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The Washington times., 1932-09-28
RAIL SITUATION
F. UP To SMITH,
COOLIDGE

NEW YORK. Sept. % GN.SO
Calvin Coolidge will head a COM
mittee representative of both
major political parties to study
the railroad situation, it was an
nounced today by Walter H. Ben
nett, New York banker.
Other members of the commit
tee are Bernard M. Baruch, di-
rector of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad; Alfred E. Smith;
Clark Howell, Sr., Atlanta, Ca,
publisher, and Alexander Legge,
former chairman of the Farm
Board.
A letter of invitation, signed
by numerous savings banks, in
surance companies and universe
ties, sent to members of the COM
mittee, said:
"The present financial posi-
tiOn of the railroads of the
United States is a matter of
grave concern. Collectively,
the greatest and most i'm
pOrtant industry of our country,
the railroads have operated
this year at staggering losses.
Only wise and timely Federal
aid has averted the financial
breakdown of important syS-
TENS"
The letter said the situation
involved the livelihood of 1,5OO,-
900 railroad employees, the source
of $300,000,000 annually in taxes
and the value of $19,500,000, 900
Of railroad securities.
The committee was urged to
Examine all phases of the
problem and recommend a solu-
tion which, with due regard for
the public interest, will insure an
opportunity for the railroads Of
this country to operate on a
business basis"
The Washington times., 1932-09-28
White Star Tuna Croquettes

White StQF Tuna Croquett0s
Fldks the contents OF q can OF White Star Tuna.
Moisten with very thick creom sGuce using oble-
spoons butter and 4 tablespoons flour 10 cup of
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Place croquetes on hot plotter with buttered peds
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nodded from moshed potato mixed with port Of q
bedten egg. Brush with rest Of egg ond brown lightly
in q hot oven. Cornish with pcrsleY.
The Washington times., 1932-09-28
GERMAN. CLAIM
C|TESM|LLS

Suit was filed in the District
Supreme Court today by attor-
neys for the I. G. Farbenindus-
trie Aktiengessellschaft, Of Frank
fort, Germany, to compel pay.
ment of five years interest on a
tax refund Of $3,252,26S91. The
German firm is claimant to q
fund held by the Alien Property
Custodian.
october IL was set by Justice
Peyton Gordon as the date when
David Burnett, Commissioner of
Internal Revenue; Ogden L. Mills,
Secretary Of the Treasury; w. o.
Woods, Treasurer of the United
States, and Howard Sutherland,
Alien Property Custodian, must
show cause why interest on the
sum should not be paid.
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on his famous pledge of the
square deal" Franklin Roosevelt
has campaigned the same territory
during the past fortnight on the
self-described issue of "the new
deal"
In New Mexico he declared
there is no room in this country
for two parties, both conservative.
The voters, he said, must take
their choice between "a liberal
party" which he represented, or
a conservative party" which he
described as bringing the country
to its present state.
Here in Colorado Springs late
last night he addressed an audi
ence of thousands, and his speech,
made extemporaneously, was
again directed to the independent
vote. He said:
"Our fight is not against the
rank and file of the Republican
party. Our fight is directed
against the leadership Of the
Republican party, which has
failed utterly to measure up to
the needs of the present hour"
DisavOws Partisanship
He disavowed partisanship, de-
claring that the national needs
are too serious and too grave to
permit of it. He declared:
There has not been much Of
a partisan about me in this
campaign, and 1 promise you
there won't be.
The Washington times., 1932-09-28

Packed by the largest conner
oftuno inthe world. For l9Yedrs
the preferred brond because
only the finest Of the cdtch is
packed.
The Washington times., 1932-09-28
Cdbnaan Held Under
Bond on Gun Charge

