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'4 WEATHEBt nrfinla vrf Nortk air and Wanper Tonight and Tuesday ee In Trading Area 01 The Register Bee DANVILLE VA MONDAY ATERNOON NOVEMBER 25 1935 HOME EDITION PRICE: THREE CENTS 25 COUNTIES WAR WARNING DELAYS OIL EMBARGO VOTE REGION USINESS BOOM IN MAKING RECOVERY IS Girl Standin9 in Safety RED REVOLT Zone on Main Street Hit HOLDS UP BAN HERALDED BY Zd MuTtoed by Toxicob HITS BRAZIL New No 1 Man NATAL ALLS a RUSTRATE dc non by Allen was predictions 1 Near erry Road 6 KILLED BY CARS IN VA ON WEEK END 1 irnau' a Richmond was the be Ai this year I iStoPPlNGOMS 1 luge oi orders today from naval older have year 583 automo at the Both the to are Covington Alleghany 1 Al Gt Milenin malice a little of public the audit The Rev Wallis of Marion Illinois has accepted the call tender ed him by the congregation of Moffett Memorial ehurch and will come here the first of the coining year to enter upon his new pastoral duties Rev Mr Wallace has held many in fluential pastorates in the West Mid Middle West and has preached twice to the local' congregation since the pulpit was made vacant through the death of Rev Parker Rev Mr Wallis Is a native of Texas and took his divinity degree at the Bap tist seminary in that state Officials View Autonom ous Government Develop ments With Some Alarm recovery near future few 870 the not she JAIL BREAK AT NOROLK Italy Will Escape Imposition Embargo on Oil as Musso Warning That Such Action Would Mean War Is Heeded Meanwhile as cist Troops Are Poised for Renewed Thrusts in Ethio pia Groomed for Drive on Three Ethiopian Defenses of by and will the iioin He must a uiHteii lagoon after a noisy welcome a handful of airways employes hundreds of aroused gooney The ship brought mail from There are battles to be won so ield Marshal Pietro Badoglio (above) frequent critic of Benito Mussolini's dictatorship has succeeded Emilio De Bono pioneer ascist leader in supreme command of Italian force in Africa salit Sneers' uhan ban' want tha of hl pipe Mk hr dropped one of the cart ridges hl tobacco beloft kk "toMMf IlilMh I Thousand Dollars Needed To Reach Objective Of Annual Drive Buy and Sell Than CLASSIIED SECTION atalities Bring Death List to orty Three for Month In State were torn off Her i away in the raffle Her cloth 1 China Clipper Given i Welcome By Midway Is landers After Hop rom Hawaii 'morning One leg injured and a gaping Communists in Open Re volt Defy Government Two Arrests Made in Smug gling of Pistol and Ammu nition to Convicted Ex tortionists Police Lieutenant Mayberry DUCE SCORES WHEN LEAGUE banquet held in the Though several indices show gains In employment million are still out of Jobs Just how many millions Is a matter! some dispute in the absence of official figures remained in! Claude A Bcrnett aged 31 years died at hi home 508 loyd street Sunday afternoon after a long period oi illness He is survived by hl wife and th following children Barnett Bctn'ott Hylton Bcr nett John A Bcrnett Woodrow Ber nett Louise Bcrnett Llsuilc Bernet and Myrtle Bcrnett all ot Danville uneral sen lees will bo conducted Tuesday evening at 3:30 o'clock from tlie rcsidciAc and interment will bo made in Jdfehlaud Burial Park sphere of influ Great Wall States and Great business interests State department ot derlined comment from the They noted the strangers a few polite "sniff' Thereby his master ifgan was three pub Owing to the severe! it was impossible to a superficial ex aas evident that When morning attorney non suit When morning informed particulars filed with the sui not be sustained following an inter view of witnesses in the case after which he offered the motion for a non suit OUNDED EBRUARY 1899 NO 14007 (associated press leased wires) Wounded Officer Making Progress Daily at Hospital The condition oi Police Officer Wheatley who was shot one week ago today by an unidentified negro in Union street bottom wa reported at Memoiial Hospital today a bow ing daily improvement No dare hju been set yet for his return home He has now reached a state or conva lescence The identity of the negin who shot the officer and yrho (ijao believed to have h' Cir the nun who ahotTjar ence Miller lemains unknown WASHINGTON Nov Adminis tration officials who hate viewed the recent autonomy move in North China with some concern watched closely for further news on the establishment of autonomous government in Eastern Hopei prov ince When reports of the movement supported by Japan first came in several days ago they were quiekly Interpreted here as intended to ex tend the Japanese erne south of the Both the United Britain have