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The Washington times., 1938-08-05
PLAY STREETS"
SURVEY RUSHED
AS DEATHS RISE
Light Traffic Lanes Will
Be Roped Off for Young
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head injuries: Charles Crumpton,
So, colored, AS Delaware Ave.
8. W.; George Manokey, coIored,
So, 822 Cullinane Court South
west, leg and knee injuries and
John Diggs, colored, %, Of 92l
Fifth st. s. E., sprained neck.
AT Freedmen's Hospital physi-
clans held little hope for the life
OF Ira Slaughter, colored. 926
Twenty-Sixth st. N. w., one of
three men bowled over by q hit.
run driver. The other two injured
on safety island were Ira Slaugh.
ter, 1900 block Tenth st. N. W.,
and James White, a nephew Of the
SlaughterS.
PLAN FACES SNARL
Acting Traffic Director M. o,
Eldridge said numerous requests
had been made to his office for
roped-off streets. He was inclined
to the belief that because of the
necessity of a protection patrol
for all such streets, as well as the
consent of neighborhood residents,
the plan may be difficult to put
in operation.
Eldridge said the better plan
would be to throw open additional
Fairgrounds, even though super.
visors for the recreation spots
were lacking.
Meanwhile police today started
carrying out the orders of Major
Brown to keep youngsters from
playing unattended in the streets.
The policemen were told to pick
up all unguarded children found
playing in the streets and to take
them either to their parents or
the Receiving Home.
Since the school vacation started
in June, nine youngsters have been
killed in traffic accidents. Yes
terday at the District Morgue a
coroner's jury absolved drivers Of
three autos which figured in re-
cent deaths.
They are Robert Tinsley, whose
truck killed 4-year-old Mary Edna
Robinson Wednesday at Eleventh
and M Streets Northwest; Theo-
dore Roosevelt Washington, whose
truck brought death to 14-year-old
Winslow Minor Cole on Tuesday
at Twentieth Street and Belmont
Road Northwest, and Lyman Mel
man, As, whose car fatally injured
John Under, rs. a week ago.
FIRST AID DELAYED !
The death of the Cole boy in
voked a storm of protest over a
40-minute delay in getting an am
bulance to his assistance while he
lay unconscious in the street.
Health Officer George C. Rutland
announced he will call a confer
ence of local hospital heads for q
coordinated program in ambulance
work designed to prevent recur-
renee of such incidents.
Slaughter of youngsters in Wash
ington streets caused new slogan
to emanate from Charles M. Fyfe,
director of the Southeast branch
Of the Boys Club of Washington.
1t is: Join the Boys Club Of
Washington-keep out Of dan
gers of traffic-be safe where
you can play safe" -.
AS a further precaution against
the killing and manning of child
rem in Washington streets, Com
missioner Dan I. Sultan called for
rigid enforcement of a police regu-
lation which prohibits children
from riding scooters, roller skating
and coasting in wagons.
The Washington times., 1938-08-05
Busy Night For Him
With Cats, Snakes

WHARTON, Tex, Aug. Sc. z
Wimberly, oil driller in the flooded
Colorado River bottoms near here
told today how he spent the night
with assorted animal refugees, in
Guiding bobcats, snakes, anc
Screech owls.
Working the night shift at one
drilling rig-the only dry spot In
Imiles-he contested with his furret
and feathered friends for standing
room, shot a bobcat, and brought
it to town to prove his story.
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Minus u. 5. HeHum
Yep Gets Hydrogen

BERLIN, Aug. 5 G.N.s0.-De-
MED helium from the United
States, the air ministry has au-
thorized the use of hydrogen for
local trial flights of the new
dirigible LZ-13O, it was understood
today. The big Zeppelin, sue
cessor to the Inflated Hindenburg.
is expected to begin trials in Sep
temher
The Washington times., 1938-08-05
FRANCO PLANES
DROP 100 BOMBS.
upon VALENCIA
New Nationalist Attacks
On Ebro RepuIsed

