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Wt WeNdy Everybody Reads ea In Trading Area (HOME EDITION) Buy and Sell Through CLASSIIED SECTION Of The Register Bee OUNDED EBRUARY 1899 NO 14199 tuaccum hubs UtaASu wa) DANVILLE VA TUESDAY ATERNOON JULY 7 1936 PRICE: THREE CENTS 1 I MUn 1 I BOLD BANK HOLD UP AT SO BOSTON THREATS VOICED IN STEEL WAR Bandit Seizes $1200 Locks NATIONAL STARS TAKE LEAD SCENE HOLD UP To Visit Legion PARK BOS SAE A) men ma in in ot Mr Hoff Segal ot At United Cobb sulking la tha ot the engage 000 000 020 020 car the while three AMERICANS NATIONALS Wallace to curtailment to wteka made kpltx tall the Jiving police the nurso 12th street apart tiansfcrrcd to the king's In 1924 and was made a the bodyguard In 1932 given the title "Kammcr togelher In Cuht htiiue puppy aa tha star class of in 1935 told west long fly that Averill caught center run no hits no errors in which Arthur Tuck cashier and robbed of Slton in deposits employes were locked in a vault The hank was formerly known as lottery through the sale of number combinations which are determined as winning or losing according to cer tain market quotations It was expected this morning that the investigation might last most of the day with the possibility of addi tional witnesses being called to the grand Jury room The court was engaged this morning ASKDR TO LIT CROP RESTRICTIONS volume of business Danes however immediately a discussion ot whether Mrs who very popular could re a minister representing the two rings and a diamond she had been wearing were She said the nurse also was 2nd with a large atendance Rev Starke Jett Jr president of the body presided After a brief devotion con ducted by Rev A Lewis the pre siding elder ot the district Rev The Citizens Bank of South Boston "was held up by a bandit early today he carried Air Tuck and two other by the robber who made hts getaway the South Boston National Bank Washington MHls and the manage ment of that textile enterprse Today Is the 23rd day of the strike and nothing has happened to Indicate that it is anywhere near a settlement The issue is the utilization of a new production system which the workers claim means a reduction in wages More than a thousand workers walk ed cut here wtici the strike was call ed Snce that time a good many of the workers have been compelled to go elsewhere to provide food for them selves and families Tpe workers remaining here still feel that a settlement will be affect ed and they are hopeful that there will be no development that will cause a breach of the peace Bollln general superinten dent of the mills repeated today that he had no idea when the strike would end and he refused to be quoted fur ther A Bahnson president of the mills who Uvea in Winston Salem also refused to say anything ex cept "thia strike can't be settled by the newspapers" All conferences so far held have been unavailing Spokesmen for the workers who asked for a restoration of the old NRA provision were told the matter would be given consideration That was on June 19th The work er! claim that they will hold out but it Is fairly wen understood that the force of strikers Is gradually dwindl ing seven o'clock this morning way before the bank was opened to! the public A few minutes after Henderson bad entered the robber' came in with a mask over his eyes and drew a gun on him holding him under the nfiz tle until Canada came In In this position the two men were held the thK' carrying on a running conversation with 'them and making them understand that If they' at tempted to move they would be shot The thief In the meantime kept his eye on the car and also appeared to be looking for someone to arrive This actually happened after the lapse of halt an hour when Tuck pushed the hank door open and walk ed tn which his satchels of cash He walked right Into the gunman's trap having come from Virgilina with a number of deposit from th bank there yesterday The bandit worked so cooly and peered to have thought things out so well that there was not one moment turn tn page 1 column 2) arrangement tnad been made hume tbt body wttbln a few Bone maasurecnenta win be they said and the earth sifted for the principal clue to the allver trpn Mid to have been placed In the nldlcc'a bead after ha a wounded on th haulefteld Physicians dentists mortician and other will be present to aid in tho Identification Allison Mid as woll as several historians who have done ex hausttvo reMarch in the case Permission AlUsolu Mid to exhume the body has bean granted by the Third CmwMs Presbyterian church near Statesville which owns the plot where lUe fencing teacher oe the flout He burled Di Smoot of Greenville the ationgMt cnainpion ot the cause ot Ney and a brother of Rev ft A (Please hint to paca A oolmaa 1 SHHEVEPORr I July It may hare been news but It cer tainly was bad news for a inonths oki Spltx puppy Two year old Larry Thomas and a segment ot rou no ot