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The times-news., 1938-12-16
Christmas Tree
Lighting Should
Be Safe, Is Said
Electrical Inspector Tidd
Urges Fire Hazard
Avoidance

Beautiful but Dumb was III"
caption used with recent poster
which showed a woman lighting
wax candles on Christmas tree.
We might engage in debate aS
to whether candles are more beau
. tiful than the vari-colored electric
lights now available, but still there
is no question that the use Of can
dies is dumb. However, electric
tree lights and electric decorations
require the use of some common
sense, as well," G. w. Tidd, city
electrical inspector, said today.
"When you take the Christmas
decorations down from the attic
OF the top closet shelf this year,
give them a thorough examina
tion," he continued. "See whether
the insulation on the wires has
dried and cracked, exposing the
copper conductors at any point.
See whether the insulation has
pulled back on the wires at the
sockets, exposing the copper at
these points. Screw in the lamp
bulbs and see if they fit snugly in
the sockets without exposing part
of the live lamp base.
-"The precautions are necessary
to prevent short circuits which
might cause, sparks to ignite in
flammable decorations or the in
flammable tree. Metal foil and
metal decorations often cause
these short circuits when live
parts of the set are exposed. Each
year there is an unnecessary loss
of life and property from Christ
mas tree fires. In one metropoli-
tan district last year six electrical
fires involving trees took five lives.
UNLESS all parts of your deco
rative sets appear to be in the
best order, throw them away and
buy new Ones" is the inspectors
advice. Don't use sets intended
for indoor use, out-of doors. Pre-
cautions regarding quality Of in
sulation are particularly important
to avoid shock when outdoor trees,
exposed to rain and snow, are dec
Grated. Extension cords for such
use should all be rubber-sheathed.
It's a good idea to disconnect the
system when installing and chang
ing lamps. ''F'' -.
,, "In selecting electrical appli-
ances. as Christmas presents, buy
those which, have been approved
for safety against fire and elec-
trieal hazards. Inquire whether
electrical toys and electrical ap-
pliances have been listed as ade-
quately safe by, Underwriters Lab
oratories. Look at the attachment
cords of such appliances to see if
the laboratories bracelet label is
attached. BY doing this your pres
ents will give more satisfactory
service, and you will have the sat
isfaction of cooperating with the
inspection department in keeping
the community safe
The times-news., 1938-12-16
City Motor, Sales
Company Under
NewManagement

The City Motor and Sales Co.,
Inc has undergone new manage
ment. J. f. Smith, manager. hav-
ing disposed of his interest in the
firm.
The personnel of the firm under
reorganization is announced as
follows:
Clyde Jackson. new car sales
manager; Vernon Henderson, used
car MANAGER: l.. V. Sentelf, sales
man; w. L. Standard service man
ager. and Woodrow (Pete) Stokes,
bookkeeper. -.
. Under the new management the
Shell service station at 7th and
Main. which is a part of the serv-
ice department. will be managed
by Victor Drake.
The CITY Motor and Sales COM
pany has also established a service
department. The firm will con-
tinue to hold the leadership for
Chrysler and Plymouth cars and
plans omen house all day Monday.
Dec. 19. for the display Of these
cars to the public at its quarters
rear the corner Of 7th avenue and
King street.
Messrs. Jackson and Henderson
have been with this concern for
the greater part of the past two
years. Messrs. Stokes and Stand
ard were recently added to the
staff.
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(rHODlST YOUNG
bPLE MEET

h. ch!ldreu's division of the
Methodist Sunday school
= consists OF the cradle roll,
Faners, primary and junior. de-
+rentS. were entertained last
k,irg BY Miss Mary Saltey, Su-
krtendeut Of the division, joint
with Mrs. S. VI. Garren at the
he o. the latter.
rSe Christmas work was dis
led. also u missionary unit, on
study of Brazil. TO be held at
k5ay school and on one week
during January. The inter
Kate department. of which Mr..
&-,a is superintendent, were
qrained by him. and planned
!. Christmas work also.
b .wo groups held their social
together and had some in
ksting contests. on bible refer
les leading up. 20 the beautiful
s,istr1as wish. Peace ON Earth,
iod viii Toward Men
Christmas tree cookies for the
nrger guests. and fruit cake
the Others were served with a
: drink. Mr.. A. K. Johnson,
rerak superintendent, and Mrs,
{. Canak. wife of the new
I:or Of the church. were guests.
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CHARGE NAZIS PUSH
POLICY IN ENGLAND

