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"King" • Self-Styled HOW FIRST HONOR GUEST Of Island Is Seized JAPANESE HAH DRASTIC PENALTIES OH, 7^ CONFEREES AGREE HOPE THIS NEW On Fraud Charge | TREATMENT Prest. IN CAPITAL Br the Associated JEHOL'S FACE TRAITORS AND WILL DO THE i ON ECONOMY 1—Marlon DEFENSES, | FUN; ARRIVES March LONDON, Coles Harmon, the self-styled TRICK! 1 "king" of Lundys Isle, off the coast, and three other J Welsh prominent financiers were at CAPTURING 4 CITIES SPIES IN GERNIAHK BRUMS SCHEME INAUGURATION on ball each today FOR £2,000 liberty on of conspiracy to de- charges « fraud. H. H. Pounds, B. F. Conigrane Von Orders Death Mrs. John E. King, Represent- were the Chihfeng, Chienping, Wung- Hindenburg and E. O. Chang eat OF SAVING KILLED others arrested yesterday on and for Disclosure of Mili- • ing Gov. Ferguson of Texas, charges involving operations of a kungfu Lingyuan Korean trade company and other business concerns they organised. Fall to Invaders. tary Secrets. Broad Reorganization Pow- Here for Rites. Harmon Issued his own Coinage on the island and claimed he was the sovereign there. It has about ers for Roosevelt Included OTHER OFFICIAL VISITORS 45 inhabitants. BOTH NANKING AND TOKIO "STAGGERING MASSACRE" in Full Agreement on Treas- DURING TODAY SCORE BRITISH EMBARGO PLANNED, LONDON HEARS EXPECTED ury-Postal Bill.

Arrangements Complete for Record ROOSEVELT ASKS Nationalist Government Protests at Wild Bnmori Seem Unsupported, BUREAU OF EFFICIENCY Celebration—Program Opens London—U. S. Attitude However—Threat* of Revolt Tomorrow Night. WOODIN TO PARLEY Affects French. Made in Bavaria. ABOLISHED BY MEASURE

By the Associated Press. By the Associated Press. Washington and the Nation today Airmail Item Compromised at 18 China's grasp on the province of Jehol BERLIN, March 1.—President von stood at the eve of one of the mightiest Domestic Finances Will Be has begun to weaken under the pound- Hindenburg issued a decree todaj Millions—Automatic Promotion! celebrations that ever lifted its chorus ing of the Japanese Army inarching "against treason to the German peopli of acclaim to an incoming President. Discussed—White House westward from Manchuria. and highly treasonable machinations,' in U. S. Service Stayed for Yean Bedecked in all its patriotic and col- At all points the Chinese were re- sharply increasing penalties for espion- orful finery of miles of billowing bunt- Secretaries Named. Enlisted Men's Pay Cat—Passage ported to have put up a good fight, but age, treason and subversive acts. and thousands of fluttering flags, ing the day's dispatches told of the fall of The death penalty was provided foi by Saturday Seen. the National Capital stood ready to give By the Associated Press. Chihfeng, Chlenplng, Lingyuan and attempting to secure or disclose im- welcome to Franklin Del- its warmest HYDE PARK, N. Y„ March 1.— Wungkungfu, strategic defense points In portant military secrets. new administra- The House this afternoon adopted ano Roosevelt and his President-elect Roosevelt today Invited the of the Ten path advance toward Jehol years' imprisonment was speci- the conference report on the Treas- while tens of thousands of visitors of the tion, William H. Woodln, his Secretary City. fied for transmitting to foreign gov- ury-Post Office appropriation bill, swarmed into the from all over the afternoon which now to the Senate. city Treasury, to a conference this The resistance was stiller In the ernments objects or news, even 11 goes country to lend their voices to Washing- New York City home. at the Roosevelt south, but the town of Pelchangylngtze false, which should be kept secret In A complete agreement on the ton's welcome. at Washington. was Woodln has been busy reported to have been captured the interest of the Reich. Letter Threatens Office on air Treasury-Post supply bill, They came in trains, busses, The general domestic financial situation after a battle which lasted several hours. Not less than three months' impris- APPROPRIATION including the general economy cast- D. C. Death to and automobiles, Is watch- lines by private is up for discussion. Roosevelt This point is 30 miles inside the Jehol onment for publicly printing or dis- Animals; five of the and is no Indi- border and about 85 miles from Jehol program, was reached by Senate ing aside for days gayest ing events closely, but there cussing news which should be kept City. The defense was in the hands of Youth Is Seized most colorful celebration the ftty has cation that he is going to take any hand from and House conferees today. Under regulars provided by Marshal Chang foreign governments, irrespective ever known, the cares of a Nation faced he takes office on Sat- the the Bratton 5 in affaire before Hsiao-Liang. of whether the news was correct or IS SOUGHT TODAY Br the Associated Press. agreement, per in Gen. with the greatest economic problem urday. I Heijlro Hattori, commanding the faked, was specified. ATLANTA, Ga., March 1.