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fol . 57—No. 244
HENDERSONVILLE, N.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1938
*
SINGLE CON
ES, FIVE
CENTS
APS WARNED IN SOOTH CHINA INVASION
v V ^ .. .. « « v V V V U u u * * * A
htish Force in Palestine
|o Be Brought to 15,000
With 6000 Police
)SLEMS WOULD END
JEWISH IMMIGRATION
LatUSALEM. Oct 12. (UP)—
litish military forces last night
|ited widespread punitive meas
aeainst Arab terrorist? by
pwin; up houses and driving
ned bands into the hills with
jnbinc plane* and armored cars.
[Moslem leaders, defving Great
[:tainv determination to crush
t- rebellion that resembles a
-odo::: H v wa;\ announced that
,t'ir air.ed - distance would be
tt" --riei and that the entire
Dsle: 'v was being roused
anger.
In Bethlehem the British troops
ere oanieaded behind machine
jrs. Mr.ks. barbed wire and Band
it i' i the crumbling Church
the Nativity on the spot where
jrist was born.
A large force of Arab rebels
jd occupied Bethlehem and Brit
(h authorities made the city sym
ol of their most drastic efforts to
imp out the bloodshed of the
five years.
[The British military forces, soon
^je brought to nearly 15,000 in
, litlon to 8.000 "»peci*l police,
e»,an their reprisals by dynamit
fijt 21 Arab houses in Lydda and
5 houses in Majdall. an Arab vil
l?e in South Palestine.
f Bloodshed spread throughout
ie Holv Land, with at least 25
rabs killed and numerous Arabs
nd police constabulary wounded
clashes during the past 24
Durs.
Eight Arabs were killed five
liles southwest of Jerusalem when
British military patrol encoun
fcred on armed band of rebels,
ie soldier was killed and one
is wounded in the exchange.
J An assistant manager of the
ritish-owned Barclay bank in
izareth was shot and wounded
Ir a terrorist.
Near Beisan 15 Arabs were
llled in a battle with British
rans-Jordan frontier forces and
apt. Seymour of the Trans-Jor
in force was wounded.
An Arab was shot ^ead in Jeru
llem and a Jew was seriously
founded. Two Arabs and four
crstables were wounded in four
r.counters near Nessziona. Nine
sen Arabs were arrested near
laifa and 33 in the village of
lubatiya. where an Arab was
illed while resisting arrest.
As part of Britain's punitive
leasures, all public vehicles in
ie town of Ramleh were im
ounded as guarantee for the
wn's payment of a $1,500 col
tctive fine imposed after an
rrced band staeed a series of
obberies, including government
tads.
i The Inter-Parliamentary Pales
«e congress in session in Cairo,
$>'Pt. ;"-i:-.Lring together delegates
all parts of the Moslem
wld, meanwhile demanded sus
n of Jewish immigration to
I'^tme and the establishment of
1 constitutional government simi
to that of British-controlled
raq.
Arab leaders warned that their
distance will be intensified and
that the next fevr weeks will
j wijive in their fight to remain
lominan* in the Holy Land and
force rejection of the British plan
0r partition of the country into
to^ereun Jev. i<h and Arab states.
are about 900,000 Arabs
j- • aie^r.ne and less than half
many Jews.
TO FLANS1XTH
CO. REUNION
i
Wial Gathering of Vet
wans' Group Will Be
Sunday, Not. 6
Jo* Ho;;jnsrswortjt. president of
v, Sixth Company Coast Ar
' oiation announced to
■ "tecutives vrill have »
Friday night at 7:30
^7 4" ' 6 ma'®ror'8 °^c* the
^•■•••■ngsworth states also
j. ^-annual convention of this
I ai?1'1 oe held on Shuiday, Nov.
r <-^ rvice men of the old
* oast Artillery company are
to attend.
