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The Washington times., 1931-11-28
NY. Court Sans Right
To EnjOin DiUorce
Action in Reno

NEW YORK, Nov. %. G.N.S).
A legal precedent was believed
to have been established today
by the ruling of the appellate
division that a New York court
could not grant an injunction
to prevent a person from pro-
ceeding with a Reno divorce.
It also held local courts lacked
jurisdiction over a child who
was with it's mother in Reno,
New.
Mrs. A. Wilfred May, wife of
a wealthy real estate dealer,
had appealed the supreme court
order handed down last May
granting her husband custody
of their child, John, 4. and also
asked the injunction granted
May to stop her from prosecut-
ing her divorce suit be vacated.
Mrs. May won on both counts.
She obtained a divorce in Reno
last June.
The Washington times., 1931-11-28
DEATH BLASTS
INA 'SROMANCE

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. % G.N.S0
Ina Claire, stage and screen
actress, was in seclusion and re-
ported on the verge of break
down today following the sudden
death of Robert AmeS, the actor,
in New York.
Death, said friends. had shat
tered a romance between the
pair.
Hedda Hopper. actress, friend
of Miss Claire. declared:
"Mi5s Claire has known Mr..
Ames for Is years. Naturally
the report OF his death came
as a great shock to Miss Claire
and she is in no condition to
discuss it."
Miss Hopper said that Miss
Claire had denied she and Ames
were engaged, although Miss
Claire was known to have planned
to leave for New York last night
to see Ames.
Miss Claire obtained her inter
1ocutory divorce decree from Jack
Gilbert, screen actor, July 18,
1.31.
Her closest friends said she
heSitated in her romance with
AmeS because of his four previous
marriages.
The Washington times., 1931-11-28
So FROM JACK,
SAF5ESTEEtE

NEW YORK, Nov. % G.N.S.).
Estelle Taylor has received no
settlement, no Misunderstanding
from Jack Dempsey, who divorced
her several months ago in Reno.
and says:
81 don't want anything from
him. All l want Jack to do is
pay the bills he ran up before
the divorce. Then I want to
forget the whole thing"
Those bills amount to some
$4,000, she declared today. They
represent household expenses, the
purchase of a car, and repairs
on the Hollywood house.
If Jack v2li pay the $4,000,
Estelle may drop her suit for a
divorce in California.
The Washington times., 1931-11-28
STAND PAT" "
SECRETARY.
RETORTS
Denies, However, He Accused
Nipponese Army OF
"Running AmuCk"

The japanese forgein office
today administered a sharp re-
buke to American Secretary
of State Stimson as Japanese
troops halted their advance on
the Manchurian city of Chin
chow.
Tokyo declared Stimson's pre-
cipitate action" in disclosing a
purported pledge by Foreign Min
lister Shidehara that japanese
troops would not attack Chin
chow was not only unwarranted
but that his statements were mis-
leading.
Strategy Only"
Reports from all sources agreed
that the Japanese had called off
their offensive against Chinchow,
but only after another sharp en-
counter with Chinese troops had
occurred within 80 miles of the
city today, in which two Jap
anese aviators we're killed.
Japanese military headquar:,
ters at Mukden announced the
offensive was suspended only as
tactical and strategic" move
because the situation at Tientsin
had eased, denying political
considerations" were concerned.
Americans Safe
The American military attache
at Tientsin sent word that re-
ports of American and other for
eign casualties in the recent fight
ing there we're without founda-
ton and that the situation was
calm.
The League of Nations Coun-
Gil announced receipt of Japan's
reply to the urgent request of
Foreign Minister Aristide BRAND
of France to cease hostilitie5 in
the Chinchow region.
The note was interpreted by
the league as defiant, observers
saying Japan distinctly reserved
the right to occupy Chinchow if
conditions warranted, as we'll as
to send troops into North China
if Japanese nationals were en-
dangered.
The Washington times., 1931-11-28
DIES
|NF|RE AS
60 FLEE
HOUSE
Five -Year-OId Girl Hides Under
Bed as Flames Sweep
N Street Apartment

