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THE BEE TUESDAY ATERNOON DECEMBER 14 1937 SEVEN Saved from Death at Sea MARTINSVILLE DAILY NEWS I OPICS Telephone Number SIM who (Continued from Page One) i in NUMBER 2 NUMBER 3 NUMBER 5 Killed in Crash took two centenarians here in one (Continued from Page One) on 131 (Continued rom Page One) and of pair escaped in an automobile slick Army Plane Crashes in lames at Lanqley busy TV awv mpv would be made Thursday to dlstrlb unlpn papers at the gates of the jnade a relentless advance up the which were destroyed Yangtze River to Nanking more than' Navel officers estimat the cost of of some of hot Ml of Labor these ord Motor Co Rouge plant In an area from which they have been bar red by a Dearborn traffic ordinance 3w MANY CARS HIGHWAY American 1 demands complete breaking of Mrs Vrgte Parks died at the Alice Burton Home on Main St Mon day evening at 6 pm Mrs Parks was 89 years of age being born in Rockbridge county She was a sister cf Mrs Marion Agnar an inmate of the Alice Burton Home who died on March 161937 uneral services will be held from Townes uneral Home Wednesday morning at 11 aim In terment will be made In Mt View cemetery The services will be con ducted by Dr Joseph Dunglison the Rev A Carter The Parent Teachers meeting which was to meet this afternoon at 3:15 has been postponed until Wednesday afternoon at 3:15 to be held In the auditorium of the Central grammar school Postpone Meeting 2 Centenarians Die Same Day flee other clerks lopes 'The after one of the men had scooped the money into his pocket Two others were in the sedan police were told 0 A load weighing 1100 times its own weight can bo pulled by a flea near section of Shanghai In the month and a half the Japanese armies who accompanied Lyons also were hurt the former being treated for a broken nose a nd leg injuries and the latter for a frattured anklo and cuts and bruises State Trooper Steve McWilliams de clared the accident directly attribut able to the weather Lyons' car went out of control on the snow covered incline of the highway The body of Lyons was sent to Richmond this morning by a Chesa peake and Ohio train whkb left hero at 10:10 a Only one death so far as could be learned this morning has been attrib uted to accidents due to the ice on the highways There have been several minor ac cidents and all along the highways cars have been forced into ditches and embankments and a few have overturned but none of the occupants have been hurt very badly Early this morning walking was dif ficult but the streets have been sprinkled with sand and going is much easier 175 miles to Shanghai's northwest Japanese residents of the Hongkew district of Shanghai arranged for victory parade at noon today to cele brate the capture of Nanking On the day their former capital fell Chinese patriots found scant ela tion In reports that a 24 year old Chi nese girl had led a flying column of guerilla warriors which recapturedTaitsang about 35 miles northwest of Shanghai The attackers according to Chinese advices executed members of the peace preservation government that Rubber cushioning used at the point where the housing is mounted to the frame tends to absorb shocks keeping them from the driver's hands 4 Mrs Virgie Parks Passes Away at Burton Home RICHMOND MAN KILLED CHARLOTTESVILLE Va Dec Thomas Lyons of Barton ave nue Richmond died at 2:30 o'clock this morning at the Unlvcrlsty of Virginia hospital of injuries received yesterday afternoon when a car in which he was driving from Richmond to Charlottesville skidded on Pantops mountain a short distance outside the dty and plunged down a forty toot embankment Miss Irene Carroll 37 and Mrs I Louise Wickcamp both of Richmond Meeting Postponed The Martinsville Home Demonstra tion Club which was to meet this afternoon has been postponed until Wednesday afternoon at 3 when it will meet with Mrs Covington at her home on the River Road The meeting was changed due to the weather conditions have been driven by a negro school teacher Perry of Buchanan a teacher in the negro school at incastle was injured about the head and was treated by a Buchanan physician Whether his hurts were of a serious nature could not be determined Im mediately The crash occurred between Springs wood and North Buchanan where the highway is covered with ice State Patrolman Karl Garber Investigated the accident but lie was reported to be patrolling the hazardous ice coated: highways of this section and could not be located Immediately for a re port Perry was said to have been headed toward incastle Llnkenhoker driver of the school bus