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The Washington times., 1938-05-06
SUICIDE VERDICT

WOODSTOCK, Va, May 6.
Coroner H. w. Miller issued a
certificate of suicide today for
Harry Burch, Sc, a retired house
painter, found dead in the front
yard of his home yesterday after
noon. Police said he fired a 20
Icaliber rifle shot through his head.
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LOST

LOST
RACELET-Diamond: either 14OO block
of 34th St. or 3100 block of P St.; re-
ward. Call WEST O376.
DOBERMAN PINSCHER - Lost: black
and tan: vicinity Calvert st. Bridge: re-
ward. Call Tom Griffin. REP. 1884; eve
ming. AID. 6495.
RING LosT-Yellow gold, two diamonds
and sapphire. Reward. NO. S437.
sTENoTYPE MACHINE-Lost, vicinity of
District Building, Serial No. A-l6692
reward. Dist. 1900. Br. 2207.
WALLET-Lost, black, Wednesday, May 4
$25 reward. G. G. Rhodes, 602 Irving
st. N. W. AID. 7940.
containing drivers license,
registration card. etc.: finder may keep
cash: vicinity. of Wardman Park Hotel.
st. N. W. AID. S760.
Other Lost and Found Ads on
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BY WILLIAM S. NEAL

by WILLIAM 3. NEAL
U.N.S0 Surging forward to the
Speakers desk with the enthusi
asm Of college youths, members OF
the House "wage-hours bloc" today
opened their drive to complete a
petition of 21S names and thus
force a vote on the Norton bill.
Representative Mary T. Norton
CD of New Jersey, chairman OF
the House Labor Committee, led
the movement by placing the peti.
ton on Speaker Bankhead's desk
Writing her name with a flour
ish, Mrs. Norton stepped aside a.
members from big industrial areas
sought to be among the first tc
affix their names to the petition
! Mrs. Norton's action came i'm
mediately after the House con
vened, and a long line of Con.
gressmen Immediately formed in
the center aiSles of the House
floor, making the conduct of reg
ular business virtually impossible.
Representative Curley Cd, of
New York, won the honor of being
the first to sign the petition. He
was Immediately followed by Rep.
reSentativeS Flannery CD, OF
Pennsylvania; WEIGH (R), of Cal,
ifornia; Lesinski DO, of Michi-
gan; Peiffer Cd, of New York;
Caroline O'Day Cd, of New York;
Phillips Cd, of Connecticut;
Cullen CD, Of New York, and
Allen Cd, of Pennsylvania.
At this point Speaker Bankhead
finding it impossible for the House
to continue its consideration of the
$486, 100000 highway authorize.
ton bill. ordered the members in
line to move their queue to the
rim of the House floor.
SECRECY ASIDE
Members Of the gallery and the
press leaned far out to identify
those signing. Signing Of dis.
charge petitions are supposed to
be secret, but precedent was cast
aside today. After approximately
80 members had attached their
names, Representative Fish (R0
Of New York took the floor to
exhort his COP colleagues mot
to wait to get on the end of the
line"
Lets get our names up at the
top Of this petition" he cried.
VOTE HOPE, MAY 2s
If the petition is signed by 218
House members by next Thursday,
Mrs. Norton will be privileged to
rise in the House on May % and
call for vote on discharge Of the
Rules Committee.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
Baby Faces Death
Or Removal of Eyes
Chicago Parents Forced to Decide on Only
Alternative In Tragic Case
By CHARLES A. HUNT
By CHARLES A. HUNT

CHICAGO, May QNS.).-Wth science their only hope
two frantic parents pondred today the staggering question
whether their 5weekold baby daughter should be allowed
die or be blind the rest of her davs
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The baby is suffering from a
malignant tumor in back Of the
eyes. Leading specialists believe
only eight weeks of life remain
for The infant if no operation is
performed. At the same time the
only way Of checking the spread
Of the growth is by removing the
eyes.
The full weight of the terrifying
alternative - whether to inflict
blindness upon the child or per-
init it to die-weighed upon the
hearts of its parents. DR.. Herman
Colan, 30, Chicago dentist, and
his wife, EStelle, %,
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FAINT HOPE

There was one faint glimmer of
hope, a chance that removal of
one eye might disclose evidence
from which a new course of pro
Continued ON Page 9, Col. 2)
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VOTE HOPE, MAY 23

