Panama City News-Herald from Panama City, Florida • Page 6

HENTZ INDIDATES FOR STATE lENATOR Calhoun County Gets lU Turn in Rotation As Sharit Won't Run PANAMA CITY- NEWS-HERALD, MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1940 For The Medium-Income Budget TALLAHASSEE, Fin. Only one Senator of six seeking Democratic renomination in tie May primaries cnmc through without opposition in the first step of his election campaign. When the qualUying deadline for the state senate expired Saturday nighu no opponent had taken the field against the veteran A. O. Kanner of Stuart in the 33rd district.

Terms of 19 Senators expire, and 12 of them will not re- nombiation. One died since the 1939 legislature and another resigned, making 21 places to be filled. John R. Beacham, nominee for senate president in 1941. whose home is in West Palm Beach, will have to make the race in the 35th district against Charles D.

Abbott, also of West Palm Beach. i Henry Murphy, who lives at i Zolfo Springs, has three oppon- ents, Dr. A. T. Eide of Lake Plac- id.

and W. M. "Bill" Cliett ofi Bowling Green and H. G. Jones; or Arcadia, in the 27th di.strict, Dan Chappell and W.

J. Pruitt will contest the seat from the 13th district held by Ernest Graham of Miami, who in 1939 led a'Senate investigation of Florida race track operations. I Would Quit House Two members of the 1939 Cooley and W. F. run against George F.

Westbrook of Clermont in the 23rd district. West- brook was chairman of the Sen- i ate Appropriations committee at the past session. "Gentlemen's agreements" I by which counties in the same i senatorial district rotate the remove six Senators W. H. Mapoles of i Crestview, in the first district; D.Stuart Gillis of DeFuniak Springs, third; H.

N. Walker of I Wakulla, fifth; George A. Damfr; widow of Senator W. C. Hodges of Inverness, ninth: Joe Sharit who died recently i Eleventh; Walter Fuller of St.

-nSi Petersburg, and John S. Taylor nation. of Largo. J. Locke Kelly, in- Candidatcs in these districts icumbent, decided Friday not to "first: T.

Franklin We.t and S. Maddox of Milton. jdrew from the race. Third: A. P.

Drummond and Fifteenth: D. H. Dukes of P. S. Kelly of Bonifay.

Wortlihigton, Hewitt of One of the most intpresting projetts con- fi'ontinj; the builder and architect today is the drsiKninK of sound architecturally attractive homes wliich the family of moderate income can purchase without too great a strain on the hudRPt. This home goes far toward meeting these requirements. An efficient use has been made of all available space, and a noteworthy living room-dinette arrangement has been evolved to solve the dining-room problem. A mortgage of $4,400 such as the one insured on this property the Federal Housing Administration, may be paid off over a period of 25 years by monthly payments of approximately $2G, exciuBive of taxca and hazard CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR ARE BROUGHITO 11 One of Them is Clancey Oi Panama City; Mrs. Wells Out of Race McCRORY'S NEW STORE HERE PLOOR.

PTAM Fifth: S. C. Council of Carrabelle, and J. A. Shuler and R.

Don McLeod of Apalachicola. Nliath: D. M. Johnson and Lockhart of BrooksviUe. Calhoan County's Turn 25th J.

Frank Adams and J. I. Hentz of Blountstown. 29th: L. E.

Wilson and J. Slater Smith of Green Cove Springs. Candidates in other senatorial Seventh: E. Snow Martin of Bartow, M. R.

Driver and V. P. Miller of Lakeland and Harry E. King of Winter Haven. (Incumbent Senator SpessarU L.

Holland is candidate for governor.) Eighth: Rep, LeRoy Collins jand Mrs. Margaret Hodges, A General Electric CHALLENGE! Match This Value It" 1 Lake Butler, Hal Y. Maines and W. J. Sapp of Starke, for seat vacated by Senator Charley E.

Johns, a candidate for Congress. Seventeenth: Senator S. A. Hlnely of Live Oak is opposed by Henry E. Leech, also of Live Oak, and R.

L. Wilburn of Branford. I Nineteenth: Senator Walter W. Rose of Orlando is opposed by Robert L. Hgdges and Herman F.

Mohr. Twentieth: A. B. Folks, W. S.

Baskln, S. H. Christian and C. A. Armstrong.

Senator C. A. Savage, the Incumbent, resigned last year. Twenty first: G. C.

Perdue and Harry B. Lewis. Senator Henry B. Coulter of Brosnon is not seeking reelection. Thirty first: H.

