The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-08-29

She started at speed of so miles an
hour, with favorable weather indicated
for the Atlantic crossing. Fifteen pas
sengers were aboard, besides the crew
of forty-four.
I ABOR troubles in the coal field at
~ Providence, KY, led to novelty.
An airplane appeared over the region
and number of bombs were dropped,
some of which exploded but none of
which did any material damage. The
plane was traced by it's color and num-
Der and one Paul Montgomery Of
Murphysboro. ILL.,, was arrested as the
pilot. He confessed and named his
two companions who, he said, made
and dropped the bombs. One of them
was nabbed. Montgomery said he was
compelled to go on the bombing raid
by threats that he and his family
would be killed.
u RITISH forces are busily engaged
- in defending the Khyber pass,
northern entrance to India, and the
important city of Peshawar against the
attacks of Afridi tribesmen. So far
the invaders have made little progress,
largely because of the efficient use of
bombing airplanes by the British; but
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and the Afridis, who have been joined
by other tribes, though driven back
from Peshawar, are threatening other
places not so strongly fortified.
In an effort to bring about peace in,
India the authorities put several of the
imprisoned leaders of the passive re.
volt in the same prison with Mahatma
Gandhi. and two prominent unofficial
-natives-conferred with
the prisoners on a plan to have the
Nationalist activities held up pending
the outcome of the round-table Indian
conference in London in October.
WHILE Chinese Communist forces
w were advancing on Changsha to
recapture that city, the Nationalist and
northern alliance armies were engaged
in series of heavy battles. The Nam
king government, however, had put
censorship into effect and little reliable
news reached the outside world.
Japanese reports from Tsinan. cap
ital of Shantung province held by the
rebel forces, said the city was being
repeatedly bombed by government
planes. The foreign consuls warned
the Marking forces not to bomb the
business section, where most of the
foreigners reside. Gen. Chang Kai.
shek. commander of the Marking
armies, said he expected to drive the
northerners out of Tsinan before long.
He declared there was evidence of "a
decentralization of enemy units on all
fronts, but this was not quite borne
out by reports from the battle fronts.
M ORE than forty commissioners on
AVA uniform state laws held an i'm
portant meeting in Chicago. They con-
sidered over fifty acts that had been
drafted. including legislation concern
ing public utilities, real estate, divorce,
veterans guardianship, cooperative
marketing, drugs, firearms, air licens-
ing, mechanics liens, absentee voters.
and civil dispositions. OF these, forty
three, it was decided. should be recon-
mended to the American Bar associa-
ton and the state legislatures for
adoption.
The purpose Of the organization is
to remove conflicting laws throughout
the various states and substitute as
far as is possible a general level of
| laws.
a MTORG Trading corporation. the
"A Soviet commercial agency in this
country, announces that in the last two
months orders to the value of SAC, $780,
600 for agricultural machinery and
tractors have been placed in the Unit
ed States.
About So per cent of the purchases
are made up of tractors, 10 per cent of