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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-18

with me, sharing a hope that flying Shrapnel would not strike us, or ignoring the Japanese bombing planes, MonotonouSly constantly, dropping bombs,
 Because of our trip we are shop ping for khaki clothes, The Chi nesc soldiers who sheltered us under their camouplage shouted angrily at us that our clean white clothes made not only ourselves and them but the whole village targets for bombs,
 Human Slaughter House
 At Chenju, where the great Inter national wireless station Is situated, we found the village human slaughter house, Japanese bombs had demolished house upon house, bringing the roofs swooShing down like an Alpine avalanche,
 We arrived there 10 minutes after the last bomb in one raid landed, They were carrying out the maimed and wounded, and more soldiers were coming in to sit and await destruction in the pungent, Sickening Stench of death,
 There were at least 70 Japanese planes in the skies, and bombing never really ceased. As soon as one flight had dropped devastation, there would be another,
 It was terrible to sec 1t all, beau- countryside being despoiled, loVaole people maimed or killed, thousands of children like my own little daugh- ter sent out homeless, alone, hum gry and thirsty - to be bombed again.
 Worst of All Scenes
 But the worst thing we saw, Singly, was when a Japanese airplane dropped Its bombs and then came sweeping down, We saw group os girls crouch in terror at the road side, covering their eyes with thelr arms, There was Q powerful burst of machine gun fire and the bullets ripped through their soft young bodies,
 All these poor people we saw had committed just one grave crime - they lived Il. the wrong place in Q ghaStly world, In Shanghai, the foreign women and children are being evacuated, Out here in the countryside the poor folks who were born here mus, stay and take 1t, Many were dying today and many more must die because they live here,
 If anyone thinks war Is pretty, he may have my share of 1t.
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CONFIRMATION
 HELPS NEW DEAL
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helped enact was uncertain.
 Administration Margin

