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Evening star., 1937-09-14
|NAz|-CHURCH WAR
BLOODSHED SEEN
Vatican Fears for Priests if
Paganism Goes On in
Reich.
By the Associated Press.

VATICAN CITY, September IA
The Vatican newspaper Osservatore
Romano warned In stirring editorial
today that the blood Of priests may
be shed in Germany 'as 1t was In
Spain" II Nazi paganism goes on.
This, said Osservatore Romano, can
be the consequence in the Third Reich
unless Christianity ceases to SOW
the seeds of hatred and to villify every
sacred thing"
The sudden, column and a half
warning was spread on the front page
of the newspaper.
Approved BY Pope Himself.
Prelates said it was read and ap-
proved by the Holy Father himself.
1t drew the conclusion that religious
peace in Germany had been rendered
virtually impossible by the just-closed
Nazi Congress at Nuremberg, where
the church was under attack again by
DR.. Paul Joseph Goebbels, the min
lister of propaganda, and others.
The situation, said OSservatore Ro-
mano, is "a fatal union of the state
with the forces hostile to Chris
tianity"
1t went on to say that an anti
religious book in Spain was the pre-
cursor to later atrocities against
priests" 1t demanded:
Who can guarantee to the present
rulers of Germany that the seeds of
hatred and the villification of every
sacred thing, now maturing ever more
powerfully under the eyes of the au-
thorities, will not produce on German
soil, too, the fruits that should bring
terror to every true friend of the
German people and of their future?"
Anti Christian Aid Charged.
The newspaper held it was obvious
that continued support is being given
to anti-Christian forces by the Ger
man state. This, it added, gravely
prejudiced 'the religious conciliation
with Germany which the Holy See
has sincerely hoped for"
Trials of priests and lay brothers
in Germany on immortality" charges
brought relations between the Holy
See and Berlin TO stalemate, espe-
cially after the Vatican refused to
disavow a strong attack on Adolf
Hitler by George, Cardinal Mudelein
of Chicago. The deeper issue behind
the dispute is the church's charge that
Nazis are encouraging paganism and
wrestling from the church the right to
rear its young in Christian ways.
Better Relations Denied.
Furthermore, today's editorial made
plain that supposedly bettered rela-
tions between the church and Ger
many, reported prelude to the forth
coming visit to the Pope by Michael
Cardinal Won Faulhaber of Munich
and other German bishops. did not
exist.
Germanys fight against the church
has been augmented, Osservatore Ro-
mano said, by:
l. A continuing "crescendo" of The
immoderate anti-clerical press.
2. Recent ordinances adopted, con.
trary to the church-state concordat
relating to religious teaching.
German government demane
for revision of the catechism in Naz
sense.
4. The penetration of neo-paganism
more than ever favored by authorities
Honors awarded at Nuremberg tx
DR.. Alfred Rosenberg, high priest o
German neo-paganism, also drew bit.
ter Osservatore comment.
Evening star., 1937-09-14
WINDOWS RUINED
IN 20 D. c. STORES
BY ACID VANDALS
Mysterious Attack at Night
Causes Damage Running
Into Thousands.
SMALL GANG HUNTED
BY DETECTIVE SQUADS
Washers Are First to Find Dam
age-Area of Seventh, F and
G. Streets Affected.
BULLETIN.

