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WEATHER
Southeast Winds; Continued
Warm; Showers Tomorrow
MARKETS
Stocks Make aGin Wheat Un
changed; Cotton Drops.
VOLUME 2—NUMBER 146
Huge Relief Measure,
Approved By Congress,
Is Sent To Roosevelt
BILL PROVIDES $2,400,000,.
000 INCLUDING A HUGE
SLICE FOR CONTINUING
FEDERAL RELIEF; AL
LOWS PWA PROJECTS TO
BE CONTINUED.
WASHINGTON, June 18 (TP)
Congress approved the new deficiency
and relief bill today and sent it to
the White House. The measure pro
vides for an appropriation of $2,400,-
000,000 which includes $1,400,000,000
for continuing federal relief. The sen
ate supported the house in dropping
an appropriation for the Florida ship
canal from the measure. The bill also
allowed the PWA to continue non
federal projects with money from
the $300,000,000 revolving fund.
The two and a half billion dollar
deficiency relief bill moved into the
final stages, of passage today in a
unprecedneted series of delays whictv
for a time had caused uncertainty
in several Washington political cir
cles.
With the exception of $85,000,000
for the resettlement administration
the entire relief fund will go into
WPA projects, but will be spent un
der the president's personal direction
and dictation. Other leading items
induce the Social Security Program
and Emergency works.
RAIN POSTPONES
FIGHT FOR NIGHT
MAX AND LOUIS TO TRY
AGAIN TOMORROW IF
STORM STOPS
NEW YORK, June 18 (TP)—Max
Schmeling was granted a 24-hour re
prieve today. The German fighter
won't meet Joe Louis and fistic death
up til tomorrow night.
A drenching mid-day rain forced
Promoter Mike Jacobs to set back the
bout. If it rains tomorow, the fight
probably will be held over until early
next week.
Louis and Schmeling weighed in
today, so they won’t have to go
through with that formality when
the weather man gives the bout his
okay. •
Louis tipped the scales ab 198
pounds to 192 for Schmeling. Joe was
as cool as ice when he stepped on
the scales. The ordinarily stolid Ger
man appeared nervous.
Odds on Louis are soaring. Th?
Brown Bomber may crawl through
the ropes at 7 or 8 to 1 to beat the
German.
LINDNERDEPLORES
FOREIGN IMPORTS
ATTENTION CALLED TO IM
PORTATION OF SEED ,
OIL TO SAVANNAH
ATLANTA, June 18—Demand that
Importation of ‘'great quantities of
cotton seed oil and hundreds of bales
of cotton’’ from the Orient through
the Port of Savannah be stopped has
been made by Tom Linder, State
Commissioner.
In a communication addressed to
senators and congressman from Geor
gia and other cotton growing states,
the Commissioner said his agents had
discovered the importations and de
manded that they be stopped because
they were "taking away the domestic
market from American farmers.” Lin
der said a tanker at Savannah pump
ed 1,103,765 pounds of cotton seed oil
into tank cars for delivery to a Sa
vanah vegetable oil plant, and that
2.400 cans of vegetable shortening
from the Philippines were also found
on Savannah wharves.
The Commissioner also said 600
bales of Chinese cotton were found
there consigned to a Newnan (Ga.)
cotton mill.
Linder said he had no way of tell
ing how much more oil and Philip
pine shortening were moving into this
section through the Savannah port.
L A B OrTrOUBLES
CAUSES GUN - PLAY
CAMPANY GUARDS AND
STRIKE PICKETS EN
GAGE HEATED FIGHT
KENT, Ohio, June 18 (TP).—Gun
fire ceased at the strike-tom Black
and Decker Company plant today,
after a threat to call out the national
guard. Seven strike pickets and sev
en company guards were gassed and
wounded during the forenoon battle.
Four of thme are in a serious condi
tion. 1
Thesniping started when the sher-!
Iff was ordered to escort 40 strike
brakers inside the plant. The fight
started when the strike breakers ar
rived. , %
KILLS WIFE, ENDS LIFE
PITTSBURGH, June 18 (TP).—'
65-year-old man, shot his estrange;
wife today and then committed sui
cide. Police said he was crazed by
drink. Police said Joseph Berger
went to his wife's home early in the
morning, got her out of bed and shot
her during a tussle for the weapon.
