davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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pose. Somehow I managed to keep my
eye to the finder. The plane filled it
all, except for that flag f1uttering in
the foreground 1t was man against
machine. Which would give first?
Then suddenly the finder cleared. The
flag was still there. and there alone.
The plane had curved upward and
away. I had my picture.
An instinct of preservation. the de-
sire to save what had been snatched
out of the very hands of death. made
me snatched my camera and dive for
the companionWay behind me. That
instinct. blind and primeval though it
was, devoid of all calm reasoning,
saved my life and the Panay film.
Over the rattle of our machine guns
and the shouts of our sailors, I heard
that terrible death whistle from the
sky again. From the corner of my eye
as dived, saw the black egg OF death
darting down. Then a crash and the
deck blew open in hell of orange
flame as the bomb hit us.
Hurled Down Companionway.
was hurled down the companion
way. A mans heavy body piled on my
shoulders, I heard him scream. The
mans body went limp and he groaned.
I could feel sharp blow on my leg.
thought it was the rail OF the COM
panionWay. We struck the deck. the
man on top Of me- Strong hands
lifted him off. Subconsciously real
lied that my left hand was still
gripped around my camera. Sailors
slowly eased the fallen man into a
cabin. 1t was Sandrio Sandri, the
Italian correspondent He had been
hit. mortally wounded, although we
did not realize 1t at the time. All we
would think of was the terrible bonn
bardment from that glittering blue
sky, so bright that our sailors were
blinded as they squinted up at the
darting planes along their machine
gun barrels. I started up the COM
panionway back to the deck with an
other load of film in my camera. AS
I moved, I felt the blood run down
my leg. That had been a shrapnel
wound, not the stroke Of a brass rail.
What q sight greeted me as
limped back on that blasted deck.
The white woodwork of the Panay
that had been 80 jaunty and yacht
like only 10 minutes before was
blackened with powder and red-dap-
pied with blood spots. The paint had
been scaled off. The railings Of the
deck were bent and broken. Yet in
all this shambles I saw the filmed
Chief Boatswain's Mate Mahlmann
calmly going from gun to gun, pot
shotting at the circling planes, per-
fectly at ease, although his uniform
had been torn to tatters. Then I
swung my camera on the first boat
load OF wounded, half dozen stricken
sailors, whom Coxswain Weimurs was
having lowered into the outboard
motor sampan. Little did I think
that this was going to be the start
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famous photographer has secured
many outstanding scenic stories. before
the Panay pictures brought him
greater fame. He obtained noted Aims
Of the floods in the Middle West and
has had extensive experience in various
sections Of the Nation. He worked
for quite time in the Chicago area
for that was his old home, he said
yesterday.
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lucky break by being ut the right place
at the right time. was but elimination
Of series of bombings and shootings
as he recorded pictorially the advance
of the triumphant Japanese Army on
the shoes Of China and up the Yangtze
Valley.
Mr.. Alley arrived in China on Sep
tember 10, he recalled yesterday. I'm
mediately he began to film the events
of war-Canton, Chapel, Shanghai
and close-ups of the fighting came be-
fore his lens He was in the vanguard
Of the japanese Army and was aboard
the Panay with the refugees that
warship was taking from Nanking,
when the dramatic bombing occurred.
BY the time the Japanese aviators
sWooped down on the Panay, he was
accustomed to the bursting of bombs
and the uproar Of war.
For his films, he wrote all the cap
tions and the real reason he accom-
panied them to New York was to see
that this was done correctly. He ex-
planned that it would have been diff
cult for another to have described the
scenes second hand.
Just Getting Back to Normal.
Just now his food is beginning to
taste normal again, he declared.
Snatching it here and there. working
under high pressure and amid great
nervous tension, Mr.. Alley said that
he had little relish for food during
those days in which he was making
camera history.
Mr.. Alley was on duty in Washing
ton during the early part of the World
War in 1917. at the Army War College,
where he organized the Photographic
laboratory. He was lieutenent in the
American EXpeditionary Force and was
Photographic officer of the 2nd Army.
James E. Lyons, Washington repre-
sentative of Universal-the firm for
which Mr.. Alley works-recalled the
Evening star., 1938-01-01
RITES FOR MRS. DILLON
HELD AT SPRING CREEK
Darlington Heights Woman, 81,
Mother of 8 Children, Living
in Washington.

