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The Washington times., 1938-03-07

of the postwar era.
In London, Rome and Berlin
the stage was set for a double
series Of negotiations between
Britain and Italy and Britain and
Germany, on the outcome of which
may rest the answer to whether
Europe faces peace or a major war
in the near future.
A security pact among Britain,
France, Italy and Germany is the
shining goal sought in the long
run by London. England's imme-
date aim is individual agreements
with Rome and Berlin.
After a week receiving instruc-
tions from Prime Minister Cham
berlain, the Earl of Perth, ambas-
sador to Italy, was back in Rome
today ready to begin converse
tions with Count Galeazzo Ciauo,
Italian foreign minister.
Tomorrow Foreign Minister
Won Ribbentrop of Germany will
arrive here to bid his official
farewell as ambassador. He will
seize the chance to talk with
Chamberlain, and pave the way
for a visit by Foreign Secretary
Viscount Halifax to Berlin.
Another important figure in to-
days maneuvers was Josef Beck,
Polish foreign minister, who also
arrived in Rome to talk with
Count Ciano. Poland would like
to tie up with the proposed four
power pact, and also wants to talk
economics with Italy.
Meanwhile, formal warning was
given the Commons today that
Britain's seven-and-a-half-billion-
dollar rearmament program may
have to be increased.
Prime Minister Chamberlain
said:
II am afraid the House must
expect a substantial advance
upon the one and a half billion
pounds contemplated a little
time ago. There is no need to
impress upon you the gravity Of
prospects which lie before us if
no alienation of the situation
can be obtained"
The Washington times., 1938-03-07
Arnold Accepts
JaCksOn'S Post

U.N.S.) Thurman Arnold, Yale
University law professor, today &C.
cepted the post of Assistant At
torney General in charge of the
Justice Departments antitrust
division. Attorney General Cum
mings sent the nomination to
President Roosevelt who will sub.
NIT it to the Senate. Arnold
served with the department until
last year when he joined the Yale
faculty. He succeeds Robert H.
jackson, appointed Solicitor-gen,
eraI.
The Washington times., 1938-03-07
Nazis Stress Duty
To Hate Opponents

BERLIN, March 7. The Storm
Troops official organ, the S. A
Mann, proclaims the doctrine
that it is the duty of all National
Socialists to hate everything any
where that cannot be made Ma.
tional Socialist. A front-page edi
torial says:
ITO be a National Socialist
means to believe in and fight
for Adolf Hitler; it means like
wise to be an opponent of and
hate everything that cannot be
reconciled with our faith"
The Washington times., 1938-03-07
I DEAD, score.
HURT IN SERIES.
OF ACCIDENTS
Man Killed in Va.
AS Truck Hits Car

Seven dead and more than score
injured was the traffic toll on
holiday.thronged roads Of nearby
Maryland and Virginia over the
weekend.
Last Of the series Of fatal acci-
dents occurred early this morning.
when a truck crashed into a
parked car six miles south of Alex
andria, Va, killing oscar Huff
man, Of Newton, N. c., and criti-
cally injuring Edward Bay, %, Of
Rochester, N. Y. A third occupant
of the car escaped with minor in
juries.
DRIVER DETAINED
Preston H. Clark, %. of Rich
mond, Va, driver Of the truck,
was taken into custody pending
an inquest at Fort Belvoir today.
He said the automobile was
parked without lights.
Most spectacular of the fatal
accidents occurred when gaso-
line truck overturned eight miles
west Of Fairfax Court House on
the road toward winchester and
imprisoned its driver, Albert
Painter, SIS, of Harrisonburg, Va,
in a blazing pyre. Firemen could
not reach his body for three hours.
D. C. MAN KILLED
Costas Knockinos, 48, of 2037
K st. N. w., was killed when he
was struck by an automobile
driven, police said, by Joseph
Rosasco, 1s, of the 400 block Elev-
enth st. S. E., on River Road
near Alexandria.
Peter Hickman, q, of Front
Royal, and Luther Ramey, jr, OF
Bentonville, Va, were killed when
their car struck a bridge IL miles
north of Luray, Va. Four other
passengers in the car were injured.
Victim of a hit-and-run driver,
Howard Mills, So, of Great Mills,
Md, was found fatally injured on
the highway near Leonardtown,
Md. He died in st. Mary'S Hos
pital, Leonardtown, without re-
gaining consciousness.
The Washington times., 1938-03-07
TRIAL OF BLAU
OPENS TONIGHT
FOR AIR JURORS
BY CARROLL PEEKE