CONTINUED from mage one)
mitic drive and by Tuesday
nights Nazi boycott of Chamber
lain's speech before the Foreign
Press association, was revealed by
another development on the floor
of commons.
Sir Samuel Hoare, home sccrc-
tary, was asked to state the gov.
ernment's attitude toward cases
ain which British employees in the
service of German firms in Lon
don have been dismissed in cort
sequence of instructions received
by such firms from the German
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ernoon to be guests of two mem
bers there, Mrs. Cary-Elwes and
Mrs. Arledge at the formers
home which was, arranged with
the Christmas motif. Fourteen
members and one visitor were
present.
Mrs. Florence Franklin presid-
ed over the business session when
Christmas baskets were planned.
Holiday games were enjoyed after
which salad course was served.
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lrDAY PLANS


plrr Ridge School for Boys
| ,omple,e It's fall term on Sat
l. the 18th, and the majority
E. bgvs and instructors will
L almost immediately by mo-
rail FOR their homes scat
oyer Is states.
E,n5erS of the faculty have
[,e,ed plans for the holidays.
/ and Mrs. Sandifer will as
1. spend the Christmas recess
Earida leaving by motor early
[5,v morning. Mr.. Sandusky
,lso 90 10 Florida. Mr.. Cot
vill accompany a group Of
E,n,s 20 Chicago and vicinity.
Pence will return TO his home
yagram and Mr.. Tolleson will
. Ms parents in Gainesville,
SIR. Morris will spend the
ser part Of the time in Balti-
: and Washington. Mr.. Wall
Sc with his parents in Jack
Tenn, and Miss Tolleson with
mother on the Reynolds estate
Poarins Gap. Mrs. Hamilton
risi, friends and relatives in
r,o,,e and in Anderson. s. c.
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PUBLISHES SERMONS

CLEVELAND. O., .(UP)-Rev.
Dilworth Lupton, pastor of, the
First Unitarian church of Gleye-
land, has. published a series of
irispirational sermons called ""Re-
lieion Saws You CAM, ~. -
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rILAN'S FORCE
EsS BANQUET

.rr,oyv> of the local Nc
~, Stores company were
's lovely banquet on Wed
!. .r,ning at the Home Food
,.Lich was beautifully dec
4 yog the occasion. On a
.,,Iy lighted tree had been
p r;;,s from each to the
/. and there was an attrac-
.-rs,n, for the manager, Mr.
E..,.gj bowls of bright ball
mis- and red tapers formed
\ ,sntra! decorations At the
-, ,able where covers were
~ each member of the force
ir,and. Dancing was enjoy
,.,r rs q close for this delight
sfsir.
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COMING FROM
WOMAN'S COLLEGE

Among those arriving tomorrow
and during the weekend from the
Woman's College of the Univers-
ity of Carolina, Greensboro, will
be Misses Rebecca Jackson, Nancy
Rose McManaway, Elizabeth
Gardner and Frances Shipman.
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PEASANT-TYPE CASUAL FROCK
FLATTERS YOUTHFUL FIGURES
BY CAROL DAY

1t has a youthful, gay personal
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office or classroom this smart
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the always popular peasant note
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Darted in for Slimness at the
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sleeves puff smartly up at the
shoulders. The V-neckline is
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skirt.
In flannel wool crepe, velve-
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Pattern F-37 is designed for
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long sleeves, size II requires 2
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with short sleeves, 2 Ii yards; 4
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The new FALL AND WINTER
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CUBA PROPOSING
MEDIATION IN SPAIN

O. Continued from page onc>
extending throughout Catalonia
and the arrest of more than 1900
persons. Two hundred were sem
tenccd to death. ',.-
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ENGAGEMENT IS
OF INTEREST HERE

OF interest to friends here is
the announcement of the engage
ment of Miss June Elizabeth
Pence, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Everette joy Pence, of Houston,
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Texas; to Mr. James Allen Evans,
Miss Pence is. well known here.
having visited her grandmother,
Mrs. Jesse..O. Johnson, on several
occasions. -; p 80.
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ECZEMA

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pandruff or raw Athletes
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The times-news., 1938-12-16

