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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-02
Pastors To Meet.

On Friday evening at 1880 o'clock
The pastors Of the Second Methodist
Protestant district will meet at the
Methodist Protestant church, and lay
men are invited to attend also. DR..
r. N. Andrews. director of the Eel
lowship Crusade. will be here to ex.
nlain il.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-02
Eighth District of
Auxiliary to Meet

The Eighth District Meeting of the
American Legion Auxiliary will be
held on Friday at 8 o'clock at the
Woman's Club in Oxford Miss Helen
Clement, District Committeetwoman
will preside.
number of Auxiliary members
from Henderson will attend the meet
ing. Anyone who desire to go but has
no means of transportation is request
ed to see Mrs. H. L. Keller.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-02
Vance C.. E. Union
Meets on Friday

The Vance County Christian En-
deavo1 Union will meet at the Meth
odist Protestant church Friday even
ing at 1882 o'clock. A worship SER
vice will be followed by an address
by the Rev. j.. Everette Neese, after
which there will be a.. business ses-
sion and a social period.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-02
BlngO Party POStnOnad

A Bingo party, scheduled for this
evening at the Masonic Hall, has been
postponed Until later date, due to
the weather, it was announced today.
Inc party was to be given under the
auspices of the James B. White chap
ter, o. E. S.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-02
Returns to Atlanta

Mrs. Franklin Way. who has eeen
the guest of Mrs. G. v. Boyd and Mr.
and Mrs. Jasper B. Hicks, has return
ed to her home in Atlanta, Ga. Miss
Sadie 3. Boyd, of Raleigh, accom-
panied her
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-02
Skating Rink Will
Be Held on FRIDAY

The GiIi Scouts of Troop No. 2 will
have skating rink at the Banner
warehouse friday evening at 7:30
o'clock, the proceeds of the event to
be used by the scouts for their Christ
mas activi les.
Candy and drinks will be offered
for sale, and large attendance is de-
sired.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-02
Fror, Virginia.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Spratley, of
Surrv county. Virginia, were the
CHESTS of Mr.. and Mrs. George a.
garrfs. also Of NJ. and Mrs. Jasper
2 Hicks and Mrs. George V. Boyd,
this week.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-02
Return Home

MI and Mrs. c. D. Newman have
returned nome, after being with their
daughter, Mrs. w. NJ Implicit, who
IS IN a hospital in Greenville. Mrs.
Omphlatt was reported to be con-
valescing satisfactorily following an
operation on Wednesday.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-02
1 7.,,..,. SOCIETY NEWS - 'a "ss;
CARRIAGES, PARTIES
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
-
Story Hour Friday.

Mrs. Morgan Cooper will tell
stories Friday afternoon at four
o'clock at the H. Leslie Perry Memo
rial Library. Children who do not have
tickets may getsthem by calling at the
library. NJ
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-02
Birth of a. Son.

Birth of a Son.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. S. Cline of EN-
poria, Va, announce the birth of g
son, Stamie Sheriff., Jr., on Deem
per l, 1897, at Maria Parham hospital.
Mrs. Cline was formerly Miss Ruth
Branch, of Henderson.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-02
Choir Rehearsal.

The choir of the First NJ. P. church
will rehearse this evening at 7:45
oclock at the home of Miss Elizabeth
EnX
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-02
In Richmond.

Mrs. c. \. Harris and Miss Jennie
Dunn spent Yesterday in Richmond,
=. VISITING Mrs V. p. Rose.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-02

Having made another wrong guess
on a little flyer in Wall Street and
finding himself again holding the bag,
Zadok Dumbkopf now calls it the
stuck market.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-02
CONGRATULATIONS
* ,<AB$R$RSg
Daughter Born.

Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Cowan an
nounce the birth of a daughter, Mil
dred Kay, on November 80, 1887. at
Maria Parham hospital.
Evening star., 1937-08-24

