Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 December 1937 — Page 1

FORECAST: Rain changing to snow probable tonight ‘and tomorrow; colder; lowest tonight 25 to 30.

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NO SURRENDER, SAYSF.D.R.AS CONGRESS ENDS

Killing of Wage-Hour Bill Termed ‘Terrible Blow’ To President.

CONFLICT SEEMS LIKELY |

Tax Relief and Foreign Policy Also Chief Points for | Regular Session.

(Editorial, Page 18)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (U. P.).—President Roosevelt was described in authoritative quarters today as having given Congressional leaders general assurance that the New Deal program, including wages. and hours legislation, would go forward without important change at

the regular session. The President, it was asserted, has given no indication of abandoning any important phases of his program as a result of demands from various Congress and business quarters for drastic changes of policy to combat the business recession. “There is no sign of surrender,” one White House visitor reported. Mr. Roosevelt was said to feel that House action, killing wage and hour legislation -in ‘the special session’ was “a terrible blow” to the New Deal program, but adopted an attitude of “I won't give up.” He reportedly gave assurances to Congressional forces that the program for Federal power development, limited tax revision and labor standards legislation - was °unchanged. ~ Meantime, difficulties were foreseen for the Housing Bill, one of the two Administration measures sent to conference by the special session which otherwise rebelled at President Roosevelt's program. The difficulties appeared - likely as a result of a Senate amendment ta the bill, req ag payment of the “prevailing wage” rate for labor. Meanwhile, Administration lead ers cleared away the wreckage of the special session program to: prepare for a struggle over control of an aid-to-business legislative campaign. The regular session appeared certain to witness sharp conflict between Administration leaders seeking to encourage business with the least possible sacrifice to the New ‘ (Turn: to Page 13)

ALLEGED DILLINGER ASSOCIATE IS HELD

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 22 (U. P.) — County detectives today held Abe Kaminski, 43, McKeesport, . for. investigation after a “tipster” alleged Kaminski is a former member of the notorious Detroit Purple gang. Detectives said Kaminski admitted associations with the gang, and also claimed he once was with John Dillinger, Indiana bandit shot to death by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents. The detective bureau said, however, that they had received word Kaminski is not wanted by Detroit police.

PFAFF IS PAROLED FROM U. S. PRISON

Walter P. Pfaff, Pfaff, who began serving a 36-month sentence in the Federal Prison at Atlanta, Ga., on July 27, 1936, was paroled today by the U. S. Board of Paroles. He was sentenced and fined $2000 by Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell upon conviction of using the mails

to defraud in connection with the

investment firm of Pfaff & Hughel. Myron M. Hughel, partner, was sentenced to five years in prison and fined $3000 and is still in prison. U. S. District Attorney Val Nolan said he and Judge Baltzell did not learn of the parolé until today.

REAPPOINTMENT OF | MYERS IS URGED

The Indianapolis Lawyers Association Executive Committee today sent a letter to Governor Townsend, endorsing. Judge Dewey Myers for reappointment as Municipal Court 3 judge. “It is our opinion that Judge Myers has made a splendid record as Municipal Court judge and has - rendered nal service to the community,” the letter stated. - Judge Myers term expires Dec. 31 and an appointment = due before that time. ;

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VOLUME 49—NUMBER 245

Dickinson Dies

|INDUSTRIALIST

ILL 2 MONTHS

Secretary - Treasurer Had Been With Local Firm For 30 Years.

Tine P. Dickinson, International ‘Machine Tool Co. secretary-treas-urer, died today in Methodist Hospital after an illness of about two. months. Mr. Dickinson, who was 2, had been an employee of the Tool company since it was organized here 30 years ago. He was graduated from Brown's Business College, Danville, Ill, after attending public schools in Catlin and Danville. He moved to Indianapolis as bookkeeper for the International Machine Tool Co. later becoming secretary-treasurer, director and stockholder.

Funeral! services are to be held in the Scottish Rite Cathedral at 1:30 p. m. Friday, under the direction of the Rev. .C. A. McPheeters, North M. E. Church pastor, assisted by Dr. Lewis Brown, St. Paul Episcopal Church pastor emeritus. . Burial will be in Crown Hill. - He was born in Catlin, Ill, May 3, 1888. In 1911, he married Ethel Rosemeyer, who is the only immediate survivor. A life member of Murat Temple Shrine, Mr. Dickinson was a member of Mystic Tie Lodge 308, serving as worshipful master in 192¢ and as

in 1929. Besides the Masonic Lodge, he was a member of .the North M. E. Church, Raper Drill Corps. He also was a member of Raper Commédndery, Knights Templar. Mr. Dickinson served in the Warld War in Company C of the Indiana National Guard Infantry. Mr. Dickinson’s body will lie in state. at the - Scottish Rite Cathedral from 11 a. m. Friday until the funeral at 1:30 p. m.

