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Evening star., 1938-09-19
HURRICANE NEAR,
FLORIDA IS READY
Vast Relief Organization
Stands Waiting-Storm
Due Tomorrow,
By the Associated Press.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Sept. ia
vast relief organization stood ready to-
day to meet any emergency that may
arise If severe tropical hurricane
bearing down on Southeast Florida
strikes the coast tomorrow morning, rs
indicated by its present movement.
With storm flags already flying from
jacksonville to Key West. the Weather
Bureau urged all interests to take
precautions against the blow which
Meteorologist Gordon E. DUNN said
might hit anywhere from Palm Beach
southwark to the keys"
He described the disturbance as of
large area and moving unusually fast.
This was borne out by radio message
received at the bureau here from the
steamship Corralles. which advised it
rode through "a severe hurricane" in
West Indian waters last night.
The ship reported the storm was
moving west by north about 20 miles
an hour and was attended by heavy
gales over an area about 240 miles
wide. The Corralles' barometer fell
to 2785 inches.
The $50 am. Weather Bureau ad-
visory placed the storm about $50
miles east southeast of Miami and
said it probably would cross the Ba-
hama Islands with winds of hurricane
force (75 miles an hour or more) this
afternoon.
Florida's last disastrous hurricane
occurred on Labor Day in 1885, when
several hundred war veterans occu-
pying work camps on the keys lost
their lives.
Mindful Of that catastrophe. State
officials made all preparations for
quick action in case of need.
At Miami, shipping made for port
and residents started to board up vul-
nerable buildings.
Residents Of Miami Beach were
notified that the City Hall, the police
station and the fire station would be
open as emergency shelters and first
aid stations.
Coral Gables and other communi-
ties perfected arrangements for VOL
unteer committees to give assistance
If needed.
Arthur B. Hale, director of COM
bined relief agencies, completed a
survey of available equipment and
personnel and the Red Cross approved
the plans he outlined.
Evening star., 1938-09-19
PRESIDENT MEETS
ON NEUTRALITY
Conferring With Officials on
General Situation in
Europe.
Hy the Associated Press,

President Roosevelt arranged confer
ences with State Department officials
today on the neutrality law, trade
treaties and the general foreign STU
alton.
He also went over the neutrality
problem with Chairman McReynolds
Of the House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee. Mr.. McReynolds recently said
he had no amendments to the act in
mind for the next session of Congress,
but expected some sentiment to de.
velop for giving the President the right
to apply embargoes on shipments Of
war materials and munitions to ag-
gressor nations only.
The Neutrality Act now provides
that embargoes must apply alike to all
combatant nations.
After his conference with the Presi-
dent Mr.. McReynolds said possible
amendments to the act were not dis
cussed and that he saw no reason for
changing the law.
He added, however, that he felt
a section permitting the President to
require a cash and carry basis for
purchases Of war materialS in this
country by belligerents should be re-
enacted, but "a change in conditions
might change my opinion" The cash
and carry section expires in May.
Asked whether he had discussed
the possibility of a special session of
Congress with the President, Mr..
McReynolds said he preferred not to
answer. He said. however. that he
saw no reason for a special meeting
of Congress.
No Foreign Alliances.
Meanwhile, at the State Department,
it was said the advice and collabora-
ton OF the United States in the pres
ent European crisis had not been asked
by any government nor offered by this
Government.
Officially Secretary of State Hull is
saying nothing about the crisis, de-
spite dispatches from abroad indicating
efforts are being made to induce the
United States to adopt an attitude.
This Government Is keeping out of
the present crisis, it was added at the
State Department, and is standing on
the principles President Roosevelt and
Secretary Hull already have laid down
in speeches on foreign affairs.
Will Meet Hull.
Secretary Hull was on the Presidents
engagement list today as was Francis
Sayre, Assistant Secretary Of State.
Presumably, Mr.. Sayre was called In
to bring the President up to date on
the progress Of reciprocal trade treaty
negotiations and perhaps discuss how
a possible European conflict would
affect trade agreements.
White House aides said they had re-
ceived no word from official sources
that the French government was in
terested in getting the President to
use his influence to help guarantee
European pace. Home French polit-
ical leaders have appealed publicly for
Mr.. Roosevelt to take some action.
Leon Jouhaux, president of the
French Confederation Of Labor, was
on the White House visitors list, but
ofncials said this conference had been
arranged August 80 at the request of
the State Department and French
Embassy and had no connection with
the present European situation.
When Mr.. Sayre left the White
House he told reporters that the for
eign situation had not halted pending
trade agreement negotiations.
Evening star., 1938-09-19
Almost Compliment
To Have Ulcers Like
James, Doctor Says
by the Associated Press.

