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May 8, 1933

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Headlines from May 8, 1933

WARFARE RENEWED IN NORTHERN CHINA; Japanese in Peitaiho, South of Great Wall -- Native Forces Retreating. MONARCHIST AGENT SHOT Gen. Chang Ching-yao, Linked With Restorationists, Is Near Death in Peiping.

By the Associated Press

Japanese and Manchukuoan troops push Chinese 8 miles south of Peitaiho; Chinese warned to evacuate territory west of Lwan River on threat of renewal of attacks on Lwanchow

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DEBT TRUCE SOUGHT BY BRITISH AS PRICE OF TARIFF HOLIDAY; London Seems Ready to Block Roosevelt's Plans Pending Action on War Loans. COUNTER BY US IS DENIED Davis's Delay of Geneva Trip Was Not to Obstruct Arms Accord, Washington Says. HE PUSHES FOR DECISION Will See Runciman Today -- But Tories in the Cabinet Do Not Share MacDonald's World View. DEBT MORATORIUM SOUGHT BY BRITISH

By Ferdinand Kuhn Jr.wireless To the New York Times.by Ferdinand Kuhn Jr

World Monetary and Economic Conf plans

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LINDBERGHS HELD ALL NIGHT IN WILDS BY A SANDSTORM; Fliers Descend in Swirling Dust to Camp Amid Coyotes in Texas Panhandle. UNABLE TO SEE 100 FEET ' Better to Sit Down Than Go Through,' Colonel Says Later on Reaching Kansas City. SLEPT AND DINED IN PLANE Couple Unaware of Search by Planes and Vigil at Fields -- Con- tinue to St. Louis and Columbus. TEXAS SANDSTORM DOWNS LINDBERGHS

By the Associated Press

Forced down in Texas Panhandle by sandstorm; night in plane; arrive at Kansas City, Mo; refuel at St Louis; continue to Columbus, Ohio

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HE TOUCHES ON INFLATION; Will Use New Powers Only When, and if, Need Arises. FAIR WAGE RETURN HIS AIM President Plans to Put a Curb on Cutthroat Competition and Overproduction. SPEAKS TO NATION ON RADIO Other Nations Must Prosper, Too, He Remarks on London Parley Negotiations. ROOSEVELT SEES NATION A PARTNER

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Roosevelt explains need for Govt "partnership,"

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CONGRESS SPEEDS WORK; Securities Bill Comes Up in Senate Today and Farm Aid in House. RAINEY SETS SCHEDULE Expects House to Wind Up by June 1, With Debt Talk and 30-Hour Bill Barred. SENATE DELAYS FEARED With Many Controversial Topics Ahead, Its Rules Are Not So Conducive to Haste. CONGRESS SPEEDS ROOSEVELT BILLS

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Speaker Rainey reviews legis situation in regard to Roosevelt's program

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1933Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast of self-purification and launched a one-year campaign to help the Harijan movement.^[†]

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial activist, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule. He inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā, first applied to him in South Africa in 1914, is used worldwide.

Headlines from May 8, 1933

WARFARE RENEWED IN NORTHERN CHINA; Japanese in Peitaiho, South of Great Wall -- Native Forces Retreating. MONARCHIST AGENT SHOT Gen. Chang Ching-yao, Linked With Restorationists, Is Near Death in Peiping.

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