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I. 1 'rt I 7 THE EVENING BANNER, BENNINGTGN VTj FRIDAY, JULY 18SS fra r'V, PAGE FIVE 'V" BENNINGTON BRIEFS Vermont News For Many Years WAR REPORTS CLAIM CHINA HALTS JAPAN by appointment only Call, Writ or Telephone 698-J. Post Office and Station, North Bennington, Vt, OPEN DAILY 9 m. to 9 p. m.

SITTINGS BY PAY OR NIGHT USED FUNGO BAT Cleveland (AV Tris Speaker, the former Cleveland manager and outfielder, who held the major league record for consecutive hits until Pinky Higgins of the Boston Red Sox bettered it a few days ago with 12 straight, tells a funny one about how his streak started; I had ben In a slump. Walter Johnson was pitching against us, and I said to some of the fellows on the bench: The way Im hitting I might just as well take a fungo stick up there against this guy. I did and swung at the first good ball. The stick broke but the ball popped over the infield for a single and my stretch of 11 straight was underway. Benningtonians have bean going to KINGS SHINE PARLORS for the BEST SHINE.

Now for the same reason they are going to the same place for the BEST 7 SHOE REPAIRING and HAT CLEANING You know the placer NEXT DOOR TO WOOLWORTHS 4 1 All the Latest i i SHEET MUSIC 1 29c and 35c HIT FEARED FITCH Detroit (A). A curve ball, low and outside, is the sort of a pitch that Michael Frank (Pinky) Higgins, the righthanded batting third busiman of the Boston Red Sox doesnt like. But thats the kind of a pitch he got and connected with to better Tiis Speakers record and set a new major Lague mark for consecutive hits, and evtn dozen. His- record-breaking single came off Detroit) Roxie Lawson. Higgins hits were made in consecutive double headers with the Chicago White Sox and Detroit.

Higgins' streak was interrupted by two bases on balls. Speaker made 11 hits in a row, without getting a pass. Attend Church or Pay England has a Elizabethan law, which has never been repealed, compelling everyone to attend on Sunday under pain of a fine of 25 cents. -g- AT NIGHT Watch for the Green Its a Carver Taxi --r Prompt Courteous Service 24 HOURS EVERY DAY Phone 68 or 69 nwii r. 1 FIFTY YEARS Of COMPLEX FUNERAL SERVICE walbrTdge a COMPANY MODERN Tel, 287-W 550 Main St.

1 A Wonder In I Bennington Bookshop Tel. 259-M Japs Fail to Silence Chinese River Guns Shanghai, July 15 (A1) A 'terrific all-day bombardment from airplanes and warships had failed last night to silence Chinese guns of the Lion hill forts dominating both the entrance to Lake Poyang and the Yangtze river below Kiukiang. "The Lion is still roaring," Chinese said, and reported they were completing strong secondary field defenses in the region. Japanese said the rain of shells' and bombs blew up Chinese observation posts and badly, damaged many artillery positions on the hillside. They were unable to push on up the Yangtze river to Klugiang, 135 miles down stream from Hankow, the Chinese provisional capital, or launch an expedition across Lake Poyang to the Chinese air base at Nanchang, 100 miles south, without storming and capturing the gun-studded crest.

In their aerial operations Japanese said they sank a 200-ton Chinese gunboat on the lake. Numerous nearby villages were bombed and the airfields at Hankow and Nanchang were raided. Chinese official announcements said 156 were killed and 144 wounded in the third successive daily raid on Canton, South China metropolis. Thirty-four bodies were counted on a crowded vegetable market on the east bund where a bomb exploded in the midst of the attack by 37 planes directed against the Pearl river bridge and old power plant. Huge created havoc among crowded, flimsy dwellings on Honam North of the Yangtze river, Chinese troops were reported to have inflicted a defeat upon the Japanese 6th division at Tsienshan, 30 miles west of Anking.

Japanese dug in to wait for reinforcements after suffering 1700 casualties, Chinese said. In another two-day engagement in South Anhwei province, Chinese reported 400 Japanese killed and the unit defeated at Slangshan and Hwangshan. On the Yellow river front, Chinese announced the recapture by irregulars of Fengkiu, 15 miles north of Loyang on the Lunghai railway. From Peiping, however, Japanese in reports of warfare said their second campaign to clean up Shansi province was nearing completion. They announced the ocu-pation of Yuanchu, which they found burned by the retreating Chinese.

