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HOFFMAN TARGET LASHING ATTACK
SAVANNAH KILLER, BRAGG, ESCAPES GANG
SLEW HIS WIFE ON
BROUGHTON SVREET
His Deed Drew Indignation
Here In 1929
Waldon M. Bragg, convicted
Chatham County murderer, is today
a fugitive from justice.
Bragg, accompanied by another
convict serving time for burglary,
escaped from the chaingang work
ing on the highway near Millen ac- I
cording to a telephone report to
the Savannah Police Department by
H. L. Jenkins, In charge of the
gang.
The escaped Chatham County kill
er will be recalled as the principle
figure in «ne of Savannahs most
celebrated murder cases. He slew
his wife at the corner of Whitaker
and Broughton streets and, after
felling her with the first bullet,
stood over her bodj r and pumped
a stream ot lead into her body until
his automatic was emptied.
According to the convict eamp
official, Bragg escaped yesterday
at 9 a. m.
Accompanied by Ernest Payne,
convicted burglar, the two men,
watching their chances, leaped into
an orange colored truck belonging
to the highway department and
made their get-away.
Savannah police were quickly
• notified and all officers were warn
ed to be on the watch for Bragg
It was anticipated that he might
I try to slip into Savannah where
L relatives reside.
The murder of Bragg’s wife drew
' attention because of the
ruthlessness of the deed.
Mfrs. Bragg, a young woman in
her twenties, had been separ
ated ?rom her husband for several
weeks. To support herself she se
cured employment in a five and
ten cent store located at Broughton
* and Bull street.
According to the evidence pre, j
sented by the state, Hiagg w^TU-rf*
t.outside the store until the
knocked off. When she fft
the store, he followed her. She sojn
’ realized she was being followed
and crossed to the north side
the street. When she sensed i
treme danjer. she broke into a Jun
and had almost reached the inter
ior of the Plnkussohn Cigar store,
at Broughton and Whitaker, when
Bragg filred the first slot. drop
ped to the pavement. Spectators,
amazed by the act, soon f)‘d in all
directions. The killing occurred In
the late afternoon and tfet particu
lar corner was crowded w’ith shop
pers and those awaitiig streetcars
at this junction.
Bragg, unawed fy his deed, stood
over her body ?id emptied his re
volver. He Avzt overpowered bv a
few’ pedestrians before
escape.
Taken to the barracks, he was
found somewhat intoxicated. He re
fused to explain his act at that time.
At the trial, he accused his es
tranged wife of keeping company
with, another man.
Ernest J. Haar, defending the
prisoner, entered a plea of Insanity
by reason of extreme jealousy. The
slayer escaped the chair and was
given a life sentence.
He is described by the police as
age: 34; five feet, six inches; 116
pounds; brown hair and gray eyes.
His companion is described: age
38; fair; 170 pounds; five feet. 9%
Inches.
COURT ORDERSHALT
U. S. POWER LOANS
Memphis Light Company wins
Temporary Ban In
Washington
WASHINGTON, April 4 (TP)—■
The Distrlc of Columbia supreme
court stepped in today to block tem
porarily government loans for mu
nicipal power plants in Memphis
and Chattanooga, Tenn.
The Memphis Power & Light Com
pany won a temporary restraining
order to bar the public works ad
ministration from loaning Memphis
$10,000,000 to build a local power
system.
A loan of $6,000,000 to Chattanooga
for the same purpose was barred by
similar action by the court on the
appeal of the Tennessee Elecrtlc
Power Company. Both cases will be
heard April 9.
WASHINGTON S FAMOUS CHERRY TREES
BURST FORTH IN GALA BLOOM TODAY
WASHINGTON, April 4—(TP) —I
The capital’s famous Japanese cher-1
ry blossoms will burst forth in all j
their glory for thousands of visitors
tomorrow.
Capital parks officials announced
today that the recent below freezing
weather in the District of Columbia
failed to harm the fragile blsosoms.
In jgftditlon. they said, the 30 mile
§mtfllMiWTOQiiiiiES
FLOOD DAMAGE HIKES
TRADE WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL CIRCLES
WASHINGTON, April 4 (TP)
—Widespread increases in whole
sale and retail trade were cred
ited by the Commerce Depart
ment tonight to Easter shopping
and buying to. replace flood
damage.
