Evening Star Newspaper, February 14, 1932, Page 1

“From Press to Home Within the Hour” ‘The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by The Star’s exclusive cartier service. Phone National 5000 to start immediate delivery, WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Increasing cloudiness and slightly cold- er, possibly followed by rain tonight and tomorrow; moderate northeast and east winds. Temperatures—Highest, 68, at ; lowest, 35, at . Sunday Stac Che WASHINGTON, (#) Means Associated Press. FIVE CENTS __ |TEN CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS ELSEWHERE No. 20,000 JAPANESE TROOPS LAND IN SHANGHAI STOCK PRICES SOAR DEMOCRATIC UNITY EXPEDITIONARY FORCE N HOST FEVERSH FOR PARTY VCTORY ARRIVES FOR ‘BIG PUSH; SESSON SINCE 193 1S URGED BY HLL S\~ o | TANKS TO AID ATTACK Union Pacific Leads Advance, Senator Sees Disaster Unless Seven Vessels Brlng Relnforce' U.S. Steeland A. T. & T. Free-for-All Convention ments—Chinese Claim Foray Set 1932 Highs. Is Averted. Repelled With Huge LOSS. SETTLEMENT OFFICIALS WORRIED OVER DANGER FROM AIR RAIDS D. €, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 14, 1932—108 PAGES. =* Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. 1,404—No. 32,065. Held for Ransom $5,000,000,000 GAIN RESTORES OLD LEVELS ‘EMPHASIZES DEFEAT BY FORMER DISCORD | Pat Harrison Also Points to Dan- ger in Clash of Individual Po- litical Ambitions. Bpeculative Interests in U. §. and Abroad Pay Severe Pen- alties. Warn Combatants, but Confine Efforts to Defense of Foreigners as Truce Seems Impossible. HARRY H. BLAGDEN. —A. P. Photo. KIDNAPERS SEIZE BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. An-SOS call for harmony in the Democratic ranks went forth last night | trom Senator Cordell Hull of Tennessee. Probably no other man in the party By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, February 13.—The stock market surged upward with increased | vigor today in the most feverish week | By the Associated Press. Thousands of fighting men and great stocks of war munitions dissonant accompaniment of cheers from bulls and groans from bears. The powerful anti-deflation tonic ad- ministered by the proposal to liberalize the Federal Reserve System had by no means turned stale over yesterday’'s market holiday, but rather appeared to have increased in potency. Net gains in most leading issues ranged from $2 to $14.50 a share, and | several issues in which bears found themselves painfully pinched 2zoomed upward even more specatcularly than they did during the sweeping upsurge" on Thursday. Price averages indicated a gain in quoted values of more than $5,000,000,- 000 during the two sessions of swift recovery, restoring the general level of prices close to the peak of mid-Janu- ary. Several leading issues, including TUnited States Steel and American Tele- phone registered new high levels for 1832 Various speculative interests, not only in the United States but abroad, which had been short of American stocks pald severe penalties, according to brokerage house gossip, but while the retirement of the bear contingent provided much of the upward impetus, brokers sald & large volume of rea! buying appeared from speculators and investors who once more hoped that the bottom had been reached. Union Pacific Up $21.50. One of the most spectacular ad- vances was in Union Pacific, which shot up $21.50 to a price of $97.50, making wide leaps as bears found the market devoid of offerings anywhere near previous prices. It later fell back to close at $88.62, as the frightened bear demand was satisfied. On the whole, however, the market closed near the day’s best levels, despite late profit- .taking. The action of American Tele- *wog also struck terror to the hearts of the #ars, as it spurted up $15.75 a share to 3194. It closed at $132.75. save for the indications of rapid progress through Congress of the Glass- Steagall bill to_increase the flexibility of the Federal Reserve System, the market received little in the way of fresh news to aid the advance. Wall ireet was particularly impressed with | 10€, further indications of returning bank- ing stability, however, figures on bank suspensions this week making the most favorable showing in 12 months, co- incident with the start of operations of the Reconstruction Finance Corpora~ tion. Bill Held Inflationary. Foreign exchange rates turned sjrong- 1y against the dollar, as some quarters in Europe insisted the Glass-Steagall bill was inflationary, despite assurances to the contrary. Bankers were not con- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) BLAST INJURES TWO IN PDLIC'E STATION Gunpowder in Bottles Seized Dur- ing Raid for Movie Labor Evidence Blows Up. B the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 13.