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Newspaper Page TextPAGE 6 COLUMBUS MAN APPOINTED HEAD STATE SECRETARY’S ASSO CIATION PICKS PRESI DENT AT MEETING Thomas R. Jones, executive vice president of the Chamber of Com merce, was back at his desk this morning after spending three days in Macon atetnding the annual meeting of the Georgia Association of Secre taries. Mr. Jones declared that the pro gram of the convention had never been more splendid than it was this year. The address of Dr. Charles Herty, he said, was one of the high spots and received the plaudits of the entire delegation. J. M. Mallory, gen eral Industrial agent of the Central of Georgia, also took quite a part in the discussions of the various groups. Mr. Jones, as president, pre sided over the business sessions and gave the opening address. Walter P. Pike, Columbus, was elected president. Mr. Jones did not offer for re-election, as it is the cus tom of the association to have new officers each year. The next annual meeting will be held In Brunswick. One of the unique activities of the meeting was the moonlight airplane ride over Macon on Saturday. Fair weather made the trip unusually pleasant and brought out the twink ling lights of the city with remark able clarity. Thomas Purse, Mias Elizabeth Rourke, and Miss Vera Allen, the oth er representative of the Savannah Chamber of Commerce who atetnded the meeting, pronounced the conven tion the “best the association had known.” NEW SCHOOL PLAN EIGHT ROOM BUILDING TO BE DISCUSSED MEET ING TODAY A new school for Pooler, to take the place of the antiquated structure that has served the needs of Pooler for many years, will be one of the principal matters to come up before the Board of Education’s monthly meeting this afternoon at 4 o’clock. Ormond B. Strong, superintendent of public schools, will report that plans have been drawn up by Levy and Clarke, architects of the board, for a modern, eight room building for this community. It will be built with WPA funds when the new ap propriations from Congress are set to work after June 31. Pooler has been requesting a new building for years, and the board at its meeting last month voted to have blue prints drawn up and costs estimated so as to get in a requisition with the WPA as soon as possible. The special committee on school nutritional lunches for underprivileg ed children will report this afternoon. It was appointed last month, with Henry Garwes as chairman, to work out a method whereby the board could assist the Nutritional Lunch Committee to continue the lunches next therm. The board is not per mitted to donate funds for this pur pose. Mrs. Frank Mclntire, chairman of Nutritional Lunches, and J. J. Smith, treasurer, will be present. ATTORNEY TALKS AT LABOR HALL H. SOL CLARK TO ADDRESS SAVANNAH TRADES AND LABOR ASSEMBLY . H. Sol Clark, Savannah attorney, will address a public meeting of the Savannah Trades and Labor Assem bly tonight at 8:30 o’clock. Mr. Clark will speak on “Craft Unionism Versus Industrial Union ism," a subject on which he is well versed. He devoted much of his time at Cornell university to the study of unions in labor and has been actively engaged in further research in this line since taking up law here. W. B'. Jarvis, president, Invites the public to attend this meeting. The young people of the First Christian church, who are studying the civic and industrial problems of the city, will attend in a body. A short business meeting will pre cede the program. Members of the assembly are requested to be on hand at 8 o’clock for this session. PEARSON, GEORGIA MAN DECLARED DRUNK, IS FINED IN COURT HERE J B. Kenny, Pearson, Ga., was finehd $lO or given is choice of 30 days on the Brown Farm, on a charge of being drunk in an automobile, by Recorder H. Mercer Jordan in Police Court this morning. Police say Kenny was driven to the police station in an unconscious state last night by his sister who said that he had attempted suicide by taking carbolic acid and iodine. The sister said that she had seen him take a drink of iodine from a bottle he car ried on his person. The unconscious man was taken to Warren Candler hospital where au thorities claimed that he was suffer ing not from poisoning but from an