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The Washington times., 1939-01-07
.LOYAL|ST PUSH
ROLLS ONWARD

HEND AYE, French-Spanish
Frontier, Jan. Z Q.N.S0.-Govern-
ment Spain's surprise offensive on
the Estremadura front, which ap-
parently caught the insurgents
mapping and virtually brought
General frances Catalan cam
paign to a standstill, rolled on
ward today.
Between Madrid and Cordoba,
triumphant government forces
have recaptured more than 100
square miles of territory, accord
ing to Barcelona advices. Several
important villages now fly the
government flag, and the troops
of Gen. Jose Miaja are only four
miles from Penarroya, the rich
mining city around which fighting
has centered for two and a half
years.
1nsurgent quarters remained 81
lent regarding developments south
west of Madrid, but dispatches
Continued on Page 2. Col. A.
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RISES.
COLD SLUMPS

LONDON, Jan. 7 G.NS0.-Stil
rising, thanks to replenishing ot
the British exchange equalization
fund, the pound sterling opened
today at $4.67B. This marks ar
advance of 13s cents over Fridays
close.
The rise started yesterday after
a dangerous slump, when golG
bars worth $1,750,OOO,OO0 at cur
rent market prices, were bought
from the Bank of England in
record transactions.
Under such influences as the
Czechoslovakian crisis, the ex
change funds gold holdings
dropped by about $1,00O,OOO, 900
until it reached a low of $500,
900, 900.
Later in the day, gold slumped
812 pence to 148 Shillings nine
pence. Trading was active. The
dollar was maintained around its
opening price.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
SHOTGUN THUG
HUNT SPREADS

Washington and Airing ton
county police joined forces today
in a hunt for the shotgun
bandit" who was foiled in his
latest holdup attempt last night.
The bandit was without his
shotgun today. It was taken from
him in a struggle with two drug
store clerks before he escaped.
Emory johnson and William
Allen, clerks in a drugstore in the
block of North Pershing Drive,
Arlington, were the heroes of the
latest encounter with the youth
who has terrorized washington
and Virginia store owners for
weeks.
Shortly before they closed the
drugstore for the night at II D, M,
a youth masked with a blue ban.
dana handkerchief entered the
establishment and leveled a
sawed-off shotgun at johnson and
Allen. He ordered them to turn
over the contents Of the stores
till, but instead. botC clerks went
over the counter afer the bandit.
Allen tackled the masked youth
While johnson wrenched the
weapon from his hand.
Elmer Spittle ran from a rear
room to join the fray, but the
bandit managed to break away
from the clerks and fled. The
sawed-off gun was turned over to
police, who will examine it for
IfingerprintS,
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Man Seized at Basin
To Face Mind Quiz

Captured by two policemen as
he was climbing over the fence
around the northern rim Of the
Tidal Basin, a 3S-year-old man
was placed in Gallinger Municipal
Hospital today for mental observa-
ton.
Patrolmen H. w. Carmichael
and A. D. Clark, motorcycle men
attached to the traffic bureau, re-
ported they saw Henry r. Ger
hold, of the 34OO block Of Quebec
st. N. W., astride the barrier and
rushed to grab him. The man re-
fused to explain why he was climb
ing over, the officers declared.
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Vigilance of Deputy's Wife
F0ilS Jail Break in VirqiniQ

LURAY, Va, Jan. 7.-Captured
just as he was about to bore clear
through a brick wall in the county
jail here, a 17-year-old desperate
was prevented today from effect
ing the escape of himself and pos
Sible IL other prisoners.
The attempted break was cir
cumvented by the vigilance of
Mrs. Ethel Sedwick, wife Of
Deputy Sheriff Rumsey Sedwick.
Mrs. SedWick, lying in bed,
thought she heard noises in the
nearby jail. At 4 a. m. she was GER
tain something was wrong and
awakened her husband.
Sedwick dashed into the jail
just in time to find Vance Rickard,
Ia youth convicted Of automobile
The Washington times., 1939-01-07

