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Evening star., 1938-06-21

A mid-stream crash on the Potomac
between. cabin cruiser loaded with
young people and the Steamer Po-
tomac, excursion bound with 1000
passengers, nearly resulted in disaster
late last night.
Fourteen boys and girls aboard the
smaller craft, three of them injured,
were transferred to the steamer when
it was feared the cruiser might sink
after the collision, which resulted
when its skipper said he was blinded
by the searchlight of the Potomac.
The mishap, which occurred about 6
miles below Alexandria, Va. involved
50-foot cruiser owned and piloted by
Alfred G Schicht, 9O2 Delafield place
NV.
The small boat was headed back to-
ward Washington after a trip down.
stream with members of the Mixed
Sorority Club The Potomac was
making benefit cruise down the river
to aid the Presidents Cup Regatta As
ISOLATION
Acknowledged Signal.
As the Potomac approached. Mr..
Schicht said, she sounded her whistle,
a signal she would bear to the star
board, and at the same time her
searchlight was turned on. Mr..
Schicht said he acknowledged the
steamers signal and prepared to keep
to his own starboard.
With the bright light played full in
his face, Mr.. Schicht said he was un-
able to say what maneuvering i'm
mediately preceded the crash. OIL
cials of the Potomac River Line said
their report on the accident was in
complete and that it would be sub
mitted to board of inquiry, expected
to meet today at Baltimore.
Two Are Rescued.
Thrown overheard from the cruiser
by the impact, Phyllis Pagel 10, of
1858 Monroe street NE, and Paul
Kise, "a, of AL Tenth street NE. mar
rowly escaped drowning. They were
rescued by Chester Lowe, II, of 721
K street NE, member of the
cruisers crew, and Charles Ruffner,
rs, soft drink stand operator on
the steamer.
Before being pulled to safety, young
Kise was struck several times by the
steamers paddle wheel. He suffered
cuts and brush burns on the abdomen
and cut on the forehead. Miss
Pagel suffered shock and another girl.
Mildred Moore. Is, Of 1923 R street
NV, was slightly hurt. All three
were treated at Emergency Hospital.
Those injured and the other men,
bers of the club were taken aboard
the Potomac, which put about and
hove to Immediately. They were given
first aid while the steamer continued
Evening star., 1938-06-21

its cruise and were taken to the hos
pltal when the boat docked.
Mr.. Schicht and Chester and Charles
Lowe, a. brought the cruiser. the
Casino, back to its berth at the Co.
lumbia Yacht Club Damage to the
cruiser, estimated by Mr.. Schicht at
between 5000 and 5000, was above the
water line
The others aboard the Casino were
Ellen Horner, II. of 1922 South Da-
kota avenue NE; Lucy Norris. II. of
3OO3 Twenty-fourth street NE: EVELYN
Parks, l8. Of 300 Emerson street NV:
Patricia Mercer. %, of 26l0 Third
street NE; JEFF Jeffries. %, of 92O
Hamilton street NV: Jack McCor-
mick, 200 block of Peabody street
NV. Robert Woodrum. 81. of 1919
Columbia road NV; Evelyn Kraft
Evening star., 1938-06-21
EX-GOV. AYCOCK'S SON
FOUND SHOT TO DEATH
Doctor Says North Carolina Man
Killed Himself-Suffered
Nervous Disorder.
~ the Associated Press.

Dy the Associated Press.
RALEIGH, N. c., June Civ. B.
Aycock, Al, son of former Gov. Charles
B. Aycock, was found shot to death In
his home yesterday and DR.. Hubert
Haywood told officers the man had
killed himself.
DIR. Haywood, answering a telephone
call from Mr.. Aycock, found the
BODY IN bedroom. The physician
said Mr.. Aycock had suffered from a
nervous disorder.
Mr.. Aycock, who served in the World
War, was rated totally disabled by the
Veterans Bureau.
Survivors include his widow, two
sons, one daughter, mother, three sis
ters and four brothers One brother
is Orantley Aycock of Washington,
Evening star., 1938-06-21
NUDE STATUES MOVED

MARLBORO, Mass. June 81 (R.-
No longer will the undraped figures Of
Apollo Belvedere and Venus de Milo
stand in the Assembly Hall of the
Marlboro High School.
Settling spirited controversy, the
School Committee decided that hence
forth they would repose in a small
room used by drawing classes.
Evening star., 1938-06-21

II; Jack Wagner. %; Raymond Bates,
81, and Peter Scribener.
Most of the passengers on the
steamer, piloted by Capt Philip Bar
bour, lined the rails to watch the res
cues, but many others, unaware of the
accident, continued dancing.
Evening star., 1938-06-21
Hearse Driver Dies.