REPORTS INCREASE IN UNEMPLOYMENT

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (U. P). —Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins reported today that unemployment increased by 570,000 curing October. Miss Perkins said that although there was a seasonal tendency for unemployment to increase during October, the sharpest decline in the history of the Department, with the exception of 1920, had been evinced between October and November this year,

(948 Clothed; List of Donors, Page Three; Editorial, Page 18)

Engineers, when you meet *hem, are detached about things material. They are mostly squaring roots or fixing delicate machines or doing arithmetic. | This one wasn’t. He said: “Listen. Today was pay day and

clothe a. child. When they heard that they did. There are 18 of them and we want two children for tomorrow. We have $35.”

A young lady bearing a Iarge paper sack came into Clothe-A-Child headquarters, 206 W. Maryland St., and said: “We have some money for Clothe-A-Child.” She poured it out. There was nearly $20 in small change. It took a long time to count it. Then there was $15 in bills. . “How did you collect it?” she was asked. “The elevator men in the building collected it,” she said. Boys and girls waiting to ‘be clothed were wide-eyed at the display of money.

One woman wrote pitifully of her family’s poverty and’ the hopeless-

mas at her home. She addressed it to the Clothe-A-Child.

ore. But year her husband eir jobs. : Their children were in

need and no matter of parent pride

xv 26 would keep them from getting it.

us she wrote the letter, * But she put on the outside of the letter, documentary proof of their pride, the following message:

Clothe-A-Child to see it.

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SPY REPORT STIRS LABOR. CIRCLES HERE

La Folletie Charges Denied By Railways Head; Others Comment.

SWIFT & CO. REPLIES

Gangsters Are Active in Minneapolis Unions, Jury Claims. Some Indianapolis labor leaders

today lauded while others challenged the La Follette Civil Liber-

ties Committee report which yester-

day disclosed spy activities in the ranks of local unions. Officials of Indiana firms listed by the Cornmittee either declined to comment or denied the espionage charges. G. A. Efroymson, Real Silk Mills president, said he had no comment. Charles Chase, Indianapolis Railways president, claimed “there is no foundation” to the Committee’s charges that spies were active in the street railway workers’ union. Union Committee’s action were Russell Merrill, United Automobile Workers regional director in ' Indiana: Jacob Berson, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, local 145, business agent; Francis O'Rourke, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; Adolph Mueller, | Brewery Workers Union business agent, and Raymond Harp, Street Railway Workers’ Union business | agent.

Walter Truman, - American Federation of Hosiery Workers district manager, said he had not been informed of espionage in his organization, and Clifford Pruit, stereotypers union president, said he believed the Committee “mistaken” in naming his organization.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Dec. 22 (U. P).—A Hennepin County Grand Jury reported today that gangsters have worked their way into some Minneapolis labor organizations. . The jury also charged that prostitution and liquor law violations have existed on a large scale. The jury accused Minneapolis law enforcement agencies with “inefficient and amateurish” operation. The jury was called to investigate alleged labor racketeering and vice conditions and followed the assassination of Patrick Corcoran, teamsters’ union leader, on Nov. 17. Mr. Corcoran was shot near his home by unknown gunmen.

Officials of several unions mentioned in the report said they were unable to identify the individuals cited |as employees of detective agencies enrolled in their organizations. | They related experiences tending to pruve the charges, but said they

{ had been unsuccessful in obtaining

definife proof of espionage. Several suspected members deserted when they learned they were being investigated, leaders claimed. Infiltration of spies into unions, even to the extent of holding high office; has become one of the major probléms of organized 1apor, one official stated. While the Civil Liberties report covered activities of spies only until 1936, labor leaders here claimed there had been no halt in espion-

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‘ness of anything resembling Christ- |:

Her children, she wrote, never had. ‘had to depend on outside help be-

d she had been ill. They had lost

“If not delivered in five days return to—" She wanted no one but

Nex. Soar everything may be all she hoped. -

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Engineers’ Collection To Clothe Tu Two Children

.. The. little . 5-year-old girl whose:

eye was taken out several weeks ago and whose mother said there

was no chance of buying a glass eye

for her will have a new eye when the time comes. A local eye specialist saw the Slory and Phoned} he will

| give her one.