Demanding jurp trial on
charge of carrying a concealed
weapon with intent to use it, How
ard McCullen, colored. 20, of the
140O block of New Jersey Ave.
N. W., today was held under $1,000
bond by Police Court Judge Gus
A. Schuldt.
Traffic Bureau Policeman E. C.
Darby said he stopped McCullen's
cab Sunday because it resembled
a car for Which he had a lookout.
Another man in the cab fled,
Darby said, and McCullen picked
up a pistol from the cab seat and
refused to drop it until the police
man drew his own gun.
The Washington times., 1932-09-28
DR.. HICKLING IMPROVING

DR.. D. Percy Hickling, District
alienist, is reported improving at
Emergency Hospital from injuries
suffered Sunday night when he
fell down an elevator shaft in his
home at 1904 Rhode Island Ave
N. w. He suffered several frac.
fured ribs.
The Washington times., 1932-09-28
TALL CEDAR FETE

Capitol Forest No. 104, Tall
Cedars of Lebanon, has completed
arrangements for a celebration
Friday night at the Raleigh
Hotel, when a large number Of
candidates will take the Sidonian
degrees of the order.
The Washington times., 1932-09-28
"THE ILLINI TRAIL"

The Washington Illini Club
will show a sound picture of the
University Of Illinois, "The Illini
Trail" at its meeting Monday
night at $3.50 o'clock in the Uni
versity Club.
The Washington times., 1932-09-28

things is to capitalize this discon-
tent to the utmost, and Governor
Roosevelt is leaving no stones un-
turned in that direction.
The Washington times., 1932-09-28

Home seekers who want to establish
themselves in q home of their own will
find a timely home selection in the
Real Estate for Sale Columns Of the
The Washington times., 1932-02-20
OUT
0FPER|LZONE

SHANGHAI, Feb. 20 QN.SO.
All American civilians were in
comparatively safe zones today
when the Japanese began their
smashing attack with artillery
fire and aerial bombardment to
drive the Chinese from Shanghai.
They were removed from the
dangerous districts of Hongkew
and Yangstepoo, of the Interna-
tional Settlement. Across the
Soochow Creek, into the defense
areas of the United States and
Great Britain, women and chill
dren from threatened positions
had been evacuated when the
battle began.
DR.. J. C. McCracken, Univer.
sity of Pennsylvania graduate and
former football player, supervised
removal, in ambulances, Of 100
Chinese patients from st. Luke's
Hospital to neutral territory.
The Inland Chinese Mission
harbored three American women,
teachers, and missionaries and 40
Chinese students. who we're taken
from areas menaced by the
fighting. .---
The Washington times., 1932-02-20
u, S. Navy Officer and Gibbons Watch
From TOwer as Chinese TOwns Burn

up new racks of bombs upon
their return from a strafing ex-
pedition over the Chinese liEes.
Sees Villages Afire
The horizon is punctuated by
rising columns of black and white
smoke from the burning ruins
along the 16-nile expanse. eX-
tending from Chapel south to the
ruins Of Woosung Village and
the fort on the north. and even
beyond to the old walled city Of
Paoshan, on the Yangtze.
Naval shells and air bombs
have reached far inland. The
villages of Yangchang and Liu.
hang I can see burning from
where I stand.
Kiangwan railroad station, sur.
rounded by clusters of Chinese
compounds, dotted with some
modern structures, is all in
flames, with black holes showing
in the expanse of red-tiled roofs,
through which air bombs have
dropped.
The Washington times., 1932-02-20
lap Communique
Says Chinese Flee

SHANGHAI, Feb. 20 G.N.SJ,
Headquarters of Admiral Nomura,
Japanese naval commander,
issued the following communique
this afternoon:
Tn the WOOsuRg area, begin
ming at $3.50 a. M, the de-
strOyer Yubar and others of the
first torpedo boat flotiIla bonn
barded Chinese defenses along
WOOSung Creek and continued
the bOmbardment until noon.
"In the afternoon airplaneS
bombed the WOOSung positions,
as a result of which the
Chinese defense lines were
siIenced. japanese casualties
were ten wounded.
In Chapel the line of de.
fense assigned to the naval
landing party extends for three
miles, running north and south.
Naval forces there have been
reinforced by military units:
"The japanese began firing
at about s q. M, and by p. M
q section of the Chinese forces
began to retreat.
Japanese casualties num-
bered 22 today"
The Washington times., 1932-02-20
BRITISH GIVEN
OPPORTUNITY
To FLEE
Emergency Cabinet Provides
Means for Evacuation of
Nationals in China

