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The Washington times., 1937-10-28
MARGIN CHANGE.
BOOSTS STOCKS

NEW YORK, Oct. % G.N.S).
The stock market staged a big
rise today in a wave of buying
and short covering which fol-
lowed the overnight announce
ment of margin changes by the
Federal Reserve Board.
The margin changes consisted
of a cut to 40 per cent from SIS
per cent Of the amount of money
needed to buy stocks, and a flat
rate of SO per cent on all short
sales.
Stocks opened 81 to SO a share
higher, but profit-taking cut the
gains later. The feature was the
delayed opening and large blocks
in leading stocks. First transac-
tion in Chrysler was 20 minutes
after the opening and up $5.25 a
share on 10000 shares. U. S.
Steel started with $4,000 shares,
up $4.25 a share, 81 minutes late.
LONDON, Oct. % U.N.SJ.
The feature of an improved Lon
don stock market today was the
international section, which was
active and strong following the an
nourcement Of revision of Wall
Street margin requirements.
The internationalS opened above
New York parity levels, suffered
a temporary drop on profit taking
and then continued to advance
with U. S. Steel at 81 1915 dol
lars,
additional Details on Page q
The Washington times., 1937-10-28
Six Boys Born
To India Mother

LONDON, Oct. 28.-The Dionne
quintuplets have been done one
better!
Word was received here today
Of the birth Of male sextuplets
in India. with mother and children
all doing well.
Report Of the sextuplet birth
was given to Maj. Gen. F. D.
Giles by Lieut.. Dur Khan. an In
dian officers on the northwest
frontier. who said the babies were
born to the wife of his cousin.
The Washington times., 1937-10-28
LANSING RIOTS
HURT z, JAIL )

LANSING, Mich, Oct. %
G.N.SO.-FiVe persons were ar
rested and two were hurt today
in riots involving striking CIO
workers and non,strikers at two
laundries here. A police detective
was slugged. Another man suf.
fered face decorations.
The five arrested, including a
woman, were released on $50 bonds
for arraignmenc on charges of dis
turbing the peace.
Two hundred United Automobile
Workers Union members and strik.
ing Amalgamated Clothing Work.
ers unionists formed picket lines
trying to stop workers in the laun.
dries from reporting to their jobs.
The fighting started when police
attempted to open the picket lines.
The Washington times., 1937-10-28
Diana Wilson,
Actress, Is Dead

LONDON, Oct. 28.-Diana Will
son, who for two decades has been
an outstanding figure of the Eng
lish stage, died today, a victim of
pneumonia. Miss Wilson, noted
for her height, was 40 years old.
Shortly after the World War she
appeared on American stages with
Isadora Duncan, internationally
famous American dancer.
The Washington times., 1937-10-28

, Fortified In a gigantic ware
house in the heart Of Chapel
against 10000 japanese troops sur
rounding them, I talked with the
men who, having chosen to die for
China in a spectacularly heroic
way, already have won honors due
national martyrs.
FORTRESS SURROUNDED
In charge of the brigade are
Lieut.. Col Tsai Chen.Yuen and
Major Yung Sui-Foo, officers in
Generalissimo Chang Kai-Shek's
premier Eighty-eighth Division.
The conversation was fraught
with interesting difficulties. Their
fortress warehouse or "godown"
as it is called in China-lies imlne-
diately across Soochow Creek, next
to the Tibet Road Bridge. On the
Chapel side of the bridgehead, the
British have a blockhouse defend
ing the International Settlement.
Japanese machine.guns COM
mand every side of the "godown"
except for one tiny triangle at the
intersection of Tibet Road and
North Soochow Road.
SAFE HAVEN REFUSED
If you choose the right moment
and step lively you may leap
from the blockhouse across the
japanese machine.gun lanes into
the safety of the triangle and
there, if you have the proper in.
Productions, talk through peep
hole to the men who have decided
to give their lives for their coun-
try rather than surrender or &C.
cept the British offer to throw
down their arms and take Sanctu.
ary in the settlement.
These mems courage so deeply
impressed even the phlegmatic
British that their commander,
Brig. Gen. A. P. D. r-Smollett,
has repeatedly invited them to
quit and come over.
They have refused, unless or
until they receive orders from
Chang Kai-Shek himself.
Therefore it was worth while to
await the proper moment and leap
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1937-10-28
J. ]. AstOr, 3 Pals
Hurt in Auto Crash

