BIO FIRE SWEEPS
WAY THROUGH 7
BLOCKS AT NORFOLK
(MhfnttH Brought Under Cen
tral After Rain Game* To Aid
Of Exhausted fire Fighters
CONFINE EFFORTS TO
PREVENTING INVASION
OF RICH RETAIL AREA
Norfolk. Va? June A? A three mil- I
Uon dollar Are following an explos
ion on an oil barge swept the
wharves , and seven blocks In the '
business district last night, burning
for seven hours before being check
ed shortly after midnight today.
The combined Ore flgfrting forces
of the Hampton Roads area had the
assistance of hundreds of sailors
and marines in fighting the fire and ,
maintaining order; and a steady (
rain which began to fall helped
materially in bringing the flames
under control.
Maj. Q. J. Calrow, member of the
City Planning Commission, esti
mated that damage already done
would amount to not less than I
$5,000000. Loss of stock and ma
chinery of. the American Peanut
Corporation alone was placed by
company officials at $1,000,000. <The
Victoria Hotel, of 200-room capa
city, was rued, but so far as could
be ascertained, all occupants es
caped without injury, except one
woman guest, who was treated for
shock and hysteria.
Many Injured.
Eight persons, four of them fire
men. were injured sufficiently to be
taken to hospitals for treatment, and
more than a score others received
attention at ambulances Stationed
in the fire zone. Prisoners confin
ed in a jail which at one time ap
peared to be in the path of the .
flames raised a clamor, and plans j
were made to remove them under i
a marine guard, but the fire was
stopped before it reached the build- 1
ing, and they were not removed. |
A strong wind, which later brought,
rain to the relief of the weary fire
flgthers. hampered their efforts
from the time the blaze started. It
spread quickly from the barge to
the wharf and neighboring business
houses! sending up a great pall of
black smoke which later reflected
the glare of the flames and attract
ed thousands of persons who crowd
ed streets and added to the diffi
culties of combatting the fire.
> Outside Help.
In addition to the entire available
equipment and personnel of Nor
folk, 'fire apparatus and fighters
from Newport Nejra, Portamoogh,
South Norfolk, Suffolk the naval
base and Norfolk Naval yard were
brought to the Scene. Detach
ments of sailors and Marines from
the battleships Arizona and Utah
and from the Naval base were used
to aid police in establishing fire
lines, some 500 being placed on ac
tive duty, with another 800 held in
reserve.
One of the first buildings burned
was the Victoria Hotel. Miss Carrie
Ambrose, telephone operator,
sounded the alarm when the roof
caught and stuck to her switch
board until all guests had cleared
Jacket stood on top of the hotel,"
'until the !
forced trim from tail
point
Soon the wholesale warehouse
district was a seething mass of
flames and firemen gave up hope
of aavintf*lt, concentrating their ef- j
forts on preventing spread of the
1 havoc to Oranby street and the ,
commercial center of the dty.
Severely Hart.
Fire Captain J. W. Oregory was <
the most severely injured, although :
two other firemen were overcome by
heat and smoke. A number of 1
others were dragged out by fellow ?
workers when on the verge of col- : '
lapse. " P
Among the establishments burn- . <
ed were: The Victoria hotel, the
American Peanut Corporation, the <
National Bag and Paper Company, <
Union Mission, Crockln-Lacy Store, ?
Gerloff Brazing Company, Tide- I
water Supply Company, Farmers i
Manufacturing Company, A Wrenn I
and Son paint shop. City Hay and <
Grain Company, the Farmers Com- 1
pany, Godrey's Body Builders and 1
Norfolk Farm Supply Company. '
The T. J. Hooper, 200-foot tug <
belonging to the Eastern Transport
Company, was badly damaged, and (
an unidentified tug and a smaller ?
barge also were-huraed. A fire en- i
gine was burned when the flames t
Jumped from one block to another. 1
During the hottest part of the 1
fight against advancing flames, am- )
bulance attendants were giving ,
<5oses of whiskey to exhausted fire- t
men, and at lire stations through- . 1
out the city wives and other mem- i
bers of the families of men on the 1
force gathered In arydous groups,
awaiting word that they had come t
out safely.
