Germany Deserves Commendation for Her Modesty in Asking Only Restoration of Her War-Lost Colonies. She Might Have Also Asked War Indemnities.
THE WEATHER
Humidity 4:30 p. ni. yesterday 76
Highest temperature yesterday S
lowest temperature last night f
Precl pita, iou for 24 hours 27
Precl p. ni nee first cif month 1.74
Precip. from Kept. 1. Ia:r7 3.!
Deficiency since Sept. 1, 1137 i
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VOL. XLII NO. 158 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1 937.
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By FRANK JENKINS
THK big Issue in tlii 8 country
TJ If ! I IP VnW t-u hl
Shall we have government by
the people, as in the past, or shall
we have government by ONE
MAN?
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1. A rubber stamp congress that
will jump when he cracks the
whip.
2. Control of industry and labor.
3. Control of agriculture.
4. Control of the courts.
If he gets these things, we will
HAVE one-man government.
LET us give Roosevelt hiH Just
due.
Ho doesn't aspire to be a swash
buckling dictator, riding rough
shod over the liberties of the peo
ple. He merely believes that if giv
en supreme power HE can do ft
netter jo., ot governing me Limeu
States of America than the PEO
PLE have done in the past.
So he seeks personal power.
Cl'PPOSE we grant, for the soke
ot argument, that Franklin I).
Roosevelt, as a beneficent dictator,
tan govern us better than wo have
been able to govern ourselves,
ilranting even that, we must face
this question:
WHO' WILL- FOLLOW ROOSE-
(Continued on page 4.)
U.S. SHIPS PROBED
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. (AP)
Chairman Copeland (D., N. V.) of
the senate commerce committee
took preliminary steps today to
ward an Investigation of what he
called "communistic influences" at
work on American ships.
He ordered the committee's
staff to collect u 11 Information
tivuilable on labor disputes aboard
American merchant marine ships,
including the strike of seumen on
the Algic during a South American
cruise.
The Algic strike was "mutiny,"
Copeland asserted. He declared it
whs one of many incidents in which
crews had refused to obey orders
as a result of labor disputes.
"I am determined to try to get at
the bottom of this communistic
seamen's fight." Copeland said.
"I'm sick and tired of that busi
ness. There is no use tn building
ships unless we have seamen that
will operate them."
Copeland said Harry Bridges,
maritime union leader on the west
coast, and bis lieutenants have
created unrest among maritime
workers and have "spread their in
0 flmmce to the Atlantic coast."
Oddities Flashed
(Hy the Associated Press.)
Sad Mistake
UNION. S. C A policeman nfk
ed a merchant here to repark Ills
car, but the tradesman found It
locked and couldn't locate the key.
H ordered a locksmith to make
a key, had the machine washed and
greased, filled with gas and ail
and reparked.
Then the real owner got In and
drove away, apparently unaware of
what had happened.
In the Dog House
PHILADELPHIA Jake, a police
dog, is in disgrace. When a hold
up man entered his master's gas
station be just watched. He didn't
even give a growl as the robber
forced James White Into a cellar
and cleaned his pockets.
Safe and Sane
LINCOLN, Neb. Comes forth
tin Lincoln Ameriran Legion post
with a solution of the hallowe'en
problem.
It will sponsor a city-wide chil
dren's party to keep them out of
mischief. The Lincoln recreation
board and other civic organizations
wilt assist.
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1L0FC.I1
tutomobile City in Midst
of Bitter Campaign on
Issue of Control by
Labor Faction.
' w" ' "c
attempt of the Committee for In
dUBtrial Organization to score
illlKli'iiil Oryni)i7ntinn tn ennn
major political coup fn this auto
mobile center has turned an ordin
arily staid contest for the mayoral
ty into one of the bitterest cam
paigns In Detroit's history.
Conservatives ami ClO-opposed
labor groups combined to fight
what they termed a "plot to seize
the reins of city government."
Nearly half a million Detroiters
are expected to give the final ver
dict with their votes Tuesday.
