CLUB “How Wars Are Born” By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter, ERE'S a lad who says he saw me in Shanghai—and boy, would I have a tough time trying to prove an alibi on that statement. As a matter of fact, any alibi I might try to dig up would be shot to pieces before I started, because this lad sends in a picture he took of Colone] Freddie Barker and me, standing at one of the rifle emplace- ments in the International Settlement, during the late Sino-Japanese argument at Shanghai. The man who took that picture Is Frank B. Eckhardt. And along with the picture he sends the story of an incident that happened over there, In which he participated—an incident that might easily have started another war —a war between Japan and the good old U. 8. A. This incident happened to Frank and a bunch of his buddies while he was doing duty with the First Battalion, United States Marines, sta- tioned on Sinza road, Shanghai. It was in January, 1932, just about a week after the trouble had broken out between the Japs and the Chi. nese, and the whole place was in a turmoil. The officers of the battalion had a Chinese tailor by the name of Fong Kee, and one day Kee came to battalion headquarters and asked for a guard to take him to his shop on Boone road, Hong Kew district, to get the officers’ uniforms. He couldn't go and get them alone, because the shop was inside the Japanese lines, and an unprotected Chinese in that territory woulda't stand « chance of getting out with any merchandise, Guard Is Armed for Any Emergency. A guard was made up which consisted of a battalion major and headquar- ters company commander, two other privates and Frank. They rode io u truck and were armed with pistols and Thompson sub-machine guns They got to the tailor shop all right, and the officers and Fong Kee went inside while Frank and one other private stood guard at the cn- trance. And no sooner had the officers gone in than a Japanese patrol, consisting of 20 men and an officer, came marching down the street. They stopped at the sight of two American marines in the tailor shop doorway, turned and leveled their rifles in a menacing manner. They stood that way, poised on their toes, for a moment, then suddenly one of the Japanese soldiers lowered his bayonet and sprang toward them. The Jap pointed the bayonet at Frank's buddy-—the other marine private on guard with him at the doorway. He ralsed his machine gun, knocked the He Raised His Machine Gun, Knocked the Bayonet Aside. bayonet aside, pulled back the extractor of his gun and yelled at him to stop— that he meant business. Even a Jap Was Afraid of a Tommy Gun. The Jap took a step backward at the sight of that deadly machine.gun pointed at him. The marine officers came running out of the tailor shop and the officer of the Japanese patrol stepped forward to see what the trouble was. During the heated conversation that ensued, the Jap officer de. manded Fong Kee as his prisoner and expressed his intention of seizing the uniforms that had been placed in the truck. The marine officers finally convinced him, however, that the goods were American property and that they were not aiding the Chinese in any way, and the truck was then allowed to proceed, When the truck was loaded it started back toward battalion headquarters They were approaching the Woochang road crossing when another Japanese patrol halted them. They surrounded the truck, ordered the marines to get out, and again came the demand for the truck's contents and for Foug Kee, the tailor, Major Lets Japs Know He'll Fight. The second patrol was even more threatening In its attitude than the first. The American major ordered his men to cock their pieces—told the Japanese that If they approached the truck, or even touched it, he would give the word to fire. The Jap officer's face turned black with anger. There followed a few moments of tense silence while he stood deliberating. Then he said that the marines could proceed with the truck if they left the goods be. hind and turned Fong Kee over to them. Again the major had to go through that long-winded explanation that the goods were the property of American officers and that he was not seeking to ald the Chinese in any way. After considerable argument, then, the Jap officer accepted the explanation. The truck started for headquarters once more and this time it managed to get back to Sinza road without meeting any more Jap- anese patrols out looking for an argument. Frank says you can’t get any idea of how scared he was. Those Japs, he says, looked as though they were spoiling for trouble. And although