I he The bathroom Larry's iHihiilsry Is limited bu be made It elMr to quosMooerd that he did II allb lj dotflr a qyund tactaora News of Holdup Delayed or Over Hour hall attendant beer saved hl On III way liter a fourth stopped io have some brew It Idle he was thinking a stray luillei friHii a celehrator's gun rip pvd thiuiigli the KMit of hl hoini and lauded directly In the centei of his pillow 0 Masked Robber Holds Trio At Point While He Takes Money rom Arthur Tuck Leaves $2000 in Coin Because It Is Too Heavy to Escape With Coup Carefully Trio Rescued rom Vault After orty Minutes (Special to The Bee) SOUTH BOSTON Va July Telegrams and tele phone messages sent to practically every town in this sec tion of the country and with major cities of the Eastern section notified police this afternoon were no nearer a solu tion of the identity of the masked bandit who held up the Citizen's Bank of South Boston early this morning and con trolling its employees for an hour escaped with $1200 insured Police were seeking a ord 8 with Pennsylvania license tags for it was this car which was parked close to the bank during the time it was held up early this morning and it had gone when the alarm was given Two employes of the bank and the assistant cashier un nerved after their long experience during which time they were never certain of their lives bad recovered this after noon and gave to the authorities every detail which might be of service to them The official belief was that the thief and a confederate who waited in the car had deliberately studied the daily routine actions of the personnel knowing that Arthur Tilck' assistant cashier would reach the bank with money at a cer tain hour HIT GROVE OR 2 RUNS ADD 2 MORE Intense Heat Continues in Sun Seared Section of Middle West BROUGHT AT A GLANCE (By the Associated Press) MINNEAPOLIS John Bosch presi dent of National armers Holiday As sociation appeals to President Roose velt to end crop restriction in drought states the silver Danville police were given no word of the South Boston bank holdup un til long after It had happened News men acquainted Un depart ment of the development an hour aft er it had taken place by which time the bank robber might have rencheil and passed through Danville A radio call untitled all cats ami one was post ed near all cieck bridge with a de scription of the wanted man and the general apAarancc of bn car rot lY SERVICE! CONTINUE Evangelist Adlai Loudy enters the fourth werk of his series of Con coidant Bible messages In tha Odd ellows hall on North Main street Afraid of i ecrackers Buys Paper Sacks To Pop Long List of Witnesses to Bs Examined Appeal Docket Up IRST INNINGS Dean fired the first two pitches past Appling for strikes but the count reached three and two before the White Sox shortstop finally walked Gehrlnger fouled off two pitches and then popped to Durochcr The crowd gave Joe Di Maggio a big hand as the Yankee rookie stepped to the plate but he hit Into a double play on the first pitch Whitney to Herman to Collins No runs no hits no errors none left Galan was called out on strikes with his bat on his shoul der as Grove showed old time speed Herman smashed the first pitch to right but Di Maggio was under it for an easy out With the count three and two Collins walked on a fast ball that was away outside Medwick pol ed a deep rank Rennie Jr state depart ment commander who will come to ham Hie on July 9th next Thurs day to pay an official visit to the Tost He win he accompanied by Glenn Elliott state adjutant and both will he entertained at supper at the (nnntry Club Inn by the executive committee prior to the holding of the regular monthly meeting at which officers of the Post will be elected Stalemate Continues With Both Sides Holding Out Has Lasted 23 Days (special to The Bee) MAYODAN July stalemate continues here in the dis 1 agreement between workers in the! with the trial of city appeal case NATIONAL LEAGUE TON July 7 A sudden attack upon Lelty Grove Red Sox southpaw featured by a three base drive by Gabby Hartnett that went through Rookie Joe DiMaggio's lees gave the Nationals a 2 01ead over the Ameri cans today after two Innings of the annual all star ball game Dizzy th an though wild set the Americans down without a hit in the first two 'rallies while a crowd of 30000 looked on Dean finished his three inning trick without yielding a hit or a tun and was given an ovation as he retired to the dugout giving way to Carl Hub bell (southpaw ace in the fourth in ning Grove yielding to Schoolboy" Rowe of the Tiger after three frames was touched for three hits all of them in the second when the Nationals tallied on Demarses single Hartnett's triple that Di Maggio missed and Whitney's long fly to center Queer Story igures Show Business Gain His subject tonight at 7:45 will be on four straight balls With the count "The Coming Indignation" turn to page A column 4) Ruby East Stellar