— cent saving plan was killed, but has 14th Brigade of the Japanese Army, A threat the animals In its history. The President-elect Roosevelt against broad for entered Lingyuan at night fall. Meaningless Ballot Indicated. Asa O. Candler, Jr.'s, private boo reorganization powers the selection of his official President-elect Roosevelt were Features Begin Tomorrow. completed Having taken Chihfeng and Lingyuan Concerning subversive propaganda, Senator to Make If he refused to grant a $1,000 Deadlock at the Invaders have overcome the Bingham May Develop An enthusiasm which already has family. most the decree provides that whoever de- anonymous loan resulted In de- approved. "Louis, Mac and Steve" for serious obstacle in their adance south- tention of a young man booked The report of the conferees still captured some of the carnival spirit He picked signs. circulates, or keeps In stock for Effort to Secure senior ward from Kallu. Every on suspicion as John Lee Butler Party Caucus Tomor- has to be ratified the House itself Into this in- his secretariat—Louis M. Howe, the purpose of circulation, mat- by which injected year's In China and in Toklo as well there printed here today. and H. Mclntyre of ter whose contents, in to use Senate, but members of the augural despite the efforts of the in- secretary, and Marvin is considerable resentment at the action Inciting Bill's Postal Inspectors and city de- row of Vir- of Great Britain in force against state authorities, or In in- Passage. Night. conference predicted approval to a and Stephen T. Early applying a tempo- tectives said arrested Butler augural officials hold "dignified. Kentucky for or lncltatlona they would be in to rary arms embargo against both coun- stigating preparations late when he given time pass to as his other chief aides in the to last night picked Jeffersonian inauguration," seemed ginia tries. It was strikes in vital plants, shows trea- the bill and send it announced at Nanking up a package left under the seat to the the city as it prepared to par- House. that the central sonable Intent, may be to effort will be made by Senator BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. pervade White government will make punished up Every in a theater on directions in a White House before adjournment in the first of the official fea- In three years' Imprisonment. ticipate The cabinet was completed officially representations London by way of Bingham, Republican, of Connecticut, letter Candler received. Democrats of the In Saturday. tures of the inaugural tomorrow, the protest. Because of the greatly disturbed con- House, party with the announcements of to have the Senate the District The letter said the $1,000 was Other highlights of the agreement promenade concert at the Pan-Amer- last night dition of German politics the minister pass caucuc tomorrow night, will undertake Miss Prances Perkins, New Yoik State of appropriation bill this afternoon be- desired lor a girl friend who was are: ican Building. LINGYUAN REDUCED. the interior today forbade all motion to select a nominee for to suc- of labor, as the Secretary cause of the short time in Very ill and that it would be re- Speaker The Bureau of Efficiency would be The months of planning which saw commissioner picture theaters to exhibit a news reel remaining Daniel C. of South which to differences over the in three months with $500 ceed John N. Garner of who on abolished, as for in the Sen- the celebration swell into a potentially of Labor and Roper showing the attempted assassination ol adjust paid Texas, provided of Commerce. Hth In conference. interest. There was no ate bill. outburst of national enthu- Carolina as Secretary Brigade Captures Fourth Strategic President-elect Roosevelt. measure signa- Saturday will become Vice President. gigantic The took the after but the officers said Butler The airmail item was settled on a have been the stands So far as immediate appointments Point. While the Hitler Insist! Senate up shortly ture. siasm completed; fin- government With three major candidates in the of for next for the are concerned, Mr. Roosevelt has next 2 p.m. admitted he was the writer. compromise $15,000,000 the are ready and all arrangements 1 Sunday's selections of the new na- has surrounded him- SUICHUNG, March OP).