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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28

United states and Great nfltain.l
United States. $3.50 \ 1000.
The D~wsr international match.
The 1880 match marked the Soth
anniversary OF the Introduction OF
the Dcwar International Small
Rore Team Match between Roman
teams representing the English
speaking countries. Each nation
fires on its home range and scores
are exchanged by cabls.l United
States, 1854 5000.
International pistol team match.
tOpen 10 Great Britain. Dominion
Of Canada, Republic of Cuba. Mex
leo and the United States. Team
consists Of ten ahooters.l United
States, 1921. Canada. 1893, Great
Britain, i724. Cuba. 1851.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28

flush with the edge OF the finger
holes.
Holes should be neither too
small nor too large. II too small.
the thumb and fingers will stick
in them .. perhaps tear the skin.
II too large, you are not able TO
hang onto the ball as you should.
The ball will slip off without con-
troll. The holes should permit the
thumb and fingers to slide out
easily.
The two or three-fingered ball
is matter Of personal preference.
l use the two-fingered.
Picking up the ball is important.
Do not insert the fingers in the
holes in picking 1t up. Lift II by
the sides with both hands and
you run no risk Of having your
fingers smashed by another ball
rolling up in the rack.
While waiting to take the intro
ductory step in bowling. let the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28
VOLS MAY M GOING To
RoNL a YEAR TOO LATE

I REPEAT that the young men ~
L Knoxville may be going 10 The
far west one year Too late,
As good as they are now. critics
who have followed them closely
asser, that they were much more
formidable in 1888 when they ell.
NAKED a smashing campaign by
pasting a big and strong Okla.
homa OUTFIT in the Orange Bowl.
The crashing Cafego eas In
full stride then and the club
misses the end play II Wyatt.
the 1888 captain. and Hunter.
and the formers leadership.
They Lost . splead.d tackle In
Woodruff. and not . few eon-
sldercd the graduated nahe
Wood superior 90 Cafego. Tho
latter soften~d up the enemy
and then Weed ran through.
Now the Vols are without a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28

PASADENA. fst. - {sifnec1
tieoFss esfskss knse. Ih< NAshil-
iss hsef' If fhs TsnHF@se~ Vols
vino meet haathefn California u
she Ross n<swl Jan. 1. forced no
southern star 10 he xs<ielIn<n
again friday.
~ WAS msseiy <tirhf t~tsi. :
Trainer MleAsy ofpfien snnassnx~1
and Coach Itoh Nsyl.nd said ~
sss ''pasitiss~ cafs9e Wusia pay.
coash Howard Isas@ ~ q. q q
planned heavy drills fnf tie nett
several days 20 ''msks 40 fas Iu~x
timsv Tiss Tfoiaax have b~@n
resting whsls Tsnn<~see p<s<tiest
feF thu past fss asys
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28
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New Grid League
On The Columbia

PORTLAND. Ore. 49, The high
schools Of sevnn cities strung
along the Columbia river we're
members today o. = new athletic
conference which begins operations
with tho 1910 football season
Coaches Norvllie MAJ Of Astoria
and Jim Carr Of Hood river inlti-
aled plans that eliminated In the
final organization meeting hare
yesterday.
Other schools In The league
are SAN Military aaaasmy and
Columbia Prep ~ Portland.
The DaIiss, hsialef and
Gansas, Wash.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28

ST. oufs President Larry
MacPhaIl and Manager f.se paro.
cher % the brooklyn Dodgers and
Joe DiMagglo ~ the New yofk
Yankees were hasebaIlss mo /
men Of the year according 20
selections annnunned today IN the
sporting News. hasehaits national
weekly,
AasrhAil was picked - the out.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28

Nave completed fifth consecn-
tive pass 70 Al krcnger 70 win
for the home guards.
That's the story Of The Trnians
When they cant beat yoa On the
ground. they take 90 the air with
passing hy Grenysile Lanadrli and
Nave as supeflatisc A. yon could
hope 10 see,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28
Briefs From Grid Bowls

MONTGOMERY, Ala. The blus
ana gray football squada hsld two
nf..,,.. ...s.,.. ,,,.,.v DE ,h.,.
-, 49,.
. '' e" same ~
nsy.
The South relied upon ths
passing 81 Ken iielnsgnsa ~ the
THNma MinfH and Young Ullnav a.
louisiana ID r.eslv.y K.n navs.
n.ugh Louisiana All ftosnsv
narfh c,arollna STATE and n,il
HALEY. puh.
me Norsh.fns,. haa ~. a..
p.r,.nees .o~.srs n -. zs,uslu, AZ
notY. f,am. .aa mn Isntahlus.n
r,a,tm.,,h
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28
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-Four Cubs Sent
Out On Option

