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Evening star., 1935-12-18
|NEW NORTH CHINA
COUNCIL CONvENES
Demonstrators Fail to Halt
InauguraI-City Reported
Bombed by Japanese.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PEIPING, China, December ia
semi-autonomous political council for
the broad North China provinces Of
Hopeh and Chahar went into opera
ton today, over the opposition Of
demonstrating anti-Japanese students.
The Inauguration of the council, set
up amid agitation for North China
separation from the Central Chinese
government, was held at an early
morning hour and with utmost secrecy,
apparently as a precaution against
fresh protests.
As news of the councils inaugura-
tion spread, however, hundreds Of
students gathered at the city gates,
where police armed with bayonets pre-
vented them from entering.
Student masses also paraded in the
other major North China city of
Tientsin, shouting slogans and demon
strating against the autonomy move
ment.
A committee of students presented
demands to the Iientsin mayoralty for
suppression of the Peiping Council.
Their declaration, broadcast to crowds
in the streets, asserted public patience
was exhausted by Japanese "aggres-
sion" and urged merchants and
workers to cooperate with the students
in nationwide general strike.
Gen. Sung Chen Yuan, chairman
of the council. which was accorded
partial political independence from
the Marking government, announced
the principles of the new North China
regime called for promotion of friend
ly relations with neighboring coun-
tries (Manchukuo and Japan.
He asserted also that official ap-
pointments would follow the will OF
the North China people, and that
officials themselves would share the
"hardships Of the people"
Evening star., 1935-12-18

Earnest thinkers, who'll accuse the
newspapers of sensationalism for fea-
turing distressful happenings, forget
that. to live, newspapers must print
what people want to read about, not
what professional uplifters and most
publishers, and many editors. would
like them to read. To publish any
other sort Of newspaper for popular
consumption would require an endow-
nent fund bigger than the average
refornner's ignorance Of human nature.
Extra: In the excitement, one more
saddening headline almost was over
looked: Governor Talmadge Of Geor-
gia stillt thinks he's running for
President.
(Ccpzrsrht, 1873, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. 1ne9
Evening star., 1935-12-18
DEMOCRATS OPEN
QUICK SK|RM|SH
Spokesman Continue to De-
ride Hoover-G. O. P.
Ponders Funds.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Democratic leaders thrust out today
in a counter-attack against prelimi-
nary skirmishes OF Republicans, who
seek a quick start in the 1896 cam
paign to unseat the New Deal.
The fire of the administration
spokesmen was concentrated on former
President Hoover. while the Republi-
cans, off to running start, planned to
talk over campaign money matters in
New York today.
Senator Guffey of Pennsylvania, the
Democratic Senatorial Campaign
Committee chairman, talked Of Mr..
Hoover's st. Louis speech and de-
clared:
IF the ex-President really believes
his own philosophy, wish he would
tell us why the American people almost
unanimously pitched him out Of
ofice."
Fletcher Voices Optimism.
Republican Chairman Henry p
Fletcher. however, declared the ma
tional political situation 'is very
favorable" He expressed satisfaction
with the party's meeting, which set
June as the date Of the Cleveland
convention, and planned a talk to-
day in New York with William B
Bell, new Finance Committee head.
eff funds are available for the pur-
pose" the chairman said, I'VE will
start right in with an educational and
organization campaign"
President Roosevelt remained alooi
from the open declarations regarding
the Hoover speech attacking the New
Deal He did, however, tell a re-
porter to look up the record, when
asked to comment on the Hoover
charge that the President made g
$2,500 ,000, 900 error in estimating pub
lie debt commitments.
Farley Confident.
Postmaster General Farley, in his
capacity as Democratic chairman, wa,
more outSpoken.
Answering Republican resolution
which sought aid from anti-New Dea
Democrats. Farley declared millions
Of Republicans voted for Roosevelt ir
1882" He said "just as many" viii
do so in 1896.
In radio address Farley asserted
the Presidents reelection was as.
sured no matter who the Republican
nominee is. He said he did not envy
the Republicans their task ''of com
posing the abysmal differences Of the
fragments Of that party"
Other political developments yester'
day included:
l. Republican predictions that thu
G. o. P. would again break the "Solic
South" in 1896, countered by Demo.
cratic forecasts that President Roose'
velt would not lose a single Statt
there.
South's Split Denied.
2. A Democratic assertion that "Jef
fersonian constitutional" Democrat
below the Mason-Dixon line woulc
vote for Roosevelt and not join hands
with the Republicans as suggested
Monday in q formal resolution ap-
proved by the @. o. P. National Com
mittee.
8. A radio speech by Representative
Mcleod, Republican. Of Michigan, who
declared President Roosevelt's admin
istration was ''houndering badly" anc
that It was "safe to say the American
people will not be q party to the vote
buying program Of the New Deal"
4. Republican praise and Demo
cratic criticism Of former President
Hoover's speech In which he raked the
administration relief policies and
proposed an immediate transfer of re.
lief operations to the States ito assure
q clean election"
Evening star., 1935-12-18
Christmas Seals
~
-
Why I Buy Them-A State
ment to Public by
Elwood Street.

