Evening Star Newspaper, July 28, 1937, Page 3

NOW I EAT LOBSTER Upset Stomach Goes in Jiffy with Bell-ans ELL-ANS FOR IN_DIGES"ION Broiled Maine Lobster Luncheon ___ 75c ESTASLISHED 1858 (44 FAMOUS RESTAURANT TWODISTRICT MEN INPEIPING GUARD 'Marines Protect Americans and Embassy During Fight With Japan. While Secretary Hull, apprehensive of danger to 1,300 Americans in Pei- i ping, attempted to promote an agree- ment which would prevent fighting in | the ancient walled capital of the Man- hus, a United States gnard, commanded by a i and including two ers, manned the walls compound in the foreign settle- Alr Conditioned. LAWYERS' BRIEFS COMMERCIAL PRINTING ADVERTISING SERVICE BYRON S. ADAMS J Nver Diaggoornt LN 110 Conn. Ave etary Hull, in messages sent to the Chinese and Japanese governments ixmuugh Nelson T. Johnson, Ambas- | sador to China, and Joseph Grew, | Ambassador to Japan, expressed the hope Peiping, with its large foreign | colony, would be spared. — | The Americans 1n Peiping include A A | 675 clvilians registered at the em- . Upholstering Work | bassy, the Marine Corps guard, con- | sisting of 22 officers and 489 enlisted 2020 M ST. N.W. | men, and nearly 100 wives, children Let Haley's Do It Right! {]lor other dependents of the enlisted |men of the guard. A number of the Americans are doctors and nurses at- tached to the Peiping Union Medical College and Hospital, one of the larg- est institutions in the Far East Col. Marstor: Commands Guard. The Marine guard in Peiping is| commanded by Col. John Marston of | Merion Station, Pa., an officer who bears little resemblance to the hard- boiled “lentherneck” of fiction, Quiet and affable, Col. Marslon is never spotted for a Devildog when he wears civilian clothes, it was recalled by his friends here in the Navy Department He has the reputation, nevertheless, of being a strict disciplinarian and has had ample experience in the kind of work he faces in Peiping. From 1916 to 1918 he was an in- spector in the Haitian Garde, and | from 1929 to 1931 served in the Nica- | raguan Gardia, winning the Nica- raguan Medal of Merit in 1930.. .For | two years he was attached to the American Legation in Nicaragua. Col. Marston was with the Marines at the occupation of Vera Cruz in | 1914, has pursued bandits in North- | ern Haiti and prior to his assignment | to Peiping served as personnel officer | of the Marine Corps in Washington | | for three years. | The colonel is married and has three children. His wife and one | daughter, married to Capt. John S.| Letcher, a member of the Embas: staff, are with him at Peiping. An- other daughter, wife of Capt. 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LUCKEY, Hyattsville, Md. and that they are not in dispute with the contractors. Under these circum- stances, they insist they have no | grounds to ask the Labor Department for further rulings on wage and hour requirements, one having been given on wages alone at the time the con- tracts were drawn Ask Labor Ruling. Earlier today Representative Jenckes, | Democrat, of Indiana, and Harry S.| union. called on officials of the Treas- | ury Department to solicit assistance | | tive of the District, is one of the two Washington officers now on duty | with the Embassy Guard—composed | of 23 officers and 493 men of the | Marine Corps—at Pieping, center of the Asiatic war zone. Three others | from nearby Virginia and Maryland | are serving with the guard Already, officials sav, a guard has mounted the walls of the American Embassy compound with machine | guns and ammunition. The guard had its origin in 1901 following the | Boxer Rebellion in which residents | of the Labor Department in seeking to effect a settlement. Wender asked specifically that the Labor Depart- ment be requested to rule on whether | contractors should apply a seven or eight hour day, contending at the | same time that the shorter day should be effective as is required in cases of | union contractors Meanwhile, other construction work at both the Archives and Apex Build- | ings is neaving a point where it must be held up pending some painting Jobs. In event contractors notify the Procurement Division of such a con- Entrance to the United States Embassy compound in Peip- ing, China, where the United States Marines, under command of Col. Marston, prepared for trouble today if the foreign quarters were engulfed in the clash between Chinese and Japanese forces. —A. P. and Underwood Photos. Far East Personalities Lieut. Gen. Kiyoshi Katsuki Considered One of Half Dozen Outstanding Japanese Army Lead- ers—Known as a Firm Disciplinarian. JULY 28, 1937 MAJ. JAMES L. DENHAM Of Washington. CAPT. JOHN F. HOUGH, Mount Rainier, Md. LIEUT. FREDERICK A. RAMSEY, Washington. 