There are still today, tomorrow and Friday to help Clothe-A-Child. You may do so in one of three ways. They are 1. If you wish to shop with a child personally, call RI-ley 5551 and make ' an ‘ appointment to meet a child at Clothe-A-Child Headquarters, 206 W. Maryland St. 2, Or, if you want us to act for you, mail a check to “Clothe-A-

Child, The Indianapolis Times.” Our | day

gEperienced shoppers will, do the res ~ 3, Or you can join with others in your office, club, church, sports rrganization, fraternity or sorority. Select. a treasurer ' and shopping comnmittee. Then let us know how many children you want to clothe.

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Attorneys for Dalhover File Appeal Notice|

HAMMOND, Dec. 22 (U. P)— Formal notice of appeal from the death sentence imposed upon James Dalhover, Brady gangster, will be filed tomorrow, his attorneys said today. The appeal will challenge testimony of Government witnesses, the attorneys said, concerning other criminal offenses unrelated to the killing of State Policeman Paul Minneman, for which a Jury inflicted the death penalty. i Dalhover is under sentence to die in the State Prison electric chair at Michigan City April 8.

HEALY’S DEATH NATURAL, CLAIM

No Evidence of Foul Play Revealed by Autopsy, Coroner Reports.

BULLETIN

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 22 (U. P.).—~Ted Healy, famous stage and screen comedian, died of heart disease and lung congestion, with no evidence of injuries from foul play, Coroner F. A. Nance announced today following an autopsy.

(Another Story, Page 21)

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 22 (U. P.).— A thorough post-mortem examination of the body of Ted Healy, a happy-go-lucky vaudevillian — widely popular movie comedian, was ordered today. Authorities possessed some evidence to indicate that his death had not been due to natural causes.

day at 41 and it was at first announced that death had been due to a “stroke.” His physician, Dr. Wyland Lamont, found a large welt over one eye, indicating that a severe blow might have been at least a contributing factor in his death. Authorities found out that last Friday, Mr. Healy's young wife gave birth to a son and that Sunday Mr. Healy had set out to celebrate. Somewhere along his route, they surmised, another reveler, as yet

and his self-appointed critic argued, t. 7 Mr. Healy fell,

they. fough! {with “blood streaming from his

temple. A doctor treated him for the wound, and, sobered, repentant and ashamed, he went home and said nothing about it. Monday he suffered one convul(Turn to Page Three)

WHITE CHRISTMAS IS HELD DOUBTFUL

Rain Turning to Snow Seen For Tonight, Tomorrow.

TEMPERATURES

hes 739. 10 2. mM... 39 11 a. m.... 41 12 (Noon) 42 1p nm...

43 43 42 41

a a. 0s 0 0 Qe Ss 0 0 ae m.. ee Here's the “white Christmas” sit-

uation at a glance:

A high pressure area is Indian-apolis-bound, and that isn't a

| particularly good sign. But on the

edges of the area there have been local snows, and that is encouragJing. It might go either way. So reported the Weather Bureau today. It predicted rain turning to snow probable for tonight and tomorrow and colder weather. The lowest temperature tonight will be from 25 to 30.

FRANK KELLOGG DIES

Funeral Is Set Tomorrow for Coauthor of Pact.

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* ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 22 (U. P.). Frank Billings Kellogg, former Sec-. retary of State and coauthor of the Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact, died last night—the eve of his 81st birth--

He died at his home of pneumonia which developed. Sunday. The disease was complicated by cerebral thrombosis, his physician said. . Mr. Kellogg is is survived by his wife, the former Clara Cook of St. Louis. She and his law partner,

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Mr. Healy ‘died suddenly yester- | City

unidentified, objected. Mr. Healy

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- WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1937

HEAVIER S00T FALL IS NOTED FORNOVENBER

3 Per Cent Increase Over| October Total Called ‘Typical.’

Massachusetts - Ave.-Rural St. Area Again Is “Dirtiest.’

Indianapolis last month, Building Commissioner George R. Popp and Combustion Engineer J. W. Clinehens announced today. | Mr. Popp termed the 35 per cent increase over the 733-ton soot-fall in October as “typical,” due to lower temperatures and greater coal consumption. : The average per square mile was 21.51 tons last month as supe with 1397 in October, according the survey made by 10 WPA workers.