was unin jured Although the bus was dam aged It continued on its journey to Buchanan Sleet Causes Many Minor Accidents OUR NORTHERN DEMOCRATS LEAD IGHT ON PLAN 0 ORMAL NOTE PROTEST SENT JAPAN (Continued from Page One) Major A Waller army air corps officer was burned to death when the ptirenit plane he piloted caught fire while tn formation at the Lang ley ield air show Saturday and crashed before 5000 spectators His ob erver Sgt John Johnson es caped with serious head Injuries 5 Cummings atally In jured In Auto Wreck had been set up by the Japanese 13 I Dingo went to the bottom when she their inarch on Nanking I hit a mine off Nqw York sions If necessary to accomplish this objective The first major attempt to revise the wage hour bill was expected from Rep (D Gallf) sponsor of a substitute drafted by the Ameri can ederation of Labor He would impose a uniform 'mini mum wage of 40 cents an hour and a 40 hour work' week The committee draft 'would let standards be set by industries Mini mum work week could not be under 40 hours if Dock we Iler's proposal failed R'P lamnrrk (D Griswold (D Tnd) Connery (D Mass) and Phillips (D Conn) 'aid they would demand consideration of their sub stitutes Griswold asserted "a whole lot of people In this House are not in favor ICE SHEATED ROADS CAUSE MANY WRECKS (Continued rom Page One) Cummings age about 50 of Crltz died late Monday afternoon at the local hospital from two broken legs and internal Injuries which he sustained Monday afternoon when he was accompanying Trent also of Crltz In a Model ord truck going north on' Highway 220 near the city had stopped the truck near the un derpass to make some adjustment A trailer truck belonging to a McGuire fruit concern of lorida was also en route north coming down the hill near the underpass and seeing the ord truck and due to the sleet con ditions of the road could not stop and pulled up toward the bank to go around the truck and turned over on the truck The trailer truck was driven by Lester Whitehead of lorida Trent and Cummings were brought to the local hospital where they were both unconscious and Cummings was found to be in a serious condltoin from which he died a few hours later Trent received a bad cut in the head and bruises and was badly frightened and was unconscious for a short while His condition is not regarded as seri ous and he is reported to be resting comfortably at the hospital Whitehead was placed in the county Jail to await trial to be held at a later date uneral arrangements for Cum mings had not been made this morn ing Club to Meet The Wednesday Club will meet Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 with Miss Kate Barrow at her home on Bread street Mrs Irving Tuggle will be in charge of the program Mrs Mazura Walton Dies At Ringgold to United States Ambassador Joseph Grew the note which: 1 Expressed apologies and regrets 3 Promised indemnification 3 Stated measures to prevent a re currence of the incident already had been taken Grew received from Washington a statement to present to the Japanese government Its contents were not disclosed but it was said to be in line with President mern orandum The statement' from Washington and the foreign office note virtually coincided President Roosevelt memorandum had saked that the Japanese govern ment consider for presentation to the government of the United States full expressions of regret and proffer of full compensation and methods guar anteeing against a repetition of any similar attack Another 'Japanese government statement was issued in connection with the fall of Nanking Premier Prince umlmaro Konoye issued the document which declared that "birth of a new China will serve to safeguard foreign Interests in the ar East" It summarized Japan's contention that she had pursued a policy cf "non and said th Nan king government had been reduced to a mere local government Earlier today the premier and the cabinet council had heard re port on the Panay incident and the report of War Minister General Gen Sugiyama on the capture of Nan king The premier's statement said in part "oreign powers will certainly un derstand position as only stabilizing force in Eastern Asia Ja pan will not relax chastisement of the anti Japanese administration (In China) Japan will cooperate with whatever administration comes into existence in China sympathize with the nationals of third powers whose lives and prop erty have been affected by hostilities The birth of a new China will serve as a safeguard to foreign interests in the ar East "Thus fall is onlythe prelude of the China question and maras tne beginning of real protract