The Weather
Forecast: Fair Sunday and
Monday; Sunday cooler with
rlMng humidity.
TEMPERATURE
Highest yesterday . M
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Delays Costly
While yon are reeding tha
want ada. remember your
neighbor l doing tha aama
thine to don't put orf 'til to
morrow what you had better
do today, Uclais are costly.
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Thirtv-Second Year
MEDFORD. OREGON. SUNDAY. AUGUST 22, 3937
No. 131.
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NEW FCC CHIEF FACES
COMPLEX ASSIGNMENT
MIST RID COMMISSION
Or POLITICAL TAINT
MADE REPUTATION BRIDLING
POWER COMPANY MAGNATES
THEY CAME TO fiROWL.
STAYED TO NEGOTIATE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. The Her
cules has been picked to clean the
administration's Augean stables.
Slight, gray, but with eyes that
do not wander and lipa that speak
quietly from a llrm Jaw, Prank R.
McNlnch. now chairman of the fed
eral power commission, Is anything
but a Hercules In size or manner.
But he's plenty big enough to tackle
the Job of straightening out the
federal communications commission.
That's hts new assignment.
It may be his voice, or the way
ba learned to use It during the
many years when he was talking to
a Jury. It may be the fact that his
Scotch ancestor moved Into Ireland
before the family came to America,
or it may be that he would rather
plant and nurse a peach or a pear
tree than cut one down. But what
ever It is. the fact remains that
many of . the power magnates who.
In the course of his term of service
(he waa appointed by President
Hoover), came to growl, remained to
relax on the upholstery and nego
tiate. But, as Mr. McNlnch admits, while
he la cautiously Scotch enough to
mrrntA fio-lt If he can. he's Irish
enough heartily to enjoy one once
he's in It.
And It will take that spirit to
shake down the agency torn by In
ternal strife, harassed on the one
aide by threatening congressmen
and on the other by powerful radio
and communication lnteresta.
President Roosevelt knew he had
to pick a Tartar for the FCC Job.
Delay was dangerous, for a malo
dorous Investigation threatened. But
he had to be sure of his man. This
la how he decided:
It was at the regular semi-weekly
wi.ii. nniiu inference. One ap
pointment had Just been made to
the commission, i.
one more nlace to fill.
"Mr. President, do you Intend to
fill the other vacancy In the fed
eral communications commission be
fore congress adjourns?" someone
asked.
There was a alight pause and,
with the use of a little hindsight.
..nn.H.ni, p,n imnctne the Dresl-
dent's mind flitting back to an in
terview he had had a few minutes
before. "Yes." he answered. Ana now
It seems aa though he had made
up hla mind at that moment.
A few minutes after the confer
ence ended. Mr. McNlnch waa called
back to the White House. Thta time,
as he departed, his nomination was
. .V.- ,-. In the annate.
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It was a quick decision, but not
a anap decision.
Mr. McNlnch haa been "loaned
vm. Viav nower commission lob be
cause he has the complete confidence
of the president. Other people seem
to feel tne same way -l-ju. "--In
the first place, politics, which
(. hMn the curse of the FCC.
means nothing to Mr. McNlnch. He
has a reputation for fairness and
bo compromise. He nee
Presbyterian conscience that tole
Mi. nA htnnntizanB.
Mr. McNlnch know no more bdou.
radio than you or I, which Is, in
the present altuatlr.n. considered an
advantage. He takes up his Job with
out preconceived Ideas.
Thta It the line-up of the federal
communications commission, which
Chairman McNlnch must deal with:
T. A. M. Craven, radio engineer.
Annapolia graduate, U. 8. navy com
munications expert during the war.
a man who gave up a Job as radio
consultant that paid five times as
much as the salary of chlrf enslneer
on the commission, from which he
haa Juat been promoted to commissioner-
The appointment at last gives
the technical man a vote.
