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FRAUD RACKET IS CAUSE OF DEATHS INVESTIGATION SHOWS VICTIMS MURDERED FOR INSURANCE SPRINGFIELD, Maas., June 15 (TP)—State detectives expressed the belief today that a dozen mysterious deaths could be traced to the opera tions of an insurance fraud racket. Investigators said that the ring took out insurance on destitute Polish residents in the Springfield area and then made away with them to collect the insurance. The man V’ho Is re sponsible for starting the Investiga tion, Judge George Haas of Ludlow, Mass., said there have been more than 35 mysterious deaths in his legion in recent years. Judge Haas said that many of the A Sound Investment In Health and Economy M : - .! ’■W' : •• “ ■ Ri ' ' ■ '■■ ■ MM H MB • ' ■ f$ -1 f - J E“: A: ''' ii. X < 1 I ■ Modern AIR-CONDITIONED Refrigerators A modern ice refrigerator will cost you only half the amount you are figuring on spending. It will use so little ice that the ice service man need come only once in several days. Foods stay fresh longer because they don’t dry out. Strong food odors don’t taint other foods . . . because, they are quickly car ried away through the air-conditioning chamber. In this way foods retain all their natural nourishment and there is no loss through spoilage. Only ICE can give this kind of refrigeration. GEORGIA ice comm REFRIGERATOR SALES STORE, 144 WHITAKER ST. | poor people were Insured by outsiders. In some esses the people were Insured for as much as >14,000 while on r*- • lief. MAGAZINE OPTIMISTIC OVER FALL OUTLOOK NEW YORK, Juns 16 (TP)—The magazine business week predieted to day that the usual summer slump in business will be a mild affair followed by a good pick-up in the fall. The magazine’s business index shows an improvement of one-tenth of one per cent over the previous week. Such industries as steel, trac tor production, building, machine tools, tin plate, and rail equipment have shown surprising stability and even progress. The magazine says a number of mail-order and chain stores have reported recordbreaking sales for the past month. Murphy Leaving Manila Er \ - aR"’ 1 . kljbg <rl ZaßfeX F I fIHVv >' <• -J It is rumored in high governmental circles that Frank Murphy, Ameri- j can High Commissioner to the Philippines, will not return to the islands, but wifl accept another high post. He is shown, with his sister, Mrs. Marguerite Murphy Teahan, and his aide de camp, Col. Frederic Manley, as he sailed for home recently. (Central Press) On The Air RADIO PROGRAM Monday. June 15 CBS P.M. 4:00 —Larry Vincent, songs 4:3o—Vocals by Verrlll 5:00 —Geo. Hall's Orch. s:3o—News; Baseball Scores 8:00—Four Bargers, quartet 6:3o—Ted Husing and the Chariot eers. 7:oo—Eleana Moneak’s Ensemble. 7:3o—Joey Nash's Orchestra B:oo—Radio Theater 9:oo—Wayne King s Orchestra 9:3o—March of Time 10:00 —Jack Denny’s Orchestra 10:30—Pick and Pat in Pipe Smoking Time 11:00—Eddie Dunstedter’s Orchestra 11:30—Hawaii Calls. 12:00 —midnight, Alida Struman and Organ Tuesday, June 16 A.M. 7:00 —On the Air Today 7:30—80b and Rennie 8:00—Bugle Call Revue B:3o—Richard Maxwell, songs 9:oo—Betty and Bob, sketch 9:3o—The Reporter 10:00 —The Goldbergs, sketch 11:00 —Rustic Rhythm Trio 11:30—Mary Marlin, sketch 12:00—noon, George Hall’s Orchestra P.M. 12:30—Rhythmaires I:oo—Concert Miniatures I:3o—Madison Ensemble 2:oo—Margaret McCrae, songs 2:3o—Mayfair Singers 3:oo—Charles Hector’s Orchestra 3:3o—Columbia Concert Hall Pres ents, Chamber Orchestra 4:00 —Jimmie Farrell, baritone Monday, June 15 NBC 4:oo—Top Hatters 4:3o—Singing Lady s:oo—Flying Time, sketch s:3o—News; R. and R. Entertainers. 