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T ' > . Mayor Defied By Beverage Vendor WEATHER FAIR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW; RISING TEMPERATURE MARKETS Heavy-Selling Continued During the Morn ing Hours. Rails and Industrials Sagged VOLUME 2—NUMBER 93 FRANTIC RACE WITH DEATH TO SAVE ENTOMBED MINERS; ONE VICTIM DIES CONNOR OPEN FOR BUSINESS, LETTER SENT TU GAMBLE MAN WHOSE PERMIT RE YOKED ACTS ON AD. VICE ATTORNEYS A. B. Connor today hurled defi ance at Mayor Thomas Gamble In a challenge to the city executive right to regulate "arbitrarily” the sale of alcoholic beverages in Sa vannah. In a letter written by Connor’? attorneys, Edward J. Goodwin and Marvin O’Neal, Jr.. Connor told Mayor Gamble his place of business at. 114 Ea«;t State street is open for business. In so many wbf ds, Connor told- the Mayor that official had no right to close up his business or regulate It in any way. Connor is operating in defiance of the Mayor's order revoking his per mit to handle alcoholic beverages. Revocation of the permit by the Mayor followed Connor’s trial and acquittal for violation of the state prohibition law in selling corn whisky. The beverage dealer holds the Mayor has no right, under the city’s alcoholic beverage ordinance, to deny him the right to do business. Following r Vacation of his per mit. Connor put his case In the hands of Attorneys Edward J. Good win and Marvin O’Neal, Jr. The attorneys wrote Mayor Gamble s'eking restoration of the permit. Mayor Gamble’s only anfiwor wait a brief I'tter calling attention to the section of th« municipal alcohol ic beverage ordinance which pur ports to give the Mayor the right to regulate the commerce in alco holic (.rinks, Gamble blue penciled the ordinance section und er which the Mayor supposedly has the privilege of revoking licenses ‘T - cause ’ in h’,3 own discretion. Connor's ntto.rcys had filed a p tiilon with City Council for re iteration of the license. Thsy with (l ew the petition, reportedly be c.use of advice that, the Mayor purposed recommending Its denial, ennor was open for business today as his defiant letter was de livered by his attorneys to the Mover. Here is his letcer: l??-.r Mr. Gamble: As th? representatives of Mr. A. B. Connor, of this City, whose licann? to sell ‘‘alcoholic’’ beverages you revoked several several weeks ago, we beg to ad vise you that we intend to chal lenge your arbitrary use of the of fice which you hold, through the of the Ordinance en :v ®d by the Mayor and Aidermen of the City of Savannah May 27th . 1935, which is entitled: "An Ord inance to provide fdr the issuance of permits to persons, firms and cor porations engaged in the business of dealing in and selling at retail, and wholesale, legal alcoholic bev erages, etc. ..." Mr. Connor, has at no time vio atrd the terms of that Ordinance, and at no time did you have "prob able cause” to revoke th© license under the terms of the Ordinance. Our client Is now open for busi ness, and with due respect for the high office of Mayor of the City of Savannah, and with absolutely no personal feelin' i in the matter toward you or any of your officials, he respectfully challenges you to further molest him tn the conduct of a business, which, so far as the ordinances of the City of Savannah are concerntd he has a perfect right to conduct. As stated In our letter of April 14th.. Mr. Connor stands ready and willing to pay whatever license is required of him, by any Ordinance of this City, to conduct his business. Very truly yours, E J. Goodwin, Marvin O'Neal. Jr., Attorneys for A. B. Connor. Call 6183 - 7448 I To Start Your SAVANNAH DAILY i TIMES Delivery Today SumliTfiiliWiffiiffiiiirs Germany’s Transatlantic Airline Plans Completed ? ■ I 1 4. O 'JT*’ F?" i • '/'Wil ”' ■v EUROPE / _____ fc' , V UNITED S sTAT E 7 AXOMS cHARL g TON \ jjraMMy /O Q C t A F R. I C A r r Ministry has announcefFtttttt within a few months trial- Trvffm* 'f<yr'M r ffansatlantic air service between Germany and the United States w-ill be begun, and that plans for the permanent airline have been i completed. Representatives of Lufthansa, the German airline system, discussed their plans with air officials in Washinc-ton last December. Prin- Italians Marching On Addis Ababa •LEA FOR PEACEi 0. A. R. CONGRESS WASHINGTON TODAY PRESIDENT CANCELS EN GAGEMENT BECAUSE HOWE’S DEATH WASHINGTON, April 20 (TP).