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VOLUME 2-NUMBER 174
REBELS CONTINUE THEIR MARCH ON MADRID
Mayor Gamble, Jarvis Favor Social Equality
MAYOR, ALDERMAN
REFUSE TO LISTEN
TO “RED” CHARGES
SCORN PLEAS OF WHITE
CITIZENS FOR DECENCY
AT LABOR HALL
From the joint stand as taken
by Mayor Gamble and Aider
man Jarvis, who is the local
head of organized labor, it is
now an acknowleded fact that
both of these men are condon
ing the acts of social equality
stressed at the Longshoremen’s
meetings held in a hall on East*
Bay street.
lit answer to repeated requests
from prominent Savannahians, May
or Gamble has shown complete knowl
edge of the facts and his stand de»
notes full accord with the social
equality question advocated at the
meetings conducted by a white car
pet bagger from the north who has
been brought here for the sole pur
pose of the so-called organization of
the negro longshoremen.
Stressing social equality and using
this theme as a lever to bring about
the complete organization of negro
labor, the carpet bagger has been
given full authority by Aldermen Jar
vis for the words and actions as dis
played in the hall. ‘
Jarvis Condones Move
When presed for an answer to the
charges as pressed by prominent Sa
vanahians, Jarvis stated that there
was no record of any disorderly con
duct apparent in such a place. Show
ing an absolute scorn for the Police
Docket and the facts in th ecn.se as
brought to the attenton of the Po
lice, the Alderman stands steadfast
in his knowledge of the social equal
ity question and by his stand dispala
every doubt in the minds of Savan
nahians tht he approves the social
equality move of the negro leaders.
Mayor Plays Deaf
Taking an adamant stand that he
knows all about the carryings-on as
conducted in the hall, Jarvis has had
the full sympathy of Mayor Gamble
in t he matter. Gamble has been in
full cognisance of the facts from
their inception but has decided to
play fbr votes rather than hear the
complaints made by law abiding
white citizens of this city.
LELAND HARVEY
IS INDICTED BY
FEDERAL JURY
EXPECTED PLEAD GUILTY
FOR VIOLATION OF
GOVERNMENT ACT
(Special to The Daily Times)
ATHENS, Ga., July 21.—A fed
eral grand jury in session here to
day had Indicted Lel&nd Harvey, no
torious prison escape artist, and Rob
ert Williams, his pal, In a break from
the Troup county chaingang, for vi
olation of the federal motor vehicle
. act and fleeing ucross a state line.
Both men have been held by fed
eral officers since they were cap
, tured in Nashville, Tenn., July 11 in
possession of an automobile stolen
In Macon.
District Attorney Hoyt Davis said
he expected Harvey to plead guilty
to the federal charge.
Harvey and Williams escaped from
the Troup county chaingang May 18
after overpowering a guard and taking
his pistol.
Department of Justice agents today
denied that Harvey had been con
nected wibh a plot to free Williams
from the Jail at Albany, Ga., from
which Williams was transferred fol
lowing discovery of the planed break.
CLYDEPANGBORN
AWAITS BACKER
IS READY FOR PARIS HOP
WHEN ONE IS LO
GATED
SHREVEPORT, La.. July 21 (TP)
—The propeller of flyer Clyde Pang
bom's big, new plane is ticking over
slowly this morning as Pangborr
warms up the motor for a dash to
New Orleans.
The distance flyer made Shreveport
his first stop in a leisurely flight
from Dallas, Texas to New York. Lat
er, Pangbom may hop off for Paris,
via the northern route.
Plans originally called for an at
tempt to fly non-stop from Paris to
Dallas later this year ,as a feature of
the Texas Centennial Exposition. Re
cent reports, however, said the flyer
and exposition officials had reached
a parting of the ways.
Pangbom is believed to be hunting
a new backer nsßj. , ,
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PHONE 6183
I HOT ICE!
