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Evening star., 1939-02-06
Two WeII.Armed Youths
Held in Robbery Cases

Two youths, walking "arsenals"
when they were arrested yesterday,
were being investigated today in
connection with Is recent burglaries
in the Northwest section.
The boys, one 16 and the other
II, were each armed with three
pistols when Detective Sergt. Robert
Murray and Policeman c. r. Rob-
erts of the sixth precinct nabbed
them at Fifth and Sheridan streets
N. w. The officers said one of the
boys attempted to draw a gun but
was quickly overpoWered.
Later, in the home of one Of
them, the officers found two more
pistols, 12-gauge shotgun, 20
boxes of cartridges, burglars tools,
numerous pass keys, a jimmy, and
loot there and in the others home
valued at $780,
1--WE intended to saw off the bar
rel of the shotgun and use it in
robberies," the officers quoted the
boys as saying.
officers, tipped off about the boys,
first spied them yesterday near
Sixth and Van Buren streets trying
to break into house. They escaped
then by fleeing down an alley and
later were picked up at Fifth and
Sheridan streets.
They are held at the Receiving
Home.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Spain
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made the route from France by
plane or ship the most practical one
to Valencia and Central Spain.
Premier Negrin was said to have
the support of Army and trade union
leaders If he decides to carry on the
war, clinging to two slim possibili-
ties that might be of aid: The out
break of a general war. which might
bring the French to oust italian in
fluence in insurgent Spain split
among the rival insurgent factions,
variously favoring full-fledged Fas-
cism, restoration of the monarchy,
or moderate rightist government.
Generalissimo Frances armies
were at Figueras. 16 miles from the
border post of LIE Perthus. this
morning To the west, they were
at SEQ de Urgel, Is miles from the
frontier town of Puigcerda.
In both main frontier passes. they
were on the main highway to the
border 1t appeared to be only a
1AdtpOA Va l1OuAS bC1OlC oCll. + Oil.
cos red and gold banner. that Of
the old Spanish monarchy, would
fly at the frontier.
French troops massed along their
side of the border. bringing military
order to prevail over the chaos of
defeated government troops and
haggard refugees milling from Spain
into France
One source of anxiety over possible
border incidents was dispelled when
diplomatic authorities reported
French officials here received assur-
ances from the insurgent command
that Italian troops would not ap-
proach the frontier.
Border Closed During Night.
The French government had
agreed to open the border yesterday
to Spanish troops seeking to enter.
It was closed to them during the
night because of the difficulty of
disarming them in the darkness. But
1t opened hurriedly again at 4:35
am. at LIE Perthus.
The first unit to pass was cav
airy platoon which was assigned I'M
mediately to escort a column of
ragged, disorganized, disarmed troops
to concentration camp at LIE Boulou
Following the cavalrymen came a
steady file of beaten men.
President Azana was followed to
France by all moderate members Of
the government, President Luis
Companys of Catalonia, President
Jose Antonio de Aguirre of the
Basque provinces, and most of their
ministers.
After them came the army and
the new flood of refugees. More
than $4,000 already had fled into
France since the fall of Barcelona,
January 26.
Reports reaching the border this
morning said that insurgent troops
entered Ripoll, an important road
and rail center, between Eastern
and Western Catalonia.
Evening star., 1939-02-06

INDIANAPOLIS, IND-McNUTT FOR PRESIDENT-Thus reads
this sign shown hanging outside the headquar
ters downtown hotel which Paul " McNutts
paign nomination the presidency 1910
getting McNu high commissioner for the
Philippines former Indiana P. Wrephoto
Evening star., 1939-02-06

