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man cargo perhaps never would
have been rescued.
The Smaragd, leaking badly and
its engines crippled, carried no
radio equipment to flash a distress
signal. With his ship gradually
sinking, Captain Larsen ignited
flares made from cotton waste
wound around the end of O pole
and soaked in kerosene. Shortly
after these went up at 5 p. m.
Thursday, the Schodack hove into
sight.
THE CAPTAINS DAUGHTER
Treacherous seas, churned by
winds that blew approximately 65
miles an hour, made rescue at.
tempts impossible. So the Scho'
dack stood by while the seas
pounded the Smaragd and drove
its crew to the captains small
cabin near the bridge. No rescue
attempt could be made before
dawn and gradually the Smaragd
FaS going down.
/ 1.-THE men were very quiet and
I felt the situation serious, so
I sang all the songs I knew
until thought I would lose
my voice." recalled the cap.
tain's daughter, 18-year-old
Svanhilde Larsen. "Of course,
we had nothing to eat and no
coffee. Everything was under
water and the ship rocked so
violently that I had to hold on
to the table to keep from falling
to the deck.
ALL VERY HAPPY
"T held my little puppy.
Mickey, three weeks old, in my
arms and our police dog,
Nellie, was near me whining.
We saved both dogs and we are
all very happy"
Svanhilde never wants to re.
turn to the sea again. But her
mother is ready to step to the
side of her husband whenever he
gets another command.
The Washington times., 1938-12-26
Ne1vs Tippers
Get Prizes

First information on the appear
ance Of Mary Brown, victim Of an
unSolved kidnapping captured one
Of the prizes last week in The
Washington Times newstip con
test.
Another winner was the story
on the accident on the Richmond
Highway south Of Alexandria, in
which a truck load Of turkeys and
other fowl overturned. A shooting
in College Park, Md. took another
prize.
Other prizes were awarded for
the following tips: death of Rep
resentative Gambrill, Of Mary.
land: Collision Of two fire trucks;
removal of q 3,400-pound whale
skull at the National Museum;
rabbit-Shooting on the Soldiers
Home grounds; a boy overheard in
the Potomac; a collision of q
truck and two automobiles on the
Alexandria-Fairfax Rd.: arrest OF
a youth for stealing a Christmas
poor box containing A cents:
ana broken rail on the main line
OF the B. 81 o,
The Washington times., 1938-12-26
FRANCO GAINS
COSTLY GROUND
IN CATALONIA
Four Towns Taken, But
Value Is Questionable

HENDAYE, French-Spanish
Frontier, Dec. 26 G.N.S).
Through Snow.covered mountain
defileS, in the face of deadly
machine gun fire, Nationalist
Spanish forces today pressed
slowly forward from three to
six miles on the Tremp and Le-
rida fronts of Catalonia.
But the advances were made at
great cost, according to the 10y
aliSt version, and even French
sources say the two Franco
salients are dangerously exposed
and that the new positions can
not be held.
PLAN COUNTER ATTACK
Advices from Barcelona say
the government plans to launch
a counter offensive in the middle
of his week, making a pincers
movement to nip of the Franco
salient in the Lerida zone.
Information in France places
casualties in the Christmas often
sive at between 1000 and 10000.
On he other hand, the Franco
faction claims capure Of some
5000 Catalans.
Three hundred tanks and power
full aviation forces were thrown
into the assault which resulted in
the capture of Almatret, 30 miles
south Of Lerida.
In the same sector the towns Of
Granesas, Aspa, AlseS. and Alcano
were taken by the forces Of Gen
Francisco Franco, whose
spearhead is now pointing towards
the famous olive-oil center Of Bor-
jas BlancaS.
DANGEROUS SALIENTS
Military experts here, however,
say Frances flankS failed to keep
pace with the push, with the re-
suit that 5000 Of his shock troops
are dangerously exposed. In the
same way, wherever the insurgents
surged onward they were not able
to move along the whole line,
thereby creating other perilouS
salientS.
The Washington times., 1938-12-26
HdzelFOrbeS
Stricken

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 G.NSD
Hazel Forbes, former Follies beauty
who now is the wife of singer
Harry Richman, was seriously i'll
with bronchial pneumonia in Mt
Sinai Hospital today.
She was taken to the hospital
The Washington times., 1938-12-26
Kare| Capek Dead
Author Of R. u. R.

