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The Washington times., 1932-03-01
HEL[|NGERSET
GLADYSFREE

PITTSBURGH, Pa, March l
G.N.SO-Mark Hellinger, Broad
way columnist, and Gladys Glad,
most beautiful showgirl in the
world" expect to be divorced, but
hope to remain "the best of
friends"
Hellinger made this plain to
day, admitting his wife had filed
divorce proceedings in Nogales,
Mexico.
He said:
"She's the greatest kid in the
whole world. I won't contest
this suit. l hope we remain
friends for life."
Miss Gla d, in Cincinnati,
phoned:
1--WE agreed to disagree. We
are still the best of friends.
Mark and I talked it over and
decided it was The best thing
to do"
Hellinger married Miss Glad in
1929 after she won the prize in
an Atlantic City beauty contest
in which Hellinger was a judge.
The Washington times., 1932-03-01
HYDE PROMISES
25 MILLIONS

Secretary Hyde of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, has been as
sured that by June l, $25 900, 900
of the $25o,OOo,OOO from 'deben-
lures to be issued by the Recon
struction Finance Corporation
will be allocated to the depart
ment. This is in addition to the
help which the corporation is CIV
ing to credit and livestock loan
companies.
The above assurance came from
the Attorney General, who de-
clared that since the Department
of Agriculture was entitled to 10
per cent of the original $780,,
100000, the department may get
10 per cent of any expansion
sum,
The Washington times., 1932-03-01
FINNISH TROOPS
OUELL REVOLT

HELSINGFORS, Finland, March
/ G.N.S0-The Fascist revolt,
aimed at obtaining resignation Of
the entire government, appeared
broken today as government
troops forced a general retreat
of rebel armed forces from their
two war camps.
The troops surrounded the
TavastehuS headquarters with the
intention Of arreSting four leaders
of the Lappo (FasciSt) organiza
ton, but found they had fled to
the north of Finland.
Two of the four were the chief
hackers of the revolt, General
Wallenius, former chief of staff
Of the Finnish army, and Vihtori
KoSola, fanatical hater Of Com
muniSm and leader Of the Lappo
movement.
At Mantsala. so miles away,
where the FaScists made the most
serious threat on the capital with
an army of 5000 men, troops
forced a general retreat.
The Washington times., 1932-03-01

German consul general in the
German consulate 100 feet
from the IdZuma when the
building suddenly rocked as II
in q big earthquake.
I'VE ran out Of the building
and on the side of the Idzuma
saw a big black spot on the
water.
"There was great excitement
aboard ship. They appeared to
be loading guns and at the
same time running up signal
flags. My first impression was
that a powder mazazine had
blown up on the other side Of
the river"
The International Settlement
police reported it at first as an
earthquake.
It was a mighty lucky escape
for both the IdZumo and the Oyi,
but that isn't worrying me half
as much as the terrible thought
than down stream a mile and a
half from where these mines were
anchored, one of Uncle Sans
greatest battle cruisers rides at
anchor-the Houston, Admiral
Montgomery Taylor's flagship Of
the ASiatic Squadron.
Gosh! Suppose either one Of
those mines had broken loose
from its submarine moorings, and
had floated downstream with this
afternoons tide in the direction
of the Houston-or, for that
matter, in the direction Of half
dozen American destroyerS and
mine sweepers, not to mention
any number Of commercial craft,
including the outgoing President
Polk, round-the-world liner, load.
ed down with American tourists.
Remembering the Maine
I hate to think of such posi-
bilities.
And listen, Jimmy, I happen
to remember that little yarn I
spun for you about two weeks
ago-let me see, it was on the
18th Of last month, the 34th an
niversary of the blowing up OF
the Maine in Havana harbor.
Look back in your clippings,
Jimmy, and see If you can find
that story-I don't want to scare
you, but gosh! It certainly scared
me at noon today.
And right this blessed minute
I am asking every Chinese Of
ficial I can get in contact with
whether there are any more of
those mines in that river right
now. .. -.
know It's just as easy to
plant or float down a dozen more
as it was the two that went off
today. We dom want any Maine
incident on the Whangpoo.
The Washington times., 1932-03-01
Gibbons Sees NetD Jap Troop Landing
As Increasing Menace to American Zone

