FOsa THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1931 FOUU THURSDAY, JULY 2~, iRSI new" Hoover Street Ku Klux Klan Warns Negroes When Fiery Crosses Burn Saline Farms Rooters For White Sox, Tigers To Be Visited Curious About These Yanks Torn Up When GasExplodes Gaping Hole, Eight Feet By Five Feet, Opened By Short Circuit An early morning explosion, caused by a short circuit in an underground electric power line igniting accumu- lated sewer gas, yesterday ripped open a sewer manhole opposite the Intramural Building on E. Hoover St. Though hundreds of southside resi- dents were awakened by the first, and four lesser blasts, no accidents re- sulted. The force of the blasts at 1:30 a.m. blew the cover and roof of the manhole, throwing chunks of pave- ment 100 feet, and leaving a gaping hole eight feet long, five feet wide, and four feet deepin the street. Bits of th flying pavement broke two windows in the Intramural Building. Residents a quarter-mile distance heard the initial explosion which they said shook the foundations of their houses. Damage done by the detonation was estimated at $800 by C. B. Sharp, supervisor of under- ground construction for the Detroit Edison Co. The loss may be greater, he said, if investigation shows dam- age to the power line ducts leading from the manhole. Mr. Sharp was not able to give an explanation of the short circuit in the line carrying 24,000 volts. An investigation yesterday by the Washtenaw Gas Co. disclosed no leakage of the firm's manufactured gas, but indicated traces of sewer gas in either direction from the blast scene, according to C. M. Shankland, secretary of the company. Detection of the odor of sewer gas in the Intramural Building led to the belief ,by gasmen that the gas had been driven back into the building by the burst, caused by accumulation in the manhole after having prob- ably traveled along underground con- duits. Electric sevice was only temporar- ily effected by the blast, power being quickly reestablished on a parallel line. The roof of the manhole was blown to bits and the framework pushed aside. . That no accidents resulted from the bursting manhole was at- tributed to the early hour of the de-1 tonation. Tea Dance Is Given By Southern Club To Tune Of Zwick By Sthur Takken The Southern Club, composed of Summer Session students whose homes or origin are below the Mason and Dixon line, sponsored its first tea dance yesterday. Attendance was greater than at any previous tea dance this summer. Charlie Zwick and his orchestra 3ooperated even to the extent of play- ing a "Paul Jones" dance, in con- formity with Southern custom. Club members were successful in efforts to acquaint those present with each Alher. Jane Barc occupied the attention of Jack Smiley. Phyllis Miner was seen with Phil Newman, and Fred Eoffmneister with Margery Erb. Hope Hartwig, president of the League, wore a dress of deep crimson and white. She was escorted by Jack Croft. Jean Geyer and Ted Grace were also present. Jack Airey was seen dancing with Blythe Miller, who wore a red print formal and a dark blue turban. Ted Ashby and Mary Libby were present together. Jerry Baron with Jessie Lee, and Eileen Youngdahl with Ed Wetter were seen near the refreshment table, where punch was served. Dancers were identified by tags bearing their names and home states. Patronesses were Mrs. Fielding H. Yost, Mrs. James B. Edmonson and Mrs. Warren Good. The following women, all members of the club, acted as assistants: Lu- cille Going, Georgia; Dorothy Olsen, Texas; Mary Green Johnson, Ken- tucky; Mildred Sink, Texas; Ethel Peaslee, West Virginia; Frances Skul- ley, Mississippi; Josephine Allens- worth, Louisiana; Margaret Friend, Tennessee; Ivalita Glascock, Mich- igan; Margaret Cooper, Texas; Car- olyn Newberry, Kentucky; and Wilma McIsaac, West Virginia. The club will sponsor a picnic next Wednesday at Portage Lake. Mem- bers will meet at 4 p.m. in front of Hill Auditorium, where transportation will be provided. Those who expect to attend are asked to call E. Ham- mernick, secretary of the club, whose telephone number is 6640. As Excursion Harold Gray Who Began Cooperative Farms, Will Conduct Students Sahne Valley Farms, cooperative farming venture, set up six years ago by Harold Gray, and located 15 miles south of Ann Arbor, will be visited Saturday by all Summer Session stu- NEW YORK.