Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. (0. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair ‘and continued cold with lowest temperature about 24 degrees tonight; tomorrow, mostly cloudy and warmer. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 35. at 2:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 23, at 7 a.m. todsy. Full report on page A-6. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. he Star WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER ,27, 1936.—FIFTY-SIX PAGES. ### eI WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Yesterday’s Circulation, 124,225 (Some returns not et received.) UP) Means Asseciated Press. TWO CENTS. ROOSEVELT CALLS AMERICAS TO BAR AGGRESSIONS AND MAKE PEAGE SURE Conference in Buenos Aires Opportunity to Banish Closing New York Markets, Page 16 84th YEAR. No. Eutered as second class matter post office, Washingten, D. C. NADRD APPEALSSr Basi Zaharof Succumbe: - RSSI FREPARE TOLEARUEAGANST,, 22 .. et FORHAR SBERA GERMANY-ITAL RALWAY FNGHED Asks Council Meeting Under “Crushing Blow” Promised “Threat of War” Clause Japan if Attack Is Made of Covenant. on Territory. 33,813. 86 His Death, He Spent Last Years in French Chateau. B the Associated Press. MONTE CARLO, November 27.—Sir Basil Zaharoff, so-called mystery armaments salesman, died here today. He was 86 years old and accounted one of the wealthiest men in Europe. In recent years he had lived the life of a retired country gentleman, ruling serenely at Chateau Balincourt, near Vallangoujard, France, over a retinve of six personal Hindu at- tendants and s British secretary, He died at 9 am. at the hotel to which he came 10 days ago on his annual visit. Death was sudden, for he seemed in excellent health for his years, motoring and eating at the hotel restaurant yesterday. Sir Basil, whose fortune was built largely from his armament, shipbuild- ing, oil and banking enterprises, once was reputed to have had a controlling interest in the Monte Carlo gambling concessions, but he never gambled himself. Physicians ascribed death to a heart attack. His adopted daughter, the Countess de Bourbon, was at his bedside. Sir Basil, “the mystery man of ained his vast wealth and ion as “maker and breaker through imagination-shat- ARBITRATION BILL RUSHED BY BLUM Premier Obtains Cabinet N N NN \ \\\\\\\\\,\\\‘ \\\\\\\.~\\\\\\\\ ARTRRERY ALL-UNION CONGRESS WARNED ON FASCISM CAPITAL IS BURROWING TO ESCAPE BOMBINGS War, He Tells Brazilian Congress Joint Session. VIEW OF COMMON NEED IS PROPOSED AS GUIDE Steel Worker Pledges Toil for “Fatherland”—Litvinoff Is Preparing Statement. @mericans Are Evacuated, With Few Remaining at Embassy on Communal Basis. SIR BASIL ZAHAROFF. tering deals in armaments and mu- nitions, During the last years of his life, two of the world’s great powers sought to draw aside the veil of secrecy with which Sir Basil had cloaked his ex- istence. His name was linked prominently with arms investigations in both the United States and Great Britain, In 1934 agents of the American " (See ZAHAROFF, Page A-6.) CELANESE PICKETS AND POLICE CLASH Nice Sends Maj. Garey to Watch Situation at BACKGROUND— With Japanese sphere of influ= ence in Far East stedily ezpand- ing since the Russo-Japanese War, which was, to a major extent, a series of maval engagements, Asia has been more and more politically subservient to Tokio. Creation of the puppet state of Manchukuo and infiltration of Japanese emis- saries and merchandise in North China have caused Russia many pangs, not the least of which were the first railway jurisdictional disputes, border clashes and com- munistic uprisings in Mongolia and China. Distance of Moscow from the Far East theater of action nas long been a handicap to Russia in poverning the Pacific territory un- der her flag. BY the Associated Press. MOSCOW, November 27.—Comple- tion of steel-laying on the most im-| portant military railroad in the world | | —the Soviet Great Northern to the Pacific—was announced today to the All-Union Congress of Soviets. G. M. Krutoff, premier of the Far Cumberland. Eastern area of the Soviet Union, dis- BY the Assoclated Press. closed the first supply train reached | BALTIMORE, November 27.