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The Washington times., 1937-08-28
CHAPTER xXXIII

Oh IklS Couple ny IklC Al Cp1dCC
Also, that Toni moved sharply
back from Brock Milbank.
Rather than annoyance, that
suggested embarrassment at being
caught, he figured.
There was a flush on her cheeks
A curl or two was disarranged.
She came forward, stammering
a greeting. IT think you two have
met before"
The men nodded. Brock looked
arrogantly amused.
ct should say we have! Often
at Harriet's."
Guy gave him a chilly glance.
I'm dining at Harriet'S tonight
She's a grand girl. S'pose you're
going on there, too, old chap?'
Brock said, airily.
ST don't think So"
So he was staying here? Dining
with Toni? Nice work!
The man was influential. Had
coolies of money. Harriet thought
highly Of him. It would be useful,
thought Brock, to cultivate MIN.
NICE PLACE
''Nice place TOMS got here!"
The abbreviation of her name
slipped out before he was aware
Of it. But he'd cover it up by ex'
planning they'd known each other
for agesl
"It is attractive" commented
Guy, looking around.
Genuine antiques" Brock rat.
tied off. "It ought to be good. 1t
came down through Antoinette's
family. Most Of it was in the old
chateau on the Loire. I was tell
ing Harriet what a lovely place
that is-or rather. was. You sold
it, Antoinette, didn't you? Such
a frightful pity!"
Toni gave him a look that was
intended to silence him.
But Brock, before arriving at
the apartment, had been at his
club. Numerous Scotch-and-sodas
mingled rather dangerously with
TOMS cocktail. He was ex
hilarated, too, at the thought OF
Christmas dinner at Harriet's.
MANY a time stayed at the
old chateau, when Toni and were
girl and boy"
Seeing the other man unim-
pressed, he was annoyed. Anc
why did Toni look at him sc
funnily?
He'd say something that would
give her reason to wish he'd stay
quiet!
"And jolly times we had in San
Francisco, didn't we, Tomb"
She could not face this.
IF you'll excuse me, I must
have a word with zephrine. Mr.
Flagg, will you pour yourself q
cocktail? Brock, I'll say adieu'
with a meaning glance at the
clock.
"Righto. I'll Just have another
little drink. But I mustn't be
Late"
Toni slipped into the pantry
pulling the door behind her, but
leaving it a crack ajar, so she
might hear what they said.
With a lift Of her heart, she
heard Guy put a finish to Brooks
"reminiscences, changing the sub
ject to some question Of politics
In her low shoes, Zephrine
padded in.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-04

'as*@4z# <&*&<$$&##*#&$&
a personal ap- z&8&SsssSsS"'
pearance Among the patients is crippled boy
who calls himself Billy The Kid, played by
Billy Burrud. Bart promises he'll show the lad
the time of his life if he comes to Holly
wood The boy, about to undergo an operation
to enable him to walk is told by Tim that he'll
not only introduce him to Gloria Gay but to
all the most famous people in Hollywood
Greta Garbo, Mae West, Charles Chaplin, Har
old Lloyd, everybody
The coming of "talkies' makes a big differ
ence in Tim Bart's fortunes, just as it did with
those of many silent picture notables. Tim
gradually gets down and out. Refusing to play
gangster roles, which the only ones in which
he really has a chance, he becomes so broke
that he loses his ranch and has to sacrifice his
beloved pinto pony.
At this point, when his fortune is at the low
est ebb, Billy The Kid, who has gained his
health and has thumbed his way across the
country to see his screen hero, appears the
scene. Tim Bart is appalled, by the youngsters
unfading faith through the years. He also per-
ceives that it is up to him to keep his promise
and introduce Billy to the stars.
Because he has been forgotten by many
of the top-fight players, the cowboy realizes
this is impossible. But the doubles of the stars
are his friends; he calls on them to appear
at a party and simulate the real stars for
Billy's entertainment.
He even moves in his old ranch-without
permission from the new owner-and stages
his party there. He repossesses his pinto pony
from Japanese vegetable wagon by the simple
process of whistling. The pony kicks loose from
the wagon shafts and returns at gallop to his
old master.
Little Billy, at the party, is greatly i'm
pressed-made supremely happy. He sees
"Bing Crosby" seemingly in person, and hears
him sing. He witnesses what appears to be a
dance by none other than Fred Astaire" and
Ginger Rogers" He is agog with interest when
wv. C. Fields addresses him as my little
chickadee' and Joe E. Brown" narrates his
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-04