POLITICS AND ?
PERSONALITIES <
When Rtchle of Maryland, Roose- 1
velt of New York, and Pinchot of 1
Pennsylvania, _ tore loose from the '
innocuous program of the recent c
Governors' Conference to speak on
highly cntroverslal topics, they lift- 1
ed a politically dull season to a new f
height of Interest. The PennSyl- 1
vanian possibly has evoked the 1
greatest amount of speculation. His '
step forward into the limelight has 1
helped to crystallize a more or less i
uncertain opposition among some ]
Republicans to Hoover'p renomina- '
tion. It IS an opposition scarcely '
strong enough to substitute Pinchot '
for Hoover as the Republican can- 1
didate. but it will sharply empha- 1
size the rift in the G. O. P.
In the Improbable event that the
Governor of Pennsylvania should
head a third -party movement next
year, Democrats as well as Repub- 1
licans will have their worries. Pro
gressive Republican votes cast for \
Pinchot will detract from Hoover's
total, of coutse. But who can say
how many of those votes would go
to a liberal Democratic candidate if
he and the present White House
incumbent were the only contest- 1
ants? Nothing at all is certain ex
cept that the fights in both party
conventions and in the ensuing
cainpaign loom bigger and better
every day.
t jr-0 ;
A blind man has established a
record for having read the Bible 15
times.
Meet the whole Gang! Skippy! Sooky!
"The best girl"! Her pesky brother! The
gang's all here ? in a thrilling story of boyhood
that carries you back with a laugh (and a tear,
too) to those "dear, dead days"!
'SKIPPY"
A Paramount Picture with
Robert Coogan . Jackie Cooper
Mitzi Green Jackie Searl
Their dogs ? Their Mamas ? Their Papas
From the story by PERCY CROSBY.
THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY, JUNE
18-19TH
Matinee Monday 3:00 ? 3:30 p. m. Evenlijgs 7:30 ? 9:15 p. m.
(Auspices Sunbeams Baptist Sunday School)
a iv/ui me oiui y %jy t
Palace
REUNION Of REDD
FWtYlH 26TH
Affair To Be Held On Jane ttth
At OM K M Borne Near ttm
taine; Many Descendant* A
One of the most Interesting events :
of the year will be the reunion of '
the Redd family on June 36th.
This gathering will be at the
home of Mis. PatUe Walker, the |
old home of Major John Bedd and
which has been continuously in the -
Redd family for more than one hun- ,
ired and fifty yean. ,
Major Redd was one of the
strongest chatacter^ of his time in |
this section and made large oontri
jutions to the building of our civi- j
ization. He was with~~Washington ,
it Yorktown and thereafter con- j ,
inued his patriotic activities until ,
he close of hia^long life of ninety- 1 (
Ive years. He was a member of the ,
/irginla legislature and voted for 4
he Virginia-Kentucky resolutions
>f 1798-99.
He warf for a long time assoctat- 1 ,
id with his neighbor General Jos
eph Martin, in adjusting Indian af- j
'airs and for years presided ovaf
he local courts. He accumulated a '
arge estate which he distributed
n the betterment of his time and '
tis kind.
*nie most interesting figure at
his reunion will be Mrs. Nannie
?"ontalne, the only living grand '
ihlld of Major Redd and who is |
ong past four Score years.
Below is the announcement and
he program: -
To the descendants of Major 1
John Redd:
-It has been arranged that all the t
lescendants of Major John Redd i
their husbands, wives, children and :
rweethefcrts) will meet at his old ?
>ome, seven miles south of Martins
rille, taking the right on the Nat
onal highway 311 four miles out, .
>n Friday, June 26th. I
For anyone to undertake to 1
'urnish refreshments for such a
fathering will be too large a con- 1
?act, and so each one who attends
rill be expected to bring lunch and
?e will Join in a family reunion and
pUnlc. A nice program has been
ararnged, to begin at 11 a. m., and
let all who have in their veins the t
blood of this grand old man meet
there on that day, do some honor
to his memory and get the better |
acquainted.
