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Monday but some cloudi
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60, mln. 45; rain .01 inch,
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POUNDDD 1651
EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, May 1, 1938
Price 3; Newsstands Sc
No. SO
ffighMglit of
First 4 District Sending
Delegations ' Here on
1 v Wednesday, Armory
Again' in County -as C
neW Bill-Talked
""By JtALPH C CURTIS v,
: It's May day. To the children
.thai means Ranging May baskets
friends, but to aspirants to public
office it means that the campaign
is swinging into the home stretch
' and' whatever ; they may hang on
the doors of their rivals for the
voters 'favor are not May baskets
filled with flowers.
To, voters as well as candidates
in ' the republican .ranks, the ma
jor event of the coming week in
this vicinity is the first district
republican rally to be held in the
Salem armory Wednesday night
under the auspices of the Marion
.county Republican club. A dis-
all candidates on hand so that
the "voters may Judge. of their per
sonalities and so far as possible,
of their qualifications.
Republican Majoclty
Holds in Oregon - 1 '
Highlights or the past weeK
has been the day-to-day accumu
lation of county registration
totals, with three still lacking at
the weekend but . with enough
figures on hand to assure a new
record for primary registration
and to assure republicans that
they are still in the majority,' even
though democrats have cut a
sizeable hole in the margin of ap
proximately 33,000 the GOP held
two years ago.
-Whatever jubiliation the demo
. crats may express over this gain
is tempered by puzzlement as to
how much of it is tyntbetic. There
is no aenying mai a consiaeraoie
number of voters who are : nor
mally republicans switched fever
in order to vote for Governor
Martin or against Governor Mar
llu. Their, second puzzle involves
the question as to whether the
governor or his opponents gained
strength -by this move. .
Bitterness of Fight .
Hard on Democrats
At the same time, while the
democrats are enjoying the lime
light shed upon their hectic gov
ernorship race which still mo
nopolizes the political scene, their
satisfaction is once more quali
fied by the knowledge that the
very bitterness of that fight Is
bound to react against them In
jthe fall for wounds are being
opened which will not heal.
The implication was plain in
statements made at a rally for
Henry Hess here last week. "Nom
inate General: Martin and you
elect a republican" said Elton
Watkins, and- while it goes with
out saying that none of the gov
ernor's backers believed -it for a
moment, it is indicative of the
breach that Is being created. Mean
while .the republicans' eight can
didates 'are campaigning earnest
ly but courteously, to date. In so
'far as mention of their opponents
is concerned.
. That does not mean that all
republicans will be thoroughly
satisfied when the returns are dn,
but at least no new crevasses
are being cracked ; open at this
time. " .
lies Scarcely Ahead
Of Martin yet
. It becomes Increasingly evident
that the Martin forces realize they
are in for a fight, but no one who
is reasonably neutral' has yet haz
arded the opinion that Hess has
managed t date to overcome the
lead . the incumbent held at the
outset. : ,
handicapped by the fact 'that the
governorship is getting almost ex
clusive attenuon, Dut tney are
comforted by the realization that
shadowed. One result, however, is
that in their case the race will
be to the swift, even more than
usual. That Is, the ones who. "get
around" most will have the best
chance. s
Gambling Issue
fll J
There' has , been little tangible
activity In the Marion county leg
islatives campaign but within the
past week an issue has; arisen-
oddly enoughr the old pinball and
gambling issue. Opponents of gam
bling have been predicting that
the pinball interests will seek to
get, the camel's cose 'under ' the
tent by Inserting some minor
change in the law, then flooding
the state with the now waroused
nickel-grabbers and keeping them
in operation while the whAe tight
goes through the courta'again.
Noting this new attack, the pin
ball interests have begun to line
up in support of candidates they
feel will be : friendly, opponents
of gambling have picked the can
didates they want to support and
the battlers on, even though in a
quiet way.
Ttco-Year-Old Child 1
Electrocuted by Socfcet
SACRAMENTO, April 30-(ff-Two-year-old
Cfardle Anthony,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ever--ett
Anthony, North Sacramento,
was electrocuted today when she
touched the socket of an electric
drop cord-In the garage of her
home - . - ; f , ,.- . ' , -
Socialist Leader
Denounces Mayor
NORMAN THOMAS
Thomas Seized by
Jersey: Officers
Halted in Attempt to Make
Speech; Asserts They .
