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Evening star., 1938-09-14
SMALL BUSINESS
SESSIONS OPENED
Batch of Resolutions Range
From War to Taxes to
Other Issues.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH. Sept. 1.-THE Ma
tional Small Business Mems Associa-
ton considered batch of resolutions
at its first convention business session
today. ranging all the way from war
and taxes to Government interference
in business"
Convention leaders, expressing dis
appointment at the small turnout,
said 2l9 delegates had registered.
j. Raymond Tiffany, general counsel,
waved sheaf Of kilograms from
members which read, in substance, he
said:
Business is punk. No loose money
for conventions.
The delegates were pledged to pre-
serve free enterprise" described as the
purpose of the organization in an
address last night by Dewitt Emery
of Akron, Ohio, president and
founder
War Opposition Cheered.
They cheered another speaker,
former Representative Royal c. john
son of Washington, D. c., after he
declared:
I'VE want no part of any one else's
war, regardless of the cause"
Mr.. johnson, referring to national
affairs. charged social security money
is being spent for everything in the
world except social security"
He warned that little business can
not survive if we do not reduce taxes
in this country, direct and indirect" i"
Mr.. Emery declared the organization
was not "anti-New Deal" then added:
Small business men do not want
any one, the Government least Of all,
to hold All umbrella over them = y
They are vitality interested in being let
alone to conduct their businesses as
they set fit within the bounds
of moral decency."
Forgotten Man Plea.
J. G. Good. Pittsburgh bank clerk,
| offered resolution to save the for
gotten man the association forgot" He
urged the formation of an affiliate to
| include white-collar workers.
w. M. Atthewson of Philadelphia
declared banks were big business" and
the resolution was not in order
Charles P. Bloome, also of Philadel-
! phia, rose to assert:
If things keep going, along as they
have been in the past, banks will be
| little business"
L. J. Taber. grand master of the
National Grange; Maj John L. Grif-
fifth, commissioner of athletics in the
Western Conference, and Senator H.
Styles Bridges. Republican, New Hamp-
shire, were scheduled to speak to the
convention today.
Evening star., 1938-09-14

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept, 1.-Two film
operators fought a death battle in a
locked projection booth last night
while 500 movie patrons below them
sat watching a screen murder.
Clubbed by fire extinguisher
Nathan Klein, 33, was killed during
the hand-to-hand fight in the tiny
cubicle Sol Schulman, 3S, the other
projectionist, was seriously injured.
Evening star., 1938-09-14
LEAGUE WORK SLOWS
Attention Of Delegates 'Centered
on Czech DEVELOPMENTS.

GENEVA, Sept. IA (P).-The League
of Nations Assembly and Council ses-
sion hit new low in interest today.
with entire attention of the 20 foreign
ministers and hundreds of diplomats
now in general turned to Czechoslo-
yak developments.
The only meetings scheduled were
those of various committees. The
diplomats were in constant touch with
their respective capitals and the diplo-
matte representatives Of Prague, Ber-
lin, Paris and London.
Evening star., 1938-09-14

Patrolman Wesley McClelland said
Schulman told him he wrested the
fire extinguisher from Klein when
the latter attacked him after an argu-
ment Schulman was charged with
homicide
The film being shown was THE
Devils Party" in which night
club owner is slain by Gangland
guns
Evening star., 1938-09-14
JAPANESE PLANE TAKES
RELIEF FOR MONOCACY
12 u. s. Seamen Are Carried to
Gunboat Barred From Travel
: Down Yangtze.

OO"u duS CLcs
By the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, Sept. AT welve
United States seamen left here today
in plane supplied by japanese au-
thorities to relieve the crew of the
American gunboat Monocacy, sta
toned up the Yangtze River near
Kiukiang, 1876 miles downstream from
Hankow.
The group was described as first
detachment" The japanese had Of
fered transportation to Shanghai to
the "a Monocacy crew members, who
are due for relief after a years service
upriver.
japanese refused to permit the
Monocacy to steam below Kiukiang,
stating the river Is unsafe. Previously
the United States refused the Japanese
offer, insisting upon passage for the
Monocacy.
Evening star., 1938-09-14
BEES BY FREIGHT.