BULLETIN.
Damage caused by the acid
throwers last night will total be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 on the
basis of reports received thus far
from merchants, Capt. Ira E. Keck,
assistant chief of detectives, an
nounced.
In mysterious attack on down.
town business establishments power
full acids were sprayed early today on
expensive plate-glass windows of near
ly so department and variety stores.
Damage will run into many thou
sands Of dollars, police said. Six plate
glass windows at the Hecht Co. store
each valued at $500, were among those
ruined by the acid.
Store executives and detectives said
they had no idea what prompted the
attack.
Inspector B. w. Thompson, chief of
detectives, assigned squads of picked
men to track down the vandals. So
widespread was the area covered by
the acid throwers that detectives said
they believe the vandalism was the
work of small gang.
Store officials did not realize the
extent of the damage done until
chemists determined that acid had
been thrown on the plate glass. The
acid ate slowly into the glass and
left it clouded and useless for dis
play purposes.
No one saw the acid throwers at
work. Window washers at the Hecht
Co. were the first to discover the
vandalism when they started to work
at am. They found that the harder
they scrubbed the cloudier the win
dows became.
Complaints Pour In.
AS window cleaners went to work
on other downtown stores, complaints
began to pour into police headquarters
Among the stores whose windows
were sprayed with acid were the Hecht
Co., Garf1nckel's. Herzog's, at Ninth
and F streets, Kresge's and 10 Cent
Store, 720 Seventh street; the Ma
tlonal FURNITURE Co., Georges Radio
Store, 8l4 F street; Adelaine Shops
Inc, 802 Seventh street; Bernie
Credit Quality Clothes, 7l3 Seventh
street; Cornwell's Confectioners, 1928
G street; Marvin's Credit, Inc, 734
Seventh street; Metropolitan Haber-
dashers, $50 F street; the Shoe Mart,
726 Seventh street, and the Vim Sport
Shop, in the 1900 block of G street.
Fishels millinery store, 728 Seventh
street; Voigt jewelry store, 727 Sew
enth street; Morris hardware store, TOT
Seventh street; Max David clothing
store, 709 Seventh street; Cohn furni-
ture store, 811 Seventh street: Hearn's
clothing store, 806 Seventh street, and
Lan's millinery store, 8o4 Seventh
street.
Evening star., 1937-09-14
THREE HELD IN FRAUD
Misappropriation Charged to Slo-
yak Society Officers.

PITTSBURGH, September IA tP).-
Three officers of the National Slovak
Society of the United States were
held responsible today for $212,135 in
Incorporated funds and interest OF
the society.
Common Pleas Court Judge Thomas
M. Marshall ordered George Tomascik,
president; John A. Gallo, secretary, and
the estate of Anton 8. Kodak, former
treasurer, to pay that amount and the
costs Of the suit brought by the So
ciety.
Evening star., 1937-09-14
WORKS
. ON CRISIS IN EAST
Sees Hull and Kennedy for
Discussion of u. S. Ship
ping Problems.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.

On his return to Washington TODAY
from his home in Hyde Park, Presi-
dent Roosevelt turned his attention to
close study of international prob
lens, particularly the situation in the
Far East.
The President conferred at length
with Secretary of State Hull and later
Is understood to have carried on the
discussion with cabinet members in q
specially called meeting.
Mr.. Roosevelt has made no secret
OF the fact that the advices he has re-
celved concerning the Sino-Japanese
hostilities during the past few DAYS
have been decidedly serious. In fact,
he is understood to consider the situ-
alton so grave as to prompt him to
consider the advisability OF canceling
or postponing his contemplated Jour-
ney to the Pacific Coast next week.
The White House has indicated the
President will make a definite decision
m this matter soon.
Telephones Hull.
The President arrived at Union Sta
ton at $3.50 o'clock after an all-night
ride from Hyde Park. He was accom-
panied only by his son James and the
members Of his executive staff. He
went directly to the White House and
telephoned Secretary Hull to learn the
overnight communications from the
Far East. The President then ar
ranged for the conference at the White
House with the Secretary.
During the earlier part of this con-
ference Joseph p Kennedy, chairman
OF the Maritime Commission, also was
present. 1t was explained that the
Presidents purpose in having Kennedy
attend was to discuss the question of
merchant ships operated by or under
the Maritime Commission in Chinese
or Japanese waters. Because these
ships are carrying supplies, against
which Japan has declared an embargo.
a considerable problem is presented.
so much so that to avoid serious con-
sequences new routes must be deter
mined upon.
Has Few Engagements.
When the President arrived at his
desk just before noon he was con-
fronted with great mass of mail and
routine papers, requiring his imme-
diate attention. He made few per-
sonal engagements. Among those the
President gave more emphasis to to-
day were James M. Lands, who some
time ago asked to be relieved as chair
man OF the Securities and Exchange
Commission to become dean of the
Harvard Law School; DR.. Fernando
de los Rios, Spanish Ambassador, and
John w. Kern, recently appointed to
the Board Of Tax Appeals.
Evening star., 1937-09-14
BODY OF FLYER FOUND
Remains of Guy Edgerton Partly
Consumed by Fire.

GRAPELAND, Tex, September IA
N'.-The body of Cadet Flyer Guy
Edgerton. apparently saturated with
gasoline from his wrecked plane,
caught fire as it lay tangled in the
Wreckage early today and was partly
consumed.
Origin Of the blaze was not deter
mined.
Inc plane, missing two weeks, was
found late yesterday in thickly
wooded section IL miles southwest OF
Grapeland. Edgerton, Kenly, N. c.,
youth, was reported lost when a 13-
plane training flight scattered in q
storm.
Evening star., 1937-09-14
Three Men Rob Bank.

WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE,
Ohio. September IA (R.-Three men
robbed the Farmers State Bank at
nearby Good Hope, village Of ESQ
population, of an undetermined
amount of money today. Miss Efie
Palmer, the cashier, was alone when
the hold-up occurred.
Evening star., 1937-09-14
BY the Associated Press.

.
HONG KONG, September IA
japanese cruiser and two destroyers
bombarded the Chinese customs sta
ton at Samun near this British crown
colony tonight after Chinese warplanes
and land batteries had struck at a
Japanese fleet in major naval battle.
The japanese warships were report
ed to have been routed by aerial bombs
and cannon Of the Bocca Tigris forts
at the Canton River entrance.
The Samun customs station was
badly damaged, however. 1t is on
the route to the metropolis of Canton.
One Warship Damaged.
A spokesman for the Kwangtung
provincial government said one Japa-
nese warship was struck squarely on
the bridge by shell and another was
belching clouds Of smoke where it had
been hit by bomb.
The japanese fleet included four de-
stroyers and one cruiser when it at
tackled the Bocca Tigris forts, protect
ing the river entrance and the route to
Canton, at S am.
Though the warships rained shells
around the forts the damage was said
to have been negligible except for the
customs station. Most of the shots
(See CHINA, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1937-09-14
APANESE FLEET
REPORTED BEATEN
War Planes and South China
Forts RepuIse Assault
at Canton River.
BACKGROUND

0AC n A1AOONO
Undeclared Sino-Jap1nese Uar
started July z as result OF clash OF
armed forces at Marco Polo Bridge
near Peipino and spread to Shang-
hal August 9, after Killing OF two
japanese at HunDjno Airdrome
there. Conflict has been carried
entire length OF Chinese coast NTH
borodrdments of Annoy, Foochou
and Southern Chinese cities.
Evening star., 1937-09-14
$5O,ODO,0)O BUDGET
NEXT YEAR IS SEEN
Donovan Reports Finances
of City Can Stand Sum
Without New Levies.
BACKGROUND

DhS hoAbOONO
Forced to increase and levy new
taTes this year to dDOid $1,000, 900
deficit threatened By steady reduc-
ton OF Federal contribution and
mounting municipal costs, Com
nlissioners urged department heads
to Keep budget estimates for merit
year at absolute minimum. Despite
this departmental estimates total
$65.000,000. At public hearings
Board OF Trade 1parned 1t is pre-
pared to fight any increase in tares.
Commissioners announced they
Uould pare budget estimates to
keep expenditures Uithin present
income.
Prospects of a $50,000,000 budget
for the next fiscal year arose today
when Maj. Daniel j. Donovan, Dis
trict budget officer, advised the Com
missioners the city's finances would
stand that much il Congress con-
tinued, by one means or another, the
s9000,000 additional tax load adopted
for this year
To hold the budget estimates down
to that $4,000, 000-which would be
q record breaker-the Commissioners
will have to lop off about $1,000, 900
from the requests which have been
made by the Districts departments.
The Donovan statement came only
few hours after Chairman King of
the Senate District Committee had
said there must be no increase in the
District budget over the SAT 100000 ap-
preparation of last year" He an
nounced his determination to oppose
budget estimates which would cause
any increase in taxes.
$4,000, 900 Revenue Seen.
At the direction of sthe Commits
sioners, Maj. Donovan today hastily
prepared tentative picture of the Dis
trict's financial outlook for next year,
estimating general fund" revenues
next year probably will amount to $42,-
900, 900. On top of this will be the in
creased revenues which are earmarked
for highway and related purposes and
for the Water Department, sufficient
to cover the requested expenditure of
$8,000,000 for next year.
Appropriations made for the pres
ent year aggregate some $4,000, 900,
so the prospective total for next year
would be about S4,O00,000 higher, but
only about half of this increase would
be available for distribution to the
many departments and agencies whose
costs are not chargeable to the special
highway and water funds.
Not only would $5o,OO0,O00 budget
require continuation of increased tax
levies invoked this year, or by the
adoption of substitutes, but it would
contemplate a Federal payment of only
$5,000,000, the sum allowed by Con-
gress for this year. Maj. Donovan said
lCo, DTJD<xT1,
Evening star., 1937-09-14
Dictator Forced His Wedding.
Husband Asserts IN Suit Here
Le,Uis M. CIarksOn Asks AnnuIn1e,t. De
clarirg Late Peruvian President
Made Him Marry Court FauOrite.

