1 I To a GREATER PENINSULA: FORWARD IN 1941! tr Virginia Weather Generally Fair and Colder Sunday; Monday Fair With Slowly Rising Temperature. XLV No. 361. NEWPORT VIRGINIA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 5, 1941. FORTY-EIGHT PAGES PRICE CENTS dah.1 I CENTS 1U SUNDAY HIGHER INCOME At ritish Victory NEW CORP.
TO HANDLE AID FOR BRITAIN HINTED Bardia Oven1 Vinson Says Defense Plans Must Be Both Expanded And Accelerated To Meet Needs Two New Battleships Among Other Vessels Near; Greeks Army Fliers Off On Endurance Hop As Defense Test 15-Hour, 3,000 -Mile Flight at 15,000 Feet on Wide Course mas Roman to Join Fleet This Year; to Bomb-Proof Decks on Old Ones Secretary Charles Edison said last year something of that nature would be necessary to protect gunners and 'Blast HeU Out Of Germany' Advice Of Glass Observing 83rd Birthday In Washington Virginian Senator Says Navy Should Be Sent to Do Job; Notables Pay Tribute; Gets Roosevelt Note TAXES VISIONED TO MEET COSTS Experts See Only One Way to Get Enough Revenue WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. (AP) Legislative finance experts exploring the possibility of raising at least $1,000,000,000 In new government revenue appeared agreed today that the bulk would have to be supplied by income taxpayers. Senator George D-Ga) a veteran member of the senate finance committee, said some consideration undoubtedly would be given to broadening the excess profits levies on corporations, but that individuals would 'have to face higher taxes. In the same vein, Senator La-Follette (Prog-Wis), another finance committee member, said there shoujd be a thorough-going revision of the excess profits tax, asserting that it contained "grave competitive inequities" and raised only a "negligible" amount of revenue.
LaPollette said he thought It would be necessary, however, to increase surtaxes on individual income. He would not advocate, he said, any lowering of exemptions beyond that undertaken by the last congress when it fixed $800 as the limit of non-taxable net income for single persons and $2,000 for married persons. That congress also tacked a ten 'per cent defense "super" tax on incomes. Inheritance taxes might be Increased and federal and state bonds made taxable to increase revenues somewhat, LaFollette said, adding "The new congress ought to undertake a thorough-going revision of the tax structure, which has been growing like topsy for the last 15 years A possibility that the administra tion might seek more than a billion dollars of new revenue was suggest' ed by Senator Barkley of Kentucky, the majority leader. Predicting that present taxes ifould bring in about $1,000,000,000 more than the outgo expected to be allotted to "normal" government ex penditures in the new fiscal year, Barkley said that from 000 to $2,000,000,000 in new money ought to be raised to help amortize defense costs over a period of years.
"The people are ready and willing to. pay more taxes to meet these defense expenditures," Barkley told reporters. Informed quarters said President Roosevelt's budget, to be presented to congress Wednesday, would call for "normal expenditures" those exclusive of defense costs aggregating about $8,000,000,000 and would Include about $1,000,000,000 as nor mal army and navy costs. The budget Is expected to total Anticipated revenue as shown in (Con tinned on Page 6B; Col. 7) STATE BRIEFS Held After Man Shot CHARLOTTESVILLE, Jan.
4. (JP)R. G. Deane, Charlottesville attorney, was shot In the leg on a street corner here this afternoon and Police Chief Maurice Greaver said that Walter J. Kent, 41, C.
O. telegraph operator, was being held in jail on a charge of "felonious shooting." Must Face Charges LYNCHBURG, Jan. 4. (JP) No legal complications developed to saved Norman Morris, 26, from being held for the grand jury on a charge of taking part in the holdup robbery of Aubrey C. Perdue Dec.
27. First Auto Casualty RICHMOND, Jan. 4. (JP) George William Morse, 56, was the city's first automobile casualty of 1941, and the seventh death reported from traffic accidents in Virginia this year. No Sign of Sabotage RICHMOND, Jan.
4. (JP) C. E. Expected to Be Part of Roosevelt Message to Congress WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.
