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. Japan Admits Army
Withdrawn From
Changsha Area
Spokesman Says Drive
Attained Goal, Denies
:« Big Chinese Victory
By the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, Oct. 9.—A Japanese
Army spokesman acknowledged to
day that Japanese forces in Central
China had returned to positions
they occupied when they started a
drive on Changsha September 15.
Chinese continued to call the
Japanese withdrawal a sweeping
victory for their forces, but a Japa
nese spokesman said the invaders
t had achieved their objective "bril
liantly” and 60,000 Chinese had
been killed.
In giving for the first time the
Japanese account of the purpose
of the operations, the spokesman
said the Japanese learned the Chi
nese’ planned an October offensive,
Whereupon the Japanese decided to
attack, with the design of fore
stalling the Chinese attempt and
preventing the Chinese from main
• taining any effective forces in the
Changsha area.
He added that the objective of
the offensive was not the capture
of Changsha and other territory, but
to deal a crushing blow at the Chi
nese. He asserted that was accom
plished with the destruction of 10
of the 40 Chinese divisions encoun
tered.
Dispatches from Changsha by way
of Hong Kong said the people were
celebrating what they considered a
* major Chinese victory with mass
meetings and the publication of
congratulatory messages.
At Chungking, Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-shek was said to have
ordered distribution of a cash award
equivalent to about $12,000 to the
personnel of the North Hunan army.
An undisclosed additional amount
was announced also by a private
group as a “comfort” donation.
Chinese Flee to Macao
As Japan Takes Shekki
MACAO. Oct. 9 W).—More than
15.000 Chinese civilian refugees
poured into this Portuguese colony
today following the Japanese cap
ture of Shekki, Pearl River Delta
city 25 miles north of here.
Refugees reported the Japanese
were extending their control over
Kwangtung's Chungshan district!
after the fall of Shekki, despite the i
resistance of homeguards led by
District Magistrate Chang Hui
chang.
Shekki fell yesterday after Chinese
militiamen had beaten off repeated j
sorties by the Japanese during the 1
last six months. A two-day Jap- !
anese air attack was reported to !
have smashed the city’s resistance, i
Un-American
(Continued From First Page.)
for furthering your own selfish am
bitions and those of your father
land in the U. S. S. R.
Private Lives No Secret.
“Had your aims been true and for
the best interest of our Nation, you
. would not have had to call upon
your father and high priest, Joseph
Stalin, for every move you make, but
would have found your leadership
here in the United States.
“Many of your members have come
from foreign shores to our land to
escape oppression and like termites
do not become members of our
household, but gnaw at the pillars of
our democracy with hopes that it
will crumble and you might profit
by its fall.
“You shout to high heaven vour
, praise for the Bill of Rights and all
it stands for, yet in your own party,
you pry into every member's private
life, and see to it with all your power
that he cannot live a life of his own.
Accord Is Cited.
“Yes, your speakers rave for hours
about the mad dogs of Fascism and
how your fatherland, the U. S. S. R„
and its leader, Joseph Stalin, is the
greatest bulwark against Fascism
and the defender of democracy, and
whi!£ these words are yet wet upon
your lips the great Red' Army of the
fatherland and your beloved peace
leader, Joseph Stalin, join hands in
accord with Adolf Hitler, one of the
biggest Fascist leaders and one of
the greatest enemies of democracy
in our times, and together they de
stroy Poland and bring little Latvia,
Estonia and Lithuania to their
knees. Yes, all this your fatherland
does in the name of peace and
democracy. But do you have the
protection of a democracy and tell
your fatherland, the U. S. S. R„
that you do not approve of the
action taken by the Red Army in its
conquest of Poland? No, and by
these and many other actions you
prove that you and your organiza
tion are no more than puppets
dancing on the strings pulled by
Joseph Stalin and the Comintern.
“Because of your un-American
ways and your lie of your so-called
defense of democracy. I hereby sub
mit my resignation from the Y. C. L.
« and the Communist party to take
enect immediately. • 1 snail take
my stand with those who are fight
ing for real Americanism and,de
mocracy. I know that this is a
long and bitter fight arid I am en
listed for the duration of the war.”
Mr. Goff described how, after
joining the Communist party and
the Young Communist League, he
was given "a membership at large”
so he could work among “front”
organizations and church groups
without his real identity becoming
known. He said he operated under
the “party name” of John Keats
in public and as No. 18 B-l in the
party itself.
