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Evening star., 1939-01-03
Two Belgian Artists
To Give ; Retitals
OF Beethoven Sonata,
Macs and Dubois to
Present Programs
At SuIerove Club

The distinguished Belgian artists,
Marcel Mas, pianist, and Albert
Dubois, violinist, will give. three
Beethoven sonata recitals at the Sui
grave Club, the dates to be Thursday
of this week, Tuesday. January 10.
and Thursday. January IL, at 4:30
O'Clock.
This noted team Of artists Is ap-
pearing In America for the first time
together. M. Mas. who Is consid-
cred one Of the outstanding inter-
prefers of Bach, has been heard as
soloist with the leading European
orchestras, and has appeared In con-
cert In England, Holland, France,
Germany. Austria, Italy, Spain, Por-
tugal and Greece. In March, 1897,
NJ. Mas made his recital debut at
Town Hall and following this ap-
pearance the New York Times said
of him: He is q mature artist of
solid accomplishments. His concep-
tions have clarity and logic and un-
fold the secrets of the composers
thoughts. His technical equipment
is broad and thoroughly controlled
-. He was the master of q wide
ranging dynamic scale and of va
riety of color"
M. Dubois, who is making his first
visit to this country, is known ex-
tensively throughout Europe. His
recordings with M. Mas have been
widely heard In the United States
and their series of sonata recitals
at Town Hall and at the Sulgrave
Club will be one of the most Signifi-
cant events of the 1899 musical sea-
son.
The programs are as follows:
Thursday
Sonata in = Minor. Opus e3": Sonata in
F Major. Opus "a: Sonata In A Major
Opus Opus y. No. e; Sonata in Minor,
Tuesday, January the 10Th
sonata in A Major Opus 30 No. T.:
Sonata in E Flat Major. Opus ~, No. 81;
Sonata in G Major. Opus 30. No. g."
Thursday, January the 18th
SONATA in d Major. Opus IL. No. II:
Sonata in G Major. Opus 90; Sonata in
A Major. Opus Al"
Evening star., 1939-01-03
British Pound Falls
Sharply on Foreign
Exchange Markets
Breuk Reaches Z Cents
At One Time; Flight Of
CupituI Is Blamed
b. the Associated Press,

B. the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3-The British
pound sterling slumped sharply as
the foreign exchange markets
started the new year today. drop
ping at one time as much as
cents in terms of the dollar, but
recovering some Of the lost ground
later as the ofiicial equalization
fund intervened to bolster the rate.
Bankers here said that small
drop in sterling was usual at about
this time of the year, but that the
present trend appeared to be more
than seasonal. They attributed 1t
to q flight of capital from London,
long the repository for funds from
all over the European continent.
when foreign capital leaves in
big amounts, some domestic capital
always goes with It," it was ex-
panied in one bank.
It was pointed out also that the
British empire generally had an
import balance in merchandise trade
for last year and that this may
have been one reason for the pres
sure on the currency unit.
Recent events indicating Prime
Minister Chamberlain's efforts at
appeasement of the totalitarian
countries were not as successful as
the British public had expected and
Germanys threat to build subma-
rines up to 100 per cent of the Brit
ish fleet were considered by some
bankers here to have good deal to
do with the flight OF capital to the
dollar and Swiss franc, especially.
The latter currency rose sharply
during the morning.
Success of Frances efforts to re-
patriate fugitive capital, much of
which had taken refuge in London,
was demonstrated, foreign exchange
analysts said, by todays drop in the
Bank of Frances discount rate to
2 per cent from az per cent.
Despite Premier Daladier's verba!
dispute with Italy over the latter's
demands for certain portions of
French territory. the decree laws for
financial and economic rehabilita-
ton put into effect by Finance
Minister Paul Reynaud have sent
billions of francs back to Paris, and
there has been little pressure on the
currency in the last month or so.
While the bank rate reduction in
past years might have been expect
ed to cause some selling of francs
the drop in that unit today was rela-
lively small.
AS sterling fell the open-market
price of gold in London rose to a
new peak OF $50 shillings u penny
an ounce. Bankers said that worked
out at the equivalent Of $34,70, just a
little too high to make it profitable
to buy in London. ship it here, pay
the necessary costs and insurance
and make profit by selling 1t to
the United States Treasury at $35,
the United States standard price.
Evening star., 1939-01-03
China Executes MANY
In Purge After
Wang S Peace Move
Hundreds More Are
Reported Placed
Under Arrest
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HONG KONG, January 3.-Usu-
ally well-informed Chinese said to-
day a considerable number" of
persons had been executed in
Chungking, with hundreds more"
under arrest, following the expul-
sion of former Premier Wang
Ching-wei from the Chinese gov
ernment party for "deserting his
post and suing for peace in con-
tradiction to national policy"
The purge" first reported on
Sunday, was said to be continuing
secretly, but none the less effec-
lively in campaign to try to block
any further detection among what
loyal Chinese termed faint hearts" p"
"a Chungking dispatch said
it was believed steps were being
taken to quash Wang's influence
completely. but denied there was
evidence there of large scale ar
reStS)
Action Extended.
Although the cleanup originated
with the Wang episode, the action,
Chinese sources reported. was being
extended to include the elimination
of various petty graft or corrupt
elements.
Wang was read out Of the party at
a special session Of kuomintang
tChinese Government party Com
mittee at Chungking. the temporary
Chinese capital, where unofficial
sources reported Generalissimo
Chang Kaishek had arrested 200
Government party and military
leaders in q quick elimination of
Wangs Peace party" followers. The
former premier went to Hanoi.
French Indo-China, last week and
was said to be planning peace nego-
tiations with the Japanese.
Armed Sentries in Streets.
An increasing belief was apparent
here that Chiang-who has the repu-
tation of being lenient toward those
who disagree with him-was being
won over to more drastic action be-
cause Of the Wang affair, possibly
because of demands for a stronger
course made by Left Wing Kuomin-
tang elements.
(The report from Chungking said
few armed Sentries were to be
seen in streets of the provisional
capital-possibly rs the result of
precautionary measures or to assist
in controlling holiday crowds. The
dispatch also reported that under
ground tension in Chungking seemed
negligible and that in the general
opinion Chiang's authority remained
unimpaired)
Evening star., 1939-01-03
Definite Change Seen
In Japanese Tactics

