Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1935, Page 2

" A2 waw SWITH MAY BARE INTENTIONS JAN.25 Wil Speak at Dinner of Lib- erty League Here—Poli- tics Quickens. BY the Associated Press. A major political question—what role Alfred E. Smith will play in 1936 —may be answered on January 5. | ©On that day, it was announced last | night, the “Happy Warrior” will arise | at a dinner table at the Mayflower What’s What Behind News Hotel here and make a speech to the American Liberty League, which has | tossed frequent criticism at New Deal | measures The announcement created more | than ordinary interest. Smith, who i on the league’s National Executive Committee, was publicly critical of some Roosevelt policies in the admin- | istration’s earlier days. He described the .devalued currency as “boloney dollars.” Has Kept Silence Lately. Of late, he has been silent on na- tional issues. Political observers won- dered whether he would speak on them on January 25. with him will be former Federal Judge Charles A. Dawson of Kentucky, who handed down some rulings adverse to the administration, and Dr. Neil Carothers, Lehigh University econo- mist, who also is critical of the New Deal. The dinner will be preceded by a | gathering of the league's Executive | Committee and Advisory Council to map organization plans for next year. On January 25, also the league's National Lawyers' Committee, which has termed the Guffey coal control and Wagner labor disputes acts unconsti- tutional, likewise will assemble. From those meetings. it is expected in political circles, will develop the basis on which the league will enter the On the program | - In Capital New Deal Expected to Seek Change in Silver Act. BY PAUL MALLON. F COURSE, it will have to be O denied officlally now, but the administration will probably ask Congress next month to revise or repeal the silver purchase act. This intimation may appear astounding, with the elections coming on, and all but the topmost minds are trending strongly that way. The act has béen something of & silver straitjacket, to them. It is stifly mandatory. They cannot wrig- gle. The squeeze upon Treasury Sec- retary Morgenthau. about a month ago, could not have been tighter if the so-called silver nations were pulling the strings on him in torturous cellusion. There are lofty suspicions here that this is exactly what happened. Any official in the know would need only one guess as to which nation pulled the biggest string. The influence of silver Senators and Father Coughlin will undoubtedly be courted in whatever is ultimately de- cided officially. Continued protection for domestic producers may be sought. But as far as the international aspects are concerned, the experiences of the 1936 electioneering. Uncertainty in Minnesota. | past few months have been too aggra- | vating to be overlooked by the au- tion of food and other relief is annua CHRISTMAS CHEER CLUB AIDS NEEDY Fruit Growers Express Em- ployes’ Baskets Sentin | Star Trucks. | For the eleventh consecutive year | the Christmas Cheer Club, composed of employes of the Fruit Growers’ Ex- | press Co., today began distribution ol‘ | groceries, coal, blankets and cash to | needy families in the District and in 1 function of the club. W. Galt. Burns, circulation manager of The Star, and George D. Sullivan, chairman of the Christmas Cheer Club, composed of employes of the Fruit Growers’ Express Co., shown standing by Star trucks as they were loaded with baskets of groceries for needy families in District and nearby Maryland and Virginia. Distribu- —=Star Staft Photo. I0WA GAMBLING CASE NEARING LAST STAGES Special Prosecutor Resumes Argu- ment as Trial Goes Into Seventh Week. By the Associated Press. SIOUX CITY, Iowa, December 23.— The gambling conspiracy trial of At- torney General Edward L. O'Connor entered its last stages today. Special Prosecutor H. M. Havener, seeking O’'Connor's conviction on charges the attorney general per- mitted State-wide operation of slot ma- argument to the jury. VENEZUELA RIOTS {Acting President Battles In- | surrection, Rushing Troops to Capital. By the Associated Press. | PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, De- | chines, was scheduled to resume his cember 23.