Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1937, Page 5

THE EVENING YOU Are Santa Claus! STAR, WASHINGTON, MONDAY, plex. ' Pointing out that it costs the Gov- NANKING DEFENSE Claim Capture of Three Strongholds Guarding China’s Capital. BACKGROUND— Japanese invasion of China, be= gun in north, expanded to Shang- hai and Central China, resulting in capture of Far Eastern metropolis after twe m-nths long herioic de- fense by Chinese Nationalist troops. Japanese have turned Chinese re- treat from Shanghai into rout as drive is launched to win Nanking, China’s capital, from which the povernment has fled to up-river cities. 8y the Assoclated Press. SHANGHALI, Nov. 29.—Japanese re- ported capture today of three key strongholds in Nanking's defenses, bringing them within striking dis- tance of the last fortifications before China’s capital. (As & precautionary measure, foreigners remaining in Nsnking were moved today to a hulk near the United States gunboat Panay and the British gunboat Cricket. United States authorities were fac- ing the most difficult evacuation problem because 32 missionaries, news reel men and newspaper cor- respondents out of 42 here were re- ported determined to remain until the last minute.) Official communiques said the Jap- anese occupied Kiangyin, on the Yangtze River; Wutsin, about 20 miles north of Wusih, on the Shanghai- Nanking Railroad, and Ihing, about 85 miles southeast of Nanking. An army spokesman admitted, how- ever, that the Kiangyin forts, which have held out for more than a week against Japanese land, air and river bombardment, still flew the Chinese flag. Submerged Boom Bars River. ‘The forts and a submerged boom of concrete-laden vessels bar the way up the Yangtze to Nanking to prevent Japanese warships from reaching the | evacuated capital. The spokesman expressed belief that the fall of Kiangyin, behind the forts, after desperate street fighting, would force the surrender of the strong but outflanked fortifications. As soon as they capitulate, he de- clared, the Japanese plan to destroy the river barrier, proceed upstream and bombard Nanking from the Yangtze, Intense bombardment and fires set by retreating Chinese were reported to have left Wusih, Wutsin and Ihing in flames. Japanese naval dispatches said a heavy aerial bombardment was made on a wide area of the front, including | the Kiangyin forts, Liyang, Lishin, | Ningkwofu, Kwanteh and the road to Wuhu, Customs Taken “in Principle.” A Japanese Embassy spokesman, meanwhile, announced that Japan had taken over “in principle” Chinese customs, post offices, censorship bu- reau, telegraphs and radio systems. He said, however, the Japanese were not taking actual physical control or making any administrative changes at present. He declined to answer what eventual action might be taken concerning administration of China’s Maritime Customs. Refusal of Chinese telegraphers and technicians to remain at work under Japanese rule paralyzed all domestic communications. Shanghai, therefore, remained iso- lated by radio and telegraph from the rest of China, as it was yesterday when Japanese officials seized the communications systems and ordered service suspended. Efforts of the Japanese to induce Chinese communications employes to | remain at their posts were unsuccess- ful. A Japanese spokesman declared, however, that suspension of Chinese | telegraph service was necessary to pre- serve secrecy of Japan's military oper- ations and to prevent Chinese from sabotaging the equipment. American and other foreign news agencies in Shanghai received no direct news from Nanking, Hankow or other centers of the conflict, With the fighting moving away from Shanghai, Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, commander of the United States Asiatic Fleet, informed naval | authorities at Manila and Washing- ton he would not object to the re- turn of some wives and dependents of service men. His order applied to families of of- ficers and men of the Asiatic Fleet and Marine Corps permanently sta- tioned in Shanghai, including the 4th Regiment of Marines and Navy per- sonnel ashore. It did not apply to families of the 6th Marine Regiment, recently arrived from San Diego, Calif. United States Consul General Clar- ence E. Gauss, took no official action concerning the return of families of consular officials, however. He was understood informally to have ad- vised United States authorities at Manila and other refugees that Ameri- cans returning to Shanghai would do 80 at their own risk as the situation, although considerably relaxed, had not returned to normal. BIG PAY ROLL INCREASE . IN FIVE MONTHS SHOWN By the Assoclatea Press. Social security tax figures indicated today that, recession or no recession, American workers received about $1,100,000,000 more in the last five months than in the first five months of the year. Social security tax collections the Airst five months totaled about $252,- 000,000. In the next five months they aggregated about $274,000,000, a gain of $22,000,000. All but a fraction of this money ‘was paid under the old-age bengfits tax of 1 per cent on employes and 1 per cent on employers. Thus, the $22,000,000 tax difference represents ® $1,100,000,000 wage difference. —_— .