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THE 111 IK I TIMES PRICE 3 CENTS ROANOKE VIRGINIA RIDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 25 1932 12 PAGES ULL ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE THE WEATHER VIRGTNTA Raln riday and riday night probably ending Saturday morn ing colder Saturday and Saturday right LOCAL WEATHER OP YBBTKRDAT (By 0 HTtll Maximum Minimum 38 Mean 41 Cloudy VOL XCIL No 148' GOBBLERS WALLOP CADETS 26 TO 0 A 4 JI VICTORY MOST DECISIVE Cavaliers Triumph Over North Carolina 14 To 7 CARRIED TWO KNiVES HITE KICKS PLACEMENTS SPECIAL BLOC ORMING (Continued on Page Eight CHILDREN ARE DETAINED to 0 OT CONVICTED MURDER REDSKINS HELPLESS been away as were whlte (Continued on Page Ten (Continued on Page 4 Column 8) (Continued on Page 4 Column 6) (Continued on Page 4 Column 7) (Continued on Page Nine (Continued on Page 4 Column 5) (Continued on page 4 Column 3) Von Hindenburg Withdraws Offer Roosevelt Attends ounders To Make Adolf Hitler Chancellor Day Dinner At Warm Springs Name Street City State prob many (of beer) Is a (state) police to non lntoxl constltutlon" citizens held In missions the only by civil lite lor the two her to wagon New York Nov 24 (P) Dangling In mld alr by one foot caught in a strap Miss Annette Gibson well known avla trlx was saved from death today when her flylns companion Hugh Copeland brought their plane out of a tailspin Just as It was about to plunge Into a house The two had gone aloft with Miss Gibson at the controls to capture a monster balloon released by a depart ment store In an advertising stunt She made five futile dives but hit the balloon on the sixth try Il tangled in the left wing and the plans went Into a spin hurling Miss Gibson over the aide Her foot caught In the safety strap on her seat how ever and she was able to pull herself tack as Copeland who seized the con trols levelled the plane out Just over the heads of horrified spectators They landed safely at Roosevelt field MYSTERYSHRDUDS COMING EXECUTION COUNTRY OLLOWS PIONEER CUSTOM IN GIVING THANKS ACCIDENTS AT MINIMUM LARGELY DUE TO COLD EUROPEAN NAIRINS REMAIN SILENT ON PAYMENT DEBTS Spiders a group had a Jensen closed In again grip knife arm of the killer at to wrest the blade away as Brownsville Tex Nor 24 (47 Two lorida men gave thanks today for the depression Hugins and Whitley were arrested as automobile thieves escaped from the lorida peni tentiary lorida officers notified re plied: transportation funds avail The men turned loose eaught a fat freight northbound ire Hundred Members Of Negro CultMarch On Polite Station But Are Dispersed Detroit Nov 24 (41 ive hundred members of the negro Voodoo Moslem cult recently revealed In Detroit marched to the central police station today to demand the release of their leaders held for questioning as a re sult of ths investigation growing out of the slaying of James Smith last Sunday The negroes were led by Lillie All wife of Ugan All secretary of the cult The marchers asked for the detectives who have been Investigating the cult but dispersed when officers said the detectives were not there They prom ised a dally march on the police station until the prisoners were released Those held are All and Wallace arad founder of the cult Several other negroes also are held for questioning about the cult Robert Harris who police say ad mitted beating and stabbing Smith to death to appease the cult's gods has teen held since last Sunday He Is to be arraigned tomorrow on a charge of murder Annette Gibson Dangles By line oot rom Strap Until Partner Right falling Ship tied up during the first naif by an air tight Virginia defense In the first period the tar Heels gained only two yards by rushing and in the first halt made only two first downs one on a pass of 18 yards Virginia during the first half regis tered tour first downs gained 76 yards by rushing and 21 more on a pass that resulted In the first touchdown Tompkins took the opening kickoff and ran It back to the 39 yard Un Carolina wras penalized five yards and Stevens smashed through guard for six more for a first down The Cavalier back then slipped through tackle for eleven more John son Slppley Stevens and Berger knifed through for another first down When the Tar Heels rallied to check the drive Slppley dropped back and tossed a beautiful 21 yard pass to Johnson who scrambled 10 yards to cross the goal After this 61 yard drive the Cavaliers played cautiously Johnson was slight ly outgalnlng Martin Burnette and (By The Associated Press) Pending the next development In consideration of International debts European governments are keeping their counsel regarding