—A virtual state of war was | reported by airplane as existing today in Venezuela after a week end of riot- THREATEN REGIME NOTABLES CALLE Grand Jury Looks “for Mur- der” in Strange Death of Film Actress. BACKGROUND— Born in Lawrence, Mass., Thelma Todd decided on career of school teaching. Attending Normal school at Lowell, she worked as fashion model; in 1927, won beauty contest, which brought Hollywood opportun= ity. Blond and beautiful, she became well-known screen comedienne dur- ing succeeding years. On Saturday night, December 14, she attended party; on Monday she was found dead in automobile in garage mear home. Autopsy ver= dict was carbon monozide poison- ing, coroner’s jury and police called death accidental. County jury re- fused to agree, continued investi= gation, By the Associated Press. “for murder” today in the private life and strange death of Thelma Todd, smiling film funmaker. “The grand jury will look for mur- der,” said George Johnson, deputy district attorney. “If murder was not possible, perhaps even probable, the grand jury would not be inter- ested. The question of murder must be answered. “We must consider the possibility | of jealousy and the further possibili- | ties of unrequited love or hatred.” Filmland Notables Called. A host of filmland notables were summoned to do what they could to Today marked the opening of the A trial's seventh week. The case was | ing precipitated by the death of Presi- The week end saw several other de- velppments bearing on politics: 1. 'The death of Senator Schall, Republican, of Minnesota szome uncertainty in the Minnesota palitical situation. Gov. Olson, Farm- er-Laborite, made known some time ago he would run for Schall's seat in | 1936. Schall had planned to stand for re-election. There was much spec- ulation as to who will oppose Olson, now that Schall is dead. 2. Democratic Chairman Farley pre- dicted the Democratic celebration of Jackson day, January 8, would be even more enthusiastic than originally expected. He said 3,000 dinners would be held to listen in on a talk created | | thorities here. nearby Maryland and Virginia. | expected to go to the jury soon, but Baskets of groceries were delivered | there appeared to be only a slim pos- Promised Results Fail Economic results promised by the international purchases have proved to be impossible of fulfillment. In-| stead of helping Chinese purchasing power, for instance, the policy has pushed or opened the way for China | to be led off silver. Also, the policy has served its main practical purpose; namely, to buy off domestic inflationists as cheaply as | possible, The news about Senator Borah's entry into the Wisconsin primary leaked out prematurely. It was to have been announced four days later. This explains why no official state- ment was issued by him until the next coal was delivered to 4 and blankets | mag bought for 1. Trucks of The Star, un- der the supervision of Galt W. Burns, | - v ooty pessans mere-wane e | U . DROPS APPEAL ON MILK LICENSES others were distributed by club mem- | bers to homes in Alexandria and | Arlington County, Va., and in Hyatts- | ville, Takoma Park and other nearby Maryland towns. The club, organized 11 years ago Court Had Held A. A. A. Rule with 20 members, now has 200, each of | for Boston Market “Void whom pays 5 cents a week into tie | by President Roosevelt. Originally, day. Wisconsin is not the only State 3. Gifford Pinchot. former Repub- liean Governor of Pennsylvania, wrote Pfesident Roosevelt saying work re- he had estimated 2.500. ‘ lief had been “sold into political bond- | age.’ Pinchot's charge that work Jjobs ‘are distributed for “political ad- vantage” in Pennsylvania brought a denial from Senator Guffey, Dem- ocrat, of Pennsylvania. He said Pin- chot seeks a place “in the political sun.” Townsend Plan Assailed. 4. Representative Maverick, Demo- crat, of Texas, attacked the Townsend old-age pensions plan, calling it “fan- tastic, unjust and capable of bank- rupting the Nation within two weeks.” The discussion of Senator Borah's chances for the Republican presiden- | tial nomination continued today. Two prominent Republican Senators who are close students of politics predicted that if the Idaho veteran entered and won a substantial majority of votes in the presidential primary States he probably would be the 1936 G. O. P. ! Mr. Borah will enter. That State came first because the invitation was pressed upon him. Also be- cause there was good ground to believe no opposition ticket would be put into the feld against him. Similar invitations now are being arranged in some of the 12 other | States where primaries will be