This new development in the
strange and recent series of
events revolving about the sharp
tongued orator who has long di-
rected the propaganda of Nazi-
dom was reported from Berlin
this morning by the London
News Chronicle.
It followed by little more than
a week a widely circulated story
that DR.. Goebbels had been Sc
verely beaten by friends of Ida
B a aarova, Czechoslovak film
beauty who has long been a lead
ing figure in German filmdom.
This incident, which allegedly
sent Goebbels to a hospital,
coupled with other affairs in
which the limping propaganda
potentate was said to have been
involved, reputedly aroused the
wrath of Reichsfuehrer Adolf
Hitler and decided the latter
upon the advisability of remov-
ing Goebbels from his high post.
Such a move has long been al
vocated by Field Marshal Herman
Wilhelm Goering, according to
London reports. Goering and
Goebbels frequently have been
described as arch rivals for the
favor of Hitler.
GoebbelS long led the two.horse
race, these reports said. but Goer-
ing recently has come into closer
and closer contact with the
Fuehrer, and the Baarova incident
was said to have given him an
unequalled opportunity to ease his
rival out of the picture.
According to the News Chronicle,
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
More
About
Mexico

Second of a series of articles
by Fred Paisley, noted news
paperman, on conditions in
Mexico today will be printed
in NJ n d a US Washington
Times.
Paisley, just returned from
an extensive tour of the cOun-
thy across the Rio Grande in
which he investigated all
aspect of Mexican life, re-
turned to America before he
wrote his series, to avoid CEN
SOrship.
In his study, Paisley tells Of
revolution, of legaliZed ter.
rOrism, and confiscation Of
property. Don't miss Pasley's
second article in Mondays
Times.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
Lengthy Hearings

Lengthy hearings were held last
session on all suffrage legislation
by the Judiciary Committee, but
the Congress adjourned before
any action was taken.
Representative Randolph's reso-
tuition, introduced as soon as Con-
gress convened on Tuesday, pro.
vides for constitutional amend
ment that would give the District
proper tional representation in
Congress, and would give the Dis.
trict autonomous control over its
own affairs.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
Motorship Aground
Off Philippine Isles

MANILA, P. l., Jan. 7 Q.N.S0
Carrying IL passengers, including
six women and one child, the
Norwegian motorship Silver Crest,
smashed aground today off Lu-
zcn Island. Helpless in heavy
seas, members valiantly strove to
land a life line. Rescuers were
held back by mountainous waves.
With the ship a total loss and in
danger of splitting in two, grave
concern was felt for the crew and
passengers.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
FROM
ANY 7, %

For Want Ad re-
suits look at the Herald.
Times from any angle.
Circulation? 223,00O,
reaching 3 out of 4 Wash
ington families. Coverage?
The Herald Times give you
want ad 24-hour cOverage
day and night. Cost? You
get TWO big papers at
ONE low price. Results ?
just listen to Mrs. J. Barns,
1924 18th Street, q. And
my want ad brought me a
desirable tenant in quick
order"
It's easy to place a Herald
Times Want Ad. Merely
phone Republic 1884 and
ask for Classified.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
Cheerful Reply

The gray-haired Mooney-whoSe
bitter 22-yearold fight for freedom
has been a cause celebre Of labor
throughout the world-had a
cheerful reply for each inmate.
After all these years. It's only
a matter Of a few minutes now be-
fore vindication and exoneration
are mine!" ~
At Sacramento, Governor Olson
waited for Warden Court Smith to
bring Mooney before him for a
formal pardon hearing. The gov
ernor has declared he Believes
Mooney is innocent.
Governor Olson was determined
to go ahead and grant executive
clemency, in spite of a last-minute
protest by 75-yearold Ben. F. Lam
born, a former county clerk of Ala
media County, whose brother was
killed in the 1916 San Francisco
Preparedness Day bombing out
rage, the crime that sent Mooney
and Warren K. Billings to prison.
Declaring that he had spent
$4,000 investigating the parade
bombing-which killed 10 persons
and injured 40-and that he had
ample evidence that Mooney and
Billings were guilty, Lamborn
threatened to make OlSon's par
don for Mooney the basis for an
(CGnfinued nm paCo CoI n
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
Blaze Across WaY,
So Firemen Walk

