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Evening star., 1938-12-29
Germany Threatens
To Switch Purchases

BERLIN, Dec. 20 GP.-Rudolf
Brinkmann, secretary of state in
the German economics ministry, to-
day warned South American coun-
tries to stick close to Germany
economically or they might find
themselves without a lucrative
market.
He gave the implied threat OF
switching German business to
Southeastern Europe should Latin
American states "succumb to the
Vaccinations" directed against Ger
many.
Brinkmann, writing in the Berlin
economic magazine Wirtschafts-
blatt, declared:
1--WE are not surprised that efforts
are being made to cloud our rela-
tions, good until now, with South
America with the open aim of dam
aging us economically by crippling
our raw material imports from there.
I'VE are convinced that the South
American states will think practi-
cally enough not to succumb to such
suggestions.
Should, however, the machina-
tions directed against us receive at
tention, then we. do not hesitate to
declare that the time fortunately is
past when it was thought possible
to strike effectively at us economi-
cally by such methods.
For today the economic axis from
the North Sea to the Black Sea is a
reality and one may be assured that
we will know how to strengthen this
axis further to benefit Greater Ger
many and the southeast that is
bound to it Germany in friend
ship"
Evening star., 1938-12-29
Whi++a|I Concert
On WMAL

A portion of another cham-
Der music concert at the
Library of Congress will be
heard over WMAL tomorrow
evening at 10 o'clock. The
Budapest Quartet will play
Dvorak's Quartet in F Major,
Op. 96.'
Today's concert scheduled
over WMAL at 4 o'clock fea-
lures the Coolidge Quartet
playing Beethoven's Quartet
in B Flat Major, Op. 18, No. g."
The concerts are sponsored
by the Gertrude Clark Whit
tall Foundation in the Library
Of Congress. The broadcasts
are arranged through the CO.
operation Of The Star and the
National Broadcasting Co.
Evening star., 1938-12-29
Bodi|yFire Alarm
System 10 Combat
Dangers Is Found
Defensive Mechonisms
Modified and General
Resistance Results
BY THOMAS f. HENRY,
Star Stan Correspondent.

RICHMOND. Va, Dec. GA
hitherto unknown general fire
alarm system in the body which
comes into play in the face of any
great danger, was described before
the American Association for the
Advancement of Science meeting
here today.
1t apparently produces a general
lied resistance, calling the systems S
defense mechanisms to their posts,
while the specific point of attack
is being localized and forces dis
patched against it. The phenome-
non was described by it's discoverers,
Drs. Hans Selye and Albert j. Dali
ton Of McGill University. Montreal.
They have found, they reported
that most acute damaging stimuli
such as exposure to cold, muscular
exertion which brings one to the
verge of collapse, poisonous doses of
drugs, loss of blood and surgical
operations produce an almost in
variable group of symptoms in an
animal. There is quick enlarge
ment of the cortex of the adrenal
gland which secretes the life-essential
horrnone cortin, notable changes in
the portion of the adrenal gland
which produces the life-preserving
hormone adrenalin, and marked
involution of the thymus gland, the
lymph nodes and the spleen. At
the same time there are striking
changes in the chemical composition
of the blood and a strong likeli-
hood of the formation of stomach
ulcers.
All these changes. they said, in
variably occur together. They come
only with the first dose of any par
ticular damaging agent, soon disap-
pear, and cannot be brought about
again by the same dose of the same
agent. They then were able to de-
termine that it was a decided de-
fense reaction, never before recog-
niZed.
"An animal in which an alarm
reaction has been produced" they
reported, proved to have an in
creased resistance not only against
the agent with which the reaction
was elected, but also to stimuli of
a different nature. Thus it was
shown that the death rate from
acute lung edema, which usually
develops in rats given lethal doses
of adrenalin only rarely develops in
animals in which an alarm reaction
is produced, either by adrenalin in
jections or both other stimuli such
as excessive muscular exercise, toxic
(See SCIENCE page AID
Evening star., 1938-12-29
'ImpregnobIe' Mint Roided
BY Two Boys for Fun