they got out of it each time with nothing more dangerous than a little heated discus. sion, he never knew when those Japs were going to take it into their heads to open fire, “If you ask me,” he goes on, “I'd say | was looking into the eyes of death twice inside of half an hour. And that's plenty for one day.” ©~WNU Service, bread. He was neither, for whole. wheat bread was the first wheat bread made. Graham's name became asso- elated with its because he Included the article in his dietary regimen, which at one time had many thousands of adherents throughout the States, ham and its adherents Grahamites, — Indianapolis News, Graham Bread Named for Lecturer on Temperance Graham bread received Its name from Sylvester Graham (1794-1851), an American lecturer on temperance and food reform. He was born sat Suffield, Conn. After studying at Amherst for a time he entered the Presbyterian ministry in 1828 He maintained that a vegetable diet was Incompatible with a desire for stimo- lants, and as part of his temperance and food reform campaign he not only advocated total abstinence from meat but aise recommended the eating of bread made of unsifted or unbolted wheat flour; that is, flour in which all the wheat kernel except the husk is used. In “A Defense of the Graham System of Living” published In 1835, Graham wrote: “Of wheat bread, there are three va. rieties; in the first, all the bran is separated; In the second, only the coarse, and, in the third, none at all The bread made of flour from which all the bran has been separated ia that most commonly used, bot bread made of flour from which none of the bran has heen separated Is the most wholesome.” Graham Is often referred to as the “Inventor” or “Introducer” of Graham iu Denominations in the Colonies Methodist, as well as the Roman Cath. olic. The Bibles principally in use were the King James version of the English Bible, the Lutheran translation of the German Bible, and the Doual transia. tion of the Catholic or French Bible. Two Kinds of Fox Terriers There are two kinds of fox terriers, namely, the smooth-haired and the wire-haired. The smooth-haired ter rler has the same courageous and lov. able qualities as bis brother and up to recent years has been the most pop ular. The two types weigh somewhere between 12 and 20 pounds and are con- sidered one of the most popular breeds in the dog kingdom. By EDWARD long awaited decision ruled that the Valley Authority act is « valld, on all points at in the suit brought by the stock- holders of the Ala- bama Power company. Under the ruling the Tennessee issue to go ahead with Tennessee valley act- ually under way. decision was read Chief Chief Justice Hughes Justice by all the Justices except Justice He read a dissenting opinion. Because of circumscribed limits the decision was much narrower Supreme court ly to the terms of the which the suit was brought, acquisition by TVA of a transmission It contract dam. Certain possible still in the phases are legal contest or any other dam constructed or pro- volved In the court's finding. The legal right of the federal efnment ROY- before United ergy -—never upon by directly the States Supreme tive. Unanswered is the question of what constitutes surplus power. Among jority opinion were these: The government had full te bulld Wilson dam—keystone TVA. ’ Congress has undisputed power to order disposal of electricity developed at the dam. The legally In government acted mission lines to transport power fo a wider market, ’ The government has the same right to dispose of surplus power as it would have to dispose of copper, gold, and minerals on public ands, Justice McReynolds in answer this said: ing of property the United States can enter the business of generating, trans mitting and selling power, as, when and wherever; some board may spe- cify, with the definite design to ac. complish ends wholly beyond sphere marked out for them by the Constitution, an easy way has been found for breaking down the limita- tions heretofore supposed to guaran. tee protection against aggression.” ——— the existing embargo on arms, ammu- nition, and Implements of war, erents, Senator Nye was out of when the senate assembled, an earlier than usual, to act on the meas. ure, and arrived final vote but too late to put through any of his proposed amendments. NLESS Governor Hoffman of New Jersey grants him another re. prieve, Bruno Richard Hauptmann will be executed during the week of March 30 for the kidnaping and kill ing of the Lindbergh baby. Sentence on the German carpenter has been again pronounced. For several daye Samuel Liebowitz, noted