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PAGE SIX
LARGE CLASS FOR
J. 0. U. A. M. HERE
importantHmeeting at
DE KALB HALL
TONIGHT
A large class of candidates of
Forrest City Council No. 10, Junior
Order American Mechanics, will be
initiated at DeKalb hall this even
ing.
-James W t Rogers, counsellor,
will preside and Leo F. Griffith,
state counsellor will be in attend
ance.
The local J. O. U. A. M. lodge
has been active during the past
few weeks enrolling members de
sired into the order. The class to
night will be about twenty-five new
members.
All members of the lodge are
urged to attend the ritual work.
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DUE WEDNESDAY
GOLD BUYER CHARGED
RECEIVING STOLEN
GOODS
Louia Schwartz, old gold buyer,
whose place of busines is at 119 East
Broughton street, will appear in po
lice court tomorrow morning to an
swer five charges of buying and re
ceiving stolen goods and five charges
of failing to make reports of his pur
chases to police. Such reports are
required by law.
The Schwartz case was the out
growth of the arrest of Louis Brough
ton, negro, recently held from police
court on 11 charges of burglarizing
homes in the southern section of the
city. Broughton said he had dispos
ed of some of the stolen goods to
Schwartz. Witneses listed to appear
tomorrow are: Mrs. W. W. Sheppard,
401 East Fifty-first street; Mrs. H. J.
Oppenheim, 825 East Thirty-fifth
street; Mrs. C. D. Mason, 532 East
Fiftieth street; Leroy Hendrix, 1001
East Fortieth street; J. E. Walters,
1124 East Fortieth street.
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SUCCEEDS HOYNES AS
JURY COMMISSIONER;
TERM IS SIX YEARS
Leo F. Griffin was today appoint
ed a jury commissioner by Super
ior Judge John Rourke. Jr., to suc
ceed Thomas M. Hoynes, who has
resigned.
Mr. Hoynes resigned after his
election by the county commis
sioners to the unexpired term of
Marcus S. Baker, late receiver of '
tax returns. A county officer may '
not sit upon the Jury commission.
Mr. Griffin’s appointment is for
six years.
ESTREAT BOND
SMITH FAILS TO APPEAR
FORTRIAL IN STOLEN
GOODS CASE
An order of estreatment against
Albert Smith’s $3,000 bond was
signed by Superior Judge Rourke
today when Smith failed to appear
for trial on a charge of receiving
stolen goods.
Unless Smith appears for trial at i
the next term of court his bond
will be declared forfeited to the
state. Mrs. E. Shensky is his bonds
woman.
JUDGE ROURKE REPORTS
OASES IN COURT
POSTPONED FOR DAY
. Superior Judge John Rourke, Jr.,
was reported ill today as he passed
all criminal cases on Chatham Su
perior Court’s criminal docket un
til tomorrow after presiding in one
case. The judge’s secretary, Ed
ward A. Dutton, refused to com
ment except to deny Judge Rourke
Is suffering from any serious ill
ness.
Court officials, meanwhile, were
attempting to obtain the services
of another judge to finish the crim
inal docket here. Judge E. N.
Hardeman was reported on his way
to Savannah for a visit. He may be
asked to preside when he reaches
here.
MARKSMEN OF POLICE
TO HOLD PISTOL SHOOT
Beginning Wednesday of next week
regular police practice pistol shoots
are to be held on the range in the
barracks yard, Sergt. E. B. Alexander
announces. Next week the men will
fire on the range Wednesday and
Thursday and the shoots will be a
weekly event until enough practice
has been obtained. After this two
teams will be selected. They will
compete and the best shots will form
ihe police pistol team which is to
inter In various competitive meets
Vith outside organizations.
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SAFETY PROGRAM TALKS
Kiwanis will have a Safety Pro-
Tram, discussing the ways of trans
x>rtation and means to avoid acci
lents at the regular luncheon meet
ng of the club tomorrow at 2 o’clock
it the Hotel De goto. William Kehoe
b in charge of the program.
Five speakers, whose identity will
be kept secret until the moment of
presentation, have been selected to
discuss th five methods of transpor
tation, cars, bus, trucks, railroads, air
planes, and street cars. Each Ki
wanian will give a three-minute talk
on one of these methods.
