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Tuesday Withe Scattered Thundershower In Southwest Portion tt CODE In Trading Area CODE PRICE: THREE CENTS (HOME EDITION) DANVILLE VA MONDAY ATERNOON JUNE 4 1934 (ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE) 4 BILLS HOLD UP CONGRESS strike off GRIM STORY SLAYINGS DECISION OH 68 High GraduatesMHLS GO ON To Be Awarded Diplomas At (LOSING DATE Commencement IS WITHHELD Si cry Calloway of yes Los Angeles campus DR MURCHISON the been $4 WAk I4 That cotton textile labor be a voice In the labor advisory and the cotton textile code and mul NTRIKI'RS GIVEN ULTIMATUM OKLAHOMA CITY June Striking employee of Wilson and company one of the two packing plant affected by a etorkyarda walk out of Don workers hr were noti fied todsv thev mnat return to work the po of the and was the Professor Cook after 52 years of teaching Agnes Wllmarth the honor grad uate this year will deliver the vale dictory and the exercises will close with the recessional Students went to high school to day to learn what the fruits of their work during the past session have been The Senior Class play o' My will be given tonight at 8:15 McMahon Welcomes Study With Assertion It Will Re sult in Exposure of Evils in Owners Agree To Three Points in Agree ment in Return for Con cession of Calling Off Walk out hours later an alarm for Louis but before police net had had time with the strike Saturday evening McMahon president Textile Workers of off the walkout Johnson found the orlgin Hs two Issues totaling $800000 said one of the chief complaints against NRA was the present cost of financing which textiles and that the which MORGENTHAU OERS TWO NEW ISSUES That NRA make a detailed of production wages and ONEONTA June When Mrs Hertha Him 1CIC1C1 In married again she called on lier diURhtcr Mr Burt Bringle In take charge 1 the arrangements Mrs Pringle did Tim ceremony was performed her home and th wedding march was played by Pauline Bringle 15 ycor olil grand daughter of the hrlde William IL HarrBon of West Oneonta was the brUsfrnom One of him life the loving heart the smiling face the truthful tongue the help ing hand the spine of steel and the trusting spirit The speaker enlarg ed on all of these bringing his ad dress to a climax In saying that the last Is the prime virtue and that without a trusting spirit the oth ers are worthless He alluded to those In modern life who live In the dark valleys In the mire and the undergrowth causing a loss of the finer things of life and a sad jour it he said carries one upward to the heights whence can be surveyed all the glories of life HIS THEME The graduates of Virginia Presby terian school assembled at the irst Presbyterian church Sunday morning and heard Dr Murray of Lex ington who had been Invited to make the address this year He spoke on the necessity of youth exercising self control and of the spiritual forces with which each per son Is endowed for the purpose of self mastery and the overcoming of sin and temptation The necessity of preserving the spirit of Jesus Christ and the fruitlessness of life without obedience to Him was emphasized THE NEW That science is a poor substitute for religion as a means of solving the problems of the universe was the general theme of the baccalaureate address delivered by the Rev Wicker Jr rector of Epiphany church at a vesper service held yesterday evening In the auditorium of the i George Washington high school Mr Wicker gave us his subject: the New end his text I Cor inthlan 3:21 let no man glory in The school auditorium was lighted by candles placed in brackets around the aides of the room White lilies palms and cathedral randies decor ated the platform To the proces sional On King Eternal" the senior claas of 68 Btupdent en tered In a body followed by Supt (Please Turn to Page 3 Col 6) SHORT TIME STRIKE 0 WASHINGTON June 4 In stead of a threatened strike an NRA study of whether cotton textile Hole in One Club Wins One More Member Best Way to airystone Park Thru Bassett den with ton with Everybody Reads DANVILLE PAPERS JOHNSON TO SECURE DATA MNTA MONICA Cat June That Miis ollni alio li the of the present dictator epidemic knows Just what to do to drtv those other nations he knows hl not spelled right but It sounds right) He n'ked ids soldiers Saturday "are you ready to and he did it loud that the adjoining nations could hear Now that Is how he ha kept but of a war alt this time (when everybody pre dicted he would have one evert week) But here I something tht he did tel) hi people that will repeating all over the world muat accept hard tlm" 1 lours Adjournment Plans in Abey1 ance Until Administra tion Program Is Cleared Governor Tells Graduates In dividualism Losing Ground But Opportunity Still Knocks The Riverside and Dan River Mills resumed operations this morning on short time and threat removed when Thomas of the United America called which was set for this morning The action came after a series of confer ences with General Hugh Johnson and following an agreement' for' the operation of a fact finding commis sion to see If anything can be done for the textile workers Cancellation of the strike obviat ed the necessity of any action at the Hall meeting Saturday night which had been called for the pur pose