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STATE AND CITY Richmond Times-Dispatch: Thursday September 9 1937 STATE AND CITY Recounters Tally 41 Extra Votes fpr Saunders in Half of Contested Precincts Six A(WWVV Zion Leader Takes Issue With Editor Fire Losses In Petersburg Reach $44755 9000 Ballots Are Still Uncounted A Better Richmond Rule9 Sermons and City Manager Major Needs Here Says Aubrey Hawkins needs at this time says Aubrey Hawkins city chairman of the Republican Party include a city manager form of government ministers of the Gospel who will preach the Golden Rule from their pulpits and a better observance of this "great by citizens of every religious denomination Mr Hawkins contends that the economies- and reforms that may be obtained by abolishing City Council and placing a single responsible head in charge of municipal business are inestimable and incalculable in scope "The system of government with need to which he referred Mr Hawkins said: No Golden Rule Sermons "We need ministers in our churches who will use the Golden Rule as a text for their sermons It may sound curious but I have been unable to 'find a single person who can recall a sermon for which the preacher used that text That may be the reason the rule is not more generally observed "A very prominent clergyman recently told me of an incident that may illustrate the point I am making A theological student to whom the Golden Rule had been assigned as the text for a sermon told him that in a search of all the libraries here he had been unable to find an adequate discussion of the Golden Rule And he had foraged through the library of the largest religious institution in Richmond (Union Theological Seminary) which boasts of a collection of more than 30000 What are your ideas? 1 City Sergeant John Saunders apparently had picked up 41 votes In the recount of primary election ballots when Judge Julien Gunn of City Circuit Court and the six commissioners he appointed to count the vote locked up and went home last night The commissioners have courted Sll of Jefferson and Lee Wards of the 51 precincts These pie-clncts carried nearly 12000 of the 21000 votes Ever since the recount was ordered Tuesday morning the commissioners have been counting around Judge desk while he sat looking on With 9000 or more votes yet to count in the Madison and Clay most Of the precincts of which were for Mr Saunderr there is no great likelihood that tho counters will finish their work today unless Judge Gunn orders some overtime 300 Ballots So far some 300 ballots have been set aside as They are to be ruled upon by Judge Gunn after the count But it is understood at the City Hall that they will present only a minor problem A great number of them are not marked at all in the city sergeant bracket and many others are obviously worthless for other reasons Not more than a dozen probably will need a ruling because of contest Most of the precincts counted so far have been for Wilbur Griggs who Is contesting Mr nomination He won all 11 Jefferson rreclncts and several In Lee For the two wards Mr Griggs has 5654 votes In the recount to 5294 for Mr Saunders But the heavy Saunders precincts remain and the Incumbent precinct by precinct has picked up 41 votes Mr Griggs won Jefferson Ward 2139 to 1057 In the recount Mr Seunders took Lee 4241 to 3505 The' Times-Dispatch yesterday carried the oreclnct returns of the rarun in Jefferson Ward yesterday returns for Lee are: Recount of rrecincts First Griggs 226 Saunders 308 The original count was Griggs 225 Saunders 310 Griggs 162: Saunders 34 Original count Griggs 161: Saunders 33 Griggs- 225: Saunders 300 Original count Griggs 226'PrOJiOSC(l Here Saunders 300 I 145: Saunders Griggs IN BATTLEFIELD County Beaverdam High School Mrs Heaton Ashland president Bottom event speakers Tax Scale Boost PARK EXERCISES Top picture newly elected officers of Hanover Association front row left to right: Miss Mary Wilkie of vice-president Joseph Rotella president principal of Battlefield Park Dcdsworth Elmont vice-president Back row: Mrs secretary and treasurer left and Miss Annie Smith Ashland vice: left Dr Douglas Freeman and Dr Sidney Hall' dedication Battlefield Sclrool Dedicated Hall Freeman Among Speakers ASHLAND Dedicatory exercises for the Battlefield Park High and Elementary School In Hanover County were held yesterday with feature addresses by Dr Sidney Hall State superintendent of public instruction and Dr Douglas Freeman Richmond editor and historian The addresses were