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Evening star., 1937-12-14

By the Associated Press.
TOXIC, Dec. 14.-Japan today
met the major demands of Presi-
dent Roosevelt on the sinking of
the United States gunboat Panay
before they were presented for
mally.
A japanese note expressed regret,
promised indemnification and stated
measures already had been taken to
prevent recurrence of the incident.
A short time later the gist of Pres
ident Roosevelt's memorandum, de-
manding full satisfaction for the at
tack on the Panay. was presented to
Emperor Hirohito, a high government
official disclosed. 1t was reported the
memorandum was received quietly.
Cited as Proof of Sincerity.
The high government source said the
prompt delivery of the demands to the
Emperor itself best illustrated the at
t1tude of the japanese government re-
garding the attack on the Panay.
1T shows the extent of Japan's
eagerness to face the music squarely,"
he said
Official and unofficial sentiment
the latter including even personal ex-
pressions toward Americans from the
japanese man in the street-seemed to
indicate readiness to accept the re-
sponsibility and to make all possible
amends.
This unofficial attitude brought
strange scenes in Toxic streets and
public places where Americans meet
the japanese public.
The Japanese stopped Americans in
their rounds. removing their hats and
gravely expressing their sorrow for the
incident. The fact that most of the
Americans failed to understand was no
deterrent
Average japanese citizens visited nu-
merous American business offices. ten
derlng their regrets. Taxi drivers and
even mattresses conveyed similar ex-
pressions.
Hirota Sends Note to Grew.
Foreign Minister Koki Hirota sent to
United States Ambassador Joseph C..
Grew the note of reinsurance and
regret
Mr.. Grew received from WASHINGTON
statement to present to the japanese
government.
The statement from washington
and the foreign office note virtually
conceded.
Statement Issued On Nanking.
Another Japanese government state
ment was issued in connection with
the fall of Nanking.
Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye
gave out the document. which declared
that birth of a new China will serve
to safeguard foreign interests in the
Far East
1t summarized Japan's contention
that she had pursued a policy of non
aggravation" and said the Marking
government had been reduced to a
mere local government.
Hirota and Sugiyama Report.
Earlier today the Premier and the
Cabinet Council had heard Hirota' S
report on the Panay incident and the
report Of War Minister Gen. Gen Sugi-
yama on the capture of Marking.
The Premier's statement said in
part:
Foreign powers will certainly
understand Japan's position as the
only stabilizing force in Eastern Asia.
Japan will not relax chastisement of
the anti-Japanese administration Tin
- ~China). Japan will cooperate with
whatever administration comes into
existence in China.
I'VE sympathize with the nationals
Of third powers whose lives and prop
tSee TOXIC, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1937-12-14
HAZARDS Of FIRE
AFFECT OVER 300
FEDERAL WORKERS
66 u. S. Office Buildings Out
of 800 Shown to Have
"Poor" Exit Facilities.
IMMEDIATE CORRECTION
is URGED BY REPORT
Only 308 of All Governments
Quarters Are Rated Good"
in Study for Congress.

BACKGROUND
Soon after completion OF the neD
Post Office Department Building
fire destroyed the storage files. The
Federal Fire Council uas created by
executive order to make surrey
OF the Government -oUned and
rented buildings to determine the
matter OF eristing fire hazards and
to recommend improvements.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
.EARLY HEARINGS
ON D. c. PLAN DUE
Reorganization Program,
Including Representation,
Wins General Approval.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND-
Problem OF government OF Ma
tion's Capital has become increas-
ingly acute oper past years as er-
pdnding population has increased
municipal obligations ,0hile Con-
gress has shoun groUing disinclina-
ton to propide funds or Cite sut-
fcient attention to responsibilities
here. District residents haze no
poice in citys AFFAIRS. Last March
special committee began search for
solution, yesterday submitted rec
concentrations.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
Summary Of Today's Star

Matrial welfare group invited to White
House. Page B-1
Evening star., 1937-12-14
HirOhito Informed
of Roosevelt
Attitude.
PEOPLE ARE
SYMPATHETIC
Go Out of Way to
State Regrets on
Sinking.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Tension betUeen United States
and Japan, progressively increasing
as result of latter'S inudSion OF
China, heightened Sunday By sink
ing in Yangtze Riuer BY japanese
iDnrplanes OF the U. S. Gunboat
Pandy and t,Do Standard Oil Co.
ships and the burning OF third.
japanese profered apologies and
tndemnities Immediately, but Pres
ident RooseDelt directed protest
to Emperor Hirohito. expressing
his grave concern. Two knoUn
dead in Panay sinking.
Evening star., 1937-12-14

(sss ToYa. Page A-a3
Evening star., 1937-12-14
WEATHER.