The square mile surrounding Mase sachusetts Ave. and Rural St. again

fall recording of 54.5 tons. Harding St. and 20th St. were cleanest with a fall of 6.75 tons.

Each of the 12 survey stations covering a square mile showed increases over October except 29th St. and Harding St. The observations for each station in order of the amount of soot-fall Tollowi Stat: Nov. - Misiatusetts Rural sessses 54.5 Bevi lle_New ork oss 42.96

2ath Reyston Was hington- Emerson cesses 84th-Colle, ege : 29th-Harding

LABOR FIGHT To FINISH IS SEEN

Have to Carry On C. I. 0. A. F. of L. Battle:

(Editorial, P Page 18)

By HERBERT LITTLE Times Special Writer | WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—Whether they like it or not, labor's 7,000,000 rank-and-file unionists will’ have to fight out the A. F. of L.C. 1. O. battle from now on. r , As far as most observers can see, there is only & remote possibility of avoiding a war to the finish. Now that the peace parleys have broken down after 10 weeks of dickering. That possibility involves drastic action by the Roosevelt Adminstration—a Government demand that the two groups reconcile their differences in the face of an economic recession or, possibly, of a crisis in foreign affairs. Under ordinary circumstances, there is little chance that President Roosevelt would risk a rebuff by attempting to intervene in a complete deadlock, where neither side dares to concede anything. . The next move is up to John L. Lewis. His lieutenant and spokes‘man, announcing the C. I. Os intention to consolidate its position as quickly as possible, said yesterday that a convention of the 32 C. IL oO. international unions “at the earliest possible moment” would now + be considered. : * This probably will be some time in the spring. Meanwhile, the A. F.-of L. has scheduled a meeting of its executive council late in January at Miami, Fla., where it will plan #s war

tegy. A war of attrition—local CO. nflicts in cities and factories over the country where both union factions are represented—is now in, pri t. There have been many in this war y. The National Labor Board, which has undertaken cope with some of these situations under the Wagher Act, faces an in-

NEW STAMP SUPPLY OR ERED SANTA CLAUS, Dec. i ( —Business was so good in LD Claus today that Postmaster Oscar L. Phillips ran out of one d half cent stamps and had to send an emergency call to Indiana lis for a new supply. -

1127 TONS BLANKET CITY |

A total of 1127 tons of soot fell on,

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was listed as “dirtiest” with a soot- |

Rank-and-File Members will

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REPORT J T HALTED AS U. S. FLEET MANEUVERS IN SECRECY

Chinese Tell of New Military Road To Russia.

3000 MILES LONG

Yangtse Removed, Shanghai Hears.

(Copyright, 1937. by United Press)

SHANGHAI, Dec. 22. —

| More than 1,000,000 laborers

are rushing completition of a great military highway in Central Asia which would ‘| provide % new link between Soviet Russia and China, Chinese sources reported today. The report strengthened the belief that widescale indirect Soviet support of China is increasing, as evidenced by the arrival of planes and aviators in addition to reported “token” shpiments of guns and tanks to the Chinese. The new Chinese-Russian highway would stretch for 3000 miles from Turkestan, Russia, through Kansu province, with a branch to Ulan Bator, capital of Outer Mon-

15.99 | golia. It’ would replace the Ulan

Bator-Kalgan rout? which the Japanese cut. The main section of the highway

58 2 i i from Turkestan into west central

China would cover 2000 miles, with the branch to Ulan Bator through Ningsia province of approximately an additional 1000 miles. . Construction of the new highway, Chinese sources said, is a project so vast that it compares to the building of the Great Wall. Chinese engineers trained in American universi- | -

ties are in charge of the work, which

will be ¢ “in-several months. The new road would make possi-

from Russia to the heart of China in a fortnight, instead of the two months now required. Chinese sources here. said that while communization of the Central Government has been opposed heretofore by the ruling groups, China is being forced to the left. ; 4 Gen. Chiang Kai-shek still desires the active support of great (Turn to Page Three)

| JAKE KILRAIN DIES ~ ATT8 IN POVERTY |:

Famed Bare-Knuckle Boxer Fought Sullivan.