ing at Liuho, they bring a new
threat of pressure almost in the
rear of the Chinese army and
will increase the menace on the
American lines at the north
boundary of the international
Settlement should the Japanese
pressure force the Chinese to
retreat in that direction.
Whole Status Changed
The landing of these forces at
Liuho changes the entire status
of the fighting around Shanghai.
Liuho is far beyond the defenses
of the International Settlemenet
it is even many miles beyond
the reach of the 20-kilometer
radius from which the Japanese
demanded the Chinese to with
draw.
Japanese hostilities for the past
month, based on military forces
landed in the International Settle
ment, have been insistently de-
scribed by the Japanese as meas
ures necessary for the defense Of
japanese property and nationals
in the International Settlement.
For these reasons Japan de-
clared her military operations did
not constitute war on China, but
this mornings landing at Liuho,
on the Upper Yangtze River, is
an entirely different thing.
In the absence of any defensive
claim by the Japanese, this at.
tack from the new direction will
be represented by the Chinese as
being clearly an invasion of
Chinese territory, a violation Of
China's territorial sovereignty, and
consequently a reputation by
japan of the Kellogg pact,
The Washington times., 1932-03-01
Ms SAYS new TROOPS MENACE CHINESE REAR
PERIL TO AMERICAN ZONE
DECLARED INCREASED
BY JAPS' POSITION
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do not appear to have been
homemade affairs, but regular
manufactured instruments Of
destruction. Their explosion was
marked by a column of smoke
which rose so feet.
The enormous eruption, like q
water spout. sent a tidal wave
across the river, rocking all craft
and upsetting small boats.
The Idzumo suffered no damage,
and the only things destroyed on
board the cruiser Oyi were several
wine glasses in the officers mess.
Warning Alleged
The first explosion occurred at
five minutes after o'clock. The
mine was located about 80 feet
off the starboard side Of the
cruiser Oyi, which was buoyed in
midStream a half mile down the
river from The Idzumo. The shock
of the explosion rocked the cruiser
but hurt nothing.
The second explosion occurred
at 1:25 p. m. The mine apparently
was anchored about so feet off the
stern of the Idzumo. There was
a tremendous uphe4val of water,
but it did not damage the ship.
The admiral explained:
"Secret information reached
me several days ago through the
Japanese naval intelligence sec
tiOn that there attempts we're
being planned by the Chinese,
but of course we were unawart
of the tiH1e-we only knew we
must ever be on the watch.
Both mines we're anchored
upstream from the Sterns of
both the Oyi and IdzumO, and /
believe their time fuses were set
so they would explode shortly
after noon today, when the ebb-
tide would be flowing out, swing
ing the mines on their anchors
closer toward the sterns Of the
destined victims"
And that, boys and girls, seems
to be the last official statement,
although John Goette (Interna-
tional News Service staff CORE
Spondent) tells me Mayor WI, of
Shanghai, says the Chinese have
no official knowledge Of the Incl
dent beyond reports Of witnesses.
Won Wiegand Near
Karl H. Won Wiegand (Uni-
versal Service correspondent
probably was the closest Ameri-
can. witness to the explosion of
the mine near the Idzumo. He
was having luncheon in the Ger
man Consulate at the time, about
a hundred yards distant from
the flagship.
This is Won Wiegand's story:
"I was Iunching with the
The Washington times., 1932-03-01
Hotel Gordon Bridge
Winners Announced

Winners of the duplicate con-
tract bridge tournament, held
weekly at the Hotel Gordon under
the direction of Mrs. Alma E.
Byrne, last night were: East and
West, Mrs. Lottie Hoover Jack
man, LaSalle Apartments; Ed
ward Martin, Hotel Ambassador;
North and South, Mrs. Johne E.
Wright, 3018 Porter st. N. W., and
H. H. Boyd, 1884 K st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1932-03-01
SMITH ENTERS
BAY STATE
PRIMARY
Signature FuIfiIIS Technical
Requirement; Thanks
Donahue for Honor

BOSTON, March l (LN.S).
Former Gov. Alfred E. Smith,
of New York, today gave a
signed authorization for the
use of his name in the Massa-
chusetts presidential primaries
to Frank j. Donahue, Demo
cratic national committeeman
and chairman of the State COM
mittee.
This means that Smiths name
will go on the ballots here on
April 26 and that Donahue has
the power to say who goes on the
slate.
BY this action, Smith comes out
in the open as an active candi-
date for the nomination given him
in 1928.
Signature Necessary
In his original statement, made
a month ago, the former New
York governor said he would take
no part in any State preconven-
ton primary, but has signed au-
thorization for the use Of his
name.
Donahue wrote Smith under
date of February 26:
"AS the time draws near for
our presidential primary, it be-
comes necessary tJr us to meet
a purely technical requirement.
you know that Massachusetts
will never be content to enter a
Democratic national convention
without pledge to you.
I'm order to be able to do
this to the satisfaction of the
Democratic voters of this State,
we need your signature to the
statement which incIOSe. This
satisfies the technical require
mentS of our election law and
commits you to nothing beyond
that"
Proud of Honor
UnQer daCe OF FEBRUARY ~,
Smith replied, in part:
T understand that this is a
technical requirement in your
State and 1 would not be in
terpreted as hampering in any
way the desire of my friends in
Massachusetts, to express their
sentiment for me.
81 cannot tell you how highly
I value the friendship and eS-
TEEN the honor which the State
of Massachusetts, seeks to do
me. 1 hope, through you, to
convey this to all my friends in
the State of Massachusetts,"
The Washington times., 1932-03-01
FARLEY H|NTED
FOROLDPOST