LONDON, Feb. 20 (I.N.S.).
New instructions were cabled
today to J. F. Brenan, Brit
ish consul general at Shang'
hal, to offer facilities to all
British citizens there for
evacuation from Shanghai.
The emergency cabinet estab-
lished yesterday to deal promptly
with any situation that might
arise over the weekend decided on
this course as the best means Of
avoiding British involvement in
the Sino-Japanese hostilities.
A similar offer, made a week
ago, went unheeded by British
Nationals, who told the consul
general they preferred to remain
in Shanghai and look after their
property.
The emergency cabinet is COM
posed of Stanley Baldwin, lord
president of the council; Viscount
Hailsham, secretary for war;
Neville Chamberlain, chancellor
of tn exchequer; Sir John Simon,
foreign secretary; Sir Bolton
Byres- -Monsell, first lord of the ad.
miralty; j. H. Thomas, dominions
secretary, and Sir Samuel Hoare,
secretary Of state for India.
The Washington times., 1932-02-20
ARMY MEN URGE
TOKYO To SEND
MORE TROOPS
Japan Ready to Speed Aid II
"Big Push" Weakens; Reply
to League Tomorrow =
BY JAMES R. YOUNG

TOKYO, Feb. 20 (I.N.S.).
Japan intends to tell the world
exactly what she thinks Of
the Chinese situation in re-
ply to the appeal Of the
League Of Nations council Of
y, the government announced
today.
The reply will be issued in
Tokyo at noon Sunday I'll p. m.
Saturday, e. s. t..
It will not be a direct answer,
1t was pointed out. since Japan
questions the legality Of the
leagues action in sending the
note, which warned Japan to
observe her obligations under
Article x Of the League Covenant.
Won't Quit League
The reply will refer to the
note as being irregular, and it
will ask Joseph Paul-Boncour,
French delegate to the league
and president Of the council, to
transmit it to the representa-
tives Of the IL governments on
the council.
The foreign office believes the
powers will not impose an
economic boycott against her. It
denied reports that Japan would
Withdraw from the league.
Meanwhile militarists urged the
government to rush reinforce
ments to Shanghai in the face
of renewed reports that Gen.
Chang Kai-Shek's army was to
join the Chinese defenses.
Watch for Weakness
It was learned Chang had con-
ferred With Gen. TSai Ting-Kai,
commanding the Chinese Nine
teenth Route Army in its defense
of Shanghai, on Thursday, urg-
ing him to refuse Japan's de-
mandS.
Japan stood ready to hurry
reinforcements to it's Shanghai
army, if there should be the
least sign of weakening in the
general offensive waged against
the Chinese.
While guns doomed in Shang.
hal, the citizens of Japan went
to the polls quietly in a gen.
eral election in which the Seiyukai
Party Of Premier Inukai's govern
III mt is expected to gain a
majority in the diet and be re-
turned to power.
The Washington times., 1932-02-20
8 HELD IN PLOT
To KILL TRIO

RIO GRANDE CITY, Tex, Feb.
20 GN.SO.-Eight men are under
arrest here charged with con-
spiracy to murder following dis
covery of an alleged plot to put
three men to death, the murderer
to be paid $500.
Authorities revealed that Walter
Weaver, an attorney; Harry
Ridgeway, irrigation district man
ager, and T. w. Hooks, a garage
man, all of Donna, Tex, were to
be executed by the paid gunman
today when they accompanied de.
livery of a payroll to a Starr
county oil well.
The arrested men waived hear
ing following arraignment on the
charges.
The man hired to do the
killings, according to Texas
rangers, was paid $50 in advance
and was to be paid the remain
ing $3.50 after the slayings.
The Washington times., 1932-02-20
JAPS DENY GAS
WAS USED