Graduate At School to Be Sentenc ed July 18th 7 Ruby Thomas East 19 year eld Pittsylvania county girl neatly clad In a white linen dress stood beside Miss Anne Redd Carter juvenile court officer before Judge Henry Leigh yesterday evening In the corporation court and repeated the word seven times after Deputy Clerk Grey Bagley had read as many indictment charging her with forgery She was not sentenced yesterday Judge Leigh remanded her until July 18th when he will determine her pen alty At tiat time she will produce witnesses end the court will hear then if there are any palliating cir cumstances Miss East confessed forging the name of Mrs Thelma Stone also of Pittsylvania county a friend of Ml East to seven checks each for ten dol lars Most ot them were cashed In Danville drygoods stores The checks were drawn on the Bank of Chatham The offen might have gone unno ticed but for the fact that Mr Jone some weeks ago hid occasion to run over her canceled checks and she found in the batch some which bore her name but not her signature She called tha police and from the en suing investlgatltn came the arrest of the Pittsylvania county girl The accused was one of member of the graduating Spring Garden High School and has a number of friends tn that section She made no contest on the ease and when arrested made a con fession to the police and gave them further information as to other checks which she had drawn She had ex pt esed a desire to plead guilty and did so yesterday not long after the true bills had been returned xutfocated because it was leased One of thr three Imprisoned Jeter Henderson th of the bank fainted while in the vault and Durelle Cana da bookkeeper and trllrr and Mr Tuck wrre bathed with perspiration and had difficulty In breathing de spite the slight aperture Sheriff A Tune of Halifax was notified soon after the bank robbery and he sent deputies to the scene The South Boston police had charge of the situation until then and were of belief that the thief had asj much as thirty minutes' start before the alarm was given The robber left the bank in a ord 8 but the direction in which they sped was not definitely cleared up He had a confederate watting in the car for him during the course of the hold up The coup was carefully staged Jeter Henderson opened the bank at to do bls early chores and not long after wards Canada arrived as is often the case because of hts desire to get on ihcm Jui for liic fad TAMPA Ha July Paste this in vour hat for next ourth of July: Two Tampa youngsters forbidden to shoot fire ra kers persuaded an mule to buy them 500 paper bags to pop They reported ample noise was provided 7 NATIONAL LEAGUE WELD Bos ton July Before a disap point iqcly small crowd estimated at: 30000 and 12000 short of the "bee hives' capacity the National League challenged the winning streak of the Americans today in the fourth an nual all star ball came Dizzy Dean Cardinal rlcht hander was the choice of the Nationals to oppose Bob Grove southpaw star ot the Red Sox The appeared unlikely toi exceed $25000 It was by far the smallest turnout for any of the four all star games The play by play follows: Record heat wave en ters fifth consecutive day with tem peratures ranging up to 119 Gram markets skyrocket to new seasonal highs Commodities advance apace President Roose velt confers with relief and resettle ment chieftains on drought crisis CHICAGO July A plea tor the lifting of crop restrictions in drought ravaged states came out of the heat harried farm belt today A wave of record shattering tem peratures engulfed middle America for the fifth consecutive day as the armers National Holiday Association appealed to President Roosevelt and Secretary of Agriculture abandon production measures A searing sun raised mercury far beyond the century mark ing many official thermometers yes (rlease turn to page 5 column Mayodan Mill Strike Still Is Unsettled Danville Did $12135 More Business in 1936 iscal Year Than 1935 The Danville postoffice showed material gain In receipts during the federal fiscal year ending on June 30th It was learned today Post master Swanson has com plied the record which shows that the receipts for the jear just closed were 114344472 compared with 413131056 during the LsnU year ending June 30th 1935 Tlte Increase was 412135 16 IiureaMs were Thirst or Beer Saves His Life ST I'EtRMlt KG Jtilv Monney ttanct figure a tlilrt foi life home from work of July dance he Dizzy Dean ails to (jive American Sluggers a Hit In His 3 lnning Turn On the Mound He became acquainted with Mrs Owen about six months ago The announcement of an Impend ing marriage was a surprise Even members of the United States lega tions staff said they were without of ficial knowledge on the subject The began Owen main United States offer marrying a Dan lh officer In 1913 Rohde became tin appren tice In an Iceland firm He enter ed the army In 1915 and was commis sioned a lieutenant