8:00—Amos 'n Andy 6:3o—Lum and Abner 7:oo—Kammerstein's Music Hall 7:3o—Melodiana B:oo—Greater Minstrele 8:30 —A Tale of Today, drama 9:oo—Contented Program 9:3o—National Rario Forum 10:00—Dick Mansfield’s Orchestra 10:30—Glen Gray’s Orchestra 11:00—Rudy Vallee’s Orchestra 11:30—Gene Beecher's Orchestra 12:00—midnight, Henderson's Or- chestra. Tuesday, June 16 AM.' 7:oo—Spareribs 7:3o—Cheerio, talk and music 8:00—Old Doctor Jim, sketch B:oo—Vaughn de Leath, songs 9:3o—Armchair Quartet 10:00—U. S, Marine Band 10:30—House Detective, sketch 11:00—Happy Jack, songs 11:30—Girl Alone, sketch 12:00—noon, Words and Music P.M. 12:30—National Farm and Home Hour. I:oo—Lew Gogerty’s Orchestra I:3o—Golden Melodies 2:oo—Nellie Revell Interviews 2:3o—Vic and Sade, sketch 3X)o—Foxes of Flatbush, sketch 3:3o—Gene Arnold and the Ranch Boys. 4:oo—Top Hatters' Orchestra Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen, a Ger man physicist, is credited with the discovery of X-rays in 1895. The rays are produced outside an ordinary cathode tube and are a form of radi anC energy with penetrating powers. ONE MINUTE PULPIT le harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few.—Matthew 9:37, PUT YOUR BONUS MONEY IN SOMETHING SUBSTANTIAL DROP IN AND GO OVER OUR LIST OF HOMES, INVESTMENTS AND LOTS— See MENDEL RENTAL AGENCY 13 EAST YORK ST. PHONE 6171 SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, JUNE 15,1936 AT THE THEATERS LUCAS—Today, Tuesday and Wednesday, “Private Num ber,- ’ with Loretta Young and Robert Taylor. BIJOU—T oda y, Tuesday and Wednesday, “Feather in Her Hat,” with Pauline Lord and Louis Hayward. ODEON—Today and Tuesday. “First Baby,” with Shirley Deane and Johnny Downs. FOLLY — Today and Tuesday, “Wom an Trap,” with Gertrude Michael and George Mur phy. ARCADIA—T od a y and Tuesday, “Petticoat Fever,” with Robert Montgomery and Myrna Loy. SAVANNAH—Today, Tuesday and Wednesday “Laughing Irish Eyes,” with Evelyn Knapp and Walter C. Kelly. PICNIC STAGED FOR ‘FIRST LADY’ GRAYVILLE, 111., June 15 (TP) Bright sunshine beamed down today on Grayville’s clrcus-llke picnic in honor of the first lady of the land. Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt is visiting the home of the widow of the late Rear Admiral James Helm. Her host ess learned that Mrs. Roosevelt likes picnics—and went into action. Fanners from miles around re sponded to her invitation. They’ve arranged for no less than six orches tras. They built concessions stands, and platforms for speakers. There is even a first-aid booth. The farm people have scheduled contests in wood chopping, hog call ing for the menfolk, and contests in rolling-pin-throwing and husband call ing for the women. Mrs. Roosevelt surveyed the elabo rate preparations for the outing. Then she said: “This threatens to out-nick any picnic ever held.” LAST PUBLIC SPEECH MADE BY G. B. SHAW NEWCASTLE, Eng., Juen 15 (TP) —George Bernard Shaw has told the world that he has made his last pub lic speech. The 79-year-old playwright and satirist made the announcement from the stage of the Peoples Theater in Newcastle, during a performance of his play Candida. The white bearded wit told the audience that the world must now struggle along without his advice. Shaw will be 80 years old next month. with Mother BRAND OF YOU BE THE JUDGE UT FOUR OWN TASTE BODY OF BABY IS FOUND IN SWAMP YAKIMA, Wash , June 15 (TP)— The discovery of a six-weeks-old baby at the edge of a swamp near Yakima sent searching parties into the dis trict today to hunt for the mother. Officials fear the woman may have fallen into the quagmire or jumped in to commit suicide. The child was discovered by a rancher, Wallace Johnson. The in fant was wrapped carefully in a blanket, and lay on a grassy mound in the swamp. The rancher ddn’t stop. Believing that the mother must be nearby. He returned two hodrs later to find the child in the same spot. Then he carried the baby to a hospital and reported the case to the Cold Alone Is Not Enough “Lay on