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VOLUME 2—NUMBER 155
TOWNSEND NAMES
EX-LONG COHORT
AS NEW DIRECTOR
DEFINITE MERGER FORE
SEEN IN APPOINT
MENT
DETROIT, June 29 (TP)—-Definite
merging of the Townsend old-age pen
sion group and the share-the-wealth
organization sponsored by the late
Huey Long was seen today with the
appointment of Rev. Gerald Smith as
a director of the Townsend plan. The
announcement was made by Town
send headquarters.
Smith, a Long lieutenant, took over
command of the share-the-wealthers
on Senator Long’s death. He was
present at the congressional hearings
into the Townsend plan when Dr.
Townsend made his sensational bolt
from the committee room, refusing
to testify further. Together Smith
and Townsend have conferred with
the leader of the new Union party,
Representative William Lemke of
North Dakota. They have not yet in
dicated, however, whether they will
support Lemke s party.
Smith will take the place on the
Townsend directorate o' Dr. Alfred
Wright of Cleveland who testified
against the Townsend plan during
the c ngressional hearings
Said todays announcement: “Be
cause of his attitude, Dr. Wright’s
usefulness in the Townsend move
ment is at an end and he, therefore,
is removed from the national board of
directors."
UNKNOWN NEGRO
MURDERS WOMAN
BRUTAL SLAYING
CONVERSES WITH YOUNG
SON OF VICTIM DUR
ING ACT
CHICAGO, June 29 (TP)—Con-
versing with her seven-year-old son
while he beat the boy’s mother to
death, an unknown negro early this
morning brutally murdered Mrs.
Florence Thompson Castle, 26. by
beating in her head with a brick.
Telling the boy, who was awakened
when the intruder gained entarnce
from a fire escape, he was a “good
doctor," the man after killing Mrs
. Castle, wrote “Thia is Black Legion’’
on the dresser mirrow with her lip
stick. The boy went back to’sleep,
but when he was unable to awaken
his mother in the morning, he ran
screaming to the'hotel desk.
The boy said his mother put him
to bed about 7 o'clock after reeding
to him. He does not know how long
he slept before he awoke, and saw
the negro bending over the bed, and
hitting his mother over the haad
with a brick.
WEEK-END SHOWS
MANY CASUALTIES
HIGHWAYS TAKE TOLL OF
THREE VICTIMS; 85
INJURED
(Special To The Daily Times)
ATLANTA, June 29.—The usual
weekend toll of highway casualties
cost approximately 85 persons their
lives, with the accidents caused by
highway mishaps, railroad crossing
collision, and the many other types
of common highway accidents.
E. S. Pittman of McDonough, Ga.,
lost his life in an auto collision, and
six others were injured. Another col
lision in Atlanta killed James F.
Coombe, and hurt his wife and
daughter. In Athens, Wilma Nichol
son was fatally injured and her
mother, four brothers, and three sis
ters hurt.
Pennsylvania and Illinois led the
country in week-end fatalities, with
New York third.
BALDWIN TO REST
LONDON June 29 (TP)—Prime
Minister Baldwin sent word to his
cabinet today from his country place
at Chequers, saying he must take a
few days rest. The Prime Minister
wished to put aside the cares of state
until Thursday and ease the tension
he has been under for the past month.
Today’s meeting of the cabinet was
presided by the .Lord President
of the Council, Ramsay MacDonald.
IN ETHIOPIA?
ADDIS ABABA, June 29 (TP)
Ethiopian chicken coops are tak
ing a terrific beating these days.
Transradio's correspondent at
Addis Ababa, Eleanor Meade, re
ports that chicken-stealing has be
come a popular sport.
Food is scarce. Canned goods
sell for from 10 to 20 times the
amount usually paid. Flour is un
heard of—except for the flour
turned out by Armenian and Greek
traders. Accordini* to Miss Mead,
that kind of flour is something no
one in his right mind would dare
touch.
Chickens and eggs, of course,
are at a premium. The few Addis
Ababa residents who kept chick
ens are confronted with empty
coops now. What hens the Ethio
pians didn’t steal, she reports, the
Italian soldiers accounted for.
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Quizzed In Slaying
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Lucille Ackerman
Miss Lucille Ackerman was ques
tioned by Frankfort, Ky., police fol
lowing the discovery of the headless
body of her fiance in a culvert. Miss
Ackerman was held under $5,000
bond, but ordered to remain in
Frankfort. The fiance, Jesse Rob
erts, Jr., had been missing for two
weeks.