the border area refrained from
bombing Spanish government troop
concentrations.
Mr.. Jerram's action calling in
surgent attention to Premier Neg
rims overture did not amount to Off
cial mediation, it was argued here.
Third party peace moves were ham,
pered by the swift course of the war.
THE Spanish government appar-
emily has left SPAIN one informed
source said, land we do not know
whether they are actually holding
together"
Premier Negrin and other min
listers had fled into France. The
border, already opened to civilian
refugees. was being crossed by tens
of thousands of government militia
men in retreat from the insurgents
northward drive.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Complete Surrender
Reported Francois
Demand for Peace
Neerin's Three Points
Termed Unacceptable
By Insurgents
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb 6-Spanish in
surgent authorities were reliably re-
ported today to have informed the
British government their peace
terms were unconditional surren-
der" of the Spanish government.
This disclosure came on the heels
of a report in authoritative quarters
that Britain and France were max
ing fresh attempt to mediate the
two -and-one- -half-year-old war in
Spain.
Informed sources said c. B. Jer-
ram. assistant to the British agent
at Burgos, insurgent capital, had
called the attention of Generals
simo Frances regime to a three
point peace offer by DR.. Juan Negrin,
premier of the Spanish government.
Terms Unacceptable.
The insurgents were said to have
told Mr. Jerram fatty that these
terms were utterly unacceptable. -
One of Premier Negrin's points
called for an insurgent guarantee
against foreign influence in Spain.
Mr.. Jerram. it was understood,
then requested the insurgents to
refrain from any action that would
cause unnecessary bloodshed."
1nsurgent rejection of Premier
Negrin's peace terms was said to
have led to Frances decision to open
the Pyrenees frontier to the gov
ernment army now in retreat from
Catalonia.
While British officials were disap-
pointed by the insurgent refusal to
consider mediation, there were indi-
cations that the British request for
mercy in the Catalonian cleanup ap-
parently had some effect. 1t was
reported insurgent planes flying over
Evening star., 1939-02-06
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and a voice that sometimes
cracked with emphasis before q
tense and stunned courtroom.
AS soon as he finished the jury
was called in and told by Justice
laws that he had found it neces-
sary to recess the trial until to-
morrow and he could not at this
time disclose the reason for this.
The jury, which is in court custody
throughout this trial, then was taken
away to the hotel where the II
men and l woman have been
staying.
The attorneys did not speak
throughout the brief proceeding.
AS soon as the jurors had left court
Justice Laws adjourned and left
the bench. Deputy marshals i'm
mediately stepped forward and
took Emmitt, Charles Rags) and
Leo Warning into custody and
placed them in the prison cell on
the third floor of the new Police
Court Building, where Justice Laws
court is situated. The three BROTH
ers looked astounded, but Leo man
aged to smile at one of the deputies
when he placed q hand on the old.
est brothers shoulder.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Rain Tonight to Delay
EdU of Potomac

More rain tonight and tomorrow
was expected to delay the fall of
the Potomac, which approached
flood stage along the water front for
a few hours last night.
The forecast said rain tonight
and probably tomorrow morning;
slightly warmer tonight, with a low
of about 81 degrees" The mercury
got down to freezing early today.
The flood crest on the rain-filled
Potomac reached Washington about
5 pm. yesterday. but the highest
water came after o'clock at high
tide. At that time the river was
slightly over the seawall. but began
to fall before any damage resulted.
Evening star., 1939-02-06

now Chief Justice Of the United
States. was counsel, Mr.. Douglas
disclosed that the present appraisal
will take the same starting point,
namely, consideration of insur-
ance company managements and
how they are selected. Since nearly
90 per cent of the assets of all in
surance companies are those of the
mutual groups, the committees ex-
animation will concentrate on these
concerns first.
Control by Policyholders.
THE control of mutual COM
pany." Mr.. Douglas said, rests
legally with the policyholders who
are given the opportunity of voting
for the directors and, through the
directors, of appointing those who
are to run the affairs of their COM
pany. The Armstrong Committee
reported that the election machinery
of the mutual companies was such
as to prevent any independent ex-
preston of policyholder viewpoint.
Notwithstanding their theoretical
rights, policyholders were found to
have no effective control over the
management of their companies.
Through the device of proxies and
otherwise, the then officials of such
companies were found to occupy, as
the Armstrong report put it, 'unas-
sailable positions and to exercise
'despotic powers over the companies.
Only an extremely insignificant
number of policyholders exercised
their right to vote. The Armstrong
Committee stated that the most
fertile of abuses in life insurance
administration had been the sense of
responsibility of the officials then
in power. That was in 1906.
Since 1906 there has been a tre-
mendous and spectacular growth of
insurance. At that time there were
1873 legal reserve companies with
aggregate assets of $2,924,253, ,848.
That was on December 81, 1906. On
December 81, 1887, there were 308
legal reserve companies with aggre-
gate assets of 6,249 ,049, PIG, and by
the end of 1888 the amount Of those
total assets had further increased
by nearly $500, 900, 900.
Three individual companies in
1906 each commanded approximately
one-half billion dollars in assets.
The Armstrong Committee recon-
mended that they should not be
permitted to grow beyond one-half
billion in size. Yet today each of
these three companies commands
well over a billion dollars in assets.
One of them, the New York Life
Insurance Co., has grown from ap-
proximately 100000 in assets tV
81 SIC, 900 900 in assets. The Metro
politan Life Insurance Co., which
then had assets of only $176, ,0O0, 900,
now has assets totaling close to
S., 900 100000 This tremendous
growth is itself cause for inquiry"
AS the Monopoly Committee began
its inquiry, a subcommittee of the
Senate Interstate Commerce Com
mittee, in report on the part life
insurance companies play In railroad
reorganizations, called on the COM
panies to exercise their superior
position" to halt "the notorious re-
currence of American railroad fail
ures."
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Ships Sunk at La SeIvo,
Insuroents Announce

