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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-20
D. M'DONALD IS
 ENDORSED FOR
 HIGHWAY BOARD
Fairbanks (. of C. Recon. mends Father of Proj-
 ect as Me m Der

By unanimous vote the Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce, at its regu- lar meeting last week, instructed Secretary J. G. Rivers to telegraph Delegate Dimond at Washington immediately, recommending that Donald Mcdonald of Fairbanks be appointed a member of the proposed commission to negotiate with the Canadian Government in respect to construction of an international highway between Fairbanks and the United States.
 The resolution was moved by Frank s. Gordon after the matter had been brought to the attention of the Chamber by MT. Rivers. Sev- eral spoke briefly in support of the motion. All agreed that MT. Mac Donald, as father of the highway project and an incessant worker on its behalf, is entitled to be a mem Der of the board, and that his long experience in Alaska as a highway and location engineer eminently fits him for the project.
 The next day the following radio gram was received at Fairbanks from Delegate Dimond,' reading as follows:S
 Tt will give me much pleasure to vigorously support Donald Mac Donald for appointment to any com mission which may be set up in con- nection with the International Highway"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-20
SENIORS ARE
 OFF, PICNIC
Forty-five Students, with Chaperones, Go to
 Young's Bay

Forty-five graduating seniors of Juneau high school with class ad- wiser, Pauline Monroe, and nine chaperons, left at o'clock this morning for Young's Bay on two specially chartered boats.
 Leaving from Aux Bay. the Treva c, piloted by Ralph Reischl, and the Wanderer, which left from the City Float under the command of Lloyd "Kinky" Bayers, were the two boats used for the annual picnic.
 Chaperons are Mrs. I. Taylor, Mrs. Florine Housel, Mrs. Joe Camp bell, Mrs, Ralph Reischl, Mrs. Wal ter Hellan, Mrs. Charles Jenne, Mrs. R. Stewart Mrs. H. w. Coke, Mrs. M. Daniloff, Miss Monroe, and Supt. A. s. Durham.
 Committees in charge of the af- fair appointed by President Mitchell Daniloff were: transportation-Jean Taylor, Ruth Kunnas, and Jane Blomgren chaperons-Ann Camp bell and Lillian Kiloh; entertain Henry Behrends and Beatrice Primavera; refreshments - Edythe Young.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-20
MARTHA SOCIETY

Ice cream social and luncheon,
 Friday, May 20, starting at Il o'clock. Save the date. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-20
SHOWER IS GIVEN
 FOR MISS ARCHER

In honor of Miss Pat Archer bride-to-be of MT. Karl Alstead, a miscellaneous shower was given last evening by Miss Mary Nordness, at her home in the Gross Apartments,
 The evening was spent in sewing and refreshments were served dur ing the latter part of the affair.
 Those attending the shower were Mrs. Bert Alstead, Mrs. John AL stead, Mrs Pete Hildre, Mrs. Will liam Rodenberg, Mrs. Wilson Foster Mrs. F. H. Sanders, Mrs. William Douglas, Miss Clara Carpenter, Miss Blanche Thorgerson, the honoree, and the hostess.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-20
NEW NAMES DO APPEAR,CLA!MS
 NY. COLUMNIST
Tucker Gives Lie to Insin- uation-P Proves His
 Stand Easily
Bu GEORGE TUCKER

