Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 259, Decatur, Adams County, 2 November 1937 — Page 1

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..fcs BACKS S[AI BRITAIN fcN POLICY le ®> H>rh Eden’s Stern iiilar]® 0 ■LniaiulOl MussoH lini Stand ' < x ' MsSM!. . umn.uns KIK' ' ■ ■.,.■!. ;.l L ■ . lr^^B irs . v . |K "□K, . world ■ u.i: - Then hr added: / ■ ; - that —Hfl lio- admit the right of any Hpn ia'i.' all upon i.s for a t . ■■rnniont is preMe. :.'• ibutions on k Kr part I B|e ■■! . iimedi;- ti> and f in Berlin. ’’ if ’ii his remarks ■A' i ■•rany's colonial Ed- n has not learned a oft'ieia! DM! news ' "unwarranted tlit- Berliner Tagblatt £ JI: l-Mi-n. by telling Milsit talk, want to reign r the Enrpoean conIt Seems to us that he does , H possess ttie qualifications for '. »)>i h above all requires i jtWßi etubatl.-d for the Brussels ! - inference on the Sino- ' after completing his ' Heel, and did not hear the vote of ' fSHnce which his blunt state-' Bratl inspired. !'■ t.niay that the speech ,^^H- : 'y ■ Units of the internaHIM !l "t :•■•••: letition committee liH*! I '' ’ - Spanish war situation. :, ”“-d that the "practical . ■Wt.' of the Nyon WJntl-piracy" i ■P« had been to "faciliate 1 ■he ijrh.i’ of large quantities of i in Spanish government is now Soviet Russia's customer." he said. P u b ' ■-■Veil that the discloscause indefinite delay in ’ ■- for an agreement on ut volunteers from both ■•ljanisl, nati uialist and loyalist inasmuuh as it was felt that and Italy would hot conwithdrawal it Russian was e;;~v access to loyalist o Sets Record ■ Month Os October month of October saw the ■ e 'l l ,!l| duetion of electric curthe city light and power E _ n the history of its operation. ■. ? "* 1.264.400 kilowatts was in the 31 days. This ex|.b, a,l - v Illontll jn - (he hlst of Pjfrsh Ambassador I To Entertain Duke ll«h I h J" gton ' Nov - 2.—(U.RL-Brit-USSatlor Ronal( l Linsay and I Duk Jndsa y will entertain the lan » j l ' l ' l Duchess of Windsor at I Not ' i y dinner the evening ot I nrant" ,' ei 12, lhe embassy an-i I ll( 3f 'd today. I d.««< anno »ncement was the first j I tbMs e |, repOrt as lo ,de date w ' ) en I Wait 6 and duchess will be in led I llg t°n, although It was learnvelt S , terday that President Roosehnu* anS t 0 ente rtain them at a e eon about the salue time, or« 9e -n‘ BtlngUished British visitI moat"' 11 co,ne to Washington al--1 Nd 3 ® mediate, y after landing at according to this ary*Wment' T hey are due in New; the Bremen November 11.1 —— ——o WMPEHATURE readings THERMOMETER I MOO a. m - 44 WIOO a. nt. 40 ,:®" P- m- 53 p. m. 50

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Decatur K. Os P. To i Bluffton Tonight Approximately 20 members of the local Knights of Pythias lodge will attend the dlstrii t K. of p. meeting tonight ut Bluffton, where a new charter will be granted th? Bluffton lodge. The local rank team will confer Initiatory work on a class of candidates. gatered from all lodges In this district. State lodge officers will be In attendance at the meet- i Ing. HAHN TRIAL IS RECESSED DAY Anna Marie Hahn Denies Poisoning Charge At Cincinnati Cincinnati, Nov. 2.—(UR)—Anna Marie Hahn, 31-year-old German matron, won a day of rest today from the relentless cross-examin- ! ation of Prosecutor Dudley M. Outcult, who sought to prove that she had been a “blonde Borgia" who. poisoned four elderly men for' j their money. Judge Charles S. Bell adjourned the trial until Wednesday after' Mrs. Hahn told at a night session how she drove around Colorado' Springs, Colo., looking at the I “sceneries" with her 12-year-old son. Oscar, while her 67-year-old traveling companion was dying. George Obendorfer, a cobbler, died in a Colorado Springs hospital August 1. and the state contended that he had been poisoned by Mrs. Hahn. She was accused also of poisoning Jacob Wagner. 78, Geo. Gselltnan. 67, and Albert Palmer, 72. She vigorously denied having caused any of the deaths. “I went out there on a vacation." she testified, referring to the Colorado Springs trip. “I didn't go to take care of anyupe. - * She denied that she had been accompanied also by an elderly man from Baltimore “who was worth 1100,000." On direct examination by her attorney, Joseph Hoodin. Mrs. Hahn, speaking in a low voice with a marked German accent, said that she had tried to get Obendorfer to • a hospital when he became UT. and , had insisted that be eat despite , his protests that he had only $4.85 ! and didn't want to spend it. Hoodj in asked if she had poisoned Obelii dorfer. j “No, I never, never did that," she replied, wild-eyed. "Why. 1 i never did such a thing in my