Savannah daily times. (Savannah, Ga.) 1936-????, April 27, 1936, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextWEATHER CONTINUED FAIR AND WARMER TODAY AND TOMORROW. MARKETS Stock Drifted in Narrow Margin; Wheat Declines; Cotton Eased Off. VOLUME 2—NUMBER 100 VESSELS IN DISTRESS ESCAPE DESTRUCTION NORTH ATLANTIC Rescue Ships Hasten to Aid; SOS Flashed IVANHOE AND SAN QUEN TIN RIDING OUT OF HEAVY SEA NEW YORK, Arpil 27 (TP).—The maxter of the British freighter, San Quentin, radioed rescue ships at mid day that his vessel will be able to proceed without assistance. The ves sel asked aid when her steering gear became disabled in heavy seas on the North Atlantic. The liners Washing ton and Bremen were en route to her, side. Mackay Radio reported that the San Quentin captain said he would be able to repair his steering appara tus. The deck structure of his ship suffered considerable damage. , ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, April 27 (TP). The dlstresed Norwegian freighter, Ivanhoe, was reported rid ing out the heavy seas of the North Atlantic todt The Polish motorship, the Pilsudski, of the Gydnla-Ameri can lines said the Ivanhoe h;e tol dher she could stick it out til a salvage tug could reach her. She has a disabled rudder. Ot the same time, the United. States lines 8. S. Washington radioed her New York offices that she ex pected to reach the vicinity of the British freighter, San Quentin, about 1 p.m. The San Quentin was reported rudderless and drifting about 700 miles east of St, Johns, Newfound land. The San Quentiin carries a crew of 30 men. She broke her rudder and the heavy seas pounder her into help lessness and flooded her radio room. The liner Washington reported she had heard nothing from the British freighter since the message that re ported the waters swamping the ra dio room. SAVANNAHIANS ESCAPE DEATH IN BRUNSWICK WRECK LYNCH FORCED OVER EM BANKMENT TO AVOID COLLISION Pour Savannahians miraculously escaped death in Brunswick yesterday afternoon about 4 o’clock when the automobile in which they were rid- ■ ing toppled over an embankment and came to rest bottom side up in a shallow creek. ; The driver of the car was Stacey Lynch of 1101 Lincoln street; Miss Harriet Kent, 553 cast State street and Floyd Coleman, 116 West Liberty street. None of the four suffered more than minor injuries. After receiving treatment at City Hospital in Bruns wick they returned to Savannah last night. Police Officer J. Bisson investigated the crash and reported to Police Chief • J. E. Register of Brunswick that the accident occurred as the Savannah car rounded a curve in the city at a speed, estimated at 50 miles an hour. The party left Savannah Saturday morning for Jacksonville and were on 1 their return to Savannah at the time. I Lynch was driving north on Glouces ter street. At the Intersection of Glenn , avenue there is a curve. Miss Kent said today the cause of the smash- i up was that another driver headed in < the opposite direction to their ma chine. She said this driver swung out ; in rounding the turn and Mr. Lynch drove the car*over the embankmsnt to : avoid a collision. She denied that their machine was moving swiftly. •• •! The Savannah car turned over three 1 times in plunging down the embank ment into the water. Fortunately the I tide in the salt water stream was not high and only about four feet of water stood In the creek. There is a filling < station near where the accident hap- I pened. i Occupants of the gas station and bystanders, rushed to the scene. They broke the glass in the auto doors and I hauled out the entrapped passengers. i Mrs. Strickland was treated for a 1 dislocated shoulder but sustained only slight bruises and scratches. GAS METER ROBBER Officer H. L. Price reported to po lice headquarters this morning that someone had broken into the O. K Lunch Room at 204 West Bryan street and robbed the gas meter of a small quantity of cash. Entrance was made by breaking open the front door. Daisy Alexander, negro, 545 East Park Avenue, proprietor of the restaurant, was notified and se- i cured the broken door. < Call 6183 - 7448 To Start Your SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES Delivery Today nu q n ull lin f 5 A Triangle of Death -Ik. ' • z ifr 1 JluX'' . > If ■■ mBIBO IZTJ 1 V? 'WmOsj J. 