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The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee • 4

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Memphis, Tennessee
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IT i Lj s---1' 0 Vi hTC -wdh la THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL MEMPHIS WEDNESDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 26 1941 First Murder Trial Here If Grand Jury Indicts Arwood DEFENSE BOND SALES America Spcakt 0 The Trflfliure9joMC flf IJif Wife Accuses Her Husband Of Engineering Arrest Mrs Mildred Lyons 29 and Paul Low Income Group Also Lax Gallup Survey Reveals tiary aince Federal prleona are not provided with facilities for carrying out death sentences Judge Boyd will arraign persona Indicted Friday afternoon and trial dates likely will be eet There ia no indication when Arwood will be tried if indicted matter will be expedited as quickly as justice will permit" Ur McClanahan aaid Arwood who was raptured by a poaae at hia home about 19 houra after the slaying ia in Shelby County jail He was denied bond bv United States Commissioner Feathers! one at the preliminary hearing Monday WAR FEELING INFLUENTIAL ir the Federal Grand Jury In' dicta CJyde Arwood of Lauderdale County Friday for last week'a slaying of William Pugh Alcohol Tax Unit agent ha will be tha firat person ever tried in the Weat Ten-neaaee Federal Courts for murder The case takes Federal jurisdiction United States District Attorney William McClanahan explained yesterday under a comparatively recent statute giving Federal courts the right to try persona charged with murder or assault of any Federal officer while the officer is on duty or who is murdered as a result of hia duties First Degree Charge Prior to 1934 only Internal Revenue and Custom officers cases fell For the Festive Season A-GLOW WITH lt Poll Shows More Than 40 Per Cent Of All Voters Do Not Know Stampi Are Sold For Ai Little Ai 10 Centa MRS MARGARET BUCK Coiffure Howdeehell 22 of 1337 Ridgeway wore fined a total of 133 each In City Court yesterday on chargee of disorderly conduct and soliciting They did not deny the chargee Police arrested them on complaint of Lyons 48 of 1153 Ryder husband of Mrs Lyons that his wife and Howdsshsll were living together Police said they found ths couple in room at 1337 Ridgeway husband engineered ths whole thing" Mrs Lyons told Judge Klnkls Hs paid our room rent over there and used his car to move my bedroom furniture to Paul's room He knew we were going to live together" Pointing to Mr Lyons Hodsshsll said: cams over to my room and connected ths gas stove for us" Mr Lyons said hs and his wife' had been separated "five or six Ho agreed that ha had given his wife money for room rent at tho Ridgeway address Judge Hinkle did not question him on the testimony of Mr a Lyons and Hode-' shall By GEORGE GALLUP American InnltuU Ol Public Opinio PRINCETON Nov The Treaaury'a campaign to pro-mots defense bonds and atnmpa has bean notably successful in penetrating the public consciousness but Its chief problem is how to increase tho sale of these bonds in Federal jurisdiction Former Memphian Die Suddenly Although no definite announce- At virkihurg Fridarssion will Mre Emma Leach ha returned 25E caWr Mr McNo Memphi from Vicksburg Miss Oenahan indicated it would be where eho was called by ho audden preaented 'dath matters pending will Saturday of her mother he I Mrs Margaret Haywood Buck The Styled in Beauty Salon iim iTtattc'krsBd he 'funeral services and burial wer taken up by the grand jury ne Monday in Vicksburg I rhirn Mr Buck formerly lived In and stamps among two particular wUl te degree murder and nero the C0Untryth 1ow he la convicted it la mandatory eni of rouP' nd frraerr that the judge rot death sentence lalB Ry Egbert Haywood Osborne I Public reaction to tho bond and The penalty for Baptist mtniater and Mm Cynthia 'stamp campaign was studied by less than 10 years' Ensemble Oil Permanent Wave Ward Loveless murder is not Crisp Osborne Her husband was the Inatitute in a a S' Buck- nductor for the Railroad who died HATIS MAJOR CLUE IN DEATH Bureau To Meet nationwide survey The voting population include! all people eligible to vote but doea not include a largo proportion of negroes in the South aliens and others who do not cast their votes in nationwide election! If these groups are includes the study indicates that certain to Vicksburg made her Buck and her son daughter Mrs of Denver by not more than 10 years in priacn and involuntary manslaughter by not more than three years in prison or S1000 fine or