The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 19, 1937, Page 1

TIN NE Chinese Charge Sove Party Fight Over Successor to Robinson Looms Bitter (PHA BLCTION TO FILL POST MAY BE HELD IN FALL Arkansas Governor, Carl E. Bailey, Is Considered Strong Candidate for Post WIDOW OF SENATOR NAMED Nation’s Illustrious Join Thou- sands Paying Last Tribute to Dead Leader Little Rock, Ark., July 19.—(#)—The prospect of a bitter party fight over selection of the successor to the late Senator Joseph T. Robinson loomed Monday as the state Democratic com- mittee was. called into special session Friday. 2 Governor Carl E. Bailey indicated:a special -election would be held about Sept. 14 to fill the post. The 42-year-old governor, considered a certain candidate, held in his hands the power both to set the time for the election and to select a possible interim appointee, Chairman Thomas Fitzhugh, who managed Bailey's gubernatorial ctam- paign, issued a call for the meeting of the state Democratic committee. It is empowered to nominate the party candidate or order.a primary. A ma- jority of the committee are politically aligned with the governor. De manded A stormy session of the state com- mittee was presaged by the telegraphed Protests of seven county committees against reports that a nomination would be made. They demanded a pri- mary, the counties offering to bear their share of the election costs, esti- mated at between $30,000 and $40,000. Should the: committee - nominate, other: Democrats could run only «as independents. Republi fears te- rained silent on thi Last year Republicans competed unsuccess- fully forall state offices. Robinson defeated his Republican opponent by more than six to one. Former Governor J. M. Futrell, at odds with Bailey many times during the past three years, issued a state- ment last week urging that Mrs. Rob- inson be selected to fill her husband's unexpired term, be Scores of the nation’s leaders joined thousands of saddened Arkansans Sunday in final tribute as the state's illustrious ‘son was returned to his native soil. Thousands Line Route | three-mile route of his funeral pro- cession, interrupted from the capitol to the grave by services at fashionable ae Methodist Episcopal” church, yu Clouds darkened the sky as the cortege entered the gates of Roselawn, Memorial park. Thunder echoed over the rolling hills, Rain splattered the mourners as the Rey. H. Bascom Watts intoned the burial ritual. Then 2 torrential downpour sent family and friends alike scurrying for shelter. Vice President John Nance Garner came from his home at Uvalde, Texas, to officially represent President Roose- velt. Postmaster General Farley stood beside his grave. Nearly 50 of his, senate colleagues and a large delega-’ tion from the house served as honor- ary pall bearers. ROOSEVELT SAID TO BE WITHHOLDING APPOINTMENT Washington, July 19.—()— Some legislators expressed the bellef Mon- day President Roosevelt wants to await disposition of the court bill contro- versy before appointing’ a successor to Supreme Court Justice Van Devanter. If congress should adjourn: shortly after the court fight ends or is put aside, they pointed out, senate con- firmation might be held up. Not every confirmation 1s voted quickly. President Wilson submitted the name of Louis Brandeis on Jan. 28, 1916, but it was not confirmed. un- til June 1, A recess appointment after adjourn- ment of ess is not without prec- ecent, but rvers said it might be embarrassing if:the senate later, re- fused to approve the nominee. John Rutledge was appointed chief es by rg pasting in 1795. at ug! e August.term. In December the senate turned him down. ny persons in Washington hold the opinion that Mr. Roosevelt intend- €0 to appoint the late Senator Robin- Son of Arkansas to the vacancy. Sen- ate confirmation probably would have been speedy, for most of Robinson's colleagues had urged his selection. Washington Editor to Be Buried on Tuesday Washington, July 19.—()—The fu- neral of Oliver Owen Kuhn, 51, man- aging editor of the Washington Star, will be held ij Kuhn, who also was chairman of af cation, died aanesiog, editors asso: le was known nationslly for; broadcasts in which he introduced cabinet and other high officials on the Star's na- tional radio forum. APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED Soveman, Mont., July 19.—(P)— President Alfred Atkinson of Montana state announced: Monday ep- Paes of Ruth M. Holmes radley college, Peoris, Ill., as assist- ant professor of home economics, || Naturalized at 90 | of|Merrin Renecker, THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ; ESTABLISHED 1878. Restored Is State’s Need eee | Former Official Is @ Woodlawn, Ill, July 19.