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Page Two THE PALM BEACH POST Saturday Morning; Jane 12, 1937 Abducted Nightie But Nice BOAKE CARTER (Continued from Page One) TO BEODOW WILL SPEAK AT LIONS; MEETING Other Prominent dub Leaders Expected For Convention To Fish, Too WASHINGTON, June 11 UP) Vice President Garner said after a Cabinet meeting today "the boss" meaning President Roosevelt had just given hlra permission to take a fishing vacation In Texas. The bunhy browed veteran from Uvalde, Texas, said he was leaving Sunday and would be away for five weeks. Asked If he would get back before Congress adjourned, he said he would be "subject to call." have any fixed idea of where they're going or why. Actually what they are doing is trying to promote a better capitalism and maintain a capitalist system by rushing up with carload Federal Officers Pledge Help To "Do Every-thing Possible" Former Husband Of Now Duchess Takes Oath In Court (Continued from Page One) tonight when Mrs. Ruth Burdin of nearby Huntington, with whom police quoted Mrs.

Kupryanova as saying Mrs. Parsons had an appointment about the time she disappeared, denied it. "I had no appointment with her. In fact I was in New York that day. I never had met Mrs.

Parsons," Mrs. Burdin told reporters. Automobiles whipped in and out of the 38-year-old society matron's alter carload or socialist props, without having once touched the powerful financial oligarchy that still pulls the financial strings in My th9 Atnociated Prfu 1 LONDON, June 11 Ernest Aid-rich Simpson swore under voluntary oath in King's Court today that he was paid neither by money New York. nor other consideration to permit By tin Amoctattd t'rcut ATLANTA, June 11 Whether Georgia is wet or dry was a question open to discussion today, despite defeat Tuesday of an act to repeal its prohibition law by 8,500 Votes. Federal officers, culled upon by Slate Revenue Commissioner T.

Grady Head to protect the State from the flow of illegal liquor, landscaped poultry farm several tunes during the day, bent on Still the steady stream of gold the former Wallis Warfield to di flows into America from Europe. mysterious errands. Awaiting the outcome of family efforts, a squad of FederaUhgents The gold miners of South Africa and Australia feverishly dig the yellow metal from the ground, sell it to America for $35 an ounce stood on the sidelines, ready to Unification Is Voted By State Methodists ST. PETERSBURG, June 11 iJPi By a vote of 248 to 6, delegates to the Florida Southern Methodist annual conference adopted resolutions today favoring the unification of the Southern Methodist, Methodist Episcopal and Protestant Methodist Churches. take active charge of what Rhea Whitley, head of the Bureau of and make a handsome profit.

Feverishly America rushes to put Investigation's New York office, the yellow metal back in the definitely termed a kidnaping. ground again at Fort Knox. vorce him without contest. The ship's broker acted to spike gossip to that effect, accepted apology through her attorney by a British society woman who had discussed the divorce at a luncheon party, and thereupon withdrew a slander action against her. Mrs.

Joan Sutherland, Simpson's attorney told the court, had repeated "irresponsible gossip" to the effect that "a sum of money had been accepted by Simpson as price for his silence." His client, Attorney H. J. Wellington continued, wished to repudiate that rumor under oath. Having devalued the gold con agreed to do "everything possible." An Atlunta alcohol tax unit executive declared the government classified Georgia as "wet" because of Its legalization in 1935 of beer and wine with alcoholic content of more than four per ment. Another, in Washington, said the unit considered the State "dry" as a result of the Tuesday election.

Detailed pre-conventiort arrangements for the three-day convention of Florida Lions' Clubs opening here Sunday were completed Friday at the local club's luncheon meeting. From 500 to 600 visitors are expected with early arrivals coming in today, said President R. M. Blake. Registrations will be' taken 'fit the Hotel George Washington, convention headquarters, 'Sunday with W.

H. Told in charge." Golfing, surf bathing, a buffet supper, and stunt night are on Sunday's program. A parade will be held Monda'y led by the Jay-Cee school band, Roderick Beddow, Birmingham, elected president in 1933 of Lions International, will give the principal address. William Paul Allen, of Bartow, district governor in 1933-34 and elected international director for a two-year term at the International's convention at Mexico City in 1935, will be a principal speaker also. Welcomed back to the club were Police Chief R.

W. Milburn, who went to a Baltimore hospital, and Attorney Newman Miller, visitor at the State capital for several weeks. Joe McKain led club singing with Mrs. Lillian Kuppers at the piano. President R.