They will choose a 15,000-a-year
mayor, a nine-member city coun
cil and city clerk and treasurer.
To elect its candidate for mayor,
Patrick H. O'Brien, the CIO lead
er, was faced with the necessity
ot overcoming the lead of nearly
Ht nnn .i,i i
tve.. cu cerk Rtchar(1 Reading
in tne primary. Adding to the dif
ficulty of their task were endorse-
menis of Reading hy two candi
dates eliminated in the primary-
former Mayor John W. Smith and
Clarence J. McLeod, a former con
gressniaii.
The Detroit and Wayne county
reiteration ot Labor backed Smith
in the primary.
AFL support given Smith appar
ently has divided since the pri
mary, 1
O'erlen Uses New Deal '
Theoretically non-partisan, the
election contest has brought from
O'Hrlen a direct appeal for new
deal democratic votes and a warn
ing that republicans are ready to
use n m defeat ns n "Jumping off
inace tor state and national vic
tories. Reading, nominally a republican,
has held office for years in He
troit's non-partisan government.
CIO leaders have asserted the
campaign issue is "labor vs. the
economic royalists.
LA GUARD! A-MAHONEY RACE
DRAWS NATIONAL INTEREST
YORK, Oct. 30. (AP)
A tense political campaign that
has drawn national interest ends
(Continued on page 6)
SALEM SWITCHES
TO SANTIAM WATER
SALEM, Oct. 31) (AP) Salem
today ollirlally began lining water
from North Salltiaill river, renlne.
Ing Willamette river water that
nas heen used for many years
While the new water has gradual.
ly been going into the distribution
system for several days, it was
orrieially tin ned in at a celebration
totlay at I' ail-mount reservoir,
new lll.noil.OOO-gallon structure.
The Nortli Snntinm supply comes
from Stavton island, lii miles
away, where ft undergoes natural
filtration us it seeps from the river
into the Intake pipes. The new sup.
ply Is hy gravity, requiring no
prniping. The cost or the new sys
tem was ttlmut si'.L'en ntiu.
From Press Wire
False Start
WAtTKON. la. With siren
screaming and bell clanging, the
Wnukon fire truck roared out of
the station on the way to a fire.
(but the truck chugged to a stop
before it had gone a block.
The firemen peered Into the gas
tank. It was empty.
Nature in the Raw
OKLAHOMA CITY Next time
Teacher Lillian Morrow calls for
nature study specimens she'll be
more specific.
Fourth Grader Maxlne Paker
brou'.'ht a sprig of poipon Ivy, Sixth
Grader James Nelson a young rat
tlesnake. Old Story, New Twist
POLIET, 111 It cost James Len
rl, a tavernkeeper, $7,2i'0 in sav
ings learn ull confidence men
aren't in Jail. Three strangers
promised him ?20 for each $100 he
could produce. He produced $7,200
which the trio locked in a trunk, or
so Lenci thought. In due time
Lend opened the trunk to discover
his funds had been replaced with
a package of stage money appro
priately labeled "phony mazuma."
DETROIT RUL
IN ELECTION
Rescuers Save
Youth Buried to
Neck 12 Hours
CHELMSFORD, Mass., Oct. 30.
(AP) Rescuers early today
freed Manuel Camacho, lit, of Low-
II, from a sandbank in which be
had been buried up to his neck
for 12 hours.
Almost unconscious at the end,
he was taken to a hospital for
treatment of crushed legs.
More than lot) policemen, fire
men and volunteers from three
communities worked through the
night under floodlights to release
the lad.
For most of the 12 hours be re
mained conscious, guiding his res
cuers and asking only for cigar
ettes. Frequent drinks of whiskey
stimulated his resistance. Uite
last night the Rev. Walter A.
Quintan, pastor of St. Mary's
church, administered lust rites of
the Catholic church and remained
nearby.
The youth was burled yesterday
when the sundbank collapsed
while be and three others were
digging at its base.
T
Pair Nabbed by Officer as
1 hey Prepare to Smash
Store Window.
