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THE KINGSPORT TIMES KINGSPORT TENNESSEE TUESDAY DECEMBER 5 1939 PAGE THRITC 1 1 PIERCE BROTHERS CASE AIRED TODAY LEGION PREPARES FOR XMAS TREATS Noise-Dodgers Get Perfect Rest Magistrate To Handle Bill Christmas Mail Expected To Show 20 Per Cent Gain Over Last Year I Constable and Former Deputy Get Hearing on Separate Charges Deaths 1 MRS MARY LAZENBY Mrs Mary Lazenby 31 died at 6 am today" at her home on street Highland Park after an illness of several months Surviving are her husband Coy Lazenby two children Clara Lee and Janice Lazenby her father John Bowlin two sisters Miss Lura Bowlin and Mrs Gragg all of Kingsport A member of Glenwood church Mrs Lazenby was born and reared in Sullivan county Funeral services will be held at 2 pm tomorrow at the home of Frank Lazenby 1632 street Highland Park with the Rev Ran Dillon officiating Burial will be in cemetery go on duty Dec 16 and the remaining number of extra workers will begin their duties Dec 18 Post office records show that the local receipts have gained steadily with every quarter for the current year as compared to the receipts for the preceding year The gains also are noted In October and November of 1939 also show a steady increase ovfer the same months of the preceding year Receipts by quarters for both years follow 1939 First quarter $3444244 second quarter $3074690 third quarter $3009233 October and November $2063362 1938 First quarter $2638896 second quarter $2757739 third quarter $2514862 October and November $1980274 Martinis Beluga Caviar (Curran suggested Finnish rather than Russian) Lobster Newburg Pressed Duck with Wild Rice Salad de Sai-son Burgundy Peach Melba and Black Coffee "To Judge Curran!" they toasted clinking their glasses and downing the last drop of Burgundy The dinner cost $40 including the tip Lewis said Then they went to the Waldorf-Astoria (bedroom and parlor at approximately $25) to dream far from pile drivers hissing steam derricks and bellowing workmen They left Instructions not to be disturbed before 9 am Before they retired Mrs Lewis announced judge told us to have the most wonderful time and we can think of no better evening than to get a good Proclaimed Lewis is the first time understood what being the Magistrate Curran told them when they charged the Merritt-Chapman Scott Corporation with violating the anti-noise ordinance: "You and Mrs Lewis go out to dinner this evening have a good dinner the best in He told them to see a show stop at a night club for a snack and a drink and then go to a good hotel for a rest (They skipped the show and night club) back here tomorrow with the smiles on your faces" he said The judge said later that if it could not be judicially determined who should pay the the city or the contractor he would Two 13th district residents Constable Pierce and his brother George Pierce former deputy sheriff were scheduled to face preliminary hearing today before two Sullivan county magistrates today The constable is charged in a state warrant with drunken driving and his brother is- charged with felo- nious assault Constable Pierce was arrested last month by city police on the driving drunk charge and his case was to have been tried in police court On the day of the scheduled trial Judge Bond declared a cash bond forfeited amounting to $5250 when the officer failed to appear in court Several days later he was served with a state warrant charging the same offense The state warrant had been sworn out by Lucien i Aesque resident of the Long Island seption The case is the outgrowth of the same arrest made by local policemen officers said Preliminary hearing is scheduled here before Magistrate Paul Zimmerman George Pierce was arrested on a state warrant sworn out by George Roller well known resident of the 11th civil district He charges that the former officer attacked him on a highway in the 13th dis- trict several weeks ago Pierce has denied the charges claiming that he was threatened with a pistol The hearing at first was set be- fore Magistrate Mack Ketron but upon application of the defense vas transferred to the 13th district before Magistrate Andrew Lady NAMES SELECTED FOR HOUSING UNITS Yuletide Distribution of Toys and Baskets Planned by Public Service Groups Preparations for distribution of toys and Christmas baskets will get underway tomorrow in Kingsport by members of Hammond Post of the American Legion and the Kingsport Fire department A committee composed of Legion members will be in the court room of the city hall beginning at 9 am for the purpose of receiving application for toys and baskets to needy children of this vicinity In addition the fire department has issued a request that more broken toys of any and all descriptions whether