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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-22
MADRID is FACING
SADDEST CHRISTMAS

Continued from page one)
together over little fires made out
of balls of newspapers.
Few special Christmas treats
are in store for the republican
soldiers manning the trenches. "A
few hours with their relatives IN
Madrid, boxes of turron---the
sticky nougat-like substance when
is traditional part of Christmas
celebrations in Spain---are the
most they can hope for as they;
gather around concealed WOOD
fires, listening to the gypsy song
or guitar of some Andalucian.
FIRING is DESULTORY
An occasional burst Of machine
gun fire, to test if the enemy still
is alert, provokes an answering
burst accompanied by shower OF
trench mortars. Across the river
echoes the dull bloom of a nine
exploding as an attempt is MADE
to advance the republican lines
through the streets and closely
packed houses in Carabanchel.
Except for the sentries and
patrols, the streets are deserted
An occasional car, with no lights
showing, viii glide noiselessly
along, taking some official orr ar
my officer on a secret mission.
Crime has disappeared. There
are no burglaries.
FOOD FROM VALENCIA
Despite the fact that the road
to Valencia is the only outlet re-
naming to the besieged city, food
for more than a million people
is regularly brought in by road
and rail, from those provinces
still loyal to-, the Barcelona gov.
eminent and from the ports Of
Valencia and Alicante, where
boatloads of provisions and cloth
ing arrive from charitable lnsti-
tutions in different parts OF, the
world. .% -. =. = ....-, =,
Although food is short: money
is much more plentiful than IN
pre-war days. - ....-'.
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Irish Republican
Army Men Held

BELFAST, Dec. %. (CPl.-
The Northern Ireland home office
announced today that 81 leaders
and members of the Irish repub-
lican army were arrested on
charges of plotting violence:
Those arrested are accused OF
planning attacks on government
officials and property during the
holidays.
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reported to have told federal bu-
reau of investigation agents that
Japan was an "enemy" Of the
United States as well as Russia
and he did not believe he was
committing an offense when he
Struggled out certain japanese Sc
crctS.
Harrison said the entire case
would be divulged in court.
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are no DuTEIdFIeS.
FOOD FROM VALENCIA
FORESTS OPENED.

CANBERRA. (UP)-A large
area of forest country in the Bull
olo district of the Australian man
dated territory of New Guinea.
containing 5O,OO0,000 super feet
of hoop and klinkii pine and a
quantity of cedar. and secondary
timbers, is to be thrown open by
the administration for milling.
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STRONG MANS ACT
IS COSTLY FOR FIRM

BRISBANE, Australia, Dec. Il.
(UP}-The local telephone COM
pany is suffering loss OF prop
erty as the result of strong-man
stuff that started when count
Won Luckner, commander OF a
wartime German sea raider, Wis,
tied Australia and demonstrated
his ability to tear a telephone
book in two.
Australians dislike having an
inferiority complex forced upon
them and started tearing teie-
phone books themselves. Todate
the telephone company mas naa
to replace as high as Soo DOCKS
in a single district.
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SUNBEAM BAND TO
HAVE CHRISTMAS TREE

The Sunbeam Band of the First
Baptist church will meet tomor-
row afternoon at 8 o'clock at the
Sunday school for a Christmas
tree party.
Ali mothers of members are IN
.yited to attend with the children.
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RANcHER TO USE PLANE

RICHGROVE. Cal. - (UP) -
Hugh P. Burum, local rancher. be-
lieves he is the pioneer in new
field of necessities for the future
farmers and ranchers Of the Unit
ed States. He has installed a ham
gar for his airplane which he re-
CARDS as an essential part of apy
modernlv equipped uptodate farm
OF ranch. $685..
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EAST FLAT ROCKS
M. E. CHRISTMAS
PROGRAM TONIGHT

The Methodist church of East
Flat Rock will present a Christ
mas program tonight at 1870. -,
The program will be presented
by the children's department. and
will be followed by Christmas
play given by the young people.
At the conclusion of the perform
ance Christmas treat will be
given the children.
All children are urged to at
tend and the public is cordially
invited.
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pFx FREEMAN BETTER

Rex Freeman, who underwent
an operation in Biltmore hospital
following the fracturing OF an
arm was reported today as I'M
nroyed. He is expected to be re-
turned home the last of the week.
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Monday evening, December; TWEEN
ty-sixth, at seven o'clock.
The affair. which will be one
of the most charming of the sea,
SON to which the debutante and
sub.deb set and their escorts
have been invited, is being given
in compliment to Miss Miriam
Bell, who will be the house guest
of Mrs. Forsythe.
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LOVELY DINNER-DANCE
WILL. BE GIVEN