—Two bot- tles containing gunpowder, sulphur and phosphorus exploded in the detective Toom of the Borough Park police sta- tion in Brooklyn today, seriously injur- | ing two detectives, The bottles were seized four months | ago in a house raided in the course of an investigation into explosions in mo- tion picture houses involved in labor trouble. The injured detectives, Thomas Gaff- rey, 32, and James Moran, 29, were un- conscious when taken to hospital. One of them apparently brushed against one of the bottles, causing it to fall and set the explosives in the other off as well. Gaffney was burned on the head, face and hands. The blast was heard for nearly 8 ile. :’k‘:e police station and wrecked the room in which the bottles exploded. | .Sportsman Well Known Here Held for $1,000 Near Saranac Lake. | By the Associated Press. SARANAC LAKE, N. Y, February 13. —Anxious relatives tonight awaited | word from a widespread effort to free |Harry H. Blagden, 45, wealthy sports- man and former Yale student, from kidnapers who snatched him from the exclusive Lake Placid Club at the height of the winter Olympic activities. | Blagden, at the Lake Placid Club last Thursday night. On the following morning he was to meet Mr. and Mrs. E. Roland Harriman of New York and, with them, he was to attend the games. Harriman is a son of the late E. H. Harriman, railroad builder. Blagden was missing Friday morning. His bed in a first floor room of a cottage had not been occu- pled. Outside a window were many footprints in the mud and snow. $1,000 Ransom Demanded. Today, August Blagden, jr., brother of the absent man, received a letter, in his brother's handwriting, demanding $1,000 ransom. The captive said he wrote the letter with a pistol at his head. The communication bore a Utica postmark. Information of the details of the kid- naping and ransom demand leaked out without the authority of the New York State police, who directed the search for Blagden. Later they invoked a silence order, declaring circulation of the information already had endangered the life of Blagden and thwarted a plan to capture the kidnapers. Conserva- tion department guards, county and city officers joined the troopers in search- the wooded Adirondack Mountains. Harry H. Blagden is one of five broth- ers who won honors at Yale. Tom, the eldest, was captain of the Yale four- oared rowing crew of 1904. Augustus Blagden, jr. son of another brother, was captain of last years Yale crew. The others are Douglas and Don- ald. Augustus is head of an Ambler. Pa., asbestos company. Tom was vice president of White Motors until 8 few years ago. He now lives here. Don- ald is & members of a real estate firm in New York and Douglas is head of a New York construction firm. Seen Thursday Night. Edward D. Cady, jr. cousin of the missing man, saw him at the Lake Placid Club Thursday night. Blagden sald he was tired and prepared to retire. An empty wallet was found on a bureau the next day, the lights in the room were burning, and the man's reading glasses lay across an open book on a table. Blagden had about $150 in the wallet. Friends did not at first report the disappearance, thinking he had re- turned to Saranac Lake because of business. The camp that Blagden operated (Continued on Page 3, Column 4) FIVE DIRECTORS HELD Defunct Bond Company Officers | Charged With Embezzlement. MADISON, Wis., February 13 (®).— Five directors of the Joseph M. Boyd Co., Madison, including A. T. Rogers, law partner of Gov. Philip F. La Fol- lette, and Dr. C. A. Harper, State health officer, were charged in warrants late today with embezzlement and vio- lations of the State securities law. ‘The d Co., & defunct bond house, Fall. Bonds for Rogers and Harper were fixed at $2.500 each. MAN KILLED, BUILDINGS WRECKED, AS BLIMP SMASHES ON RAMPAGE Craft, Caught by Freakish Downdraft, Goes on Wild Ride in New York. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 13.