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The Washington times., 1931-12-30
BR|TA|N,FRANCE
SEEK 3-YEAR
MORATORIUM
London and Paris Agree
On United Stand at
Jan. 20 Conference

LONDON, Dec. 80 (I.N.S.).
The European conference on
war debts and reparations will
convene January 20 at Lau-
same, Switzerland, it was Off
cially announced today. The
conference first had been set
tentatively for January f8 at
The Hague.
Having been definitely assured
the United States would not par.
ticipate in the conference, rep.
resentatives of Great Britain and
France got together today and
rushed plans for a united stand
in the debt situation, keeping an
eye on both the United States
and Germany
International News Service
learned from reliable circles that
the following will be the main
points of the Franco-British agree
| ment:
/. A threeyear moratorium
for German conditional and un-
conditional. reparations, with
the arrangement under the
Hoover moratorium continued.
whereby Germany paid the I'm.
conditional annuities into the
bank for international settle
ments.
2. Germany to increase deliv.
cries in kind to France and Bel.
GUM.
8. Germany to be promised
impartial examination Of repa.
rations at the end Of the mora
torium, but the Young plan
framework to be upheld.
4. Germany to increase her
payments on the short-term
commercial credits now frozen"
in the Reich
5. Following the international
reparations conference, the Eu.
ropean powers to inform the
United States their house Is in
order and ask Washington for
a further moratorium on inter-
governmental debts. e..
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j. s. OFFICIALS
SCAN DEBT
I. AGENDA . !.
Hoover May Name Observer to
Aid at Lausanne ParIey,
Set for January 20

The agenda of the debts
and reparations conference to
be held at Lausanne, Switzer.
land, on January 20, as out
lined in an International News
Service dispatch from Lon
don, struck a favorable note
with Administration officials
today.
Although the State Department
has said this Government will
not be officially represented at
the conference, President Hoover
may appoint an unofficial OBJ
server.
Such an observer would take
no part in the negotiations, but
would be present to outline the
American viewpoint Of any par
ticular problem, if requested to
do so. and wOuld keep the Ad-
ministration here informed of
the progress of the negotiations.
No Invitation Expected
From the time when the first
suggestion was put forward in
Europe that a debts and repara-
tions conference should be held
to deal with the report of the
Young plan committee, this Gov
ernment has insisted that these
were problems which European
nations should first settle among
themselves.
So far, Administration officials
said, the United States has re-
ceived no invitation to send a
representative to the debts and
reparations conference, and in
view of the many official intima-
tions that no representative would
be sent, such an invitation Is
not expected.
President Hoover has appointed
Norman Davis as a member of the
American delegation to the general
disarmament conference to be
called at Geneva on February 2.
Davis is An Expert
The inter.relation Of debts and
armaments is almost certain to
come up for discussion at Geneva.
Davis is an expert on both sub
jects. He was one of President
Wilson's chief financial advisers.
particularly in the matter of
foreign loans. =.
President Hoover and some ele.
rnents in Congress lean. to the
theory that Europe could best
approach this country for a re.
adjustment of her debts if she
showed an intention to curtail
her vast expenditure of money
for ornaments.
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CIVIC CENTERS
PLAN FOR 'BF'

The spirit of the George Wash
ington bicentennial celebration
has so stirred the Community
Center Department that all %
of the community center divisions
are making plans for observance
of the anniversary, Mrs. E. K.
Peoples, center. director, said
today.
Plans are in progress for plays,
balls and pageants. The annual
one-act play tournament, too,
which has always presented a
diversity of subjects. next year
will include plays in the mood
Of the bicentennial.
The tournament, in co-opera-
ton with the Drama Guild of
Washington, will begin in the
middle of February. The finals
will be held March 16.
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PARKING TESTS
ENGAGE j. 8.