WATERLOO, lowa, July 21
(TP) —Edward Clerment is recov-
I ( ering from a blister he says was
' caused by dry ice melting during
the hot weather.
Clerment put the ice on his
wrist to cool his pounding pulses.
The dry ice evaporated so rapidly
he says, that it burned him. He
had to have his wrist treated by a
doctor. Clerment insists that the
weather made ever, ice burning
hot However, that's his diagnosis
and not the doctor’s.
JAILER FOILS
ATTEMPT FREE
PAL OF HARVEY
NOTORIOUS ROBBER WAS
TO RECEIVE PISTOL
(Special to The Daily Times)
ALBANY, Ga., July 21. —A plot to
free Robert Williams, notorious bank
robber and pal of Leland Harvey,
from th* Dougherty county jail here
was disclosed today by Jailer George
Drake, who said the attempt was
foiled when guards were tipped a
woman was to smuggle Williams a
pistol.
Williams and Harvey had been
here since their recapture in Nash
ville, Tenn., June 11 after escaping
from the Troup county chaingang
May 18.
The jailer said he had been tipped
a Thomasville woman, wife of a for
mer federal prisoner at Albany, had
been paid $75 to smuggle Williams a
pistol.
“When she came to the jail, we
searched her, and although no pistol
was found, we did find whisky,’* he
said.
“Later a pistol she had left at a
nearby restaurant was found.”
Drake said he did not belie.ve.Le-
was connected with the
plot at all.
. “Harvey is in what we called the
condemned cell entirely isolated from
the bull pen where Williams was and
It would have been impossible for him
to have ben Implicate:!,” he said.
Williams was transferred to the
jail at Greenville, Ga., following dis
covery of the plot. Both men were
being held here on a federal charge
of transporting a stolen automobile
in interstate commerce.
PATROLMEN RENEW
SEARCH FOR CRAFT
MOTORSHIP “NONOCA” AT
TENDED BY SUPERSTI
TIOUS SIGNS
MIAMI, Fla., July 21 (TP)—Coast
guard officials more than tripled their
efforts today to find the missing
British motorship, Nunoca, which has
disappeared mysteriously in southern
waters.
Ten coast guard cutters are now
sweeping vigilantly through the straits
of Florida, the eastern gulf, the Bay
of Yucatan and southern Cuban wa
ters In a thus far vain search for the
vessel. The number was increased
from three yesterday.
The Nunoca sailed from George
town In the British West Indies on
July 4 and hasn’t been heard from
since. It was due In Tampa on July
8 wlht nine American and four Brit
ish passengers.
Old tars pointed significantly to
several weard elements in connection
with the Nunoca’s disappearance. Her
captain, Moses Kirkconnel, is of an
1 old seafaring family which apparent
ly has been jinxed ty sea. It was 20
years ago that a vessel captained by
his brother disappeared in the same
waters and was never heard from
1 again. Then six years ago another
ship piloted by his cousin disappeared
just as strangely In fine weather in
the same southern waters.
Sailors looked ominously at the
number of the pasenger list—l3 —and
shook their heads.
i Meanwhile, however, aiding the
* large fleet of U. s. coast guard boats
in the intensive search are vessels
> fro mCuba, British Honduras, the re
public of Honduras and from C;n
tral America.
WOMEN KIDNAP CASE WITNESSES
n TAKE WITNESS STAND TO TESTIFY AGAINST JOHN
o PFEIFFER IN WILLIAM HAMM CASE.
{ ST. PAUL, Minn., July 21 (TP)—
Three women —one of them a gang
*> ster’s widow —will take the witness
, stand today to testify against John
0 Pfeiffer, last defendant in the Wil
f 11am Hamm kidnaping case.
.. Pfeiffer Is a former St. Paul night
r club owner. The gov?rnment accuses
d him of accepting SIO,OOO oi the SIOO,-
000 ransom in return for arranging
I police protecb’on.
Today’s witnesses include Mr*.
