Fortunately Olympic Games Are 5 Years Apart, Giving Nations Ample Time for Fighting and Snarling Before Participating in a Show of Pretended Amity.
5 W tttmltXt-Mnl
THE WEATHER
Highest temperature yesterday
lowest temperature lust night
Precipltation for 24 hours
Precip. since tust of month
WAR
That appears to be the highlight
of the news these days war
abroad with anus, war In the U. S.
senate over the court bill. You get
daily reports of It In the wire news
of the NFAVS-RKVIEW.
Precip. ftom Sept. 1, 28 2:
Deficiency uinre Sept. 1, 19:iij 4 33
Not Much Change.
THE DOUGLAS" COUNTY DAILY
VOL. XLI NO. 71 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1937.
VOL. XXVINO. 301 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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MOTOR FIRM
Judge Acts After Hearing
Evidence of Beating of
Workers at River
Rouge Plant.
DETROIT, July 20. (AIM Com
mon Pleas Judge Ralph V. Liddy
today ordered eight individuals uud
the Ford Motor company us a cor
pora t ion, held for trial in the
Wayne county circuit court., on mi
assault warrant hilled on tin riot
at tile Ford plant nates May 20.
The f'.-Tinal charge was assault
v.'fth intent do great bodily harm
less than tin; crime oi murder, in
connection the heating of
I ' idled Automobile Workers mem
bers ntl"inpling to distribute union
liieiature near Ford's liiver Rouge
plant in suburban Dearborn.
.Incite l.iddy acted after hearing;!
evidence that William Merriweuth-I
or, on whose injuries the warrant!
was bused, suffered two broken
vertebrae, lie said he found "prob
able cause" has been established
against all of the defendants."
Conviction on the charge might
result in a maximum penalty of
live years imprisonment and $1,000
fine.
The individuals held for trial fti
the court's September term are
Wvecntr Moore of the Ford service
department which polices company
property; Wilfred Comment, Sam
uel Taylor. Worshon Sarkisiau.
Charles Goodman, Oscar Jones ami
Theodore Greis, all Ford employes,
vnil Russell J, Edick. rormer news
paper circulation employe.
A ninth defendant, Angelo Ca
Juso. has disappeared.
The .warrant was issued after
Judge Liddy conducted a one-man
Brand jury inquiry into the fight
ing. Among the union men beaten
were Richard T. Frunkensteen, or
ganizational director, and Walter
Iteuther, president of the west side
local.
Complaint Assailed
Harry S. Toy. Ford attorney, said
ne would move in circuit court lor
dismissal of the complaint against
the company on the ground that a
corporation cannot be charged with
assault, ami would contend the
Continued on page 6i
SALKM, Juiy 2". (API Mts
car smashing head on into another
automobile. Hugh l. Smith, S--lem
insurance agent, was killed
here early today. ,
Smith was crushed agamsL ihe
steering wheel by the force oi' the
impact when his enr --.truck one
driven by Men P. Huteliins Jr..
Portland, junior at Oregon State
college. Ihitchius received oniv
cuts and bruises on his Li.
chin and hands.
Joe Nixon. Portland, only wit
ness, told police Smith's car. go
ing south on tin- Pacific highway,
failed to make a lurn and was on
the wrong side of the road.
Smith was dead when he anlv
ed at a hospital at 1:2" a- m. I.oih
cars were virtually destroyed.
Editorials on the Day's News
lty I'ltANK JKXKINS
VTH''VK wondered, p e r h a p s,
why two soviet planes have
flown over the pole to the Knited
States. It doesn't look like n feas
ible commercial route, ami besides
there is little travel from this
country to Itussia.
This dispute h from Moscow con
tains a possible answer to the
problem :
"The communist party newspa
per Pravda warned Soviet Kits
sia's enemies today (Thursday)
that their capitals lie within easy
range of soviet war planes.'
IF TWO Russian planes in suc
cession can fly from Moscow to
the United States, it seems rea
sonable that MANY PLANKS can
fly from Moscow to Tokio and Ber
G.
