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HOW and
to Get Out of China Seem to be Less Important to a Lot of Resentful Americans Than Taking New Chances on WHAT to Get out of China.
THE WEATHER
Humidity G p. m. yesterday tH
Highest temperature yesterday 7(1
)owest temperature last night 50
Prmipialion for 24 hours 0
Prwip. siiH-o first of month 3
Prerlp. from Sept. 1, 1J37 3ft
LxceeH since Sept. 1, 1937 10
Increasing Cloudiness Wed.
It's mill the IiIrIiIIkM of the duy's
new a. with pmmUe of greater in
tensity that may have fnr-reaehln
eoiiHHqtielic'os. Vour best suuree of
iufornmiii.tr la your home-city daily,
l'l ituiiit, ui-curalo.
VOL. XLII NO. 32 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. 1937.
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By FRANK JENKINS
CURD W. F
r Pacific to
FULLER flies from
the Atlantic In nine
hours and 35 minutes, beating by
more than a half hour the record
set three years ago by Col. Roscoe
Turner.
He wins $9,000 for the Los An
goles to Cleveland leg of the Ben
dlx trophy race, $2,500 for heating
Colonel Turner's coast-to-c oast
time and 81, 500 for the fustest time
from Cleveland to the Atlantic
coast.
He Is a San Francisco sports
man, and probably values the
glory more than the money.
IF YOU were able to duplicate
Fuller's feat (which will be com
monplace a few years hence) you
could leave San Francl.sco after
an early breakfast and arrive in
New York in time for an early
dinner.
If you could equal his time from
past to west. Jt ho averaged- around
W0 miles an hour) you could leave
New York after an parly break
fast and arrive in Sun Francisco
In lime for a LATE LUNCH.
pLYING against the sun, you
know, you LOSE time. Flying
with the sun, you GAIN time.)
1I7HEN the ox-team pioneers Bet
out ftom the Missouri 'river
Tor the Pacific CoaM, they faced
six to nine months of hard travel.
Now we cross the continent be
tween sun up and sundown.
A lot of water has gone over the
dam since those days.
DUT do you suppose we really
'"THINK ANY STRA1GHTER
, than those pioneering ancestors of
oura did?)
A MOTHER thought:
These pioneer ancestors
of
ours wanted the country west of
the Missouri for their own. So
they took ft away from the Indians,
just as their ancestors had taken
the country east or the Missouri
away from the Indians. That is
(Continued on page 4.)
ADITS CAR THEFT
Wehnid Mnlnhurst, 1(1, of 1.09
Angeles, was arrested by state po-
in-e at uoseimrg Saturday, and
was taken to Eugene to answer
to a charge of car theft. Maln
hurst, It was reported from state
police headquarters here, was ac-
cused of stealing an automobile
i o(iinifiuciu nuu ui iv ins it iu a mummy ninji uuuu luiitmniB
point near Yoncalla, where he short illness. Born at Tablerock,
abandoned It following a collision 1 Texas. October 26, 1S73, he came:
with another car. He was said to to Rosebftrg with his family from
have fled from the scene of the California in 1936. j
accident Into the woods and then! Surviving are his wife. Bertha
caught a ride on a freight trainlShafer Beaty; a daughter. Max
Into Oakland, from which place he ine; a son, John, and a sister, Mrs.
hitch-hiked to Hoseburg. From aG. M. Sills, of Kelley's Corner,
description sent out by the state i The body was removed to the
police radio station at Salem, local Roseburg Undertaking company
officers succeeded in identifying parlors. Funeral arrangements
him here, and he was reported to await receipt of word from re la
have admitted the theft. Hives.
CCC Enrollment Open to 700
In This Area to Fill Vacancies
More than 700 men in CCC
" camps In this district will he dis
charged this month, and there will
be an equal number of openings
for eligible young men, Franklyn
Voyt, executive secretary of the
Douglas county relief committee,
announced today.
Enrollment will start the first or
October and young men interested
In joining the CCC are advised to
contact the relief office immediate
ly lor any desired information.
