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Evening star., 1937-12-11
Bic AIR BATTLES
FOUGHT IN ARAG0N
Insurgents Claim 20 Planes
of LoyaIists DoWned
Near zaragoza.
By the Associated Press.


HENDAYE, Franco-Spsnish From
tier, Dec. 11.-Victories in air battles
over the Aragon front were reportei
today by both the Spanish insurgents
and government forces.
Oficial dispatches from Gen. Fran
cisco Frances headquarters said the
insurgents won one of the greatest air
fights of the civil war in the Zaragoza
sector yesterday when they brought
down 20 government planes. The in
surgents said they lost but one ship.
The government said six insurgent
planes-two of them bombers and the
others pursuit ships-were shot down
In large-scale encounter in the Bu-
tarsloz region. The government re-
ported 1t lost only one plane
Three insurgent battle cruisers
the Canarias, Baleares and the Al
mirante Cervera-shelled the Port of
Alicante. on the southeastern coast.
Tor half an hour. Government sources
reported casualties as 2 killed and 40
WOUNDED Shore batteries blazed away
at the irSurgent warships.
The insurgent dispatches on the
zaragoza air battle said Francois
planes, concentrating from various
airdromes il the Aragon, pounced on
feet of rs government ships flying
up the Ebro Valley toward Zaragoza.
The battle lasted IL minutes and.
the insurgents said. 20 of the govern
ment planes were shot down in insur-
gent territory, the crews all burning
to death or being killed in the
crashes. One insurgent ship failed to
return to its base.
Evening star., 1937-12-11
RELIEF ESTIMATE
WILL Be DELAYED
Recession n-Created Uncer-
tainties Held Forcing Post
ponement by President.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Congressional leaders said today that
recession-created uncertainties would
make it impossible for President
Roosevelt to estimate next years re-
lief needs when he makes the annual
budgets forecast in January.
They said the President would delay
estimating relief outlays until March
in order to determine the seriousness
of the present business slump.
This would postpone until March
any disclosure Of whether Mr.. Roose-
velt's aim of a balanced budget can
be attained in the fiscal year beginning
July l.
Harry Hopkins, the w. P. A. ad-
ministrator, announced Thursday re-
lief rolls would be increased tempo
rarily by 350,000 persons. He said
however, this expanded program could
be continued for time within the
limits Of the existing 81 ,500,0 900 900 re-
lief appropriation.
The w. P. A. has been spending an
average Of 100000 900 a month to
provide work for a varying number of
clients. Present rolls number 1,575,-
900, and the increase would boost
monthly expenditures by $4,000 900.
Informed persons on Capitol Hill
said some reduction in this years re-
lief figure undoubtedly would be nee
essary to balance next years budget.
A broad survey of the entire relief
situation now is being studied by a
special Senate committee headed by
Senator Byrnes, Democrat, of South
Carolina, and this may aid Congress
in measuring future needs.
The committee tentatively has de-
cided to begin hearings the first week
in January. If this is done, findings
could be given the Senate before
March.
The committee recommendations will
be aimed toward establishment of long
range relief machinery which can be
adapted to varying economic conditions
merely by changes in the sums of
money expended.
For the present, aides of Mr. Hopkins
said. the reservoir of approved w. P. A.
projects-involving a total of s2,848,-
00.000-is more than ample to provide
work for the 35o,000 to be added to
work relief rolls.
They aid most of the added workers
would be employed on street highway
and road improvements. This cate
CORY now covers 36 per cent of w.
P. A. workers, while 106 per cent are
assigned to building improvements.
The rest are scattered among a dozen
types of work.
Evening star., 1937-12-11
bill ENDANGERED
| BY LAB0R'S SPLIT
U. A. W. Head Says Foes Of
Wage'Hour Measure viii
Be Remembered"
By the Associated rress.