WIRELESS TELEGRAPH, DIES
ROME, July 20. (API (Tues
day i CuuliehiiO' Mare.Jiil, (ill, in-
veil tor of the wireless, died sud- I
denly last night of a heart attack
at his home here.
The world shrugged a skeptical
shoulder and smili d to- i; ntly in
IMt.'i when Gugliehiio .Marconi an
nounced laconically:
'1 have discovered hov to tele
graph without wires."
Yet within a decade oconn liners
were keeping in touch with men
.tlher and with shore by means of
".Maivonigrams" and hundreds of i
lives had been saved by prompt re-i
mouse to the old distress signal of
"1'lKi".
And just as the Pell telephone
followed the Morse telegraph, so
wireless transmission of the hu
man voice within a f"w years be
came a reality.
As an aid to navigation of both
ihe sea and air, as a method of
keeping explorers at the ends of
the earth in touch with civilization
and as a way of transmitting ap
peals for aid when angry elements
have wiped out material methods
of communication with .stricken
omnium tics, the Marconi inveii-
tlou has become one of the great
boons of civilization.
Italy was so skeptical of
the!
that;
usefulness of the discovery
Siguora Marconi took her
son to
England. There, w ith the aid of i
her relatives, be was granted the j
first patent for a practical system I
ofwireltas .telegraphy, this being I
Thirteen Plead Guilty to
Charges, Alleged "Lure"
Commits Suicide.
ASTORIA. July 20. CAP) The
two-mouths campaign of stale uud
county officials to wipe-out a vice
ting in Clatsop county resulted In
pit as of guilty by V men to mm-nlri
charges invovling you.ig boys ami
girls. Sheriff Paul Kearney said to
night in announcing the suicide of
one of those arrested, believed to
be the iing;lfader of the organiza
tion. The sheriff reported that Harr
Jofis, Asforia shoe shine parlor
operator, hanged himself on the
bars of the county jail alter mak
ing his confession Friday hefoie
Circuit Judge Zimmerman.
The investigation, which started
May 9 at Seaside, brought admis
sions or crimes dating back as far
as l!Mfi, the sheriff said as he re
vealed the results of the concen
trated drive. He declared most of
the ringleaders were captured but
that investigations would be con
tinued. Joftls was charged w lib luring
youngsters Into his shop, paying
them and threatening death if thev
told of the violations committed.
Sheriff Kearney said Dr. Thomas
O. Withers, ti-i-ycni-old optometrist,
was among the men pleadit.g guilty
to charges. Four of those arrested
were released on bail.
The sheri. t said investigating of-"b-ers
discovered parties in private
.mines and cottages along the beach
where in some instances boys weie
Itessed as girls.
lin which, as International uf
fairs now si and, rate as i neinics
of Soviet Itussia.
A roM, of Ihe senate, follow
ig Majority Leader Robinson's
death. Indicates votes about even
ly divided on the President's
scheme to pack the membership
of the supreme court, with u pos
sibility that the opjKmentp may
he one vote ahead. Yet. In the
face of tiQi situation, President
Roosevelt demands that the bill
be pushed through.
Why?
Well, the answer is rather sim
ple. If tho President loses the
court fipht, his hold on congress
will be broken. Members will say:
Roosevelt ISN'T INVINCIIILK.
(Continued on page 4)
Ordered in Ford Plant Riot
I, INVENTOR OF
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1
Gugliclmo Marconi
in ISflfi when he was 22 years old.
In the World war Marconi won
internalioncl honors as a diplomat
and was one of tho signers of the
Italian peace treaties with Austria
and Rulgaria. After the v ar he sold
his home in Home, purchased a
yacht, renamed it "Eieelra" and
spent much of his later years
aboard the vessel, continuing his
experiments. , 1
SHT
Conflict Waged by 200,000
Men May Decide Fate
of Civil War.
( Hy the Associated ! ess)
An estimated 200.000 e.en, about
equally divided between insurgent
and government armies, were lock
ed today in the sixth day of the
"battle for Mud rid."
