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The Washington times., 1937-12-16
Postal Officials Claim
Only 4 Cities Affected

NEW. YORK. Dec. 16 U.N.S0.
Officials of the Postal Telegraph
Company executive offices here
confirmed today a strike Of tele-
graph operators but stated that
only four cities, not six, were af-
fected.
Citing the strike as an inter
union battle between the Ameri-
can Federation and the Committee
for Industrial Organization, one
company official, who refused per
mission to use his name, said that
only CIO operators in New York.
Washington, Philadelphia and De-
troit had struck and that all AFL
operators remained at their posts.
"It's an inter-union fight for
exclusive bargaining rights" he
said.
Leaders of the CLOS American
Radio Telegraphists Association
here denied the charge. stating
that an AFL telegraphers union
had ceased to exist"
1--WE have written bargaining
rights in the cities struck" r.
a. Mipnon. ARTA official, said
here. 1.-THE Postal Company
has recognized our union"
Because we were unable to
get a 20 per cent increase in
wages, 40-hour week, overtime
pay and a closed shop after
weeks of negotiations, the strike
was called"
The Washington times., 1937-12-16

Santa Claus was robbed today.
Police listed the incident as one
of the meanest pieces Of thievery
perpetrated in the Capital.
Working for the Christmas
Cheer Club, which is sponsored
by The Washington Times and
Washington Herald. Radio Sta
ton WJSV and the Loew's Thea
terS, a group Of girls in the
Phillip Pl .yground club secured
the neighborhood and received
donation Of used and new toys,
clothing and canned goods.
The donations were stored In
The Washington times., 1937-12-16
Insurgents Fear
Plot on Franco

LISBON, Portugal, Dec. 16
GN.S0.-Fearing an attempt to
assaSsinate General Franco, Span
ish insurgent authorities at Sala-
manca have closed the French
Spanish frontier, according to in
formation in official circles here
today.
The information here stated the
insurgents fear a vast conspiracy
by foreign elements to launch an
attack on insurgent territory with
the object of Staying Franco.
The Washington times., 1937-12-16
U. S, BRITAIN
PRESS JAPAN
BY ROBERT G. NIXON

U.N.S.) The United States and
Great Britain. acting stimuli,
taneously but independently, To-
day brought powerful pressure to
bear on Japan to halt violation of
foreign rights in China.
The British government, follow
ing the lead of America, lodged a
stern protest with Nippon. de-
manding guarantees agains t
further attacks on her nationals,
property or rights in China.
FLEET TO MANEUVER -
While the United States fleet
prepared for movement to the
mid.Pacific for war games, in an.
nual maneuver, Britain considered
dispatch of part of its huge fleet
to Far Eastern waters.
The immediate threat for
Britain lay at Hongkong as Japan
prepared to launch an offensive
against south China. This area
has for many years been con-
trolled commercially by the
British.
In a bid for American coopera-
tion in the Far East, Great Britain
promised this Government it would
support fully any move in the
CONTINUED on Page 6, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1937-12-16
Coz. Bibb Graves Paroles 544
Honor COnvicts for Holidays

Kilby Prison alone. Those re-
leased included short-termers to
lifers. All were awarded paroles
for good conduct.
In contrast to previous years,
when the convicts were let out in
groups, all were simultaneously re-
leased this year.
Placed on their honor, the con.
victs must return after New Year.
The Washington times., 1937-12-16

MONTGOMERY. Ala, Dec. 16
QNS0.-Placed on their honor" I"
544 convicts today marched from
prisons and felon camps through.
out Alabama, recipients of two
week Christmas paroles" granted
by Governor Bibb Graves.
One hundred and twenty-five
happy convicts were released from
The Washington times., 1937-12-16
Showers Due Here
AS Mercury Rises

Washington's cold wave Is
ended, temporarily at least. After
five days Of suh-freezing tempera-
lures, the thermometer climbed
to IS degrees, three above freezing,
at midnight, then mounted slowly
until, it stood at 43 degrees by
midmorning.
It is expected there will be
light shower during the day and
tonight.
The Washington times., 1937-12-16
Crippled Liner,
CarabObO, Sold