—Central Press.
BEASLEY IS NOT
SEEKING OFFICE
COMMISSIONER
STATE SENATOR PUTS THE
‘QUIETUS’ ON ELEC
TION RUMORS
GLENN VILLE, Ga„ June 29 (TP)
—State Senator John C. Beasley said
today he would not be a candidate
for the unexpired term of the late
Judge E. L. Rainey as Prison Com
missioner. Senator Beasley said press
reports saying he is seriously consider
ing the race were unfounded. Several
South Georgia papers have said pre
viously in the week that the Glenn
ville Senator would very likely be a
candidate. While the Senator admit
ted he had been approached on the
matter by a number of friends he said
he had not given the matter consider
ation and will not be a candidate.
The Senator, who is one of South
Georgia’s leading political figures,
made it plain that he is not a candi
date for any state office in the forth
coming primary.
Senator Beast's statement fol
lows: .
“I wish to express my profound
gratitude to my many friends who
have asked me to make the race for
prison commissioner and pledged me
their support. I wish it were possible
to sacrifice my business interests and
serve my state in this capacity but
I cannot afford to do it. Press re
ports that I am seriously considering
entering the race are erroneous, for
I have not given it serious considera
tion or intended at any time to
launch a state-wide campaign for the
place.”
COURT OUTLAWS
FREIGHT RATES
IMPORTANT DECISION TO
AFFECT MANY SHIP
MENTS
WASHINGTON, June 29 (TP)—
The so-called contract system of fox
ing freight rates on cargo shipped
from Gulf ,of Mexico ports to the west
coast was outlawed by a federal court
today.
’ The case involved the Gulf Confer
ence of Shippers composed of the
Luckenback Gulf Steamship Com
pany, the Hoyt and Swayne Company
and the Gulf, Pacific Mail Line. The
conference had given freight reduc
tions to shippers who signed six
months contracts for their exclusive
business. The Department of Com
merce held that this contract system
created k furor and appealed the
decision to the District Federal Court
at Washington. D. C. The court
sustained the Department of Com
merce.
SELASSIE BEFORE LEAGUE TODAY
ETHIOPIA’S DEPOSED EMPEROR ADAMANT ON APPEAL
ALTHOUGH WARNED NOT TO BY EDEN.
GENEVA, June 29 (TP).—The de
posed Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile
Selassie, is determined to speak be
fore the League of Nations assembly
—although he has no invitation to
make an appeal.
The emperor notified the secretary
general of the League today that he
must state his case before the full
League body. He will attend tomor
row’s meeting of the assembly as the
head of the Ethiopian legation. Brit
ain’s foreign secretary. Anthony Eden
ZIONCHECK STILL AT LARGE
“MADCAP” SOLON NOT FUGITIVE SO OFFICERS ARE
BAFFLED AS TO ARREST UNLESS HE BREAKS LAW.
WASHINGTON. June 29 (TP)—
Congressman Marion Zioncheck is at
large in the District of Columbia to
da*. The Washington state repre
sentative fled from the Sheppard-
Pratt Mental hospital at Towson, Md.,
and is reported to have re-entered his
office today in the house so repre
sentaives building. The story came
from a charwoman, who said Zion
check drove her away, entered his of
fice and locked the door. Telephone
SUICIDE VERDICT
ATLANTA, Ga., June 29 (TP)
If the theory of Atlanta’s coroner
is correct, a common rubber band
takes its place as an instrument
of suicide.
An aged Atlanta invalid, Mrs.
John P. Ivy, was found strangled
to death with a small elastic
knotted tightly around her throat.
Coroner Done ho o pronounced
death due to strangulation. Then,
he says, members of the family
told him that the victim had re
peatedly threatened to take her
life.
They kept all possible weapons
from her reach, they said, except
a little rubber band.
ENGLAND EXTENDS
CONTROL ON RADIO
FOR 10 MORE YEARS
HOLD, HOWEVER, IS IN
CONTRAST TO THAT OF
UNITED STATES
LONDON, June 29 (TP).—The
British system of government control
over radio broadcasting which is in
complete contrast to the American
system, will be extended another ten
years.
An official announcement issued in
London today revealed the govern
ment has reached its decision on the
question of continuing the British
Broadcasting Corporation. The de
cision follows closely the recommen
dations made recently by the Ulis
water parliamentary committee, with
certain minor exceptions.
