The Bee from Danville, Virginia • 1

if i WEATHER AT A GLANCE: Showers Tonight and riday Warmer riday Everybody Reads Buy and Sell Through ee MJl 3 Danville Va Thursday Afternoon June 15 1939 LatT BRITAIN SENDS JAPS STRONG NOTE News Troops Posted CLUES IN TOT MURDER At Concession LABOR PEACE AILS Are Withdrawn To Address Club Nominated By Acclamation Was Suffocated CONERENCE ABANDONED BY LEADERS troops in Va Jun 1 4( DOBSON BETTER GARRETT RESOLUTION of them atrip to long the OPEN JOINT MEETINGS 15 (Turn to page 4A Story No 2) INSIDE PROGRAM News 31 June A IA 5A 30 Lonccri SO 80 THE WEATHER ARMERS DAY IN DANVILLE RIDAY JUNE i 6 1 LMI'KH We Welcome (Turn to page 4A Stun No 3) ER im give them buy any feature ot this sum been have arms but The there waist free city could be September the en at owner of I lie lie did inn hpenk did speak a little judge bound him court under $'iuo I 4 a Over Edith irms Promoting Southern Industry "Be it resolved by the Democrats of the Thirteenth Senatorial District of the State of Virginia in couven ilolu assembled that we go on rec ord as expressing our deep apprecia tion of the record and service ren dered the district and Common wealth ot Virginia by Senator A Garrett ot Ridgeway "Senator record of near ly forty years livthe upper branch of the General Assembly has been onistanding and marked by sound ability devotion to duty and splen did courage His loyalty and fidelity I to the interests of the Democratic party has been unsurpassed This eomention gives him its assurance that in retiring from the Senate of Virginia he carries with him the admiration esteem and affection of the people of this district as well as the people generally throughout the state who have come to know him during his public office" automobiles The union halls were kept cleared of loiter rs today by lint police Both halls presented a grim forti fied appearance With both unions claiming victory In the strike and picketing ended it itemed likely that further violence could be avoided al though observers said there remained much htvternem between the iw un ions jYH 1 4 bnrricailes eii'lccl forces the streets In the vicinity of isher Body Plant No 1 and emptied the halls of both unions when it became apparetv to Hint officials that a riotous situation was in the mak ing Windows in the CIO hall were smashed Wednesday and retaliation was feared Approximately 800 men wearing CIO armbands had assembled sing ing union songs and shouting The crowd was broken up swift ly and without argument when the No 9 leaving Richmond at and arriving In Dan il 10:10 Seeking to promote southern in dustrial and agricultural progress the local Sears Roebuck A Co store Join ed with sister firms throughout the south today in celebrating a "Dixie Progress Sale" Large amounts of cot ton goods from the local mills are among the southern products being featured at the sale which continues through next vyeek roiiAVs safety siogvn 1 note to Speed Is Urged WASHINGTON June President Roosevelt was lil relief advisers today speed up congressional action on tin $1710000000 relief appropri ation under consideration In the House and progressive legislation' RICHMOND Va June The State Police safety slogan today: "Drive to stay alive" 0 Programme Begins Tomorrow At 9:30 With Parade 'Which Will Include Izocal and Visiting Drum Attendance of Both Governors Is Con firmed Premiums Offered In All Contests VIRGINIA: Cloudy with shower riday nod in south portion to tilght slightly warmer in south portion tridar NORTH AHOlLNAi Mostly cloudy With (Hiasiuiial sliowgrt tonight and frlcljy Killed By Train IVXt TIBVRG OT) A freight train 1 ruck and In stantly killed Paul Poole Probst 35 year old former newspapermanv he sat on a guard rail at toe AnibirM county end of the South ern Railway's high bridge near here early this morning body partly decapitat ed wills the right arm severed was lotind out st real died on the russ ules with the feet hanging over the edge of the bridge Justice Wiight of NladiSon Heights said death was accidental 0 Peace they stood for a behind the barrier and Hoey of Gov jobs Martin claimed a agreement with General Motors As the day shifts began at the many General Motors plants here pickets were absent for the first time In a week anck the tension was lessened lint police and Genesee county depu ties' were present but the state troop ers who put In a swift and psycholog ically effective appearance at 3 a were out of sight The state police 100 strobg cleared WASHINGTON June Emergency hospital physicians today described the condition of Coach rank Dobson of Maryland Uni versity as "somewhat Dobson who came to Maryland four years ago after coaching at Rich mond University is ill with a bron chial infection He is the father of Jack Dobson end on the foot bail team last year Home Edition Price: Three Cents 13 th State Senatorial District Reacts