—()— Louis George Coombs is eligible for new career in office-holding. Coombs, a former county offi- cial, recently found he was not a U. &. citizen b::ause his for- eign-born: father had never been naturalized. Coombs took steps to fix that. Pull citizenship. was granted him on his 90th birthday. SISTER M. BONIFACE IS CRITICALLY. ILL “OF HEART DISEASE Condition of St. Alexius Hospi- tal Superintendent Un- ‘changed Monday Condition of Sister M. Boniface, sister superior and superintendent ‘of St. Alexius hosyéal for the last 51 years, who is critically ill of heart disease, was pronounced unchanged Monday by her physician. Sister Bon- dines who is 64, has been il! about a week. The Reverend Mother Mary Louise, from the mother house of the Ben- edictine order, St. Benedict's con- vent, St. Joseph, Minn., arrived in Bismarck Misses Clata and Mamie ‘McC: ' ‘Bt. Paul, wilt arrive Monday. SEAS GRIP EARHART MYSTERY AS SHIPS Range Grasslands Damaged by Drouth, Over-Grazing Says Federal Agronomist Hl Editor’s Note: What of the land? That was the question which The Tribune asked J. T. Sarvis, federal agrono- mist. And Sarvis gave the an- swer, It will be told to Tribune readers in installments. Here is. the first. By GORDON MacGREGOR Restoration of North Dakota’s range appears to be & simple thing.- Scooting by mile after mile of green fields in an automobile, motorists get an impression of emerald richness. But nature’s jewel is pretty much of a phoney. You can determine that yourself by close observation or by talking to J. T. Sarvis, agroriomist at the Northern Great Plains Field sta- tion in Mandan who has been keep- ing tabs on what has been happening to the range for the last 20 years. Bountiful rains of the past six weeks appear to have revived the prairie to its former pristine glory. But it is a fraud and a delusion. That fact partially tells why ranchers and farmers have shipped their cattle out by-the thousands, not only in the years during the drouth but also this year when drouth has seemingly been ban- ished. It explains why they will not be able to winter their livestock, why federal and state governments have been forced to make emergency ar- Tangements for’ feeding what live- stock remain. ji 2 Weeds Also Are Green What is one continuous lawn of rich green at 60 miles an hour dis- solves into patches of wind-eroded grass and weeds—mainly weeds—when one gets down on his knees and probes the prairie vegetation at its grazed, have had little or no rest from the plow or foraging livestock resemble the desert. They are practically de- nuded of foliage and every wind neue the sandy loam across their ace. END HOPELESS HUNT More Than 250,000 Square Miles Combed in Vain At- tempt to Find Fliers Honolulu, July 19.—()—The mys- tery of Amelia Earhart lay locked in the silent watery wastes of the vast Pacific’ Monday. Four naval vessels and the 1,500 weary men who sought her. and her navigator 16 days gave them up for dead and sailed for home. More’ than 250,000 square miles of equatorial ocean, reefs and islands were scoured by ship and’ plane in an -almost: hopeless search for the tousle-haired aviatrix and her com- panion, Capt. Frederick J. Noonan, who dropped from sight July 2. ere near the dot which is Howland Island, Miss Earhart and Noonan: dropped from the skies in their fuel-less land plane on a 2,570-mile flight from Lae, New Guinea, to the mid-Pacific sandspit. The 39-year-old woman filer was circling the earth “just for fun,” she said, but also, to blaze possible new commercial routes. ‘The great naval hunt, which be- gan a few minutes after the pair were overdue at Howland, was called off late Sunday when navy authori- ties decided they had exhausted every possibility of ever finding the filers. - _ Crushes Last Hope The closing order crushed the last hope of rescue held by George Palmer Putnam, motion picture executive husband of Miss Earhart, who ob- tained leave from his duties to fur- ther her world-flight plans. “I am deeply appreciative of what the navy has done,” the grief-stricken husband declared in Los Angeles. “Tha is all I can say.” -e aircraft carrier Lexington, with its brood of 63 fighting planes and three destroyers were the last search- ing vessels. Last week the doughty coast guard cutter Itasca, the mine- sweeper Swan and the battleship Colorado steamed toward this port after searching thousands of square miles by air and sea. ‘The Lexington will return to San Diego. Despite the magnitude of the search, not a single casualty was reported. ‘The cost of the search was not esti- mated but unofficially was set at several hundred thousand dollars. Poison Grasshopper Bait Still. Available t bait is still at Bismarck, contin te sreoed 188 28 Bet is necessity. The infestation is still . Putnam seid. Good kills have been ported, he said, though rains of the Tee week have checked work of spreading the poison. BARNE WOMAN DIES Fargo, Minn, died Monday in » Moorhead hospital, —_———_ \VILLE N. D, July 19—()—Mrs.