If the petition is signed by 21S
House members by next Thursday,
Mrs. Norton will be privileged to
rise in the House on May % and
call for a vote on discharge of the
Rules Committee.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-05
Quezo11 Urges
IeWS' Haven

MANILA, P. l., Dec. 5 G.N.S0
Possibility of a haven in the Phil
ippines for Jewish refugees from
Germany was preached today by
Manuel Quezon.
81 am willing to facilitate en-
trance Of such Jewish people as
we could absorb and who would
not be burden" Quezon said.
GAS an individual I favor
large scale immigration to Min
danao, if well financed, but that
is my unstudied opinion. 1
would present such a plan, if
submitted, to the national as
sembly and the national eco
nomic council
President Quezon also indicated
he would favor opening of clinic
stated by refugee doctors, par
ticularly cancer experts, who
would agree to perform a certain
amount of charity work.
The island of Mindanao is the
second largest in the Philippine
archipelago. 1t is largely unde
Veloped.
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U. S, is PRAISED
BY MUNDELE|N

NEW YORK, Dec. 5 G.N.SJ.
George Cardinal Mundelein re.
turned to Chicago today. thankful
for the freedom of speech and
press in the United States.
Returning from Rome, Cardinal
Mundelein said it appeared to him
that the man in the street" in
Italy lacked detailed and accurate
information of international af-
fairs in general and the Nazi race
and-religious prosecutions in par
ticular.
1.-The people of Rome, how
ever, have learned Of the atti-
tude Of President Roosevelt
toward oppressed and prosecuted
nations, and are very sympa-
thetic with his views" said the
cardinal.
Personally, feel it is glori-
Gus that here in the United
States everybody knows what is
going on in world affairs"
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By FRANK GERvAsI

ROME, Dec. 5 U.N.S).-Italy
will stand by it's policy of "inflex-
IDLY safeguarding" her national in.
terests despite anti-Italian demon.
strations in TuniSia and Corsica
Virginia Gayda. frequently an
italian government spokesman,
declared today in the newspaper
Giornale DItalia.
As tension between France and
Italy mounted as a result OF
French resentment over Italian
demonstrations for annexation OF
French territory. Gayda made the
charge that anti-Italian demon
strations in TuniS and Corsica
were organized events
But" Gayda warned. Paris
may be certain that it cannot in
any way make italy abandon its
policy Of 'inflexibly safeguarding
its interests and aspirations"
Sensational charges that severe
repressive measures aimed at the
destruction Of the Italian popula-
ton Of Tunisia were prepared by
French authorities in the event Of
war during the Czech crisis were
made in Regime Fascista today.
The newspaper is published in
Cremona by Robert Farinacci. for.
mer Fascist party secretary.
Farinacci charged that TuniSian
officials prepared concentration
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-05
CHAMBERLAIN
|. TO VISIT ITALY
DESPITE CRISIS
0uizzed in Commons on
Pact With France
BY CHARLES A. SMITH

ONDON, Dec. 5 Q.N.S0.
Prime Minister Neville Chamber
lain today told the House of Com
mons that the italian government
had disclaimed responsibility for
the anti-French demonstration in
the italian Chamber of Deputies
and that, therefore, he saw no
reason for changing his plans to
visit Premier Mussolini in Rome
on January II.
The Earl Of Perth, British am
bassador to Rome, the prime min
lister revealed. had informed the
Italian government that prospects
for four-power collaboration would
be endangered unless the impress
sion created by the demonstration
was corrected.
Great Britain and Italy, under
the terms Of their new accord. will
begin in January to exchange In
formation on their armies, navies
and air forces, the Prime Minister
announced.
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Holds Ground

He CURLY denied an allegation
made by Lieut.. Comdr. Reginald
Fletcher, labor member, that the
demonstration was part Of an
italian campaign to invent "spuri-
GUS grievances in order that re-
dress may be demanded in the
name Of appeasement" during the
visit to Rome of Chamberlain and
Foreign Secretary Viscount Hall
fax.
Facing a steady stream Of in
quiries abous Italy's good faith.
the prime minister declared:
I'VE have the assurances of
the Italian government, and of
course we accept them"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-05
Camera Cranks Turn

