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HOFFMAN READY TO ANSWER QUIZ JERSEY'S GOVERNOR RE PLIES FRIDAY ON WEN DEL KIDNAPING TRENTON, N. J., May 1 (TP).— Governor Harold G. Hoffman prom laea to answer eleven questions re lated to the Paul H. Wendel kidnap ing case whei. he deliver# a radio campaign speech tomorrow night. The question# were asked Hoffman by bls opponent for a Republican convention delegate position, Frank lin W. Fort. In return for the Jer sey governor's promise to give frank answers to the questions, Fort’s cam paign managers promised to advertise the governor’s address. Fort's supporters asked the gover nor to explain just how much he knew about the Wendel kidnaping be fore It became public knowledge. Wen dt*. a disbarred attorney, was snatch ed from in front of a Manhattan ho tel. held prisoner for ten days In a Brooklyn oeUar and forced toi Mgn a worthless confession to the Lindbergh murder. ’ tradetreaty makers STUDY PLEA FOR APPLES WASHINGTON, May 7 (TP)—Un cle Sam s Trade -Beaty negotiators have Senator Pope’s plea for more consideration of apple exports in fut ure trade agreements. The Idaho Senator told State De partment officials that at present at least one-sixth of the nation’s apple production is in excess of the domest ic demand. New trade agreements, Pope suggested, would do well to in clude provisions which would boost American apple exports. The Idaho Senator praised the pro visions of the new reciprocal tariff agreement signed With France. His plea for consideration of the apple industry was pointed mainly at the pending treaty with England. COLORADO DRYS WANT STATE ARID DENVER, Colo., May 7 (TP) —The Anti-Saloon League of Colorado is go ing to wage a vigorous campaign to tack a prohibition amendment to the state constitution. Dry forces in Colorado declared the voters are flocking to their ban ners. They say that the real test of the prohibition group will come to light when the league presents its petition before the next general as sembly. One dry leader sal£ : “Three years of repeal have done more to advance our cause than we could do ourselves. Our only task is to awaken the peo ple to the evils in our midst.” SEMINARY TO BE GIVEN WILLIAM PENN RELICS NEW YORK, May 7 (TP)—The original carriage stone and hitching post which once stood outside the Philadelphia home of William Penn will be presented to officers of the Friends Seminary today. The Quaker seminary will celebrate its 150th anniversary this afternoon with a pageant at the Stuyvesant Square School. Presentation of the William Penn relics, which once fronted the Penn home on Letitia Court, Philadelphia will be made by a student at the seminary. This student’s great-grand father obtained possession of the car riage stone and hitching post when the Penn mansion was moved from its original site to Fairmont Park, Phil adelphia, in 1883 and was set up as a museum. “ONLY TWO GENIUSES” CHICAGO, May 7 (TP).—The au thor and Chicago University instruc tor, Thornton Wilder, says the only two geniuses of the American mo tion picture industry are Charlie Chaplin and Walt Disney. Wilder spoke before Chicago members of the national honorary society, Phi Beta Kappa. He declared that Chap lin, as a phantomime artist, and Dis ney, as the creator of “Mickey Mckise,” are the only one® who truly sa M sfv American movie patrons. Governs Venezuela x.......... fIH | Jo w f * I r - Hflw-1 «■> I ■ I "II!■ «• President Contreras General Eleazar Lopez Contreras, who has served as provisional ehief executive of Venezuela {since last December, remains in administrative control of the South American nation by action of the national congress which elected him president recently by a vote of 132 to 1. He succeeds .the late dictator, Juan Vincent -■-TL Gomez. GUSHER EXPLODES SPRAYS OIL OVER WIDE AREA v " >'•= t -la I K \ W iSr ft' R a ’ & Mi-fit-®* A , < » B & , AF' ■■■ . . ' ,5 ; F View of the Well Showing Oil-Soaked Ground. That's oil on the ground above, oil from a quarter-of-a mile away. (The well can be seen in the background.) The scene was taken near Beaumont, Tex., following a nocturnal explo- THIS IS WHERE KARPF WAS SEIZED BY G-MEN x\, w M - pV x •H' ■ x " ■ It was in front of this apartment building in New Orleans that the lc»rg-hunted Alvin Karpis, public enemy No. 1, was seized by federal agents under the personal supervision of J. Edgar Hoo ver, chief of the U. S. Department of Justice. Karpis, together with Fred Hvnter, wanted in CONFISCATED SLOT MACHINES WHITE ELEPHANTS TO POLICE; POSTERITY TO INHERIT THEM (By Jack McQuade) Savannah’s next capatin of police is going to inherit somethng else be sides the job of keeping the public peace intact. It will be the problem of just what to do with some 30 odd slot machines —or “one armed bandits” as the folks down Florida way term them. It was not quite three years ago that the shadow of “the law” fell across the doorways of a number of Savannah business establishments. The officers were ordered to sieze the gambling slot machines therein. They did. The whirling cylinders in the gaily painted devices stopped forever German Airship Embarks on Flight to America ' /O /" •* ' w J' 11 ”T X i > ' tuMnrtinmir- ?