The witness also told how official
correspondence to him from party
headquarters was labeled and sealed
so if the letters were ever opened
before he received them he would
know it immdiately and could notify
his superiors in the organization.
The official correspondence, he said,
also contained a “sticker” which had
to be returned to party headquarters
to indicate to officers it had been
received intact. In addition, he said,
he changed his mailing address from
time to time “so people would not
get wise” he was receiving Com
munist literature.
Under questioning by Dr. J. B.
Matthews, chief committee investi
gator, Mr. Goff outlined in some de
tail proceedings at the Eighth Na
tional Convention of the Young
Communist League in New York
City, and recited the verses of
Borne of the songs he said members
of the league sing at meetings. The
verse of one song in particular is
unprintable.
Names of a number of Buspected I
Communists were read to Mr. Goff
and he identified some of them as
having been present at the New
York convention of the Young Com
munist League.
Wants Closer Guard.
Meanwhile, Chairman Dies said
that the ease with which someone
broke into the committee's office
early yesterday and ransacked its
records pointed to the necessity of
a “trained guard force" at the Capi
tol in these “critical times.”
“Government property <, ought to
be guarded by experienced police,
not by patronage boys," he declared.
Robert E. Stripling, committee
secretary', said several clues as to
the intruder's identity had been un
covered. A hasty checkup revealed
the only important document miss- i
ing is a list of espionage suspects.
Chairman Dies, howeverr, said a
duplicate list is on file at the De
partment of Justice.
The intruder, who broke through
a window. Chairman Dies said, also
apparently made a cursory examina
tion of documents in four or five
mail bags. It has not been deter
mined whether any of the documents
in these bags were stolen.
The report seized at Communist
party headquarters here—which was
identified by Martin Chancey, party
secretary;, according to Chairman
Dies—said: “Twro new locals were
organized in the teachers and a
Teachers’ District Council.” The
report apparently was intended for
a conference of Communist party
leaders.
Ballou Plans Probe.
Dr. Frank W. Ballou, District su
perintendent of schools, announced
he would make a thorough investi
gation to determine definitely if the
reference to “two new locals” among j
Washington teachers concerned pub
lic school teachers. He said he was
under the impression that the ref- !
erence probably was limited to
private schools.
G. Phil Delaney, president of the
Washington Navy Yard Metal
Trades Council, said meanwhile his
organization was unaware of any
‘un-American activity” among Navy
Yard machinists, implied in the re
port made public yesterday.
“If any un-American activity ex
ists among machinists at the yard."
Mr. Delaney stated, “it is unknown
to the Trades Council (an American
Federation of Labor affiliate), and
furthermore the council will assist
the Navy Department and the local
Navy Yard in any way possible to
lisclose any information which may
come to them along those lines.”
Harry N. Stull, vice president of
the Federation of Citizens’ Associa
tions. said the federation probably
would ask the Dies committee for
further information about the re
ported Communist organization
among local teachers.
The Dies committee room on the
fifth floor of the old House Office
Building was broken into between 1
a m. and 9:30 a.m. yesterday. Mr.
Stripling discovered on going to
the office yesterday morning that a
window had been broken near its
latch, and there were footprints on
the broad ledge outside. The ledge,
it was said, could have been reached
from any of several washrooms. Mr.
Stripling reported the case to Met
ropolitan police.
After his office had been broken
into “three or four times before,”
Mr. Dies said, the committee had
lired a “private” guard to watch
;he committee property. When the
committee learned, however, that
;he Federal Bureau of Investiga
;ion recently placed its "G” men at
;he Capitol, at the request of Capi
X)1 authorities, Mr. Dies said the
committee "dismissed our man.”
Valuable Documents.
The committee had gathered a
nass of valuable documents, Mr.
Dies said, through recent subpoenas,
md had in its possession a mass of
evidence pertaining to the American
.league for Peace and Democracy
ind the Communist party in both
Chicago and Washington.
The committee had not had time
is yet to go through all of the
locuments, he said. Consequently,
le said, if the object of those who
troke into his committee room was
o take some of these documents,
he committee probably couldn’t tell
vhich ones were stolen, or “per
laps copied.”
A hostel where only Gaelic will
w spoken has been opened in Eire.