American Jews
Protest Yielding
To Arab Plan
Hear Britain Ready to
Abandon Holy Land
Dual State Program
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LONDON, Oct. 12.— (UP)
American Jews led by Rabbi Wise
j yesterday warned, in v protest
j telegraphed to Colonial Secretary
Malcolm MacDonald, against Bri
[ tain's acceptance of any plan
which would undermine the policy
| of a Jewish national home in Pal
' estine.
The message, received by Mac
I Donald shortly before he consult
' ed with Sir Harold MacMichael,
I British hieh commissioner for Pal
estine, referred to reports that
the British government is ready
to abandon the Peel commission's
plan for partitioning the Holy
Land into sovereign Jewish and
Arab states separated by a British
mandated corridor.
It has been reported that the
government, anxious for a com
promise that will end terrorism
and bloodshed in Palestine, may
work out a plan for unifying Pal-1
estine under British control and;
give home rule to Arabs and Jews'
in their own towns and villages: j
The Arabs have proposed an in
dependent state similar to British
controlled Iraq, the halting of
Jewish immigration and the rec- j
ognition of Palestine's 400,000
Jews as a racial minority.
"This would be a blow at the
most profound Jewish hoRe." the
telgram from Rabbi Wise said.
The Jewish National Council of
Palestine telegraphed to Dr."
Chaim Weizmann, president of the
Jewish agency for Palestine, that
"the proposed Arab scheme means
the closing of Palestine's doors to
Jews and the destruction of Is
lnol'o Inst Vinnp "
LINDY SILENT
IN RED UPROAR
Is Guest at Potsdam Re
ception of German
Scientific Society
BERLIN, Oct. 12. (UP)—Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh last night
visited German aviation leaders
with whom his name was linked
sensationally Monday when 11
Soviet aviators denounced him, in
a published letter, as a "lackey
and flatterer of the German Fas
cists."
Lindbergh was a guest at a
Potsdam reception of the Lilien
thal Scientific society, given by
General Erhard Milch, German
secretary of state for war.
The trans-Atlantic hero refus
ed to discuss the charges of the
Soviet aviators that he was a
sympathizer with Fascism and had
informed London's so - called
"Cliveden set" that the Soviet air
force was weak.
Baron Sempill of the British j
Royal Aeronautical society an
nounced during the reception that j
the British society's gold medal
would be awarded to Dr. Hugo
Eckner, designer of the German
Zeppelins, marking the first time
that the award ever had gone to
a foreigner.
"I have nothing to say," Lind
bergh replied when asked on his,
arrival at Templehof airdrome to
(Continued on page four).
ARYAN LEAGUE
MAN HELD IN
NEW ORLEANS
■ Arrested on Charge of
Sending Threats
Through Mail
demandedTroof
PROFESSOR NOT JEW
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 12.—
(UP)—Joseph Hahn-Korff, sec
retary of the Aryan league of
New Orleans, last night was un
der federal charges of sending
defamatory and threatening mat
ter through the mails.
Federal agents said that the
burly Hahn-Korff sent a letter to
Dr. Alton Ochsner of the Tulane
university medical school demand
ing probf that he was not a Jew.
Dr. T. P. Terhune of Tulane
university said Monday that he
had received two letters from the
pro-Nazi organization in New Or
leans which he considered "in
sulting."
Hahn-Korff was arraigned be
fore U. S. Commissioner R. H.
Carter, Jr., and released on $5,000
bond.
As he left the courtroom, he
told Carter:
"Well, I wish you luck with
your charge."
Hahn-Korff's letter to Dr. Ochs
ner said:
"An effort is hcing made for
the benefit "of unsuspecting Gen
tiles to list all racial Jews in this
territory. Your name as well as
your character suggests, accord
ing to testimony of a number of
former associates of yours, that
you are either 100 per cent or
partly Jewish. Should you fail to |
produce convincing evidence to
the contrary within a reasonable
length of time, you will be listed j
as above. N. B.—We are not in-!
terested in your religious denom
ination."
Officials said that Hahn-Korff
entered this country 10 years ago
but has never been naturalized.
