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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-20
BIG FLYING BOAT
may VISIT D. C.

The first Of six Atlantic Clip
per" flying boats, being built by
the Boeing Aircraft Company, in
Seattle, will be completed this
week, Pan-American Always an
nounced today.
The new flying boat, twice the
size of the Sikorsky Clipper now
making preliminary surveys across
the North Atlantic route, probably
will visit Washington on It's
maiden voyage from the West
Coast before being pressed into
service over the new transatlantic
skyway next year.
With a wing spread Of 152 feet
on a 109-foot hull, the new flying
boat will have a capacity for so
passengers and two and a half
tons of cargo for the 24.hoW
schedules from America to Europe.
The first of the new giant fly
ing boats, being completed in
hangers this week, will be fully
completed this fall for test flights.
The maiden voyage probably will
be flown down the California
coast to Mexico, across the Car.
ribean Sea and then up the East
Coast,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-20
U; S. REFUGEES
REACH MANILA

MANILA, P. l., Aug. 20 Q.N.S0.
Headed by Mrs. Theodore Roose-
welt. BIT war-weary refugees from
Shanghai diserbarked from the
American liner President Jefferson
here tonight.
The refugees, mostly women and
children, were greeted at the dock
by Manila officials.
81 never was so glad to see any
one in my life" were Mrs. Roose-
velt's first words to Ed Head,
former adviser to her husband
when he was governor general
here.
Mrs. Roosevelt's son, Quentin
carried two Chinese vases ashore
They apparently were the only
baggage which the two had.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-20
President to See
2 Hospital Sites

President Roosevelt declared to-
day he will inspect two more sites
for the new Naval Hospital before
deciding where the new $4,000, 900
plant is to be built. Teh sites he
has in mind is one near Forts
Davis and Dupont near the eastern
end of Pennsylvania Avenue South
east and another near Walter Reed
Hospital. ell already has visited
the Dalecarlia Reservoir site and
one fronting on Foxhall Road.
When he will make the tour has
not been decided, he said today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-20
News in Brief

KrOgstad to appeal to GOVs
Frank Murphy, Cow mentioning
In California.
MONTREAL, Aug. 20 U.N.SJ.
Attempts have been made to
sabotage machines in the Hoche-
laga plant Of the Dominion Tex.
tiles Company, g. Blair Gordon,
managing director Of the COM
pany, charged here today. The
mill has been closed for 10 days
by a strike Of 1000 members Of
the National Catholic Syndicate
of Textile Workers. Belts had
been cut on spinning machines.
he said, and wires on electric
washers had been tempered with.
WORCESTER, Mass, Aug. 20
(I.N.S.).-"We've gone through
life tOgetht taking the bitter
with the sweet" This note was
found today beside the bodies Of
Herbert H. Churchill, IS, and
his wife, Carrie, GA, in their gas
filled bedroom. Mrs. Churchill
had been i'll for some time.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20 u.N.SJ.
The C. /. o. National Maritime
Union today ordered a strike
against six cOaStwise steamship
lines, charging that they issued
passes to A. F. Of L. organizers
to board the vessels to attempt
organize the seamen. The lines
affected are CIyde-MalIOry, Bull,
Savannah, Waterman, New York
and Cuba Mail, and the New
York and Porto Rico.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-20

aloft from warships and land sta
lions and dropped powerful eX-
plosives on the Shanghai Hang
chow Railway, running south OF
the city, badly Gripping Chinese
efforts to bring up further rein
forcements from the south.
FIRST ACTION
Bursting into action for the
first time in these eight days Of
metropolitan warfare, Chinese big
gun units at Nantao retaliated with
shrill stream of shells pounding
positions where Japanese pre-.
pared another infantry attack,
and splashing the Whangpoo
around japanese WarShips.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-20
Col. Tufts Named
Local Chest Aide

Appointment of Col. William O..
Tufts as chairman Of the Ma
tional Corporations Committee Of
the Community Chest campaign
was announced today by Clarence
Phelps Dodge, general chairman.
Colonel Tufts, who is head Of
the Washington branch of the
Rand-McNally Company, will be
in charge of soliciting contribu-
lions from all national firms doing
business in the District.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-20
BETHESDA PAIR
FLEE SHANGHAI

