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SPLENDID POLICE WORK.
foo*n all appearances the mystery of the brutal mur
der of Peter Careftas, prominent G*reek-American resident of Sa
vannah, is wived and the case about to be marked finis as far as
the Chatham County Police are concerned. The men of this or
ganization assigned to thas case, one of Hie most brutal murders
in crime annals of the county, faced perhaps the most tmsnr
mountable odds which have ever befallen the lot of a local po
lice organization to overcome.
Balked at every turn by lacK of evidence and witnesses who
knew absolutely nothing about t-he actual slaying, the police froti
our oounty organization went ahead and today are sure they
have solved the oase. The result is that there are three men in
jafl at the present time. One, the alleged self-confessed killer of
Carellas; the second, a brother and accomplice, and the remain
ing prisoner, a self-confessed witness to the dastardly deed.
It was only by the persistent efforts of the police that the
alleged murderer was apprehended. It was only by the untiring
zeal and self-sacrificing ideals of the force that the case was ap
parently solved and the alleged murderer safe behind bars.
This clearly shows to the public at large the smooth working in
ner functions of our highly organized group of Chatham county
officers. It is not to be wondered that the crime ratio for the
county is always at a low ebb? The public clearly realizes the
intrinsic value of this organization and In tribute to the men who
made it possible that the mystery killing be solved, they pay
their highest compliments.
Peter Carellas was a highly respected Greek citizen of this
community, a man whose ideals and principles have always been
of the highest, and whose unfailing zeal placed him high in the
hearts of the local civic leaders for his never ending flow of per
sonality and unselfish devotion to the city which was his home.
The Savannah Daily Times wishes to congratulate the Chatham
County Police Department along with the plaudits of the city at
large for what we hope is the solving of this crime, and wish to
bestow the very best wishes of the citizens of the city and county
on the police for their efficient and untiring work.
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Editor The Daily Times,:
As a visiting troubadalir, I have
spent one of the most enjoyable weeks
of my life in this historic old city.
In no other city of its size in the
United States does one find such
magnificent parks and playgrounds.
The founders of the city were men
of broad vision and constructive
minds-
The monuments are works of the
finest artists of their day. ’Tis a note
worthy thing to dedicate monuments
so heroic and finer still to those of
Contract
Bridge
GAME ONLY AT DIAMOND*
West bid and made 4-Spades, but
he should not have done so. This
feat was due, not to declarer’s good
judgment and play, but to the open
ing lead of North’s Ace of hearts, en
abling declarer to escape with a loss
of two heart tricks and a single spade
trick. An opening lead of a low heart,
a low club or North’s lone trump
would have defeated the spade con
tract.
Perhaps partner’s double of North’s
overcall of 2-Clubs, when West made
an opening bid of 1-Spade, threw
West off, whereas East’s bid of 2-
Diamonds, over the 2-Club6 might
have appeared stronger. In any event
West refused to support his partner’s
diamonds, even though East ran the
bidding to 4-Diamonds.
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With East playing the hand at 5-
Diamonds, South has a choice of four
opening leads. First suppose that he
leads a spade. Win with dummy’s
/ice and discard one of declarer’s
hearts. Led a and dis
foreign beloved who gave their life
for the cause of liberty. But where
are the monuments to your ports?
In vain did I look for a bust of the
world’s master spirit of his day, that
sirfoMme poet, artist, Sidney lanier.
San Antonio, Texas, Montgomery,
Ala., have done him homage.
Truly a prophet is not without hon
or save toi his country. The Marshes
of Glynn are not far distant and so
charmingly did he write of them.
May I suggest that your next monu
ment be dedicated to Sidney Lanier.
His memory will live when mortal
heroes are long forgotten.
The Song of the Chattahoochee,
The Hills of Habersham, The Valley
of Hall, and Into the Woods my Mas
ter Went have a spark of the divine
and how well he sensed the injustice
of his day. His poem “Com” cries
out against the vicious system. Noth
ing is lost that’s wrought in tears. The
music that he made beloved is now
the music of the spheres.
ROBERT MURPHY.
last of the Troubadours.
card the last of his hearts. South
will be in with his K of spades. The
only other trick he oan win will be
with his Q of diamonds. South can
not keep declarer from gaining entry
to dummy he will discard all his low
er dubs upon leads of dummy’s es
tablished spades. This will give de
clarer 5-odd.