Snuonnab Wofiihj(Thiirs
PHONE 6183
BANKING REFORM
BILL IS LAUNCHED
BY PREMIER BLUM
FRENCH LEFT-WINGS HIT
FIRST BLOW AT POWER
FUL FRENCH BANK
PARIS, June 18 (TP)—The left
wing French government launched its
first blow at bhe powerful Bank of
Franch today.
The Blum Cabinet approved a bill
calling for the reform of the bank
ing institution which has been, the
financial overload of France since
the days of Napoleon. The measure
seeks to take the bank out of the
hands of its self-pereptuating direct
orate and bring it under control of
the state. The measure win be in
troduced in the Chamber of Deputies
this afternoon.
The Cabinet also smashed down on
its most virulent political opponent—
the Fascist party known as the "Cross
of Fire.” For weeks Paris has been
alarmed by reports that the Fascist
leader, Colonel De. La Roque, was
planning a march on the French cap
ital with his 500,000 followers. In an
emergency decree the Blum Cabinet
ordered that the Cross of Fire and
other rightwing parties should dis
band.
The Cabinet also reaffirmed its in
tention to keep France on the gold
standard by approving a measure to
defend the franc. The establishment
of a National Wheat Board was also
proposed to the French Parliament.
A report calling for the nationaliza
tion of the French Arms Industry was
submitted for consideration of the
government.
Premier Blum's whirlwind of bills
and decrees did not tpuch on the re
newed strike movement in Southern
France and the African colonies. At
Marseilles and Lyons, the siege
strikes closed down many plants. A
number of the hotels among the world
■ famous reports on the Riviera were
forced to shut their doors when their
employes walked out demanding that
they receive the labor concessions
granted by the Chamber of Deputies.
RITESSUNDAY FOR
SENATOR FLETCHER
SERVICES JACKSONVILLE
WITH SIX COLLEAGUES
- IN ATTENDANCE
JACKSONVILLE. Fla., June 18
(TP). —A delegation of six senators
and all Florida's members of the
House of Representatives are expect
ed to attend funeral services for Sen
ator Duncan U. Fletcher on Sunday.
Senator Fletcher, the second Flor
ida senator to die within the past six
weeks and the fifth member of the up
per chamber to pass on during th«
present session of congress succumb
ed to a heart attack at his Washing
ton home yesterday. He was 77 years
old. Senator Fletcher.’s passing
brought sorrowful remarks from vir
tually every high official in Washing
ton. from President Roosevelt down.
Tentative plans for the Floridas
senator's funeral call for a service l
to be held in Jacksonville on Sunday.
No official congressional delegation
is planned, but many of Fletcher’s
colleagues in both houses of congress
are expected to make the trip.
Fletcher survived his senatorial
partner, Senator Park Trammell of
Florida, by onjy a little over a month.
Trammel. .1 died on May 3.
LIGHTNING KILLS TWO
NEWARK. N. J., June 18 (TP).—
Two men were killed by lightning
this noon as they worked on a power
cable in Weequahic Park. The vic
tims were Alexander Beveridge and
Robert Webster, employes of the
Public Service Company of New Jer
sey. The men were working 15 feet
from a spot on which Milford Lee
was killed in another thunderstorm
last May.
| WASHINGTC
PROBE BILL PASSED
WASHINGTON, June 18 (TP)
The senate this afternoon passed a
bill which would enable congressional
investigating committees to turn
balky witnesses over to the U. S. dis
trict attorney. All persons held in con
tempt of committees would be liable
to punishment through the courts for
failure to answer questions or furnish
information to investigating commit
tees. '
EASTMAN LOSES OUT
WASHINGTON, June 18 (TP)
The senate refused today to consider
the Wheeler resolution which would
'we extended the job of railroad co
dinator. The office expired last mid
'tot.
10-ordinator Eastman has been
.hiing for w’eeks to extend his of
i’.ce. Senator Wheeler of Montana led
the fight in the senate by advancing
the resolution. When it was reached
today in calendar bills, the objections
JURIST UNLEASHES
BITTER ATTACK AT
GENE TALMADGE
KEYNOTER FORTSON PUTS
CHARGES ON GOVERNOR
OF ACCEPTING AID
I MACON, Ga., June 18 (TP)—The
convention of Georgia Democrats
[ sponsored by Phillip Weltner, former
chancellor of be University of Geor-
i gia system, charged Governor Eu
gene Talmadge today with accepting
certain financial aid from the ardent
enemies of President Roosevelt and
the national Democratic party in or
der to have sponsorship for his ’grass
roots” convention in Macon at the
beginning of the year.
