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FEUD THREATENS
Determined to
Honor of 15
Year-Old Girl.
8t the Assoclstcfl Press.
SACRAMENTO. Calif., February 27.
—The honor of a 15-year-old Chi
nese girl and an asserted demand
for $4,800 "face" money brought more
than 250 members of the powerful
Fong family toward Sacramento to
night, avowedly to settle the issues
Involved.
'Several weeks ago Chan Bong Yuen,
84. teacher in a Chinese language
school here, was charged with as
saulting a 15-year-old Fong girl. Po
lice Judge Will J. Carraghar dis
missed the charge when the girl
changed her original story.
W. Y. Fong, secreteary of the Fong
family—largest and most powerful in
the Sacramento Chinese colony—
said the Chan family since had de
manded $3,500 listed as attorney's
fees and $1,300 “expenses.”
He said the Fongs would not pay
the money demanded.
“All we want is justice and that
the father of the girl's unborn baby
be so declared * * he said.
“One of the things to be decided
tomorrrow is whether we shall make
public what became of the $4,800.
* * • Our family feels it was framed in
this case and that justice was not
done.
“The girl did not change from her
accusation that Chan is the father
of her child. She only was con
fused about the dates. • * •
"Another thing we will decide is
what measures we must take in pros
ecuting the ease further in the courts.
* * * The last has not been heard
from this one (family) yet.
“We must also decide what we will
do in case the Chan family decides
to try to make any trouble for us.”
“UNIVERSAL” PHONE
BOARD TO BE TESTED
New Exchange Permits Operator
to Handle All Calls Without
Transferring Routine.
By the Associated Press.
ROCHESTER. N. Y., February 27.—
The first ''universal” telephone ex
change In the world will be "proved
In” at the New Canandaigua. N. Y.,
exchange, John W. Morrison, vice
president of the Rochester Telephone
Corp., announced today.
Directors of the telephone company
have appropriated $65,000 for manu
facture of the board, which will per
mit any operator in the exchange to
handle local, rural or long distance
calls without the necessity of trans
ferring any of the routine.
The new switchboard, which will be
constructed by the Stromberg-Carlson
Telephone Manufacturing Co., was
suggested by the traffic department
and designed by telephone company
engineers.
"Although exchanges having only
©ne operator must necessarily handle
all calls, it is the first time a switch
board has been planned so that local,
rural and toll operators will be re
placed by a group of 'universal1
operators,” said Morrison.
ORE TAX BILL SIGNED
South DakotR Law in Effect Next
July 1.
PIERRE. S. Dak , February 27 UP).—
Gov. Leslie Jensen today signed the
ore tax bill.
The act, which becomes effective
next July 1, levies a tax of 6 per cent
on the value of gold, silve.. lead, tin
and other similar ores mined in South
Dakota. The tax is an increase of 2
per cent over the State’s present levy.
The tax was sponsored b; the State
Farmers’ Union organization.
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Reorganization
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proposals, expert opinion has been
asked by some members regarding
the effect of several administration
proposals. The demand also has been
made that the “star chamber” ses
•ion on the measures be discontinued
and that “open hearings" be held, so
as to make public what is behind the
proposals.
The bill is surprisingly broad in its
terms. In the section defining “agen
cies.” it specifically includes “any ac
tivity of the United States Govern
ment.” Congress and the Supreme
Court are "activities of the United
States Government,” and members
of the Joint Committee, especially the
minority members, who are not ad
ministration bound, are particularly
desirous of knowing what, if any, limit
is intended on the authority of the
President to create, shift and abolish
agencies. Under the measure, the
only excepted agency is the pro
posed new general auditing agency,
which is intended to replace the Gen
eral Accounting Office, most of the
functions of which would be trans
ferred to the Treasury Department.
Authority for President.
Specifically, the bill gives the Pres
ident authority to abolish or transfer
•everal agencies now under the juris
diction of Congress. It particularly
mentions the Botanic Garden, the Li
brary of Congress, the Library Building
and Grounds, the Government Print
ing Office and the Smithsonian In
stitution.
