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Klamath News WEATHER NEWS WIRE SERVICE Phe Herald and Newo (nhaertb to lull leased win service ol the Associated Pram ad the United Press, the world'! greatest newegatheriag organisations, Por IT hoars dally world Hti MM lata The Herald. Newe office oa teletype machlnse. Fair Hlih ; Low 41 At Midnight BO 24 hours to 5 p. m. MeaMin to data ,,i .00 .ia.ia is. as ia.T IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND Last year to data , Normal precipitation Vol. 14, No. 270 Price F ive CenU KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., TUESDAY, SEPT. 21, 1937 (Every Morning Except Monday) The 1 Editorial! on I ho Day's News lly FRANK JENKINS SENATOR VANDKNIIKItU, of Michigan (a Republican), says. "A new rosllllon psrty com posed of Hapubllrsns and Dam rlpcrsls opposed to Preatdenl Roosevelt mar emerge for Iba JM0 taction." Ha add: "Realignment la Inevitable. Indeed, It Al. HEADY EXISTS." THAT la true. Tha real political alignment In thin country today la tha Now Deal and anti-New Deal. This alignment aula squarely across old party llnea. Largo numbers of Democrats are anti-New Deal and large numbers of Republicans are pro-New Deal. A new political tenea has been built croia-lota. WHY this new allotment? The New Deal, alnre the 1JI election baa NEW OBJECTIVES. It la no longer an emergency set up to end the depreaalon. It now definitely aeeka a NEW FORM Or GOVERNMENT for the Unlttd 'elates a sew ayatem In which Washington will be supreme among tha states and the Presi dent supreme In Wsshlngton. Centralisation of power Is Ha watchword. THAT la the reason for tha bit ter fight over auprema court reorganisation. Centralisation f power to tha eitenl tha New Deal alma al runs eroaawlaa to tha con stitution. In order to settlers It, It will be necesaary to get a au prema court that will ruts as tha New Dealers wlah. THIS la the new laaue: Hhall we go as with govern anent of threw Independent branches. legislative, judicial and aecutlre, each tree la Its own field, or shall era bare a - JkKW FOHM of government tn . which tha exerotlT HOME 7 NATE tha legtalatlea and jav dlclalT Thla la tba secondary laaue: Shall ths tedersl government at Washington domlnsta the' state governments? THIS new laaue will be fought out flrat at the eongreaalonal lections nest year. It will be fought out again at tha Presldsn tlal election In 140. Aa Senator Vandenberg ears, tha realignment Is slresdy under wsy. Democrats who heller should go on with th system of government tbst hss served ns so well In th psst ara opposing tha New Deal and Its new objectives notable opponents being those (Continued on Pag Ten) WEEK'S RAINS BRING KLAMATH UP JO NEAR NORMAL Saturday night's rain storm netted .1 of an Inch of precipi tation for Klamath Tails, accord ing to weather buresu reports. Preclpllstlon records sre kept for the at ream year, ending Bep tember 30, and with leas thsn two weeks to go, figures to date land at 1M1 Inches, or only .It of an Inch behind normal for the year. Klamath residents who visited In Medford Saturday night re ported a virtual cloudburst, with rain coming down In ahaeta. The forersat for the next 14 hours Is for fslr weather, mod erate temperaturea and north and northwest winds oft the coaat. U. S. Embassy Quits Nanking In Face of Jap Bomb Threat SHANGHAI, Tuesday, Sept. II (UP) Torrential rains over the Yangtae delta today were be lieved by military experts to have rendered It difficult, If not Ira poaalble, for Japanese warplsnet to carry ont the threatened mass bombing of Nanking nntll ths weather clears. SHANGHAI, Sept. 10 IP) The American embaaay decided tonight to leave In the face of a Jnpanes threat to lay waste to th Chlneae capital, amphsalted by a morn ing aerial raid In which 40 civil ians war killed and 40. homes deelrnyed. United Slates Ambassador Nel son Johnson, with his aides, work ed feverishly to transfer docu ments to the American patrol boat, Luson, tor tha trip 10 miles np the Yangts to Wuhu. Amid tha rush ot evacuation, Johnson said: "I am too unhappy to speak. This Is the first time In 10 yean of service that I am forced M leve mr eoet. CAR FATAL TO IJ Mystery Cloaks Death of Clarinda Ball Lang on Curve Near Shady Pine Clarinda Ball Lang. IT, Klam ath Indian, was killed on The Dalles California highway near Shady Pine Sunday morning when aha either jumped, fell or was pushed from a car driven