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crashed near Uniontown, Pa., despite severe injuries, crawled from the ,
wreckage in which 11 lay dead and telephoned for aid. Among the sur
vivors were a man passenger and Mrs. Meyer Ellenstein, wife of the
mayor of Newark, New Jersey. (Central Press)
YOUNG PEACOCK
SLAYERS READY
CONFESS CRIME
CHICAGO, April 9—More murder
confessions are expected to escape
the lips of the four youthful killers
under indictment for the cold-blood
ed murder of Dr. Silber Peacock.
Each one has been talking frantically
in desperate efforts to shift his
blame to the others and .save him
self from the electric chair.
Contlnuin : disclosures, police say,
Indicate that the full story of the
gang’s alleged crimes has not yet been
told. The four who are being rushed
to trial for the murder of Dr. Pea
cock, a child specialist, are Robert
Goethe, 19; Durland Nash, 19; Emil
Reck, 19, and Michael Livington, 17.
The physician was lured fiom his
home the night of last Jan. 2 with
a fake call that a "baby was sick.”
He was found slain, his scalp nearly
severed from his head and his pock
ets empty.
January passed with the police
still vilnly searching for a trace of
the slayers. .
Then Sefgt. Aiken and his three
assistants, Sergts. Leo Anderson, Tim
othy Donovan and Patrick MbShane,
took hp the Peacock case on special
assignment, devoting all their time
to it.
They pieced together reports of a
series of holdups in which doctors,
answering fake calls, were the vic
tims, and concluded Dr. Peacock had
been murdered by the same band.
Expecting the robbers to continue
to chose their victims among doc
tors, detectives accompanied physi
cians on dozens of night calls, but
the gunmen did not step into these
traps.
Then luck stepped in. Dorothy
Robbins, 18, was reported missing
Durland Nash, frequently seen in
her company, was questioned. He de
nied knowing where Dorothy was. A
random accusation that he was a
hold-up man brought another denial.
Then he blurted out that two of his
friends. Robert Goethe and Emil
Rock, had performed jobs.
Doc tor-victims identified three of
them and confessions followed.
Goethe’s mother, Mrs. Rose Ka
sallls, trained young children to rob
stores and homes and bring the loot
to her. She is now serving a term
in city prison.
STORM SEQUEL
IN LOCAL COURT
Owners Os Apartment And In
surance Concern Battle
Owners of the Court Apartments
and the North River Insurance Com
today Were still wag’ng a legal battle
over liability for $467 worth of damage
done to the Abercorn street apartment
house in the Labor Day storm- 0f!933.
Attorney E. J. Oliver, one of the
owners of the apartment building, is
preparing to defend before the Georgia
Supreme Court Monday the full
amount verdict returned by a Chatham
Superior Court jury last July. This
is the second trip the case will have
made to the appellate ocurts. A non
suit granted by Judge John Rourke,
Jr., in favor of the insurance company
was reversed by the Coudt of Appeals.
The Insurance company is now appeal
ing the verdict favoring the plain
tiffs which was returned when the
case finally came to trial.
Owners of the apartment building
are E. J. Oliver, F. M. Oliver and
W. S. Godley.
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SPOOKS OVER CHICAGO
AS SPIRITUALISTS GO
INTO ANNUAL SESSION
CHICAGO, April 9 (TP)
Strange thtinga are happening in
Chicago today. The Illinois spir
itualists convention ia in session.
Spirits are attending in droves.
There are “chief spUrits,” “Sec
ondary spirits,” and even just
plain ordinary spirits—dosens of
them.
It’s all very confusing. A Trans-
Radio reporter who attended this
mornings session of the conven
tion has had the shivvers ever
since.
There’s one comforting thing
about it all. Every on? of the
spirits left an encouraging mess
age before returning to the spirit
world. The message was—“ Ever
ything is going to be all right.”
READY TO CONFER
ON EARLY ENDING
OF ETHIOPIAN WAR
League Committee Goin? Into
Huddle With Italian No. 1
Man On Peace
GENEVA, April 9 (TP— League
of Nations officials are ready to
confer today with Italy’s Geneva
representative on the possibility of
an early end to the Ethiopian war.
The chairman of the League’s
Committee of 13, Spanish diplomat
Salvodor De Madariaga, and Joseph
Ayenol of France, the League's
Secretary-General, have an appoint
ment to talk things over with Bar
on Pompelo Aloisl, Premier Mus
solini’s number one man at Geneva.