tuberculosis is a community disease.
No home is safe from tuberculosis un-
tiisall homes are safe because 1t, Is q
communicable disease caused by q
germ that can be passed by the sick
tosthe well. The Christmas Seals you
buy will help find the sick and pro-
tect the well.
ELwOOD STREET,
Director Board Of Public welfare.
Evening star., 1935-12-18
RECIPROCITY LIST
HAS NINE NATIONS
Honduras and the Netherlands
About to Sign Trade
Agreements.

BY the Associated Press.
Reciprocal trade agreements be-
tween the United States and two more
nations, making . total Of nine such
pacts. were expected today to be forth
coming soon.
Formal signing Of an agreement
with Honduras may be announced to-
day, while Secretary Hull Ia ready to
sign trade pact with representatives
Of the Netherlands tomorrow. An
agreement with Spain may be COM
pleted before the years end.
Evening star., 1935-12-18

NAaA ~
murder. Nurse
suspected Of in
hicting mercy
deaths" on help
less patients.
Confession by
Hauptmann pre-
die t e d. Rich
mans son kid
naped. Former
President Hoover
tries to make hui
morous speech,
. All these
tragic things on
the same front
page.
Evening star., 1935-12-18

route and run some of the buses
down Eighteenth street. This change
was approved by Ernest L. Stewart
and Albert Brick. representing the
Northwest Business Mems Associa-
ton. They urged direct service be-
tween Chevy Chase Circle and Co
lumhia road and Eighteenth streeA
Evening star., 1935-12-18

themselves and let their friends in
on the ground floor, then excuse
themselves and let everyone else
awaken in the basement.
The commisson is supposed to be
restraining itself to see what the
Market Correction Committee will dc
about this trio Of matters.
Another unnlentioned angle be-
hind the furnishing silDer policy Is
this: When the i0dr scare is ouer,
the Treasury Is going to hare q
problem OF relationship udlues be-
tt0een the dollar and the pound.
The pound 1DiI certainly 90 up in
relation to the dollar. WelE-you
iDouldn't support the silper market
notD, i0ould you7
Ultra -fashionables who have seer
THE First. Lady" in New York, say
1t is misnalned. The inside on that
is, it is story Of Cissie and Alice
not Eleanor, and not especially good
MIS-. hnOA II TeSlulnB III lie mllo
climate Of Washington this year
rather than Asheyille, SO that the
Colonel can fly down from Chicago
each week end.
No one at the Republican Ma
ttondl Committee gathering found
out iUho Charles Hilles tDGs for, al
though eUery one tried to. The
doubt is supposed to lie, not in Mr..
Hdles' mind, but in his tongue.
The New Berry Council Of Labor
Leaders ard Business Men is being
referred to by the hoi polloi as "Tht
Berry Pickers." The betting is 10 to
that the results will be more razz
than straw.
(Copyrisht. 1e35)
Evening star., 1935-12-18

Upper: Mrs. Elizabeth Sullivan,
representing the Progressive Cit
liens Association of Georgetown,
Is shown discussing transportation
problems with John H. Hanna,
president of the Capital Transit
Co, at today's hearing on street
car and bus service. She charged
the company with failure to syn
chronize arrival of cars and buses
at transfer points.
Right: Milo H. Brinkley,
Georgetown Citizens Association,
who recommended rerouting of the
Burleith-Trinidad buSses. He de-
clared he once had to put his head
out bus window to escape fumes
from the motor.-Star staff Photo.
Evening star., 1935-12-18
Irwin S. Cobb
Says:
Newspapers Must Print
What Public Wants
to Read.