by her father, Ed Ball. George Rsnterno, a Wlaconaln Indian, was quarreling with Mrs. Lang In tha bark seat of the ear Just before tha woman fell to the parement. He and Ball told Inveatlgstlng officers thst tha woman Jumped from the car. Bertlna Isaacs, another Indian woman, was riding In the front sest with Ball. Ball Htops Car Ball brousht tha automobile to a atop when be realised hla daughter was no longer aboard. Ha and ftsnterno returned to the place where aha was lying In the rosd. They balled down an automo bile, whoee orrupents went to a bouse at Shady Pine In an at tempt to call officers by tele phone. Clifford Ambere and Lester Huntley, who were at the Shady Pine houae. got out their own car and drove to tha scene of the mlshsp. They believed Mrs. Ijnf alive at the time. Putting her In the car. they drova to Hillside hoe pltal. She waa deed when they arrived at that place. Held aa VYitnesae Santerno and Ball ware held at the county jail aa material witnesses while officers pushed aa Inveatlgstlon In an attempt to determine If the woman came by her death through accident or homicide. Ball wss later taken to a hospital. Mrs. Lang, officers believed, had ben drinking prior to tha fatsl Incident. City police aald thetr records show Mrs. Lang bad bees In the elty jail a num ber of times on drunkenness ebsrgee. ftkull Frarturee Fatal A poal-mortom examination ahowed that Mrs. Lang died of fractures of the ekull. Two frac tures were found, according to Dr. George H. Adler. coroner. Santerno was to be taken to Chlloquin Mondey afternoon to face a charge of trapping with out a llranaa. No charges have been filed sgslnst btm or Ball In the Lang death, except that officers have taken tha formal action neces ssry to hold them as witnesses pending the Investlgstlon. FAMINE THREATENS SHANGHAI AS JAPS CUT FOOD SUPPLY SHANGHAI. Tuesday, Sept. II (UP) Threata of food riots among Shanghais million naii atarved refugees, which foreign obeervera predicted would he worse than war," Tjecamo Im minent todar after a final Japa nese refuaal to permit removal of food atores from Kongkew ware houses. -An sppeal to tha American Brltlah and French governmenla waa expected to be made by the Shanghai municipal council. Chlneae government officials said the situation hsd been msde critical by fears that rice ship ments from the Interior of Chins to Shsnghsl hsd been Intercepted by the Jspsnesa army. Hungry refugees have nearly exhausted the available supplies of food In the city, and council apokeamen aald ths only hope of averting serious disturbances Is to releaa the vast stores In the Hongkew warehouses, known ss "Shanghai's breadbasket." "But, under Instructions from Waahlngton, I cannot risk the Uvea of loyal staff men. I am not deserting, and I hope to return to Nanking by motor during tha en forced absence. Furthermore, the Luson and ths Guam, which Is also going to Wuhu, esn reach Nanking In a few hours It the mergency reaulres." The embsaay staff planned to leave for Wuhu early Tuesday morning, thereby observing a de mand by the Japanese navel fores, The Jspsnesa had warned that foreigners would faca danger of death from the air beginning at noon Tuesday, Japanese officials declared Japan would not be re sponsible for loss of foreign life ftr that hour, plMpnolntment Roused ' Johnson's decision to withdraw roused bitter disappointment among Nanking officials, soma ot whom fslt that tha ambssssdor should remain as a feature ot loy- ally and sympathy with China's ease ks eh aonNlet vttk Jeneev Car Rolls This car. driven by Paul Lewis Benn ot Miami. OKia.. anppea loga and rolled Into the corner of a bouse st Olene. The house wss a wreck, and llsrley Jsckson. Chlloquin, a paaaenger, waa taken to a N, Y. CONCLAVE Los Angeles Outfit Wins Drum Corps Title; Big Crowd at First Session NEW YORK. Sept. 10 (UP)- The United Steles is trying to wslk a middle road the path of "enlightened nationalism" be tween laolatloa and entanglement In the affaire of other natlona. Secretary of Slat Cordell Hull aid tonight In a speech at thw national commander's dinner of tha American Legion convention. Calling peace the "goal" of the United States. Hull . nevertheless warned that foreign-born sections of the American population should never subordinate the welfare of the United Siatee to that of "some other country." NEW YORK. Sept. 10 (UP1 The Sen Gsbrlel poat. Los An geles, t'sllf.. tonight wss selected 1(37-31 nstlonsl champions In ihe American Legion drum and bugle corps contest at the Polo Grounds. NEW YORK. Sept. 10 (API Twenty thousand legionnaires snd visitors packed Into gsyly fMlnnneit Marflann Snuare gar den for the opening eesslon ot the Amerlcsn iegion convention todsy and heard Governor Her bert H. Lehman of New York urge continuation of the fight for "our great prlnrtplee of de mocracy snd liberty." 