davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
La gaceta., 1937-04-14
Los ~facciosos han construido ~formidables
fortificaciones en- Ell hente de Madrid
Tienen los fascistas cerca de 81 nidos de ametra-
lladoras en- la Colina del Aguila

Madrid, abril 14.-Uno de los
proyectiles de la aviaci6n fac
ciosa cay6 EN- la Plaza dc Colon,
matando a ula mujer, y otros
.ayeron alrededor de la Gale de
Goya. Dos mujeres que pasaban
Dor la Gran Via fueron alcan-
zadas por vn proysctil y destro-
,adas.
Durante diez minutes estuvo
irdiendo, a causa de un proyec-
Ill faccioso, una iglesia de la ca
lie de Desengaho.
Los facciosos, segun ell man.
10 leal, han fortificado sus POI
siciones durante ell invierno, de
nodo que sc asemejan a una pc
quena Inca Maginot. En- ell mon
tie Garabitas .,por eiemlplo, Sc
han construido for ificaciones
subterraneas.
Cerca de la colina del Agui-
la, segln ell general Jose Mia
ia, los fadeiosos tienen mas de
80 nidos de ametralladoras.
Todas las casas de los faccio-
sos en- Ia Casa de Campo Sc han
convertible EN- ''hervideros' de
ametralladoras.
Para tomar fortalezas como
esas, EN- la guerra mundial, an
tes tenian que ser pulverizadas
'por la artineria.
La artilleria leal dispara con
admirable precision y punteria
seg1n pudieron comprobar los
corresponsales extranjeros. So
bre las casas ocupadaS por los
facciosos las baterfas leales no
cesar de disparar y hacen blan-
co.
La gaceta., 1937-04-14

Ia Juventud Espahola tie
ne que defenderse de los Pc
ligros que In acechan, como
Ia Juventud de TODD ell mum
do. Ella es Ell material hui
mano que mas codicia ell fas-
cisno, como elemento de que
IRA, en- sus afanes Imperial
listas.
La guerra civil en- Espaha
Ia acelerado Ia Marcia en-
ea canine de In unidad anti
fascista, sin In cual Ia juven-
tud encontrar& grandes diff
cultades, enormes obst6cu-
lof en In lucha contra Ell fas-
cishno interior de cada- pals.
Hay que destrozar q In
Bestia que Ia mentalidad y
ell egoismo humane han idea
do como sistema de domina-
ei6n contra 81 pueblo traba-
iader y L. dssaaeFaeia.
La gaceta., 1937-04-14

Honor imperecedero para la
mujer de Espana, por los sa.ri-
ficios que la Libertad demanda
de ella.
Honor para ella, que We mo :
rir a sss hijos, a sus esposos, a
sus padres v hermanos v, sin EN-
barge, con ell coraz6n oprimdo
pone el puno en- alto, mira ma
1ia ell porvenir y grita: TODD
por la Libertad y la Justicia; to
do para que el hambre desapa :
rezca Y los hombres del future
disfruten de una vida mejor.
Honor a ella, la mas dulce,
la mas buena, la mas abnegada
Y la mas atormentada!
Honor a tt, madre, esposa,
'hermana, hija, que estas en- los
ihospitales, en- ell hogan en- el ta-
(PGsG q Ia a. p6g.)
La gaceta., 1937-04-14
Coneel puno en- alto :sSalud.

!, Coneel puno en- alto :SSalud.
Refiriendose al ejercito,
los dfas que precedieron a la vic
toria del Frente Popular en- las
-rnas, don Manuel Azana dijo:
Dejemonos, pues, todos de po-
ner los ojos en- las classes militia
res ,altas 0 bajas, para NADIA,
como no sea para hacer en- ell
Parlamento Y por mediaci6n del
poder pdblico las rectifi aciones
las modificaciones o las rsfor-
mas que Sc demuestre que son
n~ecesarias, justas y ltiles para
ell Ejercito y para ell pals; pero
NADIA mas. AL ejercito hay que
lejarle en- paz-aunque este pa
rezca contradicterio con su nom
ere y con su mision-hay que
1ejarle en- paz. No tiene por que
en- la politica, y la pc
Utica no tiene por que interve-
mir en- Ell ejercito para NADIA tam
2cco. La fuerza militar por SUI
.1ropio espfritu, por su obliga-
zion, por su instruction, o man.
la o es mandada, y cuando no
Is mandadas fatalmente, viene
a mandar."
La gaceta., 1937-04-14

