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Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-04-29

rad Henlein zadal ma "kongre-
su sudetskych NemcG", 1pl-
nou autonomii pro ceskosloven
ske hence vedle jinych sedmi
zvlastnlch pozadavku cesko-
slovenske Wade.
zadal, ably NemcGm v Ces-
koslovensku byl dan podobny
status, jaky mali svycarske
k~antony - 1plna teritorialni
autonomie We vecech hospo-
dafskych, politickych a kultur-
Mich.
Pred zahajenfm nazisticke-
no kongresu byla vyslovena z
nazistickych kruhG vystraha
ceskoslovenske Wade, re jejf
politika k nemeckym mensi-
nam smeruje k evropske valce.
Poslanec Anton ChmeIik,
Glen prazskeho obecniho "a
stupitelstva odpovedel:
"Snadnost S jakou nazistic-
ka moe zT1dila nemeckou dix
taturu v Rakousku", pfse
Chmelfk, "vyvolala v nekte-
rych lidech strach re toto VOL
sko NIUE Ultra napadnouti ma
Sc 1zemf. Pro podobne obavy
nen1 naprosto zadnych ddvo-
d1.
Zname dobTe Nemce. Nasi
odvec1 nepratele valcili S nami
pc stalet1 Sc stridavym stestfm
Ones nemame zadnych obav
ohledne budoucnosti naseho
naroda. Je zcela mono, re
pred Mani jsou tezke easy, ale
my jsme ma ne pfipraveni.
Nesm1me 81 pripousteti zad-
ne obavy a mic mas nesmi pre-
kvapiti. Zadnemu nasili neu-
stoup1me. Name armada wy
zbrojenou nejmodernejs1mi
zbranemi, kterych name hod-
ne. Jsme pfipraveni ma vse a
nevzdame Sc. TAX jake Sc sta
10 v minulych stoletfch - nasi
nepTatele 81 ma nas1 k1zi vyla-
mou zuby."
"Nikoli" bylo vyrceno v
politickych kruzich v Cesko-
slovensku jake odpoved ma
pozadavek vGdce ceskosloven-
skych nazistG Konrada Hen
LENA, tykaj1c1 Sc zmeny csl.
zahranicni politiky tax, ably Il
bila Sc csl. Nemc1m.
Prav1 Sc, re vlada je naklo-
nena odloziti 1sudek O ostat-
mich sedmi pozadavcfch Hen
LENA, jez ucinil jmenem g.
100000 sudetskych NemcG, al
vGdce nazistu je Dude presne-
il definovati.
Vlada, jak Sc prav1, nevid1 V
tonic programu zadnou no.
YOU zakladnu pro vyjednava-
nj a proto Dude pokracovati
svym dosavadnim smerem a
vypracuje sb1rku zakon1 ma O.
chranu mensin.
Ohledne tvrzenl Nemc1, re
mali pravo ma tyz svetovy ma
zor, jaky e~xistuje v nemecke
r1si, z vladn1ch kruhG sc uka-
zuje ma to, re v Ceskosloven-
sku existuje svoboda svedomi
pro kazdeho.
Vyznavani Hitlerovych the
ori1 je pTipustno jen tax ,dlou-
no, dokud nezasahuj1 do sve-
toveho nazoru jinych obcanG.
Diktatura je tedy 1plne vylou-
cena.
Zatim jisty pTednf 1Tednfk
v Henleinove strane pravil, re
splnenl Henleinovych pozadav
XII Dude znaciti leps1 pomer
mezi sudetskymi Nemci a &C.
chy.
z tychz pramen1 Sc pravf,
re Nemci, nedojdou-li splnen1
sveho touzebneho pTan1- sic
dnocen1 S Nemeckem- budou
usilovati, ably prosadili diva
dals1 pozadavky:
Neutralitu Ceskoslovenska a
utvorenf celn1 unie S Nemec-
KEN.
Predpoved, re 100000
NemcG v Ceskoslovensku brzy
bUdou nalehati ma "nevyhnu-
telnou" uni s Nemeckem, by
la ucinena We stredu v Berl1ne
vladimir nemeckym pTedakem
"Jedinou otazkou je, zda-li
toho mono dosahnouti bez
prolitf krve," Tekl.
"Padnou-li rany We spojen1
S Ceskoslovenskym problemem
prvn1 nepadne z Nemecka, a.
lie z Polska," dodal.
Ma $4,000 Polak1 je We W.
chodn1m Ceskoslovensku v
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Evening star., 1938-11-12
Big Segre Victory
Claimed by Rebels
By the Associated Press.