FACE AUTO CHARGES
Miss Teresa McGee, A. F. King
and Mrs. Francis Elmore will appear
in Police Court Friday morning to
answer the charge of reckless driv
ing of automobiles after running
ipto each other at Oglethorpe ave
nue and Drayton streets at 9:10
o’clock thia morning. Police Officer A.
H. Hodges made the case.
Kidnan Suspects
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Edward Bartholomey (top), post
master of Bensonville, 111., was
arrested by G-men in connection
with the kidnaping of William A.
Hamm, Jr., on June 15, 1935.
' Charles J. Fitzgerald (center) was
arrested at Los Angeles for the
same crime. Federal agents say
Hamm was kept captive in Bartho
lomey’s home. Jack Pfeiffer (bot
tom), third suspect, was arrested in
St. Paul, Minn.
(Central Press)
. MORTUARY
JULIUS D. HIRSCH
Funeral services for Julius D.
Hirsch, 314 West Liberty Street,
who died yesterday in a local hos
pital after a short illness, were
held this morning at 11 o’clock at
the Mordecai Sheftall Memorial
Chapel of Temple Mickve Israel.
The Rev. George Solomon conduct
ed the rites. Burial was in Bona
venture Cemetery.
Pallbearers weri Dr. Thomas
Adams of Montezuma, Louis J.
Roos. Charles B. Coyle, Dr. Everett
Iseman, Aaron Guthman, Edgar
Morrison, Edmund Abrahams, and
Surviving Mr. Hirsch are two
brothers, Henry Hirsch and Jerry
D. Hirsch- of Savannah; a niece,
Miss Mary Hirsch of Savannah;
two nephews, David Hirsch of New
York and Elias Hirsch of Miami.
Mr. Hirsch was born in Savannah
on Feb. 26, 1866. He was a mem
ber of the Knights of Pythias and
of the Harmonie Club.
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HENRY E. MOXLEY
Henry Elton Moxley of 215 West
Thirty-ninth street, died last night
after a short illness. He was 40
years old and was a member of the
Bull Street Baptist Church.
Surviving Mr. Moxley are his wife,
Mrs. Mae Belle Hogan Moxley; two
children, Frank Elton Moxley and
Georgia Rebecca Moxley; a sister,
Mrs. J. L. Martin, all of Savannah;
and a brother, L. F. Moxley of Au
gusta.
Funeral services will be held at
3:30 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at
the residence and at 4 o’clock at the
Bull Street Baptist Church. The Rev.
William Taliaferro, pastor of the
church, will conduct the services.
Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial
Park.
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EDWARD C. QUINAN
Funeral services for Edward C.
Quinan, who died yesterday at his
residence, 514 Maupas Avenue, will
be held at the residence this after
noon at 4 o'clock. The Rev. Father
Aloysius Wachter, O. S. 8., of the
Sacred Heart Church will conduct
the rites, which will be followed by
burial in Bonaventure Cemetery.
Mr. Quinan was the owner of the
General Building Supply Company.
He was born in Savananh and was
a member of the Woodmen of the
World and of the Travelers Pro
tective Association Surviving him
are his wife, Mrs. Virginia Swing
Qunian, a brother, William Quinan;
a sister, Miss Katie Quinan, all of
Savannah.
Pallbearers will be W. D. Ben
nett, Col. H nry Meyer, Fred B.
Ruwe, J. Roger Cohan, and Leom
Griffin, and John R. Dekle.
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CHARLES MOEHLENBROCK
Funeral services for Charles
Moelenbrock, who died yesterday
after a short illness, took place at
3:30 this afternoon at the residence
‘ROBINSON CRUSOES’
FOUND ON ISLAND
FOUR YOUNG SAVANNAH
IANS GO ASTRAY WHILE
ON SCHOOL PICNIC
Four young Savannahians were
safe and sound at home today after
they had slipped away from th»
main party of a Sacred Heart
School picnic group to go boating
yesterday afternoon and spent sev
eral anxious hours marooned on
an island before rescuers reached
them two miles from the picnic
site.
The young “Robiuson Crusoes’’
were William Gattman, 13, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. B Gattman, 512
East Thirty-third street; Tony
Harty, 9, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Harty, 604 East Fiftieth street;
Jack Curran, 10, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. Curran, 22 West Thirty
sixth street; and Jerry Ware, 11,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Ware.
112 East Henry street.
The outing was at the home of
D. C. Galletta on the Montgomery
road near Little Forest. They were
missed when the picnickers pre
pared to go home. A searching
party found them after the boy,
were unable to buck an adverse
tide and got off on the marshy is
land.
