Evening Star Newspaper, August 12, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bure Cloudy with showers sibly tomorrow; not muc! perature; southwest winds. today—Highest, 88, at 2 AL 4:45 am. Full report on page A- au Forecast.) tonight and pos- h change in tem- Temperatures p.m.; lowest, 70, 7. Closing N.Y. Markets—Sales—Page 18 85th YEAR. 34,071, Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION C.,, THURSDAY, AUGUST ) 12, J7I—FORTY-EIGH ¢ 7nmmg Star PAGES. #»x The only Yesterday’s in Washington wit Associated Press and Wirephoto Services. evening paper the News Circulation, 135,668 (Bome returns not yer received ) * —— TWO CENTS. "BLACK IS NOMINATED TO SUPREME COURT - ALABAVAN PIAED ~Congravulations, Senator” TG I1E) S -~ BY ROOSEVELT T0 FILE VACANT SEAT White House Is Secretive. Lewis and Green Hail Appointment. BURKE AND JOHNSON BLOCK CONFIRMATION Object When Ashurst Demands Approval Without mittee Action. Com- By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt today named Senator Hugo Black of Alabama to the Supreme Court, but his immediate confirmation was blocked by Senators Burke, Democrat, of Nebraska, Johnson, Republican, of California. The nomination of the Alabaman | to succeed Willis Van Devanter, re- tired, was sent to the Senate amid unusual secrecy. It was listed among other routine nominations. but was not made public at the White House as is the custom. The nomination immediately created & tremendous stir in the Senate and brought a hearty indorsement from organized labor’s divided rax\ks Labor Hails Appointment Jobn . Lewis, head of the Com-| mittee for Industrial faid Black's was “an admirable ap- pointment: one that will be applauded by the Nation.” “The C. I. O. is for him.” he added. Willlam Green. president of the American Federation of Labor, said the appointment “is both pleasing and satisfactory to labor.” Opposition immediately pressed in other quarters Bridges, Republican, #hire said he would vote against con- firmation. Representative Cox. Demo- crat, of Georgia, a leader in House | opposition to the Roosevelt court bill eand to Black's wage and hour bill #aid: “It is the worst insult that has yet been given the Nation.” Senator Black told newsmen he knew about his nomination “only matter of hours” to the Senate for confirmation. “It is a very great honor to sit on the Supreme Court of the United States,” Black said. “It is a wonder- ful opportunity for service I am very happy to have been selected by the President.” While the Senate still rustled with | excitement, Chairman Ashurst of (he‘ Judiciary Committe, demanded im- | mediate approial of the nomination, without reference to committee, the usual procedure for nominations. | Objections Raised. Senator Burke, one of the leaders in the recent fight against the Supreme Court enlargement bill, which Black supported, quickly objected. He was Joined a moment later by Johnson, who said he would object to 1mmed1» ate action. Their objections forced the nomina- tion to go over for action until at| least tomorrow. Ashurst told the Senate it was an | 'immemorial custom” that whenever | \ny member of the chamber was nomi- hated to the Supreme Court it should pe given consideration without refer- nce to committee. After the nomination was delayed | jshurst at once appointed a subcom- hittee of six members, headed by Sen- tor Neely, Democrat, of West Vir- inia, to consider it. Other members of the committee | fe: Logan, Democrat, of Kentuck: ieterich, Democrat, of Illinois; M Gill, Democrat, of Kansas: Borah, Republican, of Idaho, and Austin, Re- publican, of Vermont. Borah Indicates Support. Off the floor, Borah previously had told reporters he would not object to immediate confirmation of the nomi- nation, thereby indicating his support. Only a few minutes before the nomination went to the Capitol, & White House aide had told reporters in effect that the President had con- sidered no other man for the post but Senator Robinson of Arkansas up until the time the Senate leader died a month ago. Democratic Leader Barkley, who joined with Ashurst in seeking im- mediate consideration of the nomina- | tion, did not, however, ask to hlvel the name sent to committee. Although Ashurst assumed to say (See BLAEK Page A-4) MITCHELL AIR RACES CANCELED FOR YEAR No Explanation Given for Deci- sion—Date Had Been Set and New Marks Expected. By the Associated Press. MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich., August 12.