Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain this afternoon; cloudy and colder; lowest temperature about 30 degrees to- night; tomorrow fair; moderate northerly winds. Temperatures—Highest, 46, 2 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 39, at noon today. Full report on page A-10. Closing New York Markets, Page 11 84th YEAR. No. 33,828. Entered as second class matter pos: office, Washington, D. O. EDWARD’S SHIP ch WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1936—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. #*# ARRIVES IN BOULOGNE HARBOR; GEORGE VI PROCLAIMED Duke of Windsor Reported New Title Picked for Edward BY the Associated Press. LONDON, December 12—His Royal Highness the Duke of Windsor is the new title King George has picked for his brother, the former King Edward, it was reported reliably today. An official annofincement was expected to be made later today. EDWARD'S PLANS eember 12—The British destroyer Fury, with former King Edward of K Mrs, Britain aboard, docked at the port | of Boulogne today. | Heavy forces of troops and mobile Simpson Has Not Heard From Prince, guards were immediately thrown around the dock. | Spokesman Says. The British consul and a French Heavy Guard Is¢ Placed at | - Dock. FRENCH POLICE BOARD VESSEL Ex-King Expected to Board Train for Zurich. * ! BS the Associated Press. Ppolice official went aboard the vessel. A man wearing a black coat and a black derby appeared on deck shortly afterward, but could not be identified as the former ruler in the growing darkness. | Squads of detectives had been sum- moned to guard the prince. The French torpedo boat Frondeur and a French submarine arrived at the port. Five detectives of the French secret service, who were expected to accom- LondonCrowds Jam Streets at Rites. QUEEN VIEWS GRAND SCENE |Coronation Will Be as Scheduled on May 12. Bv the Associated Press. | LONDON, December 12.—George | VI, the year’s third King of England, was proclaimed Liege Lord of the British Empire today before the old and turreted battlements of the Royal | Palace at St. James'. A vast crowd, but an orderly one, listened raptly while the sonorous tones of the garter principal king of CANNES, France, December 12— | 8Tms, Sir Gerald Wollaston, rolled ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION SORRY, MY B0y, BUT THERELL BE. /,,,f//v!/ | / / 1, il g Star The only Yesterday’s (Some Tetus LEAGUETOWEIGH PLAN T0 ISOLATE SPAINS G WAR Council Agrees on Resolu- tion After Stormy Secret Session on Policy. INTERNATIONAL PEACE IS DECLARED MENACED More Rigid System Sought for Control of Foreign Aid Given Either Side in Conflict. BACKGROUND— As Spain’s civil war lengthened, it became more and more difficult to distinguish between interest in the outcome and actual participa- tion by other nations. Each side in the struggle had powerful friends eager to supply arms and supplies, if not men. How to prevent a general Euro- pean war becomes now the foremost thought of Europe’s statesmen, the Spanish revolt presenting the gravest threat to peace since the occupation of Ethiopia. BY the Associated Press. in Washington § wit! Associated B and Wirephoto Serviges. FULL HOUSES ARE URGED GENEVA, December 12.—After a Mrs. Wallis Simpson has not heard ‘ from banks of ln\_zd speakers as he from Pince Edward since he left Eng- | read the proclamation from the palace REBEL BATTERIES stormy secret session, the League of land and does not know where he is or for the American woman said today. The spokesman repeated his former statement that Edward is not com- ing to Cannes and that Mrs. Simpson is remaining at the villa of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Rogers. Lord Brownlow, once gentleman-in- vhere he is going, a spokesman | waiting to the former British ruler, pany the former King to Switzerland, 'said an automobile, which Mrs. Simp- were among those arriving at the port. | son sometimes uses for country drives, Reports of the prince's arrival had been taken from its garage for spread rapidly through the Channel | his use during part of his return trip town, bringing hundreds of curious!to London. i residents to the water front. i | They crowded the docks. mingling ,hzefifl:;:'ififlfl:z; S with longshoremen garbed in blue tpe'wav for o short vacation, He in- denim and local police concentrated gisteq he would not see the abdicated in the harbor zone. ! monarch. g Fifty mobile guards took their po- 4 ~ sitions along the docks at 2:30 pm.