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Ruth Judd Tells Police
'True Story' of Crime
In Asking for Trial
Friend Hired Physician to
Dissect Bodies, She Says,
Naming Accomplices
ST the Associated Press.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 16.—The
story Winnie Ruth Judd wants to
tell from the witness stand—of kill
ing two women friends in self-de
fense and of having an accomplice
who hired a physician to dissect one
of the bodies—tsday was in the
hands of officers who returned the
mad slayer to the Arizona State
Hospital for the Insane.
After giving a detailed, connected
account of the 8-vear-old killings,
the 34 - year - old stenographer
escaped 12 days ago—the second
■ time in six weeks—"because I
couldn't stand staying all the time
In one room full of screaming, rav
ing, sick, dying people.”
Shouting hysterically that "they’re
going to cut my head off,” Mrs. Judd
was placed in a ward of a new build
ing from which authorities said
escape would be more difficult. Hos
pital officials said she would be
watched constantly.
Captured in Yuma.
Footsore and weary from 12 days
of hiking almost 200 miles across
the desert. Mrs. Judd was captured
In Yuma shortly after noon yester
day as she was making a telephone
call to friends in Los Angeles, asking
them to arrange for her husband.
Dr. W. C. Judd, to meet her in
Yuma last night. She said she
‘ hadn't eaten for a week.”
During a five-hour drive to Phoe
nix. Mrs. Judd told Sheriff T. H.
Newman and newsmen what she
said was a “true story” of the mur
ders of Agnes Ann Leroi and Hedvlg
Samuelson. October 16, 1931.
Her detailed account was an elab
oration of statements contained in
a 12-page letter written before she
fled the hospital. In it she claimed
she killed the two women during a
fight, and that a friend hired a
physician to dissect the body of Miss
Samuelson so the two would fit into
trunks which were shipped to Los
. Angeles. It named the physician
and the friend who employed him.
Story of Killings.
She said she quarreled with Miss
Samuelson and Mrs. Leroi. who was
employed at a local clinic. They
threatened to tell Dr. Judd she had
' been “stepping out” with another
man and she retaliated with a threat
to disclose they were perverts.
"Miss Samuelson came at me with
a small automatic.” Mrs. Judd said.
“I grabbed a butcher knife and
stabbed her twice in the (left)
shoulder. The knife bent double.
Then as I grabbed for the gun I
was shot in the hand, right there.
(She pointed to her left hand which
was wounded at the time of her ar
rest). I caught hold of her hand
and twisted it. and Sammy was shot
by the gun which was still in her
hand. The gun fell to the floor.”
• She said Mrs. Leroi then attacked
her with an ironing board and while
they were tumbling about on the
floor she recovered the gun and shot
her.
Friend Took Care of Bodies.
After she returned to her own
apartment a friend came by “while
I was still very excited” and said
he would get some one to “take care
of the bodies.” Mrs. Judd claimed
she never saw the bodies after she
fled from the duplex apartment oc
cupied by the women.
“I couldn't have done that,” she
said of the surgery. “I knew noth
ing about surgery.”
Physicians had commented on the
* evidence of skilled surgery in the
dissection.
All of this. Mrs. Judd said she
wanted to tell from the witness
stand. Since her attorneys denied
her the privilege in her trial for
killing Mrs. Leroi, she wants to be
tried for killing Miss Samuelson.
As an alternative, Mrs. Judd said
she should be given insulin and
metrozol treatments to cure her.
She insisted she had received no
medical treatment at the hospital.
Mrs. Judd said “no one can know
how sorry I am” for the crime. “I
have cried every day, every night
for years over it,” she said. “It was
something I didn't have six seconds
to change.”
Langsdorff
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sive and opened fire on the Exeter
with his U-inch guns. The Exeter
replied with 8-inch cannon and a
thunderous duel ensued. Capt.
Langsdorff said he damaged the Ex
eter severely before the Ajax and
Achilles could bring their 6-inch
guns to bear. When the smaller
ships did so, however, they were the
ones which really hurt the Admiral
Graf Spee.
Capt. Langsdorff said they in
flicted "enormous damage," battering
the bow and control tower and caus
ing many deaths and injuries, espe
cially in'the control tower.