1 000 LONGSHOREMEN IN BAY REGION ' MAY QUIT CIO SAN FRANCISCO, 8ept. 10 (IP) A msior break, possibly eeceaalon of 1000 longahoremen from the CIO. waa forecaat br varloua deie- gatea aa they gathered today for an A. F. of L. "council oi war. From a reliable aource rame word that a "definite develop ment" waa likely todsy, and from a CIO apokeanian rame a similar expression the meeting wss csuea to effect "seresalon" from the CIO affiliated International Long shoremen's association. Night Wire Flashes RVLINO HAPPF.D SAN KRANClSt.O. Sept. 0 (UP) A national labor rela tione board ruling agalnat a Teametera anion blockade of the Han Francisco- bay area waterfront was branded "beetda the facte and meaningless In tha controversy," tonight by John P. Mclaughlin, international elre-preelilent of the Teamsters' union. WARHHIPH Hl'RRlKO WASHINGTON. an- J (UP) Construction of the super-battleehlne North Caro lina and Washington to ba among the moat powerful war vraaela ever launched will be pushed at top epced, It waa learned tonight. War In tno far eaat and In Spain, Willi threats of hoal littles spreading to other areas, haa exped America's biggest naval con. etrurttnn program etnee) tha World War. MAH8ACRK HKXOAYK, Franco Spanish Frontier, Sept. BO (UP) nev er! hundred Aaturlan Marxleta, having awom to die rathe than retreat, were) reported tonight .to havo been annihilated by the Insurgents along tha Biscay Into House at slipped Car Rolls Into House Near Olene Bllppmg on slick pavement, an automobile operated by Psul Lew Is Belln of Mlsml. Okla.. left the Lakevlew hlghwsr, catapulted across two logs snd rolled Into a small house at Olene early Sun day. Belln snd Wllford Stone of Carson City. Net., were not hurt. but a third occupant, Hsrley Jack eon, Chlloquin, was taken to a lo cal hospital. Minor damage ss dona to the house. C. H. Redford ot 142? Oregon avenue reported to police head quarters Sunday evening thst sn automobile parked In front ot his realdenea was dsmsged when struck bv a hit and run car. Redford ran outside, when he heard lbs crash and- found -as abandoned ear about a block from where his machine was struck. The deserted car was virtually dsmolished. with the left rear tire gone, the windshield broken, the eteerlng wheel bent and the radiator caved in. Officers reported thst later In the evening a Jeff Read reported that bis car. a description of which tallied 'with the deserted machine, bad been atolen by hla brother and another man. The nalr returned late In the night Read ssld. badly cut up but too Intoxicated to tell him where they bad left his machine. Chargea ot drunken driving (Continued on face Teni BROTHERS OF SLAIN WOMAN HELD FOR SHOOTING SUSPECT 8HELBYV1LLE, Ky., Sept. '1 I UP) Brlx. Gen. Henry H. Den hardt. 1, Kentucky aoldler snd politician tuider Indictment on a cnarge of slaying hla beautiful fiancee, waa shot and killed on a downtown street tonight by three aasallanta. Within IS minutes three broth era of the slain womsn, Mrs. Verna Garr Taylor, were taken into custody for questioning. Denhardt, who hsd been ached uled to face trial for the aecoml time tomorrow on - the alayine: charge, fell before a fusillade ut shots. He wss walking on Mam street in the center of the down town section with his attorney Rodea Myera of Bowling Green when the shooting occurred. The gunmen stepped from a shadow and commenced shooting. Myers recognised the asaallsnls and plesded with them not to shoot, the sheriff s'ortlre report ed. Myers wss not Injured. Denhardt dropped where he stood, seven bullets In his body at lesst one through the heart. He was csrrled to the front step" of tha Armstrong hotel and pro nounced dead by Dr. A. C. Weak ley. HUNTERS WOUND, KILL BIG BEAR A wounded bear Is a terrify ing proposition, according to Everett' Kldler who brought a tOO-pound specimen home from a deer hunting expedition Mon day. With Clifford 8croggina, Kld ler was bunting on Deadhorae creek on Gearhart mountain when they saw the besr. Scrog glns took one