While returning from a funeral in
Louth, Ireland, James Corcoran fell
from the seat Of the hearse he had
driven for 80 years. and died soon
afterwards
The Washington times., 1938-12-23

know in icy, razor-edged words,
had the approval of not only the
President of the United States,
but of the American people as a
whole.
He told the envoy that for the
German government to take such
an action after months of persis-
tent velification of President
Roosevelt, of Cabinet members, of
the late President Wilson and of
American institutions, through its
controlled press, and by its Off
cials, showed singularly i'll grace
and improperly.
Moreover, he reminded the as
tonished diplomat, the policies of
religious and racial prosecutions,
of press attacks and misrepresen-
tations, pursued by the Hitler gov
eminent have profoundly shocked
and confounded public opinion in
the United States.
This latter was reiteration of
President Roosevelt'S recent per.
sonal rebuke to the NaziS when he
declared German policies have
profoundly shocked" public opin-
ion in this country,
The Washington times., 1938-12-23

tice" by Senator Key Pittman.
chairman of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee. Speaking
as an individual, Senator Pittman
said in part:
The people Of the United
States do not like the govern
ment of Germany and, in
my opinion, are against any
form of dictatorial government,
communistic or fascistic."
Thomson called at the State
Department to inform Welles
that the Berlin government had
instructed him to protest Ickes
speech at Cleveland last Sunday
Welles listened in silence until
Thomson said that Berlin ex
pected the American Govern
ment to make formal and pub
lie apology for what it considered
an affront 10 Chancellor Hitler.
Stung by the eff1ontery of this
demand. Welles peremptorily cut
the German short. He refused
to accept the protest, and then
made a bisLerlng denunciaiton o1
the policies and methods of the
present German government.
The rebuke. he let ThomSer
The Washington times., 1938-12-23
JAP AN IN new
ED|CT TO China

TOKYO, Dec. 23.-China's con.
sent to join with Japan in a united
front against Russian communism
is a major part of the price of
Asiatic peace, Premier Prince Flu.
mimaro Konoye made clear as
signs pointed toward growing Japa.
neSe concern over foreign, par.
tlcularly Russian, intervention in
the ASiatic situation.
The Japanese premier, in a pub
lie statement plainly reflecting
Japan'S increasing attention to
the situation on the frontier be-
tween China and Russia, laid
down two primary conditions for
the adjustment of relationship
on normal basis between the
island kingdom and "the new
China"
These guiding principles" he
said, are Chinese willingness to
conclude an anti-C Comintern pact
with japan. and to grant full
ICSOSA4AG1O44 W Ndk1C11IlhuO, GIlG
NipponeSe VaSSal state carved by
force of Japanese arms out of
the old China.
While Prince Konoye was an
nouncing rokyo's terms for peace
with China. both official circles
and the press indicated a stiffen-
ing of the Japanese attitude to
ward Russia Great Britain and
the United States.
The newspaper, Kokumin Shin
bun declared that diplomatic rela-
tions between Japan and the So
Wet Union might be broken off if
an agreement on the fisheries
controversy between the two coun-
tries is not reached before the
end of the year.
This problem was the subject
of a long conference during the
day in which the participants in
cluded Prince Konoye, Forei g n
Minister Hachiro Arita, and the
war and navy ministers.
The Washington times., 1938-12-23
|O'C0nnor Is Out
ITO 'Save Party

GN.S) Two former Democratic
members of Congress, Representa-
tives John j. O'Connor, of New
York, and Arthur P. Lamneck, of
Ohio, today planned independent
movements to drive radicals" out
OF the Democratic party.
O'Connor, who was the only
victim of President Roosevelt S
unsuccessful purge campaign,
said he would dedicate his time
the next two years to an effort to
"save the Democratic party from
the Communists.
Lamneck said he planned speak
ing tours and broadcasts in ar
attempt ito convince the Demo
cratic party that it must depart
from the radical lines which il
Is now following"
The Washington times., 1938-12-23
Studies
U. SLAP
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Foreign Minister Joachim Won
Ribbentrop. Best-informed opin'
ion said that prospects Of a total
diplomatic break were remote un,
less Washington takes the initia-
tive"
While Ickes is certain hence
forth to be listed as Germany'S
Public Enemy No. l." it was
made clear that Germany is reluc,
tant to take any irrevocable step
in retaliation for his attack. Eco
nomic quarters particularly are
hopeful no break will result.
In this connection, Field Mar
shall Wilhelm Goering, Economics
Minister DR. Walther Funk and
DIR. HJalndar Schacht, president
Of the Reichsbank, are all hope
fui that 1899 may provide the
opportunity for international eco,
non1ic adjustment, perhaps by
forging a link between the Anglo.
German and Anglo-American
trade pactS.
The Washington times., 1938-12-23
BRITAIN VISIONS
U. S. IN BREAK
With GERMANY
WeIIes' Snub Featured
By Newspapers