Shells Pierced Armor.
Other deaths were in a chamber
forward near the waterline, where,
Capt. Langsdorff declared, "power
* ful shells” exploded after piercing
. the Admiral Graf Spee’s 4-inch
armor plate.
Lauding the British marksman
ship, the German said simply, "They
aimed effectively.”
■With dead and wounded strewn
about, the remainder of the crew in
confusion and Capt. Langsdorff him
self slightly injured, he desperately
tried to run to sea in the hope of
engaging each of his tormenters in
turn.
"But my every attempt at ma
neuver was frustrated,” he admitted
"The command of the British squad
ron. operating from the crippled Ex
* eter, ordered the Achilles and the
Ajax to close in.
"The Achilles and the Ajax, both
risking more than seemed credible
even in the high moments of a
battle, crossed through a smoke
screen that one of them laid, gnd
got within a mile of the Admiral
Graf Spee. scoring some effective
hits on both sides of our ship.”
Flight Best Strategy.
The Exeter was out of the fight by
then, but took up a position on the
north, preventing any cterman sally
■ in that direction.
At this point, Capt. Langsdorfl
found flight his best strategy and
after scoring a hit “either on the
Ajax, or the Achilles, I cannot re
q^ll exactly," turned southward.
Then began what the British Ad
* miralty called “a running fight,’
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with the rival warships blazing
away as they sped down the
Uruguayan coast. The Ajax and
the Achilles surged ahead in the
stem chase, and even the battered
Exeter stuck doggedly to the pur
suit at a slower pace.
Near Wolf Island, somewhere be
tween Punta del Este and Monte
video, Langsdorff said the British
came “perilously near.” The Ad
miral Graf Spee turned broadside
and fired a heavy salvo which drew
a reply in kind.
Then the flight was resumed, and
a little later the German ship
foamed into Montevideo harbor as
the British slacked speed and stood
offshore.
Fires are rare in Bermuda because
the buildings are built of heat-re
sisting coral stone and because of
the strict fire laws.
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MONTEVIDEO. —GRAF SPEE’S DEAD BURIED IN FOREIGN
SOIL—Caskets of the 36 officers and men who died aboard
the German pocket ship Graf Spee Wednesday in the engage
ment with three British cruisers off the South American coast
were taken ashore from the damaged warship on barges for
burial in Uruguayan soil. This picture, radioed from Buenos
Aires to New York, shows part of the Swastika-draped coffins
as a barge neared the pier. —A. P. Wirephoto.
Japanese Freighter
Sails for Test of
Export Blockade
Sanyo Maru Loaded With
Cargo of Nazi Potash
And Machinery
By the Associated Press.
ROTTERDAM. Dec. 16 —The Jap
anese freighter Sanyo Maru sailed
today with a cargo of German pot
ash and machinery in what may be
the first test of Great Britain's
blockade of German exports.
The ship has been held at Rotter
dam for some time while negotia
tions proceeded in London, but it
was not known whether the British
had agreed to the cargo of German
origin.
Japanese circles in The Hague
have insisted the Sanyo Maru did
not come under the blockade be
cause its cargo was purchased by a
neutral firm before the export block
ade was announced November 27.
War at Sea Taking
Toll of More Ships
Bj the Associate^ Press.
The war at sea took new toll of
merchant shipping today with re
ports of sinking today of two neutral
vessels, both by mines, and the de
struction by an explosion yesterday
of another neutral ship.
Two Norwegian steamers struck
mines and sank off Britain's north
east coast with 10 men reported
missing, seven injured and 30 res
cued. The ships were the 1,907-ton
H. C. Flood and the T,264-ton Rangi.
The other neutral sinking revealed
today was that of the 1.499-ton
Swedish vessel Ursus. Eleven sur
vivors of her crew of 20 reached
Rotterdam aboard the Netherlands
steamer Brinda.
The Ursus went down yesterday
after an explosion off the English
coast, but it was not known whether
she had been torpedoed or had
struck a mine.
Reports also were received in Rot
terdam that the Netherlands liner
Pennland had picked up the crew of
the 5,217-ton Greek steamer Ger
maine. said to have been sunk in the
Atlantic.