large in that area ftctils however today pending advices American ambassador press reports that autonomist agita tors had seized several municipal buildings in Tientsin during demon strations Reports from Tokyo that the new autonomy council would take over lie National Railway in the demilll tarizcd zone in East Hopei led some observers to believe there might be possible international complications American soldiers arc stationed at Tientsin with oilier foreign troop to guard the railroad from Peiping to the sea Whether this situation might be changed by the switch in government remained to be seen The demilit anzed zone takes In East Hopei between the Great Wall and a line north of Peiping and Tientsin Some observers believe the fact that Tuncchow was chosen as the capital of the rw province In dicated that the East Hopei govern ment did not de lre to risk possible foreign complications' The American embassy and all for eign diplomatic representatives tlie central Chinese government located in Peiping Hos her was She one he broken glass of the cab's the place of impact the road where the! the young woman he could get him tolpms which mean a minor accident i hoping to intercept it! and several pink pins Where the: a serious i arc placed area calling on i the log nun it case for It Hannigan lan ret ii tided he had for keemne a iinmiv dug the eonunittee held the ter rier was not vicious Everybody Reads DANVILLE PAPERS R1O DE JANEIRO Nov An army group which federal ot fiiials said was eonipored of Com munist held natal in its power to dare defying the national govern ment The first withering breath ot win ter decimated late Blooming flowers and shrubs dining the week end bringing the first harsh weather of the season Many a garden was blackened to given evidence of temperatures that ranged about the twenties on Saturday night and Sunday Tlie official low mark on Satur day night was 23 degree the same level reached by the mercury last night The tube stood below freez ing at ten o'clock this morning Watkins official weather observer reported Service stations did a land oitlce business in anti freeze solutions on Saturday most motorists have de layed protecting thetf ears owing to the long perlon of mild weather Coal deniers also rubbed their hands as they faced the prospectiof a de tugc oi orders tcaay Nov 25 A i morning in the circuit court by Allen formerly clerk of Charles Pitt eounty who resigned after accounts of War toward him blinded car i sent to Tungt how dcclarcd lrde Allen Takes Non Suit In Warren Case instituted under the Virginia words and $10000 1 Allen irst" the po after a con justice ers will meet at 6:30 o'clock at Epiphany church for supper when the final report of the' drive will be made Some of the workers spent a good share of the week end in their finil effort to put the drive over and some reported that they had met with good results Col Kemper leader of the campaign this year will preside at tilts evening's meeting The total amount sought this year is 137575 Mercury Down To 23 rost inishes lowers Call to Moffett Church Accepted By Rev Mr Wallis closed his attitude In the situation although he was pressing for inau guration of reforms which have been proposed by Generalissimo Chiang Kat Shek military leader at Nan king Observers at Nanking believed that If Sung went over to the autono mists ail ot Chahar and Hopeh provinces would be rut loose from the central government Yin Ju Kcng called his autono mous government the "East Hopeh Anti Communist Council" It controls an area of about 8600 square miles running south of the Gicat Wall to within a short dis tance of Peiping and Tientsin with a population estimated at 5000000 Eighteen of the 25 counties are in side the demilitarized zone created when Slno Japanesc hostilities ended in 1933 I'lea turn to page 8 col 1) took the unconscious girl in and hastened to Memorial where Dr Harry Pritchett 1st her shock more than Elks to Honor Their Dead at Service Sunday The annual memorial service of Danville lodge of Elka will be held next Sunday at the lodge Room of the Elk's Home on Main street tn common with hundreds of lodges throughout the country It ts the day set aside by the fraternal to pay respect to members who died during the past year The services will be held o'clock nnd will be open to lie The Memorial Day address will be made by Hugh Williams nnd Samuel 'Kushner has been de signated as eulogist for the five mem hers of the order who died during the year They were James Posey Morton Barnett Lea William nrlght and John Wood I HraacII A' DrtHH rvnltrI rulGr ssf ih Miiviiie Izirfge will preside