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WEATHER Cloudy Tonight and Tomorrow; Probable Showers; Cooler. MARKETS Stocks In Doldrums; Wheat Up; Cotton Declines. VOLUME 2—NUMBER 134 HORROR STORIES OF BLACK LEGION DEVELOP SLOWLY ACTIVITIES OF “TERROR GANG” DISCLOSE UN WANTON KILLINGS DETROIT, June 4 (TP)—Author ities of five Michigan cities took up the cry 'echoing from Detroit today to expose the Black Legion and bring its lawless members to justice. In Detroit, Circuit Judge James Chenot opened a grand jury investi gation of reported atrocities in Wayne County. The confession of Dayton Dean that he killed the W. P. work er, Charles Poole, by legion orders caused a sensation throughout the state. Salesman Held Authorities at Royal Oak renewed their investigation into causes of the fire that destroyed the Rev. Charels Coughlin's Shrine of the Little Flow er. In Jackson, salesman Olenn Finkel is held charged with threaten ing a minister with death for refus ing to take the legion oath. Adj. Gen. John Bersey of the Mich igan National Guard announced in Lansing that he is ready to join in any investigate Congress might au thorize in the state. In Ecorse, Mich., police are holding gice men for quee tionlng on alleged threats by the lee ret society. A mass meeting of Pontiac res idents brought a resolution demand ing prosecution of lawless legion naires.. A grand jury investigation is expected to get under way in that city today. Michigan's Attorney General David Crowley appointed Circuit Judge James Chenot to probe every act at tributed to the night riders. One of the most Important reports bear ing scrutiny is the claim that one third of Detroit’s police officers are members of the fantastic society. Suspicious SuMdes Wayne County Prosecutor Duncan McCrea said he has several “suspic ious suicides” which need investiga tion. McCrea failed to close the state’s case against 12 accused mem bers of the legion when his claim that they be held for trial was refused. The men are charged with slaying WPA worker Charles Poole because he “knew too much’ ’of Black Legion affairs. Meanwhile, charges in congress by Representative Dickstein of New York concering legion activities in Monroe, Mich., brought sharp objections to day. Dickstein said an army medical, reserve corps captain, now with the state militia cavalry was an organizer of the society. A flat denial of the charges was issued by Major General James Humphrey, commander of the!o7th medical regiment in the State Nation al Guard. JAIL MURDER CASE IN JURY’S HANDS ALLEGED SLAYER OF RICH ARD LOEB IS CONCED ED CHANCE JOLIET, Hl.. June 4 (TP).—The case of Convict James Day, on trial for the murder of Richard Loeb, goes to the Jury today. Day is charged with the slaying of Loeb Inside Statesville prison last January. Loeb was serving a life term for the kidnaping and murder of Little Bobby Franks in 1924. An acquittal for Day would mean probable freedom from prison where he was sentenced on a robbery' con viction. His attorneys say day has been offered a job, which would en title him to a parole. ONEllOREllME! HEAD OF INDEPENDENT PARTY ANNOUNCES , CANDIDACY BRIDGEPORT, Conn., June 4 (TP). —Nobody raised an eyebrow to day when 72-year-old David Sherman Beach announced he is a candidate for the presidency of the United States. Beach has been a candidate for years and years—and years. He is head of what he calls the people’s National Independent party. He has been a presidential candidate exactly 16 times. Beach has a platform, of course. He wants to make the country oper ate on a ’’centralized” basis, paying dividends to each voter. His cabinet would be composed of 60 officers. Congress would have 343 Senators, and all of them would be ministers. The platform has been copyrighted. SOME STUFF, EH? AVON, Conn., June 4 (TP).— Delatus Woodruff and his bride, the former Emma Winters, are on their honeymoon today, after elop ing to Millertown, N. Y. The couple's neighbors were just shocked to pieces. It was Wood ruff’s fourth marriage—and Mrs. Winters’ second. Woodruff is a wealthy farmer and quite a character up in his section near Avon, Connecticut. He likes horses and buggies and he almost always refused to ride in an auto. The elopement was the first time in a long time that Delatus Woodruff had ever been in a car. Farmer Woodruff is 90-years old. His bride is a blushing 65. Snumuiiilifeffliiilucriiiirs ' Her Romance Ends - ■—■■■■ ■ HBr r Dorothy Sebastian Another romance which thrilled movie fans, that between Doro thy Sebastian and William Boyd, both film players, is dis solved in the divorce court as Miss Sebastian, shown in Los Angeles court above, gained her freedom from the actor. The two were married in 1930. —Central Press. NOMINATION OF LANDON IS SEEN BY G. 0. P. HEADS ONLY CONTEST PREDICTED WILL BE THAT OF RUNNING MATE CLEVELAND, June 4 (TP)—The forthcoming Republican National Con vention