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Evening star., 1939-11-17
Japan Reports Advance
In Western Kwongtunq

HONG KONG, Nov. II tP.-Japan
officially reported today a steady
advance in Western Kwangtung
Province toward China's back door"
links with French Indo-China and
British Burma, but the Chinese
minimized both the effectiveness and
extent of the campaign.
The japanese said their forces,
which landed Wednesday As miles
west of the treaty port of Pakhoi, on
the Gulf of Tonking, and IS miles
east of the Indo- Chinese border,
had driven northWard 80 miles to
Yamhsien, about 25 miles from the
border of KWangsi Province, one of
their objectives. They said Chinese
resistance was negligible.
The Chinese, however, declared
the Japanese landing and attempt
ed advance were resisted stubbornly,
with Chinese gunners sinking a
number of japanese landing boats.
They did not acknowledge the Jap
anese report of an inland advance.
Chinese reports of the drives
scope varied. Some said the Jap
anese military was assembling
strongly in the Pakhoi area, and
others that the landing forces we're
largely seamen weakly supported by
the army, without which an inland
campaign would be impossible.
Evening star., 1939-11-17
Third Term Sogo-or Presidents Pet Joke

July 20, 1939-In reply to a re-
porter's question about third term,
the President threw back his head,
laughed and suggested the newsman
put on a Ounce cap and stand in
the corner. ,
July %, 1939-Mrs. James Roose-
welt, mother of the President, said
that as far as health alone was
concerned, her son could stand a
third term very we'll.
August H., 1939-On the 18th an
niversary of Calvin Coolidges state
ment, Il do not choose to rum" the
President was asked about the third
term. He threw back his head and
laughed, and then asked if the re-
porter was suggesting that he spend
his holidays in the Black Hills of
South Dakota.
August 4, 1939-Postmaster Cen
eral Farley, in Berlin: only Mr..
Roosevelt knows whether Mr.. Roose-
velt will run again, and he hasn't
seen fit to tell"
November 10, 1939-Asked at his
press conference If the announce
ment that friends Of Vice President
Evening star., 1939-11-17
BY the Associated Press.

PRAGUE, Nov. 17-Czech high
schools and the Karlovy University
Technical Institute were occupied
early this morning by German
"Schutzstaffel" detachments and
about 1900 students, boys and girls,
were hauled away in buses.
Reasons for this action by Adolf
Hitler's Blackshirt elite guard were
vague. Shots were heard at Masaryk
College, but apparently no one was
injured.
About noon SIS armored cars were
seen passing through the city which
then was reported quiet.
Demonstrated Wednesday.
On Wednesday, about 1000 Czech
students demonstrated against the
Bohemia -Moravia protectorate gov
ernment set up by Germany in the
dissolution of Czecho-S -Slovakia.
Sixteen of the throng were re-
ported to have been arrested that
day. The large body of students
attempted to escort the coffin of a
Evening star., 1939-11-17
High Officials Attend
Services
For Justice Butler
Members Of Court,
Farley and Murphy
Among Those Present

