Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1930, Page 21

-MISSIONARIES HELD FOR 360,000 RANSOM ‘American Woman With Three Captured in China in Raid on Yuanchow. By the Assoclated Press. -~ HANKOW, April 2—Miss Nina E. Gemmell, & missionary worker, former- ly of Tacoma, Wash,, and Girard, Kans., and the Rev. and Mrs. R W. Porteus, British missionaries, all of whom were last Thursday when bandits the Oity of Yumchow are being hcld for ransom of $20,000 (Mexican), When the abducted missionaries are being held is not known here. Three other missionary workers who escaped from Yuanchow are believed to be hid- ing in East Changsha, Hunan Province. BANDITS ARE QUIETER. . Kick in Time, Unlike Stitch, May Be Costly For Tailor in Fight By the Associated Press. t. persons, Plhpuwl!& a Highwood, IIi, tai- lar it's a deadly weapon. He came to this eoncllmun as a result of a controversy -uu Paul Peckar, also a tailor. two tatlors worked side by llde under a business agreement, which provided that either could lkl’ck the other in case it was vio- ted. Anthony violated the pact and Paul kicked, it was charged. “Assault with a deadly weapon, to wit: A leather shoe,” read a part of the $20,000 damage suit Anthony filed against Paul. He alleged personal injury. FIGHT DEATH PENALTY Arabs Seek Aid in Having Sen- tences Waived. JERUSALEM, April 2 (Jewish Tele- graphic Agency) —The Arab executive has cabled the Arab delegation now in Communist Menace in Shanghai Less | London urging it to do everything pos- Formidable, Is Report. SHANGHAL, April 2 (#).—The Amer- fean Y. M. C. A. secretary at Nanchang, Kiangsi Province, telegraphed early to- day that the bandit and Communist menace to that city was slightly | He said that foreigners, however, were ired to leave on short notice should lawless bands threaten again seri- . Two families of missionaries ported to have already departed for safer districts. A dispatch from Kiukiang, in North- eorn Kiangsi, said that several (orelgl -*m( safety hed arrived fram Nan- chang. The dispatch also reported that several Germau missionaries had ds in South- Kiangsi. lelud when Chinese mend.s paid their Tansoms. BLACK MAGIC IN 13 Thirteen Players Come to Grief After Thirteen Rehearsals. CORNING, N. Y. ()—Thirteen mem- bers of a local dramatic club of this city be,lleve in the powers of the num- ‘The 13 players rehearsed for 13 weeks in order to t “What Happened w Jones” on 13. Then it hap- mzd—mhdmubutmmemtol na lndl man’s arm was broken; developed laryngitis; lnother phyer'umured in an auto- | mobile accident, and one of the musi-| | his wife was severely burned. ‘The plazy“ finally was presented on Publishers Sue Turkey. 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Smart women choose the cap fect that becomes them best it's not difficult when there are so sy 5 Vil rom. W'ew sketched a few of the more im- portant cape versions'in our stock. However there are many others. And in keeping with our slogan of “modern fashions at moderate prices™ you'll find them most reasonable. i e Sketched A. Black wool crepe suit with clever shoulder cape and smart blouse. $39.75. B. Green suede cloth coat with scalloped cape very deep. Chic lapin trimming. $29.75. C. Fine quality black silk crepe fashions this cape coat with satin $25. D. Black br o adcloth, gQwith a chanel edged wich trim. Size 38. WINS FAMEIN BERI.IN r.hduzlpfimm s Muwu.mm orchestration, operatic coach: Invades the Sacred Precinots of |studied Man by Conducting Philharmonic Orchestra Program. By the Associated Press. 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