A ,TW E. MICH. IGAN DAIL.Y Bagdad Fliers Land In London, Far, Short Of Goal. sia blames panese For Rail Dispute Soviet Trade Parley Breaks With No Gain Versatile Bandsman 6fficials AttributeConstant Trouble Plot To Force Sale Of Road MOSCOW, Aug. 11. -- P- A reign of terror on the eastern line of the Chinese Eastern Railway, attributed by the Soviet press to Japanese and Manchurian efforts to force Soviet Russia to sellthe railroad line cheap- ly; was described today in a report by Russian Manager Rudi of the rail- road. It was published in a dispatch from Khabarovsk.. Rudi's report, made to the joint Manchukuo-Soviet board of direction, stated that conditions had grown alarmingly worse between June 17 and Aug. 6, enumerating: Twelve train wrecks; 43 bandit raids; two murders; 24 railway em- ployes wounded; 14 robberies; 28 cases of damage to the roadbed and rolling stock; 2 fires; 9 cases of sabotage to telegraph and telephone lines. He said the worst train wreck oc- curred July 28 when many members of the train crew were victims. The report listed, for the period between Jan. 1 and Aug. 6: Sixteen trains wrecked by planned damage to the tracks; 91 armed raids onrailway stations and barracks; 116 railway employes arrested or cap- tured; 9 bridges damaged; 46 mur- ders, including 9 of railway agents; ,s02persons injured including 83 rail- Away agents; 42 robberies of railway employes; 22 arsons of the railway property; 21 locomotives and 207 coaches damaged; physical losses, 300,000 gold rubles ($150,000) and other damages several hundred thou- sand rubles more. Rudi said that, in spite of the use of the armored trains and railway guards at its disposal, the railway board was unable to check the ban- ditry and outlawry and that, despite appeals to the military authorities, it iad received no assistance in its ef- fort to protect life and property. 'Who's Who' In Air Entered In Australia Race lilots From 15 Countries Enter Race From London To Melbourne LONDON, Aug. 11-(P) --A veri- table galaxy of international flying talent will race away from London on October 20 for an 11,000-mile drive, "Melbourne or bust." Of the 64 planes entered by pilots of 15. countries, America tops the list with 18, two ahead of Great Britain. Ameican aviation has a double stake in the aerial derby, however, since a number 6f foreign fliers have chosen American planes. These include Sir Charles ingsford-Smith, Australia's best-known pilot, and Col. J. C. Fitzmaurice, the Irish co- pilot of the "Bremen" in 1928 on the first east-west Atlantic flight. Big Money for Winner The race is a dual event combin- ing an "absolute speed" contest and a handicap competition. It is spon- sored by Sir MacPherson Robert- son, Australian candy magnate, in connection with the centenary cele- brations of Victoria and Melbourne. Sir MacPherson has posted $75,- 000 in cash prizes, the first flier to land on Flemington race course, Melbourne, winning $50,000 and a gold cup. Second to land will re- ceive $7,500 and the third $2,500. Handicap prizes, the winners of which will be calculated on the basis of best performance having regard to wing area, pay load and horse- power, are $10,000 for first place and $5,000. for second. The race has been routed across Europe, Iraq, India and Malaya with the only requirements that the pilots land at Baghdad, Allahabad, Singa- pore, Darwin, Charleville and Mel- bourne._. . Americans Top Speed List In addition, nearly a score of op- tional landing points approximately 500 miles apart have been designat- ed. Nine of the 64 entries are concen- trating on the speed prizes, seven of them American. These include Col. Roscoe Turner, coast-to-coast record holder; Wiley Post, the one-eyed Oklahoman who holds the round-the-world record; Clyde Pangborn, another globe flier; Miss Laura Ingalls; Herbert V. Tha- den and his wife, Louise Thaden; and Lieut. Col. G. R. Hutchinson. The greatest number of entries, 28, will contest simultaneously for both the speed and handicap prizes. In this list are Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mollison, C. W. A. Scott and Kings- ford- Smith, all England-Australia record makers. Many Enter 'Handitap Harry Lyon, comrade of Kings- America Awaits Word Russian Officials Of As -Associated Press Photo The "Trail of the Caribou" (below),' large twin-motored biplane carrying James Ayling and Leonard Reid, Canadian fliers, on a projected hop from Torgntoto Bagdad, landed in London after a flight of 31=hours across the Atlantic. The plane is shown as it took off from Wasaga Beach, Ontario. At top Reid is shown in the cockpit just before the takeoff, as he bid farewell to Lee Murray, Canadian representative of the builder of the plane., ii ussolini Possesses Powerful Press And Propaganda Bureau ROME, Aug. 11-(P)-Premier Mussolini has opened in Rome one of the most comprehensive and far- reaching press and propaganda bu- reaus in the world. It enables him to measure almost instantly the shifting currents of Bridge Star Misses Forcing Approach To oNose Of Rival ASBURY PARK, N. J., Aug. 11.