—Maj. Edwin J. House announced today that the annual Mitchel Trophy air races set for September 18 would not be held this year. Maj. House commands the 1st Pursuit Group of the G. H. Q. Air Force. No explanation was given except that “circumstances have made it advisable.” Previously Army officials had indi- cated that the thirteenth annual race for the Mitchell Trophy would result in many new speed records for military aircraft. The Army's Boeing P-263, was ex- Senator | of New Hamp- | al before it was sent | berta, and—possibly—Chicago. Senator Hugo Black (right), today for the Supreme Court, a. President Garner. AS STORM RAGES J, nominated by the President s he was congratulated by Vice A. P. Photo. SOVIET ACE BEGINS NEW YORK FLIGHT organization. | evaneffsky May Make 3 House J‘ Stops on Trans-Polar i Trip From Moscow. By the Associated Press. | MOSCOW, August 12.—Sigismund Levaneffsky, the Soviet Union's most | | famous fiyer, took off today for a trans-Polar flight to New York. | Unlike two previous. successful Rus- ‘xxan flights to North America over the roof of the world, this will not | SIGISMUND LEVANEFFSKY. aim for the Pacific Coast and will not be non-stop. Levaneffsky and five members of his crew took off at 6:13 p.m. (10:13 am, E. S. T.), with stops scheduled at Fairbanks, Alaska; Edmonton, Al- The four-motor plane—vastly dif- ferent from the wide-winged, single- motored craft of the flyer's prede- cessors—rose from Schelvoko Airfield, outside Moscow, with a crowd of of- ficial spectators cheering it off. Plans for the flight were kept secret until just before the takeoff. Levaneffsky said he would not try for any speed record, indicating that the flight was intended as an experi- ment for regular airline service over the Polar route. The time of his arrival in New York, the flyer said, would depend on the speed of refueling at Fairbanks and Edmonton. He estimated that he would reach Fairbanks in about 30 hours (about 4pm, E. S. T, tomorrow.) “I intend flying in the sub-strato- sphere,” Levaneffsky said, ‘“much higher than Chekaloff and Gromoft.” (Mikhail Gromoff and Valeria Chek- aloff were pilots of the earlier Mos- cow-to-America flights.) Levaneffsky, an American-trained pilot, attempted a previous transpolar flight in August, 1935. He was forced back, however, because of & broken oil feed line when he was far out over the Arctic Ocean. The first Soviet non-stop mnorth polar flight to America ended June 21 at Vancouver, Wash., about 5,000 miles from Moscow. The second ended in & pasture near S8an Jacinto, Calif. - It set & new non-stop world flight record of 6,262 miles, MERGER FOUGHT Two Suits Filed in - Baltimore Against Van Sweringen. NEW YORK, August 12 (#).—Don- aldson Brown, vice president and finance officer of General Motors, said today a second suit has been filed in Circuit Court in Baltimore against the Chesapeake Corp. and the Alle- ghany Corp. to restrain them from proceeding with the proposed reor- ganization of the old Van s“rlnnn rail system. Ex-Vermont Governor Dies. which competed in the races in other years, was to have been replaced by the new Seversky P-35, a craft credited with a speed of 300 miles per hour. 4 RUTLAND, Vt., August 12 (#).