they managed to enter the build
ing, protected by great walls, by
impenetrable steel, tear gas equip
ment, heavy bars, numerous bur-
glar alarms and large force of
guards.
Paul and William said it was SIM
pie.
I'VE went around to the Octavia
street side of the building" police
quoted them.
'We found the windows nearest
the ground barred. So we climbed
up pipe to the second story and
crept around ledge until we found
a window partly open.
I'VE just pushed the window in
further and dropped down inside.
That was all there was to it. It was
easy. We didn't mean any harm.
It was all in fun"
P. j. Haggerty, superintendent of
the Mint, was surprised and dis
turbed.
Leave it to a kid to do what a
mob Of gangsters couldn't do," he
said. II wouldn't have thought it
could have been done. Those kids
must be a couple Of Houdinis."
Evening star., 1938-12-29
Toxic Gusts General
Who Lost Army Papers
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TOXIC, Dec. 29.-The war Office
announced tonight the removal of
Maj. Gen. Kazumoto Machijiri as
chief of its Military Affairs Bureau
on a charge of losing important
military papers"
Gen. Machijiri, a former aide de
camp of Emperor Hirohito. had held
the post since October S, 1887. Two
of his assistants, a colonel and a
major, were suspended on the same
charge.
The announcement did not dis
close the time or place the docu-
ments disappeared and authorities
refused to comment whether they
believed the papers had been mis-
placed or had fallen into the hands
of foreign spies.
1t was indicated the officers would
not be prosecuted, the statement
declaring the pressure Of their
duties might constitute mitigating
circumstances.
Evening star., 1938-12-29
Italy Flounts Sale
OF War Materials
BY Radio to The Star.

BY Hadlo TO Inc star.
ROME. Dec. 29-The Latin Amer
ican states will continue to buy their
war equipment from Italy. according
to an article in II Messaggero here
today.
Under the heading, Lima Con-
ference Is a Battle Lost by the
United States and Democracy" the
newspaper says: THE countries of
South America will continue to sup
ply themselves with arms, ships
and airplanes from Italy. Brazil
Chile, Peru, Venezuela, Uruguay
Paraguay and Bolivia indicate this"
The writer refers to the lasting
Impression made on South Amer
ican countries by the massed air
hight of Air Marshal Italo Balbo,
now governor of Libya, in 1885 and
by the air demonstrations of 40
crack Italian aviators on the oc-
casion Of the Pan-American Air
Meet.
(Copyrieht 1898 by Chicago Daily News
Evening star., 1938-12-29
By the Associated Press.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29.-The
new armor-plated and heavily
guarded United States Mint was
raided last night by two 15-year- old
boys who got in by scaling wall
and raising an unlocked window.
Police Inspector Max Reznick
identified the boys as Paul Fran
els and William Gallagher, residents
of an orphanage at San Rafael.
They were held for juvenile authori-
ties.
1--WE wanted to see if we could do
It," officers quoted the boys.
Bedlam broke out in the huge
fortress of granite and steel-sup-
posedly impregnable-when a guard
saw two prowlers in the copper store
room and turned in an alarm.
Lights went on, bells sounded and
angry-voiced men with machine
guns appeared.
Inspector Reznik said the boys
had tossed out of a window a big
sheet of copper from the room
where pennies are made.
George Maher, captain Of the Mint
guard, asked the two orphans how
Evening star., 1938-12-29
White House Silent
On Report Cummings
Post 10 Go 10 Murphy
Aides Will Say Neither
Yes Nor No to Query
On Appointment

