Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1932, Page 19

GUN CREWS ALERT IN GHILEAN STRIKE 100 Armed Taxicabs PatrolK Capital as Street Car Men Walk Out. By the Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile, January 11.—Ma- chine guns were mounted on a fleet of 100 taxicabs today by the govern- ment as 20,000 employes of the Chilean state railways, together With street car employes in Santiago, were dered out on strike Santiago bus men also decided not to ope fear of reprisals although they themselves do not favor the strike. Leaders of the street car employes said they expected their col- leagues in other cities in the country would be out on strike by noon. Communists to Meet. Communists were scheduled to meet during the on the Boulevard Ale- meda and the government made prepa- rations for anything that might hap- pen. The fleet of taxicabs was requi- sitioned by officials and a machine gun placed in e Each cab was manned | by four caribineers and the fleet was | started out through the streets at| dawn. | The cab patrols had orders to break | up all street demonstrations and nip early evidences of trouble in the bud Reports said the southern section of the country in general was quiet, but that the situation at Valparaiso, princi- pal southern vcity, was “uncertain.” -The Communists were charged by the government with responsibility for & brief and unsuccessful revolt in the northern part of the country Christ-| ht Demands Listed. The following eight demands were | made by the strikers Freedom for those arrested in recent | uprisings at_Cop nar and in| the September revolt at Co- quimbo; a dole of 5 pesos a day, dis- golution of the Cosach Nitrate Com- bine, in which American capital is heavily interested; dissolution of Con- gress, socialization of _estates, annul- ment of certain “public order laws’ solution of the unemployment problem and securing loans for Chile from foreign interests. AMERICAN FOUND DEAD Body of New Yorker Discovered on Beach in Southern France. NICE, France, January 11 (#).—The body of a man found on the beach at | Cannes Saturday was identified by a hotel proprietor yesterday as that of Thomas Clark, born in New York in 1864 He was wearing expensive clothes carrying w York labels, but had only 27 cents in his pockets. He was about | 6 feet tall, was partly bald and had a | brown beard | rrived at Cannes January 5, it aid, and stayed at & small hotel | near the railway station, leaving last Fri- day after paying his bill. RELIEF WHEAT BURNS Fire Destroys 50,000 Bushels In- tended for Starving Chinese. HANKOW, China, January 11 UF‘*‘ or- | when he leads the cotillion this evening expected to be in the receiving line with THE EVENING TO DANCE IN COTILLION | MISS LOUISE BROOKS, Debutante ot this season, who will dance with Brig Gen. William E. Horton at the Mayflower. Miss Brooks will be guest of honor at dinner before the cotillion of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Sweeney, and the debutante’s grandmother, Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury of Philadelphia is Mrs. Gann —Bachrach Photo. PAINTER LAUDS HOOVER | Says President Has Broad Knowl- | edge and Appreciation of Art. President Hoover has a broad knowl- | edge and_appreciation of art, accord- ing to Philip A. deLaszlo, the artist who has just completed a portrait of the President for the Society of Me- chanical Engineers. The portrait prob- ably wil be sent from the White House to New York today to hang in the New York City headquarters of the society. DeLaszlo declared that Mr.Hoover was a reasonably easy person to paint. Mus- solini, he _declared, was the most fidgety” of any great man that ever sat for one of his portraits. DeLaszlo i painting Secretary Mellon and Ogden Mills, Undersecretary of the Treasury. WATERWAY GROUP NAMED Three Will Be Sent Here to Press Extension Proposal. OMAHA, Nebr, January 11 (P).— Delegates to the Midwest Waterways Labor Conference yesterday named a committee of three to represent it in Washington meetings to urge extension of the Baccn-Davis plan to cover Fed- eral water projects. Fifty thousand bushels of American wheat, intended for starving victims of the Yangtze River floods last Sum- | mer, were destroyed by fire last night. | There was no insurance | The grain was part of a lot of 15,000,- 000 bushels p ister T. V. Soong from the American Farm Board and now in process of ship- | ment. | SPORTS FOR JOBLESS chased by Finance Min- | 5 The extensions are designed to pre- vent “imported laber” from being used on the projects and to provide for a e sca'e equal to that paid cons workers. in. the nearest city 0000 to the site of the waterway nroject. Chicago Acts to Relieve Boredom | of 13,000 Unemployed. | CHiICAGO, January 11 (#).—The 13- | y the Joint Emergency 1 mission henceforth may play basket | ball, engage in checkers or take part | in_dramatics | The com: last night lieve the bc 3 yens were asked to contribute used musical instruments, decks of cards, games and athletic equipment. WARNS SPANISH HEADS Farm ed the plan it is to_re- the jobless. Ci Provincial Governor Bays Aid Must Be Rushed. SEVILLE, Spain, January 11 (@) — Gov. Vicente Sol warned the govern- ment at Madrid yesterday that unless steps were taken before the end of January to improve provincial agri- | ltural conditions “only the civil rds would be able to save the re- | p here.” He urged government | subsidies for the farmers as well as free seed Tax Collector Overtaxed. Collector Charles F. Gilson of Providence, R. I, has suggested the town establish a new book- system. And he should revealed that during the last | he has turned over to the more_than was due. \\\\\\\\\\\‘\\\‘\‘“fl"’ d’ Joud Bo Surpr THE LT e NOT THE NATIONAL Proof Appear of in This Statement Will Our Advertisement Wednesday Cautious folks send their dresses and other garments to a de- pendable dry cleaner. That's why the West End Laundry is s0 popular. Modern methods that protect your property. PHONE MET. 0200 Wednesday's Proof ‘The use of fingerprints as sig- natures dates from early times. ' The Chinese are belleved 0 have used their thumbs as oals. EERATANALAARAA LA ALARAAARAAARRARAN RN 102/ Connecticut All Fall and Winter Stock Reduced Evening, afternoon, daytime and sports wear, now 7.50 1150 16.50 19.50 22.50 29.50 All Sales Final finishing. a few months ago last week, $100. Other Sizes Proportionately Low Priced 1 | SALVADOR CUTS WAGES ‘ | \ Emergency Duty Placed on Num- ber of Imported Articles. SAN SALVADOR, Republic of Salva- dor, January 11 (#).—A 30 per cent re- | duction in wages for all public em- ployes was announced today. It ex- cepts unskilled workers and privates in | the national army and police. An emergency duty on a number of imported articles such as cement, | matches, refined petroleum, olive oil, cotton yarns, radios, phonographs, fire- works, perfumes, champagne and other sparkling wines and phonograph rec- | ords, also was announced. ! | old, Mr. David Pezold, STAR, WASHINGTON, SOCIETY (Continued From Second Page.) pany at the Club Chantecler supper dance Saturday evening. Miss Alice H. Peaver of Lynn, Mass., is at the Dodge for a week’s stay and is accompanied by Miss Harriet F. March, also of Lynn. Mr. and Mrs. B. Albert of Reading, Pa., are at the Hamilton Hotel. Mr, and Mrs. James J. Harrison of Newark, N. J., have taken an apart- ment in the Fairfax for the Winter. Miss Catherine Murphy of New York City is spending the Winter at the Shoreham. The Happy Go Lucky Club of Fi- delity Council, No. 4, Daughters of America, assembled in_the home of Mrs. Cora Jones, at 1307 South Capitol street southwest, Saturday, January 2. 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