Oeorge Hnry Payne, the stormy
petrel of the organization, writer
and publicity man. nominally a Re
publican, a one-time tax commis
sioner In New York, appointed as a
reward to a Westchester county in
surgent Republican.
Eugrnr O. Sykrs, former memier
of the Mississippi supreme lynch,
protffe of Pat Harrison. hated by
Senator BMho
Tba1 H Brown, former i-erMary
of s'ate of Oiiio. R-puhU-an law
yer, former gnersl counsel of the
.federal power commission, sirred in
the jwme capacity on the fedenu
commnntrattons rommlwion.
Norman Caw. form-v l?Ta:bl.ran
(Continued on 'paga fc-at.)
SENATORS RESENT
REPRISAL THREAT ,
OF FM CHIEFS
Wheeler Challenges Fight
At Polls Court Plan
Foes Called Mngrates
Party Split Seen.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. (UP)
First session of the 75th congress ad
journed fitne die tonight amid the
political debris of a harmony-shattering
Democratic family foud.
The senate was first to adjourn. It
quit at 6:36 p. m. (EST). The house
then adjourned sine die at 7:23 p. m.
and the session waa over.
Senate rebels agalns President Roose
velt's abandoned supreme court pro
gram attacked administration polit
ical tactics with a thunderous fare
well bombardment that rocked hopes
for party solidarity, promised trouble
for an expected special session In No
vember to act on farm legislation, and
threatened to Jolt the 1938 election
campaign.
The roaring sunburst of party re
sentment broke over the senate as
the chief firework of the last plod
ding hours before adjournment.
It fell particularly across the broad
shoulders of Sen. Joseph P. Guffey.
(D.-Pa.), who bad denounced foes
of the court plan as 'ingn.tes," but
it showered brightly over the Demo
cratic leadership in general.
In the final houra Just before the
last gavel fell, the house and senate:
1. Approved the conference report
on the $526,000,000 Wagner slum
clearance and low cost housing bill,
and sent the measure to the White
House.
3. passed the bill providing for an
Immediate census to determine the
number of unemployed worker in thai
United States.
3. Adopted the conference report
and sent to the White House the
third deficiency bill, appropriating
money to cover authorizations pre
viously approved by congress.
Already before the president for
approval were the tax loopnoie clos
ing bill, the lower court reform
measure and sugar marketing legis
lation.
Pinal routine legislative tasks,
however, were overshadowed by the
discordant outburst of lntra-party
bickering In the senate, where spectator-packed
galleries were treated
to unexpectedly bitter debate.
With the undisturbed Republican
minority the only calm figures in
the crowded, tense chamber, rebels
under leadership of Sen. Burton K.
Wheeler. D., Mont.), took the Man-
teo speech of President Roosevelt
nnd the Friday Guffey radio speecn
aa a declaration of war.
Wheeler, red faced, beating hla
desk with both hands, denounced
the 'bosv leadership of the party
and challenged the administration
to fight out the family dispute at
the polls next year.
Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney, ( D
Wyo.), whom Guffey had denounc
ed, stood at a front row seat point
ing a trembling finger at the
Pennsylvanian and calling for his
removal aa chairman of the sena
torial campaign committee.
Sen. Edward R. Burke (O.. Neb.)
and 8en. Rush D. Holt, D.. W. Va.)
challenged Guffey to a campaign
fight In their states and Burke
warned party leaders that, if they
wanted a fight, they should prepare
their "knives and tomahawks be
cause It will be a real battle."
The senate reluctantly went back
to work and cleaned up Its legisla
tive business with the fumes of
battle still strong oh Capitol Hill
The legislative program, as con
gress scattered for home after an
eight months session, waa unim
pressive as compared to past sessions
In the Roosevelt administration
Both farm and labor legislation were
missing, although it was generally
expected that President Roosevelt
would summon congress back in No
vember to act on both problems.
PRESIDENT EYES
FOR EAST TANGLE
WASHINGTON, Aug. J. (, Pres
ident Roosevelt and his cabinet,
studying every report from the Sino
Japanese conflict, followed a policy
of "watchful waiting" today.
