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Evening star., 1938-08-09
BATTLES DW|NDLE
ALONG EBR0 RIVER
CataIonian Drive Believed
Delaying Valencia Push
Indefinitely.
BY tf E Associated Press.

BY tf z Associated Press.
HENDAYE. France, Aug. 9.-Des-
perate fighting for control Of the west
bank Of the Ebro River in Catalonia
Province dwindled into isolated en-
gagements today, rs insurgent and
government armies alike sought rest
after battles that cost thousands OF
men and cut deeply into reserves of
ammunition and equipment.
For the moment. government forces
seemed content to hold gains made
at the start Of their smashing offensive
two weeks ago and to jockey for posi-
tions in the hills southwest of Gan
desa-central point Of the Ebro cam
paign-that the insurgents still hold.
Valencia Drive at Halt.
After q series Of battles the last
three days, in which insurgerit Gen.
erallissimo Franco used up the forces
he had planned to throw against VAL
encia. observers considered it would
be months before he would be ready
to resume the offensive.
The same apparent stalemate ex-
listed on all other fronts Of the East
ern Spanish war zone. The insurgent
offensive along the Teruel-Sagunoto
Highway against Valencia was def
initely stopped. With that much
gained, the government seemed willing
to spend its time strengthening de-
lenses west and south of Teruel.
Loyalists Achieve Purpose.
Insurgent reports said 1000 govern
ment troops had been killed and 1000
captured when the government s
northern flank was wiped out on the
Ebro front $50 miles south of Bar
celona, but government sources said
their main purpose of wrecking Gen.
Frances summer plans was achieved
Gen. Franco was forced to abandon
his final drive on Valencia, they
said, adding that he could do little in
the few months remaining before
winter halts major fighting.
Evening star., 1938-08-09
GREEN APPEAL URGES
EFFORTS FOR PEACE
Labor Chief Makes Statement
Through Keep America Out
Of War Congress-


Declaring the realization Of the fu-
tility Of war Is the most potent factor
for peace, william Green, president
Of the American Federation Of Labor,
marking the oath anniversary Of the
World War, yesterday issued a state
ment through the Keep America Out
Of War Congress" calling on the Amer
lean people to bend every effort to
prevent this country from becoming
involved in another foreign war.
In urging the election Of Represen-
tatives to Congress who understand
and value peace, Mr.. Green said, IT
we really want peace We can have it
but We shall have to turn our minds
and our wills to that objective"
Among other nationally prominent
ngures issuing anti-war statements
Though the Keep America Out Of War
Congress were Charles A. Beard, his
torian and economist; DR.. John Lapp,
chairman Of the congress and noted
Catholic educator and labor arbi-
TRAITOR; Frederick ]. Libby, executive
secretary Of the National Council for
Prevention Of War; Prof. Edwin M.
Borchard, widely known international
law authority Of Yale University, and
Bruce Bliven, editor Of the New Re-
public.
Evening star., 1938-08-09
Du,u,,-t0-Dl.sk
Golfer Sets Up
l73-HOLe Mark
Fl the Associated Press.

Fl the Associated Press.
INDEPENDENCE, Mo-, Aug. o.
Charles Richardson. IL. read about
how J. Smith Ferebee Of Chicago
played IA holes Of golf.
why, I can do that easily" he
boasted.
Caddies at stayton Meadows golf
course Clipped In SO that said he
couldn't.
At 4:45 am. yesterday Richardson
started out. At dusk he quit after
playing 173 holes over three nine
hole courses, one 3.162 yards long, one
3,16S and another 3.l00. He said he
averaged about 81 strokes for each ls
holes.
Evening star., 1938-08-09
7.M0NTH STRIKE ENDS

NEW YORK. Aug. 8 (P.-A seven.
month strike of 1000 employees OF the
Eagle Pencil Co. was ended yesterday
the United Electrical, Radio & Ma
chine Workers Union &C. I. o. an
nounced.
Joseph Yaller. union ofiicial, said
the company would recognize the
union as sole bargaining agent TO,
its members. would grant a 40-hour
week and time and half for over
time work and other benefits.
The strike followed 4 wage reduc-
ton.
Evening star., 1938-08-09
RUMANIAN JEWS SPLIT
ON MIN0RITIES STATUTE
Government Fails to Specify
Whether Race Is Minority.
Rights in Question.

