Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1937, Page 1

- WEATHER. (U, 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and colder.today; tomorrow fair; moderate northwest and north winds. Temperatures yesterday—Highest, T4, at Full Associated Press News and Wirephotos Sunday Morning and 4 pm.; lowest, 49, at 5 am. Full report on page A-5. (#) Means Associated Press. No. 1,702—No. 34,151 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. he WITH DAILY EVEN. undiny ING EDITION St WASHINGTON, D. €., SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER. 31, 1937138 PAGES. " GROWING ANGLO-JAPAN TENSION DIMS BRUSSELS PARLEY HOPES; MANCHU BORDER STRENGT British Await Full Report on 3 Killings. __\__— LONDONNEARS | PATIENCE END Diplomatic Brea k Is Anticipated in Tokio. BACKGROUND— Anglo-Japanese tension over in- pasion of China by armies of Nip~ pon sprang jrom wounding ef British Ambassador to China, Sir Hughe Natchbuli-Hugessen, August 26 while traveling from Nanking to Shanghai on mission of. peace: Subsequent firing upon British diplomatic cars and killing of three British soldiers at outpost of Shanghai International Settlement Friday intensified ‘bitterness in London. Br the Associated Press. LONDON, Bct. 30.—Tension between Great Britain and Japan, aroused by a series of fatal incidents in the Shanghai war zone, today narrowed the possibilities for success of th Brussels Conference to halt the Chi- nese-Japanese War. As the London delegation, headed by Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, made ready to go to the Belgian capital Monday night, the British foreign office sought a full report on the kill- ing of three British soldiers by Japa- nese troops at Shanghai yesterday. The latest incident in the series, starting with the wounding of Sir| Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, British Ambassador to China, stirred new| British feeling against Japan. It was spparent in official quarters that the | repeated occurrences had strained British patience with mere Japanese regrets, Japanese Grow Bitter. At the same time growing Japanese bitterness against Britain was reported from Tokio, where the “Couneil on the Current Situation,” an unofficial body including members of Parliament, army leaders and industrialists, sug-| gested Japan might -break off diplo- | matic relations with Britain. Reports from Shanghai indicated | Japanese resented British troops stop- ping Japanese troop launches from | going up Soochow Creek yesterday. | Dispatches said Japanese declared a British soldier had touched a Japanese machine gun, “thus insulting the im- perial Japanese Navy.” Indications in London were that/ Britajn would enter the Brussels talks November 3 with a “much stiffer back” | as the result of repeated ‘attacks on her troops and property in China. Eden Answer Awaited. Eden’s answer in the House of Com- | usually “Lost Battalion” Runs Gauntlet! 377 Dash 20 Yards to British Outpost as W arehouse-Fortress Crumbles—Three More English Soldiers Wounded. By LLOYD LEHRBAS, Associnted Press Staff Correspondent. SHANGHAI, Oct. 31 (Sunday).—China’s “lost battalion” escaped its besieged warehouse-citadel early today, running a blazing machine gun gauntlet to sanctuary in Shanghai's International Settlement. At the height of a furious battle areas of central Shanghai, 377 Chinese dashed down a 20-yard opening | to safety. They were disarmed immediately by British troops and interned for | duration of the conflict. Twenty-six< — were gravely wounded. Chinese said they had left behind to defend the warehouse until death in the face of a Japanese “surrender or die” ultimatum. fled the crumbling warehouse Japanese hoisted the Rising Sun flag over the site of one of the most dramatic 'epi- sodes in this conflict. that sprayed shells over foreign-owned | Later in the day three more Brit- 3 {ish soldiers were wounded by stray| 200 dead who fulfilled their pledge | shells in the Jessfield Park area of’ | Shanghai, creating a new strain on | Anglo-Japanese relations. Vice Admiral Sir Charles Little and navy forces, both made representa- | tions to the Japanese. They urged " (See BATTALION, Page A-5.) IL DUCE RECALLS ENVOYTO FRANCE Cerruti’s Indefinite Leave Aggravates Strained Dip- lomatic Rift. BACKGROUND— Franco-Italian relations strained since start of Spanish civil war, when France joined Britain in establishing Non-Intervention Com- mittee jor prevention of shipment of arms and volunteers to either faction in Spanish war. Rift widened by refusal of France a year ago to accredit mew Ambas- sador to Italy to King Victor Eman- uel as Emperor rather than merely King of Italy. Bitterness accentu- ated by recent Anglo-French de- mands that Italy withdraw her troops from Spain. By the Associated Press. PARIS, Oct. 30.