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VOLUME 2—NUMBER 115
ROBINSON MAY FACE DEATH PENALTY
TO BE ARRAIGNED
UNDER LINDBERGH
KIDNAPING LAW
STOLL KIDNAPER TO COME
BEFORE U. S. COMMIS
SIONER TODAY
LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 13
(TP).—The last of the kidnap
ing public c»iemies, Thomas H.
Robinson, Jr., is scheduled for
arraignment before a Federal
commissioner today.
Robinson, the k/dnaper of
Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll, faces a
death so.itence under the Lind
bergh law. Soon after his cap
ture at Glendale, Cal., G-men
said, the young female imper
sonator admitted that he kid
naped Mrs. Stoll from her
Louisville home and struck her
with an iron pipe dur ng abduc
tion. The Lindbergh law pro
vides death penalty for inter
state kidnapers who mistreat
their victims.
Indication that federal agents will
set out on the trail of persons said
to have harbored Robinson was seen
in the kidnaper’s confession that he
had —to "uote him—“ Paid plenty for
Pr LeTs tl< than $3,000 of the $50,000
Stoll ransom was found on Robinson
when he was arrested. The rest, ac
cording to Robinson’s confession, was
spent in gay living and for the num
erous trips the fugitive made in his
attempts to keep ahead of Justice
Department sleuths.
LOUISVILLE. May 13 (TP)—Fed
eral prosecutors said today that they
mean to complete three steps, with
out delay, in the case of the accused
kidnaper, Thomas Robinson. Jr.
The first step was his capture In
Glendale,' Cal., on Monday night. The
second sten will be taken today with
his arraignment under the Lindberga
kidnap law, charged with abducting
Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll for $o0,00)
ransom. The third step* wlTThe THJT
trial, as early as possible. U.S. Dis
trict A*orney Gardner is handling
the case. The death penalty will be
asked. _• . _ „ .
The kidnaper's father, Thomas Rob
inson. Sr., says his son is insane. The
prosecution is laying its line to brush
aside that plea.
Robinson was contemptuous of the
widespread belief that he escaped de
tection during his year and a hair
as a fugitive by masouerading as a
woman. He raised his foot to news
men today and showed them a large
male foot. Said he*. “Wouldn’t that
look swell in a dress?”
RAILWAY WAGE
MEDIATOR DUE
TO COME HERE
representative of NA
TIONAL BOARD INVESTI
GATE WAGES HERE
A mediator from the National
Mediation Board is expected in Sa
vannah the end of this month to in
vestigate wages and working condl
tions of local railway employes, ac
cording to advices received here from
t. yv Reigel, vice grgnd president o’
the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks.
Mr. Reigel, In a letter to t
clerks' organization at the Centra
of Georgia, announced that certifies
tion of a local chapter for-thebro-v
erhood had been requested of th
hoard
The majority of the employes 01
the Central of Georgia have author
•zed the Brotherhood to represent
them in matters pertaining to thel
wages and working conditions. If yov
have not delegated this authority t?
the Brotherhood you should join the
majority of your fellow workers b:
doing so immediately. Certainly you
should be willing to support the or
sanitation which is doing so mucl
to protect the interest of the Railroac
Clerks and all railway workers.
Mr. Reigel recently addressed a
mass meeting here in protest agains'
railway terminal consolidations.
ST. LOUIS JOBLESS
CLASH WITH COPS
ST. LOUIS. May 13 (TP)—A weary
group of unemployed men and worn
en who are picketing the St. Louis
relief headquarters claimed a victory
in a scuffle with police today.
More than 100 of the demonstra
tors camped in the building several
days ago, they refused to leave until
their demands for more relief were
met. Police managed to decrease the
number of strikers to 35 by cutting
off their food supply.
Today a group of the unemployed
loaded down with food, charged the
police guard. After a brief struggle
the police line wavered and broke.
The unemployed perecns rushed into
the building with the food.
Th? relief strikers say the food sup
ply will last until the end of the
week.
