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POLICE FIND GIRL
SHACK IN BIN
Father Held After Child Is
Rescued From Heavy
Chains.
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September 25.—A 12
year-old girl, whose ankles were tied
with a chain fastened to the wall of
s dark coal bin In the basement of a
west side home, was found tonight by
police after neighbors reported hear- ;
ing the child's almost contiguous
crying.
Sergt. Herbert Demke said the girl,
Gloria Repple, was shackled with ft
heavy "dog chain.”
The parents were not at home,
Sergt. Demke said, so he ripped the
hook out of the wall, carried the girl
to a squad car and took her to a
police station.
The officer said the girl sobbingly
told him her father, Henry Repple,
a sheet metal worker, and her 18
year-old brother chained her to pun
ish her for running away from home.
Sergt. Demke quoted her as saying
she had been in chains during the
daytime for the last three days, but
had been taken to her own bed
room at night.
The officer said the child told
him 3 of her brothers—there are
10 children in the family—had beep
chaiped ip the basemept at various
times for misdeeds.
While the child, still chained, sat
at the police station, her mother and
father walked in and asked if they
were being sought.
"I hated to do it,” Lieut. Lang
quoted Repple as saying, "but she will
not mind or behave.”
Police permitted the mother to take
the child home with her, but booked
Repple on charges of being cruel
to children.
ENGLISH PRESS BLAMES
U.S. POLITICS FOR SLUMP
Decline Here “Inevitable Corol
lary of Lavish Spending,"
London Observer Says.
Er the Associated Press.
LONDON, September 25.—British
newspapers today blamed the Wall
Street market slump on the American
political situation.
The Observer declared that Wall
Street can see nothing but "the de
pressing side.” and added: "This is
the inevitable corollary of lavish
spending, unbalanced budgets and
hastily conceived revolutionary legis
lation.”
"American trade is well able to
take care of itself despite the disturb
ance caused by experimental social
legislation,” said the Sunday Times.
The Financial Times criticized Sec
retary of Treasury Morgenthau, saying:
"Had Morgenthau wished to give a
final kick to the avalanche which is
tumbling Wall Street prices into an
abyss he could not have chosen a
timelier opportunity to foreshadow
punitive taxation on foreign invest
ments.”
Woman's Body Recovered.
The body of Sophie Hutchinson. 51,
colored, of 1250 Delaware avenue
southwest, was recovered in the water
off the Municipal Fish Wharf yester
day. She was reported missing Friday.
Gilbert Faunce, 615 Eighth street
southwest, snagged the woman's body
while fishing from the wharf.
THE WEATHER
District of Columbia — Mostly
cloudy, followed by showers and cool
er today; tomorrow fair and rather
cool; moderate shifting winds, be
coming northwest.
Maryland and Virginia—Mostly
cloudy, probably showers and cooler to
day and on the coast tonight, fol
lowed by fair and rather cool to
morrow.
West Virginia—Cloudy and cooler,
probably showers in extreme east
portions today; tomorrow fair and
rather cool.
River R*nn,(
Potomac River clear and Shenan
doah little cloudy late yesterday at
Harpers Ferry.
Report Until TO P.M. Saturday
Midnight-- 02 12 noon_80
2 a.m- 50 2 p.m_ 83
4 a m- 57 4 p.m. _ 84
n a m- 55 6 p.m.__ 7s
a m- H.'{ 8 o.m_” ~ 71
20 a m.- 7o io p.m. _ 65
Record Until 10 P.M. Saturday.
Highest, M, 4 p.m. yesterday. Year
ago. 6,.
Lowest, 55; 6 a.m. yesterday. Year
igo, 50.
S Record Temperatures This Year.
lghest, 0,. on August. 20.
owest. 10. on February 28.
Tide Tables.
frurnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
zji-u Today. Tomorrow',
ril? - . 12:5* a.m.
- - , ;:!I2 R-m- R (V’a.m.