overdose of alcohol. Kenney said that he was in Savannah in an attempt to regain the affections of his wife and children who are now residing here. EMANUEL A. MASTERS Funeral services for Emanuel A. Masters, for many years a plumber of this city, were held yesterday at 4 o'clock at the residence, 412 West Forty-first Street, with the Rev. John 8. Sharp, pastor of Grace Methodist Church, conducting the rites. Burial was in Bonaventure Cemetery. Mr. Masters died Saturday morn ing. He was 60 years of age. Pallbearers were Harold J. Brown, Francis Dasher, William J. Taylor, James O'Blair, O. A. Kimball, and J. H. McKenna. CONFIRMATION CLASS VOWS ABSTINENCE I UNTIL MAJORITY Bishop Gerald P. O'Hara yester day afternoon in Sacred Heart church required the members a confirma tion class to take a vow of abstinence > from liquor until they become 21 . years of age. It is believed that this . is the first time that such a vow has been taken in the diocese of Sa vannah, though the practice is com ' mon in other dioce .s. The class yesterday numbered 117 children, the greatest number of whom are students at the Sacred ‘ Heart school. After the confirmation exercises, 1 bishop officiated at a solemn bene -1 diction, during which, the bishop ad -1 ministered a special blessing to the mothers and the children who were not old enough to be confirmed. I COTTON CRUSHERS HEAR TALK BY KIRKLAND SUTLIVE GEORGIA PRESS GROUP HEAD SPEAKS ON PROB LEMS OF FARMER Kirkland Sublive, president of the , Georgia Press Association, addressed the Cotton Crushers’ Association at its 28th annual convention, which of ficially opened this morning at 10 o’clock in the Hotel Tybee. Mr. Sut i live spoke on '.‘What Is in Store for the Cotton Farmer." The other address of the opening ' session was given by Harry L. Brown, state director of extension service in agriculture at home eco nomics, who hails from Athens. Mr. Brown’s subject was “Cotton Seed Products and Soil Conservation.” ( The business meeting got under way this morning with approximately 250 delegates on hand, besides the visit ing ladies. George Thompson of Win der, president, called the convention to order, and Dr. A. L. Patterson, pas tor of Hull Memorial church, gave the invocation. A period of intense dis cussion followed the address. A golf tournament was launched at 2 o’clock on the links of the Hotel General Oglethorpe. Prizes for this and for the bridge tournament of the ladies being held this afternoon will be awarded at the banquet tonight. Dancing on Tybrisa, a buffet supper at midnight on the Brass Rail Pa vilion, and more dancing will close the first day of the convention. Tomorrow morning will be given over to “strictly business.” The presi dent will make his annual address, and reports will be made by W. M. Hutchinson of Atlanta, secretary treasurer, and Harry Hodgson of Ath ens, chairman of the board of di rectors. Election of officers, Including the nomination of a Georgia official for the National board, will be the closing business. Two prominent speakers of national repute will be heard during the morn ing. These are J. L. Morgan, of North Carolina, president of the Na tional Cottonseed Products Association and J. E. Moses, southeastern repre sentative of educational service, At lanta. FUNERAL TODAY A. P. McPETERS VICTIM OF FALL TO BE BURIED IN BONAVEN TURE CEMETERY Alfred P. McPeters, passenger agent for the Ocean Steamship Company and the Central of Georgia Railway, died yesterday from Injuries sustained when he fell from a balcony at his home, 701 Whitaker street, shortly after 7:30. Mr. McPeters fell about 30 feet, fracturing his skull and nearly severing one arm on a tin gutter pipe. Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. John S. Wilder, pastor of Calvary Baptist church, this aft ernoon at 4 o’clock at the chapel of the Irvine Henderson Funeral home. Interment will be in Bonaventure cemetery. Pallbearers will be J. W. Blount, B. S. Wells, H. H. Wilson, J. Y. Bruce, W. D. Byers, George Stradtman, R. E. Banks, and Olin Fulmer. Mr McPeters was bom in Pulaski, Tenn., on March 26, 1888, and had lived in Savannah for 16 years. He was a member of Macon Lodge No. 5, F. and A. M., and of the Scottish Rite and Shrine. Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Annie McPeters, two daughters, the Misses Ruth and Mary McPeters; and a son, Alfred Mc- Peters, Jr. £ all of Savannah. ! districTheads ; NAMED BY LEGION LOCAL MAN NOMINATED FOR STATE HEAD BY VETERANS I E F. O’Connor, Jr., commander of : Chatham Post No. 35, was unanimous- ■ ly nominated as the Savannah district i candidate for the post of State Com- • mander of the American Legion, at a convention of the first district leg- • lonalres yesterday at Savannah Beach. ■ J. B.- Harrell, commander of the ■ Swainsboro post, received the unani i mous indorsement of the convention : for the post of district commander. • The district convention was well at l tended with nearly all of the dlstrit posts sending delegations. Representa tives were presnt from Fort Screven, Darien, Glennville, Claxton, Sylvania, • Statesboro, Gnellwood, and Swains -1 boro. ► The visitors were entertained by : the Chatham. Savannah, and Fort i Screven Posts with a shore dinner on « Tybrisa Pavillion. The preparation of I the food was handled by Chatham county under arrangements made • with the Chatham County Commis sioners. . The chief speakers of the conven . tion were Stanley Jones. Macon, state 1 adjutant, and W. A. Sirmon, past state adjutant. ODD FELLOWS PLAN FOR MEETING HERE SPEAKERS ENGAGED FOR TWO-DAY SESSION NEXT WEEK Speakers for the 93rd annual meet ing of the Grand Lodge of Georgia, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, will be announced tomorrow or next day by Judge Columbus Alexander, chairman of the program committee. Judge Alexander said this morning that there wil be four speakers on the three-day program, which opens at the Hotel De Soto on May 26 and closes May 28. Approximately 1,2fi0 delegates are expected to attend. Among them will be Georgians prominent in the af fairs of the state: George Hamilton, former state treasurer; M. D. Collins, state superintendent of schools; Chief Justice Richard B. Russell of the Su preme Court of Georgia; John Camp Davis of Rome; Lee Roy Lewis, of Co lumbus, and T. H. Robertson, all past grand masters of the lodge. The Rebekah Assembly, auxiliary to the lodge, will also be represented by a large number of ladies. Miss Clara Jones of Macon, president, and Mrs. Maude S. Bridges of Augusta, president elect, will attend. Final plans for the entertainment of the visitors will be formulated at a special meeting of general committees tomorrow afternoon at the De Kalb Hall. Chairmen of committees are: Judge Columbus E. Alexander, pro gram and speaker committee: L. W. Sinclair, entertainment committee; R. I. Love, meeting place committee; Capt. W. T. Daniels, reception com mittee; Abe Tenenbaum, registration; H. E. Richardson, transportation; W M. Millikin, finance; Abe Tenenbaum, awards. CIVIL SERVICE JOBS DECLARED GOVERNMENT WILL SOON HOLD EXAMINATIONS FOR POSITIONS The United State? government, through its Civil Service Commission, announces that the following posi tions are open, subject to the Civil Service requirements. Showing a tendency to open jobs which are to deal with heavy labor, one of the posi tions is with the Navy Yard in Char leston in the capacity of Forger, with three varying scales of wages, i. e., $9.60, SIO.OO, $10.40 per diem. Other positions which deal with Tobacco inspectors and procurement ispectors in the Air corps, have sal aries which range from $2,000 to $3,- 200 per year In the tobacco industry to the lower salary wage of $1,20 to $2,600 per year in the aircraft ser vice. Full requirements and nature of positions are: Tobacco Inspectors, various grades, $2,000 to $3,200 a year. Department of Agriculture. Procurement inspectors, aircraft, various grades, $1,620 to $2,600 a year, Air Corps, War Department. Full information may be obtained from L. C. Johnston, Secretary of the U. S. Civic Service Board of Examin ers. at the post office in this city. The United States Civil Service Commission announces an open com petitive examination for filling the position of Forger (heavy), $9.60, SIO.OO, $10.40 a day, in the U. S. Navy Yard Service, Charleston, S. C., for which the receipt of applications closes June 8, 1936, and applications must be on file with the Recorder, Board of Labor Employment, U. S. Navy