Commercial advertisements are
taboo, in line with the government’s
rigid policy of control of all radio
broadcasting since its inception in
England, Wales, Scotland and north
Ireland. Thus the organizations
which have sought to introduce the
American system of radio program
sponsorship by advertisers have been
sternly rebuked.
The government will appropriate
more money, if necessary, to finance
the expenses of the British Broad
casting Corporation but no promise
was made to brighten up the British
radio programs whic hhave been
widely criticized in England in re
cent years. /
RETIRED DENTIST
COMMITS SUICIDE
ILL HEALTH IS GIVEN AS
CAUSE FOR ACT
(Special to The Daily Times)
STATESBORO, Ga., June 29.—11 l
health was assigned as the reason for
the suicide of Dr. R. L. Durrence, 76,
retired dentist of Statesboro, yester
day. Funeral services will bt held this
afternoon at 4:30 o’clock. Surviving
the deceased are two sisters, Mrs. Jo
sephine Cox of Statesboro, who lived
in the home with Dr. Durrence, and
Mrs. Laura V. Sands of Charleston,
S. C.; one nephew and four nieces,
all of Charleston.
The funeral will be at the residence
of Dr. Durrence on Broad street, and
interment will be in East Side ceme
tery.
WEDDING BRAWL VICTIM
BURIED AT NEW ORLEANS
NEW ORLEANS, June 29 (TP)
Funeral services were held today for
Harry Summers Carpenter, victim of
a brawl at a fashionable New Or
leans wedding reception.
At the same time .police tried to
unravel the circumstances that led
to the fight. university's as
sistant football coach, James Percy,
is at liberty on $2,500 bond, accused
of manslaughter.
Police quoted Percy as saying he
struck Carpenter during a quarrel.
The victim’s neck was broken as he
fell.
has tried in vain to dissuade Selassie
from appearing before the League.
Great Britain and other powers have
decided that sanctions against Italy
must be dropped. They fear that Se
lassie may upset their apple cart
with an impassioned appeal to the
small nations whch are members of
the League.
Selassie has indicated he will re
turn to western Ethiopia to take up
the battle against Italy again, single
handed, if the League turns him
down this week.
SAVANNAH. GA.. MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1936
calls to the office got no response.
Washington police said they are
powerless to arres* Zioncheck < unless
he breaks the law. He is not a fugi
tive from justice.
The Washington’s congressman’s
latest exploit came when he leaped
a seven-foot wire fence and fled the
Sheppard-Pratt hospital, into the
woods near Towson. He was held as
a private patient in the Institution un
der mental observation.
‘RAIN TOO LATE,’
FEAR OF FARMERS
IN ARID DISTRICT
WHEAT ALREADY RUINED
BUT PASTURAGE MAY
BE SAVED
CHICAGO June 29 (TP)—Weath
er forecasters predicted heavy rains
in northwestern wheat states today—
but farmers in the region looked out
on their scorched fields with the
comment: “Too late.”
If the rains materialize they will
be the first of any consequence in the
past 30 days. Farmers say their
wheat already is ruined, but a soak
ing downpour might save their pas
turage.
States is the southwestern half of
the wheat belt are more fortunate
than their neighbors in the north. A
$200,000,000 wheat crop is , being
harvested in Texas, Oklahoma and
Missouri. The yield in Kansas also
is reported better than in state’s far
ther north.
A six-man board in Washington is
working out a drougfft -relief program
for the stricken northwest. President
Roosevelt will go over the plan to
morrow when he retumes to his desk
from his home at Hyde Park.
McCARL ATTACKS
POLICY NEW DEAL
COMPTROLLER GENERAL
ISSUES BLAST ON EVE
OF RETIREMENT
WASHINGTON, June 29 (TP)—
Comptroller General McCarl on the
eve of his retjrement, charged the
New Deal today with ’’waste and ex
travagance." McCarl retires tomor
row after 15 years as “the watchdog
of the treasury.” It was predicted in
some quarters that he might go cam
paigning for Gov. Alf Landon.
The Comptroller cited the fact that
the committee of Virginia’s Senator
Byrd did not accept his offer of aid
in its proposed investigation of ways
and means to reorganize federal
agencies for greater economy. McCarl
said the reorganization problem is
legislative. He hoped that Congress
might get busy next year "to system
atically reorganize the. regular agencies
and eliminate a lot of the special and
emergency bureaus.”
The Assistant Comptroller General,
Richard Elliott, will become acting
Comptroller with McCarl’s retirement.