Invitations were issued earlier
|,an week to a dinner-dance to
De given by Dr.. and Mrs. William
Z. Bracket and Mrs. W. c. For
ythe at the Bracket home on
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The loop antenna equipment on
airplancs now has a cartridge stat
ic supH'essor that is reported to
;ahOliSh 95 per cent of static.
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MISS SMART RETURNS

Miss Frances Smart returned
here on Saturday to spend the
holidays with her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Frank {. Smart on
..Crth Main street.
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CLEMSON COLLEGE
cAnETS ARRIVE

William E. Bracket, Jr:, Bob
Forsvthe, Ralph Boys, and Marion
Bracket reached home today
from Clemson college at Glenn
son, S. c.. to spend the Christmas
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holidays at them homes.
OTHER CITADEL BOYS
ARRIVE TODAY

Among the Citadel cadets ar
irving today are Lewis Smythe,
Fred 2Yelton and Robert Todd.
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The first successful "strato-
sphere" airplane was recently ac-
ceptcd by The army air corps
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Fresh-water sponges are. found
growing in streams as tar west rs
Kansas.
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Evening star., 1938-07-08
MRS. COWLlNG DIES:
FOUNDER OF SCHOOL
Taught Some of First Glasses in
Americanization Work.
Funeral Tomorrow.

Mrs. Katherine Y. Cowling. a
founder of the Americanization School.
died yesterday at George Washington
Hospital
Mrs. Cowling taught some Of the
schools first classes in 1917 and par
ticipated in its official organization
in 1919. She continued teaching up
to- the time of her short illness.
She started the orchestra of the
Americanizatioh School in 1922 and
was chairman of the institutions Pub
licity Committee.
She has helped literally thou
sands Of foreigners in Washington by
her kindness" fellow workers said to-
day.
Mrs. Cowling was born in Washing
ton and was married to the late Ed
ward o. Cowling. Her home was 1906
G street NV. She is survived by q
son. James E. Cowling of Washington
Funeral services are to be held tomor-
row at $3.50 pm. at the s. H. Hines
funeral home. Burial is to be in
Glenwood Cemetery.
Evening star., 1938-07-08
METHODIST HOME
JUBILEE PLANNED
Mrs. Harry Underwood Is
Chosen Chairman of
Committee.

Plans for the celebration next spring
of the golden jubilee OF the Methodist
Home for the Aged we're discussed at
the final summer meeting of the
Board of Managers of the home.
The appointment of Mrs. Harry Un-
derwood as chairman of the Anni-
versary Committee was announced by
Mrs. Hoskinson, board president.
The celebration will be marked by
the payment of the balance of the
debt on the home, located at Connec-
ticut avenue and Ellicott street NV.
Mrs. D. F.. Hoffman treasurer, report
ed the payment of $2,500 in June left
s30,500 to be met by next May.
The home, of which Miss Lucretia
Knoke is superintendent, has 46 resi-
dents. Four new applications were
made yesterday, with three being ap-
proved and the fourth taken under
consideration.
The anniversary observance will be
coincident with the dates marking
establishment of the home. There will
be dinner January 21-the date of
the homes incorporation-and an
other banquet on April 10.
Assisting Mrs. Underwood on the
Anniversary Committee will be Mrs
Hoskinson. DR.. G. Ellis Williams. DR..
w. H. Burgan, Mr.. Hoskinson, l. o.
Ball and Paul Cromelin.
Evening star., 1938-07-08
SCHOOL PAINTINGS
ARE ON DISPLAY
Children's Art Gallery Shows
Work of Pupils From
Various Cities,

A collection of paintings and draw
ings by children from progressive
schools throughout the country is on
exhibit at the Children's Federal Art
Gallery. Ninth street and Independ-
ence avenue S.W., and will remain
there through August 8. the Sponsors
Committee of the gallery announced
today.
The schools whose pupils are repre-
sented are the Eastern Public School,
East Orange. N. j.; the Village and
Farm School, Northbrook, near Chi
cago; the Laboratory Elementary
School Of Atlanta University; the
Little Red School House, New York
City: the Hessian Hill School, Groton-
on-Hudson, and the Green Acres
School. Silver Spring. Md.
Two grandchildren Of Secretary
Ickes are among the pupils at the
Village and Farm School.
The exhibition will be open to the
public from to pm. on week days
and from 10 am. to pm. on Sat-
urdays.
Evening star., 1938-07-08
CHAFFETZ QUITS POST
AS AIDE TO CUMMINGS

