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Evening star., 1938-02-05


By the Associated Press.
The United States asked Japan to-
day whether she is building. or intends
to build, battleships larger than $4,000
tons.
If so, a note to the Toxic government
said, the United States will build larger
ships herself, but is willing to discuss
limitation of their size.
Secretary of State Hull. announcing
this action, said it was taken after
consultation with Britain and France,
signatories of the London naval treaty
Of 1896, who were taking similar steps
The formal note presented to the
Japanese government by Ambassador
Grew demanded reply by February
20. No reply, it said, will be regarded
as an admission Japan is building ships
beyond the limit and the United States
will resume full liberty of action"
The United States has built no bat
tleships in excess of $4,000 tons, in
accordance with the London treaty.
43,o00-Ton Ship Reported.
Admiral William D. Leahy, chief of
naval operations. told the House Naval
Committee this week that reports had
been published in Italy that Japan was
building 43-000-ton craft. The Navy.
he said, had been unable to confirm
these reports.
D11hlico tiny, of Ctofo rt
ment's note led to speculation that it
was this matter which Capt Royal E.
Ingersoll. head of the Navy War Plan
ming Board. discussed recently with the
British admiralty.
Admiral Leahy refused yesterday to
disclose publicly the nature of Capt.
1ngersolls conversations, although tell
ing the committee he would make a
frank statement" in private His re-
fusal brought conjecture that there
was naval understanding with Brit
ain
Japan's reply, if made, will be re-
eeived while the committee still is con-
sidering the bigger Navy program, and
the answer probably will be taken into
consideration in the committees con-
clusions. Lack of reply also will be
evident by that time, together with all
the implications that will be drawn
from such fact.
Secretary Hull attended a cabinet
meeting yesterday afternoon and AFTER
ward conversed privately with Presi-
dent Roosevelt. It was said they
talked over the communication to
Japan.
Assurance Dema nded.
The assurances Hull demanded of
Japan must, said the note, satisfy
the American Government that it
fJapan) will not, prior to January l.,
l943. lay down. complete or acquire
any vessel which does not conform to
the limits in question. without pre-
viously informing the American Gov
ernment of its intention to do SO and
of tonnage and caliber' of the largest
gun OF the vessel or vessels concerned. I"
The United States willingness to
discuss limitations of size was expressed
by the clause:
III. however. the Japanese govern
ment though engaged in, or intending
to engage in, construction not in con-
formity with treaty limits, were willing
to indicate forthwith the tonnages and
calibers OF guns of the vessels which it
was constructing. or was intending to
construct, the American Government
for its part would be ready to discuss
with the japanese government the
question of the tonnages and gun
calibers to be adhered to in future if
(See WARSHIPS, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1938-02-05
Summary Of Today's Star

Library employe knocked from car
loading platform. Page Ais
Coleman Jennings named head of
Community Chest. Page A-l6
Fight expected on signboard bill at
Richmond today. Page Ais
Business tax suits dismissed on tech
nical grounds. Page A-16
Tips to mattresses to be reflected" in
minimum wage scale. Page A-l6
SPORTS.
College sport fans flock to Hoya and
Terp shows. Page B-6
Don Lash ambitious in Millrose meet.
Page Be-
Notre Dame must trail as feud with
Pitt ends. Page B-6
Eastern intercollegiate Conference race
tight. Page Be-
Glen Lee durable in beating by Fred
Apostoli. Page b.
EDITORIAL AND COMMENT,
Editorials. Page AS
This and That. Page AS
Stars, Men and Atoms. Page AS
Answers 10 Questions. Page AS
Inc Capltal Parade. Page AS
David Lawrence, Page AS
Mark Sullivan. Page A-9
Jay Franklin. Page As
Lemuel F. Parton. Page A-9
MISCELLANY.
Natures Children. Page Al
Shipping News. Page Al
Vital Statistics. Page AS
City News in Brief. Page AS
Service Orders. Page AS
Dorothy Dix. Page BIS
Bedtime Story. Page B-9
Crossword Puzzls. Page B-l4
Ietter-Out. Page B-14
Contract Bridge. sse BIS
Evening star., 1938-02-05