VALENCIA, Spain, Aug. 5
ONSD Nationals planes today
dropped 100 bombs on the port
zone of Valencia. Immediate de-
tails regarding casualties and
damage were not available. The
bombing was carried out at 1880
a. m.
HENDAYE, F'ranco-Spanish Bor-
der, Aug. S .N.S0-Spanish
government officials at Barcelona
claimed today that their troops
had repulsed several new nation
alist counter attacks in the Ebro
River sector of Catalonia, captur-
ing a number of new positions.
But the nationalists at Sala-
manca, claimed the government
troops have suffered 10000 cas-
ualties since they crossed the
south bank of the Ebro River IL
days ago in a sudden offensive
designed to relieve the pressure
Gen. Francisco Francois troops
were bringing against Valencia in
the south.
Earlier the nationaliStS launched
an ineffective attack against
Madrid.
The Washington times., 1938-08-05
Farm Boy Admits
Killing 3 Of Family

HINCKLEY, Mimi, Aug. S
U.N.SD.-A 17-year-OId farm
boy today was reported by
police to have confessed the
Staying Of his father, mother,
and elder brother.
According to Mel PaSSOlt,
director Of the State crime
bureau, the youth, Harlan
Hopkins, shot the family
with a .22 caliber rifle and
then set fire to their home.
Young Hopkins was ar
rested 20 miles from the
scene Of the crime when he
wrecked the family auto
mobile. Police said the
youth committed the crime
because he was forced to re-
main on the farm.
The Washington times., 1938-08-05
MOSCOW FIRM,
WON'T YIELD ON
ORDERS TO JAPS
Insists That ALL Soldiers
Must Be Recalled
BY JAMES E. BROWN

MOSCOW. Aug. S 0.N.SD
That Soviet Russia will not make
. single concession to japan be
came increasingly clear today. as
the temper of the populace was
shown in a fresh flood of workers
resolutions for a stern front in
the Far East.
The demand of Foreign Com
missar Maxim Litvinov that Japa
nese soldiers must be with with
drawn from the disputed border
line was echoed with mounting
Vigor in the resolutions.
MAY MASS TROOPS
Refusal of Tokyo to meet Mos
cows demands, it seemed certain
would result in the immediate con.
eentration by Marshal VASTLY
Bluecher, commander of the Far
Eastern army, of enough troops
to drive out the invaders
Moscows residents showed their
pleasure over results of yesterdays
Japanese peace overtures, and
credited JapanS action entirely to
the strength of the red army.
Muscovites proved unanimous in
their determination not to "re-
treat one inch before the Fascist
aggreSsors.
FIGHTING HEAVY
Reports of heavy fighting and
artillery and aerial bombardments
Of the frontier zone met with
neither confirmation nor denial.
Japanese troops must be with
drawn from the disputed Chang
kufeng area of the Siberian-Man-
chukuoan frontier before any
peaceful settlement of the Russo
Japanese crisis can be negotiated,
the Soviet government insisted to-
day.
In other words, Moscow made it
clear Japan can have peace, but
MOI OH JdpducSS IcIHlS.
VIRTUAL ULTIMATUM
Under the present circum-
stances, the Soviet communique
represented a virtual ultimatum
to Tokyo, although it was not
Oouched in that form.
In q two-hour conference with
japanese Ambassador M amoru
: Shigemitsu, Litvinov warned that
; presence Of a single Japanese sol
der on Soviet soil would be suffi-
Gent to wreck all prospects of a
RuSSo-Japanese peace.
The Japanese envoy, who ap-
preached the Russian government
with a peace proposal, indicated
Tokyo is willing to accept the
Soviet demand in order to start
immediate negotiations for settle
ment of the border crisis.
Moscow insisted negotiations be
based on map appended to the
Sino-RuSSian treaty of 1886, giving
the Changkufeng area to Russia.
The Washington times., 1938-08-05

governor of Libya, soon will visit
Germany for conferences with air
force leaders. The collaboration
Of Italian and German fighting
forces, rivaling that of Britain
and France, was recently strength
ened with the Berlin visit Of Gen.
Alberto Pariani.
The Washington times., 1938-08-05
Reds, laps Rush
Men 10 Border

