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OAKLAND TUESDAY," FEBRUARY 16, 1937 WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 It wasn't what the Governor of North Carolina taid to the Governor of South Carolina last' night at Democrat's $100-a-plate dinner- Instead it was what President Roosevelt and Vice-President Gar. nrjfouniirTo smile and what thatwas no one knew. It was good enough, -KoweveroTTjarner tq violate his ''P. Wirephold.

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A so was unable to give' a more de- (Continued From Page One) the long government siege of PARIS, Feb. 16. OT Squads of prospective warriors, confronted by a Saturday midnight deadline for international volunteer 'aid on either side of the Spanish civil war, trooped toward the Spanish frontier today. Six hundred and fifty men left Perpignan for Barcelona, 450 passed Cerebere and 300 crossed at Perthus. Five hundred Catalan Fascists assembled at Toulouse, ready to join the Spanish Insurgent force at Irun.

They were recruited near Barcelona, entered France through the tiny republie of Andorra and were to be sent to the Madrid front eventually. Premier Leon Blum's government, already armed with decree powers, was ready to put a quick halt to train, automobile and bus caravans bound for the battlefields. Foreign Office sources said France would permit supervision of its Pyrenees frontier by an international commission, regardless of whether Portugal accepted control of its Spanish border. The London agreement to halt volunteer aid for either side of the was hailed as a victory for diplomacy. waiffifffi tailed description.

The third medical examination was ordered to determine whether bruises on her throat indicate she was choked sufficiently to eause her to lose consciousness. Her arms and feet were also bruised. Attempting to clear up Mrs. Cop-ping's movements on Sunday afternoon. and evening, police questioned Lieutenant W.

Johnson, attached to the cruiser Louisville; Lieut. W. R. Allen of the fleet air base here, and Miss Dolores De Beck, a Honolulu nurse. They said they accompanied Mrs.

Copping to her hotel Sunday evening from a drinking party at nearby Pearl Harboi, where the United States Naval base is situated. Lieutenant Copping, commander of the submarine S-28, had previously returned from the party to the hotel. Hawaii Attack Victim Known in Bay Area Reports from Honolulu that Mrs. Bennett S. Copping, wife of a -i squadron lieutenant, had been criminally shocked society of the Bay area today.

Mrs. Copping Navy circles here. She" and Lieutenant Copping were stationed at the Mare Island Navy Yard for a tour of duty about three years ago. Charlotte Copping, a youthful brunette with flashing black eyes, was among the popular matrons in the Navy set. They made their home at 1420 Far-rell Street in Vallejo tor six months before Lieutenant Copping was assigned to duty with the submarines In Hawaii.

MADRID, Feb. 18. Madrid's defenders, united under the sole command of General Jose Miaja, fought off Insurgent attacks from two sides today the first birthday of 4heir Socialist-led, popular front government. 8 Under the new defense set-up by the Valencia high command, General Miaja holds full control ot defense forces on all Madrid fronts, while Gen. Sebastian Pozas was ordered into full command in the Guadalajara territory, northeast of the Capital, in the Guadrrama Mountains and in Extremadura, south of the Tagus River.

Insurgenis pressed Madrid from both the southeast and the northwest, but government commanders contended the new united command had given their men fresh vigor. The Fet us (Spanish news) agency) reported the Insurgent southern armies had been fought to a standstill In the Adra Sector, 27 miles west of Almeria, on the Mediterranean. In the Ovledo Sector, the Insurgent northern command launched a fresh attack In an effort to break gal, faced with a fait accompli by the committeej was hoped for, and Great Britain was understood to be planning continued pressure to gam her consent to land observers. The naval patrol program re sulted from refusal by both the Valencia Government and the In surgent administration to permit stationing of neutral observers In their As riow worked out, In the face of Portuguese refusal to participate, the plan embodies two main points: 1 Establishment of more than 1000 observers along the Franco-Spanish and Gibraltar Spanish frontiers to report to the committee violations, which then would be made the subject of strong representations to the offending governments. The approximate $2,000,000 cost would be apportioned among the committee members.

A tight naval blockade of the entire peninsula, including both Portuguese and Spanish ports, maintained by the warships of the great European powers. PATROL TO REPORT, NOT SEARCH SUSPECTS Just as in the case of the land observers, these naval patrols would hot have authority to halt and search suspected violators, but would report ship movements to the committee or action by the nation concerned. All ships bound for Spain would be required to put into control ports where an observer of the committee would be taken aboard to travel with the vessel to Spain, ensuring the cargo to be bare of war materials. British officials announced the destroyer Express had been placed at the disposal of the Valencia Government to 'carry food from Alicante to refugees in the Almeria sector where 150,000 persons were declared homeless in jiath of an insurgent advance up the eastern coast. The officials declared the Burgos insurgent government was "per-fectly willing" that relief be extended to the refugees with British assistance.

