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Partly cloudy Sunday and colder.
Monday cloudy and warmer.
VOL 86, NO. 33
Aaaodated Frees Service. United Preaa Diapatekaa.
ATHENS, C A, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1828.
A. B. C. Paper. Single Coplaa S Casta. I Canto Saaday.
TWO AMBAND SPECTATOR HUED AT MACON
STUDY COURSE TO
BEGIN MONDAY AT
INTERVENTION CROPS
BAPTIST CHURCH
OUT FOR THIRD TIME
SET RE-TRIAL OF
HILL FOR APRIL
8, FOR MURDER
Beginning Monday night at 6:30
o’clock at the First Baptist
church, the City Baptist Young
People's Union will hold the initial
meeting of a Study Course Week.
The school is to be associational-
wide in scope, every member
iho B. Y. P. U. In the Scrcpta
Association is invited, to attend.
During the course of the week
five subjects will be discussed im /TTT >\ v m a__^1 m a;__
detail as follows: People Called (^P) — Intervention, for
, OTTOWA, Ill. —(TP)— The date
! for a retrlral of Harry Hill, on
charges of n%der, of hla mother,
■ was set .Saturday for April 8, by
| Judgo Joe A. Davis.
siam ibshKi
HAVANA, Cuba.—
IN SPEED TRIALS
MACON, Ga.—(UP)—In spite o f the deep gloom dctai? M folIow8: Pcoplo CaUcd Vlir , _
DAYTONA BEACH. Ha.—IJPj-
ast oyer this city by the latal crash of a plane in { nnptist. Junior mid inu-rm-.-iiiuti- the third successive time Malcolm camuhrii. British men-,
he downtown section, in which two airmen and a : £ on the third successive jj&ag t T\g
pectator were killed, the southeastern Air Derby, Christian service, and studying Saturday afternoon, was Bluebird special, had planned to
cheduled to open Saturday, will be held Sunday and fo r„^ er 7 lce - i •,.. • • I infected as a controversial ■!& hI * ° tflclll ..»g > s , at “ rda h y „^ a » t
_ „cr- ,• i„ j c„,t ’ r li file faculty of. the study count 1 Hv . ,, , attar on Inspection of the beach
Iondav, otticials said rsaturdaj night. I will be made up of Rev. t. w.'subject as the plenary ses- declared ho would await more ta
The flyers, ..Buck Steele, of _ . _ _ I Tippett, Rev. D. B. Nicholson, A. cinn nf thp Pan-American rouble conditions,
roveport, Louisiana, and Francis *»'«'niiHinr n nr r n c m...w n e t...„ -a sion ot the Pan American
sberaft of Tovvancla, Pennsylva-
a, were flying, over the city
pping bombs \ to announce the
>ening of the air meet when one 1
their bombs exploded prana-
•eiy, blowing.off part of a wing
id sending the airplane crashing
to the crowded street, 2,500 feet
low. . v
There it struck C. E. Murphy,
, father of four children. He
ed an hour- later. The crash
.used a panid among the watch-
on the sidewalks but the most
them scrabbled to safety. A
• minutes/the cru-h around the
reckage of the plane was so
at that six spectators* were in-
ad when,'the sidewalk collapsed,
irov/n tort feet into the basement
la story the following suffered
m hiuth
INSTITUTES HELD
B1 STATE COLLEGE
The agricultural outlook
Women Mob Jurors
With Joy After
Hoover Facing Cross-Roads
Of Political Career In Fight
To Be Made On Sen. Willis
W.C. T, U. DISTRICT
TO BE i
HERE TUESDft'
H. ARMOR SPEAKS
PYTHIANS WILL
OBSERVE 64TH
•ANNIVERSARY AT
HOLMAN MONDAY
Supporters and members
of the Women’s Christian a. a. Adam,, j
•Utley, ,'ut and bruised.
Kelley, cut and bruised.
L. L./Cnrringtjn, leg and arm
jure dtj 1 •
Motet/ Undenvood. leg injured.
