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VOLUME 49—NUMBER 126

MAJOR BATTLE BREAKS OUT IN

CHINESE CLASH

Strategic Pass Controlling |

Peiping Is Prize; Air Bombing Heavy.

CHINA GENERALS UNITE

Britain, Backed by

Open Peace Step.

By H. R. EKINS

(Copyright, 1937, by United Press) SHANGHAI, Aug. 5. —A| major battle, probably the largest of the Chinese-Jap- | anese struggle to date, was | developing tonight along the | Peiping-Suiyuan Railway nothwest of China's ancient northern capital.

Following 24 hours of almost continuous bombing operations by big,

| Denver

three-engined Japanese planes from | Fengtai, a Japanese mixed brigade | {injured slightly.

advanced along the rocky bed of the Sha River and prepared to attack | the Chinese 83th Division under Gen. Tang En-po. Gen. Tang's troops had been rein-

forced by units of the 184th Divi- | sion which made their way through |

a rain of bombs from Kalgan. Damages Quicky Repaired Chinese said that damages to the railway inflicted by the Japanese bombers had been repaired “as fast as they occurred.” Sporadic explosions were heard in Peiping, indicating that the rival forces already were exchanging artillery fire. The Chinese hold a line across the river, which is extremely shallow, | and are astride the railway protect- | ing the strategic entrance to the northwest through the Nankou Pass. | Nankou traditionally is the gateway to Peiping from the northwest | and Chinese control of this position | must be broken before Japanese control of North China can be secure. General indications were that the situation was moving slowly toward a major Chinese-Japanese war. Developments included: In Nanking the newly formed | Supreme War Council, headed by | Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, Central Government chieftain, de- | bated the details of general strate- | gy and the allotments of men to be | furnished by the provincial leaders. | Gen. Chiang was represented as | still loath to risk major hostilities as | long as there-is the siightest chance | of a peaceful solution. In this view | he is supported by Marshal Yzn | Hsi-shan, the veteran pacification | commissioner for Shansi and Sui- | yuan provinces, and opposed by | Gen. Pai Chung-hsi of Kwangsi | Province and Liu Hsiang of Sze- | chuan.

American Photographer | Reported Beaten |

PEIPING, Aug. 5.-—Japanese affronts became a subject for com-| plaint by foreigners here today, as they had been at Tientsin, after incidents in which photographers of | the United States and other nations incurred the displeasure of Japanese soldiers. Sheridan Fahnestock York, a free lance writer and frequently a contributor to the New | York Herald-Tribune, was hit three | times in the jaw by Japanese sol- | diers in front of the Pekin Hotel ! because he tried to photograph an army parade.

of New

Britain Believed

Planning Peace Pact LONDON—Aug. 5.—Great Britain has embarked fully on a forceful diplomatic program of peace consolidation and intends to start the business phase of the program early this autumn, it was understood today. It was expected that both Baron Constantin Von Neurath and Count Galeazzo Ciano, the German and Italian foreign ministers, would be in London in September and the | possibility was foreseen that before this meeting Foreign Secretary An- | thony Eden might see Count Ciano rt Rome.

| said this unsettled

{ to her.

Judes Rules Infant Mu

Doctors Await Woman's Death To Deliver Her Unborn Child

Says ‘It. Must Go With Mother.

st Live Although Father

HILADELPHIA, Aug. 5.—Surgeons were balked temporarily today in their attempt to save the life of an unborn child whose mother lies at the point of death in Philadelphia General Hospital. Tensed against the moment when life should leave the body of

27-year-old Mrs. Mary Boccawsini, tors were ready to bring the ba section.

ill with tubercular meningitis, docby into the world by a caesarian

s While they waited, however, the

‘DRUNKOMETER'

Plan, Believed Ready | BRINGS ARRESTS

Pair Hi Test; 44 Drivers Pay Fines Totaling $315.

Authorities had “drunkometer”

an effort to obtain

today

in the traffic safety cam-

The device was used by State Police on a Denver man and his wife, following a three-car crash yesterday on Siate Road 52 and 46th St., in which six persons were

As a result of the tests. don, charge in Municipal Court on Aug. 10 and his wife a charge of being drunk.

