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U. S. Note Rebukes Japan For Trade ‘Steal’
DIES RESUMES
QUIZ, MURPHY
AGAIN TARGET
Governor’s Speech
Cited by Scribe
(1.N.5.) In the face of criticise
by President Roosevelt and a de
mand of two committee members
for postponement of hearings until
after election, the Dies committee
investigating un-American activ
ities today again explored Gov.
Frank Murphy’s behavior in Michi
gan’s labor upheaval of 1937.
Chairman Dies (D.) of Texas,
brought out testimony that Gov
ernor Murphy himself had charged
that the Lansing “labor holiday'*—
a protest against the arrest of
pickets—was “concived and engi
neered*’ by Communists.
Reporter a Witness
The committee witness, who de
scribed the strife in the Michigan
State capital on June 7, 1937, was
J. H. Creighton, a reporter for the
tanning State Journal. He ap
peared in response to a telegram
stating that he would be sub
poenaed if he did not come to
Washington voluntarily.
Creighton described how Gov
ernor Murphy addressed strikers
who Jammed the streets of Lan
sing and stopped virtually all busi
ness. He quoted Governor Mur
phy as having told the strikers
that the Government must pro
tect them from arbitrary and dic
tatorial judgment.
Ask Delay of Probe
SepU-On developments of the
day included:
1. Representatives Healey
(D.), Massachusetts, and Demp
sey (D.) of New Mexico, com
mittee members, telegraphed
Chairman Dies urging that hear
ings be postponed until after
election. Dies, disregarding their
appeal, heard Creighton and
then adjourned the committee.
He planned an answer later.
2. President Homer Martin
of the CIO United Automobile
Workers was excused for the
third time from testifying after
Dies quoted Martin’s speeches
charging that John L. Lewis,
CIO chieftain, had been "sur
rounded” by Communists, and
asked the UAW head if they
were accurate.
Denial by Sinclair
3. Several West Coast persons
named before the committee as
Communist or Communist sym
pathisers denied the charges in
telegrams to the committee.
4. Upton Sinclair, author, tele
graphed denial that he is a Com-
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Suspect Admits
Slaying Pastor
BRUNSWICK, Ga., Oct. 27
(INB.).—A 26-year-old colored
man, George Cleyborn, has con
fessed slaying the Rev. D. Charles
Lee, pastor of the Christ’s Ohurc.l
at Frederica, near here, it was
announced today by Police Chief
J. X. Regester.
He implicated two white men
and another colored man, Regdter
said.
Dr. Lee, widely known Episcopal
clergyman, and relative of Gen.
Robert E. Lee, was shot to death
through a window as be sat in his
study, preparing a sermon.
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tUM OF MONEY, in or out of taxi, rail
rood end Pullman tickets, in small black
card case, between Powhatan Hotel ano
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Chovy Chase Parkway and Women's Club.
Beward at Powhatan Hotel, Boom 709
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at Port Oftioa at Washington. D. C.
Peace Near
InUoS. Auto
Trust Fight
(LN.S.) The Federal Gov
ernment. the Ford Motor
Company, and the Chrysler
Corporation are practically in
agreement on a consent de
cree involving anti-trust
charges in connection with
automobile financing, Justice
Department officials reported
today.
The department has ac
cused Ford, Chrysler and
General Motors of monopo
listic practices in the opera
tion of finance company sub
sidiaries.
Officials insisted, however,
that some minor points are
still to be ironed out before a
consent decree can be submit
ted to the United States Dis
trict Court at South Bend,
Ind., where indictments
against the motor firms were
returned.
SITE OF AIRPORT
TO BE VISITED
BY ROOSEVELT
President Roosevelt will inspect
the site for the new Gravelly Point
airport on Saturday afternoon.
This was announced today by
Edward J. Noble, chairman of the
Civil Aeronautics Authority, fol
lowing a visit at the White House,
at which plans for Washington’s
long-awaited airport were dis
cussed.
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The. President’s visit will not be
the formal start of the work on
the project, it was said, but that
will begin next Tuesday or Wednes
day. ,
Fanning the trip to Gravelly
Pdlnt, Mr. Roosevelt will go to -
the Anacostia Naval Air Station, '
where heorill Inspect the Navy’s
newest fighting planes.