M. Blake presided. tent of the dollar, it has now been discovered that the arbitrary cut was too great. But, once in the treadmill, one must run faster and faster or else fall down. The Treasury is in a quandary (Continued from Page One) It was the first vote pn the question in the South, although several Methodist Episcopal conferences have adopted it.

Approximately 30 other local conferences are to act on it by November 18. of 300 airplanes will bomb the now as to how to get out of the town. Chief Inspector M. F. Bundy of Far away from the front, four IB fie, I I Simpson deposited his umbrella dilemma without upsetting the monetary equilibrium of the world.

This quandary won't be a patch on the embarrassment it power conversations to bring Ger many and Italy back into the non- ill'- on a front bench, and marched briskly to the witness box, dressed in black lounge suit with white intervention plan were reported in London to have made good prog' shirt and stiff collar and carrying his bowler hat. ress. British Foreign Secretary He kissed the Bible and took Anthony met the German, Italian and French ambassadors the oath. Wellington asked him if there was any truth in the rumor he had been paid for not obstructing and prepared to continue the conferences today. The Italian government published a list of 175 Italian soldiers who had died in Spain fighting "in will feel when the Treasury, unable to borrow any longer domestically to keep on buying the gold, finds it must go and borrow from the Britishers in London to pay for the gold that the Britishers are selling Uncle Sam.

That is the next step which the Treasury is fearful it must face. Hence its struggles hard to find a way out, before United States citizens realize that their Treasury has a golden bear by the tail and daren't let go. The vote on the proposal was without discussion. It was brought before the conference by Dr. W.

J. Carpenter, retired Tampa minister. The next decision at a Southern Methodist conference is scheduled in Odin, 111., August 25. Six clerical and five lay dele-gales were elected for the general Southern Methodist conference in Birmingham next year. Clerical delegates elected to the general conference include Dr.

Ludd M. Spivey, Lakeland, president of Southern College; Dr. H. W. Blackburn, presiding elder.

Lakeland; Dr. W. A. Myres, presiding elder, Gainesville; Dr. M.

H. Norton, presiding elder, Tampa; L. M. Boyles, Ocala; and the Rev. Smith Hardin, Bartow.

the tax unit said that, at the end of May, 60 wholesalers had paid levies of $100 per fiscal year lor the right to do business in Georgia. The Federal tax covering retailers of beer and wine also sanctions the sale of tax-paid hard liquor. "We can't command the Federal government to act," Commissioner Head said. "All we can do js ask them to help us." By blocking off the sale of whiskey, State officers hoped to increase revenues from State levies upon wine and beer. Administrator W.

S. Alexander said through a spokesman: "As far as it has authority to do so under the law, the Federal Alcohol Administration will pro the divorce of Mrs. Simpson, now Duchess of Windsor and wife of a war against Bolshevism and for the former King Edward VIII. Most certainly not, Simpson fascist civilization in battle on the Madrid front from March 8 to 18." stated in a clear, clipped voice. Was there any promise of pay When Phyllis Probst wore her ment to you?" nightgown to a recent Univer OFF FOR NEW ZEALAND HANOVER, N.

June 11 UP) Dick Durrance of West Palm Beach, Dartmouth's international skiing star, and two of his teammates, David and Steve Bradley, left here today for New Zealand, "None whatever. Sir' Patrick Hastings, Mrs. sity of Rochester dance, out 1 Mrs. William H. Parsons, rich so Sutherland's attorney, then offered his client's apology and her regret that she was among those who had repeated the slander.

RETURNS TO CITV Miss Hester Graham, member of District Ten Board of Social Welfare, has returned to the city following a meeting of district officials at Jacksonville held the first part of the week. cial registerite, shown in the Lay delegates elected to the general conference are Secretary of State R. A. Gray, of Tallahassee; Mrs. F.

B. Godfrey, Orlando; where they will compete in several summer meets. They will take came the secret of a new fad among co-eds. As you can see, Miss Probst did a neat job of turning her nightie into a formal evening dress with the aid of pins and mirrors. Other girls have adopted the idea because it's a money-saver.

'She had not the slightest in part in several California competitions before sailing. center of the picture above was seized by two men as she was strolling in the shopping center of Bayshdre, L. an exclusive tention of injuring Simpson Debitt Griffin, Ocala; Harwell any more than the thousands of tect Georgia and her rights under the twenty-first amendment, as it has done since the Federal Alcohol Administration Act was passed in 1935." In addition to hunting bootleg Stills, he said the unit would proceed "with energy" against any liauor interests suspected of ship I Wilson, Winter Haven, and C. B. (Continued from Page One) Guanieri, attorney for Republic Steel.