Yard, Charleston, S. C., on or before that date. Applicants must be within the ages of 20 and 48 on the closing date for receipt of applications, except that these age limits do not apply to per sons granted preference because of military or naval service. They must show that they have completed a regular four-year aprenticeship as forger (heavy) or have had four years of practical experience as forger (heavy), the substantial equivalent of such apprenticeship. Qualified persons are urged to apply. Full further information and aplic ation blanks may be obtained from the Secretary, Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners, Post Office, at any first class ost office; the Record er, Board of Labor Employment, U. S. Navy Yard, Charleston, S. C.; or the Manager, Fifth U. S. Civil Service District, New Post Office Bldg., At lanta, Ga. COCHRAN REOPENS ‘BAR-BEE-Q’ STAND The opening of Charles R. Coch ran’s new Bar-Bee-Q stand at 1505-07 West Broad street, is announced to day, with the motto "We never close” indicative of the kind of service this business of Mr, Cochran’s will give. Fresh fruits imd vegetables, drinks and every variety of sandwich can be obtained at Bar-Bee-Q. There is plen ty of parking space, Mr. Cochran says, and he invites the public to visit his new stand. TIPPENS NAMED AGENT FOR FRIDEN MACHINE H. A. Tippins, sales ag£nt of Under wood Elliott Fisher, at 16 West Bryan street, has been appointed exclusive sales and service agent for the Friden calculating machine. A demonstration of this modern machine will be given by Tippens to all who call at his of fice. W. R. Keys, formerly with the Atlanta branch of the company. Is now with the Savannah office as service mechanic. PAIR FINED $lO Jackie Gallowitch and Luther John son were each given $lO or 30 days on joint charges of disorderly conduct and being drunk on the street, by Re corder H. Mercer Jordan in Police court this morning. FINED FOR DRUNKENNESS On charges of disorderly conduct, being drunk, and asleep on the street, C. C. Davis was fined $lO or 30 day. on the Brown Farm, by Recorder H. I Mercer Jordan In Police court tis ' morning. SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, MAY 18, 1936 Under Heavy Guard iHi * irlß&WiMl Augusta, Me., police took special precautions to protect James Fol som (above) from anger of excited crowd which gathered as they led the “confessed” slayer of Mary Proulx, 7, and Annie Knight, 12, to jail. Folson is reported to have repudiated his “confession” and pleaded not guilty when arraigned in Waterville, Me., court. (Central Press) ATTICA, KANSAS GREETS LANDON PRESIDENTIAL POSSIBILI TY GIVES COMMENCE MENT TALK TONIGHT ATTICA, Kan., May 18 (TP) Sometime this afternoon a caravan of autos will sweep into Attica and the village s proudest moment will be ab hand. Voters of the small Kansas farm ing town helped elect Alf Landon to the governor’s chair with little more excitement than attends any other gubernatorial election. Since then, however, Attica has heard Governor Landon’s backers call him the leading candidate for the G.O.P. presi dential nomination. Attica school of ficials who knew that Landon has made few speeches since he leaped into the national political spotlight, nevertheless mailed a letter asking him to speak at their high school commencement tonight. Much to their surprise, he accepted. That meant the commencement had to be switched from the high school auditorium to the football field. The governor will fly down from Topeka to Wichita at noon. Then a convoy of Attica residents will escort him to their home city. Landon is to speak under a barrage of floodlights at 10 o’clock, Eastern daylight time. A nation-wide radio hookup will carry his address to listeners far from the little Kansas village. RAILROAD STRIKE IMPENDS MEXICO MEXICO CITY, May 18 (TP)—The Cardenas government made no open move today to avert the national railroad strike which is due to inter rupt service through it the nation at 5 o'clock this afternoon. All i :nger and freight trains due to leave at 5 p.m., or afterwards will be halted. Those trains already en route at that time will continue to their destinations before the rail employes quit work. President Cardenas inveighed