of infantry tn 1921 He was bodyguard captain of He was honorary gentleman groom to the king tn 192S It Is a title given only to officers of the body guard end the Rviyal Hussars Mrs Owen now 50 year old is the daughter of Wllllnm Jennings Bryan She twice lias been mnrtied Iler rust husband wn William Homer I 1 uvltt an artist They vvcie divorced Match 3 1909 On May 3 1910 shejvas married to Maj Reginald Owen o' the British Royal Engineers COUP WELL PLANNED (Special to The Bee) SOUTH BOSTON Va July 7 A masked bandit who a parently limi a pteci knowledge the moviniont of the em ployes this morning hold np the Bank of South Boston Bnd escaped with SI'J'O after having robbed Arthur Tuck a part owner of the bank as he entered with more than J4000 Th thief found $'2000 in coin too heavy to escape vvith and he left with bills of general denomination The yobber held up three employes tf thf bank with a ol and forced them into the vault and then closed the door that a safety calch was on the vault and the three probably would have forty minutes before they were re Numbers Probe Continued JJy Grand Jurors (By PAI MALLON) (Copy right 1936 by Pittil MillioniNGI Itol Wsslungton July TIib securities excltnnge commis sion dioppid it report Into the bot tomless hopper ol congress before the close comphtming nbnpl the way big bunks nrc pluying corporate trustee for Immlluildvia Oiiliimrtlj la nothing lesxlm nortnnt than a eommlislun renurt to congress li la primed itml promptly Cwptiiln Rohde Is fair forgotten Ustially the priming and more than six feet causes mte day ripple of miciet height is an csenttal for (CouUuucd on Editortai page) Ito the king's bodyguard which are expected to consume fully today and tomorrow's sessions Indictments returned by the grand jury yesterday were against: Ruby Thomas East (7) forgery: James Hawey Pritchett and Addie Pritchett forgery Connie lee Haley aiding prisoner to escape: Mary Ella Walker Moses Simon and Chester James robbery: annie Kizee escape jail Johnny Williams (2j robbery red Thompson (21 robbery Ernest Stephens and Pemberton Hairston storebroakmg: Jesse Acutf McGhee robbery: Laiman Gaulden third offense petit larceny Roxie Carter malicious wounding: Abner Hairston malicious wounding James William lewis attempted robbery Edward Chaney forgery Luther Jarels housebreaking: WiHiam Wilson housebreaking: John Cunningham housebreaking: James Willie Lewis housebreaking R9E H1 OR ROBRRV NEW YORK July Sirl Rvd berg 50 a nurse was In the police lineup today charged with grand larceny of 3000 worth ot jewelry on complaint of lanta Ga Mrs Segal took her to a ment on June 25 to visit a relative ot the nurse While there Mrs Segal said she fell asleep and when sha awoke bracelet missing gone Julius Daves Gets 60 Days or Assault inal Chapter Written in Ac cident Which Befell Mrs Lillian Rice Julius Henry Daves young Blue Bird taxicab driver was sentenced yes terday in the Corporation Court to serve sixty days in jail tor a simple assault In connection with the acci dent last November in which Mrs Lillian Gertrude Rice was severely in jured as sne stood In a street safety zone on Main street at corner of Chestnut Daves had been indicted for llcious wounding bat a jury could not agree in his case They could not reconcile the "malicious" allegation in the indictment when to them it ap peared to have been an accident of sudden and swift development An agreement was reached yester day under the terms of which he pled guilty to a simuple assault He hadpent 44 days in jail waiting for his people to raise the bond for his re lease He showed a good prior char acter and was held to be an indus trious youth The accident happened on a day when Daves was lured by a man who had misled bis (rain at the railway station to try and Intercept It at Stokeslsjid thf Jury trial there was considerable deference of opin ion amoijg witness as io ths speed of the cab at tire tl rqe It hit Mrs Rice who was OP way to the School field mill after hvipg tome here from Georgia npt long before to obtain em ployment Mrs Rice lost ler leg In the acci dent and suffered a skull fracture and a number Qf rj juries She was in grave cpn4ttl9p for weeks and not long submitted to a second opera tion She bag i rice collected damages from the taxicab company Ruth Bryan Owen to Wed Dane King's Bodyguard 0 Announcement of American Woman Minister to Den mark Surprise to Two Nations COPENHAGEN July The approaching marriage of Mrs Ruth Bryant Owen United States minister to Denmark to a tall fair hatred cap tain of King Christian's bodyguard was announced today by the captain's mother Th prospective groom Is Capt Boeige' Rohde 42 years old and bear ing the title hon orary gentleman groom to the king He was reported on his way to the United Slates and It was said he would Join Mrs Owen them within the next few days It was understood the wedding would 1o July 10 In the Long Island home of Mrs