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REGIONS IN IE
I III LI II in
S T O L P, Germany.—
(UP)—The majestic ap
pearing dirigible Italia,
with which Commander
Umberto Nobile plans to
fly over the north polar
iegion, Thursday glided
through northern skies
cn route to Vadsoe, Nor
way.
Tho dirigible will pauee at Vnd.
FOe for re-fueling and then con.
tlaue on to King's Bey, Spitzbcr.
fun
fair Dying weather was reported
from along the entire courae that
tbo dirigible must tsk» on ita 1,160
mile flight to tbo northern tip of
Norway. It wae expected to arrlvo
at Vadsoe about noon Friday,
It waa shortly after 3 a. m. that
ihe Italia—which had been wheel*
rd from the Seddln hangar earlier
in the night, glided slowly into the
nlr and pointod forth towards the
ultimate polar goal.
Banner-Herald
Pictures Sent
By The Airmail
The throe column cut of the
Bremen ‘wlrea’ on the front
page, of today's Banner-Herald
waa among aeveral ‘ctata’
ruahed here by N. E. from
New York by apeclal delivery
over the new air mall route
between New Orleans, Atlanta
. and New York. The letter waa
stamped in New York, at 1.So
p. m. May lat and was stamped
at Atlanta at 11:30 a. m. 31 ty
rid.
Eighty cents, Including the
special delivery fee, was nec
essary to bring the cnvclopo
from New York here, the rate
being 10 cents (or each half
ounce.
N. E. A. means Newspaper
Enterprise Association and
furnishes the Banner-Herald
with picture cuts, feature
stories and comic strips, being
one of the ltrgest services of
its kind in the world.
ASSETS OF THE
OVER STOCKHOLM
COPENHAGEN. Denmark. — |
(UP)—The Italian Polar dirigible |
BE GIVEN REBATE
tPRODUCE
Announcements Are Made
By Two Institutions Of
Consummation of Agree
ment in Today’s Banner
Herald.
In today's lssuo of the Banner-
Herald announcement It made of
an agreement that has been made
between the Athene Savings Bank
and the National Bank of Athens
whereby the latter institution as
sumes the obligations of the de
positors and others of the Savings
Bank.
The Athena Savings Bank ceased
to function os an active bank sev
eral days ago pending action, that
consummated Thursday and mado
public In these announcements.
The Sarlngs Bank announces
that It was materially aided In
consummating the ' plans through
the cooperation of the Hinton Se
curities company, which acquired
the real estate of the hank for cash
with the exception of tbo hanking
house which was retained by tbo
I National Bank of -Athens for ex.
■HHpSayspMHH
THE FLIGHT OF THE BREMEN HAD
Its heroines, tooi g
HORTENSE SAUNDERS INTERVIEWS MRS. KOEHL, MRS. FITZMAURICE—AND PATSY AT Y[
PORTER ENDS STAY
panelon purposes. Speaking of the
. .1 cooperation given by tho National
Italia passed Stockholm, Sweden, ! WASHINGTON.—(IP)—A plan to Bank of Athene the Saving* Bank
at 10:45 a. m. Thursday. (give farmers rebates on all frclgnts states. "it It a course Of gratUlca-
—, ®n agricultural products intended Don 1° tbo Athens Savings Bank knees at ehg ttood.. Her grnv silk
ermany—(DPI—The tot ewrt , was proposed Thursday «■» the National Bank of Athens stockings ,and. her «ay. kid, ox.
LONDON — (VP)
BERLIN, .Germany. lr ,- rl -rm.- ■ , . , ,
Tclegrapheh Union Thursday re- to the tax reduction hill. ; had enabled them to care for their
ported receiving a message from Me Masi"i» amendment woubi el- *BOriWr*^d <^tdta. and .tM
the dirigible Italia, timed nt 9: Jo j ew tlio rebates on grain, raw cot. j National Bank of Athons sbotdd bo
“ ™Ai. W wML"»p ?e t :«rive al %^ ' 2 ~ ,K ‘
Stockholm at 1 p. in, ’ ( I uc t 8 'which aro intended for t’K<
PASSES ARHOLMA { > ’° n ' -
COPENHAGEN, H.nmark —I
(UP)— The Italian Dirigible Ita-
lit was seen passing over Avholma
Sweden, northeast of Stockholm,
at 1:00 P. M., Thursday following
tho coastline on her cruise to
Vadsoe, Norway, Spltxbergen and
the North ^
DIFFICULTIES OF
EGYPT ON BILL
IS IRONED OUT
517,800 IS TAKEN
Kansas city, Ka n —yp>—six
mm held up tho Helaberg Diamond
Shop, two blocks from police head-
quarter* here Thursday and es.