~ the Associated Press.
BUCHAREST. Aug. s.-The new
minorities statute published last
Thursday has started an argument
among Rumania's 100000 Jews.
The government has not specified
whether Jews henceforth would be
considered a minority. The differ
ence among the Jews is over what
should be their stand.
Some Jews, especially those born
in sections Of the country which be-
longed to Rumania before the World
War. demand they be considered as
full-fiedged Rumanians because their
nationality is Rumanian.
Other Jewish leaders argue that all
Jews in Rumania should have learned
from the experience of Jews in Ger
many that they should be satisfied to
enjoy the limited citizenship rights
offered to minorities In the new stat
ute rather than have no rights at all.
Evening star., 1938-08-09

and which has been the scene OF "in-
cidents" since July IL.
The japanese plan was for a COM
mission of three Russians. three jap
anese, and three representing Man.
chukuo, japanese protectorate. Rus
sia wanted a board Of two Russians,
one Japanese and one representative
of Manchukuo
Japanese communiques said 100 So
Wet tanks had been disab bled. Two
Soviet infantry deserters reported q
Russian tank corps commander who
had planned to surrender his entire
unit was executed and that purge
had been extended down to the low
est ranks.
Evening star., 1938-08-09
Cuban Cabinet Resigns,

HAVANA, Aug. Q P.-President
Federico Laredo Bru announced last
night that his entire cabinet had re-
signed. 1t was understood some cabi-
net members would retain their posts,
but that all had resigned to permit a
reorganization.
Evening star., 1938-08-09
PARIS DEPUTIES TO GET
BOMB.PROOF SHELTER
Ground Broken for Vast Dugout
Behind Chamber to Permit


Behind Chamber to Permit
Sessions Underground.
BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, Aug. 9-Ground has been
broken behind the Chamber Of Depu-
ties for a vast bomb-proof shelter
where the lower House Of Parliament
may hold sessions underground even
while enemy bombers are attacking
the capital.
With Parliament on vacation, on
cials of Bourbon Palace, which houses
the Deputies. revealed work had be-
gun on the most elaborate bomb ref
uge in France and one of the biggest
in Europe.
In the garden where Parliament
met under Charles x more than a
century ago workers are digging on
the job, which may take months to
complete. The shelter will have rooms
not only for the Deputies but also for
the permanent staff Of ushers, guards,
clerks and various committees.
Evening star., 1938-08-09
Curb on Oratory,

OMAHA. Nebr. LR.-There we're no
long speeches at the recent Papillion
American Legion Posts political rally.
Candidates were charged 81 a min
ute for the privilege Of addressing the
gathering.
And, to insure brief orations. Joseph
Strawn. chairman of the rally, ruled
that no speaker could buy more than
IS worth Of speechifying.
Evening star., 1938-08-09
New Farley In Moscow.

MOSCOW, Aug. 9 R.--Funao MI
yakawa. first secretary Of the jap
anese Embassy, visited the foreign
ONCE today and talked with the chief
Of the Far Eastern section about the
Siberian-Korean border clashes.
1t was understood the conversations
were limited to discussion Of the re-
cent fight between Soviet Russia and
japanese troops at Suifenho men,
toned by Foreign Commissar Maxim
Litvinof1 Sunday in his talk with
Japanese Ambassador Mamoru Shig-
emitsu.
Suifenho is $50 miles north of
Changkufeng, where most Of the
clashes have taken place since the
current series Of incidents started July
IL. The fighting at Suifenho, an
nounced Sunday. was the first in that
section.
Litvinof and Shigemitsu had been
expected to resume their talks today,
but at late hour this afternoon they
had not met. It could not be learned
when the conversations would be re-
Sumed.
Soviet newspapers continued silent
on the border situation but published
q large volume Of patriotic resolutions
Of workers mass meetings pledging
support to the government.
Evening star., 1938-08-09
Storm Broke August l3.

