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WEATHER Mostly Cloudy; Occasional Show ers Tonight and Tomorrow. MARKETS Stocks in Doldrums; Wheat and Cotton Gain. VOLUME 2—NUMBER 138 BOMBING THREAT BLAME IS PLACED ON BUCK LEGION CHICAGO PHONE CALLS WARNS FIELD HOME WILL BE DESTROYED CHICAGO, June 9 (TP)— Chicago claimed the Black Legion spotlight today. Squads of detectives are try ing to find the person who threatened to bomb the palatial home of Stanley Field, President of the Field Museum. Officers revealed that a mysterious voice caiied Field and warned that the Bu :k Legion was going to bomb his home. Detectives believed the call may have been the work of a crank. But they are making a thorough in vestigation. In Detroit, where the Black Legion first was uncovered, six men face court examination today for the flog ging of an Ecorse mill hand, Robert Penlan. Senator Elmer Bensen of Minnesota is conferring with the state's attorney general trying to find evidence that would justify a senatorial investiga tion of the vigilante cult. Thirteen other legionairres are held without ball in a Detroit jail charged with kidnaping and murdering Char les Poole. Four others are due for court examination today at neaby Jackson, Mich. They likewise are charged with a Black Legion flogging. Probe Continues DETROIT, June 9 (TP)—Michigan authorities renewed their efforts to day to link the Black Legion with a federal offensee. Twenty-nine members of the terror cult already are under arrest and 13 face trial on charges of kidnaping and murder. Detroit officials asked the Depart ment of Justice to take up the case but the request was refused because there was no indication that the legionalres had crossed state lines. Senator Benson of Minnesota is trying to get a congressional investi gation of the cult. Meanwhile he has asked all state officials to find a case which will permit the “G-Men” to act. * Michigan authorities can’t carry their investigation outside the state”, he explained. ‘ G-Men cant step in until there is proof that the' legion has committed some federal offense. Therefore it’s up to congress to act.” FARM TERRACES BE BUILT AGAINST DREADED EROSION DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL TURE PROGRAM TO AID SOUTHEAST • WASHINGTON, June 9 (TP).— The department of agriculture an nounced today that an Important feature of its soil conservation pro gram will be the construction of more than 36,000 miles of farm ter racing. The building of the terraces will help to protect about a half million acres of erosion, the announcement said. It will be confined mostly to the southeast and wil be completed within three years. Enough terraces will have been built by that time—if they were con structed in a straight line—to have a string of 14 of them running from New York to Los Angeles, BABSON HITS AT NEW DEAL TACTICS BOSTON, June 9 (TP)—The noted economist, Roger Babson, declared today that he is an optmist—at least for the next two years. Babson addressed the executives club at the Boston Chamber of Com merce. He said—“ New industries, obsolenscense, idle funds and the law of action and reaction make it inevit able that we are entering upon an-' other period of prosperity, even though it may be short.” "Someday” said Babson, "We have to pay heavily for all these New Deal •xperlments. Unless some revolution ary new industry develops and sweeps the nation, we must some day pay for this nonsense either with much heav ier taxes or with printing-press' cur rency.” Meanwhile, Babson said, credit in flation is Inevitable. This, he add ed, means a higher cost of living, in creased labor troubles and further political unrest. COPSGETDOSE OWN MEDICINE BOSTON, June 9 (TP)—A score of Boston police officers received a dose of their own medicine today—and they didn't like it. They discovered that it is easier to affix tags.to other people's cars than It is to "fix” things when tags are attached to their own autos. These officers had been assigned to traffic duty along the route of the schoolboy parade yesterday. They had parked their cars on various streets near one of the stations. On their re turn from their posts of duty they found parking tags attached to their cars Officials of the traffic division de clared the officers would receive the same treatment as other traffic of fenders. iwniuwb inits Slain By Student i Jf Chanes Wesuy . __y Charles Wesley Phy, English professor at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa., was shot to death in a corridor of the in stitution by a senior student, Wesley Clow, of Pine Castle, Fla. Clow committed suicide on the scene. Police said Clow was enraged by the professor’s re fusal to permit him to take a re-examination. —Central Press PREMIER BLUM SEEKS ‘WHIPHAND’ IN NEW STRIKES SOCIALIST REGIME FACE ADDITIONAL DISOR DERS IN FRANCE PARIS, June 9 (TP) —Premier Blum worked frantically today to end the strike of 150,000 coal miners