— Former Gov. Charles M. Smith of Ver- month, 69, prominent banker, died suddenly today at his home.after s | BACKGROUND— | By the Associated Press. | lican Leader Snell calling for the in- | quiry. DEMOCRATIC BOOK | INQURY IS DENIED Committee Votes Against Investigating Campaign Sales. Investigation of legality of sale by Democratic National Committee of 1936 yearbooks started after | House Minority Leader Snell in- formed Attorney General Cum- | mings he had evidence indicating sale of books was “illegal device” to evade the law governing campaign contributions. Demand for investigation was reiterated last week after Robert R. Young, New York railroad mag- nate, testified before Senate Rail- road Investigating Committee, he bought $15.000 worth of Democratic National Convention books. The House Rules Committee voted | tod: against recommending a con- gressional investigation of the Demo- | cratic National Committee's sale of 250 copies of its year book auto- graphed by President Roosevelt Chairman O'Connor said “no ac- | tion” was taken, but other committee | members said they had voted to table | the resolution introduced by Repub- Representative Martin, Republican of Massachusetts, ranking minori member of the committee, said: “They voted us down.” He sald the vote was strictly on party lines, although not all the Re- publican members were present. Had Predicted 10-to-4 Vote. Martin predicted before the hearing the resolution would be defeated, 10 to 4. There are 10 Democrats and 4 Republicans on the committee. The vote came after Snell had pre- sented voluminous evidence to support his contention the sale of the auto- graphed books to corporations had violated the law governing political campaign contributions Bnell told the committee the sale of the President's personal autograph “at the exorbitant price of $250 pre- sents, of course, an incalculably great shock to public morals.” He said $18,- 000,000 in fines was collectable under Federal law for the sales, which he described as “disgraceful and demoral- izing political racketeering.” Tilegal Sales Charged. Carrying a bundle of 21 exhibits which he filed with the committee, 8nell charged copies, autographed by the President, had been sald illegally to more than 900 corporations for $250 each. Among the exhibits Snell said were what purported to be: A transcript of a sales talk, record- ed by dictaphone in New York last October, in which illegal pressures were applied to J. Edward Jones, who had business before a Federal agency. An afdayit' of Hildreth Frost, an attorney and business man of Colorado 8prings, detailing 12 counts of intimi- dation and coerciori against his busi- ness by the Resettlement Administra- tion after his refusal to buy $500 worth of the books. A copy of a letter to Senator Van- denberg, Republican, of Michigan, from a business man who allegedly suffered threats, coercion and intimi- dation at the hands of a solicitor for the Democratic Register—a book spon- sored by the Democratic National Congressional Committee. A letter from a Chicago business man charging that every radio station in the country was invited to con- tribute $250 to the Democratic book fund, “with the threat implied that the station’s license would be re- voked.” An anonymous communication, ap- parently from a New York City busi- ness man, asserting that a representa- tive of the Democratic Committee had said that “if we co-operated with them ‘we could count on the co-operation of the Democratic party to secure busi- ness from the Government.” Snell said he had hundreds of let- ters in his files, from nearly every State, bearing on the sales. According to his mail, Snell said, book solicitors for the Democratic Committee frequently opened their campaign with a long-distance call from Washington and statement: “I long {liness. am talking from Mr, Farley's office.” L) |LIGHTNING, DROWNING | after jof a | drowned. iy ON STATEN [SLAND Ava!anche of Water, Gush- ing From Sewer, Levels Three Dwellings. KILL FOUR OTHERS Hunt More Victims—Policeman Dies a Hero in Attempt to Rescue Child. By the Associated Press. NEW, YORK. August 12—At least 19 persons were crushed to death in their sleep early today, amid & smoth- ering avalanche of bricks and debris when three Staten Island tenement buildings collapsed during & violent rainstorm. Tons of water, roaring down from an overflowing storm sewer about mid- night, struck the ancient brick dwell- ings and