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ROUGH SEA TOSSES ROOSEVELT'S SHIP Speed Cut on Last Lap of Journey—Buenos Aires Awaits Arrival. BY the Associated Press. ABOARD THE U. 8. S. CHESTER, AT SEA, November 28.—The cruisers | Indianapolis and Chester, carrying President Roosevelt and his party on the last lap of the trip to Buenos Aires, pitched about today in the | heaviest seas encountered on the whole | 11-day journey from Charleston, 8. C. The port hatches were hurriedly closed as the waves rose last night, after the vessels left Rio de Janeiro to the cheers of thousands who hailed President Roosevelt as an emissary of peace. The Indianapolis and the Chesfer headed straight into the waves, with speed reduced to 21 knots. They were &cheduled to reach Buenos Aires Mon- day, the day before the President is | to attend the opening of the Inter- American Peace Conference which he initiated. ‘With the waves dashing against the | forecastle and portholes on the second | deck, Mr. Roosevelt listened to a broadcast of the Army-Navy foot ball game. Officers of the crew recorded the | plays on a blackboard. President Roosevelt also spent much time on his address to the opening ses- &ion of the Inter-American parley. At 4 pm. the Indianapolis and the Chester were about 800 miles from Buenos Aires. PRESIDENT AWAITED. Buenos Aires Prepares to Offer Gala ‘Welcome. BUENOS AIRES, November 28 (#). =—Buenos Aires put on gala dress to- night for a tumultuous welcome to President Roosevelt when he arrives Monday to open the Inter-American Peace Conference. Posters were plastered throughout the city at the order of Mayor Mariano Readers' Guide and News Summary’ The Sunday Star, Nov. 29, 1936. PART ONE. Main News Section. NATIONAL. November beats record for dividends, Pay raises and bonuses. Page A-1 Constitutional questions among many before Congress. Page A-1 Congressional battle foreshadowed on unemployment tax. Page A-2 Strike headquarters becomes hiring hall as seamen get jobs. Page A-2 A. F. of L. maps approach to truce with rebel unions. Page A-3 Hearings likely on extension of civil service. Page B,1 Housing Committee to discuss land- lord-tenant plan. Page B-2 Nine youths among 23 young men in Bing Sing death house, Page B-2 FOREIGN. Regiment of Ecuadorean army revolts. Page A-1 Litvinoff flays Tokio-Berlin pact as peril to peace. Page A-1 Chinese await counter attack against 8uiyuan defenders. Page A-2 Selection of Sulu's Sultan may cause upheaval. Page B-2 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Santa Claus, week early, to instruct toy campaign couriers. Page A-1 Chairman Norton to abolish House D. C. subcommittees. Page A-1 Ickes gets results with “charm school” for building guards. Page A-1 ‘Washington ponders role of Durian in “Wingless Victory.” Page A-3 Dividend payments to depositors speeded by two banks. Page B-1 Long-range plan for tuberculosis treat- ment developed. Police widen search for pair in ab- duction of sentry. Page B-1 SPORTS. Navy scores near close to defeat Army by 7 to 0. . Page B-6 L. 8. U. scores over Tulane to boom | TRose Bowl hopes. Page B- | Coaches find it difficult to pick all- | America eleven. Page B-7 | Eleanor Holm eager to have A. A. U | answer some questions. Page B- ‘Tony Manero, with 140, paces August: de Vedia and every one of the city's 2.300,000 residents was asked to display Argentine flags Monday in salute. The posters praised the United States President, not only because he is “writing history in one of the most transcendant moments of modern life, but he comes to Buenos Aires to cement the permanent benefits of peace.” Mr. Roosevelt was declared worthy | of high honor as “chief of the Nn-{ tion which in every sense is the largest of the continent” who has “just been ratified by his people by a great ma- Jority.” Petition Against War. ‘There were plans also for a cere-| mony unique to the Argentine—tribute to feminine protagonists of peace who intend to present a petition against war bearing 2,000,000 signatures from the Americas. The petition will be presented Wed- nesday at City Hall following Presi- dent Roosevelt's departure. Mayor de Vedia will receive the petition from Caroline O'Day and Mabel Vernon, fiying from New York, and their col- leagues. The program for greeting Mr. Roose- wvelt, simplified considerably at his re- quest, will be: The President will arrive Monday afternoon aboard the cruiser Indian- apolis to be escorted into the harbor by the United States destroyer Phelps and seven Argentine warships. Will Ride to Embassy President Agustin P. Justo and members of his cabinet will welcome Mr. Roosevelt, who then will ride to the United States Embassy in Palermo Park. Later the two Presidents will ex- ehange official visits, Mr. Roosevelt will receive several hundred members of the United States colony here, and will dine quietly at the embassy. The President will deliver his address at the opening of the Inter- American