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The Washington times., 1937-12-24
Commander Hughes Gives Lie
To Japan's Story of Bombing
Dying
Forced TO Hide
In Tall Grass

LOS ANGELES HARBoR,
Dec. "a (I.N.s.).-Fast, light
fighting craft Of the United
States fleet today took up in
tensive patrol duties along
the Pacific Coast, throwing
a tight guard around the
Vests famous harbors.
The men-o'-war sped to
their places, reinforcing the
light patrol which has been
under way for several days,
in the wake of reports from
San Francisco that suspicious
mail had been taken off a
ship bound for the Asiatic.
The Navy activity also fol-
lowed the seizure here Of q
fishing boat, the real owner
of which is reported to be
O. Japanese.
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
Reynolds Tobacco
Elects Whitaker

WINsTON-sALENG, N. c.. Dec.
"a QN.SO-The board Of direc-
tors of the r. J. Reynolds Tobacco
Co. yesterday elected John C..
Whitaker vice president to sue
ceed the late Carl w. Harris. Har-
yis died last week in New York.
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
Vandenberg Out
AS COP Nominee

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Dec. "a
Arthur Vandenberg
of Michigan, says he will not be a
candidate for Presi-
dent:
"I am not a candidate and do
not intend to be at any time
in the future"
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
Well, Heine Knew
It Was Christmas

Park police played Santa Claus
to Stephen T. Early, secretary to
President Roosevelt, yesterday.
Heine, canine pet of the Early
household, wandered away from
his kennel and was lost for several
hours. Police were asked to con-
duct a search. Park policemen
found the dog in Rock Creek Park,
chasing squirrels.
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
BOrah Discounts
Japan War Peril

UNSJ. Senator Borah (R0 Of
Idaho, sees no war peril With
Japan:
IT do not think we ought 20
get out Of China or leave the
East and neither do I think
that If we fail to do so We are
going to war with jaaan."
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
Claire DOdd, Mate
Are Living Apart

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. "a G.Ns0.
Claire Dodd, blond screen beauty,
and her wealthy husband, Jack
Strauss, Chicago, were living apart
today.
They admitted they thought
separation was best, but said they
were still friendly. They were
married in 1880, and. have a son.
John, a year old.
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
Woman Kidnapped,
Robbed of S17,5OO

CHICAGO, Dec. "a G.N.S0.
Police squads today sought three
gunner who kidnapped Mrs. Flor
ence Oliver, wife of a physician,
drove her around in her automo-
bile and robbed her of jewelry and
Ia fur coat valued at. 81, 500.
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
MikhailOv Gets
Post in Afghan

MOSCOW, Dec. "a Q.N.SJ.
Succeeding Ivan Skvirsky, former
Soviet chancellor in Washington,
K. A. Mikhailov today was ap-
pointed minister to AfghaniStan.
Skvirsky was unofficial Soviet
representative in Washington be-
fore the United States recognized
Russia.
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
SURVIVORS HUNTED

In this ruthless search, the war.
planes were joined by a Japanese
military launch.
AS the Panay's survivors
crouched among tall, thick reeds
on the river island to which they
had fled from the sinking gunboat,
IS of their number badly wounded,
three dying, all suffering from ex-
plosion shock, two planes flew low
overhead, APPARENTLY looking for
the Panay survivors," Hughes
stated in his official report. High
reeds in which Hughes had or
dered the survivors to hide, saved
them from discovery, he stated.
Another hitherto unrevealed
fact was that the war planes
bombed and machine-gunned the
Panay first in a continuous attack
lasting Sc minutes. Only when it
was sinking, its decks awaSh, guns
disabled, did the planes then turn
their bombs on the three defense.
less American oil tankers, destroy.
ing them with calm deliberation.
HIT "a TINES
The Panay was struck by "a di.
rect hits from air bombs, Hughes
stated.
Hughes was disabled when the
first bomb struck. His leg broken,
unconscious for q few moments,
ne recovered sufficiently to take
an active part in trying to defend
and save his ship.
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
GEORGE II. PEGRAM

