Evening star. [volume], February 18, 1937, Page A-5, Image 5

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DOCTOR DESCRIBES
Declared “Most Terrible
Evacuation of a City in
Modern Times.”
I) th» Associated Press.
VALENCIA, February 18.—Dr. Nor
man Bethune of Montreal last night
described the flight of 150,000 men,
women and children from Malaga as
“th* most terrible evacuation of a
tlty in modem times.”
(Malaga, Southern Spanish seaport,
was captured February 8 by the in
surgents in the Spanish civil war.)
Dr. Bethune, head of the Spanish
American Blood Transfusion Insti
tute, said he witnessed the evacuation
during a trip from Barcelona with
a truck-load of refrigerated blood for
transfusions.
“Imagine 150.000 men, women and
children setting out for safety to a
town situated more than 100 miles
away with only one road to take on
a journey requiring five days and five
nights at least,” he said.
'There was no food to be found
In the villages and there were no
trains or busses to transport them.
. “They staggered and stumbled, with
cut and bruised feet, along the white
flint road while the Fascists (insur
gents i bombed them from the air and
from the sea.
Thousands of Children.
“There were thousands of children.
"We counted at least 5,000 under
10 years of age. at least a thousand
of them barefoot and many clad only
in single garments.
"The incessant stream of people be
came so dense we barely could force
our cars through them.
"We met so many distressed women
and children we decided to turn back
and start transporting the worst cases
to safety.
"But it was difficult to choose which
to take.
"Our car was besieged by a mob of
frantic mothers and fathers who. with
tired, outstretched arms, held up to
us their children with their faces
awollen and congested by four days
of sun and dust.
"How could we choose between a
child dying of dysentery and a mother
stolidly watching us with great sunken
eyes carrying against her open breast
her child born on the road two days
before?
Aged Await Death.
"Many old people simply gave up
the struggle and laid down beside the
road to wait for death.
"We first decided to take only chil
dren and mothers. Then the separa
tion of fathers and children, husbands
and wives became too cruel to bear.
We finished by transporting to Al
meria the families with the largest
number of children and children with
out parents.
"On the evening of the 12th, when
the little seaport of Almeria was
completely filled with refugees who
thought they had reached a haven of
safety, German and Italian airplanes
dropped 10 bombs in the very center
of town, where refugees were sleep
ing huddled so closely together on the
main street that an auto could pass
only with great difficulty.
"After the planes passed I picked
up three dead children from the pave
ment where they had been standing
In line waiting for a cup of preserved
milk and a handful of dry bread,
the only food some of them had for
days.
"The street was a shambles of dead
and dying, lighted only by the orange
glare of burning buildings. In tne
semi-darkness the moans of wounded
children and the shrieks of agonized
mothers rose in a massed cry higher
and higher to a pitch of intolerable
Intensity.”
LOVE NOTE BLAMED
Bill Allowing $1,000 to Girl Hit
by Truck Is Considered.
The act of a Civilian Conservation
Corps youth in writing a love note and
tossing it from a truck to a group of
girls on a highway may cost the Gov
ernment $1,000.
The House Claims Committee ap
proved yesterday a bill for payment
of that amount to Venice La Prad, 8,
of Salem, Va. She dashed out into
the road to pick up the note, which
was intended for some one else and
was struck by a second C. C. C. truck.
Franco’s Madrid Failure Laid
To Woman Spies; One Executed
Br the Associated Press.
GIBRALTAR, February 18.—A ring
of woman spies—one of whom died
before a firing squad as she cried
"Viva la Republica”—was held part
ly responsible today by Spanish In
surgents for Gen. Francisco Franco’s
failure to smash Madrid’s defenses.
The ring’s center, reports reaching
here said, seemed to be at Grinon, 18
miles southwest of Madrid, where a
large base hospital was made the main
theater for the women’s work.
Several of the feminine spies were
said to have been captured there—
caught in the act of questioning sol
diers whom ostensibly they had come
to comfort and cheer.
Main items of information the wom
en were said to have sought were the
number of troops along the front lines,
where they were concentrated and
the positions of artillery batteries.
At least one of the woman spies was
reported to have been shot by an
executioner’s squad in a small village
near the capital.
Defiant of her captors to the end
as she faced death at her husband's
side, the woman lifted her clenched
fist in the Popular Front salute.