High - 12:26 p.m. 1 MS D.m.
Low - t :09 p.m. 8:17 p.m.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Sun. today ___ =>;=>«* 6 no
Sun. tomorrow n on 5:5H
Moon todey 10:43 p.m. lo;4Tnm
.^Auiomohil. lights must be turned on
cne-halx hour after sunset.
.. , Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital (current month to date);
I 1337 Average. Record.
January - 7.83 3.55 7 S3 '37
February - 3,33 3.27 fi 84 '84
March - 1.5(1 3.75 8 84 'Pi
AP™ -6.85 3.27 P.13 '8P
- 4.02 3.70 1(1.fip 'SP
r.nl* -S-21 4.13 10.04 'no
2, .-H R' 4.71 10.(13 '86
August -fi.8( 4.01 1441 '■'*8
oXh?rber .1'1R 1.24 17.45 '34
UCTODer _ n 04 c *OB
DeeJJSh^- - ‘^37 <6f) ’SO
December - 3.32 7.56 '01.
Weather In Various Cities.
_ Precip.
^-Temperature-^ 7:30
8flN VVW
Asheville- N.
Atlanta Ga _84 54 70 -
Atlantic City. N. J._ 7n fin fifi -
Baltimore. Md._Rfi «n 74 -
Birmingham. Ala.84 fifi 7fl -
Bismarck. N. Dak.- 5R 32 54 -
Boston Mass_fiS fifi on
Buffalo. N. Y_78 fifi R4 n nl
Chicago. 111. 58 52 56
Cincinnati. Ohio_ 72 68 fifi n eo
Cheyenne. Wyo_ R2 2fi 52 no]
Cleveland. Ohio_74 fifi 54 n "R
Dallas. Tex.- _72 fifi 7n
Davenport. Iotra-_ 62 46 fifi
Denver. Colo. _ fifi 34 Sfi
Des Moines. Iowa 62 40 56 »
Detroit. Mich_ 64 64 52 (1 P5
Duluth. Minn_ 54 3(1 44
El Paso. Tex. _ 88 fifi 7c
Galveston. Tex_ 84 7fi 72 0 5P
Helena, Mont._52 30 50
Huron. S. Dak. __ 58 3(1 54
Indianapolis. Ind. 58 Sfi 58 0.52
Jacksonville Fla.__ 84 (18 7fi
Kansas City. Mo. fi4 48 58
Little Rock. Ark 70 fifi fiS 0.01
Los Auseles. Calif. 8(1 (10 74
Louisville. Kv 72 (Id 58 0.24
Marouette. Mich. 50 44 4fi 0 OR
Memphis. Tenn_70 HR (10 0.50
Miami. Fla 78 70 78 0.30
Minn.-St, Paul_ 50 42 52 _
Mobile. Ala. __ Rfi 08 78 _
New Orleans. La_ 8(1 74 80 _
New York. N Y. 7fi (14 OR
North Platte. Nebr. fin 38 Art _
Omaha Nebr. fin 42 5fl _
Philadelphia Pa. 80 (12 70 _
Phoenix. Ariz. ..102 70 PR _
Pittsburgh. Pa.._ 82 Sfi 72
Portland. Me. fi'! 5fi 58
Portland. Oreg. 71 52 7 2 _
Rapid City. S. Dak. 58 3(1 Art
S Lake City. Utah (18 3fl 04
St. Louts. Mo. fi-i fifi «0 _
San Antonio. Tex. 88 76 76 _
San Diego Calif 70 62 fifi _
San Francisco. Cal. ** 67 *2 _
WASHGTON. D. C. 54 72
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Girl Chained in Coal Bin
»
-.-—..nt I
Gloria Repple, 11. shows how she says she teas chained for
three days in the basement coal bin of her Chicago home
because she had misbehaved. She was kept at police station
while officers questioned her parents regarding the child's story.
—Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.