FOREIGN.
Hitler prepares Reich for next surprise
abroad. Page Al
Britain's cabinet is called to discuss
Hitler. Page Al
japanese van advances closer to
Suchow. Page A-3
Britain prepares protest to rebels on
Alcira sinking. Page AS
NATIONAL.
u 8. asks Japan reveal navy building
plans. Page Al
U. s. Navy designs ready If bigger
ships are needed. Page Al
u. s. orders 18th Infantry out of China
after SO years. Page Al
Barkley ready to lay aside lynching
bill next week. Page Al
President to hold conference on ills
Of rail industry. Page Ar
North China Americans stunned by
troop withdrawal. Page AS
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Burlew investigation to be resumed
Tuesday. Page Az
Fight over amendment may prolong
farm bill fight. Page Az
Kansas City poll list Is cut from 1885,
900 to l7s.ooe. Ps As
Evening star., 1938-02-05
Britain and France
Join in Demand
for Answer.
CITE RUMORS $4,000
TONS LIMIT PASSED
Lack of Reply by Feb. 20
to Be Regarded as
Admission.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
London Nardl Conference OF
1886, held to replace London and
Washington limitation treaties,
mhich expired December 81, that
year, reached agreement for lin,ita-
ton OF battleShips to $4,000 tons.
Great Britain, France and United
States signed. but Japan refused to
do so. Reports OF nsw japanese
naual building hare mentioned
plans for resSels far in erceSS OF
agreed limit. British query for con-
frmution elici1ed epdstue reply
from Japan
Evening star., 1938-02-05

(See HITLER, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1938-02-05
WEATHER.

70. 8. Weather Bureau ForecastD
Partly cloudy. slightly warmer tonight
temperature about SO degrees; tomorrow
cloudy and warmer. probably rain. Tenn
peratures today-Highest, As, at PM;
lowest, SO, at $3.50 am
Full report on page Az.
Evening star., 1938-09-22
TWO POLICEMEN
FREED IN Staying
Are Found Not Guilty in
Fatal Shooting March 8
of War Veteran.

Policemen Robert NJ Henry and
]. w. Nally today were found not guilty
by the Police Trial Board of unauthor-
lied use of firearms in the fatal Shoot
ing of Leroy Keys, 38-year-old de-
mented colored World War veteran,
on March g.
Handing down its first decision, the
newly constituted Trial Board, through
Chairman George Reber Littlehales,
announced the following decision after
three days of consideration:
TT is the decision of the board that
the respective officers are not guilty
of the charges preferred under chap
ter 2, section %, Police Regulations,
involving the use Of firearms under
circumstances which did not warrant
such use. All members of the board
concurred."
In addition to Mr.. Littlehales, as
sistant corporation counsel, members
of the Trial Board were Maj James
r. Lusby, District disbursing officer,
and Inspector Edward ]. Kelly of the
Police Department. The trial began
September 13 and u witnesses were
heard, 81 for the defense and Al for
the prosecution. The hearing ended
Monday.
The Keys case came to the Police
Trial Board after two coroner's juries
had disagreed and the grand jury had
refused to indict the officers on bal
listics evidence furnished by Coroner
A. Magruder Macdonald.
The officers were cruising near Keys
home in the 2400 block of Ontario
road NV. last March 8 when they
saw him with a knife. In q few min
utes he was barricaded in his floor
apartment, throwing various articles
out the window at the policemen as
they sought to quiet him.
Evidence offered by the coroner and
police showed that the shell-shocked
veteran died from bullet from Pvt.
Nally's service revolver. Witnesses be-
fore the Trial Board included members
of Keys family and neighbors and
friends.
Except for the Trial Board hearing,
the two officers have remained on duty
since Keys death.
Evening star., 1938-09-22

drivers Of the world competing for
the priced trophies.
President Roosevelt has indicated
that he will attend the final heat of
the Presidents Cup race Sunday after
noon. Entries in this climactic event
include Count Theo Rossi, winner of
the 1898 Detroit Gold Cup race, driv-
ing his Alagi; Harold Wilson's Miss
Canada III, Horace Dodge's Del
phine TX, Zammy Simmons My Sin,
Jack Rutherford's Juno and an un-
known entry from Louisville, KY. De-
Tending Champion Herd Medelson ex-
poets his Notre Dame to be ready for
the big race.
Plans for Parade.
Plans were completed today for the
street parade and carnival to be held
tomorrow night. The parade will in
clude scores of beautifully decorated
floats, sponsored by Washington busi-
ness firms: more than a dozen bands
and numerous girls named from the
various States as regatta princesses.
The parade will move at $50 pm.
tomorrow from the Peace Monument
west along the south side of Pennsyl-
vania avenue, passing in front of the
reviewing stand at the Post Office tri-
angle and turning south at Fifteenth
street to disband at Constitution ave-
nue.. Officials expect the parade to
require approximately one hour to
pass given spot.
Maj. Edwin S. Bethlehem, jr., F. A.
Reserve, Is grand marshal of the
parade.
Evening star., 1938-09-22
BAND CONCERT