Congress at 6 p.m. Tuesday | (4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time) after | @ day of sightseeing. | He will be a dinner guest of | President Justo with other Inter- American representatives and Argen- tine officials and depart Wednesday | afternoon for the homeward trip via Montevideo. Secretary Hull Confers. Secretary of State Cordell Hull, official conference representative for | the United States, spent the day here | in informal conferences. His visitors | included Carlos = Saavedra Lamas, Argentine foreign minister and Nobel Prize winner. Secretary Hull said his series of eonferences with various Inters American delegations indicated a friendly spirit of co-operation and barmonious teamwork among the delegates in efforts to assure adoption of an effective program for peace. —_— FIVE BLACK LEGION SLAYERS GET LIFE| Detroit Mixed Jury Out 7 Hours | in Case of Veteran's Thrill Murder. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, November 28.—Five al- leged members of the Black Legion charged with the “thrill killing” of & oolored World War veteran were con- victed of first-degree murder tonight by a jury in Recorder’s Court. The mandatory penalty is life imprison- ment, ‘The seven women and five men jur- ors reported their verdict at 11 o’clock (Eastern standard time), slightly less than seven hours after they started their deliberations. Recorder's Judge Donald Van Zile, who instructed the jury it could either find the defendants guilty of murder in first degree or acquit them, said he ‘would pronounce the sentences Priday. Three of the defendants, Harvey Davis, John Bsnnerman and Ervin D. Lee, already are under life sentence for the Black Legion “execution” of Charles Poole last May, the case which first brought activities of the hooded night-riders to attention of law en- forcement authorities. The other defendants are Charles Rouse and James Roy Lorance. Dayton ‘Dean, two-gun “trigger- Wife of Navy Officer Dies. PANAMA CITY, Panama, Novem- ber 28 (/). —Mrs. Willlam Baggaley, wife of the chief of staff of the fif- | Traffic convictions. | open golf tourney. Page B-8 | five players. Page B9 Nationals gain scant batting honors during 1936 season. Page B-10 Roman Soldier scores at Bowie to make Maryland sweep. Page B-11 Rose is named auto racing king. with | Meyer second. Page B-11 MISCELLANY. Washington Wayside. Lost and found. Obituary. Page A-2 Page A-3 Page A-12 Page A-§ Page A-6 Page A-12 City news in brief. Marriage licenses. PART TWO. Editorial Section. | Editorial articles. Editorials and comment. | Civic news. Military and veterans’ news. | Women’s clubs. | Parent.teacher news. | | Cross-word puzzle. Stamps. ! Resorts. Educational. | PART THREE. ‘, Society Section. | Society news. Pages E-1-11 | well-known folk. Page E-6 Barbara Bell pattern. Page E-11 PART FOUR. Feature Section. News features. Pages F-1-4 | John Clagett Proctor, Page | Dick Mansfield. Page | Radio programs. Page | | Amusements. Page | Automobiles, Page F. Aviation. Page | Secrets of Secret Service. Page { Children's Page Highlights of history, Page PART FIVE. Financial, Classified. Trade and industry rise, Page Rail orders cheer steel men. Dividends reach huge total. Stocks move up (table). | Corporate bonds improve (table). Curb list higher (table). ‘Winning contract, Public Library. Classified advertising. D-2 D-4 Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page -8 D-9 F-2 F-2 -3 F.5 -6 6 6 F. F. F F: F 7 Page Page Page Page Page Page Page G-5 Pages G-5-1 MOLLISON TO LEAVE ON CAPE TOWN FLIGHT Plans to Take Off This Morning in Attempt to Estab- lish Record. BY the Assoclated Press. LONDON, November A 20.—Capt. James A. Mollison announced to- night he and Co-pilot Edouard Cor- niglion-Molinier would take off to- morrow morning on an attempted Africa, if weather permits. Mollison said they hoped to reach Cairo, Egypt, before nightfall for their only halt. Mollison has been planning the Capetown flight, in an effort to break the record held by his wife, Amy Johnson Mollison, since he landed in England October 30 at the end of a ;eom-.mmnnx Eastward Atlantic p. Mrs. Mollison, who recently an- nounced she would use her maiden name in her flights, established a mark of three days, six hours, 26 minutes for the England-to-Capetown journey May 7. Then she returned to England in four days, 16 hours, 18 minutes, to establish new records for both the Northbound journey and the round trip. $31,500 IN GOLD SEIZED Iberian Anarchist Member Held at Border by French. PERPIGNAN, Prance, November 28 () —French customs officials seized gold valued at 700,000 francs ($31,500) today from a car which they said was driven across Spanish border by member of Tberian Anarchist Federation.. Authorities turned the gold over to the Bank of Prance and charged the Spaniards with trying to bring gold in without authorization. TU. 8.-Costa Rica Treaty Signed. . SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, November 28 (A).