It was a Japanese shell, the cabi
net was told, that struck the Aiiim
ta. flagship of the United States
Aslatr flee',, and killed one sailor
and wounded 18 o'hers.
Mr. RoofveH peb'ikd at his trv.
conference private Individuals mho
caMed for Invocation of the neutral
ity act, which bare shipment of war
materials to be. liferent nations.
Government officials, he sold, prob
v.lv know mre aoout the ltviatln
than outsiders.
Chinese
Honor Egan's Memory If CHANDLER
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A group of coirs most noted exponents, headed by Robert T. (Bobby)
Jones (right) of Atlanta, Ga., will Join with citizens and devotees of the
game In Medford today to honor the memory of the late H. Chandler
Kgnn (left), twice national amateur rhnmplon and winner of other titles
and for many years a resident of Medford- Dedtrallon at 1 p. m. of a
nieiitorlnl drinking fountain, nlth Jones In charge nf the ceremony, will
he part of the da's program at the Rogue Valley course.
FOGS HALT HUNT
FOR SOVIET ACES;
Refuel Plane Wrecked Ace
On Search Flight Nar
rowly Misses Disaster.
BARROW, Alaska. Aug. 31. (JPt
Pilot Jlmmie Mattern's refueling plane
cracked up -In a forced landing near
Fairbanks today while dense fog
grounded the famous American filer
and other aviators assembled here to
search for the lost Soviet transpolar
airmen.
Three occupants of the refueling
ship escaped unhurt, but It waa bad
ly damaged as It tore Into Tundra on
the opposite bank of the Tanna river
from Fairbanks.
Pilot Garland Lincoln, Co-pllot
Frank Tomlck and Charles A. Mar
shall left Burwash landing this morn
ing for Fairbanks to ferry fuel to
Mattern at Point Barrow. They be
came lost in clouds over Fairbanks
and landed when gasoline ran low.
A wireless message from Barrow to
A. Vartanlan, Soviet flight represen
tative at Fairbanks, said Mattern
probably would not wait for fuel from
there, but would use gasoline obtain
ed here.
Pliers at Ban-ow faced the danger
of wrecking their planes should they
be forced to land on the Jumbled tee
of the Arctic ocean while hunting
Pilot Slgtsmund Levaneffsky and his
five companions.
Mattern. who dared the fogs In a
400-mlle flight over the Ice. said he
found landing conditions impos
sible" and barely reached safety on a
sandsplt three miles from this set
tlement. Warm temperatures brushing over
the lec and patches of open water
were blamed for the fotis.
Soviet Pilot Zedkoff. Pilot Bob Ran
dall. Canadian, and Mattern tuned
up their ships in preparation for Im
mediate flight when the weather
cleared.
Off shore In the ice floee. the So?
let Icebreaker Krasaln lay with three
planes aboard. In the preceding hours,
the Krassln bucked the ice. making
five miles against a northeast wind
Sir George Hubert Wilklns, Arctic
explorer, and his party of four, flew
from Port Smith. N. W. T.. for Cop
permine. N. W. T , earlier in the day,
Coppermine Ilea east of Aklsvtk where
part of the search forces will be based
4
riarkamas Pioneer Passes
OREOON CITY. Aug. 31. ( API
Funeral services were held today for
Eben B. Grant, 91, a veteran of the
Civil war and a resident of Clacka
mas county for 36 yara.
.
The MMerlou rhlnese
PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. 31. (APi-
Pollee had no leajO objection to a
Chinese at Brooks. Ore., ordering a
shipment of tear gaa, but they won
flered why he wanted it. Their at
t'litiun was called to the shipment
f:h n the evprs corn pin; was un
attic to locate tha t-wtgnea.
