Evening Star Newspaper, July 28, 1937, Page 5

FOREMAN AT FORD DEFENDS QUSTERS One Man’s Work Unsatis- factory, Other Too Talk- ative, He Tells Hearing. B9 the Associated Press. DETROIT, July 28 —A Ford Motor Co. foreman who discharged two of the workmen listed in a National La- bor Relations Board complaint as having been dismissed because of union activity testified today one was fired for unsatisfactory work and the other because he talked too much during working hours. John Naszradi, foreman in the body department, was the witness as at- torneys for the Ford Co. announced they would call “about 10 more” to the atand, and N. L. R. B. counsel Joined in a move to complete the hearing this week end. Naszradi, who said one of his du- ties was “watching the men to see they don't talk on the job,” testified George B. Zubick was discharged June 8 after several warnings about conversations with fellow workers. He said the work of Joseph Gutier- rez, dismissed June 9, had failed to improve despite several warnings about | metal scratches on his work. “Did you know he was a member of | the United Automobile Workers?" asked Louis J. Colombo, sr., chief Ford Naszradi replied. Both Zubick and Guiterrez had tes- tified they believed they were dis-| charged because Clayton Davis, an- THE EVENING other employe of the department, in- | formed superiors of their U. A. W. ac- | tivity. i On cross-examination Naszradi said | Davis had been out of the,shop, talking | to the general forman, at about the! time Zubick wes discharged, but he denied he knew what Davis was dis- eussing with the general foreman. | Tientsin __(cnntinurd F‘m_m First Pagre?\ | poured steadily into Tientsin by rail| withdraw from North China, where mander in North China, at Tientsin, from the Bast and South. Movements to the front from the mobilizing point here, however, were | geriously impeded by the clashes along the railroad and by a drenching rain | which made all but the main highway | impassable. PEACE EFFORTS EXHAUSTED. Entire Nation Seen Ri Invader. NANKING. July 28 (£ —A high of- ficial of the Chinese foreign office de- clared today all efforts to maintain peace with Japan had been exhausted . &nd “we accept the issue of battle.” Other high government sources said that possible severance of dipl‘omanc; relations with Japan was being dis- | cussed. The official’s statement came after the foreign office had announced Chinese troops south of Peiping had defeated the Japanese Army at iwo strategic points and captured Fengtai, Japanese field headquarters, five miles west of Peiping. The foreign office spokesman said | there was no question of a formal| declaration of war as “legal warfare is impossible since the Kellogg pact.” All China Against All Japan. “But actual hostilities will be on a major scale,” he added, “and en- compass all of China. It will not be the case of some Chinese soldiers in North China fighting the Japanese, but instead will be all of China against Japa He sald the Nanking government ex- pected “trouble to come to Central| and South China. ““There is no longer any hesitation in China’s foreign policy. Our efforts toward peace have been exhausted .With reluctance we accept the issue to battle, and once fighting begins we never surrender. “Our previous policy of non-resist- ance has gained us only the empty support of world powers, but has en- abled Japan to slice off portions of our territory and intrench her troops in military positions from which it is difficult to dislodge them. “Our internal reconstruction efforts have been handicapped and over- shadowed by military necessities. The former must await the outcome of our enti-Japanese defense measures.” Apprehensive on Neutrality. He declared China was apprehen- sive about the application of the United States neutrality policy while appreciating the American desire to remain a neutral and impartial power. “China fears an indiscriminate treatment of China and Japan would Teact favorably to the aggressor, who is superior in material strength. Al- leged impartiality by America would be partiality in reality of the most disastrous kind. China would be constrained to view application of American neutrality legislation to the Sino-Japanese hostilities as a dis- tinctly unfriendly act.” CHINESE CLAIM VICTORY. £ to Oppose Japanese Reported Repulsed Outside Peiping. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAL, July 28—The foreign office announced today Gen. Sung Cheh-yuan’s 29th Chinese Army had amashed the Japanese drive against Peiping in the first major battle of an undeclared war between China and Japen. The Chinese troops, defending their right to garrison the North China provinces of Hopeh and Chahar, were reported to have re-formed their lines after a shattering dawn bombardment by squadrons of Japanese war planes eounter-attacked and captured Feng- tai, Japanese fleld headquarters west of Peiping. The foreign office announcement at Nanking said the strategic railway center of Langfang, 30 miles south of Peiping and midpoint of the military line to Tientsin, had been taken by storm. Japanese military quarters denied the veports of the Chinese victories and as- serted the 29th Army had been driven out of its garrison stronghold at Nan- yuan, 5 miles south of the ancient walled city, and hurled back on the walls of Peiping. ‘The Japanese attacked at dawn after Chinese had refused an ultimatum to ADVERTISEMENT. Corns Shed Off Core and All Hardest corns shed right off when magic-like E-Z Korn Remover goes to work. 8mothers pain—softens up dead skin and core comes right out. Easy to wse—{fast in action. Thousands use it. At drug stores, 35c. [ < Dolly Paskal (left) and Marjorie Fricke admiring the first huge sea bass catch of the season at Santa Catalina Island. The whopper was landed by Morte Guterman, fishing in the ocean off the famed island resort, after a 45-minute battle with heavy regulation tackle. Beauties of Land and Sea —Wide World Photo. Japan asserts she has preferred eco- | nomic rights. It was the largest-scale | fighting since the first hostilities oc- | curred west of Peiping July 7. (The Japanese war office at Tokio announced that since the first out- break 32 Japanese officers and soldiers had been killed and 113 wounded, including today’s victims. It was not known whether the Japanese planned to renew their attacks tomorrow.) The intermittent fighting since July | despite what Japanese claimed were promises to withdraw anti-Jap- anese troops, had convinced them, the high command declared, that the only | way to safeguard Japanese nationals and interests was to drive out the Chi- | nese troops. Last midnight the Jan- anese declared they would take “free action” in the crisis and six hours later the general advance was ordered. Rioting was said to have broken out in Peiping proper as Japanese bombing planes attacked the environs of the beleaguered city of “Northern Peace” former capital of all China. Neither report could be confirmed. Rifle firing was said to be sporadic in the streets. American officials in Peiping were making frantic efforts to get all United States citizens into the com- parative safety of the embassy quarter as the sound of continuous artillery fire drew closer to the city. The gates of the South or Tartar Wall of the embassy quarter were closed and man- ned by United States marines. Fears were expressed for the safety of eight Americans still at Peiping's famous Yenching University. There were flve women and three men there, headed by President J. L. Stuart. T‘Bkio (Continued From Pirst Page.) kA Peiping’s principal shopping thor- oughfare). The foreign office declared “the fate of Peiping depends entirely on the at- titude of the Chinese troops there. The Japanese Army intends to avoid exten- sion of hostilities as far as possible. We have already provided for the pro- tection of foreigners in Peiping.” “Declaration” Issued. ‘The Chinese 29th Army commander, Gen. Sung Cheh-yuan, was reported by Domei not only to have refused to accept Japanese demands that he withdraw his troops from Hopeh Province, but to have issued a circular telegram to the Chinese people which he called a declaration of war sgahm! Japan. Open war between Japan and China seemed imminent. Indeed it already may be in grogress, started by a Jap- anese attack in force to drive Chinese troops out of North China. The Chinese government at Nan- king, Japanese dispatches declared, is believed ready to mobilize all China against Japan as a result of the fight- ing around Peiping. Reports of the first successes of the Japanese army's campaign reached here during a lengthy debate in Parliament on a $30,000,000 war appropriation. Rising dramatically from the seat where he had been listening, Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye interrupted the session with a terse declaration that the Japanese government had been forced to make up its mind to resort to arms to punish China. Finance Bill is Passed. The wildly cheering members of the House of Representatives immediately pushed through the war finance meas- ure to unanimous passage. At a hastily summoned cabinet meet- ing the minister of war, Gen. Gen Sugiyama, told his colleagues that the Japanese army command in North China had been compelled to order out all its forces against the Chinese 29th Army in the ePiping area because it had refused a Japanese ultimatum to throw down its arms. At last midnight the Abdominal Supporting Belts Back Supporting Belts Maternity Belts Elostic Hosiery Male and Female Fitters With Years of Experience BEUCHLER'S Sick Room Needs 1325 Conn. Ave. Pot. 5300 informed Gen. Sung Cheh-yuan, gov- ernor of Hopeh and Chahar Provinces and commander of the 29th Chinese | Army, he was taking free action | against China “because of the chal- | lenging and deceptive attitude of the Chinese forces.” The Tientsin announcement was | considered in some quarters here as a virtual declaration of war against China. At dawn the attack commenced. Japanese bombing planes roared into the air from their Tientsin base