CHICAGO. Sept. 19.-It Is
almost a compliment to q mans
ability" to become afiiicted with
peptic ulcers. DR.. Howard Gray,
Mayo clinic surgeon, told the
American Association Of Railway
Surgeons at their annual con-
vention today.
DR.. Gray, who operated on
James Roosevelt, the Presidents
son, for peptic ulcers week ago,
said the ailment was becoming
commonplace, due mainly to our
high-powered mode of living.
Active men, constantly on the
co." he said, ARE most sus-
ceptible. That's why I say peptic
ulcers are almost a compliment
to a mans ability.
About 5 per cent Of the popu-
lation," he said, have some
thing Of the sort at one time or
another"
Evening star., 1938-09-19
Tennis Played Postponed

FOREST HILLS, N. Y, Sept. 1912.
With the clouds showing no signs
Of clearing, play in the national sin
giles tennis championships at the West
Side Tennis Club was postponed today
for the third straight day.
The three remaining semi final
matches, two in the mems division
and one in the women's, will be played
tomorrow and the finals Wednesday.
Evening star., 1938-09-19
CZECH ENVOY ILL
Masaryk Suddenly Stricken,
London Embassy Confirms.

London Embassy Confirms.
LONDON, Sept. 10 @.-Jan Ma
saryk, Czechoslovak Minister to Lon
don, apparently cracked today under
the severe strain Of watching the losing
battle to preserve the country his
father helped to found.
He was reported to have become sud-
denly Ill. The legation acknowledged
that he was indisposed and confined to
his residence.
Masaryk is the son Of the late Presi-
dent Thomas g. Masaryk, revered by
Czechoslovaks as Father Of the Re-
public"
Evening star., 1938-09-19
Return to Standards.
Man Bites Off Cats Tail.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept 10 (F.-
Magistrate Elias Meyers looked skep-
tical when policeman brought An
tonic Galenti, IS, before him charged
with biting the tail off a cat. ANY
evidence" he asked. The policeman
laid the tail Of the cat on the magis-
trate's desk. Thirty days in JAIL"
snapped Meyers.
Evening star., 1938-09-19

WASHINGTON AND NEARBY.
Traffic police active as city's schools
open. Page Al
Plans laid for conference on health
and welfare program. Page Az
Legion officially opens its goth annual
convention. Page AS
Week end traffic toll is dead, IA
injured. Page B.l
Maj. Brown contends juvenile crime
has decreased. Pare B-1
Nervous bandit again robs gasoline
station. Page B.l
Evening star., 1938-09-19
EDITORIALS AND COMMENT,

SfOhTS.
Big-time college football OF to early
start this week. Page Ala
Rockies saved Redskins from defeat
says Coach Ray Flaherty. Page Ala
Chicago Bears safety is only score
OF win over Packers. Page ALA
Yanks clinch flag in double loss
while ties boost Pirates. Page Ais
Poor pitching dooms flrst-division
hopes of Nationals. --Page Ais
Bowling army swells as church
leagues get under way. Page Ais
Evening star., 1938-09-19

MISCELLANY.
Natures Children.
Crossword Puzzle,
Bedtime Story.
Letter-Out.
Winning Contract.
Evening star., 1938-09-19
WEATHER.

