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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-22
STATES ATTORNEY
 STUDYING REPORT
No Immediate Action Ex- pected in Alleged Short-
 age in Tax Office

Consideration is being given by tho ofilce of States Attorney William B Fitzgerald. to the conditions in the tax collectors office, where recently 1t was officially reported that a shortage in funds existed. The ac- tual shortage, as reported by &C., countants to city officials, is $1, 300
 Assistant States Attorney Walter W. Smyth, acting in the absence of States Attorney Fitzgerald, who is out of the city on vacation, said to- day that he is considering the sit- uation, which was called to his at- tention by Corp. Counsel Charles s. O'Connor.
 No immediate action has been in- dicated, however. The indication is that all forces will abate possible procedure pending a more complete audit report of years other than 1888, which will be prepared by the Griffenhagen auditors.
 Three checks are said to figure in the alleged defalcation. One of the checks is known to have been paid to the tax office by the Elton hotel, but no entry crediting The Elton for the amount was made on the tax books, although :. receipt was issued for the amount.
 Reliable sources state that the three checks were accepted in pay ment of taxes. and receipts given in each case, but no entry made on books. Cash corresponding to the amounts of the checks was taken from the till, 1t is said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-22

She couldn't see anything. The vault was back behind the tellers' cages and half walls, in the dim rear of the building. A hall or passageway to one side led to 1t.
 She stopped low to avoid being seen over the half wall, and edged around the front curve of 1t until she could see along the passageway. She glanced down it just in time to see Franklin suddenly pop up inside cage, on the exact spot where she and Roselee had found Dick Ban- croft that first night.
 Put up your hands!" Franklin or- dered.
 The command came in sure, hard tones. Somehow, thought Christine, here was different Franklin. In the same instant she saw him raise a pistol, and saw the professor" turn with light ming speed from the vault door
 Christine wanted to scream but she was momentarily frozen.
 The man at the vault did not obey Franklin. He looked up and for a long second he stared at the younger man in combined surprise and fury. Then cursing, he dropped abruptly to the floor.
 The sudden drop is an old trick, and often a good one. It is the quickest way to avoid the aim of a gun. It worked admirably now.
 Franklin fired - BOOM! Inside the small back room the noise was like that of cannon. But the bull let went harmlessly over Carl Quait and ricocheted of the steel vault door.
 Christine still couldn't speak nor scream, nor do anything but make pitiful gesture of helpless ness.
 Quait had dropped, but in the same motion he had reached for his own pistol. It was the A he had stolen from the hotel clerk He had never shot 1t, but he wat accustomed to guns and he had nc trouble Tipping up the muzzle of this one and pulling it's trigger as he crouched there on the floor. Its roar, too, rocked the building, ever more than had Franklin's gun.
 Then Christine could scream and she did. For at that moment she saw Franklin suddenly topple down behind the tellers' cage.
 fTo Be Continued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-22
POLICE ARRANGE
 SPECIAL BANQUET
Aid Association to Fete Prominent Citizens on
 Eve of Convention

Many prominent citizens will be honored by the Waterbury Police Mutual Aid association at a ban qtiet at the Waterbury Country club Wednesday evening, August 2. In appreciation of their goodwill and friendship to the police department they will be presented with gold badges in leather cases
 The citizens banquet will precede Il . annual convention of the Con- n,.cticut Police association which will be held in this city on the following day, August 3. Election of officers will take place at the Water bury Country club in the morning, tc be followed by lunch. Then dele gates will proceed to the Municipal fiyId on Watertown avenue for the extensive program of sports and en- tertainment which will continue through the evening. Features of tI,e field day will be the first of- fi:ial use of the Municipal grounds, ana the awarding of r cups to win- ners in the various events.
 Prominent citizens to be honored at the banquet August follows:
 John Goss, John Bolger, Lewis Reed, c. D. Tyack, S. P. Kellogg, E. Vincent Maloney, publisher of Wa terbury Democrat, Judge John F. Gnffney, Joseph Rigney, Rev. Francis J. Barrett, Rev. Neil Doyle, l.. J. Hart, Wilfred Schlegel, C. H. Granger, E. J. Daly, w. K. Simpson, Patrick Perriello, Francis T. Philips, William J. Dunphy, Frank Green, George H. Largay, Warden John Sheridan, Naugatuck, John M. Hutchinson, Senator George T. Gull hane, Judge Dennis Slavin, William Kolbeck, Commissioner of Police Maurice J. Sweeney, Francis T. Reeves, William J. Pape, William K. Lawlor, Michael Galullo, Holland Aling, Alderman E. J. Fitzgerald, C. P. Goss, Vincent Scully, Judge Pat rick Healey, Assistant State Attor- ney Walter Smyth, A. J. Drummond
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-22
. STORIES
 IN STAMPS
Old Texos Cottle Trolls
 Linked North and South