The Railway Express Agency In
April. May and June, 1898, handled
more than 200 tons Of bees from seven
Southern States located East Of the
Nississippi River.
Evening star., 1938-09-14
The Advertising Story Of
DAVID and GOLIATH

Centuries and centuries ago, history
tells, there was little fellow by the
name of David who dared to give battle
to warrior of huge size called Goliath;
no one thought that David had chance;
the people in those days figured that it
took giant to beat giant. However,
David slew Goliath and proved that size
didn't determine the victor. A lesson
comes from that old world to the adver.
tising world of today and it teaches
small advertisers a great deal!
The market or number of people oyho
daily need the products or services of
small advertisers is gigantic; it's Go.
Hath: it zcould appear that the size of
this market demands large ads to in.
fnence it: just because giant ads con.
sfanfly roam the newspaper to produce
a great volume of sales from this mar
kef, many suppose that small ads run in
the same columns are at disadvantage
and consequently do not "buH." But
advertisers ,Ch0 consistently run small
ads in The Star haze learned from e1.
berience that regardless of the size of
competitive ads, SMALL ads DO bro.
duce BIG results.
X Phone National 5000; your call will
bring an Evening Star representative
to help you with your advertising prob.
lens; he will show you HOW to adver.
tise more effectively, more economically
and with GREATER results.
Montana labor news., 1938-07-14
Townsend Float Was
Feature OF 4tI1 Parade

Butte Townsend Clubs l and 2
sponsored a float for the Fourth of
July pageant that calls for more than
casual mention. 1t was an exempli-
fication of the Townsend slogan
Youth for Work-Age for Leisure"
and expressed an Idea, an Ideal and
a Prophecy. A dream of happy,
c~arefree childhood; busy economical
ly profitable youth; and secure, com
Portable old age, all under the pro-
lection of the Stars and Stripes,
which proclaims liberty and justice
for all. Much favorable comment
was heard along the line of march,
and generous, hearty applause
proved the fact that the idealism
expressed in the conception Of the
float was appreciated. The Town
send Plan is Christianity applied to
the economics and affairs of govern
ment. 1t is not party politics as that
term is usually employed. The
Townsend Plan is bigger; it reaches
down deeper and extends up higher
than any or all political parties of
today. 1t has n goal and one goal
only-to secure the enactment of a
General Welfare Act which will en-
body the principles of the Townsend
movement and assure youth for
Work-Age for Leisure" The short
est, most direct and absolutely GER
tain road to the attainment of our
one goal is the election of a Town
send Congress of the United States
of America.
Townsend Club No. l meets every
Friday evening at the Y. M. c. A.
Visitors are always welcome.
Montana labor news., 1938-07-14
Howard A. Johnson
Announces Candidacy
For Chief Justice Seal

Howard A. johnson, prominent
Butte attorney, announced his can
didacy for chief justice of the Mon
tana supreme court. The office he
seeks was left vacant by the recent
death in Helena Of Chief Justice Wal
ter B. Sands.
Mr.. johnson was born in Wiscon-
sin. He came to Montana in 1914
to make this state his home and to
attend the University of Montana
law school. He graduated from that
school and was admitted to the bar
in 1917. Immediately upon his grad
uation he enlisted in the air service
of the United States army and served
during the World War. He was dis
charged in April, 1920, after having
spent some sixteen months in army
hospitals receiving treatment for in
juries received in an airplane crash
in France.
Mr.. johnson Immediately resumed
the private practice of law after his
discharge from service. He served
as member of the regular and extra
ordinary legislative sessions of 1921
as a representative from Silver Bow
County. He practiced law in White
hall from May, 1921, until January,
1928, when he became county attor-
ney of jefferson County, holding
that office for three terms. In De-
cember, 1928, he resigned as county
attorney to accept an appointment
as first assistant United States dis
trict attorney, which he held until
May, 1881, resigning to resume the
general practice of law at Butte.
Mr.. johnson has been a member
of the Montana bar for twenty-one
years and has been continuously in
the practice of law except during
the war. He is young, able and
progressive and the lawyers
throughout the state are welcoming
his announcement that he seeks the
office of chief justice.
AS Justice Sands died after the
time had expired for filing nomi-
mating petitions, candidates will
have to be written in on the judicial
ballot or else have stickers bearing
their names pasted in the place
designated for that office.
Montana labor news., 1938-07-14
CHINESE CONVERT
YELLOW RIVER FLOOD
INTO WAR WEAPON
By ANNA LOUISE STRONG
Federated Press