both Arraignment Friday Should Arwood he convicted of first degree murder and sentenced lanother son Edwin to death he likely would be elec-Gainesville Fla and a 19 years ago She moved 30 yeara ago and home with a son Besides Mrs Leach sho leaves another Margaret McLaughlin Last 4 Days Re $1500 $875 Police Seek To Reconstruct Brutal Slaying Buck of of tho results shown in tho fol grandson 1 lowing report would be appreciably Paul Belsaer former president of tho Child Welfare League of America and a member of the organization's Board of Directors will talk on Participation In the Child Welfare Field" as guest of the Children's Bureau at 12:30 pm Wednesday Dec 3 at the Peabody Tha occasion ia the Chil- dron's Bureau annual meeting i trocuted'in the Nashville peniten-iJack XV Leach of Memphia lower the nonvoting radios and read Cocktail Dresses The Famous Helen Harrison LEESBURG Va Nov (AP) a greasy felt hat as a major clue authorities sought Tuesday to reconstruct the framework of circumstances surrounding ths slaying of 31-year-old Ward Loveless prominent Washington attorney i The hat hors tho initials "AT In ths band Authorities also wero interested' In the whereabouts of Loveless' green coupe in which he drove from a dinner party at a Washing- ton Country Club Sunday to his home and his death Investigators picked up ths hat in ths breakfast room of ths horns where Loveless apparently engaged in a bitter struggle for hie life be- fore hs wss shot and battered to! death and hia body stuffed into a dining room china closet Loveless own hat wss found on ths lawn and tha Investigators assumed it had been taken by the slayer who discarded it when he found biS' mistake Mrs Loveless who wss visiting relatives at Elkmont Ala arrived hers Tuesday and visited ths mortuary when arrangements were being made for ths funeral Thurs- day Authorities hoped she would be able to shed soma light on motives for ths attack on her because have few newspapers bloat Know Of Campaign Tho Inatituto survey revealed that: Among tho voting population approximately 97 parsons in every 100 have heard about defense bonda and stamps About ono-fifth (21 per cent) have bought defense bonds or stamps and among this group tho upper income levels account for three times as many purchasers per hundred persons as the lower income level A large over 40 per cent of tho total voting apparently does not know that defense stamps can bs bought for as llttls as 10c This may account in part for tho fswer number of purchasers in tho lowest Income group Farmers show leu interest In buying than city or amall town dwellers Only one In every seven farmers interviewed in the poll said he had purchased a bond or stamp as compared to one In ovary four person In cities and towns of over lOXX) population Two Surveys Made Tho Institute probed public reaction to the defanss bond and tamp campaign from various angles Two surveys were conducted In Juno and ths ons reported Wednesday Questions were asked to deter Smouldering With Sequins and Jet you satisfy a taste with an humble purs? Then remember 0 Sahib: The veiy best BUY is the whiskey that's DRY PAUL JONES!" tit dry toying! of tit Pool Janet Comet Is S' ANTISTRIKE MEASURE ASKEDBYCHCLUB mine how many had plans to buy and bow stamps or bonds Thanksgiving Candies tj li Also Would Make Arbitration Of Disputes Mandatory Packed In Attractive Tin Containers 2 Vi Lb $119 3 Lb $129 had bought them Ths results follow: June Nov Thoss Who Had Already Bought Bonds or Stamps 12 Those Who Had Not Bought But Said They Had Definite Plane to Buy 12 17 Evidence was found In the poll that purchase of defense bonds or itmrapa is apparently correlated with attitude toward war and foreign policy For example 43 per cent of persons who favored the revision of tha Neutrality Act said they had bought or definitely Intended to buy defense bonds or lamps compared to only 32 per cent among persona who opposed I1 changing the Neutrality Act Notions Department Main Floor A resolution urging passage of antiatrlke legislation affecting any industry engaged In tho defense program was adopted yesterday by the Clvitan Club at ths Peabody Ths resolution also urged settlement of future disputes through arbitration be made mandatory throughout the national emergency" Copies of the resolution will bs sent to President Roosevelt Senator McKsllar and Representative Davis Penns-baker wss appointed chairman of ths Resolution Committee to be as-siated by Thomas Maxaon and Bates Brown A film of the Mississippi State-Southwestern game shown by Prof CL Baker of Southwestern featured the