made over WRVA with Dr Hall making the dedicatory speech and Dr Freeman giving the historical address Dr Hall traced the history of early education in America with Its private tutelage the private academy and then a system of PETERSBURG Fire losses in this city during' August totaled $44755 it was revealed by the monthly report submitted yesterday by Fire Chief Miller Of this total $35000 was caused by the fire that damaged the plant of the Beach Tobacco Company on August 5 All of the loss was covered by Insurance Value of buildings involved in fires was $145300 while the loss to buildings was $44155 Loss to pontents was $600 Schools Open Today Public schools here will open this morning for the 1937-38 session with indications of an increased enrollment St Joseph's Catholic School also will open today while Southern College a junior college for girls will not open until September 29' White teachers met yesterday morning in Petersburg High School heard a talk by Henry Ellis superintendent of schools and mapped final plans for opening Negro teachers met in the' afternoon at Peabody High School Twelve new teachers in the white schools and five in the Negro schools have been added to the roster this session City Gets Bills for Damages Two damage claims one for $20000 hap been filed against the City of Petersburg as a result of the collapse of a West BRnk Street building during the severe rains and high water in Brickhouse Run last month Cave in of a retaining wall on the stream is held one of the causes of the collapse The $20-000 claim was filed by a tire and battery company which lost much stock when the rear end of the building fell into the stream The second claim was by A Lubman who occupied the second floor of the building as living quarters and who lost household goods in the collapse Beth claims are bring Investigated by City Attorney Gordon Bohnnnan WPA Project Completed The WPA art project for the Petersburg National Military Park in progress for a year and a half has been completed The work includes a series of sketches of important scenes in the history of Petersburg from Colonial days portraits a large map showing old homes public buildings and other historic points in the city- and sketches of military uniforms Some of the drawings are in the Crater Museum others in the contact station post office and offices of the Park Service here Heads Service Club Richardson assistant agent at Hopewell has been elected chairman of the Norfolk Western Better Service Club Other officers elected at a meeting here are Musgrove storekeeper vice-chairman: and Hayes clerk and stenographer at Hopewell secretary Negro Held in Death Of Flagman at Monroe LYNCHBURG After he had questioned Jasper McNeil 27 Negro who is charged with slaying Styers a Southern Railway flagman at Monroe Sunday Captain of' Detectives Torrence said yesterday he was "satisfied that the Negro is the who killed A Gurley a grocer in Charlotte last Saturday A Thomas of- ashlngton assistant superintendent of the Southern Railway police said he obtained a confession from McNeil that he fatally wounded Styers when the latter was in the act of switching cars from a northbound freight in the Monroe yards in Amherst County just north of Lynchburg Sunday night The Negro said the reason why shot the flagman was because he 'was an escaped convict and "was suspicious of Superintendent Thomas declared Rust Tax Ordered In Augusta District STAUNTON Frank McCue Augusta County commissioner jot revenue' has been directed by Judge Joseph A Glasgow of Circuit Court to levy a cedar rust tax in Beverly Manor district the total revenue not to exceed $500 This sum is needed to pay for cedar cutting work in this district and will be assessed against orchard owners The cedar cutting campaign' in progress in this county for a number of years is designed to lm prove orchards by eliminating cedar trees that spread a material which causes a damaging rust to fruit trees I1 $9600 Estate fceft By Hechler Charles Hechler former member of the Henrico board of supervisors who died September at his home in Highland Springs left an estate valued at $9600 his will probated yesterday in the Henrico Circuit Court disclosed The estate consisting of $5500 personal property and $4100 real ty is bequeathed to his widow Mrs Leila A Hechler for the term of her life At her death what remains is to be divided equally among the surviving chil dren Lions Club Entertained John Smith vice-president presided at a meeting of the Lions Club