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Evening star., 1938-07-19
new NOTETO SOVIET
ORDERED BY TOXIC
Stronger Protest on Alleged
Seizure of Manchukuo Territory
to Be Made.
BY TIE associated Press.

by t1e associated Press.
TOXIC, July 19.-Instructions to
make new and stronger protest to
Soviet Russia over alleged seizure
OF Manchukuo territory were tele-
graphed tonight to the japanese En-
bassy in Moscow. The action COIN
cided with a Toxic demonstration de-
manding war on Russia.
Mamoru Shigemitsu, Japans Am
bassador, was told to carry the pro-
test directly to Maxim Litvinoff, So
Wet foreign commissar.
Japan charges that Soviet troops
have occupied territory of Manchu-
kuo. Japan's protectorate, near Chang
kufeng, close to the junction of the
boundaries of Manchukuo, Russian
Siberia and japanese Korea.
Japan already had protested the
alleged invasion, while the Manchu-
kuo government at, Hsinking had sent
a stift note directly to Russian border
forces demanding speedy withdrawal
from the disputed area (In Moscow
Russian officials, declaring Soviet
troops had merely taken over. terri
tory belonging to Russia, refused to
take the matter seriously)
1t. Gen. Seishiro Itagaki, Japan's
war minister, reported formally on
the dispute to Gen. Kazushige Ugaki,
foreign minister.
In Toxic Is japanese, yrying
heavy canes and wearing arnfbands
Of an extreme nationalist society. DEM
onstrated before the Soviet Embassy.
Evening star., 1938-07-19
STOCKS SHOOT UP
IN BUYING SURGE
Advances of as Much as SO
Made-Issues Hit New
High Since Fall.
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, July 19.-New waves
Of buying carried Wall Streets month
old bull market in stocks today to the
highest average prices since last au-
tumn. Quotation boards recorded
gains ranging to more than So
throughout the share lists.
In the scramble, of spectators to
catch the renewed move forward, some
Of the heaviest dealings of the past
month took place around the ex-
change posts and the ticker dropped
as much as six minutes behind the
market
Transactions in the first hour of
trading jumped to 10000 shares,
compared with 100000 in the same
period yesterday.
Concrete evidence in rail carload
ings, steel and other business figures
that industry had been following the
market on the recovery road. although
at more sober pace, kept traders in
a bullish mood and hopeful for wider
industrial improvement in the au-
tumn.
The market boiled over around the
opening, following an upturn just be-
fore the close of the preceding session.
A lull was succeeded by another wave of
buying in the second hour but toward
midday trading quieted and gains
were shaved bit.
Brisk demand at rising prices for
leading steel, motor, rail, chemical and
merchandise shares indicated buyers
were banking on business recovery,
brokers said
After opening on 5000 shares ct
$3.50. up 81, United States Steel
stretched its advance to around s62
before the midday lull
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BY TIE Associated Press.
DUBLIN. July 19.-Prime Minister
Eamon de Valera congratulated Doug
las G. Daredevil" Corrigan today on
his wrong way flight from New York
to Dublin.
The prime minister hurried from a
cabinet meeting to greet the 3l-year-
old Californian and hear the details
of the daring flight in the old 5000
plane, which Corrigan insisted brought
him to Ireland instead of California
because of a little mistake" in direc-
ton.
After thanking De Valera for Ire
lands kindness to him. Corrigan, ap-
pearing as fresh as if he had Just
hoped across the Irish Sea, visited
government buildings to straighten
out difficulties arising out of his fail
ure to have any of the papers a flyer
abroad is supposed to carry.
officials of Ireland's department OF
external affairs told him they would
place no difficulties in his way.
way ENnlDlt Plane.
Corrigan went out to Baldonnel
Airport to see his 'old crate" and
disclosed he hoped to visit London to
exhibit the plane. There also was
some talk that he might take the ma
chine to the Glasgow Exposition.
Il am not goins home without the
plane, but I won't fly it." the Cali
fornian explained. He said he would
take it back by steamer.
He had lunch at the United States
Legation, where messages from many
parts of the world poured in with
congratulations on his flight. One Of
them was said to have been from
Henry Ford.
Corrigan was $4,000 to the good al
ready as a result of the little mis-
take" in direction, having received
that much for a radio broadcast to
America
Corrigan's antiquated plane was
held by Irish customs officials. but he
said this was a mere formality and
that he was approaching the Dublin
government in an effort to get it
released
In Technical Detention.
Corrigan spent the morning walking
around the grounds of the United
States Legation, where he is under
technical detention because of his
arrival yesterday without Official
papers He is the guest of the minister.
He put in much time chatting with
the crowd which gathered long before
he got up and discussing his plans
with the minister.
The question Of clothes did not
bother him. He considered his i'm
mediate needs supplied, but said ne
might go shopping later
He acknowledged that folks here
still are tremendously excited about
my trip, but after all it wasn't much.
They've been very kind to me in not
having me summoned for landing
without an air-worthiness certificate"
He had offers of contracts although
he had been here less than a day. but
1t was understood he turned them all
down with the statement "I prefer to
be footloose while 1 am here and
won't sign anything"
The crate" that took him the
$3.50 miles from New York to Dublin
(See CORRIGAN, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1938-07-19

