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VOLUME 2—NUMBER 126
Five Dead, Nine Missing
In New Jersey Forest Fire
Sweeping Southern Area
FLAMES ROAR THROUGH PINE WOODS AND MENACE
TOWNS IN PATH; NUMBER C. C. C. WORKERS
BURNED TO DEATH IN ATTEMPT TO
BEAT OUT CONFLAGRATION.
BARNEGAT, N. J., May 26 (TP).—A roaring forest fire is
sweeping southward near Manahawkin, N. J., today, with at
least five persons dead in its wake, nine missing, five homes de
stroyed and the flames out of control.
C. C. C. men, forest rangers, volunteer firemen and every
available citizen are flighting the flames. Four C. C. C. men were
burned to death near Tuckerton in the early stages of the fire.
Another youth died of his injuries. Nine more are missing near
the heart of the blaze which is believed to have cut off all retreat.
Five homes are destroyed and thousands of acres of south
Jersey woodland are in flames from one of the worst forest fires
in the state’s history.
Many Towns Menaced
The fire, which raced through the
South Jersey pine forests, menaced
half a dozen towns in the vicinity of
Tuckerton. Four bodies aUeady have
been recovered from the blackened,
smouldering wastes which, a few
hours ago, was a heavily wooded for
est.
The fire victims are still uniden
tified. They are known to be Civilian
Conservation Corps workers from the
Bass River, New Jersey camps. The
four were members of a big detail
which was rushed to the fire lines
in an attempt to trun back the lurid
menace of destruction which appear
ed likely to sweep over Tuckerton,
Cedar Run, Mayetta and other South
Jersey villages in the vicinity.
Hope for 20 othe C. C. C. young
sters who were feared trapped by the
swift-moving flames waned this morn
ing as grimy, blistered fire-fighters
admitted defeat in their effort to beat
a path to the spot where the twenty
young men were last seen.
Hospitals and doctors’ offices in the
fire zone were jammed with men
seeking treatment for burns, smoke
poisoning and other injuries suffered
in the battle against the hungry
flames. More than 80 were on the
injured list at dawn, and a steady
stream of casualties continued as the
flames raged on, virtually unchecked.
At least a dozen fire-fighters are
so seriously burned that their recov
ery is doubtful.
CCC Workers Trapped
The C. C. C. contignet apparently
was trapped when a sudden shift in
the wind changed the course of a
back-fire and encircled the detail with
a ring of flame. A few Conservation
Corps workers managed to escape
aboard a truck which plunged through
the flames. The others, unless some
miracle saved them, perished in a wel
ter of blazing trees and brush.
State fire wardens, working frant
ically to check what was labelled the
worst forest fire to have struck New
Jersey in a decade, were directed by
Colonel Leonidas Coyle, Chief Fire
Warden, who radioed orders from a
plane which hovered over the burn
ing area. Auto traffic on the main
highway between New York and At
lantic City was dethroned during the
night as the flames licked closer to
the highway.
Early today, Colonel Coyle said the
Tuckerton blaze could not possibly
be stamped out before another 24
hours. He estimated the burned area
at more than 5,000 acres.
The Tuckerton fire blazed up soon
after another neaby fire was beaten
down. Rumors of Incendiarism were
given little attention by the harass
ed fire wardens, the general theory
being that the second blaze was start
ed by flying embers which floated
over a wide expanse of the heavily
wooded South Jersey section.
Conservationists say the fire took
on appalling toll of wild life. The
section swept by the flames included
many acres of the states best deer
hunting country. Hundreds of deer,
it is feared, perished in the flames.
HOFFMAN’SFUTURE
AT STAKE TODAY
NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR
POTENTIAL FACTOR
IN FIGHT
TRENTON, N. J., May 26 (TP)
Governor Harold G. Hoffman’ hold
on control of the New Jersey Repub
lican party will be tested today when
the G. O. P. forces meet for their
annual convention.
In another part of Trenton, New
Jersey Democrats will stage their an
nual get-together. The Democratic
meeting, however, is expected to be
a tame affair, in comparison with the
powder keg potentialities of the Re
publican parley.
