Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

PAGE SIX BRAGGS BELIEVED IN HIDING HERE B«epaed Wife Killer Seen Heed ing for City, With Another Man Savannah police were were ex. peeling momenta!!/ this afternoon the. arrest of Walter Mims Bragg convicted here in 1931 of the mur der of..his wife in the down-town •hopping section. Bragg, with a ebmrgde. escaped Saturday after noon from a prison camp near Mil len where the Savannahian was serving a life sentence. Police headquarters was inform ed, at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon that Bragg with another man—the identity of the second man being uncertain—had been seen a few mlputea before in the western sec tion of Savannah The word was Immediately flashed out to officers on duty to sp; ead a dragnet for the escaped murderer.. Walter Mims Bragg, convicted of killing his wife in the crowded down-town business section of Sa vannah several years ago. and re routed Saturday as having escaped fr®m a prison camp near Millen, v here he was serving his life sen tence, was seen headed for Savan nah early Saturday afternoon. Word from police was that both Bragg and the man who ran away with him had been sighted on the highway 25 miles from Savannah early Saturday afternoon. Bragg and Ernest Payne, convicted burg, lar were riding In an orange color ed state highway department truck which they commandeered. Savannah police officers were keeping a sharp lookout for the duo today. . WORLD WAR ORDER WILL DINE TONIGHT The annual banquet of the Savan nah Chapter, Order of the World War. will be held this evening at 7 O’clock at tne Oglethorpe Club, with election of officers as the main busln «<s Os the evening. Col. Henry F. Meyer,' commanding officer, will be toMtmaater. The principal speaker will be Col. Creswell Osrlington, United States engineer of this district, who will ad dress the assembly on “National De fence.” The occasion of the banquet Is the celebration of the United States en trance into the World War, which occurred on April 8, 1918. Every year the order commemorates this date by nolding its annual meeting on “Army Day”. • Officers of the order who will be present tonight are Capt. Charles D. Hogan, senior vice commander; Lieut. Col. J. Roger Cohan, junior vice-com mahder; Maj. J. R. Fawcett, adjut ant; Cipt. Txiwry Axley, historian: Capt. C. C. J. Carpenter, chaplain; ahd Co 1 . A. R. Mac Donnell, advocate. SAVANNAH MAY GET SQUADRON OF PLANES < ’.K > ■ - - - Savannah has an excellent chance of obtaining a squadron of planes as part of.the National Guard, it was reported by General Robert J. Travis before the special commit tee of the Chamber of Commerce today. . General Travis recently went to Washington to appear before the military acalrs committee of the House in behalf of the Peterson Bill Ho said In his report this morning that in hfs opinion if the Peterson „JMII fs,placed as an amendment on (he original bill and is passed by . Goqg.ess. Savannah will undoubted . ly have the plitnes. Also present at the committee meeting was Capt. Henry Uffleman who accompanied Gen. Travis to Washington. ■ SERVICES TOMORROW FOR E. 0. STOUGHTON Funeral services for Eugene Owgh Stoughton, who died this mornings in a local hospital after a short illness, will be held at 9:15 O’clock tomorrow morning at the funeral home of Irvine Henderson and at 9: 30 at the Cathedral of St. John the Batplst. Interment will be in the Catpollc Cemetery. Mr. Stoughton was well known in Savannah where ha had been In the business for many yean. He is survived by his wife; his son, Eugene Stoughton, Jr., two brothers, John P. Stoughton of New York and William Stoughton of Sa vannah. . i BRICE DISCOUNT BILL (Continued from Page Four) •d au outcome Which would be beneficial to all the people of the earth. Yet if the proposed peace . apd economic conference is actual ly achieved with a full representa tion of nations? precisely that re sult may bo expected. “Hare Is an opportunity Which the -world seldom has had since tho war, perhaps ever. The minds <if ths inen of government have shown a recent disposition to real ism which is so wholly sane as to • this changed attitude Is toTHT ism which Is so wholly sane