CHIU a (^ Today the battle of Shanghai enters a new phasey And it' s an old familiar military story;— -^-qhtring foag r>fm **? f .-•fiA into the fray come nevf forces. ^The main B.TMy T H^ tk J v j of Japan has^entered the battle. J ' Today the Chinese drove with sk heroic power, great masses of men hurling themselves against the mechanized line of Japan. The battle-front extends through the city and out to the flurrounding country. To the rear of the Japanese is the river. And the surging regiments of China drove them back, Z kee . threatened to cut the Japanese Army in two, by forcing jchmaix one section of it into the jebkG* It was the most desperate of fighting, with ths Chinese lunging against machine guns, xxa&x armoured cars and tanks. The Japanese gave way foot by foot, while meanwhile their artillery and bombing planes struck €if~the nerve centers behind the Chinese line. These nerve centers are plants for lighting^power, communication, transport —- strategic buildings. And that means — part of a great city. The stronghold of the Chinese army is Shanghai itself, the native city with its millions. That1s where those nerve centers are. So you can CHLNA see what it meant"to bombard it — the explod#<f^ury o± ,ar % let loose in the heart of the metropolis of the China coast. (While the Chinese were driving back the Japanese line th^ regular army of Japan was landing. Hitherto the Mikado's troops in the battle have been Marines, sent from warships — a mere skeleton force. But today seven troop ships landed regiments of regulars as re-enforcements. And sixteen more troop ships waited in the river with twenty thousand regulars aboard — reader to put them ashore under cover of darkness. } They will be landed at various points, strategic points.*»The Japanese don't intend to fight it out on a short front, pushing ahead in Shanghai A proper* —— the 'Tgrdiot ofiw ihc Par They intend to execute wide flank movements, sweeping around the Chinese and surrounding them. And their troops are to be landed at points up the river, where they can fight their way to the rear of the Chinese Army, buch is the strategy of the Mikado's generals. And one thing is sure — it will transform the fight into a huge wide-wpread engagemjintj with the full power of Japan and China in fcsai^lWJ^decisive clash,^ Shanghai— CZECHOSLOVAKIA from escaping by sea. the Internation authorities are demand­ ing that the ri/er be kept open. The diulomats of the world today ■ were attentively tuning their ears to another false note in the ! international harmony. Portugal breaks off diplomatic relations with Czechoslovakia. Neither of those two nations are of giant magnitude and power. TheyTre not anywhere near each other and couldn't get together to fight if they wanted to . Moreover, the cause of the row, as revealed today, is a mere business deal, a business transaction. So, one's inclination might be to gaze with a humorous eye upon the Portuguese-Czechosiovakian diplomatic rup­ ture, and give it a laugh. Let's take a 1 oo 3£ at the business deal that started the rumpus. Portugal ordered some machine guns from Czechoslovakia, which has some powerful armament factories. Now, that seems commonplace enough, until we ask about the sixe of the order, tve are not told precisely, save that it's a big one. Little Portugal has an army of a mere thirty thousand men. So what does Lisbon want with all those machine guns? CZECHOSLOVAKIA - 2 Let’s observe tnat the two small nations are focal points of peril, Czechoslovakia supposed to be an object of ambition of Mazi Germany, and the government at Prague has an understanding with Soviet Russia. How about Portugal? The Lisbon government is openly in favor of the Franco regime in Spain. Portugal stands with the Fascist powers in fighting Russia’s support to the Spanish Left Wingers. So you can see the curious twist to that commercial transaction - Portugal ordering a giant lot of machine guns from Czechoslovakia. What happened to the deal? There was a delay CZECHOSLOVAKIA - 3 about fining tbe order. Lisbon protested. Praguers reply indicated the suspicion that all those machine guns were intended^.not for the little Portuguese arraybut for reshipment to Franco in Spain. Lisbon considered that an insult, its good faith doubted. Prague replied - well, anyway, Czechoslovakia needed the machine guns for its own armament program and couldn!t spare any for shipment. To this Lisbon responded with the charge that this action by Prague was taken at the dictation of Soviet Russia^ Red Moscow wm * stopping Lisbon from getting maohine guns. So said Portugal, and broke off diplomatic relations with Czechoslovakia. It still doesn't seem such a wild threat to the peace of the world. But^it's the first time that the Spanish Civil War has caused two outside nations to come . to a formal break. And that's something to make the statesmen wrinkle their brows. ROMANCE The latest romance of an American girl is in a state of doubt and uncertainty tonight. Honey Johnson frartri-n landed on her own home shores today, but a barrage of reportorial questions failed to disclose whether she will or will not marry Prince David Mdivani. Hels the last remaining of the three marrying Mdivani brothers. Honey Johnson herself refused to answer "Yes” or "No.11 Which seems fair enough, because those two syllables are reserved for more sacred occasions than newspaper interviews. Moonlight is supposed to be shining and roses in bloom when a girlsays yes or no. But Honeys parents replied for her, and said - no. Parents need S, A. moonlight V However, the romance was not left in any such balj simplicity and uncertainty. It was made even more uncertain. but with frills and trimmings - by a young man who seems to have been Cupid's agent in the sentimental story of the heiress and the prince. On the Italian liner with Honey and her^pexm** was XaM young Jesse Livermore, son of the Wall Street plunger. With him was his mother, who shot him a couple of years ago - ms ■ ROMANCE - 2 shot him under accidental, melodramatic circumstances. Young Jesse Livermore relates how he told the Prince about Honey, saying: "You're going to go crazy about that girl when you meet her," and how he told Honey about the Prince, saying: \ "You* re going to go^^•y^about that guy when you meet him." Cupid himself could have done no better. So they. about each other when they met. So says love's go-between, and that would seem to be that. But it's not that at all. Young Livermore says he isn* t sure whether the romance is still met a couple of on, or A f i wrmiiy„r.M»ifrwv other fellows on the boat - such is the &ory of the chap who introduced them. Which leaves the latest international love story in a state of suspended tion. V/riting your initials is a siiaple thing — AMP it depends a good deal upon what you do it with. Take for example a ponderous machine that’s a topic of conversation at Bluefield, Virginia tonight. There they are holding ——^^Southern Appalachian Industry jLchlbit, a three day festival of coal mining. And this evening the boys ire talking about the modern mechanical wonders of the black pits, such as — the newestywndcyiy in the dust treaty*® of coa^^the oil emulsions made by the bun Oil Company, lay the coal dust^ and keep 41 ft urn And there’s the coal shearing machine. It’s a rips con trust ion that into the vein of coal before the explosive is touched off. Operated by two men, it prepares more coal for blasting in fifteen boh minutes than two men could do It in a 36 feet longhand' weighs thirteen seven-hour shift by hand. tons^t1^^ rips a cut nine feet<feep. Yet it's so delicate and precise the coal miners use one superlative phrase — they say theycut I ts their initials with it. GRAVES If | After terrifiC llullat>al00 about the Supreme Court, what's the latest aftermath?^The echo resounds*- a woman senator. The President tried to enlarge the court, and failed - after a thundering battle. He named a new justice to the highest tribunal, and that went through - after some more thundering battle. Senator Black gets the court job, and of course leaves the Senate. So'^who is to t ake his senatorial 4 place? The gallant answer resounds - a lady. The new senator from Alabama is to be appointed by Governor Bibb Graves. And whom will he appoint? The domestic echo resounds - his wife. This has not been officially proclaimed ^ not absolute and positive. But it ix certainly looks that way. Governor Bibb Graves flew to Washington to consult the President about the appointment of a successor to Senator Black. And he took *,ith W-10- Todsiy in the national capital the Alabama Governor was questioned about thm/appointment. She too was questioned. Their answers were not - yes, but w«». ~ss>a^X pretty close to It. "X think,'^Blbb about his wife, "that she can fill any job anybody could fill.” GRAVES - g nI 'tW-n-k,'1 Bibb's wife said about herself, *'thaf it takes women as well as men in this business of life.