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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-20
Ras Nasibu Wounded
In Rout of Last Army

ROME, April 20 U.N.S0.-Ras
NaSibu, Son-in,law Of Emperor
Selassie and commander Of the
Ethiopian armies on the southern
front, was wounded seriously in
the disastrous rout of his ''laSt
stand" forces over the weekend.
according to dispatches reaching
Rome today.
As the speedy, death dealing
motorized units of Gen. Rodolfo
Graziani'S forces rushed onward
toward Sasa Baneh, Jijiga and
Harar, bringing up the southern
jaw of the great Italian pincers,
first details of Saturdays smash.
ing Italian victory after five-day
battle reached here.
Opposing what the Italians
termed Ethiopian'S last organized
army General GRAHAM attacked
RaS Nasibu's forces in entrenched
positions chosen by Ethiopia'S
European military advisors for
"the last stand"
The Italians routed the Ethiopi-
ans in a series Of swift bayonet
charges and, according to one dis
patch, scored their definite victory
when RaS NaSibu was carried
from the front seriously wounded.
At this point the Ethiopian de-
tense collapsed.
Italian war planes pursued rem
nantS of the fleeing army today,
and returning to their bases, re-
ported the road to Diredawa and
the Dji:Bouti.Addis Ababa railway
was no longer defended.
Five thousand Philippians were
killed or wounded in the battle
that crushed the right flank
of RaS Nasibu'S forces on the
southeastern front and gave the
Italian legions control Of Birkut,
gateway to Jijiga and Harar, dis
patches from the front today said.
Opening their offensive along
a 65-mile front stretching from
Gorrahei, the troops Of Gen. Ro-
dolfo Graziani made q surprise
move against the western wing of
the Ethiopian army, instead Of q
frontal attack.
Aided by devastating fire from
airplaneS, the Italians routed the
Ethiopian forces that had been
gathering in an attempt to out
flank the Italians and cut their
lines of communication with Ital-
ian Somaliland.
A solemn oath that italy will
never give up Lake Tsana, in spite
Of Britain'S claims to its waters,
was put to the soldiers who oc-
cupied it's shores by Achille
Starace, fascist secretary and Pre-
mier MuSsolini's chief aide. dis
patches revealed today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-20
u. S. Urged to Acquire
Munitions of War

ply the peacetime needs only Of
the Army and Navy and procure
ment by the military services Of
sufficient tools and equipment
% that installation Of them In
private plants may be under
taken In time Of war.
The plan does not plan for
large munitions plants"
Finally. asserted the majority,
1t will be perfectly possible for
Government owned plants to pro
duce munitions at a unit cost
equally as low priced, or more ga
than the present private INDUSTRY
figures.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-20
AIRPLANEF| FIRE
AT B|RKUT
CONTINUED from Page u


mustered into service to join
Crown Prince ASfaou Wosan in O
defense Of the capital, women and
children were busy all night pre-
pairing for the evacuation, and to-
day thousands went forth from
the city, using every conceivable
means Of transportation for their
goods.
British Besieged
The British legation was in a
state Of siege with hundreds Of all
nAtionalities and races camped
outside demanding protection and
permission to enter the legation
zone for immunity from posi-
BILE air raid.
Belgian and Swedish military
advisors to the government de-
parted for Djibouti, but 50 far the
score Of American residents, most
" missionaries, have not been
warned to flee. All viii be given
protection at the American lega-
ton outside the town.
A long council Of Emperor
SeIassie's ministers decided not to
set up a capital elsewhere as yet.
Adds Ababa win not be de-
Tended when the Italians reach
its outskirts, the leaders deter
mined, but they will continue to
treat it as 81 open town" to
avoid an air raid.
Prince Plans Defense
The crown prince-Itali..-l ru-
n1ors that he favorS their cause
to the contrary-iS reported to
have reorganized an army and
will make last desperate stand
north and east of Adds Ababa
against the forces Of Marshal
Pietro Badoglio.
The Emperor is also under
stood to be north Of Adds Ababa,
still with . large force Of i'm
perial guards.
Covered with mud, wearing q
tattered uniform and with several
days growth of beard, Capt. de
Vale, Cuban-American fighting
with the Ethiopian forces, arrived
in Adds Ababa today. He pre-
dicted q long guerilla campaign.
He said.
'IR the Italians take Adds
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-20
SENATE GROUP
FLAYS u. 5.
ARMS MEN
Calls Them Menace to
Every Effort for
World Peace
international News Service