as to be almost unbelievable. It vow this changed attitude fs to culminate in a free talk In which the real causes of war— lncluding economic causes, supplier of raw materials, trade yiyalFles, tolohies, bound?rles and tarjfs—are to be discv>®ed, the I *insVftabirtty* of war will Lave be<’n challenged, and the only tiethod of avoiding conflict may be tried. i **Sor ft Is only, by making an 'ad I Justmeat eC tho peace’, on a basis the economic reality which the Ver •alllee treaty and Wilsonian self deMrmiaatkm ot peoples so com •toW rewWoked, Uus Phs world «U «MMR MOP agaia hearing the •Ml* st b<* vaaHed feet and th» pear «t tr ,'guus. cm avoid the - j/ perhaps final dislcca -9* a wnrM S| gj Dr. C. Herty to Address Water Works Group At Convention Tomorrow Dr. Charles Herty will address the eighth annual convention of the Southeastern Section of the Amer ican Water Works Association when it assembles at the DeSoto Hotel tomorrow morning at 9:30 o’- clock for a three day session. Dr. Herty will speak at 11 o’clock on the fitness of deep well water in the manufacture of pulp and paper from slash pine. Mayor Thomas Gamble will give the welcome address, while other speakers for the first day will be B. C. Little of New York City, sec. retary of A. W. W. A.; Charles F. Cole of Richmond, Virginia, presi dent of Virginia Machinery and Well Company; R. R Schweitzer of Norfolk, president of Layne-Atlantic Company; R. W. Smith of Atlanta, state geologist; A. E. Johnson of Columbia, S. C., U. S. Geological Survey; and J. E. Gibson of Char leston, manager of water works Approximately 250 people are ex pected to attend the convention, it was announced by W. H. Weir of Atlanta, secretary-treasurer and di rector on the A. W. W. A. board, this morning. About twenty wives of the delegates are planning to be present, he said. A shore dinner at the Country DOGS LIFE NOT SUCH A BAD ONE SAY EARLY VISITORS TO SAVANNAH CANINE SHOW OPENING TODAY Leading a dog’s life is not such a bad thing after all! At leat, the early visittrs at the Municipal Au ditorium this morning were inclin ed ’ j think. It was the opening day of the two-day dog show of the Sa vannah Kennel Club and the man. ifest care in handling the prize pups was a thing at which to mar vel. All indications are this year’s ex hibition will be one of the most suc cessful in the history of the local GOOD TURN OF MR. SMITH LANDS HIM IN JAIL BESIDE HIS FRIEND An attempt to do a friend a good turn “back-fired” end tudned out very badly indeed this morning for J. D. Smith. It landed him in jail. According to police Smith tried to smuggle some whisky into a prisoner at the county jail. The prisoner for wnom the intoxicant was intended was W. R. Lincoln, said W. M. Kid well, county deputy jailor. Lincoln is serving a six month’s sentence for violating the prohibition law by the sale of non tax paid liquor. Attaches at the county jail stated Lincoln and Smith .re acquaintances and Smith had been bringing the former various articles of food for some time. FIELD TRIALS GROUP FAVORS W. L. HOPKINS AS NEW PRESIDENT W. Lanthrop Hopkins is the un. animous choire of the Georgia-Caro lina Field Trials Association for their president for the coming year. Mr. Hipkins was elected at the an nual meeting and election of offic ers of the grouj hei dyesterday at White Hall Plantation. Other officials HMHMI—ej’MBM - Other officers named were: Mrs. J. E Hunter, Columbia, S. C., vice president; V. D. Johnson, Savan nah, secretary-treasurer, and G. Greverus, Atlanta, chairman of the board. Those elected to the board of governors were Mrs. G. A. Segal, Charlotte, N. C.; Mr. Prettyman, Summerville, S. C_; Jeanne Gads, den, Summerville, S. C.; Hagood Bostick, Columbia, S. C.. and Mrs. What the Tornado’s Fury Left in Its Wake in Georgia : ......; A ' W i J I The upper picture shows th® damage done to * new and solidly-built' I school at Cordele, Ga., by the tornado which took two-score lives and left I thousands homdegfr another brick building, completely demol-1 Club tomorrow afternoon at 6 o’, clock will launch the entertainment, which will be followed by a dinner, program and dance at the DeSoto Hotel on Wednesday evening, and a golf tournament on