NEW YORK, Dec. 16 QN.S0.
The Grace Line today announced
sale of the former Red %" Liner
Carabobo, to the Northland Trans
portation Company, which will
operate the ship in Alaskan waters
next year. The liner developed
boiler trouble off the Florida coast
Monday, and Is being towed to
shore,
The Washington times., 1937-12-16
n. Y. Taxi Drivers
To Vote on Strike

NEW YORK. Dec. 16 Q.NSJ.
Possibility of a general taxicab
strike here involving some $4,000
drivers grew stronger today.
The Transport Workers Union
(CIO) called for a strike-vote meet
ing to be held tonight by 1890 en-
ployes of the Terminal, Bell and
Town taxicab systems. Approx
mately 4,300 drivers Of other taxi
cab fleets have voted to authorize
the unions executive committee
to call a strike at any time within
its discretion.
The Washington times., 1937-12-16
GIRL HIT BY CAR

Elsie Mondel, 81, of Oxon Hill,
Md, suffered body bruises yester-
day when she walked into the
side Of an automobile while cross
ing at Seventh and E Streets
Northwest. She was treated at
Emergency Hospital.
The Washington times., 1937-12-16
Sever
Insurgent Railway

MADRID, Dec. 16 G.N.S0.
Government troops in Northeast
ern Spain today were reported to
have severed the railway between
Teruel and Saragossa, two Of the
major insuu gent Strongholds. The
report, not confirmed, said the
railway was cut in loyalist drive
to the west
The Washington times., 1937-12-16
Aide to Senator
Reports Robbery

David Mehman, secretary to
Senator Edwin c. johnson, DJ
Colorado, reported to police today
he had been robbed. He said
thieves broke into his apartment
at 1888 New Hampshire Ave.
N. w., during the night and made
off with clothing valued at $25.
The Washington times., 1937-12-16
Pork Chop Thug
Gets $42 With Gun

While filling an order Of a
pound of pork chops for a colored
man, Samuel Crowell, IS, employe
Of a chain store at 1401 Fifth st.
N. w., saw his customer turn into
a robber last evening. Brandish-
ing a revolver, the robber forced
Crowell to hand over $42 and fed.
The Washington times., 1937-12-16
1000 CHINESE
ARE EXECUTED
ON GROUNDS
Women and Boys
Reported Victims

SHANGHAI, Dec. 16 UNS).
The United States embassy at
Nanking was looted following the
capitals capture by Japan, and its
compound used as a place Of execu-
ton for condemned Chinese, &C.
cording to reports received here
tonight.
One Thousand persons, some Of
them boys and women, we're dis
patched by the japanese after the
army had been driven out, the re-
ports said. Anyone wearing clothes
that appeared part of military
uniforms was executed,
The Washington times., 1937-12-16
STRIKE DELAYS
POSTAL WIRE
SERVICE HERE
Six Cities Affected
In Wage Row

Traffic over the lines Of the
Postal Telegraph Company here
was interrupted this morning
when a large number Of employees
went on strike.
Officials of the local unit Of
the American Radio TeEegraphists
Association claimed that $50 en-
ployes of the local office, including
operators and messenger boys, had
struck in a demand for decent
wages"
WAGE DISPUTE
F. L. Lanoue, head Of the unit,
said traffic was at standstill,
but officials of the company as
serted there was merely some
slight delay in moving messages.
The strike followed collapse Of
wage negotiations between the
union and the company in New
York. Union officials said strikes
were called simultaneously in New
York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh,
Buffalo and Detroit
M GOOD IIUMoR
Striking employees Of the local
offices were in high good humor
as they left their jobs shortly
after 10 o'clock. They milled
about the corridors of the Evans
Building. where Postal is located,
and seemed to enjoy having their
pictures taken.
The Washington times., 1937-12-16
THEE CRABS PURSE, $2s

While she was walking in the
200 block H st. N. W.. last night,
Mrs. Lillian WEIGH, of 2121 H st.,
reported a colored man snatched
her purse containing $2S and es-
caped.
The Washington times., 1937-12-16
U.S.. Embassy at Nanking Looted By Japanese
Primo Carnera Ill,
Fear Felt. for Life