By STAFF Correspondent OF The Star.
DARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Va,
Jan. Mrs. Mary Arvis Ford Dillon,
81, died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Thornton Cunningham, near
here, following declining illness Of
several months.
Funeral services at Spring Greek
Church were conducted by the Rev.
H. L. Reeves, pastor Of the Buffalo
Presbyterian Church, Of which Mrs.
Dillon was member, and the Rev. r.
P. WEIGH, pastor of the Spring Creek
Church.
Mrs. Dillon is survived by a sister,
Mrs. B. v. Harvey OF Danville, Va;
three sons, j. L. Dillon of Victoria,
Va; T. Dayton Dillon of Darlington
Heights and Emory Dillon of Alexan-
dria; five daughters. Mrs Roland N.
Jefferson Of Washington, Mrs. E. j..
ESsick of Washington, Mrs H. c. Mar
tin of Ashland, Va: Miss Aurelia Dill
lon of Washington and Mrs, Cunning
ham, and 10 grandchildren.
Evening star., 1938-01-01
Alley Tells of Sauing Film
From Bombs Witl,ering Blast
Caught Onrushing Plane, Firing as Ii
Diced, Before Ducking a Fe,o Sec
OndS Before Missile Hit.

This the third
japanese attack the Panay the
attack and the sinking OF the American gunboatJ
NORMAN w. ALLEY.
He'll
is
the There
experience In life happens 10
There ordinary words feeling
Evening star., 1938-01-01

Well, that's how I felt. My mouth
was dry as q limekiln. Fire fiecked
from the SHOUTS Of the bomber. Bull
lets pinged against the cabin behind
me. The scales of paint as the lead
pellets tore through the thin walls
scratched my cheeks. A tet Of air
eeross my scalp.
Ny hat vas gonS-xhot o6, I am-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06

teer suggestions, collaborste with
other groups and direct legislative
action relating to water front i'm
provements.
Harry Francis Cunningham, ARCH
itect, is chairman Of the committee,
with Alfred Kastner, architect, as
secretary. Other members are Rob-
ert P. Beresford and Arthur Heaton,
architects; Malcolm Kirkpatrick,
city planner; John G.. Loehler, con-
suitlng engineer, and Morley LETTERS
Williams, landscape architect.
The committee already has con-
fefred with John A. Remon. chair
man OF the Rivers and Harbors
Committee of the Board of Trade.
and the two groups have agreed to
collaborate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06