took on the unusual aspect today of promising to be chiefly a contest for the G. O. P, vice-presi dential nomination. The vice-presidential post is usually relegated to the background in the drive for the big plum of the con vention —the presidential nomination. However, the number two position came to the fore when all but a few Republican leaders virtually acceeded Governor Alf Landon’s nomination for the Presidency on the first or sec ond ballot. The Landon drive was stepped up two more notches when 25 Texas delegates and 24 Indiana delegates were pledged to the Kansas Gover nor. Those new blocs of votes, com bined with the support of Connec ticut's delegation and the tacit en dorsement of the powerful eastern leader, J. Henry Roraback of Con necticut, was believed to mean a landslide Landon vote in the early stages of the convention. Turning towards the vice-presi dency, political prophets appeared to narrow the list down to Senator Ar thur H. Vandenberg of Michigan and Congressman James W. Wadsworth of New York. Landon is believed to favor Van denberg as a running mate. Eastern Republican forces, however, may in sist that Wadsworth be named vice presidential candidate in return for the Landon support of the strong eastern delegations. WPA WORKERS WARNED FOR REFUSING JOBS EAST S?. LOUIS, June 4 (TP) WPA workers in East St. Louis were yarned- today against refusing Jobe With private industry. District Administrator Austin an nounced that he would fire any man who turned down a chance to get back histoid job. Tlie warning followed announce ment that' the American Steel Foun dry at East St. Louis would re-hire 500 mer on June 15. The plant has been r closed since 1934. ECHOES OF HAUPTMANN CASE RESOUND AS PARKER EXTRADITION IS SOUGHT MOUNT HOLLY, N. J., June 4 (IT). —Brooklyn prosecution authori ties are expected to take steps today to extradite Ellis Parker, Sr. Parker, a rural detective with a long record of successful sleuthing, was arrested on a Brooklyn warrant charging him with kidnaping and as sault, the indictment grew out of the Paul Wendel case which, early last month, held up the execution of Brv no Richard Hauptmann for three days. Wendel, a disbarred Trenton law yer, maintained that he was kid naped by Parker’s agents in New York, taken to Brooklyn and held there for ten days, under torture, un til he signed a spurious confession to the Lindbergh murder. Three men are in custory on one indictment re turned by the Brooklyn grand jury who heard testimony in the case. A fifth died late last month and a FRENCH STRIKES PLACED IN LAP OF NEW PREMIER SOCIALIST LEADER OF RE PUBLIC IN SERIOUS PREDICAMENT PARIS, June 4 (TP) —A monster strike of 400,000 French workers chal lenged the new leftwing government today as ft prepared to take the helm of state. Within a few hours, the Socialist leader, Leon Blum, will become pre mier. Into his official care, embolden ed labor leaders have thrust strike after strike throughout northern France. Workers in scores of indus tries from munitions to oil joined the demand for higher wages and the right to collective bargaining. A threat to transportation menaced Paris when workers in oil and gas distributing plants signed up with the siege strike movement. Authorites feared that all motor transportaton would stop when the present low sup plies of fuel are exhausted. French labor leaders frrnkly admit ted that the strike movement was out of control. Workers in almost 400 plants were inspired by promises of the Socialist election victors to bring back good times at once. Supplies of steel, metals and chemicals have stopped. Even newspapers failed to apepar on the streets as distributors went on strike. The French financial world faced anther crisis. The stock market weakened and the gold-backed franc declined. French bankers looked hope fully to the new government to block the strike movement and defend the franc. When Blum assumes the pre miership tonight, it ia expected he will immeditely try to conciliate his radical followers by eemrg?ncy legsla ton. Paris circles believed it probable that Blum would enact an emergency 40-hour week to break up the revolu tionary siege movement. SEVERE DROUGHT THREATENS SOUTH ALARMING SITUATION IS CONFRONTING FARMING LOCALITIES ATLANTA, June 4 (TP)—The South Atlantic States are still suf fering from ravages of a- severe drought today In spite of the general rains in that section late yesterday and last night. Almost all the seven states in the South Atlantic region received heavy thundershowers yesterday. Weather Bureau officials in Washington de clared today,however, that showers of this sort do not help the grounds very much. Heavy rains resulting from electric storms, they add, gen erally run off the ground without sinking in. The agriculture department esti mates that the crop damage in this section has already reached the $30,- 000,000 mark. This estimate also in