against such a walkc -t through an editorial in the national revolutionary news paper, El Nacional. But the govern ment thus far has taken no active steps to avert it. Observers say presi dential intervention is the only way to halt hte paralyzing tie-up now. HIT WITH CLOTH, SEEKING SIO,OOO Twenty-four witnesses were sub poenaed to appear in City Court to day in the case of Miss Annabelle McCallar vs. Morris Perlman. Miss McCallar alleges that Mr. Perlman struck her with a bolt of cloth caus ing permanent injury and asks $lO,- 000 in damages for the injury sustain ed. Among the witnesses subpoenaed were: E. F. O’Connor, Jr., Furman King, Hugo Frank, Maj, Sheftall B. Coleman, and E. J. Dufour. A large number of the employers of Mr. Perl man's Store were also on hand to tes tify in his behalf. It was not expected that the case would go to the jury this afternoon. Judge A. R McDonnell is presiding in the case. CONNOR IS FINED, LICENSE REVOKED E. M. Connor was fined SIOO and had his license revoked for six months this morning in police court by Re corder H. Mercer Jordan. Connor was booked on three charges: Violating the city ordinance by reckless driving of an automobile on Henry street; being drunk in an automobile; and another charge of reckless driving, this time on Jones street, thereby running into the parked bicycle of Harmon Dixon. He was further charged to show cause why his license should not be revoked. Lilienthal Renamed WASHINGTON. May 18 (TP).— ' President Roosevelt re-appointed Dv '. vid Lilienthal today as director of the vast Tennessee Valley Authority. RECOVERY SEEN HALF-WAY MARK CHICAGO PROFESSOR IS OP TIMISTIC OVER NEAR FUTURE CHICAGO, May 18 (TP)—A Uni versity of Chicago professor, William Ogburn, maintains that the nation has just about reached the half way mark in crawling out of the economic depression. Professor Ogburn made the state ment In an article appearing in the American Journal of Sociology, pub lished today. He explained that he reached his conclusion after studying 43 fields of economic and social trends. General prices, Ogburn said, are rising steadil over the 1933 mark. The author points to new industries, es pecially the airplane companies, that have withstood the depression and are making rapid advances. He pre dicts a business prosperity with pos sibly a large volume of unemploy ment—a condition which he explains is unprecedented in ghese United States. FRIEDMAN OFFERS SIOO SCHOLARSHIP COURSE AT ARMSTRONG JR. COLLEGE REWARD - FOR BEST ESSAY A scholarship worth SIOO to the Armstrong Junior College, the award to be made through open competition in an essa ycontest, is being offered by B. I. Friedman, prominent Savan nahian. Te contest is open to all boys and girls who will be ready for college next fall. The subject of the essay will be “Why I Think a College Education Would Be of Value to Me.” Lowry Axley, head of the English Depart ment of the Savannah High School, is in charge of the contest, and manu scripts should be in his hands by June 1 The essay must not be longer than 1,000 words and should be written or typed on one side of the paper only, using double spacing if typed. The name and address of the contestant should be in an envelope clipped to the essay. A committee of judges will make the final decision. KARTUSTOSPEAK TO B’NAI B’RITH ASHEVILLE ATTORNEY TO ADDRESS MEET HERE TONIGHT Alvin S Kartus, prominent attorney of Asheville, N. C, will address a pub lic meeting of Savannah Lodge No. 76, B’nai B’rith tonight at 8:30 at the Jewish . Educational Alliance. Mr. Kartus is wtl known throughout the southeast as an orator. He is active ly connected with the North Caro lina Association of Jewish Men. Members of the lodge will give a dinner for the visitor at Morrison’s Cafeteria, with David Finn, Isador Movsovita, B. B. Eicholz, B. H. Levy, and Abram Bernstein in charge The dinner will be at 7 o’clock. CATHOLIC MEN HERE TO ATTEND RETREAT AT WASHINGTON, GA. The annual retreats of the Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia will be held in Washington, Ga., July 16 to 19 and July 20 to 23. The most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara, bishop of the diocese of Savannah, will be the retreat master. R. W. Hateher, Milledgeville, is