ripped them asunder. Rescue squads of police and fire- men pulled at the tangled wreckage | for additional victims. Three persons were still missing Four others, who escaped from the | shattered structures. were taken to the Staten Island Hospital with seri- | uus mmnes man McBreen of FmrrRPn(\ Squad No. 10, the first rescuer on the scene, died a hero. He plunged into one of the buildings | the first structure collapsed. Searching squads found him later, buried in the wreckage. In his arms with her arms curled tightly around his neck, was the body of 4-year-old Virginia Budnick. The disaster struck at Joseph the height thunder and electrical storm that swept the metropolitan area and Long Island, in which four other per- sons were killed by lightning or were Police Commissioner Lewis J. Val- entine, directing the rescue work, called the lrn)zedy “the worst of its kind in years. The trapped victims were crushed | and then buried beneath wreckage | in a 30-foot cellar filied with muddy | water. Most of them apparently never knew what struck them, being killed | outright. List of Casualties. The dead: Mrs. Virginia Budnick, 28; her son Thomas, 2, and her daughters, ginia, 4 and Helen, 6 Patrolman McBreen, 36. John Stokes, 72. Mary Hurley, 28, and her daughter Patricia, 2 Bessie Melnick, 20. Adam Malicki, 26. Louis Coral, 35. Peter Fernandez, 37. Melvin L. Decker, 35. Francis Carsten, 16. Tony Pizypelski, 22. Mrs. Mary Peterson, 44, and her | son Louis, 6. Two unidentified. ‘The injured: Mrs. Marie Coral, 26, serious inter- nal injuries. _ Louis Peterson, 42, whose wife md‘ (See 19 DEAD, Page A-3) Vir- | Rescued With Fishing Line. LORAIN, Ohio, August 12 ()— With a perch line, John Valassasis, 41, Elyria, was rescued from drowning in Lake Erie today by a fishing compan- jon. Gust Ruselis, 43, Cleveland, whipped out his line when Valassasis, who cannot swim, slipped and fell from a pier while fishing. Hooking his companion’s shirt, Ruselis held him above the surface until Jack Myers, 18, Lorain, swam out to him. Summary .of Page. Comics -.C-10-11 Drama __B-14-15 Editorials ___A-10 Finance ____A-17 Lost & Found C-6 Obituary .. A-12 FOREIGN. Edith Wharton, dies in France. French airplanes attack Kurds, re- volting in Syria. Page A-1 Japanese take position for battle in Shanghai. Page A-1 Iraq defense and air chiefs reported assassinated. Page A-2 Argentina plans protest to U. S. on leasing warships. Page A-4 Rebels reported advancing on San- tander front. Page A-5 NATIONAL. Senator Black nominated for Supreme Court. Page A-1 House committee turns down campaign book investigation. Page A-1 $400,000,000 in appropriations now locked up in reserve. Page A-1 Congress adjournment date moved back to August 25. Page A-2 Ford workers again solicited by U. A. W. A Page A-2 Ickes denounces propaganda against reorganization. - Page A-5 Hamilton Fish quits G. O. P. Policy Committee in a huff. Page A-7 Service group opposes using veterans as strikebreakers. Page A-9 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Old Babe, famed circus elephant, dead at Zoo here. Page A-4 Consider providing separate Gallinger venereal disease ward. Page A-7 Parents urged to co-operate as parking is restricted. B-1 Page. Serial Story_C-12 Short Story_. A-19 Sports C-1-3 Soctety B-3 Woman's Pg. C-5 American novelist, Page A-1 Shop girls nominate Wage Board spokesmen. Page B-1 Winning Contract. .- WHY S0 PENSIVE /| DID N THE FooDp | AGREE WiTH o \ IN DOVES'CLOTHING. FRE]GHTER SlNKS }Edith W harton, Novelist, Dies AFTER COLLISION 123 Officers and Men Taken Off Ship by Liner—900 Passengers Unhurt. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 12—The Radio Marine Corp. of America reported to- | day the Danish freighter Maine sank at 9:49 am. (E. D. T after the ves- sel had been abandoned following a ollision with the Canadian Pacific steamer Duches of Athol, standing by The Athell previously had messaged | the Radio Marine Corp. at Chatham, Mass, she had taken 23 officers and men off the freighter and later took | the Maine in tow in a fog-banked sea 180 miles east-southeast of Boston. The vesseis collided early today in fog and rain. The liner had about 900 passengers aboard, none of whom was injured. A passenger aboard the Atholl reported the Maine had a 40- | foot hole in its side about 400 feet back of port bow The Duchess of Atholl left New York Tuesday on a cruise to Quebec and Montreal and was due in Halifax this afternoon. Owners of the sunken freighter were listed as Det Forenede Dampskibs Selskab, Copenhagen. Lloyd's register of shipping lists the Duchess of Atholl as a 582-foot, 20,199-ton twin-screw vessel, owned by Canadian Pacific Steamships, Ltd. BOURBON PRINCESS WED Daughter of Infante Carlos Mar- ried to Lithuanian Prince. LAUSANNE, Switzerland, August 12 (#).—Princess Dolores of Bourbon. daughter of the Infante Carlos of Spain, was married today in a civil ceremony to Prince Auguste Czartory- ski of Lithuania. A small group of royalty, including former King Alfonso of Spain, attend- ed the ceremony. The couple was mar- ried by the Auguste Margot, the same Swiss official who married Alfonso’s eldest son and his first wife, Edelmira Sampedro, a Cuban commoner, in 1933. Today’s Star Work to resume on Bolling Field levees. Page B-1 Social security funds due to aid crip- pled children. Page B-1 | EDITORIALS AND COMMENT. Editorials. This and That. Questions and Answers, Stars, Men and Atoms. David Lawrence. H. R. Baukhage, Mark Sullivan, Jay Pranklin. Delia Pynchon. SPORTS. Travis, hard luck “champ” is shelved again by injury. Page C-1 16 horseshoe aces start action for metro crown, Page C-1 Shorts are becdming popular with male golfers here, Page C-2 Champion athletes display their best stuff under fire. Page C-3 FINANCIAL. Rail bonds improve (table). Page A-17 Clearings above 1936. Page A-17 Stocks move up (tabie). Page A-18 D. C. trade lags. Page A-18 Curb shares higher (table). Page A-19 Nickel earnings gain. Page A-19 MISCELLANY. ‘Washington Wayside. Shipping News. Vital Statistics. Traffic Convictions. Service Orders. After Dark. Dorothy Dix. Betsy Caswell. Nature's Children. Croes-word Puzale. Bedtime Stories, Letter-Out. Page A-10 Page A-10 Page A-10 Page A-10 Page A-11 Page A-11 Page A-11 Page A-11 Page A-11 A-2 B-2 B-2 B-2 B-2 B-8 C-5 C-5 Page C-¢ Page C-10 Page C-10 Page C-10 Page C-11 I 4 which was | Of Stroke at Famous Writer Will Be Buried at Versailles Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. SANT BRICE SOUS BOIS, France. August 12.—Edith Wharton, the noted American novelist, died yesterday at her chateau near here, it was learned | today. The author of “Ethan Frome” many other stories was Death occurred at 5 p.m. yesterda | and she suffered early in the morning. She never regained comuousneu following the stroke. Miss Wharton will be buried in the morrow. She had lived in France for nearly | about this country. | Shortly before her | Wharton finished a book of short stor- ies for October publication, and was | working on & new novel when she | died | Mrs. Max Farrand, wife of the noted | | historian, & niece, is the only known relative. death, Miss | French Chateau F 75 years old. | following an apopletic stroke which | Protestant cemetery at Versailles to- | | 25 vears and had written many books | | EDITH WHARTON. | —A. P. Photo. | DIPLOMAT, CHILD Dr. Stransky Radioes From Liner He and Girl Are Homeward Bound. Dr. Parvel Stransky, Czechoslovakian | diplomat, who on Tuesday spirited his 6-year-old daughter away from the home of his estranged wife at East Falls Church, Va, radioed from the liner Deutschland today that he was on the high seas homeward bound for Prague with the little girl. One message was sent here to Dr. Stransky’s attorney, James R. Murphy, who said the diplomat also sent a radiogram to his wife, Mrs. Anna Henry Stransky, explaining his action. Dr. Stransky added he was ‘“very happy.” Father and daughter, Mary Peyton Stransky, sailed last midnight. Murphy said the diplomat expressed hope his wife would see fit to join him at Prague and be reunited with