McCarl said he guessed he w’ould go
back to practicing law. Or he said he
might write down some of his ob
servations —or he might go into poli
tics.
ELLIOTT LEADS CHEERS FOR DAD
* Elliott Roosevelt, second son of the President, leads the
Texas delegation in a noisy demonstration for his dad on the
floor of the Democratic convention in Philadelphia.
Central PrcsS.
STEEL’S ANSWER
TO LABOR BODES
INDUSTRIAL WAR
LEWIS PROMISES “FIGHT
TO FINISH IN MILI
TANT REPLY
PITTSBURGH, Pa., June 29 (TP)
—John L. Lewis’ committee for in
dustrial organization today answered
the formal declaration of war by the
steel companies. As expected, the
committee replied with a fighting
statement that said in effect:
“The war is on. It is a fight to
the finish.”
Last night the institute which re
presents all major steel companies de
clared it would battle every effort to
unionize the industry. The institute
declared that it will use every pos
sible means to maintain an open shop
in its factories.
The committee declared today that
the institute’s statement underlines
references made by President Roose
velt with regard to what he called
“economic royalists” last Saturday
night in his speech accepting the
Democratic nomination. The commit
tee added that the institute’s state
ment used the identical wording in
reference to collective bargaining as
did the Republican platform.
The Lewis organization said it was
not interested in fomenting strikes,
and denied any connection with com
munistic activity. The steel magnates’
reference to communism was called
a "red herring.”
The committe also said that the
statement was typical of the steel
industrialists. They charged that the
steel men were trying to thwart the
12-hour day movement and have been
doing so ever since the turn of the
century. The committee declared fur
ther that the steel men have con
sistently fought all progressive labor
legislation.
GEORGIA SOLON
FILES CANDIDACY
LESTER ENTERS RACE FOR
ATTORNEY GEN
ERALSHIP
AUGUSTA, Ga., June 29 (TP).—
The fourth man to qualify in the ap
proaching race for the attorney gen
eralship of Georgia was State Sena
tor W. W. Lester of Augusta. Lester
has been a prominent figure in state
political circles for a number of
years, and w r as appointed in 1935 by
Governor Talmadge to the chairman
ship of a committee to study the tax
system of Georgia.
He was among those interested
in 1934 in a state-wide conference of
law offiicals which sought means of
tightening loop-holes in criminal
courts.
HELEN HAYES
IN REAL DRAMA
MOVIE ACTRESS PLAYS
ROLE IN CHICAGO
COURT
CHICAGO, June 29 (TP)—One of
America's greatest actresses, Helen
Hayes, will play a role in a real drama
today when she is called on to answer
a suit for SIOO,OOO.
The plaintiff is the Chicago dram
atic critic Carol Frink, ex-wife of
writer Charles McArthur. Miss Frink
charges alienation of affections.
Circuit Court Judge William V.
Brothers will preside today when the
case is brought up.
In Weird Love-Death Triangle
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Police of Los Angeles charge a triangular love affair between a 42-year
old mother, her 18-year-old daughter, and a former lieutenant of
who was found murdered after he had drawn a SSOO veterans’ bonus. The
mother, Mrs. Caroline Lindahl, a widow, was arrested on charges of sus
picion of murder, and the daughter, Caroline, as a material witness.
(Central Press) 1
LABOR CHAOS REIGNS IN FRANCE
WORKERS CONTINUE UNPRECEDENTED UPHEAVAL BY
MILITANT DEMANDS FOR HIGHER WAGES.
PARIS, June 29 (TP).—The
French government has three strikes
on its hands today on widely sepa
rated fronts.
Along the Riviera 450 fashionable
hotels closed down. Their owners
say they cannot meet the demands
for higher wages made by cooks, wait
ers and chambermaids. The-services
in Cannes, Nice and Mentone are
paralyzed. More than 1,200 tourUts
are without service in their rooms.
The general strike of 30,000 work-
MYSTERY DEATHS
YET UNEXPLAINED
EXPERT AND DETECTIVES
CLASH OVER POSSI
BLE THEORIES
PITTSBURGH, Pa, June 2£ (TP)
City detectives clashed head-on with
! a Washington criminologist today
over the violet death of Mrs. Martin
Feely and her two children. The
mother and youngsters were strangled
to death in their East End home 10
days ago.
The homicide bureau maintain the
weight of evidence, -nd apparent lack
of motive, point to murder and sui
cide. Criminologist B. J. Creel of
Washington answered that the mur
ders were the brutal work of a prowl
er. It was physically impossible for
Mrs. Creel to have done this thing
herself,” he said.