difficulties over the assemblies bill i “ nped wm , jewels valued at (17,.
before the Egyptian parliament SM aKer dlnrmlns a policeman
irmporaril V,,n! 0t m Cn<t * •“* and eluding two auto leads of otfl-
British battleships, which were 1 06 ,taff-pf Darks was forced
" ro " t ,° Alexandria, have been (g Ue on tu ^ floor while three of
turned badk. Consideration of tho 3. TD hbere looted the showcases
WASHINGTON —• Senator
25?«“fil oM^^tataon? ringa"* ** 10wc * ,e *
AEl°t“ " cYVuccnsn ar.
Loggetto of Calltorniia that an in
dependent party formed in tho
oveut of tho nomination or Dover-
nor Smith of New York.
i±d'. T ri h fi»tt r .S l riveddn tlmo to «e ‘tri hariU c«
M’bU*Wth&U, ‘cal^and^lafer'wM
ST C n°2 V n ntdT C,ll,,,0ry ?o d nnd .r.rion C .r«nS, d r Z uSt
England accopUxHt. auS* viaduct leading to Kansas
PROBE UTILITIES'
USE OF MONEY IN
PENKjELECTION
WASHINGTON— (UP I—Large
sums of money spent by Penneyl-
vania utilities interests to defeat
power legislation In the state leg
islature, were disclosed Thursday
in ike Federal Trade Commission's
u'i.'itris probe.
FLOOD CONTROL
BILL TO GO TO
COOUDGE SOON
WASHINGTON —(UP)—Con
gress is expectod to sent! the
Jones-Rsed Mississippi flood con
trol bill to President Coolidge 1st*
Thursday or Friday, in *fl*tan-
"ally the same form fn whlch ft
"as approved last wosk ■by the
house.
of- the customers or the Athens
Savings Bank. We hope our cue-
tomers wUI show their apprecla.
tton by continuing their basinet*
with the National Bank of Athene”.
Tho .National Bank announces
that It has not acquired the Sav,
Inga Bank’s real estate but‘Ita
liquid assets and has steamed its
depositors’ and others’ obligation*
and will sot up at once.the de
posits of the Savings Bank which
will he available early next week.
Tho full announcements of the
two bftnki are found elsewhere In
today’s txxne.
SEN. REED DENIES
RESPONSIBILITY
F0R3RD PARTY
SUGGESTION
1 BY HORTENSE SAUNDEHS
, NEA Service Writer.
NEW YORK.—"It’s noisy . .
it’s hot . . . I’d rather bcon'tl
boat ... I don’t like New, York■
... I want my doll.” '-
This was Patty Fltiniauricc’
comment on the reception New
York gave to her father. Major
Fitxmaurice, and the two German
flyers, Baron Hucncfeld and Her
mann Kochi. . Even n handful of
yellow lollipops that looked like a
bunch of lowers against her lit
tle green frhek did not entirely
reconcile her to the'daya turnon
ances. .' Cj®Lft
Two women more unlike In
type, but more delightful iu their
separate ways than Mrs." Klfride
Kochi and. Mrs. Violet. Fitzman-
ricc. uyuld he hard to find,''
Mrs. Kochi is no typical bail.-
frau. She looks, and dresses ex-
actly like a slender American
Rapper. Her brpwn hsir is sroon-
od back from her forehead, show
ing a fascinating “widow's peak.''
and both her,cars are revealed.
Her features are very i lee n. eu*
her skin a h?althy tan, and whr-
-he tells yon her favorite snort k
skiing in tho Bavarian mountains,
yon cap just cee her In th" olr.
On her first appearance uvWew
York she wss dressed In a blu--
grsy twerd suit, with a feminine
white silk blouse and a blue Il
shat managed to accent her blue
eyes. Her skirt-just-cov-red her
EDITORS;NQTE-jrhe fo).
lowing students In the Henry
W. Grady School of Journalism
wrote there reports of revival
services: Emmett O. Dobbs,
Young Harris Methodist; Sam
J. Slate, Jr., Prince Avenue
Baptist; Clyd; Basham, Cen
tral Christian; Fred J. Bryant,
First Christian; and A. M.
Ross, Eait Athms Baptist.
| With only three more
I days to run the Simultan-
eous Revival Campaign
i here reached the peak of
enthusiasm Thursday.
