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WASHINGTON FORECAST
Increasing cloudiness tonight; probably snow
or rain tomorrow; slowly rising temperature;
lowest temperature tonight about 24.
MEAN TEMPERATURES
Washington 25 New York 21
Atlanta 41 Omaha 34
Chicago 25 Portland, Ore 28
Detroit 17 San Francisco 6®
Los Angeles 61 San Diego 58
(Weather Details on Page 35)
EXTRA HOLIDAY GIVEN FEDERAL EMPLOYES
llazi, Italian 'Volunteer' Armies Join Insurgents in Spain
AUTO UPSET IMPERILS LIFE OF ICKES
CAR HURLED
30 FEET
OFF ROAD
Suffers Only Slight
Cut on His Hand
In Accident
Secretary of the Interior Harold
L. Ickes, whose wife was killed
last yead in an automobile acci
dent in New Mexico, himself nar
rowly missed death this morning
on the Washington-Richmond
highway about nine miles north of
Stratford Courthouse.
Although the big official car in
which he was being driven to the
Virginia capital was hurled down
a 30-foot embankment and par
tially demolished, Secretary Ickes
escaped with a slight cut on one
hand which failed to prevent him
from keeping an 11:30 speaking
engagement at the Medical Col
lege of Virginia in Richmond.
Delivers Address
At noon a feminine voice, speak
ing from the office of the college,
said: 4
“Yes, Secretary Ickes Is sneak
ing now. He got here just at
11:30. Except for a very slight
cut on his hand he does not
seem to have been hurt.”
For the Interior Department
head and his administrative as
sistant, Ebert K. Burlew, of 2904
Eighteenth Street, who was with
him, it was a morning filled with
excitements and alarms. From
accounts assembled from Virginia
state police, from the Alexandria
Hospital, from the Interior De
partment and the Medical Col
lege, the story seems to be this:
Accompanied by Mr. Burlew,
and driven by Secretary Ickes’
chauffeur, Carl Witherspoon, the
Secretary started out shortly after
9 o’clock. At the point where the
accident occurred, between Alex
ander and Fredericksburg, a north
bound truck driven by Walker
Brown, of Richmond, swerved
across the road in a left-hand turn
into a gasoline filling station, cut
ting squarly into the path of the
Ickes car.
Secretary Ickes’ car swerved
sharply to the left to avoid strik
ing the truck, only to be con
fronted by another northbound
car occupied by Mr. and Mrs.
David Lavietes, of 198 Terrace Pl.,
Brooklyn, N. Y. The Ickes car
continued its left swerve. Wither
spoon apparently hoped to avoid
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Reich Boosts Duties
On U. S. Gas and Oils
BERLIN, Dec. 1 (1.N.5.).—T0
finance construction of 750 miles
of new German highways, the
Reich government today imposed
heavy new duties on all American
gasoline and oil imports. A decree
issued by the finance ministry af
fects virtually every type of oil
and gas and, according to private
estimates, will mean an increased
duty of approximately 6 cents a
gallon on gasoline. The amount
will be slightly higher for heavy
oils.
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Sentiment
On ‘Wally’
Sounded
By DAVID P. SENTNER
(Copyright. by International
New* Service)
LONDON, Dec. 1 (1.N.5.).
King Edward VIII has taken the
first step with a view -to ascer
taining reaction of the British
people as a whole to his marriage
to Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson,
it was learned by International
News Service today.
The King conferred for two
hours at Buckingham Palace last
night with Lord Beaverbrook,
publisher of the London Daily Ex
press.
It was a private meeting. The
King and the publisher discussed
at great length and in detail the
likely reaction of the British pub
lic to news of the romance and
the Monarch’s plans for marriage
next summer.
Lord Beverbrook recently re
turned to London from a trip to
the United States. Upon his re
turn, the publisher communica
ted without delay with Bucking
ham Palace and was summoned
by King Edward to the private
meeting. The summons was not
mentioned in the court circular,
which usually lists all of the King’s
engagements.
