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Evening star., 1932-02-20
JAPANESE TROOPS
|. IN K|R|N ATTACKED
500 Chinese Driven OFF After
Three-Hour Fight at
Tunhua.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CHANGCHUN, Manchuria, February
20.-Five hundred Chinese soldiers
fought stubbornly for three hours today
to capture the town OF Tunhua, one OF
the most important strategically in
Kirin Province, but they were driven
OF with heavy losses.
The Japanese lost 3 dead and II
wounded and for Q time before they
drove Oh the attackers 1t appeared that
they would not be able to hold the town.
Reinforcements were sent down from
Kirin and Changchun, and japanese
scouting planes few over the battle.
The japanese command previously
had sent troops from Changchun to
Kirin to maintain control of the Kirin-
Tlnhua Railway. which the South
Manchurian Railway built for the Chi
nese and which Is now under Japanese
control.
The city of Tlnhua thus acquired
great importance in the japanese
plans, which were to continue the
Kirin- -Tunhua line direct TO the Korean
border, giving the Japanese direct rail-
way access TO the heart Of Manchuria
Reports from Harbin said Gen. Nah
Chan-Shan had sent 1000 of his cav
airy troops to Payen. northeast of Har-
bin, to disperse remnants Of Ting
Chaos army, which were reported loot
ing that district.
Gen. Ting Chao defended Hardin for
several days until he was finally driven
out by the Japanese under Gen. J.ro
Tamon,
Evening star., 1932-02-20
Music and Musiciians
Reviews and News of Capitals Programs.
Bicentennial Program
At Friday Morning Club.
OF all the Bicentennial programs

OF all the Bicentennial programs
that have been and probably
will be given in Washington, none
could be more delightful than the
three-act pageant written and di-
rected by Miriam Hilton. Good
Gifts From the Graces" had It's first.
and 1t is to be hoped not sole. per-
formance yesterday morning before
the largest Friday Morning Club au-
dience Of the season.
Euphrosne, one of the graces, in
troduced each act with interesting
tales Of the music Of the period
Eileen Torovsky caught the spirit
ef the eighteenth century In her
reading CT the part All the music
in the pageant was heard In the time
of Washington. The first act showed
Nelly Gusts Gertrude Lyons) sing
ing with her teacher, Reinagle, in
the music room of George Washing
tons home Young ladies and gen.
tlemen joined her singing glees and
catches. George himself joined in
the dances.
Evelyn Scott, as Mr. Julian, played
violin solo in the entr' acte, then the
whole party paraded to their seats in
the front row to view the second act,
a concert In the assembly" room
Mr.. Brown really Dominica Iascone
Of the National Symphony Orchestra,
looking seraphic in pink satin and a
white wigD played the Grand Flute
Overture" followed by two songs
from Mr.. Hodginson Vera Ross.
Next, delightful Clement duet for
four hands by the Misses Storer and
Sully tSade Styron and Isabelle
Suibb), followed by two more songs
from Miss Hallam RUBY Potter.
The flute entr' acte Of Gcssec's
'Tambourin" was so completely
charming that the audience de-
manGed repetition.
The chef-d Oeuvre of the morning
came in the last act, after the pretty.
formal dances by two young ladies
Virginia Hortenstine and Katharine
Vaughan, at the Grand BAH at the
Mansion of a Diplomat" Mr. Alex
ander Reinagle louis Potter gave
a most dramatic rendition Of the
Grand historical Military Sonata,
Battle of Trenton" by J. Hewitt.
In German piano-teachers' brogue,
MI Reinagle announced the events
OF the battle and they were varied,
not TO mention being very amusing
as they hoped lightly from cannon
and general confusion" to crossing
the Delaware, from trumpets and
Evening star., 1932-02-20
VARIED BUSINESS
OF D. c. REVEALED
727 Kinds Of Enterprises Listed
Here by Directory-Grocers Lead
ing With 1,701 Stores.