CHICAGO -Four Chicago Cub
players have been optionsd 10 the
Tulsa club 81 the TEXAS lsagus and
a fifth 70 the snn Diego Pacific
Coast league club. Il was an-
noancsd today.
shortaiop Steve AeaneY was
optsonsd 10 San Diego 70 e9mDlsts
deal which brings outfisiosr
Dominic Daiissandro 10 the Cubs
Pitchers Glare Bsrfrau and Ray
Campbell. Oatfisider bernard
Olsen and First Baseman NJ Wait
kna were sent 10 Tlsiaa.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28

WASHINGTON, ID. C.-The 1899
for the rifle and pistol
target shooting sport is highlighted
by the international victory OF the
American small bore rifle team and
the return of the Pershing Trophy
to the United States after eight
years Of British possession. The
hand-picked National Rifle 1850
citation squad sent to England In
June performed feat which no
team since 1871 has been able To
do, beat the British on their home
ground. and thus bring back the
prestige long due Americas marks
men.
Less spectacular but none
theless prominent In the review
of the sport for the year In
the increased popularity indi-
Gated by the ZOO registered
Uop-flight) tournaments
throughout the country with
1900 registrations over the
1888 record of III with 10000
competitors.
Attendant in this increase are
the many new national records
set up; the last one OF the year and
one OF the most outstanding. that
of 17-year-old California girl.
Gloria Jacobs Of Woodland. who
reached the near perfection mark
Of 200 Of a possible 800 points with
a % caliber pistol over the 25-yard
police course in slow, timed and
rapid fire.
Rifle and Pistol Championships
Of 1899
30 Caliber
The National aIl-around cham
plonshIp. dupont Trophy Match.
the Pentathlon Of the National
Matches, based on points gained In
selected pistol, small bore and big
bore mstches) Walter X. Walsh,
LIST 1t USMcR, 1883 x l150.
The ~. X. A. 80 calIber rife In
di,tduai championship. Wright
Memorial Trophy, six separate
events are fired over a four-day
period 10 decide this champion
ship Thomas J. Jones. Sgt
USING, 636 x s55.
The National military rife iDdI-
yfduaI championship. 10. y. Scry-
Ice Rifle, the Daniel Boone"
trophy to the winner) Goats
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28
Investigating Death
of Young Nimrods

WATERFORD. n. Y---Elats POI
lice today SEARCHED asbFta In ths
Erie canal for a solution 20 ths
dynamits explosion which killed
five young hunters ard rocked
buildings fos 10 miles
Dynamite cached IN a metal
shsathed traliea aetonatsd yester-
day soon after the FIVE youths
passed the dredging project while
On = hunting trlp.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28
Oregon Upset
By Teachers

MACOMB, III. - oregon univer-
sity's touring basketball team con-
tinued its eastern trip today after
losing TO Western State Teachers
of Macomb, AZ to 40, in a Jack the
Giant Killer" upset.
The lanky Westerners averaged
seven inches per man taller than
Maeomb's quintet but were unable
to overcome the fast shooting and
close guarding OF the teachers.
Capt. Dick Stearns executed a
sleeper" play in the final seconds
for Mscombs victory margin.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28
Berger to Dodgers
As Infield Plugger

NEW YORk-Lou Berger. 2s,
former American League infielder.
was listed as .'infield insurance" on
the roster Of the Brooklyn Dodgers
today.
The Dodgers purchased Berger
last night from the Boston Red
Sex for the waiver price Of 81 800.
He has played every position In
the infield in his fiye-year major
league career. A right-hsnded
hitter, he bstted 800 IN 20 games
last season.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28
Find Bodies
OF Two Hunters

COMES. sH,-Ths bodies Of
two deer hunters, missing since
sunday. we're found yesterday 90
the VI Indie ranch north u here.
investigators aAid the men had
been ni,0t 70 death. They were
J. B White. -. % conhes ana
John Bunch. %. a visitor from
Arkansas.
Tns tNo nlsn left 70 hunt early
Sunday. When they dad MT return
Late Sunday searching parties were
organized Authorities refused
pending further Investigation "
attempt 70 explain ths deaths.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28

the ball down
a clear alley
u n til he has
a C q Il ired the
knack of keep
ing it where it
should be.
1t is best to
have your own
ball.
In fitting a
ball to your
hand, make GER
tain that the
second joints Of
the fingers are
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28
MCCORMICK, CINCY STAR,
GETS $4,000 CONTRACT

