r • ■ The Largest Paid-Up Circulation of Any Newspaper Published in Randolph County .volume lxi MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS Randolph County's Only Daily Newspaper N. E. A. FEATURE SERVICE — THE DAILY COURIER 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.—