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Evening star., 1938-04-15
b. the Associated Press,

b. the Associated Press.
TOXIC, April l5.-Premier Prince
Fumimaro konoye was said today to
be ready to resign because of a split
among his ministers over mobiliZinR
Japan's full military strength in an
effort to achieve quick and final
victory in China
Current dispatches from Shanghai
indicate the japanese drive in Central
China has been stalled, at least tenn
porarily. and that japanese have suf-
fered sharp reverses.
The army and navy were said to be
strongly opposed to any cabinet resig-
nation at this time. fearing the effect
upon troops in China.
Putting Japan upon a full wartime
basis would involve invoking the ma
tional mobilization law, which gives
the government unlimited power to
draft Japan's manpower and economic
resources in war emergency.
Passage Won Last Month.
The premier won passage of the
measure during the March sitting of
Parliament after bitter opposition only
with promise that it would not be
used during the present incident in
China.
The fact that both Japan's leaders
and the public have been concerned
for some time by what they believe is
the danger of war with Soviet Russia,
contributed to the seriousness of the
dispute.
1t was understood that Japan re-
Gently moved some regular army units
from China battlefronts to Manchukuo
to man the Manchukuo-Soviet Siberia
border.
The so-called moderate element here
is firmly opposed to withdrawing reg
ulars from Manchukuo to carry on
the China campaign. There have been
recent reports, however. that troops
had entered into the Central China
fight from Manchukuo. 1t is believed
| generally that the premier is leading
/ the moderateS.
Rejecting the general uncertainty,
the stock market dipped and financial
and business circles slowed their activ-
| tiles almost to standstill.
| Prince Konoye has been resting at
his villa since the Diet adjourned
March 26 and is said to have been
seriously i'll. However, he held a
series of conferences with various min
listers, presumably on the critical gov
ernment crisis. Due to his illness, 1t is
believed that Koichi KIDD, minister of
! luton.
Evening star., 1938-04-15
BY GEORGE w. HURD,
STAFF Correspondent of The Star


UPPER MARLBORO, Md, April
l5.-A generous, if tardy. Public
Works Administration has put Prince
Georges County in the awkward posi-
ton of having more money than the
Board of Education knows how to
spend.
To a man, the board admits there
are many places where the $319,455
allotted by the p w. A. Tuesday can
be spent. but what is puzzling them is
whether they have the right to accept
the money.
In the first place, the board never
asked the Federal agency to be so
generous. A modest 1922 900 was
asked in the original application in
October, 1896. This amount, as far
as members of the board know. was
approved by President Roosevelt in
December. 1896. How the P. w. A..
arrived at the figXe of $3l9,455 has
not been explained
Evening star., 1938-04-15
Roosevelt Toss
viii Start Bali
Season, Monday

President Roosevelt will be present
at Griffith Stadium Monday for the
opening of the American League base
ball season. and. as usual, will toss
out the first ball
The President gave assurances of
this today to Clark Griffith president
of the Washington club, who called
at the White House to invite Mr.. and
Mrs. Roosevelt.
Mr.. Griffith presented the President
with an annual pass to all games in
the American League. The pass was
contained in a handsome seal leather
billfold, with Mr.. Roosevelt's initials
on the outside in gold letters Mr..
Griffith also left with the President
black seal leather handbag con-
tanning an annual pass for Mrs.
Roosevelt.
Evening star., 1938-04-15
President 4 Asked If Phones Ring
During Broadcast Was Cong

President Roosevelt today explained
the mysterious ringing of telephone
bell which was heard by the radio
audience last night while he was de-
livering his f1reside chat.
At his press conference. Mr.. Roose-
velt said the bell rang from one of
the police patrol boxes in the rear
grounds, not far from the open window
of the room from which he was broad
casting. He said the police telephone
call system operates independent Of
the White House switchboard, which
had been shut off during the radio
talk
The bell was heard distinctly by
those listening to the President, and
many inquiries had been made as to
the cause. Mr.. Roosevelt said he was
Evening star., 1938-04-15
BY J. A. O'LEARY.