ed hostilities against A million persons mostly school children paraded in Tokyo celebrat ing formal occupation of Nanking The empress gave the army section of imperial headquarters a cask of wine in appreciation of its services O' When the 200 lneh mirror Is in stalled In California It will be just like some snooty star to insist on a bigger one for her dressing room illers of future attacks on British ships The aim of the negotiations was said to be to permit any of the approxi mately 3(1 British vessels upstream on the Yanctze to proceed downriver to Shanghai Efforts were under way to locate possible straggling survivors along the riverbanks The Oahu wirelessed that is plan was to bring survivors and dead to Shanghai with the aid Of the Japanese destroyers and the understanding: of Japanese assurance for a safe passage down stream The more seriously wounded may be flown to Shanghai on board the Japanese one of Which carried doctors nurse and medical supplies The spokesman for' the Japanese navy which ha admitted full re sponsibility and expressed regrets for the incident said consular staff ofn cera on one of the planes would in vestigate all details of thetoagedy He previously had offered the services Of Japanese naval vessel to bring survivots to Shanghai or to accord facilities for United States vessels to bring them (Hankow dispatches said observers who witnessed the aerial attack re ported that although the gunboat had bombed her four successive time (Advices received at the American embassy said Lieut Arthur Anders Panay executive officer was 'seriously' wounded and that Emile Gawle em bassy clerk was slightly wounded) ragmentary reports trickling into Shanghai throughout the day told of the whereabouts of a few of the Americans who ere under bombard ment The Augusta received word that Jim Marshall writer on Oriental af fairs for Colliers magazine reached a hospital at Wuhu Although wounded he was not believed to be In a serious condition The See radioed a report that she had rescued io Americans seven of them seamen and three Euro pean officers of the Standard OH bOatS' 'The Americans Included 1 ick ring cf Cadiz Ohio John Sherwood of McGraw and 1 Goldie all Standard OH company offt i clals Captains Jorgensen and 1 Mender and Engineer Blaslna were 1 the Europeans i (A cable to the Socony Vacuum corporation New York offices ex i preswa rear that Capt Carlson WaterburyConn was killed) Manslaughter By Airplane Charged To Aviator BENDIX Dec 14 (41 A charge of manslaughter by airplane said by State Aviator Director Gill Robbvvilson to be the first complaint of its kind ever lodged anywhere stood today against William Plcune 23 year old commercial pilot The aviation commission appealed to the three passengers In Icune's plane to tell what they knew of the mid air crash between Picune's plane and another which sent John DIs kon Jr 27 Paterson student pilot to his death hero Sunday ricune was released on 11500 ball last night on a complaint made by State Trooper Julius Klinger under a 1935 manslaughter statute here tofore Invoked in automobile death cases I fb iJor 4 ilkr to Pdk TnJ an air show at La mi Meld Sujurda M'W catapulted from the open cockpit and injured bf 4nw iiuqu ana injured sbotit the head when btruk the ground lhit) TO DISTRIBUTE UNION PAPERS DETROIT Dec 14 The Unit ied Automobile Workers of America announced today that an attempt nniiny was sncanrci lee today with thermometers standing at 26 at 9 1 o'clock and a fine mist falling to add Ito the discomfort of motorist and ipedtestnans and to increase thesurface of highway and streets 1 The hfohwnv rtensrtment wne last night adding a coating of cal cium chloride salt and sand to slick curve and the Draper Mountain link of the Lee highway Cars were reported off the hlghway around Pulaski this morning butone one had been seriously Injured orest Owens jr 15 received a broken arm last night when he slipped and fell while Newman 14 was In a hospital With a broken leg clue to coasting accident The hlchWAV denartmAnt nrtmrt everyone to use chains on their cars and tn rirk 'ulnwlv Rnnw useless but special attachments were being tried In an effort to break up the Ice PORTION NANKING IS John Shatto fireman aboard the freighter Wind Rush: Is shown in the sick Day of the American luxury liner Washington with the surgeon Dr John Connors life was saved by the operation Connors performed at sea after the fireman had been transferred in a raging set from the freighter to the liner The Washington was delayed a day because of thia act of mercy Brantley Barr Is Elevated By Masonic Lodge Brantley Barr