Pori# Chandler, 3 years old,
uLsci
Eli# Coley, regress, internal in-
which the workers from
the Georgia State College, %
of Agriculture, in coopera- ho,baud. coorco a: McKie. in ros
tion with other agencies ^tho recipient of many cougrat-
interested in agricultural Following the* announcement of
deVelODmcnt work, is con- vcri,,c ^ acquittal, excited
j , .. * 9 . c spectators staged a wild demon.
.... air meet, 1b--which Clarenco 1 ” UCtin ^ 0VCr the ^ate Ol stratum a n <! after court was ad-
aUbiUimn
indav na dTflSS’_ J? ha ? Many women broke through to hug
niTrC G. Turk. 0. c; Joiner and Walla l 10 " 01 , . Frank Lockhart. 24 year old In.
II j] | f- S Sanborn. Congress, threatening dte- d'.anapolll driver of national re-
D ll I L U i Two classes will be held each cord at the COnurcSS nown. took his.’Mny Stutz Black
1 ■ ‘ - CUIU UUw cuiigrcwi, ■!»- Hawk Spec!a | onto th0 beach for
peared nearing: its end. 1 a few minutes Saturday morning
The intervention cloud had to permit photographers to mako
sremed to have disappeared as the pictures of it and later ran It on
plenary session opened. The sub- the beach at 102 miles an hour to
committee charged two tvoska ago insnect the counr. u
with solving the thory problems j HU ruu waa not official.
. of the ri^ht of a nation to inter-1 ■ ___ .... ...........
a* ar# a | veno in tho affair* of another I NEAR RIOTS T«n»««*. U H«A tTm(am alt a I Ta A,lR
McKie 'Acquittal country, had failed to report on * NEW YORK — (UP) — Snow Temperance l/IUOn Of tne| G . M id
* the matter. A proposed conclla- which coated streets and railway Eighth District will hold at 1
. |tlon mission, to visit Nicaragua tracks with slush Saturday, delay. it l h m,.j--, -a
'under tho nusplces of tho Pnn-Am- edtransportatlon for hundreds or a lolly nert, MICMLIJ
AUGUSTA, Ga.*—(#)— A free erican grouD, had not been sug- thousands of New Yorkers, caused {he Georgia State Teach-
woman ter tho first t'mo in nearly g^ted .Vv th' le<ri*lat»ve commis- atrret accidents and disrupted , r» 11
two roar* Mr* union T imll.C sion o{ confess. rush hour subway service until Crs yOllCge.
°TTiu, 1 7 Dr. Caudro Pazos, rspresentlng near riots occurred. | Marry Harris Armor, L. L. D.
McKie, or Hutchinson, Kansas, tho faction in Nicaragua, apnroved The most threatming demon* will be the luted pal speaker. Mrs.
faced tbo world Saturday with un- fy tho United States fqvernmont. stration took place at the 14th Armor will speak at tho Pound
■ an * auditorium at 10:45 o'clock.
_ or several hun- Announcomcnt cf the District
i- dred persons stymied tK* stair- Rally by Mr«.,W. P. King, prosd-
wavs. They clashed with hun- de-vt of tba Athens W. C. T. U.
|drcd$ of others trying to l*ave the follows*
station because a small firo had
suspend:d service.
Members of tho St. Elmo Lodge,
Knights Pythias, will observe tbo
HLXty.fourth anniversary of the
founding of tho Order tomorrew
ulght with a banquet At the Hot
mail Ho lei
Tickets for this occasion are
procurable through tho committee
composed of Messrs. M. J. Abney,
R. F. Harris, 21. P. Lawrence,
BATTLE INOHIO
WASHINGTON;
(UP) — Republican polit-
* <nr*o • «_ • p inteu no huiiu oiuimm; hhu uu* ‘V .. _ . ( .
for l“^o IS the oasis lor Rott’ed plans after her return to declared to the United Press ntre« t express station wh:n nn an-
the Farmers’ Institutes Ilansa,. to visit her two children, *Mt ho would not false the sub- ary. millins thromc oftevern! hun
fLo announced.