The Senate District Committee prob
ably will take final action late today
on new tax bill. which may raise
IS 500, ,000-more than the estimated
deflclt-with revised business priv
ilege levy added to the revenue items
in the House measure.
After studying the measure for an
hour in executive session this morning.
the committee recessed until pm. to
give the Districts legal staff time to
complete check-up on the phraseology
of the revamped gross receipts plan.
In reducing the rates of the gross
receipts tax on sliding scale basis,
the committee, in its tentative draft,
made up most of the revenue thus
lost by eliminating the present de-
duction allowed taxpayers for tangible
personal property taxes. There were
reports this afternoon that some last
minute notifications on the tentative
draft may be considered before the
bill is reported. to meet objections to
dropping of the tangible tax deduc-
ton
Believing the committee will report
the bill this evening, Chairman King
said he will seek Senate action early
next week. AS the bill now stands
the business privilege tax would be
continued without time limit instead
Of for one year as was stipulated in the
1887 tax law. This. in effect, would
make it permanent legislation. unless
repealed or replaced by some other tax
next year.
Deficit Set at S5,000.O 900.
officials now figure the deficit will
reach s5,O00,000 after making due
allowance for the failure of the orig
inal business privilege tax to bring
in what it was expected to yield in
the fiscal year drawing to close.
On this basis the revenue measure
tentatively agreed upon yesterday
would produce surplus of about
S500,000. 1t is believed, however, that
some of the municipal experts work.
ing on the tax bill had in mind the
possibility that an additional unem-
ployment relief appropriation might
be made by Congress when it returns
in January as a result of the investi-
CATION it is now having made, which
might require all or part of the excess
revenue
AS the tax bill left the House Mon
day, with the controversial income
levy knocked out, it contained two
revenue sources: Continuation for an
other year of the increase from S1.50
to $l.75 in the real estate rate, So, ,000,-
600, and a 5O-cent per-barrel tax on
beer. 100000.
To this total of S3.2O0000, the Sem
ate Committees rewritten business
privilege levy, if formally approved
today, will add approximately $780,
900.
For the current year, with a fat
rate of two-fifths of per cent on
(See D. c. TAXES, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1938-04-15
NEIGHBORS MAUI
Staying SUSPECT
Lynch Him. They Shout Before
Deputies Effect Rescue.
Girl, Z, Is Murdered.

BY t.e Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, April 15.-Sheriff' S
deputies rescued 55-year-old man
from enraged neighbors today after
the battered body of Jenny Moreno Z,
was found in a patch of weeds near
her home Cries of Lynch him" were
heard as officers shouldered through
the crowd. The man was being mauled
and beaten.
Excited neighbors told Sergt. Frank
o. Smith blood-stained clothing was
found in embers of a fire in his back
yard.
John Moreno, who had sought his
daughter for hours. finally discovered
her body, the head bludgeoned. only
100 yards from his house. Jenny was
last seen about noon.
Deputies held their prisoner for
bquestioning.
Evening star., 1938-04-15
BY JOHN c. HENRY.

With both sides grimly unwilling to
make any concessions, House and Sem
ate tax bill conferees adjourned today
until next Monday, concluding their
fourth deadlocked session in three
days
I'VE made no progress whatever"
Senate Finance Committee Chairman
Harrison reported curtly.
We agreed to come back on Mon
day" Representative Doughton. chair
man of the House Ways and Means
Committee. amended.
Meeting for less than a half hour,
the conferees had little to say as they
strobe from the committee room. but
it was learned that Representative
Doughton offered Senate conferees the
choice of accepting House modif1ca-
tions of the undistributed corporate
profits and capital gains taxes or con-
tinuing the present law, much more
severe in both cases.
Senate Is Firm.
In rebuttal it was disclosed. the Sem
ate delegation is standing by its chal-
lenge to take both issues back to the
respective chambers for an open vote
Of the memberships. The House group
less certain of their support on the
floor, is understood to be unwilling at
this point to follow such course.
Bolstering the determination of the
Democratic bloc in the House confer
ence delegation is the decision made
Yesterday in a caucus of Democratic
members of the full Ways and Means
Committee to stand firmly behind the
House measure
Both Refuse to Retreat.
With equal determination, however,
the Senate group. both Republicans
and Democrats, have refused to re-
treat either on the two most contro-
versial issues themselves, or on their
insiStence that the showdown on these
provisions must come before consid-
Grafton is given other parts of the
bill.
Promising to enter the picture to
an increasing degree next week is the
problem of disposing of the Senate
amendment permitting taxation OF
income from future issues of Federal
securities. opposed by implication in
a reference contained in the relief
message sent to Congress yesterday by
| President Roosevelt.
Evening star., 1938-04-15
FINAL ACTION SEEN
TODAY ON D. c. TAX
Senate Body Expected to
Add Revised Business
Privilege Levy.
BACKGROUND