By the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, Jan. Sit. Gen.
Otozo Yamada. new commander of
Japan's legions in China. today
Evening star., 1939-01-03
Japan Seen Facing
Cabinet Shakeup in
Serious Dispute
Foscist, Liberal BIocs
Reported at Odds on
Chino Policies

BACKGROUND
"Long-term construction pol
tc1es haze created problem yor
Japan in its plans tor CHINA,
leading up to the present serious
dispute reported bettDeen adp0-
Gates OF t,Do methods. Proposed
policies inpolpe enormous task of
consolidation on the continent.
Evening star., 1939-01-03
Scholarship
Is Set Up for
'Oppressed'Je Jew
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
OLD POINT, Va. Jan. s.
An annual scholarship for q
worthy student who is q VIC
. tim of the oppression Of mi
norities" was established by Phi
Alpha Fraternity, Jewish collie
giate organization, at the close
Of its national convention here
yesterday. The $500 = a year
award will be offered to stu
dents of the University of Rich
mond.
Hugo A. Klein of New York
City was elected national presi-
dent of the fraternity, with Sig
mund Danzansky Of Washing
ton as vice president. The
1899 convention will be held in
Washington, D. c., with Walter
Ogus as general chairman.
Evening star., 1939-01-03
Autos and Building
Leaders for 1899
BY CAMBRIDGE Associates,


NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-Nineteen
hundred thirty-nine ought to be q
considerably better year for busi-
ness than 1888 was, says william 3.
Bailey, economist Of the Travellers
Insurance Co.
Much depends on the automobile
and building industries. II auto
mobile manufacturers are busy many
other lines of business benefit from
their activity. The same is true
with building. Active building
spreads its benefits all along the
line. helping many basic and subsidi-
ary industries and also the railroads.
What are the prospects for the
automobile industry for 1899? Just
now there seems to be an active
demand for new cars. The 1899
models have been we'll received
by the public and 1t looks as though
many people who intended to buy
new cars during 1898, but didn't
buy because Of uncertain business
conditions or because the 1898 mod
els did not seem to offer sufiicient
improvement over the cars they
possessed, are buying them now. If
labor difficulties can be avoided, it
looks as though the automobile in
dustry would do we'll in 1885,"
Evening star., 1939-01-03

