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Evening star., 1938-12-24
Catholic Action Mistreotment
Spurred by Italy, Pope Charges
Pontiff Anxious for lO-Yeur-OId
Reconciliation Accord With Rome

ranks, it appears too clear that,
while Catholic action is distinctly
contemplated in our pact Of concili-
alton, from above must come wide
or rather occult-gestures of per-
mission and encouragement in order
that those vexations not cease in
varisus places from one end to the
other of the peninsula.
And not only in small places of
little Importance. Yesterday they
were reported to us from Venice,
Turin and Bergamo, today from
Milan and in the very person of the
cardinal archbishop, guilty of speech
and teaching which comes within
his pastoral duties and of which he
can only approve
The pontiff read his speech of
nearly $500 words to the cardinals
in Rome as they visited him in q
body to present their annual Christ
mas wishes through their dean. His
Milan reference concerned IldefonSo
Cardinal Schuster, archbishop of
Milan
Cardinal SchuSter denounced FaS-
cist and Nazi racial doctrines as IAN
international danger not less than
bolshevism' in a sermon in his ca
thedral November 13.
The Vatican protested to the Ital-
ian government against the mar
riage decree after the Pope sought
to prevent its adoptions by writing
letters to Mussolini and King Wit
torio Emanuele.
The Pope said he had offered his
life for peace in a broadcast just
before the September 20 Munich
agreement on German annexation
OF Czecho- -Slovakia's s Sudetenland
and he again offered it that Italy's
internal peace and prosperity re-
main unaffected.
Evening star., 1938-12-24
All Survivors Of Wreck
Off Alaska Safe
By the Associated Press.

JUNEAU, Alaska. Dec. 24-All
survivors of the wrecked motorship
Patterson were safe today, and an
other saga of the sea approached
an end as Coast Guard cutter sped
nine seamen shoreward for Christ
mas.
Two of the 20 crew members
drowned when the Patterson was
driven up on bleak Cape Fair
weather Beach. $50 miles north of
here, on the Gulf of Alaska, during
a storm two weeks ago.
Sheldon Simmons, veteran Alas
kan mercy flyer rescued two men
earlier in the week and the pair
arrived in Seattle yesterday. Two
Navy planes from the Sitka base
ew seven men there and the Coast
Guard boat Haida picked up the re-
manning nine men.
Both groups were rescued at Lii
tuya Bay, where the men hiked 30
miles through storms from the wreck
vscene.
c. Mcdowell, veteran chief engi-
neer, and Third Mate Steve john
son, brought to Juneau by Mr.. Sim
mons for medical aid, arrived in
Seattle with tales of their week of
horror.
Evening star., 1938-12-24
Bountifu| Capital
Positively Awaits
Peace Holiday
Needy Will Share in
Christmas Joy; Fair
And Cold Tomorrow

Washington, festive with Winking
trees, attuned to the songs of CAROL
ers. made last-minute preparations
today for Christmas that promised
to extend cheer beyond warm and
bountiful homes into the bleak
dwelling places of the destitute.
Dozens of charitable, welfare and
civic organizations and countless in
dividuals had undertaken to see that
no child wakes tomorrow to find
that Santa Claus has forgotten him
and no adult in these deprived
homes goes through the Yuletide
hungry and cold. Heaping baskets
of food and toys have been going
out all week and hundreds more we're
to be distributed before Christmas
Eve night.
Cloudy skies are expected to
usher in Christmas Day with not
much change in temperature, the
Weather Bureau announced, with a
minimum of "a degrees expected
during the night Overcast clouds
blanketed the Eastern seaboard
stretching as far West as the Mis-
sissippi Valley. Intermittent rain
will continue throughout the re-
mainder OF the day. with little
chance for a white Christmas, the
forecaster said.
High on the program of varied
activities today was the community
Christmas tree in Lafayette Park,
to be lighted late in the afternoon
by President Roosevelt. The Presi-
dent will broadcast a Christmas
message to the Nation.
Ceremonies Begin at 4:3O.
The ceremonies in Lafayette Park
were due to begin at 4:30, with a
concert by the Marine Band, under
the direction of Capt. Taylor Bran
son. A glee club and the crowd will
sing carols. directed by Arturo Papa
lardo, director of the Washington
Schola Cantorum.
President Roosevelt will press a
button lighting the tree and deliver
his brief address about 5 o'clock.
The invocation will be pronounced
by DR.. Albert j. Mccartney, pastor
OF the Covenant-First Presbyterian
Church, and the benediction will be
delivered by the Very Rev. Arthur
A. OLeary, president of George
town University.
Stands have been erected and
sheltered platforms provided for the
presidential party and the citizens
group in charge of this 16-year-old
Christmas festivity. The tall, grace
full tree was trimmed yesterday and
the lights and loud-speaker system
tried out. A big crowd was ex-
pected, whatever the weather.
Marine Band Program.
The. Marine Band will give these
numbers:
March, "Yuletide" Chambers
Pastoral from christmas Oratorio, -
Bach
Fantasie. "The Children" Lillya
Choral, Jesus, Joy of Mans
Desiring" Beach
Cornet solo, "Cantique de Noel"
Adam
Principal musician, Winfred Kemp
Christmas song, Birthday of q
King" -----------N Neidlinge1
Good News From Heaven" from
christmas Oratorio" Bach
"The Star Spangled Banner"
Stores remained crowded today as
forgotten gifts for almost neglected
relatives and friends were bought
(See CHRISTMAS, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1938-12-24
Judge Rules Drunkenness
No Bur to Citizenship
NJ +hs Associated Press