serno ideal que en- Ell exista Y de
satisfaction a la voz interior
que en- el resuene. Una comuni-
dad que sea humana, generosa,
con un sentido infinitamente
mas fraterno del que hasta aho-
ra ha existido, singularmente
en- aquella nuestra terra espa-
hola, donde media Espaha viva
en- la miseria y una minoria dis
|frutaba de los esfuerzos de esa
inmensa parte de nuestro pals
que, al par que sufria la injus-
ticia de la carencia de medios,
|sentia ell dolor de no poder dar
satisfaction a exigercias ele-
mentales nacidas al calor de su
ideal.
Pero una Patria nueva, una
Espaha nueva comienza a alum
brar. Una Espafia engendrada
en- el crisol del dolor de esta te-
rrible guerra que los beneficial
RIGS de los privilegios han i'm :
lpuesto a los sacrificados duran
tie siglos.
Con fe inmensa en- los desti-
nos de nuestra Espana y en- la
victoria inevitable de nuestra
causa. saluda en- este dia II De
La gaceta., 1937-04-14

Comentando la obra de "des-
gobierno'' de Gil Robes, desde
ell Pailamento, en- los dfas cuan-
do muchas bocas callahan por
tenor, Don Manuel Azana dijo
en- ell Parlamento:
LA nueva politica social, la
pa ratification de los ~espiritus, la
euforia nacicnal consiste en- re-
husar trabajo a los necesitados,
en- hundir a los jornales o nive-
les por bajo del hambre, en- per-
seguir a las organizaciones y a
los ipropios individros uno por
uno. En- este consiste la restau-
raci6n de la paz, en- este consis
tie la euforia nacional. Cuando
nose res estabamos en- ell Poder,
algunas gentes decfan a los ira
b~ajadores: Coined Rep1blica! Y
ahora Sc les ha llegado a decir
que CONAN hierba. Pues va la
estan comiendo. Y Ell Gobierno,
un gobierno qre todavfa osten-
ia Ell .titulo de republic ano, am
para esta politica, porque esta
obligado a anlparar a toda esa
clase patronal propietaria de
Andalucia y Extremadura. Es-
ia politica que estan hacienda
los ferratenientes, los podero-
SOS, Tolftica de des2uite, poll
tica de mezqrinos agravios, de
persecution antihumana, poll
tica an5inacional, es la mons
truosa locrra que rompe la
eOntinuidad del regimen repu-
hlieano y que engendra d Juror
La gaceta., 1937-04-14
LLEGARON A p A
IS

Valencia, abriI 14.-Un ter
Ger destacamento de la Unidad
de Hospital de los Amigos Anne
.ricanos de la Democracia Espa-
iola lego aver a Valencia bajo
la direction del DIR. Donald S.
Pitts, de Elk City, Oklahoma.
Embellishments despuas de
su arribo la unidad sali6 para ell
Hospital Americana cerca de
Taraneon, sureste de Madrid.
FL nuevo hospital ocupa dos
villas que eran propiedad de un
miembro de la familia real. Es-
Ia siendo equipado con aparatos
modernos, induyendo Rayos x
La gaceta., 1937-04-14

iSalud a listed, Don Fernan-
do de los Rios, que tantos dfas
de amargura ha pasado en- Wa
shington, cuando las noticias
,sristes llegaban y los diplomats
COS extranjeros, sin pensar en-
la valentfa del pueblo espahol,
decfan en- voz baja; ell triunfo
de Franco es inevitable.
Salud a listed, Don Fernando,
que en- Estados Unidos repre- :
9enta a la Rep1blica que ha re-
ccgido ell guante del fascismo y
defiende no solo su libertad, 81
no la libertad de todos los pue-
bios.
iSalud!
La gaceta., 1937-04-14
Mensaje de Don Fernando de los Rios, ilustre
Embajador de Espana en- Washington
Para LA GucetG" de Tampa
en- ell IL de Abril de 1887.