—Gen. Hei- The Connecticut Senator was ready field and three who have few votes on fiscal year, the House having allowed safety of the new President and the ished his task and tional and Prussian state Parliaments Hattori, the 14th to for action, but other the first ballot $19,000,000 and the Senate crowds have been made. self with trusted friends. jiro commanding Jap- are to be held as scheduled, the chiel yesterday press beyond their own State nothing. business which had the right of way Senator Bingham, Republican, of Con- In the of the distinguished anese Brigade, reduced the town of of the government's Information Bu- delegations, the are for a [ vanguard White Honse Staff Kept. the Dis- prospects necticut. said the reduction in this was Mrs. John E. reau for the time being postponed guests arriving here late an- indicated' the balloting will be real contest. Unless on the White Lingyuan, Jehol, today, seizing trict bill. one of these candi- fund would necessitate the down who will represent Mrs. Miriam He will carry present meaningless. supply closing King, other strategic in the advance on As from the Senate dates a of a number of airmail lines. Governor of Texas, in House staff that has continued through point and democratic reported Appro- BANKRUPTCY develops commanding lead in timet BILL A. Ferguson, "Parliamentary ad- Committee, the District bill the official inaugural ceremonies. She past Democratic and Republican Jshol City. are over for Germany," declared priations the early balloting, a deadlock is -with- Promotions Banned for Tear. ex- carries a of with the was met at the ministrations—Rudolph Forster as Walther total (36,863.674, arrived this morning, Rengo (Japanese) News Agency dis- Punk, head of the government in the possibilities. And out of a dead- Automatic promotion in the Govern- McKenna as execu- Federal share increased from the House her official aides of Ray ecutive clerk. Pat said there was Press One of his ment will an- station by patches heavy fighting Department. assist- lock no one is service be prohibited for on Re- and Erwin H. figure of *6,500,000 to $9,500,000. The yet able to say what will Baker's Inaugural Committee tive office doorkeeper before the Chinese defenders submitted. ants declared all the Communist vota other year. The Senate tried to re- men Senate committee made a gross addi- ception of Governors and Distinguished Hoover as head usher. These are The Hattori brigade started its in- cast Sunday will be thrown out. The SENT TO PRESIDENT develop. store automatic promotions, affectin* Guests and escorted to the Willard who know American officialdom and vasion of Jehol tHfi city, striking -«e. Representative Rainey «t Illinois, th» principally the Army, Navy, Marin* Hotel. how to keep the wheels spinning at the passes of Snamoshan and of gars, party floor leader; Mc- Coast a of lavaa* ^■gas House had eliminated from the budget Representative Corps, Guard, large group Many Governors are expected in the smoothly at the White House. Palshihksumen. where for a time they their Reichstag representation from Duffie of Alabama, Democratic postal employes and police, firemen and Roosevelt estimates. At the same time, the Sen- whip, city later today, but the largest group With this groundwork Mr. were cheeked by Chinese regulars sent 14.1 per cent to 16.9 per cent, and thej Drastic Emergency Measure and Representative Byrns of Tennessee, school teachers In the District. The ex- active control ators took from the bill the $1,000,000 of Chief Executives of the States is is in a position to take up by Marshal Chang Hsaio-Liang. were even stronger In the Diet. chairman of the Appropriations Com- House Insisted on withholding these pro- with noon. repayment to the Federal Treasury from to reach the city tomorrow, of the Government next Saturday There were conflicting reports of the Meanwhile there were no signs U mittee. are the candidates with con- motions for another year. pected District funds on account of park pur- Revises Laws the rest of the 37 Governors or their fighting there, but both sides give credence to wild rumors that the Covering siderable numbers of votes Enlisted of the Servants Going Along. agreed chase expenditures under the Capper- promised