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EANOR MURRAY
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Lns Speaking Tour of
State After Indiana
Campaign is Over
ries COMMITTEE
RULE FOR ENTRIES
lahoma Covernor Feels
payment of Entry Fee
Made Him Candidate
:‘A‘-‘»’.\NA\/'AH, Ga.—(AP)—A
eiter from Governor William
1, Murray of Oklahoma, pre
umably containing his for
al entry as a candidate in
he Georgia Presidential pref
rential primary, arrived here
sesday, hours after the state
atrv lists were declared
TLANTA, Ga.—(AP)—Gover
«Alfalfa Bill” Murray of Okla.
. says he will campaign per-
Ay in Georgla next month
“hurn up? Democratic lead
who said he "had failed to
lify as a Presidential candl-i
s in this state. ‘
e will go to court if meces
he said, to Insure his name
jace on the primary ticket
n those of Governor Franklin
Roosevelt and Superior Judge
H. Howard, who have quali
-1
overnor Murray's personally
med entrance blank was not
eived by the secretary of the
to executive committee by
m Monday. Lawrence Camp,
irman of the state Democratic
nmittee, sald the = Oklahoma
cutive had not complied with
mary rules “and there is mo
al way by which his name can
on the party ticket.”
jovernor Murray defied the rlfi:
and said he would “stump”
g state and “burn them up in
speeches.,” He said he would
his Georgia supporters to
ite his name on ‘the ballots.
rty officials in Georgia ex
ssed an opinion that any bal
on which his name was writ
would be invalidated.
lules provided that candidates
the preferentia! primary which
I be held March 23 must qual
by noon February 22 (Mon-
V). Qualifications including
sting of a SI,OOO fee and pres
-6 of an entry blank signed by
» candidate.
JOVEernor Murray's fee was
ted, but his entry blank was
t received. He said he mailed
application and notified au
rities by telegram that he was
candidate,
: Surprise Entry
iitrance of Judge Howard in
€ rice was a surprise in many
arters. He said votes cast for
I would in reality be cast for
eaker John N. Garner. At
siington, Speaker Garner said
had no knowledge of Judge
ward'’s announcement. Garner
'l, refused to enter his name in
maries,
le fire-eating Oklahoma leader
¢ if “every other means fail I
.! £0 down to Georgia and hold
own primary.”
¢ was enroute Tuesday to In.
14 in interest of his candidacy
4 said, “Just as quick as I get
Ough this Indiana trip I'm go
wflfl\rn there and stump the
i¢ told George Henshaw of
‘aloma City to “have our law-
I lriends in Georgia file suit to
el acceptance of my name on
' Primary ballots, . ‘Send them
dildavit showing the time of
ng that air mail letter.”
“€ governor says his entry
- Was sent airmail, but Miss
oy, KD, secrétaty of the
e Democratic committee,
hda. A 8 Dot received late
1;‘;1"» r Murray - said the sit
w L thus state was a “scheme
¢ Dlg interests to keep me
> Ol the race.”
bldze Howard gaild he would
[ oke an active campalgn.
- oaaariers G Governor
SOl first to qualify in this
"'""(‘_3 state,” will be open.
o ’_\\. E. Page, publishet
Bl ;alumhus Enquirer-Sun,
~ nbus Ledger, and three
. . Southeastern newspapers
‘' b 8 in charge.
R ———————————
rrell Named on
State Committee
For World’s Fair
C. D. Terren, secretary of the
I€ns Chamber of Commerce,
8 been appointed by Governcs
lard B. Russelt™ jr., on the
¢ commiitee to promote the
Or Centennial Exposition at
licag next year.
Fithens ang Georgia will have
Part in the program. The Geor
il Mmittee, headed by Clarke
Well, jr., Atlanta, will begin
‘“ an early date. The expo
-0 will depiet A Century of
Sress” The progress made in
... °rld during the past- 100
TS Will be told in connection
.. "¢ founding of Chicago 100
s agg next year,
THE BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
MISTRIAL DECLARED
IN RASOR SLAYINC
LAURENS, 8, C.—(AP)—A mis
trial was declared by Judge S.