C HIL D DIES;
DRIVER HELD
NEGRO BOY ON PORCH
WHEN STAR’S CAR
HITS HIM
Dock Amos, Jr., six .Negro, living
at 509 East Goren street lane, died
about 4 o’clock this morning after his
left leg had been crushed yesterday
afternoon by an automobile driven,
police said, by John Star, 67, 523
East Gaston street. Immediate am
putation of the boy’s leg at the Geor
gia Infirmary, where he was taken,
failed to save his life. Star was said
to have been drunk.
Police Officer Hattrich investigat
ed and arrested Star, who was for
over 30 years connected with the
United States Coast Guard service at
Savannah.
At the time of the accident the boy
was sitting on the porch of his
home. His feet were resting on the
top step. His mother and her sister
were on a bench on the porch. When
the mother saw the car she rushed
to grab her son but it was too late.
The machine, going west in the lane,
knocked down the steps, fatally In
juring the child.
Lieut, of Police Rogers said Sta/
will be charged with murder and
driving while drunk. He is held with
out bond.
ATTEMPT BURGLARIZE
IS UNSUCCESSFUL
Police Officers M. F. McCarthy
and M. M. Kirby reported an un
successful attempt shortly after 5
o’clock this morning to loot the
place of business of the King Dis
tributing Company, 1409 West'
Broad street.
A u lass was broken at the front I
door. The intruder then unlocked j
the door. An automatic burglar
alarm brought police a few mom
ents after the door was opened
John Peters, manager of the es
tablishment, later told officers a
preliminary check revealed nothing |
missing. Employes found the tele- ,
phone wires in the rear of the '
place had been cut. Mr. Peters re
ported the attempt to get in the ■
place this morning was the sixth ;
or seventh in the past six months, i
WOMAN, AUTO CRASH
VICTIM, REPORTED AS
SHOWING SLIGHT GAIN
The condition of Mrs. F. V. Bow
ers ,of Furman, S. C., who suffered a
broken rib and injuries about the
back when the auto in which she was
riding turned over in a ditch near
Furman Sunday night, was reported
by the attending physician as show
ing improvement today.
M. L. Bowers, driver of the car,
and Randolph Bowers, both of Sa
vannah Beach, were slightly hurt in
the crash. All three were taken to
Warren A. Candler hospital but the
two men were able to leave after
treatment. A fourth occupant of the
machine, little Theresa Hucks grand
daughter of Mrs. Bowers, escaped un
scathed. The four were on their
way to Savannah.
SENT TO CHAIN GANG
Stealing a hog cost Crawford Herst
12 months on the chain gang today.
Superior Judge John Rourke, Jr.,
headed the jury’s recommendation
of leniency after they had found
Herst guilty with a two-year sen
tence.
BOY HURT IN FALL
Thomas right, Jr., age five, who was
slightly Injured when he fell from an
automobile seat on a saw early yes
terday afternoon at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Wright, 110-A West Taylor street, was
removed to his home yesterday aft
ernoon after treatment at St. Jos
eph’s Hospital.
of his brother. Chris Moehlenbrock,
802 West Thirty-third Street. The
Rev. H. J. Black, conducted the
services. Pallbearers were J. F.
Buckner, John Someillian, J. W.
Jenkins, T. F. Howard, James W.
Hull, and Carl Shroder.
Mr. Moelenbrock was born in
Germany but came to Savannah to
live when he was 15 years old.
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MRS. SARAH COLSON
The body of Mrs. Sarah Ellen
Colson, who died in Jacksonville
Sunday, arrived in Savannah at
12:01 and was taken by Henderson
Brothers to Hillcrest Memorial
Park, where funeral services were
conducted by the Rev. John S.
Wilder.
Mrs. CoLon was the widow of R.
M. Colson of Savannah and is sur
vived by one nephew. S. S. Griffith
of Savannah.
SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1038
Death and Terror Again Stalk in Palestine
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With a half score dead, authorities in Palestine have sent British troops from Sarafend, near Jaffa, to the
scene of the latest Arab-Jewish outbreak in the Jaffa-Tel Aviv district. The curfew law has been invoked,
and preparations are speeded to avert more serious trouble. (Central Press)
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year-old daughter of a Greenville, N. Y., minister, is under way in
Catskill, N. Y. The youth will plead insanity as defense.
