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The Washington times., 1937-12-22
WindsOrs' Faces
On Yule Greeting

CANNES, France, December %
(IN.S0-The Duke and Duchess
of Windsor appear together in
Christmas cards they are sending
to friends all over the world, it
was learned today. The Duke ap-
gears in profile and she full-face
in a painting by the French artist,
Drian. Both are sitting on a
divan.
The Washington times., 1937-12-22
TOKYO EXPLAINS
APOLOGY DELAY
By JAMES r. YOUNG
Copyright. 1897. by International
News Service.)

TOKYO, Dec. 22.-Stung by
statements Of President Roosevelt
and Prime Minister Chamberlain
which stressed Americas and
Britain's roles in world affairs
the Japanese foreign office tonight
suddenly issued an apologetic pre-
liminary report on the Panay
bombing.
In an evident attempt to ease
Washington's irritation over de.
days, the foreign office spokesman
said that poor communications in
China were responsible for the
nearly two weeks wait for the
army report on the incident.
Reversing its previous admis-
sion, however, the foreign office
flatly denied that Japanese
launches machinA-gunned the
sinking Panay.
The placatory tone Of the re-
port, and the speed in which it
was issued after the coincident
Roosevelt and Chamberlain state
ments, clearly showed that Japan
is appreciative of the fact the
situation in Washington and Lon
don daily grows more grave.
The interim report, according
to the spokesman, showed that the
CONTINUED on Page 6, Col, 81
The Washington times., 1937-12-22
]. 5. ECONOMY.
BATTLE LOOMS.
NEXT SESSION
Opponents Align
! On Relief Sum
BY WILLIAM s. NEAL

Il. N. s. Congressional leader!
today disclosed plans to force the
issue on the question Of govern
mental economy early In the regu
lar session, which opens on Janu
ary 3.
President Roosevelt will touch
on the fight when he sends his
annual budget message to Con
gress.
SHOWDOWN ON RELIEF
Climax is expected with a show
down on resumption Of govern
mental spending, when the relief
budget fo4' the next year is acted
upon.
The first test is to come in the
House when the $500, 100000 indie
pendent offices appropriation bill
Is presented.
Leaders in the economy and
budget balancing movement plan
to make a strenuous effort to
slash the measure. Opponents,
however, hope to force the issue
by demanding repeal Of the Wood
rum amendment, which required
Harry Hopkins, WPA director, to
spread the $1,500.000, 900 relief
appropriation over q 12.month
period and thus avoid deficiency
appropriations.
CIO LEADS FIGHT
The CIo is leading the fight
for repeal Of the Woodrum amend,
ment. With it repealed, they
hold, the WPA can expand vastly
during the winter months and
obtain a deficiency appropriation
from Congress in the spring.
In the face Of this attitude,
Representative Cannon CD Of
Missouri. acting chairman Of the
House appropriations committee,
asserted that there is q tacit
agreement to cut relief to $1,000.
100000 for next year.
The House appropriations COM
mittee plans to have three regu-
lar supply bills, appropriating q
total of more than $4,000, 900 900,
ready for action when Congress
reconvenes.
The Washington times., 1937-12-22
Wire Companies
Ask for Rate Boost

Q.N.S0. Leading telegraphic
and radio communications COM
.panies today formally asked for a
general Is per cent increase in
rates in a petition filed with the
Federal communications Commis-
sion. Thomas P. Dowd acted for
Postal Telegraph; Gerard Mackay
for Mackay Radio, and B. r. Allen
for western Union, in filing the
petition.
The Washington times., 1937-12-22
Kilrain, Bare Fist Boxer,
Dies After Years Illness

QUINCY. Mass, Dec. "a G.N.S)
Jake Kilrain, heavyweight boxer
of the bars-knuckles era, died to.
day at Wellington Hospital follow
ing an illness Of a year,
Kilrain participated in the last
major bare-knuckles fight, before
the entrance Of gloves an d
The Washington times., 1937-12-22
Paraguay Revolt
Leader Is Killed

ASUNCION, Paraguay, Dec. %
G.N.S0.-In Paraguay's third at
tempted revolution within recent
months, a mob headed by Major
Joel Estigarribia last night at
tempted to capture the military
barracks in Asuncion, the capital.
The attack, the government an
nounced today, was repelled after
a brief battle in which Estigarribia
was among several killed.
The Washington times., 1937-12-22
Inferior Metal
Jails y Russians

MOSCOW, Dec. % IN.SD.
twenty-five industrial workers
were arrested today at Dnieprope-
trovsk on charges Of providing the
cooperatives with inferior metal,
blackmailing department heads,
and accepting wholesale graft. The
prisoners included Alexander Fem
thinner, chief of the cooperative
metal union.
The Washington times., 1937-12-22
Great Granddad
At 81, He Asserts