If every fire in the territory of
No. 2 Engine Company were like
the one that occurred there last
night, the Smoke-ea wouldn t
need those big, red, shiny engines.
All they had to do was walk di-
rectly across the street from their
station, in the 100 block of
Twelfth st. N. W., and squirt a
few chemicals at a blaze in the
rear of a home.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
Paddock's Selections
AT TROPICAL PARK

AT TKUPICAL PAkk
FIRST RACE-Epitaph, Merry Caroline H-Ginny
SECOND RACE-Aunt Flor Bartering Kate, Sun Madras.
THIRD RACE-Saranite, Harpen Belle, Crimea.
FOURTH RACE-Calumet Farm entry Strouble- Collins
entry, Modern Age.
FIFTH RACE-Harp Weaver, No Sir Xavier.
SIXTH RACE-The Story Quicker, Steel King.
SEVENTH RACE -Ballystratford Headn Home Kindred
Spirit
EIGHTH RACE-Bonosia, Grand Jester Nevercease
BEST EXPERIMENTATION
LONG SHOT DAILY DOUBLE -NIaders and Hustle Along,
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
New Baby Saved
After Mother Dies

NEW ALBANY, Ind, Jan. Z
G.N.SD.-A n-and-one-half
pound baby boy, born through q
Caesarian operation yesterday IS
minutes after the death of the
mother, was reported doing well
in st. Edwards Hospital today.
The mother, Mrs. Vivian Whea,
%, died from a blood clot and
resorted to a Caesarian
operation to save the child.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
Tom Mooney Gets Pardon Today
After Bitter Fight of 22 Years
Gov. Olson Awaits
His Arrival in
Sacramento
Review Of Tom Mooney
case and additional pictures
on Page IL.

SAN QUENTIN PRISON,
CAL, Jan. Z Q.N.S0.-Good-
by, boys! It's farewell forever
to San Quentin!"
With a broad smile and a warm
handshake for everyone-con-
victs, guards and officials alike
56-year-old Tom Mooney, Amer
ica's most celebrated prisoner, to-
day donned a civilian suit and
awaited a trip to Sacramento
where he is to receive a pardon
promised him by Culbert L.
Olson, California's new governor.
In the prison hospital, where he
has been employed for months as
an orderly, convictpatients kept
shouting at Mooney:
"It won't be long now till
you're free!"
The Washington times., 1939-01-07

stealing, removing the last of
enough bricks from his cell wall
to permit him to gain freedom.
Rickard, awaiting transfer to the
House of Correction, had secreted
a spoon from the jail's dining
room and had used it to dig
mortar from between the bricks,
Sedwick explained. Twelve other
prisoners might have fled if he
had been successful in completing
his task.
Besides his sentence for auto
robbery, Rickard may now face
charges of attempting to break
jail, Sedwick said. The youth has
been placed in solitary confine-
ment awaiting decision of author
tiles.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
British Planning
Action on China

LONDON, Jan. 7 G.N.SO.-In-
dependent but parallel action with
the United States to force Japan
to change her attitude regarding
the open door in China is being
considered by Great Britain, it
was learned today.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
Treasury Condition

1.N.SD.-Treasury balance Jan.
5: $3,053,571,020.75 Internal rev.
enue, $11,057, ,414.77; customs re-
ceipts, $2,555, ,366.58; receipts, So
978, ,492,502; expenditures. $685.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07

