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No. 99
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Thirty Hats in
Ring, Supreme
Court Vacancy
Office Non-Partisan but
Political Angles of
Choice Apparent
Governor Non-Committal
in Reply to All Who
Endorse Prospects
Names of 30 Judges and prac
ticing attorneys ere before Gov
ernor Charles II. Martin for se
lection of a successor to the late
Justice James F. Campbell, of the
supreme court. Many letters and
telephone calls have been received
endorsing candidates. To all the
governor has replied that it is bis
Intention to give the appointment
most careful and conscientious
consideration.
. While no intimations were giv
en out at the governor's office as
to the probable choice or when
the appointment would be made
it is understood that names now
receiving close consideration are
Judge Hall S. Lusk of Portland,
Judge Earl C. Latourette of Ore
gon City, Judge George F. Skip
worth of Eugene, Oscar Hayter of
Dallas, Even Reames of Medford,
! John J. Beckman of Portland, and
Ralph E. Moody of Salem.
The offic is non-partisan, but
the appointment is not without
political implications. By elevat
ing a circuit judge to the high
court the governor would create
a vacancy which he would fill by
appointment. This would give him
the opportunity to win two- sets
of friends (or enemies).
Fleet week in Portland is occu
pying a considerable portion of
the governor's time, since he, as
head of the state government, rep
resents the state in the ceremonies
incident to the visit of the fleet
and the high officers of the navy.
WASHINGTON, July '. 20-(P)-Congressman
Walter M. Pierce of
La Grande, Ore., said today he
had received the impression from
Attorney General Homer Cum
mlngs that the department of Jus
tice may call for a new list of can
didates for the federal judge va
cancy in Oregon.
The list, he said, would elimin
ate candidates mentioned since the
first of the year.
The congressman discussed the
name of Miss Celia Gavin or The
Dalles, but made no recommenda
tion.!' '
LA GRANDE, July 20-;p)-Co-lonJ
R. .Eberhard, attorney and
former legislator, said the name
of George T. Cochran had been
submitted to Governor Martin as
a candidate for the vacancy on the
stated supreme court. Cochran was
a candidate for the court in tbe
JUay, 1936, primary.
Respects Paid to
Wireless Wizard
ROME. July 2MjP)-A world
bound more closely together I
through his genius tonight mourn- j
ed the death of the Marquis uug
lielmo Marconi, the father of
wireless.
The famous Inventor, who was
only 21 when he discovered how
to telegraph through space, died
early today of heart paralysis, In
his 4 palace-home In the heart of
Rome. He was 63 years old. ,
He ief unfinished his far-reach-1
Ing development of the ultra-short
wave but his work Jwill be car
ried i on by the group of experts
who have searched with him in
the msteries of transmission with
out wires.
Marconi, whose wireless mes
sages first bridged the Atlantic in
1902, was a frequent : visitor to
the United States.
First of the leaders to pay re
spects at the death-bed of the
pioneer was Premier Benito Mus
solini who kissed his forehead.
Pope Pius XI, who is known to
regard Marconi's invention of
wireless as one of the greatest in
dividual contributions to human
welfare, sent messages expressing
his sorrow and prayed In his pri
ate chapel at Castel Gandolfo.
Roller Coasters
Collide, 24 Hurt
PHifiAfiO. Julv 20 f -Twen
ty-four persona were reported in
jured, none seriously, in a coI
lision between two roller coaster
cars at Kiverview , amusement
park tonight
mffiAent occurred on one
- x ii? v..
of the "high rides." One car
plunged into the rear of another.
... 4 ii wr removed to a
hospital where attendants said a
crellminary check revealed no
Jnajor injuries. Park officials
said the nrst car came w
Jn'an incline wnen a
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Upper House Bourbon ddership j
Scrap Involves Pair From Dixie
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Left, Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky; light. Senator Pat
Harrison of Mississippi, between whom the senate democrats are
expected to choose in selecting their leader to succeed Senator
Joseph T. Robinson who died suddenly last week, f
Movie Censorship
Question Studied
Council Committee Holds
Conference With Four
Theatre Managers
Efforts to work out a suitable
movie censorship ordinance were
undertaken at ameeting here
yesterday morning of representa
tives of four of the five Salem
theatres, members of a special
city council committee, Chief of
Police Frank A. Minto and Police
Matron Myra L. Shank.
