Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1937, Page 5

T HE SUNDAY 'STAR, WASHINGTON, 1D B QCTOBER 31, 1937—PART ONE. * A5 INTEREST IS KEEN IND.C.AUTO SHOW 40 Per Cent More Attend Opening Day——85 Cars Are Exhibited. Washington's Eighteenth Annual Automobile Show got away to & swift, smooth start yesterday, with the pub- lic showing a desire to buy as well as to see the gleaming new products of American industrial genius. Attendance figures on the opening day showed a 40 per cent increase over those of last year, promoters of the show announced. This year 85 automobiles of 22 makes are on dis- play, and there are 26 exhibits in all, including several arranged by manu- facturers of accessories. The cars displayed & new simplifi- eation of line, a refinement of in- teriors—reflecting the influence of the woman driver and passengers—and & number of stock improvements which have added to the comfort and safety ‘of the motorist. Several of the lower-priced cars, for example, are offering safety glass all around in their stock models this year. Parade Offers Contrast. A contrast between the new and the old of motordom was offered yesterday through a parade of ancient auto- mobiles along Constitution avenue | from Sixth street to Twenty-fourth street, and thence to the show at 1242 Twenty-fourth street northwest. ‘The old cars were judged this year on the basis of age, mechanical per- fection, performance, and the cos- | tumes of their drivers and passenge! First prize went to C. Raymond Levis of Annapolis and Baltimore, who drove a 1902 Cadillac. He also took the event last year. Levis, garbed in an ancient “duster.” cap and goggles, was accompanied by two pretty girls in bright, flowing satins fashionable in the “gay ’90s. The girls wore great, ostrich-plumed hats tied about their chins by heavy veils. Almost a score of automobiles, old enough to be museum pieces, moved along the parade route. The falter- ing engines of several failed, how- ever, and they had to be towed in or loaded on a truck and hauled to the show headquarters Electric Carriage Second. Second place went to an electric carriage entered by Haleys, Inc., of 2020 M street, and thi to a 1904 Oldsmobile operated by George C. Green, Lambertville, N. J. Walter Matter of Hawley, Pa., won Beauties at inia Rand and Mi. opening of the exhibition. beauties of the Auto Show, distr Auto Show Helen Stretmater, the American uting roses yesterday at the —Star Staff Photo. Battalion (Continued From First Page.) Vice Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa and Gen. Iwane Matsui, Japanese com- manders, to alter the direction of their fire. Shell Crashes Into Hut. ‘The British soldiers were i when a shell crashed into a hut where they were sitting as the Japanese launched what was believed to be the first major offensive against the new Chinese positions in the Hungjao road district, ternational Settlement. The attack broke at dawn, an award for driving the longest dis- tance to participate in the parade. | He had a 1910 Ford. Several of the | cars antedated pneumatic tires and were equipped with friction brake: like wagons. They were cranked at the side and power wz: transmitted by ¢l ms. inciuded a high- and a huge tricycle with dual drive, seats and handlebars. The contestants were judged by Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen. Po- lice Chief Ernest W. Brown, Traffic | Director William A. Van Duzer and | other officials. The contest was spon- | | | | { | | sored by the American Automobile | Association, and, $200 in prizes was handed out. Interiors Improved. ‘The sleek new models in the show drew as much attention as their | ancient forerunners. The interior decoration of the new cars is an im-| provement this year, perhaps due to feminine influence. Color schemes and modern designs are worked out in leather and metal to catch the dis- criminating eye of the woman buyer. Many of the new cars have auto- Iatic transmissions to eliminate floor pedals and enlarge the capacity of the front seat so three persons can be accommodated comfortably. Ventila- tion systems, too, have been improved. One smart model offers air condition- | ing for