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The Washington times., 1939-01-21

ances, some of them of a military
character. such as throwing imita-
ton hand grenades. All members
of the army reserve, including the
"Landwehr, which consists Of
men beyond the regular age Of
military service, will be affected.
RUBLEE HOPEFUL
AS Hitler thus consolidated his
hold on the life Of Germany, his
government apparently ignored
the suddenly disrupted confer.
ences on the plight Of German
Jews. George Rublee, American
director of the International
Refugee Committee, whose con-
versations with Schacht were
peremptorily discontinued upon
the latter'S replacement as Reichs.
bank chief by Economics Minister
Walther Funk, prepared to leave
The Washington times., 1939-01-21

the German-Italian-Japanese pact
against communism at som
future date and also eventually to
resign from the League of Nations.
ROME TALKS LIKELY
Field Marshal Hermann Will
helm Goering is slated to make
another visit to Rome in the near
future, leading to speculation
regarding another meeting be
tween Hitler and Premier Musso
lini to strengthen the Rome-Berlin
axis.
Reviewing the events of the last
"a hours, the official German
news agency DNB said that
Wiedemann had been appointed
to the San Francisco consulate
at his own request"
He is naturally delighted ovel
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
,HAY

the opportunity Of spending some
time in America, to say nothing
Of living in fabled California, !"
the agency said. "The exact date
of his departure is not known"
SCHACHT'S AIDES OUT
Changes following in the wake
of schacht's dismissal included
the removal of Herr DreySe, vice
president Of the ReichSbank, and
Herr Huelse, a director.
Undersecretary of State Ru.
dolph Brinkmann was appointed
vice president of the Reichsbank
board, strengthening Nazt con-
troll of the huge financial inStitu'
ton over which Schacht for so
many years held sway.
DR.. Schacht, while shorn com.
pletely Of financial powers, will
remain In the Reich cabinet.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
Three ADM|RALS
NAMED BY F, D.

Three medical officers, includ-
ing Capt. Benjamin Henry Dorsey,
chief of the Naval DispenSary here.
were recommended for promotion
to the rank of rear admiral yester.
day.
The choices were made by a
board headed by Rear Admiral Ed
ward Stitt. U. S. NJ, retired, and
approved by President Roosevelt
Nominated with Captain Dorsey
were Capt. Charles Maiden Oman
district medical officer of New
York, and Capt. David Clark
Gather, Of the Naval Hospital al
Puget Sound, Wash.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
Japan Bond
SQleHQlted

(I.N.S.) Sale in Hawaii
of japanese bonds issued to
help finance conquest OF
China was halted by the Sc
curities and Exchange Com
mission today.
The Commission revealed
It has obtained from Judge
Neterer in the Federal Dis
trict Court Of Hawaii an In
junction restraining the Dos
hika Kai, q japanese patriO-
tic organization, from unlaw.
fully soliciting subscriptions
in the Territory of Hawaii to
a 1000, ,OOO-yen issue Of Japa-
nese emergency bonds.
The commission cited fail
ure of DOshika Kai to regis
ter the bonds, known as
"Chinese incident" bonds,
with the SEC, as required
under the 1898 securities act.
DOShika Kai, the commits
sion announced, consented
to the Injunction and agreed
/ to return all funds received
thus far.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
BARCELONA AIR
RAID KILLS Z
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in the Noya Valley around 1gual-
ada, reported successes.
The key city Of Igualada, conf
muniques maintained, was in in
surgent hands, having been taken
yesterday by mixed Spanish and
italian legionnaire forces.
These forces, the center OF
GeneralisSimo Frances triple
columned push toward the gov
ernment capital, were said to
have pressed forward this morn
ing to take Odena, three and one
half miles to the northeast. They
were advancing late this forenoon
toward Manresa 10 miles away
The Aragonese and Maestrazzo
divisions Of Spaniards and Ital
ians, operating on the extreme
northern flank, were declared tc
have been hampered since dawn
by bad weather including a thick
fog. .
Despite these obstacles, how
ever, they were said to be ham
mering their way slowly through
government resistance.
The outskirts of Igualada. where
two main routes meet in a Sierra
pass on the high road to BARGE
Iona. were entered late yesterday
according to inSurgent headquar
ters back of the line at Lerida.
Heavy aerial and artillery bonn
bardments preceded the push intc
the town, and tanks and armorec
cars blasted a way for the Italian
Moorish, and Spanish intantr!
who finally hoisted the flag o1
insurgent GeneraliSsimo Fran
cisco Franco over the Igualads
Plaza.
Still another inSurgent column
composed of AragoneSe fighters
pushed down through the difficul
hills and was about to join thu
captors of Igualada.
A war bulletin issued al
frances capital, Burgos, said
meeting of his council affirmed
that the Catalonian offensive ap
preached its elimination. Th'
council was given a detailed &C
count of the advance up to tc
day, and Franco emphasized:
"These magnificent victories
on Catalan soil are Of the same
vintage as our former efforts
they may appear less brilliant.
but they are no less decisive" "
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
CLOSE
Couple Leap off ruck
As rain Hits 1t