W. G. Shipp Tuesday in the
murder trial of Ilenry Rasor, 45;
Lathan Crisp, 37, and Eugene
Crisp, 26.
James A. Donnan, foreman of
the jury, reported to Judge Shipp
when ' court reconvened Tuesday
morning that “it seems impossi
ble to reach a verdict.”
He said there had been no
change in the voting since 15
minutes after the jury received
the case late Monday. The three
defendants were accused of the
glaying of W. C. Raser, 71, of
Cross Hill, the father of Henry
Rasor.,
HOME LOAN BANKS
PROPOSAL ARGUED
IN SENATE TODAY
Would Liquidate Frozen
Realty Assets; Or Bring
Competition :
WASHINGTON.— (AP) -— The
proposed system of home Joan
banks was alternately called a
measure that would liquidate
frozen rea:ty assets in banks and
one which would bring a huge
governmetnal fund into competi
tion with private résources in
testimony Tuesday before a sen
ate committea.
Stiliman F. Westbrook, of Hart
ford, Conn., & vice-president cf
the Aetna Life Insurance coui
pany, told the senate banking
committee the bill was unneces.
sary as an emergency measure
and unsound and dangerous as a
permanent step.
Philip Lieber of Shreveport, La.,
vice-president ~of the United
States Building and Loan League,
testified that real estate finance
needs a central credit and reserve
system similar to ' the Federal
Reserve. 7
Lieber said the majority of the
members of the President’s home
ownership conference finance
committee were life insurance
company executive, mortgage and
security bankers.
They approved the home loan
bank systém, he added. *“Yet
these same men who endorsed the
President’'s program are now, [ am
informed, using their utmost ef
forts to gather together every
man who believes no such sys
tem ought to be' devised in this
country to go to Washington and
oppose it,”" Lieber said.
Opposition of the life insurance
companies to the bill, he said,
was “because they are trying
desperately to get hold of the
home financing business of the
nation.” Mortgage bankers sup
ported them in this, he said.
Insurance companies’ services,
he added, brought “excessive
costs” and were not so adequate
as the work of the building and
loan associations. 5
Railreads Enlist
In Fight to Put
1,000,000 at Work
NEW YG:K —(APY—The cam
paign for more jobs for more men
has enlisted railroads under the
“war against depression” baaner
and presidents of 18 lines have
agreed to agsign one official each
‘to aid in the drive to return 1,-
000,000 men to work.
The roads include the Southern,
Frisco, Misouri Pacific, and Lou
isville and Nashville.
. Reports on the number of men
returned to jobs during the 48
hours ended at noon Monday in
clude: =
Jacksonville, Fla., 50; Avon
Park, Fla., 21; Albany, Ga., 40;
Atlanta, - 20; Newnan. Ga., 31;
’Uulton, Ga., 6; New Orleans, 22;
' Jackson, “Miss., 61; Carthage,
Miss., 28; Brandon, Miss., 40; Me
ridian, Miss., b; Yazoo City, Miss.,
4; Senatobia, Miss., 2; Wiggins,
Miss., 2; Texarkana, 52.
Pythians Pay Tribute to Founders
Of Order And Washington at Dinner
Athens Pythians paid tribute to
George Washington, the Order of
Knights of ‘Pythias ang former lo
cal members of the lodge at a ban
quet at the Holman hotel Monday
night. Tnomas F. Green, chancellor
commander, presided.
The banquet was held in com
memoration of the founding of the
Order, and part of the program
'was ~devoted to observance of
(George Washington 3-Centennial.
’ The speakers were T. S. Mell,
Abit Nix and John B. Gamble, the
latter delivering a historical ad
dress on General Washington.