LONDON, Oct. 2s.-John Jacob
Astor and three other oxford
University students were injured
in an automobile accident near
Oxfordshire. Astor is the son OF
Lord and Lady Astor.
Official reports said the three
youths were returning home from
a gathering of literary leaders
when the accident occurred. De.
tails Of the condition of the vic.
TINS were not disclosed.
The Washington times., 1937-10-28
GREEN, LEWIS
BES|EGED WITH
PEACE PLEAS
Reunion Uncertain;
RecOnvene Nov. s

(I.N.S.)-Early reunion Of the
American Federation of Labor and
the Committee for Industrial Or.
ganization hung in the balance
today. Each rejected the others
peace" proposals and SO dead
locked the 13 negotiating dele
gates called off further meetings
until November 8.
Meanwhile persons in and out
side of organized labor besieged
William Green, president Of the
Federation, and John L. Lewis,
chairman of the C. I. o., to come
to terms and reunite the American
union labor movement.
BITTERNESS EVIDENT
George Harrison, chairman of
the Federation's delegation of
three, was hopeful that a basis for
a reconciliation could be worked
out at the conferences starting
next week.
1.-The adjournment was in no
way evidence Of a permanent
disagreement" he stated.
Philip Murray, head Of the
CLOS delegation of 10. was not so
optimistic. He would not COM
ment when asked If he thought
the recess meant q collapse of
peace negotiations.
Bitterness was evident on both
sides yesterday. The federatjon's
committee issued a statement &C
cusing the CIO of bad faith.
HARRISON PEEVED
'Unless there is a change in
their attitude and complete will
lingness to approach the prob
lens in a constructive spirit, it
is doubtful if any progress can
be made towards peace" the
A. F. of LIS delegates said.
But the statements next para.
graph said the Federation'S pro-
posal, calling for the dissolution
of the CIO, affords a reasonable
possibility of healing the breach"
Harrison didn't relish the CIO
action in giving the press its state
ment, rejecting Federation pro-
posals, before it was read at the
conference The delegation
charged the CIO with "extrava-
CANT" and unsupported" mem
bership lists, claiming it had few
dues.paying members other than
those it had taken from the Fed
eration's roster.
The Washington times., 1937-10-28
Simon Sees Hope
OF Pact With u. S.

LONDON, Oct. % uN.SO.
Informal discussions are continu-
ing in an effort to find a basis
for trade negotiations with the
United States, Home Secretary
Sir John Simon told the House Of
Commons today. A member had
asked whether Britain would seek
to establish economic comrade.
ship and strengthen Anglo-Amer.
ican economic relations"
The Washington times., 1937-10-28
Bates in Race
For Moderator

NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y. Oct.
U.N.SO.-Sanford Bates, former
director of the Federal Bureau Of
Prisons, is a candiate for moder-
ator of the general conference Of
the American Unitarian Associa.
tion. Election will be held next
May in Boston.
The Washington times., 1937-10-28
WauchOpe Quits
Palestine Post

LONDON, Oct. 28 GN.s0-Sir
Arthur Grenfell Wauchope, British
high commissioner for Palestine,
has resigned ION grounds of i'll
health" Colonial Secretary Orms-
by-Gore told the House Of Com.
mons today.
The Washington times., 1937-10-28

But it doesn't count as a record.
A. C. Pillsbury, official timer,
said the mark must be recorded
only as an unofficial trial. Sir
Malcolm Campbell holds the
worlds record of 3O1.12 miles per
hour.
The English driver~~o on the
The Washington times., 1937-10-28
Ludwig Declares
Reich Set For War