CULVER CITY, Calf, December
1S.-Beautiful actress n1ysteriously
dead. Crazed worker turns peaceful
street into o shambles. Mother Of
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The Washington times., 1935-03-27
ISLE Of PLENTY
IS KODIAK

DENVER, G.N.S0.-Right un-
der the U. S. flag there is land
where there is no unemployment.
where obtaining a meal is simply
a matter of waiting for the tide
to go out, and where trout are so
plentiful they are considered a
nuisance and a bounty is paid for
their destruction!
This is Kodiak Island, off the
coast of Alaska, as described by
Charles Madsen; for IS years q
resident of the far northern ter.
ritory. He has been visiting
friends in Denver with his 10.
year-old daughter, Elizabeth, who
saw her first street car and took
her first train and airplane rides
en- route here.
It was gold that lured him to
Alaska, Madsen said, but a love
of fishing and hunting kept him
there.
The grizzly bear is runt com.
pared with the Kodiak bear. be-
tween 5000 and 1000 Of which
inhabit the island, along with 800
human beings. 1t is the largest
of the bruin species.
The Washington times., 1935-03-27
Work Relief Promised
100000 in College

MIAMI, March 27 I.N.S0.-Fol'
lowing last-minute discussions be-
tween President Roosevelt and
Harry L. Hopkins, FERA head,
the Administration was ready to-
day with essential details Of op-
Grating the pending public works
program.
These included:
1. A substantially different
administration Set-up from pre-
viouS attempts in this line.
2. Immediate provision for
100000 students to receive work
relief in colleges.
3. Plans to give white collar
groups and unemployed women
work assistance.
The Civilian Conservation Corps
will be continued. Low cost hous'
ing will be another employment
field. In addition. it has been
determined, there is no shortage
Of employment-giving projects.
Low cost housing projects are
not sufficient by themselves to
take up the slack, it was found,
The plan now is to locate projects
according to centers Of greatest
unemployment need.
The Washington times., 1935-03-27
FIRM
On EXECUTION

KOVNO, Lithuania, March 81
GNSD.-Little Lithuania def
ant,y took a stand today against
letting foreign diplomatic pressure
stampede her into exercising
clemency on behalf Of the four
Nazis under sentence of death,
but there were developing indica-
tions that the "putsch" plotters
would never be executed.
April 3, when the findings Of
the court-martial are to be pub
lished, is the earliest date on
which the four could face the
firing squad.
But beyond the court-martial
there are two tribunals before
which an appeal may be taken,
possibly delaying the executions
for months.
Backed by irate German public
opinion, the four men under SEN
tence OF death undoubtedly Will
appeal to the court of Cessation
and, if necessary, the supreme
court, it was stated here.
BY that time, it was felt in
diplomatic quarters, Lithuania
may have decided to yield to
representations from the guaran-
tors of Memel's semiautonomy
and commute the sentences to
avoid another European crisis.
The situation was especially
delicate in view of the testimony
at the long trial that German
storm troopers were ready to help
the conspirators in their plot to
sieze Memel, formerly German
territory. Two other Nazis were
sentenced to life imprisonment
and 13 to eight to II years.
The Washington times., 1935-03-27
Boys Plea Wins
Gift of Two
ArmyHorses

CHICAGO, March q G.N.SO.
Two veteran Army artillery
horses within a few days will
be pulling plow through South
Dakota soil in answer to a r.
year-old boys touching appeal.
Today the two condemned
Army horeses, Reno and Buffalo,
were being shipped to the Violin,
S. D., farm where 12-year-old
Leroy johnson and his father
live. They are the gift of the
entire United States Field Ar
tillery, with each member con-
tributing 3 cents to cover the
price paid at a special auction
held at Fort Sheridan, Ill.
In a letter addressed to "U.
S. War Department, Washing
ton, ID. c." Leroy asked for the
gift of IAN old team of artillery
horses" to replace TIE aged ami
mails his father was using to
work their 3OO-acre farm. His
father could not afford a new
team.
1t all will be a surprise for
Leroy, for Maj. Gen. Upton
Birnie, jr., chief of Field ArtiI-
lery, had written the boy that
Army regulations required the
sale of such animals at auction.
The Washington times., 1935-03-27
STRIKE ON WAR
FACES SCHOOLS

An antiwar strike by students
of local schools and colleges is be-
ing planned for II o'clock on
April IL, the eighteenth anniver.
sary of Americas entrance into
the World War.
Leaders of radical student or
ganizations today distributed
handhills asking students to leave
their classrooms at the hour OF
the strike.
Miss Jean Scott, chairman of
the strike committee, stated the
purpose of the "walkout" is to
protest against war and Facism.
Included in the slogans of the
strike are:
Schools, Not Battleships."
"AbOliSh the r. o. T. c."
"Our Lives are at Stake"
"Strike Against Imperialist
War;"
The Washington times., 1935-03-27
JR.,CAN' I
AID ACTRESS

