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ASHEBORO, N. C„ THURSDAY, SEPT. 2, 1937
“Over 10,000 People
Welcome You to
Asheboro, the Center
of North Carolina”
NUMBER 97
SUB SINKS BRITISH TANKER OFF GIBRALTAR
Statesman, Warrior, Church man Urge
Evacuation of War-tangled Shanghai
Hull Determined
To Avoid Conflict
Secretary of State, in First
Public Speech, Voices
Hope For Peace.
Urges Action
Calls Attention to Results Of
World-wide War; Says De
partment Knows Best.
Washington, Sept. 2.—“Our en
tire nation is determined to avoid
being again entangled in hostili
ties,” declared Cordell Hull, secre
tary of state, in an address here
last night.
This was the first public utter
ance that has come from the Ten
nesseean since Japan began her un
declared war upon China. He said
1 be hoped that his department would
merit the- name sometimes given
of “The Department of Peace.”
With the eyes of the world upon
the state portfolio at this time, in
its mission of world-peace, Secre
[. tary Huli chose, “Activities of the
Department of State,” as his theme
| and told what this great arm of the
government is doing to restrain un
toward utterances at home and
maintain peaceful relations with
foreign powers in the present cri
sis.
Compare Relations
Secretary Hull likened in elemen
tary terms, international problems
to the private relationships of a
group of human beings and de
clared that “there are the same in
stances of altruism and selfishness,
of complacency and jealousy, of
good nature and backbiting that
we find in any normal community
we are familiar ninth,” •
Couching his address in language
that tha layman can easily under
stand, Secretary Hull continued:
“Ti.o many people are prone to
disregard the work of the Depart
ment of State, except in time of
c.is;« .-d to dio-tunrd the fact
that its successful •."nclion ng is
vita to th national w 1-being and
ltcne- to every citizen in the United
States. Yet is is the undramatic,
unseen day-to-day work of the de
partment which keeps our relation
ships with other countries on an
even keel, which prevents a crisis
from breaking out, and which one
stage further back removes a cause
of friction before it has had time
to assume serious proportions. It
is in these day-to-day tasks that
some of our most useful work is
done.
Bishop Cannon
Richmond, Va., Sept. 2.—LV)—
Bishop James Cannon, Jr., of the
Methodist Episcopal church, South,
suggested in a letter to Secretary
Cordell Hull today that the United
States join with Great Britain
France and other “peace-loving na
tions “to declare tp Japan that her
warfare against China must cease.”
Rush Holt Seeks
Ban On 3rd Term
Washington, Sept. 2.—(.P)—Rush
Holt, (D-W. Va.) today stated he
will seek to record the senate
against a third term for President
Roosevelt.
The administration critic said he
would offer the resplution approved
by the senate in 1926 and by the
house in 11)75.
THE WEATHER
North Carolina: Generally fair
tonight and Friday except possible
Showers in the mountains Friday
afternoon.
Peace Advocate
The menace to American lives in
the conflict between Chinese and
Japanese forces at Shanghai
brought Secretary of State Cor
dell Hull to the White House for
a conference with President
Roosevelt and other officials to
map out steps to be taken to
protect U. S. nationals and
property.
Cape Cod Parole
Entices Convicts
Georgia Governor Raps Mas
sachusetts; Cites “Hurley
Day.”
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 2.—<.P>—
A “spend your parole at Cape Cod’’
movement started today in Georgia
following Governor E. D. Rivers’
release of a prisoner on the
grounds he would spend the re
mainder of his parole term ;n
Massachusetts.
Rivers today said six applicants
—four life termers for murder and
two others—amended their appeal
for clemency to express willing
ness to live in Massachusetts if
allowed freedom.
Eighty-eight prisoners, the gov
ernor said who escaped on “Hur
ley Day” are still at large.
“Hurley Day”, he said, “is July
27, the day Governor Charles Hur
ley criticized Georgia prison con
ditions and declined to. return a
Georgia chaingang fugitive.”
Tiny Brother and Sister
Attracting Much Attention
Among the several interesting
cases that have come under the care!
of the crippled children’s clinic
which has been operated in Ashe
boro by the Rotary club for more
than two years, are two very small
children of Mr. and Mrs. Diffie
Brown of Bennett.
The children, a little girl aged
five, named Eva, and her brother,
Will, two, have been having treat
ment for three months from Dr.
Wheeldon, who is m charge of the
children’s clinic and have showed
some improvement, according to
their parents, who are quite pleas
ed.
