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Evening star., 1937-08-22
WF4EN BOMBS FALL ON SHANGHAI AMERICANS
Women Waited and PLAYED
Bridge While Under
Fire in 1882,
Bv Florence Kiue

BY Florence King.
7 SAID -four spades" quite loudly
so that my voice would be heard
over the gunfire which had broken
L out again.
We were playing bridge at our
apartment in Shanghai. which was
only a matter Of blocks. mile at
the very most, from the scene of the
battle. 1t was just two blocks from
the Cathay and Palace Hotels, where
the Americans were killed in last
weeks accidental bombings. There
were five of us present at the time
and Betty Keene, who was helping
her husband cover the Shanghai war
for the Herald Tribune. decided to
cut out of the game and look for
Vic and help him with his cables.
The four of us went on with the
game. Elizabeth Harris, whose hus-
band was the Associated Press cor
respondent; Alma Ekins. wife Of H. r.
Ekins Of the United Press, whose by
line is seen on stories coming out
OF Shanghai today. and Tad Laval,
wife OF the editor OF the Far Eastern
Review, were the other players, and
they were waiting for one of their
husbands to come along and take them
all home
Shanghai was under martial law
at the time, with curfew from 10 pm,
until am. and without military or
press credentials one did not appear
on the streets unless he wanted to
spend the remaining hours of restric-
ton at the nearest Jail. Rumor
said that snipers would surely shoot
at any person on the street at that
hour, on the theory he was an enemy
spy. but don't think any one SUI
fered from such an attack. I think
the rumors did as much harm as
the fighting down the street, as far
as We were concerned. They certainly
shook our nerves Just as much.
THIS, of course, was in 1882 The
papers called 1t the bloody
Shanghai war, but no actual state of
war existed, although relations be-
tween China and Japan were indeed
strained. Thousands of soldiers Of
both sides were killed, thousands Of
helpless people were made homeless,
business was at standstill and foreign
powers spent millions Of dollars send
ing troops and battleships to protect
their nations, but there was no war.
No Americans or other non-com-
batants of the foreign nations In the
International Settlement had been
killed while driving peacefully along
Avenue Edward VII in the middle Of
the day. Syl Honigsberg, who was
killed there last week, was still
dancing at the French Club and the
Palace Hotel lobby was q place for
tea or cocktail. Even though the
rumble of the guns was distinct, no
bombs disturbed the lift of the hotel.
Months after the 1882 situation
quieted down was q guest at the
home Of some japanese friends when
some one inadvertently referred to
"the war" The host, a charming
gentleman, drew In his breath in
proper japanese fashion and said,
"You mean the recent diplomatic dif-
ference Of opinion7"
Evening star., 1937-08-22

from officers Of organizations that
have been pleased with their stay in
the Capital and the hospitality they
have been afforded These "testi-
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The invitations do not make UP the
entire correspondence, however. The
committee forwards, As well. other
letters, received from time to time
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civic bodies send formal invitations
and there are invitations from the
Board Of Trade, from the City Com
misioners and sometimes from mem
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bers Of Congress or from Senators
or other prominent persons, according
to the nature OF the organiza ton and
particular circumstances.
Evening star., 1937-10-24

thing but encour-
aging to econom-
ic revival"
The rec e n I
stock m a r k e t
slump, Hamilton
declared in an
address to West
Virginia Repub-
lican W m e n,
"portends great
possible distress"
and Mr.. Roose-
welt should pre-
pare to deal with
the squalls"
Hamilton said
dp, ~ istrat.ion
Evening star., 1937-10-24
INSURANCE LEADER
ASSAILS new DEAL
Parkinson Charges Administra-
tio nWith Blockading Invest
ment Channels.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROCHESTER, N. Y, october as
President Thomas A. Parkinson Of the
Equitable Life Assurance Society
charged the national administration
today with blockading investment
channels of the country.
Speaking at a Chamber Of Com
merce luncheon. Parkinson asserted
the New Deal set bad example by
teaching the individual spending.
rather than virtues Of thrift and
saving.
Other speakers were Dean Herbert
F. Goodrich Of University Of Penn
sylvania's law school, and E. NJ Pat
terson. professor Of economics in the
university's Wharton School. They
combined with Parkinson in an eco
nomic symposium to paint a picture Of
world in fiux confronted by economic,
political and sociological problems
challenging existing institutions of
every description.
Dean Goodrich directed attention to
the recent constitutional crisis. 1t
has. he asserted, made us "acutely
conscious Of our American govern
mental way of life" resulting in q
more wholesome and realistic point
Of view" Constitutional questions.
particularly with reference to social
problems, will continue as long As
democracy under written con-
stitution, the speaker said.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
GORGAS ESSAY CONTEST
WILL CLOSE JANUARY Fl
Third and, Fourth Year High
School Students May
Try for Prizes.

