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The Washington times., 1937-12-07
D. C. BOATMAN
DIES IN COLD

Marooned in a leaky boat dur
ing a storm on the Potomac near
Fairview Beach, Va, George T.
zeaman, 25, of the 300 block of
Eleventh st. S. W., was frozen to
death early today. His companion,
William P. Barnes, was rescued
after hours of exposure.
Barnes. 33, Of the 900 block L
st. S, w., was recovering in the
Fredericksburg hospital today
from frost-bitten feet and ex-
posure.
The two men were engaged to
tow a sailboat down the Potomac
from Alexandria to Baltimore.
Starting out in a towing launch
yesterday, they reached the vicin-
ity of Fairview Beach when their
craft sprung a leak during the
height of a storm. They Sue
ceeded in anchoring the sailboat
and then beached the towing
launch.
Without heat on the launch,
zeeman, an engineer, froze to
death about $3.50 a. m. Hours
later, Barnes was able to sum.
mons help.
Zeaman and Barnes, for the
past several years, have been en-
ployed at the Floodgate boat
house on Water Street Southwest.
zeaman had worked there about
five years and Barnes about two.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07

CHICAGO, Dec. 7.--Chicago'S
famous "Gold Coast" was worried
again today by another kidnap
scare-this time directed against
Potter D'orsay Palmer. scion Of
the millionaire Palmer family, it
was reported.
This is the second kidnap
threat received by young Palmer,
who was married for the third
time last June to Polly Warren,
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
Rutland Sees Drop
In Pneumonia Toll

Dr.. George c. Rutland, District
Health Officer, estimates pneu.
monia's death toll in Washington
will be IL per cent less this year
than in 1886.
Based on 697 pneumonia deaths
during the first II months Of 1887,
DR.. Ruhland predicted the entire
year would show 760 fatalities
from the disease. This would COM
pare with 861 in 1886. DR.. Ruh-
land said 1,175 gases Of pneumonia
were reported last year, and esti-
mated the 1887 total of cases
would not exceed 1000.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
SENATE GROUP
E. D
FAv0RS STRAUS

d.N.S.) S.)-Nomination of Nathan
Straus as United States Housing
Administrator was unanimously
recommended by the Senate Labor
and Education Committee today
after, hearing him explain finan.
ciali interests he has in a housing
project receiving Federal aid.
Thus a drive against Senate
confirmation appeared to have col.
lapsed. After going into a huddle
with, the committee in secret ses.
sion, Straus held a conference with
State and local housing authori-
ties. He has been holding office
under a. recess appointment by
President Roosevelt.
While all of the committee
members were not present during
the session, it was indicated that
the action Of those present would
be upheld by the absentees, who
will be informally canvassed by
Chairman Ebert Thomas (D0 Of
Utah.
Senator Vandenberg (R) Of
Michigan, who had submitted to
the. committee data referring to
Straus' financial holdings in Hill
side Housing, Inc, a limited divi-
dend corporation financed in part
by the Public Works Administra-
tion Housing Division before
StrauS became head Of the USHA,
declared Straus' explanation salts
factory.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
French Capital
Frozen in Banks

PARIS, Dec. French capital,
which has returned home in the
last two months, has not been
invested in national enterprises.
Capitalists are afraid of the risks
attendant upon investment in
French concerns whose margin of
profits is at present jeopardized
by the demands Of labor and by
heavy taxation.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
Prof. Mech, of Chicago IT,,
Found Shot, Near Death

CHICAGO, Dec Z IN.S0,
Stuart P. Mech, 40, nationally
known authority on monetary mat
ters and associate professor OF
finance at the University of Chi
cago, was found shot and seriously
wounded In his apartment today.
Police who took the professor
to the Illinois Central Hospital in
a critical condition, said circum-
stances indicated he had shot him.
self.
Physicians reported q .22-caliber
bullet had entered his right temple
and emerged fro mthe left. They
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
Ne1U Palmer Kidr1ap Scare
Hits Chicago's Gold Coast