life." Mrs. Hahn appeared distressed by the testimony of George Heis. who had been brought into court, pale and emaciated in a wheel chair, to charge that she had potsI oned his food and beer, and had I fed him spinach so sweet that it ! tasted like it had sugar in it.” "I tried to be so good to him." the plainly-dressed defendant told tne jury of 11 women and one man. “I felt so terrible about it." She testified that she made pan cakes for Heis because “he pined for home cooking," and denied thtot she ever “drank beer with him.' Earlier, after her son had testified in her defense. Mrs. Hahn admitted forging a SI,OOO check with Wagner’s name the day he died. She said he wanted her to have the money “to take care of every(CONTINUED ON.PAGE FIVE) ART EXHIBIT IS DISPLAYED Art Exhibit At Public Library Each Evening This Week A good sized crowd saw the first exhibition of the 190 prints of the works of the best old and modern painters shown, together with a playlet entitled “A color Fantasy", presented by the art department of the Decatur schools in the Library auditorium. The exhibition will be shown 'each evening this week to end ini eluding Friday evening at 7 o'clock, and Thursday and Friday afternoons at 4 o'clock. The playlet will be presented during each of the evening exhibitions at 7:30 o'clock and also during the afternoon exhibitions. The p’aylet is given by pupils of the Central grade school and is directed by Grace Coffee, witli Helen j Haubold in charge of the mueic and Donnaibelle Fenimore supervising the dancing. The exhibition is under the supervision of Kathryn Kauffman, art instructor of the public schools. I Funds raised will be for the tpurI pose of purchasing pictures for the schools. Admission is five cents for grade pupils, 10 cents for high school pupils and 15 cents for adults.

TWO BANDITS SLAIN TODAY : I BY OFFICERS Trapped In Michigan Post Office; Bandits Are < Killed Smiths Creek, Mich., Nov, 2-- ! I (U.R) St. Clair county deputies, led by Sheriff William L. Van Ant-; werp, shot and killed two bandits j in a gun battle at the postoffiee today. The dead men were identified! as Frank Nowaszek, 38. and Etl- , ward Scherer. 40, both of Detroit. County officers said the men walked into a trap that had been set for them. After the bandits had been frightened off Sunday night. Sheriff Van Antwerp's forces and two Detroit postal Inspectors, gathered at the postoffice last ' i night. As the gunmen attempted to open the safe with an explosive i charge, the officers ordered them ;to come out. They answered with a burst of gunfire.' Police then i tossed a tear gas bomb into the i postoffice and turned loose a barrage of machine gun and shot gun j fire. Both men fell as the officers fired through shattered windows of the postoffice building. When the gas fumes cleared the officers entered. They found the bodies of both bandits riddled, witli 10 or more bullets in each. This village is 10 miles south of 1 Port Huron, St. Clair county seat. Sheriff Van Antwerp conferred with Detroit postal officials yesterday after Sunday night's unsuccessful robbery attempt. It | was decided to wait in ambush for ; another appearance of the thugs. Three deputies aided Sheriff Van Antwerp in the firing. They were I jerry Larkins. William Williams, and Harry Neal. The Detroit postal inspectors were Roy 1-a Forge and Earl A. Barnhart. None of the officers was hurt Sheriff Van Antwerp led the (CONTINt ED ON PAGE FIVE) PARTY ENDS IN FATAL STABBING II Halloween Celebration Ends With Stabbing Os Two Women i Butler, Pa., Nov. 2— (U.R) — A [ Halloween celebration ended today r with two women being stabbed to death and a third woman and a • youth seriously slashed. I Police claim the young man, Floyd Tait. 19. confessed that he wielded the eight-inch butcher . knife in the fatal stabbings of his I mother, Mrs. Florence Tait, 46, ; and his sweetheart. Dorothy Bash, 19. Mrs. Hilda Seymour. 37, sum- - noned police to her apartment, in i! which the tragedy occurred, after she was stabbed in the chest and • critically wounded. District Attorney Lee McCand- ’ less said that Tait, an amateur 1 baseball player, admitted stabbing : the women before turning the knife |on himself. Officers apparently i were puzzled as to what was the | motive. Mrs. Seymour, who collapsed I while being questioned, gave a I statement to police. Officers who were summoned to Mrs. Seymour's apartment about 5 a. tn., found ■ Tait with his arm around Miss Bash in the hallway leading to the apartment. Miss Bash was dead of stab wounds in the chest, and Tait was wounded in the chest. He is expected to recover. Inside the apartment. Mrs. Tait I was found dead on a-Used. Dlst. Attorney McCandless said Mrs. Seymour explained that Mrs. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) O Ralph Steele Heads Commercial Club Ralph Steele has been selected to > head the commercial club ot the . Decatur high school, it was an- • nounced today, following the annual election of officers held yesterday at the organization meeting of the club. Elected with Steele on the slate of officers were Miss Dorcas Hoagland, vice-president; Miss Peggy Staley, secretary and Miss Mary Rever, treasurer. The club, which annually sponsors one or more of the weekly chapel programs held in the schol assembly, is limited to students of commercial subjects. Vaughn Millikan and Sigurd Anderson, school •! teachers, are faculty advisers and sponsors of the organization.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, November 2, 1937.

Miniature Forest Fire Extinguished - • A miniature forest fire c'-uurred about midnight lust night on the Bill Drummond fiirm, southeast of the < ity. Burning leaves ignited several trees and soon a section of the woods was afire. The services of Sheriff Dallas Brown and Deputy John Dierkes, who were passing, were enlisted end the fire was finally brought un- ; der control. Origin of the blaze is unknown. o CHINESE TONG LEADER SLAIN Chinaman, Blamed For Tong War Os 1921, Is Assassinated Chicago, Nov. 2. — (U.R) — Somewhere sh the veiled past of Chin I Jack Lam, wealthy Chinese frequently blamed for the bloody tong war of 1924, police believed today they would find a clue to his assassination’ Chin Jack Lam, 61. better known to police as Jack Chin, at one time was the national leader of the great On Leong Tong. Again, he was Chicago head of the rival Hip Sing Tong. There were members in both who considered Chin a renegade. Depite this scattered unpopularity. Chin was a power in Chicago's ; Chinatown. He was said to have been more powerful even than j “Mayor" Frank Moy. who died died from heart disease last month, lie was reputedly a millionaire Owner of a string of chop suey houses in Chicago, Louisville, and . Rockford. 111. Last night as he walked in the I rain, head buried iu lapels of his overcoat, past Chinatown’s largest single group of chop suey houses, an assassin sneaked up behind him, spun him around by the. shoulder, fired four shots into his chest. As Chin fell dead against a water hydrant, the assassin slipped into a vacant lot. into an alley behind the brightly-lighted eating places, aud disappeared in the rain. While the assassination may have resulted from tong activitypolice believed it had not—it was believed unlikely another tong feud would result. The tongs, tradit--1 ionally bitter enemies, have united I in boycotting Japanese goods and in raising contributions so rrelief ;of their brethren in war-ridden I China. Friendly feelings have resulted. Crowds gathered quickly around Chin's body. In the center was i Chin's son. Robert, 11), tearfully 1 but quietly holding an umbrella over his father's form ' j Only a handful admitted know- ■ ' ing anything about the slaying. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ' j — —0 Decatur Young Man Fined Here Monday Bud Metzger, local young man ar- ! rested Saturday night by Policeman '! Roy Chilcote on charges of speed--1 ling and running a red traffic light, ' was fined $1 and costs, amounting I to sll. when he pleaded guilty to | the charge before Mayor Arthur R. ■ Holthouse in city court lata yesterday. ; i o OTTO HOLLE TO ENTER EXHIBIT ) i Adams County Farmer To Exhibit At Livestock [ Exposition ! I Chicago, Nov. 2—Adams county's first entries for the 1937 Internat tional Livestock Exposition, to be held at the Chicago stock yards I November 27 to December 4, were i made today by Otto Hoile, of De- • j catui. He will exhibit in the Chester I White swine and Polled Shorthorn cattle classes of this largest annual exhibition of livestock and ) crops which will mark its 38th anniversary thig year i Entries for the livestock classes, ■ which closed November 1, have • been received from leading pureI bred breeders in numerous states and several provinces of Canada For the international grain and hay show, world's largest farm > crops exhibition, growers in 20 - states, three Canadian provinces, and Australia have thuns far listed exhibits. The closing date for eni tries in this division of the expo- ! sition will be November 10. According to Secretary-Manager !B. H. Heide, approximately ! SIOO,OOO will be awarded in cash prizes at the exposition this year. The premiums cover competitions that include 30 different breeds of j cattle, horses, sheep and swine.

