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CIRCULAR HAS HEADS WORRIED ANTI-ROOSEVELT PAPER BAFFLES WPA HEADS BALTIMORE, June 38 (TP).— WPA officials in Baltimore today are puzzled by a circular that has been distributed among WPA workers. The circular contains a violent at tack against the Roosevelt adminis tration, urging workers to "vote to get rid of Roosevelt and save your self respect." It reads—" The whip of hunger, poverty, and fear are Mr. Roosevelt’s gifts to the workers of the WPA. You are being bought, body and soul for a slave's wage and deliberately kept down by the men who pull the strings. Because yor are on the WPA roll, they have a chance to use you.” The circular, which Is unsigned, W'arns workers that to be caught with a copy of it might mean the loss of their Jobs, "And that,” It reads, "is GETTING READY FOR BUSY SEASQN m lit | I'lJ * %■ Unpacking shipment of 1936 Stewart-Warner Refrigerators at Air-Conditioning Corpora tion, 10 West State Street. In line with it’s business of mak ing home life more comfortable, the Air Conditioning Corporation of 10 West State street is now offering a complete line of labor saving devices for the home, including the latest type of Stewart-Wamer refrigerators. Use Your Credit t at Helmly’s DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE HELMLY FURNITURE COMPANY WILL OFFER THE PUBLIC SOME OUTSTANDING VALUES See Ow Display as New Spring Furniture tor the June Bride*. “Now on Display” PRICES ARE LOWER THAN THEY HAVE EVER BEEN IN THE HISTORY OF THE FURNITURE INDUSTRY. I. C. Helmly FURNITURE COMPANY YORK AND WHITAKER STREETS ' the proof that what you read here is true." WPA officials said that no formal Investigation will be made. They were at a loss to explain how the circulars were distributed. MURDER RING CAUSES INSURANGE AGENT PROBE BOSTON, June 23 (TP).—Only one of three insurance agents sum moned by State Insurance Commis sioner Decelles appeared and he is trying today to find the reason why Decelles wanted to question the agents about the deaths which are al leged to be the work of a murder ring in the Springfield area. Three agents from Ludlow, Mass., were called by the Massachusetts commissioner. Only one showed up. Three deaths in Ludlow are under investigation and the men were asked to defend themselves against pos sible revocation of their licenses. Production of salt by brine evap oration has been in progress in cen tral New’ York states since 1790. Os interest to housewives is the an nouncement that everyone inspecting their complete Home Equipment Store will be given free a canteen water bottle. A 32-piece set of "Miss Amer ica” crystal ware is being offered for a limited time with every electric Woman Graduates After Seventy Years LONG PERIOD OF COLLEGE EARNS REWARD FOR TEACHER HANNIBAL, Mo., June 23 (TP).— The postman today handed Mrs. Agnes Ferguson the college diploma for whch she had worked 70 years. The degree came from the Univer sity of Wisconsin. Mrs. Ferguson en rolled at the university when she was 17 years old. That was in 1866. She left college shortly afterward to become a school teacher. Down through the years she worked on her degree whenever she could spare the time. When her graduation day finally arrived, Mrs. Ferguson had to miss the great day. She was confined to her home in Hannibal because of an injury received in a fall. All bears are left-handed. refrigerator sold. Making the modem home more livable by first conditioning the air for year-round comfort and then by the installation of labor-saving and economical home equipment is the aim of the corporation. SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1936 RED CROSS UNIT TO HOLD MEETING Announcement has been made by Stewart E. Kraft, chairman of Savan nah hapter, American Red Cross, that everyone who joined the Red Cross at the last roll call is invited to be present at the annual meet ing which is to be held at the De Soto Hotel Monday evening at 8 o’clock, when reports of the organia tion's activities will heard. A board of directors is to be elected at the meeting, from a slate which is being selected by a nominating committee composed of R. L. Schley, chairman; Henry M. Dunn, and Mar tin T. Price. After its election, the board of directors .will appoint a com mittee to nominate officers for the chapter. Other committees to report at the meeting will be one composed of Henry M. Dunn, Judge Emmanuel