Jw*t of intervention at the
j RrCM * • m
Allan, N. D. Nickerson, and M. [ . • /«„„ oofl 4
Michael. Also the tickets will 1 ICfll Attention IS fOCUSSCu
tho door prior to tho abovo
stated hour of celebration.
Tho program is as folio
Ablt Nix, P. C„ master of cere
monies.
Invocation—Rev. E. L. Hill, P.
C.
k Oper/ng Code.
"Pythanlsm and tho Business
Man"—Prof. It. E. Carter, P. C,
song.
E IS
t 10110 hy expert lrom tno col.eye tliem nnd men rushed to
itcrcd hate requested that it a ,- a the b.oueiul ji.uc,iu ot-ieo- C h n kc their hands.
? l ,' nUC V .. ...»
.-lore ♦n^n th ^v the coun- non
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TTY COURT WILL
nomics, not only a* to the alma
existing in Geotgia but
throughout th* country,
study has been going on over sev
eral months-
In sizing up tho general ngricul-
tuial situation for G.orgia for
.ONVENE MONDAY :”“-i t r iJ, no ^ d that Gcor ^ a far -
• mers produced crops at an incr-as-
Tet COMMITTEE WILL
MAKE PERSONAL
PROBE OF MINES
r.TnDMlW* UC D 17 «<• value of $39,060,000.00 or
lilUftnilUJ n&Kfi gr *a» over the tptal value
City court wUI convene tomor-
w momjng with Judge
ck. presiding and
t Brown in^harge of the pros:
of
IT YET BEADY
1
TEN BUS LINES
ARE MERGED IN
SOUTH GEORGIA r,n c:rtenr, * ^ wevom
ajvrwaaa wwvnwm The gmnn will asso m b
10:45 at Pound auditorium
almost entirely on the
Hoover-WiHis fight in
Ohio, which promises to
have a good deal to do
with deciding whether the
Secretary of Commerce is
to be a band-wagon candi
date or face an extremely
powerful group of hostile
party leaders at the con
vention.
This d cision will come soon af-
t:r the Ohio primary on April 24.,
Stanley R. ‘Until that fight is over and ana-^
the parlors of Winnie Davis Hall, Grubb, P. C. I lyzed, influential *1.
Rov. C. B. Harbour will hold tho N. D. Nickerson has prepared a ! ers like Hi lies of New York, Wjj
Moina Michael brief history of tho Order as tol- j0 re on the fenc.*
lows:
Our Order’*—T. W. Reed, P. G.
"Tho Eighth District W. C. T.
U. Rally will moet In Athens
again at the Georgia State Teach
ers CoPege, Tuesday. Feb. 21nt.
This group will first assemble in
"We, Us and Community"—T. J.
Shackelford, P. C.
"A Call to Arms'’—John B. Gam-
• rvativtly, wiU Ukaly
‘•The Order of Knights of Py- statement.
thU.” third :n ilw among the i The Ohio fight la mora than a
WASHINGTON —(AP)— Sen
ntor George of Georgia stated Set
ATLANTA —(AP) Ten bu, y 0nnR women otudento
lines operating in aon^.rn Geor- a .„, n „ pmblp ,, v ,„, or , m „ of h ,
gia and northeni Florida w re ma . ycImM 01 | d re».e« upon tho
OM^de? th^'Llamelf the Ge«: moraI m0V,m ' nt of Tomp '”'-
git-Florida Mo*er IJn*«. I-e, nt „p' „ p rr ... ._ or rA „
n-gotlations completed in Macon, „ ^ , 0 ap0 relo and Amerle. b.,i
it w.. announced h ro Saturdoy fhah mad „ ou , trlD „
The annoateerreir. followed ab , oad thp mteeeM of bumon
' V '" ‘T'Z,r 10 | conyentlon^daiegataaf' It "JOS
nior vn-orgu ui \jcurKin »wt«m 001- . _ .• -i,. bu>uuu jii uio iui'-tmv ui iiuuinu
lurdny that he hod received official “P™- sho . h ».’