*1 So it looks as if we*11 have another lady lawmaker in the Senate^to join company with Mrs. Caraway who is now the lone woman senator. Mrs. Caraway succeeded her late husband to the toga. Mrs. Graves Is to be appointed by her husband. It must be what they call domestic politics, Dixie Graves Is fifty-four, tall and distinguished. A collegiate career gave her degrees in literature and law. She has been active in such organizations as the United Daughters of the Confederacy. And in the days of the suffrage fight, she campaigned for the cause of votes for women. Now - the Senate, and it would seem that the votes of women are of less Importance than appointment by hubby. ROOSEVELT Now for the great question - who squirted the champagne IP on the Mayor? John Roosevelt says - he didn't. Who socked the Mayor of Cannes over the head with a hig bouquet of flowers? The President's twenty-one year old son responds - he didn't. ?To have been some other guy5 Today in France John Roosevelt gave an emphatic denial - it must All of which evokes a calamitous vision. On the festive Riviera, the "battle of the _flowers" at Cannes, everybody full of joy - if not •wjjthing stronger. Mayor Nouveau goes to greet the son of the President of the United States. The Mayor has prepared a speech - "a pretty speech" ) ■ gpeeah-if At haever been dgAivoped* the battle of the flowers#TEhe Mayor approafcfces a two horse carriage. In it is the son of the President - 0L c^- or he thinks it is. But that's a mistake it's^ Anyway, it's an American* That much is evident. So the Mayor greets the'other warn and starts to deliver that pretty speech to the son of the President of the United States. (?tiSLn reaches down for a bottle and xx squirts champagne in the Mayer's face and all over his new suit, and then pops him over the head with a big bouquet of flower^jtould any son GWJZ a~aj£i a thing like thatj^ No, a thousand times no, as they say in France. It must ha^bSuf^Ii^ther Yet, you can't convince the unfortunate Mayor. He spoke today in these affecting terms: "I was told", he says with gestures, "that my assailant was young Roosevelt, although I had never seen him before. I regret to say that I am certain now it was young Mr. Roosevelt.” John ■ikmMBWWtfo is described today as eager to appear before the Mayor for identification - to prove it was some other guy. But he was persuaded not to. Maybe because such a thing would be undignified, or maybe because the Mayor might take a look and say - well, what might the Mayor say? One French official along the Riviera gives out an explanation with that typical French clarity. In the battle of flowers, he elucidates, it is customary to throw individual flavors, one at a time. But it’s unusual to hit somebody over the head with a ponderous bouquet - let alone ROOSEVELT - 5 squirting champagne at him, let alone the fact that it was the Mayor. So the controversy rages, and those two other fellows must certainly be ashamed of themselves. HYPNOTISM FOLLOW RQQjSEVF.T.T Maybe those four other fellows are the same as the magicians who is raising trouble in central France. He is called Ben Abakuk, and he is described as a wonder worker in hypnotism. He certainly works wonders, if half the things they say about him are true. The least of the woiiders is the fact that he is in jail tonight. Because Ben Abakuk hypontised three gendarmes. If you've ever been in France, you know how dignified a gendarme is. Well, Ben hypnotized the three of them right out in public. They were coming along the street on their bicycles. And he made passes at them or something like that, and compelled them to dis­ mount, and walk down the street carrying their bicycles on their heads. And that was something the French pe^san «3 hadn't seen in a long time. At least he didn't squirt champagne in their faces. Instead he compelled those three hypnotized gendarmes to stand on their heads and turn somersaults. The peasants in the village were as astonished as if they had seen Naoleon marching through town, doing the goose-step. So the unhypnotized gendarmes seized him and threw him in the French jug. And there he reposes, charged with disrespect to the law. 6ee Mayor of Cannes for HjPMQIIM FOLLOW RQQdEVELT - ii more about that. However, the case of Ben Abakuk is likely to have more repercussions than the affair of the champagne and the bouquet of flowers. Prance is^t likely to declare war on the United ■ ! Htates because the Mayor says the President’s son doused him with bubbly. In the case of Abakyk, there’s a vociferous clamor that he be released, -^he peasants of the French countryside demand it. With this comes a weird story of superstition, -‘•hey tell JR SI how the wandering hyynotist drove into the village of Harcine; I long flowing hair, butterfly collar, corduroy trousers, and velvet n boots. He proceeded to cure the peasants1 horses of their maladies. :g| He hypnotized the cows into giving more milk. he made the hay Si grow taller, fie cured the sick and improved the crops, all with his hypnotism. So he became a local miracle worker. Then he made his mistake when he hypnotized those three gendarmes and made them carry their bicycles on their heads and turn somersaults, oyt nevertheless, the villagers are storming the magistrate, de­ manding that the wonder-worker be released to improve themselves and their crops. pyp^OTIoJ FOLLOW RQQ vj SVELT - 5 ii.nd for fear all this will hQ.ve an evil effect on you X111 say 60 LOftG UiNTXL TOMORROW