Private munitions firms ARE q
diScredit to American business"
the Senate Munitions Committee
unanimously declared today in its
report urging legislation to end
existing bad" practices in the
industry.
Some Of the tactics, declared the
lengthy report, amount to "a form
of bribery Of foreign officials or
their close friends"
Similar practices are INDUCED
In by foreign munitions makers,
the committee conceded, but that
does. not make the conduct Of the
American concerns less bad" The
evil practices, they argued, should
be stopped for the good. not only
of America, but Of peace through
out the whole world.
Report Hits Bribery
The following denunciatory
reveal the highlights of the reporE
"The committee finds, under
the head Of sales methods Of
the munitions companies, that
almost without exception, the
American munitions companies
investigated have at times re-
sorted to such unusual ap.
prOaches, Questionable favOrS
and commissions, and methods
Of doing the needful' as TO con-
stitute, In effect, y fern Of
bribery Of foreign governmental
officials or of their close friends
in order to secure business 49,.
GRAFT is ACCEPTED
1.-THE committee accepted the
evidence that the same practices
are resOrted to by European mu-
nitiOns companies, and that the
whole process Of selling arms
abroad thus, In the words Of q
Colt Colt Patent Firearms Co..
agent, has brought into. play
the most deSpicable side Of hu-
man nature; Hes, deceit, hypO-
crisy, greed, and graft occupying
. most prominent part In the
transactions
'The committee finds such
practices ON the part 0f any
munitions company. domestic or
foreign, to be highly unethicAl,
q dlscredit 70 American bust
ness, and an unavoidable re.
Election upon those American
governmental agencies which
have unwittingly aided in the
transactions so contaminated"
Baked Peace Efforts
Activities Of the arms makers,
went on the committee, have
tended to impede all efforts for
peace. At times. said the report,
the arms company went so far as
to do everything in their power
to prevent disarmament. The re.
port asserted:
There Is no record Of any
munitions company aiding any
proposals for limitation of ar
maments, but, on the contrary,
there is . record of their active
opposition by some to almost
all such proposals., Of resent
nnent toward them, Of contempt
for those responsible for them,
and Of violation Of such con.
.trols whenever established, and
of rich prOfiting whenever such
proposals failed"
More than this. said the Sen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-20
SAYS BRITAIN
WOULD ADD
SANCTIONS
Warns League Of Dan
ger to European Cities
Populations

GENEVA, April. 20 UN.s0,
Italy's use Of poison gas against
Ethiopia, Is certified by League
of Nations experts, menaces every
city and town in Europe, Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden told the
League Council today.
In q fighting address on the
Italo-Ethiopian crises, Eden de-
clared present sanctions against
Italy must be continued, and
added that Britain was willing to
take part in any extension OF eco
nomic or financial sanctions
which the League might order.
Eden Claims Proof
Eden declared there was ample
proof that Italy had used poison
gas against Ethiopia. He said:
at is impossible to ignore evil
demce which gees 70 show
poison gases were used by the
Italian armies I'm their cam
paign against the Abyssinians,
who were utterly unprovided
with means for defense against
this method Of warfare which
was OutIawed net emily by the
beIligerents but by all the par
ties to the protocol Of 1925
This protocol concerns the
inhabitants Of every great city
in the world. and it Is for them
TO charter against extermlna-
ton.
III q convention such 40 this
can be torn mp, what IL the value
Of any international instru-
ment?"
ADMITS USING GAS
EARLIER in the day Baron Pompeo
AloiSi, Italian delegate, appeared
before the council and tacitly con
firmed Italy'S use Of poison gas
contendlnR Italy had q right t.
employ this method OF warfare
"in repriSal against Ethiopian
atrocities"
On Saturday O committee Of
experts, appointed to investigate
Ethiopian charges that Italy was
using poison gas and Italian
charges that Philippians were com
hitting atrocities, confirmed &C
cusstions of both sides but noted
one difference.
The experts pointed out thai
Italy had sent the, poison Gas tc
East Africa and the Italian high
command had ordered its use
whereas Emperor Halle SelaSSit
had specifically forbidden his war
riorS to commit atrocities.
Price France Pays
Eden indirectly indicated 10 thu
council that Britain would moi
support France against Germany
unless she were given complete
backing by France In her stanC
against Italy. Eden said:
There Is NO nation here that
may not sometimes need the
protection Of the League cove
nant and the extent Of the
efficacy Of that protection de-
ponds upon the final outcome Of
the present crisis"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-20

Ababa wen fan back into the
hills.
"The fall Of Adds Ababa
doesn't mean the end of the
war. It may be only the begin
ming of the Italians troubles.
"WeIl fight as long as the
Emperor remains in the field"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-16