BUCHAREST, Rumania, Dec. 16 IN.S)-Primo Carnera,
of Italy former heavyweight boxing champion reported
critical condition today sanaorium here He suffering
The Washington times., 1937-12-16
Pair Escapes Death
AS Gun Lacks Zip

zpess| 9Scaber revolver credited by detectives
today with averting possible murder and suicide.
The Washington times., 1937-12-16
CONDITION WINS

The majority Of Democrats from
the big labor centers of New York.
Philadelphia and Chicago joined
with Southern and Western Demo
crates against the AFL plan. Re
publicans, Farmer.Laborites and
progresSives supported it.
The House had before it the
substitute for the Senate labor
bill drafted by the House Labor
Committee, lodging administration
in an administrator and "NRA
committees" in the Department of
Labor.
The Washington times., 1937-12-16
TELLS OF BUTCHERY

LON D ON, Dec. 16 u.N.SO.
Japanese troops Systematically
butchered unarmed Chinese
soldiers after the Nipponese
forces entered Nanking, the Lon
don Daily Mail reported today
in a dispatch from its Marking
correspondent, who filed his
story after reaching Shanghai.
The correspondent. A. T. Steele,
said hundreds of Chinese were
executed by the japanese. He
added:
"The last thing saw as I
left Marking was a band of
3C0 Chinese being executed be-
fore a wall near the waterfront,
where corpses already were
piled knee-deep.
SYSTEMATIC KILLING
"The Japanese could have
completed occupation Of the
city without firing a shot If
they had offered mercy to the
Cnlnese, but they choose
systematic killing.
1.-THE Chinese attempted to
flee to the river from Ksiak.
wan gate, which became
choked. I had to drive my
automobile through the gate
over bodies five deep over which
Japanese trucks and guns al
ready had been driven"
The Washington times., 1937-12-16
HOUSE SPEEDS
ACTION TO END
WAGE.B BATTLE.
Final Vote Sought
By Leaders
Rx WILLIAM s. NEAL

G.NS0. House leaders, after a
conference today, set tomorrow
night as their goal for passage Of
the Black -Connery wage-hours bill.
AS the House resumed considera.
ton of the measure after turbu-
lent session, additional substitute
bills and scores Of amendments
were to be offered to the bill rec.
commended by the Labor Commit
tee.
PASSAGE HELD SURE
Action Of the House in rejecting,
162 to 1871. the American Fedora
tion of Labor substitute was re-
garded by leaders as indicating
passage Of the measure.
Opponents of the bill were rally
ing forces in an effort to kill it by
recommitting the measure to com.
mittee.
NEW DEAL SHOWS POWER
In defeating the AFD substitute,
which called for a rigid Accent
an.hour minimum wage and q
maximum 40-hour work week law.
Administration leaders demon.
strated their control in the first
stages Of the battle.,
During, seven hours Of uproarious
debate, with charges Of unfair
ness" and "steam-roller tactics"
being hurled, Chairman Mary T.
Norton of the Labor Committee,
and Democratic Leader Rayburn
beat off all attacks on the Admin.
istration-backed hill.
The Washington times., 1937-12-16

Probably rain tonight and tomorrow:
somewhat warmer with low temperature
tonight about A. "Details on Page 22)
The Washington times., 1937-11-25
EmiIioCoIumbo
Fam mOUs ViOIiHaist
Dies In London

LONDON, England. Nov. IS,
Death yesterday claimed Emilio
Columbo, one-time solo violinist
to the czar of Russia, and later
one of the most popular band
leaders in fashionable Mayfair,
who died suddenly Of d heart at
tack at the age of SO.
Mr.. Colombo, an Italian, was
caught in the vortex of the Rus
sian revolution. He played his
way across that country to Vladivo.
stock, RuSsia'S seaport, arriving
there pennileSs. From funds col
lected at a concert he made his
way to Japan, where his fame as
a VioliniSt and conductor won him
the favor Of the imperial family.
Then followed sojourns in Hong
Kong, Sinapore and the Dutch
East Indies. until he reached Lon.
don in 1920.
He soon won, not only the city,
but Britain'S royal family, and
since that time he has played
at many command performances.
At the time of his death he was
one Of the capitals most promi.
nent maestros. 's.-
Mr.. Colombo had just returned
to the Mayfair Hotel from a va
cation IN Italy when stricken.
The Washington times., 1937-11-25