While one of the churched dof-
■ ed Wednesday night, and Dr. Hen
ry Alford Porter will close hhi
■ series nt th- First Baptist church
Tiiur day night, most of Ihe oth rs
; will continue throughou. Sunday,
i Many applic6tion;i for mem-er-
ship to the various churches have
bo n made, l.ut tho -final report
cannot be mad: until the cards are
and ta
ala'.ed.
me-for a little rest
ford* were impeccable. Vcr> v - '.Kill
isK, carer, sensitive, she seems
always noised for flight. - f- 1
Mrs. Fitzmauricc is feminine. Formalities of New York's welcome to the Bremen fly
soft, gentle, v.ith, a low vjiee, had come when thix picture was taken. ft to ri«ht you sc« (’aptain Ko.hl, Mrs. Koehl, Baron Vo
ready smile, and brown cuidy Hieneteld. Major Fitzmuuricr, I’.ii ■ FTt/.imiurice, and Mr., liizmaurice. They were at the
hair, bobbed tovgifee.a,becoming Carlton Hotel. .
frame to her face. She has a
Latin trick of talking as much
with her hands and her. eye» as
she does with .words- Her manner
is calm, easy, and all her move
ments are graceful. She is ns r2-
laxed as. Mrs. .jCoUii is eager and
alert. ' ,
Her costume was a very fem
inine block satin frock with col
lar and cuffs* of pink chiffon-
ask any woman if that isn’t a
considerate thing to do to your
complexion.
The First Methodis ch.'.rch vtV.l
hold a final r. . • f r children
and young people Friday after
noon at 4 o’clock. All those who
have applications for membership
will att nd this ervice. 1 '
AT MEETING OF
FEDERATION
r
Weather Forecast
DECATUR, Ga.—WW—A namt-
naUag commlttae’s slate ft offleers
headed by Mrs. A. H. Brenner, of
Amrnsta. for President, wae before
the Georgia Federatlon ot Wom.
*n’s Ciuhe tor a vote Thurjdav.
The reel of the nominees were.
Mrs, A. P. Brantley. Btacksbear.
retiring Pfeeldent, Georgia Birec
tor of the General Federation
Mrs. S. V. Sanford, Athens, firat
V1 Mri' , ^ l D. n Dlmmock, Waycroee,
‘^^.“tlth.AUanta,
Tr r re 0 T.f ot,> Savannah, Seor*.
taI jj' r s. Rosa Woodberry, parltt-
mpntarian for life-
oalneavifle wa* the uuanlmaita
choice ct the convention ')ednes-
day as the next- convention city
while the membership gavel made
to the Fifth District. The Third
District won the cl'.lrenshtp ban-
ner and the Federation decided to
Propose toe Brown Thrasher as
Gedrtta't official bird a: thr next
aeaeloa of the legisUture.
KRECH DIES '
NBW YORK. -<f)~ Alrb. W.
Krech. chairman of the board ol
trustee# of the EqultaWo Trust
Company, one of the largos- hsuh*
in the country, died suddenly at
.hiy oftice Jhuig!«I-
POLICE FIND NO
TRACE OF TWO
ARMED BANDITS
Though opposite In type, they
seem to have Identical reactions
to the flight of the Bremen. Each
assured me, one in German and
the other in English, that she
had absolute'confidence in her
husband’s ability, to. cress the
ocean; that she encouraged him
to go, and that even whan tho
outcome seemed in doubt, she did
not worry.
Each assured me that she often
hud made flights with her hus
band. but always at a passenger.
Neither is ambitious to be a pilot
Mrs. Koehl told of exciting
flights at night over the Baltic
Sea.
Neither had mado any plans
about seleng America. Each just
wanted to do what her husband
wanted to do.
After the wives and little Pat-
Smith’s Lead Over Reed
And Walsh Steadily Is
Growing In California
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.-(UP)-With only a few
precincts not reported, the triumph of Governor
Alfred E. Smith of New York in Tuesday's Califor
nia presidential primary, appeared even more con
vincing Thursday than at first indicated.
Smith, who, by hie victory gain-
,rmnilDAlUPF FI VPR
1ns democratic convention- to j LiRUUIIHIlUL | L I L II
Houston, continued to drew away’
from his .opponents, Senator Jim
Reed of Missouri and Thomas J.
Walsh of Montana.
Reports from S.0J7 of the state’s
7.764 precincts showed the follow
ing figures:
Smith 130.487.7
Reed 67.893.
Walsh 48.093.
