Show news of reter events WAR ON TWO continents japanese bomb fearful battle baffle rages near madrid congress wants to pack up and go home r 44 A ir V M A N 34 I 1 N iv v W wv zoi issei SS sEi t A A lla 1 ali JL i japanese soldiers cremate their dead at fen hengtai Fe ngtai tal A W urgia jolia uj GiA V NA summarizes THE WORLDS WEEK 0 western newspaper union china skies rain fire Tw THERE HERE was war in north china whether hether it had been officially declared or not Ja japanese bombers zoomed over the densely populated city of raining death and destruction and endangering thousands of citizens of the united states and other foreign countries the air air attack was Nip pons retaliation for a chinese army drive which nearly drove the japanese out of their north china stron stronghold hold chinese troops declared that thousands of noncombatant combatant non men women and children were killed or injured by the airmen the bombers left holocaust Lolo holocaust caust in their wake flames engulfed tient sins principal buildings the central railway station the militia headquarters the famed dankai university ver sity and the Chin kiang international bridge connecting the chinese city to the foreign concessions in the latter inhabitants who were not concerned at all with the war were forced to seek what safety they could in cellars which provided little shelter from the exploding bombs chinese and japanese soldiers fought hand to hand in the streets with entrenchments in some places only feet apart three chinese armies operating suddenly and swiftly along a 95 mile front between taku Tient sins seaport and neiping Pei ping conducted the attack which incurred the wrath of the japanese military command they drove the japanese away from the three key railroad stations and entered the japanese concession japan immediately responded with her air attack concentrating upon the heavily populated chinese section of infantry attacked the chinese barricades in several parts of the city japanese artillery went into action and drew lusty response from the enemy which sent shell after shell hurtling into the heart of the japanese concession many soldiers on both sides were killed from neiping the chinese awen ty ninth army was driven back 80 miles to the west until not a chinese soldier was left in the city or its environs gen sung cheh yuan commander resigned turning over his post as chairman of the political council to gen chang tsu chung a subordinate division commander X madriss Mad rids moat of blood T THE HE spanish government was de fending madrid against the insurgent forces in the most terrible battle of the entire civil war and the most important it last it was too furious the whole loyalist cause apparently rested on resisting this the most vicious attack the rebels had yet made gen francisco francos army under his personal supervision was making advances but at such loss of men that the cost might be too great insurgents stormed loyalist entrenchments trench ments directly in the face of point blank machine guns losses were so terrible that thousands of wounded lay without food or water among thousands already dead and decaying in the hot sun infantry tanks cavalry and artillery were supplemented by airplane bombers in one salient men were fighting including the cream of both armies the loyalist position was admittedly the most serious of the whole war and upon the governments ability to withhold against the attack rested the fate of the best units in its army it was reported that italian troops had joined the rebels for the battle each side eide claimed the losses of the other had been greatest insurgents reported that the government salient had cost fighting planes and casualties the government declared that franco had lost at least planes to its 20 or 30 had lost to men and had consumed worth of war materials gen francos other armies were busy too while the madrid conflict was in full sway the insurgents sprang a surprise air attack on barcelona in the early dawn advance planes dropped hares flares which lighted up the city then came additional planes dropping bombs on the easy target and turning machine guns on citizens who attempted to flee at least 65 persons were killed and injured the rebels in the east were ra reported to have driven across the teruel cuenca border and to have seriously threatened the loyalist lifeline life line the highway between madrid and valencia chadd ya say we scra scram m W WITH ITH supreme court bill becom bitted to the senate judiciary committee a new substitute bill for reform of only the lower courts due to be reported out of the committee and a new senate majority leader selected to take the late senator robin robinsons ons place the overwhelm overwhelming ing sentiment of the members of the seventy fifth congress was to pack up their bags and get as far away from washington as possible even measures which president roosevelt had insisted bear the must label were being shoved aside with dispatch as vice president garner sought to heal the party wounds inflicted during the bitter court battle and salvage as much of the presidents legislation as he could the first to be buried was the new AAA and ever nor mal granary bill the senate agriculture committee shelved it until the next session the com committee cittee authorized james P pope idaho democrat and sponsor cosponsor co of the bill to prepare a senate resolution to lay the plans for regional hearings on a comprehensive farm program during the remainder of the summer and report back in january it seemed certain that the presidents legislation for governmental reorganization would be left over until next session when the record of three months hearings by the joint congressional committee was made public it was revealed that committee members have not even come close to agreement on any of the main points involved majority leader barkley said that the white house still wanted the wages and hours bill the wagner low cost housing bill and a judiciary bill passed as well as legislation to plug tax loopholes the wagner bill meanwhile was reported out of committee