the Savannah Golm Club course on Thursday af ternoon at 2:00 o’clock. J. H. Mc- Kenna of this city is in charge of entertainment. Officers of the southeastern sec tion are J. W. Lovejoy of Laurens, S. C., chairman; J. E. Jagger of Birmingham, Alabama, vice-chair man; W. H. Weir of Atlanta, sec retary.treasurer and director on the board; and the following directors, A. J. Clinton of Alabama, A. J Smalshaf of Columbus, L. P. Tobin of Camden, and W. W. Pointer of Clarkesdale. Miss. The convention represents four southeastern states, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, and Mississipi. The annual gathering is the chief social and business function of the year. Discussions are divided into three groups, the plant manage ment and operation division, the water purification division and the finance and accounting division. A trip to Dr. Herty’s plant on the water front will be included in the convention activities. club. No single detail has been overlooked in making ot arrange ments and the number of dogs en tered is one of the laregst to date. This year there M.re seventy-seven more entrants than last and six more breeds in the show. There are nineteen more states represent, ed this year than last, making a total of twenty-five in all. The show opened at 9 o’clock this morn ing and will open again at the same time tomorrow. It will come to a close at 10 o’clock tomorrow night. Shortly after noon today Smith ap peared again at thecounty jail. He handed over two b:ttles to be given Lincoln. Jailor Kidwell said one of them contained coffee, milk and sugar. Tne other he said was a mix ture of black coffee and whiskey, with the liquor largely predominating. As 'oon as a jail attendant got a good whiff of the offending bottle he call ed County Officer J. J. O’Reilly. The officer lodged Smith in the police station house. The case was turned over to the United States mar shal’s office for disposal. Lincoln, waiting fcr his refresh ments, got tne bottle of coffee, milk and sugar but is still waiting on the stronger stuff. W. G. Peterkin. Fort Motte, S. C. Those at the gathering enjoyed an oyster roast after the business meeting. An honor guest at the session was Freeman Lloyd, kenne'. editor of Field and Stream and known internationally as a sportsman. Mr gain last night at a meeting of the Lloyd spoke at this meeting and a- Sportsmeu’s League at the Hotel Savannah. The noted sportsman charmed his hearers and in turn ex pressed his great admiration of the beauty of Savaunah. FLORSHEIM, RICH SHOE MAKER, ILL MIAMI. Fla., April 6 (TP)—The wealthy shoe manufacturer, Milton Florsheim, is seriousl. ill. Doctors were summoned hastily after he had suffered a heart attack. * SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1938 BEAUTY COMBINED WITH BRAINS ■ r i .." .fife J x-y-. pr 1 I. |M.,y8.11. B Selection of Mary Belle Lawton, Brodhead, Wis., co-ed at the Uni versity of Wisconsin at Madison, as a typical Badger beauty con testant is capped by her nomination to membership in Phi Kappa * .Psi, national honorary scholarship fraternity., LOCAL AUTOISTS HAVE TEST MADE OF BRAKES Hundreds of Savannahians have been taking advantage of the brake testin goperations begun Saturday by Lowden and Padgett on Montgom ery street, between Gaston and Hunt ingdon streets. The work is being conducted under the auspices of tre Savannah Police Department. Nearly five hundred motorists have had their cars checked up to date. The plan is for the testing first of the lights, the nalignment of the front wheels and last examination of brakes. It was stated that almost one out of every two automobiles passed on was found o have defec tive brakes. AUGUSTA OFFICIALS HERE Police Chief C. J e Wilson of Au gusta, and several other officials of the North Georgia city were visitors in Savannah today. They called late this morning at the City Hall to meet Mayor Thomas Gamble. The mayor was out at the moment, how ever, and they left with the inten tion of returning later. The party was taken for a tour of the city by Police Chief John J. Clancy. N. Y. COTTON MARKET NEW YORK, April 6 (TP)—New York cotton prices were generally higher. The May and July posi tions proved the exception