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WEATHER Generally Fair Tonight and To morrow; Northeast Winds. MARKETS Stocks on Upward Trend; Wheat and Cotton Firm. VOLUME 2—NUMBER 123 ENGLAND APPROVES VAST RE-ARMA Italy Ponders Warning While Europe Awaits HOUSE OF COMMONS GIVES BALDWIN’S PREPARED NESS PROGRAM VOTE LONDON, May 22 (TP)—Prime Minister Baldwin's vast rearmament program was approved by the house of confidence for the government, of commons today in a smashing vote. The preparedness measures were laid down by Britain’s co-ordinator of defense, Sir Thomas Inskip. Sir Thomas declared that 900 British firms were being mobilized for pos sible wartime duties. Measures also were outlined to protect and feed civilians if war clouds break over Eng land. However, the pro-am did not suit the former war secretary. The government was muddling its defense measure while it kept up what he called "phlegmatic composure.” Churchill particularly wanted to know how Baldwin would prevent enemy planes from landing troops on Brit ish soil. Today, thp co-ordinator of defense promised he would take that point up with military officials. With that promise, the commons voted 270 to 115 to support the Said win policies. Europe Tense European tension tightened today as Italy considered a point-blank warning from the British government to keep hands off Egypt and the Suez Oanal. The warning was voiced by Premier Baldwin in what apparently was a well-rehearsed plan. Baldwin was asked by a Liberal member of par liament what steps Britain would take in the event Italian ambitions veered towards Egypt. British observers be lieved the M. P. had been coached to ask the question in order to give Baldwin a chance to give his warn ing without making too obvious an antl-Itallan attack. "The British government,” said Baldwin, "would protect Egypt with all the means at its command.” The Baldwin statement was re garded as the first official recogni tion of reports that Italian agitators were - • strikes and riots in Egypt. The same 3 rumors blamed Italian agitators for trouble In Jerusalem where rioting mobs clashed with kilted Scotch Highlanders last night.' One High lander and a dozen Arabs were wofi ded in a battle during which several volleys were fired into the ranks of a raging mob. British and French government au thorities are expected to give a “no" answer to Italy's request that their troops be moved out of Ethiopia to day. Italy complained that as Ethiopia waa under Italian rule now, there was no need for the British and forces at Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa. British and French offilcals conferred soon after the Italian re quest was received and. according to well-baaed repprte, decided to turn down the Italian suggestion. HARVEYE sought IN SENOIA AREA REPORT CLAIMS DESPERA DO AND PAL IN AUTO MISHAP THERE (Special To The Dally Times) SENOIA, Ga, May 22.—Al police agencies in this neighborhood were bustling around looking for Leland Harvey, escaped desperado, and his companion Aobert Williams, today as wor dspread thet the two convicts had an auto mishap three miles from Senoia. Chief of Police W. L. Cooper said that John Williams a farmer who is an uncle of Robert Williams, reported that his nephew and Haney slid off the road in their car nt ar his farm house and that his nephew forced him to assist in getting ii back on te highway. Posses from Newnan and Griffin joined local police In scouring the countryside today. They believed to be ot on the trail. COLONIAL WAR SONS HOLD ANNUAL PICNIC AND RIDE TOMORROW The Sons of the Colonial Wars will hahe their annual boat ride tomor row afternoon. The steamboat Gliye don will leave the dock at the foot of Abercorn street at three-thirty o’clock and the members and their guests will take a picnl lunch, the party return ing in the late afternoon. J. Randolph Anderson is governor of the Soiety. Raymond Demere is chairman of the boat ride committee. WIDOW GETS ESTATE MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May 22 (TP).