Macduff” BY JAMES CULLEN Poet Laureate of the Ice Industry. Through years just passed, we gave advice, In magazines and bn the air, " Which, you’ll recall, was “Save with Ice;” ’Twill soon be proved, we icemen dare But now for bolder, stronger stuff— To make foes sledding mightv tough, ’Tis ‘‘ COLD ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH I” With ‘‘ COLD ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH f' * Truth tells, how ice refrigerates Refrigerators, modern, smart, t By Moist, chilled air, which circulates In this campaign, play leading part; Without a pause—so it’s no bluff. They’ll show the world we’re up to snuff, That “COLD ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH!” And “COLD ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH!” Since ice gives more than just mere cold, So rally ’round to right our wrongs, All ice-kept foods their freshness hold; And put ice up where it belongs; Hence here’s the secret “in the rough,” Our battle cry “Lay on Mac Duff.” Os “COLD ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH!” For “COLD ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH!” DIAL 2-0134 AND LET ONE OF OUR COURTEOUS DRIVERS, DELIVER YOU REAL ICE MAN’S ICE WITH A MODERN AIR-CONDITIONED REFRIGERATOR YOU GET—(I) CORRECT TEM PERATURE; (2) CORRECT HUMIDITY; (3), CLEAN, PURE, BREATHABLE, BALANCED AIR THE THREE THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO SAFELY PROTECT AN ASSORTMENT OJ FOODS IN ANY REFRIGERATOR SCHLITZ | BURGER SUNSHINE VITAMIN “D” BEER “VAS YOU EFFER IN ZINZINNATI” “The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous.” I —On Sale At All Taverns—Savannah’s Two Most Popular Brands. —We Keep You Cool in Summer With POLAR BEAR ICE, Warm in Winter With Hand* icked BLUE STAR COAL, and Refreshed At All Times With SCHLITZ or BURGER. , Distributed By Polar Bear Ice & Coal Co. 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The searching party was quickly organized to look for the child's mother. PHYSICAL FREAK COMMITS SUICIDE MARVEL OF MEDICAL SCI ENCE IS DESPONDENT OVER CONDITION CHARLOTTE, N. C., June 15 (TP) One of the marvels of medical science —a man who has lived since child hood with a paralyzed esophagus, the tube through which food passes from te mouth to the stomach—died by his own hand in Charlotte Saturday. He is Earl Lanford who operated a Charlotte restaurant. While he catered to the normal appetites of thousands of others, in order to eat himself he was obliged every day to swallow a steel ball in order to open his throat so that he could force food down. His strange malady had been writ ten about in medical Journals through out the world and physicians by thousands came to visit him in his lifetime to observe the condition. Lanford was found at his home Saturday morning. A pistol was in his hand. He had shot himself through the head. ZOO CHARGED WITH BARBARIC EXHIBITION PHILADELPHIA, June 15 (TP) — The former director of the Philadel phia Zoological Garden charged to day that the city’s zoo is little bet ter than a barbaric exhibition. The charge was made by Dr. Roder ick MacDonald. He resigned as direc- PAGE FIVE — tor of the Garden last night. Dr. Mac- Donald said the zoo Is not much ad vanced beyond the exhibits of wild animals as they were staged 2,000 years ago. He said he resigned be cause the city refused to give the too the financial support needed to make it an. educational scientific institu tion. DENTIST ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED GUN SCRAPE BALTIMORE, June 15 (TP)— A Baltimore dentist, Dr. Eugene Balsh. was held today on charges of “shoot ing with intent to kill” following a round of night club parties. Police say Baish admitted shooting Henry Grelecki after an argument early today. Grelecki is In a hospital in a serious condition.