Friedrich Wilhelm Wolfgane
Hohenloff, the Baron Won Blau
goes on trial for his life tonight
for the fictional murder Of Ron
aid Brooks, the Chevy Chase ar
chitect.
Pounding at the bulwarks OF
his hastily constructed defense
will be Special Prosecutor Ray
mond Neudecker, promin ent
Washington attorney, who in the
last week has battled for, and Sc.
cured, an indictment at the hands
of the Special Grand Jury over
radio station VOL.
United States Senator David I
Walsh, of Massachusetts,, last Mon
day charged the Special Grand
Jury, and tonight at $50 United
Continued on Page 8, Col. y
The Washington times., 1938-03-07
Pershing Reported
Holding His Own

TUCSON, Ariz., March 7 Q.N.S0
Gen. John j. Pershing today was
reported holding his own against
a near-fatal heart attack and
uremic condition. DR.. Ronald Da
vison said there was no significant
change. He said the generals
blood pressure was "a little low
but his appetite remained good.
The Washington times., 1938-03-07
.INSURGENT SHIP
FIRED, 200 Die

BARCELONA, March 7 Q.N.S0
Two hundred lives were lost wher
a 10,000-ton rebel Spanish cruiser
apparently the crack Baleares
was set afire by loyalist warship'
and airplanes in the greatest nava
battle since the World War, it was
stated here today.
Identity Of the destroyed vessel
remained obscure, but it was
either the Baleares or its sister
ship the Canarias. Spanish gov
ernment officials here expressed
belief it was the former.
Some hours after the attack
government observers aboard the
Destroyer Libertad wirelessed tc
Barcelona that the burning ship
was still above the waves.
The British destroyers Boreas
and Kempenfelt picked up 400 OF
the estimated 300 men aboard the
cruiser. Many leaped overheard
when the cruiser was struck by a
torpedo and aerial bombs and lost
their lives. Some were rescued by
the retreating insurgent ships.
AS Is warShipS blaZed with their
heaviest guns and squadrons OF
planes dropped bombs, the 10000
ton cruiser was set aflame and a
yawning hole ripped in her hull by
a torpedo launched from the
loyalist destroyer Lepanto.
The Washington times., 1938-03-07
Beery Says |A-w-w' When
Asked If He's Best Man

NAPLES, March 7 Q.NSJ.
"A-w-w-," drawled Wallace Beery
today, and bashfully bowed his
head.
1t was the stars way of denying
that, much as he might like to, he
is not going to be the best man at
any wedding of Greta Garbo and
Leopold StokoWski.
The Washington times., 1938-03-07
O'COnnOr Boosts
Wage-HOur Bill

d.N.S.) Chairman O'Connor, ot
the House Rules Committee, ex.
pressed the belief today that a
wage-hour bill Should and can be
passed" by the House during the
present session.
Despite O'Connor's belief, it was
generally conceded in the House
that no wage-hour legislation
would be passed at the current
session,
The Washington times., 1938-03-07
WOMAN Tells.
'OF CONSPIRACY.
TO KILL STAIN
Editor Bukharin Is
Called Plot Chief
BY JAMES E. BROWN