-(P)-It's dollars to1 doughnuts now on the American league race-and even those odds are: as liberal as a handout from Santa Claus.j What started out as a possiblel close pennant chase appears to have' become just another pushover for the New York Yankees. What they did last year with the breaks, they're duplicating now without .'em. From what has been going on in recent weeks, there doesn't seem to be another outfit in sight that can weeks, the sharpshooting of Iron Horse Lou Gehrig, and the extra- base barrage of Jolting Joe Di Mag- gi, who is having a better year as a sophomore than he enjoyed as a freshman, are making mince-meat of American league pitching talent. Whether it's intentional or not isn't known, but Gehrig, now near- ing the 1,900 mark in his consecutive game playing streak, seems to have given up the homer-hammering idea in favor of less distance and dents wishing to make the trip, it was ! come within a mile of the New York announced yesterday by Harold swat stars. j t I; 1 more hits of all He's clouted less park so far this; shapes than 15 season. and sizes. out of the Last year, warn against med- Ku Klux Klan members in full regalia burned fiery crosses at St. Petersburg, Fla., to dung with negro vote in municipal election. Police watched from the background. Will China Fight Japan? Answer Rests Soley With Chiang Kai-Shek, Dictator Vaughn, manager, who spoke on aspects of the farm at the Unitarian Church Sunday. Automobiles will leave the Uni- tarian Church at 2 p.m. Saturday. Persons desiring transportation should call 3085, Mr. Vaughn said. Guests may remain at the farm for recreation and a picnic supper, if they wish, he indicated. The manager will conduct the tour through the various industries run in connection with the enterprise- the canning factory, hatchery and cooperative store. The farm was established by Mr. Gray to demonstrate the feasibility of! the cooperative idea applied to pro- ducing units. He is particularly in- terested in the increased "human val- ues" involved in the experiment, ac- cording to Mr. Vaughn. but last year he was known to have had eight batteries of 150-millimeter heavy artillery described as equal in effectiveness to any movable ordnance in the world. While his air force is untried, last year he had 300 modern war planes and expected to add several dozen long-range U. S. bombers capable of punishing Japanese industrial cen- ters. So Chiang, once more facing the question, "Is it time really to fight back?" need not worry about man- power and perhaps does not worry about arms. His decision must rest to a great extent upon how far his unification program has been successful.k In the first place, they're making a gayer hitting holiday (for them- selves) of this season's race than theIy did of last year's, leading their own record mark for home run produc- tion. In the second place, they're breez- ing alone on an ever-widening lead in the American league, despite the fact that to date they haven't once had their squad at full strength, due to assorted ailments, injuries and early season holdouts. Pitching Improved Add to that the fact that they're getting far better pitching, particu- larly by come-backing Lefty Gomez, to back up their fence-busting. Go- mez, snapping back to form after a poor season last year, is making a hot bid not only for one of his best years, but also for the league's earned-run mark for the campaign. Along with him, Charley (The Red) Ruffing, who made a late start be- cause of his holdout, and Monte Pearson, back in form again after a sore arm layoff, both look, at this writing, to be 20-game winners be- fore the final put-out next October: If anything, the slaughter squad is more murderous than ever at the plate. Although they've been miss- ing their outfield ace, George Sel- kirk, out with an injury for several for the same period, he was already past the 20-mark. New Home Run King In his place, Di Maggio, leading both leagues in round-trip belts, is taking over the long distance produc- tion, closely followed by Selkirk and Battering Bill Dickey. The tip-off on the Yankees, al- though brought into the open by the way they took ' the all-star game apart, came during the first 21/2 months of the campaign. HOSTESSES WANTED All girls interested in serving as assistants at either the Friday or Saturday night dances are asked to call Jeanne Geyer at 7117 or Phyllis Miner at 23281. Week-End Special Thurs. - Fri. - Sat. MICHIGAN SEAL STATIONERY 50 Sheets 50 Envelopes Only I 39cI Will China really go to war with Japan? The answer depends pretty much on Chiang Kai-Shek, once a poor Chinese laborer, now China's boss. For years the 51-year-old head of China's one-party government has been preparing for war; several times Chinese Generals have tried to force him into it. But always Chiang has spoken softly-waited for the shadow of his Big Stick to grow longer. The hostilities at Peiping did not catch him unprepared. But is he pre- pared enough to determine for once and for all the outcome of Japan's adventure on the Asiatic mainland? 