All enrollees who have reached
their 24th birthday, all who have
had more than 18 months of total eligible are applicants who do not Marshfield was sentenced to six
service, and "local experienced j hate legal residence in Oregon. Ap-' months In the county jail and a
men" who are not eligible for re-jplicants who are residents of Ore-, fine of 1100. His arrest followed a
classification as Juniors, will be gou and who have dependents in i collision Saturday near Scotts
discharged September 30th, it is, other states are also eligible. Se- burg with a car driven hy Eme-y
stated. lectees must be unmarried, must I Williams of Roseburg, resulting In
This elimination of enrollees) he unemployed and must be in minor injuries to Williams' datigh
from the corpj, together with those need of employment. Iter.
2.
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R
is- With Praise
Or Economic Gains
Workmen on Way to
Greater Influence
In U. S. Affairs,
Richberg Says
LaFolIette Avers Political
Lines Changing; C. I. O.
Lauded by Lewis,
Hit by Green.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 7 AP)
lhor day oratory, hulling the
American workman's economic
gains, echoed today a keynote of
a greater voice iu government for
him in the future. '
Donald R. Richberg, former NRA
administrator, told a Duluth, Minn.,
audience that labor was on the
way to control of the government.
Uiltor is on the march , in
America," he suid. "Not to a con
trol of the government In the in
terest of any one class of people.
but fo the control of government
and industry in the interest- or
all the people."
ralk of a realignment of politi
cal parties in 1U4U also was re
vived In the speechmaking to la
bor's warring forces greater in
number than ever before.
Governor Philip La Folletto of
Wisconsin, speaking at Omaha,
said this realignment already has
begun.
"The development will continue
until reactionaries ' are in - one
camp and the progressives in an
other," he said. "By next year In
many states, and by 1910 in the
ii ii I Inn thp nit) cimril nf hnth imrt-l
ies will be on one side and the
progressives on the other."
!.a Follette is titular head of
Wisconsin's progressive party.
Some have speculated that it
might he the nucleus for a nation
al labor parly In 1!M0, perhaps
with the governor's brother, Sena
tor Robert M. La Follette, as its
candidate for president.
Lewis Hails Gains
John U Lewis, mllltntit lender
of the CIO, largely avoided politics
in speeches at Pittsburgh aud
Loechburg. Penn.. but he told a
cheering throng that for tho wel
fare of the country as a whole
lanor must oeconie strong euuuKii
to "take Its proper place at the
council tables of Industry nml of
the nation."
. Philip Murray, leader of the
CIO's campaign to organize the
steel Industry, estimated 250,0(10
heard Lewis' Pittsburgh speech.
He said this was the country's
laigest Labor day gathering.
Lewis hailed the past year as
one of great achievement by labor
and his CIO. His group clnlms a
membership of 3.71S.0O0 and the
American Federation of Lnbor one .
of 3.(100.000.
Lewis was boomed for president
(Continued on page 6
EFFIE A. BEATY OF
WINSTON PASSES
Effle Andy Beaty, G3, resident
of Winston, died at Mercy hospital
who wilt not wish to continue,
will creato an unusually large
number of vacancies to be filled
during the reenrollment period in
October.
Age of enrollment is from 17 to
23 years, inclusive. Relief status
requirement is now completely
eliminated. Also those who were
honorably discharged may re-enroll,
providing there has been a
lap.oe of six months since the last
discharge. Previously
regulations
required a lapse of one year. .Also'
Day OratoryMmMM
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TRAILS AXE INJURY
Frank Strader Gashes Foot,
Auto Seeking Aid Hits
Wood Truck.
Frank Strader, manager of Sun
shine ranch, was in Mercy hospital
today suffering from a badly gash
ed foot, which resulted when an
ase was deflected while he was
engaged in clearing brush .Monday
morning.
In u second accident, which wrb
a sequence of Mr. Strader's in-
Jury, Ivan Pickens, locul bank enl'
ploye, nnd his infant son, and Les
lie (.'.. Johns of Wilbur, miraculous
ly escaped being hurt ill a, motor
vehicle collision.
Mr. and Mrs. Pickens, on their
way home to Hoseburg from Sun
shine ranch, found MMr. Strader
bleeding badly. Mrs. Pickens, a
former nurBe, gave first aid, ami
accompanied the injured man In
the car which brought him to Hose-
burg, while Mr. Pickens hurried to
Hoseburg in advance to secure
nhvsician.