Savannah Daily Times
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G-men are shown leading William Mahan, who had pleaded guilty to the Weyerhaeuser kidnaping down
the gangplank to the prison boat which took him to McNeil Island Penitentiary to begin a sixty-yearsen
tence. He will be transferred to America’s Devil’s Island, the prison at Alcatraz, in San Francisco Bay
TALMADGE TO GET 7 PER CENT.
ON IMPOUNDED STATE FUNDS OR
DECLINE RENAME DEPOSITORIES
\j *» . 1 ■ •’ •
(Special to The Times)
ATLANTA. May 13.—Governor Tai
madg’ annohneed today he is goine
to ocllect seven-per-c*nt'Tnterest.from
three “Atljmta-rtfflnks- on-state money
withheld pending a supreme court de
cision on the legality of J. B. Daniel’ <
appointment as treasurer or refuse to
rename them state depositories.
The governor’s statement came aft
er the Fulton National bank with
drew $2,055,000 in bonds from ths
Federal Reserve bank which had
NAVAL LEADERS
JAPAN DEMAND
MIGHTIEST FLEET
PLANS MADE AT SECRET
MEETING TO CONSID
ER BUDGET
TOKIO. May 13 (TP)—Japan’s
naval leaders are said to have filed
demands for a fleet equal to the
world's bigegst navy.
The demands were presented at a
secret meeting of the Japanese parlia
ment to consider the budget. The
navy minister is reported to have told
parliament that Japan needs a navy
equal in strength to that of Britain
and the United States or any naval
powers likely to attack Japan. The
Minister explained his program by
saying t“»at in addition to warships,
the Japanese nafy needs more naval
Foreign diplomats tonight under
stood the naval chiefs’ demands as
marking a distinct change In policy.
Japan denounced the London Naval
Treaty because of the 5-5-3 ratio, but
her representatives said she did not
intend to build up to the level of the
United States and Britain. They said
they on), wanted the right to do so.
Now di 'mats believe Japan’s naval
leaders air seeking to get appropria
te. . wig enough to finance a naval
building race with other powers.
SOUTH DAKOTANS
FOR ROOSEVELT
DELEGATES INSTRUCTED
TO CAST VOTES AS
AID TO RECOVERY
.
DEVIL'S LAKE, N. Dak., May 13
I (TP) —Eight South Dakota delegates
I stand instructed today to cast their
! vote for President Roosevelt at the
Naional Democratic Convention • in
Philadelphia.
State convention leaders promptly
elected the Roosevelt delegates after
being warned by Postmaster General
Farley that the nation’s executive
must complete his program of recov
ery. Farley was the keynote speaker
at the state Democratic gathering.
Said the Postmaster General: “The
people kn>» that the work cf recov
ery is only half done. That is wry
they will brook no interruption to
the processes that have worked so
well.” Farley criticized New Deal
adversaries as alarmists. He said that
Mr. Roosevelt has differed with the
U. S. Supreme Court during his ad
ministration, adding that “The Su
preme Court still remains the highest
triubunal cf the land.”
been used to secure state deposits for
merly held by the hank and turned
them over to Daniel.
This was believed to be an effort
to'TeStbre the bankT Wm »»IWlc
depository withdrawn when it refused
to honor warrants issued by Daniel
when he replaced George B. Hamil
ton, ousted by Talmadge, as state
treasurer.
Officials of the other two banka
concerned, the First National and Citi
zens and Southern, would not say
whether they intended to withdraw
the state funds security bonds from
the Federal Reserve and turn them
over to Daniel in an effort to restore
their status as a state depository.
Talmadge claimed today the state
should have the seven per cent interest
amounting to approximately $36,000.
since it would pay for the expense
brought the state in determining tho
legal status of the funds withheld by
the banks.
walshls hTnted
FOR SENATE POST
DEATH OF FLORIDA SENA
TOR CAUSES SCRAMBLE
IN UPPER HOUSE
WASHINGTON, May 13 (TP)—A
rescrambling of choice senate com
mittee chairmanships was expected
today as the result of Senator Tram
mell’s death. - •
Trammell, a Florida Democrat, was
chairman of the important naval af
fairs commitee. Senate majority lead
er Robinson declared that Massachus
etss’ Senator Walsh, ranking mem
ber of the navy committee, is Tram
mell’s logical successor.
