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VOLUME 2—NUMBER 157
FIVE DIE, 26 HURT WHEN BUS LEAPS OFF BRIDGE
Talmadge Foes Plan Writ To Bar Candidacy
Ace In Hole
Is Planned
By Enemies
GENE MAINTAINS DIS.
CREET SILENCE AS TO
INTENTIONS
(Special To The Daily Times)
ATLANTA, July I.—Foes of Gov
ernor Talmadge are planning a coiu’t
battle to prevent him from running
for governor again in the September
primary should he qualify for that
office. ,
This was learned here today from
reliable sources in the anti-Talmadge
camp as political tension reached a
white heat with the governor’s prom
ised July 4 announcements of his in
tentions only three days ahead.
The legal proceedings will be in
the form of an injunction against
the State Democratic Executive Com
mittee to prevent them placing Tai
madge’s name on the ballot should
he qualify.
Under the present state constitu
tion the governor is not qualified to
serve more than two consecutive
terms, and since the rules of the
Democratic committee require a can
didate to be qualified before hu name
can be placed on the ballot, it was
understood the court petition would
claim the governor “not qualified to
run.”
A pending constitutional amend
ment providing a single term of four
years for the governor will not be
voted on until November,
Meanwhile Talmadge continued to
maintain silence on his jolitical in
tentions ' which he has promised to
reveal July 4. However, anti-Tal
madge forces today are of the belief
that threatened court action might
caur« the fl aw*jor ■W' turn his eyes
toward the United States senate and
oppose Senator Russell, or there was
some talk of the governor not seek
ing any ofice, but backing a Tai
madget ticket with the hope of gain
ing complete control of the state.
PRISONER TELLS
OF NIGHT RIDERS
f
GIVES TESTIMONY INDICT
ING NORTH CAROLINA
FLOGGING BAND
WILMINGTON D. C„ July 1 (TP)
—A jail prisoner held on statutory
charges piled up testimony today
against a flogging night-rider band
of North Carolina.
The prisoner, Pink King, said the
terrorist gang was formed to r*d
Clarendon County of what he called
“unc'esirable men and women.” The
night riders are accused of at least
six floggings over a period of as
many months. A grand jury is hear
ing evidence against them. “G" men
may step in if it is proved that the
mobsters took their victims across
the state line into South Carolina.
A woman, Bertha Fowler, and her
14-year-old daughter, were among per
sons who said they were flogged June
4th by the night riders. Officers say
that three other persons, including
Lihue Fowler and his two daughters,
have been taken from their homes
and beaten since the first of the year.
MINIMUM WAGE LAW
EFFECTIVE IN OHIO
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 1 (TP) —
A minimum wage law became effec
tive today in Ohio, raising the wages
of approximately 35,000 women and
minors. Pay increases averaged 40 per
cent, according to estimates by the
state industrial relations department.
The law is headed for a test of its
constitutionality in a case before the
Columbus federal district court. A
hearing will be held on Aug. 1. Ohio’s
wage law is almost identical with that
of New York state which was de
ciared unconstitutional in the U. S.
supreme court.
MEAN WARDEN
REFUSES TO PERMIT ALCA
TRAZ PRISONERS TO
READ AQUATIC BITS
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1 (TP)
Warden Johneton of Alcatraz prison
gave stem orders today against fur
ther circulation of a book found in
one of the federal penitentiary cells.
Alcatraz, as you know, is the island
prison where some of the nation’s
most dangerous criminals are kept
surrounded by miles of water.
The book Warden Johnston banned
was entitled:
“How to Swim in Ten Easy Les
eons.”
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GROUP ASPIRING
i FOR ‘ZIONY’S’ JOB
AS CONGRESSMAN
I FIFTEEN CONTESTANTS TO
i ENTER RACE AGAINST
MERRY SOLON
WASHINGTON, July 1 (TP)—
As the madcap Congressman from
Washington State —Marion Zloncheck
—is speeding homeward, the report
reached Washington that at least 15
people are after his job.
At present, seven Republicans and
6 Democrats have definitely decided
to enter against the Congressman
whose escapades figuratively put the
capital on its ear. Several other pro
gressive candidates are expected to
enter later.