'Jsotificntion of th; notion of tho af {”H n F J’“ 5t ! 1 ”” many Vm-o in defenae of the Pro
WASHINGTON, fdh—The aeu- d^oeraUc , t atc central executive nor, I’T* n-^ o ^ 5 Mbi lon Law.
ate interstate commereo compi.s. comm |ttee, empowerln-r him to Oie rew namc^of the Dixie Safety
LINDBERGH
A GOOD ONE ON
THE ANXIOUS
a! test of Hoover a, a eonvanHS# - '
Dili 1 C’candidate. He has n ver run fq|
rUIXd. office. There was a f-eHa move-
(Turn te Plot Two)
crates to the Coach Lines. T-e.
d**morratic national convention at
with Judge H « O. SwSllH™* S2’£na, _ at
1hWr*&SBBaBBa }&&&&&.steamer collides
^ — I -I h.v. netVr d tb. turtle, frem WITO COAfcBARGE
rfvlc
In June.
;nn|.’
ntatlve*
ST. LOUIS —(UP)— Colonel
Charles Lindixrgh. th most close
ly followed avlstor who ever II w
a plane,•unconsciously put oyer a
coup on the pi'bli'’
tiop. J\ 7/ * .altogether due to a much larger
Jurors fcrjthe February Term’production. i TTCT7AY TUI?
City Conn, which convene, Cotton is responsiblo for most Ah USUAL, i tlEs
~„ n ... Y - of thj incroasa in value although , . iavv . n
nday, February -0. with Judgo ( p; anu t 8 and tibacco both share in
■ c - Tuck presiding were an..the increate. It is certain also
luncod Monday by B. J. Craw, that live stock nnd livo stock pro-
rd, clerk 1 of courts. ducts'increased .materially In val-
Ths v.f renew, i lue,: although figures for this in-
be ksf of Jurors fellows} | cr aJC ar , not rfa dilv available as
This increa-o in live stock
L. U
W. M. Bryant. Ed.
PahJ. 1 Yf KSukJt's nr Jtt. lias nxnsi- in in. .w.
. °r*. H f c , n , s, e. production, however, is ahown in
o X 5 _ L ' I,on *' H. C. Hall. * pTnVn i. nine *wn>.
175 AllTiEiTS
B. Ilardy. J. L. Hannon.
Dint Martin, A. !’. Denrlng
sher Ralfo-d, F. M. Halley, A.
Dudley. W. n. Pope, O. H.
mold. Jr., W. K. Bishop, Hers,
el Carlthers.' Glen Davis.
fit®. A. Cone, Lee Morris, J.
Morton, It. L. Dramblett, R. S.
Isrbut, Geo. L, O'Kelley, T. J.
cott. Geo. E. Story, James Costa,
H. Hubert. Goo. Collins.
D. Ed. Wllb'ame, J. H. Patman,
Den Thornton, H E. Dunlop, E.
Ncrrts, P. W. Hudson, A. E.
Jvlson, J. E. Wlgley.
Inula Warwick. R. H. Bullock,
jo. H. Ferris. Geo. H. Thornton,
'• T. Coltlns, 8. S. Thomas, Wei.
» Smith, ,Oeo. E. Stone, W. T. safety
BYSTANDER GOT
THE WORST OF rr
I have recelv d the notice from
tho committtee,” Senator Gtorge
said, f ut I find it nre-ssary to _____________
EVERYBODY SAVED
___ Rnturday when
Mrs. Robert McDoura! will he worked on an airplane a f Lam-
sponk on P. T. P work at 2 p. m. bert Fi Id here for four hours
Mrs. Ne’l Urtbaw Gnnuon wi»l wh n.he waa bclioved to be flying
anoak at 2*30 on the subject- of to Chi^nwo. .
