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Newspaper Page TextNight Watchman Brutally Slain Here WEATHER ry : zz_— Qi Published every day I ®• ■ I excepting Saturdays. CONTINUED FAIR TODAY AND t tIY tttt w^"B TOMORROW; WARMER 44 4 4 -4 VOLUME 2—NUMBER 89 GEORGIA VOTES FOR PRESIDENT JUNE 3rd F. D. THREE TO TWO CHOICE IN ILLINOIS RACE KNOX OUTDISTANCES BORAH BUT TRAILS ROOSEVELT TOTALS CHICAGO, 111., April 15—(TP)—A record vote by Illinois Democrats gives Franklin Roosevelt a three to two lead over the apparent Republi can choice, Colonel Frank Knox. Democrats cast approximately 1,- 500,000 votes In yesterday’s primary elections while Republicans marked slightly more than 1,100,000 ballots. The race between Colonel Knox and Senator William Borah is still neck and neck in southern Illinois with most precincts reported. The publisher’s 100,000 vote margin in Chicago, however, is believed to as sure him a victory. Illinois’ colorful democratic sensj-1 tor, James Hamilton Lewis, Is win ning ten to one over his nearest rs- 1 val. His Republican opponent will ap parently be Otis Glenn. In the bitter campaign for the Democratic gubernatorial nomina tion, Governor Henry Homer is smashing his foes, the Kelly-Nash, machine. Dawn found the governor with a 125,000 vote lead over the Kelly aspirant, Dr. Herman Bunde scn. In spite of Dr. Bundesen’s 180,000 lead In Chicago, downstate Demo crats rallied behind the governor to defeat the Chicago faction. On the Republican slate, a Chicago attorney, Wayland Brooks, is swamp ing former Governor Len Small by more than 280,000 ballots. Impartial abservers believe Brooks will receive even more support next November from Democrats who lost out in the hotly-fought contest be tween Governor Horner and Dr. Bun desen. , With most precincts reported, the battle between Publisher Knox and Senator William Borah is still even in southern Illinois. Knox has a 100,- 000 vote lead in Chicago. That is expected to mean his victory. Election clerks bent over plies of primary ballots in Nebraska and Il linois today while candidates glued their ears to telephones to listen to the latest returns. Democratic support of President Roosevelt’s reelection candidacy is mounting steadily in both states. In asmuch as Mr. Roosevelt was not op posed in either state, the landslide was a foregone conclusion. He out scored the combined strength of the Republican candidates in both states. The Nebraska convention delega tion, regardless of the outcome of the state primaries, will go to Cleveland uninstructed, although th ewinner of the primary battle can call for at least early support f«om the Nebras ka delegation. ATLANTA DISPUTE MAY DELAY WORK ON CITY STREET PAVING JOB MONEY HELD UP BY STATE FINANCE MUDDLE Repaving of Bay street extension in the city’s program to widen and beautify the entrance to the city from the north may be held up until the dispute over Governor Talmadge’s dic tatorship of the state is finally settled. The municipality is seeking main tenance of the Bay street paving by the state highway department, Aider man Herbert F. Gibbons said today, and the question cannot be settled until It is decided who shall handle state funds. Aiderman Gibbons said the high way department has evinced willing ness to take over maintenance of the entrance into the city from the Coast al Highway. But, he added, the af fairs of the department are at present tangled up with the dictatorship bat tle and officials can do nothing until that is settled. Aiderman Gibbons, who was chair man of the committee charged with buying in Bay street property for the beautification project, said the work of his committee was completed when the last piece of property was bought in. Max Hornsteln, the last property owner to reach an agreement with the committee, finally accepted $6,500 for his property, said Aiderman Gibbons. Call 6183 - 7448 To Start Your SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES Delivery Today CALLES, EXILED TO U. S., SAYS “I AM VERY TIRED” vHm wMbBBo * I ■ * I hKSBHESB fy « 1 W fiMMiy ** ... s& jN 1 it. ’ ' mt- 4i9lF -IhmP 9 fc M WW IL. BMW ’’WBR 1 SSSBf' ' -99WS Eddie Romero Plutarco Elias