Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1932, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Fair, colder tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy. ‘Temperatures—Highest, p.m. yesterday; lowest, 36, at-7:35 a.m. toda; 55, at 3:30 No. 82,074 PFuterel.ts %ws nd class matter shington, D. C. b WITH SUNDAY MORNT; NG EDITION ¢ Foening Star, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1932—FORTY PAGES. % TOKIO TO DOUBLE FORCE. ADMITS FAILURE IN CHINA; JAPAN ANSWERS LEAGUE Bitter Assault Is Driven Off in Hard Fight. U.S.FLYER HELD KILLED IN FIGHT | | | Hungjao Airdrome Destroyed After Air Casualties. SHANGHAI, Wednesday, Feb- ruary 24 (P.—Japanese head- quarters admitted early this morning that the terrific on- slaught against Kiangwan had failed to dislodge the defenders and that it appeared the Chi- nese were capable of holding out for a long time. In the opinion of foreign military observers on the ground the Japanese offensive was spent, In view of unexpected reverses at Shanghai, the Japanese govern- ment has decided to double its forces there, bringing its total strength in China to 50,000 men. At the same time, reports were Teceived at Tokio that more of Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek’s troops were joining the 19th Route Army of Canton to defend Shanghai. Robert Short, an American pilot employed by the Chinese to fight Japanese bombers, was killed in an | attack upon six Japanese planes Monday, it became known today. He killed one Japanese gunner and wounded another before being | killed. Repeated assaults on the Chi- nese lines today, extending from Chapei to beyond Kiangwan, availed the Japanese nothing. The Chinese continued their stub- born resistance throwing back the Japanese attacks in hand-to-hand bayonet fighting and by use of mmchine guns. The Japanese succeeded, how- ever, in destroying the Chinese airdrome at Hungjao in retalia- tion for the loss of two Japanese planes brought down by enemy enti-aircraft guns. Eye-witnesses described atroci- ties in which the Japanese were maccused of ruthlessly Kkilling hon-combatant civilians, including women and children, in a reign of terror in the war zone. Other ¥eports also told of wholesale ex- ecutions of Chinese civilians by the Japanese troops. AMERICAN FLYER KILLED. Bob Short Shot Down in Attack On Six Japanese Planes. By Cable to The Star SHANGHALI, February 23 —Bob Short, an adventurous American aviator, who signed up with the Chinese government to fight Japanese bombing planes at $1,000 a week, was the pilot of the Chinese plane brought down Monday afternoon by Japanese ajrmen over S00- chow, it was disclosed Were tonight. E. B. Haines, an agent for the United Aircraft Corporation, identified the plane as the Boeing single-seater com- bat ship that he had sold to Short last Thursday. Short’s first and last fighting took place Monday afternoon when, upon the arrival at Soochow of three giant Japa- nese seaplane bombers and three pur- suit planes. he soared up alone and tackled all six machines. Short, su- v confident with his swift Ameri- 1 plane, immediately attacked a bomber on his climb, and returned to mer the tail of & slower Japanese pursuit ship. He was operating a s) chronized machine gun firing through ller. His_bullets gunner and wounded another rently depending upon his to outfly the Japanese, Short clung too long to the fAirst pursuit plane, giving the other two a chance to climb over him. He was caught in a pocket and hammered from the rear by the Appa bilit LEAGUE CONSIDERS ASKING HELP OF U. S. May Also Invite Russia to Act (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) | . on Finding of Special Sino- Japanese Session. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, February 23.—The League of Nations had under consideration to- day the possibility of inviting the United States and Russia to join in a killed one | Women Are Fighting With Chinese Troops In Holding Kiangwan. By the Associated Press. . SHANGHAI, February 23— Japanese army headquarters said today Chinese women have taken up arms alongside their husbands and brothers in the defense of the village of Kiangwan. Soldiers returning _from the front, headquarters officials said, declared they had seen women shooting from windows of build- ings at the outskirts of the be- sieged village. The soldiers, they said, had little to say for the Chinese women’s marksmanship, however. U..S. WORRY GROWS IN SHANGHAI FIGHT Fate of International Zone Cause of Concern' to Washington. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. ‘The ultimate fate of the International Settlement in Shanghai continues to be the main cause of worry of the admin- istration. ‘The failure of the Japanese Army to win a quick victory over the Chinese Armies has rendered the situation in Shanghai more precarious than it was a week ago. The Japanese high command had in- timated that the 23,000 men which they possess at present in the Shanghai area, togther with the powerful support of the fleet and their tremendous superior- ity in modern war material, such as tanks and airplanes, would rout the Chinese divisions within 24 hours. The Japanese have met with a seri- ous check due to the unexpected stub- born resistence of the Chinese. The effect of the big guns from the battle- ships, of the artillery fire of the Japanese gunners, and of the tanks which were pouring fire on the Chinese lines is almost negligible. The Japanese casualties have been heavy and the Japanese army, accord: ing to reports from Shanghai is com- pelled now to mark time until further Teinforcements arrive from Japen. Chiang Aids Tsai. American European and Japanese ob- servers.also believed that Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek would not support the Can- tonese Gen. Tsai -Kal on account of the jealousies which exist between the Canton and the Nanking political factions. This belief has not materialized and it is known for certain in Washin; today that the 88th and the 89th Divi- sions which belong to the Nanking com- mander have taken an active part in the battle of the last two days, many wounded belonging to those units hav- ing been evacuated through the Inter- national Settlement. It is & baré possibility, according to military observers stationed in Shang- hai, that the Chinese might try, while the Japanese are awaiting reinforce- ments, a counter offensive with the hope of driving the Japanese into the sea- ‘Whether this will be done or not and whether the Chinese army has any chance of succeeding in their attempt is naturally a matter of pure specu- lation. But should the Chinese open an of- fensive against the Japanese the already precarious situation of the International Settlement would become extremely dangerous, No Physical Boundary. There is no physical boundary be- tween the settlement ard the rest of Shanghai. Where one part of the city ends thg other begins. Consequently in the confusion of & Chinese counter attack the neutrality (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) 'CHINA OFFERS PLAN TO CUT ARMAMENTS Proposes Forces of Nations Be Fixed According to Extent of Territory. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, February 23 —China sub- | mitted her proposals for limitation of | armaments to the World Disarmament | | Conference in published form today. ‘The proposals suggested that armed | national forces of the various countries be fixed according to the extent of ter- Note Says China Not Organized State. BLAME FOR WAR IS ALSO DENIED Reply Makes Effort to Justify Actions at Shanghai. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, February 23.—The Jap- anese government's reply to the note of the League of Nations’ Council of February 16 was tele- graphed to Geneva today to Jo- seph Paul-Boncour, acting presi- dent of the Council. It declared “it must be emphasized that the Japanese government does not and cannot consider that China is an ‘organized people’ within the meaning of the League of Nations’ covenant.” Declaring that China in the past, by common consent, has been treated as an organized state, the Japanese note said that “fictions cannot last forever nor can they be tolerated when they become grave sources of practical danger. “The time has inevitably come,” the reply added, “when realties, rather than fictions, must be reck- oned with. If Japan had no inter- ests there it might be possible to continue indefinitely respecting the fiction that the region is oc- cupied by ‘an organized people.’ Japan, however, has enormous in- terest there and it is impossible longer to treat the chaos in China as if it were order. Must Face Facts. “The Japanese government does not pretend it is easy to work out the im- plications and ces of this sit- uation—it is not easy, but it is necessary. We must face the facts, and the funda- mental facts is that there is no unified control in China and no authority en- titled to claim entire control.” In conclusion, the government repudi- ated what is called the “stigma,” which the world is attempting to attach to Japan of favoring or desiring war. If the efforts of the 12 neutral powers on gton | the Council, the note sald, should suc- ceed in bringing about a pacific atti- tude on the part of China nowhere will more sincere delight be felt thap in Japan. Cabled to Washington, The note consists first, of a letter adressed to M. Paul Boncour in which the Council's procedure is criticized, and secondly. in a statement attempting to refute the implications of the Council's appeal and taking “strong exception to the assumption of China’s willingness to resort only to peaceful measures” while Japan is not. The note said it was at least impossi- ble to see why the appeal should be made to Japan alone. Texts of the two documents were cabled to the embassies in the various countries, including Washington. LEAGUE MAY INVITE U. S. Consider Using Non-Members in Group To Pass on Sino-Japanese Crisis. GENEVA, February 23 (#).