faced the monumental task Of con-
solidating the gains made in l8
months of costly fighting.
Whether he would attempt to ex-
tend the invasion farther into the
interior was not known, but many
foreign observers considered his ap-
pointment to succeed Gen. Shunroku
Hata as foreshadowing a definite
change in japanese tactics.
These observers held that major
military operations had been COM
pleted and that the campaign hence
forth would be directed at wiping out
guerrilla opposition and pacifying
partially conquered regions.
That in itself was regarded as a
formidable undertaking. During
the last 18 months the war has
spread over l3 provinces: Hopeh,
Suiyuan. Chahar. ShanSi, Shan
tung. Honan, Kiangsu. Anhwei,
Hupeh, Chekiang, kiangsi, Human
and Kwangtung.
Mopping Up Remains.
The Japanese maintain they
have conquered about 100000 square
miles, but the Chinese admit the
occupation of only about one-sev-
enth of the total area of the 13
provinces.
Neutral observers point out that
the occupation for the most part is
limited to major cities, railways
and highways and that contiguous
territory still requires costly and
extensive mopping up.
Partially conquered territory
however. includes Shanghai. Pei
ping, Tientsin, Canton, Hankow,
Marking, Annoy. Tsingtao, Chefoo
and other important cities. The
Japanese also control 1000 miles
OF seacoast through their naval
blockade and hold the Yangtze and
Pearl Rivers, China's two greatest
trade arteries.
Nearly two-thirds of China S
5000 miles of railways are held by
the invaders and. fully one-half of
the nations commerce, industry
and agriculture has been dislocated.
Japan achieved her conouests
with a highly organized army of
300, 900 men literally equipped with
modern weapons and supported by
1.2OO WarplaneS and scores of war
ships.
Evening star., 1939-01-03
DuIudier
Continued From First Page }

the ancient system of capitulations
(extraterritorial rights must auto
maticalV be re-established in favor
OF Italians"
Either of these solutions, French
observers feared, might be used as
an entering wedge for Italian control
OF Tunisia-as Nazi Germany first
asked autonomy for Sudeten Ger
mans in CZechoslovakia and then
took their entire territory into the
Reich.
The Premier Of France made a
triumphal entry into Tunis at noon,
escorted by native cavalry. Crowds
smashed through police lines to
cheer Daladier wildly. He acknowl-
edged the welcome with smiles.
The Premier, who arrived at
Bizerte this morning on tour of
the empires North African colonies,
conferred with the bey at his 18th
century palace outside Tunis shortly
before noon.
He told the ruler that France was
determined to keep her protectorate
over Tunisia, the key to the Medi-
terranean, even if it means war with
Italy.
The Bey assured Premier Daladier
Of his loyalty to France.
A small but noisy demonstration
against France threw a discordant
note into an otherwise triumphant
reception at Bizerte.
A crowd of Neo Destours-Tunis-
Ian Nationalists, whose organization
had been banned by French au-
thorlties-took to fishing boats to
demonstrate. While Daladier was
crossing the Bizerte Canal a small
boat filled with Neo Destours pulled
alongside.
Beating drums, they held aloft
banners inscribed Down With
France" ""Down With Privilege" and
Independence for Tunisia."
Break Police Lines.
On his way to the French resi-
dency in Tunis Daladier's auto was
swamped by cheering crowds who
broke through police lines shouting,
Long live Daladier." After some
minutes path was cleared and the
Premier reached the residency,
where he was the luncheon guest of
Erik Labonne, French resident
general.
During his brief meeting with the
Bey he told the Tunisian potentate
that France appreciated Tunisia' S
allegiance and cooperation.
Il must tell your highness that
all France is ready to contribute to
the development of Tunisia's riches
and to give her protection which
Evening star., 1939-01-03
Two Killed in Crash
Of Plune in Illinois
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
GARDNER, ILL.,, Jan. 3-Arthur
E. Wright. jr, 10, and Francis
Mcknight, 20, were killed yesterday
when the secondhand plane In
which they were flying crashed from
a height of 500 feet after a takeoff.
Young Wright, the son of Garn-
ner's Mayor. was owner and pilot
OF the plane. Wright had bought
the two-passenger monocoup two
months ago after obtaining a pri-
vate pilots license.
Evening star., 1939-01-03
Held in Dynumitino.

NEW ORLEANS. Jan. ) Op).-A
man listed as Frank H. Cratsley, 43,
Of Imperial. Pa, was arrested yes
terday on q warrant charging him
with the felonious burning of a
service station November 8. He de-
MED the charges.
Detective Harry Foster of Pitts
burgh and Private Arthur Cohen of
the Pennsylvania State police. who
made the arrest, said Cratsley was
wanted for dynamiting a filling sta
ton he operated near Imperial and
collecting $4,000 insurance.
Evening star., 1939-01-03
Premier Given Ovation.
ne Associated Press