|farm aid program 27, Barnesville,|planations of changes in procedure Fields that have lair idle some years are not much better. There is more foliage—weeds—not palatable, not nu- tritious, scorned by livestock and grasshoppers slike. What little grass is left is fighting an uneven battle with the weeds, a struggle of the sur- vival of the fittest. But Sarvis will also point out land which has been intelligently used. It has not been overgrazed or, if it has been cropped, its production has been \ North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper BISMARCK, N. D., MONDAY, JULY 19, 1937 600 ARE HERE FOR THREE MBETINGS OF U.S. POSTAL GROUPS Parade Is Highlight of First Day’s Session; Joint Ses- - sion Planned Numerous Speeches and Enter- for Two-Day Session Approximately 600 men and women were assembled in Bismarck Monday for the opening of the annual con- ventions of three organizations:in- terested in the federal mail service. They are the North Dakota branch of the National] League of District Postmasters, the North Dakota Rursl Letter Carriers association and the Ladies’ Auxiliary to the letter carriers group. Separate sessions were being held Monday evening but a joint session was planned for Monday afternoon. After that the business meetings of the. three groups will be held sep- arately. Headquarters for the postmasters group are at the Patterson hotel ahd its sessions are being held in Pat- terson hall, The letter carriers and their auxiliary have headquarters at: the Grand Pacific hotel and are meet ing.at the City auditorium, } Parade Is Highlight : ‘Highlight of the first day, in so far as the public is concerned, was to be a parade between 1 and 1:30 p. m, with either John F. Swantson, Mc- Ville, president of the postmasters group, or H. H, Hannis, Lerson, pres- ident of the Letter Carriers, riding.» -* In a friendly contest between president of the group heving the smallest attendance should ride the mule, while the president of the vic- torious organization would lead it. Hannis said Monday that postmasters were registering their wives while the letter carriers’ wives have a separate organization and it looked like he would have to take the course in equiation. The letter carriers have 684 members and the postmasters 647. ‘The parade, to be led by the North Dakota Postal band under the direc- tion of. Elmer Krogfoss, will begin at the hotel of the loser, go to the hotel of the winner and thence to the audi- torium. Registrations at noon Mon- day decided the contest. a Program Is Extensive rotated. It has come through the dry (Continued on Page Two) DAVIS CUP TEAM ~DBREATS GERMANS Budge-Mako Win Makes U. S. Likely Winner in Davis Cup Interzone Finals Wimbledon, Eng., July 19.—(%)— America’s young California doubles combination of Don Budge and Gene Mako whipped Baron Gottfried von Cramm and Heinrich Henkel, Mon- day, 4-6, 7-5, 8-6, 6-4, and gave the United States a 2-1 lead in the Davis Cup inter-zone tennis finals with two more singles matches yet to be Played, Budge and Mako’s brilliant victory in the crucial doubles test was re- garded by most tennis critics as an almost certain guarantee that the Americans would win the. series and thus gain the right to battle Great Britain for the international trophy ae challenge round starting Sat- urday. Even should Henkel defeat Bryan M. (Bitsy) Grant of Atlanta in Tues- day’s singles, Budge is considered a virtual certainty to whip von Cramm for the deciding point. RA OFFICIALS OPEN STATE CONFERENCE Success of Program Depends on Use of Stable Farm Plans, Dodge Says pS Rural resettlement has -“little to worry about” if it builds on solid farm plans set up on an average basis, Wal- ton RA Sopessen ins farm plan for a client and covered the adjustment of farmers’ debts and in- struction in diversified farming. Directed by state and regional RA chiefs, the conference will embrace lectures on important phases of the and possibly ex- under the new RA program, Iver Ack- er, assistant state director, stated, ii registration, resolutions, air mail, Swanston called the postmasters to MUSIC BY POSTAL BAND) tainment Features Planned |, TWO BISMARCK MEN INJURED SERIOUSLY IN HIGHWAY CRASH Curdy and Francis Jaszko- Critically