Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1935, Page 1

¢ WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast) Generally about 28 degrees tonight; fair, lowest temperature tomorrow cloudy and warmer; moderate northerly winds. Temperatures—Highest, 45, at 3 p.m. yes- terday; lowest, 32, at 1 a.m. today. Full report on page A-. 13. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 21, 22, 23 Entered as se: No. 33,456. — cond class matter D. post office, Washington, U. S. HOSPITAL BOMBED BY ITALIANS IN AIR RAID ON PALACE AT DESSYE <. Civilians Slain. Emperor Is Unhurt. 12 ARE KILLED, 200 WOUNDED Adventists Leave! Danger Zone in Time. BACKGROUND— Air-minded for many years of dictatorship, Mussolini has given Italy one of strongest air fighting forces in world; sent most capable squadrons to Ethiopia early in war maneuvers there. Among fighting aviators are two sons and son-in- law of Il Duce; latter told weeks ago of “strafing” Ethiopian village. Poor in planes, Ethiopia also has been poor in hospital facilities, counted greatly upon aid of Amer- ican institutions, three of which are supported by Seventh-Day Adven- tist group, with headquarters in Washington. (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press.) WITH EMPEROR HAILE SELAS- SIE AT DESSYE, Ethiopia, December 6.—Italian war planes struck at Em- peror Haile Selassie’s headquarters to- day, bombing and machine gunning troops, civilians, the Emperor’s palace and the American Seventh-Day Ad- ventist Hospital indiscriminately. The Emperor himself fought against the attack, which lasted 17 minutes, during which more than 1,000 bombs were dropped and at least 12 persons killed and 200 injured. The little, bearded man was talking to Dedjazmatch (Gen.) Birru and a doctor named Zervos when the thun- der of the ten bombing planes was heard. He calmly ordered his troops to scatter and began firing a nearby machine gun himself. His courage inspired others. Soon anti-aircraft guns, machine guns, and rifles were blazing all through Dessye at the roaring squadron of death over- head. U. S. Hospital Ward Wreeked. Several Europeans, including a Red Cross nurse, a Belgian officer, end a French war correspondent were wounded by the Italian bombs. ‘The Emperor’s palace, in which he was not present, was struck by about 100 bombs. The American Seventh- Day Adventist Hospital end a Red | Cross tent were hit. One ward and | the office of the American hospital were wrecked. When the raiding planes left the | Emperor was among the first to go | through the city and survey the dam- age. He saw dead and wounded lying | in the streets. He saw many more at! the American hospital and the Ethi- opion Red Cross tent. Haile Selassie said he was horrified | that the Italians had ignored the Red | Cross insignia, prominently displayed | by the American hospital and the | Ethiopian Red Cross tent. | Women and Children Slain. ‘The Associated Press correspondent saw many women and children among those who were killed and wounded. Georges Goyon, the Havas News Agency correspondent, was the French- man hurt. He was seriously wounded in one knee. | Emperor Selassie came to Dessye, 175 | miles northeast of Addis Ababa, last week by automobile from the capital. He made Dessye the headquarters from which he personaily directed his of- ficers in their moves on the northern front. The American Hospital, through the | presence of mind of its director, was | evacuated a few minutes before the raiding plenes appeared overhead. However, the beds, surgical instru- | ments, operating tables and other | equipment were strewn all over the place by the blasts of three bombs wm’ch plerced the corrugated iron Toof. 'PROTEST MADE TO LEAGUE. (Coprright, 1935, by the Associated Press.) ADDIS ABABA, December 6.—The Ethiopian government today protested vigorously to the League of Nations against the Italian bombardment of Dessye. The Ethiopian statement said it had been clear from the start of the war that Italy does not intend to risk the lives of its own soldiers, but plans to destroy the Ethiopian people by me- chanical means and by using native troops. In a war communique the gov- ernment announced Italian air bomb- ing activities on the northern front (See WAR, Page 4.) Shirley Temple Has Cold. HOLLYWOOD, December 6 (#).— Bhirley Temple was confined to her home today. Her studio said there ‘was no need for her admirers to worry Ten Giant Planes and Son—Cries BY WILLIAM H. STONEMAN. Special Cable to The Star. WITH THE ETHIOPIAN ARMIES, Dessye, Ethiopia, December 6.