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Evening star., 1938-09-16
BRITISH INCREASE
PALESTINE FORCE
5000 More Reported Moved
to Holy nd-Egypt
Acts for Defense.
~ the Associated Press,

~ the Associated Press.
, LONDON, Sept. ia broad-scale
movement Of British reinforcements
to troubled Palestine was announced
here yesterday simultaneous with re-
ports that Egypt was taking defense
precautions in North Africa in con-
junction with Britain.
Although officials declined to dis
close the exact number of troops 60
Ing to Palestine, it was estimated 5000
men were involved in the transfer to
the Holy Land, where many Arabs
are hailing Reichsfuehrer Hitler Of
Germany and Premier Benito Musso-
lini Of Italy as their hope" in the
Arab-Jewish dispute.
The British colonial Office announced
two cavalry regiments and a second
battalion of the West Yorkshire regi-
ment were being sent to Palestine,
along with three battalions from India.
A dispatch from Cairo said three
battalions of Egyptian troops were or
dered to the western desert bordering
Libya, 1taly,s North African COLONY.
1t was estimated 5000 troops were
involved in this movement.
King Farouk Of Egypt is on a tour
OF the defenses along the western des-
ert. He visited Sidi Omar, on the
frontier, yesterday and was provided a
guard of honor by the Italian troops
there.
The Egyptian war minister, Hassan
sabry Pasha, is holding conferences
with British authorities here.
An unexplained intensification of
military precautions were reported
from Valetta, Malta, British governed
Island Gibraltar" in the Mediter-
ranean.
Hitler and Mussolini were brought
to the fore in Palestine following Der
Fuehrer's Nurnberg speech last Tues
day in which he said Arabs in the Holy
Land were "defenseless and left in the
lurch.'
Arabs greeted the statement jubf-
lantly, one spokesman declaring: Now
we are not without friends in Europe;
our ultimate success as a nation lies
In the hands of Hitler and Mussolini
and not in Britain and France"
The troops ordered to the Holy Land
will reinforce hundreds of British
soldiers and constables who have been
sent to Palestine to quell disorders
growing out of Arab-Jewish disorders
over claims of both that it is their
spiritual and political home.
Evening star., 1938-09-16
the matter could be thoroughly con-
sidered by London and Paris.

the matter could be rnoroughly con.
sidered BY London and Paris.
From all appearances Hitler 10 still
applying the same technique which
succeeded 70 thoroughly In the case
Of Austria. With the same show
Of bravado with which he impressed
the British At that time, he is now
bluntly threatening to fight against
practically the whole civilized world
unless he Is allowed to have what
he wants. AZ usual, the British, who
always are willing to discusS anything
with any one. have been lured into
= serious discussion Of the rights and
wrongs Of the case when It IL evi-
dent TO every Tom. Dick and Harry
In the world that rights and wrongs
have nothing to do with the case
and that Hitler IL determined to have
his way. 10 matter what may result
from discussion.
Lest Strategic Position.
BY 20 doing the British may have
gained good moral position In the
eyes Of the world. but they have Ger.
tainly lost the excellent strategic posi-
ton which they occupied last week by
reason Of their threat Of action. It Is
definitely known here tnat many high
officers Of the Reichswehr Irregular
German Army who were thoroughly
frightened by Hitlcr's b,uff last week,
now are convinced after Mr.. Chamber
lain's visit that Hitler was right
again"
II Hitler has now demanded altera.
ton Of Czechoslovakia's frontiers,
either by plebiscite or by war;" the
British government will be placed in q
ticklish position. As late as last Sat-
urday the cabinet decided that it might
permit plebiscite within the Frame
work Of the Czech constitution" but
that 1t could not permit q plebiscite
which would result in the sacrifice Of
Czech territory. All the younger mem
bers Of the cabinet were definite on
that point. and apparently Mr.. Cham
berlain himself accepted the same
view. At least, he is understood to
have told labor leaders that he would
not agree to . plebiscite. The Czechs
likewise refused to consider the idea
and were determined to fight rather
than to submit to such . painless form
Of murder.
Csechs May Fulfil Threat.
If now Britain is forced to choose
between such a plan and war, the
cabinet will be forced either to swal-
low all the principles which inspired
its decision Of last week or to face
the horrifying prospect of war. And
even though the British we're to accept
such . plan, the Czechs might make
good their threat to fight, rather than
submit, and force both Britain and
France to intervene
Britain, in other words, seems to
be faced by the same problem which
1t has faced on i've other occasions
during the past seven years. The
question Is whether Britain will take
the decision 1t took back In 1914, or,
whether in keeping with more modern
practice, Czechosloyakia will share the
lot Of Manchuria, Ethiopia, China,
Spain and Austria.
tcopyrisht. 1888. BY Chicago Daily News.
Evening star., 1938-09-16
JAPANESE POISED
TO STRIKE RAILWAY
Drive Across Honan Province Is
Completed With Reported
Shangcheng Capture.