New York criminal lawyer, tried to get Haupt- mann to tell another story and reveal his accomplices In the crime, but the condemned man Altly refused and Liebowitz withdrew from the case, saying he believed Bruno to be guilty. S RLECTIONS of delegates to the na. tional conventions, already being made in some states, are interesting, especially in the case of New York. Representative Hamiiton Fish, sup- porting Borah for the Republican Pres- identlal nomination, led a hot fight to displace some of the “old guard” and lost, the state committee naming these delegates at large: Charles D. Hilles and Mrs. Ruth Pratt, members of the national com mittee; Mrs. Robert Low Bacon, vice chairman of the state committee; Rep- resentative Dertrand H. Snell, minority leader of the house; Representative AB J 5 Calliope Is Built From Waste by Scenic Artist Boston~George McFadden. Boston and New York artist and scenic de signer, has satisfied his boyhood pen chant for circus music by bullding his own portable calliope, As he explains it: “1 took the inside out of an auto mntie grand plano. 1 didn't use the player attuchment, anyway, and | needed the bellows for my calliope. Jen | had to reverse the bellows so HALL, PA. W. PICKARD James W. Wadsworth, former United States senator; Edward H. Butler, pub. lisher of the Buffalo Evening News: John R. Crews, Brooklyn leader; Charles H. Griffiths, Westchester coun- ty chairman, Tammany made public the list of its delegates to the Democratic conven- tion, and It Is headed by Alfred E. Smith who will represent the tip of Manhattan and Staten island. President Roosevelt was called on to choose the California Democratic dele. gation from three sets selected by the conservative Democrats, the Upton Sin- clair EPIC followers and the support ers of the Townsend old age pension plan, It was belleved he would give the balance of power to the conserv- atives led by Senator William G. Me two groups, EN days of hot debate In the sen- | ate culminated In the passage of | the administration's farm substitute bill by a vote of 50 to 20, and It was to with quick approval by over of the house the } prospect that | body, i Attacked by Republicans as a sub terfuge around the Supreme court AAA decision, and frankly con- ceded by Democrats to be a measure | indirectly continuing control of farm i to get accomplish its objective as follows: ! The secretary of agriculture would | to make benefit pay- ments to farmers who voluntarily co- operate with the government's sugges. | tions on retiring certain land from pro. duction to conserve its fertility. Pay- | be determined on four | be empowered would factors: 1. Acreage of crop land, 2. Acreage of soll improving crops. 38 Changes In farming practices, 4. Percentage of normal farm pro- | sumption, i This arrangement would be limited ! to two years, It would be replaced | to federal regulate production, with | government apportioning | funds to the states, ELAYED dispatches from the Ital. | lan fieldquarters in northern Ethi. | tell of a six-day battle the fiercest and most important the war so far, in which the forces of General adogiio, about 750. 000 In number, de. feated and routed 80. 000 Ethiopians, in cluding 10.000 of the | emperor's guard under | Ras Mulugheta, war minister, and 750,000 warriors under Ras Kassa and Ras Se youm., The Italians were left in full pos. session of the fertile and strategic En- derto region and in control of the passes in the Temblen region, After six days of encircling opera- tions. during which torrential rains bogged the field of battle and heavy of Gen. Badoglio invisible movements, the March 28 division of blackshirts planted the Italian flag on the mist-velled high particular operation, They then had a clear path to Amba Alagia, 18 miles further south, and it was presumed that the taking of that mountain would mark the cessation of activities be cause of the coming March rains. It was estimated that in this battle more than 6,000 Ethiopians had been killed and many times that number wounded. The Italian casualties were not announced but they undoubtedly were not light. Only white Italians participated in the fighting. NE of the most spectacular and dynamic figures in American life of today passed with the death of Brig. Gen. Willlam Mitchell in a New York hospital. He succumbed to a heart at- tack and influenza at the age of fifty. seven years. “Billy,” as he was known to airmen, was commander in chief of the American air forces In France dur ing the World war and was decorated by six governments. Afierward, while yet in the regular service, he