avorably To Nomination Of Senator Vaden And Carter Plane Crashes PITTSBURGH small cabin plane bound from Richmond Va to De rult overshot Bettis ield here toiljy and rolled loo feet down an enilmiikniciit Pav engeis Joseph Marrs and A Bearley hoi of Richmond climb ed unhurt from the wreckage nUEER STORY Temperature Reading by The Bee Radial Thermometer Ge rniany Eases Tension GENEVA June oft Doctor Karl Burrklinrilt League of Na tlons high cmninl slniier for Dan zig was reported In league Brcles today tn have del Ideil to ret urn to his post nt once as a result of German assurance that no serious tendon over the expected before Tense Episode in Japan's Blockade Ended as British And Japanese Soldiers Marching Away After ac ing Each Other for Some Time Across Barricades England Demands Imme diate Steps By Japan to Stop Incidents (AN urged by to try to 1s Minor Hudson prominent young attorney of Washington I) will be the principal speaker at the charter presentation dinner of the local junior chamber of ommerce at Hotel Danville tonight He is also a director of the national or ganization State Troopers in Dramatic Early Morning Appear ance Scatter Threatening Clear Streets In Swift Action With Riotous Situation In Making SCOTISBLl Neb June Mr John Sfelnliwker who speaks German fluently' uplcd barred rock chickens In nnothcr person's pen mid gnve them iiiuii illnnct call" They runic a running she told 1'minly Judge (' LJila ft bile the other chickens mlnilcd I heir own business John lorez told the judge German Spanish over to bond on charges ot chicken tiielt HITTER AND EGGS CHICAGO June Butter 1187346 unsettled creamery 93 score 24 1 4 92 23 3 4 91 23 1 2 90 33 89 22 3 4: 88 22 90 Centralized car lot 23 1 4 1 2 Eggs: 28745 steady prices un changed Autopsy Indicates Abducted Infant Whose Body Was ound in River Did Not Die By Drowning Believe Baby Suffocated With Blanket Before Removal rom Crib Several Sus pects Questioned But No Definite Clues Are ound CLYDE June (AP)' Evidence indicated today cold blooded killer of 10 week old Haldon ink i and immediately suffocated the baby whose body was found floating in a creek seven miles away 12 hours after being snatched from his cradle Sheriff Myers and Coroner Philo concurred in the suffoca tlon theory after an autopsy showed death was not due to drowning have not1 what I consider one convicting the sheriff said a the intensified hunt went Into its second day "We have not good sus Ipects but fair After an autopsy last nignt coro ner Philo said: lugs were not water logged Therefore death defl nitely was not due to drowning Death probably was due to suffocation from the blanket taken with the baby Pre liminary examnatlon disclosed no trace of poison" Supporting the suffocation theory Sheriff Myers declared: position of the hands when the baby was found was that child asleep If the child had not suffocated immediately he would been wakened and moved his and Sheriff Myers ordered deputies to the cr ex th hooks to search for th ai ket In which the baby was wrap ped when stolen from the home of the grandparents Mr and Mrs Oran Baser A ions stranger" seen In this northern Ohio town of 3100 seemed to furnish the best lead In the case The mother Mrs Irvin Baker inch 22 divorced from the father 23 had told Sheriff Myers about a stranger who approached her near her home Tuesday night and inquired directions to a Today a woman residing five blocks from the Baker home said she heard a car stop near her home between 9 and 11 Tuesday (The baby was LINT Mich June prevailed in lint today following a (dramatic early morning appearance of Michigan State Police to disperse a milling mass of men still agitated over the brief and now settled General Mo tors strike ollowersof Homer Martin In ths United Auto Workers Union (AL) which called the strike returned to work at 7 a joining members ot the UAW CIO who refused to recog nize the strike and never left their settlement I state police rushed to the scene Admits Poisoning Wife PHILADELPHIA June () Sobbing wildly a new prisoner In Phllailelphla'a vast Insurance mur der case testified today he was forced under the Influence of witchcraft and the to feed his wife poisoned spaghetti The husband Domlnck setti 48 year old clothing factory presser was held without ball for court on a charge of murdering his 37 year old wife Jennie Seek to Drop Trains RICHMOND Va June (2P The Southern Hallway asked me State Corporation Commission nt a hearing today for authority to discontinue two passenger trains operating between Richmond anti Danville and change the schedule of a third The trains the company asked be discontinued are No 8 which leaves Danville at 7 a in and ar rives In Richmond at 11:15 a tn and 6: 10 Ville Beginning With Parade 9:30 A 5f Main st Io Ballou Park Horse Shoe Pitching Contest 9:30 a Prizes 1st prize S500: 2nd prize $3Oo (fnr sets Best