Try having South make an open
ing lead of his top heart. Play dum
my’s Q and lose to North’s Ace. What
shall North lead back? A spade lead
wil lenable declarer to at once dis
card two clubs, with South able to
win only his Q of diamonds. Declar
er will win 5-odd, losing a single heart
and single diamond. If instead of
leading back a spade, when North 1s
in with hs Ace of hearts, he leads a
heart, dummy will al once gain lead,
and the discard of one club on dum
my’s Ace of spades and the cross
ruff will follow, just as if North had
led back a spade. A return of a
club will result just as it did with a re
turn lead of a spade or heart. No re
turn lead by North can defeat 5-Dia
monds.
An opening lead by South of either
a low trump, high trump or a clui
will enable declarer to flfill his con
tract, just as an opening lead o!
either a low spader or the 10 of
hearts worked out.
In case South chooses to ruff the
second lead of clubs with his Q, then
leads a diamond, he cannot defeat
the contract, as dummy will have one
les6 club to ruff, and so will not mind
the tramp lead.
Thomas Inch, Britain, supported an
adult elephant! He used a platform
. which enabled him to stand over the
. animal. Explaining, he said: “The
» great secret of strong man acts is
5 to support weights rather than lift
s them, simply because the bones are
, much stronger than muscles.”
GUESS WHO!
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—WASHINGTON AT A GLANCE-
G. O. P. HOPES CLIMB,
Fnder Power as Landon Leadership,
DEMOCRATS WONDER
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Cntral Press Staff Writer
PHILADELPHIA, June 23—Arriv
ing in Cleveland just before the be
ginning of the republican convention,
I found an atmosphere of discour
agement overshadowing the whole G.
O. P. situation.
The delegates’ obvious impression
was that they were putting up a tic
ket to be defeated to a oertainty.
Since then the G. O, P. has chirk
ed up amazingly.
It doesn’t exactly expect to win
but it seems to begin to feel that it
stands a chance.
* * *
Another Tune
At the same time that Republican
hopes have been on the bulge, Demo
cratic hopes have been on the wane.
The Democrats don’t think that
they will be beaten indeed but they
recognize defeat as a possibility.
Landon is recognized as the best
nominee the Republicans could have
chosen. Farley’s blundering is begin
ning to sink hi. Cummings has made
matters worse by his dismissal of
income tax suits in Louisiana.
Business has improved but is still
anti-administrationistic. Unemploy
ment hasn’t materially decreased.
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SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1930
The situation hasn’t exactly revers
ed itself but it’s modified.
The Democrats think they’ll win
but they don’t expect it as confidently
as they did.
The Republicans think they stand
a show.
* * *
Situation Reversed
The situation is the reverse of the
one in Cleveland where Republican
ism began on a note of defeatism and
ended in tolerably high spirits. On
the opposite hand Democracy didn’t
even arrive in Philadelphia in a state
of more than synthetic enthusiasm
and can’t leave it more than artificial
ly’ enthused.
Hie nub of it is—
The New Dealers thought they had
a walkover.
They find that they have a hard
fight on their hands.
The chances still are their way but
no etneh.
In times of peace, tfhe United
States ifarine corps is charged with
the duty of protecting American life
and property in foreign countries in
case of disorder. Marines may be
landed on foreign soil without a de
claration of war.
The Grab Bag
ONE-MINUTE TEST
1. When rendering first aid to a
person -who has fainted, should the
head of the victim be placed higher
or lower than the body?
2. What country was known at one
time as Iberia?
3. Distinguished between chiroprac
tors and osteopaths.
HINTS ON ETIQUETTE
When newlyweds announce they
are “at home,” all their friends and
relatives should pay them a brief
visit.
TODAY’S HOROSCOPE
Women born on this day have a
motherly nature but are apt to be
lovers of finery and showy ornament.
Men whose birthday is today have
poetic instincts with rather a doubt
ing quality of mind.
HOROSCOPE FOR SUNDAY
Persons whose birthday is Sunday
are sympathetic, kind, and in spite of
their innate changeableness of na
ture, true and loyal. They are eager
to gain and impart information.
ONE-MINUTE TES TANSWERS
1. Lower
2. Spain.
3. Chiropractors treat disease by
manipulating the spinal column;
osteopaths treat aliments by manip
ulating bones, ligaments or muscles.
—WORLD AT A GLANCE—
YOUTHIMPATIENT
Over Continued Struggle for Jobs
MAY TAKE ACTION
By LESLIE EICHEL
(Central Press Staff Writer) •
A MAN FROM San Francisco re
marked to this wrtier, “You ought to
go across country, to city, town,
hamlet and farm to hear what peo
ple are saying. They are saying what
the nation ought to hear.’’
