Evening Star Newspaper, September 18, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and somewhat warmer tonight; to- morrow mostly cloudy and warmer; prob- ably followed by showers and cooler at night; fresh winds. Temperatures today —Highest, 62, at noon; lowest, 45, at 5:45 a.m. Full report on page A-8, Closing N.Y. Markets—Sales—Page 12 85th YEAR. No. 34,108. . LONDON BELIEVES LOYALIST PLANE MAY BE ATTACKER Six Missiles Launched at Warship, but None Strikes. ITALY INVITED TO AID WIDENED PIRACY WAR English Aircraft Carrier Target of Torpedo Thursday on Sub Patrol. BACKGROUND— Nine-power agreement concluded at Nyon, Switzerland, for war on piratical submarines in Mediter- ranean expanded yesterday at meet- ing of parties at Geneva to include warships and aircraft attacking neutral commercial shipping. Sub- marine attacks ceased abruptly after Britain and France sum- moned Nyon conference early this month. Signs of renewed activity are present. B7 the Associated Press, | LONDON, September 18.—The Brit- ish destroyer Fearless reported today 1o London naval authorities that it had been attacked at noon yesterday by a bombing plane off Gijon, Spain. Six heavy bombs fell close to the Fearless, but the destroyer was not struck, Having completed the at- tack, the plane flew toward Gijon, leading to a belief in London that the plane might have been a Spanish government craft. Gijon is the government’s last im- portant port on the Bay of Biscay. There are nearby concentrations of dnsurgent troops and planes. ‘The Fearless carried the regulation Adentification as a British warcraft and in addition the fore gun turret ‘was painted red, white and blue. The destroyer has heavy anti-aircraft armament, but it was not disclosed ‘whether she opened fire on her at- tacker. Ialy Invited Again. ‘The Nyon powers, formidably backed by & mighty sea and air armada of British and French warcraft, invited Ttaly finally today to accept a minor role to help stamp out the piratical Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. A. M. Lohman culture artist, was never one to take a dare, Washington merchants may salvage $25,000 worth of acid-stained plate glass in their show windows, it was developed today. With a mixture of pumice stone paste and an electric buffer Lohman removed all traces of hydrofiuoric acid stains from three show windows in George's Radio Store, 814 F street, and proved that chemists were wrong when they reported the plate glass had been permanently clouded. As a result Lohman may have to spend all his leave from the Agri- culture Department cleaning windows of the approximately 50 downtown stores which were sprayed with acid by a vandal or vandals early Tuesday. “I sort of got into this on a dare,” Lohman explained as he paused in his window 'polishing. “When I saw the windows, I didn't believe the reports that the stains could not be removed. ECAUSE A. M. Lohman, 41- B Year-old Department of Agri- attacks on shipping. 1 (In Rome a copy of the latest agreement of the Nyon powers as well as the invitation to partici- i Pate in their work in the Mediter- ranean were handed to Count Galeazzo Ciano, Italian foreign minister. There seemed no doubt the invitation would be declined.) Advices from Malta said the British Aircraft carrier Glorious, a unit of the immense Anglo-French patrol of the Mediterranean, narrowly escaped & torpedo Thursday evening. (A secret naval inquiry aboard the Glorious led to a belief that British naval officials were seeking details of the reported attack. No official information was forth- coming as a result of the inquiry, ‘which was concluded late yesterday, and authorities evaded direct questions.) Franco Accuses Russia. A news report from insurgent Spain o Francisco Franco formally accusing Russia of operating two “pirate” submarines in the Med- iterranean. Communist Russia is one of the Nyon signatories. Malta, Britain’s island naval base and control point of her Mediter- Tanean fleet, blossomed with talk of Spanish insurgent submarines moving with Italian and German destroyer escorts—this apparently founded on reports of the crews of two British destroyers, the Imperial and Shark. It was rumored that a contingent of British marines was ordered to Jeave today on two battle cruisers for & landing on the insurgent held island of Mallorca. Reports of the expedi- tion to Mallorca were bluntly denied in London. Charges Anger Moscow. MOSCOW, September 18 (#).