yesterday in the Hotel John Marshall The entertainment committee composed of' Otis Green James Edwards and George Dietrich -presented the 4 Edwards Brothers Who entertained the club with songs and a varied musical program Rank Edwards was soloist and Rgy Edwards Dr Lazarus Karp president of the Richmond district of the Zionist Organization of America took issue yesterday with the Rev Rowland editor of the Chris tian Advocate over the observations concerning Palestine gained while "Just trotting the country which were publish'd in an interview in The Times-Dispatch September 2 Dr Karp objected particularly to the Rev Mr state ment that the 400000 Jews ported into Palestine by England' were of their homelands: that they are not self-sustaining and that their lmmi gratlon lflt continues will lead to a clash in Palestine In his statement the Zionist head used as one of his author! ties the Rev WadeH Bryant of the Barton Heights Baptist Church who reported on his return from the Holy Land three years ago that he saw more progress in the Valley of the Jezreel of Palestine than anywhere else in the Near East and that a fellow traveler that it was unbelievable that a people erstwhile small tradesmen and shopkeepers could 'produce such great results in the short span of 18 Investment Exceeds $120000000 Dr Karp also called attention to the 1937 foreign agriculture report of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture which states that the rapid in th production of citrus fruit in Palestine during the last decade closely associated with Jewish colonization in Palestine" and that expansion in the dairy industry of the country a direct result of live-stock breeding work undertaken in the Jewish agricultural is the report continues according to Dr Karp the total investment of the Jews in the agriculture of Palestine from the beginning of the colonization movement until the fall of 1936 was between 110000000 and 120000000 gold Using as an authority the report of the Jewish Agency for Palestine composed of Zionists and non-Zionists Dr Karp pointed out that the building industry today is the most flourishing industry in the country and that during the last four years Jewish investment in building in Palestine totaled $85000000 right much for the Dr Karp concluded apparent attacks on the Jewish settlers in Palestine at this present time is perpetuated by the extreme Arabian Nationalists urged by the money and promises of Italian Fascists and German "Comprehensive In the newspaper interview which led to Dr Karp's contradiction the Rev Mr Rowland said that lie talked to many leading men of the Palestine government and of the Zionist movement and endeavored to get comprehensive a view of the situation as any man could Just trotting He said that the policy of immigration "is one to which Jewish leaders the world over are committed because the Jews claim Palestine as their own and added "but I believe Great Britain will modify its policy by halting immigration In that case the Arabs will be pleased and will undertake some plan of caring for I these 400000 Jews who may never self-sustaining- by their own efforts because most of them are not adapted to agriculture and cannot become farmers and there are few industries in Palestine all of which are simple and Lynchburg Hospital And Church Endowed LYNCHBURG Under the terms of the will of the late Barker admitted to probate in Corporation Court yesterday College Hill Baptist Church of Lynchburg is to receive a trust fund of $10000 and Virginia Baptist Hospital an endowment fund of $10000 The will stipulates that the income from the trust fund be divided into two equal parts one to be used toward paying the alary and the other for the relief of needy members of the church The endowment fund is to be used to maintain a cot at the hospital -O Barker Jr Maxwell Barker Sons and the First Rational Bank of Lynchburg qualified as executors Mr Barker died September 1 During his life he gave Virginia Baptist Hospital its home Two Coast Guard -Posts ALandoned in Virginia Two Coast Guard stations in Virginia along with 36 others on the Atlantic Coast from New Hampshire to North Carolina have been eliminated in an "efficiency and program and four more one of them in this State will be discontinued in the near future Coast Guard headquarters in Washington announced yesterday In Virginia stations at Wacha-preague and False Cape have been eliminated' and the Cape Henry station will be eliminated soon MASURY Century Certified