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TWOD.C. WOMEN " FLEEFROM SPAIN Malaga Fired by Youths in Red Shirts—Panic Reigns, They Say. By tte Associated Press. GILBALTER, July 22.—Miss Mad- " eleine J. McGuire and Miss Isabelle C. Barry, both of Washington, D. C, refugees from Malaga, Spain, arrived here today and said the whole district near their hotel in that city was in flames when they left. “The firing was incessant,” they said. “The acts of incendiarism were carried out mostly by young boys wearing red shirts. “The town was panic-stricken, and ‘we were unable to leave our hotel. | “British and American consuls ar- ranged our conveyance aboard the | “ British steamer Calderon until the| destroyer Shamrock arrived. | “It was the greatest relief, for we | had not slept for three nights.” | = | | Ey the Associatea Press. Miss Henrietta Osder of Brooklyn, N. Y., who arrived from Tangier, said SP the entire population of that interna- tional zone, with the exception of for- eigners, was panic-stricken. NG _STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, D. C. Native Commands Ship Dispatched to Spain by Hull Capt. Amsden of Quincy and Capt. Hall Well Known Here. Capt. William Faulkner Amsden, in | command of the cruiser Quincy, which is en route with the battleship Okla- homa to protect American lives in Spain, is a native of this city and, like Capt. William Alden Hal!, com- mander of the Oklahoma, is well known in official circles here. The Quincy, newest vessel of the American Navy, was two days out in the Atlantic on its “shakedown” cruise when it received orders in the | emergency. Its commander, Capt.| Amsden, was born in Washington Sep- tember 8, 1884, but entered the Naval Academy in 1902 from Kansas. His present home address is Sewickley, Pa. Capt. Amsden has been on duty sev- | eral times in Washington during the | course of a distinguished naval ca- | reer. He was awarded the Navy Cross for conspicuous World War service while commanding the U. S. S. | Barry in making an 11,000-mile voy- age from Manila to Gibraltar. De- | ite the fact the ship encountered a | it arrived at Gi- terrific hurricane, CAPT. AMSDEN. Capt. Hall, Oklahoma commander, | was born November 30, 1883, at North Easton, Mass. His present address is | Maconsville, N. J. | He entered Naval Academy in 1902, braltar in condition to render imme- | played on the base ball team and was | diate service against German subma- Later, | manager of the crew He has had a conspicuous career LEFTIST WORKERS WELCOME BATTLE Northern Spain Cut Off From Madrid, Found Armed for Fascists. An eye-witness account of the eflects of civil war in Northern Spain is given here by the Paris correspondent of the London Daily Mail, who traveled from Irun, on the French border, to nearby San Sebastian, Summer home of United States Ambassador Claude Bowers and other emvoys to Madrid, and then to the neighboring city of Tolosa. By Radlo to The Star. ‘TOLOSA, Spain, July 22 (N.AN.A). —All of the north of Spain, especially the Leftist district through which I| have been making slow and difficult progress, is cut ot! from Madrid. | ‘There is obvious fear that the loyal- ist forces may be fighting a losing bat- | tle. Leftist workers have dug trenches | across every road leading south to| oppose any northward movement of | the antl-government garrisons at Pamplona and Vittoria, und when this | | dispatch was written the loyalist forces | were still in control of this territory. | nists and three Anarchists on this self- appointed committee. The Republican Committee Hall, where 1 was keépt for more than two hours in the close custody of Leftist guards, was a strange sight. ‘The governor of the province, or else Madrid, had given orders that only supporters of the popular front were to be armed immediately. This was responsible for the strange sights I met all over the countryside—lorries rushing aimlessly hither and thither; grimy workers, led by lanky, be- spectacled young students, armed with a fantastic variety of weapons that ranged from revolvers and shotguns to firearms obviously taken from circus ' shooting galleries. Armed and on Guard. ‘The committee hall was filled with some threescore workmen and stu- dents, all carrying rifles, shotguns or pistols. Many were asleep, and others just sat and smoked, but much more | alarming were those who were load- ing and unloading their weapons with inexpert hands. I found this the most trying experience of my long day. In a corner were some girl adherents of the popular front. The blue jumper of one was crossed by a leather belt from which hung a heavy ammunition | pouch and a long army pistol. “Is that your pistol?’ I asked her. “Oh, no,” she replied, “it belongs to my flance. But I would use it if the Fascists attacked us here.” Finally the Committee of Public Safety was ready to receive me. I was ushered in and found the members busily copying out a manifesto they JULY 1936. PERCY 1. BALCH, 0, DIES ON VACATION [Funeral Is Held in Maine for | Assistant to Treasury Architect. | Percy I. Balch, 60, of 5706 Sixteenth | 2 | street, administrative assistant to the| supervising architect, Treasury Depart- | | ment, died Monday night at his farm | | near Kittery, Me., according to word | received here today. He had been ill | since Priday. Mr. Balch, who had distinguished | | himself as an architect and executive, | left here about a month ago on a vaca- | tion. Members of his family were with | him when he died. | | He leaves his wife, Mrs. Amy Moul- | ton Balch; a son, Moulton Balch; a daughter, Mrs. Bernice Balch Cash, | | and a grandson, Bruce Cash. Funeral services are being held to- day in Maine. Tentative plans are for | the burial to be here Monday. A native of Cambridge, Mass., Mr. | Balch was educated there and at Bos- | ton. Early in his career he became as- | | sociated with several prominent archi- | tects in Boston. | He began work at the supervising BEN F. TRENARY DIES, CKSONVILLE OFFICIAL -Ieart Attack Fatal to Virginia Native on Vacation at Sis- ter's Home in Lee. Bv the Associated Press. LEE, Va., July 22.—Ben F. Trenary of White Post, Va., died at the home | of his sister, Mrs. Samuel Hamaker. | here yesterday. Mr. Trenary had lived in Jackson- ville, Fla., for the past 22 years and| was a city commissioner. He was a thirty-second degree Mason, & member of Morocco Temple Shrine, the Kiwanis Club and a vestryman in | Was 'MRS. KENNEDY DIES HERE AT AGE OF 63 Direct Descendant of Thomas Willett, First Mayor of New York. Mrs. Eugenia Kennedy, 63, a di- rect descendant of Thomas Willett, first Mayor of New York City, and other prominent early American set- tlers, died yesterday after a short | fllness at her home, 2915 Ordway | street. | _Mrs. Kennedy, a native of Prince | Georges County, Md., had been a resi- the Church of the Good Shepherd. He was spending his vacation with his sister when stricken with heart trouble. At his bedside were his wife and son Arthur, his sister, Mrs. R. R. Dinges of Arlington, and a nephew, Webster Hamaker of Jacksonville. Funeral arrangements will be an- nounced later from the home ia Jacksonville, MAN HELD IN DEATH OF GIRL TWO YEARS AGO By the Associatea Press. WAYNESBORO, Va., July 22.—Ray- mond Carroll, arrested Sunday on a charge of fatally assaulting Pauline Parry here in 1934. Remained un- visited in Augusta County Jail today | while Waynesboro Police Chief R. L. Switzer planned a conference with ! dent of this city 30 years. She was | the widow of William B. Kennedy. | She was a direct descendant of Col. | Ninian Beall, early Maryland settler and prominent Indian fighter in that State. Mrs. Kennedy was a member of Our Flag Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. | Surviving her are a daughter, Miss Maud M. Kennedy; a son, Charles B. Kennedy, and three sisters, Mrs. H. A. Hegarty, Mrs. C. Carroll and Mrs. | A. B. Senart, all of this city, and | & brother, Edgar Hillary, New York City. | Funeral services will be held at 2 pm. tomorrow at the residence, | Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Anchor Symbol of Hope. The anchor, a Christian symbol of hope, probably originated in St. Paul's typification of the hope resulting from n | rines in the Mediterranean. | Capt. Amsden operated against sub- marines in the Baltic. God's promises to the faithful “as an anchor of the soul, both sure and | steadfast.” nt to post u| De tingly, the ’ My fourney from Irun to 8an Sebas- | gxplained that they had no printing | ATChitect’s office in 1906. Subsequently | Commonwealths Attorney John D, tian took hours, as everywhere not only | press