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The Washington times., 1938-03-05
HUSBAND ROUTS.
NUDEATTACKER|
FROM MD. Home
Wife Battles Alone
With Invader

Battling off a nude man who
invaded her home early today,
Mrs. Lena Austin, Is, Of 3747
Dewey St., Brentwood, Md, was
saved by the arrival of her hus-
band, Reginald R. Austin, dairy
truck driver.
Mrs. Austin, an attractive en-
ploye of the United States Cham
ber of Commerce, related her
narrowing experience to Prince
Georges County police, who are
searching for the attacker.
WATCHED HOUSE, BELIEF
The attack took place about
5:45 this morning, shortly after
Austin had left home. Mrs. Aus
tin believes the man had previ-
ously attempted to break in the
house, and that he had concealed
himself in the adjacent Brent
wood Volunteer Fire House and
watched until her husband left
for work.
She was awakened by the sound
of noise at the rear window, and
moment later the man, carrying
clothing under his arm, dashed
into her room and snarled:
b I'm going to get you this
time"
LUNGES AT HER
With that he lunged at her. Mrs.
Austin screamed and fought off
the man. He seized her by the
throat to quiet her screams, his
fingers digging into her skin and
leaving cruel marks.
They had fought for several
minutes when Austin returned
home and sounded the horn Of his
truck outside. Mrs. Austin broke
loose and screamed again, and the
man fled through the window is
the husband entered.
Police later found he had placed
a lawn chair from an adjacent
home under the window to get in.
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RELIEF WORK PUSHED
Two Dead, Is Hurt
In Brewery Blast

NEW YORK, March S GN.S).
Two men were killed and Is or
more injured, several critically,
when an explosion wrecked the
ammonia plant of the Norton
Brewery Company in the Bronx
yesterday.
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Holland Prepared
To Fight for Java

THE HAGUE, Holland, March S
Q.N.S0.-Recent increases in the
air forces in the Dutch East Indies,
and the 10000 troops stationed
in Java make it most dangerous
for any foreign power to attempt
an INVASION" Colonial Minister
j. M. Walter told the Chamber Of
peputieS today.
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Austria Calls
Army Reserves

BERLIN, March 5 GN.S).
Austria's military classes Of 1918
have been called for Army service
as a result of the law promulgated
last January lowering the con-
scription age to 20, a German Of
ficial News Agency dispatch from
Vienna reported today.
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years.
The toll of known dead for the
flood reached 1874 today as res
cuers, digging under muck and
debris, recovered additional bodies
in the stricken areas. At least 100
others are missing.
THOUSANDS HOMELESS
Thousands remained homeless,
although reeeding waters allowed
many to return to their battered
homes today. Property damage
was estimated officially at
$25, 100000.
Communities in the canyon and
foothill areas faced possible greater
losses as waters pouring down
washes and spilling over dams in
creased, but flood rivers elsewhere
were abating.
Meteorologist L. H. Daingerfield
warned of the new low pressure
area-which might bring addi-
tional rain.
Officially the forecast was for
increasing cloudiness tonight, be-
coming unsettled Sunday"
1--WE will get by Sunday without
any rain, and beyond that our
forecasts do not CO." Daingerfield
said. "A secondary low pressure
area from the main storm area
in the Aleutian Islands has swung
as far south as the California
coast.
"This will bring us the unsettled
condition Sunday-and that is a
condition approaching the rain
STAGE"
Meantime, normal life was re-
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Colder Tomorrow,
Is d. G.. Forecast

Clear and cold weather will re-
turn to Washington tomorrow, the
Weather Bureau predicted today.
The temperature which is ex-
pected to hover near so degrees
tonight, may drop to freezing late
tomorrow.
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said the sentry struck her entirely
without provocation.
The incident occurred Wednes-
day outside the British-manned
British perimeter of the Interna-
tional Settlement. Miss Brady is
an instructor in st. Mary's Episco-
pal School for Chinese girls.
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Seized For Murder
Committed in 1922

BEAUMONT, Tex, March 5 Il.
N.SO.-Tony Tutrone, a seaman
wanted in New York in connec-
tion with the murder of Vincena
Ma;1zi in 1922, was arrested here
today.
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Admiral, Seabiscuit
Favored in Classics
Burning Star Gets
Second Call At
HiGIeGh Oval