Then, as the shots rang out, with her
last breath she cried: "Viva la Repub
lica!"
Spy fever has been rife in insur
gent-controlled territory since Franco’s
attack on Madrid began last Novem
ber to be checked, in part, the insur
gent commanders believed, by the
worlc of the government’s feminine
agents, many of whom were said to
be foreigners.
Although spies in any civil war are
usually natives, the insurgent spy
chaser detachments are particularly
suspicious of foreigners.
Armed sentries inspect the papers
of every person who enters or leaves
a city. In one city, for example,
visitors are required to visit the mili
tary police once in every 48 hours for
a routine check on their whereabouts.
Every foreigner has been required
to carry a safe-conduct card, issued
by military headquarters at Salamanca.
In reality the card is a passport of
the insurgent Junta, bears the holder’s
photograph and definitely limits the
cities he may visit.
At each city where he plans to
remain over night a traveler must
register both with the civil police and
the military governor. Police demand
detailed information on his activities
and the military headquarters stamps
the traveler’s foreign passport with
his date of arrival.
Even with his permanent safe-con
duct, the traveler must obtain an
other passport from the military gov
ernor for the next stage of his Journey.
So close is the check that in many
cities foreigners have reported they
are frequently visited by the police at
odd hours of the day and night, even
though they may live in the same city
for weeks.
Madrid
(Continued From First Page.)
injured strewed the streets of this dis
trict on the southeastern edge of Ma
drid.
Casualties Checked.
Defense officials hurried a survey of
other sections to determine the full
number of casualties and the extent
of property damage.
The first attack came at 10:15 p.m.
(5:15 p.m., E. S. T.) and the others
followed quickly. The thunder of the
explosions rolled over the city. It was
the first such attack since January 6.
Windows of the United States Em
bassy rattled to the reverberations.
Pedestrians in Paseo de la Castellana
in front of the building hurled them
selves to the pavement. An Embassy
guard whipped, out his pistol and shot
i out a tell-tale*light across the street.
The Embassy vicinity apparently
escaped damage.
Although spectators differed, it ap
peared that no more than three
planes executed the triple attack.
Bomb Falls Near A. P. Office.
One bomb fell in Velasquez street
; near the Associated Press office. An
; other hurtled into Nunez de Balboa
j street in the Salamanca district,
formerly marked out as a neutral zone
Firemen rushed into these two
streets and into the Vailecas and
Paciflco districts to save persons en
dangered by blasted buildings.
Other bombs struck in Ramon
Calabuig, Democracia, Arroyo Abronl
gal. Mendez Alvaro and Menendez
Pelayo streets. One bomb fell in the
suburb, Colonia.
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(/P).—Two Spanish insurgent air
planes dropped five bombs today on
the town ol Culera, Spain, near the
portbou on the Franeo-Spanish bor
der.
MASS MEETING.
Representatives Hull and Brew
ster to Speak.
Representatives Hull, Progressive, of
Wisconsin, and Brewster, Republican,
of Maine, will speak at a mass meet
ing under the auspices of the United
Government Employes at Garnet Pat
terson Junior High, Tenth and U
streets, at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow.
The proposed pay increase will be
the topic of discussion.
The U. G. E. has indorsed the Presi
dent’s court reform measure, a state
ment today said.
