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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-29
Bar0S
Nj SIlt of Doom

occupant Of dungeon st the San
Sebastian Vigilancia with a con-
demned man and to learn from
him and from the grim walls
which spoke a language all their
own the hitherto untold part of
the story of this bitterest of all
modern conflicts.
Bright red splaShes showed on
the wall, and the condemned man
looked up with me and nodded
toward the SplasheS as he ate his
last sandwich. He said:
"See that? Blood. Fresh, too.
That's the way they fight the
civil war in Spain. Some police
man took the butt Of his re.
volver, knocked a man up
against the wall with it, and
it wasn't so long ago, either,
because you can see how the
stuff shines.
Life is worth nothing, that
IS, life of a poor man. Why look
here at this floor. See those
pOckmarks. Bullets, you see,
where they shot them as they
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By DOROTHY KILGALLEN
Copyright, 1887. by International
News SerVice)

LONDON, April 20 GN.SD.
The most polite battle in all Eng
lands history - a struggle for
popularity-is being waged today
between Queen Elizabeth an d
Marina, Duchess of Kent.
It is spoken of only over the tea
cups in London drawing rooms,
but everyone in fashion b e
society is aware that the rivalry
between the two ladies is reach
ing it's peak now that the corona
ton draws near.
Marina, slim, tall and elegant,
is undoubtedly the most fashion
ably-dressed woman at court as
well as one of the most beautiful.
Elizabeth PreenS
Queen Elizabeth, who in the
past never showed great interest
in clothes, has been trying to as
Semble a larger and smarter ward
robe since her accession. But her
natural taste is for "fuSsy" and
pastel-colored clothes lavishly
trimmed with fur, so at public
functions she invariably has been
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HAPG00D DIES;
NOTED EDITOR

NEW YORK, April 20 G.N.S0.
Norman Hapgood, widely known
editor and lecturer, died here to-
day following an operation. He
was SO.
Born in Chicago March %, 1868,
Hapgood was educated at Harvard
and first entered the literary field
as dramatic critic of the New York
Commercial Advertiser. From 1908
to 1912 he was editor of Golfers
Weekly, of Harper's Weekly from
1913 to 1916, was U. S. Minister
to Denmark in 1919 and editor of
Hearst's International Magazine
from 1923 to 1925.
He was the author Of many
books, including biographies of
Daniel Webster, Abraham Lincoln
and George Washington, and for
the past year was editor of the
Christian Register, Of Cambridge,
Mass.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood and
four children, Elizabeth Reynolds,
Norman, jr., Ten Eyck, and Mrs.
Tying of Zurich, Switzerland, and
two brothers, william P. Hapgood,
of indianapolis, and Hutchins Hap
good. author, of Provincetown,
Mass.
Funeral services will be held here
SATURDAY. afternoon,
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Prosecutor Accused Of Aiding Staying Defendants
6 Rescued
Here i'm
Flood

Several airing rescues, discov-
cry of the bodies Ct two missing
persons in the flood waters and
preparations for a general clean
up along the Potomac, which last
night roared past Washington to-
ward the Chesapeake Bay, today
wrote an emo to the Potomac's
1887 flood.
While most of those who suf-
fered losses from the roaring flood
waters were heaving a sight of re-
lief late last night, as the flood
crest rolled past Washington, two
young boys and a Washington po-
liceman were rescued from a tree
where they were trapped for sew
eral hours when the swollen Pc
tomac left them marooned near
ForeStville, Va.
The trio, who were rescued by
Mclean, Va, firemen and coast
guardsmen from Baltimore, are
James Gray, 16. of 119 Wooten
Ave-, Chevy Chase, Md, son Of AS
sistant EeSet Element Administra-
tor L. c. Gray; Herbert Buckley,
Is, of 6618 Wisconsin Ave. N. W.,
and Private j. A. Burgess, Of the
First precinct.
Two Boats Capsize
Burgess, who has a summer
home near the rescue scene, tried
to save the two boys after their
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COLLISION
DENIED BY
SMITH
Harlan County Officer
Cites u. M. w. Sup
port in Senate Probe
International News Service