Definite action will be delayel
until the fifth movie operator and
one member of the v committee,
announced. A drastic censorship
(Turn to page 2, col. 3)
Poling Appointed
Dean's Assistant
CORVALLIS, July 20-P)-Dan
W. Poling, formerly superintend
ent of schools at Myrtle Creek,
became assistant dean of men at
Oregon State college today, suc
ceeding Percy Locey. who will de
vote full time to the management
of intercollegiate athletics and the
educational activities board.
Poling, whose appointment is
subject to confirmation by t h e
Btate board of higher, education,
will supervise class organization
work with living groups and teach
part time in the political science
department, headed by Dr. U. G.
Dubach, dean of men.
A graduate of the state college
school of commerce in 1828 and
formerly superintendent at Mau
pin, the new assistant dean is a
cousin of Dr. Dan Poling. Phil
adelphia, temperance and Christ
ian Endeavor leader, and the son
of Dr. D. V. Poling of Albany.
Oregon, Calfiornia
Dairymen Convene
CRESCENT CITY, Calif., July
2Q-(iT)-Unlfication of milk mar
keting regulations in Oregon and
California ? was discussed at a
meeting here today of dairymen
frou the. two states.
J. D. Mickle, representing the
Oregon dairy commission, said
"the meeting involved no consid
eration of price regulation. '
k Mickle said - Oregon's new
cream grading law was the main
topic of discussion, and the spirit
of the meeting was entirely har
monious. - He said no definite ac
tion was taken.
Baldnce-of-Poiver Senators
Lay Down La
" WASHINGTON. July
Talk of a quick compromise set
tlement of the court reorgan
isation issue spread through the
capital tonight.
President Roorevelt surveyed
the tangled legislative situation
in a long conference with Vice
President Garner and three dem
ocratic senate leaders.
It was reported authoritatively
that Garner took to the White
House word, that a group of pre
viously uncommitted democratic
senators would .vote to sidetrack
the pending court bill unless
some new compromise could be
worked out to dispose of the Is
sue quickly. . .
.Eight democratic senators
talked with Garner before he
went to the White House. They
were Russell of Georgia, Herring
of Iowa, Johnson of Colorado.
Adams of Colorado, Bnlow of
South Dakota, Andrews of Flor
ida, Overton of Louisiana and
Brown of Michigan. All except
i Herring, who has been : support
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Cherrians Will Go
To Trail Pageant
Saturday Trip Arranged;
Governor Will Crown
Juvenile Royalty !
EUGENE, July 2(P(jp)-Head-ing
a list of visiting state digni
taries, Governor Charles Martin
will crown the baby queen and
royal captain, heading the youth
ful royalty of the fourth Oregon
Trail pageant here this week,
Thursday, the opening day-of
the 'pageant, has been officially
designated "Portland Day dur
ing which festivities will honor
the governor, Secretaryof State
Earl Snell, the Royal Rosarians
and delegates from Portland.
"Eugene or Bust" is the watch
word of the Salem Cherrians as
they prepare to converge on that
city Saturday to take part in jthe
Oregon Trail celebration now in
full swing. !
King Bing Gueffroy said every
effort 13 being put forth to have
every Cherrian in uniform at the
chamber of commerce at 7:39 a.
m. Saturday, ready to depart! for
Eugene. Official car stickers and
hat bands will be issued there.
Cherrians are to report at I the
Eugene hotel at 10 a.m., ready
to join the Salem high school
band for Salem's section of j the
big parade. , The final drill ses
sion of marching will take place
Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock,
at the armory here. j
T&ree Girls Still
Missing, Reported
No word had reached Mt. Angel
late yesterday of any clues discov
ered by Portland police in their
search for three Mt. Angel gtrls
missing in the city since Sunday
afternoon. The trio, with their
parents, had been visiting i the
U. S. S.-lndianapolis, and became
separated on the ship, the parents
calling police when they failed
to return to their automobile;
The three girls are Irene We is.
16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.! El
bert Weis; Marie Johnson, 15,!and
her sister, Delores, 12,. daughters
of Mr. and Mrs. George Johnson.
Irene Weis was clad In a .white
skirt, gray sweater and hat and a
red blouse. Marie Johnson was
wearing a yellow print dress and
white hat and jacket, while i her
smaller sister had on a tan dress
with red squares, a red belt ! and
tie.
w on Court Bill
ing the pending bill, had been
uncommitted publicly concerning
the president's reorganization
proposal.
They were said to have a nth
orized tbe vice president to tell
Mr. Roosevelt they would vote to
send the pending measure back
to the judiciary committee lor
study unless a quick compromise
settlement could be worked out.
