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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-10-03
No. BE -.
COMMISSIONERS SALE
HENDERSON COUNTY

VS..
Alice C. Lathaml Geo. H. Valen-
tine, Trustee, and C. F. Bland.
By virtue of decree of the
Superior Court l will sell, at pub
lie auction, to the highest bidder,
for cash, at the Courthouse door,
Hendersonville, N. c., October "a,
1888, at twelve O'Clock noon, the
following property in Henderson
County:
Lots 6 and z block |; recorded
Henderson County Deed Book
156, page 80; Mortgage Book 95,
page 81 l,
This 18th day of Sept, 1888.
"-" M. F. TOMS, g..
Commissioner.
9-26-Mon-4tp
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-10-03
IS OPENED
AT BARKER HEIGHTS

A series of revival services,
which was opened at the Sunday
night service at 1880, o'clock at
Barker Heights will continue
throughout this. week, it was an
nounced today. The Rev. j. Bly,
the Hill is preaching at these serv-
ices and the public is cordially in
yited. ..
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-10-03

nate against Imported Gc,,.|
5. What is to become d
600 involved in tn aogl
Kansas City stockyagds 81
The tribunal last spring Il
a rate order for the ~
grounds the g"yernmer; y
given stocky"rdS opersto;
hearing. The question /, Il
the money should be Gis1
to stock handlers or M
pounded in district colr !.
the government seeks 70 n
procedural deficiencies M
suited in inyalidation Of NJ
der.
6. Three cases challenge
stitutionalitv of appIica,ir \
California , percent tax sl
allegedly used in iN,eNuy I
merce, brought by the III
Pacific company. the \
Telephone & Telegram a.
and the Felt & Tanan. M
turing company, an IIL,a I
petitor firm. /
In addition, the tibl1 /
agreed to reconsider : did
handed down last Var aEdri
patients held by tt satl
radio patent poo % vaj
tube amplifiers. The at Ntj
alleged infringmenp d !
patents by the Genera id
Pictures company.
The original decision Vai
~ publicized because Jusa}
L. Black made Il bitter 4
charging federal courts VI
terpreting patent laws !
fashion as to create glgsrI
legal monopolies in a
never intended by congrs
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-10-03
Football Results

Following are results of all lead
ing college football games played
Saturday:
SOUTH
Auburn O; Tulane 0 (tie)
Duke 27; Davidson o.
Virginia 13; Washington and
Lee o.
Centre l6; Chattanooga 7.
Kentucky &c; Oglethorpe O.
Alabama 81; Howard 0.
Mississippi State %; Florida 0.
Georgia Z: South Carolina 6.
Georgia Tech 10; Mercer 0.
Tennessee 20: Clemson 7.
Vanderbilt ~; Western Ken
lucky Teachers 0.
North Carolina 81; NJ C. State
Richmond ~; Randolph-Macon
Apprentice School 9; William &
Mary 8.
Guilford 6: Wofford O.
Carson Newman Is; Union, Ky.
College 6.
Belmont Abbey 10; Eastern
Carolina Teachers 0.
Holing Springs 10; Lees-McRae
Emory & Henry O.; Western
Carolina Teachers 0 (tie).
Mississippi 27; La. Tech 7.
EAST
Amherst 6; Springfield 6 (tie).
Army 90; Virginia Tech 0.
New Hampshire %; Bates 6.
Bucknell 27; Gettysburg ID.
Carnegie Tech 40; Davis Elkins
Cornell Is; Colgate 6.
Delaware II; Ursinus 9.
Fordham AT; Upsala o.
Georgetown 81; Hampden-Syd-
ney 0.
Brown 20; Harvard 13.
Holy Cross 46; Rhode Island 0.
New York 10; Maine 0.
Penn State 80; Maryland 0.
Pennsylvania 81: Lafayette 6.
Princeton SO; Williams 0.
Rutgers Is; Vermont ID.
Pittsburgh %; Temple 6.
Trinity 10; Union IS.
Navy &c; Va. Military 0.
Villanova SO; American Inter
national O.
Columbia 27; Yale ID.
Dartmouth 81; st. Lawrence 0.
Boston s. Lehigh s (tie).
Washington & Jefferson 81; Ma
rietta O..
West Virginia 49, West Vir-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-10-03
BUGGY DRIVER FINED SO