of hearing from the textile workers Mrs Roxie Dodson who presided at the meeting read a tele gram calling off the strike The meeting later resolved itself into one for the purpose of carrying further the local organization programme With the strike threat gone it be came apparent that there would have been little or no response in Danville and that few if any would have left their posts Union men and women talked more freely after the strike was called oft and It was made plain that many of the work ers were resentful over the means of calling the strike without first submltttlng the Issue to the various locals The view' prevailed that nothing would be gained by a strike at this time and that while the workers could 111 afford a cut on pay a natural consequence to shorter hours that half a loaf was better than no bread The hours starting at the mills to day are from 6:30 a to 12:30 from Mondays to ridays Inclusive with second shifts in those depart ments where such ara necessary from 12:30 6:30 from Mon days to ridays inclusive The resumption of work today fol lowing the week end was as though there had been no strike threat and the general feeling among the workers was one of satisfaction that the walk out had been cancelled No official statement came from the union chiefs Robert West president of the mills said: "Speaking as a citizen of the coun ty I am glad to see that sanity has EMORY Va June Gov ernor Peery today said ism may be losing to some extent to movement en masse but great op portunity still knocks at the door of the youth of as he addressed Che graduating class of his alma mater Emory and Henry College which In Its commencement con ferred upon him the honorary de gree of doctor of laws are is an Intense he said and the day Is one of large things Great advancement nas made in all lines of endeavor great as our progress achievement have been all of problems have not been solved ranklin Girl Winner Labor Heads Keep Watch On Hopewell McMahon Cancels Walk out ew in Sympathy With It Here Buy and Sell Thru CLASSIIED SECTION The Register Bee solved: That we call upon all our citi zens to help safeguard the moral end social fabric of our city by refraining from the use of Intoxicants That we refrain from popular izing liquor by the establishment of a local dispensary and the advertis ing and approved use It would give "3 That we call upon the citizen ship in general and the forces of law and order In particular to expose and bHng to Justice all persons disturbing the peace of the community through consorting in the practice of bootleg gery That we publicize these resolu tions" Adoption of the resolution came following an open forum dlacusslon on question of opening a dispensary in Danville for tne sale of whisky The association adjourned for the summer and unless there should be some need for a special meeting they will not meet again until early Sep and our In truth recent have brought us the most complicate problems We are passing through an unprecedent ed era It is one has been marked by anxiety and distress We have experienced many expressions in America the most rece't one which came five years has more widespread and more devastat ing In Its results than any of past years It present strange symptons and contract In a veritable para dox of plenty there la acute dis Thus reviewing the present situa tion thb governor sent the Emory and Henry seniors upon their way in life counseling them In the ways of cntrarlng struggle" Man Gives Up On Theft Charge Of 2 Years Ago Thornton Odell ields aged 32 col ored wanted on a charge of larceny since 1932 surrendered at police headquarters late last night and went to Jail Police Detective Lewis said that he was charged with stealing a turkey from Throckmorton's store and later with breaking into store on Jefferson street Ml Minnie Brogan ranklin county one of three honor students in the four year course at State college at East Rad ford BY RANCIS STEPHENSON WASHINGTON June Pres! dent Roosevelt and congressional leaders determined today to withhold decision on an adjournment date until the administration program is pushed to a conclusion The Capitol Hill chieftains ex pressed the opinion to the president that adjournment could be reached within ten days The president told them he want ed the tariff silver housing and Wagner labor board bills passed Is not possible now to indicate when the work of the session will be said Senator Robinson the democratic leader Is being given to passage of the silver tariff housing and Wagner labor bills "Amendments to the agriculture adjustment act and the oil control bill may have to go over "It will probably be a day of two before we can determine Just what measures will be ta Ken up before aa journment am inclined to think after the conference that the session will con tinue for at least ten days expect the nomination of Rex ford Guy Tugwell as undersecretary of agriculture to be Speaker Rainey and Representative Byrns the democratic house leader Joined in the White House parley are mighty anxious to dispose of our business and said Byrns be happy to get away from here by the Rainey expressed confidence that adjournment would be reached next week but both agreed It was impos sible hv this week end President Roosevelt