At 6 o’clock last evening, Lord
Beaverbrook entered Buckingham
Palace through a secluded en
trance. He remained until Bp. m.
At 7 o’clock, King Edward had
summoned his own car, but kept
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MERCURY K
SNOW ON WAY
Hourly Temperatures
12 a. m . . 21 6 a. m ... 15
1 a. m.... 21 7 a. m... 14
2 a. m ... 19 8 a. m... 15
3 a. m.... 19 9 a. m... 17
4 a. m... 18 10 a. m.. 20
5 a. m .. 16 11 a. m.. .23
Noon .... 25
That snow may come tomorrow
after all, but you don’t need to
worry about a blizzard.
If it comes, it will be, as the
forecasters explain, a ‘‘southern
snow”—just a lot of rain drifting
north from the Gulf and turning
into snow when it strikes the
colder temperatures of Washing
ton.
After hitting a new winter low
of 14 degrees at seven o’clock this
morning, the mercury started ris
ing again and by 10 o’clock had
climbed to 20. The Weather
Bureau Is guessing that it will
not go below 24 degrees tonight,
and is looking for cloudiness and
rising temperatures for the next
24 hours.
Aside from the fact that winter
is here—or just about here—the
Weather Bureau officials ex
plained that last night’s low tem
peratures were due to the fact
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Hollywood Snares
Hungarian Duellist
BUDAPEST, Dec. 1 (1.N.5.).
Finally it’s come. Hollywood has
beckoned to Dr. Franz Sargas, the
marathon duellist and defender
of family honor extraordinary.
Today the diminutive writer,
who has fought two duels and has
from seven to 50 to go, received a
radiogram from Adolf Zukor,
Hollywood producer, not to accept
any offers until he has conferrel
with Zukor. The producer, aboard
the S. S. Normandie when he
radioed Dr. Sargas, expects to be
here Wednesday.
The little, chesty Hungarian
may play a modem “D’Artagnan”
for Hollywood, if he still is able to
after the present duelling episode
is over. He insists he will go
through with his challenges, and
the only barrier to the fighting of
50 duels will be failure of oppo
nents to show up.
As a matter of fact, his next
duels were postponed again yester-
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Bntarad *■ Second Cl*m Matter at
Poet Office at Waeblncton, D. C.
ONE KILLED,
2 HURT IN
CRASH
Couple Near Death of
Exposure After They
Are Hurled From Car
One man was killed and two
companions almost froze to death
following an automobile accident
early today, when they were
thrown unconscious from the car
on the Defense Highway near Ard
more, Md., and lay for hours in
a field in the sub-freezing tem
peratures.
The dead man was Cooper
Heard, 22, of 1122 E St. S. E.,
driver of the car.
The injured, who are in a seri
ous condition because of exposure
as the teihperature sank to 14
degrees, are Miss Charlotte Pough,
18, of 313 D St. S. E., and Benja
min Hull, 32, of Doe Hill, Va.
Miss Pough suffered a possible
fracture of the pelvis and severe
scalp lacerations. Hull suffered a
crushed chest and a fractured
skull.
Taken to Hospital
The couple lay unconscious In |
the freezing air for almost fourd
hours until a passing motorist saw]
them and called the Bladensburg
Rescue Squad. They were rushed
to Casualty Hospital.
Police said that Heard appar
ently had lost control of the car
as it rounded a curve on the
highway, the car striking a tele
graph pole, continuing on for
about 40 feet into a field and
throwing the occupants 75 feet.
Four persons were injured in
mishaps on Washington streets
during the morning.
Bus Crash Hurts Two
When two busses, one of the
Capital Transit Company and the
other of the Washington, Virginia
and Maryland Bus Company, col
lided at Twenty-first and K
Streets Northwest, during the
morning rush hour, two women
were hurt. Jeannette Hammer,
of Alexandria, was cut on the
face and Jennie Butler, 34, of
3321 Connecticut Ave. N. W., suf
fered a possible fractured rib.