negotiations for revision of their obligations to the United States England Is preparing another note In which pertinent data to support the claim for reconsideration will be laid before Washington Meanwhile no responsible official had anything to say Deserved Win and Only Counter Came Result of Punt Are You Digging Your Grave With Your Teeth? HUNGER MARCHERS HELD BL POLICE Arrest of Leaders ollows Demonstration Near Gates of White House Captures Va Conference Title With an Unusual Display of Power England and rance Prepar ing Notes to Support Claim for Revision 'ormer Contractor De clines to Say Why He Be came Bootlegger Democratic Plans to Secure Legalized Beer acing Complication Warm Springs Ga Nov 24 ranklin Roosevelt ate his Thanks giving turkey tonight In the genial friendly atmosphere of the Institution that he helped no much to found sur rounded by the smiling faces of pa tients who looked up to him from the handicap of wheel chairs and And In the end he made them a short talk assuring them that he ex pected to be In Warm Springs each November for the next four year and at such time of the year as the legislative branch will let Get Over Handicaps "The spirit of Warm Springs Is Just as forward looking as It was In those early the president elect said have determined to get rid of and get over those physical handicap that after all don't amount to a hill of beans I think that we have dem onstrated something of this to the people of the country" DIVES TECHMEN VIRGINIA TITLE Team Work of Blacksburg Gridders Is Too Much for Squadron Digging your grave with your teeth Is a thing that can be done In three by overeating by eating too lit tle and by eating unwisely Diet therefore is a question of first Impor tance to everyone although too few people give It any serious considera tion until they become actually 111 or until vanity compels them to attempt to get rid of excessive weight Except In cases where serious dis ease already exists or where dissipa tion In other ways offsets the right use of food the body eight and gen eral health can be controlled definitely and easily by proper eating You can learn all about this from the booklet on WEIGHT CONTROL now offered to readers of The Roanoke Times Use this for your copy enclosing six cents coin to cover cost and postage Brewing Company Head Says Congress Should Not At tempt Regulation Millions Drop Routine to At tend Church and Eat Tur key Dinner Washington Nov 24 ortified by a Thanksgiving meal of salgd milk and bread a group of youthful self styled march rode In taxis to the White House today in a futile effort at a demon stration that resulted In the arrest of four adults and the detention In po lice custody of a hglt dozen children Two of the grownups arrested were women One Gertrude Haeesler 38 of New York (50 East 13th street) put up such a battle when officers sought to seize her that two burly policemen had to lift her bodily and take a call box to await the patrol Resist Officers Mrs Pauline Gitnlck 57 and haired who also gave a New York ad dress (80 Van Cortlandt street) went along quietly but Emil Conason New Yorker had to be dragged nearly two blocks by two officers shouting as he was pulled along that he wanted "to present a petition to the president" These three were removed from a cab as It was turned away from the White House gates by the strong guard of police that throughout the afternoon had kept a vigilant watch and stood ready to break up any attempt at a disturbance Theodors Richardson negro Phila delphia was taken into custody by po lice during the unsuccessful effort for a demonstration Crowds of spectators In the vicinity before the arrival of the were dispersed by police Police estimated between 30 and 40 were Involved in the affair The SEATTLE STREETS SCENE HORROR To ollow England rance apparently has decided to fol low England's lead with Premier Her rlot ready to risk overthrow by parlia ment It he decides to pay the $20 COOOOO installment due on Dec 15 Premier Mussolini has said nothing about President Hoover's reiterated op position to postponement of the De cember payment and consequently there Is no comment even In the news papers Germany regarding this phase of the debt problem as a matter which does not concern her directly also Is silent but Inclined to agree with Eng land that the whole matter needs talk ing over By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Thanksgiving for peace security and confidence in the future was expressed again yesterday Pausing for the autumnal feast day the nation followed the pioneer tradi tion of the Pilgrim fathers who acknowledged their conquest of hard ship extended