By the Associated Press.
Organized labors divergent yievs
on the administration waee-hour bin
complicated last-minute efforts Of
House leaders today to insure speedy
enactment Of the legislation. :
The American Federation of Labor
demanded completely revised and
more drastic bill. but the United Au-
tomobile Workers Of America, a Com
mittee for Industrial Organization
affiliate, wrote the congressional reprs-
sentatives of its members that ..un.
favorable" votes on the pending neas-
ure will not be forgotten next year..
Signed by Homer Martin, presi-
dent Of the union, the letter said: =
This is not political threat, bsis
frank expression of conviction and
fair notice that Representatives who
do not represent cannot expect sup
port"
House Debate to Start. ~
House debate will start Monday,
and Administration supporters hope
to have the measure approved In two
or three days. t0
The bill Endorsed by the C.. I. o.
and already passed by the Senate
would empower a fve-member board
to fix wages for Interstate Commerce
workers as high as 40 cents an hour
and to establish work week OF not
less than 40 hours. Considerable fiexi-
bility would be permitted in deter
mining the standards.
The A. F. of L., however, wants a
bill to impose fat 4o-cents-an-hour
wage and 40-hour week wage-hour
standard throughout the country. II
would be left to the Justice Depart-
ment to enforce.
A. r. L. Bill Failure Seen.
Democratic Leader Rayburn of
Texas expressed confidence a pro-
posal to substitute the A. F. of L,
bill would fail.
House leaders do not expect easy
sailing for the present bill, however,
chiefly because of an amendment
adopted by the Labor Committee to
place supervision under single adj
ministrator in the Labor Departo
ment. He would be required to ap-
point voluntary committees to inves-
tigate complaints in each industry
and to recommend wage-hour stand
ards.
Because he would have power 10
veto the recommendations and send
them back to the committees as often
as he desired or appoint new COM
mittees, some Congressman said the
proposal would be more vicious" than
the invalidated N. r. A.
Evening star., 1937-12-11
OCEAN AIR FLEET
BIDS ARE ASKED
Pan-American Seeks Giant
New Ships to Fly to Euro.
pean Capitals.
gy the Associated Press,

NEW YORK, Dec. 1l.-Looking al
least three years into the future, Pam
American Always has asked eight air.
craft manufacturers to submit bids for
q fleet of huge transports capable OF
flying at least 100 passengers" from
New York to almost any capital OF
Europe.
Requests for the liners OF revolu-
tionary size-likely to be twice the ton.
mage of the $4,000 pound flying boats
now under construction for the trans
Atlantic service-were made in letters
sent to the manufacturers yesterday.
The bids were returnable to Col
Charles A. Lindbergh, chairman OF
Pan-American's Technical Committee
who emerged from semi-retirement in
England last Sunday to direct final
conferences here before the airline 8
plans were made public.
In Operation by 194l.
Under normal building schedules the
machines, expected to cost in the
neighborhood Of 81, ,000, 900 each, prob
ably will be in operation over the At
lantic and Pacific by l94l.
Several manufacturers have had on
paper designs for craft roughly similar
to those requested by the airline for at
least two years, actual construction
having been delayed primarily by the
absence of a buyer.
All details of construction were left
to the manufacturers. the company
stipulating only that special consid-
Grafton" would be given to designs per-
mitting operation at 10000 feet alt
itude or higher. with cabins super
charged TO afford passengers comfort.
able atmospheric pressures.
25,0OO-Pound Payload.
The payload must be $4,000 pounds
for a nonstop run of 5000 miles
double that of the Boeing Clippers
under construction for a 2,500-mile
flight, and five times the loads car
ried by Martin Clippers OF the Pacific
service.
The required passenger capacity
and payload of the machines matches
substantially the payload of such air
ships as the Hindenberg and her sue
cessor, the Lz-I30, while the Clippers
speed would be two to three times
that of the fastest dirigible contem-
plated
Pan-American's letter mentioned ,
desired speed of 274 miles an hour al
10000 feet--a speed which would
place London within IA or Is hours
of New York.
Manufacturers asked to submit,
plans for the super Clippers were
Boeing Aircraft Corp, Seattle; Con-
solidated Aircraft Corp, San Diego,
Curtis-Wright Corp, Buffalo; Doug
las Aircraft Co., Santa Monica. Calf;
Lockheed Aircraft Corp. Burbank
Calf; North American Aircraft Corn
Inglewood, Calf. and the Sikorsky
division of United Aircraft Corn
Bridgeport, Conn.
Evening star., 1937-12-11

about am. flames near the radio
were licking the wall. The heat
cracked his eyeglasses lying on a near
by window sill. A copy of Gone With
the Wind" half-read, went up in the
flames.
Another blaze, early last night, dam
aged the basement of faculty house
of the Holton-Ar School at 1908
Phelps place NV. The first floor suf-
fered some damage from smoke and
water. The house residents were at
tending a faculty meeting at another
OF the schools houses at the time the
fire broke out in the basement.
Evening star., 1937-12-11
Congress
Continued From First Page.)