The first clash between Hoffman
supporters and Republicans who op
pose the New Jersey Governor’s pol
icies is expected to occur in selection
of a convention. Hoffman, by his rank
as titular head of the party, should
take the chair, but disgruntled G. O.
P leaders from Essex, Bergen and
Morris County may stage a bitter fight
to bar the Governor from the posi
tion
Another battle is expected when
county chairmen advance a govern
mental economy plank for the party
platform. Hoffman factions, it is re
ported, will fight adoption of the
economy planks as part of the state
platform.
§ nuan nWii®ailii (fimes
LIBERAL IDEALS
OF CHIEF JUSTICE
HELP WAGE ACT
SUDDEN CHANGE OF JUR
IST SHIFTS NEW DEAL
OUTLOOK
WASHINGTON, May 26 (TP).—
Chief Justice Hughes’ shift to the lib
eral side of the Supreme court bench
in the municipal bankruptcy act de
cision gave some encouragement to
day to those who hope to see the
New York state minimum wage law
declared constitutional
Justice Hughes was one of the
four supreme court jurists who main
tained that the municipal bankruptcy
act was valid. The four were over
ruled by five justices who threw out
the act on the grounds that it gave
the federal government too much
power over states and, in fact, vio
lated the constitution in imparling
the obligation of contracts. The law
would have permitted local units oi
government which found themselves
in financial difficulties to readjust
their debts with the approval of a
federal court.
The New York minimum law case
is due for a decision next Monday—
the final decision day before the
court s summer recess. Liberals hope
that iJustice Hughes’ swing to the
minority.Jn the bankruptcy act rul
ing may presage his shift to the lib
eral Supreme court lineup expected
to hold the wage law valid.
The Supreme court has once held
a minimum wage law unconstitution
al. However, the nation’s highest
tribunal agreed to review the New
York case, which was brought by a
Brooklyn laundry man, with the
support of hotel owners in New York.
CHURCHMERGER
MOOTED QUESTION
PRESBYTERIAN CONSOLI
DATION PROPOSAL STILL
“UP IN THE Alß’’
AUGUSTA, Ga.. May 26 (TP)—
The question of consolidation of all
the Presbyterian Church groups in
the United States was still up in the
air today at the 67th annual meeting
of the Southern Presbyterian General
Assembly.
The assembly referred all recom
mendations for the union of the four
general Presbyterian groups to a con
ference committee. This committee
was instructed to report back to the
assembly before adjournment.
In the meantime, the assembly’s
foreign relations committee added its
say to the long draw out debate on
consolidation. The committee issued
a report opposing any consolidation
action at this assembly.
The Presbyterians decided to hold
their 1937 assembly meeting in Mont
reat, North Carolina.
ROOSEVELT HOME
WASHINGTON, May 26 (TP)—
President Roosevelt returned to the
White House this morning from his
Hyde Park, N. Y., home. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt and
Secretary Mclntyre.
The White House has not announc
ed the official business ahead of the
President for the day. However, the
regular press conference is expected
this afternoon.
CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS BY COMMITTEE
AGAINST DR. TOWNSEND IS CERTAINTY
WASHINGTON. May 26 (TP).—
The course of action the House of
Representatives will take against Dr.
F. E. Townsend will be mapped to
day when the bell investigating com
mittee resumes sessions.
The Bell committee is probing the
financial set-up of the Townsend
pension plan movement. The com
mittee’s deliberations were interrupt
ed abruptly when Dr. Townsend, fa
ther ot the S2OO-a-month pension
plan, stalked out of a committee
hearing and announced that he
didn’t Intend to testify any more.
House leaders are agreed today
that to let Townsend’s walk out go
unpunished would be to encourage
flouting of the authority of the
House. Today's session of the Bell
VICTIM, FAMILY OF DETROIT’S “RITUAL SLAYING”
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Charles A. Poole Mrs. Poole and infant daughter
Charles A. Poole, left, 32-year-old Detroit WPA worker, whose body was found in a roadside
ditch, was disclosed as the victim of a “ritualistic slaying,’’ allegedly by member of the “Black
Legion,” a secret vigilante society. It is alleged that the accused “Black Legion” members
killed Poole because they heard he beat his wife. But the grief-stricken wife, shown right with
her infant daughter, denies that her husband ever beat her or was cruel to her. Prosecutor Dun
can C. Mcßae of Detroit said he would charge seven men with the “execution.” Police are hold
ing nine additional men. —Central Press.