Resignation of Hammond E. Chat
fetz. recently associate Government
counsel in antitrust prosecution Of
nearly a score of oil companies IN
Federal Court in Madison. Wis, as
special assistant to the Attorney Gen.
eral, was announced today by the
Justice Department.. The resigna-
ton is to be effective July Is and Mr..
Chaffetz will engage in private prac-
tice Of law in Washington in the fall.
Mr.. Chaffetz, graduate of Har-
ward College and Harvard Law School,
has been in the Antitrust Division
Of the Justice Department for the last
eight years.
In addition to the oil cases, he ap-
peared as one Of Government counsel
in the Appalachian Coal case. the
Sugar Institute case and several of
the early assaults on constitutionality
Of the N. r. A.
He lives at 1345 Jefferson street
NV
Evening star., 1938-07-08
DIET OF RELIEF CLIENTS
MAY ADD SAUERKRAUT
Duffey Tells s. G. c. of Large
Cabbage Crop and Last
Years Surplus.

The Government may add sauer-
kraut to the diet it provides for per-
sons on relief
The Surplus Commodities Corp,
which buys excess products and turns
them over to relief agencies. received
today from Senator Duffy. Democrat.
Of Wisconsin a suggestion that it do
something about surplus Of sauer-
kraut in Wisconsin.
The Senator acted after receiving
word from John j. Wolf of Burling-
ton, Wis, that prospects pointed to
large cabbage crop this year and
that much sudplus kraut remained in
Wisconsin vats from previous produc-
ton.
Senator Duffy also asked the cor
poration to relieve q cranberry sur
plus in Wisconsin.
Evening star., 1938-07-08
R.F.C. CLERK DIES
Of |NJUR|ESAFTER
.TW0CARS COLLIDE
Vincent J. Casey, Hurt on
Thursday, 41st Victim
of D. c. Traffic.
BOY, AGE 7, IS KILLED
RIDING ON HIS SCOOTER
Driver Not Held-Witnesses Say
Child Pedaled in Front of
Oncoming Car.

A Washington man injured in a
traffic accident here yesterday died
early today in Georgetown Hospital
and 7year-old child was fatally in
jured when run over in nearby Vir-
ginia yesterday.
Vincent ]. Casey, 27-year-old Re-
construction Finance Corp. clerk, died
at Georgetown Of injuries received
early yesterday when the car in which
he was a passenger was in collision
with another at Illinois avenue and
Longfellow street NV. The three
other persons in the two cars were
only slightly hurt.
Mr.. Casey's was the forty first traffic
death in the District this year, as COM
pared to Sc for corresponding period
last year.
Seven-year-old Kenneth Meade Of
Franconia, Va, about S miles west
OF Alexandria, was killed in front of
his home yesterday when he pedaled
his scooter into the street in the path
OF an oncoming automobile.
1t was understood his family moved
to Franconia from Alexandria about
three weeks ago because the boys
parents feared the heavy traffic of the
city.
witnesses said the boy appeared in
the street so suddenly that the driver,
George Steve, .32, of Franconia, was
unable to avoid striking him. Mr..
Steve was not held. Kenneth was
taken to Alexandria hospital by his
father, Clarence Meade, and died there
a short time later.
Curtis Thompson, 2050 @ street Sc,
was released under $1,000 bond after
his arrest in connection with the
traffic injury yesterday of 4-year-old
boy in Prince Frederick, Md.
Mr.. Thompson was arrested in
Prince Frederick last night a short
time after he was alleged to have run
over William Durbaugh, jr., 4, while
the child was playing in the Bayside
highway near Randle Cliffs, Calvert
County. Mr.. Thompson was charged
with reckless driving.
The child was taken to the Calvert
County Hospital, where physicians said
he was in serious condition.
Miss Catherine Langhorn, ~, OF
Washington, was recovering In a hos
pital at Keyser, w. Va, totiny from a
broken leg and arm suffered In q
motor cycle accident near Keyser
Tuesday
Miss Langhorn and a male COM
panion were travelling toward Wash
ington when their motor cycle skidded
into a bank at the side Of the road.
The man was not injured.
Evening star., 1938-07-08
HIGHWAY BRIDGE
OPEN 0.TRAFF|C
Span Will Be Closed Again
at Midnight to Clear
Away Debris.