LONDON, Dec. % Q.N.S0.
The "snub" administered to Ger
many by Acting Secretary of State
Sumner Welles in Washington
caused a sensation in British politi-
cal quarters and provided the sole
topic of conversation today as
Whitehall authorities prepared
for their four-day Christmas vaca-
| ton.
Official comment was withheld
temporarily, since it was felt that
| it would be unwise to permit
Britain to step into the contro-
versy in view of the already deli
cate Anglo German relations.
But the sentiment of British
officialdom was obvious and was
expressed by private comment to
the effect that "it is about time
someone took firm stand against
the dictatorS."
The London afternoon news
papers continued to display the
story prominently, and all head
lines emphasized the severe strain
in Berlin-WaShington relations.
Many observers here expressed
belief that the United States and
Germany are heading for an open
break and predicted a vitriolic
antiAmerican campaign in the
German LreSs.
The London Daily Mail splashed
the story under this headline:
"Washington-Berlin Breach
Widens as U. S. A. refuses to
accept Nazi protest"
The Washington times., 1938-12-23
PAYS UP
Biz Bill Giues $72,794
To Red Cross

CHICAGO, Dec. % GN.S).
Winner of a 1O-year legal battle
with William Hale c'Big Bill")
Thompson, the American Red
Cross today was in possession of
his check for $72,794 covering the
last of the $1,OO0,O0O he collected
for Mississippi flood relief in 1927.
The former mayor paid over the
majority of the sum years ago, but
withheld the rest on the ground
that it had been spent in lobbying
for flood control.
The States attorney general
sued to recover it in court but
Thompson was sustained. On an
appeal to the appellate court, he
lost and the U. S. Supreme Court
last October refused to take up the
case.
The Washington times., 1938-12-23
Smallpox Fells
LOO in China

SHANGHAI, Dec. % G.N.SO.
The worst outbreak of smallpox
in 64 years struck Shanghai to-
day, with 1,10O persons, including
IS foreigners, affected by the dis
ease.
Eight members of the crew or
the British warship Suffolk,
which arrived Tuesday, were
rushed to hospitals. One member
of the ships crew died at Wei
haiwei.
Shanghai's death roll from
smallpox since the beginning of
the month numbered 33 Chinese
and % foreigners.
The Washington times., 1938-12-23


Authorities revealed that
the foreign office, in a let
ter from Count Ciano to
French Ambassador Andre
Francois Poncet, stated
the agreement no longer is
valid. The letter was sent
to the French envoy De-
cember II.
Special significance was
lent to the Italian action in
view Of the recent unoffi-
cial Fascist demands for
annexation Of the French
The Washington times., 1938-12-23

protecorate Of Tunsa and other Frenchowned terri
tories, such as Corsica, Nice, Savoy and Djibouti
Whether the italian government is planning some
official action in respect these demands matter of
keen speculation in diplomatic quarters in Rome.
Another circumstance which added interest the Italian
action was the fact that Prime Minister Neville Chamber
lain OF Great Britain is due here next month for confer
ence with Premier Mussolini European appeasement
The Washington times., 1938-12-23
CLASS SCORES
CLOS DEMAND
FOR WPA FUND
Lewis Billion Request
Called "ShoCking"