Collision Sinks Freighter.
Sinking of the British freighter
Harfry, 909 tons, off Dunkerque,
France, after a collision with the
Portuguese freighter Lusoi, 6,207
tons, was reported yesterday on the
arrival of the Luso in Lisbon. The
Harfry's crew was saved. The Luso
was damaged.
The mining and burning of the
8,900-ton British tanker Inverlane
was disclosed last night when seven
survivors of her crew landed on the
northeast coast of England. It was
believed others aboard were lost.
The number in the crew was not
known.
In London owners of the British
merchant ship Huntsman, recently
sunk by the German pocket battle
ship Graf Spee off the African
Coast, were advised by Chief Of
ficer A. H. Thompson from Monte
video that 84 of the Huntsman’s
crew had been transferred to
another German ship, presumably
still at sea.
Thompson was one of the cap
tured British seamen released when
the shell-battered raider was forced
by British cruisers to take refuge
in the Uruguayan port.
Prize Escorted Off Chile.
From Santiago. Chile, it was re
ported that the British cruiser Des
patch was moving northward off the
Chilean coast today with the 4,930
ton German freighter Duesseldorf
as a war prize following its capture
yesterday off Caldera, 360 miles
north of Valparaiso.
Word was received in Mexico City
that the German liner Columbus
and the freighter Arauca, which left
their refuge at Varacruz Thursday,
were making their toyages without
incident.
i Rome
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successful negotiations with the
Soviet government.
Count Ciano said that at Salzburg
Hitler has “showed a clear willing
ness to continue the conflict within
the bounds of a bilateral clash be
tween Germany and Poland, thus
avoiding making the conflict gen
eral.
“In our turn,” he said, “we did
not fail to remind the German gov
ernment of the reason—well known
to it, in any event—for which the
Fascist government desired a peace
ful solution of the dispute or at
least a strict localization of the con
flict.
“The subsequent action of Italy
was inspired by this intention.”
Count Ciano declared that the
position assumed by Italy on Sep
tember 1 (when the Polish war
started), was “rigidly deriving from
pacts as well as collateral engage
ments existing between Italy and
Germany.
"These and absolutely nothing else
are the reason for the declaration
that Italy would not take any mili
tary initiative.”
He denied that Hitler had asked
Italy to launch a peace offensive
when Count Ciano visited Germany
early in October. At that time, said
the Italian foreign minister, they
met merely to agree on develop
ments up to then and on future
intentions.
Peace Treaties Blamed.
In blaming the peace treaties
after the World War for having
brought Europe to this war. Count
Ciano recalled that Mussolini had
predicted as far bac k as May 26,1927,
that crucial moments in European
history would come between 1936
and 1940, and that war would be
certain unless the treaties were re
vised.
"The peace treaties had lacerated
Europe,” Count Ciano said, "dividing
it definitely between the victorious
and defeated states, and placing the
latter in a condition of permanent
subjection.”
The foreign minister then nar
rated II Duce s long “fight against
the dangerous aberrations” of rep
arations, military guarantees and
collective security.
There is only one will in Italy
Count Ciano said, and that will is
Mussolini’s. He made this state
ment in denouncing various reports
abroad concerning Italy’s non-bel
ligerency in the war. These, he said
had Included false statements thal
Italy was unprepared, that King
Victor Emmanuel had refused to lei
the nation become involved, anc
that popular dissension was feared
Count Ciano told the chambei
Poland was the last country thal
would have been involved in Ger
many’s claim for revision of the
peace treaties.
He indicated Mussolini had in
formed British Ambassador Sii
Percy Loraine to this effect and hac
warned the Ambassador against e
policy of guaranteeing Polanc
against Germany.
Clues to Policy Awaited.
Count Ciano's declaration hac
been awaited anxiously by Italian!
and in foreign diplomatic quarter!
for specific clues to Italy's futur<
role in the European war.
The foreign minister had been in
structed by the Fascist Grand Coun
cil to make the declaration. At it!
meeting December 7, the counci
had reaffirmed the Fascist policy o:
non-belligerency, declared the con
tinued existence of the German
Italian military alliance, warned o
Italy’s watchfulness in the Balkan
and stated her intention of protect
ing her commerce against blockadi
at sea.