| Driven by Ks-King's Alde. in preparation for the expected arrival of the prince. Railroad officials indicated if the former King goes to Zurich he may continue his journey to a Swiss Win- ter resort or proceed to either Austria or Ttaly. The British destrover Wolfhound entered the Boulogne Harbor at 3:45 pm. LEAVES ON DESTROYER. The machine was driven by George Ladbrook, chauffeur member of for- mer King Edward’s stafl, who has been assigned to Mrs. Simpson’s serv- ice since she left England. The chauffeur took to the villa copies of morning newspapers carry- ing accounts of Edward's farewell radio address to the empire. Servants said hosts and guest slept | 1ate at the villa, arising at 10:30 a.m. Edward was en route from Eng- {1and_ahoard a ship believed headed | Edward Departs for Foreign Haven Aboard Naval Craft. B the Associated Press. LONDON, December 12. — Edward, the man, sailed the high seas away from his native land today, his record as Prince, King and Emperor fully written. With the crown discarded for love | for Boulogne, France, or some port on the Mediterranean, but it was believed ' Mrs.-Simpson might delay another meeting ‘with him for more than three months. “There is no reason why the for- mer King could come here,” said a spokesman for Mrs. Simpson. “There | is every reason why he cannot come.” 1 Refers to Diverce Action. The spokesman referred to Mrs. and his brother, George VI, on the throne, he slipped out of Portsmouth Harbor at 1:50 a.m. today aboard the destroyer Fury. ‘The Fury, one of Britain’s newest | destroyers, was believed en route to | Boulogne, France, although other re- | ports said it was headed for Italy or some other Mediterranean port. | There Edward could be near twice- | Simpson’s ~ divorce from Ernest Aldrich Simpson, London business man, which will be made absolute April 27 at the end of the usual six- month waiting period, unless there is a special dispensation. Friends said both Mrs, Simpson married, twice-divorced Mrs. Wallis | and the former King had no desire ‘Warfleld Simpson, whom he has found ' to complicate the case by a meeting more attractive than the job of being | during the intervening period. There | King. | have been no indications that eflomg Mrs. Simpson remained at Cannes. 27® being made to speed up the di- | There in a seaside villa last night she | YO'®€- heard him refer to her in a world-wide _ Last night Mrs. Simpson and her broadcast as “the woman I love.” | hosts listened by radio to Edward's | Only 20 naval authorities at Ports- | reference to her while bidding the peo- mouth saw the former King take leave | plel:[ of ;fls far-flung empire farewell. ~ (See EDW. ) Pap TR | rs. Herman Rogers of ~ew York, S T ) | the hostess, wept after listening. Her RIOT ERI Al. fiE[AYED !Qfé’e'é' e e e hela BY ILL PROSECUTOR; to questioners, evidenced the depth of their emotion by their voices. Labor Leader Accused of Inciting Battle at Cumberland in I After the broadcast a crowd gathered | in a light rain and mist to see if they Celanese Strike. B0 the Associated Press. could glimpse Mrs. Simpson, but the curtains of the living room where the broadcast was heard were closely drawn. CUMBERLAND, Md., December 12. ~—The illness of State’s Attorney Wil- lam A. Huster caused a postponement yesterday of the preliminary hearing for William F. Kelly, former second vice president of the United Textile | ‘Workers of America. | Kelly was charged with inciting a riot in connection with the strike at the plant of the Celanese Corp. of America. The hearing will be Decem- ber 18. Kelly, now an organizer for the Committee on Industrial Organization, was arrested last week by Sheriff George E. Kemp on a warrant secured by State Police Officer Robert E. Raleigh. He was accused of causing disorder at the plant gates on Novem- ber 28. CHIANG REPORTED HELD BY REBELS Chinese Premier Is ‘“Detained” by Revolting Troops, Tokio Hears. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, Sunday, December 13.