Apprehended while assertedly at
tempting to force entrance Into the
Deer Creek Safeway store, Curl
Melching. 23, and Wilbur Chap
man, lit, who gave their home ad
dress as Sturgis, Michigan, were
arrested here last night. Accord-
lug to T. W. Thoinason, siieclfil
merchants night watchman, the
two men hair rolled a barrel up to
the rear of the grocery store and
were preparing to smash a window
when he approached and flushed a
light on them.
They admitted their Intent to
rob the store, Thomasou said, und
also stated they were picked up
In Cottage Grove Friday and two
other members of their partv held
tor attempting to steal gasoline.
.Melching, Thomason reported,
admitted a police record In Michi
gan for burglary.
Howard Chapman, 21, a third
member of the parly, claiming to
be a brother of Wilbur, but deny
ing knowledge of the attempted
robbery, was taken into custody
later by city officers, "when found
asleep in the trio's parked car on
Lane street,
The three men were turned over
to Sheriff Percy Webb und were
undergoing questioning today.
LIQUOR SALE BAN
HITS 3 COMPANIES
PORTLAND, Dct. 30. (AP)
The state liquor commission noti
fied two Idaho com, mules and an
Oregon concern today to cease sidl
ing liquor to certain outlets in
Nyssa and Vale for the remainder
of 1!K17 on the grounds that finan
cial assistance bad been given to
the retailers.
The Overland Ileveragn Co.,
Numpa, Idaho, was alleged to have
assisted Icttie Alford, Nyssa. A
similar relationship was alleged
between the Meechan Distributing
Co.. Payette, Idaho, and Let tie Al
ford and G. L. Smith, both of
Nyssa, and between the Uoyer
Pros. Co., Ontario, and 11. S. Sack
etl, Vale.
BANDITS OVERLOOK
WOMAN VICTIM'S $38
EUGENE, Oct. 30. Two masked
bandits, who held up Mrs. Harry
Jones, Springfield, but failed to
find $118 tdie was carrying In her
pocket, were sought by state and
county officers in this area.
Mrs. Jones reported to state po
lice that while she was driving
along a county road north of
Springfield at 9 o'clock yesterday
morning, two men, with handker
chiefs over their faces, stopped her
car and, flourishing revolvers, di
manded her purse. She gave It to
them but they found nothing fn It
They then pt her proceed. Mrs,
Jones told police, without making
further search.
CLAW MACHINE
OPERATOR FINED
TACOMA. Oct. 30 (API
Iron claw machines may bo games
of skill to experts in their opera
tlon but they are games of chance
to most players who risk their
nickels in them. Police Judge
Prank A. Magill ruled yesterday
Mrs. Mae Avery, restaurant operat
or charged with maintaining a
gambling device, which was a claw
machine, was fined $25.
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EFFORT UPSET
CIO, Without Waiting for
Resumption of Parley,
Asks Allegiance of
Furniture Union.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. (AP)
Organized labor' civil warfare
broke out openly again today over
:i CIO proposal to enroll all furni
ture workers Into one big union.
Without waiting for resumption
of stalemated peace negotiations
with the American Federation of
Labor, John L. lewis, chairman of
the committee for Industrial organ
izalion. Invited AFL craftsmen In
the furniture, bedding and allied
trades to meet. CIO furniture work
ers in a national unity conference
here Nov. 27-29.
William Green, AFL president,
termed LewiH maneuver a war
like gesture," Jiud added;
It Ih bound to have a disturbing
effect upon pending peace negotia
tions. It seems to us indicative of,
the CIO position." 1
Lewis said the conference "will
lay the basis for unity of all furni
ture workers in a single, powerful
international industrial union at
filiated with the CIO."
The CIO estimated 2.r0.(i00 work
ers were employed in the furniture
trades, tiO.000 of them organized in
unions.