Ol0 IexOS Cottle IroilS Linked North and South GREATEST factor in the eco-
 homie recovery of Texas after the Civil War was the move- ment of millions of Texas cattle, in vast drives, north to Kansas railroads and markets. Of equal importance was the bond created between North and South in the development of the great cattle industry of the West.
 Most of the trail herds followed the Chisholm trail, a route first marked by Il companies of U. s. Army troops, retreating in 1861 from frontier outposts to Fort Leavenworth, later by Jesse Chis- holm, half-Cherokee Indian trader. for whom the trail was named.
 The extension of the Kansas Pacific railroad to Abilene, in 1867, provided market for Texas longhorns, and for 20 years, huge herds, numbering from 400O to 5000, plodded slowly northward. From all parts of Texas and as far south as Matamoras, Mexico, the trails converged toward Abi- lene and later. Dodge City. An estimated 5,250,000 head of cat- tie were driven along these routes.
 In the 's0s the drives were ex- tended to Wyoming, Nebraska and Montana as cattle raising spread over the northwest.
 Before the end of the decade, however, most of the range was fenced, the railroads could haul as cheaply as owners could drive, and the Texas cattle drives were at end.
 The epic of the trail herd is de- picted on the U. S. $l stamp above, black, enlarged, showing western cattle in a storm. The stamp is one of the Trans-Missis- sippi Omaha" Exposition series of 1898.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-22
CHAPTER XV

Carl Quait, alias John Sawyer now alias Professor York, had been too shrewd to come to Goldcrest In the dead of night to recover the stolen money he had put there. That had been his original plan right enough, his first hasty impulse when he read the news of re-opened Goldcrcst. Tn fact he had thrown up bis job and haStened away expecting to slip into Godcrest that very night Then he had started think ing and revised his plan. It had re- quired some patience, but he knew patience was necessary.
 Quait, man of almost 50 years, had hung around mining towns during much of his career, and the rest of his time he had been en- gagged in miscellaneous" business enterprises. His biggest effort had been try at a California factory payroll. It had almost worked too; but his accomplices in that had become scared and had started
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-22
CRANluM CRACKERS

SPELLING B More than one, but less than five words in the following list are mis- spelled. How many and which ones?
 brougam
 buffoon
 buffet
 burocracy
 bursery
 butyrin
 baccate
 balloon If you don't know the answers, you can learn them by looking on Last Page.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-22

Venxuela ls becoming interested Io hesebalI snd footbslls
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-22
RACE HORSE SENT TO SPA

Melbourne Australia. CUp)--while many Australian race horses have thrived on beer and stout. only one fo date has become a mineral wa- ter addict. This is the Swear old H0sando. which had become af- fiicted with rheumatism. She was sent to Macchus Rarsh, where an Alkaline mineral spring exists and silieh cured her Of her affllctlon. Ence then she refuses ell other Hnds Of water.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-22
DICK BANCROFT and FRANK EIN LARRAWAY = They also found an interest in Goldcrest.