At the corner of Court nnd
Fowler streets Mr. Pickens' auto
mobile collided with a wood trucK
driven hv - Mr. Joints. The truck
was turned completely over, but
no one was Injured. Mr. Pickens
cur was badly damaged.
"POLIO LAbLS IIN
OREGON ON, WANE
PORTLAND, Sept. 7 (AP)
Oregon has had no inrease In In
fantile paralysis and Portland is
"unusuallv free" of the diseuse.
Dr. Adolph Welnzlrl, city health
officer, told parents of children
returning to school today.
"The season Is now sufficiently
advanced to make the likelihood
of a local outbreak exceedingly
Improbable," he said. "Only three
coses of infantile paralysis have
hniin roiinrlf.il itmnil
r-oruanu
res)dentg sllce January 1, 1US7
THEATER ROBBERY
FITS MOVIE TITLE
BAYONNE, N. J., Sept. 7.
(AP) Three men were sought by
police today for a $150 robbery at
a Broadway theater.
Edward Rowe, manager, snid
three men, two armed, poked
their hands through a barred al
ley window Into ills office hint
night, ordered the night's receipts
pussed to them, anil fled
The theater's featured picture
was:
"The Crime Nobody Saw."
CHILD KILLED BY
CHURCH FETE BOMB
LOW, N. J., Sent. 7. (AP) Fif
teen-year-old Rene Porhiel was in
jure(j fatally today when an aerial
bomb prematurely exploded at
church celebration
One of 3.000 spectators at the fi
nale of the feast of St. Joseph, at
St. Joseph's R. C. church, the boy
was struck In the stomach by the
bomb.
Salvatore Daleo. 45, of Iodl. was
Injured in a similar mishap Sun
day. COAST COUNTIES TO
ASK BIG ROAD FUND
MARSHFIELD, Sept. 7 (AP)
Oregon coast counties will ask
the state highway commission for
Sfi.000,000 for roads in the next
five years, Ed Miller, secretary of
the Coast Highway association,
told 1,500 persons attending a bar
becue at Sunset beach Labor day.
He asserted that "the period for
holding back because of coopera
tion that resulted In completion of
the coast bridges has passed."
DRUNK DRIVER GETS
JAIL AND $100 FINE
InailliiK eulliy In jUBtico eaurt
hore this morning to a charge of
drunken driving. Kred wheeler of
S.F.
A. F. I.. Teamsters Warned
bv' Bridges Not to Try j
- . Spreading Fight to
Other Points.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7
(AP) AFL teamsters, slowly
stifling waterfront activity in a
union jurisdictional fight were
warned today by their opponents
against spreading the dispute to
other coast ports.
lans to refuse handling of dock
cargoes In Oak hind Wednesday
have been followed by threats to
extend the embargo to all west
coast harbors in a situation such
as never before bus placed Pacific
ports, scenes of two of the nation B
bitterest strikes.
lusl Wednesday the teamsters
began what they said was a "fin
ish" fight against the CIO long
shoremen and ' warehousemen,!
w hose attempts to organize ware
house workers claimed Dy tne
teamsters precipitated the clash, r
The warning not to spread the
blockude was voiced In Oakland
yesterday by Harry Bridges, west
coast CIO organizer and head oi
the longshoremen aud warehouse?
men.
"By Wednesday morning the
AFL officials may get out of their
stupor, and if they don't wake up
we may have to take the first step
and wake them up ourselves," ho
said.
v Bridges, addressing a labor rally
vjhicb followed wo ..Oakland La
bor day parades,- ono for' AFL
units and the other for CIO, dis
closed no plans beyond saying
"the CIO didn't intend to move
a step toward bloodshed."
The labor chieftain, a leader in
the costly 19:14 and 1.136-37 mari
time strikes, accused employers of
backing the current teamsters
"strike."
Cargoes Accumulate
Close of the Labor day holiday,
during which teamsters and some
other AFL units boycotted a huge
muude here, found most of San
Francisco's 4il piers piled high
with cargoes which the truckmen
refused to move away.
Within a few days, shippers
said, stevedore activity must halt,
because there will be no space left
to store the cargoes. Then, the
ten m titers' boycott w ill strike di'
rectly at the longshoremen,- who
will have no work to do.