Lewis' aides said they did not
regard the proposal as having any
relation to the peace negotiations
which recessed Wednesday until
NOV; 1. ; -
7 -a ivJ
onlr.ANn Ort no iap'i l
State police rescued W. J. Roth
and M. A. Blelmeyor, AFL organ
izers, from the woods near Oak
flrove yesterday after they had
fled into hiding from 30 men, be
lleved to be CIO sympathizers.
WASHINGTON, Oct.- 30. (AP)
John D. Piggcrs, unemployment
census administrator, made wli.it
he called a "gues.s" today th;it the
forthcoming survey would dtc!os3
an unusually large percentage of
jobless over 40 years old.
lligget-s said be did not. believe
these men were "on the scrap
heap" but simply bad found it im
possible to adjust their lifelong
work habits to meet the competi
tion of younger men In job-hunting.
While the census, he predicted.
will direct attention to this man-
over-40 problem In an ur.pi'-c-'-dent-d
manner. It utso will furnish
a basis for solving it.
"If you know the types of peo
ple unemployed." Niggers said.
"and their ages and capabilities
and the industries In which they
worked, you can determine what
they're capable of doing In some
other Industry."
TEACHER SENTENCED
ON MORALS CHARGE
TOLEDO, Oct. 30 (AP)
John C. Cowles, ff, Harlan high
school principal, pleaded guilty to
contributing to the delinuuency u:
a six-year-old girl before Circuit
Judge G. F. Sklpworlh yei'tep'ny
and was sentenced to a two-year
to' III.
In another case, two women. Eva
Tronson, 24, and Vernie Tronson,
25. both of riiletz, were sentenrnd
to 30 days In Jail fr 'tcf'n; their
cells after being incarcerated for
oiJ'ikenness.
MARX BROTHERS HIT
BY JURY'S VERDICT
LOS ANGELES. Oct. 30 (AP)
A federal court Jury found
Groiicho and Chieo Marx, film
comedians, guilty today of Infring
ing on a copyright In last year s
radio broadcast. Conviction carries
with It a penalty of not more than
$1,0110 fine or not more than
year In Jail.
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4 DEATHS IN FIRE
BLAMED ON STILL
CLEVELAND. Oct. 30 (AP)
Faulty operation of an Illicit
whisky still was held by police and
firemen today as the possible cause
of the deaths of a man and wife
and their two daughters In a fire
swept dwelling last night.
UUOH PEAG
BI NEW MOVE
Yule Chorus of
More Than 100,
Roseburg Plan
Presentation of a public Christ
mas- program by u huge union
chorus has been definitely urning-
d. It was announced today, the
choirs of the several churches of
the city are joining the chorus,
which will he supplemented hy the
Hoseburg Women's Choral club.
the Hoseburg Husiness and Profes
sional Women's. Glee club, and the
Hoseburg Men's Glee club. It Is
expected the chorus w ill huve more
than 100 voices.
The union chorus will be under
the direction of J. M. Adams, In
structor in music at the Hoseburg
hieh sclionl.
Present plans are to present the
program in one or the largo uuiil
loiiums of the cily, probably the
armory, on the Sunday evening
preceding Christinas.
GANGSTER ESCAPEE
Killer and Wife Walk Into
Police Trap at Home of
vHis Mother.
f-l.KVEI.ANII. Oct. an (API
I-Vilenil agents scratched Frank
lllld. .convicted slayer and hank
rnhber, from their list ni - waiueu
men" today and turned lo the
search for his younger brother.
Charles, only member of the 11 ro
llrolhers' gang who escaped from
the Cuyahoga county Jail over a
month ago and still at large.
Frank lllrd and his wile, .syivia,
iilso a fugitive, were trapped in a
bulletins capture last night as
thpy-drove up'lo-the homo ot .wi.
lllrd's mother.
Sheriff iMartln 1.. O'Doniiell sulci
his deputies were in the house as
lllrd's wife walked In and thai a
member of the family was instruct
ed to go out and tell I' rank that
the coast was clear.
Frank then came in anu was
raptured. O'Donnell said.