all sorts of weather. | The frontal grills of the new cars are decorated with chromium in mod- | ern designs in a more elaborate man- | ner than those of last year.. Many carburetors have been improved -for eadded fuel economy. Prices of almost all models are somewhat higher this year. The sales- men say, however, the price boosts ere more than offset by improvements | built into stock models which last | year offered them only at extra | h cost. BABCOCK SPEAKER E. Claude Bahm(‘k president of the | United Civil Service Employes, will | discuss Government reorganization and its probable effect on personnel at & | meeting at 8 p.m. today in headquar- ters in the McGill Building, 908-912 | G street NW. The meeting is under the direction | of the Central Council of the U. S. C. E., headed by John T. Chedester. I’rues (Continiied From First F’ifif\ ) for the national awards. These 408’ pictures represent the best of the hun- | dreds of thousands of snapshots en- tered during ' the various contest | periods throughout the summer. The newspapers participating in | their respective cities conducted con- tests for- a period of six W Jonger. Each week they awarded prizes in cash or merchandise for the best snapshots submitted. At the close of the newspaper contests, four pic- tures, considered the best of all sub- mitted during the time of the contests, were awarded grand prizes. Try for National Awards. These four grand prize winners sub- sequently were entered for the na- tional awards. The 408 snapshots cover a wide range of subjects. Indicating that emateur photographers are giving more serious thought to their hobby, the pictures show more study in choice of subjects, composition and lighting, and the use of filters is quite notice- able. Golf, diving, boating, tennis, ‘base- ball and fishing are some of the sports pictorially represented in the salon. As usual the cat family is well repre- gented, and many fine character studies are found in the class for in- formal portraits. Beautiful land and seascapes are numerous and there are several excellent photographic studles of bird life. In the class for babies and children are found some of the most pleasing | snapshots of the collection. The photographs as, a whole indicate growing interest in amateur photog- | raphy and that it is rapidly being adopted as a hobby by both old and young. Following the judging tomorrow, the Washington Salon will be open to the public. | chatter. swered the attack all night with hand | stantly hours after the “lost battalion” es- caped. Col. Hsieh Chin-yuan, commander of the “lc of Gen- ng Kai-shek's own 88th division, was the .last to reach | safety of foreign protection He said the capitulation was on Chiang's direct orders to evacuate because the battalion was “too valu- able to spare.” With them the escaping Chinese ught national and battalion flags that had fluttered above the ware- house through four days of pounding attacks since the general Chinese withdrawal from war-ravaged Chapei across Soochow Creek from the In- ternational Settlement I was an eyewitness to the thrill- ing deadly drama from beginning to end, watching from a United States Marjne sandbag redoubt 50 yards di-| rectly across Soochow Creek from the doomed fortress. Forelgn Section Hit Often. Terrific roars of Japanese big guns rocked the sandbags as shells hurtled through the entire structure, landing at many points in the International Settlement to endanger hundreds of foreign and Chinese liv Shrapnel rained down in all direc- tions with deathly whistles while machine guns kept up a nerve-racking The Chinese defenders an- grenades and machine gun fire. Surrounding the structure on three | sides, Japanese 3-inch guns blasted the warehouse until the Chinese gar- rison dashed across the narrow strip of bullet-splashed territory to foreign internment. flames as the Chinese fled. Three-inch shells fell in Shanghai's downtown section, but small damage | was reported. The Japanese artillery attack men- | aced the nearby gas works and its uge gas storage tank, endangering the lives of 30 American marines pa- trolling the sector. Two shells struck the works, but the tank remained