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Gold Brick Swap
To Mark Aga Khan
Jubilee Celebration
B» the Associated Press.
NAIROBI, Kenya Colony,
•y 27.—The uncounted
followers of the Aga
ill give him a 1150,000
iriclc here Monday, but he
jbly will give it back,
occasion will be the crown
^vent of the prince’s gold
visit as spiritual head of
lallia sect of Moslems, who
>r at least ten millions,
gold bar is supposed to
weigh the same as the Aga
Khan. He will get on the scales
to make sure. Then, after flowery
addresses, he is expected to hand
the whole thing back for purposes
of social improvement.
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“Human Horse” Still on March
Dave Sweatman, 72-year-old. "human horse,” pictured as he hauled his family and all their
possessions in his wagon into Memphis, Tenn. Sweatman has wandered all over the State of
Tennessee, always playing the part of a horse. If he doesn’t find work in Memphis—he wants no
relief—he may “go to Mississippi and try farming.” —A. P. Photo.
‘Labrador Doctor’ Is Honored
On Eve of His 72d Birthday
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Sir Wilfred Grenfell Is
Unable to Attend ISew
York Party.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. February 27.—Sir
Wilfred Grenfell, "the Labrador doc
tor.” who has given more than 40
years of his life to service in the ice
bound northlands. will be 72 tomorrow.
Today, in honor of the man who
brought medical care, educational
centers and welfare aid to Northern
Newfoundland and Labrador, several
hundred New York ehildren held a
party on a ship, and took a vicarious
"cruise” to the north country.
Sir Wilfred, the first resident doctor
on the 1.200-mile stretch of sub
Arctic coastline, was unable to attend
the party, where his old friend, Capt.
“Bob” Bartlett, noted explorer, called
him "the grandest person that ever
came up along the north coast.”
"The Labrador doctor.” not in the
, best of health, is in the South with
| Lady Grenfell, resting and preparing
1 to resume his arduous work,
j "Many happy returns of the day
! to Sir Wilfred Grenfell." shouted the
j children assembled on the Monarch of
j Bermuda, for the party given by "the
i crew of Grenfell Juniors.”
The Grenfell Juniors, a pert of the
Grenfell Association of America, are
aiding Sir Wilfred's work among chil
dren of the sub-Arctic.
In motion pictures made by his own
crew. Capt. Bartlett, who takes the
schooner EfRe Morrissey to the Arctic
regions every June, showed the land
of the long Winters, to which Sir Wil
fred's work has brought:
Five hospitals, seven nursing sta
' tions. four hospital ships, four
orphanage-boarding schools, 14 indus
trial centers, four Summer schools,
three agricultural statins and 12 cloth
ing distribution centers.
In a year, the hospitals, hospital
ships and nursing centers have treated
11,000 patients; the schools and
orphanages cared for 500 children,
and the industrial department gave
employment to 2,500 women, conva
lescents and disabled men.
Sir Wilfred, now silver haired, fitted
up his sailing vessel and crossed the
ocean from England in 1892 to become
“the Labrador doctor.”
He has written more than 20 books,
and has received many honorary
decrees.
PARAMOUNT PAYS UP
ALL BACK DIVIDENDS
Second Preferred Brought Up to
Date—Payment on First
Also Is Ordered.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 27 — Direc
tors of Paramount Pictures, Inc., de
clared an additional year’s back divi
dend of 60 cents a share on the firm’s
second preferred stock today, and
dividends of $1.50 a share on the first
preferred stock and 15 cents a share
on the second preferred stock for the
current quarter. The dividends were
made payable April 1 to all stockhold
ers of record on March 15.
The directors’ action will make all
regular dividends on both the first
and second preferred stocks of I’r-i
mount Pictures fully paid to April 1,
1937, the corporation having paid up
the accumulated two years’ back divi
dends on the cumulati“e 6 per cent
first preferred stock, and one year of
the accumulated back dividends on
the second preferred stock during the
fourth quarter of 1936.
