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Pinal details were being
made Wednesday for the
I).,A. V. flying exhibition
thpt Is to be staged at
Epps flying field Thurs-j
day afternoon when some
of the best known stunt
and racing aviators of
the south will come here
to thrill the people 'of'J
Northeast Georgia. • 1
Roy Gates, of thi D. A. V. Hy
ing unit who was here Monday and |
Tuesday working on the detail, yf
the meet, went to Atlanta Tues
day afternoon to confer with some
of tlie flyers there who are coming
here. He stated before he left
that Doug Davit,/one of the
South’s greatest “stuntera’’ ant
flyers, would '-be here for the com.
, petition along with other well-
■ known aviators. iDavis broke the
world record for three mUo race In
Atlanta last week, and has thrilled
spectators there for the past sev-
■' oral, months. ■ .. .
Parachute Stunts. -
Jack McCfVen, parachute ex
pert. will do his stuff for the spec
tators and about thrus hours of
, hair raising cT'jr.S will keep the
citiwd on edge.
Mr Pieker'eii, who has been here
sevettl days in the interest of the
iD. A. V. fund, and Mr. Gates, are
enthusiastic over the prospects for
haring a large crowd on hand for
the exhibition. They state that
not only are they MMklng a fund
for the 0. A. V„ but that they are
seeking to promote interest in avl-
ation. ,
Headed by ■‘•Bobby.”
it is.a-.well, known fact-.that
Bobby Jones is heading the cam
paign in this state to raise $60,-
MKI fur 111,. [)isoj 1 ed • American
Veterans, thousands of whom are
in- hospitala throughout the coun
try, and In need of assistance. The
government is doing its part, but
it is limited by congressional limi
tations in the expenditure of funds
and the money that is being raised
by public subscription is to aug-
• ment government /appropriations,
and Is for a worthy cause. '
Athens p-'oplo are being asked
to help out in this fund '
attending the meet and
ticket for SO cents. They
treated to entertainmsnt worth
many times the small amount, fjut
nt the fame time they will be eon-
ritbuting to the fund. '
The flying field is locat'd just
off the Lexington road, near the
county farm and is easily accessi
ble. Thursday is a half holiday.
CApIZ, Spain. — (UP) — Commander Ramon
1-ranco challenged the Atlantic for the second time
Wednesday as he piloted his four motored Homier
seaplane into the air on an ambitious around-the-
world project.
amhitii
<NEA, New, York Bureau.)
Here's one chance for enemies of A1 Smith .to declare that the
Democratic nominee is /'all wet." Governor Smith is shown emerg
ing from the water at Hampton Bays.- Long. Island, where he went
for a- abort vacation. Looks-in pretty , good condiiton, doesn’t he?
A1 said that after this , ahiort Test from all things political he'd be
ready and rarin'for the big campaign/ .
ring auKea
I by simply
i buying a
ley will bo
practically every one can at
tend t.V* exhibition and aid the D.
A. V. Fund. . .4 *.J
Control Crowd . 1
Arrangements have been ' com
pleted to control the crowd. In the
interest of sefetyi no one will.be
allowed to park near the field at
the place designated for that pur
pose and guards will patrol alt of
the adjoining roads and fields in
order to keep everyone away
from the crop . Most of the stunts
will be executed at a low altitude
so that it will he necessary to be
on the ft W in order to see tba
show. There is a general admission
charge of fifty cents for adults
, and twenty five cents for chil
dren 1»5 or under and everyone is
« xpected to enter the field. There
will Ik* no charge for parking.
To quote Mrs. Holden who at
tended .yesterday’s meeting , "If
the folks could but know the valuo
of this service to our *boys, th?
field would not hold them."
The program will start prompt
ly at .1:30 and continue until C:30
except for 30 minutes intermission
for thoic who wart to fly. Specta
tors will the opportunity
of aslecting the plane and the pi
lot with whom they wish to ride.
All planes and pilots are register
ed by the Department of Com
merce /and are without question
intir-'y safe and dependable.
-TThft exhibition is for the ben
efit of the Service Fund of the
Disabled American Veterans Asso
ciation of the World War, and will
he tak n'into every state in the
Union," stated Frank Mitchell,
Aujutant of the local D. A. V.
chapter,, “wo expect Athens to
support it in every way.
II. I*. Cofcr lx Chairman of tho
committee for tto local post and
among those who attended yester
day’s meeting were:
At Meeting ’
Mrs. Horace Holden and Mi 4 *.