—The will of the late Senator Thomas Schall names his widow as the sole beneficiary of his (21,000 es tate. The blind Minnesota senator died last winter of injuries received when he was struck by an auto in a Washington suburb. His will was filed for probate today. Snunnnul>wilniliiO;inif£> AS DR. TOWNSEND WAS QUIZZED ON PENSION PLAN ■w W o JI A If 1 - M *0 uh JB K IEMMeL iBWK > * * « ' -wBHI '• X- •; W A '■ /' wife- M General view oi tae Townsend pension hearing. Dr. Francis E. Townsend, author of the S2OO-a-month old age pension plan, is pictured, left center, as he underwent questioning by a House committee investigating the pension plan in Washington. Letters from Dr. Townsend to his one-time partner, Robert E. Clements, in which such statements as “You and I have the world by the tail on a downhill pull” were read, bringing giggles from the packed inquiry room. Under a barrage of questions Dr. Townsend said that people throughout the country “have a pretty good opinion of me.’’ —Central Press. HOUSE WILL CITE TOWNSEND .. FOR CONTEMPT SAYS BYRNES CREW IN JITTERS AS BOAT BECOMES A FLOATING ZOO MEMPHIS CITY’S STRANGE CARGO KEEPS SEAMEN ON THE ALERT BOSTON, May 22 (TP)—Members of the crew of the freighter "Mem phis Olby” were still trembling today as they prepared to cast off on the final leg of their trip from the Far East to New York. On board the freighter is a large consignment of animals en route to the Long Island inlmal haven owned by Frank Buck. Included in the float ing menagerie are pythons, panthers, a cassowary, four deadly mamadradys, monster lizards, a clouded leopard and ten spectacled langurs. Th?y are all under the care of All Ben Radja, Buck’s Malay assistant. Crew members revealed today how a panic was created aboard the ship several months ago when they were in the Indian ocean. George Simp son, deck hand, practically shivered in his shoes m he recalled how the head of a giant python popped up on the opposite side of his table one night while he was eating. Simpson said for a moment he was frozen to the spot. When he finally could get Up he jumped right out of his shoes and raced for the deck. An alarm waa sounded and the ship was turned into an uproar as crews of "the snakes are loose!” pierced the air. A hurried call was sent for Ali Ben Radja. He ordered the vessel’s flood filghts turned on—to make the snakes sleepy. Then, before the crew had time to recover from their' fright, Ali Ben Radja had four 26-foot long, 300- pound snakes safely back in their boxes. DR. PRICE NAMED AS MODERATOR SOUTHERN PRESBYTERI ANS PICK FORMER MIS SIONARY TO CHINA AUGUSTA. Ga„ May 22 (TP)—Dr. P. Frank Price—for 47 years a mis sionary in China —is the new modera tor of the southern Presbjterian church today. The opening session of the sexenty-sixth general assembly of the church elected Dr. Price—now on a furlough from China—to the high office. The assembly ako elected Dr. E. C. Scott, of Dallas, Texas, as clerk to succeed Rev. J. D. Leslie, deceased. The ascmbly’s finance committee today recommended a budget of $1,350,000 for the asebly’s benevolent causes next year. WEALTH SHARERS IN UNITED FRONT 1 1 REV. SMITH AND TOWN ,! SEND COME AGREEMENT * IN BALTIMORE BALTIMORE, May 22 (TP)—The Townsend Plan and the Share-the- Wealth Plan stanr united today in a common cause. The national head of the Share the-Wealth Society said he represent ed 5,000,000 persons in the southern states and they were "all back of Dr. Townsend." Sith said, "Our forces are following one leader who 1 was shot and another who is being persecuted. We have united in pro test against the communistic dictator ship in Washington.” HOFFMAN LOW IN JERSEY VOTE I “■ 1 ■ ’— BALLOTS FORCE GOVER NOR TAKE BACK SEAT IN JUNE ’ TRENTON, N. J., May 22 (TP) The prediction that Governor Harold G. Hoffman would take a back seat at the Republican National Conven tion is realized today. Hoffman ran fourth on a five-man primary ticket to choose four del egates-at-large to the Cleveland par ley. Votes cast by those who held 1 that the Governor misused his office ' in the Bruno Hauptmann case cut into Hoffman’s ballot totals Now, Governor Hoffman has bowed out of any fight for the delegation chairmanship. He recommended that Edward D. Duffield, of Newark, take the cl:airmanship. Duffield ran second in the primary race. Walter U. Edge, former ambas- J sador to Franj-e and front runner in the RepublicaD delegation primary, informed state G. O. P. leaders that ■ he didn’t want the chairmanship. I BREASTED’S LIBRARY GOES UNDER HAMMER CHICAGO, May 22 (TPj—The vast . library and personal belongings of Dr. James Breasted, noted