He was reported to have been
fired from a private patrol service
because of his pronounced pro
Nazi activities.
Dr. Ochsner said he gave fed- j
eral agents the letter upon which
they based their charges. It was J
the only one he received, he said, j
"He was trying to intimidate
me," Dr. Ochsner said. "I dis-'
missed him from the Charity hos
pital chemical department seven
years ago because he was "too
Prussian" to get along with any
body in the hospital. As for the
Jew part, I am not a Jew."
Hahn-Korff is unemployed. The ,
organization of which he is sec
retary is reported to have about
50 members. Hahn-Korff's letters I
are the only reported public ac
tivities of the league thus far, al
though it was said to hold regular
meetings in a French quarter res
taurant. i
Dr. Terhune said Hahn-Korff's
letters to him offered a copy of
Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf "If '
You Can Qualify Racially."
In an interview, Dr. Terhune
described how Hitler's police took
a copy of the book away from him
before he left Germany. J i
DIVORCE GRANTED
One divorce was granted in su
perior court yesterday by Judge
J. Will Pless, Jr. Joseph R. Per
ry was granted a divorce from
Bobby Louise Perry.
Strachey's Visa Cancelled While He
Is at Sea: Alleged 'Red' Despite Oath
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. (UP)
The state department disclosed
yesterday that the American con
sul general at London had can
celled the visa of John Strachey,
British author and lecturer, be
cause he allegedly misrepresented
his affiliation with the Commun
ist party.
Strachey already had left Eng
land for this country when . the
visa was cancelled, the depart
ment explained. The London con
sul informed the state department
and requested that they notify the
labor department's immigration
division, the announcement said.
A temporary visitor visa was
issued to Strachey at London on
September 7, the department said,
after he testified under oath that
he was not a member of the Com
munist party or any affiliated or
ganization.
Later the consul general receiv
ed information which convinced
him that Strachey is a "member
of the Communist party of Great
Britain and was elected a mem
ber of the executive committee of
the British Communist party at
the annual convention held at
Birmingham September 16-19,
1938," the department said.
Prior to his departure to New
York, the department said, Stra
chey discussed the visa with the
American vice-consul who advised
him to postpone sailing pending
further investigation. He also was
warned that fye might not be ad
mitted to the United States upon
aiTival at New York, it added.
Strachey agreed to consider the
matter and later informed the
vice-consul that he discussed the
matter with London and New
York friends, and that the latter,
had encouraged him to sail as
planned, the announcement said.
Strachey's oath pledged that he
is "not opposed to organized gov
ernment, does not advocate over
throw of any government by
force or violence, that he is not
(Continued on page three)
NEW BUSINESS IMPETUS IS
EXPECTED TO BOOST NATION'S
INCOME BY 5 BILLION DOLLARS
'4* 4
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United Press Survey Indicates That Largest Second
Half Year Business Expansion in More Than
a Decade May IJe Expected
By MAX L. BROWN
Copyright, 1938, by United Presi
NEW YORK. Oct. 12. (UP)—'
Business is gaining momentum at
a pace which indicates that na
tional income for the final six
months of this year will be about
$5,000,000,000 more than in the
first half.
That would be the largest sec
ond half expansion in more than
a decade, but the figure for the
full year will be well below those
of 1930 and 1937.
All major lines of business have
improved substantially from the
year's lows and economists and
business men estimated today that
the final three months would be
marked by further recovery. In
creased industrial activity has
been reflected in employment.
Current estimates are that more
than one million persons have
pone back to work in the past five
months.
Economists for the Alexander
Hamilton Institute believe that
national income produced in the
last six months of 1938 may reach
$30,600,000,000, compared with
$25,400,000,000 in the first six
months when the total was the
smallest since 1934. On that basis
the year's total of $56,000,000,
000 would compare with $69,817,
J OOo.OOO last year, hierhest. since
"j tne 192,0 record of $81,128,000,
i 000 with $63,466,000,000 in 1936
] and $55,186,000,000 in 1935.