un- hit. Japanese Infuriated. “Firing is still heavy” was the con- reiterated report quarfers from Lt. J. H. Masters of Anderson, S. C.,, commanding the American guard outpost, as Japanese, | apparently infuriated by the battal- lon’s escape, brought up an armored car to add its thunder to the roaring | crescendo. When the Japanese onslaught was most furious I peered over the sand- bags and suddenly saw dim shapes slipping from the warehouse and run- ning for cover. Divining the escape, Japanese swept | the exit with searchlights and laid down a curtain of machine gun bul- | lets. The dugout telephone tinkled, and | the report came in that ‘“approxi- mately 50 have made it in dribbles of twos and threes.’ Until then Lt. Col. northwest of Shanghai's In-| a few | The top floors burst ima‘ to head- | Roswell Winans, | peering intently over the sandbags, had ' not believed any Chinese possibly could escape alive. Japanese guns increased their roar. Most of the warehouse roof had been shot off. Fire spurted from the up- per floors wierdly, lighting the strange spectacle. Defy Flames and Guns. Despite the crackle of flames and roar of guns, increasing numbers of Chinese dashed out of the structure and flung themselves behind the Brii- ish outposts for safety. | Three marine officers and four pri- vates saw the scene repeated time after time in the intermittent flash of shells, Now and then a Chinese would falter and be dragged behind the British sandbags to be transported to an internment camp. denly one big shell arched over- head and struck the gas plant 100 yards away. Maj. Howard Stent un- hesitatingly dashed across the fringe of the battle zone to determine the fate of Capt. Otho Ledbetter and 30 American marines stationed there to aid British Tommies. He found none was injured and no sooner had he returned than a sec- ond shell struck the plant. He re- turned for a second check-up, Finally a signal from the British pill-box across the creek relieved the terrific tension despite the continuing | gunfire—all living Chinese had been evacuated. Feared for Settlement. Foreign consuls general, fearful that the Japanese attack might cause seri- | ous damage to the Settlement, had | urged the Chinese to give up. The Chinese battalion, a unit of | the famous 88th Division, rejected a Japanese “surrender or die” ultimatum, and Thursday declined offers of Amer- ican and British commanders to facili- tate the battalion’s withdrawal. So certain were British officials the Chinese would withdraw before dawn, however, that trucks and heavy police rejnforcements were assembled to ef- fect the transfer. | Paris (Continued From First Page.) | warning to Italy not to push France too far. “We have affirmed the rights of | France,” Daladier asserted. “We will not let them be prescribed by any one. ‘We will show the world that neither the race of men of the revolution nor | the race of soldiers of the Marne and | Verdun has disappeared.” (In Rome, informed querters said the Cerruti move was part of a contemplated Italian diplomatic shake-up. These unofficial reports said Cerruti would probably be re- placed by Renato Prunas, now in the Rome foreign ministry.) | An Italian official here said Prunas, | former Embassy- secretary in London, was coming to Paris as Charge d'Af- faires. Before Cerruti made his formal call to the foreign ministry, French officials said they had known “Italy has contemplated such a move for some time.” A spokesman pointed out that France had named Rene de Saint- Quentin as Ambassador to Rome a year ago on the retirement of Count Charles de Chambrun. Italy, the spokesman said, had refused to accept De Saint-Quentin unless he was ac- credited to King Vittorio Emanuelle as Emperor of Ethiopia as well as King of Ttaly. This, he said, France had refused to do as a member of the League of Nations, which still considers Haillie Selassie as Emperor of the Italian- occupied empire. Latest Arrival yesterday. -~ < Ford de luxe 85 sedan pictured at the Automobile Show at Auto Show =Star Staff Photo. 