hills. Rev. MINIS and family will
leave soon for Dhulia, India, where
he will be engaged in missionary work.
Mrs. Louis C. Carl was hostess at
dessert bridge Wednesday after
noon in her Lyon Village home, enter
tanning as guests Mrs. w. c. Welburn,
Mrs. z. B. Grove, Mrs. P. M. Chiches-
ter, Mrs. Topper Stone, Mrs. Arthur
Dawson, Mrs. Golden Dagger, Mrs.
Joseph Anderson, Mrs. Homer Dougall,
Mrs. william Ames, Mrs. William
Friess and Mrs. Edward Kloman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley McCaskey, jr.
of Aurora Hills have had as guests
this week Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall John
H. Jones of Pittsburgh, Pa. MIR. and
Mrs. Jones will also spend Thanks
giving week with Mr.. and Mrs. NC
Caskey.
Mr.. and Mrs. N A. Rees and their
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Rees, are
spending the week end in Newport
News, Va, with Mrs. Rees' sister and
brother-in-law, DR.. and Mrs. Clarence
Porter Jones. They were accompanied
on the trip by Mrs. Sudie Cunning
ham Of Leesburg, Va, who is also a
sister Of Mrs. Jones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-11-15
"Victory Reception" Given
By Arlington Residents
Senator Byrd and Other Prominent Guests
at Celebration in Honor of Reelection
of President Roosevelt

Lyon Park Community House was the scene last evening
of victory reception given in celebration of the re-
l. election of President Roosevelt.
event and arranged by the Democratic
Committee the various other Democratic clubs in
the county.
among distinguished guests Senator Harry
Representative w. Smith, and Mrs.
Rxey Smith Edwards of Richmond di
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-11-15

Mr.. Melcher, who will leave shortly
after for New York.
Among others who gave delightful
functions for him were Miss Mary
Cootes, Mr.. w E. s. Wilcox, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hardie Meakin, Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Corn and Mr.. and Mrs. /
w. Hill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-11-15
Uncle Sam, Art Patron.

Because of the many Government
sponsored art projects Uncle Sam was
termed "the greatest art patron in
history" by Holger Cahill, national
director Of the W. P. A. Federal Art
Projects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-11-15
Derivation of "Caddy."

The word "caddy" Is derived, says
the American Art Association. from
the Malayan "kati" and the Chinese
katy" which were used in the ORR
ent to designate packages of tea in
the days of the East India Co.
Evening star., 1936-01-03
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

Pacifists are becoming militarists
and vice versa, hard-boiled soldiers
and admirals are becoming pacifists.
This is for the time being the net
moral result of the Italo- Ethiopian
League of Nations conflict.
The fight for drastic sanctions, that
is to say. a blockade which will in
evitably lead to war, Is waged in
Great Britain by the leading pacifists,
LORD Robert Cecil, the Archbishop Of
Canterbury, the Archbishop Of York,
the leader of the pacifist Labor party,
Anthony Eden.
In France the sanctionist party is
led by the leader Of the extrem.
Socialists, Blum, by Reynaud, another
leader of the left wing radicals, and
Renaudel, the Communist chief.
Laual, the conservative minded
premier; Tardieu, another leader OF
the French Conservatives; Louis
Marin, and all the ,Dar peterans are
taporing some sort of solution OF
the present inbro0lio tUhtch mould
bring about settlement, without
disturbing the peace OF Europe.
Premier Baldwin and the majority
of his cabinet had to bow to the over
whelming forces of the British war
minded pacif1cts when two weeks ago
he Inundated himself In the House
of Commons by withdrawing the def
mite proposals his thrown-overboard
foreign secretary Hoare and Laval had
made to Mussolini.
Evening star., 1936-01-03
You'd Like Lily PonS
Reporter Finds Her Flashing Smile Sincere
and Her Manner Gracious.
BY HARRY MACARTHUR.
lily PONS is a grand person.
That's the first thing tina