LONDON, Aug. 5 U.N.S.).
Six japanese troop trains a
day are leaving Mukden,
ManchukuO, for the disputed
Chanekufeng frontier zone,
the London Daily Express re-
ported today.
According to reports from
Moscow reaching Warsaw,
said the Express, 14O Of the
Soviet Unions NEST air plots
left Moscow for VIadivOstOk
and 300 tanks and 200 war
planes were sent to the So
vet Far East.
The Washington times., 1938-08-05
Ready for dad"

dad hasn't said anything
yet, and neither has mother. 1
pity dad when he does say some
thing, because I'm going to re.
mind him of a few things.
I never cried as much as I
have tonight in all my life.
Il love you, love you, so much
Buddie; why can't I have you?
! can sometime, can't I?
I'm glad, darling, that you're
going to keep yourself the way
you are. 1 will try my hardest
to be good enough and ideal for
you to follow.
I'm glad you love me. love
you with every single part of
my body. You're wonderful and
pure and lovely, darling, to me.
Always stay that way. I'll stay
The Washington times., 1938-08-05
BaIbo Will Confer
With Berlin Airmer

BERLIN, Aug. S 0.N.SD-In
keeping with the policy of closest
informative contacts between the
Italian and German general
stats, Air Marshal Italo BalbO,
The Washington times., 1938-08-05
Feels Unworthy

THAT is the reason why I
feel so rotten, in a smaller group
Of words it's that I can't give
you everything you deserve
always yours until something
changes your opinion"
Paul gazed pensively out Of 8
window as ingalls, continued read
ing. The boy is the States Stal
witness. He came out of prison
where he is serving a life tern
for the murder of DR.. Littlefield, tx
lay the blame on Barbara's father
The next letter read said:
"Buddie:
I'm sorry for what I said.
About your not loving me as
much as I love you. II that is
The Washington times., 1938-08-05
Japan CapituIates
to SoVie Demands
Smelling Goes On,
However, at
Chdngkufeng
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order to Nippon by sending four
light bombers to attack the enc
my's lines at Changkufeng, ao-
cording to unofficial reports.
After dropping several bombs as
dozens of Japanese anti-aircraft
shells burst around them, the
Soviet planes flew off. Peace re-
turned to the disputed border at
nightfall, when the Soviet guns,
which had been Smelling the Jap
anese lines all day, ceased firing.
Across the border within Korea,
the villages of Kojo and Sozan,
which already had Suffere d
heavily, again were bombarded.
DIPLOMATIC WAR"
At the same time, Japan ceS-
tinued her diplomatic war" with
Moscow.
Japan lodged a "stern protest"
with the Russian government to-
day against Soviet artillery bonn
bardments in the battle area.
It was announced the protest
was conveyed to the Soviet regime
through the Russian charge DAT
flares in Tokyo.
The Soviet bombardments con-
tinued all day, army adVices said,
and the red army apparently is
planning to recapture Changku-
feng before a diplomatic settle
ment is reached.
There were no Soviet infantry
attacks today, and a foreign Of
flee spokesman said there was no
sign that the trouble was spread
ling,
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Confident of Secrecy

