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Newspaper Page TextMadcap Solon And. Bride On Way Here WEATHER Continued Clear Today and Tonight; Prob- , , able Showers Tomorrow. MARKETS The Stock Market Was Generally Higher Today. Cotton Advanced a Few Points. VOLUME 2—NUMBER 104 HITLER BRANDS WAR RUMORS AS “LIES” ADDIS ABABA IS SAID BE HELD BY ITALIAN TROOPS REPORT DENIED BY HAILE —CITY A WILD SCENE OF DISORDER ADDIS ABABA, May 1 (TP).—lt was reported early today that Italiar troops entered the city of Addir Ababa at sunrise. The report lacks official confirms tion. Empercr Halle Selassie denied em phatlcally today that the Ethiopian capital had fallen before the Italian affvance. He said—“ There is no sign of the Italians entering the city." The em ; peror added that he would fight to the end. He declared —"The fall of Addis Ababa will not mean that we have surrendered.” Dispatches said Italian troops marchsd into the city at sunrlte The black shirts are reported to have met with no resistance from Emperor Haile Selassie’s troops. Addis Ababa was a scene of wild confusion throughout the night as Ethiopians evacuated the imperial city, leaving the town to a few old persons, children and foreigners. A skeleton force of police stayed until jv t before sun-up, when the Italian advance was expected. Then they, too, took to their heels. Selassie announced that Addis Ababa would not be fortified in an effort to stem the blackshirt tide. Italian commanders have promised not to bomb the city unless troops are massed there or fortifications are thrown up on the outskirts of the toan., . . Fascist planes are circling, over Ad dU Ababa, but have dropped no bombs. Foreign residents of the Ity have taken refuge in the bombproof shelters set up at the beginning of the war by the various consulates. In the south. Prince Nasibu’s bafc tk-torn army is retreating touw.d; Harar. Nasibu’s troops drew praica from the Italian General Graziani for their stubborn defense of Sa 3 Baneh. but were forced to quit their stronghold when a withering fire frm the invaders cut down the Ethiopian ranks like wheat under a scythe. chambeFmeeting IN CAPITOL ENDS EXPECTED FLAYING OF NEW DEAL FAILED MATERIALIZE WASHINGTON, May 1 (TP).— New Dealers breathed easier to day when delegates to the Unit ed States Chamber of Commerce convention packed up their duds for the return to their homes. Although the Chamber of Com merce was expected to flay the Roosevelt administration’s busi ness policies, the C. of C.. on the whole, finished its conventon with only a mild re-proof of govern mental programs. True, the cham ber's annual business platform slapped at several New Deal poli cies, but there was little of the anti-New Deal bitterness which marked the C. of C. convention of 1935. The annual platform, among oth er things, called for a cut in the government spending, opposed fed eral control of wage- and working hours, disapproved of the pending tax bill and demanded the com plete freedom of the judiciary branch of the government. Before the Chamber of Com merce delegates left the conven tion hall, they heard Secretary of State Hui explain the New Deal’s trade policy. Hull’s address drew a round of applause which mark ed the chamber’s endorsement, ir general, of the Rooseevlt adminis tration's drive for reciprocal trade agreements. BANDITS HOLD UP BANK IN DETROIT DETROIT, May 1 (TP).—Three bandits, armed with machine guns held up a branch of the Detroit Savings Bank today and escaped in a car with $40,000. A young girl is reported to have been wounded in gun fire between the bandits and do lice. Call 6183 - 7448 To Start Your SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES Delivery Today Savannah Daily Times “BLOSSOM QUEEN,” HOSTESSES I ill AL O wßt Jm * 1 • udLSHBEi—•. „ LU The Queen and Two of Her Hostesses. '•a***- ■ . Here is a new photo of Miss Virginia Mae Pound, 18, a high school senior of Grand Rapids, Mich., who reigns as Blossom Queen at the annual Michigan Blossom Festival to be held May 3-10 at St. Joseph and Benton Harbor. Below are two of her host esses, Miss Margaret