a helping hand to the needy and made ready for winter President Hoover and millions of his countrymen dropped their dally rou tlnc to attend church services and eat a turkey dinner Poor Provided Dinner Bountiful dinners were eaten by rich and poor in cities and on farms or the unfortunate turkey or Its equivalent and all the "trimmings" of a good meal were provided symbolic of the relief given the unemployed by the government ana private Thanksgiving services were large cathedrals and Isolated on November's last Thursday religious festival authorized authorities Even as they attempted a at Washington of youthful demonstrators Thanksgiving meal of salad milk and bread Speaking at London Ambassador Mellon gave thanks because Americans "have accepted the Inevitable and have adhered to the orderly processes of government" while other nations have been marked by "violence and upheavel" Preparing for his future tasks Presi dent elect Roosevelt had a cheerful holiday as he rested at Warm Springs Ga Like the harvest season college football schedules neared their close The piece de resistance of the holiday sports menu was Colgate ar conquest of Brown Accidents were at a minimum ably due to the cold which kept motorists at home firesides Security and commodity markets were closed providing business execu tives with a breathing spell to analyze price trends Democratic Victory Scored Over Hunger Berlin Nov 24 (47 President Von Hindenburg who offered last week to make Adolf Hitler chancellor of Ger many if he could guarantee the support of the Reichstag withdrew that offer today and called in leaders of the other parties to consider another candidate Thus Hitler returns to the sidelines for the moment but Hermann Wilhelm Goering one of his Important associates In the national socialist party said this evening that no matter who gets the Job the Nazis will oppose him so bit terly that he will not hold office long Ths original offer to Hit ler limited by a series of conditions wm almost impossible at the very start tor the Nazi leader to accept It would have been Inconsistent with his record of opposition to parliamentary govern ment If he had taken the appointment only on condition of parliamentary support At any rate he could not command 'that support The national socialist Gobblers Use Many Substi tutes Crowd Is Small est in Years The Roanoke Times Information Bureau rederic Haskin Director Washington I enclose herewith SIX CENTS in coin (carefully wrapped) for a copy of th booklet on WEIGHT CON TROL LaSalle Ills Nov 24 Archie Smith used an ordinary pocket knife to save his life by cutting oft his left arm at the elbow after It had been mangled in a mechanical corn picker Then walked a mile for aid Rolling up the most one sided score since 1805 the Gobblers of I wound up their most successful season In years by crushing I 26 to 0 In their annual Thanksgiving Day gridiron combat at Maher ield yester day It was their 30th meeting) The Polytech eleven which has bowed only to Alabama's Crimson Tide and has scored wins over Georgia and Ken tucky outclassed the Cadets on the ground and In the air and walked off the field with the Virginia state cham plonshlp After a gallant first period stand the I defense crumpled In the second before the steady battering i of the superior attack Mills Counts irst Ray Mills brilliant sophomore half back counted first for the Techmen on a 19 yard sprint through left tackle The Cadets hardly had tlmeto recover their breath before the Gobblers again swept goalward and Holsclaw crossed the line on an 18 yard run for the sec ond touchdown Then In the third quarter Charlie Morgan Gobbler quarterback grabbed a punt on the I 37 yard line and dodged his way through the entire Cadet team to score again In the same period after the Cadets had held once for downs on the one foot line George Smith ended a 32 yard march by plung ing two yards through the line for a counter Gene Hite guard scored two points with placement kicks He booted the oval between the uprights after the s' first and third touchdowns but failed on the second and fourth This one sided victory tor the Blacks burgers was witnessed by a crowd esti mated at 15000 the smallest In years The game was no less colorful than I I clashes of the past but the red Jerseyed lads from Lexington were simply outclassed The Gobblers rated much the stronger team In the advance dope lived up to expectations They exhibited a passing and running attack which had the Cadets guessing and on the defensive side kept them always at a safe distance from the Tech goal Last Period Offensive I threatened momentarily In a last period passing offensive