NEW YORK, May 20,-"The same old names and the same old places, , sighed Dunlop George, the man who once walked along 500 miles of Af- rican coast line, accompanied by a single native, and lived to tell about it. You columnists must get weary of writing and rewriting the same names all the time. I read one Of your columns yesterday and it was filled wit hthe same names you were using six years ago.
 Whoah, now, let's, as Al Smith has been known to observe, take look at the record I'll admit that some names are as prominent to- day as they were half dozen or ten years ago, but you wouldn't recognize many names if you came to New York after being away, say, five or six years.
 Most columns in tabloid form to- day include these names. Bennett Cerf, publisher; Will Geer, actor, Jack Cole, Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fon- taine, Tonic Selwart, Miriam Hop kins, Madeleine Carroll, George Ab- bolt, Sherman Billingsley, Gregory Taylor, Ben Cutler, Sam Byrd, Merle Oberon, Bruce McFarlane, Lillian Gish, Jackie Cooper, Billy Rose, Jack Dempsey, Ray Kinney, Wallace Ford, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, James Barton, Gertrude Lawrence, Ina Claire, George S. Kaufman, Cole Porter, George M Cohen, Julie Haydon, John O'Hara, Ernest Hem ingway, Jon Whitcomb, Jack White, and Dorothy Stone.
 Now let us examine a Typical Broadway column of ten years ago. Here we find mention of: Jimmy Walker, Tex Guinan, Joyce Hawley, the Earl Carroll show girl who bath ed in tub of wine" Faith Bacon, Harry Richman, Larry Fay, Belle Livingstone, Helen Morgan, Mary Nolan, and Bobby Story.
 l Robbie now dead, was known as London's most beautiful barmaid and she came to New York for a theatrical career that promised much but gave little fulfillment. Jimmy Walker is occasionally in the columns now, but ten years ago he was a daily fixture.
 Probably the most publicized wo- man of her time was Tex Guinan, and right behind her was Faith Ba- con, who was among the first of the famous strip dancers. There were others, of course, but most of them have married, moved to Hollywood, died, or retired to obscurity.
 A pleasant exception. by the way, is Helen Morgan, now a featured headliner at the Casa Manana, where Billy Rose has brought back vaudeville. In the old days, Helen was supreme as a nightciub queen She owned one of the most notable speakeasies of the dry era, which was smashed to splinters by dry raiders. After that raid somebody Istrolled through the wreckage te where Helen had been sitting, and under it they found broken cham
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-20

pagne bottle, ring and rosary
 :. stuff for poet. ..
 So names, like the times, dc change, although the change is sc gradual as to be imperceptible. Ii wasn't so long ago, it seems, that everybody was talking about Lar ray Pays club, and the gay crowds that gathered there after dark. But when you check up you realize that this belongs to the past, and that Larry has been dead more thar four years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-20
DINNER GIVEN FOR MRS. w. E. CAHILL

Tn honor of Mrs. W. E. Cahill, of Treadwell, who plans to leave soon for California, MT. and Mrs. Walter P. Scott were host and hostess to group of friends last evening at a dinner party given at their home on West Ninth Street.
 The evening was spent in playing bridge, and the following prizes were given: Mrs. M. s. Whittier, lad ies; and MT. Charles Sey, mems. A gift was presented to Mrs Cahill
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-20
LADY ESCAPES,' CALIFORNIAN
 AT COLISEUM
Michael Whalen and Gloria Stuart Star in Rough
 and-TumbIe Comedy

Treating lightly the light house. keeping of two married lovers, who hold hands mainly to keep their fists from flying "The Lady Es- capes,' Twentieth Century -Fox's mirthful matrimonial hit, opens to- night at the Coliseum.
 A pair of rough-and-tumble sweethearts who just can't leave love alone, Gloria Stuart and Mi chael Whalen are featured in a martial version of marital life which
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-20

Empire classifieds pay.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-20
BRANT SAILS NORTH
 WITH SUMMER FORCE

The U S. Bureau of Fisheries ves- sel Brant sailed from Seattle this morning bound for Juneau with summer personnel of the Bureau, including the Juneau office staff consisting of Miss Bess O'Neill, Mrs. Georgia Gallagher and Miss Mild red Hill The vessel is expected to arrive here probably Monday after noon or evening
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-20
JUNIOR CLASS
 HOLDS PICNIC

Members of the junior class of the Juneau High School are holding their annual class picnic this af- ternoon at the skaters cabin on the Glacier Highway.
 In charge of the outing is Miss Fora Brown, Junior Class Advisor.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-20
FROSH OUTING
 THIS AFTERNOON

Students of the freshmen class of the Juneau High School are hav- ing their class picnic this afternoon at the w. P. Scott cabin on Lena Beach.
 Miss Dorothy Whitaker, class ad- visor, is in charge of all arrange ments for the affair.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-20