Struck His Wife
JERSEY CITY, N. J., April 30
(iff) Norman Thomas, national
chairman of the Socialist party,
teturned 1 to Journal Squaro to
night from where he was seized
earlier by police as he attempted
to make ja speech and charged
he was 'kidnaped by officials."
"I was not 1 arrested ' but kid
naped by officials, some in , uni
form and some not,". Thoma said
in a statement. - I was forcibly
put . on a ferry boat for New
York as were others not. even
guilty of the offense of coming
to Jersey City to make a speech.
I have -every intention of taking
whatever legal action is j-oasible
against Mayor Frank Hague and
his grand fascist administration
A crowd of, 300 milled about
a local newspaper office where
Thomas made his statement and
shouted loudly "we want Thomas.
We want Thomas."
Thomas left the building with
his wife and his brother. Dr.
Evenn Thomas, and police escort
ed them to a Hudson tube sta
tion. Police guarded all en
trances to the station until the
Thomas group had boarded a
train.- j
Thomas 'charged "an officer
hit my wife :in the Jaw when
1 was. being removed from my
automobile."
Thomas, who w a b, removed
from his automobile as he at
tempted to address a May day
eve meeting, said his only reason
for returning was "to find out
what happened to my wife, and
other American citizens in Hitler
Hague fiefdom."
, His wife and brother had visit
ed headquarters earlier to" in
quire of police Chief Harry J.
Walsh' as to his 'whereabouts.
i
Plane Bearing 19
Reported Wrecked
i "
ROME, April 30 JP)-X passen
ger plane carrying 19 persons
bound, from Tirana. Albania, to
Rome, was believed today to have
crashed near Formia, Italy.
The Ala Littoria Airlin-j office
neither confirmed ror denied that
the plane had crashed, but a re
liable ! source said it was certain
that disaster had overtaken the
craft, i " '. f
One report, . reaching Rome
from Tirana, said the plane car
ried passengers returning to Italy
from a wedding of King Zog and
Queen Geraldine of Albania. :
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Color fii I Program A r ranged
To Dedicate d
One of the main events sched
uled for the May weekend festivi
ties on the Willamette university
campus next weekend is the dedi
cation of the new library, which
will take place Saturday morning
at 10 o'clock. The dedication pro
gram was announced yesterday by
President Bruce R. Baxter,
There will be an academic pro
cession of faculty members and
trustees to Waller hall at 9:45
a. xn. President Baxter will pre
side at the dedication program to
be followed by an organ prelude
by Professor T. S. Roberts, pro
fessor of the Willamette univer
sity college, of music. The invoca
tion will be giren by Dr. Louis
Magln, superintendent of Salem
district, Methodist church, which
will be followed by a duet by Betty
Starr; and Halen Wood fin. s
Greetings will be given by Gov
ernor Charles H. Martin: Misa
Harriet C. Long, state librarian;
Mayor V. E. Kuhn; Talbot Ben
nett, i president of associated stu
dents; Dr. Frank M Erickson,
dean ' of the . university ; Clarence
S. Emmons, president alumni asso
ciation; Charles A. Sprague, chair
Pulp
Agreement to
Be Continued
AntomaUcarc 1 ihains
' ; Same S J" Move
- to Cgfr Made
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AppT. Industry, on
Ck Union Hails '
Peace Solution
t
-; HOQUIAM, May l-(Sunday)
(P Present working conditions
and wages, in the pulp and paper
making industry of the . Pacific
coast will be continuel for the
next 13 months, local officers of
the International Brotherhood of
Paper Makers and the Interna
tional Brotherhood of Pulp- and
Sulphite and Paper Workers un
ions announced here early this
morning. I ' ' t
Present contracts, which expire
May 31, 1938, provide for r auto
matic renewal for another year If
no application for change is made
by unions or employers by 30 days
before the expiration date. No
such application for reopening of
negotiations was made, both , the
unions and -the Pacific Coast As
sociation of Pulp and Paper man
ufacturers having agreed to ex
tend the contract. ; ' , - i
'? A minimum wage of 62 cents
is provided in the contract. Wages
in the Industry range up to 1.25
per hour under its terms.
This to the fjfth successive con
tract signed withdtit interruption
of production. !
-i' We look : upon this as a dis
tinct victory for our type of col
lective bargaining," a press state
ment of the local Pulp and Sul
phite Workers' union here said.
"Would that some of our related
industries take a leaf from our
book."