8 i | | yesterday no authorization has been J. HARRIS FRANKLIN DIES AT HOME HERE D. C. Insurance Man, Native of Maryland, Succumbs Suddenly. J. Harris Franklin, well known ‘Washington insurance man, died sud- denly at his home, 1729 Nineteenth street n.w., at 9 o’clock last night from coronary thrombosis. Mr, Franklin was born near Reis- terstown, Baltimore County, Md., in 1880, His boyhood and youth wers spent in Alexandria, Va. In 1907 he came to Washington with the Wash- ington & Old Dominion Railway. For the last 25 years he had been in the insurance business here, and since 1918 had been senior partner of the firm of Frank)in & Strunk. His father was Joseph Harris Frank- lin of West River, Anne Arundel County, Md. His mother was Mary Murdaugh of Fredericksburg, Va Mr. Franklin was greatly interested in agriculture and forestry, devcting much of his time to Oakland, his an- cestral home at West River. He was ex-president of the Mary- land Forestry Association and a mem- ber of the South River Club. He also was & member of St. John's Episcopal Church in Georgetown. Mr. Frank- lin is survived by his wife, Carol Wil- son PFranklin, and a daughter, Carol Yates. Funeral services will be held at his residence at 2 o'clock Monday. In- terment will be at West River, Md The pallbearers will be announced later. ‘HUMAN CAT’ ENTERS MOUNTBATTEN HOME Scotland Yard Hunts Burglar Who cloudy and colder today; fair. tomorrow rain at night. China Talks, Japan Listens Kiyoshi recently for Dr. Kung. District of Columbia—Fair and colder today; tomorrow fair; moderate | northwest and north winds. and V:rzmmAPanl_v‘ tomorrow Maryland West Virginia—Fair, colder today: partly cloudy followed by 3 5 River Report. Twice Invaded Apartment Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers of King's Cousin. very muddy and falling slowly at By the Assoclated Press. Harper's Ferry late yesterday. LONDON, Oct. 30.—Scotland Yard | Report Until 10 P.M. Saturday. tonight hunted a “human cat” \\ho‘de!lx,hl 17 :zt:n :: twice invaded London’s most fashion- | 4 am ipm ) able apartment and flashed a light in | § 2™ g i the sleeping face of 13-year-old Pa- |10 am 10 pm 50 tricia Mountbatten, cousin of King | Record Until 10 P.M. Saturday. George VI, and sometimes called Eng- | Highest. 76. at 4 p.m. yesterday. Year | land’s richest little girl. Ros PA (5 ot Blam yerterday, “Year| Her father, Lord Louis Mountbatten, | ago. 41 who is a great-grandson of Queen Vic- Record Temperatures This Year. toria, dismissed as “ridiculous” the- | Highest. 83, on Augus: Lowest. 16, on February ories that spies cr kidnapers had in- vaded his 30-room penthouse twice in one week. He expressed the opinion that the intruder was a cat burglar, although none of his vast collection of art treasures, curios and jade had been touched. A dozen homes in London's fash- ionable West End have been looted of more than $50,000 in valuables in the last six weeks and Scotland Yard has nearly completed a theoretical sketch of the man they believe re- | sponsible for those as well as the at- tempt on the luxurious Mountbatten home. | M | FUNDS PLEA EXPOSED Solicitation for Walter Reed Pro- gram Unauthorized. The War Department announced given for the solicitation of funds for the “Walter Reed Hospital Armistice Day program.” | An unidentified man has been re- ported soliciting for such a purpose, the department said, in advising that no such program fund exists, Such solicitors should be reported to munici- pal authorities, the department said. Directory for Names of Exhibitors, Their Products and Spaces Assigned to Them for Big Annual Event Are Compiled in Convenient Form. i | Inc.: Parkway Motor Co.. Inc.. Steuart A“ES o t)wde:‘\-ubunr;:h::r | 3sior Teon friangle Motor Co. Warfield s and the spaces as-| Moto e -2 > "\"r CO CHE\RUL“ Addison Chevro- signed to them at the eight- | eenth annual automobile show | now being staged by the Washington | Automotive Trade Association at Auto- | motive Exhibit Hall, 1242 Twenty-| fourth street N.W., are listed as fol-| LINCOL . ‘Capitol Mot Handley Mot :_Logan Inc.. Par Co., nanm\l No,. Anacosita_Motor Cherner Motor Inc.. Hill & Tibbitts, Co..” Northeast Motor C: Maior Co., Ine.: Sicuart Motor Motor Warfield Motor Co. e No PIERCE-ARROW—Lee D. But- Inc. No. 4 —STUDEBAKER—Albert & McNeil, Inc;: ‘Lee D, Butler. Inc; Norris e | 5—CADILLAC, LA SALLE—Capitol | c-mn-c Co_ 6—MOTOROLA—Simon Distribut- — NAYH—Nash Motors of \v\ush-X ingl No."8_HUDSON. TERRAPLANE —Hud- | son & Terraplane Sales Corp. Potomac | Motor_Sales. Inc.. Warrington Motor Car | Co, Washington Molor Sales, Tnc No. 9—BUICK—Emerson & Orme, lex 3. "Hornes. ine No_ 10-—PACKARD_Packard Washing- ton Motor Car_Co.. Pry Motor Car Co. 