Friends of Zioncheck. however say
that he wHI run again confident of
victory. They say that the Libera!
legislator’s legion of friends among
the laboring groups of his district
will be the background of his support
The Washington Congressman’s of- '
flee also reports that no letters have
’been received from constituents pro
testing his conduct. On the contrary,
the office says .numerous offers nf •
help have been received from friends
of the congressman In his district
Zioncheck had a number of things
to say as he sped across the con
tinent aboard a train —bound for
Seattle and home. He said his fam
ous Washington exploits were perform
ed as jokes—even his delivery of
beer bottles at the White House.
The incident took place several
weeks ago, after his bride walked
out on him for the first time. He
went to ask President Roosevelt to
help him find her. Unable to see the
President, Zioncheck left a brief case
full of bottles fly spray and ping
pong balls in the White House staff.
“President Roosevelt loves a good
joke,” he explained. “So. I was go
Ing to tell him that the bottle con
tained laughing gas. The fly spray
was to be u?ed on my' friend, Jim
Farley, and the balls were symbolic
of putting New Deal critics away In
the moth balls.”
“Most of us play practical Jokes
at times,” the Congressman went on,
“which—if they failed—would look
awfully silly.”
Washington authorities saw no Joke
in Zionchecks pranks. They sent him
to a hospital for observation by mental
specialists.
TREASURY REPORT
BY MORGENTHAU
BRIGHT STATEMENT EX
PECTED IN ANNUAL
COMPILATION
WASHINGTON, July 1 (TP).—
Secretary of the Treasury Morgen
thau will go before the nation by
radio tonight to give a “fiscal year
day” report on the condition of
Uncle Sam’S finances.
Today is the first of the 1936 37
fiscal year—the new year’s day of
government finance.’. It finds the
country’s public debt at an all-time
high, $34,000,000,000, and the past
year’s expenditures establishing an
other peace-time record—sß,793,ooo,-
000.
Federal auditors who worked far
into the night to reach ther annual
balance are expected to brighten the
financial picture with their report to
treasury heads. It is believed that
final reports will show the $4,750,-
000,000 deficit to be about a billion
dollars less than was predicted a few
months ago.
ALLEGED NEGRO BANDITS
IS CAPTURED BY POLICE
ATLANTA, July 1 (TP).—A brief
reign of terro conducted by two ne
gro bandits came to an end today.
Ten victims identified two negro sus
pects from a large police lineup as
the men who have been terrorizing
the residential sections of Atlanta.
The two negroes later confessed,
but their names were not made pub
lic. A third suspect has ako been
• apprehended.
FOREST FIRES RAGE IN KENTUCKY
FLAMES SWEEP OVER FOURTEEN COUNTIES IN BLUE
GRASS STATE; TWO MILLION ACRES ENDANGERED.
PG-1- FOREST FIRES (6)
FRANKFORT, Ky, July 1 (TP).—
Nearly every available man in Ken
tucky la heping fight forest fires
which are racing oNer 14 counties of
the Blue Grass state today.
Civilians are aiding more than
1,500 CCC workers in the battle to
halt the spread of thef lames in
eastern Kentucky. State Forester J.
G. McConnell said the fires are
spreading rapidly through forests
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CHICAGO, July 1 (TP).—Police matrons kept seven year old Jimmy Thompson i n seclu
sion today while authorities tried to unlock the mystery of his mother’s death.
Jimmy told police he saw “a black-faced man” murder his mother, Mrs. Florence Thomp
son Castle, in a Chicago hotel. The assailant, who detectives believe was disguised, told Jim
my he was a “doctor.”
Police are seeking two men seen with Mrs. Castle recently. One is a former Colorado
conviet, Edward Lynch. The other is a one-time Wisconsin furrier, James Britt.
ELECTION CANNON
TURNED TO FORE
BY BOTH PARTIES
REPUBLICAN FUSES LIT BY
ANNOUNCEMENT OF
LEHMAN
NEW YORK, July 1 (TP)—Demo
cratic and Republican campaign guns
thundered at each other in New
York state today with a new’ impetus
brought about by Governor Herbert
Lehman's decision to run for re-elec
tion.