Yesterday: As the New York College party tours Goldcrest, Christine sees a professor" leave the group, start toward the old bank building. Her fears are genuine when she sees Franklin run after the man.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-22
CAST or CHARACTERS

ROEELEE DALE and CHRIS FINE PALMER = Partners in a summer tourist venture at Gold crest.
La gaceta., 1939-06-01
LIGA AMERICANA

No Sc efectu6 aver ning1n de-
safio. Hoy jugaran los Senado-
res y Medals Blancas, en- Chica-
&C; Atleticos y Browns, en- San
Luis; Medals RojaS y Tigres, en-
Detroit, y Yankees e Indios, en-
Cleveland.
Los Yankees a~nuncian para
hoy a Vernon, qre tiene la suer-
tie de espaldas Ell esta Temporal
da. Piensan los Indios utilizar a
Harder.
La gaceta., 1939-06-01

Chata-. Yo creo que 81 nos re-
gistran no juntamos trentitO en-
TODD ell barrio.
@Ande hemos dir III?
PA la Puert'al Sol. A yer es
caparates.
Era ell gran recurso.
Las d~escmderas, que tambi@n
hacian de mecheras 81 Sc tercia-
ba y de corredoras de alhajas,
hacian que deambulaban por las
GALES del centric, parandose en-
los escaparates, precisamente al
Iado de dos sehoras o de un CRU
pc de muchachas que miraban
entusiasmadas las joyas, las
prendas interiors; o los abrigos
de ~pieles..., comentandolo TODD
muy animadas.. Y luego, al des
hacerse las apreturas, echaban
de menos el relojito de pulSera,
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Ell dobIe programa de maiana
en- la arena de los Artilleros
Greenwood frente a Dean y Manrique de rival
de Chino Alvarez

Manrique, de la capital de Neil
co, y Cliff Greenwood, ell astro
de Sarasota, dara la revancha a
Johnny Dean.
A pesar d. las amenazas de
Dean, sobre que lie vencera por
Nocaut, Greenwood sostiene que
lie pondra a dormir, como 10 hi
20 en- la pelea anterior.
Manrique, en- ell ~criterio de
los "fieles", es I'm pdgil inferior
a Alvarez; pero tratara de lu-
cir bien.
Manrique sostuvo peleas, en-
los dltimos amos, con individuos
de la categoria de Wesley Ra-
mey, Armando Stella, Leo Ro-
dak y otros. En- cast todos esos
encuentros llevo la peor parte,
pero mantiene srs brios.
Jim Purvis, ell veterano gla-
diador de Lakeland, tendra de
contrincante a Ricardo Herman
DEE, ell tampeno, en- seis asaltos.
La intenci6n de Purvis es bo-
rrar una victoria que sobre q
alcanz6 Hernandez, ell ano pasa-
do, en- ell programa de Navidad.
Mario Santana sc batira con
Jimmy Dundee, ell conocido mu-
chachO de San Petersburg. 81
pasado enero, en- Clearwater,
Santana cay6 a Ia Iona bajo los
punetazos de Dundee.
Rigen precios populares.
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Notcias de Pelota
UIGA NACIONAL

Solo un desafio Sc efectu6 a.
yer en- esta liga. Con Hamlin de
pitcher los Dodgers de BroG-
klyn atropellaron a los Gigan-
ties, haci6ndoles 7 carreras con
un c%onjunto de IL hits. Schuma-
cher y Melton lanzaron por la
novena derrota, correspondent
dole ell contratiempo al primero.
E. Moore, ell jardinero dere-
cho de los Dodgers dispar6 tres
hits; Lavagetto ayud6 al triun-
TO con dos. OFT, Ell astro de los
Gigantes, bate6 un jonron y IN
hit.
Brooklyn &c, 12h, lie; N. Y,
&c, Oh, 2e.
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Sc anunci6 aver que ell pit
cher Spurgeon Chandler Sc a.
gregara a los Yankees dentro
de diez dias.
En- su primer ano en- las ma
yores, Chandler gan6 ID juegos
y perdi6 d.
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Max Baer Lou Nova pelearan esta
noche en- ell Estadio de los Yankees
Esperase que de $4,000 a 5000 personals
presenter ell e~ncuentro