BURGOS, Spain. Feb. 6 (P).-In-
surgent headquarters announced to-
day that insurgent planes had sunk
several small ships at La Selva, eight
miles below the French frontier on
the Mediterranean.
The planes which bombed and
machine-gunned the port also were
reported to have destroyed govern
ment munitions dumps.
An air raid against the govern
ment's last airport near La Selva
was said to have disorganized re-
treating government troops.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Congress Told Utility
Holding Companies
Aid in Regulation
Are Cooperating With
S. E. c., Douglas Says
At House Hearing
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Congress was told today that the
public utility holding companies now
are cooperating wholeheartedly
with the Securities and Exchange
Commission which Congress ordered
to regulate them.
William o. Douglas. S. E. c.
chairman, informed a House Appro-
priations Committee in testimony
made public today that the utility
companies have started taking the
lead" in submitting plans to comply
with the Public Utility Holding
Company Act.
Il feel that the end product will
be healthy and strong companies,
adhering to conservative financial
standards" Mr.. Douglas said. That
means taking the water out; it
means cutting out fancy financial
practices. 1t means placing the
whole industry upon a conservative
financial basis.
e That technical job is the biggest
technical job that any Government
agency has ever taken on. We have
the industry working with us. Their
plans are in and things are moving
along in way that at this time
a year ago 1 could not possibly
imagine
Mr.. Douglas said cooperation of
the companies had followed the Su-
,preme Court decision upholding con-
stitutionality of the Holding Com
pany Act.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
T. V. A. to Take Up Cities
Participation in Sale