TROPICAL PARK
FIRST .RACE-Epitaph, Count Cot
ton, Mostly. Izaak Walton.
SECOND RACE-Color Bearer, Time
Row. Kai Sou, Imperial Maryan, High
Treason.
FOURTH RACE-Major B., Donna
Montez. Good star. Master Howard.
Weather cloudy; track, fast.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07

Goebbels will leave the propa-
ganda ministry shortly for the
ostensible purpose of recuperating
from an operation" which was
cited as the official reason for his
long sojourn in a private Berlin
hospital.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
Hunt $250,000 Dope Ring Chiefs in Baltimore
GOebbeLS Eused Out
Via 6-MOnth LeUUe
By HOWARD BERRY

LONDON, Jan. (IN.S)~-The firm conviction of many
European observers that Propaganda Minister Dr. Paul Joseph
Goebbes his way out of the Naz ruling triumvirae
received impetus today with report he will shortly take
a six months "leave of absence"
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
Crew Delivers Dope

Four members Of the Ida's crew
passed the bundles Of narcotics to
Sweeney and the trap was sprung.
In Brooklyl- detectives closed in
on three smugglers to whom
Sweeney had been instructed to
delivxer the dope.
The trio were subdued after sew.
eral shots were fired. They are
being held under $4,000 bail each.
The four members of the Ida'S
crew are held in $4,000 bail each.
The Excalibar returned to Ho.
boken on another voyage yester.
day and Federal agents were
searching her hold today, believing
more narcotics may be secreted
below deck.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
Today's Scratches
rAn cnnnNns

FAIR GROUNDS
FIRST RACE-Instead.
THIRD RACE-Miney, My Gracious.
FIFTH RACE-Joanny. Warlaine, Rea
Play, White Cockade, Whipowill, Grey
Streak.
Weather, clear; track, fast.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
LOST
passenger

BOSTON terrier; pup, female: black and
white. tan; harness; peggy" Ii. $3.50.
GOLD-FILLED costume bracelet. vic. l4th
& L Sta N. W.: Ma. 9160: reward.
MALE seottie named "Skippy." Reward.
SHep b672-M.
SCoTTIE-Black, name "Bonnie"; male; !;
reward. AID. 4SlS.
WRIST WATCH lady's gold Illinois, green
ring box. Rev. KEnsington 27S.
(Other Lost and Found Ads on
Page 16, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
DIES INQUIRY
SHIFT Seen AS
ST|FL|NG MOVE
Further Committee
Probing Opposed
BY WILLIAM S. NEAL

G.N.S.) A movement to stifle
the Dies House Un-American Ac.
tivities Committee by shifting the
whole question of Communist,
Nazi and Fascist activities to the
Department of Justice was
launched among House members
today.
The announcement by Presi.
dent Roosevelt that Attorney
General Murphy will investigate
alleged violations of criminal law
cited by the Dies committee was
seized upon by foes of the com.
mittee as an argument for their
proposal.
First House Democratic leader
to announce preference for a De
partment of Justice investigation
was Representative Pat Boland
party whip. Thus far both Speaker
Bankhead and Representative
Rayburn Of Texas, majority leader,
have declined to commit them
selves on requested continuation
Of the Dies committee for two
wears.
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$4,000 Asked

While foes Of the committee vel
coined the Department Of Justice
investigation, Dies and Represen
tative Starnes CD Of Alabama
committee members, said that it
strengthened the position Of the
committee in asking $150,00O and
authority to prolong its inquiry.
The committee is adjourned, at
least temporarily, as its funds are
completely exhausted.
Whether the Department Of
Justice investigation will be limited
to the evidence submitted by the
Dies committee, or whether it will
cover a broad field, may affect the
result Of the House fight.
II have thought for sometime
that the Department of Justice
could dc a more effective job of
investigating un-American activi-
ties" said Democratic Whip Bo-
land. "I believe that it is the
prerogative of the department. I
think there would be a certain
amount Of duplication between
a Justice department and a COM
mittee inquiry.
''Inquiry Sufficient"
'Then, too, the Dies commit
tee has investigated enough to
recommend legislation. If legis-
lation is necessary to stop these
un,American activities, it should
be brought in"
Representative Dempsey CD
Of New Mexico, member of the
Dies committee who frequently
has criticized its methods, well
coined the Department of Justice
inquiry. A thorough investigation
Continued on Page 2, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
DRUG RUNNERS
SEIZED after
RAID ON SHIP
Trapped by Officer
Posing as CRATER
picture On Page y