cludes a 25 per cent destruction to the cotton crop. minesTnlpain HIT BY STRIKES WORKERS DEMAND PAY CLAIMED LONG OVER DUE MADRID, June 4 (TP)—All mines in the province of Austria's closed down today with workers calling siege strikes similar to the ones now grip ping Paris. The miners demand payment of back wages which in some cases they ray are five months overdue. Th? miners described their walkout as a “peaceful general strike.” Workmen in Cadiz forced the shut down of a dozen plants. Other parts of Spain were swept by violence which authorities attributed to rad ical extremists. In Alora a group of Communist laborers tried to s?ize the lands qf a rich proprietor. Th? squat ters were driven off in a gunbattle. One Communist was killed. In Malaga and Seville two prominent conserva tive authorities were shot to death by unknown assassins. I sixth, Parker's son. is still a fugitive. Parker was arrested as he stood on the steps of the Mount Holly Elks club. Taken before a justice of the peace, he was permitted to sign his i own $2,000 bail bond. , The Burlington county detective’s t arrest again puts the question of ex- • tradition squarely up to Governor s Harold G. Hoffman. Parker, at one t time, was generally supposed to be • working for the governor in Hoff- • man’s own investigation of the Lind bergh case. The Jersey governor previously has said that he would not permit Park ? er's extradition in order to—as he i put it—"save the face of a discredit? • ed Brooklyn district attorney.” At ) that time, he apparently referred to i Brooklyn District Attorney William F. X. Geoghan, who is under the ; fire of a special grand jury seeking t his removal on charges of incompe i tency. SAVANNAH, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1936 BAGGAGE CAR PLUNGES OFF BRIDGE ■■■ & - ' Zv"’- xr i i The baggage car in the Cimarron river. Plunging off a bridge near Guthrie, Okla., the baggage car of a crack Santa Fe train en route from Chicago to Galveston, Tex., landed in the Cimarron river, as shown. One man was killed and 20 other passengers in a train coach crawled to safety as the car teetered on the bridge. —Central Press. RECORD SAVES ESCAPED KILLER LOUISIANA GOVERNOR REFUSES OHIO’S EXTRADITION PLEA CLAIMING MAN HAS MADE GOOD. BATON ROUGE, La., June 4 (TP) A nine-year-record ’as an industrious law-abiding citizen today saved a Louisiana grocer from a life sentence for murder. The grocer is John Az zorello of Monroe. He escaped from prison in Cuyahoga county, Ohio nine years ago. He was serving a life sen tence for murder. Recently Ohio au thorities traced Azzorello to Monro?, after a nine-year-search. They asked Governor Leche to g ant extradition papers so Azzorello could be taken back, to Cleveland to qerve out his life sentence. HAPPY BIRTHDAYS! KEYS QUADRUPLETS OF OKLAHOMA MARK 21ST NATAL DAY HOLLIS, Okla., June 4 (TP).—The town of Hollis is having the grandest public birthday party in its history. Its famous residents, the Keys quad ruplets, are 21-years-old. The four girls, Mary, Leota. Rober ta and Mona, are said to be the first quadruplets to come of voting age. It doesn’t seem to bother them |i the least. Today they talked bash fully of marriage and the . time when they might separate. Then they hastily changed the subject. Said Mary—“ We’ve been having too much fun together and don’t in tend to part if we can help it, Os course, we go out with boy friends, but as for marriage—well, that’s something we’re not thinking of yet." Every resident of Hollis was invit ed to the Keys home for dinner to night and for a piece of the four birthday cakes graced with 84 can dles. WASHINGTON FLASHES TO RETURN $50,000 WASHINGTON, June 4 (TP)— Congressional leaders blinked in astonishment today when they heard that the Bell Investigating Committee will return at least half of its $50,000 appropriation. The Bell Committee received the $50,000 for expenses when it opened its probe of the Townsend Plan or ganization. The inquiry was cut short by the refusal of Dr. F. E. Townsend, sponsor of the S2OO-A-Month Pension Plan, and his aides to testify. Chairman C. Jasper Bell of the committee says not more than $25,000 will be needed to complete the re port. The rest will be returned to the treasury. LABOR HOPES HIGH WASHINGTON, June 4 (TP)—Lab or leaders have high hopes today that the Senate will pass the Government Contractor's Bill before Congress ad journs. The bill was reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee after a hard fight and is now ready for a senate vote. The measure would com pel contractors on government jobs to pay prevailing wages, would for bid the granting of contracts to sweat shops and would ban child labor and convict labor. Contractors fought the bill on the grounds that it set up an unconsti tutional right for congress to place restrictions on business and industry. F. D. R. SIGNS NAVAL BILL WASHINGTON. June 4 (TP).