VU .. WeHtnef Buretu IofectStJ
Showers this afternoon tonight and
probably tomorrow morning; slightly COOL
er tonight; cooler tomorrow and tomorrow
night; gentle shifting winds. Tempera-
tures-Highest, II, at 1890 am: lowest,
66, at am; 81 at pm.
Evening star., 1938-09-19

(See LONDON, Page A-4.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-23
Fate iSs Robbery
SsHGU1GqS bqg HCUi1'''

CHICAGO, Nov. % Q.N.s.)
The fate Of Hubert Heintz, 30-year
old son Of a well-to-do broker
hangs by a hair.
To be arraigned today on a
charge Of robbery, Heintz' descrip
ton tallles with that Of the gun
man who robbed a loan office Of
500 on November 4, except that
the bandits hair was darker.
Heintz' father-in-law insisted he
is a natural blond, while former
acquaintance in suburban Win
netka told police Heintz' hair usec
to be darker. Meanwhile, chemist;
at the police crime detention
laboratory examined q strand Of
his hair in an effort to determine
whether Heintz is a natural blond
or might have touched up" hi
locks q trif1e,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-23
Menace to Defense

American defense experts regard
Ire-possesSion Of these colonies by
Germany as a direct menace to the
Western Hemisphere.
They are convinced Germany'S
chief reason for wishing to regain
these colonies is not for raw ma.
terialS but for establishment OF
naval and airplane bases, from
which they could threaten South
America.
For Germany to make an armed
thrust at comparatively defense
less South American countries
from Germany proper would be
virtually out of the question, the
military leaders said.
But to make such a thrust, OF
to make a vast country such as
Brazil cede part of its territory
under a similar threat of force
that succeeded against two such
great powers as Great Britain and
France at Munich, from strongly
fortified naval and air bases on
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Special Department

To handle the crowds, a special
visa department has been estab-
lished on the ground floor of the
consulate building to which ad-
mission is gained through a special
entrance leading from the back
yard. This keeps most Of the ap-
|plicants away from the open street.
The number Of applicants was
so large, however, that they inter
ferred seriously with the normal
business of the consulate and as
q result the hours for receiving
applications had to be shortened.
American authorities are still
investigating complaints regard
ing damaged American property.
These Investigations are being con
tinued even in cases in which Ger.
man insurance companies have in
Dictated that they are making good
on the damages, caused in the re.
cent anti-Semltic demonstrations,
in accordance with their contracts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-23
CAPITAL GROUP
WILL AID JEWS

Formation Of a committee for
aid Of Jewish refugees represen-
tative Of WaShington's church and
labor interests, got under wsy to.
day in the wake Of a mass protest
against the Nazi prosecutions.
Voiced at a meeting in the
Raleigh Hotel last night, the pro
test called for an embargo by the
United States Government on all
trade with Germany, a boycott by
consumers on all German goods
and an Endorsement of the att.
tude expressed by President Roose-
welt regarding treatment Of Jews
in Germany.
simultaneously, spokesman for
the Protestant Episcopal Diocese
of Washington, addressed q note
Of protest to German Ambassador
Dieckhoff.
It was signed by the Rev. Arson
Phelps Stokes, canon Of Wash
ington Cathedral; the Rev. VIII
liam s. Bishop, vicar emeritus Of
st. Thomas Church, and the Rev.
Oliver J. Hart, rector Of st. Johns
Church.
The Rev. DR.. Frederick Brown
Harris, pastor of the Foundry
Methodist Church, presided at the
Raleigh Hotel demonstration and
will direct the formation Of the
local refugee committee. He as
serted:
1.-THE shadow Of the swastika
is over America. At Munich the
relationships broke through the
front lines Of democracy and
Chamberlain'S plume was a
white feather. AS for America,
we are determined they shall
not pass"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-23
Reich Jews Doomed to Tire, Sword
%~*
Nazi Storm Troopers Issue Warning to World

BERLIN, Nov. % Q.N.SO.-The
newspaper Schwarzes Korps, or
gan Of the Nazi storm troopers,
published a warning to the world
today to eliminate" Jews, and at
the same time threatened Jews in
the Reich with fire and sword"
The paper said the Jewish prob
lem in Germany was not solved
totally in 1888, when Chancellor
Hitler first came to power, because
the Reich then lacked military
power such as it possesses today
and the Jews might have sue.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-23
Berlin Levies
Tax on Jews
Hungarians
Turn Out
Cabinet