BERWYN, Md. Jan. 21.-A
man and his wife narrowly es-
capped death here today when the
truck in which they were riding
became stalled on the icy tracks
of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road, just off the Baltimore Boule-
ward.
Witnesses said the driver, Ellis
worth Cox, was attempting to pass
the crossing when the trucks rear
wheels began to spin. At the same
moment one Of the B. & O.'S
crack passenger trains ap-
preached. The driver and his
wife leaped from the truck just
as the train struck it.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
Four ReformdtoY
ConviCts Walk AWAY

CHuLICOTHE, Ohio, Jan. 81
G.N.S0-Four youthful prison
ers walked away from the U. S.
reformatory north of Chillicothe
today.
They were Oscar Cordle, 20,
Rockingham. N. c.: Wilfred Me
|haffey, 81, and Thomas Hunter
20, both of Knoxville, Tenn, and
Horace Yonker, IT, Raleigh, N. C
Hunter was convicted of violating
a law governing interstate ship
ments and his three companions
in the escape we're sentenced fol
violating the national motor theft
law.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
Mrs, CIeIand Heads
Red Cross Division

Mrs. John Cleland, of the 1000
block Connecticut Ave-, has been
appointed chairman of the staff
assistance corps of the District
Chapter of the American Red
Cross, Gen. F. r. Keefer, chair
man, announced today. She sue
ceecs Mrs. Phillip Young who has
become Miss Mabel Boardman's IS
assistant in charge Of volunteer
services. Mrs. Cleland was acting
chairman of the corps last sum
lner,
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which rules the Reichswehr-Ger.
many's regular army.
AS announced by the Fuehrer,
the object Of the decree is to en-
sure that all able-bodied men in
the Reich shall preserve their
spiritual and physical energies. |"
All males over the age of II who
are fit to serve in the army shall
henceforth be under moral obliga.
ton" to acquire the so-called
storm troopers sports badge"
To lend dignity to the decora-
ton and encourage all young Ger
mans to obtain it, the insignia
wsS elevated to the level of a "de-
Tense badge"
The conditions necessary for OBJ
tanning it include proficiency in
q number Of athletic perform.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
10 Speak
At Meeting Of Press

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. 81.
Several hundred members of the
press from Maryland, Delaware,
PENNSYLVANIA. Virginia and the
District of Columbia are expected
to attend the annual meeting of
the Maryland Press Association
here tonight, at Calvert Hall
Those scheduled to address the
meeting are Governor Herbert r
IO'Conor of Maryland and j. Fred
Essary, chief Of the Washington
Bureau for the Baltimore Sun
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
MAY BACKS CCC
BILL TO FORCE
ARMY TRAINING
Military Affairs Leader
Asks House Action
BY ROBERT HUMPHREYS