HTALEAH PARK, Fla, March
S Q.N.S0.-War Admiral will en-
act the leading role here this after
noon in the $4,000 Widener Chal-
lenge Cup. Sixteen others have
been named to oppose the famous
Riddle champion in this test Of a
mile and a fourth.
It will mark War Admiral's Sec
ond appearance in Florida this
winter, and crowd of more than
Is, 900 is expected to jam the
course. In his previous start, a
seven-furlong dash at this track,
the Admiral won with remarkable
ease.
BURNING STAR LIKED
The son OF Man O. War has been
installed an odds-on favorite to
win today's renewal. Burning
Star Is considered his biggest
threat. The Shandon Farm ace,
because of his brilliant 1887 form,
will rule second on the betting
line.
A battle among War Minstrel,
Tatterdemalion and Columbiana
will in all probability decide the
show award! The latter showed
much improvement in her mile
and a furlong victory recently.
War Minstrel. whose forte is
speed, scored his biggest victory
in the Yankee stakes at Suffolk
Downs.
SPEEDY FIELD
Thorson. Caballero II, Corinto,
Bourbon King, Court Scandal,
Zevson, Piccolo, Infantry, Mucho
Gusto, Maedic, No Sir and Page.
boy round out the field. Corinto
is a stablemate Of War Admiral.
The deather forecast is fair,
which will insure a fast track. 1t
is possible the track record for
the mile and a quarter, estab-
lished by Mantagna two years
ago, when he hung up 2:01 4-5,
may be lowered By War Admiral.
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CABLE SEVERED
BY HACKSAW
AT NEWPORT
Widespread Hunt
For Wreckers On

NGW6Su4' W. 1'I MdECA .
GN.SJ.-Sabotage against United
States naval forces was revealed
today with the report Of John J.
Honor, New England Telephone
Company wire chief, that heavy
submerged cable between the
mainland and the Newport torpedo
station on Goat Island had been
severed by a hacksaw.
DELIBERATE ACT
1t had at first been thought
that the destroyer Somers had cut
the cable accidentally but exarni.
nation Of the cable showed it had
been hacksawed. One end was
fastened to a small submerged
buoy. 1t had been cut near the
Newport end.
SECRET INQUIRY
Navy officials, conducting .
secret investigation, declined to
comment on the possible motive.
It was understood they sought to
determine whether wire-tappers
may have been at work and intenr
rupted by guards.
The cable carried 100 copper
strands. About $500 persons, In.
Guiding $500 civilians, work at
the torpedo station.
Revelation of the attempted
sabotage was the latest develop
ment in attempts at espionags
against Ehe Navy that has re.
suited in a number of arrests in
recent months.
Lieut.. Comdr John Farnsworth,
former Naval officer, was con-
victed of espionage here about Q
year ago, charged with turning
over important naval secrets to the
attacnes of a foreign power, and
is now serving a sentence in At.
lanta Federal Prison.
COAST SPIES JAILED
A number of enlisted men were
arrested on the Pacific Coast
where the fleet is now based. and
were also convicted of espionage.
In recent weeks, fear of spies
along the west coast has been SO
great that special patrols Of fast
destroyers have been placed along
the coast, and extra guards have
been placed on duty at all Navy
yards and stations.
BASE NERVE CENTER
The Newport torpedo station IL
one of the most vital nerve centers
Of the Navy, since 1t is the only
place that torpedoeS, depth
charges and mines are manufac-
tured.
At Alexandria, a torpedo sta
ton was constructed during the
World War, but has not been used
for many years. Recently Con-
gress was asked to approve an
appropriation to put the Alex.
ancria station back in service.
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N. Y. WRITER WEps

LONDON, March S G.N.S.O.
Hoffman Nickerson, New York
author, and Jane Soames of Marl-
borough, Wiltshire, were married
here today.
The Washington times., 1938-03-05
RERLE CONFIRMED

G.N.S) The Senate yesterday
confirmed the nomination of A. A.
Berle, jr., Of New York. to be an
Assistant Secretary of State.
The Washington times., 1938-03-05
RED PLOTTER
EXPLAINS WHY
HE CONFESSED
'RenOrseful' Over
. Fascist Crimes
BY JAMES E. BROWN