in northern France and to head off walkouts by aris’ taxi-drivers. Most of the million workers who struck last week went back to work after Blum forced employers to prom ise a 40 hour week, insisted that they couldn't live eVbn on the new wages. They marched into the under ground pits and announced that they would neither come out nor work un til the wages were boosted still high er. The taxi men threatened to strike because they were not included in the generous terms given other work ers. Blum hopes to settle the labor troubles by pushing legislation through parliament granting better conditions to all workers. LAST RITES FOR WIDOW OF POET DIES AFTER HOME SAVED BY CONTRIBUTIONS HEAFFORD JUNCTION, Wi s„ June 9 (TP) —Funeral arrangements are being made today for the widow of America’s noted children's poet, Eugene Field. Mrs. Julia Field died after a heart attack at her Crystal Lakes fram home in northern Wisconsin. Her death came only a few weeks after her brave battle to save the Field estate from a sheriff's sale. The world almost had forgotten that the widow of Field was still liv ing until a few weeks ago when it was announced that thai home was about to be foreclosed. Friends and admirers of the poet flocked to the rescue. Mrs. Field finally accepted $3,000 from the college fraternity of which her husband was a member. The amount cleared the estate of all mortgage ties. COMMITTEEMAN’S SCALP SOUGHT AT CAUCUS CLEVELAND, June 9 (TP) —Sup- porters of Frank F. Taggart for the post of Ohio’s Republican national committeeman say they will unseat the present committeeman, Walter Brown, at today's caucus. Brown, who held a post in Hoover's cabinet, has taken a prominent part in Republican politics for years. The contest over the national committee post has caused an open break be tween Brown and State Chairman Ed D. Schorr. Schoor has come out flatly for Taggart. LEFT WINGS IN FRANCE PLAN REFORM DRASTIC CHANGES IN NATIONAL DEFENSE FORCES ’ ORDERED BY CABINET DECREE. PARIS. June 9 (TP)—The new left wing government in France inaugurat ed a sweeping reform of the na tional defense forces today by a cabi net decree. The army, navy, and air forces were united under a single authority. The minister of defense, Edouard Daladier will be responsible for all thre’ fighting services. In the past these departments have been under U. S. LAND FORCES ORDERED IN ZONE AS CRISIS NEARS ELECTION RESULTS IN PANAMA BRINGS MOB ACTION PANAMA CITY, June 9 (TJ) Violent protests against the an nounced results of Anama's presi dential election brought a state of near martial law in Panama City to day. The election was held Sunday but the results were delayed until Mon day night when it announced that former foreign secretary, Dr. J. D. Arosemena had defeated Domingo Diaz by less than 5,000 votes. Diaz’s supporters insisted that he had won. Mobs gathered in the streets, shouting noisy threats. Police broke up the gatherings and put strict rules in effect to prevent trou ble. All members of the United States army and navy and all canal zone employes were ordered to remain in the Canal Zone. PRISON OF BURNS LOCATED BY JAPS BANDIT HIDE-AWAY OF CAPTIVE MISSIONARY IS FOUND PEIPING, June 9 (TP)—The hide out where the captive American mis sionary, Father Joseph Burns, is being held prisoner by Manchurian bandits has been found.' Father Burns is imprisoned in an almost impregnable fortress on a mounatin peak in southeastern Man churia. The place is immune to sur prise attacks. Steep, slippery paths are the only approaches to the hide out and these are patrolled by an un known number of bandits. Father Burns, a Roman Catholic missionary from Merry Knoll, New York, was seized last Feb. 5 near Tanghua, east of Mukden. Japanese officers have been sent to attempt to obtain Father Burn’s release but they hesitate to approach the bandits for fear of endangering his life. However, they continue to watch the neighborhood prepared to step in should the kidnapers try to move him to gome other hideout. Another missionary stationed at Tunchua, Father John Comber, said he has learned the captive priest is in good health and in no danger. LABOR LEADERS IN NEW FLAREUP GREEN AND LEWIS RE SUME BATTLE OF WORDS AND NOTES WASHINGTON. June 9 (TP) President William Green of the Amer ican Federation of Labor will find a defiant letter on his desk this morn ing. The letter is from Fiery John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers. It is an answer to Green’s demand that Lewis drop efforts to organize steel workers. The letter says flatly that Lewis will continue his efforts. Fur thermore it includes a defi to the A. F. of L. to expel the mine union. Lewis and Green have been at odds for months over th§ method in which labor unions should be setup. Green favors small units organized by crafts and trade. Lewis wants one big union ers in the industry regardless of their for each industry to Include all work particular