- (A') - Two of the original "four horse- men" on contract bridge, P. Hal Sims and Oswald Jacoby, came twice to the verge of blows at the American Bridge League's national tournament, but the committee in charge decided it could doo nothing about it. With temperaments none the better for five days of championship play, the men - competitively and physi- cally among the biggest in the game - clashed first Friday night. Sims, a resident of Deal, N. J., took a swing at the husky "Ossie" after the New Yorker had objected to a story told by the master of one-over-one. Jacoby, whose name has become a synonym among tournament play- ers for psychic bids, sensed a per- sonal implication in the story. Demands Satisfaction Genial William E. McKenney, of Cleveland, secretary of the American Bridge League, planted himself be- tween the combatants and made it a no-hit contest. Jacoby demanded satisfaction from the executive committee, asserting that if it were not forthcoming he might withdraw from the league. Sims filed a counter complaint. Long after the players had gone home, the executive committee de- liberated over the protests. Sims, coming from the committee room, flung an epithet at Jacoby and the two had to be pulled apart. Failing to still the clamor with the announcement that "appropriate ac- tion" had been taken, the committee went into a second huddle. Then the chairman said: Enemies Meet InFinal Round "The conmittee reprimanded both players for their conduct, but im- posed no penalty as it is without our jurisdiction. Neutral scores will be given these players in tomorrow's final roujad of the masters' pairs when, in the course of play, they should come together." :Jacdby and hi partner, David Burnstine, have already clinched the men's pairs championship. Sims is playing with Waldemar von Zedtwitz, donor of the big gold cup which goes to the victors. Early in 1932, Jacoby rated Sims as the best of all contract players. That was in the days when they, Burnstine and Willard S. Karn were winning championships as the "four horsemen." A few months later Ja- coby was out - he explained that the others were jealous., Now Jacoby and Burnstine are teamed with Richard L. Frey and Howard Schenken, also of New York as the "four aces." Broiled T public opinion in all important coun- tries, to channelize the thought of his own country and to present the gospel of fascism to all corners of the world. Under the direction of Il Duce's son-in-law, Count Galeazzo Ciano, the bureau is housed in the beautiful Balestra palace on the Via Veneto, diagonally across the street from the American embassy and consulate. The office is, in effect, a ministry, with most of the powers, ramifica- tions and duties of a department of state. Divided into three sections, do- mestic, foreign and propaganda, Count Ciano's bureau scans leading papers of the important countries. Articles that interest Italy, how- ever indirectly, are clipped, pasted on file sheets, summarized on the margins and the outstanding passages underlined. These sheets are placed by, Count Ciano on his father-in- law's desk, thus giving the premier a readily graspable idea of foreign opinion. The bureau listens to the broad- casts of the chief radio stations in Europe. Clerks skilled in languages copy them in shorthand. The por- tions having an Italian interest are submitted to Il Duce the same as clippings from newspapers. All Italian motion pictures are re- viewed in a special room. The bureau selects the films which are deemed the best illustrations of the new Italy for foreign spectators. These go to Italian embassies and ministries for showing abroad. Books of a political nature, not only in Italian but in other languages are read carefully. The government's permission must be given before a book can be published in Italy, or before a foreign book can be circu- lated here. Another duty of the bureau is to hand out information to news re- porters. There are separate sections for Italian and foreign correspondents and information on all government departments is filtered through these sources. Prof, Hollister To Read Poetry To Speech Class} Prof. Richard Hollister will read from Tennyson, Browning and sev- eral recent poets at 8 p. in., Mon- day, August 13, in Room 205 Mason Hall. The reading will be especially for the students in his Speech class 144, but any others who may be interest- ed are cordially invited to attend. } VALUES you can't afford to miss 4 Half Off AlSALME Al cottons -pastel and striped wsh crepe lihter p nt and sheer -Suits and Diesses Ensembles of E printed dretses with plain wool and silk coats. Two- and three- piece Boucle Knits in lighter col- ors - ALL Sweaters and Skirts. DRESSES to Sizes 24% _4Smaller' sizes in ,sweater & skirts- Michigan Cities Seek Reduction Of Phone Rates Mui6 cipal Attorneys Plan Independent Action In Utilities Fight LANSING, Aug. 11.- (A') -Mich- igan cities today pressed for inde- pendent action seeking to lower gen- eral telephone rates throughout the state. More than a score of delegates at a meeting of the Michigan Associa- tion of City Attorneys Friday scored the state for its method of handling the Michigan Bell Telephone Co. rate case. The association chose a com- mittee to draft recommendations for a separate action by the cities in the rate litigation which is now pending before the Michigan public utilities commisison. Under the plan of the cities, an independent petition is ex- pected to be filed with the commis- sion seeking reduced rates. D. M. Britton, of Sturgis, was chos- en chairman of the committee. Other members are Arthur F. Lederle, as- sistant corporation counsel for De- troit, who was rebuked by utilities commission this week for his com- ment on the rate case; and Ganson Taggart, of Grand Rapids. The tension between the cities and the state was widened when Peter Fagan, secretary of the utilities com- mission, criticized the conduct of city legal representatives in the rate case. He declared they had not "helped the cause" of rate reduction. Fagan substituted for James B. Balch, chair- man of the commission, who was un- able to attend. The association, which is only two years old, elected David E. McLauglin, of Saginaw, as president. Other offi- cers are: Vice-president, Ganson Tag- gart, Grand Rapids; secretary, Thad- deus M. Machrowicz, Ferndale; and treasurer, Raymond J. Kelley, of De- troit. 