The report that Frank Murphy,
retiring Governor of Michigan,
would be named within a few days
to the Attorney Generalship gained
wide circulation today. but the sug-
gestion was being met with bland
silence by those in position to con-
firm or deny the report.
At the White House, the reaction
was expressly one of saying neither
''yes" nor no
At the Justice Department. Attor-
ney General Cummings, who steps
out probably within the next five or
six days, the date not yet being set,
had no comment; Solicitor General
Robert H. Jackson, the other lead
ing prospect for the post, was
somewhere in Maryland" and
Joseph B. Keenan,. assistant to the
Attorney General and "insider" on
all Federal appointments, was. in
Florida.
At the Post Office Department
Postmaster General Farley. political
right-hand to the President, was
not available for comment.
Gov. Murphy Defends Self.
Meanwhile, at Lansing, Gov. Muir
ply was saying hello" to his sue
cessor, Frank D. Fitzgerald, good
bye" to his gubernatorial aides, and
making it clear to the public in gen.
eral that he is not apologizing for
his conduct in Office.
Remarking that some persons
have attributed his defeat for re-
election to his attitude toward labor
unions, Gov. Murphy said:
"Anti-labor propaganda may have
led the people to believe I con-
doned the sit-downs and disrespect
of the courts. That is all political.
I acted from a historical knowledge
of labor difficulties since the Civil
War. did not act with prejudice"
He said he expected no serious Sit
down strikes in the future, and
pledged cooperation with Gov.
Fitzgerald "in everything he does
for good government"
And. surprisingly enough, from
two of Gov. Murphy's severest Sem
ate critics came predictions that, If
nominated, he would be speedily and
easily confirmed, with the added
implication that they look with
favor on his appointment.
Critics Favor Him.
Senator Burke. Democrat, of Ne
braska, often critical of admins
tration moves. said he believed Gov.
t~F4 -
choice.
"A good organizer is needed to
obtain an efficient Department of
Justice" Senator Burke said, "and
Murphy appears to be qualified on
that score"
Before he left Washington sew
eral days ago, Senator Vandenberg,
Republican, of Michigan said he
would be inclined to vote for con-
flrmation of Gov. Murphy if he is
given the job, despite the Senator's
opposition to some of the policies
Gov. Murphy carried out as Cover
nor of Michigan.
There were definite indications
Gov. Murphy would be questioned
about his handling of the sit-down
strikes in Michigan.
Some Senators said privately that,
though they were critical of Gov.
Murphy regarding the sit-downs,
they felt he was following a course
approved by the national admins
tration. For this reason, they said,
they did not believe he should be
censured too sharply.
Evening star., 1938-12-29
Snow-SIeet Forecast
For D. T.. on Eve Of
New Cold Wave
Frieid Weather Coming
For All States East
Of Rocky Mountains

The second section" of a cold
wave which partly missed Washing
ton this week was headed in this di-
rection today, with much colder"
temperatures expected tomorrow
night after possible snow and sleet
tonight.
The local forecast said "sleet or
snow probably turning to rain, with
rising temperatures tonight; low
tonight about 80 degrees; rain to-
morrow, and much colder by to-
morrow night"
The forecaster here said there was
possibility of snow by dusk today.
Much colder" weather was the out
look for virtually every State east of
the Delaware. New Jersey, New
York, Tennessee, Kentucky, West
Virginia and the New England
States.
Dispatches from Chicago said a
frlgld wave was whistling down on
that city from the northwest, and
areas to the west and north of Chi
cago already were in the grip of bit
ter cold.
- Fl Minimum in Morning.
The forerunner of the expected
cold wave here sent the mercury to
81 degrees this morning Through
out yesterday the temperature did
not rise above % degrees. The city
awoke this morning to sunny skies.
which remained bright throughout
the forenoon.
The second cold wave was follow
ing the path of the first, across the
plains of Western Canada, the Asso-
ciated Press reported.
The storm was expected to pile
new snow on the 6-foot drifts in
some counties of Northwestern
Pennsylvania. In Philadelphia the
low last night was 81 degrees, and
at Pittsburgh it dropped to 9, with
colder weather expected.
Forecasts of lowering temperatures
and more snow came after Pennsyl-
vania experienced some temporary
relief from the cold yesterday.
Meanwhile, the Allegheny River
| above Pittsburgh remained frozen
from bank to bank with 3 inches
of ice.
Shippers Warned.
Shippers in the East and South
were warned to guard against tenn
peratures which might range as low
as zero to 10 above as Midwestern
States felt the full chill of the new
cold wave.
Arctic blasts were sweeping Iowa,
Minnesota, Nebraska, Idaho, Mon
tana. the Dakotas, Kansas and
Western Wisconsin. At Chicago the
last minimum was above zero, with
additional cold expected.
Weather conditions throughout
the United States claimed at least
% victims of exposure or accidents
in the last "a hours.
Reports of billiards and rescues
of snow and ice-bound persons came
from beyond the Rockies and far-off
Alaska.
Evening star., 1938-12-29
Diibouti Considered
ItoIy's Real Aim