—qov‘iKommmolAk yesterday from Moscow. Harry W. Nice said today he had or- i Komsomolsk is the Far Eastern ter- dered Maj. Enoch Barton Garey to go | minal on the Amur River, several BACKGROUND— The Spanish civil war, now in its Afth month, finds a continued deadlock n the decision as to whether communism or fascism shall triumph. The long drawn out battle for the control of Madrid atill is on, with both sides claiming gains from .ime to time. In the meantime, the majority of Amer- icans have been evacuated with Jew remaining of their own free will because of business or other connections. Italy and Germany have indi- cated their sympathies by the rec- ognition of the rebel regime of Gen. Francisco Franco, although they were members of Non-Inter- vention Committee of powers Jormed in September. Sympathies of Russia and France have leaned toward Loyalists, while Britain has bent efforts to define rights of bel- ligerents. B the Associated Press. GENEVA, November 27.—The n- il l;:x :oven:m;nt appealed today mhz ADpI‘OVal in "ew ague of Nations against German: i isi and Italy under nrilicu 11 of Lhi Strike Crisis. Covenant dealing with “any war Or | By the Associated Press. threat of war” and asked for an im- | PpARIS, November 27.—Premier Leon mediate meeting of the League Coun- | Blum in a lightninglike maneuver to- el day obtained his cabinet’s approval for President Receives Rousing Ova- tion on Arrival at Rio Aboard the Indianapolis—Vargas Em- braces Him in Greeting—City Showers Visitor With Roses. BS the Associated Press. RIO DE JANEIRO, November 27.— President Roosevelt of the United States told a joint Brazilian Congress session today: “We cannot counte nance aggression from wheresoever it may come.” Pausing in his “voyage of inter- American peace, he asserted next week’s Buenos Aires conference was an opportunity to banish war forever from the New World, stated the in- struments of peace must be fortified and declared “there is no American conflict that cannot be settled by or- derly and peaceful means.” He asserted the Buenos Aires Inter~ American Congress, opening next week, provided an opportunity to “dedicate the New World to peace.” “It is unthinkable to me” Mr. Roosevelt told the congressional ses- sion, “that in this time of world-wide apprehension we should fail to seize the opportunity to meet what is a heavy responsibility. Helps Husband Who Shot Off " Lock of Hair Wife Says Carl King Didn’t Know W hat He Was Doing. Having a lock of her brown hair shot off by her husband, who had| barricaded himself in their room on | : Stafl Correspondent of The Star. the top floor of & rooming house in | | | TAMPA, Fla., November 27.—Enact- | , Fla., e oaock of D street yesterday. | ont of 36-hour-work-week legislation | MAN DISAPPEARS; FOUL PLAY FEARED Four Corners Resident Had? $600 in Cash When Last Seen Saturday. 89 2 Btaft Correspondent o1 I'ne S:ar. FOUR CORNERS, Md., November 25.—Ellwood D Matthews, 65-year- old bachelor, was missing today under circumstances which led Montgomery | THIRTY-HOUR WEEK ISA.F. OF L. GOAL {Law as Aid to Unemploy- ment to Be Sought in Next Congress. BY JOHN C. HENRY, didn't change things any for Mrs. | It was expected the Council would be ealled to meet next week. The text of the Spanish note will be published in Geneva later. It was undersiood the principal complaint ‘was against Italo-German recognition of the insurgent regime in Spain, (Article eleven of the Covenant states that any “war or threat of war” is a matter of concern to the whole Yeague, whether affecting members of the League or not. It provides that the League shall take “any action that may be deemed wise and effectual to safeguard the peace of nations.” (In the case of an emergency, the #ecretary-general must, on the request of any League member, summon the Pouncil. (It is declared to be “the friendly Fight of each member” to bring to the Jeague's attention “any circumstance Whatever affecting international rela- tions which threatens to disturb in- ternaiional peace or the good under- standing between nations, on which Ppeace depends.”) MADRID GOES UNDERGROUND. Populace Burrows to Escape Inces- sant Bombings. B the Associateo Press. MADRID, November 27.—The be- sieged people of Madrid began today to turn their bomb-torn city into a wvast labyrinth of underground pas- sages. Seizing whatever implements were available, or using their bare hands, householders began tunneling from eellar to cellar to provide places of refuge in case their homes are brought crashing down upon their heads. During the devastating shelling of the last three weeks, hundreds of refugees in the basements of the city have died by asphyxiation. Against the grim prospects of being smothered or crushed to death, Madrilenos sought to establish a means of escape by the house-to-house burrowing. Spades Are at Premium. Their task was made difficult by the fact that almost every available spade in the city has been pressed into use Sor the building of