to| blast away the Chinese resistance at | Nanyuan Barracks, garrison strong- | hold of the Chinese Army five miles | south of Peiping. Before noon the | Japanese command announced the Chinese were in full retreat and Nan- | quan had fallen after a desperate battle. Kawagoe Ordered to Return. The Japanese government imme- diately ordered its Ambassador to China, Shigeru Kawagoe, to return from Tientsin to the seat of the Chi- nese government at Nanking. The Domei (Japanese) News Agency reported from Nanking that the Chi- nese premier and army commander, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, had ordered Gen. Sung to resist the Japa- nese Army with all the strength a his disposal. The Chinese government was said to have given Sung assurance it would settle any situation that got beyond | his control. The Chinese National Military Council, Domei reported, had abandoned hope of peace and had decided on mobilization for war. ‘The use of aircraft in the as yet unofficial war was said to have been the deciding factor in the stiffening of China's attitude. Nanking has re- sisted all efforts to localize the settle- ment of the conflict to local authori- ties. This attitude, Japanese charged, was responsible for the steadily more | tense situation. Three times, Japanese say, Gen. Sung | has agreed to a truce, Each time it has been broken. | MARINE PRIVATE WOUNDED. Casualty First for Americans in Sino- Japanese “War.” By the Associaten Press. The Navy announced today that | Pvt. Julius F. Fliszar of the mounted | Marine detachment at Peiping had | been wounded by unaimed rifle fire | from Chinese troops barricaded near the United States Embassy. It was the first American casualty announced here in the current Sino- Japanese fighting at the ancient walled city. Fliszar, a gunshot wound in the side, was being treated at the ocorps hospital, the Navy report said. His condition was described as not serious. Officials said Fliszar was a native of Nazareth, Pa., enlisted in the Marine Corps August 24, 1934, and had served in Peiping since June, 1935. Fiszar's family, the Navy said, lived at Easton, Pa. The Navy report said Fliszar was shot while notifying American na- tionals to go to the legation quarter .| about three weeks. | begin at San Diego, Calif. | noon in STAR, WASHINGTON, SAMUELT.STorT, DRUGEIST, IS DEAD Funeral Friday' for Man Long Active in Business in Washington. Samuel Thompson Stott, 76, proprie- tor of drug stores here for many years, died last night at his home, 2707 Adams Mill road. He had been {ll Mr. Stott, himself a registered phar- macist, formerly conducted stores in the old National Hotel and at Thir- teenth and G streets. At the time of his death he was vice president, of the Kenesaw Drug Co., although recently he had not been active. A native of this city, Mr. Stott was educated at Friends’ School and the old National College of Pharmacy, now a part of George Washington Univer- sity. He also had astudied at Hanover Polytechnic Institute in Germany. He was a life member of the Alumni As- sociation of George Washington. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Eliza- beth M. Stott; a daughter, Mrs. A. A. Bauer, and two sons, Marion M. Stott, president of the Kenesaw Drug Co., and Charles K. Stott, all of this city. | He also leaves five grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 11 | am. Friday at Hines funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth street. Burial will be | in Rock’ Creek Cemetery. Mattern (Continued From First Page.) Weather Bureau study possible value in the proposed flight. Will Inspect Equipment. Technical experts of the bureau will inspect Mattern’s equipment, including his plane, this afternoon. Roper said Mattern had emphasized the scientific aspects of the flight, stressing that the route proposed dif- fered from that followed recently by Russian fiyers. In addition Roper said the action of aeronautical instruments over polar regions had never been ade- quately ascertained by this Govern- ment. Mattern told newsmen he hoped to fly over 1,000 miles of Arctic territory that has never been charted or map- ped. He said he was prepared to take off within a week after permission is granted, indicating the hop would He plans to refuel in the air over Alaska. Accompanied by H. §. Jones, his co- pilot and fellow Texan, Mattern landed at Washington Airport yesterday after- the twin-engined Lockhead Electra in which he hopes to make the return flight over the trail blazed by two Soviet airplanes. A large gathering of Texans turned out at Washington Airport to meet Mattern and Jones, including Lieut. Gov. Walter Woodul and members of the Texas delegation in Congress. Bennett Griffin, Mattern's partner on one of his world flight attempts, also was present. . STRIKE HITS STRIKER Mechanics’ Union Head's Stalls, and No Repairs. TARENTUM, Pa, July 28 1#) — Harold Guist, union chief, called out on strike 278 automobile mechanics in the Alleghany Valley. 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