MOSCOW. March Z Q.N.S0.-
Calmly and dispassionately, a 50.
year-old revolutionary stood be.
fore the judge in Soviet Russia's
treason trial today and told Of a
plot to kill Lenin and Stain.
She was Varvara Nikolaevna
Yakovleva, former finance com
miSSar Of the Republic Of Russia
and the first woman to hold an
official post in the Soviet regime.
Brought from dread Lubyanka
prison to testify, Nine. Yakovleva
laid the plot at the door of Nikolai
Bukharin. once-famous editor and
ideologist, now one of 2f former
high officials facing death for
their admissions of a "Trotskyist''
conspiracy.
THEIR LIVES SOUGHT
II was a member of Bukharin's
group in 191s," she said. In
that year I attended a meeting
OF his followers at which a reso-
htion was presented proposing
the arrest Of Lenin and Stain.
The resolution stated that II
necessary, both should be de-
stroyed." &c.,. .
Questioned by presiding Justice
VASTLY Ulrich, Nine. Yakovleva
said Bukharin ordered the reso-
luton expunged from the records
Of the meeting.
LENIN TO DIE TOO
HE told me later in private
that he was the author of the
resolution" she said. "He be-
lieved it could be carried out
and had the support of Leon
TrotSky.
"Bukharin told me that Trot-
sky, Zinoviev and Kamenev ere.
Gently executed in Stalin's
purge) had agreed upon the
necessity of arresting and pos.
sibly destroying both Lenin and
Stain"
LIE IS PASSED
Called back to the stand, Buk.
harm passed the lie direct to
Nine. Yakovleva. Questioned by
Prosecutor Andrei Y. VishinSky,
Bukharin said:
Under no circumstances and
at nc time did we speak of kill
ing Lenin or Stalin."
Nine. Yakovleva, arrested some
time ago and held incommunicado
at Lubyanka, was closely guarded
during her testimony. She spoke
in a low voice directly to Judge
Ulrich, with her back to the spec
tators.
Bukharin asked permission to
question Nine. Yakovleva himself.
Continued on Page 2, Col. u
The Washington times., 1938-03-07
100 Held in Raids
On II Night Clubs

PITTSBURGH, March Z (I.N.S0
A pre-dawn raid on IA of Pitts
burgh's gayest night clubs by q
secretly.massed army of State
liquor agents resulted today in
the arrest of nearly 100 persons
and the filing of charges against
1S of the proprietors. The raids
were executed so swiftly and ef-
ficiently that local police knew
nothing about them until after.
ward,
The Washington times., 1938-03-07
Kennedy Spurns
Court Knee Pants

LONDON, March 7 QN.S0.
It will be tails and a white tie for
Joseph P. Kennedy when he pre-
sents his credentials to King
George as new American ambassa-
dor to Britain tomorrow. Ken
nedy, like many of his predeces.
sors, is violently opposed to the
silk knee breeches which protocol
demands.
The Washington times., 1938-03-07
7 Are Killed
In India Crash

NEW DELHI, India, March Z
QN.S0.-A luxury air liner oper-
ated by the Air France Company
crashed near Data in Gwalior
State today while on a west-bound
trip. All abroad, including a mum.
ber of passengers, were killed.
There were seven dead.
The Washington times., 1938-03-07
Plane Crash Kills
Night Club Owner

WEST PALM BEACH. Fla,
March z d.N.S0.-Herbert Pond.
night club owner, was dead today
of injuries incurred when the air.
plane he was flying crashed and
burned at Belvedere Airport. Pond
had been Stunting and apparently
lacked power to pull out of dive,
witnesses reported,
The Washington times., 1938-03-07

The actress and orchestra con.
ductor are at nearby Ravello, but
Beery said he planned to go to
Rome shortly without visiting
them.
Miss Garbo was reported still
shifting but recovering from her
cold.
The Washington times., 1938-03-07
.LandOn and Wife
On Visit to Florida

HOW EY-IN-THE-HILL, Fla,
March 7 G.N.S.).-Alfred M. Ian.
don, Republican presidential nomi,
nee in 1886, and his wife were
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Howey
at their winter home here today.
The Washington times., 1938-03-07
Hoover and Hitler
Meet Tomorrow