ROME, Dec. 20 R.-The French
East African port of Djibouti was
considered in diplomatic circles here
today to be the focal point of even
tual negotiations over the month
old dispute regarding italian agita-
ton for French territory.
Diplomats said they attached the
greatest importance to a statement
py the authoritative Fascist editor,
Virginio Gayda, that italian de-
mands do not take for granted any
change IN the Mediterranean
status
1t was the French, he contended,
who were trying to change the
status by making Tunisia, a French
protectorate in North Africa, an
out-and-out French possession.
Evening star., 1938-12-29
0Loya|ist Planes
Reported Downed
In Great Battle
Big Franco Drive Near
Deadlock, However,
On Ground
BACKGROUND

oACh uHoOND-
Generalissimo Francisco Franco
launched big offensive against
Barcelona 1Ueek ago and claims
to haze captured nearly 400
square miles of Loyalist territory.
Driue is first such effort to be
made by insurgents in several
months. Barcelona government
reported considering nope to
some other less Vulnerable city in
Southeastern Spain.
BY the Associated Press.
HENDAYE, France, Dec. 29.-An
insurgent communique boasted to-
day 20 government planes were
downed in the greatest air battle
of the massive offensive into Cata-
lonia.
Despite the aviation success, how
ever, the insurgent land drive
slowed almost to deadlock. Gains
reported were of minor consequence,
although ip six days insurgents have
claimed conquest of 380-odd square
miles OF territory.
The air battle was over land lines
near the Albages- -Borjas Blancas
road, 10 miles to the west of Bar
celona.
Twenty-four of Insurgent Gen.
eraliSSimo Frances fastest fighting
planes swooped down from a high
altitude to large government fleet
which insurgent dispatches said
consisted of SIS fighters and
bombers.
Land Fighting Dwindles.
Land fighting in the area dwin-
died as the bombers dropped their
explosives and headed for their base,
leaving fast pursuit planes to fight
it out.
Brief government accounts said
both German and Italian planes
made up the insurgent air squadron
While soldiers of both sides watched
and cheered, the two air fleets dove
Evening star., 1938-12-29
IS Below Makes
Lakes Ice Boom
Like Gun Salute
hy the Associated Press.

WARROAD. Mimi, Dec. 90
The thunderous boom of ex-
panding, cracking ice on Lake
of the Woods sounded like a
presidential salute today as the
temperature slipped to As de-
grees below zero in this Cana
dian border area.
But no one got very excited.
A lot of folks got very busy.
Woodsmen, needing bitter cold
to tighten swamps to begin
hauling winter products, were
out at the break of day. Dick
Willems, State forest ranger.
took a snoWshoe crew out on
routine winter trail-mainte-
nance work.
1t was just another day up
here where subZero tempera-
lures in the 40s and even the
SOS are not uncommon.
Evening star., 1938-12-29
Representative Cannon
Committed as Inebriote
Ry the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
MILWAUKEE,, Dec. 29-Repre-
sentative Raymond j. Cannon to-
day was committed until cured"
to the county hospital for mental
diseases as an inebriate. District
Judge Harvey Neelen signed the
commitment on petition of Mrs.
Cannon and two other relativeA
Mr.. Cannon was defeated for re-
election to Congress in November.
Evening star., 1938-12-29