Dave Beck of Seattle, interna-
(Continued on page 6)
. GIRL UHG ASLEEP
OAK PARK. 111.. Sept. 7.-(AIM
Patricia MaUuire, wIioho Htmii
"sieep" of five years and nine
months has attracted international
uiuntioti, today was described as
a "very sick girl.'
Her sister, Mrs. Gladys Hansen,
sul.l tho pretty Sl-year-ohl victim
of sleonimr Bickness has develop
ed two new troubles an abdomin
al tumor and phlevltls that are
causing much concern.
The latest complication, phle
bitis or Inflammation of the veins.
bus left a painful thumb-sized
swelling In the sick woman's left
Ug below the knee-cap Mr a. Han
sel) said.
"Pat" has been quite 111 sUco,
Mr. Hansen said, adding that she
Might be taken to a hor.pltal for
care because of a high tempera
ture.
About three weeks ago when Pat
wus u patient in the Went Subur
ban hospital for treatment aud oh
Hervation an examination revealed
the presence nf tho tumor.
Although the ductotH considered
an opetntiun then, Mrs. Hansen
hatd, they were opposed to it uu-
lefs deemed absolutely necessary
ROSEBURG COUPL E
INJURED IN CRASH
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. fiross were
Injured Saturday afternoon when
their car rolled off the Roseburg-
Coos Hay highway near Bridge.
Mrs. Gross suffered three broken
ribs and numerous bruises. Mr.
Gross, of the Radio Music Store,
was cut and hrtilflpt! but was able
lo return to ItoseburK Hiinduy,
Mr. Gross Is In the hospital at
Coqullle, where ?he will be con
fined for several days.
The car, it was reported, skid
ded on wet pavement at a nharp
turn, and rolled about 150 feet to
the edgit of the Conullle river, The
auto was practically demolished.
BAY PIERS?
GETS HEAVIER
. j
Car Crash Hastens
Birth as Mother
Lies Unconscious
DES MOINES, la., Stpt. ?.
Fatherless, 1hree-day-old Baby
Wel born enoded anil kicked his
legs lustily In the obstetrical
ward of a hospital here today
while his mot tier, Mrs. James
Wel born, 20, unconscious since
early Saturday, hovered near
death in a room nearby.
She still was unawure of her
baby's birth Saturday or her
husband's death yesterday.
Hospital attendants said Mrs.
Welborn's condition was criti
cal.. Tho baby was delivered
Tour hours after Mrs, Welborn
was admitted to the hospital
with her husband following an
automobile accident.
B o t h suffered fractured
skulls. The lather died yester
day without ' regaining con
sciousness. The baby, about three weeks
premature, weighs seven
pounds and was reported "doing
well."
of Party Slightly Hurt
as Car Takes Roll Off
Tiller-Trail Road.
11 A YS CREEK, Sept. 7. Seven
people narrowly escaped death
Saturday In an automobile uc.cl
dent which caused minor Injuries
to Vernon McKenzle of Dairy,
Ore., and M. F. Pence of Trail.
The car. driven 'by- McKenzle;
left the Tiller-Trail road near the
more footbridge on the Bland
grade, about three miles east of
Days Creek, and rolled down n
steep bunk.
Mr. and Mrs. McKenzle and
daughter, (leraldlne, were accom
panied by Mr. and Mrs. Pence and
daughters, Mary and Gertrude,
and were on their way to Rose
burg to visit relative.-;.
The car turned completely over
aud came to rest at the hotlom of
a 20-foot embankment. The wo
men aud children escaped with n
few scratches mid bruises. Mr.
McKenzle suffered several broken
ribs and a lacerated ear. Mr.
Pence was cut on the hip and
forehead. The injured men were
taken to Myrtle Creek by Archie
Ferguson and II. A. Moore and
were given treatment by 'Dr.
jVlaxon. The party was taken to
ituHcnurg later,
o
HITLER STRESSES
THREE-NATION PACT
M'KNilERU. ..ormntiy, Sept. 7--f
A P) Adnl ( 1 1 : t ler st i essed
ii izt Gr' inauy's so".! 'ar.'v vji:i Imiti
Japan and Italy today agaiust
"communist confusion" In eust and
west.