Car! Say >, State President and
"State. Secretary of the American
lesion Auxiliarp; Mrs. T. W.
Reed and Mrs. It I.. Keener, Pres
ident and Secretary of the Allen
R. Fleming Post Auxiliary; Mrs.
Iieusse, Mrs. Tony Postero, L. W.
Nel-on and Fran Mitchell, Com
mander and Adfutant of the local
Chapter of the I). A. V.‘ and Roy
Cates and O. C. Pickerel! of the
D. A V, Flying Unit.
MACON, Ga. — (AP) — The
Georgia State College of Agricul
ture,, with the cooperation of the
American Railway Express Com
pany, is making a very careful
survey of the ripening period of
• various truck and cegetablo crops
throughout the length and breadth
of the state. Dr. T. H. McHotton.
horticultural^ of .the college, said
here today. He appeared on the
ilc "Place of Farm Truck on
GEORGE BRENNAN
MUCH BETTER,
REPORTED
T-rrrf--(«>*>/
iBreann. democratic political lead-
*r. was repor/ed greatly improved
'Wednesday, /at John D. Murphy
Hospital hero, whore .he has been
critically 111 following an opera
tion for septic poisoning.
ITALIA CREW WILL
MAKE SEPARATE
REPORTS ON
FATAL TRIP,
tpolc “rises of Farm Truck on ROME ITALY —(API— Ge'W-
Goorgia Farms” before th* Eighty* ».L u g h i*? 0 .x f f obil *'
- • annual: meeting of the A fredo Vlgiteri and the other
Instsllition of the South's Isrjr-
est pipe organ is underway in the
University of Georgia'chapel un-
d«r direction of II. A. Burke, of
JI. A. Burk? A Son, Company of
Wheeling, West Virginia.
Mr. Burke states that the organ
eould nht Ik- replaced for under
$20,000. It has all the latest
organ
proyements. As soon as tho orj
Atobug^wntgtted feV<ttt ln#e;«Uetrie chair »t AiUnta,. Gaffer rreSroTSuiiJ'ta ft/Umv
Ralph Crax of th. United State, j
Charlie Paddock ” American IP* aI * of ,lcr 8tl0rm ' v * arc now pending. Should they fall, Mrs.
sprint star was eliminated " ' Thompson would be the second woman ever executed in the state.
Bud Hourr, held the United I
States’ reputation for strength in
the field event, by winning the
disc championship with an Oiym.
pic record breaking toss of 47-12
metres or 166 fe»t„ 2.101-lCk
inches.. The Los Angeles dentist
thus retained his title won in
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l m
SSjgiin OF COUNTRY
Second annual: meeting: of the
Georgia State Agricultural So-
iety. •
Within a year or so. be said,
the college and express agencies
working jointly ‘ hope to have
rung _
something of extreme vsluc to the
itste.”
Georgia, nosieslng iu great va
riety of toils and climates, it well
adapted to the production of nil
kinds of vegetables and truck, he
said, and because of the state’s
strategic Ideation her markets may
be found, both North and South,
easily svaiisbie hi both dlrwHpns
snd "open on a profitable ba. >s to
the farmer who understands the
game and takes intelUigent ad
army and navy officers who were
members of tho' crew of the dlri-
gftle Hulls] will make d/tailed re
ports of their Atforionces. in the
arctic disaster to their immediate
superiors. Thes; in tjrn will be
submitted to Premier Mussolini,
The Premier announced Wed
nesday that 4>y this means he
would make an investigation of
the entire expedition,
It will devolve upon' Captain
FiUpo Zappi, one of the naviga
tors of the.Italia, ta report on the
experiences of the •’walking par
ty”. It was with this'party that
Dr. Finn Malmgren, Swedish
sciential, met death.
Meanwhile General Nobile and
TO 1 HOSPITAL
LAWRENCBV1LLE, Ill.-(UP).
Esploifon of a JJMO barrel steam
Mill at the Indian IUUnlng Com
pany plant here Wednesday, burn
ed about forty workmen and
mused small properly damage.
Thirty six of the men were
take,, to tho Good Samara tan Hos
pital at Vincennes. Indiana.
An employee of tho refinery told
tho United Press *hst the head
of I lie steam still blew nut about
r IB m nutes after a fir* broke
!n leaking gasoline. Tho ex.
Ion automatically extinguished
fire. It was aald.
any statements for sublication.
They have in fact, naked that the
information be spread that any
direct or indirect reports attribu
ted.to them must be considered as
without foundation.
