I the reasonableness of the price to' to Direct Edison Resume Welles' Rap at Japan Most of Seized be a matter of court action. Odd-Job Man Is Held MacArthur May Ships The Maritime Commission is own- Hit as Doctrine er of the seized ships and their In of Woman, 85 Dangerous transfer to a foreign flag will not Slaying on at Bj the Associated Press. B>' the Associated Press. Defense Attack Will Be release them from its jurisdiction. Philippine Hague Operated — NEW N. 26 YORK, July 27—The Ex- In the event emergency develop- WOODSTOWN, J., July colored, who ecutive Committee of the New York ments required them for use in Howard Jefferson, 27, United States mce did odd jobs for Mrs. Beulah He Rally Tonight chapter of the America First Com- Under Foreign Flags service they could be Organized 85. was returned to the American flag un- Kessler, charged tonight mittee wired of ] Acting Secretary der a provision of the statutes that with her murder. An autopsy show- Former Chief of Staff New Jerey Governor State Sumner Welles today that 16 Former Axis Vessels, the Government may take over any ed that she also had been criminally owned assualted. Indicates Fuller the Government’s denunciation of to Be foreign flag ships in whole Worked Out Policy of Lacking Crews, or in part by Americans. State Police Sergt. George L. Rep[y Japan as an aggressor in French Invasion In Row With Under U. S. Probert said Jefferson admitted he Making Costly Mayor Indo-China constituted “interna- Registry went to Mrs. Kessler's farmhouse, tional anarchy.” near this Southwestern New Jersey fty CARTER BROOKE JONES. By the Associated Press. By WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY. German Planes Raid The declared Mr. Welles’ $ community, last Thursday night, Roosevelt ordered SEA N. 26.—Gov. telegram Most of the taken When President GIRT, J., July foreign ships ‘had some conversation and remem- forces of the United statement of Thursday on the Ja- Into the armed Charles Edison thumbed a over the Maritime Commission bers her on. the floor but through j pan-Indo-China affair laid down a by Moscow for Sixth Time seeing some 157,000 troops / States yesterday stack of mail "new and the after that he does not remember." Commonwealth, congratulatory today dangerous doctrine that under Ship Requisition Act, it B> the Associated Press. of the Philippine on the elderly and and a hint that he would if a foreign power acquires bases was learned will not be Fingerprints he recalled to active duty placed dropped yesterday, 27.—*The of another foreign power this may LONDON, Sunday, July widow s eyeglasses compared with the officer who since fire the next round in his epic bat- operated under United States regis- In command be construed as an attack on our Moscow radio announced that (hose of Jefferson, the trooper said. the development today 1935 has directed tle with Mayor Frank Hague of try. Sixteen seized Italian and Ger- Further tests were made with for the country and treated accordingly.” the Luftwaffe attempted its sixth prints of a comprehensive plan at a Democratic “Your is one man ships will fly the Stars and in the butcher knife which slashed the Islands. Jersey City party proposition obviously consecutive night raid on the Rus- defense of her throat from ear to ear. McArthur, former rally in Trenton tomorrow. of international anarchy,” the tele- Stripes and their travels will be sian capital last night but said few Gen Douglas added. The accused man was committed of the United States State gram planes reached the city and most of chief of staff With Mayor Hague, party limited largely to the Western to the at Salem the bombs were county jail who retired with the rank It also asserted that if this coun- dropped.on the out- Army, chieftain for more than two dec- Hemisphere, it was said. after a brilliant ca- try claimed the right to intervene skirts. of full general i command of ades, visiting in Arizona, Gov. Edi- to of Only five of the Axis ships have Some houses and a school were reer steps back into prevent Japanese acquisition son worked at the executive summer bases in had an been turned over to the Maritime set on fire, but no America s “hot spot” in the Far East Indo-China, Japan military objec- j here and studied to the United Commission so far, it was said. tives were harmed, and six Nazi ! grill under the Army's retirement cottage legisla- equal right prevent Made chief of tive enactments placed before him States’ of bases in Brazil. These are now undergoing repairs planes were shot down, the Rus- 1 age of 64, He is 61. acquisition for or formal statement de- of sabotage damage inflicted by their sians said. staff at 50, the youngest man ever approval rejection. Mr. Welles’ Gov. Edison had no additional clared was former crews. It is expected to The radio account of the to hold the post, he went on the Japan’s action primarily bomb-! PIANOS comment on the renuncia- commission