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Feb. tHp.-
Officials of the Tennessee Valley
Authority set to work today on the
problem of determining the extent
to which individual cities will par
ticipate in T. v. AS s78,600, 900 pur-
chase of Tennessee electric prop
critics controlled by Commonwealth
& Southern Corp.
The utility sale. involving large
area now served by the Tennessee
Electric Power Co., principal c. & S.
unit in Tennessee, was announced
late Saturday after months of nego-
tiations.
Reaction to the deal from the
territory was generally favorable.
T. v. A. officials stressed that the
proposed program was entirely
voluntary.
In New York some leading eX-
ecutives predicted the apparently
amicable settlement of the six-year
fight between the utilities and the
national administration over the
T. V. A would bring about a major
improvement in business.
In all, the Tennessee Electric
Power Co. serves 200 incorporated
towns and about the same number
of unincorporated communities, rep
resenting 10000 customers in 81
counties.
James A. Krug, chief power engi-
neer for T. V. A., explained that if
any community should decline to
participate in the deal, it would con-
tinue to be served by Tennessee
Electric at present rates. which are
higher than the T. V. A. schedule.
The purchase plan calls for the
municipalities to buy distribution
systems within their city limits and
adjacent areas, and for T. v. A. to
take over generating transmission
facilities.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
New RefugeesF|ee
From Ohio River
Flood Path
Light, General Rains
Fall in Valley as ESQ
Move in Cincinnuti
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 6.-New refu-
gees were moved from the path
of the flooded Ohio River near
Cincinnati today as others started
returning to their homes at Hunt
ington, w. Va, and other up-river
spots.
Light, general rains fell in the
valley as w. p. A. trucks evacuated
some 250 Cincinnati area families
In towns along the serpentine
stream. Because of falling or
stationary stages from Pittsburgh
to Portsmouth, Ohio, the rain 'is not
the type to cause any alarm" said
w. C. Devereaux, the city's veteran
meteorologist-fiood forecaster.
10000 Refugees Protected.
An estimated 10000 refugees were
cared for by emergency relief
agencies.
Marshall College co-eds evacuted
dormitory at Huntington, w. Va.
City officials modified "mop-up"
squads to clear debris left there
by high water. An estimated 1000
Huntington refugees began similar
tasks in their homes.
Schools were dismissed in many
river communities to avert disease
dangers.
The threat of serious flood dis
aster abated today as the Ohio
River f1attened out from Pittsburgh
to Portsmouth, Ohio. Already lap
ping at lowland homes from Point
Pleasant, w. Va, to Carrollton, KY,
down river residents prepared for
the oncoming high tide. On the
basis of a So to SO foot crest from
Huntington, w. Va, to Carrollton,
weather forecasters at Louisville es-
timated the crest there at "a to IS
feet, as against a 28-foot flood level.
Serious damage does not result,
however, unless the water goes be-
yond the 35-foot stage.
Rain Expected Tonight.
Rain was forecast for tonight In
West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio and
Indiana. United States Meteorol-
ogist w. C. Devereaux of Cincinnati
said it would not likely change the
downward trend of the Ohio, and
engineers commented "cloudburst'
would be necessary to halt the fall.
In West Virginia and Kentucky,
where mountain streams covered
housetops before starting to recede,
the Red Cross directed its great
est rehabilitation task. Mrs. Ella
| Layne Brown, executive director of
the Red Cross here, said agencies
would care for 10000 homeless in
Kentucky, Tennessee. West Virginia
and Ohio. Six deaths were reported
as result of the high water.
At Catlettsburg, KY, where the
Big Sandy runs into the Ohio, $50
persons abandoned their homes as
water invaded the business district
The water swirled into Greenup
avenue in Ashland, industrial city
Of $4,000, driving so persons from
homes. The water there reached
COS feet.
500 Seek Shelter.
Mrs Brown reported 500 persons
sought shelter in the Cincinnati
Covington, KY. area during the
night as the water seeped past the
54-foot mark, 2 feet above flood
stage.
There was feet of water in Point
Peasants main street as the Ohio
crested 9 feet above flood level and
started a slow decline. About 100
homes were abandoned there and
| at Ironton, Ohio.
Supplies were sent into South
eastern Kentucky mountain areas
after streams ran through villages
at housetop levels. Typhoid warn
| ings were posted.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Traffic
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the same day the Caldwell boy was
being buried in Milton, Fla.
Doris was struck as she crossed
the street in front of her home.
Police we're told that the car strik-
ing her was driven by woman who,
a few seconds before the accident,
was seen lighting a cigarette.
The child was carried to Casualty
Hospital and treated for contusions
of the face and legs and head in
juries. She was reported improving
today.
In other accidents over the week
end a Washington resident was crit
ically injured in NEARBY Maryland
and several others hurt in traffic
mishaps in the District
John B. Dade, "a, of 1914 Beecher
street NV, was semi-conscious and
in a serious condition today at the
Montgomery County General Hos
pital at Sandy Spring from injuries
he received when his automobile,
travelling, police said, at high rate
of speed, failed to make turn at
Middlebrook and overturned several
times.
Montgomery County Policeman
Alton Harding and Marion Bayhoff,
who said they pursued Mr.. Dade's
automobile from Gaithersburg,
found Mr.. Dade pinned faced down
under the car. They freed him
from the wreckage and took him to
the hospital where it was found
he had a fractured skull and severe
decorations about the head.
In accidents in the District, Mrs
Emily c. Dixon. 88, of 2440 Twen-
tieth street, NV, received lacera-
tions, possible broken leg and pos
sible internal injueies when she was
knocked down by an automobile
at Calvert and Biltmore streets
NV. At Garfield Hospital, her
condition today was reported as
satisfactory.
Machine Overturns.
Mrs. Ida Lewis, So, of 1927 Joy
street NE, a passenger in an auto
mobile driven by Walter G. Chris
tian, 25, of 1882 Joy street NE, was
injured last night when the machine
skidded and overturned at Oregon
D.. avenue and Wise road NV. She was
treated at Walter Reed Hospital
for spine injuries and a fractured
pelvis.
Obey w. Morgan, 81, of 9 Sixth
street NE, received a lacerated lip
when his automobile ran into the
rear of a taxicab in the 700 block
of Pennsylvania avenue Sc.
Charles Breedlove, AZ, and Allison
Wiley. Is, both of Fairfax, Va, were
seriously injured last night when
their car sideswiped two others at
Willow Springs. four miles west of
Fairfax, on the Lee highway.
They were taken to Alexandria
Hospital, Mr.. Breedlove with an in
jured back and Mr.. Allison with
head injuries. possibly a fractured
skull. Mrs Betty Ann Breedlove,
wife of Mr.. Breedlove, who was driv-
ing the car, and Miss Mary Morris
of Chain Bridge, Va, escaped in
jury, according to Fairfax County
police.
The drivers of the other two cars,
Mrs. Annie c. Leathers, so, of Mount
Rainier, Md, and Miss Jane DOMAIN,
Is, Of Jersey City, N. j., sustained
cuts and bruises but were not re-
moved to the hospital. Six passen-
gers in the other two cars were unin-
jpred.
Evening star., 1939-02-06

The Appalachian bituminous coal
fields reach from Pennsylvania
through hundreds of miles of the
great plateau into the heart Of Ala
bama, covering nine States.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-07-08
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-07-08
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