G.N.S.) Demands of John L.
Lewis, CIO leader, that Congress
appropriate S1.000.000.000 to
carry on the Works Progress Ad-
ministration from March to June
were described as shocking to-
day by Senator Carter Cd of
Virginia.
The Virginian's thrust was i'm
mediately concurred in by Sena-
tor Alva Adams CD of Colorado.
With Glass chairman of the
powerful Senate Appropriations
Committee and Adams chairman
OF the subcommittee in charge of
relief allotments, close scrutiny of
new relief fund requests seemed
certain
Senator Barkley of Kentucky.
Democratic Senate leader re-
Gently suggested that about $780,
100000 would be sufficient to coli
tinue relief for the last four
months of this fiscal year. Adams
said an allowance of 100000 900
might be made provided there
Is a good showing that much Is
needed"
SIMPLY SHOCKING"
Asked what he thought Con-
gress would do on the relief ap-
preparations. Glass dryly replied:
Il suppose Congress will do
what it has been in the habit OF
doing for the last five years
His inference was that Congress
would continue voting whatever
the Administrator asks in the wayl
Of relief funds.
They tWPA) don't know how
much they ought to have" Glass
said. They just want all they
can get. No one has found out
yet how many unemployed there
are. At least, I haven't"
In commenting upon Lewis Sug
gestion for a billion-dollar outlay
for WPA to carry on the last four
months of the fiscal year, Glass
observed:
It's simply shocking, but Con-
gress has been in the habit of |
doing great many shocking |
things in my opinion"
Lump-sum appropriations by
Congress for relief. the practice of
giving administrators blank |
checks" was characterized as a
"wasteful and vicious policy" by
Glass, himself a former Secretary
of the Treasury and authority
upon banking laws.
SYSTEM WRONG
Congress-" he said, ought to
know what is to become of the
money appropriated. 1t shouldn't
be left to one man to spend
according to his whims' or judg-
ment.
Relief administration should
be turned over to the States.
This idea of having the Fed
eral Government set up a
great bureaucracy to administer
relief is unsound.
The people ought to know
that taxes are collected from
them to foot the bills, no mat
ter whether the money is spent
by the Federal Government or
the States"
Banks, using depositors' money
are in large part financing the
Federal Government, according to
Glass.
The banks" he said, "have
been maneuvered into a posi-
ton where they have to lend the
money to the Government.
The Washington times., 1938-12-23
Alderman Is indicted
In Police Job Racket

CHICAGO, Dec. % G.N.s).
Accused Of selling" police jobs
that never materialized, Alderman
Frank E. Konowski of the twenty
sixth ward, five political workers
and a woman were under indicU-
ment today on charges Of operaU-
ing a confidence game. Five grand
Jury witnesses testified they paid
from $500 to 1000 to be placed
on the police eligibility lists but
were left off.
The Washington times., 1938-12-23
A Counter MoUe

There was some indication
that American Charge d'Affaires
Prentiss Gilbert may be called to
to the Foreign Office in the near
future in the event Germany de-
cides to make an issue of the de-
teriorating relations. The object
would be to toss the ball back to
Washington through the Ameri-
can Embassy here.
The Washington times., 1938-12-23
Precedent Set

Acting Secretary of State Sum-
ner Welles provided something
new in diplomatic intercourse
when Hans Thomson, the Ger
man charge d'affaires. sought to
present a formal protest over Sec
retary of the Interior Ickes' crit
icism of Nazi racial and religious
prosecutions, and WelleS would
not accept the protest.
Welles sent the German charge
scuttling back to his embassy with
one of the bluntest, most force
fully Worded rebukeS on record.
The normal procedure in diplo-
macy is for protest to be politely
delivered, and a government to
take it under consideration for
study, waiting sometimes weeks
before a reply is made.
But the tall, young diplomat
who is in charge of the State De
partment during Secretary Cordell
Hul'S absence at the Lima con-
ference, met the German envoy
with an immediate Veroai blast
from both barrels.
An added strain on diplomatic
relations, from the Nazi view.
point, was yesterdays declaration
for enforced morality and Jus
The Washington times., 1938-12-23

Farming the ocean bottom. With NO
undiscovered land left to attract
them, explorers are devising novel
means of searching the sea floor for
likely places to raise food crops or
mine valuable minerals. And sooner
or later they may bore to the earth's
hot heart or take off for distant
planets. Read what DIR. f. f. Free,
scientific adviser of The American
Weekly. has to say of this in the
magazine distributed with next Sun
days HPrald-TimPs.
The Washington times., 1938-12-23
ROME REPUDIATES
PACT WITH PARIS

ROME Dec. % QN.S).- Italy has repudiated the
Francotaan agreement of 1885 for settlement of dif
ferences between the two nations it confirmed Off
The Washington times., 1938-12-23
Huge Defense Program Planned
AS SEQUEL to Welles' NaZi Blast
Roosevelt Is ReQdu
To Announce
NeW Plans
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a force equal to that of Ger.
many and Italy or Germany
and Japan combined.
2. Re-equipment of the Army,
without undue expansion of its
present standing force, with
modern rifles, field artillery.
anti-aircraft and anti-tank
guns, tanks and complete mech
anization equal to those pos
Sessed by the military dictator
ships.
3. Basic preparation of the
Nations industry for an inStan-
taneous swing-over from peace
time to wartime pursuits,
should the Nation be attacked.
4. Training of a huge civilian
reserve of air pilots and avia-
ton mechanics.
S. Continuation Of the naval
expansion program laid down
by the last Congress-With con-
struction of two 45,000-ton bat
tleships, added to the six $4,000
ton capital ships now under
way, leading the list of new
construction.
Only by having a Navy, Air
Corps and Army sufficiently
strong and modernly equipped to
discourage attack, the President is
represented as having become con-
vinced since the dismemberment
of CZechoslovakia and Japan's un.
halted ravishment Of China, can
the United States be assured of
preventing an ultimate onslaught
on the Western Hemisphere-even
an attack on the continental
United States.
The President is reported to
have expressed the belief that the
real hope for this country remain
ing at peace with the world is
through strong defenses, and that
to the fate Of CZecho
slovakia and China-by remaining
weak, it invites attack.
Relations with Germany, al
ready dangerously tautened in re
cent months by the Nazi govern
ment's policies, were strained still
further today by the stinging re
buke administered Berlin yester
day.
The Washington times., 1938-12-23
Liked By Rep. Cox

