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JAPAN IS MED Halted 90 Miles North of “Lifeline” Railway, Plea of Americans Shows. BACKGROUND— With Yangtze Valley and most Of North China conquered in un declared war, which began at Peip ing last July, Japanese legions have been attempting to unite their con quest along the Chinese coast by a pincers campaign against Su chow, junction of Lunghai and Tsinpu Railways. Japanese ad vancing north from Nanking and south from Shantung Province. Meanwhile Chinese have been harassing Japanese outposts along Yangtze, especially at Wuhu above Nanking. Br the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, Jan. 26—The Japa nese drive to conquer China’s lifeline railway has been stalled for three weeks, it was disclosed today by an appeal from American missionaries at Tenghsien—65 miles north of the Lunghai lifeline—for assurance that Japanese would not bombard mission refugee camps there. k Japanese had asserted their troops Occupied Tenghsien a week ago, but the appeal, to United States Consul General Clarence E. Gauss, disclosed that the city still was in Chinese hands. The missionaries’ appeal indicated the Japanese advance had bogged down against Chinese resistance south of Tsowhsien, which is about 90 miles north of Suchow, junction point of the Lunghai and Tsinpu Railways. It had gone that far on January 7. Gauss told Japanese authorities the missionaries were flying a white flag with a blue cross in the center and asked them to refrain from bombard ing areas thus marked. Mountain .(tacked. Chinese troops, supported by bomb ing planes, attacked Japanese posi tions on Takwanshan Mountain in a counter-offensive aimed at driving the Invaders from the Yangtze River Val ley above Nanking, Chinese reports of the engagement near Wuhu, 60 miles upstream from the conquered former capital, said both sides suffered heavy casualties. The Chinese attackers had to face the fire of Japanese warships in the river as well as artillery on the mountain aide. Ranging downstream, five Chinese bombers dropped projectiles on Japa nese positions at Nanking, where the United States gunboat Oahu was ready to aid the 17 Americans there if nec essary. The Japanese naval spokesman said one of the attacking planes was shot down and declared little if any dam age resulted from the raid, the third since Nanking fell into Japanese hands last month. Supply Repots Bombed. Japanese bombers, meanwhile, kept j up their attacks on Chinese supply depots, airdromes and railway lines! near Canton, on the South China coast. On other fronts Japanese attempts to consolidate their gains apparently were held up by Chinese counter at tacks. In Shanghai itself there was a Japanese admission that complete order had not been restored to con- I quered areas outside the International Settlement,. The Japanese Army spokesman said a number of "undesirable elements” had entered Nantao. old Chinese quar ter south of the Settlement, and were looting and occasionally setting fires despite efforts of Japanese police to control them. Japanese Meet Resistance. Japanese forces attempting to drive inland an army of 400,000 Chinese preventing consolidation of North China and Yangtze Valiev gains ran Into resistance on both the northern and southern fronts. Chinese said they were repulsing the northward-moving Japanese column at Pengpu, north of Nanking. The other jaw of the Japanese vise squeez ing against the Chinese corridor from the north was halted in Southern Shantung Province, awaiting rein forcements. South of Shanghai Chine.se attempt ed several times to cross the Chientang j River to assault Hangchow, Chekiang j Province capital. AUSTRALIA MARKING 150TH ANNIVERSARY Celebration to Last Three Months, Landing of First Settlers Depicted in Pageant. By the Associated Press. SYDNEY, Australia, Jan. 26.—A 21 eannon salute from shore batteries to day launched Australia's three-month celebration of its 150th birthday. The salute thundered Just as a pageant party—depicting the landing on January 26. 