Lewis, and R- L. Schley, reporting on changes in the constitution and by-laws, and Charles S. Sanford, Wil liam L. Grayson and Raymond M. Demere, to select a general chairman for the annual roll call in November, who, however, will not be named un til later. SAVANNAH MERCHANT % HAS INTERESTING LIFE A lifetime packed with exciting happenings, meetings with famous personages, and of growing with Sa vannah has been the experience of M. Wilensky, now celebrating his thirtieth year in business at Brough ton and Lincoln streets. Coming to the United States in 1882, he obtained a land grant from the government in what is now South Dakota. This he farmed for three years, before the urge to return to the metropolis of New York overcame him. From there, he came to Savan nah in June, 1886, frc . then on, his climb to his present prominent local position was rapid. Many important local improvements have the result of Mr. Wilensky's efforts, including the paving of Lin coln street, the closing of several ob jectionable dance halls, the lighting of Broughton street, the construction of theaters, and others. M. Wilensky and Son, which is the name of the partnership since his son, Moses, was admitted into the firm in 1914, is today a successful re tail establishment dealin in electric refrigerators in a large and modem store at Broughton and Lincoln streets. We Thank You Buddies For Your Thriftiness iii Buying Good, Clean USED CARS We Still Have A Good Stock Os Reconditioned Used Cars Paint, New Tires, New Upholstering. All Makes Os Cars To Choose From - Priced As Low As $50.00. $25,000.00 STOCK OF GOOD USED CARS TO CHOOSE FROM MILLER BARNEY . SOL KAMINSKY PLYMOUTHS - FORDS - CHEVROLETS - DODGES - BUICKS - CHRYSLERS. - ALL LATE MODELS - CHATHAM MOTOR CO. USED CAR DEPARTMENTS LIBERTY AND DRAYTON STS. 415 WEST LIBERTY ST. GOING STRONG! MUCH MARRIED MAN IS SEEKING A DIVORCE FROM NINTH WIFE OLNEY, 111., June 23 (TP)—The self-styled "marryingest man in the world ” Sylvester Plumlee, is looking forward today to another hearing in the divorce court. Plumlee is 62. He has been married nine times during the last 41 years. Right now he is seeking another di vorce. He charges cruelty. The "marryingest man" has definite ideas about modem courting methods. “I never wooed a girl on a bicycle,” Plumlee said, "and as for an auto mobile —“he paused to snap his fin gers in contempt. "I’m strictly a horse and buggy wooer,” he said. SOTHAT’T ]IT! UNUSUAL SIGN AT COL LEGE FINALLY EX PLAINED WELLESLEY, Mass., June 23 (TP) Summer visitors at Wellesley college no longer are puzzled today over the meaning of a four-word sign in the college alumnae office. The sign reads—"Yenching Pillows for Sale.” No one seemed to know just what "Yenching” was. Gueses ranged from a new sport to a possible cure for hay fever. Finally some one asked college authorities what it meant. The answer was that "Yenching” is the name of a college in China. The authorities explained that the pillows or cusl/ons are made in China and sold by Weilesley students for the benefit of the Chinese insti tution. GRADUATE ASSIGNED TO DUTY ABOARD CUTTER Ensign Robert Wilcox, just grad uated from the Coast Guard Academy at New London, Conn., has been as signed to the cutter Yamacraw’ to join the ship July 1. Ensign Wilcox is the son of the late Commander Wilcox of the Coast Guard, and comes here after a three weeks’ leave of ab sence, which was extended upon his graduation from the Academy. Ensign Q. R. Walsh of the Yama craw is undergoing the mental exam inations required for the rank of Lieutenant, junior grade, at Jackson ville, from whence he will return for a physical examination at the Marine Hospital this week-end. “LORD DESMOND” IS EXTRADITED ALLEGED EXTORTIONIST TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO NEW YORK NEW YORK, June 23 (TP)—The long-sought "Lord Desmond” who fig ured prominently in the A1 Smith, Jr., extortion case will be brought back to Manhattan from Los Angeles. The self styled "Lord Desmond” was ar rested there yesterday under his real name, Ernest Desmond De Hagen. Officials said extradition papers will be forwarded from the New Tsrk District Attorney’s office at once. Desmond was indicted last month on a charge of attempted extortion brought by the concert violinist, Piet ro Aria. Desmond disappeared shortly before the indictment was returned and has been the object of a nation wide search. DR. FRECH IS