b? the Associated Press
SHANGHAI, Sept. 16.-Japanese Of
flcers announced today they had
brought to a successful conclusion q
long and bitter drive across 'Honan
Province by capturing Shangcheng, ITO
miles northeast of Hankow.
They said they were thus placed In
a position for a final drive on the i'm
portant Peiping -Hankow Railroad,
simultaneously the invaders ma
rlnes, warships, infantry and war
planes increased the fury of attacks
on Wusueh, 80 air miles southeast of
Hankow on the Yangtze River. They
seek to capture Chinese cross-river
defenses impeding the japanese ad-
Evening star., 1938-09-16
ULT|MATUM SEEN
GIVEN BY HITLER
London Believes That Only
Big Czech Concessions
Can Bar Attack.
BY WILLIAM H. STONEMAN,

BY WILLIAM H. STONEMAN,
chicaso Daily News Foreisn correspondent.
LONDON, Sept. le.-It was the
strong Impression in London today
that Prime Minister Neville Chamber
lain had been given what amounted to
an ulttmatum by Reichsfuehrer Adolf
Hitler in their historic talk in
Berchtesgaden yesterday, and that
only further radical concessions by
Prague. with the connivance of Great
Britain and France. could prevent him
from marching into C1echoslovakia.
Until Mr.. Chamberlain returns to
London this afternoon nothing definite
will be known regarding their con-
versations. Yet 1t IL evident from his
dramatic decision to return to London
Immediately that Hitler presented him
with some drastic proposal which was
unable to act upon without consulting
his cabinet colleagues. The fact that
konrad Henlein chose yesterday to de-
mand the reunion of Sudeten Deutsch-
land with the Reich further indicates
that Hitler had not abandoned his
demands for . drastic solution Of the
Sudeten problem. These two things.
together can only mean that Hitler
demanded some radical concessions by
Czechoslovakia with the threat that
he would exact those concessions him.
sell unless Britain and France did 80
for him.
News Only Speculation.
While practically all the news" of
Yesterdays conversation Is little more
than speculation At the moment, it Is
insistently reported that what Hitler
specifically demanded was an tmmedi-
ate plebbcite to determine whether or
not the Sudeten areas should be re.
united with the Reich. 1t Is further
reported that he threatened to effect
that reunion by marching into Czecho-
slovakia unless Britain and France
hurriedly persuaded the Czechs to con-
sent to a plebiscite.
Some such proposals perhaps
sugared with the promise to respect
the frontiers Of the future and ab-
breviAted Czech state and to enter 4
new Western European agrement-will
be put before the British cabinet by
Mr.. Chamberlain either tonight or to-
morrow. II the British government
then decides not to tolerate the sub
division Of Czechoslovakia under threat
OF force, Parliament will have to be
called and measures taken to deal with
the consequences.
The London market today was un-
able to take any definite position on
the situation, but finally decided, about
noon. that the possibilities of a four
power pact. which is understood to
have been considered, entitled 1t to take
brighter view of the situation.
Tuesday Meeting Uncertain.
While Mr.. Chamberlain is under
stood to be planning q further meet
Ing with Hitler on the Rhine next
Tuesday, it Is evident that this meet
ing may or may not actually take
place. 1t will depend entirely upon the
attitude of the cabinet, the attitude
OF the French and, finally, upon
whether Hitler marches in the mean
time. 1t would be reasonable to ex-
pect, At the same time. that he gave
some undertaking to Mr.. Chamber
lain not to take violent action until
Evening star., 1938-09-16
SIS, 900, 900 in Silver Plate.