IS FATAL TO CRAIG
“It is well for us to define the
meaning of farm truck", Dr. Mc-
hatton thought. "I do not take
it that this discussion is, intended
for those who make a business of
vegetable growing; but- it is for
the consideration of tho farmer
who desires to use some of his
surplus land in the production of
some kind of truck crop. Unfortu
nately, when a crop of this kind
is a sideline, it is quite apt to bo
unprofitable. Should ft develop
Into a profitable enterprise, there
is a tendency for it to become a
main line of endcaVor.”
Raising a number of questions
In eonnee.ion with the plant.ng.
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Mr. Craig B, Harris waa found
dead at the Taiaaaee Power Plant
Wedncsdal morning about nine
o'clock and a coroner’a jury later
on in the morning signed a verdict
that the deceased had come to his
death by accidental means from
an electrical shock.
I Mr. Craig waa an electrician nnl
had been employed, by the Gcorgim
Power Company for three years.
iHe was.on duty at the time of his
[death. M
• The deceased -was 28 years
■ age. He was born in Oglethome
’county, but had been living in this
county since moving here about
Ithreo year* ago when he started
his work with tho power company.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed 4from -the . Cprinth Baptist
church. Oglethorpe county. Th
day afternoon at four'efcIocMwu r-
Rev. R. P. Sugars, pastor of the
Barnett Shoals Methodist church,
officiating, assisted by Rev. N.'-".
Polk, and interment will follow in
the Corinth cemetery. McDorman-
to Peg* Two)
awarding of first place
Elizabeth Robinson, United States
in the gifls too metres finals of
the Olympic games Tuesday,' wee
lodged with the International
Amateur Athletic Federation, hut
waa ovarruled.
The source of the protest, was
not revealed. ;
NEAR ROUT •
AMSTERDAM STADIUM —
(UP)—A near riot of America’s
track star men waa continued at
the Olympic games Wednesday
when Charley W. Paddock waa
eliminated from the 200 metres
dash in the fint-semi-finals.
Percy Williams, of Canada,
Rangtfy of Great Britain and
Schuller of Germany qualified in
thia semi-finaii—the first section.
Willipma la the 20 year old
Canadian schocljoy who won the
100 metres dash Monday, dafeat-
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CONTROVERSY OVER
PARKING OF
LEADS TO TRAGEDY
HOOVER IS PMG S ™K;
SHASTA SPRINGS, Callf.-
(UP)—Herbert Hoover will con
duct a personal speaking cam
paign and will not rely solely on
radio addresses, it waa learned
officially here Wednesday.
The republican presidential can
didatc will map out a systematic
plan for covering the east, tho
border states and tho middle west
as soon as he returns to Wash
ington, about September I.
Hoover will make speeches in
Buffalo, Boston, Chicago, New
York and some other points yet
to bo determined. He will visit
the border states and will speak
either at Louisville, Ky., or Nash
ville, Tenn. He also will probably
go to Kansas City and St. Louis
and perhaps Minneapolis or bt.
Pauls
The visits will not bo made in
one tour or even two. Tho nom
inee will use Washington as a
base and will make a trip each
week-end. He will not make more
than one or two speeches on nny
one trip.
PRESIDENT PELLEY
TO VISIT ATHENS
NEXT FRIDAY
J. J. Pellcy, president of tho
Central of Georgia railroad, will
visit Athtna Friday. Ho will come
for a visit and inspection of Camp
W.ilkihs, iwhoi)! several hundred
club boys arc in camp, and where
seven.! thousand boys and girls
of the state sp-.nd a week during
the summer months and receive
I special instruction from the State
College of Agriculture.
Mr. Pellev will be hero for only
irate or mm nan Dean n cancans,. a Short While Friday.
FLOODS CAUSE
j KHABAROVSK,' Russia.—(UP)
—Airplanes ' after scenting the
Amur and Sci'IP- ltiv.es .districts,
reported: Wednesday, tnat at toast
fifty villages were under water
and hundreds of houses had been
rased. Sixty thousand people. It
waa estimated, were, homeless.
CLAXTON, Ga —(AP) — O.
G. Weathers, well known turpen
tine operator here, dHd early
Wednesday from stab wound* ho
received Tuesday night in a ftat
fight with Will A. Strickland,
watchman at a local tobacco wart-
dis-
Thc airplanes reported that
floods were increasing.