Premier Given Ovation.
BY the Associated Press
BIZERTE, Tunisia, Jan. 3.-Pre-
mier Daladier was given q tremen-
douS ovation today when he arrived
on the cruiser Foch to begin a tour
OF Frances North African colonies
IN the face of Italian expansion
threats.
The Premiers small squadron of
French gunboats swung into this
seaport and naval base at 8 am.
with seaplanes roaring overhead and
cheering crowd lining the docks.
Brilliant morning sunlight accom-
panied by warm winds brought joy
to the superstitious Arabs who pre-
dicted yesterday that the Premier's
visit would be considered a good
omen If the weather was favorable.
In many respects Premier Dala-
dier's reception was repetition of
that given him in Corsica yesterday.
Ships in the harbor tied down their
sirens and church bells changed
while batteries fired salutes.
Reviews Colonial Troops.
Premier Daladier was welcomed by
q group of Tunisian officials and i'm
mediately turned his attention to
the first demonstration Of military
strength-a review Of colonial ma
rines who marched by smartly to
music Of q naval band.
Heading the welcoming delegation
was Resident General Labonne;
delegations of native chieftains and
civil and military authorities.
Crowds which had waited since
dawn for the Premier's arrival
cheered as he walked between lines
of police and soldiers. Throughout
the city the tricolor of France inter-
mingled with Arab banners.
Even italian merchants decorated
their store fronts with flags and
bunting.
Signs proclaiming Tunisia's desire
to remain under the jurisdiction of
the French government were carried
by the crowds which followed Dala-
dier through the streets. CTunista
is French protectorateO
Evening star., 1939-01-03

Smith Bros. Cough
Syrup contains Vita
min A. This vitsmin
raises the resistance
Of the mucous n en-
branesof the nose and
throat to cold infec-
lions. 8 o.. DstHs Soe.
Evening star., 1939-01-03

d the Associated Press.
TOXIC, Jan. 3.-Beneath the out
ward calm of new year week there
are increasing indications of dis
pute between so-called fascist and
liberal elements over policies in
China dispute of such serious
proportions that it may force a cab
lnet reorganization.
1t was considered significant that
Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma, nation
alist leader, returned to Toxic today
from Kanazawa, three days before
he was to end seaside holiday.
Informed sources believed he would
form government if Premier Prince
Konoye resigned The situation de-
veloped almost entirely without the
knowledge of the public. News
papers did not publish through the
holidays, and government offices
were closed
There were, however, innumerable
conferences between ministers.
The clash pivoted upon what
long term construction" policies
should be promulgated inside Japan
and how rigidly they should be en-
forced.
Critical Period Seen.
1t entailed full enactment of the
National Mobilization Act and con-
troll of the China Affairs Board.
The government long has recog-
nized that the most critical period of
the China war would come after
posltional warfare ended and the
nation undertook the enormous task
OF consolidation on the continent.
observers in Shanghai took the ap-
polntment of Lieut.. Gen. Otozo
Yamada to succeed Gen. Shunfoku
Hata as commander of the Central
China armies to indicate this period
might now beginD
The most urgent needs now are
money and raw materials, hence re-
str1ctlons upon the national life are
expected to become even more strin-
gent.
The China Affairs Board, de-
seribed as the second foreign Of
nee and designed to administer
Japan's control over conquered
China areas, already is credited
with having brought the resigna-
tfon OF Gen. Kazushige Ugaki, for
mer foreign minister. Ugaki, a
liberal, opposed the army on the
general lines of its policies).
Law Party Enacted.
The national mobilization law
has been only partially enacted.
ct provides for sweeping control
of industrial and private life in
emergency
1t was reported reactionaries were
seeking to abolish or fuse political
parties before Parliament convenes
January 20 and perhaps to dissolve
that body. The fact that the diet
must approve the 1899 war budget
likely would block this.
Except for the future of China
policies, the clash does not reflect
international issues.
Baron Hiranuma headed the
strongly Nationalist Kokuhonsha
Party, now defunct.
The program drafted when the
party was formed read that I'VE
support the army but our aim is
only for the tranquility of the Far
East. We advocate Nipponism, which
includes all the advantages of ma
tionalism, Fascism and Commun-
ISM"
Evening star., 1939-01-03

she may need" the Premier said.
France extends this protection
to all fields. Your highness may be
assured that France never will for
get at any time her sacred duty of
accomplishing that historic mission
which her spirit dictates"
Dressed in the uniform of 4 gen.
eral of the Tunisian guards, the Bey
received Premier Daladier in the
throne room of his palace flanked
by his sons and by red and blue
uniformed guardsmen.
The Premier, accompanied by
military and naval staff members,
approached the throne, but the Bey
rose and came down to greet them
with a handShake.
Evening star., 1939-01-03