mechanical electrical or otherwise be turned over to firemen who are engaged in making repairs so that the toys can be After the toys are repaired they will be repainted at Brashear Motors The toys are to be given to the Legion for distribution although some will be donated to local charitable organizations Mullins chairman of the Legion committee said that applications will be accepted for three days and that non'e will be considered after the three-day period All applications are required to be made In person for needy children not exceeding the age of 13 years The 1500 baskets containing fruits nuts candies and the toys will be distributed Dec 24 Several articles of clothing also will be distributed Birth Gain Shows Tremendous Jump November w'as a banner month for births in eight civil districts of the lower end of Sullivan county when 102 babies born according to a report of vital statistics released today by Miss Lois Tor-bett state registrar The report reveals that the number of births exceeded all previous months and established a new record In this vicinity The number was nearly five times greater than NEW YORK Dec The noise-dodging James Lewises awoke today from sweet dreams of peace because Magistrate Henry Curran judicially provided them with surcease from din with a fine dinner in the bargain The wealthy Lewises complained in court that constant noise from construction of the new East River drive near their apartment shattered their sleep and 'them a bundle of nerves Curran thereupon told them to dine on the best viands sleep at a hotel see a show and present the bill in court He said he would see to It that the city the construction company or somebody would pay it The Lewises see a show or bother to go to a night club At 1130 they were in bed relaxed and ready for a peaceful sleep Sleep they did until 845 a "Oh it was Mrs Lewis yawned this morning "No noise no disturbance Just good sound rest Yes going back to court at 11 to give Magistrate Curran the The prescription of a night out was made after a city official told him the construction would be completed in 24 more hours Lewis' secretary of Squibb Sons drug manufacturers had receipted bills for at least $65 to present to his honor today together with a salute of gratitude Mr and Mrs Lewis donned dinner clothes last night marched to the swank colony restaurant and following the gustatory suggestion ordered this dinner: the total death record of 21 persons during November Compared with the month of October the birth rate for November increased 37 and the death rate including all persons decreased two The report shows that of the 102 babies born in the eight districts 60 were recorded in the eleventh of which number 23 were born at Community hospital The hospital births however were not necessarily infants bom to parents residing in this district Miss Torbett said ISM fP Ml NEW YORK Dec 5 (JP) Here's the dinner the noise-dodging Lewises ate last night in the presence of such notables as Countess Barbara Hutton Haughwitz-Reventlow and her friend Bob Sweeney James Cromwell and his wife the former Doris Duke the Averill Harrimana and Alfred Vanderbilt: 2 Dry Martinis $100 2 Orders of Beluga Caviar $700 2 Lobster Newburgh $500 1 Duck a La Presse for two $500 Wild Rice to go with duck 60c 2 Salads de Salson $150 2 Beignet Souffle with Sauce Za-baillon $200 2 Cups of Coffee $100 ill Bio i i 'l" A KZJ iu Extra cocktails $250 $3210 Tax 97 $693 $4000 for visitors at the Their hotel bill was approximately $2500 additional Bomar Succeeds Pace as Head of Upstate Patrol NASHVILLE Dec 5 (A) Lynn Bomar once a great Vanderbilt football player and now an officer of the state highway patrol is going back into enemy Knoxville Major Tom Morris director of the patrol disclosed that Bomar chief of the middle Tennessee division here had been transferred to Knoxville where he will change positions with Pace chief of the eastern division Bomar led Vanderbilt teams against University of Tennessee eievens in the early twenties Local Motorists Escape Injuries ROGERSVILLE Dec Mrs Nelms her daughter Mrs Lucille Rugg and Mrs small daughter Sara all of Kingsport escaped injury Saturday when their automobile ran off the highway between Morristown and Bulls Gap and plunged over an embankment The automobile was badly damaged according to garagemen here but Its occupants escaped without a scratch A negro chauffeur was driving The accident occurred occurred about 2 pm 25 Years Ago (By The Associated Press) Dec 5 1914 Germans enter Lodz as Russians fall back Commercial Office Supply Corp Complete line of Office Supplies and Equipment Distributors for ROYAL TYPEWRITERS Phone 1471 50 Harked St kJ SIGN! CVoe IK Ims ba JOHNSON CITY HIGHWAY EASTMAN ROAD With postal receipts for the