personnel Army. representatives getting here Friday in the engagement was one of the heavi- week end would bring a terrible fate them. Representative Crosser of Ohio, Navy and Marine Corps will sustain the was to leave here late Cram ton park law. This had the effect time for the great reception for Gov- Mr. Roosevelt est thus far in the campaign. to the foes of Chancellor Hitler. These Representative Cullen of New York and pay cut of 8V4 per cent, the same as all for New York to of making the net Senate increase in Receiverships. ernors and distinguished guests Friday today by automobile The brigade struck northwestward rumors, circulating In European capi- Representative Rankin of other Government workers, the House He takes with him the bill $1,900,109. Mississippi night at the Pan-American Building spend the night. after carrying those two passes. Mean- tals, appeared based on the recent or- are to be put forward by their State having agreed to this Senate amend- his and The Senate committee not only put following the official inaugural concert to Washington family personal time another column which had ad- ders issued by Minister William By the Associated Press delegations, with a of ment. For the army of civilian em- Lehand. Goering back In the bill numerous small amounts perhaps sprinkling at Constitution Hall. secretary, Miss Marguerite They vanced toward Lingyuan from Chao- to Prussian police to protect Nationalis- The drastic support from other States. Rainey, ployes, this bill continues for another of the House had cut from nearly every emergency bankruptcy have a carload personal correspond- yang diverted its attack northward to tic groups, such as the Nazi storm McDuflle and Byrns all have insisted fiscal year the same furlough reduction Record Crowd Expected. haul department of the city government, but revision bill received final con- ence d official business to along. which was to have and Steel Helmet War today would was In this Jin Chienping, reported troops Veterans, also struck from the measure they ^in the nomination. as operation year. During crowds al- several was While no estimate of the on Page 2, Column 2.) fallen today. and to ruthlessly suppress others. gressional action and sent to the the current year, however, the enlisted (Continued restrictive clauses. Holds in the city and arriving today Lingyuan is between Chao- House Aoiney Lead. of the services were ready midway The bill carries the same White for President Hoover's personnel military was Massacre Plot Reported. $625,000, could be gained, it predicted by yang and Jehol City, ultimate objective Supporters of Crosser, out not affected by the economy pay cut. of •mount allowed by the House, for con- signature. pointing Augustus Gumpert, representative of the invasion. It is one of two points (The London Herald that he comes from a strategic State, The conferees have been in accord reported today tinuing emergency relief work among both the local hotel men's organization and DALADIER SEES HOPE where the Chinese were to Supported by the leadership of Ohio, and V> his record of for more than a week on the reorgani- expected what it calied a plot of Hitlerites in needy families after July 1, but the progressive of the Greater National put up their strongest defense. The the Democratic and service in the 16 years of his service zation for the President, but a representative (Continued on Page 2, Column Senate rewrote this section to clarify Republican parties, powers Committee of the Board of other is 7.) In the are until Capital Chinfeng, half way between the procedure to be followed in admin- the House approved the Senate amend- House, doing all they can to final agreement was delayed today on the and FOR WORLD AMITY Jehol an about his Trade Inaugural Housing City Kaiu. Chlhfeng also the fund. bting selection in the event because of differences over the airmail, this istering ments designed to aid railroads. Indi- of a Hospitality Committee, that year's was reported to have been captured. deadlock in the caucus. They say the Bratton amendment, the automatic crowd will far overshadow any former All the previous dispatches relating 100 OFFICERS TRAP viduals and farmers, but excluding cor- Crosser has friends in many of the promotions and several smaller ques- State Inaugural crowd. at Farewell to to the Japanese plan of operation have The vote was 207 to 26. delegations who would be entirely tions. In- Premier, Speaking porations. Mr. Gumpert reported that the indicated