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The Washington times., 1938-12-30
n. Y,PREPARES
FORTS GAYEST
new YEAR EVE
Millions Ready to Hail
1889 at Festivities
By INEZ ROBB

NEW YORK, Dec. 80 G.N.SO.
When the old year passes out to-
morrow night, millions of New
Workers are prepared to follow
suit.
Restaurant, cafe, night club,
saloon, theater and cinema owners
are dancing in the street over ad-
vance indications that New York
ers are planning to give and spend
their all in the most gala New
Year Eve celebration since 1929.
SPIDER IN SOUP
Despite all portentS for the big
Eest national hangover in history
on New Year Day, a melancholy
factor-the law-may put New
Workers between their own sheets
earlier than is customary on New
Year morning.
Strict law forbids the sale Of
hquor in New York city after 8
q m. Sunday morning. Despite
piteous pleas to Police Commits
Sioner Lewis A. Valentine, he has
The Washington times., 1938-12-30
HOPE HAMPTON
Hostess at $3.50 a Plate

turned a deaf ear to even the
most dramatic recitals of the
"curfew shall not ring tonight. "
The a. m. curfew law is going
to ring, and ring good and loud,
on New Year morn, says Mr..
Valentine, and he'll have a num-
Der of his boys out to see that it
does.
There are festivities to fit every
pocketbook in the city, from
Smoke" retailing at 5 cents a
shot on the Bowery, to vintage
Champagnes at $12 bottle in the
ritzy supper-club belt. The price
for New Year Eve revelry ranges
all the way from the usual prix
fixe 85-cent dinner. at no extra
cost, at Child's, to the $15-per.
person tax which will be extracted
from the top-hatted, ermine-
wrapped patrons of such classy
joints as Harry Richman's Road
to Mandalay Room at the Hotel
Delmonico.
SIS PER PLATE
AS usual the highest New Year
Eve party will be in John D. Rock
efeller's Rainbow Room, IS floors
above the street level in Rookie
feller Center, and the tax will be
in accordance: SIS per.
Polly Warren Palmer, most re-
Gently divorced wife of Chicago
scion Potter D'Orsay Palmer, will
pay $40 per head to entertain a
party of six at the Stork Clubs
watch night festivities.
Jules Brulatour and his wife,
Hope Hampton of stage and Gin
ema, will ante up $3.50 per per
son for the 20 guests they have
invited to see the old year out at
Ell Morocco.
The Washington times., 1938-12-30
TWO HUSBANDS
IN COURT FIGHT
OVER HE|RESS

ASBURY PARK, N. j., Dec. 80
GN.S0.-A legal fight for the
thrice-held hand of Barbara Gug-
genheim, heiress to copper mil
lions loomed today between horse
man Fred Wettach, jr., her second
husband, and yachtsman Henri
Obre, who either is or is not her
third mate.
That's the point that Wettach,
with the aid of Attorney Vincent
P. Keuper, wishes to clear UP. He
contends that Barbara, now honey
incoming in California with Obre,
did not obtain a legal divorce
from him before her remarriage.
DECREE DISPUTED
Keuper said he would go into
court, probably in Miami, to dis
lpute her Florida decree, claiming
she was not a legal resident of
that State, either at the time of
filing the papers or when she re-
ceived the decree.
According to q recent digest OF
dtUorce LGtDS available here, both
Idaho and Florida require a 90
day residence before fling suit.
Wettach, who made the first
and only announcement of the
Idaho divorce, said she obtained
lit lin friendly proceeding" on
September 10.
DIVIDED HORSES, TOO
A settlement divided the horses
in their stable between them. On
October 9, after a brief reconcilia-
ton. Barbara again filed suit, in
Miami, charging Wettach with
drunkenness and a violent temper.
This divorce was declared effec-
tive, in Florida, On october "a.
On December 6, the heiress mar
ried Henri Obre, said At one +i'''o
to have been her chauffeur, at her
Shrewsbury IN. JD esLate.
The Washington times., 1938-12-30