—The Goodyear blimp Columbia was smashed to bits, its mechanic was killed, & by- stander was injured and several small ‘tulldings were wrecked in an accident today. The pilot escaped unhurt. The man killed was John Blair, 32, of Rockford, Il The non-rigid craft, which has been making dally advertising flights over the city, was banked against the ground at Holmes Airport on Long Island by a sudden downdraft as it was making a landing. The propeller was bent, the motor put out of commission and & hole ripped in the air compartment. Then a strong wind tore the ship away and sent 1t on a wild ride clcse to & populous sec- tion of Flushing. The pilot, Prescott Dixon, was unable to guide it with the motor, and Blair, apparently believing himself closer to the ground, pulled a rip cord to release the helium {rom the gas bag. i when it was about 50 feet from the when 16 Wes Bhous 09 S ooe =2 (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) 4 =4 proprietor of a camp for | boys on upper Saranac Lake, registered | Boy: has been in the hands of trustees since | praf Its force shattered windows in'last icould make such a plea with so much understanding of the need of harmony | as Senator Hull, unless it be John W. Davis, the defeated candidate for Presi- | dent in 1924. Senator Hull was chair- | man of the Democratic National Com- mittee during the famous 1924 Madison Square Garden convention, where the Democrate tore themselves to pieces. Apparently the Tennessee Senator sees signs of another devastating fracas in the offing. With the anti-Roosevelt Democrats lining up behind Alfred E.| Smith, former governor of New York, behind Speaker John N. Garner and a | half dozen “favorite son" candidates in as many States, the prospects for a | free-for-all convention row appear on | the increase. Republican Hopes Brightened. At the same time, the Republican leaders, having read the Smith state- ment to the effect that Mr. Smith is a | receptive candidate for the Democratic | presidential nomination, have reached the conclusion that things are looking HF for the G. O. P. after a long period O R ek simcs Gov. & mad a’ weel ce Gov. Smith e his statement. Ever since then the wires have been kept hot with pro-| Smith and anti-Smith interviews, with pro - Roosevelt and anti - Roosevelt claims. Senator Hull's plea for har- mony looks like the first of a series of demands from the cooler heads in the party that there be unity of action at m%mh Dem mnf:mum‘lnn‘ 1c ocrats organ! lor Smith in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and many other States, not to mention New York, the Roosevelt peo- ple who have been confident that their candidate would sweep to victory per- haps on the first ballot have said some bitter things about the Roosevelt oppo- sition and about Gov. Smith, which have not tended to spread oil on the troubled waters. Senator Hull's Statement. Said Senator Hull: “The panic ridden Nation today needs most urgently the services of a united Democratic party with a con- structive program to deal basically with present deepseated economic ills. This year the Democratic party must not return to the conditions of 1924, when on account of group antagonisms. di- vergent views and the class of indi- vidual ambitions it was rendered help- less to function. | “1 say this from intimate personal | knowledge acquired as chairman of the | Democratic National Committee during that trying period, when every effort humanly possible was exerted by many of us in a scrupulously impartial and neutral manner to preserve intact Democratic hopes and opportunities. I hope the Democratic rank and file of the country will be on their guard against a repetition at Chicago of the tragic and fratricidal Democratic party destruction at Madison Square Garden in 1924, and to this end re- (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) — TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—26 PAGES. | General News—Local, National and Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Page B-6. Veterans of Foreign Wars—Page B-8. PART TWO—S PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. Public Library—Page 4. Organized Reserves—Page 5. District National Guard—Page 5. Serial Story, “Spite Wife"—Page 6. At Community Centers—Page 6. Disabled American Veterans—Page 6. News of the Clubs—Page 7. Army and Navy News—Page 8. American Legion—Page 8. PART THREE—14 PAGES. Society Section.” ‘Women of Diplomacy—Page 9. Kathleen Norris' Article—Page 11. PART FOUR—8 PAGES. Section—Stage, Screen, Music and Radio. Music News—Page 3. In the Motor World—Page 4. -Page 5. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Sports Section. PART SIX—12 PAGES. Financial News and Classified Adver- tising. D. A. R. Activities—Page 132. Y. W. C. A. News—Page 12. . U. Page 12. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 12. American War Mothers—Page 13. PART SEVEN—20 PAGES. Section. Magazine Notes of Art and Artists—Page 14. Reviews of the New Books—Page 15. Cross-word Puszzle—Page 16, The Bridge Forum—Page 17. The Boys' and Girls’ Page—Page 18. Highlights of History—Page 19. Those Were the Happy Days—Page 20 GRAPHIC SECTION—S8 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLORED SECTION—8 PAGES. Keeping Up With the Jonses: Tarzan; Mr. and Mrs.; Moon Muliins; T4 Soul; L ile, a8 Muts and Jeft. ST. VALENTINE'S DAY, 1932. SENATORS MEDIATE HURLEY-KIG Wk Combatants Withdraw Im- pugning Words in Tilt Over Philippines. Senators assumed the role of peace negotiators yesterday to bring Secre- tary Hurley and Senator King, Demo- crat, Utah, together after a turbulent clesh on Philippine independence. Stalking out of the committee room asserting he would not stay to be “called a liar" the War Department head broke up a Senate hearing on the question sfter a dramatic battle of words with King. Later in the day when other Sena- tors brought them together at the of- fice of Chairman Bingham, Republican, | Connecticut, both Hurley and King agreed to withdraw any statements im- pugning the integrity of the other. Storm Breaks Suddenly. In the tense atmosphere of the crowded committee room, where Hurley had clashed sharply with King and other Democratic advocates of Philip- pine independence two days before, the | storm broke suddenly. { After a series of sharp interchanges with King, Hurley exclaimed: | “You have absolutely in every ques- tion you have asked me tried to distort what I have said.” “I resent that statement as untr as some of your statements have been, shot back King from his place near the head of the long committee table. “Well now, Senator—" “Proceed,” ordered King. Attacks Star Chamber. “Of course,” said Hurley his voice raising, “you can conduct star chamber | proceedings in here and call me a liar (Continued on Page 2, Column 6) ISHBEL MacDONALD ENGAGEMENT REPORTED Mrs. A. T. Lindsay, in New York, Denies Enowledge of Betrothal to Son. By the Associated Press. ' NEW YORK, February 13—Mrs. A, T. Lindsay of London said today as| she sailed homeward on the Alaunia | that she had heard “indirectly” of the reported engagement of her son to Ishbel MacDonald, daughter of Eng- lumgi prime minister. “Oh, really, I 't about” that,” she ol reporters, To further questions she added, “There! is mz eng:gel}?enthsnlg xlion announce- | ment, and why shoul say anythin, about it now?” T g‘ With Mrs. Lindsay was Miss F. L. Yeates of Vancouver. They arrived from Canada last night. ! Carload of Flowers Is Given at Funeral For Leeds’ Pet Dog By the Associated Press. i | OYSTER BAY. N. Y., February 13—A carload of floral offerings accompanied the body of Pell, 13- year-old favorite police dog of William B. Leeds, to the Scars- dale Animal Cemetery today. A tomb is to be erected over the dog's grave. Pell was killed in a fight with its own son and another police dog given to Leeds by Alfred E. Smith. The body was embalmed and placed in @ satin-lined casket. It lay in state in the Leeds home until burial today. GETS UNDER WAY Signature to Fake Message| Clue in Mysterious Case 0f Elizabeth Cook. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, February 13 —Dramatic | developments followed one upon the | other today in the aftermath of the| mystery-shrouded death of Elizabeth Barrett Cook, 20, who lies buried at | Gibraltar. Miss Cook, a member of one of Bos- | ton’s oldest families, died on a steamer | in the Mediterranean a short time after | she had received a faked cablegram re- | porting the death of her fiance, St.| George Arnold, 29. The hoax was re- | vealed when Arnold, a graduate stu- dent of Massachusetts Institute of Technicology, sent a message of con- dolence to Miss Cook’s mother. Dr. Francis E. Carroll, an uncle of Miss Cook, revealed that Miss Cook would have come into possession of two considerable legacies on her 21st birth- day. Mrs. Albert E. Carroll, the girl's aunt, addec to the mystery by report- ing that Miss Cook once before had been the object of a hoax telegram. At that time, last June, Miss Cook was on her way from Paris to Naples when she received a cablegram saying her mother was Il Signed “Helen James.” Mrs. Carroll also disclosed that the cablegram which was received by Miss Cook just prior to her death was signed | with the name “Helen James.” She knew of no such person. Both Dr. Carroll and his brother Albert said they were determined to find out who sent the cablegram to Miss Cook, which said Arnold was dead (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) BODIES INCASED IN ICE FOUND AFTER FLOODS TRAP ESKIMOS Many Perish as Seven Villages in Isolated Section of Alaska Are Swept By the Associated Press. NOME, Alaska, February 13.