Wide diversification OF business in the
District Is emphasized In the new
Boyd's 1882 Directory. just of the
presses. A total of 727 kinds OF busi-
ness enterprise Is listed In the directory,
with retail grocers leading the field with
1,70l stores.
The book which contains 2.34S pages,
centers attention on the George Wash
ington Bicentennial with a fu,I-page re-
production Of the Houdon bust of Wash
ipgton and brief article regarding the
Bicentennial.
That the horse Of bygone generations
has not parsed from the field of useful
ness in Washington is shown by the
fact there are listed l6 blacksmiths, 3
horseshoers. l harness dealer and l
livery stable Phonograph dealers who
handle this product exclusively number
but 2. and the total of miniature golf
courses has dwindled TO 8.
President Hoover. who appeared on
page 833 Of the 1881 directory, has
moved this year to page 8l3.
Evening star., 1932-02-20

familiar Mozart quartet in D major
No. Ia" completed the program.
All four members had that ability
not only 10 play the notes at the
same moment. but to feel the music
as one and to balance the color of
the instruments. They had also a
keen sense of rhythm and those pre-
else attacks and swift black and
white contrast that so increase the
subtlety of four part playing They
worked hard. knowing that chamber
music cannot be rippled of like the
meaningless solo performances from
a virtuosos fluent fingers
The Beethoven intensified in in
terest as it went along. The first
violinist and particularly the cellist
produced warm, spirited tone CIV
ing real style to the final Allegro
motto quasi presto" The first Bloch
sketch began a little thinly. but
worked to more sure lines with the
climax The Rustic Dance" had
rough, jolly humor. The quartet as
a whole found the slow movements
difncult to sustain unless a large tone
was demanded. They had their best
moments In more quickly moving
tempt such as the Mozart "Minuetto.
Here there was buoyancy and
crispiy ornamented style d. c.
Evening star., 1932-02-20
FULL REGIME DEMANDED
BY CUBAN "OLD GUARD"
Manifesto of President Machado's
Opposition Breaks Long
Silence.

BY the Associated Press.
HAVANA, Cuba, February 20.-The
"old guard" opposition to the admin
istration OF President Machado broke
it's long silence last night with mani
festo attacking the government and de-
manding return to a full constitu-
tional regime"
Among those signing the manifesto
were the four leaders Of the revolt last
August, who were liberated last month
In the course Of what President Machado
called the Campaign for Cordially"
The four are former President Mario
G. Menocal, Col Carlos Mendieta, Col.
Roberto Mendez Penate and COL
Aurelio Hevia.
Cosme de Ia Torriente, former Am
bassador to Washington, also was a
signer.
Political commentators said the
manifesto marked the nearest approach
to unity the heterogeneous elements OF
the governments opposition have been
able to make.
Evening star., 1932-02-20

held It's hrSt
on ert Ia st
night in the
Sears Roebuck
Gallery.
Every avail
able chair was
filled for this
pr e m er per-
formance. Bee
thoven's second
quartet in G
ma ajor" was fol-
lowed by two
S k e I ches from
e r n est Bloch's
In the Noun
tainS," Dusk"
and " r u S ii c
D a n C e" heard
for the first time
Evening star., 1932-02-20
WHEAT EXPORT HEAVY

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb
ruary 20 (P).-Estimates that more than
5000 900 bushels of wheat. or $4,000
tons, have been booked in the past week
for export from Vancouver to Europe
were made by grain men on the floor
of the Vancouver Stock Exchange yes
terday.
An estimated total Of 10000 bushels
were booked last week.
Evening star., 1932-02-20
VIRGINIA EDUCATOR ILL

DR.. Mitchell in Serious Condition
After Operation.
RICHMOND, Va, February 20 (P).-
DR.. S. c. Mitchell, head of the Depart
ment OF History at the University Of
Richmond, was in critical condition
last night at local hospital. He un-
derwent an operation during the after
noon. He has been patient at the
hospital for a number of days.
Dr.. Mitchell formerly was president
of the University of South Carolina,
the University of Delaware and the
Medical College of Virginia.
Evening star., 1932-02-20
JAPAN TO MAKE STRONG PLEA.
Ambassadors to London and Rome
Likely to Join Delegates.