—The United States and Costa Rica today signed a trade treaty which United States Minister - Leo Sack said would stimulate Costa Rican teenth naval district -in the Canal Zone, died suddenly today at her home in Balboa, - ) ‘exports. Luis Fernandes, foreign minister, signed the treaty for his eountry. Page B-1 Georgetown leads on D. C. eleven with | Pages D-1-3 | one-stop flight to Capetown, South | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C, NOVEMBER 29, 1936—PART ON FIGHTINGONGRESS ON TAX EXPECTED Failure of States to Qualify for Unemployment Levy Benefits Cited. B the Associated Press, A battle in Congress over the un- employment taxes was foreshawoded yesterday by a survey showing about half the States have no plans' to qualify for the 1936 benefits before the December 31 deadline. Officials in several States were counting on an extension of the time for qualifying, despite administration opposition. But in others, there was renewed talk of convening the Legis- latures in special sessions to enact unemployment insurance so the States could get their share of the taxes that must be paid anyway. Preparations were under way at the Social Security Board to make public estimates of the amounts States will lose, unless they join in with the Fed- eral law. This was designed as an added inducement for early action. A credit of up to 90 per cent against the Federal tax is allowed employers for whatever they pay in State un- employment taxes. R. Gordon Wagenet, director of the unemployment bureau at the Security Board, expressed satisfaction at the turn of events since the Supreme Court on Monday upheld the New York State law. Events of Week Cited. “More has happened this week to promote the insurance idea than in ny week since enactment of the Fed- eral law in 1935,” he said. Hardly had the highest court spoken, on a four-to-four division, than ih- quiries from the States about their position rained upon the Security Board. The Legislatures of Pennsyl- vania and Maryland were called into ssion for December 1 and 5 re- pectively, to conform to the Federal program. Arizona joined up on Wed- nesday, with a statute effective in 90 days unless vétoed by Gov. Moeur. That same day the California Supreme | Court upheld the law of that State. Colorado yesterday became the six- | teenth State to have its law approved by the Security Board. The Legis- | latures of Connecticut and Oklahoma | have the problem up. Action in | Oklahoma 1s expected next week. Studies of the requirements to share under the Federal law were sped in Maine, New Jersey and Vir- |ginia. Special legislative sessions in !the next fortnight or so were con- sidered probable in those States. Un- | | official talk of a session was heard in Delaware. Kump Defers Decision. Gov. Kump of West Virginia dis- cussed the situation with the Penn- sylvania and Virginia Governors by telephone, but deferred a decision whether to summon the Legislature. | Gov. Holt of Montana said he was “looking into the matter carefully.” In Arkansas, Gov. Futrell has offered | to call a session if requested by Gov.- elect Bailey, who thus far has made no request. Planning no special session now, | Gov. Chandler of Kentucky expressed the belief that Congress would amend the law and said he would summon States where no immediate session !is planned include: Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas. Michigan, Minnesota, Mis- | souri, Nebraska, Nevada, North Caro- lina, New Mexico North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont and Washington. ‘The Washington law recently was | invalidated. A new one is planned when the Legislature meets in Janu- ary. | Whatever happens in the next { month, a number of other Legislatures |are expected to take up the question {in January. Failure to share in the proceeds of the 1 per cent tax on States from sharing in the 2 per cent tax for 1937. Among those planning to advocate pate in the 1936 fund is Senator-elect Herring of Iowa, now Governor. The question of participation will be left to regular session of the Legislature there, meeting on January 11. ‘The tax on workers’ wages, under fire in labor and some other quarters, was defended by an administration official yesterday as an effective con-. trol against excessive pension demands in the future. W. R. Williamson, actuarial con- sultant to the Social Security Board, spoke out in an interview in vigorous defense of the levy which is scheduled to go into effect January 1, at the rate of 1 per cent, against the wages of 26,000,000 workers to be covered by the Government’s old-age pension system. A similar amount will be col- lected from the workers’ employers. Williamson's defense of the tax, first to come publicly from a Federal se- curity official since the election, closely | followed disclosure that the American | Federation of Labor will ask Congress | to reduce workers’ contributions to the old-age benefits and make