The definite opapintment, how
ever, will be made by the senate
Democratic steering commitee which
meets in a few days.
If Walsh is appointed to head th<
navy group, he will have to resign
chairmanship of the committee on
labor —thus throwing another coveted
position open. It is believed that Ala
bama’s Senator Black—second rank
ing member of the labor committee —
might get the post. Senator Copeland
of New York is ranking member of
the labor committee, but he would
have to relinquish his post as head
of the commerce committee if he took
the labor chairmanship. Thus, Black
—who has no regular committer,
chairmanship and who is interested
in labor problems—■seems to be slated
ito fill Walsh’s shoes.
TWO MEET DEATH
IN PLANE CRASH
WASHINGTON. May 13 (TP)—War
department officials announced to
day that two privates were killed ir
the crash of an air bomber at Bal
boa. in the Canal Zone. The details
of the crash are not known in Wash
ington.
Those killed were: George Hobden,
whos? closest relative in th? United
States is Mrs. Ada Manganio. of
Providence, R. 1., and Morris B. Mar
able, whose closest relative is Percy
Marable, of Evansville. Ind.
Reports say that three others were
saved in the < rash, but the war de
partment said that its only official
informrtion was th? bare notice of
the two men’s deaths.
SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1936
REPUBLICAN MAIL
TAMPERED WITH
SAYS FLETCHER
Q. 0. P. CHIEF ALSO CLAIMS
PARTY’S LETTERS ARE
WASHINGTON, May 13 (TP)—
Republican National Chairman Flet
cher-charged today that the Post Of
fice Department was delaying and
tampering with Republican mail mat
ter. The charge was contained in an
open letter from Fletcher to Post
master General Farley, who is also
Democratic National Chairman.
Fletcher gave a specific case to
back up his crarges. He said that on
April 1, his committee mailed a copy
of their campaign publication, called
“Uncensored” to Miss Lida Frost of
Lebanon, Ohio. Since the envelope
bore only one and half cents postage,
it was unsealed for postal inspection.
Later, Fletcher said. Miss Frost in
formed him that one page had been
deleted from her copy of the publica
tion. This page contained two letters
written by the Democratic Committee
of Indiana County Pellsylvania re
garding political contributions by re
lief workers.
Fletcher also said he had received
numerous complaints on the delays
of Republican mail matters.
TRUCKINGFIRMS
SEEK INJUNCTION
CLEVELAND EMPLOYERS
HOPE PREVENT STRIKE
OF DRIVERS
CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 13 (TP).
Long dL«tance trucking companies an
nounced today that they will try to
get injunctions to prevent union truck
drivers in Ohio from going on strike.
The companies said they would ask
an accounting for damages caused by
the strike that began Sunday at mid
night. They will charge that the
unions broke their contracts.
All drivers and trucking companies
in Cleveland have made peace, but
elsewhere in northern Ohio many
truckers are operating only under a
temporary truce. The union demands
a 10 cent per hour wage increase.
BABSON PREDICtTgAIN,
NO BOOM, FOR BUSINESS
BOSTON, May 13 (TP).—Econo
mist Roger Bapson predicted today
that the presidential election this fall
will have little effect on business.
Babson said that he does not ex
pect anything like a real business
boom. But, he insisted, recovery has
gained sufficient momentum to in
sure a fair degree of business activity
for the next couple of years regard
less of who is elected president in
November.
HOOVER IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK. May 13 (TP).—Her
bert Hoover spent about an hour to
day looking over the rare and valu
ably stamps t the Third International
Stamp exhibition in Grand Central
Palace. The former president brought
his secretary along for a special peep
at the postals. Hoover is a philatel
ist from ’way back—but he doesn't
have any stamps from his own large
collection entered in the Manhattan
show. Mr. Hoover is in New York on
business. He will make a speech in
Philadelphia tomorrow.