Guests were MT and Mrs. Gunnar Blomgren, MT. and Mrs. Charles Sey, MT. and Mrs. w. E. Cahill, MT and Mrs. Homer Nordling, MT and Mrs. Maurice Whittier, and the host and hostess.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-20
PIONEER PASSES

Louis Dozette, 56, of Nenana, for mer employee of the Alaska Rail- road, resident of Alaska 34 years, died recently in Fairbanks as the result of pneumonia. Survivors are the widow and five children.
Evening star., 1938-07-17

Pa, is the house guest OF Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. Howard Mitchell. Mr.. and
Mrs. Mitchell, with their guest, are
spending the week end on their yacht
on South River.
Mr.. and Mrs. MohIer Leave
For Cape Cod Visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lew S. Mohler left
yesterday by motor for a two weeks
vacation at Cape Cod, where they will
spend week and then motor through
the White Mountains.
Mrs Harry Taylor Chase. with her
daughter, Mary Anne Chase, and her
son, Harry Chase, jr., who have been
the house guests for several months of
Mrs. Chase's mother, Mrs. John Ryan
Devereaux, have now Joined 1t. Chase
in New York
Mrs. John B. Bennett entertained
at luncheon and bridge Friday in her
residence in honor of Mrs. Edward
Brasior Of Dumont, N. j., who is the
house guest of Mr.. and Mrs. T. Kelley
Back.
Miss Virginia Coleman, accom-
panied by her sister, Mrs. Betlow
Marthinson, left Thursday by motor
for Willsboro Point on Lake Cham
plain, N. Y, where Mrs. Marthinson
has taken cottage for the remainder
of the summer.
Miss Isabel Harrison entertained at
luncheon Friday.
Evening star., 1938-07-17

sons are spending the summer With
her parents In Evanston, III.
Mrs. James II. Dsfandorf enter
tanned at dessert bridge Wednesday.
Mrs. Lawrence Hopkinsen Visits
In Aberdeen, Wash.
Mrs. Lawrence Hopkinson Il SPEND
Ing two months in Aberdeen, wash.
- the guests Of relatives.
Mr.. Harry Baker, jr.. left by motor
yesterday for Decatur. ILL.,. where he
will Be the guest Of his mother for
week, and win spend = week in Chi
caeo, where he will attend the Ma
tionsl Administration Conference.
Mrs. Ralph Boyle entertained at
luncheon and bridge Wednesday.
Mrs. Louis Claterbos Of Fort Leav-
enw0rth, Ksns., u the house guest Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wainwright.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert ]. Mawhinney
and their daughter. Mrs. Leo Kav-
anaugh, have opened their cottage at
wildwood, N. j., for the summer.
Mrs. Harold Shape and her family
are spending July at their cottage on
Lake Ontario.
Mrs. william r. Springer, with her
two daughters. Margaret and Lucille
Springer. and her son, John Springer,
have opened their summer home 1t
Bay View. Mich.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy O. Allgyer and
their daughter. Prissilla Anne Allgyer,
have returned from 4 months vaca-
ton in Ohio and Illinois visiting rela-
tives.
Evening star., 1938-07-17
Chevy Chase Responds
To Vacation Urge
Many Families Leave on Trips.
Mrs. Effie Bowie Mahoney
Weds MIR. F. c.. Melchior.

AND MRS ADDISON H. BOWIE marriage Mrs
nu Of Malone
Sweden, which took yesterday Mrs W. a.
Pttchett, jr, at 4404 Greenwich parkway,
Mr. and q evening
in their residence, in honor the party.
Mr. Bacon left
Friday yesterday will
Comdr Harold j. Nelson Harold
Nelson
visit with Comdr Nelson's Emery
Cox, Lakewood. N J.
the Porterfeld retired OF Berkeley Calf
Evening star., 1938-07-17