BY the United States Soldiers Home
Band at the Soldiers Home bandstand
beginning at 6 o'clock this evening
John S. NJ Zimmerman, conducting;
Anton Pointner, assistant.
Program.
March, 1.-THE Lieutenant
Commander" Earl King
Overture, Gypsy Life" (Chal
Romano) ----Ke -Ketteleby
Suite romantic, Looking Upward"
John Philip Sousa
l. "By the Light of the Polar Star.
2. Beneath the Southesn Cross"
3. Mars and Venus"
Excerpts from musical comedy,
THE Little Dutch Girl Kalman
Pop numbers, Calcutta" Cobb
"Yearning Just for You" -Burk
Valsette, when Knighthood Was
Finale, "Westerner"n. Johnnie Westerner
Evening star., 1938-09-22
THREE ARRESTED
IN SAFE THEFTS
Found Asleep, Two Men and
Youth Are Seized by
Raiding Squad.

Detectives early today arrested two
middle-aged men and an ls-year-old
youth as suspects in nearly a dozen
recent safe robberies here
The suspects, found asleep, were
captured without resistance when the
raiding squad. led by Inspector Ber-
nard w. Thompson, chief of detec-
tives. entered a house In the i400
block Of Rhode Island avenue The
officers found no guns or burglars
tools in the house
Locked in cells at separate pre-
cinct stations, the prisoners were 10
be fingerprinted today and questioned
in connection with the robberies in
which safes were opened by punching
out the combination.
Inspector Thompson said the ar
rests were made on information gath
cred by Detective Sergt. Frank A.
Brass and Precinct Detective James
E. Ennis. Pictures of one Of the sus-
poets had been identified by one OF
the robbery victims, he said
Others in the raiding squad were
Detective Sergts. Richard McCarty,
Hugh Robey and Earl Lambert.
Meanwhile burglars jimmied oper
the door of Charles A. Pisners grocery
store at 925 Fourth street S.W. and
stole $79 worth Of assorted groceries
and $276 in cash.
Evening star., 1938-09-22
G. v. FRESHMAN
WEEK TO START
Registration Saturday to Be
Preceded by Scholastic
Aptitude Tests.

Campus activities for George Wash
ingtoa University freshmen will begin
tomorrow, inaugurating freshman
week
Throughout the registration period
beginning Saturday special informa-
ton desks will be maintained for
freshmen in the registration Offices
in the new Hall of Government.
Scholastic aptitude tests will be
given tomorrow at 10 am. and pm
Freshmen holders of the university S
high school scholarships will be guests
OF Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta
Sigma honor societies at tea from
4 to 6 pm. in Columbian House.
Tea to Honor Freshmen.
Sunday from S pm. until 7 pm.
President and Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin
and Dean and Mrs. William c. john
stone, jr., will give a tea in honor of
all freshmen at Strong Hall. All STU
dents OF the university are invited.
wiener roast will be held in the
university yard Tuesday at 7 pm, fol-
lowed py an assembly for all new STU
oents IN the gymnasium at 8 pm,
after which there will be mixer dance
at the Freshman Club at am.
Glass officers will be elected at an
assembly Wednesday in the Hall of
Government at 1890 pm.
First Football Game.
Other events of freshman week will
be the opening football game between
George Washington and Furman Uni
versity on Friday night, September 80;
smokers given by the Independent
Mems Association and the Interfra-
ternity Council Saturday night, Oc-
tober l; the Hellenic tea at the
Raleigh Hotel on Sunday, October
2, from to pm; Women's Athletic
Association party for freshman women
on Tuesday, october 4, at 8 pm, in
the Student Club; Engineers Mixer
for freshman engineering students on
Wednesday, October S, in the Student
Club. and the football game with
Butler University on Friday night,
October Z.
Evening star., 1938-09-22

mouth. She usually takes her meals
in the cage but sometimes sits on the
table and picks up crumbs while Mrs.
Kramer is eating.
"6he absolutely refuses worms, how
ever" she said. I'VE feed her sun
flower seed, lettuce, apples and finch
food"
AS for the birds name, Mrs. Kramer
said she'd used a feminine name al
though she isn't certain whether the
bird is boy or girl.
The only trouble Hazel causes"
Mrs. Kramer said, lis that she un-
Willingly makes Dicky, my pet canary,
jealous. Every time Hazel goes near
Dickys cage Dicky rufles his feathers.
Il thought for while I'd put them
both together in the same cage, but
now I'm afraid there'd be fight"
Mrs. Kramer plans to raise Hazel as
q memorial to Mrs. Tuke. Mr.. Tuke
gave the bird to her after Mrs. Tuke's
death.
Evening star., 1938-09-22