Owen's daughter Mr Robeit 1 Chilian (Mrs Owen's secretary in New York said the minister "hart no com ment to make" but ft lends family said the report of the ment was correct) Mr Owen i cached the States last Sunday on 00 days' leave during which ahi' will take part tn In tin pri'Aldentinl election eampnlgn on behalf ol President Ibsisevi'll and the national Denim latlc ticket handsome tall for admission today apparently prepared to go intoT Allen presented the plans for the the evidential features a far as Junaluska Campaign" Upon possibly can motion of Dr red Chenault a So fa'r the business of conducting a nslnS vote which was Hbucu uit picdiusug viuri tuat minister present would do his best to raise this emergency fund to save Junaluska for the church July 12th is the day set for the special offering when each charge will be asked to raise the amount ot 3 per cent of the and presiding elder's sala ries isher lay leader ot the Dan ville district brought to the atten tion of the ministers and district wide revival which will be conducted Martinsville July 15 Sept 20 Three Candidates ile Expenses or the Campaign It cost Puckettc the sum 65 to wage his campaign for the city council determined on June 9th He has filed his expense account givinghat figure Williamson tiled a statement showing that he spent 45 or 25 on June 1 and (20 on June 5 for the gen eral expense fund of th men running on that ticket Charles Clements who failed of re election did not spend any money his statement showed Candidates have until Thursday at midnight to file their statements with in the time prescribed by law Morgan's irm aces Action If Strife Provoked siroNn inning a Lou Gehrig walked To Exhume Body to Clear Mystery of Marshal Ney Will Determine Whether Remains Buried in Those of Military Strategist CHARLOTTE July (Tv Modern Identification methods will be used soon to find the answer to a riddle of the century old mystery of Marshal Ney Napoleon Bonapart's military strategist Supposedly the marshal was exe cuted for treason In rance on De cember 7 1815 after Napoleon's exile but some historians have contended Ney's execution wm faked and that he escaped to America under the name of Slewart Ney A rench fencing school teacher by that name landed at Charleston In 1816 and taught In many parts of North Carolina On hts deathbed bo was said by witnesses to have confexs rd hts identity lie he burled tn an old cemetery neai Statesville Allison author of several book ou the mys tery and Detective Chief Trank NLittlejohn of Charlotte std today Lew is Threatens to Prosecute Steel Industry in Event of Effort to Deliberately Preci pitate Disorder in Reported Plan to Discredit Organiz High and Low Alike Will Be Brought to Justice If Infractions of Law Are Uncovered By JOSEPH I MILLER (Associated Press staff Writer) WASHINGTON July Threatening to prosecute Mor gan and company if "lawlessness" develops John Lewis today aig hailed full speed ahead the cam paign to bring 500000 steel employes into the Amalgamated Association of iron steel and tin workers In a radio speech last night the head of the committee for industrial organization charged that the "over lords ot the steel empire" had declar ed war" against the unioniza tion drive On the heels of a prediction that the industry would "deliberately provoke strife and bloodshed" at the mills to discredit organizers and in timidate workers Lewis said the high and the low in steel would be brought to "justice" if infractions of the law were uncovered Lewis listed Morgan and company "which controls the United States Steel corporation" other bank ers corporation officials and armed guards or other hireling and mercenaries" among Uxuee vho might be held accountable for breaking the law Lewis charged that the American Iron and Steel Institute employers: organization had already "con travened the law" by publishing In the daily press it position toward the campaign He Interpreted this statement as pledging vast re sources of the industry against the right of its workers to engage In Please turn to page 5 column 8) County Girl Admits Seven orged Checks noted In every de the case because of hts desire to get partment There was a sharp increase a detail of book keeping out of thetin parcel post business showing mere I A A I A A fc JK goons otorreo ano tne stamp aie also reflected a much greater volume of transacted business Quarterly District Meeting Held at errum The quarterly meeting the Meth The corporation court grand jury odut ministers ot the Danville district continued todav the enquiry it began I heid at the errum Triur iiig yesterday into the so numbers I School and Junior College on July racket with the police having twenty persons to be placed before the inquis itorial body during the course of the day One witness was eaxmined yes terday and the grand jurors returned Trio In Vault rl BIB I UM mini iitMllS Illr iT I Mil a' ft to i As I laS.