Eva, who weighed about five
pounds when she was born, now
weighs 18 1-4 pounds. One pound
of this total weight, she has gain
ed during the past week. She ;s
quite spry,despite her unusually
small sice and her mind is active.,
She has a pleasing personality and j
Smedley Butler
Cites Oil Concern
Ex-Marine Leader Tops Anti
War Day of Vets With
Stinging Talk.
Senator Clark Agrees
Butler Says, “Take Our Arm
ed Forces Out of China—
Keep ’Em Out.”
Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 2.—(JP>—
America’s veterans of foreign wars
yesterday boomed their approval
when two national convention
speakers declared that American
nationals and troops should be with
drawn immediately from the Sino
Japanesc war zone.
Both Major General Smedley D.
Butler, retired officer or the mar
ine corps, and United States Sena
tor Bennett Champ Clark of Miss
ouri said American soldiers and
sailors should not be kept in the
war zone to protect American in
dustrial interests.
“The only reason we’re in China
now is the Standard Oil company.”
shouted Butler after doffing his
coat and loosening his tie.
Butler asked the veterans to pass
a resolution asking President Roos
evelt for an immediate statement
of the government’s policy in the
Orient and “whether he intends to
send American soldiers to China to
protect capital there.” ,
Senator Clark said, “I agree with
General Butler that I wouldn’t risk
the life of American citizens for
all the interests the Standard Oil
company has in China.”
“In 1917 they sent you fellows ov
er to Germany to defend your
homes,” said Butler, “It’s all a rac
ket—the racket that lets American
capital inevsted abroad do so un
der our sacred emblem arid get us
into trouble.”
“Neutrality laws won’t work,”*
Butler told the veterans. “No la”'
can tell the Standard Oil company
when or where it can sell its pro
ducts.”
Butler said the United States
should use its marines to remove
from China immediately “2,000 of
our citizens who have been sitting
in danger in Shanghai for six
months.”
“Then we should get our armed
forces the hell out of China and
keep them out,” he declared.
Loyalists Seek
Surrender Terms
Making Offers to Franco For
Evacuation of Dijon
„ In North.
Hendaye, Franco-Spanish Fron
tier, Sept. 2.—t/P)—Asturian gov
ernment leaders were reported at
tempting to arrange surrender
terms with the insurgent troops.
Dijon and virtually all the rest of
the government held lands in north
west Spain were being considered
for surrender.
Vetoes Port Bill
Washington, Sept. 2.—(/P)—
President Roosevelt today vetoed
the District of Columbia airport bill
on the ground that the principal
aviation field in the National capi
tal should not be owned or con
trolled by a private corporation.
likes attention, also the doctor, she
said.
Brother Will is really tiny and
has not gained quite so much, but
he is very well and active. When
his farher put him on a bicycle
seat, his tiny, ambitious legs, rea
ched for the pdals which were far
out of his reach. Will, who now
weighs 13 pounds, like his sister,
was small from birth.
The mother and father are per
fectly normal people, also the
grandmother, Mrs. Sara Ann
Brown, all of whom accompanied
the two children for treatment to
day at Randolph hospital where
they are receiving treatment along
with a score of other Randolpn
children who attend the crippled
children’s clinic. They live at
Bennett route, in eastern Randolph,
on* the Randolph-Chatham county
lines.
Steel Helmeted
Marines In Line.
Of Japan’s Fire
Tokyo's Airmen Bombed Am*
erican-He’d Line; No
Deaths Reported.
Had Warned British
Sunset Air Raid Brings Ad
ded Danger to U. S. De- >
fenders of Zone.
Shanghai, Sept. 2.—(/P>—Japa
nese air squadrons dumped bombs
on the northern borders of the In
ternational settlement in a sunset
air raid this evening just missing
the sand-bagged sectors defended
by American Marines.
The bombs played havoc with
life and property but apparently
reached no military objective.
Shrapnel fell about the United
States Marine posts. The American
lines were in direct range of the
fire.
The steel helmeted Marines were
in constant danger of serious cas
ualties, increased when Japanese
air bombers and naval gunners
over-shot .their marks.
Several Chinese buildings were
destroyed.
A dozen miles to the north the;
major fighting surged on with the
Japanese asserting their troops
were approaching the walls of Taa
shan.
Chinese authorities declared their
lines were holding firmly.