(TV-While President Roosevelt worked today on the message he will deliver in person before a joint session of congress Monday, reports circulated in legislative quarters that a huge new government corporation might be created to handle the projected lease-land program of aid to Britain. Mr. Roosevelt was said to have completed only a rough outline of his message which some officials believe will call for placing the nation on a virtual wartime production basis. To Amplify Chat One official White House caller, unwilling to be quoted by name, ex-pressed the belief the message would "amplify" the President's fireside chat of last Sunday and "be more concrete." In that address Mr. Roosevelt urged America be made the "arsenal of democracy" and declared the security of the United States was "greatly dependent" on the outcome of England's war against an "unholy alliance." It is expected to deal also with such domestic questions as liberalized social security benefits, reduced spending for relief, and labor matters.
A White House secretary announced that the message on the "state of the Union" would be delivered at 2 p. m. (EST) Monday, and that the budget message would be transmitted on Wednesday. An effort will be made, he said, to keep the legislative message within 3,000 words. Democratic leaders at the cap-itol, asked about the reports that a new federal corporation would be established, said that legislation to carry out the administration's pro posal to lend or lease approximate ly $3,000,000,000 worth of supplies and munitions to Great Britain was still in the formative stage.
Such a corporation, Senator Bark ley Of Kentucky, the senate ma- jority leader, commented, would be "feasible but might not be essen tlal." Barkley indicated the plan would require amending the neutrality act prohibiting the furnishing of munitions to belligerents except on a cash basis. He also said the enabling act must be very general in its grant of powers to the chief executive. Seeing only a few callers during the day, Mr. Roosevelt spent most of his time on his legislative mes sage and conferring with his budget director, Harold D. Smith.
Sees Long Debate With a vociferous group in con gress gathering support to oppose the British aid plan, Senator Barkley predicted that it would ultimately pass, but after a lengthy debate. Several in the opposition, includ ing Senator Wheeler (D-Mont) reiterated their contention that the plan was but another step leading to actual participation in the war. Addressing the "anti-war" dele gation at the capitol, Wheeler asserted that the plan was "idiotic." 'When you lease or loan you're buying an interest in the war," the Montanan declared. "Some people say it is our war. If it's our war, how can we justify loaning this stuff and asking them to pay us back? 'If it's our war, we ought to have the courage to go over and fight It but It isn't our war." The group of about 70 which call ed at the capitol said they repre sented the "American peace mobilization" On the other hand.
Representa tive Darden (D-Va) called in a statement for assistance, "tame- (Continued on Page 6B; CoL 6) H4 Cotmter 200 other congratulatory telegrams from nationally prominent persons and dozens of standards of flowers were delivered at Glass office. A luncheon was given for the Virginian by Jesse Jones, secretary of commerce and federal loan administrator. Vice President Garner, Senate Majority Leader Barkley (D-Ky), House Speaker Rayburn (D-Tex), and a score of senate cronies gathered to greet the senate veteran. Fellow Democrats took time in their annual senate caucus to pass a resolution congratulating Glass and wishing him "many more happy birthdays." Last June the senator married Mrs. Mary Meade, a pretty, gray-haired Virginia school teacher.
When the message from the President arrived. Glass promptly pocketed it to take to his apartment to (Continued on Page CoL 5) DIES ATTACKS PROPAGANDA Amplifies Report; Cites Axis Acts WASHINGTON, Jan. iAJP) The Dies committee asked congress to day to halt what it called distribution of "totalitarian propaganda" In the United States at the expense of American taxpayers. The recommendation was made in a supplemental report amplifying the committee's previous charges that Germany, Russia, Italy and Japan were taking advantage of the Universal Postal Union convention to gain free distribution of huge quantities of propaganda In this country. Under the terms of this conven tion, the committee said, the post office department must bear the cost of distributing within the United States all literature received from abroad.
It proposed that congress enact legislation restricting distribution of foreign literature when the process (Continued on Page 6B; CoL 6) HIGHLIGHTS IN 70TH WAR WEE (By The Associated Press) Incendiary bombing raids and counter-raids highlighted cross channel warfare In the 70th week of the war, a war which Adolf Hitler asserted would give the Gernan people "the greatest victory in our history" in 1941. Burning of much of London's an clent "city," the British capital's newspaper and financial district, started it. The historic area was set blazing by scores of fire bombs Sunday night. "Retaliate," was the British cry. RAF bombers concentrated on Bremen in a series of night attacks which they declared left that German industrial city "a sea of flames." Bristol and Cardiff be came targets for Nazi squadrons.