HENDAYE, France Nov. 12.-
Spanish 1nSurgent dispatches said
today Generalissimo Francisco
Frances troops had won a smash
ing victory over government armies
on the right bank of the Segre River
south of Lerida.
The dispatches said a heavy In
surgent counterattack had driven
government fighters back and cut
short their five-day-old advance
on Lerida and Fraga
A government communiQue agreed
the Insurgents were counterattack-
ing, but said the militiamen were
making heroic resistance and
inflicting heavy losses on the enemy"
Advances from Salamanca said
most of the governments artillery
batteries had been put out of COM
mission by Insurgent artillery bonn
bardments preceding the counter
attack. Infantry attacks, following
an advance line of tanks and
armored cars, were said by the In
surgents to have forced great num-
bers of government troops to sur
render.
The Insurgents also reported they
had captured nearly 1000 prisoners
on the Ebro front as they continued
their drive to wipe up government
resistance on the west bank of the
Ebro River.
Evening star., 1938-11-12
Super-Exp|osives
Shake Entire City,;
Inventor Arrested
New BIosts IS Times
Stronger Thon
NitroeIycerine
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ALBANY, Calf, Nov. 12-Wendell
Zimmerman, 24-year -old University
of California physics student, was in
trouble with the law today over his
new super explosive "RP-X."
Chief of Police Lloyd Jester ar
rested Zimmerman after a series of
loud blasts shook the city.
Jester said Zimmerman, found
blasting a concrete retaining wall at
the city dump, explained:
I'm experimenting with 'RP-X.
It's my own invention-15 times more
powerful than nitroglycerin"
Jester said it more than worked
A charge of dynamite merely Clipped
the concrete wall. The same amount
of "RP-X" knocked the whole wall
down.
Jester arrested Zimmerman on a
charge of transporting explosives
inside the city limits. Zimmerman
was ordered to appear in Police
Court November 16.
Evening star., 1938-11-12
Fatal Shaping
OF Baby Holds
Young Father
3y the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, Nov. PA young
father was held in police custody
today after telling officers he
slapped his infant son Tod on the
head In distraction over the babys
prolonged crying, causing fatal in
juries.
Policeman Irwin Schmidt said the
father, Ralph Koch, "a, appeared
at the State police headquarters in
suburban Norwood Park last night
and said:
Il think I killed my baby. I want
to give myself up
The police took the 4-month-old
baby to a hospital, where he was
pronounced dead
Koch was caring for the child
while his wife, Marcia. 20, was at
work. He told police he tried for
two hours to quiet the youngster
and, becoming distracted, suddenly
slapped him. Tod was the Kochs'
only child.
The remorseful father. who was
held without charge pending an in
quest, told police he and his wife
were reconciled yesterday after be-
ing separated since shortly after the
baby's birth.
Evening star., 1938-11-12
Flames Destroy
Two Hotels, 7 or
8 Believed Dead
Fire in Rouyn, Quebec,
Also Rdges Over Block
Of Other Buildings