70. 3. Weather Bureau ForecastJ
Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow;
probably snow or rain by tomorrow night:
not much change in temperature; lowest
tonight about "a degrees. Temperatures
today-Highest, 80. at PM; low
est, 20, at 80 am. Full report, page A-2.
Evening star., 1937-12-14

(See REORGANIZATION, Page A.!
Evening star., 1937-12-14

SHANGHAI, Dec. Is We'd
nesday) (P. - The known
death toll from the bombing
of the United States GunbOat
Panay and three other Ameri-
can steamers increased to four
today when the badly burned
body of an unidentified sea-
man was found.
Evening star., 1937-12-14

tSee TOXIC, Page A-4. J
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-22
Basques List 1900
Insurgents Killed

ST. JEAN DE LUZ, France,
April % QN.SO.-The Basque
government at Bilbao issued a
communique today claiming 900
insurgents were killed when they
launched a futile attack on loyal
list positions at Eibar, east Of Du-
range.
At the same time, an insurgent
communique was broadcast from
Salamanca denying the Basque
assertions and stating there had
been little activity on the
Basque front owing to bad weather.
Salamanca claimed loyalist at
tacks on Oviedo, Cordoba and
F'uente Ovejuna had been re.
pulsed.
1000 Killed in Trap
An earlier Bilbao communique
said terrific havoc was wrought
upon insurgents who launched an
attack from Vergara. Basque
leaders, learning of the offensive,
ordered their men to hide in
trenches until the air and artillery
bombardment preceding the at
tack was over.
Then the insurgents, believing
the trenches had been abandoned,
advanced, only to be met by a
blast of loyalist artillery and
machine gun bullets at range of
only 40 yards. This resulted, the
communique said, in a regular
massacre" with 1000 insurgents
left dead and wounded on the
battle field.
Row Over Franco Edict
Loyalist reports said a brawl
broke out when a Spanish fascist
delegation returning to San Sc
bastian from Salamanca heard of
Gen. Francisco Frances decree
amalgamating the Fascist and
Monarchist groups into a single
organization.
Many Of the Fascists, these re-
ports said, objected to the decree,
while others defended it. The re-
suit was reported to be a gun
fight in which one Fascist leader
was killed and another wounded.
Along the Bilbao and Basque
fronts, massed insurgent artillery
was reported hammering the
Basque mountain defenses, aided
by guns of insurgent cruisers
which shelled Bilbao's shore bat
terieS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-22
G0MPERS MUM
0NLAB0RWAR

Recovery from the depression
today was given as the cause of
the labor unrest in the United
States by Samuel Gompers, son of
labor'S Samuel Gompers, as he
observed the fiftieth anniversary
of his service with the United
States Government.
Asked what changes in the Gov
eminent in the past so years had
impressed him most, and what he
thought his father would think of
the current labor unrest, GomperS
told intervieWerS:
Gentlemen, don't ask me
that. I work for the Labor De
partment and my attitude must
be neutral. But about what you
describe as this labor unrest. i
know you've got Green and
Lewis and the rest of them in
the back of your heads.
There always comes unrest
when the country is recovering
from depression. In the
depressiOn's depths there is
poverty, no hope. Of course
people come out Of depressiOns
and the hope of it all brings
desires, but I can't discuss it all.
1 have my own opinions which
/, must be kept"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-22

Want to become o movie star? Watch
for The Times-M.G-M-LOew's Screen Tai
emit Quest starting Monday in The wash.
inRtOn Times.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-22
MADRID UNDER
SHELL FIRE
Il DAYS
Kill SO, Wound $50
In Bombardment
BY Insurgents
BY THOMAS A. LOAYZA