’ Mr. Mell gave a history of the
St. Elmo lodge, showing that in
the business life of the community
as merchants, physicians, lawyers,
preachers, contractors, insurance
agents, teachers, and in all lines of
endeavor, the members of this
lodge have been conspicious by
their ability gnd their zeal in all
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* Dne bill that congress should approve is the bill of fare that Mrs,
Johkn N, Gamer.‘wife‘ofl the Speaker of the House, prepares for her
husband. Here you see her coeking a ‘representative!’ menl——-chl!é
con carne—at their office In the Capitol. Maybe it's a recipe for sue- '
cess. Anvhow, the political pot wag bofling, too, when this picture
was taken, and the formal announcement of Carner's candidacy fgs"
the presidential nomination had just given the nation food for thought.,
VIC MEYERS PUT ON GOOD SHOW
BUT PROBABLY WILL BE BEATEN
SEATTLE.—.(AP) —Obser
vers say Vic Meyers, orches
tra leader and campaigner ex
traordinary, will probably be
rejected by the voters In
Tuesday's mayoralty primary,
but he eclosed his drive with
“no skeletous” in his closet
and may-try agaim. - {OOO
The colorfil “pérsonality
candidate” was given no bet
ter than a chance for fifth or
sixth place in most forecasts.
With two mén to be nomi
nated, John F. Dore, criminal
attorney, and either Mayor
Robert H. Harlin or his pre
decessor, Frank Edwards, who
was recalled lagt summer, were
considered most favored.
Meyers’ “show” included
House Committee
Afraid to Fly in
Dirigible Akron
| 'WASHINGTON.— (AP) —Fear
;that the airship Akron might
have been irreparably damaged
when she struck the ground at
‘Lakeburst Monday was expressed
Tueeday by Representative Mec-
Clintic (Democrat, Oklahoma).
MecClintic, who was chairman of
{the house mnaval sub-committee
i investigating the air-worthiness
of the giant vessel, said “I cer
! tainly won’'t make a fiight in that
' airship.” g
| The Okiahoman and four other
‘ representairves were on the
ground at Lakehurst waiting for
the Akron to be prepared to take
, them aloft when the mishap oc
| curred. i .
t “The Akron certainly was sub
jected to unusyal strains,” Mec
) Clintic said. ; ¢
! “I remember that the) nose of
. the Shenandoah was pulled off-in
a similar accident a short while
‘betore she; crashed. Whether the
'same thing has _happened to the
| Akron, I +don’t know, but, I cer
tainly do not intend o take a ride
lin her.” - gy :
| McClintic said, however, that
« when the Akron's sister ship--the
! Macon—is completed, “I will rec
ommend that the committee take
la ride aboarq her.” A >
good works looking to the upbuila
ing of the community.
Mr. Mell said, in part:
“Of the charter members of the
lodge, which was established May
21, 1890, nine have been mayors of
Athens: E. L Smith, W. F. Dor
sey, H. J. Rowe, A. C. Erwin, R.
O. Arnold, 0.. H. Arnold, G. H.
Yancey, J- F. Rhedes, J. H.
Russell and W. W. Starks, two
have been judge of the City court
lof Athens, G. C. Thomas and 7T-
F. Green; thrée have judge of the
Sueprior eourt, C. H. Brand, R. B.
Russel] and W. W. Starks, two
have been congressmen, C. H.
Brand, and 8. J. ‘Tribble; one
has been president of the Universl
ty of Georgia, 8. V., Sanford; one
has Been Chief of Justice of the
Supreme Court of Georgia R. B.
Russell; two have been clerks of
the Superior court, C. W. Cooper,
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~ (Continued on Page Three.)
Athens, Ca., Tuesday, Feb ruary 23, 1932,
the employing of Laura La-
Plante, movie star, as his
manager and appearing as a
“Mahatma Gandhi” at a lunch
eon c¢lub, One of his final
stunts was to go t 9 the
Seattle dcy nursery and Kkiss
all the baby. He advocated
hostesses for street cars,
cracked ice on “owl” cars and
a band to greet all visitors.
“l began this race too
late,” he explained. “But I'm
not overlooking any hets for
future ones. “These young
sters will some day be of legal
age. Fifteen years from now
they will be voting for Presi
dent and I may need a hand
ful of votes then. There are
no skeletons in my closet.,”
Moterists Paying
Most to Treasury
Of All Taxpayers
! ATLANTA, Ga.—(AP)—While
there are approximately 400 dif
ferent forms of taxation in Geor
gla the princ’val revenue to the
state is derived from fourteen.
