Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1936, Page 4

-SIMPSON DIVORGE - SUITNEARS TRIAL Court Opens, but Criminal Cases Will Be Heard First. , BY the Assoclated Press. i IPSWICH, England, October 24— * Bewigged Justice Str John Anthony + Hawke today opened the session of ¢ court which will hear the divorce 7 suit of Mrs. Ernest “Wallie” Simpson, #the friend of King Edward, 2 Al indications were, however, that % the suit would not come up until % Tuesday, as there were a few criminal % cases to be cleared up first. * The townspeople were treated to- % day to a preview of what they might lexpect to see when Mrs. Simpson, » the former Baltimore debutante, comes to court to press charges of her hus- band's misconduct, the only grounds + for divorce under British law. . ‘The folk of Ipswich gaped today at a strange demonstration of constables . escorting an imaginary person through “the crowds of the curious and into - the court room. . An automobile raced to the court building and two hefty constables leaped off, swinging their truncheons. : Deftly they went through the pan- ‘tomime of helping some one from Zthe car and making way for him or % her through the crowd. Such, it was indicated, would be * the police courtesy extended Mrs. % Bimpson. First, however, Justice Hawke must ‘hear several cases involving alleged { breaking and entering and poaching $of rabbits. s+ Then, according to court custom, { the divorce suits would be heard. Mrs. { Simpson’s heads a schedule of six. Russia (Continued From First Page.) e ! blockade of Portuguese ports to hi “alleged aid to the Spanish Fascist in- * surgents.) The note was so worded that ob- _servers felt the Kremlin could pro- ceed in two manners, Might Answer Charges. The Soviets could use the note’s assertion that Russia would be bound by the neutrality pact only to the same extent as other signatories. Thus, it was said, the Kremlin might answer charges of Russian violation by say- ing she had done only what others had done. On the other hand, it was felt, if | other nations should side with Russia she could claim she was the first to go to the defense of the Madrid govern- ment. At any rate, informed persons said, + Russia probably would do nothing defl- pite in the Spanish situation for a week or 50 in order to ascertain the world’s reaction to her note. RELATIONS ARE SEVERED. and Socialist Spain Ex- change Charges. By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 24.—Socialist Spain and Fascist Portugal struck at | each other today. Portugal broke off diplomatic rela- tions with the war-torn Spanish gov- ermment and in reply, the Spanish Embassy in London charged Portugal with killing 40 Spanish sailors in & naval battle off the African Coast. Specifically, the Spanish Embassy charged Portugal with sending the camaflouged motorship Ciudad de Macao into African waters. The ves- tel, the Spanish allegations asserted, fired on and sank the Spanish motor- ship Fernando Po with all hands lost. | ‘The ship was sunk October 14, the Bpanish charged. Asserting the information for its charge had been received from the Spanish Embassy in Paris, the London Embassy alleged: “The Ciudad de Macao fired without | warning at very short range four shells at the motorship Fernando Po, flying a Spanish flag, which set this vessel on fire and sank it. The captain and the crew of the Fernando Po were drowned.” Charges Against Germany Renewed charges against Germany were added by the Spanish embassy {n its announcement. The allegations included that 15 German submarines entered the Mediterranean through the Straits of Gibraltar the night of October 19, that “German youths arrived at Se- ville in an open boat with 12 anti- sircraft guns,” October 8. A British note asserted that “re- liable evidence” of violation of the Spanish neutrality agreement by Rus- sia and Italy was “worth bringing before the committee.” The note as- serted there was supporting evidence of four infractions. Portugal THE - SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D OCTOBER_ 25, 1936—PART ON Camera Reveals Varying Moods of Mrs. Simpson | armies. BOMBS ARE DISCOVERED. Half Million Believed Destined for Loyalists Are Found. LYON, France, October 24 (#)— Police, raiding a Lyon factory owner's | home, today found half a million in- | cendiary bombs | destined for Barcelona, Spain. | The officers said he told them 100,000 the Spanish government. The police said Christophe’s method was to have part of the bombs made in one factory and part in a second, putting them together himself. TRAINS FOR VOTERS Pennsylvania and New Jersey Cit- izens Here May Return. Train facilities for absentee voters, who wish to return to Pennsylvania and New Jersey to cast their ballots, were announced yesterday by the