— Pleas for a strong national defense and world peace competed with each other today for the capital's spotlight as 4,000 delegates to the annual Daughters of American Revolution Congress convened in their continen tal hall. Delegates representing 34 oeace organizations met In a Wash lngt:n hotel. D. A. R. officials announced this afternoon that Dr. Gus Dyer, profes sor of economics at Vanderbilt uni versity. will deliver his address on the philosophy of the constitution at the opening meeting tonight. Dr. Dyer Is replacing President Roosevelt on the program. The president’s speech was cancelled because of the death of Col. Louis McHenry Howe, former secretary to President Roose velt. Mrs. Roosevelt also cancelled her reception for the D. A. R. delegates at White House Thursday afternoon. Instead, she will appear at the con vention In person. Prior to the formal opening of the congress, a group held a round table discussion this afternoon on r communism in churches. Former Secretary of Agriculture Henry Hyde addressed the meeting. He declared that a majority of the pastors In America are slowly veering toward communism. Although Mrs. Roosevelt cancelled all her social engagements, the high school girls who won the D. A. R.’s good citizenyalp contest wll visit the White House this afternoon accord ing to the original schedrle. Mrs. Roosevelt explained that she does not consider this exactly a social engage ment. HOW WILL LEGION TAKE BURLESQUE IN ATLANTA’S PARADE? ATLANTA. April 20 (TP).—Spon sors of the annual Dogwood festival are wondering what’s going to hap pen when the American Legion and the veterans of future wars march in the same parade. The Legion, of course, Is made up of men who fought for Uncle Sam back two decades ago. The veterans of future wars ore str dents who are carrying on a burlesque drive for an immediate SI,OOO bonus in payment of the battles they may have to fight some day. Body Mrs. Taylor Who Leaped Into Atlantic off Charleston, Is Recovered and Brought Savannah A sucide at sea and the remark able recovery of the body from the ocean off Charleston was the story brought to Savannah this morning when the City of Birmingham docked at the Ocean Steamship Company terminals. A 77-year-old gray haired mother was in Savannah this aftemon, assist ing In making arrangements for the funeral of her daughter, Mrs. Elmer E. Taylor, Chelsea, Mass., who was drowned when she allegedly jump ed over the rail of the S. S. City of Birmingham of the Ocean Steam ship Company, just north of Char leston, S. C., yesterday afternoon. The ship, on which mother and daughter were passengers, docked at Savannah this morning from Boston. The body was recovered an hour after the plunge into the sea. No note to explain the drowning was found. It Is known Mrs. Taylor had been in ill health for some time and was in a highly nervous condition during the passage aouth. The two ship passengers were en route to vis it the drowned woman’s daughter, Mrs. Eva A. Haldacker, who resides in St. Petersburg, Fla., It was hoped a stay at the noted resort would prove beneficial to Mrs. Taylor’s health. Mrs. Isabel Norris, mother of the drowned woman, had been talking on deck with her daughter just a few moments before the tragedy. It was just after the older pasenger left the latter’s side that Mrs. Taylor’s body hurtled through the air into the waves. This was at 2 25 o'clock Sundaj r after non. An immediate alarm was set up and the steamer was stopped. A boat was put ever the vessel’s side and sea men recovered the body at 3:25 o’clock TAXI WAR ON IN WASHINGTON; TIRES OF CARS SLASHED WASHINGTON, April 20 (TP). Tourists visiting the capital today are threatened with the necessity of walking. A shortage of taxicabs is considered Imminent. A mysterious war between rival leading cab com panies has already resulted in tem porarily disabling 200 hacks. Most of the cabs had their tires slashed in the early hours of the morning. Police fear that unless the wreck ing crews ere apprehended, a serious shortage in cabs might result. The city is crowded with spring tourists and 4,000 delegates to ■■ annual Daughters of American TTevolution Congress. SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1936 vilMf’ttops between Berlin and New York wall be Lisbon, Portugal, the Azores, Bermuda, and Charleston, S. C. The Germans are building huge Dornier planes of the DO-X type, capable of flying 3,000 miles with a 1,200-joound payload. The snips will weigh close to thirty five tons and will be luxuriouslv appointed. (Central Press) When the steamer touched at Savan nah this morning the remains were taken in charge