severely criticized the government's air pre. paredness policy and was courtmar. tialed and suspended. Immediately resigning, he devoted himself to lec turing and writing to further his de. mands for a separate department of aviation In the cabinet, combining both army and navy alr defense. “F was stumped by the pipes for a while, but 1 finally figured a way to get them pitched properly, [1 just took lengths of brass tubing, made the | slots in them and then kept shov. | ing a cork down In them until | got the right pitch. Then | ent them and closed the end with a brass plug “The alr supply was a problem. | had to figure out a way to drive the bellows automatically, 1 finally hooked up an electric motor In the cel lar, and that drove it nicely.” HE War department bill, appropri- ating approximately 545 million dol- lars for “national! defense,” wns pussed by the house. For purely military pur- poses the sum of $376,800.343 is alot. ted. The remainder, $168.800.085, goes for rivers and harbors projects, gen- erally classed as “pork.” An attempt to put back into the bill a $20,000,000 appropriation for carry- Ing on such projects gs the Passama- quoddy tidal power experiment in Maine and the Florida ship canal was suppressed firmly, Not until congress has authorized these projects will more funds be provided them, the leaders ruled, The military budget provided by the bill will sufficient to maintain an average army of 147,000 men during the coming year. By 1039, according to the War department, the maximom of 165,000 permitted by congress should be reached, The most Important amendment add. ed to the bill was one providing for the employment each year of 1,000 re- duty for a 12. of whom 50 will be an- in the regular be serve officers on active month period, nually nrmy, commissioned JENATOR HUGO 1. \ hama and his BLACK of Ala- investization flood of re. American that is likely to more harm good to the lobby committee are creating a gentment among citizens do vastly New without Black 1s than Deal concealment using the committee in a way that thou- sands of people do not ke He questionnaire Quite sent out a to indi. and organiza. tions known to be op- nosed fo the New Deal, demanding in- formation on thelr re. organizations and thelr and investments, Many refused to answer the questions, viduals Senator Black lations with all other corporation : American Liberty league, which Henged right of Black's ee to compel answer under oath In ite for contempt of the to by the the to the queries. effect, the league senate those who refuse to reply the questionnaire, Senator Black ‘s only 0 date to be. reply Or coerce its own members to keep their mouths shot until the da Ponts say they can talk” behalf of the senate mittee, Senator Byrnes the and then Introduced consulted executive department an amendment to offices appropriation £1.740.000.000 to cash the veterans’ bonus. He predicted that require new taxes, The mentioned will sufficient, iyroes sald, together with the 254 mil. lion dollars now in the adjusted service certificate to pay In full every ficate, In addition to appropriating the cash, the Brrnes amendment would transfer 507 million dollars in bonds to the United States government life insur. ance fund to repay loans on bonus certificates, the bil independent to pros ide no be fund, AY, ITH four members voting in the negative, the house ordered an investigation of the money-raising methods of the Townsend old age pen- sion plan advocates. During the de- bate Dr. Francis E. Townsend was de- scribed variously as a “quack,” “char latan” “knave,” and “fool.” He and his program were defended by the small Townsend bloc. Attempts by several congressmen to broaden the scope of the Inquiry to include such organizations as the Lib erty league and the Crusaders were futile. EFTISTS won the general election in Spain, and thelr leader, Man- nel Azana, was made premier and formed a new cabinet to supplant that of Valldares. Azana is a veteran statesman, having been the first pre- mier of the present Spanish republic. One of his first acts was the granting of amnesty te thousands of political prisoners who had been In jall since the revolt of October, 1834. EVOLUTIONARIES, mostly mill tary and led by Colonels Smith and Recalde, veterans of the Chaco war, took possession of the government of Paraguay after some fighting in the streets of Asuncion, the capital. The government forces surrendered to the on a gunboat. It was announced » new government had been formed with Col. Rafael Franco as its head. 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