Evening Star Newspaper, August 13, 1937, Page 4

PP A4 ww THO I HOT RGE T0 HeAD LEION Mason and Bush Outstand- ing Candidates—Parade Opens Convention. Priendly but spirited rivalry for the eoveted post of department commander of the American Legion will come to| a climax tonight at the Mayflower Hotel, with nomination of the two out- standing candidates—Thomas Mason, | Jr.. and Porter L. Bush. Mason, who is department adjutant, | is a member of 2d Division Post, while | Bush, a member of Lincoln Post, has been department senior vice com- mander. The real fight in the conven- | tion is between these two, according to reliable indications. although others ! mentioned for the post have been | Joseph L. Koehl of Agriculture Post, ! Charles L. Daily of Treasury Post and Charles Kohen of Costello Post. The convention will close tomorrow night One Fight Averted. | Resolutions also will occupy & prom- | inent role in the program. which is echeduled to begin at 7:30 o'clock. | One controversial element appeared today to have been eliminated by the Resolutions Committee. According to | authentic information the Resolutions Committee. headed by Gen. Amos A Fries, already has tabled a proposal | sent up by Victory Post criticizing Col John Thomas Taylor, director of the National Legislative Committee, who now is in Europe. Taylor's friends were planning a bitter attack on the resolution if it had reached the floor of the convention. The department convention opened with a blaze of color and blare of many bands last night. A picturesque parade. including several visiting units, led through the downtown area from Pennsylvania avenue to the May- fiower Hotel. Headed by Col. J. M. | Wainwright. commandant of the 3d Cavalry, Fort Myer, as grand marshal | and a contingent of Cavalry and Artil- lery from that post, the parade of eight divisions was reviewed from a | stand in Farragut Square by Louis Johnson, Assistant Secretary of War; Gen. Frank T. Hines. administrator of veterans’ affairs; J. Fred Johnson, national vice commander of the Amer- ican Legion, who later delivered the principal address of the evening: De- partment Comdr. Horace W. Lineburg with his staff, and a group of other | distinguished guests. | Universal Draft Urged. | In his address the national vice | commander called on Congress to act on the universal draft bill, which has been reported to both Senate and House. He expressed the belief a ma- lority of Congress favors the measure. but criticized “pacifists and interested industrialists” for alleged attempts to | block the move to bring it to a vote. | The bill, Johnson declared, was the Legion's answer to the fact that dur- | Ing the war “munition workers were paid $10 & day for making bullets while you were paid $1 a day for stopping bullets.” The speaker outlined the Legion policies i “Reds,” “subversive | agencies” and warned Americans to | “keep cool” and observe personal at- titudes of “neutrality” in order to “stay out of the quarrels of the Old World.” He praised the patriotism of | returned American World War sol- diers, who, he said, had not turned | azainst their Government, as had tome other World War soldiers in | other countries, | Denies Economy Peril. { Gen. Hines announced that by July 1 of next vear the Veterans' Adminis tration will have 5.000 additional beds available for veterans, bringing the total number in 86 institutions up to 77.600 beds. He scouted rumors that | the administration intends to econo- mize at the expense of the veteran. | “The President of the United States,” he declared, “'has no intention of mak- | ing economies in that direction what- | koever.” The convention was called to order by General Convention Chairman | ICE CREAM In the good old Summer time every one’s favorite is Fresh Sweet, sun-ripened crushed in thick, pure cream and then froxen the exclusive | Benjamin | of ! per trophy, Washington Police Unit, J. Fred Johnson of Alabama, national vice commander, de- mands that Congress act on universal draft bill, as District Department of American Le- gion opens sessions at May- flower Hotel. Aronsohn, welcomed by Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, District of | Columbia director of highways, and | was presided over by Comdr. Line- burg. Many distinguished Legion- naires and were introduced, in- cluding Gen. Gen. James A Drain, past national commander; Thomas Owen, jr. national histo- rian: Mary K. Killeen, department president of the American Legion ary: Mrs. Roberta Fawcett, past ment president of the Auxil- jary; Thomas E. Lodge, president of the Federation of Citizens’ Associa- tions; Representative Pete Jarman cf Alabama. R. W. Pinto, national execu- | tive committeeman of the