that nothing could stop the DRY LAW VIOLATORS willing to go to him as second choice The Bratton amendment would have has been The purpose of the railroad section is if augural Housing Committee advance once these two cities were MAIL the caucus is tied up. all Government departments Ambassador Edge, Expresses YOUNG BANDITS to let railroads reorganize under In- required sending from 1,500 to 2,000 persons taken. Lingyuan is about 75 miles from Rainey has seemed to occupy the and establishments to reduce expendi- terstate Commerce Commission and daily to rooming houses, and has not Jehol City. Chlhfeng is a little 'more TO GET NO LENIENCY strategic position in this race for a long tures during the next fiscal year by 5 Optimism. Federal court approval to avoid going yet reached the peak of activity, with than 100 miles northeast of the capital. time. He is at present floor leader. cent below the amount appropriated in Postal Authorities, of into expensive receivership proceedings. many thousands expected to arrive Learning He hails from Illinois. He is the rank- Sery Congress. Heads of the departments The reorganization is to be effective the city tomorrow and Friday. Associated Press. FOUR CITIES CAPTURED. ing Democratic member of the im- Informed conferees that the Costigan By the Plot Four Months Prohibition Enforcement Promised creditors and stockholders. He said the hotels of the city will Ago, through portant Ways and Means Committee. provision, added to amendment in the PARIS, March 1.—Premier Daladier, The provisions affecting individuals accommodate approximately 35,000 dur- Main If he steps into the office of Speaker, Senate forbidding pay cuts or furloughs at a farewell luncheon Japanese Offensives in Jehol Prevent by Incoming Attorney Gen- and farmers them to make vol- the inaugural period, and estimated speaking today Hold-Up. permit the chairmanship of the Ways and as a means of saving this 5 per cent, ing Victorious. of their debts that another 50,000 or 60,000 would for United States Ambassador Edge, untary readjustments Means Committee and the floor lead- would have necessitated the dismissal homes. eral Walsh. without recourse to formal bankruptcy. come as guests in private the that, through the CHINCHOW, Manchuria, March 1 ership are open to other gentlemen. If of a large number of employes. In con- for expressed hope Br the Associated Press. Both President Hoover and President- "Two hundred thousand visitors 043).—Chinese at he fails to be Speaker, he may fill ference the House stood out to the end "a message defenders Chihfeng, are understood to have he "is a Roosevelt administration, WHEELING, W. Va., March 1.—One elect Roosevelt either the of floor leader or the the Bratton and k this year's inaugural," said, commercial and transportation center Bj the Associated Press. post against amendment, " confidence to all hu- approved the legislation. of modest estimate." which will bring of Jehol Province, surrendered today and hundred policemen and deputies am- chairmanship the Ways and Means today the Senate conferees finally con- DAYTONA BEACH. Fla., March 1.— Action came after an hour of debate Committee. To the Army Band today was accorded manity will come from the United three other towns on China's inner de- bushed two men and It would look as though sented to abandon it. young prevented in which was led honor of playing to Mr. Roosevelt as fense line were Senator Thomas J. Walsh, who will be opposition by Repre- he had more to offer In any The would con- i|the States." captured almost simul- the of a mail car In the Bal- trading reorganization plan the court of honor at the robbery sentative Tarver, Democrat, of Georgia, that be |pt swings into taneously, the Japanese com- Attorney General in the Roosevelt cab- might underway—and if re- fer on Mr. Roosevelt the power to real can be he military & station last on the it would not benefit of the inaugural parade, the No progress made, mand announced. timore Ohio passenger inet, said here today that liquor law ground ports be true there is a great deal of issue orders to transfer the whole or [head declared, without "the free, loyal col- farmers, but railroads. on on Column Victories were for the violators need no from dickering going today among the any part of an executive agency, or (Continued Page 4, 4.) three democra- reported night. expect leniency laboration of the great main offensives the of Justice be- Democrats with regard to floor leader, its functions, to the control of