On August l3 the storm broke. to
continue until Shanghai was domlnat-
ed by japanese. the Chinese capital Of
Nanking captured. the center Of the
country ravaged by warfare.
1t continues now with Japan fight
ing along the Upper Yangtze River,
ITO miles below Hankou, the present
provisional capital Of China and cur
rent Japanese objective.
The August 13 fighting marked the
first warfare in Shanghai since 1882.
August IA became bloody Satur-
day" Chinese and japanese air le-
gions, the latter with the assistance
OF anti-aircraft guns aboard Japanese
warships. battled over the heart Of
the citys foreign areas
Marking road Edward 7th avenue
and other prominent streets were
bombed. Thousands were killed and
injured.
Prepares for Disorders.
Today. with deadly seriousness
Shanghai launched q precautionary
program to guard against disorder on
the anniversary. An estimated $4,000
police, defense troops and volunteer
units Of various nationalities were on
duty, along with heavy Japenes
forces, lest there be an outbreak OF
anti-Japanese terrorism.
Chinese asserted Japanese advances
up the Yangtze toward Hankow had
been stopped in the vicinity of Kiu-
kiang, 1876 miles from Hankow.
Evening star., 1938-08-09
Russo,Jap
Continued From First Page.)

Russian forces were constructing new
defenses on the southwest shore OF
Possiet Bay and were concentrating
cavalry, artillery and tanks there.
Possiet Bay is several miles east OF
the disputed Siberian-Korean border
zone where Russian-Japanese incl
dents which led to heavy fighting
have been going on since July II and
Is said to be one OF the Sovets' strate-
gic naval and airplane bases.
An army communique said two bat
talions Of Soviet infantry attacked
suiliufen. a hill 6 miles north of
6hachofeng, which the Russians oc-
cupied July 20 and lost again July 81.
This was the first time the fighting
extended to Suiliufen.
Front Believed Being Extended.
A war Office spokesman expressed
the belief that the concentrations at
Possiet Bay did not mean the aban-
donment Of Soviet positions near
Changkufeng, the disputed border hill
which Japanese took from the Rus
slams, along with Shachofeng.
He said he believed 1t meant the
extension Of the whole front, al
though he said Soviet forces were
withdrawing some troops from Chang
klfeng. Japanese said the Russians
lost $500 men In battles for Chang
kufeng since July 20.
The opposing infantry units were
ss,,iat th}e offeraoon k,,t ev,oro S;o ~
changes by artillery were made. One
heavy Soviet shell struck a passenger
train several miles behind the lines.
Il believe the civilian casualties will
be heavy" the spokesman said.
Bluecher in Command.
It was reported Marshal VASTLY
KonstantinovichB Bluecher, Soviet COM
rnander in chief in the Far East, had
arrived at Novokievsk to take COM
mand Of the forces.
A Japanese communique said nearly
1000 bodies Of Russians had been COL
lected on all parts Of the front. Op-
posing troops were about 1900 yards
apart this evening.
Units which attacked the Japa-
nese sustained such heavy losses 1t
was probably necessary to reform
their lines" the army spokesman said.
adding that Russian artillery and air.
planes were inactive while the Japa-
nese continued their policy Of vigi-
liant waiting"
The Japanese Army admitted 200
casualties in what the foreign ONCE
called heavy engagement" wherein
the Russians were driven back after
an unsuccessful assault on Japanese
lines near the top Of Changkufeng
Heights, which dominate narrow
strip Of territory along the frontier.
May Resume Negotiations.
Diplomatic negotiations between
Toxic and Moscow were expected to
be resumed. The foreign ONCE said
Maxim Litvinofi, Russian foreign AZ
fairs commissar. agreed in principle
TO . japanese request that : joint
border commission resurvey the from
tier Sone. which each country claims
Evening star., 1938-08-09
Husband Held in Death,

PRINCETON, w. Va. Aug. 8 R.-
Forty-year-old Kyle clendenin. ac-
cused Of staying his 35-year.old bru-
nette vile. was held without bond for
grand jury action On Q murder charge
yeoteedAy.
Evening star., 1938-08-09
TWO ARE ARRESTED