"Loyal Temperance Lofj'on", we [ Ho finally left “ er ® 1 . ft t 1 ® :3 ° ,* u *
fTovn •/> I’VWn)
BN STUMPING 1!
AROUND THE NATION
M. for Springfield) Illinois, with | WASHINGTON —fUPi— ,Sen->
wounded in tho snoulder by a bul
let fired by X. L. Moreh-ad and
aimpd at L n Seagravcs. Hospital
attaches reported that Bloom’s in
jury was nut serious. Only one
shot was fired. Morehrad himself
reported the affray to tho police.
it was stated t«iat Morehcad and
ISeagraves h.nd a fight last Satur-
■ ■ ■ ■ J dy in which Morehead won the de-
CINCINNATI, Ohio —(AP)— ciiion. Howcv:r, Seagravee got
Ono hundred and seventy-five pa-1 tfcc best of tho bout this time,
tients of the Hamilton couritv in- Morehead was being held on a
L fjrmary were carried or htip d to blank.*, charge of disorderly con-
1, -- safety when fire broke out Satur- iduct at the city Jail, pending the
=rbes, W./W. Clary, J. F. Dun- day. Cold weather, n driving snow outcome of Bloom's injury.
■on. /■ t/ ^ and wet and slienery pav-ments —
! , Lxdi th: work of rescue difficult
Srincoe, F. 15. Leathers, * , Io , t of tbe pjti.nts were fee-
>pper. J. Gny Hancock. Ue or he | p i ; j,. The fire started
* R. H. Burch, W. S. j n tbo l. as -nrnt and the smoke
{speaking enfrag^m ntB fov the next
several days. I will, in due course j _____
reach a d cision in ihe matter.” I
Senator Gooree 1ft Saturday’ new YORK.—(ffN—The i
night to fill official and sneaking f.ine p^ssenee** steamer Sib'....,.
; I enn-agemehts in several cities. He ontW ard bound for Havana, col-
*,. . . , ..... i will deliv r K*vnote. fiHn-r'^s lidod with the cool harao Scnecan
Two old friends had a little a - jj e f nrc til 9fh Vir-ihi. con-rrsMno- j n t ue lower harbor Saturday,
terention Saturday night on Col- j democratic convention.at Bril- -rh,, r rew of tho barge was res.
lege avenue and as n result a third , 0 ; Tue „, ay . n „ wj,, R0 Co i unl . The crew or mmmwM res
part)'. "°t nn aspeciat friend of |,; a south Carolina to address the. 8 t a rtod bark to petr '
eith.r of the two. was in thj Gen- s „.:, h r . r0 ;i„, W neral assembly Blarloa l,ae ' t ■ r ,r>
crnl Hospital with a uujlet wound VYzdnesilny night,
through his shoulder. ' —
Adam Bloom, the bystander, was
three airmail pilots, and piann d I ator .Tsmrs A. Reed of Misseurf,
H. C.
B. Hu
PPting/; T. J. Keplin, Roy L. _ , 0 dense that it enveiou-d the
Gsun.gB. W. Ussery. E. K. three-story brick building.
recn.$
AMERICAN CHEMIST IS SENTENCED TO
SERVE YEAR IN PRISON AND FINED
5,000*-MARKS IN GERMANY ON A
COMMERCIAL ESPIONAGE CHARGE
WASHINGTON —(AP)- A re
duction in tho rate on peaches
— from Georgia, North and Souti
I DUS3ELDROF. Germany—
(AP)—Guide ileieel, Ameri-
tan ch mist of Portsmouth,
lTamp-hire, Satnrdsy,
M jeatenced to one year im
prisonment ,nd a fine ef 5.000
r-s-1,. n diims of r«mmer-
ri»I csn'onsjfef-lrf ar king to
''■tain German chemical and
lye I
Th* Amerieen chemist, who
cf German birth, wee re-
i on a bond of 11.000
about 13,000, bat most
remain in Germany or -others
wise forfeit the Mil.