Government aircraft dumped
heavy cargoes of explosives
Xavalaijamella, on the front west
of Madrid, to shatter lines of sup
plies for thousands of seasoned
reinforcements called to the front
by insurgent Generalissimo Franco.
Na alagamella u as the pivotal
point in the battle that may fore
tell the outcome of tho "civil war.
There, insurgent infantry attacks
were being flung against the west
ern think of (be government sal
ient. The objective, apparently, was
to cult otf the Madrid forces
which have carved out a Inn-mile
square pocket of insurgent terri
tory irom the rear.
A parallel attack on the eastern
side pressed government troops
from Villa del Castillo towards
Villanueva del Pardillo. In some
sectors in virtual hand-to-hand
(Continued on page :t.)
ROOSEVELT SIGNS
FLOOD CONTROL BILL
WASHINGTON, July 2U (API
President Roosevelt sinned to
day a hill appropriating SMM.raii,
im;: for flood control and other
non-military activities or the w ar
I department for the t in rent fiscal
! yea r.
I The bill provides funds for lb
i 1 ana ma canal, the aiasiwni eoiu-1
muni cat ions system, the ol lice oi
j I'niied States high commissioner
o! tin I'liuippino lsiauos, -lino ieu
eral cemeteries.
It alfo provides funds for main
tenance of river and harbor pro
jet t-.
MAY ASK NEW LIST
FOR JUDGESHIP JOB
WASHINGTON. July 20. (API
-The department of justice may
call for a new lir.t of candidates
for the federal judge vacancy in
Oregon. Congressman Wallet
Pierce nair today.
Pierce said he received this irn
prenslon in a con versa I Ion w itli
Attorney-f ieneral Cum mi tigs. The
new list would eliminate candi
dates mentioned since Ihe first of
the year.
The congressman di sen used the
name of Miss CHia Gavin. The
I miles, with the attorney general
hut made no recommendations.
HOUSE PASSES DAM NOT FOR
NEW DILL ON OREGON HONE,
GRUNT LIDS PIERCE SAYS
Payment to Counties From
Timber Sales, Instead
of From Treasury,
Is Provided.
WASHINGTON', July 20. (AP)
The new Oregon and California
laud grant bill, affecting IX Oregon
counties, passed the house yester
day. The revised bill, drafted by At
torney tiny Cordon of Koseburg,
representing the association ol
county courts, which received mon
ey in lieu of luxes on the revested
laud, and the interior department
representatives, now goes to the
senate.
The new law was expected to
solve the financial problems which
have grown up in recent years over
the restrict ions of the original
Slanfield act introduced by former
Senator Robert N. Stanfield.
Commenting upon Iho act, Rep
resentative Molt of Salem, stated.
I his hill makes a permanent so
lution to the laud grant problem.
The bill provides for a sustained
yield, which means a perpetual
forest. The revenue should devel
op enough to reimburse the coun
ties for lost taxes."
Money Comes From Land.
Molt, who has worked with the
Oregon association to put through
the measure during the present ses
sion of congress, ndded that "fur
thermore, the money conies from
the land Itself and not from the
treasury. The Stanfield Oregon
and California bill has always been
objected to on tho latter grounds
(Continued on Pago 6)
PJEE!
0 DEATH
TALLAHASSEE, Flu., July 20.
(AP) Two young negroes accus
ed of stabbing a Tallahassee po
liceman were taken frt,in the
county jail located two blocks
from the state capitol early to
day and shot to death by a small
mob of masked men.
Five placards, one of them say
ing "warning, this is what will
happen to a! negroes that let; m
while people," were found at I lie
scene of Ihe lynching, three miles
from the capitol and uithin simit
of Ihe heavily-travelled Tallahas-see-Jacksonville
highway.
Awakened by cries for help
from the cell block of the jail.
County Jailer Robert Maige said
he found Harry Fairbanks, city po
lice desk sergeant, locked Inside
Hie block. Fairbanks told him.