injured in a highway col- Usion 30 miles west of Bismarck early Sunday, F. E. McCurdy, longtime Bismarck lawyer and former Burleigh coynty state's attorney, was fighting for life in a local hospital Monday. Also injured in the crash was Fran- cig Jaszkowlak, Bismarck well driller, whose condition was pronounced’ as and Jaszkowiak, driving west, in a fog about 7 a. m. Sunday, collided on the U. 8. highway 2 detour with an eastbound bus. The Bismarck men were reported en route to Center. McCurdy suffered a fractured left hip and knee cap, possible right hip fracture, broken jaw and nose and internal injuries. Jaszkowiak’s right jeg was broken above the knee, and order Monday morning and Christ | .e¢ Bertsch, Bismarck postmaster, gave the address of welcome. Bertsch was the chairman of the arrangements/| committee. George Butler, Leal, gave the response. Addresses were given Monday morning by John W. Bentley, chief clerk of the railway mail serv- ice; W. 8. Hooper, Fargo, postmas- ter, representing the central account- ing office; Harry E. Schriver, postal inspector and a representative of the posal department from Washington, Other items on the morning pro- gram included suggestions on air mail service by Cy Johnston of Northwest Airlines; an Open Forum, led by R. T. Reis of the central accounting of- fice; a talk on the Postal Bulletin by W. 8. Schley, McVille, its publisher and a report of the nomination com- mittee. Entertainment features included group singing, songs by the chorus from the Mandan Training school, dances by pupils of the Ramsey school | of dance, and dances by the Indians who perform regularly at the North- ern Pacific fcpet in Mandan, Olson, Mcodie, Langer Speak , Addresses at the joint session Mon- day afternoon were made by Mayor Obert A. Olson, who welcomed the visitors; E. K. Douglas, Osnabrock, who responded; Thomas H. Moodie, | state WPA administrator; Mrs. H. G. Courtney, Norwalk, Ia., vice president of the Ladies’ Auxil- jary, and Gov. William Langer. Rev. Ellis L. Jackson gave the in- vocation at the session opening and Alvin. Housten, representative of the letter carriers’ national organization extended greetings; Postal Inspector Harry E. Schriver conducted the question box. _ Swanston. presided. Postmaster. General James A. Far- had been scheduled to address joint banquet on the main floor | the World War Memorial build-| Monday evening but was unable; attend. As s result there are no and the occasion will to a social time. A will follow the banquet. On Tuesday the postmasters will hear reports from Clinton G. Foye, Steele, secretary-treasurer; Coral R. Campion, delegate to the national convention; President Swanston and the chairman of committees on auditing, constitution and by-laws, Baas ¥8se ge ; day morning by Frank Shoenfield, superintendent of the railway mail service; F. R. Erickson, of the air- mail Northwest Air- national) 1, he suffered facial lacerations and numerous . Jaszkowlak was driving the car. Extent of McCurdy’s injuries had not been definitely determined Mon- day morning. X-rays were being taken. His physician pronounced his condi- tion as problematical. CHAMP DUMPED IN STATE GOLF MEET Slattery Advances in Top Flight; Henderson Wins; Rubin Loses Fargo, N. D., July 19.—(%)—Charles Wood of Minot upset Al Rindy, de- fending state champion, 2 up, in the first round of the 23rd annual tour- nament of the North Dakota golf as- sociation Monday. Wood will meet Toodles Everson of Edgewood, who won from L. E. Nei- meyer, Jamestown, 4 and 3. Bill Kostelecky of Dickinson, the medalist, “advanced to the second round by defeating John Martin, ve- teran Fargo Country Club player, 5 and 4, in the opening round Monday orning. Kostelecky will play George May of the. Fargo Country Club in the sec- ond round. May won from Wallace Paulson of Grand Forks, one of the seven Forks players to qualify for the championship flight, 5 and 4. Jim Slattery of Bismarck, won from Dr. H. 8. Hanson, Country Club, 3 and 2, and Maurice Cain of Wahpeton eliminated Herb H. Wieneke, Country Club, 4 and 3. In the first round of the first flight, R. W. Henderson of Bismarck won from T. J. McCaffrey of Fargo Country club, 5 and 3. Chuck Pol- lock, Fargo Country Club, defeated B. V. Nierling, Jamestown, 8 and 7. In another second flight match Gabriel Selzer of Towner eliminated Harry Rubin of Bismarck, 3 and 2. Lidgerwood, N. D., July 19.