BY tne Associated TTeSS.
DENVER, Dec. 24-United States
citizenship should not be denied an
applicant just because of a few trips
to Jail for drunkenness, in the opin-
ion of Federal Judge j. Foster
Symes.
Renardo Gallardo, 81, native of
Mexico, admitted a few such trips
yesterday, but he became a citizen
nevertheless. Said Judge Symes:
Taking a drink or so too many
must not necessarily be construed
as q reflection on an applicants
character. It can only be so taken
when the record shows the man
has committed some dangerous act,
such as driving an automobile or
iniuring some one while in that
condition"
Evening star., 1938-12-24

HUNTINGTON, Ind, Dec. "a [P)
Mrs. Bertha Beady. 37-year- old
mother of six children, had her arms
so full of Christmas presents when
she got off bus in nearby Andrews
last night that she did not see an
automobile coming. She was killed.
Stanley R. Putnam of Chicago,
driving the car, told authorities she
stepped in front of it. He was not
held,
Evening star., 1938-12-24
Zono Gale Critically III

CHICAGO, Dec. "a (R.-A hos
pital attendant reported today the
cqodition Of Novelist Zona Gale
Bfeese, i'll with pneumonia, was
very critical" She was being
treated in an oxygen room, the at
tendant said.
Evening star., 1938-12-24

Catalonia and all of Southeastern
Spain. Fronts haze been quiet
in recent Weeks amid prepara-
tions for insurgent offensive to
clean up remaining Loyalist re-
SiStance.
B. the Associated fress
HENDAYE, FRANCE, Dec. "a
Firm government resistance. it was
reported today. has checked great
inSurgent offensive all along the
frozen Pyrenees front from Tremp
to Balaguer in a momentous battle
of Spains civil war.
News filtering across the border
into France said the big push, led
by Insurgent Generalissimo Fran
cisco Frances Moors and Italians,
had been brought to an abrupt halt.
The front was said to be COM
pletely quiet except for occasional
artillery shelling.
Heavy snoWstorms almost wiped
out visibility and freezing cold made
fighting virtually impossible in the
"llClC lHO VI UllS SlSdl.
est armies assembled on single
front in more than 20 months of
warfare have been locked in combat
since yesterday.
Cold Is Intense.
Reports from the front said the
cold was so severe that water coolers
on machine guns-usually boiling
hot-had frozen.
The advantage in the fighting
was said to have been with the gov
ernments seasoned mountain troops,
defending well-fortified hilltop posi-
tions.
Insurgents were unable to ad-
vance their machine gun platoons
to take the submits of government
held hills, these reports said, and
government rifle fire moved down
waves of insurgents attempting to
charge up the slopes with fixed
bayonets.
Both government bulletins and
dispatches from insurgent territory
agreed that this was Generalissimo
Frances long-aWaited offensive.
Border sources estimated that half
million men were engaged in the
battle area extending from Tremp,
100 miles south to the Grosa Noun
tains.
The insurgents main goal and the
governments prize possession was
the little industrial town of Artesa,
called by both sides the "key to
Catalonia"
War Result at Stake.
The success or failure of Gen.
Frances drive, both sides acknowl-
edged, may decide the -and-a-
half-year war.
One point in the governments
favor was that the insurgents struck
at the same sector where their at
tacks failed December Is when, ac-
cording to some quarters, an espion-
age plot gave their plans away.
On the second morning of his Of
1ensive Gen. Franco apparently had
been stopped in the Balaguer and
Lerlda sectors. His troops, how
ever, were said to have broken
through at least the first line of
government defenses near Tremp
ana IN the Grosa Mountains, at
the two extremes of the. battle
front
casualty lists ran into the thous-
anos' although the insurgents
strong In artillery and aviation
were believed to have lost less than
the government.
Since dawn yesterday and through
the night the crash and rumble of
artillery fire and the stutter of ma
chine guns and automatic rifles
have echoed through the Segre
Valley.
Evening star., 1938-12-24
japanese Diet Called