q high Democratic leader, Repub-
hcan gains in the House are put
at a maximum of 49, BY the same
source, this is shaded down to as
low as Is. The real estimate of
this Democratic leader is a Repub-
hcan gain of 80 to IS seats, taking
into consideration that the Demo-
Gratis may win perhaps as many as
6 seats now held by Republicans.
This same Democratic source gives
the Republicans chances to pick up
seats as follows: California, 3; Colo
RADIO, l; Nebraska, l.; Iowa, 8; South
Dakota, l.; Wisconsin, /; Illinois, 3:
Missouri, /; Indiana, /; Ohio. 6;
New York, 2; New Jersey, O. Della
ware, /; Connecticut, l; Pennsyl-
vania, IL; a total of 80.
At the same time, he figured the
Democrats might retaliate by taking
two districts in Massachusetts,. one
or two in New Jersey, one in Mich
1gan, one in Minnesota and one in
Nebraska, total of six.
G. o. P. Will Win "a Surely.
From information gathered by per-
sonal surveys in Is States and from
reliable sources in others, it appears:
l. That the Republicans will surely
win q minimum of "a House seats
now held by Democrats or third
party members. This list includes:
California, 8: Delaware, l; Illinois,
4; Iowa, 2; Michigan, l.; Minnesota,
l; New Hampshire, /; Ohio, 4:
Pennsylvania, 5; Rhode Island. /:
South Dakota, l. Two Republican
and American Labor party nominees
in New York are expected to win and
possibly three.
z. That in addition, the Repub-
hcans have the advantage in 80 9TH
er congressional districts bringing
the total gain up to SO. Such a list
would fix the gains as follows: Cali
fornia, S; Connecticut, 3: Delaware
l.; Illinois. 7; Indiana, 3; Iowa, 4;
Kansas, /; Maryland, /; Michigan,
4; Minnesota, 2; Nebraska, /; New
Jersey, 3; New Hampshire, /; New
York, /; Ohio, II; Pennsylvania, 8;
Rhode Island, 2; South Dakota /:
washington, l.; West Virginia and
Wisconsin, 2.
Total Could Be IS.
from distinctly Republican sources
estimates are that in % additional
olstrlcts the G. o. P. has $3.50
chances and if the Republicans
should carry all of these districts the
Total gain would be IS. The % dis
tricts in which the G. o. P. leaders
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give themselves q $3.50 chance are
California, 3; Colorado, /: Indiana, 2;
Iowa, /; Missouri, 2: Nebraska, /;
New Jersey, 2; New York, /; Ohio, 4;
Pennsylvania, 2, and Wisconsin, 8
These are all in addition to the list
OF SO Republican gains.
Interest in O'ConnOr.
Probably there is no greater in
terest IN any one congressional dis
trict election than in that of the
sixteenth New York, where Repre-
sentative O'Connor, victim OF Pres
ident Roosevelt's purge, is seeking
to win reelection as nominee of the
Republican party and of the Jack
son Democrats" an independent Or
ganization which Mr.. O'Connor de-
vised himself. Despite the efforts
made for Mr.. O'Connor it looks as
If he would be defeated by James H.
Fay, who won the Democratic NOM
ination and also has the nomination
OF the American Labor party.
President Roosevelt gets rid, in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06
| 12 Candidates
For Governor
In 81 States

BY the Associated Press.
Voters in 80 States will choose
Governors Tuesday from among
a total of 112 candidates of
the following political designa-
tons:
Democratic, 80; Republican,
81; Communist, s; Socialist, 6:
Progressive. 4; Farmer-Laoor-
lite, 2; Prohibition, 6; hide
pendent, 10; other designations,
Is.
The 43 State governorships
now are divided among 80 Dem
ocrats. Republicans. l Farmer
Laborite and l Progressive.
Some are not at stake this
year. OF the 80 Offices at stake,
"a are held by Democrats,
by Republicans, by a Farmer
Laborite and l by a Progress
sive. The two minority party
Governors, Republicans and
"a Democrats are seeking re-
election.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06

this defeat of Mr.. O'Connor, of the
chairman of the House Rules Com
mittee who he has charged with
blocking New Deal legislation.
Representative Bruce Barton, Re-
publican, is expected to win re-
election in the 18th district. Both
the Democrats and the Labor party
have candidates in the field and with
his opposition divided, it does not
seem possible Mr.. Barton will lose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06
Architects Will Collect
Dutu on Water Front

Appointment of an architects
committee on water front improve
ments in the District has been an
nounced by President Louis Juste-
ment Of the Washington Chapter,
American Institute of Architects.
The committee will collect and
disseminate research data, yolun-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06

dates and a younger and revitalized
Republican party with a forward
and sane outlook will play their
part.
Copyright 1888, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06
Hamilton Sees Gains
Bye. 0. P. in State,
National Races
Narrowing Of Margin
Even Where Democrats
Win, Is Predicted
Nv John HAMILTON.