scholar of the ' Orient, will go under the auctioneer's hammer tomorrow. Dr. Breasted who I died last fall, headed the University i of Chicigo Oriental institute. He was i one of the sckntisrts to observe the opening of King Tut’s tomb. Among the objects to be sold to > morrow are 51 Oriental rugs, several first editions of Charles Dickens’ works and valuable books on history, travel and biography. The possessions , ar? being disposed of to help liquidate Breasted’s estate. SAVANNAH, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1930 READY TO AVENGE INSULTED SOLONS SPEAKER DECIDES TO TAKE WHATEVER AC TION COMMITTEE SEES AGAINST LEADER i WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 22 (TP).—Speaker Byrnes said . this afternoon that the House probably will take whatever ac ‘ tion the Bell investigating com r mittee recommends against Dr. i ‘ Francis Townsend. Dr. Town r send’s angry walkout on tha committee was ‘ 4 plain contempt of the House.” Byrnes indicated that action against Dr. Townsend probably ! will be taken next week, and i that the committee investiga tion into the famous old age ■ pension plan will continue re gardless of the action. T&wnsend Defiant BALTIMORE, May 22 (TP).—The I leader of the old-age pension move , ment, Dr. Francis Townsend, declar ed today that he will not face any kind of a congressional investigating committee. i "I’m through,” he said. "I will not - be questioned by the type of men who . make up tis congress. If that is I contempt, let them make the most : of it.” t Dr. Townsend spoke to newsmen • from his bed in Baltimore. He had [ been awake only a few minutes, but i he was in a jovial mood. "If they t send me to jail,” he remarked, "1 . hope they send my typewriter with me. It probably is as guilty as I am r and I may need it to write my way but.’’ ! The lanky leader of the S2OO a month plan said he was ready for whatever might come. "If they cite me on contempt charges,” he told newsmen, •! will be glad to tell them how much contempt I really have for them. Congress has made t itself ridiculous. On one hand, it has assumed judiciary powers by this ; Investigation. On the other hand, it has anded over its legislative powers ■ to the executive. I predict that this > administration has committed suiedde > by its attitude in connection with this ’ movement. We expect to have 150 i seats in the house and a number in te senate and we expect to make a clean sweep of votes west of .the Mis- ■ sissippi. Ours is the program the ! people want, and they are going to ’ have it.” . Dr. Townsend explained why he i walked out on a congressional inves- (Continued on Page Eight.) McFadden May Come Into G. O. P. Picture As Dark Horse Nominee COAL INDUSTRY IN SPLIT OVER TERMS OF BILL SUCCESSOR TO GUFFEY ACT BRINGS DISPUTE IN RANKS EMPLOYERS WASHINGTON, May 22 (TP)— A vigorous battle between two fac tions In the coal Industry has develop ed In Washington today. The oppos ing groups of coal producers have split over the new Guffey Bill to regulate their industry. The bill was intro duced early this week to replace the old law invalidated by the Supreme Court. One committee of producers—num bering ten—oppose the new Guffey proposal that rovldes for price fixing machinery in the Industry. The old law provided for wage and hour reg ulations as well as price fixing. Heading the opposition group is Walter Carter, West Virginia coal man, who brought the case before the Supreme Court testing the con stitutionality of the old act. His com mittee wire dmembers od the coal industry io oppose the bill which gives the government the ight to mix in the coal business. On the othe side of the fence is the National Conference of Bitumin ous Coal Producers claiming to re present 800 coal operators. This or panization has uired its membership to do everything possible to push the bill through congress before adjourn ment. MANDIEVHURT IN PLANT BLAST MYSTERY COVERS ORIGIN OF PAINT FIRM EXPLO SION IN OHIO PAINESVILLE, Ohio, May 22 (TP) —Two violent explosions killed one man, injured two more and partially wrecked the Painesville Bronze Paint Company plant this morning. The cause of the blasts has not leen de termined. A similar explosion tuo years ago killed five paint workers at the same plant. The morning stillness was shatter ed by a terrific explosion. A