The chamber was crowded befori
Count Ciano began the address
which he opened with a long narra
tion of Italian foreign policy fron
the Versailles Treaty through th
Spanish civil war.
In the chair was blacx-beardei
Count Dino Grandi, recently chosei
president of the chamber to'succeei
the late Count Costanzo Ciano, th
foreign minister’s father.
Although Count Ciano’s speed
was not broadcast, the importance
attached to it by the govemmen
was indicated by arrangements fo
immediate short-wave broadcasts o
summaries in English, French am
Spanish.
Berlin Is Satisfied *
With Ciano Speech
BERLIN, Dec. 16 GP).—Expression
of “complete satisfaction” in officia
quarters marked German receptioi
of the speech of Italian Foreigi
Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano to
day on Italy’s attitude toward th
European war.
It was regarded as a sort of Ital
ian white book containing mud
hitherto unpublished material.
The speech was considered base*
on the solidarity of Italian-Germai
friendship. Its strong anti-Com
munist tendencies were noted witl
the realization here that these mus
be expected from Italy.
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Toy Matinee
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old Eddie Howlin, who was attend
ing his first movie. His mother, Mrs.
Laura Howlin, said she had taken
him into a toy department and let
him pick out his own toy to take to
the matinee. The Howlins live in
Arlington.
Despite the brisk wind that blew
down Thirteenth street, there were
many early arrivals at the Earle
Theater. First on hand were 6-year
old Bobby Jones and his sister, Jean,
11, of 1229 Twelfth street N.W., who
said their mother had brought them
down on her way to work.
Dominoes Spilled.
They were followed by a mother
who had her own presents and those
of her son and daughter in a huge
knitting bag.
Gift-laden ushers had a fine time
balancing dolls, games, puzzles and
even a baby drum. One, however,
came to grief when the lid of a
domino set came off, spilling domi- j
noes all over the lobby.
Boy on Hand Early.
At the Tivoli Theater, a boy who
wanted to be first in line was there
an hour ahead of time. Long before j
the show was to begin, bicycles were '
banked around the outside of the i
theater. Packages, wrapped and
ready for Christmas stockings were ,
piled high beside a little toy shop
inside the lobby.
Before the lights were dimmed,
children raced up and down the
aisle or paused to talk with the
miniature Santa Claus, who magical
ly answered all their questions. An
usher confided that Santa was at
tached to a microphone in the bal
cony, where another usher re
sponded to the children's queries.
Toys were bank around a small
Christmas tree at the Ambassador
and overflowed into a generous pile
on the floor.
An elderly woman came into the
theater leading her more aged sis
ter. "We have three gifts,” she
announced, "so three little children
will get gifts this Christmas."
Many grownups were scattered
among the children in the theater.
Toys Lure Boy.
An usher at the Uptown Theater
had a hard time persuading a
4-year-old to relinquish his pack
age. The child seemed to be disap
pointed that the usher had no
long, white beard.
“I want to give this right to
Santa Claus,” the little boy pro
tested.
One mother nearly lost her child
among the toys. He wanted to stay
and play with them.
About 600 toys flooded the lobby
of the Avalon Theater. Inside the
theater the laughs, screams and gig
gles of the all-child audience could
be heard.
A little boy stuck his head inside
the door and queried, “Can you get
in here if you give a ball?” He was
assured that a ball would be accept
1 able. In a remarkably short time
■ he had returned, apparently forsak
1 ing the ball idea for a lengthy toy
trumpet.
A Christmas spirit of informality
, was noticeable at every theater
even the gold-braided ushers dis
; pensed with dignity to match the
| happy boisterousness of the children.
At the Beverly Theater one usher
stood out in front imitating a side
show barker, shouting:
“Step right up, young ladies and
| gentlemen, see W. C. Fields in ‘You
, Can’t Cheat an Honest Man.’”
Lesson in Thrift.
Children began to gather outside
• of some theaters an hour and a
i quarter before the films first flashed
. on the screen.
. At the Penn first in line was little
Miss Yolanda Carlo, who brought as
> her gift a small new pocketbook.