Elimination BY the House OF Dis
trtct income tar from proposed
local reuenne bill. largely at the
1ns,stence of Maryland and Virginia
Representatives. of constituents
1rorking in Washington, LETT Senate
the task OF finding means OF raising
sf,200,000, estimated yield of in
come lery. A rerised business priui-
lege tar is considered likely Senate
choice
Evening star., 1938-04-15
CONFEREES FAIL
T0GET TAX TRUCE
Fourth Futile ParIey Ended.
To Meet Again on
Monday.
BACKGROUND

Reuision OF tar ldWs Wds under
taken By special House com mittee
last jail, With House later concur
ring in notifications OF much
criticized undistributed profits and
capital gains taTes. Senate re-
sponded more directly to business
pleas BY eliminating first principle
entirely and further reriSing sec
ond. substituting fiat rate in each
case.
Evening star., 1938-04-15
Summary Of Today's Star

Page Page.
Amusements, Radio ---- Ca
ASS Short Story B-12
Comics --C-lO-ll Society ----- B-3
Editorials - A-l0 Sports C-1-4
Lost d. Found C-5 Woman's Pg. -C-5
Obituary A-12
FOREIGN.
japanese losses in Shantung rout put
above $1,000. Page Al
Insurgents take Vinaroz, severing
loyalist lifeline. Page Al
japanese Premier ready to quit in mo-
bilization fight. Page Al
France to start negotiation with Italy
next week. Page Az
NATIONAL.
Conferees deadlocked on U. S. tax bill:
meet again Monday. Page Al
New wage-hour bill meets Southern
opposition. Page Az
Senate group approves Smithsonian
Art Gallery plan. Page Az
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Adi &c EsdStcI Cio"u cAPCCIcu OcSpltc
threatened showers. Page Al
Final action on D. c. tax bill expected
late today. Page Al
National representation hearings set
for May and S. Page Az
Parking problem study continued by
Planning Commission. Page B-1
Airport to speed elimination of Mill.
tary road hazard. APage B-1
Evening star., 1938-04-15
LOSSES BY JAPAN
IN SHANTUNG R0UT
PUT ABOVE 27,0)0
Army Spokesman Refuses
to Deny or Confirm Foreign
Experts Estimate.
CASUALTIES IN 10 DAYS
EXCEED HALF OF FORCES
Chinese, Although Victorious, Are
Believed to Have Lost Two or
Three Times as Many.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
When japanese appeared ON point
OF capturing SuchoW 10 days ago,
Chinese imposed a smashing de-
feat on them at TaierhchUdng,
cutting the Japanese supply lines
to the vanguard OF their offensive
Chinese struck nithm Tsinan,
Shantung capital, 10ith a force OF
1000 Ghich had been smu0g!ed into
city.
Evening star., 1938-04-15

Total 4 Other Newspapers, 95, ,649
The Star is the daily shopping
guide in more than 100000
h ONES In Washington and
SODufD1r a II
Evening star., 1938-04-15
Will Is Made as Movie.

HOLLYWOOD. April IS LP.-Merna
Kennedy's will is talking picture.
The film actress recorded 1t on a
sound film to torestall any possible
contest.
Evening star., 1938-04-15
INSURGENTS TAKE
V|NAROz, SEVER|NG
.[0YAL|ST Lifeline
Seacoast City on Highway
From Barcelona to
Valencia Falls.
RESISTANCE DISAPPEARS
BEFORE ARANDA'S FORCE
Rebel Columns Struck Quickly
to Mediterranean on Road
From San Mateo.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Insurgent offensive begun March
9 has extended near Mediterranean
sedcodst and is gradually enoulfng
Catalonia, whose capital. Borce-
Iona, is the provisional seat OF the
Spanish Loyaltst government.
Along 1s0-n,ne front on the uest
and south OF the former autono-
nous prorince Loyaltst forces are
being forced to retreat. many TAX
ing refuge in French camps across
border.
BY the Associated Press
BURGOS, Spain, April 15.-Insur-
gent forces of Gen. Miguel Amanda
today entered Vinaroz, Mediterranean
coastal city on the highway linking
Barcelona with the rest of government
Spain.
Aranda's hard driving columns
earlier in the day had advanced along
the highway from San Mateo through
San Jorge toward the sea.
Occupation of Vinaroz means that
Generalissimo Francisco Franco s
five-week drive has at last reached the
Mediterranean and the insurgent
wedge has been driven between Cata-
lonia, containing the government
capital. Barcelona, and the rest Of
government territory.
The city lies l08 miles southwest Of
Barcelona, 80 miles northeast of Va
lencia, former capital.
Evening star., 1938-04-15
JAPAN'S PREMIER
READY TO RESIGN
Cabinet Split Over Use of
Full Military Power to
Crush China.
BACKGROUND

japanese Diet last month passed,
after tumnltous debates, drastic mar
mobilization bill mhich uould gire
government pomer to draft man
poDer and economic resources in
,rdr emergency. Premier Konoye
iron passage of bill only NTH prom
ise that it Would not be used in
present conflict nith China.
Evening star., 1938-04-15
Advance Patrols Drive East.