Several department stores re
ported tu'.eo fo.‘ the week ended
April 1 as 20 per cent above the
same w*!ek last year. The Com
mercc Department's weekly bus
iness survey of 31 principle
nities also showed other depart
ment store trade shot up 17 per
cent with favorable weather pre
vailing.
SAVANNAH HOME
LOOTED BY THIEVES
Burglars Get SSOO Haul In
West Broad. Street
Apartment
Jewelry, clothing and old coins,
the whole valued at about SSOO.
were stolen some time last night
when the residence of Harry And
rews, 506 West Broad street, was
burglarized,. - according to a police
report. f
Mr. and.'Mrs. Andrews closed up
their which occupies the
ground floor of their home a few
minutes-'after midnight. When they
arrived jn their apartment upstairs
they tyiund the rooms ransacked
and njtified police. Radio Car Of
ficers-J. C. Floyd and C. L. Carter
responded.
Andrews told the officers the
burglar overlooked several valuable
Pisces of old jewelry which includ
ed a diamond bracelet and diamond
'ear pendants. The stuff listed as
stolen was: two suits of men’s
dresses, two pair of
trousers, a S3OO diamond ring, a
woman’s overcoat and the large box
qf old coins.
Entrance was made by breaking
the screen and window next to it
on the first floor.
ICE TRAPPED FISHING
VESSELS SEND S. 0. S.
Giant Ice-packs Crush Trawler
Fleet Like Egg-shells
VALDIVOSTOCH, April 4 (TP)
A fleet of Norwegian fishing trawlers
locked fast in the ice in the white
sea sent a desperate call for help
tonight. The trawlers are being
crushed to pieces by giant ice-packs
in the treacherous waters off arch
angel in Soviet Russia.
Nine vessels have already been
pinched like eggshells between clos
ing icebergs. The crews of the de
stroyed trawlers scrambled to safety
on the ice and were picked up by
other vessels. 21 trawlers are still
trying to fight free of the grip of
Arctic ice.
Both th Norwegian and Soviet
governments are trying to rescue the
imperiled fishermen.
MODERN MAN OF SEAS
PLANS TO REBUILD
OLD PIRATE MANSION
FRIENDSHIP, Md.» April 4 (TP)
—A modern man of the seas, Com
mander Hugh Le Clair of Uncle
Sam’s navy, is working on plans to.
day to reconstruct a 230 year old
mansion once roamed by priates.
The old mansion, "Holly Hill",
located about half a mile from the
water, figures in scores of degends
of bucaneering on the Chesapeke
Bay two centuries ago.
A secret vault* the mansion
connects by under’H%und passage
with a cave near the water's edge.
The cave, according to folklore,
once was the storage house for the
treasures of the notorious eighteen
th century pirate, Hogarth.
Commander LeClair bought the
mansion from the family that had
owned it more than 100 years. He
plans co restore the nine foot high
fireplaces and English murals of
old "Holly Hill’’ and make it his
permanent home.
wind that whipped around the tidal
basin where the trees are located
did no damage.
Government policemen are all set
to handle a record crowd on the
banks of the Potomac tomorrow. E’.
ery available officer will be on duty
from early morning until lane at
night. A simplified method of know
ing traffic through the parks Yhas
been devised. \
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DETROIT HEARS OF
NEW MONEY SCANDAL
Grosse Pointe Farms Has
$38,000 Shortage
Report Says
DETROIT, Mich., April 4—(TP)
Additional charges of a shortage in
public accounts rocketed through
Detroit today.
Henry Mauer, attorney for a Detorit
suburb, Grosse Pointe farms, decler
ed the village books are S3B 000 short.
He said he intends to question John
Kerby who was Grosse Points farms
clerk until he resigned recently.
The alleged discovery came on th?
heels of a $345,000 shortage discov
ered in Detroit proper three weeks
ago. A national bank of Deroit xice
president, James O’Shea, is under in
dictment in connection with the dis
crepancy. The assistant Detroit
budget director, Harry Tyler, shot
himself when the $349,000 shortage
first was revealed.
WATERS THREATEH
SCORES OF TOWNS
Tennessee River Valley Com
munities Fearing River
Overflow.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 4—(TP)—
Scores of towns in the ennessee river
valley are bracing themselves against
the threat of the stream to flow over
its banks.