of New York. Following their
marriage they were guarded fol-
lowing threats.
Omen were called into the case
after the latest threat, which was
understood to involve a 100000
extortion demand.
A guard has been placed at the
Palmer home, and a number of
persons have been questioned.
fingerprinted and specimens of
handwriting taken.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07

held little hope for his survival.
Police reported that his wife,
Maxine, SO, found her husband
lying on the bathroom floor after
she returned from a visit with
friends.
Prof. Mech has been associated
with the University of Chicago 16
years. Last summer he was a
special lecturer at Rutgers Uni.
verSity.
Author of several text books, he
was currently writing a book for
the American Institute Of Bank
ers.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
Cold to Continue,
Says Weather Man

The Weather Bureau forecast
fair and cold weather throughout
today. The prediction was that
the mercury wiz dip to a low Of 20
degrees during the night.
Tomorrow, the bureau said, will
bring increasing cloudiness with
warmer weather and the posi-
bility Of a light snow at night.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
Wini Shaw Bride
OF Actors Agent

FORT LEE, N. j., Dec. 2
(IN.S0.-Wini Shaw of the stage
and radio and known in private
life as Winifred L. M. Cummings,
had still another name today.
She was Mrs. Frederick vosberg
after a quiet marriage in the home
of A. L. Mohan, registrar Of vital
statistics here. VoSberg Is an
actors agent.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
LandOn Will Visit
D. G.. This Week

Former Gov. Alfred M. Landon
of Kansas, who not so long ago
wanted to live at 1900 PennSyl-
vania Ave. N. W., is going to be in
Washington over the weekend.
During his stay he will attend the
Gridiron Club dinner Friday night
as the guest of Ernest K. Lindley.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
Sen. Homer Bone
Much Improved

Senator Homer T. Bone (D.) Of
Washington was reported today
as much improved at the Naval
Hospital, where he was taken fol.
lowing an attack Of indigestion.
Doctors said Senator Bone prob
ably will be discharged from the
hospital in a day or two.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
WPA WORKERS HURT

NEW YORK, Dec. Z dNS0.
Several WPA workers were re-
ported injured today by an explo-
sion in a Bronx paintshop. Cause
of the explosion was not imme-
diately learned.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
10000 HERE

In the District of Columbia, it
is estimated, there are ar 'roxi-
mately 10000 unclassified work
erS who would benefit by the pro-
posed retirement blanket, slightly
more than one-third of them
women.
Should the lost of, annuity ex-
tension prove acceptable to the
White House, no legislation will
be necessary to extend the benefit
to all workers. The retirement
act provides that the President
can place the employees within
its scope by Executive order, after
receiving the consent or recon-
mendation Of the Civil Service
Commission.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
U. 5. in MOVE.
FOR EXTENSION
OF ANNUIT|ES
100000 Employees
May Profit

BY order Of President Roosevelt,
the cost Of extending retirement
benefits to approximately 100000
Federal employees who are now
ineligible for either annuities or
social security is to be surveyed at
once by the Civil Service Commits
sion and the Social Security Board.
Announcement Of the innpend-
ing survey was made this morning
at the White House, following a
conference between Harry B.
Mitchell, president Of the Civil
Service Commission, and James
Roosevelt, son of the President
and White House secretary as
signed to liaison work between the
Administration and Government
departments.
BEGINS THIS WEEK
The survey, Mitchell said, will
be conducted in unison between
his agency and the Social Security
Board, and it is expected to get
under way late this week.
The 100000 Government work.
ers now outside both the annuity
system and the social security set
UP include many classes Of EN-
ployes, although the majority Is
comp os,e d Of unclassified ap-
pointees not Under the Civil Serv-
ice system who obtained their
positions in alphabetical agencies
with the advent of the New Deal.
Other types Of forgotten work
ers" include the numerous un-
classified laborers employed by
various departments on part time
and seasonal work, plus thousands
Of per diem employees paid only
for the actual time they are en-
ployed.
10000 HERE
The Washington times., 1937-12-07

Fair; lowest temperature about 20 de-
grees tonight; tomorrow increasing cloud.
ness and warmer. "Details on Page 31)
Evening star., 1937-09-08
BACK
u. S. CHINA POLICY
Americans Should Take Risk
in War Zone, Believes
Or. McEIhany.