The inhabitants of other
trlcts in the region are preparing
to evacuate ■ their homes. Many
steamers, borget and smaller
boats, are engaged in relief actiV'
Ities. The Lens goldfields nr,
threatened by tho rising wateta.
Musical Program
To Feature Award
01 Certificates
of Georgia, and one of tho South’s
leading organists, will give a de
scription of it to the public. Mr.
Burke stated Tuesday.
'Hu' or/caii l< being completed
rapidly. It is located nt the back
of the building and It wa* neces.
sary to remove about seventy-five
seats in order to build the organ
there. The framework of the or
gan is finished and Mr. Burke will
have it completely ibuilt in about
three weeks.
Mr. Burke also built thf organs
in the First Baptist chhrch and
the Synagogue.
Spanish air
headed for North /
the Azores and ex pec
either at Halifax or
Newfoundland.
The start of this
trans-Atlantic and glo!
flight, was made at 2:1R a. m .
eastern standard time.
Through the night Franco and
his companions had bfen makiri
last minute adjustments t > their
plane, loading aboard supplies and
preparing for the long hour i
which might elapse before th •
first landing is to be made.
Commander Franco was acron’-
panied by Captain Raiz D< Alda,
i Captain Gallaruz and Mechanic
Pablo Rada.
WEEKLY COTTON,
WEATHER REPORT
IS GIVEN OUT
GO TO POLLS IAI
Certificates as professional mu
sic teachers will ba awarded to
several' students of tbe Summer
School music d/partment at exert
dees Thursday morning in the
Commerce-Journalism building at
11 o'clock. A special program
will be given that will be very in-
tcresting ami the public is invited
to attend*
Harp elections will be rendered
by Mrt. Ware, of Memphis, who
>i:• ’’* -"th :t success with lur harp
pla>ing during |the season *of
Grand Opera. There will be violin
selections by Mr. Michaclie, and
soma of hU artist pupils. Mr.
Stables and two of his pupils who
participated in the opera, will sing.
Certificates will be granted to
WASHINGTON.
(I T P) — Th.
gove
oklv
it ho
on cotton. Issued Wednesday, fol
lows:'
"Temperatures were moderate In
the cotton belt except that t; was
rather cool In the north central
and western portions Rainfall
was generally mostly moderate”.
"In the (’arollnas. growth of the
plant wuh very good with hloeniM
showing freely and I<v id repd.* n
of some bolls opening In South
f'arwMna.' 'AtHwmgh the irrop'dhn*
ttnues late, as a rule in Georg, i,
crops showed further tniproy
ment. bolls forming welt i
shedding reporled in Tei
loOUlsinna and Mississippi"
•'Progress was fu»‘r t
although in some we-
was poor. In, Arkan
too wet In parts of central son*,
rust, but elsewhere cottpn made t
g(»od sdranct. In Louisiana growth
of the pant was ,, oi- in Okbi-
honm n-Kcss and -ndltb
fair t-j
was l*n
tod.
MEMPHIS. Tenix—(UP)—Slat
primary candidates In Teunease
Wednesday closed their campaign
and prepared to .await the deck
Ion of voters !u Thu&dny s elo<
tior».
Both democrats and republicans j /\|J
will select pnriy nominees for via
state offices. Unusual Interest In
stato and national politics (his
year Is expected to bring out an
exceptionally largo number
Voters.
The primary has been one
tho mow: vigorous and in some
instances tho bitterest, in tho tur.
talent history of Tennessee poJI-
nics. Personalities and not Is
sues have featured tho rimpaign.
Chief Interest centered the so*
lection of democratic nominees fur
governor and United sen
ator. Republicans will choose a
gubernatorial nominee from among
three candidates, but the nomina
tion of United Stares senator Is
uncontented.
Tho democrale gubernatorial
di'Miih
at the
six students, whp have completed j contest Is believed to ho between
the Summer School course und.»r Hill McAllhrter, former state treas*
MISS MARSH’S DANCING CLASS
f. ‘ — AMPHITHEATRE A DREAM
PRESENTS BEAUTIFUL PAGEANT
OF GRACE AND BEAUTY -
TO CLOSE SUMMER ENTERTAINMENT
Mr. Cranberry:
Washington, D.
Mrs. Rast,
Miss Daniel,
The pupil, of Mlaa Lueilo
Marsh, head of the Summer
School dancing department,
cloned the seasons’ entertain
ment program Tuesday even
ing with a presentation of
Milton’s Comas in the Amphi
theatre of the State College of
. Akrietulture.