AMBASSADORS TO London ana Rome
Likely to Join Delegates.
TOXIC, February 20 CP).-The Jap
anese government prepared today to
present strong delegation at Geneva
March 3, when the League of Nations
Assembly Will convene in extraordinary
session to consider the Sino-JapaneSe
controversy.
The decision was made after receipt
OF information that the japanese Ell
fort to prevent the calling OF the
League Assembly had been voted down
by the League Council at Geneva. A
foreign Office spokesman said the Jap
anese delegation before the Assembly
Tsuneo Matsudaira, Naotake Sato and
Ambassador Shigeru Yoshida.
M. MatSudaira Is Ambassador to Lon
don and M. Yoshida to Rome. Naotake
Sato is the japanese representative on
the League of Nations Council.
M. Sato sent the laSt-minute appeal
OF the League Council for extension OF
the ultimatum period to the foreign Of
flee early this morning, but almost as
soon as the communication reached the
desks OF high officials neWsboyS in the
streets were crying extras reporting that
the big battle had begun at Shanghai.
The government Immediately prepared
reply to the Council. 1t still awaited
final corrections by Foreign Minister
Kenkichi Yoshizawa, and probably will
be transmitted to Geneva tomorrow.
Government officials maintained that
the Councils appeal to Japan was high
ly irregular" but said Japan would not
reply directly to the appeal, but would
send letter to acting President Paul
Boncour of the Council acknowledging
his letter and inclosing a statement OF
the government address to all the pow
ers In reply to the accusations contained
In the appeal. 1t was forecast officially
it would also contain vigorously word
ed indictment Of China.
Meanwhile the more than 10000 900
japanese voters showed much stronger
interest in the news Of the developments
at Shanghai than in Japan's national
election which went forward during the
day. The vote was much lighter than
! usual
Evening star., 1932-02-20
Chinese Asks Court
To Free Daughter
FromWhite Husband
By the Associated Press.

BY The AsSOClated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, February
2O.-The law was called upon to-
day by Quong Ding Fung, Chi
neSe parent, to annul the mar
riage of his 17-year-old daughter,
Daisy Ellen Fung to George Bax-
ley, who. the father charges, is
a white man.
Baxley, the petition for annul-
ment states. poses as a Chinese
under the names Of Sheo Vow
Lee and Chi Pek Lee.
The suit asks the marriage be
annuled because intermarriage Of
whites and Chinese is illegal.
Evening star., 1932-02-20
DAMAGE SUIT NAMES
WALTER +. BROWN
Ex-Convict Claims Appointment He
Paid for Was Not Made and
Refund Refused.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Ga, February 2o-John
B. Dove. former member of the Repub-
lican State Central Committee, yes
terday filed suit against Postmaster
General Walter F. Brown and Dirrelle
Chaney, administrative assistant. for
s5O,o00 damages in connection with the
alleged payment Of $500 for a post
mastership that was not granted.
Dove. who seeks $500 actual damages
and S49,500 punitive damages, recently
completed a term in the Federal peni-
tentiary here for barter Of Federal
offices.
The suit, filed in the City Court Of
Atlanta. claims the defendants rep
resented to him that the Postmaster
General would obtain the appointment
of E. B Benson as postmaster at College
Park, Ga. Atlanta suburb L.>cl pay
ment of $500 to the order of Mr.. Brown.
Dove AYERS that the money was paid
but return of it was refused when the
appointment was denied.
Evening star., 1932-02-20
SPECIAL ASSEMBLY
Of LEAGUE CALLED
Session to Meet March 3 to
Pass on China's Claims.
Against Japan.
Continued From First Page.)