at nA RintHau Jr I MIDWAY' ISLANDS Nov (By Pan American' Airways Radio) The trans Pacific flight of the China Clipper was charted for Wake Island today and it was due to arrive "be fore" its departure since the huge flying boat will gain a day when in crBssmg the International date line on the 1191 mile hop Refueled last night the sky liner was ready for a dawn take off Lonely Midway's residents re read their airmail letters from home and put Thanksgiving turkeys on ice afterwelcoming the Clipper at 2:01 nv (9:01 Estandard Standard Time) yesterday and unloading its Midway cargo The 25 ton Clipper was docked in it quiet from and birds the mainland cranberries and tur keys from Honolulu second stop on tlie Alameda Manila flight Most of the Clipper's remaining car go Is detestined for Manila although 38 sacks ot mall will be left at Guam and a at Wake flight Is the shortest leg of the 8000 mile Journey Yesterday's 1323 mlle flight from Honolulu made in less than nine hours Claude Bernett Died on Sunday uneral Tuesdav (SpeciM to The IW) CHATHAM Va at thetsut' tsxen ini? states of Pernambuco and Rin Grand? Pittsylvania county dn Norte The 16 other states were reported Warren trial magistrate oi naffected bv the disturbances and i hJna RiO de Janeiro itself was completely state auditoz on war In the threep receding years it'em phasired business advance "were I fttHrlrk' hr thorn eUle AAnvtAfnrf wgmvvvm Ariwrilnp tn vty ha however unemployment appears like pfitnor lirnrprv MiGrp i ir i uv inr at any Qsrzartv TVnarfmpnt I vv VW WX' of the taxicab Daves told the police: he was going: at a rate of 25 miles an hour but Mayberry is Inclined tor believe he was moving faster because of the exceptional distance the young i woman was hurled after being struck i The two other girls leaped out off I the way of the taxicab but Rice I I was squarely hit Whether this was due to Daves veering his car into the i zone to avoid the two other girls or (whether Miss Rice was outside the! white line is not clear at tne moment I because of a confusion of testimony In any event the ponce measured twenty one steps from the point! wncre headlight showed to bloodstains in mangled form of was picked up Both her" snoes i wrist waten was 60 fee lane of downtown mg ws partly torn off her body Daves the cab hospital treating state of make amination but it was evident that! she las in a critical condition latel this morning i Miss Rice has no relative in Dan vilie and is a complete stranger here! Police were communicating this morn 1 ing with kinsmen Georgia inform ing them of the accident and the nation! 01 p'icht Tao 0 her northeast states Alagoas hs monngs accident meant an an pa ahyba were reported involved inJ pn tfce larBtin the 'uprising but the movement map of the city kept in the office of apparentiy srurk hardert at the cue a a tj lUAiuvvi lui i fiTi WASHINGTON Nov dgar Hoover director ot the JuMiee now be i department bureau of investigation North annmine today that an attempted Cheh Jjall break at Norfolk Va was trust Cha rated Saturday by discovvy of a might I package containing a pistol and 35 plans cajtridgcs left for inmate I After discovery of the weapon con 1 cealed in the pocket of a cvei coat and the cartridges in a bag of fruit federal men searched the cell of Lee Snyder and inest Marion Wells convicted extortionists and found a hacksaw blade a file a pair of pliers and wooden keys eac al agents and Norfolk police arrested a eRr Hurst a sailor on th i mRintenance of business actlvitv at ront and geodetic survey steamship nrar the jpar7l ha bPen he! OcranogiApher on nci "naer ouUtandinc fact in the economic st and Wells had sen id as sailors Hoo juajon qu mg the first ten months of ver said Hurst confessed to delivering jgy5 the pacKages ano saia tne packages were prepared by Love Weils wife oft one nt the men Snyder (Special to live Bee) YANCEYVILLE NC Nov 25 Ef forts made today to trace Thomas Holloman who went under the name of William Williams slain at Norfolk by Betty White his common law wife failed today Several of the older resi dents could not recall him and Sheriff Yancey Gatewood who has a wide county knowledge did not know him Holloman apparently left the county many years ago Holloman whose age was placed at between 32 and 34 maintained a legal residence in New York headquarters for the William exposition which he operated His mother Mrs Rose Hol loman and a brother Earl Hollo man reside in the country near Dover another brother John Hollo man lives in Portsmouth Va and a sister Mrs Alvin Hill lives in Dan ville Va Among the girl's effects was found a photograph