Dougherty of Benton Harbor, left, and Miss Mary Jane Anderson of St. Joseph, right. —Central Press. THOUSANDS POUR INTO LOUISVILLE FOR DERBY CLASSIC MUDDERS LOOM FAVOR ITES AS WEATHERMAN HINTS RAIN FOR DAY LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 1 (TP) Racing fans trooping into Louisville for tomorrow’s Kentucky Derby were greeted with bright sunshine today. It was the. first clear day since the first of the week. But the weatherman dropped a gloomy forecast that it might rain agaiji tonight. The fore caster did not say just what sort of weather is on the books for tomor row afternoon at 5:45 p. m., when the 17 three-years-old line up at the oost for the Blue Grass Classic at Churchill Downs. Trainers are giving their horses only a few pre us seconds of exer cise today. A breezy half-mile sprint or two is all can be allowed on the eve of the big race. Meanwhile, Louisville and Churc hill Downs are swarming with the advance guard of the 60,000 spectators who are expected tomorrow. Every inch of hotel space is occupeid. Prices are soaring in a three-day boom. Railbirds talk more of Brevity's chances in the mud than of anything else. Some of them are whispering that the favorite took to yesterday's soggy track like a duck to water. Others are saying Brevity’s last chance is gone if a big colt named “Bold Venture” takes the post on schedule. STR ANGECARGO CHINESE STEAMSHIP WILL BRING RARE SNAKES TO NEW YORK NEW YORK, May 1 (TP)—The staemship “Chinese Prince”, which docks tomorrow from Malaya, is bear ing the rarest—most dangerous cargo —the Ne”/ York waterfront has seen in many a month. Aboard the “Chin ese Prince”, in tight-locked boxes, are 30 exotic snakes bound for the First Internal ion al Snake Exposition at Manhattan's Grand Central Palace. The exposition opens one week from today and will run till May 17 Among the reptiles from Malaya are many never seen before in Amer ica There is a flying snake, a sea snake and an iridescent two-headed snake. Flying snakes from the Malay iungles and rattlesnakes from Ariz ona's deserts will match their cold fascination before the thousands of visitors at the exposition. “ARSENAL GANG” IN HANDS JURY SEVEN MEN AND THREE WOMEN ON TRIAL NEW YORK NEW YORK, May 1 (TP).—The fate of New York’s so-called “ar senal gang” will be placed in the hands of a jury today. The gang consists of seven men and three women who were arrest ed in a midtown apartment house raid several weeks- ago. Police dis covered machine guns, silencers, rifles, revolvers and sawed-off shot guns hidden about the place and blamed the gang for hold-ups in the metropolis and several other cities. In winding up his address to the jury, Assistant District Pilatsky asked the jury for a quick guilty verdict on the specific charge of possessing a machine gun. Said Pilatsky— “Show this mob the same mercy they’d show you if they were hold ing you up with their machine gun.” LETTERJS CLUE POLICE ON TRAIL OF MAN WHO EVADED ARREST BY PLANE RIDE WENATCHEE. Wash., May 1 (TP) —The trail of C. W. McCollum leads to Salt Lake City today. McCollum is the man who disap peared after he took off in an airplane with Wellington Downs, a Wenatchee pilot, on what was supposed to be a short flight to nearby Portland, Oregon. When the plane failed to reach Portland, an alarm was sounded Then police stepped in with the an nouncement that MoOollum wa; wanted on bad check charges, a reck less driving count and a complaint of wife desertion. Airports in the midwest and east were warned to look out for the west coast flier. Today, police have a letter from Pilot Downs from Salt Lake City, Utah. Downs wrote that he and Mc- Collum are on a tour of the United States. Authorities believe that Downs doesn’t know that McCollum is want ed. Back at Wenatchee police warn ed southwestern authorities to arrest McCollum on sight. MAYOR INDICTED BUFFALO, N. Y., May 1 (TP).— Mayor Zimmerman of Buffalo was indicted by the Erie county grand jury today on charges nf violating the 3t%te election laws. SAVANNAH. GA.. FRIDAY. MAY 1. 