Driving rains in nearby mountains
have sent menacing flood water roll
inging down the watershed.
One of the chief danger spots is
where the river enters northern
Alabama. Valleys in the region are
being evacuated as lowlanders await
the expected 15 foot flood stage.
BIG ART COLLECTION
OWNED BY ROOSEVELT
GOES ON EXHIBITION
WASHINGTON, April 4 (TP
Washington’s all set today for the
opening of an art show that’s sure
to be a smash bit.
The reason for that confident pre
diction? Well, it’s not only the best
thing of its kind in the world but
it has the distinction of being creat
ed by no less a person than the
Presdent of the United States.
It’s President Roosevelt’s cele
brated collection of paintings,
prints and models of ships. It goes
on i blic exhibition at the Corcoran
Museum tomorrow after today’s
private showing. Museurx officials
have prepared for a record attend
ance all during tk time tl &uow
is on —which will be until J - ,3.
Two hundred and four Ite »are
in the collection an<* it tak up
four galleries in the nationally
known mvseum. Attt lants hav;
been busy for days aad days ar
ranging the things in ship shape
order.
Unusual and rare is the display
embroidered in and woven into
hooked rugs. Two of the ship
models are more than a century old.
One is a model of the bark. Mary,
built by an Nestor of the Presi
dent, Captain Isaac Delano, in 1827.
Another is a model of the ship Con
stitution, built in 1812.
BOSTON SOLONS HEATED
BY FIRE-PROOF COAL
BOSTON, April 4 (TP)—The Bos
ton Finance Committee wants to
get to the bottom of things.
Three members of the committee
are on their way to the coal mines
near Pittsburgh, Pa., to begin an
investigation of Boston's so.called
•Tire Proof Coal.” The Investiga
tion is a result of complaint of per
sens on relief that they are getting
<-oal which will not burn. The in
vestigate rs want to learn the source
of the coal.
The committee first plans to
•visit the Anthracite. Institute in
New York.
With this issue, the SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES, makes
its bow to Savannah and the state of Georgia.
Before taking this definite step in the field of afternoon
journalism, the SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES has spent
months in preparation. No detail, no matter how minute,
has been overlooked in paving the way to a successful, per
manent and popular periodical.
Large sums of money have been spent in equipping the plant,
located at Lincoln and Bryan streets, with the best of modern
equipment. As a compact, complete unit of publication, the
facilities of the SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES is comparable
with any publication in the state.
Starting modestly as a weekly paper last July, the organi
zation which has been rounded out to an efficient, highly
trained and experienced group of newspapermen and women,
has found its news service to Savannah and the state wel
comed to the extent that expansion into the daily field is now
not only timely but necessary. The paper has built up an
enviable circulation which has been ever increasing. THERE
HAS NOT BEEN A SINGLE MONTH SINCE THE START
OF THIS PUBLICATION THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN
’AN INCREASE IN CIRCULATION! Such a record is signfi
cant and encouraging. “
In changing the name of this paper from PI BLIC 01 INIOM
to the SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES, the paper meets the need
of the proper explanation that this publication will now be
brought to the homes of the subscribers six days in every
week—namely, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday and Sunday morning.
The policy of the paper is to be unchanged. It will con
tinue in the future as it has in the past to stand for go™l,
clean government. To that end it will be aggressive. The
treatment of the news will be impartial and will be presented
to the reader forcefully and fairly. THERE MILL BE NO
OUTSIDE INFLUENCE TO HAMPER. RESTRICT OR DIC
TATE THE POLICY OF THIS PAPER!
Through the facilities of TRANSRADIO PRESS MIRE
SERVICE, the SAVANNAH DAILY TIM?S will be in con
stant touch with the world. Teletype printers have been in
stalled and will be in continuous operation EIGHIbEiN
HOURS every day. Thus the paper will be protected and
informed of the world’s news and, from a point of continuec
hourly service, will be second to no paper in the state.
The best and highest priced syndicate features and news
photos have been includd in the daily paper to b e brought
DAILY TIMES will be all
that Savannahians and Georgians have long since seen the
need. It will print the NEWS fearlessly, unbiased and intelli
o-ently. It’s editorial page will continue to be forceful, clean
and courageous. With the presentment of these facts the
undersigned publisher asks your friendship and suppoit.
