The Bee from Danville, Virginia • 1

tt Price: Three Cents Home Edition South Barre Are HOUSING BILL SHELVE Trouble Centers Lost Child ound Dnhurt nlght ot 2 Union representatives and opera eek News most 3 Heavy Vote In State 33 ly reduced form told reporters that tn th 3 5 5 (Turn to page 5 Story No 2) bring THE WEATHER QUEER STORY MMM already Jjenate in the its ad tne House appropriated today for an investigation National Labor Relations 1 2 1 I A national currency and that withdraw aupport erf the currency the CIO Trans scat than TEMI'tltAT IKES jesterday A today 23 today 6A tod ty Be Known Tonight Two Important Officers Unopposed Cotne come yotr couldn't fct that way on beer" "Twcfis quart or It jour honor 2 IB £JllllinilllllIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllll fATHERHELD IN SHOOTING iysiit follows: January 364 or normal: ebruary 63 or Rain ell on 15 Days During July: 13 Thunderstorms YfRK Pa Aug 1 What were you drinking?" the court sk a man arrested for drunkenness Japs Move Towards Peace TSINGTAO China Aug 1 Japanese manipulation of the com plex China situation took a new turn today with a meeting to urge an end of hostilities and single unified Chinese govern ment under former Chinese Pre mier Wang Chlng Wel The mass meeting was under the direction of the Japanese controll ed Tslngtao city administration The move caused many neutral ob aeners to' believe that Japanese wanted to plant the thought of peace In the minds of the Chinese The condition of Vaden Bradner I of Sago who admitted to Memorial Hospital last night suffer ing from a pistol bullet wound in the chest Was reported today to be seri ous Meanwhile advices from Rocky Mount stated that Will Bradner father of the wounded man Is in Jail there charged with the shooting Carter Lee commonwealth's at torney" cf ranklin county at Rocky Mount told The Bee thia morning that early investigation had not re sulted in details ot the shooting be ing obtained He stated however that early reports of another person being fatally shot were not true Mr Lee stated that he was con tinuing his investigation but had been unctle to secure an account of what prompted the shooting Vaden Bradner was brought here last night by Shorter and loyd anes gasoline service station at tendants near Sago where the shoot ing occurred They told Pciice Of ficer Hall who went to the hospital to investigate admittance of the wounded man that Mrs Will Bradner had been killed at the time her son was wounded They also told of a quarrel at the Bradner home Mr Lee however today spiked the report ot Mrs Bradner having been shot He said the shooting occurred about half a mile from Sago Sheriff Archer Overbey who went to Sago last night to investigate on the possibility that the shooting may have occurred in Pittsylvania stated upon his leturn to Chatham today that the Bradnera lived on the farm of Sheriff Gregory 1 Neither was he able to learn what took place at the time of the gun play but Joined Mr Lee in denying that any other persons had been shot Sheriff Overhev said that Will I Bradner slept in the woods last night and that he was arrested in a cow pasture by Sheriff Gregory thia morn The heaviest vote on record was reported In some section of the Old Dominion today as Democrats registered their choices In a pri mary which may determine whe ther the legislature will be con trolled by the Price or Bird fac tions of the party British Heads To Be Ready In Period" Leaf Growers Seek Better Price Agreement Embargo Idea Jap Treaty Denunciation Croatia Threatens to Secede 'rom Angoslavla Railway Men oil Bandits Save 56006 Payroll 1 Spanish Pre Rouses Gibraltar Issue Anew Stake in Whittled by War ormer Prexy Smith See Ill Daughter 55 Year Old Woman Second Time in Boston The man was a plainclothes detec tive Van Brunt got oft with a suspended sentence but tba detective got in the lest lick suggested that the csr be operated legally In New York with Crechoalovaklan license pistes be cause there any CrechoSlovskla any more "It may be that I shall not th lamented Korbelar "It may be that I will return to Prague It is very disturbing expected peace (Special to The Bee) CHATHAM Va Aug 1 The will ot the late Claude Swanson who was secretary of the navy from the be ginning of the Roosevelt administra tion until the time of his death early this summer was probated in the Pittsylvania circuit court here yester day The estate for which his widow Mrs Lulle Hall Swanson qualified as executrix was valued at 37600 ex clusive of a home in Washington To his step son Douglas Dean Hall Swanson bequeathed 110000 and his jewelry and personal ornaments To his widow he left his home all furni ture and all tangible personal 'prop erty He also left to Mrs Swanson ail money which he had in banks or otherwise at the time of his death I Two thirds of the balance of the $50000 for Investigation WASHINGTON Aug Acting speedily on the recom mendation of Its accounts com mittee guOOOO of the