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SEALED VERDICT
CLEARS LUCAS IN
BUCKNER DEATH
SUPERIOR COURT JURY EX
ONERATES DRIVER OF
TAXICAB
Curtis Lucas was free today after
facing trial for the death of a pedes
trian whom his taxicab struck down
at Bull and Harris streets on Hallo
ween.
A verdict of not guilty, returned
under seal by a Superior Court jury
last night, was read out by Clerk W.
L. Grayson today. Lucas was charg
ed with involuntary manslaughter.
Hugh M. Buckner died of his in
juries a few hours after being struck
down by the taxicab. Solicitor Gen
eral Samuel A. Camn sought an in
dictment charging Lucas with mur
der, but the county grand jury re
returned the manslaughter indict
ment instead.
starrTdriver of
DEATH CAR, BEING
HELD FOR MURDER
DENIES CHARGE DRUNKEN
DRIVING; POLICE TES
FY OTHERWISE
Recorder Mercer H. Jordan held
John Starr, colored, for trial in Su
perior Court on the charge of mur
der, revoked his driving permit and
meted out to the defendant a straight
60 days Brown Farm sentence when
the 67-year-old retired United States
Coast Guard petty officer appeared
today in police court to account for
the accident Monday afternoon which
cost the life of Dock Amos, Jr., age 5,
of East Gordon lanfi.
The little negro lijy was sitting
with his feet on the top step of the
lane porch .Witnesses said Starr drove
an automobile through the sandy lane
at a rapid rats. They said the car
knocked down the steps, so badly
mangling a leg of the Amos boy, he
died the following day. Other testi
mony at the polloe court hearing gave
a different version. Some said the car
was not moving fast and that Starr
appeared not under the influence of
liquor. Starr himself declared he was
sober and had not had a drink that
day.
Aaron Kravitch, attorney, represent
ed the defendant and E. J. Feller, at
torney, appeared for the prosecution.
There were a dozen negroes, mostly
women, among the witnesses for the
defense. Defense counsel brought out
the fact that vehicles, moving in Gor
don street lane traverse ruts of soft
sand. Mr. Kravitch sought to estab
lish that his client was not moving
at an unduly rapid rate and that the
normal difficulty of a driver in keep
ing his machine in the sandy ruts of
the lane accounted for the fatal acci
dent. The porches and steps of sev
eral houses, including that of the
Amos family, juts out a litle way into
the lane.
Police Officer J. W. Hattrich arret
ed Starr. Police Officers S. G. Sgrttt'
and L. T. Williams who saw the de
fendant soon after the crash testified
the man was “very much under the
Influence of liquor and in no condi
tion to drive an automobile.’’
Starr passionately denied that he
was under the influence of liquor or
that he had br?n drinking at the time
his car hit •,e steps of the Amos
home. He said he was not driving fast
In the lane.
I had not touched a drop of liquor
that afternon”, he said. “I am not a
wen man’’, he went on “and I have
high blood pressure for which I have
been receiving treatment at the Unit
ed States Marine hospital for the past
; Vears \., 1 have been takl ng some
medicine which contains alcohol and
which has been prescribed for me.”
EIGHTSENTENCED
AS LAW VIOLATORS
JUDGE HEERY METES OUT
PUNISHMENT IN NON
JURY COURT SESSION
Eight defendants were meted cut
punishment for misdemeanors by
Judge B. B. Heery in City Court’s
wekely criminal non-jury session to
day.
Dinney Young was the prize defen.
dant. He drew a six months gang
sentence, with the alternative of a
SIOO fine for theft of $95 worth of
merchandise from the Central of
Georgia Railway.
Others sentenced were: Wallace
Mitchell, atempted burglary, S4O or
four months: Willie Terrel, larceny,
$25 or two months; Eddie Cooper,
simple larceny, two months, probated;
Chancey Perrin, larceny, SSO or five
months; Fred Warren, larceny, SSO
or four months; Walter Rheaco, lar
meny, S4O or four months.
STOLEN AUTO FOUND
An automobile sedan which was
reported by C. O. Oetgen, 516 East
Thirty-seventh street, was stolen at
Mazo’s
Berrien and Montgomery Sts.
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hardwood finisher of Chelsea, Mass.,
has been nominated by the Socialist
Labor Party at the New York con
vention as Presidential candidat:
SONS OF CHATHAM FIRE SALUTE
COMMEMORATING 150TH BIRTHDAY
The two-day celebration marking
the observance of the 150th anniver
sary of the Chatham Artillery open
ed at 2.30 o’clock this afternoon in the
Park Extension military parade
ground when the Benedictine Cadet
Battalion paraded in honor of the
annlversay. At the reviewing stand
stood Brigadier General Robert J
Travis, commanding the 55th Field
Artillery Brigade; Col. Jesse Drain,
U. S. A. Commandant at Fort Screv
en; and Maj. Charles R. Peterson,
commnading officer of the Chatham
Artillery.
