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Lay Death to Moon Lunar Madness Blamed for Tragedy of Girl in Forest Shack.
BY PAUL COMLY FRENCH United Prrsi Stall Correioondent Philadelphia, Feb. 25.— Else Flothmeler, beautiful 22-year-old daughter of a Lutheran clergyman, whose nude body was found iying face downward on the floor of a deserted forest shack, late Wednesday, died of exposure, after having been driven insane by the rays of a full moon, according to a theory advanced today by a prominent Phildelphia psychologist. The hypothesis of “moon madness,” Dr. Thaddeus Bolton, head of the psychology department at Temple university, told the United Press, long has been accepted by psychiatrists, and is soon to have a serious effect on the minds of persons afflicted with nervous disorders. Miss Flottymeier possessed a temperament which apparently made her susceptible to this form of insanity, in the psychologist's opinion. She suffered a nervous collapse in 1922, while visiting in Germany, and had been of a neurotic disposition ever since. Apparently she wandered aimless about in the heavy woods near Fox Chase, mentally dazed by the full moon’s light, knowing not where she was or what she was doing, but completely beneath the spell of the lunar rays EXAMINATION of*the circumstances of her death indicate 1o Dr. F.olton that the theory meets with no conflicting facts It, does not conflict with the theory of police that Miss Flothmeier died from exposure. The girl had gone with her father, the Rev. Frederick Flothmeier, to the home of a parishoner, but upon reaching their destination, she* decided to take a walk. When she had not returned Friday night, a search was started Two boys came upon her body Wednesday in the shack. Her clothing had been hung neatly on the branches of a gnarled berry bush. There was scratches on her body indicating that she had stumbled about in the heavy bushes before reaching the shack. Dr. Bolton learned that the night had been cold and crisp, with a clear, full moon.
ft St tt SCIENCE, he said, does not know • what effect the moon’s rays j have on particularly susceptible persons, but he said the idea is an ancient hypothesis. "The theory,” he explained, "is based on observation of a natural condition among near-insane and nervous persons. The attacks of extreme nervousness usually reoccur at regular intervals about twenty-eight to thirty days apart. Coinciding a they do with the full moon, it has long been thought l?y many that the moon's rays are responsible. “Even the word ‘lunar’ which v,e use in referring to the moon has grown into the language as lunacy which proves that for many years the effect of the moon on nervous and insane persons was an accepted belief. "I understand that Miss Flothmeier was of a nervous disposition, that she worried over her studies and over her failure to pass her examinations. a tt H WHEN she left her father and started to walk through the woods, it is possible that she became more agitated, thinking of her school work. Then, as night came on, she became lost, and with the full moon shining over her head, completely lost her reason. “The rest follows. She undressed under the delusion she was preparing for bed, then lay down in the cold. Since it was bitter cold Tuesday night, it is not difficult to see how quickly death came.” Dr. Bolton said that he has observed that recurring fits of insanity do not always coincide with the full moon, but that many of them have no relation to the lunar stage. RX-POLICE LIEUTENANT FINED FOR VAGRANCY forest Rominger Admits Begging; Gets SSO and Costs. Forest Rominger, former police lieutenant, was convicted of a i harge of vagrancy today by Municipal Judge William H. Sheaffei and was fined SSO and costs. Once regarded as one of the city’s leading police officers, Rominger was accused of begging on city streets. He admitted the charge. He was discharged from the force several years ago for drunkenness.