Hird and bis Drainer, accompan
ied hv James Wnlnier. escaped
from the county jail here Septem
ber 2:1, In a daring armed break
ami a wild niitomnhile chase
through the city streets, leaving
their wake a totally injureti
woman whom their specdlug tar
struck down.
flu (li-mbi'i- IS w diner was ran
Hired ill 1'hiladelphia in a stolen
car.
The lllrd brothers and Wlilmer
were arrested here In July, during
:ui attempted robbery 01 a t lee-
lund Heights bank, and were be
ing held lor trial In a series of
Cleveland hank robberies.
Hoth of the Minis have long pris
on records. i:nailes cseapcu inim
.Missouri's state- prison July i,
111.10, after serving less than four
years of a ten-year robbery sen
tuce. Frunk escaped from the saino
prison lust January 111. where he
was under a life sentence on a
first degree murder charge.
TRAFFIC CRASHES
TAKE SEVEN LIVES
r.lVF.RMOrtn. la., Oct. HO.
(API Three persons were killel
and three others critically injured
last night when an automobile col
lided with a senii-truller nil tie
truck north of here, dumping a load
of ill callle onto the car and pas
sengers. AIM1UKN. N. Y., Oct. 30 - ( API
Four men were killed today wheii
illelr car struck Hie rear end of a
parked truck near C.rm snuin's coi
ners. COLUMBIA RIVER
LANDMARKS BLASTED
THE DALLES. Oct. 30. (AP)
Three landmarks for Columbia
river mariners since isr6 when the
Mary made a record run to the
Cascades to aid survivors of tin In
dian massacre the Hood River
reefs. Mosler jock and the Basalt
promontories at Three Mile rapids
are being blasted to oblivion.
I'nited Stales engineers are re
moving them tis navigation dun
gers when Bonneville dam creates
its huge pool.
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FEDERAL LOAN ON
CORN REQUESTED
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Oct. 30.
(A P) Representatives of Illinois
agricultural organizations called
upon Secretary Wallace! ' today to
initiate action for a government
loan of at least 60 ceiitu a bushel
on the 1U37 corn crop.
They dispatched an appeal to
Secretary Wallace after telling the
sciihte agricultural subcommittee
yesterday a falling cash market
ma le a corn loan imperative.
FARM BILL PUT
FIRST ON JOBS
Right of Way Given Over
Wage-Hour measure and
Other Agenda for
Special Term.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. (AP)
Administration leaders in con
gress are working against lime in
an effort to get the president s
five-point program ready for de
bate at the special session begin
ning Nov. 1 it.
Farm legislation will have the
right-of-way.
Ev . i- ,ir hills should bo
ready at the Mart of the session
many legislators have expressed
the belief the entire program can
not be enacted before the regular
sessions begin in January.
Here is the status of measures
on the administration program:
Farm legislation The house ag
riculture committee Is completing
a bill to limit ucreago planted in
principal crops. Farmers would be
allowed lo raise and market
much as they cun on their allotted
laud.
Chairman Jones (D., Tex.), said
the measure also would continue
the present soil conservation bene
fits and would establish an ever-
normal grtiuaiy system to store
.surplus of some crops for use in
lean years.
age-hour standards Thero
have been unconfirmed reports
t hut revisions may be offered to
the bill empowering a hoard to es
tablish in interstate industries a
work week of not less than 40
hours and minimum wages of not
more than 40 cents Am hour.
The present measure, now bot
tled up in the bowse rules commit
tee, has been criticized by leaders
of hoth the American Federation
of Labor and the Committee for
Industrial Organization. Many
southern congressmen are opposed
to it, contending it would rettir
Industrial development in the
south.
Government reorganization
Chairman Cochran !., Mo.), of
the hou.se reorganization commit
tee will return next week to take
charge of bills revising the civil
service system and replacing the
comptroller general with an audi
tor general.