ocean flight.
The effect Of suspending the certifi-
cate for his airplane. it was explained
informally, would be to ground the
9-year-old aircraft. One official said
a westward flight from Dublin would
be almost certain suicide
The main concern OF the bureau.
a spokesman told the Associated Press.
is safety. He described as secondary"
the question of what punishment, if
any, should be meted out to Mr..
Corrigan.
The matter of melting out punish
ment to the young California pilot
mechanic still is under advisement,' -
it was stated.
Mulligan Discusses Flight.
Director Mulligan. whose first ex-
clamation upon hearing news Of the
flyers arrival in Dublin was, Its a
great day for the Irish!' last night
discussed the flight in a radio broad
cast.
'Gone-Again' Corrigan has finally
realized his ambition to visit the land
OF his forefathers," Mr.. Mulligan said
Because he succeeded so we'll We
must admire his courage-in the judg-
ment Of many. plain foolhardiness-
but We earnestly hope that there will
not follow in his wake the usual host
of aspirants who will want to ride to
glory by the same route, which has
been the history of spectacular flights
during the last 10 years
I'VE cannot encourage haphazard
adventures in aviation, for it is a
serious business, and it has been es-
tablished that accidents in any form
Of flying are damaging to our basic
policy, which is to make the air.
plane safe medium of travel and
transportation"
$500 Fine Is Maximum.
Although the maximum penalty the
Bureau of Commerce can assess
against Mr. Corrigan for flying the
ocean without permit is $500 fine
and loss of his pilots license. it was
indicated after a day Of consideration
of the case that the punishment to be
meted out will not be unduly severe
Mr. Corrigan will have to return his
airplane to the United States quickly
or be liable to prosecution under the
National Munitions Control Act. which
requires that a permit be obtained
from the National Munitions Control
Board of the State Department before
any airplane, military or civil. may
be exported. Expectation of an air
plane may be made either by boat
or train or by flying it. it was
pointed out.
The State Department is taking no
action iii the Corrigan case because of
his failure to provide himself with
a passport before his flight to Ireland.
State Department officials said that
the pilot could be granted passport
while abroad.
Evening star., 1938-07-19
BRAZIL WILL BUY RAIL
SUPPLIES IN AMERICA
$6,OOO,OOO Equipment Order Il
Taken From Germans Due
to Lower Prices.
2y the Associated Press.

ey the Associated Press.
RIO DE JANEIRO. July 19-Four
United States companies are in line
for a S6,000,0o0 railway equipment
order which might have gone to Ger
many
A project for improvement of the
government owned Central Brazil
Railway calls for rs locomotives and
1000 cars the locomotives to be deliv-
cred within six to eight months and
the cars in four to six months.
The companies are the Baldwin Lo-
comotive Co., the American Locomo-
tive Co., the American Car & Foundry
Co. and the Pullman Standard Car Co.
A pending contract with German
interests recently was cancelled. Re-
ports said the German proposal did
not fix date of delivery for the loco
motives and prices were too high.
Evening star., 1938-07-19
BY JOHN c. HENRY.