with losses of four points. Other futures advanced 3 points to 50 cents a bale. Traders were inclined to sell the near months and buy distrant positions in response to the gov ernment’s plan of disposing of the 12 cent loan cotton. New Orleans futures closed 1 point lower to 4 points higher. New York spot cotton was quiet with middling 4 points lower at 11:56. New Orleans spot middling eased 1 point to 11.61, MOTHER OF AIRMAN FORETOLD IN DREAM MCKEES ROCK, Pa. April 6. (TP) —The mother of an Army Airman lished. In the inset rescue workers are shown searching the ruins in a home where two died. The death list in Cordele is nearly half of the whole storm toll, and a thousand persons are homeless there. (Central Prest) Urges Super-Highwaj * dMfci * • •■■ ! r/ B J « MW <•' 'T. E. Steiner feet wide, from Boston to the' west coast, has been proposed in a bill now pending in the house of representatives. Estimated to cost $12,000,000,000, the highway would skirt all large cities and shorten the coast-to-coast route by 500 miles, acording to T. E. Steiner, Wooster, 0., manufac turer and originator of the plan. dramed last night that swift tragedy wold strike her son. The insistent cf the telephone wak e. her. Over the wire, she was told that her son. Private Peter J. Yost, died when an army bomber crasned into a Pennsylvania mountainside. SAVANNAHIANSSHOW GREAT ANXIETY IN GEORGIA TORNADO Over 2000 Lon? Distance Calls Are Placed Savannahians received the news of the disastrous tornado in Gaines ville and other sectional points with excitement and alarm this morning The telephone of the Savannah Daily ing Times was kept busy all day an ’Mifloui onireij uiojj suho B’jpOMS who had daughters in college in that city and sons attending Riverside. So intense was the concern of those Savannahians who had friends and relatives in the stricken areas that over 2000 long distance telephone calls were placed before 1 o’clock. four¥ersonslurt IN HIGHWAY CRASH Truck, Auto Collide Near Mid way, Victims All Savannahians Two Savannahians were badly in jured and two others sustained minor injuries in a Coastal High way auto cras'r yesterday afternoon. Herman Schmidt and John Muel ler, both employes of the Hotel De- Coto dining room department, were the most seriously hurt. Schmidt suffered a fractured skull. Mueller has a fractured collar bone and numerous other cuts and bruises They are confined to the Warren Candler Hospital. Two other passengers: in the auto with Schmidt and Mueller were Miss Ruth Corbett, 416 East Macon street, and Miss Mary Cox. They were not dangerously hurt and left the Warren Candler hospital after treatment. The four Savannahians were in jured when a truck sideswiped the machine in which they were riding three miles north of Midway. Two Henderson Bribers’ ambulances brought them to Savannah. SAVANNAH ROTARIANS HEAR DR. BRITTAIN AT MEET TOMORROW Rotarians will hear one of the most widely known men in the Southern educational system when Dr. M. L. Brittain, president of the Georgia School Technology in At lanta, addresses the club at its reg. ular weekly uncheon meeting to morrow at 2:15 o’clock at the De- Soto Hotel. Dr. Brittain comes here at the invitation of Fred A. Davis, president of the Rotary Club. Dr. Brittain is a man of much per sonal charm, and his visit to Sa vannah will be received with pleas ure on the part of friends and Geor. gia Tech alumni here. He is a widely traveled man, having touch ed on all parts of the globe. In the garden of his home in Atlanta are plants brought from China and Japan years ago. The program of the luncheon is being arranged by Col. E. George Butler, a graduate of Tech. No oth er speakers will be heard at this time, it was announced this morn ing. The Armstrong Junior College will entertain in honor of Dr. Brit tain this afternoon at 5 o’clock with a rev eption at the college. Mem bers of the faculty and of the col lege commission will be hosts on this occasion. All alumni of Georgia Tech in Savannah have been extended an invitation to attend the reception, together with other prominent Sa vannahians The college Glee Club will entertain with several selec. tions under the direction of Miss Margaret Spencer, teacher