O. Bannick and Jurant T. Shepherd of St. Augustine for seat vacated by Senator Peter Kendrick. Thirty seventh: Ralph B.

Chapman and Ernest F. Householder of Sanford for place vacated by Senator J. J. Parrlsh of Titusville. There are 38 senatorial districts, and terms of half of the members expire every election year.

Death of Senator Hodges and resignation of Senator Savage make 21 places to be filled this year. I Blood-letting or cupping was used as eariy as 413 B. C. to treat disease. rill A ON ETHYL GASOLINE Sunny State Oil Co.

Phone 473 Coasl-al Hgwy- IS WRECKED BY FREAKISiSTORM 'Northern Lights' Seen As Wire Services Are Thrown Out of Order 6-Tube G-E 1940 CONSOLE Player Easy Terms ssco CORP. FRED RABELL ()kltMv and nianacer STRBPT StHoieceit LOW Relieve yourself of the tirc- job of home laundering it's just as cheap and lots easier just to send it to DOMESTIC. Give us a trial you'll be pleased with our work. DOMESTIC LAUNDRY PHONE 4th GRACE NEW YORK. earth recovered today from the communications-wrecking effects of a magnetic storm, pcssibly the greatest in modern hLstory.

A tornado-like solar disturbance, scientists said, whipped up huge spots on the sun from which a stream of electrical particles emanated, riddling the earth's atmospliere and virtually isolating America from the rest of the world for several! hours yesterday. The phenomenon affected land telegraph and telephone; undersea cables; the wireless telephone from New York to London, Paris and Rome; wave relays and even long-wave radio to a lesser extent. Messages Delayed For hours the crippling blow delayed movement of thousanas of Easter messages via telegraph. Capping the day-long astral- physical warfare was a delay of "northern lights" the aurora gave additional support to the theory the heavenly fireworks are a manifestation of sun spots. The Hayden planetarium's executive curator, William H.

Barton, explained that the disturbance resulted from the interception of the stream of charges by the earth's magnetic force, causing the particles to veer off toward the terrestial poles and thas cutting through man-made waves and currents. Worst On Record The American lelephone and'. Telegraph Co. said it was thei worst case of wire disruption its engineers could recall. Currents as high as 500 volts were set up by the disturbance, causing insulation to burn in some in- The- Associated Press' mile leased wire circuit was bad-; ly hit.

as was its wirephoto network over which news-pictures are transmitted. At one time It was necessary to route a picture from New Yorl; to Boston, a distance of 250 miles, over, a circuit almost 15 times longer. Port News ARRIVED American tanker Gullmaid from Port Arthur with cargo oil products for Gulf 'Oil Corp. Gulf Oil owners and agents. American steamer Pan-Atlantic from New Orleans via Mobile to exchange cargo and sail for Hoboken, New Bedford and Boston via Tampa.

Waterman S. S. owners and agents. Italian Steamer San Guiseppe from New Orleans to load paper for a foreign port. ARRIVED AT PORT ST.

JOE Egyptian steamer star of Luxor from Dunquerke, France with cargo salt cake for the mill at Port St. Joe. Fillette, Green agents. As tar as known this is the first Egyptian steamer to arrive in the gulf as far as our recollection serves us. Many ships of neutral nations are engaged in trade to parts of the world not heretofore visited by them.

This is on account of the high freight rates now existing caused by the present war, SAILED Norwegian steamer Octavian for a foreign port after loading full cargo paper and naval stores, Waterman S. S. agents. 25 YEARS AGO TODAY Mar. 25, launch heavy attack on Hartmanns- weiler-Kopf in Alsace; German fleet bombards coast of Courland.

American Casualty Home From Finland STRAVINSKY WEDS BOSTON, notpd Russian composer, Igor Stravinsky, and Vera de Bossett Sudeinkine, a countrywoman who ho met 20 years ago, were honeyiriooonlng here today. The couple revealed yesterday that they were married In Bedlord two weeks ago. Stravinsky will be the Boston Symphony orchestra guest conductor this week. INVENTOR DIES PARIS, Branly, 95-year-old French physicist, whose invention of the coherer led Marconi to develop wireless, died last night without a radio In his Paris home. think that I had something to do with its invention," he to say Ip expressing his disgust over use of radio for propaganda purposes.

His arm was smashed by a Rttsslan bopib and his feet were frozen by Finland's sub-zero temperature, but John F. Hasey, of Bridgewater, grinned pily as he recently arrived in New York. Member of the American Volunteer Ambulance Corps in Finland, he, was first CajunUy of the t9 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. of R. A.