Re- publican Absentee Voters’ Bureau, 1413 H street. For those who wish to spend the week end at their homes, there will be two trains from here Saturday. [The first, to Philadelphia, Pa., and Trenton and Newark, N. J., will leave at 2 pm. At 2:20 pm, there wil be a train for Harrisburg, Pa. Those wishing to return only to vote may secure a Philadelphia-Tren- ton-Newark train at 8 a.m., Novem- ber 3. The Harrisburg train will leave at 7:45 am. the same day. Special rates have been provided and tickets are good for 10 days. MARSHALL NAMED Will Lead Organization Unit of Social Security Group. John A. Marshall, director of the| District Unemployment Compensa- | tion Board, has been named chair- man of & national committee on or- ganization for an association of so- cial security directors, it was an- nounced yesterday. | The selection was made last week | at Madison, Wis., at & conference of directors in such services from various States and the District. Gordon Eagle, director of the New Hampshire Un-| which they sald were Andre Christophe, 40, was arrested. | of the bombs already had been deliv- | ered in Barcelona, which is supporting | No. 1—Mrs. Wallis S5impson at the London motor chow in 1935, No.2—Atl a London theater early in 1936. No. 3—A recent studio portrait. London dinner party early this year. Mrs. Simpson’s divorce action heads the ist of cases to be heard by Justice Sir John Anthony Hawke at Ipswich Assizes. % Caribe. They will joln the Madrid | Bewigged Justice Sir John Anthony Hawke, who will preside over the divorce hearing of Mrs. Wallis Simpson, friend of King Edward, is shown in the formal procession opening the Suffolk County court session at Ipswich, England, yesterday. The justice is second in the line at right. No. 4—-At a < ~—Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto, radioed from London. Friends have said she may visit some small British colony—possibly the West Indies or Bermuda—after her divorce case is heard—to escape-public attention until King Edward’s coronation next Spring. Spain (Continued From First Page.) raids and leaflet “ultimatums” today apparently was bearing fruit. “The Moors are coming,” ran wom- en’s whispers through the streets. 250,000 ARE MOBILIZED. | Defenders of Madrid Prepare for Battle to Death. MADRID, October 24 (#).—A quar- ter of a million persons were mobilized tonight for defense of this capital, prepared to fight to the death if nec- essary as it became apparent the hour of a decisive battle with the besieging enemy was not far distant. Seven out of every 10 men between the ages of 18 and 40 were in uni- forms of some kind, strung along the city's outer defenses awaiting the de- cisive clash. The work of preparing Madrid’s in- nier defenses was left in the hands of those unfit for service at the front. The great body of civilians re- sponded to the government’s call ito show “the true mettle of the capital’s 700,000 residents.” They were urged to show calmness, obedience and will- ingness to undergo whatever .hnd- ships may be necessary. . Declaring the enemy’s entrance into Madrid would mean the sacrifice of at least 100,000 civilians, leaders of the government fighting forces near the capital awaited orders for a giant countermovement in an effort to off- set the recent Fascist gains. Although the government is under- stood to be making every effort to stage the decisive battle outside Ma- Group Communion Held. The Immaculate Conception Social Club opened its Winter season today with group communion at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, fol- lowed by a breakfast at Sholl's Res- taurant, Speakers at the breakfast included Rev. Dr. J. K. Cartwright, pastor, and Prof, H. W. Howard, local organist. employment Compensation Board, was named secretary of the Organiea- | tion Committee. The evidence dealt with allegations that a Russian steamer landed air- planes, tanks and bombs at Cartha- # gena, October 15; that a Spanish steamer two weeks ago landed arma- ments of Russian origin at the same port, that a Russian steamer landed 85 military lorries at Alicante, Oc- tober 19, and three Italian planes landed at Palma, Mallorca, October "l. while an Italian ship unloaded cases of armaments there. . With these developments repre- sensatives of the European powers wrestled with the problem of how to retain the neutrality pact over the increasing recriminations growing out of alleged aid from foreign nations to both of the Spanish belligerents. Subcommitiee Meets. A subcommittee of 13 nations, in- cluding Russia, met during the day. The Russian Ambassador to Eng- land, Ivan Maisky, and the other So- viet delegate, M. Kagan, were non- commital after the session. “No decision has been reached, but the discussions are going on,” said Maisky. The subcommittee will meet again Monday, with the full committee scheduled to go into session Wednes- day. ‘The main point of issue at today’s meeting, it was reliably reported, was the renewed Russian demand for & blockade of Portuguese ports. The Portuguese delegate, Francisco Calheiros, was plainly irked, and re- iterated previous declarations that the Russian moves were only “bluffs.” VOLUNTEERS EMBARK. 