LA GUARDIA URGES
NEW DEAL REVISION
NEW YORK CITY LEADER
MAKES PLEA FOR
AMENDMENT
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., (TP)
One of the first calls for a constitu
tional amendment which would rem
edy the legal faults by which the
NRA and the AAA fell is credited
to Mayor LaGuardia of New York to
day.
LaGuardia made the plea for con
stitutional revision before the Na
tional Conference of Social Workers
at Annapolis. The New York mayor’s
theories probably will be included in
the platform drawn up by the social
service group before the conference
ends.
LaGuardia maintained that even
even the perfect functioning of a fed
eral relief system was not sufficient
to end the troubles of millions of
Americans. He called for the passage
of uniform labor laws and old-age
pension acts and asked the constitu
tional revisions necessary to protect
this action from supreme court in
validation .
“Theres no use arguing with the
supreme court about the interpreta
tion of the constitution in this re
gard,’’ the New York mayor said. “At
the risk of being ahead of time, I ad
voc at e constitutional amendments
that will give the people’s representa
tives the right to make the laws of
the land.”
YOUNGGRADUATE
MAKES OWN PLEA
ALLEGED RADICAL IN UN
USUAL TRIAL BEFORE
BAR ASSOCIATION
SAN FRANCISCO, May 26 (TP)
A young graduate of the University
of California will appear before the
State Bar Association today to argue
against charges that he should be
refused a lawyer’s shingle.
The University graduate is Aubrey
Grossman, who was at the top of his
class when he graduated from the
California college's law school. On
May 4, Grossman passed the state bar
examinations with flying colors. Soon
after, the American Legion asked the
State Supreme Court to disqalify
Grossman because of the graduate’s
alleged radicalism.
If Grossman proves his case today,
he will be admitted to the bar to
morrow. If the Bar Association de
cides to try him on the charges ad
vanced by the Legion, he will be
given a hearing on June 5.
Liberal groups, Including the Amer
ican Civil Liberties Union and the
American Student Union, are aligned
in defense of Grossman.
committee probably will decide how
soon contempt proceedings shall be
brought against the lean-faced pen
sion plan sponsor and what court the
contempt complaint shall be brought.
General opinion is that the action
against Townsend will be taken to
a federal court, rather than the bar
of the House.
Committeemen are believed to pre
fer the court proceedings r?ther than
a House action which might delay
adjournment.
Dr. Townsend, meanwhile, refuses
to become worried about the pend
ing contempt action. He has ordered
his lieutenants to refuse to answer
congressional subpoenas and appears
to b? confident that any future trial
on contempt charges would bring
him vindication.
SAVANNAH, GA., TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1936
One Time Klan Leader
Emphatic in Denials of
“Terroists” Connection
PROMINENT OHIO PHYSICIAN MAKES STATEMENT DIS
PROVING INFORMATION GAINED BY INVESTIGA
TORS OF THE COUNTRY-WIDE ORGANIZATION
AND MEMBERSHIP OF “BLACK LEGION.”
LANSING. Mich., May 26 (TP).—
A Bellaire, Ohio, physician sent up
a loud denial today to the rumor that
he w'as commander of the fantastic
“Black Legion.’’
The denial came from Dr William
Shepherd, who admits that at one
time he wax Closely associated with
the Ku Klux Klan. Dr. Shepherd,
however, was emphatic in disclaim
ing all connection with the “Black
Legion” and its hooded membership
which police my planned to establish
a dictatorship over the United
States.
“Sbotfun Shepherd”
Dr. Shepherd’s denial came after
Chief Investigator Harry Colburn of
Wayne county, Michigan, announced
that the national president of the
“Black Legion” was a man named
William Shepherd, who was known
as “Shotgun Shepherd.” The head
of the mystic clan, Colburn said,
formerly was high in the Ku Klux
Klan’s ranks and lived smewhere
along the Ohio-West Virginia border
Bellaire is not far from the West
Virginia boundary.
