The Bee from Danville, Virginia • 1

1 Everybody Reads DANVILLE PAPERS In Trading Area OUNDED EBRUARY 1899 NO 13503 TOMKlIffT Tlitiih CMflkM Bate WT te Smipewf a (ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE) DANVILLE VA TUESDAY ATERNOON APRIL 17 1934 HRA MMS I 1 Buy and Sen Thru CLASSIIED SECTION The Register Bee (HOME EDITION) PRICE: THREE CENTS PROSECUTION RESTS IN CANNON CASE ACCOMAC Va April mil a mule on the Gunter farm "Willow near here had hl own sehed iile of working hours long before anyone ever heard nf MIA eodea Promptly at Bill stops though there Is no bell or whistle to fell him the time and not another bit of work will he do until after he Iim had his midday meal and rest It makes no difference whether hl plow Is In the middle of a row nt noon he stops ho one Ims ever heenble to explain how he senses the time lie also quits In the afternoon as soon as Mr Gunter's car turns off the highway Into the farm mini and all efforts are vain to make him work any more 1 1ml day "He'S stubborn stubborn as a mule" Mr an ter aays DEENSE ASKS TERMED ALSE 3 0 JAP PROTEST TO LIKELY hostess at 1 draft period and the stamp window every inference possl So she posed was going to appointment Beach Blaze 1) instructing Chinese these there Is any Danville business the ac baritone five year be not Queer Benz Case To Come Up In June "went backwards and for hls discussion of the de of the gold she 4 on March 15th it was learned morning On Saturday alone he Miss Edith Turner his assistant in little short of 810000 in cash a check up today showed that of by American airmen speed pilot who a huge bomber is is to partly Morris about casino relief Rome next with Club and Ella the sum the May accident Smith went of 81000 for term of the case involv to by the situation might bo follows Virginia the fes His Secretary Offering of Testimony Not Substan IMS WlM(k tt IM I and the 184 white 478 color on direct cost to the city has not been worked out Although reports from Washing ton told of a large bloc of PWA allo cations made Saturday among them schools Senator Byrd did not allude to Danville in a letter received Mr Johnson yesterday in which the Vir ginia member said that he looking after the Danville application and hopes that it will be taken up Just as soon as Congress has appropriated a lump sum to further the PWA proj ects all over the country Danville's application for 8332000 Is on file and Senator Byrd believes that Danville should supply all the needel data so that when the appro priation is made there will be no need for delay In getting action Mr Johnson however wrote back to Senator Byrd saying that the lo cal School Board has fulfilled every requirement and has supplied all of the necessary technical data for the PWA and is ready to send a com mittee when the time is ripe The Danville school superintendent tn his letter to Mr Byrd referred to the "unbearable in the city schools in pointing out that if the PWA board would given even conditional approval of the Danville application it would reduce some of the local Impatience The Danville school board is described being reluctant to abandon its PWA proj (Please Turn to Page 7 Cot 5) MClIon PLEADS roil BILL WASHINGTON April Representative McLeod (R Mtch) author of a bill to pay In full de positors In closed banks made a plea for 111 measure today at White House Young Club Meets Tonight at Country Club Inn arley's Order Restores Larger Distribution Crews and 2 Deliveries went into effect early in will be abandoned Attributed To irebugs Only One Cent Shortage Shown In Heavy Public Transaction 0 Charles Carter has taken In slightly more than $81000 on the sale of automobile tags since they went on sale this and took and there was Just one shortage in the whole series of rapidfire transac tions with the pubic The number of tags sold Is 4450 tar more than had been disposed of last year within a month of the time of putting on sale The rush was over yesterday but some late comers were drifting In steadily throughout the day Traffic officers reported a greater obedience to the law than last year and no arrest was made yesterday for failure of car owners to have proper tags One man was seen on the street wlfh an old tag but he was Just en tering the license office door to get his tags nothing was done with him KAMA MONICA Calif April 17 Woman llml at nauiiiili Ga age I'M she bail smoked a pipe for 112 years while cigarette smoker figure they are passing out da'ly at the ripe old age of 30 and io I think It's the fitlgne from lapping 'em on the cigarette ease that wear 'em down early Saw a pic lure of (lie congressmen In their march tu meet the President at th depot III Washington It Has bonus march lor today they aked him for one and half billion more to he spent hv the goiern ment In their irsjM'Cthe dlslrkt per hilly the ones where they i bme for re election (lib fall NENTENt ED TO 30 YEARS WISE Va April Joe Jack son 57 of Pound tried here yester day for the fatal shooting of Short' also of Pound last fall was found guilty of mprdcr in the first degree and his punishment was fix ed at 3o years in the penitentiary The Danville Choral club will Sunday go to Roanoke to Join the Thursday Morning Music Chorus in a rendering of Brahms' the oratorio selected for presentation at the Virginia Music estival at the University of Virginia on April 28th Ralmonde Aubrey conductor of the local club