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Evening star., 1938-08-22
GUERRILLA BANDS
ATTACK SHANGHAI
Battle on Western Border
Largest Since Japanese
Captured City.

As her regular army has been
forced to retreat tnr up the Yang
tie Riper, China has been forced
to rely upon guerrilla bands to
harasS Japanese conQuerors.
Throughout Northern and Central
China these irregular bands hare
been at Dork limiting Japan's con-
troll to the railways and garrison
totDns.
By the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, Aug. 22.-Fighting
came ominously close to Shanghai
again today when 1000 japanese SOL
diers and bands Of Chinese guerrillas
came to grips on the western border
Of the city.
The battle, which began before dawn
and quickly enveloped the western edge
of the Hungjao area, where Shang-
hais big airdrome is located, was the
largest in the Shanghai area since
the japanese captured the city last
November.
Scores of foreign residents of the
Hungjao area were endangered. many
rushing to the International Settle
ment for safety.
The guerrillas, believed to number
about 500, apparently were we'll armed
with machine guns and rifles and were
maintaining constant fire.
Dozens of Japanese trucks loaded
with reinforcements raced westward
through the outer portion of the In
ternational Settlement to take up the
battle after the regular outposts re-
ported they were unable to cope with
the attack.
Shortly after the battle started the
japanese closed the Hungjao area to
civilian entry or exit, trapping for
eigners who had remained in their
homes. and preventing others, who
were in the city, from returning home.
There were not many foreigners in
the western section Of Hungjao, but
those in that section reported by tele-
phone that fighting was going on
nearby and that machine-gun bullets
were sweeping the area constantly.
. Numerous japanese aircraft were
accommodating the district, but had
not entered the conflict.
International Settlement police re-
ported sniping between japanese and
Chinese troops had broken out near
the western borders of the Settlement,
indicating the Chinese had penetrated
deep into the japanese lines.
Guerrillas Fight Furiously.
In other sections of China guerillas
also were battling furiously. Chinese
reports said irregulars had defeated
1000 japanese troops 20 miles south
west of Hangchow, in Chekiang Prov
ince, and that guerrilla activities in
the Yangtze Delta had forced Jap
anese to rush reinforcements to many
areas.
was going on in Shantung Province,
where the japanese last week launched
an anti-guerrilla campaign.
> On the main battlefront along the
upper Yangtze River, Chinese advices
said, their lines were holding both
north and south Of the river around
Kiukiang. They said the japanese
had massed 100000 troops on the
north bank for a renewed drive on
Hankow, China's provisional capital
135 miles upstream.
Two Chinese Office holders in the
Japanese dominated Salt Gabelle
were shot and seriously wounded in
crowded street in the International
Settlement today by three assassins,
who escaped.
Two United States marines chased
the gunner, but they disappeared
IN the crowds.
Evening star., 1938-08-22
WEATHER REPORT


gentle variable
rising
West VrgnaFar tonight partly cloudy
Evening star., 1938-08-22
Foreign Brigade Formed.

HANKOW, Aug. 22.-An inter-
national brigade patterned after the
famed fighting unit OF the same
name in loyalist Spain is now TAX
ing shape here with the sanction
OF the Chinese government. Launch
ing intensive training with a men,
pership of $50 Koreans, Formosans
and Japanese, the brigade's leaders
arc confident OF recruiting the organ
1zation speedily to full strength.
:, Col. Chou Su-min, young Korean
revolutionary, who is one of its chief
organizers. said that Americans and
Europeans will be welcomed il they
are willing to fight for ideals instead
OF pay. which is inconsequential.
Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek pre-
dicted in an interview today that, If
the Japanese continue military opera
tions against Hankow, the Chinese
armies will inflict upon them a defeat
more important than that of Taierh-
chwang" Qn Southern Shantung last
April.
There will be very serious battle,
verging on decisive one the gen.
eralissimo said, in discussing the
struggle for Hankow. The japanese
ere facing graver difficulties every
day and 1 am confident of victory.
The japanese are deceiving themselves
II they think the seizure of Hankow
would bring us to our knees. Even
If we should be forced to withdraw
from. HankoW that would not mean
the end of the war. We will carry on
just as we did after the fall of Nam
king"
tcopyrisht 1885, by Chicago Daily News
lnc1
Evening star., 1938-08-22
Precipitation,

Monthly precipitation in inches In the
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Evening star., 1938-03-31
African Nazis Boast.