but could get no nearer the goal line than the 30 yard stripe There they lost the ball when Travers fumbled and Negri recovered for the Gobblers Most of the game was played in I terri tory after a first quarter punting duel between Holsclaw and Smith The Techmen were slow to get start ed and only once during the first quarter did they exhibit the punch which characterized their play in the later periods This was when Mills broke loose for 27 yards after a penalty had carried the Gobblers back to their own 26 yard line This was the only first down scored by the Gobblers In the opening period I made one during the period as a result of a penalty against the Gobblers The remainder of the period saw Ambassador Mellon Giv Thanks Because Nation Has Kept Balance Kansas City Nov 24 Another Democratic victory was scored here to day this one over hunger Nearly 14000 men were fed turkey and all the trimmings by Casmlr Welch and his Jeffersonian Democratic dub Admission at first was by ticket but 4 later Welch a Justice of the peace gave out the word to let In any man who appeared Carson City Nov 24 The strange story of Everett Mull successful North Carolina contractor who became John Hall Nevada bootlegger will come to an unusual ending In the small atone gas house here at sunrise on the morning of November 28 While physicians newspapermen and others watch through two thicknesses of plate glass Mull will be strapped alone In the tiny death chamber Just as day Is breaking Thirty seconds later If nothing goes wrong he will be unconscious and within fifteen minutes executed by the state of Nevada for the murder nt Las Vegas last year of John O'Brien ifth ntan to enter the lethal gas chamber since Nevada adopted that method of execution In 1921 consider able mystery has surrounded Mull ever since his trial and conviction Remains Silent name Is John he has said And a "John Hall" he apparently Is content to die without revealing any thing of his past life Not so his 23 year old bride however termined to save him In desperation she revealed a secret only they had shared she said really Everett Mull of Morganton who had mysteriously disappeared from home May 17 1931 leaving behind five daughters and other relatives" will help me" Mrs Hall told the attorneys who had represented her Will Be ifth Man to Enter Lethal Gas Chamber at Nevada Prison Shows Up Too Late To Claim Legacy Shanghai riday Nov 23 OP) A Chinese foreign office eommunlqne published here today charged that 2700 Chinese peasants were mass acred recently In northern Man churia by Japanese troops The mass killing was done by machine guns the communique said Inhabitants of the villages of Ping Ting San Chlenchlngpae and Litsekou 10 to 16 miles northcast of ushun were assembled In a ditch west of Plngtlngsan while Japanese soldiers searched the villages for Chinese volunteers the announcement said It was explained I hat the vil lagers were suspected of cooperating with and harboring the volunteers The Japanese promised a reward if the villagers were found to be innocent the foreign office assert ed and then placed more than 10 machine guns 70 yards from the assemblage ordering all the cap tives to kneel with their backs to the guns Some of the villagers realized the fate In store for them the commu nique continued and commenced to run whereupon the machine guns opened fire on the stamped ing mass of screaming men women and children and the horrible cla mor was heard for miles children and others not killed by bullets were bayonetted" the stalenient said The Japanese the foreign office declared piled up the corpses covered them with oll oaked fuel and burned them Subsequently according to the communique the farms of the vil lagers were allotted to Japanese nationals WASHINGTON AWAITS DATE PAYMENT 4 British Officials Deny Report Nation Planning Not to Meet Installment By RANK ULLER Associated Press Staff Writer University Nov 24 Virginia's Cavaliers took revenge for five straight years of defeat at the hands of the North Carolina Tar Heels in their an nual Thanksgiving classic today while 12000 spectators watched the 14 to 7 triumph The Cavaliers launched an attack which carried across the goal line from the opening kickoff and bucked across another marker In the third quarter before the Carolinians made a serious threat Condon kicked both goals Scores on Beautiful Kun Bill Croom who went In at fullback for Carolina after the second Virginia touchdown scored for Carolina In cne of the prettiest runs ever seen in Scott stadium He took the ball on the 23 yard line and sped around his left end wriggled past a group of three Virginia tacklers cut back toward