Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1937, Page 1

x 2 WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair today and tomorrow; little change in temperature, gentle northwest and north winds, becoming variable tomorrow. Temperatures yesterday—Highest, 80, Full Associated Press News and Wirephotos 3 pm.; lowest, 66, at 3:30 Full report on page B-4. am. P} Means Associated Pr No. 1.689—No. 34,060. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. he WASHINGTON, D WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION . (., SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST WAGE-HOUR BILL PASSED BY SENATE, 56-28, AFTER CLOSE RECOMMITAL VOTE L3 Roosevelt Victory [). C, Wonders What It Will Get For $8,000,000 Boost in Taxes HOUSE IS DUE ° Permanent Improvement Plan Lacking May Hasten End of Session. TO ACT SOON ‘ Copeland Defeated j in “Anti-Lynch” Tie-Up Move. BACKGROUND— A mator item in President Rooserelt's 1937 legisiative pro- gram, the Biack-Connery wage- hour bill was drafted to accomplish some of the same ends N. R. A. once sought to reach. Designed to give an administra- tive board power to fir minimum wages and maximum hours—not higher than 40 cents an hour or shorter than 40 hours a week— the bill also outlaws chid labor in trade crossing State lines A much more drastic bill has Been drafted by House Labor Com- mittee, BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Responding to the demands of Presi- ent Roosevelt, the Senate, by a vote £ 56 to 28, passed the wage and hour ill yesterday. [ ‘The administration forces a th’l: hile before had succeeded in over-| ming the plan of the opposition to scommit the bill—by a much nar- Jwer margin. | The motion to recommit, made by enator Connally. Democrat, of Téxas 'as defeated, 48 to 36. It would have | iken a change of seven votes to | pset the apple cart for the adminis- ration. | Although a considerable number of mendments had been added to the ill, Chairman Bieck of the Senate abor Committee, one of the measure’s | uthors, inslsted last night that the ill had "viot been materially changed 3 the Senate. It was more drastically | wended in committee before it was 1aced on the Senate calendar. The action of the Senate was dis- nctly an administration vietory—the st under the leadership of Senator arkley of Kentucky. Strong opposi- on to the measure had developed in ne last few days and it was neces- ary to marshal the full strength of he administration to put it across. fad another defeat come to the Pres- dent at the hands of the Senate ight on the heels of the court bill eversal, conditions en Capitol Hill ould have been chaotic. Leaders Are Relieved. T leaders heaved a sigh hen the final vote on the | Il had been taken. It still has to un the gan‘let of the House and here is strong opposition there, too. | n some quarters the opinion was| xXpressed t the bill might bog| lown there, but with the prestige of | ictory in the Senate, House leaders | re expected to drive the bill through | sefore adjournment | With the administration’s labor pro- | ram-—{or this session—through the | Senate. many Senators last night were | seginning again to count the davs be- ‘ore adjournment. The Senate is in | ‘omparativelv good shape. As svon | 38 the Jabor bill had been passed, the | Wagner housing bill was made the | infinishing business, It is planned to | ake up the judicial procedure reform sill—minus all reference to the Su- —when the housing bill | d of | The House was not in session ves- | cerday. It still has to ‘ake action on the administration’s demand for elos- | Ing income tax loopholes. The court bill and the wage and hour bill, not | to mention the housing bill, have vet to be considered by the House. That body, however, is capable of speedy action on occasion Highly optimistic Senators said {hey raw no reason why Congress could not wind up its business and adlourn hy next Saturday. However, Democratic Leader Barkley would do no more than admit that passage of the wage-hour bill was another milestone passed. More conservative guessers placed ad- Journment around August 15. During the debate yesterday, Sena- | tor Copeland, Democrat. of New York, | sought to tie on to the wage-hour bill | the Wagner-Van Nuys anti-lynching bill. If that measure had been added, it would have been exceedingly em- barrasing for some of the supprnersI of the labor bill. When Copeland offered the anti- Iynching bill Senator Black, an Ala- baman, promptly moved to lay it on the table. By this maneuver, Black made it possible for Senators who favor the anti-lynching bill to vote not di- rectly against the measure and at the same time he enlisted the aid of Bouthern Democrats who are opposing anti-lynching legislation but who also ‘were