of mu sic. POLICE PROBE FIRE WOODVILLE SCHOOL County police are investigating to day a blaze, apparently of incendiary origin, which badly damaged the Woodville School in West Savannah early yesterday morning. The flames threatened for a time to raze the structure. However, after | two hours hard fight the fire depart-1 ment managed to confine them to the roof and attic. Ormond B. Strong, | superintendent so education, said to-, day repairs will be made in time for | the 700 colored pupils to resume classes next Monday. Bob Robinson, living in the vicini ty of the blaze, discovered it about 7 o’clock in the morning. He called county police who in turn notified fire headquarters. Booster Company No. 3 was sent out. Shortly after they | arrive they called for assistance and . were joined by No. 2 pumper. Lack of water handicapped the . firemen in saving the six-room build- 1 ing. Fire Chief Walter S. Blanton | said it was necessary for firemen to fill the tanks of their apparatus at a fire plug quite some distance away. 1 Reports of prowlers being seen re- | cently in the school house resulted in 1 County Police Officers Henderson j and Cohen being assigned to invest!- I gate the case. A conference was slated for today ! between Mr. Strong, Donald R. Fra ser, insurance company adjustor, and Tattnall R. Pritchard, representative of hte company with which the school building is insured. The loss is fully covered. BRIGHT WINS TYBEE ELECTIONS Mayor Orrle E. Bright was re elected chief executive of Savan nah Beach today after a spirited I election. His opponent was Major Merritt W. Dixon. The following are the new mem bers of the aldermanlc board of the town of Tybee: Dr. H. Y. Righton, Jr.; W. S. Lovell. J. Fer- 1 ris Cann, W. G. Logan, H. F. Sharp ley and A. P Solomon, Jr . Mr. Sol omon was chosen to succeed Mr. Sam Blumenthal who was the only member of the old board not to be re-elected, C; HOYNES TAKES OVER DUTIES AS TAX RECEIVER former Mayor Sworn In By Judge Saussy At Courthouse Thomas H. Hoynes, successor to the post of Receiver of Tax Returns for Chatham County, held for many and make vacant by the suddent death of Mr. Baker last week, was sworn into oice at noon todav. Judge Gordon Saussy officiated at the swearing * Mr. ’’by" - office at noon today. Judge Gordon Saussy officiated at the swearing in of Mr. Hoynes. The new tax receiver was the unani mous choice of the Chatham Coun ty Board of Commissioners. Many of his business and political friends at tended the ceremony and saw Mr. Hoynes take his oath of office. Flow ers from several of hi s admirers adorned the room and felicitations were received by Mr. Moynes from friends from all parts of the state. Governor Eugene Talmadge signed and returned the court «rder elect ing Mr. Hoynes to succeed to the post, left open by the death of Mr. Baker, ecrly this morning. As his new duties will require all his time Mr. Hoynes in statement is sued todav said that his resignation from the Works Progress Admnlistra tion, of which h a has been district administrator for the last nine months will take effect immediately. After he war -worn into his new job Mr. Hoynes reopered the tax receivers of fice which had been closed since the death of Mr Baker last Thursday. Mr. Hoynes will seek election to the full four year term which e gnls next January and pays a salary of approximately $250 a month. The county will pay a portion of this amount while the state will pav the remainder in a lump sum in October when the state taxes are nald. Mr. Hoynes will have the full support of the County Board of Commissioners in his race for election in the pri mary next month. The new tax receiver is well known in the city, county and state. He has been prominent civic and business life in Savannah and Chatham Coun ty for many ye<»rs. He has been high ly honored by the voters of this cit" who elected b’ mtwo times to the Mayoralty chair. He also has been three ti' es president of the Chamber of Commerce. He is a retired district manager of the Stan J ard OU Com pany of Georgia. Donald J. Nichols. WPA district en "lneer, has been named to succeed Mr. Hoynes as WPA administrator in this district. CITY STORE LESSEE DENIED AS MACY! Rumors