up the difference by general taxation. Curb on Pensions Seen. Williamson, long connected Wwith the Travelers’ Insurance Co. before joining the administration, said the tax on workers' wages would let them know that the cost of “social budget- ing” against old age must be paid by the publie. “When demands for the payment of fantastic pensions are made,” he said, “the public will realize that granting them would mean more taxes. I believe that will establish an effective and thoroughly demo- cratic control.” Biggest value of the controverted tax, he added, will be to introduce the majority of the 26,000,000 workers to the “privilege” of contributing di- rectly and consciously to the cost of government. “It will treat them as adult citizens, able to bear the thought of contribut- ing to their Government, instead of treating them as children and col- lecting from them in hidden taxa- tion,” he said. He added the plan extends Fed- eral income taxes “in & democratic fashion” to the lower income brackets, the Government st the ssme time agreeing to undertake the new func- tion of paying old-age benefits to the taxpayers. European countries have found they had to use the contributory principle in financing security systems, Wil- liamson said, and private lnn;nneo companies in this country have found that group insurance grows much more rapidly when employes con- tribute than when employers pay the full premiums. He expressed belief that the tax will be well received when it actually The Writing on the Wall Toys (Continued From First Page.) others, more fortuante, to make it a day of rejoicing for all. Santa Claus’ Message. ‘The text of Santa’s message follows: “ARRIVED WASHINGTON AIR- | PORT EVENING DECEMBER 18. | PROCEED SHOREHAM HOTEL, | WHERE HONOR GUEST AT CELE- | BRATION“ AND SPECIAL TOY | SHOW BENEFIT STAR-WARNER BROS.-N. B. C. CAMPAIGN. URGE | WASHINGTONIANS SUPPORT THIS NECESSARY CHARITY. WISHING YOU EVEN BETTER SUCCESS THAN IN PAST YEARS. REGARDS.” | The arrival of the first citizen of the world is expected almost to coincide | with that of the first citizen of the {‘c-pxul and the Nation, President | Roosevelt. Returning after a month’s absence in South America, preaching | | the doctrines of peace in the Western | toward men, will have as a visitor in John Hancock. as all school children like this alert pupil at the Gales School should know, wrote his signature to the Decla- ration of Independence in characters so large that King George could “read it without his spectacles.” tactics, the author of this declaration of a small cherished desire is hoping Santa Claus will read the writing on the wall from his faraway land. Santa will be able to read thousands of messages like this with the help of The Star- Warner Bros.-N. B. C. Christmas toy campaign and the Police Department’s annual Chnstma{’ party. ! mark, then look at the date and sa .and distribute the gifts you'll leave | school. Hemisphere, the President, 85 a0 compaign to gll school children. “S" apostle of peace on earth, good Will | 45 The Star, which carries to you " | information about how to help. “W” the Capital of his Government the |y for Warner Bros, which provides | the legislators after that action. Other author of that ideal, who returns after | the movie entertainment. N. B. C.| CHINESE AWAITING || W ashington GOUNTER ATTACK Japanese and Mongols Re- g e i Adopting the same girl’s most —Star Staff Photo. begs you to mark December 19— that's a Saturday morning—on your | calendar. But don’t just make a “What's that for?” Go to the special matinees and bring a new toy or arti- cle of clothing. “That police aren't just a collection of old meanies who go around putting | tickets on your car and chasing little boys from base ball games in alleys. | (I knew this before, but bet & lot of | you didn’t.) Beneath their metal badges beat hearts- that are anything but metal, unless they are gold. They're undertaking to help collect in the theater lobbies (and you and you and you!) P.-T. A Spreading Message. “That teachers are not fussy old cross-patches who keep kids after | Six of them recently passed the hat among themselves to prevent | a family of eight from eviction. Write that out 100 times! The District Congress of Parent-Teacher Associa- tions is spreading the message of this ported Massing for Aveng- ing Drive in Suiyuan. BACKGROUND— Japanese penetration of North China, started in earnest with domination of Manchuria in 1932 and creation of Manchukuo, gained momentum in 1935 when Japan backed “autonomy” moves of five North China provinces. Since then Japan, using Mongol and Manchu- rian troops drilled by Jagpanese, has endeavored to clinch its hold and penetrate south and east. Chinese opposition now centered in Suiyuan Province. Japanese answer Chinese protests by asserting they desire only to lend China “assist- ance” in developing industries and natural resources. BY the Associated Press. KALGAN, China, November 29 (8unday) —Chinese reports trickling in here from the snow-buried fastness to the northwest today said Japanese and Mongol legions were massing for an avenging drive against Suiyuan’s victorious defenders. The focal point of the concentra- tion, according to the insistent re- ports, was Shangtu, once historic Xanadu, the Mongol capital from which Kubla Khan ruled half the known world. | From the famous city, the name of which alone is a rallying ery throughout Mongolia, the Chinese charge the attack will be launched to extend Japanese influence over inner Mongolia and revenge the capture of strategic Pailingmiao. The gates of the ancient city, which once resounded with the thunder of the great Khan's conquering Mongol hordes, were tightly closed as Japanese advisers of Prince Teh Wang, Chinese charge, reorganized his shattered ir- reguiar battalions. ‘The Japanese have ordered, accord- ing to Chinese, 30 fighting planes, numerous tanks, armored trucks and a regiment of heavy artillery to con- verge on Shangtu. Await Passing of Snows. ‘There, reports insist, they will be merged with Manchukuoan and Mon- | golian regulars to await the passing of the present terrific cold arid heavy snows to attack the Chinese legions Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. CHECK-UP. NTO one of the railroad agencies which deals entirely in domestic transportation, there wandered yesterday a woman who wanted full details on a trip to Buenos Aires. “I'll look it up,” said the girl at the desk. “It's out of our line, you know.” She did look it up, tgo, coming back with full information as to time of round trip, cost, etc. The woman cus- | tomer took down all the data of the | report submitted to her, then went over to a seat to study them. Things like that might surprise you, or us, but they are not surprising to those who work in transportation departments. The girl who dug up ihe information just waited, feeling sure she would know what it was all | about before the woman left the place. What's more, she was right. After considering all angles of the subject, the woman finally came over to her and said: “I was not going to Buenos Aires | myself. I was just thinking of the | President’s trip. Personally I don’t | think he will be back in time for in- auguration.” £ xx % TOM. Thanks to Mrs. John W. Mc- Ewen, we could tell you something more about the cat mentioned .in this column last Monday, the one who attracts so much attention when he leads some one around on his leash. Our operative said the cat obviously is of royal blood. Miss | McEwen, who owns him, says he is not, which just goes to show the deceptive quality of obviousness. The cat’s name is Tom; he is the ‘master of the art of cajolery, espe= 30 J0BS AWARDED STRIKING SEAMEN Headquarters in New York Becomes Hiring Hall as Hundreds Vie for Posts. BY the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 28.—A strike headquarters was turned into a hiring hall for the first time in Fast Coast shipping history today, as seve eral hundred seamen vie uproariouse | ly for 30 jobs. The session was a sequel to an agreement signed yesterday by strike leaders and officials of the affiliated Prudential and Transoceanic Cos., op- erators of three freighters. A representative of the operating companies came to strike headquar- ters to hire 30 seamen to man the coastwise freighter, Santa Tecla, of New Orleans, at wages almost two- thirds higher than the previous rate of pay. Strike officials settled priority for the jobs on the basis of the amount of picketing done by applicants and the length of time since they regis- tered for the strike. Strike offices of officers’ unions also were requested to supply three mates, | four engineers and a radio operator | for the San Tecla. ; The American Steamship Owners' | Association denied any “blockade” of shipping existed here on other than intercoastal lines, affected by the of- ficial West Coast maritime strike. The association stated “approxi- mately only 1,000 men have been en- gaged in the outlaw seamen's strike" in New York harbor “at any one time.” It asserted 17,002 “different” men have sailed from the port on 322 dif- ferent vessels, eliminating repetitions of sailings since the strike began Oc- tober 29. With the sailing of the Santa Paula this afternoon Gmace Line officials pointed out three of their vessels have left port on schedule in two days de- spite strike activities. The Santa Inez and Chimu sailed yesterday. cially when it comes to gold- | digging salmon; he does mnot live. | in the doctor’s home, but with the McEwen’s at 3602 New Hampshire: and. even without royal blood, he | is a grend and terribly intelligent cat. * % ¥ % WITNESSES. POLICEMAN appearing in court against a man charged with assault almost lost his case the other lay, and won out only after he had | rescued his three witnesses from Paul | | McGee, court bailiff. | McGee was hearing eight prison- | ers who had been sentenced in the “drunk