The quandary over parking
space for cars owned by Depart
ment of Commerce and other
Government employees remains un-
settled today, as 5000 Commerce
employees plan to start moving
Friday into the new building on
Fourteenth Street, just south Of
Pennsylvania Avenue N. w.
However, Treasury Department,
which has jurisdiction over all
Federal building construction,
states that after the Commerce
employees move in, Treasury Off
cials will study parking con-
ditions, and with conditions
around this building as labora-
tory will endeavor to settle the
entire triangle parking situation
on the strength Of their findings.
It is admitted, however. that the
concentration of thousands Of Gov
ernment employees in the triangle
is fast bringing to a head a traf-
fic situation which will be difficult
to solve.
The eight-acre Commerce Build
ing has space in its inside court
for only five official cars.
Parking one the Elipse and
Monument grounds nearby has
been frowned upon by the Fine
Arts Commission, while excava-
ton of adjacent sites and limited
parking, on nearby streets aggre-
Yates the problem.
The Treasury will submit to Con-
gresS the proposal to build free
garages for employe cars, though
it has been considered an expen-
SiVe proposition,
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abandoned Rum Cor
DanqLes OUer Bridge

An abandoned liquor car,
equipped with a smoke screen,
was discovered dangling over the
edge of a bridge on road be-
tween ColeSville and Glenmont.
Montgomery county, Md, this
morning.
The machine contained one gal
lon of liquor and had apparently
skidded through a guard rail
while running at a high rate of
speed.
County Policeman Laurence
Dixon, who discovered the car,
says that the license plates on it
are listed to Vincent Cuomo,
Essex, Md, whom he seeks.
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Continued from Page ~
Hsueh-Liang's action IN ordering
withdrawal Of Chinchow troops
within the Great Wall would re
suit in immediate abandonment
of the japanese offensive were
dashed when, in the rext IL
hours, the swiftly-moving Japa'
neSe troops a dvanced toward
Chinchow from three directions
Train after train steamed out
of Chinchow during the day
carrying Chinese troops to Shan.
haikwan, within the Great Wall,
and leaving Manchuria almost
entirely in the hands Of the
Japanese. r..
Garrison Left in City
Marshal Chang ordered the
evacuation in an effort to re
move the threat Of Japanese
invasion OF North China proper,
particularly Tientsin and Peiping.
A total of $4,000 men were to
be taken within the Great Wall,
leaving only garrison of 5000
at Chinchow.
Japanese military authorities
had stated repeatedly that the
offensive in the Chinchow region
was due to the presence In and
near Chinchow of Chinese troops
whom they held responsible for
subSidiZing the bandit gangs
which have been terrorizing the
area.
That Japan, however, does not
intend to call off the offensive
despite the withdrawal was indi-
Gated when a new brigade set out
from Faku, northwest Of Mukden,
advanced to the TahuShan:Tung
liao branch Of the p. M. r., and
captured Changwu in the course
Of its march to Koupangtze.
The removal of Marshal Chang's
troops was believed here to be in
line with the policies Of Cantonese
leaders, now dominating the Chi
nese government. foreshadowing
an early truce with Japan.
An understanding Is expected to
be reached shortly, whereby Japan
formally will reaffirm nominal
Chinese sovereignty in Manchuria,
while China renews her pledge to
recognize disputed Japanese
treaty rights.
Northern Chinese officials were
distressed over the appointment
Of Eugene Chen, q Cantonese. as
foreign minister. declaring the
British authorities were equally
disappointed over the course of DO.
litical events.
The northern authorities claim
there Is a decided Communistic
streak" in the new Marking gov.
ernment in addition to its avowed
pro-Japanese intentions.
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Van Duzer Studies
Taxi Cruisinn Plea

Traffic Director william A.
Van Duzer will today begin a
study Of q special traffic survey
submitted to him yesterday by
Harry c. Davis, president Of the
Diamond Taxicab Company.
The report was filed in q
formal protest against the ban
prohibiting taxicabS from cruising
on Seventh Street Northwest,
from Pennsylvania Avenue to
New York, and also on F and G
Streets, from Seventh to Four
teenth Streets Northwest. The
survey showed that the ban on
cruising has not eliminated traf.
fic congestion to any appreciable
extent, Davis said. E
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of Panshan by the Japanese with
one of their wounded men brought
back from yesterdays fighting.
I learned the battle there be
gan about 800 p. m. and lasted
in and around Panshan, until 5 p
m. One Japanese cavalry unit
entered the city first and engaged
200 opr sing cavalrymen.
The quality Of the Chinese re.
sistance would seem to be not SO
tough, from the assertions of the
Japanese, who lost only two
wounded, while more than 100
Chinese were said to have been
killed.
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DRIVE To HAVE
BURK|NSHAW
]. AS CHIEF
Girls Travel on Schedule and
Pay Gang Half They Make,
Hearing DiSCIoSes