American naval observers were
amazed at the use of expensive
shells and bombs the Japanese wer%
using. Most of the projectiles
were falling in waste land unde
fended by Chinese troops. When
the Chinese did come within range
they burrowed into the earth like
ground hogs, coming out when the
bombing stopped.
In the northern sections the Jap^
anese -army brought the - entiW
length of the Kalgan railroad pn
der its domain.
Shortly before the sunset raid,
Japan’s naval authorities warred
the British army to evacuate its
outpost on the west boundary of
the International settlement as they
were preparing to bomb Chinese
communication lines in the adja
cent district.
The British did not reply.
Judge A. M. Stack
Succumbs Today
Dies in Monroe Hospital; Is
Well and Favorably Known
In Randolph.
Judge A. M. Stack, former Su
perior court judge, died this morn
ing in a Monroe hospital, according
to noon news reports today. De
tails of the death are meager and
funeral plans are unannounced as
yet, but Judge Stack has a great
many friends in Randolph county
where he served three terms as
judge in this district. He was one
of the most popular judges in this
district and was known as a fear
less official.
As a young man, he practiced law
in Monroe. At one time, he was
the partner of Judge John J. Par
ker, now a judge in the federal
courts. He served as solicitor be
fore he was elected to the bench
to succeed Judge Walter Brocks,
of Wadesboro and Asheboro.
In 1934, Judge Stack retired
from the bench and was succeeded
by Judge Don Phillips of Rocking
ham. Since that time, ha has done
private practice in his home town
of Monroe.
For many years, Judge Stack
has been in rather poor health, but
kept up his practice until recently.
He was twice married, with several
daughters surviving from the first
marriage. His second marriage
was to Mrs. Brittain of Summer
field, a daughter of the Rev. Mr.
Craven, a Methodist minister of
Liberty, in this county.
Both Judge Stack and Mrs. Sta k
were quite popular during the time
he served in this district. Two
of the daughters, Miss Lillian and
Miss Rebecca Stack, are graduates
of Salem college and have school
friends in the county.
War Pensions
Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 2.—(/Pi—
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
voted today to work “vigorously
for a general war pension unless
jobs for the unemployed ex-sol
diers are provided.”
Greensboro Attorney
George Younts, well known
Greensboro attorney, was in Ashe
boro yesterday preparing several
cases for nex week’s term of court.
Refugees and Shipping
Face Typhoon Dangers;
Honkong Harbor Struck
-4
Forged a Check
and Got a Job
There’s a big reason for the big
grin, becomingly worn by Betty
Jane Wasson, above, former
University of Minnesota co-ed.
Charged by Seattle, Wash., au
thorities with a $6-check forg
ery, Betty Jane had to get a job
to forestall prosecution. Police
broadcast an appeal in her be
half—several offers were re
ceived—and you see Betty Jane
smiling .her gratitude from be
hind the counter of a Seattle
Statist's shop,.
County Schools To
Open September 9
Date Fixed Prior to City Re
Opening ; Bus Drivers’
Test Wednesday.
Superintendent of county schools,
T. F. Bulla, today announced many
persons have confused the opening
of the county schools, September
9 with the opening date of the
Asheboro city schools. All county
schools will open Thursday morn
ing, September 9 at 9 o’clock in
the morning.
Virtually every school building in
the county districts have been re
paired and repainted and many
have now departments. The facul
ty of all county schools have been
completed and the staffs will be on
hand Thursday morning to welcome
the students back for the fall term.
School buses have been repaired
and repainted and several new
vehicles have been added to the
county equipment.
Drivers of the buses will assem
ble at Superintendent Bulla’s office
in Asheboro, Wednesday morning,
September 8, to take special driv
ers’ examination. The tests will be
conducted by state highway patrol
man Norris. Drivers will be as
signed buses at the conclusion of
the examination.
All text books and other mater
ials have been distributed to the
various schools in the county.
The Balfour school board and
members of the faculty will be at
the school Thursday morning, Sep
tember 9, for the school opening.
Parents are urged to have their
children at the school promptly
that morning.
Roosevelt Blasts
Unholy Alliance
Signs Sugar Bill; Assails
Provisions Restricting U.
S. Importation.
Hyde Park, N. Y„ Sept. 2.—(-T»—
President Roosevelt tonight signed
the sugar quota bill, but with an
understanding that the “unholy al
liance between the cane and beet
growers on the one hand and the
seaboard refining monopoely on the
other, has been terminated by the
growers.”