MONTREAL. (UP) - Joseph
Cote, IS, was fined $40 and costs
here for drying a horse while
drunk.
Evening star., 1938-07-03
Chairmen Announced
President of Women Voters
Lists Department Heads.

closed this institution without we'll
considered program Of child care would
have been wastefu and demoralizing.
I'VE were given an opportunity to
present the case for suffrage for the
District Of Columbia at the hearings
on the Capper- Norton and Lewis-Ran-
dolph resolutions and to present the
Endorsements Of large group Of wom-
ems organizations. Congress ad-
journed without action being taken.
The resolution is still in committee,
but we hope for better luck next time.
Measures, Endorsed by the league,
which were passed by the Congress
include establishment of q llnacy
commission, which will do much to
humanize the present methods Of
handling mental illness; the cosmotol-
ogy bill which will bring beauty and
barber shops under regulations for the
protection Of the public and the en-
ployes and the amendments to the
Alley Dwelling Authority Act which
permit the A. d. A. to borrow $l0,-
000, 900 from the United States Hous-
ing Authority and $1,000, 900 from the
Treasury for the construction Of low
rent buildings. It Is gratifying to
members Of the league to have had
congressional approval for 30 many
of the measures in which they were
interested"
Evening star., 1938-07-03
Gaithersburg Mason
Is Honored.

GAITHERSBURG, Md, July a.
Mr.. George w. B. Bartlett, aged 95
years, one of the oldest living Masons,
having been q member Of the order
since 1879, was honored at q special
ceremony given in the Masonic Tenn
pie, Baltimore, Monday evening.
Mr.. Bartlett was born in Baltimore,
but has lived in Montgomery County
since 1906. He spends his summers
in Gaithersburg with his daughters,
Mrs. Henry Grinith and Miss Vashti
Bartlett, and in winter they 60 to
Pass-a-Grille, Fla.
Miss Eulalie Boland and Miss Ruth
Ramsdell are in Atlantic City for q
week. Mrs. Frank Reed, too, is at
Atlantic City with . pat. from Ia
koma Park.
Mrs. George Gartner and her family
are In Pittsburgh for . visit.
Mrs. and Mrs. Thomas Troxall had
as their house guests during the weel
Miss June Book Of slippery Rock, Pa.
Miss Pearson, Mr.. and Mrs. Arden
0ourly, Mrs. John Earl Everhart Of
Franklin, Pa; Mr.. Claude Paugle Of st
Petersburgh, Fla, and Mr.. and Mrs. P
r. Faber of Pass-a-Grille Beach, Fla
DR.. and Mrs. Lewis Hayermale Of
Washington Grove had with them over
the week end Dr. Havermale's brother
in-law and sister, Or. and Mrs. w. T,
Miller, and their daughter, Miss Beth
Miller, Of Canton, ILL.,. who are making
q two-week tour Of historical points ir
the East.
Miss Wilma Watkins Of Washington
Grove and Miss Rebecca Field Of Rock.
vile left Tuesday to motor to the
West Coast.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Talbot Of Gathers.
burg have announced the birth Of Z
daughter ct Garfield Hospital Thurs.
day. June ~.
Evening star., 1938-07-03
On Gettysburg Trip.

Many Of the members and friends
Of u. 8. Grant Circle, No. l, Depart
ment Of the Potomac, Ladies Of the
Grand Army Of the Republic, Of which
Mrs. Alice M. Burke is president, went
by bus to the Gettysburg reunion yes
terday. They win call upon DR.. Over
ton H. Mennet, the commander In
chief of the Grand Army Of the Re-
public, and make tour Of the battle
ground.
The department president, Mrs.
Susanna v. Myers, is also making the
pilgrimage, accompanied by the follow
ing members of her staff Miss Rebecca
L. Blaine, Mrs. Lucille c. Tamm, Mrs.
Anna Hausman, Mrs. Mary H. Foftier,
Mrs. Bess Stiles Pearce, Mrs. Cora
Dorsey, Mrs. Jessie r. Thomas, Miss
Mary Porter Smith and Mrs. c. Win
kleman.
Miss Emma r. Hayward and Mrs.
Margaret H. Worrell past presidents
of the Department of the Potomac.
and Mrs. Eva M. Erwin. past president
Of the Department of Maine, are join
ting the party and expect to meet the
national president, ArA orpha N.
whitaker, Ia Gettysburg.
Evening star., 1938-07-03
Mr.. and Mrs. Williams
Entertain DauGhter.

