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WASHINGTON FORECAST
Occasional rain tonight and possibly tomor
row morning: not much change in tempera
ture; lowest tonight about 36,
MEAN TEMPERATURES ,
Washington 38 I New York 43
Atlanta 40 I Omaha 38
Chicago 34 Portland, Ore 38
Detroit 26 San Francisco 51
Los Angeles 59 San Diego 59
(Weather Details on Page 14)
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THE EYES OF THE WORLD are turned today on the
group of notables shown above. At left, Wallis Warfield
Simpson whose contemplated marriage to King Edward VIII
WWNSEND
INDICTED
IND.C.
Perk ion Leader Faces
Contempt Charge
for "Walkout'
Dr. Francis E. Townsend, advo
cate of old-age pensions and
founder of Old Age Revolving Pen
sions, Ltd., who walked out on a
House investigating committee
during a stormy session last spring,
was indicted on a charge of con
tempt of the House by the District
Grand Jury today.
Indicted with Dr. Townsend
were his two aides, Dr. Clinton
Wunder, former director of the
New York pension organization,
and John B. Kiefer, who held a
similar post in Chicago.
The indictment against Dr.
Townsend charges him with wilful
contumacy for his conduct before
the House committee headed by
Representative C. Jasper Bell of
Missouri and is in two counts.
His two aides failed to respond
to summons and their indictments
are based on the default.
Walks Out of Room
The advocate of old-age pen
sions first appeared before the
Bell committee early in May and
testified in a manner that the
legislators regarded as a defiant
one. On May 21 he became ob
viously enraged at his questioners
and arose from his seat, clapped
his hat on his head and with a
polite “Thank you, gentlemen, and
good-day,” he walked from the
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TIMES INDEX
Page
Amusements 22
Army-Navy Orders 29
Beatrice Fairfax 24
Births and Marriages 34
Club Notes 18
Comics 30, 31
Crossword Puzzle 31
Donna Grace 24
Editorials 38
Edwin C. Hill 20
Elsie Robinson 38
Financial 36, 37
Frank M. Smith 38
Helen Essary 33
Ida Jean Kain 20
Ken Murray 33
Mail Ships 11
Mrs. Beeckman 24
Music 5
Neighborhood Movies 34
Radio Programs 35
“Room and Board’’ 20
Robert Taylor 23
Sobol 20
Society 28
Sports 39, 40, 41, 42, 43
Times Table 19
Weather .. 15
“W’hen I Loved You” 30
Wilma Laville 24
Woman’s Page 24
Suicide?
No! Auto
Crash
Because a suicide note was
found in an abandoned automo
bile on the Pennsylvania Avenue
bridge early today, several po
lice vehicles were out of service
while stationed at the scene, traf
fic was snarled and a Maryland
motorist not connected with the
event faces a charge of reckless
driving—But there was no suicide.
The mishaps began when police
scrutinized the note, which read:
“Darling Hilda:
“I’m sorry, but I guess this is
tjie best way. I don’t want to be
any more trouble to you as I
have been.
“Love, Roy. Goodbye, darling.**
The Fire Rescue Squad raced to
the scene. Patrols from the Fifth j
and Eleventh Precincts rumbled'
up.
Harbor policemen started drag
ging the Anacostia River for a
body. And a contingent of United
States Park Police arrived.
While the police were search-1
' ing, an officer went to the home
of Mrs. Hilda Redman, living
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STRIKE GRIPS
GLASS PLANT
OTTAWA. 111., Dec. 3 (1.N.5.).
The Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass
Company plants were swarmed
with workers today, but no work
was being done.
All production was stopped as
the “sit down” strike, which
started in the pattern shop,
spread to all departments, involv
ing more than 1,000 men.
The pattern shop strike was
called in protest against the com
pany’s acceptance of a four-mil
lion-dollar order from the Chrys
ler Motor Company, which union
leaders claim was transferred
here to break the strike at the
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company’s
factory in Pittsburgh.
