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Thousands of Jews Jailed in Nazi Night Raids
NATION’S CASH
INCOME DUE TO
TOP 64 BILLION
Steady Gain Shown
Last 4 Months
By HARRY WARD
(INS.) A tide of recovery dol
lars will push the nation’s 1938
cash Income beyond 64 billions,
United States economic experts
were certain today—but none
would venture how far beyond.
The steady gain in national in
come. however, has continued un
abated for the last four months,
according to a report by the De
partment of Commerce which
added that the “current trend is
definitely upward.”
Total income for the first nine
months of this year was $47,300,-
000,000 while total income for
1937 was $69,000,000,000.
Optimum Rules
Optimism among Government
officials that the recession has
been checked, if hot beaten, in
creased as daily statistical re
ports continued to show gains on
nearly all fronts, with the possible
exception of farm income.
But Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace has insisted that the AAA
program would bring about im
provements even on the agricul
tural front where vast difficulties
have been developed by the record
breaking surpluses of the leading
commodities.
Employment has bounded up so
rapidly—soo,ooo new jobs in in
dustries alone during Septembei - ,
according to Department of Labor
figures—that the 64billion esti-
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Unknown Warrior
Will Rest in Abbey
LONDON, Oct. 27 (I.N.S.).—A
new tomb will be placed over the
grave of the British unknown
warrior, it was announced today.
In historic Westminster Abbey a
niche will be provided where a
flame will burn perpetually in his
honor. The new tomb will be un
veiled next year.
MUNICH
FACTS TO
BE BARED
Material losses to the
allies at Munich were
enough to change the
balance of power in
Europe in favor of Ger
many, writes H. R.
Knickerbocker, famous
roving foreign corres
pondent o f Interna
tional News Service, in
a new series of articles
on the situation in Eu
rope today.
Back in New York
after covering the re
cent crisis, Mr. Knicker
bocker has written a
series of six articles on
the changed line-up in
Europe.
Will Hitler keep his
pledge to refrain from
any further territorial
claims in Europe?
What are the next steps
Germany will take and
when will they come?
These questions and
others will be answered
in Mr. Knickerbocker’s
series, which will ap
pear in The Times be
ginning Monday, Oc
tober 31.
Katcnd u Second Claaa Matter
at Peat Offlea at Waahlnytoix D. C.
LONDON FACES RUIN
SHOULD WAR COME
LONDON, Oct. 28 (1.N.5.). —Official admission that Lon
don would have faced Virtual demolition and its popula
tion of more than 8,000.000 would have been decimated had
war occurred last month is expected when Parliament re
assembles Tuesday.
The appalling inadequacy of the entire country’s war
preparations is now conceded on all sides, and Herbert
Morrison, laborite leader, today announced he will move
in the House of Commons for a searching debate on the de
fense issue.
The fiery oppositionist will ask the House to “express
grave concern over the government’s admitted unprepared
ness to protect the civilian population when the country was
on the brink of war.”
The debate is held certain to reveal shocking details of
porous, ill-fitting gas masks, an astonishing lack of defense
coordination, and virtual absence of antiaircraft equipment.
Even the head of London’s antiaircraft defenses, Wilfred
Griffin Eady, went on record with this admission:
“Our preparations were the sloppiest ever produced by
any government.”
No modern guns were available, and large numbers of
reconstructed weapons from the World War period were
rushed into action. One was actually salvaged from a
museum.
New Revolt of Riffs
Feared By France
(Copyright, 1938)
LONDON, Oct. 28 (1.N.5.). —A specter of the treacherous
Abd-El-Krim rode across the memories of French military
authorities today as rumblings of a new revolt in Morocco came
from across the Mediterranean.
The outspokenly bitter attack
by Premier Edouard Daladier yes
terday that "foreign elements” are
seeking to stir up trouble for
France was inspired, according to
reliable information, by knowledge
that Communist elements are fan
ning the coals of the Riff revolt
of a dozen years ago.
Although Abd-El-Krim is in ex
ile, French secret agents of Tan
gier have uncovered information
that his old Riff tribe is becom
ing restive and eager to cause
trouble in French Morocco.
Also, they have reported that
Communist agents, who are in
close touch with Moscow, have
asked the Comintern to send
funds to assist in carrying out an
uprising.
With influence of the Spanish
Insurgent Generalissimo Franco
strong among the Moorish ele
ment, the situation is regarded as
explosive.
An independent Riff nation is
the objective of Abd-El-Krim.