was elected wor shipful master of Roman Eagle Lodge A A at the stated com munication of the lodge last night held In the lodge rooms In the Ma sonic Temple to succeed Howard A Johnson worshipful master for the past Mr Barr with other officers elected last night to serve with him will be formally installed in office at the Saint John's meeting Monday Decem ber 27th Other officers elected last night were Gillie senior warden Stamps lippen junior Har ry Smith treasurer David Penn secretary Elmer Young encr deacon and Stuart Wheatley junior deacon Mr Smith and Mr Penn were re elected to succeed themselves all other officers being advanced In rank except Mr Wheatley who has not previously held any office in the lodge having been a Mason for only a comparatively short time Officers of th(p lodge are planning to make the Saint John's meeting an outstanding event of the year with a prominent visiting speaker to address the lodge an expression of "shock and con Only In rare Instances does the tread of a state address a messsce personally to another ruler In diplo matic Incidents between nations I 1 1 Informed observers said only a de sire to Impress the entire Japanese nation as forcibly a possible with the gravity of the situation could have prompted Prertd'mt Roosevelt to adopt such unusualjrocedure Officials did not attempt to dis guise their belief that the incideret' presented the most serious strain on Japanew American' relations since the outbreak of the undeclared war be tween China and Japan Ambasador Saito was acquainted the American attitude after he conveyed to Secretary Hull verbally hl' government's apologies HU words echoed expressions of regret made at the American embassy in Tokyo by of th" being advocated loreign Minister Kok! Hirota and representatives of theJapaneeaj'my and navy These expressions were received at the state department with obvious gratification There uas apparent firm determination nevertheless to press the Japanese 'government' for more complete diplomatic satisfaction in accordance with the terms outlined by President Roosevelt ew In responsible positions herr doubted that Japanese officials would agree to reparations What further action might be taken by the United States If its terms are not met however furnished a subject for wide speculation in the capital There appeared to be little disposition in any quarter to believe that a re jection of the would lead to i relations between the two nations Congressional opinion ranged (from the statement by Chairman Pttman (D Nev) of the Senate foreign rela tions committee that "accidents to neutrals are becoming to the assertion of Rep Meas (R Minn) that the United States "should get out of the Orient" Most senators were watching devel opments before commenting Cogniz ant of the Senate's influence in the formation of foreign policy (they said they did not want to complicate the situation The little bloc of munitions com mittee members was ready however to protest any administration step that would tend to break down American neutrality The group fought for en actment of the neutrality law and has criticized the administration for not invoking It In the ar Eastern Conflict Senator Reynolds (D Cl who bpgan the Senate discussion yesterday with a demand for withdrawal of American military torces irom tne PULASKI Va Dec Pulaski Orient said he might piopose a con mnntv was shmthH gresslonal inquiry Senator Borah (D Idaho) Interrupt ed debate to commen he uncer tain whether the Pansy had been re moving Ameiican citizens or "policing for the Standard Oil Company" Senator Johnson (R Cnlif said he did not "subscribe to the sentiments that American citizens can be shot down because they are in some place in thb wcirld where somebody doesn't wrant them" He urged senators to withhold comments until the facts were more clearly known How much the American bill for Indemnification will total has not been decided This will depend to a great extent on the number of cas ualties and the condition the Standard OU vessels ACTRESS TO WED LISBON Portugal Dec 14 (ff) Ruth Chatterton screen actress In tends to marry Carlos reitas Martins son of a Madeira millionaire wine merchant friends said today Miss Chatterton was said to have disclosed her intentions before board ing a steamer here en route to un chal Madeira She met Martins 34 on a Madeira holiday WILMINGTON Dec Three score state highway patrolmen concentrated In the Wilmington area today a hunt for B1U Rayne long sought North Carolina escaped con vict who was thought to have been Injured last night when a companion wrecked an automobile after being