ing the recent winter meeting in
New York, Griffith asked waivers
on the one-time batting champion
and no club bid for him. 1t Is felt
in local baseball circles that Sim
mons brought no more than $4,000
or $4,000.
Simmons still is good ball
player, but he isn't satisfied with
Washington nor does he fit in with
(See SIMMONS, Page A-6)
Evening star., 1938-12-29

ROME, Dec 29.-Signs of a cam
paign to reinforce italian trade in
South America, particularly in Ar
gentina. appeared in the press to-
day in the wake of the Pan-Ameri-
can Conference at Lima.
Fascists took the view, as ex-
pressed by the newspaper II Mes
saggero, that "the late Pan-Ameri-
can Conference is a battle lost for
the United States and democracy.
The Italian intention to bid for a
bigger market was indicated first in
the announcement of a new COM
nercial treaty designed to triple
Italian trade with Uruguay and then
in newspaper comment that Argen-
tina would profit more from trading
with totalitarian states than with
American countries.
Italians repeated their assertions,
made throughout the Lima meeting
which ended Tuesday, that the
United States was trying to get
Italy's South American trade, par
ticularly in arms.
II Messaggero attributed what it
called hostility in Latin America
to the "dictators of democracy" to
several factors, among them a
United States embargo on South
American products: a United States
effort to change the naval balance
Of power in South America by rent
ing warships to Brazil and a
United States attempt to ruin the
Argentine grain market by dump
ing 'grain) under the protection of
Washington
Evening star., 1938-12-29

her. Italy's purpose reported to
be to get some profit out OF the
Rome-Berlin aris. 10hich hitherto
has favored Germany.
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, Dec 2.-Italy was reported
in diplomatic circles today to have
indicated she will seek to interna-
tionalize Tunisia to remove the ter
ritory from strict French control.
Apparently baked in any idea of
winning territory for Italy by the
rising tide OF French defensive
measures, Premier Mussolini was re-
ported In usually ell-informed cir
cles to have formulated a new plan
for presentation to Premier Cham
berlain when the latter visits Rome
next month.
Sources close to the foreign Office
said simultaneously that Premier
Chamberlain had promised to keep
the French-Italian fight over
Djibouti off the agenda when he
visits Rome.
The British premier also was said
to have promised to back up a
French stand against transferring
any territory to Italy. Nevertheless,
it was foreseen that he would have
difficult time avoiding discussion
on the status of Tunisia, which Is in
extricably bound up with any dis
cussion of Mediterranean problems.
French Show Firmness.
The French, meanwhile, made an
open show of firmness and readiness.
Two warships were on their way to
Djibouti, and fresh Senegalese
troops were assembled at Marseille
to reinforce the French colony.
Italian sources in Rome indicated
Italy virtually had abandoned any
hope of territorial gains at Frances
expense and that the Fascists had
no intention of invading French
Somaliland, where Djibouti is To-
Gated.
The opposition press fatty &C
cused Foreign Minister Georges
Bonnet of hiding the facts of the
French Italian crisis from the pub
lic
The opposition said a foreign Of
flee communique issued Tuesday
concerning Italian occupation of
land on the French side of the So
maitland frontier was inaccurate.
This communique said Italian
military posts. had been established
in a contested zone" to which the
French government "has decided to
send a geographic committee" to
determine the exact boundary.
Treaty of 1897 Cited.
The political writer Pertinax,
writing in L'Orde, said the frontier
in that region had been laid down
exactly by the French-Ethiopian
treaty of 1897, which had not been
contested by Mussolini.
Furthermore, he said a French
geographic mission had examined
the frontier and made its report
to the foreign Office last spring,
showing that the Italians had pene-
trated Is miles into French terri
tory.
The reason for the Italian pene-
tration, he said, was to bring the
Djibouti-Addis Ababa Railroad Sta
ton at Aicha into italian territory
Socialists. Communists and parts
of the independent center and the
extreme right joined in a second at
tack IN tho foroiup off7co
Evening star., 1938-12-29