YOUTHFUL TRIO SEEN
AS TRIPLE KILLERS
Alleged Slayers Doctor Held
For Two Other
Murders
CHICAGO. April 4 (TP)—The
number of murders charged against
the boys, who admitted killing Dr.
Silber Peacock rose to three today.
Eighty-two year; old Mathew Hol
stein allegedly died from a beating
two of the bandit gang gave him a
month ago during a hold up. In ad
dition to confersing to the murder
of Dr. Peacock, the boys say they
also shot an elderly tailor while
they were robbing him.
The four boys three of whom are
19 and the other 17, have been
formally charged onb with shoot,
ing the physician when he resisted
their stick up. Their arraignment
was delayed until Tuesday to al
low a public defender time to study
their case.
VET DONATES BONUS
TO F. D. R’s. CAMPAIGN
WASHINGTON. April 4 (TP)—
Another world *v: veteran—Wil
liam forh 'a of Richmond Heights.
Missouri—today contributed his
World War cash bonus to Presi
dent Roosevelt’s campaign fund.
Vorhees wrot- Forbes Morgan.
Secretary of the Domocr; .ic Na
tional Committee, that he was op.
posed to the bonus payment on
principle. Nevertheless, he said,
“I want my small amount to help
keep the traditions of a wonder
ful President.’’
President Roosevelt has twice
veto ' ‘he bonus payment. It was
passed by Congress se eral months
ago over a Presidential veto. Vor
hees is the second veteran to do
nate his check to the Demor.atic
War Chest.
PLANS WAR ON PROS
COLUMBIA, S. C„ April 4 (TP)—
There’s a strong possibility that the
state of South Carolina will take
a hand in driving professionalism
from college athletics.
TYBEE EXCITED
ON EVE OF BIG
ELECTION DAY
Mayor And Six Aidermen To
Be Chosen At Polls
Tomorrow
Election at Tybee tomorro.w
promises to be a tense and excit
ing affair with Merritt W. Dixon,
Jr., offering competition to Orrie
Bright, present mayor. Both can
didates have a large following, and
both have posted tickets setting
forth the aims of their administra
tions.
Mayor Bright has been living at
Tybe© for several summers. During
his administration numerous streets
on the island have been paved and
the new board walk and parkway
besides other improve,
ments having been brought about.
The most important piece of work,
from the viewpoint of property
owners, under Mayor Bright’s lead
ership is the erosion control going
on under the Works Progress Ad
ministration.
Mr. Dixon has lived at Tybee for
forty seasons and ha~ served as
chief engineer of the town of Tybee.
His father, the late James M. Dixon
was at one time mayor of the col
ony. Mr. Dixon represents the Bet
ter Business Administration, whose
principal cry is “Reduction of
taxes,” and whose platform en
dorses “equal rights to all and spec
ial privileges to none.’
NEW YORK HINTS QUIZ
INTO WENDELL CASE
Brooklyn Prosecutor Plans To
Question Detective
Parker
MT. HOLLY, N. J., Arril 4—(TP)
Officials hl”' ,d tonight that Detec
tive EUR - arker might surrender to
New York authorities in order to
get the Hauptman case investigated
outside New Jersey. (
Distriot Attorney Geoghan of
Brooklyn visited Mt. Holly today to
question Parker about the supposed
.kidnaping of Paul Wendel. Wendel
signed a confession saying he had
kidnaped the Lindbergh baby. Later
he repudiated it, charging that it was
forced from him by torture while he
was held prisoner in Brooklyn.,
Geoghan did not see Parker. He
indicated that he may ask arrests
in the Wendel case.
Parker's friends say that Governor
Hoffman might refuse to let New
York state extradite the detective.
They believe, though, that the Burl
ington county sleuth might be glad
to submit to Investigation by offi
cials he considers unprejudiced and
beyond control of New Jersey’s at
torney general Wilentz. District At
torney Geoghan §ald he would return
to question Parker tomorrow.
FORMER ROYAL FAMILY
OF SPAIN HOLDS SECRET
CONFERENCE IN NICE
NICE, France, April 4 (TP)
Members of the former royal family
of Spain held a secret conference in
a hotel in Nice today.