capped defeat on proposal initiated
by Republicans to send the contro-
versial legislation back to the Agri-
culture Committee for complete over
hauling. The 206-to-197 decision was
much closer than sponsors of the bill
had anticipated.
They said many members wanted
almost any other type of farm pro-
gram, but decided to accept the COM
mittees legislation after losing the
motion to recommit.
Chairman Jones of the Agriculture
Committee, after the final vote, re-
ceived the handshakes and backslaps
OF Democrats and many Republicans
who had opposed him through two
weeks Of strenuous debate.
He and his associates suffered only
one major defeat. That was House
acceptance of an amendment by Rep
resentative Boileau, Progressive, of
Wisconsin, to deny soil conservation
payments to farmers who raise any
commodity for market on acreage
taken out of cultivation Of SOIL de-
pleting crops.
Representative Boileau contended
that without his amendment the bill
would prompt mushroom growth of
dsirylng In Southern and Western
regions.
Evening star., 1937-12-11
BODY OF LESLIE
TO BE SENT HOME
Republican Governor Of Indiana
From 1929 to 1888 Dies at
Miami Beach, Fla.
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Dec. ll-Ar-
rsngements were completed today for
removal of the body OF Harry G.. Les
lie. Republican Governor of Indiana
from 1929 to 1888, to his home in In
dianapolis.
The 59-year-old former Governor
died last night of heart ailment. He
had arrived Thursday with Mrs Leslie
to recuperate from an illness. Strain
of the journey caused removal to hos
pital. but his condition had not been
adjudged serious.
Leslie at the time of his death wss
president of the Standard Life Insur-
ance Co. Of Indiana. He served in the
Indiana House from 1923 to 1927, as
speaker for the last two years.
Evening star., 1937-12-11
FLAG BRINGS AID

HOUSTON, Tex, Dec. II P.-A
flag that once flew over one of Sir
Thomas Lipton's Shamrock yachts
saved John Hickinbotham, 78-year-old
sailor, from pauper's grave today.
Harry Hilliard, commodore of the
Houston Yacht Club, paid SIS for the
flag. Hickinbotham. who died at the
Home for the Aged here, said he once
worked for the English tea magnste
and that Sir Thomas gave him the
flag.
Evening star., 1937-12-11
THIRD YOUTH ARRESTED
IN AUTO PARTS THEFTS
By STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

By STAFF Correspondent of The star.
ARLINGTON, Va, Dec. 1l.-A third
Washington youth was arrested by
Arlington County police yesterday in
connecticut with recent series of
auto accessory thefts. The arrest fol-
lowed the capture of two other boys
Wednesday and all are being held in
the Arlington County Jail, charged
with larceny
Leonard Mills, 18, of the 100 block
of r street NE, was arrested yester-
day. w. M. Berger, 10. of the first
block of T street NE, and Adam Bog
dasias, 49, of the 140O block of Har-
ward street NV, also of Washington,
were being held, according to police.
Evening star., 1937-12-11
BRITISH RAIL WRECK
DEAD TOLL NOW 35
81 Persons Injured When Crack
Scottish Express Hits Train
in Binding Snow.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CASTLECARY, Scotland, Dec. IL
Thirty-f1ve persons were dead and
ninety-one injured today after a
crack Scottish express train, speeding
through binding snowstorm.
smashed into the rear end of another
train stopped on the main Edinburgh
Glasgow line.
The first two coaches of the ex-
press were wrecked and the locomotive
plowed up snow-covered embank-
nent in Great Britains worst railway
disaster in % years.
The death toll mounted to IS when
five more bodies were taken from the
debris and one Of the injured died in
a hospital. The latest victims ac-
counted for, one of them a woman.
were added to the rows of dead in a
wooden mortuary shed near the track.
OF the 81 injured persons. "a still
were under hospital treatment. Five
of the recovered dead were women
and one child.
Evening star., 1937-12-11
De KOven
Continued From First Page J