—Premier Miissolini of Italy recalled his Ambassador from Paris in a move which diplomats considered as aggravating France's strained diplomatic relations with Ttaly. Ambassador Vittorio Cerruti _will return to Rome tomorrow night, Ital- ians said, for a leave of absence of “more or less long duration.” Baron Angelo Scaduto Mendola, counsellor | of Embassy, is also leaving his post, placing the delicate Italo-French re- lations in the hands of a minor official. The sudden recall was made, a well-informed source said, failed to send an Ambassador to Rome mons Monday to opposition criticism of the government's foreign policy was looked to for a possible indication of | British action in the Far East as well as the deadlock among European pow- ers on getting foreign volunteers oud of the Spanish civil war. Eden, reporting to Commons earlier in the week on the Japanese machine gunning to death of a British soldier, | declared to the cheers of members that British retaliatory fire had been justi- fled and could be expected in the fu- ture. | The British delegation was believed going to Brussels without definite plans | except to work closely with the Ameri- can delegates in an effort to find a peace formula under the \Vashmgmn! nine-power agreement to respect Chi- | na’s territorial integrity. Japan’s Stand an Obstacle. ‘The refusal of Japan, a signatory, | to participate was recognized as a seri- ous obstacle. The chief hope for suc- cess of the conference was based on! Chinese and Japanese expressions of | willingness to talk peace, but the wide gap in their positions presented many | difficulties. Belgium Prepares Palace. BRUSSELS, Oct. 30 (#).—Belgium put the historic Palais des Academies in shape today for the first nine-power treaty conference meeting Wednesday to seek solution of the Chinese-Jap- anese confiict. The foreign office announcement that Foreign Minister Maxim Litvinofft would head Russia’s delegation brought | to four the number of foreign ministers who are scheduled to attend the con- ference. and left a Charge d’Affaires in control of Italian relations rather than recog- nize the Fascist conquest of Ethiopia. Cerruti notified the foreign ministry that he was leaving a Charge d’Affaires to handle Italian relations with France and after his visit the foreign office | issued a communique: “The Italian Ambassador has made known to the foreign ministry that he has been invited by his gm‘emment; to leave on vacation. Diplomatic sources said they be- lieved the rupture would not go any | further as the Ambassador’s departure was felt to be due entirely to Musso- lini's sense of prestige requiring Ital- ian representation at Paris to be on the same basis as the French at Rome, Edouard Daladier, minister of- na- tional defense, in a speech at the Radical Socialist Congress at Lille, made what observers interpreted as a (See PARIS, Page A-5.) TELEPHONE OFFICIAL COLLAPSES AT GAME By the Associated Press. NEW HAVEN, Conn,, Oct. 30.—Floyd O. Hale, 54, president of the Illinois Bell Telephone Co., collapsed during the exciting closing minutes of the Yale-Dartmouth game today and was rushed by the field ambulance to the New Haven- Hospital. . Dr. Wilder Tileston, who treated the stricken executive, said it would be impossible to determine what caused the collapse until a more complete diagnosis is made. The physician de- scribed Hale'’s condition as “very fair.” Upsets Shake Grid World; - Navy and Auburn Victims National football rankings again will be drastically revised following yes- terday's games, with Pennsylvania’s wictory over Navy and Rice's triumph over Auburn by identical 14-7 scores standing out in a list sprinkled freely, with upsets. Harvard recorded its first victory ever Princeton since 1923 by the convincing figures of 34-6, while Yale and Dartmouth struggled to a 9-9 tie. Notre Dame topped Minnesota, \n.