SI PAINTS If CADET WALLPAPER 4TH AND BROAD MTS which we are now handicapped in the race of he said is obsolete Owing to the antique methods pursued by the numerous municipal departments and the manner of keeping records no intelligent estimate can be obtained showing the extent of the extravagance and waste of the money Many Phones No Switchboard "No commercial business could survive long if it were forced to conduct its affairs along the same lines For example the City Hall is cluttered up with hundreds of telephones yet is without a central switchboard "I dare say there is not a business house in Richmond where half a dozen telephones are installed that has no switchboard I might enumerate a hundred other examples of inadequate methods in the discharge of the business to be found in the big municipal -With reference to the spiritual WPA Announces Play Contest Virginia playwrights have an opportunity to win a cash prize of $250 offered by The Dramatists' Guild- in connection with the American Contest of the WPA Federal theatre project Eudora Ramsey Richardson State director of the WPA project announced yesterday Announcement of the contest which closes October 31 was' received from Frances Nimmo Greene director and editor of the WPA project Plays must be submitted to the Federal Theatre Project on or before October 31 The Federal Theatre Project guarantees a professional production under the Guild contract with a run of at least two weeks in New York City for the prize-winning play For the use of this play throughout its entire run the Fed- eral Theatre will pay its customary rental The Federal Theatre a'so reserves the right to produce the play within six months of the first production in other Federal theatres throughout the country All other rights remain with the author The Federal Theatre Project will also give professional production under the Guild contract to such other plays submitted as seem to its judges worthy of production Plays to which Federal Theatre reserves such production rights will tx? announced simultaneously w'lh the announcement of the prize-winning play Shenandoah Visitors Near Million Mark Wilbur Hall chairman of the State Conservation and Development Commission estimated yesterday that at least a million persons will have visited the Shenandoah National Park by the end of the present "travel on September 30 Thus he predicted the area which embraces the Skyline Drive will once again top all other national parks in the country as a tourist attraction The August attendance report for the park fchowed 191494 visitors for the month and a total of 882994 for the 11 months of the travel year Mr Hall said that with visitors to the park "averaging better-than 50 per cent theid of last the million maik would be reached this season A total of 694098 persons viewed the area last season -a i State to Enter Float In Bicentennial Parade up ginning a two-day session here yesterday the State Conservation and Development Commission broke a commission precedent by appropriating an amount not to exceed $400 for a float for the Richmond Bicentennial parade The commission also appropriated approximately $60 for tuning the bells of the Carillon for the Bicentennial program Wilbur Hall commission chairman explained that the commission departed from established policy in making the appropriation for the float because some other States have accepted the invitation of Governor Peery to enter floats in the parade Doctors Say Woman Is Paralysis Victim Mrs George Alfred Fell of War-renton was admitted to Memorial Hospital last night suffering from what physicians said was infantile paralysis Hospital authorities said she was Immediately transferred to Dooley Hospital another unit of the Medical College of Virginia where such cases are isolated Part of the equipment at Dooley Hospital is an one of the few in this section but up to an early hour this morning physicians had not found it necessary to place Mrs Fell in it 'i Body Found CROZET The body of a man said to be that of John Owen 41 who had been working in the peach harvest for several weeks in the Crozet community was found Tuesday morning in an abandoned house on a side street of Crozet United States Army discharge papers found in his coat pocket showed- he was from 1 Vi- -s''- Hyde Urges Boost In Publicity Give to a proposal to at least $250-000 for tourist promotion activities during the next two years members of the Virginia Conservation Commission were advised by Kenneth Hyde manager of