Both were treated at Emergency
Hospital.
A woman and a small boy were
injured when two cars crashed
at Thirty-third and Northampton
Streets Northwest. Katherine de
Shazo, 41, driver of one of the
automobiles, was treated at the
scene by Emergency Hospital at
tendants and taken to her home
at 6440 Thirty-forth St. N. W.
Myron Levin, 6, said by police to
be an occupant of the other car,
driven by Nathan Levin, of 5430
Thirtieth St. N. W., suffered cuts
and bruises. He was treated at
Children’s Hospital and later re
turned to his home at the Thir
tieth Street address.
day because of inability of his op
ponents to obtain duelling authori
zation.
Dr. Sargas planned to issue a
pamphlet making a public appeal
to his wife’s grandfather. Dr.
Schober, multimillionaire banker,
and one of those Dr. Sargas chal
lenged to duel because of alleged
remarks the writer had married
for money. The pamphlet would
ask Dr. Schober to relent in his
action of cutting off his grand
daughter from her inheritance.
The pamphlet purports to show
the Sargas family has been of
noble line since 1625, and that the
Schobers have been ennobled only
since 1910. It shows the Sargas
family’s coat of arms, having two
men with crossed swords in duel
ling attitude.
Dr. Schober has been receiving
an average of 100 letters a day
asking him to make peace with
his son-in-law.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1936
5,000 NAZIS
IN SPAIN TO
AID FRANCO
London Alarmed, Sees
No Way to Prevent
'Volunteer' Action
Scores of Italians are volunteer
ing for service in Spain’s insur
gent army and 5,000 Germans
have recently landed at Spanish
ports, it was disclosed to Interna
tional News Service today. De
tails of this latest international
angle of the Spanish conflict are
revealed in the following dis
patches from Rome and London,
LONDON, Dec. 1 (I.N.S.).—The
British government has received
information within the past 24
5,000 German nationals have been
landed recently in Cadiz and Se
ville, Spain, International News
Service was informed on high
authority today.
Great Britain, it was learned,
has no evidence that the Germans
were armed or that they consti
tuted a military body of any sort.
Should this be ascertained later,
however, Britain would “very
strongly deplore” such action, a
spokesman declared.
While, frankly concerned over
'•Che situation, Britain takes the
position that until evidence is
shown that the Germans are actual
soldiers, there is nothing that can
be done. '
Mere arrival of large bodies of
foreign nations in Spain is not a
matter with which the Interna
tional Committee for Non-Inter
vention in Spain is qualified to
detail. No provision has been
made in the committee’s agenda
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MADRIDINGRIP
OF NEW PANIC
By THOMAS A. LOAYZA
MADRID, Dec. 1 (1.N.5.).
Striking with devastating swift
ness immediately upon termina
tion of a night-long rebel assault,
loyalist troops launched a terrific
counter-offensive at dawn today in
the University City and Western
Park sectors of northwestern Ma
drid.
A night of horror in which sleep
less Madrid rocked to incessant in
surgent artillery fire and thun
dered to three night air raids sud
denly changed into cannon bom
bardments from the Madrid side,
smashing into insurgent place
ments within the capital.
Insurgent attacks on the
Pozuelo de Alarcon sector were
repulsed today by government
troops, according to an official
communique. Loyalist pursuit
planes prevented insurgent air
craft from reaching the capital.
New government successes also
were claimed on the Basque front
and in the Asturias.
Buildings crumbled and fires
crackled in the most violent bom
bardment yet heard in the long
fight for Madrid, silencing insur
gent guns and preparing the way
for the infantry waves.
Led by the famous ‘‘interna
tional brigade,” the foot soldiers
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Man Dead in Street;
Police Seek His Kin
Police today were seeking accu
rate identity of a man found dead
on the street at Eighth and D
Streets Northwest yesterday.