Germans in Southwest Africa are
boasting that the return of the terri
tory to Germany is imminent, and
nothing appears to shake their conf
dence. Many openly declare that the
change is only a question of months.
All this is in the face of reptated dec
larations by the Union of South Africa
government that it has no intention
Of abandoning its mandate over South
west Africa. The German attitude to
the colonial question has changed in
the last year. Previously few Germans
thought such a change was possible,
but today the majority in Windhoek
and other cities believe 1t will soon
come, no matter what their private
hopes or wishes may be.
Evening star., 1938-03-31
ETHR|DGE NAMED
BROADCAST GEAR
Former Capital Man Will
Serve Until Permanent .
Choice Is Made.

By the Associated Press.
Mark Foster Ethridge, a newspaper
man for IS years, became radios first
"czar" today.
The 4l-year-old Ethridge, who now
Is general manager of the Louisville
Courier journal and Times, will serve
without salary as president of the Ma
tional Association of Broadcasters
until the position is filled permanently.
The publishing company with which
he is connected owns Station WHAS
at Louisville.
"In setting up their new organiza-
ton" Mr.. Ethridge said of his new
work. "the broadcasters have been
trying to create the instrument through
which they may help to carve the
b destiny of an idustry in which they,
while recognizing the public interest,
still have sizable financial investments.
System Still Superior.
"They believe that with whatever
faults it may have, the American sys-
tenn is still superior to any other system
of broadcasting in the world.
"They believe. moreover, that it can
best serve democratic people as a
medium of information, entertainment
and education if 1t is kept free for
creative endeavor and for full and
fair and frank discussion of public
questions.
There is, in the long run, no con-
flict whatever between the public in
terest and the concepts Of good and
decent business"
Mr.. Ethridge became "czar pro tenn
of radio as the Federal Communica-
tions Commission entered the first
phases of an investigation of 'monopo-
1istic tendencies" in the industry.
Reports that this investigation would
be made, some observers suggested,
was among the factors prompting the
N. A. B. last month to set up a strong
trade organization.
Special Counsel Retained.
The associations Board of Directors,
which made the announcement, also
authorized Philip G. Loucks of Wash
1ngton to continue as special counsel
until permanent head of the industry
is named.
Mr. Ethridge is native of Missis,
sippi and has been newspaper man
for more than 25 years. He served as
editor of the Macon (Ga) Telegraph
and has been connected with the New
York Sun, the Associated Press, Con-
SOlidated Press the WASHINGTON poet
and the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Evening star., 1938-03-31
HITLER SAYS UNITY
TOPS WAR VICTORY
Pledge to Protect Germans Across
Borders Repeated in
Cologne Talk.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
COLOGNE. Germany, March 80
Adolph Hitler tonight told a great
throng OF Rhinelanders that Germany
has won something more important
that World War victory in winning
the fight for national union.
Wars can be won and wars can be
lost, but all that Is less vital than the
restoration of unity to a nation once
torn apart" the Reichsfuehrer said.
His speech was another in the Nazi
campaign seeking 100 per cent ap-
proval of Austrian annexation in a
plebiscite April 10.
He hammered home a warning that
a powerful Reich will not tolerate the
"mistreatment" Of Germans Just across
its borders.
Czechoslovakia, with 100000 Ger
mans within her frontiers, was not
mentioned specifically. But the strug-
gle of Sudeten Germans for autonomy
received attention when the burgo-
master of Cologne presented Hitler
with a bronze statue OF man in
chains which had been made by a
Sudeten German sculptor.
Evening star., 1938-03-31
Tanks Cause Split,

Pembroke and Pembroke County are
at odds over the proposed acquisition
by the British war Office Of 5000 acres
in the south of the county for tank
training ground. Delegations from
the city and county recently visited
London to state their stand. Penn
broke residents welcome the project,
which might help to restore prosperity
there. Pembroke County officials,
backed by several societies, oppose the
plan esthetically.
Evening star., 1938-03-31
Goose Acts as Sentry.

Refusing all attempts to lure it
away, a goose has been on sentry duty
outside the Kralievo barracks, in Yugo-
slavis, for three years. Latest reports
received in Belgrade were that it still
is one duty. 1t is always in the same
spot, standing first on one leg and then
the other, and is so attached to the
army that it will not take food from
any one not in uniform. When taken
from the post it mopes and goes on
hunger strike until permitted to re-
turn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-13

day festivity Of Mary Slattery
Loans and Currency "A Bureau
of Standards staff meeting saw
much chuckling when, introducing
a speaker, a metallurgy chief EN-.
phasized the growing need for
gas masks!
Informed sources declare writ
ten and physical Civil Service
exams are being prepped for Ma
tional Parks guards who came in
via E. o. prior to the New Deal,
applications being filled out now
Twill also include the $500 WPA-
ers recently shifted to National
Parks-and many are glum over
survival chances) >. It's bounc-
ing young lady at the home Of
John w. Atlee, D. c. Government
Wage Hour Division reported
yesterday it hasn't completed
plans on where personnel is to
come from, now that WPA is
broke Now allowed to make
their own arrests, some guards are
chuckling over report that an
arrest made within Justice-Ar.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-13