Lamson. Each fatality occurred
while the respective husbands
were out of the house. Each bath
tub was filled partially with water.
At first it was believed she had
grabbed a Give" electric wire, re-
ceived a shock and fallen into the
tub. When the autopsy showed
the skull fracture, authorities be-
gan an investigation.
FREQUENT VISITOR
Stuart, the "other man." ad-
mitted being a frequent visitor of
Mrs. DavidSon's, but explained
that Davidson had informed him
that he and Mrs. Davidson were
estranged.
The Washington times., 1938-12-30
FREQUENT VISITOR

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
Evening star., 1938-09-28
Mussolini Leaves for Munich
As Mediator in Czech Crisis
Message From Rooseuelt- Helps to Bring
Duce in Line-Talk With Hitler
FOlIO,Us Message Delivery.

from Florence and delivered the mes
sage in q l5-minute call on the
Premier.
1t was understood there was no
direct connection between the Roose-
welt and Chamberlain messages.
Stefani, italian official news agency,
reported delivery Of the Roosevelt
message and its contents as follows:
III Duce received at 4 pm, in the
presence Of Count Ciano, the American
Ambassador who delivered to him a
personal message from President
Roosevelt.
In this message the President of
the United States, after having re-
called efforts exerted by him to assure
a peaceful solution Of the German
Czechoslovak conflict and after having
emphasized the tragic consequences
that European war would have for
every one, asked II Duce to lend his
aid to settle the controversy by
negotiation for other peaceful means
and without recourse to force"
III Duce took note of the message
and asked the Ambassador of the
United States to convey to President
Roosevelt his thanks and high ap-
probation for the gesture he had
made"
Evening star., 1938-09-28
HUSBAND ACCUSED
IN W|FE'S Staying.
Woman Beaten With RoIIjnu
Pin-Man Tried Suicide.
Policemen State.

A young husband bludgeoned his at
tractive, blond wife to death with q
rolling pin early today. police said, and
then turned on the gas In an at
tempeted suicide In their two-room
apartment at 1903 p street NV.
The vicim Of the murder was Mrs.
Viola Nichols, 81, proprietor Of q
beauty salon at 904 @ street NV. Po-
lice broke in the door and revived the
husband, Edward Nichols, 20, q
plumber, whom they charged with the
murder.
Nichols, police said, admitted beat
Ing his wife on the head With the roll
Ing pin IS she lay in bed about $50
O'Clock this morning, following a quar-
rel. The husband was quoted as say
ing his wife woke him early today and
started an argument.
Nichols, it was said, tried to quiet
the woman and then struck her with
his fist. When she started to raise
q fuss" police said, he went to the
kitchen, obtained the rolling pin and
returned to the bedroom. The prisoner
could, not recall how many times he
struck his wife. The woman's skull
had been crushed, police said.
Couple Below Hear Quarrel.
In basement apartment below Mrs.
Hilda Hawvermale was awakened about
$50 O'Clock by a woman's voice cry
ing. Please don't. Ed! Ed! Please
(See MURDER, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1938-09-28
S. S. Hansn Sails
o., Sudden Call:
35OLeft Behind
By the Associated Press.

- sAss ASs0NA3sSo 8ISb8s -
NEW YORK, Sept. 2s.-The Ham
burg liner Hansa, which
was not scheduled to sail until mid
night tonight, cast Oh suddenly at
Q am. today and steamed toward
Germany. None of the $50 passengers
booked for the trip was aboard.
At the lines Office it was said the
Hansa sailed is hours ahead of
schedule in response to orders cabled
from Hamburg. The st. Louis, another
Hamburg-Am liner, arrived In
New York with 444 passengers and q
general cargo. She was ordered to
discharge the cargo and sail today
without passengers.
BERLIN, Sept. 2s R.-Both the
North German Lloyd and Hamburg
American steamship lines today an
nounced that all sailings Of their
ships had been Cancelled. The liner
Europa, which was due at Southhamp-
ton today, was recalled and, according
to North German Lloyd authorities,
Is now en- route home.
Evening star., 1938-09-28
The Star Presents
THE STORY
OF THE CZECHS