and that San Sebastian had re- | he had charge of drawings for large White. the local police, but also the local com- | fused to send them copies, so all of | Government projects until 1931, when | A date for a preliminary hearing was appointed a member of the im- | mittees of public safety, Insisted on | them were engaged in copying the he Was made assistant superintendent has not been set. portant naval mission to Brazil. scrutinizing my papers and then ask- | manifesto by hand in order to dis- | Of the Architectural Division, Treas-| Chiel Switzer said all members of | During the World War Capt. Hall| jng what news ‘I had. Reports cur- | patch it to neighboring hamlets. ury Department. He served in the lat- | the local police force were engaged in served in the Bureau of NAVIgAUON |rent in the sections through Which I (copyright 1936, by the Nerih Americap | (€F Capacity until 1934, when he was | further investigation of the case. and later commanded the de-stmyer‘pns«m were that a formidable force of | Newa it Aliinase ey, | made administrative assistant to the| The girl died three months after Kane on foreign service. infantry was rapidly encircling Madrid | supervising architect. The latter's of- | D¢ing struck over the head, dragged | He completed the Naval War Col- | and that great alarm prevalled in gov- . | fice now is & part of the Procurement ' INt0 @ nearby church yard and left lege course in 1923 and served there | ornment circles. A battle that may de- Visits Landon's Office | Division of the Treasury. Mr. Balch Mortally wounded in August, 1934. for a while as an instructor. Recent | cide the destinies of Spain was expect- i | long had been regarded as one of the sea duty saw him in command of | eq hourly. TOPEKA, Kans., July 22 (#).—Mrs. | most valuable members of the staff of Division 41, desiroyers, squadron | Ellis A. Yost of Huntington, W. Va, | the supervising architect, associates scouting fieet, and in command of the former director of the women's division | said today. | hospital ship Relief. | Here at Tolosa T was held up by the of the Republican National Committee, | Active in the Masonic fraternity, Mr. Capt. Hall commanded the navy|jocq) committee, which refused me per- | Was a visitor yesterday at the office| Balch was past master of Acacia| home Mountain Valley Mineral vard at Charleston, S. C., from 1932 | miciion to continue, saying I would fall | of Gov. Alf M. Landon, Republican Lodge, F.A.A. M. and past high priest | arksnsas o sesure natagal relel for 1r- until he was placed in command of | jni5 the hands of rebel troops if I presidential nominee. Mrs. Yost said of Hiram Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. lated muscies. nerves and joints. Phone O3 GENETES (5D 7 L5 | went farther into the interior. There she expected lo be active in the | He was a member of All Souls' Uni- gy e were three Socialists, three Commu- . Landon campaign. tarian Church, sountain Valley Minesal Water “I am as glad as 1 can be to be o * safe soil after my exciting experiences vels in Spain and Moroc- | durine my Lrayeisin S He has completed his Naval War €o0.” she said. “I was compelled to leave Madrid a | College course, and in 1933 took the week ago owing to the riots | course of the Army War College. He “I went to Tangier, only to find | also served on duty in Washington in Moroceo in a state of panic throughout, | the office of naval intelligence { “Monday, while bathing in Tangier, hen the Quincy was commissioned Harbor, I was shocked to see several | on June 9. Capt. Amsden had charge bombs exploding within 40 yards of a | °f its equipment and was placed in | command. bathing shed. - : “For the moment I could not realize | _ The Oklahoma was off Cherbourg, what was happening, but looking up France, when it received orders, being | ci | into the sky I saw aviators dropping on a training cruise with midship- | viators droPPIn€ | men from Annapolis. 1t is about a boibe o BpenistSwarstioe | day's cruise from Gibraltar. Th _‘ i 5 t quncy, one of the fastest Navy's| mlh'i'.iisefhg;':Tfl“m:f.'