Ito 135 in summer. Outside work must be suspended from June to October because water in cement poured during that period evapo- rates too soon.
 Workers must wear heavy clothes under the sun, and woe to the man who seeks a coat of tan by Strip ping to the waist. One man was nearly scalded to death when he stepped under supposedly cold shower. The water was almost boiling-heated by the sun in pipes unexpectedly uncovered by sand storm.
 DESERT RATS" GOOGLE
 A sun education program was so successful, however, that of the 12 men killed on the aqueduct thus far, not one was 8 victim ofthe heat.
 Feeding the 5000 workers on this project is 8 mammoth job in it. self. A million eggs, 26 million pounds of potatoes, 30 million pounds of meat, 12 million pounds of vegetables, 10 million pounds of sugar-all these will have been wolfed by hungry workmen before the task Is done.
 Good living conditions prevail in the score of construction camps along the route, in modern, air-con- ditioned dormitories. The men get from $3.80 to SIP a day.
 No one sees the job driving for ward except the aged prospectors of the desert. They stop and stare
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-16
STATE

Another great double feature pro- gram, designed to provide royal en- tertainment for every member of the family from kiddies to grandpar- ents, is to be enjoyed today and tomorrow at Warner Brothers State theater. Included is Brides Are Like That" with Ross Alexan- der, Anita Louise and Joseph Caw- thorne, also Frank Bucks latest pictorial record of his recent 12 month expedition to Africa in search Of new wild life, Fang and Claw"
 Saturday brings Frank Capra's fourth successive hit in four years, MT. Deeds Goes to Town" Each year Capra directs one picture and each year that picture is Init" pie ture. For proof consider his past three efforts Lady For a Day., Broadway Bill' and Tt Happened One Night"
 MT. Deeds Goes to Town" stars Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur with such local favorites as George 1odIICIOlIt LlOIACl oIdLluCl, bOuE ldoo Dumbrille and H. B. Warner.
 Yes sir it's Gary greatest-Cap- ra's greatest and the screens great est. Superlatives indeed but press and public alike already acclaim it the best picture of the year" The warm, human drama of the grand est character the screen has ever knoWn-Mr. Deeds-whose laugh packed adventures make the most exciting entertainment in years.
 MT. Deeds Goes to Town" will delight everyone who sees 1t and capacity audiences will undoubtedly be found at the State theater start ing Saturday.
 The companion feature on this program will be Panic On the Air" a new thriller which has for it's background the broadcasting studios Of large national radio organiza- tion. Lew Ayres, Florence Rice and Benny Baker have the leading roles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-16
MovieS Playing To-day
 POLI'S
POLI'S

The current attraction at Polls Charlie Chan at the Circus" with Warner Oland and Here Comes Trouble" with Paul Kelly, Airline Judge and Sammy Cohen and other great funmakers is thrilling, mys- tifying and making regular Poli theater patrons split their sides laughing. Warner Gland as Charlie Chan" is at his best and gives those who like excitement plenty of 1t. The nautical mirthquake Here Comes Trouble" is fast moving slap-stick comedy and is a success sion of laughs for sixty minutes
 Tonight is the night so many Wa terbury theatergoers look forward to. Why? Because it is the night to play "Screeno"! that fascinating new Hollywood innovatoin that has become so popular. It is simple to play, it is amusing, it is thrilling and best of all, it is profitable to many players.
 Another one of the years best pictures will be presented at Polls starting Saturday for four days only Captain January" starring that be- loved wonder child of the screen, Shirley Temple" will be the pie ture. Shirley Temple has her sunni est role in Captain January" and IS ably supported by Slim Summer vile, Guy Globe, Buddy Broadway Melody" Ebsen and others of this caliber. On the same program "The Country Beyond" with Rochelle Hudson, Paul Kelly and Alan Hale will be presenetd.
 There will be a special Riddle Show at 9:30 a. m. Saturday morn- ing 50 that the kiddies may attend and enjoy to their utmost this great show, at which both pictures will be shown.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-16