Administration Margin
 Tn any event, his membership on the court gives the administration an apparent margin Of six to three in regard to division of the tribunal into so-calied "liberal' and "ccnser- vative" groups.
 The senate vote on confirmation beat down a minority coalition of republicans and democrats. They argued that the nomination was unconstitutional and demanded in- |vestoigation Of charged that Black was e member of the Ku Klux Klan.
 Sen. H. Styles Bridge. r., N. H., charged during debate that the 'seal roller" action in confirming Black sent him to the bench under "a cloud of suspicion" ir regard to his past interest in the Ku Klux Klan.
 Whether the presidents appoint ment of Black served to aid the campaign for restoration of har- rnony in democratic ranks in con- gress appeared uncertain. It was known that a substantial bloc oi democrats who voted for Black were violently opposed to his social and economic views. They privately de. nounced the nomination as . final gesture against them for fighting the presidents court plan.
 Others, such as Sen. Edward R Burke, d., Neb.; Sen. Royal s. Cope. land, d., N. r.: Sen. Harry r. Byrd, d., Va; Carter Glass. d., Va: Sen Peter Gerry. d., R. T.: and Sen. Will liam H. King, d.. all of whom voted against confirmation, were outspok- on condemnation of the senate's refusal to investigate further the arguments against Black.
 The date for taking the oath as an associate justice was uncertain but he can become c member of th'' court by being sworn in by a rotar! public.
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conflict there.
 Any such offer would be contin. gent upon the removal of Chinese and Japanese troops and blue jackets. and an engagement to re. Spect the neutrality of the interna. tional settlement.
 An offer to safeguard Chinese and Japanese. as well as other in. terestS. would meet the Chinese and Japanese objections to a truce, as they have been outlined. The Chi. nese have said they could not with draw their troops because the Japa- nese were using the international settlement as . base of operations, The Japanese have said that they must protect their citizens and property.
 May Send More Troops
 The Daily Mall reported today that the cabinet had considered the question of sending more troops to Shanghai.
 British ofiioials are convinced that Q war between China and Ja- pan Is inevitable. They see 8 Jap- anese victory as almost certain. But there is . conviction that unless Japan delivers the death blow with in . few monthe she might Ind an intolerable strain put on already hard pressed finances. We'll in. formed persons believe she would have little chance of raising IoanS to prosecute c war.
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ing the Chinese in the rear from the YangtEe. ftE
 It was apparent that the Japanese In the north were begged down by rains and slowed up by a fierce Chinese resistance in their effort to storm the Mankow mountain pass, northwest of peiping, and thus pro. tect themselves from sweep Of hordes of Chinese regulars and ir- regulars from the country above the pass.
 Chinese Are Masslng
 There was evidence that Chinese were maSsing scores of thousands of regulars In Shantung Province, which lies between the Shanghai Nanking and Peiping- -Tientsin zone.
 Dispatches from Tsiinanfu, the provincial capital, said that Gen. Han Fu-Chu, war lord of governor of the province, was putting Ave divisions of his own men Into battle lines.
 Shanghai continued 8 nightmare of war. Flames from buildings on both sides of the Whangpoo, in the Pootung section where the Chinese are fortified across the river, and In the Hongkew river where the Japenese have their strongest hold on the international settlement side, lit up the sky all night.
 In the early hours of the norn- Ing firing ceased almost complete ly, but the fires of burning build inoe hla vad hriol,tiv
 Battle Resumes at Dawn
 Promptly at dawn the din of the battle resumed.
 A Japanese cruiser and six Jap anese destroyers took battle po- sitions of the Honkkew- Yangtzepoo area on the international settlement side and opened up with all their guns against the Chinese 50th di- vision on the Pootung side, en- trenched one mile from the river front. One destroyer moved up the river directly in front of the Brit ish consulate, on the international waterfront, as If to protect the old cruiser Idzumo against another tor- pedo attack.
 The first Japanese airplane went up from beside the Idzumo, and flew over the Chinese lines, "spot- ting" for the naval guns. A Jap- anese bomber joined the scout plane.
 Chinese troops, retaliating for the naval bombardment, opened up on Japanese bases in the Hongkew area.
 old fires died down and new ones were started as the morning ad- vanced.
 Air Filled With Jap Planes
 More and more Japanese airplaneS took the air. Scout planes went out to survey the Chinese lines in the North Railroad station section north of the international settlement,
 The Japanese warships diminished their fire when their airplancS be- gan daring sweeps down onto the Chinese lines all about the city. bombing and machine gunning rccklessiy in face Of sharply in- tensifying rife and machine gun fire from the Chinese ground force.
 Japanese planes swept out into the suburbs and bombed the Lung hua airdrome, arsenals and docks.
 Three Japanese bombers, flying so high as to be almost invisible dropped 6 barage of bombs on the Chinese lines east of the north station, on the edge of the international settlement. It looked as If their fire was deadly.
 Although 42.90o,oo0 sacks Of un. husked rice were produced in the Philippines in the ie36.37 season, .
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bel that had gone through his in- testines.
 E "Chung kuo won sui," he said when I spoke to him - China wili Rive for 10000 years"
 There was no screaming, no emo- eion, no self pity in this land where life Is cheap and they spend il freely.
 Mild Stuff In l9Se
 The last time I visited Tasang was In 1892 during the Shanghai war of that year. was bombed then but 1t was mild stuff com pared to this, Then had gone tc the Bureau of Public Safety as matter of self protection but the building came down and l had to go elsewhere. At that time I found that the only civilian inhabitant was an old woman who had fled SO much war, famine, flood and pestilence that she refused to flee any more. I tried to find her body They told me she was dead, blown to 1paeces.
 Out here today I saw grimly de- termined Chinese troops digging Trenches and stringing field tele- phone wires, setting the stage for what they hoped would be impreg- nable resistance to the Japanese when they came,
 Poor Civilians Need Pity <, But what affected me most wa the poor civilians trudging the dusty roads. not knowing where to flee r-- and holding branches of trees over their heads as camouflagc They were leaving their homes, their little fields ready for the harv- est that means the difference be- tween life and death to them, Theirs, and their companions, were the blazing villages which from distant Shanghai had looked like pretty little fires with red flames Nnder the billowing black smoke, I never heard Q wounded man or woman whimper When e Japanese plane dropped Q bomb and the an- cestral home of farmer, place where generation after generation of his forhearS had lived and died, went up in flames; when he and his Family went philosophieally across the fields with few salvaged be- aongings bundled in bags on their Shoulders, they muttered only: Al ya"-"It's bad"
 Tens of Thousands Fleeing
 Along the road there were, aetu- ally. tens of thousands of people try ing to reach Sooehow and other up- river points after having fled Shanghai,
 With me was Q news photographer, Rudolph Brandt, born in Mexico ot e German father of English descent and Q French mother,
 Brandt was as scared Ns l was, but he took 1t in his stride, Ills Job was not only to drive the car, painted a military olive drab and flying the American flag, but to take pictures whether he was flat in the ditch
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threatened by the committee for in- dustrial organization on grounds that the former bargaining agen- cy, the shop employees committees had an unfair advantage.
 We cannot tell at present what caused the explosion" e navy yard official said. "A board of investi- gation already has beer formed to inquire into the explosion"
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Although 42.90oyooo sacks Of un- husked rice were produced in the Philippines in the ie36.37 season, rice shortage Is expected there.
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EQUATOR SHIP RETIRED