court” through the aisle of | dug in in Eastern Suiyuan Province. ‘The first drive against the Suiyuan defenders last week ended in a de- cisive defeat at the important towns of Wuchuan and Pailingmiao, where Gen. Fu Tso-Yl's well-trained loyllf Chinese troops decimated the irregu- | lar battalions in hand-to-hand street fighting. the United States branch just as The seamen's Strike Committee claimed today that 86 shipe are tied up here and 11284 seamen on strike in Atlantic ports. About 350 striking seamen were ejected this morning from the lobby of the Seamen's Church Institute. The seamen, unable to pay for their lodging, had refused to leave An appeal was filed on behalf of the International Seamen’s Union against Circuit Judge Murray Hulbert's denial of an injunction to restrain two men who hold disputed offices in the Ma= | rine Piremen, Oilers and Watertend= ers’ Union from interfering with exe isting contracts with ship owners. After the disputed election the two men called a strike. Officers of the I. Gen. Fu, his rear well guarded, and | Charles Driscoll, court clerk, was call- S. U., the parent union, have opposed his flanks freed of the threat of at- tack from the captured towns, short- ened his defense line all along the Suiyuan-Chahar border. Prince Teh had held Pailingmiao | since he set up his inner Mongolian political council there last year in a demand for an autonomous govern- ment. When the central government curtly refused his demand, Prince Teh, Chinese say, came under the ing witnesses in the assault case. The strenuously the insurgent strike of witnesses slid out of their seats and seamen here. got tangled up in the line of prisoners. PEACE EFFORTS PUSHED. | McGrady Announces He Will Offer | New Arbitration Plan. SAN FRANCISCO, November 23 (®)—Peace efforts on the maritime strike front went forward in two direce | tions tonight on the heels of comple- tion of Government plans to man | an absence of a year. | is for N. B. C,, which is giving many | Santa Claus’ radiogram was not the hours of radio time to this appeal. | only communication which The Star “My girl Friday has left a note for received from him today. By airmail | me saying that Frank La Falce over influence of Japanese seeking to in- | Crease their sphere of influence in inner Mongolia. “On downstairs, get on downstairs,” McGee insisted as the three balked | at going down to the cell biock. | 1936 pay rolls will not disqualify the | | more time for the States to partici-| came a dispatch which proved con- | gt Warner Bros. writes to please re- clusively that the merry twinkle in the old fellow’s eye is not just skin deep, or, rather, iris deep. Not Fossil Whiskers Imply. “Let's talk about this campaign of | {ours in the chatty language of the‘ gossip columnist,” he wrote. “Too| many people are inclined to associate me and mine with old-fashioned fol- | de-rol. Well, that was all right in its day, but I'm not the old fossil that my whiskers imply. I'm a streamlined, air-conditioned, fast-fiying Santa Claus. For sentiment’s sake I use a sleigh and reindeers on Christmas eve, Furthermore, I can clinb down the chimney of the smallest apartment, “Like my old and dear friend Will Rogers (rest his soul), all I know is what I read in the papers, and among the things I never knew till now are: “That police stations, although sometimes called ‘coolers’, do mnot have ice boxes. So if you're expecting been talking about, don’t give perish- able food. The police, you see, collect and distribute these Christmas gifts and things like chickens and fresh vegetables spoil while awaiting dis- tribution at the precinct stations. “That some of the needy children reached by the campaign last year were grievously disappointed when they found packages they thought were fllled with toys contained only old telephone books. This won't hap- pen again. It was because the dumm{ | packages had been placed “for effect |around the bases of Christmas trees in the theater lobbies, where children and grown-ups left their contributions as the price of admission to the spe- cial matinees. “That there will be 11 Warner Bros.’ toy matinees this year. Mrs. Claus’ boy, Santa, implores, beseeches and N IMPORTANT message to the Nation on industrial prepared-y, A be delivered by Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring next Monday night in & Nation-wide radio address over the National Radio Forum. “Industrial Mobilization, or Supply Preparedness” will be the subject of Secretary Woodring’s address—his first appearance under auspices of the Forum. It will be the third of a series of important speeches on national tapics arranged by The Star and broadcast weekly over a coast-to-coast network of the National Broadcasting Co. The broadcast will be heard locally over Station WRC. to give food to this campaign I've| member that the downtown matinees December 19 at the Earle and Metro- politan will begin at 9 am., an hour earlier than those at the love-thy- neighborhoods . The drammer of gold seems to be one of the chief topics of the flickers to be shown | . It's to be “Yellow Dust” at the | avoy and “Desert Gold” at the | York . . . None of it dross, either . . .