[ The showing for the final half
would be considerably better than
anticipated e>;rly this year.
In May this year, according to
figures of the National Industrial
I Conference board, 11,362,000 per
sons were without jobs.. Since
I then, more than a million persons
: have gone back to work and pros
! pects are for a continued rise.
Employment started its upswing
; shortly after mid-year and by Au
gust, the unemployed had been
^cut to 10,590,000. September fig
I ures have not yet been compiled
but they are expected to show a
relatively sharp gain. There is a
strong possibility, experts say, that
unemployment by the close of this
j.year may be cut to the 9,291,000
! level which prevailed in the clos
ing month of 1935. In September,
1937, however, only 5,651,000 per
1 sons were jobless, the best show
ing since 1932.
The Federal Reserve board this
week reported that its seasonally
I (Continued on page four.)
Reserve Officer
Course To Start
The first group school for Re
serve Officers of Hendersonville I
in the current school year will be
held tonight at 7:30 o'clock at
the county farm agent's office.
W. A. Franklin will be in
charge and all reserve officers are
urged to attend.
ACQUIT 3 IN :
ENTERING CASE
' I
Negress Sentenced to 3
Year Term in Shoot
ing Case
* -—
Iu superior court this morning, :
Bonnie Richi, Rochelle Richi, and
Lewis Stewart, all of Asheville,
were acquitted by the jury of
•harges of breaking and entering
md larceny.
The three people faced trial on
:harges of breaking and entering
the chicken house of 0. F. Sut- '
ties, near Gerton on April 16, i
L938, and larcerty of chickens.
The case occupied about a day
ind a half of the court session.
Lucille Bolden, colored, this
norning pleaded guilty to assault
,vith a deadly weapon and was I
sentenced to serve from 2 to 3 j
fears at hard labor in the wo- |
nen's division of the state peni
tentiary. She was charged with
;hooting Marvin Hoffman with a
shotgun on September 13, 1937.
The court this morning was
learinjr breaking and entering and
larceny charges against Jessie
Viae Ballenger, Elzie Stokes and
Virgil Phillips, all of Greenville.
Ballenger and Stokes pleaded
(Continued on page three)
TOUTH WELFARE IS
MIDWEEK TOPIC
OF PRESBYTERIANS
The Rev. J. F. Watt, returned
missionary from Africa will lead a
discussion regarding the welfare
of Hendersonville youth, to be
leld at the Presbyterian church
at 7:30 o'clock tonight.
The church members arc study
ing the book, "City Shadows," by
Robert W. Searle, and from time
to time visitors are dealing with
chapters in the book. The ques
tion, What is being done on behalf
of the youth of this city? will be,
?iven a local application tonight.
It is felt that this address will
be of general interest and mem
bers of any denomination inter
ssted in the welfare of the city's
youth are cordially invited to at
tend.
FREEDOM DENIED
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Oct. 12.
(UP) — The Alabama pardon
board yesterday denied petitions
that freedom be granted three of
the negroes convicted of rape in
the Scottsboro case.
M WALKER
TO ADDRESS
C. C. DINERS
Semi* - Annual All - Member
Dinner Meet Wednes
day at Skyland
Clarence N. Walker, Asheville
banker, will be the chief speaker
at the annual all-member dinner
meeting of the Hendersonville
Chamber of Commerce to be held
next Wednesday evening at the
Skyland hotel.
George M. Flanagan, program
committee chairman, said today
that the program also will include
brief talks or reports by H. E.
Buchanan, president, Mrs. Cath
ryn Wiseman, secretary, and J. C.
Morrow, Jr., treasurer of the
Chamber of Commerce; a showing
of colored motion pictures of the
Hendersonville community made
by Worth K. Lyerly, and one or
two other short features. Mr.
Buchanan will preside.