His salary was reported around
SIG, 900 annually for the two years.
Mccormick, led the league in hits
(209) for the second successive
year and batted second only to
Johnny Mize of st. Louis.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28
DILLON ADDS
TO HIS SCORE

MONTREAL Gordon Drillon,
Toronto Maple Leafs, increased his
National Hockey league scoring
lead three points last week. stats
tics showed today.
Drillon had u goals and nine
assists for Il points.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28

CINCINNATI, Drank Nc
Cormick, the National leagues
brightest sophomore star last
season, was signed today to new
two-year contract as first base
man for the Cincinnati Reds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28
!, STRIKES TO SPARE
Crimmins Prescribes Shadow Bowling
At Start Because Pins Present Hazard

weight Of the ball rest in the palm
of the left hand.
The main idea Is 10 relieve the
bowling hand of strain.
Next: Footwork.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28
~ HARRY cRAysoS
MA Service sports Edifer

CouTHERN CALIFORNIA Is this
- Observers choice over Tennes-
see In what promises 20 be one 81
the greatest of Rose Bowl games
in Pasadena. Jan. l.
The Trojans are numerically SUI
perior and will he higher than a
kite for the Volunteers. az whom
they have read and been told so
much.
agree with Elmer f.ayden 81
Notre Dame that George cafego.
the fine tAilhaek. isn't likely TO be
Of much good To the Orange Coats
after being out with bad knee
for the best part Of the campaign.
Cafego may start hut lnjur-
les Of his type usually result
In o football player going out
the first fime he IL hlt hard.
which Is what happened In the
West Nirginia's case against
both Kentucky and Auburn.
cafegos absence will not neces-
sarily be fatal to Tennessee. for
four splendid backs back him up
BUST Warren, Johnny Butler,
Bernard Omen and Van Thompson.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28
LARRY, LEO AND JOSEPH
RATED BASEbAll'S BEST

ssanalnx sz<estive. pure<hes -
she outstanding msnaxe< md ~
Maggie ~ the ''p~Ffsst player
bruce Dudley. exseuaivs - ~
fsaslsviiis Amsfissn Azee<istiua
club. wiIiiam A. Meyer. m&nsxsr
ef the Kansas t1ty l5Isl<x ard
Leu Noslkaff. oatfssIsl<F Win
'rliAa and Los Anxsl<~ l&ss s<~snn.
WIN slmlisT sesras Ger tHs ninn<
leagues.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28
SPOILED DUKES RECORD
IN LAST 10 SECONDS

Dur as well fixed as MAJOR Rob-
- ert Reese Neyland Is for re-
placements. Howard Harding Jones
has more and better men.
Tennessee has won p eonsecu-
tive games and hasn't been scored
on this fall. but remarkably
strong Duke club went 10 the
Tournament OF Roses unsecured on
year ago. The Blue Devils,
thanks 10 the brilliant punting OF
Eric Tripton. kept their record
clear until the last 10 seconds Of
play.
II was not until then that Doyle
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28
BY JOHNNY CRIMMINs

Anchor man of Detroit Goebels,
A. b. G. five-man team champions.
l start pupils off with shadow
bowling.
Pins present hazard To the
beginner. They put him under
pressure, so ] simply let him roll
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28
RING FARM SYSTEM

NEW YORK - Ray Arcel, IA
NOUS seconds OF boxers, has start
ed a farm system with talent sta
tons IN several cities.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28
SOUTHERN cal. ENCKis IN
INDIVIDUAL. nRuIIANgE

CourHERN CALIFORNIA and
- Tennessee arc the snundsst -
football teams coached by masters
OF The driil.
Hut Troy appears 10 hass ~.
Tie too much ~ everything. not
ths least Of which IL individual
hfilliance.
George cafsEn was an amAElnE
football player = year sKn. hu, ~
capable a. he was. doubt that
the Tennessee players have ever
SEEN q hack with The sli.found
ability Of The great Granville
I.ansdeli.
Hut everybody concerned viii
know that they have been IN =
football game before the last shat
Il fired In the Arroy aeee on New
Years Day afternoon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28
80 MHITEMAsH

