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THE BEE VA WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 14 1938 rivt Son urrtee rill begin it 130 with AMINE NOW Virginians Win Most Tobacco Awards being Third IB Herbert Byrd parked always PINT $145 Quart MS Neal SAVE AND a ford SEE THE NEW 1 1937 DODGE NOW ON DISPLAY AT I Moore Gardner Motor Co Gardner Bros Inc Patton and Bridge Sts MARTINSVILLE VA 1 MONTHS 15 HBrlnce Second 750 WYtght of Peter the auxiliary wm the Valley of Vlr at a luncheon to Oakes and his mother prac ticing merit the the prise i Whitmell Pan River Climax IS EARED IN PHILIPPINES MOSCOW Oct A Sltnik off traffic director at the Gulkevlchl station of the North Caucasus rail way wa sentenced to death today and six surviving tralnsmen to from thres to 10 years imprisonment for a disastrous train wreck at the station Sept 12 Three gasoline cars were overturn ed setting fire to cars in a passenger train when a switching locomotive struck an incoming tram A grain elevator many cars and buildings were destroyed in the fire Candidates And Issues LYNCHBURG Va Oct Th Sesqui Centennial celebration of thlselty of picturesque hills entered its fourth day today with an address by Governor George Peery heading the progra features Th stat executive's address was set for 3 following a Day" picnic In Miller park or irst Aid in reliev' ing common skin ail ments or skin injnrie always rely on The following tobareo award were made at the Danville air yesterday by th corps of Judges composed of John Boatwright Watkins and Em met McGee who voted ths tobacco Me tlon one of the largest and one of the best in point of quality Men for a number of years Out of eleven possible first prize nine of them wnt to Virginia tobacco raisers and two to North Carolina The winners: 1 Lemon irst prize of 15 to Mayhew Gretna Second prize of 8750 to Warren Vernon Danville Third prize of 5 to Cundiff Chatham Orange irst 15 Power Long Island Second 750 Melvin Mayhew Gretna Third 5 Mrs Albert Edwards Gretna Mahogany irst 15 Mayhew Gretna Second 750 8 Yeatta Blairs Third 5 Yeatta Blairs Dark Mahogany irst15 A Lochs Lenlg Second 750 A Slaughter Third 5 Brlncefleld Burlington Celebration at Lynchburg Enters Its ourth Day Dedication of a tablet to Bransford Vawter first poet was the highlight of the morning activi ties Dedication of a tablet at the old packet boat in Riverside park was to take place after th gov ernor's address A colonial tea party and a showing of the historical pageant "Lynchburg City of Seven Hille" concluded the program Lynchburg yesterday paid tribute to two distinguished sons former Sena tor Robert Latham Owen of Okla homa and Samuel Untermyer inter nationally known New York lawyer Bright Cutters irst 18 1 Col ntan Burlington Second 750 Blanchard Burlington Third 5 Crawley Chatham Bright Cutting Leaf irst 15 Meadows Danville Second 750 Crawley Chatham Third 5 Jasper Edward Gretna Mahogany Cutting irst' 15 Wilson Ringgold Second 750 Blanchard Burlington Third 5 Brinoefleld Burling ton i Common irst 15 Mrs Royster South Boston Second 750 Moahenek Ringgold Third 5 Mays Ringgold Bright irst 15 Richard White Nathalie Second 750tG McDowell Danville: McDowell Danville Dark illei irst field Burlington Webb Vernon Hill Third 5 8 Royster South Boston Granulated Luga irst 15 War ren Vernon Danville Second 750 McDowell Danville Third 5 Herbert McDowell Danville She had mastoid (25): 110) Turbeville Pestilence Looms in Typhoon Area Toll Stands at 232 Dead and 600 Missing 0 MANILA Oet 14 The death Hat from the Philippines' most dis astrous typhoon jumped to 408 to day Little hope wm held for 600others reported mlsatng Belated report from the SanNarelsco district of Zambaieae Pro vlnce northwest of Manila said 150 miner were trapped and drownedy wall of water which wept down on them as they were crosaing river Ten were drowned at Magalang in adjoining Pampanga Province When their boat capsized Other acatterrd deaths were reported lege last night MEETING CLOSES TONIGHT Rev Johnson of Galax Va conducting evangelistic services in Second Baptist church spoke last night on "Choose ye whom ye will A large congregation heard the message Tonight Mr Johnson will close the ten days meeting preaching on "A Divine Invitation" MANILA Oct ears of famine and pestilence assailed the typhoon stricken area of the Philip pine Islands today Officials estimates placed the known dead at 333 and the missing at more than BOO amine faced the survivors of last week's three day typhoon particular ly la districts where relief agencies have been halted by floods ood sup plies virtually were wiped out along the Pampanga River Valley north of Manila Ironically floods left residents of th damaged areas suffering from thirst Water supplies were destroyed and natives did not drink for fear of a typhoid epidemic rom the stricken region cam ur gent calls for vaccine to fight the dread diseases of the Orient cholerl typhoid dysentery Dr Jose abela national relief di rector rushed service workers into the area with orders to bury all bod ies human and animal as a further precaution against di'ense orty two crew member and pas sengers were lost when the inter is