'tX / I \ Hir '■’l \ Ji!? p W ; : 'LI WM g |||*A .... A l edOt n, C Charfired with the murder 01 j °?r 19 ’ when the youth returned to Keithsburg, 11l to California - Johnson, confronted by the be , en , en^ ed by the wife to drive her to the West Coast. The woman stayed, he returned. Collins is said by police to have shot Johnson, declaring the youth’s story to be false* (Central Press), TRAIN CRASH VICTIM LEAVES HOSPITAL Still unconscious since the morn ing of April 1 when she was badly Injured in *n auto-train crash at Claxton, Mrs. S. T. Ellis, Jr., of Clax ton was removed from Telfair hos pital yesterday to her home. Mrs. Ellis aas brought to the hospital just after the accident In which a truck and a passenger train figured. The physician who attended Mrs. Ellis in Eavannah said his patient has been improving for the last day or so. At first it was feared hurts to Mrs. Ellis’ head would prove fatal. Riding in the truck when it hit the train were also, Mrs. Eugene Hend ricks, driver, and Thmas Ellis, age three months. Mrs. Hendricks and the baby were only slightly injured. MYSTERY PROWLER AT SAVANNAH HIGH OFFICES ARE BROKEN IN TO BUT NOTHING TAKEN • A mysterious prowler gained en trance to the Savannah high school, broke into several rooms, and left without making a haul of any sort, early this morning. School officials and the police were at a loss to explain how the person entered the building. The windows were all tightly closed and the doors locked. Ormond B. Strong, superin tendent of public schools, said that perhaps the entrance had been made while the R. O. T. C. boys were in the building yesterday afternoon put ting away their equipment after the Memorial Day parade. In this event, the visitor spent the night there. He left as mysteriously as. he nad come. Authorities at the school discover ed this morning that the man had broken into the Board of Education room and into the room of Edward J. Thcmas, Jr., accountant, forcing open Mr. Thomas’ desk, but leaving his papers undisturbed. After a care ful check up nothing was found missing. ABANDON HOPE FOR KING FUAD EGYPTIAN MONARCH RE PORTED BE SINKING RAPIDLY CAIRO, April 27 (TP).—Doc'ors attending King Fuad of Egypt gave j up hope today for his recovery. The aged ruler has now lapsed into ] a coma. Members "f the royal fam ily have been caled to his bedside. The 68-year-old ruler was stricken by a mouth infection. His strength was sapped away by severe hemor rhages. Blood transfusions gave him temporary relief, but little progress has been made to check the infection. PALMER DIES AKRON, Ohio, April 27 (TP).— Former State Senator Thomas J. Palmer died today of three bullet wounds in his head. Palmer had lin gered between life and death for five day-'. He was found last Wednesday, badly wounded, with a pistol in his hand. CALLMORGENTHAU FIRST WITNESS IN TAX BILL INQUIRY UMOR HAS IT SENATE MAY RE-WRITE ENTIRE MEASURE WASHINGTON April 27 (TP) The Senate finance comittee got down to work today on the Administration’s Tax Bill. Treasury Secretary Morgen thau was called as the first witness. In the other wing of the capital House Democrats are lining up with their party leaders to push through the bill. The limited debate is ex pected to end today. Speaker Byrns said he doesn’t expect any major amendments to be tacked onto the bill in the house. He added that “no body knows anything about It.” It may be different in the Senate. It has been widely predicted that the Upper House will rewrite the entire bill, despite Administration pressure to get it out the way as soon as pos sible. Republican members of the house ways and means committee will meet this evening to decide whether they will try to amend the administration tax bill. Rep. Woodruff, of Mich. Republi can member of the committee, said they have not decided what amend ments if any be proposed. Democratic leaders in the House have indicated a belief that the measure will go through to the Senate virtually as written. The Senate finance commit tee opened hearings on the $800,000,- 000 bill today. WOMEN FLYERS WANT UNCLE SAM TO TRAIN SEX FOR WAR SERVICE CHICAGO, April 27 (TP)—Wo men flyers want Uncle Sam to train women as war-time pilots. The annual convention of the wo mens pilots’ organization, the “Ninety-Nines”, in a resolution says: “Women are anxious to do mili tary service, because of the same patriotism that leads their sisters to become war-time nurses. There fore ,we petition the United States to make provision for the free training of women pilots for air service.” ASCOT SPEEDWAY SMOULDERING RUINS LOS ANGELES April 27 (TP) The famous Ascot speedway is a mass of smouldering ruins. Fire swept the auto race course, doing damage of more than $60,000. Ascot track has been encircled by the flying autos of many famous drivers. The fire destroyed