AmoIa Steel Coil Springs the extra
5atttyin time-provenhydraulic brakes.
Easy to own. ..your present Car will
probably represent large proportion
of PIymouth's low delivered price,.
balance in low monthly instruments.
PLYMOUTH DIVISION OF CHRYsLER
CORPORATION, Detroit, Michigan.
TUNE IN MAJOR BOWES AMATEUR MOUR, COLUM-
BlA NETWORK, THURSDAYS, Q TO IOP.M,E.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-13

!. Functional Design-the new
trend in streamline stylinggives
Plymouth glamOrOus beauty.
z. Greater Size-Wheelbase now
ia inches.
3. New High. TOrque Engine Per-
Torrance with new economy.
q. New AmOla Steel Coil Springs
give a wonderful new ride.
5. New Perfected Remote Con-
troll Gear Shifting.
6. New All. Silent Auto Mesh
Transmission.
7.New True-Steady Steering.
8. New SheamIined Safety Head
lamps-better road lighting.
8. Ingenious New Safety Signal
SpeedOmeter.
10. Time Proven, DOuble-ActiOn
Hydraulic Brakes.
II. Patented Floating Power En-
CINE MOuntings.
II. Safety-Steel Body, completely
rust-prOOfed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-13

chives group was heaved outa
court the very next day!
We doubt this, but AGO folk in.
sist one of their masculine col.
leagues wears TWO pair O. trous.
ers during all sharp snaps! .
Food and Drug Administration
uses white rabbits to test eyelash
cosmetics, because the Dummies
eyes are most nearly like yours in
sensitivity. In the 116-year pc
riod ending in 1886, more folk
migrated here from Germany
than any other country Who
remembers when Army airmen
wore spurs-and why? . Special
WPA projects will distribute
100000 toys this Yule Says
j. Federal: Neck scarfs are like
a woman's arms-nice to have
around your neck but too much
trouble!"
Agriculture's Drama Guild has
announced plans for a play-writing
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-13

Note to "One who works the
extra time: In fairness to readers
and those involved in stories, we
WILL NOT print anonymous com.
munications; we can't trust those
who won't TRUST US to keep
their confidence!
* "a
District Buildings war memo
rial, carrying names of D. C. lads
who died, was converted into
"Yule chimney" the other day,
but squawks Of vets caused the
cheesecloth to be promptly re-
moved Another case of hold
ing a WPA relief job to earn
spending money while conducting
a lucrative business on the side
has reached us-and you'll have
details soon! Sterling Beaver,
the Navy Yarder, will wed a local
cite veddy shawtly AGO's
Harry v. Penfold has been daugh.
tered Tommy Dorsay recently
played Kermit the Hermit" the
jitterswinger recently authored by
Nat Lewis, contributor to this
pillar Oops: In AGO. from a
clerk prepping newcomer: And,
we don't put on our clothes until
the bell rings!"
y \ \
Believe it or else, but an erst
while Texas Congressman was so
burnt when he learned of his cleo
ton defeat he tore up his entire
quota of Army.Navy grid stubs! =.
Chris Columbus never saw Chile
but was the only person portrayed
on its stamps for so years, accord
ing to Union Postal Clerks Trapp
Flash: Ralph Werner, the
Army-Navy Union poular, is under
the sheets, quite i'll "A gift
shower marked the recent natal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-13

the shoes of a N'Yorker who for
years was his political sponsor)
Luxembourg, the mighty atom
among nations, imported $4.18
worth Of. munitions from the U. s.
during october (.22-caliber bull.
lets) . Believe it or else, but In.
ternal Revenue folk declare a femi.
nine colleague has adopted a "life-
size wooden horse and in the Sc.
cluSion of her apartment spends
many hours practicing UP on her
riding"
X X
Believe it or else, but a D. C..
copper, some years back, finding
himself piffled on duty, called the
pie wagon, took himself by the
collar, put himself in. booked him.
self at the station and slept it off
in cell, and even the Trial Board
chuckled as it canned him (he's
now in the G'menO One of
Uncle Sans foremost landlords is
a pre-Repeal convicted bootlegger!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-13