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. % G.N.Se
Erwin Walizer challenged all and
today to dispute his claim
that he is the nations youngest
great-grandfather.
Walizer. now ST, proudly an
that he became a great
10 years ago when a
son was born to his granddaugh-
ter, Mrs. Helen Connors.
The Washington times., 1937-12-22
Duce Sends Arabs
To Spain, Is Report

LONDON, Dec. % GN.SJ.-The
Eaborite London Daily Herald, in
a Gibraltar dispatch, today re-
ported that Premier Mussolini Is
sending Arab forces to Spain to
aid the insurgent cause. The re,
port said the insurgent Moorish
troops have been considerably re-
duced by casualties and that new
detachments cannot be raised In
Spanish Morocco. AS a result,
stated the Herald, the Moors are
being replaced by Arabs from
Iibya and Tripoli.
The Washington times., 1937-12-22
British Demand
Ndvy SuretieS
At HOngkOng
BY KINGsBURY SMITH

LONDON, Dec. % G.N.sJ.
Coupled with a thinly yelled
threat, Great Britain today sent
another note of protest to Japan,
this time charging invasion Of
Hongkong territorial waters.
Sir Robert L. Craigie, ambassa-
dor in Tokyo, was instructed to re-
call to Tokyo the incident of De
cember ii, when a japanese de-
stroyer fired on a Chinese customs
vessel within the Hongkong area.
The destroyer then sent two mo-
torboats to tow off the Chinese
vessel, which had been beached.
HINT NAVAL ACTION
Government quarters at the
same time limited that, in the
event Of future incidents, British
naval forces will take necessary
measures" to secure the inviolabil-
ity Of Hongkong territorial waters.
while not doubling that the
Japanese government shares its
views Of the incident" said the
note, "the British government
requests assurances that strict
instructions have been issued to
the japanese naval forces which
will insure the full respect for
Hongkong waters"
WILL PROTECT TRADE
At the same time, following 8
cabinet meeting, Foreign Secre
tary Anthony Eden informed the
House OF Commons that Japanese
naval movements in the vicinity
Of Hongkong, and possible spread
Of the fighting to Kwangtung
(province southwest of Hongkong)
are being carefully watched"
"All protection is being and
will be afforded to British trade
interests in South China" Eden
promised.
Encouraged by belief the atti.
tude Of the United States against
Japan is stiffening, the British
government decided to take a
firmer stand in the Far East.
FRENCH AID CERTAIN
Foreign Secretary Eden in,
formed the cabinet of the results
of his conversations with French
Ambassador Charles Corbin, and
the government is now confident
Of French aid in the Mediterra-
mean If the British send large
numbers Of ships to the Orient.
In addition, the British govern
ment has decided to emphasize at
every opportunity what is now re-
garded here as the cloSeness of
Anglo-American cooperation in the
Far East-in the hope of fright
ening" Japan.
The Washington times., 1937-12-22
Daniels Shift
Reports Denied

MEXICO CITY, Dec. % UN.S1
Embassy officials today branded
as erroneous Washington reports
that Ambassador Josephus s.
Daniels would be transferred to
Buenos Aires. The American
emissary will remain here until he
is ready to retire to his home aS
Raleigh, N. c., 1t was stated.
The Washington times., 1937-12-22

Marquis de Queensbury rules,
when he fought rs rounds with
the late John L. Sullivan at Rich
burg, Miss, July 8, 1889.
Sullivan defeated Kilrain, but
the latter always claimed he won.
Sullivan was defending the Lon
don prize ring championship.
The Washington times., 1937-12-22
TRANSMISSION Aids
Mrs. BOettiger

SEATTLE, Wash, Dec. %
G.N.S0.-Responding to treat
ment after undergoing a blood
TRANSMISSION. Mrs. Anna Roosevelt
Boettiger, daughter of President
Roosevelt and wife Of John Boet-
tiger, Seattle newspaper publisher,
was pronounced well on the road
to recovery today by her physician,
DR.. George Miller.
The Washington times., 1937-12-22