first 11 months of 1939 showing more than 17 per cent gain over the first 11 months for 1938 Postmaster Howard Long today forecast a gain in Christmas mailing of 20 per cent over the holiday season last year Receipts for the first 11 months of this year total $11591529 The receipts for the same period in 1938 totaled $9891771 I "There has been a noticeable gain in mailing already this month" said Mr Long "although the actual rush of Christmas mailing has not yet begun We do not anticipate our heaviest work until around Dec 15" Mr Long stated he planned to employe at least 21 persons as extra helpers during the Yuletlde season A part of this extra help will PURYEAR IS AGAIN DENIED FREEDOM i I Pardon Board Refuses Appeal Auto Salesman Convicted of Killing Wife NASHVILLE Dec 5 (JP Stanley Puryear former Memphis auto dealer convicted of slaying his wife has "failed in 'another attempt to win his freedom from the main penintentiary where he began on April 21 1939 serving a 15-year sentence VV Lannom secretary of tha pardon and parole board said today the board denied Pury application for clemency yesterday Counsel for Puryear offered statements from physicians asserting that he was suffering from diabetis and that confinement except in a hospital will be disastrous in his case" The application asserted that continued incarceration would mean an early death for the man who was acquitted of the charge of murdering Willie Jamison negro but convicted of killing his wife Aurelia An indictment charging him with the murder of his young daughter Aurelia Zenia Puryear is pending in Shelby county criminal court The alleged slayings occurred in May 193Z The supreme court affirmed conviction of slaying his wife in a second trial after the first trial ended in a hung jury I The parole board heard 10 other cases declined four others passed six and recomended two for clemency The two receiving favorable action were Martin Brown and Boss Thpmas of Roane county under life sentences for rape Brown and Thomas were convicted in 1931 along with Jack Ellis and Paul Ellis brothers The Ellises entered the penitentiary upon being sentenced but Brown and Thomas appealed to the supreme court The court in 1932 recommended that their sentences should be commuted to 10 years or a flat term of six years and one month on good behavior Brown and Thomas entered the penitentiary Feb 2 1933 Last year the Ellis brothers were discharged when the parole board concurred in the supreme recommendation holding that the court's suggestion should be extended to them also inasmuch as All four were convicted of the same charge The action yesterday paved the way for Governor Cooper to extend clemency to Brown and Thomas MOTHER GIVES BIRTH TO BOY ON DOORSTEP NEW ORLEANS Dec 5'yP) A boy weighing six pounds and 13 ounces was born today Ion a doorstep six blocks from the home of his mother Becoming ill shortly after 5 a the mother Mrs Mamie Thomas 35 left her bouse barefoot In the' chilly air and ran toward a hospital She collapsed on a doorstep and the baby was born Two officers cruising the neighborhood took mother and baby to Charity hospital No ill effects were suffered by either Mrs Thomas said she left the house quietly in order not i to disturb her five other sleeping children Greene Countian Arrested Here on Fugitive Warrant I Local police said at noon today that they were holding a Greene county resident listed as (Clarence) Clevenger on a fugitive warrant charging passing a bad check i Clevenger was arrested by Patrolman Jim Broyles on the warrant Issued by Magistrate Paul Zimmerman The warrant charged that Clevenger had issued a "bad check for the sum of $14760 and by said means obtained apples of that valuo from Dr of Wise County Va bond was fixed at $1000 which he had not furnished at noon officers said Wise county authorities who requested the arrest were notified TO MERGE SUBSIDIARIES NEW YORK Dec 5 CPHCo-lumhla Gas Electric Corp the utilities system which serves more than 1500 communities through 33 directly owned subsidiaries i3 about to merge 14 of the subsidiaries into three large operating units The merger will reduce to 22 the number of operating companies ilmplifying gas and electric distribution in Ohio Kentucky and Pennsylvania MRS CLARA MAE I LAG A INFANT IIAQA Double funeral services for Mrs Clara Mae Haga 38 and her infant child who died yesterday at Community hospital will be held at 2 pm tomorrow from the residence 3100 Miller street Oak Grove addition with the Rev! Carson Bowser and the Rev A Buffaloe officiating Burial will be in the City cemetety Mrs Haga is survived by her husband William Haga four sons Wayne and Wiley Haga three daughters Ruth Pearl and Carrie Haga her parents Mr and Mrs Elbert Anderson Grose-close Va three