Daniel Boone Smith, youthful
attorney for Harlan and Bell
counties, Kentucky, appeared
before the Senate Civil Liberties
Committee today to defend him
self against charges of collision
with coal operators in their bat
ties to keep the unions out Of
bloody Harlan"
Smith defended his position as
a prosecuting attorney for Harlan
and Bell counties, and being attor-
ney for four of the principal coal
companies in the district at the
same time. He said:
"The coal companies have no
domination over me, nor have
they ever attempted to influence
my judgment in . common.
wealth case"
Senator La Toilette said:
"The testimony before the
committee shows a sharp con-
flict of economic interests, to
put it mildly, between the coal
operators and the miners in
many cases"
COURT RECORD READ
La Toilette then read from court
records showing that Smith had
dismissed indictments for murder
and other crimes against company
deputy sheriffs since he became
commonwealth attorney.
He recently dismissed two muir
der indictments against Robert
Eldridge, of Harlan, an alleged
"trigger man" for the Harlan
Wallins Coal Company, according
to evidence submitted to La Fol
lette.
La Toilette also introduced rec
ords showing that a special grand
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Goodnight Kissing
Approved for Goods

ANN ARBOR, Mich, April 90
G.N.s).-A good night kiss is all
right for goods.
But no coed should permit her
emotions to get beyond control,
or engage in protracted necking.
This was the gist of statements
by University of Michigan author
tiles today after a campus SQUAD
BILE between students over the
practice of necking.
The tiff between students
started when Sophomore Fred
Thomson, Detroit, wrote in the
Michigan Daily, student news
paper, that a MoSher-Jordan dor.
mitory girl was fined for hold
ing a boys head against her
while she stroked his head in an
affectionate manner"
This action was sweet, loving,
affectionate and attentive" wrote
Thomson. These are all lovely
virtues, he said.
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NEAR,
WALLY JOYOUS
BY KENNETH T. DOWNS

MONTS, ance, April %
GN.SO.-With the final divorce
decree that will permit her to
marry the Duke of Windsor almost
"in the bag" Mrs. Wallis Simp-
son was gay and happy today.
I encountered her as she
strolled through the grounds of
the Chateau de Candle and chat
ted with her for few minutes.
The beautiful American was in
high spirits, enthusiastically com
menting on the Summer-like quail
ity of the bright sunshine.
1t was obvious from the prepare
tons going on about the castle
and in the village of MontS that
the former British King is ex-
pected here next week.
Mrs. Simpson was radiant in a
mauve dress, dark blue shoes, and
flesh-colored stockings. Her eye.
laShes were tinted in blue.
Among her visitors today was a
representative of the Salvation
Army, Mile. Georgette Radet. of
Paris. She drove to the chateau
with two women from nearby
Tours to ask Mrs. Siolpson for
$4,000 francs (about $2,350) to
open a local branch OF the Army.
It's purpose would be to put re.
formatory boys on farms instead
of in prison, following a recent
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TRAIN VICTIMS
BODY FOUND

Believed to have been struck
by a train, a well-dreSsed young
man was found dead early today
on the railroad tracks near New
York and Florida Avenues North
east.
The body was discovered by
Park w. Trotten, assistant yard
master of the Washington Ter.
minal Company and removed to
the District Morgue for identifi-
cation.
Police said the man was be-
tween Is and 80 years old, was
dressed in a dark gray topcoat, a
blue suit with a small stripe, a
dark green hat, which contained
the initials -. B. H." He was S
feet 10 inches in heiRiE and
weighed about 145 po32&s. The
mans left arm had bs.+A eut off.
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OPPOSITION
IS VOICED
BY HOUSE
GROUP
Report Treadway
Ban; Anacostia Park
Urged As Location

