Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain tonight; tomorrow, cloudy and warmer, probably followed by rain; low- est temperature tonight about 35 degrees. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 40, at noon to- day; lowest, 28, at 11:30 p.m. yesterday. Full report on page B-12. Closing New York Markets, Page 22 84th YEAR. No. 338 Entered as second class matter post office. Washington, D. C. 18. WASHINGTON, D. @he Foen L 4 ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION C, ny Star WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1936—FIFTY-TWO PAGES. %x=* The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 140,246 (Some returns not yet received.) DEADLY AIR RAID ISHELD START OF NEW REBEL DRIVE Women and Children Slain as Insurgents Rain Bombs on Madrid. POWERS ACT TO CURB SHIPMENTS OF ARMS International Committee Asks | Permission to Investigate Munitions Imports. BACKGROUND— With Spain’s civil war providing Arst major battleground for Eu- rope’s rival adherents of commu- nism and fascism, fears for the peace o7 the entire continent are spreading. Despite neutrality agree- ment, sponsored by Great Britain, Germany and Italy are charged with aiding Spanish insurgents and have recognized regime of Gen. Francisco Franco before he has overcome legal government. Russia and France have shown sympathy with popularly elected Leftist gov- ernment. War, which started with rebellion last July, finds Fascists halted by determined Loyalist defense after advancing to edges of Madrid. By the Associated Press. An insurgent air raid on Madrid, bombing military barricades and con- centration points with deadly ac- curacy, today was believed the curtain | raiser for a grand assault against the beleaguered city's defenses. Between 30 and 100 men, women | and children were killed, while hos- | pitals coped with what authorities called “the first gas cases” of the siege. The International Non-Intervention Committee, charged with keeping the Spanish civil war confined within the | country's boundaries, meanwhile took its first “tangible” step to prevent shipment of arms to either warring faction. The committee set up by Europe's major powers addressed letters to both Leftist and Rightist forces asking per- mission to send observers to investigate | alleged shipments of munitions from | foreign countries. At Geneva, where Spain’s Socialist- Cummunist government has charged Fascist Germany and Italy with creating a danger to international ' peace by aiding the Spanish insur- gents, it was suggested a similar plan may come up at next week's session of the League of Nations Council. Franco Protest Expected. Gen. Francisco Franco, insurgent commander, these sources acknowl- edged. would probably enter strong protests against any such international military commission. Reports of an ~“‘acute” food short- oge came from Madrid’s commissar of food supplies while reinforced gov- ernment troops drove back a violent Fascist land attack on the capital. Danger of extending the civil con- flict being waged about Madrid into general European war was seen by | Premier Francisco Largo Caballero, | addressing the Spanish Socialist Par- liament at Valencia. “A European war is now being fought on a small scale in Spanish terrain,” the premier declared, “and | unless the League of Nations takes steps to permit the legitimate govern- ment to purchase arms and supplies it will inevitably spread over Europe.” The premier declared the Spanish | insurrection would have been sub- | dued within “a few weeks” had the Fascists not had “direct assistance” | by Germany and Italy from the be-i gioning. Sees “Great Danger.” He lamented the “tolerance and passiveness” of other nations toward the civil war in Spain and declared their attitude was a source of “great danger.” Socialist officers in Madrid declared the insurgents’ “striking power” ap- peared weakened, possibly broken, after the most bitterly fought battle TYPHOON STRIKES CLOSE TO MANILA Temporary Buildings Felled as Storm Races Along Tayabas & Coast. By the Associated Press. . MANILA, December 2.