The present Italian royal family
runled for centuries over Savoy,
which Is now part of France.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-12-01
Chicago Newspaper Hits New Deal

Swept by promises restoring
iy the million of who unemployed and
suffering from the great shock of the 1929 disaster the New Dealers
little them another make good their
nal promises Millions of people still unempoyd millions of
pie relief other thousands hungry and find themselves
able to get the little governmental aid they deserve
This situation especially appalling Chicago and particularly
in the populated by Cored Today after of
New Deal reign thousands of people living in the filth
and squaOr they found the beginning their Coupled with
this depable housing problem where and infants
posed ~ rats and disease carrying that the
majority of old fiat buildings where ogs" h people
relief suffering manutrn from inadequate relief budgets
In determination better their living condition. the people
justified returning the Republican Party party that spells
pery-Chcago World
Guilt and Shame
chae slavery the South then assertion
to the contrary falls fiat in the face of the facts
stain the South then all the denials the world
alter the
In have passed since the North whipped
the South and forced the emancipation of the slaves and the
of the world has largely ISSUE white people
should be intelligent enough denying the obvious and let the
whole thing drop
They reveal guilt by
igernt defense of the Pittsburgh Courier
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-12-01

Divine his unusual metaphysical
philosophy which has led some
people into the erroneous belief
that Divine is a true Mystic.
Negro Leader Marcus Carney
fared into the news recently when
court decision denied him a
legacy of 100000 estate willed
to the 1918 Universal Negro I'm
provement Association. Carney,
the brilliant Pope of Race Con-
sciousness, perfected a vast or
ganization which belted the world
in four years." Garvey could have
done great deal for his Race
Program if he had won his case.
Father Divine has more money at
his disposal, but he is not primari-
ly interested in the Negroes prog
ress per sc. It is interesting to
speculate upon the possibilities of
a coming Negro leader. combining
in his personality the best of Gar
vey and Divine, without claiming
himself as God, but who because
of his genius would be looked upon
and followed as a god (but not
Cody
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Calyin's Digest
BY L. Bayard Whitney
CATHOLICS
FATHER DIVINE
MARCUS CARNEY

Negroes here must of necessity
feel grateful for the sixty-eight
words of Catholic paternity for the
Negro in the recent Encyclical of
Pope Plus XII to American Cath
olics. It is not too much to say
that it is exactly what the Pope
should have done; further, he
should have had more than So
words to say on the Negro in
America. And / am sure that this
great and good man of Rome would
be the first to agree that one de-
serves no special praise for doing
ones plain duty. / do not see how
Pope Plus XII could have failed
to mention the Negro.
Yet, sixty-eight words from the
Pope, in our favor, weigh more
seriously than volumes by lesser
Lights. It will greatly strengthen
the labors of American Catholics
who have been laboring in the field
of interracial relations. No one
can deny that the Catholics in this
country are seriously striving to
establish the Brotherhood Ideal,
regardless of race.
This is a great contrast to the
action of a Protestant convention,
some time ago, which decided to
make a definite division between
black and white. The Rev.. Lor-
EMO H. King fought against it
courageously. During a private
conversation mot off the record)
Rev. King admitted that the white
leaders of his religious denomina-
ton confessed to him that the fear
of intermarriage between black
and white was a fundamental basis
for their advocacy of racial sepa-
ration in the churches. The Cath
Olics seem to have no such fear. 3.
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Harvest


Roll, roll-you creaking, high
wheeled wagons, roll
Across the burrows where our
strength was shed;
This field of corn-knees is a
written scroll (
To show that we have toiled for
daily bread. D.
Roll, rcll-high wheels behind the
pulling mules,
Across corn rows where pumpkin
vines trail dead,
And quails are hiding in the grass
and tools, "
That plowed these fields are resting
in the shed.
Roll, roll, high wagon wheels!
Roll to our bin
The pumpkins, corn, potatoes in
the sack, = ts
For winters whistling in this
autumn wind,
The world will turn to snow
and gray and black,
And we shall need the foods that
we have furrowed;
Corn, pumpkins in the crib,
potatoes buried.
Jessie Stuart.
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FATHER DIVINE AND
MARCUS CARNEY

"Al Fathers Chillun, Got
Heavens" is the colorful title of a
most interesting and enjoyable
article on Father Divine by Jack
in the November 18th
issue of The Saturday Evening
Post. The author debunks Divine
from all quarters and reveals the