—De- layed reports reaching here today said severe floods wiped out seven Eskimo villages just before Christmas, with the loss of many lives, in the isolated coun- try on the mainland east of Nelson Is- land. After the wate weather set in, thanreg:m-:ddd. m bodies of many of the victims were found incased in sheaths of ice. The :1\::2:! of those who perished was not that section of - Alaske: ‘mewy of the tragedy was carried overland to Ham- {lton, near the mouth or the Yukon River, and sent here by letter. The stricken district lles 150 miles Bay. mmmmlimmmoxm- Y Away. son Bay, which is separated from it only by the narrow Baird Inlet, is made up of flats and low-lying country, and se- rious floods have occurred there before. The whole district, from Nelson Island north to Cape Romanoff, was flooded, with high ocean tides overflowing the shore and adding to the destruction, the letter said. With little high country into which to escape, the Eskimos were trapped. The Eskimos engage in fish- ing, hunting and trapping, living in vil- At about the time of the disaster, high water and floods occurred here and 2long the southern coast of the Seward Peninsula and all along Norton Sound. ‘With the Bering Sea more or less free of ice as late as the first of the year, high tides, sea ice and flooded streams forced the abandonment of numerous villages _and camps all along Norton Sound and drove inhabitan ts to seek higher country, 'dssmmm‘*‘mhmmnm Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho, DEATHHOAX PROBE INQURY ASSURED BEF Report Adverse on Borah Bills; Senator to Ask De- cision on Mileage. [ ORE PAY CUTS A thorough investigation of the ques- tion of Government salaries by & sub- committee headed by Senator Brook- hart, Republican, of Iowa, will be made before any action is taken on the Borah 1 to reduce all Federal salaries one of his other measures, which seeks the mileage allowances of members of ess. Congress. When the Senate Civil Service Com- mittce met early yesterday to consider the several Borah bills, it voted to re- port adversely on both the mileage | elimination measure and the bill which | sought to make a 20 per cent cut in | the salaries of members of Congress, the Vice President, the Speaker and the cabinet. | At the same time the committee, pre- sided over by Chairman Dale of Ver- mont, created the subcommittee com- posed of Senators Brookhart, Kean, Republican, of New Jersey, and McKei- lar, Democrat, of Tennessee, to conduct a general investigation of the salary | reduction question, including the Borah bill, which contemplates a graduated scale of percentage cuts in all salaries of $5,000 or more. General Reduction Bill. Senator Borah was not much con- cerned yesterday afternoon over the committee’s adverse report on his bill | applying specifically to Congress and the cabinet, pointing out that his gen- eral reduction bill would reach all Fed- eral officials who receive $5,000 or more a year. | Regarding the adverse committee re- | port on the abolition of mileage, the Idaho Senator made it clear he would | continue his efforts to secure action on that measure, and in support of the bill he cited the effect of the mileage g‘wh!mm Idaho to Washington and | cl Senator Borah said it costs not more than $350 to make the round tdip. The amount which is allowed for that trip, | he said, is about $1,068. He pointed out that the mileage law was enacted | in 1866, at a time when members had | to use boats and various other means of travel to and from sessions of | Congress. Referring to the task ahead of the new subcommittee on the question of salary reductions generally, Senator Brookhart of Iowa said last night: “We are going to make a very care- | ful investigation to get accurate | knowledge on the subject.” Senator Brookhart also announced that while this study is being made of pending reduction proposals, he will | make inquiry to find out whether any | injustices were done in the carrying out of the Welch