\ Many doctors recommend Nujol ; because of its gentie action on i the bowel! "t confuse Nujol ‘! with unknown products. ey Toys (Continued Prom First Page.) and private relief available now than last year, it is hoped that contribu- tions for the needy of the city will surpass even the record-breaking number made for Christmas, 1936. But it is feared that unless you take your responsibilities as Santa Claus seriously, some one may be forgotten on what is supposed to be the hap- piest day of the year. In addition, you are asked to donate non-perishable food, clothing, cash or toys for the 17th annual Christmas party of the Metropolitan Police. You may leave your contributions at your nearest police station or telephone Na- tional 4000, ask for precinct 5 and ask that a police car be sent to your home to collect what you wish to give. After December 15 contribu- tions to the police food baskets, around 5,000 of which were distributed to worthy families on Christmas Eve last year, may be delivered to the National Guard Armory at Sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue N.W., where headquarters will be established and kept open until Christmas. There members of the Police Department sort food, balance the baskets with purchases made with the money they receive, and prepare baskets to be delivered on Christmas Eve by squad cars to homes the officer on the beat has discovered are destitute or nearly s0. Nine Programs Listed. So there will not be a vacant seat in any Warner Bros. theater on mat- inee morning all sorts of plans have been made. Nine special radio pro- grams will be presented over Stations ‘WRC and WMAL through the courtesy of the National Broadcasting Co. pre- ceding these events, beginning with an initial program to be heard tonight from 10:30 to 11 o'clock over WRC. Tonight's entertainment will consist of Kirby and Duval, a comedy team from this week's Earle Theater stage show, music by Barnee's Shoreham Hotel Orchestra and a brief descrip- tion of the Christmas campaign by Newbold Noyes, associate editor of The Star. Earle Theater professionals are con- tributing their time to a number of these broadcasts, while local night clubs will be on the air with swing music and blues singing, and two broadcasts will be made from police precinct 5. The aerial part of the campaign will culminate with the arrival of Santa Claus himself on Friday evening, December 17. He will 1and at Washington Airport in an American Air Lines plane and be escorted to the Shoreham toy ball being given in his honor that night. Both the arrival and the reception will be broadcast. The organized drive, which will make it easy for the 115409 Federal em- ployes in the city to co-operate with the campaign, has been launched by Thomas Burke, chief of the speciali- ties division, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce, appointed for campaign work by Secretary Roper. Mr. Burke will appoint aides in all departments and agencies through whom donations of food, clothing, toys and money can be made. Police, Teachers Co-operate. Beginning today, you are being asked in many ways to remember that you are Santa Claus and that Christ- mas should be a day of rejoicing for every resident of the city—not only those who can afford the luxury of happiness. While the radio and the- makes its appeal here and in adver- tisements. Policemen all over the city are telling the prosperous folk they meet tales of poverty they find while walking their beats, of new babies ex- pected in homes where older children may not look forward to so much as a tin whistle, of hunger, of despair. In schools, teachers are asking pupils to remember less fortunate children and to send or bring new toys and clothing to the toy matinees. The use of the band of the Boys’ Club sponsored by the Police Department for radio programs has been offered by Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superin- tendent of police, who always co- operates with the campaign even to the extent of giving Santa Claus a motor cycle escort from the airport to the Shoreham. (If you don't believe it be at the airport.) Beginning today, a short reel trailer will be shown daily on the screen of all Warner Bros. theaters in Wash- ington, urging attendance at the toy matinees. Scores of members of the Parent- Teacher Association began several weeks ago to make plans for dis- tributing toys and clothing collected at the toy matinees under the super- vision of Mrs. Walter B. Fry, presi- dent of the District of Columbia Con- gress of the organization, and Mrs. C. D. Lowe, third vice president. Principals and teachers are preparing lists of needy children to be cleared through the Council of Social Agen- cies so that contributions from The Star-Warner Bros.-N. B. C. Christmas campaign will not duplicate gifts of social and relief agencies. P.-T. A, to Distribute. Toys and clothing left at the the- aters, in Government building collec- tion centers and night club toy par- ties will be distributed, principally through the P.