Capetown-(UP)-A steamer whicl, has crossed the equator about 2500 times, yet has never sailed the sea, has just ended her. career after 25 years of service She was the Cleni- ent Hill, the Central African lake steamer which has carried many famous travellers. The vessel opera- ted on Lake Victoria.
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THREE NATIONS TO
 PROPOSE TRUCE

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VIM. J. LOVETT
 ON BOARD VESSEL

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LIFE ENORMOUSLY SAVED

Norbuek, Alta, (UP)-Trapped by a forest fire, Delos Linton saved his life by taking refuge in e creek here, Linton stood in the cold water for Ave hours, holding his maekinaw over his head to shield himself from the intense heat, while the fire ragged around him and destroyed the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-18

Japan sent Il delegates to the International Chamber of Com merce conference In Berlin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-18

Basque soccer football players are touring Europe,
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i1ed labor" he said,
 Egan Fighting Mad
 Egan said the federation soon may start an offensive against the CI.O.- dominated automobile and textile unions whose organization tactics" he deplored,
 His Ire especially was aroused against the United Automobile Workers who he said were invading union territories not limited to au- tomebile workers.
Evening star., 1937-08-15
Naiman- -Sharlin Engagement

Is Announced
Mr.. AND MRS. BORIS NA1MAN
~- Of Norfolk. Va, announce the
engagement of their daughter Edna
to Mr.. Meyer Harry Sharlin, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel S. Sharlin of
Trenton, N. ]. No date has been set
for the wedding
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when committeeWomen from le State
assembled for a social cup that cheer'
but not inebriates. the atmospher
was rife with enthusiasm for the pla
for the coming year Mrs. Virgin
White Speel. national committee
woman for the District of Columbi
and founder Of the League Of Re
publican Women. journeved dow,
from Pennsylvania to be preser'
While Nine Cantacuzene, presider
Of the League, was absent. anothe
former member of White Hour
family, Mrs Russell Harrison. daugr
ter-in law of President Benjamin Har
rison, was there. The charming Mr.
William Fitch Kelley, late presiden
OF the league, is away for the Sum
mer and Miss Daisy Prentice. chair
man of the Auditing Committee q
the club, was also absent Much r
the past success of the league is d..
to those two delightfully."- enthusiast
members who, as gracious hostesse
In the old club house on Rhode Islar
avenue, greeted friends and foes VIII
cordial hospitality. Both Mrs. Kelle
and Miss Prentice have a commIsera 1
ing feeling for one who is not 4
the fold, but they certainly belize,
that while the light holds out i
burn there is hope. and they al
always ready for friendly discusio
Of public affairs.
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family dining room to the right Of
the main hall as one enters is simply
charming in its honey atmosphere.
In this room is a Chippendale drop
leaf table. decanter and sherry glasses.
the gift of Gen. Horton. Over the
mantel is copy of the Samuel Lovett
Waldo portrait Of Mr.. Gusts. A few
pieces of china once the property Of
Mrs. Robert E. Lee. This small family
room seems in readiness for the next
meal and one can picture the master
of the house in riding clothes, stock
hunting field or a ride over the planta-
ton after a breakfast of fish fresh
from the Potomac River at the foot
of the fields. breakfast bacon cured
with hickory chips, after Grand
mother Washington's recipe-spoon
bread, flaky rolls made after a recipe
from The Virginia Housewife" a
famous cook book of the time COM
piled from old English and early
Colonial recipes by Mary Randolph
Randolph, a cousin of Gen. Lee and
second cousin of his wife. She spent
much time at Arlington House and her
grave is there near Gusts Walk to the
north of the mansion.
Gen. Robert f. Lee Married
At Arlington House.
1t was under wedding bell hung
in one of the arches between the FAM
Evening star., 1937-08-15

