Evening Star Newspaper, January 21, 1935, Page 4

A—4 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1935. HIROTA TO EXPLAN ATITUDE OF JPAN Stand on China and Rest of World Expected To- MOrrow. By the Assoclated Press. TOKIO, January 21.—An important annoyncement concerning Japan's stand toward China and the world was expected when Koki Hirota, for- eign minister, addresses the opening | of the Diet tomorrow. | The Diet regathers with the prin- cipal task before it the passage of the budget, One already drafted by the cabinet calls for the largest defense apropriations in the empire’s history. Joint Movement Seen. Circles close to the government free- ly predicted that a movement for “closer Sino-Japanese co-operation” against American and British influ- ence in the Orient is likely to result from the parliamentary session The newspaper Asahi today said: | “It is highly desirable for Japan to| take the initiative and free China | from the position of colony of the for- | eign powers.” Means to Restore Amity. “If China can free herself from United States and British influence, Sino-Japanese amity can be restored,” | aserted the newspaper Chugai Shog; Foreign Ministes Hirota is by te perament an optimist, observers | and it has been his invariable policy to peint rosy pictures of the nation's place in the world when called upon to | address the Diet. | CHAHAR DISPUTE SETTLED. Japanese Declare Border Issue Being Negotiated. PEIPING, China, January 21 (#)— | Japanese military authorities said to- caused by a still, is shown above der the debris Wake of Still Blast Near Baltimore All that was left of a three-story house near Baltimore, Md., after an explosion, which police said was At least one man was Kkilled, and authorities believed another was buried Officer Ephriam Mast, second from right) and a workman are holding some of the jars of which is said to have been found in the wreckage. —A. P. Photo. Headquarters and All Join I in Hymns. day the Jehol-Chahar border dispute had been settled and that boundary | questions were being left to diplomatic negotiations. The announcement followed charges that a large force of Japanese and Manchoukuan troops were concentrat- | ing on the Western Jehol border, pre- paring to invade the Chinese provinee of Chahar A Chinese spokesman said a clash occurred several days ago between Chahar provincial troops and the other force. (Japanese spokesmen in Shanghai said the force was placed on the border because Chinese had entered Jehol | border areas.) KILLS SELF WITH FIRE Woman, 53, Wraps Head in Towel Soaked in Kerosene. HOLLYWOOD, January 21 (#.— Mrs. Ida Maria Reh, 53, committed suicide yesterday by wrapping her head in a kerosene-soaked towel and setting it on fire, Police Detective Frank Ryan reported. Despondency over the death three months ago of her husband, Otto E. Reh, apparently was the motive. FITTED BY M. W. LOCKE REGISTER SHOE FITTERS By the Associated Press | FLEMINGTON, N. J., January 21.— The Hauptmann restricted from att jurors, ng public services, organ- ized a religious service of their own vesterday in their Union Hotel | quari | There was no minister, but one of | | their number led in , and they | sang hymns such as “Nearer My God To Thee.” | ‘The: 0 went for a bus ride during | the w end recess. SIS STAB WOUND FATAL | Colored Man Found Unconscious | | on Street Succumbs in Hospital. | Alfred Taylor, 26, colored, of 595 Fourth street southwest, was found | unconscious in front of a house in the | 300 block of G street last night and taken to Casualty Hospital, where he died in a short time of a stab wound |in the chest Harvey Wryatt, 29, colored, of 489 School street southwest, was arrested and held for investigation, although no formal charge had been placed ! against him this morning Completes Conferences With Movie Executives. | By the Assoctated Press. | SANTA BARBARA, Calif,, January 21.—Amelia Earhart and her husband, George Palmer Putnam, are going to fly to New York as soon as Putnam finishes a series of conferences with movie executives in Hollywood. Putnam, New York publisher, his wife, and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mantz, flew here yesterday from San Fran- | cisco to be overnight guests of Chris- topher Holmes at his San Marcus Mountain home. 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While the flames roared about them, whom were in bed. 60 nurses removed 250 patients, all of | Many of them were taken out wrapped in blankets. | heard Secretary of Labor Frances | Perkins outline the administration’s LABOR GROUP WARNS OF WORKER UNREST Southern States’ Conference De- mands U. S. Outlaw Com- pany Unions. By the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn. January 21.— A regional labor conference yesterday “warned” the national administra- tion of impending unrest and strikes unless Congress ‘“outlaws” company unions, provides for majority rule in collective bargaining and enforces the labor provisions of the N. R. A. Delegates from 14 Soutaern States economic security program as the climax of a day of resolution-making which included verbal assaults on those opposing labor policies. Resolutions edopted struck at the use of National Guard troops during strikes, urged ratification of the labor amendment, requested a Department of Justice investigation of the South- ern States Industrial Council and asked President Roosevelt to see that Harlan County, Ky., “be made a part of the United States of America.” ROBERTS DEFENDS BAR People’s Counsel Urges Public Uphold Lawyers. Declaring that constant reiteration of careless statements concerning lawyers has developed an attitude of suspicion against them and the courts, thus depriving the American people of the strength of the most powerful or- ganized arm of liberty, People’s Coun- sel William A. Roberts, in a statement issued today, urged the public to re- gard lawyers as doctors of legal iliness and preservers of law and order. The statement was issued in the in- terest of creating a better under- standing of the laws of the land by the | public. Phone NOrth 3609 L J. EDW. CHAPMAN 37 N St. N.W, DR. WILLIAM H. WILMER. RECEPTION PLANNED | FOR DR. W. H. WILMER| Noted Ophthalmologist to Be Honored on Return to District Thursday Night. Dr. William H. Wilmer, absent from ‘Washington ‘for several years with the Wilmer Institute of Baltimore, will be | welcomed home Thursday night when | a reception will be held in his honor at the Raleigh Hotel. Under aus- pices of the Augustus P. Gardner Post | of the American Legion a banquet will | be staged immediately after the re-| ception, which begins at 7:30 o'clock. | For years associated with the Epis- copal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital | here, Dr. Wilmer is recognized as one of the greatest ophthalmologists in the . world. He was formerly a brigadier general In the Army and is a charter member of the Gardner Post. Maj. Gen. Robert W. Patterson, surgeon general of the Army, is chair- man of the Dinner Committee, other members being Maj. James A. Pure cell, commander of the Gardner Post; Col. Joseph H. Bryan, Brig. Gen. Willam E. Horton, Walter Bruce Howe, Theodore Cogswell and Frank A. Dawson. Maj. Purcell, at 907 Fifteenth street, is making arrange- ments Benjemin 8. Minor, lawyer, will deliver the principal address at the banquet. James O'Connor Roberts, commander of the District of Colum- bia Department of the American Legion, will also speak. Playwright's Mother Dies. NEW YORK, January 21 (@)-- Mme. Theresa Pischer Vajda, 72, mother of Ernest Vajda, Hollywood scenarist and Hungarian playwright, died yesterday of heart disease, aggra- vated in recent months by worry over a breach of promise suit brought against her son. Home Furnishing SPECIAL Jan. 21st to Feb. 2nd, inclusive 209, Discount on Lace Curtains Draperies Furniture Covers Blankets Comforts Rugs Give Your Blankets and Comforts a Mid - Winter Cleaning Now! FOOTER’S Quality Cleaners & Dyers Conn. Ave. G St N.W. Conn. Ave. I R T 2 We Went the Limit! ' And Packed the Utmost Value in This Sale! 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