MTS. 7eTDerG blalT ranger, WIN ner
son, Mr.. Blair Hanger. arrived Tues
day by motor from Long Beach,
Calf, where Mrs. Hanger resided for
two years with her daughter, Miss
Teresa Hanger, whose marriage to
Ensign Hugh Caldwell took place in
Long Beach last month. Mrs. Hanger
will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Will
liam T. Pollard for several weeks.
Miss Ruth Louise Doyle will arrive
today from Los Angeles to be the
guest for three months of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold E. Doyle.
Mrs. w. F. Nash and her daughter,
Miss Sylvia Nash of Riverside, Calf,
are the house guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. S. Reading and Miss Reading.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schrider and Family
Go to Ocean City.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Ray Schrider with
their son, Howard Schrider and their
daughter, Miss Helen Schrider, ac-
companied by Mrs. Schrider's mother,
Mrs. G. A. Leasure, left yesterday
by motor for two weeks vacation
at Ocean City, N. j.
Miss Marjorie Stein left yester-
day for Los Angeles where she will
be the guest of her uncle and aunt,
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard L. Hargreaves,
for the remainder of the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Anderson.
with their son, Donald Anderson and
their daughter, Janet Anderson, left
last week for their summer home at
Hinsdale, N. Y, where they will spend
the remainder of the season.
Mrs. Walter Ruick of Los Angeles
is the house guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chester Shade.
Mrs. Robert Chestham entertained
at luncheon and bridge Tuesday in
honor Of Mrs. Ruick.
Miss Margaret William of Slick,
Mo, is the house guest of DR.. and
Mrs. Glen c. williams
Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Holland left
today by motor for the West Coast
stopping en- route at Evanston, Wyo,
where they will be the guest of Mr..
Hollands brother and sister-in-law
DR.. and Mrs. ]. H. Holland. They
will visit California, returning in six
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Leeth have
returned from motor trip on the
Eastern Short Of Maryland, spending
some time in Norfolk, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin G.. Petit were
hosts at dinner party and bridge
Monday evening.
Mrs. Henry Shannon entertained
at luncheon and duplicate bridge
Wednesday.
Mr.. Jack Kregle of Phillipsburg,
Evening star., 1938-07-17

Mr.. and Mrs. E. Anthony and their
daughter, Miss Adele Anthony, and
son, Lewis Anthony, are spending the
summer as the guests Of Mr.. An
thongs parents in jamestown. r. L
Mrs. Herman Koch of Sioux City,
Iowa, Is the house guest OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Rodholdt.
Mrs. Benjamin Colby and her two
Evening star., 1938-07-17

Mr.. and Mrs John E. Hickerson
and their daughter, Joan Hickerson,
and their son. Douglas Hickerson of
Brooklyn, N. Y, are house guests Of
Mr.. Hickerson's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Douglas w. Holton.
Mrs. Donald Gardiner and her FAM
lily are spending the summer in Wild
wood Beach, N. j., where they have
taken a cottage.
Evening star., 1938-07-17

Mrs. George Gravatt Of Wilmington,
Del, is the house guest Of Mrs. Clar-
eflce Dawson. Mrs. Gravatt was
formerly Of Chevy Chase, Md.
Evening star., 1938-07-17

Miss Gertrude Reynolds Of Martins
burg, w. Va, is the house guest Of
her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Horace II. Smitfy.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-02-17
Where Yale Is Buried

All round the Welsh village of
Bryn-Eglwys, writes H. V. Morton
in Gin Search of Wales" lies prop
erty which once belonged to the
Yale family, one of whom, Elihu,
did so much toward founding Yale
university. Elihu lies buried, how
ever, not in the Yale chapel at
tached to the church of Bryn-
Eglwys, but at Wrexham, 10 miles
away.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-02-17
VALUABLE DISCIPLINE

"Josh says he's going to take up
aviation"
eff he does" replied Farmer
Corntossel, ''he'n have to learn to
be heap more careful about keep
in machinery in repair than he ever
was while workin' around the
farm"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-02-17
G'wAN

"Do those Englishmen understand
American slang?"
Some of them do. Why do you
ask?"
my daughter is to be married in
London to an earl and he has just
called me to come across. Boston
Evening Transcript.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-02-17
Worth 1t

