CHINESE GAINING in Conaict OVER SHANGHAI

ÂfWIAQl OiAlLT CnOOLAXION lor Month of /oniMry* IM* MiiMniry ^ AaAt BnroM ^ of Otrenlstioiio. VOL. U h n o . 109. (Utaoitfled Adveiilring on Pngo 10.) SOUTH MANCHESTER. CONN^ SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 6. 1932. (TWELVE PAGES) PRICE THREE CENTS^ ' m OPENNEWT First Photo Shows Havoc Wrought at Santiago BUPINGIIERE CHINESE GAINING MOND^ NIGRI IN CONaiCT OVER SHANGHAI Although Dedication Pro gram Is Week Away Acti Today*s Developments CHAPEI IS CENTER vities Will Be In Foil In Far East Dispute Swing First of Week. OF MAJOR BATTLE By the Associated Press. ^door. The Methodist Mission, » Ne.xt Monday evening niarks the These were today’s outstanding^ been attacked before, developments in the Sino-Japanese was shelled. official opening of Manchester’s new American residents continued to Over 30,000 Men Now Engafcd In Fighting On Long and modern Y. M. C. A. building at (^ p u te: evacuate Nanking, but the consular the north end and In connection with The eighth consecutive day of officials remained. battle around Chapel began with an The U. S. S. Whipple,' a destroy Front—Foreigners Continae to Leare Nanhing—Two this Secretary William H. Pether- aerial bombardment and continued er, was badly damaged in collision bridge today announced the program with heavy artillery fire along a with a British steamer in the Jap PiaiKS Shot Down and Two Gronnded; American of events, social and athletic, which 16-mile front If there was any Whangpo river. will feature the week to precede the advantage In the fighting, it ap Japan delayed publication of a official dedication a week from to- peared to be with the Chinese. govei^nment statement in connection Flag Tom Down by Japanese; American Missions morrov.-. ’Two American missions, the with additional troops being sent to Open House Monday Presbyterian and Methodist Epis Shanghai, but it was understood It is the aim of the committee in copal South, were Invaded by Japan that the statement will pledge with Raided— Shdis Fall Within the International Settle charge to take every possible stride ese. An American consular notice drawal of the troops as quickly as toward the promotion of cleaner and waa^ tacked on the Presbyterian possible. ment—Tokyo’s Answer to Peace Proposals. finer recreation. Monday night will Crashing buildings and heaving streets terrified natives of Santiago de Cuba when two sharp earth quakes devastated the city. Rushed by airplane fr om Cuba and fiashed by telephoto,’ this typical scene By Assodsted Press shows a street of wreckage in the heart of the quake zone. Estimates of the damage to Santiago, second tinned to burn throughout the re city of Cuba, mounted steadily from $10,000,000 to $80,000,000 and were expected to go beyond the $100,000,- On toe ninth day of toe deadliest t mainder of toe day. 000 mark when a complete survey is possible. The death list has been set officlEilly at 12 and is not ex HERRUFS IN HARTFORD battle since toe World War except Shortly after toe air attack toe pected to exceed 20, although the toll of injured reached 500. Forewarned by a slight tremor soon after mid ing toe'GreeGe-Turklsh conflict, toe artillery and machine guns began night, most of the populace reached the streets before the major crash at dawn. Sino-Japanese struggle over Greater again. IS DESTROYED BY BLAZE Shanghai was deadlocked today with At 4:30 p. m. a sharp duel between little substantial gain for either the Japanese fliers and toe Chinese camp. anti-aircraft gunners ybegan. There, REPORTER DID NOT KNOW <$> IL DUCE TO VISIT With toe dawning of the Chinese were ten Japanese planes and they WOMEN PRESENT PLEAS Big Fnmitare Store on Main SEN. CARAWAY’S WIDOW continued circling over toe area f --------- New Year’s Day, supreme on their festive calendar, deadly gims instead loosing toeir bombs as they passed Washington, Peb. 6.—(AP)— over toe objectives on toe ground. A tense Senate hearing was on of harmless firecrackers were pop POPE NEXT WEEK Street In Ruins; Loss Esti ping along a 16 mile front stretching Planes Not Hit OF MILLIONS FOR PEACE when a small woman in black north from toe Japanese residential The CThinese smti-EUrcraft guns mated^ at $250,000; Fire smiling at the end of toe com section in toe International Settle' blazed away mightily. Observers mittee table broke in with a ment to the mouth of toe Whsmgpo who watched from a safe distance Two Have Never Met Before; question. River at Woosung. If there was could not see that any of toe planes Delegates From 56 Coon- JAPAN OUHINES men In Five Hour Battle. "Your name please?” inquired any edge it was with toe Chinese. were hit. The aviators were flying toe official shorthand reporter. Chapel, a Chinese city has been high, apparently remembering toe Their Conversations Not He blushed when she re ripped to shreds by shots and flame fate of three of toeir fellows yester tries At Geneva Demand plied; Senator Caraway,” Hartford, Peb. 6.