held. | President Roosevelt told this hith- erto unpublished yarn on himself to a triend the other day. | The annual Supreme Court dinner at the White House last year was held at a time when the gold devaluation | clause was under consideration by the court. It so happened that the din- ner was served on the famous White House gold embossed plates. Mr. Roosevelt noted the opportunity for a chance remark on the appro- priateness of gold embossing platters provided for the honorable court. Just about five justices laughed— but the others, probably four, drew their lips tightly together and declined to smile. upon | nominee. | The Senators said they preferred to | No Inner Surprise. rerain neutral as between Republican |y, jnner surprise was felt at the candidates for the time being, and. i s 2 5 e Soviet-Japanese border clashes. Our therefore, did not wish to be quoted boys received advance word that ten- by name. But they argued that a candidate going into the convention with strong backing in the primary balloting would perhaps be an vintible against groups wishing to *“hand-pick” the candidate. 13 States Have Primaries. | “It would be dangérous to turn down a candidate favored by the people at the polls for a hand-picked man,” | £aid one. | Ignoring such a popular expression | by selecting another nominee, he con- | tended, would make President Roose- velt's re-election certain. | In this connection, it was pointed | out that 13 States have presidential preference primaries, including most of the pivotal States, such as Pennsyl- vania, Illinois, New York, Ohio, Cali- fornia and New Jersey. Counting New York district dele- gates selected by primary voting, the 13 States will have 460 delegates in | the Cleveland convention, or nearly half the total of 997. Other States choose their delegates in State and district conventions. New York's eight | delegates-at-large also will be chosen | in this manner. e @aw CHRISTMAS SEALS € The Army first flew air mail in the U.5Moy1918) ' SHOPPING DAY TO CHRISTMAS 'HE first suggestion in this country » that mail be carried by airshins seems to have been made in 1822 by the editor of a paper in Norristown, Pa., who urged the Postmaster Gen- eral to consider the use of a flying ma- chine invented by a James Bennett. Bennett's machine could never be made to fly, however. In 1840 the Senate was requested to appropriate a fund for experimental work in air- mall, but nothing came of it. The first experiment with airmail in the United States was made in May, 1918, when the Army and the Post Office Depart~ ment established an experimental line between New York and Vgashington. lia, and that border imcidents were | likely. The answer to it is that the | clash area is a Communist stronghold | that near its puppet empire of Man- | chukuo. The Japanese have been trying to buy off the Mongol leaders without much success, They always try bayo- nets next. The Pittman speech in Nevada, about the same time, sounded like & second alarm to a Japanese-United States war. No one here responded to that one, either. ‘While Senator Pittman is chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, he spoke on that occasion without of- ficial prompting and under his own personal auspices. His views about the obviousness of Japanese aggres- sion in the Pacific are shared by sev- eral other Congressmen who went with him on the Philippine junket. However, that is a long-range mat- ter, and has been for 20 years. The wise ones here also thought they saw a ray of peace light showing through the lately head- lined British war gloom. Their trans-Atlantic telephone -advices led them to believe that British pessimism was the natural reac- tion to the failure of the Hoare- Laval peace plan. In other words, by laying the war scare on thick, the British officials covered their retreat from their unfortunate peace scheme. No United States authority can say anything officially, but all are well pleased that the scheme failed. They are confident that another, better peace program will eventuate. ARMY METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE JOBS ARE OPEN Applications Will Be Received to Fill Vacancies at Posts in 3d Corps Area. Announcement that applications will be received to fill vagancies in the Army Meteorological Service of the 3rd Corps area was made today at the Bolling Field® headquarters. All enlistments are in the grade of private, with opportunity for