Al* SHOW SLATED
The Mg. new bombers, fast at-1
tack planes and other aircraft
will be shown to him on the
ground, and after the inspection,
there will be an air show, with
the planes taking off and going 1
through maneuvers.
Formal ground-breaking of the 1
airport will take place on the ar
rival of Secretary Ickes, and the
President will officiate at the
ceremonies.
Members of Bund
Beaten by Rioters
NEWARK, N. J., October 27.
Nine members of the Ger
man-American Vr,’ksbund wsre
rioted last night after the organi
zation held a committee meeting
in the Schwabenhalle in Spring
field Avenue, Newark. Five rioters
were arrested before the police
cleared the streets. More than
1,000 spectators were held out of
the cleared area during the dis
turbance.
Sen. Guffey Sees Pa.
Victory by 250,000
(LNJB.) Senator Joseph F.
Guffey’s optimism over Democratic
chances in next month’s elections
in Pennsylvania, remained un
dimmed today as he visited Presi
dent Roosevelt.
“I told the President that I
see no reason to revise my earlier
estimates of a 250,000-vote vic
tory for the Democrats in Penn
sylvania,” Guffey said.
Dayton Schools ‘Broke,’
To Close for 6 Weeks
DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 27 (I.NS.).
The Dayton board of education
announced today that all public
schools in the city would be closed
for at least six weeks because
operating funds are exhausted.
More than 34,000 school chil
dren will attend their last classes
tomorrow before beginning the un
expected vacation. More than
MltalMES
FRANCE FACES
RECORD DEBT
FOR DEFENSES
1939 Plans Bared
By Daladier
By KENNETH T. DOWNS
MARSEILLES, Oct. 27 (IN.S).
Premier Daladier measured him
self for the toga of a “dictator
within a democracy” today as he
virtually ordained heath for the
leftist “Popular Front” govern
ment and called for a record-break
ing budget.
Ushered into Marseilles with thg
drama and pomp of a dictator, the
broad-shouldered premier told the
Radical Socialist Party Congress
that France would have to go
deeply into debt next year for the
largest outlay for national defense
in its peace-time history.
Attitude Clear
That he no longer will seek his
power and uahtrity from the left
wing majority, but will rally the
center and right to his support in
Parliament, was made abundantly
clear in a momentous speech by
Daladier as president of the rad
ical socialists, second largest, bat
most powerful political party m
France.
Mincing no words, Daladier read
the Communist party out of the
government, charging the reds
with "violence and intranalgeance”
which "paralysed my action.”
The 1939 budget, as a conse
quence of the upset international
situation, will reach the all-time
peak of $2,300,000,000, said Data
dier.
But he also indicated that
France is eager for some interna
tional peace bulwark, and is favor
able to a four-power pact among
Britain, France, Italy and Ger
many.
Stand Applauded
The 2,000 party delegates ap
plauded that suggestion, and
again cheered when Daladier de
fended the Munich agreement.
- “We cannot permit talk of
capitulation to Germany,” he
said. “If we had been con
fronted with an ultimatum, I
would have returned to Paris
and appealed to the nation to
resist. Munich was an act,of -
reason.”
i Turning to the labor problems
which have beset France under
the "popular front” regime, Da
ladier showed that he intends to
govern with a strong hand.
“We do not wish to abrogate
the 40-hour week,” he said, “but
the supreme authority of the
state must not be infringed
upon.”
Naval Post
To Stanhope
LONDON, Oct. 27 (LN.S.).
Lord Stanhope, long a supporter
of Prime Minister Chamberlain,
today was appointed first lord of
the admiralty to succeed Alfred
Duff-Cooper, who resigned in pro
test over the Munich agreement.
Having served in important
posts at the war office, admiralty
and foreign office, Lord Stanhope
has been president of the board of
education in the present ministry.
Karl De La Warr was named to
succeed him in the latter post.
1,300 teachers and other employes
of the school system will be
thrown out of jobs.