these ships next month. ing said: Inactive list eight years before he Mayor’s in preparation for further "move- tion of the State Yes- The others will be placed in service would have been retired by statute. leadership. ments of conquest in adjacent "Last night several formations of COMMANDS ARMY IN PHILIPPINES—Gen. MacArthur he Mr. as soon as problems concern- RENT Douglas legal Undoubtedly, it was pointed out terday rejected Hague's prof- j areas.” German aircraft—about 100 in num- lor com- fer of the with the re- ing them are settled. As a matter the War there is (righti, recalled to active duty yesterday and designated leadership 1 ber-attempted to make a mass raid at Department, are mark, "The Mayor is presuming to of fact, repair operations going on Moscow. no other man in the service who of the created United States Army Anti-aircraft fire and | manding general newly on all of them, so that the and give up something which is not aboard legal the has the grasp of people of | night fighters dispersed enemy force in the Far East, shown with President Manuel Quezon within his to Woman on matters are not delaying plans for of the Philippines and power give.” Today, Strike 18 Days planes and prevented them from problems the Commonwealth a visit to the White House he "There are a them in commission. knows the military strength and Philippine during simply said. great placing reaching Moscow. They unloaded many other issues in the State.” will be un- weaknesses of the islands as inti- j in February, 1937. —Harris-Ewing Photo. To Be Forced to Take The Axis ships placed their bombs at random in outlying Differences between the two flared Food United States in order mately. He now will command not ; der registry districts. into the open after several Demo- By the Associated Press. to man them with American crews, Phone only the Filipino soldiers, but all "Between five and seven enemy America entered the World War, he now reported from conference, which crats joined the Republican ma- former crews are United States troops in the archi- GLENCOE, Minn., July 26.—A board as. obviously, their aircraft got through the defenses REpublic j was a major of engineers. He was has passed both houses. in the Legislature to pass as is j jorities of three decided not available to operate them, and reached Moscow. and pelago. re- physicians today Military j commissioned a temporary' colonel The resolution seeks, too. to bills compromising the settlement the case of Danish taken over. New and used Friend of to begin force-feeding Mrs. Eleanor ships industrial objectives were not grands, spinels Long Quezon. and made chief of staff of the 42d tain for the selectees and members of railroad taxes and penalties. who Use of the Danish crews, it was and small uprights of all the It was Gen. MacArthur’s old Jeffrey, 41, has been on a hun- harmed, but some houses and a (Rainbow) Division when it went to of the Guard and of the reserves all The Governor, a Democrat serv- i will in the *r at low ger strike in the for 15 pointed out, help easing school were set on fire. The fires monthly friend, Manuel Quezon, president of set forth in office county jail „n?,akes France. re-employment benefits ing his first term in elective manning also will permit rates. A.1 money paid as rental the Commonwealth of the Philip- days in protest against arson problem, soon were put out. There were some On the battlefields of France, Gen. the original draft act. Men in the and participating in the first great operation of the ships in zones from applies on the purchase price who persuaded him to take charges filed against her and her casualties. pines, MacArthur won renown not only naval forces are covered in this pro- | Democratic party split since Gov. which American flag ships are “ you decide to buy later. over the task of building up the is- son. to data so far for his military ability, but for his vision as well as those in the Army. ; Woodrow Wilson battled party, barred by the Neutrality Act. i "According received, lands’ defenses. The general served If of the men were in the bosses and went on to the Crying out that “you're going to j six enemy aircraft are reported shot gallantry. He commanded, first the any presi-1 Axis will be out of two tours of as commander of i have a battle on ships kept Our air duty 84th then the Government service and their for- dency, hinted he would make a fuller your hands,” Mrs.: down. force suffered no the Infantry’ Brigade, conflict zones because it is feared the Manilla district in early 20s, mer have been covered into tomorrow at a of the Jeffrey declared: “I'd like to see loss.” j entire division. He was one of the positions i reply rally Axis submarines and raiders will at a time Quezon, a rising young the classified civil service, the re- United Democratic Clubs of Mercer [ anyone try feeding me.” she said if few generals decorated with the ] j seek them out particularly for sink- KITT’S in Philippine affairs, was resi- are still to State Senator do food she1 | figure | Service Cross for employment benefits I County in behalf of j “you get any down.” the Distinguished ing or capture. Such search could Peru is over three times dent commissioner to United, hold. Crawford Jamieson, who supported would not retain it. ^ buying 1330 G STREET bravery under fire. He was wounded be made by raiders in * States and afterward president of the railroad tax compromise in the ^operating as much electrical apparatus from twice. the shelter of head- its action yesterday the Sen- ! The physicians—Dr. H. H Hoimes Western waters, but the 'h? Mtddie el the Block/ Scorning By Hemisphere _ the Senate. 