of on the back of which she had inscribed: "Men You can't live with them You can't without them So why live at all? I Mother dad and sweet sister please find it in your hearts to forgive me No matter where I go I couldn more unhappy as is on earth" Slain Showman Is Revealed as Native of Caswell taken to mean no further action would be taken by the league for I the present i Opinion was mixed as to whether i this new attitude on the' part of I (Please turn to page coL'X) Community Chest workers were putting the finishing touches to their drve started last week hopeful that by tonight they could report car the missing 6000 collected or nleric unity hospital ed by this evening All team work were ueatcci i bun co TON ITCHES NEW YORK Nov Cot ton futures opened steady tn 12 points advance on higher Liverpool cables and aetivo triide and foreign buvine urc uim jan ujj 1101 Jly 1150 Oct 1127 had reported books $10000 Action iled Against Tria! Magistrate Stricken Off Docket Ml Gi Xov deliberations of Hie city committer were broken as terrier trolled around the RIO DE JANEIRO Nov An open revolt described! officially as engineered by soldiers and Com munists Ifared today in the rorth ea tern area of Brazil and the govern ment dispatched land sea and air forces to combat the uprising Capt lmto Muller chief of po lice announced that rebellious sold iers of Natal imprisoned their own of ficers and tooK possession of that seaport capital to the slate of Rio Grand Do Notre Other soldiers attempted a similar revolt at Recife seaport capital the ate of Pernambuco aided Communists and seized the city of Olinda on the outskirts of Recite but were overpowered by loyal rtoops Muller asserted "Energetic measures have been tak en to repress the outb lice chief announced ference with the ministries of and interior 'Troops are being rushed neighboring states including units and army planes" Gen Joao Gomes ministik oi arranged to fly today to recite in the northeast corner of South America's (By A I I 'MALLON) (Copyright 1935 by Paul Mallon) HOKAH Washington Nov Senator Borah is unquestionably now planning to announce his presidenti al candidacy well in advance of the first spring primary Hi name will probably pc entered not only thru out the west hut in many eastern and central states This statement of his intentions is not official of course but it is ns clear to every adcquatcily informed Republican authority here as II the official announcement hnd already been made To them there Is nothing coy or obscure about Mr Borah and ids purpose They sillier not it whit of the confusion whicji appears to exist in the public mind ns a result of hts 1 shrewd refusals to be drawn out pre CHALLENGE The Idahoan is out tn whip th' nominal party lenders iMtlershlp Tlie only way ho can do is to round up ns many rout antion delegates ns he rnn lay hls hand on It lx not cxnrily a secret prospect war ms navcisnrics can pre vent him from getting jnation Borah knows that know it Every political knows an dBnrah is a long way from being nn amateur But ho ran make hl Relvcrsnrlea Ado buslnesg with him butliLa te the (Continued on Lililurla of near Roanoke TV calm Troops here readiness however Informed observers state revolt apparently was well ar ticulated seeming launched by non commissioned officers of the army and that if it went unquelled it might spread into the socialist anti nnpertalist movemen' ground for many months i If successful in the northeast in formed sources said the uprising would be likely to embrace the entire nation Va Nov S1I persons died in automobile accidents in Virginia over the week end to bring the state's monthly death Hat to 43 Since the first of the persons have been killed by biles in the state The dead: Beikley Huddleston 21 Chambllssbttrg died In hospital Billy Mac Smith 12 of killed Saturday' night at Station Joseph R' Seay 28 of died In 41 hospital here from Injurie received on Saturday "3 Clvud Talbott 25 of Rldzewav killed Saturday night near Mead Janies Aurtfn 53 negro killed Sat urday near Ins Newport News home Gertrude Campbell It etere n'T'T burg instantly killed near rederick burg Saturday night i Capital Now Talks of Con trolling Expansion Instead Of Combatting De pression WASHINGTON Nov 25 The words "coming boom" uttered dis tmctly ewn if cautiously by the American ederation of Labor called' attention today to a major shift of 1 emphasis that has taken place in thei capital almost over night I Many of the pronouncements that stream from Washington presses and! mtmeogriph machines offi' lal and I otherwise show a chans press on psychology to a times" psychology