Maige said, that a band of men cu
te red police headquarters ami
forced htm at gnu point to go lo
the con my jail and deliver the
negroes to them.
Authorities yesterday charged
the two negroes, listed as Kichanl
Hawkins and Ernest -Ponder, each
about IS. with stabbing Patrolman
V. F. Kelly. Sunday.
Police said both confessed, each
accusing the other of the actual
stabbing. The patrolman Is In ser
ious condition.
Two weeks ago the mil lonal
miaid, summoned by Governor
Fred P. Cone, protected all Apiil
aehieola negro. Robert Hinds.
frOlll f"red mob Vi'denee be
stood trial here on a charge of
criminal assuuli upon a white
woman. He we given the dci'th
sentence fllld is to be executed
Fridey.
Stale Attorney Orlop ('. Park
er Jr., said "we're going to lines
tii:ate this thing as fa"r as we can.
We're trying lo get the pin lies
who ry responsible for ft."
SCHOOL BONDS SOLD
BY KLAMATH FALLS
KLAMATH FALLS, July 2(1
( AP) A bond Issue to finance
Klamath union high school's lU'di.
it:u expansion program w as sold
Monday night to the First National
bank of lOtland.
The bank oliered $1(11.17 ami '23
in".- cent Interest, be.U f seven
bids entered.
Construction, covering lo new
classroom, a new phy.dcal educa
tion nlant. a shoo buildine and Im
provements on the athletic field,
will bepin Q ust 2.
Congressman, Replying to
Critics, Concerned With
Bonneville's Policy,
Not Appointment.
WASHINGTON. July 2n. (AIM
('onjirt'umoiin VultT M. Pterct1
of Ijt (Jruiult', Onv, iteuittmli'il Him-
llmtinll of "(iHtly jcolonsli's Im
ivet'li KtalcH" tntluy in the couslil
'mtion if f-iimlii!n!s for uilininiK
tiiitor at HiinncviUt; iliim on llic
Coluijihlii rivi'y.
Tim foniHM' 'Ori'Kun Kovornor,
now rcM-cH!'iilnLivo of llie st-coml
coiiKiu'ssioiutl (liMtricl. imiil i-i'iimiih
from Orison Hint he Invnicil th
:itoliiliiiinl of .1. 1). I'ns of St--allli
ii-oniitril It t 111 to in.-ikc llir
Stlltt'llH'llt.
11m iveoived H ti'li'riim from
Claude Keiiin nf ( lit- Oii'khii Jack
son dull iiskIiik "uhli'li tiialp fo
you i'1'proscnl, ()r',"oii or W'ukIi-
mKinn .' The cousrossiniun ro
niarlitMl thai, nlllioush ho Toll ItosK
wi'll ouallfldl. he hail l:inile mi
commitments.
"I lure not what hi politics may
be nor whether ho comes from the
north pole or tho torrid lv,"ioin of
the miulh." the rcprcKcutativp said
In commcntini; on the administra
tor's pout, "so Iouk as ho rises to
me occasion anil Rlvos tho peopl
it siiare de;J."
Not Oregon's Exclusively
fierce informed Kemp Donne-
vnio (i.ini "does not hcloiii; to the
people of Portland or of Oregon
iContinued on page (!)
Auto Believed Linked With
Strange Disaopearance of
Portland Youth.
A Hunt coupe, believed to be
connected with the mysterious
disappearance from Portland Mon
day of Malcolm Fleming, night at
tendant at a service station, was
found abandoned In Rosidmrj,-this
morning, it was reported from
stale police headquarters. The car
was abandoned a block off the
highway, near the Douglas Count v
Flour mills. No one has been lo
cated v. bo saw the driver of the
automobile, the police said.