After the march the booming 13
gun salute sounded from the historic
Washington guns of the organization
at the Park Extension. Gun crews of
Battery C fired the salutes.
Tonight at 7:30 o’clock the Chat
ham Artillery stages its banquet with
Maj. Charles R. Peterson as toast
master. The invocation will be by
Capt. Charles C. J. Carpenter, regl-
Savannah Prepares
For Music Week
CHURCHES, SCHOOLS AND
CLUBS HOLD SPECIAL
PROGRAMS
The tenth anniversary of National
Music Week will be the occasion of
beautiful programs among the
schools, churches and organizations
of Savannah beginning Sunday morn
ing with special musical numbers in
the churches.
The finest classical and religious
compositions of the ages will be fea
tured in solo, chorus, and organ num
bers in Savannah’s churches Sunday
morning and evening. Special re
hearsals for these programs have
been held for several weeks.
Miss Joy Mendes, supervisor of mu
sic in the elementary schcols, will
present some of her glee clubs dur
ing the week On Monday the Ander
son Street school glee club, consisting
of nearly 50 boys and girls, will sing
at the , regular meeting of the Ex
change club, which will be held at the
Savannah Hotel. On Tuesday the
Charles Ellis Glee club, aiso compris
ing about 50 children, will sing at the
Rotary clb meeting, which is to be
held at the Hotel De Soto.
The Kiwanis club,, which meets
Wednesday of next week, is working
up an unsuaully attractive program
for Music Week, featuring songs and
talfas. The Lions club is also out
lining a special program.
During the entire week the Public
Library and its branches will have
on display and in circulation litera
ture on the history of music and on
the great composers whose immortal
works will be presented throughout
the country to vast audiences during
the seven days.
11:55 o’clock last night from Bull and
Congress streets, was recovered by
Police Officer O. T. Love at Harris
and Whitaker streets a half hour
later.
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completely demolished after three successive days of air raidi A number of patiente and
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3EAUTIFUL BABY
CONTEST ENTRIES
END TOMORROW
STILL TIME FOR PARENTS
TO ENTER TOTS IN
PRIZE RACE
Entries in the Baby Beauty Con
test of the Savannah Daily Times
will close tomorrow with the end
of National Baby Week. la your
baby’s photograph in the hands of
the Photigraph Editir?
Five prizes, adorable and useful
gifts for five lucky tots, will be
awarded in this contest by five out
standing Savannah merchants. The
donors are Highsmith Lumber Co.
out Stiles avenue, The Baby Shop
at 32 East Broughton street, Derst
Baking Company, the New Way
Laundry and Rich the photog
rapher.
The editor’s desk is strewn w-ith
pictures, small and large, framed
and unframed. There’s one boy
w-ith his toe in his mouth and an
other grinning as if he had already
won a prize. There’s a baby girl in
a ruffled dress (already, and an
other girl in the clothes nature
gave her. The five judges are cer
tainly going to have a time.
Send your baby’s photograph in
new. Do net neglect to identify it
with your name and address on the
back. Announcement of the win
ners will be made just as soon as
the judges reach a decision.
mental chaplain of the 118th Field
Artillery.
The speeches tonight will be "Geor
gia”, by Judge Walter W. Douglas,
a veteran member; “Savannah”,
Mayo? Gamble; "The Army of the
United States”, Col. Jesse C. Drain,
U. S. A., Fort Screven commandant;
"The National Guard”. Brig. Gen.
Robert J. Travis, 55th Field Artillery
Brigade; "The Chatham Artillery”,
Cap. George F. Hoffman, Second Bat
talion, 118th Field Artillery.
Those to attend the banquet to
night do so by special invitation and
it is expected between 100 and 150
will be on hand for the festivities,
which are to include serving of the
famous “Chatham Artillery” punch.
Capt. Peyton Thompson, commander
of Battey A of the 118th F. A. located
at Waynesboro, is expected in the
city tonight in time to attend the
banquet. The entire battery personell
has been invited to attend the cele
bration and all are expected to reach
Savannah tomorrow morning.
Tomorrow the Chathams and their
guests will sally forth to the Vernon
River camp for a picnic and barbe
cue. The celebration will be brought
to a close with a dance at 9:30 o’clock
tomorrow night at the armory, Park
avenue and Mull street.
