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Show SUMMARIZES THE WORLD'S WEEK Western Newspaper Union. Loyalists Widen Front THE Spanish loyalists' drive to push back the rebel forces to a safe distance from Madrid continued, con-tinued, with the government forces widening the front by expanding both flanks several miles. The main line of advance was in a southerly direction, slow but steady. It had progressed as far as a point halfway half-way between Brunete and Naval-carnero. Naval-carnero. Loyalist forces were attempting at-tempting to acquire control of the Quernales river banks, there to dig In and protect the right flank while the main drive continues south. Rebel military strategists were not particularly distressed over the government advance, for they believe be-lieve that if they can draw the major part of the Madrid garrison out into the open country and destroy de-stroy it the advance will benefit them more than it will the loyalists. Artillery of both sides worked overtime over-time as the rebel reinforcements came in to make the struggle more equal. The government was reported to be using dozens of Russian tanks. They are heavier and clumsier than the rebel tanks, but they carry field pieces of great accuracy and potency. po-tency. Still, a new kind of anti-tank gun developed by the rebels stopped a number of them. Government planes were reported report-ed doing serious damage to rebel forces on the Basque front to the north. In the east Gen. Sebastian Pozas, commander of the government govern-ment forces in the Saragossa-Teruel sector, claimed that Albarracin "not only has been completely surrounded, sur-rounded, but also government troops now are fighting in the streets of the town." Mr. Eden Has a Plan r)LANS to maintain the non-inter-vention patrol of Spain in a fashion that will satisfy all the nations na-tions concerned and Insure against r " r i the spread of t h e j conflict beyond the j Spanish borders j have blown about .. "?"v- --nJ like papers in a i storm. And when v, j you get right down " to it, that is about I all they have ,, - ' amounted to. i - 3 Now Anthony if 1 :) A Eden, Britain's for- . MM . , eign secretary, has Fj0ny C0!ne UP wilh a new n one, as deft and perhaps per-haps as futile as any which have gone before it It provides for the full re-cstablishrr.ent of land j and sea control of movements of , men and arms into Spain. French i and British warships would patrol i the coastline with German and Iial- i ian observers aboard (the Fascist : nations, indignant over the Letp- I zig incident have withdrawn from I the patrol). This arrangement would operate only until a per- manent scheme could be worked j out, placing observers for the nou- i intervention committee in all non- I Spanish seaports and airports from ' which men and supplies might leave ! for Spain, and In nil Spanish ports ' to sec that none landed there. After : that, the sea patrol wouij be ubol- j ished. ; j Upper Silesia Still Puzzta BEFORE a new accord could he I reached, the ."-ycnr-o!d Gen- cva convention designed to rccon- j Cile the Interests of both Poland j and Germany In Upper Silesia, cx- I pirrd. Upper Silesia was once part of both Germany ikl Austria, but after the World war it was split between be-tween Germany and Poland. The people of the two sections have since that time mingled freely with one another, carrying on a live commerce com-merce unhindered over the boundary boun-dary lines set by the League of (Wash.), Brown (N. H.), Caraway (Ark.), Duffy (Wis.), Johnson (Colo.), Lewis (111.), Murray (Mont.), Overton (La.), Pepper Pep-per (Fla.), Russell, Jr. (Ga.) and Wagner (N. Y.). Lundeen (Minn.) was the Farmer-Laborite. The substitute for the original Ashurst bill provides for appointment appoint-ment of one new justice each year to every justice remaining on the court after reaching the age of seventy-five years. New Sino-Japanesa Conflict? WAR between China and Japan was believed almost inevitable as hopes of settling a new outbreak of hostilities by diplomatic means r - -vv 1 faded out. The fight- ' f.' .' ing ensued as Jap- f - anese gendarmes at-;;4 at-;;4 tempted to take over j the policing of Yu- " J anping and Lukow- i , . . ia0i (W0 villages In j . j the Peiping area, I - near Marco Polo 1 bridge. This, the , Japanese said, was w V -J provided for in tho " -"3 North China truce. Emperor According to the Hirolnto assertions of the Japanese war office, Chinese soldiers fired upon the gendarmes and opened up with trench mortars against the Japanese contingent at the Yuanping station. This action allegedly compelled com-pelled the Japanese to make a night assault, costing 20 lives. In order to occupy the towns of Lungwangmiao and . Tungshinghwan. It was said the Chinese troops had also advanced ad-vanced into these points. Officials of the Hopei-Chahar council coun-cil claimed the Japanese moves were in open violation of the truce. They further accused the Japanese of conducting night army maneuvers, maneu-vers, using real bullets instead of the blanks ordinarily employed in maneuvers. As Emperor Hirohito and Premier Fumimaro Konoe conferred con-ferred with military leaders and the cabinet, the Japanese people frantically franti-cally prepared for the war that loomed. China's Nanking government gave orders to Gen. Sung Cheh - yuan, commander of the North China forces, that his army was not to retreat re-treat for any reason, but was to be prepared to make tho "supreme sacrifice" to hold Its position until Gen. Chiang Kai-shek should arrive over the Peiping Hankow railroad Falls 'Face to Battle' "X7"HEN Sen. Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas dropped dead of a heart attack in his apartment across from the United States capi- Xs.- to1, the President's p" 1 Plan fr securing new appointments , to the Supreme court L" "- bench, even in its , ';iv L amended form, died v $ with him- f That is the belief i'zs , ' close observers in .'V-ifwj 1 Washington. For Ni "Joe" Robinson was f V ' i : the President's tow-er tow-er of strength in the Senator legislative branch of Harrison government. He had served the Democratic party well in the senate since 1913, and as the majority leader in the upper house since 1932. Joe Robinson's job it was to keep a smooth balance between the conservative con-servative democrats, largely of the South, and the more radical members mem-bers of the party from the North and West, so that the objectives of the New Deal could be turned out of the legislative mill. Robinson never fought harder than he did in his last battle. As he worked hard and long in an attempt to get the. "compromise" court plan passed, often raising his voice and exerting himself mightily in senate arguments, it was apparent ap-parent to his colleagues that he was not welt Sen. Royal S. Cope-land, Cope-land, the only physician in the senate, sen-ate, had several times asked him to calm himself lest he hasten his own death. While the senate was adjourned for Robinson's funeral, administration administra-tion leaders sought to rally support so the court bill could be passed, even without tho late senator's leadership. lead-ership. But the opposition forces were equally determined to take advantage of the psychological aspect as-pect of the senate following Robinson's Robin-son's death the desire to effect a peace, finish the session's business in a hurry and get away from the capital. The forces opposed to the bill believed that when the issue came up again they would be successful in recommitting the substitute bill to the judiciary committee, an effective ef-fective vay of killing it The Indication Indica-tion of opposition greater than had been expected In the house of rep- with 50,000 fresh troops. As the fighting continued In the Peiping area, with no hope of nn effective compromise on the two nations' na-tions' demands, war seemed the probable result. Allhough an agreement was reported re-ported to have been made between local Chinese and Japanese authorities authori-ties at Tientsin, settling the dispute to the satisfaction of both, the national na-tional government at Nanking has continued to Insist that no agreement agree-ment reached locally would be observed. Mrs. Roosevelt's Taxes WHEN Representative Hamilton Hamil-ton Fish (Hep., N. Y.) sought to demonstrate the unfairness of the lax Invasion investigation commit- r tee, ho demanded "T . ' tlint the