Governor Lehman, who had an
nounced his decision to retire at the
end of his term, reconsidered the re
tirement move after one of the most
forceful “drafting” campaigns ever
waged by a national party. The
“draft Lehman” movement reached
its peak at the Philadelphia Demo
cratic convention where an ovation
rivalling the uproar which greeted
President Roosevelt’s renomination
was staged by practically every dele
gation on the convention floor.
New dealers hailed Lehman's re
election decision a; a guarantee that
New York will go Democratic in the
fall. More optimistic Roosevelt men
said that new ticket will carry
the empire state by 1,000,000 votes.
Republicans, led by Governor Alf
Landon’s campaign manager, John
Hamilton, and the leading G. O. P.
candidate for New York governorship,
State Senator George R. Fearon of
Syracuse, maintained that Lehman's
gubernatorial renomination is far
from a guarantee of a Democratic
victory in New York.
Said Hamilton: “This ’•> the flr.t
time I have ever heard of a party
p anting gubernatorial candidates in
an effort to pull its presidential can
didate through. The effort will fail.
Roosevelt can’t win in New York.
Fearon added: “Since Lehman will
run on a new deal ticket, he can’t
win. The state is sure to go Republic
an in Novemc’M.”
Another who predicted Lehman's
defeat was former Judge Daniel F.
Cohalan, the Tammany leader who
joined Al Smith in signing the fa
mous “Ditch Roosevelt” message sent
the Philadelphia delegates on the eve
of the Democratic national conven
tion.
that have had little or no rainfall in
more than a month.
Fifteen separate fires are crack
ling along a 1.000,000-acre front. An
other 2,000,000 acres are directly in
line with the blazing timberlands.
i Farmlands near the blazing area
> are closely guarded. Foresters said
i the fields are so dry that a careless
. ly discarded match world set a cur
• tain of flame roaring across the fa
s mous Blue Grass farms.
I
SAVANNAH, GA.. WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1936
HAPLESS DROUGHT VICTIMS AIDED
WPA INSTRUCTED TO ISSUE WORK RELIEF TO NEEDY
FARMERS; HIGH WINDS ADD TO HORRORS OF AREA.
ST. PAUL, Minn., July 1 (TP)—
Federal Relief Administrator Harry
Hopkins today answered the plea of
fanners in the sun baked northwest
where crops are withered.
Hopkins instructed WPA officials
of five states to start immediately on
work relief plans for the thousands
of farmers in the drought stricken
states. The area effected by his order
includes Minnesota, the Dakotas,
Montana and Wyoming.
The program calls for financial aid
to about 25,000 persons within the
NO CASH—NO TREES
LINCOLN Nebr., Jurly 1 (TP)
Federal employes who were hired
to plant a strip of trees from Can
ada to Mexico sadly closed up
their headquarters today. The
federal project called for a strip
of trees 100 miles wide to halt
soil erosion. It was abandoned
when Congress refused to grant
any more money. The plans orig
inally called for spending $75,000.-
000. Work started early in the
Roosevelt administration.
Acting director of the project,
Paul Roberts, said that $2,800,000
was spent and trees were planted
in six states before Congress (light
ened up the purse strings.
MRS. HEWITT AGAIN
TO FACE COURT
RELEASED ON BOND TO
AWAIT TRIAL IN SEP
TEMBER
JERSEY CITY, N. J., July 1 (TP) |
The mother of the' San Francisco
heiress, Ann Cooper Hewitt, was
held in an aggregate $3,00 bond to
day on charges of attempted suicide
and being a fugitive from justice.
Mrs. Maryon Cooper Hewitt McCar
ter wil be tried September 10 on the
fugitive from justice charges. Bail
was set on those at $2,500; at SSOO
on the others. A grand jury will take
over the attempted suicide charges
for inquiry. California police asked
the arrest of Mrs. McCarter, charg
ing she authorized an illegal opera
tion on her wealthy heiress daughter.
The daughter filed suit against her
mother for $500,000. Then the
mother was found near death from
an overdose of a sleeping portion.
Her arraignment was postponed 11
times.
FIRE SWEEPS RESORT
GREENFIELD, N. H„ July 1
—The worst fire in 35 years
the fashionable summer colony at
Greenfield today. Three homes were
completely destroyed and six were
badly damaged. For a time the flames
threatened to wipe out the entire re
•ort.
next six days. Said Hopkins: “The
needy men will be put to work at
once, a great many of then( on Mon
day.” He estimated that 50,000 needy
farmers will be employed in two
weeks.