§, with Fordham whipping 'North Carolina, 14-0; Georgia Tech trim- ming Vanderbilt, 14-0, and Nebraska defeating Indiana, 7-0, in other out- standing games. local realm Maryland con- tinued fits' winning ways with a 13-7 decision-‘over Florida, while Manhat- tan _rallied to trounce Georgetown, 390-12; - Digkinson buried American University, 41-0, and Howard Uni- versity and Miner Teachers battled to 8 -7 tie. Glen Riddle Farm's War Admiral easily captured the twenty-third re- newal of the Washington Handicap, closing feature of the Maryland State Fair's 25-day fall meeting at Laurel. War Admiral, covering the' 1% miles | in 2:04 4-5, finished more than a length ahead of T. P. Morgan's Heel- fly to earn $15,350. Shandon Farm's Burning Star was third. Other leading football 'scores: Army, 20; Virgingia Military In- stitute, 7. Cornell, 14; Columbia, 0. Holy Cross, 0; Temple, 0. Baylor, 6; Texas Christian, 0. Southérn Methodist, 13; Texas, 2. Arkansas, 26; Texas A. & M, 13. Alabama, 41; Kentucky, 0. ‘Tulane, 14; Mississippi, 7. Pittsburgh, 25; Carnegie Tech, 14. N. Y. U, 14; Colgate, 7. California, 27; U. C. L. A, 14, Villanovs, Detroit, 0. Stanford, 0; Oregon State, 0. ‘Washington State, 0; Southern Cali- fornia, 0. Recalled " AMBASSADOR CERRUTI. MRS. LAWES DIES |IN FALL FROM BRIDGE | Wife of Sing Sing Warden Fa- tally Injured in Drop From Bear Mountain Span. | By the Associated Press. | OSSINING, N. Y. Oct. | Kathryn Lawes, wife of Warden Lewis E. Lawes of Sing Sing Prison, died in | | the Ossining Hospital tonight of in- juries received in a fall from the Bear Mountain Bridge to the bank diplomatic | of the Hudson River. because France had | She was found at the base of a ! precipice by State troopers at 8 o'clock (ES.T. tonight, twelve hours after she drove away from her home at the |prlson. The car was parked on the bridge. ‘Westchester County Medical Exam- iner Amos O. Squire said he would try to determine the circumstances of the fall after he had examined the site tomorrow. The troopers noticed the car, bear- ing a Sing Sing label, parked on the bridge, and called the warden, who Jjoined in the search. He said his wife had been ill for several weeks. She was about 50. Squire said Mrs. Lawes apparently fell while going down a path down the cliffside, because her injuries were not as great as would be expected from a fall the whole 150 feet from the bridge level. FLOODED AREA OF SYRIA PATROLLED BY TROOPS By the Associated Press. DAMASCUS, Syria, Oct. 30.—Troops tonight patrolled flood-destroyed vil- lages northeast of Damascus where more than 1,000 persons were drowned and 10,000 left homeless. The troops were sent out following & ministry of interior announcement that a village on the Damascus- Baghdad road had been sacked by thieves after inhabitants fled before advancing flood waters. The government recruited hundreds of volunteers and sent them into the flood areas to work with troops in feeding refugees and recovering bod- ies. LAST 'SUNDAY The Star Gave You A New : Picture Magazine THIS SUNDAY the full-size rotégravure section is back again. As explained last week, this is an experiment to give you a chance to tell us which you prefer. Won’t you please compare the two sections_and let us have your opinion? hok ok ke Send a letter or a card to The Sunday Editor, The Star, Washington, D. C, Ten minutes after the last survivor | Maj. Gen. A. P. D. Telfer-Smollett, | | commanders of Britain’s army and D 30.—Mrs. | HENED Tokio Is Reported Of Machine Guns to Sanctuary ending From China. 'ARMY IN CHOSEN ALSO SHIFTED Soviet Movements Declared Made in Siberia. By the Associatea Press. PEIPING, Oct. 30.—Trustworthy sodrces said today that both Japan and Russia are rapidly increasing | their forces along the boundary be- tween Japan's protectorate of Man- chukuo and Soviet Siberia. It was authoritatively estimated 40,000 Japanese troops who had taken part in the conquest of North Chita ve been sent into North Manchukuo. Foreign sources have reported the movement of Japanese troop trains | northeastward through Tientsin. ! It was reported also that 20,000 | Japanese troops had been sent re- cently from Chosen into Eastern Manchukuo, where border tension was | heightened by a Soviet-Manchukuo clash on the Tumen River boundary Priday. Travelers Report Army Shifts. According to Domei, Japan's na-| | tional news agency, travelers wic | have come through Siberia recent have told of large movements ol ‘e Red Army along the Trans-Siberian Railway into Siberian provinces aa- A0 ESCAPE DEATH q FIVE CENTS Every Afternoon. l'l‘EN CENTS OTON AND SUBURBS W1 SPWHERE 5 e FATHER KNICKERBOCKER—HALLOWEEN HAD N O TERRORS FOR ME! INTRUCK PLUNGE Two Merrymakers Hurt as Vehicle Rolls Down Bank Near Chain Bridge. Joining Manchukuo. Domei also said that Soviet troops | had been sent into Outer Monguiia, | which is under Russian influence and protection, because Russian leaders feared an invasion from Manch:kuo. Informed observers pointed out tnat the Japanese column which recen conquered Suiyuan and Chahar Pro inces—and which came