Then, Senator Guffcy (D-Penn), who proposed an amendment to the Bridges resolution to broaden its scope, will present representatives of the CIO for testimony company activities, generally, in the strikes. other women who were, talking Peeler, Jacksonville. suburban New York community IBBBBeBBMBBBBBBOnannBOSaHi' You'll Find Dishes That Entice And Delight You thrown into an automobile which sped away before she STEEL AT could cry out, and held for $25, 000 ransom. An eight-State Morrison's Cafeteria After that, under the Holt mo- alarm has been sent out, and all tion, any witness whom a mem' (Continued from Page One) aDout tne Sir Patrick said. "She did not know Mrs.

Simpson." Red-robed Lord Chief Justice Hewart leaned forward and said: "I gather you want this action dismissed." Wallington affirmed, and He-ward ruled "so be it," with court costs to be paid by Mrs. Sutherland, wife of A. H. C. Sutherland.

Completely Air Conditioned TODAY'S SPECIALS roads out of Long Island are be ing watched. 114 ft. Ollv. ber chooses to present will be heard. Holt predicted that company representatives would testi guaranteed and they will be assured.

If there are no violations of civil liberties on any side there ping illicit spirits into, Georgia, as I well as out-State wine. I With no State prohibition enforcement agency to interfere and local sanction in resort cities such as Augusta, Savannah and Bruns- wick, liquor is sold openly over many bars. I Augusta has a municipal ordi- nance licensing liquor dealers at SUPPER LUNCH fy under this authorization. He is- (Continued from Page One) appealed to the office of Governor George H. Earle in Harrisburg for State poflce "to assist in maintaining order during this strike." He said the Governor's office had assured him the.

policemen would be sent to Johnstown. Frank Springer, a company po will be no trouble. a st sued a standing invitation for "I will see to it that there are SMOTHERBD PORK Candled Yams POT ROAST OF BEEF With Buttered Noodles sufficient police or military for whatever is necessary. 15c (Continued from Page One) 15c Asked if his statement meant anyone with pertinent information to come to him for presentation to the committee. Beyond that, it was established at the finance office of the Senate that the post office committee, unlike numerous other standing committees, has continuing power to subpoena witnesses and this country so bent for peace," Colonel House said.

"England and France want to maintain peace in Europe. Ninety per cent of the that troops would be stationed at Monroe Sunday, -the Governor said "that will depend upon our conclusions at Saturday's ALL DAY- 5c (Continued from Page One) i. riNEAPPLF. 8AI.AO With Orated C'hWM $300 a year and they can undersell the bars of nearby wet South Carolina, where a State tax of $1 8 gallon is levied. Col.

R. L. Chambers, new director of Augusta police, said he believed in a "wide open" town. Georgia is one of five States retaining prohibition laws. The others are Kansas, Oklahoma, Mississippi and Tennessee.

mer chief of the personnel section liceman, said at least 300 men" were ready to patrol the plant to assure that company property was. protected. The strike brought to four the major independents producers independent of U. S. Steel Corporationaffected by walkouts called by the.

Steel Workers Organizing Committee, affiliate of of the general staff. 9c FVKHV DAY HKEAKKAST HI'KCIAL Fffil Florida Eg, 1 8trlp Bacon, GrlU Hud Ham Ormj General V. M. Primakoff, of the Kharkoff military garrison. people in those countries would compel-peace and the Italian and German people also are vehemently opposed to war.

"If war should break out, however, it will happen overnight and some trivial thing might upset the a BREAKFAST 79:80 LUNCH 118:10 The law under which they were rlBBBBBBlBOnBHBBBBBaHBBBBM Kelsey City Firemen tried they must be executed within 24 hours of conviction and denies them the right to Answer Two Alarms WASHINGTON, June 11 UP) Stewart Berkshire, head of the appeal. The Kelsey City volunteer fire Mayor Knaggs said the Governor had assured him earlier that Guardsmen would be available if they were needed urgently and a written request was received from local authorities. Monroe is in the southeastern corner of Michigan, easily accessible to unionists from Indiana and Ohio. As Martin made his announcement, deputized civilians, armed with rifles and shotguns, guarded the reopened Newton Steel plant and the principal entrances to the city. Foreign observers felt that the trial is perhaps the most eventful the Committee for Industrial Organization.