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VOLUME 43—NUMBER 249
ORDER WAR TO SMASH SCHOOL RUM SOURCES City Officials Spurred by Shortridge ‘Toy Gun Girl’s’ Banditry. POLICE TO OPEN DRIVE Chief, Mayor, Prosecutor Issue Joint Appeal for Information. War on drinking and sale of booze to 'teen age girls and boys attending Indianapolis high schools, was declared today by city and county officials and police. Every available avenue of law enforcement was thrown open in the efforts of the authorities to smash the sources of liquor to which high school pupils have access. Officials announced their intentions to clean up the situation and pleaded with the public to aid. Determination to open the intensive fight came as a result of the statement of Miss Vera Wood, 17, Shortridge high school girl, and confessed toy pistol bandit, that “I was drunk.” Asks for Information “It, is a terrible thing to think of young children being made the victims of bootleg liquor, and we want information that will help us stamp out the practice,” Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan declared. Warning of swift prosecution of bootleggers who peddle liquors to pupils was sounded by Police Chief Mike Morrissey, and judges of city and county courts. Simultaneously, police and detectives pressed their efforts to nab a bootlegger or a companion of Miss Wood, who, the girl said, gave her whisky before she is alleged to have robbed eleven persons at the point of a water pistol in a night robbery tour early Tuesday.
Law to Be Enforced “Wc are making every effort to learn where the girl obtained liquor,” Morrissey said. “She has been questioned closely by detectives since her arrest and she sticks to a story that the fellow who came to her house Monday night and took her for an auto ride gave her liquor. “If we can get any information as to who this man is, he will be most certainly arrested and prosecuted.” Prosecutor Herbert Wilson said that every resource at his command will be used to halt the sale of liquor to young persons. “A man or woman can not do anything worse toward making criminals out of our young people, than to sell them liquor,” Wilson said. “No punishment is too severe.” Sullivan Asks Public's Aid Sullivan urged citizens having information of high school bootleggers to place the facts in the hands of police immediately. He pointed out that a booze circle recently operating near Shortridge high school was smashed on information provided by citizens. At that time, liquor was being delivered to pupils anywhere by placing orders by telephone. A woman was arrested and convicted as the bootlegger. Municipal Judge William H. Sheaffer, in whose court Miss Wood faces hearing March 4 following a two weeks’ psychopathic examination at city hospital, admonished students of the added severity of punishment for crimes committed while the offender is drunk. “Persons selling liquor to high school pupils can not expect leniency from the court,” he said. “Before prohibition became a law, advocates of the dry law declared we would have little use for our jails, but the opposite has been the result,” Sheaffer stated. HOARDING IS ON WANE Money Returning to Circulation at $20,000,000 a Week Rate. By United Press CHICAGO. Feb. 25.—President Hoover informed the Citizens Reconstruction Organization today that hoarded money was being returned to circulation at the rate of $20,000,000 a week. •TRIPE FOR THE PRINCE’ Wales Popularizes Simple Fare; Restaurants Quick to Follow. By ( i: Press LONDON, Feb. 25.—The prince of Wales is converting England to simple foods. Tripe and onions is the prince’s favorite dish at the moment. Hardly a restaurant in Mayfair now is without this succulent entree
‘PUBLIC ENEMY NO. 1 ’ CAUGHT BECAUSE HE STOLE’ ANOTHER MAN’S WIFE
By United Press NEW YORK, Feb. 25.—“ Smiling Joe” Filkowski, Cleveland’s “Public Enemy No. 1,” with nose rebuilt and hair dyed red. was under arrest here today all because an irate husband tracked Smiling Joe’s alleged sweetheart to New York. And the woman, a tall, attractive brunet of 26, arrested in an apartment, surrounded by several guns and uncut stones and jewelry valued at $75,000, also is being held with him all because of a tiny card found in Smiling Joe’s pgcket. The kfwoman gave her name as
WIDOW CONFESSES $30,000 BABY HOAX