Frank G. Ashbrook, Of the De.
partment of Agriculture, and his
wife, Caroline Mckinley Ashbrook,
dancer, have escaped from shang.
hal and are safe in Japan, accord.
ing to word received here today.
The Ashbrooks and Judge Joseph
r. Jackson, Of the Customs Divi.
sion, reached Shanghai August 3
on an official mission, and were
there during much of the fighting.
They managed to board ship,
and yesterday landed at Kobe,
from where they will embark on
the first ship sailing to the United
States.
The Ashbrooks live at 80 Win"
ston Dr., Bethesda, Md.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-20
Film Stars Appear
In Bottle Hurting

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20 I.N.s)
Theodore Watts, alleged to have
hurled the bottle which endan.
gered ringside film celebrities at
a prize fight, today was held for
trial for assault with a deadly
weapon. A principal witness
against the 27.year-old colored
man was AL Jolson. Chico Marx
of the screens Marx Brothers,
signed the complaint.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-20
u. S. Flagship Is Hit
Bv Shell in Shanghai
Continued from Page u

CONTINUED from Page ~
troops at Nootung was repulsed by
the Chinese defenders.
Late this evening, the Japanese
line had been pressed into long
arc four and one-half miles long
and from a half mile to two miles
wide, vulnerable on both flankS.
80 PLANES SHOT DOWN
The Chinese war ministry an
nounced 80 japanese airplanes had
been brought down from August IA
to Is, Gripping the Tokyo air force.
The Chinese admitted. however,
that an entire regiment under Col.
10 Chu-Fang, fighting to the last
man, had been annihilated in de-
tense Of Chinese positions at Nam
kow Pass August IA.
Not since hostilities in this cos
mopolitan port were started nine
days ago has Shanghai been sub
jected to such indiscriminate
wreckage from above.
HUGE MILLS IN FLAMES
The huge Japan-China spinning
and weaving mill in Pootung,
across the river from the interna-
tional settlement, customs ware.
houses in Pootung and big factories
of the Nanyang Tobacco Company
were among the buildings set afire
by Japanese planes.
The jubilant Chinese, having
pushed through a wedge from the
north to the Whangpoo River, bat
tied ferociously to widen it. JAP
anese regulars and bluejacketS,
their backs to the river and their
vital line of communications i'm
perilled, fought furiously for their
lives and those Of the noncom-
batantS facing isolation and pos
sibly humiliation in Hongkew and
Yangtzepoo.
STREET BATTLE RACES
South of the Ward Road jail,
where 1000 prisoners quailed in
terror, the Chinese battalions
fought from house to house along
the river front, pushing slowly
down the Quayside. Broadway
and Seward Road.
At 6 p. m. Japanese warships
began a new bombardment Of
Chinese positions in western
Shanghai. Chinese batteries re.
taliated, starting a series Of fires
in the Yangtzepoo district.
FLAGSHIP RAIDED AGAIN
Three Chinese bombers again
raided the Japanese flagship Id.
zumo riding in the Whangpoo,
but missed. Their bombs, aimed
from 10000 feet, fell near the Jap.
anese wharves.
British indignation grew when,
after japanese military officials
had seized Broadway Mansions,
British-owned skyscraper apart.
ment building, they converted it
into a refugee camp.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-20
Soviet in New
Blow at japan

HARDIN, Manchukuo, Aug. 20
Q.N.SO.-1n a blow at Japan in
the midst of her Chinese difficult
ties, Soviet Russia today an
nounced the closing Of two import
ant consulates in Manchukuo, at
Pogranichnaya and saghalien.
1.-THE terrible regime which the
japanese and Manchu authorities
have created for Soviet consulates
in ManchuriaS was blamed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-20
PLANE CARRIER HIT

NANKING, Aug. 20 Q.N.S0.
Mother ship" for many Of Shang-
hats destructive air raiders, a
Japanese aircraft carrier was
badly damaged off Woosung today
by q direct hit scored by Chinese
bomber, aviation headquarters an
noCnced,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-20
Love Song Mingles
With Roar of War

SHANGHAI, Aug. 20 0.N.SD.
The lit of a famous love song
mingled with the roar of guns
today as Chinese and japanese
forces locked in deadly combat on
both sides of the Whangpoo River.
Amid the din of bombsrdment
and cracking of flames, a phono-
graph rendition of jeanette
Macdonald singing the Indian
Love Call" was clearly heard from
a nearby British warship.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-20
AID FOR STERILE