but you would be convinced.
 You would hold your breath ir the 108 miles of damp, rocky, 18- foot tunnels punched through jagged peaks that reach toward the sky.
 Between the tunnels, shimmerine in desert heat that drives men mad you would see mile after mile o1 wide, cement-lined, steel-ribbec wastes, you would see thousands o1 sweating men scratching out moro of these canals.
 You would see the great black pipes 16 feet through, climbing rocky hills like serpents. Up these inclines, the water will be pumped to fall again in mad, swirlinS rushes downgrade to more canals more pipes, more tunnels.
 DESERT DRIVERS" BUSY
 Pushing onward you meet booted engineers who tell you that they are using 10000 more barrels O cement than were poured in Boul. der Dam, that 1t is taking 41,0O0,. 900 pounds of explosives to cleal the way for excavation of 45,0O0,. GOO cubic yards of rock and dirt
 In the midst of the desert ar, men in deep-sea diving outfits in specting the sides of flooded tun' nels. Lights gleap through thu darkness at night-surveyors sight ing on them instead of on flags to avoid the killing heat of tn, day.
 Jo noG IIs4 uso sIssuESus GULL prehistoric animal footprints, mil lions of years old, dug up iron strata below the desert floor; ant of the fact that not a single grail of precious metal has been foun, during all the tunnel-drilling il supposedly rich mineral fields. HUGE DAM TO RISE
 You would see the five pumpin, stations which are to lift the flov
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-16

, of water total of 1917 feet. You might see the operating bills of S, 900, 900 every month.
 Climaxing your tour, you would come to the Colorado river near Parker, Ariz. There several miles below the Boulder Dam site, you would see men preparing to throw across the stream $10,000,000 diversion dam, 320 feet high, to capture the water supply for the aqueduct. This water will be di- verted from the great Boulder Dam storage reservoir.
 Then, at the rate of a billion gall Ions day, it will race across the desert and under the mountains to a 40-mile-square reservoir in south ern California. From here 1t will flow to the 13 cities which banded together in 1881 to engineer this gigantic task and to assure them- selves water upply for the fu- ture. =,
 Men, not machinery, have been the stars of this big show. There are 5000 of them, laboring in the desert heat and the damp moun- tain tunnels. And they are nc "hard-rock" men, no experienced miners, but "white-collar" men butchers, barbers and salesmen be- fore the depression, rescued from the ranks of the unemployed.
 FIGHT DEADLY HEAT
 Now with drill and jackhammer these pale-faced, inexperienced "tenderfeet" are writing engineer. ing history. They have set new records for speed and efficiency They drove 108 miles of tunnek through solid rock at the rate oi Az miles 8 month in peak periods
 Champion drillers on this task were two college boys and a middle aged man who once sold automo- piles.
 Temperatures along the route range from 90 degrees in winter
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-16

street. Mrs. Anna B. Daly is chair man of the sale and has announced the schedule of working hours for women in the society for both days as follows:
 Friday, 9-11 a. m.-Mrs. John Healey, Mrs. Frank Kelley, Mrs Michael Madden, Mrs. Charles Keeley, Mrs. James Moran. Mrs Anna Daly. 11-12 a. m.-Mrs. Mc- Nichols, Mrs. Mary McGrath, Mrs James Lawlor, Mrs. John Flanigan Mrs. M. T. Ryan. 12-1 p. m.-Mrs Daniel Callahan, Mrs. E. Keavney Mrs. P. DeVito, Mrs. Elizabeth Brown. 1-2 p. m.-Mrs. Thomas Reidy, Mrs. Daniel Sugrue, Mrs. B Joyce, Mrs. c. Lavrn. 2-3 p. m.- Mrs. B. Scannell, Mrs. H. Mans field, Mrs. H. Shanahan, Mrs. M. Manion. 3-4 D. m.-Mrs. c. Shan ahan, Mrs. M. Donahue, Mrs. H. Cunningham, Mrs. T. Collins, Mrs. Joseph Woods. 4-5 p. m.-Mrs. L. Kenney, Mrs. c. Anderson, Mrs. Mary Keane, Miss Jane Casey, Mrs. Joseph McNellis.
 Saturday, 9-11 a. m.-Mrs. Mi- chael Madden, Mrs. Frank Kelley, Mrs. John Healey, Mrs. Mary Ly- man, Mrs. Joseph Costello, Mrs. Ann Daly. 11-12 a. m.-Mrs. M. Ryan, Mrs. M. Mccormack, Mrs. P. Dan iels, Mrs. T. Kilduff. 12-1 D. m.- Mrs. Margaret Phelan, Mrs. Lauret- ta Maher, Mrs. Patrick Brick, Mrs. s. Reilly. 1-2 p. m.-Mrs. George Corcoran, Mrs. Frank J. Daly, Mrs. Charles Butler, Miss Mary Bennett 2-3 p. m.-Mrs. J. Bronsky, Mrs. L. Donahue, Mrs, c. Donahue, Mrs. B. Kennaugh. 3-4 p. m.-Mrs. Mary Kilmartin, Mrs. E. Devereaux, Mrs. HRolihan, Mrs. Anna Kropp. 4-5 p. m.-Mrs. J. Gilmore, Mrs. P. Fully, Mrs. E. Fitzgerald, Mrs. D.. CaVanaugh.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-16
STRAND