Since Melsel spent eight
months In prison awaiting
trial, this period srill fce de
ducted from the prison sen-
tn-e.
The trill was held In KB*
because of fear that * ere** of
the German dvr trust of ’rest
Imrdrtance might be revealed
In te-rimonv. the m thuds t*srd
bv the trusts to prevent for
eign e. peonage.
WHOLESALE DROP
IN TEMPERATURE
ALL OVER SOUTH
s 'ESCH DENIES THAT
HE WAS SWAYEI
BY “PRESSURE”
MACON, Ga. — (AP) — The
Georgia Presa Institute which
opened Thursday at Mercer Uni
versity closed Saturday night with
a dinner dance at th»* Shir^i
Httlf ’Lodgt, given by the Macon
Teh:gra])li.
Editors attending the instituto
attended classes in journalism for
the last time Saturday at Mercer.
During the instituts classes were
held every morning. Address and
lectures 'bv editors and educators
featured the afternoon nnd night
sessions.
Tin Institute was held under the
ausnices of the Georgia Press As
sociation and was the first to bo
held. ‘It Is planned to make ah an-
i\u»! vent of the affair.
More than 75 georria editors,
from worp, |>on m.i ou . reoresen*ing everv section of the
Car0 i!i? a ’i* t 1l, gtates wai t ’" te attended the institute, nnd
SKJifwSLvhi' the Interstate a11 vrre ,inan > mou * in their annro-
ordered Saturday bj the Intarstaw bf thf eours. .nd expressed
CommwO Commission, effecti e ^hemselv-s a^ wanting to return
April 2o. for a similar evm*-f n ^xt vear.
Tho decrease in rates allowed by m
the comission, it was calculated.) PRICES DROP
will reduce railroad revenues on j
tho ncach traffic by |500,000 <xn- NTW YORK.—Stock prices
nually. The commission h'ld that wh'ch bit the toho*r*»n with ern-
p aches from the Georgia territory tidreabl# vtolAnce Friday, rootin-
wor*» <*ntitl*»d to lower rate* in rom- ued to slide downhill Saturday ua
pari son with rates given from surport wm withdrawn from tho
othtr peach growing districts. ^recent pool favorites) .
ATLANTA. —(A 3 )— A wholesale
drop in temperature ranging
from "slight" In sections of Florida
to the neighborhood of 20 degrees
in more northerly states of the
section, rode Into the southeast
on the wings of a northwest gale
Saturday.
Flurries’ of snow, accompanied
diet Hurt drops of tho mercury in
Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and
Alabama, although Mobil*-, in
latter state, proceeded with 4ts
Mardl Gras celebration untroubled
by severo cold which bad boen
forecast but foiled to arrive.
Memphis reportod 20 degrees;
Chattanooga. 24. a drop cf 13 de-
gre*-*; Louisville -i drop to
Birmingham a drop of. 17 degrees
to 27 and Atlanta hod an 11 d«.
gree drop to 33 on unofficial rood-
rings early Saturday.
WASHINGTON —(UP)— John
J. Esch of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, flatly denied
before the senate Interstate coin-
inerc?*coMission Saturday that he
was influenced by political pres
sure to change his vote ' on the
lake cargo coal rates decision.
“I did rot consider m- chance
for re-/»ppointm:nt In forming my
opinion of the caso and I don't be
lieve my vote wou’4 have had any
ciT*ct on it,” he wiU.
ME
to return to St. Louis later Satur
day night
Aged Comedian's
Body Taken To
rVfd np hit print and s*tt <mt
Saturday for a three weeks etm-
naign tour of th« west inaugurate f
... -.1! Jl-Lt i.. tL luirii *
N. Y. For Burial
an act’v^ firbt for th dfRh'k J
cratic presidential nomination. *
Nine speaking engagement! b«-
tween Dallas, Texas and Loi An-
NEW YORK —(AP)—The body
of Eddie Fey, v.t.ran comedian,
who died at Kansas City, was
brought to New York Saturday,
nnd taken to New Rochelle, his
home, where funeral services will
dj h id.next week.
