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Sino-Japanese Confusion Growing
MADRID ONCE AGAIN UNDER STATE SEIGE
More Complete Reports Indicate Scope Tremors
Madrid Is Being
Bombarded Once
Again By Rebels
(By The Associated Press!
MADRID. July 23, — Twice
shelled inside of twenty four
I
hours, with at least fifteen kill
ed and a score injured, by inur
gen big guns, Madrid was thrown
back abruptly into a stage of
seige.
Madrid enjoyed about two
weeks of comparative calm while
counter offensives rolled back
ar.d forth fifteen miles to the
1 west.
The calm was broken by a long
artillery duel last night and ag
3 n this morning, as shells began
dropping in the business district.
Several hundred shells dropped
in the Grand Via and in the
Chambria section near the Unit
ed States embassy.
Committee Asks
Court Bill Sent
Back Consider
f (By The Associated r,ress)
WASHINGTON, July 22, —The
Senate Judiciary committe voted
to ask the senate to send back to
it the Roosevelt court bill with
instructions to draft a substitute,
dealing only with lower courts,
within ten days.
In an hour and a half of exe
cutive session, attended by Gar
ner, administration leaders in
structed senator Logan to make
the motion in the senate today to
recommit the bill to the commit
tee.
The new action marked a vir
tual abandonment of a proposed
compromise court bill now pend
ing, generally considered a com
plete victory for foes of Roose
velt’s court bill.
Head Communica
tions Bureau Died
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(By The Associated Press)
BOOTUBAY HARBOR, Maine,
July 23, —Anning Ess Prall, Fed
eral Communications Commission
chairman, died at his summer
home here of a heart attack, this
morning.
He was stricken more than a
week ago, although his illness
was not disclosed. It was report
ed yesterday he was improving,
but he suddenly took a turn for
the worse, and passed away this
morning.
GARTER DAY.
King George VI held at Windsor a chapter of the “most noble order of the Knights of the Garter,"
the first in 23 years. The sovereign and his knights companion wore garters of dark blue velvet edged
with gold on their left legs. Queen Elizabeth wore it on her left arm.
GAS AND OIL AT EDMONTON
ALBERTA, CANADA SAID BE
FOR A RIM'.MAN FLYER
(By The Associated Press'
EDMONTON, July 23, — Communications from a
Vancouver oil firm, a branch of the Shell Oil Company
said that the six hundred gallons of gasoline from San
Francisco, and the special lubricating oil from Germany
sent here, were for Prince Constantin Cantacuzino, a
Rumanian flier. It was wondered if an eastbound
plane over the Atlantic might be his.
No details are available from what part of the wor
ld the flight will begin, but Vancouver officials said it
was originally planned to start Juy 30th.
Captain James Bell, airport manager confirmed
the announcement that he was holding the gas for the
Prince. Chief negotiator who has been making the ar
rangements with Bell, has been Robert M. Adamson of
San Francisco, manage r of Shell’s aviation department.
The latest communication said that Prince Cantacu
zino would take off from a secret starting point “with
in a few days.” The gasoline and oil arrived here ad
dressed to Captain Bell.
Japan Ordered
Suspension War
Materials China
(By The Associated Press)
TOKYO, July 22, —The Jap
anese War Office ordered the in
definite suspension of the deliv
ery of war materials and equip
ment.
The meaning of such action was
not clear, but some sources said
it indicated that peace may be
near.
Army officers home from North
China, warned the war office it
must deal directly with the Nan-i
king government to settle di.sT!
putes, and they must convince
Nanking Japan is willing to use
force.
The officers said China is pre
paring on a large scale for war.
SEATTLE. July 23, — Forty
WPA workers who sat down
July 13th on a shoe repair and
building project will lose their
jobs when Administrator Don Ab
el decided to cancel the work.
The strikers will be ineligible
for further WPA work for four
months.