In st. Matthews Cathedral the
Catholic Church today held the
last rites for Associate Justice Pierce
Butler of the United States Sill
preme Court, who died yesterday.
The body of the justice lay in a
black casket, blanketed with red
roses and green ferns before the
high altar of the cathedral during
the solemn mass for the dead
Led by Chief Justice Hughes, the
full active membership of the court
as well as former Associate Justice
Van Devanter attended the cere-
mony. The two Catholic members
of the cabinet, Postmaster General
Farley and - Attorney General
Murphy-who has been mentioned
as a possible successor to Justice
Butler-Were there, and the White
House was represented by Capt.
Daniel ]. Callaghan, the Presidents
naval aide.
In deep mourning, wearing a long
black veil that fell to her shoulders
and cloaked in a black coat with
a collar of black Persian lamb, was
Mrs. Butler, the widow, who ar
rived at the cathedral on the arm
of the eldest of her four sons Pierce
Butler, jr.
Msgr. Buckley Says Mass.
In a black vestment trimmed with
gold, Msgr. Edward j. Buckley, pas
tor of st. Matthews, said the mass
for Justice Butler, who had been at
tending st. Matthews regularly
since he arrived in Washington as a
new member of the Supreme Court
in January, 1928. Six tall candles
flickered by the black bier, and
across the lower front of the altar
was stretched dark red cloth of
silk, with golden cross in it's center.
Contrasting with the dark cloth
ing of the mourners in the pews
were the red and purple cassocks of
a number of bishops and monsignori,
who attended the mass in the sane
tuary out of respect to one of the
foremost Catholic laymen of the
United States.
Archbishop Glennon of st. Louis
and Archbishop Murray of st. Paul
were foremost among the members
of the hierarchy present. Then
there were also Bishop Armstrong
of Sacramento, Bishop Boyle of
Pittsburgh and Bishop Kelly of
Oklahoma City, Catholic Univer-
sity was represented in the sane
tuary by the Right Rev. Msgr. Nc
Cormick, vice rector, and George
town University by the Rev. DR.. Ed
mund Walsh, S. j., regent of the
School of Foreign Service.
Mrs. Taft, Mrs. Wilson Present.
In the congregation past which
the bier was carried were the widows
of two Presidents of the United
States-Mrs. William Howard Taft
and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson-as well
(See BUTLER, Page A-30
Evening star., 1939-11-17
BY EDDY GILMORE,
Associated Press Staff Writer.

This is saga with gestures and
facial expressions on the third
term issue, or what makes President
Roosevelt laugh the loudest.
June %, 1937-1n reply to a re-
porter's question as to whether he
would seek a third term, the Presi-
dent threw back his head, laughed
and suggested the newsman put on
a Ounce cap and stand in the corner.
July 9, 1937-Mrs. Roosevelt, ap-
pearing at a question-and-answer
session of the Franklin D. Roosevelt
Home Club of Hyde Park, said she
hoped her husband would not seek
third term.
October 13, 1938-From Elliott
Roosevelt son of the President
wouldn't know actually whether he
plans to run again, but personally,
I hope he doesn't. Being the son
of the President is sometimes q
handicap"
July 3, 1939-James Roosevelt,
eldest son of the President: Every
thing Is up to father"
Evening star., 1939-11-17
Nozis Haul 200 Czech Pupils
From Schools Seized by Guards
Shots Are Heard at Mosoryk College;
Follows Wednesday Demonstration

fellow student who died of injuries
October %.
Police dispersed the demonstra-
tors, but they tried to force their
way into Wenceslas Square and
Karl's Square from side streets,
chanting Slavic songs.
Czech Legionnaires Face Death.
The Prague radio announced last
night that members of the so-called
Czech Legion-patriots who fought
in Poland-Would be shot, whether
taken as prisoners of war or caught
after returning home.
Gen. Lev Prchala, former officer in
the now disbanded Czecho-Slovak
Army and commander of the legion,
escaped to France with a number of
his followers. Some, however, were
reported to have returned secretly to
the Nazi protectorate of Bohemia
Moravia.
The strength of the legion has not
been established definitely, but one
report said it numbers more than
10000 men.
Evening star., 1939-11-17

Garner were pressing the Texans
candidacy would make any change
in his plans, the President threw
back his head, laughed and said,
Don't be so subtle"
November II, 1939-Asked by re-
porters about the speculation over
his remark Wednesday at the laying
of the corner stone of the Jefferson
Memorial that he hoped by January,
1941, to be able to return for the
dedication, President Roosevelt (no,
he didn't throw back his head
slapped his knee, laughed long and
loud.
Maybe because he admitted his
remark was deliberate, which he
did not amplify, the President did
not suggest the Ounce cap. Maybe
it was because he was at Hyde Park
and not the White House where
the Ounce cap is usually called for
incidentally, a strange thing about
it all is that the White House room
in which the President holds his
press conferences is circular.
/. 1t has no corners.
2. No one has ever produced q
Ounce cap. -'
Evening star., 1939-11-17
Soviet Envoy Oumonsky
Visits Sumner WeIIes