mo, manteniendose a distancia
de sus punos. Thompson lie al
canzaba facilmente con su dere-
cha a pesar de las izquierdas
rectas que Baer "tiraba".
Los ganchos izqrierdos de
Thompson tambien encontra-
ban ell cuerpo del campe6n, que
no saba defenderse de ellos.
Quiere este decir, a juicio de
los expertos, que Make estara
completamente alberto para los
golpes de Nova, que es un boxea
dor bastante habil. Barney Ross
ell excampe6n del peso weller,
vic en- accion a Make y dijo que
81 este peleaba tan alberto fren-
tie a Lou, ell resultado del match
podia anunciarse anticipate
mente.
Hoffman mantiene, frente a
las opiniones de los peritos, que
esta absolutamente satisfecho
del estado de su "protegido".
"Las manos no lie molestan y
Sc ha preparado conscientemen-
te". "Esta pelea supo tomarla
en- serio. Nj siquiera ha fumado
un cigarrillo en- las 1ltimas Sc
manas. Tengo tanta confianza
en- el que acabo de apostarle
$4,000.
Nova complete la parte mas
activa de su entrenamiento ell
pasado domingo. Ell martes y ell
microbes hizo ligeros eierci-
clos.
Calc1lase que la pelea entire
los dos fuertes hombres del pc
so complete atraera a 10000
personals. Jacobs habia calcula-
do $4,000 la semana pasada pc
70 aver aument6 la cifra.
Otros expertos no tienen con-
fianza en- las piernas de Make
81 la pelea llega a pasar de los D
cho asaltos.
Hasta la manana de hoy Baer
continuaba siendo ell favorito en-
proportion de 5 a 6.
La gaceta., 1939-06-01

New York, JUNO 10-Esta nc
che, en- la Madison Square Gar
den, Sc batiran a Is asaltos ell
excampe6n mundial de boxeo,
Max Baer, y Ell aspirante a cam
ps6n Lou Nova, de Alameda,
Estado de California.
Baer termin6 su entrenamien
to en- Ferndale, New York, y
dijo que estaba listo para una
victoria rapida por nocaut o en-
case contrario una pelea de lar
ga duraci6n.
Les directories del hebreo es-
tan satisfechos de su estado II
sico y no sc ocultan para decir-
10. Las manos de Baer Sc han
fortalecido y en- elias pone el to-
da Su conflanZa.
Algunos expertos, sin en-
barge, dijeron que no les agra
da ell estado fisico del hebreo
jactancioso. "Las posibilidades
de que derrote a Nova y pelee
de nuevo por ell t1tulo, son muy
ligeras, dijo uno de los inteli-
gentes observadores.
Baer Sc protegi6 con extraor-
dinario cuidado en- las practi-
cas-, dando la sensation de un
actor, no de un boxeador.
Hizo grandes ruidos, al estilo
de Taran, pero NADIA de impor-
tancia realize frente a sus ayun
dantes Sandy Mcdonald, de Da-
las, Texas, y Eliza Thompson.
Baer estrenara hoy un efecti-
vo punetazo de derecha al CO.
raz6n, segdn Ancil Hoffman.
Con este puhetazo, durante los
ejercicios, hizo perder ell equili-
brio a Mcdonald.
Practicando con Eliza Thomp
son, otro de sus ayundantes,
Make alarde6 de conservatis-
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ell bolsillo, lleno de duros o BIZ
lletes, la pulsera o ell boa -.

Cruzaron la plaza de Santa
Cruz, y bajaron a la Puerta del
Sol por E~sparteros.
Aqui Sc detuvieron un inStan
te ante los grandes escaparates
de una ~peleteria.
Y cuando sc separaron de
tres sehoras, la Chata pregrn-
to a la Canamona:
-5Quies merendar? TIE con-
vido a la Mallorquina.
@Ya?-contest6 la otra con
ojos relucientes.
II Pues no hace ratol -. STG
ties Ell DIDO fino?
4 Yo?iY oigo crecer la yer
ba en- la puerta de casa por las
nochel
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cho coraZ0nl
Il Que 10 digas!