Bullets, gas and clubs of iron pipe
were used by Republic Steel Corp.
guards to terrorize a crowd of some
200 persons, including women and
children, outside the gates of a Re-
public subsidiary in Canton, Ohio,
during a strike in May, 1885 the SEN
ate Civil Liberties Committee was
told today.
Nearly half dozen witnesses. only
one Of them one of the strikers, told
how the guards had charged out Of
the plant of the Berger Mannactur-
ing Co. about 4:30 pm. on May q,
while a barrage of gas caught the
crowd of observers in a street from
which escape was difficult.
Several women and children were
knocked down by pipes welded by the
company police, and others became
i'll from the gas. the testimony showed.
One man, worker leaving & nearby
plant not connected with the strike
was shot in the back and seriously
wounded, It was related
The company later paid damage
claims in excess of $4,000 for the
diligence OF their guards, witnesses
said.
Says Mob Threatened.
Asked to comment on the episode.
CHARLES M. White, vice president of
Republic, said the steel company
guards were forced to shoot their wav
out OF Threatening mob of several
thousand"
However, Darrell Smith, a milk
truck driver, had testified the attack
by the guards was unprovoked.
HIS description of the street fight
ing drew quick protest from T. F.
Patton, attorney for officials of Re-
public Steel Corp. which controls the
Berger company.
Ihis man Is doing beautiful lob. l.
the attorney broke in on Mr.. Smiths s
graphlc narration, 'but I request that
ne stick to the evidence"
mail Id Tollelte suggested to
Mr.. Patton that the committee had
permitted some latitude yesterday to
Vice President White in his testimony
1T is perfectly all right for this
witness to explain what he saw
Senator La Toilette said. He has
Just as much right to do that as
Mr.. White did to 60 into the history
OF the Republic Steel Corp and its
benefits to humanity"
Says Women Were Clubbed.
Describing the scene as lust about
the bloodiest ever enacted in Amer
lca' Mr.. Smith said guards clubbed
women as well as men. He testified
some of those who were knocked to the
street. were beaten where they lay.
L saw women struck with iron bars
chlloren rushing around in terror OF
tear gas, and people being beaten to
the street." Mr.. Smith said.
How many children were there?"
Senator La Toilette asked.
1 saw five or SIX" Mr.. Smith an
swered, adding that they finally were
herded into restaurant for safety.
Mr.. Smith said he decided to try to
get out of the melee, but was caught
getting out of his car by one of the
company police armed with an iron
bar. After graphing with the guard
Mr.. Smith said he suffered blows
(See PROBE. Page Alloy
Evening star., 1938-07-19
MNUTT IS SERENADED
ON HIS 47TH BIRTHDAY
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
MANILA, July ia crowd of Paul
V. McNutt's friends, headed by Com
monWealth President Manuel L,
Quezon, and a native string band.
gave the American hign commissioner
rousing party last night on the eve
OF his 47th birthday anniversary.
Bearing torchlights. the crowd
marched to Mr.. McNutt's new home in
the Pasay suburbs, where the commits
sioner and Mrs. McNutt were waiting
with President Quezon. All three wore
native costumes.
Juan Posadas, Mayor of Manila, pre-
sea<sd an official resolution of con-
gratulations and the crowd gave a
pearl recently fished out of the Sulu
Sea
Evening star., 1938-07-19

300 block of Sixth street NE, a few
feet off the pavement at the edge of a
l5-foot embankment.
Investigating officers said it ap-
peared the man had dragged himself
through the adjacent thick under
brush, over ditch and up the steep
bank.
Follow Trail In Brush.
They followed a trail of broken
vines. freshly turned dirt and bits of
the mans clothing stuck to brambles
to a point approximately a quarter
of a mile from the highway.
There they said they found a square
covered with an oilcloth hood to make
the interior air tight. The box, they
said, was large enough to hold an
adults head and shoulders. Inside
the box was large pillow and two
cans containing chemicals, which,
when allowed to combine, give off a
poisonous gas. The containers were
rugged SO the contents of one would
trickle slowly into the other.
The man was taken to GEORGETOWN
Hospital, where he was still uncon-
sclous several hours later. Neighbors
of the Parrish's said Mrs. Parrish
said Sunday she was going on a trip.
Neither she nor her husband have
been seen at their home since.
DR.. William Foote of the George
town staff said the man mumbled he
had put his head in box and kept
1t there for the night" DR.. Foote said
his condition was improving and there
is good chance of complete recovery
Body Found in Cuivert
Meanwhile the body of an unidenti-
fled man was found in a culvert near
the. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at
Forest Glen, Md. Sergt Theodore
Vollten of the Montgomery County
police said a can of poisonous chemi-
cal was found near the body. The
man apparently had been dead for
some time. police said, as it was i'm
possible to determine Immediately
whether he was white or colored.
Roland Parrish is supervisor of the
sta atlstlcal-clerlcal unit of the United
States Employment Service in the La
Dor Department. Employees said he
did not report for work today.
Mr.. Griffith said he noticed the man
slumped on the side of the road and
notified police.
Inspector Finds Body.
The body in the railroad culvert
was discovered by George hammers,
inspector for the railroad. He said
the body was not there when he last
the culvert June 9.
The man was fully clothed Sergt
Vollten expressed the belief that the
man was hobo and had committed
suicide. The only personal effects
found in his pockets were a razor, a
small mirror and shaving brush.
No marks of Identification were found
in the pockets or on his clothing.
Justice of the Peace Charles w.
Woodson of Silver Spring ordered the
body removed to Humphreys funeral
home in Silver Spring pending fur
ther investigation.
Evening star., 1938-07-19
Seaplane Off to Azores.