—Dessye, concentration point of the Northern Ethiopian forces girding for a real battle with the Italians, is being bombed as I write this dispatch. Overhead drone 10 giant Capronis, their silver wings glittering in the sun. Bombs have just set fire to the American hospital, igniting two rooms. | All the patients have been saved from the flames. Just outside the hospital grounds there is an occasional swish, followed by a burst of flames as an incendiary bomb strikes the earth. Cries of women and children can be heard from the huts erected for their shelter across the barbed wire fence, where two other bombs have just burst. In the distance through the euca- lyptus trees the palace, which Em- peror Haile Selassie has recently vis- ited, and which looked so serene half an hour ago, is shrouded in heavy smoke. All eround can be heard the terrific | din of machine guns, rifies and ancient cannon, as their owners bang away at the distant targets. FRENCH MILITANTS DISBAND “TROOPS™ Saved From Qverthrow by United Move. By the Assoctated Press. PARIS, December 6.—Representa-~ tives of militant political organiza- tions announced today they were dis- | banding’ their semi-military “froops” as a gesture of national solidarity. The announcement was regarded as an agreement which apparently saves Premier Laval's government from overthrow. The agreement was reached be- tween Fascist, Socialist and Com- munist members of the Chamber of Deputies, while Premier Laval, seek- ing unity at home, tried through diplomatic representations to achieve unity in Europe and an end to the Italo-Ethiopian War. 712,000 Are Disbanded. Of chief interest was a dramatic announcement that the Fascist vet- erans’ organization, the Croix de Feu, with a claimed membership of 712,000 men, was disbanding. The Chamber of Deputies was en- gaged in an acrimonious debate on such “political armies” when the break came. Suddenly Jean Ybarnegary, Basque deputy, arose and received recogni- tion from the chair. Speaking in | the name of his close friend, Col. Francois la Rocque, head of the Croix de Feu, he announced the dis- banding. He was followed by representatives of Communists and Socialists who likewise agreed to “dissolve our semi- military formations.” Premier Laval expressed his satis- faction at this move and said the gov- ernment would “draw conclusions” from the declaration. In the lobbies, Ybarnegary's decla- ration was regarded as taking the wind out of the sails of the Leftists (See MILITANT, Page 4) * FIRE CAUSES TERROR Carload of Sodium Bursts Into Flames at Niagara Falls. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y. December 6 (#).—FHundreds of residents here werc terrified last night when a car- load of sodium, a highly inflammable chemical, exploded in the yard of the R. & H. Chemical Co. and burst into flames which could be seen for miles. All firc apparatus was to the scene, located in a thick belt of similar plants, but the blaze burned itself out. Trainmen at work in the yard escaped injury. The sodium was said officially to be worth $10,000. Witness Sees By - As Italians B.ombard Dessye {Laval Government Believed | he b standers Die Roar Over Selassie of Women and Children Heard in Huts. This is the third attack in half an hour. At 8:20 o'clock this morning a drone could be heard over the north- ern hills, and four planes appeared. To the accompaniment of the rattle of machine guns and the explosion of bombs from anti-aircraft guns, the planes circled three times over the city. Then the bombing began in earnest. Emperor Haile Selassie and his son, the Duke of Harrar, looked on calmly. They did not flinch when an explosive bomb burst on a nearby roadway, killing a woman and a child and wounding elderly persons. After the bombardment the Em- | peror emerged from the palace and | berated a guard in the presence of this writer. “I told you to disperse, I told you | to disperse,” he exclaimed to the sen- | tries. I have just returned from a visit | to those wounded by the explosions. They lie stretched out on the ground in the Red Cross camp a hundred feet away from the palace, or in the cor- ridors of the American Hospital, moaning and groaning. One elderly victim was blinded as a result of the | bursting of an incendiary bomb. (Copyright. 1935.) DETECTIVE DOUBTS HAUPTMANN GUILT Jersey Governor Discloses Ace Operative Has Been Pushing Secret Probe. BACKGROUND— Since conviction last February 13 for kidnaping of first son of Charles Flemington trial verdict. After changes in counsel, case was to New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals; plea denied on October 9. Petition for review now before United States Supreme Court. Out- side courts, case turns up periodic- ally with claims of new evidence; recent instance being “disclosure” of Boston newspaper that new ran- som note trail had been uncovered near there, By the Associated Press. N, N. J., December 6— Gov. Harold G. Hoffman said today that Ellis Parker, noted Burlington County detective, was “under the defi- | nite impression that Hauptmann is not the man” responsible for the | Lindbergh kidnap-murder. Hoffman said that Parker, who is known for his solution of a score of bafling crime mysteries, had been called into the Lindbergh case by Gov. A. Harry Moore, who was the State's Chief Executive when the kidnaping | occurred. “He’s been working on it ever since,” he said. The fact that Parker was quietly conducting an investigation was re- (See HAUPTMANN, Page 5.) CLIPPER IS LANDED ON RETURN FLIGHT By a Staff Correspondent of The Star, ALEXANDRIA, Va. December 6.