Yes, that is true. But this writer
does hear. He meets hundreds of per
sons in all walks of life. Others cor
respond with him. And newspaper
men in many communities forward
their thoughts.
This column tries to convey that
thought; daily.
But it is difficult for 127,000,000
persons to put their thoughts into a
cohesive whole. A nation as large as
this is a mosaic, each unit of differ
ent design.
* * *
Youth
Radicalism in the United states
will not spring from works or Reds,
remarks the San Francisco man.
He adds: “It will spring from the
millions of unemployed youth.
“They, eventually, will demand a
future—or make it for themselves.”
There you have in two sentences
the problem of America’s future.
This post-depression period has been
one similar to the post-war period.
Then, old men drew the Versailles
treaty. Only hate sprang from it. To
day, old men try to fit laws to a
tremendous cosmic emergency.
And the law’s dam that which
should flow freely. In the end, dams
burst—and there is havoc, and much
is lost.
• * •
Which Direction?
The question no longer is, “Will
youth seize control?”
It will. We shall die off, youth will
step up.
The question is, “Which way will
youth go—right, toward fascism, of
left, toward a broad socialism?”
Men discuss that in clubs, and
quail. There is no need to quail.
Meet youth face to face, speak in
realistic terms.
There still is time—the San Fran
cisco man remarks—to give youth a
square deaL
(P. S.: The man from San Fran
cisco is not a young man.)
* * *
Realistic Approach
Americans shrink from a realistic
MyNew York
By
James Aswell
(Copyright, 1936, Central Press As
sociation)
NEW YORK, June 23.—The con
cerns which rent dress suits and top
hats are zooming back to prosperity.
I passed an old-established shop in
Second avenue a few nights ago at
dusk and saw a band of thirty or
forty olive-skined and husky gentle
men emerge resplendent in rented
finery and toppers. An Italian wed
ding was scheduled.
The proprietor, who bowed his
clientele lout* stood behind giving
his hands the satisfied dry-wash. I
asked him how business was and he
beamed answer that business was dou
ble what it was year before last.
This despite the fact that the
town’s uppity crowd, which wears lbs
own togs, actually is discarding the
convention slowly. Every year you
see fewer dinner jackets and fewer
“white tie” ensembles. The top hat,
before long, will be extinct except
upon the heads of diplomats and
politicoes.
Yet the foreign element, enormous
in New York, pays no attention to
these shifts. It likes to have its wed
dings and funeral in the grand man
ner and the result is that the rental
racks get a heavy play. Not a few
relief checks, I am told, have found
their way into the coffers of the full
dress lessors .
* * *
Now the showboats which ply the
surrounding river waters are bidding
for the night club trade, and getting
a healthy hunk of it. They have, it
may interest you to know, adopted a
different and ingenious tack this year.
It’s “the ocean cruise for the man
without much money” angle these
nights, and the tinkly barges have
installed much of the equipment of
the transatlantic giants. Bingo,
checkers, backgammon, shuffleboard,
potato races, turtle races and all man
ner of similar salty diversions, just
as on the ocean palaces, have been
provided—along with the hoopla of
the sip-and-tap salons.
* * *
Ely Culbertson, who made millions
out of a pack of cards, passed through
here the other day on his way to Eu
rope. I saw him in the foyer of a
theater at the entr’act, smoking long,
thin, imported cigarettes in a long,
thin, imported holder.
Culbertson, who has the reputation
of being a cross and crochety gentle
man, quick to explode at the bridge
table, is actually a calm and perfectly
composed person. His flyers in tempe
rament —usually when the reporters ’
are on hand—are on a par with La
Garbo’s melodramatic flights from the i
scribbling lads. Publicity.
* * ♦
The recent passing of G. K. Ohes- I
terton was being bemoaned by a
group the other night and various
of his legends were being recalled.
Someone mentioned the critique of a
London newspaper at the height of
G. K.’s boisterous prime, which ran:
“G. K. Chesterton is suffering from
hearty degeneration of the fat.” <
Another commentator pointed out <
that Chesterton was in the modem f
literary tradition of embracing the
Catholic faith in middle life. So many
writers in the last decade have done
this. Ernest Hemingway, Jean Coc
teau, T. S. Eliot and Joyce Kilmer
are a few instantly called to mind.
The scsholarly reader will no doubt
think of others.
approach to problems. That is, if
one judges by political speeches and
radio talks.
Soothsaying seems to be a welcome
drug.
Or maybe it isn’t?
But listen to the speeches and talks
—and is it any wonder youth turns
away in despair?
