Show irra of carrent event v BALK PARLEYS kaith soviet feared americans in shanghai band protection big jap push still to come xa V M lee av A A I 1 lack from yachting trip rip the president shown with son james seems irful ful enough despite troubles of yanks in far east s 9 r W summarizes THE WORLDS WEEK OW estern Nes newspaper paper union jan ian note shies italy 4 evidence of the comete accord of the two great fas F as governments overn ments was revealed when lany joined italy in refusing to presented at the nyon switzer conference to end piracy on mediterranean ledi Tedi the nazis gave ame excuses as italy that the n of soviet russia in accusing au n submarines of sinking two tw 0 ian dan merchant ships and deding full indemnity made imal aal conclusions of the parley im ibi able e and that the whole affair aff air at t better be ironed out by the cittee for nonintervention non intervention in in spanish civil war heated heated were the differences bem the italians and the russians hs ai feared the incident might to a break in diplomatic rela lio if not to actual armed coni beai eat LI britain russia and france t right ahead w with ith their plans lie e conference british borei foreign agn detary anthony eden was lusted in however to make no which would tend to divide divid e mediterranean edi powers into fas and anti fascist groups it was wed sved he would propose that merit t ships be allowed a naval con 1 through the danger zones etain one of the chief sufferers the submarine attacks on ship was embarrassed shortly bethe conference was to begin i a spanish insurgent cruiser alyis is known to be aiding the in ats commandeered a british sh hantman antman off palermo sicily confiscated her cargo of rus oil consigned to the spanish list government i ks ks in far east kick AFRICANS in shanghai constantly in in danger of their lives ed d washington demanding the atlon of united states ships american chamber of come ke in the war torn city asked aske d detary I 1 detary of state hull for immedi I 1 clarification of the state de imants stand some of the them m le bitter toward president roo roose s who from his yacht had t told old reaper aper men that americans in war ar zone would remain there at own risk no deadline for i tion had yet been set and i rumors spread that the united ea s flagship augusta was mak ready eady to leave yangtze waters c spread among the yanks in ingham lany y business men with lifetime gigs invested there vigorously d the president to adopt a jen policy with a strong front beep the american flag dav wa V one ne veteran yank resident car cir bed a petition demanding that president resident get off his yacht tin n his feet and get some guts ff them neriman eric an missionaries and bull busi amen men pro protested teste d that the U unit m t states tes position in the far east angely largely the result of their life lifes s I 1 and insisted on a more stead d attitude attitude to keep the american jin fin china the state depart replied that there was a broad cation between getting out of the bf f fire and relinquishing nj established over the years consuls in many chinese ports ordered to leave their posts cisi tion surprises nippon WESE ANESE naval guns and bomb s carried the war miles mil es of shanghai when they atthe d port of amoy which is a a huge chinese fort and arf opposite the island of for their bombs carried little and the shore artillery chased ar ships completely disable disabling ing the he battle was but thirty miles hong kong recently ravished lavished ravi shed typhoon where along the far flung athe the japanese were meeting apposition the caliber of 0 which I 1 ahad ad not expected along the abing 9 front chinese in jg g crack german trained divi were successful in holding back japanese it was said to be the severest opposition the japs have met since they fought russia in 1904 japanese aerial bombardments continued in the chapai Kian gwan Tai chong and banchong Yan chong districts of shanghai the continued peril of the international settlement and the french concession spurred the american british and french consuls to demand of both the japanese and chinese that their forces be withdrawn withdraw from that vicinity scores of noncombatants combatants non were daily being killed and wounded there by falling bombs and shells but japans long awaited big push had not yet materialized it was believed large reinforcements were being awaited the chinese man power was beginning to tell against the inferior numbers of the japanese one of the wars most sensational military coups occurred in the rocky hills west of neiping when japanese troops were reported wiped out by the chinese in ambush the japanese line was said to have been driven back five miles by the terrific onslaught and japanese commanders were reported more worried than ever over the success of their invasion in this sector another of the wars great horrors was perpetrated when the japanese bombed a refugee train 30 miles south of shanghai killing and wounding non combatants chinese bombers efforts at reprisal were ineffective only in the northern province of did the japanese make real progress there they captured the capital city of kalgan calgan A commission of prominent mongols and chinese many of them known to be associated with the japanese army was setting up a new popular autonomous government un der japanese control plague upon a plague JOHN L LEWIS fire eating chair J man of the committee for industrial du organization let fly a rebuke at president roosevelt for implied back watering wl on campaign promises and hinted at the possibility of a third party in the elections of 1940 in a radio speech he declared it ill behooves one who has hag supped cupped at labors table and who has been shel in labors jo john loi i L U