1788, of Capt. Arthur Phillip with soldiers and 800 convicts who made up Australia's first white settlement—beached Its rowboats. The United States cruisers Louis ville, Memphis, Trenton and Milwau kee, and warships of France, Italy and The Netherlands crowded Sydney Harbor. More than 200,000 persons lined the shores as the party landed among a circle of 100 dancing abo rigines. After the landing came a parade of gigantic floats commemorating the transformation of this "down under” continent from a dumping ground for British political offenders into a rich commonwealth with a proud heritage of its own. The historical period of the $2,500, 000 celebration will continue until February 12, to be followed by British Empire games and the royal show and trade fairs ending April 25. What “Potomac ” Means. The name "Potomac” signifies “plenty of fish” in the Indian lan guage. Capt. John Smith, who ex plored the lower Potomac in 1608, mentioned the “abundance of fish, lying so thick with their backs above the water—for want of nets, we at tempted to catch them with a frying pan—neither better fish, more plenty, nor variety, had any of us seen in any stream.” Far-Reaching Influence. Academically, Catholic University functions under 10 schools and col leges throughout the country. In or der that Its Influence may be as far reaching as possible, summer sessions are held in Iowa, Texas and California, as well as In Washington. Boulder Kills Two in School Wrecked interior of the chemistry laboratory at Elkhorn District Colored School, at Upland. W. Va„ where two students were killed and four injured, when a 10-ton boulder tumbled 600 feet down a mountainside.__ —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. The hole.torn in the roof of the building by the huge rock. _|_—wide World photo• MEDIATION BOARD URGEDDYF INEDY ! Senate Aske^ to Create Body to Arbitrate Mari time Labor Disputes. Bj the Associated Press. Chairman Joseph P. Kennedy of the Maritime Commission took before the Senate Commerce Committee today his suggestion that Congress establish a mediation board to settle labor dis putes between seamen and shipowners! Mr. Kennedy, who will leave next month to become Ambassador to Great Britain, reported after a long Inquiry into troubles of America's merchant marine that the industry could make good use of an agency patterned after the Railway Mediation Board. He would retain the services of the National Labor Relations Board on questions of representation and organ ization of marine unions. Mr. Kennedy's attitude, as well as the policy of the committee in con ducting closed hearings, drew the op position of C. I. O. maritime unions in a statement sent to members of Con gress. A. F. L. Has Another Idea. "Labor relations in an industry auch as this cannot be stabilized,” the state ment said, "unless both employer and employe are able to negotiate freely." The Railway Mediation Board pro vides that disputes must be sub mitted for arbitration. It allows strikes only as a last resort. Committee testimony against the conduct of maritime unions, the union statement added, was "for the most part either ridiculous or absurd." An American Federation of Labor spokesman, Paul Scharrenberg, asked , the committee yesterday to abandon j suggestions of both Chairman Ken nedy and the C. I. O., and Instead amend the Labor Relations Act to set up a separate three-man board to control maritime labor affairs. Query on Bridges. The committee meanwhile asked the Labor Department whether there ever had been a recommendation for deportation of Harry Bridges, Pacific Coast Maritime union leader. Witnesses at committee hearings had testified Bridges was a native of ! Australia, and one of them said he had heard immigration inspectors had recommended the union leader's de portation. The committee wrote Secretary Perkins asking also for the depart : ment’s complete file on Bridges, as | well as a report on the reasons for j department derisions on any recom ; mendations as to Bridges. | It said the facts were "for use of the committee in study of maritime j labor conditions." 1-•-■■■■.. MEETING ON MILTON SET Senate Committee to Consider Pro tests on Friday. The Senate Privileges and Elections Committee will meet Friday to con sider protests against the seating of Senator Milton of New Jersey. Chairman George said he had no proposal to make regarding requests that the committee hold hearings on Mr. Milton's eligibility. Tne Interstate Commerce Commts j sion recently reported that there are , some 400.000 miles of railroad track, I 2.000.000 freight cars and 50,000 pas senger cars in the United States. Europeans Fear Fire and War In First Aurora Since 1709 B» the Aseoclftted Press. LONDON, Jan. 26.