Convening today this convention
selected a probable slate of men from
whom a gubernatorial candidate may
be selected.
Judge Blanton Fortson of Athens
made the keynote speech praising
Weltner's efforts to select a candi
date on the basis qf merit and not
political affiliations. Attacking Tal
madge throughout the entire address,
Fortson criticised the vitriolic gover
nor for making a political machine
out of the various departmental func
tions of the state government.
In conclusion the superior court
jurist emphasized that at the conclu
sion of the campaign, whether winner
or loser, the opponents of Governor
Talmadge will know that they fought
a good fight in seeking to overcome
the pro-Talmadge regime.
LABOR PROBLEMS
FACE ASSEMBLY
IN FRENCH CRISIS
PARLIAMENT TO DEBATE
ALL-IMPORTANT WORK
ER DEMANDS
PARIS, June 18 (TP)—The French
Parliament met today with the big
questions of a 40-hour working week
and collective bargaining rights for
workers staring the deputies in the
face.
On the results of today s debates
may depend the course of the strike
movement which has swept France
and now is spreading to her colonies.
First in the strikers’ demands has
been the 40-hour week proposal and
a cry for collective bargaining has
echoed through the country since the
strike epidemic began.
Parliamentary whips of Premier
Leon Blum are hard at work, lining
up votes favoring the 40-hour week
and collective bargaining bills. Sbc
i ialist leaders are confident that the
two measures wil Ibe voted through
the Chamber of Deputies before night
fall.
j While the legislators argued, fears
arose that strike riots in Algeria and
’ Morocco would prove disastrous.
! Thousands of Algeria nand Morrocan
. workers, making virtually the same
demands as their countrymen across
the Mediterranean, threw down their
• tools and refused to work. There was
considerable disorder, with several
• French factories damaged by enraged
’ strikers..
DEATH WATCH BY
■ GRIM TEXAS MOB
SURROUNDS JAIL SEEKING
ALLEGED SLAYERS
OF OFFICER
i
. BAY CITY, Tex., June 18 (TP)—
i Mob spirit runs high today against
eight negroes who are accused of the
1 murder of a special officer, Tip Sim
mons.
The policeman was killed at a
dance hall at El Campo during a free
for-all fight. The eight negroes were
arrested when one of them confessed
and named the others as his com
; panions.
• A crowd of grim-faced men sur-
- rounded the county jail and demand
-1 ed that the sheriff turn over his pri-
• soners. The sheriff strapped on his
-two guns and stood guard at the jail
t door. Later when the officer hinted
! that the negroes had been taken to
» another prison the crowd set up a
watch at the jail.
ON FLASHES
were so loud that the resolution was
. passed over.
[ CLAIM BILL PASSED
t WASHINGTON, June 18 (TP)
The senate passed a bill today which
would allow persons who lost money
, on government contracts through
compliance with NRA to collect from
L the government. The bill was opposed
by Comptroller General McCarl.
The bill was written by Senator
Walsh. It provides for a review of
these claims against the government
by the court of claims and extends
■ the time when government contrac
' J tors can make their claims.
I
CANAL BILL KILLED
WASHINGTON, June 18 (TP)
The senate this afternoon killed the
i Florida ship canal bill when the meas-
- ure was eliminated from the defi
l ciency appropriations bill. The canal
f project had al eady been denied fur
-1 ther direct relief monies by the White
5 House.
SAVANNAH, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1936
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William Bingaman, 73-year-old Philadelphian, is shown on his arraign
ment in a Philadelphia court where he was held without bail in the death
of his neighbor, Carl Tillman, 40. Tillman, police charge, was knocked
down the steps of his home in an argument over the erection of an iron
fence. He died on his way to a hospital. (Central Press'
TALMADGE LEADS THE WAY
GOVERNOR’S DECISION TO JOIN F. D. R. BAND-WAGON
SEEN BREAKING THREAT OF ANY ANTI-NEW
DEAL DEMONSTRATION.
PHILADELPHIA, June 18 (TP).—
The threat of any serious anti-New
Deal demonstration at the Demo-
I cratic national convention faded to
day with word that Governor Eugene
Talmadge will support President
Roosevelt.