Ford's appearance before the
committee was the signal for a
repetition Of the Hollywood-pre'
mier surroundings which marked
the opening of the investigation
last week. Start of the hearing
was delayed nearly half an hour
while newSreel cameramen and
photographers posed Ford FOR
various pictures.
Once, when Ford appeared to be
annoyed at the popping flash
bulbs, Senator O'Mahoney Cd, Of
Wyoming, committee chairman.
laughingly counseled him:
AFTER all, this is good for
Ford cars as well as politicians"
Ford gave his testimony entirely
in response to questions by Cox.
Nearby sat I. j. Farley, patent
counsel for the Ford Motor Com.
pany, with whom the witness fire.
quently conferred.
when you grant licenses to
other persons on your patents,
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Asks for Calm

us there any need to add"
the communique cont n u Q d,
that THESE demonstrations
would encounter the determined
will of Frenchmen to insure re-
spect by every means and the
absolute integrity of all terri
tories flying the national flag?
The Premier appeals to the
calm and sang-froid OF the in.
habitants of Corsica and Tunis
and asks them to abstain from
manifestations which could only
be harmful to the dignity and
nobility of their patriotism"
A high source in close touch
with the French official attitude
toward italian demonstrations on
behalf Of annexation Of Tunisia,
Corsica. Nice and Savoy said today
that q real crisis by spring, y
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-05
Hands Off, Paris Warns DuCe

nestle situation, furnished to
Rome by its Paris correspondents,
led to the belief in Rome that
France was plunging into the
throeS Of revolution. Hence, the
demonstrations were hastily
sprung at the wrong moment.
It was hoped in Rome, accord
ing to this theory, that, under
cover Of the French domestic diff
ficultieS, q plan for revision of the
Mediterranean status quo, care
fully worked out with German col
Liberation, could be launched.
Seek MOslen1's Aid
A high source in Paris today
asserted that italy is reinforcing
her garrisons in Lydia. which is
contiguous with Tunisia, and that
important italian fleet concentra-
lions are being carried out in the
Mediterranean.
italy, according to this source,
has decided to grant Italian citi-
zenship to certain Moslems as the
preface to DEGREES making them
liable to service in the italian
armed forces.
The prediction that real
crisis" would come by next spring
came from a person in close touch
with the French official attitude
who asserted:
'"The next great war crisis
will come In the Mediter.
ranean."
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Pact Not Affected

Nothing in the Anglo-Italian
agreement" Chamberlain said,
affects in any way our obi.
lions toward France. While
TuniS, Corsica and Nice were
not specifically mentioned In the
negotiations prior to the Anglo
italian agreement, they were
covered in that part Of the
agreement which dealt with the
status quo in the Mediterranean.
"In view Of the demonstration
in the Italian Chamber Of Depu-
ties, Lord Perth made repreSen-
tations on Saturday to Ciano
Gtalian Foreign Minister Gale
azzo Ciano) that incidents Of
such a kind must have q detri-
mental effect on the prospects
Of collaboration Of the four
Munich powers unless steps are
taken to correct the impression
created by them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-05
HITLER ACTS
DENOUNCED BY
PASTORS HERE
President Lauded for
ASSaiIing NaziS

Churches in the National CAPT
tai were filled yesterday with de-
nunciations Of Hitlerian methods
in prosecuting racial and religious
minoritieS.
Ultimate failure for all dictators
practicing racial and religious
persecution was predicted by the
Rev. Frederick Brown Harris, pas
to Of the Foundry Methodist
Church, in his communion SER
mon yesterday.
docs NOT WORK"
1.-THE hours say the dictators
can win," he told his congrega-
ton, "but the centuries are
laughing. Oh, arrogant dicta-
tors. oh, exploiting capitalists,
it has all been tried before, but
it does not work"
DR.. Harris acting on behalf Of
a recent conference Of representa-
tiveS of so local organizations, last
night wrote to President Roose-
welt lauding his statement de.
nouncing Nazi abuse Of minor
tiles. He said:
1.-THE people Of the Capital
City are absolutely back of you
in any stand you take aligning
the United States with the
forces in the world that stand
for equality and liberty, irrespec-
tive of race or creed.
1.-THE aggreSSor nations now
violating the very fundamentals
Of democracy know exactly
where you and we stand"
JOHNSON JOINS
DR.. Mordecai w. johnson, presi-
dent Of Howard University, pro-
tested persecution of Jews in Ger.
many and attacks on Christian
churches under Hitler at q mass
meeting yesterday at Mount Car.
mel Baptist Church, under aus
pices of the social action commit
tee Of the Interdenominational
Ministers Alliances of Washing
ton.
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no intention Of departing from
undertakings it has alrady given
on this subject. Thus do not
see any reason for altering my
plans"
The prime minister's statement
was received by cheering from gov
eminent benches, but there was a
barrage Of questions from the op-
position.
Chamberlain refused to answer
hese supplementary questions
which charged that the Rome dem
had been organized by
the Italian government.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-05
To Lose Telephones