trade. ROOSEVELTOFF ON DIXIE TOUR SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS TO OCCUPY TIME OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE WASHINGTON, June 9 (TP) President Roosevelt is speeding south ward today—en route for Little Rock. Ark., and the first stop of his 4 000 speaking tour. The pregident left Washington late last night and is due in Little Rook Wednesday. From Little Rock he will go to Texas, visiting Houston, San Antonio and other principal cities be fore speaking at the Texas centennial in Dallas, on Friday. After spending Friday night with his son. Elliott, in Fort Worth, the president will start eastward. His return trip will be broken for a speaking engagement at Vincennes, Ind., Sunday and a visit to Abraham Lincoln’s birthplace in Hodgenville, Ky., Monday . The president said his trip was purely non-political and that his talks will be entirely historical. the administration of independnet civil hads. Frequently clashes have occurred between these leaders. Meanwhile cabinet ministers settled the coal mine strike; 200,000 miners agreed to return to work on Thursday. Employes in several munitions fac tories and white collar workers in Paris business houses are still on strike- They demand the same con cessions given industial workers in Blum's peace settlement. SAVANNAH, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1936 Prefers Home, Killed ... . IIW J El .. •.'# . • w-B*! r ■■ Donna Park and Irving La Zarr Donna Park, ballerina of the stage and Chicago opera, pre ferred a home and babies to a married stage career with her admirer, Irving La Zarr, a danc er. He didn’t, so she broke her engagement, and fled from her Los Angeles home to Phoenix, Ariz. He pursued her, shot and killed her and then committed suicide.—Central Press NEGRO DELEGATES CARRY ON FIGHT —. SUPPOSED ANNIHILATION G. O. P. PARTY HINGES ON BATTLE CLEVELAND, June 9 (TP)—Ne groes who were denied seats as dele gates to the Republican National Con vention decided today to carry their fight to the convention floor. The negroes’ first will make an appeal to the Credentials Committee. They will charge that their claims have been disregarded in order to favor what they called "lily white” delegations from southern states. If their appeal fails, they expect to rush the convention hall. Speakers at the meeting indicated that the negro voters might trun against the Republicans unless the delegates get their rights. Dr. Charles Phillip of St. Louis said: "If negroes are refused the right of representation it means the death of the Republican party.” In deep-throated voices his audience chorused —"Yeah Man!” DENIES SHE’S WED NEW YORK, June 9 (TP)—The radio songstress, Vaughn de Leath, today denied reports that she is mar ried to the orchestra director, Irwin Rose. The pioneer singer of the air ways told Transradio that this is the third time she hag been erroneously reported married to her orchestra di rector. The last time she had to deny reports of wedding bells was last Oc tober when a gossip columnist got his signals mixed. HIGH SPOTS IN PAST CONVENTIONS w CHICAGO IN 1860 By C. DAVID VORMELKER Central Press Staff Writer AMID GATHERING clouds poi tending Civil war the Republican n? tional convention was held in Ch cago in May, 1860. Abraham Lincoln of Illinois wa given the nomination on May 18. Only three ballots were taken. Th voting was so swift that when th end did come such a feeling of sus pense and climax had been built up that the delegates relieved themselve,- with deafening applause. On the first ballot 12 men were ii the running. On the second there wer eight. On the third ballot, through the charges effected by the votes c Jennsylvania, Vermont, Massachusett and New Jersey, Lincoln had receive -230 1-2 votes, which was 1 1-2 shor. cf the 233 necessary for the nomina lion. Massachusetts Turns Scale ( Mr. Andrews of Massachusetts then I arose and changed four Massachuset votes, giving them to Lincoln anc' I nominating him by a majority of I 2 1-2 votes. When that occurred, state afte; I state swung over to Lincoln, but the noise was so deafening that the dele- (CONTINUED ON PAGE S) WAR CLOUDS ARE HANGING CLOSE IN NORTH CHINA INTERNAL DISSENSION CHECKS TROOP MOVE MENT AGAINST JAPS NANKING, June 9 (TP)—South ern troops continued their movement into north China today, despite the warning of General Kai-Shek that the southern provinces cannot force war against Japan. General Kai-Shek declared yester day that only the central government at Nanking has the right to decide on war. He insisted that anti-Japa nese sentiment in Canton should not be allowed to plunge the nation into war. Southern leaders answered with a new demand that Nanking give per mission for a military expedition to resist Japanese invasion of north Chinese territory. Anti-Japanese sentiment was re ported increasing in other sections. Leaders in Shanghai are said to have pledged support of the government if it takes action against the increase of Japanese troops in north China. ESCAPED MANIACS SOUGHT IN IOWA SIX OTHERS RECAPTURED WITHOUT FIGHT IN MIN ’ NESOTA I ST. PAUL, June 9 (TP).