The Worshipful Co. Of Goldsmiths
in London no wvalues its collection OF
silver plate at $15,000, 900.
Smyrna times., 1938-12-15
Public Statement

After two and one-half years in the
u,.duara business we have definitely de-
,5sd 70 quit the retail hardware bust
rs.s We have turned over our entire
;tock 10 the National Sales System Of
B#so N. Y, with orders to turn this
merchandise into cash as quickly as pos
,Sle With Us it is not a question Of
making money It will be q liquidation
Without regard to cost. It will be a price
Slaughter that will pour thousands Of
nIsrs worth Of standard high quality
merchandise into the hands Of the people
d this community at infinite small
prices. Come get your share Of the bar
gans. We promise you more than you
expect
W. G. ROE & son
Smyrna times., 1938-12-15

Water Glasses

Nice, fine clear glass Water Tumb-
lers, every one guaranteed perfect.
Sale price ........... each
Smyrna times., 1938-12-15

Ingram Wool Stair Carpet. Just
the correct width for halls and
stairs. Sale price, yd. ...... Now
Evening star., 1938-06-24

out This is the week for all boys
who are eligible and really plan to take
part to go to a Chevrolet dealer and
register"
Less Than Month Away.
The derby has been set for July %,
Mr.. Holleran said, and therefore boys
have less than q month in which to
complete their derby task Those who
entered early are almost finished with
their racers.
The latest derby entrants include:
Morgan Rene Fowle. II, Of Ais Illi-
nois avenue NV, Mcfarland Junior
High; Herman Rollerson. IL, of 1922
Eighth street NV, Shaw School,;
James Harding, IA, Of 338 Madison
street NV, Whittier School; Jack
Keister, II, Of 1921 Ninth street NV,
Mcfarland Junior School; Carl
Stevens. II, of 1903 Capitol View ave-
nue., Forest Glen, Md, Montgomery
Hills Junior High; Dean Close, IA, Of
Falkland Manor, Silver Spring. Md,
Natural Bridge High School; Buddy
Robertson, IL, Of 1747 Columbia road
NV, John Quincy Adams School;
Homer A. Dennewitz, IA, of 1745 Co.
lumbia road NV, Central High; Bob
Hutterfly, 13, Of 1864 Columbia road
NV, John Quincy Adams School:
Evening star., 1938-06-24
Soap Box Derby
Rules

(Note to boys: The Star and
the American Legion are sponsor
ing a Soap Box Derby this sum-
mer for boys Of the Washington
metropolitan area. The derby
will be a race of motorless minia-
ture automobiles or coaster racers.
built and driven by boys. The
winner will represent Washington
in national and international
finals at Akron, Ohio.)
These rules are your guide for
the first Washington Soap Box
Derby.
l. Eligibility: Boys not younger
than 8 nor older than Is may
enter. A boy who has passed his
18th birthday anniversary on the
day Of the local derby is ineligible.
You must live in Washington or
nearby Maryland and Virginia.
Sons Of Chevrolet dealers or sons
Of employees Of the Chevrolet
Motor Co. and The Star will not
be allowed to compete. There is
no admission fee.
2. Rule books and entry blanks:
Secure these and sign your safety
pledge at the salesrooms of your
nearest Chevrolet dealer. You
must be accompanied by your
parent or guardian, who also must
sign. Observe to the letter the
rules. regulations. dimensions and
other building requirements for
your derby racer. Registrations
will not be accepted by The Star,
nor will rule books be issued by
the newspaper.
3. Groups Of boys, as well as
individuals, may enter racers. No
adult may assist, except by giving
advice. Chevrolet service mana
gers and mechanics viii be glad
to advise you.
4. No racing car can cost more
than SO.
Derby Watchwords!
Read the Rxls Book Carefully.
Obserue Your Safety Pledge.
Reed The Star Regularly for
Derby News.
Evening star., 1938-06-24

ceased for the duration Of the strike.
A statement by the publishers said
the signed contract with the News
paper and News Distributor Once
Workers Local contained Concessions
by both sides" and provided pay IN
creases but not for the closed or
union shop. which was the chief point
Of issue"
The ONCE workers had demanded q
closed shop. pay increases and I'm,
proved working conditions.
Stephen r. Woods, president Of the
ONCE union, posted notices on the
front windows Of both news plants
announcing that ''the necessity for
picketing has ended"
Meanwhile. the publishers printed
announcements In the morning Post
Gazette, unaffected by the strike, that
arrangements had been made to pay
wages earned prior to the strike, which
had been held up because Of the lack
Of clerical workers.
John A. Mofntt Of the United States
Cancellation Service and Clarence ].
Moser and Patrick j. Ramsay, State
mediators, assisted in the negotiations.
Evening star., 1938-06-24
STRUCK PAPERS
SEEK TO REOPEN
Office Workers. Dispute
Settled, Craft Unions Ask
Strike-Period Pay.
ny the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, June 24.-The pub
fishers Of Pittsburgh's two afternoon
newspapers, their negotiations with
striking ONCE workers ended in agree
ment, arranged another meeting with
craft union representatives today in
an effort to start Idle presses rolling
Resumption Of publication o1
Hearst's Sun-Telegraph and Scripps-
Howard's Press, which ceased opera
tions one week ago. hinged upon the
outcome Of demands of some of the
other newspaper unions for pay dur
Ing the non-publication interval.
Mechanical workers refused to pass
through picket lines formed by the
ONCE stan last Friday and publishers
notified all employees their pay had
Evening star., 1938-06-24