The family gahering was presided
over by the former King Alforso. It
is understood that Alfonso is con
sidering making an open appeal to
the Spanish people to unite for the
suppression of the rising radical
forces in their country.
Eldest, son of Alfonso, Count Co
vadonga who is in disfavor was not
at the conference. But pearsons close
to the family believe the royal fath
er and son will soon be reconciled.
The count offended Alfonso’s by
marrying a Cuban girl who was not
of royal blood. However, the recent
sickness of count Covadonga has
softened the displeasure of his father.
EVEN BEST FRIENDS
SHUNNED MR. PAPPAS
BEFORE HIS OPERATION
ROME, April 4 (TP)—Friends
of Theodore Pappas complained
that ht carried about him day
and night a •tightly unpleasant
garlic scent was non
plussed. He swore that he had
given up garlic entirely as soon
as he heard the first complaint.
He finally went to a doctor.
The physician was puzzled too.
He f'nally discovered, however,
that a piece of * irllc had lodged
in a section of the man’s lung.
The doctor removed the garlic.
Pappas reported an immediate
pickup In the hospitality of his
friends.
HOYNES READY
TO START AS
TAX RECEIVER
Baker’s Successor Will Be
Sworn In Tomorrow Morning
Thomas M. Hoynes unanimous
choice of the Chatham County board
of commissioners for receiver of
tax r?‘"iras, will be sworn in early
Monday morning before Judge Gor
don aussy, ordinary.
.. The court order electing Mr.
Hoynes to succeed the late Marcus
Baker until the primary is held
next month is now in the hands of
Governor Eugene Talmadge and is
expected to ’ be- returned with his
signature in tinie for Mr. Hoynes
to take the oath of office Monday.
Mr. Hoynes said today that his
resignation from the Works Pro
gress -Administration, of which he
has been district administrator for
nine months, will take immediate
effect, as his new duties require
that he reopen the tax receivers
office as soon possible. The of
fice has been closed since the
death -of .Mr. Baker on Thursday
Donald J. Nichols, WPA distript
engineer, has been appointed to
succeed Mr. Baker on Thursday
succeed Mr. Hoynes.
The board of commissioners will
run Mr. Hoynes in the primary as
a candidate for election to the full
four year ■ term, which begins in
January. 1937. A salary of approx
imately $250 per month, will be piad
ibe official this year, the County
paying a. portion Q.f thjs amount
monthly, while the state pays the
remainder in October in a lump
sum when state taxes are returned.
Mr. Hoyes has been prominent
in ’Savannah’s civic and business
life for a number of years, having
twice been mayor and three times
president of ihe Chamber of Com
merce. He is a retired district
manager of the Standard Oil Com
pany.
SOCIALITE LOSER IN
POST OFFICE FIGHT
LEALIZE LOTTERIES
WASHINGTON, April 4 (TP)
The New York Socialite Mrs. Oliver
Harriman lost round one of her
current’ battle with the post of
fice department late today.
Mrs. Harriman is head of the
National Conference for Legaliz
ing Lotteries! Her organization is
apearing before Post Office Solic
itor Crowley to prevent issuance of
a fraud order that would bar them
from using the; mails.
; The organization’s lawyer asked
that the paragraph in the complaint
which states 1 that Mrs. Harriman
offered $60,000 in prizes without
having, the cash in the bank be
stricken out. Crowley refused to do
this. Mrs. Harriman did not ap
pear in person.
FISHING OF PRESIDENT
BOTHERED BY WINDS
MIAMI, Fla., April 4 (TP)—
Strong winds interfered today with
President Roosevelt’s fishing as the
White House yacht moved a little
to the southwest of its location
yesterday. In a message to his
aides in Miami, the President said
that he caught some bluefish and
other rare varieties yesterday. The
strong winds are expected to let
up tonight giving the President
another good day for fishing tomor-
rnur
row. . . _
INTERNATIONAL POLICE FORCE TO KEEP
HARMONY IN EUROPE IS AIM OF FRANCE
PARIS, April 4 —(TP)— France
ade a hasty draft of a new peace
plan today to throw back at Ger
many. The plan is the French an
swer to the proposals of Chancellor
Hitler to keep thnlgs quiet on the
old western front.