, “I think it would be good for some
. girl to learn how to be thrifty,"
l she explained First adult in line
> was Mrs. Daisy Welsh, who brought
Ferdinand the Bull for a present,
I and her 8-year-old niece, Lois
i Walker, as her guest. Lois declared
l she had come into town from Mary
> land because she had heard so much
about the toy matinees and had
i never seen one.
> Christmas trees filled many of
; the theater lobbies, particularly the
• Takoma Theater, where whole for
f ests were flashed on the screen in
l “Heart of the North”—a thriller
showing Canadian Mounties pursu
ing scoundrels up mountains and
waterfalls.
Santa at Silver Theater.
, Santa Claus himself appeared at
. the Silver Theater—but in a new
: role. As each child arrived at the
movie he gave a toy to Santa. Kris
Kringle then placed it under a
| Christmas tree.
An extra treat was given young
sters at the Silver after the show
[ was over. Many received rides in a
small cart drawn by a small gray
t pony, Sonny Boy.
i Like Fairy Mountains.
In the movie lobbies all over the
i city toys piled up until they looked
fc like the mountain ranges of some
fairyland. But—like true magic
mountains—they soon will disappear.
At 1 p.m. today they will begin
boarding a yellow fleet of Evening
Star trucks, for a dash to the city's
Christmas Toy Center. Commanders
of the fleet expect to finish their
transport job several hours after
nightfall.
At the Christmas Toy Center, a
gayly decorated three-story building
at Eighteenth and M streets N.W.,
toys will assemble according to
species.
Dolls will gather on a terrace 10
feet high, where they can look out
on the rest of the showroom crowd
as from a grandstand. Tiny trucks
and autos will park with airplanes
on a huge wooden table, and games
and puzzles will stand on a second.
Toy Furniture will meet in one
corner while scooters, bicycles, tri
cycles, sleds, skates and other
methods of transportation hurry to
another.
Greeted b.v Other Toys.
At the Toy Center, the hordes of
bright new toys from Toy Matinees
will be introduced to about 2,000
older playthings already there.
These were donated largely by citi
zens throughout the year and re
paired by a corps of 45 P. W. A
workers.
Workers have shown miraculous
powers in raising toys from the dead
Battered dolls have been given new
eyes, new bodies, freshly curled wigs
and white teeth carved from oyster
shells.
The women who repair dolls and
give them fresh dresses, and th«
men who do paint jobs on old toy
autos and put new wheels on ancient
wagons, will be glad to see play
things from the Toy Matinee;
stream in—since these are fresh
from stores and in no need of last
minute hospital treatment.
More than 200 volunteers froir
the Girl Scouts, Congress of Parent
Teacher Associations. Federatior
of Parent - Teacher Associations
Federation of Women's Clubs anc
Volunteer Bureau of the Council ol
Social Agencies will begin their serv
ice to the toys tonight.
Gifts to Fit Needs.
Using well-high endless lists ol
Washington families in desparaU
need of Yuletide cheer, the volun
teers will assign each gift to som<
particular child—taking into accoum
the varied desires of boys and girl:
of different ages. The lists cam;
through the Council of Social Agen
cies from social workers who hav<
had personal contact with th<
youngsters.
Then early Monday morning th<
Toy Matinee gifts will resume thei:
journey. Under direction of Mis:
Sibyl Baker, director of Communit;
Centers and Playgrounds, and Car
roll Robb, superintendent of ground;
for District W. P. A., they will bi
trucked to distribution points ii
every section of the city where i
child needs cheer.
Depots for Santa Claus will in
clude playgrounds, police stations
and neighborhood houses supportec
by the Community Chest. Deputie:
for Santa will be the blue-coatet
officers and more volunteer worker:
—who will see that each playthinf
is safely and secretly tucked in thi
Stream to Continue.
Not until a week from tonight
December 23, is the great toy migr*
tion likely to be ended—if you taki
into consideration other source
under auspices of The Star. In i
dozen major Government depart
ments and agencies employes wil
next week set large toy collection
traveling on the highway to happ;
boys and girls.