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Strange Story of Claiming Foundling to Get Estate Is Told. By United Press CLEVELAND, Feb. 25. Mrs. Christine Smith, comely young widow of a Buffalo physician, was to be released today from jail provided Terry Tower, a foundling, whom she falsely claimed as her son and rightful heir to a $30,000 estate, is returned from Buffalo. Mrs. Eleanor Hellwig of the chilj dren’s bureau said the technical | charge of kidnaping on which Mrs. I Smith is held would be dropped as j soon as Terry is returned to St. I Ann’s hospital, the first home the 3-months-old baby knew after he was found in a basket in the Terminal Tower building. Terry is held in a Buffalo orphanage and Mrs. Hellwig planned to obtain his release on a warrant. Detective Inspector Cornelius W. Cody said today Mrs. Smith has admitted her claims of motherhood were false. She said, according to the inspector, that she had conceived the plan of getting Terry and establishing him as the -heir of her father-in-law, the late T. Guilford Smith, Buffalo business man. Probe Husband’s Death By United Press BUFFALO, N. Y., Feb. 25.—An inquiry into the sudden death of Dr. Chauncey P. Smith, once prominent Buffalo physician, tvas under W’ay today as the latest of the events which followed the arrest of his widow in Cleveland on kidnaping charges. Mrs. Christine Neideriter Smith, the widow, was charged with kidnaping the baby—known as Terry Tower—to establish her claim to a $30,000 fortune left by Dr. Smith’s father to heirs of his two sons. She claimed the child was her own, born posthumously, and that she abandoned him in Terminal Tower, Cleveland, because she was unable to care for him. Dr. Smith died almost pennilessly last Aug. 1, three years after he married Mrs. Smith, thirty years his junior. Sheriff Charles A. Freiberg of Erie county ordered his deputies Wednesday to inquire into circumstances surrounding his death.
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JOHN E. FREDRICK IN RACE FOR GOVERNORSHIP
John E. Fredrick, Kokomo manufacturer, today announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Governor, bringing the
total of those in the race to four. The 1926 contender for the nomination for senator and the '928 contender for he nomination for Governor issued a three-plank platform as follows: Reduce the expense of government in Indiana. Secure the passage of a just tax law that will remove a substantial part of the tax
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Mary Kekic. She is believed to be the sister of Joe Stazek, Cleveland gunman killed when Stazek and “Cleveland’s Public Enemy No. I*’ barricaded themselves and fought off a police siege in Cleveland. • “Smiling Joe” is charged with being a fugitive from justice. His arraignment police believed, ended a man hunt that started in Cleveland June 26, 1930. after a murder in a pay roll holdup. That hunt led to Chicago, and through Detroit. Superior, Wis., and Philadelpiha. before it ended on a crowded New York street where police lay in wait three days for their-prey.
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MURRAY TALKS HERE TONIGHT Sullivan Will Introduce 'Grass Roots’ Candidate. Final arrangements have been completed for- the rally to be held in Cadle tabernacle tonight to hear the “grass roots” candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, Governor William H. (Alfalfa Bill) Murray of Oklahoma. The picturesque contender for the presidency will be introduced by Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan, and the meeting will be called to order by Perry Easton, former state senator. A 100-piece band will play from the beginning of the program at 7:30 p. m. until the time for the address. Murray’s appearance here tonight marks the end of a three-day whirlwind speaking tour of central and northern Indiana in which thousands have heard his six addresses. He appears at Ft. Wayne at noon today and then comes here. Approximately 9,000 heard Governor Murray at two Democratic rallies Wednesday afternoon and night at Marion and Gary. In each address he drove home (Turn to Page 7) MANUFACTURERS’ TAX INDORSED BY GARNER House Ways, Means Group Drawing Up Sales Levy Bill. By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—Speaker John N. Garner today indorsed a sales tax on manufactured goods and announced that the house ways and means committee would include a broad tax of this character in the revenue bill to be presented soon to congress. “It got to the point,” Garner explained, “where we found we had to resort to such a tax to get enough revenue to balance the budget. BANDITS AID DRIVE ON HOARDING; GRAB $6,000 Chicagoan’s Boast as He Withdraws Cash From Bank Proves Costly. By United Press CHICAGO, Feb. 25.—George Grakos was fond of bragging of how astute he was to draw out the $6,T00 in his bank account on the day before the institution closed. He told his neighbors he had put the $6,000 bills right in his trousers’ pocket, and the money was going to stay there. Wednesday night two men carrying revolvers came into his room. “Give us those six SI,OOOO bills you’ve got in your pocket,” they said. Grakos sorrowfully obeyed.