Habian llegado a la acera de
Bazaar de la Union y dijeron d.
entrar en- ell cafe de Lisboa.
Pero en- ell instante mismo de
ir a empujar la puerta girato-
ria, Garcia Sc llev6 ambas ma
nos al pecho, al tempo que pail
decia, diciendo:
-iCalla, Cahamona. DOR
Dios!
-iQue te pasa. mujer?-se
alarm6 la otra, volviendo la ca
beza.
Este Madrid!.. mo Sc
puede dar un paSol iEsta in
festao de randasl
-iPero que es?...
-iPor ma Que me han bir-
La gaceta., 1939-06-01
La Gaceta Folletin No. $50
LA MUCHACHA
DE LA GALE

muy cehidos, que miriam de sos
layo con ojos de fuego..., coci-
neras que salem de la Cebada
con ell cest6n desbordante de
hortalizas y colas de pescado...
chiquillos que salem de la escue-
la y beatas y clerigos que Sc
dirigen presurosos al rosario a
que los llama ell esquil6n de al
guna iglesia del barrio, que e.
Hos solos oyen entire Ell barrullo
de gentes, autos y tranvias...
-iPor aqui no hacemos ma
-dijo la Cahamona con inmen-
so desprecio.
jQue 10 digas !-coptest6 la
La gaceta., 1939-06-01
i Pues escucha!

La Chata meti6se una mano
en- Ell hondo bolsillo, y produio
un gratisimo sonido de duros.
II Con estas campanas te en-
tierren!-coment6 la Cahamo-
ma, complacida-. " QUEEN
fue?
-Esa sonora que iba de ne
gro. lEspera, a yer que es es-
toll.
Pasaban por otro escaparate
lleno de genie. Garcia empuj6 a
otra sehora que al marcharse
vi6se como empujada y two la
sensation de que la tiraran de
algo del cuello.
Las dos amigos continuaron
hacia la Puerta del Sol.
4 Que era?-inquirio la Ca
Ramona, que no Sc habia acerca
La gaceta., 1939-06-01
MURIO Ell CIUDADANO
S.

Ell prominente ciudadano S.
E. Sparkman, extasador de con-
tribuciones de este condado, ia
lleci6 aver a la edad de 81 amos
de edad.
Era padre del actual tasador
de contribuciones, w. S. Spark
man, y los dos miembros de una
antigua y respetada familia de
esta comunidad. LIE sobreviven
su viuda, una hija y cinco hijos.
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lao ell bolsillo y la cadena.

lao Ell bolsillo y la cadena.
Desolada, Sc registraba los
ooIsillos de su falda, bajo la que
llsvaba dos faltriqueras enor-
mes.
iNada, nada!... lie ACADIA
ban de guitar, iipero ahora mis-
mo, hacia un instante!!, la es-
carela que habia arrebatado E.
la LENA de duros a aquella Sc
nora y la cadena de orc, que a.
franco de u ntremendo tir6n. a
la otra, al tempo que lie decia:
i Perd6n, sehoral
DE nada-habia contestado
Ia sonora, con una larga sonri-
sa, a quella simpatica muier
del pueblo.
ii Pero, mujer la
Canamona sin querer Greer a 81
amiga jCuantOs amos tienes2
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DEPORTES
VICTORIA DE STOLTZ

New York, JUNO 10-Alli
Stoltz, ell peso de pluma de New
ark, pele6 en- esa ciudad con
Bobby Ruffin, de Bridgeport,
Conn.,, y lie derrot6 por puntos.
Ruffin pesaba 124 libras y ell
triunfador 127.
lDurante ell combate Stoltz
perdi6 tres asaltos por golpes de
'foup. En- una pelea anterior
Ruffin habia conquistado la vic
toria.
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do al e~scaparate.

~ va N1N1R@Ao
II Este, mira !-repuso la o.
ira, abriendo ell mant6n, y mos
trando a su companera una lar
ga cadena de orc, de esas mo-
dernistas que nevan las damas
con los impertinentes o Ell aba.
nico.
ST que ereS aprovech&.
II I'm poco!... Y ESQ que va
no soy mi sombra. tie acuer-
das la que jugamos a aquel mar
ques que Sc habia prendado de
mi en- la fabrica?
ii Digo!
lilo tonta qua sio unal...
Pensar que podia ser una Sc
horona d'estas llenas de brillan-
ties y que siempre tien ell est6-
mayo sucio!.. . Pero, hija, lque
Quies? 70 he teniO siempre mu
La gaceta., 1939-06-01