Roy Gor-

Gordon and his wife were arrested | | after State Police charged that the | jauto he was driving passed one driven by Jack Spencer of Lebanon, |

crashed headon into another driven by Michael Oneara, of 1i33 N. sart St, Spencer's car. Gordon and his wife the two other drivers and a passenger in each of the cars were hurt.

| State Police Sergt. Theodore Love- | less said the “drunkometer”

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‘STICKY’ WEATHER TO REMAIN, REPORT

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

19.a. mm... I a.m... 12 (Noon) 1pm.

Sam... am.’ 8a m... Sam...

The Weather Man said today that | | while the temperature will not go |

bevond 85, the “sticky” condition

{ will continue.

He expiained that there have been {local rains in the vicinity of Ind |anapolis, with as much as hee {inches at Columbus. The Bureau | condition i moving slowly out of the state.

DUCHIN SERV ICES HELD Bu United Press NEW YORK, Aug. 5—In the | presence of about 50 close friends,

Held After

used a | for the first time in| convictions |

30, will face a drunken driving |

Bo- | then rebounded into Mr. |

showed |

] | unconscious mother’s strength | {

rallied, making it possible that she might live until labor began. In that event, surgeons said, the odds against the child's survival would be greatly increased. Three other expectant mothers await removal to the hospital's two delivery rooms. Should their babies be born before Mrs. Boccawsini’s, it would be necessary to carry: her to an emergency room on an upper floor. The time thus wasted might cost the infant's life. ” 5 » F the mother dies, it was explained, the operation must be performed within a space of eight minutes before the blood ceases to fiow through her veins. Otherwise the child would die of suffocation. Y An interne and two nurses awaited the moment of death or labor. A nurse by the stricken woman's side kept a close watch in order to summon aid the instant either approaches. Surgeons said “it might be 15 minutes or 15 hours.” Dominick Boccawsini, the | father, left the hospital after arguing against the proposed operation, |

“If it is the will of God that Mary die,” he said, “then the baby must go with her.” The hospital asked for a legal ruling as to whether it should perform the operation against the father’s wishes. Common Pleas Judge Harry Kalonder ruled for the operation, “Save the child,” he said. “Human life is sacred. Even an unborn child has its rights.”

ARMY PLANE CREW

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By Unitea Press PANAMA CITY, Panama, Aug. 5. | —All passengers aboard a United /States Army transport which

crashed 50 miles south of David, Panama, escaped safely by

ESCAPES IN CRASH

para- |

‘Legal Fight for C for Custody of

| chute and are now trekking out of |

| the jungle with native guides, it was {announced today. | An Army airplane search for the | crew had been hampered by a tropical FeiniStOY,

CHRYSLER LAYS OFF

~~ MORE EMPLOYEES

| funeral services were held today for |

Mrs. Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin, wife of Eddie Duchin, the orchestra | Mrs, Duchin died Tuesday, SIX days after the birth of a son.

BOB BURNS Says:

you see two people together and neither one of em sayin’ a word | for a long time, you can bet they're

either mighty good friends or they're |

I don't know why it is that when people meet] strangers, they feel like they!

married.

have'ta keep| chattin’ away]

all the time. I' Hh 324 8 cousin down home who never had any-

thing to say to | but | we never

the girls,

thought nothin’ of it because he knew ‘em all so well, but finally one day a city girl visited home and my cousin took her to a dance. The next. morning we were all so sur-

prised to learn that he was engaged | We all said, “How in the | world did you happen to propose to | the girl? Was it love at first sight?” | | {and my cousin said, “No, I danced |

with her three times and I couldn't |

| think of anything else to say!”

(Copyright. 1937)

BEFORE LOCKEFIELD GARDENS BLOOMED

OLLYWOOD,| Aug. 5.—When |

| Arbitration in

Disorder Fails.

| By United Press : DETROIT, Aug. 25. — Chrysler | Corp. laid off additional employees | today as its officials and United Automobile Workers’ Union representatives sought to determine re- | sponsibility for new labor controversies which have made an esti- | mated 23,000 workers idle. Plymouth division of Chrysler re- | mained closed and its gates locked | after yesterday's battling in which nine workers were injured in clashes | within the plant. Also closed was that division of the Briggs Body Corp. which supplies Plymouth with motor car | bodies. Herman L. Weckler, Chrysler vice | president, and Lester L. Colbert, resident attorney, met with union

| delegates today, but recessed the |

became apparent that no solution | was forthcoming.