500 Anti-Fascists Leave to Join Madrid Armies. MARSEILLE, France, October 24 (#)—Five hundred anti-Fascist. vol- unteers of several nationalities sailed for Valencia from this port tonight aboard the Spanish steamship Mar e Roor LEAK NA. 4370 GICHNER . or9on/ THE MONEY MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORP. % 1you have outstanding bills which you would like to consolidate to reduce your monthly expenses, or if you need addi- tional funds for any helpful purpose, you may borrow the money from this bank. 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The government, in a note to Great Britain, expressed “surprise that there | should exist a belief that the noble citizens of Madrid are capable of | collective vengeance against political prisoners.” The note was sent in reply to a | British appeal for exchange of prison- ers between the government and the | Fascist leaders. It said the Madrid | regime could provide protection for | prisoners should the situation demand. | The Spanish note blamed the in- | ternational agreement for neuu-lmy; in the civil war as the reason for the | Spanish government’s “not having at its disposal adequate means for main- { tenance of public order.” 1t assured Great Britain, however, that the Madrid administration was “capable of carrying on police work, | however adverse the circumstances.”| An official communique late tonight | said government troops again were, besieging Fascist-held Oviedo, in Northwestern Spain. [ An insurgent force of Moroccans, the announcement stated, was anni- ‘.,-" : A ) hilated by Asturian miners, and other Fascist soldiers were trying desper- ately to hold their positions. Government troops were forced out of Oviedo last week when reinforce- ments came to the aid of a band of PFascists who had held out inside the city for weeks. In the Toledo sector, south of Ma- drid, government militiamen repelled an attack by Fascists, the announce- ment declared. During yesterday's visits by enemy planes over Madrid in broad daylight, leaflets were dropped which said the city had 48 hours in which to sur- render. Most of the population, how- ever, was generally inclined to regard the statement as an idle threat. Residents were urged not to repeat their actions of yesterday, when many disregarded the sirens which warned them to hurry to shelter and, instead, formed groups in the streets and watched the raiders circling above. (4 dispatch from Talavera de la Reina said more than 20 Fascist bombing planes attacked the fortified region around Madrid today. Madrid dispatches—possibly because of the strict censorship—did not mention this assault.) FASCISTS REPULSED. Loyalist Artillery Inflicts Heavy Cas- ualties on Rebels. BARCELONA, October 24 (®).— Press dispatches from the Huesca front tonight said the Fascist army made a strong attack at dawn against the town of Tardienta, but failed to break the government lines under Col. Jose P, Eduardo Villalba. The newspaper reports said the Fascists’ Moorish cavalry attacked in conjunction with tanks. The gov- ernment artillery, the accounts as- serted, Inflicted heavy casualties. The dispatches indicated the pres- sure on Tardienta was temporarily relieved. The government artillery bombarded Huesca afid infantrymen poured rifie and nfachine-gun fire on the city, but did not enter it, the ac- counts reported. EVACUATION PLANNED. Frcuch Planes o Remove Women and Children from Madrid PARIS, October 24 (#).—Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentine foreign minister, said tonight French planes would take off Monday to evacuate women and children from Madrid le- gations. Food already has been sent by plane to the legation refugees, Saavedra said. He did not know whether the refugees would be taken to Alicante for evacuation by ship or be flown directly to France. Man refugees and members of th~ Argentine Embassy staff will be re- moved after the women and childre have been taken to safety, he addec AMBASSADOR TO LEAVE. Spanish Envoy to Quit Lisbon Tuc day, Is Report. LISBON, Portugal, October 24 (#).— ‘The Spanish Ambassador to Portugz’ informed persons said tonight, haz decided to leave Lisbon Tuesday as result of Lisbon's severance of diplr- matic relations with the Madrid ac ministration, ‘The Ambassador will sail for Lon don, it was understood. 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