—Dis- patches to London reporting that In- surgent Gen. Francisco Franco ace cused Soviet Russia of submarine piracy today were indignantly bryxded as malicious inventions in uno\:ial Boviet circles. Officials said privately that the re- ported charges were an attempt to Justify Italian submarine piracy “which will be unmasked before the League.” Negrin Demands League Aid. GENEVA, September 18 (#)—Dr. Juan Negrin, Spanish government premier, demanded today that the League of Nations name Germany and Italy aggressors in Spain and force an end to their intervention on behalf of insurgents in the Spanish civil war, The Madrid-Valencia “win-the-war premier” opened debate on foreign intervention in the civil war before the League of Nations Assembly with the declaration that the conflict in reality has become a “war of in- vasion” by Germany and Italy. Dr. Negrin demanded of the League, on behalf of his government: “l, That German-Italian aggres- sion, of which Spain has been the vic- tim, be recognized. “2. In consequence of this recogni- “tion that the League of Nations ex- amine a means of putting an end to this aggression. “3. That the Spanish government once more have the right to acquire freely all the war material it may con- sider necessary. “4. That mon-Spanish combatants be withdrawn from Spanish territory. “5. That measures of security adopted in the Mediterranean be ex- tended to Spain and that Spain be 80 I got & rag and some powdered pumice and rubbed for about 15 min- utes. The stains began to disappear.” Lohman confided his secret to sev- eral merchants, he revealed, but they were skeptical, “I told them if they would put their porters to work, they could clean the windows, but they replied that the chemists said it couldn’t be done. Finally I offered to clean one window here just to show that it could be done. “After I got through, the manager told me to clean them all. Now I have been offered other window- cleaning jobs. I'm not a window cleaner—I'm an artist—but I'm on leave, 50 I figured I might just as well occupy my time this way.” Lohman said he had worked at the Bureau of Standards for nine years, and had learned some tricks about polishing glass there. Faint ridges where the acid had eaten in remained in the windows Lohman had cleaned, but the opaque stains had disappeared. Lohman lives at 722 Fifteenth street southeast, SMALL SHIPS FLEE BEFORE GULF STORM Course of Heavy Blow Uncertain. Larger Vessels Advised to Exercise Caution. By the Associated Press NEW ORLEANS, September 18.—A storm bearing winds up to gale force (50 miles per hour) rode the Gulf of Mexico early today some 250 miles south of the Central Louisiana coast. The disturbance sent small craft scurrying to cover last night but to- day its future course remained uncer- tain. The Weather Bureau in advisories last night and at 2 am. (C. 8. T) today, said the storm is attended by “shifting winds to moderate gales and local heavy squalls.” Larger vessels were advised to exercise caution “in view of the possibility of an increase in the intensity * * *.” ‘The early morning advisory, based on calculations made at midnight, ordered storm warnings kept up from New Orleans to Galveston and advised small craft along Texas and Louisiana coasts to remain in port. More than 300 small boats, members of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana coastal fishing fleets, were warned of the approaching storm by Coast Guard cutters and planes. Late yesterday the disturbance was ah WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1937—FORTY-TWO PAGES. #*# D. C. Artist, on Dare, Removes RUUSEVE” I]EHES Stains From Store Windows e reported moving northeastward at a rate of about 15 miles per hour. » gazes at reflection in cleaned section of show window as he removes acid stains thrown by mysterious vandal. —Star Staff Photo. ADMITS CHAINING KIDNAPING VIGTIM Janitor Seized in New York After Importer Tells of Being Held in Cave. (Picture on page A-9.) By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 18.