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PAGE TEN UEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE. MEDgORn. OREGON, TUESDAY. JULY 12. 1938. w Pr wl In w da di P to nl Jo n " ' TEEMING CANTON 200 Sta Estimate 100 Dead, Injured Railroad tion Main Target Chaos Left By Heavy Explosives OAMTON. China. July 12. Japanese warplanea bombarded tnU teeming metropolis twice today, scor ing seven direct hit on the Wongsha station and causing an estimated 100 deaths and Injuries to 200. The raiders heavily strafed the at' tlon area and the residential district near the Sun Yat-Sen memorial this morning. Shortly after noon the air alarms shrilled again, bringing a new wave of panic while rescue squads still were picking up casualties from the first attack. One large junk with a crew of about 30 was hit directly and dis appeared In a shower of debris. Num erous small craft overturned, leav ing victims struggling In the churn ing waters or floating, dead or stun ned, on the surface. Chaos In Wake Wongsha station was left In a cha otic condition. Tracks were twtated. A huge crane was knocked down. Three locomotive were wrecked. Pas sengers Intending to take the Han kow train got out of the station Just in time. No casualties occurred Inside the station but 20 were killed outright In the Wongsha district. One bomb smashed the centuries-old Lao Pao bridge. It was estimated at least 40 bombs fell around the Wongsha station with four large explosives plunging Into the river and creating tremendous "waterspouts" In which parts of hu man bodies flew upward with shat tered remnant of boats. Thousand of prisoners In a prov incial Jail northeast of the elty nar rowly escaped when a bomb fell with in AO yards of the building. Fires caused by Incendiary bombs contin ued to burn late this afternoon. 1 A Japanese naval officer announc ed Japanese planes completely 'de stroyed the Yuan tan bridge on the Canton railway, and badly damaged another bridge at Ylngtak. Despite vigorous American protest through United States Ambassador Nelson T. Johnaon, the Chinese blew up two huge steel pontoons owned by the standard Oil company of New York. American workers sank a third pontoon to save It from total lose. The Janasese were reported within three miles of Kluklang, 13ft miles down the Yangtze from Hankow, pres ent Chinese capital and Japanese goal. ' 4 SUGAR BEET SEED I nr A ARPATII IS ARAIS m nirnrnnn xnri 11 vmurunu mm (Continued irom Pag On.) BY BIO APPLEGATE, July 12. (Spl.) Amos McKee Is receiving treatment at the Community hospital for lacer ations sustained In a runway yes terday noon. Mr. McKee was traveling along the toad near his home with a mowing machine, when his horses became frightened and ran. The machine ioet a wheel and Mr. McKee was thrown to the ground, receiving se vere lacerations of his face and arms. Through a strange coincidence, Mr. KfcKee'a son, Floyd McKee. of the community, received a cut on the leg only a few hours before as he was cutting wood. He waa taken to a physician for treatment. SHANGHAI, July 13. (flV Japanese bombers raided Chinese positions on the outskirts of Kluklang today while Chinese defenders, preparing to fight to a finish and Intending to leave nothing valuable behind, systematic' ally destroyed Kluklang waterfront properties. Including American pos sessions. Japanese troops attempted to land on the west bank of the channel Irndlnjr Into Poyang. ten miles due east of Kluklang, which Is 135 miles down the Yangtze river from Han kow, present Chinese capital and Japanese goal. Japanese warships put down a bar rage to cover the troops' advance in tide Kluklang the Chinese rushed barbed wire entanglements, sandbag barricade and trenches In the streets, Civilians Flee Most civilians had fled with for eign missionaries from Kluklang, es tabllahlng an emergency refuge isone at Kullng, a mountain resort 13 miles away. Chinese planes bombed Japanese warships off Pengtseh and Hukow They claimed several hits. Chinese forces occupied British property along the Kluklang river front, mounting guns and cutting loophole In warehouses and wharf buildings. Reports from British companies In dicated the Chinese were determined to utlllM every means to repulse a Japaneae landing at Kluklang. The dispatches also said Chinese decided to destroy riverfront property of the Standard Oil company because of "military necessity." FINE AT A 1 ri liireS ANTI-FASCISTS FAIL TO PICKET -CONCERT PORTLAND, July 12. ( yp) Anti fascist committees of Portland which had threatened to picket the Mult nomah stadium when Jose Iturbl appeared In concert, failed to act last night. Iturbl'a outdoor concert, wntch the North American committee to aid Spanish democracy, American Friends of the Abraham Lincoln brlnde and American League for Peace and Dem ocracy had said would be j-tckctcd. was without Incident. WINDOW GLASS - We sell window glass and will replace your broken windows reasonably rrow bridge Cab inet Works peraturea drop low enough at night to chill the beet but the chilling la undone the following day by temper atures that are too high. Germany First Source Sugar beet seeds came originally from Germany and a, large volume of the seed still comes from there. The process followed In Oermany Is to plant the beet in the spring, dig them up and store them for the dor mancy and chilling In the winter, re plant them In the spring and harvest them In the following fall. This pro cess, Prof. Relmer pointed out, Is both bothersome and expensive. Finally a st7. S. government horti cultural 1st conceived the Idea of planting the beets In the fall, allow ing them to remain In the ground all winter end harvesting them the following summer. Prof. Relmer re lated. This process was tried and found eminently successful. It re duced the time and cost of produc ing the seeds. Another drawback to the German beets was that they were susceptible to curly top, a virus disease that all but wiped out the American sugar beet Industry some years ago. To overcome the disease, the United States government again came to the rescue of the industry. Government hortlculturnllsts, such a Prof. Rel mer, developed beets reststent to curly top and seeds from these disease-resisting, varieties are now In use and great demand In this country. KtutlMtttfl Kept Statistics nre kept carefully 011 all experiments at the Talent station. Five varieties of sugar beet seeds were planted the first year and the yields were a follows: U. 8. 