The directors reported estimated
consolidated timings for the fourth
quarter of 1936, ending January 2, at
$3,700,000, after deduction of all
charges, including interest, taxes and
reserves.
During the year the company wrote
off against its earnings its entire in
vestment In Spain, amounting to ap
proximately $240,000.
YOUTH PENSION PLANNED
Tax Paid After Employment
Would Finance Payments.
OGDEN, Utah UP).—Carl Wallis and
Joe Donahue, Weber College students,
have organized a “youths’ revolving
live and learn fund” to pay $100
monthly to all persons between the
ages of 18 and 24 years. The Y. R.
L. L. P. will be financed, says its
founders, by a tax paid for 18 years
after pensioners find employment.
The young pensioners now are con
cerned with selecting a student to test
the plan—they also are concerned
with whan to fln^ttve $100,
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SIR WILFRED GRENFELL.
U. S. PLANES ARRIVE
AT CARIBBEAN PORTS
Air Maneuvers Soon to Begin Most
Extensive Ever Scheduled
in Region.
B> tlie Associated Press.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico. February
27.—United States naval planes from
the base at Coco Solo. Canal Zone,
began arriving at Caribbean ports to
day to start the most extensive air
maneuvers ever scheduled in this
region.
Operating under orders from Rear
Admiral Ernest J. King, at St. Thomas,
Virgin Islands, approximately 50
planes started eastward from the
United States naval base at Guan
tanamo. Cuba, to which they had
flown from Coco Solo.
They were split into groups bound
j for Mayaguez and Ponce. Puerto Rico,
Culebra Island and St. Thomas.
Most of the planes carried six-man
crews. The maneuvers will include
both attack and defense movements.
France Is taking steps to develop
the oil fields found In Tunis.
RADIO VOTE TEST
Last-Minute Ballots Pour in
as Right and Left Fight
for Control.
B7 the Associated Press.
PARIS, February 27.—Last-minute
ballot* from tax-paying radio owners
poured in tonight in the Popular
Front’s battle for control of French
government broadcasting.
The deadline for returning the
mailed-in ballots to elect members
of regional councils of radio manage
ment was tonight. Counting of the
votes of 3,000,000 radio owners who
have paid the 50-franc ($2.40) annual
tax on receiving set* was to start
tomorrow.
Up to the last moment, the govern
ment appealed to politically minded
fans to elect supporters of Socialist
Premier Leon Blum to control pro
grams over the nation’s 12-statlon
network.
The campaign, an isue between
Right and Left, was waged as though
members of Parliament were being
elected.
The Radio Liberty League, with
government backing, electioneered late
and vigorously to get control of the
important media of public information
for the Popular Front (Socialist, Com
munist, Radical Socialist) coalition.
Charging the opposition had Fascist
support. Popular Front periodicals de
clared Fascist authority over the pro
grams would be a blow ’politically
against the government."
The elections Involved only gov
ernment-owned stations whose pro
grams—mostly news, talks, plays,
chamber music and recordings—are
supported by the taxes of listeners-in.
Privately owned stations, which are
supported by advertising revenue simi
lar to those In the United States, were
not affected. The government sta
tions carry no advertising.
MAUDE O’DELL, ACTRESS,
SUCCUMBS IN THEATER
Bessie Rice in “Tobacco Road"
Since Opening. Found Dead
in Dressing Room.
Bj the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. February 27 —Maude
O’Dell. Bessie Rice in “Tobacco Road’’
since the show opened on Broadway
four years ago, was found dead in
her dressing room tonight, a few
minutes before she was to have gone
on the stage. Death was attributed
to a heart attack.
The show went on. James Barton,
the star, who plays Jeeter Lester, and
the audience were not informed of the
death of the 65-year-old character
actress from Charleston, S C. They
were told that Miss O'Dell had been
taken ill. when it became necessary to
read Bessie Rice’s lines from the
wings.
Miss O'Dell made her stage debut as
Antoinette with the late E H. Sothern
In the Lyceum Stock Co.’s production
of "The Prisoner of Zenda.”
