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6 4000 MORE WPA EMPLOYES BE DISCHARGED ANNOUNCES NICHOLS r . A full explanation as to why 164 white women were discharged and an | announcement that 1000 addition il men and women will lose then- jobs before June Ist. was made this morn ing by Donald Nichols, district admin istrator for the WPA. Mr. Nichols, statement was forth ccming when a representative of the , 3 Dally Times placed before him a cur ( rent charge made by spokeswomen for ; the dlschargeed employee that the white women had been dismissed while no negro women had yet been discharged. i ’ “The report on my desk shows that 164 white women and four negro wo men were discharged here this week" -►lid Mr. Nichols. “This however, does not mean there has been any discrimi nation. The negro women arc to be discharged next week. , “It so happened that the 'comfort’ project, that group of women employ ,-jed engaged in the making of bod cov &J*rlng came under the classification k/known as 'inefficient’ or inexperi- K gnced workers. Specific orders from call for the dismissal of units. Obviusly, there is no need Hfcow for the making of comforters <elnce the winter season is over. B * “The project’ was made up Ref women who had no former exper ience in the business world and could nothing but sew. Some could hard ly do this. Hence we placed a few | “leaders with them to direct the } work. i - “When orders came from Washing ' ton to close out the projects of less 1 importance and those composed of workers of the inefficient class, natur ally this unit fell squarely under this classification. Hence they were dis missed. “As to the comparison of white workers let out with those colored employes, the figures show that in this district, to date, 320 white women and 347 colored women have been dis missed. This m. kcs a total of 694. “I have heard the charge that there is a discrimination against women em ployes for males. This too, is not sub EASTER GIFTS A man wants two things in Belt Buckles, Tie and Collar Clasps—Good Looks and Rea! Quality. Lindauer Acces sories were created to satisfy these two demands. They’re Practical Gifts for Men. MONOGRAM WALDERMORE CHAINS $3.50 L. LINDAUER, JEWELER 423 W. Broughton Street WORSTED SUITS I rAw I * v I c I —\ } \ \ '' © Society Brand V \ \\ > Rich, Choice Worsteds k * <A * Many Exclusive Patterns ♦ Inimitable Style * to * Skilled Tailoring SQEOO Unmatched Value I ■■■ ■> M©smn Levy’s THE HOME OF JOCIETY BRAND CLOTHE! 10412 BROUGHTON ST. E (C®)) SAVANNAH , GA. •1 4> / & M w **’ jfeMR stantiated by facts. To date there have been 549 men let out of the service. “These figures, of course, apply to the entire district, including the fol lowing counties: Bryan, Brantley, Bul loch, Camden. Candler. Charlton. Chat ham, Effingham, Glynn. h, Long, Liberty, Tattnall, Pierce, Ware, Wayne. “Next week, there will be a sharp reduction in the number of negro women employed at the nvttrcss fac tory, on the community farm and in the sewing room. When this has be*n accomplished the scales will be bal : anced. insofar as the color line is <• n cerned. There are now 6025 persons cmnloy <d by the WPA in this districa. When WOO of these are let out June Ist, there will still be 5025 left on the pay roll. Just what is ta become of them, I’m sure nobody knows. If the orders stand unchanged, we will all be cut of jobs. “Os course, there are large numbers of those who have lost their WPA jobs who are now gainfully employed in seasonable work—on farms espec ially. By investigation, I find that instead of the farm w’rker coming to the city to secure a WPA job—as is the popular and common belief, the re verse is true. In Ware county, we have turned hundreds back to the farms, for example. In Savannah unfortu nately. we have few surrounding farms, so the situation presents a different problem. Several hundred more women In the Works Progress Administration will be swept out of employment on a great wave of reduction on April 15, it was disclosed in a ccnfe r ence yester day afternoon at the City Hall be tween Mayor Gamble,, Miss Lillian Windau, director of certification and intake, and a delegation of women recently cut off from the comforters section of the sewing proqect. The women, Mrs. Lucille Lane, Mrs. Ruth Barnard, and Miss Evelyn Gray called on the mayor to voice their protest sgaimt being discharged while others are retained. The solution the women gave to the problem was to