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Evening star., 1937-12-25

Cristmas JOY spread happiness to-
day through thousands Of Capital
homes -. 4 result Of the Christmas
campaign of The Star, Warner Bros.
theaters, the National Broadcasting
Co., Metropolitan Police Department,
the Parent-Teacher Association and
the Federal employees.
"You are Santa Claus" the populace
Of Washington was told . month ago,
and Washington took the slogan to
its heart. The seventh annual Christ
mas campaign was the biggest ever
surprising even the astonishing record
Of cheer spreading established in 1886.
The chief reasons for the success
Of the campaign were the men and
women who put 1t over-Maj. Ernest
". Brown. Rapsgintsndeat 6 the Net.
Evening star., 1937-12-25
j. s. FLEET ORDER
BEING CONSIDERED
Note May Be Sent Toxic or
Ships Made Ready for
Long Cruise.
By CONSTANTINE BROWN

Inc united states Government now
has two courses open in dealing with
Japan's reply to her protest on the
Panay attack, 1t was indicated in we'll
informed quarters today.
Either another note will be sent to
Japan in the course Of the next few
days indicating that the Toxic reply
has not met all the demands of this
Government
Or. nothing more will be said
about it and the Secretary of the Navy
may issue routine order that the
fleet on the West Coast enter the dry
docks to have the bottoms OF its units
scraped and take fuel for Z long cruise
preparatory r. the spftal war games.
In the &rst eventually the jap
anese viii be given q chance to give
real guarantees" that incidents such
as have occurred on December IL Win
not happen again. The Emperor Of
Japan also may think matters over
and reply personally to the indirect
communication of President Roose-
welt.
Army Is Crux OF Issue.
In the second eventuality it is be-
lieved the Imperial government might
realize that this country is not salts
fed with perfunctory apologies and
Refreshments. despite the "fervent"
character with which they have been
made, and will give substantial guar
antees involving the all-powerful and
Independent war department.
The language of the Japanese
foreign Office in expressing its apollo
gies to the United states Is un-
doubtedly satisfactory. !, But there is
sentiment in respo6sible quarters
that the Japanese government has
lodged the fundamentals of the con-
fict-definite guarantees that the lives
and property OF the American citizens
residing in zones where the army is
in occupation will be safeguarded.
Foreign Secretary Hirota has clev-
erly avoided involving the army in
his answer, and therefore the reply
is not considered totally satisfactory.
U. S. Testimony Contradicted.
The statement of the japanese gov
ernment that the bombing and the
sinking OF the Panay was entirely
due to mistake" is in contradiction
with the testimony Of the American
officers and other passengers who were
on board of the Panay when the bomb.
ing occurred.
The findings of the board of inquiry
held on the Augusta prove without
doubt that the attack had been
planned before the ship left Marking
and was executed by airplanes and
river launches in obedience to order.
Consequently the reiteration Of thu
previous admission Of the japanese
foreign Office that it was all "a ter
rifle blunder and tragic mistake"
not viewed favorably by the American
Government.
While the official reply has not beel
given out in Washington by the Stat
Department; ofiicial information
transmitted from Toxic show that al
the Japanese government Is offerin,
(see BROWN, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1937-12-25
FATHER DEAD, SON HELD
IN CHRISTMAS TRAGEDY
Man Succumbs Insisting He Shot
Self, but Police Declare
Differently.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 25.-A tragedy be-
side an undecorated Christmas tree
today resulted In the death Of James
Burns, IS, q retired watchman, and
the arrest Of his son Thomas, 81, q
laborer.
The father, mortally wounded, was
found seated In . chair beside the
tree after the son had surrendered to
police and told of the shooting. Be-
fore he died in Mercy Hospital, ply
sicians said, the elder Burns insisted
he had shot himself.
Police, however. said Thomas shot
his father three times after a quarrel
which started while they and Miss
Frances Burns, 80. a daughter Of the
elder man, were putting up the Christ
mas tree. Burns was quoted by police
as saying his father became angry
"for nothing at ALL" and that he had
zone to . tavern and taken several
drinks, later returning home, where
tha uuas5el waS resumed.
Evening star., 1937-12-25
FIVE DIE IN BLAZE
|NMA|NE COTTAGE
Two Children Are Among
Victims as Fire Sweeps
Dwellings Near Auburn.
BY the Associated Press,