If present indications are borne
out, Jews after the New Year be-
gins will be deprived Of the use Of
telephones and possibly also elec-
tricity. Their right to individual
mail service will be withdrawn
and delivery Of mail to them will
be possible only through central
Jewish headquarters within the re-
Stricted areas.
The theory behind the creation
Of these Ghetto Islands," accord
ing to observers, is that the
Aryans must be in no manner sub
servient to Jews.
Although the problem Of con-
filming the Jews to ghettos is prov
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-05
Rome Defiant of France

camps under the guns Of French
fortresses, into which Italians
would be herded and held as
hostages.
France has built powerful de
lenses on the Tunisian-Libyan
frontier, and made vast prepare.
lions for an invasion of Tripoli-
tania, said Regime Fascista.
Farinacci's allegations conceded
with intensification of press agi-
tation for the return to italy Of
TIlniS and Corsica,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-05
EdSel Ford Denies
Auto Patent Trust

do you get royalties?" Cox asked.
"No, with one exception; and
that was back in 1911 and was
the only time"
I'm other words, it is not your
policy to attempt to make money
out of patents" Cox said.
THAT is right" Ford agreed.
HAS Ford ever been sued for
a patent Infringement"
"Quite frequently
'How many timeS?"
"Sixty, and we have been
threatened with suits 346 times
since 1926"
Sued for ''EOerything"
What has been the range Of
the questions involved in those
Suits?"
Ford hesitated, and Farley an
swered the question.
well, I'd say that we have
been sued for about everything
ranging from milk wagons to
cafeterias," the patent counsel
said.
The witness said the Ford Mo-
tor Company holds that "a patent
should be worked"
AIDS INVENTORS
It is the policy of the company,
he went on, to encourage inven-
tors and inventions. This Is done,
Ford said, through urging inven-
tors to become manufacturers Of
their invention, and then, in turn,
the company purchases the manu-.
featured invention directly from
the inventor.
"You are also encouraging
competition by that method,
aren't you Mr.. Ford?" Arnold
interposed.
I'VE feel so, yes"
Earlier Arnold told the COM
mittee that unless prices can be
made to fit the average Americans
pocketbook 1T is difficult to see
how industrial activity can be
maintained without government
spending"
There must be, he emphasized, a
meeting ground between the pur-
chasing power Of the low-income
groups and the cost of what they
buy If industry is to be revived.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-05
Fly to Peru

Miss Mabel Vernon, director of
the Peoples Mandate Committee,
and Mrs. Carl Jackson, of Con-
necticut, will leav eWashington to-
day by air for Lima, Peru, to at
tend the eighth pan-American
Conference which opens December
9. The organization will press its
anti-war program at the con-
ference.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-05
DALADIER ACTS
TO SETTLE SHIP
STRIKE AT ONCE
French Line Rehires All
But Agitat0rS