expects to take nearly for ty Danville people to the Magic City Dr Eric Rath of Hollins College will conduct the merged choral groups and there will be a local string orches tra for the accompaniment The Roanoke club will later come to Danville for a local concert when the famous work will be rendered the two events furnishing valuable oppor tunities for ensemble singing prior to the gathering of the massed choirs at Charlottesville for tlval event Mr Aubrey will take the solo parts at Roanoke on Sunday and Miss Ellabeth Starrltt of Roanoke the contralto solo parts Postmaster Henry Swanson an nounced yesterday the withdrawal of restricted postoffice service in Dan ville in keeping with a general or der Issued by Postmaster General James arley and affecting the country at large On May 1st Danville will have two daily deliveries in the residential area and the payless furlough system which March The windows will be open for a longer will remain open on Saturday until six o'clock but will be served by only one clerk The Increase in the distribution crews which has also been ordered is expected to overcome the recent lo cal complaint over the delay in get ting mall into the lock boxes Un der the restricted policy there was more work than could be done to the Danville public the aervlce It had been accustomed to but the new order effective May 1st will sharpen the inside efficiency at the postoffice and will mean a reduction in the loss of time between train ar rival and the distribution of the mall Danville's postoffice receipts pub lished the other day showed a mark ed gain for the first quarter of this year over that same quarter a year ago and nearly every postoffica de partment has shown gains School Board Reaches Agreement With County Au thorities for Housing of Surplus Efforts to Be Made to Relieve Local Congestion Pending Per fection of School Building Programme INSTRUCTIONS OR ACQUITAL RICHMOND Va April Thirty four prominent Virginians have been named by Governor Peery if dele gate to the twenty ninth nniurnl convention of the 111111011111 river and harbors epngre to be held In Wash ington from April 3 tn May 1 ree and Jessel Says WASHINGTON April The position of the treasury April 14 was: receipts $427617471 expenditures $1467778060 balance $4840384 820 81 customs receipt tor the month $1012484402 Receipts for the fiscal year since July 1 were $241288100553 expen ditures $517071146848 including $300503417077 ot emergency ex penditures: execs 'of expenditures $275782055206 gold assets $7730 10157233 Court Promises On Motion as Arguments Are Com pleted Justice Re quested to Direct The Jury to Acquit Church man and Without Defense Contends tial Evidence Offered ELAN NEW AIR MIMICE April 17 The piiUnfflcc department and the arm) plan to start a 20 hour New York to ban rancisco airmail schedule as soon as sufficient new twin motored Martin bomber now being delivered are on hand By HOMER McCOY NEW YORK April Norma Taimadge arrived in New York on the 20th Century Limited today and tossed a batch of negatives at inter viewers She "Just didn't know anything" When she alighted from the train she went into a clinch with Sam Bennett secretary to George Jessel comedian who has been her long time friend Jessel who is not known as an early riser was not at the station to meet Miss Taimadge After extricating herself from Ben netts embrace she was clutched by Miss Betty de Pasque who described herself as a "showgirl" and close friend of Miss Taimadge Miss Taimadge who used to do things to masculine pulse beats in the days of the silent cinema was granted a mutual consent divorce from Joseph Schenck producer in Juarez Mexico last Saturday Was she going to marry Jessel? "I haven't the least she re plied What was her purpose in coming to New York? "You'll have to ask Mr she said All this was done on the run as Miss Taimadge Bennett and Miss de Pasque strode swiftly up the plat form "I don't know anything I a thing to Miss Taimadge re peated She perhaps would not object to having her picture taken Just once? Miss Taimadge shook her head then changed her mind after Bennett mut tered something to her for a photograph She was asked if she see Jessel "I haven't made any with him' she answered "Where are you going Miss Taimadge said she was going to the Lombardy hotel Which is where Jessel ie staying Better Local Service Position Of US Treasury Late News Briefs Danville Singers to Take Part In Presentation of Oratorio PARTY DENIES HIS CLAIMS The regular monthly meeting ot the recently revived Young Men's Business Club will be held at the Country Club Inn this evening at seven o'clock when supper will be enjoyed and followed by a business meeting Brooke Temple president of the organization said this morning that a number of matters are likely to be brought up but so far as he knew nothing was on the docket relative to the councllmanlc campaign Mr Temple said recently that the organization is not so much interest ed in politics as it is in civic wel fare and the promotion of the gen eral welfare of the city 1 Negroes Put on Jury Service Efforts will be made by the School account He said that the estimated Board to relieve the greatly over crowded conditions now existing in some of the city schools next year during the period it will be necessary to wait until the city' programme has been completed Two or three additional rooms in Robert Lee school