''I'm sorry about this after
noon. I know you'll keep still
about the-even IL you hate me.
II want you back but it's hard
to say so because I don't know
as you want to come.
1T is now eleven o'clock and
I'm SO sleepy. / hope you'll
come back, darling. 1 need and
want YOU"
Steadfastly maintaining his owr
innocence, Dwyer today reiterated
that former Deputy Sheriff Fran
els Carroll murdered DR.. James G
Littlefield and attributed to Car
roll a suggestion that a dope
ring" be blamed for the crime.
A gruesome array of murder
exhibits" faced the jurors as cross
examination Of Dwyer continued.
The Washington times., 1938-08-05
Pleads with Youth
To Keep Secret
About Father
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half past four or quarter Of five.
Yes, you may see me. Yes, I
liked the show. I'm sorry you
didn't like it very well.
Il think that / regret my tell
ing you what / did yesterday.
Not that 1 wasn't glad to get it
off my chest, but its bOthering
you and its hell for me to be
around where you can see me
and know what you know now.
That's one reason why it
hurts when you say that you're
net decent enough to go with
me because it's me that's not
decent. Don't say it isn't be-
cause I know differently.
Goodbye darling.
81 feel too rotten to write any
more. Just keep what I've told
you under your hat"
Appears UnmoUed
Barbara appeared to be un
moved by the reading Of the letter
The spectators, most of them girl!
and women, leaned forward il
their seats listening attentively.
Prosecutor ingalls, then reas
Exhibit 10:
ITO My Own Pure Little Sweet
heart:
That was the sweetest, dear
est and loveliest little letter that
I ever received. It was wonder
full. Ill always keep it. It's ter
rible separating us like this, but
I guess l won't say anything
about it,
The Washington times., 1938-08-05
RUSSIANS ACTIVE

A Russian declaration that
peaceful settlement of the con-
flict could be achieved only after
withdrawal of Japanese troops
brought this rejoinder from the
spokesman of the Japanese for
eign office:
Cessation of hostilities at
The Washington times., 1938-08-05
Tragic Triangle


Regulating his own confession,
which has brought him life i'm.
|prisonment sentence, the boy de
clared that the husky former
deputy killed Littlefield to prevent
exposure Of sordid relations with
his own daughter with whom Paul
also was friendly.
Dwyer, avefted his gaze and
looked out a window while the
exhibits were taken from a big box
and deposited on the court room
floor.
CAROLS lawyer, Clyde r. Chap
man, took an assorted array OF
blood-stained clothing from the
box, glanced at it piece by piece
and then deposited the articles on
the floor, 10 feet from the pulpit.
like witness box in which sat
Dwyer, coatless and chewing gum.
From the cardboard box, Chap.
man pulled a woman's coat-the
coat worn by Mrs. Lydia Little.
field who also met death in the
murder mixup. Next her green
crepe dress, then her hat, and
then her Undertaking.
Also boys coat, Splattered with
blood and ripped around the
shoulders and pockets.
A strained silence gripped the
spectators in the crowded court
room as Chapman examined the
garments.
When Chapman resumed his
cross-examinatjon he asked the
boy why he had his bag packed the
evening of the murder.
Planned Visit to Mother
Because I was going to
Hebron to see my mother" said
Dwyer.
Asked whether he was watchin,
all the time as, he charges, Carol
was striking DR.. Littlefield in thu
Dwyer home, the boy replied:
II can't say as to that"
Dryer admitted blood from tn,
doctor Seeped on to his coat. HI
also admitted he cleaned thu
bloodStained floor of the bath
room where Littlefield was killed
locked the bathroom door and hic
the key because he didn't wan
his mother to find out"
He reiterated it was Carroll whit
conceived the idea of laying thu
crime on dope ring.
Dwyer admitted he went to tria
on a notguilty plea, but twt
days after the proceedings begal
changed his plea to guilty.
Recants in Prison
It was then he was sent t,
prison for life. Later he blame,
the killing of the doctor-and tn
staying of Mrs. Littlefield two day
later-on Carroll.
Chapman produced Mrs. Little
fields hat. Did she have it OF
at the time Carroll struck her
Yes. The lawyer then showed hin
the slain woman's coat. Was sh
wearing that when killed? Yes.
The Washington times., 1938-08-05
Bloody Clothing OF
Woman Victim
ShOWn Jury

what you got so sore about,
Please keep the secret for my
sake.
The Washington times., 1938-08-05
as I am now for you. Goodbye,
darling. For the present ut
least.
Mine, From Yours