'Westwood Hills.
Homicide squad officers sought
the man, reputed to be prominent
here. who fought a wild battle
with the comedian outside a Holly
wood night spot and gave him a
beating which may have contrib
uted to his death.
If the autopsy, to be performed
by Coroner Frank Nance, shows
that Healy died from the heavy
blows of his antagonist, or that
the fight contributed to death, the
district attorneys office Is ex-
pected to throw its ace investi.
gators into the case to reinforce
the police and round up evidence,
and the suspect. with a view to
prosecution.
The 41-year-old comedy star,
who died at the time of his great
est personal happiness and per-
haps at the apex Of his profeS.
sional career, suffered a deep Ia
ceration, above his left eye, a
bruise on his temple, and a badly
discolored area about his eye.
CELEBRATING BIRTH
Healy was celebrating the birth
of his son, John Jacob Healy, now
four days. old in a Culver City hos
pital, and the preview of his latest
picture which brought him wide
acclaim for some of his finest bits
of comedy.
Mrs. Healy, the former Betty
Hickman who married the come.
dian a year and a half ago at
Yuma, Ariz, was told Of the trag.
edy last night at the hospital. She
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The Washington times., 1937-12-22
Baltimore Ship,
In Crash, Safe

LONDON, Dec. % (I.N.SJ.-
The Baltimore mail liner, City of
Hamburg, damaged in a North Sea
collision yesterday, is safe in the
German river Elbe today, the lines
London agents were informed.
The Washington times., 1937-12-22
TREASURY CONDITION

G.N.S.) Treasury balance as
of December 20, $3,O59, ,1S0, 1893 81;
internal revenue, 64,O50.75;
customs receipts, $2O,77S,150.72.
The Washington times., 1937-12-22
Healy Fist Fight Foe
Sought for Quizzing
Beating While Comedian Celebrated Birth
OF Son Nay HaUe Caused Death
By RALPH B. JORDAN

7 HOLLYWOOD, Dec % INs.)-The curtain was up today
another Hollywood mystery police swiftly backtracked
the bizarre trail of the noted comedian Ted Heay, which
ended in his sudden death yesterday in his home nearby
The Washington times., 1937-12-22
d. c. FATHER.
STAYS WIFE.
|AND HIMSELF.
Tragedy Is Blamed
On Dependency

Despondent for several months,
Edgar L. elites, 80, meat cutter,
employed in a local chain grocery
today shot and killed his wife,
Mrs. Florence Cites, 81, and then
turned the gun on himself. He
died about two hours later III
Emergency Hospital.
The shooting took place In the
elites apartment at 1885 R st.
N, w. following an argument
which was so loud it awakened
other residents in the building.
Miss Louise Cites, %, their
daughter, was in an adjoining
room, and ran into the bedroom
after two shots rang. She found
her parents lying on the floor,
blood streaming from head
wounds, and her father clutching
a high-powered revolver in his
hand.
GOES FOR HELP
The mother, fatally wounded,
was moaning:
ooh, my baby; oh, my baby"
Terrified by the sight, Miss
Cites, teacher in an art school,
ran across the street, dressed only
in pajamas and a house coat, to
the apartment Of a friend, Mrs
Grace Stout. She gasped:
"Some one is shot. Cab a
doctor"
Mrs. Stout called Emergency
Hospital, and the ambulance ar
rived a few minutes later, fol
lowed by members Of the police
homicide squad.
The wounded persons were
placed in the ambulance and
Mrs. Cites was pronounced dead
on arrival. elites died about two
hours later.
REVEALS PROPOSAL
Miss Cites revealed to police
that a suicide pact" offer was
made by her father to her mother
shortly before the shooting.
According to the story she
told police, she heard her father
say:
Look, if you'll let me shoot
you, I'll kill myself"
. The mother responded:
you're crazy. OF course I
won't do anything like that"
A few moments later the two
shots sounded in quick succession,
and Miss Cites rushed into her
parents bed room.
The shooting took place short
ly after 8 o'clock this morning,
and the elites apparently had
just risen and were dressing when
the quarrel started.
WARNED OF GUN
Mrs. Cites was fully dressed
and Cites was partially dressed
when the doctor and police ar
rived.
Only few days ago a friend
of Mrs, Cities, who lives in the
same apartment, suggested that
because of Cites depressed feel
ing it might be a good idea to
hide his pistol, police were in,
formed, Mrs. Cites was quoted
DIS ISpAy4L1Ss
"Oh, no, that might put
ideas in his head"
Because of Cites dependency,
few preparations for Christmas
had been made in the home. Re
Gently, it was learned, he quit his
job with a chain store, and OBJ
tanned a position as an electri-
clan at the Corcoran Art Gallery.
He started work there only yes
terday, worked the one day, and
then quit that job and had plan,
ned to return to the chain store.
-~%A~UP~NH AAn1~s-
The Washington times., 1937-12-22
Emblem Torn From Mast
OF Hospital Ship at Wuhu
Reported ThrOWn
In RiUer By
Soldiers