salary increase law | of four years ago and the Brookhart | increase law enacted a year or so later. The Brookhart law was intended to grant an increase of one additional | salary step to those who receive the | smallest increases under the prior | enactment. Brookhart Wants Inquiry. Senator Brookhart did not go into de- tails, but indicated he had received information concerning the operation of these salary increase measures that he wants to look into. The Iowa Senator has taken a leading part in all legisla- tion of interest to Government employes in recent years, and, like Chairman Dale of the Civil Service Committee, is opposed to reducing Federal salaries at this time. The principal one of the Borah bills, (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) ——e BIG BILLS IN HIDING Most Hoarders Comparatively ‘Wealthy, Treasury Heads Believe. Most of the money in hiding is in big bills, & fact that led Treasury offi- ials surmise yesterday that it is persons of comparative wealth that have taken to turn unused cash to safe channels that aild business, an official compila- showed that in the 13 months end- ber 31, there was an crease in currency out in notes of $50 and above. The for d below was $393,000,- have been unable exactly to were unloaded by the Japanese on the docks of Shanghai today for the long-impending big push against Chinese defenders of the Chapel battle front there. Chinese sources reported that Japanese troops had crossed Woo- sung Creek, outpost of recent battle in the Shanghai conflict, but had been repulsed with enormous casualties, reports which the Japa- nese denied. No such attack was observed by a correspondent in | the Japanese lines at the time it was supposed to have taken place. The sixteenth day of hostilities opened with an echoing boom of big guns. Japanese warships again shelled the village of Woosung today at noon and spasmodic firing brok e out afresh along Woosung Creek. Chiang Kai-Shek, former President of China and head of its man-trained National Guards in | military forces, was reported at Pukow, having arrived to direct Ger- resisting any Japanese advance along the Shanghai-Nanking Railway. The Japanese reinforcements, fully equipped with every imple- ment of modern warfare, steamed up the Wangpoo River on seven transports, which passed under the very noses of silent Chinese guns 'at the Woosung forts. Numerous Tanks Are Landed. The Japanese military authorities announced they expected to | start their big drive “at the earliest > : | believed there would be additienal diplomatic maneuvering before ks were landed to assist the Japanese in their as- | sault or. the Chinese machine gun nests infesting the criss-cross of the push began. Numerous tan trenches in Chapei. ossible moment,” but it was pe: Fifteen Japanese infantrymen, under command of a sergeant, made a quick raid across Woosung creek. They succeeded in cap- turin, rifle one Chinese soldier before they were driven back by sharp | There was a blbiunrd at Woosung nndta.ir activity was impeded, il Gk & o g [hut occasional bombs were dropped on the fronts. Gen. Tsai Ting-Kai, poet-warrior, commanding the Chinese forces, declared he had 25,000 men ready to fight it out till the last man dropped. Settlement Is Worried. The grave concern of neutrals that the rising stream of rein- forcements may sweep into the International Settlement was re- | flected in terse dispatches from Consul General Cunningham. _Cunningham said “these reinforcemnets are by no means reas- suring to the Settlement, as the stronger the resistance the more de- termined the offensive.” Japan is increasing its naval and aerial, as well as its land forces. It is the air forces, apparently which give the residents of the Inter- national Settlement the most concern. In spite of the promise of Admiral Nomura, commanding the Japanese operations, that bombing planes would not be permitted to fly over the Ameri- can sector of the settlement, Admiral M. M. Taylor advised the Navy Depart- ment that two such planes appeared over the American territory about 9 o'clock the momning of February 12. Admiral Nomura had asked that the numbers of offending planes be reported to him and Admiral Taylor advised Japanese officials the planes bore num- bers 34Z and 343. New Peace Offers Precluded. The Shanghai situation is beyond | truce and peace plans at present. The United States and Great Britain are| making no further efforts along that| line, but are confining