against the wage and hour bill. Anti-Lynching Bill Vote. ‘The vote to table the anti-lynching bill was 47 to 39. So that hurdle was successfully passed. Leader Barkley several days ago had promised that 8n opportunity would be given in the future to consider the anti-lynching bill. It is not likely, however, that such an opportunity will arise before sdjournment, unless the session is to be prolonged. i Senate advocates have contended the Wagner-Van Nuys bill would be easier to inforce than the House anti- lynching bill. It would make guilty of & felony peace officers who per- mitted mobs to seize their prisoners, and make counties where such seizures occurred liable for damages. The Gavagan bill would define lynching as seizing a victim, and would include in the definition vio- lence in labor disputes and gangster wars, f relief v 'STEAMER CARRYING as Additional Ease Emergency. BY J. A. O'LEARY. As Washington prepares to pay $8. $9.000,000 next year—toward support of the Nation's Capital, the local tax- payer might well ask, “After this year, what next?" But as far as any substantial program of permanent improvement is concerned—as contrasted with mere operation and maintenance expense—the new taxes leave the District no better off than before. The local community has not fought————— — Nobody knows the answer yet. Against the revenue measure needed | to meet the present emergency, al- though individual views have differed as to the forms of tax to be adopted. | But when Washingtonians look back | over the trend of fiscal relations be- | tween the Federal and District Gov- ernments in recent years to see how the present revenue need developed, it is natural to wonder what the next few years will bring and what they are to get for their money. U. S. Paid 40 Pet. in 1922, Glancing backward, it is seen that | | in 1922, when general fund appropria- | tions totalled only $22977411, the District was meeting 60 per cent and the United States 40 per cent, under | substantive law which has never been repetled The practice of annual Tump-sum | Federal payment in lieu of the ratio fixed by substantive law entered the picture, however, and a decade later, in 1932, it is found that while the general fund appropriation total had mounted to $43840.022. the lump sum that year represented only a fraction more than 21 per cent | In the past five fiscal vears the Funds Go to 000.000 in new taxes this vear—nearly Federal payment has become a stead- | ily diminishing percentage of the | total general fund outlay. until for | the year just ended it was but 1247 | per cent of a total general fund ap- propriation of $40,083.410. For the vear just getting under way the $5.- 000,000 Federal payment is about the same percentage. D. C. Paid 88 Per Cent Last Year, These figures do not include gas tax | highway improvements or the cost of maintaining the water service, both of | which are maintained from separate | funds collected locally in the form of gas tax and water rents. If these | appropriations are added to the gen- | eral fund items, the $5.000.000 lump sum would have represented even less | than 12 per cent of the total spent to | run the District last year. In other | words, the District met 88 per cent. The conference agreement on the | new tax bill, now awaiting House and | Senate ratification. gives the Commis- | sioners $5.000 with which to study | the entire tax structure of the city, and directs them to submit recommen- | (See TAXES, Page A-4) Wage-Hour Law Would Be Slow In Taking Effect 120-Day Lapse Re- quired and Hearings Would Cause Delay. By the Associated Press. Should the House quickly pass the administration's wage and hour bill, considerable time may elapse before the man in the street feels its effect. In the first place, 120 days must elapse after passage before any wage or hour order could become effective. Even then some time probably would be required for the proposed Labor Standards Board to study each indus- try and establish appropriate minimum wages and maximum hours. Until the board has made such a study and is- sued an order for each industry. there will be no compulsory increase in wages or reduction in hours | Before issuing any order. the board | would be required to hold a public | hearing and consult an employer- employe committee representing the | affected industry. Because of various exemptions and because the board could deal only with workers receiving 40 cents an hour or less or working more than 40 hours 8 week, many workers will feel no direct effect even when the bill is in | full operation It also would not directly affect any farm worker or any one employed in a purely local business. Employment of children in indus- | tries operating in interstate com- merce would become illegal 120 days after the bill becomes law. 500 IS GROUNDED Coast Guard Cutters Ordered to Aid Vessel on Long Island. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 1 (Sunday). The Coast Guard reported early today that the steamship Yankee, carrying 500 passengers, was ashore on Gin Beach, near the Eastern tip of Long Island. Details were not immediately available. Coast Guard headquarters here said it was understood the Yankee was in service as a ferry between Montauk, on the tip of Long Island, and New London, Conn. The Coast Guard cutter Galatea, from Staten Island, and the cutter Comanche, on patrol off Long Island, were ordered to the scene. Crews from local stations along the South shore of Long Island, and a crew from Pishers Light were also ordered to the scene. The Yankee, a 780-ton wood paddle vessel, was built in 1904. It is owned by the Ferries Operating Co., New York. —— SEES U. S. DRY AGAIN Gandhi Also Hopes to Get Prohi- bition in India. BOMBAY, July 21 (#).—Mohandas K. Gandhi, the former mahatma, looked into the future today and pre- dicted that prohibition will return to the United States. His prediction was part of a state- ment outlining plans to make India bone dry within two years. “America will return to prohibition once more with still greater fervor and better experience in enforcement,” Gandhi said, adding that if India adopts prohibition its return will be hastened in the United States. Under the agreement entered into (See WAGE-HOUR, Page A-3) [ § ] Radio.i’r;izl;l.ms, P;le F-7 Complete Indes, Page A-2 CITY HEADS PLAN » N 10 SPURREVENUES Congress Not to Be Asked for Funds for More Employes. BACKGROUND— After two months of controversy, District tar bill, top-heavy with amendments, received approval of Senate-House Conference Commit- tee last week, now awaits final ac- tion in both Houses. Measure. ex- pected to increase local taxr burden by $9.000.000 was made necessary by threatened $7.000.000 municipal budget deficit in current fiscal year. Commissioners have started laying groundwork for collection of new tazes. Plans to hurdle legal obstacles | which might further delay collection of urgently needed revenues have been | made by the District Commissioners, it was revealed vesterday when Com- missioner Hazen announced that Con- gress will not be asked for funds for additional employes in the tax offices at this session. Fearful that a deficiency appro- priation for additional employes might be lost in the adjournment stampede on Capitol Hill, the Comemissioners plan to divert funds from the regular appropriations to insure submission | of bills to taxpayers early in October, Hazen said | Meanwhile, the District tax bill | faces another major battle in the | House when the District Committee asks approval of its conference report on the measure, The report will be filed tomorrow, paving the way for consideration Tuesday. Strong opposition to the Miller- Tydings amendment for resale price maintenance which the Senate tacked on the bill has developed in the House. Majority Leader Rayburn frankly admitted the Senate “rider” had created a “mix-up” and indicated the administration desires a separate vote on this amendment. Efforts will be made, it was reported, to have certain features of the Miller-Tydings proposal amended to meet objections of the Treasury and Justice Depart- ments, Adoption of any amendment in the House would require Senate acceptance, or the tax bill would have to be returned to conference, Roosevelt May Get Bill Soon. Without the “rider” the tax bill is in substantially the same form as it was when it passed the House on June 18. Settlement of dispute over the Mil- ler-Tydings proposal would clear the way for submission of the bill to Pres- ident Roosevelt for his signature before the end of the week. Commissioner Hazen said that at lease $75,000 will be necessary to hire additional employes to carry out pro- visions of the tax bill immediately. ‘The Commissioners do not plan to ask Congress to meet this cost in a defi- ciency appropriation until next year, Hazen said. Although the Commissioners are for- bidden by law from incurring a defi- clency, Commissioner Hazen said, they (See REVENUE, Page A-5.) KIN OF GEORGE VI HURT Lord Mountbatten, Cousin of Late King George V, Falls. By Radio to The Star. LONDON, July 31.