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DAILY PRESS, NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 1941, FIVE Virginians Occupy Important Positions In New Congress WASHINGTON, Jan. The year a and the old congress, spite record activity, leaves unsolved old probiens, and raises new ones to engage the attention of Virginians win, strategically important legislative posts. The new year, too, will afford another field day for politically minded Virginians, with the approaching election of a new governor. The election will have a direct bearing on the Washington picture, as a result of the announced intention of Representative Darden to resign his seat in congress from second district to campaign for the governorship. Darden's resignation will give Virginia its first new member of congress since Representative Satterfield took office November 2, 1937, succeeding the late Andrew Jackson Montague.

Darden began his present service at the start of the 76th congres, but had previously served in two congresses. The new congress, in sharp contrast to the outlook a year ago, appears headed for a lengthy session in view of the many pressing problems to be met and the absence of national elections to distract the legislators attention. At the start fthe 1940 session, a short, do-little session was predicted, to clear the decks for the fall elections, but the international crisis forced a revolutionary change in plans and kept congress at least nominally in session throughout the year. A question of paramount importance to the new congress will be that of' financing the gigantic defense effort on which the country is now engaged, and in which, leaders concede, "we have only just begun." Glass, Woodrum Lead In this job, at either end of the capitol, Virginians occupy important policy shaping posts. In the senate, the purse string is in the hands of the appropriations committee house, a large part of the load, especially in defense matters, falls to the appropriations subcommittee headed by Representative Woodrum.

Since early December, Woodrum has already been hard at work drafting supply bills with his subcommittee which he hopes to have ready to lay before the house as soon as the legislative mill begins to turn. In a recent interview, Woodrum described the task of his committee in the new congress as two-fold, requiring not only the usual passing on estimates and requests for funds to carry on the work of government agencies, but also an auditing of the enormous sums made under pressure headed by Senator Glass, and in the of emergency during the past year. In the latter, he predicted, much important savings could be realized by recapturing unused amounts, since the appropriations were, and could be, made only on the basis of the best possible estimates of the responsible heads of the armed forces. Washington's first "big show" of the year will be the history making third term inauguration of President Roosevelt. The thousands of details have already for weeks engaged the attention of the Virginiaborn, dignified secretary of the senate, Col.

Edwin A. Halsey. With the retirement of Senator M. M. Neely, of West Virginia, to become governor of his state, Virginia's Senator Byrd is next in line to become chairman of the senate rules committee, and if the change is effected in time, the Virginian, as chairman, will become ex-officio chairman of the senate committee in charge of arrangements for the inaugural ceremony.

With the demand for aid to Britain through "ships and more ships," any action by congress to clear the way by legislation would pass through the hands of the house merchant marine committee headed Representative Bland, recognized by his colleagues as the foremost authority in congress on questions affecting the merchant marine. Byrd Against Change Any move to raise again the statutory debt limit, increased this year from $45,000,000,000 $49,000,000,000, or to readjust the tax structure, will likewise find Virginians in key posts. Senator Byrd, both as a member of the finance committee and individually, throughout his service has consistently been an ardent advocate of economy in non-essential government spending to protect the nation's "economic preparedness" in a world crisis. He has staunchly supported adequate outlays for the national defense, but has just as strongly contended that a vigorous domestic economy was equally essential to the nation's welfare. Representative Robertson will return.

to his post on the house ways and means committee where all legislatio non the subject of government fiscal operations must originate. Virginia will have a stronger voice in legislation affecting agriculture with the new congress, in which Representative Flannagan will become ranking majority member of the agriculture committee. Measures of national importance which died with the old congress and in which Virginians were closely involved, probably will be revived. Among these are the controversial amendments to the Wagner labor relations act, an outgrowth of the extended investigation of a special house committee headed by Representative Howard W. Smith.

The bill, drafted by Smith, passed the house, but was pigeon-holed in the senate. The Neely-Keller federal mine in- PENINSULA DAIRY Looks and Tastes MILK Better. Delicious! More PHONE.2872 Believe It Or Not By Ripley THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO LIVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE WAS THEODORE ROOSEVELT PREVIOUSLY THE BUILDING WAS CALLED "THE EXECUTIVE SHIPTHAT SAILED ON LAND! A GALE DROVE THE COLUMBIA RIVER LIGHTSHIP ASHORE AND IT WAS NECESSARY TO BUILD A TIMBER RUNWAY TO CARRY HER MILE OVERLAND TO THE WATER AGAIN Baker's Bay 1899 Copr. 1940, King Features Syndicate, World rights reserved: 393 3 385 491 387 398 483 379 480 389 489 391 486 399 481 380 376 477 383 482 390 493 392 488 400 401 492 377 479 384 478 386 394 487 397 490 378 388 484 395 BILLY- MAGIC by C.KUGELMAN TOM DIAGONALS 382 Portsmouth, Ohio BOND THE SHORT DIAGONALS ADD TO 1940 MILKED A COW AT THE AGE OF 2 YEARS! -THE LONG DIAGONALS. TOTAL 1941 EXPLANATION OF CARTOON SHIP THAT SAILED ON LAND One of the strangest feats of salvage on record is that of the Columbia river lightship, which was beached in a gale on Nov.