The conference will take place
under the shadow of recent devel
opments which many believe fore
stall a sudden finish of the African
warfare. First, there is Mussolini’s
new announcement that Italy is out
to annihilate the Ethiopian army
as soon as possible, and second is
the wide split which occured be
tween France and Great Britain
when the subject of Anti-Itallan
sanctions was brought up.
British Foreign Minister Eden
called for an immediate end to the
African war and hinted that Brit
ain will press for oil sanctions and
possibly military sanctions against
Rome unless Mussolini orders his
war machine thrown out of gear.
French Foreign Minister Flandin
called for less speed in the Lea
gue’s Ethiopian negotiations and
brought from Eden the sour reply
that—to quote the Briton —“The
League has never been noted for
too much speed.”
Differences between France and
great Britain not loni in
cropping up at the first session of
the Committee of 13. Conferences
between Eden and FLandin brought
the information that Paris is in
favor of dropping all negotiations
between the Locarno powers and
Germany and taking immediate
economic steps against Berlin.
Eden, again on the opposite side
of the fence, urged that more time
be spent in an effort to coax Ger
many back under the terms of the
repudiated Locarno Pact.
LANDON CLAIMS SIX
UNINSTRUCTED VOTES
MINNESOTA DELEGATES
ST. PAUL, Minn., April 9 (TP)
—Supporters of Governor Alf Lan
don’s Republican nomination can
didacy claim six of 14 uninstructed
■ Minnesota delegates to the Repub
lican National Convention.
Landon followers say two men
from each of three districts are
ready to vote for Landon at Cleve«
land and add that another delegate
is friendly to either London or Col
onel Frank Knox of Chicago.
The selections were made at
seven district conventions which
gave Col. Knox two delegates and
one to Senator Borah. In every case,
regardless of personal sentiment,
the delegates are uninstrucetd.
Political leaders predicted that
by the time all delegates are chosen
m m votes will be
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VOLUME 1-NUMBER 5
ATTEMPT MADE KILL BALTIMORE MAYOR
HEARST BATTLE
LIKELY REACH
SUPREME COURT
Lawyers For Publisher Pre
pare For His Next Step
In Senate Fight
WASHINGTON. April 9 (TP) A
legal battle which may reach to the
United States Supreme Court appeared
in the effing today as lawyers for
publisher William Randolph Hearst
planned tl.eir next court steps.
The Hearst ferces lost their first
battle to preent the Black Senate com
mittee from making public telegrams
the publisher sent to a Washington
editor. Justice Wheat, of the District
of Columbia Supreme ourt, flatly de
nied a Hearst appeal for an injuction
against publication of the telegrams
in question.
Justice Wheat ruled that the Black
committee seizure did net violate the
bill of rights, that his court had no
jurisdiction in the requested injuction
action and that the freedom of the
press was not at stake in this case.
Wheat is the judge who, a few days
before the Hearst suit was filed, de
nied the Black committee the right
to make wholesale seizures of tele
grams on the ground that the com
mittee’s subpoena was too vaguely
worded.
ElLha Hanson, Hearst’s chief coun
sel took an exception to Justice’s
Wheat’s ruling and announced that
the case would be battled up to the
Supreme Court. Hovzever, should the
Black committee make public the
Hearst telegrams before the case reach
es the nation’s highest tribunal, it
is believed doubtful that the publisher
will continue his battle against the
Senate lobby group.
MORE GENEROUS
PUN IS OFFERED
Railroad Operators Make Over
tures To Union Leaders
WASHINGTON, April 9—(TP)
Railroad operators offered union lead
ers a more generous dismissal wage
plan today. The plan is designed for
employes who would be thrown out
of work by proposed rail consolida
tions.
Labor officials immediately went in
to conference on the new plan. They
will meet with management officers
later.
The first offer of the carriers and
the demands of rail labor were far
apart. The managers suggested one
half pay for a period of three years;
the union asked two-thirds pay for ten
years. No details of the new propos
al have been revealed.
AUTHORIZE LOANS
Senate Approves Providing
Funds For Flood Strick
en Areas
WASHINGTON, April 9—(TP)
The senate passed a bill today au
thorizing the R. F. C. to loan money
for repairs of flood and cyclone dam
ages.
The bill gives the R. F. C. the
right to loan up to $50,000,000 to
merchants and manufacturers.
REPUBLICANS TO
HAVE BRAIN TRUST
Fletcher Announces Organiza
tion Research Division
WASHINGTON, April 9 (TP)—
The Republican Party is yoing to
have a “Brain Trust” of its own.