A five-year-old girl was
burned to death in fire
which broke out about 8
o'clock this morning in the
Potomac apartments at 1888 N
St. n. W. More than 60 occu-
pants of the building fled to
the street.
The child, Louise Gunnell,
daughte~ of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Gunnell. perished in her bedroom,
where she had taken refuge from
the flames.
Hides from Mother
cunning away from her
mother. who had rushed back to
the apartment from the home OF
a neighbor to save her four chill
dren, the little girl scrambled to
her bedroom and hid beneath
her bed.
The last words of the little
girl, terror-stricken scream,
we're:
Mother, I'm on fire."
When found by firemen, Louise
was rushed to Georgetown Hos
pital, but was dead on arrival.
Robert, her one-month-old brother.
suffered from inhaling smoke but
did not require hospital treatment.
Fire Spreads Rapidly
It was impossible, after the
mother and the other three chill
dren had been removed, to
reach the room where the child
was entrapped.
Children were carried from the
building in the arms Of firemen
as screaming parents searched for
their families.
Hysterical women and children,
rushing to the windows of the
building, were prepared. to jump
to life nets, but were prevailed
upon to use the staircaseS.
Both Parents Away
The fire was confined in the
Gunnell apartment. The theory
that the children had been playing
with matches in the absence OF
their parents was being investi-
gated.
The father, an employe of the
Standard Oil Company, had left
for work before the fire began.
Mrs. Gunnell, when informed
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The Washington times., 1931-11-28
GIRL SUIT NEXT
FOR PANTAGES

LOS ANGELES, Nov. %
GN.SD. - Although Alexander
Pantages, multimillionaire the
atrical man, was acquitted by
jury on a charge of attacking
Eunice Pringle, 17-year-old dan
Ger, Miss Pringle today an
nounced she would press her
$1,000,0OO damage suit against
him.
Pantages revealed the two
trials had cost him more than
$5O0,O0O. He said that after a
short rest he would return to
the theater business.
A previous jury found him
guilty, but the Supreme Court
ordered a new trial.
The Washington times., 1931-11-28
StimSon AsSaiIed
By Jap Statement

TOKYO, Nov. 2S G.N.S).-Vig-
orous criticism of the action Of
Secretary of State Henry L. Stim-
son in making public confidential
diplomatic exchanges relative to
the situation at Chinchow was
made by the Japanese foreign
office today.
The foreign office declared
Stimson's "precipitateness" in dis
closing the exchanges caused "sur-
prise and regret" in Tokyo, add
ing:
eff a man in such an impOr-
tant position loses his head in
such a critical moment. the con.
sequences will be very grave, in
deed"
The criticism referred to a
statement given out in Washing
ton yesterday by Secretary Stim-
son, declaring Baron Shidehara,
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The Washington times., 1931-11-28
Detroit a S to 2 FaUorite
To Defeat Georgetown

maroon clad warriors from the
"City of Automobiles" was far
from full strength, yet it was
considered strong enough to give
the visiting Detroiters the battle
of their lives.
Both Were Victories
Students of football did not to-
day forget thai the Hilltoppers,
doped as sure losers in their
games against West Virginia and
Villanova, emerge6 from both Of
those contests as victors.
That great little mentor, Gus
Dorais, mate of the immortal
Rockne in the famous forward
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The Washington times., 1931-11-28
? Trdinnlen Burned
To Death in Wreck

INDIANA. Pa, Nov. % 1.N.SD
Two men were burned to death
and a third fatally injured today
when the locomotive of a live
stock train crashed into the rear
of coal train on the Pennsyl-
vania railroad tracks at Tunnel
ton, near here.
The dead: j. j. Shearer, flag
man; R. o. Libengood, brakeman,
and Thomas Mcintyre, conductor,
all of Blairsville, Pa.
The Washington times., 1931-11-28
Taxin1an Sues Heiress Wife
AS Fare on MARRIAGE Ride

her and leave the meter run
ming.
Mrs. Chalette is furious. She
says it's bad enough when a man
drives you crazy, but it's out
rageous when he turns around
and charges you for the trip.
Chalette admits his wife had
$8,000,000 when she became his
bride and now it looks as though
he'd like to sit back and clip the
coupons on his matrimonial
bonds.
Explaining some of the ex-
penses listed in his alimony plea,
Chalette says he needs $3.50 for
personal club dues and 500 for his
house: ---,
The Washington times., 1931-11-28
Students Plan Strike
On Grid Games Issue