will be utilized the congestion at school "where Su Schools today between two If man who has a thirst to see how the soviet works at close range the op portunity is offered to him Gus Booth secretary of the Chamber of Commerce is ready for applications for participation in a grand tour of the steppes starting June 21 under the auspices of the Amtorg and the American Chamber of Commerce The cost would be about 8000 Naturally business and industry would be the first objective of the tour which is carrying out the soviet plan of intro ducing Russian enterprise to Ameri can business men with incidentally the hope of making fruitful commer cial contacts Mr Booth has not so far received any applications but he is in a recep tive mood and will be glad to act a travel agent for any Danville man who feels he wants to mingle with the commisars to hear the bells of the Kremlin or to dance the Trepak Dismissal Is Seen in Horse Trade Assault WlLL ROGtUjoys: ACTOR TO BE JAILED HICAGO April 17 John a tor the barber who became an International speculator and pro moter was ordered removed to th county jail at Sycamore 111 today to await arrival nt a presidential warrant for his return to England to he prosecuted APPROVE ACTION RICHMOND Va April 17 077 Approval of the action of the board of directors in absorbing the Chesa peake and Ohio Railway Company of Indiana was Voted unanimous ly today hy stockholders of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway com pany at their annual meeting In the general offices here BE COERCED MOSCOW April All tlve Soviet reprisal against the new )y nacted United Mates law against further loans to debtors came to day In an admonition to Soviet econominal organizations by "the newspaper for to alter their reputed Intention to give preference to American ma terials an dequlpinent for the ff inalnder of the second plan The newspaper warned that the Soviet government will coerced Into a debt settlcm jit Mrs Ora Smith Is Again Bailed In Accident Case A 8 fa mlvA tsars i JVJB Uih MVC Wt4VM T4v SOVVO IS dlctments in the corporation court charging technical assault and falling to stop after a motor accident who was surrendered to the authorities by her bondsman last Saturday was again bailed yesterday in the corpor ation court Smith her security In appearance at court when the Ing Police Officer A 'Newell will be tried structive work before a relief dole will be permitted Mr Harrison said this morning that it would take a few days to set up the new organization but he be lieved that it would be permanent It is expected that when the gap between CWA and ERA has been bridged there will be a material de cline in the demands made on the city treasury for relief and that as the Summer months come on garden produce raised locally will further re duce the cash outlay now necessary Wounded Negro Insists Shot Self Inflicted NA 'IE DILI GAI Is (Special to 1 be Beej WENTWORTH April The April term ot the Superior Court wa adjourned yesterday without the $200000 alienation sult of Allen J' Benz against oy being taken up It is now scheduled to eomn up at the June term of court it was I said today by Smith clerk ot the court het A charge of felonious assault against William Cook for striking Isaac Hubbard and a charge of simple 1 assault lodged against Wnverley Owen also for hitting Hubbard were din missed In the poller court thsi morn ing after evidence had been taken relative to a horse trade In Chase 1 City There were differences of opinion about the merit of the at all even! the purchaser held that it wa a plug and did not come up to cxpcc tatlon One word led to another and finally Mr Jlubbnrd said lie was being beat en Owen' Intention were repre sented ns entirely honorable In trying to preserve the pqacc and In separat ing the two fnen In conflict but he became Involved In it and Hubbard held 1 hat he struck him with a hick I ory ticlt 1 Taken in on Sale of Tags 200 City Children Must Continue Going To County Schools In Next Session Joseph hclw'iivkmotinn picture Nomrar Tarnradge (above) former film star' left at once for New York a herg jter friends say romance Is drawing lw tn George jessel (below) noted comedian Advised of the decree Jessel said "that's Just Chesapeake Resort's Casino And House Destroyed Puts Section on Alert NOROLK Va April Residents of Chesapeake Beach will be on the alert for possible visits from firebugs tonight as a result ot mysterious fires last night and night before last which swept the residence of Morris and the amusement park at the beach Mr Morris who lives at the beach was in Norfolk when notified that his bungalow and furniture had been destroyed by fire which was discovered about 830 As was the case in the blaze at the casino the fire seemed to en velop the bungalow much like an explosion and it waa impossible to save it with the scant fire protection available The loss which was esti mated at about $2500 was covered by insurance Mr stated today The bungalow was located three blocks from the ill fated which was about ready for summer trade when leveled by a fire the origin of which had not been deter mined It was a prey to the flames before person living nearby could save any of the furniture Although not making a definite statement that the fire was incen diary Mr Morris stated that he felt the circumstances were suspicious ire official and the police of Norfolk have had under