NEW YORK, Dec. "a U.NS).
George H. Pegram. former presi
dent of the American Society Of
Civil Engineers, was dead today
at 81. He was q native Of Council
Bluffs, Iowa.
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
Report of Hughes
On Panay Bombing

report the bobdeuction OF gunboC o1oUs:
On Sunday December H. 1887 the US S. Panay Oper-
ang under the orders Of the Commander Yangze PATROL and
that time was anchored about Is miles above Nankng acting
refuge for American citizens and members of the Amer
The Washington times., 1937-12-24

clined to comment further on
this new development.
The science of ballistics will be
called on to help solve the seven
year-old Beulah Limerick murder
mystery.
Laboratory tests, it is expected,
will reveal if a small 25-caliber au-
tomato pistol, which detectives
have located, was the weapon used
by the slayer of the butterfly
GIRL" December 81, 1890.
If the tests prove the gun to be
the lethal weapon, it will have a
most important bearing on the
case, detectives said. Search for
the weapon led to New York, but
police officials refused to discuss
their findings.
WITNESS is SOUGHT
Meanwhile, detectives were ex-
|pecting The arrest Of q new and
important witness at any moment.
Until this witness, who resides In
a nearby city," is located, there
will be no definite action in the
case. Detectives are hopeful that
the man will be taken into Gus
tody shortly and brought here for
questioning.
The nature Of his testimony was
closely gUra ded. It was learned
the man will be confronted with
Mrs. Rose Langdon, wife Of former
Policeman Robert F. Langdon,
who was questioned at length
about the murder seven years ago.
Mrs. Langdon is in Washington
in a secret hiding place. Police
insist she came here voluntarily"
to submit to questioning.
QUIZZING IN STORE
Arrested in New York on a
morals charge. Mrs. Langdon was
turned over to Lieut.. Floyd Trus-
colt, who has been secretly investi-
eating the seven-year-old murder
case for the past three months.
He appeared in court there and
declared she was wanted in Wash.
ington in connection with a homi.
eide.
TruScott admitted that Mrs.
Langdon will. be questioned at
length in regard to the testimony
she gave at the coroner's inquest
which followed the Limerick mur-
der.
Langdon, who is now in jail In
New Haven, Conn, on q charge Of
attempting to wreck a train, may
be released at any time.
Tried once on the charge, the
jury was unable to reach a ver-
dict. and Langdon was remanded
to jail in default Of bond to await
a second trial. It was understood
the prosecuting attorney feels the
case should be dropped in view
Of the mistrial.
LANGDON ON THAT BEAT |
Langdon was "the cop on the
beat" on Nineteenth Street South
east where Beulah Limerick, Sec
retary Of the "Sky High Whoopee
Club" was slain.
Friends Of the girl told police
after the murder that the girl
complained she was afraid Of the
policeman and that he had both
cred her.
Langdon admitted keeping the
house under close surveillance, but
declared he was attempting to OBJ
tain avidnnn0 IN raid fha Y1laca
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
Tokyo Replies to
u. S. Protest
on Plndy
By JAMES R. YOUNG

TOKYO, Dec. "a GN.S0.-With
the official approval Of Emperor
Hirohito, Japan today delivered a
note to the United States accept.
ing full responsibility for sink.
ing the gupboat Panay on Decem-
ber IL.
While the note insisted that the
attack was unintentional, it stated
that precautions against recur-
renee of the incident already had
been taken.
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
INDEMNITY PLEDGED

Thorough investigation" estab-
lshed that the attack was zen
tirely a mistake" said the note. To
show Japan's good faith. the
message stressed that "all those
concerned have been fully dealt
with"
Earlier promises Of full indemni-
fication for the Panay, the three
Standard Vacuum oil ships, and
their victims were renewed.
Chief among those culpable, said
the note, was Rear Admiral Teizo
Mitsunami, chief Of the naval air
corps in China, whose recall from
his post was Officially confirmed
in the note for the first time.
SENT TO ENfPEROR 4
In accordance with President
Roosevelt's express wish that his
Shock over the Panay affair be
conveyed to the emperor, the note
was submitted to- Hirohito by
Foreign Minister Koki Hirota, be-
fore being delivered to Ambassador
Grew.
Endeavors are being made "to
preclude absolutely all possibilities
of a recurrence" the note said.
Mention was also made indirect
ly to the, rift between the civil
government and the army and
navy powers. The note practically
admitted that the military often
gets out Of hand.
RIGID ORDERS
''Rigid orders have been Is.
sued to pay greater attention to
observance Of Government in"
structions against infringement
and unwarranted infringement
of the rights Of the United States
and other powers" 1t said.
1--WE are studying means eff
fectively to achieve those aims.
"All concerned have been duly
dealt with. The recall Of the
flying corps commander is
especially significant.
Japan fervently hopes and
sincerely desires that the rights
and interests Of America and
other third parties be safe.
guarded"
BRITISH REPLY WAITS
The full text was made available
to the foreign press for publica-
tion abroad, but only an abridged
version was given to the Japanese
newspapers.
Showing Japan's concern over
the American attitude. the note
was delivered before a reply was
given to British protests over shell
ing Of the gunboat Ladybird-an
incident which occurred several
days before the Panay incident.
Japan is still awaiting the report
Of authorities on the spot, the
foreign office explained tonight,
so the answer to Britain's objec-
tions will not be ready for a few
dayS,
The Washington times., 1937-12-24

both day and night whether
underway or at anchor. All
enSigns, both horizontal and
vertical, were brightly illumi.
mated all night.
"At 8:14 a. M, I observed artil-
Iery shells falling in the river
about 400 yards off our star.
Continued on Page 5, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
PEACE, PLENTY
MARK HOLIDAY
SPIRIT IN D. c.
Roosevelt Leads
! City's Rejoicing