1 Philippine into face of a bitter Hague attack, and Dr. W. R. Schmidt of the United States as it last quarters, he often led raids and ad- ate committee proposes to put Glencoe danger of losing is not as did year. From 1928 to 1930 Gen. MacAr- thqp — of Presi- i -- and Dr. E. of vances in person. An oak-leaf effect the recommendations Lippman Hutchinson great. thur was commanding general of —tried to cluster was added to his D. S. C. dent Roosevelt and Gen. George prevail on Mrs. Jeffrey to the Department of the Philippines. Perkins Calls Although not ret | serious, the a He C. Marshall, Army chief of staff. Secretary abandon her hunger strike, before In these he became thor- for second outstanding exploit. pinch already is being'felt in avail- capacities deciding that tomorrow morning familiar with this Pacific also wears the Distinguished Service Austin Backs Bill. able American citizen personnel for oughly Defense Meeting would start her: Medal with oak leaf and many other Safety they force-feeding to be in outpost. Senator Austin, assistant Republi- Called Perkins manning ships operated from the United States by Secretary yes- twice a day by inserting a tube in His father. Lt. Gen. Arthur Mac- decorations was in Burlington, Vt., national defense, it is reported. can leader, terday, regional representatives and her throat. and her Allies. of the resolu- There are of officers avail- Arthur, as a brigade commander, vesterday. The text State chairmen of the National plenty to him They examined her and found her able for sea but there is a helped to drive the Spaniards out Dispersed Bonus Marchers. tion was read by telephone Committee for the Conservation of duty, of Manila in 1898. The next it his and cast in fairly good condition despite her serious shortage of Dies*l engine- year Nine years ago Gen. MacArthur and he gave approval Manpower in Defense Industries, the elder Gen. MacArthur led the for Its to the Sen- long abstinence from food. She had men. and in some a shortage led which dis- his vote report will meet here and Wednes- places personally troops Tuesday lost 20 that turned back the ate. He declared that it was a fine pounds—dropping from 215 of able seamen is felt. troops Filipino persed the "bonus army,” encamped day to discuss plans for a Nation- and Ij to 195—and her pulse had quickened Insurgents under Aguinaldo in the shadow of the Capitol to resolution. wide safety campaign in defense in- Negotiations for taking over the whole Manila of slightly. cleared region demand cash payment of veterans' Senator Hill said the report would dustries. French ships in American ports rebels. He was Mrs. her military governor oonus. be filed by Senator Thomas, ranking Jeffrey and son have still are under way in an effort to islands for two The conference will consider plans of the years. Democratic member of the commit- ! been held on arson charges grow- reach an amicable price agreement The new Far Eastern commander j designed to prevent injury or death Defense. j after Chairman Reynolds, as ing out of the burning of her com- with the owners. But should thr "Invasionproof" Pas long been prominent in the tee of skilled workers and to reduce loss The forces which Gen. Douglas as it has been written, prob- bined home and chicken hatchery negotiations become too prolonged social as well as the military sphere. soon of working time and production MacArthur has been commanding tomorrow. The resolution prob- May 15. Robert is charged with sec- and there appears little likelihooi His first wife was Mrs. Louise Crom- able schedules delays, due to sickness, SCHUMANN CONSOLE total 157.000 trained and partially will be taken for considera- ond degree arson and Mrs. Jeffrey of agreement, it was indicated thf vell Brooks, member of a wealthy ably up accidents and occupational diseases. trained men. Army officials here es- in the Senate Tuesday or with instigating the burning of the full terms of the Requisition Ac* | Eastern family, whose brother is tion timated. About 140.000 are reserves,1 building by a hired man. Clyde will be invoked and a price fixed lames H. R. Cromwell, former Wednesday. | 10.000 are Scouts and The Alabama Senator