ad- vancement after one year. Present vacancies are at Bolling Field, Lang- ley Field and Aberdeen Proving Ground, Applicants are expected to have a high * school education, be of good character and w: interest in the sciencé of sion was increasing in Outer Mongo- | | at the moment. Japan does not like | “Christmas cheer fund.” The organi- zation spent $535 on relief work this Christmas. | Besides its Christmas work the club | also carries on emergency relief activi- ties throughout the year, according to | George D. Sullivan, chairman. All families receiving aid are reported to | the chairman by members, who make | | their own case investigations. | | The baskets distributed today con- | tained bread, coffee, bacon, pork | | shoulder, flour, pancake flour, spa- | ghetti, tea, sirup, butter, lard, potatoes, | salt, sugar, pepper and other articles. The baskets were loaded on trucks | and into private cars in front of the offices of the company in the Munsey Building, where Director William A Van Duzer restricted parking during the day. SLAYER OF FATHER TO ‘TRY TO REPENT’ Farm Girl Shows No Emotion at’ Preacher's Words at Funeral Rites. By the Associated Press. ANADARKO, Okla., December 23.— | Stoical Emma Willis, 18-year-old farm girl who killed her father after | he refused to allow her a date with a boy friend, said dully today “I'll | try to repent.” It was her response to the admoni- | tion of Rev. J. M. Holmes—"Ask God | to forgive you; repent for it, girlie"— | in the funeral sermon for her father, | I. H. Willis, 45, killed as he lay asleep Saturday in their three-room | dwelling “It was the only way, things were | so awful at home,” the round- | cheeked brunette girl said calmly as | she sat in a jail cell awaiting ar- raignment today on a murder charge. “I don't know what I'll say when they take me before the judge,” she | continued. “This may be a disgrace .to my family, but it also was a disgrace for | our neighbors to see how my father | treated all of us. “After I made up my mind to kill my father everything went black. I don’t remember it clearly. I do remember a terrible roar and a| shock when the gun went off. It was | the first time I ever had fired a shot- gun. | “I've always wanted to have my | folks higher in society and to have | nice things. I had to walk five miles | each way every day to go to high school, where I was a sophomore. I never got any new clothes. I had | to work in the fields like a man. My father was a semi-invalid with stomach trouble. He was very cruel and life was very hard for us.” ‘Without & trace of emotion, Emma watched her father’s burial yesterday in a bleak, weed-grown cemetery near the hamlet of Eakly. One arm was about the thin shoulders of her mother, who promised her support. With them were the other Willis children, Leona, 14; Lena, 11; Dee, | 9, and Daniel, 6. “All my husband left us was some unpald notes,” Mrs. Willis said. “He was a hard, high-tempered man. I don’t know how I stood it for the 19 | years of our married life.” An uncle of the girl, L. T. Shields, questioned the girl’s mental condition, saying a son of Willis by a former marriage was in an insane asylum. “The girl seems rational,” com- mented County Attorney Haskell Pugh. 2 PISEARER X PIG CROP MUCH LARGER 80.6 Per Cent Increase Shown by Agriculture Department. The Agriculture ent esti- mated today that the 1935 Fall pig crop would show a 30.6 per cent in- crease gver production in 1934. The combined Spring and Fall cfop of 1935 was estimated at 5 per cent that of 1934, The department id there is a prospective increase of cent in the numl and Unenforceable.” By the Associated Press. dent Juan Vicente Gomez. | Bitter strife for the power the gen- ident Eleazar Lopez Contreras strug- early days of the Gomez regime. Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, where Acting President Lopez and the | rest of the Gomez cabinet were making { a stand against insurrection, was re- ported almost in a state of siege. The threat of martial law was said to hang over the city as Lopez, who is also minister of war, rushed troops here and there to put down disturbances. | One major aspirant to the presi- BOSTON, December 23.