Police at Portland are baffled
by the disappearance of Fleming,
lit, who vanished early Mondav
morning, leaving his station until
tended, fully lighted, will) evidence
that be was in the midst ofia trans-
attlon at Hie time ol his disttp
nearance. Nothing was found to
indicate that be bail been kidnap-
etl and there wits no sign of vio
lence. While between to and S-'.d
was taken from (lie station, other
money v. as It'll, contradicting a
robbery theory. A federally IJcens
eilOnr was missing, (his f"lng Ihe
aulo found in Roscharg Ibis morn
ing.
Fleming's personal character was
was of the hiubest. It was statl,
and he had always proved relia
ble and trustworthy, leading to the
belief that lie ilid mil leave the
station voluntarily.
Federal authorities jire iinlHtiur
Portland police in the case, as the
theft ol the federally licensed auto
mobile const ituies a Aederal (f
lense. BUDGE WINS FINAL
OF TENNIS TOURNEY
WlMKI.KHtiN. Knt' July 2ft
tAPi - In tine of the most dra
ma He matches in I )avis cup his
tory, Hon Hudge, Hie Caliloi nlait.
spot led Ha roii Got I fried von
'ram :u two sets and 1 ben beat
him today 6. U-, li-4. ti-2. N-ti In
The firth ami der id lug mat eh of
the interzone finals bet ween the
Cnitnl States and Germain'.
Victorious over the Germans,
tli ree matches lo two, the Ameti
'an t'tun will face Great Mritaln
in Hie challenge round starting
Sat unlay. The Aniericins will be
Ilea vilv favored, for the Ilrltish
will bo without the mfVes of
; Fred
Perry, now a professional
I and Ceorue
lis ill.
Patrick Hughes, who
RADIO FEE FOR
INTERFERENCE
BAN PROPOSED
Mayor Young Offers Plan
to Aid Reception Here;
Beer Permit Protest
Gains No Result.
A proposal to impose a small
license lee. suggested at fin cents
annually, on all radio receivers In
Koseburg. lo raise a fund to be
used exclusively lor elimination of
interference, was brought before
the city council at its regular
meeting, here last night. Proposed
by Mayor A. J. Young, the matter
was referred to City Attorney It.
L. Kddy, lo investigate the city's
power to Impose and collect such
a license.
'he license fee, the mayor said.
would raise approximately $fun,
which could be used to employ an
pert to trace and ellm'nale dis
turbances which Interfere v Ph
radio reception. He declared 'Int.
in his opinion the majorlt v of
radio owners would he g.-,l lo
voluntarily pay such u fee to
living about improved condition)'.
In addition to considering ihe
matter of radio interference, the
council instructed the recorder to
obiain information upon rest l ie
tlons:, In other cities of Ihe slate
regaining the discharging of fire
works. The council has under con
slderalion an ordinance which
would eliminate fireworks entire
ly, or restrict them to definite
time and place.
License Protest Answered
The council was Informed in a
letter from the state liquor com
mission that the city's protest re
garding a beer license granted to
Safeway stores had been consid
ered, uiid that while "It is not the
desire of the commission lo over
rule the recommendations of local
ciiv councils, the commission feels
that In instances where in Hit'
(Continued on page 8)
SALEM. July 20 (AIM-Can
didates for the supreme court posi
vacated Friday by the death
Justice James C. Campbell haV
snowed Governor Martin under
wilh applications, Ihe governor
said today.
lie did not levcnl who any of
the applicants were, but seven per
sons were mentioned prominent ly
Leading candidates were belie v
ed to be Ralph K. Moody, assist
ant attorney general; Circuit
Judges Hall S. Luslt of Portland,
G. F. Skipworth id' Eugene and
Furl Latourelte of Oregon City;
Osiar llayier, Dallas attorney;
Evan Realties. Med ford, ami John
Iteckmnii, Portland, who served as
Ihe governor's b-nal adviser dur
ing the hist legislature.
All are democrats except Moody,
w horn republicans are believed to
be sponsoring wilh Hie argument
thai the governor could gain re
publican support by appointing
him.
Liisk also is a candidate for 1'.
S. dislilct judge In Portland, and
I'oubt was expressed thai he would
accept the supreme court position.