mid field selected his Interference nnd ran 77 yards for a touchdown Phipp's kick for the extra point from placement was good Carolina's running attack was bot Man Cuts Off Arm To Save His Life Los Angeles Nov 24 (47 Richard Pauley wandered into the midnight mission here today for a free Thanks giving dinner and found himself three months too late to claim an English inheritance He needs It too for he Is 61 year old a shoe string peddler and an Invalid If Mrs Mary Covell executive secre tary of the mission can learn the names of the lawyers who were en quiring for Pauley three months ago ho may yet get the Inheritance But she was unable to recall them today She said however that she would write to English probate courts "We find Pauley when the lawyers asked about she said seems a brother died In London and left him a small fortune" Pauley said that would be his bi other Edwin "I heard he made a lot of money from a new gasoline process" he ex plelned was born In Canada end used to support a wife and four chil dren But I couldn't hold a steady job after I became an invalid Now I make about 40 or 50 cents a day and that buys me a room and something to eat pretty regularly" He finished his dinner carefully wrote the address of the room and left the mission remarking that he heped they'd find those lawyers soon Thieves Thankful Depression Exists All Victims Slashed Viciously Over Heart With Terrible Accuracy Release Of Voodoo Leaders Is Sought Calls in Leaders of Other Parties to Consider Another Candi date Action ollows Refusal of Nazi Leader to Accept Conditions Laid Down by President Von Schnee Being Mentioned for Post Avia tri Barely Saved rom Death RICHMOND DEMS INDIANS 1 8 TO 1 Washington Nov 24 (47 A new problem appeared today In1 Democratic plans to' legalize beer at the short ses sion of Congress in demands that legis lation modifying the Volstead act also permit the sale of light wines Meanwhile some brewers prepared to seek both barrel and bottle distribu tion of beer Replies to Inquiries from several Indicated they are not united on any definite proposal except that the permlssable alcoholic content be Increased Bloc Is orming Plans for the formation of a bloc to Insist upon the legislation of light wines already are in the making They were forecast by Representative Hawley of Oregon ranking Republican ot the ways and means committee after It had decided to open hearings on a beer bill December 7 In San rancisco Representative Welch (R Cal) said representatives from the wine producing and consum ing States including California New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Ohio Michigan and Missouri probably would make up the bloc Chairman Collier of the House ways and means committee said the wine proponents would be given an eqjy hearing with beer advocates In answer 1o an inquiry on beer dis tribution August A Busch of Anheu ser Busch Inc St Louis said that "Congress should not attempt to regu late the distribution of beer In event the Volstead act Is amended Inasmuch as any act passed by Congress on this suoject can relate omy eating beer under the He added: "Regulation of sale ad ftte funntlnn' and if powers can impose and enforce proper regulation much more effectively than the federal government the acts of congress should be limited to the de fining at the percentage of alcohol which may be permissible to impose and collect a tax on the product and to determine what tariff rates should apply on Imported beers" Should Limit Sales Edward Landsberg president of the Blatz Brewering Company In Mil waukee said if the Volstead act Is modified beer should be sold "only In bottles at hotels clubs restaurants lunchrooms dining cars et cetera for consumption with meals and in gro Gain Revenge for ive Straight Years of Defeat Carry ing Attack to oe rom Start and Scoring in irst and Third Croom Counts for Tar Heels Seattle Wash Nov 24 A mad dened ilipino armed with knives ran amok in the streets here today killing six persons and wounding 15 more before police answering riot calls ran down and captured him Overtaken just as he stabbed a Japanese three patrolmen ended the slasher's trail ot slaughter with a hand to hand battle inally overpowered The ilipino was beaten down and two which appeared to have been fashioned from a holo a 'native knife were taken from him Heavily manacled the ilipino was taken to Jail where he gave the name of Julian Marcelino 30 and said he was a laborer our fellow ilipinos and two white men fell fatally wounded under his murderous onslaught They were Morris 60 a grocery store pro prietor who was killed outside his shop rank Johnson 65 a bystander slain on