—The Fed- dency already was dead. Gen. Eusto- eral Government dropped its appeal quio Gomez, cousin of the late dic- today from Federal Judge Elisha H. tator, had been shot down during & H | ever, Brewster’s decision last May which de- clared the A. A. A. milk license for the Boston market “void and unenforce- able.” No reason for the action was given by Government officials here. revolver battle in the Governor's office. | Others, though, continued to stir up feeling against the new government. Besides Caracas, the cities of Valencia, Merida, Cumana and others were re- ported in the grip of rioting. answer the questions of how and when the actress died, “apparently acci- dental,” a coroner's jury held, from monoxide fumes. | Miss Todd’s maid, May Whitehead, who found the crumpled body in her | big phaeton in a seaside garage last | Monday, was summoned as the first to 112 families, cash was given to 7. gibility of getting a verdict by Christ- | eral wielded for 27 years had left the | witness. country in turmoil as Provisional Pres- | Investigators stated the car had not been removed since a cafe employe Sunday morning. This tended to nul- | lify statements of several persons that LOS ANGELES, December 23.—The | Los Angeles County grand jury looked | IN TODD INQUIRY ™ | | gled desperately to cling to office amid | Placed it in the garage before Miss | bloodshed reminiscent of the violent Todd's return from a Hollywood party | | they had seen the actress driving ml her car Sunday afternoon. A central figure in the inquiry was Roland West, screen director and | Thelma Todd's partner in the side- | | Partner to Be Quizzed. Jurors indicated they would question hira concerning his business and per- sonal relations with the film beauty, whom he said he unwittingly locked out of her quarters above her cafe Sunday morning a week ago. Others summoned included guests at the Hollywood party with Miss Todd a few hours before the time police es- timated she died from carbon monox- ide poisoning. They included: Sid Grauman, theatrical impres- | sario: Pasquale Di Cicco, her former He’s Back for Sixth Year The Star Calendars Give Another Episode in Life of Newsie. E'S 8 good Scout now, but still the same barefoot paper boy with the bandaged toe, the sleeveless red sweater, the white terrier dog and the unfailing smile by which he has won his way into the hearts of thousands of Wash- ingtonians. Proudly extending his left hand in the official grip symbolizing member- ship in the world-wide fellowship of Scouting, the youngster who has adorned Star carrier boy greeting calendars for the last five years en- ters the sixth illustrated episode of his career with the painting on the 1936 calendars. The ‘“newsie” first appeared in 1930. He stood before a pet shop window gazing longingly at an alert little puppy within. An empty leash at his side, a few small coins in the palm of his outstretched hand and a “For Sale—$25" sign in the window told the simple story. All Changed Next Year. On the calendars next year, how- the youngster was emerging from the shop with his new partner straining at the leash before him. The boy in 1932 was pictured giv- ing the dog its first lesson in re- sponsibility. Solemnly perched on an overturned box beside a stack of news- papers, the dog pays strict attention while his master gives final instruc- tions after printing the sign: “Home to Lunch—Back in 10 minits.” ‘The fourth picture of the series shows husband. returning from the East; Arthur Prince, dance director, said the actress was depressed when she left for home, and Margaret Lind- | say, D1 Cicco's companion. in the young master's hand is mute | explanation of the triumphant ex- | pressions of boy and dog. Popularity Well Established. Popularity of the youngster and his canine companion seemed well estab- nished after five years of calendar | decoration on the walls of homes, stores and offices throughout the Dis- | trict. Requests for continuance of the series were numerous. Urging further use of the pair, one admirer wrote: “Just because he has won the ribbon is no reason for quitting.” Consequently, the New York artist, Harry Hintermeister, got busy and | painted his character against the | camp background shown above. Still nolding his papers under one arm | and wearing nis green cap at a| | jaunty angle, the boy holds his scontmaster's hand in the distinctive grip of the national and international organization, while a group of khaki- clad youths smile their approval. The left-handed greeting, in con- trast to the ordinary handshake of civilians, was established by Scout leaders throughout the world for use in connection with all Scout gather- ings. It