by Sipple Brothers. A wire from the funeral home advised relatives of Mrs. Taylor in Chelsea of her death. Her husband, who resides there, did not accompany his wife on the journey south. It is expected the remains will be sent to Boston to night by Sipple Brothers and from there will be taken to Chelsea for funeral services. ARMEDMANiAC AT FORD PLANT POLICE WITH MACHINE GUNS ARE STANDING GUARD DETROIT, April 20 (TP)—Police, armed with sub-machine guns, sur rounded the Henry Ford Hospital this noon, In an effort to capture an armed maniac. The madman is believed to be trapped inside the building. H crept into the nurses’ headquarters and slugged nursa Esther McKer cher. An interne tried to stop the man iac’s flight, but was hurled aside as the assailant fled down the hall. While heavily armed officers guard all exits, detectives are searching every room in the hos pital. MURDERSUICIDE VERDICT IS REACHED IN DEATH CANADIAN MOUNTIE AND BRIDE VANCOUVER. B. C„ April 20 (TP) A verdict of murder and suicide is expected today in the case of a Royal Canadian moon tie and his bride. Two monts ago. Corporal George Whitman of the mounted police was married in Bellngham, Wash., with out'the required permission of his superior officers. Friends said the morntie feared the wedding would cost him his stripes. Neighbors he ard two shots In the Whitman home at Vancouver. Po lice who broke into the place found the corporal and his pretty bride shot to death. CAPITAL CITY IS HYSTERICAL, WILL FIGHT UHTO DEATH SECRETARY EDEN ASKS FURTHER PENALTIES AGAINST ITALY ADDIS ABABA. April 20 —(TP) The Ethiopian Capital awakened to day to the almost hysterical excitement of a city in the path of a flood or tornado. For sure that Italian sol diers are marching on Addis Abab,, natives are wild with patriotic fervor. Thousands have volunteered for im mediate service—to defend the city. It is reported that Marshall Pietro Badcglio i$ driving his armies south ward from Dessye, byway of Ankober. It may be weeks before the Capital is reached, yet there is a feeling that the Italians will make it somehow. Another column is reported marching northward upon Harrar, the important railroad base. When this army, under the Somaliland commander, General Graziani, captures Harrar—the im portant railroad will fall into Italian hands. Hazy Italian dispatches men tion great batles and a tremendous loss of Ethiopian lives. The Emperor, Halle Seiassise is still strangely mis sing. EDEN SPEAKS GENEVA. April 20 —(TP)— Brit ain’s Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the League of Nations today that Great Britain is ready to consider fur ther penalties against Italy as a means of stopping the war against Ethiopia. Eden urged the League Council to maintain all the existing sanctions until Italy comes to terms. Eden indicated that Britain with other nations might take independ ent action against Italy if all League efforts failed. This was the first time that Britain had hinted at steps against Italy outside of League partici pation. U. S. TO TAKE TIME NAME NEW JUDGE FOR BENCH FLORIDA WASHINGTON, April 20 (TJ?)— The opinion prevailed among Con gressional Democrats today ‘that the administration is going to take its time in picking a successor to former Federal Judge Ritter of Florida. Last wek the Senate re moved Ritter from his office vot ing him guilty on an article on im peachment presented by the House., The xr , aes of more than a half dozen Florida Lawyers have enter ed the private conversations con cerning Ritter’s successor. I SUPREME TRIBUNAL SITS IN JUDGMENT TALMADGE CONTROL LEGALITY OF HIS FINAN CIAL SET-UP IS MAJOR QUESTIOON ATLANTA. Ga., April 20 (TP).— A majcr crisis in Georgia’s political and financial set-up got under way today. The State Supreme Court b»- gan its hearing of an appeal by Gov. Talmadge from an adverse decision of t he Fulton County Superior Court. The question concerns itself with the right of Talmadge-appointed of ficials to use money held in four north Georgia banks. In a split de cision, a three-judge tribunal held that th courts have jurisdiction in the matter. Talmadge maintains that the legislature alone is arbiter of his acts. He contends that his ouster actions are within the powers conferred on him by the constitution. Thus, he claims, his new appointees are legally qualified to hold office until and unless the legislature de crees otherwise. Because four justices disqualified themselves, the Supreme court today wil Ibe composed of but two of its