—The hunt for 10 of the 16 insane crim inals who escaped from a Minnesota asylum swung into lowa today. National guardsmen reported that a car stolen by six of the fugitives was found near the lowa state line. They believed the criminals are head ing for the dense forests and broken country of the Ozark mountains of Missouri. Six of the men who originally broke out of the asylum at St. Peter, Minn., have been recaptured. The madmen, all with long records of rob bery and murder, gave up without a fight. More than 300 National guards men and state police are searching for the others in 16 Minnesota coun ties. State officials indicated today they will ask lowa authorities to call out national guards to join in the hunt BLUMENSHINE GIRL RETURNS TO HER HOME WASHINGTON, June 9 (TP).— A tired little girl of 14 ran into her parents’ arms today after being rway from home nine days. The girl is Dorothy Blumenshlne wh. vanished June 1 after a picnic with several young friends. The dis appearance sent more than 300 men searching the woods for her around Washington. A newsman discovered the young wanderer at Chicago. She was |> turned immediately to her anxious mother and father. Sheriff Ralph Goar, who led the search for Dorothy, left his office immediately to question her about the trip to Chicago. The parents have not said why she left home. SNIPING AND BOMBING FLARES IN PALESTINE JERUSALEM, June 9 (TP). —Arab terrorists in the Holy Land defied British troops today. Sniping and bombing flared in northern Palestine as young Arabs fought to drive the Jews out of the land. Two bombs exploded in the shrine town of Bethlehem. Police pa trols and a company of British troops were fired on from ambush near Jerusalem. In all cases the police and soldiers beat off the attacks without losing a man. wl * ABRAHAM LINCOLN Nominated on third ballot, made unanimous Who Will Run With Landon? Is Burning Question As G. O. P. Convention Gets Underway TO MAKE KEYNOTE SPEECH . ft ti-ataJ>nd hi/ R. j Scott. Central Press Artist. ONE KILLED, 14 HURT IN PLANE CRASH AMERICAN DIES WHEN AIRLINER FALLS ON ROOF OF HOUSE IN SWEDEN AFTER MOTORS GO BAD. STOCKHOLM, June 9 (TP)—An American passenger was killed and 14 other persons were injured today when an airliner crashed onto the roof of a house in Malmoe, Sweden. The American victim was Lawrence K. Desmond of Coiby, Pa. Several of the other passengers were injured seriously. The plane was one of the Lappland line's regular continental planes. It FREIGHT TRAIN TIES UP TRAFFIC WRECKAGE IS CAUSED BY BROKEN RUNNING GEAR COWENTON, Md„ June 9 (TP)—A tangled mass of more than 25 freight; cars tied up westbound traf fic on the Baltimore and Ohio rail-, road for almost 13 hours today. The easttound tracks are not yet open. A fast freight train heading for New York buckled in two last night near Cowenton, Maryland, strewing cars across both tracks for more than half a mile. Tracks were ripped up and power lines tom as the cars plunged down a 42-foot embankment. Officials blamed a broken running gear for the crash. Emergency train crews have been working since early this morning to clear the tracks. All passenger traffic was routed over Pennsylvania lines. Officials report that no one was killed and they believe that none was in jured. SHREVEPORT IS HOST TO CONFEDERATE VETS SHREVEPORT, La., June 9 (TP). From all over the Southland today came the thinning ranks of Confed erate veterans to hold their forty sixth annual re union. Shreveport is especially provd of the veterans because of its own Civil War record. It did not haul down the Confederate flag until the war was virtually ended. Highlights of the four-day conv |. tion will be the dedication of a monument to the men who fought and died for their cause. had taken off from Stockholm only a short time before the accident, carrying 11 passengers and a crew of four. One of the motors went bad as the ship neared Malone and the pilot at tempted to make a forced landing. The ship crashed into the roof of the house was wrecked. All of the passengers were thrown out of the ship. Desmond fell to the ground and was killed instantly. ALABAMA VOTERS GO TO POLLS ‘CATSUP BOTTLE’ EPISODE IS ONE OF ISSUES IN CAMPAIGN MONTGOMERY, Ala., June 9 (TP).