TOXIC, Dec. "a (P.-Emperor
Hirohito today ordered the japanese
Diet to convene Monday, when he
will open the 74th session in person.
Evening star., 1938-12-24
No Late Editions
Today

Due to the holiday, The Star
will not publish the $50 and
Night Final editions today.
Subscribers to these editions
will receive the regular city
Evening star., 1938-12-24
BY the Associated Press.

HeCeSSNteS y! LHe SltuQLtOH.
BY the Associated Press.
Congressional opposition devel-
oped today to some recommended
tions of President Roosevelt's spe-
cial committee on railroad legisla-
ton.
Chairman Wheeler of the Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
and Senator Norris, Independent, of
Nebraska, said they would fight any
effort to repeal the long and short
haul rate clause of the Interstate
Commerce Act.
This clause prohibits railroads
from charging less for a long haul
than for short haul over the same
route in the same direction. It's re-
peal was one of the recommended
tions made by the committee.
'Favoritism' Cited.
The committee told the President
yesterday Government "favoritism'
for competing forms Of traffic had
contributed to the railroads finan-
cial difficulty. The President ap-
pointed the committee, representing
railroad management and labor, to
prepare legislative program for
rehabilitating the debt t-burdened
carriers.
Mr.. Roosevelt may not, however,
indorse all the committees recon-
mendations. 1t is up to him to de-
eide which of them shall be sub
mitted to Congress.
Senator Wheeler, who will discuss
the committees report with Mr..
Roosevelt in conference Tuesday
said he was sure most of the West
ern Senators would join him in op-
posing repeal of the long short
haul provision.
Qn Spokane, James A. Ford, Sec
retary of the Inter-Mountain Rate
Association. said that section would
(See RAILROADS, Page A-6D
Evening star., 1938-12-24
Brazil Signs,
Making Pact
Complete
Had Insisted on
Modification of
Defense Plan
BJJLLETIN.

LIMA, Dec "a (P).-Brazils
signature today gave the unani-
nous backing of the 81 American
republics to a Pan-American
Conference declaration on con-
tinental solidarity and defense.
Evening star., 1938-12-24

haze carried ON campaign OF
Uillifcation against President
Roosevelt and other American
statesmen.
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Dec. pa propaganda
ministry spokesman today declared
the "Ickes incident" was closed
automatically after it eliminated
in the United States rejection of a
German protest against a speech
by the Secretary of the Interior.
Though regretting that Acting
Secretary of State Sumner Welles'
rejection cleft sting behind" the
spokesman said the protest was
couched in such terms that diplo-
matte action ended with the strong
American retort.
Not even diplomatic quarrels must
interfere with the Christmas spirit,
so there will be no official "reac-
tion," said the spokesman, adding
that I'VE Nazis are regarded by
many as heather, yet think we are
better Christians than some other
people"
At the same time Senator Key
Plttman's four-polnt statement eX-
pressing disapproval of the Berlin
and Toxic governments elected an
angry reply from the ofhcially-in-
spired commentary service Deut-
scher Dienst.
Disturbance of Yule Peace
Under the caption disturbance
/ of the Christmas Peace" the service
said:
Senator Pittman's declaration
constitutes a carefully timed brutal
disturbance of the Christmas peace.
What cynical baseness and at
the same time what impudent SNUG
ness is apparent from these utter
ances by a man who, as committee
chairman (of the Senate Foreign
Relations Conlmittee), occupies
position of responsibility, yet who
acts with complete responsibility
He didn't ask the American peo-
pie, yet he considers himself au-
thorized to insult a great European
power in such an unbelievable
manner.
After all he must know he in
suits the German people in its en-
tirety and in all its strata when he
arrogates to himself such an express
sion of opinion"
Yule Spirit Not Helped.
The propaganda ministry spokes-
man, in stating the "Ickes incident"
was closed automatically, declared:
I'VE don't think utterances like
Ickes' help promote the Christmas
spirit"
Ickes, speaking Sunday before the
Zionist Society of Cleveland, said
Germany's treatment of Jews car
ried her back to "A period of history
when man was unlettered, benighted
and bestial" He also criticized ac-
ceptance of German decorations by
Henry Ford and Col Charles A.
Lindbergh. Germany protested and
sought an apology-but was rebuffed
by Acting Secretary of State Welles.
I'VE believe in the true Christ
mas spirit; hence we will not do
anything further about the unfor-
tunate incident. OF all times, this
is not the season for quarreling.
"As regards the rejection of our
protest, that naturally leaves a
sting and also was not calculated
to enhance the Christmas spirit.
But there was not anything ulti-
NATIVE about our protest, hence
from the diplomatic point of view
the incident now is closed. We had
our say and the American Govern
ment had it's"
Foreign Minister Joachim Won
Ribbentrop, meanwhile, decorated
Japanese Ambassador Hiros
Oshima with the Grand Cross of the
Order of the German Eagle.
The award to the Japanese of the
(See BERLIN, Page A-lOO
Evening star., 1938-12-24
Railroad Proposals
Face Senatorial
Opposition
Wheeler, Norris to Fight
Repeal Of Lone-Short
Haul Rute Clause
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Victim OF depression and COM
petition, the sdgging rail industry
has been one of the principal
concerns of the administration.
With the prospect that the merit
Congress 1Uould attempt to afford
some relief through legislation.
President Roosevelt named a
committee from management
and employees to draft a pro-
gram embodying its Diews on the
necessities OF the situation.
Evening star., 1938-12-24