SHANGHAI, Dec. % 0N.SO.
A grave new incident, in which
japanese soldiers were reported to
have thrown an American flag
into the Yangtze River near Wuhu.
brought added tension in Ameri-
can-Japanese relations today.
Letters reaching Shanghai
charged that the Nipponese pulled
down an American flag which was
flying at the mast Of a boat be.
longing to the General Hospital
at Wuhu, up the river from Nan.
king.
RELATIONS STRAINED
The letters, which were de.
scribed as coming from "unim-
peachable foreign sources" de.
clared the Japanese threw the
flag into the Yangtze."
If this incident is officially
proved, it is expected to add sub
stantially to the crisis now sew.
erely straining relations between
Tokyo and Washington as q re-
suit Of the bombing and sinking Of
the United States gunboat Panay
off Hoshien by Japanese planes.
The dispute over the Panay in
cident has been heightened to
fever heat by declarations by Ger.
tain sections Of the Japanese army
that it Is "tnconceivable' that
Japanese forces machine gunned
the Pansy. 1.a
INSULT PROTESTED
These declarations have been
made in the face Of contrary
statements by American and other
eyewitnesses and by the foreign
OIIlCe In 1OkyO.
The letters received here stated
the American flag was recovered
from the muddy waters Of the
Yangtze by an American doctor.
They added that hospital
authorities Immediately made rep
resentations, protesting against
the alleged insult to the flag, to
the Japanese commander at
Wuhu, who was reported to have
expressed regrets"
SCHOOL SEARCHED
It was charged further that
other Japanese soldiers ordered
the Chinese caretaker to haul
Continued on Page 6, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1937-12-22
SCHOOL SEARCHED

It was charged further that
other Japanese soldiers ordered
the Chinese caretaker to haul
Continued on Page 6, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1937-12-22
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Rain, slightly warmer, lowest about 40
degrees tonight: tomorrow rain, turning
TO snow and colder. "Details on Page 2s.)
Evening star., 1937-09-15

| oC1VlCc WIliCIl VIII IcSulG from b lull or,
even worse, from partial transfer of
operations to the new Boiling Field,
1t is believed, will result in even more
permanent damage.
The backbone of Eastern Air Lines
operations here is the hourly merry
go-round" service between Washington
and New York. From the local stand
point, this service is regarded as OF
even more Importance than the
through services operated by Eastern
to Miami and to New Orleans and
Texas.
| The Washington New York service,
operated in competition with the best
railroad service In the country, de-
pends for its success entirely on speed.
| The fastest railroad time now Is 3
hours 35 minutes between Washing
ton and New York. Further reduction
in running time, however, is antici-
pated.
More Than Two Hours.
Airline time between Washington
Airport and Newark Airport, the New
York terminal, is 80 minutes. Ground
transportation time between downtown
Washington and Washington Airport
averages about is minutes. At the
New York end, however, 40 minutes
il required for the long trip from New
ark into the city. This increases the
total travel time to 2 hours Is min
utes.
To save the approximate hour and
half between rail and air time, some
100 passengers q day are willing to
pay the extra charge for air fare be-
tween Washington and New York
If an extra 80 minutes or more is
added to the ground time between
downtown Washington and the new
Boiling Field, however, the advantage
Of the short haul" air travel between
the two cities is materially reduced.
Add to this the Inconvenience Of the
long taxicab ride to the Army field
and the extra taxi fare and the In
centive to travel by air is greatly
lessened.
Estimates Passenger Drop.
I'VE estimate that an outright trans
fer Of operations to Boiling Field would
cause loss Of at least IS per cent
In our Washington-Ne York busi-
ness" trafhc ofi1cial OF Eastern Air
said.
Partial operation from Washington
Airport, with bad-weather transfer to
Boiling Field. without warning, prob
ably would be even more disastrous to
the "merry-go-round" service, it was
said. Nevertheless. for the sake of
existing connections with the west
bound service Of Pennsylvania Central
Airlines. which need not be transferred
to Boiling Field, and because OF a
Lack Of facilities at Boiling Field,
Eastern is planning to continue oper-
ations at Washington Airport as long
- possible.
Sees New Patrons Lost.
There Is no doubt that local air
transportation is losing many poten-
tial permanent patrons" Samuel j.
Solomon, manager Of Washington Air
port, said. There are many people
who might be won easily to air trans
portation now and who would become
permanent air travellers. The local
situation, however, Will drive many of
them away from the airlines and it
may be years before they become air.
line patrons.
THE same Is true Of airmAil and
Evening star., 1937-09-15

air express, especially on the short
haul routes. Speed in these services
Is the prime consideration. Reduce
the speed through increased ground
travel time and you destroy q service
for which patrons are willing to pay
an additional price. Once they turn
away from use of airmail and air ex-
press, 1t may be long time before
they come back, even though condi-
tions in the future may be improved" !"
Evening star., 1937-09-15
Permanent Loss of PATRONAGE
Feared in airport Dilemma
Capitals III Repute in Plane Service
Cro,Os-Speed Essential to Com
pete With Land Truuel.
No. S OF q Series.
BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON.

BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON
Of aviation authorities likely to do the ar
l transport industry.
Continuous unfavorabe airport publicity Of
ne dangers OF local operations potential
eady has been exceedingly harmful cripplne
Evening star., 1937-09-15
TWO DIE IN GUN DUEL
LAID TO ROW OVER DOG
Peanut Cart Operator and Old
Age Pensioner Fatally
Wound Each Other.

By the Associated Press.
NEWARK, Ohio, September 15.-An
old-age pensioner and a peanut cart
operator died In gun duel yester-
day in what Police Capt. Carl Koblens
said WAS dispute over a dog. Ed
ward Swan. 70-year-old State pen
sioner, died of four revolver-shot
wounds and Sam Sameades, about so,
succumbed to two charges from a
shotgun.
Koblens said he was told that
Sameades accused Swan Of mistreat-
ing Sameades' dog and that they had
an argument at the house where both
roomed
Koblens said Swan fired both bar
rels Of a shotgun. The wounded
Sameades then drew a .38-caliber re-
volver and fired four shots. the oficer
said.
Evening star., 1937-09-15
eMrs,m~1&ha;e~
FOR THE GENTLEMAN
AND TALKS ON MATTERS MASCULINE

suit
background
scendan For less formal
soxny chevot appeals
Wnen you IN town
collars black shoes and bowler hat hmug
collar attached
20 country The
Sornalty and
robe. and 1t looks though S to stay
Evening star., 1937-09-15
Featuring the Smart Chalk Stripe at

The British Lounge V-8 instantaneous success from
the day introduced it Washington last year and
destined heights this Fall more
varied! 1887 styles dsnctvel Fabrics of even finer
textrel The British Lounge VS. portrayal of
the Londoners conception of appears
snug but isn't! This illusion is exemp6ed by the exactine
workmanship which into every phase of the garment It
accenuaes strong points and mnmizes hoows and
heshy parts of body The slightly broader shoulders
fuller drape chest lower apered asne tapered trou
seemingly add inches your height and create more
athletic It's the model that and Aaters all
builds of You have hundreds of Others will
find the British Lounge VS. the comfortable best fitting
suit you've worn.
Evening star., 1937-09-15

Blood brother to the sell Jrts suit
y the semi-sports hat. The ,4le shown
here Is first cousin to a Tyrolean but
lar less extreme. It's medium crown
and neatly proportioned brim are be-
coming to most men. Shown be-
hind 1t IS shooting stick, indispens-
1ble part Of q sports spectators equip
ment. You carry 1t about as a walking
stick, and when you want to sit down,
whether 1t be to watch a golf match
Or . steeplechase, just open the top,
screw the circular plate on the bottom,
and there you are.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-02
Sounds Rather Familiar

Dr. Herbert B. Bruner professor ot edu- cation at Teachers College, Columbia University, thinks that our public school system today is out of date. He says that 90 per cent of the courses being offered and taught could be eliminated without doing a bit of harm. AS matter of fact, we get the impression that every school child who is a product of the public schools today is handicapped. Well, so long as it's universal there should be no cause for extreme worry as all will be starting from scratch, since all are the products of the "despised" system.
 Today's problems aren't met by the courses offered in our present day schools maintains the professor. He cites the need of more studies that will give the pupil the right slant on modern social and economic trends. That's just a bit like treading on dangerous ground, for 1t might easily be shown that some ot the modern social and economic trends are distinctly "cock-eyed," to use descrlp- tive expression. It's just like the man who thinks he must keep abreast of the times by devouring every new book and magazine that comes off the press. The result is a hodge-podge.
 Of course there is this difference. The pupil is supposed to be given the bene- fit of more mature aid in the selection Of courses, textbooks, etc., through the medium of trained teachers, principals, and school boards. Unfortunately, as Professor Bruner did point out in his tirade, there are too many instances where the teacher has been found want ing and not capable of conveying in the course of instruction the facts that must be faced in this new life of ours.
 It would be interesting if the critic would list some of the courses that should be eliminated from our public schools. After all we'd like to know what should be thrown out and what retained And school days can't be one long round of study of social and economic problems with any great or lasting success. There is such thing as morals and morality to be considered or are they, too, outmoded?