Dr. Shepherd's denial came at a
time when relentless investigation of
the ’’Black Legion” proved to police
that the hooded clan had a member
ship of at least 135,000 in Michigan
alone and intended to set up a dic
tatorship when, according to mem
bers’ confessions, the “time was
ripe.” Admitted “Black Legion
naires” claim a national membership
of 3,000,000 men.
Story Unbelievable
Bit by bit, Colburn pieced togeth
er an almost unbelievable story of a
hidden terroristic organization which
shanghaied its members into service
and threatened them with death
when they attempted to quit the
“Black Legion.” The few who have
talked to police said they were draft
ed into the “Black Legion”’ ranks by
a strong-arm method and warned
that any attempt to resign would be
met by sudden death. Members of
the hooded clan were given orders on
how to vote in a drive to build up
the Legion s political power
Eleven members of the “Black Le
gion” are awaiting trial on charges
of murdering a young Detroit WPA
worker, Charles Poole. Michigan au
thorities are investigating the possi
bility that the “Black Legion” is re
sponsible for many other deaths
which were disguised to resemble sui
cides.
Home* Are Baaded
DETROIT. May 26 (TP).—State
troopers made surprise raids on
scores of Michigan homes early today
in an effort to ferrett out the sec
rets of the “Black Legion.”
Detroit authorities announced in
vestigations already are under way in
Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Vir
ginia. The hooded clansmen, accord
ing to one of its members held in De
troit, believes in purging America ox
those who fail to live up to the clan’s
doctrines.
At Jackson, plans went ahead for
a state-wide grand jury investigation
of the terrorist society held respon
sible for at least three deaths. Po
lice raided a home in the village of
Encorse, confiscating several guns,
ammunition and “Black Legion” lit
erature. Several persons are being
held for questioning. ■
Twelve Face Hearings
Meanwhile, 12 confessed members
of the secret cult face preliminjry
hearings in Detroit tomorrow for the
murder of WPA worker, Charles
Poole. They are held without bond
while Police search for 13 other men
for whom John Doe warrants have
been issued.
Two alleged leaders of the “Black
Legion.” appeared voluntarily in the
office ot Prosecutor Duncan McCrea.
They are Arthur Lupp, Sr, believed
to be a “major general,” and Wilbur
Robinson, a “brigadier general” in
the society. Lupp told officers that
the “Legion is a wonderful idea and
should be expanded to Include more
of the state.”
Detroit officials in charge of the
city during the absence of Mayor
Frank Couzens have orders to dis
charge any “Black Legion” members
occupying city offices. Mayor Cou
zens wired the instructions from
New York.
SIX LIVES LOST
IN PLANE CRASH
FAMED PILOT AND MINING
EXPERT DIE IN
WRECKAGE
AMOS, Quebec, May 26 (TP)—The
tangled wreckage of a transport
plane yielded six bodies today when
searchers pushed their way through
a Canadian forest to the scene.
The crash victims included one of
Canada’s best known pilots, C. W.
Clark, and Leo Apringer ,a promi
nent mining expert. The other four
victims were members of a party
Clark and Apringer were taking on
an Inspection tour of gold mining
property set far in the deep woods of
Quebec province
Although the crash occurred Sun
day night, it was not until early to
day that Indian runners brought
news of the tragedy to the town of
Amos. A squad of rescue workers
who fought tangled briars and heavy
brush to get to the wrecked plane
found all occupant.', of the crashed
ship dead.
Clark, who was general manager of
the Canadian General Airways Com
pany, won renown during a recent
influenza epidemic which struck In
dian tribes near Lake Chiougamau.
The pilot, working hours on end
with no rest, transported an entire
tribe from ther fever-ridden camp to
Amos, where hospital treatment was
available.
DIGNITARIES PRESENT
KINO WITH BATON
LONDON, May 26 (TP)—Six Brit
ish field marshals, ranking officers
of John Bull’s army, will march into
Buckingham Palace today with a
gift for King Edward VIII.
Field Marchals Gavan, Milne. Chet
wode. Birdwood and Montgomery-
Massingberd will be accompanied by
Britain’s senior field marshal, the
Duke of Connaught today when they
offer Edward the traditional King's
Field Marshal's baton.