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 80,
Federal and local police in a
dozen cities, including Wash.
ington, are throwing all of
their available forces into the
battle to destroy a gigantic
white slave ring brought to
light as a result of the Colonial
Tea House shooting recently,
near Hyattsville, Nd.
Department of Justice investi.
gators declare the ring Is one
of the largest Of its kind e er
unearthed and Is operated as q
"big business" with regular sched.
lles in effect for the transfer OF
girls and young women from city
to city.
S- Operations Disclosed
The mammoth proportions Of
the vice operations were partly
disclosed yesterday at a hearing
of Chaster RenZuilli, alias Chester
Clark, on charge Of violation Of
the Mann act. He was held in
$4,000 bail.
:. Renzuilli was arrested with four
other men after the shooting af-
fray at the Colonial Tea House
when one man was killed and six
persons injured.
Neil Burkinshaw, special as
siStant to the Attorney General
OF the United States, appeared
before United States Commis.
sioner Patterson to handle the
Government case against Ren
2uilli and indicated that he will
lead the Governments fight
against the vice organization.
Hundreds Of Girls
: The white slave ring numbers
hundreds OF girls among its vic
Tins and is manipulated by q
directing board" from Philadel.
phia. it was stated.
Two victims Of the ring, one Of
whom was shot at the Colonial
Tea Room, were produced by
BNrkinshaw to testify against
Renzuilli. Both unfolded q tale
o. horror as they told in detail
the manner in which young girls
are victimized by white slavers
and shunted from city to city.
The two young women, Jean
Gordon and Mrs. Verna Edward,
the latter an attractive brunette
who was wounded in the gun
play at the house, told Of their
experience in being brought TO
the Maryland road house and
listed as entertainers"
$3.50 On Earnings
:. They testified that the place
was operated by "Doggie" Leavitt
and that half Of the proceeds
earned by them and other girls
was turned over to Leavitt.
According to Government Off.
cials, the business is said to have
been operated on a large sca'e
in q number Of cities. A regular
route Of scheduled travel for the
girls was said to include 'Phila-
delphia, Chester, Reading, Scran.
ton, Wilkes-Barre, Atlantic City,
Baltimore and washington. Other
schedules included a number Of
Southern and Northern cities.
At the hearing Burkinshaw
presented instructions given to
him by Attorney General Mitchell
to handle the Governments cam
paign against the white slaverS
in the eastern district Of Penn.
sylvania, New Jersey. Maryland,
Delaware, the District Of COlun1.
bia, southern district Of New
York, Connecticut, Rhode Island
and Massachusetts,.
ELECT OFFICERS JAN. 7
The annual election of officers
OF the Cabin John Home Demon.
stration Club, will be held jan
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was refused permission by Ger
man authorities to go to the
land of which he once was
ruler. He had wished to visit
her.
He will continue to receive
daily communications regarding
the former Queen Sophie's i'll
ness
The Washington times., 1931-12-30
Jap Warships Bound
For TientSin, Report

DAIREN, Kwang Tung PENN.
sula, Dec. 80 u.NlS0.-An unde'
termined number of japanese
warships, carrying marines and
fighting supplies, left Port Ar.
thur today, presumably bound
for Tientsin. The ships We're
ordered tout as a result of the
Chinchow situation, it was ir di.
Gated. strict secrecy surrounded
the move,
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JANE ADDAMS BETTER

BALTIMORE, Dec. 80 (U.So
Miss Jane Addams, co-winner of
the Nobel Peace Prize for 1881,
is getting along so we'll she may
leave Johns Hopkins Hospital this
week, her physician announced TO-
day. She was operated upon re-
Gently.
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new 4Ork II"
nancier and
social regis
terite, today
had on file a
secret divorce
suit charging
Carroll Liv-
ingston VAIN
wright, a n
artist, with
cruelty.
The suit
was filed Oc-
tober 10, but
Kept secret
Until papers
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ROXY Denies PhiIa.
Opera Company Move