the Hotel John Marshall at an lnfromal meeting last night in the hotel The Old $68000 used for advertising and publicity was regarded as so much "bagatelle" by the hotel manager who pointed out that States with fewer tourist attractions are spending "two three and sometimes four times as much on tourist promotion States which Invest approximately the same amount as Virginia towards promotion he listed as Massachusetts $65000: New Hampshire $64000 and Wisconsin $75000 Texas he said said spends $1000000 Washington $750000 Maine $100000 and Pennsylvania $500000 Gives Profits Breakdown "Who profits from the tourist-spent he asked and then offered a breakdown (of the dollar) for Virginia as follows: Retail merchants 25 cents: -restaurants and cafes 21 cents: hotel and camps 17 cents: theatres and amusements nine cents gasoline stations 12 cents transportattm rail and taxi seven cents: incidentals' three cents and confectionary stores five He urged that the commission consider a resolution adopted bv the Virginia Press Association and a similar one bv the Virginia Hotel Association urging that at least $250000 be invested for tourist promotion Attending the meeting were John Rhodes Jr director of the Motor Vehicle Division: Bran-den Vanderventer of Norfolk Hull Jr of Roanoke C- Carter of Bristol all members of the conservation commission: Booker of Halifax Dr Eckenrode of Richmond A Gilliam of Richmond executive secretary- of the commission Stuart White the publicity director Wilbur Hall chairman of the commission: Austin of Richmond motion picture photographer William Rover of the Jefferson Hotel: McDevitt of Washington Suth frn Venresentative of the National Geographic magazine and Noland of Newport News NYA to Beautify Rural Mail Ijoxes Youngsters of the National Youth Administration soon will be farmed out to Neale landscape architect of Ihe State Highway Department to help in rural mail boxes' by planting native shrubs around them Edwin Burke deputy State director of the NYA said yesterday Specialists will teach the boys about the different types of native shrubs and soils and the principles of landscaping Other projects in wich the boys will help Include the assembi lng of historical markers spread out along a mile or- so of high-i way and the building of roadside landscaped semicircles in which a motorist may stop for a while and read the markers Instead of attempting to read them while speeding along the highways Charlottesville Honors Gillie9 at 87 CHARLOTTESVILLE Officers of local Confederate organizations and relatives and friends called Wednesday at the home of Miss Gillie Marshall Hill on West Main Street to congratulate her on rounding out her eighty-seventh year as she is affectionately called by hundreds of Virginians was born in Culpeper September 7 1850 and has been a resident of Charlottesville since 1878 She is a niece of General Ambrose Hill of Confederate fame and a great-granddaughter of Colonel Henry Hill who served on General staff during the Revolutionary War-- Miss Hill is one of the few survivors of the Ladies Confederate Memorial Association under whose auspices the Confederate monument at the University Cemetery was erected and unveiled on June 1893 An increase from $200 to $50" in the tax paid by automobile finance companies in Richmond was recommended to the 'Council Finance Committee last night by its subcommittee on taxation The subcommittee took action despite the contention of Leon Bazlle representing the Automobile Finance Company that It was Inequitable to levy a large flat tax on concerns doing a widely varying amount of business The subcommittee rejected proposals to levy a hospital bed tax and a license tak for Ice companies and printers A motion for an Increase in the tax on machinery made by Chairman Henry Woody was tabled for action next Wednesday Six Hospitals Represented Some 20 persons from lx local hospitals St Grace Smart Circle Johnston-Willis St and appeared to oppose the bed tax Fike of Grace addressed the committee Vaughn Gary speaking for the Printers' Association of Richmond argued that printers are manufacturers under the law and as such are not subject to license taxes and additional charges would be double taxation Frank Louthan secretary of the Virginia Association in behalf of the ice companies supported Mr argument and produced figures to show that ice production in Richmond had decreased enormously In the last seven years while taxes paid by ice concerns had decreased much less Guilty Plea