ROUYN. Quebec, Nov. II Canadian
Press FLAMES, whipped by high
wind. ragged through two hotels and
a block of other buildings early to-
day and police said they believed
possibly seven or eight lives may
have been lost
Originating in Alberts Hotel.
where nearly 100 guests were reg
istered, the flames were under con-
troll, but still raging within a con-
fined area and police said it was
impossible to make an accurate
check of loss of life. Hotel records
were lost.
Only one man, Etienne Pelland,
SIS, the town engineer. was definitely
listed as missing. He was said by
Town Clerk Alex Leclero, another
hotel roomer, to have been trapped
on the second floor of the three
story building.
Leclerc, who discovered the fire
following what sounded like two
muft1ed explosions said he at
tempted to rouse Pelland. but was
driven out by the smoke and flames.
Charles Jones, editor of the
Rouyn-Noranda Press, said three
or four other persons are reported
missing" besides Pelland.
Damage was estimated at $3.50 900
to the 60-room hotel and other
buildings.
The town, mining center $50
miles south of James Bay, was
thrown into darkness and telephone
service was broken.
Fire brigades were rushed from
nearby Noranda and Noranda
mines.
Evening star., 1938-11-12
By the Associated Press.


MUNICH. Nov. IL. - Excited
crowds stormed the palace of
Michael Cardinal Won Faulhaber to-
day and broke all windows in the
building.
The attack followed an address
last night before 5000 persons by
Adolf Wagner, Nazi district leader
for Bavaria and Bavarian minister
of interior, in which he read letter
from the cardinal asking police pro-
should result in attacks on Catholic
clergy in the present tense situation.
"If Won Faulhaber mends his ways
ne will be protected better than the
police can" Wagner shouted He
added he was offering no excuse for
antiJewish violence that burst out
Thursday.
Only last Sunday the 69-year-old
cardinal, the Archbishop of Munich,
used a passage from a speech by
Adolf Hitler to support plea for
"the God-given rights of person.
atty" He recalled that Hitler had
said Germany's greatest assets were
her creative personalities. The SER
mon was greeted by whistling by
Nazi listeners.
Crowds today descended upon the
archbishop's palace with bricks and
sticks and shattered glass on the
first and second floors No word
was forthcoming from the interior
OF the imposing palace.
The demonstration recalled the
one made October 8 on the palace
in Vienna of Theodore Cardinal In
nitzer, Archbishop of Vienna. On
that occasion furniture was thrown
from the building to the streets and
the cardinal was hurt by stones
thrown inside.
At the mass meeting last night
Wagner attacked Catholics, to whom
he referred as Roman Catholic
. allies of Jews"
Cardinal Won Faulhaber, outstand-
ing among German Catholic leaders,
has often been at odds with Nazis.
AS early as October 21. 1884, he de-
nounced Nazi opposition to Jews
Evening star., 1938-11-12
u. s., Britain, France
Protest 10 Japan
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. II - Official
sources today disclosed that parallel
notes have been delivered in TOXIC
by the United States. Britain and
France protesting discrimination
against their merchant shipping on
the Yangtze River.
The British note, described as
firmly worded," took the japanese
to account for not keeping their
promise to open the Yangtze River
to British merchant ships after the
capture of HankoW.
japanese have said the dangers
to navigation prevented opening
the river.
Official London sources explained
that while the three notes were
parallel, they were not identical.
Evening star., 1938-11-12
Nozi Mobs Smash All Windows
Of FouIhober's Home in Munich

Soon afterward he expressed dis
satisfaction with the Nazi handling
of the church situation. He banned
marriages between Catholics and
the so-called Nazi neo-pagans. He
challenged Nazi attempts to curb
Catholic rights. In February, 1895,
an audience in Munich shouted
Hang him. but in a subsequent
pastoral letter he exhorted Catholics
to stand fast in their faith.
He deplored what he called the
alienation of German youth from
the church. pleaded with the Nazis
for an evidence of good will, was
jeered when he expressed hope, in
February, 1887, that the German
government would live up to its ac-
cord with the Holy See Early this
year he denounced Nazis. insisted
Catholics were being prosecuted. and
was assailed for his stand by Wag-
ner,
Evening star., 1938-11-12
Chest Workers Cdrrv
Appeal Of Needy
Into D. {. Homes
$70l 900 Must Be Raised
By Monday to Keep
Up Necessary Pace