The 22-inch baton is of gold, cover
ed with crimson velvelt and ornament
ed with lions, laurel leaves, roses,
thistles, shamrocks and a gold figure
of St. George. Following the King’s
wishes, today’s ceremonies will be
staged with a simplicity keynote.
BABCOCK’S BLAST
AGAINST FARLEY
STIRS EMPLOYES
LABOR HEAD SPLITS THE
RANKS OF GOVERN
MENT UNION
WASHINGTON, May 26 (TP).—
The membership of the American
Federation of Government Employes
appeared about equally divided to
day in its reaction to E. Claude Bab
cock’s two-fisted attack on the ad
ministration.
Babcock, who is presdent of the A.
F. G. E., spared no New Deal feel
ings when he lashed out at the ad
ministration with the accusation that
it has set up a spoils system regime
unequalled in history.
Babcock termed Postmaster Gen
enarl James A. Farley, president of
the National Democratic party, the
nation’s “spoilsmaster ” President
Roosevelt, said Babcock, is a ‘‘nice,
blind spoilsmaster, himself.”
Powerful factions of the American
Federation of Government Employes
are calling for Babcock’s resignation
this morning. They maintain that
their president’s bluntness has killed
his chances of negotiating with New
Deal heads to the advantage of the
A. F. G. E. membership. Some gov
ernment workers maintained that
Babcock has proved himself a parti
san anti-New Dealer, instead of the
unbiased official he was supposed
to be.
Another section of the federation
membership is praising the organiza
tion president for his courage in com
ing out flat-footed against the spoils
system. Babcock told his critics that
he was ready to resign if any move
were made in that direction. To
day’s developments are expected to
see a call for resignation from the
dissatisfied membership.
BATTLE OF PAGES
SENATE AND HOUSE BOYS
AT ODDS OVER LAT
TER’S BANQUET
WASHINGTON, May 26 (TP).—
The traditional friction between house
and senate pages was at white heat
today. The age-old quarrel between
the boys who wait on congress and
senators received new fuel, a banquet
for house pages. Big hearted Repre
sentative Shannon of Missouri gave
his annual -BTdxr 'onr—for'^ffie' 25
house pages at a prominent Washing
ton hotel Sunday night.
Shannon—in an after dinner
speech—told th? house pages that he
wanted them to do something about
the caste system that is developing
on Capitol Hill. Shannon pointed out
that newsmen give senate pages all
the attention.
The house pages decided to do
something right then and there.
Everytime thereafter that th? name
senate pages was mentioned, the
young men of the house indulged in
prolonged hisses, boos and bronx
cheers •
Today word of this marked lack of
respect reached the other Jde of the
capitol. Senate pages are going
around with blood in their eyes. It Is
rumored they will retaliate through
their on° page mimeographed weekly
newspaper.
“RADIO HUMANIZER”
TO RECEIVE AWARD
FOR RECOGNITION
NEW YORK, May 26 (TP)—A
gentle-voiced woman radio star will
receive one of the greatest awards
possible tonight when the women s
national exposition of arts and in
dustries honors Martha Deane.
Miss Deane will b? given a medal
in recognition of what was termed
making the “greatest contribution to
radio during 1935.” The presentation
will be made at the women’s exposi
tion at Grand Central Palace during
Miss Deane's W.O.R. broadcast be
tween 2 and 3 p.m., E. D. T.
The award will be the first in some
time, the donors having held up the
medal presentation for several years
in the belief that no sufficiently de
serving person was in line for the
medal-
Miss Deane—who in real life is
Mary Margaret Mcßride —is awarded
the medal because, in the commit
tee’s opinion, she has “humanized
radio” today's ceremonies will mark
the first time that the medal has
gone to anyone connected with broad
casting.
JURIST RELEASES WIFE’S SLAYER
AS “REASONABLE DOUBT” LINGERS
TIENTSIN, China, May 26 (TP).--
An American physician won a reluc
tant acquittal today from the judge
who had heard charges that the doc
tor attempted to poison his wife.
The poisoning suspect was Dr.