QUINCY, Mass., Dec. 22 (U. P)-— Jake Kilrain, famous old-time boxer | W of the “bare knuckle” era, died at a hospital here today. Kilrain would have been 79 next Feb. 9. He had been ill ‘a yéar. Hospital officials | would not reveal the cause of death. Disappointment was the lot of Jake Kilrain, who preferred to spend his last years behind the obscurity of his real name—John’ Joseph Killion. Kilrain ‘was the man who might have been a heavyweight champion of the world. Some held at one time that he was the rightful champ. But he never was rec officially as such. In the last big American fight under London rules, John L. Sullivan won the decision in 75 rounds and retained the title. war | Kilrain’s managers shouted the equivalent of “We wuz robbed” and Kilrain maintained to the end that he received a raw deal, but the decision held. Once a hero whose praises were sung by thousands, Kilrain shunned publicity in his last yéars and to- | ward the end was virtually alone and ‘penniless. Kilrain leaves two sons, G. Cecil and James, both of Quincy.

FIVE HELD FOR GAMING

Five men ‘were to face gaming charges Municipal Court today after a police vice squad raid in the 200 block of N. Illinois St. Nate Ziener, 40, of 20 N. Meridian St., was charged with -k a gaming house and the o with visiting a gaming house.

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LUDLOW ASKS ACTION INFACE OF OPPOSITION

Names Committee of 29 to ‘Support His War

‘Plan. —_—

By DANIEL M. IDNEY Times Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, —Rep. Louis Ludlow intends to proceed with his war referendum amendment resolution when Congress reconvenes in January, he said today. The Indianapolis | Congressman said he would: demand consideration despite Administration opposition and & request made by the House leadership that he postpone action until the (Japanese crisis has

passed. A national ‘committee to press for action on the resolution was. announced by Rep. Ludlow today, headed by Maj. Gen. William O. Rivers, U. S. A. retired. Gen. Rivers said the board of directors will meet here the first week in January to lay plans for supporting the proposal, = which is scheduled to be brought to the House floor on Jan. 10. This action was forced when Mr. Ludlow obtained 218 signers to a discharge petition. The resolution will be eligible for House consideration only if a majority of representatives present Jan. 10 vote favorably on a motion to discharge the House Judiciary Committee from considering‘ the proposal. Members Listed

The’ ‘House ITeadership, reflecting pposition of

dent State Hull, hoped to alienate enough | signers to keep the pill from the floor. Af the present time he has no intention to delay action, Mr. Ludlow said today. Designating elf as “Honorary chairman” of the national committee announced today, Mr. Lud- | low named the following members in eddition to Gen. Rivers: Gizorge Ade, Hoosier humorist, author and playwright; Editor W. F. Bigelow of Good Housekeeping; Mrs. Howard C. Boone, past commeander of the erican - War Mothers: Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler, . Marines, retired; Dr. William Lowe Bryan, president emeritus of Indiana University; Attorney James A. Frear, former Wisconsin congressman; President Frank Graham, University of North Carolina; Ole Hanson, Co-operative Creamery As-

Hering of the Eagles Magazine. . Alanson B: Houghton, former ambassader to England; Mrs. Robert . Horton, Washington clubwoman and committee treasurer; President

Union; Rabbi Edward L. Israel, Baltimore; President Edward DeWitt Jones, Federal Council of Churches; W. A. Julian, United States Treasurer; Editor Edward A. Keating of Labor; Ray McKaig, Idaho State Grange legislative representative; Mrs. Seth Millikan, ch 1ublic Action Committee, New York; Editor Joy Elmer Morgan of the National Educational Association. Director Homer P. Rainey, American Youth Commission; Dr. John A. BEyan, National Catholic Welfare Conference; President = Elizabeth Stanley, Indiana Women's Christian Temperance Union; President Albert Steves, Steves Sash and Door Co. of Texas; Editor William Allen White; President A. L. Whitney, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, ‘and President O. O. Wo, ‘Kansas Farm Bureau. : Gen. Rivers, in accepting the post of chairman, greed with the contention of “an official of the Navy” that a referendum sould be held in 4 48 hours.

‘BABY DERBY’ WILL UPHELD BY COURT

‘OTTAWA, Dec. 22 (U. P.).—The Supreme Court of Canada today upheld the validity of the will of the late Charles , eccentric lawyer who left the of his $500,000 estate to the winner of a “baby derby.” °

Boxing Gloves Await Missing Boy if He'll Return Home

®t ‘Sam Hancock Jr. will return to his’ home as soon as posible, he may have. that pair of boxing gloves he wants for Christmas, Authority for that promise is Mrs. Sam Hancock, his mother, who

is worried over his unexplained ab- | sence from his home at 1032 Oliver | Ave. since Monday afternoon.