Tonight at 800 pm. over
Station. WMAL The Star will
present the first of a series OF
radio lectures on The Story
Of the Czechs. by Dean Elmer
l.. Kayser, professor of Euro
pean History at George WASH
ington University.
Dean Kayser will trace the
historical heritage Of Czecho-
Jslovakia in his initial broad
cast and will base his talk on
the map found on Page A Of
The Star.
It is suggested that you
listen to Dean Kayser tonight
over
" NJ Al at 3 Pm.
Evening star., 1938-09-28
STOCKS REBOUND
|NHEAW TRADING
Many lump 81 to 81 on News
"of Munich ParIey After
Sharp Early Drop.
By the Associated Press,

NEW YORK, Sept. 2s.-Wall Street
today greeted news Of the Munich
conference Of leading European gov
ernment heads with q rousing upswing
In the stock exchange, one Of the
sharpest Of recent years.
Stocks had slumped 81 to s. .
share In the first few minutes Of trad
Ing, In response to extreme nervous
ness Of European markets, but buyers
swarmed into the market at the end
Of the first half hour, as financial
news tickers printed the announce
ment that Prime Minister Chamber
lain, Premier Daladier, and Premier
Mussolini would meet Reichsfuehrer
Hitler in Munich tomorrow in q fresh
effort to avert war.
Losses were quickly recovered, many
stocks jumped 81 to a above yester-
days final prices, and the volume Of
trading sent the ticker in arrears. The
British pound sterling recovered In
foreign exchange dealings. =,
Traders Electrified.
The news electrified stock exchange
circles, which had been plunged into
gloom by the grave tone Of the British
prime minister's address on his efforts
to preserve peace late yesterday.
The stock ticker was soon more than
i've minutes behind transactions on
the exchange floor, Is the quotation
machinery struggled with the volume
Of orders.
Stocks were bought in blocks of
Thousands Of shares at time. One
transfer Of $4,000 shares Of United
States Rubber was made at SIS q
share. up $4.25 from yesterdays close.
United States Steel traded at $55,
up $3.12, and many others made SINH
lar gains. A block Of $4,000 shares
Of General Motors changed hands At
$43.25, up $2.75. Issues up about q
to - included Bethlehem Steel, Good
rich, Westinghouse Electric, General
Electric, Anaconda and others. d
Peund Recovers Sharply.
The British pound sterling, which
had been dropping steadily In foreign
exchange dealings In recent weeks, -
foreign capitals sold the British cur
Gee STOCKS, Pare A-5.)
Evening star., 1938-09-28
Greto Garbo on Way to u, s.

STOCKHOLM, Sept. 20 (R.-Greta
Garbo, motion picture actress. today
was aboard the liner Kungshol en-
route to New York after being in Eu-
rope since December, 1887. She left
Gothenburg yesterday and is due at
Aberdeen, Scotland tomorrow. Other
passengers on the Kungshol include
Hendrick Willem van Loon, the
writer; Mrs. Warner GLAND, widow Of
the late Warner GLAND, screen actor,
and Kerstin Thorborg, Metropolitan
Opera star.
Evening star., 1938-09-28
FRANCE Mobiles
ADDITIONAL men
Calls Out EsheIon No. 8 as
Daladier Prepares to Go
to Conference.
By the Associated Press.