The house approved last sum
mer the other portion of the presi
dent's reorganization program,
(Continued on pnge 6)
PORTLAND, Oct. 30-(AP)
Circuit Judge James W. Crawford
sustained the demurrer entered by
Ralph 10. 'Moody, assistant state
attorney general, on behalf n
Governor Charles Martin as de
fendaut in a $r4R,000 damage suit
filed by Earl Fehl, fonder Jackson
county judge.
Fehl, who alleged that the gov
ernor had denied him good-time
credits In serving a four-year pri
son sentence for ballot theft, was
given 20 days in which lo file
new complaint.
The demurrer said that Fehl was
not entitled to the credits claimed
and that the governor was not.
liable to civil action for damages
for any official action, howevc
erroneous.
Judge Crawford held that cred
its for good behavior applied only
to parole, and not to the discharge
of prison Inmates, and that the
mutter of parole was discretionary
with the governor.
DINING CAR TIPS
OUTLAWED BY PACT
OMAHA, Neb.. Oct. 30. (AP)
President Solon C. Mall of the na
tional council of dining car em
pl iyes declared today train pas
si'iH-ers were "slclt and Hied of
lipphig" and have virtually "abol
ished the tipping practice." Hence,
be added, ihi council has approved
u proposed coal i act with rail
roads outlawing tips and asking
minimum salaries of $100 u mouth.
HUNDREDS PERISH
IN SYRIAN FLOODS
DAMASCUS, Syria, Oct. 30.
(AP) More than 1.000 persona
were drow ned tn floods northeast
of MamascuH, authorities announc
ed today.
Ten thousand persons were marie
horm-lcHs and several villages were
destroyed. .
FOR CONGRESS
FEHL SUIT AGftlNST
am SQUELCHED
Prince Indicted On
Charge of Murder
Facing second-degree murder
indictment In connection with
the slaying of hit half-Caste com
mon law wife, Arvina Kinstea,
22, Prince David Kalakaua Kaw
ananakoa, above, Is being held
by Honolulu police. He Is the
last aurvlvlng member of the
Hawaiian royal family and a
grandnephew of the last male
monarch of the Islands. The
prince la alleged to have slain
the woman with a piece of brok
en crockery during a wild party.
He was already on probation on
an old manslaughter charge
growing out of the death of a
ycung woman In an automobile
accident In 1931.
Allegation of Perjury at
Trial Not Proved, Says
California Court.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 30
(API The California supreme
court today denied Thomas J.
Mooney's plea for freedom on a
writ of habeas corpus.
I he decision was five to one.
with Jusllce William II. I.ungdon
dissenting.
in unnolincllig the opinion, Chief
Justice Waste slated the court
has concluded that Mooncy failed
to establish by substantial credible
evidence that bis conviction was
Hie result of perjury on Iho part
of prosecution witnesses."
Mooncy, convicted wllh warren
K. Hillings or murder for the mill
Preparedness day parade bombing
here, is serving his 21st year in
San Queutin prison on a life sen
tence.
The chief justice said Monney
also failed to show "lliat the pro
secutlng officers caused or suffer
ed to be Introduced at his trial
any testimony which they knew or
had any reason to believe was
false, or that they Were guilty of
suppressing or preventing the in-
t reduction of any evidence which,
had it been Kiven, would have
been favorable to the del ease at
his trial."
George T. Davis, Mooney's at
torney, declared the case would
be curried promptly lo the United
States supreme court.
Mooncy has steadfastly asserted
his innocence, contending he was
convicted hy perjured testimony.
I oday n decision wan Iho long-
awaited outcome of an application
(Continued on page 6)
U. S. Debt Slash
Two Billion in
WASHINGTON. Oct. 30 (AP)
A balanced federal budget prob
ably would send the owners of
2.000.(MMi,o0 In tax-free govern
ment securities searching for new
flelda of Investment, fiscul authori
ties said today.
They said a substantial sum
perhaps SUMUMiM.noo lo SO'iO.imo.nfl
may be Included in the U'it.S
budget fur paving nff existing debt.