shot' at It but only wounded It In the throat. The enraged animal then made for Kldler, digging up the earth and . tearing bark off trees In Its path. . Kldler ssld he wss soared but nevertheleaa decided to shoot and the bullet from hla deer rifle killed the bear in its tracks. Tha men had to cut tha cartas In two In order to carry It to camp. A forest serv ice man said It waa the Is rite-1 besr he hsd seen brought In from tha region. Olene on wet pavement, vaulted two on wet pavement, nun slightly dsmsged, the car was hospital. HOPE REVIVED New Plans Show Streets Entering Cut on 'Stop Basis; No Dead-ending Hope for the Main street under pass sprung to life asaln Monday night when .Mayor enrton Hicn mond diacloaed a letter from the state highway department outlin ing changed plana that will elim inate the "unacceptable" features ot the undercrosslng propram re cently propoaed by the highway departmenL Under the new plan. It will not be neceasary to block oft East Main alreet. Michigan avenue and Spring street. Instesd these will be made stop streets, snd 'will provide entry, through tne stop, to Msln street In the underpass area. No Meeting Mayor Richmond revealed the letter at the council chamber, but no meeting of the city council wss (Continued on Psge Ten) ROOSEVELT PLANS TALKS AT CHICAGO, BONNEVILLE HYDE PARK, N. Y., Sept 10 (D Two definite spesklng en gagements were placed on Presi dent Roosevelt's west cosst Itiner ary todsy at Bonneville dam near Portland, Ore., and Chicago aa officiate continued to chart the 6000-mile Journey. The cross-country swing, plan ned to give the chief executive a first-hand picture ot administra tion projects and an opportunity to gauge Interior and Pacific coaat sentiment on his broad economic objectives since congress adjourn ed, will start from here lets Wed nesday. TRIAL OF PINBALL OPERATOR UNDER WAY AT MEDFORD MEDFORD. Sept. 20 (P) Se lection ot a jury In the trial of Earl A. Sims, local plnball agent charged with "setting up and operating a lottery" was under way In circuit court today before Judge H. D. Norton. Hearing ot testimony will be held this afternoon. A halt doien prominent cltltens who plated the devices before the ban was en forced by the sheriff and district attorney will he called to give ex pert views of whether the con traptions are "a lottery as the state contends, or a "game of skill." ss the defense holds. - A plnball machine, seised fol lowing the arrest of Sims last au gust 25, was placed In the court room as an exhibit, and witnesses will probably be called to five demonstration of their ability, the district attorney said. The case is expected to be In the bands of the Jury late today YEAR-ROUND SCOUT CAMP HELD LIKELY BEND. Sent. 0 UPV Th con struction of a Crescent Isks year aronnd Boy Scout camp to serve all parts of tha huge Modoo coun cil, thus uniting the northern and southern districts, won approval at a conference her yesterday. Delegates attended from Klam ath Falls. Lakevlew, Bend. Red mond, Prlnevlll and Alturaa , Calif. If the program material ises Klamath Falls will abandon Its Lake o' the Woods camp and Bend will give up Its own take site. Tha site wanted la along a sandy beach on the southwest shore of Crescent Inke. District represen tatives will confer with Deschutes forest officials this week. THREE KILLED IN CALIFORNIA Eight Wounded in Brief Attempt to Escape at Folsom; Warden Hurt FOLSOM, Calif., gept 10 (AP) A Folsom state prison guard and two convicts were dead today and sight others, Including War den Clarence Larkln, were wounded In a brief, deadly and nnsuccessful attempt at a prison bresk. Wsrden Larkln lay In the pri son hospital with II stab wounds In bis body. Two guards and five convicts were wounded In the melee of flashing knives and swinging clubs thst climaxed the warden s usual Sunday interview with Folsom Inmates. One of the convicts, Ed Davis, reputed In stigator of the break, was be lieved aesr death. Seven Inmates Rueh Larkln Twenty minutes' fighting, which began when seven long term Inmetea stepped out of line and rushed Larkln in the office of the captain ot tha guard, envi ed with all the convicts badly beaten and prostrate. Captain W. J. Ryan and Guard James Kerns hsd serione knife wounds. H. E. Martin, a guard, was stsbbed to death. Convict Clyde Stevens, Instiga tor of an equally desperate pri son bresk attempt at San den tin prison In 111 involving the kidnaping