Mrs. Hancock said her 12-year-old son never before had been away

from home without explanation |.

and that she cannot account for Lis action

on Mohday EE she.

Bao hip fs Shiai that:

have boxing gloves for Christmas. “I don’t think we can afford it, Sam,” she replied.

his mother support the family. - His | earnings came from a paper and magazine route. “Well,” he said, “I thought that maybe I could put my money with yours and get them. That's all T want.” “i ce them at moon,” Mrs. said, “and tonight we'll talk about them some more.” She went to work. _He stayed

Marian about who. would pring in| the coal. He ‘stalked out of the. house but returned for. luncheon. After that he went out “to and seemed in good spirits. He has. not returned since. i Mr. and Mrs. Hancock ¢ e separated, but the father sald he has Dot. seen the boy. a . en 0 years. For the frst

play”

Gardens ‘today: enjoyed a a specially prepared holiday feast served them

dren’s Museum Mrs, Louis Markun, - Park Board | member.

Sued to them, earlier, *

by the Bird Lovers Club of the Chiland by

Children gathered at the Myseum | and broudht with them the food | pis {they had prepared at home accord- | ing to specifications of a menu is-|

down Jal after the holidays eliminating possib of "presen » clemency. | 8 8 8

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Tu. S. Warships Under Training Orders, | Aids Assert.

BAY IS GUARDED

J ont Action With British in China Is Denied

SHANGHAI—Chinese sources or Yoport

new military road between China ..and Russia béing: built. Americans say Japanese commander in Upper Yangtse is removed. WASHINGTON — Administration officials reiterate they plan no joint int. naval action with Britain in .

hi PEDRO—U. 8, Navy simulates - - war-time conditions in San Diego Bay in secret fleet maneuvers. Destroyer concentration ordered ‘for “training purposes.” TOKYO—Foreign office. admits Japanese troops boarded U. 8S. gunboat Panay but denied mae ' chine gunning ship. LONDON—Britain protests in note to Japan an alleged violation of Hongkong territorial waters by Japanese Navy. Government's ‘attitude stiffens after President ‘Roosevelt frowns on peace-ate any-price policy.

SAN PEDRO, Cal., Dee. 22 (U. P.).—~The Navy simulat~ ed actual wartime conditions

in San Diego Bay today dur-

ing sudden and secret fleet maneuvers. . A concentration of- destroyer units apparently had” been effected. . For the second consecutive Be

Three fishing + craft were halted as they sought to enter: the bay dure ing the night. One of these craft, it was re carried a Japanese Crew. The ‘three boats were forced. to tie-up off the Navy Quare antine Station until dawn. At least one other fishing boat was. escorted from the Harbor entrance to the Navy pier, after its crew reportedly failed” to hear a command to'stop. ? .. In the Long Beach anchora dozen ' destroyers wallowed. They 5 were ‘ordered up ‘from’ San Die after an emergency mobilization which recalled officers and . crews from holiday shore leaves. Naval authorities were tightlipped as to the purpose of the maneuvers. Théy announced merely that destroyer units had been ordered ‘north “for training pure

poses.” Comm. C. J. Wheeler, secretary and. spokesman for Rear Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn, said there was rio particular ce to the movement.

Possible Test Seen

Some persons believed it possible that the mobilization was ordered by Rear Admiral Hepburn as a final test of destroyer mobility before he retires command. Rear Admiral Hepburn steps down Jan. 20 to assume command of the 12th Naval District Headquarters at San Franecisco and will be succeeded by Rear Admiral Claude C. Bloch, present commander of the battle force, to which the destroyer units ‘are ; attached. : Launches, manned by machine gun -crews of bluejackets, main« tained an all-night vigil sv San Diego, cruising in and out of the stream where warships. rolled at anchor. Following nine destroyers which left San Diego Monday night came three others late yesterday—the U. 8S. 8. Worden, Reid and Hull, the last. two, new 1500-ton vessels capable of 40 knots speed. Comm. Wheeler implied that with the transfer of these three, the operations were completed.

U. S. Silences Reports Of Joint Action

WASHINGTON, 22 (U. PJ. —THe United States gp is follow= ing a col of independent action and ju t in the Far East, withe out contemplation of “joint action™ with Great Britain or any other

naval action by the United States and Great Blain in the pen in

has asserted that joint action would ziok be in line with American ado

has | that Great Britain ‘and the Unite States, as well as some ‘other for= } ‘have an inter