| For those that like the funnies in- stead of the shoot-fast Capt. Flagg | type of Hollywood melodrama, there's | |a litter of Mickey Mice, leagues of but I do most of my errands by planc. | ness for national defense will | Popeye and several yards of Joe E. Brown's dental and tonsil exhibits. “Orchids to Harry Berkley at N. B. C. for four special radiocasts, the | 4 | first next Wednesday and the others | despite my walstline. | on the two following Wednesdays . . . Scallions to any who think that there isn't any such person as me.” Place of Matinees. The toy matinees Columnist Claus was talking about are as follows: Metropolitan—Joe E. Brown in Warner Bros.' “Earthworm Tractors.” Earle—Jane Withers in the Twen- tieth Century-Fox production, “Paddy O'Day.” Tivoll — Freddie Bartholomew in United Artists’ “Little Lord Fauntle- Toy.” Ambassador—Harold Lloyd in the Paramount picture, “The Milky Way.” Uptown—Laurel agg Hardy in M-G-M’s “Bonnie Scotland.” Penn-Laurel and Hardy in M-G-M's “Bohemian Girl.” . Apollo—Eleanor Whitney in the Paramount picture, “Timothy's Quest.” Home—Joe E. Brown in Warner Bros.' “Sons o’ Guns.” York—Buster Crabbe in the Para- mount production, “Desert Gold.” Colony—Jane Withers in the Twen- tieth Century-Fox picture, “Little Miss Nobody.” Savoy—Richard Dix in R-K-O's “Yellow Dust.” Woodring to Talk in Forum INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE I8 TOPIC. SECRETARY OF WAR WOODRIN Retained Military Garrison. Although he disbanded the political council, he retained a military garri- son at Pailingmiso to be used as & base for the drive against Suiyuan. Kalgan was alive with rumors, some claiming that the irregula had evacuated Shangtu, others saying that two divisions of Manchukuoan troops had arrived there from Jehol Province. Most Kalgan sources inclined to the latter reports of troop movements, believing that at least one Jehol Manchukuoan division was approch- ing the ancient capital of Kubla Khan. This division was being replaced in Jehol by Manchukuoan troops from Mukden, it was generally be- lieved. Heavy movements of troop trains, clogging the Mukden Chang-Te-Fu Jehol Rallway to capacity, were reported. The fact that Shangtu is in one of the most isolated areas in all Asia “Hey, wait & minute,” yelled the of- ficer, “you've got my Witnesses there.” | The assault case proceeded after | two women and & man were “rescued.” | k%% INSCRIPTION. GUARD stationed at the Penn- | sylvania avenue entrance to the new Archives Building, Constitution | and Pennsylvania avenues, was curi- ous to know what caused so many old | folks to stop and gaze at the building | with such unusual interest. Showing | an alert and courteous attention to the aged visitors, with many a cau- | tious inquiry he was much surprised { to learn that while the Greek archi- tecture and elegance and grandeur of the building were appreciated, what seemed to hold a wider and enthrall- | ing sentimental appeal was the in . scription carved on the granite ped-‘ estal situated just to the left of the | entrance on the Avenue, which read: | THE PAST 1S PROLOGUE. *x x % LADDER. Alaska-bound emergency ships Operators and union representatives met to consider a final move toward bringing peace in the coastwise shipe ping trade. Assistant Secretary of Labor Edward F. McGrady announced he would pre= sent immediately & new general peace proposal calling on Labor Department representatives to serve permanently as arbitrators of day-to-day disputes between ship owners and unions. The Masters, Mates and Pilots’ Union signed a contract to permit manning of the Alaska ships. thereby completing negotiations between the | Government and the strikers for ree suming service to the northern terrie tory. Col. O. F. Ohlson, Government rep= resentative, then chartered the 375« foot fishing ship Arctic and union men began preparing her for a quick de- parture northward. She is to load at Seattle. In Washington Interior Secretary Ickes said the 800-ton Government ship Boxer would leave Seattle about November 30 with the first emergency supplies for Alaska. The territory made it impossible to verify the de-| tails of these reports, but foreign | opinion here concurred with the | stitious was clearly evidenced on ‘HAT Washingtonians are super- | has been without service since the strike started October 30. ‘The Matson liner Monterey, first Chinese claims that a punitive drive is being prepared to avenge Pail- ingmiao. The Japanese are considered here to be smarting under the costly de- feats which have extended Chinese influence further into Mongolia than at any time in recent years. OPERATIONS “NECESSARY” Offensive Cannot Be “Questioned,” National Government Asserts. NANKING, November 29 (Sunday) (®)—A foreign office spokesman of the Chinese national government said today that China’s military offensive in Suiyuan Province “cannot be ques- tioned by any foreign state.” “The military operations in Sui- yuan,” the statement sald, “have been necessitated by the government's sacred trust to protect its territory and its people. “China is within its sovereign rights, which cannot be questioned by any foreign state.” THREATS HELD “BLUFF” Gen. Fu's Headquarters Unworried by Reprisal Hints. KWEISUL Suiyuan Province, China, November 29 (Sunday) (P)—Military headquarters of Gen. Fu Tso-Y1 de- clared today that alleged Japanese threats of retaliation for his capture of Pailingmiao were merely “bluff.” The threat of reprisal which Gen. Fu's headquarters recently announced had been received from the Japanese Manchukuoan * high command at Kwantung were not taken seriously said, “by the Kwantung army in the hope Gen. Fu would discontinue his advarice toward Chahar as the Kwan- tung army’s position in Chahar is in- secure, due to defections of irregular and Mongol troops.” Planes of the’ irregular troops con- tinue to fly over Eastern Suiyusn, Chi- nese claim, bombing Suiyuanese po- sitions “but without serious result.” Ship Sinks in Storm. BEAUFORT, N. C. November 28 | & busy downtown corner recently. A ship to reach here from Hawaii in |long and ominous-looking ladder | leaned squarely up from the pavement | “o a nice new sign being placed over | the doorway of one of the city’s older | banking houses. | Expressions changed like a flash ‘when prospective borrowers, depositors and check cashers came face to face | with the forbidding object of sus- | picion, a foot ball player might well | have gotten some new pointers in the art of fleld reversing had he been there to witness the spur-of-the-mo- | ment shift of thought to action as | the scurrying beings stepped to one | side or the other to avoid in any way walking under the ladder. Some of the broker boys who work | upstairs were standing oa the corner ioflenng odds as to whether any one | would pass directly under the inno- | cently leaning means of ascent. *xx = CONTRIBUTION. The election—remember it?—is something that happened long ago, but you may mot have heard the story of the tari driver who dropped into Democratic National Headquarters shortly before the population went to the polls. “I'm for Roosevelt” he an- nounced, ‘“‘and I haven't any money to contribute to the cam- paign, but I thought that after the election you might use this.” It was a list of license numbers of cors which, he said, had deen carrying Landon - for - President astickers. —————— THUMB GONE, MAN DIES Former Succumbs 12 Days After Digit Is Torn Off by Cow. served as Governor of Kansas.|ngtional Radio Forum. President Rooseyelt appointed him 0| . o 14reey will be delivered from the “little cabinet” early in his first (®).—The North State, 75-foot ship! HOLLAND, N.Y., November 28 (#).— of the Menhaden fishing fleet here, | His thumb torn off 12 days ago when late today after it was whipped | & cow he was leading by a rope on the Cape Lookout shoals by s bolted, William Milleville, 60, a farmer, heavy southwest wind. died last night. Milleville had tied one Lookout . Coast Guard | end of the rope around the cow’s neck erew rescued the crew of 35. and the other to his thumb. L} 4 more than 10 days, docked in San Francisco today with 477 passengers, while pickets estimated by police at 200 stood about. The passengers boarded the Mon- terey off the coast of Oahu after being floated to the ship by & pineapple barge—to prevent the créew from join- ing the widespread maritime strike. 'LAUREL MAN KILLED BY AUTO NEAR HOME Buchanan Hyatt, 78, Crossing ‘Washington-Baltimore Boule- vard When Hit. B3 & Staft Correspondent ot The Btar. LAUREL, Md, November 28— Buchanan Hyatt, 78, was killed late today when struck by an automobile while crossing the Washington-Balti~ more Boulevard a few yards from his residence. State Policeman Vernon Spicer re= ported he was hit by an auto driven by Clarence E. Beasman, also of Laurel. Beasman was released on his personal recognizance. Police said the driver declared he could not see Hyatt until it was too late to avoild the mishap. Hyatt was pronounced dead on the scene by Dr. B. P. Warren. An inquest is to be held by Justice of the Peace John I. Trobaugh at the latter’s home in Elkridge, 3 " miles north of here, at 8 p.m. Friday. Hyatt's body was removed to the funeral parlor of Lioyd Kiser, here. FENE TR MOTOR SHIP LAUNCHED Tokio’s New Plane Carrier tains 20-Knot Speed. TOKIO, November 29 (Sunday) {(#)~The 9,000-ton airplane motor ship Chjtose was launched today at the Kure Naval Yard. The Chitose—a vessel from which airplanes can be catapulted into the air—will have 15,000 horsepower, & speed of 20 knots and four highe angled guns. Prince Hirovafu Pushimi, chief of the naval staff, and Navy Minister Osami Nagano attended the lsunch- ing. At