LISBON, July I9 P).-The German
Lufthansa lines seaplane, the Nord-
meer. departed for the Azores this
morning on another experimental
flight for a Lisbon-New York air serv-
ice. The ship few to New York last
year.
Evening star., 1938-07-19
Man Shot in Safety Talk.

PHILADELPHIA, July 10 (R.-A
lecturer on firearms safety, National
Guard Sergt. Harry ziegler, 38, acci-
detnally shot Sergt Andrew Wallace,
SO, in an armory last night. SerSt.
Wallace died today.
Evening star., 1938-07-19
Today's Offerings
in the Stores

1t will pay you to look over
the advertisements in today's
Star. Things specially fea-
tured in these advertisements
are summer clothing and
palm beach suits, advance
sales of furs, sales of mems
and women's hosiery and
shoes, summer hats, swim
and sun suits, handbags and
light dresses, furniture and
housewares.
Evening star., 1938-07-19
De VALERA HALLS
CORR|GAN'S HOP
IN TALK T0FLYER
Aviator Visits Offices of
Government-Sees No
Trouble Over Papers.
RECEIVES MANY OFFERS,
BUT WON'T SIGN YET
$1,000 From Radio Broadcast to
Keep Him in Money Till He
Gets Back to U. S.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Douglas G. Corrigan. 31-year-old
California flyer, tlew east last Ueek
IN nine-year-old airplane palued
at from $500 to 5000. He loaded it
NTH gasoline, added no special
equipment and announced he Uus
ready for return hop to Calitor-
MIA. He took of at All am. Sun
day, but he headed east. At 2::30
pm. Monday he landed in Dublin,
ireland, said: where am I? In
Californian"
Evening star., 1938-07-19
Gettysburg Normal.
By TIE Associated Press,

by trle ASSOCIated PreSS.
GETTYSBURG, Pa, July 1e.-
Gettysburg drowsed again in the sum-
mer sun today with virtually all traces
of the final" encampment of the Blue
and the Gray gone from the historic
battlefield.
Evening star., 1938-07-19
TERROR CHARGED
TO STEEL GUARDS
IN BERGER STRIKE
La Toilette Inquiry Told
Women and Children
Were Struck Down.
COMPANY PAID CLAIMS
IN EXCESS OF $4,000
Worker at Nearby Plant Says
He Was Shot in Back on
Leaving Work.
BACKGROUND


Committee headed BY Senator La
Toilette. appointed to inquire into
cipil liberties Dtolations of all types,
has confined itself almost entirely
to field OF labor relations during
probes OF last t,eo years. Indus
trial espionage, pripate munitions
sales and organized terrorism on
Dtde scale haze been alleged in
such sections as the soft coal fields
OF Harlan County. Ky.
Evening star., 1938-07-19
Air Commerce Bureau Plans
To Suspend Corrigan Permit
Step Is Considered to Preuent FLYER
From Attempt to Return Home
in Out1nOded Plane.