—Temporary buildings were flung down tonight by high winds as a typhoon raced to- | ward this city. The typhoon, 100 miles southwest of Manila, swept along the Pacific | coast of Southern Tayabas Province with wind velocity of 60 miles an hour. ‘The coast was battered by gigantic waves. If the storm maintains its present path its center would strike close to Manila. The storm, traveling at high speed, moved in a west- northwesterly direction toward Manila. Typhoon warnings were raised here at 10:50 p.m. (9:50 am., E. 8. T.). | holding companies.” Coach Gil Dobie Seriously Hurt InTraffic Crash Grid Mentor’s Aide Also Is Injured as Car Hits Wall. GIL DOBIE. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, December 2.—Gilmour (Gloomy Gil) Dobie, Boston College foot ball coach and former Cornell coach, and his assistant, Frank Mur- dock, suffered serious injuries when their automobile crashed into a bridge abutment early today. City hospital officials reported exam- ination showed Dobie escaped serious head injury, but had a fractured jaw and cheekbone. They said a spinal test indicated Murdock had suffered | a severe head injury in addition to a fractured jaw. Condition of the two was described | as “fair.” Their names remained on | the hospital danger list. { Police said that when they arrived | at the scene they found Murdock standing dazed outside the car and | Dobie inside. The left side of the car was crushed. The police said the men were ap- parently en route from Boston to New- ton, where Dobie resides, when the crash occurred. Dobie came to Boston College from Cornell University this Fall and con- cluded his first foot ball season at Boston College successfully last Satur- day. The former Cornell coach, known to thousands of foot ball fans as “Gloomy Gil,” brought Murdock with him from | the New York State College as an assistant. DOOM OF HOLDING COPANIES SEEN Wheeler Says Railroad In- quiry Will Result i Legislation. BY the Associatea Press. A ‘“death sentence” for railroad holding companies—patterned an.er‘ the 1935 public utilities holding com- pany act—was foreseen by Senator | Wheeler, Democrat of Montana, today as an outgrowth of a pending Senate investigation of railway financing. Wheeler, who is chairman of the Senate Interstate Commerce Com- mittee, asserted that there is “no justification whatever for railroad He predicted the inquiry would result in legislation abolishing them. He will open the investigation De- cember 7 with a study of the Mid- America Corp., the holding company through which the late Van Swerin- gen brothers dominated a many- | branched transportation network. Among First Witnesses, The “heirs” to the Van Sweringens’ railway kingdom—George A. Ball, Muncie, Ind., glass jar manufacturer, and George A. Tomlinson, Cleveland industrialist—will be among the first witnesses called to the stand. Investigators said they would be asked to describe the methods used by the Van Sweringens to control, through holding companies, a trans- portation system valued at $3,000,- 000,000 with the investment of “rela- tively small sums” of their own money. Ball and Tomlinson financed the (See DOOM, Page A-6) —_—— BLUM’S ARBITRATION BILL WINS, 438 T0 130 By the Associatea Press. PARIS, December 2.—Premier Leon | Blum’s bill providing compulsory arbi- tration of labor disputes was approved early today by the Chamber of Depu- ties by a vote of 438 to 130. Approval was given after a single day and night session, and the meas- ure sent to the Senate. The measure would oblige workers to submit disputes for arbitration be- fore declaration of a strike, with a government-appointed “super-arbi- trator” delivering the final, obligatory verdict if conciliation failed. Rain Routs First Snowfall; End of Cold Snap Is Forecast Winter’s grip on the Capital was pried loose temporarily today as rising temperatures and rain erased traces of the first real snowfall of the season. Winter was not due officially, however, until December 21. Rain is due to continue through- out the afternoon and tonight, the Weather Bureau said, and tomorrow will be overcast and warmer, probably followed by rain in the afternoon. The minimum temperature tonight is expected to be about 35 degrees. In climbing above the freezing mark early today for the first time in 24 hours, the mercury changed a steady ‘mov to sleet and then to rain. A& inch of snow fell between 9:30 p.m. and midnight. The snow arrived almost three weeks