Italy May Not Return lo League
DOCTOR CHARGES U. S. HELIUM
MONOPOLY PREVENTS ITS USE
IN CURING THROAT AILMENTS
KANSAS CITY. May 13 (TP)—A ,
New York physician. Dr. Alban
Barach, declared today that only a
government monopoly of helium pre
vents hospitals from using the costly
gas for treatment of throat afflic
tions.
Dr. Barach spoke before the con
vention of the American Medical As
sociation In Kansas City. He declar
ed that research with the gas shows
that it provides relief for patients
suffering from asthma and certain
obstructions in the breathing appar
atus. •
At present, said Dr. Barach, the
METAL WORKERS
MAY COMPROMISE
REPORTS CLAIM
SECRET MEETING HELD ON
CRAFT, INDUSTRIAL
UNIONISM
Canonsburg. Pa., May 13 (TP).
Rumors of a compromise between the
plans for craft and industrial union
ism seeped through the closed doors
of the Amalgamated Association of
Iron, Steel and Tin Workers conven
tion today.
The powerful association closed and
bolted the dors of its convention room
to prevent any leaks of news. But it
was reliably reported that 10 dele
gates desertted the convention and
returned to their jobs. There was no
report whether they will support the
industrial union plan of United Mines
President John Lewis or the Craft
Union program of William Green,
president of the American Federation
of Labor.
*. The compromise reports said the
iron and tin workers are tired
bt oratory. Backers of John Lewis s
•**i'nt to select a committee to
begin a propaganda campaign im
mediately. A vote on the issues in
volved is expected to be immediately
taken today.
FOUR DIE IN FIRE
CAUSED BY DANCER
KICKS TORCH INTO DRAP
ERIES OF SAN FRAN
CISCO CLUB
SAN FRANCISCO. May 13 (TP)—
A girl dancer kicked a flaming torch
into the draperies and four persons
were burned to death early in
a San Francisco night club. The vic
tims were a hat-check girl. Jo Dickin
son; Mrs. Elsie Forest, John Dickin
and Robert Pattison. They are be
lieved to have been knocked to the
floor and stunned as the crowd
rushed from the burning club.
A dancer, Viola Lamonte, was
whirling with a torch flaming in
each hand. She kicked high. Her toe
knocked a torch from her hand and
into the ceiling draperies. In a twin
kling the place was roaring with
flames. About 10 persons were in
jured in the mad scramble for the
exits.
Three members of th? little Sham
i rock night club orchestra sav'd their
i lives by hiding in a large ice box.
AKRON SCHOOL BOARD
OPENS PROBE INTO
STRIKE OF PUPILS
AKRON. Ohio. May 13 (TP).—The
city school board of Akron today or
dered an investigation into a report
ed sit-down strike in a seventh grade
classroom.
The children are reported to have
started their strike when the teacher
requested that they write smaller to
save their paper. The pupils sat at
their desks bv.t refused to do their
school work.
The school is in the tire manufac
turing section, where workers recent
ly staged a sit-down strike to better
their working conditions.
SHOWERS PROMISED
IN CITY TOMORROW
A hint of showers for tomorrow
forecasts a break in th? drouth that
has held this s:ction in its grip for
33 days, thereby breaking the all
tim? record of Savannah. A possibility
of brief showers for Thursday wai
seen by the weather bureau this morn
ing. though the clouds may blow
over the city without letting any
rain fall.
Temperature todav was only 85 de
gre's. Tonight ylll be cloudy and
slightly cooler.
TWO GIRLS, ONE BOY
NEW YORK. May 13 (TP).—They
pushed the elevator button three or
four times. Then again and again.
The car came down and operator
Hugh Dolan opened his door. “Say,”
he began, "Wot’s the idea—”
They told him the news, and Dolan
was gone in a twinkling, pulling on
his coat as he dashed through the
door. Out at St. John’s hospital, on
Long Islnd they told him that his
wife was “doing nicely.’’and—thye re
ported—"so are your three babies
just born —two girls ond a boy.”