PARIS, Dec. 5 G.N.SD.-Eager
to restore complete national unity,
Premier Edouard Daladier today
turned his personal attention to
the maritime strike to prevent
any weakening of Frances posi-
ton on the urgent italian problem
and the Franco-German treaty
due to be signed in Paris tomor-
row.
The premier conferred with
Louis de Chappedelaine. minister
of marine, and decided to devote
a meeting of the council of min
listers tomorrow to the subject of
settling the marine strike which
today still tied up nine ships at
LIE Havre, including the giant
Normandie, the lie de France and
the De Grasse.
WORKERS RETURN
The fact that tomorroW'S meet
ing will take place at 10 a. m, the
hour of the scheduled arrival in
Paris of German Foreign Minister
Joachim Won Ribbentrop, was seen
as showing Daladier's determine
ton to normalize the industrial
situation as quickly as possible.
"Reorganiz ton week" of
French industries got under way
today and thousands Of workers
who had been on strike or locked
out began to return to work.
De Chappedelaine issued COM
munique saying that the rehiring
of workers of the French Line was
progressing rapidly, and that the
liner Paris will sail Wednesday
on its regular schedule.
1900 STRIKE AT LILLE
In the metal industry, ON the
other hand, the situation today
remained far from normal. At |
Lille 10000 workers in the metal |
and textile industries struck in
protest against government pun
ishment of former strikers. Forty
factories were tied up.
The executive committee of the
General Federation of Labor met
today to formulate it's official at
titude toward the warning of Leon
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-05
French Newspapers
In Italy Under Ban

LONDON, Dec. s U.N.SD.
An Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from Rome declared to-
day that several French news
papers published in Italy, in
Guiding LIE Jour and LIE Ma
tin, were banned today on the
ground that they had COM
mented unfavOrably on Ital-
ian demands for the annexa-
ton of Corsica and TuniS.
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Continued from Page u

him to make necessary protests
to Italy. The Italian govern
ment has entirely disclaimed re-
Sponsibility for these demonstra-
tons"
The demonstrations to which
Daladier referred were those in
the Italian chamber Of deputies
and elsewhere in Rome after a
chamber speech by italian For,
eign Minister GaleazZo Ciano on
the subject of Italy's national as
pirationS.
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ing more difficult than the Nazis
expected, other cities are soon to
follow Berlin's initiative in this
respect.
Rush for Vis0s
Important Nazi quarters in Ber-
lin today reiterated the assertion
that the Jewish problem will be
liquidated once and for all time
by the end of the current year. "
They. indicated. complete ghetto
ization Of the German Jewish pop
ulation unless there is a mass
exodus to foreign countries under
Nazi terms.
The rush Of Jews to seek viSas
for visits to the United States con-
tinued, with the American con-
sulate crowded with applicants.
The American Embassy was watch.
ing attentively the negotiations
on the refugee problem of the in.
tergovernmental committee for pc.
litical refugees, whose vice chair
men are now meeting in London.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-05
Japan Backs DuCe's
Mediterranean Aim

LONDON, Dec. rs T.N.S).
Japan SympathiZerS with
Italy'S Legitimate aSpira-
tiOnS" in the Mediterranean,
since Italy is the only anti
cOmintern power in that re-
giOn, a foreign office spOkeS-
man in Tokyo told Exchange
Telegraph today.
In Italy's controversy with
France, however, Japan is not
obliged to support Italy.
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u. S. Lawyer Heard

Others claim that it prevents
monopoly on new devices by the
patent holder or licensee. In the
automobile industry it has been
the practice for all to share nova
tons and inventions.
Ford was preceded on the stand
b. Assistant Attorney General
Thurman Arnold who told the
committee that the Department OF
Justice had chosen patents for
exploration in the inquiry because
"a patent is a legal monopoly"
The law at present gives the
patent owner such a wide choice
in exploiting a new industrial art
that it offers wide opportunities
for the restraint of trade" he
added.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-05
Nazis Kill Jelus' Last Hope
OF Making Living; Forbid
Them to DUN Property

BERLIN, Dec GN.s)-A further step in the process
of outlawing the Jews taken today when Dr. Walter
Funk minister of economics issued decree whereby Jews
henceforth will not be permitted to purchase real
estate, to hold title to any property in the Reich.
The here practically removing from
the Jews their last of making living in Germany.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-05
Plan Went Wrong

The theory that the Rome dem
onstrations resulted from miscar-
riage Of a long, carefully planned
scheme was advanced in certain
quarters here today.
According to this version, mis-
information about the French do
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-05

In these Ghetto Islands" Jews,
segregated from the rest Of the
population, will be deprived Of or
binary living facilities, Stunned
as outcasts by the Nazis, and Su-
pervised by the police.
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Gets Assurances

Count Giano's reply made it
clear that the Italian govern
ment did not associate itself
with the demonstration and had
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-05
By PIERRE ]. HUsS

BERLIN, Dec N.S.).-The creation in the future
of number of Gheo Islands scattered among various Ger