THE only one that will al
ways love you.
mo matter what happens.
"YourS-Barbie.
Mine, from yours"
Barbara'S next letter read tx
the jury said:
We'll, darling. I'll tell you
now. The thing that bothers me
now is that I don't think that
you're going to stay with me.
do not really know what you
want. Although I know you
love me, you really deserve
something better than I can
give you.
Evening star., 1938-06-16

Z celebration Of the lO0th anniversary
Of historic Schuetting House, head.
quarters Of Bremen's Chamber Of
Commerce, branded the United States
~ virtually the center Of disturb
ances' in world economies.
Threats Of Force Useless.
Referring to the debts of other ma
tions to the United States he said
that no sensible person believes these
debts ever will be paid"
Referring to the Dawes and Young
loans-made to Germany in 1924 and
1880. Observation-Disclosures Funk ex-
pressed the opinion that . political
debt does not become . commercial
one If private capitalists on the
creditor side take the place Of states.
(The loans were part of attempted
solutions Of Germany's reparations
problem)
He declared 1t was absolutely neces-
sary that interest rates Of Z and 5h
per cent on these loans "be reduced
to normal level"
Funk took issue with the theory
that Austrian state loans had served
economic purposes.
Nevertheless he said Germany was
ready to Gomez some acceptable ar
rangement on this question. But, he
added, threats of force were useless
and would only prevent an amicable
solution.
Evening star., 1938-06-16

for the monarch. On the program
were:
Special Thanksgiving services In all
churches.
A trip In the barge Vasaorden to
Stockholm Town Hall for q civic
luncheon.
Homage by massed choral societies
at the town hall.
A "citizen homage" in Stockholm
Stadium.
Concert and nag parade In the
Skansen, Stockholm's geological park.
And dancing by the people In the
parks and public squares.
Evening star., 1938-06-16
Lady Muriel,
Accused as Spy,
Dies II, SIeeD
Py the Associated Prsss-


LONDON, June 16.-Lady Muriel
Paget, pioneer In Russian relief work
who denied an accusation Of having
worked for the British intelligence
service, died in her sleep during the
night.
Lady Muriel, wife of Sir Arthur
Surtees Paget, founded the British
subjects In Russia Relief Association,
organised the Anglo Russian Hospital
in Petrograd during the World War
and conducted postwar relief work tn
many countries. She was made q
commander Of the Order Of the Brit
ish Empire.
In the March trial of 2l accused
Rightist- Trotskyist plotters, one of
the defendants, Christian Rakovsky
former Ambassador to London and
Paris, testified that. in 1894 Lady
Muriel tried to get him to resume
work for the British intelligence serv-
Ice.
Lady Muriel, in . denial, said she
never had worked as q SPY.
Evening star., 1938-06-16

BARCELONA, June 16 [R.-Three
persons were killed and 10 wounded
today in two insurgent air raids on
the outskirts of Barcelona.
Evening star., 1938-06-16
100000 Subjects
Cheer Gustnf on
His Birthday
Light Signals Mark
Official Start of
Celebration.
By the Associated Press.