ALBANY, N. Y, March / GIN.
S).-Tammany may renominate
Thomas M. Farley for sheriff of
New York county this fall as a
rebuke to Governor Franklin D.
Roosevelt for removing Farley
from office and as a defy to Sam
uel Seabury, counsel to the Ho1-
stadter committee, for filing
charges which resulted in his
custer.
Such reports were circulated to-
day after the assembly had pass
ed the bill appropriating an addi-
tional $250,000 for the Hofstadter
committee.
John E. Sheehy, Tammany dis
trict leader named by the governor
as Farley's successor, will serve
only until the fall election.
The Washington times., 1932-03-01
Z IN RUM THEFT
HELDFOR JURY

Accused of the theft of $50
worth of pre-war whisky and wines
from the residence of Thomas H.
Westcott, 1910 Sixteenth st. N. W.,
Westcott's chauffeur and another
man today were held for the
Grand Jury under $1,500 bond
each after a hearing before Police
Court Judge John P. Mcmahon.
Benito Castillo, the chauffeur,
and James Joseph Mangan, are ac-
cused of having taken the liquor
from a closet in the Westcott
home February is. Police say
they recovered part of the liquor
in Mangan's apartment near Four
teenth and r Streets Northwest.
The Washington times., 1932-03-01
BY FLOYD GIBBONS

NNoted War COrrespOndent and Famous
Headline Hunter" Of the Radio
copyright, 1892, by International
News Service)
SHANGHAI, March / Q.N.S0.
The Japanese are landing new
troops and new supplies in guam
tity on the Yangtze River north
of the Woosung forts at {. place
near Liuho which described to
you in dispatches three weeks ago.
At that time the japanese mill.
'fary development plan from that
direction was abandoned on &C
count of the unexpected Chinese
resistance in the Whangpoo area.
I have just received confiden-
tial information that at II o'clock
this morning six Japanese cruis.
ers, eight destroyers, and two
troopships were in the Yangtze
River above the Whangpoo and
were lying off the mouth OF a
small stream entering the
Yangtze River in the vicinity Of
Liuho Village.
Putting Troops Ashore
There are no docking facilities
there as in the Whangpoo and
the japanese were seen to be US
ing small boats to transport the
troops and supplies ashore.
The landing was accomplished
under guard Of naval guns and
several squadrons of heavy bomb
ing planes.
Liuho is located Is miles to the
northwest of Shanghai, with
which it is connected by an ex-
cellent motor road.
II the Japanese forces are able
to consolidate positions occupied
by their landing forces this morn
The Washington times., 1932-03-01

a couple of
h on eymoon-
erS are Lily
Damita, t h e
French movie
star, and Sid
ney S m i t h,
h er oft-ru-
mored fiance.
But is it a
honeymoon?
Lily, when
S h e boarded
the ship, in
sisted that it
was just a va
cation that
she was not
The Washington times., 1932-03-01

world, in the
pi on Of
S ir Thomas
B e e C h a m.
English con-
ductor. H e
said:
"Our Eng
Ii Sh a u d j.
e n C 9 S take
their m u S ic
without Civ
ing it much
t h o u G h t.
They n e v e r
d | S c u S S. it
with the in
telIigence the
The Washington times., 1932-03-01

an actor, but
Just a "gol.
DANCED Senti-
mental T e x a s
C o W boy who
got mixed up
in the cir
US and t h e
movies" B u t
he has "q uit
the circus for
ever" in favor
of the screen.
He says:
"In the cir.
Gus / could
contact from
SO 00O IN d0.
The Washington times., 1932-03-01