BERLIN, March 7 QN.SD
For talk with Chancellor Hitler,
former President Herbert Hoover
arrived here today from Prague
They will meet tomorrow at noon
Hoover is also expected to see
Marshal Hermann Goering and
one or two other prominent
officials.
The Washington times., 1938-03-07
KILLED IN STRIKE

STERLING. ILL.,. March 7 Il.
.SD.-Howard Scott. 40, was
dead today from a gunShot wound
received during the strike at the
Northwestern Barb Wire Company
plant here, where he was a worker.
The Washington times., 1938-03-07
Rebel Ship Sunk,
Says Admiralty

LONDON, March 7 Q.N.S0.
With the arrival of the British de-
stroyer Boreas at Gibraltar today,
the admiralty said there was mo
doubt" that the insurgent Spanish
cruiser sunk yesterday was the
flagship Baleares.
The Washington times., 1938-03-07
Peace of Europe
Stake at Parleys
Britain, Italy, Germany and France Launch
Discussions on Security Pacts
BY KINGsBURY SMITH

LONDON, March Q.N.s.).-Europe today was by
British observers entering one Of faefu periods
The Washington times., 1938-03-07
Mercury to Hit 81 Tonight
With Clear Skies Predicted

Overcoats swung back into style
today as brisk cold weather sup
planted yesterdays summery tenn
peratures. Weather Bureau ex-
perts forecast low of 80 tonight,
The Washington times., 1938-03-07
Lower court
RULING UPSET
IN BANK CASE
Decision Clarifies
Charter Tangle

Directors Of the defunct Park
Savings Bank are personally LA
BILE as "liquidating trustees" for
the payment of all deposit claims
against the bank on August 80,
1929, on which date the banks
charter expired, the United States
Court Of Appeals ruled today.
1t is probable those depositors
may receive the full amount Of
their deposit claims since it may
be that the bank was entirely sol.
vent at that time. Depositors who
opened accounts with the bank
since that time and other deposi.
tors who subsequently withdrw the
amount of their original deposits
and later restored their balances
will not be affected by the courts
ruling.
CASE REMANDED
Action of the court today, which
reverses the United States District
Court and remands the case for
further heading, is expected to
settle the tangled affairs Of the
bank which closed on March 6,
1888, following the suicide Of its
executive vice president after dis.
covery Of shortages amounting to
approximately 100000.
Subsequent litigation after the
bank closed revealed that its char.
ter, obtained in 1909, under the
laws of Alabama, has expired on
August 80, 1929. Nevertheless, the
bank had continued doing business
up to the time it was closed by
order of the Comptroller.
LEFT UP TO COURT
The national banking act which
applies in the District to the
regulation of all institutions under
supervision of the Treasury con.
tain no such provision and it was
left for the court to decide
whether the directors were liable
as such; whether they were liable
as liquidating trustees or whether
they were liable as co-partners.
It had been held in the lower
court. that the directors were
liable only in their corporate
capacities since their depositors
had continued doing business with
the bank and should have had
knowledge of the expiration of
the charter.
Chief Justice D. Lawrence
Groner, in the opinion of the
court, pointed out that there is
no element Of bad faith involved
in the case as between the direc-
tors and the stockholders, and
referred to a former case involv-
ing the bank in which the court
held that persons who dealt with
the bank as depositors after the
charter expired. were charged
with constructive knowledge of
the terms of the charter and Of
the laws of Alabama.
DELAY FORECAST
Before the claims Of the de-
positors can be fully adjudicated
it is predicted that many months
of research into the old records
of the bank must be made by the
court auditors"
The assets of the bank at the
date of the expiration of the
charter will be computed and pro-
rated among the depositors on
that date.
Other depositors will be re.
quired to accept their dividends
payable out of the greatly
diminished assets of the bank on
The Washington times., 1938-03-07

with fair skies through today and
tomorrow.
The mercury climbed to IS yes
terday afternoon, beginning to
drop late in the afternoon.
The Washington times., 1938-03-07
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Fair tonight and Tuesday; warmer
Tuesday: lowest temperature tonight
about 80. "Details on Page 49,
Evening star., 1938-06-10
c. j. FESTIVITIES
TO BEGIN TONIGHT
Alumni Dinner and School of
Law Exercises Start
EventfuI Program.