The senators said they wanted
the way cleared, for considera
tion of other legislation, it was
reported, and did not want to
get hack into the bitter party
splitting tight over reorganizing
the supreme court. t
With Garner when , he talked
with the president tonight were
Senators Harrison (D-Miss), Bar
kley (D-Ky), and Pittmani(D
Nev). Harrison and Barkley are
candidates In the close contest
for democratic leadership of the
senate, to be aecided at a party
caucus tomorrow. The new lead
er will succeed Sen. Joheph T
. (Torn to page 2, col. 5)
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Posse Battles
Pete Traxler,
Captures Wife
Bandit's Spouse Faints
as Shooting Starts,
She Avers Later
Two Convicts Elude 100
Men, River Bottoms; '
Trail Lost There
TMTT A TVTT nVla.. JnlV 20-JFr-
Mrs. Pete Traxler was captured
late today by a posse of peace offi
cers after Pete Traxler, Oklahoma
desperado, and a companion fug
itive from a Texas prison farm,
conned Into the Wasmta river
bottoms on foot in a gun battle
with about 100 officers.
Undersheriff G. G. Murphy oi
Ttrvnn eonntv said Mrs. Trailer
nnrl an automobile in which she
and. two men were riding were
seized about 16 miles west of here.
Murphy said Sheriff's Deputies
J. R. McLaughlin and Ben Risner
and Constable Green Beams of
Kingston, Okla., came across the
Tra-Tler automobile at the dead
end of a road south of Aylesworth,
Okla.
The officers opened fire, and
the men in the car returned u,
Murphy Bald. The shots attracted"
the attention of about 100 offi
cers in a nosse In the vicinity.
...Mrs. Traxler, after her arrival
here, said she fainted when the
shooting began.
Bloodhounds Called
To Aid In Pursuit
Mnrnhv said the men fled the
automobile during the battle and
ran into the river bottoms of the
Wichita river valley. Trailer s
companion was believed to be
Fred Tindal.
He said bloodhounds from Mc
Alester, Okla., penitentiary were
summoned, and horses were be-'
(Turn to page Z, col. 3)
Two Negroes Are
Lynched, Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., July 20-
(P)-Unidentlfled white men took
two negro youths from the coun
ty jail, four blocks from the
Florida capitol, and shot them to
death early today.
The negroes, Richard Hawkins
and Ernest Ponder, each about
18, were held on a charge of stab
bing Policeman V. F. Kelly Sun
day when he attempted to ques
tion them about breaking into a
store. Kelly is in a serious condl
tion at a hospital.
"This was not a lynching it
was murder," said Gov. Fred P,
Cone when he learned of the case,
"I'm going to prosecute anybody
we get to the limit of the law."
The officers found the bodies
about 20 feet apart. There were
from 15 to 20 bullet holes in each
body. Five crudely printed plac
ards, with some of the letters 'S"
backwards, marked the scene of
the double slaying. The signs
read:
"His last crime;" "This is the
beginning, who is neit;" "This is
your warning;" "Negroes, remem
ber you may be next:" "Warning.
this is what will happen to all
negroes that harm white people."
Nebraska Charge
Cause of Arrest
M. H. Robinson, who has been
living at 340 North Churh since
February, was arrested by sher
iffs oflice men late last night
on a telegraphic warrant charging
him with embezzlement in Val
entine, Nebraska.
Information on Robinson was
received from Nebraska author!
ties by Chief of Police Minto end
city police and the sheriff's office
cooperated in locating him.
Robinson is being held in the
county jail pending the arrival of
Nebraska officers , now on their
way here to arrange extradition.
Mexican Mailmen
Urge Parents to
Diversify Names
MEXICO CITY, July 20-CPV-Mexican
mailmen are all for dl-
veisification of Mexican names.
The newspaper El Universal
said carriers, arguing 'that mail
delivery would be much easier
if there were not bo many sim
ilar names, decided , to recom
mend to parents that they not
give children common names like
Juan. Jose. Pedro and Pablo.
They also recommended that
there be less freouent use of
such appelations as Emerenciano
Ruperto, Donato and Caralampio,
the paper said.
Cupid Keeps Busy
While Fleet's in;
Sailors Will Wed
PORTLAND, July 20 -tfP)-
. Portland "surrendered" to the
navy ' daring . the fleet fiesta
here thla week, but Dan Cupid
continued to take pqt-shots at
the conquerors.