, price of helium ranges as high as S3O
a tank. It is used almost exclusively
by the government and a few private
firms for lifting power in dirigibles.
The physician charged the commer
cial firms with stopping a recent con
gressional measure providing helium
at cost to the U. S. Public Health Ser
vice.
I|? predicted remarkable results
with the gas in the medical field
when it is made available for re
search purposes at a cost that is not
prohibitive.
Women’s Hospitals Good
Dr. Esther Pohl Lovejoy told her
fellow-doctors todav that the Ameri
can Women’s Hospitals have come
through the depression without losing
a dollar or contracting a penny of
debt.
Dr. Lovejoy is in crarge of the
hospital which governs the institu
tions maintained -*• home and abroad
by the Medical TWnien’-; National As
sociation. She told th« WY>men Doc
tor’s Convention that the committee
saw the depression coming and cur
tailed its overeas work enough to
take up the Their hospital work
began during world war days. The
women couldn’t get into the army
medical corps, so they financed
own expedition to foreign countries.
They were the only doctors on hand
when Smyrna was burning, and after
the war they worked among a mil
lion and a half homeless Armenian
refugees in Greece.
The Hospitals service work
in districts of Kentucky, Tennessee
and North Carolina, where the moun
tain trails are long and physicians
are rarely seen. Dr. Lovejov says they
plan to extend their medical service
to the mountain regions of Virginia.
ELY CONTINUES
NEW DEAL FIGHT
FQ&MEB MASSACHUSETTS
GOVERNOR
PWA HOUSING WORK
BOSTON, May 13 (TP)—The for
mer governor of Massachusetts, Jo
seph Ely, said today that he will fight
right up to the U. S. supreme court
to prevent the Public Work Adminis
tration from building a $6,000,000
housing unit in South Boston. He
calls the housing unit “mansions by
the sea.” Ely is a leading anti-New
Dialer of the Bay state.
The District of Columbia supreme
court rejected a plea for an order re
straining PWA Administrator Ickes
from going ahead with the housing
work. Ely said:
"We seldom get a knockout in the
first round. We have the case in court
for trial on its own merits. We now
have to gather evidence to show how
property owners are being damaged
by construction of these mansions by
the sea.”
Th’ former governor said he mean
to show that the constitution give?
the government no powers to bu}
land and construct houses for rent.
AMY MOLLISON
SPEEDS TO CAIRO
KHARTOUM, Anglo-Egyptian Su
dan, May 13 (TP)—Mrs. Amy Molli
son is piloting her speed plans to
Cairo today on her flight from Cape
town to London.
The British woman flyer stopped at
Khartoum to refuel. She left at once
for the 1,000-mlle hop to Cairo.
Mrs. Mollison beat all records for
the London to Capetown flight down
the west coast of Africa. She is ma|»
ing her return journey up the east'
coast of the dark continent.
STRIKEVIOLENCE
SPREADS IN GREECE
ATHENS. May 13 (TP)—A new
wave of violence and rioting spread
through Greece today as a 24-hour
general strike was called.
Labor unions called the genera)
strike to begin at midnight tonight
in protest against the slaying of strik
ing workers at Sallonica. A score of
tobacco workers were killed at Saloni
ka when they refused to return to
work until their wages were raised.
As the deadline for the genera]
strike approached, workers paraded
through the streets in the cities of
Greece, there were frequent clash?
with police. In Athens streetcars and
shops were stoned.
BRAVERY REWARDED
CHICAGO. May 13 (TP)— The
bravery of nine schoolboy traffic of
ficers will win them a free trip to
the nation’s capital. The Chicago Mot
or Club will select the nine young
heroes from a list of 100 applicants.
Each of the candidates has saved
the life of a fellow pupil or adult
while he was on traffic duty at a
street intersection. Many of them
pulled other children from the path
of oncoming cars.