The use of the mighty Yellow river
flood as a weapon against the Japa-
nese may take rank as one of the
great military maneuvers of history,
along with the breaking of Hollands
bikes to drown out an invader. The
flood has clearly stopped the drive
on Hankow from the north for this
season, and also destroyed much of
the Japanese military material.
Charges by both sides that the
other broke bikes make scrutiny of
facts advisable. More than a month
ago dispatches from Japanese-con-
trolled North China admitted that
floods on the Yellow river were sin
evitable' as soon as spring rains and
melting SHOWS brought high water,
because war conditions had prevent
ed the repair Of last years breaks in
the bikes, and japanese military had
made several new gaps.
Chinese ingenuity turned what
began as inevitable catastrophe into
a decisive asset for national indie
pendence. It is always possible to
break bikes in one place and thus
relieve pressure in another. The
Chinese high command seems to
have chosen the exact time and place
for the flood, with the aim of send
ing the water where it would most
hamper the japanese advance.
First came a few small riffs in
bikes, delaying one or two japanese
divisions. The main bikes were still
intact. Then came what looked like
a suspiciously rapid retreat of the
Chinese forces. With them went a
great mass of refugees. Almost at
once the major breaks in the bikes
sent 30-foot cascades of water in a
wide stream between the Chinese
and Japanese armies, stopping the
Japanese advance.
While it is yet impossible to tell
how much was an act of God and
how much was design, events indi-
cate that the Chinese timed their
withdrawal from this part Of the
Yellow river valley to coincide with
the approaching flood period, and
then directed-and perhaps FASTENED
the flood into places where it
would most damage the invaders.
The Japanese first estimate of
10000 Chinese farmers drowned
was pure propaganda. The Japa-
nese themselves have now reduced
this estimate to $4,000, while foreign
missionaries think it much less.
Since impartial observers gave 300,-
600 as the number of Chinese civil
ians killed by the Japanese in their
occupation of the Yangtze delta, it
seems possible that even in the flood
ed area the inhabitants have not suf-
fered as much as if the japanese
had occupied them, while the flood
has saved from both dangers the
much larger area which lies further
inland.
The japanese, of course, will still
advance toward Hankow by the
Yangtze river and other southern
routes. But these routes are much
more difficult. Moreover, they do
not cut Chinese communications be-
tween Hankow and the famous
northwest armies, as successes along
the Lunghai line would have done.
Every days postponement of the adj
vance toward Hahkow works for
China, whose organization and de-
lenses grow stronger, while Japan
wears herself out at the rate of
$5,O 900, 1000 a day.
Montana labor news., 1938-07-14

The gun-toting men of Kentucky
are softies compared with their
women folks. Mrs. Buel Davis of
Bowling Green was attacked by a
mad gray fox. Unarmed, she simply
choked it to death with n hand,
while holding her baby daughter in
the other.
Montana labor news., 1938-07-14

People turned and smiled.
They saw him reel and thought him
drunk.
l crept close up to steal
A look into his face.
The lines were carved
Like granite statues hewed.
The man was starved.
(J.S.B. in the Canadian Clarion.)
Montana labor news., 1938-07-14