DUCE SALUTES
CLEARING SKIES
ROME, Oct. 28 (I.N.S.).—Pre
mier Mussolini saluted Europe’s
“clearing political horizon” today
in a speech hailing the sixteenth
anniversary of the Fascist march
on Rome, the coup which made
him Italy’s dictator. Speaking
from a balcony of the Palazzo
Venezia, Il Duce declared:
“We Fascists will continue to
march forward with the same
inflexible energy as on the eve
of the march on Rome.”
Mussolini’s militant address was
delivered shortly after German
Foreign Minister Joachim von Rib
bentrop conferred with Foreign
Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano.
It is believed that von Ribben
trop’s mission here, which will in
volve conversations with Musso
lini, will exert a far-reaching in
fluence on Europe and the Far
East.
Thousands of Italian colonists
leave Genoa to settle in Libya.
Details on Page 2.
Lindy Ransom Money?
G-Men Probe Holdup
NEW YORK, Oct. 28 (1.N.5.).
The discovery that S6OO, part of
the proceeds of a $1,500 holdup
last Wednesday, is in gold-backed
notes today brought G-men into
the case on the possibility that
the bills may be part of the $50,000
Lindbergh kidnap ransom.
About half of the ransom was
ABD-EL-KRIM
Hi« Riff Revolt Flames
Are Fanned
2 ESCAPE DEATH
IN TANK BLAST
ATLANTA, Oct. 28 (1.N.5.).
Two men barely escaped death
today when fumes in a 12,000
gallon gasoline tank exploded
and for a time threatened destruc
tion to 13 other huge tanks in the
Refiners Oil Corporation's yard
here.
The two men, Grover- Shelton,
32, and J. T. Eubanks, both of
Atlanta, were within a few feet
of the tank when it exploded,
shattering windows more than a
hundred yards away, but neither
was injured, according to Fire
Chief O. J. Parker.
The fire was brought under con
trol after an hour’s battle. One
city fireman suffered an eye in
jury combatting the flames.
Treasury Condition
(1.N.5.) Treasury balance Oc
tober 26: $2,602,222,944 25; in
ternal revenue, $8,263,670.04; cus
toms receipts, $25,478,811.65; re
ceipts, $1,785,114,591; expendi
tures. $2,891,807,856.
in gold-backed $lO and S2O notes.
This type of currency subsequently
was called in by the Government
and none of it is now supposed
to be in circulation.
An FBI agent came to police
headquarters today to question
three colored youths, under arrest
in the case. The victim was
.Nathan Sokolsky, an auctioneer.
FRIDAY,
F. 0. R. TAKES
SECOND SLAP
AT DIES PROBE
Delay Plea Meets
New Opposition
(1.N.5.) President Roosevelt dis
cussed the Dies committee investi
gating un-American activities
again today, and obliquely criti
cized the conduct of the commit
tee’s hearings.
In reply to a statement by Chair
man Martin Dies (D.). Texas, of
the committee, that the Chief
Executive had been “misinformed”
about the inquiry’s activities, the
President suggested to a press
conference that the correspond
ents covering the Dies hearings
be interviewed.
Predicts “Good Story**
Mr. Roosevelt thought there
would be a good story, as he put it,
in the reporters’ views of the com
mittee.
It was the second time within a
few days that the President has
been critical of the committee.
On the first occasion he issued
a prepared statement that the
committee had unfairly attacked
Governor Frank Murphy of Michi
gan for his official attitude in the
Michigan labor strife of last year.
Meanwhile, Chairman Dies an
nounced, without any explanation,
the postponement of today’s hear
ing at which a witness was to tes
tify on the activities of Com
munists in this country in recruit
ing American youths for service in
the Spanish loyalist army. Some
testimony on this subject already
has been heard by the committee.
Refuse to Adjourn
But despite increasing pressure
from Democratic leaders, Chair
man Dies and four of his asso
ciates have joined against the
proposal that the committee ad
journ its hearings until after the
general elections November 8.
With Dies against such post
ponement are Reps. Starnes of
Alabama and Mosier of Ohio,
both Democrats, and Reps. Ma
son of Illinois and Thomas of
New Jersey, Republicans. Thus
the committee stands five against
Reps. Dempsey of New Mexico
and Healey of Massachusetts,
Democrats, who sought to delay
testimony.
Dies replied to Dempsey and
Healey that the majority of the
committee believed the impor
tance of the investigation tran
scended “political expediency.”
Daladier 9 s
Hotel Afire
MARSEILLES, Oct. 28 (1.N.5.).
At least 20 persons were reported
killed today by a fire which
threatened to destroy the entire
old Cannebiere quarter of Mar
seilles.