DR.. James McElhany, president of
the World Conference of the Seventh
Day Adventist Church, Takoma Park,
Md, said today his organization Is
in accord with the policy of the United
States Government concerning Ameri-
cans remaining in the Chinese war
zone at their own risk. 1t will not
join certain others in protesting the
withdrawal Of American protection, :"
he added.
I'VE feel that our people are in
these other countries as a matter of
courtesy and privilege" Or. McElhsny
explained. and we ought not to en-
barrsss our own Government We
try to cooperate with the policy of
the American Government, and work
with our diplomatic officials in these
foreign countries"
May Lose S250,0o0.
The church may lose property in
and about Shanghai valued at about
s250,000, DR.. McElhany said Two
hospitals have been evacuated, but have
not yet been seized by the japanese.
according to word here. Other church
property seized by the Japanese, how
ever, includes two schools, a large
three-story office building and II two
story homes.
About rs medical and mission work
ers we're moved from these places to
Hong Kong and Manila. Fifteen
Chinese mission workers we're killed
when transferred to the International
Settlement.
Word has been received here from
Frederick Griggs. in charge of all
Evening star., 1937-09-08
Shanghai
Continued From First Page J

hope for an American British French
neutrality proposal
The Japanese, answering The three
power note, demanded that Chinese
troops be withdrawn from a much
wider area in the Shanghai environs
even than had been suggested to
assure the safety of foreign residents
and interests in the international
areas.
The japanese response was made by
Vice Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa,
commander in chief of the japanese
Sd Fleet in Chinese waters.
1t followed a Chinese refusal TO
evacuate positions in PooUung, across
the Whangpoo River from the inter
national zone, unless foreign naval
concentrations guaranteed that Jap
snese troops would be restrained from
landing there
The Shanghai Office of the Chinese
foreign. ministry also warned all for
eign officials here of the danger to
their shipping from Chinese air
attacks.
The ministry declared that Chinese
war planes and other coastal defenses
would launch reprisals against JAP
snese warships TO counteract the jap
snese blockade of Chinas south and
central coast.
1t requested all foreign naves and
merchant marines to identify their
vessels clearly and give japanese ships
of war and peace wide berth, both at
sea and on inland water wavs.
Six Chinese civilian sailors were
killed and three injured when Jspa-
nese bombing planes dropped eight
explosives on foreign owned yachts
anchored at Minghong, 30 miles up
the Whangpoo River from Shanghai.
Two of the pleasure craft were sunk.
All, including several of French and
German ownership, had been tied up
at Minghong since the outbreak of
the hostilities because the upstream
anchorage was believed safe from at
tack
British observers at Hong Kong.
British crown colony on the South
Chinese coast, reported growing fear
Evening star., 1937-09-08
|TAL0-SOV|ET RIFT
SEEN AS BLUSTER
Neither Il OuCe Nor Stain
Believed to Want Row
to Result in War.
BY DEWITT MACKENZIE.
Associated Press Stan Writer