The Kiwanis and Rotary clubs
will dispense with their meetings
next week and attend the Cham
ber of Commerce event, and ir> ad
dition to members a number of
prominent part-time residents and
visitors have been invited.
Mr. Walker is trust officer of
the Wachovia Bank and Trust
company and is an outstanding
speaker and church and civic
worker in Western North Caro
lina.
W.N.C. Singing To
Be Held Sunday
James Gilliam, president of the
Western North Carolina Singing
convention today announced that
the next meeting of this body will
be at Valley Springs high school,
Buncombe county, off the Ashe
ville-Hendersonville highway near
Skyland, Sunday, Oct. 16.
The convention will open at
10:30 a. m. Visiting singers from
points in South Carolina, Tennes
see and elsewhere will attend and
the president urges all singers to
arrive there early. All singers will
be given a place on the program
and a cordial invitation is extend
ed to the public.
MRS. RANDLE POSTS
FEDERAL CASE BOND
ASHEVILLE, Oct. 12.—Mrs.
Helen G. Randle, of Henderson
ville, waived a preliminary hear
ing before U. S. Commissioner
Vonno L. Gudger yesterday and
posted bond of $500 for appear
ance in Washington, D. C., on
November 1 on a charge of false
pretense.
She is charged with obtaining
$70 from L. Lloyd Reed on false
pretense. •
FEDERATION
SEES TREND
TO SOCIALISM
Roosevelt Not Censured,
"Sincerity of Motive"
Unquestioned
GREEN SAYS "LEWIS
OFFER IS "FRAUD"
HOUSTON, Oct. 12. (UP).
The American Federation of
Labor in a riotous session upset
its policy makers and sidetrack*
ed a report charging that the
present policies of the New
Deal were pointing toward so
cialism.
The report was referred to
the Federation executive coun
cil and its unlikely that it will
come before the convention be
fore Friday's adjournment.
HOUSTON, Tex., Oct. 12. (UP)
The American Federation of La
bor's policy makers today report
ed to the federation convention
charges that the new deal's poli
cies are pointed toward socialism
and called on industry to unite
j with labor in halting this trend.
The accusation was made by the
powerful resolutions committee
which did not censure President
Roosevelt and which twice empha
sized that unquestioned "sincerity
of motive" ip involved,
i- The-convention was expected to
analyze today the effect of five
years of President Roosevelt's la
bor policies on millions of work
ers.
An analysis has been prepared
by the resolutions committee,
which jammed through the con
vention an attack on the National
Labor Relations board, a demand
for revision of the wage-houT and
I Wagner Labor acts, and a call for
a test of strength with President
Roosevelt over his reappointment
of Donald Wakefield Smith to the
labor board.
Barring possible mention of the
Smith reappointment, the first
sharp break between the White
I House and the Federation, it was
reported that no attempt would
be made in the report to censure
i Mr. Roosevelt. This was the course
charted by the executive council's
annual report.
William Green, president of the
Federation, last night indirectly
rejected a proposal by John L.
Lewis. Committee for Industrial
Organization chairman, that both
resign their high posts in the in-1
terest of a truce in labor's inter
nal war and branded the offer as
an "attempted fraud" and a
"grandoise bluff."
COMMUNIST BRIDGES
BACKS UP LEWIS
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 12. (UP)
Harrv Bridges, west coast direc
tor of the CIO, predicted last
night that William Green, presi
dent of the American Federation
of Labor, would "sidestep" John
L. Lewis' offer to resign as head J
of the CIO.
Bridges said Lewis' offer wasj
"made in good faith."
"Mr. Lewis' offer reflects the i
attitude of both the rank and the
file of the CIO and CIO leaders,"
Bridges said. "At our convention
last fall it was unanimously voted
to extend the olive branch to the
AFL. I believe that AFL mem
bership and most of its leaders
would favor a merger of the two
(Continued on page three)
.