Chairman, Republican National Committee.
For the first time since 1923, the
Republican party in Tuesdays cleo
tons will make substantial gains.
Not only will the Republicans in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06

One OF the first laws passed BY
the new Czechoslovakia in 1919 was
for an 8-hour work day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06

crease their nu-
merical strength
in House and
Senate, but they
also will recap
ture the COVER
norships a n d
State houses in
sew eral X e y
S t a t e S, along
with an impos-
ing list of local
Offices.
Most Signif-
cant. I believe,
will be a sharp
narrowing of the
Evening star., 1938-10-28
Headline Folk
and What
> IheyDo
Gen. Yu's Status Is Left
in Doubt by News
From China.
From China.
BY LEMUEL r. PARTON.

ny AEMUEL +. PAXTON.
News dispatches from the Southern
China war zone have been vague and
conflicting in several instances, not
ably In leaving in doubt the activities
Of Gen. Yu Han-mou, commander Of
that area. A dispatch of October 23
reported that the Japanese had an
nounced that Gen. Yu had sur
rendered his sword to It. Gen. Mootoo
Furusho. in command Of the southern
invasion. Later dispatches have placed
him at the head Of his army, with
drawing to prepared positions in
Human Province and taking . stand for
a new defense.
Gen. Yu, member Of the Kuomin.
tang Central Executive Committee
since 1881, has at times been in sharp
opposition to Chang, again his ally.
listed in the China year book Of 1884
as Chang Kai-shek's most trusted
general" In the rift between Canton
and Marking in 1892, they were OPP
posed, although Yu had been Chiangs
aide for many years. Again supporting
Chang, he suppressed rebellion several
times In the southwest and became
commander in chief Of South China
after the start Of the japanese aggres-
sion
He is in his early forties. vigorous,
shrewd and resourceful. holding the
loyalty Of his troops, and. If the later
news is true. in leaving him still At
the head Of his Kwangtung army. he
may be an important factor in con-
tinuing Chinese resistance.
Six months ago, he said that, II
Canton were taken, the japanese would
fnd the city in ruins He has been
an advocate Of guerrilla warfare and
has contended that, even If Japan
took the entire eastern seaboard, her
troubles would be just beginning.
There is story, for which this writer
has no verihcation, that one OF his
several breaks with Chang was due
to some indiscreet remarks he made
in 1885. after hts return from Human
Province.
II found the peasants wretched,
starving and exploited" he is reported
to have said. If you can provide
them something worth living for and
fighting for, you can save China If
you can't, you might just as well hand
the country over to Japan
Although he has fought the Com
munists, he has been somewhat of q
free-lance warlord. never quite in step
with any government. He is of good
family, soundly educated. processing
a democratic ideal for unified China.
(Copyrisht. 1889
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oa And he has shown the greatest reluctance
Murphy He will act in secret he
risk stabong Murphy in the back the wound likely
Furthermore Van Waggoners feelings
OF the entire party organization in the State
sell bitterly unpopular with the
paradng his intellectual New Dealim partly
cal and insisting
civil
few weeks Muphys Faciona strife
in the Automobile of his labor sup
port The Presidents brother capcouy
tempted movement which might
President hadn't asserted himself
else his talent for putting his in his
doubtful Murphy be Thoroughly
punch-drunk
Copyright 1888
Evening star., 1938-10-28