Mallard ducks churn up the
water with their feet to bring
worms to the surface.
The times-news., 1938-12-16

Only one in every l45 persons
convicted for homicide is 'execut-
ed, according to estimates.
The times-news., 1938-12-16

The average weight of a bale
of cotton in the United States Is
around 500 pounds.
The times-news., 1938-12-16
aSTERN STAR CLUB
ISESSION

! ia Eastern Star club members
bred TO Saluda yesterday aft
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-20

Snipe Jap
Engineers

TOKYO, June 20 G.N.s0.-Chi-
nese guerrilla snipers are seriously
handicapping efforts Of Japanese
engineers attempting to halt the
devastating Yellow River floods,
the official news agency Domei
charged today.
In a dispatch from Tientsin,
the agency said a group of engi-
neerS had returned to that city
from the flooded region with the
encouraging report that breaches
in the river might be repaired in
a month providing there is good
weather despite constant fire
by Chinese guerrillas on repair
workers"
The flood area was estimated
by the engineers at 1,150 square
miles, with 100000 persons az
fected.
Flood waters of the preached
Tsin river are receding, the engi-
neerS reported, after destroying
5000 houses and rendering 10000
persons homeless.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-20
BR|TAIN-ITALY
PACT IN DANGER

LONDON, June 20 Q.N.S).
Anglo-Italian relations, so recently
improved, today were seen as en-
dangered again as a result Of flat
British rejection Of Italian moves
to make the unratified Rome
London accord Immediately effec-
tive.
Premier MllSsolini, through dip
lomatic channels, asked ratifica-
ton of the Anglo Italian pact with
out waiting for q settlement Of the
Spanish conflict.
Il Duce commended Russia and
France, by aiding the Spanish gov
eminent, were deliberately delay
ing peaceful conclusion of the
civil conflict.
ROME, June 20 G.N.S0.-Brit-
aims ambassador, the Earl of
Perth, and Italys foreign min
lister, Count Galeazzo Ciano, to-
day resumed their conversations
aimed to smooth out Anglo Italian
relations.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-20
Gethsemane of Jew Refugees Told

Aladar went on: I'VE had the
luck to find a dairy where We
slept in the COW stalls, the first
good sleep we had had in three
days and nights. Yet, somehow,
the Hungarian police found US,
put a guard around us and that
night, the twentieth, they took
us back to the Czech frontier,
showed us over, and said, this
time we had better not come
back.
Mind you, every time we
were put through the frontier
we had to crawl through that
terrifying band of barbed wire
the Czechs have put up along
the entire length of the Hun.
garian border. This time it was
Czech soldiers who caught us,
Immediately after we had
crawled through the wire.
They took us to the customs
officials. 1t was always differ
ent officials. 1 told them to
look at my children. Both Of
them had fever. We were all
sick. My arms had no feeling
in them at all from carrying the
baby. But they wouldn't let us
rest even one hour. They showed
us back into Hungary that night
about midnight. We moved very
often that night because the
Hungarians caught us again
and showed us back into Czecho-
slovakia before daylight.
JOIN ANOTHER GROUP
I'VE found another haystack
and there we met another group
so that we were % in all. Some
Of them were worse off than we.
We all decided that this time
we would not move but would
rather die where we were. But
about Z o'clock in the morning
some mounted Czech police
came along and ordered us out.
I'VE said, We can't go any
further But they rode their
horses at us, so we got up and
they drove us along like cattle
in front of their horses, until we
got to the frontier, and this was
the first time that we had been
taken there by daylight, so this
time the Czech police found the
Hungarian police facing them
across the barbed wire.
I'VE pleaded with them and
told them to look at us. We did
not look like human beings any
more, and the sight of the old
ones was enough to make you
cry. It did no good.
1.-THE Czech police ordered us
to crawl through the wire to
Hungary. The Hungarian po-
lice shook their weapons and
yelled that we dare not take q
step further. 1t looked like we
were all going to die there. men,
women and children, like SOL
diers in war time, hanging dead
in the wire"
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dren huddled together and
whimpered with fright and cold.
Sometime about dawn we heard
voices from o boat, and we all
shouted. It was Czech fisher
men. The Sandbank was in
Czech territory. You see, the
Germans had waited until night
to slip past the Czech guards.
Those fishermen were good to
us. They rowed us to the Czech
shore and made a fire. The old
women lay down and the young
ones rubbed their feet. Then
the Czechs notified their Off.
Gals, and pretty soon along
came automobiles and we were
taken to the Jail in Bratislava.
We thought we were saved, but
the worst was to come.
That night, of the seven
tenth. the Czech police took us
from the Jail and drove us in
police cars to the Hungarian
frontier. They waited a long
time to be sure the Hungarian
police were not about, then
showed us through the barbed
wire, over the border, and told
us not to return.
But they could not, without
attracting attention, put us all
across the border at once, so we
were broken up into groups.
mine was my wife, mother, sister
and two children and friend,
and at first some of the old
people. We walked that night
over 10 miles, all night long. We
had to go slowly on account of
the old ones, who kept collaps-
ing. And I had to carry my
4-year-old, while my wife carried
the smallest one.
FOUND IN HUNGARY
"About dawn we came to the
village Of Karlburg, in Hungary,
where the Hungarian police
found us. They let us lie in
a shack until dark, when they
loaded US into a wagon, drove
us back to the Czech frontier,
and then-exactly like the
Czechs had done-they waited
until the opposite police were alb
sent, and showed us back into
Czechoslovakia.
THAT was the night of the
18th, and we were lucky because
we found a haystack, and slept
in it a couple Of hours, but
when we started at daybreak
to walk further into Czecho-
slovakia, the police caught us.
They guarded us until night.
when once more they took us
to another place on the from
tier, and showed us back int to
Hungary"
He sighed, and the crowd Of
Jews around us joined in a
long, mournful groan.
Even we young men were
staggering by then. and the old
ones were in a frightful shape.
We had to half carry them.
Especially that poor tailor, EN-
merich Zopf, the one you see
there with the clutches, had a
difficult time. He's been a Grip
pie since he was a baby"
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Catholic Farley
! Opens With Mass