'Weaseling Tactics' Recent history indicates that Japan cannot force his hand, even by grab- bing another piece of Chinese terri- tory. Chiang's tactics for the last decade would be called "weaseling" in the United States. He merely stood by while Japan took Manchuria, added the province of Jehol and penetrated North China. When Japanese sailors and soldiers attacked Shanghai, he let the Can- tonese Nineteenth Route Army de- fend the city--did not throw his own forces into the conflict. When Cantonese generals rebelled early last summer and marched northward toward Chiang's strong- hold at Nanking, demanding that he stop Japanese aggression, he again spoke softly. When the young mar- shal, Chang Hsueh-Liang kidnaped him last winter, demanding that Nan- king fight Japan, Chiang took no ac- tiQn beyond seeing that his captor was not punished. Don't Be Hasty Yet through it, all he has strength- ened his hold on China. The reason he and his nationalist government have won even while China as a whole has seemed to be losing lies in his credo of "China for the Chinese," with the unexpressed proviso, "But let's not be hasty about it." When Chiang set out from Canton 11 years ago, he might have been just another Chinese general out to start just another civil war. But soon the world heard he was fighting to unify China. His expedi- tionary force established a nationalist government at Hankow. A year later, following the capture -of Shanghai, he broke with his Soviet Russian advisers and set up a rival regime at Nan- king. In 1928 he became generalissimo of the nationalist forces. Then he set the north, and occupied the Peking out against war lords still farther to area. With the capture of Peking, the name of China's old capital was changed to Peiping, and the military stage of the revolution was ended, theoretically. Actually, however, Chi- ang found his struggle for unification just beginning. Curbs War Lords Manchuria went to Japan; Outer Mongolia to Russia. The Japanese continued to edge southward. Critics said that Chiang didn't care-even that he might have a secret agree- ment with Tokyo. His friends said "Wait and see." Events seem to have vindicated his friends. China lost territory, but was better able to care for the rest. Instead of fighting Japan, or Russia, Chiang concentrated on China's own war lords and almost-independent governors, curtailing their power or oringing them within Nanking's fold. He fought illiteracy and the opium curse, sought to reform the currency. He has built hundreds of schools and hospitals, encouraged new industries, improved farming methods. He has brought distant provinces more closely under his control by organizing airlines, increasing high- way mileage five-fold, adding several thousand miles of railways, and op- erating a radio station at Nanking to which millions listen. Relies Strongly On Wife He is the world's only dictator who puts any considerable trust in a woman. One of the few oriental leaders to have been trained in the Orient, he has listened attentively to the advice of his pretty and brilliant Week-End Special Thurs. - Fri. - Sat. 60c DRENE SHAMPOO Only 49c American-educated wife. While Chiang's chief weapons for unification rave been patience, com- promise and persuasion, he foresaw they would be of no lasting value against enemies from without. So he has built up a great modern army. The troops under his command a year ago were estimated at half a million-well-trained and well-equip- ped. If provincial war lords sup- ported him, he probably could count on another quarter-million. Because of compulsory military training, his reserves may number millions. His forces are equipped with rifles, hand grenades, machine guns and trench mortars, made in China but modeled on European and Japanese equipment. 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