HEARING RESUMES
REV. WILDER HOPES TO
UNRAVEL DOGMATIC
PROBLEM TONIGHT
Hearings on the Shepherd’s Rod
controversy which has split colored
Seventh Day Adventism in Savannah
asunder will be resumed by the Rev
John S. Wilder tonight.
Mr. Wilder, specially appointed by
Superior Judge John RourKe, Jr., to
unravel the dogmatic differences in
the colored church, began hearings
last Thursday night. Tonight’s hear
ing is scheduled for 8 o’clock in Chat
ham Superior Court.
CALLS ATTENTION TO
CHANGE IN TIME FOR
MARY PICKFORD SKIT
A. A. Brittan, manager of the
Colonial Ice Company, with display
rooms at Bull and Victory drive, calls
attention of Savannah’s radio listen
ers to the weekly Mary Pickford’s
Parties at Pickfair” change in time
this week. This interesting program
which sponsors and advocates the use
of real ice, has been a weekly Tues
day feature at 10 p.m. Because of the
change to daylight saving time last
week-end, the program will be heard
henceforth at 9 p.m.
Colonial Ice Company distribute;
the nationally known icebox ‘Econom-
Icer,’ hence patrons and friends are
much interested in the weekly broad
cast.
STILL TRYING TO
MAKE WOODS TALK
County police officers made
another trip to Warren Candler
Hospital this morning in an effort
to persuade Ralph Woods, Port
Wentworth storekeeper, to tell who
beat him severely at his store sev
eral nights ago.
Chief W. F. Chapman and Of
ficer Claude Henderson were ac
companied this morning by a rel
ative of the injured man. Chief
Chapman said later Woods still re
fuses to-name his assailant.
PORCH TAKES FIRE.
Two slight blazes brought out ap
paratus of the fire department yes
terday afternoon. Company No. 4
was called to the home at 1211 Mur
phy avenue occupied by Thomas
Young where the back porch had
caught fire. Firemen also exting
uished a blaze at the home of Clara
Lewis, 228 Ferrell street in West Sa
vannah. A defective flue started the
fire in this dwelling.
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Elinor Smith Sullivan, who a few years ago was one of the country’s
leading w*men flyers, is pictured at a New York hospital with her baby
daughter, Elinor Patricia, born April 17. Asked as to her daughter’s
possible career in the air Mrs. Sullivan said, “Well, I suppose it will
eventually be wished on her.” (Central Press}
Air Crash Victim
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A recent photograph of Mrs. Fred
erick H. Harvey, who, with her hus
band, was killed when their plane
crashed near Johnstown, Pa. Har
vey was vice-president and general
manager of the Harvey System of
I ’ Railroad Eating Houses, known to
II millions of travelers in the West.
(Central Press)
MRS. RABHAN RETURNS
FROM TRIP EASTERN MART
Mrs. Morris Rabhan has just re
turned from New York City, where
she has been for quite some time,
selecting an outstanding line of
clothes for the new opening of
Rabhan’s at 23 East Broughton
street.
MARKETS
NEW YORK. April 28—The
stock market remained on the
downside today. The opening was
fairly steady but selling soon
swept the initial gains away.
Losses among the industrials and
rails ranged up to a point. Utilities
met some support.
The bond market tended lower.
Wheat gained about a cent a bush
el. Cotton declined a few points.
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Allied Chem. 184
Am Can 123
Am. Loco. 24 1-2
Am. Pow. & Light 9 3-4
Am. Rad. 19 3-4
Am. Sugar 50 1-2
Am. Tel. 158 1-2
Am. Tob. 891
Anaconda 34
Armour 111. 4 7-8
Atchison 69 3-4
Aviation Corp 5 1-4
Atlan. Ref. 29 7-8
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B & O 17 1-8
Bendex27 1-4
HOT WEATHER ARRIVES
FOR SAVANNAH STAY
Summer weather came to town to
day and will make an indefinite stay,
according to the meteorologist, who
made a forecast this morning of:
“Fair and partly cloudy tomorrow,
with little changes in temperature.”
A slight breeze kept things pleas
ant in the shade. But the sun has
been beaming warmly down all day,
dazzling the sidewalks with heat and
slowing up the pace of humanity in
general.
This is the beginning of the lazy
days.
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The horse he is slated to ride-
Brevity—in the Kentucky Derb:
is a favorite. The jockey i
Wayne (Lucky) Wright.
—Central Press
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