Highway Bridge still remained In
operation today after a night of work
by the crew of the Army Engineer
dredge Atlas to clear debris-entangled
submarine power cables which carry
current to the motors operating the
span over the channel.
The bridge will be closed to trafic
again at midnight tonight and will re-
main closed until am, while the
dredge continues the job of removing
sunken logs and debris which choke
the channel on the upstream side OF
the north half of the draw span.
Although the main current cables to
the bridge escaped damage, the cable
carrying current to the fender lights
on the bridge was broken during the
night.
Wreckage Is Removed.
A large quantity of wreckage de-
scribed as resembling parts of bridge
was cleared from the tangled cables
early today and loaded into a scow for
hauling away.
Should the main cable to the bridge
be cut during the work tonight, the
span will be closed by hand at am.
tomorrow to handle morning trafhc.
About Is men are required to operate
the emergency hand equipment for
moving the span.
The jam is composed chiefly of
waterlogged trees and other heavy tim
bers swept into the Potomac during
and since the flood of 1887. So heavy
were some of the logs that they due
deep into the soft river bed, tearing ur
the buried cables. which were badl,
stretched and pulled.
Ships Hit Buried Debris.
First warning Of the jam, according
to E. j. Merrick. jr., engineer in
charge of clearing up the tangle, came
from river captains who complained
that their vessels were striking buried
debris in the north half of the draw
span. A bar upstream OF the draw
at this point apparently was respon-
sible for grounding Of the first heavy
logs, which entangled other debris.
An Army engineer dredge was sent
to the scene by Maj. w. D. Luplow
Army engineer. in the expectation that
the jam could be cleared within a few
hours without interruption to tramt
over the bridge.
Entangled Gables.
After a half scow load of logs had
been raised, however, the first of q
series of the entangled cables began
to come up and operations were i'm.
mediately halted until the Potomac
Electric Power Co. could temporarily
re-route service to Virginia by way OF
Key Bridge. The cables were killed
as they were raised and all efforts tc
free them, short of cutting failed.
The dredging crew, Mr.. Merrick re-
ported, was startled to find one of the
cables was alive. carrying $4,000 volts
of current. Fears that the lives of the
dredging party. aboard an all-metal
dredge. might be endangered. however
were allayed by engineers Of the power
company, who said breaking Of the
cable would result in the current be.
ing grounded instantly.
Evening star., 1938-07-08
BAND CONCERT

BY the Army Band at the Capitol
at 1880 O'Clock tonight Capt. Thomas
r. Darcy, leader; Karl Hubner, assist
ant
Program.
March, West Point" Eoner
Overture, The Beautiful Galatea,"
Won Suppe
Rhythmic classic. Sylvia" Speaks
A special setting for the United States
Army Band by R. D. Becker.
Solo for cornet, STARS in a Velvety
SKy ------- - - Clarke
Ralph K Ostrom.
Ballet music. March and Procession
of Bacchus'' Delihes
Morceau, whispering Flowers"
Won Blon
Potpourri, Operatic Masterpieces,
Compiled by Safranek
Paso doble. "Amparito Roca" Texidor
Novelty solo, "Slippin' Around" Mole
Clarence E. Hurrel. trombonist.
6erenAde, Midsummer Night"
Albeniz
Finale, "Marche Slave" Tschaikowsky
"The Star-spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1938-07-08
HOOVER RAND AIDES
RECEIVE MEDALS
c. A. Tdson, W. H. D. Lester
Decorated by Rumanian
Government.

Acting on behalg of King Carol of
Rumania. Minister Radu Irimescu of
Rumania today decorated j. Edgar
Hoover, director Of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, and two of his as
sistants, for ''meritorious services in
the field of international police CO.
operation and collaboration
Of the Order of the Star of Rumania,
Assistant Director Clyde A. Tolson
was made an officer of the same order
and Inspector w. H. Drane Lester
was made an officer of the Royal
Order Of the Crown Of Rumania.
Minister Irimescu handed the deco
rations to the trio at brief ceremony
in the Rumaman Legation. The awards
consist Of medals attached to colorful
ribbons. The three G-men immedi-
ately turned the medals over to the
State Department, in accordance with
Federal regulations governing foreign
awards to Government officials. The
decorations will be held by the State
Department until their recipients can
accept them legally, which is after
they have severed connections with
the Federal Government.
Mr.. Hoover previously had been deco
rated with the Royal Order of the
Crown of Rumania. The new decora-
tions are the outgrowth of activities
of Mr.. Hoover and his aides in con-
nection with the International World
Police. an organization of police off,
cials of many nations. The group held
its annual convention in Montreal last
October Mr.. Hoover is vice chairman
of the Advisory Committee of the Or
ganization and Mr. Tolson is member
Of the Advisory Committee.
King Carol is said to have been es-
pecially pleased over cooperation rem
dered Rumanian authorities by the F..
B. I. in connection with apprehension
of fugitives through an international
exchange of fingerprints.
Evening star., 1938-07-08
KEANE APPOINTED
TO COUNSEL POST
D. c. Heads Name Relative
of Allen to Draft
Legislation.