By tie Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June, 49,
King Gustaf v, 30 years old today.
was greeted by the thunderous cheers
Of 100000 Of his subjects as he stepped
on the balcony Of the royal castle
shortly after midnight in . flood of
light from warships anchored In the
stream below.
The light signaled the oflicial COM
mencement Of nationwide festivities
in honor Of the monarch's birthday.
A short felicitation speech by
Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf, who sails
tomorrow with Crown Princess Louise
and party to the new sweden jubilee
celebrations in Wilmington, Del,
started of strenuous days schedule
Evening star., 1938-06-16
China
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and Japanese armies, locked in COM
bat on the Peiping- -Hankow front, fed
before the torrent, which Japanese now
estimate will take toll of $4,000 lives
Advices from Hankow, the pro-
v1sional Chinese capital, said the re-
lentless flood surging southeastward
from torn dikes had penetrated be-
yond Fukow, 10 miles south of Kai-
feng on the Lunghai Railway and 90
miles south of the Yellow River.
Sweeping over thousands of acres
OF farmland, driving peasants and
armies before it, flood was declared
by Japanese war dispatches to have
affected 1000 villages with an aggre-
gate population of 100000.
Bombers Drop Empty Bags.
Japanese bombing planes, tenn
porarily diverted from their DEATH
dealing activities, dropped thousands
Of empty bags, ordinarily used for
trenches and machine gun nests. into
the Hood area for use by Japan's
army engineers in repairing preached
dikes.
Food and tools also were being
dropped to isolated Japanese troops
dghting the new enemy.
While the main course of the flood
was southeastward, another peril was
reported north of the river. where
japanese said Chinese troops fleeing
westward from Chengchow had cut
new holes in the dikes of the Tsin
River.
Tsinyang, about so miles northwest
OF Chengchow and on the opposite
side of the Yellow River, was men
aced, they said.
The outskirts Of Tsinyang were
under water and the Japanese gar
rison was struggling to barricade the
center of the town.
The rolling torrent similarly was re-
ported threatening Menghsien and
Wenhsien, both on the north side of
the river where tributaries were over
flowing widely.
Yangtze Flood Feared.
The heavy rains also brought fears
Of flood on the Yangtze River, up
which another Japanese naval and
army expedition is fighting its way
toward Hankow.
With dikes between Kiukiang and
Hankow in a bad state of disrepair,
foreign military observers said it was
entirely possible the Yangtze would
repeat the disaster Of 1929, when g.
100000 lives were lost and the Hankow
9und completely destroyed.
High water might permit Japanese
vessels to override the booms con-
structed by Chinese about Kiukiang.
On the other hand, it would make
navigation dangerous and perhaps i'm
possible, and would impede land opera
tions.
Meanwhile cholera epidemic was
added to China's other woes of flood
and war. Cholera yesterday was de-
clared epidemic in Shanghai, where
there were 1913 cases in the city's hos
pitfalls. Eight deaths were reported at
Japanese-occupied Soochow.
Evening star., 1938-06-16
|NAz| REPUD|ATES
AUSTRIAN DEBTS
Economics Minister Says
Germany UnobIigated
on Any Ground.
Bv the Associated Press.


BREMEN, Germany, June TO-
Economics Minister Walther Funk
declared today that Germany was not
obligated to acknowledge state debts
Of annexed Austria either from the
viewpoint Of international law or on
economic or moral grounds.
He added, however. that Germany
was trying to come to an agreement
with Sir Frederick Leith-Ross, chief
economic adviser to the British gov
ernment, "in 4 spirit of mutual under
standing with the aim of compromise
that will meet the interests Of both
parties"
In q speech here, Minister Funk
asserted that there is no legal obliea-
ton for the German Reich to take
over these (Austrian) debts"
England, for instance, declined
after the Boer War to recognize the
debts Of the Boer republic as her
own," he added, "' nor did the
United States acknowledge the loans
of the Southern States as binding
upon the new state"
''Will Of People"
Minister Funk also scof1ed at the
idea that the present Austrian region
Of Germany must be regarded as the
legal successor to the Austrian republic.
THE change in the legal status OF
Austria Is an historical development
brought about by revolutionary act, "
he said Of the republics absorption
into Germany last March IS. Austria
IS it existed hitherto has been wiped
out Is such by the will OF the people. !"
The economics minister, speaking at
Evening star., 1938-06-16
Farm Is Sold.

ROCKVILLE, Md. June Is (Spe-
ciaD Announcement has been made
of the sale to Cooke A. Robertson,
Rockville contractor and builder, OF
the 104-acre farm Of Roger Shaw, near
here. The price was not revealed.
The farm, regarded as one of the
finest in this part Of the county, ad-
joins the estate of DR.. James A. Lyon
and the property Of the Christ Child
Society. Mr.. Shaw and his family plan
to move to their Rockville home Au-
gust l.