investigation for several weeks a series of fires in Lambert's Point area several of which were discovered at 8:30 in or with in a few minutes of that time Taimadge In Plans Kept Secret ormer Star of Silents Just Divorced Tosses Batch of Negatives at Inter viewers RICHMOND Va April Judge James McLemore of the sec ond Judicial circuit in a telephone conversation today said Nansemond county and the city of Suffolk have placed qualified negro citizens on their general jury lists and negroes wero drawn for Jury service tn the March terms of court Judge McLemore said upward of a score' of negro citizens went on the hats a month ago when they were made up for the year Southamp list did not contain any lu groes the Jury commissioners there having reported that no qualified persons ot the race seemed available Judge McLemore presided over the Crawford' trial in Loudoun county where the question of negroes serving on juries was a vital one AIR ACTIVITY IN CHINA TO BE PROTESTED AN WIND ETC" REDIELD Dunt storms which have been sweeping several mid western states and causing end less worry to housewives brought only Joy to Mr Alphonse Iloltzman The wind uncovered diamond ring she lost thre year ago DISCUSS RELIE 0 NEWPORT NEWS Va April a conference ot reprewntitivc of Bed Cross hnpter in the area of Virginia was called to mcct today to discus disaster Delegate were expected from 63 chapters Washington April At torneys for Bishop James Cannon Jr and Miss Ada Burroughs today sought to have the jury instructed to acquit them on a cnarge of conspiracy to violate the federal corrupt prac tices act Their contention that no evidence had been presented to prove the oon epiraey charge was opposed by the prosecution Justice Peyton Gordon planned to render a decision as soon a the argu ment on the motion were completed WASHINGTON April The government this morning completed presentation of its case against Bishop James Cannon Jr and Miss Ada Burroughs charged with conspiring to violate the federal corrupt prac tices act in connection with the Southern Methodist 1928 campaign against the presidential candidacy of Alfred Smith It finished after a few questions by government and defense lawyers were put to Armbruster government accountant Armbruster went over financial transactions and report of the Hoov er Smith campaign period As soon as the government rested ulton of Kichmond Va Miss Burroughs' attorney asked the court to direct the jury to acquit the churchman and Burroughs with out th presentation of defense testi mony Pulton contended the government "has offered no evidence to prove any of the allegations set out in the indictment" ulton said he was the government He added summed up "rst the government has tailed to prove any conspiracy "be tw een these defendants not to report all a $65300 contribution to Cannon Edwin Jameson of New York "Second the government failed prove that any contributions Jameson were made by him tor the "headquarters committee anti Smith democrats (Cannon was chairman (Please Turn to Page vol $60000 Is Danville Social Service Representatives Define New Policy Which Is Given Support of Chair man of 3 Council Committees The city confronted today with i exceptionally heavy demands on its treasury In the form of relief with the launching of the ERA still de layed adopted a new policy of meet ing the demands of men who apply to the Danville Social Service for aid saying that they have no jobs and nothing to eat rom now on any man or woman who is able to work and who applies for a grocery ticket will have to work for it This does not apply to the normal number of families without means of support or whose heads ot families are by reason of Illness un able to support the family The new policy was arrived at this morning at a meeting In the city hall attended by the chairmen of the three committees of the city council Townes finance Jesse Yarbrough public works and Edmund Meade welfare Representing the Danville Social Service were Waylcs Harrison Robert West and Rodgers The Social Service representatives sought the approval of the three committee chairmen to a new policy which has become necessary they said owing to the number of people who are applying for relief and who do not expect to work for it Under the new plan the relief applicant will be assigned to work in one of the branches of the city either on pub lic works or elsewhere and in return will be given a time ticket indicat ing that such person ha earned the relief provided Some instances have come to light it is said in which it ha been found that persons applying for relict have made no effort to obtain employ ment and who have expressed the thought that it 1 now incumbent on the city to take care of them Mr Harrison made It clear tnav the Danville Social Service is not attempting to launch a new means of employment and will apply the new ixillcy only in cases were men and women apply for relfet upon de claring that they have been unable to get work to do The Danville Social Service 1 swamped hy the number of applica tions and with a limited number nf case workers It Is almost Impos sible to make full invcstlgsiion of each one In March they made 1358 visits to various homes monthly report tiidw that men applied for relief and nd men The sum spent relict was $335503 alone Some nf the colored people have complained that they arc not being juatly dealt with and many ot