NEW YORK, Dec. 80 Q.N.S0.
Roxy" impresario extraor.
dinary, who signs his checks
IS. l.. Rothafei," today silenced
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Wilhelm II,
Of Germany,
today had to
be co Mt e n t
with mere re-
ports of the
condition Of
his sis t er,
former Queen
s Sophie Of
Greece, W h ,
is i'll in Ger.
many as the
result Of an
operation.
The Kaiser,
living in ex.
~ - .~
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mer, general
manager OF
the Phi1adel-
p hia COM
pany. W a S
guest at a din
ner at his
h o m e at
which several
musical stars,
in lu d n G
Nine. JerltZa,
W ere q ! S O
present.
= L opold
StokowSki, d.
rector of the
p 11aSe1nhio
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reports that
the Philadel-
phia Opera
Company will
m We into
Radio City.
He flatly
d e MED re-
ports tha t
n e g citations
are under way
looking tow
ard establish
nlent of the
P h iladelphia
or ganization
in his muSi-
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MFB. W. @ HumTEeF Cal CENUET.
These reports, he, added, ap-
peared to have been based
upon the fact that last Sunday
night. Mrs. william c, Ham
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Three Army Units
Draw Nearer Chinchow
BY EDWARD HUNTER
copyright. 1881. by International
News Service)

MUKDEN. Dec. 80 UNsJ.
Three japanese armies today
aimed directly at the capture of
Koupangtze, closing in on the
strategic point from three direc.
tionS.
One army, starting southwark
from Faku, northwest Of Mukden,
advanced TO the Tahushan.
Tangliao ranch Of the Peiping-
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GouId's Daughter
Sues Artist Mate

RENO, New, Dec. 80 UN.S0.
Edith Gould Wainv, right, deugh-
ter Of the late George j. Gould,
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Japs Find Chinese
Resist But Weakly

BY FLOYD GIBBONS
Copyright, 1891, by International
News Service
HOPEI, Manchuria, Dec. 80.
have just discussed the capture
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could be Mrs. Wainwi sht
served on Wainwright. They
were married May 26, 1920,
after an elopement.
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PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Ex-Kaiser Not Allowed
To Visit III Sister

. THE HAGUE, Dec 30
UNS0.-The former Kaiser
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Symphony Orchestra, who re-
ports said, would direct the
opera company if it came here,
was not at the dinner, Roxy
said.
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ELECT OFFICERS JAN. 7

The annual election Of officers
Of the Cabin John Home Demon.
stration Club, will be held jan
uary z, in the school library.
The Washington times., 1931-01-03
THE BEAUTY
BOX

Knees and elbows are not
blessed with beauty. Skin on
the hinges Of the body is usual
ly goose-fleshy and discolored.
BY frictioning once q day with
cocoa butter. the surface will
whiten and the cutaneouS COW
ering take on a more present
able appearance.
Directions for washing the
hair brush: Make a strong soap
suds and add a few drops OF
ammonia. Scrub with q hand
brush-one Of those cheap, firm
ones. Dig from the bristle base
toward bristle ends. Rinse sew
eral times with water warm
enough to remove the Suds.
Wipe with an old soft towel
Place bristles downward in q
sunny window. If water is al
lowed to soak into the wood,
the brush is soon done for. 1t
goes bald.
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TOdGy's True
Story

Bob Nolan was going home
Benny Schwartz was going
with him, sitting in a comfort
able Pullman seat as the train
slid slowly between red clay
hills wet in the driving rain.
Some day I'm going back to
that old home town Of mine
and show the natives what a
big shot looks like" Bob had
often told Benny. II left there
when I was a kid-just hoped
on a freight and beat 1t. But
they've heard Of me since"
That was true. Burkville,
along with a good portion Of
the rest Of America, had heard
of Bob Nolan in the past few
years.
It began to hear Of him when
Congress, in its wisdom, pro-
hibited a world-old traffic in
kegs, barrels and bottles. and
Bob gave up driving a truck to
stretch out eager hands to op-
portunity. He went up, and he
went up quickly, and he dragged
Benny along with him.
Quite a Difference
There wasn't very much
change in their work at first.
They still drove trucks but they
drove them at night instead Of
during the day and they were
paid $50 a night instead Of $50
a week. After a while armed
men began to ride on the seats
beside them, men who held riot
guns between their knees and
kept q close watch on every
car that passed.
"This is a mugg'S game" Bob
told Benny after a few weeks
of liquor truck driving. 1--WE
take the risk and Feldman ana
his crowd take the dough. The
thing to do Is set up shop for
ourselves"
Benny was fearful. Better
take it easy" he advised. "You
know what's happened to a lot
of other birds who tried to cut
in on Feldman. Let's wait a
while and see how things shape
up. We're gettin' good dough
and I'm satisfied"
Forget it, Benny" answered
Bob. whats a few bucks when
there's millions in this racket?
You string along with me and
you'll be owning your own yacht
in a year."
A year passed but Benny didn't
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= GANGSTER GOLD =