Calles Fernando Torreblanca —Central Press. General Plutarco Elias Calles, exiled “strong man’’ of Mexico, accompanied by his son-in law, Fernando Torreblanca, right, is pictured above at the Grand Central Airport at Glen- London Hears Os New Set Quintuplets Born Bucharest LONDON, April 15—(TP)—Reports of a new set of quintuplets reached London from Bucharest today. , According to the vague reports from the Rumanian capital, a gypsy woman gave birth to five children near the village of Hodos, Transylvania. The quintuplets, according, to the dis patches, have little chance to sur vive. At the same time, word from Cal- OPENING GUN UPSTATE DEMOCRATS IN NEW YORK GO INTO . ACTION ALBANY, N. Y., April 15—(TP)— The boom that upstate folks will hear tonight will be the opening po litical gun in the New York state and national democratic, campaign. The campaign will be started for mally with a dinner at an Albany hotel. Postmaster-General James A. Farley, generalissimo of the Demo cratic national committee, and Gover nor Lehman, party leader in the em pire state, will be the principal speakers. Lehman is expected to automati cally place himself on record as a candidate for re-election when he gives the state keynote speech. Far ley will explain the national Issues to be forwarded by the Roosevelt forces in the pr-election drive for votes. • ... More than 500 democrats from all parts of the stale are expected to attend—and, incidentally, pay $25 a plate. Proceeds of the dinner will go to the Democratic campagin fund. BROUN’S APPEAL CASE IN COURT TOMORROW MILWAUKE, Wis., April 15 (TP) The New York columnist Heywood Broun will appear 'n court Thursday to appeal- his conviction of inter fering with police during a newspaper strike demonstration. Broun is President’ of the American Newspaper Guild. He and six other newsman were found guilty yesterday of clashing with officers on Msrch2l during a strike against the Hearst owned Wisconsin News. The shaggy haired writer was fined $lO Broun and three of his co-defend ants immediately asked for an appeal and a Jury trial. The other three paid $5 fines. ITALIAN PLANE CRASH KILLS SEVEN;REPORT FROM TURIN CLAIMS ROME, April 15—(TP)— Reports were flashed, from Turin, Italy, today that an Italian passenger plane car- ; rytng seven people had crashed on' Mount Basso. All occupants of the plane were, reported killed.. dale, Cal., on arrival at Los Angeles, where he went into seclusion. General Calles told news paper men that “I am very tired—l have noth ing to say.” The man at the left is Detective Lieutenant Eddie Romero. landar, Ontario, says the Dionne quints are well and kicking—all in rhythm. Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe reported the five little girls have learned to kick their tiny toes in time to music in a sort of a dance which usually ends up with their falling flat on the floor. The Dionnes now nearing their second birthday are the only quintuplets who ever lived more than a few days. . ’ • > HOOVER REPLIES HURRIED ANSWER TO ROOSEVELT JEFFER SON DAY SPEECH PALO ALTO, Cal., April 15 (TP) —Herbert Hoover had filed a hur. ried answer today to Franklin Roosevelt’s Jefferson Day speech at Baltimore. Citizen Hoover charg ed in a speech last night that Roosevelt’s program to cut hours and boost employment failed two years ago. The former President examined th© Roosevelt suggestion to slash the working span of Amer icans—that is, 18 to 65 years. “Not enough,” said Hoover. “This plan would take up only 15 per cent of the present unemployment." Hoover proposed a five-point pro gram of his own. He said he wants th© administration to reduce gov ernment expenses, balance the bud get, establish currency, halt all talk of inflation, and stop what he call, edd “activities to destroy confidence in the future.” $30,000 TREASURE GOES TO TWO BOYS ANNAPOLIS, Md„ April 15—(TP) A $30,000 treasure in old gold coins dug from’ a Baltimore cellar was awarded today by the highest court in Maryland to the two boys who found the buried horde. The boys, Theodore Jones • and Henry Grob, found $20,000 worth of coins in a tin can in the cellar of Jones’ house in 1934. Eight months later, a