flatly declined to fix a definite date with the several administration measures still pend ing but he emphasized that he want ed an adjournment quickly as pos sible Byrns added he felt the "senate holds the key to "It all depends on how fast they act over he said The president Byrns reported ex pressed a desire to see the contro Pl ease Turn to Page 9 Col 4) Several Changes Are Noted Caswell Primary (Special to The Bee) YANCEYVILLE June Mrs Lily Mebane trailed rank Hancock for congress In the primary here Sat urday on the face of unofficial re turns A run off primary may be necessary to determine who shall be the next dark of the Baswell county clerk for George Anderson the Incumbent was defeated by James Gatewood and Ral ston Thompson This was a close race' Burch Blalock was nominated for register of deeds and Yancey Gate wood was renominated for sheriff of the county Warren being nomi nated for the general assembly Burton King and Aldrich were nominated county com missioner and Claude Chandler Turner and Miles go op the ed ucation board John Gunn was nam ed treasurer WILL ROGERS says: Today's Queer Story With the advent of warm weather and the holiday period many Dan ville people have been enquiring as to the best way to reach airystone Park one of the CCC projects in Patrick county where a large pic turesque area is being converted into a park Bassett of Eassett has in formed The Bee that the best way from Danville is through Martins Ville and from there to Bassett as there is a hard surfaced road practi cally all of the way leading to entrance of the territory Claims He Was Beaten and Then Robbed Leroy lora is in custody of the police being charged with commit ting highway robbery on Otis Hicks aged 20 last riday night lora denies the crime but the war rant was sworn out yesterday by Hicks Hicks claims that he was beaten unconscious with a rock and robbed of $8 late on riday night at a point close to the old railway trestle above the Long mill He had come off the night shift when he claims to have been followed by two men who began 1 am friOHI 4 a CUJl DC LiVil V1X them Is said to have attacked from behind Son of Wealthy Utilities Man Confesses Hatchett Murder Of His Mother and lUYear Old Says Things Done to Him Magnified Mil lion Times Until He Could Stand It 0 LOS ANGELES June Louis Rude Payne 21 cracked under strain of an all night grilling by lice and' confessed early today fleers said to the details of hatchet slaying of his mother brother in their Westwood mansion here killed them last Tuesday night detectives quoted the youth ing "Many things brother had done tlplled themselves my mind and at oft the spark and any longer so I Another Danville golfer has quali fied for the Hole ln One Club He is Jack Main son of John Main pro at the Danville Golf Club who yesterday afternoon sunk a 180 yard drive right into the cup Par for the hole is 3 Main was playing a threesome with workers should get more pay got un Patterson Sr and Patter son Jr both of whom witnessed the lucky drive Players on the seventh I Union leaders Saturday afternoon tee heard the as the ball on called off the strike scheduled to the fly dropped into the cup start thls morning after protracted Incidentally it is the second hole ferences wlth Hugh Johnson In one that Mr Patterson has wit nessed this year the other being by I NRA chief and representatives of the Robinson with whom Mr Pat mill owners terson was playing and who Ironed a The workers withdrew their de Number Two shot in the cup Jack Main is a brother of 'Rita for withdrawal of an order ef Matn well known in state golfing ectlve today reduemg working time circles and is said to be the youngest bJ Quarter for the next three member of the club Hls sister not to months or as an alternative in be outdone by her brother's feat went creased pay to compensate for lost out onto the course and tried her time luck missing a hole in one by inches In return for that concession NRA I dllU UmXJcLC djilcCUi (1) study hours (2) given board authority (3) That the productlon wage hour study Include the questions of what productive machine hours are necessary to meet normal demand I what Increase if any in wages would be possible whether wage dlfferen Indicafes Definite Trend To tlals above the minimum have been I Car tri maintained what changes have tak waro Long I erm oecun en piace jn man hour productivity ties AISO Heavier Both Thomas McMahon presl Umprcrpncv dent of the United Textile Workers tluCrgCnty and Qeorge A Sloan chairman of the Spending textile code authority expressed sat Isfactlon with the agreement WASHINGTON June A def The study McMahon said would inlte trend toward longer term se result In exposure of evils curltles to replace much of the gov in the large short term debt was seen today In Secretary al demand impossible to meet offer of 000 This may go far beyond the $800000000 increased wages would mean could and reach $1320000000 also Indicat no te considered at this time ed to some observers that the admin 0 Istratlon expects Increased emergency spending during the summer Some congressmen feel that as much as $1000000000 may be need ed for drought relief Public works outlays also are expected to be heavy Secretary Morgenthau offered in vestors two security