Shanghai would not be con-
sidered.
Allege Broken Promise
Mamoru Shigemitsu, japanese
minister to China, was given
further instructions as to what
Japan wanted, so that he could
carry the truce negotiations
further. Araki said:
"The Chinese have broken
past promises and might use
the truce to consolidate their
military positions, a move that
would require still more troops
from Japan.
"DiplOma tic negotiations
should paral- military actions.
When the Chinese withdraw
in compliance with our ulti-
matum, we will withdraw. We
will not do it simultaneously.
Police to Guard Zone
municipal police would guard
the proposed neutral zone, or
else troops of third parties.
"Our army will not retire I'm
til the Chinese Nineteenth Route
Army has been annihilated or
withdrawn"
The Washington times., 1932-03-01
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counter to traditional Japanese
policy, as it does not call for with
drawal of Japanese troops in the
meantime.
League observers are hopefei
that the conference itself will
have the desired effect in separat-
ing the two combatant armies
safe distance and that the long
smouldering difficulties between
Japan and China can be success
fully overcome when peace has
at least temporarily been re-
stored,
The Washington times., 1932-03-01
Japan Won't Suspend
Military Operations
By LANES r, YOUNG

BY JAMES Il. YUUNU
TOKYO, March, / G.N.S0.
'Tt is impossible for the Japa-
nese to suspend military opera
tiOnS in Shanghai despite the
armistice negotiations under
way in Shanghai and Geneva"
Shortly before the war Minister
Sadao Araki made this declara'
tion, the foreign office had indi'
Gated there was no hope for i'm.
mediate results from the present
peace attempts, declaring that
simultaneous withdrawal Of Chi
nese and Japanese armies from
The Washington times., 1932-03-01

even going to be married.
But her romance with the
New York broker, who was re-
Gently divorced in Reno by Flor.
ence Rice, daughter of the
sports writer, Grantland Rice,
has caused a lot of speculation
lately,
The Washington times., 1932-03-01

900 people a day. In films I
can entertain 100000 daily
in America and foreign coun-
tries. That's why I quit the
circus.
"Quit the movies? Not until
/ get to be 1907"
The Washington times., 1932-03-01
SELLING
PROBE PLAN
Of SENATE
Democrats and ProgreSSiVeS
Defeat Administration in
Widening Scope

A resolution for a sweeping
investigation of all phases of
speculative activity on the New
York stock exchange will be
drafted late today by a sub
committee Of the Senate Bank
ing Committee.
Democrats and Progressive Re
publicans were victorious over the
Administration forces, which
sought to limit the inquiry to
short selling alone, in a stormy
session of the committee.
Must Have Approval
The resolution must be ap-
proved by the full committee and
the Senate before the investiga-
ton is launched.
Sensational evidence involving
prominent members of both the
Democratic and the Republican
parties will be presented, accord,
ing to reports that have persisted
in washington circles for several
days.
Senator Walcott (R0 of Con-
necticut, a member of the COM
mittee, has declared he will pre-
sent "list of bear raiders" Of the
market.
RaSkOb May Testify
Among those whose names have
been mentioned as likely witnesses
are John ]. Raskob, chairman OF
the Democratic National Com
mittee, and Bernard M. Baruch,
prominent New York Democrat.
and a personal friend of President
Hoover's.
Democrats Are EIated
Democratic Senators were elated
at the committees willingness to
include all phases of stock market
activity in the probe.
The committee was to have
heard William r. Perkins, New
York lawyer, oppose short selling
at an open meeting today. But
wrangle developed over the
scope of the hearing, with Sena-
tors Couzens of Michigan and
Blaine of Wisconsin, Progressive
Republicans, joining the Demo
cratic demand that if an inquiry
were ordered it be broadened to
include "the bulls along with the
bears"
The Washington times., 1932-03-01
PEOPLE.
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Lily Damita Linked
To Sidney Smith Again

ABOARD THE S. S. CITY
OF LOS ANGELES. HOMO
LULU BOUND, March 1.-Sport-
ing among the lifeboats in
bathing suits and behaving like
The Washington times., 1932-03-01

Americans display"
Sir Thomas is here to direct
the Philharmonic Symphony
Orchestra,
The Washington times., 1932-03-01
Americans Called Best
Music Listeners in World

NEW YORK, March / GN.S0
Americans today are the most
cultured music listeners in the
The Washington times., 1932-03-01
Mix to Quit Movies
When He's 100

HOLLYWOOD, March 1 dN.SJ
Tom Mix, who has just married
again, candidly admits he is not
The Washington times., 1932-03-01
PAYS $26 FOR SPEEDING

Charles E. Feller, 1877 Oates
st. N. W., was fined $26.45 in
Laurel Police Court for speeding.
The Washington times., 1932-03-01
Tokyo Refuses to Halt
Fire Pending Truce
AlIege Broken Promise