ber 22. An inch of snow this easly in the season does not mean much as modern records go, however, 4 Inches of snow having fallen here on Novem- ber 4, 1910. The short-lived icy hardships on the city’s homeless, driv- i;. hundreds to the shelter of mis- lons. At midnight the temperature stood (See WEATHER, Page A-3.) PRESIDENT BIDS FAREWELL INRAIN 10 BUENOS AIRES Hailed by All Americas as Peace Apostle on Three- Day Visit. LUNCHEON TO JUSTO IS FINAL FORMALITY Peace Parley Launched With Prospect of Success as Result of President’s Address. BULLETIN. BUENOS AIRES, December 2 () —President Roosevelt, ending a visit of all-American peace in Ar- gentina, boarded the United States cruiser Indianapolis this afternoon to start back to the United States. BY the Assoclatea Press. BUENOS AIRES, December 2.— President Roosevelt bade farewell to a rain-drenched Argentina today and prepared for his journey homeward, ending a three-day visit, during which he was hailed by all the Americas as an apostle of peace. Argentines lined the route to the cruiser Indianapolis, although a chill- ‘mg rain poured from leaden skies. The way was the reverse of that he took on his triumphant arrival Monday, when Buenos Aires gave Mr. Roosevelt the greatest demonstration of enthusiasm ever accorded any one here. The visiting President’s last official act was a luncheon he gave at the | United States Embassy in honor of Argentine President Agustin P. Justo and which 75 persons attended. The visiting President’s last official act was a luncheon he gave at the United States Embassy in honor of | Argentine President Agustin P. Justo and which 75 persons attended. 12,000 Troops on Guard. Twelve thousand troops. wearing | overcoats for protection from the rain, guarded the way to salute Pres- ident Roosevelt. On the pier, as on the day of his | arrival here, a red carpet an eighth of a mile long had been stretched. Garlands of red roses festooned the landing stage. Riding in an automobile with Pres- ident Justo and escorted by 10 other cars contairing members of the Ar- gentine cabinet and the Reception Committee, Mr. Roosevelt left the United States Embassy at 2:06 p.m. (12:06 pm., E. S. T.). United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Argentine Foreign Minister Narlos Saavedra Lamas rode | in another auto together. Hull was to | remain to lead the Unitefl States dele- | gation at the inter-American peace | parley. The intensified downpour battered the purple blooms of the jacaranda | trees along the Avenida Alvear in Pa- | lermo Park as the procession passed. At the Embassy a good-sized crowd cheered as the President's car rolled away. | Because of the rain President Roose- velt rode in a closed limousine. The windows of apartment houses along the Avenida Alvear, the Avenida Cal- {1ao and the Avenida Santa Fe—on the | 50-block route to the dock—were filled with Argentines saluting and waving | at Mr. Roosevelt and his escort. Secret Service men riding on the running board of Mr. Roosevelt’s car were drenched, as were the members of the Indianapolis’ crew, who lined up on the dock in their white, tropical uniforms. As the crowd swelled at the pier, 40 Argentine Army and Navy planes | flew overhead in salute. Parley Sessions Begun. The Peace Conference, spurred by President Roosevelt's plea to consoli- date Western World democracies against aggression for “our mutual safety and mutual good,” launched | into informal organization today. | Delegates from many of the 21| American nations represented at the conference enthusiastically praised the opening address of the United States’ Chief Executive last night. They predicted Mr. Roosevelt and | President Agustin Justo of Argentina had “set the assembly firmly on the | path to success.” “The opening was magnificent and I am optimistic of the conference's (See PARLEY, Page A-5.) REPORT OF HOOVER LEAVING U. S. DENIED Ex-President Has No Plans for European Trip, Says Secre- tary Richey. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 2—Inti- mates of former President Herbert Hoover represented him today as being distressed by published reports he might leave the United States to live in England. | Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler presiding. | was taken behind locked doors after 1 PLEA FOR YULE TOY FUND 'BROADCAST TONIGHT ;Stage Celebrities Will Entertain Radio Fans as Contribution to Star-Warner- N. B. C. Campaign. Christmas spirit will be both on and radio listeners about the toy matinees | in the air tonight when a half hour's program of entertainment is broadcast | beginning at 10:30 o'clock over Station | morning of December 19 to those who | WRC as a part of The Star-Warner | | | Bros.-N. B. C. Christmas toy cam- | paign and the sixteenth annual Metro- | politan Police Christmas party. Guitars, harmonicas, singing voices and talking voices will unite to amuse Washingtonians in the first of a series | of air shows arranged by the National Broadcasting Co. in the campaign to prevent any child in Washington from | being forgotten this Christmas. So that every one may enjoy his own celebration of the birth of Christ, | knowing that none of his neighbors | are trying to pretend to their children that December 25 is just another day, Phone. Earle headliners will entertain, | Miss Audrey Sieber, mistress of cere- monies at the Earle Theater will tell | tonight. Eleven Warner Bros. theaters will dedicate a show apiece on the will donate a new toy or new article | of clothing, instead of paying the usual price of admission, she will say. About the thousands of homes in | Washington where eating would be a yuletide treat, and where parents and children alike need shoes. stockings, underwear and clothing of all sorts, Maj. Ernest W. Brown. superintendent of police, will speak on the air. He will say that food and clothing may be delivered from now on to any pre- cinct house in the city, for distribu- tion Christmas eve. After these appeal bits at the micro- Roy Smeck, veteran of sound movie (See TOYS, Page A-2) SWEEPING LAWS DECREED BY NAZIS, Death Penalty Adopted for Hoarding Abroad—Youth to Be Trained. 67 the Associated Press. BERLIN. December 2.—The “brass ' knuckle” policy of Gen. Hermann ‘Wilhelm Goering's four-year plan for the rehabilitation of Germany was im- plemented today by a series of far- reaching laws and drastic penalties. “The death penalty for economic sabotage” and a law for the “acceler- ated exploitation of Germany’s mineral resources” were regarded the most im- portant of the startling decrees pro- mulgated by the cabinet yesterday. The cabinet acted swiftly with Der Fuehrer's own newspaper, Voel- kischer Beobachter, said the action| (See NAZIS, Page A-3.) Summary of Page. Page. Amusements. C-4 C-7 A-12 Finance ____A-21 Lost & Found A-3 | Society ..... B-3 Obituary -.-A-14' Woman’s Pg.. C-6 NATIONAL. President Roosevelt bids good-by to Argentina. Page A-1 Death sentence seen for railroad hold- ing companies. A-1 Gil Dobie, Boston College foot ball coach, hurt in crash. Page A-1 House members denounce Garner for backing Rayburn. Page A-2 Gov. Smith of Vermont freed of bank theft charges. Page A-3 Coast maritime strike leaders call for showdown. Page A-9 John Ringling dies, victim of bronchial pneumonia. Page A-14 Wage earners urged to speed social security returns. Page B-6 FOREIGN. Nazis adopt sweeping laws to aid eco- nomic reaival. Page A-1 over King's romance. Page A-1 ‘Women and children slain in air raid on Madrid. Page A-1 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Season’s first snow turns to rain; mis- sions ‘crowded. Page A-1 ‘Transportation is problem for crowds attending concert. A-3 Agreement reached to end Cumberland celanese strike. Page A-5 Car swerves to avoid child, strikes and kills father. Page B-1 Jefferson Memorial site at Tidal Basin favored. Page B-1 New plan proposed for traffic war- rants. Page B-1 Senator Logan approves foreign- mare riage ban. : Page B-1 Landlord-tenant arbitration unit urged MOLLISON AND CO-PILOT SPEED FROM KIMBERLY England-South Africa Flyers Are Delayed Slightly by Engine Trouble. BY the Associateo Press. KIMBERLEY, Union of South Africa, December 2.—Capt. James A. Mollison and his co-pilot, Capt. Edouard Corniglion-Molinier, arrived here today, about 600 miles from Cape Town, goal of their speed flight from England. After a delay from engine trouble, they took off toward Cape Town at 11 am.,, Greenwich meridian time (6 am. Eastern standard time). The fiyers left Croydon, England, Sunday morning in Mollison’s speed plane Dorothy, in an attempt to break the England-South Africa rec- ord of 3 days 6 hours 26 minutes, now | held by Mollison's wife Amy. British Warships Relieved. MALTA, December 2 (£).