17 DEAD, MORE
MISSING, BUT
FIRES ON WANE
Canadian Border Blazei
Sweep 700 Square
Miles in 2 Days
FORT FRANCES, Ontario. Oct
12. (UP)—Five thousand volun
teers, aided by airplane observers
today were gaining control of for
est and brush fires which hav<
raged for two days of 700 squan
miles along the international bor
der.
Seventeen persons already ar(
dead. Provincial police reporte<
that many more are missing.
Gov. Elmer Benson of Minne
sota ordered 25 national guar<
trucks into the area to help movi
out families and transport fin
fighters from fire to fire. Tw<
national guard observation plane!
flew over the area today. Th<
governor said if additional ai<
were needed, more guardsmen wil
be rushed into the area.
Rangers believed the fires wen
the result of underbrush fires se
by farmers despite warnings tha
dry weather and abundant vege
tation had created a serious situa
tion.
Ballet Program
Here Is First In
Tour Of Sotitli
Miss Virginia Earle. who wil
direct the Asheville Civic Balle
in a concert here at the higl
school auditorium on Friday night
is now in her fifth year as directoi
of the organization.
The ballet, organized in 1934
to give Asheville a permaneni
dance group for dancing in tlx
Rhododendron Festival, will ap
pear here in the first of a serial
of concerts in southern cities. Th<
Erogram here is sponsored by th<
ivingston School of the Dance
directed by Miss Millicent Liv
ingston.
Miss Earle is a native of Ashe
ville. but has studied in New Yorl
under famous teachers and has ap
peared with the Dennishawn Dane
ers, the Ballet of the San Carloi
Opera company, the Russiar
Grand Opera company and th<
Chicago Civic opera.
BOY SCOUT REVIEW
COURT ON FRIDAY
Announcement was made todaj
that a Boy Scout court of review
will be held Friday afternoon al
3:30 o'clock at the city high
school. Applications from all ex
pecting merit badges and advance
ments must be presented to Rev.
Dr. G. R. Combs on Thursday.
The court of honor will be held
at the city hall Monday night at
8 o'clock. All parents of ScoutJ
and the public are invited to at
tend.
FINE SUSPENDED
CLEVELAND, Oct. 12. (UP)
Charles Mendel, a junk dealer,
blamed business improvement
yesterday for his crashing of a
traffic light with his horse and
wagon. "Business has been bad,
but yesterday I picked up an ex
tra heavy load," he told the judge.
"I was going downhill and could
not stop." A $5 fine and costs
were suspended.
Oil And Gas Costs May Tumble To
Lowest In Decade In Price Slashing
DALLAS, Tex., Oct. 12. (UP)
Southwest oil states last night
faced a major oil war that may
spread to the east and west and
force oil and gasoline prices to
the lowest level in a decade.
Four major companies an
nounced price slashes yesterday
affecting crude oil in Texas, Okla
homa, Louisiana, Kansas and Ar
kansas.
The price cuts came on the
heels of a thi*eat by Col. Ernest
O. Thompson, chairman of the
Texas Railroad commission, that
Texas would lift its production
control if major companies did
halt the shipment of out-of-state
and foreign crude to Texas refin
eries.
Texas fields were the hardest
hit in yesterday's slashes, the
price cut ranging from 12 to 22
cents per barrel. Humble Oil and
Refining company of Houston,
Tex., started the slide by posting
a price cut averaging 13 1-2 per
barrel for the entire state of Tex
as.
The Standard Oil Purchasing
company, ranking among the five
largest crude buyers in Texas,
slashed its north Texas price 20
cents per barrel and notified oth
er Texas points that it would meet
Humble's 13 1-2 cent average.
A few hours later the Standard
Oil company of Indiana, one of
the largest marketing companies
in the United States and the ma
jor crud,e buyer in the northern
half of the mid-continent produc
ing area, fell in line with a price
cut of 20 cents a barrel for Okla
homa and Kansas crude.
Thompson Monday said that the
Texas Railroad commission, which
controls production in the state,
was not concerned with the price
of oil but had attempted to keep
production within demand.