second cache worth about SIO,OOO was found by the boys. Long months of litigation as to the rightful owners was settled by today’s court of. appeals’ decision. MUTE PUTS COPS WISE TOLEDO, Ohio., April 15 —(TP) Puzzled cops scratched their heads when Clarence Stremmel rushed up to them. Stremmel waved his arms, pointed wildly and jumped vp and down in his excitement, but uttered never a word. Gradually it dawned on the poice that Stremmel was a deaf mute, the officers handed the man a papsr and pencil. Stremmel scrawled out the words: ‘‘Two men robbed me of sl2. They stuck a gun as big as a cannon in my face.” SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1936 MOTHER OF FIVE MOUNTS GALLOWS . ENGLAND TOMORROW BIRMINGHAM, England, April 15 (TP) —The mother of five children will mount the gallows tomorrow to be hangsd forithe murder of the woman she was supposed to nurse back to health. The doomed woman is nursb Dorothea Waddington, who was :onvicted Os slaying her elderly wealthy patient. Mrs. Wadding ton lost her final appeal Tues day when Home Secretary John Simon refused to intervene. The condemned. mother will be the eighth woman .to be hanged in Great Britain during’ the 20th :entury. 200th Anniversary DARIEN WILL OBSERVE BIRTHDAY WITH PRO GRAM TOMORROW DARIEN, Ga., April 14 (TP) Prominent citizens from all over Georgia will meet in Darien tomor row to help celebrate the 200th anniversary of the founding of the city. ‘ ' ’ It was in 1736, just three years after the first colonization in Geor gia, that Darien cam© into being. A group of Scotch Highlanders set tled 50 miles south of Savannah. Late the community took the name Darien. During the Civil War, the town was destroyed by Union forces und er General Sherman. Rich in tradition and history. Darien boasts th© names of many Georgia prominents among its early settlers. Among the pioneers were Lachlan Mclntosh, Raymond De. mere, Francis Hopkins, Henry At wood, Isaac Hull and George Threadcraft. Plans for the celebration Include a pageant. Governor Talmadge will head the list of speakers. MAY SOLVEMURDER DRUNKEN MAN’S BOAST ING LIKELY EXPLAIN WOMAN’S DEATH CLEVELAND, April 15—(TP)—Po lice believe that an intoxicated man’s drunken boasting may prove the so lution to an unsolved murder. A year ago, Mrs. Elizabeth Nagy was found murdered. Her slayer was never found and police were without a clue until today’s arrest of a drink er in a downtown taxern. Bluecoats were called when those standing at the bar heard the in toxicated man boast that he was cele brating the anniversary of Mrs. Nagy’s murder. “I killed her,”’ he shouted, "but the men who hired me to kill her .never paid me.” DOZIER D. MILES MURDERED BY UNKNOWN KILLER EARLY TODAY VEGETABLE OIL PLAMT Dozier D. Miles, 48,.. 516 West Forty.first street, was brutally murdered at an early hour this morning at the plant of the Inter national Vegetable and Oil Com pany, located on the old Augusta road, where the man has been em ployed as a night watchman. Early investigation by police fail ed to reveal any clues as to the assailant who beat his victim about the bead it seemed, with some sort of a bludgeon. No motive but rob bery could be assigned for the kill ing after preliminary probing of the case. The weapon with which Miles was slain was vainly searched for by officers when they first arrived on the scene. Apparently the watchman, who had been out of work for two months before he secured his last job, was struck senseless by some one who stood hiding in wait for him. The watchman’s pistol, watch and keys were taken when his pockets were rifled. Police thought the man was kill ed shortl yafter 4 o’clock this morn ing. The body was discovered by Sam Rhodes, a machinist, and fel low employe of Miles. It was lying prone on the ground about three feet from the southeast corner of the large cotton seed warehouse. Death came from the terrific beat ing about the head the watchman received. One sharp wound which pierced Miles forehead indicated the bare possiblity an axte may have been used. The watchman had been in the habit of pulling each of the nine MAY WIHD UP LINDBERGH CASE WENDEL IS EXPECTED BE DISMISSED