Bombs fell on the soil of neutral Ireland, killing three persons, and the Irish protested to Berlin. A spokesman there denied responsibility. President Roosevelt called on the United States In a world-wide broadcast for increased aid to the British. A German air corps heading south to help Italy In the Mediterranean basin, Britain's desert army hur ried an offensive against the "suicide" garrison of besieged Bardia, Italy's easternmost base in Libya, and claimed victory after 36 hours of action by land, sea and air. Sunday Old city of London commercial and newspaper district of the British capital is target of incendiary raid in which British report damage of "millions of pounds." President Roosevelt calls upon United States for increased aid to Britain in her fight against "an unholy alliance of (Continued on Page 6B; CoL 8) Att aclcs Fascists Lose Heavily; RAF Hits Bremen; London Quiet (By the Associated Press) The Important Italian Libyan base of Bardia, under siege 19 days, was reported yesterday to be breaking up under the mighty blows of the British aerial, land and naval offensive, and the British declared that a final victory awaited only the conclusion of cleanlng-up operations.
600 Tons of Explosives The British fleet steamed away after a four-hour bombardment which had pumped 600 tons of high, explosives into that broken bastion, resuming its patrol for Italian men of war and commercial ships In the apparent belief of its officers that the field force and RAF had the Bardia situation In hand. In Albania the Greek army was reported to have broken through the ranks of counter-attacking Italians north of the Kllsura-Tepelenl area to occupy dominating heights on the route toward Valona, and the marine ministry disclosed the Greek submarine Katsonis had destroyed an Italian tanker by gunfire Dec. 31 in the upper Adriatic sea. Fascist land f6rces suffered heavy losses and 204 additional prisoners, including officers, and more armament fell into Greek hands, dispatches from Athens today (Sunday). An Associated Press correspondent aboard a British battleship reported that it appeared the Italians in Bardia perhaps some 12,000 of them since the capture of around 8,000 had been claimed by the Britishappeared to be attempting a retreat westward toward the Italian L.
1 TL 1 might be a desperate maneuver, for the road of exit was commanded not only by British bombers but could be brought again at any time under the guns of the fleet. The fighting about Bardia was of spectacular violence. The British used the whole catalogue of weapons fleet guns, artillery, dive bombers, tanks, grenades, charging infantrymen and a singular touch was given to It all by the report that the Italians even were using the graves of ancient Africans as shelters. From Sydney, Australia, it was officially reported that Major General Mackay, commander of the Australian imperial force in Britain's army of the Nile, had actually entered Bardia and taken 8,000 prisoners. The fall of Bardia, military observers computed in Cairo, would mean an aggregate loss for the Italians of some 75,000 men of the estimated 250,000 originally comprising the Italian forces in Libya and Egypt.
All this made by all odds the biggest military news of the day. In the aerial war on the western front the British reported that their bombers, in the third successive nightly attack upon the German seaport of Bremen, had left such vast fires that naught could be seen below save "a swirling mass of flame." But while this attack was In progress Friday night the Nazis were answered in kind, heavily assaulting the British port of BristoL The British acknowledged that there had been casualties and "considerable damage." There were these outstanding dip- (Continued on Page 6B; CoL 4) BULLETINS SAN DIEGO, Jan. 4. (JP) A rancher's report of a possible plane crash in the rugged mountains 50 miles southeast ot San Diego aroused concern tonight that It might have been a naval transport ship bringing back to the San Diego naval base four men who balled out of a bomber in Texas Thursday. STOCKHOLM, Jan.
5. (Sunday) (AP) King Christian of Denmark has refused new representations made by the German minister, Renthe link, to exclude Social Democrats from the Danish government, the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter reported today. LONDON, Jan. 5- (Sunday) (JP) The British Broadcasting Corporation early today described 15 German infantrymen who "ax-rived in England since the middle of October" as the "first members of the great invasion army to reach England alive." CAIRO, Jan. 4.
(JP) Australian troops storming the Italian stronghold at Bardia, Libya, were praised tonight by the Australian (Continued on Page 6B; CoL I) WASHINGTON. Jan. 4. (JP) Although he said "a pretty good batch" of fighting ships would join the fleet this year, Including two new Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) of the house naval committee said today the defense program would have to be both expanded and accelerated. At the same time, he disclosed that warships already in service will get bomb-proof "caps" fitted over their decks as part of a proposed program of strengthening their anti-aircraft defenses.