CHICAGO, Oct. % I.N.S).
Emil Ludwig, exiled German
biographer and historian, today
told $500 members of the Chicago
Council on Foreign Relations that
his native land was ready to 90
to war.
The Washington times., 1937-10-28
Angry Suitor Held
AS Va. Beauty Dies
Of Shotgun Blast
Kin Sees Widow
Slain After
Quarrel

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Oct.
2S.-Admitting that he murdered
Mrs. Matte Crawford Douglas, 30
year-old widow Of only a few
weeks, last night, Eugene Batten.
S0year-old State highway depart
ment employe, today declared the
widely known beauty gave him the
gun with which he killed her.
At the county jail Batten ad-
nitted shooting her because she
told him "she did not want to see
him any more because she was
going with another man." accord
ing to Sheriff j. Mason Smith.
SHOT IN HEAD
Mrs. Douglas was shot to death,
a heavy charge from a shotgun
held close to her face. After
the shooting, Batten took Mrs.
Douglas car and drove to the
home of his mother. several miles
from here. where he was arrested.
Police found him with deep
slash in his wrist and almost un-
conscious. He was rushed to the
University Of Virginia Hospital,
treated, and later removed to the
Jail, where he confessed the shoot
ing, police said.
Batten gave Sheriff Smith the
name of a man he declared slashed
him. Sheriff Smith said this man
will be questioned today.
other friends OF the slam
woman will be questioned by the
authorities in the most sensa-
tional murder case here in several
months.
JEALOUSY HINTED
Police learned that Batten had
been attentive to the attractive
young widow for some time. and
believe that jealousy led to the
Staying. Batten was a frequent
caller at Mrs. Douglas home.
Sol Davis, a relative Of Mrs.
Douglas and a boarder in her
CONTINUED ON Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1937-10-28
Poems to Get Land
US. Interests Own

MEXICO CITY, Oct. % G.N.SJ.
President Lazaro Cardenas and
Governor Roman Yacupicio of
Sonora agreed today to divide the
rich Yaqui Valley among Mexican
poems. Agrarian experts will begin
surveying operations Immediately.
Several large American interests,
which own property in the area,
will be compensated by allotments.
The Washington times., 1937-10-28
Webster, Director
Of Charity, Dead

NEW YORK, Oct. % U.N.S0.
The Rev. Dr.. George S. Webster,
"a, for the last % years secretary
of the American Seamen's Friend
Society, was dead here today. He
was known to American sailors
throughout the world, for the so
ciety is affiliated with places to
welcome them in nearly every
great port.
The Washington times., 1937-10-28
100000 Blaze
Hits n. Y. Town

CAZENOVIA, N. Y, Oct. %.
Fire here today swept through
several stores and offices in the
main business section, causing loss
which firemen estimate will total
100000.
The Washington times., 1937-10-28

course just after daybreak and
at 7:50 a. m. started warming up
the motors. Only a handful OF
newspaper men and spectators
watched the test.
Clear cold weather made condi-
tions zeal for the first run down
the straightaway.
The Washington times., 1937-10-28
Hitler to Duce:
Congratulations

BERLIN, Oct. % GN.SJ.
Reichfuehrer Adolf Hitler sent his
congratulations to Premier Musso.
lini today on occasion of the fif.
tenth anniversary Of the Fascist
march on Rome.
The Washington times., 1937-10-28
Virginia Bruce
Weds on Dec. 25

HOLLYWOOD. Cal. Oct. %.
The film colony is already plann.
ing to attend, pretty much en-
masse, the wedding of screen &C.
tress Virginia Bruce and j. Walter
Ruben, director, Christmas Day.
The Washington times., 1937-10-28

fronts" he said, "are not
representative Of further
progress Of the war.
"The real war Of defense
will not take place on these
fronts. -7:he Chinese SOL
diers show determination
to continue to resist and
make sacrifices. Their
spirit cannot be crushed"
Chang appealed to the
forthcoming nine power con-
ference in Brussels to uphold
the letter and spirit Of the
nine.pOwer treaty, gparan.
teeing China'S territorial in
tegrity.
The Washington times., 1937-10-28
EYstOn'S Auto Hits
3O0.0 Mi. Per Hour

BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, Utah. Oct % QNS).-Capt.
George E. T. Eyston English daredevil auto driver,
reaked his huge Thunderbo the garng salt bed
today faster than any other human being has driven
mobiIe-3O96 6 miles per hour
The Washington times., 1937-10-28
12O FAMILIES
ARE FORCED TO
FLEE HOMES
Cumberland Speeds
Sandbag bikes

CUMBERLAND. Md. oct' 2o.
Fed by swollen creeks rushing
down from the nearby mountains,
the Potomac River and wills
Greek were rising so rapidly here
today that sandbag barricades
were being hastily erected to pre-
vent a possible inundation of low.
lying parts of the city.
Fearful that the streams might
reach flood stage, and cause
serious damage, city police made
arrangements to call in reserves
and the National Guard if neceS-
sary, since rising waters were re.
ported also from Vest Virginia
and Pennsylvania.
RISING AT PITTSBURGH
At Pittsburgh, w. S. Bretzman,
Government forecaster, warned
that a height of % feet already
has been reached and the Monon.
gahela may hit flood stage Of IS
feet. Rain averaging three inches
in "a hours poured into the Mon
ongahela watershed. The Ale
gheny watershed was reported q
little less hard hit.
The FLOOD city," Johnstown,
Pa, was said to be far from dan.
ger. although Weather Observer
Robert Tross declared nearby
streams were swelling constantly.
12O FAMILIES FLEE
Fears that e real flood may de.
velop here were based on two
facts. One is that heavy rains,
which Swelled tributaries of the
Potomac yesterday and last night,
are continuing over large portions
of Western Maryland. The other
is that the river already has in.
undated Kitzmiller, IS miles I'D.
stream. forcing 100 families to
leave their homes.
The rise was first noted at Kitz-
miller last night. at the same time
that reports of incipient floods BE-
gan to trickle in from Pennsyl.
vania and West Virginia communf.
ties.
BUSES MAROONED
Highways were said to be open
in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and
West Virginia. except at Weston,
w. Va, where Route 10 was I'm.
der water. No alarm was ex.
pressed by observers at Fairmount.
w. Va, and at a few other points.
Principal fears of heavy dam,
age seemed to be confined to the
Monongahela and Potomac valleys.
The crest of the Potomac flood
has not yet reached Cumberland,
but rising waters were reported
as far downstream as HarperS
Ferry, where it was declared the
stream is eight feet above normal.
Flood stage is 18 feet at that point.
Hancock, Md. far downstream.
reported no signs of a flood as
yet. At Brownsville, Pa, in the
Monongahela basin, canal locks
were closed, while two big busseS
were marooned for some time
near Romney, w. Va.
The Washington times., 1937-10-28
Flood Menaces Three States; Potomac Rising
Reporter Risks His Life
To Talk to Suicide Unit
$50 Chinese, SWOrn Never to Surrender,
Hold Warehouse Against 10000

(Edors Note-At the risk of his tfe H. r. Knick-
erbocker, correspondent of International News
Servce today vsted the warehouse Soochow Greek
in Shanghai 0here $50 "dare to de Chinese holding
out against 10000 Japanese troops. His dramatic story
fOILous)
The Washington times., 1937-10-28
TO REOPEN FAIR

PARIS, Oct. % G.N.S).
Frances international exposition
bureau decided today to reopen
the Paris exposition in 1888.
The Washington times., 1937-10-28
By H. R. KNICKERBoCKER
Copyright, 1937.)