—Ac- cused of abducting & 63-year-old wine importer and resort owner and chain- ing him for eight hours in a man- made cave while he haggled over ransom terms, Franz Hanawald, 36, an apartment house janitor, was held by State police today on a kidnap charge. The victim, Julius Redlich, identified Hanawald, a former employe, as the masked man who awakened him in his Wingdale, N. Y., home September 4 and forced him at gunpoint to ac- company him 20 miles to a lonely woods near Millbrook, N. Y. Redlich told police a harrowing story of being forced into a cave so small he had to lie down, chained and hand- cuffed to stakes, while he argued for hours to force his kidnaper to lower his $20,000 ransom demands. Exhausted and near collapse, he was finally taken to & highway and released on his promise to pay $1,000 later at his Manhattan office, he said. Disregarding threats he and his wife would be killed if he called in police, Redlich walked 2 miles to a farm house and reported the crime. Confronted by Redlich, his wife and his son John, 34, after his arrest last night, Hanawald, a thin, taciturn man, mumbled: “I did it—I'm sorry. I don't know why.” Redlich owns the Berkshire Country Club in Wingdale, approximately 50 miles north of New York; a Manhatten wine importing firm and a Miami, Fla., hotel. The cave in which he was held cap- tive, located by the use of bloodhounds, had been carefully constructed in ad- vance. It was 8 feet long, 6 feet wide, only 2 feet deep and concrete lined. The entrance, well hidden, was through the rim of a wash tub set in the ground. Young trees had been placed in the dirt-covered cave roof as a camouflage, ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION FOES IN ASSAILING RULE BY LEGALISM Pledges in Talk Here to Follow Constitution in ‘Contemporary Sense.’ WARNINGS SOUNDED BY FOES OVER NATION Wheeler and Vandenberg Fire Blasts—Interest Grows in Presidential Trip West. Text of President Roosevelt’s Constitution day address on page A-7. BY JOHN C. HENRY. President Roosevelt served notice on the Nation last night that present policies of the administration will be pursued, hastily and within the limita- tlons of & Constitution interpreted in 8 “contemporary sense,” rather than legalistically, Plainly, he indicated there is no in- tention on his part to retreat or even to stand idle in the face of swirling controversy and frequent criticism of the objectives and the methods of the New Deal. His deflant determination virtually was flung into the faces of his critics last night as numbers of them took the rostrums throughout the country yesterday and last night to warn against dictatorships, in- fringements of liberties, subversions of the Constitution and numerous other evils, As the President thus put himself clearly on record, interest was height- ened in his announced Western trip, which is to begin next week. It will carry him through the home States of several of the most bitter opponents of the court reorganization plan, Presumably, his address of last night will serve as a keynote of speeches and action planned during the com- ing weeks and months. Large Crowd Present. Speaking before thousands of per- sons clustered in the deep natural bowl of the Sylvan Theater, the Presi- dent paid full homage to our Constitu- tion, 150 years old yesterday. Glaring floodlights served only to emphasize the brilliance of the nearly full moon above as the Nation’s Chief Executive leaned toward the battery of micro- phones in order that millions of listen- ers also paying tribute to our national charter might hear his words. Oc- casionally he glanced aloft at the dark, needle like spire of Washington Monu- ment, looming high above the entire assemblage. Avoiding specific definition of what he intends as he purposely painted “a bn;«l picture,” the President sounded & familiar cry in expressing the opinion “that the resources of the Nation can be made to produce a far higher standard of living for the masses if only the Government is in- telligent and energetic in giving the right direction to economic life.” Ideal “Explains Many Things.” It is an ideal, he continued, that “makes understandable the demands of labor for shorter hours and higher wages, the demands of farmers for a more stable income, the demands of the great majority of business men for relief from disruptive trade prac- tices, the demands of