Employes of the Oregon Pulp
& Paper company here are affil
iated with the two brotherhoods
and . the agreement being contin
ued applies to them as well as to
other paper workers of the north
west. " . ' ' " : . '
Solons Reluctant
To Probe Trusts
Are More Interested for
Present -in Shaping
Relief Measures
WASHINGTON, April 30-jp-CongreBS
aversion to doing much
about anti-trust' or other contro
versial matters at this session became-
manifest Increasingly today
and administration leaders con
centrated on whipping President
Roosevelt's lending-spending pro
gram into shape for an early vote.
Informed legislators said the
primary concern of most meni
bers .was to complete action on
still pending phases of the $4.
512,000,000 leading-spending pro
gram, clean' up the tax revision
bill and a few other measures
and get back home to their politi
cal fence-mending, f i ;
- Talk of adjournment between
May 15 and June 15 raised an
obstacle to action this year on
the abolition of bank holding
companies, a field in which the
president asked prompt legisla
tion in his monopoly message'
yesterday. But legislators gen
erally agreed there was a good
chance of funds being voted, ' as
Mr. Roosevelt requested ; for an
investigation of the "concentra
tion of economic control." -
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Probe Is Favored i
LOS ANGELES, April : SO.tUP)
Former Pres. Herbert Hoover
said here today he favored a re
vision of the anti-monopoly- tews
but the investigation preceding
should include an Inquiry "into
the methods of government com-
petition with private enterprise."
man, building' committee of uni
versity board of trustees. '
The dedicatory address will be
given by Dr. Lawrence J. Zillman,
department of-English, University
of Washington. The ceremony of
transferring the keys will be par
ticipated in by Pietro BelluscbU
representing A. E. Doyle and As
sociates, architects, to Paul B.
Wallace, president of the . board
of trustees, to Bruce R. Baxter,
president of Willamette, to Robin
son Spencer, librarian. .'c.
The ritual of dedication will
be given by President Baxter and
the benediction will be given by
Dr. James E. Milligan, pastor
First Methodist church. The pub
lic is cordially invited to attend
the dedication ceremonies.: ':'---.-.
Art Gallon and his May week
end committees have been busy
this last week making final prepa
rations for - the May festivities.
A track meet will be held on Fri
day afternoon at 1:30 o'clock with
the College of Puget- Sound. Pa
cific university and Willamette at
Ollnger ; field. Friday night the
Hay weekend dance will Jpe held
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SI
EWD01
Next Move Is
me
Czech yerninent Ban
; Demonstrations to
. r Prevent ClasHes
Fuehrer V Visit . Tuesday
. to Rome Effort to
Bolster Axis
(By Associated Press)
. LONDON, April 30 It is
Adolf Hitler's move in the Eu
ropean game which may Involve
war or another change in the
map.- ' - ..' i
Little Czechoslovakia, the re
public born In the World war. Is
the danger spot ;
There, with May day to be cele
brated tomorrow, the . govern
ment banned political demonstra
tions in an effort to prevent pos
sible racial and party clashes at
a, time when Konrad Henlein,
leader of the country's minority
of 3,500,060 Germans, is de
manding a change In the nation's
foreign policy, and autonomy for
his followers.
But the prime action next week
is focused not in Praha but In
Rome. , '
International Scene
Shifts to Rome
Brisk Benito Mussolini there
holds the balance- of power, with
one hand clasping Hitler's in the
Rome-Berlin lineup and the other
clafping British Prime Minister
Neville Chamberlain's under the
Anglo-Italian accord, i
Hitler is going to Rome Tues
day to renew and, some think,
to strengthen, the German-Italian
working agreement which may
become an answer to the.-highly
dramatized renewal of the long
standing Anslo-FrencH accord to
work together if Germany should
become a. menace. , -
That Js his1 first mover.
The ' other concerns what "Hit
ler may be willing to do about
Czechoclovakia.
France and Great Britain, whose
prime ministers and foreign min
isters yesterday concluded a twc
day conference, have mapped
three-degree steps in an effort to
achieve at peaceful solution of the
Czechoslovak minority problem.! f
Seek to Modify ,
Genoand Demands :
1. Political - Approaches to
Berlin and Praha to seek modifi
cation" of German demands on
Czechoslovakia and Czechoslovak
acceptance of as many as possible,
consistent with national honor
and independence. I
2. Economic Preferential trade
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Monmouth Session
Draws big Crowd
MONMOUTH April 30. Over
a thousand persons," a record
breaking crowd, attended the
10th annual educators' conference
held ., here at . Oregon Normal
school today. i
ONS alumni, holding its an
nual banquet following the con
ference, elected Virgil McPher
fion, Portland, as president, Wil
bur Rowe of Milwaukie as vice
president, and Mrs. Gordon Eb
bert of Monmouth, secretary.