Wins Probation Sentence A plea of guilty to an indictment charging him with aiding two women to escape from the Federal workhouse at Occoquan won provisional liberty for William Sydnor Edmonds a Washington taxi driver in the United States District Court here yesterday Judge Robert Pollard put Edmonds on probation for two years and suspended imposition of sentence for three years William Owens charged with the same offense but who pleaded not guilty is held at Alexandria for a jury trial in December The two women who escaped from the workhouse were recaptured a few days aftr they fled Negro Admits Shooting Suffolk Officer Says SUFFOLK (P) Thomas Salmon said Earl Kello 21-year-old 'Negro who was ar rested yesterday as a suspect in the holdup shooting Tuesday night of Borg filling station operator admitted the shooting Salmon who with Patrolman A Morgan arrested the Negro as he walked toward a railroad station with a traveling bag in his hand quoted the prisoner as saying he shot Borg with a 22 calibre rifle he stole from the filling station last week The Negro whose home is in Bluefield Va had only $925 of the $45 he is alleged to have taken in the holdup Accepts Newport News Call NEWPORT The Rev Leroy Blackburn of Mt Vernon Ind has accepted a call to the pastorate of the Riverview Baptist Church and will assume his new pastoral duties September 19 it announced yesterday was critically wounded 141 Original count Griggs 144 Saunders 140 Griggs 243: Saunders 268 Original count Griggs 238: Saunders 268 Griggs 123: Saunders Original count Griggs 123 Saunders 118 Griggs 355: Saunders 487 Original count Griggs 357: Saunders 478 (a gain of 11 for Saunders) Eighth Griggs 301: Saunders 443 Original count Griggs 301: Saunders 442 Griggs 365: Saunders 456 Original count Griggs 365 Saunders 453 Tenth-Griggs 218: Saunders 276 Original count Griggs 217 1 Saunders 277 Griggs 250: Saunders 248 Original count Griggs 251: Saunders 282 1 Twelfth Griggs 323: Saunders 394 Original count Griggs 322: Saunders 396 Thirteenth Griggs 205 Saunders 210 Original count Griggs 205: Saunders 207 Fourteenth Griggs 267 Saunders 416 Original count Griggs 249 Saunders 387 Griggs 97: Saunders 107 Original count Griggs 96 Saunders 110 More Votes In Recount The commissioners counted total of 7746 votes In Lee The election officials had counted only 7601 The great difference was due largely to the number of bal- lots Improperly thrown out in the original count In Fourteenth Lee for instance electlonjofficlals counted only 636 votes The com- mlssioners counted 683 with Ser- geant Saunders picking up an advantage of eight I The recount of the whole citys vote of sergeant was ordered by Judge Gunn Tuesday after a mo- tlon by Mr Saunders counsel for a recount of precincts In which MT Griggs had charged lrregu- laritles Judge Gunn appointed as commissioners for the recount Leon Bazlle McC Finnigan and Al fred Kirsh all of Mr coun-' sel Haskins Hobson and Leith Bremner of Mr counsel and Walker Cottrell clerk of City Circuit Court They stopped counting at 2 yesterday and will resume at 10 A today Dairy Workers Union To Install Officers PETERSBURG Officers of the recently formed Dairy Union will take over their duties tonight at a meeting In the Medical Arts Building Hie officers are Hall president Charles Boattcher vice-president: Mrs Morgan secretary-treasurer Rowling recording secretary: Elder conductor: A I Moss warden McNeill Jr Wrenn Jr and A Duke trustees: Andrew Cadger business agent and Elder assistant business agent The organization is an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor Railway Lineman Hurt In Fall From Pole WXUJAMSBURO (JP) Bennett Chesapeake and Ohio Railway lineman was critically Injured yesterday when he fell from a 35-foot pole At Bell Hospital physicians found Bennett was partially paralyzed below the waist and had suffered four fractured vertebrae He is from West i- public education which began in Virginia under the late Dr William Ruffner in 1870 He recalled that even then there -was only the small one-room school as the nucleus which contrasts today with the large rural high and elementary school such as the one at Battlefield Park with its nearly 500 children being educated from the primer grade through high school and ready for college entrance Dr Hall asked his hearers not to forget the fundamentals to be exemplified to the rising generation Dr Freeman in the historical address pointed out that the Battlefield Park school was on the spot of the battle