personal property and, in lieu thereof, tax other forms of property or income now escaping taxation. that the tax burden may be equalized. Repeal all laws of a mandatory character that deprive the people of full control of county’and city government. Fredrick declared he had no intention of proceeding with active organization we at present, but would, through a series of speeches, make an educational campaign. The candidate has been president of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce twelve years and is considered one of the outstanding business leaders of the .state. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 34 10 a. m 48 7a. m 34 11 a. m 54 Ba. m 37 12 (noon).. 60 9a. m 43 Ip. m 62
Filkowski is wanted on a murder charge in Cleveland, and wanted in three middlewestern cities on robbery charges. a b u MARY KEKIC faced charges of possession of stolen goods and violation of the Sullivan laws. She was arrested, several hours after Filkowski’s capture, in an apartment at Jackson Heights. Long Island. When detectives entered the three-room apartment she tried to bar them. The detectives searched the apartment and said they found the jewelry, still tagged with store price labels, hidden in r. box con-
CITY DEMANDS NEW DEAL ON LIGHHATES : Reopen Case, Is Plea; State Order Branded as 'lllegal, Void.’ ASK FORMAL HEARING Dismissal of Petition to Cut Cost of Consumer Held ‘Premature.’ Branding dismissal of a petition seeking rate reductions by the Indianapolis Power and Light Company, as “premature, illegal, arbitary and void,” the city today filed with the public service commission a complaint asking reopening of the case. Edward H. Knight, corporation counsel of Indianapolis, and James E. Deery, city attorney, filed the complaint, which alleges that in dismissing the petition the commission violated ten sections of the statute under which it operates Deery asked for an early presentation of oral arguments. Since the dismissal order, which was written by Commissioner Harry K. Cuthbertson, it is asserted “new and additional evidence, material and relevant to the issues, has been discovered by complainants which conflicts with certain facts and figures set out in said order.” Stock Prospectus Cited The new evidence consists of a sales prospectus issued to the public by the company which contradicts its claim before the commission that it suffered a net revenue drop during the years 1930 and 1931. It was upon the revenue drop claim that Cuthbertson based his order. The circular, issued for the purpose of aiding sales of the company’s preferred stock, purports to show that instead of a loss, there was a gain in net revenue for the year ending Sept. 30, 1931. A copy, of the prospectus is filed with the complaint. Counsel for the city declares the petition was dismissed without “a public formal hearing,” as provided in the exact words of the statute, and for that reason the order is void. It is stated that the original petition showed “the rates were unreasonable, unjust and excessive ” It is charged that regardless of any evidence obtained by the commisison through an investigation of its own, the city is entitled to present evidence in a formal hearing, but this was ignored and the petition dismissed without evidence from the complainant or a hearing. Terms Dismissal Arbitrary Dismissal without hearing is termed “arbitrary, an abuse of discretion, and constitutes a denial to complainants of due process of law.” The hearing provided by statute, the city contends, must be held in advance of any inventory, appraisal or audit of the company’s property. Concluding paragraph of the complaint “prays that the order dismissing the petition be vacated and the commission resume jurisdiction and, at its convenience, set the same for a formal public hearing and conduct such investigation as provided by law as to all matters as are necessary in determining what are reasonable and just rates for respondent’s public utility services furnished to complainants herein.” Clifford Harrod, head of the light company, conferred with Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan early this afternoon. Sullivan said Harrod offered an explanation for the discrepancy in figures presented the commission and in the sales prospectus.