— The Domei (Japanese) News Agency yeported from Shanghai today that revolting Chinese troops at Sianfu, Shensi Province, had “detained” Gen- eralidsimo Chiang Kai-Shek, premjer of China. The troops were reported by v.m; News Agency to be under Marshal | Chang Hsiao-Liang, former governor of Manchuria, now in command of forces in Northern Chiua known as| the “Northwestern Frontier Commu- nist Suppression Army.” *cmlohl im ' 4 rsl'p';v:nporudposed Summary of Page. Page. ! Books - Church News, B-5-6-7 C-1t07 Comics -..._A-15| Short Story.. C-8| Editorial A-8 | Society .. .. A-7 Finance ..__A-11| Sports .._A-13-14 Lost & Found A-3 Woman's Fg.. B-§ Music - -.-- B-4| FOREIGN. Edward is expected to arrive at Bo- | logne, France. Page A-1 George VI proclaimed British King in St. James’ Palace rites. Page A-1 All 21 delegations sign inter-American peace proposal. Page A-1 Irish sever all but foreign ties with Great Britain. Page A-10 NATIONAL. Creation’s farthest objects known to science are revealed. Page AT Industrial Council to keep de<ired bills within Constitution. Page A-3 Eight new rear admirals chosen by Selection Board. Page A-3 Sen. King announces drive to exempt private pension plans. , Page A-16 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. $1,500 Christmas savings of motor firm employes stolen. Page A-1 Firemen back Old Georgetown road improvement campaign. Page A-2 Two boys victims of hit-and-run drivers. Page A-3 Death of 72-year-old man increases traffic toll for 1936 to 91. Page A-3 Edith Maxwell may not take stand in patricide case. Page A-3 Four prisoners escape from new van; three captured. Page A-16 American Public Welfare Association balcony. A spotlight, made necessary by the dull skies and light rain, illuminated his scroll. Meanwhile it was announced King George VI will be crowned next May 12 in coronation ceremonies originally planned for his brother, former King | Edward. | The day's events, invested with the | splendor of medieval pageantry, be-| gan with a meeting of the Accession | Council w‘dnw_‘up the official docu- ment announcing George VI as the new Brifish ruler. | Lines of mounted police held the ! erowds some distance from the an-| cient palace. | Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, | | Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamberlain and other cabinet min- ! isters were the first to arrive for the historic session. Each wore the of- ficial uniform of black and gold with a plumed hat. Sir Austen Chamberlain, conspic- | uous with the blue ribbon of the Or- der of the Garter across his chest, came next. FORTOY MATINEES, DEC. 19 Warner Bros. Theaters Will Put on Shows Next Saturday to Gather Yule Toys and.Clothes | Ten Killed, Score Wounded. Nations Council agreed today on & resolution designed to isolate the | Spanish civil war. The resolution was understood to —— lconlmn four principal points: 1. Recognition of the Valencia So- cialist government's appeal to the | League to recognize the wer as a dan- | ger to international peace. Socialists Claim Victo- Because forgotten children in Wash- | tend, bearing gifts to b&: distributed ington may shed tears Christmas Christmas week by the ~Teach- morning, John J. Payette, general zone | ers' Association and the ‘Metropolitan manager for Warner Bros., announced today that he hoped every seat in his i | Police Department to worthy persons now being listed by these organiza- | local theaters would be occupied next ' tions all over the city. Saturday morning. | If you cannot come yourself it is Eleven Warner Bros. toy matinees, 'suggested that you send your boys outstanding events in the Star-War- ner Bros.-N. B. C. Christmas campaign to provide new toys and wearing ap- parel for the needy young this holi- day season, are scheduled for that time. The theaters are donated by War- | ner Bros. | Ushers and ticket takers are con- tributing their time. Screen attractions booked are nated by the film companies ti de hat | and girls with gifts, not only to see delightful shows, but to give them an early lesson in the pleasure of doing kindly deeds. If you haven't time to go and | haven't any youngsters it is possible | to telephone a department store and | ask them to charge to your account and deliver to a Warner Bros. thea- | ter contributions for the destitute. | t | Local merchants have offered this Then Sir George Broadbridge, lord | made them, through their local ex- Service for