struck by a bullet The wounded man brought to a hospital with a punctured scalp and fractured skull told questloners he was Bowling Byrd of West Durham Earlier officers had expressed the be lief he was Jack Borden alia Wash Turner an escaped convict Byrd contended he was alone as he drove at high speed along a beach road exchanging fire with pursuing officers He said he was running 90 miles an hour when a bullet struck him causing him to swerve into a barbecue stand State Patrolman Hugh Sloan said another occupant whom he Identi fied as Payne leaped from the wreck and fled into a wood Sloan said he pursued and was within 15 feet of the man when he yelled: shoot any more I surrender" Sloan said that at that moment he slipped from an embankment and fell into a small stream and that when he re covered himself the man disappeared into the woods Assistant Police Chief Charles Chasteen of Wilmington said Payne later hailed a motorist and rode into Wilmington but took a taxi shortly afterward to a cabin camp eight miles west of here When officers reached the camp they broke into a cabin Payne was believed to have occupied but found only a wet bloody towel Jesse Lee Hayes 14 told officers the man bleeding from neck lacerations had given him a quarter to obtain bandaging and adhesive tape Officers said they believed Payne naa Deen injured tn the wreck and had not been wounded by gunfire The lad shown pictures of Payne identified the person who gave him the quarter as the escaped convict No 'one at the camp was able to say how Payne left Wilmington police said they took from the wrecked automobile two sawed off shotguns a high power rifle and a pistol Chasteen said the rifle had been fired several times our bullet holes were in the wrecked car Payne serving a long sentence for bank robbery fled with six com panions from the Caledonia prison farm last ebruary 15 by kidnaping two officials and taking a laundry truck They stole an automobile and later released their hostages near Pinehurst 400 miles away After rhe slaying August 23 near Asheville of State Patrolman George Penn 'Payne was indicted in Bun combe county for murder ive days later a young couple was kidnaped near Asheville and driven to Thomasville They identified their abductor as Payne Payrre was also tentatively identified as one of two bandits who robbed the Bank of Candor of about 42500 September 38 IN LAMES Japs Continue Up' Operations But Chinese ight to the Last SHANGHAI Dec 14 Great fires blazed in fallen Nanking to night as the Japanese army relent lessly pursuing its punitive mission deep into China rolled on past the conquered capital Japanese fliers reported flames raging through what had only a few weeks ago been the proud seat of Generalissimo Chiang Kai government 6 'i SHANGHAI Dec 14 (IP) rising sun flag fluttered at each cor ner of Nanking's walls today and within the ancient stone battlements the abandoned capital of the Chinese government was reported in flames Meager reports from Nanking said several Chinese 1 detachments were trapped within the city but continued their virtually suicidal struggle with the Japanese In fierce street fighting or had barricaded themselves in buildings to delay the conquerors Meanwhile it was said the Japanese continued their "mopping oper ations Chinese sources admitted that the Japanese occupied Pukow terminus of Tientsln Pukow railway into North China across the Yangtze from Nank ing Chinese troops were reported to have withdrawn to a railway station at Puchen about a mile north of Pukow While tremendous clouds of smoke shrouded the fallen city a new pro visional government for China under the aegis of conquering was formed at Peiping The guiding principles of the new regime reported Domel (Japanese new agency) were vigorous opposi tion to the harassed government of Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek sup pression of Communism and co oper Atinn Uflth JsiDan nnd a Vs tza lire new was createo immediately after the fall of Nanking The Japanese command for the Nank ing campaign announced Its troops completed occupation of Generalis simo Chiang's former capital when the sun st yesterday on a day of bloody street fighting Among the officials of the pro vlzlGral regime were two farmer pres Ident of China three former pre miers five former finance ministers and four other one time cabinet of fleers the Japanese news agency said The Japanese announced the new yr government began functioning at ynoon today The East Hopeh provln leal ftmernment which began the "autonomous" movement well as all the other Hopeh governments dis solved and joined