BALTIMORE, Md, Jan. 2.
Search for ringleaderS Of the
dope-smuggling gang exposed
after New York police seized
$250,00O worth, of narcotics follow.
ing a midnight gun battle, spread
to the Baltimore waterfront today.
The Italian tramp steamer Ida,
from which 1913 pounds Of mar.
cotics were passed to Detective
John Sweeney. Who posed as a
grating" policeman, was due to
dock here tomorrow.
Regular Port of Call
Baltimore is one of the Ida'S
regular ports of call and Federal
agents are working on the theory
that her crew members frequently
Smuggled narcotics ashore here.
Sweeney established contact
with the dope ring last fall and
in November was entrusted with
a 5000 package of narcotics from
the italian freighter Excalibar.
The detective carried out instruc.
tions Of the smugglers so explicitly
that He won their complete conf.
dence and was able to set one Of
the most elaborate police traps
sprung in recent years.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
REP. summers
PUSHES STUDY
ON DC. BALLOT
Pledges Early Quiz
On District Bills

Announcing his deep interest
in the suffrage movement" Repre-.
sentative Hatton w. Summers D0,
Of Texas, chairman of the House
Judiciary Committee, today prom
ised early consideration of bills
to give suffrage to the voteless
District of Columbia.
The veteran Texas member said
that he will present the suffrage
question to his committee for con-
sideration as soon as the commit
tee is organized.
TGOO Measures
Two suffrage measures are al
ready before the committee. The
first is a resolution introduced
by Representative Jennings Ran
dolph (D), West Virginia, slated
to be chairman Of the House Dis
trict Committee, which would give
the District both national y repre-
sentation and a republican form
Of government for the city itself.
The other, sponsored by Rep
resentative Mary T. Norton CD0,
Of New Jersey. former chairman
Of the committee on the District,
provides only for national repre-
Sentation. -
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
THE HERALD AND TIMES

is the only newspaper or.
ganizatiOn in the Nations
Capital which offers a com.
plete "a hour around.the.
clock cOverage of news, pic.
lures and features.
Evening star., 1939-09-14
Attaches Of Congress
Recalled From Vacations