Celebration Of mass marked the
opening today of the second an
nual institute on industry which
began at 1880 a. m. at the National
Catholic School of Social Service,
2400 Sixteenth st. N. w. The
conference is under auspices Of the
National Council Of Catholic
Women.
Sister Vincent Ferrer, o. p,
professor of economics at Rosary
College, River Forest, ILL.,, made
the principal lecture of the morn.
ing session. Her topic was wages
"A Problem of Distribution"
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(COnLI,ueQ from rage J.
ally from Germany, but nobody
until now had taken the trouble to
look them up and learn what really
happened to them. Even the au-
thorities in Prague believed that
"the affair had been settled some
how" But there they are, forgot
ten by all, apparently doomed to
live on a barge the rest Of their
lives, lesson to all who believe
in the laws of brotherly love.
Their tale was told to me by
Aladar ReiSSner, 35 years old, one
time leading hotel keeper Of the
village of KittSee, whence most of
them come. We lay on the bank
of the Danube while two Hunga-
rian gendarmes watched to see
that no Jew Strayed beyond so
yards from the gangplank.
LONG UNMOLESTED
eve were a total of only 80
Jews in all the 5000 inhabi-
tants of Kittsee, and there were
13 more of us in the hamlet Of
Parma nearby" he said. I'VE
had lived there for generations,
all of us, my family for over 100
years. Until Hitler came we
hardly knew what anti-Semitism
was, for the AuStrians treated
us like one of them"
Aladar himself had no Jewish
facial characteristics, but looked
like an Austrian peasant, straight.
nosed, brown and sturdy.
Il belonged to every club and
society in town and 1 know they
liked me-" he said. Il had the
most popular hotel; everybody
came to it.
PULLED FROM BEDS
"They even kept on coming
after the Germans marched in
to Austria but we were far
away from Vienna, and the first
sign Of trouble only came when
they confiscated the passports
of all Jews. Then all of a sud-
den at dawn on April 16, five
Gestapo men, you know the Ger
man secret police, in the black
uniforms of the S. S., came to
our village.
when they got to our house
we were still in bed, mysef, my
wife, my 65-year-old mother, you
see her over there, and my chill
dren 2 and 4 years old. They
pulled us out of bed in our night
clothes, drove the family with
blows into the cellar and locked
me in a room.
"Pretty soon a big blond fell
low, tall as, a tree, whom I later
came to know as the commander,
named Anton Woelke, of Berlin,
and just % years old, came into
my room, and shook a pape~
under my nose and shouted,
You pig-Jew. do you confess
that you made all your money
by fraud and Swindle?'"
Here Aladar paused. his face red
dened, and he waved at the chill
dren who had gathered around us,
Kindly, go away, this is nothing
for you to hear.
$50 I said to him. No, I never
defrauded or swindled anybody
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"You lie,' he yelled, and
struck me so hard in the face I
fell down. But I said again, No,
it is not true, I have always been
an honest man. and I got to my
feet.
THE young man was not an
Austrian, you see, he was a Ger.
man, and the next thing I knew
he hit me twice so hard on both
sides of the head that I could
not see but staggered around
blind. Then he hit me some
more and finally I said, Yes, I
will say it.
HE gave me a paper to sign
and after a few minutes when
I could see a little, could
read that it said First: I am a
Pig-Jew and 1 have accumu-
lated all my fortune through
swindle and fraud. Second: 1
therefore bequeath my entire