Junior grade); w. M. Freshour. lieu.
tenant (junior grade); r. Fall, avias
ton chief machinist's mate; r. N.
Purdy, radioman, second class, add
H. K. Bryan, radioman, third class.
naval aviation pilot.
Strikes Whaling Ship.
Two survivors liftec out Of the hun
and rushed to naval hospital were
j. w. Blackman, aviation ordnance
man. second class, only slightly hurt,
and T. P. Dougherty, aviation ma
chinist's mate, third class, who suf-
fered shock and multiple lacerations.
The ill-starred plane, PBY-l, whose
sister flying boats have flown IN
mass formation to Honolulu and the
Canal Zone in the last two years,
was undergoing routine night prac-
tice flight" for forthcoming hop to
Panama in September.
AS 1t swooped down for q landing
after being in the air several hours,
the seaplane struck the Narwhal, an
abandoned whaling ship once used in
filming "Moby Dick"
The 6312-foot hull Of the flying
boat nosed over in the bay mud.
crushing its metal framework like
paper.
Only the bottom Of the fuselage and
the two wing pontoons showed above
water.
Evening star., 1937-08-24
FOREIGN AlRMAIl
MAY COST rs CENTS
Postal Official Says Rate Per Let.
ter Is Likely to Be That
Figure.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Airmail to Europe, perhaps to be
1naugurated this Fall, probably will
cost rs cents letter, postal officials
said today.
I'VE had hoped to make it 20 cents"
said Harllee Branch, second assistant
postmaster general Now it looks
more like 25"
He explained that Congress failure
to authorize a poundage rate would
make the cost greater.
Two airmail bills were awaiting
action when Congress adjourned. One
was to extend the domestic airmall
system by 5000 miles; the other to
authorize payment of fiat poundage
rate for trans Atlantic airmail in lieu
OF more costly contract rate.
British Imperial AirWays and Pan
American Airlines already are COM
pleting test flights over routes they
hope to inaugurate by November.
The foreign airrnail bill, introduced
Jointly by Representative Mead, Demo-
crat, OF New York, and Senator Nc
kellar, Democrat, of Tennessee, would
have authorized the Post Office De-
partment to pay Pan-American Air
lines and foreign-owned airlines s1.85
a pound for trans Atlantic mail.
Without that authorization separate
agreements must be reached with for
elgn postal administrations in Canada,
England, Newfoundland and Ireland
AS an American flag line, Pan-Ameri-
can Airlines will be free to bid as high
as 50 per mile for a contract.
L doubt very much" Branch said,
that we can expect bid lower than
81, the maximum allowed by law.
There are going to be lot of dis
appointed communities, he added, re-
ferring to the defunct domestic mail
bill. The department has applica-
tions on file for 10000 additional air.
mail miles, but has only 8 miles
unallocated of the $4,000 authorized
under present law
Evening star., 1937-08-24
PEACE Unfair EAST
IS URGED BY HULL
Threat of Serious Hosti|ities
Concerns All Others,
Secretary Says.
By the Associated Press.

A pointed. public statement from
Secretary Hull emphasized to Japan
and China today the United States
view that world opinion demanded a
peaceful settlement of their dispute.
Telling the two nations that a
threat of serious hostilities concerned
all others, Hull said I'VE urge that
they settle their differences in accord
ance with principles which in the
opinion not alone of our people, but
Of most peoples of the world, should
govern international relationships"
Without attempting to pass judg-
ment regarding the merits of the con-
troversy," he said, I'VE appeal to the
parties to refrain from resort to war"
His words prompted new speculation
over possible further action by the
United States. There was considered
little likelihood, however, the Govern
ment would invoke the three-month-
old neutrality act unless China and
Japan severed diplomatic relations.
President Roosevelt must invoke the
act when he finds that a state of war
exists between two countries 1t auto
matically embargoes shipments Of
arms. munitions and implements of
war, as we'll as loans, to those nations.
Hull's statement came at almost the
same time Admiral Harry E. Yarnell,
commander of the United States
Aslatic Fleet, reported to the Navy De-
partment he had warned both sides ito
exercise more care" in directing their
fire.
Yarnell said a special board of in
vestightion had not been able to de-
eide whether it was japanese or Chi
nese shell which killed one sailor and
injured 18 on his flagship, the Au-
gusta. last week
Hull's statement last night said the
United States felt that the IA prin-
ciples of American international policy
he enunciated July Is are applicable
throughout the world, 'in the Pacific
area as elsewhere"
Evening star., 1937-08-24

large base already had been estab.
lished at Nankow City, fed by the
Peiping Suiyuan Railroad.
The desultory but menacinz artil.
lery fire of the last two weeks swellec
into continuous rumble Just 8
few miles southeast of Tientsin. where
the Chinese vanguard, moving ir
from Shantung Province to the south
was pressing its advance against the
Japanese outposts.
Throughout yesterday and las
night the japanese Army's heavy
tractor drawn field artillery moved ul
slowly over the mud -clogged roads.
New Batteries Add Roar.
AS the guns slithered into position
limbers were snaked away and new
batteries added their voices to the
furious cannonade.
Almost nightly Chinese raid the
Japanese outposts. capturing sentries
Several times they have pierced ever
the southern and western suburbs OF
Tientsin.
Filtering in during the day earbed
in Chinese plain clothes, they lay
low until after nightfall and Then
strike the Japanese in the rear.
Evening star., 1937-08-24