—Lord Louis Mountbatten, a first cousin of the late King Ggorge V, and one of the most intimate friends of the Duke of Wind- sor, was injured today when his polo pony fell and rolled over on him. He suffered torn ligaments in his shoul- der and doctors have him under ob- servation for possible internal injuries as well, (Copyright 1037.) | teenth | to the defender, after the first 15 min- | Coast Guard's difficulty in getting the STUNNING DEFEAT DEALT BY RANGER 10 ENDEAVOUR I Two-Mile Victory Margin Most Decisive in Race’s History. FOUR STRAIGHT SEEN LIKELY FOR AMERICAN Vanderbilt Negotiates Course in 4 Hours and 41 Minutes—Next Test Set Tomorrow. BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. NEWPORT, R. I, July 31—Tt was Ranger by the proverbial mile today, and just about double that distance by nautical measurement as the first race for the America's Cup unexpectedly assumed all the propor- tions of a sea-going rout for Thomas O. M. Sopwith's Endeavor 2d, six- challenger for the classic emblem of international yachting supremacy. The snub-nosed. white-hulled de- fender, sailed with characteristic and consummate skill by Harold Stirling (Mike) Vanderbilt, led all the way in light streaky breezes over a | 30-mile ocean course, 15 miles to windward and return. She came home in solitary splendor, her huge spinnaker biliowing against a foggy background and her rival so far astern | she scarcely was discernible in the | rapidly settling mists of as dismal | a finish as the big yacht races ever | have witnessed. | Victor by the overwhelming margin of 17 minutes, 5 seconds, Ranger and Vanderbilt established their combined supremacy, for the time being, by handing the challenget the worst | shellacking in the last half-century of America's Cup history. Lipton Humiliated in 1920, Back in 1920, Sir Thomas Lipton's fourth Shamrock lost the fifth and final race to Resolute by a margin of 19 minutes, 45 seconds on corrected | time. but the actual elapsed time between the boats at the finish was oniy a lttle more than 13 minutes. Not since the defender, Volunteer, whipped the Scottish challenger, Thistle, by 19 minutes, 23.75 seconds, in the first race of the 1887 series, has anv contender for the cup been %0 badly beaten ax was Sopwith's sloop today, in a race where both boats crossed the finish line. Under conditions and circumstances as gloomy as the finish for the chal- lenger as they were unexciting to one of the biggest seagoing galleries since the cup races were shifted in 1930 to Newport, Ranger negotiated the course in 4 hours 41 minutes 15 sec- onds. The challenger, approximately 32 miles behind after a final and futile hunt for more wind, was timed in 4:58.20. There was not the slightest doubt about the outcome, barring accident | utes of the race. which was 45 minutes late getting underway because of the | immense spectator fleet, numbering upward of 800 boats of all sizes, under | control at the start. Ranger Off to Big Lead. Ranger took an early and com- manding lead, jibbed around the outer mark with a lead of 6 minutes 13 seconds, and mearly trippled this mar- gin coming home on a broad reach that Vanderbilt converted into a spin- naker run in the finishing stages It took some freshening lifts of wind, blowing rarely more than six or seven knots an hour, and Vanderbilt's fine seamanship to bring Ranger across the line with something to spare, so far as the time limit of five hours and a half was concerned Thereby he avoided repetition of the “no contest” introduction to his 1934 defense of the cup against Sopwith's first Endeavour. So startling was Ranger's superior- ity on all points of racing that the American sloop, 2-to-1 choice, prompt- ly was made a prohibitive betting fa- vorite tonight to keep the ancient $500 “mug” safe for America, where it has been kept ever since it was captured by the schooner bearing its name in British waters away back in 1851. So crushing was Sopwith's defeat that yachting experts, to a man, pre- dicted Vanderbilt will make it four straight, to keep the cup. and thereby duplicate his overwhelming triumph over Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock (Continued on Page B-6, Column 1.) | and when Italian officers were placed | in high positions undiny Stac 1, 1937—108 PAGES. * Every FIVE CENT Sunday Morning and Afternoon, \T]-L\' CENTS W, L SO, MAM! YO'ALL HAVE BROUGHT THAT CHEE-ILD To DARKEN OUR FAIR PORTAL } A DIXIE MELODRAMMER. REVOLTS REPORT DENIED BY FRANCO Insurgent Chief Says Rivals | Trying to Take Attention 0ff Setbacks. he Associated Prese HENDAYE. Franco-Spanish Border, July 31 —The Spanish government as- | serted todayv revolts had broken out at four points in insurgent-held terri- tory. The reports brought emphatic de- nials from the headquarters of Gener- alissimo Francisco Franco. The in- surgents said the government was try ing to distract attention from its mili- tary setbacks. Government communiques deelared outbreaks occured at the old &outh- ern city of Granada, on the Santander front in the north and at the south- ern coastal cities of Malaga and Motril. Insurgent Claims. Said the insurgents: Two thousand government soldiers surrendered near Espiel, in