issues $300000 00 In 12 14 year 3 per cent bonds and $500000000 in 5 year 2i per cent notes In addition the Declares Only De served the right to increase the bona I issue by a maximum of $520198100 cision of National Labor This would be sufficient to ex 1 Board Can Ayert change new bonds for $174905500 In of 1 per cent certificates maturing Strike June 15 and for $345292600 In 2'B per cent notes maturing August 1 RICHMOND Va June This means that after garnering Leaders of organized labor in Vir the $800000000 to meet expenses of gjnia were alarmed today as they recovery the treasury stands willing Cpj close watch over the situation to Increase the 3 per cent bond issue Hopewell where employes of the Tublze Chatillon corporation are threatening to strike Seven mem bers of the textile union there have been named a committee by the local with authority to Issue the strike call when they deem it proper They are backed by a 985 per cent vote tn favor of the walkout cast by union members in the plant Nothing save a decision by the national labor board can avert the strike Bowden special repre sentative of the Virginia ederation of Labor said last night He called a statement Issued by Raymond Burrows plant manager a "chal lenge" and said union officials re garded the document a "blunder" by Burrows "In fact the whole situ ation has been brought about by a series of blunders by the manage Bowden added my mother to me finally a million times in last something set I couldn't stand It killed Mrs Carrie Payne 45 and her son Robert 14 were found hacked to death In their bedrooms of the luxurious Spanish type Payne resi dence near the University of Cali fornia at terday Several broadcast pYtenalva to spread he nonchalantly walked into the Huntington Beach police station 30 miles south of here with the announcement that he was wanted In Los Angeles for murder Hurriedly returned to Los Angeles Louis at first responded to al! police queries concerning the slaying with: or can't seem to Several hours later however the strain of the intensive grilling be ginning to show in his features he startled officers with the admis did At the time of hls surrender' of ficers found in pockets a let ter and a telegram both addressed to hls father Lucius Payne wealthy St Louis Utilities company executive and both confessing the double slay Exercises to Be Held at 10:30 to Be Marked By Address by Dr Murchison High Aca demic Standard This Year Several Awards to Be Made 4c" Sixty eight graduate in George Washington high school will receive diplomas tomorrow morning at the commencement exercises to be held at 10:30 In the auditorium of the school John Riddick principal of the school said this morning that the percentage of failures was the lowest in many years and that the aca demic standard was unusually high The address of the day will be given by Dr Claudius Murchison of North Carolina well known au thor and economist who was recent ly appointed a member of president Roosevelt's family circle of because of his knowledge of economic conditions Dr Carroll pastor of Mount Vernon Methodist church will de liver the invocation after the pro cessional and Elizabeth Smith will deliver the welcome address A vocal number by a group of senior class girls will be followed by the Intro duction of the speaker of the day by Johnsbn superintendent of schools Dr Murchison is expected to bring a message of importance and bearing on national conditions 1 though his subject has not been an nounced After the address Principal Rld dick will deliver the diplomas after which Mr Johnson will announce the name of the winners of the American Legion medals offered to the outstanding boy and girl in the eighth grade five scholarship awards will be announced and Appropriate reference made to the retirement of Elect 2 Congressmen In Carolina Rep Abernethy Eliminated rom Third and Pou Is Succeeded by Cooley In ourth our Graduate Groups Hear Scriptural Admonitions On The Commencement of Life 0 Special Services Attuned to Graduation Theme Held Yesterday Dr Henry Louis Smith Addresses Stratford Girls at Vespers Rev Mr Wicker Heard In Evening Services at George Washing ton High School More than one hundred graduates attending worship at four dif ferent centres on Sunday heard scriptural allusions to the commence ment of battles with references to the passing from the well ordered world of education into the disordered scheme of worldly af fairs The Reverend Wicker addressed the high school graduating class at the vasper service held in the auditorium of the school Gradu ate nurses of Memorial Hospital heard Dr Shelburne at night at Mount Vernon church and the pastor of the irst Baptist church performed double duty by addressing the class of Stratford College at the regular Baptist morning service The Stratford girls also heard Dr Henry Louis Smith presidept emeritus of Washington and Lee University now a resident of Greensboro and Dr Murray of Lex ington delivered the Commencement sermon to the graduating claas of Virginia Presbyterian school The Way of Culture Stratford College graduates In caps and gowns and attended by members of the faculty heard Dr Shelburne Sunday morning discuss Way of He went to the Book of Proverbs for the suggestion of culture being