Professor Martin Feely stoutly de
nied that his wife could have slain
their children and killed herself. He
chimed in wl en criminologist creel
said Mrs. Feely was ot a crimnail
type and that murder was a physical
impossibility.
ITALYTO RAISE
ANCIENT VESSELS
SEEK TO RECOVER TREAS
URES FROM SEA
BOTTOM
ROME, June 29 (TP)—ltalian en
gineers are overhauling their equip-'
ment today, preparing to sail for
Egypt to raise the French warships
sunk by Lord Nelson 138 years ago.
The Italians will sail from the port
of Spezia (Speet-sia) in one of the
biggest diving expeditions ever organ
ized. The engineers and diving ex
perts, aided by Egyptian guides, will
try to raise the warships and recover
the treasures sene to the bottom by
Lord Nelson in the battle of Aboukir.
The sunken ships lie in the Nile
river delta about 70 nautical miles
northeast of Alexandria. Permission
for the work was granted by the
Egyptian government. A French sal
vage company Is financing the expedi
tion, which will be directed by the
Italian engineer, Seminati. He esti
mates that it will take a year to
raise the ships from the bottom.
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DOG DIGS GRAVE FOR THi?
BODY OF PAL
IOWA FALLS, lowa, June 29 (TP)
—An lowa Falls sportsman I. A.
Nichols, returned from a hunting trip
today with a curious tale of animal
friendship.
Nichols was hunting ground hogs
with his favorite dog, a Great Dane.
A smaller dog made friends with the
Dane and joined the hunt. A few min
utes later Nichols mistook the new
comer for a ground hog and shot it. <
The huge Dane picked up its ac- i
quaintance and carried it a nearby i
spot. Then it scocped out a hole with 1
its paws and buried the accident vic- 1
tlm. 1
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men in the northwestern district of
Lorraine continued today. The men
in the iron and steel region axound
Metz complain that their employers
have refused to grant them the bene
fits of the labor reforms established
by Premier Blum.
The third great strike is in full
force at the naval yards at St.
Nazaire. Almost 10,000 men engaged
in construction of French battleships
have thrown down their tools. They
are demanding higher wage scales.
WOMEN FLYERS
CRASH IN HUNT
ANNUAL TREASURE EVENT
CAUSES SMASH OF
TWO PLANES
CHENEY, Wash., June 29 (TP).—
Two wrecked planes mark the course
of the Washington women, flier’s
treasure hunt today.
One plane cracked up as it swoop
ed in to a landing at Cheney. Four
women were injured, inclding the
wife of the former mayor of Yakima,
Mrs. Charles Smith. Another who
was hurt in the Cheney crash was
Mrs. Dora Skinner, also of Yakima.
The other two women escaped with
cuts and bruises.
The women fliers from Portland.
Oregon, Alyce P. Ashburg and Emma
Westover, were seriously injured
when their plane plummeted to the
ground near Mount Archer, Washing
ton. A national guard ship located
tihe fallen plane and a rescue expedi
tion managed to reach the scene of
the crash to take the crash victims
to a hospital.
Fear was felt for the safety of Gov
ernor Clarence B. Martin of Wash
ington when his plane went unreport
ed for six hours after he was due to
reach Spokane. A flotilla of nation
al guard planes scattered through
the state and finally located the gov
ernor at Cheney, where he had land
ed to view the wreckage of Mrs.
Smith’s plane.
LEHMANRETICENT
CONCERNING PLANS
REPORTED RETIREMENT
CAUSES SPECULATION
IN POLITICAL RING
ALBANY, N. Y„ June 29 (TP).—
Governor Herbert Lehman’s slogan
Is still—"no comment.”
Although the National Democratic
party is waiting for Lehman’s an
nouncement that he has changed his
mind about retiring, the governor
still maintains his frigid silence
about the rumored reconsideration.
An ovation at the Democratic na
tional convention failed to bring out
the long-awaited statement. Now it
appears that a breakfast with Pres
ident Roosevelt, and a long confer
ence which followed the breakfast,
also failed to draw out the reconsid
eration announcement. Despite Leh
man's silecne, the New York gover
nor is generally expected to run for
a third term.
New Dealers fear that without Leh
man to head the New York state
ticket, the Empire state may be
switched to the doubtful column next
November. They are pleading with
Lehman to run again on the grounds
that he owes that effort to his party.