PARIS, Sept. 28.-Premier Daladier
announced today he would participate
in . four-power conference designed
to save the general peace OF Europe
but simultaneously called more troops
to support the French stand against
German invasion Of Csechoslovakia.
Daladier will join Premier Musso-
lini Of Italy and Prime Minister Cham
berlain Of Britain at Munich tomor-
row for q round-table consultation
with Reichsfuehrer Hitler on . new
peace plan.
Close upon disclosure of plans for
the Italian German British French
exchange Of views the French govern
ment ordered a new partial mobiliza-
ton Of army reserves.
Exact Number Unknown.
The exact number called to the
colors today was not known oficially
An earlier call of two echelons, OF
stages, or reserve manpower had
placed $4,000 additional men under
arms, boosting forces on French soil
to more than 100000.
The first echelon had already been
called up by classes when France
launched on progressive mobiliza-
ton" last Saturday with calls to
echelons Nos. 2 and 3.
Today's mobilization order was di.
rected echelon No. 8. Its text fol-
lows:
by order Of the minister Of na-
tional defense and war and Of the
minister Of air, officers and mont COM
misioned ofdcers and reserve troops
bearing mobilization order In white
carrying the figure 8 will set them
selves en- route Immediately and with
out delay and without awaiting in
dividual notice.
"They will take the place Of con-
vocation indicated on their mobiliza-
ton order under conditions foreseen
by this document"
The order was posted on billboards
about Paris at almost the same mo-
ment the Munich conference was an
nounced.
Booms Hopes for Peace.
The French war ministry announced
this supreme move to avert . second
world war by saying simply that Dala-
dier would meet the three other states
men at the Bavarian city. The an
nouncement doomed French hopes for
peace.
The mere fact that the four men
divided evenly by Europes theological
sence-would meet was taken q IN
indication that some basis Of agree
ment In the Czechoslovak- German
crisis was already In sight.
Arrangement Of the four-power con-
ference followed reports in French
parliamentary quarters that France
and Britain had proposed q new solu-
ton with which to meet Hitler's de-
mands for annexation of Csechoslo-
vakias Sudetenland.
It was noted that Hitler, after re-
ceiving . second plea from President
Roosevelt, was showing signs Of greater
willingness to discuss the situation
with France and Britain.
It was also noted that the Fuehrel
in his latest letter TO Chamberlain
expressed willingness to guarantee the
boundaries Of . new Csechoslovakia
while before he had insisted that 20.
land and Hungary ought - b setis-
fed On thstf ENTHUSIASTICALLY d.
mands against p1aiue.
Evening star., 1938-09-28
By the Associated Press.

~
ROME, Sept. 28.-Premier Musso-
lini, suddenly become the central hg-
ure of Europe's efforts to avert war,
left Rome at 6 pm. moon, E. s. T.)
tonight for Munich, where he is to
meet tomorrow with Prime Minister
Chamberlain, Chancellor Hitler and
Premier Daladier.
II Duce was accompanied by his
foreign minister and son-in-laM Count
Galeazzo Cano, on his special train.
A vast crowd, evidently relieved at
the momentary lifting of the war
clouds, gave Mussolini an uproarious
send-of as he departed to assume the
role of mediator in the German
Czechoslovak crisis.
He accepted the responsibility, in
formed sources said, at the request of
Great Britain in a desperate effort to
avert war. A personal message from
President Roosevelt, received at the
crucial moment, may also have influ-
enced his acceptance.
After receiving personal message
from Prime Minister Chamberlain Of
Great Britain, II Duce Immediately
got in touch with Reichsfuehrer Hitler,
presumably by telephone.
Subsequently it was announced that
Mussolini, Hitler, Chamberlain and
Premier Daladier Of France would
meet in Munich tomorrow morning.
Phillips Takes U. S. Plea.
Ambassador William Phillips Of the
United States went to II Duce's ONCE
in the Palazzo Venezia to deliver
Roosevelt's message, the contents Of
which were not Immediately divulged.
From private sources diplomats
heard that Hitler had accepted Musso-
lini as mediator and that Eduard Benes
had resigned as President of Csecho-
slovakia. This latter report, however,
lacked confirmation.
Great relief was apparent in Italian
circles when word came of the sched-
uled four-power conference at Munich.
II Duce had been represented in for
eign circles as piqued at the failure of
other statesmen to invite him to take
a large role in the efforts for Sudeten
settlement.
The messages Of President Roosevelt
and Prime Minister Chamberlain were
regarded in these quarters as having
eliminated any trace of possible fric-
ton over these seeming sights.
Perth Confers With Cfano.
The Earl of Perth, the British Am
bassador, conveyed Chamberlain's
message to Count Galeazzo Ciano,
italian foreign minister, for delivery
to Mussolini.
Some foreign observers believed that
Mussolini had made Benes' resignation
a condition Of his mediation. but con-
firmation Of this was not Immediately
available.
However, Virginio Gayda, authori-
tative Fascist editor, indicated such q
possibility.
"Only the resignation Of Benes,"
Gayda wrote in II Giornale d'Italia,
could at the last hour turn aside per-
haps fatal events"
Message Believed Brief.
President Roosevelt's message to u
Duce was understood to have been
briefer than his previous message to
Reichsfuehrer Hitler and was believed
to have been couched In general terms.
United States Ambassador william
Phillips went to Palazso venexia upon
his mid-afternoon arrival IN train
Evening star., 1938-09-28
Colombia Backs Roosevelt,