Seventy-five per cent of Ohio
schools will have to close unless
Governor Martin L. Davey calls a
special session of the legislature
to deal with the school financial
problem, State Education depart
ment officials have predicted.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27,1938
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BURNING OF QUANTICO POST EXCHANGE PICTURED BEFORE DAYLIGHT AT ITS HEIGHT
Note Marine Sentry With Cun on Shoulder, Keeping Curious Away From Blazing Building
Photo Copyright, 1938, by Washington Times.
PRESIDENT HOST
TO MONOELEIN
■ (IKS.) George, Cardinal Mun
delein, of Chicago, stopped off in
the Capital en route from New
Orleans to New York to be a
White House guest.
He arrived at the Executive
Mansion early and shortly after
noon accompanied the President
or. a trip to the Washington Navy
Yard, to witness Navy Day exer
cises.
After the Naval ceremonies—
which were open to the public—
the Cardinal, Mr. Roosevelt and
his party boarded the White House
yacht Potomac for a cruise down
the river. The party will return
to the Capital in time to allow
his eminence to catch a 5 p. m.
train tor New York. The Cardinal
will sail for Rome Saturday.
New England Timber
Reclamation Ordered
(IN.S.) President Roosevelt to
day directed RFC Chairman Jesse
Jones and F. A. Wilcox, chief of
the Forestry Service, to proceed
with salvage operations in New
England, which will reclaim be
tween three and four billion feet of
timber blown down in the recent
hurricane.
Under the salvage plan, the
RFC will advance whatever money
is necessary and the Forestry Serv
ice will direct operations, with the
CCC doing the bulk of the work.
Treasury Condition
(INJS.h Treasury balance as of
October 25—12,815,896,512.98. Mis
cellaneous internal revenue, s7r
482.937.36. Customs receipts, $24,-
521.805.37. Receipts, $1,771,432,319.
Expenditures, $2,864,987,060.
Times Index
Births and Marriages 33
Classified Ads 33,34,35
Comics 26,27
Cross Word Puzzle 23
Drama 16,17
Editorials 14
Evie Robert 15
Inquiring Photographerl4
Government Workers 13
Neighborhood Movies 33
Radio 33
Society 22
Sports f.. 29,30,31,32
Woman's Page 20
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Quantico Swept
By $75,000 Fire
Two Marines Severely Burned in
Escape From Death
Two Marines narrowly escaped being burned to death when
fire swept through the Marine base at Quantico early today,
destroying two buildings and for a time threatening to destroy
the old section of the post and the adjacent town.
The post exchange and the post'
laundry, frame buildings, were
-burned mid officers estimated the
damage at close to $75,000.
NARROWLY ESCAPE
The Injured men, Earl S. Rogers
and Frank R. Robertson, were
asleep in the Post Exchange, and
were severely burned before they
could make their way out of the
blaring building. They were taken
to the post hospital for treatment.
The fire was discovered in the
Post Exchange, an old frame build
ing, by a sentry around 5 a. m. He
turned in an alarm, but before
apparatus arrived the structure
was a mass of flames.
SPREAD BY WIND
A general alarm was sounded,
calling out every man on the
reservation and officers and men
alike joined in the battle to save
the post.
Whipped by a strong breeze,
embers from the blazing building
set the nearby laundry afire and
in a few minutes that building,
too, was razed.
Embers started several other
small fires in old frame buildings
near by, but these were extin
guished, and the main fire
brought under control after a
battle of more than an hour.
House
Charles Edison speaks
on 'National Defense'
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WOL
Tonight at 11:15 P. M. Auistant
Secretary of the Navy, Charles
Edison, will inxu,urate a lerlei
of broadcuts on National De
fense.
These talks will bring to light
information on what constitutes
our National Defense . . . How
we are prepared to resist attack
. . . what plans are being made
for further improvement of our
land, sea and air forces. Be sure
and listen in.
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Frank B. Bobertson Earl S. Ho<wr»
BUDAPEST EDICT
SENT TO PRAGUE
BUDAPEST, Oct. 27 (I.NJS.).
Quick settlement of its territorial
! claims on Czechoslovakia was de
manded today by the Hungarian
, government in a new note to
Prague.