Mrs. Charles F. Whitley of Norfolk
joined Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Williams
over the week end for stay Of several
weeks. Mrs. Whitley Is Mr.. and Mrs.
Williams daughter.
DR.. w. w. Splawn and his daugh-
ters, Misses Mary and Zola Splawn,
are at their country home at Lincoln
for the summer.
Mrs. Edward Marsh and her two
sons Of New York are spending the
summer with Mrs. L. A. Speer in Pur-
cellville.
Mr.. Dalton Paxson, who has been
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs w.
Carroll Paxson, in their Purcerville
home, has returned to Sinton, Tex,
accompanied by his brother, Mr.. Jack
Paxson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Roney and Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Patterson OF WASH
ington have been guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. John Chanblin at their Round
Hill home several days this week.
1t. and Mrs. Fred Connally Of
Washington are now at their farm,
Archbold, at Upperville for the sum-
mer.
Mrs. Kerfoot Shute Of Upperville
left over the week end for Los An
geles, where she will spend an indef-
mite time
Mr.. Ned Chamberlain Of Harvard
University has arrived to spend his
vacation with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. M. Chamberlin, at Greystone,
their Waterford home.
Miss Ellen Faith Myers, Miss Janet
Myers, Miss Lois Myers and Miss
Audrey Donaldson left this week for
Manessetta Springs. Va, for q To-day
stay.
Evening star., 1938-07-03

illness" in 1896. The most recent pro-
gram Is entitled Happiness"
The local unit is Gamma Chapter
and is part Of the Middle Eastern
area, which includes Deleware, Penn
sylvapia. New Jersey and the District
OF Columbia. A regional conference
Of this section was held here June
IL. The local officers are Irene Stew
enson, president: Mildred Vettori, vice
president; Edna Steinberger, treas
urer; Margaret Franzen, recording
secretary; Alice Roberts Koch, cor
responding secretary; Mrs. z. B.
Sunday. educational director, and
Mrs. Ellis Logan, sponsor.
\ \
The clubhouse Of the American As
ISOLATION Of University Women, 1884
I street NV, will be closed for re-
pairs and redecoration from July
to July l8. A few club events will
take place in the interval between the
reopening Of the clubhouse and the
beginning Of the fall season, but nc
nxed schedule will be followed. The
refurnishing will be done under the
supervision Of Min Alargaret Lunn.
Evening star., 1938-07-03
Honor Deceased
Member.

Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent, No. I,
Daughters Of Union Veterans Of the
Civil War, met at 1922 New Hampshire
avenue NV. Friday. The charter wa.
draped In memory Of Henrietta Austin
who died recently.
A plaque, bearing the names Of
donors Of flags to the tent, will be
placed in the home at 1922 New Hamp-
shire avenue. The tent will participate
in the patriotic religious services to be
held by the National Chapter, No. 2
D. A. ", at the Washington Cathedral
today. It also will take part in the
July 4th celebration 1T the Washing
ton Monument tomorrow night.
Evening star., 1938-07-03
Laytonsville
News Notes.