“QUEEN” HOME AGAIN
CHERBOURG, France, June 29
(TP) —The British luxury liner
Queen Mary, completed her second
roundtrip between America and Eu
rope to?ay. She docked at Cher
bourg at ten o’clock. Her speed for
the 2.620-mile voyage averaged 28.85
knots an hour.
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IL DUCE DEMANDS
LEAGUE ISSUANCE
MANDATE RIGHTS
ETHIOPIAN CONQUEST IS
SOUGHT TO BE ESTAB
LISHED
GENEVA, June 29 (TP).—ltaly is
preparing to demand that the League
of Nations recognize her conquest of
Ethiopia on a mandatory basis.
It ,was semi-officially learned that
Premier Mussolini will ask the
League to accord Italy the rights and
privileges which go with a League
of Nations mandate. Such mandates
are held by Britain and France over
the former German Colonies in
Africa.
Mussolini is willing to maintain an
open door trading policy in the Afri
can kingdom if his demands are met
in Geneva. His plan, with its con
cession, will be laid before the
League of Nations assembly when it
meets tomorrow.
The note insists that Italy has no
intention of exploiting the Ethiopian
natives nor of forcing them into her
army. The League’s condemnation
of Italy as an aggressor is termed un
warranted. Italy maintains that she
:. furnishing a stable government to
Ethiopia in the same way that the
European powers govern their Afri
can colonies.
The : emorandum states that Italy
is willing to resume her full share of
League responsibilities when sanc
tions are lifted and the League polit
ical front against Italy is abandoned.
ROOSEVELT PLANS
WITH LIEUTENANTS
VARIED FRONT PRESENT
ED TO ATTENTION OF
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
HYDE PARK, N. Y., June 29 (TP)
—President Roosevelt held staff talks
with his party lieutenants today. Illi
nois’ Governor Henry Horner and
the hilippine Islands Commissioner,
Frank Murphy, showed up at the
Roosevelt estate for a quiet chat.
Murphy is prominently mentioned as
a Gubernatorial possibility in his
native Michigan. Horner faces a fight
with Republican G. Wayland Brooks
for the Governor’s chair in Illinois.
New York Democrats watched eager
ly for some |ign from Mr. Roosevelt
or GovemofTLehman TTffirthfTMwr
nor has decided to run again. They
were disappointed. There was no state
ment on this burning issue at all.
Neither could newshawks pick up any
fragments about the reported plans
for retirement of “Big Jim” Farley,
from the Postmaster Generalship. Mr.
Roosevelt will clean up his confer
ences by evening and get back to his
desk in Washington Tuesday.
SON OF FORMER
CHANCELLOR HURT
GERMAN CAPTAIN SERI
OUSLY INJURED IN
ACCIDENT
BERLIN June 29 (TP)—The son
of Theodore Von Bethmann-Hollweg,
the late German Chancellor, was ser
iously injured in an automobile crash
today.
The victim is Captain Von Beth
mann-Hollweg. His car smashed full
speed into another auto. Both cars
were demolished. 'The son of Ger
many’s world-war Chancellor was
taken to a hospital. Physicians say
he suffered a fractured skull.
It was Chancellor Von Bethman-
Hollweg who made the famous re
mark that Germnay’s treaty with Bel
gium was “a scrap of paper.” While
the Chancellor was willing to justify
the invasion of Belgium he refused
to support Field Marshal Von Hinden
burg in his campaign for unrestricted
submarine warfare and was ousted
from power in 1917.
CATHOLIC STUDENTS
OPPOSE RADIO PRIEST
ST. LOUIS, June 29 (TP) —Hun-
dreds of Catholic college students
went on record today as opposing
Father Charles Coughlin’s program
for social justice.
The convention of students took
its stand by refusing to adopt a
resolution endorsing the radio priest’s
ideas.
The resolution had been Introduced
by the Detroit University Dean of
Men Reverend Joseph Luther.
DAUGHTER’S ILLNESS
WORRY TO MUSSOLINI
ROME, June 29 (TP).—Premier
Mussolini tourned his back on af
fairs of state today and rushed to
the bedside of his youngest daughter,
Anna Maria, who Is critically ill. The
child is six years old. She is with
Her mother and other members of
the family in a summer villa on the
oi tskirts of Rome. Il duce would see
nobody but the doctors and his
daughter.
No official bulletins were issued
but reports reached Rome that Anna
Maria’s condition is extremely gravt.