Pair ACCUSED Of Possession OF
Numbers Game Slips.
William r. Greene, 80, Of the 1900
block Of Oregon avenue NV, and
James NJ Washington, %. Of the 1900
block of U street NV, both colored,
were charged with possession OF num-
bers slips yesterday when arrested in
the 100 block Of Willard street NV.
Detective George c. Deyoe Of the vice
squad said number Of the slips were
marked for play.
1t was expected the men would be
arraigned today before United States
Commissioner Needham c. Turnage.
Evening star., 1938-08-09

Helsingfors to Enlarge Stadium.
HELsINGFoRs, Aug. o p.-The
Helsingfors Stadium will be enlarged
to accommodate $4,000 spectators for
the 1910 Olympic games, it was de-
cided today by Finnish Olympic au-
thor1ties.
Evening star., 1938-08-09
China
Continued From First Page.)

'OVfiUfHIuVU ~
motoring along the west borders Of
the city. near Hungjao airdrome.
The two Japanese and two Chinese
were shot dead, and Central China
was thereby doomed to the fates of
war.
After the initial clash OF troops one
month earlier. on July at Peiping,
there had been hope the fighting
would be limited to the northern
provinces But for four days after
the airfield incident. both Chinese and
Japanese rushed armed forces into
Shanghai.
Evening star., 1938-08-09
Saito Calls on Hull,

Py the Associated Press.
Japanese Ambassador Hirosi Saito
exchanged information" on the Rus
so-Japanese border fighting with Sec
retary Hull today.
In his first conference at the State
Department with Mr.. Hull In several
weeks the envoy said they discussed
the general Far Eastern situation, In
cluding the border conflict.
The Ambassador said his informA-
ton was much the same a made pub.
lie ct Toxic and Moscow.
Evening star., 1938-08-09

China now has a greater mileage
OF airways than railways.
The Washington times., 1938-04-23
"WInner Take Hi"
By LEoRA WRIGHT WALTERS

q LENDER brunette little Rita Dixon, public senog'
- rapher in New York hotel had done work for
elderly John Osborne who had East to contact
nective cnestS for his dude ranch in Wyoming.
Evening star., 1938-05-06

tyrant Of violent. repellent gestures
capable Of utter treachery. Icy hur-
ricanes play about its outstretchec
arms. Nothing save a mid-ocean in
tempest could be more remote or more
inhospitable than its crumpled cloak
of schist and snow. It's heights is 90
002 feet. At safe distance, that odd
couple Of feet always seemed good
fun; 1t has intrigued us ever since our
schoolboy eyes first blinked at its au-
dacity. Could it matter? Could 1t be
true? Why add so triflingly to SO
splendid a round figure? Could it
the tip Of the pinnacle-be detached
and brought home?
But we came with maturer ac-
QuaintAnce to learn that its sublime
altitude might be spoken of only with
respect as the extreme measure of
human capacity to surmount physical
obstacles, or even with reverence as
an olympus Of Asiatic gods. Tibetsns
call it Chomo- -Lungmo. GODDESS mother
OF mountains; and the Potala knows
the region it adorns as Lho Cha-mo
Lung. the bird country OF the south
The height Of this Incompatible
thing was determined during the
great Indian trigonometrical survey
of 1852: and the tale has been told
how. after the recorded observations
had lain uncalculated three long years,
q Bengali computer broke into the
surveyor generals ofhce. exclaimine
breathlessly. Sir. I have discovered
the worlds highest mountain!"
Copyright. 1888. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance Inc.)
Evening star., 1938-05-06
WANDERER IS HELD
IN THEFT OF BUTTER
Nan Who Slipped Out Of Court
Before Trial Last Year
Is Arraigned.