every o as strange the most fancu Richard Harding
District
by Lewis carkson 4sol Fourth forced
threat OF Of
Inc ngrave villain of the
president the 1880 nd
Evening star., 1937-09-14
PRESIDENT SEEN
LEAVING BLACKS
CASE TO SENATE
Burden of Investigation Not
RooseveIt's, He Is
Said to Feel.
DID NOT MAKE INQUIRY
PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT
Described as Believing Two Terms
Here Sufficient Proof of
His Fitness.

Record shops Black reneiped
Klan pledge in 1926. Page A-3.
Gruues Admits Khan A1flidtion.
Page Az.
Black "No Klansman at Heart"
Page A-2.
Evening star., 1937-09-14
Summary of Today's Star

Pugh nnds irregularities in accounts
OF four county officials. Page Al
A. +. G. E. defeats three plans to
ciahse set-up. Page B-1
Evening star., 1937-09-14
WAR IN FAR EAST.

WAR IN FAR EAST.
Roosevelt, back from Hyde Park,
studies foreign problems. Page Al
Disease eclipses shrapnel as peril to
Shanghai millions. Page Al
japanese shell Chinese customs near
Hong Kong. Page Al
Seventh article by Upton Close on
Sino-Japanese war. Page A-4
FOREIGN.
Nazi-church war bloodshed feared by
vatican. Page Al
80 British war vessels will hunt pirate
subs. Page Al
Gijon dictatorship reported set up
after anarchist coup. Page .A-4
Czechs mourning loss Of Masaryk,
nations founder. Page A-4
Hitler threatens new interventions in
war on reds" Page AS
Selassie reports Ethiopians still resist
ing Itahans- Page AS
NATIONAL.
Lenoable bank money seen reaching
billion by October. Page Az
Graves admits he once was affiliated
with klan. Page Az
Klan's imperial wizard reiterates
Blacks denial. Page Az
Black quit Klan, then rejoined, rec
ordS" show. Page AS
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Store windows damaged by mysterious
aclo attacks. Page Al
$50 900 900 budget for next year seen
in Donovan report. Page Al
Annulment suit says late Peruvian die
tator forced marriage. Page Al
Evening star., 1937-09-14
Nine Nations Sign Pact.

GENEVA, September IA tP.-The
ENJOYS Of nine nations signed today
at placid Nyon a historic document
to suppress submarine piracy in the
Mediterranean-with the war vessels
of Great Britain and France already
steaming toward what experts called
the greatest naval demonstration of
its kind ever planned.
The accord, signed in the modest
Community Hall Of Nyon, deals solely
with the question of piratical subma-
rine attacks in the inland sea, at
tacks which government Spain and
Soviet Russia charge fatty to Italy.
Italy, not signatory today, denies
this just as fatty.
The League of Nations itself will
consider how to deal with other forms
OF MEDITERRANEAN aggression.
Fleet Being Concentrated.
Great Britain and France imme-
diately swung into action to concen-
trate mighty feet on the inland sea.
Nine torpedo boats from the French
Atlantic fleet-with fresh cargoes of
supplies. including munitions, taken
Evening star., 1937-09-14
4S Ships Sent to
Mediterranean for
Campaign.
9 SIGNATURES
PUT ON PACT
Decision of Italy
to Help Still
Awaited.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Sinking OF more than score OF
pessels By mysterious raiders in
Mediterranean in recent months
led France and Britain to summon
conference tDith seDen other pot0-
ers at Nyon, Switzerland, last Ueek
to take measures for suppression
OF nldrduders. Italy and Germany
refused to attend. Agreement for
Britain and France to police Medi-
terrdnean, and riparian states
their own matters, 1Das drriued at.
BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, September 14.-Great
Britain more than doubled her Medi-
terranean fighting strength to hunt
down and sink submarine pirates to-
day. New admiralty orders disclosed
she will have 80 warships in the inland
sea within few days, compared with
. regular patrol of ~.
The latest orders sent 10 men-of-
war from home waters into the Medi-
terranean, to cooperate with an aug
mented French feet in the piracy
patrol
Flotilla Held Ready.
The fourth destroyer flotilla, COM
posed Of eight destroyers, q light
cruiser and f1otilla leader, was COM
manded to be ready to sail to the
Mediterranean from England.
This means there are So British de-
Btroyers and four flotilla leaders-in
addition to battleships and other heavy
craft-earmarked for piracy patrol
duty.
The mightiest warship af1oat, the
battle cruiser Hood, now rides off Brit
aims Malta base, awaiting orders to
take up guard against sea marauders.
Nine more French torpedo boats are
speeding toward new duties in the
Mediterranean.
Plans Are Worked Out.
Loaded with fresh supplies and mu-
nitions, the French battle units will
work In the closest cooperation with
Britain's fleet. French and British
naval authorities have worked out
plans for their submarine scouts to
rush to any spot, whether in theil
own zone or not. If the need arises.
Ports, aircraft landing fields ano
other facilities will be used inter.
Changeably.
Such close patrol cooperation will
back up the complete unison in which
the French and British foreign Offices
have acted in meeting the Mediter.
yanean submarine threat
Evening star., 1937-09-14