John Colbert, who net long ago mar
ried the wealthy widow of a Stand
ard Oil Company executive. Last
fall, Mrs. Colbert fell ill. Her hus
band diagnosed her ailment as per
nicious anemia. Despite his treat
ment, Mrs. Colbert grew steadily
worse until she was taken to a Tient
sin hospital.
There, physicians who examined
her r onounced her suffering from
poisoning. Sub'equent investigation
brought out the fact that Dr. Colbert
had purchased a large amount of
poison just before his wife fell 111.
National Recognition
Savannah Daily Times
Continues To Pour In
KING DIXON’S PAPER RECIPIENT OF NATION-WIDE
ATTENTION AS COUNTRY’S FOREMOST INDUSTRIAL
AND POLITICAL LEADERS CONGRATULATE
PUBLISHER ON BOLD STAND.
Continuing the span of felicitations which have continued to
pour in on Publisher King Dixon for the stand he has taken in
the Savannah Daily Times, many of the national figures in the
industrial and political world are adding their heart-felt good
will for the continued success of the local paper.
Praising Mr. Dixon for the impartiality with which he has
dealt with national, state and local affairs, the communications
all hope for the continued prosperity of the local newspaper.
CHICAGO JUDGES
FACE CHARGES OF
BREAKING ETHICS
EIGHT BEFORE BAR TRI-
BUNAL ACCUSED OF PO
LITICAL ACTIVITY
CHICAGO, May 26 (TP)—Eight
judges are scheduled to face charges
of judicial misconduct ’ today at a
hearing before the Chicago Bar As
sociation.
The judges were summoned by the
association to answer accusations that
they violated the legal profession’s
code of ethics. They are accused of
political electioneering during the re
cent Illinois primaries.
Forty-one of Chicago’s 47 judges
declare they intend to withdraw their
membership from the association if
the attorneys continue their queston-
Ing. The judges claim that they do
not Intend to be subservient to law
yers practicing in their respective
courts.
Several of the bolting judges pre
dicted that only two or three of the
accused members would appear at the
heining today.
MOTIVE SOUGHT IN
MOUNTAIN MURDER
HUSBAND KNOWS NO REA
SON WHY WIFE WAS
SLAIN
KEENE, N. H„ May 26 (TP)—De
tectives tried vainly to put their
fingers on a motive tod .y for the
strange mountain-top murder of the
50-year old mother of three children.
The woman’s husband, Robert Freel,
identified the victim. He said Mrs.
Elizabeth Freel had been in ill health
for some time and had disappeared
more than once from their Clinton,
Mass., home.
This time she didn’t come back.
Fir? wardens found her body in the
center of a forest fire near the peak
of lonely Mt. Wantastiquet. A pistol
with one cartridge gone, an oil-soaked
shoe and a dental plate were the only
clues police had for their preliminary
Investigation. Freel brought a dentist
along with him who said he knew
that the plate was the one he made
for Mrs. Freel. Freel said he didn’t
know why anyone would want to mur
der his wife. The best clue police
have turned up so far from a railroad
station master. He said he saw an
elderly white-haired man folowing the
woman when she boarded a train for
Brattleboro, Vt-
WOMAN RUNSWILD
IN STATE CAPITOL
MARITAL TROUBLES CAUSE
ESCAPADE IN AT
LANTA
(Special To The Daily Times)
ATLANTA, May 26.—A woman
brandishing a revolver terrorizing
citizens on Capitol avenue near, the
State Capitol yesterday, fired one
shot at a man whom she was chas
ing. and pulled the trigger again at
a policeman, who saved himself only
by striking the revolver with his hand
and preventing it from snapping.
Giving her name as Rose Whey
land, 28, the woman was jailed, to
gether with C. G. Wright. The man
at whom she shot who told police
they were married and were having
marital troubles.
Mrs. Colbert stayed at her hus
band’s side throughout the trial in
the American court, before Judge
Helmick. She insisted that he was
innoosnt, despite what appeared to
be an alarming pile of evidence
against the phj-sician. When the
judge rendered his verdict today, the
suspected poison victim threw her
arms around her husband's neck and
sobbed her relief.