Win Air Battles; Shanghai Burns On
Congress -FDR
. Box Score,
WASHINGTON. Aug." 31. (AP)
Major legislation asked by President
Roosevelt of the 76th congress, and
Its action:
The president: Asked Judiciary re
organization, Including the power to
name six new supreme court justices
If Incumbents over 70 did not re
tire. The congress : Approved revisions
of lower court procedure, but au
thorised no change in the supreme
court.
The -president: Asked power to re
shuffle federal agencies, place quasi
Judicial bodies under regular de
partments. The congress: Took no final ac
tion; house approved reorganization
plan, but kept quasl-judlclal agen
cies Independent; senate deferred.
The president: Recommended en
actment of general farm legislation.
The congress: Pledged action next
session.
The president : Asked legislation
for crop Insurance.
The congress: Took nn fin, an.
tton; senate approved, but house de
ferred. The president: Asked l, 600, 000,
000 for relief.
The congress: Granted It.
The president: Sought re-enactment
of sugar quota legislation.
The congress: Panned legislation
containing provisions opposed by
the president.
The president: Recommended con
trol of maximum hours and mini
mum wagea In Industry.
The congress: Took no final ac
tion: senate approved 40-cente an
hour, 40-hours a week bill; house
deferred.
The president: Recommended re
gional planning agencies along the
lines of the Tennessee valley author
ity. The congress: Took no action.
The president: Asked housing and
slum-clearance legislation.
The congress: Approved federal aid
for state and municipal projects.
The president: Asked tax law re
vision to stop "evasions" and "avoid
ances. "
The congress: Passed bill dosing
major loopholes.
The president: Recommended help
ing farm tenants to become farm
owners.
The congreaa: Authorlred 85,000,
000. three-year program.
The president: Asked discretionary
powers concerning American neutral
ity policy.
The congress: Enacted legislation
granting slightly less discretion than
requested.
The president; Asked that civilian
conservation corps be made perman
ent government agency.
The congress: Extended rorpa' life
for thre years
Japan fpur OH Trade
BAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31,(AP
Purchases by Japan have played an
important role recently In improving
th bu"ins outlook of the California
oil industry, inquiry disclosed today.
L TO BE
TODAY
City To Pay Homage To
Beloved Sportsman
Noted Golf Figures Will
Take Part.
Medford becomes the golfing cen
ter of the world today as four of the
game's greatest professionals, and the
one and only Robert T. ("Bobby")
Jones, gather at the Rogue Valley
Golf club to pay homage to the late
H, chandler Egan.
To the memory of Egan, twice na
tional amateur champion and a bril
liant golfer In his own right, will be
dedicated a beautiful granite drink
ing fountain. One the grounds of the
country club that he, himself, design
ed and founded 36 years ago, Med
ford 's most beloved citizen and truly
a "grand old man" of American golf
will receive the honor and affection
that are rightfully hla.
Featuring the memorial fountain
dedication will be the 18-holo match
play exhibition starting at 3 o'clock.
Llghthorse Harry Cooper and Lawson
Little will tee ofr against Jimmy
Thompson and Horton Smith In a
best-ball match that Is expected to
draw the largest crowd to ever wit
ness an athletic event In southern
Oregon. Considered four of the finest
golfer now performing In profes
sional ranks, they will bring to Med
ford a brand of the anclont game
seldom seen outatde national and In
ternationa! tournaments. The course
record of 64, set In 1034 by the man
who la being honored today, will be
endangered aa the four great present
day shot-makers un limber their heav
iest and most accurate par-cracking
guns.
Actual dedication of the memorial
fountain will take place at 1 p. m.
Bobby Jones, undlsputedly the great
est golfer of all time and a lawyer In
Atlanta, Ga. Mnce his retirement
from tournament play, will be the
principal figure In the ceremony. He
will be assisted by John G. Jackson,
president of the United States Golf
association, who Is coming from New
York City; Grantland Rice, Amor
ce's foremost sports writer and suc
cessor to the Immortal Walter Camp
as an authority; Paul Pherrln, pres
ident of the Northwest Amateur
(Continued on Page Two.)