GOVERNMENT TO ANNOUNCE LOAN ON CORN CROP Government Loan Os 50 Cents Per Bushel To Be Announced Washington. Nov. 2—(UP)—Agriculture department officials said to- i clay a government loan of 50 cents a ! bushel on corn will be announced within the next few days. The loan will be financed with ; $85,000,000 which President Roose- ' velt has directed the reconstruction finance corporation to make i available to the ommodity credit corporation. The amount to be loaned on this year's corn crop lias been under study for some weeks by agriculture officials and treasury representatives. Speculation has ranged fiom 45 cento to 60 cents. Today's! j revelation of the 50-eent per bnshel loan price was the first authorita-; live word from the Agriculture de- i partment on the loan figure Officials said details from the loan program have not been com- 1 pleted but that they will follow gen-1 erally the procedure of the loan programs of 1933. 1934, and 1935. In 1933, the government loaned $121,491,265 on approximate!) 270,-1 758.228 bushels ot corn at 45 cents a bushel, it loaned $4,313,743 at 55 cents a bushel in 1934, and $8,697.152 at 45 cents a bushel in 1935. The loans in 1934 and 1935 were made principally on seed corn. A small number of loans also were made at 55 cents a bushel last year on seed corn. The corn loan program has been studied at numerous conferences between secretary of Agrictulture. Henry A. Wallace, secretary of treasry Henry Morgenthau, Jr., and budget director Daniel Bell. Agriculture officials indicated the loan on corn probably will be 1 announced formally this week, and that it will go into effect immediateIn a telegram from Hyde Park, I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o WALTERS SUIT GOES TO TRIAL Suit Os Chalmer Walters Against City Is Opened Today Introduction of evidence was begun this afternoon in the $1,500 . damage suit brought by Chalmer Walters against the city of Deca- ; tur. for injuries alleged sustained in a fall at 7:30 p. m.. September; I 26. 1935 Walters claims the city was ■ negligent in maintaining the sidewalks in good repair. The complaint states the alleged fall occurred on the north side of Monroe street,’at a point 80 feet east of the intersection of Monroe and First streets on a brick sidewalk. The plaintiff alleged the "defend- ! ant negligently allowed the sidewalk to become out of repair, decayed and unsafe for use.” At the point where he alleged he fell, lie 1 claimed there was a hole approximately one foot square and bei tween three and five inches deep. The complaint continues alleging ! the "plaintiff caught his toot in j the hole and was precipitated to j the ground sustaining: two frac- ) tures in the fifth metatorsal bone of the left foot and also torn ligaments. He was forced to expend large sums of money for treatment of these injuries. That previous J to the accident he was engaged in ■ I common labor earning the sum of * ‘ sl2 a week. That he will be un- ’ able to work for an indeterminate • 1 period of time. That his foot will -! never be as strong as before the i above named injury occurred, and :' ; he will suffer permanent injury.” II The arguments were heard this •! morning before the court recessed I; for noon. A jury of 11 men and one woman was selected, including the follow- . ing members of the regular panel: . | (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Kirkland W. C. T. U. i To Meet Thursday 1 1 • ' J There will be a meeting of the . Woman's Christian Temperance I Union of Kirkland township Thurs- ■ day evening at 7:30 o'clock at the - Kirkland gymnasium. Mrs. Delton Passwater, county '. president of the organization, will ’ be the principal speaker of tne evei \ ning. Mrs. Edna Shady and Miss . Victoria Stoneburner have arranged i a splendid program for the evening. !i The public is uged to attend the i meeting.