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MEN’S FURNISHINGS
47 FANCY SHIRTS; mostly collar-attached styles; broken lets
W'ere 51.95 and $2 50......—$1.29
111 PLAIN BROADCLOTH SHIRTS; white and blue Were
S’65 . ..$145
471 FANCY, WHITE AND PLAIN COLORED SHIRTS. We re $2
53 . -—$1.69
253 WHITE PIMA BROADCLOTH SHIRTS; collar-attached end
neckband styles. W'ere $2 50___$1.95
375 WHITE 2*2 PIMA BROADCLOTH SHIRTS; finest quality
Were $3 .. --$2.29
164 FANCY SHIRTS from famous makers. Were $2 50. Now.,.$1.89
90 FANCY SHIRTS. Fine quality. Were $3 50 and $5_$2.69
4 DRESS SHIRTS. Were $2 50 to $3 50..-half price
39 SUEDE MUFFLERS. Were $1.50..-half orice
144 WOOL MUFFLERS. Were $2 to $650..half price
150 SILK MUFFLERS. Were $2 to $5 Now..-half price
135 NECKTIES; hand-fotlored. Were $1_ 68c
221 NECKTIES; hand-tailored silks. Were $1 and $1 50_79c
72 NECKTIES. W'ere $1 50.-..98c
187 NECKTIES. Were $1 50 to $2.--$1.29
149 NECKTIES. Were $2 ond $2 50...$1.38
267 NECKTIES. Were $2 50 ond $3. $1.68
252 PAIRS HOSE; fancy rayon lisles Were 35c and 50c_29c
268 PAIRS HOSE, pure silks; fancy lisles and wools. Were 50c and
65c - 39c
323 PAIRS HOSE; fine silks, lisles ond wools. Were $1_59c
20 PAIRS LISLE HOSE. Were $1 50.95c
8 PAIRS WOOL HOSE. W'ere $2 and $2 50...$1.39
37 PAJAMAS; notch, broken s>zes. Were $2 and $2 50_$1.68
216 PAJAMAS; f. ne mercer.zed fabrics and modrosses. W'ere $2 50
and $3 _ $1.99
110 PAJAMAS; f ne quc'ify, notch collar style. Were $3 50 *o
$5 _ $2.78
57 PAJAMAS AND LOUNGE SUITS; super qualify silk and sateen
Were $5 ond $5 50 .......$3.39
211 PIGSKIN AND MOCHA GLOVES. Were $2 45...$1.99
31 PAIRS OF LINED GLOVES. Were $3 50-.- $2.79
110 PAIRS OF MOCHA, PIGSKIN AND LINED GLOVES. We
$4 50 ond $5 -_ $3.79
11 PAIRS OF WOOL GLOVES. Were $2 95..-$2.29
341 MANHATTAN SHIRTS OR SHORTS; made by Robert
Re s ....4 for $1.50
323 WOVEN SHORTS OR SHIRTS; fine Quality Were
75c ..-.4 for $2.25
32 MANHATTAN UNION SUITS; made by Robert Reis Were $1, 77c
21 SWEATERS; mostly slip-over style. W'ere $3 50-$2.79
22 SWEATERS; zipper and coat styles Were $4 50 and $5—$3.49
11 SWEATERS; fine qualities. W'ere $6 50 to $7 95-.$4.89
33 WINDBREAKERS; all No. 1 qualify skins, suedes and grains
Were $7.50 to $10.-.-.-.$6.45
9 McGREGOR WINDBREAKERS. Were $13 50...$9.85
5 WOOL HOUSE COATS; all wool W ere $7 50.$4.98
8 WOOL HOUSE COATS. Were $10...$5.98
7 SILK HOUSE COATS. Were $1095-___$7.98
6 SILK HOUSE COATS. Were $15.-.-$9.98
5 NOVELTY TRIMMED FLANNEL ROBES. Were $10 95_$5.98
36 FLANNEL ROBES; piped or plain. W'ere $8 and $10.$6.89
7 SILK ROBES; smart styles; pure silk lined. Were $15_$9.98
3 WARP PRINT SILK LINED ROBES. Were $35-.-$19.35
15 SELF-PATTERNED CREPE ROBES; silk lined Were $35. $24.85
25c FANCY HANDKERCHIEFS -.„.-5 for 89c
SI BOX OF THREE FANCY COLORED INITIAL HANDKER
CHIEFS ....-.— 89c
25c WHITE LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS__-5 for 98c
SI GARTERS____68c
50c GARTERS ___3Sc
MEN’S TOPCOATS
1 TOPCOAT; size; Long (42). Wos $30, now.--$17.75
2 TOPCOATS; sizes; bong, 1 (40), 1 (42). Were $30 to $55.
now _$21.75
1 TOPCOAT; size: Long (42). Was $55, now-$23.75