southern Cordoba Province, while Franco's troops in Eastern Spain crossed the border of Cuenca Province in their march southward toward the Madrid- Valenecia highway, the link between the old and new seats of government Government, sources gave these ac- counts of the reported revolts Spanish insurgent soldiers in| Granada rebelled when they were told to move out of their harracks to make place for Italians fighting for Franco By Bombs were loosed within the city to crush the uprising. Government troops on the San- tander front heard machine-gun fire at insurgent-held Aguilar de Campo and saw reinforcements rush into the town, while 15 insurgent planes flew overhead. The revolting troops were said to have used hand grenades against the soldiers sent to repress the movement. Hints New Offensive. Communist workers in Malaga. cap- tured by the insurgents February 8, recently besieged military headquar- ters in that city. isolating it for 24 hours before reinforcements of Moors | drove them off. Another group later seized a sugar factory, but finally was forced to give up. There were no details of the re- ported insurrection at Motril Insurgent General Gonzalo Queipo de Llano, one of Franco's chief aides, flatly denied the reports of the Granada revolt. He hinted in a radio broadcast that a new insurgent of- fensive toward Madrid was in the offing. Mrs. Lanny Ross Under Knife. BOSTON, July 31 (#).—Attaches of the Phillips House of the Massachu- setts General Hospital revealed today that Mrs. Lanny Ross, wife of the radio singer, underwent a minor op- eration at the hospital Thursda; They said she was “convalescing sat- isfactorily."” Lewis Aspires to Dominate Selection of Next President Associates Say C. I. O. Machine and Make Candidate, If Elected, Support His Moves. By the Associated Press. John L. Lewis has set out to build a political machine which associates say he hopes will make him the dominating factor in the choice of the next President of the United States. Lewis, these associates say, was Roosevelt for refusing to step into the recent steel strike and was determined to play so large a part in the 1940 eleftion that his candidate, if elected, would be obligated to support him at«—- every turn. Some of them said his political in- fluence might develop te such pro- portions before the start of the next campaign that he might decide to run for President. They added, however, that Lewis' determination to build up the Committee for Industrial Ongani- zation and its political power com- pletely overshadowed any personal ambitions. Lewis is said to count nine States as spheres of dominating C. I. O. polit- ical influence. These are New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana and ‘Wisconsin. Chief Hopes to Build highly disappointed with President In 11 others he figures the C. I. O. vote would have considerable weight. These are Minnesota, Virginia, Magsa- chusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Oregon. Washington, California, Maryland, New Jersey and Alabama. In seven others, he thinks the C. I. O. could make itself felt in an elec- tion. These are Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, New Mexico and Utah. As his first step in building a po- litical machine, Lewis took over la- bor’s non-partisan league for the He accomplished this by ob- | building and (See Page A-10.) Woman Bequeaths 100 to All Flowers to Funeral ending Br the Associated Press. EASTON. Pa., July 31 —Every person. relatives included, who sent flowers to her funeral will recefve $100 under the will of Mrs. Mary M. Dalton, filed for probate today. ‘The residue of her $10.000 es- tate will go to the Easton Home for Aged Women. MURDER, SUICIDE AT CHURCH ALTAR Man Slays Doctor and Self as 65 in Congregation Watch, Horrified. By the Associated Press. EL CENTRO. Calif. July 31 —Be- fore 65 horrified members of the con- gregation, Fred W. Simmons, 40, El Centro hatchery owner, shot and killed Dr. O. L. Webster, 37, Hoitvilie physician, and then killed himself today at the altar of the Seventh- Day Adventist Church here. Simmons fired with a .30-30 rifle just after the Adventists' Sabbath Church services ended Police Sergeant George Bucklin said | investigating officers reported Sim- mons frequently had expresed dissatis- faction with the church in which his} wife was active. Members of the congregation told officers they had been unaware of any personal enmity between Sim- mons and Dr. Webster An inquest will be held tomorrow afternoon at a mortuary here Simmons drove up to the church door as services were breaking up. He brandished the rifie and shouted: “I want Dr. Webster.” He espied the physician outside the shot at him, but the bullet missed. Dr. Webster then ran back into the church. Simmons fol- lowed him and men, women and chil- dren of the congregation recoiled in | fright. Dr. Webster near the altar dropped on his face to escape further fir- ing. Simmons ran to him and fired into the back of the prone victim killing him instantly. He then fired a bullet through his| own heart. TWO DROWN AS SHIPS COLLIDE IN VENEZUELA One Steamer Sinks After Crash Near Mouth of Orinoco River. By the Associated Press. CARACAS, Venezuela, July 31.