—Two of Great Britain's mightiest battleships | —the Hood and the Repulse—left to- day for Gibraltar to ‘relieve other ships in accordance with a long- arranged program.” Today’s Star . Man held for assault despite wife's re- fusal to prosecute. Page B-1 | Hearing in Edward Peter case set for December 11. Page B-5 Prince Georges to conduct own police probe. Page B-5 Many entries made for Bethesda C. of C. parade. Page B-11 Trial of seamen arrested at German Embassy resumed. Page B-12 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. This and That. Page A-12 Answers to Questions. Page A-12 Stars, Men and Atoms. Page A-12 David Lawrence. Page A-13 Paul Mallon. Page A-13 Constantine Brown. Page A-13 Jay Franklin. Page A-13 Headline Folk. Page A-13 SPORTS. Local coaches at odds over pass inter- ference rule revision. Page * C-1 Sharp drop in foot ball scoring this season is revealed. Page C-1 Hoyas have fine chance to equal fine record of 1927. Page C-1 Reds, Giants and Bucs held angling for Dizzy Dean. District Ten- . Page C-2 Accurate kicks rated more valuable than long foot ball punts. Page C-3 MISCELLANY. Leaders approve plan for nis Association. City News in Brief. Page B-6 Vital Statistics. Page B-11 Bedtime Story. Page B-13 Nature’s Children. PageB-13 ‘Young Washington. Page A-9 Trafic Convictions. Page B-14 Betsy Caswell. Page C-6 Dorothy Dix. Page C-6 Men’s Fashions. Page B-13 Winning Contract. Page B-13 FINANCIAL. Steel ingot rate at new peak. Page A-20 Rail bonds climb (table). Page A-21 Power index advances. Page A-21 Stocks irregular (table). Page A-22 D. C. bank votes divi- Page A-22 dend. » Mll&mhl(“i Page A-23 DEBT-PARING TALK CAUSES U.3. SPLIT! Opinion Divided on French Overtures—Additional Loan Pleas Feared. BACKGROUND— France first defaulted when she refused to pay the war debt install- men due December 15, 1932. Pre- | mier Leon Blum, then a Deputy, | voted for the default, which wrecked | the cabinet of Edouard Herriot. Unpaid installments since first de- fault after Hoover moratorium of 1931 total $325,080,018. BY the Associated Press A sharp split developed on Capitol Hill today on the question of grant- |ing further reductions in the $12,.- 1 000,000,000 war debt Europe owes the United States. | It followed a disclosure that France. | in an informal and wholly tentative way, had made overtures looking to- ward a possible settlement of the debt question. France, which owes the United States $4,061,234,000, has been in default five years, along with lu other nations. Some legislators inclined to look with sympathy on a new move to re- | move the long-standing sore spot in international relations. Others, how- | ever, indicated that if some of the | debtors were plahning to make some | | small payments with the idea of be- ing allowed to borrow more money in this country they were doomed to | disappointment. Senator O'Mahoney, Democrat of Wyoming, was among those who said that some debtors might be seeking to come to terms to “open up the possibility of borrowing more money for future wars.” Under the exist- ing Johnson law, defaulting nations | are now barred from raising money | in the United States. Congress Must Approve. Before any new arrangement about the war debt can take effect, Congress must give its approval. The conflict- ing reactions of the legislators indi- cated that the debate on any proposed settlement might be stormy. | However, Senator Clark, Democrat, of Missouri forecast that Congress would consider French proposals for a | debt reduction sympathetically “if | we have some assurance that the | new agreement actually will be carried | out.” Otherwise, he said, he saw “lit- | tle reason for a further reduction.” | While Chairman Pittman, Demo- | crat, of Nevada, chairman of the Sen- | ate Foreign Relations Committee, has | hinted that the United States might | agree to liberal terms, Chairman | O’Connor, Democrat, of New York of the House Rules Committee said there would be “no sentiment in Congress to readjust those debts.” Alone among the debtor nations, Finland has signified its intention of | meeting