Beginning with festivities tonight,
alumni and seniors Of Georgetown
University will engage in crowded
program Of events leading up to the
l39th commencement exercises next
Monday.
The roof Of the Washington Hotel
has been reserved for a general alumni
reunion starting at O'Clock, and at
the same hour the seniors at the
School of Law will conduct their
class day exercises. DR.. James s.
Ruby, jr., chairman Of entertainment.
and Prof. AL Philip Kane. president
OF the college alumni in the District.
are in charge of arrangements for
alumni events.
Special to Bring New Yorkers.
A local delegation will be at Union
Station at 7:05 pm. to welcome more
than 100 alumni from New York City.
who are arriving on a Georgetown
special" The Collegians, popular
Georgetown orchestra, will be on hand.
Special luncheons have been ar
ranged for the various classes to-
morrow, ana IHOSe utSiTlHe W NJ
tend are requested to communicate
with DR.. Ruby at the college. Among
the expected arrivals tonight is the
Very Rev. Robert I. Cannon, s. j.,
president of Fordham University in
New York, who is member of the
class of 1918.
ValedictOry Tonight.
The senior exercises at the Law
School, starting at 7 o'clock also, will
feature the valedictory address by
Charles Augustine Gildea, jr.. of Sad
die River, N. j., president Of the
morning section Of the class. William
N. Kenefick of Michigan City, Ind,
president of the afternoon section,
will preside.
The senior class has arranged to
present gift to the Law School to-
night, and this will be accepted on
behalf of the faculty by Dean George
E. Hamilton. Dean Hamilton, who
has seen 63 commandments come
and go at the Law School since his
graduation in 1874, has been a men,
Der of the faculty for more than so
years He also Is graduate Of
Georgetown College.
Evening star., 1938-06-10
Broin TwizzIers
BY PROF. J. d. FLINT.

BY PROF. J. ID. FLINT.
ONE day man came to the door
of great grain operator and
asked for any kind Of work that
would earn for him enough money
to live on. The great grain operator
invited him to come in and play
checkers. This the man did and after
the first few games he made q propo-
sition to the old man. IT." he said,
Evening star., 1938-06-10

"I can beat you three out Of five
times, will you give me job?" The
old man replied, III you can DO IL
I'll grant almost any request you
make" The poor man did beat him
and requested one grain Of wheat for
the first square on the checkerboard,
two for the second square, four for the
third, and so on, doubling for each
square. The old man thought that
was reasonable enough and granted
the request. When they figured it
out 1t nearly killed the old man to
learn the amount Of wheat. What
was it?
(copyrisht. 193s)
(Answer on Page C-10.)
Evening star., 1938-06-10
jolly Polly

A Little Chat on English. d
BY JOS. ]. FRISCH.
p. E. C-"Except Alyce" is the
correct form, not "exceptig for Alyce.
So also we say, Except boiled cab
Evening star., 1938-06-10

bage, dislike nothing more than tur-
nips," not excepting for boiled cab
bsge. I dislike nothing more than tur-
nips."
Send return envelope to Jolly
Polly for the leaflet, "120 Every Day
Words Often Mispronounced."
Won Zeppelin, the great German
Airship designer, got his first expert
ence in aeronautics while acting as an
observer Of the Union Army's balloon
operations during the Civil War in this
country.
Evening star., 1938-06-10