Board our States eel Affect ofl Strained Labor Relations Troopers Rushed to Sea board Mill Town Where Wool Combers Striking Riot Zones Established to Prevent Bloodshed Work i ers Spend Night in isher Plant Predictions that vote in Pittsylvania county would be the heaviest in history were apparently accurate if the large number of vot er who cast their ballot early this morning la any criterion aa to the to tal vote Poll opened at S3 precinct this morning at 5:12 and early report indicated that practically a heavy stream of voters hive been continuously coming to and going away from the ballot boxes The polls will close 7:20 o'clock tonight Two seats in the House of Delegate are being sought by five candidates who have staged a vigorous campaign that has teen marked by pe'sonal dlf ferencea among several of the can didate Only one of the incumbent Ashworth is a candidate for re election Also in the race are Preston Mores publisher of the Pittsyl vania Tribune a weekly newspaper Gold Johnson Ringgold magistrate: Rev Clark minister farmer and business man and Charles Warren Chatham attorney The race for commonwealth's attor ney has also attracted a great deal of Attention Colemnn Yeatts a for mer member of the House ot Delegate Is seeking election to thia office against Joseph Whitehead Jr who has been attorney for the state for the past eight years Charles terry present' treasurer of the county fa seeking re election and Is opposed by Coles Candidates for two of th most Im poitant office in ths county un opposed Arch Overbey has no op position in th race for sheriff and Ramsey 1 in a field by himsslf tn th contest for commissioner of rv were arranged to parallel diplo matic negotiation looking toward a three power mutual assistance pact Artillery DrawnUp at ron tier ollowing Shootings Wounding of Ru mania Holds Hungary Re sponsible After Officials Had irst Denied Any Trou ble Termed rontier Incident father A IKGINIA: Generali) Ulf tonight and Wed ii ends xllghtly cooler on the coast UrdueMlay 74 NORTH CAROI INA: Pirtly tlmtdy tonight and Wednesday somswhat unsettled Wednesday Temperoture Reading by The Bee Radial Thermometer fr NEW YORK Aug (AT You probably have to expect a lot ot strange experiences If' you drive a streamlined 4 cyllnder car with the engine in the rear Yorcslsv Korbelar cam here with one from Czechoslovakia to see the New York World's air and hired George van Brunt as chauffeur The curious conveyance attracted0 much attention that Van Brunt got tired of explaining On passerby ws insistent In hl queitlon that Van Brunt finally hauled eff and socked him (dear (cleat (clean (dear) A1) enue Early In the campaign another 1 candidate was seeking the office of 1 sheriff but he withdrew from the race 1 several weeks ago While the winners in today's elec lions get no more than the endorse I ment of the Democratic party In the general election to be held In Novem ber past experience has shown the Democratic nomination tanta mount to election in Pittsylvania county Seldom In the past ha campaign with any high degree of heat been staged for the general elec tion Candidates and voters alike assume that the August elections are the ones of most importance and practically all effort and attention are centered around the primaries al ways held on the first Tuesday tn August The worry trouble and expense of a campaign was spared Hon Maitland bustard when no candidate entered against him in the race for th one seat Danville ha In the House of Delegate Bustard haa become a prominent and well known member of the House of Delegates and has served as chairman of the special Gaine Commission well a being head of several Important committee He ha won by large majorltiea when ever opposed in past election nd on' one previous occasion was without opposition Neither la there primary opposition tn John Carter of Danville and vaden of Gretna Democratic nom inee for the Mate Senate' They were selected at the recent party conven tion held in Msrtinsvili Since no other offlcea art Involved there will bt no primary' vote in th city today Boy Kills Uncle Self NEW CASTLE Pa Aug Piper Byers said to day he believed a former New Castle High School athlete and steel worker shot and killed his uncle and then turned the gun on himself as they sat In an auto mobile on a country road near here A farmer found the bodies of Edward Dombroskl 25 and his 45 year old bachelor uncle Ignat Dombroskl last night when he investigated the continuous blar ing ot the machine's horn rencn mission urur uvu 1 ro wnviet Russia later this was temporarily aiered Union representatives ana Passes to Reward HEADS DIRECT DRIVE TO AID IENDIHGBIU Brili'li Surrender Chinese To Jioo Il Negotiations Rufus Martin Mills 59 passed away at his on Rhodenizer Street this morning after an illness of nine months Mr Mills was a native of Pittsylvania county and for the past 35 years had lived in Danville He was employed a a watchman for the Southern Railway Company