from Japan's Manchukuan garrison—has hastened to set up an independent “Inner Mon- imnfln nation” with capital at Kwei- | sui, formerly capital of Suiyuan. Base to Strike Outer Mongolia. This, it is believed, is intended to establish firmly a base from which to strike at Outer Mongolia if the need arises. Authorities familiar with both Ja- pan and Russia said that while neither country wants to fight now— knowing it would be a fight to the | death—each is being impelled into large military preparations by fear of | attack. The Japanese army, although fuily oceupied with its conquests in Chine, apparently is taking no chances with its Manchukuan border defenses. Although many of the who took part in the occupation of | Tientsin and Peiping came from Man- chukuo it was believed they were re- placed there by other troops from | Japan, so that the garrison of Man- chukuo never has been weakened. Yangchuan Captured. A Japanese army communique said | three Japanese columns which have | been fighting their way into Shansi Province from the East today cap- | tured Yangchuan, 60 miles east of | Taiyuanfu, the provincial capital. A Domei dispatch from Kweisui—re- | | named Hoho by the Mongols—said the | | new Mongol “nation” declared its au- | thority extended not only over Suiyuan | and most of Chahar but also over “all territory originally possessed by the Mongols.” Literally taken, this would mean | | most of Asia and some of Europe but | experienced observers interpreted it as | bid for support of Mongol tribes in | | Sovietized Outer Mongolia and also | & hint its sway might be extended— with Japanese army help—to Ning- | hsia, Chinese province to the west of | Suiyuan. Soviets Protest Border Fight, MOSCOW, Oct. 30 (#).—The Soviet government protested today over an alleged incursion of Japanese-Man- chukuan troops across the Russian- Manchukuo frontier where they were said to have exchanged shots with Soviet frontier guards. The foreign office instructed the consul general at Harbin to present the protest to Japanese authorities and the Manchukuo government and ask them to take measures to prevent such incidents in the future. troops | A crowd of young people on a Hal- loween party narrowly escaped serious ' | injury or death last night when a | truck taking them to Great Falls left | the road on a curve on Chain Bridge Hill in .Aflington County, plunged down a 25-foot embankment and turned over. | Two of the approximately 40 occu- pants of the vehicle required hospital | attention and several others were given first aid at the scene for cuts and bruises. | William Staunton. jr., 18, of 4100 Ne- | | braska avenue N.W., was treated at| Emergency Hospital for a slight brain | | concussion and Betty Mitchell, 18, of ;3032 N street N.W. for brain concus- | sion and contusion of the right shoul- | der. - Both were discharged from the | | hospital. The accident happened at a point | | where a Chesapeake & Potomac Tele- | | phone Co. crew was repairing a | cable. The workmen quickly éffected the rescue of the occupants of the ‘vvhlcle. who were piled up against the front wall as the truck nosed down. | Driver Is Injured. | Lewis Du Bose, colored, 34, 741 | Kenyon street N.W, the driver, was | arrested by Arlington County police | and held for investigation, but offi- cers said he probably would be re- leased. Du Bose suffered a badly lacerated arm. He was forced to break his way out of the truck cab to escape. Officers quoted Du Bose as sayin that he “lost” the road and didn’ realize he had wrongly turned off the curve until it was too late. Miss Margarct Murray, 5436 North Capitol stree:, one of the truck party, said there were 36 or 48 persons in the group and that they had met at the home: of one to start for Great| Falls. She said the truck was not speeding at the time of the accident. ‘The place wvhere the truck left the highway is about 300 feet from the| Virginia end Of Chain Bridge on Glebe road. The erade is steep and | curves to the right into a short bricdge across Pimmet Pun. Benjamin F. Lusby, a telephone workman residing at 745 Tenth street S. was standing by a pole near the (See TRUCK, Page ) . Norris En Route Here. ROCHESTER, Minn., Oct. 30 (#).