strikes you when you meet her
IL and that's what remains fore
most in your mind after you have left
her-her completely charming person.
ality and her friendly, pleasant
manner.
You like her right away. Her greet
ing makes You feel she Is glad to see
you. In fact, she really must be glad
to see you; she couldn't turn on that
5,000-candlepower smile unless she was.
Now it may be the smile that weaves
this spell, for she was smiling when
she stepped from the train yesterday
evening, arriving here to sing at a
White House dinner last night. And
when Lily Pons stepped from that
train and the shout of Here she Isl"
arose there was rush Of reporters
leaping over baggage and showing in
nocent bystanders aside.
Guards Her Throat.
Lily Pons arrived. we saw. and she
conquered. She smiled at Col. Hardie
Meakin Of Keith's Theater who greeted
her, and she smiled at the lads Of the
Newspaper Reception Committee he in
troduced. She was as gracious in her
greetings as some one would have been
who really needed publicity.
She submitted graciously to the
camera ordeal, saying only. please do
it as quickly as possible-my throat,
you know-the weather." 1t was
a day on which any one who earned
living by singing would have been
justified in saying nothing and DASH
ing for cover.
But not Miss Pons. Despite sec
retary who hovered close, muttering
imprecations at those who kept her
little girl out in the rain and endan-
gered her voice-Miss Pons is just get
ting over a cold, too, it seems-the
Metropolitan Opera. radio and motion
picture star permitted herself to be
photographed and interviewed.
The interview, though, took place
on the run, between Miss Pons' chair
car, which fortunately for the boys
who wanted to talk to her, was at the
far end of the train, and the taxi
which was waiting to whisk her to a
hotel.
Enthusiastic i'm Her Art.
But on the run or standing still, Lily
Pons still would impress every one
within range with her enthusiasm for
her work.
Fame has given her no lorgnettes,
either. She must know she has
glorious voice, but she still seems a
little surprised at her screen success.
When Hardie Meakin told her audi
ences were applauding at the conclu-
sion of each of her songs in Il Dream
Too Much" her melton picture debut,
she exclaimed:
"Oh, isn't that nice Of them" And
it was sincere and spontaneous.
Miss Pons is enthusiastic about pic
ture making and she looks forward to
next September when her rigid sched-
ule will permit her to return to Holly
wood to do f1lm.
Told she exhibited fair for comedy
in "I Dream Too Much" which was
totally unexpected by the public, she
admitted:
Yes, I'm so small-and sort Of
funny, guess" She said, too, that
making movies was lot of fun, but
qualified this statement, though, and
told of going through nine-hour
ordeal in the studio for the recording
of her outstanding song in her first
Evening star., 1936-01-03
MILITARY FUNERAL
F0RDR. R.R.K. MILLER
Veterinarian, Killed by Ex-
press Train, to Be Buried
in Arlington.

A military funeral in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery was arranged to-
day for DR.. Ralph X. Miller, Govern
ment farm expert, who was killed
yesterday afternoon when a fast
Washington-bound Baltimore & Ohio
express train struck his car at the
Beltsville. Md, crossing.
Meanwhile, Prince Georges County
police are seeking to learn If any
one witnessed the accident. They
were given the names Of two men
who may have seen the crash. One
is a Baltimorean and the others ad-
dress Is unknown.
Rites Tomorrow.
Services for DR.. Miller, who served
in the Army from 1902 to 1905 and
with the Department Of, Agriculture
for more than 20 years, will be held
at 9 am. tomorrow at Gasch's under
taking establishment in Hyattsville.
DR.. Miller was 81 and lived at All.
Fourth street. He was a Government
veterinarian and had visited the ex-
perimental farm at Beltsville just be-
fore he was killed.
The train, bound from New York to
Washington, was travelling 10 miles
an hour when it struck DR.. Miller's
machine. The automobile was de-
molished and the veterinarians body
dragged 500 yards before the express
train could stop.
Justice Of the Peace Georges s.
Phillips has ordered an inquest at
Hyattsville January Is. He impaneled
a coroner's jury at the scene yesterday
At the time of the crash a freight
train was standing on a siding about
800 feet from the crossing, and both
blinker lights and warning bell were in
operation. Judge Phillips said. 1t is
believed that DR.. Miller thought the
safety signals were put into operation
by the freight train and failed to see
the express.
Crossing Called Dangerous.
There are no gates at the crossing
Judge Phillips said he regarded the
crossing as dangerous because several
persons have been killed there in the
past two or three years"
DR.. Miller is survived by his widow
Mrs. Bertha Miller. and two daughters
Mrs. Paul Chappelle and Miss Pear
Miller of Washington.
He was a native of Robesonia- Pa.
and a graduate of the United States
College of Veterinary Surgeons, class
of 1918. He was employed by the
Meat Inspection Bureau of the De-
partment Of Agriculture upon gradua-
ton.
Evening star., 1936-01-03
g ARMY PLANES
DEAL IS DELAYED.
Models in Recent Pursuit
Craft Competition Lack
Features.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Purchase of 50 pursuit planes for
the Army Air Corps has been post
pened more than three months be-
cause models entered in the recent
competition for craft of this type
failed to meet all the present-day
military requirements.
Assistant Secretary of War Wood
ring announced yesterday that the
Army has asked for new bids, to be
opened on April IS. on the 80 pursuit
planes which were to have been Or
dered before the close of 1885, Orders
for 100 attack planes and 95 bombers
were placed last month.
> In announcing the decision, the
Assistant Secretary said it was man.
datory" that the new bombardment
plane now entering production "be
paralleled by the most effective pur-
suit plane in both air performance
and armament that it is possible to
build"
Not One Sufficient.
GAS a result of close study and
exhaustive tests of pursuit planes sub
mitted by various manufacturers dur
ing the last few months" he said, 1T
has been found that. although the air
craft submitted represented a great
advancement over this type of aircraft
in present use, not one of those sub
mitted in the competition completely
met the desired attainments OF the
modern military pursuit plane.
During the last II months, the
design and construction OF pursuit
aircraft has experienced an unprece-
dented advancement, permitting OF the
employment of new tactics which
greatly increase the effectiveness OF
the combat plane.
New One to Be Made.
after exhaustive tests as to air
worthiness and ability to meet the
present day military requirements,
new pursuit plane will be selected for
manufacture and delivery to the
service. It is felt that by this post
ponement, an airplane of superior
performance and increased efficiency
will result"
Evening star., 1936-01-03
War
Continued From First Page.)