out of tour gets first prize $500 second ptlze $3 00) Barrel Race 9:30 a Prizes 1st prlre S300 2nd prize $2Wl 3(1 prize $I0u Oscar Byler Magician performing Magic eats 10:00 a in Baseball Bl state (morn ing gauir) 10:00 a in sack a in Prize 1st prze $300 2nd prize $200 3d prize $1 00 square naming at park Pavil in so a in to Vii Drum and Bugle Concert At dlt ferent Intervals during day ucxaiiy vceoruion II a in to 2:30 ni sp akuig (Governor North 11:15 a ci nor 1 rtce of Virginia Ciieweis' Marksmanship 12:30 (or Immediate after speaking) Prizes st prize $500 2nd prize J3I0 SO prize $100 Tobacco Auctioneering Contest 12:15 in Prizes 1st Prize $500 2nd Prize $300 3rd Prize $200 Chicken Calling Contest (Ladles) Prizes 1st Prize $300 2nd Prize 200: 3rd Prize $100 Hog Calling Contest (Men) 1:15 Prizes Prize $300 2nd prize $200 3rd Prize $100 Cow Calling Contest 1:80 in Prizes: 1st Prize $300 2nd Prize $200 3rd Prize $100 Basi linil Game (Evening Game) 2 tn Greasy ig Race 2:30 Prize (Pig to inner) Bicycle Knee 3oo in rizes 1st Prize $500 2nd Prize $300 3rd Prize $200 Negotiations Looking to End Of CIO AL Dispute Ap pear to Be at End WASHINGTON June li Labor peace negotia tions appeared to be at an end todav after John Lewis CI0 president declared further dealings with AL representa tives were impossible Calling the AL leadership "reac tionary" and working to crystallize antl new deal sentiment" Lewis told reporters that CIO executives were agreed should go forwajd with renewed His sudden pronouncement brought no immediate comment from adminis tration officials who had been watch ing the negotiations ever since Presi dent Roosevelt had Urgently requested their Inauguration last winter It brought a quick response 'how ever from AL President William Green who characterized Lewis' re marks as "intemperate" "The leader of the CIO has again blocked labor peace Green said Lewis' statement followed a long session with the CIO executive board yesterday The board sUd accept ed withiut recommenqjuons the re port on the CIO AL peace negotia tions last March and expressed a unanimous view that peace was "a secondary consideration" to CIO a prime objective of enrolling unorgan ized workers into Industrial unions Of the rival federations he said board's opinion was: "That the AL Is still under control of a small group firmly trenched and reactionary in their tltude on public questions and who are tolerant of many evil conditions existing inside the AL" The report on the negotiations he explained was placed before the board to show "how impossible it was" to negotiate peace reply was that the federa tion had done its utmost "to effect a reasonable peace in the interests of labor and the country" "Now Mr Lewis says peace Is Im Green said "The reasons he gives publicly are too ridiculous to merit serious consideration and are offered merely to mislead the public "Tlve real reason is that he does not want peace because peace would automatically end his autocratic con trol of a minority group in organized labor The public can now judge by the Intemperate character of Mr Lewis' statement the sort ot a man he is and why he is responsible for the failure to reach peace" Lewis' blast against the AL was his first public statement on labor union slnc early tn April when he asked the AL conferees for an indef inite postponement ot the negotia tions during discussion of a new coal mining contract TAKE WOODEN NICKELS HELENA nickels quarters and dimes are money in Helena now Merchants in change customers can thing with them It Is a Diamond Jubilee mer and after the celebration days end the wooden money will be re deemed at full face value by the Jubilee committee Royal Pair Say arewell It 4111 AX Nnvit scot In June IN King George and Ijtteen Hrabetlii today hade farewell by radio to Canada and the United States which the departing mon arch termed "a large part of the earth where there Is no of war between neighbors" REE MEAL! GAMES! AWARDS! MOUNTAIN LAKE Va June Six scientific societies opened i Joint meetings today at the Moun tain Lake biological station which has become a nationally known cen ter for summer study In botany and zoology since its establishment by the University of Virginia ten years ago While the weather man being viewed with both suspicion and con cern as showers fell on the eve of the planned Day to morrow promoters of the show pray ed for fsfr weather and clung to their rabbits feet The success of the day was patently depeivicit on dry and smiling skies and the Washington weather bureau predlctc 1 cloudy weather and showers for big event The committee however worked on airtugiiig a hundred and one last minute details of a programme which will begn at 9 :30 o'clock in the morn ing and which will run through mid afternoon The Danville Retail Mer chants' Araoclation and the Danville Tobacco Association Jointly sponsor ing the event