Japan Rejects Mediation By Outsiders; Nine Powers To Meet Wednesday At Brussels

PWA GRANT IS OUTRIGHT GIFT School Board Points Out That School Building Grant A Gift Members of the city school board stated today, in answer to Inquiries concerning the government's offer of a $110,045 grant for the new proposed Decatur school house, that this is an outright gift. I Several persons have asked wheIther or not this must be repaid the government. Members of the school ; board stated that this is not re- : quired. The government's grant or gift , represents 45 per cent of the toal , : estimated cost of the building. The j 'only requirement the government makes is that the city raise the repmainder. The civil city has offered tc donate $50,000 to the school board and the school board will raise the balance of the 55 percent. | The school board pointed out to- I day that the Central and. West Ward buildings, the oldest in the I city, will have to be replaced soon,whether or not the government's offer of 45 per cent of the cost is accepted this year. Funds were being collected for tire purpose of constructing a new ibnilding before the depression necessitated the use of this reserve to lower depression tax levies by applying the I funds in current tax budgets during , those years. The school board now has no built-up reserve for the purpose of building a new school house. Had not the government extended its : offer, it woulrf l ,e necessary to construct the building and charge tlie full 100 percent of the cost to the I city taxpayers. _ Another reason for the immediate construction of tiie building is that the PWA is being closed-out. I Decatur’s grant came with the last group of projects approved by President Roosevelt. Unless federal poiI icies change, there will ibe no opportunity for tlie obtaining of assistI ance in the construction of tho building. This would mean that in a few years the school board would ■ be faced with the 'problem of either constructing a new (building or making extensive repairs in buildings not considered by engineers worthy of additional exnense. The Centra) building is 52 years old. and the West Ward. 49 years old. Local Man Arrested For Intoxication Harvey Lewi's, of High street, was I arrested this morning by Sheriff Dallas Brown and Policeman Roy Chilcote, when he was allegedly ; found lying in a ditch south of the ! country club. Sheriff Brown stated that charges of public intoxication would be filed this afternoon in city ,' court. o RENEW EFFORTS TO SECURE LAKE Seek State-Maintained Lake In Southern Part Os County - j A group of business men from s j the southern part of the county I! have renewed their efforts to se- ; j cure a state-maintained lake south I of Geneva in the Lob district, it was learned here today. i The lake, which would be known 1! as Limberlost Lake, has been ' sought by the men for several i years. Leaders in the movement; - Harold Mattax, Ralph Snyder and E'i Stucky, all of Geneva, and C. • H. Musselman of Berne, went to Peru yesterday to interview Congressman Grisswold on the projett. r It is understood that the Peru congressman is interested in the i project. • j The proposed plan would create a . lake, extending south of Geneva, . with Federal road 27 forming a wall or dike on the east side. - The plan would also create a I state 'park surrounding the body of . water. The Limberlost district has i been attracting the attention of I tourists and sightseers from all . over the nation, since it was made > famous 'by the late Gene StrattonI Porter, famed Adams county writer.

LATER BEETS I TESTING HIGH Late Season Beets Show Good Increase In Sugar Content Early tests of late beets those planted after June 1 indicate that the sugar content Is rising as the season progresses, according to officials of the Central Sugar company today. A noticeable increase in the sugar content was observed last week ut the plant. While the exact figures can not yet be determined, it Is expected that, due to a damp and adverse growing season, the average yield probably will be below the average for this factory area. Tho purity I is high. However, new improvements! made at the plant will enable the factory to make as good or better extraction titan Itefore Dependent upon the number of I beets yet to lie harvested, it is i I oxpexeted that the plant this year] | will run to between November 15 and 20. The plant opened this year September 26. the earliest on record for the Decatur mill. The run of an anticipated 50 or 52 days, will lie slightly shorter than the average. Production Increased New equipment at the plant has enabled it to increase its average daily production by approximately 75 tons. On October 25, the plant set its all-time record of 1.496 tons of beets sliced. This has enabled the plant to accept beets as fast as farmers l can harvest them and make ar- ! ’-angements for trucking them to the plant. Only once, for a two or three day period, was it necessary (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o BOARD CHANGES PRECINCT LINE Boundary Line Os Precinct Changed By Commissioners The county commissioners in I their regular monthly session today! changed the boundary line of Decatur precincts LA and LB. in order to save the additional election expense each year of