BANGOR. Me-, Nov. % GN.SD.
A general strike" of 1900 high
school students was forecast for
Monday. This was the result of
the refusal of Principal Charles
Taylor and the school committee
to lift suspension placed on 88
students, who walked out in pro-
test of the award of four foot
ball games won by Bangor to op-
ponentS because of alleged in
eligibility of Bangor players.
The Washington times., 1931-11-28
BRAND Breaks DOWn
Under SinO-JQp Work

QUAI D'ORsAY, PARIS, Nov.
28 GNS0.-Doubts were ex-
pressed today over the ability Of
Foreign Minister Aristid. BRAND,
of France, to continue the ardu-
GUS work of leading the League
of Nations Council in it's efforts
to solve the Manchurian crisis.
Brands health has been failing
gradually and the Manchurian
problem has been a severe strain
on him.
The Washington times., 1931-11-28
Theodore Wharton,
Film Pioneer, Dead

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. % G.NSD.
Death today ended the career of
Theodore Wharton. the first di-
rector of motion picture serials.
He had been i'll several weeks.
Wharton directed Pearl Whites
first picture and persuaded Mil
ton Stills to become a screen actor.
The Washington times., 1931-11-28
By JOHN P. MEDBURY

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 28.-When
Mrs. Elizabeth McAllister Cha
lette, Oklahoma oil heiress, insti-
tuted divorce proceedings against
Charles j. Chalete, she thought
gigolos were found only in story
books.
Imagine her amazement today
when her husband, a former
taxicab chauffeur. filed a coun-
ter attack, asking $1,000 a month
alimony. When she took him out
Of his cab to wed him, she didn't
know he was going to marry
The Washington times., 1931-11-28
Lmdy Hopes to Hop
For NeW YOr+ Today

MIAMI, Fla. Nov. 8 GNSD,
Delayed by unfavorable weather,
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh hoped
to take off for New York today
in a borrowed Army plane. He
landed the American Clipper.
worlds largest commercial air
plane, here Thursday night
The Washington times., 1931-11-28
South Seas "COOl"
Lila Lees Romance

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. % G.N.S).
Romantic moonlight of the South
Sea Islands worked in reverse for
Lila Lee, screen actress, and John
Farrow, screen writer, Miss Lee
said today in announcing their
engagement broken. Farrow will
60 to England and Miss Lee will
resume her movie career.
The Washington times., 1931-11-28
Peasants
StUUe Fatal Riot

LONDON, Nov. 28 GN.S0. q.
Five hundred mutinous Spanish
peasants today attacked the civil
guards in their barracks at Malmo-
dovar Del Rio, according to an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Cordova. One was killed
and several were seriously in
hired
The Washington times., 1931-11-28
By HARRY COSTELLO

Georgetown backfleld STAR 19O-lS
Georgetown had the field to
itself today in the matter of a
local football program.
Detroit was a 5-to-2 favorite as
game time approached.
The Hoyas, matched against a
sturdy and fast travelling Univer-
sity of Detroit eleven, were the
under-dogs once again in q con
test which was figured in pre-
game reviews as the best of the
season in Washington.
Tommy Mills team which to-
day took the field against the
The Washington times., 1931-11-28
7 Soviet Spies Face
Death in Poland

WARSAW, Nov. % QN.SD.
Convicted of espionage on behalf
Of Soviet Russia, seven Russians
were under death sentence to-
day at BaranoWicze.
The Washington times., 1931-11-28
BOWIE Results