le lewis i 01 s house g to curse with equal fervor and fine impartiality both labor and its adversaries when they become locked in deadly embrace this was regarded as an answer to the plague on both your houses which president roosevelt called down on extremists of both sides in the little steel strike in his campaign for ree election reelection re e lection he had supped cupped at labors table to the extent of a half million dollar contribution to the democratic national committee by the ca 1 0 lewis suggested that atwould it would be a wise move for labor and agriculture to wage their battles together politically suffered just as our farm population has suffered he said from a viciously unequal distribution trib ution of the national income iri come the exploitation of both classes of workers has been the source of panic and depression and upon the economic welfare of both rests the best assurance of a sound and permanent prosperity bale baie cotton crop tin THE HE fifth largest cotton crop yield in the nations history was forecast by he department of agriculture which estimated a 1937 crop of bales the cotton crop september 1 was 75 per cent of normal indicating indica ting an average yield per acre of 2285 pounds chinese won t cooperate 1 l aim in the undeclared JAPANS J war v ar is to make china submit once and for all to her will the japanese government virtually admitted through its foreign minister koki hirota the seriousness of japans intentions were obviated when emperor hirohito departing from precedent referred to the conflict in detail in a public statement from the throne and when it was revealed that nippon is is preparing more appropriations tor for her already heavy war chest hirota blamed the chinese central government for the present fighting because it refuses to operate cooperate co with japan in maintaining peace in eastern asia japanese military action against china he said was taken to make impossible the recurrence of the current hostilities japan he said has no other objective than to see a happy and tranquil north china and sino jap anese relations so adjusted as to enable us to put into practice our policy since china ignoring our true motive mobilized her vast armies against us we can do no other than to counter by force of arms the emperor in addressing the he houses of parliament greatly impressed im his subjects with a review of the war arriving at much the same conclusions as hirota had the session of parliament was called to consider the appropriation of forthe for the campaigns in in china raising the total of the nations war chest to dodd and hull disagree n DY Y THE time this is printed wil lf liam E dodd may no longer be united states ambassador to germany in an interview he vigorously opposed any american representation at the nazi party congress in nuremberg secretary of state cordell cordea hull refused to comment upon dodds attitude but announced that the united states would be represented at the conference which will A ambassador bassa or celebrate H i t 11 I 1 e rs W E do dodd rule by prentiss gilbert american charge daf faires in berlin secretary hull explained the action was being taken merely as a friendly gesture to the nazi government with whom he said the united states is in complete diplomatic accord diplomatic reports have indicated that dodd now vacationing here had made himself unpopular in berlin because of criticism of the hitler governments policies rumor had it that he might not return to his post mcgrady quits labor post EDWARD F mcgrady assistant secretary of labor and chief strike trouble shooter of mme ame frances perkins department resigned to devote his talents to radio he left his a year job to take the post of executive vice president in charge of industrial relations with the radio corporation of america at a salary variously estimated at ai from to in a letter to mcgrady president roosevelt expressed deep regret and added your efforts to maintain harmonious labor relations have always been in the public interest and in fairness to workers and management mcgrady had been one of the federal mediators who tailed failed to achieve a settlement of the C 1 I 0 strike against little steel in his new position his services will be available to the government upon call it was reported f hitler stand by japan A A DOLF HITLER in a manifesto to the german nation offered to stand by both italy and japan in a defensive light fight against bolshevism he charged that the two major majar wars now going on the sino japanese and the spanish civil wars were t the he result of attempts to spread communism the speech was ir read ad to the nazi party congress in nuremberg while he sat on the platform it could not have been better timed in view of the current friction between italy and soviet russia over submarine piracy in the mediterranean germany and italis community of interests have emerged in recent months he said more and more an element in the defense of europe against chaotic imbecility his manifesto continued our anti communistic agreement with japan serves the same fundamental mission to stand together in defense of world civilization postage stamp war H and nicaragua were 1 x on the verge of running up the curtain on their own little show in honor of mars the god of war all over a postage stamp nicaragua issued a stamp bearing a map which showed an area along the honduras boundary as territory in dispute hondurans Hon durans claimed it was an affront to their sovereignty citing the spanish award which both sides accepted in 1906 and will which h was supposed to have settled the tf territory question hondurans Hon durans were further incensed when nicaraguan radio speakers hinted the honduran army lick a postage stamp and proposed sending troops into that ithac country |