LONDON, March 27 G.N.s)
Douglas Fairbanks, jr., would like
very much to come to Gertrude
Lawrence's rescue with his plump
pocketbook and save that lovely
lady from the bankruptcy dragon,
but the British government, Doug
told International News Service
today, won't let him.
The famous British actress,
often costarred on the stage as
well as in matrimonial rumor with
the voluntarily exiled young
Fairbanks, owes around $125,000
according to her creditors, and
has assets of only $4,000. Doug
said:
II have offered repayment Of
Gertie'S claims.
"My offers have been refused
because of legal reasons.
would gladly help, but the Brit
ish government says mo-"
Doug jr., especially wanted to
dispose of reports in British gossip
columns that he was assuming
responsibility for all Miss Law
rence's bankruptcy liabilities.
The Washington times., 1935-03-27
HEADS
UNRUFFLED BY
RSTR|KE'
WaIkout Planned for April IL
Not Expected to Cause
Much Disturbance

Pacifistic Washington students,
fearful that another war is in the
offing, met stone walls on many
fronts today in their plans for
an international students anti
war strike April II.
Handbills, proclaiming tn t
"Our Lives Are at Stake" and
that "War Can Mean Only Death
on the Battlefield, or Unemploy'
ment and Starvation When We Re-
turn" were being distributed on
the campuses of local universities,
but school officials looked ask
ance at the idea and predicted
nothing would come of it.
At American University, where
a group of students were said to
be planning the strike, which has
been called for II a. m. on April
IL, the eighteenth anniversary of
Americas entrance into the World
War. Dean George B. Woods said
1--WE haven't heard anything
about it here. There's appar-
emily nothing to it,"
MARVIN NOT WORRIED
Apparently confident that the
strike scare means nothing, the
office of DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin
president of, George Washington
University, wasn't at all con
cerned, stating that the university
probably wouldn't do anything at
all about it.
University of Maryland students
at College Park refused to join in
the strike. At a meeting last
night they voted against partici
patton. Student officials said
leaders of the strike have no fol
lowing on the university campus
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, Superin
tendent of District schools, who
has been asked by the leaders for
a hearing to obtain permission OF
the Board of Education to call
the strike in the local high schools,
plans no immediate action.
Asks Information
He has asked the strike leaders
for information as to the stand
ing of the organizations sponsor
ing the walkout, but there is little
likelihood that he will grant the
hearing.
In one of the handbills it was
stated:
I'VE students have nothing to
gain by another World War
we have everything to lOSe-Our
education, our future, our very
lives. No profits, no foreign
dOminions, no spheres of in
fluence' will fall to us. War
can mean only death on the
battlefield, or unemployment
and starvation when we return.
1--WE must not let the drums
Of war and glorious, meaning
less slogans fool us again."
The Washington times., 1935-03-27
st. Luke's Accepts
Elliott AS Rector

Acceptance of the Rev. Josiah
E. Elliott as rector Of st. Luke's
P. E. Church is announced by the
vestry committee.
DR.. Elliott succeeds the Rev.
Thomas j. Brown, who for nearly
a half century was astor of the
church and has been retired as
pastor emeritus. The new rector
attended the elementary schools
Of Washington and Baltimore
and did his college work at
Howard and Temple Universities
and the Bishop Payne Divinity
School. He was ordained a dea-
con by the Rt. Rev. Arthur C.
Thompson. bishop coadjutor Of
Southern Virginia. He is a World
War veteran.
The Washington times., 1935-03-27
DiOnnes Scott
At Reports of
Kidnap Plot

CALENDER. Ontario, March
27.-Elzire and Olivia Dionne
laughed today at stories Of an
alleged plot to whisk them and
their quintuplets across the
United States border, turned
thumbs down on offers of help
from the Ontario government
and reiterated that what we
want is our babies"
In an exclusive interview with
International News Service, Papa
and Mama Dionne made it
plain they were not disturbed
by the pilot" which caused
Ontario officials to post a police
guard at the Dafoe Hospital,
where the quintuplets are be.
ing reared. Father Dionne said:
II didn't lose any sleep over
1t. It's just a put-up job, a
publicity stunt. Probably Wei
fare Minister CrOll thought we
would want the guardianship
bill put through to protect the
babies. But 1 don't think we
need his protection"
Elzire Dionne also said she
not not worried about the kid.
nap scheme.
The Washington times., 1935-03-27
Miss LeGear Backs
NRA Riding Club

Announcement of a successful
organization of the NRA Riding
Club was made today by Miss
Laura LeGear, sponsor of the or
ganization, who said that Is en-
ployes of the emergency unit have
been included as charter members.
The club, which rides on Satur-
day afternoons around the Speed
way, had an encouraging turnout
for it's initial outing, Miss LeGear
said today, and with good weather
expects to increase its member
ship daily.
The Washington times., 1935-03-27
GREELY IS PAID
!. HONOR BY j. 8.