PRAGUE, Dec. 26.-K Karel Ca
pek, world noted Bohemian play
wright who introduced the robot
into the modern drama, died here
from pneumonia. He was 48.
Capek achieved international
fame in 1920 with his revolution
ary play "R U. R." (RoSom's Uni
versaI Robots). which depicted the
mass production of mechanical
men who threatened the human
race with extinction, and took on
the attributes Of human beings,
The Washington times., 1938-12-26
BOLIVIA OPENS
DOORS TO JEWS

NEW YORK, Dec. 26. To
thousands of German and other
Jews, desperately seeking escape
from dictatorial persecution; to
many other thousands Of refugees
here on temporary visas and fac
ing the prospect of having to go
back to Germany, came hope to-
day from the government Of a
rich and comparatively undevel-
oped South American country
Bolivia.
A reported offer by the Bo-
livian government to give sane
tuary, farming land and free
passage inland from the coun.
try's frontier, was partially con-
firmed here tonight.
I'VE have had no official con.
firmation of the offer yet," said
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise. speaking
for the American Jewish Con.
gress. However, I can say that
discussions have been going on,
and Bolivia holds out definite pos.
SibilitieS.
Unofficial confirmation came
from Jorge Goslavez, consul-gen'
eral Of Bolivia. Reached on the
telephone, GoSlavez revealed that
an impoverished young German
Jew, who em1grated to Bolivia 80
years ago and became a multi
millionaire mine operator in La
PaZ, may have mad a decisive in
fluence on the plans.
The Washington times., 1938-12-26
STOP CALLING
NAMES, ECCLES
ADVISES BYRD
Charges Virginian With
Misquoting Him

Chairman Mariner S. Eccles of
the Federal Reserve Board last
night called on Senator Harry F.
Byrd CDO, Of Virginia, spearhead
G. Senate opposition to New Deal
spending policies, to stop name
calling" and to cooperate wit h
the Administration in solution Of
national problems.
In a sharply worded letter,
Eccles charged that his financial
views had been "miSquoted" and
"misconstrued" by Byrd in a re-
cent speech at Boston, Mass, and
accused the Virginia Senator OF
having a misunderstanding Of
the fundamental nature Of our
capitalist economy"
"EvIDENCE LACKING"
Recalling Byrd's statement that
he was concerned about the
character of the individual citi-
zen" and the dignity and the
rights Of the Individual" Eccles
said that empty stomachs do
not build character" and "subSti-
tuition of dole for useful work
relief will not improve either the
dignity or the free character of
the people affected"
He said that so far as he knew,
Byrd had not the slightest evi-
dence" to support his statement
that millions of able-bodied citi-
zens rely upon the Government
for support, and have ceased to
exert their efforts for sef-help to
obtain private employment"
INSULT TO MILLIONS"
"Any honest American citizen
must resent the insult this i'm
plies TO millions Of Self-reSpecting
men and women" Eccles wrote.
He said that anyone who is
genuinely sincere in his concern
about the rights, the dignity and
character Of the individual citi-
zen, far from seeking to tear down
what has already been done, will
want to lend a hand in expand
ing and improving this work for
the future"
I'VE disagree fundamentally and
completely on how best to &C
complish that end, but Of one
other thing I am also persuaded,
that we will not find the answers
by indulgence in name-calling
such as marred your Boston ad-
Dress" the letter concluded curtly.
SEES EVIL IN DEFLATION
Eccles criticized Byrd for por-
traying him as an advocate OF
reckless, waSteful and ever-in-
creasing spending" by the Govern
ment. He said that having served
as q banker for 20 years before
coming to Washington, he
has a vital interest in the mainte-
nance of the nations economic
system and democratic institu-
tionS.
However, I am equally in favor
Of avoiding the evils Of deflation, "
he reminded Byrd.
The Washington times., 1938-12-26
SENATOR KING
URGES BREAK
With GERMANY
AssaiIs RuthIessness of
Hitler Regime

G.N.s) Senator William n.
King, veteran Utah Democrat, to.
day Joined the growing list Of
United States Government of.
ficials publicly critical of the
Hitler regime in Germany when
he demanded severance Of all
diplomatic and economic relations
between this country and the
Reich.
FAVORS BREAK
Asserting that Adolph Hitler's
popular support Is based on "hiS
ruthless ability to stimulate
economic activity within Germany
for those who are his followers"
King said the Nazi leader "can
survive only as long as his govern
ment has commercial EelationS
with other nations"
II will support a policy that
would curtail all commercial re-
lations," said King, long known to
be strongly opposed to the Hitler
form Of government. He praised
the State Department for its
recent refusal to accept q German
protest against utteranceS by Sec
retary of Interior IckeS. The pro-
test was accompanied by q de-
mand for an apology by this gov.
ernment.
VIEWED AS CHALLENGE
IckeS had denounced Nad re-
ligious and racial persecution.
THE German request" King
said, made it plain that Hitler
is a challenging note to civilizar
ton and democratic govern
ments. He is q particular
threat to those who accept the
moral and spiritual qualities OF
Christianity"
The Washington times., 1938-12-26
Crash
'OU11 Fault
Continued from Page u