Records at the county clerk's
office revealed three niarrjaee
' Hcensess had been Issued to
sailors since the first contin
gent of 15 ships arrived last
week.
Ensign John Grubes Little
III of the U.S.9. Fox obtained
license Saturday to marry
Alberta Anne Peacock of Ij
Jolla, Calif. Licenses were is
sued today to Joseph Thomp
son of the U.S.S. Trenton and
Naomi P. Babcock of Tacoma,
Wash., and to Edgar A. .Mc
Guire of the U.S.S. New Mex
ico and Mary A. Yonlch, Port
land. McGuire, whose ship is
not with the visiting fleet, is
hero on leave.
Lull Apparent in
Battle of Madrid
Rebel Munitions Store Is
Burned; Leaders Split
on British Scheme
MAnmn. Julv 20-UPi-The two
armies locked in combat weBt of
Madrid (Slackened battle tonight
for a breathing spell from the
fierce fighting that raged for five
days through the summer heat.
The Insurgent counter-attacK
arainst the government salient,
pushed down behind Gen. Fran
cisco Franco's lines besieging Ma
drid, slowed down and both sides
rested their troops.
Government officials doubted
however, that the Insurgent
counter-attack was more then
temporarily halted.
Intense summer heat baking the
shell-raked battlefield plus what
the government described as ter
rific insurgent losses were cited
as reasons for the slowing down.
The glare of burning munitions
dumps and gasoline stores at Le-
ganes, south of the capital near
Getafe, was visible from Madrid
far into: the nieht ' Thev appar
ently had been fired by a govern
ment shell.
LONDON. Julv 20-UPY-A sub
committee of Europe's "hands off
Spain" committee split into two
blocs tonight over the British at
tempt to patch the tattered fabric
oi non-mterventlon.
Italy and Germany, which have
consistently taken parallel action
in Spanish neutrality Questions
ana wnich have quit the commit
tee's naval patrol of Spain, were
understood to have lined ud on
one side against the seven other
nations in the group, led by Great
Britain.
In one quarter the development
(Toira to page 2, col. 6)
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Bandit Suspects
Face Indictments
PORTLAND, July 20 -(JPy-Speedy
developments marking the
robbery of the Grant County
bank at John Day July 12. con
tinued today as a federal grand
jury returned indictments against
three men within a week after
their capture.
The prisoners, Patrick Bush
man, Umatilla Indian; Chester
Chub, alias Lloyd D. Russell,
alias, L. C. Dickenson, and Lloyd
H. Barkdoll, alias Jack Davis,
will , be arraigned at 10 a.m.
Wednesday. Government offi
cers' indicated a- speedy trial will
follow If the defendants plead in
nocent, as has -been expected.
The indictments charge the de
fendants with conspiring to rob
a bank ' whose assets were pro
tected by the federal government,
robbing the bank of $3,500. as
saulting Oscar Hoverson, assist
ant cashier, with a deadly wea
pon and; forcing him against his
will to accompany them and open
the bank.
Eight Face Trial,
Ford Plant Scrap
DETROIT, July 20-0!P)-A com
mon pleas judge ruled today that
the Ford Motor company - and
eight Individuals ; must face trial
for the beating of United Auto
mobile Workers near gates of the
River Rogue plant May 28.
Judge Ralph W. Liddy, conduct
ed a month-long one-man grpnd
jury Inquiry which resulted irf an
assault warrant, and then presid
ed at examination of the defend
ants, set bond at $ 5 0 0 for the in
dividuals pending trial in the Sep
tember term of the. Wayne county
circuit court.
Although nearly a score of un
ion workers were beaten and
chased away when they tried to
distribute handbills to Ford em
ployes at the huge plant in sub
urban Dearborn, the warrant
charged only an assault on Wil
liam Merriweather, who suffered
two broken vertebrae.
Two American
Women Report
Mistreatment
Declare They Are Shoved
and Kicked hy Nippon
Pickets, Peiping
Complaint Sent Japan's
Authorities; Cause
of Attack Untold
PEIPING, China,! July 20-()-Two
American Women told the
United States embassy today they
were kicked and shoved by Jap
anese pickets on guard before the ,
Japanese embassy.
Mrs. Helen R. Jones of Detroit,
Mich., and Miss Carol Lathrop of
Washington, D. C, gave desposi
tions at the United States embas
sy, where officials said they were
calling the alleged attacks to the
attention of Japanese authorities.
"We were walking toward the
hotel through the embassy quar
ter, deciding that was the safest
because of martial law," Mrs.