The vlctms perished when they
leaped from upper stories of burn
ing buildings or were trapped by
the flames.
The blaze spread to the Hotel
Notailles, where Premier Daladier
and othe- government, officials
have been staying and to the
Hotel Grand.
The Radical Socialist Congress
was adjourned until tomorrow as
Daladier, Paul Marchandeau ana
others rushed out of the meeting
in an attempt to save their papers
and luggage from the hotel.
Times Index
Births and Marriage 41
Classified Ads ..41,42,43
Comics • •.. 28, 29
Cross Word Puzle 34
Drama •• 24,25
Editorials 12
Evie Robert 13
Inquiring Photographer .... 12
Government Workers 31
Neighborhood Movies 25
Radio 35
Society •• 32
Sports ~,,37,38,39,40
Woman’s Page 30
OCTOBER
28, 1938
IT. S. Hope of Conviction
In Spy Case Hosts on Girl
Divorcee Resumes
Story of Nazi
Plot Today
NEW YORK, Oct. 28 (1.N.5.).
Mrs. Kate Moog Busch, who has
testifed she was importuned by
the Nazi spy ring to become their
Washington “siren,” returned to
' the witness stand today in Federal
court against three spy de
fendants.
United States Attorney Lamar
Hardy and his assistants are
counting on the plump nurse to
trace the threads of the interna
tional espionage between Berlin
and the United States.
Friend of Griebl
Mrs. Busch, the divorcee friend
of the fugitive Dr. Ignatz T.
Griebl, the Government hopes,
will give enougli evidence to es
tablish' conspiracy charges against
the airplane mechanic. Otto Her
mann, Voss, and his two codefend
ants, Johanna Hofmann and Erich
Glaser. The fourth defendant,
Guenther Gustave Rumrich, has
pleaded guilty.
Electrifying a sleepy court room,
thenftrse late yesterday in low,
throbbing tones, told of her friend
ship for Dr. Griebl and the trip
they took to Germany in June,
1937.
Wined and Dined
Through Karl Schulter, the Nazi
spy whom they met aboard the
Europa, she revealed, the pair was
wined and dined in Berlin by two
chiefs of the Nazi secret service,
Capt. Lieuts. Udo von Bonin and
Herman Menzel.
At a dinner party the Nazis ad
vised her to open a “villa” in
Washington as a social rendezvous
for Army and Navy officers.
Today Mrs. Busch was to de-1
scribe her meeting with Captain
Pfeiffer, director of German es
pionage in North and South Amer
ica, and the banquets he tendered
her at the Hotel Eden roof garden.
Green Asks Votes
For Sen. Lonergan
NEW BRITAIN, Conn., Oct. 27
(I.N.S.).—William Green, presi
dent of the American Federation
of Labor, today called upon of
ficers and members of the AFL
and “their friends” to support Sen
ator Augustine Lonergan <D.),
conservative New Dealer, for re
election.
G. W. Miss.
Postponed
Tonight’s football classic be
tween George Washington Uni
versity and Ole Miss has been
postponed nutil 2 o’clock tomor
row afternoon at Griffith Sta
dium.
Sleet, rain and cold weather to
day resulted in a conference that
led to the decision to cancel the
game. 1
Navy’s New ‘Flying Battleship’
Spans U. S. in Less Than 14 Hours
The Navy’s new $1,000,000*
“Flying Dreadnaught” landed at
the Naval Air Station at Anacostia
today, after making a cross-coun
j try flight from San Diego, Calif.,
in 13 hours and 55 minutes, an
average of more than 200 miles
an hour.
The huge flying boat, a high
wing monoplane with a 115-foot
wing span, was commanded by
Lieut. Comdr. Andrew Crinkley
and carried a crew of seven men.
Powered with four 900-horse
power motors, the plane is able
to travel about 4,000 miles without
refueling, and is regarded as one
of the most powerful planes in
the world. It is heavily armed
with machine guns In addition to
bombs. It is 77 feet long, 28 feet
‘ high and 16 feet wide.
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Dashing Divorcee Tells Court How Leaders in Nazi Spy
Ring Tried to Induce Her to Open a Social
Rendezvous in Washington.
HANES IN NEW
TREASURY POST
(1.N.5.) John W. Hanes, As
sistant Secretary of the Treas
ury, moved a step higher in the
department’s high command to
day when President Roosevelt
' named him undersecretary. This
makes Hanes No. 1 Treasury offi
cial under Secretary of the Treas
ury Morgenthau.