/,? T \*>, ./■ ll ZSBKMBMBSn MW air giant, the Hindenburg H x’-SS <js. * “A' --"r' '’lmA ? SWr .It f *■ -. i a mS ?. t 4 M ■ ATifWißtfW ML" One of the four engines— a power plant in itself : t&K the Hindenburg’# spacious dining rooml3 America interest is focused again on lighter-than air craft as Germany’s new giant Zeppelin, the Hindenburg, makes its first round-trip flight from Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst, N. J., with mail and > sion of the (Menn H. McCarthy Longe No. 1 well which blew in a gaseer and lighted up the area for 20 miles. \ —Central Press. connection with a Garrettsville, 0. mail train rob bery, and a girl known as <‘Ruth,” were grabbed by G-men without any trouble as they emerged from this apartment house. Karpis is being held m St. Paul where he faces trial for the abduction of William B. Hamm, Jr. —Central Press. in machine after machine as the law law took its course. At police headquarters the slot ma chines were stuffed into a store room on the first floor of the “Red Build ing” as the police structure just across te sidewalk from the station house is known to officers. Time went by. The store room became cluttered up with various other odds end ends. The gambling machines were more or less forgotten until about a year tgo. Then Capt. John J. Clancy de cided the store room needed a clean ing out to put it in ship-shape order. He wanted to have the money vend- passengers. A general view of the mammoth air ship is shown above, with a picture of the dining room and one of its four twelve-hundred horse power engines. • SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1930 ing devices destroyed to get them out of the way. When he asked for au tority, however, he was informed it was against the law to destroy the 30-odd “white elephants.” It seems the police department can’t give ’em away, can’t sell ’em and can’t destroy ’em. “I suppose I'll just have to keep those darn things and turn them off over to my successor,” said the cap tain today. MEXICAN PRESIDENT RECOVERS MEXICO CITY, May 7 (TP).— Physician* of the president of Mexico, Lazaro Cardenas, reported today that the executive is making a fast recovery from his recent operation. President Cardenas was rushed to a Mexico City hospital fr an erner ?cncy appendicitis operation. His doc or* said the president’s excellent physical condition is largely responsi ble for hi* speedy recovery. FIGURES IN WENDEL ABDUCTION HRwol p MT K wfIHNH .IllSli * sHOFJd I ;t flKI Murray Bleefeld and His Wife. Murray Bleefeld, reputedly one of the abductors of Paul H. Wendel, is pictured with his wife, also linked in the abduc tion, in the office of District Attorney Wiliam F. X. Geoghan in Brooklyn, N. Y., following his surrender in Cincinnati, Ohio. Bleefeld pleaded not guilty to the abduction and was held in $50,- 000 bail. He was sent to Queens county jail to keep him apart from Harry Weiss, another of the abductors and “because he feeds safer in jail,” according to Geoghan. Blee.feld named Ellis Parker, Sr., as the prime mover in the plot to force Wendel to confess to the Lindbergh kidnaping. ' —Central Press. Hits Airing of Games r r x 1 fc ] flfl AH Commissioner Landis In a ruling at Chicago which was seen as a forerunner of a move to take the play-by-play description of baseball off the air, Commissioner Kenesaw M. Landis, above, high czar of baseball, ordered all clubs to refrain from making additional contracts with radio stati ns. Landis’ ruling resulted from a complaint by W. G. Branham, president of the National Asso ciation of Professimal Baseball Clubs, a minor league group, that the broadcasting of major league games was cutting down attendance at minor league ball parks. —Central Press. Heads Ohio College Rose isl Algo D. Henderson Algo D. Henderson, who has been acting head of Antioch College at Yellow Springs, 0.. for the last three years, becomes permanent president of the in stitution following action of board of directors accepting the resignation of Dr. Arthur E. Morgt»i. Dr. Morgan has been on leave since he accepted