Jones said.
"Suddenly we were terrified by
a 'Japanese war cry' from the
sentries,who rose up behind sand
bag barricades. At least three sen
tries, besides the two first visible,
charged us, giving Carol a terrific
shove.
Saw Machine Gun
"Staring" at Them
"Carol burst into tears, then
the sentry kicked her in the side.
Meanwhile, another sentry held
me fast with the flat of his bay
onet. "In the midst of the commo
tion, I saw a machine gun mount
ed on a barricade staring me in
the face. They made a loud clamor
shoving us around, although, of
course, we -couldn't understand
Japanese.
"Finally they let us go, shoving
(Turn to page 2, col. 6)
Action of Chicago
PoliceJUpheld
CHICAGO, July 20 -()- Ten
deaths in the sanguinary steel
strike riot last Memorial day were
termed "justifiable homicide" by
a coroner'g jury which reported
today after 50 minutes' delibera
tion. Returning identical verdicts in
each of the cases, the Jury of six
unemployed American Legion
members said:
"Kenneth Reed died from" a bul
let wound of the abdomen caused
when-the deceased was struck by
a bullet fired from a gun held in'
the hand of an unknown police
officer during a riot that started
whena large body of strikers and
strike sympathizers numbering ap
proximately 1500 to 2000 persons,
many of whom were armed with
clubs end missiles, attempted to
(ore their way through a police
line, apparently intending to en
ter the plant of the Republic Steel
corporation located at 117th street
and Burley avenue May 30, 1937,
about 4:30 p.m.
"From the testimony presented,
we the Jury believe this occurrence
to be justifiable homicide."
Grubstake Checks
Will Go out Soon
1 GRANTS PASS, July 20-Jpy-Earl
Nixon, director of the
state department of geology and
mineral industriet, bald the first
grubstake' checks under the new
state law, totaling 3,S00, would
be mailed this week.
He announced the appointment
of Albert A. Lewis, graduate of
the University of Washington, to
conduct a free assay office here.
A similar office will be establish
ed at Baker.
Hybrid Farm Bill in Hopper
But Opposition Forms Early
WASHINGTON, July HHJPf-L
new farm bill embracing crop
control' features of the agricul
tural adjustment act invalidated
by ' the supreme court and the
"ever-normal" granary went Into
the legislative mill today.
Introduced by Chairman Jones
(D-Tex) . of the house agricul
ture committee, the measure was
proposed in response to Presi
dent Roosevelt's call for legis
lation to stabilize farm prices
and incomes and assure consum
ers a stable food supply. - ,
i Briefly, It would give .the sec
retary of agriculture authority to
fix acreage, marketing and stor
age quotas for major farm pro
ducts and make cash benefit pay
ments under the present soil con
servation -act to those producers
Lwho comply. '
To supplement the $500,000,
000 authorized annually for soil
conservation payments, the mea
Heavy Toll Claimed
As Defenders Guns
Silenced
Latest Hostilities Viewed as Start of
Advance on Peiping; Action in
Self -Defense "Is '.Claim
Nanking and Tokyo
Part in Parleys
Crisis Menacing
PEIPING, July 20 (P) Japan's army in nortk
China set fire to the Wanpinghsien barracks today, begin
ning an offensive which Chinese feared would culminate in
a frontal attack against the ancient and walled city of
Peiping.
The Japanese brought artillery into the field and shell
ed the Chinese garrison for more than two hours.
There was bitter fighting about the garrison and the
marble balustrades of Marco Polo bridge, ten miles west of
Peiping; The present crisis was the result of clashes between
Chinese and Japanese troops July 7.
Negotiations between local Chinese and Japanese ffi-
. ' Ocials failed to establish peace, and
Shop at Fairview
Damaged in Blaze
Loss $3000 in Early Morn
Fire; Oily Rags Said
Probable Source
.Damage which could not im
mediately be estimated but was
thought to be approximately
$3000 was caused v'M the paint
storeroom and carpenter shop at
the Fairview Home burned at 5
a. m. yesterday morning.
The building, a concrete struc
ture with a shingle roof, burned
rapidly as stores of paint and
turpentine added fuel to the
flames. The fire was believed to
have been ignited from some oily
rags.
In addition to the paint stores
considerable woodworking ma
chinery in the; carpenter shop was
destroyed.
Fire fighting apparatus of the
institution, one.' truck -from the
state hospital and two pumpers
from the Salem, tire department
fought the blaze, which at no
time endangered other buildings
of the home.