tung. just across the Whangpoo from
Shanghai's Bund, before dawn Seem
ingly, the Chinese were seeking to
burn the great industrial section to
the very water front rather than
permit millions OF dollars in property
and supplies to fall into japanese
hands.
Woosung itself was wrecked by guns
from the some 100 Japanese warships
covering the landing OF the reinforce
ments for the hard-pressed japanese
in the northern and eastern sectors
of the International Settlement.
japanese claimed they had landed
$4,000 troops Monday before yesterdays
attempts were MADE. Chinese as
serted no more than $4,000 had been
brought ashore and that Chinese bat
teries had taken heavy toll of those.
Scarcely House Unburned
There was scarcely house in Woo
sung untouched by the flames; the
multi million dollar Whangpoo docks
were heavily damaged: the repair
shops of the Shanghai-Nanking Rail-
way were demolished
Kiaochow Beach. Shanghai's Coney
Island, just across the river from Woo
sung was bombed and completely
wrecked by japanese planes. Some 20
villages near Woosung and Kiaochow
were burning
The list OF dead and wounded non-
combatants from Mondays tragic
shelling Of the heart of the Interna-
tional Settlement was mounting
steadily. 1t seemed as though the
number Of dead from the one shell
that wrecked the two great depart
ment stores OF the Sincere Co. and
the Wing On Co. would easily pass
400. More than 1000 were wounded
when the blast shook the intersection
of Nanking, Chekiang and Hoopeh
roads.
While the Shanghai Municipal
Council sought to fix responsibility
police and volunteer workers dug un-
der the piles Of masonry and twisted
steel to bring out more bodies. The
council was expected to urge foreign
consular ohicials to demand that who-
ever was found responsible cease the
fire that was endangering the lives Of
$500 900 non-combatants.
Innocent Dead Put at 10000.
Conservative estimates Of innocent
dead in the II days Of battle for
Evening star., 1937-08-24
Shanghai
Continued From First Page.)

ing ashore from the transports an
chored of the Woosung area
Flanked by their warships, the
Japanese transports crept up to the
Woosung wharves in the pitch dark
ness just before dawn The Chinese
positions were ominously silent until
the first launch WAS lowered Then, as
became living inferno of fame and
noise
The small improvIsed armored
launch bore 10 picked and self-named
"shirodasukitai," literally the white
band of death" The only color they
wore was white sash around their
back and shoulders-the traditional
guard of Japans proud samurai, who
enter combat prepared to die.
As the little boat with its suicide
band touched the water the almost
solid wall Of Chinese machine guns
and artillery blazed at point blank
range and the Japanese warships re-
piled with broadsides.
japanese war planes. lowering In
the darkness overhead, swooped sud
denly to within 500 feet OF the Chi
nese lines. blasting with machine guns
and bombs.
As the bottom Of the launch scraped
the Yangtze mudnas the band Of
death leaped into the waist-deep
water and waded ashore in the face
Of withering fire from machine guns
and hand grenades.
As they scrambled up the low river
bank a Chinese land mine was touched
OF and the white band of death"
was enveloped in 4 lurid sheet of
hame. The few survivors closed in
hand-to-hand combat with the Chi
nese.
Fighting RACES IL Miles.
The fighting ragged along the banks
OF the Yangtze River from Woosung to
Liuho to the west and down the
Whangpoo River IL miles to Shang-
hai's International Settlement.
Flames were sweeping vast areas of
Shanghai and the Woosung vicinity
where the Whangpoo meets the
Yangtze to form = great estuary Of
the China Sea.
Great flames began sweeping Poo
Evening star., 1937-08-24

Shanghai were set at 10000 with the
wounded so numerous as to be count
less.
The evacuation of Americans yester-
day brought the total of United
States citizens who have fed Shang-
hats war to more than $500. Two
hundred fifty more have booked for
the President Lincoln sailing August
% and three other American liners
will carry additional hundreds be-
tween now and August 81.
Some 600 German refugees-the
first to embarked on the
steamer Gneisenau yesterday for Hong
Kong and the safety Of the British
naval headquarters.
Evening star., 1937-08-24
Tientsiin
Continued From First Page }