— Jammed in the wreckage of an Arling- ton County police scout car, tele- oil County officer and his prisoner suf- fered a horrible death here early to- | day when flames from an exploded gasoline tank enveloped them. The officer was Louis Shaw, 26, of Cherrydale, who worked a special de- tail at the Bluebird Barbecue, near ‘Highway Bridge. The other vietim was William R. Harrison, 21,0f Chi- cago, an ex-Marine. “For God's sake get me out of here!” an eyewitness reported one of the men shouted as the flames en- veloped them. Their cremated bodies could not be removed until two hours afterward. The other occupant was believed to have killed or [ knocked unconscious by the crash. PRIVATE AGENCIES APPEAL FOR NEEDY Asks Commissioners to Spend D. C. Funds and ‘Gamble’ With Congress. “Declaring “slow starvation” and other hardships face thousands on District relief as the result of a 25 per cent cut in relief disbursements, delegates from leading private wel- fare and civic bodies pleaded with the Commissioners today to spend an ade- quate amount of District funds now and “gamble” on getting needed ex- tra funds from Congress for the fu- ture. Commissioner George E. Allen balked at the proposal, insisting that if this was done District relief funds would be exhausted within two months. However, the Commission- ers as a group deferred formal de- cision. They had been urged by the group to lay the District’s critical relief problem directly before President Roosevelt and request him to send a special message to Congress at the Round-Trip Trans-Pacific Mail Voyage Ends at Alameda. Sister Ship Waits. By the Associated Press. ALAMEDA, Calif, Decembe 6— ‘The trans-Pacific China Clipper sea- plane swept down out of clouds to end its inaugural mail flight to Manila |. and return at 1:36 p.m. (Eastern standard time) today. The giant seaplane left Honolulu yesterday on the final lap of its 16,000~ mile flight Waiting here to continue the service inaugurated by the Pan-American Airways trail blazer is its sister ship, the Philippine Clipper. Originally it was scheduled to take-off today on its maiden voyage over the trans-Pacific route, but Honolulu postal officials asked for a postponement. Santa Broadcasting Message “Don’t Forget My Little Ones” Ty o e iy <4 | Star, 11 Warner Bros.” Theaters and N. B. C. Co-operating to Bring Plea Before Yule Shoppers. Readers’ Guide Sports __. ‘Washington Wayside ....B-17 Women'’s Features... .c-:l_-l‘ opening of the session in January ask- ing for sufficient additional funds to run to July 1. 30 Welfare Groups Appeal. More than 30 private welfare body spokesmen attended the session to in- sist that persons on relief cannot subsist on budgets reduced to as little as 75 cents a day. Principal groups represented were the Council of Social Agencies, Social Service Committee of the PFederation of Churches, District Chapter of the American Association of Social Work- ers and the Monday Evening Club. ‘These four groups submitted a reso- lution, approved by their organiza- tions, calling on the Commissioners to draw on the balance of the orig- inal $2,000,000 appropriation still to e ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION scoped after being rammed by a Shell | Co. truck, a special Arlington | LIKE BILL BCRAH, | KNOW WHICH ONE I't.L RIDE, BUT [ WONT GIVE IT AWAY YET! Policeman and Prisoner Burn To Death as Truck Hits Auto Parked Car, Smashed by Impact, Traps Pair in Blazing Pyre as Gas Tank Explodes; Barring Rescue. ‘The huge truck, loaded with 2,500 gallons of gasoline, crashed into the rear of the police car as it was parked on the Alexandria-Washington road near Four-Mile Run. It jammed the | light car and its occupants against a telephone pole and an fron fence. ‘Gagoline on the truck did not ex- plode.. The flames were. caused by of the rear gasoMne tank of the scout car, set off by the fmpact of the crash. . Firemen and uvndertakers were forced to hack parts of the. police car away to remove the bodies of the two men. Harrison had been arrested an hour before the crash after he had wrecked an automobile which police said he bhad stolen near the barbecue shop. He had been removed from the first wreck by Deputy Sheriff George P. MNARY REVIVES (251 FARM BILL Prepares Equalization Fee, Export Debenture and Allotment Measure. By the Associated Press. Senator McNary of Oregon, Repub- lican leader in the Senate, announced today he would introduce on the open- ing day of Congress a three-point farm relief bill as a basis for a “natural transition from the A. A. A. to a long- Whether this will be the plan | ultimately pushed by the Republican | party to vie with the Democratic A. A. A. for votes in 1936 remains to be seen. ¢ . But McNary hopes it will be at least & starter for consideration by Congress in event the Supreme Court