IN TRENTON TRENTON, April 14 (TP)—The last phase of the Lindbergh-Haupt, mann case may be shunted off into oblivion today. Mercer County’s grand jury will convene to continue —and possibly conclude —its probe of the case of Paul Wendel. He is th© disbarred Trenton lawyer, who made a “con fession” of the Lindbergh murder shortly before the late Bruno Haupt mann was executed. Thirteen wit nesses faced the jury Tuesday. Re ports said they contributed little to the case against Wendel —who was admittedly charged with the Lind bergh murder through an “error.” Hauptmann is dead, the legislative Inquiry has been quashed and the Governor’s personal investigation into the case apparently has sub sided. If Wendel is dismissed today, the last major angle to the case will have been polished off. HAGOOD TO ACCEPT MAIL ORDER POST PLANS TO TAKE POSITION AS EFFICIENCY EXPERT IN NEAR FUTURE CHICAGO, April 15 (TP)—Re ports that Major General Johnson Hagood will go to work for a large mail order company have been con firmed by the General himself. Hagood takes command of the sixth army corps area Monday on orders from President Roosevelt. He was relieved of his eighth corps area command recently for criti cism of the WPA spending policy. When Hagood arrived in Chicago headquarters for his new command, he issued a statement regarding the new job. He said he will take a temporary position with the mail order house as an efficiency expert. The General was emphatic in his explanation that the new post has no connection with his military duties. MRS. THOMAS C. PHILLIPS FILES SUIT FOR DIVORCE Thornes Clarence Phillips, one time owner of one of Savannah’s most popular all-night restaurants, will have his marital affairs settled by a Chatham county jury at the June term of Superior Court. Mrs. Gladys Denmark Phillips, whom he married in 1926. is today seeking divorce and alimony on the grounds of “cruel and inhumane” treatment. She charges the former restaurant proprietor beat her. The couple have one child, a nine year-old girl, whose custody the wife is seeking. Attorney E. A. Dutton i filed the suit. boxes every hour in the numerous buildings on the International Veg etable and Oil Company property. The customary making of these rounds leaves tangible proof a watchman has inspected the entire area, periodically. The last box pull ed by the murdered man was at 4 o’clock this morning at the machine shop, some hundred yards from where he was struck down. There is another watchman’s box just inside the corner of the seed building where Miles was killed. Evidently the attacker was hiding at this corner and knocked Miles down as he turned the corner. The last man to see Miles alive was Dwelly Williams, a negro fire man, employed at the boiler room not far from the seed building, a long structure of corrugated iron with a “V" top and standing about two stories high. Williams told T. E. Allen, manager of the plant, the watchman had stopped by to see him at 3 o’clock this morning and after exchanging a few words had continued on his rounds. “H. L. Sowell, assistant super intendent and myself” said Mr. Rhodes, “drove up to the gates of the plant about 7 o’clock this morn ing. “These gates,” he went on “are usually opened by this time by the night watchman. This morning they were locked. We thought perhaps Mr. Miles had lost his keys and did not give the matter much consider ation. We cimted over the fence and went to chang > our clothes) A little while later when we asked about the watchman and found he had not been sedn for some time I asked Homer—that’s Mr. Sowell— what route Miles usually took. Then I started to hunt him up. I found his body by the seed building.” Police were notified immediately. Blood spattered the walls of the building alongside which the body was discovered for a distance about ten feet high. After Dr. G. H. John, son, coroner, had viewed the re mains, they were taken in charge by the Irvine Henderson funeral home. A detail of city and county police which included Chief W. F. Chapman and Officers Zipperer, Fillyaw, O’Reilley, and Wadley Petit, of the county identification bureau and Inspector R. D. Doney. in charge