FIRST RACE-Nile and 10 yards.
Chosen Pal (RemillardD $3.50 $4.90 $500
Last Attempt (Barnes) $50 $50
Jungle Boy (Meade). 4.20
Chiefs Troubadour. Coiffeur. Catalan's
Idol Hot Scotch, Foolish Fellow. Bessie
S. AusterlitZ I'd, Wan Hill Jimmy Sutro
a lsO ran. Time. AT AS.
The Washington times., 1931-11-28
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance as of Novem-
ber IS: $l54.079. $50 .85; expendi'
lures, $4,840, ,494.87; customs re-
ceipts, $23,930, ,666 90.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-11
DEMPSEY ANNOUNCES
 ASPIRATION, GROWN

SEATTLE, Sept. 11-Jack Demp- sey came out with definite an- 2aouncement that he intends to light for the heavyweight champ 'onship of the world crown.
 Jack said that in three months he would take on anyone, Schmelling, Sharkey, Camera or others Demp- sey, at present, is in fine shape and knocks out three or four men in one night just as if they were So many ten-pins.
 Camera will probably be Demp- sey's first "big fight" in his come hack attempt.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-11
CH|CAGO POLICE SAID HIVE RECEIVED b|G
 BRIDE, k|DNAPPERs

CHICAGO, Sept. IT, (P)-A charge that police had demanded and received a $5O,OOO bribe from the kidnappers of James Hackett, wealthy Blue Island gambler, last May, was made by Pat Roche, chief investigator for the States attorney, following the arrest of five men in connection with the abduction.
 Roche asserted that Hackett's kidnappers were stopped by the police shortly after they had freed the gambler for a $75,000 ransom paid by Hackett's wife and a friend late at night on a country road in Cook county.
 The police, Roche said, found the money in the mems car, rec ognized them as possibly being connected with the Hackett ab- duction and demanded two-thirds of the $75,OO0 to free them
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-11
BRITAIN IS EMBOSSED
 SN0WDEN ECONOMIES

LONDON, Sept. 11--All of Bri- tain is engrossed in Chancellor Snowden's economy act and his pro- posal to increase the standard in come tax.
 People are wondering as t. what will be the effect on the natlon's purchasing power with the increas- ed tax on incomes, beer, tobacco, and entertainment. In general they express satisfaction with regards to the increased income tax in that the moderately large wage earners will be carrying more of the bur- den caused by the dole"
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-11
NJ DISARMAMENT
 WHILE s0v|ETs MENACE

PARIS, Sept. 11-In the opinion of some of the visiting statesmen here there will be no complete dis armament as long as there is 9 Soviet government to menace the rest of the European nations.
 Europe thught for a while that Russia would collapse but she ap- pears to be getting stronger every year. To disarm, in the opinion of European statesmen, would mean to give Soviet Russia an unfair advan- tage and put the rest of the Euro pean nations on an insecure foot ing as to their safety.
 Tn their armaments they are safe,' is their contention
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-11
CRUEs0ME KILLING IN NEW YORK WITNESSED
 BY TERRIFIED FOLK

NEW YORK, Sept. II. New York police last evening identified the victim of what is described as one of the most cold -blooded murders on record.
 Identification was made by means of an auto license number which the slain man carried in his pocket.
 The murder was committed by three fashionably dressed men who entered a store here with sub mach inc guns, revolvers, knives and razors and drove their victim from a telephone booth and stood him up against wall and moved him with machine gun bullets, stabbed him in the back and slashed his throat.
 The murderers paid no attention 70 the large number of people who were witnesses to the horror
 No attempt was made to interfere with the murderers as the witnesses were too terrified to do anything; and the three men calmly put their guns under their coats and walked out and escaped.
 Police said the killing was the result of a bootleg war"
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-11
NIL HOPE IS GIVEN
 UP AV|AT0Rs M0YLE
 AND ALLEN STILL ALIVE