Another unit reached Yuncheng and relieved the siege of a detachment that had been completely surrounded. Yuanchu is on the north bank of the Yellow river, west of Loyang, and Yuncheng is near the outhwestern tip of Shansi province. Another Japanese column was hurrying to Hotsin, north of Yuncheng, where a unit was almost encircled. News and Advertisements of the Town and Village Born, July 11, at Putnam Memorial hospital, a son, to Mr. and Mrs.

I Harold E. Pleasant of Congress street. The baby wtighed 6 pounds and 5 ounces and has been named Robert James. I Mo. T.

J. Hanley and two sons, Thomas and Dexter, of Mitchel Field, N. are visiting at the home of Mrs. A. Dorion of Gage street.

Mrs. Hanley Is a niece of Mrs. Dorion and Mrs. Addle Hon-, iker. Mr.

and Mrs. Roger Thompson and son, Arthur, of Cleveland, have ai rived in Bennington to spend a two-week vacation at the home of Mr. Thompson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.

C. Thompson of Booth Terrace. Six young people gathered for a paity at Taconic Park between Willi mist wn and Pittsfield, Thursday, in noi of Guidon Ryan of Scott street, who was eilebrat.ng lis biithday. Mr. Ryan was the recipient of many gifts Any one who would enjoy seeing a group of about 100 Regal lillies in bloom is invited to call at 423 South street.

The flowers are in the garden at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Howe. The lillies are now at their best, but will soon begin to fade.

Louise Prentiss Tubby, sister of Roger W. Tubby of Peru, who is leporter for The Bannzr, was mar-rud to Captain Frederick Swann of London on Thuisday. The couple will live in Surrey, England. The brides home formerly was in Greenwich, Conn. Captain Swann is director of a British aviation cor-poiation.

the Hay Field This la tha FrmH 12 Tractor with Quick-AttachftbU 7-foot mowar operated by the power take-off. It ie a pleasure to watch thie outfit at work and turning it makes a perfectly square turn without any backing whatever. i Tel. DUO I I I i Defenders Force of Airplanes Continue Damaging Raids on Army of Invaders; Nip- i pones Unable to Capture Section of Yangtse and Brought to Stop Bombing of Japanese Craft Results in Reported Sinking of 49 Craft and 19 Others Turned Back to Shanghai in Need of Repairs; Advance Checked Shanghai, Jifly 15 (ps The tide of battle appeared today to be turning to favor the Chinese along the upper Yangtse river after damaging attacks by Chinese warplanes. Chinese announced that their airmen continually raiding Japanese forces both military and naval below Kiukiang which the Japanese have been unable to conquer two weeks of bitter fighting.

Kiukiang is 135 fnjlejs from JHan-kow seat of General Chiang Kai-Shek's government and the ultimate objective of the Japanese offensive. For three days now the Japanese have made no marked advance and Chinese insist their drive has been brought to a halt. While there was no positive evl. dence to support the Chinese claims it is fairly well established that the Chinese aerial force in recent days has damaged several Japanese naval craft. The Chinese high command in Hankow asserted 45 enemy war vessels had been sunk or damaged in the last two weeks and 19 of the ships were reported towed to Shanghai for repairs.

Wheat Crop Lans Set at 59-60 a Bushel Washington, July 15. Fashioned to assure the nations farmers a substantial price for their seasons enormous wheat crop, Secretary of Agucuituie Wallace yesterday announced details of the departments wheat loan program. The loans will i average between 59 and CO ernts per bushel The loans, which in the main will disbursed by the Commodity Credit corporation, be made, only to producers cooperating with the AAA program of soil conservation and production control. Th will be calculated from basic rates established for the prin-j cipal terminal markets The sched-i ule included differentials for freight and handling charges for the Western and Central wheat belts. In announcing the program, Wallace said' The wheat loans announced today are a part of an integrated ever-normal granary program for our major farm ciops.