With the nations leaders trou-
bled by wars and rumors Of war,
the Capital today put aside for q
brief time the worries of state and
prepared for celebration Of the
birth anniversary Of the Prince of
Peace. :: .-
Economic and social problems
were pushed into the background
as, led by President Roosevelt, the
city and the nation dedicated
themselves once more to peace on
earth, good will toward men,"
STORES THRONGED
Last-minute shoppers scurried
through crowded stores all day, in
tent on filling the last vacant
space in the stocking. Charitable
organizations gathered thousands
Of needy children and families
around Christmas trees and pre-
sented them with gifts Of food,
clothing, shoes and toys.
Christmas spirit pervaded the
community, and from the White
House to the humblest alley dwell
ling, folks exchanged greetings as
they completed arrangements Tor
tomorrows celebration.
LIGHT TREE TONIGHT
The stage was set for the official
beginning Of the Christmas cele-
bration this evening when Presi-
dent Roosevelt lights the COM
munity tree in Lafayette Square
and broadcasts his Yuletide mes
sage to the nation.
Elsewhere throughout the city,
parties were being held today to
bring Christmas cheer to under
privileged children. Baskets with
food were distributed and toys, col
lected for the past several weeks
through many agencies, were given
to children whose homes might
otherwise be cherries.
Government employees were off
on a three-day holiday, by order
of. the President, and school chill
dren were already celebrating their
Yule vacation.
CAROLERS GALORE
" Thousands of carolers, represent
ing the largest number in the his
tory of the Capital, will sing Christ
mas songs along the highways
and in public places today. Most
OF these have been trained by the
WPA.
The ceremonies in Lafayette
Square will include a brief address
by Senator Elmer Thomas, Of Okla
homa, after which greetings Of
the Boy and Girl Scouts will be
given to the President.
After the President touches a
button lighting the tree, he will
deliver his Christmas message,
which will be broadcast to the
entire country.
The President will not be accom-
panied by Mrs. Roosevelt, who un-
Tcontinued nm Page 4 Col q
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
By ROBERT G. NIXON

IN.S0. In the first complete
and official report to the Ameri-
can Government on the bomb and
machine-gun destruction Of the
U. s. s. Panay by Japanese war
planes, Lieut.. Comdr. J. J.
Hughes, its captain, today gave
the lie to contradictory claims by
Japanese military and naval au-
thorities and the Tokyo foreign
office that the bombing was an
accident" and the survivors were
not machine gunned as they
headed for shore in small boats.
Hughes graphic report, one Of
the most amazing documents in
naval annals, revealed for the
first time that the Nipponese war
planes, after bombing and sinking
the Panay and three American
oil tankers, then searched for the
survivors on the island on which
they had taken refuge in an ap-
parent effort to exterminate them.
The Washington times., 1937-12-24
PISTOL TESTED.
IN NLIMERICK.
MURDER PROBE
Seek New Witness
"In Nearby City"

An arrest may be made
tomorrow in the newly re-
opened BeuIah Linn tic K
mmurder mystery, Maj. Ernest
w. Brown, Superintendent Of
Police, revealed today. The
arrest will not be made in
Washington, he said, but de-
cIined to comment further on
this new development.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-15
Weather Today (U s. Weather Bureau)

The weather was celaring ear ly this morning over western and southwestern Alaska and generally fair skies extended in to interior Alaska. Unsettled and rainy weather continues along the Aleutians, Gulf and south eastern Alaska.
 Low air pressure continues ov- CT Alaska and the North Pacific Ocean with one center west of Juneau over the Gulf and anoth- CT southeast of Dutch Harbor. This distribution will likely re- suit in partly cloudy weather for Nome and vicinity tonight and Saturday and somewhat cooler tonight
 Temperatures are near the nor nal over the field of observation in Alaska.
 Light snowfall occurred gener- ally over Seward Peninsula yes terday.
 The lowest Nome temperature last night was 33 and the high est yesterday 39. Snowfall was or inch.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-15
Do Not Have To
 Report This Time
Change in Period for Filing of Social Security Information
 Returns

RCtuIkAS
 Thor Henricksen, Acting Collec tor of Internal Revenue for this district announces that he has been advised by the Commission CT of the Internal Revenue Ser vice that Social Security informa tion returns on forms SS-2 and SS-2-A will not be required for the quarter ending September 30. The next filing of such re turns will be for the six months beginning July lst and ending December 31st, instead of the quarterly return originally plan ned. Social Security taxpayers will therefore make no returns of foms SS-2 and SS-2A for the quarter ending September 30. as previously instructed but will during January 1888 make such returns for the six months per iod as stated above.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-15
Alfred J. Lomen recently re.