brothers Claude Anderson Kingsport Hurley and Nurley Anderson Groseclose Va six sisters Wave Anderson Kingsport Minnie Ruth Anderson Groseclose Va Louise and Jettie Anderson Marion Va and Ossie Anderson New York City She was a member of the Baptist church Mrs Haga and the infant will be taken from the Huff-Nelson funeral home at 6 pm today to the home at 3100 Miller street Pall bearers and flower bearers will be selected from among friends HEARINGS RE-SET IN CASE Warden Faces Cross Charges As Result of Alleged Altercation on Reserve Preliminary hearing for four Sullivan county residents charged in warrants with violation of the state game laws and attacking two deputy game wardens has been 1 continued until Dec 15 Magistrate Chase said today The hearings were scheduled yesterday afternoon but were postponed because of the illness of Coffey of the Ore Bank section who with L- Gray another deputy warden swore out warrants for the arrest of the four men Following the arrest Coffey was cited to appear before Magistrate Mack Ketron yesterday to answer charges in state warrants of felonious assault and carrying a pistoL His case was continued until Thursday at 2 The four men facing charges resulting from the alleged altercation Nov 24 are listed as Kelly Goad Minnich Jim Christian and Barney "Doe" They were released on their own recognizance after the warrants were served by Constable Showalter SCOn PRISONERS ESCAPE FROM JAIL Pair Sought In Vicinity of Gate City After Sawing Way Out of Jail (Hp-dal to The Times) GATE CITY Va Dec 5 Two Scott county prisoners who sawed their way from the jail here at an unknown hour last night were sought today by Sheriff Quii-lin and his deputies In the area near the county seat Those who escaped were Jim Baldwin facing grand jury action on a charge of forgery and Hangman Thacker awaiting removal to the state penitentiary on a robbery conviction Sheriff Quillin said he had contacted neighboring states and cities in an effort to apprehend the fugitives The break was discovered this morning when preparation was made to serve prisoners their first meal of the day Scott county officers said the fugitives had made their escape by sawing the bars in the vacant cage Descent to the ground approximately 30 feet below was made by knotting blankets together to form a rope Four Cases Heard In Police Court Only four persons today were haled into city court for infractions of Kingsport ordinances before City Judge Napoleon Bond Three of the four cases heard were on charges of public drunkenness All either forfeited appearance bonds or paid fines of $15 in each case Only one traffic violator was cited into court- Charles Robinson forfeited a cash bond of $350 for parking on Watauga street after midnight SUIT DENIED CINCINNATI Dec 5 The Clover Fork Coal Co onoe accused of sponsoring strip-tease shows to lure workers from union organization sue the National Labor Relations Board for making the accusation The sixth circuit court today affirmed dismissal of the Kentucky libel action because the government bad not consented to ba sued STOCK EXCHANGE By VICTOR EUBANK NEW YORK Dec 5 took a mild turn for the better in market and selected issues retrieved fractions to a point or 30 of recent losses Early dealings while double those of the preceding session were still far from fast and there was a subsequent slowing of the pace Gains were under the best near the fourth hour There was nothing outstanding in the news to account for the day's Improvement and analysts inclined to attribute It partly to reinstatement of some speculative commitments on the theory the market was Prominent on the come-back were Douglas Aircraft United Aircraft Eastern Air Lines American Airlines Westinghouse Du Pont Loft Union Carbide American Telephone Central Rubber Kennecott and Steel Most motors steels oils utilities rails and coppers kept to a restricted range and here and there inconsequential minus signs were In evidence Bonds moved up in spots but Scandinavians exhibited fresh weakness as the Russian-Flnnish war proceededWheat was a strong member in the commodity group Overseas markets were trendless Price changes were meaningless in the curb but some resistance was shown by Electric Bond Share Novadel and Todd Shipyards Those in Wall Street willing to bet on a rally argued that the "big board" had retraced almost 45 per cent of its post-war upturn and according to technical precedents was in line for at least a temporary forward reversal On the other hand many commission house customers refrained from joining bullish contingents as signs of a tapering off in industry and business began to appear on the horizon An example cited was this dip in steel mill operations In addition tax selling was expected to crop up soon