Stone will defy the Lucy Stone
League? (shell be Mrs. Hal P.
Phillips) 4. . In nine years, Agricul-
ture says, our fruit juice produc-
ton has grown from one to "a
million cases yearly, which may
or may not be a reflection IN
our hangover increase!
Nays cafe is being besieged by
CLIO to agree to a contract for its
100-odd employees, prospects of
signing said to be likely Ed
ward KuSS, Patent office, is mo-
mentarily expected to wed Potts
vile, Pa, lovely Vets Admins
tration now has a vacancy for an
examiner of questioned docu.
ments," at $4,000 Loans and
Currency's Estelle Bauer leaves
late this month for a S. America
toor Johnny Federal rasped
today: 1.-THE guy who times those
yellow caution lights here must be
the one who split atomsl"
II you re seeking GlenolH avery
of Civil Service Commish now, you
must seek Mrs. Andrew Connell
tit happened this month"; :. Tie it
If you can, but Interiors John
Dawson has been absent i'll but
IA days in 49 years.! . In late
October we itemed that c. John
Russell, the Vets champion, was
to be shifted to Social Security's
field service, but retracted when
C. John and Ssh itself objected
but c. John Is now stationed in
the field! Vacancies created
when 400 WFA reliefers were re-
Gently axed are rapidly being re-
filled, some by out-of-towners (de-
tails of one case on way .Ow-w:
'"The prima donkey (donnA was
5000 big she looked like a Fed
eral project!"-Lew Lehr (Sun-
day..
A Congressman taking office in
January Is already being called
Representative Frank e n stein.
(Frankenstein destroyed his maker
and the lad concerned, Is filling
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-13


WARNER BROTHERS
schedule today: EARLE and
AMBASSADOR - &c o m
Over Broadway" with Kay
Francis and Ian Hunter, plus
Tom Howard and George
Shelton on the Earle stage.
METROPOLITAN - angels
With Dirty Faces" star.
ring James Cagney and Pat
O'Brien. CALVERT - Fred
MacMurray and Ray Milland
In MEN With Wings" TIV-
OIL Shirley Temple in
Gust Around the Corner"
PENN and UPTOWN -Ty'
rome Power and Loretta
Young in "SueZ."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-13

LITTLE THEATER: To-
day they have that wonder
film, THE Private Life Of
Henry the Eighth" with
Charles LaughtOn, Robert
Donat and a host Of famed
players Don't miss It!
HIGH ICE CREAM: This
chains famed quart for a
quarter" Is something you
should enjoy 1--WE personally
see that many dO) :. There's
a High Store at 800 Cedar
st. N. w. (TakOma Park.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-13

contest, limited to one-act efforts
Plans are reported coming
along fine" for the Good Samaritan
Home Yule party planned by
Treasury's Legion Post, Mary
Becker, chairwoman In seek
ing a $1,000 minimum wage within
Agriculture, UFWA union found
a full-time employe receiving but
$500! (442 folk there get less than
ST, 20O Eternity: THE length
of time between two pay days in
which three week ends occur!"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-13

10 in one day
last month.
Accounts an d
Deposits folk
h o v e b e n
give Form
Bill" q sheet to
fill In from
W h / c h eff
cheney will be
gagged prepare
tory for recon-
m e n d alton to
Civil Service for
F e b r airy !
"blanketing"
Very S0on now
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-13
By J. Earle Moser

One.pOund boxes Of deli
cious ORIGINAL VELATI
chocolates or caramels are
presented to: HELEN
FIELDS, Interior (hOnor
ROLL; CAREY H. ROBIN
SON, Treasury; MARTHA
G, LLOYD, Civil Service
(ArtHObby winner. Candy
will be dispensed at either
store, Ninth and G N. W., or
600 Fourteenth, N. w.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-13
TERSELY TELLING IT.

Hiring heavily because of work
caused by the June "A Orders,
Civil Service Commission took on
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-13
SPEAKING OF GOVERNMENT WORKERS

"The sureSt nay to become a
bore Is to tell GH."-Voltdire.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-13

Y you CAN TRACE the tremendous sue
I cess of this big 1889 Plymouth to
two basic factors. the value is up
but prices are dos0n!
Ecerywhtrr you see finer quality
in Plymouth's glamorous new styling
lin it's thrilling new High Torque en-
CINE performance with new economy.
You'll be delighted with the utterly
smooth new ride of Plymouth's new
The Washington times., 1938-12-12
WALLACE Halls
!. AAA TRIUMPH
!. IN COTTON VOTE
Quota Wins as Tobacco,
Rice Programs Lose