With one-third of their campaign
goal to raise by Monday, volunteer
Community Chest workers concen-
trated their efforts today on bring
ing the appeal of Washington S
needy and underprivileged into the
homes Of prospective contributors.
Herbert L. Willett, jr., Chest di-
rector, said that $70l 900 must be re-
ported at the meeting Monday to
keep up the pace necessary to
achieve the goal of So, ,127 900 by No.
vember %.
Although the workers must raise
an additional $30l 900, or 1874 per
cent of the goal, before the meeting
Mr.. Willett said he thought the
three-day interim since the last re-
port meeting on Thursday would
produce good results. especially on
the front of house toulouse appeals
Will Visit in Homes.
The four units making home solici-
tations. he said. will have had a
holiday and week end to visit pros
pective contributors in their homes
ana SnOuld De able 10 carry heaviest
part of the load, although good re-
ports are also expected from the
Government and Group Solicitation
Units.
At the Thursday meeting. $408,735
or 1921 per cent of the goal was re-
ported. Mr.. Willett said he figured
each report meeting should bring
the campaign approximately Ill
per cent nearer S2,127 900, since nine
report meetings have been scheduled
during the campaign. The Monday
meeting will be the third chance
for the volunteer to report. Meet
ings are scheduled through Friday
of next week and Monday and Tues
day of the following week
While workers took advantage of
the holiday yesterday to visit homes,
the Chests Information Bureau also
was on the job, directing the needy
and the troubled to the Chest agen-
cies that would help them.
Among the appeals to the bureau
,See CHEST Page Abb
Evening star., 1938-11-12

The City of Frankfort n-the-'
Main reported that all male Jews
between the ages of 18 and 80 had
been rounded up in police stations
and confined to provisional camp
in an exhibition hall.
1t was understood that Jews held
in Frankfort were being compelled
to pay for food and board and that
the Jewish Relief Committee was
providing money for those unable
to pay for themselves.
Some of the arrests in Berlin were
said to have been made for the Jews
own protection, others for illegal
possession of weapons and still
others among alleged criminal ele-
mentS.
Barred From Public Affairs.
Goebbels, in his capacity as Presi-
dent of the Reich Culture Chamber,
also issued an order forbidding the
presence of Jews in any movie house,
theater, concert hall or at other pub
lie presentation.
Goebbels in his announcement
said Germany previously had pro-
vided cultural outlets for the Jews
Proprletors of theaters and con-
Evening star., 1938-11-12
Jews, in Tears, Begging Visos
At u. S. Consulate in Berlin

those standing in line patiently hour
after hour merely wanted to be
under an extraterritorial roof to
prevent arrest.
Somehow they appeared to feel
sheltered, even though but for a
few hours, under the protection of
the American flag.
Consular officials made their de-
ductions from the fact that when
such persons finally had their turn
their questions we're vague, indi-
eating they had no definite plans
for emigration. Applicants usually
have the local Jewish Relief Com
mittee give them all the preliminary
information.
The consular officials, like other
foreign observers, expressed the be-
lief that the present anti-Jewish
campaign was being aimed at the
best exponents of the Jewish race
in Germany-the elite. so to speak.
The raids also appeared to be
directed only Ut men.
Evening star., 1938-11-12

cert halls will be fined if they allow
Jews to enter, the announcement
said.
Showdown" Threatened.
Jews, after two days of violence
and anti-Semitic terror. received an
additional threat of a showdown" I"
The warning was contained in the
newspaper Fraenkische Tages-zei-
tung of Julius Streicher, strongly
anti-Jewish editor and Governor of
Franconia, which called 457 mass
meetings throughout that district
next week.
Another warning was sounded by
Goebbels, who told foreign news
papermen yesterday that Jews
abroad hold the key to the fate of
Jews IN Germany and indicated
today in Adolf Hitler's newspaper,
Voelkischer Beobachter, that there
would be more grief in store for
German Jews if those abroad do not
cease what he called "misrepre-
sentations and distortions" of hap
penings here.
A ban was promulgated on the
possession by Jews of firearms, am
(See GERMAN, Page AID
Evening star., 1938-11-12
Lonqshoremun Is Held
In Nuzi Ship BIust
By the Associated Press.