Helen Wills Moody
Tired Of Bonds
Matrimony
HELEN WILLS MOODY PAINTS
AND WRITES WHILE ES
TABLISHING RESIDENCE
IN NEVADA
(Bv The Associated Press'
RENO, Nevada. July 17—Helen
Wills Moody, one of America’s
tennis immortalse, is now known
for a certainty to be in Reno for
no other purpose than to estab
lish a Nevada residence so she
can sue for divorce Frederick S
Moody, Jr., wealthy San Fran
cisco lawyer and clumban.
No Statement for Publication
The young woman refuses to
talk for publication but her close
friends declare she makes no se
cret in conversations with them'
of her intent :on to free herself of
matrimonial ties.
Daughter of a prominent phy-!
sician of Los Angeles, Mrs. Hel
en Wiils Moody and her rich hus
band were married in 1929,
when she was 27 years old and
when she had just won for the
third successive time the world's
singles tennis championship for
women. She retained the title in
play at Wimbledon, England the
following year.
Painting and Writing
While in Reno Mrs. Moody is
devoting herself to painting and
writing. Her painting and draw
ings have been exhibited in ex
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EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS
FAIRBANKS MUCH
DAMAGE DONE
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE. July J3 — Alaskans
display indifference toward what
the U. S. Weather Bureau describ
ed as the greatest earthquake ev
er recorded in the interior of Al
aska, which continued for a per
iod of m- ■ hours, with many
shocks.
Four : -were shocks took place
in the interior between Fairbanks
and Anchorage. Only one Fair
banks liquor store failed to op
erate because its stocks were
unshelve-1
Telephone lines were broken,
but quick:;.- repaired. South of
Fairbanks the highway cracked
from four to twelve inches, and
landslides cut off twenty vacation
ing families at Harding Lake, al
! though all of them are believed to
be safe
Th Black Rapids roadhouse
was not reached by phone, but it
is believed the glacier was not
atdiected
Unconfirmed reports said hous
es were demolished and one per
1 son was injured
A giant earthslide swept away
two thousand feet of the Richard
son highway.
Nobody was very worried about
the earthquake. The damage is
estimated at $5,000, mostLy cov
ering Fairbanks liquor stock.
(By Tne Associated Press)
Juneau, July 22, —The Weath
er Bureau here reported “much
damage" done by the earthquake
Thursday at Fairbanks, which
the entire interior of Alaska be
tween 7 and 8 a.m
It also reported quakes at Hot
Springs and Tanana
Damage done was mostly t»>
windows and me*xhand'.$e in stor
es.
The weather bureau was in
form. it said, a- 1 -ii, that the
shocks were rep."ted 'o be con
tinuing. The trem- rs are believ
ed to be the same us tho.-e regist
ered by seismology. aL instruments
throughout the United States and
Victoria.
Salmon Run In
Bristol Bay Is
A Normal Run
(By The Associated Press)
JUXEAl’, July id, — While re
ports by midafternoon Tuesday
indicated the salmon run spurt
which started in Bristol Bay Sun
day. was tapering off, reports
that night indicated it was hold
ing up fairly well.
Officials here said decidedly
that the season would run its
natural course or untail 6 pm.
Saturday
Indications for the pick repre
sent a bright outlook, for a mill
ion case mark or maybe slightly
better. The condition has been
unusual said Wingard, and never
before encountered in that area,
probably due to the universal
lateness of the season
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JAPAN IS W ILLING TO CONSIDER
SETTLEMENT PEIPING SITUATION
CONFLICTING REPORT IS GIVEN
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED. July 23, — Diametrically opposite re
ports from Chinese and Japanese threw the North China
; crisis into a new confusion.
The Tokyo government advised that troops were
withdrawing from Peiping, and that it was disposed to
consider the immediate war danger past.
Japan said she was ready to approach a settlement
of the fundamental issues in the Peiping situation.
Meanwhile Chinese listed new military activity,
and expressed fear of a foreshadowed major Japanese
drive to consolidate its enhanced influence, gained be
I cause of the present incident.
Contrary to a report received in Tokyo, Japanese
officers said a local agreement did not call for a with
drawal of Japanese lines.
“We have no intention of shortening our lines”, a
Japanese officer said.