Fight to Be Mapped Mayors and official representatives from more than 100 cities and towns in Indiana will meet at Martinsville Friday to form a permanent organization to drive the utilities out of politics and obtain just rates for the consumer. The committee on arrangements, headed by Mayor Karl H. Volland of Columbus, has received word from cities Jn every section of the state that representatives will be present to participate. Jap Jones of Martinsville, who has led in the fight on utilities, prophesies that the meeting will result in a real organization that will make utility support a burden, not an asset, to candidates on any ticket next fall. Hitler Made German Citizen By United Press BERLIN. Feb. 25-Adolph Hitler, leader of the German Fascists, was appointed an official of the state of Brunswick today, thus endowing him with German citizenship and enabling him to run for president.
cealed in a bookcase. A sawedoff shotgun, two revolvers and a supply of ammunition were behind the bookcase. Dinner for two was prepared, they said. The detectives also reported a large roll of adhesive tapes and sash cord, which, they said, indicated plans for holdups. m \ 'T'HE woman admitted on questioning, detectives said, that she had left her husband and two children, aged 9 and 13, in Cleveland three months ago. Since that time she had accompanied Smiling Joe. She said they bought a
Thousands Slain in Terrific New Drive by Japanese Army
Washington Awaits World Reaction to Stimson 'Open Door’ Letter. JAPAN BUILDING SHIPS Admiral Pratt Voices View That Nipponese Are Not Overstepping Limit. BY JOSEPH H. BAIRD United Press Staff Corresnondent WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. The United States todaymarked time in the far eastern crisis, anxiously awaiting world reaction to its vigorous restatement of the “open door” policy in China. Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson issued his reaffirmation of faith in the doctrine of equal opportunity in a letter to Chairman Borah of the senate foreign relations committee, and did not communicate it officially to the world powers. However, copies were . sent to United States envoys in London, Geneva and Tokio. And Stimson did bid for world support of his policy of nonrecognition of gains by force when he said: “If a similar decision (on a nonrecognition policy) should be reached and a similar position taken by the other governments of the world, a caveat will be placed upon such action which, we believe, effectively will bar the legality of any title or right sought to be obtained by pressure or treaty violation . . .” No Violation Seen Admiral William V. Pratt, chief of naval operations, commenting on press reports of Japan's naval construction program, said today that it is “undoubtedly true” that Japan is building her navy to the full strength permitted under the London naval agreement. He added that “there is no evidence that Japan is attempting to go beyond that. Pratt had in mind an article in the New York Times today, saying that, according to official reports received at the navy department, Japan now is taking steps to begin construction of four new 8,500ton cruisers. The article said that, in the opinion of American naval experts, this would signify the abrogation by Japan of the one-year naval construction holiday agreement signed by the United States, Great Britain, Japan, France and Italy. The holiday agreement became effective Nov. 1, 1931. Other Types Unlimited “From the Japanese government’s acceptance of the naval building holiday,” Pratt said, “it would seen} that the Japanese provided the holiday would not interfere with continuation of their naval program from 1931 to 1936. “Two cruisers, three destroyers and two submarines of that program have been laid down. The other types of ships included in the program are unlimited by the London treaty.” Pratt said that, in view of the “statement in The Tunes that American naval experts have at this time expressed certain opinions, I desire to give the impartial facts.” Builds “Flying Deck” Cruiser The Times said that one of the new cruisers which Japan now is preparing to build would be a “flying deck” cruiser. This type of cruiser met with objection from congress, when it had been suggested that this nation build such a ship. ‘The navy department has received no official report regarding the construction in Japan of a flying deck cruiser,” Pratt said. In discussing the statement in The Times that the construction of the four cruisers would be in violation of the holiday agreement, the admiral said that “such is not believed to be the case.” END EDISON WILL FIGHT Inventor’s Eldest Son Drops All Action Against Document. By United Press WILMINGTON, Del., Feb. 25. William L. Edison, eldest son of the late inventor, Thomas A. Edison, has dropped all action against the Edison will which disposed of a $12,000,000 fortune, he told the United Press today. He refused to discuss the terms.