LAYTONSvILLE, Md, July 2.-An-
nouncement has been made Of the
marriage Of Miss Mary Belle Hawkins,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley
Hawkins of Woodfield. and Mr.
Charles Edward Watkins Of Cedar
Grove. The ceremony took place Sat-
urday, June 18, at the Methodist
parsonage in Laytonsville. with the
Rev. w. A. Ledford ofhciating. Their
only attendants were Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilson Duvall of Damascus, brother
in-law and sister Of the bridegroom.
Mr.. Douglas Lindsay Of Alexandria,
Va, is visiting his grandmother. Mrs
Julia Becraft. Miss Virginia Beecher
OF Darnstown spent last week end with
Miss Genevieve Griffith. Other visi-
tors here during the week included
Mrs. Harvey F1eck Of Baltimore, guest
Of her mother, Mrs. william r. Grit
fifth, who is spending the summer with
Mrs. David Clarke. Mrs. Elmer Har-
dell of Washington, visited her mother,
Mrs. William Grifnth, Of Etchison
and after week in Atlantic City will
attend the summer school session at
Maryland University.
Mr.. and Mrs. Winfield Howes spent
the week end with Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
mond Howes Of Mount Airy. Mrs
Eta Allnutt has returned from visit
Of two weeks in Washington with Mr.
and Mrs John Allnutt.
Mrs. Allison Taylor entertained 80
guests at bridge luncheon Friday
afternoon. Miss Emma Muncaster
was hostess at an afternoon bridge
party Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Talbot Of
Gaithersburg have announced the
birth of a daughter at Garfield Hos
pital Thursday. June %. Mrs. Tai
bot was formerly Miss Mary Snouffer
Of Laytonsville.
Miss Grace Roberts of Bethesda
entertained Mr.. and Mrs. Merhle
Haines of Laystonsville and Mr.. and
Mrs. James Louthan of Bethesda at
dinner in Washington last evening
followed by a moonlight cruise on the
Potomac. Miss Roberts leaves tomor-
row for q stay Of six weeks in New
York.
Evening star., 1938-07-03

&C. League OF women voters,
4 4 has announced the chairn1en
of the standing committees and the
department heads who will conduct
the work Of the league next year. The
department chairmen are: Govern
ment and its. operation, Mrs. Charles
Weston; child welfare, Mrs. Charles
Lee Hodge; government and educa-
ton, Mrs. Allen Moore; government
and economic welfare, Mrs. P. w.
Chappell; government and foreign pol
icy, Mrs. M. o. Lorenz; government
and the legal status Of women, Mrs
Pearl B. Klein; training class for new
members, Mrs. Henry Chalmers:
The chairmen Of standing COM
mittees will be: Finance. Mrs. Eu~
gene Dufield; publicity, Mrs. Albert
H. Putney; membership, Mrs. Joseph
Mackenzie; college student member
ship. Mrs. J. c. McCaskill; arrange
ments, Mrs. Wendell Lund; hospitality
Mrs. Ruth Hopper; editor Of the Bull
letin, Mrs. c. S. Duncan, and legisla-
ton, Mrs. Audley Smith.
The ofivers of the league are:
President, Mrs. Gutenberg; first vice
president, Mrs. Basil NJ. Manley: Sec
ond vice president. Mrs. Robert Leon
ard; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Franklin Ryan; recording secretary,
Mrs. Benjamin M. McKelway, and
treasurer, Mrs. Edna L. Johnston.
The directors are, Mrs. Jesse C..
Adkins, Miss Belle Sherwin, MS. Ar
thur Altmeyer and Miss Edith Rock
wood.
Meetings will be resumed in Novem-
Der. During the summer months
plans are being formulated for the
projects to be undertaken. The gen.
eral program will be based on recon-
mendations made by the National
League of Women Voters, with suit
able variations and interpretations as
indicated by local conditions. Sew
eral innovations, being planned, are
as yet in the formative stage and will
he announced later.
Discussing the work Of the past
year, Mrs. Gutenberg said: Our legis-
lative program has met with more than
usual success in the session Of Con-
gress just closed. On June the
Juvenile Court bill became the Juvenile
Court law, ending the long struggle
for law which would modernize
court procedure for children. This
law is one of the most important parts
Of the children's code, in fact 1t is
the keystone in the District child care
program. Especial recognition is due
Mrs. Jesse Adkins and the members
Of her committee whose. untiring ef-
forts had no small part in bringing
this bill to passage.
Adequate detention facilities for
children could not be planned until
the Juvenile Court law was passed
The budget appropriation for the pres
ent receiving home for the fiscal year
1889 Is assured and q study Of the
population of the receiving home Is
being made" she continued. THE
National Training School for Girls
is safe for another year. To have
Evening star., 1938-07-03
y. S. Pictures Fought.