Cross meeting at Stockholm ut which
it was decided to ask the International
Red Cross at Geneva to undertake
the inquiry.
Latest information from the bomb
ing scene near Dolo in Ogaden Prov
ince said the ambulance unit was
destroyed in the bombardment Mon
day, with two Swedes injured. but
none killed.
Fulvio Suvich, undersecretary for
foreign affairs at Rome, expressed
grief" over the aerial assault.
Italy called $500 volunteers for the
greatest aerial enlistment in history"
as the supervised Italian press de-
manded further retributions for al
legged decapitation Of an Italian avi-
ator by his Ethiopian captors.
Fifteen hundred volunteer pilots
were included in the air ministry's
summons together with 1900 air
base experts, more than 1000 Of
whom were reported to be machine
gunners.
FRENCH SEE GERMAN PERIL.
Evening star., 1936-01-03
OTTE is PRESIDENT
Of Y'S' MEMS CLUB

William Otte, secretary of the Ma
tional Federation Of Post ONCE Clerks,
was elected president of the Us Mems
Club of Washington at a meeting in
the La Fayette Hotel yesterday. The
club, which meets weekly, is composed
of Y. M. c. A. members.
Other officers for the new year are:
j. Wallace Talley, first vice president:
Rev. Henry Porter, second vice presi-
dent; Gilbert E. Hyatt, third vice
president, and Floyd K. McTyier, Sec
retary-treasurer.
These directors also we're elected:
Fred Nettleship, George Richardson,
r. B. Morgan. Leo E. George, ]. H.
Parsons, James Lewis and Kelvin
Shivers.
Evening star., 1936-01-03

But what is more significant is the
fact the British admiralty staff and
the French air and military stan are
extremely reluctant to start o war In
the Mediterranean.
The British admiralty has, of course,
no doubt that with the proper assist
ance Of the French and the other
Mediterranean nations there can be
no doubt as to how a war with Italy
would end. Italy Is bound to be
defeated. But, the price Of that de-
feat will be such that the British
naval power will be crippled for .
number Of years-until new ships are
built to replace those destroyed in the
Evening star., 1936-01-03

film, "The Bell Song" from 'Lamke"
"Lakme," incidentally, was the
opera in which Miss Pons made her
operate debut. back in Alsace, at the
outset of her career, after some three
years of hard study. Perhaps that is
why she was so surprised that the
singing of one aria for the cinema
should take so long.
The song she likes best in the film,
Miss Pons says, is Caro- Nome" from
"Rigoletto." Here, she feels, her voice
is recorded just about perfectly-it's
true and clear and at its very best.
Which very best" is just about the
best there is, if you're looking for a
personal opinion, Miss Pons.
Evening star., 1936-01-03
Newspapers Claim Paris Seeks %
Bargain for British Aid.

PARIS. January P.-Paris news
papers reported today that France has
asked Great Britain II she Is willing
to send troops to the German from
tier. to replace French soldiers, In
case Of war with Italy.
A foreign ofice spokesman, how
ever. said the report was absurd"
The newspapers Paris-Soir and
Intransigeant indicated the question
was raised IN discussions between the
British and French general staffs. in
which the two nations were consider
ing how they would aid each other
in the event Italy attacked British
ships in the Mediterranean.
The French were represented as
feeling that If their aid were required