lily dining room and the family par
lor that the South's beloved idol. Rob-
elt Edward Lee. was married to the
only child of the house, Mary Ann
Randolph Gusts. He was said to be
the handsOmeSt man ever graduated
from West Point. In the family parlor
are several Horton gifts. The Car
rara marble mantels in those two
rooms are the original ones believed
to have been ordered from Italy by
Mr.. Gusts, and over the parlor man.
tel is a copy of the E. Fischer copy of
the Stuart portrait of Nellie Gusts.
Ghosts of the Past Will Find
Comfort in the Original Rooms.
The interior OF Arlington House is
so delightful now that one could
wander through and dream endlessly
of the glories of the past and the
men and women who were entertained
in its comfortable old rooms. There
were gay parties, bellies and beaux,
fine hunting horses and blooded hunt
ing dogs. Great statesmen of the
time who were roWed across the
Potomac for delicious early dinner.
with a hot punch for appetizer if
it were Winter, or a cool stirrup cup
if the weather was warm, and then
some of Grandfather Washington's
old madeira: glass of sherry for
the ladies and then after dish of
tea, a peach brandy Of Martha's
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much OF the original charm would
be lacking.
The Republican Ladies
Arm for 1910.
There is no reason to believe that
the male members Of the G. o. P
feel faint-hearted at times, but there
is one thing very evident, and that
is that the ladies of the party have
never faltered. for during the meeting
last week Of the Republican national
committeewomen they were more
earnest than ever in emulating the
example of the symbol of their party,
old Jumbo at the Zoo, who is said
to have stood for nine years on his
feet, not willing to lie down. and was
game to the last of his 80 years-a
bit Older than the Republican party.
At the tea last Wednesday at the
new club house on Seventeenth street,
Evening star., 1937-08-15

making. Those were golden days,
shortened by the horrors Of war
when the beaux and bellies scattered
to do their full and willing service
for the cause in which they believed.
The drawing room. the state dining
room, Gen. Lees Office, the servants
quarters, the bed rooms with their
beds as big as the bed of Ware of
Hertfordshire fame, and the chill
dren's play room and school room,
have all been restored to much of
their former appearance Even the
smoke house has make believe hams
and bacon TO create an atmoshere of
the time when they were overfoWing
with good things. Almost every State
in the Union has contributed to the
bringing to life OF one of the great
American historic show places, but
without Gen. Horizons princely gifts
Evening star., 1937-08-15
Miss Edith Spaulding
And Mr.. PeterSilia to Mary.

MR.. AND MRS. j. ELIOT SPAULD-
~ ING Of Alexandria. Va, an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Edith Eliot, to Mr.. Mar
tin j. Petersilia, also OF Alexandria
The wedding will take place in Sep
tember.
Evening star., 1937-08-15
About Well-KnOWn Folk
In Books, Art, Politics
Arlington House Is Revived by Gen. William
E. Horizons Gift-Republcan Women
Stage Charming Comeback.
BY ROBERT CRAWFORD

BY ROBERT CRAWFORD.
TIME Secretary Of War Harry A. Woodring and Acting Secre
of the Interior Charles within the
night officially accepted number of articles of furn
glassware prints and other objects which bequeahed
by the late Brig William Horton retired the
United States Government for in Arlington House. Arlington
National Cemetery.
Famous Collion Leader
Princely Gift to Government
Friends of of Washngon popular bachelors and
famous coon leaders will recall that the obets dart
pieces period part
his charming them visit the old Cuss
will be like visit of the general And those
remember depored the beakness orlorny nho
ptab Arlington House during all those
taken the Government during the Between
States will feel that they debt of gratitude to the general
his gift which largely responsible for restoring
the historic to of its former glory While
the pieces Chppendae Adams and Duncan Phy only
perhaps them repicas they beautiful
selected with taste and conform to the period which the house
built the furniture during occupancy
original and builder Washington Cust and
his onnlaw Gen. Robert Edward Lee the Confederate
leader
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Miss Rose Lepley
To Wed Mr. Miles