committee - ' . Investigate the I n - I come of the wife of t- ": the President from ..;, ' radio broadcast, h '" V cli;,rl!ing that she I f$ ! was not paying a I s t i cent of income taxes "tv ' upon those earnings. i A"., She had turned over " JJ 000 to the Amer-, Amer-, " iean Friends Service Rep. I'isli cr)rlj,,.,,( I'liila- dol)hla charily, kept $1 per broadcast broad-cast for herself mid paid nothing whatever from her radio earnings to the government. Assialant Attorney General Robert Rob-ert H. Jael'.fion replied for her, explaining ex-plaining to Chairman Iloughlou of the congressional eoitun il In: that the bureau of internal revenue hail advisoil lira, llonsevell. she nerd pay no lax on Ihe rn'ripln finm the broaileiisl.. Ih; ilccl.iroil lln ro-r.pousihility ro-r.pousihility "i.'i not Hint of Mr. Iloo.'i'vell, lint Hint of myself and olhi r.'i who were treasury ollieiala at the time." resentative3 vas another factor pointing to the eventual fall of the bill. Another battle vas not long In getting under way: to decide who the new majority leader of the senate sen-ate should be. Conservative Democrats Dem-ocrats were anxious to wrest a measure of control from the While House by backing Sen. Pat Harrison Harri-son of Mississippi, vho has been faithful to the President, but is fundamentally conservative. The more radical senators backed Al-ben Al-ben W. Earkley of Kentucky, Democratic Dem-ocratic national convention keynoter, keynot-er, who had been Robinson's assistant as-sistant as floor leader. Another prospect pros-pect was Sen. James F. Byrnes of South Carolina, but it was believed hi3 strength would eventually be transferred to Harrison. Another thing that had Washington Washing-ton guessing as a result of Robinson's Robin-son's death was the vacancy on the Supremo court left by the retirement retire-ment of Justice Willis Van De-vanter. De-vanter. Robinson, It was generally believed, was to have received the appointment. Strugglo in tho Senato 'pWELVE Democratic senators arid one Farrrier-Laborlle vere believed to hold the fa to of tho administration's substitute for the original bill which would Increase the number of Supreme court Justices to If). Tho administration vas certain that Ihe bill would receive re-ceive nt least Tli'l vole;:, Willi AH rii ressary to a majority cineo '.''u-ator '.''u-ator )tobin.';on' rleal.li. Forly three senators vere rlcfinil.ely corniiiilled against It. Thirteen were still uncommitted un-committed the battle raged on the Konal.i; lloor mid In the' cloakrooms. cloak-rooms. 'ihe twelve iineommlllr'd Democrats Demo-crats were: Andrews (Fla.), Ilone Na lions. The diplomatic difficulties occurred when no solution was forthcoming for tho problem of what to do with the Poles who wanted to remain in the German section and the Germans Ger-mans who wanted to remain in the Polish section. 6,625 Miles in Ono Hopl WITH the world still thrilling to tho recent flight of three Russian aviators from Moscow to the United States via the North Pole, three more Russians did it again, completing tho longest non-stop Might In history. After Hying (1.027) miles from the Russian capilal, Pilot Michael Gro-mov, Gro-mov, Co-Pilot Andrei Yumoshev and Navigator Sergei Danilin, made a forced landing in a cow pasture near San Jaeinlo, Cal. A leaking gasoline line had exhausted their fuel sup. ply as they battled heavy fog.i which hung over the west coast region. Their Hying time was estimated nt 02 hours mid 17 minutes, Obituary in Bluo r F.UUUK UKHSI1W1N, composer who lifted Jaz music up lo tho level of tho classici, l fori i:m. denly In Hollywood nfler nn operation opera-tion for brain tumor. J lo was thirty-eight. His "Hhapsoily j,, Iiluo" was famous among tho world's music mu-sic lovers, opera, "Porgy nn, I less" one of tho most Individually American of all musical wnrlt.q. in, "Suwannee" pold more than 2.000 -tlllt) copies, his musical I'liiiiedy score, "Of Then I Sing." was I'uliler prio winner, and sum,, ,,f his eoiiiio.iillons. such as "Strike Up the Hand," "Soon," and "Son,,,, body I. oves Me" were nung ,Uh (lani'eil o iy 1 1 1 1 1 1 1' mil . Many prominent prom-inent critics called him the most original force In American music. |