the grand stand, the repair shops and other buildings on the grounds. MAKE DOCKET CASE J. B. Bashkr and F. B. Thigpen were placed on the police court dock et by Officer J. R. McGrath after a collision between autos being driven by the two at Hal and Montgomery streets at 6:30 o’clock yesterday aft pear in police c.urt Wednesday to answer charges of reckless driving thereby running into and damaging each other’s automobiles. SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY 27, 1936 SOCIALISTSAND COMMUNISTS BOTH CLAIMING VICTORY RESULTS OF FRENCH ELEC TION COME IN SLOWLY PARIS, April 27 (TP)—French Socialists and Communists each claimed victory today while elec tion reports came slowly in from outlying districts. Late bulletins say 54 left wing candidates are assured of parlia mentary seats by absolute major ities piled up in yesterday’s ballot ing. Thirty five center party can didates also were swept into office yesterday and 66 right wing can didates were declared winners. Final results are still lacking in many instan-es, but it is certain that run-off elections will be nec essary next Sunday in 365 French election districts. Failure by any candidate to win an absolute ma jority in the first elections neces sitates a run-off election at which a plurality means election. French political authorities gen erally admitted that Communists would win more new parliamentary seats than any other. It was held probably at Paris that Socialists will replace the largest party in the Chamber of Deputies when the final results are totalled. Socialists, Communists and Radical Socialists joined in a united front against the right wing forces in yesterday’s election. The Centrists made a sur prising showing in the fact of cam paign predictions that they would be cause between the right and left wing fires and squeezed out of the political picture. U. S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEET 2,000 REPRESENTATIVES OF BUSINESS GATHER IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, April 27 (TP)— "Two thousand representatives of buisness are gathered in Washing ton today for the 24th annual meeting of the United States Chamber of Commerce. The convention is opening at noon today with a meeting of the Chamber’s national council. The council is an advisory board made up of one representative from each of the 1,500 member organiations of the Chamber. Today’s session is nominating 18 members for the Chamber’s board of directors. All the convention delegates will vote on the directors later in the week. “SNOOKS” PALM MARKS HOLDS HIM FOR TRIAL “Snooks” Singleton, Negro, is to face trial shortly at Springfield on the charge of burglarizing the store of Harry Lancaster in Springfield Saturday night after the identifica tion bureau of the Chatham county police had linked the negro with the robbery. A smal quantity of merchandise and money was stolen. The print of the Intruder’s palm was left on a glass window which was broken. It was compared with the print of Sin gleton’s palm and found, according to the police to be the same. CHILD DRINKS KEROSENE MISTAKING IT FOR “POP” Lavada Bragg .daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Bragg of Port Wentworth, left St. Joseph’s hospital last night with a pronounced aversion to the odor, and sight of kerosene but otherwise suffered no ill effects from swallowing a generosu portion of the fuel oil a 4 her father’s store yester day. Lavada is 14 months old. It had been her custom to help herself to bottles of soft drinks from an ice box in the store. Yesterday romeone left a soft drink bottle near the Ice box. The bottle was full of rerosene. The baby saw it and downed half the contents before she realized her mis take. The child collapsed in a few moments and was rushed to t he Sa vannah hospital. PROWLER EVADES ARREST Lieut. J. H. Lang and Poylce Offi cer L. W. Heidt were called to the home of Mrs. M. E. Winn, 1109 East Thirty-first street, at. 7:52 o’clock last night when the householder report ed someone had broken into the house. Entrance was effected by a window on the side of the home. A search failed to reveal any trace of the prowler and a check up later did not show anything missing. “PASTEURIZED” MILK BEATRICE, Neb., April 27 (TP) —A Nebraska dairy farmer, John Andreas, vouches for the following conversation he says took place when two Chicagoans visited him. The city dwellers watched the cows coming in at milking time. One of them asked: “Do you keep your cows on pasture?” Andreas replied that he does. “That’s fine,’’ answered the Chicagoan, “I think pasteurized milk is always best.” National G. O. P. Women’s Parley W" WK-/ 0 wwi *1 fe wk " i w W f M f Ik », a.