Months ago, Georgias Governor
Gene tangled with the New Deal and
said some harsh things about the
Roosevelt administration. Many ex
pected him to announce himself as
an anti-Roosevelt candidate, but Tal
madge refused to come out on that
score. Later, political prohpets were
free in their prediction that Tal
madge would try to start an anti-
Roosevelt movement on the Philadel
phia convention floor.
Now, howevei. comes the word that
Talmadge has withdrawn his opposi
tion to the New Deal president. In
addressing the Georgia State Demo-
Ge 0. P. Pot Simmers
As Headmen Rest
PARTY LEADERS PLAN
SHORT VACATION FROM
POLITICS
NEW YORK, June 18 (TP)—The
'Big Three” in the Republican Pres
idential campaign are all set today
to take a vacation from politics.
Chairman John Hamilton of the
National Committee is in New York.
While in the east he plans to take a
rest in New Hampshire, after broad
casting an address from New. York
Monday night,
Presidential nominee Alf' Landon
is packing* up for a two-week rest-on
a Colorado ranch. His running mate,
Col.-Frank Knox, is satisfied to take
his vacation in his home city of
Chicago.
Chairman Hamilton has given
notice that he will be in complete
command of the national headquar
ters in Chicago. His assistant chair
men are Harrison Spangler of Irwa,
Arthur Curtis of Missouri and Charl
ton MacVeagh of New York.
The ‘‘Fact Finding Division” of the
party will continue to operate in
Washington.
SUSPECTED SLAYERS
TO FACE TRIAL
IN AGENT MURDER
SOUTH BEND, Ind., June 18 (TP)
The case of two men accused of kill
ing Federal Agent John Foster comes
| up today before a federal grand jury.
Two Tn-” - pvrolis bootleggers, Har
land Crouca "and James Jacobs are
charged with the crime. Foster was
killed last month while pursuing a
car in which Crouch and Jacobs were
riding.
Jacobs, who was captured shortly
after the gun battle, claims Crouch
fired the fatal shots.
VALUABLE HORSES DIE
AS FIRE BURNS SCHOOL
NORTON, Mass., June 18 (TP)—
Twenty-two valuable riding horses
were burned to death today when
flames swept through the riding
school of the exclusive Wheaton Col
lege and House-in-the-Pines School.
The fire had gained much headway
when it was discovered. By the time
firemen reached the scene the barns
had been leveled. Cause of the fire
was undetermined. The total loss to
the exclusive girls schools was placed
at $45,000. .
-1
cratic executive committee, the tous
led-headed governor said:
“I am a party man. I will support
the candidate and platform chosen
at Philadelphia.’
The governor’s announcement came
when the 24 delegates to the Phil
adelphia convention had been in
structed to cast their votes for Pres
ident Roosevelt.
Senator Wagner of New York is
expected in Philadelphia tomorrow
with a tentative draft of the Demo
cratif platform. Postmaster General
James A. Farley, the partys
alisimo, predicted that the 193<? plat
form would whole-heartedly endorse
the New Deal administration. Many
took this to mean that the New Deal
platform would pledge the party to
support legislative moves whch al
ready have been termed unconstitu
tional by the United States Supreme
court.
FORMER MINISTER
BEGINS JAIL TERM
MURDERER FRIEND SUF
FERS IN AFTERMATH
OF ARGUMENT
HOUSTON, Texas, June 18 (TP).
A Baptist minister was whisked away
to the Texas state prison today to be
gin a five-year sentence for the mur
der of his former police chief friend.
Rev. Edgar Eskridge shot down Po
lice Chief Ed O'Reilly on an Orange,
Texas street after an argument over
the- ministers crusade against gam
bling. O’Reilly had threatened to
prosecute Eskridge on a charge ■of
impersonating an officer. Rev. Esk
ridge had led several gambling raids
without police permission.
Shortly before the fatal shooting,
hed personally conducted the cere
mony which made the Chief O’Reilly
a member of his congregation.
ZIONCHECK STILL
AWAITS RELEASE
WASHINGTON, June 18 (TP)—A
gallinger hospital official reported to
day that Rep. Marion Zionchecks re
lease from the Municipal hospital
will only mean a transfer to another
similar institution. The congressman
from Washington state was taken to
Gallinger for mental observation more
than two weeks ago following a series
of escapades that kept him in the
news for five months.