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Inc No. »1—OLDS] PON "*"‘ | rvnnn Motor Co uile A Recipe for Clean Rugs . First, all dust and embedded grit is gently loosened and removed from all the way through. Then your rug is thorauphly wet with soft water and covered with @ specml soap Jell, gentle enough for the ten- gentle lather through the nap and base. goes to a drying room. as fresh and clean as the day you bought it. And Insured Free While In Tide Tables (Purnished by the United States Coast and Geodetic e a #34pm 1:130m G10pm 12:26 p.m The Sun and Moon. today tomorrow today LE: 4:06am. 3.37pm st be turned on one- | half hour after sunset. Precipitation. Monthly_precipitation h foon inches in the ate) hicazo Auto Show Co.. Don- Inc.: van Ciesrolet Sales o Co. DODGE—Adams Brooks. I & Otev Motor_Co.. Fred Motor Co.. n & Crawford. Inc.® Rickard & Davis, Trew Motor Co. MOBILE - Capitol Cadillac e-Nicholson Motor Co.. Pohanka P. Steuart, Inc.: Wisconsin Mo- GRAHAM—C. H. J. Becker. Inc. NTIAC_-Arcade Pantiac Co. Steuart. Inc o4 S OPMORILE Mitchell's Mo~ ERVICE—American _Automo= Peoples Service Garage |“My Rheumatism 0. ors. “In Uchiyama, Japanese Consul General at Manila, folds his arms and politely listens to the earnest arguments of Dr. H. H. Kung, Chinese finance minister, the world financial capitals to raise funds for the defense of his country, as they met at the reception President Qu THE WEATHER | Duluth Is Fair Warning” wrote the ruler of an ancient kingdom . . . “fair warning of foul weather.” That was in the days whem aches and pains were thought to be natural—even useful. But physicians have long been teaching that suffering is not natural —not always necessary. They prescribe a natural, alkaline water that tends to neutralize pain-causing acids. Phone us for a case—Met. 1062. MOUNTAIN VALLEY From HOT SPRINGS, ARK. MINERAL WATER 1405 K St. N.W. Met. 1062 A soft, rotating brush works the n rinsed with softened water until it your bed linens. Following this it It is thus returned to you rs’ Experience Behind Rug-Cleaning Order.’ gs Sterilized, Demothed Our Posse. RIFTHELD WIDER INLABOR RANKS Both C. I. 0. and A. F. of L. Are Dubious About Parley Bringing Peace. By the Associated Press. Many labor leaders agreed yesterday that peace between the A, F. of L. and the C. I. O. received a set-back rather than a boost from last week’s confer- ce. Before committees from each side got together to explore the possibilities of reunion, each thought the other might give in a little. ‘What the conference disclosed, how- ever, was that each was willing to make peace only if the other sur- rendered unconditionally. With each side’s hand exposed, few labor leaders felt that the peace con- ference would accomplish much when it met again next Thursday. Unless President Roosevelt stepped in-or both of them said, the two committees prob- who has been visiting n_gave —Wide World Photo. 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Dewey, Labor Department concilia= lor, was with the members of one committee or the other most of the- time they were in the Capital Senator Berry, Democrat, of Ten- nessee also came to town Tuesday and held a number of long, informal con- ferences with committee members But both Dewey and Berry normally spend much of their time w.th leaders, There were no signs ei‘her side was bluffing with the surrender demands. The A. F. of L. committee left the conference saying that the C. I. O. had not been at all helpful. The C. 1. O. took an off-side jab at the A. F. of L. Most of the members of hoth com- mittees left town, indicating that no behind-the-scenes negotiations were in prospect. DEAN WILL SPEAK Kaplan to Talk at Jewis] Center Wadaasday. 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