fortifications. Meanwhile, at Valencia, 73 Ameri- #ans awaited evacuation from Spain * aboard the United States cruiser Raleigh, following a safe but trying $rip from the closed embassy here. The weathier in Madrid brightened after two days of rain, but there still were few pedestrians on the central streets, Scarred by shells and air bombs, the _city’s most beautiful buildings, with torn curtains flapping through Jagged window panes, resembled the structures of Flanders 20 years ago. ‘The air raids and artillery barrages kitchen sttire, or even in bath robes. . Food Is Problem. ' The defense food supply commis- bariat worked hard at transporting supplies from Eastern Spain. It vir- gually had succeeded in placing the Bo the ascarcity of meat. However, herds of sheep were gras- $ng on the lawn GETS RESETTLEMENT JOB Milo B. Perkins Named Adminis- trative Aide. [ a compulsory arbitration bill to com- bat a critical break between capital and labor without even calling them into session. ‘The premier hurried from minister | to minister to get their individual con- sent to the measure. He planned to see President Albert Lebrun before the Chamber of Depu- ties met in the afternoon so that he could present the bill with the full backing of the government. The sudden bresk in the tense labor situation had already caused the pre- mier to invoke his power compe! labor disputants to arbitrate questions of increased costs of living and de- mands for higher wages. Gavernment Position. ‘The secona project empowers the government to institute compulsory arbitration in disputes not covered by the premier’s invoked decree. The Socialist premier ordered the decree invoking his power drafted im- mediately and called & meeting of the National Economic Council to approve his step. A new wave of occupation strikes spread over France following refusal of employers to negotiate as long as their factories are occupied by strikers. Twenty thousand metal workers of the Sambre Basin around Maubege struck. Many stayed in their factories, declaring they would remain until collective contracts are signed. Similar Strikes Considered. Metallurgical unions of the Valen- ciennes region, where 25,000 ‘metal workers are employed, were considering similar strikes. Officials of the metal- lurgical unions at Lille said an occu- pation strike in that area, where 8,000 workers are out, might spread to in- clude all 12,000 industrial ‘workers at Lille. The cabinet was summoned to meet later in the day with the possibility that the Blum decree controlling only disputes over increased costs of living and demands for higher wages—would be published tomorrow in the official Journal. Japanese Budget Highest. TOKIO, November 27 (#).—Army and navy appropriations composed al- most half of Japan's record-breaking 3,041,000,000 yen (about $870,000,000) budget for 1937-1938, approved today by the cabinet. Less than § per cent ‘was allotted to education. immediately to Cumberland, where police and pickets clashed today. Nice said he was sending the State police superintendent to Cumberland “to look the situation over.” TWELVE HURT IN CLASH. Entering Plant, BY the Associated Press. CUMBERLAND, Md., November 27. | ~—Twelve persons were taken to hos- pitals today after a clash with local Police at the strike-closed plant of the Celanese Corp. of America. The clash followed an attempt by the pickets to halt a r train from entering the plant grounds with office employes and maintenance crews reporting for work. Those in the hospitals were said to be suffering from head injuries. James Dundon, chairman of the Tex- tile Union Strike Committee, blamed company police for the injuries to the pickets. Dundon said approximately 40 strikers were on the station plat- form inside the plant fence when the regular Baltimore & Ohio train pulled | in at 8:30 am. Office employes and maintenance men have been using the trains to enter and leave the plant since the strike was called Novem- ber 13. Dundon said: “We have reason to believe the company has been bringing production workers into the plant in violation of the company’s promise that only office workers and mainte- nance men would be allowed within the plant.” He added that the pickets gathered around the train and that four State police and three railroad company officers attempted to push them away from the train, but were unable to restrain the men. Dundon charged that the plant po- lice and guards then ran from the factory grounds and used their clubs to disperse the strikers. He sald two shots were fired by the guards during the melee, but apparently both were fired into the air, Murderer Hangs. QUEBEC, November 27 (#).