Juh lci Campbell's successor
would serve only until Ihe Novem
ber, l!i:is, general election.
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WOMAN SLAIN AND
HURLED FROM CAR
Q
NEW YORK. July 20 (APi
Au all;aclive young woman was
shot and killed early today and left
by the roadside of the old Harlem
ri vi r pecd'.v::y where the town's
gay blades raced their trotters In
1 he nineties.
Police concluded from the rump
led condition of the woman's cloth
ing and a dirty abrasion on her
face t bat she had been t brow n
ftom an automobile.
The victim, appuieiitly taken for
a ride in gangster fashion, had
been xhot in the -4 idoutru and
tiver the heart. Sewed to her dress
v- as a small piece of cloth bearing
the name "Irma Pradler." Detec
tives learned later that a woman
oiO hat name had been emnloyed
by the New York Institute for the
duration of the blind as a maid
hut bad quit in )''-': 2.
California Hits
Back at Oregon
On Inspection
PORTLAND. July 2d (AP)-
The California slate chamber' of
commerce, irked by protests over)
(he border inspection, accused
Oiegon today of maintaining "sim
ilar quarantines within iis ow n -
suite".
, , ,.v.n hl 1M ,nn.. lV,. ft
special investigating cc mini t tee,
"lives in a glass house" and luui
no right to lurow stones at the
Calilornia inspection.
tjutck to reply was Mayor Jos
eph K. Carson of Portland, whose
dislike for the examination of
travelers' baggage at the state line
has resulted in both good-humored
and serious verbal blasts from the
north and south sides of Ihe bor
der. "The California ns are talking
about something else, mil border
inspection," he said.
Quarantines do exist, reported
the slate department of agricul
ture, bui they are it "lot tlitfereiU
t icnii stopping cars. I he depart
ment explained that quarantines
ulTcting hay, raspberry plants and
other Items establish certain lim
its beyond which they may not
be moved.
The California cumin I flee cnu-
uiiied Its legislature tor adopt-
im a resolution recoinmetidiim
discontinuance of the inspection.
It admitted, however, there were
instances of discourtesy and care
less handling ol baggage ami per
sonal effects. o
The report urged more adequate
facilities for travelers during the
inspection, consolidation of the
agriculture and motor vehicle reg
istration stations ami a ingnei
level of efficiency."
- o-
Senate Fight Pauses Untu
Democrats Decide On
Floor Leader.
WASHINGTON, July 20. (API
An administration spokesman
said today that a new compromise
court bill possibly would be offer-
d to win the support of oppon
ents of the measure now before
ihe senate.
The official, who would not he
quoted by name, said there was
very decided belief all around lh.it
the bitter contest over court re
organization in the senate would
"work out surprisingly satisfac
tory le all concerned." 1 :'
He expressed these opinions aft
er Vice-President Garner h a d
spent more than ail hour at the
white house with President Roose
velt. Meanwhile, on capitol hill sen
ate court bill opponents abandon
ed I heir plan Tor an Immediate
showdown on the court bill.
After an hour's conference wIMi
a score of leaders of Ihe opposl
Hon, Senator Wheeler ID., Mont.)
announced II bad been decided
that when the bill comes up In Ihe
senate ugalu "we ant going (o con
Unite fo discuss tho measure."
Yesterday, some of the opposl
Hon leaders had said there was
strong likelihood Hint they would
move, when the senate convened
(Continued on page ID
FLASHES OF OREGON EVENTS
Pitchfork Killer Freed
PORTLAND. July 20. (AP)-A
coroner's Jury exonerated Mrs.
Lucy Dick, ;i.Vye:u old Yakima In
dbdi. yesterday in rmmerllon with
Ihe dentil of another Indian, Mr.
Dorothy Spencer. Mrs. Dick said
she 1 lints! a pitchfork at Mrs. :
Spencer when the lalter rushed j
ber with a knife.