Weaver. Weaver has pleaded guilty on the ships. Then they will be Philippine Minister to Canada. predicted Admiral Hoover Goes 7.000 members of the crack con- that the bill would pass by approxi- to second degree arson. taken over at once, the question of j His wife is the former itabulary. present mately the same vote as did the ■ whom he married I To Puerto Rican Post Gen. MacArthur is a field marshal lean Faircloth, original draft act last year—a sub- n Manila have a son, named In the Philippine Army. Since They staatial majority. He also expressed Arthur for his paternal grand- By the Associated Press. President Quezon turned over to the opinion that the debate would father. Rear Admiral John H Hoover, The golden tone of him the defense of the islands on not be extended, and that final ac- VERY j Gen. MacArthur ( now on duty in the Naval Opera- October 1, 1935, he has been Only recently on it come before the, tion might was the Knabe gives you install-1 an friend in the tions Office here, assigned yes- EASY Ing an ‘'invasionproof" system. lonfided to Army close of this week. terday to command the 10th Naval much more than the mere He gave himself 10 years to perfect i Philippines a keen regret that he; TERMS House Military Chairman Pleased. District at San Juan. Puerto Rico. the plan, but Army officers who have i pad retired when so much was hap- rotes of the music. It will M5v of the Mili- Admiral Hoover will relieve Rear been in the Philippines recently say pening and America was likely to Chairman Jlouse Affairs Committee declared Admiral Raymond A. Spruance. who ear wr*h an he has gone a long way in the six ye called on to fight at any time.! tary ! reach your out- well with the terms was ordered to the Naval Operations years tow-ard building up a tough He felt shelved in his island himself pleased ; resolution by the Office preliminary to being as- cppealirg beauty, deep1'/ fighting machine and fortifying the post. of the reported Senate committee. They were in1 signed to other duty. Admiral Hoo- and islands. But orders give him. impressive rewarding yesterday's his own recom- ver's home is in Great Falls. Mont. MacArthur took over, line, he said, ■with When Gen. in the face of the Far Eastern j n richness and soulful This value In a new piano is just fur- be- mendations. The House committee At the same time the Navy an- the Philippines had no troops crisis, one of the most responsible j has hearings on the pro- nounced that Rear Admiral George ther thot Kitt's offer you bet- yond the small constabulary and ind commands in the completed quality. Knabe ownership proof exciting of serv- scattered detachments of untrained posal to extend the period T. Pettengill. commandant of the j fVrmy. Once more the veteran sol- s valued ter pianos for less money. Made by a of ice of the selectees and Guards- Navy Yard, would be something by irregulars. He installed system j dier has found himself in the middle Washington universal service calculated to pro-t men. It will meet tomorrow to be- retained in that post after being re- these whose discrimina- a well-established, reliable manufac- II e are exclusive dealers for yf things. which vide 400.000 trained men in a gin its draft of a resolution, tired November 1 on reaching the Knabe. Fischer, Wurlitzer, Es- fully tor leads to the se’ec- turer, it’s a sturdy little instrument decade. is likely to follow closely the lines age limit of 64. His home is in tey, Mathushek. Weber, Starr, Fleet of Torpedo Boats. of that now reported to the Senate. Essex, Conn. Tion of only the fines* made of good, substantiol materials Krell, Schumann. Jesse French The MacArthur plan also called The House will not be able to and other fine pianos. Draft -1 and surprisingly well toned. The cose fleet of 50-mile-an-hour tor- take up the draft extention bill for a (Continued From First Page.) OFFICIAL PIANO OF THE 6212 this week, it is believed, because the finished in a smooth REPUBLIC pedo motor boats to patrol the coasts, METROPOLITAN OPERA is mahogony new tax bill has the right of way. Decoy Replaced an air force of 250 planes, mostly I of the of :hose selectees and members the House lacquer ... the type finish you a small Furthermore, it is likely bombers: professional Army, | National Guard for whom longer will wait on final action the * but a large reserve subject to instant by Scharnhorst, The Kncbe is mode in c wide selection of spire‘ conso'e find only in better furniture. See this service would work great hardship, before it de- call. Military training was started Senate actually begins rhe resolution says that the Secre- end models at from 3455 to Custom- tomorrow, go over the construc- schools. After they bate on such a resolution. However, British grond prices 32,25C piono in the public of War, when not in conflict Say in the j :ary it will be whipped into shape by the then it and > left school, youths weTe kept j national de- built models are also available on special oraer Write or tion ond feotures, play jvith the interests of House Affairs Committee By the Associated Press. army five and a half months. Military fense. may release those persons w’ho for literature. will ogree with us when we say MacArthur also and made ready for prompt action, LONDON, July 26.