Surviving are his wife Mrs Ethel Mills nd two sisters Miss Kat Mills nd Miss Ellen Mills all of Danville uneral services will be held from the late residence at 3 o'clock to morrow afternoon Interment will be made In Mountain View cemetery Police Report Shows Rise in Arrests ines The Intensity of the drive made by Danville police is very clear ly reflected In the report of activities In the police court for the month of July which has been prepared by Po lice Secretary red Hatcher The in crease in arrests In July over June was 68 38 more persons were found' guilty and J631 30 more wa paid to the city treasurer The fines Imposed In July totaled 180100 Hatcher in commenting on the re port said that there was a larger variety of cases coming up for trial before Police Magistrate Charles Carter during July than in any month since he became police secretary There were trials on 19 charges dur I ing July for which their were no ar rest at all during June mciuoea in these charges were murder operating a house of ill fme lottery nuisance rape and lottery Decreases were noted In the number arrested for ABC violation assault and trespass Mako Out of Tourney SOUTHAMPTON Ang I Gene Mako joined Brian (Bltsy) Grant on lhe sidelines at the 49th annual Meadow riuh in vitation tennis tournament today losing to unrnnked Robert Pea cock of Berkeley rnllf 6 2 3 6 TatT STRIKES AECT 25000 WORKERS Me Cleveland And NEW CLASH GRIPS EUROPE WEATHER AT A GLANCE: Generally air Tonight and Wednesday Cooler WednMday Marines Confess Killing NOROLK a Aug OP) Wallace Miller and Lawrence King voting enlisted men attorn ed to the marine corps unit on the alrplance carrier Ranger have ad mitted that they killed Jen nlngs traveling salesman of Au guta Gag Tin a room in the Lor hnioiiitf nn me 1 July 24 Leaf Growers CheerChance Of Proposal Swanson Will Is Probated At Chatham powei Authority jressnrn that It would1" (or the Mssion i "AlttlOth th housing bill has been approved by the some administration backers said thev were urging vocates to let 'it lay over until the next session Theiksaid chances of cpproval would be improved by the delay With the session obviously nearing an end the capital continued to play its adjournment guessing game Many predicted the legislators would be on their way home before next week Some well advised House leaders said it was but not that congress would quit Saturday Senate Leader Barkley (D Ky) elated over Senate approval of the lending measure even its drastlral Rufus Mills Planes Collide Killing 3 LONDON Aug Three Royal Airforce filer were killed today when two planes collided and fell Into the North Sea near Lossiemouth who naw th crash found the men trapped tn their machine Since Jan 1 1939 175 men hv died in 103 A crashes BUTTER AND EGGS CHICAGO Aug Butter 934987 steady prices unchanged Eggs 11730 steady storage packed extra 18 other price unchanged Threats Made to Poland REE CITY DANZIG Aug yp Revival of herring and margarine brought threats from Danzig Nazis today that further Polish measures against Danzig trade would compel Danzig to Ignore treaty provision placing the ree City within the Polish customs administration RICHMOND Va Aug Virginia Democrats will settle Bulk of $37600 Estate Left To Widow Brothers and Sisters Share Strancre oreign Auto Gets Owner In Trouble at IN i World rair abo the average Mr 44 Missing as Boat Upsets MANILA Aug 45 four persons were mining todaj after a motorboat operating be tween Sims and Ley ter Islands overturned In a heavy sea There were 80 aboard Vote Deadline Set for Tomor row Night on Curtailed Plan in House WASHINGTON Aus 1 House leaders stepping up their legislative machinery to a fast pre adjournment pace sidetracked the administra tion's housing hill today in a drive for prompt enactment of the Senate approved lending program The Senate passed a sharply cur tailed version: of President Roose velt's lending bill by a vote ot 52 to 28 late vesterday A smootl work ing combination of Republicans and anti New Deal Democrats repeatedly overrode the administration forces to batter down the lending total from2800000000 to 1615000000 The House leadership set midnight tomorrow as the deadline for a final vote There was no certainty that the chamber would approve the leg teiotinn which differs slightly from the Senate bill and authorizes loans of 1960000000 Repeated decisions to delay action on the housing bill which would double the 00000000 borrowing of the United States Housing indicated to some eon sneivea Unharmed eicept for a few mosquito Ktes 22 month old Bobby Nichol son is carried Jjy his mother Mrs'TrMaynard Nicholson out of the wooded patch near Walpole Mass where he was found after an aU night search More than 400 persons combed the woods for the lost baby Me1 was found by 15 year old rancis (left) I SAYS HUNGARY RESPONSIBLE BUCHAREST Aug Th Rumanian government issued a state ment today charging Hungary waa "entirely for clashes otx the frontier between