A world wanderer. William j. Sui
livan. who last year slipped out Of
Police Court before his trial to re-
turn several months later from the
Far East with . gift for one of the
Police Court clerks, was arraigned
before Judge Walter J. Casey in Po-
lice Court today on charge OF
HOUSEKEEPING. He was held under a
$500 bond for action Of the grand
jury.
The defendant, 1t was said. returned
from another trip to Hawaii and the
Philippines. arriving in Baltimore
Sunday. He proceeded directly to
Warrington and was arrested the same
day on . charge Of intoxication. On
Monday his persuasive arguments be-
fore Judge Casey won him his release
on the intoxication charge, his per-
sonal bond being taken.
Today he WAS charged with breaking
into . box car in the Georgetown
yards of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road and taking two cases Of butter
valued At $40. He was arrested by
Emery L. Nicholson of the railroad
police.
Sullivan Is = Washingtonian who
has followed the sea for many years
and has been in the Chinese war zone
during the present conflict.
Evening star., 1938-05-06
RETIRED EDUCATOR.
MRS. WALLIS, DIES
Funeral Services for Veteran
Foreign Language Teacher Will
Be Held Tomorrow.

Mrs. Marie Leotine Wallis, 81. re-
tired language teacher of the Fair.
mont School and Junior College, died
Yesterday at her residence in the
Westchester Apartments. She had
been Ill since October.
Mrs. Wallis was the wife of Will
liam j. Wallis, former head of the
department of mathematics in the
public schools. Mrs. Wallis, who
Taught both French and Spanish, re-
tired about six years ago after teach
ing here for Is years At one time
she taught at the old WASHINGTON
College for Girls.
A native of New York. Mrs Wallis
attended Eastern High School here
and afterward studied at McGill Uni
versity and at Middlebury Cvt) Col
leee. She also had studied music in
France.
She was honorary president of the
Cercle des Precieuses Ridicules and
was member of the Political STUDY
Club. the Alliance Francaise of Wash
lngton and All Saints EPISCOPAL
Church. Chevy Chase. Md.
Besides her husband she leaves q
brother. Edmund H. Becker, Water
bury. Conn, and a sister. Mrs Ca.
mile Hindmarsh of Washington.
Funeral services will be held at :
pm tomorrow in Hysongs parlors
1900 N street NV. Burial will be
private in Rock Greek Cemetery.
Evening star., 1938-05-06
Mr.. Berry, 95, Wants 1t Kno,on
His Heart Was With the South

Elisha Z. Berry wants 1t known he
did not fight on the side Of the
Union during the Civil War.
His heart was with the South. His
uncle bore arms with the Confederacy.
His father was Jailed for Sheltering
. Confederate soldier. The senti-
ments of the entire Berry family were
on the side Of the Lost Cause.
A story. which grew out of a mis-
understanding. was printed in The
Star last Saturday to the effect that
Mr.. Berry. who is 95, OF 1882 Twenty
eighth street NV. fought with the
North. The story was in connection
with the suffrage plebiscite, and Mr..
Berry was one Of the Oldest men in
the District to cast . ballot in favor
Of giving the vote to disfranchised
Washingtonians.
Not only were Mr.. Berrys senti-
ments with the South, but his father
paid $1,000 to keep him from being
drawn into the Union Army. Mr.
Berry reminisced today. The fam
lily lived In Prince George County
Nd. on the road to Upper Marlboro.
The North drafted Mr.. Berry. and
his father paid that sum to get an
alien to take his place. perfectly per-
missibie and honorable under the
regulationA - the time. Mr.. Berry
said his folher could have paid only
Evening star., 1938-05-06
Boy Pntrolmen
Spend Night in
Life ePreseruers
By the Associated Press,

Sleeping all night in life preservers
left 100 Atlanta Ca schoolboy pa
trolmen slightly stin for their Capital
sightseeing today.
An Older boy in the group of $50
told his comrades on an overnight
boat ride from Norfolk to Baltimore
last night that real safety lovers al
ways wore preservers to bed
About 100 of the landlubber young
sters between 9 and Is years old fell
for the story. They wore the lifebelts
under and over their pajamas, at
tached to their feet and around their
necks, according to c. B. Bishop, man.
ager of the Atlanta Motor Club, in
charge of the trip.
The Atlanta boys. here for a ma
tional schoolboy safety parade and
conference tomorrow, visited the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation and Ar
lington Cemetery today. Yesterday
they saw two Navy ships launched at
the Norfolk Navy Yard. Mr.. Bishop
said.
Evening star., 1938-05-06
PAINTER AMONG FOUR
HURT IN FALLS HERE