its December 15 payment of | $231,315. Move Only Tentative. A note of caution against too early optimism over the outcome of the French overtures was sounded by R. Walton Moore, Acting Secretary of State. Emphasizing the tentative na- | ture of the move, he said: “It cannot be too strongly said that | the conversations (between Bullitt and Delbos) were marked by nothing what- ever in the way of definite proposals (See WAR DEBTS, Page A-3.) | TWO ELECTROCUTED WHILE LOADING COAL Colored Victims in Yard at First and N Streets Northeast Had Operated Feeder. ‘Two colored laborers were electro- cuted shortly after noon today while | operating an electric coal feeder in the yard of Griffith-Consumers Co., First and N streets northeast. ‘The men were identified as William L. Keys, 53, of 63 Decatur court, and John Davis, 34, of 1145 First street. Police investigating the case were unable to immediately whether the accident was caused by & short circuit or whether the feeder came in contact with a high-tension wire. Keys, employed by Griffith, and Davis, who works for the Chapman Coal Co., had been loading cos! from & freight car on to a tru there were no witnesses, it both men were gripping the feeder o to ek HE g in an attempt another section of the MMM&“ i H (P) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. BALDWIN VISIT KING IN CRISIS OVER ROMANCE Believed Carrying Threat of Ministers to Edward Quit Posts if Persists. LONDON STOCK MARKET UPSET; NEWSPAPERS GROW CRITICAL Break-Up of Realm , With York Ruling Scotland, Hinted—Americans Protest “Interference.” By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 2.—Prime Minister Stanley Bald- win called upon King Edward at Buckingham Palace to- night for what was reported to be a showdown in the constie tutional crisis caused by the monarch’s friendship for Mrs. Wallis Simpson. The plainspoken, pipe-smoking premier was believed to have informed the bachelor King that the cabinet, with the backing of Parliament, is prepared to resign unless Edward surrenders any plan he may h: divorcee. ave to wed the American-born Earlier England's stock market dropped sluggishly, reflecting, brokers said, the growing concern lest King Edward’s romance with Mrs. Simpson result in resignation of the cabinet or even the abdication of the King. A wholly unconfirmed rumor, one of many hundreds about the | King-Simpson affair, had it the cabinet had decided to resign on Saturday unless the monarch accedes to a demand to give up his friendship with the American by HOSPIGE MATRON BEATEN N BE In Serious Condition After Prowler Chokes Her to Prevent Qutcry. Beatén and choked by & man, be- lieved to be colored, who entered her bed room early this morning, Mrs. Gertrude Stalcup, 54, matron of the Lutheran Walther League Hospice, 1420 M street, was in a serious condi- tion today. She was still dazed from the effect of a blow over her left eye, which caused a gash requiring eight stitches to close. During a moment of con- sciousness, she told police she had been awakened in the night by a man bending or kneeling beside the head of her bed. As she started to cry out, the man seized her by the throat and choked her and then struck her. she said. Physicians attending her at the hospice today said X-ray photographs would be taken to determine whether | her skull was fractured. Police were at a loss to find a motive for the attack. The rear door was open and footprints in the snow led to a nearby parking lot. Parking lot attendants said a car with New York license tags had been parked at the spot where the footprints ended. How the intruder entered was a mystery. However, nothing in the house had been disturbed. One of the 18 girls and young women who live at the house heard groans issuing from Mrs. Stalcup’s room and discovered her plight. Mrs. Stalcup’s room is at the head of the stairs leading up to the second fioor. Detectives from the second precinct hazarded a guess that the inside front door may not have been latched by the last person to return last night. The outer door is not usually locked at night. Mrs. Stalcup’s husband, G. G. Stal- cup, a construction worker, and two children live in Hyattsville, Md. They were notified last night and were at- tending her today. CARY SERIOUSLY ILL Kentucky Representative Given Blood Transfusion. CINCINNATI, December 2 (#).