Alfred J. Lomen recently re- ceived a telegram from Peter Freuchen, author of The Eski- mo-, from Moscow, Russia.
 The wire sent best wishes and stated that Mir. Freuchen expect ed to come to Nome again next summer. Freuchen was in Nome four years ago during the period spent in filming the book ''The Eskimo, by the Metro Goldwyn Mayer company.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-15

In a telegram to the Lomen Commercial Company from Frank Williams dated at St. Michael, he states that weather permitting, the motorship Meteor will touch at Golovin, Egavik, Unalakleet, and St. Michael after the arrival of the s. s. Baranof at Nome. The Meteor will also call at Teller, Tin City and Wales, if sufficient business is offered.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-15

Pilot Sgi Wien of the WAA flew to Cpruce Creek this morn ing with Fred and Bill Jones. He made a flight to Taylor with J. J. Keenan; another flight to Tel Ter with Gilbert Fidjeland and brother. He flew to Boulder Dome and is returning with Ed Hoven
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-15
Airplane News

Pilot King arrived from Can- dle and Kotzebue today with Red Charlton as a passenger. He departed again for the north this afternoon with three passengers for the Kobuk.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-15
NEWS ITEMS

According to a wire received to day by Herbert Greenberg from Mrs. Sol L. Lewis of Seattle, the body of Sol Lewis, who died yes terday morning, is to be ambalm- ed here and shipped to Seattle for burial, on the last boat.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-10-15

FOR SALE-Modefn heating st0ves-burn either hard or soft coal-slightly used, inquire at the Nugget Ofice for information.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-13

them in the camera himself, and developed them
himself. If the medium will not permit this, you
may rest assured he is a fraud. Also, unrecog
nized faces absolutely worthless from
the pont-of-view of evidence. The strictest test
conditions must always be imposed"
Spirit pictures are based upon recog-
nized fact that sensitive camera lenses can
register objects otherwise invisible to the naked
eye.
Scientists have shown that special cameras
can photograph disturbance under the skin
before it appears on the surface; case of small
pox can be detected before it shows above the
skin.
Millions of distant stars have photographed
which heretofore have been invisible through
the most powerful telescope.
Possibly, say some scientists these remark
able spirit" pictures are the forerunners of
far little is known.
Former Nobel Prize winner DR.. E. D. Adrian.
of the Cambridge physiological laboratory in
England has recently photographed headaches
and other physical disturbances He believes
that scientists will soon discover how the human
brain works. and that messages sent out on
"thought-waves' can be pictured.
photography originated some so years ago
by Mumer, professional photographer of Bos.
ton. One of his friends, a DR.. Gardner, was
photographed by Mumler and on the plate it
was said appeared an image which the sitter
identified as his cousin, who had died IL years
before. DR.. Gardner's experience received wide
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-13

plates which the sitter
has brought with him,
carefully marked, placed
in the camera himself,
and Immediately taken
out and developed him
self. l have secured such
photographs through
these mediums and am
positive that, if any fraud
was practiced, it was of
an altogether new kind,
never before discovered.
In all sittings where evi-
dence of any value is OBJ
tanned, the sitter
H. has brought his
L. Wn m a r k e d
plates and placed
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-13

an investigator in psychic phenomena please
keep me posted, won't you?" After Mr.. Steads
death, Mr.. Walker, good photographer himself
and member of the Buxton Camera Club, an
nounced that he had received an extra of Mr..
Stead on an exposed plate and showed this mes
sage around the face in his friends script
Dear Walker: I will try to keep you posted!'
4 EEREWARD CARRINGTON, author of
IT eral volumes relating to similar investiga
tions, himself a friend of Mr., Hope and Mrs.
Buxton could find no trace of fraud. William
Hope did, he said, :" succeed in obtaining
number of striking faces and markings upon
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-13

publicity, and the new photography
was soon adopted by American spirit
lists, who saw in it means of secur-
ing additional evidence"
Similar experiments are now going
on in Japan, France, Poland, Ger
many, England, and at Duke Univer-
sity, North Carolina.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-13