32 FROM D. C. AREA LISTED IN PEIPING, State Department Gives List of Americans in Besieged City. i Thirty-two residents of the Wash- ington area were listed by the State Department today as temporary or permanent residents of beleaguered Peiping, China. The list follows: Washington. Mr. and Mrs. David D. Barrett and daughter, Elizabeth. Gertrude Beer. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Bemis, daugh- ter Jean V., and son Bruce A. Mr. and Mrs. William Crozier. Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus R. Gleitsman. Mr. and Mrs. Robtrt B. Luckey, 1473 Harvard street. Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Meyer and son John C. Dorothy St. seventh street. TOP HONORS Clair, 2116 Thirty- Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph O. Burger and son Joseph, jr., 2100 North Randolph street, Arlington. 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Kiyoshi Katsuki (Kee- | believe him to be a real patriot, hold- yoh-shee Kah-tsu-kee): Commander |ing off the Japanese by diplomatic of Japan's North China garrison, 56 | wiles when he knows fighting would years old; considered one of the half- | be futile. | dozen outstanding leaders of the Jap-t anese army; noted for ability to com- bine diplomacy gifts With a strong will; as divisional commander was known | as firm disciplinarian and called by his colleagues a “man of steel:” named to command and restore discipline in the imperial bodyguard division in farch, 1936, after part of that unit had been involved in the military up- rising of February 26, 1936; was di- rector of the General Affairs Bureau of the Inspectorate-General of Military | Education—one of the key posts in the army—when, . July 11, the North China crisis became acute and he was named to command Japanese forces there; flew to his new post and took over from Lieut. Gen. Kanichiro Tashiro, Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye | the main planks (Foo-mee-mah-roh Koh-noh-eh): | of which are au- Forty-six-year-old patrician head of |tonomy of North what came China, eradica- tion of anti-Jap- anese movements in China, Sino-{ Japanese coliab- oration againstj | communism; 59 § | vears old, son ofk} | a stonecutter who became one of Japan's most experienced diplomats before becoming head of the govern- | | ment: a liberal whom Japanese mili= | tarists and reactionaries trust, largely | | because he bends to their pressure. | Emm_%’ | Wang-Chung-Hui: Fifty-five-year- | a government of § conciliation, bu which has be come directin authority of nation united fo war if war shoull come; comes from a family which antedates written Japanese history and for centuries supplied consorts for the Koki Hirota, Thursday Dinner Special “Good Food Is Good Health” Smnthered 70c Chicken on Rice Hot Rolls Fresh Lima Beans Corn Pudding Beverages LOTOS LANTERN 333 13th St. N.W. 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Me kA AR AR ARk ok Ak kAR Ak kA Ak k tfiififififi**fi*fifi*fififiififitfi*fi* {are abi Military Institute, was described to- | day by friends in the Marine Corps as “cool and level headed' and “able | to handle men well.” The major, through his jovial nature, has earned for himself the nickname of “Happy" throughout the service. But when the time comes, say those Wwno knew him in the St. Michiel of- fensive when he served with 6th | | Marines, he knows what to do and | | when to do it. Maj. Denham was ordered to Peiping | only a month ago as paymaster under | Col. Marston, Marine Corps officials said, however, that in case of an emer- gency, he would be asked to take ac- | tive duty. The other Washingtonian on duty in Peiping, Second Lieut. Frederick A.