of the Mate board of prison terms and paroles, wss deed, aa was Benny Kucharski, convicted robber serving five yean Is Ufa for robbery In Los Angelea. Other Injured convicts were Albert Keseell, committed from San Francisco on a 7 0-y ears- sentence on seven robbery counts. ' Wesley Eudy. Los Aatelea rob ber and kidnaper serving . II years. . Robert Cannon, likewise com mittedfrnm lnjiBgrltit, jot years1 olf conviction for robbery and Burglary. Fred Barnes, Los Angelea. who drew to Tears for robbery and asssult with a deadly weapon. - The seven convicts, armed with nine knives and two dummy automatics carved, of wood and painted steel bine, opened their offensive by breaking from line. Their long bladed knives were fashioned from files and' other bits of metal. Taking Larkln and Ryan pris oner they demanded that Larkln order the guards on the wall to hold their fire. Larkln refused In the meantime Jack Whelan. the warden's secretary, heard the argument over an , open, tele phone. Whelan ordered tha guarus to shoot aa soon . as Larkln and his captors were In the open. Larkln and the guards, armed only with clubs, came out fight ing and 10 or a dosen bullets were shot Into the struggling (Continued Oa Page Ten) STORM LEAVES SIX INCHES OF SNOW AT CRATER RIM BEND. Sent. 10 Opt A week end snowstorm dropped about six Inches of snow at the rim of Cra ter lake and whitened the McKea sle section ot the Cascade moun tains. The range appeared brilliant in Its first wintry cost ot the season todsy. Hondsy skies were Cloud less. Motorists arriving from Eugene said only a light fall occurred on the McKensle lava fields. The storm was more severe on the peeks above the timberllne. Crater lake autoista encounter ed jt blinding snow storm near the north rim Sunday, but later touud the lake cloudless. - Many sections of the Deschutes forest received more thsn an inch of rain over the weekend, and hunters found tha deer country wet down. MEDFORD, 8spt, 10 CPV The heaviest September rata in sev eral years fell over tha Rogue River valley last Saturday after noon. The precipitation amount ed to .11 of an Inch, according-to the weather bureau. ATTEMPT TO OUST BLACK PREDICTED . .: WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (CP) Rep. Samuel B. Pettengill. D., Ind., foa of Prealdent Roosevelt's drastle reform legislation, pre dicted today that an attempt will be made to Impeach Justice Hugo L. Black In the next session ot congress. He said he would support the movsment unlsas Black disclaims membership In tha Ka Klux Klan. Pettengill will end his congres sional career at tha close ot the 71th congress. Ths Indisna con gressman said he did not know who would Introduce the Impeach ment resolution, which can be paesed In tha house hy majority vote, but ho aald he "reels sure' that such a measure) will ba ottered. Early r Dick Miller of the Marshall Cornett company wae back In town early Monday with a buck he shot at 7 a.m. on Pothole creek. In the Bly district. DEER HUNTING Nimrods Do Big Business First Day; Hunter. On ML Hood First Death After what appeared to be a elow start, deer hunters began bringing In the bucks late Mon day afternoon and atorsge plants were still doing a rushing busi ness Monday night. The Klsmath Ice and Storage company reported around SO car casses, one over 260 pounds, had been weighed on their scales by p. m. and the Klamath Fallr Creamery bad checked In 14 xo: atorage. Both companlee said thst the bucks were coming tn faster than last yesr, mostly from the Gearhart mountain country although the creamery said nearly half those stored were blscktall. Dick Miller, automobile man came into town early Monday with one of the first, if not the first, deer. He got his In the Bly country. The first deer registered "n Louie Polln's contest was brought In by Lloyd Mock, who bsgged a 174-pound mule. Later, Joe Sny der brought in a 174-pound blsck tall, throwing the two species Into a tie. First deer weighed in at the Southern Oregon Hardware com pany contest was shot by S. B. Freer. It weighed 1(0 pounds. Rsin .drenched much of the deer country over the weekend. Fire haisrds were virtually nil as a result. A majority ot hunters wss In the mule deer sections esst and (Continued on Page Ten) TODAY'S NEWS DIGEST LOCAIj Hunters bring In numerous bucks hero first dsy, mostly from Gearhart mountain country. Otto Smith killed on Mount Hood in first fatality ot Oregon