regular judges. Four ethers have been appointed by Talmadge to sit in judgment. SEEK TO INDICT SEVEN SNATCHERS ST. PAULj Minn., April 20 (JP The United States government will seek to indict seven, men for the 5100,000 kidnaping of Williaip Hamm, Jr., when the Federal Grand Jury convenes tomorrow in St. Paul. Federal agents announced they solved the 1933 kidnaping of the St. Paul brewer following the ar rest of three suspects. They took into custody Edward Bartholmew, Bentenville, 111., postmaster and civic leader, Jack Pfeiffer of St. Paul and Charles Fitzgerald of Los Angeles. Three other suspects in the kid naping case are now in jail or serv ing long sentences. They are Elmer Farmer, serving 20 yeals for his part in the $200,000 Edward Bremer kidnaping, and Byron Bolton, who has pleaded guilty to complicity in the same abduction. Arthur Barker, convicted as one of the leaders in the Bremer kidnaping, is serving a life sentence in Alcatrez Peniten tiary. The seventh suspect is Alvin Kar pis, Public Enemy Number 1, who is still at large. Karpis is believed to have shared leadership with Barker in both the Bremer and Hamm abductions: ” COLORADO GUARDS PATROL MANY MILES DETERMINED EFFORT TO KEEP OUT CHEAP LABOR DENVER, April 20 —(TP)— Col orado National Guardsmen patrolled 300 miles of the state’s southern boun daries today to keep cheap Mexican laborers on the other side of the line. Governor Johnson first charged that certain railroads and beet suger firms planed to import cheap labor for the beet crops. Then he sent soldiers hot footing it southward to see that his orders against cheap labor are carried cut. Governor Johnson said Colorado has plenty of unemployed of her own. She doesn’t have to import any. WOMAN CRASH VICTIM Mrs. Sarah Cranman, 601 West Gwinnett street, was slightly hurt when an auto in which she was a passenger and being driven by Irouis Cranman, of the same ad dress, was in collision at Bull and Henry streets Sunday night. The driver of the other car was J. T. Dawson of Lawton and Gaston streets. Officers said a case would be made later. MORE RELIEF AID Doing its bit for the relief of the Georgia tornado sufferers, the His torical Project of the Works Pro gress Administration sent in its contribution to Red Cross head quarters this morning. Ths project is composed of ap proximately forty workers, whose wages are merely a step above the i subsistence wage of $27 per month. To Wed Borah Kin Hr / Hf ja , i Miss Letba Pipes Formal announcement has been; made of the engagement of Miss; Leiba Pipes, 20, New Orleans' beauty, to Federal Judge Wayne G.’ Borah, nephew of Senator .William; E. Borah of Idaho. ■ - * (Central PrestJ l HITLER 0 BSERVES FORTY SEVENTH BIRTHDAY IN GOOD HUMOR; BESTOWS LONG LIST TITLES L ON AIDES ' k BERLIN, 'April 20 (TP) .—Chancel lor Hitler bestowed a long list of high title* on his aides today as he celebrated his 47th birthday. Amid a great military demonstra tion, the Nazi leader raised General Blomberg to field marshal of the Reichswehr. Air Minister Hermann Goering was raised to a colonel-gen eral. Other recipients of birthday honors included musicians, and scien tists. A huge military parade then cele brated the leader’s birthday. 35,000 troopers goose-stepped befdre Hitler along the famous old Unter den Lin den. The line of march stretched out for six miles. Soldiers, sailors and white shirts marched before the dictator. With the blare of bands, the rumbling, of 400 army tanks, the roar cf plane* overhead, Berlin showed its martial spirit for Adolf Hitler. , c DEATH WARRANT MINOR MEASURES ONLY ‘MUST’ LEGISLATION NOW CONSIDERED BY CONGRESS WASHINGTON, April 20 (TP)— Congressional Leaders are writing the death warrants today for all but the most Important legislation on their calenders. A week-end survey dis closed to them that congress will have to remain in Washington until June 15, at least; to dispose of "must’’ mea sures. These Include the half dozen remaining dtpartmental supply bills, and the new tax and relief measures. The tax measures has been given the legislature right of way in the house this week. It 1* expected to ba re ported out of committee tomorrow. Debate is scheduled to open on the house floor Wednesday. This will probably take the rest of the week. Leaders optimistically hope to finally send the measure to the senate by the end of April. Then the bill will begin its way through the upper house. Chairman Harrision of the Senate Fiance Com-1 mittee says he expects to use two week ß for