-T. A, a few days after the toy matinees. It is a colossal task. Thousands of packages are wrapped and marked, suitable for boys or girls of all ages. Mothers and teachers de- liver the gifts in their own cars. Mr. Payette announces the attrac- tions for the toy matinees, all films having been contributed by their local distributors. Plays and players starred are: Earle—Gene Autry in “Boots and Saddle,” a Republic picture. Metropolitan—Laurel and Hardy in M-G-M’s “Way Out Wes! Tivoli—Errol Flynn and the Mauch twins in Warner Bros.' “Prince and the Pauper.” Ambassador—Joe E. Brown R-K-O's “When's Your Birthday?” Savoy—William Boyd in a Para- mount picture, “Trail Dust.” Avalon—Spanky McFarland in M- G-M’s “General Spanky.” Uptown—Laurel and Hardy in M- G-M's “Way Out West.” Calvert—Joe E. Brown in Warner Bros.” “Polo Joe.” Sheridan—Jane Withers in the Twentieth Century-Fox production, “Angel’s Holiday.” Colony—Spanky McFarland in M- G-M's “General Spanky.” York—Joe E. Brown in Warner Bros.’ “Polo Joe.” Penn—Jean Arthur and Gary Cooper in a Paramount picture, “The Plainsman.” Apollo—Billy Mauch in Warner Bros.’” “Penrod and Sam.” Home—Joe E. Brown in Warner Bros’ “Polo Joe.” \ Each feature is supplemented with comedies, Mickey Mouse, Popeye, Silly Symphony, Merry Melody or Color Rhapsody cartoons, in many cases three to a program. At the Earle and Metropolitan the shows start at a.m. and at all others in aters ask for contributions, The Star:10 a.m. Printed Lamé Top 4 Black Matelassé Skirt &% One Adorable Dress $g-95 No Money Down—Chargeit! This gay combination creates a striking Misses’ dress ‘that will see you through many dressier occasions. tradi In the onally smart shade of Black. Other dresses, $8.95 to $16.95. ~ F STREET AT SEVENTH CUMMINGS PLEADS It Threatens Standards of Our Life and Most of Re-' forms, He Says. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Nov. 29.—Attorney General Homer 8. Cummings called on the Nation today to ‘“‘destroy monopoly,” even as President Roose- velt, off on a Florida fishing vaca- tion, consulted with aides on new anti- trust legislation. “Unless we destroy monopoly,” Mr. Cummings said, “monopoly will de- stroy most of our reforms, and, in the end, lower the standards of our com- mon life.” The administration’s expected at- tack on monopolistic practices is still in the formative stage, Mr. Cum- mings’ assistant, Robert H. Jackson, said in the South after talking with President Roosevelt. Mr. Jackson, who is in charge of anti-trust prosecu- tions, boarded the yacht Potomac with the President, carrying with him data on anti-trust prosecutions and studies the Department of Justice has been making in preparation for suggested new legislation to improve enforce- ment of the Sherman and Clayton acts. Quarry in Underbrush, Mr. Cummings, likened prosecution under the present laws to searching out “a quarry in the tangled under- brush of an almost impenetrable for- est.” His remarks were in an address prepared for delivery before the Asso- ciated Grocery Manufacturers of America, Inc. He said comprehensive hearings and studies, leading to clarification, re- statement and rigid enforcement of the anti-trust laws, were needed. Unless the problem of monopoly is met, he said, it may get “beyond con- trol and lead to remedies of a char- acter that few really desire.” The anti-trust laws, he said, “need to be adapted to our modern problems more realistically and intelligently, and they need behind them the drive of adequately financed enforcement machinery.” He continued: “Do not for a moment imagine that this is solely the Government's busi- ness. It is the problem of all our people, and that includes every ele- ment of American life. * * * . “In this welter of things, nothing is more obvious than the fact that big business, if I may use that term, is moving blindly but with accumulating acceleration down the road leading to ultimate Government supervision. * * * “The American people have a deep and abiding faith in democratic processes. They have seen the stop- look-and-listen signal passed all too often; but while their patience en- dures every possible effort should be made to solve the problem within the terms of our political and economic ideals. Personally, I adhere to the faith that these difficult matters can | be dealt with within the framework | of our customary processes.” Mr. Cummings began by assuming that with the objectives of the anti- trust laws “few responsible persons have any serious quarrel.” But the existing laws have “failed of their major objective,” he said. Unmistakable Trend. “They may have checked the growth of monopoly, but they have not pre- vented it,” he said, continuing: “The trend toward an undue con- centration of wealth and economic control is unmistakable. It is esti- mated that in 1929, 200 non-financial corporations controlled 49.2 per cent of the assets of all such corporations. In 1933 the percentage had increased to 56. Reports from the Bureau of Internal Revenue for 1933 indicate that nearly one-third of all the prop- erty passing by death was found in less than 4 per cent of the estates. The studies made by the Brookings Institution in its 1929 report indi- cate that 6,000,000 families had in- comes of less than $1,000 annually, and that 36,000 families in the high income brackets received as much of our national income as 11,000,000 families with the lowest incomes.” Cummings went on: “If this 15 wnat Gemocracy comes to, then we must amend our ways or confess judgment in the face of the world.” Cites Identical Bids. He recited a number of instances of many identical bids having been received for Government contracts, pointing out that it was difficult to determine whether these were illegal, — e: MEt. B 2 3 ¢ PSYCHIC COUNCIL ROUSE. 