an- and Japanese which are Officers said the pair, Don Wilson, 23, Department merely cies, the United States, England and committee as- other swinging on successively widening arcs cause Congress has sent the repeal whip, Important agency; to consolidate the func- Prance." He a common effort and Charles Braddish, 23, confessed. urged over the province with the capital, Jehol question back to the 8tates. PRATT WILL RETAIN signments. tions of an agency; abolish the whole MOTHER AND 5 CHILDREN all to "combat nationalism were told of the McDuflle has been by peoples City (Chengtefu), as their common ob- Postal authorities Af long as the prohibition laws are reported to have or any part of any executive agency or and unite on a common .economic and No jective. plot four months ago, they said. on the statute books, said Senator the influence of Speaker Garner back Its functions, except that he could not DIE WHEN HOME BURNS financial program." The Army of the North, which has estimate was made of the value of the Walsh, his department will do its best POST OF NAVY CHIEF of him in the race for the Speakership. abolish an entire executive department Mr. his last public two mail which the There are also a or Edge, making made the longest swing, reached Chlh- contents of bags to enforce them, and there will be no number of Northern all of the functions of a department. appearance as Ambassador, warned 92 threw into a taxi before their cap- Democrats, who, not in the run- His orders would have or feng, miles north of Jehol City, and boys lessening of Federal enforcement unless being reorganization Three Other Youngsters Escape misunderstanding of for against European reported the Chinese Gen. Shih Wen- ture. Congress reduces the appropriations Beached ning Speaker themselves, would to be submitted to Congress while In the American foreign driver of the Decision Reported by be to see a Are Rescued From Burn- principles guiding Kua, commander of the Jehol cavalry Joseph Doyle, 30, cab, for it. glad McDuflle, Southerner, session and would not become effective policy, regardless of the men who come Police said in that so 60 force under Gov. Tang Yu-Lin, sub- was held for questioning. Senator Walsh stopped off here briefly Talk With placed position that one for days, unless Congress should and go in office. held him and ordered him Roosevelt After of these Northern Democrats for an ing Building. public mitted to the Japanese-sponsored gov- the boys up while en route to Washington with his might provide earlier date. "There is a said he, "to the tendency." ernment of Manchukuo. to drive to the rear of station, Cuban bride, the former Senora Mina be made floor leader or chairman of This means that in order to hold up which fail was Hoover. By the Associated Press. conjure up phantom images The towns of Chienping and Pei- where mail from the train being Perez Chaumont Truffln. the Ways and Means Committee. the reorganization plans of the incom- 1.—In a vain to with the facts." The mail car's crew submit- TULSA, Okla., March correspond changjintze were reported unloaded. ing President. Congress would have to to the debt captured by Attitude of Southerners. attempt at rescue, a mother was burned Presumably alluding ques- the Japanese Central and Southern of- ted to the hold-up with pistols. pass a law within 60 days disapproving he said the of contracts at the and, BT CON ST ANTINE BROWN. On the other are to death with five of her nine children tion, sanctity fensives. The 14th Brigade reduced Ten shots were fired pair, NEW GERMAN hand, there Demo- it, and such a law would need the at Sand was the keystone of American policy. men in on them from ATTACHE crats from the South who would look the Pres- in their little home Springs, Lingyuan. seeing closing Admiral William V. Pratt, chief of signature of the President. If "The American people are convinced," direction, they surrendered. None with favor upon Representative ident stood his % a suburb, this morning. every □aval operations, who today reached the Rainey by reorganization plan dead: Mrs. Ernest C. Kepner. he declared, "that a treaty is a solemn uen. inogi l*aas Advance of the shots took effect. TO COME TO WASHINGTON or Representative Crosser, if the lat- a The retirement age of 64, has been retained by vetoing congressional disapproval, i mill worker; Robert obligation which must be Integrally tcr became the choice of a vote of both branches of 84, wife of a cotton The Northern Japanese force, with in active service, and, it