U.N.S.) Returns from referenda
showed today that while Southern
cotton farmers overwhelmingly ap
; proved the Agricultural Adjust
! ment Administration system of
crop control, the New Deals farm
program was dealt blow by flue
cured tobacco and rice growers
who rejected quotas for 1889.
The Department of Agriculture
announced that the cotton quota
; of 27.5O0,000 acres was approved
by 937.6O4 or 1.112,521 farmers
voting in a referendum Saturday.
The vote mo" was 174,917; the
percentage Of favorable ballots,
84.2.
MAJORITY NOT ENOUGH
Growers of flue-cured tobacco.
however, rejected the AAA's COM
puted quota of 754,0OO,00O pounds
by voting 122,059 for and 92,483
against the figure. (TWo-thirds
of the votes were required for
approval) The percentage favor
ing the quota was $50.
In four State-Louisia n O.,
Texas, Arkansas and California
rice farmers rejected the quota
of 11,974,00O barrels by 3.495 un-
favorable votes to 3,058 favorable
ballots.
Despite rejection of the rice
and tobacco quotas, Secretary OF
Agriculture Wallace said the ma
tional farm program as whole,
open to the producers Of all crops,
will go on"
ACREAGE LIMITED
Growers of cotton in 10 States
cast secret ballots at polls set
up in schools, public squares and
buildings, as those who farm rice
and flue-cured tobacco voted in
II States. Each farmer growing
the crops was. entitled to vote.
The outcome means that the
cotton farmers will grow no more
than 275O0.00O acres of the crop.
The AAA estimated that amount
would be sufficient for the needs
sof this nation in 1889. The cotton
vote was considered most i'm
sportant because of the huge sur
plus, which experts estimated was
enough to last the United States
sone year even if no more of the
crop had been grown.
The Washington times., 1938-12-12
DOCTORS MAL|N
and WIVES SAY
IT'S RELATIVELY

DR.. Lawrence W. Malin, of
Riverdale, Md, might have lost Q
mighty fine nurse, who has
worked for him for nearly five
years, when Cupid secretly stepped
in this week, if it wasn't the fact
that DR.. Mains brother and prac.
ticing aSsociate-Dr. w. E. Malin
was the other victim of Cupid's
dart.
And, believe it or not, the bride
was DR.. Mains sister-in-law as
we'll as his nurse, being Mrs. Law
renee Mains sister.
Leaving his brother in charge
of the practice at their offices at
102 West Madison Ave-, Riverdale,
Md, DR.. Lawrence Malin and his
wife decided to take vacation.
OF course, the combination
nurse and Sister.in-law remained
to assist the other DR.. Malin with
the practice.
Upon returning from their va
cation this week, DR.. and Mrs.
Malin discovered that another DR..
and Mrs. Malin were already in
the house.
The Washington times., 1938-12-12
COUPLE HERE
WE'D 80 YEARS

A previeW to a golden wedding
anniversary celebration for Mr..
and Mrs. James T. Conner was
held by % of their children, grand
children and in-laws at the Con-
nor home in the 500 block of
Fourth st. S. E. yesterday.
Although native Washing
tonianS are alleged to be scarce,
three of five generations, dating
back to the time Washington had
mayor, were represented at yes
terday'S 'get-together."
While Mr.. Conner, Sprightly
chap of 80. hadn't been out of bed
for three years, when newspaper
men arrived on the scene yeSter-
day, he forsook his bed for an
armchair and presided over the
festive occasion.
Mr.. Connor's father and grand
father were born and lived in
Southeast Washington. He was
born in a house on K Street be-
tween Fourth and Fifth Streets
Southeast. on January 8, 1858,
and has never lived more than
a mile from his birthplace.
Historical events of the past
are still vivid in the alert mind
of MI. Conner, who remembers
we'll the assassination of President
Lincoln. He also rode on the train
which carried the body of Presi-
dent Mckinley to Springfield,
Ohio. following his assassination
in Buffalo.
The Washington times., 1938-12-12
STRIKE
Meat Workers Called
Out in NelO York

NEW YORK, Dec. ~ G.N.S0.
A strike intended to paralyze the
city's meat, and dressed poultry
industry today was added to New
York's labor troubles which prev
iously had resulted in a major
stoppage of interstate trucking.
The new walkout, called by the
CLOS United Meat Workers Union,
was aimed at the big four" of
the packing industry and went
into effect at midnight.
The so distributing and process
ing plants of the Cudahy Packing
Co., Swift & Co.. Armour & Co.,
and Wilson & Co. were the main
detectives of the strikes.
Wage increases ranging up to
SIS week, a closed shop, a 40-hour
week, seniority rights and vaca-
tions and holidays with pay are
among the union demands.