Ell empresario La Marque com
plet6 aver Ell programa que ma
mana viernes presentara en- la
arena de los Artilleros.
Dos peleas principles, de a
10 asaltos cada una, anuncia el
animoso promoter"
Chino Alvarez, la estrella ma
xima de Tampa en- las 1876 lbs,
Sc batira con ell mejicano AL
La gaceta., 1939-06-01
HIZO TABLAS
CON N

Ricardo Hernandez, ell joven
gladiator tampeno que manana
peleara en- esta ciudad, anoche
Sc enfrent6, en- Fort Myers, con
Eddie Bronson, de La Belle.
Hernandez pogo los mas fuer
ties golpes; pero los jueces con-
cedieron tablas.
Otro tampeho, Tommie Care
Has, fue puesto a dormir por
Thomas Darrabee, de Arcadia.
Bill Rodriguez "acost6" a Fla
ty Mathis, de Moore Haven, en-
ell Segundo asalto.
La gaceta., 1939-06-01

PERDIDO-Un perro blanco
lanudo, Spitz, conocido por
Happy. Sc g~ratificara al que 10
devuelva a Valencia Floral Gar
den, telefono H 33-O23,
Evening star., 1939-08-08
fearful Error

OGDEN, Utah @.-Burglars who
stole what they thought was drum
of gasoline from a flour mill must
have wept over their sin. The drum
contained tear gas.
Evening star., 1939-08-08

been based on fear that they would
make the Chinese minority politi-
cally powerful.
japanese Hand Seen.
Even before the Chinese-Japa-
nese war the Chinese generally be-
lieved anti-C Chinese moves in Thai
land were instigated by Japan, but
independent observers discount Jap
anese influence in the country,
where the Japanese population is
only a few hundred.
Observers here regard Thailand's S
so-called Chinese campaign
as a natural phase of nationalistic
awakening in a country where a
racial minority dominates trade and
controls functions of the middle
man.
Neutral students believe the new
restrictions against Chinese patri-
otic activities are due to Thailand's S
desire to maintain strict neutrality
in the Far Eastern conflict.
Col. Luang Bipul Songgram, head
of the dominant Thai militarist
faction, was named premier last
December 16. At that time there
was speculation in Bangkok whether
the new regime might not follow
a course more friendly to Japan.
Evening star., 1939-08-08

fend of bombing planes. It was
estimated that about $4,000 men
would take part in the exercises,
which continues to Friday night.
Observers win note the effectiveness
of both the attackers and the de-
fensive operations.
The climax of the aerial maneu-
vers will come with a blackout at
1890 am. Thursday covering half of
England, including London. Street
lights and traffic signals will be
snapped out and all-night restau-
rants and clubs darkened along with
docks and railway stations. Trains
and buses will operate with screened
lights. A small army Of air raid
precautions forces will test the efi-
cheney Of their organization.
Along with the air games Is q
program of sea maneuvers between
the home fleet and the reserve
fleet, which King George will re-
view at Weymouth Wednesday.
Land forces are similarly under
going vast training program
which will reach a climax with
one of the biggest peacetime "bat-
ties" in Britain's history in York
shire September IA to 81.
The admiralty issued a call to-
day for 5000 former sailors and
marines to man training ships for
conscripts, and certain ships of
the reserve fleet and to work with
the naval air service.
Evening star., 1939-08-08
Canton River Opened
To Neutral Traffic

HONG KONG, Aug. 8.-The Brit
ish gunboat Seamew departed for
canton today, marking the opening
OF the Canton River to neutral
traffic after IL days during which
1t was closed by the Japanese be-
cause of military necessity"
Although the past two weeks
brought increased japanese military
movements around Canton it still
was not apparent what the japanese
meant by military necessity"
The reopening of the river bore
out the original statement that the
move was temporary and removed,
IN some quarters, a fear that the
closing had been intended to facili-
tate intensif1cation of the anti-Brit-
1sh movement at Canton.
For a few days japanese sentries
searched persons entering and leav-
ing Canton's Shameen Island Inter-
national Settlement, but this was
stopped July 20. Since then there
have been no reports of increased
japanese pressure or unusual in
cidents involving third power ma
tionals.