is intended to have this method serve as a reminder that Scouts belong to a world-wide brotherhood. ‘The newspaper boy’s future is some- what uncertain. It depends upon the desires of Star calendar users and upon the combined imagination of the heads of the.circulation department and of the artist, For the present, however, the “newsie” and dog are set for another year of smiles for Washingtonians as Boy Scout afid mascot, District attorney's investigators es- tablished that the death garage could be filled with a lethal amount of mon- oxide from the automobile’s engine in two minutes. '—g"ar (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) would press for extension of the pres- ent penalties to include an oil em- bargo and perhaps other sanctions, as soon as all Mediterranean coun- tries pledged support for Britain in the event of war. walk cafe beside the Coast Highway. | | who | | tion, | Significance was attached to news | from Paris that the French Atlantic | | fleet had been ordered to leave Brest next month to cruise West African | waters. This would indicate that | powerful units of the French Navy | would be cruising, fully manned and equipped, within easy reach of the Mediterranean. Italian Fascists asserted Eden’s ap- | pointment diminished any hopes for early peace in East Africa. They blame Eden for guiding the Geneva sanctions machine, Duce Is Determined. Official sources in Rome said Il | Duce’s recent declaration in an ad- dress at Pontinia, “We shall march | characterized exactly | In token of Fascism's | straight on,” Italy's policy. determination to pursue its campaign of occupation in Ethiopia, in spite of penalties from the outside for being the “aggressor,” the nation re- newed its resistance to sanctions by tightening its economic belt and mak- ing further sacrifices. The Egyptian government took & second step to tighten its national defense by deciding to retain under i arms for another six months of duty 4,000 troops whose five years of service ‘would have ended December 31. Army reservists already had been retained for another six months. Baldwin's choice of Eden to succeed the resigned Sir Samuel Hoare was expected to mend the breach which had existed in the British cabinet since the Paris peace proposals were made public. Britain announced plans for re- organizing the army by mechanizing the entire cavalry division, including units in Egypt, and converting a number of infantry units into ma- chine gun and rifle battalions. LEAGUE SUPPORT SEEN. Sanctions Continuance Is Predicted in London. (Copyright. 1935 by the Associated Press. LONDON, December 23.—Satisfa tory consultations have been con- cluded, it was learnad today, between the British and French general staffs, involving mutual support by the armies and navies of both countries in case of an attack of Italian des- peration, The revelation came on the heels of the appointment of Anthony Eden as secretary for foreign affairs. His selection gave impetus to great Bri- tain’s fresh policy for application of sanctions against Italy and armed resistance to any hostile action sgainst nations imposing the war penalties. The British staff officers who par- ticipated in the general staff talks, held in Paris, returned to London, but it was revealed they will continue their contacts with the French officers. It was impossible to ascertainm whether the French and British air forces were considered. Official British circles shed no light on the Paris report that the French Atlantic fleet would cruise West Afri- can waters next menth, but in some w, it was believed this was a of the consultations. P4 Andorra, World’s Tiniest Republic; rs for Phones Dispute of France and Spain Keeps 5,000 in Suspense. ANDORRA (#)—Andorra, one of the world’s tinlest republics, is upset because she has no telephones. Her inhabitants, 5,000-strong, threat- en to take action themselves unless | her powerful co-protectors, France | and Spain, end their long-standing | economic feud over the control of Andorra’s unborn telephone system. French linemen started rigging up wires for the new telephone system, but were obstructed by a decision of the General Council of the Valleys, | which refused their assent on grounds they were not consulted beforehand. Spain, taking advantage of the strained relations between Andorra | and the prefect at Perpignan, offered to complete the unfinished work at less cost than France. The General