NSSe4SAA1e2NSA =
tion. Mrs. Earle alighted from
the upturned craft without assist
ance, but the governor and the
guestS-JameS A. Mckenzie, 26,
and Miss Dixie Moore, %, his
fiancee, Of Washington, D. c.. had
to be helped out.
I'm all right" exclaimed
Mrs. Earle. "See to the cover.
nor-get him out first"
The governor and his wife
were treated at Bryn Mawr Hos.
pital and proceeded to PhiladeI.
phia to keep a dinner engage
ment at the home Of the COVER
nor'S mother in Philadelphia
The other two, government EN-
ployes. were taken to Riverview
Hospital in Norristown, where Nc
Kenzie was treated for an ap.
parent brain conclusion and Miss
Moore for cuts.
The crash was the result Of q
combination Of q poor landing
and a soft field" the governor
explained. But if the plane
had ever caught fire, we would
never have gotten out.
"A peculiar thing was when
they pulled me out I was hang
ing upside down and probably
half-conscious when John Con-
verse, with whom ! had played
polo for Is years, started to un'
buckle the belt and pull me out.
thought for the moment I had
been in q polo accident.
II said, Hello, John, I'm all
right"
A witness to the crash was
son Of the governor, George, 4th
who had arrived at the tiel'
earlier in another plane. AS hal
Ralph, another son.
The Washington times., 1938-12-26
LIMA SESSIONS
END TOMORROW

LIMA, Dec. 26 O.N.S).-With
q record Of ITO resolutions and
declarations behind it. the Pan
American Conference took q holi-
day today and will hold its final
plenary session tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1938-12-26
Amusement Bill

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 GNS0.
The 5000 or more amusement de-
vices and revenue-producing con-
cesSionS at the New York World
Fair, 1899, are expected to provide
a gross income of $50,000,00O.
The Washington times., 1938-12-26
Niemoeuer Gets
New Restriction

BERLIN, Dec. 26. The Rev.
Martin Niemoeller, dissident pastor
in the German Protestant church
who is now in a concentration
camp for anti-Nazi utterances, re-
ceived a Christmas present" that
forbade him to write or receive
letters for period of eight weeks,
instead of two weeks as is Gus
tomarily the rule in the prison
camps.
The Washington times., 1938-12-26
MGMi476r
@EINTES

MAINLAND, WEST VIRGINIA
AND NORTH CAROLINA
The Washington times., 1938-12-26

yesterday afternoon after being i'll
at her home several days. Rich
man said:
She is very, very ILL.,"
Mrs. Richman,, who inherited
several million dollars from her
second husband, Paul Owen Rich
mond, who died in 1892, and the
singer were married last April 16.
Evening star., 1938-07-24
Old Faithful Ceyser OFF
Its Train.Like Schedule

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK,
Wyo. R.-1t must be the weather say the
rangers, for there's no other way Of ex-
planning why Yellowstone's. geysers should
60 haywire.
Old Faithful which has been erupting
on train-like schedule for 80 long that the
rangers set their watches by 1t, Is almost
minute behind time. 1t spouts every 1.57
minutes now. instead of every IL minutes.
Rainbow and Congress pools, normally
quiet and colorful little bodies OF water,
suddenly have turned into spouting whirl-
pools. Their vicious torrents have washed
away the walks which were constructed so
that tourists might get glimpse Of the
placid waters.
Rainbow Is spouttng 60 feet into the air:
Congress Is tossing out . water spout Of
almost pure mud. It has drifted over the
highways and fences and has covered them
with gray powder.
Ledge Geyser is erupting every hour.
Heretofore Its spoutings couldn't be pre-
dicted at all It's neighbor. the Valentine,
was As dependable Is . lo-year-old work
horse. Now 1t shoots any time.
The famed Old Whirligig has given birth
to new Little whirligig which erupts to q
height Of from 10 to IL feet every 20
seconds.
Evening star., 1938-07-24
Another estimates