Third and fourth year high school
students all over the country this
year will write essays for the Gorgas
prizes on 1.-THE Achievements Of Will
liam Crawford Gorgas and Their Rela-
ton to Our HEALTH" Admiral Cary T.
Grayson, chairman of the Board Of
Directors Of the Gorgas Memorial
Institute, announced yesterday.
The essay contest, now in its ninth
year, will close January 81, 1898.
For the best essay written in each
school, a bronze Gorgas medal will
be awarded and the student so honored
will represent his school in the State
competition. The winner in each State
will receive q $40 cash prize, judges be-
ing the State health officer, State off,
cials, the State superintendent of
schools and the Secretary of State.
First national prize Is $500, with
travelling expense allowance Of 5000
for . trip to Washington to receive
the award.
Complete details OF the contests may
be obtained from the ONCE Of the
institute at 1885 I street.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
TELEV|S|ON SETS
TO Be HOMEMADE
Parts Will Be Marketed Be-
fore Complete Apparatus
Is Offered.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 23-The first
television sets, like the flrst radios,
will be homemade.
Engineers confirmed this today after
word leaked out that the Radio Corp.
OF America will soon market parts
from which such sets can be built.
The FIRST sets will probably cost
from 5000 to $500.
The parts will be sold, 1t was ex-
planned at the r. c. A. offices, because
teleyision experts have found no better
way Of bringing radio pictures from
the experimental stage into widespread
practical use.
From the time television emerged
from the dream phase, engineers have
striven to bring the new medium to
life full grown. They wanted receiv-
ing sets, broadcasting apparatus and
programs perfected together so the
thing could start at full tilt. The Fed
eral Communications Commission CO.
operated in this by limiting television
broadcast licenses to an experimental
basis.
Programs Too Expensive.
But experience has shown that tele-
vision programs are too expensive to
attract commercial sponsors unless
those sponsors are assured a large
audience. The audience will not be
there unless buyers Of television sets
are assured q steady flow Of good
programs. And-here is the big catch
-television engineers are afraid to sell
complete sets now because develop
ments are coming so fast that the
sets soon would be out Of date.
So the television men are turning
deliberately to the man who, acci-
dentally, was responsible for the devel-
opment of radio-the great American
handy-man- -around-the-house - the
fellow who can build anything as
long as he has the parts.
The handy-man builds his own set.
and when a change comes he makes 1t
Evening star., 1937-10-24

have little or no effect on future fore
closures.
2. The proposed changes would
result In heavy losses which the tax
payers would ultimately have to pay.
3. There Is no real desire or demand
on the part of H. o. L. G. borrowers
for such changes.
4. H. o. L. G. collections are con-
tinually improving and Its rate Of
foreclosures has passed the peak.
5. The H. o. L. c. must be per-
mitted to build up reserves to meet
losses.
9. A lowering Of interest rates
would seriously influence the general
home mortgage market.
7. The savings Of millions Of people
in mortgage lending institutions
would be adversely affected.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
H. Ole. TO REFUSE
TO REDUCE RATES
Agitation to Cut Interest Is
Laid to Promoters Seek
ina Own Gain.