Soviet Ambassador Constantine
Oumansky called on Acting Secre-
tary of State Sumner Welles today.
but no matters of official business
were discussed, Mr.. Welles said at
his press conference. He added that
the Soviet envoy had said he had
some matters he would like to take
up and they had arranged to con-
fer again next week.
A reporter asked Mr.. Welles if he
had taken the opportunity this
morning to inquire about the health
of Alexander Troyanovsky, Mr..
Oumansky's predecessor. Mr.. Welles
replied facetiously that he had not
taken the opportunity, but would do
SO. Little has been heard of Mr..
Troyanovsky since he returned to
Russia several months ago. There
were reports that he had been
"purged," but there have been re-
cent reports of his public appear
ances in Moscow.
Evening star., 1939-11-17
3 Sisters Win Brief Reprieve
In Fight to Live at Birthplace
All Over so, DweIIers on 600-Acre Farm
In Montgomery Bottle Custer

The three Misses Riley-Elizabeth
B., Ellen r. and Harriet C.-won a
temporary reprieve today in their
fight to live on the Montgomery
County farm where they were born,
which they have worked for years
with their own hands and which
has twice been sold under the auc-
tioneer's hammer.
Justice of the Peace Ralph G.
Shure in Silver Spring (MdD Police
Court postponed indefinitely their
trial on charges of returning to
property from which they had been
dispossessed. The charges we're filed
against them by Robert S. Balm,
agent for Robert S. Nash, who fore
closed his mortgage on the farm
last February. The postponement
was granted to permit Mr.. Balm to
attend Circuit Court.
A technicality, they firmly believe,
Evening star., 1939-11-17
100000 Fire Razes
Brick Factory in
Arlington County
Alarm Is Answered
By Five Departments;
One Man Injured
(Picture on Page A-4.)

A fire which apparently started
in the drying tunnels, destroyed
the brick making department of
the Washington Building Ma
terials Co. on Jefferson Davis
Highway in Arlington County, Va,
this morning. Damage was estimated
at 100000. One fireman was slightly
hurt fighting the blaze.
Five county fire departments
answered the alarm turned in about
4 am. by Browning Chewing,
watchman. The blaze is believed
to have started in the dryers, where
the pressed bricks are dried before
being sent to the kilns.
Firemen prevented the fire from
spreading to the kilns, but the blaze
destroyed the brick factory and did
considerable damage to the boiler
room and other frame buildings on
the property.
A complete estimate of the damage
was not Immediately available, but
firemen said they believed that more
than 100000 would be required to
replace the buildings and equipment.
]. E. Mcpherson, president of the
company, said that approximately
80 men are employed in the organ
ization. He said the loss was covered
by insurance.
A night crew of about a dozen
men were working in the plant when
the fire was discovered. Answering
the call, under the supervision of
Arlington County Fire Chief A. c..
Scheffel, were companies from the
Arlington County Department, Balls
ton, Clarendon, Jefferson District
No. 5, which was first on the scene,
and East Arlington.
Chief Scheffel said the fire was
under control by am.
Hurt in Freak Accident.
John Clardy of the Arlington
Fire Department was scratched and
bruised in a freak accident while
fighting the flames.
The fireman was standing on a
low roof feeding water from hose
that was connected with another
hose nearby. Firemen manipulating
the second hose shut the water of
and the added pressure caused suf-
cient recoil to throw him backward
about feet to the ground.
Mr.. Clardy was slightly injured,
but continued to fight the fire.
He added that lack of water in a
hydrant to which the firemen had
laid approximately 500 feet of hose
caused a delay of about five min
utes in fighting the blaze. The
hydrant recently was installed by
the county Water Department and
was not fully equipped with valves.
1t had a mo water" sign on it.,
which had been removed, according
to Mr.. Scheffel.
The conf1agration at the brick
yard was preceded by many field
and woods fires yesterday which
kept Washington companies and
volunteer departments in suburban
counties busy throughout the day.
Homes of two colored families
were destroyed and some Is or 30
residences in the neighborhood were
threatened by a field fire which
spread over a 60-acre tract near
Linden, Md. Damage to the two
homes was placed at $4,000.
A young boy repeatedly was seen
setting one field fire which burned
over four acres at Chevy Chase, Md,
and police and fire officials believe
(See FIRE, Page A-4.J
Evening star., 1939-11-17