1936 Zioncheck Makes Reservations Savannah Hotel; Order Out To Arrest Him; Skipped His Bond Washington state’s quixotic con gressman, Marino Zioncheck, was roaring toward Savannah this after noon with his 21-year-old stenograph er bride, leaving a forfeited bond and an angry set of officials in his wake. One of the Hotel Savannah's best rooms was in readiness to receive the madcap solon and his new wife, who are on their way to the sunny shores of Florida to spend a honeymoon far from the petty annoyances of court summonses and contempt charges. There was a faint air of mystery about Zioncheck’s expected pop call. A local gentleman walked into th; Hotel Savannah today and asked that ‘ a nice room” be saved for Represent} ative Zioncheck. “He’ll stop eff hers this afternoon on his way to Florida, the man was quoted as saying. The day clerk said the man did not Men! tity himself. ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 (TP)— Alexandria police today were ordered to seize on sight Washington State’s madcap congressman—Rep. Marion Zioncheck. Yesterday Zioncheck was BRECKENRIDGE APPEALS TO YOUNG DEMOCRATS TO OPPOSE ROOSEVELT ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 1 (TP)— The nation has Col. Henry Brecken ridge’s warning that the New Deal tends to cultivate self-pity among the ranks of the countiy’s youth. Colonel Bteckem.'dge, a New York attorney and Assistant Secretary of War under Preside,/ Wilson, is fight ing an uphill battle to take the Phil adelphia convention away from Pres ident Roosevelt. His address at An napolis was one of a stump speech tour Breckenridge is making through Maryland in preparation for the free state primaries on May 5. “Youth is not to be pitied,” said Breckenridge. “The wuat service that could be rendered to youth would be to persuade it to accept the habit of self-pity. Youth has the heritage of the past and the present to choose from. Youth alone commands the fu ture.” • ~ ‘ • Calling on the young Democrats to vote against President Roosevelt, Col onel Breckenridge continued—’ . “I would recommend to youth a frontal assault on the entrenched LAY PLANS FOR BATHING BEAUTY OPENING CONTEST CASH PRIZES FOR LOCAL AND OUT-OF-TOWN WINNERS Plans were formulated for the Bathing Beauty contest, one of the outstanding features in connection with the opening of Savannah Beach, at a meeting of the Bathing Beauty committee held at the Cham ber of Commerce this morning. Boykin Paschal, chairman, preeid ed and Jack Rabey, Alex Cassels and T. J. McGinley were in atten dance. The committee decided to post cash prizes for all of the winners in the contest. SSO in cash will go to the most winsome Savannah bathing beauty: SSO will go to the most at tractive out of town contestant. These will constitute first prizes. There will be two second prizes and two third prizes, a local winner and an out-of-town winner to be se lected in each division. Letters will go out teday to the mayors and newspapers of various Georgia cities inviting them to send representatives to the Savannah Beach opening. The committee wants an official representative from each county In the bathing beauty contest but as many contestants as a county cares to send will be elig ible. There will be five judges to be named at a later date. Atlanta newspaper phetographers are to be invited to attend the event. They will be the guests of Hotel Ty bee. BUS PASSENGERS SEEKING $15,000 Damage suits totaling $15,263.00 were filed today against Savannah Beach Bus Line, Inc., by Attorney Earnest J. Haar on behalf of three passengers injured in a collision in -he early morning of March 15. Passengers Injured were. J. Roddy seeglng $5,068.00; Harriet Owens seeking $7,500.00; John M. Folger seeking $2,695.00. The suits grew out of a crash on the Tybee road, in which a Tybee bound bus crashed into the rear of a parked truck. Another slo,ooo' suit is pending. t arrested for speeding 62 miles an hour through the stem of the town. He was charged with reckless driving and disorderly conduct, but was re leased on S2OO bond with trial set for today. Early today Zioncheck’s lawyer ap peared for him with the explanation tnai