Evening Star Newspaper, May 10, 1935, Page 3

WORLD ARMS RACE FIGURESDISCLOSED Congressional Committees Gather Data Showing 7 Increases Abroad. By the Ascociated Press. A fast-stepping world armament race in which Japan leads other powers toward a treaty-strength navy and European nations project bigger military outlays, is disclosed in fig- ures assembled by congressional com- mittees. These groups, charged with pro- viding for “the national defense,” had information on increased arms budgets | in Great Britain, Japan, Germany, | France, Italy and Russia, Included, | members said, was confidential data indicating direct appropriations for military purposes in the next financial | year will exceed past peace-time records. Thousands Calied to Arms. M “If 'You Want for War.” BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. USSOLINI is unhesitatingly following the philosophy of his Roman ancestors: “If you want peace prepare your- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, This Changing World Mussolini Following Policy of Roman Ancestors. Peace, Prepare to Italy, while the Germans are likely to demand the return of all of their previous colonial possessions. Some of the data on larger military forces abroad was conccded to be | incomplete. But report indicated that since Germany stepped outside mel Versaille Treaty, thousands of men have been called to arms in Germany, | France, Italy and Russia, and larger | naval and air defense programs haxe‘ been mapped. { This was the armament outlook as viewed in authoritative quarters: Japan was slated to attain a London Treaty-strength navy on the 5-5-3 ratio by 1936, having provided for 88 ships of various types, 34 of which bave been laid down and 17 com- pleted. Japan increased naval personnel last year by 5.400: England by 1.350 | and the United States, 1257, while| France dropped off 642 and Italy 670. Since the Washington Arms Treaty | of 1922, Great Britain had built 174 | warships of all types: Japan, 163; | Prance, 177; Italy, 175, and the United States. 70. | tle roughly the Hungarians, the re- self for war.” Up to the present moment there are no less than 650,000 Italians under arms. About 120,000 are in Eritrea preparing for a drive against Ethiopia; the rest are concentrgted on the Ger- ] man-Austrian and Freénch frontiers. | There is nothing | provocative in | these military concentrations, says | Rome. They are mepely preparatory | emergency measures \zmbh have to be | taken in these uncertpin times. | mask manufacturers have begun to it g advertise on a large scale the neces- In the meantime the Franco-Ital- |gjty of every citizen providing himself ian honeymoon is perfect. Not & |and his family with such masks. The | cloud is disturbing these political new- | greyment “buy more gas masks, be-! ly-weds. If Rome wants somethibg |.quse that will enable the manufactur- from Paris—a little more pocket |ers to produce them on a larger scale money or another little slice of Africa |and consequently cheaper,” has —the French government grants phrought to the attention of the Rome’s requests without delay. If | Prenchman in the street the possibil- Paris wants Italy to increase its alr |jiy of an immediate war. The news- | papers, especially those close to the administration, which have been heretofore instructed to soft-pedal the | war danger abandoned all of a sudden | this cautious attitude and started to warn their readers about the immi- nent danger of a conflagration. | * K ok % The great development of modern | methods of communication and the | extensive reporting of facts of general | interest has more than one advantage. When the news of Napoleon’s death at St. Helena reached Lon- don, three weeks after the great Frenchman died, Lord Rannelagh went immediately to see King George 1V to inform him about this important news. | Rannelagh entered the King's room diate collaboration between the air “t";i‘ ;":‘;‘&v"’t‘; is:;gém O Jorces of the two countries. ‘m”esl&,s g'n“ enemy has pn;saed At France's request a agreement | away.” 5 France, and particularly Paris, has become war conscious only when ga; U o force or wishes Ttaly to handie a it quest of the Quai d'Orsay is granted without hesitation Gen. Denain, the French air minister, is in Rome now preparing a plan for an efficient and imme- MAY 10, 1935. benefit charity sweepstakes tickets and receipts, Pive hundred thousand Kentucky Derby tickets. Five thousand sweepstakes lottery policy books of 10 tickets each. ‘Two hundred thousand lottery pol- icy circulars and result sheets. Five hundred lottery policy tickets of the gold &ond base ball pool (of 25 and 50 cent tickets). Detectives first raided a printing company on Barrow street and ar- rested three men and a woman. The woman said she was Josephine Smith of Brooklyn, and & man gave his name as Benjamin Greenberg of New York