Leland Beard, president of the
Ottawa local of the Federated Flat
Glass Workers of America, de
clared today that members of
the national organization in
Charleston, W. Va., Shreveport,
La., Toledo, Ohio, East Toledo,
Ohio, and Rossford, Ohio, will
“go out in the next couple of
days if no settlement of the
Ottawa difficulties is reached.”
Rebels 9 Planes Raid
Madrid in Fog
By THOMAS A. LOAYZA
MADRID, Dec. 3 (1.N.5.) .—Hid
den behind a fog blanket which
covered the capital, a score of in
surgent airplanes bombed Madrid
today in a new attempt to wreck
the stubborn defense.
Seven tri-motored bombers and
15 pursuit planes bombed the Uni
versity City sector and also rained
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Poet Office at Waebington. D. C.
NO. 17,278
(second from left) has all Britain by the ears. Next, Queen
Mary, with whom the Duke of York conferred today. The
Duke and Duchess (at right) are expected to ascend the
PRESIDENT
SPEAKS IN
URUGUAY
Cites Ch3<.ges Since
Days of Monroe;
Throng Cheers
By GEORGE DURNO
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Dec.
3 (I.N.S.).—Democratic govern
ment is the greatest safeguard for
changing conditions in the world,
President Roosevelt declared to
day in an address during welcom
ing ceremonies by President Terra
of Uruguay. ,>»
Mr. Roosevelt pa sed here for
a few hours en route home on the
cruiser Indianapolis, following the
opening of the inter-American
conference for maintenance of
peace at Buenos Aires. The Presi
dent praised the Uruguayans for
the “great advances” he said they
have made “in behalf of the well
being of your citizens.”
Cites Changes
He called attention to the great
changes that time has wrought
since the days of President Mon
roe and of General Artigas of
Uruguay. He said that none of
the fathers of the American re
publics had then heard of an eight
hour day, of minimum wages, of
protection for women and children,
of collective bargaining between
employers and employes, of old
age security, of modern sanitation,
of concrete highways, railroads or
steel buildings, or the telegraph,
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WPA Sewing Workers
Defy Project Closing
PLEASANTVILLE, N. J., Dec. 3
(I.N.S.).—Undisturbed by munici
pal authorities, a dozen women,
formerly employed on a Works
Progress Administration sewing
project here, held command of
the council chamber of the City
Hall today and said they would
stay there until they got their
jobs back. The sewing projects
were terminated because of lack
of local funds.
Ninety-two workers, whose pay
ranged from $57 to $75 per month,
lost their jobs.
deadly explosives upon other loyal
ist positions.
Co-ordinating with the air raid,
a column of insurgents launched
an attack on the crack “interna
tional brigade.”
Victories on four distant fronts
and destructive air raids in three
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1936
Lobbies
Hear King
Will Quit
LONDON, Dec. 3 (I.N.S.T.
Rumors-. King Edward is planning
to abdicate swept through the
lobbies of the house of commons
this afternoon after Premier Bald
win refused to make a statement
on the crisis precipitated by his
marriage plans.
The rumors stated abdication
papers were in the process of
being drawn up. They were stim
ulated by Baldwin’s statement
that no constitutional difficulties
are involved in the situation.
Other legal authorities, how
ever, pointed out that Baldwin’s
declaration may mean King Ed
ward’s answer to the cabinet’s res
ignation ultimatum may not yet
have been received.
FRIENDOFKING
IN SPEECH
BIRMINGHAM. England, Dec. 3
(1.N.5.).—1n the first open cabinet
utterance regarding the crisis
brought about by King Edward’s
marriage plans, Alfred Duff-
Cooper, secretary of state for war
and the Monarch’s cabinet adviser,
told a gathering today:
“I come to you in an hour of
grave national and imperial
anxiety. We are passing through
a grave and critical period.
There are many dangers at
home and abroad that menace
the peace of this empire.”
Duff-Cooper, long a close friend
of the King, and his wife have fre
quently accompanied the Mon
arch and Mrs. Wallis Simpson on
yachting trips and social func
tions.
5,000 Get Steel Jobs
NEW YORK, Dec. 3 (1.N.5.).