SHANGHAI, Feb. 20 U.N.SO.
Denying Chinese charges they
were using gas. japanese officials
pointed out to International News
Service today that their troops
merely set up a smoke screen as
a cover for attack. .
General Uyeda, commander OF
the japanese army in Shanghai
said:
although the commander OF
the Chinese Nineteenth army
last night advised me my ultl-
matum had been relayed to the
national governor. up to this
minute (ShOrtly after the at
tack broke Out) / have not re-
ceived q reply.
Likewise, the Chinese forces
have not withdrawn from their
front lines and have not ceased
their military activities. All
hopes of q peaceful solution
have been frustrated and my
army has been compelled to re-
sort to final measures to achieve
our desired end.
my army will endeavOr to
avoid enlargement of the scope
of the incident and afford
speedy relief to the settle
1nentS."
The Washington times., 1932-02-20
PU-Y| BECOMES
EMPEROR

TOKYO, Feb. 20 TNs).-Hen-
ry Pu.Yi, former boy emperor
of China, who has been a plain
citizen for 20 years, today was
officially proclaimed emperor OF
the new Japanese-controlled in
dependent state of Manchuria.
Gen. Tsang ShfYi was named
the states first premier.
The new Manchurian ruler Is
only Is years old.
Pu-Yi tonight exchanged radio
greetings with Premier Inukai in
which the premier congratulated
him on the establishment Of the
new Manchurian regime.
The fact that the Japanese in
tended to place Pu.Yi on the
throne was first disclosed in In
ternational News Service three
months ago.
The United States will not &C
cept representation on the League
of Nations Assembly meeting,
which will consider the Sino-Jap-
anese crisis, 1t was indicated IN
authoritative circles today.
The Washington times., 1932-02-20
American, British Naval Observers
Turned Back BY jap Machine Guns

high Chinese observation tower
on the international race track
was still standing.
A motor car containing Ameri-
can and British naval and mill
tary attaches was forced to turn
back from near the Sino-Japanese
fighting lines in the vicinity OF
Kiangwan race course because OF
heavy machine-gun fire.
The automobile contained Cap
tain Hartigan, American naval
attache; Col. Badham Thornhill,
British military attache, and
Capt. william Mayer, assistant
American military attache.
AS the car came close to the
front lines, increasing outburSts
of firing from the japanese
forces warned the party not to
proceed farther.
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to the vicinity Of the Chinese vii
lage of Kiangwan and the in.
ternational race course near
there.
The offensive soon developed
into an attack all along the
16-mile front which the Japanese
have been hammering separately
for weeks.
U. S. Marines Escape
Soon after the attack broke
out a shell exploded in a mill
room in the International Settle
ment which one company Of
United States Marines had just
vacated and which another was
just about to occupy.
No one was hurt, because of
the changing of guards, but
hunks were broken to pieces and
windows throughout the building
were smashed.
While guns doomed one mile
away, two flag-draped coffins,
containing the bodies of British
sailors killed by Chinese shells,
were drawn on gun carriages
through a silent, bare-headed
crowd which gathered all along
Shanghai's main streets.
They were escorted by a silent
band Of armed and Killed High
landers with rifles reversed, and
contingents Of American, French
and Italian marines, sailors and
soldiers. High-turbaned sikhs,
mounted, also were in the solemn
procession.
Planes Bomb Tower
The Japanese lost one full hour
and wasted 5000 pounds Of ex-
plosives this morning on a single
objective, and even then failed to
get it.
Japanese planes dived repeated.
ly on the 150-foot ornamental
water tower located on the Inter
national race course and occupied
as an important Chinese observa-
ton post.
There were repeated duels be-
tween Chinese machine-gunners
atop the tower and attacking
Japanese bombers and pursuit
planes.
The tower was shaken by re-
peated bombs landing close to the
base, but none hitting it.
The wooden structure at the
too was splintered by sprays Of
machine gun bullets and the ex-
ploSiVeS.
The Washington times., 1932-02-20
GIBBONS WATCHES JAPANESE WARSE1IPS SHELL FORTS
VIEW FROM TOWER SHOWS
CHINESE TOWNS RAZED
BY BOMBS AND FIRE

