Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1930, Page 10

IA-10 THE EVENING STAR, - WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1930. to_attack Shasl also. ‘would annihilate the population once | routed government troops at Ningtu| tack there was not determined. The|a detachm: | Hong. L ent of Chinese troops heade X vi . Both Tsingshih and Lichow had been | they entered the town. e Reds also (and then escaped to the mountains | provincial government was said tohave | for Hothow, Hainan Islan vmn eceme i{mt: '.f&‘:rfie.“&‘e"y“ ciern:“fncddmm beseiged for several days. Citizens of | were said to have threatened dire pun- | along the Kiangsi-Fukien border with |ordered troops from Changsha to Lichow | munistic disturbances were reported to | Troops and gunboats X Lichow were reported to have manned | ishment to the citizenry of Tsingshih \ 1,000 citizens as hostages. to oppose the Communists. have grown to serious proportions, . | however, when Hainan sut 'd::' the walls of their city, resisting the | for resisting their advance. ‘Whether members of the Fin; - American destro; ‘British JA"-ED IN DRY EASE IN BHINESE S-[RIFE Communists until the latter vowed they‘ sion at Tsingshih sufler:d &Tflamfi. su:»: and three cmmse"rfimgo-u and wh‘lflmfipmr:u%‘eg;:figilmor%e(l’;nwn' NI9 R AT g Insists He Does Not Know|Reds and Bandits Blamed Person Who Gave Him | Also for $100,000,000 Dam- Liquor Month Ago. ages in One Province. Communists were declared to have BUYING MORE By the Associated Press. CADILLAC, Mich, December 15.— By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, December 15.— Figures Two movements were under way today | compiled by the Vernacular Press here in behalf of Frank Harrand, young farmer, who is under an indefinite jail sentence because he has insisted for more than a month that he does not know from whom he obtained liquor that caused his arrest for dfunkenness. A group of Cadillac business men plan to subscribe to a fund to be used in an appeal to the Supreme Court of the State. At the same time, State Representative Frank P. Darin of De- today. indicated Communists and ban- dits in Kiangsi Province had slain 130,- 000 persons and destroyed property valued at approximately $100,000,000 | thus far this year, | The Verraculars said millions of res- idents in the stricken province, fearing | the outlaws and despairing of the fu- ture, had migrated during the year into other provinces. These figures, while considered in BUT SPENDING LESS Even when money is scarce and every- body is trying to stretch “» JORDAN’S troit has conferred by telephone with [ o T T L oy coneive, present Harrand's attorney, Henry Miltner, and | ;g evidence of the amasing de- | has promised to act for the prisoner| ..o of 1ife and property by out- if convineed that his confinement |,y oaming the Yangtse Valley, whose With public sentiment here divided, | depredations continue daily. E. J. Millington, recorder’s judge, stands incomes as far as p o s s i b ] AR&P stores are crowdedjustlikethis. Jordan’s are selling lots of Philco radios. adamant that Harrand must stay in jail until he tells from whom he ob- tained liquor at a dance November 7, when the young farmer was arrested. “I'll keep him in jail 10 years if neces- sary,” he said Harrand still insists that he drank from a bottle a group of men was pass- ing around in the darkness outside and that he cannot identify the man from whom he obtained it. In his cell Harrand yesterday gave newspaper men a picture of conditions on his farm, 40 miles away in an ad- | joining county. His wife, he said, must operate his dairy farm in addition to her household duties and the care of three children, the oldest 5 years of age. She is milking nine cows and hauling the milk to a station 3 miles away, he said. PAPERS USED AS MONEY CANBERRA (#).—One of the best “trade” items for the natives in the New Guinea hinterland is a bundle of Government Plans Drive. The Nationalist government, under President Chiang Kai-Shek, is giving almost its entire time to elimination of the bandit-Communist menace. The President is now near Kiukiang, confer- Ting with his lieutenants preparatory to taking the field against the elements constituting the most serious danger to_the Nationalist government. President Chiang already has offered $50,000 Mexican (about $17,000) reward for the head of any one of the several outstanding Red leaders. He plans within a short time to lead his army through the stricken areas, seeking to crush permanently the evil doers there | |and thus bring security and prosperity to_the population. Details of the reported massacre of the inhabitants of Lichow and Tsing- shih. Hunan Province cities, by Com- munist bands and of the alleged cap- ture of 1,000 citizens of Ningtu, Kiangsi Province, were sought by Chinese au- thorities. The Hunan massacres were reported ( yesterday. by foreign ships plying the More people are buying food in A&P stores today than ever before. Old cus. tomers are’paying less for what they buy than they paid last year. And new customers are getting more for what they pay. The ranks,of A&P customersgo right on growingin bad times as well as in good, because the public likes to get full value for its money. Meney goes far in A&P dtores=—uot fast. ortar ATLANTIC & PACIFIC®! This line is one of the leaders for the year. Public acceptance— plus performance makes your selection of a Philco one of safety and satisfaction. Buy your Philco from Jor- dan’s. $69.50 Less Tubes old newspapers, says the Australian | Yangtse River near the City of Shasi. commissioner in that mandated terri- es lan tory. he bushmen cut the pages into small strips, which they use to roll cig- sy arettes, sticking them with tree gum. oo NS p Constal traders and labor recrulters e iere " Eyes Examined ave been buying old newspapers in Anstralia In ton lots, A bundle of oid || DR.ECLAUIE)E g SEI‘N}ONB newsprint is a greater argument than esi| cialist glass beads, blunt iron knives, violently TEmgath opece colored calico, or even the popular .m:*: e g gr«:mnphone needles, used as spear- ot and Bl W points. Small Down Payment and Balance on Jordan’s Budget Plan 1239 G Street—Cor. 13th Try to Match This Offer Anywhere Else! You can't resist the charming appeal of this attractive dining room ensemble once you see it! 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