SEATTLE MATRON
TAKEN FROM HOI
BY EX -ATTACKER
SEATTLE, Wash.. Aug. 31, (UP)
Police tontght sought two men who
reportedly kidnaped Mrs. Elva Ooorh
30-year-old wife of Seattle pet ahop
proprietor, from her home.
Police feared for the woman's life.
They said one of her abductors had
been Identified as a man who al
legedly slabbed her eight years ago
when she lived In California.
The kidnaping occurred this after
noon but was concealed by police
for several hours.
The woman's husband, John, re
ported the abduction to police. When
he arrived home from work he found
his wife gone, he said. He ques
tioned two boys who lived nearby
and said they told him they saw two
men force Mrs. Gooch Into an auto
mobile and speed away.
The boys, Edward Montgomery and
Arthur Glasler, said Mrs. Oooch was
fighting to free herself.
The kidnapers were described as
being swarthy and perhaps of Span
ish descent. Tlwy were driving a
green 1034 Old mob tie sedan with
California license plates having the
prefix "MU, police aatd.
SEATTLE. Aug 31. iff. -feefv
U. a. W. Lee said tonight the puzz
ling mystery of the "chloroform
burglar" was solved today when Mrs.
Victor Delooca admitted she took her
.m bs nd's wallet and $A3 while ha
rpt. f hc said the needed a nc
sewing mac hint
PINBALL BAN IN
EFFECT THURSDAY
. WCRDOFSHERIFF
Court Holds No Jurisdiction
In Injunction Suit At
Grants Pass, And Plea
Denied.
Plnball machines In Jackson coun
ty must be removed by next Thurs
day, August 36, or the operator and
establishment proprietor will face ar
rest. Sheriff 8yd I. Brown en Id Sat
urday, following the decision of Cir
cuit Judge H. D. Norton, at Grants
Pass, In an Injunction action, that
the court had no Jurisdiction, and
declined to grant a restraining order,
to halt a banning order Ismied by
Josephine county authorities.
Sheriff Brown said Wednesday, Au
gust 35, was he final day, and vio
lators would face prosecution under
the antl-gambllng laws.
Attorneys for plnball operators, who
sought a restraining order In this
county, said last night, inasmuch aa
the two actions were similar, "there
waa nothing to do but await develop
ment.' They made no move "to present the
Jackson county restraining plea to
the court.
GRANTS PASS. Aug. 31. (A
Judge H. D. Norton, after listening
to two and one-half hours of argu
ment In a suit to restrain the dis
trict attorney and sheriff of Jose
phine county from enforcing their
ban on plnball machines, today re
fused Jurisdiction.
It Is not the place of a court of
equity, he said, to prevent enforce
ment of a law.
He said that the proper time to alt
In Judgment on the case would be
when violation of a law was charged
and the accused brought to trial.
Denial of the order Indicated sim
ilar action in Jacson county, where
another ault is scheduled to be
brought before Judge Norton.
Earl Bush of Marsbfleld filed the
complaint Monday against District
Attorney Orval J. Millard and Sheriff
E. K. Lister. Machines have been bar
red In Josephine county since August
15.
Walter L. Tooze of Portland and
G. M. Roberta and William McAllis
ter of Medford represented Bush. Mil
lard was assisted by counsel from the
office of the state's attorney general.
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WASHTNOTON. Aug. 31 (AP)
Government eoonomlata estimate the
farmers' cash Income lor this year
will top lost year'a total by more
than a billion dollars and double
the low figure of 1033.
The 1837 Income will be 9.000.000,-
000, the bureau of agricultural eco
nomlee calculated today. It waa I0.-
479.000.000 In 1020: M.328. 000.000 In
1033 and 7,8S,0O0.000 In 1038.
FEAR NEW STRIKE
BAY CITY HOTELS
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 31. (AP)
Dissension rumbled anew In San
Francisco hotels today as executives
of the Hotel and Restaurant Em
ployes' International union called
two msas meetings next Wednesday
for hotel workers.