City. Next, a West Twenty-fourth street printing shop was raided. It was RAIDS DEAL BLOW 10 SWEEPSTAKES Five Men Held and Huge Stock of Tickets in Three “Rackets” Seized. sociation of Scranton, Pa. West stakes. The Federal indictment was against Oscar Stevenson, 70, and his son Lin- coln, 39, who were arrested last week. They are charged specifically with mailing a circular to Philadelphia which pictured wealth which might be obtained through sales of sweep- stakes tickets, and the Indies and Bermuda sweep~ CLUB PICNI C PLANNED | | Be Held in Two Weeks. A picnie for 150 boy and girl mvm-‘: ! West End Group Plans Fete, to' By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 10—A swift and crushing blow was dealt the sweep- stakes, lottery and policy rackets yes- terday with confiscation of tickets estimated to have a retail value of $2.000.000 and arrest of five men. Earlier in the day a Federal grand jury indicted two men, father and | son, on charges which accused them | | of being the chief distributers of Irish | | Sweepstakes tickets in the United | | States. Both raids, it was said, were made on information obtained by New Jer- sey officers from arrests on Wednes- day. Alleged Tickets Taken. The material confiscated, Assistant | District Attorney Maurice G. Wahl | sald, included: | Five hundred thousand veterans’| LAWYERS’ BRIEFS RUSH PRINTING BYRON S. ADAMS IGOLD & SILVER | Turn your old trinkets, jewelry and | watches into MONEY at— Japan Leads in Building. was signed between the Soviet engi- | Japan_headed England and the | eer Katsva, and Senator Agnelll, United States with the greatest nUM- | goting on behalf of Il Duce, for the ber of new or underage Warships, | ectablishment of a large foundry near with 155 to England's 132 and 85 f0F | Moscow for the manufacture of air- the United States. . i plane motors. This will permit the That besides building warships in | Soviet government to hasten the im the ,coming year, England, France,| crease of the manufacture of air- m is she dead?” to her majes Bonaparte.” “What?"” said the King, excitedly, Rannelagh, an understanding diplo- A .Kahn JInc. Xout '"“"-f‘-‘;;EIQ:";;,;jfiu{:{;’;;‘,fi,!; Arthur J. Sundlun, Pres. | 437YEA7RS at 935 F STREET Such a painful mistake could not there, police said, the tickets were confiscated. Two printers, who gave their names as Pincus Salzberg and James Martucci of Brooklyn, were arrested. Identity of Property. Assistant District Attorney Wahl | gert, Mrs. Cecil Barker, F. W. Dowling, sald that among the tickets seized | Lawrence Palmer, Miss Alberta Pol- were those of the Veterans' Relief As- 'lard and Almon T. Barber. LEASE EXPIRES! Washington Store bers of the West End Club is now | being planned by a committee of the directors to be held within the next two weeks. | ‘The committee in charge includes GEORGE D. ix-Eighteen Twelfth St. Between Fand G §ts. very Piece of Merchandise Soid nteed by ree rning Washington, Va. Entire Stock Fine Diamonds, Standard Watches and Sterling Flatware Sacrificed! 20% to 50% Reductions! ELGI! $93.60 Ladv's $29.50 14-kt. Solid Gold Watch Choice of white or natural sold—nationally fameus time- picce with bracelet. Mrs. Rose Knode, Miss Lucienne Ber- | | Bolivians Retake Outpost: LA PAZ, Bolivia, May 10 (#).—The Bolivian high command yesterday re- ported the recapture of eight outposts in the Izozog sector of the Chaco. The capture of these points—Ibopo- renda, Limon, Paraboca, Yuqui, Gui- royoasa, Tamachindi, Matico and Copere—was achieved “after brilliant action by our troops,” the report said, and gave Bolivia control of both banks of the Parapeti River for 85 kilometers. I NOW 1 EAT CABBAGE pset Stomach Goes in Jiffy with Bell-ans, BELL-ANS FOR INDIGESTION | Wear a colored memory. SUNDAY IS MOTHER'S DAY To Everyone, Everywhere:— Sunday, May 12, is Mother's Day. On this day we pause for a moment to pay triBute to Mothers everywhere. living, or a white flower for Mother's flower for Mothers It has become a beautiful custom on Mother's Day to send flowers to Mother. When this is not possible, we love to send flowers to someone dear to us. A few suggestions: Roses—$2, $3.00, $4.00 dozen. Boxes assorted flowers, $2.50, $3.50, and $5.00. Flower urns of beautiful Spring flow- ers with Mother’ s Day Card, $2.50, $3.50 and $5.00. The Old Spinning Wheel flower arrangement, very impressive. $5.00 and $7.50. These or most anything else in the flower line, will be ready for you. Italy, Germany and Japan also con- | planes, templated expansion of naval shore stations and defenses. Japan's modernization progra slated to put every capital ship an cruiser in combat shape by 1936. The United States planned to in- | erease its Army from 118,000 to 165,000 | enlisted men and England by 2,700 to | 152,200, Japan's active troops were | m was‘ * X X % *Hold them tight while I am giving d | them a good