All the young traffic officers,
whether they win the Washington trip
or not, will be given medals as cita- ;
tions of their bravery.
NEW DICK NOLAN!
BATTLE CREEK, Mich., May [
13 (TP). —A brand new American
flag .waving from the tap of the
Battle Creek jail, greeted the ris
ing sun this morning.
Down in the jail yard Dan Keel
er stiffly saluted the flag and then
walked back into his cell. Keeler
was sentenced last Saturday to sa
lute the flag for 30 days as pun
ishment for using it to wipe his
hands.
When Keeler appeared to carry
out the sentence, embarrassed jail
ors discovered that their jail had
no flag. Keeler was ordered to |
carry out his ceremony before the t
Stars and Stripes on the post of- |
fice building while authorities sent t
through a rush order for a new s
jail flag.
TOURIST VICTIM
CAR CRASH GOES
HOME FOR RITES
CRANFORD, N. J., MAN IS
KILLED COASTAL HIGH
WAY YESTERDAY
Funeral arrangements for Howard
Cox, elderly Cranford, N. J., tourist
who was killed in an auto accident
near Savannah yesterday; are in
complete pending advices from rela
tives. In all probability the bojy will
be shipped by Henderson Brothers to
Cranford for burial. A son-in-law of
the dead man talked over long dis
tance from Cranford with an atten
dant of the funeral home last night
but arrangements were not settled. It
was expected relatives of the tourist
might come to Savannah to accom
pany the body north.
Mr. Cox was instantly killed and
his wite painfully but not seriously
| injured at 5:55 o’clock yesterday aft
ernoon when the car her husband wa:»
driving struck a log trailer approach
ing in the opposite direction on the
Cgeechee road. The Cox couple were
•’ -returning north after spending the
winter in St. Petersburg. Fla. W. M
Rushing. 24, of Montieth, driver of
th? truck pulling the log trailer was
• going for a load. The crash was near
the Lebanon Plantation entrance.
The car struck the left rear wheel
’ of the trailer. The Cox machine wa<
demolished after it had jumped e
. ditch and hit a tree. Mrs. Cox was
thrown out on the road and receivec
' injuries about the arms and hands,
and possibly broken bones. She also
suffered lacerations of th? scalp.
Acting Sergt. Frank J. Nearly re
leased Rushing after he had posted
a SI,OO bond for his appearance tc
face a tentative charge of involun
’ tary manslaughter. County Officers
Sheppard. Zipperer and Dowiling in
vestigated. Police listed Mr. and Mrs
Robert Walker, 2901 Drayton street
and P. J. Varner, Darien attorney, a
witnesses of the smash-up.
“BO PEEP” IS
INDIGNANT AT
GAMING CHARGE
JURY TO DELIBERATE ON
“BOOKIE’’ CHARGES
THIS AFTERNOON
A jury this afternoon will deliberat
the case of Wolfe “Bo Peep” Silver
who indignantly denied today charge,
he was running a horse race “bookie''
game in connection with his Congres:
street pool room.
Silver said he rented the room
where detectives allegedly confiscatec
bookmaker's paraphernalia to one Mrs
Barnes.
Felix Mendel, jointly charged with
Silver, said he maintained an infor
mation service on horse races for the
conveniences of customers who fre
quente 1 ;! his beer parlor.
Silver denied any connection witii
Mendel other than furnisihng Mende’
with a ticker service which supplied
race track news.
Attorney Aaron Kravitch, one of 16
arrested when the pool room wa?
raided, and subsequently dismlsse <
upon arraignment for loitering, tolu
the jury no gambling was going on i
the place.
Silver was charged by detectives
with loitering. But Assistant Solici
tor Andrew J. Ryan, Jr., demanded
that he b? bound over on the gam
bling house charge.
WILENSKY WILL
TANGLE BEFORE
JUDGE SAUSSY
Ordinary Gordon Saussy had un
der advisement today claims of $15,-
000 against Attorney Morris Bern
stein by heirs of the late Samuel Wil
ensky .