Cardinals make good house pets but
don't seem to get along with canaries.
This is the finding Of Mrs. Fred M.
Kramer Of 1928 Westover drive Sc,
who inherited Hazel" as a half-grown
cardinal from the late Mrs Harry
Tuke OF 6005 Fourth street Sc. Mrs.
Tuke died month ago shortly after
she had rescued three baby redbirds
which had fallen from their nest.
Hazel is the only one OF the three
left. One flew away and cat got the
other. but Hazel has turned into the
perfect pet
Each morning." Mrs. Kramer said
today, Il take her outdoors and let her
go. She comes back about 4 o'clock in
the afternoon and I put her back in
her cage for the night"
Hazel is a quick-witted bird and Is
smenable to training. For instance,
she sits with perfect equanimity on
Mrs. Kramers shoulder or hand and
will even take food from her mistress
Evening star., 1938-09-22
NATURE WALK PLANNED
First to Be- Held Sunday North
of Soldiers Home.

The first nature walk planned by
the National Capital Parks ofiice
through Fort Totten Park, north OF
Soldiers Home, will be held from 2:30
to 4:30 pm. Sunday.
This park is one of the few places
In the District where petrified wood
can be found. Those making the trip
in private automobiles are asked to
drive out Rock Creek Church road
NV. to its junction with Bates road,
-turn sharp right on the paving and
continue about three quarters of a
mile to meet the naturalist at sign
ssNature Outing Here" on the right
Of the road. Special buses will leave
l416 F street NV. at 2 pm. The
rulnd-trip fare will be 80 cents.
Evening star., 1938-09-22
ASKS NEW SET.UP
FOR TRIAL BOARDS
Seal Says Members of His
Office Should Not Have
Additional Duties.

Members of the Corporation Coun-
sells Office should be relieved of their
duties of serving on either the Police
or Fire Trial Boards, Corporation
Counsel Elwood H. Seal said today.
He said he had the plan in mind
for nearly month but had withheld
announcement of his recommendation
because the Keys case was pending
before the Police Trial Board and that
he did not want to say anything which
might unwittingly have an influence
on the decision in that case. Now that
the Police Trial Board has given its
decision, he said he would submit a
formal recommendation to the Com
missioners in few days.
One of Mr. Seals assistants now
serves as chairman of the two boards.
Mr.. Seal said he felt his Office was
placed in an anomalous situation since
members of his staff are called on to
serve successfully as counsel to the
police officials, as members of the trial
boards and as advisers to the Commits
sioners on cases of appeals to them
from trial board decisions.
The corporation counsel said he
would suggest some attorney in private
practice be appointed to serve as the
legal memb>r of the trial Aoards, or, II
this proved impracticable, that some
other District official, other than a
member of the corporation counsel's
Office, be designated
Il find from a study of the situa-
tion," Mr.. Seal said, that members of
my Office sometimes are called upon to
serve in the capacity of legal advisers,
prosecutor and judge. I am not con-
vinced that this has resulted in any
injustice, but I do feel that the sys-
tenn should be changed. I believe that
member of the corporation counsel's
Office should continue as the prosecu-
tor in cases taken before the trial
boards.
"An improvement in the Police Trial
Board makeup was accomplished,
believe, when the Commissioners re-
Gently changed it from a board OF
three police officials to one consisting
OF one police official. one District Of
f1cial and one member of the corpora
ton counsel's staff. Shortly thereafter,
however, I reached the conclusion that
the corporation counsels Office should
not be represented on either Police or
Fire Trial Boards, but have Withheld q
recommendation to'this effect until the
Trial Board disposed of the case of the
two policemen"
Evening star., 1938-09-22
Storm Delays Regatta Queen;
Plane Waits at Long Island
Miss Reed Is Reported
En- Route Here for
Pageant Tonight.