SIX e tc h e s, her
long suit has
been in doubling
for the late Jean
Harlow s long
shots.
"Once a Hero"
is a picture in
which the double
realizes himself
in the role of
someb body else.
Wnen COlumD1d
started casting, it
found doubles for
every conceivable
star and some
times two and
three claiming re-
semblance to the
same celebrity.
The doubles are
making the best
of this opportun-
ity, for it will
probably be many
decades before
they receive an
other assignment
to feature.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-04

Stardom II he looks ike one OF lne Sldis.
Looking like one of the stars" is a jinx to
any career. Doubles cannot appear as separate
personalities in the same picture with the star
and comparisons make it impossible for them
to gain a foothold in casts on their own merits
One can eke out bare existence. There are
'stand-ins" for all the stars, and many of them
have regularly employed doubles to take the
risks when injury is imminent but the doubles
are those unsung heroes whose names never
reach the billboards. No one ever sees them
and they are left to themselves to recall that
they took that sock the jaw or rode out of
the picture on that Withholding mare that
dumped them into the creek just out of camera
range few minutes later.
Doubling has undergone some revolutions
since talkie days. There was time when
doubles did many of the long shots and took all
the risks. Adoring fans used TO see their fa-
vored ones mount the horse but it was the
double that rescued the girl from the burning
bridge Now however, stars spend weeks in
exhaustive training in order to fulfill such
scenes and inject into them the color of their
own personalities
This new enthusiasm of the stars for enact
ing their own roles while it is cutting risks
for the double, is not cutting his payroll
Though the stars are doing more of their own
acting doubles are still at a premium for
standing in With modern improvements in
lighting, photography and sound, the double
stands in place while the lights, the cameras
and the microphones are adjusted around him
and the stars sit on the sidelines studying their
lines for the scene
Recently, however, the doubles in Hollywood
got their first break to act on their own merits
when Columbia Pictures began production on
the new Richard Dix vehicle, Once a Hero
Dix, star of the new picture, has the role of
a silent film cowboy star, at the peak of his
fame when the story opens. The time is 1925,
lust prior to the advent of talking pictures.
Dix his leading lady of the "horse operas" as
played by Fay Wray and his trick pony, are
the idols of millions, especially small boys
One of the cowboy pictures starring Tim
Bart, Richard Dix; and Gloria Gay, Miss Wray;
is being shown at a children's hospital. Tim
PAGE FOUR
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DULEzITE

CITES dopis v novinach, jak
72lety starec nalezen byl v "a
hrade v bezvedomf; = srdce
mu vypovedelo sluzbu. Privo-
lany lekar prohlasil: Slabe
srdce, rfdka krev, kornatenf
cev atd. Pacient pTiveden ku
vedom1, dany mu leky rozum-
nym lekaTem pfedepsane KITE
re uz1val delsi dobu pred ON
denim. Pacient byl xiv, 1.-Two
fil az klesl 3. listopadu 1888,
nacez wal 1tociste k radium-
v podobe Str1zovych kompres.
Ucinky pomale, ale pTec jen L.
zasne. Lide jiz ctvrty rok Sc
pfichazejf d1vat jak Sc to obra-
tito k leps1mu, ohmatavaji
krevnf cevy, obdivuji jemnost
kGze ma starych upracovanych
rukou atd. Tim 72-letym pa
cientem jsem ia sam.
sOpet ctes noviny, re v Praze
postavili radiolecebny 1stav "a
6 milionG korun. Do v1nku mu
dany 4 granny radium v Gene 5
milionG korun ma pot1rani
zhoubnych nadorG, revmatis-
mu, ishias, lupus a jinych cho-
rob u nichz NIUE konati dizzy
jen radium.
Ease ctes noviny, jak mnozi
nasinci bud re zlomyslnosti
neb nevedomosti Sc otTeli O ten
radiovy poklad v podobe Stri-
zovych kompres. 0 tech pra-
vych divech ktere Radium ko-
ma, nechteji vedeti.
Radium v nepatrnem mnoz-
stvi obsazene v kompresech,
jez prodava Bernard C. StT1z,
Box 712 San Antonio, Texas,
nikomu uskoditi nem6ze, ale
kazdemu spravne uzfvajfcfmu
prospeje, opakuji slavne, kaz-
demu nejak prospeje.
jake jsem dosud cinil, i ma
dale zodpovfm kazdy rozumny
dotaz, kdyz tazatel znamku ma
odpoved pTiloz1. Rev. j. B.
ISvozil, 1904 Green Road, South
Euclid, Ohio. advt.
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v Ceskoslovensku jaro.