Strike Authorized By Rail Workers

By United Press CLEVELAND, Aug. 5—General chairmen of five operating railroad | brotherhoods, backed by a membership vote authorizing a nationwide strike, prepared today for a wage negotiating conference with | an operators’ cominittee in Chi- | cago Aug. 11.

Before the Government began iis $3,000,000 Lockefield Gardens low-cost housing project three years ago, shacks like the one pictured here served as “homes” in the Locke St.-Indiana Ave. sector near City Hospital. They were razed, hut occupancy of the huge new apartment buildings was postponed for eight months by sporadic inclement weather and other delays.

session half an hour later when it |

THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1937

KERN ORDERS BIKE LICENSE | SALE STOPPED |

Fée Collection Is Held Up Pending Hearing on Injunction Suit.

600 REGISTERED SO FAR

Judge Slack Scheduled to Hear Case on Return Here Next Month.

Mayor Kern today ordered City | Controller Walter Boetcher to hold | up sale of bicycle licensed pending | a hearing on an injunction suit at- | tacking the licensing ordinance. Mr. Boetcher said he would order | Chief Morrissey to stop registrations. | Up to today, 600 have registered bi- | cycles, and 33 have been issued | licenses. The Mayor said he would continue to hold up licensing provided | a hearing is held “within a reasonable time.”

Hearing Likely Next Month

The suit is to be heard by Superior Court Judge L. Ert Slack. Judge Slack gow is out of town and is expected to return early in September. Final disposition of the case is not expected to be made before that time. City Attorney Clyde Baker conferred earlier today with Ernest Maholm, attorney who filed the suit. Superior Court Judge Joseph Williams told both attorneys he would not issue a temporary injunction pending Judge Slack's return unless the City refuses to with- | hold enforcement of the ordinance. | Mr. Baker and Mr. Maholm were | to confer again this afternoon. Chief Morrissey said that four stolen bicycles had been found in| registrations so far. He said investigations were being made to determine from whom the present owners S purchased | nem.

KIONAPED BABY LOSES PARENTS

Chicago Youngster Seems Likely.

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| who had cared for him since birth, |

Plymouth |

By United Press CHICAGO, Aug. 5.--The future of Donald Regan. who was Known as Donald Horst until his real parents “kidnaped” him from the couple

| rested today with the courts.

Mr. and Mrs. John Regan, who | ber of the Judiciary Committee and | was | pioneer of the President's Supreme |

Donald, having kissed all four | “parents” goodby, played by himself in St. Vincent's orphanage. “My heart aches,” Mrs. Horst cried. “I want that child. Won't you give him to me? We'll take care of him.” “He's my child and I'm entitled to him,” Mrs. Regan replied. “I've had a lot of heartaches myself.” Only missing figure in the Chicago mystery was Fred Ewert, who told the Regans where they could find their child and, according to police, helped them get him back. The “kidnaping” part of the mystery explcded when the Regans walked into the office of Assistant State's Attorney Wilbert F. Crowley and announced ‘about that matter last night—it wasn't a kidnaping.” Mrs. Regan formerly was Miss | Lydia Nelson. She married Fred Lavin, and they separated. She said she could not get a divorce. Then she met John Regan, and became his common-law wife, she said. In 1934 she found she was to have a baby. Dr. Anthony Rose said he would find someone to raise the baby.

WALLS ‘POINTED UP’

An interior view shows a discol from spring-rain seepage—one now have been “pointed up” and

Entered as Second-Class at Postoffice. Indianapolis.

Aids Baker's Defense

Times Photo. Peter Cancilla. . . . “I hit him on my own hook.”

Minton Drops 6-to-3 Rule

To Curb Supreme Court

Sees Little Chance di iy of Two-Thirds Plan Amendment.