AUBURN, Me-, Dec. 25.-rive per
sons, including two children in FAM
lily Christmas gathering. perished
today in fire which destroyed a cot
tage at Lard Pond, miles from here
The dead:
Lena Fradas. 80, Lewiston; Fred
Coulombe. Lewiston; Mrs. Marie
Marois, Chelsea; Jeanne La Pointe. l..
Chelsea, and JEANNE La Pointe, I, her
sister.
Joseph La Pointe. father of the chill.
dren. was taken to u Lewiston hospital.
badly burned about the hands and
head.
Charles Gagnon of Turner. who
attempted to rescue some of the 20
persons in the cottage at the time. also
was in a serious condition from burns.
Sheriff Rex v. Bridges of An
droscoggin County said the fire oc-
CURED after most of the party had
retired. One of the men, he said, had
turned down an oil heater, which then
exploded. A blanket thrown over the
heater promptly flared into flame, set
ting the cottage afire.
1t raced so quickly through the
| structure that the victims were
trapped. Those who escaped lost most
of their clothing. Bridges said, and
some had their clothes burned from
their bodies.
La Pointe and Gagnon. the sheriff
said, did most of the rescue work
bringing other children down tn.
flaming stairway to safety and receiv.
ing severe burns in the process. Gag.
non brought one child downstairs ane
went back after another. Bridges said
when he was trapped by the flames
He jumped to safety through q win.
dow.
The cottage was situated in row O.
small structures. It was in ruins wher
the Auburn Fire Department arrivet
in answer to an alarm at 4 am.
All the persons in the cottage wers
relatives, Bridges said, who had gath.
cred for q Christmas party there aftel
attending q midnight mass.
Evening star., 1937-12-25
CHAUTE|MPS URGES
TRUCE IN STRIKE
Premier Makes Proposal to
Barricaded Workers in
Goodrich Plant.
By the AsSociated Press.

~ eA'S xAso0SAeuSN ACeos
PARIS. Dec. 25.-Premier Camille
Chautemps proposed . Christmas
truce" today to $500 workers barri-
caded in the Goodrich Rubber Co. fac
tory in an effort to break a spreading
strike wave and silence threats of .
political crisis.
The premier's plan, accepted by en-
ployers, provided for evacuation Of the
factory and its naturalization" until
January 3, 1888. pending arbitration.
The workers agreed to vote on the
proposal during the day.
In two other major strikes, organized
by truck drivers and food warehouse
workers. overtures were blocked by
employers demands that their prop
erty be evacuated by sit-in strikers
before negotiations start.
Strike Spreads to Provinces.
The strikes spread to various in
dustrtes in the provinces, particularly
to bakeries. In most, the workers de-
manded collective contracts, asked
wage increases In proportion to rises
in living costs and charged employers
with evasion of existing contracts.
Unless the workers needed the
premier's Christmas truce" appeal
the Popular Front government faced
the grave question Of evacuating the
strikers BY force. Such a step, it was
feared, might arouse the ire of labo,
supporters or force an issue in Parlia-
ment, where more moderate parties in
the coalition demanded stern control
Of the situation.
Army trucks under escort of mobile
guards supplied central markets with
foodstuffs and distributed newspaper,
for the second successive day.
Christmas Deliveries Delayed.
One known effect of the truckers
strike was the failure of the depart.
ment stores to handle some Christina,
deliveries on schedule. An enlistet
heet Of tAxicabs, however, rushed
most gifts to their destinations ir
time.
The strikes failed to interfere with
traditional Christmas Eve celebrations
Wine flowed freely and food burdenet
tables for crowds who danced into the
morning in celebration similar tt
the American New Year Eve.
Besides the Goodrich plant, wher,
the sit-in strikers flew . red flag
strikes tied up all French ships at tn
Port Of Rouen and threatened to dis
rupt street car service at valencinnes
where traction workers. clerks, ofiic,
boys and messenger boys voted t,
strike.
In Char!eville, $50 employees oc
cupied q foundry. At Beziers true
drivers struck and sympathy strike
were reported among metal and chem
ical workers near the Goodrich plant
Evening star., 1937-12-25
Thousands of Needy Families
Brought Yule Joy by Campaign