—Ro- land Sinclair, 27-year-old ax slayer, was hanged today for the murder of Lucien Malo in his little shack at St. Jean Deschailions on November 4, | I 1935. Toy Campaign Opens to Bring Santa to Homes of the Needy Star-Warner Bros. paign, Aided by Police and P..T.A and. N. B. C. Cam- o Hopes for More Than 50,000 Gifts. O THAT there shall be no for-4 gotten child in Washington this Christmas, TEHT] 2553 £ §§E§§ d THE SIXTH ANNUAL STAR-WARNER BROS.- N. 8. C. TOY MATINGES and THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL. METROPOLITAN POLICE PARTY hundred miles north of Vladivostok, where the Soviets will build a great| i This railway is one of the keystones | of Soviet defense against any Japa- nese attack. It parallels the Trans- Siberian Railway, but well within So- | | viet territory. Trouble Follows Effort to Halt Train ! Krutoff declared the Soviet Far| East was “ready for defense” and/ sounded a stern warning to Japan. Will Fight fer Territery. “Our policy is one of peace,” he sald, “but we give warj that if there is an attack we deliver & crushing blow. We will not surrender an inch of Far Eastern territory. “Stalin has said the Far East is one continue to see the preparation of the Japanese imperialists against the Soviet Union.” | Far Eastern peasants and guards re- cently have caught many spies at- | tempting to cross the frontier, he as- serted, adding: “Every one in the 1 Far East is ready, if necessary, to | deliver & crushing defeat to the at- | tackers.” 1. Mazar, Russia’s foremost steel worker, told a cheering audience of the congress that “Fascists are get- ting ready to attack the Soviet Union.” “That is why we need steel, good hot steel,” he declared. “We will deliver it to the Socialist fatherland.” The steel worker was one of the speakers during the sessions of the congress, assembled to discuss the new Russian constitution. Gen. Vassily Bluecher, Far-Eastern military leader, appeared on the ros- trum with other government officials. His presence immediately fed to speculation over whether he had been summoned to discuss military prob- lems after the Japanese-German ac- sord against communism. Litvinoff Drafts Statement. An important statement on Russian world policy was reported under prep- sration by Maxim Litvinoff, foreign commissar of the U. 8. 8. R. The prospective address, described by informed sources as “most impor- (See MOSCOW, Page A-3.) Towed by Devil Fish, ‘When Mr. and Mrs. Harold Palmer dropped a boat anchor overboard in the Gulf of Mexico recently a giant devil fish seized it and towed the boat or five hours. Palmer finally severed the Lost & Found A-3 Obituary ...A-10 NATIONAL. Roosevelt calls Americas to bar ag- of the hearts of war danger. We | County police to believe he had met with play. The local truck farmer disap- peared after leav- ing a store near his home at 8 p.m. Saturday and has not been seen or heard from rsince. He had $600 in cash with ‘him at the | time, ! b’“’;’: "m Eliweed D. Matthews. | | Charles Matthews, who lived with | | the missing man on the latter's 7- acre farm, that he had never before stayed away from home overnight. A search for Matthews was insti- tuted by officers Monday after the | | brother reported his disappearance. Officers refused to disclose the | source of their information, but said | | it was learned definitely the man had | $600 when he left the store and started to his home only a short dis- tance away on Old Bladensburg road. He was described as being 5 feet 8!, inches in height and weighing | about 150 pounds. He was slender, partially bald, had brown eyes and | several teeth were . Matthews has resided in Four Cor- | | ners for many years and gained wide- spread attention last year when it was learned the horse used in his farming activities took part in the parade when William McKinley was | inaugurated as President of the United States. A 2-year-old filly when Matthews loaned her to a Washington police- man for the parade, the mare is now 41 years old. Despite this, Matthews has used her regularly for farm work. foul PROBE FUNDS SOUGHT La Follette to Ask Civil Liberties | Inquiry Continuance. Chairman La Follette of the Senate committee investigating civil liberties violations said today he would ask Congress for & new appropriation to continue the committee’s study. An investigation of strike breaking, | labor espionage and infringements of collective bargaining rights is being Page A-8 Page A-8 Page A-8 Page A-9 Page A-9 team here. Army and Navy teams are their battle. all set for Page A-3 P. W. A, Page