Q.N.S0 Chairman Andr ew
May Of the House Military Affairs
Committee today disclosed that
he had completed the draft Of q
bill calling for compulsory mill.
tary training of 100000 CCC
youths as part o. the rearmament
program.
The measure to be introduced
in the House next week, provides
that each CCC enrollee be required
to take not less than two hours
nor more than five hours Of mill
tary training each week.
An Administration bill intro
duced yesterday would make the
Civilian Conservation Corps Q
permanent agency of the Govern.
ment. May said he was taking his
step independent Of the Admins
tration.
PROPOSAL NOT HTEW
A check of his committee, which
is handling the bulk of President
Roosevelt's $552,000, 900 rearma-
ment program, showed that q
number of members favor COM
pulSory military training for the
CCC. Questioned recently at a
press conference, Mr.. Roosevelt
pointed out that proposals Of this
nature had been made before, but
had been turned down.
Mays disclosure came as Con.
gress prepared to give a thorough
airing to the Navy's plan to equip
the tiny Pacific island Of Guam
for eventual fortification.
Chairman Vinson, Of the House
Naval Affairs Committee, said his
committee would start public hear
ings Wednesday on the Navy's air
base program, and that at least
two days would be devoted to ex.
ploring the Guam issue.
CALLED GREAT NEED
Regarding his proposal to train
CCC youths for military service,
May said:
"One of greatest defense needs
is proper training facilities.
The CCC enrollees are already
under the direction Of Army of.
ficers, and I see no reason why
military training could not be
given them in addition to the
other educational work they do.
The cost Of the venture would
be very small and the results
should be very desirable"
] ROOSEVELT CONFERS
Meanwhile President Roosevelt
continued his canvass of the ma
tional defense problem with rank
ling officers Of the Army. The
Executive conferred in the White
House with Secretary Of War
Harry Woodring, Assistant Secre-
Craig, Chief of Staff; Gen. George
Marshall, Deputy Chief of Staff:
Gen. H. H. Arnold, chief Of the
Air Corps, and Col. James H.
Burns, executive officer Of the
general staff.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
WOMEN VOICE
CHINA'S Will
TOWH|P JAPA AN
Shanghai Group in U. S.
Sees Eventual Triumph
BY JANE COCHRAN

NEW YORK, Jan. 81 d.N.S0,
Rivers of China may run red with
the blood Of soldiers, but Chtna's
proud spirit will never be con
ouered, say three Chinese society
women, members of the Chinese
cultural theater group of Shang
hal. now in New York to present
a benefit show for China's war
refugees.
I'VE are determined, no mat
ter what the cost, to drive the
japanese out of China" said
Miss Ethel Chun, grand-daugh-
ttr of Sir Shousen C low,
knighted by King George v for
his work in Hong Kong. With
conditions as they are now, the
people have to struggle great
deal but the remarkable thing
is that you never hear a COM
plant, no matter how much
the suffering"
FOOD SCARCE, COST HIGH
Strict economy is necessary,
even on the part of the wealthy
women of China, the three women
said. Food costs and living costs
are extremely high, and food is
scarce because of the difficulty
of transporting it from the inter
ior.
I'VE look at the millions Of
homeless, dying for want of
medical care, and we know we
must do our part" said Mrs.
Ernest S. H. Tong, wife of the
counsellor of the Kwantung
provincial government. 1--WE
done a great deal of relief work
with my husband and have
seen as many as 400 children
dying daily in Shanghai alone
for want Of medical care"
1t was to provide medical care
for these children, for the refu
gees, and to provide shelter ano
food for the homeless that the
theatrical troup she directs was
organized.
TRAVEL ON FREIGHTER
What we are doing is no
more than millions of Chinese"
Miss Virginia Chang said. She
is a daughter Of DR.. l.. N. Chang,
former Chinese minister to
Chile. There is no air Of de-
feat to be seen among our peo-
pie Everyone feels he must DO
his share and we are all ready
to fight to the last to preserve
our country"
The troupe Of II Chinese
society beauties who are amateur
actresses, university professor
and talented amateur musicians
have given performances on th'
West Coast and will begin thetl
New York performances Februar!
!. They travelled to the Unitec
States on a freight boat.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21