A brand new show begins a three day engagement at Warner Broth ers' Strand theater to-day. Head lining the program is "The Coun- try Doctor" starring the world famous Dionne quintuplets. This is the true-life story of pr. Dafoe the courageous doctor of the Canadian backwoods who brought the quintuplets into the world and handicapped with the crudest of medical and hospital necessities fought a grim, determined fight to successfully keep the spark of life in these tiny tots
 Jean Hersholt plays the featured role supported by June Lang, Mi chael Whalen, Slim Summeryille and Dorothy Peterson.
 Most of the scenes were taken at Callender, Ontario, home of the quintuplets, and these world famous little ladies perform like veterans before the camera.
 Everything that has been said and written about these marvellous babies pales into insignificance be- side the actual sight of them play ing and cooing, acting real roles in a real story.
 The companion feature is "Thc Music Goes Round" starring Broad ways favorite singer Harry Rich man with Rochelle Hudson and Walter Connolly.
 Sunday brings Myrna Loy. Clark Gable and Jean Harlow in Wife vs. Secretary, also Every Satur- day Night" with grand cast of comedians.
 Follow the Int parade al the Strand where you always And t'lc eutAtanuing productions Of all the leading Hollywood companies on de- Aixe double feature programs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-16

like tourists in New York.
 But they say nothing. They just grin, and spit tobacco juice from
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-16
DEFENDANT WINS
 JURY'S VERDICT

Deliberating less than an hour, a jury in common pleas court yester- day afternoon returned a verdict for defendant in the $10,OO0 suit brought against Donate Varrone of this city by Benjamin Sears, administrator of the estate of Linwood Sears. The litigation rose from an accident on the Middlebury road Sept. 24, 1885, in which Linwood Sears suffered in- jurieS which caused his death.
 It was charged that the accident was caused by the negligence of the defendant in stopping his car too quickly on the travelled portion of the highway. Trial Of the case began Tuesday morning before Judge Ed ward J. Finn and jury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-16

through mountains, like gash made by mighty razor. And you could see, tucked away in one cor ner like child's building block, the massive chunk of cement that is Boulder Dam.
 MOUNTAINS PIERCED
 The only way to grasp the adue- ducts magnitude would be 10 fol- low it across the shifting desert sands, through 37 tunnels, up and down rugged hills. It would take you 12 days and nights to do it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-16

Boulder Dam. It is costing nearly twice as much, more cement and supplies are being used, and three times as many men will be em- ployed at peak periods.
 Only from a stratosphere balloon would you see complete picture of this tremendous $220, 100000 job, on which 5000 men now are work ing.
 Peering downward, you could see the aqueduct, PAP miles long, stretching across deserts and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-16
Confraternity Plans
 Benefit Food Sale
Sales Committee Chosen to Supervise Event at Miller
 X Peck's on Friday and Saturday

The members of the Rosary Con- fraternity of the Immaculate Con- ception church will sponsor a food salS on Friday and Saturday of this week at the Miller and Peck department store on South Main
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-16
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
 Idnio, Cal, April 16-On no other single vantage point can you stand and gasp at panorama of the Col orado Aqueduct as you can at near by Boulder Dam.
 This half-completed aqueduct, an engineering marvel, which will carry water from dusty Arizona to southern California, is greater undertaking than even spectacular
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-16

concern is capitalized at $25, 900 with $10000 paid in. There are 2,50O shares at a par value of $10. Will liam J. Parker is president of the company, William s. Alta is treas urer and Florence A. Chapin is sec- retary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-16
PAPERS FILED

Final organization papers were filed yesterday with the secretary of state in Hartford by the State
 Loan company of this citys I'm
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-09-03
Thursday, Sept. 3, 1886.

III you attended the Stearns
county fair you saw the safety
hsoth, sponsored by the staterand
local committees and cared for by
the Raymond-Ashley All club.
Traffic officers were present
part Of the time to explain the
workings Of the state safety COM
mittee and give advice pertaining
to the prevention Of accidents.
Your safety committee alone
cannot make successful safety
drive. Such a drive requires the
wholehearted cooperation Of every
citizen OF the community and es-
pecially those who drive automo-
biles.
Therefore, for your own safety
and for that Of your family and
friends, as well as for the good Of
humanity, we urge you to use q
maximum care that during this
safety month we may have a min
imum Of accidents and make this
more productive than any like
movement that has ever been at
tempted.