Ford car in Detroit. She said that they had rented their apartment under the names of “Mr. and Mrs. Krauss.” Her husband traced her with Filkowski to Philadelphia, and then to New York. He told police their meeting place was near the Hotel Somerset, which detectives watched three days. Wednesday, Filkowski walked past the restaurant next door. From a table near the window, five men saw him. Their chairs sho' back. They hurried to the id^walk. Twenty paces from the restaurant window, Smiling Joe whirled and thrust his hand Into his overcoat pocket. A’ strong arm
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Sentiment in Japan Is Not All for War
BY MILES W. VAUGHN United Press Far Eastern Manazer (CoDyriaht. 1932. by United Press* SHANGHAI, Feb. 25.—A fair and impartial report of the extraordinary conditions exiting in Japan must include the fact that a strong liberal bloc of opinion looks upon the Shanghai expedition with little’ enthusiasm. In fact, very probably the bulk of the civilian and so-called navy element would be glad to be out of the business altogether, if it could get out without loss of national prestige. On the other hand, perhaps more important than any other contributing influence, there are the Osaka industrialists. They are vastly more interested in the Yangtze . valley than in Manchuria. and they are the ones who pressed for an active stand in Shanghai. They felt the British would oust Japanese trade completely because of China’s anti-Japanese movement. U H U FROM the standpoint of one w’ho has studied and observed the situation from its inception to the present crisis, in Japan and outside, the fact seems more or less floundered into the adventure and didn’t foresee the present operations. Now they are likely to require three or four army divisions and from six to twelve months’ time—possibly longer—with a minimum expenditure of some i0n,000,000 yen, or about $35,000,000. It must be remembered that Japan had some 30,000 Nationals in the Shanghai area and enormous property interests which national pride, as well as the realistic condition of national interest, demanded be defended. At the outset both the Osaka industrialists and the militarists believed a mere show of force would be sufficient to accomplish their aims. I don’t believe any one thought the stubborn resistance the Chinese put up was possible. n n n THERE isn't a doubt that the army is worried over extent of the struggle. Army leaders realize that the empire laces a crystallizing hostile world opinion, which no country would be able to withstand indefinitely. Among more frank and outspoken army men it even admitted that perhaps the hand had been overplayed. But these add, at the same time, that there is no alternative now but to play the cards to the end. Numbers of things have happened that cast interesting lights over the picture. For example, an incipient anti-war program was discovered in the national military academy at Tokio two weeks ago. Some cadets were court-martialed. The navy always has been regarded as opposed to extending the Shanghai conflict. n u THE so-called “intellectuals” have opposed a war, on the ground that world opinion would condemn and isolate Japan. Also, in this group there has been sustained the theory that Baron Kijuro Shideanara is right in his contention that co-operation between Chinese and Japanese is the corner stone of any solution of their problem that may be erected. As things stand today, however, there is no doubt that the military party is in complete control. How long it will dominate the political situation is a question I don’t think any one can answer precisely at this time. CREDIT BILL PASSAGE DETAILS IRONED OUT Gla&s-SteagaJl Measure to Reach Hoover by Friday. By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. The conference report on the GlassSteagall bill, compromising house and senate differences in the measure designed to expand federal reserve credit and currency, was presented to the senate today by Senator Carter Glass (Dem., Va.) Leaders in both houses predicted the bill would reach President Hoover Friday for signature.