75,000 SEE PARADE GRAND HAVEN, Aug. 11. -(IP) - A parade celebrating the centennial of Grand Haven, was witnessed here Friday by a crowd estimated at 75,- 000 persons. The parade was two and a half miles long. NegotiationsLag WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. - ) - Hopes of more trade with Russia hung in the balance today as negotiations threatened to reach an impasse. Upon word from Moscow, saying that the Soviet accepted or rejected United States proposals for a settle- ment of 16-year old debts and claims, depended the fate of the negotiations. For three weeks-since their trans- fer from fruitless sessions in Moscow - the talks between Secretary of State Hull and Alexander Troyanov- sky, Soviet ambassador, sailed along nicely, but they drifted late Friday toward trouble. After a man-to-man talk, a con- ference by Hull, Troyanovsky, and R. Walton Moore, assistant secretary of state, broke up without making head- way. Hull and Troyanovsky reserved comment on the possibility of a break- down, but Moore, obviously discour- aged, told newspapermen bluntly: "We will know in a few days whe- ther there is any possibility of an agreement." Troyanovsky admitted little prog- ress had been made, but asserted an agreement "must" be reached. It was understood Troyanovsky was unable Friday to accept Hull's pro- posal for settlement of a major point. The ambassador, it was understood, would communicate immediately with Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet commissar for foreign affairs and on Litvinoff's answer would depend the future of the talks. Preacher Bitten By Rattler On Road To Faith'.R ecovery SYLVA, N. C., Aug. 11. - (P) -Cre- dulous residents of the Balsam moun- tain fastnesses watched with awe to- day the workings of the "faith cure" on Albert Teester, 39-year-old holi- ness preacher who braved a rattle- snake's fangs to prove his Divine faith. "God will take care of it," the writhing Teester told his backwoods flock, after the reptile struck him twice Sunday night as he held it aloft in his pulpit. Spurning medical care, as did his wife when she diedof child birth several years ago, Teester said he handled the snake because Christ, as quoted in Luke 16, said "Thou shalt take up serpents." For years Teester had told his flock his faith made him impervious to fire and other human tortures. When the snake bit him he fled screaming from the pulpit, but regained his composure a short time later. His arm swelled. His tongue filled his mouth. His neck and back were inflamed. But he still held to the effi- cacy of faith as opposed to medical care. And today he appeared to be re- covering. Cures of the bite of the mountain rattler are not uncommon - when medical care is quickly administered. But seldom does the poison fail to be deadly if such care is not available and especially in cases where the I bare flesh is struck, as was Teester's arm twice. ARCADE JEWELRY SHOP College & Fraternity Jewelery Watch & Jewelry Repairing Engraving 16 Nickels Arc. Carl. F Bay ' F Once Student Here, Stu' Churchill Now Stars. With Waring' Stuart Churchill, former Univer- sity of Michigan student, is the most versatile member of Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians. He will find many of his Ann Arbor band pals in the. audience during his current appear-! ance in Detroit, which started Friday. Churchill led the drum section in the Varsity Band-a strange place to find him in view of the fact that he plays practically every instrument in the band. But he likes those drums-a cause for considerable con- sternation to "Frog-Voice" Poley Mc- Clintock, official drummer for the Pennsylvanians. With his Ann Arbor Phi Mu Alpha pin jauntily displayed on his vest, Stuart dropped in on Fred Waring when the latter visited Detroit in 1929, and requested an audition. Fred agreed. Two porters helped Stuart -Associated Press Photo * * * Prison, Break Fails; Convicts Slain In Fight BATON ROUGE, La., Aug.11.- (AP) Two convicts were shot and killed and six wounded at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola this morning when armed guards frustrated an at- tempted wholesale escape. The break was planned along the lines of the Dillinger "wooden gun" escape. The dead: Bill Bryant, long termer and leader in the bloody prison break of September, 1933, and Raymond Candler. Prison officials said Bryant and Lu- cas Badeaux, the latter charged sev- eral days ago with the fatal knifing of a fellow convict, rushed at Henry Clark, a guard. They were armed with cleverly fashioned wooden pistols. Clark commanded them to drop their weapons. They rushed on to- ward him. As other guards reached the spot, Clark cut loose, firing seven slugs. ;from an automatic rifle into Bryant's body. Firing broke out from other guards as nine convicts ran for liberty. Six were wounded and two of them are not expected to live. carry his instruments to the studio. Fred's eyes popped, but he braced himself and listened while Stuart gave the longest audition on record. Startings with the sax, he demon- strated his ability with the guitar, bassoon, tympani, vibraphone, vio- lin, flute and four other instruments. Then he sang! Fred hired him on the spot, and from that day" forward has been ex- tremely well pleased, for many times IStuart has been called at the eleventh hoiur to' fill in for an absent musi- cian. He is not only a"utility man but a star of the first water in any job which he fills.' 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