MADRID, April % Q.N.SO.
SPANS insurgent forces once again
unleashed an artillery lombard
ment on Madrid today while the
capital counted an estimated so
killed and $50 wounded in yester-
days barrage.
The renewed COMMUNICATIVE
eleventh successive day Madrid
has been subjected to insurgent
shelling-realized the worst fears
of the city'S population, already
badly shaken by the terror Of yes
terday's experience.
Most of the shells were directed
at the center of the city. Many
of the wounded were not expected
to live.
Altogether, it was estimated, in
the past 10 days ITS or more have
been killed in Madrid by shells and
bombs.
One Of the shells fell 10 feet
from a crowded trolley car. The
car was riddled with shrapnel and
20 occupants were seriously
wounded, four fatally.
Strewing the streets with wreck
age of buildings and automobiles,
and dead and dying men and
women, as well as animals, three,
four and Six-inch shells landed over
a wide area.
On one of Madrid's main squares
I saw two dead women. Not far
away was the headless body of a
man. Farther down the street two
dead horses were lying in front
of an English drygoods store.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-22
Continued from Page u


Franco declared in his first inter.
view since the fighting in the
Guadalajara region.
Franco, for the first time,
authorized publication Of his &C
count of the happenings of that
engagement along the muddy
roads and fields between Guda.
lajara and Siguenza, which
Madrid forces celebrated as a
triumph but which the generals
Simo dismissed as a "nonexisting
victory"
At the same time, his categori-
cal rejection of peace by negotia-
ton exposed the futility of expec-
tation that the Gaudalajara az
fair, plus prolonged duration of
the war, plus the nonintervention
blockade, would bring about defeat
of Frances forces.
Value of Planes
To these declarations of interna.
tional Importance, Franco added
his own personal comments on the
value of airplanes and tanks in this
miniature world war;" which
must be of keenest interest for
students of modern warfare.
I wanted above all to get his
own reason why Madrid, which all
thought was as good a captured
during the first week of November,
still was holding out. So asked
him first to compare the siege of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-22
SUICIDE TWICE
THWARTED

Mrs. Bernice Whelan, 80. 100
block Seventh st. N. w., was in
the observation ward at Gallinget
Hospital today following what
police said were two attempts at
suicide last night.
Mrs. Whelan walked in front Of
two street cars near her home and
only prompt action by the motor
men in applying the brakes kept
her from being struck, police said.
Then she rolled on the ground
in front of the cars, police re-
ported, and narrowly escaped be-
ing struck by an automobile.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-22
BUSINESS MEN
HIT SALES TAX

SILVER SPRING. Md, April
22.-Any proposals in the special
session of the General Assembly
to enact any form of sales or
gross receipts tax will meet with
vigorous opposition from the Sill
yer Spring Business Mems AsSo-
citation.
Claiming such a tax would
place them at a disadvantage
when competing with Washing
ton enterprises, members of the
association said today they would
go to Annapolis when the special
session convenes today to enact
relief legislation, and would keep
a delegation there in an effort to
defeat any form Of sales or gross
receipts tax.
A move to enact such legisla-
ton during the regular session in
1896 was defeated by a State
wide organization founded by
Walter K. Bachrach of Bethesda.
Montgomery County residents op.
posed to such legislation feel that
Bachrach. will again come to the
front and lead the opposition
forces if such legislation is ad.
vanced.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-22
CA. r. REPORTS
ARE GIVEN

Regardless of age-and some
were barely in their teens-the
young delegates to the National
Convention Of the Children Of the
American Revolution displayed
adult poise as they were called
from their seats to present their
State reports.
They paid their respects to Mrs
C. A. Swami Sinclair, national
president, and read their messages
without a trace Of nervousness.
Chief concern Of the pretty
pages yesterday was to keep their
white dresses immaculate as they
dashed back and forth between
the Red Cross Auditorium, where
the c. A. r. are meeting, and
Constitution Hall, on D. A. r. er'
rands. Despite the rain, they
managed to remain Spick and span
until the close of the sessions.
Clasps Of amazement and re-
sentiment echoed through the Red
Cross hall when the report of the
historical committee revealed that
the monument to the Unknown
Revolutionary Soldier at Alexan-
dria, Va, had been damaged by
a souvenir hunter.
Mrs. Amos A. Fries, wife Of
Major General Fries, chairman of
the publicity committee, received
many congratulations for her
splendid efforts in publicizing the
convention.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-22
FRANCO SEES VICTORY