Committee Chairman Fletcher an
nounced today the organization of
a Republican Research Division. It
will be headed by Prof. O. G. Saxon
of Yale University and will have
about fifty research experts when
completed. These men will be
drawn from college faculties.
Both Fletcher and Saxon declared
that their studies would be “ab
solutely scientific and impartial”.
Saxon, however, admitted that they
would stress the falacles of the
New Deal. Both he and Fletcher
were confident that all the results
of the research would be favorable
to the Republican campaign.
SYLVIA SIDNEY IS
BACK IN CIRCULATION
LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 9—-
, (TP) The screen actress, Sylvia
Sidney, marched into court today
and won a divorce from the New
York publisher. Bennett Cerf.
The movie star said it was impos
sible for her and Cerf to get along.
The court awarded her the divorce
decree on grounds of incompatibility.
Cerf and Miss Eldney were wed only
6 months ago. Miss Sidney said her
husband agreed when they were wed
that she should continue her film
career. Later, she said, he raised
plenty o fobjections to her work in
9 the movies and thereby embarrassed
h«r na and
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Mrs. Agnes Hofman Baldwin, above, of Columbus, 0., becomes
’ the bride of former Governor George White of Ohio on April I£.
; The ex-governor, 63, and his bride-to-be will reside in Marietta,
• 0., following a world tour. She is a socialite, who has been
; presented at the British court.
GAINESVILLE GIRLS
BURIED IN RUINS 72
HOURS, DIED TODAY
GAINESVILLE, Ga., April 9
(TP) —The two girls who —by
a miracle —survived four days in
one of Gainesville’s tornado raz
ed and flame •wepfTJtUldings.
died this afternoon shortly after
they were rescued.
Although they werje conscious
at the time they were rehioved
from the tons cf debris
were unable to say anything.
Sped to the hospital and given
emergency treatment they w re
too gone for .Id. They died
without being able to te'l how
they had lived so long amid so
much horror.
PLANE PILOT AND I
PASSENGER KILLED
Hamilton, Ohio., April 9 (TP)
An airplane pilot and his passenger
were killed today when their lane
plunged to earth north of Hamilton.
The pilot was Elmer Treiber, 28. nine
teenjye.'f-old Frederick Sherer iwas
his passenger. Their two-seater plane
crashed not far from the victim’s
homes.
NEW CLAIMANTS PUT IN
BID FOR TITLE OLDEST
LIVING TWINS AMERICA
PULASKI, la., April 9—(TP)—New
claimants put in a bid today for the
title of America’s oldest twins. They
are Mrs. Jane Giles and Rachel Ra
der.
They directed their challenge at
Joseph and David Maddux of Philo,
111., who claim the title .The Mad
dux boys were 91 years old on Feb
ruary 3.
The Pulaski challengers claim that
they celebrated their 91st birthday 19
days before that of their rivals. Said
the Pulaski girls:
“We can prove it by our big broth
er Anthony.”
Big brother Anthony is 97 years
old.
TO CLIP 14 HOURS
2,225 MILE JOURNEY
CHICAGO, April 9—(TP)— Four
teen hours will soon be clipped from
the time cf the 2,225 mile railroad
trip between Chicago and Los An
geles.
The Santa Fe Railroad trip between
Chicago and Los Angeles.
The Santa Fe railroad announced
today that it is building a train that
will make the trip in 39 hours and
145 minutes.
The new train will contain eight
stream-lined cars. It will be drawn
■ by a Diesel locomotive capable of de
veloping 3,600 horsepower.
The train will make its first run
’ earlj’ in May. After that it will make
‘ one round trip each week.
FIREMAN’S BAND TO
GIVE CONCERT SUNDAY
The band of the Savannah Fire
Department will give an hour’s con
cert beginning at 4=30 o’clock Easter
Sunday afternoon at the bandstand
in Forsyth Park. D. H. McArthur is
bandmaster. The concert was arrang-
I ed after a request for it had been
made of Mayor Gamble by Mrs. R. B.
Young, chairman of the Women’s Ad
, vianrv Rnaxd.
SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1936
TANGLED MAZE
IN COBB CASE
Resume Taking Testijnony Be
fore Auditor Corish
A tangled mass of figures repre
senting the underwriting of Albert L.
Cobb’s unsuccessful campaign for
Congress in 1936 were heard by Spec
ial Auditor Julian Corish today as
he resumed the taking of testimony
in C. J. Durden’s injunction suit to
stop Max Hornstein and W. J. Ryan,
Jr., from an alleged attempt to throw
the entire burden of the campaign
expense onto his shoulders.