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Berenger Doubts Possibility
Of Democrat-Fascist Peace
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Concessions to Auto
cratic Powers Seen Fail
ing to End Strife.
BY WILLIAM BIRD.
PARIS. September 25.—Can au
tocracy and democracy co-exist, or
must they meet in a war to the death?
That is the question that really lies
at the base of all foreign relation*
today.
Nobody in France, at least, is more
competent to answer it than M. Henry
Berenger, who for many years has
been chairman of the French Senate
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and
who is well remembered in America
as a former French Ambassador to
Washington.
Senator Berenger's answer to the
question Is decidedly pessimistic. Au
tocracy. whether it Is called fascism
or Naziism, can live on neighborly
terms with democracy "only on the
condition of ceasing to interfere in
the internal affairs of other nations.”
' Unfortunately. Senator Berenger
points out, both Germany and Italy
are launched on a policy of unlimited
interference and even aggression,
coupled with an utter- disregard of
treaties and of the rights of other
nations. From Italy's seizure of Ethi
opia and Hitler's invasion of the
Rhineland demilitarized zone to the
present Italo-German campaign in
Spain, both Italy and Germany have
given countless proofs of their deter
mination to Nazifv and Fascisize Eu
rope and eventually the world.
Many Concessions Made.
The democratic nations of Eu
rope, headed by France and Eng
land, have during the last four years
made countless concessions to the
autocratic powers and have signed
with them numerous agreements, all
of which have promptly been vio
lated. Among these Senator Beren
ger points to the so-called four
power agreement of 1933, the Rome
agreement of January, 1935; the
Stress declaration of three months
later and the “gentlemen's agree
ment” of January, 1936. They wore
signed, on the democratic side, with
entire good faith, in the hope that
they would help to pacify the atmos
phere.
“Now they <the democracies! see
that they were tricked, that the auto
cratic governments do not understand
the meaning of the words, ‘good
faith,’ that they have no law but
their will, nor any bond but their
HENRY BERENGER.
own interest. Any further effort at
conciliation would be dupery," Sen
ator Berenger adds.
Democracies Resist Clash.
Until now the democratic powers
have reacted not at all. or very feebly.
They have sought to avoid a clash,
in the hope that time would work in
their favor. The trouble is, however,
that the hesitations of London and
Paris have caused much alarm among
the smaller powers. Yugoslavia and
Rumania, if they have not actively
"gone Nazi,” have undoubtedly been
impressed by the succession of victo
ries that autocracy has won over
democracy in the past few years.
Belgium, while still far from embrac
ing the Nazi system, has broken away
from its alliance with England and
France. Czechoslovakia is becoming
alarmed, realizing that Germany de
sires nothing more than to pounce on
Prague and will do so on the day that
she is convinced she can do it with
impunity.
In short, as Senator Berenger views
it, nothing is being done to prevent
war or to render it less probable.. The
concessions made by democracy to
autocracy have not only made matters
worse, for they have both encouraged
the autocratic powers to continue and
intensify their aggressions and have
discouraged and alienated many of
democracy's allies. Not only is war
being rendered a certainty, but, as
time goes on. the democratic alliance
is growing weaker and less capable of
resisting the autocratic advance.
(Copyright, 1937.)
13 MORE FACE DEATH
IN SOVIET SABOTAGE
'‘Wrecking’’ Collective Farming
by Spoiling Grain Supplies
Was Charged by Moscow.
By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, September 25.—Thirteen
more persons were sentenced to death
today for “wrecking” the collective
farming program by spoiling grain
supplies.
Novosibirsk's newspaper, Soviet Si
beria, reported seven were executed
without appeal in a Western Siberian
farm trial. •
The Simferopol paper, Red Crimea,
reported the death sentences of six
grain spoilers.
Yesterday the newspaper Malot re
ported eight employes of the Mille
rovo Grain Supply Trust in the Azov
Black Sea region were sentenced to
death on charges of deliberately spoil
ing grain in elevators by permitting it
to become insect-infested.