hoooci6beO fTeSS SLau Writer.
NEW YORK, September 8.-The
clustering exchange of notes between
Italy and Russia over submarine
depradations in the Mediterranean is
not intended by Messrs. Mussolinj and
Stain to lead to war.
Replying TO Russian charges that
an Italian submarine had sunk peace
ful Soviet merchant ships. youthful
Count Clsno, Italy's brilliant foreign
minister, sent caustically worded
denial which in effect told the Mus
covlJes where they could GO That, of
course, was Mussolini speaking through
bis servant.
Ihere was time when there would
he gunplay if one didn't smile when
he made such remarks, but speech
is pretty free these days.
If Count Ciano was wearing his
faVorite expression when he wrote the
note, he scowled fiercely and drew
down the corners of his mouth to make
a flrm Jaw, just like his father law,
Mussolini. This rather spoils 9 hand
some face, but Ciano has 10 do it
because he reputedly is slated to take
over the dictatorship when II Duce
has cone with it. and all dictators
look stern.
The exchange Of notes may lead to
reprisals in the Mediterranean. but
neither Italy nor Russia wants war
in the accepted sense of the term
1lo \,
land or sea.
Britain Doesn't Want War.
BY the same token, England doesn't
wish TO go to war because some of her
merchant ships have been attacked
by unidentified under water boats.
Nor does she propose to fight Japan
because the British Ambassador TO
China was machine -gunned bv an
airplane which the British said was
japanese
washington, too, has given indica-
ton that it does not intend to allow
incidents affecting American nationals
or business interests in the Far East
TO draw the United States into the
Slno-Japanese hostilities-lInless she
suffers an affront which nobody could
ignore.
The world is III such a state of
nerves that every time a firecracker
eApiooes tnere Is cry of war
Actually, we have a sort of Bret Harte
oarroom setting, in which each man
Is afraid to draw gun because he
knows that the minute he reaches for
MS holster every other man in the
room will do the same thing and
there viii be wholesale slaughter
stark fear is the policeman prevent
ing general war at the moment.
U. 5. Follows Peaceful Course
ine action Of the Washington Gov
ernment in urging all Americans to
leave China, instead of following the
Old practice of leaving them there IN
Ger the protection of American naval
guns and Marines, is in line with The
policy of the peacefully inclined
major nations.
Great Britain and America. for ex-
ample, are running parallel in their
efforts 10 preserve peace, if they are
not actually running together.
In connection with the insistence of
Americans in Shanghai that they be
maintained there and protected mill
tary authorities cite that in times of
war all ordinary rules go by the board.
II, for instance. the United States were
at war, the rights of the individual
American would give way to the well
fare Of the whole population.
Evening star., 1937-09-08
JAP PANESE ATTACK
BALKED IN NORTH
Heavy Chinese Fire Wipes
Out Troops Attempting
to Clear Road.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PEIPING, September 8-Heavy
Chinese machine gun fire from the
commanding heights of the western
hills baked a southern japanese
thrust today and annihilated numer-
Gus detachments of Japanese attempt
ing to clear the road for the ad-
vance.
The stern Chinese resistance indi-
Gated that the Japanese subjugation
of the Peiping area was far from
complete. japanese apprehension of
their position in this sector was dis
tinctly evident as q result of the
setback
japanese military commanders said
the Chinese were strongly intrenched
on the mountain tops, using mountain
artillery, trench mortars, machine
guns and rifles to harry the over
extended Japanese flank.
The Japanese advance up the steep
hills was progressing slowly and only
with great cost of lives.
Relatively few of the more than 500
Americans residing in Peiping were
ShPCNVOu W hCt oti Tile duVlCe cir
cularized here yesterday by the EN-
bassy strongly urging all Americans
to evacuate Immediately unless held by
compelling reasons
The warning said the United States
Government could not guarantee that
existing facilities for evacuation would
continue indefinitely Naval protec-
tion, If necessary, was assured those
eyscuating Immediately.
approximately 80 per cent of the
American population here is engaged
In educational and missionary work.
Evening star., 1937-09-08

Shortage of Servants.
Famous Letterkenny hiring fair was
almost inactive this year because of
the shortage Of servants in the Irish
Free State.
Evening star., 1937-09-08

Use tinted coconut to decorate cakes
and frostings.
Evening star., 1937-09-08

there that the next phase or the
japanese campaign in South China
might be seizure of Hainan Island,
the largest under Chinese sovereignty.
This belief has developed, they said
because of increasing activity of
japanese war vessels in South China
waters. Three japanese men-of-war
were reported TO have visited the
island yesterday to make surveys. The
fact that six others concentrated near
Kwangchowan, just outside the terri
torial waters of that French island
colony, led observers TO deduce that
an incursion on Hainan Island was
imminent.
These beliefs were pols1ered by re-
ports of hurried reinforcements from
Evening star., 1937-09-08
FARMER" ROOSEVElT'S
COTTON BEING PICKED
Initial Crop on Presidents Geor-
gia Tract Promises Pretty
Good" Yield.