— The largest peacetime naval svpply bill in America’s history was signed by President Roosevelt today. The The governor checked Azzorello's record. Today he announced that he uould refuse the extradition request. “Azzorello has been a law abiding, useful and peaceful citizen,” said Gov ernor Lechc. "Louisiana could use more men like him.” GENEVA MEETING CLEARS WAY FOR ITALIAN QUESTION ARGENTINA’S DEMANDS FOR SHOW-DOWN REACHES CLIMAX GENEVA, June 4 (TP)—League of Nations officials cleared the path today to meet Argentina's demand that the full league assembly convene this month. Argentina asked the full league to take up the Ethiopian ques tion without further delay. President Benes of the league as sembly took the Argentine request up with League Secretary General Avenol by long distance telephone. It is believed that they agreed to summon the assembly in extraordin ary session on June 30. Argentina in sisted that the full membership of the league should come to grips with the crucial Ethiopian situation. League officials thought that the council meeting set for June 16 would be postpone duntil the meeting of the assembly. The general im pression in Geneva was that the 14 council nations would be relieved to see the entire assembly decide wheth er penalties should be continued against Italy. appropriation for the navy totals more than $500,000,000. MORGENTHAU HAPPY WASHINGTON, June 4 (TP)— Secretary of the Treasury Morgen thau declared today that John Public <ias lost his fear of inflation and wants to put his cash into long term bonds. The beaming secretary based his contention cm the success in dispos igg of the June 15 financing. Morgen thau stated that the public exchang ed $960,000,000 in treasury notes for the bonds and notes in his latest bil lion dollar securities offering. Os this total the public turned in treasury paper for $890,000,000 in long term bonds. Only $70,000,000 were swap ped for five-year notes. FEAR TAX BILL DELAY WASHINGTON, June 4 (TP).— The death of Speaker of the House Byrns and the recess of both cham bers of Congress today is expected to further delay passage of the $829,- 000.000 tax bill in the senate. The bill appears on the verge of passage, although there is still plenty of debate expected before a final vote is taken. Heading the battle against the bill as reported by the senate finance committee, is Ala bama's Senator Black, who, at last night’s extra session, bitterly de nounced the committee’s bill. Black pleaded with members of the upper chamber to support the president in his requests for higher levies on sur plus corporate funds. Senator King, acting head of the senate finance committee, was confi dent at last night s recess time that the bill would pass today .despite Black’s attack. iOUTH SERIOUSLY HURT BY HIT-RUN DRIVER AT TYBEE WOMAN ARRESTED LATER ACCUSED OF OPERATING ACCIDENT VEHICLE D. L. Curry, Jr., age 16, of Tybee L-Mnd is in Warren A. Candler hos pital with a fractured skull after he v.as run down about 9:30 o’clock last night on the island by a hit-and-run driver. Later a young woman who gave her name and address to au thorities as Miss Gene Meyers, 117 Lincoln stret, Savannah, was ar rested at Savannah by city police as the drive? of the automobile which was said to have fled from the scene of the accident. The physician attending the Curry boy said the young man had sus tained a severe fracture an inch above the left ear. He stated it was too early yet to predict the outcome of the in jury. Hildreth. Investigates Chief of Police A. L. Hildreth of Tybee investigated the accident. He was informed Curry was walking along Butler avenue between Eighth and Ninth streets toward his home at Lovell station when he was struck by a light colored roadster going in the same direction. The chief said he was told the woman who gave her name later as Miss Meyers was driv ing the machine and that in the auto was a man whose name was re ported to authorities as “Jimmy Doug las.” Officers said they understood Douglas resided also at the apartment house at 117 Lincoln street. A woman, thought to have been the wife of Douglas and a child, were also in the roadster, Chief Hildreth said he was told. According to this of ficer the machine halted momen tarily after young Curry had been knocked down and then continued on its way without attempting to give asistance to the stricken boy. Woman Finds Victim A woman whose name was not learned came by just after the ac cident and picked up the victim and carried him in an automobile to the post hospital at Fort Screven. He was later removed from there to the Sa vannah hospital. Tybee police, as soon as word reached them of the injury to Curry, telephoned police authorities here and asked them to be on the look-out for the missing automobile. County po lice set about a vigilant patrol of the i Tybee rood -bufr-the- car sought had apparently already passed. Chief Hildreth said Sergt. R. P. Crowdre (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8) CHINOJAPCRISIS IS NEARING BREAK EASTERN WAR SITUATION FLAMES ANEW AS CHINA MOVES SHANGHAI, June 4 (TP).