— Senator George W. Norris, independ- ent, of Nebraska was en route to Washington by automobile today after being treated for several weeks by clinic physicians here for an abscessed tooth. He was also given a complete physical check-up. The Senator planned to reach Washington for the start of the special session of Con- gress. By HAROLD B. ROGERS. Expectant fathers are to be given special consideration in the new Doc- tors' Howpital, under plans just ap- proved for its construction on I street, between two medical buildings sat | Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets. | These fathers are to be provided with a waiting room all their own on the maternity floor, and are to be made comfortable during that trying time when so many fathers wear out shoe leather wait- - |ing for the stork. On the blue- print plans, which have heen ap- proved by officials of Doctors’ Hos- pital after exten- ¢ p sive consultation with physicians’ committees of every specialty, there is a place set apart on the fifth floor known, for construction purposes, as “visitors’ waiting room.” That's for the expectant fathers. It will be equipped with comfortable chairs, lounges, tables, magazines and other up-to-date reading material. The problem was discussed st some length N o New D.C. Hospital Will Provide Comforts for Expectant Fathers by physicians and representatives of the architects and builders, according to Dr. Oscar B. Hunter, secretary of Doctors’ Hospital, Inc. Rest Rooms for Doctors. On the maternity floor will be pro- viced every modern scientific develop- ment for the proper care of mothers and infants, under the plans, approved by a committee of experts. Rest rooms for doctors waiting for maternity pa- tients also are to be constructed, on both the fifth floor and the sixth floor, where there will be a continuation of the maternity service. 3 Other features of the new hospital will be a flower and gift shop on the first floor, I street front; adjoining the lobby. for the convenience of visitors. This will be rented to an outside firm. The drug store of Maxwell ‘& Tenny- son, now occupying the ground floor at Eighteenth and I streets, will be moved to the first floor, occupying part of the hospital and part of the med- 5 (See HOBPITAL, Page A-8.) 2 o] 3w A frik pe TwiNs! TRAINING SCHOOL Wild Marxes, | Found Guilty, || Fear Jail Bars Groucho and Chico Convicted of Copy- right Violation. Ey the Associated Press LOS ANGELES, Oct. 30.—Groucho and Chico Marx, movie comedians, were convicted in Federal Ccurt today of infringing on a copyright in a radio broadcast—a verdict mean a jail jolt for us.” ¢ Groucho delivered that pessimistic statement as the jury retired. After the verdict, he and Chico, |review before Queen Halloween V and | equally serious, had nothing to say.|Some 100,000 spectators last night in/| the annual civic Halloween parade | ‘The misdemeanor conviction carries a maximum fine of $1,030, or maxi-| mum jail sentence of one year, or| both. Judge George Cosgrove said sen- | tence would be imposed next Monday. Defense counsel declared they would ask for a new trial. | After only brief deliberation, a jury convicted the high-salaried brothers | of using certain “gag” material which Carroll and Garrett Graham sub- | mitted to them previously, but which | they rejected. i In the trial, the Marx brothers contended the late Al Boasberg, screen writer, prepared the script they used‘ in the broadcast last year. They| testified they did not recall the sub- stance of the skit, “Mr. Dibble and Mr. Dabble,” that the Grahams sub- mitted and did not realize it and their broadcast script were similar, (Picture on Page A-2.) o . PROBE DEMANDED, Kennedy to Push Move for | Congressional Inquiry Into Institution. BACKGROUND— Dr. Carrie Weaver Smith was appointed superintendent of the National Training School for Girls 18 months ago, and an appropria- tion of $100,000 was made to im- prove conditions there generally. Mrs. Roosevelt became interested in the school, and entertained the in- mates at the White House. Riots there in recent months resulted in Dr. Smith’s ouster. A congressional investigation of conditions at the National Training School for Girls was demanded yes- terday as:the District Commissioners went. forward with plans to get a suc- cessor for Dr. Carrie Weaver Smith, ousted as superintendent, Friday, on recommendation of the Board of Pub- lic Welfare. Declaring a probe was Representative Kennedy, of Maryland, member of the House District Committee, said he would move for appointment of a special sub-committee to conduct it as soon as Congress goes into session No- vember 15. At the same time, Dr. Smith an- nounced her intention of doing “every=- thing in my power” to have the en- tire juvenile institution set-up here investigated, while the Welfare Board countered with the reply that a move of that nature would be welcomed. And while these developments were in progress, police got a “lookout” for