In an effort to more successfully
compete with American motion pic.
lures, producers in Great Britain
France. Germany and Italy plan to
make pictures in four languages, &C.
cording to report published in San.
tiago, Chile. The article, titled Motor
Picture War Declared Between Eur.
ope and North America" declared il
was the intention of the -four pow.
ers" to endeavor to replace Holly.
wood production IN the Europeaf
'mar6eke,
Evening star., 1938-07-03

= RS. w. w. HUSBAND, chair
M man Of the Headquarters and
IvV House Committee of the Cen
4 4 eral Federation of Women's
Clubs. has been supervising extensive
arrangements in the headquarters,
at 1884 N street NV, at the request
of the new president, Mrs. Sadie Orr
Dunbar. Mrs. Husband served as
chairman of this committee for three
years under Mrs. Roberta Lawson
Campbell and has just been re-
appointed by Mrs. Dunbar. She is
one Of the well-known clubwomen of
the city. q member of several organi-
zations and past president Of the
Twentieth Century Club.
The General Federation headquar-
ters are located In the former home
of Gen. Nelson A. Miles and the build
ing is used as an ONCE for the fedora
ton and as q home for the president.
Most of the recent changes have been
made in the interests of bringing the
various departments Of work closer
together.
The Office Of the director Of research,
Mrs. Josephine Doggett, has been
moved from the first to the third floor,
where it adjoins the library, and Mrs.
Doggett's former office has been con-
verted into lounge for visitors. The
large room formerly used as lounge
is now an ONCE and workroom for the
mailing department. This depart
ment, formerly located on the top
floor, uses heavy addressographs and
other machines and it was thought
advisable to move 1t to the ground
floor.
A private ONCE has been arranged
for the president on the third floor. in
the room formerly used by Miss vella
Winner, in charge Of publicity and
editor Of the of1cial publication, the
Club Woman" This ONCE has been
furnished with antique pieces taken
from other parts Of the house. Mrs.
Dunbar's secretary will occupy an ad-
joining room. The publicity depart
ment has been moved to the fourth
floor, and Miss Winners office is in
what is known as the Kentucky
room. as the original furnishings were
given by the Kentucky federation.
Mrs. Dunbar will occupy the bed
room formerly used by Mrs. lawson
on the third floor, which has been re-
decorated and In which cooling uni.
has been installed. This unit was pre-
sented by the Oregon club women to
reproduce the cool atmosphere Of Ore
gon. Mrs. Dunbar's native State.
The top floor will be used for bed
rooms.
Evening star., 1938-07-03
Round Hill
Holiday
Party
Everetts Open
Country Home
For Season.
OUDOIJN COUNTY va

Y OUDOUN COUNTY, Va, July 2.
Mr. and Mrs. w. w. Everett
Of Washington and Round Hill
IL have opened their country
home at Round Hill for the season.
They have with them over the week
end q group of guests and will enter
tain them and other local friends with
a fireworks display Monday evening
at their home, Greystone, an annual
custom with them.
Mr.. Arthur Wright and his two
daughters of Washington are now at
Journeys End, the home Of Mrs.
Frances Huntington Chaplin, on the
Blue Ridge, where they have leased
for the summer. Mrs. Chaplin Is
touring Europe.
An engagement Of interest is that
announced by Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
H. Turley of Leesburg Of their daugh-
ter Reba Elizabeth to Mr.. Albert F..
Fielder Of Parkside, Pa, son of Mrs.
William Fielder and the late DR..
Fielder. Miss Turley Is . graduate
of the Leesburg High School and the
University Of Georgetown School Of
Dental Hygiene. Mr.. Fielder is a
graduate of the University Of Penn
sylvania and Of the Pennsylvania
Museum School Of Industrial Arts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lincoln Paul Ellis
Of Leesburg have gone to Babson
Island, Me-, where they will spend
the summer.
Mrs. Z. H. Heaton Visits
Daughter in Detroit.
Mrs. E. H. Heaton Of Leesburg has
gone to Detroit to visit her daughter,
Mrs. Stevens Woodruff, and her fam
lily. Mrs. Heaton's granddaughter,
Miss Martha Anne Woodruff. will
make her debut this fall.
Miss Betty Gibson Of Leesburg en-
tertained a house party at Ocean
City. Md, this week. Her guests from
Leesburg included Miss Janet Harri-
son, Miss Louise Hunter. Miss Glare
Briggs, Mr.. and Mrs. Winslow Will
liams, Mr.. Sterling Harrison. Mr..
rIcO LlIltIlcI, VNE. EIdAA AAttIcUOu
and Mr. Horace Lefierts.
Miss Florence Manning Is spend
ing some time at Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs Moncure Lyon have
announced the engagement Of their
daughter, Miss Marie Constance Lyon,
to DR.. Ferdinand Edmue Chatard, son
Of DR.. and Mrs. Joseph Albert Chatard
Of Baltimore. No date was set for
the wedding.
Miss Elizabeth Thomas and Miss
Florence Hostetter have been in Co.
lumbus, Ohio, this week. attending
the National Sunday School Con-
vention. Miss Thomas will visit in
Barnesville, Ohio, before returning to
the county.
Evening star., 1938-07-03
Relations of Women's Clubs
And Education Traced
National Association Report
Is Issued Under Title of
Women in Two Worlds
BY RUTH MONTGOMERY,
women's Club Editor.