By DANIFL M. KIDNEY | Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—Senator Minton will not offer his two-thirds (rule Supreme Court amendment

for Leaders Repu Grooming Dark Horse to Oppose Senator VanNuys.

State Administration leaders today were reported to be grooming a “dark horse” to _ oppose Senator Frederick VanNuys, who yesterday

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CANCILLA BACKS BAKER DENIAL HE ORDERED ATTACK

‘I Hit Him on My Own Hook,” Accused Attorney Says, With Defendant Disclaiming Any Mention of Coy’s Name.

"VOWS EX-WELFARE HEAD SHOVED HIM

| Assault Case Expected to Reach Jury Late

Today; Judge May Reduce Felony Charge to Misdemeanor.

Joel A. Baker and Peter A. Cancilla, jointly charged with assault and battery with intent to kill Wayne Coy, went to the witness stand in Criminal Court today in an effort to absolve Baker. Together, they denied all charges made in the testimony of 11 state witnesses linking Baker to the assault. “I hit him on my own hook,” Cancilla testified. “I never mentioned Coy in a conversation with Cancilla,” Baker told the jury of six men and six women. Cross-examination of | Baker, interrupted by the noon recess, was to continue

this afternoon. With at

least two more defense witnesses to be called, it appeared the case would go to the jury this afternoon or early tomorrow, Cancilla’s testimony indicated the defense course in his trial on the same charges, which is to follow 1 Baker's.

| Verbatim Testimony | of Wayne Coy and Peter Cancilla, Pages 12 and 13.

Coy Says—

A—He asked me if wouldn't take the heat off of Senate Bill 173. I told him I would not; that I expected to get it out- on the floor of the House of Representatives that evening. He wanted to know what all the pressure was behind this bill. I -told him it was required by the Social Secur-

Fled to Buffalo

He denied that Baker had told him, in the presence of Municipal Judge Dewey Myers, to “go get that guy” or that he had said to a waite ress as he left the Harrison tape room, “I've got a little job to do.” Cancilla claimed that he struck Mr. Coy after the former State Welfare Director had “shoved me and called me a --- -= = ===” Cancilla then fled to Buffalo, N, Y., he testi-

|W hen the lower court reform bill is | reported back to the Senate from the Judiciary Committee, he announced today. «His original proposal to offer this amendment, which would require at least a six-to-three decision of the | Supreme Court to declare a law un- | constitutional, created considerable | furore here. Senator Wheeler (D. Mont.) de- | clared it would be a violation of the | agreement which he had with the | Committee to leave the Supreme | Court out of the reform bill so far as any “packing” or “limitation of | power” was concerned. This view was shaded by Senator vanNuys (D. Ind.) who is a mem-

Court plan, Minton Pian Supported Senator Minton, however, received considerable support for his idea

| among the more ardent Administra-

tion men in the Senate. They agreed | | with him that they had entered into

| no agreement which would prevent |

his offering the two-thirds rule amendment. The junior Senator from Indiana was particularly anxious to have the opportunity to change the record of | his vote on the whole Court plan, for he followed Majority Leader Barkley in voting to recommit the

bill and thus,

Senator Minton, however, was just as ardent a supporter of the President's plan as Senator VanNuys was an opponent. On the day it was proposed he had a speech ready and a bill prepared to introduce which would

| have called for seven to two Su-

preme Court decisions in constitutional cases. He dropped his own

plan then to support that of the |

President. After conferring friends of the two-thirds rule, Senator Minton decided not to offer the amendment, since it would likely not succeed and might jeopardize its chances next session he said.

He said he still is for the idea, but

will say or do nothing now.

oration on the wall which resulted for delay in opening. The walls

ave been dry for months, Carl Fer-

guson; District PWA Housing Manager, says.

so far as the record | goes, he is listed as voting exactly as |

did his Coline. Senator Ny | ON INSIDE PAGES

with Senate |

announced he would be a “candidate for re-election in 1938.” The “dark horse,” a compromise candidate to satisfy factions within the party, probably will be intro- | duced at the Democratic Editorial | Association meeting Aug. 28 in | French Lick, some sources close to | the Administration said. | They explained that some potential candidates mentiont. earlier | were found to lack support from | important groups. Some of Governor Townsend's advisers are said to have cautioned i against supporting Samuel Jackson, | Ft. Wayne attorney mentioned { prominently as a possible conven- | tion opponent for Senator VanNuys.

