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WEATHER Continued Warm; Fair Today, Tomorrow MARKETS Stocks Narrow in Dull Day; Ootton Gains 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.” § nununSbifflailuOiints 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 PHONE 6183 MURDER VICTIM AND SON El< ' Sil -■ ~~ i My rn| I > liW ■ jarfifc ’MFI < I L f' fliL WWW-- ' SI IF JHHsSgk Wtadf jMh St W* "■ SHh ‘ill w S .« /w / < ' x If ' < < lit' 'W 1 J Wf 1 si > “f, j - •••• ' - . , . .. J z 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 (CONTINUED ON PAGE 7) _ WEEK DAYS OC pay no more Published every day ex cepting Saturdays. Five cents per copy Sundays. Delivered to your home fifteen cents per week. TRANSRADIO PRESS 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.