D-2 Minnesota fans still regard team su- perior to Northwestern Page D-3 Page B-14 Page C-7 Page C-7 Corporate bonds rise (table). Page A-15 ‘Trade rise broadens. Page A-15 Clesrings at high levels. - Page A-15 ‘Transit esrnings rise. Page Curb list gains (table). Page A-17 Ruby King. As she went out this morning to look i for an attorney to defend her hus-| band, Carl King, 23, who was being| held for investigation at the first pre- | cinct station, she declared: “I love him more than anything else | in this world. He didn’t know what! he was doing.” Roomer Calls Police. After an argument in their room shortly after noon, Mrs. King ran downstairs and collapsed. Another roomer called police and Officers R. D. Maust and R. D. Edwards Mrs. King went back upstairs with the officers and pleaded with her husband to open the door, which he had bar- ricaded. His answer was for them to look out, that he was going to shoot, Mrs. King said. ‘The officers stepped away from in front of the door, and one of them pushed Mrs King in the opposite direc- tion just as a report rang out. The bullet crashed through the door and clipped & lock of Mrs. King’s hair before going through the door of an unoccupied room across the hall. Another report, but this time no bullet. Then a third, and there was a jangle of broken glass from the front window of another room in the front of the house. Mrs. Robert ‘White, who was waiting for her hus- band to take her out to dinner, was not in its course and escaped unin- Juzed, Threatened With Gas. By this time Maust and Edwards had hurried down to their scout car and returned with more ammunition. Putting his foot- through a lower panel of the door, they advised King that unless he threw his weapons out on the fioor, the room would be filled with tear gas and smoke. He com- plied. “We were just married in June,” Mrs. King said today, “and it's the first time he’s ever spoken a cross word. But I love him and hope I can get him off on probation.” e PRESS CRITICISMS ABOLISHED BY NAZIS Theatrical, Literary and Other Efforts Must Be “Contemplated” and “Described.” BY the Associatea Press. BERLIN, November 27.—Theatrical and literary criticism were abolished in Germany today by & decree of Paul Joseph Goebbels, minister of prop- nds. ..aoebbeu, announcing the regulation at the annual meeting of the Reich Culture Chamber, declared criticism would be replaced by “contemplation™ and “description.” “Any former critic who feels he is capable of more than mere contempla- tion or description of another’s works will be free to show what he can do himself,” Goebbels said. The decree applies to dramatic, musical, motion picture and literary criticism. 'LOVE LAUGHS AT POLITICS' Sigrid Arne’s absorbing story of the Roosevelt-du Pont romance begins on page A-6 today. will be the “paramount objective” of the American Federation of Labor during the coming session of Congress, | it was decided at the fifty-sixth annual convention here today. As a means to this ob ective, the | convention directed their Executive Council “to take all necessary steps to have a six-hour day and five-day week enacted into law.” “The time is here for a major reduc- | tion in working hours,” the committee | | declared. “No valid objection can be | raised against it. Expanding produc- tive efficiency has created a new eco- | nomic situation to which society must | adapt itself as the price of survival.| This means that shorter working hours are no longer a matter of choice | —they must come as the only nnswer; to the machine age in which we live. | It is the one and only way to insure | economic health.” " The Black-Connery bill introduced | in Congress last year carries the 30- | hour work week provisions. The bill | was left in committee last year. | Courts Issue Referred. Despite a opatory in defense of the Supreme |Court and the Constitution, the American Federation of Labor to- day referred to its Executive Coun- cil for further action four reso- | lutions seeking & surb on the lower | | Federal courts or amendments to the | Constitution to protect broad social legislation. The oratory was supplied by Chauncey W. Weaver of the Musicians’ Union, who warned the delegates thcy were “playing with fire” and that the laboring man would be the first to be burned if the powers of the courts were curbed. The present convention, Weaver re- minded them, has taken on the ap- | pearance of a “Democratic ratifica. tion” meeting rather than a non. | | partisan labor meeting. | } ‘The hope of leaders was to complete | | the convention’s business today, in a | | night session if necessary, but the danger of drawnout debate loomed | over one or two issues ready for pres- | entation. Controversy is Seen. Most likely to cause trouble in this respect was the report of the Com- mittee on Laws which has been con- sidering proposals for several amend- ments to the Federation constitution. Greatest element of controversy prob- ably is contained in a resolution sub- mitted by John P. PFrey, president of (See LABOR, Page A-2.) MUNITIONS FOR SPAIN EMBARGOED BY NORWAY Seizure of Two Ships and Their Cargoes by Insurgents Results in Ban. By the Associated Press. OSLO, Norway, November 27.