her daughter, Earlier, Mrs. Stransky, who had en- tered suit in Arlington County last No- vember for custody of the child, ap- here for aid, was informed the Lega- tion had no jurisdiction in the case learn if she had a legal means of pre- venting her husband from leaving the United States with her daughter. Murphy said he was informed by mutual friends of the couple that Mrs. Stransky would consider a reconcilia- tion if her husband would allow her to see her child. The mother, however, told reporters a reconciliation was im- possible and the matter was in the hands of her attorneys. The child is a citizen of Czechoslo- vakia. The couple was married in London 10 years ago, and Mary Peyton was born in Berlin while Dr. Stransky was attached to his country's Lega- tion there. Murphy said the mother left her husband about s year ago while he was on duty in Singapore. It was believed that Dr. Stransky, with his diplomatic connections, can obtain admission of his daughter to Ctzechoslovakia without & paasport. Murphy said it was his understanding that Crechoslovakian law gives the father sole custody of ' children, e McVeaghs Return to U. 8. NEW YORK, August 12 (#).—Lin- coln McVeagh, American Minister to Greece, returned with. Mrs. McVeagh today on the liner Vulcania for a six- week vacation, most of which he said would be spent with his mother, Mrs. Charles ucvum‘u Dublin, N. H. SAIL FOR PRAGUE pealed to the Czechoslovakian Legation and then conferred with lawyers to CAPITOL PROGRAM Anti-Lynching Bill Filibuster Would Force Congress to Let Some Bills Die. BULLETIN. Senate leaders reported today they had negotiated an agreement w0 consider anti-lynching legisla- tion next session in order to break the current legislative log-jam over the controversial issue, By the Associated Press. Organization of a Southern filibuster against the Wagner-Van Nuys anti- lynching bill in the Senate today led to suggestions from some administra- tion leaders that Congress might be forced to adjourn without acting on some of the administration program. While talking entirely off the record. administration leaders acknowledged development of a filibuster on the anti-lynching bill would force Con- gress either to stay here to break it, or let some of the program go. It would be possible under such cir- cumstances, they said, to pass the wage-hour and housing bills, which already have been approved by the Senate, but the sugar and tax-loophole bills, which have not been acted on by the Senate, might die. Southerners Hold Council of War. Southern Senators gathered in a little knot just before the Senate met to plan their strategy. They desig- nated Senator Reynolds, Democrat, of North Carolina, who came in with his arms full of documents, to carry on the discussion today if no one else was ready. The snarled skein of congressional developments began to tighten around the anti-lynching fight just after President Roosevelt had sent to the Senate the nomination of Senator Black, Alabama Democrat and chair- man of the Senate Labor Committee, to be an associate justice of the Su- preme Court. ‘Whether this would present new problems for leaders trying to push through the President's session-end program and adjourn remained to be seen. Committee Developments. Meanwhile, the farm legislation sit- uation was little clarified by develop- ments in the Senate Agriculture and Finance Committees, before which general farm and sugar bills are pend- ing. The Agriculture ' Committee voted approval of a resolution pledging Con- (Bee CONGRESS, Page A-2.) MAY BE CUT SHORT, e | AMERICAN FORCES /| was Jusr HOPING THOSE BIRDS WERE NOT STARLINGS | ACT AS JAPANESE MENACE SHANGHAI Tokio’s Bluejackets Taking Battle Positions as Chi- nese Pour In. CONFERENCE OF PEACE PROVES UNSUCCESSFUL 4,000 U. S. Citizens in Metropolis. Invasion by Natives Is Threatened. BACKGROUND— Undeclared war between Japan and China followed outbreak be- tween their soldiers at Marco Polo Bridge, near Peiping. July 7. Ef- forts to reach peaceful settlement futile as Chinese refused to submit to Japanese demands, which would have made North China virtually another puppet of the Tokio got- ernment. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAL August 12—Ranks o} Japanese bluejackets moved into battle | position in Sharghai to face an un- | stemmed torrent of Chinese regulara tonight, and the garrisons of the United States and three other nations | mobilized “for the worst.” | A “peace” conierence intended tn ease the crisis in the panic-stricken city ended in abject failure (In Tokio Premier Prince Fumi- maro Konoyve decided to summon a full emergency meeting of the Japanese Cabinet Council tomor- Tow to consider the Chinese crisis.) Backed by 21 warships at Shanghai's wharves, Japanese naval forces, es- | timated to number between 5,000 and 8,000, moved into the same positions ! they occupied during 1932's Sino-Jap- anese hostilities. They deployed along the fringe of the Japanese portion of the Interna= tional Settlement and roads extending northward. Troops Are Unopposed. Chinese central government troops streaming into the city answered to ‘no authority but the army. Civilian .alxlhomws would not try to stop them, Each force indicated it was not ‘phnmng to attack. but the situation needed only a spark to touch off an | explosion United States Marines. 1,050 strong, | mobilized along with Russian, French | and British garrisons. The Ameri- cans were charged with the protection | of nearly 4.000 United States citizens | in Shanghai and its environs. some of whom were cut off by the Chinese ‘ advance. | British | Fl’exl(h forces numbered 950 and 600. A Russian volunteer pany was summoned to duty ThP American Marines 100k up pa- trol duty along the northern border of the International Settlement (A major battle was being fought 40 miles northwest of Peiping as the Japanese Army counter-attacked in force to drive the Chinese 90th Di- vision out of its strongly fortified positions along the Great Wall. Re- inforcements began moving out of Peiping toward the north shortly after the first word of fighting was received.) Charge Army Used Settlement. Chinese contended that in 1932 ths Japanese used their International Set- tlement area as a military base. Now, the Chinese indicated, they do not intend to recognize the neutrality of foreign settlements. From the foreign standpoint, this creates the gravest phase of the crisis. Chinese said that if events tate the move” they intended to enter the settlement to met Japanese on their own ground Foreign authorities saw grave dan- ger from the incoming hordes of Chinese soldiers. They numbered many thousands, and the stream con- tinued during the night. Meanwhile, munition-loaded motor trucks sped from the Japanese war- ships to their landing party base and shuttled back for new loads in an endless procession. Sailors cleared the vessels for action At the “peace” conference Chinese refused to withdraw the troops pour= ing into the city. Japanese replied “There is nothing left, then, to take up defensive positions.” The atmosphere of this jittery city of more than 3,000,000 souls was the same as that which preceded the Chinese-Japanese hostilities here in 1932 Americans fled to their ine " (See CHINA, Page A-12) FAIL TO FIND WOMAN TIED TO STAKE AT SEA Companion Swims Ashore and Says He Tried to Save Her After Boat Upset. By the Associated Press. MILFORD, Conn. August 12— Searchers scanned the waters of Long Island Sound in vain today for traces of Charlotte Lieberum, 35, a Bridge- port school teacher, after George Wal- lace Thorpe of New Haven said he tied her to an oyster stake when she became exhausted, and swam ashore after his 17-foot sailboat capsized. Thorpe, exhausted after an esti- mated 2-mile swim through rough water, staggered up Walnut Beach more than eight hours after he and Miss Lieberum set sail for the Housa- tonic Yacht Club at Stratford. He told residents of his experience and collapsed. Milford hospital authorities said he suffered from exposure, but that his condition was “good.” “necessi= but