busy folk. | mayor of Lon drove up with his entourage of and addgrmen of the city ration. All were garbed in their civic robes over court dress, #itogether there “were mnedrly 300 members of the Privy Council in at- tendance. The Archbishops of York and Canterbury completed the as- semblage. ‘King in Naval Uniform. The new King, wearing the uniform of an admiral of the fleet, hurried down the steps of his modest home at 145 Piccadilly at 11:25 a.m. and got into a waiting automobile. Only a police sergeant and two pa- trolmen, soon to be replaced by royal sentries with fixed bayonets, guarded the monarch of 500,000,000 subjects. Three minutes later the King—pre- pared to assume his royal responsibili- ties over the world's largest empire— arrived at the palace to receive official notification of the start of his reign. | Slowly the new King walked to his place before the great crimson lnd‘ gold throne. In a firm voice, an official an- nounced the councilors were assembled to “publish and proclaim with one | voice and consent of the tongue and (See GEORGE, Page A-10.) Flood Toll May Be 2,000. MANILA, December 12 (#).—Cecilio Ascano, newspaper man of Aparri, at the mouth of the Cagayan River, said today he believes 2,000 persons are missing in the flood which struck three provinces last week. He said his figures were compiled from reports of Red Cross and Philip- pine government health officials and unverified sources. The list of known dead reached 48 today. Today’s Star New speeders’ permit suspension plan proposed by Hazen. Page A-16 $53,000 left to charity by widow of old Shoreham owner. Page A-16 Gas company to retire bonds, issue stock. Page A-16 Scope of inaugural awaits President’s return, Page A-16 Updike found guilty of reckless driving. Page A-16 U. 8. Asks Appeals Court to revoke bail of convicted gamblers. Page A-16 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. This and That. Answers to Questions. Stars, Men and Atoms. David Lawrence. Paul Mallon. Mark Sullivan. Jay Pranklin. Headline Folk. SPORTS. gridders today. Page A-13 still undecided. Page A-13 Southern Conference adopts a modi- fied “Graham plan.” Page A-13 Big bowling alleys reduce prices for The Star tournament. Page A-13 REAL ESTATE. Week’s building activity. Realtors’ party. F. H A. activity in 1936. c-1 C-1 C-1 c-3 c-3 Bedtime Story. opens conference here. Page A-16 Grocer victor in second skirmish with would-be bandit. Page A-46 Nature’s Children. Young Washington. Gamn dienas =% Hrsels C-¢ C-8 c-1 R | changes. All Washington is lekq! 1o al- In the past five years thousands of | i i 2. Support of a more rigid system 1 ries in North. of international control to prevent for- BACKGROUND— | eign assistance to either warring fac- With Spain’s civil war providing | O™ first major battleground for Eu- 3. Approval of Franco-British sug- rope’s rival adherents of commu- | 8estions for mediation. nism and fascism, fears for the | 4. Recommendation of co-operative peace of the entire continent are |action by the League and other inter- spreading. Despite neutrality agree- | national bodies, including the London ment, sponsored by Great Britain, | Non-Intervention Committee, in at- Germany and Italy are charged | tempting to halt the conflict. with aiding Spanish insurgents | and have recognized regime of Gen. Francisco Franco beforz he has overcome legal government. Russia and France have shown sympathy with popularly elected Leftist gov- ernment. War, which started with rebeilion last July, finds Fascists halted by determined Loyalist defense after advancing to edges of Madrid. Final Action Sought. ‘The recommendations were expected to be presented to the Council for final action later today. Preliminary approval of the resolu- tion came after Julio Alvarez del Vayo, Spanish foreign minister, warned the | council “an international conflagra- | tion daily becomes more of a menace. B the Associated Press. Both British and French delegates | to the council pointed to the possi-| bility of international war growing T (Bee TOYS, Page A% \ MADRID, December 12.