of New Bethesda during Jhe War Between the States' and in his 'talk referred to the fact that the casualties of killed in battle and wounded within a radius of 10 miles would probably total 10000 and therefore that the adjacent fields at Cold Harbor Gaines Mill Beaverdam Creek and Mechanicsville were sacred soil The speaker said he did not seek to glorify war and only used his illustration to show what devotion to a cause could mean in the lives of a people and that the dedication of the building should carry' with it dedication of a serylce to the Government rather than that the Government should serve us TE West Jr president of the Community League at Battlefield Park read a list of more than 100 teachers who have served In the area of what is now the Battlefield Park High and Elementary School Including the schools at Cold Harbor Old Church Studley Allens Mill Pole Green and Number One About 40 of these teachers were present and many others sent telegrams of regret one of the telegrams being from Dr Hundley president emeritus to Lynchburg College who taught school near the present site of the consolidated school Trustee Booker of the 'Hanover County School- Board and Boxley Vaughan member of the Hanover County Board of Supervisors rep resented their boards at the exer rises Sheridan Gorman State director of the Public Works Administration represented the Federal Government At a meeting of the Hanover County Education Association at the Battlefield Park High School yesterday Principal Joseph Rotella of the Battlefield Park School was named as president for the ensuing year Miss Mary Wilkie of the Beaverdam High School was elected vice-president to represent the high school teachers Mrs Dpdsworth principal of the Elmont Elementary School will act far the grammar grade teachers and Miss Annie Smith of the Henry Clay High School at Ashland will represent the primary teachers Mrs Heaton of the Henry Clay High School will continue as secretary-treasurer an office which she has held for may years The Battlefield Park High School was built with funds provided by a grant from the PWA and a loan from the State Literary Fund vThe building cost about Many Cities Seek 6 Fur-Loving 9 Pair A cordial bid was extended yesterday by Richmond police for the company of a young couple who paid a brief visit to the city last week and left with certain fur goods which Miller department store claims They are and June Pickett man and wife who told police of Greenville a singular tale of brief adventure in an unrecognized branch of the fur trade Police here have little hope that they may -be brought back here soon as South Carolina Is anxious for them to stay June Pickett told Greenville police in a signed statement Detective-Captain Alex Wright said that she came here with to whom she had been married only a few weeks and took two fur neckpieces from the department store fend a bus to Raleigh There she said she took a mink coat worth $500 They went to Atlanta from there she is quoted as saying bought a car for cash and Knoxville Tenn where she took a fur coat worth $675 With them on that trip she said was Mildred Morgan with whom she had lived in Atlanta The trio next traveled to Asheville and then to Greenville There in one department store according to police she took a fur coat worth $475 and entered a second store where she had picked up a fur coat and two dresses when the police arrived Greenville police are holding all three Richmond police have sent detainers for the Picketts Char jes Reed Named To I Board Charles Reed of Chesterfield County was appointed yesterday by Governor Peery to membership on the board of visitors of Virginia Polytechnic' Institute at Blacksburg Mr Reed will fin the board vac-cancy caused by the resignation of Homer Ferguson of Newport News The term expires next year The Governor now has before him several recommendations for the vacant post on the board of visitors of Virginia Military Institute caused last week by the death of Perkinson Colonel Langhorne Goes to Sanatorium CHARLOTTESVILLE Colonel William (Buck) Langhorne who for the past several weeks has been a patient at the University Hospital was removed yesterday to the Blue Ridge Sanatorium The physician stated that MT Langhorne is in good spirits and seems to be greatly improved Mrs' Charles 'Dana Gibson of New York and Mrs Michael Flynn Tryon sisters' of Colonel Langhorne have been constant visitors at the hospital during their stay at Mirador Greenwood estate of Mrs Ronald Tree.