Since Monday, officials at the Mu
nicipal hospital have indicated that
they are ready to release Zioncheck.
Each day, however, plans for his re
lease have been mysteriously changed.
Today Dr. J. L: Gilbert, chief psy
chiatrist of t'hfe Municipal hospital,
declared that Zioncheck would only be
released to another institution.
[LLNESS INCAPACITATES
POLICEMAN AND FIREMEN
The condition of two city firemen
and a county police officer, confined
to St. Joseph’s Hospital following
operations, was reported satisfactorily
improving today.
Fireman Fred B. Merritt, convalesc
ing from an appendix is
expected to be discharged within the
next several days. Fireman Louis
Miller is improving rapidly after a
minor operatino. The hospital re
ported County Police Officer Claude
Henderson can now receive visitors.
PHONE 6183
TOWNSEND PLANS
VITRIOLIC BLASTS
ON PENSION FOES
FORMIDABLE OPPOSITION
THREATENED BY NEW
COALITION
FLINT, Mich., June 18 (TP)—Dr.
Francis Townsend said he will launch
a counter-attack tonight on ths sen
ate committee which cited him for
contempt. Townsend and his new ally,
the Rev. Gerald Smith are in Flint
to address a mass-meeting of 15,000
followers tonight. They said their
addresses will be directed against the
house committee that made an, in
vestigation into the old age pension
plan.
The R'.v. Mr. Smith, who is a lead
er of Louisiana’s share-the-wealth
club, claims the New Deal wants to
tie Dr. Townsend up in legal difficul
ties during the presidential campaign.
Smith said ‘‘they’re afraid of us—
they know we can carry 8.000,000
votes against them alone, and two or
three times as many if we united with
other anti-Nev/ Deal groups.”
LABOR LEADERS
START DRIVE FOR
MILL UNIONIZATION
CONCENTRATED EFFORTS
OF WORKER CHIEFS
MOVE IN UNISON
PITTSBURGH, June 18 (TP).—
Half a hundred union organizers set
out today in a drive to enlist whole
hearted support for industrial unioni
zation of the steel industry.
The first move of the labor chiefs,
headed by John L. Lewis, will take
place in Pittsburgh ships. Later, the
drive will extend to the steel mills in
other parts of the country. 1 ’
Lewis, the president of the United
Mine Workers of America, won out
in his battle of industrial unioniza
tion against craft union policies
when the Amalgamated Association
of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers voted
to throw in with him. The Ameri
can Federation of Labor president,
William Grene, had fought the move
bitterly.
Heads of the newly-formed work
ers organizing committee at Pitts
burgh complanied that steel company
heads already are trying to spike the
union move. Philip Murray, organi
zation committee chairman, sai I
workers are being offered vacations
with pay as an incentive to turn
down union membership. Rumors
that many steel companies are ready
to offer 10 per cent wage Increases
were common. ■
LA FOLLETTFaID
HOPE NEW DEAL
ENDORSEMENT EXPECTED
AT PROGRESSIVES MEET
THIS MONTH
WASHINGTON, June 18 (TP)—
New Dealers expect the progressive
convention called by Senator Robert
M. LaFollette to bring an endorse
ment of the Roosevelt administration.
LaFollette, acknowledged friend of
President Roosevelt’s policies, an
nounced that a conference of progres
sive representatives will be held soon
afetr the Democratic National Con
vention at Philadelphia. The object
of the meeting, he said, would be "to
determine the course of the country’s
progressive leaders during the cam
paign.
Senator George W. Norris, the
Nebraska Republican who endorsed
LaFollette’s move, is expected to
figure prominently at the conference.
An Invitation to attend probably will
be sent to Idaho’s Senator William E.
Borah, but political veterans said it
is doubtful that Borah will accept.
Despite the disappointment the Idaho
“Lone Wolf” suffered at Cleveland,
he is regarded as still a party man.
ready to fight for re-election under
the G. O. P. banner. The New Deal
trend of the LaFollette conference Is
expected to keep Borah away from
the Progressive parley.
MARIS NAMED JUDGE
WASHINGTON, June 18 (TP).—
President Roosevelt today nominated
Albert Branson Maris to the federal
district court bench in
eastern district. Mr. Roosevelt re
cently signed a bill authorizing an ad
ditional district Judge for that sec
tion of Pennsylvania.