Charging that agitation for reduc-
ton OF interest rates on loans made
by the Home Owners Loan Corpora
ton Is coming principally from pro-
fessional promoters who are attempt
ing to turn the movement into a
money-making campaign for them
selves, Charles A. Jones, general man.
ager Of the corporation, yesterday an
nounced that the board of directors
'is unanimous in its conviction that
no reduction from the present interest
rate is justifiable."
At the present time the loans call
for 5 per cent interest and amortiza-
ton within is years. Among several
bills introduced on the subject last
year in Congress were some calling
for reduction Of interest rates to "a
per cent and extension Of the amor
tization period to 80 years.
"Promoters' Blamed.
1T is significant" Jones said, that
the agitation for a revision of the
H. o. L. c. mortgage terms has not
sprung at all from any spontaneous
movement of H. o. L. c. borrowers.
It came from a few small groups of
men who thought they saw an oppor-
tunity to make money at the expense
Of the borrowers.
Zone group. for instance, adver-
tised for field men, organized a train
ing school for solicitors and sent them
to H. o. L. G. mortgagors to sell mem
berships In their movement for So
down and rs cents q month. This is
the group which sponsored one Of the
bills introduced at the last session Of
Congress"
Arguments Against Cut.
Estimating that reduction Of the
interest rate to az per cent and ex-
tension Of the amortization period to
20 years would cost the Government
and the taxpayers 'si,00o.000. 900.
Jones presented seven conclusions in
support Of the corporation position
against any changes. They follow
]. The suggested changes would
Evening star., 1937-10-24

by inserting new part instead Of
buying whole new set. His expe-
riences help the television engineers,
and when commercial sets are ready
they are compact and cheaper because
they are made for mass consumption.
The growth Of television will thus
be like that Of radio, but 1t will also
be different.
Early Days Of Wireless.
In the earliest days Of wireless any
one anywhere could sit in his parlor
With his crystal and earphones and
listen to dots and dashes OF the Morse
code. That was great stuff then
because no one thought of anything
better. The voice and music broad
casts which followed could also be
heard over q wide range.
The first television sets, on the other
hand, will be dependable only within
hundred-mile radius Of New York
and Philadelphia. the two cities from
which regular picture programs are
now broadcast.
Another difference between young
television and young radio IA that the
first radios had innumerable, crude
parts.
In television, much of this prelimi-
nary detail has already been elimi-
mated in the laboratories. The main
part in the homemade sets will be a
large cathode ray tube, similar in
appearance to an overgrown radio tube.
through which electrical impulses ara
filtered, amplified and converted into
light rays. Other important parts
"scan" the picture, picking up light
and shadow line by line just as your
eye reads a book. from left to right.
down the page; focus the screen and
step up" the current.
The parts, which will go on the
market within few months, can be
assembled and hooked up to an ordi-
nary radio set.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
HOUSEKEEPING is LAID
TO CIGARETTE SUSPECT

Bernard Ballard, 26, Of the 1400
block D street southeast. arrested on
suspicion Thursday night as he carr
ried sack of allegedly stolen Gig
arettes through an alley near Eighth
street and Virginia avenue southeast.
was charged with HOUSEKEEPING at
police headquarters last hight.
Precinct Detective Watson Salkeld
of the fifth precinct said Ballard was
implicated in II housebreaking cases
since last June. in which total loot
amounted to little more than 500.
He was formally charged with only
three cases.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
FEDERICO PAEZ RESIGNS
AS ECUADOR PRESIDENT
Succeeded by Minister of War
: With Cabinet Largely Made
Up Of Army Officers.

BY the Associated Press.
GUAYAQUIL. Ecuador. october %.
Provisional President Federico Paez
suddenly resigned today and WAS sue
ceeded by his minister Of war with q
cabinet composed largely Of army ofh-
GERS.
The newspaper El TELEGRAPH reported
from Quito that the war minister,
Gen. Alberto Enriquez. issued a decree
assuming power Immediately after
Paez, who became provisional presi-
dent following the 1885 revolution,
presented his resignation to the Ma
tional Assembly.
Reports that the capital accepted
the change quietly were brought to
Guayaquil by Col. Ricardo Villacreces,
inspector general Of aviation, who ar
rived to confer with local garrison
chiefs.
Evening star., 1937-10-24

policies have created widespread
alarm" instead Of true prosperity"
and that the President "has shown
himself unaware Of actual economic
developments.
"Our Republican opposition to the
New Deal, which has been trans
formed into the Roosevelt deal, has
always been based on the fundamen-
tai consideration that in the long run
1t could not work." Hamilton said.
"Now that this Roosevelt deal is
beginning to creak at the joints, we
may expect to hear again that the
Republican party is the party OF
privilege, that it is antagonistic to
the welfare of the common man, and
that his interests are only safe IN
Mr.. Roosevelt's hands. This Is far
thest from the fact"
Evening star., 1937-10-24
Firemen Recover Ring.