/- The motorist pays more than
| twice as much into the treasury
fas any other taxpayer and more
of what he pays in comes bark in
road construction’ for his benefit
than from the amounts paid by
others.
. The figures for 1931 on fuel oil
i collections dre not yet available
but the payments for 1930 were
$13,450,782. Four cents on each
gallon of the &ix cents tax goes
to the highway board for main
tenance and cousfruetion, one
cent ‘to counties for road purposes
'and one cent to the counties for
the school equalization fund.
{ The mext Hhighest- taxpayer is
the real estate owner, who in
1930 contrjbuted $5,709,115.26 in
support of the state.- State capitol
officials estimated about one-fifth
of this amount, or about $1,000,-
000, was paid by the farmer,
i Public utilities are another of
, the state’s million doMar group of
ta;gayers, paying $1,143,753.97 in
1930.
ATLANTA TEACHERS
ARE VOTED PAY CUTS
ATLANTA, Ga.— (AP) —Board
of Education members voted 7 to
p last night for a ten percent
salary cut for all departments.
The Atlanta Public School Teach
ers association several days ago
adopted a resolution that a 16
percent reduction would not be
resisted. ' -
A proposal that schools open
ten days earlier than previously
and stay open ten days later, clos
ing the entire menth of Decem
ber, was rejected.
City Court Ends
February Session
Today; One Freed
City court ended its February
session about noon Tuesday with
a verdict of not guilty in favor of
Oscar Morris, charged with vio
{:tion of the automobile traffic
w.
The case began Monday and
lasted throughout the morning
Tuesday. Several cases were con
tinued due to sickness of wit
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BRODKHART URGES
ot MATE PROBE OF
MOVING PICTURES
Industry is Monopolized,
Anti-Trust Law Broken,
lowa Solon Declares
“MORALITY CODE” OF
WILL HAYS ATTACKED
Introduces Bill to Stop
‘Block Booking'’ of
¢ Large 'Producers
WASHINGTON. —(AP)——Strik.!
ingvout vigorously at “degrading”
motion pictures, Senator Brook-!
har, of lowa, Tuesday called upon,
the ' senate to -investigate the en
tird industry. :
Igewmu’uns ‘as startling as those
of #the Teapot Dome oil scandal
wero predicted by the senator. He
denounced Will H, Hays as a
“smokc-screen,” and eharged the
movies had been “permitted by a
supine governinent to be success
‘aully monopoilzed.”
Allegations of releasing “inde
cent” pletures and of violating
the anti-trust laws were contain.
ed in a resolution he introduces
for calling an inquiry by the sen.
ate’'s interstate commerce com
mittee. The resolution also sald]
‘it ‘has been alleged that the
Motion Picture Producers and
Distributors of America, Inc, of
which Mr.- Will H. Hays is pros
ident, is primarily a poltical or
ganzation and has exercised un
due inflyence with private,’ state
gnd federal agencies.”
__ Brookhart also introduced a pill
‘intended to outlaw ‘block book
ing” by which he contended the
. large producers are able to dic
tate what pictures shall be shown
iin the country's theaters.
» “Morality Code” ‘
[ ‘“7The so-called Hays morality
' code,” Brookhart said, “is admit.
[tedly a failure.”
F Since its promulgation, he said,
_movies have become ‘“‘even more
degrading.”
. “Last year it was the faghion
to exploit, I might say exalt, the
Wter on'‘the sereen . . . for
lt ie entertaininent, not to say edi.
fication, of the impressionable
young minds of the country.
“While some gangster films are
still being made the trend this
season is definitely toward pros
titution.”
| Brookhart said control of the
movie newsreels “if exerted for
political purposes or to obtain
‘immunity for the trust would be
'a powerful weapon in the hands
'of a man like Hays.”
- While he said he had “no defi
}nlto proof that it has been used
in this way,’ he said an article
lwhich he read from an independ
’ent exhibitors’ organ was suffi
cient to “warrant a searching in
quiry.” 'lt charged C. C. Petti.
john, described as Hays' right
hand man, induced New York city
Democrats to pay him for prepar
ing a ‘“propaganda reel’ for
Franklin D. Roosevelt in his race
for the New York governorship.