—-Con flicting reports were the rule today as foreign news correspondents at tempted to straighten out the mud dled Chinese situation. Japanese sources insist that a strong south China army is advanc ing on a rebel force which has set up its own government in Fukien province. Other reports, also credit ed to Japanese sources, said the Can ton government army in south China was invading Hunan province with the idea of clashing with the Nan king government. Nanking authorities branded both reports false. Several reliable sour ces agreed that Canton troops ware on the move, but apparently only in a maneuver to concentrate man-pow er on the border between south China and Nanking territory. The troops movements were report ed only a few hours after the once powerful Canton government appeal ed to Nanking officials to declare war on Japan and end what it term ed Japanese aggression in north China. Nanking has yet to make a reply to the south Chnia appeal. LION OF JUDAH SEEKS BRITAIN’S AID IN REDRESS AGAINST ITALIAN FOE LONDON, June 4 (TP)—The sad little emperor in exile, Haile Selassie, bsgan readjusting himself today to his new life in a friendly but foreign land. London gave Selassie a noisy welcome. The public-at-large is hearti ly in sympathy with the striking lit tle man who has been dumped—like a homeless waif—on the British door step. Diplomats Uneasy Diplomats covered their uneasiness with miles and wired home for in structions. They asked their state de partments—“snail I attend the recep tion tomorrow for the Ethiopian em peror?” The lion of Judah waved his ap preciation to the cheering throngs and stepped aside to allow his daugh ter, Sahia, to spsak for him. Said she, in broken English—“ Because you have received us so kindly, it gives us courage to do what we came for.” The Princess Sahia failed to say exactly what that was. The emperor has been offered $5,000 a week to appear at a theater on the Strand, and Hollywood is said to have made rome attractive offers. Dr. Warnes Azaj Martin, the Ethiopian minister to London, stepped into the breach at this point. Selassie is expected to appear for British aid in regaining Rhododendron Queen Hr < ■&>* g-- < . I k lk i i « / V* 1 I t?. Miss Dorothy Kimberly As queen of the Rhododen dron Festival at Asheville, N. C., Miss Dorothy Kimberly will reign over the five-day fete and then be crowned on the night of June 18th, climaxing the fes tival. —Central Press. RESTORATION OF AUSTRIAN CROWN SOUGHT BY ITALY IL DUCE AND NEW CHAN CELLOR MEET TO DIS CUSS PROBLEM ROME, June 4 (TP) —The eyes of Europe turned towards the Italian vil lage of Viareggio today. The town is the meeitng place of Premier Mussolini and Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg of Austria. The subject, according to general opinion, is 1 the possibility of the restoration of the Austrian crown- The rumors of a return of the house of Hapsburg sprang up when Mussolini chose Viareggio as the meet ing place. The Austrian empress, Zita, mother of the pretender to the Austrian throne, Archduke Otto, maintains a villa at Viareggio and some reports have it that Otto, him self, will fly to Viareggio for the meeting. Mussolini has long been regarded as sympathetic to a return of the Aus trian crown. Schuschnigg, according to reports, may offer his people a monarchy to patch up the gaps in loyalty to his government, caused by the recent orders to disband the “Heimwehr,” which was fiercely roy alist. France is reported worried over the possible developments growing out of the conference between Schus chnigg and Mussolini. Many French leaders fear that the return of the Hapsburg thront would lead to closer bonds betwen Austria and Germany and revive the drive for an alliance such as existed between the two na tions before the war. SECOND DIVORCE SOUGHT CHICAGO. June 4 (TP)—A form er wife of film player Johnny Weis muller took her second marriage into divorce court today. She is Bobbe Amst, a one time dancer. She asked that her marriage with a Chicago atotmey, Robert Cavenaugh, be dis solved. ... . After Miss Arnst divorced Weis muller, the screen Tarzan married the i'iery Lupe Velez. his lost kingdom. Said Minister Mar ton—“His majesty has commanded me to tell you that he is very grate ful for your warm welcome. Thanks very much.” Appeals for Help Emperor Selassie appealed to the world today for help in regaining Ethiopia from the Italian conquerors. At the sama time the fallen monarch gave his first formal explanation d! why he fled his kingdom to seek redress in te captiials of Europe. The emperor declared—“We have never desired war. It was thrust upon us. With our people unarmed and unprepared, we resisted for seven long months. Our subjects were poisoned, burned and decimated by gasses against which they had absolutely no mean, o' protection. Returning with us to Addis Ababa our troops passed through devastated fields and ruined villages, covered with bodies of aged and of women and chil dren—massacred behind our lines by pitiless aviation of the enemy. "In the face of such horrors,” Se lassie continued, "we had to choose either the complete annihilation of our people or to terminate their suf frelngs and to come in person to Europe to app:al to the sentiment and justice of all psople.” Published every excepting Saturdays.