The man was known only as
“White” by police who said the
man served several terms at the
District jail. He was taken to Gal
llnger Hospital, where he was
pronounced dead. In his clothes
were a whiskey bottle and 3fl cents.;
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Personal Bodyguard
Os President Dies
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 1 (1.N.5.).
Sorrow hit suddenly at President
Roosevelt and his Pan-American
peace mission with the death early
today of August “Gus” Gennerich,
personal bodyguard of Mr. Roose
velt for the last eight years.
The President was not informed
of the tragedy until he arose at
the embassy, ready for a tour of
the city, but Gennerich’s death
will cause important changes in
the presidential plans, it was be
lieved.
Gennerich, 55 years old, went
with other members of the Amer
ican party to a Buenos Aires res
taurant, and was dancing when
stricken with a heart attack. He
was dead before he could be re
moved from the dance floor.
President Roosevelt may curtail
some of his less formal activities
here, and may eliminate some
stops on the way home in order
Dizzy Day Confronts
'Dizzy' Dean As Water
Carrier at Grid Tilt
GAINESVILLE. Fla., Dec. 1.
“Dizy” Dean, baseball’s immortal,
is going to try his hand in a new
role.
Dean is going to be “cheer
leader” for the Florida ’Gators
in their battle here Saturday with
the Mississippi State Maroons.
Well, maybe not “cheer leader,”
but he’s going to yell and pull
for the ’Gators.
He is, in fact, going to be No.
1 assistant water boy. And if the
crowd insists, he may even try his
hand at chucking the pigskin. He
said:
“I think I’ll be good luck to
the ’Gators, and if they play a
good game I’m going to tell my
teammates to take a few lessons
from them.”
Dean’s wife is a Mississippi
girl. So it looks as if the house
of Dean is going to be divided
that day.
THREE CENTS
to hasten return of the body to
Washington aboard the cruiser
Indianapolis.
Brief funeral services will be
held at the United States Embassy
here tomorrow morning. The body
definitely will be shipped to the
United States aboard one of the
American warships here, although
it was not decided immediately
whether it would be the Indian
apolis.
Gennerich first joined Mr.
Roosevelt when the former was a
member of the New York State
police. Since then he has been
one of Mr. Roosevelt’s closest com
panions. becoming a member of
the United States Secret Service
when his chief was elected Pres
ident.
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LAID TO CLAN
DETROIT, Dec. 1 (1.N.5.).
Two new Black Legion develop
ments rocked Michigan today.
They were:
1. Dismissal of Charles Mc-
Millan, 64-year-old Pontiac po
lice chief by the police trial
board there on charges he was
a member of the Night-Riders.
2. New statements by Dayton
Dean, cult executioneer. that
three Highland Park officials
had been marked for death and
that a police cruiser was to be
placed at his disposal as a “get-,
.away” car in a killing plot.
McMillan, member of the
Pontiac police department for 21
years, heard the police board ver
dict with tears streaming down
his face. He said he may appeal
to the courts. He was one of 84
city, county and State officials
in Oakland county who were
named as members of the hooded
band in a grand jury report last
September 1. McMillan was the
second Oakland county chief
ousted.
President and
His Late
Guard
THE SUDDEN DEATH
IN BUENOS AIRES OF
"GUS" GENNERICH, HIS
BODYGUARD, SHOCKED
MR. ROOSEVELT TO
,DAY.
HITLER FREES
U.S.'RED'
BERLIN. Dec. 1 (1.N.5.) .—Chan
cellor Adolf Hitler has ordered re
lease of Lawrence Simpson, Ameri
can seaman sentenced to prison
for Communistic activities 1 and
treason against the Third Reich.
The Ministry of Justice today
notified the American Consulate
of the granting of Simpson’s ap
peal for mercy. The American,
who is 32 and whose home is in
Seattle, was ordered released De
cember 20 to be turned over to
American authorities for deporta
tion to the United States at tire
latter’s expense.