Three teachers of the Normal
school, all of whom have . com
pleted 2S years of service .were
honored by being presented ' with
silver trays. They were Mrs. Ala
bama Brenton of the art depart
ment. Miss Katherine Arbuthnot.
teacher ' of geography,' and Miss
Laura J. Taylor of the physical
education department. Wires and
letters of felicitations from for
mer ONS students all over the
United States were read.
In addition, Thomas H. Gentle,
former teacher training school
head at Oregon Normal, and J. S.
Landers, former ONS president
now with the department of edu
cation, were speakers at the ban
quet..; Roosevelt , Sails
Oh Filing Trip
CHARLESTON, S. C-, April SO
-(-Away from the grind of offi
cial conferences and economic
problems. President Roosevelt
rode the calm seas of the south
Atlantic aboard the trim cruiser
Philadelphia today on a vacation
that may take him to the West
Indies. ' , : ,
Stocked with the latest news
papers and White House - reports
on reaction to his lengthy anti
monopoly message, . the nation's
number 1 sailor boarded the new
10,00.0-ton cruiser at the navy
yard at 8:45 a.m. (EST) and an
hour later was beaded southward
amid the boominr of 2 1-gun sal
utes from .the Philadelphia and a
navy yard battery.
He Is expected to disembark
here next Saturday, but he shout
ed ' to reporters on the dock
before he left he would -let them
know definitely - by Thursday
whether he woull land here or
some port farther north.
Hitler's, Map
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President Edward Benef
While prospects for compromise: between the Chechoslovakian government and the pro-nazl Sudeten
party in the western section of the country appeared slim following an ultimatum issued by Konrad
Henlein, faction leader, in which he demanded complete equality and self-government for-Germans
in the area and a foreign policy favorable to the nazi reich, Britain and France have now agreed" to
make overtures to Chancellor Hitler for, a less stringent program In an effort to avert an .'outbreak.
President Edward Bene of the Czech nation and his premier, Milan Hodza, find themselves between
the cross-fires of nazl demands
under the Czech flag. .,;''
Salem Chosen for
1938 CE Conclave
Linton Parrish Is Awarded
. First in Contest at
Oregon City Meet
OREGON CITY, April 20--A
parade In which more than 1,
000 delegates participated featur
ed today's session of the annual
state Christian Endeavor conven
tion which closes here Sunday.
The Clackamas county union
entry was awarded the Philadel
phia trophy, with honorable men
tion to Columbia, Washington
and Marion counties and the Day
ton harmonica band.
Linton Parrish, Salem placed
first in the young people's ora
torical contest, winning a scholar
ship to the summer conference at
Turner.
t Salem was chosen for the 1939
convention.
Howard C. Cole, of Salem, was
re-elected state president. Other
officers weret
Dorothy Kllks, , McMinnville,
vice president and financial sec
retary; Robert Sawyer, Imblef,
Mrs. Effie Ritchey, iFreewater.
Leland Cramer, Reedsport and
Phil Barrett, Salem, regional vice
presidents; Judge Jacob Kanz
' (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) . .
Multnomah Jury
Hits Wine Sales
PORTLAND, April 3fl-(&)-Tne
Multnomah count r f rand
Jury, In a final report filed to
day, recommended legislation to
make the Oregon liquor control
commission sole distributor- of
fortified wine. - - -
; "It is! apparent that jnd
alcoholic' beverage . has a mre
detrimental moral, mental and
physical effect on the driaker,"
the Jury reported.
Under the present act, the bev
erage is distributed by wholesal
ers or distributors and bottled
here.' ' ' . i, :
The grand Jury said it felt that
!this distribution is, frequenUy
made without proper selection of
licensees! a , ; - .
The report said sales of forti
fied wines had jumped from t0,
aaa f ltiam in ia4. when dis
tributed by the liquor commission.