BOGOTA, Colombia, Sept. % R.-
President Eduardo Santos cabled
President Roosevelt last night that
the Roosevelt messages for peace to
Berlin and Prague "hnd in the gov
ernment and the people Of Colombia
an echo Of fervent and decided will
to cooperate"
Evening star., 1938-09-28
BULLETIN.

BULLETIN
BERLIN, Sept. 2S QP)-Germanys propaganda
minister, Paul Joseph Goebbels, told a throng of
Berlners today he foresaw amcable solution of the
German-C -Czechoslovak dispute within few days."
Goebbels, usually a fre-eater, sounded a note of
peace as he spoke amid deafenng "heils" in historic
Lustgarten.
He did not mention tomorrow's conference at
Munich to be attended by Reichsfuehrer Hitler Prime
Minister Chamberlain, Premier Mussolini and Premier
Dalader, but he declared:
Il, as man in the know of things, can tell you we
neither can want to retreat, as the Fuehrer has
pledged his word to support the Sudetens but the sou
ton is imminent"
Evening star., 1938-09-28
Summary Of Today's Star

Ousted T. v. A. chairman files injunc-
ton petition. Page AS
Work on Gravelly Point airport to
begin at once. Page B-l
New span for Key Bridge to be
built. Page Ala
Evening star., 1938-09-28
FUEHRER BIDS
: PREMIERS TO
MUNICH TALKS
Chamberlain Reveals German
Mobilization to Wait "a
Hours-Duce Mediator.

Later editions of The Star today m print much of the
ert OF the Chamberlain speech available at that nre
Evening star., 1938-09-28
The CzechOsIOuak Crisis

HlIlER PosTPoNls MOBILIZATION for talk with Cham
bean Mussoin and DaAdier Munich AlO
BRITAIN PUBLISHES CORRESPONDENCE between hitler and
ZIMMERMAN on Csechoslovak crisis. page A-1J
MussOl LEAVES FOR Munich to act mediator ip German
Csechoslovak crisis Roosevelt plea aids. page A-10
PREMIER DA1ADI2 OF France will participate in
conference OF European leaders and at time calls addi
uonal troops to the coors. page AID =. :"
ITALY REPORTED CALLING to service specialists Of 10 classes
Of reserves. page A-4)
HITLER LETTER to Chamberlain guarantees economic and
political integrity OF Czechs troops occupy
page A-5)
GERMAN GOVERNMENT DENIES setting day as deadine for
Czechs to answer demands. page A-50
Evening star., 1938-09-28