BREAK IS NEAR IN
ASHEVILLE MURDER
NEW YORK CO-ED
SHERIFF BELIEVES SOLU
TION IS NEAR IN MYS
TERY
ASHEVILLE, N. C., July 21 (TP)—
The mysterious murder of the 19-
year-old N. Y. U. Coed, Helen Cleven
ger, is thought to be close to a solu
tion today. Sheriff Laurence Brown
said he hopes to break the case with
information gleaned from a gruelling
session with a nightwatchman of the
hotel in which the girl’s body was
found last Thursday. The watchman,
Daniel Gaddy, was on duty at the
time the crime was committed, the
sheriff learned.
Brown declared thai the watchman
is not under suspicion. But the of
ficer thinks Gaddy can clear up a
good part of the mystery. The un
known intruder who stabbed and shot
the New York girl gained entrance
to her room with a hotel pass key.
The sheriff thinks that if he can find
out who had access to the pass key he
will be well on the way to a solu
tion of the baffling crime.
The concert violinist, Mark Wollner,
is still in custody. Authorities claim
they have four witnesses to refute
his story that he spent the night of
the orime at the home of his fiancee,
Mildred Ward. Miss Ward supported
Mollner’s story.
ROOSEVELT PLANS
FOR TUNA FISHING
PRESIDENTIAL SCHOONER
‘SEWANNA’ HEADS FOR
YARMOUTH
CAPE NEGRO HARBOR. Nova
Scotia. July 21 (TP)—The presi
dential schooner Sewanna moved
slowly out of Cape Negro Harbor this
morning. It was the beginning of
President Roosevelt’s second week on
the water. The weather was partly
overcast, but somewhat improved over
the log and drizzling rain of yester
day. A brisk breeze filled the sails and
made for good cruising.
If fair weather holds out the presi
dential party is expected to get in
some tuna yshing.
Tentative plans call for Mr. Roose
velt to guide the Sewanna, southwest
along the Nova Scotian coast in the
direction of Yarmouth. He is sched
uled to arrive at Campobello Island,
the Roosevelt summer home, one
week from today.
ONTARIO BATTLES
BIG FOREST FIRES
250 SEPARATE BLAZES
SWEEP VAST AND VALU
ABLE TIMBERLANDS
TORONTO, July 21 (TP)—On
tario’s provincial authorities sent 5,-
000 men into the blazing timberland?
today to fight one of the worst forest
fires In Ontario’s history.
The fire-fighting force is the larg
est ever assembled by the provincial
government. 250 separate blazes are
sweeping the valuable woodlands
across a 700-mile front. The fighters
are using dynamite, backfires and
lumber axes to blast, blaze and hack
a barrier to the leaping flames. On
tario is digging deep in its pocket to
pay the firemen SIO,OOO a day.
NAZI FOLLOWERS JAILED
FOR ASSAULT ON JEWS
NEW YORK. July 21 (TP)—Two
husky men with Nazi sympathies face
arraignment today, charged with start
ing a fight and beating two Jews on
a subway train. The prisoners, Geor
ge Sandfuchs and Reinhold Brenner,
were arrested as the train pulled into
Grand Central Station.
Witnesses said the two Germans
shouted “Hell Hitler!” In the ear of
an elderly Jew and attacked him when
he tried to pull away. When another
' Jew interceded, witnesses said the
Nazi sympathizers attacked him. too.
Georgette Winkler, widow of Gus
Winkler, a lieutenant of A1 Capone
during the prohibition era. The other
two federal witnesses are Edna Mur
ray, who is serving a 25-year robbery
sentence, and Mrs. Kathleen Perkins.
Miss Murray was known throughout
the midwest several years ago as the
so-called “Kissing Bandit.” Mrs. Per
kins is the owner of a cottage at
Long Lake, 111., where the Alvin Kar
p's gang is eaid to have divided the
Hamm kidnaping ransom.