an important appropriations com mittee meeting in the capitol prevent ed the congressman's appearance. The judge declared that he knew committees do not meet until after ten and demanded Zioncheck’s ap pearance in person. He issued a war rant for his arrest and forfeited hi bond pending appearance. The judge, however, agreed to try the case without Zioncheck’s pre sence. He fined the congressman S6O and costs on the two charges. Zion check’s lawyer, announced an appeal. In Washington, Transradio was in foimed by the Appropriations Com mittee clerk that there was no meet ing of the committee this morning as far as he knew that demanded Zioncheck’s presence. A week ago, the young congressman was finded $45.00 in a Washington court for speeding and contempt. army of political office-holders. As the nation's income dwindles, the political army grtrws until now pol iticians are spending sums equal to one third the entire national income. One office-holder”, Breckenridge said, “consumca the total income of five citizens in 1935. Economic salvation ■can’t possibly issue from a simple remvoal of the golden calf from Wall Street to Washington.” AUSfRIACALLS ON YOUTH OF NATION CHANCELLOR IN RADIO TALK ORDERS THOUS ANDS REPORT DUTY VIENNA, May 1 (TP).—Chan cellor Schuschnigg of Austrial called up thousands of additional men to the colors today. All male citizens born in the year 1915 were ordered to report for military duty on October 1. Th 3 21-year-old youths were notified of theii conscription by the chancellor in a nation-wide ra dio broadcast. The new military move follows on the heels of a great mobiliza tion of Austrian troops near the German border. Since Germany has remilitarized the Rhineland. Austria has signified that she will develop her defense forces to the full man power of the nation. mrsjameseTsnow PNEUMONIA VICTIM WELL-KNOWN SAVANNAH WOMAN DIES VILLE SANITARIUM Mra. Nonie Rawlings Snow, wife of James E. Snow of the Snow Laundry Company, died of pneumonia at the Rawlings Sanitarium in Sandersville this morning. Mrs. Snow was taken ill shortly after she went to Sandersville to visit her mother last Friday. Her condition became so serious that Mr. Snow left for Sandersville Sunday. The funeral will be held tomorrow in Sandersville, where Mrs. Snow was born. Arrangements will be an nounced later. MAY AND OLD SOL CHASE CAPRICIOUS APRIL ON IT’S WAY April ran the gamut of tempera tures during its 30 days, according to the monthly report of the Weather Bureau which was compiled this morning. The lowest temperature recorded was 38 degrees on the fourth and the highest was 92 degrees on the 15 th. The mean temperature at 66.2 de grees was only two-tenths of a de gree above normal. Rainfall how ever, with a total of only 1.67 inches, was an inch below the normal amount of 2.57. Rain fell for six days with three thundershowers breaking on April 1,2, and 10. The greatest amount of rain at any one time was 94 cn the first two days. The capricious month had 13 clear and sunny day.s six partly cloudy days, six rainy days, and 11 cloudy days. May got off to a pleasant start to day, with sunny weather forecast for morrow. MADCAP ZIONCHECK REPORTED TO BE ON WAY SAVANNAH WITH BRIDE B. " ft I •:> ” = '• • : I?” 2' Representative Marion A. Zioncheck and Bride. Representative Marion A. Zioncheck, Democrat, of Washing ton, manages to keep in the news. The latest move of the ‘ ‘ play boy” of Congress, and probably the most important of all, was a step to the altar. The bride is the former Rubye Louise Nix of Texarkana, Texas, a typist for the PWA. The couple are shown above following their marriage in the capital. LEWIS PLEDGES LABOR SUPPORT TO ROOSEVELT MINE WORKERS CHIEF GETS PROMISE OF AID FROM TWO STATES WASHINGTON, May 1 (TP).