In a statement bitterly assailing
the bill’s provisions to restrict re
fined imports from Hawaii, Puerto
Rico and the Virgin Islands for
another two and a half years, the
President said the measure’s value
had been seriously impaired in
value by legalizing a “virtual mo
nopoly in the hands of a small
group of seaboard refiners.”
Fires Rage In
British Sector
Shipping Tossed Ashore;
Death Toll May Reach
Into Thousands.
Ships Send SOS
Harbor Thronged With Ships
From War-Tom Shanghai
City.
Honkong, Sept. 2.—CP)—Fire
caused by a disastrous typhoon
raged through Honkong today af
ter a 125 mile wind had taken hun
dreds of lives ashore and at sea.
The death toll is rising steadily
and officials stated it has reached
the 500 mark. They fear the
deaths will reach in thousands.
The British Crown colony was
waste deep in water.
Large and small ships were toss
ed on the sea wall and strewn thru
the submerged water-front streets.
Distress calls from ships poured
in from all sections. Shipping
suffered heavily from the gale, the
worst ir. Honkong history.
The harbor was thronged with
shipping from the Shanghai war
zone and with ships which have ta
ken refuge from the Japanese
blockade of the Chinese coast near
that war-torn city.
Roosevelt Signs
Low Housing Act
Also Approves Helium Law,
Allows Exportation To
Foreign Countries.
Hyde Park, N. Y., Sept. 2.—CP)
—President Roosevelt today ap
proved the Wagner-Seagull bill,
launching a $526,000,000 experi
ence in Federal local low rent hous
ing construction.
He also signed the bill authoriz
ing a government monopoly in the
production of helium and changing
export rules to permit its sale to
foreign countries in restricted qua
ntities for commercial and medical
purposes.
A. F. L. Invitation
Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 2.—
</P)—William Green, president of
the American Federation of Labor
today said the federation would
welcome the ten suspended CIO
unions if they would return with
out any conditions. He said it
would be the first step to reunite
the American labor movement di
vided into two sections.
Asheboro City School Line
Announced; To Open Sept. 16
Must Be 6 Prior to October 1
For Enrollment; All As
signments Complete.
Asheboro has been divided into
two school distVicts insofar as the
first four grades are concerned.
Students who reside on the west
side of the division line will attend
the Park Street school while those
on the east side will go to the Fay
etteville Street school.
The local board has announced
following division line:
Beginning in the southerly sec
tion of the city at the Norfolk Sou
thern railroad, thence northerly al
ong North street, then up Cemetery
street to Miller street, along Mil
ler street to Fayetteville street.
Those residing on»Cemetery street,
either side, will go to the Park
street school. All those residing
north of Miller street will go to the
Fayetteville street school.
One section of the fifth grade
will be taught in the West school.
The students in this grade were in
structed at the close of last term
where they would be assigned this
year. All other fifth grade stu
dents will attend the East school.
The Asheboro city schools will
open September 16.
Youngsters must be six years of
age, prior to October 1, to enroll
for the first school month.
Teacher Returns
Miss Mabel Robertson, home eco
nomics teacher in the Asheboro
high school, has returned to Ashe
boro from a conference on the vo
cational program of home econo
At 84, He Rides
Bike 1000 Miles
Starting off on a 1000-mile jaunt
from Chicago to his home in
Underhill, Vt., was just routine
“exercise” for sturdy William C.
Bailey, 84, shown above as he
rolled out of the city. Bailey
took up bicycle riding for his
health when he was 78 and has
ridden 11,000 miles the last five
years. It took him 18 days to
pedal from Underhill to Chicago.
Scouts Jamboree
At Fair Grounds
Troop 27 to Welcome Home
Eagle Scout Stedman;
Adults Invited.
Troop 27, Boy Scouts have com
pleted plans for the “Little Jam
boree” which opens at the Ran
dolph county fair grounds this af
ternoon. The Troop will play hosts
to all other troops and scouts in
Randolph county.
The gathering is scheduled as an
official “Home Coming” to David
Stedman who attended the interna
tional Jamboree in Europe during
the summer.
B. W. Hackney, chief of the
scouts of the Uwharrie council will
be present. The scout council has
extended and invitation to all ad
ults interested in scouting to attend
the affair.
The session will open at 5:30
o’clock. At the conclusion of the
program the scouts will be hosts at
a watermelon feast.
mics held at W. C. U. N. C. in
Greensbro.