invalidates the agricultural adjustment act. Then, both partles will be looking for a substitute and McNary wants to be prepared. Optional Program. Unlike the A. A. A., which sets crop limits for farmers involved in control programs and gives them cash for tak- ing land out of production, the Mc- Nary bill seeks indirectly to control surpluses By the optional application of either the equalization fee, export debenture or domestic allotment plans. McNary realizes this is nothing new, but he feels “there is a lot of good in the old bill yet.” ‘The plan, supporters say, aims to segregate the surplus for export, as- sist in making the tariff effective on crops, control surpluses by penalizing overproduction and stimulate co-op- erative marketing. Under the equalization fee plan, the Government would take charge of sur- q Star WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1935—SIXTY-SIX PAGES. ##% RO0SVELT DENES .S TANDSALOOE President Tells Albany Churchman We Have Gone Beyond Other Nations. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y., December 6.—Presi- dent Roosevelt feels that the only way | for the United States to keep out of war is to have no war anywhere, he told an Albany churchman in a letter made public here today. The President’s letter was addressed to Bishop G. Ashton Oldham of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany. Bishop Oldham wrote to the President Octo- ber 31, saying he thought America should not “let the world down” in steps to prevent all fires,” the Presi- dent’s letter said. The Prosident's letter in part: “My Dear Bishop Oldham: “Permit me to tell you how deeply I appreciate your letter of October 31, 1935, and how completely I share your desire that America, as you ex- press it, should not let the world down in the crisis now confronting it. I heartily subscribe to your statement ‘that the only sure way for us to keep out of war is to have no war eny- where, just as the only assurance that your house will not go down in the conflagration is to take effective steps to prevent all fires’ The initiative taken by the United States on many occasions in promoting international peace efforts both before and after the World War were all predicated on the thought that world peace repre- sents the only ultimate security egainst involvement in war. “I need not detail to you the wa- rious steps this Government took prior to the outbreak of the war between Ethiopia and Italy, designed to bring (See ROOSEVELT, Page 6.) NORRIS REITERATES ROOSEVELT PLEDGE Nebraska Senator Again Says He ‘Will Not Be Candidate for Re-election, Senator Norrls, Republican, of Ne- braska, issued a statement here pledging allegiance to President Roose- velt and reiterating that he will not be a candidate in the primaries next year, Asked about a movement in Ne- braska to place his name on the ballot, Senator Norris said he had received no information regarding such a plan. Norris, who has supported Demo- cratic nominees for President in the last two elections, began his statement by urging the re-election of Mr. Roose- velt. His statement read: “I believe President Roosevelt de- serves re-election and I expect to sup- port him actively, regardless of party considerations. I can perform this duty more effectively if I am not the candidate for Senator of any political party. I will, therefore, not seek re- and Wirep! Associated Press. JAPAN UNMO The only evening in Washington wit! Associated Press News aper the hoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 1 Some Returns Not Yet Received. VED BY U. S.-BRITISH PLEA FOR CHINA Tokio Spokesman Says He Does Not Know if Hull Will Take “Concrete Steps.” STRONG STEPS ARE CONSIDERED BY ENGLAND A S CRISIS GROWS Cautious American Statement Asks Observance of Treaties—Nanking Fears “Manufact BACKGROUND— ured Incident.” In effect, guaranteeing the territorial integrity of loosely governed China, an agreement approved by nine nations was signed after Wash- ington Conference in 1922. Signers Japan, France, Italy, Belgium, Port: terms have been important factor in On November 18, while world watch ments, “independence” of five North Japanese influence easily discernible By the Assoclated Press. Formal British representations to situation were understood to be under col and British expressions of concern. were United States, Great Britain, ugal, the Netherlands and China; United States-China policy since. ed European-African war develop- China provinces was proclaimed; in background. Japan because of the North China nsideration today, following American Informed London circles said the British government was contemplating drawing Japan's attention to its agree ments under the nine-power treaty, unless the North China autonomy movement was quickly clarified. Britain also was understood to be considering strong action to maintain Concerted Treaty Move Forecast To Halt Japan BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. | A concerted effort by the signa- tories