and it was expected the senate would act upon it quickly new court bill drafted F POUR OUR important provisions were 1 contained in the new court reform bill reported out of the senate judiciary committee but none of them involved any changes in in or additions to the personnel of the supreme court the new bill provides for a direct appeals to the supreme court from decisions in the district courts involving the constitutionality of federal statutes b intervention by the department of justice in all suits involving the validity of federal statutes c trial of all suits to enjoin the operation of federal statutes by a court of three judges one judge from the circuit court of appeals and two district judges d reassignment of district court judges by the senior circuit judge of each circuit wherever additional help may be needed to relieve congested dockets judges sitting away from home would receive 10 a day additional pay ambition in bloom congressman congressman SOL BLOOM of v new york who it is said by congressman bloom is the spitting sp ittin image of george washington and once posed for a bust labeled the father of his country sponsored a brief bill in the lower house but unfortunately for congressman bloom it was rejected in fact it never even came to a vote it provided that a book be given at the governments expense to each naturalized citizen with his citizenship iz papers the book exhibited in the house is a handsome affair all done up in blue and gold the cover contains in large letters the inscription the story of the constitution by sol bloom copyright by sol bloom U S weighs embargo A A S THE conflict in north china rv blazed into open it if undeclared warfare the united states prepared to declare that a state of war existed between china and japan and to place an embargo upon the shipment of arms to the two countries under the neutrality act the president who has the power to declare that a state of war exists kept in close touch with aff affairs airs in the far east assisted by secretary of state cordell hull proclamation of an embargo pr prohibits the sale of arms ammunitions and implements of war to the belligerent countries it forbids loans or the efte extension ision of credit to either of them and makes it illegal for americans to travel upon the ships of the belligerents secretary hull said that conferences had been held among embassy emera attaches commanders command era of foreign troops in neiping and others to lay plans for removing americans cans and other foreign nationals from the danger zone it was reported that there were united states military personnel and dependents and american civilians registered in in addition to american officers and men pack f the he white whit e house WITH W ITH a rou roll call vote of to 83 the house of representatives voted to give president roosevelt six new secretaries at a year each the debate on the bill provoked some quaint comment republican dewey short of missouri offered an amendment providing that the six new positions should be given to elliott franklin jr and john roosevelt sons of the president elliott mrs A anna n n a roosevelt bo B 0 e 11 i g e r his daughter and distie Si and B buzzie uz dall ball his grandchildren it failed to carry democrat ross collins of mississippi MI ass offered an amendment that would provide a new secretary for each member of congress the president may need additional secretaries ret aries he said how about the overworked members of congress we need extra help also if the bill became law it would raise the total of the presidents a year secretaries to nine for he already has three james roosevelt stephen early and marvin mcintyre 60 hurt in strike riot ALTHOUGH 1 the independent rl steel plants were back at work there was still plenty of discord along 7 the labor front sixty persons were injured in a wild riot among pickets of the steel workers organizing committee affiliated with C 1 I 0 loyal workers and police at the corrigan mckinney plant of the republic steel corporation in cleveland A mob of strikers hurled rocks from a hillside upon cars of employees parked in the valley about the plant loyal workers attempted to drive the strikers away and at one time of them rushed out of the plant and set upon the pickets police tried to break up the fighting relying chiefly on their tear gas guns one striker was killed when a moving automobile which was being stoned got out of control and ran berserk through a picket line in buffalo there was a serious serious food shortage because of a strike of 1000 wholesale grocery truck drivers and 1000 butchers at four meat packing plants As C 1 I 0 and A F of L unionists operated cooperated co in their demand for closed shops residents res identa of the city were forced to motor to the country tor for butter eggs and vegetables A year of reclamation A A applications for grants under last years agricultural a 0 conservation program covered acres two thirds of the count rys crop land and represented an estimated farmers H R tolley agricultural adjust adjustment meni a administrator min reported nearly acres were diverted from crops which deplete the soil acres received the benefit of soil building practices conservation payments for the year totaled benefit 1 and rental payments total expenditures by AAA during 1936 were including administrating expenditures and liquidation ui of obligations outstanding when the supreme court held sections of the original AAA unconstitutional tut ional K football save it Nu OT even the excellence and pop 1 larity of edward patrick slip Mad igans football teams could save little st marys college at oakland i calif from the auction block I 1 it t was knocked down to its security holders for the only bid after it h had ad failed to pay interest on its bonded indebtedness of since 1934 when madigan came to st marys from notre dame in 1921 it had 71 students his football teams made it famous and built the tha enrollment up to it was indicated he will remain as coach at a reported salary 0 of f 7 0 DO a year and ten per cent of the gate receipts receipt receipts last year were |