—The League of Nations was considering last night the possibility. of inviting the United States and Soviet Russia to join in a commission which would act on findings of the League Assembly’s spe- cial meeting called to consider the dis- pute between China and Japan on March 3 Argentina and Turkey also might be invited to have a representative on the commission, which would meet after the conclusion of the Assembly session. The body, known as the Assembly's Sixth Commission or Political Commit- tee, will meet to formulate a definite plan of action or carry out suggestions made at the extraordinary session. None of the four nations named will be invited to sit with the Assembly when it meets to discuss the Far East- ern affair at the insistence of China. League officials expressed the hope that the United States would co-oper- ate with the commission, despite what is known to be an adverse American attitude toward participation in the As- sembly’s deliberations. Representatives of the United States ritory in each country, its population, | | the length and nature of its frontiers, | | its facilities for land, sea, and aerial communications, its degree of security | against external aggression, and its na- tional resources. | Most of the day's session was given | |over to hearing the proposals of rep- | | resentatives of several South and Cen- tral American countries. Bolivia's rep- resentative, Costa Du Rels, cited the | proposed non-aggression pact between | Bolivia and Paraguay as an example | of what might be done to eliminate war. The conference will adjourn for two weeks beginning March 19, it was de-l cided this afternoon. already have attended two meetings of League commissions, one on the opium traffic, the other on the 1-year arma- ge]xl\: building truce agreed upon last all. League officials said the troubles be- tween Japan and China were a world problem, affecting every country, and that therefore any discussion of it eught to embrace all nations. Ex-Hungarian Premier Dies. BUDAPEST, Hungary, February 23 | (#)—Ladi Slaus Lukacs, former pre- ‘mier and finance minister of Hungary, died today of influenza. He was 82 years old. commission to act on the findings OIVBOYS USE SOLDIER AS QFINE’ TARGET the special meeting of the League as sembly, which has been called for March 3 to consider the gdispute be- tween China and Japan There was also & proposal to invite Argentina and Turkey to have a rep- resentative on the commission. The commission will meet after the as- sembly to formulate a definite plan for | carrying out any suggestions made by | the assembly. League officials expressed the hope the United States would co-operate with the commission They said the troubles between China and Japan con- stituted a world problem, affecting every country, and that any discussion of them should embrace all nations. It was understood delicate negotia- tions are going on etween Ahe League sccretariat and the Government at ‘Washington. | BECAUSE ‘HE’S USED TO SHOOTING’ Youths, Trying Out New Rifle, Wound Private Peace- By the Assoclated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, February 23.—All Pvt. Thomas Tobin, 30, U. 8. A, was doing was sitting on a bench near Fort Funston, but he might as well have been no-man’s land near Shanghat For while sitting he received a bullet wound in his back, fired, police sald, by Munroe Youngclaw, 13. The youth, « fully Sitting on Bench at Fort Funston. | with two companions, went hunting yesterday to try out his new rifle. Robert Spencer, 13, and rdon At- kinson, 13, told the authorities Young- claw remarked: “There's a soldier—he's used to being shot at and will make a fine target.” The young hunter then raised ‘his| rifle and fired, his companions said. Tobin will recover. The youth was held for the Juvenile Court. IF | SUCCEED N THIS JOB, MEBBE THEY'LL Bml.xmg'q_m SALES TAX VOTE S UE TONORRDY House Ways and Means Committee Agrees to Act on $600,000,000 Plan. ‘The House Ways and Means Com- mittee today agreed to vote tomorrow on the proposal to levy a selected manu- factures sales tax, to yield about $600,- 000,000 annually. Secretary Mills had just outlined a measure that could be administered without undue difficulty. Acting Chairman Crisp told the com- mittee he hoped the vote would lead to a quick drafting of the revenue measure needed to meet a prospective $1,250,- 000,000 deficit in the Treasury in 1933. Secretary Mills informed the commit- tee the Treasury favors making all the tax increases in the proposed bill temp- orary “to meet the present emergency.” Crisp also has advocated that policy. Indications are that the will adopt it as a major part of the bill. Secretary Mills earlier in the day promised the Treasury would make every effort to carry out the tax pro- gram decided upon by Congress. He made this statement after conferring with President Hoover on tax legisla- tion. Mills said the Treasury believed its original taxation proposals were best fitted for enabling the Government to balance its budget, but that it would co-operate in formulating a program satisfactory to both parties. TARDIEU WILL STAND FIRM ON REPARATIONS New French Premier Also States Position of His Cabinet on Disarmament. By the Associated Press. PARIS, February 23.