Hanes, who left Wall Street to
become a member of the Securi
ties and Exchange Commission,
moved from that post to the
Treasury. He succeeds Roswell
Magill, chief U. S. tax expert,
who resigned about a month ago
as undersecretary.
It was presumed the new under
secretary would take over the
work of formulating the Treas
ury’s views on tax legislation.
Man Who Threatened
F.D.R. on Probation
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 27 (1.N.5.).
John Dean, 65-year-old coal sales
man who surrendered last July
after writing two letters to Presi
dent Roosevelt, threatening to kill
him, today was placed on proba
tion for three years.
He told Federal Judge Merrill
E. Otis he wrote the letters while
undergoing “terrifying seizures”
and had no intention of harming
the President.
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Picture Shows Huge Consolidated Bomber as It Was
Launched by the Navy at San Diego.—l.N.P.
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SLEET STORM
VISITS CAPITAL
At precisely 11:22 a. m. today,
there was a precipitation from the
sky the like of which Washington
has not seen since April 6 last.
“Snow,” said the oldest re
porter on the Washington Times.
But the observatory of the
United States Weather Bureau
couldn’t see it that way. “Sleet
particles,” they insisted academi
cally.
“Looks like snow from here,”
said The Times man.
“Hold the line a minute until
I look,” said the man at the
observatory. Then:
“Nope. It’s ice particles.
Just caught a hatful of them
and there isn’t a snow flake
there.”
Temperature at the moment The
Times and the Weather Bureau
were arguing stood at 51, only
three degrees higher than the
day’s low of 48.
“Snow flakes can’t exist at
that temperature,” said the
Weather Bureau, “but sleet par
ticles can.”
Just nine days ago it was 88.
Masaryk to Visit U. S.
LONDON. Oct. 7 (1.N.5.).
Jan Masaryk, son of Czechoslo
vakia’s first president, is planning
to retire as Prague s minister to
London, it was learned today. He
will go to the United States for
a lecture tour.
THREE CENTO
TERROR GRIPS
CHILDREN AS
WOMEN WEEP
Most Victims Poles
to Be Deported
By PIERRE J. HUSS
BERLIN, Oct. 28 (LN.S.L
Marked for speedy deportation,
more than 3.000 Jews, most of
them Poles, were rounded up in
pre-dawn raids in major cities to
day as police suddenly opened a
smashing campaign against Jews
with allegedly faulty passports.
The anti-Jewish drive, which
spread terror through ghettos and
jammed police stations with be
wildered men and weeping women
and children, was described as a
“measure of self-protection.”
Back to Poland
Several thousand Jews are sched
uled to be “repatriated,” chiefly
to Poland. The Schlesiche rail
way station in East Berlin swarmed
with hundreds of men, women and
children awaiting trains to Poland.
In Berlin between 200 and 1,000
persons were arrested.
While Germany is striving to
force the Poles out of the Reid),
the prospective deporters face tai
problem of getting back into their
native country, and a period W,
hardship looms for many.
“Several thousand undssir- .
able Polish citizens have bsaO
taken to the German-Polish
frontier,” a government au
thority explained.
“This is because the Germarf '
government believes they will
not be able to obtain their own
visas, and their passports, ur.der
a new Polish ruling, are invalid ;
for reentrance into Poland.
SETTLEMENT FAILS
“Today’s measures followed
failure of Poland and Germany
to reach a settlement of the
question. Examination of the
passports of all Poles in this
country has been ordered.
“It is estimated that 150'30
persons may become a burden
on Germany unless they are
able to obtain the prescribed
Polish visas. Germany there
j fore holds to the positon that
! their deporation may be ordered
at any time if it becomes neces
sary, as in the case of many
other foreigners.
“In many cases, the govern
ment felt forced to take imme
dite steps, especially since Po
land threatens no longer to re
ceive these Poles in their home
land after October 29.”
An offical announcement fol
lows the same lines, but does not
mention the word “Jews,” and so
far as could be learned, many of
the deportees are not Jews.
NEGOTIATIONS SPEEDED
Several thousands have been
transported to the frontier and,
it was intimated, if Poland refuses
them visas, the Poles will be .
thrus; across the border. .x”
Feverish negotiate:’ are going
on between the Polish embass
and the foreign office to reacn
an emergency arrangement.
The Berlin seizures coincided
with the arrest of 2,000 Polish
Jews in Vienna during the night.
In Cologne, Polish Jews were or
dered to report to the nearest po
lice station by 1 p. m. “for expul
sion and repatriation.”
Berlin’s nocturnal roundup was
believed to be connected with the
government decree of October 8,
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