BUDAPEST, Nov. 2S
U.N.S.).-PfeEnier Bella I'm,
redy's Hungarian govern
ment faced q crisis today
after the chamber Of depu-
ties rejected the govern.
ment'S motion Of confidence
by . vote Of lis to IS.
In taking the vote, 81
government party members
Of the chamber sided against
Imredy, who held an Inn
mediate cabinet meeting be-
fore reaching . decision 40
to whether he and his gov.
eminent should resign.
Earlier Imredy announced
his government would re-
main in office despite the
storm of disapprOval
aroused by proposed strict
anti-Semitic regulations In
Hungary.
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3-Party Talks Expected

After the Anglo-French leaders
reach an agreement In principle, it
was stated, talks will be arranged
between the general staffs Of the
two countries.
Relations between Italy and
France also are expected to come
up for intensive discussion. Cham.
berlain Is said to consider this
problem more important, for the
present at least, than the question
of a Franco German agreement
along the lines of the mo war
pact signed by Chamberlain and
Hitler at Munich.
There was a possibility that
Chamberlain may suggest three
power discussions among London
Rome and Paris in order to help
iron out certain Franco Italian
differences. Such talks, it was
believed, might clear a path for q
later four-power conference which
would include Germany and would
seek the general European ap
peasement which is the basis OF
Chamberlain'S foreign policy.
The Spanish civil-war problem
also will be canvasSed with special
reference to questions affecting
the Mediterranean.
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and agricultural resources com.
paratively undeveloped.
This startling new note was in
jected into the troubled interna-
tional scene today as relations be-
tween the United States and Ger
many neared the breaking point
over the NaZi prosecutions.
German Ambassador Hans Helm.
rich Dieckhoff prepared to return
to Berlin on orders of Chancellor
Adolf Hitler after making his Off
cial farewellS at the State Depart.
ment yesterday.
American Ambassador Hugh
Wilson was nearing American
shores on the liner Manhattan ia
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-23

that happens, said the paper, they
will sink into crime.
IAN underworld of Jews may
be possible in America, but is
impossible and unthinkable In
Germany.
1--WE would have to face the
hard necessity Of wiping out the
Jewish underworld in the same
way that we wipe out other
criminals, namely, with fire and
sword.
THE result would be the def
mite fall and end Of Jewry in
Germany and its complete
elimination"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-23
ARMS LIVE TOPIC
|RepulSeRaid

BERLIN, Nov. % (I.N.S.).
An outbreak Of fighting was
reported in the autonomous
Czech0slovakian territory Of
Sl0vakia today.
A German officials news
agency dispatch from ChuSt
said that SlOvak gendarmes
repulsed q hand grenade 1T.
tack launched by 200 "insur-
gents" against the admin
iStratiOn building in the Dor
der town Of loren.
Another DNB report from
Bradshaw said the Slovak
government had dissolved
the Socialist party, arrestlng
some leaders on charges Of
forging passports for Jewish
emigrantS.
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ceeded in leading other nations
into war of revenge. It added:
mo power in the world can
prevent us any more. We are
leading the Jewish problem to-
ward a final solution. The pro-
gram is clear-complete elimina-
ton and separation Of the
Jews"
The paper explained that the
capital Of Jewish millionaires soon
will vanish as these men find 1t
necessary to support their Tim.
poverished racial brothers." When
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-23
Police at Consulate