Divers belonging to the city fire de-
partment of Frankfurt. Germany. went
to Budingen. so miles away, to retrieve
the engagement ring honeymooning
couple from England had dropped
into a river swimming pool. Three
firemen in diving suits found the
precious circlet in less than five min
utes.
Evening star., 1937-10-24

100000 Attend Fair.
Nearly 100000 people, including
6,l74 foreign buyers, attended the re-
cent Fall fair IN Leipzig, Germany.
Evening star., 1937-10-24

but do not believe In the probability
Of anything worse than mustard
cases." he said.
Then there is the bogey OF the
use of disease In weapons. If pos
sible. pneumonia plague might be dis
seminsted by airplane, but that Is
more difficult than 1t sounds"
(Copyrisht. 1887, by the New York
Tribune, Inc.)
Evening star., 1937-10-24
PIT. A. Masquerade.

COTTAGE CITY. Md, October %
Especially Parents and teachers have
been invited to attend the masquerade
to be held In the auditorium Of the
Cottage City School October 26 as
feature of the regular monthly meet
ing.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
"JITTERY" TACTICS
HIT BY HAMILTON
Roosevelt Practices "Anything
but Encouraging" G. o. P.
Chairman Declares.

By the Associated Press.
CHARLESTON. w. Va, October 23.
John Hamilton, chairman Of the
Republican National Committee,
charged today that President Roose-
welt has made the American people
"jittery" by practices that are any
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-16
Japs Went On
Goat For Attack
(Continuec from rage One0

State Department, officials asserted 1T
confirmed that, while the Fanny sur
vivors were escaping from the SINK
ing ship in small Boats, Japanese ar
planes Owed and machine-gunned the
boats at low altitude. Two were
wounded
The State Department official adj
vices. it was added, confirmed also
that before the Panay sank two ia
panese army motor boats approached
the ship and machine-gunned it,
Some of the japanese, it was said,
boarded the Panay and remained on
it about five minutes, although the
American colors were flying and were
easilv visible.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-16

Don't expect any more news out
of the Department of Agriculture be-
fore the first of the new year. Louis
H. Wilson, popular publications chief,
leaped head first into the sea of mat
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-16
rimoony last night and viii be on his
l1oneymoon for the next two weeks.

J. M. Granger, engineer for the
State Rural Identification Authority,
is leaving Friday for trip on which
he will visit all municipalities in the
east which operate power plants. He
wants data for an annual report.
Three Rural Electrification offiSlals
Dudley Bagley, director; j. M.
Granger. engineer: and David Weav-
err. secretary-are planning to make
sealed predictions on the progress OF
rural identification during the neX'
two years.
They plan to put their forecasts
away and not open them until ex-
piration of the two year period. Then
they'll compare predictions with pro-
e-ress worst guesser to buy three fine
dinners.
State Senator John D. Larkins. Of
Jones county, was in Raleigh We'd
nesday seeking a parole for one of his
clients.
The senator was a staunch Sandy
Graham supporter in the 1886 guber-
Material primary and had a friend,
John Harmon. now of Durham, work
ing in Sandy,s headquarters here. Mr..
Harmon talked so much about Sena-
tor Larkins and Jones county. that
he got everybody in the place all mix
ed up to the point where they couldn't
figure out whether it was Senator
Jones of Larkins county, or Senator
Larkins of Jones county.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-16
Capital Gossip
BY HENRY AVERILL
Daily Dispatch Bureau.