SEATTLE, Sept. II. R-Hope that Moyle and Allen. may be found alive was practically aban- doned after numerous reports that planes were passing in various sections of the Aleutian Islands and northern Canada failed to be vericated.
 Aviation experts and Coast Guard officers declared that there was scarcely chance to find trace of them.
 Dutch Harbor reports were dis counted when messages from Coast Guard cutters searching there said they found no con- formation of those reports.
 Extensive investigation on Van couver Island and British Co., lumbia failed to confirm rumors that they had landed there.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-11
DR. FRANK FELLOWS
 APPOINTED SUPERVISOR
 INDIAN HEALTH, ALASKA

PORTLAND, Sept II. R-Doc- tor Frank Fellows, 32, has received word from Washington that he has been appointed supervisor of health work among the natives of Alaska.
 He sails from Seattle October 1; his title will be District Medical Director for Alaska and is de- tailed to the Office of Indian Affairs.
 He is a past assistant surgeon of the Federal Public Health Serv- ice and has been stationed here since 1929 in charge of relief and quarantine stations of the Immi- grafton Service in this area.
 He will be the first Federal SUI pervisor of health for Alaska. Dr. Fellows is a World War veteran and graduate of the University of Wisconsin.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-11
ONCE SAVAGE NEGROES
 NOW WANT LUXURY

NEW YORK, Sept. 11.-When the Martin Johnsons brought two na- tives back with them from their African expedition two years ago the natives were savage and receiv- ed a salary. of four dollars month.
 Today they are the idols of New York's negrodom and they go to large banquets, parties and other "big doings." in Harlem.
 Instead of the monthly wage of four dollars which they received they now want automobiles, a radio to listen to Amos IN Andy, and other conveniences of civilization.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-11
MARGIN OF SAFETY FOR MOYLE AND ALLEN
 ONLY SEVERAL HOURS

SEATTLE, Sept. II. (P-Hours after their gasoline supply would have been exhausted, had they continued in the air in their non- stop flight across the North Pa cific, Don Moyle and Cecil Allen, California aviatorS, are missing somewhere along the 4,40O-mile great circle route between Japan and Seattle.
 The most optimistic aviation ex- perts here agreed the fuel in the single motored monoplane could not have lasted longer than about 48 hours under the most favor able conditions.
 They left Samushiro beach, 375 miles north of Tokyo, at 12:30 p. m., Monday, Pacific Coast Time, and expected to set their wheels on the airport here in from 39 to A hours. Neither flyer had extensive experience as a nav igator and a slight miScalculation would have led them far from their course.
 Their margin of safety was only several hours. They carried no radio and if they landed in the water their plane was expected to float no longer than 35 minutes.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-11
BROKEN IN SPIRIT BY
 PRISON, CAPTAIN DIES

VANCOUVER, B. c. Sept H. Broken in spirit from a prison term which he served in McNeils Island, United States penitentiary, because he was caught in American waters with a load of liquor Captain Robert M. Pamphlet died here.
 He was forced to put into Am erican waters, it is alleged, to ef- feet the rescue of a ship, the Karo- ba, and it was thus that he was captured. Despite his story of heroic effort, the Captain was sentenced,
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-11
POsToFF|CE ROBBERY
 SUSPECT IS ARRESTED

KETCHIKAN, Sept. II. R)-A man believed by Alaskan officers to answer the description of E. M. Stewart, indicted in 1930 of both Newark, N. J., and Dayton, Ohio, postoffice robberies, was ar rested at Petersburg Wednesday.
 Suspicion Wa. directed toward the man when the Customs officer at Seward wired that a man known as Dave Williams had left on a seine boat for this section. He will probably be taken to Ju- neau pending further investiga- tion.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-11
HENRY FORD AND s0N
 MAY VISIT PACIFIC COAST

SEATTLE, Sept. 1.-The Pacific may be honored with a visit by Henry Ford and his son Edsel soon.
 That is, if the Seattle Chamber of Commerce is successful in it's attempt to have Ford and son come to Seattle as guests of the city and the chamber of commerce at the opening of the Seattle branch Of Ford plant.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-11
TEXAS CONNECTS MAKE
 BREAK F0R LIBERTY