ropolitan Police Department; Capt.
Joseph c. Morgan. commander Of the
nth precinct station: Mrs. Ada Min
nix, social worker Of the Police De-
partment; Mrs. Walter r. Fry. pres
ident Of the District Congress Of Par
ents and Teachers: Mrs. c. B. Lowe,
third vice president Of the District
Congress Of Parents and Teachers.
John j. Payette, general zone man
ager for Warner Bros. theaters; Frank
La Falce. publicity director for War
ner Bros. for the Warrington zone:
Kenneth Berkeley, general manager
for Warrington Of the National Broad
casting Co., and Tromas Burke, chief
Of the specialties division, Bureau Of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce, De-
partment Of Commerce, who acted Is
Evening star., 1937-12-25
HIGH TEMPERATURES
FOR TODAY FORECAST

Unusually high temperatures for
Christmas-but nothing like q rec
ord-were in prospect today.
The forecaster said the mercury
would hover around the 50-degree
mark during the afternoon and that
it would be more like November than
December"
The skies are expected to be over
cast during most Of the day, tonight
and tomorrow. It will probably turn
colder tomorrow, with the day start
ing with Z "low" around "a.
Evening star., 1937-12-25
Defendant IS FREED
ON BOND IN SHOOTING
Jack D. Cooper Alleged to Have
Wounded Policeman German
in Domestic Quarrel.

Charged yesterday with the shoot
ing Of Policeman David German Of
the second precinct, Jack D. Cooper,
Is, Of the 1900 block Of Fifteenth
street NV. was at liberty on $4,000
bond today.
Mr.. German was reported In seri-
Gus condition in Emergency Hospital
with q bullet wound in his abdomen.
The shooting took place in Mr.. Cor
mans apartment at 1859 Mintwood
place NV.
The shooting was said to have cli-
NAKED a domestic quarrel involving
the policeman's wife and Cooper, who
is related by marriage to the oficer.
Evening star., 1937-12-25
POSSE IS HUNTING
FO|LEDK|DNAPERS
Four Hostages Released by
Pair Trying to Get $500.
Chase Got Too Hot.
Pictures on pGge All