land motorship Sugbu shnk In the typhoon off Slquljor it was reported here today from Cebu Capt Jose Al faro of th 500 ton vessel said only 13 persons aboard wer rescued and all were injured No white were re ported aboard 4 The national assembly was ordered into special session next week to con sider relief measures Assemblymen from the typhoon region plan to askt lest 500000 for their districts The interior department announced 50 students at the government agri cultural school at Munoz had drowned Deaths as listed by provinces in cluded Nueva Ecija 115 Tarlac 17 Zam baies 41 Pengaalnan 1 Pampanga 14 Ba tan gas 3 AH of the provinces are north of Manila Bay except Ba tangas which is southwest of Manila The weather bureau reported the which swept over Luzon and NATIONAL DISTILLERS PRODUCTS CORPORATION Ex i i wYtk City Miss Autrude Brand year old daughter of Mr and M's Gents Brand of this city died Monday eve ning at 7 in a Greenboro hos pital after lingering nines been suffering from a trouble (By Associated Pres) EN ROUTE rPreaident Roosevelt travels toward Chicago to speak to night call for "broader and firm er for youth EN ROUTE Governor Landon re sumes Michigan tour aftr declaring for abolition of what he termed "au tocratic powers" of the president DETROIT Henry ord supports Landon a a man who would tlce "the American way of things" RICHMOND Senator 1D Va) criticizes Landon program a necessitating "an increase in public WASHINGTON Jesse Jone RC chairman says New Deal "lifted American business out of the ASHEVILLE Col Wank Knox declares Rooisevelt administra tion "outraged every erf Democratic party KANKAKEE Representative William Lemke says union party would "again bring a living annual wage to working men" WATERIOO low a or man Thomas urges "democratic" planning in behalf of agriculture Traffic Director Must Die for Big Train Disaster Luther uneral Today In Pittsylvania air eature Is Muffling Of ireworks (Continued Pros Page One) seem to he interested but clung to the midway nd the grand stand and remained to see the muffled fire works But there are many things to be'ieen andin the exhibltlon halls Is to be seen the agricultural show win dow of this section The accredited high school exhibit came out from the Judges' pondering in th following order of bracketed figure won: Spring Garden (15): Dan River Axton Renn Broevllle Callande (all 10) The A Exhibit resulted in Cobb Memorial school winning first prize with th Pittsylvania county chapter second The our Club came out in th following order: Ringgold Unity Dan River Spring Garden and Concord Showmen did a good jilght's busi net last night and Charles Sheesley th owner of th concession who pay th air escalation 85000 for th privilege of showing on the Dan ville grounds admitted things have picked up this year on the fair circuits for a good en gagement here with the tobacco farmers being paid off in round sums each day Danville la regard ed usually as a good fair stand pro vided the weather Is good Manager Henry Watkins of th fair was exultant last night and thought that the last fair on the present grounds will be a money maker for the association ad mitted today that the air Associa tion has not anything in sight for new grounds so far "Much depends bn how much we can sell these ground for" he said "You would be surprised to know that it is hard to get five acres of flat land suitable for fair grounds within four miles of Danville The cost of grading 1 prohibitive' Yes we hope to have a hal mil race track on our next fair ground and we fully Intend to have grounds large enough to permit the fair patron to drive right In and to psy a quarter for having their cars watched while they are In the The Merchants Building looked respelendent yesterday as it doee embellished by the flower show If the drought was damaging to vegetables it did not seem to affect the dahlias some of the largest blooms ever exhibited being on dis play Everyone admired the cactus variety Thia building contains a booth for the fair patrons known as the hos pitality and Service Bureau operat ed by Mr Lucie Cust and supported by Danville merchant There was no doubt about th fair having toned down the noise element last night The fireworks wer not audible at all there were no rockets and those which believe that th bigger the bangs the better the fair were disappointed Also th old device of attracting th attention of fair patron by beating a boiler a hammer or utilizing the rosined device which makes a noise like a lion in com bat has given away to the modern artifice of whispering Into a micro phone and letting the loud speaker do all th big talking sisters Mr Mr Mattie ayna Dry Birk Mr Pansy Bishop Motoake West Va Mrs Nora Hardy and Mr Annie Craddock of Gretna three brothers: Oakss Knox vtlla'Tenn: Oakes Danville Oakes Blairs and grandson Damn uaxei Mrs Whitefield Is Buried Here 0 Tha funeral of Mr Alice Whitefield were conducted at the homa of her on Whitefield at Roanoka yeaterday morning io o'clock The body was brought to Darivllle her former home gad where she wm well known year ago as church worker for Interment The commit tai eervlce wag held at the graveside in Green Hill cemetery