(Answer on Page C-10.)
Evening star., 1938-06-10
Two and Three
Piece Suits

One Of makers found he had many hondo
surplus stock Of nationally advertised Society Brand We
snapped them and will S. S2O25 Avos
epete with the types both double
breasted models The choicest imported and domestic fobcs the
distinctive tailoring of unexceed SKILL Gentlemen
coming price
Of Summer! Come eory tomorrow We've for practically every
build Of
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-02-25
Hanford Happenings

JAMIE Turner was rushed to the
hospital at Pasco Saturday NOM.
ing by her mother and Mrs. G. O.
Bunnell. 1t was discovered by her
doctor that she had intestinal flu.
Her temperature had been very
high since the preceding Wednes-
day. After bravely struggling for
three days she began to recuperate
and on Tuesday afternoon was
brought home by her mother, who
had been with her constantly, and
Mrs. Bunnell. jamie may be allowed
to get out of bed for a short time
every day after a week or so, if
everything goes we'll, but she will
not be permitted to return to school
until sometime in April.
Mr.. Henley of White Bluffs took
the Rainbow Girls to Kennewick
Monday evening,
Word was received here this week
that a daughter was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Anglin of Brenl>
erton on February 16. The little
girl has been named Sylvia Jean.
X X X
MI. and Mrs. Frank Flett and
family have moved to the Benson
ranch near Cold Greek. Mary Flett
is staying with the Roy Beene fam
lily at White Bluffs.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-02-25
SENIOR CLASS

One of the numerous plans for
raising the financial status OF the
Senior class was carried out sue
cessfully when they took complies
charge Of the supper served at the
dance last Saturday night spon-
sored by the Park Committee.
The refreshments brought IN a
total of $l215 This gives the class
a capital of about $45.
Other plans the Seniors have de-
cided upon are variety show to
tbe given March II, and Senior
Ball on April Q.
The Senior boys will play re-
turn basketball game with the Sc
nior class of Richland at tho high
school Tuesday. February %.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-02-25
S F F
SENIOR BIOGRAPHIES
Louise Joy Moulster

Louise Joy (Toots) Molllster
started out along the marrow trail
of life without flaw Even the
town in which she was born was a
perfect one, the town of Hanford.
Arriving in Hanford on October
20, 1920, she has not been able in
all these Is years exactly to tell
us what her hobby is. But she
thinks it is cooking. She also wants
to be am old maid. The vocation
she has chosen for her aim IN life
is to be private secretary, which
fits in nicely with her pet plea
sure, tipping.
She is a member of the White
Bluffs Band and Drum and Bugle
Corps, playing a nice shiny bugle.
She has turned out for basket
ball and received her letter.
She can reel knitting needle as
fast as Jim Root can count. 1t has
taken her the customary number
of years to get through school, even
though her grammar school record
is quite n1ischievous.
Because Of the serious frame OF
mind in which Louise sometimes
finds herself, we are sure she Will
succeed.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-02-25

At a recent meeting of the board
of directors OF the Kennewick XII
wants club. the Rev. John Pate was
unanimously elected a privileged
member. This honor is conferred on
men who have given ten years
service to Kiwanis international.
4 X +
Mrs. Geraldine BOzarth left re-
Gently for Kennewick, where she is
now employed.
4 X :
Mr. and Mrs. a. L. Penn drove
to Othe1lo Saturday evening to
board a train to Seattle, where
they visited over the week end with
their daughters, Miss Marguerite
Penn, a student at the University
of Washington, and Miss Ruby
Penn, who is teaching near Che
halls this year.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-02-25
Around About
White Bluffs

Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Shaw, Miss
Betty Jones and MIR ToW11e came
up from Pasco Saturday to attend
the park dance and to visit Mrs.
Shaw's parents, Mr.. and Mrs KEEL
ley Matteson.
Mrs. Matte Cole was taken to
Kennewick Saturday evening to re-
ceive medical attention for her
shoulder, which was dislocated
when she slipped and fell earlier
in the evening.