all for the end of that kind of license, often mis- termed ‘liberty,’ which permits a hand- ful of the population to take far more than their tolerable share from the rest of the people.” Pointedly remarking that the course of the present Government, his ad- ministration, is opposing the schools both of plutocratic and proletarian dictatorship as it hews to the line of democracy, the President spoke with seeming conviction as he expressed NIGHT SCHOOL PLAN FAILS TO GET ACTION Education Board Defers Adoption of New Teacher Selection Program for Year. After a brief and stormy session the Board of Education today decided to defer adoption of a new night school teacher selection plan for a year and ordered the school officers and Per- sonnel Committee to make a complete new study of the plan. The board, acting on a motion of- fered by Col. West Hamilton, also voted that appointment of night school teachers be continued as heretofore. The board meeting followed a 2%~ hour session of the Personnel Com= mittee, at which protests against the new selection plan were voiced by a number of teachers who said they would not have sufficlent time to qualify under the new requirements and therefore would not be eligible for appointment this year. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., September 18.—Tickets for improper automobile tags were issued to approximately 150 residents of this community and 50 more of the Takoma Park area last night as the first move in a county- wide campaign against Maryland residents operating automobfles on District tags, Corpl. James Miller of the State police 1s in charge of the drive, as- sisted in the Silver Spring section by County Policeman Ira Hoover and in assured of her legitimate participa- Hon in them.” Negrin then presented, for Assembly consideration, a resolution demanding that the Spanish question be sub- mifled to the League Political Com- mittee for atudy. - the Takoma Park district by Town Policemen Frank Lane and Earl Thomas, Owners of machines tagged last night must appear by tonight at the Silver Spring or Takoma Park police stations, according to residential juris- 200 Cars With District Plates Taggedin M ontgomery County diction, and post collateral. Charles Woodson is justice of the peace for the Silver Spring territory and Her- man C, Heffner is justice for the Ta~ koma Park section. ‘The penalty for Maryland residents operating automobiles with District of Columbia license tags is a fine ranging from $10 to $100. Maryland residents under the law are allowed only 30 days’ grace when moving into the State. Authorities expressed the belief that 1,000 or more State residents will be ticketed before conclusion of the drive, Those arrested also will be asked to show thefr automobile titles, and in case these are not “correct,” face the possibility of an additional penalty. ‘The ticketing of automobiles will be resumed. today and tonight. (See CONSTITUTION, Page A-9.) R S | Marie Dionne Recovered. CALLENDER, Ontario, September 18 () —Marie, tiniest of the quints, has been permitted again to play with her sisters after having been isolated for two days with a slight indisposition. She was fully recovered, Summary of Obituary ews, Radio __ B-4-5 and C-12 C-1 to 12 Short Story.._C-9 Soclety .._._C-13 Sports __A-12-13 Lost & Found C-14 | Woman's Pg. _B-§ WAR IN FAR EAST. Japanese shells imperil American Marines’ patrol. Page A-1 Wang to repeat arms ban protest to Roosevelt. Page A-1 Final article by Upton Close on Sino- Japanese war. Page A-4 FOREIGN. British destroyer bombed off Gijon, Spain, Page A-1 Rightist revolutionary plot bared by France. Page A-2 Austria warned by Pope against Nazi church policies. Page A-2 French border town demands better defense, Page A-2 NATIONAL. ©Outbursts of attack and support con- tinue in Black case. Page A-1 Roosevelt defles opponents in assail- ing legalistic rule. Page A-1 Alabama Klan proceedings revealed by reporter. Page A-3 Green fires new blast at C. L O. in radio address. Page A-9 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Artist removes acid stains from down- town store windows. Page A-1 Salling craft to open regatta program today. Page A-1 Pilots divided on new sairport regula- tions. Page A-2 Roosevelt decides to start Western trip ‘Wednesday. Page A-2 —_——____ Wl ¢ YD «r g i :(fi ‘é‘ 4 ol 3, \\\\‘qul ] o W\ 7\\"1;/{1 > ¢ Foening Sfar HOW 1 can SYM PATHIZE The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 136,071, (Some returns not yet received.) SAL GRAFT PEN REGATA TODAY President to Watch Races From Yacht—150 Vessels Await Start. (Picture on Page A-2.) A fleet of some 150 sailing craft of all descriptions waited restlessly off Hains Point today for the starting gun which will signal the opening of Washington's biggest and most spectacular regatta program. President Roosevelt will view the races from his yacht, the Potomac, it was announced at the White House. Accompanying him will be Gov. and Mrs, Lloyd C. Stark of Missouri and Harry Hopkins, relief administrator. The President planned to board his yacht at the Navy Yard about half an hour before the races start. It was expected he would spend the rest of the afternoon on the river, returning only a few hours before he is scheduled to leave for Hyde Park. Trim sailing vessels from many ports will compete over a V-shaped 5-mile course around Hains Point to- day and tomorrow for The Evening Star trophies, while power boats of national championship renown will race over the Potomac next Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the coveted President’s Cup. An added feature of the week-long nautical celebration this year will be an impressive historical and patriotic night pageant off the Watergate next Thursday, when the most dazzling fireworks display in Washington's history is promised by a civic com- mittee. With race officials watching from & 75-foot Coast Guard cutter an- chored in the Georgetown Channel and thousands of boating fans view- ing the events from East Potomac Park, 11 classes of sailing vessels will compete in 33 races today and to- morrow. Many of the spectators will occupy reserved seats in a grand- stand on the shore. The inaugural sailing race this af- ternoon will be a 20-foot open event, with Galesville and Shadyside well represented. Eleven other races will follow—the 20-foot restricted class, albatrosses, 18-foot open, handicap C, comets, folding canoes, open canoes, snipes, handicap A, handicap B and moths, The races will be run under aus- pices of the Potomac River Sailing Assoclation. The Race Committee is (See REGATTA, Page A-8.) T S R R 18 Below at North Pole. SOVIET NORTH POLE CAMP, by Wireless to Moscow, September 18 (#)—The temperature touched 16 de- grees below zero (F.) here today and the barometer read 29.74 inches, Today's Star . Power Commission starts six-month utility inquiry, Page A-8 First group of D. C. Legionnaires off for convention. Page A-9 Robbery victim's description leads to arrest of suspects. Page A-14 Two persons in hospitals as result of accidents. Page A-14 Fort Drive plans shaping toward rapid completion, Page A-14 D. C. Suffrage Association completes organization. Page C-13 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT, Editorials. This and That. Stars, Men and Atoms, Answers to Questions, David Lawrence. H. R. Baukhage, Mark Sullivan. Jay Franklin. Lemuel F. Parton. SPORTS. President Roosevell sees opening of sailboat races, Page A-12 State ousts O'Hara, cancels license of ‘Gansett track, Page A-12 Griffs’ rookies to be relied on in twin bills, Page A-12 Experting on foot ball proves hazard- ous task. Page A-13 MISCELLANY, Cross-word Puszzle, Bedtime Story. Contract Bridge. Letter-Out. Dorothy Dix. Betsy Caswell. Nature's Children. Vital Statistics. Traffic Convictions, Bhipping News. PR » dbdbdbdbanaa B-6 B-6 B-7 B-7 Page City News in Brief. Mercury Falls To a Record 45; Rise Forecast Washington shivered under extra blankets this morning when the tem- perature dropped to 45 degrees a% 6 o'clock—the lowest mark of the Sum- mer and the coldest September 18 in the city’s history, sccording to the ‘Weather Bureau. Sunshine today and tomorrow will warm the city, however, forecasters predicted, and husbands who looked apprehensively at furnaces this morn- ing will be able to forget their worries for a time. ‘The official forecast sald today will be fair and “continued cool,” while tomorrow will be “fair and warmer.” ‘Two hours after the mercury touched its lowest mark this morning, it climbed seven degrees. The coldest September day