Gray and his assistants tackled their man- sized Job today of making ready for the Democratic primaries in a presidential election year. Florida Republicans were unopposed in the state races they entered, making unnecessary a state-wide Republican primary. The Democrats, however, made up for the difference and when the qualifying deadline passed at midnight Saturday an unprecedented number of candi-, dates had entered the various i races. I With nearly 160 persons ftjm- peting for the 18 places on the! state's delegation to the Demo-, cratic national convention, of-! flcials wondered just how they would be able to get all the! names on voting machines in! counties where they are used, i Last minute developments saw an eleventh candidate enter the race for governor and an announced aspirant for the United States senate drop out because of an attack of appendicitis. Roy For Governor Frederick Van Roy of Crystal River, self-styled "tall pine" from Citrus, paid his fee and filed his oath within the last two hours.

His papers had been received by mail several days earlier but he directed the letter be unopened before 10 p. m. Saturday. Mrs. Hortense K.

Wells. Florida Democratic national committeewoman, failed to qualify as a candidate for the United, States Senate nomination aft3r the was stricken Saturday while en route from Tampa to the cap-! ital. She said she became so illj at Perry she had to end her trip? and obtain the services of physician. I Improved in condition yester-i day, Mrs. Wells said she would; go to Jacksonville for an nation.

Names of Democratic candidates who were unopposed will! not appear on the primary ballots. Write-in nominations cannot be made because state law I requires office seekers to file; 1 oatlis and pay qualifying fees at least 45 days belorc a The various important races shape up as follows: Important Itaccs i Democraus: James Barbee, Jacksonville; James Clancey, Panama City; Walter! B. Fraser, St. Augustine; Sijes-j sard L. Holland, Bartow; Carl Maples, Wakulla; B.

F. West Palm Beach; Burton Scno-i epf, Tampa; P'rederick Van Crystal River; Hans Ocala; Fuller Warren, Jacksonville; and Francis P. Wiaitehair, DeLand. Republican: John F. Walter, Daytona Beach.

United States Senator C. O. Andrew.s, Orlando; Jerry W. Carter, Talla-, hassee; Charles Francis West Palm Beach; Governor' fred P. Cone, Lake City; O.

B. Hanzen, Pahokce, and Bcrnarr MacFayden, Miami Beach. Re-, publican: Miles H. 'I'ampa. Secretary of R.

A. Gray, Tallahassee, incumbent. Attorney Ed R. Bentley, Lakeland; Millard! B. Conklin, Daytona Beach; E.i B.

Donneil, West Palm Beach E. P. Martin, Plant City, and J.i Tom Watson, 'lampa. uepuoli-! can: Harry shad, Gainosvuie. Demo a Frank Brown, Jacksonville; E.

G.i Fraser, MacCienny, and J. M. Lee, Tallahassee, incumbent. J. Edwin Larson, Keystone Heights; H.

L. Richard, Keystone and William M. Starke. Superintendent of public instruction Democrats: Coiin Engiisn, Tallahassee, incumpent. Commissioner of AgricultureDemocrat: Natnan Mayo.

Tallahassee, incumbent, Member of the State Railroad W. B. Douglas. Tallahassee, incumbent, and S. Peacock, urlando.

Repuclican: B. George Griff itn, Miami. Attorney General George Couper Gibbs and Treasurer W. V. Knott did not ask re-nominu- tion.

'ihrec members of Congre.ss were unopposed for Democratic renomination. were j. H. Peterson of the First district; Pat Cannon of the Fourth and Joe Hendricks of ihe I'iith. The, Republican candidate in tne- FUth district, Amory Akerman! of Orlando, was unopposed.

i R. Green, of Starke, Second' district incumbent, nas two ponents for the Democratic nomination, James G. Cary of Jacksonville and Charley E. Johns of Starke. Francis Mchale of Jacksonville is the Republican candidate.

Four Democrats are seeking the Third district pest from which Millard Caldwe 1 will retire at the end of his present tern). They are: D. Stuart Glllls of DeFuniak Springs; ParkhiiiMays of Monticello; Robert F. Sikes of Crestview and G. Pierce Wood of Qulncy, Neither member of the Na-; tlonal Democratic Executive committee from Florida asked reelection.

Candidates for the party job which Harry H. Wells of Tallahassee, Is relinquishing include: Allle Bayard Angle, Tampa; J. Tampii; Paul Brovyn, 'ii 8eaoh; Joe runama City's new McCioiy store on Harrison avenue. The new Five and Ten store officially cpciicd to the public for inspection Friday and had it's business rpcning Saturday. Thousands of visitors attended the opening.