— John Lewis, powerful United Mine Workers chief, today announced he has received assurances that two state federations of labor will support President Roosevelt for re-election. The state federations represent Ala bama and Kentucky. Lewis, along with Major George Berry,—President Roosevelt’s indus trial co-ordinator, —have organized la bor's non partisan league to re-elect President Roosevelt. The American Federation of Labor, however, has asked the unions to maintain a non partisan political attitude. William Mitch, newly elected head of the Alabama federation, wired Lewis that his state’s convention en dorsed the league. The legislatve committee of the Kentucky federa tion did likewise. Both telegrams also contained pledges of support for Lewis’ fight for industrial unionism. Lewis wants to crganize all the workers in each mass production industry into one union. The A. F. of L. is opposed to the idea and adheres to the old line policy of a union for each craft. In spite of Green’s plea for a non partisan labor policy, mcst of the A. F. of L. chiefs are believed to be pro- Roosevelt. HOUSMAN, NOTED POET, IS DEAD CAMBRIDGE, England, May 1 (TP). —One of Britain’s most dis tinguished poets. A. E. Housman, died today. Housman shot to fame more than 30 years ago when the pub lished his famous bok "A Shrop shire Lad.” His last book of poe try was published in 1022. Since manhood, Housman has taught Latin at Cambridge University. He was 77 years old. SCOUTSTHREAT GENERAL STRIKE NEW YORK, Mai 1 (TP).—The International Seaman’s Union scoffed today at a threatened general walkout planned by a group of strik ing Atlantic seamen for Monday. The I. S. U. labeled the threat “empty and meaningless.” The striking seamen, in a stormy meeting last night, voted to call a general strike Monday in an effort to pull 8,000 seamen ashore and tie up 300 ships. The strikers are led by Joseph Curran, who is the target of inju nction proceedings by the I. S. U. to prevent his using the union name in his strike. The injunction hear ing will continue Monday, on the day that Curran is to make his strike call Published every day excepting Saturdays. J • Five cents per copy jk Sundays; Delivered to your home fifteen cents WEEK DAYS per week. pAy NQ MOBE SEEK SIMPLIFY NEW TAX BILL SENATE COMMITTEE SETS OUT Tb REVISE MEASURE . WASHINGTON, May 1 (TP).— Simplification of the $800,000,000 tax bill passed by the House appears to be the first goal of the senate fi nance committee. The senate committee, which is now preparing to revise the bill for upper chamber consideration, indi cated its msve for a simplified tax measure when the committee chair man, Senator Pat Harrison, asked treasury department tax experts whether the bill could not be mould ed into one tax scale. The bill as it stands now, calls for four separate tax scales. GREEN LIGHTS FOR NEW NAVY BILL $531,000,000 TO MAINTAIN ' UNCLE SAM’S SEA FIGHTERS WASHINGTON, May 1 (TP).— Green lights flashed along the legis lative track today as the $531,000,000 naval appropriations bill started through the House of Representa tives. The bill, the largest peace time naval appropriations measure ever asked of an American congress, was reported out by the House appropria tions with a request for speed in its passage. . Majority leaders in the House began cracking whips which are expected to clear a path for the bill before the end of the week. The $361,000,000 measure combined with naval funds already at hand, would give the navy a half-billion dol lar bank account fcr its 'operations in the 1936-37 fiscal year. The new appropriation bill includes provisions for the construction of heavy battle ships in case Great Britain follows present indications and begins a building program. A small fortune for the construc tion of 333 naval warplanes, money for 12 new destroyers and six sub marines and funds for a boost in naval and marine M corps personnel also are included in the. bill. THREE AREKILLED IN IOWA TORNADO MILFORD, lowa, May 1 (TP) —A roaring tornado which screamed through northwestern lowa is blam ed for three deaths and scores of in juries today. The twister, veered northeast after it smashed down close to Sheldon. lowa, and whirled up into south western Minmesota before it New itself out. A man and a woman were killed in lowa when the tornado cut a cross country ath near Milford. A second man was killed at Fairmont, Minn., when a barn in which he had taken refuge collapsed. A motion picture theater was de molished at Blue Earth, Minn. Scores of farm buildings, houses and business structures in the path of the twister were levelled by the roaring gale. Several persons are still miss ing and are feared buried in the ta*;- led wreckage left by the windstorm TRANSRADIO PRESS NO COUP PLANNED IN AUSTRIA, HE TELLS GERMANY MAY DAY IS OBSERVED ORDERLY IN CONTI NENTAL EUROPE BERLIN, May 1 (TP).