We have just received a report to
the effect that a local radio station
recently attempted a broadcast of
bagpipe music and was deluged with
complaints that it sounded just like
bagpipe music.
But give him his due, the bagpiper
is one lad who always practices what
he screeches.
The times-news., 1938-07-28
Rotarians Hear
Sumter Rabbi On
Crippled Child
Shows Great Problem to
Exist Through 0rthop-
edic Troubles

Rabbi Samuel Shillman of
Sumter. S. c.. addressed the Hen
Jacksonville Rotary club yesterday
on the subject of Rotary and
the Crippled Child Rabbi Shill-
man was introduced by Dr.. John
Wells. also of Sumter.
Stating that there were 5000
600 children in the world today
suffering from orthopedic trou-
blcs that produced loss of the
use of muscles and bones, of
which 100000 are in the United
States and 5000 in North Caro-
lima, Rabbi Shillman stressed the
need of aid for these children.
not only for their own sake but
for the sake of society itself.
"Such children without aid, "
said Rabbi Shillman, "are drug
on society" BY that, "he said,
IL do not mean that cripple chill
dren are a dead wood. They pos
scss immense possibilitie Sthat
may be brought to light by prop
er care and education"
The International Society for
Crippled Children, of which Rabbi
The times-news., 1938-07-28
MEXICO WOULD BE
OPEN TO MEDIATION
OF OIL SEIZURES

Continued from 2a%e one)
refuse to buy then we will sell
to all comerS."
He said Mexico was not con-
templating construction of pipe
line across the IsthmuS of Tehu-
antepec in order to facilitate pc
ton. Mexico will accept Carde-
troleum shipments for Japan.
IF a third party offers media
mas said. adding that once the
valuation of the petroleum prop
critics has been made the govern
ment will begin making payments,
depOSiting the money in banks to
the credit of foreign companies.
Any future effort of the Unit
ed States. Great Britain or the
Netherlands to obtain arbitration
of the petroleum question, how
ever. will meet with refusal, he
indicated.
The times-news., 1938-07-28
JAPS MASSING 70
DIVISIONS FOR DRIVE
CONTINUED from rage Onel

Continued from rage Onel
dykes prior to the Chinese evac-
uation. 1t was presumed they
would use the airdrome as a base
for aerial operations against Ham
kow, 135 miles up the river.
Meanwhile the southern wing
of the Japanese army was ad-
vancing toward Nanchang. pursu-
ing the rctreating Chinese. Fight
ing was reported near Muling, 20
miles southwest Of Kiukiang. and
it was believed a Chinese Survci!-
lance corps had clashcd with the
regular troops to prevent their re-
treat.
Japanese warplancS SwOopcd
over a concentration of Chinese
troops near Shihlipu. south of
Kiukiang, moving down soldiers
and horses. and wrcckin% field
guns, according to a Japanese re-
port.
Another report said Japanese
bombers sank Chinese gunboat
hidden in shed on the north
bank of the YangtSe above KiuEi-
ang.
Japanese said there were APP
proximately 10000 Chinese cas-
ualties at kiukiang. and that
there were only about 10000 per
sons left in the city. which has a
normal population of $4,000.
They also accused the Chinese
of resorting to "banditry" in their
retreat, looting the Silin and
Tinglin temples, which the Japan
csc regard as the cradle Of the
Jodo Buddhistic sect. which has
millions Of devotees in Japan.
Japanese planes ranged far in
land, bombing the Canton-Han-
kow railroad station at Yoyang,
10 miles from Hankow, where
many civilians we're reported kill
ed and wounded.
The Chinese military SpOkcs-
man said the retreating army had
entrenched itself in new positions
above Kiukiang, but declined to
reveal the exact location.
Persistent reports that peace
negotiations were underway drew
The times-news., 1938-07-28
PERSONAL
PARAGRAPHS