"TO sleep was perchance to
die and so / never composed
my mind for sleep without \
strong sense Of uncertainty that
ever again should / wake to
life and consciousness"
To the 91-year-old soldier who
wrote those words in 1884 while
awaiting rescue in the gale-torn
Arctic, Secretary of War George
H. Dern today will present his
country's first recognition Of his
services to the United States
during a narrowing three years
in the Far North.
The man is Maj. Gen. Adolphus
Greely. U. S. A., retired, who will
receive the Congressional Medal
of Honor on the anniversary of
his ninety-first birthday today.
Will Visit Home
Because of his age and his
health, General Greely, who is
under doctors orders not to leave
his house in the 3100 block o
Street N. w., the Secretary of War
will make the trip out to George
town to present the medal.
Although the aged man is un-
willing to discuss the three years
when he and his comrades were
out of touch with civilization,
nevertheless he broke down today.
as he looked out of his window
with a faraWay look in his eye, to
say:
ut was terrible-thOse three
years. We were rs when we set
out. We were seven when we
were finally rescued"
Honor Delayed
In all these many years his
Government has never rewarded
him for his services. In fact,
when he came back to his native
country after his three years in
the North, he found that by po-
litical influence another man had
caused his demotion to a lower
rank in the Army.
But at p. m. today, Secretary
Dern will pin a medal on his
breast, with the citation:
For his life of splendid pub
lie service, begun on March n,
1874, having enlisted as pri-
vate in the United States Army
on July rs, 1861, and by sue
cessive promotions was COM
missioned as major general Feb
ruary 10, 1906, anu retired by
operations of law on his sixty
fourth birthday"
The Washington times., 1935-03-27
Dunbar Players
To Give Comedy

"Dulcy," a three-act comedy by
Marc Connolly and George Kauf'
man, will be presented Friday by
the Dunbar Players of the Dun
bar High School Community
Center.
The play is under direction of
Miss Gertrude P. McBrown, in
charge of dramatics in the com
munity centers. The case will in.
clude Helen Sparks, James Jones,
Herman Smith, Mayme Foster,
Lois Jones, Henry Letcher, Clar,
ence Pendleton, Harold Flowers,
John Harrison and Nathaniel
King.
The Washington times., 1935-03-27
DR.. CARR TELLS
SCHOOL NEEDS

DR.. William G. Carr, director Of
the research division of the Ma
tional Education Association, told
the House Education Committee
yesterday that $500 schools in
II States have been forced to
close due to lack Of funds.
If teachers demanded cash pay
ment of their salaries, more than
$4,000 schools would be closed, DR..
Carr said. Many of these schools
asked financial aid from the Fed
eral Government before Janu-
ary S.
Between 20 and 30 million dol
lars is needed to prevent thousands
of schools from closing, DR.. John
w. Studebaker. United States
Commissioner of Education, esti-
mated.
The Washington times., 1935-03-27
BUILDING RULE
UP IN COUNTY

ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE,
Va, March 27.-The Arlington
County zoning Appeal Board met
today at p. m. in the court house
to decide on proposal made last
January to reduce the building
setback on the Lee Boulevard
from so to Is feet.
The proposed change to be made
from Station lot in Lyon Park to
Key Bridge, later was revised to
include the entire highway from
the bridge to the county line.
The Washington times., 1935-03-27
BOILER TESTER
PROVES FAKE

Police today were seeking a
man who, impersonating a boiler
inspector, collected 81 from the
District Motor Company, 1900
block Fourteenth st. N. w., for
adjusting safety valves" on the
concerns heating plant.
Capt. Hugh P. Orm, director of
inspections for the District,
pointed out that there is only one
District boiler inspector. and that
his 1.ame is P. M. Greenlaw.
The Washington times., 1935-03-27
She Got a Big
Load Off Chest

VANCOUVER. B. C. G.N.SO.
One hundred pounds Of milk a
day for 80 days was the way
"Rainton Rosalind S" an imported
Ayrshire COW. started off her 1865.
day test as an official member of
the University of British Colum-
bias prize herd.
She produced approximately
5000 pounds of milk and 120
pounds of butterfat in the first
month, the equivalent Of 40 quarts
of milk each day.