*; J| ... n it .. V L- jSvjV- ■ Ogden L. Mills, former secretary of the treasury; Mrs. George Horace Lorimer, wife of the publisher, and Bainbridge Colby,former secretary of state, are shown (left to right) at the annual luncheon meeting of the Republican Women of Pennsylvania, held in Philadelphia in preparation for coming presidential campaign. 'Central Press) SPRING MANEUVERS OF PACIFIC FLEET HUGE BATTLE-WAGONS WILL HEAD FOR PANAMA SAN DIEGO, Cal April 27 (TP) Bugles piped “To Quarters’’ early to day when Bluejackets of the Pacific fleet tumbled out of their hammocks to make ready for the start of their annual spring maneuvers. Some time today, or tonight, the huge battle-wagons which guard the Pacific coast will weigh anchors and head for Panama. Under the com mand of Admiral Joseph M. Reeves, the commander-in-chief of the battle fleet, the ships will go through their paces in mock battle maneuvers on their way to the cannal zone. The Pacific fleet is expected to reach Panama about May 15. After a week's lay-over, the fleet will head to sea again to complete the maneu vers in southern Pacific waters. EIGHT MEN ARE RESCUED AT SEA SEINE BOAT WRECKS 50 MILES OFF SHORE CAPE MAY GLUCESTER, Mass. April 27 (TP) —Another thrilling tale of rescue at sea was brought back to Gloucester today by eight men whose Seine boat was wrecked 50 miles off Cape May, N. J. The men were members of the crew of the Mackerel Schooner “Carlos and Vince.’’ They were catching mackerel in a 42-seine boat when their own schooner crashed into them. Four of the men were thrown into the sea. The other four jumped into a dory. Lines were thrown to the fishermen in the water and after a hard strug gle they were hauled aboard. POLE S DISCOVERY DISPUTE REOPENED CHICAGO, April 27 (TP)—A document now said to be in the European gambling center, Monte Carlo, was injected into the 30 year dispute over who discovered the north pole. The document is the will of a former Prince of ionaco. It is re ported to contain a clause definite ly supporting the claims of Dr. Frederick Cook that he beat Peary on the famous Arctic race. Dr. Cook heard of the will in a letter from a French explorer, Count Byron de Prorok. The Frenchman wrote, from Paris that he had seen the will. Dr. Cook plans to investigate the strange will immediately. He said it may end the controversy that has .split exploration groups since the turn of the century. SIZE OF “QUEEN MARY’’ SHOWN IN COMPARISON NEW YORK, April 27 (TP)—Per sons who get a kick out of compari sons are these days fig, ring out the true dimensions of the giant new British liner, “Queen Mary.” If she were up ended alongside the Empire State Building she would reach to the 88th floor. If she were picked up and set down in Times Square she would completely crowd out the merrymaking area sometimes known as “the great White Way.” Three locomotives could be run abreast through one of the liner’s great funnels or smokestacks. Each funnel is larger than the Hclland ve hicular tunnel. They are 70 feet high and 30 feet in diameter. HENCHMAN OF LONG’S TO FACE TAX TRIAL NEW ORLEANS. La.. April 27 CTP). -A prominent henchman of the late Senator Huey P. Long is go ing on trial May 25 in New Or leans on charges of income tax vio lation. He Is Seymour Weiss, promi nent New Orleans hotel man and former shipboard official. Weiss will be tried before Federal Judge Wayne Borah with three co defendents. Emperor Haile’s Daughter Asks Women of World to Help Nation Resist Italians ADDISABABA April 27 (TP)—Ths daughtetr of Emperor Haile Selassie, Princess Tsahai, asked the women of the world today to help Ethiopia re sist the Italian invasion. The young Princess urged women of all nations to petition their govern ments to come to the rescue of Ethio pia. She said that a united stand by women could force the League of Nations to blockade Italy and bring Premier Mussolini to his knees. The Princess concluded her plea to women in these words: “For God’s sake get together and NEW SKIRMISH ALBANY TONIGHT FRESH FLARE-UP BE TWEEN LEHMAN AND LEGISLATURE ALBANY.N Y., April 27 (TP)— A new skirmish in the New York legislature battle is expected to night when the assembly recon venes for what may be its final week in session. What many onlookers regarded as the first gun in a new flare-up between Democratic Governor Her bert Lehman and the Republican controlled assembly was the Gov ernor’s letter to Republican assem bly