SHANGHAI Oct. % GNS.).-The most bizarre
ton have held in 20 years of newspaper work took place
today when talked for half hour through peephoe with
commanders of China "dare to de battalion of $50
AT o'clock tonight Is E. S. IT, the defenders still
holding courageousy against repeated Japanese assaults
The Washington times., 1937-10-28
Defeats Minor,
Chang Ayers

NANKING, Oct. 2S.-Gen-
eralissimO Chang Kai-Shek,
Chinese military dictator,
sought today to minimize
the Importance of the Japa-
nese victories on the Shang-
hal and North China war
fronts.
"The happenings on the
HOpei and hanghai
The Washington times., 1937-10-28
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Cloudy tonight, possibly brief rain
this afternoon: lowest tonight about a;
Friday fair, warmer. [see Page 260
Evening star., 1937-11-26
BRITISH SHIP FEARED
LOST WITH 17ABOARD
Few Floating Logs and Other Bits
Of Cargo All That Rescue Boats
Can Find of Freighter.

By the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, Nov. ga few float
Ing logs and other bits of jettisoned
cargo were the only guides for search
ing ships today in a forlorn hunt for
the British freighter Nollington Court
apparent loser in a brave three-day
fight to reach the harbor with hole
ripped in her hull.
Seventeen sailors were missing with
the ship, which had been limping to-
ward the safety of Tortuga Island in
the Caribbean Sea since colliding with
Q sunken object of Turks Island on
Tuesday.
The II were skeleton crew, left
aboard by the steamer Chagres, which
reached the stricken freighter Wednes-
day and rescued 18 men. The Chagres
had intended to stand by in case dis
ester threatened. but lost contact with
the Nollington Court in vicious rain
squall.
The floating logs, part of the Mol
Nngton Courts cargo, which was tossed
overheard to tighten the ship, were
sighted last night in WindWard Passage
OF the northwest coast of Haiti by the
Jamaica Pioneer, one of the searching
ships. The message from the Pioneer
to Tropical Radio said the logs were a
menace to navigation
The Nollington Court, a 6,000-ton
steamer, was bound from Vancouver
to Liverpool via Caribbean ports.
Evening star., 1937-11-26

business men viii address the group,
Is well Is diplomats and foreign ex-
perts, because "there can bs no real
pan-Americanism without sound bust
ness relationships between the coun-
tries"
Among the business men scheduled
to speak are Harry L. Harris, advertis-
ing manager Of the United Fruit Co.:
John B. Glenn, president Of the Pam
American Trust Co. Of New York and
agent for the Bank of Mexico In New
York; william Van Bergen Van Dyck,
assistant to the president of Interna-
tional General Electric; Evan Il.
Young, vice president Of Pan-Ameri-
can Airways, and Robert H. Patchin,
vice president Of w. r. Grace & Co.
Of New York.
Speakers at the opening evening
session will include Undersecretary of
Evening star., 1937-11-26
Chest
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by demands for aid which they could
not fill
Mr.. Nash appealed to those enjoy
ing Thanksgiving to consider the
plight of families to whom yesterday
was just another day. He said:
thousands and thousands of people
people deserving help-have been
turned away in the last six years be-
cause year after year the Chest has
missed its goal For six years We have
set goals and missed them
I'VE cannot continue mortgaging our
future-not only the future of the
Chest and its member agencies but our
own future as Well-as we are doing
when we miss our goal For our own
personal fortunes are inextricably
tangled in with those of the less for
tunate that need our help. What
affects them ultimately affects us.
Well Fed and Well Housed.
washington has in it more success
ful persons, more persons who are we'll
fed and well housed than almost any
other city in the country. We should
be more than willing to provide the
bare necessities in the way Of care for
the sick, homes for the aged, homes
for orphan children. institutions for
molding and shaping the characters
OF our boys and girls and all of the
other things of charitable and phil
anthropic nature in our city.
Il am quite sure that if a crippled
child were laid on your doorstep and
you could see his pitiful, twisted body,
in need of skill and tender care. YOU
would not hesitate a minute to dig
deep into your purses am sure that
if an aged and frail person were to
walk into your living room or into the
dining room where your heavily laden
table stands, and told you that he was
without shelter. without clothes, with
out food. you could not, you would not,
think of enjoying yourself until some
thing had been done for him"
AS agency executives, Mrs Helen
Duey Hoffman and Miss Margaret Bell
Merrill spoke over WJSV and WMAL
last night. They gave vivid examples
OF needs full Chest can meet.
Many sections of campaign units
conferred today, mapping plans for
the final days of the drive, which
closes Tuesday.
Evening star., 1937-11-26
Rails Cleared, Train Rushes
= Stricken Ma, to ''IrOn Lune''