On tho republican side the re
turns represented a monotonous
Increase In the vote for Herbert
CHATTANOOGA, Term—(UP)
—The bandits who robbed the
Highlands Trurt * Saving* Bank
Wednesday still were free Thur*-
d *5h#ck *>y officials of tl» institu
tion showed $6^50 missing The
two bandits forced four employees
and a number of customer* into a
vault to complete looting the
bank, and scaped in * car, de-
Ecriptlon of whkh varied.
MRS. KNAPP IS PUT
ON TRIAL FOR
LARCENY
ALBANY, N. Y. -fUPj-Mi*.
Florence E. S. Knapp, tho only wo
man evfr to hold a high office to
New York »tate, went on trial
ared on the *cene, Koehl Hoover, whose candidacy wae up-
COMPLETES FIRST
1ENTV-F0UR HOURS
ROOSEVELT FIELD, Long Is
land — (UP) — Flying steadily
over Long Island, Lieutenant Roy-
WOMEN QUIT
D. A. R. AS ACT
OF PATRIOTISM
NEW HAVEN, Conn.—(#)—Mrs.
/Whitney, widow /of the
late Judge Edwin B. Whitney, and
Mrs. William Lyon Phelps, wlfo
of Profoftsor Phelps, of Yale, to
day resigned from the JteNghtors
of the American Involution, in a
statement, referring to the recent
troubles In the organization, they
said that It was “Mmo ito resign
to protest our patriotism.”
Mrs. Whitney lias been active
for many years in women’s poli
tics and is au alderman. Mrs.
Phelps jhas been active In the
Colonial Damos and the League
of Wismen Voters. •
Mrs. Whitney was a member of
the Eva Lear chapter. Nine others
from thta -chapter and from Mary
Clapp Wooster chapter, including
Mrs. Irylng Fisher, a member of
the executive committee of law
enforcement, also tendered their
resignations.
The general statement which
Mrs. Whitnqy and Mrs. ♦ Phelps
signed, explanatory of their rca-
Ignatinn*, follows in r-rt:
'Tho undersigned are American
itzmaurice became the real j oppoiedlnthlft state. In^the aarne ‘ al V. Thomas.continued Thursday r jtjzp n 8 by birth and .*< .n
*«. #.!-».* «- • » —«»■- 1 ^ortjK-W. imhaph r — -- ■ •* —
(Turn Page 8Ix)
thgt the baron with his monocle of Commerce polled 500,076 votes,
and his ready smile couldn’t
share*
He could - woo the Goddess of
Chance in an airplane as well at
anywhere else. And possibly he
waa nearer to his muse of poetry
during; the flight than he can
ever be again—but Fitxmaurice
end Koehl left something very
real and substantia! behind them
when they started across the At
lantic.
A casual observer, watching
the greetings these flyers receiv
ed from their wives, and seeing
the .very fine devotion betwem
each couple, might have said it
was worth more than glory.
Perhaps each pilot felt the add
ed courage and confidence of
these two women while the Bre-
Tennesse To Furnish
Opposition For Red
And Black HereOn
Fri. And Saturday
By Jack Froet \
After playing two games with
the University of Tenneue on
Thursday charg:d with larceny to
handling the state's census fund
men was tost In fog. At sny Friday and Saturday afternoons of
rate, tho heroes of the flight; this week the University of Oeor.
weren’t just the three men In the; gji Bulldogs will enter one of tho
^ plane. Three others, one of them hardest conference serine of the
and heard _ herself aeeused of mis- „ . little girl *wtth a handful of yMr on Monday and Tuesday oft-
ipproprtating $41Bp0. 1 lollipop-, played heroic parts to emeons when the Red and Black
George Z. Medalie. special pros-, the adventure,
ecutor to outlining hi* ease to the j .... .
State *of d .New f Yor" tooY*sS!oOT AMERICAN MINING
^"Ih^^-WuUdTnmril HEAD sails from
relatives, most of whom did no . - . . mttm
AvwmZA***™ NICARAGUA THUR.
The opening of the trial Thurs
day ended the stormy ysriod
which started when Mrs. Knapp
long a prominent figure ta.tspnb-
PUERTA CABEZAS.-Nicaragua.
— (UP) —Superintendent Hoad of
V the Bonanza Mining Corporation
iican .politics ta this staW, waa of Philadelphia, who wa* thought
accused of “fixing up the family” (to bn In rebel hand,. I* s»6*» *nd
by passing ont sinecures to rrta-1 has sailed from Blueflelds for the
tives and using the census fund I united Stales, x dispatch eaid
to pay salaries. — ■ — Thursday.
our forofatlicrs fought in tho ev
olution. and support tho constitu
tion. which is tho guarantee of our
liberty, and therefore wo aro nn-
nbto to continue our membership
in an organization which, by ;u--
t’.-n of its national convention,
adopts a policy atriklng at th'’
roots of ‘American freedom and
contrary to the spirit of tho first
amendment or the constitution
which it has BW.;rn to uphold.”