BERLIN, Aug. 20 Q,N.SO.
Cost Of medical operations to en-
able sterile women to bear chill
dren will be paid by the govern
ment henceforth, q decree further
ing Adolf Hitler's campaign to
increase the birthrate ordered TO-
day
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-20
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-20
URGE MERIT SYSTEM

Protest against House action
Wednesday in striking from the
Wagner Housing bill civil service
requirements was voted in Q reso-
luton adopted last night by mem.
bers of Resettlement Local No. 4.
United Federal Workers, at 2020
G st. N. w.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-20

In the lull Of q peaceful dawn
the Americans bade farewell to
their husbands on Shanghai'S
bund and embarked on a tender
and two United States destroyers
for the perilous journey down the
Whangpoo River, but the boats
had hardly cast away when fight
ing crashed again with redoubled
savagery.
PROTEST EXPECTED
All escaped injury. but the dan
ger to which they were subjected
and: the horror they suffered were
expected to lead to a protest by
tn United States consulate to
both Chinese and japanese author
tiles. ... 49,
Scoring Japanese efforts to
control river traffic, United States
authorities assigned the destroyers
Edsall and Parrot to carry and
protect fleeing Americans. AS soon
as they reached the President
Hoover, the liner set sail for
Manila.
Fighting broke out at Z a. m.
when Japanese airplanes scudded
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-20
Shrapnel Inperils
LOO Americans
By M. G. FORD

SHANGHAI Aug. 20 TNS.) Eleven hundred American
women children passed through hours inferno on their
way to haven aboard the Dollar liner President Hoover today
when eaden pellets and steel spnters pattered about them
during furious renewal of Chinese and Japanese sheng
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-20
u. S. BARS ALL
CITIZENS FROM
ENTERING CHINA
Long Conflict Feared;
Evacuation Pushed
BY ROBERT G. NIXON


G.N.SD. The United States Gov
eminent today clamped down an
ironclad ban on travel of Ameri.
cans to China.
Passports are being refused by
the State Department to persons
seeking to 60 to any Chinese port
or for travel in the interior, it was
learned on high authority.
The ban includes even the fam
lilies and dependents of Navy or
Army personnel either on duty or
being sent to China.
Only in exceptional instances Of
urgent business will passport be
granted, and even then not to
women or children.
TAKES NO RISKS
The entire force of the Amer.
lean government is concentrated
on efforts to get all Americans
out Of the war zcne, it was pointed
out. In view Of the dangers to
life in China, the government
does not wish to risk its nationals
there. With the exception noted,
no Americans will be permitted to
go to China.
The ban, similar to the same
step taken following outbreak OF
the Spanish civil war, will halt a
huge tourist travel to that portion
of the orient.
The United States redoubled et-
forts today to evacuate Americans
from Shanghai as Japan'S rejec-
ton of the British proposal for a
truce signalized a prolonged con-
flict.
The threat of outbreak of dis
ease and rapid depletion of food
supplies lent urgence to the need
for their speedy removal to Ravens
of safety.
1000 SAIL TODAY
The Dollar Liner, President
Hoover, after making record run
from Manila to Shanghai with
Marine reinforcements, was to sail
today with 1000 American refu'
gees aboard. About 800 others
already have left the city on other
steamers.
This will leave some 1000 more
Americans in the shelEbattered
metropolis. These, the State De
partment said, will be evacuated
as rapidly as possible.
The fear of an outbreak Of dis
ease gripped Washington officials
today as reports from Shanghai
said the problem of health and
sanitation was becoming "increas-
ingly serious"
SUPPLIES DWINDLE
Food supplies were dwindling,
and widespread contamination of
the city's water supply from
broken water mains. smashed by
shells and air bombs, threatened.
Fears of disease were height
ened by reports Of an epidemic
Of cholera in Hongkong. Ameri'
cans throughout the Orient were
warned against making the Brit
.Sh stronghold a port of call.
Calling attention to the peril
to Americans at Shanghai, Consul
General Clarence Gauss reported
that hundreds of thousands" CT
panic stricken Chinese have
Swarmed into the International
Settlement and the French Con-
sion. The problem Of handling
and feeding them is becoming
acute, Gauss cabled. Washington
officials were nervous lest the
horde Of natives get out of hand.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-20

"FavhiOns From Paris" by BettinA
Bedwell, direct every day by cable, is
. new Times feature. Call District
3OO0 for hnnnN deltVeEyA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-20