Ills annual proclamation, read to
the nazl congress, also made an em
phatic reiteration of (ieriiiHny'H de
mand for return of her war-tost
colonies, ami caned the attlttule ut
inner powers inward tills demtuid
i ucum iireiieiiKiuie.
Both the Japanese and Italian am-
hassadors were In the crowd of
46,000 which heard Hitler's state
ment that Germany would stand
hy both Japan and Italy in a "de
fensive fight against communism.
CRASH KILLS GIRL
RIDING ON CYCLE
EUREKA, Calif., Sept. 7. (AP)
--A motorcycle-automobile crash
near here led to tho death of ah
Hensel, 23, formerly of Eun-ku.
K. L. Williams, sheriff and cor
oner of Mendocino county, :nid
tho young woman was ridtiiR tan
dem on u cyel operated by Louis
Spungler Jr.. 15, of Cnmmlngs,
when it collided 'yesterday with a
car driven by Thomas II; Wclner,
Coluinbufi, O. WlllianiH said Mtsa
Hensel's parents re.'ddo 'at Ash
land, Ore.
McGRADY QUITS AS
ASST. LABOR SECY.
HYDE PARK. N. Y., Sept.. 7
(AP) The resignation or Edward
F. Mcfirady as asnlntant secretin y
of labor was nnnounced today at
the summer white house.
It I understood McCrady will
become director of labor relations
for the Radio Corporation of
America.
Accepting the resignation wl'h
"deep regret," t he president
said:
"I wlHh you all the buccphh yon
so richly deserve. I am glad that
you will alwuys be available for fit
tu re service to government."
CQURT RAISES
NEW ISSUE IN
PINBALL GASE
Question of Law Voidance
Because of Uncertainty
Arises at Hearing
Held Here.
The question of whether the Oro-,
gon 1!i3i session law under which,
piuball machines are being ope rat-,
ed is void hcaufe of uncertainty,
was voiced tills morning by Circuit
Judge Carl E. Wimberly. Heating
an argument this morning on the
demurrer of District Attorney J. V.
Long to the complaint of Karl Bush,
piuball operator, In bis injunction
suit to rest rain the district attor
ney and sheriff from halting the
operation of the games, Judge
Wimberly raised the new issue ami
gave the dlstrlot attorney and
Hush's counsel, Ray B. Coinpton,
until Friday in which to file
briefs.
"The li)::r law gives municipali
ties and counties tho power to li
cense, regulate, impost a privilege
tax. or prohibit piuball machines
and other games," Judge Wimberly
said.
"In the event a county should
prohibit the machines, white at the
same time a municipality witlilu
(hat county would Impose a license,
which would prevail? Is this law
void because of uncertainty where
tho power to license resides?"
The attorneys were instructed to
submit their answers to tho ques
tion iu brief form, together with au
thorities. , -1
J Equity" PhawHnvolved.
Tho question was raised by tho
court on a declaration or ruling
law that a court of equity in the
state of Oregon lias n right to re
strain prosecution under a void
statute where direct invasion of
property rights is concerned.
The court s question. Attorneys
Long and Comptoti said, opens a
channel by which the matter of pin
ball operation may be brought with
in jurisdiction of a court of equity,
rather I hull In criminal court. Both,
however, said tho Issue is foreign
to the procedure under which the
piuball matter has thus far been
conducted 111 Douglas county. At
first glance, each attorney said.
neither side, apparently, would be
in a position to benefit by a rulln
(Continued on page 0j
MEDFORI), Sept. 7. (AP) Earl
II. Feb), former county judg? ol
J.tckmm county, who served a state
priHon sentence for ballut-theft
conviction mid. under (lie terms of
a parole, was not permitted to re
turn hero until August irlh lost.
I ims filed a "notice
demand" with
culling upon
tho county clink
Canity Judge Earl II. Day "to
j fm thwllh yield and vacate unto
mo, tun duly elected and quallliod
county judge, the office you have
usurped.
Fchl, In the unusual document,
asserts he Is entitled to the coun
ty Judgeship, "because 1 have never
resigned, been recalled, died or
surrendered the office to which I
was elected."