Sports.
Warm welcome on tap for Duke U.
gridderS on coast. Page ALA
Braddock, Schmeling, McLarnin all
on ring comeback list. Page Ala
Injury may keep Lee, Skibo spark
plug, out of Sugar Bowl. Page ALA
Team matches greatest lure for D.
C. woman golfers. Page Ais
Terp ring hope is seen in Cronin,
track athlete. Page Ais
Evening star., 1938-12-24
Summary of Toduy's Star

Foreign.
Vigorous new anti-French drive
opened in Italy. Page Al
"Ickes incident" closed, Reich an
nounces. Page Al
Brazil holding key to defense dec
laration. Page Al
Pope charges Italy spurs attack on
catholic Action. Page Al
Half million battling over Northern
Spain, Page Al
U. S. legation in Venezuela raised
to embassy. Page AS
Danger, sorrow and misery Madrid's
Yule lot. Page AS
q. S. will survey Latin American raw
materials. Page AS
National.
Rail recommendations encounter
senatorial opposition. Page Al
At least seven die In Army bomber
crash. Page Al
Sitter attitude on Reich rouses
Congress critics. Page As
Washington and Vicinity.
Capital makes last-ninute prepara-
lions for Christmas. Page Al
Evening star., 1938-12-24
'|(kes Incident
Closed, Reich
Announces
Nozis Decide Not
To Make Reply
To WeIIes
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
German American relations
hdDe been tense at Darious times
since Nasi regime began in 1888,
but differences haze multiplied
the past year as result OF seizure
of Austria, dismemberment of
Csecho-S SloUakia and campaign
against JeUS. Nasi newspapers
haze carried ON campaign OF
Uillifcation against President
Roosevelt and other American
statesmen.
Evening star., 1938-12-24
loyaIists Check
Gen. Franco S Drive
In Northern Spain
lnsurgent Offensive
Reported Brought
To Quick Halt
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Spanish ciUil War in progress
more than 80 months, gouern-
ment forces still holding most of
Catalonia and all of Southeastern
Spain. Fronts haze been quiet
in recent weeks amid prepara-
tions for insurgent offensive to
clean up remaining Loyalist re-
Sistance.
Evening star., 1938-12-24

(See WHITE HOUSE, Page A-5D
Evening star., 1938-12-24

(See HOPKINS, Page A-6D
Evening star., 1938-12-24
Mother of Six Killed

(See BERLIN, Page A-lO
Evening star., 1938-12-24
Weather Forecast

Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow,
not much change in temperature; low
est temperature tonight about "a; gentle
variable winds. Temperatures today
Highest, 38, at 1890 am; lowest, IS, at
am.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-06

MOULD you like to make a
W chintz bedspread to match
your curtains? OF course, such a
spread must have seams in it, for
most chintzes are only So inches
wide, while the average double
bed is about 81 inches wide. But
seams need not detract from the
beauty of the spread.
Eleven and half yards of &c.
inch-wide chintz will make this
spread and pillow cover for a
double bed. In the diagrams at
the right l have given the dimen-
sions for cutting these for a 81
inch-wide bed. 1t is best to cut
the center portions first; then cut
the 18-inch side sections for the
pillow cover; then the 10-inch
strips for pillow cover and spread.
This leaves a long 26-inch-wide
strip for the side ruff1es of the
spread.
Cable cord for the corded seams
may be purchased at notion coun-
tiers. Prepared bias trimming may
be used for the cord covering.
Basic the covering over the cord,
as shown here at A; then place
the covered cord in the seam, as
shown, and stitch as at B, using
the cording foot of your machine.
Every Homemaker should have
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-06
Tax Load Is Heavy