Donaugh Backing
KGrqup
PORTLAND, April tQ.-(JP-Organization
of a statewide
Young Democrat committee to
support the candidacy of Carl
Donaugh for the democratic sena
torial nomination was announced
today by. C. Laird McKenna, sec
retary-treasurer of the Donaugh
campaign committee. '
Officers include A." Ray Mar
tin, Eugene, chairman, and George
McLeod, Salem, L. H. Hagen, Ore
gon City, Howard Bergman, Ba
ker, Berne Andrews, North. Bend,
and Margaret Coates, Tillamook,
vice-chairmen.
Czechoslovakia Faces Nazi Showdown
f
Konrad Henlein
and claims of Hungary to , jurisdiction over 692,000 Hungarians novf
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Prineville not
Aii Eldorado Is
Mayor's Advice
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PRINEVILLE, April 0.-K
Note to job-hunters: This city
Is no ldqrido. y.j
So said Mayor W. B. 'Morse
today. Worried by "unfounded"
rumors; that jobs were literally,
growing on trees here, the
mayor sought to head-off an
influx iof unemployed. -He said
"opportunity exists for those
able to grasp! it" but the mill-
. ing of 60.000,000 feet of timber
annually would scarcely utilize
all of the city's present labor.
; The 'mayor! related that em
ployers needing 20 to 30 men
have been besieged by hundreds
who said they were told in Los
Angeles, Seattle and Salt Lake
City that there were Jobs here
for 1000 to 1500 men.
The mayor 'warned hopefuls
to investigate thoroughly lest
they, make a long and Expen
sive trip for naught. -!
Tucker Overrules
Rosser Demurrer
PORTLAND, Ore., April 30-OP)
-Circuit Judge Robert Tucker ov
erruled today a demurrer to in
dictments 'charging Al Rosser, ex
head of the AFL Teamsters' un
ion here, with being accessory af
ter the fact to assaults on two Co
lumbia river pilots. 1
Charles W. Robison, defense at
torney, argued that the indict
ments were not drawn according
to statute and the facts stated did
not constitute a crime. . -
At Hlllsboro, Rosser was given
until Tuesday to plead to a Wash
ington county Indictment accusing
him in connection With the bomb
ing of a store in Tigard in 1935.
He was transferred to the
Washington county Jail from
Portland. .
450 Hop Growers Here Told
Of Terms in new Agreement
Widespread Interest in the pro
posed hop marketing agreement
made possible by recent congres
sional enactment of the MfNary
Pierce bill was in evidence when
approximately 450 hop growers
gathered in the armory here Sat
urday for a meeting called by
Dean Walker, general chairman
for " the coast committee of nine
designated to build UP the back
ground , for the program in ad
vance of public hearings to be
held after the agreement, is draft
ed, v r'- -
Other members, of the commit
tee in Oregon are Frank Spears
of Er-lem and W. H. Anderson of
Eugene. C W. Paulus of Ealem
is secretary. . ,
The purpose of the meeting
here Saturday was to inform Ore
gon growers of the general plan
and purpose of the program and
what it la expected to offer in
the way of crop control and
marketing: j
A similar meeting for . Wash
' " View af Frame I. ' -
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-Premier Milan Ucdza
;
Army. Navy Unite
On Isle Air Base
First to Be Developed on
! Midway as Outpost of
Pacific Defenses
WASHINGTON, April 30-JF)-
Official orders disclosed today the
army has started cooperating with
the navy in preparing a new air
defense outpost far out in the Pa
cific at Midway island.
They directed Lieut. Henry L.
Hillfe, Jr., of the civil engineer
corps, to proceed there to assist
Lieut. William H. Ely, who al
ready has made aerial surveys for
a harbor channel . and seaplane
base to cost upwards of $2,000,
000. The navy is preparing the ship
Sirlus at San Francisco to take
constructors to Midway probably
in the next few weeks, officials
said, i , ' . .
' After the base for commercial
and-military seaplanes and a
channel for small surface vessels
have been' completed, in about
two year, similar work is con
templated at Wake island.
Both bits of land are, way sta
tions on the transpacific line of
Pan American airways.