were pressing the Japanese back
Reports from the front said the Jap
anese had been forced to abandon
| their advance field Headquarters
southwest of here, leaving a numbe,
of tanks and all field equipment.
The japanese troops based on Peip.
ing were further harassed by band.
OF Chinese irregulars, operating IN
the hills to the northwest.
Large detachments OF japanese
were engaged by these irregulars
thus being kept from use against the
regular troops rushed north by the
Marking government to dispute ia
pans claim to domination of North
China.
Chinese Advance Blasted.
japanese bombing planes, believed
to be based at Miyun, so miles north
east of Peiping, were blasting at the
Chinese advance A squadron Of l8
made flight to the front lines today,
flying in formation of threes. Five
others concentrated on the area west
Of Marco Polo Bridge.
Heavy and almost uninterrupted ar
tillery duels were being fought on all
fronts.
The japanese Army was preparing
for a defense up to the walls of Peip-
ing If the Chinese should push
forward. japanese officers were d.
recting Chinese peasants in cutting
down the luxuriant corn crops all the
way from Peiping to Wanpingshien,
clearing the fields for action.
To the north, beyond Nankow Pass,
which the Chinese were valiantly
holding against heavily mechanical
japanese troops, a major battle was
believed to be in progress.
japanese troops from Manchukuo
were reported driving southwestward
from Dolonor. A Japanese COM
munique said the fall of Kalean,
capital of Chahar Province, was i'm
minent.
The renegade Mongol chieftain.
Prince Teh, was reported to have
thrown his troops into the battle on
the Japanese side. and they were said
to be engaged at Changpeh, so miles
north of Kalgan.
Six to Eight Chinese Divisions.
Foreign military observers estimated
that between six and eight Chinese
divisions were opposing these COM
bined japanese and Mongol forces
north Of the Great Wall and defend.
ing Kalgan.
The battle at Nankow Pass, where
the japanese have been baked for
almost three weeks, was reported to
have spread both to the east and the
west. japanese artillery was shelling
the hills behind the ancient Summer
palace northwest of Peiping.
There was no traffic along the
roads to Nankow beyond a point 10
miles north of the city. This was
not hampering the japanese move
ment in that sector, however, as 4
Evening star., 1937-08-24
JAPAN'S EMPEROR
CALLS PARLIAMENT
Hirohito Convokes Extraordinary
Session to Deal With
Chinese War"

By the Associated Press.
TOXIC, August 24-Emperor Hiro-
hito today convoked an extraordi-
nary session OF the japanese Parlia-
ment to deal with matters concern
ing the present situation" Of unde-
clared war between Japan and China
The imperial rescript ordered the
Diet to meet September for 4 five-
day session, the second emergency
meeting since the outbreak OF hos
tilities between the two great Orien-
tai powers.
The Diet was expected to approve
more stringent financial approprla-
tions for conduct Of the conflict and
to enact an already drafted program
for rigid regulation Of business.
(Chinese sources have estimated
that the war Is costing Japan about
$5,000.00 q day. Chinese strategy
is said to be based on q long,
drawn-out conflict that will disrupt
Japan economically
Evening star., 1937-08-24
NAWFLY|NG BOAT
CRASH KILLS SIX
Two Others in Crew Hurt.
$150,00O Craft Ruined.
Two Bodies Found,
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, Calf, August a.
Disaster struck the Nays armada of
giant flying boats for the first time
last night, killing six Of eight men
aboard new $l50,000 craft as it
crashed into shallow San Diego Bay
Two crew members escaped with
minor injuries, but three officers were
killed and the plane almost demol-
ished by the impact. Four bodies
had not been recovered early today.
Its hull submerged, the wreck was
quickly surrounded by Navy and pri-
vate ships as giant searchlights il
Illuminated the bay.
The dead were listed as Lieut. W.
c. Dey, jr: F. L. Wallace, lieutenant
Evening star., 1937-08-24
81 Missing in Boat Disaster.

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt. August "a
P).-Police and coast guardsmen said
today 81 persons still were missing
after the cutter in which they were
returning from the Mohammedan fes-
tival at Agami capsized yesterday IS
miles west of here.
Fourteen bodies were recovered. and
AZ OF the party reached shore safely.
Evening star., 1937-08-24
Nine ON BUS HURT
Passenger Vehicle and Truck
Collide in Michigan,

YPS1LANT1, Mich, August "a (P.-
Nine passengers in bus bound from
Toledo to Detroit were injured last
night in collision with a truck on a
bridge south of Milan, Mich.
The injured were brought to Beyer
Hospital here, and six left after treat
ment.
A hospital attendant said McCurdy
Hill. Ann Aroor, Mich, suffered Sc
we're injury but that none Of the other
victims was hurt seriously.
The accident happened on U. S. %
In Monroe County.
Evening star., 1937-08-24
81 REACH MANILA