At the American consulate here
the crush is so great that consul
lar officials have requested the as
sistance of three Berlin policemen
to maintain order.
Daily hundreds Of Jews beSiege
the American consulate, seeking
information regarding their visa
applications or furnishing new
documents in an effort to qualify
for admission to the United States.
Hundreds of others return to the
consulate to register new applica-
lions,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-23

the West African coast, would be
far more simple, they explained.
1,9OO-MILE SPAN
The import of such bases on the
West African coast is clear, the
military authorities said, when
it is remembered that only 1900
miles of ocean, unguarded by any
fleet, lie between the hump" OF
West Africa and Brazil.
German mail planes have been
flying across this comparatively
short span of the South Atlantic
on regular schedule for many
months. This 1,900-mile span is
shorter by far than the nearest
American naval or air base in the
West Indies to Brazil.
With the United States com
mitted on the word Of President
Roosevelt to uphold the Monrot
Doctrine and guard South Ameri
ca against foreign attack, the
strategical threat of German CO
lonial possessions in West Africs
makes an entire re-vamping o!
Americas defense plans impera
tive, military experts told Inter
national News Service.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-23
Opposition Voiced

In the past few days, Great
Britain and France have notified
Germany they are opposed to its
colonial demands. Prime Minis
ter Neville Chamberlain informed
the governor of Tanganyika, for
merly German East Africa and
now a British mandate, that there
is no intention of restoring the
colony to the Reich. The French
government has expressed flat OPP
position to return of any of the
colonies.
Germany lost three possessions
in this region-the CameroonS, a
strip of the Gold Coast and Ger.
man Southwest Africa, the latter
now under the dictates of the
Union Of South Africa.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-23
Soviet Builds
Huge Wall

WARSAW, Poland, Nov. %
Q.N.S0 OliSh border
guards reported today that
Soviet forces are construct
ing q 1O-fOOt wooden wall
along the RuSSian-POlish
frontier.
The adviceS said the wall
was designed to prevent OBJ
servatiOn Of construction Of
defensive works in the border
territory.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-23
laps Order Closing
Of Chinese Papers

PEIPING, China, Nov. 23
GN.S0-The Japanese overlordS
of North China have given the
final blow to what was once the
most fertile field Of journalism in
the world. Through these adj
visors, orders were given by the
Chinese police that ali but 10
newspapers and news agencies in
Peiping and Tientsin must shut
down,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-23

Out Of watery graves. skeletons Of
II slain harem beauties trused up in
leather sacks are dredged from the
bottom of the BOsphOEus ~ q steam
shovel seeking bedrock foundation for
u new bridEe-thuS solving fate Of 300
girls who mysteriOusIy disappeared
from the wicked old Sultan's seragliO.
An illustrated feature in he American
Weekly, the magazine distributed with
next Sundays Washington Herald
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-23
u. S. OPPOSES
GIVING COLONIES.
BACK TO REICH.
BY ROBERT G. NIXON
Copyright, 1898, by International
News Service.)


The American Government is
strongly opposed to the return to
Germany by Great Britain and
France, of West African colonies
seized from the Reich at the end
Of the World War, International
News Service learned today.
The American attitude, which
has been communicated infor-
mally to Britain and France, is
understood to be one Of the prin.
cipal reasons for their sudden
stiffening attitude against Ger
many since the Munich debacle.
Resentment GrOWs
Two other contributory reasons
are cited:
/. Nationwide resentment in
England and France at the Nazi
governments anti-Semitic per
secutions which have paralleled
the deep shock" of the United
States, expressed in President
Roosevelt's public denunciation
Of the NaZis.
2. President Roosevelt's bold
warning to aggressors that the
United States will accelerate
its rearmament program imme-
diately on a scale sufficient to
protect the entire Western
Hemisphere against foreign
penetration.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-23
BRITISH ENJOYS
Open DEFENSE
FARLEY IN PARIS
Seek Alliance to Bring
Supremacy in Air

LONDON, Nov. 20 (I.N.S.).
A Reuter- dispatch from Paris
today said II was officially an
nOunced that German Foreign
Minister Joachim Won Ribben-
trOp will shortly visit the French
Capital to conclude q Franco
German peace declaration.
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Brief F0relUeH

While diplomatic relations have
not been severed by the recall Of
the two ambassadors, it was an
open secret in Washington diplo-
matte quarters that neither prob
ably will return to their former
posts-not, at any rate, under
present conditions.
Dieckhoff's official farewell was
one Of the briefest on diplomatic
record. He was treated with cour'
tesy as behooved his position as
diplomatic representative Of q
friendly power, but under the cold
Formally of diplomatic custom.