Government reports like the A of Ls and stress indices of! better business Officials who only few short months ago spoke mostlvi of ways to combat the depression i had a shoulder injury now talk of methods of controlling wound in expansion Marriner Eccles federal 1 reserve board governor speaks ot the boards "adequate to con trol credit and prevent a stock market Concomitantly politicians and eco nomies eommentatois fall Into argu ments as to what caused the bettes business One view vigorously voic ed is that new deal spending and i other policies pulled the country through Another upheld Just asj vebenufntly Is that natural forces are bringing recovery despite new deal measures it is an argument that 1 sippears destined to go on for a long time if not forever The A of L's rennrt I today said there probably would be business and industrial boom "with in the next few years" At the same tilin' re federal reserve board said the case was called this Stuart Wheatley Danville representing Allen took al and moved for its dismissal i agreed the case was called this Geneva meeting on oil sanctions WM 1 ass a ft A a uiruh a vvu ivo? the court that the bill of could Japanese Troops Stand in Readiness to Meet Any At tempt By Central Chinese Government to Block Auto nomy Movement Which Is Expected to Spread to Other North China Provinces Section Embraces Popula tion of 5000000 Subjects Power Vested In Committee of Nine UnhAUrUEMT Irlr IvV I LrlMl I Little Hope Held for Miss Lillian Rice 23 who Came Here Last Week rom Georgia and Who Was Due to Report At the Mills for irst Time To Army Composed of Can Carrying Railway Man to Intercept Train zt Stokesland is Held I I Concerned By reeman to China Move Speak Wednesday (Ry The A xiciated Prex) Premier Mus ohni scored a dipto mane viciory in lus campaign against sanctions today as blackshirt troops stood poised in east Africa for re newed thrusts at the domain of Em peror Haile Selassie 1 or the present at least Italy will escape the imposition of an oil em argo by the League of Nation Il Duce was reported earlier to have warned ranco that a ban on oil shfn ments as an tmpediement to the pros ecution or ms campaign of occupa tion in Ethiopia mean war" Today he had the satisfaction ol' seeing his blunt warning coupled with other consideiatons bear fruit At Geneva the league announced riday's session of the sanctions com mittee of 18 called to consider the proposed embargo will be postponed to an undetermined date 4 Great Britain and rance motlvat ed not only by adamant stan but also by doubt over the abil ity ot the Unned State government to halt oil shipments decided to seek a delay imposing the proposed em bargo authoritative reports said Considered tpo was critical in ternal situation rance which would make it impossible for Pre mier Pierre Laval to leave Pari ri day to attend a meeting of the lea gue's sanctions committee at Geneva Attempting to hold his govern ment leadership and to further his negotiations for Italo Ethiopian peace Laval was reported authoritatively in Parts to have urged postponement of a decision on an oil ban for fear of to European peace The reference to the American gov ernment's action was to that of last weeks when the administration acted to stop the flow ot American oil to Italy by requests to shippers to aban don such trade and by financial pres sure on those shippers Indebted to the government Inasmuch as Great Britain has been the mainspring of the sanction movement at Geneva word from London that Downing street had to postponement of the Lillie i liinge wa nnted early tins afternoon in the nf Mi Lilian Rice Nhr remained in a badly shocked condition but was consciAus Danville contributed another vic tim to the mounting toll of traffic actidrnts at six o'clock this morning) when Mss I illian Rice aged 22 of Gainesville Ga was struck by a taxi cab as she stood In the safety zone at the Intersection of Main and Chestnut s'rei to report for hers first daj's work tn one of the weave rooms of the Dan River mills She was carried to Memorial pi'al where late this life was despaired of broken another badly An autonomous government for large section ot North China was in augurated today and immediately call ed on Japan lor as Yin Ju Ken head of the new nine man autonomous council for 25 coun ties in Hopeh and Chahar Provinces'ked Japanese guieinmcnt officials and militarists to send troops purge North China of "i stand for the rescue of China and Close harmony with Japan" Ym an nounced in proclaiming juilitlcal In cependence from Nanking At the simple ceremony ot inaugu ration of the new government Yin dis