The others are Republic and Inland Steel Corporations and the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. An eleventh hour conference between company and union executives failed to prevent the Bethlehem walkout. treason hearing in the history of department made two runs of four minutes each to the Harry Oakes property at the Winter Club Friday afternoon. The burning of barges, washed up on the beach by the 1928 hurricane, and en the government in that it involv ed disaffection within the army command itself. dangering of buildings on the es Delays Action Internal Revenue Bureau Alcohol unit, said today that the unit would attempt to cooperate in enforcement of Georgia's dry law but that it had no authority to keep tax-paid liquor out of the State.

Under the 1936 alcohol enforcement act, Berkshire said, States which permit the sale of hevcr-Bges containing more than four per cent alcohol by volume are classified automatically as wet States. Georgia permits the sale of six per cent beer and 21 per cent wine. tate, resulted in the calls, said Dan Mebane, volunteer fireman. The first call came at 1 o'clock TALLAHASSEE, June 11. UP Governor Cone delayed action today on two of the most important bills before him the gen applecart and start it In his study, adorned with pictures of Wilson and President Franklin D.

Roosevelt, Colonel House spoke of the situation of the United States today and pointed to its position in 1917. "Peace for this country is absolutely assured in a strong merchant marine and a powerful Navy," he declared, shaking his finger for emphasis. "No European could get us involved if we were protected by a large Navy." He stopped momentarily and his next words indicated his thoughts had wandered back to those days of turmoil in 1914-15-16 when he was sent to Europe by President Wilson "to stop war." "Why, in those years we did not have even a standing Army much bigger than the police force of New York City and Europe looked at us in contempt and without fear." The League of Nations, the cov-1 and the other at 6 o'clock. The early fire was brought under con Political Slaying Blamed For Deaths trol, but flying sparks caused the eral appropriations measure ana Mm inn ijkfcdSawa i W- I FELT I FELT an act creating a teachers retire ment system. BAGNOLES, France, June 11 sending of another call late in the afternoon.

Three hundred feet of hose from the booster tank was laid down, Mebane said. He said both would be considered after he completes work on scores of local and minor general bills enacted by, the recent Legis ASE (JP) Thirteen years to the day after the killing of the Italian Socialist and anti-Fascist Giacomo Matteoti, two Italian brothers who long had opposed the Fascist re COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 11. UP) A seven-point peace plan was offered by Governor Martin L. Davey of Ohio in the wide-spread steel strike tonight. Davey's proposal to bring peaceful settlement to the Ohio phase of the bargaining contract battle was announced at a conference of union and steel company representatives.

The plan provided that, the Youngstown Sheet Tube and Republic Steel sign agreements with the Steel Workers Organizing Committee to represent only its membership. Inland Steel third independent producer affected by the strike, has no Ohio plants. The Governor said no agreement had been reached and dis lature. Watermelon Cut A watermelon cut last night During the day he signed more RUGS gime in their country were found dead in a thick woods near here, than 100 bills applying to indi vidual cities or counties. Maureen Gets Divorce MIAMI, June 11.

Wl The right to resume use of the name she made famous in feminine golfing circles was granted to Maureen Oreutt today along with a divorce from John D. Crews, Miami securities broker. climaxed a series of parties given in honor of Miss Harriet Joyce, They were Carlo Roselli, for Chicago, who has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. B. Garvey of 328 He signed an act permitting trucks to carry 34,000 pounds on the highways, whether they are enant of which House said he wrote and revised with President Wilson at the T.

Jefferson Cool-idge estate in Magnolia, still is mer Socialist leader in Italy, and Nello Roselli, once professor of history at the University of Florence. Both were expatriates who had been newspapermen in Italy before and during the early days public or private carriers. one of the colonel's pet subjects A Special Lot of Discontinued Alexander Smith I believe the solution of many of Fascism. Acacia Road. Miss Joyce and aunt, Mrs.

George Shaffer, Chicago, left last night for home after a three-weeks visit here. Present at the party were Harriet Joyce, Betty Kressal, Mary Holmes, Betty and Phyllis Vaughan, Flora Castigliona and Harriet Garvey. Members of their family declar of the world's problems is in the League," he said, expressing an cussion had not reached the point where any reliable predictions could be made. GETS MORK SPEED VALDOSTA, June 11 (-T) Patrolman Hugh Flowers says he was holding his own in a chase after a chicken thief -suspect until the fugitive stepped up his speed by discarding his trousers. ed today their deaths were for opinion that, the United States would have been in the League if Wilson had retained his health.