—)— Superintendent of Public Schools E. D. Murdoch has been notified of his acecptance into the Phi Delta Kappa, national honorary fraternity in the field’ of education with in- stallation exercises to be held at Grand. Forks, July 22. CUTTER IS GROUNDED jackson‘ . postmaster here. The election of officers and dele-| (Continued on Page Two) | day to aid the at navy na the Bahamas, @ rei Former State’s Attorney Mc-| [BLOODIEST BATTLE. | PRICE FIVE CENTS nty Violated Robinson z oy Led by President Roosevelt, lower left on aisle with back to camera, the nation’s great paid last respects to Senator Joseph T. Robinson. at impressive ceremon- fes.in the senate chamber at Washington. This picture, made during services, shows the massive silver casket almost hidden by flowers. On the dias are Speaker William B. Bankhead of the house, left, and Senator Key Pittman, president pro tem of the senate. OF WAR RAGES AS REBELS OPEN PUSH Government Forces Show Slight Advantage When 160 Planes Struggle in Air Madrid, July 19—(?)—The heaviest battle of the Spanish civil war thus far raged west of Madrid Monday as insurgents launched a fierce drive to hurl government troops back to the capital, Insurgent and government planes and artillery crashed bombs and shells into opposing lines near Brun- éte, newly-won government position 12 miles west of Madrid. In the air, an estimated 160 planes fought for supremacy, with govern- ment forces gradually gaining a slight advantage. ‘The insurgent air force renewed a smashing bombardment of govern- ment front lines and communication routes. A duel between big guns— ranging in size from three to ten inches—echoed all day in the capital. Besides’ the Brunete spearhead into insurgent lines, government forces kept chipping at insurgent positions closer to Madrid. Government guns shelled a military camp near upper Carabanchel, out- side the southern limits of the city. Government aircraft followed up with a heavy bombardment of the camp, where insurgents have concentrated | la reserve contingent in former air-/| force barracks. The fighting brought heavy losses | to both sides, but government of- ficers declared insurgents suffered | heaviest casualties through exposing | their forces in the counter attack. BURLEIGH HARD HIT -BY RUST EPIDEMIC; Some Fields Should Be Cut for Hay Says County Agent After Examination Rust has made its appearance in practically all parts of Burleigh coun- ty and farmers with rust-damaged; wheat fields should cut those fields for feed, Burleigh County Agént H. O. Putnam advised Monday. He said he was unable to deter- mine what proportion of the wheat crop will suffer. Much of the marquis wheat and even late sowings of Ceres may be serious- ly damaged, according to Putnam. Durum wheat will suffer less, he said. Putnam suggested that farmers ex- amine their fields carefully for rust and to determine the stage of matur- ity of their wheat stands. “In cases where the wheat cannot mature it should be mowed for hay so we will not have the feed shortage of the last few years,” he advised. Wheat sowed very early may not be damaged, Putnam said. Between 90,000 and 100,000 acres of i jof his balloon and equipment would |be removed Monday to the University DR. PICCARD LANDS SARELY AS FLAMES DESTROY AIRCRAFT Scientist Looks Forward to Stratosphere Flight in Sim- ilar Type Craft Rochester, Minn., July 19—()—Dr. Jean Piccard announced Monday he looked forward to making a strato- sphere flight in a new type aircraft made of many small balloons which he said his trial flight Sunday proved is practical for such an ascension. ester after he made a treetop landing at Lansing, Iowa, six hours after his “Pleiades” soared 11,000 feet into the air. The trial flight was made with 95 four-foot sounding balloons, such as are used in weather observations. It burst into flames almost as it landed. Piccard said Monday he was look- ing for sponsors for a flight in a similar craft, made of two clusters of the thin rubber globes, which would be made one year after financial help was assured. He said his wife, who directed in- flation of his craft here and who from Detroit in 1934, would go along on the next trip. He would use a sealed gondola, such as the one employed in the Detroit flight, for the next ascension, the eld aeronautical experimenter de- cl 5 Meanwhile scientists and members of the ground crew assisting him, as well as Mrs. Piccard, salvaged what they could of the wreckage. The data he had hoped to record on the in- struments he carried was lost to science with their destruction by the flames which burst out as he landed. Scientist Not Hurt With many of the ropes and shrouds burned away and the pedding inside the open “bath tub” gondola severely scorched, Piccard’s aides expressed their wonder that the famed scien-| tist himself was not injured. It was expected that the remains of Minnesota, where Piccard