This is the only notice that will
be sent out and it is hoped that ;
all who see this invitation will tell
those who do not and let all the
Redd kin get together on that day.
Papers in neighboring cities will
please copy. t
Pattie Redd Walker, Adele Dillard
Pannill. Lizzie Smith Barbour, Mary
Holt Whittle, Mariah Pannill Read.
A1 Daniel Starling, William Welch
Clark, Peter Spencer Ford, John '
Redd Smith, committee.
Program
Invocation, Eliza Reamey Pannill,
Son^, America. <,
Welcome, Kennon C. Whittle.
Response, H. Burns Trundle.
Song, Carry Me Back To Old Vir
ginia.
Address, Life of Major Redd, John
Redd Smith.
Song, When You And I Were
Young. Maggie.
Address, Reminicences of the Redd
family, J. Murry Hooker.
Song, Sweet Alice Ben Bolt.
Children's Pagej^nt, Mariah Pannill !
Read.
Song, Suwannee River.
Address, Redd family connections,
John Redd Dillard.
Song, Silver Threads Among The
Gold. - c
Benediction, Nannie Fontaine. '
Lunch.
o
Another Revolution
In Progress In Spain
Spanish women have emerged 1
from behind their veils and fans to
participate In puhllc affairs. Women
were active tn the election that
made Spain a Republic, and a
woman. Senorita Victoria Kent, was
immediately appointed to the high
post of Prison Administrator. Seno
rlta Kent is said to combine the
best qualities of Spanish woman
hood with those of an able execu
tive. .7
The heart of the woman's move
ment in 8 pain Is the Lyceum Club
of Madrid with 500 members.
Through its study sections on so
cial, international, and economic
questions, the once coy Stfenish
lady is prepared to shoulder her re
sponsibility in government. Senora
Isabella de Palencia, writer and
President of the Club, summarises
the women's program in four major
points: clean administration and
politics, development of child wel
fare. cultural acttvtttes, and peace
through disarmament.
Although the rural regions "nave
been slower than the urban to re
spond to-femlnisftr. even the women
in tiny villages sometimes hold
election meetings and otherwise
evince their Interest in politics.
? ? i o ?
It W predicted that very soon
American housewives will be able to
purchase fresh orange Juice in frost- .
ed cubes across the grocery counter.
AL SMITH STILL
r. DRAWS A CROWD
.Jlew York. June 7, ? It's two and
a, hall yean since Alfred E. Smith
i nu in the big spotlight, but he Mill
draw* a crowd.
Wherewsr he goes, people stop,
gaae and say: "There's A1 Smith."
When he enters a theatre, he al
urays gets a hand; and between
sets he Is pressed for handshakes
ind autographs.
The other night he worked late in
tils office in the new 103-story Em
pire State Building. Coming out
le bad to wait a few minutes for
in elevator, and a squad of char
women spied him. They stared a P
while and finally one of them walk- |
id over and said that please, if it
wasn't too much truobte, they'd like
a shake hands with him.
So, Al grinned, shook hands all K
l round and said he was pleased to ! p
neet them. q
He gets 80 to 100 letters a day, | b
5ften an envelope is addressed stm- 1 h
jly "Al. New York," or a picture of w
lim is pasted on it. Such letters
?arely contain only this message: |tl
'I wonder if you get this." I a
Sln.ce the depression started, he's c<
iad thousands of letters from peo- j d;
>le who want his help in getting li
obs. Lots of the petitioners dont g<
mow him ? they simply think he'd
>e glad to help. 1 al
HC lives in an -eight-room apart- oi
nent. It takes in the top floor of oi
l lower Fifth Avenue apartment w
>u tiding and a pent-house. There's lr
l solarium in the pent-house with ir
>lenty of flowers. He spends much lr
if his time there. The gla& walls it
ind roof usually are lighted up ?
lights. '
This time of year he goes out to' It
Danoe Point, Long Island, every J 8
peek-end, leaving Friday and re- ^ cl
p'
' T 4
French President
Paul Doumer, 73, defeated Aris
de Briand in the two-day cam
aign.
irnlng Monday afternoon. At Ca
oe Point he swims, plays a little
oif and fishes.