—Alabama voters will decide today between rivals for nomination as Democratic congresional candi dates. In the Birmingham district, Con gressman George Huddleston is op posed by Luther Patrick, a lawyer, radio entertainer and poet. Their bitter fight has been marked by charges of fraud arguments over the New Deal and a physical set-to be tween the two men, in which Hud dleston hit Patrick over the head with a catsup bottle. Patrick charged that Huddleston was lukewarm in his support of the New Deal and had voted against the “death sentence” for utility holding companies. In the Tennessee valley district, John Sparkman, Huntsville lawyer, and Robert Simpson, Jr., of Florence, are fighting for the seat of Repre s enative Carmichael, who did not run for re-election. ASSAILANTS OF JURIST GIVEN SUSPENDED TERM BALTIMORE. June 9 (TP)—The couple who attacked Judge Albert Owens of the Baltimore supreme bench were paroled today after serv ing 15 days of a four-month sen tence . Mr. and Mrg. William Sleitzer were found guilty of attacking the Balti more jurist in his home after they cisagrced with the judge’s decision in a case involving their daughter. Judge Duke Bond paroled them to day under a year s suspended sen tence providing that they move to New York where Sleitzer has been promised a ioh Published every day excepting Saturdays. mJ Five cents per copy K Sundays. Delivered ■■ | j to your home fifteen ce»nts per week. WEEK DAYS PAY NO MORE TRANSRADIO PRESS AUDITORIUM AT CLEVE LAND FILLED TO OVER FLOWING WHEN CHAIR MAN FLETCHER RAPS FOR ORDER; KANSAN GOVERNOR’S BOOM CON TINUES TO GAIN. CLEVELAND, June 9 (TP).—The Republican national convention is on! Thousands of men and women, rep resenting every state in the Union and all Uncle Sam’s possessions, leaned forward in their seats at the Cleveland auditorium this morning and heard the battery of loud speak ers bellow— “ The Republican national conven tion of 1936 wil come to order.” With the smack of the gavel, wield ed by the Republican National Com mittee’s President Henry P. Fletch er, the G. O. P. party opened what most Republicans tremed its most im portant convention since the Civil War. \ Landon Heavy Favorite In every delegate’s mind ranged the questions—“ Can the New Deal be beaten?” "will the Republican party'go liberal this year?” "wiU Landon win on the first ballot?” and ■ "who will run with Landon?” WOMEN’S RIGHTS? CLEVELAND, June 9 (TP) Women officials of the organiza tion called —"The league for wom en for president and other public office”—sped to Cleveland today to try to get the Republicans to nominate a woman for vice presi dent. The league president, Miss Lil lian Rock is heading the women's movement for more political pow er. The league will also try to get the Democratic party to drop John Nance Gamer in. the fall elections and enter a woman for vice presi dent. The opening of the convention found all but a few die-hards con vinced that Governor Landon will be the Republican standard bearer in November, Most convention of Helals think the Kansan will poll the neces -. fary 502 votea. on the first, ballet More conservative groups think it will take a second, or even a third ballot to wipe out the opposition con fronting the gentleman from Topeka. Every entrance to the audito was blocked by milling throngs of convention delegates and onlookers who wedged their way slowly into [the hall. The auditorium filed 'rapidly. Fletcher on Platform ’ As Fletcher mounted the platform, dressed in a white Palrj Beach suit, a storm of cheers went up. Time r out was taken while Fletcher handled the gavel for the benefit of newsreel ’ men. As he did so outside the great au ditorium a military band hired by ! the Landonites swung down’ the ' street blaring "Oh Sussanna." ■ Landon supporters staged the first ■ auditorium parade of the convention. While platform officials were taking their places, the Landonites, headed '■ by a band, circled the convention hall waving banners bearing Lan don’s name and picture. Republican governors and senators took their seats on the platform just i before the convention opened. One | of the first notables to appear there was Senator Vandenberg of Mich , igan—himself a leadig “dark horse 1 candidate.” OLD GEORGIA LAW MAY PUT BAN ON BEER SALE i ! MONTICELLO, Ga.. June 9 (TP), i Jasper county has evoked a Georgia law of 1883 to stop the sale of beer in Monticello. The 53-year-old enactment provid ed that anyone wishing to sell beer , in Monticejlo must obtain in writ ing the consent of three-fourths of the free land holders of the city. It als provided for a tax of $5,000. County officials announce that the law will be rigidly enforced. MAYCOMPROMISE HOUSE - SENATE LEADERS SEE AGREEMENT ON REVENUE BILL WASHINGTON, June 9 (TP) Leadeig of the house-senate for con ference said today v hat they expect to reach a compromise on the $829,- 000 000 revenue bill. The house conferees object to many of the 289 amendments made by the senate. The chief dispute, however,- is over the President Roosevelt’s de mand for a h»avy tax on the undis tributed earnings of corporations. The house bill, written in accordance with the president's wishes, provided for a -evy of 42 12 per cent. The senate cut the tax to 7 per cent. Mr. Roosevelt was understood to have stood up for his original plan at a confernece with Democratic con ferees last n:ght. Both senators and representatives agreed th. . their op posing views probably can be recoj»- ciled.