Four persons. including . painter
working on a garage and . man who
was ascending the front steps OF his
home. were injured in falls here yes
terday. Those hurt we're:
George Bloomer. 81. Of 613 Sixth
street NV, the painter, who fell IA
feet from the roof Of q one STORY ga
rage in the 5000 block of r street
NV. when gutterink around the roof
tore loose. He was treated 1T Casualty
Hospital for a broken leg and other
injuries
Joseph Harmon, "a. Of TIA Madison
street NV, who was going up the
steps to his front porch when he fell
backward and struck his head on a
cement sidewalk. At Garfield Hospital
his injuries were determined as 4 DOS
sible fractured skull and scalp wounds.
He was sent home later.
Evelyn Allison. 7, of 405 Eleventh
street Sc, who was climbing . fence
in front Of her home when she fell.
He head wounds were dressed 1T
Casualty.
Mrs. Anna Amberser. 80, IAndover,
Nd. slipped and fell on . sidewalk
in the 400 block of Thirteenth street
NE. She suffered . broken arm and
Il In Casualty Hospital.
Evening star., 1938-05-06
MOTORIST DIES
AT WHEEL OF CAR
Edward Adams Fatally Stricken
on Rhode Island Avenue.
Auto Crashes Into Tree.

Rendered unconscious by a sudden
illness while driving his automobile.
Edward z. Adams, 60. an advertising
man, Of 210 Rhode Island avenue NE,
was pronounced dead at Sibley Hos
pital last night after his car went out
Of control in the first block of Rhode
Island avenue NV. sideswiped a
parked automobile. ran over the curb
and crashed into q tree.
Mr.. Adams was removed from behind
the wheel Of his car and taken to the
hospital in . police scout car. Ply
sicians said he was dead when he ar
rived. It was thought he died OF a
heart attack. Members of his family
said he had suffered from q heart all
ment for some time past
Mr.. Adams is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Bessie Adams, and q son, Edward
E. Adams, jr.
Evening star., 1938-05-06

$500 to the Government, but this
would have exempted him from service
only three years. at the end of which
time the Union could have drafted
him again.
Mr.. Berry's father was locked up
In the old Capital Jail In Washington
for harboring an escaped Confederate
soldier who had been taken prisoner
However. his father was in jail for
only three weeks, as Mr. Berry soon
located . detective who would swear
certain things for $50 bill in his
palm. The detective went before the
provost marshal-martial law was in
effect-and took an oath to the effect
that it was all . terrible mistake
thinking a rebel would be sheltered
In the home OF the Berrys for one
moment. much less = full night.
The soldier. incidentally, was killed
as he attempted to escape through
the Union lines back to the South.
In the story Saturday The Star
further said Mr.. Berry voted for presi-
dent Grant. He didn't Mr.. Berry
said he voted for President Grants
opponent.
Mr. Berry's uncle on his mothers
side, Oliver Perry. was wounded fsht-
ing for the lost cause. Miss Ethel 3,
Berry. Mr.. Berry's daughter, is q menu
ber OF the Daughters Of the Confed-
eraey.
Evening star., 1938-05-06
new SOVIET ENVOY
SENT TO GERMANY
A. I. Merekalof Il Appointed to
Succeed Youreneff, Drawn
Into Stains Purge.
the bssocjated Press

By the associated Press.
MOSCOW. May 6.-The government
today announced appointment of q
new Ambassador to Germany, replac-
ing DR.. Constantine YourenefI. who
was Implicated in charges of treason
by witnesses in the Moscow trial of
two months ago.
The new Ambassador is A. T. Merck
alofi. who has been vice commissar
Of foreign trade since the shake-up
Of that department which followed
the removal Of A. P. Rosengoltz as
commiSsar
Rosengoltz was l of IL men exc
cuted as traitors after the March
trial, in which chief defendants were
former Premier Alexis I. Rykon and
Nikolai Bucharin.
Christian Rakovsky. one Of three
defendants in the March trial who
received prison sentences instead Of
death. implicated Yourenen in his
confession to reasonable dealings
with japanese ofi1cials.