Universities are turning out men
in large numbers. Those men desire
jobs, not dicta on rights or freedom
or constitutionality. They must live.
They desire homes, families, life.
That is normality. Anything that
obstructs it is abnormality—no mat
ter what some Elders may say.
Yes, indeed, this writer has spoken
with many young men. He knows
what they are saying.
Political leaders, business rulers and
editors would find it wise to com
mune with these young men. Other
wise, we may have a tragic decade.
For the folly of Versailles is being
repeated by the Elders—in the opin
ion of Youth.
Not In the News
By WORTH CHENEY
OUR RECENT column on the le
gend of the “Triple Warning” (has its
sequel in this unusual folk story,
which may or may not be of Ameri
can origin. This legend also is re
lated by C. David Vormelker, writer
for Central Press Association, who
is the source for the previous story.
This story concerns the experience
of a young man who was driving
home alone in his car. It was autumn
and the streets were wet and slippery
from a heavy rain that had been fall
ing during the evening. «
The hour was late and the traffic
was thinning out fast. Finally he not
iced a complete absence of anyone
on the streets, either walking or
driving. He approached traffic lights
with monotonous regularity, and al
though tempted to ignore them, he
stopped at each one.
In a suburban section of the city,
where no street cars or busses were
available, he again was stopped by a
light. Great was his astonishment
and surprise when, as he happened
to glance toward the curb, he noticed
a girl standing in the rain without
a raincoat or hat. Her predicament
was obvious, so he decided to be a
good Samaritan and take the girl to
her home..
He opened the door and, leaning
out, asked the stranger if she wished
to be driven home. At first she shook
her head, but at his insistence
finally came forward and stepped into
the rear seat .
His surprise at finding a girl of her
bearing and appearance standing out
in a pouring rain at such a late hour
grew to astonishment when he touch
ed the girl’s arm to assist her into the
car. It was then that (he noticed her
dress and her hair were as dry as
the sands of the Sahara, apparently
untouched by the driving rain.
When he inquired as to where she
wished to go, she gave him the ad
dress in a calm, but somev :-t queer
voice. As they drove along, our ad
venturer attempted to make conver
sation, but try as he would, he re
ceived no answer. Feeling a bit chag
rined that the girl wouldn’t evince
enough interest in him even to reply
yes or no to his remarks, he turned
sharply to rebuke her. But his trifling
anger disappeared and gave way to
amazement and fear when he looked
around. The rear seat was empty—
his passenger had disappeared.
Perspiration broke out in beads
upon his forehead. He stopped car
and looked out. He looked all around
the machine and in every direction,
but nothing was to be seen of her.
Puzzled and frightened, he climbed
back into the car wondering what he
should do. Finally he decided to go
to the address she had given him and
try to solve the mystery her disap
pearance had created.
He doubted if there was such an
address and was surprised when he
found there was. It was a large (house
with a wide veranda. He left his car
on the street, walked to the door and
pressed the bell button.
It was but a minute or two before
a handsome, white-haired gentleman,
dressed in formal evening clothes,
opened the door. He managed to
stammer out his story to the old
gentleman, and then inquired if the
young girl belonged there.
“Yes,” said the man in a calm, de
liberate voice, “that was may daugh
ter.
“She was killed in an accident sev
eral years ago at the very spot you
met her this evening, and on this
very date. Since that time, every year
she appears at that spot on this date
and starts her journey home again,
but ” and tears came to the man’s
eyes—“sihe never gets here.”
You’re Telling
Me?
WHAT THIS country needs is not
a good five-cent cigar, but a surefire
memory course to be taken by poli
ticians who have a tendency to for
get their campaign promises.
* * *
Picture of an optimist: A Pitts
burgh businessman going to work
in a white linen suit
* * *
When both big political parties
agree on any reform legislation you
can be sure that its something every
one else has been in favor of years
ago.
* * *
Maybe it is just a coincidence,
but have you noticed most of
these political speeches are broad
cast at a time usually known as
the Slumber Hour?
* * •
No matter what the Republican
Today is the Day
By CLARK KINNAIRD
Copyright, 1936, for this Newspa
per by Central Press Association
Tuesday, June 23; Birthday of Ed
ward VIII, a holiday in Britain and
possessions: Victory Day in Estonia;
first day of 2-day Mid-summer festi
val holiday in Finland, Sweden and
Latvia. Dragon Boat Festival day in
China.