Legion from | Virginia; Lem Bolles, first national | adjutant; Mrs. Mary Kennedy, senior | vice commander of the Disabled Amer- ican Veterans, and others. Ties, Prize Winners Announced. Fort Stevens Post Drum and Bugle | Corps won the prize as the best “home” Legion drum and bugle corps in the parade. Other awards for pa- rade entries were announced by Pa. Dept. Comdr. Paul McGahan as fol- lows: Best visiting Legion drum and | bugle corps, Baltimore: Legion post with largest number of marchers, in- cluding music. James Reese pe Post, No. 5, Legion post with highest percentage of membership, exclusive music, Columbia: best marching | unit, Sergeant Jasper Post; best com- | mercial float, Hechinger Co.; best woman’s marching unit, U. S. S. Jacob Jones: best Sons of the American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps, Dis- trict of Columbia detachment; cita- tion for boys’ bands. Boys' Club of the Police Department and Elks Club Boys' Band: citation for non-military band. Chestnut Farms Dairy Band Music for the program last night | was by the Baltimore Drum and Bugle Corps, Internal Revenue Post Band and Fort Stevens Drum and Bugle Corps. Awards Listed. Among the awards and trophies an- | nounced for the past year by M- Gahan were the following: Harper trophy, Sergeant Jasper Unit. No. 13, of the Legion Auxiliary; Junior Har- No. 29, Auxiliary; J. Miller Kenyon athletic trophy, Costello Post; Kate K. | Briggs trophy, U. S. S. Jacob Jones Americanism trophv, Bunker Hill Post; Spafford trophy, Jasper Post; Washington Department trophy. Cooley-McCullough Post; Delaware trophy. Victory Post; Pevser trophy, Cooley-McCullough Post: McGahan trophy, George B. Killeen Post; Quen- tin Roosevelt. trophies, one to Bunker Hill Post, the other to Cooley-McCul- lough Post; Peckham trophy, Sergeant Jasper Post Peach Ice Cream. Georgia peaches, THE EVENING Competing jor leading candidates, Thomas Ma (right), shake hands while the present commander, Horace W. Lineburg. makes the handshake a *“‘triple.” China (Continued From First Page ) fusiliers rushed to Shanghai today to reinforce the British garrison there. The battalion. 950 strong, will double the number of Britisn troops in Shanghai.) Both Chinese and Japanese said they were convinced a repetition of the 1932 Shanghai warfare was in- evitable, This time the conflict may be more serious because of a threatened battle in the an. Japanese aircraft carriers are believed to be lying off Shanghai ammed with planes and ready for action. The rejuvenated Chinese air fleet has not appeared on the scene but a lone Chinese plane scouted Jap- anese positions during the day Japanese were expecling reinforce- ments by sea for the bluejackets and warships tied up to Shanghai wharves Chinese Blockade River. Chinese blockaded River directly off the water front of the French concession, south of the international zone. to forestall & Jap- anese thrust against the government dockyards and arsenal. The move also was aimed to protect the Chinese Lunghwa Airdrome, to the south. Up the Yangtze, the Chinese gov- ernment blockaded and mined the river at a point 100 miles above the Woosung forts to prevent a possible attack on Nanking. the Chinese capital. The Yangtze was closed to naviga- river from Shanghai The commander of the Japanese Telephone DEcatur at your favorite store. Chevy Chase Sealtest smooth-freeze way. Now in bulk and Meadow Gold Pint Pails at your nearest Meadow ‘Gold Dealer. MEADOW GOLD Order from your mecrest Meadow Gold Dealer or Phone Lincoln 5900 Jee (heam BUTTERMILK post of new department commander, two the Whangpoo | cdol as a snow-capped peak — old-fashioned BUTTERMILK If you are “always thirsty” these hot summer days, here’s a drink that is cool, palatable and thirst-quenching: Chestnut Farms-Chevy Chase Sealtest Buttermilk . . . churned fresh daily . . . flaked with butter. Doctors will tell you that buttermilk is the safe and sane hot weather drink. It is beneficial because it is highly diges- tible, and it aids in the digestion of other foods. Start today on this sensible hot weather drink. STAR, WASHINGTON Legionnaires Swing Into Lively Convention son, jr. (left), and Porter L. Bush forces which were landed from the warships swinging on the tide in the Whangpoo River charged that the Chinese had precipitated the conflict today by opening fire with a machine | eun on his marines, who were con- structing & barricade. ‘The Japanese ducked behind the sandbags and returned the fire, silenc- | ing the lone machine gun that started | the attack. Chinesce snipers, however, | | Look up their positions on the roof tops | | #nd behind the shutters of neighboring [ houses and began to pepper the