MAXIM GORKI, FAMED RUSSIAN WRITER,
DIES AFTER AN ATTACK OF PNEUMONIA
MOSCOW, June 18 (TP)—One of
Russia’s greatest writers, Maxim Gor
ki, died of pneumonia today at the
age of 74 years. The Titan of mod
ern Russian literature has been ailing
for a long time. A week ago an at
tack of pneumonia sent him to bed
and the best doctors in the country
were called In to attend him. The
hard, dynamic life flickered out today
and all the Soviet mourned the pass
ing of a magnificent artist.
Gorki’s real name was Alexei Max
imovich Pyeshkov. Born in the most
miserable poverty, Gorki drudged
away and traveled endlessly across
pre-war Russia gathering the impres
sions that he began to put into his
books In 1892. He discovered Marx
ism for himself in old St. Petersburg, 1
England Urges Lifting
Os League Sanctions
Imposed On Italy
TAX CONFEREES
MAY COMPROMISE
ON ENACTMENT
LAST OBSTACLE TO SCHED
ULED ADJOURNMENT
OF CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, June 18 (TP).—
Agreement is expected today on the
government’s new tax program and
the capitol hopes that congress can
adjourn by Monday.
Chairman Doughton of the house
ways and means committee swallowed
his indignation long enough to pre
dict that the tax conferees will strike
a bargain today. He said treasury
experts will then estimate the prob
able revenue from the tax bill and it
wil be reported to both houses to
morrow. Droughton -was angry be
cause of the ‘leak’ on the tax propos
als yesterday when somebody gave
out the tax proposed rates. Chair
man Dov.ghton said there was some
body in that conference who was
“unworthy to be there."
Capitol reporters are predicting
that opposition to the tax bill will
crack up because of the impatience
of members of congress to get out of
Washington. They expect the tax
bill to go booming .through both
houses soon after it is introduced.
DROUGHT MENACE
THREATENS WEST
WHEAT FIELDS IN DIRE
DANGER FROM LACK
OF RAIN
WASHINGTON, June 18 (TP).—
Government officials said today that
the hot, dry danger of another
drought is imperilling the great
wheat fiends of the American north
west. . In Washington, the depart
ment <f agricuHure reported that
conditions in North Dakota are
worse than they were a year ago.
That was when the drought took a
terrific toll on crops and cattle and
1 even human lives. Secretary Wal
lace said rainfall is far below normal
in all North Dakota and the north
western part of South Dakota.
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace 1
was pleased over conditions in the
dust bowl. He said there is plenty
of rain for cotton in Texas and Okla
homa, and that the cotton bolls will
open even if there's very little more
rain. Wallace said Kentucky is in
bad shape and Tennessee, Missouri
and eastern Kansas have had too lit
tle rain. He declared that unless
North Dakota gets rain soon he's
afraid the wheat crop won’t be w r orth
cutting.
BELGIUMSTRIKES
IN LAST THROES
EMPLOYERS TO ACCEPT
WORKERS VARIED DE
MANDS SETTLEMENT
BRUSSELS, June 18 (TP)—The
widespread strikes in Belgium are
close to a settlement today. An agree
ment was reported to have been reach
ed between employers and uriion re
presentatives of almost 250,000 strik
ers.
Officials said that employers had
finally accepted the sweeping de
mands of the strikers providing for a
40 hour week, holidays with pay and
a minimum wage scale. These de
mands were provisionally won by
workers in France in their wide strike
movement. Officials expect that the
majority of the Belgian coal, iron, and
dock workers will be back on the job
Monday. Meanwhile, the government
has issued emergency decrees to pro
tect the country’s food supplies In
case the strike should spread to bak
eries, lAeat markets and milk dis
tributing agencies.
PAY RAISE ENDS STRIKE
TOLEDO, Ohio, June 18 (TP).—
The strike of 40 employes in the To
ledo Shipbuildnig Company was set
tled today. The employes were given
a raise.
became a Socialist Democrat and lat
er a Bolshevik.