of the nine-power treaty to pre- vent Japan from further disintegrat- ! ing China was considered in official | quarters today as likely to occur in the course of this momth. Exchanges of view between the Brit- ish and the United States Govern- ment have been taking place for two weeks and resulted in a warning tot Japan made directly yesterday by the British Foreign Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare and by implication by Secre- tary of State Hull Conversations are taking place at present between Sir Ronald Lindsay, the British Ambassador at Washing- ton, and the high officials of the State Department, while in London these are carried on by the American Am- bassador pending the arrival in that city of Undersecretary of State Phil- | lips, who is a member of the American delegation at the naval conference. He was sent to England principally to discuss political problems with the British government. U. S. Takes Serious View. That the State Department takes a very serious view of the situation | is clear from the statement issued | last night by Secretary Hull—tbe first | official utterance made by the Secre- | tary since the Japanese began their move to take away the five northern | provinces of China under the guise of a new autononous state. Hull declared the developments in | North China “may have far-reaching | effects” and “efforts are being made | to bring about a substantial change | in the political status and condition | of several of China's northern prov- inces.” He did not designate the Japanese | government by name, neither did he mention the possibility of invoking the nine-power treaty. Besides that | pact there are a number of other treaties and agreements which could aptly be applied to the present sit- uation. Loopholes Exist. The State Department, aware of the many loopholes in the nine-power pact, does not want to commit itself to oné peace instrument. It is the totality of all which Japan has signed together with the other powers which might be brought into the State De- partment’s diplomatic play. “Unusual developments,” Hull said, “in any part of China are rightfully and necessarily of concern, not alone to the government of China, but to all the many powers which have inter- ests in China. * * * 'The United States is one of these powers.” Discussing the specific question of (See BROWN, Page 3.) ALIBI BLOWN UP Hog Theft Suspeet Gets 4 Years ‘When Found Not Wounded. LUFKIN, Tex., December 6 (#).—A vy woods colored man, called for 5:: on a charge of stealing eight nomination and will not be a candi- date in the primary.” While on a trip through the West several weeks ago Norris made a similar statement, but a few days later Mr. Roosevelt told newspaper men he thought the State of Nebraska should keep Norris in the Senate as long as| he lives, 0ld 13-Star Flag Is Hoisted By Mistake Over Claims Court Employes of the court poured into 9China’s territorial integrity, guaran- teed under the nine-power treaty. Japan takes the stand, said a f eign office spokesman, that the nine- power treaty was never fully effective because, he said, China failed to meet séme of its obligations. This statement was in reply to the pronouncement of American Secretary of State Cordell Hull, in which he called upon. all nations to respect existing treaties, and the declaration of British Foreign Secretary Sir Sam« uel Hoare, who warned that Japanese influence in North China endangered Japan's friendly relations with her neighbors. A Chinese government official in Shanghai, while expressing pleasure at the American and British declara- tions, said the North China situation was “definitely worse.” China is ex- pected to appeal to the League of Nations, FOREIGN OFFICE SILENT. Spokesman Says He Does Not Know if Hull Plans to Act. TOKIO, December 6 (#).—A foreign | office spokesman said today Japan considered the nine-power treaty, guaranteeing the territorial integrity of China, never to have been fully effective. Cf Hull's statement the spokesman said: “This impresses me as a reiteration of principles of international law by the United States, and, therefore, I am not in a position to comment. I do not know whether it is a mani- festation of Hull's ideals or whether he is going to take concrete steps.” Of Sir Samuel Hoare's address, warning Japan that any indications she was bringing influence to bear in North China, whatever their truth might be, could only harm Japanese prestige and hamper friendly relations with her neighbors, the spokesman said: “Likewise, I am in no position to comment on Hoare’s speech to the House of Commons, which was ape parently merely a description of ree cent Anglo-Chinese relations.” He insisted, however, that in Jas | pan’s eyes the nine-power treaty never took real effect becauseof what he said was China’s failure to meet some of its obligations. Making a distinction between in« (See JAPAN, Page 4. SUNDAY “THIS WEEK" | . 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