San Jorge first was surrounded
While the besiegers closed in for the
final capture, advance patrols already
were driving further east toward the
Mediterranean.
simultaneously columns maneuver-
ing to flank government defenses be-
fore Tortosa occupied La Cenia,
terminus of secondary highway run.
ming northeast to Tortosa. about 20
miles away. La Cenia is IL miles
northwest of Vinaroz.
Only isolated government units
were still trying to halt the insurgent
march to the seattle rest We're re-
ported in retreat from the narrowing
neck of coastal territory.
At the northernmost end Of the
Catalan front, battle at the French
frontier was imminent. Insurgent
troops which captured the village OF
Tor yesterday were swinging south.
down along the Andorran border, for
flank attack on the government
lines resting on SEQ de Urgel.
Miles From Frontier.
PARTNER west, the 1nsurgent column
operating up the Esera River Valley
had captured Benasque. only 7 miles
from the French frontier. This COL
umn was expected to turn east, clean
ing out the Valley OF Aran where the
government concealed small groups
Of mountain fighters
Despite the virtual isolation OF
Catalonia the government strength
ened its resistance in the center OF
the line around Balaguer and Lerida.
The government communique re-
ported Success to the north, east and
south of Salaguer. Border dispatches
indicated the insurgent brideehead
across the Segre River was being re-
duced. threatening to force the in
surgents back across the river.
Evening star., 1938-04-15
Fine Weather
For Shopping

The weather man says that to-
morrow will be as nice as today
this will bring out the Easter
crowds. Have you seen all the
lovely new things in the stores.
Look over the advertising in The
Star this evening and do your
shopping II you can in the
morning.
Yesterdays Advertising
Local Disp1av
Evening star., 1938-04-15
San Jorge Occupied Early.

HENDAYE, France. April Is ,PD.-
An insurgent force under Gen. Miguel
Amanda today occupied San Jorge, 6
miles from Vinaroz and the Mediter-
ranean-the last village barring the
way to direct assault on the Barcelona
governments main coastal highway.
From San Jorge the insurgents drove
eastward along an improved highway.
extending the salient by which they
hope to split Catalonia off from the
rest of Government Spain. BY road
the distance from San Jorge to Vinaroz
is 8 miles.
1nsrgent reports said the Valencia
Barcelona road was under heavy fire
and that traffic had been suspended.
Telephone lines from Barcelona. pro-
visional government capital. to Valen-
cia and Madrid were said to have been
cut
Evening star., 1938-04-15

Preliminary events of D. A. r. Con-
gress start tomorrow. Page BIS
SPORTS.
Krakky, Kohlman gain recognition by
fine relief hurting. Page C-1
Yanks heavy choice in poll to again
win A. L. pennant. Page C-1
Cunningham has captured so of so of
his mile contests. Page c.
Peacock seeks job at KenWood as Cox
goes to Congressional Page C-3
Seabiscuit has shown he is worthy foe
of War Admiral. Page ca
Evening star., 1938-04-15
WEATHER.

70, s. Weather Bureau Forecast.1
Mostly cloudy and continued warm to-
night and tomorrow; lowest tonight about
so; possibly showers Sunday; gentle winds,
mostly southwest. Temperatures today
Highest, "a, at 2 PM. lowest 58 at
5:45 am. Full report on page Az
Evening star., 1938-04-15

tSee CHINA, Page A-3.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-04
n One More lueddi
uI HtssHaHiaraea q .ssss:s GE1f$A