Mr. Darden charged the defendants
in the injunction suit collected the
$2,000 from signatories of the cam
paign contract to pay off Mr. Cobb’s
defaulted note and are now attempt
ing to foreclose on property he had
staked as and take it for
themselves, although the note has
already been paid off on a pro rata
basis.
Testimony was taken from Max
Hornstein and Attorney Robert E.
Falligant, who collected the note
money from the contract signatories.
Attorney Marvin O’Neal represents
Mr. Darden, Attorney Aaron Kra
vitch, trustee in the foreclosure pro
ceedings, is defending Mr. Hornstein
and Mr. Ryan.
MORTGAGE CLINIC
IS OPENED HERZ
Experts Assist All Those In
terested In Building
Homes
The Insurance Mortgage Clinic
opened at 23 East Bay Street this
morning with a staff of experts from
the state department in Atlanta to
assist al Ithose interested in building
homes, rebuilding homes, or doing
repair work to buildings under the
government plan.
W. A. Sirmon, asssitant state di
rector, is in charge of the clinic and
is being assisted by L. A. Blount, A
O. Blalock, Harry McManus, special
finance representative from Wash
ington, and a member of the under
writing staff. i
Interviews have been given all the 1
morning to persons interested in
mortgages under the federal plan, i
At an early hour the report was that
applications for loans were steadily
coming in.
PRINCIPLES LEARNS
HOW TO RUN SCHOOL
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CLEVELAND Ohio, April 9—(TP) 1
A high school principal got the low
down today on just how to run a
school.
Cleveland college students told
Principal Lincoln Elliott of the Brush
high school at South Euclid, Ohio,
all about it. They figured that hav
ing been all through high school they
could give him some good pointers
on how things should be run to meet
the best interests of the pupils. They
invited Principal Elliott to a lunch
eon to tell him about it.
YOUNGEST POLICE CHIEF
TAKES COMMAND BOSTON
BOSTON, April 9 (TP) The
youngest police chief in Boston’s his
tory took command today. He is 38- |
year-old Edward W. Fallon. His ap- ;
pointment followed a wholesale shake- i
up of the city's 2209-man police
force. 1
Roosevelt Cuts Short Stay
At t( Little White House” To
Visit Stricken Gainesville
WARM SPRINGS, Ga„ April 9
<TP) President Roosevelt arranged
io cut short his stay at hls‘‘Little
White House” in Warm Springs to-
Jay.
Dropping off there this morning
ifter his 16-day fishing cruise in : 41-
.hern waters, the first citizen’s day was
taken up with many interviews and
an inspection cf the W’arm Springs
foundation —one of his major inter
ests.
RED CROSS CHIEF
TAKES COMMAND
OF RELIEF WORK
More Than 2000 At Work
j Clearing Streets Os
Gainesville
(By TRANSRADIO PRESS)
The Red Cross’ number one man
in disaster rehabilitation. Henry
M. Baker, is directing relief work
in the tornado wrecked cities ot
Gainesville, Georgia, and Tupelo,
Mississippi, today.
Baker arrived at Gainesville by
plane from San Francisco after he
was ordered to the storm zone by
Red Cross authorities at Washing
ton.
The Red Cross official arrived at'
the time miinisters who survived
the Gainesville distaster were re
citing funeral services over the
graves of the ’53 storm victims
who died in the windstorm. Thirty
three men, women and children are
still missing and either were among
the unidentified dead or lie buried
beneath the ruins of buildings
which were smashed flat by the
tornado.
Red Cross officials say 839 fam
ilies have registered their applica
tion for financial assistance in re
building their homes. Trainloads
of building materials are rolling '
into Gainesville today and within
a few hours, the sound of hammers
and saws will mark the beginning
of the long task of rebuilding the
stricken city.
More than 2.000 CCC, WPA, Na
tional Guard and Civilian Workers
are clearing the Gainesville streets
of the storm wreckage. The latest
property damage figure in the
Georgia town was set at $10,000,000.
MOUNT AINEERSAT
CRASH INQUIRY
Trying Throw Light On Union
town Plane Disaster
UNION 10WN, Pa., April 9 (TP)
—Alleghany mountaineers who live '
near the scene of an airliner crash
i which took 11 lives will appear be
fore a Commerce Department in
; uiry today to give testimony which
might throw some light on the
cause of the accident.
Six residents of the mountain re
gion in which the TWA plane crack
ed up will answer questions put by
1 the Commerce Department officials.