A native of Portland, Oreg.,
Colonel stowell was appointed a
second lieutenant in the Marine
Corps in 1918 and the following
year was sent to Vera Cruz,
Mexico.
Colonel Stowell, a graduate of
the field officers course, Marine
Corps Schools, Quantico, Va, was
with the expeditionary forces in
Haiti and Santo Domingo.
During the World War he served
in France with the Sixth Marine
Regiment, participating in engage
ments at Chateau .ThierTy and in
the Argonne Forest. He also took
part in the march to the Rhine
and the occupation Of the Coblenz
bridgehead.
Cited by General Pershing for
gallantry in action at Blanc Mont,
Colonel Stowell was a holder of
the Mexican Service Medal,
Haitian Campaign Medal, Domini-
can Campaign Medal, Marine
Corps Expeditionary Medal, Vic
tory Medal with four battle clasps,
Silver Star Medal and the French
Croix de Guerre.
He is survived by his sister, Mrs.
Constance j. Gamborg- Anderson.
The Washington times., 1937-11-25
Gets Office Post
Just Before Death

BLOOMFIELD, N. j., Nov. IS.
For a few hours Archie M. Heath
will hold the office that has long
been his ambition; then, according
to attendants at Mountainside
Hospital, Glen Ridge, he will die.
At a special meeting Of the
Town Council last night Mr..
Heath was elevated from assistant,
chief to chief of the Bloomfield
Fire Department, which he has
served as acting chief since Sep
temher. /. He is not expected to re-
cover from injuries received in an
auto accident last Saturday.
The Washington times., 1937-11-25
WAINWRIGHT
RITES PLANNED

Funeral services for Mrs. Evelyn
Wetherspoon Wainwright, 85,
widow Of Rear Admiral Richard
Wainwright, who died yesterday
of heart ailment, will be held to.
morrow morning at II o'clock, in
st. Johns Episcopal Church, Six
teenth and H Streets Northwest.
DR.. John Hart, rector of the
church, will of1ciate. Interment
will be private.
Mrs. Wainwright was born and
reared in the District. For a while
she lived in Yokohoma, Japan,
when her husband was stationed
there and also in Annapolis, Nd,
where he was superintendent ior
two years of the Naval Academy.
An active club member, Mrs.
Wainwright was a member Of the
Board of Directors of Garfield
Hospital, Navy Relief Society, and
the National Woman's Party. A
close personal friend of Mrs. Juliet
Lowe, founder of the Girl Scouts
of America, Mrs. Wainwright was
actively interested in Girl Scout
movements.
She is survived by a son, Comdr.
Richard Wainwright, U. s. Navy,
retired, Of Annapolis, and q
daughter, Mrs. w. 8. Turpin, Of
this city.
The Washington times., 1937-11-25
Nellie B. Zwick
D. C. WOmaE1's Rites
Slated in Ohio

Requiem mass for Mrs. Nellie
B. zwick, resident of Washington
for nearly a quarter of a century,
will be celebrated Saturday at
1890 a. m. in Immaculate Con.
ception Church in Ozark, Ohio.
The Rev. George Drescher will
officiate. Burial will be in the
church cemetery.
Mrs. zwick died yesterday after
a lingering illness at the home of
her brother, Lawrence A. Burk.
hart, 1908 Thirty-eighth st. N. w.
A native Of Ozark, Ohio, Mrs.
zwick came to Washington %
years ago to enter the Govern
ment service. She has served in
three branches of the Govern
ment, Treasury Department, Blu.
reau Of Engraving and Printing,
and at the time she became i'll
was employed in the Department
of Agriculture. She was a mem
ber Of st. Stephens Catholic
Church. Twenty.fifth Street and
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest.
Surviving are her brothers, John
Burkhart Of Woodsfield, Ohio, and
Otto Burkhart, Ozark, Ohio, and
Lawrence Burkhart; four sisters,
Sister Mary Otto, Order Sisters
of Charity of Nazareth, of st.
Mary's Convent, Martins Ferry,
Ohio; Mrs. Albert Haran, Miss
Amelia and Miss Minnie Burk-
hart. all Of Ozark Ohio.
The Washington times., 1937-11-25
Pherbia Thomas
To Talk on japan

Miss Pherbia Thomas, sister of
Lowell Thomas, nationally known
radio commentator, will address
members of the National Geo.
graphic Society at Constitution
Hall tomorrow evening. Her topic
will be THE Land Of the Rising
Sun"
Miss Thomas, who recently re.
turned from a six-month visit to
Japan, will describe and illustrate
present-day life in the island EN-.
p1re. During her stay in Japan,
Miss Thomas flew over Fuji, and
is the first woman to make a
flight over the sacred mountain.
The Washington times., 1937-11-25
Births, Deaths, Marriages.