Local Bodies Are
Asked to Help in
Playgrounds Plan
' More than fifty letters were re
cently mailed out by the Athens
Chamber of Commerce to various
organizations in Athens asking
that each organization appoint
one of its members on a steering
committee which will have charge
~of planning a program of play
grounds and fixing the policies to
be following in securing a play
ground and recreation system
here. :
Every organization in Athens
{is urged to take an active part in
| the plan and it is the desire of
the chamber of commerce that
the various representatives will
be appointed as promptly as pos
. sible and their names sent to the
| chamber of commerce = secretary,
| C. D. Terrell.
The letters were mailed Febru
ary 16 but up to date only five
lhave been sent in, Mr. Terrell
' states. In order for good results
lit will be necessary for those
who have not appointed their
irepresentatives to do so at once
{and send them in, he continued.
| The chamber of commerce has
!adonted the parks and playgrounds
| plan” one of its major projects
{for the year,
i CHIEF REQUISITE
NEW YORK.-—Elisabeth llar
bury, 75. year-old Democratic nat
; ional committeewoman who some
j times is affetionately spoken of
{as “The Ola Lady of Manhattan,”
| believes she probably should be
{ President of the United States.
{ Her reason for believing this is
; naive. “I'm so crazy,” she said,
{ “about fishing.”
! QUEER SITUATION
| NUEVA GEPONA, Isle of Pines.
i——There is a 23 hour and 50 min
ute boycott here each day between
{the Japanese and Chinese resi
ldents in sympathy with their re
| spective . countries. A ten-minute
truce prevails, however, so that
all may gather around the radio
and hear the war dispatches
Japanese Attack Hurled
Back By Chinese Holding
Kiangwan; Planes Downed
TODAY'’S BEST
HUMAN_“EI\:'_TEREST
STORY
NASHVILLE, Ind—(AP)—
Benjamin Douglas, A former
state entomelogist, has gone
in for detective work.
Following a recent robbery
he placed a snapshot camera
in the rear of his office and
attached a cord to the door
knob.
When he found his office
robbed he developed the
films.
Dale Sluss was arrested and
denied the charge until he saw
the picture, He confessed, au
thorities sald, and implicated
another man in this and other
robbaries
Eight Youths Held
In Death of Tenn.
Man at LaFayette
LAFAYETTE, Ga.—(AP)—Eight
youths were held here Tuesday
and another was sought in con
nection with the death Sunday
night of Earl Lawson, 20, of
Whiteside, Tenn. i
A coroner's jury decided Mon
day that death followed choking
and beating which resulted in a
broken neck. The youth's com
panions, however, denied choking
or beating Lawson.
Walker county officers said they
were told the party left home
Sunday afternoon in a truck
bound for a party on Lookout
Mountain. They found the party
had been called of?, so they de.
cided to go to a church “singing”
at Lookout, Ga. it
The party, officers = said, had
been drinking, and the boys told
them Lawson became so ihtoxi
cated they decided to leave him
beside the road. The officers re
lated thut Lawson was léft tied
upright beside a tree, and when
the party came back he was
picked up. Upon arrival home he
No formal charges have been
iodged pending apprehension of
the ninth boy, Raymond Lopsy.
The eight held are Tom ; Cape.
hart, Ozzie Fees, ‘Bud Fees, Tom
Pearden, Robert Lee, J. T. Ford,
jr., ' Blev Weathers, and Dock
Brown. g
Engincer Mcleskley’s
Widow Obtains Unusual
Settlement in Decatur
Said to be the first time in the
South that the widow of an engi
neer who was killed in an auto
train wreck has received damages,
Mrs. Henry A. McLeskley obtain.
ed a settlement for §7,500 and
costs paid by the insurance com
pany at Decatur recently.
Mrs. McLeskley is the widow
of Henry McLeskley, who was
killed when his engine and an oil
truck of the Bunch company col
lide™ at Statham - February 4,
1928. Coy Benton, Athens, driver
of the truck, was killed also.
Mrs. McLeskiey brought suit
against G. 8. Bunch in Decatur
city court, and obtained a verdict
of $13,500, which was affirmed by
the Court of Appeals, and set
aside by the Supreme court. She
was represented by John B. Gam
ble, Athens, and James A. Branch,
Atlanta.