the two coun tries This was the first Rumanian ac i knowledgment that any trouble had occurred Budapest the Hungarian news service said Human lan artillery was ranged across th Tza river from the Hungarian bor der village of Tecso after several frontier clashes) Th Rumanian communique declar ed Rumania would continue to bar Hungarian raftsmen from the Tisza until Budapest authorities take se vere measures" to end "these regret able frontier incidents" BUDAPEST Aug (AP) official Hungarian news agency said today that Ruma nian artillery was drawn up on the left bank of the Tiza River in position to bombard Tesco Hungarian village on the opposite bank' The agency said the action follow ed the wounding of a Hungarian frontier guard by a Rumanian guards 1 man at Tecso in southeastern Hun gary early today Tao clashes were reported from that section Saturday and Sunday nights Ths Hungarian agency said the clashes came after Rumanian guard had fired on Hungarian raftsman on the river and shots had struck a Hun garlan customs house Last night the statement contin ued a Hungarian guard patrolling a bridge was shot Sporadic shooting was reported through the night until 7 a In Bucharest official sources have denied 'any such border incldents'oc curred By The Associated Press Strikes and threatened strikes affecting nearly 25000 workers disturbed labor relit tions in four states today with the most serious trouble zones centered in Cleveland and South Barre Mas' In the Atlantic seaboard null town steel helmeted state troopers patrolled the streets as the selectmen ap pealed to Lieut Gov Horace Cahill for help witha predic tion that and were imminent Troopers cleared the streets break ins up sporadic flftt after a Nat AtllxiOft crowd ox 3uw nu nt Civet 1 line KRira N4c Company About 200 of the plants 1 000 employes were on strike trooners were report ed mobilized throughout the state for duty if needed The striker members ot an A union sought higher sage and rein statement of four employes who the employers charged walked when given a reassignment of work In Cleveland where tear gss shell ing and brick throwing clashes be tween polle and some 5000 to 6000 striker and sympathizers Injured 46 yesterday police eztablisnea a zone" outside General Motors Corpo ration plant In New York State a strike of about 15000 A union trurk drivers threatenine all parts of the state ex cept New York City'an' Albany areas Rumanian roops Are Rushed To Hungarian ront Buy and Sell Through Classified Section Of The Register Bee 57 contests for General Assembly nomi nations today several enlivened by the Byrd Price factionalism Issue There were 129 candidates In all seeking 15 of the 40 senate seats and 42 of the 100 house seats Victory In the primary is tantamount to elec I tion in most cases Statewide interest In the outcome Is focussed on the scattered skir mishes where supporters of Governor James Price end those of the headed by Sena tor Harry Byrd are battling over favored candidates sh Issues were lacking in many of the other contests however the voters making their choice on a per sonality basis Ltght ballot casting was predicted for those districts without local scraps over nominations VI VUUllLy UillilCMb 1 Citizens began their trek to the i ballot boxes shortly after 5 ajm to Uay and the election Judges settled down for a longstayofmore than 14 hours With so many of the leaders of both the senate and the house being returned without opposition the i outcome of the primary will probably I have but little bearing on the pro ceedlngs of the 1940 legislature The i factional contests are too widely tered to give the primary more a faint Byrd Price tinge 5 The contest be ng watched closely by members of the two wings of the party Is that between Senator Russell Gather Price supporter and Burr Harrison rederick county attorney who Is be Ing backed by friends of Senator Byrd This battle Is taking place In Byrd home 25th district embracing the counties of Clarke Shenandoah red erick and the city of Winchester Cther scraps of more than local in terest are belnc settled in the Lynch burg Campbell and Norfolk sectors 1 Carter Glass Jr makes his debut in (Turn Io page 5 Story No 1) Georgia armers Place aith In Possibility of Higher Prices for Crop DOUGLAS Ga Aug iJI Geor gia bright leaf tobacco growers were cheered today by the possibility of conference of buyers and producar next week to seek better prices for this bUlicn pound bumper crop The conference was proposed yes terday at a meeting at Washington of growers' representatives from Virgin ia to lorida who expressed alarm at depressed prices In opening week Hue at Georgia markets' Growers at the 15 Georgia market centers last week old 27024786 pounds of bright leaf for 3985375forn average ot 1475 cents irst week sales last Var brought Georgia farmers $3771433 for 14097 350 a 2675 cent average Prices opened steady on the Moul trie market today after a Monday which averaged 15 21 an