Among them will be Forest Warden
Roy Addio from whose home the
stewardess of the ill-fated plane
phoned news jf the crack-up.
With the end of the Uniontown
inquiry. Commerce Department in.
vestigators will go on to Pitts
burgh to continue their probe. It
was tovards Pittsburgh that the
fog-bound airliner was heading
when it crashed into a ridge near
Uniontown.
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RAINY GOOD FRIDAY
IN STORE FOR CITY:
Good Friday will be a day of
gloom and rain, with thunder
showers falling heavily at intervals
Church goers, however, will not
I need their heavy overcoats, as a
warm wav? is expected to sweep
through Georgia tonight in a gust
of fresh east to southeast winds.
April upheld its reputation for
waywardness today, getting up on
the wrong side with cloudv skies
and drizzling, and later flashing
forth in brilliant sunshine.
MARKET SUMMARY
NEW YORK. April, 9 (TP) THE
Sm-11 losses predominated among the
| inlustrials and utilities. The selling
was mostly accounted for by the wkh
of traders to lighten their holdings
over tom<rr?w’s Holiday,
Rails made progress in a late buy
ing wave and finished with »ains up
to two points. Transactions totaled
1,650,000 shares.
| Corporate bonds were guiet and little
(changed. The Federal list turned lr
(regular.
Wheat declined of a cent.
Cotton was steady.
He had intended to stay overnight,
but the talk of horrow he heard about
the tornado-ridden and flooded south
led him to change his plans. So he’s
leaving early tonight and his train
will st:p off for a conference with
relief officials and see what can be
done to aid the thousands of refugees.
The President had lunch today with
Dr. Michael Hoke, head physician at
Warm Springs. Then he had confer
ences with his Georgia campaign man
ager Judge A. B. Lovett.
UNFAIR TACTICS
ARE CONSIDERED
Fight Between Government
And Utilities Is On
WASHINGTON, April 9 (TP)—-
The District of Columbia Court of
Appeals is considering conflicting
complaints of "unfair tactics” voic
ed by government and utilities legal
experts today.
The Appeals Court heard Attor
ney-General Cummings label the
utilities i equest for permission to
file suits against the administra
tion’s Holding Company Act a drive
to confuse the issue”.
John, C. Higgins, who represent,
ed seven utilities companies, on
the other hand, maintained that the
government was trying to obtain
a Supreme Court ruling on a “hand
picked” case favoring the New Deal.
The dispute arose when Higgins
asked the Appeals Court to grant
permission for the filing ot new
suits-against the Holding Company
Act. The government, in a previous
had won . ruling forbidding
the filing of any Holding Company
Suits until the Supreme Court rul
ed on the electric bond and share
ssytem suit. Higgins termed this
suit a “hand-picked’’ case and ar
gued that other suits would better
test the constitutionality of the
! Holding Company Act.
AGEDNEGROCOOLS
OFF IN LOCAL JAIL
Saxon Sticks Close To Job-
But It’s ‘Still’ Work
Andrew Saxon, 72, negro, should
be spending his declining days in his
carpet slippers close to the fire place
but instead today he’s cooling his
heels in the jail house. It seemed that
Saxon has been sticking close to the
fire alright but the blaze was the
sort of one the “high sheriff” frowns
on. Or at least so Officer T. J. Ma
honey of the county police depart
ment reports.
The officer arrested the old negro
this morning. He said he found Sfa
on at a still which the officer de
' stroyed. The 55 gallon gas drum out
fit was located in a house in back
of Hudson Hill in West Savannah.
Officer Mahoney also destroyed nine
50 gallon barrels of beer mash at the
still.
"Tain’t mine—ah jus’ wuks ha’ar”
Andrew complained when he was tak
en in custody.
CHEST FUND GROUP
STUDIES BY'LAWS
The constitution committee of the
newly formed Community Fund met
this morning to discuss a constitu
tion and by-laws at the Chamber of
Commerce. No decision was made to
day, the discussion being deferred un
til next Monday morning at 10 o’clock
when another meeting will be held.
Those present were D. T. Simpson,
president of the Community Fund,
W. L. Breslin, chairman. H. B. Skeels
of the Family Welfare, Mrs. Benja
-1 mln Oxnard, Miss Frances Burkhalt
er, head of the Savannah Public
| Welfare Board, Judge Wilkes Mac-
Feeley, and Thomas R. Jones.