in his- tory here was in 1904, when the mercury touched 36 degrees on the 23d of the month. Suburban areas in nearby Maryland and Virginia reported ‘temperatures several degrees lower than Washing- ton’s minimum. At Frederick, Md., the mercury dropped to 37 degrees and the first frost of the season was re- ported. There was no damage, how- ever. BLACK GASE STIRS FRESH OUTBURSTS Hamilton Believes President Would Not Knowingly Pick a Klansman. The last of a series of articles by Ray Sprigle, copyrighted by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the North American Newspaper Alli- ance, Inc, containing charges of Justice Black’s afiliation with the Ku Kluz Klan, appears on page A-3. By ihe Associated Press. Fresh outbursts of criticism and support of Justice Hugo L. Black, al- leged to be a life member of the Ku Klux Klan, had come today from these public figures: 1. Republican Chairman John Hamilton termed it inconceivable that President Roosevelt “would knowingly have appointed a Klansman to the Supreme Court.” 2. President Jouett Shouse of the American Liberty League, which fought Mr. Roosevelt's re-election, contended the President must have known of Black’s alleged affiliation. It was the league’s first statement since the 1936 campaign, 3. Senator Connally, Democrat, of Texas declared the furor was a ques- tion of politics, apparently an effort to embarrass the President. 4. Senator Glass, Democrat, of Vir- ginia, who opposed Black's confirma- tion, said he still considers the justice unfit “regardless of the Ku Klux Klan charges.” 5. Senator Lee, Democrat, of Okla- homa termed the Klan charges “only & smoke screen” laid down by persons Who disliked Black’s championship of the utilities holding company bill and wage-and-hour legislation. Hamlilton's statement, more mod- erate than the comments of some Re- publican Congressmen, said: _“In an issue of such seriousness, (See BLACK, Page UP) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. BRITISH WARSHP BONBED BY PLANE OF IO, SPAIN London Believes Attacker Loyalist—Six Missiles Fail to Strike. CHINA COMMEMORATES MANCHURIA LOSS IN "31 Shanghai Relaxes as Movies Re- ROOSEVELT T0 GET PROTEST OF WAN Chinese Envoy Expected to Repeat Objections on Arms Ban. C. T. Wang, Chinese Ambassador, will call on President Roosevelt this afternoon, apparently to reiterate pro- tests he made yesterday to Secretary of State Hull against the partial arms embargo in the China Sea area, Secretary Hull arranged to see the President 15 minutes after the Am- bassador’s visit. ‘Wang yesterday conveyed to Hull his government’s keen dissatisfaction with the President's order restricting shipment of war materials to the Far Eastern war zone, The Chinese contend the order will not seriously affect Japan but will directly hurt Chinese military opera- tions, The administration order forbids Government owned merchant ships from carrying arms, munitions and “implements of war” to China and Japan during the current hostilities, It also contains s warning to privately owned American merchant vessels that they transport such cargoes at their own risk. Ambassador Wang was to meet the President in his White House study. The interview was scheduled to last only 15 minutes following which Hull was to be called in for another 15 minutes. The President necessarily must curtail the interview because he was due to leave shortly to view the President's Cup Regatta off Hains Point. STOCKS OFF $1T0 $4 IN WAVE OF SELLING TU. S. Steel Closes at 90, Bethle- hem at 76—Motors Also Down. B the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 18—Shares tumbled $1 to $4 in the stock market today as & wave of liquidation found buyers few and chary. While there was a light lightening of pressure in some sections near the finish, motor and steel issues gen- erally ended at their lows for the day. U. 8. Steel closed at $90.12, off $4.25; Bethlehem was down about as much &t $76, Chrysler lost $3.12 at $94.38, and Anaconda Copper was $2.75 lower at $43. Exceeding the general run of losses was Allled Chemical, which finished $12 lower at $192, Brokers could ascribe no definite news item as having a preponderant effect on trading. Some felt Presi- dent Roosevelt’s renewed insistence on his program might have had a bear- ish effect, but others asserted Wall Street already had taken his attitude for granted and taken position ac- cordingly, Snow Falls in Pennsylvania. KANE, Pa., September 18 (#).