Mrs. John l.. Sewer has re
turned home after visit of ten
DAYS to Mrs. c. L. Sewer in BriS-
tol Tenn. Mr.. Sewer mOtored
there TO return with her and Wis
tied his grandmother for a short
time.
Mrs. T. H. Price and Miss Min
ME Price. of Saluda, S. c., were
overnight guests of Mrs. Minnie
Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Gunter
announce the birth of ( son at the
Patton Memorial hospital on We'd
neSday. July p.
Little Miss Mary Elizabeth Cha
ney. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. W.
p. CLANCY. underwent tonSil op-
Grafton at Patton Memorial hos
pital this morning.
Mr.. O. L. Pace has returned to
Spartanburg. S. c.. after a short
visit to relatives in the city.
The times-news., 1938-07-28
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
NOTE-No unsigned commu-
nications are published by The
Times-News. All letters must be
signed with the real name of
the author. No communication
signed with a fictitious name
will be published.-EDlTOR.
Editor. The Times-News:

Editor. The Timcs-News:
As to my recent letter critics.
ing the local courts for the small
penalties imposed upon drunk
drivers, | am glad to make this
correction in all fairness to our
local judges-namcly, that in eV-
cry convicted case the drivers IL
ccnse is taken away for year
My only information on this
matter has been the reports in
the local paper; and the paper
J does not mention the taking away
! of the drivers license along with
/; the other penalties imposed. We
think that that is very import
! ant part of the penalty and a
strong deterrent against c
crime and that it ought to be
mentioned along with the other
reported penalties.
We have since looked over the
/ record of the county recorders
court and find that in the past
four years ll2 have been convict
, ed of this crime-though there
were many others so charged but
escaped by skipping their bond OF
J otherwise-and that 10 Of the | -
received suspended sentences
! along with a fine. Surely 112 are
all too many, anyone of whom at
| the time was menace to the
bodies and lives of others.
Our local judges are as fine
Christian men in every respect rs
We have ever known. Much pres
sure is brought to bear upon them
by weeping relatives of the con
victed; and it is hard for sympa-
] thetic hearts to resist them. Oul
purpose in writing to the paper
which we are very reluctant to
do, is to encourage and strength
en- our judges by showing them
that law-abiding citizens are with
them and by reminding them of
the weeping relatives of the vic
tins of the drunk driver.
L. T. WILDS.
The times-news., 1938-07-28

length, total income to farmers
would have been percent more.
AS to staple length, tennessee
is an exception in that one-lnch
is most profitable. In other
states, nearly all communities are
more productive when planted to
various grades. This depends
mainly upon the type of soil and
weather conditions.
The association hopes to create
Il uniform staple for gins IN every
cotton growing community IN
Dixie. When gin bales cotton of
1916 grade mixed with higher
grades, the bale is bought on the
basis of the lower grade. Gin
saws are set for certain length
staple, and if the staple is longer
than that for which the saws are
adjusted. it often is cut to the
shorter length, thus resulting in a
lower sale price to the farmer.
Troubles of ginners is reflected
in an official report from an Ar
kansas community IN which 81
different varieties of cotton are
grown.
To attain a one-variety crop in
community, farmers plant one
percent of their crop to founda-
ton seed. The next year, 10 per-
cent of the crop is planted with
seed grown from the foundation
seed. Then in the third year, all
the crop is planted from the sec
ond year seed. After the third
year. this process is repeated be-
cause of deterioration and cross
pollination.
Ordinarily, when cotton is gin
ned, the planter is returned his
seed which often is mixed with
seed from cotton which was gin
ned before it, causing another IT.
regularity in the next years crop.
But the foundation seed comes
from cotton which has been gin
ned in a freshly-cleaned plant.
Years ago. cotton was bought
at a set price regardless of its
staple, but buying methods have
changed considerably and now
the value of cotton depends upon
staple and grade.
Roughly, there are nine lengths
of cotton ranging from 1l/16 of
an inch to one and onefourth
inches. Even-running staple, re-
gardless of it slength, is preferred
by ginncrS, buyers and wcavers-
The South's average staple length
has changed little in the past five
years-a little over 1916.
A bale of cotton with mixed
staple length causes no dcalth of
grief to Spinncrs. Spinning ma
chimes are set to use certain
length. When the length is IL
regular. the yarn breaks and
forces temporary halt in spin
ming.
Interest in onc-varicty cOmmun-
tiles probably was caused by dis
satisfaction among farmers whose
lengths were mixed and they were
forced to accept the price of the
shorter length.
Prospect of better prices for
uniform cotton is rouSing new in
tercst in the associations ohjcc-
tive.
The times-news., 1938-07-28
CATHOLIC PARTY
GREAT SUCCESS