—Premier Andre Tardieu, in his first ministerial declara- tion since the formation of the new cabinet, told the Chamber of Deputies today that with regard to reparations his government's policy is to co-operate in negotiations looking toward adjust- ment, but to oppose repudiation of ex- isting agreements. As for disarmament, said he, the new cabinet is in full agreement with its predecessor, that security must precede reduction. $250,000 MORE VOTED FOR NEW YORK INQUIRY Democrats Again Charge Move to Draw Eye of Public From ‘Washington. By the Associated Press ALBANY, N. Y. February 23.—Once again the Republican steamroller has functioned in the New York State Sen- ate, and the $250,000 additional asked by, the committee investigating New York City has been pushed through the Upper House. It will be merely & put it through the Assembly sometime within the next week ar so. There were fireworks aplenty last night while the Democrats bitterly re- iterated what they have been saying for a year—that the New York City in- vestigation was nothing but a political fishing expedition with the Fall cam- paigns in_mind. They charged again that the Republican administration at Washington had demanded the inquiry to draw attention from what they called the failure of the Hoover administra- tion. Senator Samuel H. Hofstadter, chair- man of the investigating body, said the | results to date justified the expense. | MOONEY PLEA REJECTED House Judiciary Group Ousts Reso- lution by La Guardia. Gov. Rolph of California Thomas J. Mooney was rejected today by_the House Judiciary Committee. Representative La Guardia, Repub- lican, New York, said it was lost by only one vote. The prepared for the Wickersham Commis- ilnon6 on the San Francisco bombing of 16. Committee members explained the action was taken more on the grounds of the general principle involved than on the merit of the Mooney case. It was felt that it was a State mat- ter: The precedent of the national Legislature expressing an opinion on & purely State matter, it was held, would forever be open to misuse in the future. Radio Programs on Page C-3 matter of routine for the majority to | The La Guardia resolution urging| to pardon | proposal had indorsed the report | High Court Upholds Ban on Tobacco Ads |On Utah Billboards Discrimination Against One Form of Advertising. Denies By the Associated Press Utah's law prohibiting tobacco ad- vertisements on billboards was sus- tained today by the Supreme Court. The statute made it a misdemeanor to display advertisements of cigarets, cigars.and tobacco on billboards and the Packer Corporation was convicted of violating the law by displaying cig- The legislation permitted the adver- tising of tobacco by newspapers and other methods and the corporation in its_appeal from the e (Continued on Page 2, ¢ BRODKHART MOVES FOR MOVIE PROBE leged Monopoly and “In- decent” Pictures, By the Associated Press. Striking out vigorously at “degrad- ing” motion pictures, Senator Brook- hart of Iowa, today called upon the Senate to investigate the entire in- dustry. Revelations as startling as those of the Teapot Dome oil séandal were pre- dicted by the Senator. He denounced Will H. Hays as a “smokescreen,” and charged the movies had been “per- mitted by a supine government to be successfully monopolized.” Allegations of releasing “indecent” pictures and of violating the anti-trust laws were contained in a resolution he introduced calling for an inquiry by the Senate's Interstate Commerce Com- mittee. The resolution also said “it has been alleged that the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc, of which Mr. Will H, Hays is pres- ident, is primarily a political organiza- tion and has exercised undue influence with private, State and Federal agencies.” Says Moral Code Failure. Brookhart also introduced a bill in- tended to outlaw “block booking,” wrhi*h he contended the large pro- ducers are able to dictate what pic- tures shall be shown in the country's theaters. “The so-called Hays morality code,” Brookhart said, “is admittedly a failure.” Since its promulgation, he said, movies have become “even more de- grading.” “Last year it was the fashion to ex- ploit, I might exalt, the gangster ;ou the screen * % It‘)r the entertain- ment, not to say edification, of the impressionable young minds