Nearly 5,000 employes were added
to the pay rolls of the steel indus
try during October, bringing cur
rent employment to 531,400 —more
than 15 per cent above the 1929
level—the American Iron and Steel
Institute announced today.
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British throne in the event of King Edward’s abdication.
The little girl is Princess Elizabeth, daughter of the Duke
and Duchess, who would be next in line for the crown should
REGAL ROMANCE ROCKING BRITAIN;
EDWARD IO REPLY QUICKLY TO
DEMAND THAT HE ABDICATE
(Copyright, 1938, by International New. Service)
A charming commoner and a determined King riveted the eyes of the world on London to
day.
In a capital rocked by a constitutional crisis and torn by an unprecedented press contro
versy over royal rights and prerogatives, Statesmen struggled to find away out of the
impasse created by King Edward’s plans to marry Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson and Prime
Minister Stanley Baldwin’s demand that he abdicate.
‘l’ll Give YOU My Answer’
(Copyright, 1938, by International News Service)
LONDON, Dec. 3 (1.N.5.).— King Edward in
formed Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin today
he will answer the premier’s abdication demand
“much sooner” than the fortnight period he was
given in which to reply.
Before receiving his advisers at Fort Belve
dere this morning, the King telephoned Baldwin.
He said:
“It will not be necessary for you to wait 14
days for my decision. I intend to give it to you
much sooner.”
Baldwin asked if the King would receive a
committee composed of himself, former Prime
Minister Ramsay MacDonald and the Arch
bishop of Canterbury at Belvedere on Sunday.
The King replied:
“No. I don’t want to talk to anyone but you.
I’ll give you my answer.”
Rritish Press Praises
Wally’s Charms
LONDON, Dec. 3 (1.N.5.).—1n
response to a terrific demand by
English newspapers for every avail
able word on Mrs. Wallis Warfield
Simpson, the press association to
day made public a lengthy and
glowing description of the Ameri
can woman who has captured King
Edward’s heart.
Her beauty and intelligence were
glorified to the British public in
the following terms:
“Those who know Mrs. Simp
son well describe her as slim,
vivacious, dark, petite, entirely
self-possessed and altogether
charming.
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“She has a deserved reputa
tion for being a witty conversa
tionalist. When she talks her
dark, glowing eyes sparkle.
“As a smile spreads over her
finely chiselled and intelligent
features, she partly discloses
beautiful teeth. Her voice, rich
and low, has little trace of her
American origin. She has innate
savoir faire and she speaks with
quiet self-possession.
“The graceful and witty and
beautiful Mrs. Simpson in recent
years has been regarded as one
of the most attractive women in
London society circles. She has
excellent taste in drese.”
no son be born to her parents. The child is extremely popu
lar with the British public and a favorite of the King.
International News Photos.
> Throughout the morning, King Edward
conferred with his closest perssflal advisers
and then dispatched a message to Baldwin.
Its nature was not disclosed.
When Clement Attlee, laborite leader, de
manded a statement from Premier Baldwin
on the King Edward marriage crisis in the
House of Commons, the Premier replied:
“I have no statement to make today.”
Showdown Balked
Thus efforts of the labor party to force an
immediate showdown on the government’s
plans in the crisis were balked.
After spending most of the day at her house
in Cumberland Terrace, London, Mrs. Simp
son rushed to the side of the King at Fort Bel
vedere this afternoon.
Accompanied by her aunt and chaperone,
Mrs. D. B. Merryman, of Washington, D. C.,
Mrs. Simpson made the trip by automobile.
Her purpose, it was said, was a “heart to
heart talk” with King Edward on the entire
situation.
Her limousine, a present from the King, was
admitted immediately to the grounds of the
spacious estate.
Feverish Conferences
In London, where full disclosure of the royal romance
in the press found leading newspapers forming battle
lines either in favor of the King or Baldwin, excited
crowds gathered to discuss the crisis.
Hundreds flocked to Mrs. Simpson’s home, where ex
traordinary police guards vainly attempted to keep the
street clear of sightseers. Fort Belvedere, where the
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