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Truck System Signs
Agreement Barring Strikes
By the Associated Press.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich,, Oct. 9.
John Bridge, vice president and
general manager of the Interstate
Freight System, announced today th«
signing of an agreement which pro
hibits strikes, lockouts and tieups
until 90 days have elapsed among
more than 2.000 motor carriers in
12 States.
The agreement, he said, was
signed with the International
Brotherhood of Teamsters (A. F. of
L.) and will run two years, starting
November 1.
John Holmes, district manager of
the Interstate System, said that both
union employes and the employers
have agreed that there shall be no
strike or lockout or tieup except
upon the failure of the joint area
committees to agree upon adjust
ments of any dispute during the 90
day arbitration period.
The agreement, which affects
350.000 union workers, sets new
minimum rates of pay for various
classifications.
The States in which the agree
ment is effective are Michigan,
Missouri. Illinois, Ohio, Indiana.
Wisconsin. Iowa. Minnesota. North
and South Dakota, Nebraska and
Kansas. „
U. S.-Owned Products
Released by Japanese
By the Associated Press.
The Japanese Embassy announced
last night that stocks of American
owned woodoil in Hankow and em
broidered merchandise in Swatow
had been released "through the good
offices of the Japanese authorities
concerned in China.”
The statement said American var
nish manufacturers had “intimated”
to the embassy early this year a de
sire to have 5.595,590 long tons of
woodoil shipped to the United
States because of dwindling supply
and rising prices.
The request for freeing 300 tons
of embroidered goods in time for
the holiday season business was
made by the Art Embroidered Linen
Importers Association, Inc., the em
bassy said. It placed the value at
2,200,000 Chinese dollars.
Isaac Gans to Speak
At Charter Banquet
Isaac Gans, member of the Alco
holic Beverage Control Board, will
speak at the charter banquet of the
Hebrew Travelers Sheltering Society
on Sunday at the Beth Sholom Con
gregation Auditorium, Eighth and
Shepherd streets N.W.
The society provides necessities
for the stranded Jews in Washing
ton and transportation for the non
resident unfortunates to their friends
and relatives.
Forty charter members will be
honored at the banquet. The con
tributions of these members enabled
the society to buy their mome two
years ago at 407 Massachusetts ave
nue N.W.
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Col. G. M. Newell
Dies in Falls Church
After Heart Attack
Retired Army Officer
Served With Q. M. C.
| In France
By the Associated Press.
Col. George M. Newell, 75, re
tired Army officer who served with
the Quartermasters Corps in Prance
during the World War. died today
at his home in Falls Church. Va., j
of a heart attack he suffered sev
eral weeks ago.
A native of Kenansville, N. C., Col.
Newell had lived in Washington and
vicinity since 1894, except for his
Army service in France and at
j Omaha, Nebr., after the World War.
Funeral Services Wednesday.
[ Funeral services will be held at
1 1:30 p.m Wednesday at his home
with Dr. James H. Taylor, pastor
of the Central Presbyterian Church.
Washington, officiating. Interment
will be in Arlington National Ceme
| tery.
Col. Newell came here during the
administration of President Cleve
land. His first governmental con
nection was with the supervising
architect's office.
At tfie outbreak of the World War
he was chief of the Division of Ac
counts in the War Department.
Wins French Decoration.
Accepting a commission as a
major in the Army, he went to
France in 1917 and there was pro
moted to colonel. He was awarded
the French Legion of Honor. After
the war he continued his Army af
filiation, serving for a time as
finance officer for the 7th Corps
Area in Omaha and as a finance
officer at Walter Reed Hospital here,
where he was stationed when he re
tired in 1928.
Col. Newell’s wife, who was Miss
Elizabeth Coghill of Henderson,
N. C.. died in 1933.
Two sons and six daughters sur
vive: Joseph H. Newell, Alexandria,
Va.; Sterling R. Newell, Washing- j
ton; Misses Mary Glenn and Fannie I
Bertha Newell, Falls Church; Mrs. j
R. C. Doyle, Chicago; Mrs. Posey
Shelor, Meadows of Dan. Va.; Mrs.
H. Newell Larcombe, Alexandria,
and Mrs. William M. McNeil, Wash
ington.
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French coast.