by the hSSOClkJeQ fTeSS.
OAKLAND, Calf, Nov. 12-An
Oakland longshoreman was held for
further questioning today concern
ing remarks authorities said might
have connection with the blast
that disabled the Nazi ship VAN
couver.
Herbert Huntsman, So, the long
shoreman, denied any connection
with the incident. His diary showed
ne was home with a cold November
3 when the Hamburg American Line
freighter was crippled by an unex-
planned explosion.
Huntsman, who had been working
with a stevedore gang unloading
the ship. was arrested yesterday on
complaint of the ships fourth Off
Ger, Albert Won Stritsky. The latter
said the longshoreman followed him
about the ship and yelled:
"Nazi, eh? The next time I hit
this ship Ill put it down in deep
water, where nothing will be saved
and nobody will be saved"
Evening star., 1938-11-12
70 FIND YOUR NE|GHBORS

Tomorrow The Star will print a valuable reference
map in the center of the Rotogravure Section the FIRST
far The Star knows, giving the locations by subd
vision Names of all OF the residential and business
muntes in and about Washington.
The map is furnished with index guide listing the
name of each subdivision and is keyed for ready and
quick reference with corresponding numbers and letters
the margins
You will want to keep copy of this map hand.
You will nd useful and interesting Watch for it tomor
row In The Sunday Star.
Evening star., 1938-11-12
Five Drown When Car
P|unges Into Creek
Near Alexandria
Heavy Fog OPscures
Uneuorded Curve-Two
Women Among Victims

Five colored persons were drowned
in Hunting Creek at the southern
limit of Alexandra early today when
their sedan ran off an unguarded
curve on U. S. Highway No. l in a
heavy fog and plunged into water
10 feet deep.
A sixth occupant of the car. James
Bernard Holloway. also colored, 80,
of 2449 P street NV, worked his
way out through a front window
and managed to gain footing on
the submerged top. He was all but
exhausted by the under water bat
tie, but succeeded in swimming to
shore.
Three men and two women were
drowned. The men were identified
by Holloway as Timothy Covington
Is, the driver. and his brother, Will
liam. "a, of 2449 P street NV. anG
John Watlington, Is, of 1920 Eleventh
street NV.
Holloway said he did not know
the two young women, one of whom
was about l9 years old and the
other about %.
Bodies Being Identified.
The bodies were removed to the
Lewis funeral home at Alexandria
pending Identification. Police said
one of the women was believed
to be Elizabeth Lockett, %, of the
100 block of T street NV
The party was returning to Wash
ington about 1890 am. in a dense
fog. There is curve on the
southern approach to the bridge
over Hunting Creek. The curve is
unmarked and contains no guard
rail. The car continued straight,
missing the bridge and running
down an embankment into deep
water
Holloway told Alexandria police
he was on the back seat. He said
when the car submerged it was
every man for himself" with the
panic-stricken occupants struggling
to escape.
Holloway, police said, managed
to force his way over the front
seat and through a window. He
was under treatment at Alexandria
Hospital today for exposure and
shock.
Car Dragged From Mud.
Within a few minutes after the
accident police arrived at the scene
With the aid of Robert Arnold. a
boatman living nearby, lines were
put about the car and it was hauled
from the muddy bottom with the
aid of an automobile crane on shore
Meanwhile. State and Fairfax
County police assisted. while Alex
andria firemen played searchlights
on the scene.
Fog hampered the operations. and
only four bodies were recovered after
the car was raised. Police returned
to the scene after daylight and re-
covered the body of the other man
The automobile was only slightly
damaged. The place where the
accident occurred is regarded by
motorists familiar with the vicinity
as one of the most dangerous on
the busy Washington Richmond
highway.
Evening star., 1938-11-12
BY the Associated Press.