Worth 1t
Doctor-I will examine you for
$40.
Patient-Go to it; if you find it
I will give you half.
1t Might Be
Susie-Will you join me in cup
of tea?
Sammy-Ah, thank you, but
wouldn't it be a bit crowded?
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-02-17
Girl Wins
Big Prize
With NoueL

judges being Dorothy Garfield
Fisher and Fannie Hurst. That was
the news that Mr. Oppenheimer
picked up from the floor when his
wife was too ill to read it.
Dorothy Garfield Fisher says Of
the book: ga searchingly realistic
portrait of an idealist. What ar
idealist does to the world and what
the world does to an idealist is here
set down with power and SINGER.
ity."
Winsome little Bisno is gone. One
wishes he could be carrying the
news down to the old Maxwell street
book stall, if it's still there.
g Consolidated News Features.
WNU Service.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-02-08
ATHLETICS SET-UP
FOR SCHOOLS NEW
State Education Department
Reaches Out for More
Local Control
Daily Dispatch BureHu.
I'm the Sir Walter Hotel

Raleigh, Feb. 8.-The only thing
needed to complete an entire new set
I'D for athletics in North Carolinas
high schools announcement OF the
identity of a director of physical edu-
cation who will be in complete charge
of interscholastic athletics as well as
the entire program of physical educa-
tion from the first grade up.
This announcement will be made IN
a few days, Clyde Erwin, superinten
dent of public instruction, said TO-DAY
Mr.. Erwin's statement confirms II
full a prediction made exclusively by
This bureau some weeks ago.
Completion of plans for the new set
I'm. which will do away with the pres
ent system of conference" competl
ton among high schools, was held ny
for some time while department O
education and budget bureau OFFICIALS
worked out ways and means to Sc
aside the salary needed to secure
first class man for the post OF GEAR
of State school athletics.
No hint of the physical department
(Continued on Page Six.)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-02-08
Germany Never Again
Wants To Be Strong at
Arms But Weak In
Economic Way
GOERING DIRECTS
INTERNAL EFFORTS
Field Marshal AS No. 2 Nazi
Chief Making Appoint
ments Looking to Making
Nation Safe for Whatever
Emergency May Arise in
Future Years

Berlin, Feb. 8-(AP)-Sources pro-
Tossing to know Reichfuehrer Adolf
Hitler's mind forecast today secret
domestic policy council parallel to the
foreign policy council he created IN
his shake-up of Reich leadership las!
Friday.
These sources said Germany wants
never again to find herself. strong at
arms but weak economically as she
was in 1914.
Field Marshal Hermann Wilhelm
Goering, No. 2 Nazi, and head of Ger
many's four-year plan for economic
self-sufficiency, is charged with realiz-
inc that ambition. He is determined
that Germany be prepared for all
eventualities, not only during the four
year economic plan, but also for all
time thereafter.
Informed quarters, therefore, be-
lieve a secret domestic policy council
will be organized to bring internal
planning into step with the objective
of the foreign council.
Wilhelm Prick, minister of interior,
will be made president of the council,
thew predict, and will be succeeded
in the interior ministry by Heinrich
Himmler, now head of all German po-
lice organizations.
Inducing Walther Funck, the n2N
economics minister, into office yester
day. Goering charged him with re-
sponsibility for seeing to fruition OF
the four-year economic plan.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-02-08
Quorum Demanded by Mi.
nority Members in Fight
Against What They.
Call Gag" Rule
GUFFEY PLEADS FOR
LYNCH BILL VOTES
Accuses Southern Filibuster
Senators of Thwarting Will
of American People; Hull
Sends Letter to Senate
Denying Agreement With
Foreigners