The French plan will be submit
ted to her fellow Locarno powers
and to the league of nations.
5c
I PAY NO MORE
t .s.• i -ii Pr s®
G.O.P. LEADERS ASK
JERSEY GOVERNOR
TO QUIT POLITICS t
Bruno’s Body Be Cremated |
And Scattered Over
Saxony Forest
TRENTON, N. J., April 4 (TP)— ’
Governor Harold Hoffman's activi- '
ties in the Hauptmann case made
him the target of lashing attacks
by two New Jersey Republican lead
ers today.
One, former Congressman Frank
lin Fort, of Newark, announced his ■
i opposition to the Governor as a
candidate for delegate at large to
the National Republican Conven-
tion at Cleveland. The other, vice
president He-iry Du Bois of the .
Bergen County Associated Republi- j
>can Clubs, asked Hoffman to retire j
from, the to “protect the
Republican Party, if possible, from
the ghastly situation he said has |
arisen from the Hauptmann case.’’ ;
Fort, who has taken no f.c've ;
part in politics for the past five i
years, 'said: “When the governor
makes a mockery of our courts ard
iuries and drags his high office into
the mire. I cannot remain silent.’’
The governor sharply wired Du
Bois that when it becomes neces
sary for him to. stop fighting for ;
the things he believes to be right
in order to remain in a party, he i
would withdraw from it. The gov
ernor added: “I do not believe yuu
represent the wishes of the mrty
or the j-ank of Jersey citizens.”
The -Jersey State Police heaji.
Col. Norman Schwartzkopf is re
viewing the Hauptmann case to
night to decide who to recommend
for Jersey’s $25,000 reward
Governor Hoffman called upon
him today to su ait recommenda.
ticns for the person or persons en
titled to the reward which the state
offered for the arrest and convic
tion of the Lindbergh kidnaper.
The body of Bruno Richard
Hauptmann is to be cremated and
his ashes scattered in Saxony For
est where he played as a boy.
Tranhradio learned this today
from a member of the family of one
of-Hauptmann's spiritual advisers.
Mrs. Hauptmann will go to Ge*-
many with the remains according
to present plans. Later she will re
turn to the United States with her
son. Mannfried. . d
The over-wrought widow is not I
expected to make the trip to Tren. |
ton today to claim the body of her
husband. Instead she will be re
presented by Attorney C. Lloyd
Fisher. ,
HOOVER SARCASTIC I
IN NEW DEAL ATTACK
Former President Blames Roos
velt For 1233 Bank
Panic.
FORT WAYNE. Ind., April 4—(TP)
Former President Hoover made an
other sarcastic attack on the New
Deal tonight. Hoover addressed a re
publican meeting in Fort Wayne.
He surprised his listeners with the
Intimation that President Roosevelt
was in large part to blame for the
banking panic of 1933. He insisted .
that the New Deal has been no more ’
responsible for business improvement
i since 1933 than a rooster which
• crows before daylight is responsible
' for the rising of the sun.
~3tU paSaatp luapisord Jautioj apj,
the New Deal has done little to re
duce unemployment, has turned re-•
. lief into a political machine, and
' has greatly increased governmental
expenses instead of cutting them. 1
Said Hoover: "Some of the mul- 1
1 titude of New Deal policies have been
> right. The American people do not
■ expect policies undertaken to reach
1000 percent batting average.
"However statistics s’" that the
New Deal’s batting r.v-rage on prom
. Ises has been .933. On major policies
' it has been .030. On the constitu
tion it has been .006.”
L CATHOLIC YOUTH GROUP
> HIT ‘FUTURE WAR VETS’
1 SPOKANE, Wash., April 4 (TP>
’ The spring convention of the Cath-
I olic youth of the inland empire lash
-1 ed out today at he veterans of fu
-5 ture wars organization.
t A convention resolution declared
t that "the mocking demands for a
- bonus for unsought wars reeks with
communist propaganda.”
France suggested that the league
form a body of international police
to keep order in Europe. She propos
ed that each of the big powers pro*
vide four mechanized dlviakms pf
troops and that tfte little, league
nations each have one stand-
Ing by These troops would be called I
out for emergency polite work I
against any violator of the peace. I
I a