b. rhe Associated Press
WARM SPRINGS, Ga. September
s.-Pickers on the Roosevelt place
yesterday began gathering pretty
good" cotton crop-Farmer Franklin
D. Roosevelt's first.
And if the rainy weather hadn't
brought on boil weevil infestation and
got him in the grass" Roosevelt
would have harvested real bumper
crop from his 40-acre patch
Corn and feed crops for the Presi-
dents prize herd of rs white faced
Herefords are major crops on the
Roosevelt farm
Edward Moore, who assists his
father Otis in supervising the 2,0o0-
acre Roosevelt farm on Pine Noun
tam, near here, said the President
decided TO plant cotton this year lust
TO see what it would DO"
Evening star., 1937-09-08

the mainland for the Chinese garrison
on the island
The strategic city of Paoshan, IL
miles north of Shanghai, was wrested
from its Chinese defenders for a third
time after monkey-li like" japanese
engineers had blasted a way through
its s0-foot- high walls with bombs
strapped TO their backs.
Evening star., 1937-09-08
Apple Leads Banana.

Apples are the most popular fruit
In Great Britain, according to a re-
port of the Imperial Economic Com
mittee. In 1885 the consumption was
20 pounds per capita, an increase of
pounds over 1858. In the earlier
year oranges were most desired, but
consumption was affected by the war
IN Spain. The banana had a phe-
nommally successful year, more than
2o,o0o.o0o punches being imported. a
record.
Evening star., 1937-09-08

the Seventh Day Adventist Church
work in China. that all buildings
belonging to the fhurch in Shanghai
have been damaged by cross-fire.
Well Known Here.
Griggs, who came from Michigan,
is we'll known In Washington. as he
was stationed here for several years
more than 10 years ago. He was
secretary of the General Conference
educational department, in which
capacity he headed the whole church
educational system. He had been
president of the Seventh Day Ad-
ventist College at Berrien Springs.
Mich, and also president of Union
College, at Lincoln, Nebr.
Now about 20. Griggs will remain
in Shanghai for the present TO look
out for the church property as best
he can, DR.. McElhany said Others
from the church still in the war zone
include c. C. Morris of Ohio and
Or. Charles l.. Dale. California.
lice fsnfaI n1oor,,.
La gaceta., 1937-09-25
ENCONTRADA LA MOTONA
We MYOWN

Ell guardacostas Nemesis te-
legrafi6 hoy a esta ciudad ha-
Der encontrado en- ell mar, dan
dole auxilio, a la motonave My
own, que manda Ell captain Kirk
.connell.
Cuando ell Nemesis lego, los
ocho hombres de la tripulaci6n
trabajaban sin descanso, por me
dio de cubos Y bombas, en- ell a.
chicamiento del aqua.
Sc estableci6 ell contacto, Sc
gun ell comandante del guarda-
costas, en- un lugar a 100 millas
al noroeste de Key West.
LIE ha sido tirado un eabo a Ia
motonave y Sc la remolca al
puerto mas cercano, que esta q
100 millas de distancia.
Para aligerar Ell peso de la EN-
barcaci6n Sc arroj6 al mar 81
c~argamento de bananas que te-
mia en- su bodega.
La gaceta., 1937-09-25
UNA e CAMPANA
INICIA Ell P~RESIDENTE
ROOSEVELT CONTRA LA
MEL

Hyde Park, Sept. 25.-Antes
de salir aqui para Ell Oeste, Ell
Presidente Roosevelt dej6 una
nota anunciando la formation
de un nuevo grupo nacional pa
"a combatir la PARALYSIS infantil
0 p~oliomelitis. La function de es
ia nueva agencia sera coordinar
las tres Eases de la lucha contra
la enfermedad.
/, Con ell presidente CALIFORNIAN
Basil j. O'Connor, su exsocio de
bufete, y Keith Morgan, va In
teresados en- la fundaci6n de
Warm Springs, en- Georgia.
Los trabajos de Warm
Springs pertenecen a la Ease
que sigue a la enfermedad,
Ell gobierno informa que en- Ia
semana del IS de s~eptiembre o.
c~urrieron en- la naei6n $40 casos
de PARALYSIS.
La gaceta., 1937-09-25
e A TERMINO Ell So
WET E EJECUCIO-
MES MAS