MEN’S DRESS CLOTHES
3 HART SCHAFFNER AND MARX BENCH-MADE TUXEDOS; size?'
Regular, 1 (38); Long, 1 (40); Short Stout, 1 (44). Were $55, $38.75
3 FULL DRESS SUITS; sizes: Short, I (37); Stout, 1 (39), 1 (42)
Were $35 and $40, now-$26.75
1 HART SCHAFFNER AND MARX FULL DRESS SUIT; size Stout.
(40). Was $50, now-,.-- $28.75
10 HART SCHAFFNER AND MARX FULL DRESS SUITS; sizes:
Regular, 2 (57), 1 (38), 1 (40); Short, I (36), 1 (37), 1 (39);
Long, 1 (39), 1 (40); Stout, 1 (40). Were $60 and $b5, now, $43.75
4 EVENING DRESS CAPES. Were $50 and $60, now-$38.75
7 TUXEDO VESTS; black; sizes' Regular 1 (42), I (44), l (46)
Stout, 1 (40), 2 (44), 1 (46). Were $4.50, now..-$1.8$
GROUP OF RALEIGH TUXEDOS; single and double breasted; block
and midnight blue; all sizes-$28.75
GROUP OF RALEIGH FULL DRESS SUITS; black and midnight blue;
all sizes-$33.7$
ME VS SHOES
25 PAIRS RALEIGH "6" SHOES; block ond fan; calfskin and Scotch
grain; broken sizes. Were $550 and $6, now. ... -$3.85
ENTIRE STOCK RALEIGH "8" SHOES; Scotch grain and Norwegian
calfskin. Were $6 ond $6.85, now-$4.85
368 PAIRS RALEIGH "8" SHOES; calfskin, black .and tan; brood,
medium and narrow toes; all sizes- .—.$5.15
68 PAIRS FLEXLIFE SHOES; calfskin, cordovan and Scotch grains'
broken sizes. Were $8, now-$5.85
126 PAIRS STA-SMOOTH AND HAND-LASTED SHOES; calfskin
and Norwegian leathers. Were $8 50 and $10, now_$6.85
62 PAIRS OF HANAN SHOES; Scotch grains, cordovan and Norwegian
calf; broken sizes. Were $12.50 and $14 50, now_$8.85
26 PAIRS OF HANAN SAMPLE SHOES; sizes 7B and 7!/zB on!/
Were to $14.50, now-$7.85
82 PAIRS OF HANAN SHOES; black and tan calfskin; famous feather
weights included. Were $10.75 to $12.50, now_$9.85
54 PAIRS OF HANAN CUSTOMIZED SHOES; French calf; Kangaroo,
kid and calfskin leathers. Were $12 50 to $15.50, now.. —$10.85
11 PAIRS OF MEN'S SOFT SOLED SLIPPERS; assorted colors, mule
and opera styles. Were $2 50, now_$1.79
7 PAIRS OF MEN'S LAMB WOOL LINED CUFF SLIPPERS; soft
soled. Were $3.50, now half price-$1.75
MEN’S SUITS
5 BROOKSTREET SUITS; fcr young men; sizes: Regular, 1 (39),
2 (40), 1 (42); Short, 1 (37). Were $25, now.--$16.75
17 RALEIGH SUITS; regular, 3 (37), 1 (40), 1 (42); Short, 2 (37),
2 (40, I (42); Stout, 1 (42', 1 (44), 1 (46); Short Stout, 2 (40):
Long Stout, 1 (39), 1 (40). Were $30 and $35, now.$19.75
19 RALEIGH AND HART SCHAFFNER AND MARX SUITS; on*
and two trousers; sizes: Regular, 1 (39), 1 (40); Short, 1 (37),
1 (38), 1 (39), 1 (40); Stout, 2 (39), 1 (40), 3 (42), 2
(44), 1 (46); Short Stout, 1 (42); Long Stout, 1 (39), 2 (40).
Were $30 and $35, now_$21.75
30 RALEIGH AND HART SCHAFFNER AND MARX SUITS; one
and two trousers; sizes: Regular, 1 (34), 1 (35), I (38), 1 (40) 1
(42), 1 (44); Short, 1 (35), 3 (37), 1 (40), I (42); Long 1
<38i, 1 (40), 1 (42); Stout, 2 ( 39), 2 ( 44), 1 (46), 1 (48); Short
Stout, 3 (39), 1 (42), 2 (44); Long Stout, 2 (40), 1 (42). Were
$35 and $40, now-__$23.75
16 RALEIGH AND HART SCHAFFNER AND MARX SUITS; Regular,
1 (42); Short, I (39). 1 (46); Long, 1 (42); Stout, 3 (39), 2 (40),
1 (42), 3 (44), 1 (46); Short Stout, 1 (46); Long Stout, 1 (40).