Shanghai would not be con-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-27
EZ]CQA,l,B4C1 Q2ASr9E4 G7

one heart and can thus conceal the terrific strength of his hand.
 This bid of one heart over one diamond is Q one over one force. and while it makes no promise for game it is an absolute demand on South to rebid. East would pass and now South has a mini- mum original bid of two and one- half tricks. He cannot rebfd his diamonds-he does not have nor- mai support in hearts, which is four small trump, or three headed by the ace, king or queen, there fore South's proper response is noe no trump. If the club suit were little better protected, South might even bid a spade in the hope of getting into a game going no trump contract, but it is better in this position, when holding minimum, to immedi- ately inform partner of that fact, which the no trum. . bid does.
 After the one no trump bid, North makes a jump bid of three hearts. This is another demand bid. Tn the one over one system, it is possible to force with the same suit by a jump bid of one more than necessary. South. hold ing three hearts to the jack, now knows that his partner has at lest five hearts due to his rebid, there fore South bids four hearts. North can now make slam try bid with five hearts, but South would be stretching his hand to bid six.
 Tho Play.
 East opened with the king Of clubs which North, the declarer, won with the ace and returned small club, which East won with the jack. East's next play was the seven of diamonds. Would you take the finesse? If so, of course, you cannot make six odd.
 There is a neat squeeze play in the hand, and as it is not difficult to recognize, am going to leave it entirely to my readers to work the hand out from here. Lay the cards out and remember that six hearts can be made without the aid of a finesse..
 Copyright 1892. NEA Service, Inc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-27

Of interest here is the coming wedding on Monday of Miss Sylvia Lyon Williams. daughter of Mrs Herbert Rand Williams of Hewlett, l.. l., to Grant Van Sant. Jr, son of MT and Mrs Grant Van Sant of Green Cove Springs. Fla. The Rev Frederic F. Bush will officiate at the ceremony to be performed in the Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City, l.. I.
 Miss Williams was graduated from Skidmore college, class of '32. MT Van Sant, Jr, is grandson of former Governor Van Sant of Minnesota. He was graduated from the Taft school and from Williams college, class of '32. He is a mem Der of Phi Kappa, and Phi Delta Theta.
 Miss Glenna Marie Clark, daugh- ter of MT and Mrs Arthur Bryan Clark of New Haven and Milford, will be married. to Robert Crafts of Oberlin, Ohio, on Thursday after noon, September 8, at 4:30 o'clock. Dr Robert E. Brown of Oberlin Theological Seminary and Dr Oscar E. Maurer of Center church, New Haven. will officiate. A reception and tea-dance will follow the cere- mony. After October first MT Crafts and his bride will make their home in the Bishop apartments.
 The attendants will be: Mrs Arr thur Kyle Wing, Jr, of Bloomfield, New Jersey. matron of honor; Mrs Arthur Bryan Clark, Jr, the sister in-law of the bride, and Miss Ruth Chapman, both of New Haven; Miss Alice. Crafts, the sister of the groom, of Oberlin, Ohio; Miss Caroline Stone of Lexington. Mass; Miss Doris Ferry of Washington, D. C.; and Mrs Arthur Barrows of New London.
 Miss Jane Allison Atwood and Miss Beatrice Ann Clark, cousins of the bride, will be flower girls.
 Edward Crafts. the groom's brother, will be the best man and the ushers will be: Arthur Bryan Clark, Jr, the brother of the bride; Gerhard Gesell, and Sawnie Gaston, all of New Haven; Donald Clark, a cousin of the bride, of Milford; William Bowden of New York city; and William Smyth of Englewood. New Jersey.
 MISS CldTk pTcpdIcu Aoi SoiASoC at Mrs Days school and the Emma Willard school. Troy, N. Y. She was graduated from Vassar last June.
 MT Crafts prepared at the Taft school, and was graduated from Yale last June. He is a member of the Zeta Psi. Phi Beta Kappa and Scroll and Key. MT Crafts will enter the Yale Law school this fall. He is we'll known in this city.
 Among the mannequins who ap- peared in the Madison Yacht club fashion show last evening are Mrs John Thomas. Mrs Charles H. Walker, Mrs Lee Dewing, Mrs Robert I. Powell. Mrs Buell. H. Heminway, Jr, Mrs Ben Cutler, Misses Hester Adams. Gertrude Conklin, Jane Mulfeld, Catherine Cooke, Jeanne Stevens and Mary Virginia Thomas. Mrs Chauncey Porter Goss, Sd of Cables avenue arranged for the event.