entertainment Roecoo Clark presided Th luncheon next Tueeday has been postponed until Friday Dec 5 when tha club will hear a speech by Arthur Cundy of Birmingham international Please CUp Out and it ail The Mi Gerber Csady IS Jf Mala at Memphis Teas 5 IBM Address City sad 8ute Quality Price Chars Ceth COD ABOVE Jot bead traco intriguing design on net yoke and front Pencil-slim skirt $2495 Dr Bertram Willoughby Speaks To Exchange Club Daugherty Left $364185 COLUMBUS Ohio Nov Harry Daugherty attorney general in President Hardlng'e cabinet left an estate of 8364185 an inventory filed In Probate Court showed Tuesday Phone 5-3341 Gerber's On Mein Street Opposite Court Squere Arthur Woisi original New waistline interest Poimetta design in blended sequins $3995 Flaming sequins cast spark ling glow from collar and pockets from which the fullness falls $2995 Exclusive Btylcs From Gerber's Specialty Shop Third Floor Fast Dryness (lack sweetfiMs) Is i priceless quality ia whiskey Paul Jones dryness brings out tho true whiskey flavor sod delicate for you fBOtt complete enjoyment! Iceland because of the Inherent principles of honesty of its people and the perfect co-operation in the handling of governmental affairs constitutes a perfect working mouel of democracy according to Dr Bertram Willoughby president of Ideal Pictures Corporation who yesterday described hie visit to Ice-land before the Exchange Club of tho United States Iceland is the best country in the world" he said declaring that he arrived at this conclusion after having visited some 78 countries Ha told how only one jail is maintained but seldom occupied how farmer merchant and professional man meet to enact laws favorable to each and how government radio announcement makes It possible for the population to make rich hauls during the fishing season in which both ths people and th government share The club met at the Porter Homo and Lcath Orphanage for tho annual' visit and Inspection tour of the Institution where one of the major activities of the organization is conducted The Ex-changettes and board of directors of the home were among the 75 gueata of the club for lunch followed by a program and tour of the building The Tf flflMrt'Sfioiise flf liifi BOOKS by Edna Ferbcr by on nr Mary Ellen Chaser "Wild la the Ot) by Louia Brnmfidd iJuiUU "A Leaf In the LJn Yutang $250 "The 8un la My Undoing" iu $300 "All That QO rir by Franco Kryra I "The Keya of the Cronin $250 "Imntern On tho flfl by Terry "Big by Bellamy Partridge The Hill of Dovea" Stuart Cloete The Fighting Booth Tarkington $200 of Oliver Allaton" the Man Who Haw Through P1 rrr McCann I "Reveille In by Margaret Ieeh by Emily Post $350 $400 ol Jaycees Cancel Meeting The Junior Chamber of Commerce will dispense with its regular luncheon meeting tomorrow in observation of Thanksgiving Dave Williams editor of the Rlzxler aaid yesterday lie also announced that a large delegation -of th chamber would go to Dyoraburg as of that club Dec lOi $100 Best Sellers be very best buy Is the whiskey dry WHEN OTHER LAXATIVES FAIL TRY THIS FAMOUS WATER "LATTICE" PUMP by Carlisle $895 Gerber's Shoe BaJon Third Floor Smaeth Gentle Relief Usually In One Hour! "My Ten Years In a by Robert Bsnchley "Golden by Bertita Harding "Quizzes Carnes and Jokes" Digest Book" Thesaurus" 141s Life Hia Work His by Almonds "Franklin by Emil Ludwig "Whits Alice Dusr Miller "How to Figure Your Income Tax" "Ths Horae and Buggy Doctor" by Arthur Herisler MD "Magnificent by Lloyd Douglas "Oreen 1 IJoyd Douglas Ua Our by Lloyd Douglas "Night In by Ixibis Bromfield "The Hags of Billy ths by Walter Noble Burns Fhaa acute emutipaUne leaves you nn odea try the lamu PLUTO WATER rent men Although PLUTO works A hjend tf freight proof pretlhjort Diililierieit Inti lohuville ond SoldmerA CORDE BAG Fortvtr lovely $1095 Gerber's Handbags Main Floor snltly tt wnrfci by gentle ownmia treat mg Amd bulk tha entnn flushing dim-lira wnu awintly wuhm aa hour Pluto a eamtniteL tort if ted end scimtiA-tally autnliaed (aline nnerat rater with li mineral and mlta enmpiet wjhit am It passes tlirouzh the ebanacb wilhmit dufurbm dwfnrbing us function not abwvbed Adult Books First Floor Down Phono 5-3341 On Main Oppotiis Court Squoro On' Mein Opposite Court "Phone 53341 and act the colon where phyucune want a laxative to act ry Pluto 10 2G A 50 cants Yoa must get retreabmx onwiioftmg rehed tram mute tenet qmtasi on hour nr ynur money bark Krrnrh I Uh gangs HoteUwJ'ianUi Uted IP 1 r8ft "fV Wf 1 1 1 11 WJKf Ifc -1 -3-p wnflfefr AST1 tf jiwqii IS a.

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