Continued From First Page)
said DR.. Yen In reference to Chinas
rejection of the Japanese ultimatum.
The situation is simply intolerable. We
are prepared to resist, and an attack
on the 10Th Route Army defending
Shanghai will be regarded as an attack
on the Chinese government
japanese Delegate Jeered.
NJ. Sato heard ironic laughter from
spectators when he said Japan's inter-
ests in Manchuria and Shanghai had
never been protected by the League and
he drew jeers when he said his coun-
try restored to force only to defend
the interests of her people in China.
1t is regrettable that the council
will transfer this matter to the as
sembly," he continued. because that
will not settle the conflict"
The League covenant should not be
applied to China, the japanese SpOkeS-
man said because she was not a uni
fed nation. but chaotic one. He de-
MED that Japan was trying to stir up
tlouble in China and said her troops
would be withdrawn from Shanghai
when her interests were safe. leaving
the city under international protection
Japan had never received aid from the
League. She occupies 100000 miles
of Chinese territory" he said, "and has
bombarded Shanghai and Marking.
What she needs is punishment from the
League, not help
Recalls Korean Promise.
To the charge of chaos, he accused
Japan of helping one side against the
other in China in order to promote
dissension
England and America want to see
strong, united China" he continued.
Japan wants to see just the opposite.
But China is united now as never be-
fore.
Japan is waging a war from which
she wants to gain all the advantages
without assuming the responsibility.
Japan's statement that she won't annex
Manchuria recalls the statement she
made she wouldn't annex Korea"
The last time the assembly met in
extraordinary session was in 1926, when
Germany applied for membership in the
League Her bid was repudiated and
the session was considered failure.
FEELING RISES AGAINST JAPAN.
Evening star., 1932-02-20

fierce onslaughts to plaintive pray
ers Of the Hessians. The various
pianists were so clever In imitation
that the long sought harpsichord
was never missed.
The pageant closed flttingly with
q musical toast TO George Washing
ton. D. c.
Evening star., 1932-02-20
Washington Pianist
In Wilmington Recital.

MANY Washingtonians will attend
A'A the recital by Winifred Nc
Gregor Michaelson, former Washing
ton girl and known for her work
as an artist-pianiSt. which will be
given this evening at $50 o'clock
at the home of Mrs. Irenee du Pont
in Wilmington. Miss Michaelson Is
the new director OF the Wilmington
Music School and is being pre-
sented in this recital by the faculty
and board of this school.
Miss Michaelson will play the
Bach French Suite In G Major"
Beethoven's Sonata Op. 10, No. s.;
a fantasy" and three "etudes" by
Chopin, and the Brahms Inter
mezzi" and "Rhapsodie In E Flat
Major"
Evening star., 1932-02-20
Debut Of
Helen Ware Quartet.

TIME Helen Ware String Quar-
tet, named for its promoter
and first violinist, and includ-
i ing three other outstanding
Washington musicians, Agnes
Chase, second violin; Inez Becker.
Viola and 'Mable Duncan. cellist;
Evening star., 1932-02-20

One Dead in Communist Riot.
PERECIN. Czechoslovakia, February
20 RD.-One person was killed and sew
eral we're wounded yesterday when
gendarmes broke up a demonstration
bv hundreds of Communists.
Evening star., 1932-02-20

unified and independent China would
be to everybody's best interest. Japan
and the European powers, while they
have paid lip service to this viewpoint
and even consecrated it in solemn
treaties, seem never really to have
adopted it. What Japan is now seek
ing, therefore, is to flatter and play
up to the European powers. 1t is said,
in order to isolate the United States.
japanese diplomacy is supported to
some extent in this, 1t Is feared, by
Great Britain and France, and has
consistently tried to keep Washington
and Geneva apart. not unsucceSsfully.
1t remains to be seen whether the
United States will accept the Leagues
probable invitation to sit with the
Assembly and to what extent in this
Assembly the small powers concerned
about seeing the League Covenant kept
can push the big European powers into
action in defense of the treaties and
the worlds existing peace machinery.
Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1932-02-20