—Ten per- out of the Socialist-Fascist struggle t YEGES GET-§1.500 TAX LAW CHANGES N YULE SKVINGS URGEDBY SENATOR |in Spain. Viscount Cranborne, British par- liamentary undersecretary for foreign sons were killed today and at least & score wounded as insurgent batteries | threw round after round of shnpnel: affairs, who represented Foreign Sec- into the center of the Spanish capital. retary Anthony Eden, said the non- The glass-litered San Madeo and | intervention pact had been violated ; . | by proponents of both sides and left- Bex atrecis wore'ithe tworsld hit by "h':m and Fascist forces were increas- bombardment. ing “to an alarming proportion.” tMotor Company Employes Victims of Safe Robbery Repeal of Capital Gains Levy | Is Included in'King’s The government ordered out its mi- litia reserves to stem a double-edged insurgent thrust at the capital's de- Large Groups in Action. | | The Prench delegate, Pierre Vienot, | | charged large groups of foreign sol- in Northeast. Nearly $1,500 in cash—the Christ- mas savings of employes of the North- | {east Motor Co.—was stolen by safe- cluding repeal of the disputed capital crackers early today from the firm's 88ins tax and modification of the levy on undistributed corporate profits, Proposal. Br the Associated Press. A broad tax revision program, in-| | fenses. = diers were fighting on Spanish soil hile Fascist battalions struck | .gng there 15 reason to fear soldiers from the northeast and west, a So-| i . cialist communique listed |mponam.‘g:;m.;gn::’ifisrg:’fn‘?'y W s victories far to the north in Asturias Province, on the Bay of Biscay. E A new offensive, the government | UCT Sentimeat was taken without the 4 attitude of Germany and Italy be- The sudden surge of non-interven- | Santa Clams on spot against Texas| Christian’ Schmeling-Braddock title fight date | | offices at 920 Bladensburg road north- | east, that was to be distributed in a few box that was carried off. * A larger safe, which held the strong- box, was broken into with a crowbar and sledge, the door being knocked off the hinges. Engagement Ring Taken. A $200 engagement ring, belonging to the wife of Curtis E. McCalip, pres- ident and general manager of the mo- tor company, also was in the strong- box. The smaller safe weighed more than 100 pounds, and police belived it was taken from the office after the yeggs failed in their efforts to open it. The money stolen was not a Christ- mas bonus, officials pointed out, but had been saved by employes under & plan similar to the special savings ac- counts in Washington banks. Early Morning Visit. The time of the robbery was placed between midnight and early this morn- ing, A. Russell Miller, auditor for the firm, having been working in the office until almost midnight. In their haste to leave the robbers dropped an envelope containing $20 and two $5 bills. A rear window to the offices showed signs of having been “jimmied,” but police believe the burglars might have gained entrance to the offices and hid until Miller went home. Theft of $355 from the dining room of her home last night was reported to police by Lillian Yockelson, 2805 M street. The robber entered through & door in the rear of the house, she said. was proposed today by Senator King, The money, accumulated in a fund | Democrat, of Utah. Belief spread in some Capital quar- days, was contained. in a small strong- | ters that there would be no revenue | ! legislation at the next session of Con- gress despite studies made by con- gressional and Treasury experts in re- | cent months. One Senator, who did not wish to be quoted by name, predicted the ad- ministration would do everything pos- | sible to prevent consideration of a revenue bill opening the door to un- desired changes in existent laws. %"The capital gains tax has been the center of congressional controversy since disclosure a few years ago that it permitted J. P. Morgan and his partners to make deductions which canceled all their income taxes dur- ing the early years of the depression. This testimony in a Senate investi- gation brought revisions in the cap- ital gains tax, but it has remained the subject of criticism. King proposed to permit deductions from the undistributed corporate profits tax for capital improvements | said, captured several towns and car- insurgent stronghold of Oviedo, almost surrounding the city. Reinforcements were rushed from | the capital to the Guadalajara sector, | where Gen. Pranco's Fascist troops launched an attack to smash tbeir east. Fighting was reported heavy around