Yet in Barcelona there was no
trace of fright, no outward indi-
cation that breastworks are being
hastily thrown up outside the city;
only the haggard and tattered ref
ugeeS and the ruins of bombed
buildings reminded Barcelonans
that the wars crisis is at hand.
Nothing could more clearly in
dicate the GOODNESS Of this great
city than tkis: Tickets are being
issued calmly for the second part
of the musical season. It begins
Sunday, and lasts for weeks. The
demand is large, showing that
Barcelona expects no change in
its normal routine for a long time.
DEFENDERS FALL BACK ,
With insurgent victories, gained
under intense pressure" conceded
by the government, Catalonia's
defense forces fell back in order
to fresh line, we'll fortified, run
ming from the seacoast to a
point six miles northeast Of Pons.
The loss of Calaf, in the heart
of the Catalan line where the
insurgents are hammering towards
the Barcelona-France railway, and
of Vendrell, road fork on the south
coast, was conceded by the govern
ment. But so far there is no
government confirmation that
Igualada has fallen, as asserted by
GeneraliSsimo Francisco Franco.
MECHANICALLY SUPERIOR
Five insurgent armies, strongly
filled out with Italians, according
to the government, are moving
eastward and southwark, and seem
to be making rapid progress,
principally due to the overwhelm-
ing superiority of their mechanical
equipment.
Four full divisions of Italians,
government quarters said, are bat
ting in the Igualada sector. They
are aided by a division Of Spanish
NavarreSe. the finest mountain
terrain fighters in Frances hosts.
Scores Of airplanes, which have
repeatedly bombed Igualada and
other points standing in the way
of the insurgent advance, thun-
dering array Of artillery, 100 tanks
and armored cars, are the batter.
ing rams for the insurgents.
! EASY FOR INSURGENTS
Where the territory is suffi.
GENTLY open, the insurgents tao
tics are to jab fork-like into the
government lines with mechanical
equipment, making small and mar.
row but relatively long salients.
If the government had mechan.
ical equipment that anywhere
nearly approached the excellence
Of the insurgents tanks and
armored cars, that method Of war.
fare would be extremely dangerous
to the offensive side.
In that case it would be com.
paratively easy to expand the tips
of the corresponding government
salients into pincers, which
make "lost battalions" out OF
every one Of the advance insur'
gent prong. AS it is, however, the
insurgents easily push into the
government lines and outflank
their foes positions.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
Vanderbi|ts
Bound for Honolulu

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 81 Q.N.s).
Two socially prominent Eastern
couples were aboard the s. s.
Lurline today, bound for Homo
lulu. They were Henry j. Bob
Topping, tinplate heir, and his
bride. the former Gloria Baker,
and Mr.. and Mrs. George Wander
bilt. Vanderbilt. half-brother to
Mrs. Topping, said he planned to
visit Sumatra next summer on a
search for geological specimens.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
GreenbeIt TO Hear
OF Youth S Problems

What does Maryland youth
think of its own problems? What
does it think Of modern educa-
ton? DR.. Owen R. Lovejoy, as
sociate director of the American
Youth Commission, WHO has just
made a two.year survey in Mary
land, will speak on these questions
before the Greenbelt Parent
Teacher Association Monday at
8 D. m. in the school auditorium
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
Group
To Study Tax Plan

An equitable plan" for Federal
contribution to District expenses
will be discussed along with the
proposed tax program at the meet
ing of the Georgetown Citizens AS
ISOLATION at st. Johns Parish Hall
at 8 D, m. Monday.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
New Guard Instructor

The District National Guard
regiment will soon have a new in.
structor and a new type of anti
aircraft equipment. Lieut.. Col.
Eugene Villaret, U. S. A., will come
here on May 81 after duty as
military attache at Belgrade, Yugo,
slaVia.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
Biologist 10 Talk
At Church Forum

Henry Flury, biologist and
scientist, will discuss "The Cul'
tural Value Of Education" at the
Civic Forum of the Good VIII
Baptist Church, Sixteenth and U
Streets Northwest, at 4 p. m. to-
morrow.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21

for Paris with his aides tonight.
He remained hopeful that some
new avenue Of approach on the
Jewish problem may yet be found.
The diplomatic drive to the east
was resumed with a lengthy con-
versation between CzechoSlovak
The Washington times., 1939-01-21

Foreign Minister F'rantise Chval-
kovsky and German Foreign Min
lister Joachim Won Ribbentrop.
With Chvalkovsky scheduled tc
see Hitler, it was regarded as a
foregone conclusion that Czecho
Slovakia had been induced to joir
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
100000 Guns Face East

BERLIN, Jan. FL HNS.)-Japan has two million
ready fight in of Soviet aggression, War Minister Cen
SerO agaN said interview published today in the
Nazi newspaper Angriff.
"The Chinese campaign last ten twenty years. the
cabinet minister asserted although GeneraSSimO
Chang KaiShek is weakening daily"
loans being given China by United States
"unimpOrtant," General Itagah added.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
Barcelona Enjoys
Music, Arts As Foe
Hammers At Gate
By MANUEL HUTsCHNECKER

BARCELONA, JAN 81 (INS)-Out in the frozen sierras
where Spains fate being fought furious boodshed
and devastation the defenders of Barcelona bad today
literally with their backs to the wa-the wall low
tains in the hinterland behind the metropolis.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21

RATES BY MAIL FOR VIRGINIA,
MARYLAND, WEST VIRGINIA
AND NORTH CAROLINA
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
BY ARTHUR HACHTEN

RATES BY CARRIER IN WASHING
TON. D. C. AND SUBURBS
Evening star., 1939-03-28
Wholesale Commodity
Index Gains SIiqhtIy