ASSIGNED TO AUGUSTA HOSPITAL Dr. Henry Charles Freeh, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Freeh, 414 West Liberty street, has been promoted from interne at the University Hos pital in Augusta to the post of assist ant resident physician of obstetrics and gynocology of that institution. Dr. Freeh is a recent graduate of the University of Georgia, College of Medicine. He was on the dean’s list every year during his pre-medical training, which was also at the Uni versity of Georgia* He is a member of the medical fraternity, Theta Kappa Psi, and of the Alpha Omega MORGAN NAMED DEAN CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 23 (TP) Harvard university announced today that Prof. Edmund Morris Morgan has been named acting dean of the law schol. Morgan will succeed Dean Roscoe Pound, who resigned several months ago. The resignation becomes effec tive on Sept. 28. Dean Pound is to remain at the university as Carter professor of law’. Morgan is a gradu ate of the Harvard class of 1903. REAL ESTATE LOANS M. GOLDBERG 32 BRYAN ST. f EAST DIAL 4117 GAS COMPANY TO CLOSE FOR ASSOCIATION PICNIC The buesiness office of the Savan nah Gas Company will be closed on Wednesday afternoon from 1 o’clock on to allow employees to attend the annual picnic at Savannah Beach of the Employees’ Association. Surf bathing and athletic events will make up the program for the afternoon, announces L. F. Nease, general chairman in charge of ar rangements. A highlight of the after oon w’ill be a softball game between teams from the office and the service department. SUMMER SCHOOL OPENS Summer school at Benedictine Col lege, ’••Bh twenty-five cadets attend ing, opened yesterday to run until midsummer. Supervising the session is Rev. Paul Milde, O. S. B. Where Else Can As Much Be Had For i So Little Money? % As in INDUSTRIAL CITY GARDENS, “The Salaried Man’s Paradise,” where you may .ac quire not a city lot but a little country estate of one to twenty acres, or more, of fertile, well drained land, on which we will build, and sell to you on terms like rent, a lovely frame or brick bungalow, with modern hath, running water, electric lights, telephone and street car facilities. On this property, you may not only enjoy city conveniences but all country advantages, in that you may have a profusion of flowers, an abun dance of vegetables, fruits, poultry, a pony for your boy, your shooting dogs, etc., with the city only five minutes away. Go out and see for yourself that it is not only a pleasant place to Kve, but a safe, sound and profitable place in which to invest, as the three hundred odd happy, thrifty, prosperous resi dents in INDUSTRIAL CITY GARDENS will testify. Also, in SILK HOPE FARMS (shortly to be offered to the public), you may acquire, on or off the concrete, one to one hundred acres of as fine land as is to be found in the entire country; yet, only three miles from the city limits of Sa vanah, on terms as low as $5.00 cash and $5.00 per tract per month, with NO interest, NO taxes, and your life insured for the first three years. When you will have paid in as much as S3OO, we will either build for you or lend you the money with which to build a lovely frame or brick bun galow, with city conveniences, where all the joyg of country life and pleasures of home ownership may be had, and where you may have the satis faction of knowing that you can make a good living at home on your own land should you ever quit or lose your job. When you will have acquired and paid for such a lovely place, you may justly swell up with pride in that you invested your savings and the money you were paying for rent iu such a place instead of squandering it c y L. H. Smith & Co. 10 DRAYTON ST. m PHONE 7833 PAGE FIVE FROMINEMT SOCIALITE AT RENO FOR DIVORCE RENO, Nev., June 23 (TP)—The New York socialite, Mrs. Adelaide Hutton Durant, has established resi dence near the divorce mills today. Her husband is the Manhattan brok er, Thomas Durant. Mrs. Durant, a cousin of Countess Barbara Hutton Reventlow, is living in the “Tri-Delt” Sorority House at the University of Nevada. BARBERS TO STRIKE NEW YORK, June 23 (TP)—The determined barbers’ strike is to move into Manhattan's east side today. Strike-leader Anthony Merlino said the extension will affect 2,000 bar bers in 1,200 shops. Merlino called his first strike in May. He claims a solid victory thus far, with 14,500 barbers back at work with union contracts.