A score or more Capitol policemen
and elevator operators vacationing
in various parts of the country
were telegraphed late yesterday to
return to Washington Immediately
and be ready to 60 back to work
before Congress convenes in special
session September 81.
While the extra session will
abruptly halt the vacations of these
employees, there are many others at
the Capitol, it was said, who have
not yet been away on leave who
may be deprived of any rest period
this year.
At the same time, preparations
were made at the Capitol to provide
additional protection for members
of Congress and the building itself
during the period of the national
emergency. Recommendations al
ready have been made to the joint
police board of the Senate and
House for resurrection of some of
the protective measures in force
during the World War. One of
these would require all persons en-
tering the Capitol to check cameras
and packages with policemen sta
toned at the doors Visitors now
are permitted to bring cameras into
the building but are not allowed to
take them in either the Senate or
House galleries.
Evening star., 1939-09-14
Bridges Witness
Demands Open Court
For Testimony
Anti-RudicuI Prober
Wants to Clear Self
Of Former Charges
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. IA
Stanley M. Doyle, anti-radical in
vestigator, went into Federal Court
today to learn whether he must
testify secretly or openly in the
Harry Bridges deportation case. He
baked yesterday at giving deposi-
ton sought by attorneys for the
West Coast labor leader
Mr.. Doyle, Lamberton, Mimi, and
Chicago lawyer. has been called a
''mainspring" in a conspiracy" to
deport Bridges.
He arrived here after the close of
the formal hearing, in which Labor
Department attorneys sought to
show Bridges, an Australian subject,
should be deported because he be-
longed to an organization advocat-
Ing violent overthrow of the United
States Government.
Former PrOber.
Mr.. Doyle, who investigated as
serted anti-radical activities on the
West Coast before establishing law
practice in the Middle West, told re-
porters he would talk freely in giving
the deposition before substitute
Labor Department examiner and
counsel for the defense and immi-
grafton Office.
This session, which Examiner
James NJ. Lands ordered held be-
hind closed doors before he left for
his Harvard classroom, began on an
argumentative note yesterday and
ended in a f1asco
Before Mr. Doyle would testify he
demanded expense money. After a
two-hour argument he was given a
check for $131. Then he answered
two questions which established his
identity and refused to testify fur
ther on the ground he had been ac-
cused in the open hearing of numer-
Gus wrongdoings and wanted to clear
himself in similar hearing.
John G. Clarkson of the Securi-
ties and Exchange Commission, pre-
siding, said he could not change
Dean Lands order. The session
broke up, with Mr. Doyle rushing for
the bank to cash the check and De-
fense Attorney Richard Gladstein
scurrying for telephone to stop
payment.
Advice Sought on Check.
Bank officials were in quandary
because the check bore Dean Landis'
signature They held up payment
while awaiting advice from their at
torneys today.
Meanwhile, United States Attor-
ney Frank J. Hennessy announced
he would appear before Federal
Judge A. F. st. Sure to seek an or
der compelling Mr.. Doyle to testify
or face contempt action.
H. w. Clemson, Mr.. Doyle's attor-
ney, said his client would talk freely
If Judge St. Sure ordered him to
testify in open session, but Mr.. Hen
messy pointed out Labor Department
hearings almost invariably were
closed affairs, the recent Bridges
hearing being a rare exception.
Evening star., 1939-09-14
Durunt to Ask Probe
Of Wallace Department,
M thu Ascaciatad prarc

By the Associated Press.
FLINT, Mich, Sept, 14.-W. C.
Durant, founder of General Motors
Corp, notified Secretary Wallace in
q letter last night that he will re-
quest an investigation of the De-
partment of Agriculture at the next
regular session of Congress.
Mr.. Durant, for many years a
leading figure in the automobile in
dustry, said his request would be
based on an Agriculture Depart
ment complaint charging him and
six others with cheating, defraud-
ing, misleading and falsely report
ing to persons in connection with
wheat future contracts" in the Chi
cago grain market.
Evening star., 1939-09-14
Flax for Tents

Flax covering more than 1000
acres, part on the royal estate at
Sandringham, was harvested recent
ly in England and much of it will
be converted into tents and naval
canvasses in large factory which
has been erected in a secluded part
of the estate.
Evening star., 1939-09-14
llf Socks and AnkIets

Some Discontinued Patterns.
Navy, tan, brown and other smart
colors in anklet, half sock and junior
sock styles. All woven of fine mercer
lied cottons some with lastex cuffs
to keep them in place. Sizes 6 to 1917
In lot.
KAnn's-Street Floor,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-01
P. 0. STAFF PLANS
 FOR HOLIDAY RUSH

Prospective employees of the local post office during the Christmas holiday rush will be given charts of the sections of the city to memo rize, together with chart of the various classifications of the mails, Postmaster Charles A. Babin said today.
 These tests" are not in the na- ture of civil service examinations the postmaster said, but basis to measure the speed, retentiveness, and efficiency of the applicants.
 Speed is at premium during the Christmas stampede, the postmaster said, and accuracy is equally as i'm portant.
 Those registered as eligible for the positions now will be given first choice when time to select addition al workers comes around. Unem- ployed applicants may e;ioect con- Sideration in tne