The pageant came as a beau-
tlfoi climax to the best series
•f en tertian ment* the Bum
mer School has near offered
and was enjoyed by several
thoueand people who .crowded
■ Into ^ the^mpjdtheakre^to .re
was more than the beau-
Hy and grace of the dancer,
that won the admiration of
the arowd. It waa the real
ization of the great amount
of work and tireleis hours of
part ox uu aircexor ana biu-
itonts. Beginning a few weeks
X mm with a class of pupils
knew hardly none of the
fundamentals of dancing,
Miss Marsh produced the clas
sic in n manner that won
praise from
M si am it was Tues
day night. Iu sheer natural
beauty waa enthralling and
with the soft UghU diffused
in the tiring hedge that form
ed the scenery and background
and a brilliant fall moon shin
ing from u clear and cloudless
sky the scenes were unsur
passed. The dancers came
upon the stage either in n
graceful decent down the cen-
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of Hendersonville, N. C.; Mrs. Lle
wellyn. of Covington, Ky.; Miss
Neaae, of Young Harris, Ga.; Ml is
Bruce, of Blarkshear, Go.; Mrs.
Stanton of Stillmorc, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Granbcrry will be
especially glml to have their Ath
ens friends 'attend f his matinee
concert, which is.to be of such an
interesting channj.er that they
feel sure it will be enjoyed.
SET FOR SAVANNA)
ID
Tho Georgia-FIorida game will
be played in Savannah this fall in-'
-v.t.l ..r .lufksonvilh*. Tht‘ an
nouncement was made late Mon
day by Dr. S. V. Sanford, faculty
chairman of athletics at the Uni-
vim-ity.
The game wi'I played on No
vember 10th, and will not be the
first time a Georgia football t^am
has appeared in Savannah. Aub
urn was played there many years
ago before the game became a fix
ture for Columbus. The game's
details will be handled in Savan
nah by a local committee of Geor
gia alumni. _
urer. and Governor Henry Horton.
Louts S. Pope has considerable
strength but it Is not expected to
offer serious opposition to the two
leaders. • • ,
V. \V\ Dodson’s name also will
appear on tho ballot, bfit s'.nce bo
failed to file ht» campaign expendr
tores ho has been declared in
eligible to hold the office. }
TWO MEN KILLED
AND ANOTHER IS
* WOUNDED
RAVBMAN. OM. —(UP)— Two
men were killed and a third was
seriously wounded In a battle with
8heifff J. P. Perry and Deputy
George Dassct' at Lovers Lane,
near hare Wednesday.. •
Perry aaltf ho and'Duacll sur
prised: the.men mealing chickens.
Robertson Named
On Board Of Ga.
Teachers College
T. 'H. Robertson of Gainesville,
has been appointed by Governor
Hardman to succeed L. M. Brand*
of Lawrencevi’Ie, as a rm»mlw*r of
the board of trustees of the Geor
gia StaL- Teachers ColU-gp her**.
Mr. Brand did several days ugo.
SPEEDBOAT AHEAD
RECORD TIME
OF THE R. E. LEE
GREENVILLE, Mlfts.— (UP) —
r>r. Louis Leltoy in h*» HpeedVmt
-Bogin" left here at 5 a. m. Wed
nesday oil his race with tho ghost
of the Robert K. Lee. up the Mia.
slftslpp*- river from New Orleana t<»
St. Louia.
He was four hours behind hi *
schedule but an hour and a half
ahead of the Robert E.Leo, which
made the record of • 90 hours In
1870. i
MAY USE TROOPS
TO HALT CRIME
IN NEW ORLEANS
NEW ORLEANS. —(UP)— The
war on gambling and crime In New
Orleans continued Wednesday with
police warned by Governor Huey
P. Long that national guardsmen
would be sen** into the city un-
sh lawlessness was suppressed.
Governor Long, In a statement
at Raton Rouge. Tuesday n!ght.
termed the present police drive as
"smoke screen enforcement",
WILD BUlToF THE
TO THE PRIZE RING
BUENOS AIRES. — (UP)— I.wla
Angel Flrpo, WUd Bull.'Of th**
Pampas, the only man who e\**r
gavd Jack Dempsey the former
champion was at his best, may g
back to the ring to try <o.w7n
laurels that Gene Tunney has <
aside, he fold the
Wednesday. "
FYrpo said h* already A
communication wfth Tex
and *1 ha• 'f he detdd^d to (
the ring he would Im» • “
"anybody lu the worUJ