BERLIN, Nov. 12.-The American
consulate was pathetic sight to-
day as hundreds of Jews, many in
tears, milled around begging for
preferred treatment on their visa
applications.
Many were women who, when
questioned, said their husbands had
been arrested in the anti-Jewish
campaign of the past two days.
Often they broke down in the midst
of their story.
Consular officials said that Thurs
day-the day the Nazis smashed
windows and burned synagogues-
was unusually quiet at the consulate
because Jews then did not even
venture into the streets. Friday
the consulate was closed on account
of Armistice Day and today the
visa seekers came in uhrongs.
But there were not only visa
seekers. Consular officials had a
definite impression that many Of
Evening star., 1938-11-12
Chinese F|eeinq
Enemy Along
Upper Yangtze
Migration Is One Of
Biggest Seen in
Far East
BACKGROUND

Balm Nd
japanese captured Canton and
HdnkoU last month and hare
pursued armies of Gen. Chianq
Rai-Shek deeper into interior OF
China. Gen. Chang has estab-
hShed provisional capital at
Chungktn9 and S1Dorn to con-
tine resistance to Japan to the
last. Meanwhile, Japan has
taken steps to unity her puppet
governments in China.
Py the Associated Press
SHANGHAI, Nov. 12.-Thousands
of Chinese civilians fed from towns
and villages along the upper Yang
TIE today as the japanese carried
their invasion into hitherto un-
touched areas 1000 miles inland.
Inc mass migration. one of the
greatest ever seen in the Far East.
was inspired by fear of intensified
air bombings by the oncoming in
vaders who early today occupied
Yochow, l22 miles up the Yangtze
from HankoW
Hundreds of Chinese were moving
on for the third or fourth time.
The Chinese press reported large
numbers had been killed and manned
by japanese bombers operating from
HankoW and striking at towns all
the way to China's borders.
1000 Killed or Hurt.
A dispatch from ChungKing, the
provisional capital, said 1000 civil
lans were killed or wounded Thurs
day when l0 Japanese planes raided
towns and cities in Human Province.
The capture of YochoW. important
rail and river center. placed the
japanese within 80 miles of Chang
sha. capital of Human Province and
next goal in the inland drive. The
invaders Immediately moved on from
YochoW, one column following the
railroad southwark and the other
moving westward through hilly
country.
With the fall of Yochow, the Jap
anese reported the Chinese were
withdrawing from their long held
Sui River line protecting Nanchang,
Chinese air base in Kiangsi Province.
Sorties by Irregulars.
Foreign military observers arriv-
ing in Hong Kong from Canton said
that reported Chinese attacks" in
the vicinity of Canton were mostly
sorties by small bands of irregulars.
The Chinese. however, insisted they
had recaptured a number of towns
/ within a few miles of the South
China metropolis. They also said
they had captured Lungmoon, 20
miles northwest of Canton.
While japanese column was ad-
vancing overland from Hankow
against Shasi 304 miles up tho
Yangtze, almost the entire popula-
ton of that important port was be-
ing evacuated by steady stream Of
boats, most of which headed for
WanhSein, 278 miles further up the
river. WanhSein already was over
crowded with refugees pouring in
from all directions
Sisters Stay in ShaSi.
Fifteen American Franciscan sis
ters were reported planning to re-
main in Shasi regardless of possible
danger.
From 1chang, 387 miles upstream
from Hankow, more thousands were
fleeing into the interior, carrying all
their possessions into mountain
hideouts. Similar scenes were being
enacted at Kiangkow. Itu, Tungshi,
and many smaller ports.
Still more thousands were fleeing
into the country from Changsha and
towns along the railroad down which
the japanese are advancing toward
Changsha.
Evening star., 1938-11-12
Cumberland Woman
Dies in Auto Crash
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatc to The Star.
HAGERSTOWN, Md, Nov. 12.-
Miss Mary M. Reynolds, q, Cumber-
land, Md, bookkeeper, was instantly
killed and Paul E. Powers, Hancock,
Md, slightly injured early today
when the car in which they were pas
sengers hit a guard rail on the Ma
tional highway IS miles west Of here,
throwing both of them out. Ray
Coffman, Cumberland, who was
driving the Powers car, and Mrs.
Coffman, in the front seat beside
him, were not injured. An inquest
will be held by afternoon.