z Prahy %. brezna zprava
hlasila, re ma pollch Sc jiz ko-
naly prfpravy k setf obil1 a k
sazen1 brambor1, ba nekde,
jake ma JIM Morave, Sc jiz "a
Gallo sit. Take ma zahradach
Sc pracuje, prorezavaj1 Sc
stromky, ryjf zahony a odkry-
vajf r1ze.
Jaro sc hlasf uz i v pTfrode.
V polovine bTezna rozkvetaly
Size v lesfch jen snezenky, pod
bel a jaternfk, kdezto listnate
stromy jeste spaly, lee nynl "a
c1naj1 uz i stromy pomalu W.
razeti lfstecky. A mezi temi
~zivocichy, kteff uz vesele v pr
rode poletujf, jsou jiz i motyli
a vcely.
We svetlejsfch hajfch praz-
|skem okolf rozkvetly ruzove
az modre fialove kvety plicnf-
ku lekarskeho a zloutkove Flu
te kvety prvosenky jarni nebo-
Ii petrklfce. Tu a tam je tez
videti jasne fialove kv1tky le-
chy jarnf a bledule.
Prvnf jarnf den, kterym by
la nedele, FL. bTezna, sc vsak
letos nevydaTil. ChladnJ
vzduch, ktery k nam zacal pre-
nikat z Nemecka, zasahl az ns
zapadnf Slovensko. Cely der
bylo pod mrakem a misty hus.
te prselo. V Liberci sc deSt pc
poledni promenil v sn1h a III.
stal v ulic1ch lezet. Ma hrebe.
mech ceskych hor byl slaby &C.
'lOdenn1 mraZ.
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UZfVE.JTE
ORA. PETRA
F1oboko
dvakrat denne
- PROFIT -
Spring Fever!

Mona, re vas "spring fe-
ver' jest zavinen nedostatec-
nym zaz1vanfm a vymftanfm.
Tislce lid1 behem posledn1ch
$50 let uzfvali Ora. Petra Ho-
boko, casem vyzkouseny rodin-
ny lex, pomoci jim vymftati je-
dovate necistoty ktere ucpava-
il t~elesnou s~oustavu. Opatrte
81 dnes lahev! Nenf k dostani
v lekarnach, nybrz pouze cd O.
pravnenych mfstn1ch jednate-
III.
Y Kanade Dodavano Beze Cla
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Zvlastni Nabidka-Piste Ones!