nut of every national income dol
~ lar in 1888, the tax collector will
take 20 cents. This is the ratio which
has been regarded as the danger sig
nal.
This is the declaration of spe-
cial committee of the United States
Chamber of Commerce which has
been studying taxation. The report
estimates that the nations tax load,
federal, state and local, this year
will reach a new all-time high of
1872 billion dollars. The national in
come, it is figured by the govern
ment, will be slightly less than the
50 billion dollar estimate for 1887.
Tax collections for 1888 on the
basis of tentative estimates made
by the committee, include billion
400 million dollars for the federal
government and Z billions 100 mil
lion dollars for state and local gov
ernmentS.
Although the revenues for the fed
eral government are estimated to
reach an all-time high in 1888,
there is doubt in congress that the
budget can or will be balanced for
the fiscal year beginning next July
/, the latest goal set by President
Roosevelt.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-06

ing in the main Japan's amends for
the destruction of the Panay and
three American merchant vessels.
The American note, however, re-
fused to accept Tokyo's explanation
that the bombing of the Panay was
the result of a mistake" prefer
ring to rely on the findings of the
naval board of inquiry. The report
of the board said the identity of the
Panay and the three American oil
tankers was unmistakable; that the
attack was deliberate; that the
weather was clear and the visibility
perfect; that the Japanese naval
planes swooped down and released
their death charges on the ships
flying the American flags and then
fired on them with machine guns;
and that Japanese river craft di-
rected machine gun fire on life boats
carrying the wounded from the
Panay and other vessels.
Under a Japanese decree estab-
fishing strict regulations for the con-
quered areas in China, Americans
and other foreigners were made SUBJ
ject to the death penalty for crimes
against the armed forces of Japan.
This seems to raise the question of
treaty rights of foreign powers in
China,
The spokesman for the Japanese
embassy in Shanghai announced the
complete occupation of Tsinan, cap
ital of Shantung province.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-06
Byrd in Battle Early

ONE of the big fights scheduled
" for the regular session of con-
gress is to be over the Present
reorganization bill, which aims,
among other things, at aboishins
the office of comptroller general,
popularity known as the watch dog"
on federal spending. This officer
is the agent of congress in seeing
that expenditures are made only in
accordance with law.
Senator Harry F. Byrd of Vir-
ginia, one of the Democrats who in
sist on economy, projected himself
into the battle over this measure
early by issuing a public statement
in which he pointed out that the new
auditor established in the measure
would report to congress only after
money had been spent.
This would be like locking the
stable after the horse is stolen, SEN
ator Byrd declared.
"This proposal to give the spend
ing branch of the government free
hand with upwards of $4,000, 000, 900
a year strikes viciously at the vital
elements of good government, good
business and the general welfare, "
said the senator.
SIN the committee hearings" he
continued, "the only complaint of
consequence against the comptroller
general was that this official at
times delayed the quick spending of
public money and compelled the de-
partment heads to show that the
funds were to be disbursed in &C
cordance with the laws enacted by
congress. No proof however, was
given that any expenditure was
prevented when authorized by con-
gress and made legally"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-06

ering and permit labor to present a
united front.
The secretary defended the ma
tional labor relations board and
urged employers to get rid of their
misconceptions of the Wagner act.
The Ford Motor company, ordered
by the labor relations board to re-
instate 20 discharged employees and
to cease anti-union activities, pre-
pared a legal campaign of resist
ance, and it also spurned overtures
from the United Automobile Work
ers of America.
From Kansas City, Homer Mar
tin, international president of the u.
A. w. A., telegraphed a request to
Harry H. Bennett, Ford personnel
director, for a conference to pro-
mote industrial peace and proper
labor relations.
eff I answered Martins telegram
which I have no intention of doing
my reply would be phooey," Ben
nett commented.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-06
Wheeler's Rail Plans

GEN. BURTON K. WHEELER of
y Montana said in Washington that
he would soon lay before President
Roosevelt a plan to stabilize" the
railroads.
Wheeler, who is chairman of the
senate interstate commerce COM
mittee which has been investigating
the railroads, said his proposals will
be based on the committees find
ings. He did not indicate what
would be proposed, but said he
would call on the President to "see
if we can't work out some construc-
tive legislation. Recently Wheeler
said it might be necessary to broad
en- the powers of the interstate COM
merce commission so that it could
force coordination and consolida-
ton of railroads.