SAVANNAH, GA., TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1936
Where Bloody Spanish Rebellion Holds Sway
Meager reports from Spain indicate that, while rebellious troops have of the famous Spanish Foreign Legion which is reported in revolt and top 1
seized Spanish Morocco, loyal government soldiers have successfully are Spanish troops in maneuvers at Mellila; Spanish Morocco. The map'
defended Spain from invasion. Bottom picture shows an encampment shows Mellila and Cueta where government garrisons are reported taken/
(Central Press)
MAN, MOTHER 70,
HELD IN FLORIDA
IN MURDER CASE
ALLEGED BOOTLEG KING
FACES HEARING IN
AMBUSH SLAYING
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., July 2 1(TF)
An alleged Florida, booties king, and
his 70-year-old mother were named
in murder warrants issued early to
day by Liberty county prosecution of
ficials-
The alleged bootlegger is Carl Brad
well, who was charged by State’s At
torney Orin C. Parker, Jr., with the
ambush murder of a state liquor in
spector, John W. Morgan. The inspjc
tor was fatally wounded a. July 11
when he was ambushed during a raid
on a 2,000-gallon still.
Named with Brad well war his moth
er, Mrs. Hadassah Bradwell, who was
accused of being an accessory before
the fact. Both the mother f-nd her
son already are held In jail under
heavy bail, along with Clinch Brad
well, a second son of th; elderly sus
pect.
After Morgan's death, federal
agents, state police and county depu
ties joined forces last week in a drive
to clean up bootlegging activities in
Liberty county. Their dragnet brought
in the three Bradwells.
NEW ARREST MADE
IN BOSTON MURDER
BOSTON, July 21 (TP)—A second
arrest in connection with the mur
der of Harry BYadley, watchman at
the Waltham Watch Company, was
made today by Boston detectives.
The identity of the arrested man
was not revealed. The arrest was the
second in 24 hours. Authorities prom
ised a third arrest shortly.
A 16-year-old boy, who's girl friend
told police he had been asked to join
the bandit gang in the robbery, is also
being held for questioning.
JUDGE REFUSES PLEA
UNHAPPY GAMBLERS
SEEKING ‘FREEDOM’
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y„ July 21
(TP) —Three unhappy gamblers plead
ed for a certificate of reasonable
doubt today before Justice Frederick
Close in White Plains. Th y were
trying to get out on bail pending an
appeal against SSOO fines and one
year jail sentences for plying their
profession.
The judge said no. The prisoners,
Burt Msyer, William Bleet and Bar
ney Kirsch, went back to Westchester
prison at Eastview. All "hree were
charged and convicted of operating
a big time gambling den at Harrison,
N. Y.
SURPLUS OF PRUNES! |
CUMBERLAND, Md., July 21
(TP) —What to do with prunes ha*
been bothering officials of the
Cumberland Welfare Federation.
They received 500 boves of
prunes from the Red Cross for
distribution in Cumberland. Each
box contains 50 pounds of prunes
—making 25,000 pounds altogether.
The welfare group managed to
give out about 30 boxes. What to
do with the other 23,000 pounds
of prunes is the problem.
TOWNSEND GROUP
BEGINS TO STARE
FACTS IN THE FACE
TOO MUCH MOVEMENT AND
NOT ENOUGH LEADER
CLEVELAND, July 21 (TP).—The
Townsend movement begins to look
like too much movement and not
enough Townsend as post convention
developments arise. Indeed, the old
age pension organization starts to re
semble Stephen Leacock’s unique
character who jumped on his horse
and galloped away in all directions.
Back In Cleveland
The 70-year-old California physi
cian, Dr. F. E. Townsend, is in
Cleveland this morning. Gone are
the thousands of faithful followers
and lieutenants who cheered his
every word to the echo at last week’s
convention. With only his lawyer.
Sheridan Downey, to assist hitn, Dr.
Townsend must go into court today
and account for the funds received
by his organization since it was set
up in 1934.