If you are one who attended a To;
Matinee today, rest assured your gif
is on a safe journey to a happy land
What more could any toy ask thai
to live with a child who has learnei
the joy of owning playthings afte:
the loneliness of lacking them?
Brakeman Loses Life
In West Coast Wreck
By the Associated Press.
REDDING, Calif., Dec. 16.—Alfrei
H. Tryer, brakeman, was killed, am
two other trainmen were scaldei
critically in a wreck of two South
ern Pacific freight trains last nigh
at Morley, 25 miles north of here
The impact sent three cars rollini
down a 200-foot embankment ink
Sacramento River.
The boiler burst on the freigh
locomotive.
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Reds Give No Sign
Of Heeding Finns'
Request for Peace
Expulsion of Russia by
League Is Denounced as
'Absurd Decision'
By the Associated Preen.
MOSCOW, Dec. 16.—Soviet Russia
was expected today to ignore the
broadcast of Finnish Foreign Min
ister Vaino Tanner requesting halt
to hostilities and resumption of ne
gotiations with Moscow.
A foreign office spokesman said
he had no knowledge of the broad
cast and Russian newspapers did
not mention it.
Most observers expressed belief
the Soviet was too far committed
against the Helsinki government
and in its military campaign to turn
back now.
League Decision Held “Absurd.”
This view was underscored by an
authorized statement which de
scribed Russia’s expulsion from the
League of Nations on Finnland’s
charge of aggression as an "absurd
decision."
Tass, Soviet official news agency,
said: "This absurd decision of the
League of Nations calls forth an
ironic smile” in Soviet circles “and
can only make a laughing stock of
its ill-starred authors.”
The statement charged Great
Britain and France with basing
their policy on “continuation of the
war.”
Pravda, Communist party organ,
in a special article on Canada, de
clared "broad masses there are
raising the question, ‘Why do we
have to take part in the war?’ ”
It said living costs had risen at
least 20 per cent there, and discon
tent had grown among wheat farm
ers over the British government’s
purchasing policy.
Expulsion Appraised.
Tass said it had been authorized
to issue an appraisal by “authorita
tive Soviet circles” of the expulsion
voted by the League Council Thurs
day.
“It must further be noted that
relations between the Soviet Union
and Finland were settled by a pact
of mutual assistance and friendship
concluded December 2 between the
people's government of the demo
cratic republic of Finland and the
government of the U. S. S. R.,” the
statement said.
After Russia broke off diplomatic
relations with Finland, a Commu
nist-headed "people's government”
was set up in the Southern Finnish
frontier town of Terijoki. The re
gime, first announced from Moscow,
was recognized officially by Russia
in place of the Helsinki govern
ment.
Problems Are “Solved.”
The Tass statement said the pact
"solves to the satisfaction of both
parties the problems of insuring the
independence of Finland and the
security of Leningrad.”
The statement quoted the Rus
sian view that the “ruling circles
of Britain and France” dictated the
decision of the League Council to
oust Russia. The allied countries,
it added, “have neither the moral
nor the formal right to talk about
‘aggression’ of the U. S. S. R. nor
condemn this aggression.”
The statement declared Britain
and France had been “lord over vast
territories in Asia and Africa,” and
that recently they “rejected Ger
many's peaceful proposals aiming at
the earliest termination of the war."
Soviet Envoy to Italy
Probably Won't Return
ROME, Dec. 16 </P).—The new
Soviet Union Ambassador to Italy,
Nicolai Gorelchin, who hurried
back to Moscow Tuesday only 15
days after arriving here, probably
will not return to his post, sources
usually well informed said last
night.
Diplomatic circles said the Envoy
considered that he had been
snubbed. During his stay the
Fascist Grand Council declared an
interest in the fate of the Balkans—
interpreted as an indirect warning
to Russia to keep out of South
eastern Europe; the Fascist press
i adopted a pro-Finnish attitude and
1 young Fascists staged anti-Soviet
demonstrations outside the Russian
• Embassy.
| Navy 'Mystery' Plane
I En Route to Base Here
1 A new Navy “mystery" plane—a
huge amphibian patrol ship—was
flying today from Pensacola, Fla.,
to the Naval Aair Station at Ana
’ costia.
| The plane was expected during
; the afternoon.