speaker, Irving M. Ives. Calling for Republican support of his anti-crime program, Gover nor Lehman reminded Ivies that not long ago, when the Democrats ruled the assembly, Ives had come out strongly on the anti-crime sub ject. At that time, Lehman recall ed. liv.es had hint that the under world was responsible fir the de feat of several Republican bills aimed to reduce crime in New York State. PARENTS WHO FORCED SON, 7, FROM HOME FACE LONG JAIL TERM CHICAGO, April 27 (TP)—The parents ot a bright-faced seven year-old boy will walk into court todav to learn their punishment for turning the child out of the house. Ernest Temple was sent from his home clad only in his sleeping suit. When a neighbor found him after a fiO-hour search, the boy was rag ged, hungry and covered with dust from coal-bins in which he had slept for two nights. The parents were found guilty of contributing to their child’s de pendency. Judge Edelman says he has been deluged with requests that the parents be given the stif fest penalty possible. He says the most harsh term provided by law is a year’s imprisonment and a ' 0 fine FRENCH TAILOR HERE TO TEACH AMERICAN MEN PROPER - DRESS NEW YORK, April 27 (TP)—A French expert on men’s styles, Pierre Bose, has arrived in Amer ica to tell Americans how to dress. The Frenchman has worked out a new style which requires suits, topcoats, and neckties to be made cut of the same materials. He says that if a cap is worn with the out fit, it also must be ot the same goods as suit and coat. Monsieur Bose brought along 170 sampel outfits which he values at S2OO each. He intends to launch his sales attack indirectly, by pointing out to the ladies that their escorts look outlandish unless they wear the Bose combination. The Frenchman explained that his tail or . rakes him 52 suits every year, so that he never has to wear any outfit more than seven times. As for the American .o wears a gray topcoat over a dark suit —why— nom de nom, madame. no lady can be seen with suich canaille! get something done which will really help us before it is too late.” Not to Flee LONDON April 27 (TP)—The Secretary of the Ethiopian Legation at London squelched worldwide re ports today that Emperor Selassie of Ethiopia is planning to flee from his country. The reports were started by the daring flight of the French Pilot Rene Drouillet from France to Ethiopia. Italians Pour In ASMARA, ERITREA April 27 (TP) —ltalian Black Shirts poured lead and steel into the Ethiopian town of Sasa Baneh today. The Italians, according to reports received at Asmara, have completely surrounded the town and are slowly closing in on the Ethiopians who are battling stubbornly to hold the vil lage. Yesterday’s capture of nearby Daggah Modo, Italian commanders said, smashed all danger of a flank attack on the'west and led to* the surrounding of Sasa Baneh. BRECKENRIDGE TO INVADE MARYLAND CAMPAIGNING FOR NOMI NATION OF ANTI-NEW DEAL TICKET BALTIMORE, April 27 (TP)— Col. Henry Breckenridge will move into Maryland tomorrow to begin an intensive stump-speaking tour. Colonel Breckenridge, who is campaigning for the presidential nomination on an anti-New Deal ticket, hopes there are enough fol lowers of the late Albert C. Ritchie former governor of Maryland and I ardent anti-New Dealer, to carry the primaries against Roosevelt. Present plans call for a series of Maryland speeches which wifi keep the Colonel in the Free State until May 4, the day of ths primary bal ton Breckenridge rallies have been planned in a score of Maryland towns. NEW CHARTER IS PROPOSED NEW YORK NEW YORK, April 27 (TP) Political leaders and voters are carefully scanning the terms of Father Knickerbocker s proposed new charter. The charter revision plan, an nounced after 18-months work by a committee of experts, retains the present form of city government but proposes sweeping reforms within that set-up. The proposal will be offered the New York voters for a referendum vote this fall. SEWER GETS MOONSHINE FOUND IN AUTOMOBILE City Police Officers Sheppard, O’Rlelly and Cohen and Special Of ficer J. M. Poole, poured 40 gallons of Georgia moonshine down the sew er last night after finding an aban doned liquor-laden auto near the Atlantic Coast Line Shops ab 10:20 o'clock last night. The officers saved two five-gallon kegs of the “moon” for evidence. The car was brought to the city by the officers. INDIAN, lU2 DIES ASHCROFT, B. C., April 27 (TP)—David Basel, ose of the old est Indians in the Northwest and Chief of the Bonaparte tribe, died at his ranch ,at the age of 102. The veteran Iridian leader was one of the last survivors of the Redmen who inhabited the British Columbia dry belt, before the White men came. He drove a bull team on the Old Cariboo road in the seventies and eighties, and in 1925. with two other Indian Chiefs, went to England to interview King George about a land dispute. Published every day excepting Saturdays. J Five cents per copy C* Sundays; Delivered to your home fifteen cents WEEK DAYg per week. pay NQ MORE TRANSRADIO PRESS GRANT EXTENSION TIME PAYMENT OF GASOLINE TAXES COMPTROLLER ORDERS RE TURNS MADE TO HIM DIRECT ATLANTA, April 27.