Arthur Guilds, of the Richmond,
Virginia Community Fund, was also
present.
cruiserlssought
FOR TRAINING SHIP
Savannah may have a government
cruiser in the harbor this summer, if
B. T. Simpson, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, puts through
negotiations with Senators Walter F.
George and Richard Russell and Con
gressman Hugh Peterson.
Mr. Simpson is suggesting to Wash
ington that the government ship on
which Georgia youths are given a
training cruise every summer embark
from Savannah this year. Last vear
the vessel took off from Charleston,
and the Chamber of Commerce feels
that with Georgia navsQ reserves on
board a Georgia seeaport is the logi
cal place of embarkation.
Mr. Simpson wrote the senators
and the congressman today to this
effect.
TRANSRADIO PRESS
HURLED BOMB
MISSES HOME
BY FEW FEET
Mayor Jackson At Loss To
Assign Reason For
Attack <
BALTIMORE, April 9 (TP)—
An attempt was made to kill Mayor
Howard W. Jackson of Baltimore
today when a bomb was hurled
at his home. The missle fell a few
feet . bort of its mark and tore a
deep hole in the ground directly
beneath the mayor’s bedroom win
dow. Police believe it was thrown
from a passing automobile.'
The bombing of his home in what
police believe was an attempt to
kill him didn’t interfere with May
or Howard Jackson’s regular rou
tine of business today.
The Baltimore Mayor declared:
“I don’t intend to let the matter
disturb me. There is very little I
can do abort it. I have no idea who
is responsible.”
Jackson went about his regular
work without a bodyguard while
detectives gathered samples of
earth around his home for an analy
sis by chemical experts.
The bomb tore a hole In the
ground beneath the mayor’s bed
room window, twisted steel win
dow frames, and shattered several
windows. The roar of the explosion
was heard a mile away. The blast
occured about 20 minutes after
Jackson had returned home from
a meeting.
Pdlice Commissioner Charles
Gaither and a John Hopkins scien
tist, Dr. Robert Wood, disagree
with earlier theories that the bomb
was hurled at the house from a
passing automobile. They believe
the bomb was planted in the yard
before the explosion. ,
PASSOVER ENDS
WITH SERVIGES
AT SYNAGOGUES
Devotions Will Be Observed *
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
By Local Jews
Concluding the commemoration of
the ancient passover festivals in cele
brations of the redemption of the child
ren of Israel from bondage, the Jew
ish congregations of the city will hold
special services Sunday, Monday, and
Tuesday.
The reformists, or Mickve Israel
congregation, will close its holiday
with services Monday at 6:3C with
Rabbi George Solomon in charge.
The congregation of B. B. Jacob
Synagogue will meet at 6:30 Sunday,
at 8:30 A. M. and 6:30 P.M. Monday
and Tuesday, and will also hold spec
ial memorial (Yizkor) services at 10
o’clock Tuesday morning for the de-
Darted worshippers of the church.
Rabbi Morris Max will preach the pass
over sermon at these gatherings, while
Cantor H. Geffen will conduct the
servies. The junior congregation of
the synagogue will hold meetings at
the same hours, but will unite with
the senior members for worship Tues
day. <
The holiday began Tuesday with the I
sedar or passover feast, when families I
gathered together to celebrate the •
flight of their ancestors from Egypt'
to the Promised Land. A community i
sedar was held at Temple Mickve
Israel, which over 140 were present.
CUMBIA OWES LIFE TO
NEGRO’S WATCHFUL EYE
LYNCHBURG, Va.. April 9 (TP)
—Leo Crumbia escaped death just
by inches today.
Cumbia was watching workmen
repoiring the flagpole before the
Lynchburg Elks Lodge. He was
standing within a few feet of the
pole when the heavy ball on its top
became dislodged. Cumbia didn’t
see it. But Harry Saunders, the
colored janitor, did. Saunders dash
ed toward Cumbia and jerked him
out of the way. He was just in
time. The heavy ball which was
falling straight toward Cumbia’s
head struck him on the foot. Cum
bia has a broken foot. But he says
that’s much better than a broken
head.
GIANT CLIPPER NOW
ON WAY TO SAN DIEGO
ACAPULA, Mexico, April 9 (TP)
—The giant seaplane “’Hawaiian
Clipper” is flying northward today
toward San Diego.
The third of the big clipper ships
huilt for Trans-Paclfic flights Is
due in San Diego tonight Tomor
row she will hop off for San. Fran
cisco. There she will be throughly
checked then placed in service on
the Manila route. Her sleter/shipg
the China and Philippine QliP&cr*
are already in service*