MOSCOW, March 5 QN.S0.
K. G. Rakovsky, former Soviet
ambassador to France, today be-
came the first man in the current
treason trial to discuss the reasons
for the amazing-often eager
confessions of men who know they
are booming themselves to the
firing squad.
I'll tell you what made me
contest" He startled the court
room by announcing.
| HEARS ABOUT CHINA
! "After eight months of arrest,
I began to think things over in
my solitude.
Suddenly I learned of the
Japanese aggression in China,
and Fascist aggression in Spain.
"Overwhelmed at my partici.
patton in these crimes, and my
responsibility in their perpetra-
tion, I decided to tell the truth"
ADVENTURES? YES!
Looking Prosecutor Andrei vi
shinsky squarely in the eyes, the
famous ex-diplomat said;
I'VE were adventurers-yes;
but when adventurers succeed
they are called StateSmen!"
After that outburst, the fourth
day of the trial settled back to the
routine of self-confession by the
81 defendants of how they plotted
through murder, sabotage, espio-
mage and dealing with foreign
"enemy nations" to overthrow the
Stain regime.
TROTSKY NAMED
Taking up the thread of the
damning stories, Rakovsky ad-
mitted that 'Trotskyisrn is the
vanguard of foreign Fascism, not
only in Russia, but in Spain,
China and elsewhere"
The defendants today looked
more haggard and worn than yes
terday.
For the first time, Ambassadors
Mamoru Shigemitsu Of Japan and
Augusta Rosso of Italy were in the
court room. Their countries have
both been linked by the defend
ants to their reasonable Schem-
ing. Ambassador Joseph E. Davies
of the United States has been a
regular spectator, watching some
of the former officials who had
entertained him talk away their
lives.
AGENT OF BRITAIN
Rakovsky spoke in a profeS-
serial tone as he described how he
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100 Missing, Thousands Homeless,
With Damage Set at $25, 100000

LOS ANGELES, March Q.N.S)-A storm area
forming off the California coast threatened Los Angeles to-
day the city joined the rest of Southern California in the
rapid work of rehabilitation after the greatest flood in 81
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sumed by most of Southern Cali
fornia today with big strides al.
ready made in repairing damage.
Revised estimates placed the
loss of life at SO known dead, with
1875 dead or missing.
While some OF the more isolated
communities feared food short
ages, a general survey indicated
there was no acute suffering from
lack of nouriShment.
In all instances, food, milk and
water were rushed by plane, boat
or packhorse to communities ap-
pealing for it.
NO RAIN SUNDAY
In Hollywood, every film studio
reported that production was back
on normal schedule.
First class mail continued to
get through to most of the
stricken communities. Trains
were expected to come into Los
Angeles by tonight. 1t was pos
Sible to travel by highways in all
directions out of Los Angeles, but
with innumerable detours.
Estimated damage to the entire
flood area was placed at $25.
900. In Los Angeles, Mayor Shaw
announced the total estimated
damage to city property would
reach $7,414,000.
RELIEF WORK PUSHED
Although the situation was still
acute in Los Angeles, Crane, River.
side and San Bernardino counties,
relief work was well under way
and approximately $500 refugees
were being cared for until they
can return to their homes or to
new ones.
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AGENT OF BRITAIN

RakovSky spoke in a profes-
gorial tone as he described how he
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WASHINGTON FORECAST

Rain tonight. probably ending Sunday
morning; warmer tonight much colder
Sunday night. "Details on Page ~
Evening star., 1938-10-16

Of Streets" and under this the state
ments:
THE grand avenues, and such
streets as lead Immediately to the
public places are from 100 to 160 feet
wide, and may be conveniently divided
into foot ways, walks Of trees and a
carriage way. The other streets are
from 80 to 110 feet wide.
Meridian Line Drawn.
I'm order to execute this plan, Mr..
Ellicott drew a true meridian line
by celestial observations, which passes
through the area intended for the
Capitol, this line he crossed by another
due east and west, which passes
through the same area. These lines
are accurately measured, and made
the basis on which the whole plan was
executed. He ran all the lines by q
transit instrument and left nothing
to the uncertainty of the compass"
In the lower left-hand corner Of
the map. under the title, Observations
Explanatory of the Plan," are these
statements:
Il. The positions for the different
editlces, and for the several squares
or areas Of different shapes, as they
are laid down, were first determined
on the most advantageous ground,
commanding the most extensive pros
poets, and the better susceptible of
such improvements, as either use or
ornament may hereafter call for.
II. Lines or avenues of direct COM
munication have been devised to con-
meet the separate and most distant
objects with the principal, and to
preserve through the whole reciproc-
ity of sight at the same time. Atten-
ton has been paid to the passing Of
those leading avenues over the most
favorable ground for prospect and con-
venience.
iii. North and south lines inter-
sected by others running due east and
west, make the distribution of the city
into streets, squares, ETC.; and those
lines have been so combined as to
meet at certain given points with
those divergent avenues, so as to
form on the spaces first determined,
the different squares or areas"
Evening star., 1938-10-16