Were $35 and $45, now......-$24.75
7 RALEIGH BENCH-MADE SUITS; sizes: Regular, 1 (37), 1 (39);
Short, 2 (36); Long, 1 (40); Stout, 1 (39), 1 (40). Were $50
now -----.$38.75
BROOKSTREET SUITS; regulars, shorts and longs. Were $25 to
$2950, now-.$21
$30°$35
SUITS, TOPCOATS
and OVERCOATS
*26
$40to$45
SUITS, TOPCOATS
and OVERCOATS
s36
$35>°$40
SUITS, TOPCOATS
and OVERCOATS
*31
$50‘°$60
SUITS, TOPCOATS
and OVERCOATS
s43
MEN’S OVERCOATS
10 RALEIGH AND HART SCHAFFNER AND MARX OVERCOATS;
sizes: Regular, 3 (42); Long, 1 (42), Stout, 2 (40), 2 (42), 2 ( 48).
Were $50, now_ ..$17.75
8 RALEIGH AND HART SCHAFFNER AND MARX OVERCOATS;
sizes: Regular, 1 (42i,3 (44); Long, 4 (42). Were $30 and $55.
now ...~...-.$19.75
9 RALEIGH AND HART SCHAFFNER AND MARX OVERCOATS;
sizes' Regular, 1 (40), 2 (42), 3 (44); Long, 3 (42). Were $30
and $35, new-$21.75
11 RALEIGH AND HART SCHAFFNER AND MARX OVERCOATS;
Regular, 1 (35), 1 (58), 2 (40), 2 (42); Short, 1 (38); Long, I (40),
1 (42), 2 144). Were $30 to $40, now_$24.75
109 RALEIGH AND HART SCHAFFNER AND MARX OVERCOATS;
all sizes. Were $30 and $35, now_ -----.$26
4 RALEIGH AND HART SCHAFFNER AND MARX OVERCOATS;
sees: Regular, 1 (39), I (42); Short, 2 (40). Were $35 to $40,
now . $28.75
126 RALEIGH AND HART SCHAFFNER AND MARX OVERCOATS;
all sizes. Were $35 to $40, now_$31
104 RALEIGH AND HART SCHAFFNER AND MARX OVERCOATS;
all sizes. W'ere $40 to $45, now_$36
43 OVERCOATS; imported ond domestic Shetlands, fleeces and
tweeds; regulars, shorts and longs. W'ere $50 to $55, now...$38.75
111 RALEIGH AND HART SCHAFFNER AND MARX OVERCOATS;
imported and domestic fabrics; ail sizes. Were $50 to $60,
now _$43
GROUP OF OVERCOATS; imported velours, fleeces ond fine W'or
umbo chinchilla finish. W'ere $65 ond $75, now_$48
3 BURBERRY ENGLISH OVERCOATS; sizes: Regular 1 (40): Long,
1 (38), 1 (40)---$69.50
4 BURBERRY ENGLISH OVERCOATS; sizes: Regular, 1 (36), 1 (39),
1 (40), 1 (42). Were $100 to $125, now.-—$89.50
9 AQUASCUTUM ENGLISH OVERCOATS; sizes: Regular, 1 (38),
1 (39), 3 ( 40), 2 (42); Long, 2 (38)__$48
4 AQUASCUTUM ENGLISH OVERCOATS; sizes: Regulor, 1 (39),
1 (40); Long, 1 (38), 1 (40)_$69.50
4 AQUASCUTUM ENGLISH OVERCOATS; sizes: Regular, 1 (37).
2 (38), l (42)--—.$89.50
MEN’S HATS
64 KNOX HATS. Were $7 50, now..$4.85
40 KNOX HATS. Were $8 50, now.$5.85
15 KNOX HATS. Were $10, now-$6.85
2 KNOX HATS; brown only. Were $15, now-$8.85
4 KNOX HATS. Were $20, now_$12.85
43 RALEIGH HATS. Were $5, now-$2.85
33 RALEIGH, DUNLAP AND KNOX HATS. Were $5 and $6, $3.45
31 RALEIGH LIGHTWEIGHT DERBIES. Were $5, now_$3.45
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