the new regime (One of the by products cf the Nanking campaign was th? destruc tion fr'mday of the United Elates gun boat Panay under a rain of Japanese bombs At least two persons the storekeeper of the insy and an Ital lap rrwspaprr man who had taken refute on the Pansy were reported killed 62 persons had been saved and eight were missing (The ittark drew a prompt demand for full satisfaction from Japan ths jAmerlcan flags painted on her awn demand originating with "President squadrons of Japanese planes rrxisei eir ana airecrea to emperor ILrohito The Japanese ambassador to Washington Hlrosl Salto termed the destruction ofthe Panay and three nearby oil teasels a "tcry grave blun der ') The communique on the occupation of Nanking gave no word of th 18 Americans still believed in Nanking' Japanese spokesmen said tlrey were Information: concerning the American and the handful of other foreigners of foreign ewned property In the communlqtft was a hint that the conquering Japanese war machine wotdd thrust on into the heart of China: "Although Nanking has fallen long anti Japanese sentiment exist in China the sentiments of the Japanese people are that hostilities have just The Japanese reported their foe was In light up the zig zag valley of the' Yangtze river and charged the: Chi nese retreating from tlrelr one tune capital had fired 'many buildings In an effort to carry put the "scorched earth" strategy of leaving nothing useful for the Japanese Chinese press reports from Hankow one of the temporary seats of Chiang's government about 800 miles further up the Yangtze from Nanking and possibly one of the next Japanese ob jectlvcs sstd outer Mongolian authori ties had arrived Vo confer with the generalissimo on plans for a rear at tack against the Japanese in North Chine (The Japanese have invaded or con quered five North China provinces Peiping seat of the new Japanese moulded provisional government for China is the capital of one of these five Hopeh Outer Mongolia lying between Soviet Russia and Northern Chinn la under strong Soviet influ ence) Chinese sources reported that Hang chow a seaport about 100 miles south of Shanghai would be the object ot the next major Japanese campaign All communication from within Nankhiit ceased Sunday at tire time of the Japanese aerial attack on the gunboat anay Americans ana otner foreigners at Nanking had been using the as the last link with a world separated from them by the holocaust of war The official Japanese announce ment of the fall of Nanking said lhe end came after an intense day long attack in which the army cooperating with naval fliers blasted at the metro polis' die hard defenders driving them northward through Uie city while the invaders advanced from the southern and eastern sections The Chinese bitterly contesting every foot ot the advance had turned numerous government buildings into small fortresse from which machine guns and snipers' rifles clattered de fiance 'at the Japanese Japanese warships steamed up the Yangin and exchanged a thundering fire with Chinese shore batteries' sev eral mllM below the etty' Occupation of Nanking ended a drive which started Oct 27 when the Japanese captured Chapel tfie Chi Washington was not aboard the Panay He previously had been listed among those unaccounted for Captain Carlson of the Melan was unaccounted for The Italian 'embassy said It Chi nese secretary Albert Roh was be lieved to have been aboard the Panay and that nothing had been heard from him The United States cruiser Augusta received word that one of two Japa nese planes which had flown to the scene of the Incident was on Its way back The Be and the Japanese gun boat Hodzu were expected to steam back from Hohslen tomorrow bearing survivors of the tragedy It was learned In Shanghai that the Japanese planes made five sepa rate attacks on the Panay and Stand ard OH vessels The Panay did not sink for SO minutes leading to the hope that all on board had at least a chance to swim ashore Negotiations were renerted under way between Japanese and British authorities to remove the possibility Robbers Escape With Payroll CLEVELAND Dec 14 (4) Two robbers today held up 100 people tn the main offices of the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co here and escaped with a 000 payroll The two men waving their guns walked into the num accounting of as one roved the room the went over to the desk where were placing cash in pay enve Dr John Byron who friend said was 107 years old died Muni cipal Hoepl wi yesterday He was a native of England and had lived here 10 years Mrs Brlglda lores Castillo who passed her 