that a- -anch of Macy’s famous department store of New York City, will occupy the building on Whitaker and Broughton Streets which was leeased 'or a period of several years by an unknown con -1 cern were denied todav by J. Ran dolph Anderson, attorney handling the property. Mr. Anderson said that it “most certainlv ,<■ Macy’s” and declined to reveal the name of the lessee, who ha* requested secrecy for I he time being. Rumors persist that some large and i well- known concern will open a store ; 1 nthe building September 30. The | eastern half of the buiH'— which now houses the United Cigar Store, i the Alex B >t Shop, the Savannah Trades and Labor Assembly, the H. G. Lewis Barber Shop, the Art Shop. . and C. N. Thomas, Jeweler, will be j remodeled into the new store. The , structure is three stories high and I is the Droperty of the Episcopal Dio i cese of Georgia. Lane’s Drug Store, located in the other half of the build ing, will retain its quarters, having signed a ten-year lease upon occu pancy. LAST SERVICES HELD FOR MARY A. GAUDRY Funeral services for little Mary Ann Gaudry. the q'x year old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Stokes of Jacksonville, who died yesterday in Jacksonville, will be held this afternoon at 5 o’clock at the chapel of Sipple Brothers. The Rev. John S. Wilder, pastor of Calvary Bap. tist Church, will conduct the ser vices. Burial will be in Bonaventure Cemetery. Prepare For-- The Easter Parade Have Your Clothes DRY CLEANED Early This Week New Luster Revives and Preserves The Natural Luster of New Materials Men’s Suits 65c Plain Dresses 65c wMfiVM ■•f 7 <—LAUNDRY . IPHONE SAVANNAH. «a1 WISCONSIN TO HEAR , BORAH PLEA TONIGHT I Idaho Senator Decideg To Ap-- • peari Personally At •’ Milwaukee ‘ I Tribunal F ' MILWAUKEE. April 6 (TP)— Senator Borah carries his plea for the Republican Presidential nomi nation into Wisconsin tonight. When Milwaukee's flu epidemic broke out last week, the Idaho Sen ator decided to speak by radio from Chicago. He now has switched back to his original plan to appear personally before the badger state voters. . Borah’s :wo chief competitors for midwest backing at the Cleveland convention aren’t campaigning to. day. Gove:-nor Alf Landon it busy with state duties at Topeka. Kan sas. The Chicago publisher. Col onel Franfic Knox, is taking a breathing] spell. He will mount tho stump agfain Wednesday night at Carbondale, Illinois. POLICE HERE ASKED TO LOCATE TOURIST MISSING FROM PARTY Savannah police who are often called to direct tourists out of town were asked today to see if one had come in town. It was a member of a northbound tourist tparty that was missing. The man’s name was given as Robert Clark hut his home city was not revealed. News of the missing Clark was reported by C. C. McQuaid, Darien marshal. He said Clark was one of a party of tourists who had tire trouble while motoring near there Tnursday. Clai k left the stranded tourists with the intention of rejoining them in Darien. He has not been seen since. 1 CHEST OFFICIALS PLAN ELECTION AT MEETNG With approximately fifteen local J charitable and charcter building or ganizations present, a meeting of the newly organized community chest was held this morning at the Chamber of Commerce, with W. L, Bresliiji presiding in the absence of the temporary president, D. T. Simpson, who is out of the city. Another meeting will be held within the next week or ten days to select permanent officers, It be ing considered that the constitu tion and by-laws should be definite ly decided upon and adopted. Th® drawing up of the constitutiorrwill be the work of a special committee! -■ -- . . - ' V • SAVANNAHIANS INVITED D.. T. Simpson, president of -the Chamber of Commerce and Thomas R. Jones, executive vice-president today received invitations from thf: committee, to attend the opefiin<"', celebration of the Intercoastal Wat erway, Socastee Bridge, near Myr tle Beach, S. C., on Saturday, April 11. A group from Savannah is to at tend. ’ -"j . MIAMI $11.70 ROUND TRIP LEAVE SAVANNAH TUES DAY, THURSDAY, SUNDA/ 11:55 A.M. v NO CHANGE OF BUSES NO LOSS OF LUGGAGE PAN-AMERICAN BUS LINES Savannah Bus Terminal Drayton and Charlton Sts. Phone 3-2631 .