—It was not the end of the world. It was not a new war. It was not a fire. It was only the Aurora Borealis—on the blink again—that kept firemen dashing about much of Europe into the early morning hours today. The firemen couldn’t do anything about the scientific phenomenon so they went home to bed and left It to the scientists to explain all about it to terrorised inhabitants. , By press, radio and telephone of ficials explained that the Aurora, rare ly seen in Southern or Western Europe, was caused by an electrical disturbance on the sun’s surface. Many villagers in more remote sec tions of Europe knelt in prayer as the Northern Lights spread across the sky last night. They’ve been shooting off over sections of North America since Saturday. A brilliant cascade of red beams was streaked with everchanging bands or orange, purple, green, blue and white—the first Aurora in Western Europe since 1709, French scientists said. Some of Switzerland thought a new war had begun. Telephone systems were tied up in some parts bf France, and a few villagers shouted. “C'est la Guerre 1” Some thought the world was coming to an end. In England, the Windsor Tire De partment was called out in the belief Windsor Castle was in flames. There were many other Are calls throughout Europe. The lights were seen clearly in Italy, Spain, Portugal and even southern most Gibraltar; Austria, Switzerland, The Netherlands and the British Isles. Many in the Netherlands, where tha House of Orange is hoping for a male heir to be born to Crown Princess Juliana, regarded the lights as a happy omen. But in Scotland they talked gloom ily of impending disaster, recalling similar but not equal flashes on the night before Edward VII died. Communications were normal today, but abort-wave radio between London and New York was disrupted last night. ’ --r ^Scratching // •IllIVI ITCHING SKIN Quitkfy Even the moat stubborn itching of eczema, blotches, pimples, athlete's foot, rashes and other externally caused skin eruptions, quickly yields to pure, cooling, antiseptic, liquid D.D.D. Prescription. Clear, grease lew and stainless—dries fast. Its gentle oils soothe the irritation. Stops the most intense itching in a hurry. A She trial bot tle. at all drug stores, proves it—or youf money back. Ask for D.D.O. PRESCRIPTION. RUMANIAN JEWS' FEAR OF TERRORISM LESSENS Reassured by Premier Goga's De cree Banning Campaigning by Semi-Military Units. By the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, Jan. 28.—Premier Octavlan Goga's midnight decree ban ning semi-military political organiza tions from campaigning in elections March 2 lessened Jewish fears of ter rorism today. The question still remained, how ever, whether the parties would obey the government edict barring them from the campaign over Goga's anti semitic program. The attitude of Cornelius Codreanu, whose Iron Guard met to map an election program, was uncertain. Codreanu views the guards as an es sential part of his political strength. Juliu Maniu, national peasant party leader who had just revived the Peas ant Guards, expressed satisfaction with the order if it is enforced impartially. Jewish leaders expected few Jews would go to the polls because neces sary proof of their citizenship is such a complicated procedure that few hoped to complete it in time. -%--- . Butchers of South Africa are dis playing wax models of meat cuts in their windows. DIVIDES LEAGUE Small Nations Seek Death of Article 16, Defended by Powers. BACKGROUND— Article It of League of Nations Covenant provides for economic and financial sanctions against nation committing "acts of war" and. under this power sanctions were applied against Italy in 1935-6 because of her invasion and con• quest of Ethiopia. When military t campaign was completed success fully in spring of 1936 sanctions were dropped. Use of sanctions against Japan has been scrupulous ly avoided. By I hit Associated Press. GENEVA, Jan. 26.—The big and the small nations of the League split today over whether to keep sanctions provisions in the covenant. The smaller nations favored junking the “punitive” Article 16 as the League Council began its 100th ses sion. The article provides for eco nomic sanctions against nations com mitting “an act of war" and for pos sible military action by League powers. The larger powers wanted to kepp sanctions as part of the League frame work, and Foreign Ministers Anthony Eden of Britain and Yvon Delbos of France were reported determined to uphold them in Council debate. Compromise Indicated. There was some indication of com promise with the anti-sanctions nations, who in the past have con tended that sanctions worked eco nomic hardship against the nations applying them, as well as against the aggressor to be punished. The compromise would be an un official understanding freeing League nations from any obligation to apply sanctions, but leaving provision for it within the League covenant. Today’s Council season was private, and in ensuing public sessions most of the attending foreign ministers were expected to make general state ments renewing pledges of faith