Ia velkou zkusebni lahev
IA uncl) Ora. Petra Hoboko,
postovne vyplaceno, poslete
S1.OO ma: DR.. Peter Fharney
& Sons Co., Dept. D8O316,
25O1 Washington Blvd, Chica-
go, Iii. advt.
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KEN ma Ten CnI0D a VINO rex.
Marinko polo zertem, polo va,
zne.
"Jednu? q" usklfbl Sc lid
"VykouTfte il a dostanete chut
ma druhou a nebudete il m1ti.
a to je nejmrzutejs1. Kupte 81
je!"
"Tak sem cigarety dejte.
dam YAM "a ne deset korun,'
vyzval no Marinko.
GA dvacet', Tekl lid, drze
krabici We vySi.
"Prfteli, je pc smlouvanf,'
usmal sc Marinko. ia uz vic
penez nemam nez tn desetiko-
runu."
"A hodinky nemate?" tazal
Sc lid dychtiv6.
"Kde pak!" zakroutil Ma
rinko hlavou. "Cennejsf veci
postal jsem vsechny domG v
kufTfku, jakmile jsem Sc dove
del, re budu poslan ma frontu.
Jsem clovek opatrny a myslil
jsem, kdybych padl, ably mne
nebylo nalezeno mic, nez veci
komisn1."
lid sc mrzut6 uSklibl: "Vy
jste opravdu opatrny.T TAX VAN
"a desetikorunu dam tedy po-
lovinu papiros, je jich V pudyl-
ku sto."
eco YAM napada!" odporo-
val Marinko. eco pax mohu
vykouTiti padesat cigaret ma
jednou? Vykourfm jednu ne
DO dive, ostatnf Sc mi v kapse
rozlamou a tabak sc mi vysy-
pc. Jen mi to dejte vsechno i
s krabickou! Neco YAM pov1m.
Tia desetikoruna nenf papfro-
va. Nam dive stTfbrne petiko-
runy."
"Dejte je semi" zvolal lid
podavaje Marinkovi krabicku
S cigaretami. Marinko vytahl z
kapsy posledni svou hotovost a
podal zidovi opravdu dive stTf-
brne p6tikoruny. OtevTev kra-
bici, zapalil 81 hned cigaretu a
odfukuje labuznicky dym, po-
vidal zidovi: Gale ted jsem Il
pine duty. No, nezac1na to v
Rusku spatn6. Najedl jsem Sc,
napil a ted 81 zakour1m."
ga vsecko "a pakatel," po-
dotkl lid vycitave.
Sli dal, lid stal Sc ted hovor-
n6jS1m a seZnamoval Marinka
s pomery v Rusku, pokud O Mich
mel vedomost. Kdyz usli hodi-
nu, ukazal lid ma mesto, obje-
vivsf Sc V nevelike vzdalenosti,
a Tekl: "Tamhle uz je Kreme-
nee, tam vas predam. Jen RI
kettle, re jste Czech, Cechy mali
Rusov6 radi, ale Madary a
N6mce nenavidf. Take nesm1-
tie r1ci, re jste Austriak. Mos
kali tomu nerozumf a myslf, re
vsichni ABSTRACT jsou Nemci
nebo MadaTi. OvSem my Po-
laci name Austriaky radi, ale
Moskali nechtf O mich ami sly
Set. Papirosy schovejte! Mos
kali by YAM je wall; chleba
schoyavati nemus1te, O ten nj
kdo nestojf."
ga YAM rozum1m," usmal sc
MarinkO. "Chl6b iSem mOhl
dostati cd vaseho velitelstvf ma
cestu, ale ma cigarety by Sc
mne mohli ptati, jak jsem k
MIN prisel. Nebojte Sc! Ukry-
il je dobre. w jsem yam re-
XII, re jsem clov6k opatrny."
lid Sc spokojene usmal.
Ctvrt hodiny pc tie vstoupili
do mesta. Vojska tn bylo plno
a hned ma kraji ulice zastavil
je dGstojn1k, tazaje Sc: eco
to-"
"Privadfm zajat6ho nepffte-
le," hlasil lid.
"Tys no zajal?" tazal Sc du-
stojnfk neddverive.
lid Sc vypjal, odpovfdaje:
"Ano, ja."
DGstojnik zm6ril pohledem
nejprve postavu zidovu, potion
statnou postavu Marinkovu, a
dial Sc do sm1chu. "Ma to Ra-
kousko statecn6 vojaky! Tako-
w chap da Sc odvesti z fronty
zidovi. Odved no tamhle do
ohrady!" narfdil zidovi.
Marinko dobre nerozumeje,
CO d6stojnfk rusky povfda, ale
z posunku jeho vyrozumel pre-
ce, re prijetf je odbyt6, abyl
rad, re to tax dopadlo. Vzdyt
V rakouskem vojsku byly roz-
sfreny povesti, re Rusove zajat
&c bill, nebo je hned odstrelu-
il jake kral1ky. To proto, ably
vOiaci nesbihali.
Evening star., 1937-07-09
JAMBOREE CLOSES
WITH FLAG RITES
Bug|es Sound Retreat as
Hundreds of Banners
Are Lowered.
Full Page OF Jdmboree NeDs
on Page AS.