Judge Helmick’s voice carried a
sharp edge as he explained his ver
dict. Said he:
“There is a strong suspicion of
guilt in the court’s mind However,
I am in the unenviable position of
b?ing the sole juror in this case. A?
I am unsatisfied that Dr. Colbert is
guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, 1
order him discharged.”
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George Gordon Battle, nationally
prominent attorney, former president
of the Southern Society in New
York, said,
“I am very glad to learn of the
new paper The Daily Times being
published in Savannah. Savannah
is one of the South’s most influential
cities with a splendid tradition. I
am sure that Mr. Dixon will do
everything in his power to live up to
that fine tradition and to add to the
city’s present activities a lively, in
teresting and courageous journal. Ex
tend my congratulation:.”
Langdon Parker Marvin, eminent
attorney, former law partner of Pres
ident Roosevelt and prominently as
sociated in alumni activities of Har
vard University said. “Extend my
kind felicitations to the new Savan
nah Times and to its publisher, Mr.
Dixon. It is a courageous venture
and deserves all success. Good
luck ”
James W. Gerard. America’s fa
mous war-time ambassador to Ger
many and treasurer of the National
Democratic committee said, “Extend
my hearty congratulations to The
Savannah Times. I know it will fill ]
its responsibility by serving the citi
zens of Savannah ably, with wisdoip
and in the interests of public serv
ice.
Caled Vital Necessity
The Hon. Bainbridge Colby, former •
secretary of state and law partner of
President Wilson, when reached here
today at his offices said: “Reliable
newspapers are of vital necessity to
the welfare of the American people.
The paper that can be relied upon to
print accurate news is tire’paper tiHrtr
gains the respect and esteem of the
city it serves. America needs more
newspapers of this type. I take this
opportunity of expressing my con
gratulations to Savannah’s new eve
ning newspaper. The Times, and to
its publisher, Mr. King Dixon ”
A noted radio organization to ex
tend felicitations was the Columbia
Broadcasting System, “The Columbia
Broadcasting System is pleased to
have this opportunity of expressing
the hope that The Savannah Times
will enjoy the esteem and support of
the citizens of the city is is setting
out to serve. Mr. King Dixon also
has our heartiest best wishes for a
full measure of success in his new
undertaking. The city of Savannah
is fortunate in obtaining the services
of another daily newspaper.”
George A. Nichols, editor in chief
of Printer s Ink, nationally circulated
trade publication declared. “This is
very heartening news to the profes
sion. Most of us are inclined to be
lieve that buainess is on the uptrend
but it takes a determined step such
as Mr. Dixon has taken to make us
definitely take hope for a new day
in the profession. Mr Dixon has
our warmest praise for the intiative
which he has displayed in starting
publication of a new daily newspaper.
SOCIALIST PARTY
FIGHTING SPLIT
DISSENSION OVER NOMI
NEES THREATENS MA
JOR BREAK IN RANKS
CLEVELAND, May 26 (TP)—Soc
ialist party leaders are due to start
a pre-campaign fight to hold their
ranks intact today.
The nomination of Norman Thomas
as the Socialist candidate for the
Presidency signalled a split in the
Liberal party’s ranks. Right-wingers,
headed by Louis Waldman, of New
York, had served notice at the Soc
ialist national convention that the
nomination of Thomas would mean
the withdrawal of their support.
Waldman said a new party to be
set up by the disgruntled right-wing
ers would bear the name of the Soc
ial Democratic Federation of the
Uniter’ States. Indications are that
the offshoot party will support Pres
ident Roosevelt's re-election, rather
then back Thomas’ drive for votes.
Socialist leaders are hopeful that
Waldman’s new party will die *-
horning They maintain that the con
vention’s refusal to form a united
front with the Communist party y«-
assured pi any Socialist voters wfc
had feared that the narty was swing
Ing too far to the less.
Thomas' speech of acceptance
struck out boldly against President
Roosevelt and the New Deal admin
istration. The Socialist nominee con
demned what he termed the death of
civil service under the Roosevelt ad
ministration, and warned the coun
try's electorate that a vote for Roose
velt was a vote for a political ma
chine run by Postmaster-General
James A. Farley.