late Tuesday, one week after he went
to work for an insurance company.
Attended by two physicians and
several nurses, the. young man was
placed under an oxygen tent and
rushed to Chicago in q two-ooach
train. Other trains were taken OF
the route to allow the specials passage.
When he was placed in the 'luns."
his temperature was 102. Several
hours later 1t had dropped to 1914.
As his condition improved. his spirits
rose. He smiled at his father and
said:
Gee, pop, don't look 30 sad. I'm
going to be o. K. There's nothing to
worry about"
DR.. H. L. Auten, senior hospital
physician. said the young mans con-
dition was identical with that Of
Frederick B. Snite, jr., who has been
In respirator for more than Z year.
Evening star., 1937-11-26
HOME TAX SLASH
URGED BY GREEN
Submits Counter Plan to
Labor Cost Cut for Busi-
ness Revival.
- the Associated Press,

b the Associated Press.
William Green. president Of the
American Federation of Labor, sug-
gested today that reduction of real
estate taxes-rather than labor costs
would be the most effective method Of
stimulating home ownership.
While President Roosevelt worked
on special housing message to send
to Congress Monday Mr.. Green pro-
posed that the administration spon-
sor an interstate program to co-ordi-
nate ways of tightening the tax load.
Both Mr.. Green and another A. F..
Of L. executive objected to the idea
OF guaranteeing building trades work.
men steady annual wage in lieu of
high hourly rates with no certainty of
working more than a few weeks at a
time. This proposal was made at a
recent White House conference called
to discuss means of spurring construc-
ton.
Suggestion Held Impossible.
]. w. Williams, president of the
A. F. Of L. Building Trades Depart
ment, commented that such a guar
antee would be impossible, since such
artisans as carpenters often work for
many different employers
Informed persons said the President,
after sending his message, might ar
range conference of representatives
OF labor and material firms to seek an
agreement for cutting costs.
A fundamental purpose of the vast
residential housing program which the
President has in mind was said to be
an improvement in living conditions
all along the line. Special emphasis
would be placed on those persons who
have low incomes or, moderately paid,
have little cash on hand.
One proposal by Mr.. Roosevelt would
make it possible for the Federal Hous-
ing Administration to finance a $4,000
home for family head who had as
little as $500 on hand. Repayment of
principal and interest would run in
the neighborhood of $50 month.
Need of Homes Cited.
OF more immediate benefit to the
Nation, advocates of the building pro-
gram said, would be alienation of the
current construction lag. They said
enough new homes are needed in the
Nation to constitute a steady source of
sales and employment, if even por-
ton of the need is filled.
Mr.. Roosevelt was continuing his
efforts in another quarter to improve
business-encouragin private utility
companies to undertake their deferred
expansion programs. The Niagara
Hudson and the Consolidated Edison
companies already have said they ex-
pect to spend s1l2,OOOOO0 in the next
two years.
Utility spokesmen said that, if there
appears to be no jeopardy involved
through Government competition, they
have scores Of other projects which
could be started within a matter of
weeks.
Representative Rankin, Democrat of
Mississippi, questioned the good faith
OF the utilities, however
Their talk of spending a billion
dollars for improvements is all bunk
and they know it," he said. why not
reduce light and power rates a billion
dollars and give the over-burdened
consumers of electricity some relief?
What they want to do is destroy
the Tennessee Valley Authority yard
stick, and thereby wreck the admin
tstration's power program"