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Through the West Wall With Fontaine Fox
Countless Steel and Concrete Pillboxes
Seen, but No Questions Are Asked
Fontaine Fox, famous cartoon
ist creator of "Toonerville Folks,”
was on a pleasure trip in Ger
many when war broke out. He
found out that it was no pleasure
to be in the thick of things, when
a country was mobilizing for war,
especially if you happen to blun
der on their strongest fortifica
tions . . . and Fontaine Fox was
motoring right through the heart
of the German West Wall.
Here is a vivid, uncensored de
scription of the much-talked
about fortifications, by an im
partial observer who was caught
in the tumult of war hysteria.
(Second of a Series.)
By FONTAINE FOX
At this point I must confess I was
just a bit uneasy. Here I was,
trying to make a short cut across
country, lost and then suddenly
finding myself right in the middle of
part of the German West Wall forti
fications. Just how much would the
Germans like my being there?
Hadn’t I better turn around and go
back?
There was additional work, in con
nection with this West Wall, going
up just ahead of us and we weren't
supposed to see that, certainly, be
cause there was a board fence
around it (the board fence looked
funny, right out in the middle of a
potato field), and it was even part
ly screened from aerial observation
by canvas, stretched across poles.
My curiosity finally won out and
I started on ahead. We began to
pass turrets and entrances to the
underground quarters right along on
both sides of the road. We prob
ably missed a lot of them because
they were so well concealed. We
passed quite near an old brick barn
with an old ,manure pile at the
corner of it. Two soldiers came out
of the manure pile and watched our
approach. I wondered if we were
going to be stopped. But they only
grinned at us and as we passed we
could see a small area of concrete at
one side of the manure pile, with the
steel door through which the soldiers
had come.
Then, further on, a newlv made
soccer football field in an artifically
sunken area. Surely, the peasants
and farm folk around here wouldn't
be playing football. We looked for
the concrete and steel, and there It
was, over at one corner of thd field—
a football field for soldiers.
Entrances Well Concealed.
We were now on a pretty good
wide asphalt road but all alone on
it. Not a single car, other than
ours. I slowed down so as not to
miss anything but those turrets and
entrances were so well concealed
that I probably saw only half of
those that I passed. Some of them
far back from the road, 6thers so
close that I could have shot my
cigarette butt down into the en
trance if the steel door had been
open.
It was not until we had traveled
for nearly 20 minutes and reached
the outskirts of Kehl, opposite
Strasbourg, that I found out why
we hadn't passed any cars on the
road. The road was closed at that
end, with several soldiers standing
about. They did seem a bit sur
prised to see us come up on them
from the rear, so to speak, but we
weren't questioned. An officer gave
an order, some planks were removed
to let us pass and we went through,
everybody smiling and pleasant.
At this point, the West Wall
seemed to veer away from this road,
•
and about a half mile farther on
I stopped to think things over.
We had undoubtedly been travel
ing right through part of the famous
West Wall. We hadn’t been stopped
—and the only questioning had been
done by us. My friend said It
might have been on account of the
big German “D" on the foreign li
cense plate you get if you land at a
German port. I was glad I hadn’t
come over on the Normandie as I had
thought of doing. Getting lost In
the German West Wall with a
French license plate might not have
been so pleasant.
Then, the big blue and white
enameled shield with the German
eagle, which the North German
Lloyd fasten on to the front of
your car, might have helped some.
That shield was a very impressive
looking affair. Maybe they thought
I was a baron or something.
Hat With a Feather.
However, my friend and I finally
decided it must have been my hat.
I have some friends of long stand
ing who now live in Germany. We
get along fine because we never
discuss Hitler or world politics. If
I were marooned in Germany with
them now, we probably wouldn't
ever speak of Poland.
These people didn’t like my Ameri
can hat. They took me into a Ger
man hat store and after one-half
hour I came out supported on either
side and was placed in the rear
seat of my car. I was too weak to
drive. My face was covered with
perspiration and my head with what
the well-dressed German gentleman
is supposed to wear while motoring.
I had put up a good fight and
so I had no strength left to resist
when the salesman came rushing
out with a large placard of assorted j
feathers. We had forgotten the
feather!
Yes sir! This hat with the feather
was probably the answer to my ever
having got by that first bunch of
road workers into the West Wall
and to having got out of it past the
soldiers at the end.
Later on, in a part of Europe
where they don't like the Germans,
the sun burned all the skin off my
forehead one hot afternoon. I had
to hide this hat and drive bare
headed.
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