Para LA GacetG" de Tampa
en- ell IL de AbTI de 1887.
Estas palabras que escribo
lpara ia Gaceta" de Tampa,
para ell n1cleo espahol y para
los simpatizantes con Ia causa
de la Espana 1eal, eshan dicta-
das con la emoci6n que siempre
|produce la evocaci6n de momen-
tos felices en- dias tan turbios
|como ~aquellos en- que 20 tive la
dicha de visitar Tampa.
La censtancia, la persistencia,
liza lealtad admirable del grupo
Ide Tampa, corresponds a la te-
nacidad her6ica de los milicia-
mos espanoles. A ese tipo de te-
|nacidad que esta por encima de
|tcdo reeves de TODD infortunio, y,
asfmismo, mas ALA de TODD posi-
bile desvanecimiento por la vic
toria circunstancial o la victo-
ria definitiva. En- ell grupo de
Tampa veo, pues, la representa-
ci6n efectiva de 10 que ell mum
do admira hoy en- Espana: el en-
tusiasmo v sacrifice por ell
ideal de justicia, Ell entusiasmo
por ell c~umplimiento del deber.
ALA lejos de ~nosotros, muy
lejos, caen a miles nuestros her
manos de toda edad v condi-
ci6n: Dinos, mujeres, ancianos,
~ hombres en- plentiful de vida ;
" caen para siempre sobre Ia
terra, como hAbe de decir en-
New York, con la mirada pues-
ia en- la estrella de la libertad ;
con la seguridad y la fe del SOL
dado del ideal que sabe esta
creando con SUI sacrificio una
Patria nueva en- un mundo re-
juvenecido.
La esperanto del mundo hoy
|se cifra en- Espana; los destinos
histories del mundo sc estan
jugando en- Espana. SPor que?
Porque es ALI donde Sc dilucida
81 han de sobrevivir Likertad Y
Democracia y ell sentido moder-
no que ha de tener asf la Liber-
tad cuanto la Democracia. No
han de continuar estas siendo
exclusivamente como en- ell siglo
XIX derechos del individuo y
derechos de la comunidad a par
ticipar en- la forma ion de la
ley, sine derechos del individuo
y de la comunidad a particular
en- los beneficios materiales de
la riqueza social; este es, for
mar al hombre indiyiduo Y for
mar la comunidad con sentido
humane. Tn hombre individuo
cultivado intsrnamente, de suer-
to que pueda satisfacer Ia vOca-
ei&n de- ga temperanAeEt0. Il in
La gaceta., 1937-04-14

ABRIL-anuncio de una pri-
mavera definitiva en- nuestra
Historia,-a todos los e~spaholes
y simpatizantes con la causa del
Gobierno Laal de Espafia.
Fernando de los Rios.
La gaceta., 1937-04-14
Salud. Salud. Salud

Salud. Salud. Salud
La Republica conmemora hoy
Ell sexto aniversario de su fun
daci6n y es nuestro deber, como
ciudadanos de un pals libre, sa-
ludar desde aqui al presidente
Don Manuel Azana, a Don
Francisco Largo Caballero, a
Don Fernando de los Rios, a
Don Indalecio Prieto, a los mi
lacianos Y a los partidos que for
man la entrana de la nueva Es-
pana, de la justiciera. q
La Espana mas ex:elsa, la del
pueblo, donde todos los espano-
les tendran pan, trabajo, liber-
tad y justicia.
Con ell puno en- alto: Salud.
La gaceta., 1937-04-14

Vamos a reproducir unas pa
labras de su Excelencia ell pre-
sidente Don Manuel Azana, ell
ciudadano eminente que Sc ne
go a entregar la Rap1blica a los
traidores:
"Ah; pero es que nosotros he
mos tornado en- seri0 la defini-
ci6n de la Republica Espanola,
que yo no voy a decir ahora 81 es
una expression feliz o no, 81 dice
exactamente 10 que quiere de-
cir, pero de cuye espiritu y de
Luyo alcance todos los que han
leido y 10 recuerdan saben a que
atenerse. La Constitution de la
Repuhlica Sc Inaugural diciendo
qre la Repdbliea Espafola les
una Republica de trabajadores
de todas classs. 70 no Sc 81 este
esta o no bien dicho; pero 10 que
ST es evidente es ell espiritu de
la expression del articulo consti-
%tucional, y es que ESpana, al ha-
Ger su revolution, al lconstituir-
Sc en- Rep1blica, 10 que declara
en- su primer articulo es que nan
sido abolidos, que no tienen MIN
gun valor, ante su conciencia nj
ante su polftica del porvenir,
ninguno de les privilegios que
antes constituian las categorfas
de la sociedad espaAola, y que
la sociedad va a constituirse to-
mando por base y como cualidad
distintiva en- la sociedad ell ira
bajo y no otra cosa. Esto es 10
que dice la Constitution"
La gaceta., 1937-04-14

y la indiDGac Ell impulse re-
volucio2rio en- las masas espa-
nolas que son vfctimaS de seme-
JAMIE atentado".
La gaceta., 1937-04-14
AGUIRRE HA ~OTESTAD
ANTE Ell PAPA CONTRA
Ell CRECIDO M
DE SACERDOTES ASESI-
NADOS POR LOS REBEL
DIES