of the | country. While some gangster films are still being made, the trend this season is | definitely toward prostitution. * * * | _“The actors and actresses who have | portrayed these degrading roles are the ‘hendlmers of the screen. The average boy or girl knows as much about these | actors—sometimes _more—than they know about those who run the Govern- men The Towan described as “one of the most shocking chapters in the annals of American business,” the ‘“competi- tive methods employed to drive out the independent theaters.” Warns of Showdown. Brookhart said control of the movie newsreels “if exerted for political pur- poses or to obtain immunity for the trust, would be a powerful weapon in the hands of a man like Hays.” ‘While he said he had “no definite proof that it has been used in this | way,” he said an article which he read from an independent exhibitors' organ was sufficient to “warrant a searching inquiry.” It charged C. C. Pettijohn, | described as Hays’ right-hand man, in- duc:\% New m Cit; Democn'-;‘ to ’:diy him for preparing a “propagan i | for Franklin D. Roosevelt in his race for the New York governorship. Urging that his investigation extend to securities of the motion picture companies, Brookhart said: “Unless steps are taken, we will wit- | ness the greatest shaking dewn of small | investors in all history.” Australian Aviators Crash. BARI, Italy, February 23 (#).—Two | Australian aviators, named Hamilton and Coupland, were slightly injured when their ship crashed near Ruvo di Puglia_last Friday on a flight from Australia to England, it was learned here today. aret advertisements in Salt Lake City. | Demands Investigation of Al- | PUBLIC EDUCATION Retrenchments Threaten Progress, Dr. Strayer Tells N. E. A. Session. Public education was depicted as be- ing at the crossroads in its history to- day by nationally prominent educators at the fourth general session of the N: tional Education Association’s Depart- ment of Superintendence, when the | theme of spirited discussions was “The Present Crisis and Public Education.” Citing the various forms of retrench- | ment which have been forced upon public school systems generally, Dr. George Drayton Strayer, professor of education at Columbia Teachers' Col- lege, warned that education may not be able to maintain the gains which have been made “much less develop the still more mecuve service which the present and economic situation dunam"?c Dr. Broome Speaks. Admitting that public schools must bear their proportion of any economiz- ing program, Dr. Edwin C. Broome, su- perintendent of Philadelphia schools and president of the Department of Super- intendence, urged that school re- trenchment be made by “friends of school children” and not by those who have political interests at heart. Dr. Strayer and Dr. Broome were among the delegates who participated in the discussion of the report of the department’s committee on school costs, which was presented at the same ses- sion. Dr. Strayer contended at the outset of his address that there is need today for an aroused public opinion in sup- port of education. “Those who believe that the battle for free public schools was won by the middle of the last century,” Dr. Strayer declared, “are living in a fool's para- dise.” Continuing, he cited the reduc- tion of illiteracy, the expansion of school curriculums and the promotion of adult education as evidences of edu- cational progress. He warned, however, that further progress is endangered and that even the present status of the schools may not be maintained. Richer Education Held Need. oy Everywhere,” Dr. Strayer said, there is an attack upon public educa- tion expressed primarily in terms of re- trenchment in the support of the (Continued on Page 5, Column 5.) 'FRENCH HINT SECRET GERMAN WAR MOVES 1932 Budget Declared to Show $6,- 000,000 Increase for Military Ac- tivities in 9 Months' Period. By the Associated Press. PARIS, February 23 —Secret military activity in Germany was hinted today by Deputy Maurice Bouilloux-Lafont when he reported a 1932 budget for the war ministry fixing expenditures for nine months between April and Decem- ber, inclusive, at 3,929,°:0,000 francs ($157,160,000). The budget summary showed an in- crease over the same period in 1931 of 150,000,000 francs ($6,000,000). The Deputy's document said an analy- sis of German armaments showed that the Teal military strength of the Reich was more effectively o than fore the war, and that men and mate- rial were “notably superior to that fixed by _the Ve treaty.” The report said the budget summary as presented today will serve to fix the French position as regards the Geneva Disarmament Conference. CALLED AT RS Associated service. Yesterday’s Circulatio The only evening paper in Washington with the Press news 116,671 ®) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. NINE-MONTH PERIOD OF CELEBRATION 1S BEGUN