The scorched central plains are due
for another day of hpt winds and
scorching sun. A heavy wind swept
Nebraska during the night, adding to
the troubles in rural sections. The
shrieking wind smashed at least eight
farm homes and ripped apart several
barns near Nelson.
CLEVELAND OPENS
LAKE EXPOSITION
VERITABLE FAIRYLAND IS
TO GREET INCOM
ING VISITORS
CLEVELAND, July 1 (TP)—The
Great Lakes exposition will open to
day at Cleveland in a blaze of glory.
Thousands of visitors from all parts
of the country are expected to visit
the exposition grounds during the
run of the fair. One large section of
Cleveland’s Lake Erie waterfront has
been transformed into a veritable
fairyland. All the usual exposition
features—with many innovations —are
ready to swing into ration today.
Those in charge of the Great Lakes
exposition are confident that their
show will rival the Texas centennial
exposition, which opened in the Lone
Star state early In June.
SOCIAL REGISTERITE
FOUND FATALLY SHOT
GLEN COVE, L. 1., July 1 (TP).—
A wealthy, retired broker was found
fatally shot today in his Glen Cove
home. *
The victim was George P. Black, a
social registerite who was 75 years
old.
Police said first investigation indi
cated that Black ended his own life.
A .32 caliber revolver was found
nearby. Black ’died in a Glen Cove
hospita Iwithin three hours after he '
was found.
HAGAN TO STAND TRIAL
FOR ALIMONY ARREARS
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., July 1 (TP).
The noted professional golfing star.
Walter Hagen, must stand trial in a
St. Petersburg, Fla., court for failure
to pay his wife $250 a month. This
payment was part of a separate main- 1
tenance agreement made between ‘
Hagen and his wife. 1
The golfing star applied to the ;
Florida Supreme Court for an order ;
restrainnig the St. Petersburg court 1
from hearing the case. The supreme <
court denied Hagen s plea, and gave
the lower court a full ’go-ahead” on
the case.
PHONE 6183
HAILE SELASSIE
TURNS HEAT ON
LEAGUE GROUP
TOSSES MONKEY WRENCH
INTO TOUTED WORK
INGS AT GENEVA
GENEVA, July 1 (TP)—Many Lea
gue of Nations diplomats fear today
that Emperor Halle Selassie’s speech
at Geneva may prove a monkey
wrench in the league machinery. *
The league assembly met to con
sider removal of sanctions against
Italy and a revision of the league
structure. Great Britain and France,
according to all accounts, had set
the stage so well that eventual re
moval of the sanctions bans, recog
nition of Italy’s conquest of Ethiopia
and the dismissal of Ethiopia from the
league was a foregone conclusion.
Make Deep Impression
However that was before Selassie
mounted the rostrum at Geneva to
plead his own cause. The bearded
little monarch made a deep impression
on his listeners and, according to
some observers, may have done much
to change .the minds of a sizeable
bloc of league votes.
The Ethiopian king of kings bore
down hard on the theory that tha
league, if it lifted antl-Italian sanc
tions, would be admitting that it had
broken pledges and sacrificed a small
nation to keep the friendship of a
large, aggressor nation. Those argu
ments were aimed straight at the
small league nations who were re-,
minded that they might find them
selves in Ethiopia’s position some
day.
Selassie’s speech drew furious ap
plause—an applause that echoed as
far as Rome and infuriated Italian
leaders who maintained that Selassie
had no right to addreess the league
assembly. A group of Italian jour
nalists who JHs.’fidl.and boped the
Ethiopian monarch were arrested by
Sf iss police who booked them on dis
orderly conduct charges.
On the heels of Selassie’s speech
came warning from Argentina that
the South American republic will quit
the league if Geneva recognizes
Italy’s conquest of Ethiopia. League
leaders fear Argentina might start
a walk out parade of smaller nations
if it turns back its membership in
the peace congress.
Want Sanctions to Stay
The union of South Africa demand
ed today that league sanctions be
continued against Italy.
The British Dominion representa
tive said that the abandonment of
sanctions will mean once and for al!
that the league had abandoned its
authority.