Jap- | anese work detachments, | The Japanese commander ordered i #nd-a-house-to-house search was started to drive out the Chinese blue shirts. Desultory fight- Ing was continuing with the Chinese using rifles and machine guns. Await Reinforcements, Although both sides were seem- ingly anxious not 1o extend the en- gagement &t present. it was felt that | | intermittent exchanges of fire would { continue. The Japanese were report- | ed to be holding back awaiting the arrival of reinforcements which Tokio is understood to have ordered sent from the Island Empire. The Chinese on the otner hand. were said to want ‘LO force the issue before the Japanese | garrison is strengthened | L. A Lewis, American Far Eastern manager of the United Aircraft Corp, was slightly injured while attempting | to land his private plane on the race | course in the heart of the interna- tional settlement. 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CHICAGO, August 13.—Representa- tives of the 800,000 railroad workers | met here today to decide whether | they would accept & 5-cent-an-hour wage raise, already approved by the railroads, in the 20-cent raise originally asked by their unions The delegates represented 14 “non- operating” brotherhoods, whose chief | officers negotiated the new wage scale with carriers’ representatives | George M. Harrison, head of the unions’ executive group, indicated a belief the rank-and-file delegates would ratify the compromise. The 5-cent raise was equivalent to & pay roll increase of, roughly, $98.000,000 a year | Simultaneously, leaders of the five big “operating” brotherhoods pressed | & request for & 20 per cent wage increase. Representing workers who man the trains, they opened negotia- tions Wednesday with a committee of 15 dealing for the raiiroads. If granted, this would mean another | pay roll increase estimated by the railroads at between $106,000,000 and | $112.000,000 Harrison ment on lieu of declined immediate com- | the Burlington Railroad’s announcement that it had laid off 300 men to offset the forthcoming pay roll increase F. G. Gurley, assistant vice presi- dent in charge of operations, said “The Burlington is finding it neces- sary to reduce its expenses by such means as are possible in order to offset the wage increases, which will cost the Burlington about $3,000,000 & year.” Must Spray 0il on Pools. Following the hospital treatment of 27,000 people suffering from malaria last year the government of Federated Malay States has made it compulsory to spray oil on all pools where mos- quitoes might deposit their eg 9 1937, China Hindered by Lack of Communications. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. The Japanese and the Chinese Armies are now facing each other prepared for a deadlier struggle than | ever before. 5 | Of the two the Japanese have a | decided superiority in armament and training, but numerically they are far inferior to the Chinese. The Japanese government placed the country on & war footing some four weeks ago. | The 17 divisions forming the peace- | time army of the empire have been | tripled. Today the Emperor's forces ' exceed 750,000 men under arms. Two million more have received mobiliza- tion orders and will join their units as soon as the necessary equipment is available. | Despite the enormous sums spent | by the Japanese government since 1931 on national defense, & good deal | of the artillery is obsolete, It dates back to World War days. The Japanese aviation is formidable. There are some 1800 army and 800 ( navy planes in service. Experts from | Germany are training the Japanese | pilots and slso sre at the head of the Japanese airplane factories. China possesses, from what can be gathered from uncertain statistics, about 1,900,000 men under arms. Most of these soldiers are incorpo- rated in various units more or less loyal to Marshal Chiang Kai Shek, but the jealousies which exist among | the various war lords make real co- operation somewhat uncertain. Chiang Kai Shek has his German- trained Nanking army composed, it is said, of something like 250,000 men. These troops are well disciplined on | the German pattern. Their war| equipment is up to date, and. what is more important, they know how to handle it. | The greatest handicap of the Chi- nese is the lack of means of com- munications. While it is compara- tively easy for the Nanking divisions 10 rush to the defense of Shanghai, it will be difficult for Chiang Kai Shek to send his troope to the various parts of China where the Japanese might decide to take the initiative. As far as the sea forces are con- | { {| | i | | T'® ESTABLISHED 1865 @ ...BARKER... That's the Name! 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