committee consideration. Debate On the Senate floor, however, is expect ed to be long and bitter. Senators cannot be bound by the gag rules like house members. FIRE MARSHAL ON GUARD IN THE BRONX NEW YORK< April 20 (TP)— On guard through the early morning hours in the Bronx today was Thomas Brophy, who catches pyromaniacs. Chief Fire Marshall Brophy is m charge of fire fighting and fire pre vention. Nabbing pyromaniacs is his own particular business. Brophy has a big job cut out for him today. He is looking for the pyro maniac who set five tenements afire In the Bronx and endangered 30 fami lies. Brophy h pretty sure the guilty person is a man, and probably alco holic. Pyxom.'-iacs are some Limes fiendishly clevc< but they nearly al ways get caught. Brophv expect* to get this one. -h Y-. - . *j‘ m . Published every day excepting Saturdays. Five cents per copy W® Sundays; Delivered to your home fifteen cents WEEK DAYS per week. pAy N 0 MORB i ' A '< TRANSRADIO PRESS ONLY FIVE FEET ROCK SEPARATES TWO FROM RESCUE HEAVY BLAST DYNAMITE BE CANADIANS’ FINAL EFFORT MOOSE RIVER, Nova Scotia, April 20 (TP).—Officials announced today that they expect to reach the two Survivors of the Moose River mine cave-ln shortly. Only five feet of rock • remains between the rescuers And the .tunnel, in which-three men Were trapped over a week ago. ’ Drath claimed one cf three men- Entombed in a gold mine cave-in to day while miners ’worked frantically Save the other two. ( c^ e ' ln Herman Ma Gin, , with , Dr. R. E. Robertson and .Alfred - Scadding, ■ wa* trapped by a landslide 140 feet below the sur face of a Moose rivqr gold mine. ■ A huge squad of rescue workers drilled at top speed to reach the trio but repeated rockslides and more ’ cavq-ins i balked their rescue at tempts. Yesterday, they managed to drill a small hole through to the underground chamber. They learned to ther amazement, that all three were alive. . The rescue attempt continued with renewed speed when mine experts warned that water was seeping into the mine galleries and all three were in danger of drowning. ! They sent words of encourage inept to the entombed men as the diamond drills bit into' the. rock wall. ; Feeble replies came back from the chamber where the three crouched, straining t heir eyes for the split in the rock wal which would mean that the rescv.erers had broken through. Today, Dr. Robertson sent up word of MaGlU’s death. His companion. Dr. Robertson said, collapsed severs 1 days ago when all hope of rescue had gone. Mining experts headed by the Ca nadian minister of mines are prepar- ’ Inga heavy blast of dynamite in a final effort to break through to the two survivors. Dr. Robertson and Scadding have been warned to crawl as far back as possible into the sub terranean prison for fear that they might be buried in the debris. Pumps are working at top speed but last reports said the water is filling the mine shafts rapidly. RIFLFrULE IN JERUSALEM HOLY CITY IS BOILING WITH TROUBLE—NINE JEWS DEAD JERUSALEM, April 20 (TP).— Bayonets and rifles kept order through the night in Jerusalem. The Holy City is boiling with trouble. Nine Jews and several Arabs are dead. Nearly 50 are injured. Rioting between Jews and Arabs made Sun day a da yofte rror. British troop* were summoned from theJ" base near Jaffa. They dec Jared a curfew and kept the streets empty through the watchful night. COURT INJUNCTION FAILS TO HALT 300 WOMEN PICKETING COSHOCTON, Ohio, April 20 (TP) A court injunction failed to discour, age 300 women pickets at the Indi, anapolis Glove Company factory to day. Although the cov.rts had ruled against mass picketing in the glove strike, the pickets were on hand to day when officials attempted to re open the plant. Nonstrikers were turned back when they tried to break tHrough benches. The:' appealed to the city and state authorities for help. The glove factory has been closed down since strikers walked out on March 24. THREE NEGROES HELD CHARGED WITH ROBBING CITY DRY GOODS STORE Three negroes charged with the burglary of I. Rabhan and Sons, dry goods store at 42 West Broad street, will appear lu police court Wednesday morning. The trio were arrested by City Detective A. Wi man and Police Officer J. W. Hatirlch A large quantity of dresses and other articles of clothing, the whole valued at more than S3OO, was atol. en when three locks were broken off the Rabhan • establishment’s front door about ten days ago. The men arrested are Charlie Coleman, 22; Edward Gale, 17, and Charlie Edwards, 17.