three inmates of the school who were said to have “walked off.” They were identified as Nellie Turner, 17; Min- nie Mortison, 14, and Veronica Edelin, 16, all colored. “Thorough” Inquiry. Asked. “As a member of the House Dis~ trict Committee,” Mr. Kennedy de- clared, “I feel that developments at the National Training School for Girls, which resulted in the removal of Dr. Smith demand & thorough inquiry by either the full committee or a spe- cial subcommittee. I intend to rec- ommend such an investigation at the first meeting of the committee. “I do not know Dr. Smith, and I (See SCHOOL, Page A-3.) called for, Democrat, HALLOWEEN FETE SEN BY 10000 Witches, Ghosts and Gob- lins Take Part in Parade Deemed Best Yet. Spooks, witches and assorted skele- tons who danced the “big apple” be- fore the rubbery stare of a 100-foot that ' dragon who solemnly came apart in | Groucho said in tragic tones “might | seetions by way of protest, and 11| sheeted ghosts playing football were among the prodigies which passed in on Constitution avenue. Aided by the combination of an un- | | seasonably mild, starlit night and a| Saturday evening observance, the pa- rade proved to be the most colorful of the five annual community Halloween celebrations sponsored here by the the Washington Board of Trade. Despite the size of the crowd—police estimated there were 10,000 spectators crowded along the block between Fif- teenth and Sixteenth streets alone— the parade went off without the re- porting of an aceident of any sort. Queen on Glittering Throne. Queen Halloween, impersonated by Miss Betty Virginia Lewis, 18-year-old ‘Temple School student, established her court on & glittering throne at Six- teenth street and Constitution avenue royal consort, Maurice Jarvis, the King of Halloween; Dennis Connell, the royal jester, and. a large court of la- dies in waiting and local civic officials, reviewed a parade in which 1,908 per- sons participated. A police count showed 1,412 march- ers in costume, 40 floats and 12 bands. ‘There were 415 participants in vehicles or on floats. But these are very mundane, matter- of-fact figures, and there was nothing mundane or matter-of-fact about the parade. It was fantastic to a degree, and cold statistics meant nothing whatever to the thousands of gaily-cos- tumed youngsters who sat along the curbs and shrieked their thrilled de- light as giant rubber alligators and into the crowds. And the children had generous adult assistance in their applause for such parade units as the oig float representing a jail full of goblins and ghosts who crowded the barred windows, while a giant, in- flated policeman dogged by an es- caped ghost, swayed around atcp the prison, or the 25 beautifully uni- formed girls on roller skates who skated through intricate evolutions in the Georgetown Playground sec- tion, or Ali Baba and the 40 thieves (See HALLOWEEN, Page A-3.) CORCORAN O'PE'RATED ON Co-Author of Holding Company Bill in Baltimore Hospital. BALTIMORE, Oct. 30 (#).—Thomas Corcoran, co-author of the adminis- tration’s holding company bill, was reported ‘“getting along very well” after an operation in a Baltimore hos- pital today. Dr. M. L. Breitstein said “a slight nasal operation” was performed. Mr. Corcoran, an attorney for the Recon- struction Finance Corp., entered the hospital last night. ‘The winner of the grand prize— $1,500—in the 1937 third annual news- paper national snapshot awards will be selected by a distinguished jury to- morrow from 408 snapshots now hang- ing in the Explorers’ Hall of the Na- tional Geographic Society. The snapshots were taken by ama- teur photographers from 40 States and represent entries from The Eve- ning Star and 101 other leading news- papers throughout the country. ‘The 125 cash prizes, totaling $10,000, range from 112 honorable mention awards of $50 each up to four first prize winners in as many classes, each of whom will be awarded $500. A grand prize of $1,000 will be awarded for the picture adjudged to be the Radio Programs, Page F-7. Compiete Indsx, Page A-2. most outstanding of all snapshots en- tered. This grand prize winner will 4 dragons poked their fearsome snouts | NEW YORK RESLT T0PS INTEREST TUESDAYS VT La Guardia Given Chance to Win Over Mahoney for Re-election. |RACES IN OTHER CITIES MARKED BY BITTERNESS New York State to Select Three for Congress—Virginia and Jer- sey to Select Governors. By G. GOULD LINCOLN. Election day—Tuesday—will be a mild affair compared to what may be expected in 1938 and 1940. Never- theless it holds a set of municipal elections that vie with other