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JAMES IS CALLED
‘SATAN’S DISCIPLE’
BISTER OF ACCUSED WIFE
KILLER THINKS HANG
TOO GOOD
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 9 (TP)
—As far as his sister is concerned,
Robert S. James, accused Los Ange
les wife-killer, is a *,Disciple of Satan.”
The sister is Mrs. Lottie Wright
Smith of Birmingham, who also is
the mother of Lois Wright. James,
who must stand trial for the rattle
snake poisoning of his fifth wife, was
recently convicted on morals charges
involving the Wright girl, nis niece.
Mrs. Smith was questioned by Bur
ton Fitts, Los Angeles District Attor
ney, and his assistant. Said she:
‘ Hanging is too good for Robert. He
threatened to kill me a number of
times. He built a duck pond just like
the one he had in California, and he
told me he was going to drown me
in it. My children fell into the hands
of Satan, and I couldn’t make them
afraid of him. When I got afraid of
him, I got away from him.”
Samuel J. Silverman, defense at
torney for James, is expected in
Birmingham this week. It is thought
that Mrs. Smith will testify at the
trial in Los Angeles later this month.
WORLD S RICHEST BABY
TO HAVE NEW HOME
LONDON, June 9 (TP)—The
world’s richest baby is going to have
a new home. Architects and engi
neers started work today on the man
sion which will be the home for Baby
Lance Haugwitz Von Reventlow.
The four-months-old baby is the son
of the former Barbara Hutton and
her Danish Count Von Reventlow.
Countess Barbara’s newly pui’hased
home is a country estate —right in
the heart of London. She bought St.
Dunstan’s lodge in Regent Park, de
molished It and is having a mag
nificent modem palace built in its
place.
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Fear that he would not be graduated
with his class at Lehigh University.
Bethlehem, Pa., is said by authori
ties to have driven Wesley Clow, 23
(above), to the slaying of his Eng
lish instructor, Charles Wesley Phy.
Phy was shot and instantly killed.
Clow turned the gun on himself and
died within two hours.
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ALLEGED MURDERESS
TO STAND TRIAL SOON
PENSACOLA, Fla., June 9 (TP)
Mrs. Liwie Vann will go to trial in
Pensacola on July 15. She is charged
with tampering with a railroad line,
conspiracy and attempted murder of
her husband.
Mrs. Vann is the 45-year-old wife
of a 70-year-old railroad engineer. The
state contends that she arranged for
FICTION HEROES
ANSWER LAST CALL
BELOVED CHARACTERS
DIE IN SEPARATED
PARTS OF WORLD
GLOUCESTER, Mass., June 9 (TP)
The men who served as inspiration
for Richard Harding Davis’ short
stories ‘‘Soldier’s of Fortune” and
George Adfe’s comic opera ‘ The Sul
tan of Sulu” are dead.
Davis’ hero was the multi-million
aire mining expert, John Hays Ham
mond, Sr. Hammond died suddenly
late yesterday at his home here. He
was 81.
Hammond started life as a poor boy
but became the friend of presidents
and empire builders. Miners knew
him as ‘‘the man who could smell
gold a thousand miles away.” He had
an important part with Cecil Rhodes
in the development of Rhodeshia.
Later he worked at his profession in
all parts of the world and was said,
to be the highest paid engineer the
world has ever known. He is reputed
to have earned more than $1,000,000 a
year.
Ade’s inspiration was the real
Sultan of Sulu, titular head of the
Mahometans of the Sulu Archipelago.
The Sultan died Sunday night but
his death was not announced in Ma
nila until late last night. The Sultan
was famous through the Philippines
for his life of ease, his costume of
red bathrobe and. tennis shoes and
his royal coach —a rickety Ford truck.
Another colorful American, Colonel
E. H. R. Green also died yesterday.
He was the son of the famous Hetty
Green, long known as the wealthiest
woman in the world.
two negroes bo pull spikes from the
railroad track over which her hus
band was piloting a train. The prose
cution claims the negroes have admit
ted their part in the affair.
Leading in the defense of the ac
cused woman is her husband. He
steadfastly maintains she is innocent.
SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, JUNE 9,1936
Hostess at Olympics
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Barones* Johanna von
Wangenheim
Baroness Johanna von Wangen
heim, nee Baroness von Spitzem
berg, whose late husband was for
many years German ambassador
at Constantinople, has been
chosen to be hostess to welcome
and direct women competitors in
the eleventh Olympics to be held
in Berlin, August 1-16. The
baroness will be in xommand of
the newly erected "Comradeship
House” on the Reich Sports field,
scene' of Olympic activities.