-The Air Min- phone descriptive you Gen. strengthened his would suffer a hard- in judgment is to be news service said the the forts, which American which expected favorable. istry tonight it is a $275 instrument. greatly ship if retained on active duty. It as the Germans tried to deceive the R. A. F. soldiers were abandoning ilso authorizes the release of men for by a decoy when the battleship Philippines prepared independ- jvho have reached the age of 28 Russia is spending 55 per cent Scharnhorst was slipped from her ence. This more on ts this vears on or before July 1. 1941. railways year than the a defense of $8,000,- berth at Brest and moved down Given budget .ast provision is in line with a bill, in 1940. KITTS coast 240 miles to La Pallice. 000 a year, the general drew up de- fense plans which covered "every Although the Germans attempted 1330 G Street • REpublic 6212 foot of shore line in the tnhabitated to camouflage the Scharnhorst with islands of the archipelago.” He said Selective Service Extension netting during her long stay at would take some news service said the —" his scheme years, Brest, the . '■ >. but before long the Philippines would Text of Senate Resolution R. A. F. flyers in the course of their be ready "to give pause to the most Providing almost daily reconnaissance and and invaders.” As i of the came to ruthless powerful on bombing battleship New he said For Retention of Men Duty he launched his program, Army "know almost the exact number of Sfiedai Qnowp, of If the Government would follow it. j rivets in her sides.” The text the resolution authorized to order retired person- he would hazard the guess that it' of ap- the Senate of the to active Last Wednesday, at first glance, men. $10.- proved yesterday by nel Regular Army would take "half a million to lie Military Affairs Committee to re- duty and to employ them as he the familiar hull appeared 000,000.000. tremendous casualties tain selectees, National Guards- shall deem necessary in the interests under the netting as usual, said the BABY three time successfully to GBANDS and years’ in- men and Reserves in the Army of national defense, ministry's account, but closer Invade the Philippines.” And he the limit one who, sub- spection disclosed instead a 530-foot 10 hence, beyond present of Section 5. Any person, added: "Personally, years j with smaller at her ii lit year follows: sequent to May 1, 1940, and prior to tanker, ships 1 would not want to lead any force | the termination of authority con- bow and stern to give the decoy VERY SPECIAL In an at invasion.” attempt res- C 4 ill PpAlaolnroie ferred by Section 2 of this joint length. Resolved by the Senate and House olution shall have entered upon ac- Search then disclosed the Scharn- ONLY_ While the Philippines, under act pf Representatives of the United j tive service or naval service in the horst had been moved at to. Of the United States Congress, will States of America in Congress as- | night land or the naval forces of the La Pallice where she was bombed become independent July that the Congress, acting j completely sembled, be entitled to re- United States shall Wednesday and Thursday and was 4 1945. the islands, meanwhile in accordance with the provisions all the re-employment benefits of hit three times. Still at main a protectorate of this country.! pf section 3 (b> of the Selective reported Section 8 of the Selective Training her sister the *315.«» Brest, ship, Gneisnau, i Even after independence is achieved, Framing and Service Act of 1940, and Service Act of 1940 to the same was declared to have been hit seven the right of the United States to declares that the national pereby j extent as in the case of persons in- maintain naval bases on the archi- in | times. j nterest is peril. ducted under said act; is reserved without time limit. ; provided, pelago | Section 2. The President is hereby ! that the of Section 8, (b) With the of the inde- | provisions Three London firms are selling passage tuthorized to extend for such periods (a) of said act shall be applicable to at pendence act. the United States be- in the j scrap wood from bomb wreckage pf time as may be necessary j any such persons without regard to withdrawing troops from the lnvnrv nrirps gan j interest of national defense, the whether the position which he held but the war changed Philippines, periods of service, training and serv- shall have been converted into the that, and it is no secret that the | ice, enlistment, appointment or com- classified Civil Service during the and the have been i Army Navy mission. of