The structure will he repaired
out of the state restoration fund.
Report no Relief
Labor at Bandon
i WASHINGTON, July 20-ff)-E.
J. Griffith, Oregon WPA ad
ministrator, telegraphed senators
Charles McNary and Frederic
Steiwer of Oregon that it is im
possible for him to supply cer
tified relief workers for Bandon,
Ore.
; Possibility ; of the city obtain
ing a $200,0(i0 RFC loan for re
construction i following its de
struction by fire last fall hinge
on obtaining a loan or grant of
$117,000 from the WPA or oth
er agency for rebuilding public
properties. .
"We have several approved
projects with prior claims for
labor which we cannot start be
cause of labor shortage in their
districts, Griffith said.
: Chairman Jones of the RFC
assured Senator Steiwer he has
presented the matter of supple
mental assistance to Harry Hop
kins and WPA officers In Wash
ington, and hopes local and. fed
eral agencies will work out a
plan.. ,. ;
sure would levy processing taxes
when' heavy : surpluses . accumu
lated. ; The taxes are designed
to raise funds for additional
benefits to Induce farmers to
comply with their quotas.
: Jones said he had . discussed
the measure with, agriculture de
partment officials, but would not
say whether it bad administra
tion approval.
r No sooner had Jones laid- the
measure before his committee
than objections were raised by
blocs Insisting upon compulsory
production control and price-fixing.'
Advocates j of the American
farm bureau federation, bill in
troduced by Representative Flan
agan (D-Va) said they did not
believe the Jones measure' would
be "effectlce" in . keeping pro
duction in line with consump
tion. The Flannagafl bill has
been ' endorsed in principle by
Secretary Wallace.
in
A Hack
Leaders Both Take
to Consider big
Orient Peace
the Japanese command issued aa
ultimatum to Chinese troops te
withdraw from the trouble area.
They refused, the Dome! (Jay
anese) News Agency said, aa4
opened tire on Japanese treops
with trench mortars. The fire con- -tinued
at intervals through last'
night.
Shells dropped Into the garri
son and fired both arsenal and
barracks, Dome! said. The Chi
nese guns with in the garrison
were silenced, Japanese sources ,
said, and the city and nearby
Marco Polo bridge were damaged
heavily.
Japanese machine guns fol
lowed the artillery and took a .
"terrible toll" as Chinese sought
to advance from the north, Jap
anese sources related. About 509
Chinese troops were believed
within the garrison.
Firing still was audible late
tonight. It seemed to center
about Wanpinghsien and tbe
highway to Peiping, a little more -than
two miles from the city's
gates.
Highway Southeast
Scene of Fighting
Shellfire also could be heard
from the vicinity of the highway
to NanYuan, southeast of Pet
ping. Japanese counted one sol
dier dead and one wounded as -their
losses for the day.
. A third clash was reported ; im k
the vicinity of Lukouchiao aboat
7 p.m.- Japanese artillery replied,
silencing Chinese mortar fire and
destroying' two Chinese observa
tion posts,
Chinese within Peiping were .
tense, believing that the city soon -might
be subjected to attack.
Women's organizations witfcta
the city pledged that "two hun
dred million women in China ;
will urge their husbands and in
struct their sons to abandon the ,
hearth of home and take to the
field to resist Japanese aggres
sion." TOKYO, July ZO-i'Py-CabiBet
ministers held three emergency
sessions today as Japanesee f OTeeg
in north China launched a "pun
itive" expedition against Chinese
west of Peiping;
Foreign Minister Koki HIrota
reported the results of the meet
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Contract Demand,
Culinary Alliance
Non-union Salem restaurant
proprietors have until August X to ,
sign contracts with the Culinary
alliance, C. A. Chambers, alliance
business agent, declared " last
night. He isid the restaurant
workers' local had Issued this ulti
matum and expected to abide r
It,
Proprietors who do not sign, ,
Chambers said, would be placed ,
on the unfair list
The alliance originally set a
tentative deadline for earlier in
the summer but later decided to
extend it to August 1. Since that
time the employers, through the
Salem Restaurant a s s oc i atkrn,
have been negotiating w 1th al
liance representatives but no com
plete agreement as to terms of a .
contract has been reached.
BA L L A
of TOD
D E
Aj
, It's strange that In summer
when ' most folk are busy,
they're beset by so many in
viting temptations that knock
their devotion to duty ouitt
dizzy, such as fleet week . asd
pageant and two-weeks vaca .
tlons.
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