A group of Foy s old friends,
most of them contemporaries on
the stage, were ut the Pennsylvan
ia Station when M
six children arrive
and her
geles
C o, California, hav^
._..ged for th« aggresaiva
crat who expect* to challenga
leadership of Governor A1 omits)
of New York.
Th? tour it important poliUssUy*
It is th? first ambitious campaign
of any of the various pretidtjull
candidates of either party, w W ■ |
the only "swing round the catWvA
piann d by any preconvonttOtt
candidate in recent y«an. ■**j
His friends expect the tpttF ffi
line him up a good list of
up a .
ith th„‘ body, gates for the Houston conv«
BELEFTOPEN
WASHINGTON — (UP)—llex-
EIGHT PERSONS ARE !e°c«gotiat!ons wrlth thc statute-
MISSING FROM
FERRYBOAT
SAN FRANCISCO, CaL— (AP)
—At lea.t oirht nci-ons were
partment S'eking to have tho Unit
ed States.Mexican border .kept
open twrnty-four houra-deliy. It
wee learned at tho treasury Sat-
ord-v ntghh '
Closinr Teres. New Xfxico, AH-
Iona and California borders porta
af antry esrlv in tho evening now
retrain* the natural flow of com-
missing Snturdav when police and;p,, ree „ n a hinders hueiness r'la.
rescuers checked their reports in],,*.* P*twren the two countries,
an effor* to ascertain the number, jj,-!■•'> cishns.
of casualties tn the accident of the j Maarten feels she is h'li.r? di,-
ferryboat Peralta from whose eriminsted aeainst hv earW eloe-
deek an unknown number of naa- in- ef customs n*r»s M af s«-i
senee.s wua sw.pt into San I ran- of eptev on the C.nsdtan hoHor
cisco B»y. are opeu twenty-four hoar* 1 d»y-
TWO GIRLS MAKING FIRST
IN AIRPLANE BURN TO DEATH IN
ACCIDENT; WARNED N0TT0G0UP
COLUMBIA, S. C. —(AP)—
—Alma Hope and .Mildred
Rogers. 17-year old Columbia
schoolgirls, were burned to
death Saturday when the air
plane Ilf which they were mek.
ing their flrat flight (west In-
to fiamen after craaning into
a rallrcad floodlight control
tower at the edge of the city.
Ihm Diegel, the pilot escap
ed from the burning plane,
and wan token to a hospital
here, where it waa raid h» waa
badly Injured, though not
n«w»arily in danger of hl»
U The two girls were said to
have be n advlsad by Diesel
and *l*o br Dr. C. A. Bunch,
of Cheraw. one of the ow*»*ra
of the plan*, no* to no un Sat-
prd"v morninv becau^o un-
fiTAfRKiw wea»h*r
Yie 1 ' 4 '*** ft»* pleading of
tho r’Ha IHe**»l to
♦•V# un for a *hoH
Thev flow ov"T a nart of Go!-
umbU and in aaloag a circle
!o
back toward* th* *tarti»g >
point, preparatory to Undlag»‘ ^
they came ov*r th* Souther*
Railway freight yards at A*
drew*, a suburb. A mtddod^ J
gust of wind swept th: ploa*-.,
against a 100-foot flood light
tower, and according to gjro- in
witnenflei», a wing cnunpM tA
the plane fell nose first to th#
ground and at once burst iato
flames.
Th bodies of the girls ware.
burned beyond recognition. . s
Diegel was bleeding from tbo ..
nose and mouth ss he crawled ia ‘
from the wreckage a mianD «‘h
after the plane struck. From .
the landing field a half mile ’ *
r way, the party, incIudtaiC • ;>
Mir* Rorers* mother, saw the
crash and immedlat ly started
bv au+o to ro te the wm*.
w»s atonped m the wav«> - 1
however, and was sent to tha u .
ho # " , ‘*l.
"It wasn’t fault; I tt'
edly from U* kwpital ML