CORPORATION FOR
FINANCING FORD
PRODUCTS FORMED
team will meet the outstanding
Plainsmen from Auburn for the
second time this season.
The Bulldogs were scheduled to
play two games with Auburn some
.weeks ago but due to unfavorable
s’eather condition, only Ihe first
gam. of tbo affair was played. The
game that was played resulted In
a three to three tie.
Sloe* th* ttato of the even count
battle with Auburn the Bnlldogs
htve played many games but to
air of their work they have had
tho coming series will: Auburn In
mind because they ridal/o that tho
two games wul be two of the
hardest on th* Red and Black card
this season. ,
The Anhurn team Is made up of
a num^rjrf ogataodtaf collage! DETROIT, MIcK. -(UP)-Ed-
hJSt mtobl™ d ta^. ioi?h Ford tnnounccd Thursday tho
best college pitchers In the Souui omnixation of tbe Universal
Corpowlloa, a $IM0OfiOO
phchTth'^"..™" 1 Kon uct* on an tostaljmcnt basis,
on the Auburn team will be found
“MAKE YOUR STAND FOR
GOD,” URGES KEV. FRANKLIN.
In the concluding r-vival service
at the Young Harris Memorial
church Wednesday nighty Rot#
Marvin A. Franklin, visltlnt.p
tor from the Park Street Sietl
dfst church of Atlanta, issued
invitation to the congregation
accept Christ and his teachings.
“We all appreciate invkations :
to outstanding events,” said the ‘
minister, “and are prone to bow
down to all earthly honors. But,
I come to you tonight, as a min
ister of <thc Lord, bearing tha in
vitation that U written in thf
blood of Jesus, to be present on
that great and glorious day at tha
Feast of the Lamb. We mast anitd
with God with one consent now and
acceptable i^to His kingdom-*
God is raaoonAle, said Rev.
Franklin, and nr man with th»
overture of mercy in Him can of
fer any reason why ho should not
accept the invitation. He assert^*
ed that the individual has no ita*-
son for not accepting other than
tho fuel that he had rather givn
his life to tin and selfishneao-thani
to God and service in His king
dom.
“Men aro thinking now more
of their material possesions than
they are their spiritual posses
sions,” declared tha minister.
“There aro men here in Athana
that are rich but aro \
stricken in the sight of God.
only rich s that wa have
riches that we hav* dep
the bank'of Heaven.”
Ho nmnted out that the oociil
life 61 today is dangerous, full
of >nares and sin, and la taking
away th? glow' of the kingdom of
God. “Jesus dhd to save us and
Lh waiting with outstretched arm*
to moot us at. the white and pMrly
gate!,” con tinned the pr>Mi*r«l
(Turn to Paga Thr**)
COUNT®
when ft conuV.to hitting home
runs. Sankey hold* the home too
record of hit team, old Ebb James,
a familiar name la baseball circles
will be on the receiving end in
both garnet.
Auburn wtU come to Athena
with a determination to win lust
IS GIVEN 10
VOTESBY
HARTFORD, Conn.—
delegatee at targe
.s strong as.will be the Bnlldcg. cratlc national convention.' to-
dctermtoatlon. Battles between I structcd to vote for Goynm ir ai.
Georgia and Auburn aro almost os I fred E. Smith, until released by
characteristic as sanies between j hint, were chosen by the J-mo-
Gcorgtaand Tech and for that rea- j erotic, elate convention h .b 'i Tiu'r ,.
(Tarn to Page Six) v 1 day, t
MTAJlirtei -(UP)-
turned towifda matters of* 1
cr vein Thursday as the 5%th
nual Imperial Council of the r
ncar:d its close.
A carnival of merriment
climax the convention. From <
Thursday until after midnigh^
program of amusements lr
particination of the 100/HK) N
of the Mystic Shrine, their 4
and frhnds.
Business questions were settled «
at Wednesday’s council seasthh
with tho selection of Los Angefo*
as t.ie next convention city and tb*
e'ection of Judge Clyde I. Wef
to the significant office of C
luard.
bathing parties
festivities. ]
to th. 1 Gulf stream.
ca<Ws along the Tamiami
*|)«ed boat cruises, band s?r
luncheons, g|olf, swim mil
illuminated yacht
among Tha^day s \