The plan to erect the Thomas
jefferson Memorial at the Tidal
Basin appeared to be lost cause
today as Representative Kent E.
Keller CD of Illinois announced
definitely that the House Library
Committee will recommend aban-
Comment of that location.
The committee, of which Mr..
Keller is chairman, concluded pub
lie hearings today on the Tread.
way resolution which would amend
the law creating the Thomas JET.
ferson Memorial Commission so
as to prohibit construction Of
the shrine in the Tidal Basin.
Anacostia Site Suggested
After a lengthy hearing, during
which testimony was mainly in
opposition to the Tidal Basin To-
cation, Representative Keller an
nounced the committee will meet
in executive session on Tuesday
when it will favorably report the
resolution introduced by Repre-
sentative Allen T. Treadway (RD,
of MasSac huSetts. The report will
also include, Mr.. Keller said, sug.
gestion that Anacostia Park is .
likely site for the Memorial. Mr..
Keller declared:
"We have heard from the
American public, which is the
supreme authority of the land,
and we hear from them that
they are unaIterably opposed to
placing the Memorial in the Tt
dial Basin as planned by the
Memorial Commission.
ut therefor becomes our
duty to ask Congress to pre-
vent the Commission from
building the Memorial in a site
which will destroy the cherry
blossoms"
No Criticism of OBard
Several witnesses today recon-
mended the selection of Anacos-
tia Park as the Memorial site,
pointing out that this monument
would be a beautiful addition to
plans underway for construction
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WEAVER FACES
YANKS TODAY

Prof. Monte Weaver, who pitched
the Griffs to their lone victory this
season, will face the New York
Yankees at Griffith Stadium this
afternoon. Opposed to the lanky
math teacher will be Monte Pear
son, brought to New York in trade
for Johnny Allen.
With Travis on the sick list,
Ossie Bluege will play shortstop
for the GriffS. The chances are
that Buck Newsom will pitch
against the Yankees tomorrow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-29
RELIEF SHIPS
SENT TO
BILBAO
British Vessels Will
Rescue Women and
Children in City
International News Service

The Basque front remained the
center of attention in the Spanish
civil war today. Latest develop
mentS were:
1. Salamanca authorities said
advancing insurgents pressed
forward beyond Durango, cap
turing 8 more towns. Three
hundred lOyaIist dead were
found, abandoned by lOyalists,
in Durango trenches. -.
2. Four British ships entered
Bilbao harbOr to evacuate
women and children from the
menaced city. In London,
Whitehall authorities expressed
fears Of q terrible massacre In
Bilbao unless nOn-cOmbatantS
are evacuated quickly.
3. In London, H. r. Knicker-
booker, ace International News
correspondent, just back from
Spain, cabled a gripping and
dramatic account of the story
of SPANS civil war as related by
a condemned anarchist in u San
Sebastian death dungeon, where
KnickerbOcker himself spent 80
hours, his fate uncertain,
through a "mOnstrOus error"
4. Basque officials admitted
the fall Of Durango, but said the
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outShone in smartness by the
glamorous Duchess of Kent.
This rivalry started at the time
Marina became the darling of
the DuchesseS" upon her marriage
to the Duke of Kent. She has been
the most copied woman in Eng
land.
Second in public popularity was
the charming and graceful Ouch
ess of Gloucester.
Queen Quite Plain
Elizabeth, plaineSt of the royal
duchesses, did not resent this until
the spotlight was turned full glare
upon her as Queen, and she found
that even her greater rank did
not win her the admiration and
praise accorded Marina.
AS a result, she visited fash
ionable dressmakers more fire.
quently than she ever had done
in her life, but it is difficult for
a dreSSmaker to influence royalty
especially royalty as strong
minded as Elizabeth-and it
turned out that she influenced the
designers more than they i'm
proved her.
Fond of Windsor
Marina, refusing to copy the
Queen in the latter's flair for gray
and mauve, continued her regin of
the fashion world, her every ap-
pearance eliciting a rave"
The fact that Marina is fond
Of the Duke Of Windsor and that
her husband is the Dukes fvorite
brother is another reason for the
GOODNESS between her and Eliza
beth. When Wallis Simpson was
in London, the gay Duchess of
Kent knew and liked her. Eliza
beth, utterly conservative from
the outset, would not tolerate her,
simply pretending she did not
exist,
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TROOPERS RULE
STRIKE PLANT