Installation of the new equipment probably will be made as the ships come in for regular overhaul, he said, and several years will elapse before all are so equipped. So-called "turtle back" designs for fighting ships have been under discussion some time and former Navy STATE POLICE TO CRACKDOWN To Enforce Highway Safety to Fullest RICHMOND. Jan. 4 With the State police headquarters completed and now ready to carry out me type oi eniorcemeni ne nas in mind. Col.
Marion S. Battle, director of the division of motor vehicles, declared today that every legal means of enforcing highway safety in Virginia will be employed during 1941. Recalling that warnings in the tiast 'had not had the desired ef fect, he announced that less option will be left in the future with the State troopers and that drivers will be punished promptly for their fan ure to observe the laws. A definite responsibility rests upon each driver, the director said. For that reason, operators of auto- mobiles involved in accidents, whether of a fatal nature or not, will be brought before the proper authorities for a nearmg in wmcn it will be determined whether their driving licenses should be revoked.
This stricter enforcement is a nrocram the director has had in mind for some time, he said, but has been unable to put into eiiect hw.anse his division has not been equipped with proper records and filing systems to enable prompt disposition of cases. But necessary details, including the new State police vioortniitin.ers. now are in During 1940, Colonel Battle put Into execution the phase of his program calling for more arrests and less warning. Resulting ngures indicate the effect. Arrests and convictions Increased nearly 200 per cent during the year.
For the first nine months, 6,865 per- (Continued on Page 6B; Col. 8) INVESTMENTS SHOW GAINS Tirietmir.TnM 4. (JP) The riennrt.ment estimated to- day that foreign Investments in the United States increased $499,000,000 to a total of $9,563,000,000 during the first year of the European war, despite heavy withdrawals by Great Britain and rnmhinni nnited Kingdom, and Canadian investments on Aug. 31, the department saia, amoumea $4 754,000,000, a decline-during the ii mnnti nt 417.000.000. Of Which nearly half represented a reduction in cash holdings.
British assets in this country nave nf nrime interest since the late Lord Lothian said that his country soon would need iinanciai ii'oin in rnnt.inue the war; Shortly thereafter a high. British treasury official came to this country to talk over the problem, and recently President Roosevelt proposed a "lease-lend" program lor supplying arms to Great Britain a program which he said would do away with the dollar sign. The commerce department summary showed that on Aug. 31 for-rianm owned $3,636,000,000 of dol lar balances $3,189,000,000 of stocks and bonds, and $2,738,000,000 or "ai-rect" investments and miscellaneous holdings. Dollar balances increased ny despite the net withdrawal tiRsnnnnnn of British-owned cash, while "long term" investments declined $184,000,000, largely due to British selling of common stocks.
The department said that while France, Swftzerland and other nonbelligerent countries increased their Honcit bpri thd United Kinffdom continued to reduce its cash bal ances "almost without Interruption." German investments totaling $113,000,000 showed "practically no change" during the year and gold shipments amounted to only $10,000, the department said. DAYTON, JAN. 4. (JP) A four-motored army bomber droned westward tonight at 200 miles an hour to test its and its crew's reactions In 15-hour flight. The huge craft, after three hours and 45 minutes in the air, was reported 30 miles east of Little Rock, at 10:45 (EST), after winging over Louisville, Ky, and Memphis, from Dayton.
It is scheduled to end its flight at Dayton. DAYTON, Jan. 4. (JP) Far above the clouds in sub-zero temperatures the army air corps expects to learn tonight how a four-motored bomber and its crew of six react on a 15-hour, 3.000-mlle nonstop endurance flight. Information gleaned from the epochal test, unprecedented in air corps history, will be added to the study being made by the nation's military strategists of long-range bomber flights in connection with defense preparations.
From nearby Patterson Field, the B-17C Boeing ship like bombers released recently to England took off at 7 p. m. on what army officials said would be the longest non-stop, non-refueling flight ever attempted by the air corps. Originally scheduled for 4:30 p. the huge ship's takeoff was de layed while spark plugs in one mo-.
tor were changed. It was to liy on a triangular course over Memphis, Shreveport, Dallas and Abilene, turn at El Paso, Tex, and return to Dayton. The schedule called for 3,000 miles. but the flight at a minimum altitude of 15,000 feet was expected to far exceed that mileage. The crew carried oxygen masks to offset the effects of low pressure found at mgn altitudes.
Officials at Wright Field, the air corps' immense testing laboratory here, said the flight's purpose was to provide valuable research data on the effects of continued long range high altitude operations on flight personnel as well as to test the performance of the giant fighting craft. Capt. O. O. Bensen, chief of the aero medical laboratory at Wright Field, made the trip to observe physical reactions of the crew composed of: Lieuts.