One of the outstanding parties
of the summer. from every angle,
was the benefit for the Catholic
church given on Tuesday after
noon at HenderSOnville'S new and
spacious gymnasium. II had been
arranged for the occasion with a
quantity of small pines to lend
background for the COlortul sum-
mer flowers. the charm of the set
ting being enhanced by the use OF
handsome ruge and furniture lent
By some of the places OF business
in the city. Those IN charge OF
the party expressed their graft
tude 20 the various merchants and
friends who donated prizes and
aided in other ways.
Father O'Mara Was general
chairman for the affair. tickets
being sold for SO tables. Mrs.
Paul MeNally was the efficient
chairman of the committee and
was ably assisted by MeSdameS
Augustus Williams snd William
Leonard. Assistant hosteSSeS were
MesdameS Dwight 7. Chambers.
c. +. Clark. James Colee. TuIley.
Misses Addie Barnes and Louise
LIE Barron. Junior hoStesseS were
Misses Naude Station. Lucille Col
hns. Alice Finn. Aileen Case
grain. Dorothy Crawford. and
Eileen Crowther.
MesdamcS l.. Patton DeLong
and Paul c. Warde. and Misses
Katherine DeLong and Betty De
Long donated the following prizes:
q silver tea set. diamond ring.
wrist watch. lamp. and a set OF
dishes. which were won by Mes
DANES Rupert Koch. Saunders;
Williams. Joseph W Power and
Mr.. o. Z. Bass. Mrs. Raymond
Podesta won the special door
pr;ze. Winning the other lovely
door prizes were MeSdameS Co
lee, James T. Voulle. J. W. Bal
lev. Wheeler Moore. PodeSta. K.
K Webbcr. Ann Petersen. Kyle,
c. J. Chadwick. Misses Lydia Fer
nandez. and Mary Hayes, and
Messrs. Gus A. Spor, and John
Hichee. Delightful refreshments
were served to the large number
Of guests who attended this beau
tiful party.
The times-news., 1938-07-28
VISITORS HONORED
DELIGHTFULLY."-

Mr.. and Mrs. 4. H. Hawkins
have a number of house guests at
present who include Mrs. Mary
Harris. her daughter. Miss Eva
Harris. and granddaughter. Adele
Dickey. all of Dallas. Texas. and
another daughter. Miss Mary Har-
ris. Of Norfolk. Va. Mrs. Harris
is a daughter of Mr.. Levi Andel-
son. once a well known resident
Of this county. .
Yesterday afternoon and last
evening Mr.. and Mrs. Hawkins en-
tertained at a charmingly inform
al affair for these visitors. the
quest list being made up Of about
s. relatives of the hOnorees. Love
ly gladiodi added a pretty note
to the home. Refreshing punch
and cookies were served.
The times-news., 1938-07-28
Penny Brothers
To Hold Auction

An auction sale of land will be
conducted here on Friday, July
%. at 4:30 o'clock in the after
noon by the well-known Penny
Brothers worlds original twin
auctioneerS. of Charlotte.
The auction will be conducted
on the grounds Of tn" property at
Dale avenue and Rose street.
Property to be sold consists of the
house. lots. and household prop
erty.