| Ramsey, is the son of Col. Frederick J. Ramsey, U. S. M. C,, retired, who | recently moved to Washington and | has his home at 3642 Jocelyn street. The 24-year-old lieutenant received his appointment in 1935 and is on his first foreign duty. He is in command of the mounted detachment of the guard and it is part of his duty, Ma- rine Corps officials said, to know where | all the Americans in Peiping live and to aid in their evacuation to the em- bassy compound. Those from nearby Maryland and Virginia with the guard are—Capt. | Robert B. Luckey of Hyattsville, Md.; Capt. Joseph C. Burger, U. S. M. C., of | Cherrvdale, Va., and Capt. John F. Hough, ier, Md. U. 8. M. C, Mount Rain- e Painters nued From First Page.) (C ng by terins of their con- tracts, paying predetermined wages as specified for all occupations and | complying with the eight-hour law | of 1912, The report, submitted by Admiral C. J. Peoples, head of the division, was compiled after several days of investigation into progress of work by the firms of Willlam Wilson & Sons of Atlanta, Ga., and Coons & Raptis of New York at the City Post Office and the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Claiming that the firms are vio- lating the Davis-Bacon public con- tracts act and the national labor relations law, union painters here have been on strike against all projects let through the Procurement Division. The Procurement, Division stands by its contention, however, that they have no evidence of law violations © ESTABLISHED 1865 o COOL BREEZES 24 Hours a Day Moke your own cool weather 7 and ease; install at once Barker Ventilator Doors in your apartment or home. Barker prices are the lowest in Wash- ington and at present prices you will save money. Barker ’ doors are ditferent; they're heavy and made to last! - GEO. M. BARKER . o COMPANY o LUMBER and MILLWORK 7 649-651 N. Y. Ave. N.W. 7 7 1523 7th St. N.W. 1348, “The Lumber Numbaer” AN % Nat. Z i force such a call for aid now seems to rest in the possibility that the! National Labor Relations Board may find the painting contractors guilty of unfair labor practices, as alleged by the union. To Resume Picketing. With the situation thus at a tem- porary stalemate, B. P. Holcombe, business agent for the Painters' Union. disclosed this afternoon that he is making tentative plans to resume | picketing at the Procurement Divi- sion jobs. | In her letter to Secretary 'Morgen-[ thau, copies of which she sent also | to Secretary of Labor Perkins and | Postmaster Gneral Farley, Mrs. Jenckes places most of the blame for this failure of the Procurement Divi- sion to act on Neal Melick, supervising engineer of the Procurement Division. Gonciliation Move Refused. “I have been advised,” she wrote,]| “that Mr. Melick has refused to per- mit the Department of Labor to con- | the Department of Labor stands ready | and willing to make such an investi- that Mr. Melick is prejudiced of such | action because of his desire to justify tracts to certain firms about a year ago which caused a Government ex- | that the Treasury ! Department remove the contractors | from the job. This was done within | “It has been reported to me that | labor is contemplating drastic action | the full force of your office in an effort to prevent a city-wide strike | ment request the Department o Labor, which is authorized by law, "oi The disputed contracts of a year ago, referred to by Mrs. Jenckes, were partment Building let through the Procurement Division and later | | of Davis-Bacon violations by the con- | ciliate this strike * * * even though| gation and conciliation. It is stated | his position of having awarded con- : - | ecutive to inslst ! a few hours. and I am appealing to you to exer by urging that the Treasury Depart- | conciliate this situation.” | for painting work in the Labor De- | suspended because of similar charges‘ tractors. Colored Composer to Be Honored. | S8T. LOUIS, July 28 (#).—Wiiliam C. Handy of New York, colored com-‘ poser of the world-famous “St. Louis | Blues,” was named today for honors | at the convention of the National Association of Negro Musicians here August 20-27. RAKEI RELINED 4 Wheels Complete Ford & 8 4 4 to '36 IChev. including FREE ADJUSTMENTS! 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Sung Cheh-vuan, TWO HUNDRED fond of golf and proud of his son Fumitana, Princeton golf team cap- tain; chronic sufferer from insomnia and nervous trouble, has been bed- ridden through much of the present crisis. Gen. 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