second later, there was another ear-splitting blast. The whole town poured out of their homes and began running to wards the paint company plant. One part of the plant was a wreck when the crowd reached it. Two men pulled from the wreckage, badly hurt. The third man they pulled out was dead. COUPONSURVEY STUDY SHOWS ‘WHYS’ AND ‘WHEREFORES’ ADVER TISING MEDIUMS NEW YORK, May 22 (TP)—The why and wherefore of those little coupons at the bottom of magazine advertisements was explained today by. a man whose helpers studied 4,- 000,000 examples in the survey. Prof. H. K. Nixon and H. J. Ru dolph did the job at the Columbia School of Business, in cooperation with New Ybrk advertising firms. The problem was to find out every thing they could about how and why people answer those ads. Here are some of the things they discovered. That people with low incomes reply more readily than high-salaried read ers. That the left hand page of the magazine has an advantage over the right. That advertising in winter is more fruitful than in summer. Monthly magazines bring as many re plies as weeklies and, that newspaper ads were best. Finally, said the surveyors, the ad vertising profession is right where it was ten years ago with respect to its ability to forecast accurately what a given advertisement will do under a given set of circumstances. ROOSEVELT APPROVES INCREASE ON JAPAN COTTON GOODS TARIFF WASHINGTON. May 22 (TP) Amercan cotton textile interest emerg ed a bit from their deep gloom to day with the word that President Roosevelt has approved tariff in creases on Jap.-nese cotton goods. The tariff boasts, announced by the federal tariff commission, will aver ag? nearly 50 per cent and will go into ffect on June 20. The Increases effect bleached, printed or colored cotton cloths of the number 30 to number 50-yard variety. This type cloth, the tariff commision explained, neerly 90 per cent of the YOU CAN’T WIN! WORCESTER, Maas., May 22 (TP).—An itinerant negro evan gelist from Chicago, Charles New by, was freed in Worcester court today on charges of trespassing. Newby was accused of hitch-hik ing rides on freight trains. He was released on condition that he become a marching erangelir', in stead «f trying to pass as freight. The court happened to ask Newby if the preaching business is as bad as the law business. “Worse,” he replied. "If a collec tion is taken up before the preach ing you get nothing. If you take it up afterwards, there's nobody to collect from.” VEIL TORN FROM ATLANTA LOTTERY MURDER MYSTERY SCIENTIFIC CRIMINOLOGY POINTS TO ROBBER ON CHAIN GANG (Special to The Daily Times) ATLANTA, Ga., May 22.—One of the most sensational and baffling murder mysteries in recent Georgia criminal annals, the slaying of Eddie Guyol, lottery king, on April 23, 1935, appeared to be split wide open to day, according to police. A bill charging O. V. Fluker, a Georgia convict with the murder of Eddie Guyol, lottery king, was drawn here this afternoon. Guyol’s widow, according to Detective Lieut. C. E. McCrary, has positively Identified Fluker as the gunman who shot her husband. Evidence from the test tubes of scientific criminology pointed ac cnshWlrt Fluker, a cdMrlct whisked from a chdn gang where he waa serv ing a for robbery. The .convict,'Vhose name was with held, is held incommunicado in the Atlanta police station. Meanwhile detectives quizzed three witnesses brought here from Birming ham, Ala., where evidence was found, police said, that a bullet fired, from a gun in Birmingham by the convict some time ago bore the same peculiar markings as the bullet which “rubbed out” Guyol Other arrests are expected, detec tives said .They declared they be lleved the man who kill Guyol was a hired murderer, paid by someone as the "trigger man.” Eddie Guyol was she! to death as he sat in his ear wtih his wife in front of their home on fashionable Pelham road. Mrs. Guyol said a stock ily-built figure came out of the shrub bery on the front yard in the dark ness and as he fired, said: "Eddie, you know you’ve got it coming to you.” Far months police followed every conceivable track and quizzed many higher-ups in the “bug” racket here, but no light was shed on the mys terious slaying. It appeared that it would go in the records as an unsolved mystery. LOOK LIKE NASH ILLINOIS DEMOCRATIC BOSS HAS TRAIN, TICK