Representative Cox (DJ,
Georgia, opponent of many
New Deal measures: II have a
personal affection for Harry
Hopkins and could not give that
affection to one if I did not have
confidence in his integrity"
Representative Short (R.) of
Missouri:
From the way Hopkins ad-
miniStered WPA in such a fla
grantly partisan manner, I'd
say he is totally unfit to be Sec
retary of Commerce. His ap-
pointment is a great blow to the
people of the country and will
further retard recovery because
it will create further uncer-
tainty among business men. I
doubt that the Senate will con-
firm him."
Representative woodruff
(R.) of Michigan:
Il think that if there ever
was a time when we should
have at the head of the Com
merce Department a man whose
temperament, experience and
ability to properly handle the
responsibility it is now-and so
far as know Mr.. Hopkins does
not have the experience, could
not possibly acquire the knowl-
edge and certainly by tempera-
ment fails to measure up to the
standards I'd set for that Of
fioo -
The Washington times., 1938-12-23
HOPKINS NAMED
TO ROPER POST
BY ROOSEVELT
Col. Harrington Chosen
As Head of WPA
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days officialdom has realized and
predicted that Mr.. Roosevelt
would elevate Hopkins to the Ca
binet at his first opportunity. The
WPA chief has been one of the
closest associates of the President
since he took over the job of hand.
ling relief and work relief for the
New Deal.
Frequent Guest
Hopkins is a frequent White
House guest, both socially and Of
ficially and the appointment was
regarded as largely a personal one
on the part of the President. For
several years Hopkins has at
tended Cabinet meetings in his
capacity as WPA Administrator,
although not actually of Cabinet
rank.
A native of Iowa, the new Sec,
retary of Commerce, has spent
most OF his life in social work. He
first became acquainted with Mr..
Roosevelt while he was governor
OF New York, and served as State
relief director for a time. He
came to Washington early in 1888
and became an important New
Deal figure.
Harrington's appointment has
been expected since he left the
White House after a conference
with Mr.. Roosevelt late Wednes-
day afternoon, smiling, but brush.
ing aside reporters questions with
the prase my visit was just rou-
tine"
Only little while before, Will
liams had spent Is minutes with
the Executive. When he left he
refused to talk at all, and brushed
by reporters without any explana-
ton of his visit.
Linked to Defense
Selection Of Harrington to run
the important WPA job was &C.
cepted in Washington as indi.
eating that President Roosevelt in
tends carefully to integrate work
relief with his new national-de-
tense program. Harrington is an
Army officer of long service in the
Engineering Corps and has carried
much of the burden of running
WPA in aiding his chief, Hopkins.
The designation-not appoint
ment-of Harrington is expected
to quiet much of the congressional
criticism that has been directed at
the WPA setup. During the last
campaign, both Hopkins and Will
liams were criticized severely for
injecting politics into relief"
With an Army officer on active
service now in the saddle, it is ex-
pected congressional suspicion and
criticism will be allayed.
The resignation of Homer S.
Cummings as Attorney General
preceded that of Roper, but will
not be effective until sometime in
January.
The Washington times., 1938-12-23
SENATORS SPLIT
OVER HOPKINS
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WPA Administrator. Through
him WPA will be able to re-
move any stigma of political
activity that might be attached
to it."
Senator Davis (R.), Pennsyl
Vania:
IF Hopkins will put as much
energy into the Department of
Commerce as he did in putting
politics into the WPA, he will
make a good Secretary"
Comment among House mem
bers follows:
Representative Cochran (D.)
Missouri: II feel that Hop
kins is an honest, capable
executive and that he has
handled with credit to himself
and the Administration the gi-
gantic task which was assigned
to him. He now enters a new
field and I think he will admin
lister the new office in a way
that will be satisfactory to the
business Of the country and the
people dealing with the depart.
ment."
The Washington times., 1938-12-23

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