closed the: five provinces ot North China had been invited to join the 25 ci intles in solf gciei ninent At the same time he emphasized the moie rnent was not separa He said his government willeontrol 11 revenues cxtejit the salt and cus toms taxes There was widespread belief that me autonomy movement gun might spread to other China proiinces Gen' Sung Yuan overlord oi Hoj'eh and har provinces it was thought continue the process but the of other leaders were unclear Sung Cheh Yur withdrew troops which he had capital or the tidenc region In reipcnse to accu Mtions Hom the Japanese military that the presence of troops violated ths agreement lor ncmllitarlration of the zone Along the Groat Wall of China were Japanese troop read) to meet ny attempt by the central goicin I mrnt to block the autonomy pro gram by military force Whether the autonomy movement 1 would spread apeared to rest with) Gen Sung Cheh Yuan Nanking of ficiais pointed out he had not dis i ia)t week of mailing extortion letters I to tne and the store both in Norfolk Washington WAKE ISLAND NEXT STOP OCEAN PLANE 1 Queer Story I HODGE CITY Kl Nov Speer dlekerl Mik fts iPIm i 1ai A ihkM pipe NEW CHINA GOVT ASKS AID Two persons received injuries which were not serious and two cars I A 1 badly damaged at midnight Saturday 1 MAC OfC in a sideswipe collision which VI lVl 3 place on the Stokesland road oppo 11 site the Lovetown Service Station I MQkA I rt fl I James ranks with Paul Johnson and was and was Elwood Solomon as passengers i going towards Reidsville George Krachko of this city I neaoea towards uanvuie i I Siv otiKKinieoi ponce lauea to recon cile the conflicting statements re garding the accident one of the drivers saying that the headlights of the car coming him the other claiming that the coming towards him was taking too much or inc road Johnson and Solomon were ried to Danville Comm where their injuries Both were able to go home on Sun day Charges of reckless driving! were preferred against ranks and Krachko and the case will be heard! at Schoolfield tomorrow week of the cars were dismantled In crash the head Julius Henry Daves aged 22 driver for the Blue Bird Tabicao Company was lodged jail by Police Lleuten I ant Ma'jbeny and Officer I Edwards who probed the accident He i is charged with felonious assault and inerc is an aaaeci charge lor his allez ed failure to have a chauffeur's per mit I Ms Rice eame here only a days ago and secured a room at Main street She applied to mills for work but at first could receive placement but last ridav was told' report for work 'this morning Up early she dressed and at six ioclock with two other girls was stand ing In the safely zone waiting for the street car which was then pulling in to the safety zone A short time pre vious! said he was informed Brian a railwav man missed his and i months to offer visual evidence of! (train by a few minutes It was im Danville's accident hazard Only two portant for him to board the train black pins slfnifying fatalities are on so he hastened to taxicab and) the map but there are many white asked him if 1 Stokesland hoping to intercept it I and several pink pins where It stops just before crossing pins are grouped showing the highw ay on its way to nine mile hazard special police sums orioge on both sides of th There is a conflict about the speed motorists to slow down riendly Dog rees Master In Court Case On Robert Lee Dr Douglas reeman whose re cently published four volume work on Robert Lee representing a life study is one of the largest selling books In America today will "peak on the same subject Wednesday aft ernoon before the Wednesday Club Because of the large anticipated at tendance the meeting will be held In the auditorium of Stratford College at tour o'clixk Since the life ot General Lee has too many phases to be covered In a single address Dr reeman has chos en the closing chapters of hi life for his Danville address and it la more than likely that some new aspects of the last days will be revealed by the speaker The address is to be given under the history committee ot the club of which Mrs Dlbrcll Is chairman Dr book was accorded the Pulitzer prize this year He Is president of the Southern Historical Society and is editor of the Rich mond News Leader also a lecturer at Columbia University flying there each week from Richmond by 'plane said the four The action i on November i statute of mauling was sought in wav of damages i I attributed to Warren remarks alleged I i to have been made in the presence ntanneri under i of others reflecting on his ability 1 Zi'" 4 TBs i I I I 4 a A Jb WCM re a Tally Tonight ii i.