advance over the first week average of 14 Sale 1 Supervisor Isom 3744 pounds sold tor 3v wi and a striae aeaanne i mldnisht was postponed to midnight Wednesday In Buffalo port Workers Union called off strike preparations affecting the Interna 1 tlonal Railway Company's 1400 em ployes as a state supreme court or der restrained a disputed closed shop agreement between the company and i an independent union Two strikes of Canadian workers i in Pictou County Nova Scoria left 1600 workers idle our hundred men walked out of the Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company shops st China isin Taken To 10 Beaten 10 i rX nz I to Mrs' Wool Combing an the income from nail the remaining one third was oe I qtieathed to his brother Henry Swanson and his two sisters Miss Annie Blanch Swanson and Miss Sallie Swanson At the death of the brother and sisters this amount will go to Mrs Swanson and In case she 1 not living at that tlfpe it will go to Douglas Desn Hall Itwa specified that the income from the one third balance go to all brothers and sisters living at the time of death Most of the estate consisted of com mon and preferred stock in the Rlver eiH nn Dan River Cotton Mills There wet klM" stock In corporations tn Virginis 1 Secretary Swanson wrote hi will i on Dec 2 1930 TOKYO Aug 1 One obstacle to a British Japanese agreement to settle the Tientsin dispute was un derstood today to have been erased by negotiations her Differences on measures fcr polic ing the North China city were said to have been ironed out In conference yesterday Informed persons Mid Britain had agreed: 1 To surrender to Japanese auth orities four alleged Chines terrorists whose asylum In the British conces sion Tientsin led to the Japanese blockade that started last June 14 2 To Joint British Japanese search tor other alleged terrorist in the eoneeMlon 3 To control cooperatively with Japanese Chinese suspected of terrorism and sabotage behind the Japanese at Tientsin Still unsolved however was 'the thorniest lasu: Japanese demands that British turn over silver stock de posited b)' the Chinese government in th British concession tor support bt Britain I Chinese founded ebruary ire Associoted Pres Leosed Wire 41st Year no 15157 adjournment now "is up to the There was some speculation on Capitol Hill that Mt Roosevelt might take a hand in the congressional situation In an eftort to Insure ap proval of the housing measure and enactment of a lending program apr proximating his recommendations Hl proposals envisioned loins total ing 3060000000 in addition to the housing funds 5 The Senate vote on the lending bill came after six day of tempestu ous wrangling over restrictive amend ment Senator Barkley author ot the legislation fought an almost a xinet th hl i smgic Danotu us me Democratic Primary Election Today Climaxes Spirit iTuccessful In stripping away 750 ed Campaign Choice or Nominees ill 000 000 roads program 500000060 Tix Imnnrlnnt Dffirprs railroad equipment 35000 C00 of 100000000 authorization to the Export Import Bank tor fi nancing American exports Respond ing to demand of western senators the chamber tacked on 90000000 for reclamation project 6 Rainfall during July was 234 inches above normal indicating that it was an unusually wet month Records of Watkins govern ment weather observer here show that the total precipitation during that month was 653 inches His re port shows ten clear days fourteen cloudy days and seven partly cloudy The high temperature was on July 14 when the mercury reached 95 degrees and the low was on July 12 when 59 degrees were recorded There were thirteen thunderstorm during the month and rain fell on fifteen days Rainfall for the year to date also runs above normal by eight inches a total ot 3253 Inches having been recorded since the first of January ive cf the first seven months had a raintan shows precipitation by months a MS below 2 83 above normal March 3 91 or 023 above normal: April 335 or 0 03 be low norm! May 384 or 006 below normal June 6 81 which was 257 above normal: and July 652 or 334bove normal Pittsylvania Voters Begin Casting Ballots at Early Hour Record Vote Certain Everybody Reads The Register Bee In Trading Area 0 BABIES GET GA HELMETS LONDON Aug 1 The govern ment today began distribution of 1500000 gas helmet for protection of babies' in event of war The helmet resemble a diver' headgear Atris pumped in through an ccordlon Uke device on the They ars lied around the waist SAETY SLOQAN RICHMOND Aug To day's iate police Mety slogan: "A careful driver Is the beat ufetv device known" Mussion on Way to Russia PARIS Aug The Brit Hh military mission' to Mocow a a expected to reach Paris to morrow for prellmlnarj strateg) talk "Hh member of a almllar rench mission before both group HIS SON Sago Man in Serious Condi tion in Hospital Here Parent Jailed 57 ASSEMBLY SEATS ARE AT STAKE TODAY 129 Candidates Being Picked In Contests Marked By actionalism Issue Ph '1 9 a' ranvilie a I uewuy.