New York, Sept. 12.
Tear bombs and stink bombs exploded simultaneously at 9 p.m. tonight in 24 movie. theatres in Manhattan and the Bronx.
Police said between 30 and 100 persons were given emergency treatment after suffering from effects of the missiles.
Theatre managers denied labour troubles as they recently signed a contract with the Operators' Union.—United Press Washington, Sept. 12.
Observers to-day regarded the Sino-Japanese conflict as a contributing factor in President Roosevelt's uncertainty whether to call a special session of Congress, Peace societies and pacifist organizations were increasingly demanding invocation of the Neutrality Act and, in the event of a special session, that demand certainly will be shouted on the Senate and House floors.
Six peace societies were continuing their campaign and made public a number of messages supporting the stand taken by Senator Homer T. Bone, Democrat of Washington, saying "Do American mothers want their sons blown to bits and subjected to the horrors of hell to defend a few corporate enterprises which are enriching nobody but their owners?"
Senator Bennett Champ Clarke, Democrat of Missouri, who led the anti-war bloc demanding mandatory instead of discriminatory invocating of the Neutrality Act, said to-day, "I think the present situation illustrates the fact that the Neutrality Act should be mandatory instead of discriminatory."—United Press.
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