Nearly 1000 motor vehicles were
taken into Switzerland last year.
The Washington times., 1932-04-01

listed today in the Business Service
Directory published in the Classified
The Washington times., 1932-04-01
FASCISTS GROW
IN BALKANS

SOFIA, April 0N.SONa-
tional Fascist organizations on the
Muss0lini pattern are making ire
mendous strides throughout the
Balkans and Central Europe.
The Red menace of Moscow" is
the bogy in all the movements,
while unrest due to business de-
preston and the starvation spec
ire is the motivating force.
The latest Fascist organization
of Bulgaria, called the Rodna
zashtita (national defenSe), is
growing rapidly under the leader.
ship of the popular world war
veteran, General Shkoinoff. The
Rodnas recently plastered the
country with posters appealing to
all classes of people.
The Washington times., 1932-04-01

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The Washington times., 1932-04-01
SOLDIER BONUS
FIGHT LOOMS
IN HOUSE

Soldiers bonus war clouds gath
cred today as the House Ways and
Means Committee prepared to hold
hearings on two bills.
Initiation of currency for pay
ment of. the remainder of the
bonus was demanded anew today
by Representative Rankin CD OF
Mississippi, chairman Of the House
Veterans Committee. in denying
his plan contemplated issuance Of
fiat money. He said:
What 1 am advocating is an
initiation of the currency by iSsu-
ing United States notes backed
up by 40 per cent gold reserve.
In this way these adjusted Serv-
ice certificates of the veterans
can be paid off without levying
a single dollar of additional
taxes"
President Hoover was criticised
in the Senate late yesterday for
''vetoing the bill in advance" by
Senator Thomas CD of Okla
homa, author of the Senate bill.
Bills in the House were pre-
Sented by Representative Rankin
and Patman.
Thomas declared that demands
for complete payments of the
bonus were made only after the
Congress had voted two billions
to relieve the railroads and the
big bankers.
He said the delegates who op-
posed the bonus at the American
convention at Detroit we're those
who had enough money to pay
their railroad fares and did not
represent those in need of funds.
The Washington times., 1932-04-01
.FRATERNAL DAY
RITES PLANNED

October 27, designated as Fra
ternal Day and Navy Day, will
be outstanding in the local OBJ,
servance of the two hundredth
anniversary of Washington's birth,
according to plans announced
today by DR.. George C. Haven,
ner, executive vice chairman of
the District Bicentennial Com.
mission.
The Fraternal Day parade is
to be held in the morning and
the Washington Navy Yard
thrown open to the public in the
afternoon. Prevention Of con
flict was accomplished at a con
ference of Navy Department and
fraternal organization representa-
tiveS yesterday.
The Washington times., 1932-04-01
PICS TOP HOLE
IN RUSSIA
Times Staff Photo

MOSCOW, April 1 G.N.S).
Acute shortage of meat in the
Soviet Union will soon be a thing
of the past, it is hoped.
Pig breeding on a large scale
will begin this spring and will
absorb most of the agricultural
energy hitherto devoted to beef
raising. Pigs are quicker than
cattle, can be turned into solid
meals more rapidly.
BY special order of the council
of commissars, pigs are to be
top hole throughout 1882. All
kinds of special attractions are
offered the PEASANT in a valiant
effort to persuade him to pro-
duce for the city markets again.
The Washington times., 1932-04-01
Dog Refused Food in
Hotel, Opera Star,
PeeUed, Walks Out

NEW HAVEN, Conn, April l.
It's a case of Love Me, Love
My Dog" with Rosa Ponselle,
dramatic soprano of the Met
ropolitan Opera Company, who
got peeved because the head
waiter refused to serve food to
her dog in the dining room of
the Hotel Taft here.
She took the grayish-white
Irish terrier, Whiskers, across
the street to IN arm chair
quick lunch restaurant which
made no bones about serving
hamburger to the dog in a
plate on the floor. She also
ate there.
Ponselle came here to give
a concert at Yale University.
The Washington times., 1932-04-01
SeUen Oaks Group
Asks More Buses