Similar cases were reported pending
in Leningrad and Moscow provinces.
MRS. EDWARD D. EATON
DIES IN CONNECTICUT
Mrs. Martin Barber Eaton, wife of
Dr. Edward Dwight Eaton, president
emeritus of Beloit (Wis.) College,
died yesterday at her home In Fair
field. Conn.
They had lived here for a few years
when Dr. Eaton was pastor of the
Cleveland Fark Church from 1918 to
1920. In 1917 he was connected with
the United States Food Administra
tion.
Funeral services will be at Fair
field Monday.
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Motorist Seized
After Hazardous
Chase in Traffic
Colored Driver Perils
Foot Ball Throng by
Fleeing Police.
By the Associated Press.
COLLEGE PARK, Md„ Sept. 25.
Police today arrested Webster Kelly
colored, Silver Spring. Md„ on «
charge of drunken driving, after thej
had chased his car for 2 miles
4
through a road packed with home
ward-bound foot ball fans.
Police said Kelly entered College
Lane just as throngs attending the
St. John’s-University of Mary lane
foot ball game were leaving.
Prince Georges County Police Sergt
Ralph Brown and Officer Charier
Thompson said they gave chase aftei
Kelly failed to stop for a stop sign
The officers said the chase lee!
through heavy traffic, narrowlj
avoiding several- collisions, until thej
shot into the tires of the fleeing car
At Hyattsville Police Station, Kellj
was charged with drunken driving
reckless driving, exceeding 45 mile!
per hour, failure to stop for stof
signs, driving without an operator’!
permit and driving without a regis
tration card. Bond was set at $1,000
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Bank Women to Meet.
The monthly dinner-meeting of th<
Bank Women's Club of Washingtor
will be held at 8 p.m. tomorrow in th<
V. W. c. A., Seventeenth and 8
streets.
FIRE IN OAKLAND
BREAKS OUT ANEW
Eight Companies Hushed to New
Scene as Many More Homes
Are Menaced.
Bj the Associated Press.
OAKLAND, Calif.. September 25.—
Fire, brought temporarily under con
trol late today in the outlying resi
dential section of North Oakland,
broke out anew tonight at a point
three-quarters of va mile away and
endangered homes in the Tunnel road
district.
Eight fire companies from Oakland
and additional equipment from
Berkeley were rushed to the scene
north of the Broadway terrace dis
trict, where the fire originated in
timber, dry brush and grass.
Among the equipment were three
fire trucks, manned by IS firemen
who earlier had fought their way out
through encircling flames at the
earlier fire scene.
The original fire, Which swept over
4 square miles of hill terrain in the
fashionable residential district, was
subdued late today after destroying
several homes and menacing many
others.
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Gum Cause ’Quake Fear.
Awakened by violent earth tremors
lasting 12 minutes people living near
Lorlent, France, had an earthquake
scare recently. The "earthquake” has
been explained. The three French bat
tleships, Bretagne, Lorraine and Pro
vence, were holding night firing prac
tite off Belle lie with their 13-inch
guns. I
SCREW WORM MENACES
SOUTHEAST LIVE STOCK
Educational Campaign Held Need
in Checking Feat Attacking
Hoga and Other Animals.
Bv the Associated Press.
The Agriculture Department re
ported yesterday that the screw worm
remains a major menace in the
Southeastern States.
Ravages of the pest this year have
been checked only by an educational
campaign among farmers, conducted
by agents of the Bureau of Entomology
and Plant Quarantine.
Avery s. Hoyt, assistant chief of the
bureau, said the screw worm would
remain a pest in the South until all
farmers have been educated to car*
properly for hogs and other live stock.
Last year Congress appropriated
$460,000 for special campaign against
the screw worm, which burrows into
the flesh of domestic animals wherever
a break occurs in Che skin. This
year, only regular departmental ap
propriations were available. About
i $60,000 could be spent, Hoyt sajd.
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