ETS FOR CONVENTION CHICAGO, May 22 (TP)—lllinois delegates to the Democratic national convention discovered today they are going to have plenty of transporta tion. ■ > National committeeman Pat Nash of Chicago has asked the delegates to go to Philadelphia on his special train next month. Delegates in Illinois downstate regions received invitations in the mail today to ride on another train, chartered by Governor Henry Horner. Which train to take is the problem the Democrats must decide within the next few days. Many say they prefer to ride with the governor—but Nash will have the tickets to the conven tion hall. Japanese co.ton goods imported from Japan during 1935. The tariff. increases mark the end of a new deal attempt to settl: the Japanese cotton textile import situa tion by a so-called “gentlemen’s agree ment’’ bitwee., the United States and Japan. When textile interests com plained of the increase in Japanese imports recently, President Roosevelt’s tariff officials worked out an agree ment in which Tokio promis'd to hold down American exports to a rea sonable figure. Textile officials claimed this agreement was violated soon after it was arranged. Southern Ballots May Line Up With Uninstructed Vote Behind New York Publisher By GLADSTONE WILLIAMS (Special to The Times) WASHINGTON, May 22 (TP) After a series of informal conferences with southern Republican leaders, M. O. Dunning, of Savannah, a well known figure in southern Republican farces, indicated here today that a movement may W launched for pro jecting Bernard McFadden, the mag azine publisher, for the Republican Presidential nomination in the event of a deadlock in the early balloting at the forthcoming Cleveland conven tion. Mr. Dunning, former collector of customs at Savannah and one of the delegates at large to the national con vention from Georgia, said that a sizeable block of southern votes would probably be found ready to swing to Mr. McFadden if one of the present avowed contenders for the nomina tion fails to muster a majority on the first few ballots. Survey is Made Dunning is known to have been re quested recently by eastern elements in the party to make a survey of the southern delegate situation to deter mine what sentiment there is for the HULL MAKES PLEA FOR TRADE BOOST SAYS “TIME IS RIPE” IN NEW YORK MARITIME DAY TALK NEW YORK, May 22 (TP).—Sec retary of State Hull chose martime day today to make another impas sioned plea for a world-wide boost in trade. The secretary, who spoke before the Foreign Trade luncheon at the Hotel Astor, insisted that the time is ripe now—as it lias never been be fore—for an unprecedented build-up of international production and trade. Hull declared that the only thing holding up revival ot trade on a vast scale is a host of paralyzing restric tions imposed by the nations of the world. “The difference between activity and stagnation in foreign trade,” Hull sadi, "spells a difference be tween satisfactory prosperity and de pressed business conditions for our whole nation • The secretary pointed proudly to the state department’s efforts during the past two years in negotiating trade agreements with 14 other na tions. Hull read a special telegram from President Roosevelt to his for eign trade audience. The missive said in a part: “The volume of for eign trade is one of te great indices of economic well-being everywhere. Such well-geing, in turn, is the foun dation of peace and friendship and understanding among te nations.” CONGRESS FEARS MORE WORK AHEAD TAX, RELIEF BILLS MAY DELAY EARLY AD JOURNMENT WASHINGTON, May 22 (TP)— The senate remained in recess today while its leaders expressed hope that congress still could finish its job and go home in two weeks. The senate will no: conyene again until Monday at noon. Two big meas ures, the tax and relief bills, are jammed in its legislative machinery. The capital expressed the belief that the upper house could not get through the bills by June 6 in accord with the announced plans of Sena tor Robinson and House Speak:r Byrns. The possibility loomed that congress might stay on in session un til July—and take recesses for the two national conventions. The tax bill is about to head ou of committee for debate on the s-n ate floor. The finance committee has agreed on a corporation tax plan which is being checked over by treas