CENTERV1LLE, Ind, Dec. 25.-A
posse Of State policemen. Wayne
County officers and volunteers combed
this section Of the State today in a
stubborn search for two surly kid
napers who bungled a Christmas Eve
attempt to get $4,000 ransom and re-
leased four hostages, unharmed. only
after the chase grew too hot.
Sheriff Arthur Quigley, who said
no ransom had been paid, reported
that We've found no trace of the
men. We have asked Ohio patrolmen
to help, on the chance the men ned
into that State" 80. ......-
He said the kidnapers' automobile.
a green (Ford) Sedan with red wheels,
had Ohio license plates numerals
unknown).
He said the kidnapers. waving
pistols and threatening to kill every
one" broke into the holiday decorated
home Of John l.. Bryan, ST., cashier
of the Centerville State Bank, late
yesterday. Three year = old John
Bryan. jr. the bankers only son, and
Norma Schroy, l7-year-old nurse
were alone
One of the gunner seized the boy
and took him outside, the sheriff said
The second man forced the nurse &C
telephone Mrs. Bryan. who was at
the bank discussing Christmas plant
with her husband. Mrs. Bryan hast.
ened home, but her husband anc
other bank employees stopped to arm
themselves.
Julian Dunbar. grocery clerk. whe
drove up at the time, offered resist
ance that foiled the kidnapers' plans
the sheriff said The gunner thrust
Dunbar and Mrs. Bryan into the
Bryan family car The boy and thu
nurse were showed into the kidnapers
automobile. A gunman jumped intt
| each car.
Bryan and the others arrived to se'
the cars speed away and opened fire
The gunner returned the fire. fou
bullets piercing Dunbar's truck
parked in front of the house. Th'
posse was out-distanced quickly.
Within few minutes Mrs. Bryal
and Dunbar were released at New
Lisbon, near here A few hours late
the child and the nurse were freed a
Greensboro, in Northern Wayn
County.
Mrs. Bryan was too hysterical t
give coherent account. Dunba
said. THE man in our car thought
was Mr.. Bryan. He threatened to xii
me for interfering. pleaded will
him and convinced him I wasn'
Bryan. He threatened to kill both o
us, but talked him out of it, and h
let us CO."
The nurse, although badly fright
ened. said "the man with us KEEP
cursing because his plans did no
work. He said he should kill us. bu
after driving around for what seen1e
an eternity he finally told us to ge
out. We walked almost a mile befor
we got to a farmhouse and told tn
folks we were Ill right"
Evening star., 1937-12-25
II. s. MAY PROTEST ANEW
TO TOXIC in PANAY CASE:
JAPANESE NOTE STUDIED
First Indemnity
Of War Is Paid
Japan byChina
$4,000 Payment
Is Made for "Tung.
chou lncidel,t.''
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
PEIP1NG. Dec. 25.-Japan extract
ed a 400,0o0-yen (about .$ll6.000)
Christmas present" from China to-
day.
The money represented down pay
ment on the first indemnity assessed
against China for the current war.
japanese Embassy officials said
Chi Htsung-mo, chairman Of the East
Hopeh autonomous government. hand
ed the money over to Morinda Mori-
shlma, counselor Of the Japanese EN-
bassy.
It was the first part of = 1900. 0.00o-
yen indemnity agreed to, the Japa-
nese said. in q formal apology de-
livered at the same time for the
"Tungchow incident" last July.
Evening star., 1937-12-25
QUEZON BROADCAST OFF

MANILA, P. l., Dec. IS R).-Mala-
canaan Palace announced today Presi-
dent Manuel Quezon's scheduled
broadcast to the United States Sum
day morning had been Cancelled on
the advice Of his physician.
The President is recovering after IN
appendectomy. He was to have
spoken on Philippine independence In
relation to the Far Eastern crisis.
Evening star., 1937-12-25
ACTRESS MOTHER WEEDS

BEVERLY HILLS, Calf. Dec. IS
R.-Mrs. Ann Beresford, mother Of
Anita Louise, screen actress, stole q
march on friends last night when she
was married to Verne Whitehead, New
York orchestra leader. They had an
nounced the ceremony would be today.
The actress was her mothers only
attendant at the simple home wedding.
The Rev. James Lash, pastor Of the
Hollywood Congregational Church,
ofIiciated.
Evening star., 1937-12-25
ENGINEER AND Fireman
KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK
Locomotive Runs OF Tracks and
Overturns Mile From Pitts
burgh Station.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH. Dec. 25-The en-
ginser and fireman Of q Pennsylvania
st. Louis-to-Pittsburgh mail and ex-
press train were killed today when
the locomotive ran of the tracks and
overturned mile from the station.
Several members Of . dining car
crew were shaken but uninjured. The
diner was travelling "deadhead." The
train carried no passengers.
Vincent Kroen Of the superintsnd-
ent of passenger transportation once
at Pittsburgh said the engineers
name was Rhodes and the fireman was
w. H. sprouse Of Carnegie, Pa.
Evening star., 1937-12-25
Boy Dies as Father
Flies From Coast
For Yule Reunion
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
MONTEREY, Tenn, Dec. 49,
A. A. Simmons, q United States
seaman, left California by air
plane to spend Christmas here
with his wife and 2-year-old son
Alvin.
Buy baby everything he wants" :"
he messaged before boarding the
plane. Tell him daddy Is COM
ing. Get him . whole set of
A-B-C blocks"
But today the blocks lay un-
opened. The boy died yesterday
Of acute indigestion before his
father arrived.
Evening star., 1937-12-25
Summary Of Today's Star
Page.

