Show t sr r is w 0 of f Os r rv rs I 1 9 re 13 FASCISTS BALK PARLEYS B ca c with soviet feared americans in shanghai demand projection big jap push still to come X jolt v Z T 44 70 A N back from yachting trip rip the president shown with son james seems cheerful enough despite troubles of yanks in far east wo a summarizes THE WORLDS WEEK A 0 western newspaper union russian note shies italy evidence of the complete FURTHER accord of the two great fascist governments was revealed when germany joined italy in refusing to be represented at the nyon switzerland conference to end piracy on the mediterranean the nazis gave the same excuses as italy that the action of soviet russia in accusing italian submarines of sinking two russian merchant ships and demanding full indemnity made impartial conclusions conclusions of the parley impossible and that the whole affair might better be ironed out by the committee for non nonintervention intervention in the spanish civil war so heated were the differences between the italians and the russians it was feared the incident might lead to a break in diplomatic relations if not to actual armed conflict great britain russia and france went right ahead with their pl plans ans for the conference british foreign secretary anthony eden was in instructed ted however to make no proposals which would tend to divide the mediterranean powers into fascist and anti fascist groups it was believed he would propose that merchant ships be allowed i a naval convoy through the danger zones britain one of the chief sufferers from the submarine attacks on shipping was embarrassed shortly before the conference was to begin when a spanish insurgent cruiser italy is known to be aiding the insurgents sur gents commandeered a british merchantman off palermo sicily and confiscated her cargo of russian oil consigned to the spanish loyalist government 41 yanks in far east kick A A in shanghai con scantly in danger of their lives cabled washington demanding the protection of united states ships the american chamber of commerce in the war torn city asked secretary of state hull for immediate clarification of the state departments part ments stand some of them were bitter toward president roosevelt who from his yacht had told newspaper men that americans in the war zone would remain there at their own risk no deadline for evacuation had yet been set and when rumors spread that the united states flagship augusta was making ready to leave yangtze waters panic spread among the yanks in in shanghai many business men wi with th lifetime savings invested there vigorously urged the president to adopt a foreign policy with a strong front and keep the american flag waving one veteran yank resident cir circulated a petition demanding that the president get off his yacht get on his feet and get some guts above them americ american Amer iran an missionaries and business men protested that the united states position in the far east was largely the result of their lifes work and insisted on a more steadfast attitude to keep the american stake in china the state department replied that there was a broad distinction between getting out of the line of fire and relinquishing privileges established over the years vice consuls in man many y chinese ports were ordered to leave their posts H opposition surprises nippon i JAPANESE naval guns and bombers carried the war miles south of shanghai when they attacked the port of amoy which houses a huge chinese fort a and nd arsenal opposite the island of formosa their bombs carried little effect and the shore artillery chased the warships completely disabling one the battle was but thirty miles from hong kong recently ravished lavished ravi shed by a typhoon elsewhere along the far flung front the japanese were meeting with opposition the caliber of which they had not expected along the woosung front chinese including 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 a and nd chinese that their forces be withdrawn 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 0 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 noncombatants combatants non chinese bombers efforts at reprisal were aneff ineffective active 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 a army was setting up a new popular autonomous government under japanese control plague upon a plague JOHN T OHN L LEWIS fire eating chair man of the committee for industrial du organization let fly a rebuke at president roosevelt for implied back watering on campaign promises and hinted at ut 3 the possibility of a taw third party P in the elections of 1940 1 in n a radio speech he declared J k it ill behooves I 1 one who has supped cupped at labors table and who has been shel in labors john ii L i lewis i 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 roosevel t called down on extremists of both sides in the little steel strike in his campaign for reelection election re he had supped cupped at labors table to the extent of a half million dollar contribution to the democratic national committee by the C 1 I 0 lewis suggested that it would be a wise move for labor and agriculture to wage their battles together politically labor has suffered just as our farm population has suffered he said from a viciously unequal distribution trib ution of the national income the exploitation of both classes of workers worker 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 V bale baie cotton crop THE THE fifth largest cotton crop yield in the nations history was forecast by he department of agriculture which estimated a 1937 crop of 16 bales the cotton crop september se I 1 was 75 per cent of normal indicating an average yield per acre of 2235 2285 pounds won t cooperate 1 l 1 aim in the undeclared war is to make china submit 0 nce and for all to her will the japanese government virtually ad bitted through its foreign m minister inister koki hirota the seriousness of 01 japans intentions were obviated when emperor hirohito departing from precedent referred to the coni flicht in deall derail in a public statement from the throne and when it was revealed that nippon is preparing more appropriations 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 E 1 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 armies against us we cando no other than to counter by force of arms the emperor in addressing the houses of parliament greatly impressed 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 for the campaigns in china raising the total of the nations war chest to ar dodd and hull disagree beliam 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 vigorous vigorously sly opposed any american representation at the nazi party congress in nuremberg secretary of E state cordell hull refused to comment upon dodds attitude but announced that the united states would be represented at the con ference which will ambassador ama celebrate H i t 11 I 1 e rs IV E dodd rule by prentiss gilbert american charge daf faires in berlin secretary hull explained that 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 ha have ve 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 assist ant secretary of labor and chief strike trouble shooter of marre mme 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 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 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 c hitler stand by japan ato A DOLF HITLER in a manifesto to the german nation offered to stand by both italy and japan in a defensive fight against bolshevism he charged that the two major wars now going on the sino japanese and the spanish civil wars were the result of attempts to spread communism the speech was read 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 M mediterranean edi 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 fun da mental mission mission to stand together in defense of world civilization postage stamp war H IJ I J and nicaragua were on the verge of running up the curtain on their own little show in honor of mars the god of war au all over a postage sta stamp mp nicaragua issued a stamp bearing a map which showed an area along the honduras boundary as territory in dispute 11 hondurans Hon durans claimed it was an affront to their sovereignty citing the spanish award which both sides accepted in 1906 and h was supposed to have settled tahe te territory question hondurans Hon durans were further incensed when nicaraguan radio speakers hinted the honduran army lick a posta postage ge stamp and proposed sending troops into that country |