—Comptroller General G. B. Carreker today grant ed oil companies operating in Geor gia an extension of time for payment of gasoline taxes after ordering them to make returns directly to his of fice instead of the state revenue com mission. The time extension was understood to have been granted to allow the companies to confer with attorneys on payment of the taxes directly into the state treasury. The order requiring the taxes to be paid directly to the comptroller gen eral was issued after Judge Claude Porter, of Floyd Superior court, granted an injunction preventing the revenue commission from collecting the oil taxes and turning them into the state treasury. The oil taxes which bring in near ly $1,250,000 monthly have been counted on by Governor Talmadge as one of his main sources of revenue in the one-man dictatorship of state finances. They are due on the 25th of each month, but were not paid last Saturday under the comptroller’s or der. LANDON FORCES AFTER DELEGATES MAKING VIGOROUS 818 FOR MISSOURI’S SUPPORT ST. LOUIS, April 27 (TP).—Back ers of Kansas Governor Alf Landon are starting a hard-driving campaign for convention delegates at the open ing of the Missouri Republican con vention today. The Landon supporters say they are sure they can win the four dele gates- at-large for Landon during the baltoiing. The four delegates who will be selected at today’s meeting will complete the Missouri delegation to the national convention at Cleve land. ROTARIANS“HEAR PAST GOVERNOR E. B. McCUEN TO ADDRESS FATHER-SON MEETING TOMORROW E. B. McCuen, past district gover nor of Rotary, will address the reg ular luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club tomorrow at 2:15 at the Hotel Savannah. The meeting will be a Fathers and Sons Day celebration, and a number of sons of Rotarians will be the guest of the occasion. A program has been arranged by Jack Jones, chairman of the boy’s work committee, and Frank M. Durant. Mr. McCuen will be presented hl Fred A. Davis, president. F. D. TAKES THINGS EASY AT HYDE PARK HYDE PARK, N. Y„ April 27 (TP) —President Roosevelt is tak ing things easy at his Hyde Park home today. Mr. Roosevelt came to Hyde. Park after spending the night at his New York residence. Sunday was spent chiefly in reading the wires which flooded his secretaries in response to Saturday night’s Jef ferson Day address. The President is expected to leave Hyde Park tonight for the return to Washington, although it is possible that he will stay over until tomorrow before heading back to Washington. PILOTS AT POLLS LOCAL CLUB~WILL HOLD PRIMARY AT MEETING TOMORROW The primary of the annual election of officers of the Pilot Club will be held at the regular meeting of the club tomorrow evening at 6:30 at the Hotel Savannah. At this time nominations for officers for the com ing year will be made, the officers to be elected in May and installed during the first week of June. Four delegates who attended the annual district convention in Charles ton last week will report on the act ivities cf the conference. These are Miss Annalou Friedman, Miss Erma Aspinwall, Miss Dorothy Gordon, and Miss Mildred Cooper. The business program wil Include the reading of reccomendations to Pilot International by various clubs in the district. “BUNCO” POLICE SQUAD TO GREET ‘GYP’ ARTISTS AT TEXAS CENTENNIAL DALLAS, Tex., April 27 (TP)— Police have organized a ’’Bunco Squad’’ for the Texas Centennial.- During the seven weeks between, now and the opening of the expos ition, police are going to get a post graduate course in every confid ence game known to American crime. Here’s what the head ot t the “Bunco” squad says about it: "We aim to meet these bunco art ists at the railroad station.' If we miss ’em there, our men will be able to spot ’em before they really get going. Texas is goin’ to be downright unhealthy for tiioM birds.’’ 1

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Savannah daily times. (Savannah, Ga.) 1936-????, April 27, 1936, Image 1