AIRPORTRLNWAYS
PAVING TO START
WORK WILL BEGIN ON
MONDAY THROUGH
WPA AID
Paving of the three runways at
Hunter Field, Savannah airport, will
begin Monday, with R. V. Glenn, as
sistant state Works Progress Admin
istrator, to assist in launching the
work. Announcement to this effect
was made by Donald Nichols, WPA
district director.
Ms. Glenn has looked over the air
port and watched construction work
on the huge hangar being erected.
He has left the city to complete his
inspection of projects in other sec
tions of the state but will return on
Monday to be present at the begin
ning of the paving. The two run
ways at Hunter Field will be 3,0b0
feet long and 125 feet wide, equal in
capacity to any in this part of the
country. The middle runway will be
slightly narrower and shorter for the
acommodation of cars.
Mr. Glenn drove to Tybee this
morning and expressed himself well
satisfied .with the progress WPO em
ployes have made in building up the
island. Fourteen groins extending
from 350 to 400 feet into the ocean
are under construction with WPA
labor.
A conference with engineers of the
district will be held in Mr. Nichols
office this afternoon. At this meet
ing Mr. Glenn will discuss with the
men the projects now in activity and
will outline plans for farm-to-market
roads to be built, WPA officials hope,
when a new appropriation for the
works program is approved by Con
gress.
SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1936
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lads from the tenements form and skill in their favorite spring sports. Above at the right he show:
Richard Balella how to .toss a horseshoe. At left, top, Dominick Schino gets tips on how to get set for a
dash, and below, 4-yea Y-old Bobby Balella is initiated into the mysteries of knuckling down in marbles
(Central Prcssj
BLOOMINGDALE
CCC 3 YEARS OLD
MUCH ACCOMPLISHED BY
CAMP WORKERS RE
PORT SHOWS
The Civilian Conservation Corp
Camp P-81, situated one mile north
of Bloomingdale. Ga., off the Loois
ville highway, recently celebrated
its third anniversary. The camp
was established in November, 1934,
atfer many citizens of Chatham
county had asked for a camp in
this vicinity.
Under tie rules and regulations
laid down by the Emergency Con
servatio’ Works it has been the
purpose of the camp to work in
conjunction with the body of citi
ens who had formed the Ogeechee
Timber Protective Organization;
to construct telephone lines, tow
ers, firebreaks, truck trails and
bridges, projects that would aid
the growth of timber, help the Ipnd
owners keep fires out of their for
ests.
With his purpose in mind regu
lations were laid down permitting
th© camps to cut the T. P. O. areas
into 2,500 acre blocks with truck
trails, divided the area into 645
acre blocks with ten foot fire
breaks and then still further subdi
vide this into 160 acre blocks with
t foot firebreaks. Natural fire
breaks such as branches, rivers,
lakes, ;nd county roads were of
course considered in laying out the
work. .
UNENPLOYED GO HOME
ST. LOUIS, May 1 (TP)—Relief
clients who defied authorities by
camping in the St. Louis City Hall
are back in their homes this morn-,
ing.
The unemployed men and women
lived in the aldermanic chambers for
two days in a protest action against
a relief fund shortage. They added
hunger strike angles to their seige
by refusing to accept food offered
them by sympathizers.
Mayor Bernard Dickman ended the
seige by promising the relief strikers
that no unemployed persons will go
hungry durnig the crisis. The mayor
said there is enough surplus foods in
warehouses to feed the unemployed
until May 15.
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Hollywood says it’s romance, this keeping-company-of-an
evening of Clark Gable and Carole Lombard, screen stars. Yes,
or no, the two are keeping company, and though seldom seen in
public, the photographers found them at midget auto races in
Hollywood.
—Central Press.
MAY DAY’S ARRIVAL IN SAVANNAH
TO BE MARKED WITH NUMEROUS
FESTIVITIES, OUTINGS AND MAYPOLES
May Day, celebrated throughout
the centuries as the zenith of
springtime, arrived this morning
beautiful and sunny. Savannahfans
will honor this day for the next
two weeks with numerous festivi
ties and gay outings.
The school children are the ones
»hb truly appreciate the ancient
glamour of May Day. This morn
ing in a hundred class rooms the
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Staring straight into the camera,
Alfred Volckmann posed for this
picture in jail at Catskill, N. ¥.,
where he is on trial, charged with
the murder of Helen Glenn, 9-year-
I old daughter of a clergyman.
(Central Preet
mall sons and daughters of the
Jty were painting flowers, singing
May songs, and discussing the an
nual May pole aro u.d which they
dance with the multi-colored rib
bons in their fingers.