the sidewalk Bernardino Bonifa ilipino about 25 Pita Gualto ilipino about 50 Jimmy Ginltnez ilipino about 15 William Tanador ilipino 28 who died a minutes after being rushed to the city hospital With the ilipino In custody police and ambulance surgeon back tracked his bloody trail seeking the dead and the wounded Ambulances were rushed to the dis trict from every hospital In the city Police citizens and hospital aides searched out the dead and picking them up from the street and from doorways where they had attacked ifteen were found and rushed for treatment One Can Not Live At the city hospital where 12 taken physiclens said that Antone Schuler 73 who was stabbed In the chest could not live Six other were given emergency treatment for serious wounds Police were set on the trail ot the ilipino slasher when a voice shrieked over the telephone that a terrible fight was going bn tn the district That call was followed immediately by more than a dozen more Every available patrolman was or dered to the scene but It was Patrolman Gordon Jensen who was off duty who first checked the knlfe wleldcr Officer Jensen was driving home from a football game when he saw the mad dened ilipino lunging and slashing at I Kltamura 35 As Kltamura fell wounded Jensen leaped from his car tackled the ili pino and attempted to halt his death march The ilipino's dripping blade slashed out at the officer the latter dodged and the knife ripped through his coat sleeve without touching the Officer ping the tempting tjvey lunged and struggled across tiia sidewalk and Into the street A police car dashed up and Patrol men William Reynolds and Charles Seaver Jumped out Not daring to Brunette Routs Blonde Seeking To Stage Holdup Accuse Japanese Of Mowing Down 2700 Peasants Tells Patients He Expected to Be There Every Thanksgiving for Next our Years Sketches Growth of Institution and Says Spirit lust as orward Looking as It Was in Early Days Washington Nov 24 (JI In a holi day respite from war debt develop ments the next action of this govern ment tonight apparently awaited that much discussed day December 15 and the payment then or failure to pay of obligations due from foreign debtors The chances of any congressional eel Ion toward a suspension of these In stallments regardless of what ad ditional facts Great Britain presents definitely were eliminated by a vir tual unanimity of opinion from Demo crats and Republicans alike that Europe must choose between payment and de fault This sentiment was crystallized pub licly through official conferences topped by Tuesday's meeting between President Hoover and President elect Bcosevelt Mr statement that nothing had been presented to Justify postponement and Governor Roosevelt's expression leaving the December pay ment question entirely with the admin istration With a like positiveness President Hoover's suggestion for a special agency to examine war debts was vetoed promptly by congressional leaders of both parties nnd Mr Roosevelt Trav eling toward Warm Springs Ga where he arrived today for a two week stay the president elect termed "existing agencies of diplomatic Inter sufficient for handling debt matters Await Payment Date So officials here awaited the ap proach ot the payment day expecting to collect but none the less measuring the possible effects ot defaults Though President Hoover's sug gestion that debt payments might be made In properly guaranteed foreign currencies won approval from some members of congress It was not re garded as likely of receiving attention before December 15 Reports from England indicated that country would pay the $95550000 due next month presenting meanwhile rea sons believed to justify prolonging the Hoover moratorium rance was ex pected to follow Britain's example and pay $19261000 In Interest though (Continued on Page 4 Column 6) party Is the largest In the Reichstag but It Is far short of a majority and Hitler could not swing the nationalists or the Bavarian party Into line Lacks Confidence He told the president last night that he could not control the Reichstag but he renewed his proposal that Von Hin denburg make him the head ot a cabinet to rule without consult ing the parliament The president's refusal today made It plain that he has not sufficient confi dence in Hitler to place him at tile head ot a government like that which ranz Von Papen headed to rule solely with the presidential authority Now there must be found a man who has the confidence not only of the president but of the Reichstag The politicians say there Is no such man that the parties cannot be united in any combination behind any Individual (Continued on Tag Column 4) The president