This, plus operation of linanclal
provisions of the social unfit rlt v
and rnllroad retirement acts, would
liquidate about $2,iM)(i.lMU.0uii of
federal obligations now in the
hands of I he public.
Under the security nnd nil' pen
sion laws about l,r,iH).0n0,iii)0 of
the government debt will be shift
ed from private holders to the
treasury during the next fiscal
year.
This transfer will be accomplish
ed hy retiring present outstanding
ohHinttionn ns they mature. Then.
I list end of selling pew recilrities
to the public, the treasury will
Issue special obligations to secur
fty ami railroad pension reserve
accounts.
PLEA TO EASE
FOREIGN ZONE
PERIL HEEDED
Heroic Chinese Troops Gain
Safety of British Lines
Through Spray From
Jap Artillery.
SHANGHAI. Oct. SI (Sunday)
(API Chlnn's "lost hallullon"
early today succes.. fully ran tho
Kauntlct of lieavy Japanese fire to
withdraw into tho Bafety of the
internailnnal concession helilml
Americnn und British defense
lines.
More than 400 of the unit which
had defied hesleKlnir Japanese for
four days in devastaled K. Impel
dashed thrnueh the waltlnu Brltr
ish army lines. They were disarm
ed anil will he Interned for the
res! of the war.
Tho Chinese brought out In tri
umph the hune Chinese flan which
luid flown over their warehouse
fortress.
Last to rench safety was Colonel
Ilsleh Chln-V'uan. bnttalion com
mander, who said Generalissimo
Chlani? Kai-Shek had sent direct
orders to hrlmr the unit out be
cause the country felt It was "too
valuable to he spared."
A Japanese nssault on the bat
talion's warehouse-fortress brought
on a deadly battle and apparently
nullified earlier plans for the
Chinese to lay down their arms
and wllhdraw Into the internation
al settlement.
Hiltish troops nnd British police
of the settlement already nail
made arrangements- ror sum evac
uation when the Japanese began
blasting Hi the warehouse with ar
tillery, machine guns nnd rifle fire,
liitmiiese searchlights playod on
the roadway over which the Chin
ese were dashing for safety. -lap-
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El
TOKYO, Oct. 30. (AP) An tin
official group of highly placed
Japanese today charged that Bri
tain was helping China in her war
against Japan und warned that
Anglo-Japanese diplomatic rela
tions might be broken If this con
tinued. "Tho council on tho current sit
uation," with more than loo prom
inent men atlending, unanimously
and amid wild cheorlng adopted
this resolution:
"ir the British fall to reconsid
er their attitude we may ho forc
ed to take an attitude of gruvo de
termination by severing yeura of
friendly dlplonmlic relations."
The resolution accused Britain
of being "tho main driving forco
fn the eotivoenlinn of the nine-
power conference, apparently to
start intervention."
"The Japanese cannot allow tho
British to continue unmolested In
their present Improper doings," I
declared.
Anti-British feeling has been
rising steadily in Japan, where tho
public believes Hongkong Ih th
main source of munition for tho
Chinese.
Newspaper edllorlalH have as
serted that Britain has changed the
attitude of the United Sillies to
ward Japan's actions In China.
in 1938 May Drop
Tax - Free Securities
These obligations are Issued
against tax collections under the
two social programs. The cash col
lected from the taxes drops Into
the treasury's Kcneral Lind and la
spent for supplies, services, public
works or other government ex
penses. About Sl.nno.ooo ouo or the spe
cial obligations alieady have been
Issued, permitting the treasury to
borrow this amount without offer
ing securities for sale to the pub
lic. Some of I he speclul Issues
bear t'J per cent interest nnd
some 3 per cent. The average In
terest rate on the entire S37.0O0.-
,ni) federal debt now is 2.5
per cent.
Officials said today that whether
the budget-balancing and debt re
tirement programs for next yeai
materialize depends largely on fu
ture business trends ami congres
sional action on a new farm pro
gram. The budget would ho knocked
odt of line, they said, utiles taxes
are provided to meet the coat 0
tho proposed farm program, miim