Wolves Fall Before Goering
Col. Gen. Hermann Wilhelm Goering, Chancellor Hitler’s
right-hand man. admires two of the three wolves he shot during
his recent hunting trip at Bielowieza Forest, Poland, as the
guest of President Ignace Moscicki <second from left). As on
his previous hunting trips in 1935 and 1936, this five-day hunting
party included Polish officials and members of the general staff.
Political questions were said to have been discussed, but there
was no indication of their nature. —Wide World Photo.
Girls on Strike in Dime Store
Worry About Missing “Dates”
Seekers of Wage Increase Have “Lunch
on House99 in First “Five and
Ten99 Sit-Down.
BT the Associated Press.
DETROIT. February 27.—More than
100 girls—most of them 18 to 20 years
old—started the first “five and ten’’
sit-down strike here today, had lunch
“on the house" and started to worry
about some serious matters.
One v.as their demand for a general
10-cent hourly pay increase, but there
were others, as they gathered in groups
behind locked store doors.
"Gosh. I've got a date with my boy
friend," one dark-haired girl named
Mazie said. "He's going to think I'm
standing him up.”
“Forget It,” her blond neighbor told
her, looking at a crowd of curious
peering in the doors. “I guess half the
people in town have heard about us
already.”
Veta Terrall. 24-year-old Strike
Committee chairman, took cognizance
of the problem, after a half dozen
strikers deserted with the connivance
of stock room boys who used service
keys to open a basement door through
which the girls left to met their
“dates.”
Put Ban on Deserters.
Miss Terrall immediately assigned
three girls to follow each boy and pre
vent further deserters from leaving.
The store, a downtown unit of the
F. W. Woolworth Co. chain, was
crowded with shoppers at 1J am.
when F. A. Loew, organizer fjr the
Waiters and Waitresses' Association,
an American Federation of Labor
union, walked down the center aisle.
"Strike, girls—strike." he called.
Cash registers quieted. A floor
walker hastily summoned William F.
Mayor, store manager, who promised
to “do everything possible" for the
girls on Monday if they would re
turn to work. They chorused a loud
“No!’’
Louis Koenig, union business agent,
presented to A. J. Dahlquist. dis
trict Woolworth superintendent, the
strikers’ demands for a 10-cent hourly
wage increase, elimination of overtime,
with a 48-hour week for girl employes
and a 54-hour week for men in the
bakery and kitchen.
Have Luneh “On the House."
At 1 p.m. Mayor appeared to make
an announcement.
“Go downstairs and have lunch.” he
told the girls. “It’s on the house.”
Dahlquist communicated the union
demands to the company’s regional
headquarters at Cleveland. Strike
leaders said the girls would not leave
until a settlement is reached.
Mayor said a wage increase of $1
weekly for all employes on full time
was effective today, providing a $14
minimum for counter girls.
The girls said half the employes
were working less than full time,
with many earning $10.44 weekly.
During the afternoon there were
songs at the music counter, and
long lines of girls waited their chance
at three pay-station telephones to
tell families and friends to “expect
me when you see me.”
ACTION IS DELAYED
BY ALBANY G. 0. P.
New York Assemblymen. Shorn
of Majority. Postpone Par
tisan Bills.
By the Associated Press.
ALBANY. N. Y.. February 27—Re
publicans in New York's Assembly,
shorn of a working majority through
the death of Assemblyman Richard B.
Smith of Syracuse, decided today to
shove aside all controversial legisla
tion until election of a successor, at
least a month hence.
Speaker Oswald D. Heck said com
mittee chairmen would be instructed
Monday to report out all non-partisan
measures.
Speaker Heck said the month's re
spite on partisan legislation would not
affect the child labor amendment rati
fication proposal, since that "is not
regarded as a partisan measure."
Smith's deat hin Syracuse last
night cut the Republican membership
in the larger House of the Legislature
to 75. one less than the constitutional
majority necessary to pass laws. The
Democrats have 74 votes.
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FARM PRICES UP
CHICAGO. February 27 <A>).—The
American farmer receives better than
pre-war parity prices for his products,
a survey prepared by five representa
tive Midwest farm journals indicated
today.