of the city identification bureau began an investigation. A piece of iron pipe about four feet long and an inch and half in diameter was found on the other side of the seed building and re tained by officers. There appeared to be no bloodstains on it, however, and police expressed doubt as to this being the weapon employed by the murderer. There were no signs of a strug gle on the spot, sparsely threaded with grass, at which Miles was at- I tacked. It appeared likely the man w T as struck down without warning and before he had a chance to draw his gun or cry out. No one beard a scream or sounds of a scuffle. There was no evidence of en trance by the prowler into the of fice building or other structures on the plant property. This led to the belief the murderer in all prob, ability, did not enter the grounds in order to rifle these buildings. PROTEST WELCOME OF HAZI CRUISER BALTIMORE CITIZENS PLAN INDIGNANT DEMONSTRATION BALTIMORE, April 14 (TP)— A mass meeting has been called for tomorrow night to plan further demonstration against an official welcome to the German cruiser Emden when she arrives in Balti more next week. One delegation already has call ed on Mayor Howard Jackson to de mand that he refuse to grant an official welcome to the nazi war. ship. The mass meeting tomorrow night has been called by a dozen leaders of Baltimore religious and Pacifist groups. They claim an of ficial welcome to the German cruis er would be offensive to a large group of Baltimore residents who are opposed to Hitler’s policies. The Emden will be the first Ger man warship to visit the port of Baltimore in 27 years. The 5,400 ton cruiser is expected to arrive Wednesday with her crew of 624 men and officers on a good-will tone ROBBER’S VICTIM di DOZIER D. MILLS Night watchman at the Int. Vege table Oil Co. here, who was brutally slain by an unknown robber at an early hour today. POLICE FIND BOMBS ACT AS BOOMERANGS EXPLODE WHEN STRIKERS HURL DUDS BACK IN TENNESSEE LABOR RIOT ROCKWOOD, Tenn., April 15 (TP) —Police and deputy sheriffs have no doubt today that a tear gas bomb can back-fire. The officers were sent to break up the third strike demonstration in two days at the Rockwood Hos iery Mills. They hurled tear gas bombs into a group of women work ers. The bombs did not explode im. mediately. But when the women threw the bombs back at the police, they did explode. Several police officers are in hospital. MADMANSOUGFJ IN TITTERTON CASE POLICE PROBING MURDER; SEE KILLING WORK OF MANIAC NEW YORK, April 15—(TP)—An unidentified madman is the quarry today in the hunt, by police for the killer of Nancy Titterton. The police investigation into the woman writer’s brutal death has bumped against a blank wall. Meagre clues have been torn to pieces for the last ounce of information. Every suspect has been questioned and cross-questioned and grilled again. Investigator John Lyons expressed belief that the killer was a maniac. He said he was convinced of it be cause Mrs. Titterton was slain in her bedroom and her body was thrown into her bathtub. CLEAR ANDTuNNY OLD SOL BEAMS ON CITY MAKING WINTER TOGS PASSE Schoolboys long for th© ole swimmin’ hole on a day like this. Th© sun is an X-ray lamp turned directly on the cement pavements, and winter clothes, trying to hang on a few days more are certainly being cussed by the wearers. Bright skies and a quiet, warm wind were the characteristics of the morning. This afternoon the at mosphere is supposed to stay this way, and the forecast for tomorrow is “clea and sunny”, but don’t for get that this is still April. People are keeping their fingers crossed, and if some one remarks, “Isn’t it a lovely day,” the person addressed usually knocks on wood. WALSH GETS NEWS OF MOTHER S DEATH Announcement of the death of his mother in Reno, Nevada was received by John A. Walsh, well known Savannahian, today. His mother, Mrs. Anastasia Walsh, died at 6:15 this morning, Reno time, which is 9:15 Savannah time. News of her serious Illness came a few days ago. Mr. Walsh will be unable to at. tend the funeral, it was learned from his family here. Besides her Savannah son, Mrs. Walsh is sur vived by two other sons, Lawrence ' Walsh of Mina, Nevada, and Mat | thew Walsh of Tonopah, Nevada; I and two daughters, Mrs. W. E. Ken- I nikin and Miss Winifred Walsh, I both of Reno. TRANSRADIO PRESS TALDMADGE WINS MANEUVERS FOR FEE AND DATE COSTS SIO,OOO TO RUN FOR PRESIDENCY IN THIS STATE ATLANTA, Ga., April 15. A resolution providing for a presidential primary in Georgia June 3rd was adopted by the State Democratic Executive Committee in session here to day. The forces of Governor Eugene Talmadge won out today in a battle over the date and entrance fee for a Georiga presidential primary. Talmadge’s supporters in the dem ocratic state committee proposed June 3 as the primary date. Then they set a SIO,OOO fee for all candi dates who enter the Georgia primary. Antl-Talniadge Democrats asked that the primary date be set for May 5 and demanded that the entrance fee be lowered to SI,OOO. This move obviously was an effort to make it possible for President Roosevelt to en ter the preferential primaries in Tai madge’* own state. It is doubtful that the Democratic national com mittee will spend SIO,OOO for the privilege of battling the anti-New Dealer on his home grounds. The Talmadge committeemen down ed the opposition suggestions by a steam-roller vote, 83 to 11. Supporters of the fiery Georgia governor hailed the political coup as a Talmadge victory which, an swers the demands of the governor’s critics for a primary and, at the same time, all but erases the possi bility of a Talmadge primary defeat before the Democratic National con vention opens. Democrats opposing the governor had complained that failure to hold a preferential primary would rob the state voters of their just rights. Now Talmadge can answer: “I’m giving you a primary—with a mere SIO,OOO entrance fee.” GILBERfIiKELY CHOICE SUCCEED CHAIRMAH LOVELL CITY COUNCIL WILL CON SIDER REPLACEMENT TONIGHT The name of W. C. Gilbert, man ager of the real estate department of the Liberty Bank & Trust Co., stood out prominently today as the temporary successor, if not the per manent successor of Edward F. Lov ell, Jr. chairman of the Board of Tax Assessors, whose resignation will be acted upon by city council to night. At noon today, Mayor Gamble had not yet definitely decided upon a temporary chairman. The law re quires that the position be declared vacant before a successor can be named. It also provides that the po sition shall be vacant ten days be fore a permanent successor is nam ed. Hence, it is probable that Mayor Gamble will name a temporary chair man, likely Mr. Gilbert, until such, time Council can elect a permanent successor. The names of those who have been mentioned in connection with the po sition were definitely eliminated by city hall spokesmen today. Mr. Gilbert has had a long and wide experience in the real estate field in Savannah. He was in the real estate business many years be fore connecting with the Libert Na tional Bank and Trust Co. The position of chairman of the Board of Tax Assessors Is a non po litical one. The holder of the posi tion cannot be removed during the tenure of his office except by im peachment. This safeguard to re move the Important post from politi cal influence was passed by the state legislature. The place is filled by election of city council. Considerable speculation centered around the sudden departure of Mr. Lovell and his subsequent resigna tion. Mr. Lovell’s health and unhappy marital affairs were assigned by his friends as his reasons for suddenly deciding to enter a government hos pital in Lake City, Fla. Recently, the Superior court here granted Mr. Lov ! ell’s estranged wife temporary ali i mony of SSO per month. Mr. Lovell, [ through his attorney, contested the i validity of his marriage, charging ! that Mrs. Lovell’s divorce from her first husband was irregular and not legal. It is reported Mr. Lovell in ’ tends taking his appeal to the state r Supreme Court and his departure from Savannah Is coincidental to the final outcome of his appeal in that I court. WALKER CONDITION IB j UNCHANGED Th© condition of Aiderman Thad Walker, who is seriously 111 at the ■ Oglethorpe Sanitarium, was report , ed this afternoon as being about the sam«