There was a small increase in the
general level of wholesale commod-
ity prices last week, according to the
price index compiled by the Ma
tional Fertilizer Association. This
Index in the week ended March Is
advanced to 1913 from 1875 in the
preceding week. A year ago the
index was 1873 and two years ago
, e8.6, based on the 1926-1928 average
as 100. During the past nine weeks
the index has fluctuated between
1875 and 1913.
The sharpest rise during the week
occurred in the foodstuff group; in
the preceding week the index of food
prices had been at the lowest point
reached since 1884.
The farm product price average
remained unchanged, at the year S
low point, with a decline in cotton
offset by higher prices for livestock
Another fractional increase took
place in the average of all commod-
tiles other than farm products and
foods, making the fifth consecutive
week that this average has moved
upward. The group indexes repre-
senting the prices of metals, build
ing materials and miscellaneous
commodities rose fractionally.
Evening star., 1939-03-28
British Trade Pact Aids
Virginia Apple Trade

According to a report received by
E. Leigh Stevens, State director of
the National Emergency Council for
Virginia, from the Department of
Commerce, apple growers in the
State OF Virginia, and especially in
the following counties, Bedford,
Botetourt, Clarke, Fauquier, Frank
lin, Frederick, Loudoun, Nelson, Pat
rick, Rappahannock, Roanoke, Rock
lngham, Shenandoah, Smyth and
Warren, are in position to be aided
directly by the concession secured
on canned apples in the trade agree
ment concluded between the United
States and the United Kingdom,
which became effective on January
l, 1899.
The United Kingdom has long
been the most important market for
American canned apples and apple
sauce. United States exports to that
country in 1887 amounted to ap-
proXimately $571,000, which was
nearly 90 per cent of our total ex-
ports in this product to all countries.
Under the agreement the rate of
duty on non-Empire canned apples.
without sugar or sirup, has been
changed from 25 per cent of the
value to shililngs pence (about
s082) per hundredweight 112
pounds. The duty of 3 shillings 6
pence is equivalent to about II per
cent of the value. Thus, the COM
petitive position of the American
product is improved by the reduc-
ton in the duty, which automatical-
ly reduces the preference to imports
of this product from British Empire
countries.
Evening star., 1939-03-28
Nv the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
= NEW YORK, March 28.-United
States Government loans found firm
footing in a soggy bond market to-
day.
Although there were few lag
CARDS in the Federal division, gains
ran up to 1872 or a point as deal
ers entered the final stretch.
Advances were maintained despite
discussion in brokerage quarters
one the possible effects of the Su-
preme Court decision allowing tax
alton of Government salaries on the
tax-exempt status of Government
obligations.
Elsewhere losses of as much as 2
. points were plentiful Offerings GEN.
tered principally on lower priced
rail obligations and widest declines
were registered in such issues as
Southern Pacific AIS, Delaware &
Hudson refunding 4s, Baltimore e.
Ohio convertible 4l2s, Southern
Railway As and Nickel Plate 4las
ard 5hs-the last off points.
Foreign dollar loans took
breathing spell after recent heavy
turnover but aside from a 3-point
drop in Rome 6l2s, price changes
were narrow.
Evening star., 1939-03-28
Judicial Sale Of Abitibi
Assets Is Proposed
Special Dispatch to The Star.

NEW YORK, March 28.-A pro-
posal to lift Abitibi Power & Paper
Co., Ltd, from its seven-year re-
ceivership through a judicial sale
of the company's assets was an
nounced today on behalf of the
Bondholders' Protective Committee
In an action in which the Abitibi
bond mortgage has been held valid,
the committee proposes to ask a
court order for a sale of the COM
pany's properties in accordance with
the trust deed, at which it plans to
bid and expects to purchase the
assets. The company, which is one
of the largest Canadian paper manu-
facturers, provides newsprint for
many newspapers in the United
States.
simultaneously it was announced
that the Bondholders' Protective
Committee, formed in 1882, had been
enlarged, with H. j. Symington, vice
president of Royal Securities Corp,
Ltd, of Montreal, joining the COM
mittee and succeeding Joseph P.
Ripley of New York as chairman.
Mr.. Ripley will continue as an active
member of the committee. Arthur
Meighen of Toronto, former Premier
of Canada, has also joined the COM
mittee, taking the place OF Milton
C. Cross Of New York, who resigned.