—Adolf Hit ler used his May Day broadcast to day to brand as “lies” all the reports that Germany intends to invade Aus tria and Czechoslovakia. There have been repeated rumors that an eco nomic coup might be attempted in Austria, with actual military pressure brought to bear in Czechoslovakia. The German realm leader declared today that the German government’s intentions are “solely peaceful.” From Moscow’s Red square to the main streets of the United States, the workers and liberals of the world' paraded today in what they hoped would be the greatest May Day dem onstration in history. Russia’s demonstration was less military than last year. But there was a giant parade of workers and women. Spain staged a noisy dem onstration of its new Communist might and there were parades and speeches In Paris. Vienna police • rounded up Nazi and Communist leaders and kept them in jail. Ger many clapped down a curfew hcur on cases and beer halls and prepared for a vast celebration that Nazis slo gan’ed “let’s enjoy life and make merry.” In the United States, Boston Com mon was picketed with police. The Communist and Socialist leaders pro claimed today as their big opportun ity for a united front demonstration. The first labor demonstration in years is being held in Washington. Liberals are demanding lower rent, adequate housing, social security and unionization of Washington workers. Chicago's parade was to start at 3 o’clock with 670 workers groups reg istered for the march. Police with riot guns will guard the line of march up Michigan avenue. New York expected the biggest demonstra tion as a giant parade of thousands started towards Union Square. HARD COAL MINERS POSTPONE STRIKE AGREE TO TRUCE AFTER PLEA MADE BY LABOR SECRETARY NEW YORK, May 1 (TP)—More than 100,000 anthracite coalminers answered the starting whistle today with their strike threat postponed in definitely. The United Miners of America and mine operators agreed to a truce only a few minutes before a hard coal strike was due to be called at mid night. The truce will keep 105,000 miners at work while union heads and operators discuss contracts to replace the agreements which expired last night. Credit for averting the strike goes to Labor Secretary Perkins. Her chief trouble-shooter, Edward Mc- Grady, flew to New York last night and succeeded in drawing up the truce agreement after presenting Miss Perkins’ plea for labor p:„ee in the coal fiels. DEATH BALTIMORE WOMAN A MYSTERY POLICE REOPEN PROBE IN TO CASE; FOUND DYING ON PARK BENCH BALTIMORE, May 1 (TP). —Po- lice today reopened their investiga tion into the death on a park bench of a 39 year old Baltimore music teacher in the belief that she may have been murdered. They asked that her body be ex humed. The woman, Mrs. Ruth Bain, was found dying on a park bench two weeks ago. A coroner pro nounced her dead from natural causes after an investigation led to the belief that she had died from a brain hemorrhage. Then the woman’s mother told po lice the lining of her daughter’s coat had been torn and some jewelry Mrs. Bain had been wearing was missing. Police announced today that Ernest Wise, who found the woman dying in the park, allegedly admitted taking the jewelry from Mrs. Bain and pawning it. He is being held for in vestigation. STORE BURGLARIZED Police Officer C. M, O’Connor and J. J. Flaherty reported to police headquarters today that they answer ed a call at 6:55 o’clock this morning to the store of A. Hayes, negro, 1329 Augusta avenue, where they found the place had been burglarized dur ing the night. The entrance was ef fected by forcing the lock on the fiont door. Eight packages of cigag* ettes and $lO in cash was taken.