all persons inducted for period of his military or naval in the n t etrengthening their forces training under said act, members service. Philippines, as in Hawaii. md units of the reserve components Section 6. During the existence of Grunert While Maj. Gen. George pf the Army of the United States the authority conferred by section PIANOS . . . you command commands the Philippine Depart- j (including the National Guard of 2 of this joint resolution and for 6 gives superb he will be sub- i ment of the Army, the United States) retired personnel months thereafter, the limitation on of MacArthur under the world's finest music! ordinated to Gen. and enlisted men of the Regular the number of men who may be in FOB BEST the new emergency Although other members of the setup. Army, and any active training and service at any pr Gen. MacArthur retired as a gen- Army who are now. or may here- one time under section 3 (b) of the This luxurious combina- eral. he will be made a temporary after be, in or subject to active Selective Training and Service Act We bought ten of these in- phonograph-radio lieutenant general in active service, military service, or training and of 1940 is hereby suspended: pro- struments ot o very lov« tion plays entire symphonies, operas and it was announced at the War De- service; provided, that the authority vided, that the Secretary of the from a southern dealei partment. Ordinarily there is only hereby conferred may be revoked at War shall report to the Congress price complete albums of recorded music auto- one full in the armies of time concurrent resolution of ; each month the number of men in who is discontinuing hi; general any by j automatic the United States, the chief of the Congress. j active training and service in the piano department the\ matically—the only fully An was Gen. Persh- ■ staff. exception Section 3. The Secretary of War land forces under section 3 (b) of were made to sell for frorr phonograph with the exclusive Capehart who shared the rank with Gen. in conflict with the! said act. ing, may, when not $400 to $450 but we boughl Tasker Bliss, war-time chief of staff, j interests of national defense, (1) Section 7. During the existence that turns the records over. Avail- and while changer Graduated At Head of Class. release from active military service: of the authority conferred by sec- them right the^ them able in a wide selection of distinctive cab- Gen. MacArthur was chief of staff those persons who in his judgment; tion 2 of this joint resolution, en- Call National 3223 last are offering a' until 1935—a if retained1 listments in the of from 1930 year longer would suffer a hardship Army the United only $315 each. They'rf inet styles. We invite you to hear it. than anyone else held the Army's on active duty, and (2> release fromi States, without regard to component, most ■ the latest and populai Appointed by Presi- active training and service under are hereby authorized by the man- Spinets, small uprights, baby highest post. of apartment siz< dent Hoover in 1930. he was retained the Selective Training and Service: | ner provided by the concluding para- grands, consoles the largest type CALL REPUBLIC 6212 President Roosevelt j Act of 1940 men now in such train-■ I graph of section 127 (a) of the keyboard size temporarily by selection in the city. Very low grand—full u’hen the four-year term was up, so ing and service who had attained1! National Defense Act as amended. mahogany finished and art E rales and ii you buy later all that Gen. MacArthur could com- the 28th anniversary of the day of Section 8. Section 16 (b) of the absolutely brand new ir the in their birth on or to July 1, Selective Service and Act money paid as rental will be plete reorganization of Army prior Training A unusua 1 every detail. very preparations for its upbuilding from 1941 and prior to their induction of 1940 is hereby amended by assert- deducted trom the purchase price. and service: Pro- in viev * low point. for such training ing after “May 15,1945,” the follow- offering particularly peacetime 1 Graduated from West Point at the vided. that any person so realesed | ing: “For six months after the ter- of present rising prices ■ head of his class in 1903, Gen. Mac- under this section who, in the judg- mination of the authority conferred Can be purchased on ou over > had a colorful ment of those in authority him, by section 2 of the Service Extension km Arthur has military usual terms with allow has served shall be5 later.” JORDANS easy career. He served in various parts satisfactorily Act of 1941, whichever is the entitled to a certificate to that ef- Section 9. This resolution Corner 13th & G Sts. ance for old pianos. of the world as a young officer, and joint pm fect. be cited as the "Service Exten- ? for two years was an aide to Presi- j may dent Theodore Roosevelt. When I Section 4. The President i* herebyr sion Act of 1841.” 4 ^ I 4 * k ^ i