This program can succezd only as wheat farmers cooperate in the whole AAA program for wheat. When made at reasonable rates, and if accepted by farmers as one patt of a general wheat program, wheat loans can be a blessing In the absence of other measures wheat loans can prove disastrous both to the government and to farmers. Youth Like Spring Samuel Butler in The Way of All Flesh, said: To me it seems that youth is like spring, an over-praised season delightful if it happens td be a favored one, but fit practice, ver-v rarely favored and more re- markable, as a general' rule, for biting east breezes. winds than genial i Before the days of lighthouses, men used to keep fires going on the shore to warn of dangeious points or to guide ships into the harbor. AT THE is yoMirtinmnie to save momey (S to ttBne Record of Happenings and Comment by the Barre Times Vermont Paragrapher Damages of 15,000 are sought by William Martin, Mount Holly blacksmith, from Philip R.

French of Andover, for what he declares are permenent injuries to hiihselt and serious Injuries to his wife, sustained Jn a collision at Gassetts nearly four months ago. Martin claims the other driver failed to keep on his side of the highway. i 'H Clinton -Rivers of Whiting likes companyu When he drove an automobile the other day he permitted three other persons to crowd into the front seat with him. He was fined for1 the crowded condition July 7, He. defaulted on the fine.

He was arrested again. Then a fine of $25 was tacked onto the original $5 fine, plus the costs on the original case. Rivers is trying to raise the money rather than go to county jail for 60 to 90 days. Charging that Guy Ciccolo of Malden, spit upon, terrified and humiliated her 12-year-old daughter, Mildred, In the street at Leicester, Mrs. Sarah French of Maple Heights, is suing Ciccolo for $1,000 damages.

A dispute over a right of way across land adjoining property owned by a relative of the Malden man and the grounds around a cottage of Mrs. French at Lake Dunmore, is held to be the cause of Ciccolos action. -Asserting that the showing of the much discussed film, "The Birth of a Baby, before the general public would be much the same thing as taking off our clothes in public, Dr. Benjamin F. Cook told the Rutland County Medical society at the Rutland' County Medical society at the Rutland Country club last Tuesday night that be was not opposed to the picture for its educational wortK, nor when displayed to adults.

Concluding his remarks, Dr. Cook said: Im not so sure we want it Carroll W. Dpten, formerly of the University of Vermont faculty but more recently professor of economics in Harvard university, nas purchased the Watters farm, the largest farm in the town of Brandon. There are 913 acres in the farm, about 700 acres of which are timberland. This was once called the basin farm because it includes the principal watershed in it npw has a dam and reservoir, for.

the Brandon water' supply on the The farm was used for two years as polony farm fqr some of fhe poysjn.Jhe state school in Bran- iH Early comemnt by local railroad union officials regarding' Judge flarland B. Howes order on Tuesday cutting the pay of the RuUand R. employes 15 per cent, effective AVgUst next, luWa "rathef guarded. There was a tendency to aWalti word from ationat union officials or until the order had been studied more carefully Chairman William F. Burke of the Shertyood of Railway Train-s however, did nent that order provided that 15 per cent of wages be Retained, until the road has money to meet the obligation.

Should the road be given up and the property sold, the men would have a first lien on the proceeds. That would mean that they would receive their back pay or such part of it as the funds received by the road would cover. If good times come, the men will receive all of the 15 per cent, he believed. Convention Leader In 1932 Dies, Age 65 Omaha, Nob, July 15 (AV Arthhr Mullen, 65, floor leader for President Roosevelt at the 1932 Denj-ocratic party national convention, died at his home here yesterday. Physicians said death was due to gastric ulcers.

Mullen, who entered Nebraska politics when 17 years eld, served as vice chairman of the national Democratic campaign committee following the convention, and, after President Roosevelts election, begad practice of law at Washington. Later President Roosevelt asked Mullen, 'because of Washington law practice, to resign as Nebraska national committeeman, a post Mullen held from 1916 to 1920 and regained in 1924. Mullen first declined to resign, but later bowed to Mr. Roosevelts demand and gave up his committee post. He remained in Washington until late in 1937 when ill health forced him to give up his law work and return home here.

Mullen was bom at Kingston, Ont. A few years later his family moved to ONeil, where Mullen entered county politics, holding several posts before entering the University of Michigan for law stu; dy. He received his law degree in 1900. Surviving a the widow and Oh son, J. Arthur, an Insurance Company extfitive at Detroit, Mich.