COMFORTABLE NIGHT
WASHINGTON.— (AP) —SBSen
ator W. J, Harris, of Cuorgia, who
is in Georgetown hospital, passed
a comfortable night and was de
scribed Tuesday as progressing
well. He underwent a prelimi.
nary operation Sunday for a kid
ney ailment.
Cr ppping Guide for Farmers in Clarke
. And Oconee Counties is Announced Here
Farmers who have raised and
marketed truck crops for the last
two years are meeting economic
conditions much more easily than
those yho have not, according to
County Agent L. 8. Watson for
?Clarke and Oconee counties;
| Mr. Watson states that meetings
,will be help in various communi
ties in the two counties during the
jnext few weeks for the purpose of
presentng a suggested farm pro
{gram for 1982, The cropping guide,
| which is announced by Mr. Wat
‘son‘ was arranged by the Agricul
tural Board .of the two counties,
based On 2 survey made by Mr.
| Watson and his assistant, J. K.
| West and the experiences of a large
[ number of farmers.
! Mr. Watson states that farmers
{who have produced and marketed
,truck crops, milk, butter,. eggs, live
poultry, fruits, cured and fresh
meats in additions to cotton, are
ienabled to meet present conditions
me more satisfactorily than oth
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Robert R. (“Bob”) Gunn will be
the principal speaker at the an
nual banquet of the Athens Young
Business Men's club Tuesday
night at 8:00 o’clock in the Y. M,
.k :
The program has been arranged
to commemorate the 200th anni.
versary of the birth of George
Washington. Guests of honor for
the occasion wlil be Dr. N. G.
Slaughter, Prof. J. T. Wheeler,
Dr. L. L. Hendren and Rev. John
Tate. '
Misses ' Ruth and Virginia Dil.
lard will give recitations. Arthur
Ԥ. Oldham will be toastmaster.
Garrett Deas is chairman of the
‘program committee. -
Adolf Hitler Will -
Oppose Hindenburg
In German Voting
BERLIN— (AP)— Adolf Hitler,
National Socialist leader, was deli
nitely in the race for president of
the German republic Wednesday
against veterian President Paul
Von Hindenburg, promising a
foufcornered race.
Hilter's' nomination was announ<e
ed last night by his Lieutenant
Joseph Goebbell, The announce
ment followed shortly after that of
Theodore Duesterberg, head of the
Steel Helmet oryanization, who
wag announceq as the Nationalist
candidate. The fourth candidate is
Ernest Thaelmann, a Socialist.
The entry of Herr Duesterberg
and Herr Hitler Indicated thai
their attempt to unite on a candi
date to run against Von Hinden
berg had broken down. Hitler's
headquarters recently had genied
he was seeking the Presidency,
HUNTER MURDERER
IS HIMSELF SLAIN
NEW YORK — (AP) — A man
identified from fingerprints as
Chatles Albano, aliag Ponzy Al
bany of Syracuse, N. Y., where he
he was said by poiice to have been
wanted for murder, was tossed, fa
tally wounded, from a moviny taxi
cab in Eleventh avenue, opposite
17th street, early today. He died
before the arrival of medical aid.
He was about 39 years old.
SPINSTER’S DANCE
TORONTO.—The debutantes are
going to give a spinsters’ dance
and all the boys have to do is be
there. The young ladies will call
for their young men, supply what
flowers are needed and will in
augurate any courting they may
have in mind.
ers. . Athens merchants sell more
than a half milllon dollars worth
of these products annually, he said,
hence the possibility of finding an
adequate market for such produce.
Cropping Guide.
The cropping guide, as announc
ed by the board, follows:
CORN—Plant a sufficlent acre
age to produce 50 bushels per head
of work stock; 20 bushely for each
mature cow; 30. bushels for each
hog; one bushel for every two hens
and three bushels for each persoa
on the farm.
OATS—Plant a sufficient acre
age to produce 25 bushels per head
of work stock; P2O bushels for each
dairy animal and one hushel for
every five hens on the farm.
