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PAGE EIGHT 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. PHONES 3-1148-3-1149- HENS, colored 21c FRYERS, (whites) __27 l-2c FISH, 5 lbs 21c GA. ROUND STEAK __lßc GA. LOIN STEAK ____l6c Western Round Steak „_23c PORK HAMS, lb. 20c ROASTS, lb. 15c HAMS, regular ____22c SMOKED BACON, lb. _2lc SYRUP, Gallon 39c Presidential ?. uniinee ♦ / 1 wl I ' I H ■I B t If 1 John W. Aiken (above), 40-year-old 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. British Ambulance Unit Bombed <l - I Al ,?-5? i ? s 4Zr /: gv?' v?' ,* " J' > : - '. ; ,< r F : :.-3/W- This picture shows the result of bombings near Quoram, Ethiopia, a British ambulance unit h*in«r >inwwe completely demolished after three successive days of air raidi A number of patiente and __ reported killed. z (Citral Press) 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 Teaching Tenement Children to Phy r-;,, ~ ' ■ ' X. wjsl iff - M If 4 1 ILZ ? ffiff a jMMff Mbr j ff ■■ g- •’ ’ ■ *' ' - ■■ Z W ~ Julius Sacher, athletic coach of the crowded Bronx. Center of the Cathoac iuuth Asscciauon, teacnes u. 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. CAROLE, CLARK KEEPING COMPANY jffl - '”*" *7 if ■ ”' ~1l 9N IB - ’ • 'Wf* * f %v~£- . *•'' 1 « • Carole Lombard Clark Gable 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 Volckmann Pensive ..: ' 1 •’ :: - X> *» *"*v- 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 STARTERS GENERATORS MAGNETOS BATTERIES CHARGED AND RECHARGED PHONE 2-0221 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. A Air Reduction 59 3-4 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. » * * 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 J Enjoy A Day’s Vacation By Steamer' 120 MILES OF SEABREEZE ■ ONE DOLLAR to BEAUFORT, S. C., and RETURN j | LEAVES DOCK AT FOOT OF ABERCORN STREET I J Sundays, 9:00 A. M. Tuesdays and Fridays, I 8:30 A.M. Return About 8:00 P. 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