yesterday aft ernoon at o'clock The service waa conducted by Rev Yow pator of Mnaaley Memorial church Those acting as pall hearer were: Cousin Criapen Dickenson 8 Ondarrho Warthen and A ulcher Mrs Whitefield died at her eon' home tn Roanoke Sunday at theeSfVlMTS KKSONAl Jr Tsteni Has goue to rVivrx An hllKlnfkl Mr and Mrs Throckmorton attended th district photographer' meeting in Chpel Hill Sunday Mrs Ta tem has been called to Pawtucket because of the Illnee of her mother Mra I Mar tin Mrs James Vaughan who has been visiting hr daiuhter Mra Tur ner Ingram ha returned to her home In Richmond Va Mr and Mr Robert Butler of Greeuaboco Butler and Mia Sally lAtker of Concord wer week end visitor herlt week Mr Virginia Court Holcombe Who ha ben apendlng aome time in Reidsville ha gon to Palm Beach la to spend the winter Mr and Mr red DeGrot te and Miss Myra Gapen spent Saturday and Sunday in Richmond Va where they visited Mias Dorothy Grey DeOrotte who is attending achool there Mia Virginia Raaco spent Sunday with her parent and was accompan ied by Mlsa Vivian Le of Concord and Mlsa Annie Hill Alspaugh of Wlnstop Salem wLo ure tudent Cofield of Anderson 8 ha taken charge of th manufac turing at the Edna mills here Mrnd Mr Cofield will make their home in Reidsville They ar mem ber of the Baptist church and hav on son In achlol at Th Citadel in Charleston Mr Cofield 1 former general manager of the Chadwick Hoakin company of Charlotte and hw been with th Ooett mill also Mis Elizabeth Barham wa th charming hoetea at her home St urday night Those preaent were: Misses Helen Howell Evelyn Wk er Mary Nesi Matkins Lillian Mat kin Gray Wray 'Eva Pettigrew Sadi Saunders Louise Bondurant Marie Mitchell Pauline Roach Jn Howell Effie Brande Irene ergu son and Edna Martin: Boyd Walk er Bernard Turner Rd Loving John' Glass Henry Pettigrew Wil liam Hoges llobert Chaney Carl Tickle Claude (lariaon Boss Sum mers John Henry Cotner Ixwls Comer Thoma Rumley Wadson er guson Paul Smith Garrett Neal William Chaney and Mr and Mra Robert Bray They left at a late hour declaring they had a nice time typhoon twlo moved southes of Aparrl north eastward Medicos Elect Officers Today STAUNTON Oct 14 VTy The election of officer this afternoon wa to climax a business session of the 67th annual convention of th Medi cal Society of Virginia her Th meeting opened last night with Dr Moncure of Norfolk presi tent of the society and Dr Haggard of Nashville a the principal Speaker A round Of oclal function were held for the visiting physicians and Stlfgeona and members of the Idie' Auxiliary Several sub group held luncheon yeeterday while the Med ical AMoetatlon of ginia wm to meet day Me letcher burg president of to preeld a board meeting today Afterward the King's Daughter' ho pitai wtll entertain th ladle a a team Riwrul rvlces win bo conducted thl afternoon at 3 30 o'clock for Luther Oakes who died from a heart anack at hl homa near Blair yesterday evening Ml Oake la urvived by hl wifeand the following children: Matthew Oake Knoxville Tenn Mrs Her man Lewi Keeling Dougla Oake Danville Mrs Edward Lewis Chat ham va Misses Nacey Ann Oakes Blair also Mra Nora Mattox Oakes Surviving alto are five Beulah Owen Chatham Two Sisters and Man ace Prison In Mann Act Case M0NRCIK Ta Act Ctt and Dorothy Davis and Rodney Mr 1 'Donald will be sentenced by ederal District Judge Bn Diwktna here riday on charge of violating the Mann act The sister' conviction with Me Don aid on the federal charge ended their trial in federal court here yesterday afier a Jury had deliberated only fif teen minutes 'The trio was charged specifically with travelling together from Texasnd living together In a tourist camp near here Eslclle I life widow of Earl Joiner bank robber slain tn a Texas prison break and both she and her sister wr in th company of Raymond Hamilton and Ralph ult when th men robbed a bank at Prentl Mias in 1935 Hamilton waa later executed In Texas ults 1 erving a 50 year sentence in the Mississippi prison ft The oldest copper roof in tn world that on the Hildesheim Cathedral in Germany It put on tn 1830 a hu as many fieck bones a 8 firafft Reidsville 1 REIDSVILLE Oct A phenomena of nature waa seen her yesterday at th rear of florist ship in th form of an appl Ire which 1 now bearing apple Th tree whieh usally bears fruit lat in May or in early Jun ha a smaller crop of apples growing on on side at present Th apple ar small and are thought to the Hrt "second crop" the tte has vr borne th first "second crop" raised in the section it wm thought by some Little Marie Delaney small daugh ter of Mrs Cornelia Delaney died of membraneous croup at the home erf her grandparent Mr nd Mr Troy Delaney on Monday afternoon at 4 October 12 uneral service were held yester day afternoon at 4:30 from th Penn Memorial Baptist church with the pastor Rev Overby offi ciating Interment followed in Green view cemetery Tablet were unveiled to both of Song service wtll begin with these men with Sentor Owen present gp Reeult Is Richmond encouraging editor at a home coming meetr I and service will climax ths inr at Randolph Macon Col 1 work fr thoae who have not mad a decision III ill fiB Wk: BI AN IL VA iResinSi.