NADOS POR LOS REBEL
DIES
Paris, abril 14.-La agencia
Espana, 6rgano official del go
bierno espahol, anuncia en- un
despacho de Bilbao que ell pre-
sidente Juan Antonio Aguirre,
del gobierno auton6mlco vasco,
ha protestado ante ell Papa con-
ira ell asesinato, por los insur-
gentes, de un gran ndmero de
sacerdotes cat6licos vascos.
"En mi eapacidad de cat6kco
practicante-le telegrafi6 A
guirre-iprotesto contra ell ase-
sinato por los rebeldes de I'm
gran n1mero de sacerdotes. Re
mito a listed ampiia informa-
ci6n sobre esos crimenes. En- ell
nombre del pueblo vasco, que a.
ma la justicia, la ley y Ell orden,
y en- Ell nombre de la conciencia
cristiana de muchos de mis- com
patriotas lie ruego a Su Santi-
dad que rompa su silencio".
Ell Vaticano nsg6 mas tarde
haber recibido una protesta en-
csc sentido.
La gaceta., 1937-04-14
CHUNGAS Y NO CHUNGkS
{ nRepIblica Espanola. - Con d puno en- al
s-Yalabras efocuentes de.Don Manuel Aza-
.. - Salud, Don Francisco. - Sal,A, Don Fer
andQ- Honor a ii, mujer de la Nueva EspanA

Con Ell puno eh-alto, hernia
NOS, co%mpaneros o camaradas.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
Sanders Heads
Auto Trade Body

JIM. Sanders, Of Hill g. Tibbetts,
is the new president Of the WASH
ington Automotive Trade Associa-
ton. Mr.. Sanders was chosen at
meeting last night at which the
following also were elected; Lee
D. Butler, of Lee D. Butler, Inc,
first vice president; Benjamin
Ourisman, of Ourisman Chevrolet
Company, second vice president:
L. S. Julien, of L. S. Julien, Inc,
treasurer; and C. P. Carl, of Call
Carl, Inc, secretary.
Paul B. Lum was elected a di.
rector to fill the unexpired term
Of william Rodgers. oscar Cooli-
can, president, Packard Washing
ton Motor Car Company, and
Whitney Leary, OF H. B. Leary, jr.,
& Brothers, were elected to the
directorate for three-year terms.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
POLICE INJURIES
LEAD TO court

BETHESDA, Md, Dec. 7.-V.
A. Clagett, 35, of Kensington, Md,
will face Justice of the Peace E.
A. Condor here December 13 on
charges of operating an automo-
bile while under the influence Of
liquor and reckless driving as the
result of striking William Welsh,
A, of Rockville, special traffic
officer at the Bethesda Chevy
Chase High School here yesterday
Welsh, according to Montgom-
cry County police, was knocked to
the street by Clagett's automobile
and suffered lacerations and
bruises and a possible fracture of
the skull. Clagett is at liberty
under $1,000 bond.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
CYCLE OFFICER
NABS FUGITIVE

A Traffic Bureau motorcycle
policeman drove up on a sidewalk
last night to capture one of four
men he had pursued after their
machine skipped a red light and.
fleeing, crashed into a telephone
pole.
Policeman Nelson Skogland
started after the quartet on his
motorcycle after the red light de.
fiance at Fifteenth and L SITS. N.
w. The car attempted to escape
at mile-a-minute clip.
Finally, the chase went into an
alley, the car hit the pole and the
men scattered. AS they emerged
on a street, skogland turned his
auto onto the sidewalk and nabbed
one without leaving the machine.
He was held for investigation.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
PAUL MAY, MAN
WHO K, O'D HUEY,
BITES The DUST
He Doesn't Like Kisses,
So Floor Comes Up