AS bugles sounded retreat. hundreds
of flags all over the vast city Of tents
were lowered from their staffs this
afternoon, marking the official close
OF the first national Boy Scout jam
boree
While the Scouts stood at attention,
the 1,400 flags stretching from the
Washington Monument to Hains
Point and Columbia Island were low
cred.
At the same time, DR.. James E.
West, chief executive Of the Boy
Scouts of America. met with the
Scout leaders and jamboree officials
to express his appreciation Of their
work during the To-day encampment.
Preceding the flag-lowering cere-
monies. Commissioner George E. Allen,
chairman OF the Presidents Special
Jamboree Committee paid lastmin-
ute visit to the khaki city to tell the
scouts that their visit to the Nations
Capital was as enjoyable to the resi-
dents of Washington as to the scouts
themselves. The Commissioner ex-
pressed deep satisfaction with the
manner in which the unusual encamp-
ment was carried out.
Tents Are Struck.
Tents were coming down. knapsacks
were being packed and trains were
being loaded with homeward trekking
Scouts even in advance of the formal
retreat ceremony.
Jamboree officials said that 90 spe-
cial trains or special cars will carry
more than $4,000 Scouts out OF the
city today. The departing groups
were headed for scattered sections of
the Continent and some for points
abroad Another $4,000 we're due to
leave the tented city tomorrow by
special train, bus and automobile. Less
than 1000 of the group will remain
in camp over the week end.
The flag-lowering exercises were to
be the only highlight of the final day
of the big jamboree. The last of six
arena shows was held last night.
Nearly 5000 New England Scouts
Will depart by train from Rosslyn,
beginning at pm.
A group Of 20 Scouts from New
Mexico and Oklahoma left camp last
night in order to catch q boat for
Europe, where they will be among 800
American participants in the world
jamboree in Holland next month.
Among the first special trains carry
ing jamboree Scouts from the city
was that chartered by 237 Scouts from
Fox River Valley. Wis. This train left
the Fourteenth street terminal.
The last group of Scouts in camp
will be the Minnesota contingent CON-
posed Of more than 500 boys and
leaders. They will deport by special
train Monday at 1870 pm.
Dismantling Of the camp will begin
at am. Monday under the direction
OF Ray Bryan. engineering expert OF
the Boy Scouts of America.
Evening star., 1937-07-09
BY DON S. WARREN.

last-ditch fight for prompt pas
sage-of District tax bill to meet the
impending s7,0000OO deficit was
planned today by the Commissioners
meeting in emergency session.
The board shelved the proposal
voiced last night by Commissioner
Hazen for joint resolution authoriz-
ing the District to borrow from the
Treasury as stop gap for payment
OF bills pending collection of additional
revenues that might be collected under
tax bill that might be passed later.
The Commissioners were to 70 to
the Capitol this afternoon and use
every argument at their command to
persuade Senate leaders to pass the
tax bill without further delay.
An appeal to the President to use
MS influence to obtain prompt action
OF the tax matter appeared likely, al
though the Commissioners made no
statement on that point.
Crisis More Acute.
With the District tax bill blockaded
by the Senate battle over the Presi-
dents court reform bill, District Off
Gals became increasingly alarmed
over the Districts financial crisis.
According to calculations made hastily
today, the Commissioners said the
District would be absolutely broke"
August l. For working capital since
the opening of the new fiscal year,
July L, they have had available only
the Federal payment of $4,000 900.
plus small incidental driblets of tax
payments which have come in.
The first big tax payments will come
in in September, but even these have
been endangered by the log jam hold
ing up the tax bill. The Commits
sioners have delayed fixing the real
estate and tangible personal property
tax rate, hoping congressional action
on the new tax bill would be COM
pleted within the next few days.
The District Commissioners say they
will not be able to prepare these TAX
bills in time for the September pay
ments unless the rate is fixed by July
Is. Normally the rate is fixed on
July /.
AS delay succeeds delay in the fiscal
f1asco, the II 900 or more District en-
ployes began to have visions of pay
less pay days. Under existing law the
Commissioners have no authority to
(See TAXES Page A-1OD
Evening star., 1937-07-09
$1S,0DO,0DO SAVING
SEEN IN BYRD BILL
Brookings Expert Supports
Federal Home Credit
Administration.
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.