—At least two persons were known tonight to have drowned following the col- lision of two small steamers near the mouth of the Orinoco River. The steamers, the Veracity and the Bienvenido, collided last night near La Pastora. The Veracity sank while the Bienvenido succeeded in reaching Barrancas, riverside town, though bad- ly damaged. First reports had stated the Bien- venido sank and that 50 persons were dead or missing. ‘The known dead were Rafael Angel Carrasquel, labor inspector of Ciudad Bolivar, and Luis Barrios, engineer of the Veracity. D:C. MAN BREAKS BACK IN DIVING AT BEACH Leaps Into 4 Feet of Water—Con- dition Is Reported Serious. Edward Cannon, 28. of 424 Third street, suffered a broken back yester- day when he dived into 4 feet of water at Crystal Beach, near Annapolis, Md,, the Associated Press reported. He was taken to Emergency Hos- pital in Annapolis in a serious condi- tion and an operation was performed later in the evening. Cannon's father, B. P. Cannon, was reached late last night and planned to rush to his son's bedside. The elder Cannon, who lives at the Third street address, sald his son had been traveling for several months and recently returned to Wachington and went to work for a decorating com- pany. L4 A | y A ENVOY'SWIFE GAVE! $20.000 FOR BOOKS Mrs. A. J. Drexel Biddle Shown Heavy Buyer of Campaign Tome. ‘The name of the wife of A. J. Drexel Biddle, jr. Ambassador to Poland, appeared yesterday as a $20.000 con- tributor to the Democratic National Committee through purchase of “the Book of the Democratic National Con- vention of 1936, in a list of Pennsyl- vania purchasers made public by Rep- sentative Ditter, vice chairman of the Republican National Committee, The Biddle purchase. the largest thus far drawn from Democratic com- mittee reports filed with the clerk of the House under the corrupt practices act, was approached in the Pennsyl- vania list only by the total of the Bethlehem Steel Corp. purchases, which amounted to $7.500. The Pennsylvania list was made public in connection with insistence by Representative Ditter on the demand. first voiced by Representative Snell of New York, Republican leader in the House, for a congressional investiga- tion of the Democratic National Com- mittee’s sale of copies of the 1936 con- | vention book. specially autographed by President Roosevelt. to corporations and labor unions. as well as individ- uals throughout the country. The name of the wife of the Penn- svlvanian who obtained the appoint- ment as Ambassador to Poland to succeed John Cudahy appeared in the list dredged out of the Democratic committee report files by the Repub- lican Congressional Committee in this way: “October 8, Margaret Biddle, Green Hill Farms Hotel. Overbrook, $20,000." The analysis of the files covered reports of contributions made during 1936. Biddle., former Minister to Norway, was made Ambassador to Poland sev- eral months ago, after Mr. Cudahy obtained the post of Minister to the Irish Free State. where. although the rank and pay are lower. the living conditions are rated among the most desirable provided for American en- wovs abroad Aoting that the book sales netted $100,000 in his State alone, Repre- sentative Ditter said “Investigation discloses that in many instances the books never were deliv- ered. The purchasers simply paid for them and let it go at that. Evidence submitted in support of our demand for a congressional investigation indi- cates that the salesmen of the Demo- cratic National Committee repeatedly placed emphasis upon the purchase rather than the delivery of the books. In several instances these salesmen offered the book as a golden oppor- tunity for ‘a judicious investment in the good will of the administration.’ " (Copyright, 1937, by the New York Herald Tribune.) NEW EGYPTIAN CABINET LIST OFFERED TO KING Mustapha El Nahas Pasha Submits Resignation and Is Renamed by Farouk. By the Associated Press CAIRO, Egypt, July 31.—Premier Mustapha El Nahas Pasha prepared a new cabinet list today for his new boy King, Farouk the First. He submitted his government's res- ignation as required by the constitu- tion when a new King takes the Egyp- tian throne. He was immediately empowered to form a new one. Few | changes were expected Farouk, 18 years old by Moslem reckoning, thus took his first active step in governing his country since his accession Thursday. His power is restriged much as is that of Eng- land's King and is generally believed to be less even than that of his late father, King Fuad. who reigned while Britain still exercised a protectorate over Egypt. Premier 8 Die, 8 Hurt in Train Wreck. SUDBURY, Ontario, July 31 (Ca- nadian Press).