are spending $5000 to make a happy day for tobacco grow ers In Gio Danville trade area and the preparatory labors represent weeks of patient work The festivities will be centred on Ballou Park before which the open ing parade scheduled for 9:30 Is cx peelcd to terminate rom that time on iliere will be something doing all the time ranging from addresses by two siHc governors to the quest of the greasy pig with miniature vaude ville liriin corps concerts athletic contests In all of which prizes will be offcied To Brown tell one of the nns' Important duties of the day He is i i charge ot the Brunswick Stew the committee whose duty 't Is to aco that the Items of the menu tendy to bo served at eleven o'elick end that everybody is served This ulnuttedly Is one of the biggest jobs of the day but Mr Brown said that overthlng was ready and that at the lowet edge of the park all was in readtneaa for the feast Governor James Prior and Gover nor Clyde Hoey of North Carolina are to apeak shortly after eleven o'clock from stand reared under the Trees In the natural amphitheatre tn the (Turn to page 4 A Stur) No 1) Weidmanii Denied Pardon 1 EKS 1ILII' rance June (AX Albert Lebrun to lai ilcnieil the parilon appeal Eugene Wctdmann com let cd slayer of six persons IncluiliHg Jenn de Koxen Brooklyn daneer bill granted clemency to ills acconipilce Roger Million Stage or armers' Day Set All Details Completed But Weather Outlook Uncertain Classified Section Of The Register Bee Autopsy Shows Abducted Child XI OUNDED EBRUARY 1899 1181 Tear no 15117 sss Medford Lacy armington Golf Pro Is Killed Nazi Hint Retaliatory Action Against England Abdell Luses ight To Escape Electric Antl Thlrd Term Nut Legally Binding Hold Closed Inquiry Into Brand ing of Student Senate Round Robin Defends Arms Embargo Move To orestall Restrictions on Relief IB lorida Believed As storm Mails In Gulf IB Peace In State's Rlglits lood Control ight Near 3B Marlene Dlrirtth Sails After Tangle ivtth Agents Inion Deflanee Threaten ed eral ship Line inland Only Nation To ay on Mar Debt To HURRY TOMORROW! (Special to The Bee') MARTINSVILLE Va June IState Senator Robert Vaden of county was renomin ated and John Carter nominated for the upper chamber of the Vir ginia General Assembly in a Demo cratic convention held here yesterday afternoon Neither of the candidates had any opposition the result had been clear ly indicated through the action of the democracies of: the ctynponent coun ties and cities and there was no rtft in the party's lute during the eve ning Encomiums were heaped upon the candidates in nominating and second ing speeches and the nomination was by acclamation followed by brief expressions of appreciation by the candidates who pledged themselves to represent the whole district as fairly as they know how i State Senator William A Garrett of Ridgeway singled out for touching recognition in the form of a resolution presented by Kennon Whittle of Martinsville In which a tribute was paid to him for his courageous service for nearly forty years past and for his fidelity to the Democratic Ideal Senator Gar rett who had dropped from the race was on hand yesterday evening quick to extend the hand of friendship and congratulation to the two nom inees The reaction today was good throughout the thirteenth district with a feeling that Messrs Carter and Vaden will be effective advocates of sound Stress was laid on the growing ef fectiveness of Senator Vaden who has passed through the trial years as a legislator and the brilliant Intellect of Mr Carter long recognized in the inner councils of the Virginia demo cracy rank Burton of Stuart wa made chairman of the meeting yes terday and Kearfott ot Martins ville was made secretary Rutledge Clement bl Danville nominated Sen ator Vaden and Vansant of Chatham and Hugh Williams of Danville made seconding speeches Mr Carter was nominated by Grasty Crews and rapidly seconded by Clement of Chatham William Joyce of Patrick Kennon Whittle ot Martinsville and Blair of Pitt sylvania A committee composed of Williams Kennon Whittle and Rut ledge Clement escorted the nominees into the courtroom and they then emoarxea on their Informal speeches ot acceptance Both were accorded an ovation on appearance and Senator Vaden on being recognized recounted some of his past legislative services In ex pressing his sincere appreciation ot the honor conferred on him atr Vaden said that he would continue to keep schools and roads well up in his platform He pledged himself to give a general representation as fairly as he knew how admitted he had made mistakes but insisted that they were of the mind and not ot the heart He spoke in terms of high apprecia tion of Senator Garrett who he said had given him comfort aqd aid many times white he was passing through his first session "when I was green and did not know much about it' Senator Vaden said that