550. 2790 pornds of seeds to , the acre; S. 12. 7818 pounds: IT. 8. 14. 3243 pounds; U. S. 33, 3412 pound b; and A-600. 3538 pounds. The average was 3166 pounds. This year experiment were made with these varieties: U. S. 13, 33, 733. 14 and 13. U. 8. 16 1 said to be a seed much desired but It give es pecially poor result In areas where the winter are warm such a south ern California. The price offered for the seed ha not gone below 7 cent a pound and this year 7 "4 cents a pound I being offered If 300 acre, can be procured under contract. Four Acres planted Aside from the experimental sta tion, there Is now only one, grower or sugar beet seeds in the valley. He Is V. D. Quackenbush who, for the first time, planted four acres last Sep tember. His crop will soon be har vested and excellent results 'are In dicated. Hi place Is near the experi ment station and farmera attending the meeting Friday will be shown his field. George Scott of Berkeley, Cat., ex pert of the West Coast Sugar Beet Seed committee, was here a few days ago regarding the growing of seeda In Jackson county. He was expected to return here today or tomorrow and an effort was to be made to Induce htm to remain for Friday's meeting so that he himself might explain the committee's offer to contract 000 acres this year. The comlttee 1 fin anced by six major sugar beet com panies. It aim being to procure m steady supply of sugar beet seeds. Subject To Weather While Prof. Relmer wa sanguine over the prospects of raising sugar beet seeds here, he emphasized that growers would bo subject to the ca prices of nature that usually harrasc all agriculturalists. Pe pointed out that while ordinarily the winters here are Ideal for beet seed cultivation, the danger of extremes In cold and heat must be kept in mind. Over long periods, however, such extremes would be rare, he added. The pro fessor also counseled against trying to raise the seeds in dobo soli and emphasized that irrigation Is a ne In dobe soli himself to ascertain the results. On the favorable side of sugar beet seed production. Prof. Relmer pointed out that a yield of $200 an acre was exceedingly good farm Income. He emphasized also that in this case there Is already a market, the grower has a sale before he even plants and he knows exactly what he will be paid. The sugar seed beets grow to height of about six feet, though they curve downward by the weight of tbs top to a height of about four feet. The plants are harvested by hand or machine exactly like wheat. Thresh ing then separates the seeds. Final process la cleaning the aeeds, all of these procedures being simple. Prof. Relmer said. : 4 ERNIE'S CASINO r . Mr. and Mr. Gecrge P. Chalker, formerly of Huntington Park. Cat have purchased the buildings and attractive Rogue River property of Ernest Ernst on Rogue, river known a Ernie' Casino.. Amount Involved In the transaction was not made public. Immediate Improvement will be undertaken by the new owners, Including construction of eight strict ly modern cabin. The former name of Em ins Casino wlllUe changed to Ernie's Lodge, and although not operated as a night. club, service club banquets and din ner parties will be featured. Mr. and Mrs. Ernst will remain and assist In managament of the property. Property Included In the sale of Ernie's Casino extends more than thousand feet along Rogue river, pro viding ample space for a modern auto court. cesslty. He said he would experiment next year with growing the seed beets MRS. LINDSEY WAIVES HEARING ON LARCENY Mrs. Aid Is Llndsey. 63, charged with grand larceny, waived a preliminary hearing In Justice court Monday afternoon and ' initial steps were taken for sanity hearing by the dis trict attorney. The complaint against Mrs. Llndsey was signed by Mrs. Roy Buckingham. The defendant Is accused of taking Jewelry and other property belonging to Mrs, Buckingham. , Postal Kereluts Up. . McMTNNVILLE. July 12. P) Winifred Wlsecarver, postmaster, ported postal receipts of (41.428 for the fl&cal year represented an all time high. Receipts, dropped to $29,- 000 in 1033 but roso to 939.064 last year. TREE UPROOTING CASE SCHEDULED The damage ault of Thomas L. Tay'or. orchardlst, against the it ate department of agriculture, the county agent and county fruit Inspector, for 8000 alleged damages for the re moval last December of claimed blight Infected pear treei, hi been set for Monday. July IS, In circuit court. Taylor In the action claim, the county agent and fruit Inspector caused removal of six acre, ul D'An Jou trees on the Taylor orchard. The state department and county aides 1 claim the trees were removed under Oregon law providing for the eradi cation of blighted trees. The department of agriculture, county agent and fruit Inspector will be represented by ft representative of the attorney-general's office and the district attorney. Taylor Is repre sented by Newbury and Newbury, attorneys. 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