100th birthday this month died at her home She was a native of Santa Clara Cuba and had lived in the United States for 50 years COTTON REPORT ISSl ED WASHINGTON Dec 14 (pi The Census Bureau reported today that cotton consumed during November totaled 484819 bales of lint and 57 565 of linters compared with 536464 and 72938 during October this year and 625794 and 63435 during Novem ber last year Mrs Turner Dies Unexpectedly Mrs Doris Williamson Turner age about 35 wife of Clay suddenly late Monday afternoon at her apartment in the Chief Tessell building from a heart attack Mrs Turner was well known here and had be tn bad health for several years but seemed Improved of late obe Is survived by her husband Clay Turner her mother Mrs Williamson Mi's Charmalne William son Miss Mildred Williamson and Ber nard Williamson all of this city and Mrs Goode of Durham and Mrs Southerland of New York uneral services will be held some time Wednesday but complete ar rangements had not been made morning The condition of Lillie May Turner five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Turner accidentally shot by her nlne year old brother at Dry ork on Sunday remained critical at Memorial hospital today a Police Commissioner Gilmore Holland who underwent an operation at Memorial Hospital yesterday morn ing for the removal of an infected appendix was reported today as having passed a good night Dr Julian Robinson who operated on him re ported today that his condition "1 sausiacvory NUMBER1 1 6 8 PANAY rnr IV I lVij AKt BADLY HURT Personals Mrs Sterling Minter and son have been patients at the Shackel ford Hospital returned today to their home on Douglas street Clay Roach of Axton is a patient at the local hospital where he is re ceJvmg treatment for injuries receiv ed in acclaent Monday evening on the Martinsville Danville highway Trent was discharged from the local hospital after receiving treatment for injuries he received' in a accident Monday afternoon To Meet Wednesday The Club will meet Wed nesday afternoon with Mrs dolph Smith at 4 o'clock at her home In the orest Park The members will please note time of the meeting HUNT INJURED DESPERADO IN NO CAROLINA Man Believed Bill Payne Es caped Convict Eludes Cap ture After Auto Wreck Mrs Mazura Walton passed away at 650 o'clock this morning in Ringgold at the home of her daughter Mrs John Griffith after an illness of several months She had been bedrid den for ten days uneral services will be held from the residence tomorrow afternoon at three and Interment will be in Leemont cemetery She leaves another daughter Mrs Lindsey of Danville MANY TIRES PUNCTURED BETHLEHEN Pa Dec Dre puncturing activities were re sumed In Bethlehem last night Po liceman James IM vis believes that an ice pick was used to deflate tires on six cars More than 300 cars were treated In the same way last week Virginia National Guard To Receive Another Tank RICHMOND Dec Adju tant General Gardner Waller said today the Virginia National Guard probably would receive another tank within the next few days to be used by Its motorized unit General Waller said the tank would be the second provided the National Guard by the United States army The first tank Is attached to the Twenty ninth Tank Company at Dan ville Six new trucks will be supplied th National Guard next July by the fed eral government They will be avail able prior to the annual summer en campment General Waller said The Virginia National Guard is equipped with 117 trucks at present The Tilth ield Artillery and th 29th Signal Corps are completely mo torized and other units partly so by the leadership and the Labor com mittee He suggestde a flat wage of 40 cents an hour and a 44 hour week When the legislation finally reached the House floor jisterday after 283 members wtod to repudiate the Rules committee's blockade ot it Republi cans and some southern Democrats denounced its provisions NUMBER4 NOTE UPROMISES INDEMNITY OR SINKING SHIP Naval officers estimated replacing the anny including ma chinery and armaments would exceed500000 The Panay was the first American naval vessel tq bo sunk in a hostile action since the World war and the first 1A peacetime since the Maine was sunk' In Havana harbor In 1898' Navy department records show that two destroyers the transport Presi dent Lincoln and the cruiser San Diego were the only American war ship casualties of the World war The destroyer and the transport were sunk by German submarines The San New Bureau Chief Tassel illag Mrtlnsville VaM December 14 1937 If fee Wj SRf ilKOSiBI vX rs A 1 1 i i i'' A 'j S' 1 1 1 I i JL 'W 1 S' a inf '5 iBiwlii 5 it I.