elect sketched briefly the growth ot the Institution since 1925 when he began his first active work toward the development of the hospital that was set up among the pines for the' treatment of Infantile paralysis The dinner the founder day din ner of the institution came at the end of several hours ot rest In hl cot tage on the hill top above the hos pital grounds which some time ago was named the "little White House" He went directly there from the train that brought him here shortly before noon from Washington After the dinner Mr Roosevelt went into the lobby of the Meriwether Inn for an informal reception which he shook hand and chatted with a pro cession of patlenft tots In wheel chairs some carried In the arms of (Continued on Page 4 Column 4)' Washington Nov 24 (41 Undis turbed by an attempted demonstration outside the White House President and Mrs Hoover spent a quiet Thanksgiv ing today observing the holiday as millions of other Americans with church and a turkey dinner Mr Hoover arose at his usual early hour despite the holiday for a round cf medicine ball an dafter breakfast went Into the Lincoln study for a little work The president and first lady attended the Thanksgiving Day service at the oundry Methodist Episcopal church on Sixteenth street After the service Mr Hoover went back to his study for a little recreational reading before a light lunch which preceded the arrival of the "hunger marchers" During the afternoon he took a nap A few close mentis irom oinciar were Invited to the White House the Thanksgiving Day dinner in evening which was featured by big turkeys Accented Inevitable London Nov 24 Ambassador Andrew Mellon speaking today at the Thanksgiving dinner of the Ameri can society gave thanks because the people of the United States "have ac cepted the Inevltalble and have ad hered to the orderly processes ot gov ernment" under conditions which In other nations might have produced "violence and upheaval" American residents of London as sembled at a West End hotel for the an nual function also heard Stanley Bruce former Australian premier and minister without portfolio In the pres ent Australian government plead for an extension ot the Inter governmental debt moratorium until a permanent war debt settlement could be arranged Ambassador Mellon found numerous reasons for being thankful this year world Is at the peace of Near Riot Takes Place When Marchers Are orbidden to Enter Grounds REGISTERED SINCE 1905 I NEVER THREATENS I on Angeles Nov 24 (US) When a brunette and a blonde meet they are seldom mild An Instance is brunette Mrs Martin and a blonde woman bandit who met today The brunette punched the blonde when commanded to hold up her hands The blonde responded in kind Soon they were having a reg ular old fashioned rough and tumble street fight and a spectator If any had been present couldn't have told vice from versa It was too much for the blonde who gave up hopes ot acquiring Mrs Martin's purse and fled Police said it was the first time a woman bandit had tried to hold up another woman although there are cases on record here of women hold ing up men DEMAND OR WINE OERS PROBLEM MADDENED ILIPINO SLAYS SIX PERSONS WOUNDS 15 OTHERS Richmond Nov 24 ighting with power hitherto undisplayed this season an Inspired University of Rich mond eleven snatched the Virginia conference championship title from William and Mary with an 18 to 7 vic tory over the Indians here today It was the forty seventh renewal Of the gridiron battle between these elevens and It was the second consecu tive time that the Spiders have toppled the Indians out of the championship Richmond deserved Its victory It outplayed William and Mary in every period and In every department ot the game except kicking The kicking was responsible for its lone touchdown with three minutes to play in the second period Shade's long rolling punt touched Doley as he dived under Meade to cover It on the goal line It bounded away and Meade pounced upon It Meade kicked the extra point Bewildered Rivals It was a great game for the Spiders who bewildered their ancient rivals with a diversified attack and featured a defensive drive throughout Rich mond took the lead early in the first period when Essex took a 30 yard pass from Dobson to be downed on his eight yard line Shulz hit the Uns for two With the opening of the second quarter Leverton on a spinner play that was deadly to the Indians throughout the game took two more And "Tur key" Chaltaln who spelled defeat for Needy Invalid Returns To Mission Three Weeks After Visit Murderer inally Captured inj Hand to Hand Battle With Police.

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