29, 1889. She was driven ashore and lay on the sand near deep water, but several salvage companies tried in vain to refloat her. It was impossible to push her back. Instead, a timber runway was constructed to transport but it required 35 days for the one-half weight was nearly 400,000 pounds. her overland one-half mile to Baker's mile distance, overland and John P.

Kevill, Last Survivor Of CSS Virginia, Dies; Rites Sunday PORTSMOUTH, Jan. (Special) John P. Kevill, 96, a powderboy aboard the Confederate ironclad Virginia during her epochal battle in March, 1862, off Newport News with the Federal ironclad Monitor, died at 2:45 this morning here at the home of his son, John T. Kevill, 225 Hatton street. Mr.

Kevill was recognized by the United Daughters of the racy and the Sons of Confederate Veterans as the last surviving member of the crew of the Confederate navy's first ironclad warship, the Virginia, converted from the burned Federal warship Merrimac. Up until a few years ago Mr. Kevill frequently talked about his experiences aboard the Merrimac and often related the story to his host of friends. Lived Here 80 Years Mr. Kevill was a native of Char- leston, but had made his home in this section for the last 80 years.

He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Kevill. Surviving him are three sons, John William Clifford, and George F. Kevill, all of Portsmouth; five grandchildren and one great grandchild; one sister, Mrs.

L. D. Folson of Re- 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 30 and 32. James river, Solvay Process corporation channel buoy 1 reported damaged by collision. Will be replaced soon as practicable.

Intracoastal waterway, New river to Cape Fear river, N. Sound beacon 156, previously reported destroyed, was rebuilt Jan. 2. Calls For Condition of Banks As of Dec. 31 WASHINGTON, Jan.

comptroller of the currency issued a call today for the condition of all national banks at the close of business Tuesday, Dec. 31. The Federal Reserve board and the Federal Deposit Insurance corporation issued similar calls, bringing the total number of banks affected to 13,512. They included 5,158 national banks, 1,315 state banks belonging to the Federal Reserve system, and 7,039 other banks insured by the FDIC. You're in the Army Now By Here PARACHUTE BATTALION HERC 1941.

The Register and Tribune Syndicate FICKLEN January Windfall Manhattan Shirts Shorts ea. BLAND TO OFFER NUMEROUS BILLS WASHINGTON, Jan 1,000 bills--far short of the usual opening day numberwere prepared by house members for introduction today at the opening of the 77th congress. Under house procedure, members may send bills to the bill clerk in advance for automatic introduction when the house convenes. Approximately 1,700 bills and resolutions were sent for introduction and nummer in advance of the opening of the 75th and 76th congresses. The buk of today's batch were minor bills affecting various, individuals and companies.

Among other, the following were offered by Representative Bland (D-Va); authorizing preliminary flood control surveys of the following Virginia streams: Creek in Accomack county 11). Deep, Brown's bay (HR 13), Davis creek in Mathews county and a channel connecting the creek with Mobjack bay (HR 14), Branson's cove in the lower Machodoc river (HR 15), the Rappahannock river in the vicinity of Bowlers Wharf in Essex county (HR 17), Garden creek in Mathews county (HR 19), Farnham creek in Richmond county (HR 21), Parrots creek in Middlesex county and a channel connecting the creek with the Rappahannock river (HR 27), Kings creek in Northampton county and a channel connecting it with Cherrystone channel (HR 28), Finneys creek in Accomac county and a channel connecting it with the Atlantic ocean (HR 29); providing for establishment of the RedobothAssateabue National Seashore consisting of 75,000 acres of land in Maryland, Virginia and Delaware between Cape Henlopen, and the south end Assateague Island, (HR 16); Authorizing the addition of 2,000 acres of land to the George Washington birthplace national monument in Virginia (HR 18); authorizing the Virginia to build and operate a bridge across the river near Yorktown (HR creating a yore, World War memorial commission to prepare plans for memorials in cities from which United soldiers embarked for Europe during the last World War (HR 30); directing payment of $75,000 to Prince William county and $6,000 to York county, Virginia, for roads taken by the federal government for establishment of the Quantico Marine base and the Yorktown Naval Mine Depot (HR 24); To acquire "Marye house" on Marye's Height's in Fredericksburg of Spotsylvania county, for Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania county Battlefields Memorial National Military park (HR 31); to arrest. any place in the United States fugitives wanted in Panama Canal Zone, and arrest there of fugitives from United States. (HR church of the Canal Zone. (HR 527); to incorporate the Union 528); to regulate mortgages of personal property for debts in the Canal Zone.