cumstance that the note was presented
on october 6, but released only on
October 81, the same day the world
was reading President RooSevelt's dec
laration that there can be NO peace"
while aggressor nations-unnamed, but
clearly ndicated-comport themselves
like bullies and brigands, is unmistak-
able proof that the specific reminder to
Japan and the general admonition to
the dictatorship are correlated. The
Japanese are riding so high, wide and
handsome in China, are bursting with
50 much power consciousness after the
recent triumphs Of their European al
lies, that it remains to be seen whether
the war lords now ruling the roost
at Toxic will yield to our demands
for prompt and binding pledges of Z
square deal for American rights.
Diplomats at Washington, who are
expert and punctilious In measuring
the inwardness Of even a comma in a
message of such gravity as the note
to Japan, think It's high spot is the
use Of the word "Manchuria" instead
Of Manchukuo. Thereby hangs a
tale. What it means is that. as far
as we're concerned. the great north
ern province Of China, which the
Japanese converted into a puppet
state. is still part and parcel of the
Chinese Republic 1t means that
Roosevelt and Hull stand pat on the
Hoover-Stimson doctrine of non-rec-
ognition of political or territorial
changes effected by force 1t means
that Uncle Sam continues to regard
as unrepealed Far Eastern law the
Nine-Power Treaty of Washington,
to which Japan is party and which
pledges respect for the integrity and
sovereignty Of China.
This observer was on broadcasting
duty at the Geneva Disarmament
Conference in 1882 at the time Sec
retary Stimson failed to interest Great
Britain in joint Anglo-American ac-
tion Of positive character to arrest
japanese aggression in Manchuria,
then only four or five months old.
Sir John Simon. British foreign Sec
retary and Downing Streets spokes-
man at Geneva, was held mainly re-
sponsible for blocking the United
States effort. Unquestionably it was
British Illustration of Stimson's plan
that paved the way to the tragedy
that has befallen China and to the
crisis in Washington-To relations,
which will be just around the corner,
Evening star., 1938-10-28

day, were to leave for Back Greek VAL
ley Orchards, country home Of Shelton
T. Cameron, local patent attorney.
near Hedgesville, w. Va. for . week
end house party.
Mr.. Cameron Is a former president
OF the club and annually entertains
club ofhcials In this manner. The
party will leave from the residence Of
their host. 1901 Sixteenth street NV.
Evening star., 1938-10-28

Mckay and his ally, Edward of
marshaed the
chine into paunchy cigarsoking
at all commissariat supplied
labor-hatng business In fact the Michigan
ignored the exciting of
Massachusetts, and Ohio They
Roosevelt with the ghost
But additional
the situation The first the tdown strikes
arguments strikes
middle
themselves warned Gov Murphy
Motors Chevrolet
had been turned the t-downers
Michigan undoubtedly
sit-downs
The second factor working Murphy
Democrats
Dealer Murphy
Evening star., 1938-10-28
Baptists Will Organize.

Delegates from oolored Baptist
churches OF Washington and vicinity
will gather at the Mt. Nebo Baptist
Church. 1927 Sixth street NV, at 2
pm. next Thursday to organize the
churches into what will be known as
the Peoples Convention" DR.. E. C.
Smith is temporary chairman and the
Rev. s. G. LAmkins, secretary.
Evening star., 1938-10-28
MRS. ROOSEVELT TALK
Speaks Today in Columbia, S. c.,
After Rest in Georgia.

ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. % LP>.-Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt headed for Co.
lumbia, s. c.. today for scheduled
lecture after an of day of compara-
tive relaxation in Georgia yesterday.
The days activities included:
A trip to Roswell, Ga, to visit Bul.
loch Hall, girlhood home of her grand.
mother, Mrs. Mittie Bulloch Roosevelt:
luncheon with . close friend, Mrs.
Stephen Ives; motoring to Warm
Springs for q pop call at the little
White House: dinner at Warm Springs
with Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Toombs. and
motoring back to Atlanta for the
night.
Mrs. Roosevelt came to Atlanta
from Birmingham, where she deliv.
cred a lecture.
Evening star., 1938-10-28

open door In
China. S tiff
messages from
the United States
are not exactly a
novelty at Toxic.
But Ambassador
Crews language
in demonstrating
against Nippon's
roughshod disre-
gard Of foreign
Lraoe TlSlU nao
sharper t e e t h
than any we've
shown the island
ers in many a
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and the university president, Col. J.
Rton McKissick.
AS part Of the entertainment stu
dents Will give their own version Of the
Big Apple. called Peeling the Peach.
Ira F. Willard will be master Of cere-
monies.
Evening star., 1938-10-28