and continue until near the end of the month On top of this foreign offerings of American securities remained as a market cloud While European purchases of war and other materials in this country thus far have been somewhat disappointing to market followers the opinion was heard that if the conflict keeps going for any length of time belligerents as well as neutral countries will eventually have to come to the United States for more supplies With this idea in mind together with the thought a long drawnout war will force frightened foreign capital to America which even if it is impounded by governments ot nationals concerned would go into the buying ot goods here securities owners were said to be reluctant to part with holdings STATE HOLIDAY NASHVILLE Dec 5 Christmas holidays for state employes Governor Cooper announced today will begin at noon on FridAy Dec 22 and extend through Tuesday Dec 26 CANDIDATE UNOPPOSED MILLINGTON Tenn Dec 5 (A) McDaniel cotton buyer is new mayor-elect He was unopposed in yesterday's election for a two-year term succeeding A Burford 12 MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED IN HAWKINS COUNTY ROGERSVILLE Dec Twelve marriage licenses were issued in Hawkins county in November Miss Maude Howe deputy county court clerk said today This is about the usual number for Hawkins Miss Howe said Cupid Wins Race Of i t'i X' 1 it: vj vo 4 i Melba WUson of Los Angelas won a race with death to tho bedside of Lynn Overly believed fatally injured in a Santa Monica explosion and they were married hi a tearful hospital ceremony Mrs Overly is shown UEVEIt BEFORE GltEIIIII IIIE OIL I0BISTHY ESSO SG1EI1TISTS HOMED EOD SUPERrFUELS Lee and Names Chosen for White Negro Homes The Kingsport Housing Authority announced today that the project for white residents has been officially named Lee Homes" and that the negro project will bjp called The names were selected during the regular meeting of the board here last night The name for the white project Was submitted by Charles Leonard 214 Millpond street Riverview was submitted by Mrs James Hipp 914 Oak street Checks for five dollars will be mailed to each of the winners the business session the board authorized Chairman Walter 1 tannin and Key executive director to accept a deed for 213 acres of land for the negro project and to issue a check amounting to $2100 as payment the property located directly south of the Clinchfiekj! railroad tracks will house 48" families Streets and alleys already are under construction The chairman and executive director also were authorized to execute deeds of dedication of all streets and alleys in the two projects to the City of Kingsport Chairman Smith announced that the local board had been accepted i to membership in the National As- sociation of Housing Officials A report of the construction pro-j gress indicated that building of the housing units will start before the first of the year Contracts are to be let Dec 20 LIGHTS ARE UP ROGERS VILLE Dec Christmas lighting is up in Rogersville Vari-colored lights decorate both sides of the street through two blocks of the business area COUNCIL TO DECIDE BUDGET FOR 1940 Approval for City Expenditures of Approximately $525000 Expected rV The Kingsport Board of Mayor and Aldermen is scheduled to meet in'regular session tonight with several matters of important business listed on the calendar for consideration city officials said today The main item of business to be considered is the 1940 budget which is scheduled for passage on first reading The budget as tentatively set calls for appropriations to the various departments of the municipal government amounting to $525-000 The amount is approximately $27000 more than last year In considering the tentative amount 'of the budget the board mayiiold it advisable to increase or decrease the amount as the case to ay be Whatever amount is finally passed however is not expected to change materially the amount of the tentative budget already submitted Listed on the calendar also i3 a report of the committee appointed by the mayor to investigate the advisability of extending water service to the Sunset Hills section on the Johnson City highway An "ordinance will bo presented for passage on second reading which will result in Center and Holston streets being designated as through streets except where elec-trio traffic signals have been installed Consideration also will be made of aproposai to install another street light on the Gate City highway The city engineer has prepared a progress report on the various construction activities in which the department of public works now is engaged Regular monthly reports ot the various city departments will he submitted YOU GET BETTER PRODUCTS AT THE S10V1CG BRISTOL and JOHNSON CITY HIGHWAY.