FL PASO, Texas, Sept. H. A jail break in the Dounty county jail was attempted here by three men and resulted in one man es- caping. The other two surrendered.
 The men were seen climbing over the prison walls by a nearby resi- dent, Mrs. Pierce, who immediately notified authorities. The escaped convict was wounded and left a trail of blood in his wake.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-11
QUESTIONABLE SENT ID
 NEW YORK STOCK FIRMS

NEW YORK, Sept. II. The New York attorney generals office, F. M. Mehan, attorney general, has sent out general questionaire to trust companies, corporations and ether firms which offer stocks on the New York stock exchange.
 The purpose of the questionable is to find out whether the financial condition of the firms is the same as that represented to the public
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-11
WANT MARTIAL LAW

JONESBURRO, Sept. II. This town has asked or martial law and order owing to the tense feeling running here in a church congre- gation. The church war broke out when a pastor prayed for "a bolt of lightning to strike the mayor dead" Police tried to disperse the mob but had to call out the reserves before they succeeded.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-11
F|L|P|NOs ATTACK
 FIVE ]. s. SOLDIERS

MANILA, Sept. II. (R-A mob of 200 F,ilipinoS, armed with bolos, clubs and stones, attacked five American private soldiers yester- day while they were crossing the Colgante bridge in the center of Manila
 The soldiers defended them selves with improvised shields from nearby market place, holding off the mob until it was dis persed by police reserves.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-11
RUSSIANS DISCOVER GOLD

LONDON, Sept. II. (P) - Two Russian geologists, prospecting in cold barren Novaya Zemlya, island group north of continental Europe, are understood here to have dis covered gold in important quan- titles. The Academy of Science is sending an expedition to inves- tigate further.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-11
HUNDRED GALLON STILL
 IN FASHIONABLE HOME

SEATTLE, Sept. 11.-Fashionable people are looking for an eXplana- tion of the finding of a 100-gallon still in the house in fashionable district. The still exploded and re- suited in a fire.
 When the fire was quelled of ficers found the big still and also 67 1O-gallon casks upstairs contain ing liquor.
 The occupant of the house ran out in bathrobes and escaped in an automobile.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-11

A. Shappee, oldtimer from the Anchorage district, returned from Juneau on the SS Alaska and is enroute to prospect ground 20 miles down Cook Inlet on the Kustatan River, property which he spent considerable time on last
 season.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-11
DEFENDS TITLE

NEW YORK, Sept. II. (P)-Tony Canzonerri, lightweight champion, successfully defended his title against Jackie Kid Berg, of Eng land, Thursday night at the Polo Grounds, winning a 15-round dec ision before a crowd of 30,000 fans.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-11
BASEBALL SCORES

NATIONAL Philadelphia 4, Chicago IT. Boston 3, St. Louis '. Brooklyn 1, Cincinnati 5. New York 6, Pittsburgh l.
 AMERICAN Cleveland 3, Washington 5. St. Louis, 3, Philadelphia 6. Detroit 3, Boston 0. Only American games played.
 PACIFIC COAST Hollywood 9, Sacramento II. Portland 5, Missions 6. San Francisco 5, Oakland 6. Seattle 8, Los Angeles 2.
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CUPID ON THE JOB

Last Sunday night an excep- tionally pretty wedding was sol- emnized at Ketchikan, when Miss Margaret E. Berg, youngest daugh- ter of MT. and Mrs. J. E. Berg, be- came the bride of Dr. Thomas B. Rhone, reports the Chronicle.
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UNEMPLOYMENT FUND

CHICAGO, Sept. II. (P)-CroWdS have shown their approval of the big league games played here and in New York by their large at- tendances. A large unemployment fund was raised at each game.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-11

SAFEGUARDING U. s. AIRWAYS
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. II. (F0-Included on the Federal air ways program for the 1882 fiscal year are the installation of 30 radio range beacons and 10 radio
 communication stations.