100000 horsepower. Another estimates
1e5 100000 horsepower for Siberia alone.
The total for the United States is about
55,0o0,ooo horsepower. That for the Brit
ish Empire runs close to $1,000 900 horse
power-approximately one-half of 1t In
Canada. Norway and Sweden together
have total of better than $4,000 900
horsepower.
World water power estimates mean little
at present because 50 much is located where
there is no industrial use for it. The
available. power from Victoria Falls. in
Central Africa alone, has been estimated
at 35,oo0,000 horsepower-ive times that
of Niagara. But it is confidently to be
expected that the world will wait a long
time for the industrialization of Central
Africa. Supposedly the highest waterfall
in the world recently has been discovered In
the interior Of British Guiana, perhaps the
last place In creation where It can he
made use Of
Generally speaking, water power Is in
exhaustible. There will be as much of It
. thousand years hence as today. Prac-
tically this Is not quite true. The utility
Of any waterfall depends on its minimum
now, which, for maintenance ut q hieh
level, requires regulation. This is accom-.
pltshed to large extent in nature through
forest areas and limited drainage. Man
cuts down the forests and drains the land.
thereby accentuating both the maximum
and minimum flow. Thus an enormous
amount Of the worlds potential water power
may Be destroyed by short-sighted ex.
ploitation.
Evening star., 1938-07-24
TO Sit-0r Not to Sit
That Is the Question and incidentally Inparay
National Labor Relations Board

THE question whether attor-
neys must "sit down" when
told to do so by trial examiners
tor the National Labor Relations
Board Is now before the board
tor decision as a result OF an ap-
peal taken by Attorney Clyde A.
Armstrong, representing the
Weirton Steel Co., from an ex-
aminer's order excluding him
from a hearing for not taking his
seat when told to do so. The
material published below relates
to an incident prior to the refus-
al which led to the exclusion or
der, but was cited by both the
Labor Board and Mr.. Armstrong
as evidence Of the unfair attitude
OF the other. The following ex-
cerpt from the stenographic re-
port Of the hearing on Mr.. Arm
strong's appeal is published for
the information of the public:
Evening star., 1938-07-24

IA
M to the trial examiner during the
w course of that incident:
"Mr. Examiner. do not intend
to be told to sit down, when should sit
down or stand up when should stand up.
I am doing nothing to offend you or any
body in this court. Now you take whatever
action that indicates
The record shows that the trial examiner
Immediately said that the hearing stands
adjourned until tomorrow morning at $50.
Chairman Madden-May interrupt?
Mr.. Fahy-Yes
Chairman Madden-What did you mean
by that. Mr.. Armstrong?
Mr.. Earl F. Reed (attorney for Mr. Arm
strong)-1 object to interrogating Mr.. Arm
strong. We have not put him on the stand
as a witness and he has not been called by
the board as a witness.
Chairman Madden-I suppose the court
has perfect right to ask Mr.. Armstrong q
question and I have asked it.
The Whole Incident.
Mr.. Reed-He declines to answer. II you
want to go into the whole incident I think
we have no objection.
Chairman Madden-I want to know
what he meant by his statement that II
do not intend to be told when to stand up
and when to sit down, and you may take
whatever action you want"
have been troubled all the way through
this case and other cases by how our trial
examiners can control their hearings and
wondered what Mr.. Armstrong had in
mind when he said just that.
Mr.. Reed-1t requires long explanation
as to what went before this incident, and
If you want him to explain it. have no
objection.
Chairman Madden-I want him to ex-
plain what he meant by that statement.
Mr.. Armstrong-May have the record?
Mr.. Fahy-Here Is the one was using
(handing transcript of previous record to
COUNSEL.
Begins at the Beginning.
Mr.. Armstrong; am beginning Mr..
Madden, with page e257 which is near the
termination of the cross-examination
Chairman Madden-Let us see about this.
You are going to justify your legal objec-
ton on some question as being correct as
opposed to the legal position Of the trial
examiner?
Mr.. Armstrong; understood your ques-
ton to be. what did mean by that.
Chairman Madden-What 1 meant was,
what did you mean by saying to the trial
examiner, you do not have to tell me
when I am to stand up or when to sit
down, and you may take whatever action
the statement indicates"
Mr.. Armstrong-That is what am try
ing to answer. Mr.. Madden and to get a
proper explanation Of 1t it requires going
back three or four pages in the record
Chairman Madden-I suppose what you
are going to do Is to show you were right
and the trial examiner wrong. That seems
to be entirely immaterial.
Mr. Armstrong; wanted to show what
was in my mind at the time, and I am
only doing that by showing what preceded
1t, because that is a part of the whole
incident.
Background Of the Incident.
Chairman Madden-Go ahead
Mr.. MISUNDERSTANDING back on page
6257, which is the conclusion Of the cross
examination of a witness who was on the
stand. practically all the objections that
had been raised by counsel for the board
to my questions on cross-examination had
been sustained by the examiner.
After several of these were sustained in
Evening star., 1938-07-24
Underground Post Office
Lures Stamp Collectors