Gone is the Rev. Charles E. Cough
lin who whipped the Townsendites
into a frenzy at the convention lart
week with an old-fashioned political
speech. Gone is Congressman Wil
liam Lemke, the Union party candi
date for president, who brought new
hope to the delegates by promising to
take the Townsend S2OO-a-month old
age pension plan Into the White
House with him if elected this fall.
Gone is the late Huey Long’s self
appointed successor, the Rev. Gerald
K. Smith, of Louisiana. Gone is Ed
ward Margptt, California Townsend
manager and the good doctor’s “right
hand man.”
Smth Has Gone
Gone is Townsendite vice presi
dent, Gomer Smith of Oklahoma. He
brought down his leader's wrath by
publicly supporting President Rooue
velt and the New Deal a few min
utes after delegates were told that
Dr. Townsend would support and
work for the election of Congressman
Lemke.
Unless today’s court proceedings
cause an unexpected change of plans.
Dr. Townsend will leave Cleveland to
day or tomorrow to join Rev. Gerald
Smith for an extended speaking tour
of New York state and Massachu
setts.
PHONE 6183
LEWIS AND GROUP
STUDYING CLOSELY
PRESENT MOVES
MILITANT LEADER AND
ALLIED COHORTS TO
REACH DECISION
WASHINGTON, July 21 (TP)—John
L. Lewis is meeting today with' re
presentatives from the 12 committees
on industrial organization unions
which are supporting Lewis in a fight
against the American Federation of
Labor.
Although no one expects the Lewis
group to “back water” from their ex
pressed defiance of the A. F. of L,
it is believed that some sort of a
compromise decision may be reached
at today’s meeting.
Suspension Threatened
The C. I. O. unions are threatened
with suspension from the parent or
ganization. Last week the executive
council of the A. F. of L. set August
3rd as the date for trial of the 12
unions on charges that they broke
away from the federation and at
tempted to set up a rival organiza
tion. These charges are founded on
C. I. O. activities in trying to organ
ize the nation’s steel workers in one
big union, rather than along the
craft union lines endorsed by the fed
eration. - -
All the while the executive board
was in session the Lewis group pre
tended to be unaware of the fact.
Time was set aside for Lewis and his
allies to defend themselves before the
board. They failed to put in an ap
pearance.
Plan New Drive
Now the C. I. O. announces plans
for another unionization drive to
start August Ist only two days be
fore the trial date. This time it is
the rayon industry which has attract
ed the attention of the Lewis group.
The vice president of the United
Textile Workers, Francis Gorman, will
head this campaign. He announced
that a strong attempt will be made
to reorganize more than 50,000 rayon
workers in the south New England,
and Middle Atlantic States.
CHINA SEES PEACE IN OFFING
TANGLED AFFAIRS OF NATION SEEMS TO BE STRAIGHT
ENING OUT; NANKING CHIEFS RULE CANTON.
SHANGHAI, July 21 (TP)—The
tangled affairs in China seem to be
straightening out today.
The central Nanking government
has taken over Canton, the govern
ment seat of the southwest region.
When the Kwangtung leader. General
Chen Chi-tang abdicated Nanking ap
pointed a military ruler of the pro
vince.
Kwangsi generals who joined forces
with General Chen in an ill-fated
drive against Ninking forces were left
In the lurch when Chen fled to Hong
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SUICIDE VERDICT
FOR U S. OFFICER
SHANGHAI, July 21 (TP).-rA ver
dict of sucide is expected today in
the case of a United States army of
; ficer, Lieutenant Colonel Orville
Johruon. Johnson, according to
Shanghai authorities, took his own
life early today by jumping from the
window of his notel room. The offi
-1 cer, who was stationed with the army
in the Philippines, was visiting in
Shanghai. He was instantly killed
in the four story plunge.
Authorities based their suicide
theory on a letter left by Johnson
and addressed to his wife. Mrs.
Johnson is reported to be in Mamia.