FORT WOhTH-Pete Donohue,
former pitcher for the Cincinnati
Reds, il in the cleaning and dyeing
business here.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28

sound cafeKo ard thsFs y M
wnszf.
rsSSsssNE ssaSss~csIIxR
fAsEs Hts OWN nAgkf1EIn
rIsENNEssEE smpscys : single
1 wsnghack formation. shifsimx
10 right or ieFt with = haisnced
line. Sam nsrthalems~ Ire hlcck-
lnk hack ard slEnai.callet. : unique
IN that about = yNrd in back ~
The strong stte guard he faees bis
aUn hackfleid Instead q sAs de-
fsnzles team NEST % TIE slms.
Tho sasaassxe II tkls fsr-
uasiaa. n I. pslased ssss. W
that N enahl~s bartholomew
ard sacther hieskisK k.sk -
crack . defensive end 81 the
.a.e tlmel
southern California SHIFTS an
original nins.m lire into a Va.
rissy 81 formations sueA - single
wing right OF lsft. shart kirk with
backs strong 10 right OF lsfs. snd
81 line with the short side end
In the baeksaeld.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28
1899 Review
Track, Field
BY HENRY SUPER

United Press staff Correspondent
NEW YoRk-This was a
typical pre-olympic year in
American track and field COM
petition - one in which new
stars came out of nowhere in
the hope OF landing on the In
ternstional squad which was
TO go to Finland next year.
But along with these stars
came war and the Olympics
apparently are doomed-wiped
out again by European gunfire
rs they were in 1916 when
Berlin was TO have been host.
Finland has not officially
cancelled the summer games
although Germany, scheduled
to hold the winter games at
Garmisch Partenkirchen, has
given up Its part OF the pro-
gram. Finland apparently Il
holding out until the last hope
has faded. When, and II, the
Firms cancel, the games win
he dead because the Interna-
tional Olympic committee has
voted against awarding them
TO another nation.
Before the war came in Sep
TENDER, American performers
had set 13 new national indoor
marks and three outdoor rec
ords but the outstanding 1899
performer on the world scene
was a barrel-chested Finn
named Taisto Kaki.
Maxi, hoping to be a hero
before the home fans next
year, smashed five world rec
ords from two miles up to
IN n0n ,,oatars
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28

named Taisto Kaki.
Maxi, hoping to be a hero
before the home fans next
year, smashed five world rec
ords from two miles up to
10000 meters.
HARBIG SETS
TWO MARKS
Another European, Rudy
Harbig of Germany, was the
only other performer to set
more than one world record.
Harbig broke Archie Williams
record as he ran 400-meters in
46 seconds at Hamburg and
then lowered the S00-meter
record to 1865 at Milan, Italy.
Five other world marks
were set-two by Americans.
Charles Fenske of Wisconsin,
reeled off a 2:0e.3 perform
ance for 1000 yards (also an
American national record) in
Milwaukee and an American
team Ralph Schwartzkopf, Roy
Cochran, Blaine Rideout and
Charles Beetham set a world
5000 meter relay mark of
1882 in Paris while on Eur
opean tour which was cut
short by the war.
Claudia Testoi, Italy. set n
women's hurdle record; Lutz
Of Germany heaved the ham,
her 1913 feet, ga inches and
Sydney Wooderson, England,
went three-fourths of a mile
in 2:59.5 in Manchester, Eng,
before he embarked for Amer
lea and the Inflated mile of
the Century" at Princeton,
n. j.
This was To have been one
o: the greatest mile races ever
with Wooderson, holder of the
worlds outdoor mile record,
facing Fenske, Glenn Cunning
ham, Blaine Rideout and Archie
San Romani.
Wooderson ran a slow first
quarter and then on the final
turn Rideout attempted to pass
Wooderson. Wooderson STUN
bled and lost his stride and the
incident became an interna-
tional affair.
CLAIMS FOUL
Wooderson claimed he was
fouled and went home vowing
to beat Fenske, who won the
race, in an International meet
In London later in the sum-
mer. Wooderson pulled a mus
Gle and the renewal never was
staged.
The outdoor nationals, where
the Olympic hopefuls start
blossoming the year before
the games are scheduled,
brought a horde of unknown
into the spotlight.
Among these athletes were
Joe Batiste of Tucson, Ariz.,
the first school boy to win a
senior title-he took the no
meter high hurdles - since
Frank Wykoff Of California In
1928; Roy Cochran, Indiana
star who won the 400-meter
hurdles; and Liiburn Williams,
shotput winner from Xavier
university.
In addition to Fenske's ! 900
yard record the other new ma
tionsl marks were a 1882
two-mile steeplechase run by
Tommy Decksrd Of Indiana
and a shot-put record by one
of the seasons finds. Elmer
(The Great Hackney. He
tossed the ball IS feet in a pre-
lininary meet 10% inches but
fell before Williams In the
nationals.
The star Of the indoor sea-
son was John Borican, a negro
graduate student at Columbia,
who set three records - 500
meters, $50 yards and 1000
yards.
RING FARM SYSTEM
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28

WASHINGTON - lssl<n psft-
ssiisr. samsn's ws~s@Fn sp<n SOC
champion. hsll<sss tss founas .
day ise strenuous fos ; wem&A-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
American Student Union
Meets al Wisconsin j.
B, the Associated Press.