Miss Catherine Dennis, supervis
or of the vocational program of
home economics in North Carolina
was in charge of the five day ses
sion .assisted by Miss Virginia
Ward.
The program of home economics
includes teaching the high school
students during the day and super
vising and directing home projects
on the part of the students. Be
sides teaching the high school stu
dents during the day, the provis
ions of the program include con
ducting adult classes if the com
munity is interested. The program
also includes participation in other
community activities which have as
their purpose the betterment of
home living or home life. The in
struction includes training in home
beautification, child development,
home nursing, personal hygiene,
food needs, care and selection of
clothing, etc.
The teachers of the vocational
program of home economics are un
der the supervision of the superin
tendent and principal of the school
but not included in the regular tea
cher allotment by the state. Two
thirds of the teacher’s salary is
paid through the division of voca
tional education of the state de
partment of public instruction.
During the time school is not in
session the teacher will devote her
time to personal .improvement, im
provement of the home economics
department, home visiting and the
supervision of home projects and
and other community activities.
Government I mds
More Ships to
Sub-infesi *Sea
London Announces it Will Not
“Tolerate” Attack on Em
pire Shipping.
Tanker Sinks Quickly
“Life Line of Empire”
Threatened; Believe Sub
Was Destroyed.
London, Sept. 2.—(.P)—The Brit
ish cabinet, aroused by the action
of a mysterious submarine off the
coast of Spain and the sinking- of a
British tanker yesterday, today
sent reinforcements to her fleet of
Gibraltar.
Informed circles contend the gov
ernment was considering the pos-.
siblity of further attacks against
her shipping, the “Life Line of the
Empire” to commerce and the col
onies.
The tanker, Woodford, flying the
British flag went down off the east
coast of Spain yesterday, torpedoed
by an under-seas craft near the lo
cation where the warship Havock
was attacked.
The Woodfords’ second engineer
was kilied. Six seamen were in
jured.
This attack led to the reinforce
ment order that the government
warned that Great Britain would
not tolerate molestation of its
shipping, vital to trade and its col- '
onies.
The order came after a tense
session of the cabinet, discussing
the policy to be adopted.
Members of the crew of one of
the destroyers near the Havock
said its crew sighted the torpedo
and zig-zagged its course to lavoid
being struck. The destroyer drop
ped five depth bombs. Then the
Havock signaled to other ships and
watch was kept over a 15 mile ra
dius. Soon oil appeared on the
water wjlich indicated, seamen. „; ,
stated, the sub had been destroyed!,
The Woodford was struck 70
miles north of the Havock’s posi
tion yesterday. The ship sank in
*hree hours.
Angus MacLean
Dies In Raleigh
Succumbs During Night To
Sudden Heart Attack; Fa
ther of School Bill.
News flashed across North Car
olina Wednesday afternoon of the
sudden death of Angus Dhu Mac
Lean who was found dead In bed
in his Raleigh home at 9 o’clock
that morning. His death was at
tributed to a heart attack which
came earlier in the morning. The
evening before, two close friends
had dined with him and he com
plained of a slight discomfort, but*
was in his usual good health. Mrs.
MacLean and a daughter had left
the day before for a trip to Wash
ington.
Funeral service will be conduct
ed at the First Presbyterian church
in Washington, the old home, Fri
day morning at 11 o’clock by Dr. P.
D. Miller, of Raleigh, and Rev. W.
D. Mclnnis, of Washington, D. C.
Interment will be in Oakdale cem
etery there. The body will remain
here until tomorrow morning.
Courts in Raleigh were suspend
ed today when the death of Mr.
MacLean was made known. Judge
N. A. Sinclair had his Supreme
court take recess for two days and
the Wake Bar association took of
ficial cognizance of the death of its
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Chinese Planes
Bomb Japan'
By The Associated Press
Shanghai, Sept. 3.—Friday)
—Unconfirmed reports this
morning said the Chinese mili
tary air fleet had flown to
Japan and bombed Tagoshima,
southernmost port of impor
tance on Japan proper.
The port is in the south of
Kyushu Island oh the west
coast anproximately 600 miles
from Nanking, the Chinese
Capital. It has 137,000 in
habitants.
While the report was uncon
firmed, for the time being, it
is a fact that China has threat
ened to fly across the Yellow
sea and carry the war to Ja
pan proper.
Word of the bombing came a
few hours after the Jap air
fleet had dropped bombs along
the International settlement
border.