TO her whereabouts has been found.
Two men and woman sought
as members of the syndicate surren.
oered to the police yesterday for oues.
tlonlng, and charge of complicity
OF murder was placed against Roger
Million, supposed head of the group
and his woman companion, brunett.
Collette Tricot. Jean LIE Blanc wa.
held on an open charge.
Search also was begun for a mar
known as Maurice" who, while EN-.
ployed at cafe in the fashionable
Champs Elysees district, was alleged
to have carried on a business in fals<
passports.
Maurice" disappeared from hi.
place OF business two days ago, declar.
ing he was i'll and was going to a hos
pltal A check of Paris hospitals
revealed no trace of him. Police be-
lieved he furnished Weidmann with
faxed papers.
Collette Tricot, who police said was
Millions mistress, disclosed to uues-
tloners that she had husband work
Ing in an automobile factory and an
6-year-old son.
Million, according to a police ac-
count of his questioning today, admit
ted ne had given letter demanding
$500 ransom for the release of Miss
de Koven to a chauffeur to be de-
hvered to Ida Sackheim, the BROOKLYN
IN. " aunt and companion in Paris
at the time of her disappearance last
July.
Million was quoted as saying that
the letter was written by Weidmann
after Miss de Koven had been killed
but Million declared that at that time
he was Ignorant of the murder and
thought the letter was a love missive
for the girl.
The woman of the trio informed
Investigating Magistrate Georges Berry
that "Weidmann told Million and me
that an American man had con-
triouted 10000 francs (s1, 1920 to assist
IN starting the same theatrical enter
prise for which Leblond had agreed
to advance 1000 francs"
Roger Leblond, a broker and one Of
the four men whom Weidmann con.
ieSsed staying, was found slain in ar
abandoned automobile last summe,
at Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Two of Weidmann's victims. %.
year-old Miss De Koxen and Frit,
Frommer, another German ex-convict
and named by Weidmann as a mem.
ber of the death gang, we're foune
buried at the st. Cloud villa.
Mile. Tricot, whom police sale
shared her charms as mistress with
both Million and Leblanc, said the
american man" entered into the
negotiations before Weidmann con.
tacted Broker Leblond for the inter.
view rendezvous that ended in hi.
death.
1t was believed that the 'theatrica
enterprise" was merely the device usec
by Weidmann to snare his prey.
Weidmann, meanwhile, amended
his story of strangling Miss De Koven
After recounting his trip with tn,
girl from Paris to the suburban vills
last July, the ex-convict told Magis.
trate Berry.
"She was going across the porch
10 enter a small nall. was behint
her. I seized her by the neck.
"She grabbed my wrists. Her heac
fell on my shoulder. Her frightened
eyes met mine.
II squeezed her very hard Despit,
her apparent weakness she resisted
Then with blow of my knee I forced
her to lean backward. Her body
dropped. I grabbed napkin ane
like Q garrote frightened it arount
her neck.
"She lost consciousness. I stuck MY
handkerchief down her throat A
dozen minutes later she was dead
Then robbed her"
Evening star., 1937-12-11
Death Shocks Friends.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. II P.-The
unexpected death of Harry Guyer Les
lie, at Miami Beach, Fla, shocked
hundreds of Hoosier friends and ad-
mirers today.
Leslie died only q few hours after
chatting cheerfully with George Ade,
Indianapolis humorist.
Starting as town clerk of West La
fayette when he was al, Leslie rose
gradually to become a commanding
figure in Indiana Republican politics.
In poor health several months, he left
here for Florida with his wife Tuesday.
Britain has more than $4,000, ,0eo
civilian gas masks IN storage,
Evening star., 1937-12-11
Haifa Arab Lawyer Slain.

HAIFA, Palestine, Dec. IL (P.-
Sheik Mahmud Ell Khatib, well-known
Haifa lawyer and member of a family
opposed to the Husseinis, was shot
dead here today. A constable accom-
panying him was dangerously wound
ed. The assailant escaped.
Evening star., 1937-12-11
Shanghai
Continued From First Page,

fangtze to turn northward, seeking to
fiee by the railway from Pukow..
A Chinese account of the battle for
Nanking said the defenders were hold
ing their own. According to British
dispatches from Hankow, Gen. Tang
Seng-chi, commanding the defense of
Nanking, telephoned to Chinese lead
ers at Hankow declaring Chimes
morale still was high and the situation
favorable.
Gen. Tang was said to have admit
ted the loss of Kuanghuamen. the
main southeastern gate, which JAP
anese reported they had captured
Friday. But he declared the invaders
mad been unable to make further
headway into the city Fighting was
terrific and casualties high.
Gen. Tang also declared fighting
still was in progress in the vicinity
OF Purple Mountain, which the jap
anese asserted they captured Friday,
He declared he would defend Marking
to the bitter end.
japanese accounts of the battle
said tanks were leading three in
fantry columns in a general assault
on Markings eastern and southeast
ern walls, through the already cap
tured kuanghuamen, and in attempts
to breach the Changshan and Ching.
nua gates on the east and south.
With fighting reported on the north
bank of the Yangtse, fear was felt
for the safety of two American mis-
sionaries, B. F. Stamps of Huntington
w. Va, and Richmond, Va, and
Mary Demerst of Emerson. N. j.
They were at Yangchow, near Chin
kiang, and had not been heard from
for two weeks.
Stamps had arranged to evacuatf
on British gunboat. He was absent
however, rescuing converts when the
Warship WAS forced to sail and leave
him behind.
An of1cial japanese announcement
said the japanese Army had taken
over the safety zone in Nantao, south
OF Shanghai's French Concession, be-
cause a Chinese sniper had fired at
Japanese sentry. 1t said the soldier
was not hit.
Attacks Like Wheel Spokes.
The simultaneous Jajanese attacks
from three directions were pointed like
spokes toward the center of Nanking.
(Reports in Toxic said Japanese
ofhcers conceded bloody fight for
the Tungchi gate had not been
successful, but said the battle still
was raging. , Naval planes were
said to have carried out q mass
bombing despite wall of anti
aircraft fire.
(The foreign Office in Toxic an
nounced to all Japanese consulates
that "the imperial army had made
: victorious entry into Marking"
Japanese military reports to Toxic,
however, said Chinese had launched
heavy counter-attack behind a
tear gas brigade. They said the
counter-charge was repulsed.)
United States Ambassador Nelson
johnson informed the Nanking Inter-
national Safety Zone Committee he
had forwarded both to Generalissimc
Chang Kai-shek and to Japanese
authorities in Shanghai and Toxic its
proposal for demilitartzation of the
entire walled city area of Nanking, in
cluding an already demarcated safety
zone.
Evening star., 1937-12-11
Republic Revival Seen.