BH the Associated Press.
MADISON, Wis. Dec. 26.-The
American Student Union, recently
described by some members of the
Dies Congressional Committee as a
breeding ground for Communism, u
began a five-day meeting on the
University of Wisconsin campus to-
day,
Union members, representing Glib
erals Of colleges and universities
throughout the Nation, came here as
guests of the University League for
Liberal Action. About 600 delegates
were expected.
Donald Thayer, president of the
league, and editors of the Daily
Cardinal, campus publication, ex-
changed comments on the Dies Com
mittee report in advance of the
convention. Stating it was not pass
ing judgment on the activities of
the Student Union, the Cardinal
emphasized the convention was not
sponsored by the university. Thayer
declared there had been verbal
agreement to allow the meeting on
university grounds and that there
was no proof the conclusions of the
Dies Committee were correct or
valid"
Delegates planned to discuss the
Russian invasion of Finland, the
British-French- German and Sino-
japanese wars and proceedings of
the Dies Un-American and La Fol-
lette Civil Liberties Committees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
President Restores
Sugar Marketing Quotas

By the Associated Press
President Roosevelt issued a proc
lamation today restoring marketing
quota provisions of the Sugar Act.
Il have issued proclamation to-
day." the President said in a state
ment, terminating the suspension
of marketing quotas on sugar, which
suspension was made necessary on
September II, 1899, by the extraor-
binary purchases Of sugar by con-
sumers Immediately after the out
break of the war in Europe and the
excessive speculative activity and
advancing prices which accom-
panied such purchases.
"Since that time, consumer
boarding of sugar has ceased and
the price of raw sugar has declined
to the price which was in effect
before the war.
1T should be noted that under
the law the quotas may again be
suspended if such action becomes
necessary to protect the consumers"
Under newly negotiated agree
ment with Cuba, the United States
agreed to return to the duty of 80
cents a hundred pounds on Cuban
sugar, which was in effect before
the quotas were suspended Dur
ing suspension of the quotas the
duty was raised to $3.50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
President Wants
Action This Session
On D. {. Recognizing
Allen, After PorIey, Says
Roosevelt Not So Much
Concerned by Details

Commissioner George E. Allen
after discussing with President
Roosevelt for nearly an hour the
Seal plan for recognizing the Dis
trict of Columbia government. said
the President made it very evident
he was anxious to have the legisla-
ton enacted this session Of Con-
gress.
Mr.. Allen said the President was
not so much interested in details
as he was in getting action.
The question of local suffrage was
not touched on, he said, adding that
he doubted very much if any provi-
sion for it will be included in the
bill the Commissioners will draft.
The Commissioner indicated the
President favored the proposed ad-
ministrative assistant to the Dis
trict Commissioners, as we'll as re-
tanning the Public Library and the
Board of Education in the present
status free from control by the
Commissioners.
Mr.. Allen represented the Presi-
dent as especially interested in i'm
proving health and sanitary condi-
tions in the District. He gave the
impression that when the Commits
sioners meet again this afternoon
he will be in position to present
some definite ideas advanced by the
President.
Mr.. Allen was of the opinion that
a final draft of the bill should be
ready for transmission to the Capt.
tol within a week.,
1t was his impression that the
question OF local suffrage will be
taken up separately.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
$1,000 Chinese Killed ,
japanese Claim
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, Dec. 26.-Japanese
dispatches said today that $4,000
Chinese had been killed in recent
fighting north and south of Han
kow, in central China, at present
the most active sectors in the con-
flict.
The japanese reported heavy
fighting in North, Central and South
China and said their counter
attacks in six provinces had fore
stalled winter offensive by the
Chinese.
It was admitted that the Chinese
had made a number of bombing at
tacks late last week in the southern
war zone, but, the Japanese said, all
Chinese air bases in Kwangsi prov
ince were bombed and destroyed in
retaliatory raids.
Chinese reports said that fighting
still was in progress around Pao-
touchen, terminus of the Peiping-
Suiyuan Railroad in Suiyuan Prov
ince in the Far Northwest.