Madrid with that of Paris in 1871
Franco said:
II maintain there is NO
parallel in the present invest
ment Of Madrid with that Of
any other city in the past, mot
even Paris in 1871. The reasons
are clear: In the present siege
new factors have made their
appearance; the bestiality Of the
foreigners who command and
make up the international
brigades.
FOREIGNERS BLAMED
"When nationals Of q country
have defended an open city mp
to the point where they have to
choose between its destruction
or giving it up, they have 81.
ways taken the latter course.
Elm Madrid, however, the
aliens who make up the internao
tional brigade are the only ones
of the population who have
enough to live on and eat prop
erly. They don't care whether
the city is destroyed or not, nor
do they mind the sufferings,
hunger and death of Spaniards
fighting beside them"
"But to what factor do you
ascribe the sudden resistance
put up by the reds from the
moment your troops reached
Madrid, whereas they had liter
ally run at top speed all the way
from BadajOS to Madrid?" ]
asked.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-22
so NJ { STAPLES
HIGHER THAN
IN 1922
Decent Lodging at Fair
Prices a Problem,
Survey Shows

This Is the second OF a series
OF articles dealing NTH the oper-
alton and effect OF a Minimum
Wage LdD in the District.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-22


CHICAGO, April 22.-Errol
Flynn, motion picture star, whose
activities in Spain are under
scrutiny by the Knights of Co
lumbus, has telegraphed John j.
Rossborough, California State dep
uty, Oakland, and Thomas B.
Flanagan, secretary of the Los
Angeles Council of the Knights of
Columbus. The message read in
part:
"If my visit to poor, unhappy,
war-tOrn Spain, country / lived
in in bOyhOOd, cOnvinceS me of
one thing more than another, it
is that you won't find a firmer
believer in a sane peace-lOving
democracy than 1 am. If any
one wants to know my political
beliefs on any sort of matter
then let him call me a hundred
per cent pacifist
"There is absolutely no truth
whatever in most Of the reports
which came out of Spain. / have
absolutely no political bias Of
any sort and resent the story
that / have been active in q
political cause. / have been told
that I said certain actors, incIud.
ing Freddie March, James Gag
ney and myself were collecting
funds to be used in Spain.
never said any such thing and
have never had the least knOwI-
edge Of such activities.
81 will make myself available
to you upon my return to Holly.
wood this Saturday, for any in.
vestigatiOn you wish to conduct,
for I am certain that you are
as anxious to arrive at the truth
in this matter as I am"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-22
MARY SEXES
CULT THRONE
OF DIVINE
Faithful" Follower Of
Fugitive Brands
Him Faker

NEW YORK, April % U.N.S0.
Faithful Mary, first lieutenant of
Father Divine, today seized the
throne of the fugitive God" of
Harlem and proclaimed herself
the true mistress of his earthly
pastures and spiritual domain.
While the Stubby little Negro
cultist remained hidden from the
army of detectives searching for
him on a charge of felonious as
sault, the husky Queen" arrived
in New York today to direct a re-
bellion against the man who calls
himself God.
His No. / "angel" said:
"He never cured anybody; IL
was who showed many the
way to be healed by contracting
the spirit. They will follow
me-"
Detectives ended day of search
ing without a clue to the where.
abouts of Divine, wanted for al
legedly assaulting a process server
and a companion.
They had served him with a
summons in an action by Jessie
Birdsall, a former "angel," who
charges that Divine seduced her
and induced her to turn over all
her earnings to him.
Divine, it was learned, escaped
police after the riot at his Harlem
heaven" by fleeing over rooftops
with his chauffeur.
N. N. Kranzler, chief counsel
for Divine, said:
81 haven't the slightest idea
where Father Divine is. I don't
know when, If ever. he will sur
render to face the charge.
Neither /, nor any of his other
lawyers, have heard from him."
NEW YORK, April % G.NS).
Penninah (Mother) Divine, wife of
Father Divine, the fugitive Negro
cultiSt, is dying in Benedictine
Hospital at Kingston, N. Y, the
New York Evening Journal said in
copyrighted story today. The
paper said:
"The sweet-faced, grey-haired
woman who has chung devOtedly
to him during his rise from
hedge-cutter. to mOneyed Mes
siah is dying with the CHASTITY
realization that the man she
wOrshipped first as husband,
later as God is neither to her.
Gas q husband he has failed
to pay her hospital bills-an-
other is doing that. As a God
who promises everlasting life to
the faithful, he has failed to
save her even the pain Of her
last hours"
LOS ANGELES, April 20 G.N.S.)
Federal agents today launched a
search for three persons secretly
indicted by the Federal grand jury
after Delight Jewett. 17-year-old
Denver high school girl, testified
about her alleged betrayal by John
Wuest Hunt, millionaire white fol.
lower of Father Divine. The jurors
voted to indict Hunt on Mann act
charges.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-22
81 Club 10 Present
Three 0ne-Act PLAYS