Moscou, sep. 25.-Qcho jefes
de Lotoshina, en- la provincial de
Moscou, fueron candenados a
muerte y ejecutadog despues de
un juicio pdblico que dur6 4
dias. Los condenados formaban
ell "Konshin eel ORGANISING Off
|cial mas importante en- Ell par
lido Comunista, Y los presidfa
Nemkoff, un extrozkista.
Fran les otros Dechinsky1 Ell
proyeedor de tierras; Levitsky,
hijo de un sacerdote; Alfereff,
.hiio de un terrateniente, Y Tes-
saro, Ell jefe del departamento
de veterinagia.
Los condenados abrumaban@a
multas a los campesinos y verifi
caban arrestos sin motive, Gre
yendose amparados por sus po-
derosos amigos de Moscou. Sc
quejaban los campesinos Y no
eran atendidos. Cuando insis :
tan en- las quejas contra ellos
Sc utilizaban ell terrorismo.
FL gobierno Soviet tiene por
norma no ejercer elemental con
los funcionarios acusados de
mala conducta y mala admins
TRACTION.
La gaceta., 1937-09-25
La ardlleia republican, micidm :
volento atadde contra vedo
Los Delegates navales de Francia, Inglaerra
&c Italia Sc reuniran ell Lunes
Temen en- Londres que Mussolini trate de
mandar mas tropas a Espana

/ de que Italia retire sus volun-
tarios,de Espana. Sobre csc pun
to ell consul manifesto que no tie
MIA instrucciones.
Sugiri6 tambien ell ministro
frances que Ell primer ministro
Mussolini expidiera un comu-
nicado ,antes de llegar a Ale
mania, exponiendo los motives
de su vista a Hitler, con ell fin
de que ESQ ~surtiera en- Francia
I'm efecto suavizante.
Los italianos han venido con-
cediendo gran importancia a la
conversation y hablan de gran
des concesiones y del reconoci-
miento de la igualdad italiana
en- ell Mediterranean.
En- opinion de los expertos to-
do ESQ Sc redujo a una columna
de hume con ell fin de preparar
la entrevista Hitler-M ussolini.
Francia e Inglaterra proba-
blemente lie haran entender a
Hitler que CORE Ell peligro de
ser traicionado.
Ell lunes comenzara en- Paris
la conferencia de los expertos
navales de Inglaterra, Italia v
Francia.
A pesar de las noticias de que
Mussolini sc propone no man
dar mas soldados a Espana, en-
Londres Sc expresa Ell tenor de
que Mussolini trate de mandar
nuevas tropas 81 la actitud de
Hitler es favorable.
La contestaci6n de Mussolini
a la derrota en- la vigilancia an
tipiratica ,dijo un viejo diplo-
matico ,sera mandar mas tro-
pas a Franco.
En- case de que Italia decida
mandar tropas, Francia abrira
su frontera al gobierno de Va
lencia, sin restricciones.
La gaceta., 1937-09-25
Los ETIOPES ANIQUTLA-
RON LA GUARNICION DE
MAKALE

Ney York, Sep. 25.-Los pc
ri6dicos de esta ciudad publ :
can la noticia, recogida en- fuen-
tie digna de credito, de que los
etiopes aniquilaron en- Abisinia
a toda la guarnici6n v los civil
les italian0s de Makale, en- ven
ganza por los frecuentes atrope
Hos con los natives.
La matanza de Makale ha O.
bligado a Mussolini a tomar una
actitud cordial en- 10 que al pro-
blema de Espana Sc refiere,
Ell gobierno de Roma Sc pro-
pone obtener de Francia e In :
glaterra el r~econocimiento de
Ethiopia en- cambio por no Sc
guir mandando tropas a Espa :
ma.
Las tribus etiopes, en- mime
70 de muchos miles de hombres.
mantienen contra Italia la que
IRA de guerrillas.