ADELAIDE, South Australia R.-Be-
cause 1t has the only underground post
ofnce in the world, the opal-mining town
Of Coober Pedy has aroused the interest 1
stamp collectors. Stamps and covers from
here are in demand.
The bank is underground and opal pros.
pectors 1--we In rooms dug In the soft earth.
Evening star., 1938-07-24
PropagandaWar Being Fought
Over Oil Seizures in Mexico
Cardenas Government Counters Efforts of
American Companies, but Method
Is Not Very Ingenious

tinuing barage Of statements and parn-
phlets critical Of Mexico to newspapers and
newspaper correspondents One Of these,
bearing the title COMMITTEE on Mexican
Relations" has its headquarters at the
Standard OIL Offices in Rockefeller Plaza in
New York. The other, called Featured
Editorials" also has its location in New
York. Both agencies are expertly con-
Quoted and each manages to get out copy
that does not duplicate the work of the
other. Featured Editorials" limits itself
to disseminating editorial extracts from
American newspapers which reprobate
Mexico for Its appropriation. The pub
licity Of the other agency is more general
One OF its features is printed folder
Issued periodically. which in makeup bears
q strong resemblance to the Clip Sheet"
formerly gotten out by Wayne wheeler's
prohibition organization.
In hardly any respect, except naive sin
cerity can the propaganda Issued by
Mexico against the oil companies and in
Its own defense compare with that Of the
oil companies. 1t is true that President
Cardenas. radical labor leader Vincente
Lombardo Toledano, and some other Mexi.
cans holding political ONCE or occupying
places Of leadership of one kind or another
are effective and skillful in obtaining a
hearing for Mexicos side of the dispute.
Possibly the best single effort by either side
up to the present was the interview given
by President Cardenas to Anita Brenner
and published recently in the Washington
Star and other American newspapers. For
the most part, however, the fighting for
Mexico has been carried on by the Foreign
Information Bureau" Of the National Revo-
lutionary party and in every way 1t has
been badly done. The work Of the bureau
Is 80 inept that it would be hard to imagine
what is needed to make it worse. There
can be no question that 1t does Mexicos
cause more harm than good.
News Letter Mailed Regularly.
The F. I. BIS publicity Is in the form of
news letter" gotten out every few days
and mailed to the larger newspapers in the
United States. Little Of It ever manages to
get into print. Badly written and badly
printed on the cheapest Of paper stock. its
very appearance creates a prejudice against
Mexico in the minds of the busy editors
who have to read 1t. Any well-informed
foreigner knows that In the United Ststes
during these years Of strain the word
revolution" is not in the best fepute Yet
the r. I. B., in imitation Of Moscow, prints
in heavy smudgy type across the top Of
every handout National Revolutionary
Party" The topics dealt with in the hand
outs-which. mind you have for their aim
creating . friendly feeling in the United
States towards Mexico-are similarly Ill
considered. Surely the copy writer's Of the
F. I. B. could think of something to say
more pleasing and more reassuring to the
average American newspaper reader than
is suggested by the following captions to
recent F. l. B. paragraphs:
"YAQU1 INDIANS GIVEN LAND.
Cardenas Breaks Up Estates Owned by
U. 8. Nationals.
NATURALIZATION OF CHURCH
PROPERTY.
Evening star., 1938-07-24
TOWARDS soc1AL1zED MEDICINE.

cARDENAs GOVERNMENT TO ExPRo-
PIRATE JENKINS PROPERTY"
What the outcome Of this war Of propa-
ganda will be Is anybodys guess. The case
for Mexico is much stronger than public
opinion in this country believes. and It Is
possible that If 1t were not for the recalci-
trancy Of the Dutch Shell q satisfactory
compromise might have been worked out
before this with Standard Oh and the other
American companies. That remains q pos
sibility Of the future.
For Mexico. the great danger Is that If
the war continues for any considerable
time 1t will be hopelessly lost for MEXICO by
the ?. I. B. As between bad propaganda,
and none at all. Mexico would be much
better OF with none at all.
Evening star., 1938-07-24

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