UN.s0. A House approved
amendment to the Philippine in
dependence act of 1884, repeating
that part of the act which per-
mitS, under certain conditions, the
entry of Filipinos to Hawaii for
industrial work, was passed by the
Senate yesterday.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. Aug. 20.
TwO-year-Old Thomas KOpydlOw-
ski, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Roman
KOpydlOwski, Town Of Lake,
i drowned in . rain barrel. He
had been missing only Is min
utes when located. The barrel
was set In the yard flush with .
the ground.
GALESBURG, Ill, Aug. 20
Q.N.S0.-Although there are only
two motorcycle speed cops" on
the force, this city of 10000 today
marked up its first motor fatality
of 1897.
WINDSOR, Ontario, Aug. 20
U.N.S0-Canadian police were
puzzled today over the arrest Of
a man who carried a virtual
arsenal in his car. The man
claimed to be a DR.. James w.
Johnston, 80, Of New York, but
was vague on how he gained en-
trance into Canada. In the car
were q high-powered rifle, a
smaller rifle, a new 80 calibre
revolver, q blackjack and a guam
tity Of ammunition.
(I.N.S.).-JOSeph G. Blandi,
of the legal division of the De-
partment Of Agriculture, was ap-
pointed q special assistant to
the Attorney General today to
aid in prosecution Of the AAAS
fight to enforce its milk market
ing agreement and its order
against 10 alleged viOlatOrs in
/ the Fall River, Mass, district.
SOUTH BEND, Aug. 20 ct
P.S0-No longer able to endure
the pain Of a carbuncle on thu
back of his neck, John Kantar, 56
leaped into cistern at the real
of his home. His stepson founc
his body. Neignbors told Of hi
suffering and threats to end hi
life.
LANSING, Mich, Aug. 20
U.N.SJ-ThreatS Of a State
wide trucking strike affecting
$4,000 men today caused State
Labor Commissioner George A.
-. =, = :.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-20

GALESBURG, H., Aug. 20
Q.N.S0-Although there are only
two motorcycle speed cops" on
the force, this city of 10000 today
marked up its first motor fatality
of 1897.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-20

LANSING, Mich, Aug. 20
(I.N.S.)-ThreatS Of a State
wide trucking strike affecting
$4,000 men today caused State
Labor Commissioner George A.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-10-16

BILE. but of course might be held
by South. Instead of guessing.
West decided to attempt to de-
ceive the opponents. He led the
diamond ] to the fourth trick.
This made it look to North as if
West was getting ready to ruff out
some losing diamonds. In order to
prevent that he came in with the
A and led trunps at once, to cut
down ruffs. AS the most cursory
examination of the hands will dis
close, this solved Vests problem,
with no necessity of guessing.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-10-16
MORE Tg.AN ONE WAY

THERE ARE more ways than
9rs 70 skin cat. And there are
ss9 more ways than one to avoid
oglag EGesse. One Of the incest
to make the opponents do the
e5 for YOU ~ Turing them into a
ga wa.ch could end all guess
r-or1-
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-10-16

Dealer: East. North-South vul-
r--2a.cl
VS. was the starter Of the bid
eng here with 1-Heart, North
o',.a~-l.a8 at 1-Spade, East show
ai3 Els tit at 2-Eearts, West lift
- i to 4-Hearts and North dou-
e,Ag When West trunped the
.'Fa round of spades, he realized
..at ne was certain to lose one
@ca IN diamonds and therefore
'o1n not afford trump loser.
he G Of trumps was likely to
'S n Tie North in view of the dou-
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-11-23
NO SPLIT THIS
YEAR IN SEASON
FOR BASKETBALL
Four Team Playof Will De-
termine Champions of
Gastineau Channel

There will be no split season in
Juneau's basketball league this
year, as result of a decision last
night at meeting of managers of
the City League, presided over by
President Jack Fowler
Each team under this plan will
be enabled to meet all other teams
twice during the season, and at
the close of the schedule playoff
will be held between the two lead
ing teams, the winner of which
series will meet the winner of a
contest between the third and fourth
line teams for the Championship
of Gastineau Channel
Every team will be limited TO ten
members and a vote of the manag-
erial council will be needed before
any transfers are made after the
first of December, when all teams
are supposed to be complete.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-11-23
WINNER TAKE
ALL BOUT is
NOW ON BILL
Bantams from Opposite
Channel Sides Will
Mix in Opener