Gorki wrote ”26 Men and a Girl”,
"Chelkash”, and his two best-known
novels, “The Mother’’, and “A Con
fession.” These and his play "The
Lower Depths”, made him a national
hero. After the Russian revolution
he remained an idol among the Rus
sian people, but he stood aloof from
Government affairs. Russia reward
ed by changing the name of his birth
place Niznhi Novgorod to Gorki. They
also named a ship and the worlds big
gest airplane after him. The plane
crashed a year ago last month. Amer
ica knows Gorki best from his drama,
“The Lower Depths”, and the trans
lations of two volumes on the Rus
sian revolution. “The Bystander” and
1 “The Magnet,”
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LONDON, June 18 (TP).—The
British cabinet formally announced
today that there ,is no longer any
point in the League of Nations’con
tinuing its sanctions against Italy.
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
told the house of commons that the
sanctions policy had failed to halt
the Italian aggression. However,
Eden declared that his government
had not abandoned hope in the prin
cipals of collective security.- He said
Great Britain would take the lead
in Geneva discussions and would
stand or fall by the decisions reach
ed by the full League.
Eden declared that the British
fleet would continue to patrol the
Mediterranean. He said the experi
ences during the past few months
required that Mediterranean defenses
be stronger than before the dispute
with Italy began.
Eden also declared that the British
government is not prepared to take
military action of any kind in the
Ethiopian question.
The declaration was made shortly
after he announced that his govern
ment favored the scrapping of
League of Nations sanctions. Eden
said that there is no Ethiopian go*
ernment surviving in the conquered
kingdom. He .said that only outside
military action could now reverse
the Italian occupation of Ethiopia.
Great Britain, Eden said, is not will
ing to take up arms for that cause.
The Ethiopian minister to London,
Dr. Martin, proposed today that the
League of Nations should filfflffsh
money for his defeated nation'to car
ry on her fight against Italy alone.
The proposal was made in a signed
article in the newspaper, “Times.”
Martin declared that the League was
honor-bound at least ‘i> help Ethiopia
get funds to continue the struggle
against the Italian conquerors.
Lloyd George Angry
David Lloyd George bitterly at
tacked the government’s decision to
day to remove sanctions against Italy.
The WoriG war prince minister said
the policy which it has held since
last August. Lloyd Geofljpe told toe
house of commons that he had been
a member of the parliamen tfor 50
years, but that Foreign Secretary
Eden’s speech was the first time he
had ever heard a British minister say
that Great Britain had been beaten.
LUCANIO GIVEN
TERM 50 YEARS
FAILS TO “BEAT RAP” IN
COSTLY TRIAL IN NEW
YORK STATE
NEW YORK. June 18 (TP)—The
droopy-eyed vice chief, Charles Luca
nio, was sentenced from 30 to 50 •
years in prison today. Lucanio and
eight of his henchmen were convict
ed on more than u- counts. Three
others pleaded guilty at the outset. ■
Lucanio, better known as “Ludcy
Lucanio.” was the general figure in
one of the most costly trials in state
criminal history. He had always been
able to “bsat the rap" before. This
time, however, Special Prosecutor
Dewey took great pains to pile up
his evidence and the jury returned
a guilty verdict. Justice Philip Mc-
Cook sent Lucanio "up the river”—
and prepared to hand long prison
terms to his convicted aides.
Two of Lucanio’s chief lieutenants,
James Betillo, and Jimmy Frederico,
drew stiff punishment. Betillo got 25
to 50 years. Frederico got 25. Four
others got sentences ranging from
seven and a half years to 25. The
three men who plead'd guilty at the
outset of the long trial were not sen
tenced toddy.
CORPUSDELICTI!
QUESTION WEEM S DEATH
PARAMOUNT QUESTION
IN STRIKER’S FIGHT
LITTLE ROCK. Ark. June 18 (TP)
State authorities are waiting for
Crittendon County Sheriff Howard
Curlin to make good his boast that
he can produce Frank Weems alive.
Weems is the negro share cropper
whom leaders of the Arkansas cotton
strike say was killed in a strike bat
tle. A minister and a Memphis so
cial worker allegedly were flogged by
a mob while on their way to Weems'
“funeral.”
Governor J. M. Futtrell Is lined up
with the group which insists Weems
is not dead. The governor and oth
er state authorities say the striking
share-croppers staged a mbek funeral
in an attempt to rouse the strikers
to violence.
Sheriff Curlln says he can produce
Weems today. Authorities hope Cur
lin can make good his announce
ment. They believe that Weems ap
pearance would pvt down the rising
tide of strike violence in the Arkan
sas cotton district.
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