Is said in well- compromise two-thirds her twins; preserved." the veteran 4th and Charlotte, 13-year-old Cavalry Brigade un- Gen. Friedrich von informed will continue in his (Continued on Page 2, Column «.) (Continued on Page 2. Column 1.) and Boetticher, quarters, Jewell, 11, a daughter; Wayne, 10, der MaJ. Gen. Kennosuke Mogl leading until the four-year as- the CHICAGO COUNCIL SEATS present post Frank, 7, sons. TJ. S. Consul at Dies. way for the 6th Division, had ex- Commander of Academy, De- signment is ended in September, 1934. or were Nagasaki its Three other children escaped pected hardest battle at Chlhfeng. Admiral Pratt had contemplated re- while and a 17-year- YOKOHAMA, March 1 B. Once the walls of BY 36 DEMOCRATS tailed to U. S. DRY FEBRUARY IN rescued, Kepner (JP).—Henry beyond that city, WON tirement today, but was advised in a LOS ANGELES old son. Earl, were at work in a cotton Hitchcock, American consul at Naga- dominating a mountain pass, It was ex- the telephone message last night by Presi- was saki, died today at the Yokohama Gen- to move By Associated Press. mill. A wood stove, left burning, pected rapidly upon the capital. Victorious in Nine dent Hoover that he was to remain at eral an With the Republicans BERLIN, March 1.—Gen. Priedrich UPSETS FIVE AMATEUR PROPHETS blamed. Hospital following operation. northern army came the least until the new administration takes native von Boetticher, commander of the Mili- Manchukaun forces undeh Gen. Contests—Five to Be Decided hold. This is permitted under the act tary Academy of Jueterburg, was ap- Chang Hal-Peng. This Japanese- of 1929, which that a naval in as attache at provides coached army set up headquarters at April. pointed today military officer above the rank of vice admiral STUTTERING IS DUE TO Kailu last the Washington effective FATIGUE, Friday—the border city embassy, need not retire for age if his services Colorful Weather Guessers Failure of where the By the Associated Press. April 1.* Undismayed by drive began—and planned still are required. move CHICAGO, March 1.—Democrats Certain other also were made PROFESSOR FINDS to next to Chihfeng. ap- changes President Hoover, Informed quarters Forecasts Last Month. NOT COMPLEXES, bitter cold and peared today to have increased sub- in the diplomatic service. The attache Despite snowstorms say, discussed the matter with Presi- their in the Chicago at Rome was accredited also Buda- these forces swung over the northern stantially ctrcngth to dent-elect Roosevelt, and the latter, who aldermanlc the London attache edge of the Gobi Desert at a rate of City Council by yesterday's pest, also to Brus- has known the naval officer since his almost 50 a elections. sels and The the attache at Br the Associated Press. 13 24 and Aubert fore- miles day. Hague, days as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, February 7, and Almost One of the 45 aldermen elected Moscow also to Research Convinces Him Every Stammers, The 11th Infantry Brigade under Thirty-six Kovno, and the Prague to continue Admiral Pratt in his LOB ANGELES, March 1—Los cast rain on the 7th and 24th. Democrats. Nine were Republic- attache also to Bucharest and plans MaJ. Gen. Kunlzo Matsuda was reported were Belgrade. until next year, It is stated re- Angeles slipped through February These forecasters are a colorful ans and five will be decided Attaches at i With Their Hands Also. to have captured Chienping. midway contests Washington, Paris and group. Gin Chow, who gets most Into and elections. Slaceably. without a of rain, five between Chaoyang and Chihfeng. Re- in the April 4 supplementary Warsaw are accredited to those coun- Admiral Pratt has served as chief of drop leaving print, relies on an ancient and secret were elected to the ports said It was continuing west- Thirteen newcomers tries only. naval for 2% years. prophets, who had made public fore- weather book of his ancestors. K. of them Demo- operations ward. Council yesterday, most The chief of naval opera- and *and with Imamura, Japanese astrologer of !