those who have been refused aid have tak en their canes to the president of the Social Service himself Under the proposed plan the ap I pllcant for relief will be put to work I on some form of labor or other con so a to relieve John Berkeley perlntendent of Johnson admitted and three hundred children In ex cess of the normal complement are receiving their instruction Despite the overcrowded condition there Is no hazard he said The city will have to pay for the tuition of at least one hundred city children in county schools next ses sion for they will be compelled to i receive their schooling in the coun ty This condition prevails at the present time but under the annexa tion decree Danville does not have to pay this year for their tuition In North Danville suburbs are about 100 county children are receiving In struction in what are now city schools On this side of the river there are two hundred children going to the Schoolfield schools During the coming school session Danville will have to pay the county the dif ference or for 100 children on a pro rata basis Mr Johnson Mid today that thcwsehool budget would pro vide for this In the miscellaneous By CLARENCE WRIGHT WASHINGTON April The House committee investigating Dr William A allegations of "a brain truster was told today by the hostess at the celebrat ed dinner party that statements by him on what the guests had said were Miss Hildegarde Kneeland one of the guests also denied assertions by Wirt saying "we were unable to In terrupt the flow of his Quoted by Wirt as having herself quoted much from Assistant Secre tary Tugwell at the dinner she said today she had never read any of his writings Miss Alice Barrows at whose Vir ginia home the dinner was held in September said there was no men tion there as Wirt had testified about President Roosevelt being a who would be supplant ed by a or of Dr Rexford Guy Tugwell assistant secretary ot agriculture The other four diners were waiting to testify Another crowd Jammed a huge house hearing room among them Anna Roosevelt Dall daughter of the president Republicans had sought in vain to have the committee subpoena Tug well Secretary Wallace and others In the inquiry To the accompaniment of occa sional laughter in the audience Miss Barrows said no guest other than Wirt could say anything because the Indiana educator talked constantly on inflation Dr Wirt in valuation testified (Pleae Turn to Page 7 Col 8) Choral Club To Roanoke On Sunday In China airplanes lliers Among rank Hawks demonstrating Chinese government authorities Grand Russian Tour Offered Business Men Decision Soon as Tokyo Contends Aiding Of Chinese in Aviation Development Men aces Peace By GLENN BABB TOKYO April The of a "restatement and of policy toward China which may be made the basis ot protest to the United States was revealed to the Associated Press today rom a high official source tt was learned the draft already has been submitted by the foreign office to oreign Minister Kokl Hirota for ap proval It will be communicated shortly to the Japanese minister at Nanking and to all other Japanese olliclals now in China The draft cofitalns a statement? of insistence that she holds spe cial responsibility to "maintain the peace in east Asia" and to determine that contacts with other power shall not be of such a nature as to jeopardize that peace In order that other powers may "fully an official spokesman said the draft probably will be communicated to Japanese ambassadors in Washington and other capitals to serve as a basis for explanations to the government to which they ar accredited Th draft declare: "Japan must when effort to aid China take 'the form of "the supplying of military airplanes the establishment of airdromes the fur nishing of military advisers and in structors and the granting of po jiiicai loans The spokesman declined to state how this would be applicable to the sales by American manufacturers of airplanes to China particularly by American companies in the estab lishment of Chinese air routes: the United States government's cotton and wheat loan to China and the employment of American aviation in structors by the Chinese government He continued however: "History shows that technical or financial aid to China almost Inevi tably becomes military or political in which event Japan must There are many American aviators at the present time selling and Relief Dole Here to Be Stopped Unless Applicants Are Ready to Work for It Shot through the abdomen with a revolver bullet which did grave in ternal damage James Brandon 32 colored wa in a grave plight at Providence hospital today but stout ly maintaining that he shot himself accidentally yesterday at his home on Valley street He was admitted to the hospital at 4:30 o'clock and was at once seen to be in serious condition though he remained fully conscious Police were called to the scene and Brandon told how the pistol went off while he was manipulating it A young woman accompanied Brandon to the hospital and she was taken aside by the police who questioned her but she is said to have told police that Brandon shot himself her story corroborating that ot the injured negro House Committee is loitf statements by duca tor on What Guests Had Said Were Untrue Miss Kneeland Also Denies Assertions by Wirt Testimony Given There Was No Mention About Roose velt Being a Kerensky Hearing Room Jam med Is Expected So ata I Story.