Press
LONDON, Sept. 2s-The electrifying announcement in
stunned House of Commons today that Europes big
Hitler, Chamberlain, Mussolni and Daladier-woud meet
tomorrow in Munich snatched Europe back from the brink
of imminent war.
Within few seconds Prime Minister Chamberlain painted
startling announcement Parliament generation
premer OF the four European
Sudetenand
Premier Mussolini Of accepted mediator
between his German ally democraces
Messages from President Hitler Musson and the
government Of Japan-a bound in the anti pact
Inquired In the lightning changes Of the day.
Invitation s Surprise
The haggard Chamberlain himself when he entered
make the most momenous speech his did not
indicated he thought inevitable.
But enci-scribbed him after he
began explaining why appeared changed
gloomy tense House and galleries into cheering
1t message from Hitler inviting the preners
France and Italy also the Munich
Mr. Chamberlain who had ordered mighty
bzed last night had made final effort negotiation
appeal through Musoni Hers partner in the Fascist axis
and it worked.
The received with ubilation Eng
land as II an actual amsce had declared Many believed
was tanamount to that because the mobilization
Fehrr deferred "a hours almost inevitably
With Czechosovaka with the probability that all the major
pean nations would be dragged in
Mr. Chamberlain told the cheering House:
Il will go to see what do a last effort"
Evening star., 1938-09-28

0es STOCKS. Pase A-s.).
Evening star., 1938-09-28
WEATHER.

far tonight and tomorrow: slightly
cooler tonight; gentle variable winds, be-
coming northerly tomorrow. Temperatures
tooay-Hishest, a, at 2 pm; lowest,
90, at 8 am.
Fun report on page Az.
Evening star., 1938-09-28

tsss CHAMBERLAIN, Hsss A-s)
Evening star., 1938-09-28

(See ROOSEVELT, PATE A-5.)
Evening star., 1938-09-28
Message Believed Brief.

President Roosevelts message to u
Duce was understood to have been
briefer than his previous message to
Reichsfuehrer Hitler and was believed
to have been couched In general terms.
United States Ambassador william
Phillips went to Palaxso veneua upon
his mid-afternoon arrival by tram
Evening star., 1938-09-28

f0uhd Hec0v6tS Bh1<ply.
The British pound sterling, which
had been dropping steadily In foreign
exchange dealings In recent weeks, q
foreign capitals sold the British cur
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-09-24

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three months after the date OF mi.
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iished In the Detroit Tribune. a
newspaper published and circu-
lated In the County OF Wayne. each
week for six weeks in succession
commencing within twenty DAVIS
from the date OF this Order. or that
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sent by registered mail to the said
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-09-24
"A coL0RED JuDGE--
Alumni President
Urges Tuskegeeans
To Attend Games

Tuskcgcc institute. Ala Willis
!. Peek Anderson. 5. c.. president
of the Tuskegee General Alumni
Association, is urging Tuskegsc
graduates and former students 10
attend the Wilberforcc
football game which will be played
at Soldiers Field, Chicago Friday
night. October IL.
Due TO The fact that the chicago
hotels are usually crowded weeks
in advance. Mr.. Peek is urging the
alumni 10 apply for reservations
early and 20 be on hand for the
Annual Football Dinner which viii
be held at Morris Perfect Ia,
shop. 40 r. i7ih street, Thursday
night. October IL.
Arrangements for the dinner are
being made by Percy X. Hines.
5lTS Indiana Avenue. chicago and
Everett l.. lIouscr, President OF tho
Chicago-Tuskegee club. $50 T.. 3itn
Street.
Il CoIORFp JVpt,F
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-09-24
a coIoREp IrpaH--
Chatter Of Hoofs

continued from Page ~
the right side. | know as | have
done almost everything around the
bosses. Crooks never win. You may
tie M race. and then one boss.
who has been left out, comes on
with rush to nose out the select
ed winner.
Well, can You remember what
said about Sammy Williams.
that hard-riding lad from Texas
Yes, he's n real rider, boys. He
has won four races in a day, twice
recently. Don Meade may ride soon.
String along as know he viii. be
welcome in this day when so many
bad jockeys are getting mounts.
Belmont Park and Maryland
should make one visit his friendly
enemies the bookies and lav
away enough for the winter coal.
But don't hook your benny. The
three X special Is Ariel Toy.