The district attorney reported
the "notice demand" luts tio legal
weight, and that Kohl's citi.enship
has not been restored since his
conviction of a felony, and, that no
cognizance would be lasen of (I,
unless Fchl riled a suit In clrcull
court to establish his claims.
Count v Judge Day was appoint
eu to mi the office, noon the con-
cllon of Fehl by a Klamath enmi
ty Juiy. and in the next election
was elected to the post.
Fehl avers he is ciiHtlcd to the
poHitlon until January 1. lii:t;i. .
PERKINS TWINS TO
BE HEARD ON KRNR
Caroline and Julia Perkins, twin
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Perkins of this city, are to be pre
sented hh KUefd artists on the
KRNR "Variety Show of the Alt'
Wednesday. The chhrmlug girls.
who recently returned from Holly-
w nnd, where they Imvr been en
en ml I n motion pit t u i e work,
ha ve been hooked for t wo son c
and a hk 1 1 before the mlcrnnhoii
The twins apnea red In "Old Hutch"
and are being trained fin two other
picture', soon expected to go Into
prr.dueUon. The "vnrlety Show
the Air," a daily font urn, Is heard
from 1 1 : 15 to 1 1 Mf a. m.
Traffic Leads
Causes of Labor
Day Toll, 428
By tho Associated Press.
At htti;.t 48 poisons died vio
lently In tho United Stales dining
the Labor day week-end.
As iu previous years, motor traf
fic ugain was tho chief cuu:io of
accidental deaths. Fair weather
anil the double holiday drew mo
torists to the highways by thu I' ll
of thousands. -
A survey by the Associated Press
rdinwed 302 uuto traffic deaths in
14 states. There were 2.1 during
the corresponding period last yuar
Fifty-five drownings were re
ported, aud 71 persons died iu va
nous other accidents. Airplant'
crashes caused six deaths hi the
iHiloii. Three persona were hell-.:-d
to have perished In a pium
which felt fntn Lake Erie near V.v:
Canadian shore.
There were 49 deaths 111 Callfos-
n in alone. Thirty-three were at
tributed to auto accidents.
The nation's death total of
wu.-t less than half tho uuuilmr t
peeled hy the national aitl'oty eoiui
ill. Basing Its ehlimato on td at lu
ll cm of previous years, the council
tiguretl approximately Loot) would
ho killed over the week-end r.uo in
truffle accidents, itto from drown
In;; and -100 from other euustM.
ES
Traffic Crashes, Streams
Each Take Three Lives;
Rock Kills Seventh.
(By the Associated Press)
Seven accidental deaths only
two less than New York, the most
populous Htntn. gave Orogon an un
isvorable position today hi the
black list" of labor day tragedies.
Three persons met death In tin f-
fiee crushes, threes more drowned
and the seventh died beneath a
hugo rock.
Melvln Erviu, 17, of Portland died
en route, to a hu-tpilal-from injuries
received when an automobile blew
a tiro and overturned near Ualuler.
A collision between a truck and
a passenger car near Echo Sunday j
broiiKht Instant death of Mrs. Da
vid Dallemaud, 80, of Ixivclund,
Colo.
Mildred Gabriel, 15, drove a
neighbor's car homo from Sunday
school. She lost control when a
wheel struck a soft shoulder. The
car overturned aud crushed tho
young driver.
Grapplors recovered the body of
Lyle C. Ayers, 40, executive of the
Pacific. Telephone and Telegraph
company, from the Columbia river
yesterdi:y. He fell from a cabin
cruiser Saturday night..
(. M. Baker of Staytoti, lumber
company manager ami city council
man, drowned Sunday In the Mc
Kenzle river. He apparently sank
into a deep hole while Bwiminfng.
i sinking skiff carried Thomas
Cunuiimhum, 18. to his ileal Ii at an
inlet near Marshfield.
A rolling rock struck aud I i lied
Tom Ojitlhol, Stayton, Saturday ns
he completed bis work fop a lum
ber firm at Lyons. ,
TWO OF TOURIST
PARTY WED HERE
Wilfred Paul Grant and Lora
Emily Herron, both of Wllniar.