A saving Of sls00O,o 900 a year would
result from the bill sponsored by Sena-
tor Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia to
establish a Federal Home Credit Ad-
ministration co-ordinating the Fed
eral Home Loan Bank Board the
Home Owners Loan Corp. and the
Federal Housing Administration, DR..
Charles o. Hardy of the Brookings
Institution estimated today.
The estimate was made at an open
hearing before the Senate committee
investigating executive agencies with
view to reorganization. Oficials Of
the various organizations affected were
present on invitation of Chairman n
Byrd.
After Dr. Hardy had made his state
ment, John H. Fahey. chairman of
the Federal Home Loan Bank Board
and chairman OF the board of directors
of the Home Owners Loan Corp.
asked that he be furnished with =
stenographic report of the hearing,
after which he would be prepared TO
appear before the committee in 4
week or 10 days.
Must Study Finance Phases,
Explaining that careful study must
be made of various financial phases,
he specifically asked DR.. Hardy to
supply him with an itemized state
ment of the estimated savings. Sena-
tor Byrd said similar statement
would be supplied to the F. H. A.
DR.. Hardy pointed out that the
Brookings Institution had not made q
study regarding the worthwhileness of
any functions being performed, but
that. in its judgment, there was not
enough material difference between the
F. H. A., an agency supervised by the
F. H. L. B., and others to make nee
essary the maintenance Of two sepa-
rate agencies. He said he had found
unnecessary duplication Of work, con-
fusion In the minds Of the public and
some competitive effort.
Saving in Field Offices.
There would be considerable saving
by consolidation Of field Offices Of
the F. H. L. B. and the F. H. A., DR..
Hardy said, with the saving greatest in
sparsely settled areas. He called at
tention that there are six assistant
general managers Of the H. o. l. c.
and six deputies Of the F. H. A. There
is duplication also in research organi-
zations supported by the two agencies.
the F. H. A. spending $250,000, and
F. H. l. B., 100000 per year. Con-
solidation of these research units
would be more effective with q saving
OF about 30 per cent of the $3.50, 900.
Consolidation might reduce by So
500, 900 per annum the joint cost Of
operation of the F. H. A. and the
F. H. L. B., DR.. Hardy emphasized.
Sale OF assets Of the H. o. L. c. also
was discussed by DR.. Hardy, with two
outstanding possibilities: (a) to sell
the good mortgages without guarantee
and turn over the balance for service
under the F. H. L. B. system; (b) sell
al mortgages not nearly ripe for FORE
closure. using guarantee Is far -
Is necessary.
Evening star., 1937-07-09
NATS-YANKS TIED,
II, IN I'd INNING
Oi Maggie Hits Homer After
Gritfs Open With Three
Singles.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
Stan Correspondent Of The Star.


NEW YORK, July 9.-Washington
and New York met in the first of a
three-game series here this afternoon.
The score at the end Of the second
inning was IL.
FIRST INNING.
WASHINGTON-Al fouled to
Rolfe. Lewis was called out on strikes.
Kuhel singled to center. Stone sin
gled to right sending Kuhel to third.
Travis singled to left scoring Kuhel,
Stone stopping at second. Myer
grounded to Gehrig. One run.
NEW YORK struck out.
Rolfe flied to Stone Di Maggie hit
home run into the left field stands.
1t was his twenty-first of the season.
Gehrig walked. Myer tossed out
Dickey. One run.
Washington, /; New York, l.
SECOND INNING.
WASHINGTON-Hill struck out
Dickey dropped the third strike, but
threw Hill out at first Ferrell flied
to Hoag. Rolfe threw out Fischer. Nc
runs
NEW YORK-Travis threw out
Powell. L.azzeri flied to Almada. Hoag
grounded to Travis. No runs.
Washington, l; New York, l.
Evening star., 1937-07-09
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, July s-The Soviet gov
ernment warned Japan today to keep
out of Siberia and declared Russia
would use "all possible means" to pre-
vent invasion of its territory by jap
anese- -Manchukuoan forces.
The newest development in the dis
pute over the ownership of the Sem
nufu and Bolshoi Islands In the Amur
River along the Siberian Manchu-
kuoan boundary in the Far East came
after the japanese Ambassador had
told Russia that border clashes were
too numerous.
Soviet Foreign Commissar Maxim
Litvino1 promptly rejected this pro-
test as untrue" An Official Russian
communique accused japan of failure
to evacuate troops from the barren
sandspits in the river.
Litvinoh told the japanese Ambas-
sador. Mamoru Shigemitsu, that the
islands belonged to Russia.
Changes Flights Over Border.
Litvinoff also requested Shigemitsu
to inform his government that al
legged invasions Of Siberian territory
by japanese Manchukuoan forces
were occurring too often. He added
that Japanese planes were making
repeated flights across the frontier of
Siberia from the Japanese-inspired
Mauchukuoan state.
The communique said that Lit
vinoh at this point warned the jap
anese Ambassador: Soviet frontier
troops have firm orders in no case to
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