In the Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Dec. 16.-Al health OIL
Gals of North Carolina who could get
awav from their local jobs are gath
cred here today for an all-day session
at which talks are scheduled to be
made on almost every angle OF health
work in the State.
DR.. Carl w. Reynolds. State health
officer, called the session TO order,
and started it off on the long grind.
Governor Clyde r. Hoey has been
placed on the mailing list of Aimee
Sample McPherson's "Foursquare
Crusader.
Bob" Thompson, the governors
secretary once was member OF
group of reporters who greeted Aimee
as she returned from a voyage abroad
He SAYS the Angelus temple head as
,"It' than Clara Bow. Bob probably
had the governor placed on the list.
Major Arthur Fulk was out OF his
office Wednesday, victim of a very
heavy cold Your correspondent want
ed to ask him to comment on the
.broadside loosed against the High
way Patrol by Wilmington's Mayor
Tom Cooper.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-04-01
Christian EndeavOr Union
Sponsors District Rallies

Due to increase in the number of
Young Peoples Christian Endeavor
Societies in the County the work has
been divided into two districts,
Suburban: Ira Ward, Rockville, Vice
President in charge including societies
at Rockville, Brookeville, Sunshine,
Bethesda, and Kensington, Upper
Montgomery County: Clark Boyer,
Jamestown, Vice President in charge
including Jamestown, Boyd, Neels-
Vile, Hyattstown and Clagettsville. I
The District Vice Presidents have
charge Of the Rallies scheduled for
their respective districts and both
will discuss: "A Larger and More
Important Place in Church and Com
munity for Christian Endeavor."
Meetings will be held at Kensington
April a and Clagettsville April II be-
ginning at 800 and members from
each socid fly will talk on the subject.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-04-01
tuberculosis Group To
Meet Wednesday, April Z

The annual meeting of the Mont
gomery County Brand of the Mary
land tuberculosis Association will be
held at 1890 o'clock on Wednesday,
April at the Hungerford Tavern
in Rockville. A luncheon will pre-
cede the meeting.
DIR. Victor F. Cullen, Superintend-
ent of the Maryland tuberculosis
Sanatorium, will be the principal
speaker. VIM. B. Matthews of Bal
timore will be present and will give
report from the State tuberculosis
Association. Mrs. Frank F. Zundel
of Takoma Park, President of the
County Association will preside and
will give her report as Chairman
of the 1886 seal sale.
DR.. Ellicott, County Health Off
Ger, will report on the situation in
regard to tuberculosis in Montgom-
cry County and will make proposal
for the future program. The meet
ing is open to all members of the
County Association, that is to all
persons who purchase Christmas
seals.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-04-01
Rev. E. Pearce Hayes To
Speak At Damascus

The Montgomery Epworth League
has the pleasure of announcing an
address by Rev. E. Pearce Hayes,
a missionary to China. This address
will be delivered in Damascus ME-.
Church at 8 P. M. on Sunday,
April A.
The young people of the various
churches in this community are
sponsoring him. They extend cor
dial greeting for everyone to attend.
Rev. Hayes, of Baltimore, has
spent sixteen years in China as a
missionary. He is in this country
on furlough and he will return to
the Foochow District of China in
August.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-04-01
Repairs Suggested
In Old Courthouse
By Grand Jurors
Falling Plaster And Other Con-
ditiOns Noted AS Needing
Improvement

The March Grand Jury recommend
ed that steps be taken to repair and
improve the old courthouse in Rock
vile and safeguard the county home
against fire hazards. The report, in
part was as follows.
"The Grand Jury thoroughly ex-
amined "a cases, and after diligently
examining Sc witness, presented 19
indictments.
son inspection of the Jail, We find
that there are 20 white men, l white
girl, and rs colored men, making a
total of AZ incarcerated.
at is recommended that food car
rier be provided for the use of the Jail
authorities instead of carrying the
food to cells in a push cart.
at is also recommended that steps
be taken to repair the roof in back
of the living apartment of the Jail SC
that water will drain in the proper
manner, instead of collecting in the
center of the roof. The members OF
the Grand Jury have been Informed
that this recommendation has beer
made several times without remedy.
can inspection Of the old courthouse
convinces the Grand Jury that it is II
the present time, and there is also
need of a new roof due to the leaks al
falling plaster in many places, anc
our inspection discloses that constant
repairs fail to remedy these condi
tions.
In the new courthouse, the Crane
jury was unable to ascertain as tC
whether or not the repairs necessary
on the ceiling of the Law Library
had been complete, and if this condi
ton has been remedied, we suggest &
coat of paint thereto. Furthermore
there is bad condition of soiled walls
in room 307. Inasmuch as severa
ceilings seem to be in need of proper
attention. We urgently request tina
these matters be given consideration.