the post of TVA chairman under he New Deal three years ago. Central Puess. ALLEN TO ADDRESS CHEMISTS AT MEET J. H. Allen, general manager of the Union Bag and Paper Corpora tion, will address the meeting of chemists and chemical engineers to be held at the Armstrong Junior col lege tomorrow night at 8 o’clock. Mr. Allen will speak on the future of the pulp paper industry in the South. F. M. Hawes, professor of chemistry who was formerly a member of the faculty of Georgia Tech, is in charge of the meeting and has invited 60 people interested in chemistry to at tend. Entertainment will be furnished by the student body. The girls of the Domestic Science department will ierve refreshments after the session. SUNDAY IS MOTHER’S DAY—COULD ANYTHING BE A MORE APPROPRIATE GIFT FOR MOTHER THAN 1936 FRIGIDAIRE—A GIFT SHE WOULD ALWAYSI APPRECI ATE—COME BY ANY DAY THIS WEEK AND SELECT THE PROPER SIZE _ REFRIGERATOR ON M OST CONVENIENT TERMS. ■T" WITH ™E» METER . M | SER "I MEETS AU 5 STANDARDS r~ ***<*>\ FOR REFRIGERATOR BUYING A NEW PRICES iw„ fl J AS LOW AS I I I $119.5° I I ; I if ——_Jj B OF LOWER / f movgl A I OPERATING I fl COST I reci sion i? ent - JJI I A J 2 * PROOF I— ' ’ OF SAFER V 3. PROOF _** FOOD //OF FASTER * PROTECTION/ FREEZING 4. PROOF ;X~S. y/ —MORE ICE // ' I USAB,L,TY W— —“T — 5. 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The Legion quarters occupy the en tire second floor whle the third floor will soon be renovated to house the Ladies Auxiliary. Mayor Thomas Gamble and Capt. Charles D. Russell will speak. After the formalities of the opening speeches and a short meeting the Le gionnaires will have a gala dance in celebration of their moving into the new home. The quarters will be deco rated in the colors of the Legion, blue and gold. The dance will begin at 9 and will be a cabaret affair. Major John Fawcett is the chair man of the joint committee on ar rangements and first Vice Comman der, W. E. Sinclair is chairman of the dance committee. The Legion quarters will be open to members from 11 a.m. until 12 midnight. by Hig THESE clock-watchers and whistle-listeners make me sick— always so anxious to stop work ing. Yesterday, Julie fractured her elbow trying to be the first one into the elevator! PAGE FIVE SAVANNAH BOYS NAME MORRIS HOROVITZ FOR COMMANDER Morris Horovitz has been nominat ed for the office of commander of the Savannah Post No. 135, American Le gion it is reported by M. Z. Bower, chairman of the nominating commit tee for the selection of officers, at the legion meeting last night at the Ho tel Savannah. Sandford P. Butler, commander, presided. Charles L. Duke was named for the post of first vice commander; Jesse Usher, second vice commander; and H. J. Oppenheim, sergeant-at-arms. All of the selections were approved by the post and these men will be formally elected to the new positions at the next meeting to be held in June. George T. Barnes, C. T. Morgan, James Poe, Dr. G. E. Egloff, Julius Kahn, and M. Z. Brower were elect ed to the executive committee. The executive committee is comprised of 12 members, the remaining six to be chosen by the new commander after his election in June. A committee to make arrangements for buying a new home for the post was appointed at the meeting and is composed of the following: Furman King chairman: Julius Kahn, treas urer; H. J. Oppenheim, secretary; George T. Barnes, T. J. Atkinson, E. E. Wood, R. P. Crowder, Dave Fried man, C. T .Morgan, M. Z. Bnawer, Jesse Usher, Charles L. Dikes, Arthur F. Comer, Morris Horovitz, Dr. G. E. Egloff. Canford P. Butler, A. C. Roil son, Steve Kutchey, James Poe, Hy man Perlman, W. B. Sutton, Paul Cohen and Jack Moody. A boat ride was planned for a fu ture date for the purpose of raising funds to defray the expenses of send ing the band to the state convention in Athens which will be held early in June . sewelTelected EAGLES PRESIDENT Dr. G. E. Sewell was elected worthy president of Savannah Aerie No. 330 Fraternal Order of Eagles at its an nual meeting last night at the Eagles Hal on Drayton street. J. L. Cole is the retiring president, and automati cally becomes junior worthy vice pres ident. Nathan B. Marcus was elected worthy vice president, and the follow ing officers were also-chosen: R. M. Sieg, worthy chaplain; C. F. Schraupp, secretary; John Ohsiek, Sr., treasurer; R. A. Robinson, worthy conductor; M. J. Bettencourt, inside guard; L. A. Harkness, outside guard; Frank Dressier, W. J. Fitzpatrick, and Leon S. Liebrles, trustees; and Dr. Leonard J. Rabhan, physician. The new officers will be installed on June 3. The order announced that a dance will be given tonight at the hall.