the provincial capital, 35 miles irom Madrid. > At the same time the insurgents launched wave after wave of infantry- men against the government en- trenchments on the western edge of the city. Overhead shrieked shells from in- surgent and government batteries duelling from far behind the front line trenches along the Manzanares | ried the Socialist forces against the | | way into the capital from the north- lers have recognized the insurgent | Spanish Fascists as the de facto gov- ernment of Spain. Italy is not represented at the cur- | rent council session and Germany is | no longer a member of the League of | Nations. | BATTLESHIP LAUNCHED | = | ST. NAZAIRE, France, December | 12 (#)—France kept pace with the European armament race today, launching the 26,500-ton battleship Strasbourg and starting work on the hull of the 35,000-ton battleship Jean Bart. The Jean Bart will be followed by four more of equal tonnage as part of France's new program to rival the ing known. Both these Fascist pow-| and provide ‘“cushions” for cor- porations in debt. |Chill, Foggy Drizzle Due to End Tomorrow. The chill, foggy drizzle which has persisted since Wednesday should give way tomorrow to fair skies, the Weather Bureau said today. Meanwhile, Washington can expect more rain this afternoon and cloudy, cold weather tonight, with a minimum of about 30 degrees. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. A family of universes approximately 2,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles dis- tant and constituting the farthest ob- jects now known in creation, an ex- ploding star 30,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles away which was 20,000,000 times’ than the sun, and a white dwarf star which must weigh several tons to the cubic inch and may be the heaviest concentration of mat- ter yet found, were among the as- tronomical discoveries of the past year nebulae—each containing billions of stars and rough- ly comparable in size milky way galaxy, of which sun and Scientists Report New Stars In Outer Limits of Creation its planets are a pari—was found by Dr. Edwin P. Hubble of the Mount Wilson Observatory staff in the con- stellation of the Hydra at about 4 de- grees north of the celestial Equator. The great cosmic family was detected only after long exposure to that part of the sky with the Mount Wilson 100-inch telescope, when the objects appeared very faintly on the plate. They are about a half magnitude fainter than were the most distant objects in space hitherto known— nebulae in the constellations of Bootis and Ursa Major, the distance of which was ascertained by measuring the celebrated “red shift” in their spectra. This was interpreted to mean that they were speeding outward away the neighborhood of the solar S e Seleuet (See SCIENTISTS, FA‘-:J River. German and Italian navies. Attorney General Cummings Indorses Star Christmas Campaign “It is not illogical to suggest that Christmas charity is an influence which contributes to a greater respect for the rules and regulations that entitle a people to call them- selves civilized. The child who because of the misfor- tunes of circumstance has been taught to expect little or nothing at Christmas is per- manently influenced by the goodness of others who can afford to provide some token of the spirit of the day. “Therefore, I take great pleasure in indorsing The Star-Warner Bros.-N. B. C. Christmas Toy Campaign and the co-operative efforts of the Washington Police and Par- ent-Teachers Association and urge that the personnel of my department give this charity the kind of support that it should receive from every one i L in the District of Columbia. ATTORNEY GENERAL CUMMINGS “I am especially pleased at the part the police are taking in this enterprise. Their efforts in behalf of the needy should be recognized as proof that law enforcement officers are genuine friends of the people of a community.” “HOMER CUMMINGS, “U. 8. Attorney General.” eve 'g aper the News Circulat] rns not ye , 140,645 e red.) () Means Associated Press. ' TWO CENTS. ALL 21 NATIONS SIEN PEACE PACT AT BUENOS ARRES Paraguay Delegation Swings Into Line to Give Plan Unanimous Backing. {SPEEDY RATIFICATION | OF ACCORD INDICATED Hull Calls Proposal “Epochal” in Providing Consultation if Warfare Threatens. BACKGROUND— Convered to convert 21 Ameri- can republics to moves furthering peace, the Buenos Aires Peace Conference has exhibited complete harmony. President Roosevelt made voyage to promote good will; in address at conference he warned European powers that the Ameri- cas are determined on peace and neutrality. Secretary of State Hull submitted the United States pro- posal for creation of Inter-Ameri- can Consultative Committee to co- ordinate peace instruments and develop neutrality policies. BS the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, December 12.