The garden clubs of Savannah
will celebrate May with their a.n
nual flower show on May 12. Blos
sos from gardens rivaling the beau
ty of Persian horticulture will be
assembled by lovers of flowers
for the entire city to gaze upon.
Each year the flower show attracts
hundreds of visitors, who come
from sections all around Savannah
to enter their roses and sweet peas
or to enjoy what others have
grown.
Now that May has come, the furs
and woolens can be finally put
away in moth balls. Every one
knows that cold weather has fled
to the North and that the season
of picnics and sea trips is here to
stay and with it the mosquitoes.
Particularly grateful for May and
its balmy days are those unfortun
ate ones who shivered all winter
by a fireless hearth and blew on
their bands to keep them from
freezing. They can look forward to
at Least five months of comfort.
PAUL & ANDY
Battery & Electric Co.
124 Barnard, Corner President
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MARKETS
NEW YORK, May I—The stock
market drifted within a narrow price
today.
Trading was light. Most groups of
shares showed mixed trends. Indust
rials pointed higher but gains were
held to minimum fractions. Rails
and utilities Improved slightly ovei
their opening prices.
The bend market was little chang
ed. Cototn advance more than 25
cents a bushel wheat declined frac
tions of a cent.
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Allied Chem 185
Am. Can ; 124 3-4
Am. Loco t 25
Am. Pow. & Light 9 7-8
Am. Rad 20 1-4
Am Sugar .-... 50 1-8
Am. Tel 152 1-8
Am. Tob. B 90
NEW CASINO WILL
OPEN TOMORROW
WHITMARSH CASINO NEW
ADDITION SAVANNAH
RESORTS
Whitmarsh Casino, located on Whit
marsh island, near the Conductors’
Home, is a new addition to Savan
nah’s enjoyable resort places. It form
ally opens tomorrow night.
In conjunction with the formal
opening, there will be a free barbe
cue and fish fry from 9 until 12 for
all guests of the evening.
A comfortable and attractive ca
sino has been constructed, beautifully
equipped and all enclosed. There are
nrivate dining rooms and a beer gar
den.
To reach the Casino, autoists will
?o out the Tybee road, turn at hte
Conductor’s road and continue for
about a mile.
Whitmarsh Casino will serve spec
ial chicken dinners, steak suppers,
beverages of all <ids and sandwiches.
There will be excellent music for
dancing. ■ •■ -
The new establishment is under the
management of Henry Lassiter.
ACCIDENT CASE BE
TRIED TOMORROW
A. F. King, Miss Theresa McGee
and Mrs. Francis Elmore will appear
before Recorder Mercer Jordan In
police court tomorrow to answer
charges of reckless driving of their
autos thereby running into and dam*
aging the autos of each other.
Police Officer A. H. Hodges handled
the case. The following have been
subpoenaed to appear as witnesses
at the hearing: Mrs. Ada Berry, 2311
Whitaker street; B. P. Axson, 214
East Gwinnett street and Miss May
Frappe, 214 East Duffy street.
MORTUARY
MRS. MARY M. DODGE
Mrs. Mary McCullen Dodge, moth
er of Mrs. L. W. Baldwin of Sa
vannah and St. Louis, died yester
day at her home in Memphis and
will be buried there in the Forest
Hills Cemetery today.
Surviving Mrs. Dodge besides
her daugter in Savannah are her
husband, John Wilbu* Dodge, two
sons, J. E. Dodge of Winston Sa
lem, N. C., and J. W. Dodge, Jr;,
i Chicago • three daughters, Mrs.
T. A. Sights, Chicago; Mrs. Erwin
Flackstone, - Memphis, and Mrs.
Elizabeth Steer, Memphis; also a
granddaughter. Miss Recenna
Baldwin of Savannah and St.
Louis.
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MRS. EMMA M. VINING
Mrs. Ema Meister Vining, wife of
Woods P. Vining, died this .morning
in a local hospital after a brief ill
ness.
Besides her husband, owner of the
Vining Plumbing Company, Mrs. Vin
ing is survived by one son, William
S. Vining; one daugter, Miss Agnes
I. Vining of Atlanta; and two grand
sons, ■ William S. Vining, Jr., and
Donald C. Vining.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed by the Rev. A. L. Patterson, pas
tor of the Hull Memorial Presbyte
rian church, tomorrow afternoon at
3. o’clock at the chapel of Sipple
Brothers. Interment will be in Bona
benture cemetery.
Due to the Death of
MRS. JAMES E. SNOW
AT SANDERSVILLE, GA.
SNOW’S LAUNDRY
Will Be Closed
Saturday,
May 2nd
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