Harry and Nellie Jones. girl,
Edward and Martha Lloyd, Rirl.
Robert and Ethel Singleton, boy,
Fred and Evelyn White. boy,
Dais and Jeanette Smell, boy,
John and Elizabeth Manuel, boy,
Andrew and Alma Adkins, boy.
Carroll and Mary Kenworthy, boy,
Richard and Mary Carr, boy,
Donald and Deva Loweth, bOy.
William and Margaret Land, girl.
Leo and Jennie Plunkert. girl,
Francis and Bertha Judge. RiFl,
John and Marvette Foley, riFI.
James and Jennie COrron, TirI.
girl. S'F
Alba and Elizabeth TheOn. girl.
Horace and Ruth Hughes, boy.
Peter and Sylvia Gabardini, boy.
william and Iris Zier, boy,
John and Ivy Hall, boy,
Ira and Nellie Davis, bow.
Lawrence and Alma Brown. hov.
ErFHk and Mary Kendall, Rirl.
Richard and Eva Livingston, rirl.
The Washington times., 1937-11-25
C. C. M'CHORD,
ONCE ice HEAD,
is DEAD IN n. y.
Brilliant Law Career
Is Ended by Death

Word was received here Of the
death of Charles Caldwell Nc
Chord. rs, for is years an Inter.
state Commerce Commissioner, OF
a heart attack in his hotel apart
ment in New York city. HIS
daughter. Mrs. c. H. Boyle, was
with him at the time.
John McChord, brother, also
an employe of the commission
here, left for New York yesterday
ILL A LONG TINE
In failing health for some time,
the former commissioner suffered
a broken hip two years ago. When
he left Washington in May to 90
to a health resort in Upper new
York, he still used crutcheS.
A native of Springfield. KY, MI
McChord was a graduate OF law
at Centre College, Danville. A
brilliant lawyer, he served as prose
cutting attorney for several years
and was a member of the Ken
lucky legislature. He also was a
member of the Kentucky Wage
Commission.
LAUDED FOR WORK
Appointed to the Interstate Com
merce Commission in January,
1911, by President Taft, Mr.. NC
Chord stayed in office until 1925,
when he returned to his private
practice. His excellent work with
the commission won the praise Of
President Coolidge, who, on his
retirement, wrote him a letter Of
appreciation.
The distinguished attorney, an
arbitrator on the War Labor
Board during the World War, was
also a former president of the
National Association of Railway
Commissioners.
He was a familiar figure at the
Chevy Chase Club, of which he
was a member, and the Phi Delta
Theta fraternity.
The Washington times., 1937-11-25
FORMER SOLON,
NICHOLS TO Be
BURIED TODAY
Represen ntative Was
Partner Of Byrnes

Former Representative Samuel
j. Nichols died yesterday Of q heart
ailment, at Duke University Hos
pital, Durham, N. c. He was So
years old.
Funeral services, tentatively set
for today by his widow, Mrs
Eloise Nichols, will take place at
his home in Spartanburg.
SERVED SIX YEARS
AS representative Of the Fourth
South Carolina district from 1915
to 1921, when he resigned from the
House to enter law partnership
with Senator James F. 3yrnes of
Spartanburg and Representative
g. Hayward Mahon, Mr.. Nichols
was well known in the District.
BYRNES AT RITES
Senator ByrneS, who left last
nigh. with Representative Mahon
to attend the funeral, paid tribute
to his former colleague in the
House, saying, "He was so close to
me that his sudden death Is q
great shock and is a source Of sin.
cere sorrow"
Representative Mahon Of Green.
vile, who now holds the House
seat occupied by Nichols, described
his predecessor as "an outstanding
citizen Of the nation"
The Washington times., 1937-11-25
Capt. French
Former Navy, Army
Man Dead at 81