.ded'fl;kiff tor | Ships., had sailed from Norfolk last Sunday, and should reach Gibraitar o Frida; “The whole Tangier population is| =" panic-stricken, but the foreigners are Dot perturbed.” as a naval diplomat. He served as attache to the American Embassy in Brazil in 1927, and two years later Wheel Brakes- . Relined ] GUARANTEED! ! Material and Work. FREE ! ! Unlimited testing and adjustments. Rid your system of | | | Excess Acid by rollongnl the health resort method et Halted by Committee. near it near Tarifa. There were no casualties. The number of refugees in Gibral- tar was estimated to total 15,000. One Spanish cruiser departed, pre- sumably in search of supplies and fuel for the other ships anchored in the harbor. ernment announced 150,000 loyal troops and armed workers and peasants | were setting out to meet the attack. | The revolutionists met little resist- ance in the north, these reports said. since the countryside clings strongly to the old traditions and is furnishing | many civilian recruits to the uprising. | San Sebastian Take a drive in our "Scottie Demonstration Car” (Continued From First Page.) army (of rebels) is advancing more slowly toward Madrid because it is flanked by government troops from Alicante and Malaga. “Gen, Milla has recruited 20,000 armed citizens and peasants, who are * reinforcing his column as it proceeds south.” ‘The rebel colonel confirmed reports that the rebellion originally had been planned to break out in Northern Spain July 26, but that the Moroccan troops had rebelled prematurely. ‘It is going very well, however,” Villanueva said. “We are plentifully * supplied with money. “We arrested Gen. Caminero, com- mander of the government troops, and locked him in his fortress at Cam- plona. “The advance on Madrid is slow because the Popular Front forces from Madrid's red belt are blowing up the bridges to the north as far as 60 miles from the capital.” Open Fire at Irun. “Popular Front” fighters at Irun, Spain, across the border, opened fire early today at unrevealed objectives when rebel troops moved within three miles of the city. ‘The Irun forces, loyal to the govern- | ment, apparently were composed mainly of Socialists and Communists. The rebel soldiers were engaged in an encircling movement. | Previously, the rebel troops ne- | gotiated with besieged workers hold- ing the town for its peaceful surren- der, threatening to attack if the de- fenders resisted. As the rebel negotiations proceeded, officers of French gendarmes and mo- bile guards conferred at Hendaye on . protection for this town in the event of bombardment of Irun, just 100 feet ®cross the river. Roads Are Barricaded. Roads into Irun were barricaded with cobblestones, but workers’ lead- ers admitted there was little chance of holding out against the troops armed with machine guns and ar- tillery. { Loss of life was expected to be . heavy in case of an attack on this | railroad community of 18.000 popula- | tion. | Irun is believed to be the last | stronghold of the Leftist government | in the north to face rebel attack. On its surrender it was expected the in- surgent army would swing southward | on a march against Madrid. | Some small towns were taken with- out the firing of & shot because the sentiment of the people in the north | is largely monarchistic or they are indifferent and wish only to avoid | + bloodshed and to have a speedy ter- mination of the revolution. DECISIVE BATTLE SEEN. | Gen. Mola’s Army Reported Nearing | Spanish Capital. PARIS, July 22 (#).—A decisive bat- tle between rebels and government forces north of Madrid was imminent today, news from across the Pyrenees indicated. | ‘The northern insurgent army under | Gen. Emileo Mola, swelled by hordes of peasants, neared the capital, fron- tier sources said, as the Spanish gov- ADVERTISEMENT. DON'T SCRATCH, SOOTHE THE IRRITATION + Quick relief from the maddening ftch of eczema, psoriasis, poison | vy, and irritation about the rectum or personal parts is obtained by ap- flyin an ointment called Resinol. ave it on over night. It lessens the desire to scratch, and eases the irritation. | The soothing effect of Resinol takes the sting out of the irritated arts and makes you comfortable. 'he skin heals sooner, too, with the help of Resinol. & The oily base of Resinol Oint- , ment is ideal for penetrating the outer layers of the skin and secur- ing deeper action. Bathing the af- fected parts first with Resinol Soap hastens the effectiveness of Resinol Ointment. 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