their activities to | defense of the foreigners through com- munications from local consuls and min- isters to commanders of the rival forces urging that fighting be conducted so that life and property in the foreign settlements will not be imperiled. Japan's reply to the four-power peace proposal precluded any further offers of help in negotiating peace. The Japanese stipulation that China must withdraw its army 20 miles from the fighting zone, while the Japanese would remain in their present ‘position could not be supported by negotiating powers. In fact this stipulation came as a sur- prise to the nations interested in the Settlement, which felt the Japanese invitation to exercise good offices in- dicated a disposition to agree to terms less offensive to China. United States Marines had their hands full with swarms of Chinese refugees, who attempted to get through the heavily guarded boundaries of the foreign colony, where they thought they ggu]fisbe safe from Japanese shells and mbs. More Japanese Troops on Way. In Canton the families of the Chinese commanders at Shanghai said officers in the field had made provision for their | wives and children and were determined to resist “to the bitter end.” . The United States consular office at Nanking announced that most of the remaining American citizens would be evacuated immediately. Pifty - three Americans, including 14 women, still were there. ‘Tokio reported that the last units of army reinforcements would arrive in Shanghai early next week. Enforcement of the Kellogg pact by an economic boycott for violating na- | tions is provided for in a resolution in- | troduced in the House of Representa- | tives by Representative Morton D. Hull, | Republican of Illinois. | _The same question came up on the Senate side when Chairman Borah of the Foreign Relations Committee re- plied to the demands of the World Peace Foundation for a boycott againsc Japan with a warning that such action would in all probability be a step to- ward war.” 20,000 BELIEVED LANDED. Japanese Deny Crushing Defeat in Woosung Creek Sector. (Copyright. 1953, by the Assoctated Press). SHANGHAI, February 14 (Sunday) —Fresh Japanese soldiers poured inte Shanghai today while rival guns on the Chapei battlefront boomed a salute te another Sunday and the sixteenth day of hostilities there between China and Japan. Japanese naval headquarters denied Chinese reports that more than 1,000 of their soldiers had crossed Woosung Column 5.) (Continued on Page 3, [NEW SHIP LAUNCHED FOR EASTERN LINES |Acadia Slips Into Water Amid Cheers at Newport News—Built for Boston-St. John Service. By the Associated Press. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., February 13 —The steamship Acadia, newest addi- |tion to the Eastern Steamship Flect, slipped into tne emerald waters of the James River today amid the plaudits of thousands of voices. As the craft started her majestic course to the waves, Mrs. Calvin Austin of Boston crashed the christening bot- tle against the prow. Mrs. Austin, wife of a former chair- man of the owning company's board, has as_her matrons of honor Mrs. H. Moore Richards and Mrs. Jeanne Rob- ert_Foster, both of New York. ‘The craft slipped into the river while | whistles blew and pennants waved. It will be placed in service between Bos- ton and St. John. FIND MAN Trying to Get Out, Not [POLICE EXPECT BOLD BANDIT, LOCKED IN BANK In, Victim Tells Officers Answering Emergency Alarm. Prank Marion Crawford, who told ily police he was a window cleaner by occupation, wasn’t trying to get into the International Exchange Bank Building at Fifth and H streets last night when the radio squad responded to s burgiar alarm. He was trying to out. “cnwlord, who said he lives just around the corner at 610 H street, vis- ited the men's room in the bank build- during the evening and was locked the opin- | ing that and that in hiding. by the night watchman. by the bank Im.A apparently, heav- colored walking 51w Grawiord peering through & { ‘ barred ghu door from the dim interior of the building. Crawford was for assistance and the col- ored man was sympathetic. He called police. Lieut. Richard Lee and Policeman P. M. White responded with haste. The imprisoned window cleaner still was demanding his freedom when they arrived. With Crawford on the in: and the two police officers on the ¢ side, the trio managed to slide e bolts back and open the door leading to the side of the bank bullding - tering private