— The Norwegian government today pro- hibited Norwegian ships from carrying munitions, arms or airplanes to Spain or any territory belonging to Spain. Norway yesterday charged two Nor- wegian vessels had been seized and their cargoes confiscated by Spanish insurgents. ‘The government instructed its Min- ister to Lisbon, Portugal, to protest the incidents to the Fascist commander. Gen. Francisco Franco. ‘The ships, the government said, were en route to Valencia, laden with tim- ber and potatoes, when they were halted. TOULOUSE, France, November 27 () —Police said today that they had uncovered evidence showing the con- tents of . freight car load of powder, which disappeared mysteriously No- vember 22, had réached Spain. The car, they said, was unloaded near the Spanish frontier and the sacks of powder carried across the bor- burst of Bryanesque | Premier Meets Eden. LONDON, November 27 (P).— must be guided by a serene and erous view of our common needs.” “This is no time to hesitate. We Given Morning Ovation, He spoke from the tribune of the chamber after receiving a rousing morning ovation at the beautiful, roc! rose-strewn streets of Brazil's capital as he drove to a luncheon at the home k-rimmed Rio Harbor and in the of E. G Fonter, wealthy Brazilian. In an address of welcome in the chamber Raoul Fernandez, diplomat and former majority floor leader, as- serted Mr. Roosevelt “admitted he had brought about a revolution but was proud it had been a peaceful one.” He quoted at length from leading Brazilian statesmen to the effect the Monroe Doctrine “must be recognized as a permanent force for peace on the American continent.” Members of the Supreme Court, their black robes accentuating the crisp white dress of President Roose« velt’s military and naval aides and the Marine lieutenant colonel’s uni« form of James Roosevelt, attended the ceremony. Holding up as an example to the world the warm friendship between the United States and Brazil, Mr. Roosevelt asserted “the fine record of our relations is the best answer to those pessimists who scoff at the idea of a friendship of nations. Good Will Rules Relations. “In the present state of the world it is heartening that the two largest countries of this hemisphere have been able, by the exercise of good will, good temper and good sense, to conduct the whole course of their re= lations without. clash, or conflict, or ill-feeling.” Asserting all instrumentalities for the maintenance of peace must be consolidated and reinforced, the United States President added: “We cannot countenance aggression from wheresoever it may come.” Continuing, he said: “Solidarity among American states in the cause of peace constitutes no threat to other regions or races. Honorable adherence to the solemn agreements among us will harm no other continent. “On the contrary, the more firmly peace is established on this hemi- sphere, the more closely we live up to the spirit as well as the letter of our agreements, the better it will be for the rest of the world. Record Proof of Peace. “Let us present a record which our hemisphere may give the world as convincing proof that peace always is at hand when nations, serene in their sovereign security, meet their current problems with understanding and good will.” The President, who leaves Brazil at (See ROOSEVELT. Page A-5.) President’s Son Hospitalized by Sinus Infection Franklin, Jr., Is Much Better, Declares Relative. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, November 27.—! D. Roosevelt, jr., confined to a hospital be:mby & sinus infection, was “very m better” today, according to Henry Cushing, brother-in-law of James Roosevelt. under consideration, Cushing said, “Not that I know of.” Mrs. Roosevelt, wife of the Presi- dent, spent the greater part of Thanks- giving day with her son. Pranklin's flancee, Miss Ethel du Pont, was expected to visit him at the Thospital today. Cushing said that, while he knew Miss du Pont was coming to Boston, h:fldld not know the hour she would arrive.