1100 12th St. N.W.. Cor. “L” 8t. D. J. KAUEMAN, Inc. ermnment $100,000 & year to prosecute one sharply contested anti-trust suit, he asked that the Anti-trust Division of the Department of Justice “be more properly implemented.” He asked a careful study of the whole subject,” through ‘“extensive hearings” covering'a wide range of inquiry in order to “run the whole gamut of our national life.” PRESIDENT EMBARKS. Boards Yacht at Miami for Week of Fishing Around Keys. - MIAMI, Fla, Nov. 29.—President Roosevelt embarked on the yacht Po- tomac for a week of fishing around the Florida Keys. A warm sun broke through the mist as he was piped over the side ui the 165-foot former Navy patrol boat, its rails manned by sallors in service whites. Biscayne Bay fishermen said the coastal water was rough, but just about right for sail-fishing. The new 1850-ton destroyer Self- ridge, its white-uniformed officers and crew also at the rails, moved out into the bay to escort the President and his seven fishing companions, including Secretary Ickes, Robert H. Jackson, Assistant Attorney General, and Harry L. Hopkins, relief administrator. The President drove in an open car to the dock from his special train. A crowd lined up in an express shed and around the depot applauded as he came down his special ramp. Mayor Robert R. Williams of Miami and Senator Claude Pepper, Democrat, of Florida, rode in the car with him. On the dock, before he boarded the Potomac, James M. Cox of Ohio, Florida publisher and 1920 Democratic presidential candidate, entered the President’s car and chatted for several minutes, Comment __(Continued From Pirst Page) an annual wage system in the building industry are so great that labor will have to wait until it can be shown that an annual wage system will op- | erate without harmful effects before accepting it.” Committee Meets Tomorrow. Chairman Wagner said his commit- tee would meet tomorrow to consider the bill. He forecast hearings would | start within a day or two. Senator Wagner said the bill, which | he introduced as soon as the Presi- | dent's message had been read, “will create the major legislative machinery‘ necessary to enable all interest, both | public and private, to push forward | toward the production of adequate | housing for the great mass of wage and salary workers.” “One of the important provisions | of the present bill authorizes the in- | surance of mortgages up to 90 per cent of the appraised value of small houses,” Mr. Wagner continued. “In practice, this provision alone will open | up the door of home ownership to many thousands of families that are unable to meet the 20 per cent down payment required under present | | natural | symptoms that point to kidney troubl | legislation.” FOR regular deposits to the next year. fied by trusts, Corporation 14th cmcf Eye Sts. HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS! 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Shortly afterward, Miss O'Connor and Mrs. Marie Kibler Phillips were discharged by Magistrate Jacob Do- gole on another charge at another hearing when John J. Tunney, a wit. ness, refused to go into detalls on a affidavit he had made against them in an alleged incident not connected with the death of the Glenn child. Miss O’'Connor was held in the Glenn case by Mayor S. Davis Wilson, In this case Mrs. Phillips is under bail #s a material witness. It was testi- fied last week that Miss O'Connor had confided to Mrs. Phillips that she was responsible for the death of the Glenn child and that Mrs. Phillips had not revealed the information to the police. After the hearing last week Mayor Wilson announced that warrants would be issued for the arrest of Miss O'Con- nor and Mrs. Phillips on a morals charge not directly connected with the Glenn case. Last night Coroner Charles Hersch announced a second inquest including new evidence had reaffirmed a pre- vious coroner’s jury verdict that the child died an accidental death. Mr. Hersch reopened his investiga tion after Detective Capt. John Murphy testified Miss O'Connor had | admitted in a statement she struck“ Nancy with her fist in a fit of anger and left her face downward In a mud puddle. William A. Gray, Miss O'Connor’s | counsel, said he had an hour's talk | with the 19-year-old girl yesterday and was convinced “she is a normal, and well-educated girl and | that she is positively not insane.” MRS. 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