BY AMERICA President Leads Nation in Opening Observance of Bicentennial. THOUSANDS COME HERE TO NATIONAL SHRINES “True Eulogy of Washington Is This Mighty Land,” Hoover Says, Addressing Congress. Launched with epochal tribute in which the President of the United States joined with millions of his fel- low citizens of high and low degree, the Nation today was embarked on the nine-month observance of the 200th an- niversary of the birth of George Wash- ington, which will reach into every cor- ner of this land and extend across the seas wherever the American flag files. “The true eulogy of Washington is this mighty Nation,” President Hoover said yesterday in an address before a joint session of Congress which marked the opening of the Bicentennial. It is that thought that will be the keynote as through the year this coun- try in reverence, reflects upon its origin and finally, upon Thanksgiving day, writes fitting end to this homage with a prayer of reconsecration to the ideals for which Washington stood. Thousands Visit Virginia. And while the President was voicing this message, heard by the thousands gathered at the Copitol and elsewhere through the land, those shrines of nearby Virginia, where Washington was cradled, also drew their host of pilgrims from far and wide. There, too, President Hoover jour- neyed—first to Alexandria, where Washington walked as a humble sub- ject of the crown and as leader of a great Nation: next to Mount Vernonm, the home where he rests. The Coast Guard cutter Hamilton, riding easily in the Potomac, crashed a 21-gun salute as the President crossed the river. In sun-lighted Washington street, where throngs had been massed for hours, John Garland Pollard, Governor of Virginia, stood to welcome the Chief Executive, as the gathering cheered. Parade Is Reviewed. For the brief period that a crowded day allowed, they stood to review a spectacular military and civic parade. Then came )‘oumh Vernon, its greening Down the winding hill to the tomb the President went to lay a wreath. Then, returning to the mansion, and directing his remarks to the members of the National Education Association, gathered there, he bespoke them, that they should inculcate in the minds of the youth of the Nation all that Wash- ington represents. To these, President Hoover said: “It is a signal event that the representa-* tives of teachers of our whole country | should meet at Mount Vernon this day, | because our teachers, more than any other group, have both the privilege and the duty to guide the steps in each new generation on the road of democracy, to instruct them with understanding and reverence for the spiritual benefits which flow from this history of this great man, and to instill our children with the accomplishments of the men who have made and guided our Nation. “Greatest Man of Our Race.” “We meet here today in one of the places which physically in itself is en- chanting and beautiful in its grounds, buildings and associations, but it is not | these which attract hither the steps or thoughts of millions of Americans. It is the memory and the spirit cf the (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) 'PILOTS FORCED DOWN SEEKING AIR RECORD Browne and Muldowney Damage Plane on Attempted Argen- tine Hop. By the Assoclated Press. BOSTON, February 23.—Nat C. Browne, former Army flyer, and Edward Muldowney, who took off today from Old Orchard Beach, Me., on a projected non-stop flight to Buenos Afres, landed their plane, the Lone Star, at the East Boston airport two hours later because of engine trouble. he plane’s auxiliary landing gear was smashed in the landing, but both Browne and Muldowney escaped injury. The plane came near turning over as it nosed into the earth when the left wheel collapsed, Browne, who was at the controls, said the Lone Star was over Cape Cod when a cylinder burned out. The engine trou- ble caused the plane to lose altitude, and it quickly dropped to within & few feet of the water, he said. Browne had hoped to establish a8 new long-distance flight record in the trip to Buenos Aires. He said he believed re- pairs could be made within a few days and that he was determined to make another start. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, February 23— Gov. William H. Murray is vexed at Georgia. ‘The Democratic Central Committee of the State having announced the Governor's personal entrance blank for the State’s preferential presidential pri- maries arrived too late, and the writing in of his name would be illegal, Mur- {:,y said he was willing to go to Georgia d hold his own presidential primary. Stopping momentarily on his way to Indiana on a speaking tour, the Gov- ernor telegraphed an Oklahoma Oity representative: ] GEORGIA BAN IRKS MURRAY; MAY HOLD HIS OWN PRIMARY Contends Money Arrived in Time for Filing Name and Was Most Important Matter. “Have our lawyer friends in Georgia file suit to compel the acceptance of my name on the primary ballots.” And he added: “If every other means fails I will go | down to Georgia and hold my own pri- The Central Committee said Murray's $1,000 filing fee arrived in time, but due to late arrival of the application, his fee would be returned. “I legally filed,” protested Murray, who was formally announced for Presi- dent, “for I telegraphed the money Saturday night and that was the main thing.” BIL 10 EXTEND * MAVY T TREATY LI APPROVE Republicans Indicate They Wil Support Measure on Senate Floor. $980,000,000 PROGRAM SEEN WITHIN TEN YEARS Action Is Taken After Radio Speaker Cites Hostilities at Shanghai, By the Associated Press. The Senate Naval Committee today approved the Hale bill to authorize building the Navy up to the limits fixed by the London treaty. The bill, sponsored by Chairman Hale, was approved unanimously. It calls for building the Navy up to the maximum allowed by the London treaty, but does #ot carry any appro- priations. The cost of the program would de- pend upon how many years it was spread over, Calls for $980,000,000. Hale estimated if it were completed In 10 years, the cost would be $980, 000,000, but this includes ships now under construction, modernization of ships and replacements. The chairman will ask for early con- sideration in the Senate. A similar measure faces final disposition in the House. In a speech last night, over the Na- tional Radio Forum, arranged by The Star and broadcast over a coast-to- coast network of the National Broad- Co.. Hale said there was a ne- cessity for building the Navy up to the limits of the London treaty because of the hostilities between China and Japan. Important as the bill is, it is only about two hundred words long. In the event of an international agreement for further limitation, the President would be authorized to sus- pend the program. Republicans Back Bill. Republican support of the Navy bill was announced by Senator Watson, majority leader. “Republican leadership will do all it can to put the bill through,” Watson pointing out it would put this country in a better position to negotiate at the Geneva Disarmament Confer- ence. “It will give our fellows over there mn':: chips to sit in the game,” he n'gl; ization was far different from an appropriation, but would show that this country intends to go ahead with its naval construction if ns . Hale said later he believed the lead- ership of the Senate would agree to early consideration of his bill. “Tt unquestionably would put us in a better position at Geneva,” he said, “It | would show we dan't simply talk, but that if other countries plan to build up to the treaty strength we will also. “Without such a program we will be in a very pitiful position.” COSGRAVE PROMISES TO HELP DE VALERA Defeated President Offers His As- sistance in Working Out Plan for Prosperity. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, Irish Free State, February 23 —President William T. Cosgrave and his cabinet conceded today their de- feat in the Irish election held last Tuesday. With the returns from the election completed except for seven districts, in which the voting was postponed, Eamon de Valera’s Fianna Fail and its Labor allies had won 77 seats in the new Dail Eirann, as compared with 68 tor the government party and its in- dependent supporters. President Cosgrave said he and his cabinet had definitely determined to go into the opposition. He said reports he was seeking alliance with any group to keep De Valera's Fianna Fail out of power, were totally unfounded. “In’the past decade the Labor party and the Flanna Fail have been attack- ing and blaming us for many things,” he said. “They blamed us for financial depression and low prices. I propose now to let them work out a plan of prosperity and I will assist m in every way I can in that direction. If they succeed, I will take off my hat to them.” S 10 FLYERS ARRESTED IN CHILE REVOLT PLOT Aleged to Have Planned to Place Former President Ibanez in Power. By the Associated Press. SANTIAGO, Chile, February 23—A number of aviators at El Bosque Mili~ tary Aviation School were reported to- day to have been arrested for acts con- trary to discipline. Minister of War Vergara ordered an immediate investigation. Persistent reports of the possibility of a military revolt have been in cir- culation for several days. The reports ware traced to a house where a grou of aviators had met frequently to dr and dance. The government heard that the subject of conversation on several occasions was a plan to Oy to Argen- tina and brink back former President Ibanez for the purpose of replacing him in power in Chile. Authorities said, however, that the plan was “absurd” and undoubtedly would have failed. Ten aviators and four women were arrested last night and the government said further arrests are likely to ocour as the investigation R / w/ A