fortune to the German Reich.
Third: Inasmuch as 1 have no
documents or Identification pa
pers'-you remember they were
taken away from uS-'I have
decided voluntarily to leave the
country illegally by going across
the frontier
HOTEL SEIZED
"There was nothing to do but
sign. You see it is not legal
even in Nazi Germany to con-
fiscate our property, so this is
the way they did it, and is the
way they are doing it to all
the Jews in Austria, at any
rate all the Jews without money
or influence, and far away
from where foreigners can find
out. But I had money. This
meant I lost everything I had
worked for all my life, and I
had the hotel worth 10000
schillings and two other houses,
altogether about 10000 Schil-
lings, about $4,000.
DRIVEN IN HERD
"Some Of them went out to get
the other Jews, and when night
came they drove us into a herd,
put us in trucks and drove off,
we did not know where. We
were not allowed to take penny
of money, nor any clothing ex-
cept what we had on. About
midnight we came to the
Danube, and there they put us
in a boat, rowed us out to a big
sandbar, put us on it and rowed
away.
1T was pitch dark. The tenn
perature was around freezing.
We had no coats. Some of the
women had nothing on but
their nightgowns. Among us
were the old rabbi, 80 years of
age, and a woman 80 and an.
other man 81, and children as
young as my 2-year-old. We were
all town jewellers. tailors, and
dentists, and midewives, and
shopkeepers, none Of us used to
hardship.
There was much moaning and
wailing. The men wandered
around trying to find where we
were, while the women and chill.
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of modern cattle rustlers who have
,een operating in this vicinity with
trucks. More than 80 head Of
cattle were reported stolen to
Sheriff John Sharp.
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SONIC 0U WaTSIl1pS, pEeCeue0 ny
minesweepers, made their way to
a point 20 miles above Anking.
japanese authorities announced
the ships were Systematically
Smelling both sides of the river.
But the river fleet met its match,
according to Chinese announce
mentS, in a squadron Of eight
heavy Chinese bombing airplaneS
which sent four japanese ships to
the bottom Of the river and dam
aged a fifth.
BOMBERS ESCAPE
The japanese admitted one ship
was damaged, but denied any were
sunk.
Twelve japanese pursuit planes
battled the Chinese bombers, but
the latter proved fast enough to
return safely to their base.
Capture of Taihu, 100 miles east
Of Hankow, was claimed by one
japanese land column. japanese
airplaneS persistently dropped
bombs on the boom across the
Yangtze at Matowchen, above
Anking, which is blocking further
progress upstream.
ARMY RETREATING
Nippon's army Of the north is
steadily falling back before the
spreading flood tide Of the Yellow
River, which now covers most Of
northern Honan province. The
japanese are retreating eastward
along the Lunghai Railroad, and
have been forced to abandon, for
the time being, their campaign
against Chengchow, important
junction on the railroad arteries
capture of which, incidentally, was
reported by the Japanese more
than a week ago.
China's armies, however, are
also being driven back by the
floods which were loosed, at the
cost Of scores Of thousands of lives,
to stem the Japanese push.
Japan consequently is concen.
trating on advance up the
Yangtze, but there again the ris-
ing flood waters may cheat the in
vaders of their prize. Hankow and
her neighboring industrial cities
at the confluence of the booming
Yangtze and Han rivers, are now
in danger Of inundation, accord
ing to Japanese dispatches.