that little burning village and
showing no inclination to go away
from there.
When Comes the Dawn
The japanese now claim that
their lines are surrounding the
village on three sides and that
they will occupy it at dawn
without fail.
The curious divergence between
Japanese reports and actual re-
suits was revealed again last eve
ming when Japanese spokesman
declared japanese losses in the
days fighting amounted to only
four killed and 16 wounded.
hope it's true, but 1t sounds
weird to everybody in Shanghai,
whose ears are still ringing from
bursting explosives.
Heavy Losses Feared
The Chinese, refuse to reveal
their losses, which I fear have
been heavy. But they do claim to
have put three Japanese tanks on
the used car market and brought
down one Rising Sun airplane. i,
Destruction behind the Chinese
lines has been severe and wide
spread
Tonight's full silver moon, high
over the Whangpoo River, looks
down on niieS and miles Of vii
lagos and farmhouseS glowirn: red
from fires started by long.range
shelling and air bombing.
But the japanese as yet have
been unable to advance to the
Chinese lines and occupy them,
although they NAV do so before
MANY hours have passed.
The Washington times., 1932-02-20
u. S. Tourists on Liner View Battle
As Their Ship FleeS Peril at WOOSung

the ladders, appear to be in
tended to carry the japanese
troops over Woosung Greek to-
ward the forts.
During the height Of today's
naval bombardment of WooSung,
American tourists, in clu lin g
women and children, were given
the thrill Of their lives, if not
the fright, aboard the Dollar
liner President Lincoln, outward
bound from Shanghai.
Passing the fort, the President
Lincoln found herself with a
Japanese destroyer a hundred
yards ahead and another the
same distance behind. Both were
looSening broadsides into the
Chinese positions. .......
Chinese Withhold Fire
The tide was running out, and
the President Lincoln's captain
was eager to get past the fighting
area safely. He kept whiStling
for the shelling to hold off long
enough for the ship to pass.
Fortunately, the Chinese didn't
return the japanese fire.
From the decks of the Presi-
dent Lincoln the American tour
lists got a clear picture Of the
wars desolating effects on the
shore a hundred yards away,
where great stone walls were
shattered and pockmarked from
the effects of the deStroyers'
aim, as well as from the bombs
of naval planes.
WooSung Village showed hardly
single house intact, while
smoke from burning buildings
added somberness to this distress
ing farewell picture the tourists
carried away from China.
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IN the war departments around
the world, well, I'll miss my
guess.
! think it will also rout out a
few more cheers for the Chinese
army no matter how shortlived
its sturdy defense may turn out
to be.
Why, you know believe Satur-
days hombardment by heavy
artillery, naval guns, and air
bombs must have cost the Jap
anese in the neighborhood Of q
million yen ($500,000 at par).
Guns Still At It
The grunt and grumble Of
those bursting explosives kept on
all day long, and even early this
morning the guns are still at 1t.
The japanese semi-officially an
nounced capture Of Kiangwan
at 10 o'clock Saturday morning,
but later said:
"Sorry, it was a mistake, but
weIl be in the village by 3
O'Clock sharp Saturday after
noon"
But again the japanese failed
to keep their date, although the
Chinese were still there waiting,
and they were still there around
S O'Clock, when I returned from
the Japanese lines with another
Semi-official promise that the
Chinese would be pushed out by
sunset.
At the present writing it ap.
pears that the Chinese are still
sticking around what remains OF
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tated to advance upon the North
Station, which was reported to
have been mined, and therefore