NEW YORK, Dec. Paul May
may or may not be the man who
socked the late Senator Huey
Long in the eye at the Battle Of
Sands Point some years back.
But May, who claims that dis
tinction, today is nursing a badly
bruised proboscis - nose to you
while New York society is eagerly
discussing the Battle Of El Mo-
rocco Club, Sunday night, at Grace
Moore's birthday supper.
NIGHT CLUB CHAMP
The snoot-socker was none other
than ]. Mckinley Bryant, broker,
author and victor in another
night club battle with Lieut..
Cameron Winslow, distinguished
young Navy officer, in the Stork
Club last year.
Witnesses of the May-Bryant
battle included Mrs. Lawrence
Tibbett, wife of the opera star;
Frank Chapman, husband II
Gladys Swarthout, the noted
singer, and others prominent in
social and musical circles.
Just what started the battle Is
subject of much debate. Some
say that Miss Moore and her party
were initiating Donald Duck and
disturbing other patrons.
CONE THING LEADS"
So when the singer was called
on by the master of ceremonies
to take a bow, there were a mum.
ber of misses. Mr.. May, who
wasn't even a member Of the
Moore party. objected to the Kisses
objected in strenuous language.
it is said.
Now Mrs. Bryant was one Of
the hissers, witnesses said, and
her athletic husband objected to
Mays objections, and puunctusted
his objection with a bop on the
beezer that sent the self-asserted
Sands Point champion sprawling.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
D. C. CAR TAG
ISSUING LAGS

Twenty days to 60, exclusive of
Sundays, and more than 100000
District motorists have yet to get
their 1888 automobile tags. Traf-
fic Director William A. Van Duzer
Is very distressed about it.
1--WE are 5000 behind the
same time last year." he said.
(which means that there will
be a greater last-minute rush
and more motorists who will be
delinquent"
The deadline of midnight of
December 81 will absolutely" not
be extended and any motorist
driving any place in the country
on dead tags will be liable to
arrest.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
Jersey Brothers
Find Zinc Vein

SPARTA, N. j., Dec. THE
seven Hewitt brothers, of Paterson.
believed to be New Jerseys only
prospectorS, spurred on by the dis
covery of a vein of zinc 40 feet
underground, applied their Drawn
to the task of digging further here
today, confident that their mine
would yield riches.
After four years of arduouS work
at the "Old Indian Mine"-the
prospectors often toiled more than
100 hours a week-the Hewitt
brothers finally uncovered a zinc
vein that becomes increasingly
thick as it is followed.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07

Conferences between G-Men and
police and extensiveness Of the
search indicated something more
than "a good time" was behind
Fried's disappearance.
HOME ABLAZE
The White Flains home of
Fried's mother was ablaze with
lights all night as the family kept
vigil, indicating they might be
awaiting contact with those who
could tell them where Arthur was.
Westchester county police search
ed woods on the outskirts Of White
Plains where Fried's car was found
abandoned. Laconically they ad-
mitted they were looking for a
clue-"or a body"
The G-men, after a long confer
ence with Police Chief William
Miller, left saying they did not
think there was anything "here
for us" but the impression gained
ground that this was ian act"-
that actually the Omen were on
the case, but preferred to work in
privacy.
EHTc a cry vxynnDc
A casual "see you later"-Fried's
words as he helped his wife into
his brother-in.law's car and prom
ised to come to the latter's apart
ment in his own car were the last
heard from the 32-year-old Fried.
It was Harold Daniels, the
brother-in-law, who insisted:
Nothing has happened to Arthur.
He's been away like this before"
POLICE RETICENT
Chief Miller denied that a ram
som note had been received, but
other sources reported one in the
hands Of the district attorney,
Walter A. Ferris.
Ferris refusing to reveal any of
the information that has come to
him nevertheless reported:
There is one suspicious cir
cumstance which makes me
think it is a kidnapping. But
I'm not prepared to divulge it
now"
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
DAWSON FACES
VIRGINIA COURT

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Dec. Z.
The second trial of Emmett c.
Dawson, official of the Interna-
tional Association Of Machinsts
and former mayor of Alexandria,
charged with concealing assets in
bankruptcy, opened this afternoon
in United States District Court
before Judge Luther B. Way.
Dawson was tried last March.
After a four-day hearing the jury
was unable to reach verdict and
was discharged. .-.
Dawson is charged with conceal
ing approximately $4,000 before
he filed a voluntary petition Of
bankruptcy in November, 1885. He
also was indicted for perjury in
connection with testimony he gave
before the referee but has never
been tried on this charge. i
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
California Home
DOns Xmas Attire