— Representative Glover H. Cary, Dem- ocrat, of the second Kentucky con- gressional district, was critically ill in Bethesda Hospital today after a blood transfusion. Dr. George Rockwell, physician who operated on Cary two weeks ago for complications that developed from pneumonia last Winter, said the Rep- resentative had rallied somewhat since being given the transfusion. that time. 4 In Fleet street the rumor Wwas | described as coming from “high quare \ms." Cabinet members preserved & %nony silence. Worried British ministers met, the great Times hinted at possible breake~ up of the realm with the Duke and Duchess of York as King and Queen of Scotland, and the question of “cone stitutional crisis” was sounded—open= ly and gloomily—by the Yorkshire Evening Post. This latter newspaper. one of the | directors of which is the father-ine |law of Foreign Secretary Anthony | Eden, warned: | “National concern will be deepened | by the implication in some responsible | comment that the constitutional issue may arise—the issue of the readiness | of the King to be guided by his min- | isters in regard to any step wherein tme welfare of the throne and the commonwealth may be involved.” ’ Discussion Stirs Exchange. | The stock exchange, England’s trae ditional barometer, was rife with dis- cussion of the Bishop of Bradford's speech yesterday in which he exe pressed concern over the King's awareness of his need for “God's grace.' Brokers said they expected the downward tendency to continue, and grow worse, unless the meaning of the bishop’s remarks with all its im= plications should be made clear to the business world. In other words. the brokers said, | they want to know “in pounds and pence” what the situation means. The general dull tone brokers as- cribed to the uncertainty over what | might happen in the supposed conflict | between Prime Minister Stanley Bald- | win's government and the King over | his American-born friend. | King Edward, meanwhile, outwardly | unruffied over the unprecedented in- | vasion of his private affairs, inspected | the new blue “walking out” uniform ge A-5.) 'SPANIARDS’ ARMING Discussion of Plans Is Likely at Next Week’s Session of | the Council. Bs the Associated Press. GENEVA, December 2.—Discussion of plans to send an international mili- tary commission to Spain to investie gate reports that foreign countries are sending arms and soldiers to fighting forces may come up at next week's Council session, League of Nations officials said today. | They acknowledged such a pro- | posal probably would encounter strong opposition from Portugal and Insur- | gent Generalissimo Francisco Franco. Chile’s recognition of Italian Ethi- |opia was declared to have evoked criticism because, it was said, such action was contrary to the League | covenant. The newspaper Journal des Nations demanded that Augustin Edward, Chilean Ambassador to London, resign as president of the League Council for the forthcoming session on the Spanish situation. Lord’s Prayer May Be Recite Correctly Half Dozen Ways BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Do you know the Lord’s Prayer? The words are perhaps the most familiar in the English language—and yet there is no absolutely authorized ecclesiastical version of them. There are at least a half dozen ways of saying the prayer, each of which is grammatically correct and, 80 far as any evidence can be found to the contrary, liturgically correct. This surprising fact came to light when an elderly Catholic priest wrote to the Ecclesiastical Review, published for Catholic University here, urging that the university start & movement lwlmdlldrdhfihhmhd & in all prayer books and used by all Catholics. His indignation had been aroused by a report that a little girl had been punished in school for per- sisting in saying: “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us.” An officious school official had thought that “those who trespass against us” was the only correct version. The letter was referred to Msgr. Hugh T. Henry, liturgical expert of the Catholic University faculty, who found that “them that,” “those who.” “them who” and “those that trespass against us” are used almost inter- (See PRAYER, Page A-1.)