The Seven Oaks Manor Citi-
zenS' Association, Montgomery
county, is agitating for better bus
service between Seven Oaks and
Washington. 1t has requested the
Washington Rapid Transit Com.
pany to place two additional
busses in it's schedule to Four
Corners. The association says the
present schedule makes it virtual
ly impossible for a Government
worker to reach his office by 9
a. m. or return in a reasonable
time after 4:30 p. m.
The Washington times., 1932-04-01
Drama Guild Gives
Third Play Tonight

The Drama Guild will offer
Berkeley Square" as it's third
presentation of the season, in
Wardman Park theater tonight.
The cast includes Bernard Bar
ton, Eleanor wells, Dorothy
Crosby, Grace Peters John,
son, Miriam Hilton, Hester
Walker Beall, Lenore Romney,
Caroline Mckinley. Helen Bur
ton, James Otis Porter, Eldred
Wilson, Muarray Sheehan, Maui
rice Jarvis, Ray Montgomery and
Thomas Cahill.
The Washington times., 1932-04-01
SUGAR MIXED IN MORTAR

Mellon Institute for Industrial Re-
search, Pittsburgh, told the sugar
division of the American Chemical
Society at its current session here,
of their discovery that sweet
ened" houses are stronger.
Drs. Gerald j. Cox and John
MetSchl said:
structural works built with
the aid of common cane sugar,
used as one of the construction
ingredients, will last longer and
be far stronger than those IN
existence today.
Five pounds of sugar is all
that is necessary for each 100
pounds of quicklime."
The Washington times., 1932-04-01
CLAIRE F|GH rs
BALM SUIT

LOS ANGELES, April l
G.N.SO.-Named defendant in
a 100000 alienation of affec-
tions suit by Mrs. Marian Read,
of Oakland, who charged the
love of her husband, Alfred C.
Read, jr., San Francisco broker,
had been stolen, Claire Windsor,
screen and stage actress, today
revealed plans to fight the
charge. She said:
'Tt's time to put a stop to
this eternal harrassment and
abuse of persons in the public
eye. 81 haven't done any
thing wrong and believe me
I'm going to fight back.
"A thing so utterly absurd
and ridiculous as this hurts.
1 met Mr.. Read in New York
in September. He was there
on business. He was at sew
eraI parties I attended. Later
on, he saw me several times
in Los Angeles. And now comes
this absurd alienation suit"
Many Automobile Repair Services are
listed today in the Business Service
Nuhl hnI In thA Il
The Washington times., 1932-04-01
Girl Scouts to GiUe
'OZd Peabody PeW

The senior patrol of Girl Scout
Troop No. 81, will present Kate
Douglas Virgins play, THE Old
Peabody Pew" in the Woodside
Methodist Episcopal Church, north
of Silver Spring, tomorrow night.
Proceeds from the play will be
donated to Camp May Flather,
the washington Girl Scout Camp
at HarriSonburg, Va.
The Washington times., 1932-04-01

NEW ORLEANS, April IA
little sugar, mixed with the NOR
tar, adds strength to buildings.
Henceforth the sophisticateS
may demand:
"Skyscraper with sugar,
please!"
Two industrial chemists of the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-27
YULETIDE IS
 TIME TO GIVE
 AID TO NEEDY
Senator Borah Discusses Present Difficulties in
 U. s. and Abroad

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27-"Thi Christmas belongs to the poor anc needy" said United States Senator William E. Borah last Saturday night, speaking in connection with the National Press Clubs greetings to the world.
 Senator Borah said a large part of the present difficulties are the logical result of political ques- tions which interfere with the nor- maj operation of economic laws combined with the effort of public and private enterprises.
 T know of no finer way to pass this Christmas week in the re- spective communities and accord ing to our respective abilities, than to renew activities and consecrate anew ourselves to the cause that is as sacred as any in enlisting aid to the needy
 If civilization is to be saved, markets must be restored, the monetary systems reestablished and trade and commerce rehabilita- ted"