Simpson was convicted and sen
tenced by the dread People’s Court,
“star chamber” of the Nazi court
system. There is no appeal from
sentences of this court, Hitler him
self being the only person who can
pardon or otherwise grant mercy.
Simpson in September was sen
tenced to serve three years in
prison, the sentence being retro
active. He already had been im
prisoned in various Reich jails
for 14 months. When released- in
December he will have been jailed
for 17 months.
The American was taken from
aboard the United States liner
Manhattan, on which he was em
ployed. by Nazi police on June 28,
1935. Anti-Nazi literature allegedly
was found in his locker.
IN THE TIMES TODAY
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Amusements 34
Beatrice Fairfax .' 36
Births and Marriages 28
Club Notes 22
Comics 42, 43
Crossword Puzzle 43
Donna Grace 36
Editorials 38
Edwin C. Hili 24
Elsie Robinson 38
Financial 40, 41
Frank M. Smith 38
Helen Essary 27
Ida Jean Kain.. 24
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PRESIDENT'S
GIFT' GOOD
NEWS FOR
THOUSANDS
Both Christmas, New
Year Affected by
Executive Order
A Christmas gift for thou*
sands of Government workers
in the District as well as in
the field throughout the coun*
try was announced today in a
presidential order issued from
the White House in the form
of time off.
All Government offices in the
District will be closed at 1 p. m.
Thursday, December 24, the day
before Christmas, to give workers
time to do last-minute shopping,
decorate trees and get ready for
the holiday.
December 26 Holiday
Christmas Day will, of course,
be a holiday, with all offices
closed, and December 26 also will
be observed as a holiday, with all
agencies and departments closed
under a public resolution making
the day a legal holiday in the Dis
trict, passed at the last session of
Congress.
New Year’s Day, Friday, Janu
ary 1, will be observed as a holi
day, and also January 2 will be a
holiday, the Presidential order di
rected, giving all Government
workers here that day off as well.
The granting of the day after
Christmas and New Year’s as a
holiday will allow thousands oA
workers to return to their homes
for the Christmas or New Year
festivities: ' ' f ’
Order of President
The executive order issued by
the President follows:
“By virtue of and pursuant
to the authority vested in me as
President of the United States,
it is hereby ordered as follows:
“1. The several executive de
partments, independent estab
lishments and other govern
mental agencies in the District
of Columbia, including the Gov
ernment Printing Office and the
Navy Yard and Naval stations,
shall be closed at 1 o’clock p. m.
on Thursday, December 24, 1936,
the day preceding Christmas
Day, and the entire day on Sat
urday, January 2, 1937, the day
following New Tear’s Day; and
all employes in the Federal serv
ice in the District of Columbia,
and in the field service of ths
executive departments, indepen
dent establishments and other
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Fire Laddies' Annual
Ball Opens and Closes
With Dash to a Fire
WORCESTER, Mass., Dec. 1
Worcester’s firemen started and
finished their annual ball appro
priately enough with fire today.
On their way to the municipal
auditoriuni, the firemen made a
detour, jumped from their dress
uniforms to working clothes to
battle a SIOO,OOO blaze which
swept a group of factories, damag
ing the plants of the New England
Knitting Company and the Wor
cester Paper Box Machine Com
pany.
Guests and visiting firemen
waited at the auditorium. The
grand march was held up three
hours.
On their way home the fire lad
dies had to fight a $15,000 fire in
a two-story brick building housing
a liquor company and a rags and
wool waste shop.
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Jean Green 36
Ken Murray 27
Mail Ships 44
Mrs. Beeckman 36
Musie 14
Neighborhood Movies 28
Radio Programs 29
“Room and Board” 24
Society 32
Sports 46, 47, 48, 49
Times Table 33
Weather 35
“When I Loved Y0u”....,. 42
Wilma Lavflle 3«
Woman’* Page 36