the District of Columbia and Of the
ample basis for using heraldic SYM
bolism in the flag Of the District,
which illustrates this historical con-
nection. 1t was natural, therefore,
that numerous artists who have given
consideration to the design Of flag
for the District of Columbia to use
the Washington shield as basis for
such design.
Shield on Early Plans.
THE commission has received sug-
gestions for the Washington shield de-
sign from various sources and has rec
ord Of the same design, or similar de-
signs, having been submitted in vari-
GUS previous newspaper contests for an
appropriate design for the flag of the
District Of Columbia. 1t remained,
however, for Commissioner Hazen,
president Of the Board Of Commits
sioners OF the District OF Columbia, to
discover the most direct, and probably
the earliest, association of the Wash
ington shield design and the District
of Columbia. This shield appears on
one of the early plans Of the District
of Columbia on file in the Office Of the
Commissioners.
This particular plan is entitled
plan of the City of Washington in the
Territory Of Columbia" and was en-
graved by Thackara and Valance at
Philadelphia in 1892. An interesting
feature of the Washington shield en-
graved on this plan is that the Wash
ington family crest, featuring raven
and ducal coronet, is not used, but
an open book, bearing the words,
Rights of Man." was substituted
therefor. This unexplained substitu-
ton may have arisen from the natural
feeling OF the period against associa-
ton with any Of the outward indica-
tions of royalty.
1T is significant, however, that ref
erence to the so-called Rights of
Man" frequently occurred in the earli-
est recorded debates in Congress con-
corning the political destinies of the
citizens of the District of Columbia,
and such references have continued up
to the present time. Considering this
historical background and association,
the proposed design for the flag of the
District of Columbia is believed to be
particularly appropriate"
Relative sizes of the various units
OF the flag were explained for the
commission by Capt. Hopping The
upper white portion, he explained,
should be 3/10ths of the total depth
of the flag, the two red stripes each
2/10ths of the total depth, the bottom
white stripe 2/10ths of the depth, and
the middle white stripe 1/1Oth of the
total depth. In measuring the size
of the stars the calculation should be
based on a circle which would strike
each of five points of the star. The
diameter of such a circle, he said,
should be equal to 2/10ths OF the
depth of the flag. The stars should
be evenly spaced, he added.
Regulations Being Drafted.
Regulations governing the use and
proper display of the District emblem
are being drafted by Mr.. Du Bois.
They will be presented to the District
Commissioners within q short time.
The old map Of the early plan for
Evening star., 1938-10-16

the development of the National Capt.
tai, on which Commissioner Hazen
found the shield bearing the Wash
ington family symbols, is interesting
Of itself.
Under the Washington shield in
sigma. in the upper right hand corner.
is this identification: Plan of the
City of Washington in the Territory of
Columbia, ceded by the States Of Mary
land and Virginia to the United States
of America and by them established
as the seat Of their government after
the year MDCCCC.
Engraved by Thackara & Valance,
Philadelphia, 1892"
Below this version Of the plan for
Washington is heading: Breadth
Evening star., 1938-10-16
MISS KLESNER RITES
Mass to Be Offered Tomorrow for
District Resident,

i Mass for Karla Marie Klesner, who
died Friday at her home, 1904 Webster
street NV, after a two years illness,
will be offered tomorrow at 10 am. at
the Church Of the Blessed Sacrament,
Chevy Chase.
Miss Klesner was born here March
2, 1912, and was q graduate OF the
Holy Cross Academy. She was men,
Der of Chi Sigma, national sorority,
and before her illness worked for two
years as clerk with the w. P. A.
She is survived by her father, Alfred
Klesner, of the interior decorating
firm Of Hooper e. Klesner. and by two
sisters. Antoinette and Mrs. Doris
Whitehurst, all Of Washington.
Interment will be in Mount Olivet
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1938-10-16
MISSIONARY TO SPEAK
AT DISTRICT CHURCH
Mrs. Higginbottom, Back From
Orient, to Talk at Covenant
First Presbyterian,


Mrs. Sam Higginbottom. Presby-
terian missionary in Allahabad, India,
will speak Wednesday at II am. in
the Chapel Of the Covenant, First
Presbyterian Church, 1894 N street
NV.
Home on furlough, Mrs. Higginbot-
tom has worked in the Orient "a years,
largely with the Naini Leper Asylum
in Allahabad where her husband is
head of the Allahabad Agricultural
Institute. She will discuss missionary
social work and describe her expert
enceS in India.
Active in developing club life and
interests among the women of Allaha-
bad, she said that in spite of old GUS
toms the women there have something
of the same freedom experienced here.
She has been recognized for her serv-
ices in India three times by the British
government, receiving the Kaiser-i-
Hind silver medal, the King George v
silver jubilee medal and the silver
coronation medal of King. George vi.
Evening star., 1938-10-16
EXERCISE CLASSES SET
Community Center Course to Start
Tom orrou Niobf