Miss Rose Lepley
To Wed MIR. Miles.
Mr.. AND MRS. MATTHEW G.,
LEPLEY announce the engage
nlent of their daughter Rose Mar
earet to Mr. Frank A. Miles
The wedding will take place In Sep
tember.
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Miss Jeanette Sudduth
To Wed Mr. Steinbraker.
Mr.. AND MRS. CHARLES GRAN
AVA VILE SUDDUTH announce the
engagement Of their daughter jean
nette to Mr.. George Edward Stein
braker, son of MI and Mrs G
Morris steinbraker. The wedding will
take place early in September.
Evening star., 1937-08-15
BOYS ADRIFT ON RAFT
SAVED BY COAST GUARD
Plan to Repair Craft That Was
Caught In Current on
Rocky Shore.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
CAPE ELIZABETH, Me, August IA
-Four Cape Elizabeth boys wers
towed ashore by Coast Guards yes.
terday after their raft, caught In III.
swift tidal current Of Casco Bay, wa,
threatened with swamping or wreck.
age on rocky shore.
The quartet, Theodore Batcheldo-
IA; his brother, Hugh, l2; Harry z
Quinn, jr., l6, and Milton Hamilton
IT, started padding the raft from
Cliff House Beach toward Casin,
Beach, where they planned to repal
it under the direction of their swim
ming instructor. George Albert. Is.
AS the boys rounded rocky head
land they entered a swift channe
current which threatened to sink tn
raft or dash 1t against shore rocks.
Albert, on shore, jumped into
roWboat to go to their aid. Thre
other boats were put out. but co,ll
not halt the raft and watchers calle
the Coast Guard for help.
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from pattern Of the early nineteenth
century.
Quartermaster Corps Did
Superb Piece Of Work.

century.
Quartermaster Corps Did
Superb Piece Of Work.
BY act of Congress- approved March
4, 1925, the Secretary of War was en-
powered to undertake the restoration
of Arlington House to the condition in
which it existed prior to the War Be-
tween the States. and to procure for it
when possible furniture known to have
been in the mansion, or copies Of that
furniture, or other pieces of a style
suitable to the first half of the nine
teenth century. The work of rehabili-
tation Of the old house was not begun
until 1929. when the QuartermaSter
Corps of the Army began the work of
rehabilitation. They found an alarm
ing condition of decay in foundations,
brick work. beams and joists which
made ceilings and floors unsafe. They
did superb piece of work which re-
fleets lasting honor on the efficiency
OF the corps.
All Of the States Have Assisted
In Restoring Mansion.
Many others besides Gen. Horton
have contributed to the beautiful
restoration of the interior of the man
sion. Old portraits have been copied,
murak restored. silverware, china,
bric-a-brac, hangings and even the
old kitchens Summer and Winter
have been refurnished with utensils
and articles of utility such as were
used by the Custis and Lee families.
The house now has the appearance of
the family just having left for visit
and the place having been put in
order for the masters return. The
Evening star., 1937-08-15
1t Is Claimed There Are Few
Authentic ChippendaIes in America.


Authentic ChippendaIes in America.
Some authorities claim that there
are very few authentic pieces of Chip
pendale or Adams in America outside
of museum or in the collection Of
some wealthy collector. 1t seems in
about 1854 Chippendale published a
book of furniture designs called, The
Gentleman and Cabinet Maker S
Director" which appears to have been
published primarily to enable cabinet
workers to reproduce his designs in
detail. Such generosity would not be
heard Of today Chippendale who was
born in ITO in Worcester, England,
drew his designs largely from the
French, Chinese, Dutch and Gothic
then in vogue. OF course he originated
some Of his most popular designs. The
Horton bed in the room formerly oc-
cupied by Mary Lee. eldest daughter Of
Gen. Lee, and now called the La
Fayette room, because the marquis oc-
cupied it when visiting Mr. Custis at
Arlington House in 1924, is beautiful
walnut fourposter with fluted posts
and decorated with wreaths of flowers
showing strong French influence.
While the perfectly gorgeous four
poster-also a gift of Gen. Horton-in
the bed room of Gen and Mrs. Lee.
with its carved pineapple posts would
seem to partake more Of the Dutch
influence. These two beds are not
catalogued as Chippendale beds but
both are examples of designs which
the master cabinet maker used during
his life-especially the one with futed
posts. Both of the beds are hung with
chintz curtains with ball fringe, the
design Of the material being copied
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Mrs. Alton Henry Hozlster, uho before marriage
June "a in Francis Asbuy NJ Church South
Lucille Stalker daughter of former Representative Mrs.
Gale Hamilton Stalker of NeU York.
Underwood & Underwood Photo
Center: Mrs. Stuart u Settle choe marriage took place
June a. Before her 1oeddng she Whitfield
Detroit. -Hesser- Photo