LADY SHACKLETON DIES
LONDON, June 9 (TP)—The wid
ow of the great Polar explorer. Sir
Ernest Shackleton died today at her
country home.
The aged woman has lived in seclu
sion since the death of her husband.
14 years ago. Shackleton made four
trips to the Antarctic in the 1900 s. On
one trip he came within 93 miles of
the South Pole but was forced to turn
back after severe hardships.
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Unguarded Hour”, with Lor
etta Young and Franchot
Tone.
BlJOU— Today; Screen, ‘‘Dan Fitch’s
Dixiana Revue”; Screen,
"Speed”, with Wendy Barrie
and Joe Stewart.
Wednesday, Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday, ‘ Small
Town Girl” with Janet Gay
nor and Robert Taylor.
ODEON— Today, "Absolute Quiet”,
with Stuart Erwin and Ann
Loring.
Wednesday and Thursday,
"Atlantic Adventure”, with
Nancy Oarroll and Lloyd
Nolan.
FOLLY—Today, “The Case of the
Lucky Legs”, with Warren
William and Genevieve
Tobin.
WedneMlay and Thursday,
"Her Master’s Voice”, with
Edward Everett Horton.
ARCADIA— Today, “I Married a Doc
tor”, with Josephine Hutch
inson and Pat O’Brien.
Wednesday and Thursday,
"Broadway Hostesss”, with
Winifred Shaw and Lyle
Talbot.
SAVANNAH— Today and Wednesday,
“Call of the Wild” with
Clark Gable, Loretta Young,
Jack Oakie and “Buck” the
Wonder dog.
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COOKING COSTS
CAGNEY HIS WIFE
SCREEN “TOUGH MAN’’ TO
LOSE WIFE TEMPOR
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CHILMARK. Marthas Vineyard,
Mass., June (TP) —The tough man of
the motion picture screen, James
Cagney, awoke today to find, that his
cooking had cost him his wife—tem
porarily .
Cagney, his wife and a couple of
friends, including Denys Wortman,
noted cartoonist, have been roughing
it on Marthas Vineyard Island. Kim
my had a hard time urging his wife
to come along. He promised her she
wouldn’t have to do a thing. Among
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other things, he said he would do
all the cooking.
Cagney kept his promise. He cooked
all the meals and did the choree. But
finally after three days the petite
Mrs. Cagney had her fill. Jimmy’s
cooking was just too much for her,
so she packed up her bag and boarded
the first boat for New York.
“When you get enough of this
camping life,” she said, “I’ll see you
at our New York hotel.”
EX-MOVIE FILM STAR
SETTLES OUT OF COURT
LOS ANGELES, June 9 (TP)
The one-time star of the silent films,
Mary Miles Minter, has made an
out-of-court settlement with the brok
ers she sued for $750,000.
Miss Minter charged that the brok
ers, fiilythe and Company, of New
York, were guilty of mismanagement
in the loss of her $750,000 fortune.
The money allegedly was embezzled
by the brokers’ Los Angeles agent,
Leslie Henry. Henry is now in prison
for fraud.
COSTS ARE FIGURED
FOR LONG POWER LINE
KNOXVILLE. Tenn., June 9 (TP)
—Contractors and engineers are wear
ing their pencils to nubs, figuring
costs on a 70-mile transmission line
for the Tennessee Valley authority.
The line will extend between the
Joe Wheeler and the Gunbrsvilhe
Dams in northrn Alabama. Major
construction involves 307 80-foot steel
towers, hanging on insulators. Three
cables and ground wires must be
hung, the 154,000-volt line win fol
low c'.OESly the course of the Tenn
essee River.
Bids will be opened on June 26th,
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ROBINSON MAY
JOIN AL CAPONE
LEAVENWORTH, Kan., June 9
(TP) —Kidnaper Thomas Robinson,
Jr., may soon join Al Oapone, ma
chine gun bates and other high rank
ing public enemies in Alcatraz prison.
Robinson is serving a life term tex
the kdnap of Mrs. Berry V. Stoll of
Louisville, Ky. He started his term at
Atlanta, but now has been transfer
red to Leavenworth.
Officials said they were considering
sending him to the “American Devil’s
Island” in San Francisco bay.
and will involve construction only.
Materials will be furnished by the
authority.