Bills Signed Governor Cone signed bills Friday, says the Associated Press, that included the following: House Bill 1852 creating the town of Golfview; House Bill 1610, relating to the Palm Beach, Bridge House Bill 1830, relating to Palm Beach County; House Bill 1853, providing that Palm Beach County pays salary of circuit judge's secretary. "obviously political reasons and that they often had received threatening letters because of their activities against the regime of Premier Mussolini. 33 to 37 MILES PER Seamless Axminstcr "EDUCATIONAL STRIKE" BOSTON, June 11 UP) Crews on two steamers sat down for two hours today in what a National Maritime Union leader declared was an "educational strike" directed against the International Longshoremen's Association, an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor. State Sells Batch, Js Of Slot Machines HUGS AYS MR, KIDNEY Hi TAMPA, June 11-JP) A batch of 217 seized slot and coin ma 6x9 Size (Cut rrora Holi) at chines, which can be licensed now TWENTY-FOUR ADVANCE MARCH FIELD, June 11 only in 11 Florida counties and can't be licensed anywhere tne State after October 1, was auc Condition Serious SINAIA, Rumania, June-11. UP) Eight prominent physicians who conducted a three-hour examination were reported today to have found the Dowager Queen Marie of Rumania suffering from a serious disease of the liver.

Prof. Hans Eppinger of Vienna, one of the specialists who took part in the conference, said the 61-year-old queen's condition "is held to be serious but not the occasion for immediate alarm." Twenty-four flying cadets at March Field became second lieutenants today. Promotions included J. R. Kilgore, Nashville.

tioned off here by the State comp "I have driven a Willys 7,000 VlmK3 r-lf with absolutely no X'lJufejll jf rx peine oilier thun gas and la i average gasoline i f'l tr MLSASJ'-'" -tJlf' I bus been from 3.1 to 37 inilrs per gallon." I). jjf WM Ji V.Ki,tor,,i.rrIB,.,Wya. troller office today for Before the sale Comptroller J. Work Seems Easier M. Lee's men pried $1,017 out of the machines in pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.

CASH AND CARRY WORTH $3.54 ONE TO A CUSTOMER NO PHONE o7DERS Spirited bidding between two And Life Pleasanter-When You Are Free From Constipation The bad feelings and dull OFF 9X12 8x10 6X9 slot machine, operators forced the price of the whole assortment up from a starting otter or auo, Giles J. Warner was the buyer. Nick Brown quit at $1,425. ness often attending constipation take the joy out of life. Try a dose of Black- Probe Denied WASHINGTON, June 11.

UP) The Senate elections committee unanimously turned down today a request for an investigation of Senator Berry An investigation was sought by 2l Draught at the first sign of constipation and. see how SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS POWELL DEATH DECREE TALLAHASSEE, June 11 UPl 9x12 ft. AXMINSTERS 9X12 ORIENTAL REPRODUCTIONS much better it is to check the trouble before it gets a H. Carlyle Lowry, Maryville, attorney. He charged in a petition to the Senate that the Tennesseean was disqualified because of "allegations concerning hold on you.

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June 11. Up) A general strike of 1,200 HJ'" i Hons Buhjnct to change 'm. iiliil iii tU 1 teithout notice. The death sentence given Marcus C. Powell in Jacksonville for the hammer slaying of his wife received approval by the Supreme Court today.

Unless there is some further legal action, the case now will go to Governor Fred P. Cone for signing of a death warrant for Powell's electrocution at the State prison. The Supreme Court unanimously affirmed Powell's conviction and sentence for first degree murder of his wife, who was beaten to death with a hammer at the Only nn expert could tell these irorireous reproductions from the ortrlnuU. Tovelr patterns- nnd colors perfect utility. -Hi IUNI IN BLACK-DRAUGHT A GOOD LAXATIVE employes of all city departments was called for 5 o'clock Saturday morning at a mass meeting of approximately 1,000 city workers here tonight, William Kane, chair PEPPER FURN.

GO man of the executive committee of the workers said. The strike is a protest against the mass lay MEETING Now In Progress At Church of God In Christ Conducted by Hrnthfr Hiipert Saunders, teen if Th rommnnlt.r' Is Klder T. B. nmUh, Pastor C. WARD MOTORS Dixie and Datura New and Used Cars same time her mother, Mrs.

Lou Spear, was killed. off of 250 men from the highway department and the reforestation Phone 6660 Twice before, Powell has been' OpprFire Dept. 119 S. Dixie work at Scltuate, officials of the convicted and pardoned ASK tS HOW YOU CAN SAVE IP TO $270 THE FIRST YEAR workers' organization said. on murder charges..