ury experts. Senate leaders hope they can get it pass u early next wsek. Howver, it differs so radically from the house tax bill that long parlia mentary disputes may occur before the bill finally is enacted and sent to the White House desk. McCOY ARRESTFD Eddie McCoy was taken in custody by City Detectives W. H. Sapp ona Ch’rles Kaminsky yesterday for in vestigation following the disappear ance of a wheel barrow, lawn shears i and shovel, all of which is the prop erty of C. N. Wilson of 431 East 52nd I street. Published every day excepting Saturdays. ■■ I Five cents per copy K Sundays. Delivered J J g to your home fifteen WF wF cents per week. WEEK DAYS PAY NO MORE TRANSRADIO PRESS various dark horse candidates who have been suggested. In all prob ability he and the Georgia delegation will be identified with the large block of uninstructed votes coming from the east and Atlantic states heading up under the leadership of veteran party wheelhorse. The situation in the G. O. P. Pres idential campaign is fast shaping up to a point where it is obvious the nomination will be decided by the action of the uninstructcd delegates. Indications are that some 350 will go ao the convention without instruction. So far as known this is the first time the name of Mr. McFadden has been projected openly as a possible dark horse. Senator Arthur H. Van denberg, of Michigan; Senator Fred erick Stiwer, of Oregon, and Senator L. J. Dickinson, of lowa, heretofore have been the principle ones mention ed in this category, Dunning Gives Stand Disclaiming any personal interest in the cause of any individual candi date, Dunning said he had merely put out feelers to see what the atti tude of southern delegates would be if the avowed contenders are eliminat ed. He was unable to predict which, if any, of present avowed candi dates—Governor “ Landon, Senator Borah or Colonel Knox—would com mand favor at the start. "While sentiment in the south seems to be fairly well divided among the list of candidat.es suggested as dark horse possibilities”, said Mr. Dunning, “it has been surprising to find a number of delegates who are looking favorably upon someone with the qf Mr. McFadden. His vigorous editorial policy on the subject of Americanism appears to have struck a responsive chord in the region.” TAME’BEWILDERS ‘IDEAL COUPLE’ McDonnells of Florida AGOG OVER LAURELS HEAPED ON THEM GAINESVILLE, Fla., May 22 (TP) —America’s typically "Ideal Married Couple” are a bit bewildered today by the recognition heaped on them by the results of a nation-wide poll. The "Ideal Couple” are Mr. and Mrs. Hubert McDonnell. They were selected from thousands of question air es scattered through the nation by the Bernard MacFadden Foundation’s committee which was appointed for the job of choosing the job of Amer ica’s living examples of how to be hafrpy though married. The McDonnell’s will be formally named the "Ideal Couple of America” on June 5, in ceremonies slated to be broadcast over a nation-wide network. A huge silver trophy will be awarded the Florida couple in recognition of their title. Major conditions considered by the selection committee included mar riage at the age of 25 for the man and at 21 for the woman, two child ren, an attractive home independent of relatives of in-laws, and a wife who doesn’t work or interfere in her husband’s business. "It’s all very thrilling,” said the pretty, dark-eyed Mrs. McDonnell to day. “But Hubert and I didn't think we were anything unusual. We are just happy to be married to each other —that's all.” PONDERMERGER AUTO WORKERS’ UNION MAY AFFILIATE WITH FEDERATION OF LABOR DETROIT, May 22 (TP)—Member a big independent auto workers nion are slated to vote today on » proposal to merge with th: America) Federation of Labor. Th? independent unit which will g< to the polls today is the Associate: Automobile Workers of America. A few days ago, another independeni auto wtJrkers group, the Automotive Industrial Workers Association, took steps to join with the A F. of L. affiliate, the United Automobile Workers Union. If the Associated Automobile Work ers join in the merger, union men in the r/.otor industry will begin a mem bership drive to be supported by John L. Lewis, head of the United Miners of America and leading figure in the drive for industrial unionization over the craft union idea.