The former gcryeroor, gets his
reatest pleasure from his com
anionship with his wife. They
send much time together. For
ours they play a variety of two
and rummy. Mrs. Smith usually
ins.
The governor? he's always called
lat ? goes to the theatre occasion
lly. His preference to, for nonsense
)medy or human and homely
rama. If a show particularly de
ghts him, he acts It" out when he
stsf home.
He reads newspapers and books
bout New York? historical or bi
graphical. He went to the opera
ace, to please his wife, and never
ill go again. He takes as much
iterest in the Empire State Build
ig, which he heads, as he used to
i the business of the state. When
was going up, engineers' reports
ere his particular delight. Now he
uts through a lease occasionally.
; was he who signed up United
tates Steel for a floor. The big
ients ask to do business with him.
He has a dot, two canaries and a i
parrot that says "Hello AL" That's )
a sum list at pets? he used to hav? ' .
?cores of awtmaU at Albany. J
He keeps two rooms in his apart- , ?
merit reserved far his daughter. {
Mrs. John Warner, wife of the head ,
of the state polios, and her two i
children, who Uve in Albany. Every ' ,
day he makes a long distance call;
to Mary Adams Warner, aged (our. I |
Administratrix Notice
Having this day qualified as Ad
mlnlstratrt-c of Kr. W. 3.
Ate of Fentn County, North
Una, this U to notify all persona
Holding claims against said estate
:o present them to the undersigned
3d or before May 13, 1833, or this
aotice will be pleaded in bar of
heir recovery.
All persons indebted to said es
tate will please make Immediate
payment.
This May 12, 1B31.
Mrs. Ada L. Rogers,
Administratrix
TOP-DRESS YOUR
TOBACCO
_WITH POTASH
Reduce Wastage
^ ? ? ? Improve Body
Make Tobacco Smooth
Reduce Diseases
Increase Price
Product Larger Yields
Thousands of bright tobacco growers, from Virginia
to Georgia, are top-dressing their tobacco with extra
potash ? just after the plants are set;
Mr. W. A. Short, Guilford County, top-dressed his
tobacco with 200 pounds per acre of Sulphate Potash
Magnesia -and received a profit of $35.58 per acre.
EXTRA POTASH PAYS EXTRA CASH
N. V. POTASH EXPORT MY., Inc.
of Amsterdam, Holland
Hurt Bldg. : Atlanta, Ga.
See Your Fertilizer Man Today
v uotm Cttfawj ! ! *
Don't Rasp Your Throat
With Harsh Irritants
Reach for a
LUCKY instead"
Place your finger on your Adam's Apple.
You are actually touching your larynx? this
is your voice box? it contains your vocal
chords. When you consider your Adam's
your vocal chords.
What is the effect of modern illtra Violet Rays
upon tobacco? Dr. L E. Free, one of Ameri
ca's well-known scientists, who was retained
by us to study Lucky Strike's manufacturing
process, addressing the Illuminating Engi
neering Society, said:
"The essential effect of Ac Ultra Violet is the pro*
duct ion of better tobacco and of cigarettes re
garded by virtually all tmoken who have tested
them as milder and with a lesser tendency to cause
throat Irritation." -
Here in America LUCKY STRIKE Is the only
cigarette that employs Ultra Violet Rays in
connection with its exclusive 'TOASTING"
Process? the only cigarette that brings you
the benefits of the exclusive "TOASTING"
Process which expels certain harsh irritants
present in all raw tobaccos.
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ThaA.T.Oh, V
Kb*. 1
'Tvmnf-Th*
L?ekyS(rlii<
Dane* Ordiw
Ira, mmj Turn
ia,. Thmdm
and Sllutal
ivtnlng ???v
N. B. C. art
YO<?K, N. Y.
ft*
It's toaste
Including the use of Ultra Violet Rays
Sunshine Mellows ? Heat Purifies
Your Throat Protection ? against Irritation ? against cough
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