Washington, Feb. 8.-lAP)-Admin
istration leaders bent on jamming the
revised farm bill through the House,
encountered delaying tactics today.
Representative Lambertson, Repub-
lican, Kansas, forced a quorum call at
the opening of the session when
Speaker Bankhead counted less than
two hundred present.
Leaders anticipated other roll calls
would be demanded by those incensed
at a proposed five-hour limitation on
farm bill debate. Bankhead and Ma
jority Leader Rayburn asserted, how
ever, they expected final action late
today or tomorrow, despite the cries
chiefly from Republicans-that y
gag" was being applied.
In the Senate Guffey Democrat,
Pennsylvania, urged opponents of the
anti-lynching bill to permit it to come
to a vote so that the Supreme Court
might pass on it's constitutionality.
Guffey commended southern senator's
"flatly refused to allow the America 4
people, even though they he in the
majority, to express their will on this
all-absorbing subject of lynching."
Before Guffey began his defense Of
the anti-lynching measure, Chairman
Pittman, Democrat, Nevada, read to
the Senate letter from Secretary
Hull denying the United States had
any agreement with Great Britain
relating to war or the possibility of
war"
Hull also asserted that this country
was not bound by any agreement to
any power in connection with naval
operations.
Other developments
Postmaster General Farley an
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-02-08
TOBACCO MEETINGS
TO TALK CONTROLS
Series of Meetings in Belt To Follow
Farm Bureau Peanut Meeting
at jackson

Jackson, Feb. 8 (AP)-Farm Bu-
reau leaders and farmers from eleven
counties met here this afternoon tc
study the peanut control program fo1
this year.
E. F. Arnold, executive secretary OF
the Farm Bureau Federation, said
farmers from II tobacco-growing coun
ties would discuss the weed contro
program at Farmville tonight.
Further tobacco meetings are sche
duled at Greenville tomorrow night
Kinston Thursday night and Wilson
Friday night. overs in the south
east will mee4 loon, Arnold said, ant
then gatherings will be held in tobac
CO counties west of Raleigh.
Arnold said plans for conducting to
bacco and cotton referenda will he dis
cussed at each meeting.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-02-08
HOUSING PROGRAM
is NOT ALL ROSES
Small Home Owner En-
counters Countless Odds
and Ends of Costs
BY CHARLES p. STEWART
Central Press COlumniSt

Washington, Feb. 8.-The new hous-
ing law may, as expected initiate a
tremendous national building boom IN
the spring, as soon as the weather be-
gins to be mild enough to permit
start on that class. of construction.
If so, it will be fine for while. The
building industry is big one. Its
prosperity will react upon other in
dustries, making them prosperous, too.
The appeal to the average family to
move into it's own home, abandoning
mere tenancy, also is likely to be
popular.
But in the long run? wonder!
How Law Works.
The theory is that these new homes
will be neat and comfortable, but
rather modest little affairs.
Each is to cost around $4,000. That
is not the exact figure, but it is the
one most frequently mentioned. Pre-
sumably the would-be home owner
does not possess $4,000. but perhaps h
can scarce up $780, Probably, however
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-02-08
Troops Fighting Savagely
To Hold Japanese Back
from Bases In Cen
trail China
TERRIFIC LOSS IN
DEATHS is CLAIMED
1000 Slain in Last Week,
Japanese Declare; Chang
Is at Front Directing Army
In Effort To Stem Advance
of Invaders; Battle on
YangtZe

Shanghai Feb. 8 (AP)-Japanese
Columns thrust. into new battle area
today in apparently coordinated drives
to render futile the desperate resist
ance of Chinas main armies along the
vital Lunghai railroad
The new attack threatened man
communications between some 4OU'-
mo Chinese troops fighting savagely
TO hold the Japanese back from Su-
chow and their bases in the heart or
China.
They were aimed from southeast
and northwest toward spot 80 miles
VS.. of Suchow, and according 10
japanese dispatches threatened 10
compel a general Chinese retreat west
ward through the corridor still held
by the Chinese along the Lunghal.
Suchow is junction point of the
Lunghai and the north-south Tlent-
sin-Pukow railway. General Chang
Ka-Shek, according to Chinese reports
was in personal command of the Chi
nese armies holding long-prepared de-
tense lines protecting Suchow from
the north and the south.
Japanese repOllS SdIu OHAioSo No.
lost more than 1000 killed in fierce
fighting of the last eight days along
the Hwai river.
General Chang Kai-Shek was said
to have arrived at the front north OF
Marking to direct the army holding
back the invaders south of SuchoW
and the troops facing Japanese IN
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