Council -assented, but more political | difficulties presented themselves and | Andorra is stii without telephones. ‘The political status of Andorra was settled in 1278, when its 191 square | miles of territory was placed under the joint suzerainty of the head of the French state and of the Spanish Bishop of Urgel. | TOKID DISEUSSES CHINESE ALLIANCE Co-operation Against Reds in Northern Provinces Is Desired. BACKGROUND— Encountering from China to its program of domi- nation on Asiastic mainland, Japan has found pro-Soviet influence most serious obstacle in ceretain areas. In Mongolia, bordering on Man- chukuo, Russian eflorts have been intensified in maintaining that province as buffer state between Japanese forces and Siberia. Mean- while thin link of trans-Siberian railroad between Russia proper and Pacific Coast has been double- tracked in parts as Soviet prepares for prospective war. Over week end, troops clashed on Manchukuo-Manchuria border, an- other in long series of “border incidents” which have maintained little resistance NAVAL PILOT ACTS QUICKLY IN CRASH Drags Aerographer From Burning Plane at Anacostia. Quick action by Chief Aviation Pilot A. L. Franks, U. §. N, pilot of a Navy plane that turned over and burned in landing yesterday at the Naval Air ' ‘Sulion, in Ana- costia, is believed to have saved the life of Ralph B. Von Stein, aero- grapher, third class. Von Stein was in Naval Hospital to- day suffering from a fractured verte- bra, injuries to his head and minor burns. Physicians held out hope for his recovery. Franks, who es- caped injury, dragged Von Stein from the blazing plane, which was de- stroyed. The crash followed an aerological flight to make weather observation at an altitude of 17,000 feet. It is be- lieved that as the plane came in % land a gust of wind tipped it to one side. A flare on the under side of the wing scraped against the ground was ignited by friction. An of- investigating board was to meet today to fix the cause of the erash. The ship burst .nto flames as it wrned over and but for Franks promptness in dragginz his pas- senger to zafety it would have been impossible to effect. a rescue, naval authorities said. Von Stein, who is 24, was born in Hamilton, Ohio, | and enlisted in the Navy in July, 1929. He has been stationed at Ana- | costia since September. Franks is a native of Portland Oreg., and is 35. He enlisted in the Navy first 1919, and R. B. Van Stein. and ficial A. L. Franks, in November, after returning to civil life re-enlisted in October, 1933. BASKETS GIVEN OUT | i tension for months. | Phillips Wormley Pupils Cany Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press. TOKIO, December 23.—The Japa- nese government has been discussing with Chinese leaders “the general prin- ciple of Sino-Japanese co-operation to prevent a spread of Communist influ- ence” in China’s northern territories, a foreign office spokesman disclosed toda; The spokesman said such Communist influence was not necessarily synony- mous with Soviet Russia, although his disclosure followed statements by mili- tarists that indicated the army in Japanese-advised Manchukuo has launched a campaign for pressure on Soviet-dominated Outer Mongolia The Sino-Japanese conversations have been confined thus far to discus- sion of the principle of anti-Commu-~ nist co-operation, the foreign office representative said, and have not touched details. Chiang’s Assent Claimed. He asserted Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, virtual dictator of the cen- tral Chinese government, has already “accepted in principal” the general | Cheer to Needy Families. Pupils of the Phillips Wormle: Schools were busy today distributing Christmas baskets containing fo and clothing to needy families of chil- dren attending the institution and others in the neighborhood. Christ- mas programs were given Thursday and Friday. School officials and parents of the pupils were guests at the programs. which included plays, recitations and singing of carols. Greetings were read by Miss Mineola Kirkland, supervising principal of division 10. Mrs. Annie Jackson, mother of the principal, was 8 guest at the assembly. M rs.EDa vie Scored By Miss Earhart |For New Deal Slap Flyer Hits G. O. P. Woman Leader for “Politics’ at Dinner. thesis of such Sino-Janapese co-opera- but that the talks have not reached the stage of considering whether it should take the form of a military alliance and what