TRENTON, N. J., April 20
SO.-With unequivocal warn
ing of his intention to protect hu-
man and property rights, Gov
ernor Harold G. Hoffman today
assigned State troopers to main
tain order in the C. I. O.-spon-
sored strike at the Thermoid Rub
Der Company plant here.
State police intervention was
ordered after Sheriff Herbert w.
Bradley informed the governor he
was unable to enforce a court or
der, restraining picketing strikers
from interfering with the COM
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Movie Unions Demand
Recognition or Strike

HOLLYWOOD, April 20 Q.N.SO.
Faced with an ultimatum demand
ing recognition. studio leaders met
here today hoping to avoid a
strike which would paralyze the
motion picture industry.
Demand for recognition under
the Wagner act was made by
representatives of the Federation
of Motion Picture Crafts, which
includes studio technicians and
the screen actors guild. Labor
leaders said a strike would be-
called tomorrow if recognition
were not secured.
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ViUtd details OF SpGtn'S CtUil
War, told By a condemned man
In a death dungeon in San Sc
baStian, are giUer today By H.
r. Knickerbocker, International
NelDS SerUice staff correSpon-
dent, in the second of a series
of articles on latest develop
mentS in Spain. KnicEerbocker,
Who lOent to London from Spain
to file his dispatches without
official restrictions. tells hon. his
cell mate described DhGt the
ciUA War meant to the loyGIiSt
fighters and hotD, later, he 1DaS
taken to the firing squad, leap
ing KnicEerbocker alone In the
dungeon, his fate HncertGin.J
BY H. r. KNICKERBOCKER
(WOrId Copyright, 1887, by international
News Service. Reproduction in
Whole or Part Strictly
PrOhibited.)
LONDON, April 20. - SPANS
,ivil war, seen from inside a death
cell, looks even worse than from
the battlefield.
1t was, perhaps, a privilege, but
certainly no pleasure. to be joint
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Bathing Suit Model
Loses $4,000 Balm

NEW YORK, April 90 G.N.SO.
Margaret Doran, 37-year-old bath
ing suit model, had no balm for
her heart today except the distinc-
ton of being one of the last
women in New York to lose a
breach of promise suit.
1t took a supreme court jury
just 10 minutes to decide her
$4,000 action against Daniel
Rheinauer, president of the New
York knitting mills, was worth
exactly nothing,
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Police Hunt Mother
To Give Her Blood
For Dying DAUGHTER

CHICAGO, April 90 QNS).
Police pressed a dramatic search
today for Evelyn Snider in the
hope they could find her in time
to save the life of her five-month-
old daughter, Roberta.
The baby, abandoned three
weeks ago by it's 24-year- old
mother, is i'll at st. Vincent's
orphanage. Physicians say a
blood TRANSMISSION must be per-
formed within "a hours or the
child may die.
Because of the infants age and
ailment the mother is best fitted
to be the blood donor.
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London Brokers Call
For 50 Pct. Marqin

LONDON, April 20 G.N.S).
Brokers dealing in American
shares raised their margin calls
today to an average of so per cent
as the market shake-out con-
tinued.
Brokers also demanded upwards
of 80 per cent cover on British
shares. Margin demands have
been rising daily during the last
week, with every price drop. The
market is anxiously awaiting the
settlement next Thursday in an
ticipation of client difficulties.
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Bad Weather DELAYS
First Lady's Journey

CHICAGO, April 30 G.N.SO.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt re-
sumed her air trip to Seattle to-
day, after stopping off here I'M
overnight. Bad weather
conditions broke her journey from
Washington.
She was enroute to visit her
daughter, Mrs. John Boetitger, at
Seattle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-29
Picket Riot Closes
Furniture Factory

STEVENS POINT, Wis, April
20 QN.SD.-The Lullabye Furni-
ture Company plant here was
closed today, the result of riot
between 1870 union pickets and 81
non-striking employees.
Pickets met with stubborn resis-
lance when they attempted to
drive the non-union men from the
plant, and hand-to-hand fighting
ensued. The rioters suffered only
minor injuries.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-29
Marina and Elizabeth
In Fashion Feud'

An INSIDE story" behind the
coronation headlines, disclosing
the riVGIry bettUee1l Queen Elisa-
beth and the Duchess OF Kent
oUer the purely feminine QueS-
ton of clothes, is told today By
Dorothy Kilgallen, globe CIR
ding girl reporter ,Dho has ar
riUed in London to 1Orite her
impression of the coronation for
International NeDS SerUice.)
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Hirohito FeIicitated
international News servIc.