he was happy to be associated with Mr Carter say ing that he was well fitted to don the legislative harness He pledged his active co operation to Mr Carter Mr Carter In accepting the nomi nation expressed his appreciation to the voters of the district In tnstruet I Overby Succumbs At County Seat One of Oldest Active Business Men in Pittsylvania Dies Suddenly (Special to The Bee) CHATHAM June James Irvin Overbey one of Pittsylvania county's oldest citizens succumbed to a heart attack at the age of 79 shortly before 10 this morning One of the leading merchants in the county Mr Overbey recently celebrat ed his fiftieth year in the hardware business in Chatham and Gretna Born October 25 1859 the son ot Jachomeas and Anne Cabell Irvin Overbey he was a native of Prince Edward county On April 17 last hecelebrated his golden wedding anni versary to Miss Patty Moore who sur vives him Mr Overbey suffered a heart at tack while sitting in his store here this morning He succumbed while on his way home in a Jefferson ambu lance accompanied by his physicians Dr Hammon and Dr Bennett The father ot Sheriff Archer bev he is also survived by Miss Overbey of Chatham Mrs Web ster and Mrs John Westbrook of Arlington Ernest Overbey Rann Overbey William Overbey and Landon Overbey all of Chatham and Dr Jesse Overbey of Norfolk also 16 grand children He had been an active member of the Chatham Methodist church for a number of years uneral services will be conducted from the home on South Mam street here tomorrow afternoon at 4 ococx with Interment tollowing in Chatham cemetery Hired to Kill 3 Men PKESTONSBl KG Ky June 5 (i Ant trorit lew delved today into a former federal prixon lu niate's hlzarre stuiy of being ein ploreii to kill three and held warrants for Hie of Iso men whom he ar cued of hiring Jilm County Judge iiMsri! Hill said that mi Ihe basis of affidavits signed by Robert Ison 31 of Gate City Va he bad issued warrant charging IV I ntnnibn a former county judge and A Carter a former mayor of this eastern Ken tucky mountain town with con spiring "to kill Henry Porter and TIENTSIN A tense episode in Japan's blockade of Tieiuxin foreign treas in which British with inachinc cuns and Japa nese hoops with tanks faced other across for several hours xva tonight when both inarched away A strong British Japanese authorities on steps" to end the stopping1 and searching of British subjects by Japanese soldiers blockading the British and oiii'lt coiicexsions The opposing troops patrolling op posite sides of the barricaded conces sions boundary were separated by only a few feet until tbe British suddenly withdrew and the Japanese then quickly removed their forces The posting of the troopa followed reports of residents that they were having Increasing difficulty entering the concession and were meeting with open hostility on the park of Japanese gendarmes at the barriers The Britons requested arrange ments to convoy them into ihe con cession British Who used race course road said guards at the barrier made several tor search Some said time In line when they reached the head of the line they were told to return to the end of the quarter mlle long queue and start again It was reported that Chinesc langu age placards were posted In the Chinese village near the race course instructing natives to have no deal ing with the British who were "res ponsible for the present situation" Ten Chinese employes of an Amer ican concern william Hunt Co tried to swim the Hal river to the com pany's wharf on the British side but (Turn to page 4 5 Story No 4) lint Peaceful ollowing Dispersal Of Milling Mass By Police Strike Settled The Register Bee In Trading Area CHARLOTTESVILLE Va June Medford Lacy 17 of this city assistant pro at the armington Country club was fatally Injured in I stolen between 10 and 11 m) Sha an automobile accident last night said she heard a baby cry and two or about three miles south more persons talking In the auto of here ca Route 29 Lacy It was reported was riding in the back of a car belonging to Harry Crltzer 17 of North Garden One othet person was in the back with hun and four others were in the front A tire is said to have blown out causing the car to swerve off the road The vehicle crashed into a telephone pole knocking it down then hit a tree and rolled down a 25 foot embankment BIBLE SCHOOL Axton Methodist church is conduct ing a successful Vacation Bible School through the cooperation of other churches of the community The classes opened Monday with an en rollment Of 59 John Carter (left) and State Senator Vaden chosen by the Democrats of lie Thirteenth State Senatorial district yesterday at (Mar tinsville Nomination is the equivalent to election In a district which is preponderantly Democratic 0 A P) Wv' 'W 3 tjL 9 ra ra Hi" Nw eV A HHHkfl JHI Hk x' 1 1 vesierilay 82 (teaB A todav Ti (i tear) A today T1 (ratA) tudiy $4 (rtoW).