Thompson threatened to lift
Saturday and Sunday closings of
Texas wells if the importing of
oil into the state did not stop.
, BRITONS FEAR
RELATIONS TO
BE IMPERILED
Tokyo Urges Powers to
Avoid Indications They
i Favor Chinese
10,000 JAPANESE
LAND IN SO. CHINA
LONDON, Oct. 12. (UP)—Sir
Robert Craigie, British ambassri
, dor at Tokyo, has wrirned ti e
, Japanese government that Hi ithh
Japanese relations might he im
' periled by a Japanese invasion <->f
' Southern China, it wax said an.
1 thoritatively today.
Craigie's representation u as
. made at the Japanese foreign of
fice in the last few days. It v. as
. understood he reminded the Jap
l anese government of Britain's (C
onomic and political interests in
■ Hong Kong and South China,
I pointing out the risk of impair
> ment of relations which might »-c
s suit from any "incidents" during
i Japanese operations in South Chi
i na.
i SOUTH CHINA RICH
i COMMERCIAL AREA
! TOKYO, Oct. 12. (UP)—Japan
I today officially urged foreign
'' powers in China to avoid indica
, | tions that they favor the Chinese
i and to refrain as far as possible
j from activities within the war
| zone.
Premier Konoye made the re
quest in a note sent to all foreign
diplomatic representatives here
as military authorities announced
the landing of Japanese forces for
an invasion pf tne rich commer
cial. SoMth China area.
Japanese stock exchange prices
' shot upward with announcement
nf the new invasion.
' MILLION CHINESE
! READY TO MEET FOE
HONG KONG, Oct. 12. (UP)
Japanese troops started their in
[ vasfon of South China in an ef
' fort to crush out the last great
' Chinese center of resistance.
' Tens of thousands of troops
were landed from 70 transports
on the shores of Bias bay, notor
ious pirate lair on the coast cast
of Honf Kong.
The troops were entrenched, es
tablished base and sent advance
units inland toward Canton.
Foreign military observers re
, ceived reports of heavy fighting
, as the Japanese advance met the
j first contingents of a million Chi
nese within a few miles of the
coast.
The opening of a new drive ex
j tended the Japanese theatre of
operations in China to a total area
of 774,000 square miles — about
1,290 miles from north to south
and about 600 miles from the
coast to Central China.
Japan had been contemplating
the advisability of a big scale
drive for many months. For sev
eral days past, Japanese units had
been landing along the coast near.
Hong Kong.
At dffwn today, the Japanese
began pouring ashore at the vil
lage of Hachung,-40 miles from
Hong Kong.
Within a few hours of the land
ing, word reached Hong Kong
first that there were 50 transport*
| in the bay and that 30,000 men
, had landed. Then the figures were
raised to 70 transports and 50,000
men, and the landing continued
Massed Japanese planes coin i
dentally made a devastating boii
bardment in the Swatow area, 150
miles up the coast.
It was expected that the first
strategic problem of the Japanese
would be to cut the Canton-Kow
loon railroad which runs 110 miles
from British Hong Kong to Can
ton, and thus cut off one of the
most important Chinese sources
of war materials from abroad.
The Japanese navy commander
in chief in the southern zone said
that the purpose of the new inva
sion was to "disillusion the Chi
nese people." He warned that
though they would not molrst
non-resisters among the Chinese,
no mercy would be shown to those
who challenged the Japanese.
"Our operation will continue
until our purpose is carried out,"
he added.
It was indicated that this pur
pose must be to attack Canton,
with its 1,000,000 defending
troops of the Kwantung and oth
er provincial armies, in an effort
to conquer the south.
PRAYER SERVICE TO
FEATURE R. A. WORK
Tonight's mid-week prayer ser
vice at the Baptist church will fea
ture a presentation of the work
of the Soyal Ambassador organ
ization, to which visitors and mem
bers of the ehurch are cordially
invited. Mr*. A. P. Cox is spon
sor of this boys' group this year,