—A plan to maintain the peace and se- curity of all the American republics won the approval today of all 21 na- tions represented at the Inter-Ameri- can Peace Conference. The proposal—which United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull called | “epochal”—provides for consultation to arrange for inter-American co- operation in case American peace is threatened from abroad or within and | for conciliation and arbitration to set- tle American disputes. It was submitted to Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentine foreign minister and chairman of the parley, with signa- tures of all the countries represented | here except Paragury. Shortly after= ]wnrd the Paraguayan delegation gave its approval. | Must Be Formally Submitted. | The plan still had to go through routine committee examination and | then be formally submitted to the conference at a full session. but the fact that it was jointly sponsored by all 21 American republics was con- sidered as assuring its approval by the parley. After that, it would be sent to the Legislatures of the various countries, In the United States, passage by the Semate is necessary to make the | United States a party to it | _The United States, Argentine and Brazilian deegations announced they | had signed the treaty last night, aftes | long, secret conferences. Seven other American republics quickly approved it, and the remaining 11 added their signatures today. “May Help Europe.” “The preamble of the project re- peats the fine words of President Roosevelt,” Saavedra Lamas said, “be- canse the American Continent, as a continent of peace, may help Europe and make for peace throughout the world.” Hull, declaring it conveyed “the | strongest guarantee for peace this continent ever had,” explained it pro« vided safeguards against threats w | peace from any source, through intere American wars or from any war oute side this continent. Work on Neutrality Pact. Sumner Welles and other members of the United States delegation put the finishing touches on the neutrality pact they expect to propose at the next meeting of the Neutrality Committee. | It was understood its provisions em- bodied the joint proposal for peace and security hailed by Hull and Saavedra Lamas. The Argentine minister explained the full text of the project would not be disclosed until all delegations had an opportunity to study it, but ex- pressed cenfidence all 21 republics would join. Besides the United States, Argen- tina and Brazil, other nations which have signed are Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Cuba, Peru, Uruguay and Chile. U.S.YachtSeen Pick of Edward For Honeymoon 279-Foot Craft Or- dered Across Atlan- tic, Report Says. Y the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 12.—The Daily News said today it had learned from “a well informed source in Brc n and Camden, N. J., shipping circia that former King Edward VIII and Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simp- son would spend their honeymoon aboard an American yacht if they marry. The yacht, the paper said, is the 279-foot Deisel-engined Caroline II, owned by Eldridge R. Johnson, for- mer president of the Victor Talking Machine Co. of Camden. The vessel has been in drydock at the Tebo Yacht Basin in Brooklyn for four years, and the News said it understood Capt. Andrew Peterson had been ordered to recommission and provision it on short notice. Deck officers, the paper stated, acknowledged the Caroline II would sail Monday for a trans-Atlantic desti- nation. “On good authority it was learned,” the paper said, “that ‘British inter- ests’ representing former King Ede ward had chartered the ship.” The Caroline II was built at Bath, Me., at a of $1.500,000, and was launched 8, 1931,