Meier's Will in Probate
PORTLAND, Jul 2H. (AP)
A will ndmoicd probate In the
ci cui i court yesterday placed no
est i ma led value on t be est a I" of
Julius L. Mi' leer, former i cgoii
governor and ex-presldenl an I g ti
dal manaeei of the Meier &
Frank depurlment store. All prop
erty was bequeathed to a son,
.In I ins L. Meier, former Oregon
vision bad been made for the wi
dow and two daughters.
Fire Hits $10,000 Blow
MKDFoRD, July 20 (A V)
Fire of undetermined origin twit
ted the warehouse of the Rogue
River Canning company nnd de
stroyed the residence of Joseph
Schultz late yesterday. Damage
SEA GATE TO
NORTH
T
1 - M
Arm f nna Wv
j - " J
to Tientsin; 2 American
Women Shoved and
Kicked by Japs.
TIENTSIN, July 20. (ATJ
The Japanese army seized con
trol today of the entire water
front at Tangku, including
wharves, Chinese customs of
fices and foreign shipping
companies in preparation for
the expected arrival of 35,000
troops from Japan.
Tangku is the port for Tient
sin, connected by rail and wa
ter with this city in the cen
ter of the North China con
flict. ReportH of the imminent nrrlv- .
al of Japanese reinforcements in- .
dk'uted four troop transports
were expected Thursday.
The Kalian wharf was not Im
mediately affected and the Ilrltish
warship Grimsby, which arrived
this afternoon, moored alongside
It.
I lenvily loaded trains were ex
pected at Tientsin after midnight,
further increasing Japanese con- ;
eon trations here. Extensive new
Japanese troop movements by
railroad were reported.
Manned Chinese streamed from
Tientsin into tho foreign conces- .
sions with the first reports of to-
lay h new fighting near Peipiug.
SHANGHAI, July 20. (A P)
The Chinese nrsemil nnd barracks
at Waiigpinghsieii -burst into
flames, the Dome! (Japanese)
news ugeney reported tonight, un-
ler punitive shelling by Japanese '
artillery.
A thousand Japanese troops par
ticipated In the attack against
aiipinghsien. und the city was
shelled for more than two hours.
Pelping dispatches snid the town
was badly damaged, and that
Marco Polo bridge, lot) yards to
the west, was subjected to shell-o
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Installation of nj medium power
radio station, equipped for simul
taneous transmission of radto
runge signals and voice communi
cation at the Reselling airport as
a part of a five million dollar pro
gram of airways construction, was
announced ai Washington, D. C,
today by the bureau of at r com
merce. A live-lower vertical ra
diator system will be used In Iho
construction of the Rosebmg sta
tion. Similar systems will be In
stalled at Raker and Eugene In
i egon. stai ions now located at
Mfdlord and Portland will be mov
ed to new sites in the same local
ity. The bureau said Its program
is designed primarily to improve
Hie existing system of air naviga
tion aids by modernizing present
equipment ami providing new fa-
cilltlct to fill In gups in Ihe pres
ent syslciu.
was estimated nt $10,u0P.
, Mrs. Kay Gives Option
SALKM. July 20. (A P)--Mrs.
I Thomas It. Kuy, widow of the lalij
slale treasurer, gave the first op
tion on properly sought for addi
tional land for the capilol site by
ihe reconstruction com mission.
The properly included the western
half of block S:i with the oxcep.
lion of)hree lots. The amount in
volved IS fll.OIHI.
Swim Costs Him $107
I '( ) RTLAN D, July 20.I A P)
Harry A. Lamhert will select hts
next swimming companion with a
bit more care. Me met a stianger
yesterday ami went sw Immliig in
the Columbia river. Lambert
came out of the Q:tter to learn the
si ranger had departed with his
tiouscrs and $107.
Wool Brings 32 Cents
KLAMATH FALLS. July 20.
(AP) A sale of Klamath county's
1937 wool clip began yesterday
with purchase of Ki.ftOO fleeces by
a Boston wool firm. Price paid
was 32 rents a pound, hfghost
sinco the start of 8 hearing.
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