■■ Five cents per copy Sundays. Delivered B B to your home fifteen MB mF cetits per week. WEEK DAYS PAY NO MORE TRANSRADIO PRESS CONGRESS ELECTS BANKHEAD TO SUCCEED BYRNS PCOSEVELT TO ATTEND RITES FOR SPEAKER OF HOUSE TOMORROW WASHINGTON, June 4 (TP) —The Alabama Congressman, William Bankhead, was elected Speaker of the House today to succeed Tennessee’s Joseph Byrns, who died early this mom ing. The House elected Majority leader Bankhead on a motion from Chairman O’Connor of the Rules Committee. - WASHINGTON, June 4 (TP)— Congressional Isaders recessed both houses of congress shortly after they convened today out of respect for the late speaker of the \ouse, Joseph W. Byrns. “Uncle Joe” as the speaker was generally known, died suddenly at his hotel apartment shortly after midnight last night. His death came from a cerebral hemorrhage that is thought to have been aggravated by overwork in the rush to get a con gressional adjournment. Seeking Successor House parliamentarians are wo:k ing feverishly this morning to find away to carry on house business un til the end of th? session. This is the first-time that a rpsaker has died during a session of congress. ROOSEVELT TO ATTEND BOTH FUNERAL RITES WASHINGTON, June 4 (TP). President Roosevelt announced to day he will attend the state fu neral for Speaker Byrns in the House of Representatives tomor row. He also plans to go to Nash ville for the home funeral services of Byrns. The president also ordered all flags on government buildings to be flown at half mast in memory of the late speaker of the House. The chief executive wil not go to his office today and has cancelled all appointments as. well as the regular cabinet meetings. It is believed two courses are o?pn —eith’.c a new speaker or a speaker pro tern to finish out the session can be elected by the house. IM both "cases, tmrhohse meffiber ship will have to vot? on the man selected for the position. The nkh in. selecting th? new speaker is neces sary to get the bills already passed by the house and senate to the White House. AU measures approved by the house have to be sign'd by a speaker—and that man must be elected by a popular vote of the house. In the meantime, the house wiU be convened today for a brief session ‘ during which the death of itn speak er will be officially announced. South Trimble, clerk of the house, has the authority to call that body into ses sion and to order. But that is about all he can do. calling an early party caucus—prob- Bankhead Favored Majority Leader Bankhead is be lieved to be the leading candidate to succeed Jyrns. He was a close friend of the speaker, and as majority leader is the ranking Democrat of the house membership. The majority party, however, may give the honor of run ning the house for the remaining few days to some other Democrat who has served for many years s.nd then elect a new speaker at the beginning of the new session next year. Represenative Sabath of lUinois is the ranking member of the house in polntof service and should the speak ership be. awarded as an honor he may be in line for the position. Observers do not believe the speak er’s death will have any effect on pending legislation. They point out that the house has fanished with all important “must bills" and now only a few measures and conference re ports remain for its consideration. Byrn’s death, however, is believed to have ended all hopes for adjourn ment by Saturday night. With con gress in recess today, it will be im possible to finish the tax bill by that time. Definite funeral plans for Speaker Byrns have not yet been announced, it is considered likely that the late speaker will have formal funeral serv ices on the floor of the house. Then the body will be taken to his home in Nashville, Tenn., to be buried in the district he represented in con gress for so many years. COLLECTION WILLED TAUNTON, Mass., June 4 (TP)— The late Henry H. Rogers willed his extensive collection of ship models to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. The wealthy Standarc Oil executive also provided for the maintenance and exhibition of the cojlection. A couy of his will has just been filed for probate at Taur ton. IF YOU FAIL TO RE CEIVE YOUR PAPER, CALL CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 6183 -AND ONE WILL BE i SENT IMMEDIATELY.