chairman of the retreat. Richard. Reid of Au gusta, editor of The Bulletin, of ficial organ of the Catholic laymen of Georgia, and winner of the 1936 Laetare medal is secretary of the meeting. Rev. Thomas J. Sheehan, manager of St. Joseph’s home, Wash ington, Ga., will be host to the visit ing laymen. NEGRESS FOUND DEAD IN BED AT HOME HERE Today was a quiet day for the guar dians of the law in Savannah, there being little or nothing to disturb the peace of the day, police records show. J. F. Nesmith, of Statesboro, this morning reported to police that two baskets of tomatoes were stolen from his stall in the Farmers’ Market. Officer M. F. McCarthy reported that Gusie Jackson, colored, of 1305 Feeley avenue, was found dead in bed this morning. The coroner was noti fied and the body was turned over to Steele Undertakers. Sergeant Crowder reported to head quarters that a water pipe at Henry and Abercorn had burst. The water department was notified of the mis hap. CATHOLIC BOYS FORM KNOT-HOLE CLUB TO ROOT FOR ‘INDIANS’ At a meeting yesterday afternoon at the Knights of Columbus Hall tentative plans were made for the formation of a Knot Hole club for the Catholic youth of the city Michael Counihan is the chairman of ar rangements. Final plans have not been complet ed but Mr. Counihan said tht after he confers with Bobby LaMotte, g;neral manager of the Savannah Indians he expects to have the organization com- j pleted. On the application blanks for mem bership, prospective Knot Holers pledge themselves to obey the rule: of the club, to be on time for all tfce games, and to pull for he home team. There will be meeting of the club ■, on Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 at j which time plans will be completed j for the permanent organization Strangler’s Victim Edgar L. Eckert, 54-year-old of ficial of Rogers Peet & Co., New York clothing merchants, who was found strangled in the washroom of New York’s municipal subway sta tion, a block from Times Equare. Police give robbery as the motive for the murder. (Central Press) TOWNSEND CLUB LEAVES CAPITAL OLD AGE PENSION SEEK ERS ESTABLISH HEAD QUARTERS CHICAGO WASHINGTON, May 18 (TP).— Officers of the Townsend S2OO a month old age pension organization started packwing up their Washing ton files today. They are getting ready to move their national headquarters from the capital city to Chicago. The move, they say, will take place on June 1. The Congressional committee inves tigating pension organizations, in the meantime, prepared today for the fea ture session of their inquiry—the ap pearance of Dr. Townsend on the stand tomorrow. The committee also issued a batch of subpoenas today. They ordered J. B Keifer. of Chicago, head of the Townsend radio division and a Na tional director, and Rev. Alfred Wright, of Cleveland, Ohio, to appear on May 21. Wright is the Ohio ?rea manager. Orders were also issued for the ap pearance of Charles Hawks of Boston and Edward Margett of San Francisco to appear May 26. Margett has al ready volunteered to appear and ex plain what he does with the $2,100 he receives weekly as northern Califor nia area manager- In answer to com mittee disclosures that he received this sum, he wired California’s Repre sentative Tolan that most of it goes for expenses. The committee also announced it would investigate another old age pen sion organization—Dr. J. E. Pope’s naational old age pension association. Pope was asked to appear on May (?)- , ? BRONX BARBERS OUT ON STRIKE NEW YORK, May 18 (TP)—The barbers’ union sent out a strike call this morning to every member in the men Barbers’ International Union an- Bronx. Just before noon, the joumey nounced that 1,500 barbers are on strike in 1,000 shops of the Bronx. The union is out to enforce its de mand for higher, uniform prices. Tomorrow, said Secretary Fred Scafidi of the Bronx union local, the strike will be spread from 23rd street, Manhattan, to 256th street in the Bronx—west of Fifth avenue. The union intends to spread th ewalkout Thursday through’the same’area on the west side. CONDITION SATISFACTORY The condition of William Murphey, president of the Citizens and Souths ern National Bank was reported sat isfactory’’ at Central of Georgia hos pital