were concentrating northward.
If reports of the mining are
true, bornbardment of the
North Station would result in
terrible devastation in the sector
held by the United States Thirty
first Infantry regiment.
While the Kiangwan struggle
was in progress, Japanese air
planes swept over the Chinese
positions dropping rain OF bombs
on the rear lines. ...
Meanwhile four Japanese de-
stroyerS were keeping up a steady
bombardment of the Woonsung
forts and their outer trench
defenses 1S miles north OF
Shanghai. /
Eight heavy Japanese guns, IS
large guns, and an ammunition
train moved out Dixwell Road to-
ward Kiangwan tonight 10 re-
inforce the attacking japanese in
fantry, who are being supported
on both flank by naval units.
Headquarters Moved UP
Headquarters of Lieut.. Gen.
Kenkichi U,jeda, directing the
japanese land operations, was ad-
vanced late Saturday as the Japa-
nese lines were pushed forward.
Headquarters of the Chinese
Nineteenth Route Army were cut
off from the International Settle
ment by the Japanese movement
and no estimate Of Chinese casual
ties could be obtained.
japanese military authorities
claimed early this evening that
their losses had been extremely
light.
An urgent call was sent to the
Japanese garrisons in the Inter
national Settlement for two med
ical battalions. A long string Of
Stretcher bearers procee d e d
through crowded Chinese streets
to bring the wounded back from
Kiangwan.
Red CrOss-Armed
The stretcher-bearers were pre-
ceded by an ambulance corps
wearing the white braSSardS OF
the Red Cross on their arms, but
curiously enough carrying Day
onetted rifles in charging posi-
ton.
The Japanese artillery opened
systematic bombardment OF
the Chinese front lines, advanc-
ing their barrage as building
after building was reduced to
powder.
A big fire was burning north
west of the North Station as a
result of this shelling. The
aerial bombardment was not so
heavy. ...
American infantry forces re-
ported IS Japanese soldiers ad-
vanced past their Blockhouse "B"
in the Iection Of the Chinese
lines. 1t was not know whether
this was a first assault party or
merely a scout group. They we're
not fireu upon by Chinese.
Chinese military headquarters
issued a bulletin stating that
three Japanese tanks wrecked the
Kiangwan area, but that later
they were blown up as they
drove over a specially-mined road
while pursuing retreating Chinese.
The Japanese opened their
"big push" with heavy guns and
air bombs along a two-mile front
extending north from Hongkew
The Washington times., 1932-02-20
Chinese Beat Back laps at KianguOan;
IT, S. Marine Quarters AelIed

of responsibility for any damage
to foreign life and property re-
sulting from the impending hos
tilitieS must rest with Japan,
simultaneously the American
military attache at Shanghai.
Captain Mayer, together with the
British, French, and Italian mill
tary representatives, had protested
to the Chinese general, Tsai Peng-
Kai, against the dropping Of Chi
nese artillery shells in the Settle
ment area.
The Washington times., 1932-02-20
laps Notify Taylor
Offensive Will Go On

Japanese naval chiefs have
formally advised American naval
heads in Shanghai that Japan
intends to carry out an offensive
because the Chinese refused to
accept her recent ultimatum, Ad-
miral M. M. Taylor. in charge of
the United States ASiatic fleet in
Chinese waters, reported to the
Navy Department today.
Taylor advised the department
he had received a letter to this
effect from Vice Admiral Nomu-
ra, of the japanese navy.
Futile last minute efforts were
made by the American and other
neutral powers ministers at
Shanghai to prevent the battle
now raging between Chinese and
japanese forces, Nelson T. John
son, the American minister, in
formed the State Department.
johnson said he and the other
ministers had informed the Japa-
nese minister that a large share