*- Pres*. his words In numerous previous casts, high dry, spirits Sy the Associated syllables—the Other Japanese forces were mov- crats. tions did not avail himself of the 1929 guna Beach, also uses the Chinese sys- 1—Here's cheer oftener he said Prlcf. Bills. were defeated and 32 an dampened. CHICAGO, March pauses, ing into the province along the eastern Six aldermen THREE HOMES BOMBED law, but those were normal times. tem with secrets from the Pyramids of To record stuttering Prof. Bills has 19 of them without came forward with new for stutterers! border, and various Manchukuan were re-elected, Today, when the situation is serious, They today Glxneh. constructed a that might 4 election will Uni- laboratory forces were active also in the north. opposition. The April It is considered inadvisable to change of wind and rain for Wilcox watches the thickness on the Prof. Arthur O. Bills of the be for a studio. prognostications taken broadcasting Part of the swift advance of the decide contests in wards where no Explosion Marks Disorders In Illi- the chief of the United States Navy In hulls of walnuts, the amount of fur depart- His are to talk Southern California in March. versity of Chicago psychology "patients" required Japanese in the north was reported candidate received a clear-cut majority. the midst of a crisis, especially when on rabbits and other homely signs. and run their over a keyboard. nois Mint Region. Los citizens were Inclined to ment said today a series of tests had fingers due to about 30,000 Mongol and other that chief enjoys the confidence of the Angeles Aubert, often mistaken for George Ber- First one talks into a microphone the of to Cecil Wil- nard watches the tide* convinced him that almost everybody volunteers switching to the Japanese SPRINGFIELD, HI., March 1 (IP).— rank and file of Navy, Congress award the February palm Shaw, winds, that carries the voice respones through official side, taking up the banner of Man- Three homes were damaged early today and of the incoming and outgoing veteran editor of North Hollywood, and birds. William Ford, city stammers. a series of wires, ending with a series AMERICAN AT FIRE cox, chukuo. and seven children menaced bv a bomb, Presidents. of Huntington Park, keeps his eye on of marks on a Breaks in the who said: the law of aver- "When the public speaker pauses in tape. believed intended for the home of John The news of his retention came as "Following phases of the moon, the wind and record are caused by time out for REPULSED. a to Pratt as to others should be other natural his address and says 'A' he's Just 1,000 JAPANESE Reichstag Building Inquiry Fails Harrelson, a coal miner, employed at much of surprise ages, February comparatively phenomena. stuttering. In the as the heavens were drained In Gin Chow comes forward with a pre- Prof. Bills. "If he the Peerless mine of the Peabody Coal Navy Department. dry, stuttering," said Results obtained have shown that to Charge, However. certain that he would but IT'—and he went ahead diction rain will fall on March 4, II, PEIPING, March 1 0P).-A dramatic Develop Co. The admiral, January, didn't do it he'd stumble over the next one stutters with his hands also. Prof. had closed his house on seven of rain. 26 and 30. Wilcox a flood clash in a snow-driven 1 that Nearly 250 National Guardsmen con- retire today allowing days predicts big word." Bills said. Sino-Japanese BERLIN, March VP).—A report his trunks Since the forecast included the whole in the Los Angeles River March 24, in Central Jehol was described in was found in the Reich- tinued on duty at the four Peabody Observatory Hin, packed the All of which indicates to Prof. Bills, pass an American a with But m .claiming to have found from mines today after an order yesterday and was ready to leave for California. of Southern California, check preceded by three days of rain. Chinese official dispatches today Building during Monday night's • cause of stuttering—fatigue—the prc- who said he took up the study as a stag that The usual round of farewell dinners the Doited States Weather Bureau Ford sees rainstorms March 4-7. the battle area. lire was today in Chancellor prohibited picketing. ■ fessor said so far he had no cure to matter of curiosity, that stuttering Is published his fellow and shows Aubert of Redcodo 11-14, 18-21 and 23-28. Aubert pn* Falling to f«ree their war through Hitler's Volkiacher Beobacbter. were given by officers, George closely related to the nervoua system organ. Pratt three Beach scored two hits. The Weather diets rain (tan March 4 to 6 and him strongly held/ Chinese positions at Police declined to say he was Mia. laf^^or Europe ^>ffer.The more the normal per- and is not a matter of conalexes— jkhether Bureau rains winds 8 to IX, fatigued with the aflxiarism. Program! a Page C-4 reported acattedac OD> Iroai&Kch —one to out mfericrity or other. (Cantinued'ca Page 2, Column 3.) cgouecied [RmIm not addicted, dragging ' • y i v r-