in League principles—these in answer to Germany, Italy and Japan, who have left the League. Seeks to Keep Article 16 Intact. Ministers of the larger nations were believed ready in the private ses sions, however, to inform the smaller countries that they were free to de termine their ow'n actions on sanc tions so long as Article 16 remained untouched in text. Other business before the Council included China's appeal against Japan, alleging Nippon was an aggressor and invader; a petition by the General Council of the Jewish Congress for dealing with Premier Octavian Goga’s Rumanian nationalist government on the question of Jewish rights, and reports of economic and financial committee*. Famed Japanese Fixed in Resolve To Give U. S. Brain Laws of Land May Force Botanist to Come to America to Die. By the Associated Press. ITHACA, N. Y„ Jan. 38.—The laws of Japan make it difficult for a Jap anese to bequeath his brain to Amer ica, but Dr. Tomltaro Makino, famous Japanese botanist, is going to do It even if he has to come to the United States to die. The story of his odd resolve is told today in the Cornell Alumni News. Cornell has a collection of famous brains, which have been used to make notable discoveries about the mind in general, and in .a few cases about the peculiarities of noted men. There is no Japanese brain in this collection. Under the law in Japan, the News says, a body may not be dis sected until 24 hours after death. Preservation of brains requires re moval within an hour. Dr. Makino is 78. He wants his brain to be the first of his race in the Cornell collection, on account of his associations with Cornell botanists.and Japanese who have graduated from Cornell. Another interesting brain which the Cornell collection experts, the alumni publication states, is that of Pvt. W. M. Lord, noted for' remarkable feats of memory and a rare ability to do more than one different mental feat at a time. Largest and heaviest of the Cornell famous brains is that of Ruloff, a cen tral New Yorker convicted of murder. The Cornell collection is in charge of Dr. James W. Paper, physiologist, who recently identified a ring-shaped structure of four brain parts as the seat of consciousness and emotion. - - —■ » —■ . ■ SHIP AND 31 MISSING TOKIO, January 2fi OP).—r^is patchps from Otaru, Northern Jai^m, today said it was feared the Japanese steamer Oko Maru had sunk with her crew of 31. The vessel, a 1.224-ton coal carrier, sent out an SOS during a heavy storm. A rescue ship, delayed by heavy seas, reaching the indicated spot found only three bodies, believed to be those of members of the Oko Maru's crew. 1 —--• -- NAZIS HIT CATHOLICS MUNICH, Germany, Jan. 26 OP).— The Bavarian minister of the interior. Adolf Wagner, yesterday ordered the ■ dissolution of three ma.ior Catholic ; youth organizations, including the ; sports society. He charged they dis tributed anti-Nazi propaganda. The action was protested on the ; grounds it was a violation of the con , cordat with the Vatican, which guar I anteed the existence of the organiza 1 tiona. Tomorrow l\ as long as the j] —at 9 A.M. H quantities last! || Remnant When we think of what we paid for this merchandise we get a headache —but things are down to “Remnant Lots,” and they must be cleaned out. Here they go! Note the savings! Hurry! Quantity Article Deecrlption Slice Were Now 17 SHIRTS White and fancies, slightly soiled 14 to 17 $1.65 to $2.50 69c 79 SHIRTS Fancy patterns 14 to 17 $2.00 & $2.50 $1.09 182 SHIRTS_ I White broadcloth I l.m to IS \$1.65 $1.19 49 TIES I Handmade, resilient construction | _\$1.00 45c H6 TIES_Handmade, resilient construction $1.50 & $2.00 95c 148 HOSE_ _I Wool, rayon and lisle_I 10 to 11 39c & 55c 29c 48 MUFFLERS Woolens: plaids, stripes, checks $2.00 Ef $2.50 $1.35 COLLARS Arrow Broken 25C Ef 35c 5C 11 SUSPENDERS I With or without elastic; also leather _\$1.00 Ef $1.50\ 65c 9 SWEATERS Fancy and plain_36 to 44 $3.50 Sf $5.00 $2.65 41 PAJAMAS Middy and coat styles A. B. C. D $1.65 Ef $1.95 $1.09 18 JACKETS^^^^^ Suede, leather 36 to 44 $7.95 $4.85 27 HATS Preys and browns; snap brims, raw edge 6’« to T'i $3.50 Ef $5.00 $1.95 12 SHORTS__ 32 ,nd 34 65c 19c 14 WOOL SHIRTS____ a. M. l $2.50 & $5M $1,95 17 NOVELTIES , Brush sets, tie racks. Ac traveling cases $1.00 to $10.00 50c to $5 14 WOOL GLOVES s M L $1.50 Ef $2.00 95c _ 16 SPATS_ T.'s to "in $2.50_95c 21 robes, lounge suits and cocktail jackets a1! $14.95, $17.95 $10.95 5 VESTS_Broken $4.00 to $8.00 65c 6 SUITS jjhtVstS:. i'-38; M’dr.1;.3V.-i°7;. $29.75 to $40 $14.95 ___Regular^_ NO CHARGES—C. O. D.’a—REFUNDS—EXCHANGES—DELIVERIES—ALTERATIONS. 