PEIPING, China, Dec. IL R.-Res-
toration of the former republican ma
tional Chinese government in North
China by the japanese Army within a
few days was forecast today by we'll
informed Chinese sources.
The Japanese were not as explicit,
but they freely predicted that there
would be - new government very
sOon.s
Evening star., 1937-12-11

Pot w. Hayes Yeager of the George Washington Unuer-
Sy department OF public speaking c0nqratulanq
Lee d N1s G Hgh schoo oo elected
chosen general chairman OF the nterhtgh school conference
0ersity. Star Staf Photo
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
"Winterset" Is
 Blend of Poetic
 Romance, Drama
Comes to Capitol Theatre Tonight Another
 Anderson Success

Perhaps the most unique blending of swiftly poetic romance and heart wrenching drama ever attained on the screen is featured in Winter set,7 the Animation of Maxwell An- dersons stage triumph, which comes to the Capitol Theatre tonight.
 Combining in inherently dramatic theme of young man, who while seeking to vindicate his fathers memory is involved in an unexpect- ed romance that nearly defeats his grim purpose. 'Winterset" made a radically new departure in motion picture treatment of these clements. The motivating background of an innocent mans being sent to death in the electric chair is vividly pre- sented in the opening scenes.
 Thereafter, practically all the ac- tion occures under the shadow of the Brooklyn bridge. Drawn by thier various destinies into this en- vironment, the various characters meet and swiftly expedite the story's complications, with tremendous cli- maxes overlapping each other.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
SCHOOL QUARTERS INSPECTED


 A representation of the parents of Douglas visited the City Hall and Labor Union Hall building last night to inspect, with the School Board and two or three members of the Council, the proposed school quarters for the first part of the term.
 Most of those present having young children in school stated their preference of the City Hall for the lower grades, at least from the first to the sixth, and let the higher grades and high school use the La- Dor Union Hall.
 After considering the proposition, the Board stated it's willingness to concur with permission of the City Council.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-18
By RoBBIN CoONs

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Aug. Is. = Hamlet has turned to slapstick. Ro- meo has taken up burlesque and caricature. Whic h means Leslie Howard is having one helluva fine time.
 He told about it on the set of "Stand-In," the comedy about Hol- lywood. Just the day before, the philosophic Leslie Howard had been biffed in the face with stagnant tomato and subjected to various other indignities dating from the golden movie age of Sennett.
 But he told about it with relish and enjoyment, as if tripping over a manhole and pretty nearly break ing his neck were fun. He said 1t was fun.
 Inspired By Laughter
 The idea struck him, he said, a few months ago in New York. He had just appeared on an Eddie Cam tor pro gram and the laughter Of the large audience was music to the ears. He had been doing his Ham, let" at which audiences do not laugh, and he had almost forgotten the pleasure to be had from genu- inc laughter. He had known it once, for despite his pictures he had done light and comic things in an earlier day. Back in his hotel room that evening:
 q said to myself, 'The time has come, the walrus said And I wired Warmers to look for script for me, a funny script"
 And so was born, not long ago, the broad burlesque of two acting folk, Its Love I'm After" Leslie Howard and Bette Davis, heretofore united in such serious pieces as "Of Human Bondage" and "The Petri- fled Forest step out as comic pair presenting the funnier aspects of actors taking themselves ser-