M. M. Munn, P. S. Davis and O.
E. Glober, pilots, Technical Sgt. H. A. Lindle and Staff Sgt.
E. W. Meeker, all of Fort Douglas, Utah. The crew wore high altitude flight suits, although modern de vices heated the cabin to about 60 degrees. Temperatures outside the plane were expected to range from 25 to 30 degrees below zero.
Plans called for the bomber to return to Dayton tomorrow morning, but before landing it will continue further tests on a course between Indianapolis, and Columbus, O. In 1929 the army set an endur ance record with the famous trl-motored Fokker flying 11,000 miles over a closed courses at San Diego, Calif. That ship was refueled 43 times and remained in the air nearly a week. NOT IN DOG HOUSE ALTON, 111., Jan. 4.
() Carroll Short spent the holiday season In his garage and he wasn't in the dog house either. His six -year-old daughter, Nellie, had scarlet fever and the doctor ordered the father to stay out of the house If he wished to continue working. Accidental county coroner, after an examination rendered a verdict of accidental death. He said Sequist suffered a skull fracture, fractures of both legs, and general shock. When the accident occurred Armistead telephoned Sheriff R.
Blckford Curtis of Warwick county, who had Wells called by State police radio. The State officer arrived about a half hour later. The accident occurred on route 168, a quarter-mile north of the Chesapeake and Ohio overpass which connects with the James River bridge. Wells said Armistead told him that Sequist was directly in front of his car, and that he swerved left in an attempt to avert striking him. The body broke the right headlamp out, the officer said.
He said Armistead told him he continued on Page 6B; CoL () other deck personnel from bombs. Vinson notified members of his committee to be on hand Tuesday for the opening of a "widespread probe" into the navy's huge shipbuilding and aircraft procurement program. He disclosed that the battleships North Carolina and Washington, both would be com missioned July 15 and Sept. 30, re spectlvely, giving the fleet a total of 17 capital ships in service. Under construction since 1937, they will be the first battleships completed for the navy since the early 1920's Fifteen other battleships are (Continued on Page 6B; Col.
5) DARDEN SEES PERIL TO U. S. Cites Need For All Aid For British WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. (JP) Failure to give Great Britain immediate and unreserved aid would place "the ultimate security and the safety of the American people in the gravest jeopardy," Representative Darden (D-Va) said today.
The extent to which congress will support the policy of aid to Britain set forth by President Roosevelt in his radio speech last Sunday night, Darden said, was the most impor' tant decision to be made by the new congress, and one which must be made speedily. "If aid is to be given," he said in a statement, "time is of the es sence and to be effective the sup plies must flow freely and with in creasing volume, particularly over the months that lie immediately ahead. "Viewing the problem solely from the interest of our own country, I am of the opinion that this vital assistance should be given imme diately and without reserve. Otherwise I doubt that it will be possible, for the British empire to survive the frightful assaults which must inevitably come with the spring, if Hitler is to have any chance of securing the complete mastery of Europe. "I have no fear that the collapse of England will be followed by an immediate invasion of the United States, nor do I doubt our ability of repelling the attempt should it come.
I have tremendous confidence in the striking power of our fleet and I still appreciate the great bulwark provided by the Atlantic ocean, notwithstanding the develop, ment of the aeroplane as a formidable weapon. "My fear is rather for the future. The forces of today that seek to make themselves masters of Europe and Asia are bent ultimately on world empire. It is fatal for us to assume that having succeeded in Europe and the east they will be content to leave unmolested the continent of America. "The collapse of England will assure unchallenged suDremacv of totalitarianism both in the west and (Continued on Page 6B; CoL 6) RUSH PLANS FOR VESSELS WASHINGTON, Jan l.
(JP) Construction experts of the Maritime commission indicated today that specifications for the 200 "mass production" cargo vessels desired by President Roosevelt might be ready in a week Meanwhile surveys were being made to determine sites for additional shipbuilding facilities neces sary for the program which the President estimated would cost from $300,000,000 to $350,000,000. In announcing the program yesterday, the President said some of the 200 ships with as much pre-fabricatlon as possible would be turned out within a year. Plant construction can be undertaken with $36,000,000 allocated by the President from defense funds under his control, but actual building of the ships cannot be started until congress has authorized funds for the work. Early congressional reaction was largely favorable. Rep.