Page. Page
Church Obituary -.-A-12
News A-13-14-15 Radio -- As
Real Estate -b-l Short story Ais
Amusements, BIS ...,.+, -,
Comics ----B-6-7 +.
Editorials A.1o Sports ~----B-2-3
Lost d Found, B-4 Woman's Pg. At
NATIONAL.
Five die As fire sweeps cottage in
Maine. Pare Al
FOREIGN. 's ,...,
Japanese reply on Panay held unsatis-
factory to u. s. Page AL
christmas truce" Is offered French
strikers by Chautemps. Page Al
WASHINGTON AND NEARBY.
Three little girls lead White House
Yule celebration Page Al
Woman big-game hunter tells oi
African safari. Page Al
DR.. Shannon. former Metropolitan M
e. pastor, dies. Page Al
Bandits obtain $500 In Sanitary Gro.
cery hold-up. Page Al
Five killed. scores hurt In holiday
crashes in this area. Page Alt
EDITORIAL AND COMMENT.
Editorials. pase Ali
Evening star., 1937-12-25
Oil Man Weds Horsewoman

OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. IS R.-
w. R. Ramsey, president Of the Ram
sey Petroleum Corp, and Miss Mary
dwyn Fiers. prominent horsewoman
were married Christmas eve.
The bride II owner Of the MARY
dwyn EeEs Stables. ..s
Evening star., 1937-12-25
American Embassy
at Nanking to
Reopen.
OAHU ORDERED
READY TO SAIL
Regime of Chang
Still Considered
Proper One.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI. Dec. 25.-The United
States prepared today quickly to re-
open its embassy at Nanking. fallen
capital of republican China, to safe
guard American interests.
The United States gunboat Oahu
was ordered made ready to sail up
the Yangtze River to Marking Tues
day, carrying Consuls John B. Allison
and James ESpey.
Fourteen Americans still are in
Marking
The British and German embassies
requested the Oahu also to transport
their representatives to Nanking 50
their embassies could be reopened
without delay.
U. S. Embassy Status Unchanged.
It was understood there would be
no change in the embassys status.
despite Japanese occupation of the
city, because the United States recog-
nizes the Central government Of Gen.
eralissimo Chang Kai-shek as the
only authoritative regime in China.
Chang and Nine. Chang, both Of
whom are Christians, spent Christ
mas day at an undesignated Chinese
military headquarters In the Yangtze
Valley.
The generalissimo conferred with
military leaders. Nine Chang was
kept in bed with an attack of in
fluenzA.
Train Reaches Hong Kong.
Can international train. mean
while, reached Hong Kong, British
crown colony, with 96 Americans
among 296 refugees of eight ma
tionahties from Hanchow.
(The foreigners, fleeing the city
in fear Of . japanese advance
against the inland temporary
Chinese capital, reached Hong
Kong after q 46-hour trip aboard
what was expected to be the last
through train) -
japanese forces drove deeper into
S1A10 OA4 tWO 4AOA4to llC Odk04ICoC
command announced the fall Of Hang
chow, centuries-old capital of Che
kiang Province, a famous beauty spot
and religious center south of Shanghai
On the northern front. japanese
columns which crossed the Yellow
River for q new offensive in Shantung
Province, were reported to have bombed
Chowtsun, south of the river and about
S. miles west of Tsinanfu, Shantung
Province capital.
Civilian Uprisings Reported.
Chinese advices received at Hankov
said the native populace in several
towns south of Tientsin had rebelled
against japanese occupation and had
wiped out an entire japanese bat
talon. Outbreaks we're reported at
Tungwhang. Yenshan and Nanpei.
When japanese dispatched REIN
forcements. the reports said, Chinese
residents marched through neighbor-
ing towns and villages rousing in
habitants and organizing improvisec
brigades Of minute men,"
Although Christmas brought nj
peace to China, American and for.
eign missionaries in Marking. Hang.
chow, Wuhu and other cities playee
Santa Claus to thousands Of sufferin,
Chinese. Curfew laws were suspended
in Shanghai for the first time in fou
months and thousands of American
marines and sailors here we're give
their first overnight furloughs sine
the fighting began last August.
Evening star., 1937-12-25
White House Yule Festivities
Started by Three Little Girls
Breakfast Forced to Wait as Trio Ex.
PIore Bullying Stockings-President
attends Church Services.
BY the Associated Press


Breakfast had wait at the White House today while three
explored buging stockings President Roosevelts
Other Christmas Day dinner
secondary the
Sara Roosevelt and Diana Hopkins both
Roosevelt, 2.
Evening star., 1937-12-25
Two Issues Seen as
Basis for More
!: Messages.
ARMY'S PLEDGE
STILL LACKING
Labelling Of Attack
:. as "Mistake" Held
Untenable.