cut the wages of all in order that none might be without income. Representing nearly two hun dred women cut ‘ off without notice Monday, they voiedt their protests against being left with their dependent families to face starvation. SHY PARTY PLANS MAY CONVENTION NIAGARA FALLS, April 10 (TP) —ls the prohibitirn party pulls a surprise next November and sweeps the country in a landslide vote, one of three men named today will walk into the White House. The prohibition party has sched uled its national convention for Niagara Falls on May 5. According to a committee which met in Phil adelphia to arrange plans for the convention, the three most prob able presidential nominees are Clinton Howard, of Rochester, N. Y.; Will Martin of Hasbrouck Heights, N. J., and Leigh Colvin of New York City. The prohibitionists will meet in New York on Monday to elect the convention keynote speaker. MORTUARY MRS. AVERY Funeral services for Mrs. Geral dine Airey, who died Wednesday af ter a short illness, will be held this afternoon at 4:30 at St. John’s Epis copal Church, of which she was a member. The Rev. C. C. J. Carpen ter, pastor of the church will con duct the services assisted by the Rev. David Cady Wright, pastor of Christ Church. Interment will be in Bonaventure Cemetery. Mrs. Airey’s home was formerly in Macon. She came to Savannah to make her home upon her marriage to the late Charles T. Airey, and her unusual charm and lofty character endeared her to Savannahians old and young throughout the city. She was a graduate of Wesleyan College and was a member of the Froebel Circle of the King’s Daughters and of the Rector’s Aid Society of her church. Pallbearers will be Blair Burwell, Jr., of Jacksonville, Mercer Lang, Guerard Bond, Hammond Rauers, Nephew King Clark, Royce A. Hoyle, Guerard Simkins, and W. A. Win burn, Jr. Mrs. Airey Is survived by a sister, Mrs. E. M. Burney of Macon, and several nieces and nephews. * ♦ * MRS. SHEAHAN Funeral services for Mrs. Isabelle Shehan of 106 Price Street, who died yesterday morning, were held at 8:30 this moring at the chapel of Irvine Henderson. The Rev. J. C. C. Brooks, pastor of Trinity Methodist Church, conducted the rites, following which the body was sent to her sister, Mrs. Annie Stafford of Newington, for final services at the Middle Ground Church. Surviving Mrs. Sheehan are her husband, T. P. Sheehan, two sisters, Mrs. Mollie Bright of Savannah and Mrs. Annie Stafford of Newington, and one brother, William Lee. • • • MRS. REED Mrs. Marion Gertrude Reed of Norway, S. C., who died yesterday afternoon at the home of her son, J. M. Reed, 134 West Fiftieth, whom she had been visiting for three months, will be buried this afternoon at 4 o’clock in Bethel Cemetery near Norway. Funeral arrangements are being made in Norway, to which the body was shipped at 12:09 today over the Seaboard Airline Railway by the Irvine Henderson Funeral Home. Surviving Mrs. Reed are four sons: M. F„ H. E., J. M., and R. S. Reed; a daughter, Mrs. Eulie Williams of Norway; a sister, Mrs. Betty Ash of Augusta; and a number of grand children. * ♦ » FRANK M. JONES Frank Monroe Jones of 117 West Charlton Street, wlio died yesterday afternoon in a local hospital, will be buried Saturday In the Dußoise Cem etery at Eastman. He was a flagman of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, and his body was shipped by Fox and Weeks over the line at 8:30 this morning to Eastman. Mr. Jones is survived by his son, Frank M. Jones, Jr., and two daugh ters, the Misses Martha and Edith Jones, all of Helena; his mother, Mrs. Mary Jones, of Eastman; two broth ers, Robert L. Jones of Hawkinsville and Sam P. Jones of Helena. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Rail way Trainmen No. 824 of Americus and of Masonic Lodge of Ocilla • • * BEDFORD W. WARREN Funeral services for Bedford W. Warren of Ellabell, who died Wed nesday i na local hospital, were held this morning at 11 o’clock in the Black Creek Baptist Church. Burial was in the church cemetery. The body was sent to Black Creek by Sipple Brothers. • • • MRS. TRAVERS The long illness of Mrs. Hennie Goodson Travers ended in death this morning at 8:30 o’clock at the residence, 214 West 41st street. Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow at 4 o’clock at the chapel of Fox and Weeks by the Rev. John S. Sharp, pastor of the Grace Meth-' odist Church. Interment will be in Laurel Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Travers is survived by her husband, Harry C. Travers; her mother, Mrs. Emma I. Fitzgeald; and thre ©brothers, William O Gil- “MONEY” ON YOUR OWN NAME At the Time You Apply No Mortgage No Endorsement All Transactions Strictly Confidential. SEE US TODAY Neal Brokerage Co. 206 Liberty Bank Bldg. • —" SAVAFTTAH DAILY TTMTS, FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 103 S Crucifixion - ; ••41 And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified "..''-I him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.—Luk* °3:33 ~ o-y - x 1 r MR w llTui •TwaPh* V - tflWfnoWlwFlta- iF-A? WATER WORKS CONVENTION ENDS Three addresses brought to a close the business sessions of the eighth annual convention of the Southeast enr Section American Water Works Association at the De Soto Hotel yes terday. A golf tournament on the Savannah Golf Course was the final activity of the meeting, which open ed here Tuesday morning with dele gates from Georgia, Mississippi, Ala bama, and South Carolina in attend ance. Two of the speakers were Georgi ans: N. M. deJamette, chemist and bacteriologist on the Georgia State Board of Health, and G. R. Frith, sanitary chemist in the city sewer de partment, both of Atlanta. The third was E. S. Hopkins of Baltimore, san itary chemist of the water depart ment of that city. The 56th annual national conven tion of the American Water Works Association will open at the Bilt more Hotel in Los Angeles in June. Nearly a thousand water works men are expected to attend, was the re port today of W. H. Weir, secretary of the Southeastern Section. bert, and Roy M. Fitzgerald, all of Savananh. Pallbearers will be W. G. Currey, M. S. Weil J. H. Horne, Sr.. L. Horne, J. W. Blake, and G, F. Blake. LETS GO FISHING A. SEE OUR COMPLETE LINE OF Q new equipment SPRING TIME IS FISHING time We carry a complete line of fishing and camping equip ment . . . Specials now on FISHING OUTFITS— BAMBOO ROD, REEL, LINE, HOOKS AND SINKERS, ALL FOR 5.95, 6.95 and 7.95 COMPLETE OUTFITS FOR FRESH WATER FISHING 3.95 - 6.00 - 7.50 - 10.00 New ’36 Model JOHNSON MOTORS priced from $63 00 —Ask for demonstration. STUBBS HARDWARE CO. 121 W. 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The Independent Pres byterian Church will hold a mus ical service on the crufixion at 5 o’clock, and the regular Lenten services of the Episcopal and Luth, eran churches will be held at their usual hour. Holy Saturday will bring to a close the period of sorrow. At high noon the purple mourning garments shrouding the statuary in the Cath olic churches will be discarded, and a time of joy and thanksgiving will begin. This final phase of Holy Week will reach Its climax on Easter Sunday, when the triumphant ris ing of Christ from the tomb will be celebrated with high mass in the Catholic churches and Easter services in the othei* churches. Spires Denies Union Attempted Intimidate Men President John P. Spires of the Savannah Trades and Labor As. embly's Building Trades Council, in a prepared statement to the Daily Times today denied the charge of Superintendent J. T. Mc- Lellan that locaf union men had attempted to intimidate non-union workers in the Union Paper and Bag Company walkout. “We only contacted these men and attempted to save them from being branded as strikebreakers, rats, and scabs,” wrote Labor Leader Spires. “McLellan’s statement ignored the unendurable conditions under which he was working these men,’’ he wrote, “keeping them on the job from sixty to ninety hours a week, including Sundays and holidays.’’ Here is Trades Council Presi dent Spires’ complete written ■statement to the Daily Times: “I do not care to enter into any press controversy with Mr. J. T. McLellan, Superintendent for Mer rit-Chapman, Scott Company, gen eral contractors for the Union Bag and Paper Corporation, located on the old Diamond Match Company site, but in justice to organized labor, especially in Chatham coun. ty and the Savannah district, who make up some of our best citizens and support all civic movements for the building of a finer and betetr citizenship, and to do so we must have a decent standard of living which can only be had among work ing people by paying them a decent standard of wages, F want to ans wer Mr. McLellan.” “We pride ourselves as being a part of the tax-paying public in Savannah and Chatham county, and naturally, we expected after the city had donated this site out of tax funds from the citizens, as aforementioned, that