personified by a wom an since culture and wisdom are the same thing He traced her origin from the Infinite or God and de plcted her as a figure placed on earth whose alm Is to build up man and add to the richness of hls liv ing 'emphasising the responsibility I which she places on people In hls allegory he urged the grad uates to meet culture adding that she Is difficult to meet and to un derstand her requires mental effort but she will always respond to every sincere effort to know her and that life as a consequence of this knowl edge becomes more beautiful The choir sang "Evening anu by Oakeley aS a special musical contribution to the com mencement services and Miss Hor tense Eanese played Dr Henry Lewis Smith who made the address to Stratford graduates at the vesper service held in the college chapel at 6:45 o'clock Sunday evening found the interior attrac tively decorated and illuminated by candle The Glee Club each bear ing a lighted taper sang "Blessing" by Pearl Curran and a large num ber attended the service A Winning Personality Dr Smith vigorous and emphatic a a speaker spoke on Winning Personality" In which he said that it is the most important character istic that any woman can have es pecially now that woman has emerg ed from the restricted sphere and entered Into tlje broader 'field of en deavor oh an equal footing with men To woman he said personel ity essential to meet their new rsanonslbllltls He enumerated" six essentials to Ministers On Record Here Against State Dispensary 0 Local Association Adopts Resolution Deploring Movement and Calling On Citizens or Support The Danville Ministers association went on record today as strongly op posed to the movement to establish a state whisky dispensary in this city Deploring the efforts to open a liquor traffic in Danville "for the hollow advantage and call ing for support tn their fight the association adopted the following resolution at their monthly meeting at the thia morning: ve deem the sale and use of aplrltuoua liquors as a burn ing moral Issue' still and "Whereas the matter of locating a dispensary In Danville I the fore most' question before our citizen today nnd "Whereas the location of such dis pensary here 1 a matter of local option and "Whereas we deplore the effort to bring into our' community the liquor traffic for th hollow economic ad vantage claimed therefore be It re "I struck my mother detec tlves quoted the youth as saying af ter he finally broke down I tied a piece of rope around her neck and tied It to the bedstead Then I went Into my bedroom where Robert was Detectives said Louis told of crash ing the light hatchet down several (Please Turn to Page 9 CoL 2) Emory Henry Class Hears by whatever amount holders of ma turing certificates and notes wish to swap them for bonds The life of the new Issues set at 5 and 12 14 years was considered as one more indication of the trend toward longer term securities Another feature of the announce ment was the Interest rate The 3 per cent figure on th bond Issue was the cheapest to the government since 3's" a $755000000 sale of 24 year bonds In the fall of 1931 In adldtlon to the August 1 maturi ties for which new bonds will be Is sued the government must meet huge maturities during the 1935 fis cal year beginning July 1 Beside more than a billion in three and six months bills already outstanding the treasury has obligations totaling I 007242000 falling due Summer School At Hiffh School Opens Monday The annual Summer school at George Washington High school de signed for those who wish to make up subjects or who feel they would like to put in time during the vaca tion strengthening themselves In others will open this year on Mon day June' 11 at 8:30 There will be four teachers' Miss Grace Bagley mathematics: Christopher sclenee Mis Pencle ulton history and Mrs Nora Payne1(111 English The session will last eight weeks (Special tn Ute Bee) STUAHT June The quar terly term of the Patrick county circuit ourt opened this morning with the smallest docket ever re membered here The court term is not expected to last more than two or three days Only two liquor cases' pre on the rtnrkut The principal cam la that of Bob art Hot vho 1 charged with the murder of "rank Hodge near North Carolina line last Christmas in rm oi jiwq waiy vney srvujn io court but tie Jury failed to agree by tomorrow or forfeit their Jobe CHARLOTTE June 4 There will be two new faces in North congressional delegation as the result of democratic primaries The veteran Rep Charles Aber nethy rounding out hls seventh term from the third district was eliminat ed from a second primary June 3'0 on the face of fairly complete unofficial returns Harold Cooley Nash county at torney will be the fourth district's new representative succeeding the late Edward Pou who was dean of the house at the time of hls death April 1 The democratic nomination 1 equivalent to election With only seven precincts missing Abernethy was trailing the two lead ers by 1300 votes Graham A Bar of New Bern was in me icaa 7907 votes and Luther Harnil of Morehead City was second 7214 Abernethy polled 500 Patrick Court Term Marked By ew Cases OUNDED EBRUARY 1899 NO 13545 ADMITS KILLING MOTHER AND BROTHER YOUTH TELLS Mi BEGINS S' I lY or 'Ill i WAGES 'ZW nr Hp 9 4.