today. WOMAN GETS HOME TERM Peggy June Smith, was given sen tences of 30 days at Hampstead Home on each of two charges of disorderly conduct on the street and loitering, by Recorder. H. Mercer Jordan in Po lice court? this morning Police said the Smith woman attracted much at tention by her screams and efforts to resist the officers as she was being led to the jail. BLAST INJURIES FIVE RUSSIA, Ohio My 18 (TP)—Five persons are under treatment today for injuries inflicted when an ex plosion touched off a fire in St. Renny’s parochial school. The ex plosion occured last night just as 200 dinner guests were leaving a banquet for two newly-ordained priests. The $40,000 school was destroyed. $2,000 NECKTIE INDIANAPOLIS, May 18 (TP)— Police who seized William Cummings of Chicago, say he wore an expensive necktie. In fact it was wortn a little more than $2,000. Cummings was ar rested in Indianapolis as a robbery suspect. Officials said he was want ed on theft charges filed by Colum bus, Ga., authorities. A careful search by police revealed that two SI,OOO bills were tightly rolled and tucked away inside the seams of Cummings’ necktie. BALTIMORE. May 18 (TP)—A former president of • Johns Hopkins university, Dr. Joseph Ames, is re ported ‘‘resting comfortably” in a Baltimore hospital today. The 72-year old man, who is suffering from an arterial ailment, was said to be *in no immediate danger.” J.E.A. COMMITTEE PLANS FOR JUBILEE MEETING TOMORROW TO FORMULATE PROGRAM AND OTHER EVENTS Plans to entertain approximately one thousand members of the Jewish community at the second annual Jew ish Educational Jubilee will be com pleted at a meeting of the jubilee committee in the Jewish Alliance at 8 o’clock tomorrow night. Bernard B. Eicholz,. chairman, and Mrs. Harry Friedman, co-chairman, will be in charge. ■ - -- - - - The jubilee will be held at Savan nah Beach on June 25. It will take the form of an all-day picnic, with games and otter activities during the day, and a grand dance in the eve ning. The Men’s club and the Wom en’s club of- the Alliance are spon sors. Last year, sponsored by the Men’s club alone, the jubilee was attended by nearly 500 members of Jewish or ganizations- » Serving on the executive commit tee of the jubilee’are the following Morris Slotin, IJrs. Harry Kandel, Mrs. David Finn, Max Hornstein, B. H. Levy, Mrs. Herbert Buchsbaum, Mrs.. Joseph Wilensky, Jerome C. Eisenberg, Harold Gottlieb, Judge Emanuel Lewis,. Harry R. Friedman, Aaron Robinson, Mrs. Isaac Meddin, Mrs. Maurice Sussman, Mrs. Pearl Schatz, Mrs. Irving Gottlieb, Ben Silverman, David Finn, H. DD. Mar cus, Louis ‘ Black, George Richman, Herbert Buschbaum, Mrs. Abro Rob inson, Mrs. Morris Horovitz, Mrs. Max Hornstein, .Mrs. Sqm G. Bernstein, Maurice Epstein, Nathan B. Marcus, Mrs. Frances Kandel, Mrs. Max Gor don, Mrs. Isaac. Levington, Abram Kantsiper and Ben Portman. • • - - MORTUARY JAMES A. MONTGOMERY Funeral services for James A. Mont gomery, who died Saturday morning in a local hospital, were held this morning at 11 o’clock at the family lot in Bonventure cemetery. The Rev. Joseph R. Smith, pastor of the Ohurch of the Blessed Sacremenb, conducted the rites. • * * MRS. ELIZABETH B. JACOBSON Mrs. Elizabeth Breslaw Jacobson, widow of Solomon Jacobson, died at an early hour this morning in a lo cal hospital following a long illness. . Mrs. Jacobson, who resided at 217 West Perry street, was a native of Poland. She Is survived by three daughters, the Misses Ellen B„ Minnie 18., and Pauline B. Jacobeon. all of Savannah: one son, John B. Jacobson of Washington, D. C. The funeral will take place this afternoon from the chapel of Sipple Brothers, with services conducted by Rabbi George Solomon, of Temple Mickve Israel, and Rabbi Morris Max and the Rev. H. Geffen of Synagogue B. B .Jacob. Burial will be in Laurel Grove cemetery. COTTON Spot Cotton Closing lone at 2:00 p. m., Steady. Middling fair 12.60 Strict good middling 12.50 Good middling 12.40 Strict middling 12.30 Middling * 11.90 Strict low middling 11.30 Low middling ; 10.65 Strict good ordinary *. 9.90 Good ordinary 9.15 Ordinary 8.40 Sales; 29. Receipts— Net receipts today ‘ 808 Same day last - year 2 Stock on hand and on shipboard today 177,493 Stock this day last - year 100,020 Total gros receipts .. to date 308,112 Total gross receipts ;. .. . last year 112,981 Shipments— ’ ** Coastwise today 0 Foreign Today ...’