Three one-act plays will be pre-
Sented by members Of the "57
Club" of the Sidwell Friends
School this evening and tomorrow
evening at the school.
Following the presentation to-
night there will be an informal
dance for alumni and the student
body.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-22
ARIEL" DECREE
TOMORROW

LOS ELEs, April %
Q.N.SD Elaine Barrie will OBJ
tain her divorce from John Barry
more at q hearing tomorrow morn
ing, Attorney Leo schaumer, an
nouneed today.
The decree will be entered by
default as Barrymore failed to
file an answer to her petition
within the legally specified time,
he said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-22
Government 10 Sell
HeIium Reasonably

The war and Navy departments
yesterday Endorsed q bill to make
available for commercial use Gov.
ernmentproduced helium at "rea-
Sonable" prices.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-10-04
MILLER WORKS BOYS
OUT IN GYMNASIUM
Rain Soaks Grid and Mentor
Limbers Boys Up for
Apex Contest

Coach Bing Miller took his Hender-
son high school Bulldogs into the
gymnasium this afternoon for drill
due to rainy weather, and put the
boys through limbering exercises as
he began preparation for this first
conference game of the season, meet
ing Apex Friday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock
Today's layoff will aid injured play
ers for their first big test.
Miller's charges have racked up
wins over South Hill, Va, and Smith
field and are pointing their every eff
fort to. their first big game.
Henderson was off in it's blocking
and tackling in their 1912 verdict over
Smithfield Friday, and the Coach ex-
poets to give the boys plenty of work
along these lines when the weather
breaks
Apex has one of the best teams of
the schools on Eenderson's slate, and
a victory over them will aid the Bull
dogs great deal in the conference
and title race.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-10-04
MORE ELECTRICITY
IN RURAL SECTIONS
$500 Customers in Country
Sections Added Since
First of July
Daily Dispatch Bureaus
In fhQ Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, Oct. approximately T.
500 rural resider Is of North Carolina
have become electricity customers and
consumers since July 1, according to
records in the office of the State
Rural Electrification Authority.
This increase has come about thro-
ugh completion, construction and au-
thorization of lines by private power
companies, as neither the municipal
tiles nor the Federal Rural Electro
fication Administration have increas-
cd their facilities in the State in the
past three months.
Increase in number of consumers
has been accompanied Ky the COM
pletion of 1904 miles of new lines;
while 124.81 miles are now in course
of construction and 106.07 miles OF
new lines have been authorized.
AS a result of these activities the
power companies operating in this
State are now serving 22,1S8 cleo
tricfty consumers, municipalities brig
current to 2,811 customers and the
Federal REA has lines reaching s.
758 customers.
Dudley Bagley, head of the state
authority, expressed satisfaction with
the increase in rural electricity con-
sumption and said there are many fac
tors leading him to believe that rural
identification is about to make even
more rapid strides in the state.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-10-04
TAR HEELS LOOKING
T0NYU ENCOUNTER
UNC's Only Invasion of the
i, East Will Be Against
Strong Violet Eleven

Chapel Hill, Oct 4-North Cardinals
football squad got down to serious
work today in preparation for it's only
eastern invasion of the season. The
Tar Heels will lock horns with the
powerful NYU. eleven on Ohio Field,
New York City, Saturday..
The contest is the second ever play
ed between the two teams. Last sea-
son Halfback Tom Burnette convert
ed successfully twice on extra points
to give the Tar Heels scant 14-13
victory. The Southerners had decid-
eddy the upper hand for three periods
Yet a brilliant two-touchdown squirt
by the Gotham eleven in the final
quarter virtually wiped out the early
lead. Had the game gone five minu-
tes longer, the result might rave been
different.
In its opening game NYU revealed
a wealth of power Extensively and de-
fensively in routing Pennsylvania Mill
tary College 37-6. Tar Heel Scout
Walter Skidmore, who witnessed the
game, reported the Violets to be even
stronger than last season. They ran,
kicked, Blocked and tackled like
team playing fnld-SeaSon Dali, Coach
Skidmore said.
The present Violet outfit is built
primarily around II lettermen and
outstanding sophomores from a fine
freshman team of 1886.
Chief strength . on the NYU squad
lies in it's backfield, end and tackle
material. The Violet can trot two ex-
perienced sets of backs on the field.