Seven small countries in the lea
gue united today in a demand for a
stronger league sefcup.
The Scandinavian nations and
Spain, Holland and Switzerland form
ally adopted a resolution asking that
the league be reformed to bolster Its
effectiveness as a peace agent.
League diplomats interpreted the
declaration as an ultimatum. They
felt that the small nations might
never again take part in league sanc
tions against any aggressor unless
those sanctions were made air-tight
and iron clad.
RUTGERS TOMATO
NEw BRUNSWICK, N. J., July 1
(TP) —Gardeners beamed with
delight today on a tomato with »
college education. The remarkable
vegetable is called the "Rutgers
Tomato.” It was originated by
Professor Lyman Schermerhorn of
Rutgers University, and has bten
called about the best tomato of
them all. It will grow almost any
where to a luscious richness, and
its meat is a bright a red as the
Rutgers banners. Professor Scher
merhorn can show you letters from
the Orient, the Transvaal in South
Africa New Zealand and Canada
to prove that gardeners the world
over have grown his tomato.
The Rutgers crop is about ready
for harvesting, and it has caused
quite a flurry among truck farm
ers who supply the tomato juice
for breakfast tables.
GEORGIA’S POLITICAL POT BOILING
SITUATION NOW IS “LULL BEFORE THE STORM” WITH
ALL EYES FOCUSED ON GOVERNOR TALMADGE.
(By CHAPMAN ORR)
Georgias political situation is rap
idly assuming all the aspects of a
“lull before the storm," with all eyes
focused on Governor Talmadge, who
may touch the fireworks off at any
moment wtih an announcement of
his intentions in the forthcoming fall
campaigns.
Although all entries must be in by
11 o’clock Jury 4. Talmadge has not
yet indicated whether he will seek a
Skids In Rainstorm,
Plunges From Natural
Span Into Deep Chasm
MOTOR TRANSPORT CATAPULTS INTO YAWNING DROP
AND ROLLS END OVER END TO LAND IN HEAP OF I
JUMBLED WRECKAGE; MOST PASSENGERS
ARE SLEEPING AT THE TIME. *
NATURAL BRIDGE, Va.-
July 1 (TP).— men and
two women passengers were
killed and and 26 other persons
were injured today when a
Greyhound Bus went off the
Natural Bridge in a rainstorm.
The identified dead are: J. C.
Hamlton and J. J. Olderson,
both Greyhound drivers, and a
man named ‘John’ from Wash
ington, D. C. Neither woman
haa been identified.
The big blue, bus was bound from
Roanoke, Va., to Washington, D. C.,
with 34 passengers. It was rolling
along the highway about 25 miles an
hour in a blinding rainstorm. Olcer
son was driving. As the bus rolled
onto the famous Natural Bridge the
rear wheels skidded and the bus
FRENCH PREMIER
OPPOSES CHANGE
IN PEACE STAND
SOCIALIST HEAD DEFENDS
LEAGUE COVENANT IN
STIRRING ADDRESS
GENEVA, July 1 (TP)—The French
Premier, Leon Blum, declared today
that France will oppose any changes
in the League of Nations which might
weaken its peace machinery.
Blum stood before the league assem
bly to defend the covenant. He said
that the European atmosphere is
charged with war saver at it was
in the days of 1914. Chaos would fol
low a league breakdown, Blum shout
ed. He demanded that the league
make its principles of collective se
curity a reality.
The French Premier avoided dis
cussion of the Italian-Ethiopian ques
tion which brought the league to de
feat face to face with a crisis. He
did, however, talk of the Rhineland
problem. Blum said that France de
pends on the league to guarantee
peace on the Rhine where Germany
has established military forces.
The south delegate from Colombia
made a strong appeal for revision of
the league organization. The Colom
bian said that the league must ad
mit that it failed to stop the Ethio
pian war by means of sanctions. South
American nations, he said, will have
to find some scheme of protecting
their interests, unless the league
machinery is strengthened.
POLITiCAITCHIEFS
‘EYE’ JIM FARLEY
CONFERENCE WITH ROOSE
VELT HAS COUNTRY
ON EDGE
WASHINGTON, July 1 (TP)—Po
litical chiefs will turn an interested
eye on Jim Farley’s conference with
President/ Roosevelt tomorrow.