YoAN collectively approached problem
M according Chappe
the American Association Of Adult Education
completed relationship
kndergartens enriched public
better salaries provided college scholarships
education They have achieved
they definitely
policies attributes
Evening star., 1938-07-03
Miss Lewis Engaged
To MIR. S. r. Pasternak.

To Mr.. S. r. Pasternak,
MR.. AND MRS. PHILLIP LEWIS
OF Birmingham, Ala, announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Sylvia Adele, to Mr.. Samuel Robert
Pasternak, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Pasternak Of Washington.
The wedding will take place August
IA In Birmingham.
Mr.. William Tayler Barry, jr., and
his family Of Santa Barbara and
Washington, have taken . house on
Braddock road. Mr.. Barry Is con-
nected with the Nelson School for
Boys on Meridian Hill.
Evening star., 1938-07-03

Miss Lois Streamer
Engaged to Mr.. Taylor.
Mr.. AND MRS. L. MILTON
A STREAMER announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Lois
Madeline, to Mr.. william Thomas
Taylor. Mr.. Taylor Is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. George T. Taylor of Sey-
mour, Ind.
The wedding will take place in
September.
Evening star., 1938-07-03
Engagements
Continued From First PaRe.)

and is with the Department Of State
The wedding will take place in
August
Evening star., 1938-07-03

r RS. LOUIS GUTENBERG.
Il president Of the Voteless D.
&C. League Of Women Voters,
u has ann0I1nced the chairn1en
Evening star., 1938-07-03
Club Building
Changes
Made
Mrs. w. w. Husband
Is Supervising
RearrangementS.

n II RS. w. w. HUSBAND, chair
M man of the Headquarters and
Vv House Committee of the Gen.
4 L eral Federation of Women's
The Nome nugget., 1938-06-22
Joe Louis Is One To Two
 Bet Fayorite

NEW YORK, June 9, (P) - The fight that has over-shadowed all else in the fstic world for the last two years comes true at nine o'clock, Eastern Standard Time tonight when Joe Louis, twenty four year old Alabama negro defends his title against Max Schmeling, thirty two year old German ex-champion. A crowd of eighty thousand is ex- pected to pack into the Yankee Stadium, having paid close to a million dollars for tickets.
 Louis remains a one to two favorite in one of the biggest betting fights of recent years, and IS the choice of several hundred experts.
The Nome nugget., 1938-06-22
Text Of Annual Assessment Work Moratorium
China Ready
 But Japan Is
 Stuck In Mud

SHANGHAI, June 2l tP, - China's reorganizers strengthen ed the Hankow defenses while the Japanese offensive against the temporary capital remained stuck in the mud by the spreading flood of the Yellow River Every days delay to the Japanese, the Chinese admit has been used to bolster strategic points, blocking what is expected to be Japan's line of attack deeper into China's fsart.
 The Chinese said that their lines are now virtually prepared to withstand any onslaught, while Japan's mechanized army is still begged in the mire of the flooded battlefields.
 All air squadrons are grounded by rain and sixty two new div isions, numbering five hundred thousand men are said to be pre- pared to take up position in Han kow's last line of defense.