52 SUITS 73 O’COATS Originally $35.00 and $40.00 Originally $35.00 and $45.00 $19 75 $21 .75 JVe Will Charge These Garments. GROSNER of 1325 F Street j*~■_* . ... | > - - - ■ Designed Also to Curb Over time in Government Departments. Seeking to improve working condi tion* in the Federal and District gov ernments, especially for custodial em ployes, Representative Randolph, Dem ocrat, of West Virginia Introduced two bills late yesterday to Increase mini mum salaries and to discourage over time. A member of the House Civil Service Committee, Representative Randolph said he desired particularly to aid the low-paid Janitor and charwoman. His bills, however, apply to various groups of classified civil service workers and would establish automatic promotions throughout the service, as well as pro vide time-and-a-half pay or compen satory time off for overtime and a 15 per cent increase over the regular schedule for night work. Intended as Substitutes. The two bills are intended as sub stitutes for similar measures which Chairman Ramsperk of the House Civil Service Committee Introduced sometime ago. on which hearings prob ably will be held next week. Mr. Ran dolph's measure* apply to the field service as well as to other Federal , services. I Mr. Randolph pointed out that cus ; todial employes in grades 1 and 2 now j receive annual minimum salaries of *600 and $800. The minimum under j his bills woulc, be *1,200 a year for .grade 1 and *1.260 for grade 2. For | grade 3 the minimum would be *1.380; i for grade 4, *1,500; grade 5. *1.620, and grade 6, *1,740. The maximum would range from *1,440 for grade 1 to *2,100 for grade 6. Schedule of Salaries. The minimum and maximum sal arles for other groups provided In the bill follow: Sub-professional — Grade 1, $1,360 to $1,560; grade 3, $1,440 to $1,800; grade 3, $1,560 to $1,920, and grade 4. $1,680 to $2,040. Clerical, administrative and fiscal— Grade 1, 81,440 to $1,800; grade 3. $1,560 to $1,920, and grade 3, $1,880 to $2,040. Mr. Randolph said his bill to curtail overtime would discourage department heads from working employes beyond the regular schedule. In some In stances, especially In veterans’ hos pitals, he explained, employes have bepn worked 10 and even 12 hour* a day without overtime pay or compen satory time off. BRUNO MUSSOLINI HOLDS FLIGHT BROKE RECORDS B» the Associated Press. RIO DE JANEIRO. Jan. 28.—Bruno Mussolini took stock today of his 3 233-mile flight from Dakar, French West Africa, and decided he and Col. Attilio Biseo had completed the "fast est long-distance flight on record." The 20-year-old son of II Duce said he believed he and his brother pilot had broken at least two world marks | when they landed their two tri motored, bombing type planes here yesterday, ending the second leg of their 6.000-mile experimental and propaganda flight from Rome. Young Mussolini, however, said h* would not say just what marks had been shattered until he had * chance to look at the record books. The flight from Dakar took 13 hour* and 56 minutes. A third plane, piloted by MaJ. Nina Moscatelli, was forced to stop over at Natal, Brazil. Moscatelli was expected to fly here today. *-• Executive Board Meets. The Executive Board of the Wom an's Auxiliary of the Potomac Presby tery is holding its annual midwinter meeting today at the Church of the Pilgrims. Representatives of the 29 auxilaries, tne Potomac officers and District chairmen are attending the sessions. Mrs. Sidney C. Vincent, president, is in charge. You Always Look tor MILDNESS in TOBACCO .The Indians had a way of getting pleasure out of life that white people knew nothing about until Sir Walter Raleigh took some tobacco back to England. From that time until this ... the smoking of pipes, cigars and cigarettes has increased tremendously. The pastime fias become a great na tional industry and its enjoyment universal. And when you buy tobacco today in any form . . . you look for mildness! To gay that business success of today depends upon consistent advertising is “putting it mildlyas a matter of facts very fete concernSs offering a product or service of public consumptions are successful irithout the use of printed salesmanship. And in proportion to the extent to which businesses do lean upon advertising for maintaining vol ume of sales ... ire find a correspond ing degree of profitable operation. **lt pays to advertise” is an accepted fact; the only problems remaining are what to advertises how and when; logical analysis and common sense answer these questions quickly. You always look for mildness in to bacco; it’s just as important to look for RESULTS from your advertising.