whose idea Of conservatism is t.
exploit the necessities and impo-
tence Of their fellow citizens, has
become law. The Wage-Hour Act,
opposed by Mr.. William Green of
the American Federation Of Labor,
opposed by the Chambers of Com
merce, opposed by the Manufactur-
ers Association, is now the law Of
the land. It's benefits extend to
about 100000 American wage
earners engaged in interstate COM
Evening star., 1938-10-28
By FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Not since the tempestuous days Of
the Wilson-Lansing notes to Germany
protesting submarine warfare-cer-
tainly at no time during the Roosevelt
admmistration-has a sterner diplo-
matte billet-doux left Washington than
our warning to Japan not to slam the
Evening star., 1938-10-28

shop andas the behavior stick at moth
the purpose Of collective "
LABOR Is not perfect the
Deal perfect opposition to all three
the best evidence of the fundamental
1t now remains for the New Deal
OF Texas South
particularly
Evening star., 1938-10-28

OF evidence.
The President
objects to the fact
that the Dies
committee Of the
House OF Repre-
sentatives. inves-
ttg ng un-
American activi-
ties has not been
governed by rules
Of evidence. He
said, for instance,
IN his bile
statement this
week:
Mere opinion
evidence has been
barred in court
Evening star., 1938-10-28

against excessive ~ 10A
SOMEBODY used his head determining should IN ,nto
ec Two weeks before the elections on scal.
Wnc gives the lie to opposition depression and
WIN aoo the defensive concealed drive Of the
10 beat down all the
devised 'NNe~eA-p w VIC Aoa' ~no
NO doubt the promptly challenge the measure
III tne courts no doubt the administration will
secure reversal OF the decision Of
vs. Dasenhar no doubt hghpiced attorneys to
judges that
mus n strictly construed employer Of industrial labor is
engaged in interstate these tests Of the act are . to
'~~~ o- ~"- NV
mere tne important thing to to anticipate exactv
~ e OF esanc obstructonm
reform Oil in the winter Of 1887 challenge Of his court
proposals utilized opponents this yerv
ct aS an excuse hlibuster
year 1t was not what the called
~ A' "''~" eo"oeo Vic 1ea!
And here another When cacu lack" oer
and the senatorial is as GOOD AZ Md onersd
" on ne court BILL their motives those rugged
men duIth
Evening star., 1938-10-28

1a1oa' aHcU ~111l AedI 10 preserve Cne
form OF Government that the
Founding Fathers had handed
down to US. The first kick under
the Wage-Hour Law came from
Texas. where certain enterprising
employers OF Mexican labor were
paying wages as low as ST. a week
to pecan shelters. The great dream
Of these "ranchers" is not to herd
cattle. but to herd men and women,
to make Texas the national sweat
Evening star., 1938-10-28
The Capital Parade
Victory of Gov. Murphy in Michigan Is Held Vital
to the New Deal.
By JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT KNTNER.

By JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT KnNTNER
elephant gun to kill donkey
public merely
witness His defense Gov Frank Murphy Michigan
explanation.
The explanation To the
Dealers the reelection Of Frank Murphy Michigan ucy
reelection Lehman
the only public official
Dealers accept as 100 cent true believer He
with
vital because mbozes leadership for which
the New Dealers fought in the purge.
Add that the New Dealers received
Michigan where Murphy very slight one
and the clear for
Murphy.
Under normal circumstances Murphy would
Evening star., 1938-10-28
We, the People
Wage'Hour Timing Should Be Worth Judxeship
to Man Who Devised It.
BY JAY FRANKLIN.

Bill Conney OF Massachusetts In his
pens and the su Of partisan malice Hugo Black
supreme Court bench Warrington
spite Of those mantle
for organized injustice. ~
But on October a. 1898 Black
worked and fought
Evening star., 1938-10-28

S. 7. Cameron to Be Host to Officers
Of Civitan Club.
Officers and Board of Directors Of
the Civitan Club Of Washington, fol-
lowing luncheon at 1890 o'clock to-