LOS ANGELES, Calf, Dec. Z.
An icicle clad and snow banked
bungalow, cleaning with Christ
mas lights, attracted the attention
Of pasSersby here. Inquiry re-
vealed that George Skinner, for
whom decorating is a hobby, per.
formed this seeming miracle, mix
ing crushed ice from his refriger.
ator with the artificial snow used
by movie studios.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
Student Federation
COnvenes Dec. q

ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ. Dec. 6.
U.N.SO.-The National Student
Federation of America will hold its
thirteenth annual convention here
Dec. 1881. Problems connected
with student rights" coopera-
tives, faculty relationships, re-
ligious affairs, coeducational prob
lens, international peace, freedom
of speech and the press and social
disease problems are on the roster
for discussions.
The federation is made up of
students from colleges and uni
versities in all parts of America.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
''He-Men'' Lacking
For Film Extras

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 7 Q.N.SO
Director Tay Garnett reveals a
scarcity of "he-men" types among
movie extras, and says:
1--WE wanted dncasting a pic
ture) strong, rugged faces for
individual closeup reactions.
Then we found that almost
every face of this type was work.
ing in some gangster or COW.
boy film
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
RemOdeling Drive
Plan of Builders

Plans for a home remodeling
campaign this winter were under
consideration today by the Wash,
ington Building Congress. The
plan was suggested by Hector M.
Arling, second vice president of
the organization, at a meeting at
the Lafayette Hotel yesterday.
Such a campaign, Airing pointed
out, would stimulate the building
industry during the slack winter
season.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
New Deal Eleven
Ridiculed by Fish

Q.N.S) Representative Hamil-
ton Fish (R.) of New York thus
compares the Administration to a
football team with it's back to the
wall:
Nov the New Deal team is
back on its own one-yard line,
evidently without plans or plays.
It will be interesting to watch
our former great quarterback
call his plays and try to get out
of the coffin corner"
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
Toy Pistol Joke
Costs Owner SIS

NORWALK, conn, Dec. 7
Q.N.SO-Alexander Piris is re-
ported carrying his cigarettes in
his pocket nowadays. Judge Paul
r. Connery fined Piris $75 and
costs on charge of breach of the
peace and ordered him to attend
church every Sunday for six
months. Piris was arrested after
he had threatened neighbors with
a pistol LOADED" with cigarettes.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
Chicago to Train
Women Servants

CHICAGO. Dec. Z (C.TP.SJ.
Six thousand Jobs are awaiting
women with domestic or household
training in Chicago, officials Of
the Illinois State Employment
Service announced today. The
Jobs pay q minimum Of 81 Q week.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
Missionary Safe
In Chinese City

SHANGHAI, Dec. 7 G.N.SO. e.
Gertrude McCulloch, American
missionary feared to have been
killed at Chekiang, Anwhei prov
ince, today was reported alive and
safe at Mokanshan Heights.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
LIKES OWN VOICE

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. Z G.N.S)
John Boles likes his own singing,
and says:
It'd rather sing to myself in
the shower than before a
crowded house. The audience
is more appreciatiVe."
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
TWO MORE SOUGHT

In another phase of the police
drive, several detectives were in
an undisclosed Eastern city seek
ing two more of the quartet who
were surprised Sunday with Carl
ton G.. "Cotty" Williams when he
met death as he led an attempt to
rob a wealthy, Northeast Washing
ton resident.
None of the five held in the hi
jacking inquiry is believed to have
been present Sunday. However,
police said they were certain the
men are connected with the group
whose activities have kept de-
tectives setting traps for six
months.
RINGS ARE FOUND
The four robbery suspects were
caught last night as the after
math Of a brawl in an H Street
Northeast cafe. One man was ar
rested after the fight. Police later
rounded up the remaining three.
Diamond rings worth $1,000, and
tentatively identified as stolen,
were found on the first man ar
rested.
It was said he admitted his part
in recent robberies and told Of a
fence" in nearby Virginia. An
undisclosed amount of jewelry
was found there, detectives said.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
Fried Kidnapping
Reports Persist
Despite Denials
Actions of Family Fail to Bear Out "NOn-
cI.uIGnce";; RumOrs of $2OO,OOO Ransom

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, Dec QNS.) .)-Reports of $780,
600 demand and Of actual contact with kdnap gang
persisted today relatives of Arthur Fried young
manager missing since Saturday night stouty maintained
that he had 'tust gone off for good time"