election days in interest. New York, Detroit, Boston, Pittsburgh and Cleveland are all choosing mayors and other officials after campaigns of varying degrees of bitterness. . Two States, New Jersey and Vire ginia, are electing Governors. Va- cancies in the National House of Rep- resentatives are to be filled, three in New York State and one in Virginia The mayoralty campaign in New York City has attracted the most na- tional attention. Mayor La Guardia is seeking re-election on a Fusion ticket—with the backing of the Re- publicans, the American Labor party | and other lesser political organizations. | Against him is running the regular Democratic nominee, Jeremiah T. Ma- honey, with the blessing of Chair- man James A. Farley of the Demo- y(‘.'all(‘ National Committee who also is chairman of the Democratic State Committee of New York. La Guardia Conceded Chance, It will be an amazing thing if La | Guardia wins re-election—and he is | given an excellent chance for victory | by many observers. Four years ago, in a three-cornered race in which he opposed two Democrats, La Guardia won with a vote of 86! O'Brien, the Democratic nominee and Tam- many candidate, received 586,672, and McKee, a Democrat running as the candidate of the “Recovery party,” with the backing of Mr. Farley, had 609,053 votes. The combined O'Brien and McKee vote would have sunk La Guardia had they been combined | aginst him. This year La Guardia Uaces only one Democratic candidate, | Mahoney. ‘The Democratic enroliment in New i | Greater National Capital Committee of | YOTk is tremendous, when compared to the enrollment of other parties, | It is something like 1,600,000 to 300,- 000 for the Republicans. The enroll- | ment of the American Labor party, which was formed last year to sup- port President Roosevelt, is smaller. It is quite apparent that La Guardia must receive a very large number of | the votes of enrolled Democrats if he is to win re-election. He is count- ing on strong support from labor and | the American Labor party is doing its | level best for him. On the other hand, | La Guardia is an anathema to some | N.W. and with the assistance of her|of the Republicans, although he has | the Republican nomination. Many of |the anti-La Guardia Republicans voted for Senator Copeland of New York in the primary, when the Sena- | tor was running in both the Repub- lican and Democratic primaries. Sen- ator Copeland was ‘regarded as the Tammany candidate in the Democratic primary, but he lost there, too. Suppofter of New Deal. La Guardia supported President Roosevelt in both his campaigns for the presidency. He has been a sup- porter of New Deal policies. Notwith- | standing, Farley, Gov. Lehman, Sena- tor Wagner, author of the Wagner Labor Relations Act, and all the Roose- | velt Democratic leaders in the ecity | have turned in for Mahoney. Although he was not the original choice of Tammany and a majority of its district leaders, Mahoney has been labeled the “Tammany candi- date” by La Guardia. It is against the organized machine, backing Ma- honey, which the Mayor is making his campaign and on the plea that he has given the city an honest government, which, he says, it could never have with a “machine Mayor.” The Republicans in New York are backing La Guardia in the hope they will be able to deStroy Tammany and put a check to Democratic machine control of the city. Dewey, “racket (See ELECTIONS, Page A-18.) French Radical Socialists Oppose Demands of Germany. LILLE, France, Oct. 30 (#).—The Radical-Socialist party, whose rolls include Premier Camille Chautemps and 16 members of his cabinet, today went on record against the return to Germany of her prewar colonies. The party expressed confidence that the government will maintain the ad- ministrative and legal set-up of the colonies under French mandate. Winners of Snapshot Awards Will Be Selected Tomorrow be chosen from the four first prize winners in each class, thus bringing the winner of the grand prize $1,500. Those who will judge the pictures are: Margaret Bourke-White, na- tionally known photographer of induse trial and news interest subjects; Howard Chandler Christy, famous portrait painter; Franklin L. Fisher, chief of illustrations division, National Geographic Society; Ruth Alexander Nichols, well known photographer of babies and children, and Kenneth Wil- son Williams, photographer and editor of amateur publications of Eastman Kodak Co. Each of the newspapers participat- ing in the 1937 competition entered four grand prize winning pictures from respective contests to compete (See PRIZES, Page A-5.)