WHEAT — Plant a sufficient
acreage to produce 5 bushels for
each person and one bushel for ev
ery three hens on the farm.
RYE--Plant 'a sufficient acre
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H2ME
FIAM ANSWER SENT
B JAPAN TO NOTE
OF LEAGUE COUNCIL
Japanese Intend ‘“‘Stand
Pat’” Attitude; Many
Are Reported Slain
SHANGHAL— (AP) —=Jap. -
anese army headquarters said
Tuesday Chinese women have
taken up arms alongside their
husbands and brothers in the
defense of the village of
Kiangwan. :
Soldiers returning from the
front, headquarters officlals
said, declared they had seen
women shooting from windows
of buildings at the outskirts of
the besleged village. ;
The soldiers, they said, had:
little to say for the Chinese
women's markmanship, lows
ever. ¥y
| By JAMES P, HOWE :
(Copyright 1932, By the Asso~
ciated Press) 53
SHANGHAI Shanghai’s Chi
nese defenders fought off a suc
cession of sglashing Japanese at
tacks Wednesday along the entire
;battleh‘ont from Chapei to some
ldlstance beyond Kiangwan, meet
"ing every drive with bullets and
bayonets,
| Both sides sustained probably
?thc heaviest losses of the four days
of furious fighting.
The only success the Japanese
4iwerc able to eke out of the blooay
encounter .was the destruction of
the Chinese airdrome at Hungjae
| with a-heavy aerial bomabardment.
The airdreme is (6 miles west of
Shanbhal. The Japanese dropped
25 heavy bombs upon it des_troiiw
all the hangars snd the planes with
them, The hangars were burned.
Jananese naval ‘authorities sald
\their’ airplane also destroyed the
Chinese air base at Soochow on
the Shanghai-Nanking railway.
l Wave after wave of Jaranese
‘was thrown against the Chinese
line during the day only to be
hurled back. The fighting was hot
test along the front northwest ot
Kiangwan weher the Japanese
Ispent every ounce of strength in
jan attempt to complete a move
iment begun yesterday which was
'intended to’ surroung the garrison
idefendlng the blasted ruins of the
i village,
Attack Subsides
A decision on the mastery of
of Kiangwan appeared to be far
off, however, and the strengih of
the Japanese, attack began to sub
side atter noon with nothhifii gain
ed or lgst by the forenoon’s ef
furts, -
As the fighting tapered off, Jap
trese ked Cross workers sought
to bring out.the wounded. The
same Drobably was happening be
hind: the Chinese lines, :
It was also a bloody day on the
Iront between Chapei and Kiang.
wan.'A' barrage of artillery {fire
from' the Japanese lines prepated
the way- for the Junges of the in
fantry ‘and airplanes showered high
exploslves on tha embattled Chi
nese. Scme screens were used O
cover th Japanese infantry' thrusts
and to shield the soldiers from the
vigidant eyes of the Chinese gun
negs,
] “Stands Pat” - 8 .
‘ TOKYO. —{AP)— The Japanese
'government’s reply to the note of
Ithe Leagte of Nations council of
!Tobrunr_\' 10’ was tclegraphed to
+Geneva today to Joseph ' Paul
| Boncour, acting president of the
council, It declared “it must be ema
phasizeil that the Japaneseé gov
ernment does not and cannot con
sider that China is an ‘organized
peable’ within the meaning of the
League of Nations covenant”
Declaring that China in the past,
by comumon consent, has ""been
treated as an organized state, the
Japanese note said that “fictions
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LOCAL WEATHER
E. S. SELL, Observer
Partly cloudy tonight; Wed
nesday increasing cloudiness,
possibly followed by rain, ™
The following is the local
weather for the 24 hours end
ing 8 a. m, 'today. .
TEMPERATURE =@ .
Highest. ... siis wish S oicniil
LOWEeSt. ook sascsran bisHglING
Meal . i iives akasiy wsiussii i
Normildo s Jiin o 5 bviv it aka S
RAINFALL s
Inchfl.‘-, Sas sssses sease io;'m
Total since February 1......546
Fxcess since February &-u% ¢
Average Februay rainfall....s.
Bxcess since January 1..... 204
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