. ......' 0 Foreign exports k . j , ; . season 169,088 Coastwise, seaHOn 283,364 Receipts for today:,. , By rail -.... 142 By truck 53 By steamer 613 NAVAL STORES ’ - Turpentine Noon ; Today Yesterday Tone Firm » , Firm Regulars 35 3-4-36 , 37 Sales 285 90 Rosin Tone '. Firm ’ Firm I 1 427 1-2-432 1-2 ’ 430 X 460 455 -465 WW ..- - 460 455 -465 WG- 444 445 -455 N - . 440 440 -450 M 435 440 K 4303 -432-1-2 432 1-2-440 I 427 1-2-432 1-2 430 H 425 432 1-2 430 G ..l 425 -430 430 F - • 435 420 -425 E 390 385 -390 D 385 380 -385 B • 325 -330 325 Sales 305 992 Statement Spirits Rosin Stocks, April 1 ...... 37,488 757,626 Receipts today 410 1,733 This day last year .. 890 1.856 Receipts for month .. 60,86 21,2.43 Receipts for month last season 7,220 24,667 Receipts for season .. 1,255 46,100 Receipts same date last season 1,668 56,439 Shipments dtoy -....- 277 - 225 Shipments for month ,6,838 17,539 Shipments for season 28,101 43,525 Shipments last season 15,558 .58,132 Stock today 26.939 60,201 Same day last year 24,913 112,809 FHA HERE BUSY REPORTS BLOUNT MANY THOUSAND DOL LARS GIVEN OUT PAST TWO MONTHS Busine« is thriving along the FHA channels, reported L. A. Blount, dis trict representative ot the Federal Housing Administration, today. Through the Savannah offices locat ed at Bay and Drayton streets, inter views amounting to nearly a hundred thusand dollars in applications have been given out in the past two months. , The applications meeting certain small requirements will be approved through the- state FHA and then Sa vannah will see a lot of building go ing on under the Better Housing pro gram. The applications range from small sums of a few hundred dollars up to the maximum loan of $16,000. Some are for new homes, some for re financing, and some for purchasing, covering the three sections of the pro gram. - - MARKETS I I NEW YORK, May 18—The stock market held steady today in quiet trading. Rice price changes in .. all groups were confined to fraction*. Rails and utlliteis were in light de mand. Steels, motors and oils were dull. 1 Corporate bonds were narrow. The federal list tended lower. I Wheat sagged fractions of a cent. Cotton worked on the upside. Air Reduction 61 Allied. Ohem. 193 Am.’ Can 130 Am. Loco 26 3-4 Am. Pow. & Light 10 3-4 Am. Rad 20 Am. Sugar 54 3-4 Am. Tel - 161 Am. Tob. B 93 Anafoonda 34 144 Armpur 11l 5 Atchison ;... • 73 Aviation Corp 5 3-4 Atlan. Ref 29 1-4 B Bald. Loco. 33-4 B 4 O 18 1-2 Bendex 28 1-2 Beth. Steel 521-4 Briggs •............... 48 * O Canad. Pacif 12 1-2 Case a 1541-2 Chrysler 84 5-8 Com. Solvents 18 Consol. Oil 12 7-8 Cur. Wright 6 3-4 Cur. Wright A 15 7-8 D Del. Lack 161-2 Douglas 561-2 Du Pont 1431-2 Del. at Mud - 42 X Elec. Auto Lit 361-4 Elec. Pow. & Lit 15 Erie 131-4 F Fed. Motor 9 Firestone - 29 1-4 > G General Elec 371-4 General Foods 38 7-8 General Motors 62 3-4 Goodrich 20 3-4 Goodyear 26 1-2 Grt. Wes. Sugr 37 H Houdaille Her 24 3-8 Howe Sound 52 3-8 Hudson 14 3-4 Hupp 2 5-8 I 111. Oen 20 1-8 Int. Hares 841-2 Int. Nick. ‘ 47 Int. Tel 14 J Johns Manvll 98 1-4 K Kelivnator 20 7-8 Kennecott 371-4 L Llg. * My. B 108 Loews .' 47 1-4 M Mack Tr • 30 1-4 Marine Mid 9 Mid. Cont. Pet 19 5-8 Mont Ward 411-8 N Nash .....' 17 3-8 Nat. Bis. .'. -.... 34 3-4 Nat. Distill 29 3-4 Nat. Steel 59 3-4* N. Y. Oen.- 35 1-2 O Otis Steel • 15 1-4 P Packard '. - n Paramount 9 Penn RR 30 1-2 Ply. .Oi.’l 141.4 Pub. Ser.» 40 1-8 R R&lio 11JL-4 Radio B 98 3-4 Rem: Rand 213-4 Reo 5 3.8 Rey. Tob. B 53 3-4 S Sears Roe. 67 1-8 Simmons Co • 27 1-2 Socony 12 7-8 Sou. RR 15 1-8 Stand. Oil Cal 38 Stand. OU NJ ’ ’ 6i Sand Brands 15 3-4 Stone & Web 17 7.3 Studebaker n 7.8 Swift ; 22 • T Texas Corp 34 1-2 U ’ . Union Bag 40 Union Carbide ’ 81 5-8 Unit Aircrft 22 7-8 United Corp ’ g 5.8 Unit Gas Imp 15 3-8 U. S. Rubber U. S. Steel 58 3-8 V Va. Car Chem g W Warner Picts 9 3.4 Western Union 791.2 Westinghse 114 1-2 Wilson 8 1.4 Yellow Truck 18 Youngstown - 54 1-2 . • - Z Zenith Radio 19 1-9

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Savannah daily times. (Savannah, Ga.) 1936-????, May 18, 1936, Page PAGE 6, Image 6