Full tert of the official report
OF the United States Nnrdl Court
Of Inquiry into the sinking OF the
Pandy tUtll be found on Page
A..
Evening star., 1937-12-25
No Late Editions
Today

Due to the Christmas holi-
day The Star will not issue
the $50 and Night Final
Sports editions today. Sub
scribers to these editions will
receive the regular city
edition.
Evening star., 1937-12-25

(See BROWN, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1937-12-25

(Aeo 1oYA, 1AO0 A.4.)
Evening star., 1937-12-25
WEATHER,

Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow:
lowest temperature tonight about 81
degrees; colder tomorrow; moderate
shifting winds Temperatures today
Highest. So, at noon; lowest, 80. at mid
night. Full report on page Az.
Evening star., 1937-12-25

tSee CHRISTMAS. Page A-12)
Evening star., 1937-12-20

American beds and springs may be
introduced into Trinidad.
Evening star., 1937-12-20

will far exceed the figure Of $1,000
last year. Mrs. Walter 3. Fry, president
of the District Congress Of the Parent
Teacher Association, in charge of dis
tribution, said this morning. The work
Of opening packages collected at the
toy matinees revealed any number Of
contributions in one lot and collections
from Peoples Drug Stores and Federal
centers will not be completed until
Christmas Day.
Hundreds Of volunteer workers,
members Of the PIT. A.. will be work.
ing for several days at their campaign
headquarters at 42l Eleventh street
NV.
For the remainder of the week
Federal employees who put Uncle Sam
in Santa Claus suit for the cam
paign, Endorsed by members Of the
Presidents cabinet, will concentrate
on the final part of the drive.
Even the District National Guard
is active in the campaign, not only
loaning their armory to the police,
but in soliciting funds for food bas-
kets from members at weekly drill
meetings. Members Of the National
Evening star., 1937-12-20
BY tic Associated Press.


White House employees today began
their busiest week since the January
Inauguration in happy anticipation of
q presidential handshake on Christ
mas Eve
Christmas trees will 60 up tomor-
row-a 20-foot beauty in the east
room for parties and sightseers and a
smaller one in the third-floor hall
/ for the Presidents family.
Decorating the trees and the rest
Of the house is expected to require
three days. Every window will have
. green wreath with q scarlet bow
Lighted trees and q lighted wreath
over the front door will bedeck the
north portico. Inside, wreaths will
swing between the corridor columns
and poinsettias grown in the White
House greenhouses will brighten every
room.
Mrs. Roosevelt will return tomor-
row from New York, and her youngest
son, John, will arrive the same day on
vacation from Harvard. Guests ex-
pected before Christmas Eve include
Evening star., 1937-12-20
% Japanese Groups
Act to Ameliorate
Bombing of Panay
By The Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TOXIC, Dec. 20.-Twenty-
three Japanese organizations de-
cided at a. joint session today to
send a letter of sympathy to sur
vivors of the Panay bombing.
They also decided to sponsor q
fund to be turned over to United
States Ambassador Joseph C..
Grew to be disposed Of as he
thinks best. The fund, they said,
was not charity, but was intended
to demonstrate that the Japanese
people were sorry about the Incl
dent.
Among the participants were
the American Japan Society. Ro-
tary, Y. M. c. A.. Y. w. c. A.,
Japan Sunday School Associa-
ton, Philippines Association, jap
an International Buddhist Asso-
citation, Toxic Women's College,
st. Paul's University, Aoyama
Gakuin "a Methodist College, !,
and the Harvard, Columbia, Cor
nell, Yale and Stanford Clubs.