The postmaster general has been
persistently rumored as ready to re
sign his cabinet job in order to take
up the arduous task of managVg the
president’s re-election drive. Farley,
however, denies he already l as sub
mitted his resignation, as reported in
some quarters.
Many believe tomorrow’s conference
will bring some definite statement re
garding Farley’s plans. One report
said the postmaster general may be
given leave of absence until after the
elections.
third gubernatorial term or oppose
Senator Richard B. Russell’s an
nounced candidacy for re-election.
Should the governor take this action,
mutiny in his camp may spring up
in the form of a Howell-Redwine race
for the governorship. Both are Tai
no adge henchmen, but Gene’s pref
erences would probably have little
weight against the aspirations of each
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careened carzily to one sici?, rocked
a moment and crashed over. It plung
ed into the chasm and landed upside
down. The terrific crash could be
heard for half a mile.
The bus carried four Greyhound
drivers, three of whom were enroute
to Philadelphia to take over their
regular runs. The car was traveling
below normal speed, due to the tor
rential rain and the low visibility.
It started to skid near the famed 90-
foot Natural Bridge, which spans a
215-foot chasm.
Then the mighty coach spun slowly
to the left rocked on the rim and
plunged over, nose first, rolling to the
right. It struck on its top and smash
ed into jumbled wreckage.
The Natural Bridge liee in Rock
bridge County in central Virginia.
The great limestone archway spans
Cedar Creek on property that used
to belong to Thomas Jefferson and
is now part of a national park.
Due to the late hour, the bus was
unlighted inside and many were
asleep. The passengers in front saw
the danger first and one man shouted.
The headlights cut into the blackness
outside and revealed that the bus was
nearing the outside edge of the bridge.
The air brakes hissed loudly, but the
tires wouldn’t hold on the pavement.
The bus rocked for one awful mom
, ent—then went over.
HELEN HAYES IN
AUTHENTIC DRAMA
NOTED ACTRESS FACEf
ALIENATION SUIT
BEORE JURY
CHICAGO, July 1 (TP).—Tw<
leading figures of the America,!
stage paced a court anti-room today,
waiting to make their entrance.
They were the actress Helea
Haynes and her playwright husband,
Charles MacArthur.
Miss Haynes is defendant in a
SIOO,OOO alienation of affections suit
brought by a Chicago dramatic critic,
Carol Frink. MacArthur was mar
ried to Miss Frink back in the day!
when he was a Chicago newshawk.
She charges the actress lured him
away from her. She obtained a di
vorce in 1926 on desertion charges.
MacArthur previously offered to
pay his first wife $4,000 and call the
matter quits. She refused and insti
tuted the suit which has popped in
and out of Chicago courts for nearly
half a year.
CHEMICAL WORKERS IN
PITTSBURGH ON STRIKE
PITTSBURGH, July 1 (TP)—A
strike w’as called today by several
hundred chem cal workers of the Sel
, den company. The strikers demand an
increase in pay and union recognition.
The Selden company is a branch of
the American Cjanlmid and chemical
corporation. Its plant, at Bridgeville
near Pittsburgh, was closed as a re
sult of the walkout.
SOUTH SWELTERS
HEAT WAVE CONTINUES
WITH NO PROMISE OF
EARLY RELIEF
ATLANTA, July 1 (TP).—Hard
upon the heels of a drought scarcely
broken, the blistering attack of a
summery sun has the Southland swel
tering and stewing these days. Old
Sol has shown little compassion as
thermometers jump crazily upward—
coats are an abandoned article of
clothing—and resorts are jammed by
those seeking relief.
Soda fountains are working over
time as harassed citizens try to
quench their thirst. Many a mint
julep has found its way to a parched
throat—and crushed ice takes its
place as Dixie’s most demanded com
modity.
In Chattanooga judge felt compas
sion for some 30 prisoners awaiting
trial in recorder’s court. Upon their
promise to return for trial the follow
ing morning, he ordered their tem
porary release from the sweltering
city stockade. The fact that only 15
kept their promise and showed up In
court doesn’t phase the judge. He
says he still thinks he did right.
In Greenville. Miss., City Tax As
sessor Clive Metcalfe returned home
to find that a burglar had entered
his residence. The only thing mim
ing was an electric fan.