’ It has a wing spread of 104 feet and
is 65 feet long. It is powered with
j twin Wasp engines, built into the
. wings.
I The plane, built secretly by the
Consolidated Aircraft Corp. at San
, Diego, Calif., left there Thursday
. and stopped first at San Antonio,
' Tex.
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nent-in the public life of Panama,
Dr. Arosemena had an extended
political career. A former governor
Df the Province of Colon and former
Minister of Agriculture, he served
seven years as foreign minister just
prior to his election as President.
He was most recently active as
seynoter of the Conference of
Panama last September, when
American nations declared a neu
trality zone for shipping in connec
tion with the European war.
Only last night the Uruguayan
foreign minister proposed com
municating with the other nations
through him in connection with the
British-German naval battle of
Wednesday off the Uruguayan coast.
Df. Boyd Will Leave
As Soon as Possible
Dr. Augusto S. Boyd, the Ambas
sador of Panama, will leave his post
in Washington at the “first oppor
tunity” to become President of the
Republic, the Panamanian Embassy
announced today, succeeding Dr.
Juan Demonstenes Arosemena.
Dr. Boyd, First Vice President,
was to arrive here from New York
City at 2 pm. today to begin the
business of winding up his affairs
in Washington.
Secretary of State Hull called at
the Embassy on New Hampshire
avenue this morning to express his
condolences over Arosemena’s death.
Dr. Boyd was given the news by
telephone from the Embassy early
today.
In Dr. Boyd's name the Embassy
issued a statement that the Am
bassador “regrets exceedingly” his
President's death. The statement set
forth that Dr. Boyd will assume the
post in accordance with the Pana
manian constitution.
When he returns to Panama he
will be accompanied by Mrs. Boyd,
their daughter Dora, their son Au
gusto, who is an Embassy attache.
and Augusta's wife. He will remain
in office until the next President is
inaugurated in October, 1940. Regu
lar presidential elections are sched
uled to be held in June.
Julio E. Briceno, First Secretary
of the Embassy, will remain as
charge d'affaires after Dr. Boyd
leaves here.
Dr. Boyd went to New York last
night to participate in ceremonies
honoring the memory of Gen. Simon
Bolivar, South American patriot. He
witnessed a formal review by the
107th Infantry, New York National
Guard, given for him and Consular
attaches and Ambassadors from
Venezuela. Ecuador and Bolivia.
House Hearing Seeks
To Question Britons
Released From Spee
Opinion on Merits of
Ultra-Modern Machinery
Desired by Scrugham
By the Associated Press.
A congressional subcommittee to
day sought a means of questioning
British prisoners released from the
Graf Spee about the performance
of the German pocket battleship In
its fight with three British cruisers
in the South Atlantic.
Chairman Scrugham of the House
Naval Appropriations Subcommittee
told reporters accurate data on the
battle might "profoundly affect the
naval policies of the United States.”
He said he had asked the
Navy Department to investigate the
possibility of getting the testimony
of the British seamen who were re
leased from the Nazi warship after
the battle.
The Nevadan, whose committee
starts hearings early next month on
the Navy’s regular appropriation
bill was doubtful whether he or
other members of his committee
would fly to Montevideo, Uruguay, to
get the testimony, although he said
such a trip would be justifiable.
Controversy on Equipment.
He indicated an effort might be
made to bring some of the British
officers here or to have them ques
tioned by naval and engineering ex
perts before they leave Montevideo.
Mr. Scrugman said the primary
reason for questioning the Britishers
would be to learn how the ultra
modern machinery and fittings of
the pocket battleship withstood the
strain of actual combat. There has
been considerable controversy in the
United States Navy over the use of
such equipment.
“Lucky Hit” Seen.
Mr. Scrugham said information
reaching him indicated a "lucky
hit’ on the top of the Graf Spee's
fire control tower was what forced
her out of Wednesday's battle.
“The lesson in that to me,” he
said, “is heavier armament for the
control tower, even if it means a
bigger ship.”
In that connection, he said he
thought the tendency of naval
strategists to design ships merely
to match those of other countries
was wrong.
“The thing to do is to build big
ger, better ships—but perhaps not
so many,” he added.
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