—The first snow of the season fell yesterday open and Hotels Resume Service. Food Scarcer. BACKGROUND— Fourth Regiment of American Marines has been under fire in Shanghai numerous times since un- declared Sino-Japanese warfare spread to that city August 9 from North China, where Japan was car- rying out invasion to augment her economic bloc with Manchukuo. Five Americans have died as re- sult of fighting around Shanghai. Twelve hundred more Marines are due in Shanghai tomorrow to re- inforce American forces already there. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, September 18.—Japa- nese artillery unleashed a new bom- bardment of the Markham Road sec- tion today, bringing fresh perils to the American-defended sector of Shanghai’s war-shocked International Settlement, Japanese shells crashed into the area close by the patrol assigned United States Marines as Japanese Navy planes, taking advantage of clearing weather, resumed bombardment of Chinese positions on a wide front, The aeral attack was launched against Liuhong, Lotien, Kiangwan, Chapeil and Pootung, Japanese naval officials declared, aiming at Chinese troop concentrations in those sections. Counter-attacks Repulsed. At the same time a 'Japanese Army officer asseried Japan's land forces had repulsed Chinese counter-sttacks on a 25-mile front extending from the north at Liuho to Shanghal’s out- heaviest night air raids the city has experienced. ‘The Japanese were said to have advanced within & mile of Liuhong, the powerful wireless base to the north where Chinese forees ‘were in strong positions. Heavy Chinese casualties wers re- tion at the movies. ‘War-weary Ameri- cans and other foreigners thronged the city’s two leading movie theaters as they opened for the first time since August 14. Two of the largest hotels reopened despite the ever present danger of ex- ploding shells and falling shrapnel. Nearly all European-operated esb- arets and dance halls rang again with the clamor of American jaz, Food stuffs are daily scarcer and more expensive, but most Testaurants catering to Americans and Europeans unboarded their ‘windows, * while a majority of the retail stores also began to bid anew for trade, * Seven large Chinese cotton mills with a total of 374,000 spindles re- opened, giving employment to more than 10,000 Chinese, but the big Japanese mills have not yet ventured to resume operation, Decisive Battle Looms, PEIPING, September 18 (#).— Japanese military authorities an- nounced & triple-headed thrust deep into the Chinese Central Hopeh on this highest Pennsylvania town, sending hay fever refugees and towns- folk scurrying for their overcoats. Flurries continued for two minutes before changing to rain. Lowest tem- perature was 48 degrees. MY LIFE WITH AMELIA EARHART George Palmer Putnam, husband of the famous fiyer lost in the South Pacific, will give you the answer to the “WHYS” ‘Why She Took Such Desperate Chances, Why She Became a Flyer, How S8he Made Their Marriage a Success Answered in the Log Book of Her Flights in a Series of Articles Starting Tomorrow in THE SUNDAY STAR Province lines today pushed the de- fenders back toward a fortified line which neutral observers believed would see the decisive battle of the Sino- Japanese conflict. \ Despite flerce resistance, the Jap- anese declared their forces had swept on past Chochow, the walled city 40 miles south of Peiping which fell late yesterday, and taken new positions along the railway lines south. The right wing was said to be 20 miles west of Chochow and the cen- ter .wing at Kuanlichuang, 8 miles southwest of the same city. Blockade Evasion Charged. TOKIO, September 18 (#).—The Japanese foreign office today accused Chinese vessels of trying to evade the Japanese coastal bidckade by changing their registry, thus to gain the protec~ tion of a neutral flag. The foreign office statement declared “steps” would be taken to halt the Ppractice. . “Caesarean” Twins Thrive. POMONA, Calif., September 18 ().— Seven-pound twin sons born by & Caesarean operation to Mrs, J, Art McCanne were reported thriving to- day. The mother also was doing well.