The queen of the Presidents Cup
Regatta was reported marooned some
where in hurricane-swept New Eng
land TODAY as special airplane waited
at Port Washington, Long Island, to
rush her here for the regatta pageant
tonight.
The hurricane disrupted train service
in New England last night, stranding
Miss Elizabeth Reed, the regatta queen,
at Northampton, Mass, where she is
senior at Smith College.
Regatta officials were informed
shortly before noon today that she
had left Northampton about 8 am.
and was somewhere in New England -
attempting to reach Port Washington
in time to fly here tonight.
Jacqueline Cochran, winner of the
Bendix Trophy transcontinental air
race this year, and Maj. Alexander
d'Severesky, manufacturer of the plane
flown by Miss Cochran, were waiting
at Port Washington to pilot the plane
scheduled to bring the regatta queen
to the Capital.
Time of Arrival in Doubt.
Since last nights hurricane blocked
numerous highways and washed out
scores of bridges in New England. it
was uncertain whether or not Miss
Reed would be able to complete the
trip in time to be crowned as sched-
uled at the pageant at the Water Gate
tonight Officials did not know
whether she was travelling toward
Port Washington by train or auto
mobile.
She had planned to go by train last
night to New York and motor from
there to Port Washington, where the
plane was ready to take off at Gam.
The hurricane affected another
phase of the regatta program when
the Coast Guard cutter Mendoza,
which was to take part in the regatta,
was ordered to return to its station
at Norfolk to permit another cutter
there to participate in rescue work
at New London, Conn.
Program for Tonight.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Charles Edison is scheduled to officiate
at the coronation of the regatta queen
tonight, as high light of the bril-
liant pageant and fireworks display
which will begin at the Water Gate
at $50 pm.
A cast of $50 will participate in the
nautical pageant, which will include
singing and dancing by supporters
and offenders Of King Neptune, Mon
arch of the Deep, to be played by
Eugene Kressin. The pageant will
be staged on barge anchored at the
Water Gate.
Regatta and police officials have
worked out special arrangements for
handling traffic In the vicinity of
the Water Gate toright, in anticipa-
ton of huge crowd of spectators at
the pageant.
Fair Weather Promised.
Meanwhile, the promise of fair
weather for the week end encouraged
regatta officials in their hope that the
three days of motor boat racing which
will climax the regatta will be one Of
the greatest nautical events ever seen
here.
Starting with outboard races tomor-
row and continuing with the inboard
events through Sunday, the races will
find some of the most noted racing
Evening star., 1938-09-22
Why Hervey Allen Writes at Night

Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Allen CAN
thony Adverse" Action at Aquila)
boarded an Eastern Airlines plane here
today for Miami, with the famous
author explaining heatedly until the
very last how it happened he wrote
the majority of the two books while
lying in bed at night.
Nights the only time a man can
really write in this country" he de-
clared. There are so many automo-
biles and telephones ringing in the
daytime you can't think. There's too
much high speed stuff in the United
States-too many people running
around in circles and getting every
body else excited.
II write in bed because it's comfort
able, at night because It's quiet and
with a pencil bec4use I couldn't man.
age q typewriter in bed. Besides, I
don't like typewriters. They make too
much noise.
"Of course, If I don't like noise I
suppose could 60 OF some place
isolated. I'd thought of that, but
then I gave it up. People would
think I was making counterfeit money.
Then they would come poking around
to see for sure"
Mr.. Allen likes to talk about the
business Of writing and people who
do it. Sometimes, he says, he can't
stop thinking Of the story he's work.
ing on.
Nearly drives you crazy at times, "
he declares. Then, grinning, "Often I
go out to dinner and have to stuff
oysters in my ears
Mr.. Allen says it's much harder to
write seriously now than it was so
years ago, because, as always. au-
thors have to bridge the world Of
Evening star., 1938-09-22
Cardl Party, Dance Set.

The combined societies Of the
Church of the Immaculate Conception
will hold an Armistice eve card party
and dance on the night of November
10 in the main ballroom at the Willard
Hotel, according to the Rev. DR.. John
Keating Cartwright, pastor Of the
church and chairman of the COM
mittee in charge Of the entertainment.
Evening star., 1938-09-22

imagination and the world Of reality,
and the reality in this age is getting
too real"
A romantic novel, "Richfield Spring."
is about one-fourth done, Mr.. Allen
revealed. It's setting will be in town
named Richf1eld Spring, in Upstate
New York. The time will be in the
Evening star., 1938-09-22
Ruml on St. Johns Board.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Sept. % R).-
Stringfellow Barr president of St.
Johns College, announced today the
appointment of Beardsley Ruml, treas
urer of R. H. Macy g. Co.. New York
City, as the fourteenth member Of the
schools board of visitors,
Evening star., 1938-09-22

years between 1900 and the Civil War.
He doesn't know yet how long It
will be.
The Aliens are going to Miami to
look after some affairs at their winter
place there, and plan to stay only +
few days, returning to their home at
oxford, Md. \
Evening star., 1938-09-22
Theft SUSPECT SEIZED
Man Wanted in $1,000 Larceny
Returned to New York.

A man identified as Walter s. King,
AZ, wanted in New York on 81 900
larceny charge, was arrested early
today in the 1900 block Of Sixteenth
street NV.
Police said he did not contest ex-
tradition and was returned to New
York a few hours after his arHst.
Evening star., 1938-09-22

! Nearly 100000 silver fox pelts were
marketed in Sweden in the last year.