, agreed, and knew rnat she didn't
think it would be at all. Still, in
his newspaper fbarging, Garry had
drought many people there-people
who would be good copy for his
plays: taxicab drivers who had
material for a story about Man.
haitian in transit, poets, artists, a
policeman who had arrested him
for speeding and then torn up the
ticket and come down for a hot
sandwich. Anybody.
Wenda Aver was one q these.
But Barbara knew all Of the time,
with an inner sense that comes to
the surface only when it is needed,
| that Wenda was none of these.
Maybe if she had been able to
manage the tea, Barbara thought
later, everything would have been
different. She wasn't. The proofs
I'were late in coming from the
printer the next day, and she had
to telephone Garry that she would
he working until eight or nine. She
Ilreminded herself, when the next
few days were interpreted with
zone luncheon date and a few tele-
phone calls, that Garry was busy
with his 0ut-of-town opening so
near, and a new actress in the cast.
A new actress yes, that was it.
She put a brown bear caption
under a bow-legged calf.
Garry called to ask her to go to
dinner that night. She was tired.
She wanted to see him alone. II
they went out, there would be the
atrica1 peoplc-talk and more talk
of the play. Always before, these
last few weeks, it had been fun.
Always before she and Garry had
stayed in q little world of their
own, in the midst of the larger
drama. Nothing had happened to
destroy that world, she tried to tell
lherself. Yet she heard her voice
Suggesting that Garry come down
to her apartment Tor dinner, heard
him accepting and explaining that
he would have to runealong early.
That night when she and Garry
had stood on the Junction platform
came back again. Then Julia and
Marie and their friends had taken
him away from her. Now the the
alter and its people would do that,
too. That hour when he had come
to her newspaper Office was lost in
time. The little Martinsville sta
ton, where he had missed his train
and stopped her, was miles and
miles down a distant railroad.
She must stop brooding and get
dinner.
Garry was on time, He was
ltalkative and quiet in turn, not a
restful quiet which bespoke con-
tentment, though the wood FIRE
burned brightly and the lamps
made lambert shadows on the
walls. He wasn't eating, and that
wasn't like Garry, who usually in
terrupted himself to say. IF YOU
had pin cushion waist, my sweet,
ia love you for your apple Dump
lings. Darling, don't lose the
recipe"
Barbara wanted to say: els
something wrong, Garry?" but the
words stayed in her heart. She
was so desperately afraid that
there was.
Then suddenly Garry Hung down
1.-the yellow linen napkin, walked to
the window and, stood looking
down into the quiet street. 1T was
very still-just the ticking Of the
clock, the snap Of twig as it
caught the blaze.
(TO Be Continuedl
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-04

Horoscope for Sunday
Many persons whose birthday oc-
ours tomorrow are prodigal spend.
Eers. They are known as isgootl
fellows" and have many fair.
weather friends.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-04

| the speaking tube. May I come
lup?"
Come ahead"
A moment later he called cheer
lily, from the dark canyon of the
hall: why don't they put in an
elevator 2"
"Sh-h-h! I've been complained
about for calling down the stairs.
I'll go get dressed while you're
climbing"
When she came from the bed
room, in her new lounging pajamas
whose trousers were brown and
whose blouse was yellow, Garry
sprang to kiss her.
IT couldn't go home without say
ing good night" he confessed. "I
felt rotten about missing you. do
Hove you so. You know that, don't
you? You won't let me go, will
you ?"
mot unless you want to co.
she answered. what made you
ask 2"
IT don't know" His eyes were
puzzled. STANDING up q lady at
the theater isn't conducive to high
romance, is it?"
"You are a darling idiot. Want
a piece of pie 2"
Sitting contentedly in a corner
of the divan, cushions all around
her, the fire burning low, the win
ter snowlight shifting through the
rose-red curtains, Barbara was
happy. She wanted to reach out,
take that moment, put it away for
ever. She had a sudden feeling
that everything that s1nattered to a
woman was there: love, freight,
contentment. They made fast
walls that shut away all other
things.
why do you love meg" Garry
asked suddenly, iaterceptidg. her
eyes on his lean face "Because
keep such regular hours?"
mo, darling, you'll always be
late for dinner. Maybe because
you have a mice grin. What do
you like about ne?"
WELL" he began lazily, "you
fry a perfect steak, you swim half
a mile without growing winded-
remember the September day at
Jones' beach ?-and you have good
looking ankles" Then he put
down the pie plate, came over to
the divan. II love you because
you're you. We've found some
thing pretty special together
Let's keep it."
! Garry, what's the matter? Is
something wrong?"
He hesitated second. .sN-no
of course not"
Still unsatisfied, she mentioned
the play.
''Wenda seems to be "a real find"
he explained as he put ON his over
coat. she likes the script, and
she's a good critic. She seemed
interested in what I'm trying to do
in the theater, too. No reason why
she should be, either"
Oh yes, there Is, Barbara was
saying, but she said it to herself.
You are good ooling young man
with a play in which she wants a
part. And Garry, my love, she will
want you to write more lines for
her, give her a better spot. But
don't do it, Garry, don't!
| Garry was speaking again.
you'll like Wenda. Shess 80 late
in joining the cast that I'm seeing
her at tea tomorrow to help her.
Why can't I bring her down here
and we all can get acquainted?
TT would be NICE" Barbara