Colonel Johnson was a former res
dent of Salem, Oregon.
kong. Fears that the Kwangsi leaders
night put up a stiff battle against
the Nanking troops faded curing the
night and civil war in southwestern
China seems a remote possibility to
day.
Transradio dispatches *aid the
Nanking dictator, Generalissimo Chi
ang Kai-shek, has personally under
taken military and financial reforms
In Kwangtung. The Nanking military
ruler is siid to be ready to take over
Kwangsi as well at the first sign of
armed defiance from Canto chiefs.
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TRANSRADIO PRESS
REPORTS CLAIM
10,000 KILLED;
PLANES ACTIVE
MILITIA PATROLS CAPITAL
CITY AS MONARCHISTS
ADVANCE; AMERICANS
TAKE SHELTER IN U. S
EMBASSY.
LONDON, July 21 (TP).
The march on Madrid continues
today!
Rebel forces are reported
sweepin down on the Spanish
capital despite persistent gov
ernment announcements to the
contrary.
A constant stream of reports
from Spain are contradictory as
to detail but unanimous on
one fact. The revolt is still in
full swing.
From the north and south
rebel forces are moving in on
Madrid, fighting desperately to
reach their objective. Fierce
battles are raging in several
cities and provinces, with more
than 10,000 said to have been
killed since the revolt flared*
More than 2,000 are believed to
have perished in Barcelona
alone, when government planes
bombed barracks occupied by rebel
lious troops.
At Cadiz and Malaga, in the south,
revolting troops and loyal leftist sup
porters have clashed time and again,
with each ride claiming victories. Two
rebel strongholds in Spanish Morocco
—Ceuta and MeliUa—were shelk-u hgggp .
warships, with hundred* dead and
wounded.
Militia Guards City
One government announcement
stated that rebel leader General
Francisco Franco had demanded a
seaplane at Seville, intending to flee.
The rebels issued an immediate < de
nial, asserting that General Franco
had crossed to Cadiz from Morocco
and was at the head of a column
invaders marchng on Madrid.
In Madrid itself, excitement is at
fever heat. Socialist and Communist
militia forces patrol the city, halting
automobiles, searching pedestrians
and entering barricaded theaters,
shops and cases. The militia watch
word is “ammunition.” Everywhere
the search goes on for ammunition
that might be used against the gov
ernment in the event the rebel sol
diers reach the capital city. *
Americans in Madrid have taken
up residence in the embassy at the
invitation of Ambassador Claude G.
Bowers. Newsman Jay Allen, at first
reported seriously wounded by a stray
bullet, is said to have escaped with
out injury, although his automobile
was struck by more than a score of
bullets.
(Continued on Page 3
LONG LOST SLOOP
REPORTED FOUND
t BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Me., July
21 (TP)—The long-lost sloop “Amoe
ba,” and her two-man crew is safe
1 and sound today. The 28-foot craft
was located at Bootubay Harbor after
: having been reported missing for moce
» than two weeks.
1 According to her owner, Paul Sea
vey of Nedham, Mass., the “Amoeba,”
has been moving slowly down the
coast. The sloop left Calais on July
2 with Capt. Edward Britt of Calais,
i Me., and Philips Livingstone of Win-
I cluster .Mass., aboard.
ANOTHERBONUS!
i • ■
“VET’* DIGS FOR WATER
BUT GAS BURSTS
FORTH
ST. LOUIS, July 21 (TP)—A
World war veteran whose natural gm
discovery is starting a boom n&ar St. <f
Louis used the gas today to cook his 'A
breakfast.
He is W H. Terpening who struck W
the well on the bank of the Werimßr
rippi while digging for water .Terpen
ing dug 18 feet 'til he struck quick
sand. He then ' —e -ripe 35 feet
through'the sar - ->njng:
“I was might v*.
come spouting
stead of water. •'
Today he de< -
of the gas as jy
pipe with an ot- "
ner tube. The Cwv
let over which Ter.
a cook stove.