! Capt. Fred G. French. 81, U. s.
Army, retired, died yesterday at
Walter Reed Hospital.
A native of Toledo, Ohio, Cap
tain French served as q midship-
man in the Navy from 1911 until
1915, when he was transferred to
the Army.
A graduate Of the coast artil.
lery school, bat terry officers
course in 1922, he was retired five
years later for disability received
in lines of duty.
Surviving him Is his wife, Mrs.
French, and his mother, Mrs. Isa.
bella French, both Of who are en-
route here.
The Washington times., 1937-11-25
}. {. VoegIin
RayOn Expert Dies
In Jersey Home

BOONTON, N. j., Nov. 25.-
John E. Voeglin, a pioneer of the
rayon silk industry in this country
and for many years foreign sales
manager of the ViScose Company
of New York, died last night at his
home here. He was SO.
Born in Basic, Switzerland, and
educated in the technical schools
there, Mr.. Voeglin came to the
United States 35 years ago as a
silk expert in the New York fac.
tories, joining the Viscose Com
pany IS years ago when rayon silk
was first introduced, he played an
important part Ia the development
Of that industry.
Mr.. Voeglin Is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Nettie H. Voeglin. q
daughter, Adolphine, a student at
the University of Maine; a sister,
Miss Anna Voeglin, and a brother,
Ernest, both of Basle, Switzerland.
The Washington times., 1937-11-25
Lraci, Radio
Executive.
Is Dead

NEW YORK. Nov. 25.-John
Iraci, widely-known radio execu-
tive, died at his Brokolyn home
following a heart attack yesterday.
He was So, a native of Riposto,
Sicily, having migrated to this
country at an early age.
MIR. Iraci was an exponent here
of broadcasting programs in
foreign languages. Formerly an
importer, he entered the radio
field in 1928. He was president
and general manager Of Station
WOW, general manager Of Station
WBIL and president and owner
Of WPEN, Philadelphia.
Surviving are his widow; two
daughters, Rosario and Mariantna,
ana son, Sebastian Julio.
Burial services will be held
Saturday in Cypress Hills Gene.
terry. Brooklyn.
The Washington times., 1937-11-25

FUNERAL SET

Funeral services for Charles
Marsh Shepperson, 80, who died
yesterday in Union Memorial Hos
pital, Baltimore, following an oper.
alton, will be held tomorrow at his
home, 907 Prince st., Alexandria,
Va. The Rev. Harry Lee Doll, rec.
tor Of Christ Episcopal Church,
will officiate. Burial will take
place in 1vy.Hill Cemetery,
Born and reared in Alexandria,
Mr.. ShepperSon his primary and
secondary education in public
schools there, graduating from
Alexandria High School in 1924.
Attending the Virginia Military
Institute, he graduated four years
later with high honors.
Accepting position with the
Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company, OF Virginia in
1928, he was sent to Salisbury,
Md, where he made his headquar-
terS as traffic inspector.
He Is survived by his parents,
Charles M. and Dolly Peyton Shep.
person, of Alexandria.
The Washington times., 1937-11-25
Matt A. DAILY,
Painter, Dead

CINCINNATI, Ohio. Nov IS.
Matt A. DAILY, well-known portrait
and landscape painter here. died
yesterday Of a heart attack in his
studio. He was 7S. Mr.. DAILY at
tended the School Of Design here
and the Cincinnati Art Academy.
He was among the famous artists
employed by the Rookwood Pot
terry Works. His widow survives
him.
The Washington times., 1937-11-25
Ketchum, Retired
NY. Banker, Dies

MONTCLAIR, N. j., Nov. IS.
William Henry Ketchum, "a, re.
tired New York banker, died here
at his home after an illness Of
three weeks.
Mr.. Ketchum, native of New
York, retired in 1914 as assistant
cashier Of the Corn Exchange
Bank and Trust Company of New
York, after serving there 40 years.
He was an organizer of the Mont
clair Building and Loan Associa.
t!cn and a trustee Of the Mont
clair Savings Bank.
Surviving are his wife. Mrs. Edna
Whitelaw Ketchum, and two sons,
Kenneth l.. Ketchum. of Mont.
clair, and Samuel Ketchum, of
Syracuse, N. Y.