Two more bouts have been added
TO the bill of the Juneau Athletic
Club glove fest scheduled for next
Friday night.
Big Boy" Erickson, from Mime
sofa, and Miner Ed Heinz from the
Interior, are going to mix in a
four round grudge fight that is re-
portedly a winner take ALL
Both are heavies Both are big
men. Heinz is feet inches, weighs
IT'S pounds, and is said TO have the
speed and color of fast bantam
weight, but Erickson, a more ex-
perienced glove singer, it is said,
has 10 pounds weight on the miner.
Erickson is feet even, but weighs
1875 pounds. He has fought 80 anna
teur bouts. and 60 professional
mixes. His last fight was with Dick
Daniels of Minneapolis in a Duluth
ring for 10 round. draw, just before
leaving the States.
What may perhaps be one of the
biggest crowd pleasers of the eve-
ming Is a scheduled 4 round curtain
raiser putting two bantams In the
squared circle-one from Douglas
and one from Juneau. One is Bob
Firby from Juneau, and the other
Ken Trafton, from Douglas.
According to observers, these two
lads make the fur fly'and have
Iattracted lot OF attention. They
are fast. There is no doubt about
that. But add the fact that they
come from opposite sides of the
Channel and you have some indi-
lcation of the ring appeal the boys
will have.
Two more bouts Of four rounds are
yet TO be lined up, and will probably
be announced today or tomorrow
Marty Fosse, who was a topnotch
featherweight on the Pacific Coast
will referee. =
The boxers instructions will be to
Come out fightin'l"--and If they
don't, they'll have to 60 back to
their corners and begin all over
again.
Tickets are now on sale and
going fast.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-11-23
LUTHERAN LADIES'
AID SEWING MEET
is TO BE ON FRIDAY

On Friday afternoon, members of
the Lutheran Ladies Aid will meet
for sewing at the home of Mrs. Pete
Hildre to complete needlework for
the bazaar to be held on December l.
The last meeting of the group was
held on November Is. when large
number of members met at the
home of Mrs 0. Swanson.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-11-23
INDIAN LEADER
IS GOING EAST

Bill Klepper, president Of the Sc
attic Baseball Club, announced that
he had given Johnny Bassler, whom
he fired as manager late last season,
his release SO that Bassler may go
to Cleveland TO coach for Oscar
Witt, former Pacific Coast manager
recently named pilot of the Ameri-
can League Club.
That Bassler will go there is
merely speculative.
The Seattle Indians will open play
season on April 3, against the San
Diego Cub.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-11-23
c. D. A. INITIATION
TO BE HELD TONIGHT

Initiation services will mark the
meeting of the Catholic Daughters
of America this evening, when the
group convenes in the Parish Hall
for the regular business session at
g p. m.
Mrs. Walter q. Hellan, Grand
Regent. will preside. Following the
business of the evening. a social
hour will be held with Mrs. A. J.
Goodman and Mrs. Miles Godkins
i'm charge of refreshments.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-11-23
KILLEFER IS
COMING BACK,
COAST LEAGUE
Resigns as Manager of In.
dianapolis Club to Man
age Hollywood Team

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Nov. %. -
Wade Killefer is coming back to
the Pacific Coast League as mana
ger
Killefer has resigned as mana
ger of the Indianapolis Club and
will come to Hollywood and be
manager of the film capital team
assuming complete control accord
ing to an announcement made to-
day.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-11-23
PIayOff Changed
In Coast League

SAN DIEGO. Nov 23.-In a sur
prise move by directors of the Pa
cific Coast League. it was voted to
change the Shaughnessy playoff by
awarding the 1888 pennant and So
500 to the club that finished on top
in the regular season, and then have
the four top teams engage in a
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-11-23
Pipe DREAM,
SAYS DEWEY
Says Poof to His Available.
ity as Presidential
Material, 1910

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. %.
Thomas E. Dewey, District Attor-
r1ey-elect OF New York City. called
the talk of his possible availability
as a Republican Presidential cam
|paign material in 1910. as a pipe
dream. This declaration was made
upon Dewey's arrival here from a
vacation in Bermuda.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-11-23
War? These Girls
Can't Be Bothered

JACKSONVILLE, Ill. Nov. "a
War in the Orient apparently means
nothing to Sylvianni Ii, pretty Chi
nese senior at MacMurray College
for Women here. or to Oei Mahara.
attractive Japanese girl who has
entered the junior class. The two
girls are rooming together. mo
war viii break our friendship" they
say.