(HR 529); to provide a basis for computing annuities of employees in the Canal Zone with a limitation of an amount equal to the average annual wage not exceding $2,000 received during any five consecutive years of service. (HR 530); to exchange coast guard sites at Miami Beach, Dade county, known as house of refuge property, and at Fort Lauderdale, Browder county, known as base six property, for any other sites in the same counties selected by coast guard officers. (HR 531). To authorize the maritime commission to furnish vessels and equipment to state nautical school of York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and California, and to construct replacement vessels at a cost of not more than $10,000,000. (HR 532); for overtime compensation for inspectors of the field division, engineering department, federal communications commission assigned to inspection of ship radio apparatus.

(HR 533); to transfer from any government agency two vessels for fisheries research work; to authorize the President to transfer from any government agency to the commerce department two vessels for fisheries research. (HR 534); To substitute for the coast guard reserve a U.S. coast guard auxiliary composed of citizens owning motorboats and yachts (HR 562); to amend the Canal Zone code to provide for retirement of certain employes at the age of 62 (HR 561); to establish a system of unemployment insurance for the maritime industry; requiring that the person in charge of every vessel documented under the laws of this country and of every undocumented vessel owned in the United States, and each licensed officer, pilot, each officer in charge of a watch, and each licensed motorboat operator of such vessels must be a citizen. It's good news when you can buy nationally known Manhattan shorts and shirts at this low sale price. Full cut shorts with the comfortable elastic back.

Smooth grippers that do not break Captain Fulton Resigns From Naval Duties WASHINGTON, Jan. Captain Garland 1 Fulton, one of the navy's foremost authorities on lighter-than-aircraft and since 1926 in charge of the bureau of aeronautics airship division, retired yesterday after more than 30 years service. Born at University, May, 6, 1890, he was appointed to the Naval academy in 1908. He lists Cincinnati, Ohio, as his permanent address. He was transferred to the construction corps of the navy in 1915 and during the World War had charge of mounting guns on merchant vessels leaving New York harbor.

In May, 1918, he reported for duty with the bureau of construction and repair in the aeronautical division and remained there until the organization in 1921 of the bureau of aeronautics to which he was assigned. In 1922 he was on duty in Paris and Berlin in connection with negotiations for construction of the U. S. S. dirigible Los Angeles in Germany for the United States.

Upon completion of the dirigible he returned to duty in the aeronautics in 1926. spection bill, of major importance to southwest Virginia and a source of intense controversy during the past year in congress, undoubtedly will be before congress again. CIO Leader Hits Attempts To Put Out Union Plans WASHINGTON, Jan. 3- (P) -R. J.

Thomas, president of CIO's United Auto Workers union, asserted tonight that some interests in the aircraft and automobile industries were quietly "throwing cold water" on the union's plan for building 500 military planes a day in the automobile factories. "There is some talk," he said in a speech over the radio "that our plane production program will be given only prefunctory consideration before it is damned as "The only which delay will be considerations, selfish ones." In this connection he declared that "some interests" preferred to make "huge profits" on automobiles rather than engage in the planning or coordination necessary to produce aircraft in the motor car plants. The aircraft plan, drafted by Walter P. Reuther, director of the union's General Motors department, contemplates the mass production of one type of military plane by using the "idle productive capacity" of the industry and by deferring 1942 model cars six months. Time and Tide And Shipping Sun rises 7:19 Sun sets 5:00 High tides 1:40 a.

1:55 p. m. Low tides 7:56 a. 8:22 p.m. WINDS Block Island to Hatteras: Fresh northerly winds and overcast with rain in early morning, followed by broken clouds Saturday.