Dallas Shorthand
Team Runs Second
V CORVALLIS. April Z0.-(Jfy-Tigard
high school .won the radio
shorthand- championship today
for the third consecutive year to
gain permanent possession of the
cup in the 17th annual shorthand
and typing- contest sponsored by
the State college department of
secretarial science. -
Dallas high school p 1 a e e d
second. '
' Individual winners were Allda
Martin, Sherwood, first place gold
medal, . and Don Merritt, Tigard,
second. '
ington growers was held at Yaki
ma Thursday. The meetings in
California will bo .held in three
different cities three days early
this week. In Oregon, th-re will
be another meeting at Grants
Pass on Tuesday, and Mssbly a
later one at Aurora. Notice of
the date will be given if such
a meeting Is definitely scheduled,
it was announced Saturday. i
One point that was stressed
wa - the necessity for a large
percentage of the growers to in
dicate their interest- and .'nten
tlon oS cooperating, in order that
the program may go through. It
was also brought out that the
program did not contemplate
price fixing. '
After the agreement is tenta
tively drafted, hearings to con
sider it will be held. One in each
state, by the U. S. department
of agriculture. It was Indicated,
that these hearings would prob
ably be held early in June. , , .
ifeup Slight; :
selOviiers
Ef f ect Threat
But . Only one Ship Left
in Port When Order
to Close Given
Each Side Awaits ' Move
by Other; 1600 Men ;
Go .Without Jobs
.TACOMA. Wash., April 30.-jn
-The port of Tacoma, an industry-
involving Il3i.ooo.ooo worm oi
goods annually, was deserted to- .
night, closed tight by; orders- oi
waterfront employers. "1
The employers acted at 8 a. m.,
today, after longshoremen for
two weks- had declined to pas
a Sailors Union of the Pacific
picket line to load the Shepard
line freighter Timber Rush. For
12 days, the employers had placed
two calls dailyr for stevedore
gangs to work cargo waiting on
the dock for the ship. Each day.
the gangS answered the call, then
turned back :to their hiring hall
when confronted by the picket.
A final call this morning re
stilted in- exactly the same pro
cedure," and Immediately after
wards,, the employers made good
a threat to close the port.
Dozen Ships it
Escape Beforehand .o Vf"
In. reality, the actual closing
had virtually no effect, since
every' ship except the Timber
Rush had sailed before the" dead
line, leaving . the 600 longshore-'
men and some 1,000 other work
ers with nothing to do even had
the port remained open. Normal
ly, about 25 ships a week leave
the port; but mere than half that
number sailed in the 24 hours
before the deadline. Even the
British freighter Hartbridge
sailed ior Seattle; although-loading
ot a million feet of' lumber';
in her holds was less than halt'
completed, .
TonigSt, longshoremen and em
ployers - alike waited for some
more from the opposing side
the longshoremen clinging stub
bornly to their contention passing
the picket line would be danger
ous; and the employers demand
ing the union recognize an arbi
trator's decision that refusal to
load the shin was a violation ef
the stevedoring contract.
Tarichehg Goal as
Big Battle Rages
SHANGHAI, May l-(Sunday)-
sion of the walled town of Taa
20 miles behind the spearhead of
Lupghal railway, today threaten
ed supply lines of the Japanese
'um auaru reporiea only live.
miles from the railway.
Tenchehg, which Is-from 10 to
20 miles behin'dthe spearhead of
the Japanese 1 offensive on the
eastern end of the 30-mile Lung
hai front,-' was captured by the
Chinese in a surprise at lack last
night, but was quickly recaptured
h r nlnrnrMi1' T,n,..i
Chinese headquarters admitted,
the loss, but said reinforcements'
were, being rushed in for. another
attempt to take the strategic city.
Matowcheng, a village just to the
west of Tancheng, was expected
to be the scene of a major en
gagement. ' -
PEIPING, April 30-(Delayed)
-(-Chinese- gendarmes return
ing to Pelping from' the south to
day reported that Chinese gueril
las had dynamited the quarter
mile, Peiping-Hankow railway
bridge over the Liuli river, 30
miles south of here.
Insurgents Lose
In Muddy Battle
HENDAYE, Trance (At the
Spanish frontier), April 30-(P-Spanlsh
government troops, knee
deep in muddy trenches, fought
under torrential rains today to re
pel an Insurgent surprise attack
in the Balaguer sector, 14 miles
northeast of Lerida In eastern
Spain. -
Government, advices said that
although, the insurgents "spared
neither men nor armaments" they
were beaten back by machine-gun
fire and then forced to Jose
ground by two successive government-counterattacks.
BARCELONA, April 30 (,T)
The first sunshine in days
brought two deadly Insurgent air
raids today on government
Spain's capital. '
More than 30 persons were
killed and more than 50 were
wounded.'
The 3.785-ton American freigh
ter Oregon and 12 British vessels
were spattered with spray kicked
up by Insurgent bombs dropped
close by.
None of the ships was damage J,
however. . v ......
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