The heirs, through Attorney Eman
uel Javetz, brought suit on charges
Bernstein allowed Aaron Rauzin to
make away with $5,000 worth of Lib
erty bonds belonging to the estate 1
and thus forfeited hs right to more
than SIO,OOO which he had taken
from the estate for executor’s fees
and commissions.
They demand an accounting of
Bernstein's stewardship.
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TRANSRADIO PRESS
ENGLAND BACKS
WATER ON FIRM
AFRICAN POLICY
PRIME MINISTER BALDWIN
SAYS GOVERNMENT TO
WITHHOLD JUDGMENT
GENEVA, May 13 (TP).
The fear that Italy’s empty
chair a’t th© League of Nations
council table will ♦ lever be filled
again grew stronger today.
League diplomats, recovering
from the startling speed with
which the Italian league delega
tion packed up and went home,
are grouped »i two schools, of
thought on the Italian situation.
One group, a minority, be
lieves that Premier Mussolini al
ready has definitely decided to
sever connecting with Geneva.
The league’s refusal to recog
nize Italian claims of Ethiopian
annexation and the council’s
vote to continue anti-Italian
sanctions, this group holds,
proved the steps which influ
enced Mussolini’s final decision
to quit the league.
Another group, which includes lead
ers of the Geneva Peace Congress, be
lieves that the Italian walkout was
staged mainly as warning. With the
Ethiopian question put off until Jlme
15, the second group maintains, Mus
solini ordered the drastic withdrawal
of his delegation to show the world
that the League would lose Italy un
less his demands were met.
Even if this second theory is right,
Italy’s return to the council table Is
still doubtful. 4 There appears little
Hkeihood of the League stand chang
ing towards Italy within the next
month, unless Mussolini abruptly
switches his Ethiopian policies. Such
a drastic change is labelled ft- virtual -
impossibility in view of the Black
Shirt dictator’s proud announcement
to the world of a new Italian empire.
France is expected to line up more
strongly in favor of the continuation
of sanctions after the new leftist gov
ernment goes into power within the
next few days. With the exception
of Chile and Ecuador—which never
have been leaders in League negotia
tion—none of the League, powers have
indicated that a threat of Italy’s
withdrawal from the League will force
abandonment of Ethiopia’s cause.
. Geneva observers admitted that
they were surprised by the united
front shown by League nations on
Ethiopia’s behalf. When Addis Ababa
fell, a big percentage of League ex
perts believed that the council's san
ctions campaign against Italy would
collapse.
LONDON, May 13 (TP)—Prime
Minister Baldwin told the House of
Commons today that the British gov
eminent will withhold judgment on
Italy’s annexation of Ethiopia.
The Prime Minister said that the
decree of annexation had been ac
cepted from the Italian ambassador
under full reservations. The document
will be submitted to Foreign Secre
tary Eden when he returns from Gen
eva, Baldwin said. At that point
Laborite Frederick Cocks jumped w
his feet.
The Laborite shouted: “And I hope
Eden tears it up.”
COACH OUSTED,
STUDENTS RIOT
NAPERVILLE, 111,, May 13 (TP)-«
Rioting students of North Central col
lege hurled chairs and books through
class room windows today in a dem
onstration against the firing of their
football coach -
Some of the schools’ 500 students
marched out of their classes when
Coach Walter Nolte was dismissed,
lhe college board complained that
Nolte preached too much football and
;oo little religion at chapel service*.
The rioting broke out when prof
fessors called for classes despite the
student walkout. The uproar closed
all departments except the advanced
science schools.
RED CROSS CONFAB
OPENS IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, May 13 (TP)— Two .
thousand delegates representing 11.-.
000.000 members of the American-.
Red Cross gathered today for ths '
first sessio nos their annual con van
tlon.' • ’ty.
The session was dtevoted to a des
cription of the Red Cross work -
throughout the east, south and mid*?. -
west du'ring the recent disastrous ,?•.
floods and tornadoes.
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