season. Page 1. Hope revived for underpass when new plans ehsnge dead-end streets to atop streets. Council meeting fails for lack ot quorum. Page 1. Clarinda Ball Lang, 17, In dian woman, dies in fall from car on The Dalles-California highway north. Had been quar reling In back seat with George Santerno, Wisconsin Indian. Page 1. . . Car hits house at Olene, num erous other automobile accidents occur over weekend. Story and picture on Page 1. Tear-around Boy Scout camp at Crescent lake wins approval at Modoo council conference. Psge 1. . Tutelage lots to he sold at public auction Tuesday. Septem ber II by bureau of reclamation. Fane 1. US. TO HELP LEAGUE WITH WAR PARLEYS Loyalist Spain Ousted From Membership for 3 Years by Bare Vote WASHINGTON. Sent. 20 (UP The United States todsy decided to participate to a limited extent In the meetings of the League of Mstlons advisory committee on far eastern affairs. The advisory committee haa been convened to consider China a appeal for invocation of the league covenant because of Japan's al leged aggression. The Chinese ap peal was filed with the league council last week by Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo, Chinese ambss ssdor to France. The advisory committee Is composed of 23 aa tlons. It Is expected to meet to morrow. U. 8. Invited The state department said that Leland Harrison, American min ister to Switserland, has com municated the United States de cision to the secretary general of the league. The action waa taken following receipt of an Invitation from the league for the United States to co-operate In the work of the com mittee which wss formed In 1(11 to advise the league on matters ot policy In connection with the Sino-Japanese controversy of 1(31-22. Harrison cautioned the league that American participation would be limited and that this govern ment would not take upon Itself the responsibility ot full member ship In the committee or in tho league. Tho actual status of tha American representative on the committee Is that of non-voting participation la the committee's discussions. GENEVA. Sept. 20 (.PI The league of nations assembly re fused todsy to grant government Spans a seat in the league council for the next three years, to tho Jubllstlon of member nations sym pathetic with the Insurgent regime ' of Generalissimo Francisco Franco. The Madrid Valencia govern ment failed by nine votes to obtain tha two-thirds majority necessary for a new term. Spain's present three-year term expires this year. Still Leagae Member Spain remains, of course, a member of the lesgue, and may send a representative to council sessions dealing with matters con cerning her but will lack tho right to vote In council. The msjor powers hold perma nent seats on the council, which Is in effect the lesgue's executive committee, but Spain hss held one of the four seats rotated among minor nations at three year In tervals. The assembly elected Peru to the council to succeed Chile, whose three-year term expired, and named Iran to succeed Tar key. A successor to Spain Is not yet decided. (Continued on Page Ten) WILKINS PLANE SAFE IN ARCTIC FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 10 (UP) A radio report from Ak lavik, N. W. T., tonight said 8ir Hubert Wilklns and his party, who were unreported for hours after making a flight over polsr wastes seeking the six lost Sov iet fliers, were safe on a lake near Aklavlk. According to the messages, Wilklns Indicated that he was nesr Aklivik, but could not give hi exact position. Although there had been no definite information on the point, it was believed Wil klns' plsne was forced down by bed weather. GENERAL Prison guard, two convicts killed, eight others. Including Warden Clarenc Larken, wound ed In unsuccessful escap attempt at Folsom penitentiary. Page 1. United States agrees to help league ot nations straighten out foreign affairs In view of wsr crises. Loyslist Spain refused seat in assembly. Page 1. U. S. embassy decides to evac uate Nanking In face of Japanese threat to destroy Chinese capital. Page 1. American Legion convention opens at New York City. Pag 1. Stocks slid to lowest point la IS months or more. Pag I. IX THIS ISSUE City Briefs Comics snd Story -Psge T ..Pare ( Courthouse Records .Page 10 Editorials Page 4 Page 4 Family Doctor Market. Financial News ..Page T ..Page t ..Page 1 ..Page I .Page I .Page t PTA Notes Railroad News Recreation Note Sport Veteran' News ,