Sentences Upheld In Ship Robbery Eight year prison sentences of three men who took part in robbing the' gambling vessel Monte Carlo, anchored off San upheld by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco today. Those sentenced for "attacking a vescel with intent to plunder;" on July 8, 1935, were Walter Miller, Carl Carrillo and August Wunder-lich, The appeal was brought on the ground that the Federal Court had no Jurisdiction to try the case, since the vessel lay within the three-mile limit of the State of California; The Appellate Court disagreed. Some $21,000 in cash and $10,000 in jewelry were seized by the rob bers aboard the ship. story of assault recalling Honolulu's, Sensational Massie case was told and retold today by a Navy offi cer's wife under protracted police questioning. Mrs.

Bennett S. Copping, 24-year-old wife of a submarine commander, reported she was dragged from her hotel cottage across 75 feet of open yard into a garage and attacked. When Dr. Henry M. Aklna, assistant city-county physician, announced after two examinations there was no indication she had been- attacked, police questioned her through last night into the early morning hours today.

Under repeated questioning Mrs. Copping reiterated her story, but was not able to furnish a detailed description of her assailant. Police Chief William A. Gabriel-son said questioning would be resumed later today and Mrs. Copping would be given a third physical examination.

The young woman who was born ana rearca in tne rnmpines, wnere She was married to Lieutenant Cop-, ping seven years ago, remained calm under questioning and showed no sign of. hysteria. She said, Gabrielson that as sne leit ner noiei room at clock yesterday morning, some hours after an all day drinking of Navy folk, a man suddenly appeared about 15 feet down the hallway. As she turned to switch on the lights the man. seized her by the throat with' both hands.

Mrs. Copping said she lost consciousness. She. said she recov- ered consciousness in the garage as her assailant was leaving, speaking to her solicitously. unuKe tne assault upon Mrs.

Cut out Kitchen Drudgery With ThisTme-savingValue! llhalia Massie, wno said sne was AtBREUNER'S" New for 1937 EX-DFFICERS WASHINGTON, Feb. James M. Proctor took un der advisement today the sentencing of John S. Farnsworth, fohner naval lieutenant-commander, on rharffa nf nnncnirinff in rnmmnnJ- cate naval Information to Japan. Farnsworth, 42.

did not plead either guilty or Innocent at his trial yesterday, but chose instead to say "nolo contendere" contending nothing. His attorneys said he still claimed to be innocent but could not prove It. The maximum penalty is imprisonment for 20 yr jrs. DEPOSITIONS BLOCKED Farnsworth's lawyers (jaid that when he sought depositions from two Japanese officers, officials of their government said they could not be forced to testify. The Japanese had returned home before Farnsworth was arrested.

When he was seized last Summer, Farnsworth told reporters he had talked to agents of an Oriental power about going abroad to organize an aviation corps, but denied any sinister motive. The government had called BO witnesses from the battle fleets and from naval posts to testify against the Annapolis graduate. K' FACES OTHER CHARGE He still faces another charge-attempting to sell a secret book Called "The Service of Information and Security." District Attorney Leslie M. Gar-nett said he would not decide whether to press this, accusation until Justice Proctor announces sentence on the present charge. Farnsworth was dismissed from the Navy in 1927 after court-martial.

Police and Calls .95 B. H. A. Terms $26 Oviedo. They retreated under heavy machine gun and rifle while 100 meters from government trenches.

The newly-centralized defense command claimed fresh advances to-day in the GuadairamaMountain secton about 45 miles jiorth of the Capital. Goverment troops also were, reported by the official bulletin to-' have repulsed a fierce Fascist attack inside a fringe of mountains to the northeast. San Jose Veterans In Townsend Test SAN JOSE. Feb. 18.

Major Randolph T. Zane Post No. 344, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, at its annual charity ball Saturday night, will select a local person to be given' $200 to spend within a month as a test of the Townsend old age pension plan. The "test" will be sponsored by the Townsend Clubs and the V. F.

W. Everett Hill is chairman of the committee arranging the event. r-i WUduy Wn II to Airplane auacKea oy live young men oi mixed races, Mrs. Copping said the man who assaulted her was a white American. She said he was dark-haired tall and wore a grey sweater and dark trousers.

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