Walter Cowan, president, and Hugo
Erns. secretary of the union, Is
sued a Joint statement charging hotel
owners have felled to abide by the
agreement which ended th long ho
tel strike here recently.
BULLETIN
BACRAMgriTO, Aug. 31. (IP)
PI truer Henry Plppen broke un eight
game losing streak here tonight In
pitching f-arrsmenio to .-3 victory
over the San Diego padrea. The lead
era re In front In the aerlea. three
aamea to two. and their lead was
cut to two and a half gamea.
Niaht game: R. H T,
Ran Diego 3 7 0
tfcurramento . 4 7 0
vsrd and Dr-Tore; Plpuen and
flank.
Heed Eugene Man's
Plea He Be Barred
From Buying Booze
EUGENE. Ore.. Aug. 31. (AP)
W. P. Montgomery, S7, presented
a petition In Justice court asking
tiiat the court instruct all dealers
to refuse to sell him liquor, aa he
didn't want It, but couldn't resist
buying It. His request was granted.
OF MOVIE DANDY
ALL BUT MOB HIM
Dozen Women Faint, Two
Hide Under Bed, As Rob
ert Taylor Sails.
- NEW YORK. Aug. 31. OP) No
ono bl Beatrice, Neb., used to pay
much attention to Spangter Arling
ton Brugh, but when he aalled for
Europe today aa Robert Taylor, a
dozen women fainted, two glrla were
yanked from under hla bed and the
departure of the Berengarla waa held
up half an hour.
Tha throng that rushed upon Tay
lor today waa estimated at more than
3.000. Houra before the Berengarla
waa scheduled to aall, white men and
women, yellow men and women and
Nogrooa were bunched on the pier and
aboard the liner, photograph and
signature books ready.
About two houra before aalUng time
the film atar and a amall party draw
up and the tumult began. Husky
Ounard line ponce put up tmcK
ropes, but they were of little avail.
A flying wedge finally managed to
get Taylor aboard the ship.
Women screamed and couapaea
from the heat and excitement. One
woman pleaded In a strident voice
for Taylor to love her and New Bed
ford, presumably the city In Maasa
chusotta. "Come to 'me, come to me for New
Bedford's sake." aha yelled.
Another woman squeezed through
the guards and touched Taylor. Bhe
could be heard ahoutlng, "Polka, I'll
never wash this hand as long a I
live."
Taylor managed to get Into bis
suite, where he wearily faced report
era. Aa he spoke a muffled sound
came from under the bed. Police
dragged out two young women and
were hustling thorn to the corridor
when the actor said: "If It means
so much to them, find out what they
want."
Frightened, the glrla proffered
photographa for signature. Taylor
then lamented that he ahould have
stayed In Tomba prison Instead of the
Waldorf-Astoria hotel, that auto
graph hunters had pursued him In
taxlcabs and that even cab drivers
had demanded hla algnature.
NO CLOSED SHOP
HOOD RIVER, Aug. 3 1 Pr Pour
hundred farmers of Hood River coun
ty unanimously resolved to refuse to
consider a closed ahop In harvesting
their crops, packing or transporting
processed farm commodltlea.
The resolution aald the farmers
would not tolerate labor Interference
with business men, truck operators or
themselves In the handling of their
crops.
A demand of a cannery, fruit and
agricultural workers union for a
closed shop snd wage Increases
prompted the declaration.
FAIRAilLER
F
Northern California: Pair Sunday
but fog on coast: sllnhtly cooler In
Interior Sunday: moderate to fresh
northwest wind off coast.
Oregon: Pair Sunday but cloudy
In north portion and on coast; warm
er In Interior of southwest portion
tonight; cooler In Interior Sunday;
moderate changeable wind off coast.
Weekly outlook for far western
states. August 33 to 38: Oeneratly
fslr tvrnther with temperatures about
nonziaL
RETREAT
AS
RAGING FIRE
Artillery Duel Along Whang
poo Continuous Japan
ese Yangtze Raid Re
pulsed. SHANGHAI, Aug. 33 (Sunday.)