MANILA, August ~ (P.-The DOL
lar liner Mckinley docked here today
with 81 refugees from war-torn
Shanghai. The new arrivals brought
the number Of refugees here to nearly
1000.
The Washington times., 1937-05-07
WEATHER FORECAST

District of Columbia-Generally
fair tonight and Saturday; little
change in temperature; gentle va
riable winds, becoming north or
northeast.
Maryland and Virginia-Gen-
orally fair tonight and Saturday;
little change in temperature.
Tide Table
High tide today at 5:57 a. m.
and 5:22 p. m.
Low tide today at 1854 a. m.
and midnight.
High tide tomorrow at SAC a. m.
and 6:16 p. m.
Low tide tomorrow at 1901 a. m.
and 1850 p. m.
Sun and Moon
The sun rose today at 5:04 a. m.
and sets at 7:06 p. m.
The sun rises tomorrow at SOB
a. m. and sets at TOT p. m.
The moon rises today at 1928
a. m. and sets at 3:37 p. m.
The moon rises tomorrow at 2:55
a. m. and sets at 4:53 p. m.
Temperatures
4 p. m. ga a. m.........53
8 D. m........64 8 a. m........52
Midnight SO Moon .....64
Departures
Accumulated excess of tempera-
ture since January 1887, 356.
Excess of temperature since May
/, 1887, 13.
Accumulated excess of precipita-
ton since January /, 1897, SIG.
Deficiency of precipitation since
May /, 1887, 0.51.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, 80; lowest, SIS.
TEMPERATURES
The Washington times., 1937-05-07
GAMING RAIDS
NET EIGHT

Two women and six men were
seized by vice squad police yester-
day in simultaneous raids on a
grocery store and private resi-
dence.
Under the direction of Sergt.
George C. Deyoe, the raiders en-
tered the grocery, in the 1700
block Seventeenth St. N. W., and
a home in the 1900 block r st.
N. w.
Three men were charged with
setting up gaming table, while
the others were booked for investi-
cation. Those charged identified
themselves as Fred ]. Neam, 80,
of the 1700 block Seventeenth St.
N, W.; Wade Aed, 40, of the 1400
block Monroe st. N. W., and
Arthur Bruscino, As, of the 1000
block r st. N. w.
Those booked for investigation
ard released identified themselves
as Lat4a May Strickland, 36, of
the I400 block r st. N. W.; FL
frida Lundrine, So, of the 2100
block Nineteenth st. N. W.; Guy
Wilson, 40, of the 300 block Sec
ond st. N. W., and Homer B.
Miller, 81, of the 100 block P st.
N. w.
Race slips, a telephone and a
numbers" dream book were
seized in the raids.
The Washington times., 1937-05-07
Holds Defensive Record

Yale holds the all.time defen-
sive record in football. having
protected it's goal against a score
in 80 games, from 1891 to 1893.
The Washington times., 1937-12-11
The Red Menace

CONSIDER for a moment the problem of the red
~ light 1t is like the institution of dentisry-we
dom like it, but we can It get along without it.
Red lights have been an important contribution to
the traffic problem and in cities like New York. where
traffic is either uptown crosstown, automatic signals
have brought order and speed out of what could be
chaos
But as a redlight city, Washington is not natural.
Traffic in the Capital City is not uptown or crosstown.
1t in circles sans off in diagonal avenues,
Hord to evn.bron;-o is detoured by great blocks
of Government buildings. Ex-
" cept on a few important thor
oughfares, red lights cannot be easily synchronized
Despite this the for red lights continues to
vulse some of our esteemed traffic czars and bea
constantly flashing at in obscure lanes and
crossroads, where they never were before and
should not be seen now.
Late at night with not sign of an approaching car,
traffic hats waits patiently, then goes on-a at the
imperial command of the red light.
But sometimes-and the habit is increasing of late
motorists seeing neither traffic policeman in sight,
fout the imperial command and slip quietly by the red
warning.
Red lights are like prohibition. The temperance
movement progressing with wholesome effects to
the nation when at one fell swoop the entire nation went
w dry. Unreasonable res tri c on
Prohibition Had
breeds disrespect for the law, and
Same Effect
if the present craze for putting red
lights uncongesed street corners continues an in
creasng number of motorists will thumb their noses at
them.
Traffic signals are indispensable. But red lights
should give way to yellow flash-warnings after
tain hour. And uncongested street corners auto
matte signals should give way to careful motoring.