Fish (R-N. frequently a critic of the administration, said in a statement that the proposal "is practicable and sound and should-be put into effect immediately." Fish added that "if I have any criticism at all It is that the (Continued on Page CoL 1) WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (JT) Senator Carter Glass (D-Va) celebrated his 83rd birthday today by asserting that the United States navy should be sent "over to blast hell out of Germany." The Virginian, who frequently has castigated some of the "new deal" moves of this administration, made it plain in an interview that he thoroughly approves recent international activities and utterances of President Roosevelt. "I think we should have done those things sooner," he said. "My complaint is we're not moving fast enough." The oldest senator "hates birthdays" but President Roosevelt refused to let the man he has dubbed the "unreconstructed rebel" ignore the occasion.
A special White House messenger carried a private letter from the President to Glass' office. More than SOUTH, EAST IN COLD SNAP High Winds and Snow Add to Discomfort (By The Associated Press) The new year's first onset of cold weather, borne from the northwest em part of the continent, penetrated to the east and south last night while the midlands suffered their most severe chill since early Decern ber. High winds and snow squalls added to the discomfort In several areas. A 71 -year-old, man died from ex posure in Wisconsin. A small airplane plunged into tne Ohio river at Huntington, W.
during a brief snowstorm. The pilot and his companion climbed to the wingtips and were rescued by fire men. The north central and Rocky Mountain states, where zero and sub-zero temperature's were com' mon, endured the brunt of the cold wave. The lowest temperature re ported to the U. S.
weather bureau in Chicago was 18 below in Rock Springs, Wyo. Crews of workmen, using teams of horses, a snowmobile and a trac tor, thrust through snow drifts five to seven feet deep in an effort to re pair breaks and unsnarl lines so that service could be restored to several hundred farm and town homes In three North Dakota coun ties, which have been without light and power most of the time since (Continued on Page 6-B; Col. 7) JAPS DECLINE U.S. DEMANDS PEIPING, China, Jan. 4.
(JP) United States and Japanese oflcials stood pat tonight in their wrangle over blame for a New Year's Eve cabaret incident, each holding the other's forces responsible for the clash which ended in the arrest of five U. S. Marines by Japanese officers. The Japanese refused the demands of Col. Allen H.
Turnage, U. 8. Marine commander here, for an apology, punishment of those re sponsible and assurances against a repetition of such arrests. They answered that the Ameri cans were responsible and issued a counter-demand for apologies. Then Colonel Turnage refused.
After a conference lasting several hours, the marine commander was said to have told the Japanese his demands still stood. Previously, he had declared he would take the mater to "a higher authority" un less they met his demands. In the American view, the five marines were insulted by armed and drunken Japanese civilians, then arrested by gendarmes and threatened with firearms. This version said four of the five were injured and all were held 17 hours. According to a Japanese state ment published in the local con trolled press, the efforts of two in- (Continued on Page 6B; CoL 6) a 9 Charles E.
Sequist, 70, Killed By Car North Of City Limits Robert Armistead Held, Describes Tragedy, Says Second Car Hit Body; Coroner A Henrich, special agent In charge of the Richmond FBI office, said ls today that an investigation of the presence of dynamite near a Vir- glnian Railway bridge revealed no indication of sabotage. Humbert Heads Group RICHMOND, Jan. 4. (IP) Gov-, ernor Price today appointed R. Lee Humbert of the Virginia Tech faculty as coordinator of the Radford Defense council and said that Holds Death Charles Edward Sequist, 70, of 6116 Jefferson highway, near Hilton Village, was killed, probably instantly, at 6:20 last night when he was struck by a motor car which State Police Officer M.
C. Wells said was driven by Robert Armistead, resident of Hilton Village and practicing attorney in Newport News, and a son of Judge Frank Armistead of Williamsburg. Wells said Armistead told him that he was driving, and when he saw Sequist in the road the car was so close that he had no opportunity even to depress the brake-pedal, adding that visibility was hampered by the headlights of other cars. He said Armistead told him that his car struck Sequist, another vehicle, proceeding in the opposite direction, ran over the body and did not stop. Armistead's car, Wells said, was proceeding south.
Dr. Thomas C. Law ford, Warwick (Continued on Page 6B; CoL 7) Maybe They are good for that tired feeling Who knows? At any rate take a shot the new feature Bf iN TWISTERS on page 6-B today. Let the Old Professor become a daily friend of yours in the.