Gilbert Totten, II. Of 1888 Fifteenth
street NV, sChoate School: Leon
Rocket, ~, Of 1911 Adams Mill road
NV, Powell Junior High; Bill Lewis,
is, of 1924 Fairmont street NV,
Powell Junior High; Calvin Harley. IS,
Of s24 Twenty-fourth street NV;
Charles Edlantis. IL, Of 119 Garfield
avenue, Hyattsville, Md. Langley
Junior High; Billy Scott, 13, Of 1918
Seventeenth street NV, Taft Junior
High; Edward Rupert, IA. of 1881
Shepherd street NV, Taft: Grant
Roberts, II, of 526 Calvert street, Col
lege Park. Md; Arnold Ashton, IL, of
Evening star., 1938-06-24
Derby Question Box

For the benefit of boys who
have questions to ask about the
rules and regulations for build
ing a Soap Box Derby racer, The
Star has started the Derby Cues
ton Box.
Questions must be submitted by
mail to the Soap Box Derby Editor
Of The Star. First, be sure that
you have read carefully the 1888
oficial rule book for the ALL
American Soap Box Derby.
Answers will be given in the
new series Of derby broadcasts
beginning tonight and continuing
for q week. The broadcast sched-
ule will be found in today's derby
story.
Evening star., 1938-06-24

The Yellow River in China Is ap-
proximately $500 mile long. and has
. river basin area Of 100000 square
miles in which live 100. .000, 900 people.
Evening star., 1938-06-24

100 Mckinley avenue. Hyattsville,
Md, st. Anthonys School; Frank
Kraft. 13. and Joseph Kraft, IS, Of
los Cedar street, Alexandra, Va, St.
Mary's School.
(Wdtch The Star for Derby News.)t
Evening star., 1938-06-24


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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-06
Diplomatic Secretary Sought:
Patronage Cares Beset Presid lent

is reported by political scouts to
have won the reputation of being
able to carry water on both shoul-
ders; one for the Byrd Glass ma
chine-the other for the New Deal.
There is q suspicion that
Senator Pat Harrison Of MisSiS-
sippi is wearying Of the New Deal
burden and will be not quite so
close to the President as he has
been.
But who will handle these mat
tiers? Who will be the Presiden-
tial hand-picker to help build up
the delegations to the next Demo
cratic national convention which
IS the body to name the 1910 can
didate to succeed President Roose-
welt?
With every State harboring a
favorite son and with some States
producing prominent possibilities,
like Senator Clark of Missouri, the
Presidents friends say he needs a
helping hand with a strong grip.
The situation seems to show a
need that even the doughty James
A. Farley cannot fill entirely, and
as there is no assurance Jim"
Farley will remain in the Cabinet
until 1910.
Presidential advisers have yet
to hear the President speak of him.
self as a Third Termer. However,
it is fairly well understood that
Third Term or Not President
Roosevelt wants to keep a grip on
the party.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-06
BY EARL GOODWIN

The real program facing the
country and especially the Presi-
dent in the next Congress is not
so much a matter Of ornaments,
relief, reorganization, budget cut
ting, deficit reduction.
The next Congress will be one
of the greatest incubatorS Of
Favorite Sons for the next Pres
idential Race ever gathered be-
meath the Great White Dome.
That's the fact facing the Pres
ident and his closest advisers with
respect to the man who Will I'LL
Jimmy Roosevelt'S Secretarial job
(if it is filled.
CONTACT WORK
Should the President have an
eye on 1910 for himself or for any.
one else, it is presumed he will
have to have man to relieve him
of the political and patronage
work a President must do. He
should have a man to do the
same sort of work Walter Newton
did for President Hoover.
This was straight-away contact
work with Congress, national com
mitteemen, state patronage dis
penserS. Just now there is nc
such man in the White House;
the President himself is permitted
to get too much of this sort OF
work in his mail, it is rumored.
There has not been anyone OF
sufficient breadth, caliber and ex
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-06