HP) Shanghai's battle ebbed and
flowed today beneath the sullen
smoke of miles of blackened ruins
while high above the Yangtze to- "
ward Nanking a Chinese fleet of 1r
planea fought and won the biggest
aerial battle of the tragic conflict.
So complete was disorganization of
thta great international community,
catight In the vortex of the undeclar.
ed Chinese-Japanese war, that It
governing council decided It could ne
longer be responsible for Its own
Ward Road Jail, the biggest la the
world.
It prepared to turn the 7,000 In
mates loose outside the boundarlea of
the international settlement, Mur-i
derera. kidnapers, narcotics trafflck-
era. mostly Chinese but of many
other nationalities, were included la
the derelict throng that must be
freed.
Japanese navel guns and Chinas
batteries In Pootung early today re
sumed the terrific artillery duet
across the Whangpoo river, flbaag
hal'a outlet to the sea.
It waa In such duelling that one
American seaman waa killed and If
wounded aboard the American flag
ship Augusts Friday night.
Until the battelahlp guns began
roaring, Shanghai had enjoyed ttie
quietest evening of Its ten day of
war.
Great fire which raged uncliecksel
In northern and eastern districts of
the city drove out even the contend
Ing armies, vlrtuslly erasing the frost
In those areas. Soldiers and marines,
regardless of the uniforms they wore,
had to flee before tha flamea. In some
places abandoning position won at
the coat of much blood.
Reports persisted that the Japan.
ese were prepsrlng for a great at
tempt today to land army reinforce
ments, said to total 50,000 officers
snd men, newly arrived from Japan-
Japanese officers refused to com
ment on the reports, which said the
landing was to be made on the south
bank of the Yangtze, some 16 miles
north of Shanghai. Chinese asserted
Friday their shore batteries hsd re
pulsed an attempted landing at '
Lluho, 17 mllea northwest of here,
where a Japanese army waa put ashore
In 1033 to turn the tide of that cam
paign against the Chinese.
Now, the reports aald, the Japanese
have established two airfield on
Tsungmlng tslsnd, at the mouth of
the Yangtze, from which planea are
to cover the landing.
The armada hovering In the Yang
tze estuary waa reported to be bring
ing tanks, armored cars snd artillery.
In addition to the Infantry.
The Japanese naval force arrayed
along the 00-mlle waterway between
Shanghai and the China sea were re
ported to have been increased to S3
ahlpa, approximately half the power
of Japan mighty navy.
In the air tbe Japanese air fleets
carried their forays far Into tha heart
of the great Yangtze valley behind
Shanghai, seeking to destroy the Chi
ese air force.
But the Chinese commend at Nsn
king claimed for Its planes a ssrlas of
successes a the raiding bombers from
the coast were turned back at many
point. It asserted at least eight
Jspanese planea had .been brought
down along the Yangtze valley, while
the Chinees lost only three.
The biggest raid was that attempt
ed by 30 Japanese bombers from car-
ri.n off the mouth of the YanfftZ.
Chinees officers said. The raiders
were en route to Nanking, seeking to
destroy the Chinese capital, when
they were met by an armada of Chi
nese pursuit planea above Chlnklang,
on the Yangtze about 80 mllea eaat
of Nanking.
The great air battle of the war
raged above the Yangtze until the
Japanese were beaten off with loss
of three planes. The Chinese ad
mitted one of their planes waa shot
down and another damaged but man
aged to return to Its base.
The Nanking government declared
Chinese airmen had brought down
49 Japanese warplanea since begin
ning of the Shanghai battle. Includ
ing 30 "giant bombers coating I50.
000 each.
Mrloll.x'h Meads Home
WASHINGTON. Aug. 31. (API
Claude McColloch, newly appointed
federal district Judge for Oregon, waa
en route home today. He called t
the White House before his depart
ure last night,