INTERIOR VIEW AT McCRORY'S Here is a view of the interior of the McCicry store o(n llarnsou avenue. The store officially opened for business Saturday and thousands of patrons shopped among the counters throuijhcut the day. This picture is a view of the main floor snapped from the upper balcony, or business department. OPENINGS IN MAlilNES Authdrlty for enllsttrient a limited number of young of excellent physical duallfica- tlons during the months of April and May, has been received by the U. S.

Marine Corps Recruiting Station, Post Office Building, Savannah, according to an announcement received today from Captain A. C. Small, recruiting officer in that nAD EASTER WEATHER (By the Associated Press) Heavy snow and polar temperatures harried widespread sections of the nation today, as weather experts gave prospective Easter paraders the cold shoulder with forecasts of unseasonably frigid conditions for all the country tomorrow except In the deep south and the tar west. PANAMA ADULTS 15c Plus Tax We Are Not Alone I A WARNER BROS. Rm N.iiwul JANE BRYAN.

FLORA ROBSON SEVERN UNA O'CONNOR Plus: "Community Sing" Latest News HIGH RIDER LINCOLN, Camnbell wants to be transferred from the state highway pa- Maynard Seen As Tiddling Buckaroo' "The Fi 1 i Buckaroo!" t'oi to the motor vehicle or truck That's just what Ken Maynard is division. He put his reason terse- in his latest Universal feature, Iv but eloquently in a letter to completed recently at Universal his superiors: City, and just booked into the' "I like my job very well, bul I Panama thsaier Tuesday. For in am six feet fiv3 incnes tall and it. Ken, in addition to perform- they want me to ride a motor-; ing his cowboy stunts with grace cycle. Can you blame for! i wanting to make the ohiuigc?" and agility, plays the violin in a great many sequences of ihe story.

This may surprise many of, his fans, but when thpy learn i that Maynard performed many' CniPMUNK-Y BUSINESS "-u uu.uy LICK ind. UV) Chip- vcars ago a.s a inu.sician on ih delayed start cf Inc famous Mississippi River-boat French Lick Spring iiotel's Easter Blos.som," the showboat made famous in Edna Ferber's celebrated novel, they will not and attendants had to marvel at his facility with his fiddle. In the picture, Ken and his film sweetheart, portrayed by Gloria Shea, former bernity, and play such old favorites as "My Pretty "Chisholm Trail" and "Oh, 'The Fiddlln Buckaroo' was written by Nate Gatzert and directed by Maynard, his first di- rectoral work. The musical talents of Maynard, however, are only the accompaniment of the! red-blooded action of the drama' in Whicli Maynard, seen as a Government agent posing as a bandit, engages in some of the moiit spectacular figWts, rldos and gun frays of his career, as he stakes his life in a daring rescue of his sweetheart. M.

Carbrera, Key West; Lee Colvin, Pensacola; Sam Foor, Jacksonville; T. G. Futch, Leesburg; R. Herman Jarman. Pensacola; John E.

Mathews, Perry Nail, Palatka; Dwight Rogers, Fort Lauderdale; Bill Shayne. Miami, and Byrd Pensacola. Mrs. Neil Alford of Jackson-1 vllle, Enid Broward Hardee Jacksonville and Polly Rose of St. are running the women's post, left open by Mrs.

Wells. The first primary will bo heid May 7 and the second May 28. The cymbal is the oldest known musical instrument made of! brass. It was used as early a.s 1047 B. C.

Hours later the little animals were found chattering over bright-colored eggshells TUESDAY A SCOURGE TO BANDITS WU THISRIDIM', FICDTW nUT Fiddling Buckaroo Also 'Drums of Fii Manchu' RITZ GONE WITH THE WIND in TECHNICOLOR iUvrwg Leslie Olivia Vivien GABLE. HOWARD DcHAVJLLAND LEIGH Buy Reserved Seats On Sale At Box Office For NIGHT SHOWS (8 P. ALL SEATS RESERVED $1.15 In. WEEKDAY MATS. CONTINUOUS NOT RESERVED 80 In.

Tax MAIL ORDERS ACCEPTED wlicn uccomranitd by money order or cushici's check and self-addressed stamped envelope. No personal checks accepted. Phone 304 lor ini'ormation cnly. No tol'jphonc'rsscrvationy NOTE: PLENTY OF CHOICE SEATS AVAILABLE i THANKS! We arc down McCrory's upon llic ojjcning of new, modern store in Panama City. Wc appreciate llic splendid reception given us and hope that we have made many friends during our opening Saturday.

If you haven't already been in our store, come in today and let U3 prove to you that we always strive to make you prices Jthat save you moncy.and give you the greatest possible value on every item. 5c IOC STORE ON HARRISON AVENUE, PANAMA CITY 4t.