—(AP)— Her- and many people have had their day who ventured too close to toe LEAGUE ATnTUDE homes blasted from under them. Chinese guns and were shot down To Be Made Pablic. ruiNS, Inc., furniture store at 1052 Arms Nearly 6,000,- Many Under Arms with their plane. Main street, was destroyed by a ’There are enough men under arms A thick blanket of smoke from spectacular three alarm fire early in the battle area and in this settle^ toe fires and dust from bomb hits Vatican City, Feb. 6.—(AP)'— ENGLISH FAM EIIS 000 Sgnatnres Presented To Oppose AppikaHon of today, and its blackened, broken four ment and enough fighting ships in covered toe sector. W. H. Petherbridge Premier Mussolini will visit Pope walls left standing a charred skelS' the 'Whangpoo River, to cany on a The Presbyterian Mission which Article 15 Winch Pro- Plus on Thursday of next week, toe ton. The three story bulldiqg, at the first class war. The Jânesethavd^ was forcibly entered today is owned be “Open House’’, the entire public Geneva, Feb. 6.—(AP)‘—'The voice third anniversary of toe Lateran comer of Morgan street was once WANT PROTECTION at.least 6,000 men on the firing line by toe Presbyterian Mission head of Manchester and surrounding and. toe Chinese nearly 25,000. quarters in New York. It has been ~bf the world at large echoed this Ttestyi ^^ was offIciaU^ announced ton old North church, one. of Hart- towns uid dês betqgiwslQPme to, ..•er-d'a landmark.loss.Is ,w tlr Amsrican Marines and Regulars ehgaged in toe printing and publlsb- moasihg in ths.Lsan of the d«\.^§^tes. vkies ^Drastic A(;tU)i*” tpdayr " 'Uumlagf about 6,000 and American in g biisthess; here for sixty yews. coBtoônff Inspect Tifae 'BtDldihg'. ?X- of 69 fiations a t' toe dlsarmanamit ‘ mated ItetweenÎto,000 and $250,- M. C. A^ôfficials will act-as guides The head of toe church and the 000. Protest Free Entry of Porl^ warSblpa Great Britain. France No one'knew why toe bluejackets during the tours of inspection. A conference. chief of the state will seal toe peace and Italy have upwards of 10,000 rahsEuficed it today unless they were ’Tokyo, Feb. 6.—(AP)—’The atti It was discovered shortly after 3 men ready fo^ action and their ships special entertainment consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Average ^tizen of which begem with toe Lateran Pact a. m., an hoter after smoke had been seeking anti-JapEUxese literature, dramatics and music will also fea 56 coimtries demanded through their tude of toe Japanese government and which was concluded last sum Cloim Imports From Den caimot be approximated. quantities of which have flooded toe detected in the vicinity but not The Chinese forts at Woosung ture the opening night’s program. representatives peace and disarma toward further and more drastic ac mer with the settlement of many located. So rapidly did it spread that district The owners protested to toe Acto^y Starts Tuesday ment. it was toe first time since tion by toe 'Leagfue of Nations on d etails have been pounded for three days United Stateh (X>nsulates. mark Are Ruining Thmn. and reported occupied. Nanking, toe- Destroyer Dwnaged Tuesday will mark the actual be the abortive conference of Nicholas the Slno-Japanese problem will be It will be a state visit with the (Oontinoed on Page 2) ginning of the YMCA. ’There will be H, that toe man in toe street and capital, has been bombarded and The United States destroyer Whip that you can lead a horse to water premier in full uniform. Alfredo evacuation of foreigners has begun. men’s gymnasium classes from bis wife were given official heed. Rocco, minister of justice. Count ple was beidly damEiged in a collision twelve to two and from five until Delegates of organizations num but you can’t make him drink, a London, Feb. 6. — (AP) — The Two Japanese airplanes have been in toe lower WhEmgxx) River, two government spokesmaa said today. Cesare De Vecchi, ambassador to shot down and two more grounded six-thirty. ’The : cooking demonstra bering hundreds of millions of men toe Holy See, and Francesco Quin- Dally Express today said J. F; miles from Shanghai, during the Instructions were sent from NEWSPAPERS AWAIT within their lines. A Japanese des day. The destroyer collided with toe. tions, which proved so popular at and women marched into toe con tei the preiiMer’s undersecretary, Wright, leader of toe Agricultural troyer was reported to have been ference hall with green bands on Tokyo during toe day to Naotake British steEuner Rosalie Mifiler, a the Manchester Community club last Sato, Japanese spokesman at toe will accompany him.

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