International News Service
President Roosevelt today dis
patched a birthday message of
congratulation to Emperor Hiro-
hito Of Japan.
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WASHINGTON FORECAST

Mostly cloudy today and tomorrow; prob
ably showers slightly cooler today; moderate
to fresh winds, mostly easterly. Highest tenn
perature last "a hours, SO; lowest, 40.
Weather Details on Page 27
The Washington times., 1937-04-14
MEET
TOMORROW

Several hundred editors from all
parts of the country will gather
in washington tomorrow for the
fifteenth annual convention of the
American Society Of Newspaper
Editors.
The convention will open in the
auditorium of the National Press
Club tomorrow afternoon, with
Charles Gridley, president Of the
club, extending q formal welcome.
Marvin H. Creager, of the Mil
waukee Journal, president Of the
society, will make his annual ad-
dress, and there will be reports
of officers.
Alice Hughes, columnist Of the
New York American and only
woman scheduled to address the
meeting, will speak on "Glamor
Treatment" Prof. Lawrence w.
Murphy, president Of the Ameri-
can Association of Schools and
Departments of Journalism, will
speak on Schools of Journalism. "
Tomorrow night the editors will
have an "off the record" inter
view with the President ct the
White House.
The meetings will continue
through Saturday.
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Cuba Child Hospital
TO Honor. Roosevelt

HAVANA, April II G.N.s).
Provisional plans for construction
in Cuba Of a hospital devoted ex.
clusively to treatment Of children
suffering from infantile paralysis,
to be named the Roosevelt Hos
pital," have been made public by
the Good Neighbor Foundation
Of Cuba"
DR.. Sergio Herrera, president Of
the Havana Rotary Club and OF
a provisional committee Of the
foundation revealed they hoped
to model their institution after
one President Roosevelt helped to
establish in Warm Springs, Ga.
On the committee with DR.. Her
rera are Cen. Manuel Casanova,
millionaire sugar baron, DR.. Ale
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DEATH
HELD SUICIDE

A certificate of suicide has been
issued by Coroner A. Magruder
Macdonald in the death of Byrne
Burns, 1s-year-old student who
was found shot to death Sunday
morning in his home at 3100 Eli
colt st. N. w.
The boys father, DR.. william
Burns, protested against issuance
Of the certificate, declaring he
was positive the boy was accident
ally shot while cleaning a gun.
Police. however, said the boys
body was found locked in a bath
room, while the cleaning rod and
rags were in an adjoining bed
room.
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IT, SAVED
FROM. PLUNGE

After what police called an at
tempt to leap from the New York
Avenue bridge to the underlying
railroad tracks last night, Orlando
M. Haas, II, Of the 140O block
Quincy Pl. N. E., was in Gallinger
Hospital for observation today.
Haas was restrained by John
Byrd, 1854 Clinton st. N. E., who
saw him balancing on the wall and
held him until police arrived. At
the hospital it was discovered that
Haas was suffering from severe
burns on the hands and arms, re-
ceived earlier in the day when he
threw a bucket of water in his fur
mace and was Scalded by the
steam.
The Washington times., 1937-04-14

jsndro Herrera, Dr. Augustin Cas-
tellanos, and DR.. Orta Villa.
Discussion has been under way
for some time on means for erect
ing q memorial or monument to
President Roosevelt in apprecia-
ton Of his good neighbor'' policy
and what they describe as his
friendly attitude toward this re-
public. DR.. Herrera said:
1--WE have long had under con-
sideratiOn some plan for ade-
quate homage to Cuba's good
friend, President Roosevelt, and
after mature consideration we
believe that such an institution,
named after the President Of
the United States, would be the
greatest homage we could Offer"