Suspension Of the experimental certificate Corrgans
Air
Denis Mulan director of Air
make formal announcement later
taken result OF Mr. Corigans
Evening star., 1938-07-19
BY .he Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
PARIS, July ia booming salute
OF 10l guns welcomed King George
| and Queen Elizabeth of England today
on their arrival for visit of state
to France.
The boyish-appearing King George,
monarch of an empire of nearly 50O,-
OOO.O00 people. came with his coz
sort by boat and train from London to
this capital and was greeted by gray
haired Albert Lebrun, titular chief y.
state for l02,000000 people.
The visit of the British sovereicrs
was designed to reaffirm the common
front OF two Of the worlds greatest
empires.
Tonight state reception was flsld
at President Lebruns Elysee Palace
in honor of the British monarchs.
first Of the major ceremonies of the
four-day visit.
Outside the palace all Paris cele-
brated. The day was proclaimed a
holiday. British and French flags
garlanded the capital, fireworks
blazed and crowds danced in the
streets.
Gayety ran all the higher because
OF the popular impression that the
visit-on the twentieth anniversary
OF the German Army's retreat across
the Marne-would find Britain and
France at last in a position to compel
the retreat of Nazi diplomacy and
keep the peace of Europe.
The royal party arrived at the little
Bois de Boulognc station in the aristo-
cratic northwest corner of Paris, a
square, gray-stone structure under
whose green cupola visiting royalty
traditionally descends.
Welcomed by President.
The royal train arrived at 4:49 pm.
10:49 am. E. S. TD. The King and
Queen, smiling broadly, stepped onto
the platform and shook hands with
President and Nine. Lebrun. The
King wore the uniform of an admiral
Of the fleet The Queen wore white.
Marines lining the platform present.
ed arms, while marine band played
God Save the King and the
"Marseillaise."
The appearance of the King and
Queen brought volleys of cheers from
throngs surrounding the station. while
the royal salute sounded from the guns
Of Mount Valerian fort in the western
suburb of Suresnes.
The British royal standard and the
French tri-color ran up on gilded
staf1s. From a huge cage, concealed
by banks of flowers, 10000 white doves
were released as their majesties ap-
peareo. symbol of Franco British
aspirations for peace.
King George and Queen Elizabeth
arrived at Boulogne this morning from
London and came to Paris over 12O
miles of carefully guarded rails which
became, in effect, their private line
for the occasion. Troops, mobile
guards, gendarmes and police guarded
the entire route
Premier Edouard Daladier and his
cabinet were presented to the SOW
ereigns by President Lebrun, after
which the King inspected the Marine
Guard.
Then the Queen took the arm of
the President, Nine. Lebrun took the
Kings arm and the party entered
automobiles for 3-mile ride through
Evening star., 1938-07-19
py the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
HANKOW, July 19.-Four japanese
bombs fell on the American Church
Missions Boone University campus
during raid on Hankow, Wuchang
and Hanyang today, killing 20 Chinese
seeking shelter under the old wall
The university is in Wuchang,
across the Yangtze River from Han
kow, provisional capital of China.
Other missiles hit within few yards
Of the convent of the American Cath
olic Sisters of Notre Dame One
struck in the yard of German civil
an'S residence.
A check-up in all sections Of the
tri-city area placed the civilian cas-
lialty total at about $50 killed and
wounded.
Most of the casualties in Wuchang
we're caused by hits near the Hupeh
Provincial Library, which blasted and
burned scores of small houses.
33 Planes in Raid.
Several square blocks were fat
tened or burned in the western Sec
sion Of Hankow when the bombs, ap-
parently aimed at manufacturing
plants in Hanyang across the Han
River, fell wide of their mark and
t4rned one of the three cities poor
est areas into smoking ruins
Several hundred shacks and huts
and few brick residences were de-
stroyed in this area, but most of the
ropulace saved their lives and portable
belongings by fleeing at the sound of
the air raid alarm
Wind-fanned fires started by the
bombs might have swept farther into
the Hankow business section, except
for efficient work of the fire depart
ment.
Thirty-three planes participated in
the attack, one of the most intensive
of the war.
The attackers timed their arrival to
coincide with the return to their Han
low base of heavy Chinese bombers
(See CHINA, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1938-07-19
Man Discovered Unconscious.
Makeshift Gas Death Chamber
Several Hundred Yards A,vav
Investigating Officers Follov Trail OF
Broken Vines and Bits of Clothing
To Find LethaI Box.

man. tentatively identified Roland Parrish
Arlington
pike short distance
makesht
thick
The found
Evening star., 1938-07-19
2O|NU.S S. MISSION
KILLED BY BOMBS
IN JAPANESE RAID
Other Missiles Land Close to
Catholic Convent, One in
Yard of German.
80 PLANES BRING DEATH
TO $50 NEAR HANKOW
Guerrilla Drive Costs 600 Dead in
Pootung, Across River From
Shanghai.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
The big japanese driue to cap
ture Hankop. provisional capital OF
China, has begged dopn badly in
the face of food and stiff resist
dnce. While cut dikes flooded the
terrain oper Which the army had
intended to aduance, the napy
took up the drive up the Yangtse.
But reinforced artillery has efec-
ttrely repelled its efforts to inch
up the riUer toward HdnkoD or to
land any considerable number of
troops in the up-riper area.
Evening star., 1938-07-19

SPORTS.
District of Columbia Boxing Board to
test scoring plan in bouts next Mon
day. Page A-13
Double Champion Armstrong hints
that Ambers is slipping. Page A-13
Lewis confident of winning coming
fight with Galento. Page Alb
Postponed Scalzo-Dupre bout listed
here tonight. Page Alb
Persistency dominant in Hughes golf
as in his world fight. Page Ala
Power club test needed for Dean to
prove his comeback Page ALA
Indians and Giants get warnings from
Yankees and Cubs Page ALA
MISCELLANY.
Natures Children. Page ALL
Vital Statistics. Page b.
City News in Brief Page B-7
Crossword Puzzle. PagsNs-l4
Bedtime Story. Pag( B-I4
Letter Out. Page B-l4
Winning Contract. Page BIS