Skelton's most interesting spirit" picture shows
two almost full length figures, draped as II IN
a soft gauze which spiritists call "ectoplasm
and each of the womens faces-"eXtras on the
plate-seem more clear than those OF the sltters.
This was taken in England Mr. Shelton eX-
plains Mrs Dean we'll known medium, had
come to Birmingham to give sittings to the Bir-
rningham Society for Psychic Research, and was
preparing to return to her home Mr.. Fred Bar
low suggested that they take a picture to in
clude him. To this Mrs Dean agreed, and he
tied a thread from the camera shutter to his
foot, taking his place beside Mrs. Dean and her
daughter. At the last moment he asked these
two to change positions, which they did Barlow
jerked his foot, the shutter exposed plate
which was Immediately developed. Above each
of the two women in the front row appeared un-
expected forms-which they both recognized as
their guides"
URING his experiments with Hope, this col
u lector of weird pictures was present when
the photographer and his colleague, Mrs. BuX-
ton produced psychogrdph of a rose FIRST
saws Mr.. Shelton, "a plate was exposed in Hopes
camera-one given to him by the late Arch
deacon Colley-and on this plate when devel-
oped appeared message from the Archdeacon,
in his own handwriting. The fine, careful script
gave detailed instructions. In part, the message
read:
Dear Friends; II is tCith the greatest OF
pleasure tDe greet you here again, and shall do,
as zoe hare done in the past, our Uery best TO
help you, so carry out instructions and sue
cess shall attend your efforts; do otherwise, and
failure is certain. Seal l0ith the boT ask
the t1co good people to 1oitness it, then dip 1t
quickly, Uery quickly, in Cater; dry, and hold
on our lady mediums forehead, then let your
absent friend develop the center four, 1Cith a
slow developer, and match results II nothing
happens, develop the
11hole. God Bless You!
What q double bdrreled ~
Uictory il 10iH be :. n
ToIJo zz<zz##&<#<<<z<8&s
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-13

IN HIS collection are sew
eral test thought" pho
tographs produced from
the recent experiments of
Professor NJ. Dardenne of
the Metaphysic Institute
of Paris. NJ. Dardenne and
a French medium held
several plates in a slow
developer while they both
concentrated on various
objects - among which
were fish and a star. Both
objects appeared on differ
ent plates; the star had
five points, and looked
something like a star-fsh.
This was a dramatic vic
tory for the experimenters,
who thus indicated that
"thoug h t" photography
was more than a fable. On
another plate, two tropical
fish appeared.
To tbe uninitiatpd Mr.
The Washington times., 1937-12-23
KENDRICK FIVE
LOOKS AHEAD TO
BUSY SCHEDULE

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Dec. a.
The Kendrick Brewers, local semi.
pro champions, begin active play
on the woodways after the first
Of the year.
Games will be played with
leading quints from Maryland,
Virginia and Washington and the
George Washington High gym
will be used for the contests.
Players with the quint are jeff
Williams, assistant G. w. High
coach; Hardy Gensmer, of the old
Celtics; Hal Chilcotte, of Augusta
Military Academy; Ellet Cabell,
athletic director Of the Boys
Club; Billy Travers and Bennie
Burrell, formerly of the Presidents,
and Joe Garlis, of Arlington.
The Alexandria Police five de-
feated the Lawyers, 40-24, in the
charity court game at the G. w.
High gym last night.
johnson and Zimmerman
starred for the winners, while
Clarke and Backus played the
best game for the Blues.
Paul Shu, standout football
player of the v. M. I. Keydets,
today returned here for the
Christmas holidays. Shu is also
performing with the varsity court
team at the Lexington Institu-
tion.
Joe Judges All-star bowling
team from Washington has been
booked for a match with the Old
Dominion Boat Club All-starS
here next Thursday at the Health
Center Alleys.
The Washington times., 1937-12-23

Stable, As; William zeigler, jr.
A; Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, 43.
Entries for the Suburban. Met
ropolitan and Toboggan handi-
caps; the Swift, Juvenile and
Fashion stakes. and the Harlem,
Hollis and Bouquet claiming stake
races to be run in the 1888 spring
meeting, and the Jockey Club
Gold Cup, during the 1888 autumn
meeting, will close on March Is.
The Saratoga Association an
nounce a total of 1,493 horses
have been named for eight events,
as compared to 1,401 last year.
Among outstanding thorough
breds of the last two years that
were nominated for the Saratoga
Cup are War Admiral, Seabiscuit,
Esposa, Burning Star, Top Row,
Pompoon and go others.