buy q yacht. He could have,
though, If he had wanted to.
For, true to his threat, Nolan
had gone into business for him
self with no other assets than
an iron nerve, q determination
to succeed and an absolute dis
regard for the lives Of those who
stood in his way.
The Gang Raid
A small time" bootlegger
named Piganni was the first to
challenge him. Nolan invaded
his territory and Piganni retail
lated with machine-gun bullets,
killing two Of Nolan'S runners
and narrowly missing Nolan
himself.
Nolan said nothing. He
waited and 10 days later his
turn came. He didn't miss.
Feldman himself came next.
He was found one morning on
a city dump. almost unrecog-
nizable, and his territory
passed to Nolan by right Of
conquest.
It was about this time that
Burkville first began to hear
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Rickets affects infants from 8
to 1S months old most fire.
quently. It may occur in older
children, but seldom begins
after the age Of 10.
Negro babies and Italian
babies are more disposed TO it
than others. This is probably
because the pigment in their
skin prevents the sunlight from
getting in and forming the pro-
tective substance in the body.
There is an experimental an
alogy to this in work on rats.
II colonies Of white rats and
black rats live under the same
conditions the black rats will
develop rickets.
The disease Is essentially q
lack Of deposit Of calcium IN
the bones. Thus the bones be-
come soft and bend. Serious
deformities occur when stand
ing on rickety legs, not only
exaggerated cases Of bow-legs,
but twisting in all directions.
A peculiar enlargement Of the
ends Of the ribs, where they
are attached to the cartilages,
occur. The row Of beads which
forms has been called "the
rickety rosary" It is often the
earliest certain sign Of the
disease.
Prevention and cure have been
put on a scientific basis by the
researches Of the last 10 years.
Cure means the interruption Of
the process; it will not correct
the deformities that have
formed. For this reason the
earliest symptoms and signs
should be known and detected,
in, order that treatment may be
begun.
Restlessness, irritability and
The Washington times., 1931-01-03

True, these cotton dresses
may not be warm enough for
January school rooms. But
they are comfortable to wear
at home, and 1t won't be long
now before they'll go off to
school. too.
Fashion-wise mothers who
buy wash dresses at this time
of year know they're preparing
for spring school and play. SO
they look for dresses that are
not only bright, but that are
simple, easy to launder and
iron. and of durable materials.
And that's exactly what
fashionable wash dresses are.
They're made Of sturdy broad
cloths, ginghamS and cham
brays cut on simple lines with
simple trimmings.
Defined Waistdnes
More and more the dresses
for the older small girl-the
girl of 10 to IL or so-are
taking on the details of fash
ionable adult dresses. So you
, find belted waistlineS, with the
belts a little higher than they
used to be and the waiStl1ne
more definitely defined.
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HOW a Big Shot
Tenlnted Fate

wants it," answered Nolan. But
he's going to take it. There's
only room for one Of us at the
top in this town and I'm climb
ing up after him. Wait untlI
I'm sitting on top of the heap
and then Well go back and
stand that town on its head"
For a while the big Boy"
made no move. Apparently he
was oblivious to the way In
which Nolan was slowly biting
into his territory. Then he
struck.
Where Nolan Stands
Two Of Nolan's liquor trucks
were Knocked off," their
drivers riddled with shotgun
slugs and the trucks taken to
the big Boys" warehouse.
''Now I know just where we
stand" was Nolan's only COM
ment when he heard what had
happened.
A week later he struck.
From three automobiles three
machine guns poured hundreds
Of bullets through the flimSy
walls Of q roadhouse in which
the big Boy" and his followers
were holding high carnival.
Seven men died amid the
roar Of the guns but the big
Boy wasn't among them. BY
almost miraculous luck he es-
capped untouched.
Nolan cursed his own luck.
well get him the next time"
he said. Its one or the other
Of us now" Then he turned
to Benny. "Wait until I finish
this Job, kid, and then weu
take that trip"
Benny was thinking Of Nolan's
promise as the train carrying
the two Of them pulled into
Burkville.
The train jolted to . halt
and Benny got up. He looked
through the window and shiv.
cred slightly at the sight Of
the cold, driving rain.
Then he stepped from the
comfortable Pullman and walked
forward to the baggage car
from which a long wooden box
was being unloaded.
Nolan had kept his promise.
He had come home.
(An names and characters IN
this story are fictitiOus.)