Michael j. Keane, jr.-brother-in-
law Of Commissioner George E. Allen,
who has resigned his post, effective
September to-day was appointed by
the Commissioners an assistant cor
poration counsel, to fill the new post
of legislative drafting officer for the
legal department.
MIR. Keane, native of the District,
now in private law practice, formerly
served as special counsel for the Office
OF the controller Of the currency. His
salary in the District job will be So, 200
year
Mr.. Keane. who is 80 years old, at
tended Washington schools and won
his law degree at the Washington COL
lege Of Law He has been in law prac-
tice since 1881.
His appointment was one of three
made today by the Commissioners.
George Reber Littlehales, 81, who has
been serving as general counsel to the
District Compensation Board, was ap-
pointed an assistant corporation coun-
sci at salary of $4,000 a year. He
takes the place left vacant by the re-
cent appointment of T. Gillespie Walsh
to be member of the newly created
Commission on Mental Health. Mr..
Littlehales holds degrees from George
Washington, Georgetown and Prince
ton Universities.
The third appointment went to j.
Francis Reilly, 30, who was appointed
to fill vacancy at Police Court caused
by the recent promotion ofAssistant
Corporation Counsel Oliver Gasch. Mr..
Reilly will be paid $4,000 a year, He
is graduate of Columbus University
Law School and began law practice
in 1885.
The appointments were recon-
mended by Corporation Counsel Ell
wood H. Seal. Attending today's board
meeting were Commissioner Melvin C.
Hazen, chairman of the board. and
Capt. Patrick Henry Tansey, acting
for Engineer Commissioner Dan I
Sultan. Commissioner Allen left yes-
terday for western trip in the in
terest Of the Infantile Paralysis Foun-
dation Fund, but it was said that he
had approved the appointments before
he left.
Evening star., 1938-07-08
Judges Will Test
Claw Machines
In Chambers

In, the quiet Of chambers, with
only justices of the United States
Court Of Appeals present, with
the interested attorneys as observ-
ers, a judicial test. will be held
some time shortly, to determine
If a CLAW" machine is q test of
skill or a gaming device, it was
learned today.
The court itself will determine
the time the test will be held and
authorities explained that the
machine will be arranged so that
coins will not be necessary to
operate it.
The appellate tribunal is ex-
pected to hand down . decision, In
due course, on the legal status of
the Claw machines.
Evening star., 1938-07-08
CERTIFICATES FILED

ROCKVILLE, Md. July (SpeciaD.
w. Dawson. Rockville; Ma
than c. Duvall, Gaithersburg; Robert
L. McKeever, Silver Spring: James
c. Rogers, Chevy Chase. and Earl w.
Shinn. Kenwood, have filed with the
supervisors of elections here certii-
Gates of candidacy for members of
the Republican State Central Com
mittee for Montgomery County.
Louis A. Proctor of Takoma Park
f1led several days ago. making six
candidates so far for the six places to
be filled. Both the Republican and
Democratic State Central Committees
for the county will be elected at the
primary election on September II.
Evening star., 1938-07-08
SCREAMS OF GIRL
FOIL ATTACKER
Bethesda Women Ask More
Police After Tenth
Incident of Kind.

A 17-year-old girls screams fright
ened off a would-be colored assailant
last night in the same block of Be-
thesda where Mrs. Leo Day, wife of a
Montgomery County policeman, fought
of a man answering the same descrip-
ton two weeks ago.
It was the tenth assault or at
tempted assault reported in the Be-
thesda- Chevy Chase section since jan
uary /.
Hid in Doorway.
The girl. Pauline Whitehouse. 102
Exeter road, Battery Park, was walk
ing along Old Georgetown road on
her way home shortly after ii o'clock
when gigantic" colored man stepped
from the doorway of store building
under construction and grabbed her
arm
She screamed, she said, and the
man fed. Police searched the neigh
borhood and picked up one suspect,
but he was later released
The description of the man tailed
with that of the man who attempted
to attack Mrs. Day. She said he was
6 feet TALL weighed about 200 pounds
and was dressed in a white shirt and
dark trousers
Additional Police Asked.
Shortly after the attempted attack
on Mrs. Day. a delegation of so women
from Bethesda and surrounding COM
munities appeared before the Mont
gomery County commissioners and
asked for additional police protection
explaining they were afraid to venture
from their homes at night.
F. Barnard Welsh, counsel to the
commissioners, later informed the
board the only manner in which addi-
tional police could be put on was to
amend the county police law at the
1899 session Of the Maryland General
Assembly.