Savannah cit izens and mechanics should have been protected and given prefer ence on this construction project at a decent living wage. “It is really amazing to read Mr. McLellan’s statement to the Savannah Daily Times on April 9th. To make organize! labor’s pos. ition clear so there will be no mis ur.dersatnding in the minds of the public: STEEPLE JACK UNHURT AFTER 80 FOOT FALL CINCINNATI, Ohio, Anril 10—(TP) Steeple-Jack Joseph Hurst tumbled today from his precarious perch on top of an 80 foot smokestack. Watchers gasped and closed their eyes. Someone raced to a telephone. Frantically he called an ambulance. REAL ESTATE LOANS M. GOLDBERG 32 BRYAN ST., EAST DIAL 4117 CASH WHEN YOU NEED IT $5 and up on your own SIGNATURE CHATHAM BROKERAGE CORP. 502 Savannah Bk. & Tr. Bldg. Gene Discussed With Roosevelt Lovett Discloses' President Roosevelt's arch-foe in Georgia political circles, Governor Eugene Talmadge, came up for very little discussion at a confeernce yes terday at a meting of Mr. Roosevelt with several Georgia leaders who will be active during the coming Georgia campaign. This was dviulged by Judge A. B. Lovett who has just returned from the visit with President Roosevelt at Warm Springs yesterday. Judge Lov ett is chairman of the Georgia Roose velt advisory committee. The Savanniahian was joined in Atlanta early yesterday by Marion H. Allen, of Milledgeville, state director of the Roosevelt campaign, and Fred Scarlett, of Brunswick, another mem ber of the state advisory committee. “It was just a social call more than anything else and our trip was by in vitation’’ Judge Lovett said this morning. He said the President was looking exceedingly well after the latter’s recent fishing jaunt in Flor ida waters. Mr. Roosevelt displayed a great deal of interest yesterday in the damage and suffering caused by HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO BUY NOW FOR ! EASTER You’ll save money and have quality merchandise Thousands of yards 17 a nnirc of brand new * Vu 36in. Printed Dimity 19c yd. These are small rose bud and floral patterns with white I ground. Guaranteed washable. 36in. Printed Batiste 15c yd. I Dainty patterns. Guaranteed fast colors. 40in. 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Just who those five are will be decided by a committee of five prominent Savannah ladies who will serve as judges for the ‘beauty contest.’ Parents of youngsters, aged up to two years, are invited to send photographs of the babes to “BABY BEAUTY CONTEST EDITOR’’, Savannah Daily Times, for partici. pation in the juvenile event. Valuable prizes—especially adapt able to the nursery, will be award ed to the five selected by the com mittee. It is important that the parent entering the baby in the contest, write the full name of the child, the parents name : / address on the reverse side of ta 3 photograph. In this manner only, can the return of the photograph be guaranteed. There is no fee nor strings tied to the contest. Savannah parents are simply invited to enter their prize youngsters in the contest and make them eligible for the prizes which Savannah merchants have cheerfully given. The photographs of the winning babies will be printed in the Sa vannah Daily Times. The contest will close on Satur day, May 2. EASTER BUNNY HAS HEADQUARTERS SILVERS Silver’s Five and Ten Cent Store looks as if the Easter Bunny had come to make his headquarters there. Easter eggs of every size and color, many decorated with the name of the little miss or her brother for " whom they were intended, Easter baskets full of chickens and eggs, Easter wagons drawn by Donald Duck, are a few of the things on dis play for this happy season. Besides toys and candies, many of the latest fashions for little girls and boys and the older members of the family are on display. Economy and quality are Silver’s bywords at this special Easter sale. STOCK MARKETS CLOSED NEW YORK, April 10 (TP)— The leading stock and commodity exchanges throughout the ■world closed their doors today in obser vance of good Friady. All markets in the United States shut down. The New York Stock Exchange and the curb exchange will open tomorrow, but most of the commodity markets will remain closed until Monday. the tornado in Southeastern cities a few days ago nad plied his visitors with questions about the catastrophe. The Savannah attorney was not at liberty to reveal what was said about the President’s plans for his Georgia campaign.