Chesapeake Bay: Moderate to fresh north or northwest winds and broken to scattered clouds Saturday. Hatteras to Jacksonville: Moderate to fresh shifting winds becoming northwesterly; overcast weather with showers Saturday. HAMPTON ROADS Arrived: Hjalmaren (Sw), foreign; America, Madison, A. L. Kent, New York; Monte Jata (Span), Spain; Plymouth, Boston; Wm.

H. Machen, Portland, Gulfcoast, Houston; American, Charleston. Sailed: Berwindvale, Boston; Saleier (Dut), Durban, BALTIMORE, Jan. Berkshire, Boston; Bayou, New Orleans; Lykes, Manila; John 'Cadwalader, Philadelphia. Sailed: Dorchester, Savannah; Berkshire, Boston; Helen, Charleston; Black New York; Nikolina Matkovic (YS), destination ungiven.

S. Jan. (P) Sailed: Osage, Boston; Ferncliff, Wilmington, N. C. NOTICE TO MARINERS Chesapeake bay, following buoys have been replaced in their respective charted positions, dredging operations having been completed: Thimble Shoal dredged channel lighted bell buoy 3 and lighted buoys 2, 4 and 5.

Newport News north channel lighted buoys 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. Willoughby bay lighted buoy 5. Elizabeth river, operations having been completed, the following buoys will be replaced in their respective charted positions Jan. 10: Elizabeth river lighted buoys 3, 7, 10, 12, 15 and 19; Elizabeth river lighted bell buoys 4, 8 and 11; Elizabeth river buoys 5, 6, 9, 13, CONVICTED Howard C. Hopson, former utilities magnate, shown leaving federal court in New York city, was found guilty on 18 counts of mail fraud in connection with affairs of his utilities system.

Progress Noted On Addition To Museum Building Considerable progress has been made on an addition to the Mariners' museum. The addition extends northward of the present structure, forming a wing comparable in size to the south wing, which was a part of the original layout. The addition is to provide space for additional displays which are anticipated from time to time by the institution. The side walls of the addition are up, the best portion of the roofing, which consits of flat and corrogated asbestos, has been put in place. The roofing is being placed on a steel frame of trussings and pearlings already has been put in place.

The roofing of asbestos is insulated. Bay. The feat was accomplished through woods at a cost of $17,500. The Revised Customs Figures Released NORFOLK, Jan. no, and one sister-in-law, Mrs.

George B. Hiss, of Charlotte, N. C. Mr. Kevill was the oldest member of the Norfolk lodge of Elks and was a past exalted ruler of that lodge.

He was also a member of the Holy Angels Catholic church, Cradock; Holy Name society, and honorary member of Portsmouth lodge, No. 993, Veterans of Foreign wars, and a retired lieutenant of the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues. The body was removed to the Richardson and Foster Funeral home where it will be prepared for burial and will be taken to the home of another son, William C. Kevill, 219 Hatton street, Portsmouth, where it will remain until time for funeral services, Sunday afternoon at 3 in St. Paul's Catholic church.

Burial will be in Cedar Grove cemetery, Norfolk. The rosary will be recited by members of the Holy Name society, Saturday night at 8:15 in the home of W. C. Kevill. Revised figures for December collections were issued today at the customs house by M.

M. Vipond, as. sistant collector. Richmond led the list with $387,006.25, making the total for the year collected at the capital city $5,864,752.92. The total for the entire district was 21 in December and $9,362.80 for the year.

The Richmond collections were largely on tobacco imports discharged at Hampton Roads under bond, the collections being credited to Richmond. Norfolk collections for the month and year were $109,001.42 and Newport News, $15,443.82 and Petersburg, 71 and Cape Charles, $2 and Reedville, $4.66 and Alexandria, $48.35 and 040.78. The total for the district was approximately $314,000 less than a year ago, with Norfolk $400,000 below 1939. off. New, colorful stripe patters or whites.

The popular shirts are knitted with soft yarns in a Swiss rib. Sizes: shorts 30 to 44; shirts 36 to 46. Men's Furnishings--First Floor Nachman's Men's Store TILLIE THE TOILER By Westover I'M SORRY I GOT I I I I I I I WILL NOW DEMONSTRATE HOW THIS WROUGHT UP ABOUT VERY PLAIN YOUNG LADY CAN BE YOUR GLAMORIZING. MADE GLAMOUROUS THAT LET'S GO PLAIN TO JANE. THIS THAT'S HOLLYWOOD THE AM I MOVIE AND FORGET FINISH THE BEAUTY HINTS GETTING THE WHOLE SOME IDEAS! BUSINESS OKAY END THANKS, TILLIE MOVIE BLE 3 Riss Copr.

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