is a lec- turer in aeronautical engineering. He took off in his strange cra: from Rochester at 12:08 a. m., Sun- day and drifted gradually southward, landing at 6 a. m., nine miles from here, or about 110 miles from Roches- ter. He reached # height of 11,000! feet. | The ground crew lost contact with | the balloonist, who carried an ultra- short wave radio transmitter in his gondola about 3 a. m., Sunday. The crew moved to Lanesboro and then to Caledonia, Minn. about 75 miles from Rochester, in unsuccess~ ful efforts to re-establish communica tion with him. Radio stations, sir- planes and telephone systems as well as newspaper reporters and camera- ing scientist early Sunday, but the first word from him came when he calmly informed his wife, waiting at Rochester, that he had landed. Ship-by-Rail Group To Hold Convention Grand Forks, N. D., July 17—(P)— Members of the North Dakota rail- way employes ship by rail association will hold their annual convention in Valley City Saturday, Vernon Patter- son, Grand Forks, announced Mon- day. The public, Patterson said, is invit- ed to a mass meeting in the auditor- jum Saturday night when addresses wheat have been planted in Burleigh | will be delivered by state and national county this year. y Piccard returned Monday to Roch-| yuan, made a stratosphere hop with him | ing. men, joined in the hunt for the miss-| 5, The Weather Fair tonight and Tues- day; somewhat warmer. WAR PLANES FIRED ON TROOP TRAINS, OFFICIALS DECLARE Direct Aggression of Nipponese Interests Is Claimed by Japanese REPORT LOCAL SETTLEMENT Tokyo Metropolitan Area Placed in State of Emergency as Tension Grows (By the Associated Press) The Chinese government vigorously protested to Japan Monday that Jap- anese scouting planes had machine- gunned Chinese troop and supply trains in Hopeh province, violating China’s territorial sovereignty. ‘The Chinese counter-charge came but a short time after the Japanese government had officially accused China of aggravating the tense North China crisis by a direct aggression against Japanese interests. Despite reports of a truce being reached at Tientsin between local Chinese and Japanese military au- thorities, it was considered at Tokyo that the strafing of the Chinese mili- tary trains might have been the first such action of a major Sino-Japanese war. Japanese admitted their planes had fired on the trains at Yuanshih, 170 miles south of Peiping on the Hankow railroad, but declared the troops aboard the trains had first fired on the Japanese war craft. Suffered Many Casualties The Chinese declared their troops had suffered many casualties in the swooping attack. Japan charged heavy concentra~ tions of Chinese troops had violated an agreement which the Japanese army says forbids the Nanking Chin- ese government from sending troops into North China. Monday verbal settlement of the Sino-Jap- anese crisis reported to have been made Sunday, Japanese military authorities de- clared they would not be satisfied army, was said to have given them until the conditions are actually fule No Time for Optimism mae 4s entirely too early for peace- optimism,” a Japanese spokes- man declared. midnight tonight (10 a. m. C. 8. T.) for the Nanking government to submit & new reply. A new clash between Chinese and Japanese troops west of Peiping was reported. Japanese officers said that Chinese soldiers opened fire on & Japanese unit 10 miles west of Peip- Gen. Sung, who is also chairman of the Chahar-Hopeh political coun- cil, arrived here Monday. Dispatches from Tientsin: had said his mission was to persuade his more recalcitrant commanders, Gen. Feng Chi-An and Gen. Chin Teh-Chen, to withdraw their troops from the North China area in fulfillment of the truce. In view of the steadily increasing tension between China and Japan over the conflict of their armed troops as well as interests in the rich North China region, the Tokyo met- ropolitan area was prepared for & state of emergency. To Make Reply Japanese reports from Nanking said the Chinese government would make a firm reply to the Japanese note demanding the central government keep hands off any local solution that might be reached. Nanking has in- sisted no local agreement would end the crisis which started when Chinese troops guarding a bridge west of Peip- ing clashed with Japanese troops on night maneuvers. First reports of Chinese troop mo- bilizations drew a warning from Ja- pan that she considered them'a vio- lation of the Ho-Umezu agreement which formed the basis for the charges of “invasion” made Monday. Four Legion Teams Win District Meets : a : the seventh district title and the right ‘any wine