will save them when the case is
due to come up for trial. Techni-
calities have saved them twice be-
fore in their fight for the 6O0-acre
tract across the Georgia avenue pike
from the Manor Country Club, near
Norbeck.
When Mr. Nash's mortgage, said
by the sisters to involve more than
500 900, was foreclosed last February
the tax title was overlooked. From
the present owner of this tax title,
Miss Terry M. Earle of Washing
ton, the sisters obtained permission
to occupy, not the 10-room man
sion they had built for their mother,
but an old tenant house long un-
occupied on 25-acre portion of
the tract y a mile from the pike.
The tax title, costing less than s4OO
until it can be disposed of. is as good
as any other, not excluding that of
(See SISTERS, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1939-11-17
Dies Sees Convictions
Of Hundreds in j, ),
For Subversive Acts
Arrives in Chicago
To Resume Communist,
Fascist and Nozi Probe
By the Associated Press.

SS tlc ASSOSldlcu FIeSS.
CHICAGO, Nov. 17.-Representa-
tive Martin Dies, Democrat, of
Texas, chairman of the congress
sional committee investigating un-
Americanism, predicted today that
there will be hundreds of indict-
ments-and convictions-of persons
who have violated the laws of this
country in spreading subversive
propaganda"
The Texan made this statement
upon his arrival to resume, after
lapse of several weeks, an investiga-
ton of Communist, Fascist and Nazi
activities in Chicago. He said the
Department of Justice was working
on indictments based on evidence
produced in its own investigations
and by the Dies Committee in re-
gard to persons who have violated
the laws on subversive activities.
He said these indictments would
be based on violations of passport
regulations and mishandling of or
ganiZation funds. He said he ex-
pected most of these indictments to
be returned in New York, Chicago,
Philadelphia and on the West Coast
He termed the West Coast area
the worst spot" in the Nation, so
bad that his committee, lacking
sufficient funds, had to give up
hope of uncovering all subversive
activities in that territory.
A dozen witnesses have been sum-
moned to appear here. among them
Henry Johnson and Herbert Marsh,
officials in the local Packing House
Workers Organizing Committee, a
G. I. o. affiliate, and Alphonse
Malachi, first president of the
P. w. O. c. here
But I want to stress emphat-
ically," Mr.. Dies said, that I am
not investigating any labor union.
I am investigating Communism and
Communists-wherever they may
be-"
Mr.. Dies said that many Com
munists and their sympathizers who
sincerely believed Communism to
be a democratic doctrine have be-
come disillusioned since the Hitler
Stain pact" He predicted Fascist
groups would do the same.
Evening star., 1939-11-17
Japanese Move
Toward Soviet
Reconciliation .
Situation Is More
Favorable Than
Ever, Says Toxic
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC, Nov. ia foreign Office
spokesman asserted today relations
between Japan and Soviet Russia
had changed to a point where the
situation was more favorable than
ever before" for resolving outstand-
ing differences.
He said the change was due to
the September truce which ended
fighting on the border between
Outer Mongolia and Manchukuo, the
European situation and Japan's
fundamental policy" for conclusion
of the conflict with China.
Japan is sincerely anxious to
ameliorate relations with the
Soviet" the spokesman asserted.
Frontier One of Main Questions.
The main questions before the two
countries are the demarcation of
frontiers on the ASiatic mainland
and Japanese fishing rights in Soviet
waters.
Some observers said they believed
Japan might use the prospect of
friendship with Russia as a means
to put pressure on the United States
and Great Britain for Strengthening
out her problems with them.
Another Interpretation was that
Japan might be seeking assurances
Of Russian source for oil and other
war materials in the event an en-
barge followed the United States
abrogation of her 1911 commerce
and amity treaty with Japan.
The foreign Office spokesman,
ascribing a distinct amelioration"
to the European war and the truce
of September 6 in the Mongolia
Manchukuo strife, declared Japan
is eager to improve her relations
with Russia.
Wants Friendship of All.
He said Japan is eager also for
the friendship of all other nations.
but will undertake conversations
first with those in which condi-
tions are most favorable to friend
ship.
The japanese press, which fire.
quently has been sharply anti-Soviet
in the past, commented favorably
on the one-hour meeting Wednes-
day between Foreign Minister Ad-
miral Kichisaburo Nomura and
Constantin Smetanin, new Russian
Ambassador to Toxic.
Other meetings between japanese
and Russian diplomats were ex-
pected to take place here or in
Moscow, but Nomura had no further
appointments with United States
Ambassador Joseph C. Grew or
British Ambassador Sir Robert Les
lie Craigie.
Evening star., 1939-11-17
B U ii etin

