The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-16

were many, VarleQ ana eXclCng.
 A. U. Fox, of Montclair, N. J. partner in Swan, Culbertson & Fritz brokers of New York city, was sit- ting in his apartment this morning with his wife, an expectant mother A six inch unexploded shell tore through window into the room and landed in a chair immediately be- hind Mrs. Fox, who comes from Greenwich, Conn. Fox leaped across the room, seized the shell though it was so hot it burned his hands and threw 1t back out of the win dow into the garden.
 George Shecklen, formerly of Phil adelphia and San Francisco, now vice president of RIGA communica- tions resident here, arrived from Nanking yesterday in g specially scheduled plane. He pasesd four o1 the big Japanese bombers that bombed Chinese airdromes. Ac- companying Shecklen was A. B Moulton, of Boston, RCA-Victor sales manager.
 Liner Ordered To China Manila, Aug. 16-(UP)-The liner President Hoover was ordered today to proceed at full speed to Shang- hai tomorrow with a company of United States marines. The liner will race direct for Shanghai, with out cargo or passengers other than the marines called in from Cavite navy station today.
 At Shanghai the liner will aid in evacuating the women and children refugees.
 It was the refugee crisis that brought an order to the liner, on its arrival this morning, to turn about as soon as possible and make for Shanghai. Officials expected that it would be ready to leave Wednesday. The increasing urgency of the situ- ation, and the decision to send the marines, brought the order to sail tomorrow.
 Stop Japanese Drive
 Tientsin, China, Aug. 16-(UP)- Chinese troops, fortified in the saw toothed mountains northwest of Peiping, have stopped the Japanese drive for the Nankow pass, 1t was understood today.
 A Japanese informant who had visited the front said that the pass was proving a most difficult obstacle.
 It was understood here that the Japanese intended to carry out a series of air raids in hope of speed- ing occupation of the pass which commands communications with a big area to the north and west.
 Six troop trains, containing 2,000 endorsements for the Japanese Nankow pass army, were ready to leave Peiping today.
 Diplomatic Break Near
 Tokyo, Aug. 16-CUP)-Japan took the first step toward a formal diplo- matic break with China today when Shinrokuro Hidaka, counselor and charge d'affaires of the embassy at Nanking, was ordered to leave at once.
 Though a foreign office spokes- man, announcing the order, said that Hidaka's withdrawal did not necessarily mean break, 1t was be- lieved that he would not return.
 The spokesman said that Ambas- sador Shigeru Kawagoe would re- main at Shanghai for the present and that 1t was to be decided whe- ther to bring Hidaka back to Japan.
 Four Jap Planes Down
 Nanking, Aug. 16-(UP)-Cfficia asserted today that four planes of Japanese raiding squadron of eight were brought down in the suburbs yesterday after damaging one old airplane and one hangar at the Ming palace airport. One plane struck in a village, it was said, and killed two Chinese women.
 It was asserted also that two Jap anese planes were brought down at Hangchow airdrome and two outside the town. Hangchow is the site of the army air school which Ameri- cans organized.
 Ten Chinese Planes Gone
 Shanghai, Aug. 16-(UP)-Japan- ese arplanes bombarded the Chinese Flashing airport and destroyed ten Chinese planes grounded there, then shot three similar planes down from the air, the Japanese naval attache stated in a communique tonight.
 He also stated that Japanese avi- ator- had raided Chinese long range artillery positions at Paoshing and had likewise bombed Chinese artil. lery positions, among the latter a division of the Peace Preservation corp: formerly commanded by Gen. eral Hsueh-Liang.
 The Pootung bombardment was reported continuing.