setting up a special precinct for the 48 families in the Homesteads addition. In the last election, the Homesteads residents voted in the North Washington precinct. Since that time the addition has been incorporated as a part of Decatur. The commissioners today changed the east boundary of Decatur LB from Third street to Winchester street. Other boundaries will! continue to be Adams street and the corporation line. The voting place is the office of the Central Hoop Mill. The Homsteads addition is now , | included in Decatur LA. The bounI daries of this precinct will now be Winchester street on the west. Adams street on the north and the corporation line on the east and I south including the Homesteads. The voting place is Fred Linn’s garage. The commissioners pointed out ! today, that it will be necessary for i all voters in areas where the precincts have been changed to re- ■ register before they will be eligible to vote in the 1938 elections. i The change was made after a consideration of the costs of setti ing up a new precinct and coinputi ing the number of voters in each. I The commissioners also today ordered notice given for the lettI ing of the contracts for the 1938 . printing for the county. Bids will > be received during tlie regular De- ■ cember meeting of thd board. Some consideration was given today as to what expense the couni ty would have to meet if the Wai bash river is dredged. This will probably be heavy due to the nei cessity of building from one to , three new bridges and the conl struction of new roads. i JOHN DRAKE DIES • < John Drake, aged farmer living t near the Ohio-Indiana state line, I , died late this afternoon, according i to word received at this office. - Two sons, Theodore and Frank, . live in Decatur.

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Japanese Offer To Meet With China Under Two Conditions; Chinese Charge Gas Used. FIGHT TO FINISH Brussels, Nov. 2— (U.R) — Japan firmly rejects mediation by outsiders in the war witli China, especially by the Brussels ninepower treaty conference, Salntro Kurusu. Japanese ambassador, said in a statement tonight on the eve of the conference. Kurusu said Japan was ready for direct negotiations with China on two conditions: 1. China must seize anti-Jap propaganda. 2. China must stamp out communism. Confer Wednesday Brussels. Belgium, Nov. 2—(U.R) —China will fight Japan to a finish unless the nine-power conference, convening here tomorrow, establishes a "peace based on principles." China's chief delegate I asserted today. China's representative. Dr. Wellington Koo. planned to confer with Norman H. Davis, United States "ambassador-at-large" and head ot the Washington delegation to the conference. Davis then will confer with Anthony Eden. British foreign secretary and Britain’s chief delegate. Eden’s assurance in the house of commons yesterday that Britain would go as far as the United States would in trying to halt the Chinese-Japanese conflict dispelled some of the pessimism prevailing among delegates. The United States appeared ready to "do its share,” in bringing about an armistlcA provided Britain and the other powers do their share. Previously United Staffs quarters feared the British would be as reluctant to take steps as they were in the 1932 discussions of I Chinese-Japanese hostilities when ! Sir John Simon, then British forI eign secretary, declined proposals I by Henry L. Stimson, then seeretary of state, for concerted moral pressure on Japan. It appeared that Britain is more I concerned now than she was in 1932. Koo emphasized that China I would not accept any peace proi posal conflicting with the nineI power treaty guaranteeing China's I independence and territorial integrity. “The far eastern conflict is a matter of concern to all peaceloving nations," he said "Unless these nations are willing to concert their efforts for peace based on principles no peace-loving country will be safe from aggressors.” Charge Gas Used Shanghai, Nov. 2 —(U.R) —Japanese troops used gas on the Shanghai front today, a Chinese spokesman charged, but were driven back when an unfavorable wind blew it back into their lines. The spokesman said that the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o ELECTIONS ARE TEST OF LABOR Elections Today Present Test Os Organized Labor’s Power By United Press Significant off-year elections present a test today of organized labor’s strength as an independent force at the polls. Labor sought to win control ot the city governments of Detroit, Akron and Canton, 0., and Du- • quesne and Clairton, Pa., and played an important part in scores ot ; other contests. The committee for industrial organization and American federation of labor were vigorous oppon- , ents in Detroit, but fought side by side in Akron and Canton. The American labor party. CIO I dominated, hoped to poll 750,000 votes for the re-election ot Mayor , F. H. LaGuardia in New York City, where the future of Tammany Hall f was at stake. Chief interest In labor's campaign was centered in Detroit, where, for the first time, a candidate backed by the C. I. O. ran tor mayor against a candidate ! backed by the A. F. ot L. The C. I. O. supported Patrick H. O’Brien, former attorney general of Michi(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)