PLEA NOT GUILTY Fall Masl.J July 15 (A). John C. Condelmoi, 33, of Providence, R. I pleaded Innocent today to kidnaping Oswald S. Crock-foid, FaH-Rlvef labor leader.1' At the request of defense attorneys the case.waY5ontlnued until July 29 for trial.

After the arraignment additional charges of robbery and assault with intent to murder were placed against the defendant The charges ate Candelmo and three other men, unidentified as yet kidnaped Crock-ford, slugged him with a gun and took his car last July 6. PAILLETTES FOR TIES Paris Oft Paillettes on organdie lies to with tailored suits are jhiGol pUlette flash up white organdie. As 4ie stylo a -navy wool suit Worn with a sheer white lingerie blouse." v-'4- rr-'Vvfnr I The federal, mihfc Wab established id 1792. sr' ing Farmall 12 Tractor WHEN you get around to haying time you can get all the power you need for every operation in the McCormick-Deering Farmall 12 Tractor. Put a 7-foot Quick-Attachable mower on this tractor it can be put on in about 2 minutes and you will be able to cut from 20 to 30 acres a day.

And the Farmall 12 will rake the hay either with a sweep rake or side-delivery rake ted it, haul it to the bam, and put it into the mow if you want it to. The. low operating cost of the Farmall 12 recommends it to every hay grower. Come in and let us tell you about it. ASK FOR A DEMONSTRATION H.

W. MYERS SON i Wellington, New Zealand, Is 1070 miles an-Yokohama 1080 mites-nearer London via the" Panama Canal than via Suez. j-' Mi, 3 V.v I s' s'- y-J -i i' tVU -x Mft, 11,1 11 1 t-t A-? 4 -4 1 Incorporated Office and Yard Foot of School St. Ooft Hikes Stoop- 100-Passenger Plane Designs Announced San Diego, July 15 Completion of plans and design for a flying boat were announced yesterday by the Consolidated Aircraft corporation. The specifications indicate It will be a three-deck craft with gross weight of 168,000 pounds, wing span 194 feet, overall height 31 feet, lzngth 102 Vs feet, fuel capacity 8450 gallons, payload 25,000, high speed at 20,000 feet altitude, 276 miles per hour, range at same altitude 5000 miles; service ceiling 30,000 and stalling speed of 78 miles per hour.

In addition to 100 passengers, plans call for a crew of 16. Thirty-six of the passengers would be housed in the wing. The four 2150 horsepower liquid cooled engines are designed between spars in the wings with an extension shaft diiv-ing tractor propellers. In addition to the two and four-place cabins, there is planned a dining room to accommodate 18. It was announced that the design has been made to meet requirements set forth by the Pan American Airway for fast, economical transportation for long range together with comfort and convenience for passengers.

Auxiliary floats under each wing would be retractable. INVITATION TO FDR Rome, July 15 (A). The Fascist spokesman. Virginio Gayda, Invited President Roosevelt today to begin the disarmament he pleaded for at San Francisco yesterday by disarming the "aggressive oratory of American anti-Fascists. The authoritative editor in his paper took note of the Presidents "good intentions but added that Roosevelt's words left a citizen of the world "somewhat perplexed.

Rice is the principal food of half the human race. Dr. C. Fred Wandrey OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Telephone, Office 869 Honrs 19 to 12 and 2 to 4 Evening Mom, Wed, Frl, 7 to 8 304 South Street Special Foot Treatment O'TOOLE'S T-A-X-I Phone 544 Dr. A.

E. Evens OPTOMETRIST Cone Building, 439 Mala Street Tel Office Residence 58-M Hours 9 ie 1J and I fa 2 Evenings Ty Appointment I Eyes examined fey Appointment Office closed Thursday' afternoon the list values pasted on the windows, and better still, go inside and SEE the GOODS. Youll find HIGH CLASS MERCHANDISE, as low or LOWER than' you would have to pay ior cheap BSoimft eBay! TBae SaBe Be na! Aia mmsStt? 25 aft S'j .) 'l 1 flails .7 1 A A J. 4 7 1 I va-i -r' WFRANCES ViSALJA P. 'ADAMS ''Administratrix f.

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