Callf., were married hero this
morning at a quiet ceremony per-
formed by County Judge Oeorgo
K. Qulne.
Oddities Flashed
(llv Ihe AHocia!ed Press)
Big Help
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C The
telephone rang a:t C. E. Exuin and
several other volunteer firemen
were lying on the floor of the
smoke-filled living room of Exnm's
home fighting a blaze.
Exuin crawled to the phonei
Here Is what he heard: I
"This is Frank Collins nt the fire
station (who notifies voluntee'
firemen when an alarm Is receiv
ed). Oo to box No. 121. There Is
a fire there."
Ex n in hung tin In disgust. Box
121 Ik in front of his bonne.
Reasonable Doubt
KVANSVILLE. Itei.-Cre!! Now
b.v, :t. Just out of the hospital, had
lifn doubts todny about a "life of
milk and hony '
A runaway (tow 1m had been
i haulm; into u neighbor's field kick
ed over n hive of bees. The heos
h warmed unto Nmvby, slinging htm
unconscious. Neighbors rescued
Newby, rushed him to a hospital,
NORTHWEST
PART OF CITY
Big Adventist Mission
Seized For Military
Purposes Despite
Its U. S. Flags.
Imperilled Americans Send
Protest on Warning of
Roosevelt to Quit
War-Torn Zone.
SHANGHAI, Sept. 8. (Wednes
day.! (AP) Tho Japanese army
today seized tint hugo American
I Seventh Day Ad veil tint mission
properly iu the Yau;vlnepoo dis
trict, north of Shanghai, for mill-: 1
(ury purposes. I
't lie properly waa confiscated do-'
nplto the protects of iM owners
and the fact that the mission flew
many rutted suites t'lnj-s to Iden
tify it as American property. ,
Japanese wurshipj were scatter
ed down the Wlmngpoo all the way
from Shanghai to WuoHiing, about
10 miles north of the city.
They renewed their heavy gun .
mbardment of Chapel, Kiangwan
ml other Chinese concentrations
in u effort to crack Chinese re
st stance and pnvo the way for a
Japanese offensive inland.
Roaring Games across all north
western Shanghai lighted tho path
of a tierce Japanese effort to bat
ter down the Chinese resistance
that-- has brought their Shanghai
Fires spread across the whole
area. Tho Commercial Press build
lug, rebuilt' after the 19,12 Sino
. it panose host ill ties, was reduced
U ashes again after It was struck
hy three Japanese homb:i.
Americans Protest Warning
With the peril to American and
other foreign 'residents drawing
sleadllv closer from the fiuhtinir
ringing the International ttclt le
nient, the American chamber of
commerce of Shanghai protected
against President Roosevelt's wnrn-
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STOCKS. BOMB HIT
OHM OK
NEW YOIIK. Sept. 7. (API
Touched off by a fresh foreign
war scare, engendered chiefly by
the Rubco-llallah quarrel, utock.H
crashed In today's market for
losses of ono to ten points gener
ally. There were a few wider sot
hacks. Heavy and sustained selling hit
Ihe bond market and priee.i tum
bled from as much an t to 5
points in one of Ihe worst breaks
of the year.
Convertible issues and rnllroad
liens took the heavier! hammer
ing. Federal loans Joined the down
slide with the whole list off frac
tions of a point.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7.
(AP)The atock market look a bud
beating today from war scares
i that drove buyers into their duc-
outs.
i Tho Block exchange had n dozen
! new lows, and some 40 declines to
'1 gains around noon.
From Press Wire
Curses, Foiled!
SANDPOIXT, Idaho A burglar
did not know the H. E. Brown Lum
ber company Hiifn was unlocked
becaur.e the owners had no conibl-
tln 1 1 mi riii- ll II.. 1 I.I twi I,
about trying to turn the handle, In
stead he hammered ft, Tho pound
fug ret the lock.
Now the company has a safe
ciaclting problem of its own.
Wrong Number
ST. JCSEPH. Mo. Clifford
Trcftz told police of an argument
he bud with n drunken driver nnd
gave the officers n license num
ber. In a few mi;i;:ic; Patrolman
appeared at tho station escorting
a prlfinner.
Here's your drunk driver, nntj
the car Is outside." they said
"Why, that's the man who re
potted tho drunken driver," Lieut.
C. R. Pursel exclaimed.
Treftz explained that In his ex
cltement ho hud given hip owq
number.
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