Damage caused by the. acid
throwers last night will total be-
tween $25, 900 and $4,000 on the
basis of reports received thus far
from merchants, Capt. Ira E. Keck,
assistant chief of detectives, an
nounced.
Evening star., 1937-09-14

(See LONDON, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1937-09-14
WEATHER.

20. Weather Bureau Forecast)
Fair, not quite SO cool tonight; tomor-
row. generally fair and slightly warmer;
moderate winds, mostly southwest Tenn
peratures today-Highest, 50, at pm;
lowest. SO, at 5 am
Full report on page Ala
Evening star., 1937-09-14

(See BUDGET, Page A-8.)
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CaChet
Announced
TO CHOOSE DESIGN

Coincident with the celebra-
ton this year Of the adoption
Of the Constitution, John Alden,
P. o. Box 213, West Englewood,
N. j., announces a Constitution
Day Cachet, neatly printed in
red, white (cover) and blue,
commemorating the 150th ami
versary Of the Constitution on
September II, 17S7-1937.
All covers will be service at
Philadelphia, with a 1-cent for.
warding charges. Thirteen addi-
tional cachets will also be spon.
Sored by Alden as follows:
Delaware, December z: Penn.
sylvania, December u: New Jer.
sey, December 10; Georgia, Jan.
uary 2: Connecticut, January 9:
Massachusetts,, February 6;
Maryland, April 2s: South Caro-.
lima, May %; New Hampshire,
June 81: Virginia. June 90; New
York, July 20: North Carolina,
November 81 (1sSs): and Rhode
Island, May 20 (1940).
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no ambulanceS, no x!ray ma
chimes. He goes from patient
to patient on foot. When they
want to operate they use .
kitchen table.
TYPHOID EPIDEMIC
An epidemic Of typhoid adds
to his difficulties, and one Of
the highlghts In the book
occurs when he and another
doctor dynamite the sewer in
order to force the local off,
Gals to put in q more sanitary
system. Another centerS
around his fight to save an
aging mother and her appar.
emily still-born child from
death. The scene switches 80
miles up the valley.
"The Citadel" the story Of q
doctor, by A. J. Cronin. Pub.
HShed by Little, BrotDn & Co.
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regard it as understatement.
The most surprising thing
about A. J. Cronin, who until
1880 was unknown outside the
medical profession, is that he
holds his audience without any
apparent strain. To be sure he
knows a good deal about men
and medicine. But on the other
hand he has written four other
books and If knowledge were all
he had to pass on he would soon
be wrung dry for "Hatter's
Castle" alone was a quarter Of
a million words long.
HOLDS INTEREST
So it isn't what he has seen
of human suffering or what he
knows of medical aid that makes
his books so spell-binding. Some
thing should be said for the easy
progress of the stories he has to
tell and something more for his
quite, unassuming style. The
secret Of his success probably
lies between the two. The fact
is his readers can scarcely wait
to find out what happens next.
1.-THE Citadel" is the saga Of
Andrew Manson. who begins his
career in an obscure little min.
ing town in South Wales back
in 1921. He is presumably an
assistant to DR.. Page. But DR..
Page is suffering from a cerebral
haemorrhage and DR.. Manson
starts off single handed. There
are no hospital Accommodations.