The papers sponsoring the survey
were the Farmer, the Wisconsin Agri
culturist and Farmer, Wallace's Farm
er and Iowa Homestead, the Nebraska
Farmer and Prairie Farmer.
“For the first time since late 1925
prices received by farmers are above
their pre-war ratio to prices they pay.”
the survey said. Excepting August.
1925. the January, 1937, ratio of 102
was the highest since 1920.
TAKE /T EKOAi
Cf/HYSL EH
f OWAtE&S / ',l
"DELIGHTFULLY EFFORTLESS TO
DRIVE," says Mrs. Helen R. Hobson
of Lakewood, Ohio. “As president of
the Ohio Home Economics Associa
tion, I drive my Chrysler Royal a great
deal. On my trips I find that the over
drive not only saves on gasoline, but
gives an effortless ease of motion that
makes driving much lets tiring.'*
“21 MILES PER GALLON ON LAST
TRIP," says W. G. Magnuson of
Chicago. “I drive 30,000 miles a year
in my business... and Chrysler's econ
omy means a lot to me. I drove my
last Chrysler 41,000 miles without
•pending one cent on motor repairs."
TOPS 'EM ALL /
Owners’ statements exceed every promise we ever made about
the new Chrysler Royal! It’s perfectly apparent that Chrysler has
invaded the low-priced field with an entirely new kind of low-priced
car. .. that combines quality with low price. .. roomy comfort
with economy .. . brilliant performance with low-operating costs.
See the new Chrysler Royal today... and its luxurious com
panion cars, the Imperial and Airflow.
Now low delivered prices. Convenient time payments to fit
your parse on the official Commercial Credit Company plan.
Copyright 1»37. Chryalor Corporation
"THE SAFETY FEATUIES SOLD ME,"
«ayt Dr. Nicola Gigante of Detroit.
‘‘I’ve owned nine Chrysler* and I know
there i* nothing to compare with the
safety of Chrysler’* hydraulic brakes
and all-steel body construction. My
new Royal coupe is a wonderful per
former ... and it’s very economical."
"FIRST CAR I’VE SEEN WITH ROOM
ENOUGH," say* J. A. Want of Moun
tain Lakes, N. J. “I use my car for
commuting to the city . . . about 100
miles a day ... and I especially appre
ciate its roomy comfort and easy riding.
It’s great to find a really roomy car
that is alto outstanding in economy.”
“HANDSOMEST CAR OF THE YEAR,"
says Mrs. Marjorie B. Hebert of Scars
dale, N. Y. “I like the smart, for
ward reaching lines, and the gloriously
roomy and comfortable interiors. The
car rides beautifully, and is delightful
ly easy to handle on any kind of roads.' *
1612 You St. N.W.
H. B. LEARY, JR., & BROS., Distributors
POtomac 6000
DISTRICT MOTOR COMPANY
1515 14th Street—Potomac 1000
GARDNER-STUART MOTORS, INC.
6th ft H Streeti N-E.—Lincoln 6270
BOYER-SHIPLEY SALES, INC.
Capital Height*, Md.
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COAST-IN, INC.
514 8th Street S.E.—Lincoln 9393
HICKS-PAUL, INC.
5220 Wiioomin Ave.—Clev. 2161
AL’I MASTBR SERVICE
Clarendon, Ve.
t1 & 1
BAUSERMAN’S SERVICE
Arlington, Va.
MOTOR SALES & SERVICE
Alexandria, Va.
SMOOT MOTOR COMPANY, INC
3342 M Street N W.—Weat 1850
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BELL & WIRGMAN MOTOR CO.
Silver Spring. Md.
BETHESDA-MERSON CO.
Bethesda, Md.
SKINKER MOTOR COMPANY
1216 20th Street N.W—Dietrict 4310
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RUTLEDGE MOTOR CO.
Hyattsville, Md.
‘ BROS1US BROS. & GORMLEY
Rockville, Md.
HOHENSEE MOTORS
Takoma Park, Md.
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