Government employees will be paid
tomorrow-a day earlier than usual
so they will have funds available
for the three-day holiday starting
tomorrow afternoon.
Evening star., 1938-12-29
Quiz Gets Pleas
For Stringent
Driver Control
Lights and Bells
To Aid Walkers
Also Urged
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Proposals for some form OF Pc
destrian regulation hdUe been
agitdted publicly during the last
three years and seueral times the
Commissioners haze laid them
aside for future study. Traffic Of
fcials had insisted large per-
centdges of the number of pc
destrians killed in accidents Uere
more responsible than the driUer.
Principal difficulty seen By some
leading officials is provision to
glue the pedestrian his due rights
and safe crossing Uhen he obeys
signals, police direction and rules.
Evening star., 1938-12-29
Dictators Grab
For Trade Of
Latin America
Italy Making Bid
For Markets in
Argentina
BACKGROUND

Germany and Italy are en-
gagged in strong campaign for the
trade OF Latin America. Both
need the raD materials OF the
American republics, but find it
necessary to pay for them Nth
their o,Un products. United
States has accepted this chGl-
lenge and is intensely resisting
attempts of European countries
to make inroddS in Latin Amer
icdn commerce.
Evening star., 1938-12-29
Summary Of Todoy's Star

Washington and Vicinity.
U. S. rental bill in District $685.
654 for year. Page B-1
Gravelly Point Airport to be first
"functionally' designed. Page B-1
Evening star., 1938-12-29

(See SPAIN, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1938-12-29
U. S. Pay Day Tomorrow

(See SCIENCE, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1938-12-29
international
Tunisia Reported
Aim Of Musso|ini
End of French Control
Believed Plan Held
For Chamberlain
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Italy began campaign for ac-
quisition OF French territory on
November 30, When Deputies
shouted for "Tunisid, Corsica,
Nice and Savoy" France pro-
tested and Britain stood Uith
her. Halys purpose reported to
be to get some profit out OF the
Rome-Berlin ariS. 1Ukich hitherto
has fdDOred Germany.
Evening star., 1938-12-29

(See SIMMONS, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1938-12-29

(See SISTO, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1938-12-29

Copyright. 1898. by Chicago Daily News
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-02-23
THE KITCHEN MAID


About this time every year, before
Spring brings to our markets q wider
selection of fresh vegetables, most house,
wives have reached q zero hour in meal
planning. The same old vegetables how
ever wit little thought in preparation
can be pepped-up considerably.
String-Beans
Prepare sauce Of equal amounts Of
vegetable oil and lemon joice, add chopp-
ed parsley, dash Of Wore estershire
Sauce, heat and pour over hot beans.
Serve sitting beans wit mayonneise
wi tn paprika or chopped parsley tor
garnish.
When Dreaming beans add nutmeg and
chopped pimento for different flavor.
Brown butter in q frying pan, add
equal amount Of vinegar, mix and pour
over hot string beans.
Add chopped hard cooked egg whites
and olives to white sauce, pour over
beans and garni sh the top with grated
egg volks. This is also good dish
served on toast for the vegetable dinner.
Report Cards Discussed at
Mothers Club
The school-age groups Of the Mother
Club met for the first time in the
music room Of the school house Wednes-
day evening, February Is. Mrs. Bene-
fiel presided.
The main topic chosen for discussion
was WHATS New In Report Cords. Mrs.
Mitchell reviewed the article IN the
February issue Of the Parents Magazine
o~J ed