territories By the Associated Press | streets. should be involved. The spokesman saild Soviet news- papers, possibly because they knew such Sino-Japanese talks were in | progress, were printing quantities of anti-Japanese matter, inflaming anti- Japanese feeling. He asserted this feeling had reached such intensity at Khabarovsk that a | member of the Japanese consulate general was recently stoned and that it was unsafe for members of the consulate general to appear in the The Japanese government has already protested the alleged stoning to Moscow. Outer Mongolia Is Target. The spokesman said he had no knowledge of any plans by the Jap- anese Army in Manchukuo to carry out a campaign of military pressure on Outer Mongolia. Statements by Japanese militarists, both in Tokio and in Hsinking, capi- tal of Manchukuo, indicated the mili- tary had embarked definitely on such | a movement, with or without the con- sent of the Tokio government. The militarists attributed the cam- paign to a delimiting of the “am- biguous” boundary between Man- chukuo and Mongolia, and the re- cent border clash at the frontier post of Balun-Bersun, in which several Mongols were reported killed, was considered merely the first incident to come to outside notice. Western China Considered. Articles in the Nationalist press indicated the militarist and imperial- | ist faction of Japan envisioned ex- tension of this campaign even as far as expulsion of Soviet influence from Sinkiang, Western China, as well as| Outer Mongolia. | There was no evidence thus far that the civilian element of the Tokio gov- ernment approved such ambitions, | though the newspaper Miyako as- serted Foreign Minister Koki Hirota intended to negotiate with Nanking and Peiping for a Sino-Japanese anti- | Soviet alliance. | GENERAL MO.TORS GIVES: $25 TO EACH EMPLOYE |§ By the Associated Press. DETROIT, December 23.—General Motors Corp. prepared to send a $5.- 000,000 cash Christmas gift to its 200,000 employes in the United States today. | The gift was announced last night by Alfred P. Sloan, jr, president of | General Motors, who said business improvement at home and abroad “has resulted in a better year for all of us in General Motors.” Corpora tion officials described the $5,000,000 as an “appreciation fund.” Checks for $25 each will be dis- tributed Tuesday to every employe who was ‘in the service July 1, 1935. Executives participating in the reg- ular .bonus fund are excluded.’ Of the total, $2,515,000 will go to workers NEW YORK, December 23.—Amelia Earhart today rebuked Mrs. Preston Davie, founder of the National Repub- lican Builders, for an attack on the Roosewelt administration made at a dinner in Miss Earhart's honor last night. Speaking on the subject “Why ‘Women, Anyway?" at the diner tend- ered Miss Earhart by the Lotos Club, Mrs. Davie urged women to join the fight against the President as it was “not humanly possible that Ameri- can women can want what the ad- ministration is giving them.” “Frankly,” the noted woman fiver rebuked Mrs. Davie today. “I believe the present administration has recog- nized the rights of women far more than ever did its predecessors. | “I was unaware that politics was | to be injected into the meeting. Iam sure that my hosts did not intend to have me or the occasion identified with partisan expression. “It is fine for women to seek better government, but they should be sure | their interests are not selfish. I ‘eel | that some of the evils, so called, which Mrs. Davie deplores, are inevitable re- sults of the type of government she upholds.” Irvin S. Cobb Says: Literary Skunks May Kill Themselves Off in Owmr Perfume. WESTWOOD HILLS, Calif, De= cember 23*—I've just been reading- until I stopped to gag—the latest novel of one of the new school of authors—you know, those so-called realists who mis- “take filth for fice and lewd~ for litera- I wouldn't this person much of a but he is a dirt farmer. I've never be- lieved in censor= ship for creative work, and as re- gards this group, I've always gone on the theory, paraphrasing an old line of an old ballad, that they were more to be pittied than censored. But for the individual offender against common decency—well, when I was a youngster down South, they told me the surest way to destroy & skunk was to pen him under a barrel and just let him smell himself to death on his own personal perfumes. (Oepyright. 1035, by the North (OO e winavér Alliance, X e 3P