was handled so as to indicate
the existing economic system
is not doing the job. Behind
all the pleasant mildneSs and
restraint Of the testimony and
its mountainous mass Of eco
nomic data, this was the
localized purpose.
Isadore Lubin's main point
was that the system, during the
last eight years, has not been
giving the results it could. He
stressed deficiencies in national
income, dividend payments,
wages, salaries, employment
and farm income. His figures
on the deficiencies were large,
but conservative. (Other eco
nomists were aStounded at the
knowledge he carried on the tip
Of his tongue, especially as he
is an administrator performing
executive functions as well as
those Of an economist
Wellard Thorp gave a differ
ent picture of the machinery Of
production. His chief point was
the completely of the business
machine-the delicate balance
required to keep it going. The
millions of separate Segments
which are glibly called "indus-
try" conform to individual
unique patterns to which no
single rule can apply. Even in
best times, some companies are
going down, some are out
stripping the average. Business
is a constant swarming change
of millions of atoms, delicately
balanced, susceptible to the
slightest wind.
Leon Henderson, the orator Of
the group, concluded "our
growth has stopped: I'VE are
failing to hold our own" He
noted that some believe our eco
nomic ills are due to too rapid
a rate Of change and the lack
in social adaptation. He asked
a hundred economic questions
he thought the committee
should go into.
Whether or not the committee
will is undecided. The business
improvement has taken much Of
the edge off this show, Original
ly conceived six months ago.
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perience to handle such matters
since Frank Walker left Wash
ington to go into his own bust
ness again. And the White House
staff, down to a minimum any
how, simply cannot handle such
details.
Facing the President in this
Favorite Son Congress will also
be a lot Of Senators and Repre-
sentatives still mad from the
purge and other precampaign dis
turbanceS. The Administration
Just now seems dead set against
handing over patronage to the
gentlemen who fought the Admin
istration at any time.
persona NON GRATA"
It can be definitely stated right
now that Number One on the list
marked persona non grata" is the
smooth working Senator from
Rhode Island, Peter Goelet Gerry.
who managed to keep it hidden
but who staged the senatorial
revolt against the Presidents
court plan.
So also Maryland, where neither
Tydings nor Radcliffe have White
House political favor, and the
State of Virginia is particularly
puzzling. From a White House
patronage standpoint the State
looks like Republican outfit.
"WATER-CARRIER"
The once almost.fair-haired boy
Representative "Cliff" Woodrum
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-06

ciateS to believe the law Is not
very highly respected and not
widely observed. The complaints
may not all be well founded, but
these advisers have been urging
Andrews for weeks to toss few
bolts and fear not the dead cats
he may receive in rebuttal. An
drews has been holding off only
to make certain that he would
put his best bolt forward.
One thing is plain: VIVA Is be-
coming another MIRA. It's widen
ing scope, its problems and ef-
fects are similar. thus calling
already for similar methods.
Observers are beginning to
wonder if the result will be the
same.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-06

add these would be "pushovers."
A "lovely pushover" prosecution
by tho Government, however, is
generally indistinguishable from
lightning so far as a defendant
is concerned, or from thunder
from above so far as all are con-
cerned.
While Mr.. Andrews metaphor
may be mixed, his purpose is
not. He is selecting the most
fragrant violations and evaSionS
of the wage-hour act to start
enforcement machinery. VIVA
is entering the breakdown
phase.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-06

the streets, and then along the
ocean. A lot Of the big places
are closed up still, but it won't
be long now, I guess, before
they are all running full tilt
again.
We started out from Wash
tngton in cold and sleet and ice
and snow, and in North Caro-
lima were suddenly awakened
by something. I was near
PinehurSt and Southern Pines,
where my John the Baptist is
wintering. I guess I heard
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-06

c o n c o C ting
them in the
form of test
cases only
Mr.. Andrews
does not call
t h e m that.
He has been
heard to say
in several pri-
v a tie places
lately that he
h a S IS m e
lovely cases."
II | c SoUnrol
listeners also
thought they
hnor him
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-06

Inadequate System
THE LUBIN THORP -HEN-
l. DERSON presentation to
the Autobiography Committee
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-06

Having mentioned in previous article the vir-
GINA Farms, think it proper to mention here
that this is the country where our former Am
bassador to Great Britain, Mr. Page, had farm,
and discovered years age that it was lots better
to raise gray foxes, rail fences and sand putting
greens for rich New Workers and New Englanders.
than the usual crop Of cotton and tobacco. Time
has proved he was very wise.