licking,” is the policy of 11 Duce in regard to Abyssinia. The Italian government has sentl strong protests to those friendly na-| S tions whose arms manufacturers are | Oklahoma Law to Force Cleared reported numbering 225000; Russia’s | picking up an honest cent by smuggling 830.000; France's, 584.000: Italy’s, 437.000, and Germany’s 300,000 (esti- mated). Pigures further showed these active | and reserved trained forces available: United States, 444,000; British Em- pire, including dominions and India, 1.141.000; France, 6,900.000; Germany, 1,100,000; Italy, 6.495.000; Japan, 2,177.000; Russia, 16,000,000; Poland, 2.000,000, and Czechoslovakia, 1,- 600.000. The United States led all nations | with & military budget of $800,000,- | 000 for the fiscal year beginning July | 1, including provisions for the Arm: increase, an addition of 12,000 officers and men to the Navy and around $100,000,000 for maval construction. | empire, | a good deal of arms bootlegging into | Abyssinia, mainly from Aden. | y | England was estimated by expertsl here to plan spending $558,000,000, eomared to about $488,000,000 this year; Japan, $296,000,000: $742,000.000; Germany, $450,000,000, and Italy, $383,000,000. Figures on Russia were unavailable. Prance, | (ne French Rochet Schneider fac-|New York Woman Must Serve arms and ammunitiens into Selassie’s | Since last December there has been | * ok % x Although the Port of Djibouti has been | practically closed to the Ethiopians, arms have been smuggled into the country in small sailing ships all along the coast. | The German Krupp factory has pro- even Italy's new allies have not over- | looked a chance of selling rifles, | machine guns and millions of rounds of ammunition to Selassie, who pays cash and in gold. | Skoda factory in Czechoslovakia | has sold large quantities of war ma- terial; so has Vickers in England and tory. These last two have unloaded on the Abyssinians most of their old | stuff which is considered inadequate ! | for the British and the French armies | but are quite alright for the Ethiopi- occur these days when frequently im- portant news reaches governments | through the channels of the press, be- fore the official reports. INSANITY PLEAS HIT Defendants Into Asylums. OKLAHOMA CITY, May 10 (# Defendants in criminal cases wil “think twice” before pleading in- sanity as a defense if a bill which became law yesterday in Oklahoma | has its intended effect. Under the measure, signed by Gov. E. W. Marland, persons winning ac- quittals through insanity pleas shall be committed to insane institutions if declared dangerous. H “Some persons, finding themselves vided most of the war material, but | charged with criminal offense sud- denly become insane” said Senator Louis Ritzhaupt, author of the bill. “This law will make them think twice.” POLLY ADLER JAILED 30 Days on Morals Charge. NEW YORK, May 10 (A).—Polly Adler today was sentenced to 30 days in the work house and ordered to EMPLOYES TO HONOR CUMMINGS TONIGHT More Than 1,000 Expected at Din- ner and Dance in Observance of Birthday Anniversary. More than a thousand employes of the Department of Justice will play hosts to their chief, Attorney General Homer Cummings, at a novel dinner and dance tonight in celebration of | his recent 65th birthday anniversary. Hiring both ball rooms of the Wil- | lard Hotel and two orchestras, the department’s clerks, typists, lawyers, criminal catchers and other uphold- ers of the law have arranged a sort of gridiron affair of their own. Ban- ning sesous speeches, the program is expected to poke fun at numerous officials and employes, it is hinted. The nearest approach to a formal address will be remarks by William Stanley, assistant to the Attorney General, in paying tribute to Cum- | mings on behalf of the personnel. The | cabinet officer is expected to make & | Tesponse. | Entertainment will include profes- | sional talent from a local theater. The dinner tables will be cleared at | 10 p.m. for the dancing. -STUDENTS ENTERTAIN The Southeast Community Center’s Spring dance and drama program will be presented tonight in the Hine Junior High School Auditorium. ‘The plays will be “The Esterbrooke Nieces” and “The Will of the Gods,” both by Hine students. . Dances will be presented by mem- bers of the Friday evening group and the Saturday morning group. The program is under the supervision of Mrs. M. W. Davis, community secre- tary at Southeast Center. SPECIAL NOTICES. THE GEORGETOWN GAS- | OFFICE OF LIGHT COMPANY. Washingion. D. C. The annual meeting of the stockholders of The Georgzetown Gaslight Company. for the election of directions and the trans- action of such other business as may prop- erly come before the meeting. will be held at che office of the Company. 0 Wis- consin Avenue. ~Northwest. . C.. on Monday. June : o'clock moon. 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