—Eight transients veee killed and eight seriously injured to- day in the derailment of a Canadian National freight train 97 miles north- west of here. Eight cars tumbled into a ravine, track was torn and bent for hundreds of yards, and eggi-west passenger traffic delayed for several hours. < JAPANESE CARRY BOMBING ATTACK SOUTHOF PEIPING Troop Concentrations at Paotingfu Reported Har- ried From Air, CAMPAIGN SUCCESSFUL, TOKIO OFFICERS SAY plete, Mopping Up Under Way, They State. BACKGROUND— Clash at Marco Polo Bridge west of Peiping on July 7, set atage for resumption of Chinese-Japanese warfare. Japan has inmsted territorias around her protectorate of Man- chukuo be under a specinl regime to make areas peaceful. China contends actiwity merely is another Japanese land grab. By the Associated Prese. TIENTSIN, July 31.—The Japanee Army announced today its air force had carried battle against the Chie nese farther southward with the hombe ing of troop concentration at Paoe tingfu, 85 miles southwest of Peiping. Headquarters here declared the bombardment yvesterday was necessary because units of the central govern= ment's army, hitherto not involved, had moved into Paotingfu and joined remnants of the 29th Army, driven by the Japanese from the Peiping district. The bombing of Paotingfu carried the zone of hostilities well bevond the Peiping-Tientsin area, over which the Japanese claimed to have established almost complete military domination, with only minor mopping-up operae tions continuing Their aircraft and infantry., howe ever, continued ruthless action against Chinese bands from Tientsin to well west and south of Peiping. over & twisting line of more than 100 miles, Hundreds more Chinese were killed. Report Widened Control. Japanese Army spokesmen said their troops controlled all of Hopeh Prov- ince north of a line from Tangku, on | the seacoast, running through Tien- tsin and thence generally following the railway west-northwest to beyond Peiping. Japanese units were reported control of part of the Peiping-Suiyuan Railway, outlet for Mongolia and China's northwest. Previously Jape anese had been said to be advancing through Great Wall passes from Mane chukuo in that direction Japanese infantry., having captured the important railway town of Chang- sientien. 15 miles from Peiping on the west bank of the Yungting er, were reported to have advanced® 7 miles farther to Liangsiang There they were only 8 miles from Liuliho, where Nanking reports said Chinese Central Army units, having passed through Paotingfu. had arrived. The conquests of the last few days have placed the Japanese Army astride of China's two main north-south raile ways and jn control of a seetion of the Peiping-Suiyuan link with the north- west. For the third day Japanese artillery pounded native sections of Tientsin as the effort went on to drive all armed Chinese out of the area around the railway stations. In a maze of alleys and closely built brick houses numer- ous Chinese snipers and machine gun- ners remained, having refused to with- draw as most of their fellows did under cover of last night's darkness In Peiping the United States Em- bassy permitted Americans to quit the international Legation quarter where they sought sanctuary when Sino-Japanese outbreaks threatened. Slackening of the tension around Peiping enabled the Americans to leave the heavily guarded Embassy if they wished, but officials arranged for their quick return if trouble arises again. The British Embassy also permit- ted its nationals to leave the Legation quarter, viewing the situation as defi- nitely eased. Japanese sources told of the estaoe lishment of a temporary Chiness governing body in Peipinz to take over functions of the Hopeh-Chahar political council, which was con- sidered to have ended with the flight of its leaders. The new body is un- der Japanese control, and when a new regime is set up it is expected to be of the same nature. Evidence that the Japanese Army is ready to take open charge of the administration of the North China district was seen in the action of (See JAPAN, Page A-13) Boys and Girls . . ; Do you have a pet hobby? Have you some special way of earning spending money? The Star Offers You SIX DOLLARS IN. CASH PRIZES EVERY WEEK for the best letters on announced subjects Here's a contest that you'll enjoy. II"s Fun and It’s Easy! 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