* * *
NOTABLE NATIVITIES
Edward Albert Christian Georgt
Andrew Patric David Windsor, nee
Wettin, b. 1895. . . Irvin Shrewsbury
Cobb, b. 1876, novelist and cinemac
tor .. F. Ryan Duffy, b. 1885, sen
ator from Wisconsin . . . Laurie
York Erskine, b. 1894, author-creator
of Renfrew of the Mounted, etc. . .
• * *
TODAY’S YESTERDAYS
June 23, 1314—A great day in the
annals of Scots. Robert de Bruce,
40, led 40,000 Scots against the 60,000
invaders of Edward II of England, in
the battle of Bannockburn, and rout
ed them in an engagement which
lasted through the next day and
forced the English to flee from Scot
land. English loss was 10,000, in
cluding one eatl, 42 barons, 200
knights. Scotch loss: 4,000, includ
ing two knights.
* * *
June 23 1757—Fourteen years after
Robert Clive, impoverished clerk in
despair, sought to commit suicide, he
and his 3,200 followers whipped Sura
pud Dowlah’s 50,000 in the battle of
Plasey and became masters of India.
The pistol Clive turned against his
head snapped twice and he flung it
from h*m, exclaiming, “It appears I
I am destined for something; I will
live.”
He was destined to make India a
British empire.
One Hundred Years Ago Today—
The United States Treasury had a
surplus which it apportioned among
the 26 states to reduce t;l:es! The
states received $28,000,000 pTus, in
proportion to their representation in
Congress.
June 23 Among State Histories:
1611—Henry Hudson, explorer was
taken from his ship in the strait
named for him and set adrift in a
small open boat by mutineers. He
was not heard from again . . . 1683
—Traditional date of the legendary
treaty of peace and friendship be
tween William Penn’s company and
the Amerindians whose lands he ac
quired to establish Pennsylvania. . . .
1909—Cape Cod canal construction
, commenced . . 1924—Lieut. R. L.
■ Maugham made the first nonstop
flight across the U. S., dawn to dusk.
FIRST WORLD WAR DAY BY DAY
20 Years Ago Today—Victor Chap
man, of New York, was shot dead in
his pilot’s seat, a few minutes after
, two German pilots were sent crash
ing behind the lines of Verdun by
the fire of his machine gun. He was
the first of the Lafayette Escadrille
to die.
(To be continued)
-All Os Us -
SO YOU’RE going to your own
life, are you?
Well, that’s an excellent thing to
do, but how are you going to do it?
Usually, when a man or a woman
says that, it’s said defiantly, in re
bellion .
A man’s fed up with his obliga
tions and responsibilities.
A woman’s had enough qf the re
strictions upon her and hates being
"tied down.”
So they are going to file the
chains and throw them away and for
all future time, to the end of their
days, do just as they please.
But it can’t be done.
Not without moving to an unin
hbited island in the South Seas and
being all by yourself; and even there
you might be haunted by the things
and the people you’ve left behind,
the things you are leaving undone,
the people who need! you.
If you were the last man or woman
on earth you might live your own
life, but it wouldn’t be much of a life.
In a selfish way, no human being
can live his own life. . . . That sort
of thing is finished, entirely. We are
all deeply dependent on what other
men, long dead, have done to make
this life that is ours today. And so
much that we do now is dependent on
what other men and women, all
around us, are doing. We are safe
because the overwhelming majority
of other human beings are decent or
kind. We are comfortable because
unseen millions do their job and live
THEIR lives in an orderly and civil
ized fashion.
We CAN live our own lives, to be
sure, but they must be bound up with
the lives of others and cannot be cut
or disentangled.
This isn’t theory, this isn’t emo
tion. Nor is it preaching. It is as
true as the multiplication table, as
inexorable, as matter of fact. . , .
If you don’t believe it, TRY to live
your own life, all by yourself.
The ecclesiastical title of the su
preme head of the Roman Catholic
church is: His Holiness, the Pope;
Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus
Christ: Successor of St. Peter, Prince
of the Apostles; Supreme Pontiff of
the Universal Church; Patriarch of
the West; Primate of Italy; Arch
bishop and Metropolitan of the Ro
man Province; Sovereign of th*
State of the Vatican City.
orators say about the Democrats, they
must admit the New Dealers know
their A, B, C’s.
* * *
The dictionary defines “arche
ologists” as those engaged in dig#
ging up the relics of the ancient
past. So that’s the scientific term
for radio comedians!
* * *
“The rain,” says an ancient pro
verb, “falls alike, on the just and the
unjust." But never on our front
lawn until we've completed fout
hours of intensive sprinkling.