gripped his, a revolver muzzle bored into his neck, and his head rocked under the impact of a heavy fist. * * * "pASSERSBY. fearful of gunplay, scuttled toward doorways. But Smiling Joe surrendered without a shot to the three Cleveland and two New York detectives. “I can pull a gun faster than you can wink,” he boasted later, through puffed lips, as he stood beside Detective Michael Reardcn in police headquarters. “You were lucky you came from behind and not in front,"
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Chinese, Suffering Heavy Losses Cling Grimly to Positions. INVADERS’ GAINS SMALL Bombardment to Continue All Night. Preparatory to Mass Attack. BY H. R. EKINS United Press Staff Corresnondent (CODvridht. 1932. bv United Press! SHANGHAI. Feb. 26 (Friday).—The Japanese hurled their military strength against the Chinese lines north of Shanghai Thursday and early today in a crushing offensive designed to shatter China’s lines between Shanghai and Woosung. The Chinese, forced back, suffered heavily under the withering rain of shells, bombs and machine gun bullets. their casualties being estimated at 2.000 or more. Lieutenant-General Uyeda, commander of the Japanese Ninth division, announced early today that the artillery battering would be continued all night, preparatory to a mass attack on the strategically important town of Tazang, about ten miles northwest of the city, on the road to Liu Ho. Chapei Next Objective The Japanese planned, after capturing Tazang, to turn their strength against the Chinese lines in Chapei, the native city of Shanghai, bringing the war again to the gates of the international settlement. A Japanese communique at 10:30 Thursday night announced that the Japanese had advanced 200 yards in the Kiangwan area. The action w’as most heavy at the village of Kiaochiachen, captured by the Japanese, where, the communique estimated 300 Chinese were killed. However, only eighty were wounded and fifteen taken prisoners, indicating the fierceness of the attack. The Japanese placed their casualties all during the day at eighty. Despite the superior offensive weapons of the Japanese and their heavy casualties, the Chinese stood their ground with amazing valor and. as far as foreign observers could tell, the Japanese gains W’ere v'-' great.
Chinese Shell Hongkew At midnight the Chinese began shelling the Hongkew quarter of the I settlement, shells falling in Woosung and Chapoo roads, north of ! Soochow creek, in the settlement. It 11:30 p. m., the Chinese began r.n attack in the Chapei -quarter, bombarding the North Szechuen road with stokes mortars and attacking the Japanese with rifles and machine guns. Masses of green-uniformed Japanese troops surged forward in the wake of protecting artillery fire and aerial bombs, capturing the Chinchiashan sector, less than two miles northwest of Kiangwan, at 12:30 p. m. From this stronghold, the Japanese left wing started an attack on the Chienkouchi, Houkouchia, and Qenchiajao sectors. From an observation tower near Kiangwan race course, the foreign attaches saw about 3,000 Chinese | troops concentrating against the j Japanese. The Japanese artillery, which had advanced a short time before, got an accurate range and literally mowed down the Chinese. Wiped Out by Shells The Chinese front line broke. Reinforcements were rushed into the line from the direction of Tazang. Then the Chinese advanced again under a merciless bombardment. The Chinese appeared and disappeared among smoke screens and thick clouds kicked up by bursting shells. Chinese Nineteenth route army headquarters had difficulty maintaining communication with the front, except by field telephone, after Japanese bomba cut the Shanghai-Nanking railway between Nanziang and Chenju. In view of the Chinese threat to bombard the Japanese areas of the settlement, and to turn the fire of their guns on the waterfront if Japanese reinforcements attempted to land in the foreign district, foreign residents appeared to be facing greater danger than at any time during the fighting here. Weather Favors Airmen Cold weather, with brilliant sunshine and good visibility, favored the Japanese airmen as they took off with their loads of bombs. They zoomed back and forth over the southern half of the eighteen-mile battle line from Chapei to Woosung. These Chinese held their ground early in the day despite a terrific bombardment. The veteran soldiers of the Eighty-seventh division, Chiang Kai-Shek’s own, stood shoulder to shoulder with the Cantonese troops of the Nineteenth route army and offered surprising resistance. U. S. Aid for bridge Received First installment of federal aid for the Evansville bridge construction was received today by the state highway department. The check was for $662,478.
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