Jackson-Peters Clash They reportedly referred to the | Sx. year-old fight between Mr. Jackson and R. Earl Peters, former State | chairman, Indiana FHA Adminis- | trator. Administration leaders claim Mr. Peters, still a potent party power, | has promised to support any candi- | date except Mr. Jackson. Others claim Mr. Peters, beaten'by the Mc- | Nutt machine when he sought the | Senate nomination in 1934, may try | again for the nomination. According to other leaders, Mayor

| Kern, whose name was mentioned

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TIMES FEATURES

| Bridge Broun

| Clapper Comics

ity Board to pass these amendments to the Public Welfare Act.. He said, “That's alot of - - « -)” I turned on my heel to walk away and was hit by him.

u ” ”

Q—Describe what happened, then, the best vou can. A—He hit me in the left temple. I staggered and was hit again in the mouth and fell to the floor,

Cancilla Says—

A—It was a short conversation. JI said, “Wait, I'd like to speak to you.” He stopped and I leaned against the wall there, and he stood in front of me. I said, “Is the Police Merit Bill an Administration bill?” and he said, “I haven't got time for you and your friends.” And I said, “Well, I've always had time for you and your friends.” And he said, “Well, IT haven't got time to talk to you.” And [I said, “You talk like a cheap politician.” He said, “You cheap “ee == = =====" and he pushed me against the wall and I hit him.

‘WHEELER CRITICIZES SALE OF HANDBOOKS

By United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 5—Senator | Wheeler (D. Mont.), chairman of | the Senate Rail Finance Committee, | today sharply criticized action of | the Democratic National Committee in selling convention handbooks, autographed by President Roosevelt. Senator Wheeler referred to testimony by Robert R. Young, New York financier, that he had bought $15,000 of the books shortly after purchasing control of the 23,000mile Van Sweringen rail system last spring.

PROJECT 99 PER CENT FINISHED . . . .

fied. He said he did not return to Indianapolis until he learned he had been indicted, and denied that he saw Baker between the time of the attack and his réturn. Meanwhile, Judge James A. Eme mert indicated that he would ine struct the jury to consider only the assault and battery charge. “I don’t think the State's evi dence is strong enough to support the felony charge (intent to kilD,” Judge Emmert told attorneys in the case.

Denies Link With Attack

Baker denied all allegations or ine ferences of his connection with the slugging of Mr. Coy. After a lengthy review of his rece ord of public life in various jobs, Baker was asked by Defense Ate torney Clyde Karrer: “On March 1, did you direct Pete Cancilla to hit Wayne Coy?” “I did not,” Baker answered. “Did you ever say to anyone, ‘20 get that guy?’ ” Mr. Karrer asked. “I did not.” “Did you hear Pete Cancilla say, ‘wait a couple of hours'?” “I did not.” “Did you every introduce Cancilla to anyone and say, ‘that's my man’, and pat him on the arm?” “I did not.” “Did you ever coerce or direct or ask Cancilla to hit Coy?” “No. I never mentioned Coy's name in a conversation with Cane cilla.” Mr. Karrer asked: “After the fight, did you ever say to anyone, ‘I hope he didn't hit the === == « ccea’?” “I did not. I didn’t say anything to anyone about the fight.” Under cross - examination by Prosecutor Herbert M. Spencer, Baker testified that Cancilla came to his office between 11 a. m. and noon on March 1 and that they started to the State House. “On the way over, Cancilla said

| that some policemen and Sheriff

Otto Ray had asked him to do something on the Police Merit Bill, We stopped at the Harrison Tape room and had two drinks and then (Turn to Page Thtee)

Today, Mr. Ferguson announced the coniractor had made a final agreement to remedy all defects, Any additional expense incurred through construction deficiency must be paid by the contractor and not by

the Federal Government, he said. Although he said the pro

date for occupancy. This is a view from an apartment

is 99 per cent finished, he declined to set a

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