The National Commission of
Fine Arts and District officials
today concurred in deciding that
the new National Guard Armory
shall be built of limestone in
stead of high class of brick, as
formerly planned. Engineer Com
missioner David McCoach, jr.,
said, after the Arts Commission's
meeting today, that latest figures
on the cost of stone construction
showed there would be an in
creased cost of only $4,000 to
$4,000 if stone is used.
Earlier Story on Page BIZ
Evening star., 1939-11-17
Community Chest
Workers Report
67.03% Of Goal
Cormody Declares
Volunteers Comprise
Democracy at Work

The Community Chest, in the
critical last third of its campaign,
today recorded lit Sal pledges for
81 $40 600, or 6703 per cent of the
S2,000,000 goal.
The volunteers, who made the re-
port at the seventh luncheon meet
ing of the campaign at the Willard
Hotel, heard John M. Carmody, ad-
ministrator of the Federal Works
Agency, assert that the Community
Chests volunteer organization is
IAN eloquent description of Ameri-
can democracy at work.
There is no such thing in this
world as complete self -suffciency
for sNy human being" he declared.
Every man depends on somebody
else every moment of the day.
Therefore, it is better that the
helter-skelter means of helping each
other should be supplanted by the
orderly process of the Community
Chest"
Miss Stella Plants, executive of
the Department of the Blind of the
Family Service Association, was the
agency speaker for the day. She
told how a blind 11-year- -old boy
learned to live happy life deJ1ite
his handicap.
Designated as radio day" todays
meeting honored staff members
and officials of local broadcasting
organizations.
Reminders to Washingtonians
that the time is at hand to Give
And Be Thankful You Can" will
be heard on a number of radio
programs within the next few days.
Will Broadcast Appeal.
Serge Benson of the Tariff Com
mission will broadcast an appeal
over Station VOL tomorrow at 10
pm. and at l0:45 pm. over Sta
ton WRC Major Gilbert S. Decker
of the Salvation Army, Mrs. Mar
guerite Mayer of the Jewish Social
Service Agency, Miss Gertrude
Bowling of the Instructive Visit
ing Nurse Society and j. S. Gorrell,
volunteer chairman of the Chest
Speakers Bureau, will be heard in
round table discussion of welfare
needs.
Andy Farkas of the Washington
Redskins will stress the value of
Community Chest support in con-
tinuing to offer youngsters the ad-
vantages of sound training and op-
portunity when he speaks over Sta
ton WJSV Monday at 6:15 pm. At
the same time on Station WJSV
Tuesday. Matte Brown and Marty
Gallagher, local boxers, will speak
in behalf of the Chest campaign.
Gen. George C. Marshall, Army
chief of staff and principal speaker
at the report luncheon yesterday
in the Willard Hotel, told the
workers that over and above the
need to raise the necessary quota
was the fact that the Chest cam
paign is a test of whether the more
fortunate will assume the human
responsibility of looking after the
(See CHEST, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1939-11-17
British Certain
NaziWar Tactics
Reflect a Split
Dispute Between
Hitler and Stuff Seen
In Lack of Attacks
BULLETIN.

LONDON, Nov. II (P.-The
supreme allied war council
met in London today and an
nounced complete agree
ment" on methods of using
French and British forces for
effective conduct of opera
tions. A communique issued
after the meeting announced
prospective establishment of a
co-ordinating committee for
pooling of economic resources
for war.