Hungary, it is understood, ad
hering to its previous demands, in
sisted that Czech troops evacuate
10,000 square kilometers (about
’ 4,000 square miles) of tenritory
i within the next four or five days.
The Hungarian note was in reply
to a note from Czechoslovakia
seeking to find a basis for negoti
atlng conflicting claims to border
district inhabited largely by Mag
yars.
Lindbergh Target
Os New Soviet Barbs
MOSCOW, Oct. 27 (INS.).—A
new Soviet attack on Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh was made today, this
time from one of the highest of*
flcial sources.
“Only lackeys of fascism say
our aviation is not the best,”
said Lazar Kaganovich, com
missar for heavy Industry, in •
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U. S. TOKYO NOTE
CHEEKS BRITISH
LONDON, Oct. 27 (IJST.S.).
Great Britain’s willingness—even
eagerness—to jump on President
Roosevelt’s band wagon in a last
hope of defending the final shreds
of British prestige and power in
the Far East was quickly mani
fested in authoritative circles to
day.
London is prepared to duplicate
Washington’s representations to
Japan, objecting to Japan's slam
ming of the “open door,” as soon
as occasion arises.
Irked by Jap Envoy
Such action is likely to come
soon, especially because Britain
today is aroused over the declara
tion by Toshio Shiratori, new Japa
nese ambassador to Italy, that
“the end of Britain’s predominance
in the Far East has come for all
time.”
This country, at the same time,
is showing strongest sympathy
with Mr. Roosevelt’s recent declara
tions on the urgent need for Amer
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Dalhover to Die
In Chair Nov. 18
CHICAGO, October 27.—Rhuel
James Dalhover, only member of
the Al Brady gang to emerge
alive in a gun battle with
Gmen in Bangor, Me., last spring,
must die in the electric chair at
Michigan City November 18, the
U. fl. Circuit Court of Appeals
has ruled. Dalhover’s execu
tion had been set for April 18,
but was postponed pending an ap
peal to the U. 8. Supreme Court,
which has refused to review his
case.
speech at a reception for women
long-distance fliers.
Kaganovich’s talk resurrected
recently published charges by a
group of Russia's most famous
airmen, who attacked Colonel
Lindbergh for his allegedly ad
verse criticisms of the Soviet air
force.
THREE CENTS
TOKYO WARNED
TO KEEP DOOR
OPEN IN CHINA
Theft of American
Business Charged
By ROBERT G. NIXON
(I.NJS.) The American govern
ment today sternly warned Japan
against closing the “open door” in
China. , . . 2
In one of the sharpest noted
dispatched by Washington since
World War days, the United Stated
bluntly accused Japan of insti
tuting a sinister campaign to steal
America’s $150,000,000 annusl
trade with China.
The note was transmitted to
Ambassador Joseph C. Grew at
Tokyo, with instructions to pre
sent it to the Japanese foreign
office.
Japan was warned that its
ruthless tactics in ignoring Ameri
can rights and employing discrimi
natory exchange, trade and cus
tom practices to cut off America’s
China trade, have placed a severe
strain on American-Japanese rela
tions.
The Tokyo government further
was accused of having employed
similar discriminatory practices to
shut out American business in
Japan, itself.
Three Demands
The stern protest against Japa
nese interference with American
rights and interests tn China car
ried with it three demands. These
were:
Discontinuance of discrimina
tory exchange control and of
other measures imposed in areas
in China under Japanese control
which operate directly or indi
rectly to discriminate against
American trade and enterprise.
n Discontinuance of any monop
“ oly or of any preference which
would deprive American nationals
of the right of undertaking any
legitimate trade or industry in
China, or of any arrangement I
which might purport to establish
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Hitler Hails
United Reich
BERLIN, Oct. 27 (IJIJB.).
Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler today
concluded his tour of the Sudeten
land with a declaration that th«
new and enlarged German Reich
would remain forever united.
In a speech at Nikosburg on
the Austro-Czech frontier, ths
Chancellor said:
“Today the greater German
Reich has become a reality.
Gigantic military forces protect
this Reich. Its inhabitants will
remain powerful and safe unto
eternity if every German learns
always to be German before any
thing else.”
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