Community Center Course to Start
Tomorrow Night.
The Community Center Department
Of the Public Schools, for the second
successive year, will sponsor exercise
classes for women, using facilities Of
the Central High School.
Mrs. Elizabeth Giles will supervise
the first session at 7 o'clock tomorrow
night. Glasses will be limited to 80,
With the possibility the additional
classes may be started if the attend
ance warrants. The first part of the
session will be devoted to aesthetic
exercises, with emphasis on posture,
pose and physical control. Basketball
volley ball. table tennis and badmin-
ton are among the games scheduled
for the last half of the period.
Evening star., 1938-10-16
MATHUSHEK SPINET GRAND

Cey combining the charm the old with modern and
Improvements the Motuek only beautiful but ooo good
discriminating folk something little
pono Also available Modern Louis W Sneo
ton Jocobeon, Duncon Phfe ond other designs.
Evening star., 1938-10-16

One Of the most handsome small pionos
Of the doy =. finished in beautiful con-
trostine woInut veneers with richly coNed
legs ond cose trimmings.
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a F4NcaC s sERkssN Froogciioa Directed ~
Es-ss S-assa scrssa p'oy by Ar1hyr koeeF
Aoccsso iron fhs New York siege success
* o~ocgoso - ksc7c Coaaesy
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'Tropic Holiday, at Maryland Last of Next Wee
ROUSING ROMANCE
AT VACATION CAMP
Ginger Rogers and Doug
las Fairbanks, Jr., Co
Star at Maryland

Telling a r0using story of 70
nance at q vacation camp, RKO
Radios Having Wonderful
Time" comes with Ginger Rogers
and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., III
the co-starring roles and with a
notable group of players in sup
Port TO the Maryland Theatre on
Monday for q three lay showing.
The film. adapted from Arthur
koher's Broadway stag success
of the same name. has its princi-
pal setting at a mountain resort
Scores OF working people from
New York, pleasure seeking
youngsters, young and old married
couples, elderly gossips. young
college men working their way
at the camp. are gathered in a
variegated group. and against
this informal background the main
theme Of the film is presented.
Having Wonderful Time
brings its two stars fresh from re-
cent triumphs. Miss Rogers,
work IN Stage Door and viva
cious Lady" and Fairbanks in
The Prisoner Of Zenda, and
Joy Of Living, have earned
them swift increases in popular
ity and they are said TO have
even finer opportunities in the
new offering
Much Of the picture was filmed
al Bartlett Lake, in the San Ber-
nardino mountains where an en-
tire summer camp was construct
ed with huge recreation hail and
scores Of cottages dotted around
the borders of the lake TO provide
an authentic setting for The Of
fering.
The latest Pathe News and a hi
larious Leon Enrol comedy viii
also be on the Maryland bill.
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NEWS BRRVITIES

At the National Convention Of
Elke al Atlantic City, John G.
Sommer was appointed assistant
70 the Grand Lodge Esquire and
Z Lester Motley assistant 70 the
Grand Inner Guard.
George Zeigler. Bridgeport, was
injured when the 4-horse team he
was driving ran of.
John Stanley. Oklahoma Indian
man. is IN jail at Chambersburg.
On charges Of witchcraft, IN con
necTion with certain money deal
ings with Frank Elliott. near
Welsh Run.
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SMALLER WELD

Dne 10 reduced acreage and
present y5eld indications. The TO
tai production f tomatoes n the
State d MARYLAND Is expected 70
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-07-15

With this contrapon Avien Lodge,
of Mlersvne Pa his without
the shade Lodge, who is unable
built his control adding an old
regulation
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1938-07-15

be about one-fourth smaller than
las, year
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Say You Saw L n The Globe
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-08-20
DANA BAPTIST

Rev. l.. n. Garduc.. pastor.
Preaching services at | 4. m.
each Sunday.
Sunday school each Sunday ut
10 4. IN; Henry 0. Lively. super
intendent.
Praye. service each WcdncS-
day at 7:%o p. ma. pastor IN
charge.
&. T. L.. each Sunday at 1870
p. m. MiIiir Pace. director: las.
y. KeStcrSou. associate director.
The following are the several
group leaders: B.A.U.. Mrs. Geo.
Hill: intermediate union, Mrs. l..
V. LYDIA: junior Union. Ottje Belle
Lively: story hour. Jean LYDIA.
Chairman board Of deacOnS,
Herbert Pace; chairman Lords
Acre. l.. Y. LYDIA.
The Church With Il Mind to
Work" Come worship with us.