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Athens Garden Show Opens
At Georgian Hotel; Prizes To
Be Announced Tomorrow
G 0 WILL REMAIN
L
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(By Derothy Greve Jarnagin)
The 1930 Flower Show of the
thens Garden club was held to
v in the main dining room of
e Georeian Hotel,
“yVisitors are invited until seven
ok tonight. 3
The Flower Shows held by this
b in the past have set a stan
dard of excellence which makes
mparison difficult, but this year’s
ow was certainly equal to the
ever held in Athens and gave
cv'dence of ‘an improvement in
tochnique acquired through experi
ence, The prize winners will be
announced tomorrow,
Beautiful Room.
The beautiful dining room of the
hotel lends itself perfectly to such
an exhibit. Today the decorating
Lommittee had arranged an aisle
b{ pine trees from the entrance
leodine to a rock garden built up
hnder the opposite window. Visi:
fors exclaimed over the effect of
aze and permonance attained by
he moss-covered rocks cooled by
he trickling waters of a miniature
fountain and fcerming a back
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halen Flays Two -
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Judas-Detectives
For “Shake Down”
NEW YORK +=(AP) — Two city
Jote v accused ol I‘XlYil'tillg
vent ive dolars from a speak
s hroprietor; heard themselves de
d today by police commiss
i Ve Whalen as ‘“worse
han Jud
The occasion was the daily line-up
L po cadquarters. When the
lames I'rederick W. Opperman
nd Jol Roran, were called, Com=
hissic Whalen mounted the plat
( 1 his voice shook with
o
0 s platform” h said, “I have
i promoted men for good
fd heroic work. I have preached
hat honesty is the best policy. But
I ning you have two traitors
: ou, two contemptible and
P men. Judas betrayed lot
i D s of silver. They ar
i udas.”
STEALS BICYCLE
IN ANDERSON - -
RIDES TO ATHENS
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Some criminally minded people
leal automobiles when they get
ady to run away, it O, &,
Irasher, Anderson, S. C., age
baut 16, is different .
Upon hig departure from Ander-
I on a trip to Atlanta vester-
IV morning, he stole a bicycle to
ake the trip. The owner of the
fcycle notified officers, who
lled so Athens and other points
song the reute. The result was
Irasher was caught here vester
¥ afternoon after his ride of
Iy a hundred miles, and placel
d
Deputr Sheritf B. C. Young and
ailif F. Freeman, Anderson
ficers, came ‘over and carried
€ boy back to Anderson todan.
ritiSl:Empire Celebrates
King’s Elevation To Throne
:A;\:N).\', — 1;\])) -—-George ¥,
Y the Grace of God, King of
‘4l Britain, Ireland and the
ish Dominions beyond the
45, Defender of the Faith, ani
‘beror -of India,” today eeie
4ted the twentieth anniversary
.“f‘ accession to the throne.
The day was observed, for the
OSU part, quietly. Twenty-one
s in Hyde Park boomed a sa
f and naval stations through
! the Empire took up the re
. Bells of St. George's Cha-
L Wingsor Chapel, and Windsor
rsh Hall were rung, and flags
"¢ flown from publie buildings.
1 the morning His Majesty re-
Ved a number of servants from
¢ London, Windsor and Sand
. Slam staffs and presented them
l’n Mmedals “for long and faith
| Ctrvice.” King George arrived
Buckingham Palace from Wind
" vesterday to remain five
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The rowd- which awaited him
" the monarch tanmed and ap
THE BANNER-HERALD
Dr. Charles M. Strahan Induced
To Become Candidate For Board
Of Commissioners; To Announce
Dr. Charles M. Strahan, first®
chairman of the Georgia Highway
Board, and one of the best known
engineers in the south, today
agreed to become a candidate for
the Board o£ Commissioners of
Clarke County te succeed the late
Joseph M. Hodgson.
Dr. Strahan’s announcement
will be made within the next few
days. He was urged to stand for
election as a member of the board
by citizens of Athens and Clarke
county who pointed out to him
that his great engineering ability
will be of invaluable use to the
county as a member of the com
mission.
Dr. Strahan is responsible per
haps more than any other Georv
gian, it was pointed out today, for
the creation of a Highway De
partment in Georgia. He labored
for years to induce the state leg
islature to recognize the impor
tance of a well organized highway
department, and after its creation
he was selected as its first chair.
man, and served in that capacity
in the earry period of the depart
ment’s existence, proving of ines.
timable service to the state in im
pressing upon the people the im
portance of the development of
their highways.
County Engineer
Dr. Strahan was at one time
county engineer of Clarke, ani
has been for years the head of the
engineering department of the
University of Georgia. In urging
him to consent to become a can
didate for the County Commission,
citizens have stressed the impor
tance to Clarke county of having a
man with Dr. Strahan’s grasp of
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Military And Police Lines
Tightened In Indian Riots
Widespread Rioting Is
’ Sweeping Over India
~ With Delhi as Center of
) Disorders. Two Are
Killed.
i (By the Ascociated Press.)
~ Despite reports from London
that military and police arrange
‘ments were tightened everywhere
in India, despatches from several
cities told of the spread of rioting
' today. s
. The firsi susiained struggle be
tween the authorities and the fol
lowers of Mahatma Gandhi occur
red when the police fired into a
crowd assembled today near the
police headquarters at Delhi. The
police charged repeatedly into the
mob of natives: who refused to
disperse., Two natives were killed.
A virtual state of war prevail
ed in Chandi Chowk—the princi
pal thoroughfare of Delhi.
Through this street the armored
cars kept up a continual patrol.
Another clash occurred at Delhi
near the civil court building
where women volunteers were
picketing. They were ordered to
disperse and when they refused
the police advanced, milling into
the throng and belaboriug the
crowd with their staves. Many wo
men were hurt., Native cavalry
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parently fully recovered from the
serious illness of the winter of
1928-1929.
King George succeeded his fath
er, Edward VI, termed the
“peace-maker” while there was
still peace. Four years afterward
he saw his kingdom and domin
ions and almost the entire world
plunged into the great war. Eng
land since the war has experien
ced one of the most difficult per
iods of of readjustment in its his
tory.
| Now, on the twentieth anniver
sary of his accession the King-
Emperor and his subjects see on
the eastern horizon what to many
seems almost the looming of an
! other war.
London morning papers editor
ially commemorate the accession
ranniversary. All comment on the
' King's devotion to duty, his self
effacement and tact, and the punc
tilious observance of his position
‘as a constitutional monarch is
emphasized. v
ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE
FOR COMMISSIONER
Dr. Charles M. Strahan, first
chairman of the state highway
board, and a widely known en
gineer, who today consented to
become a candidate for member
of the Beard of Commissioners
of Clarke county.
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Eight Persons Are -
Held in Murder of
Man Last January
MACON, Ga,~—(AP)—With four
men and four women under arrest
on warrants charging murder, po
lice said today theyv believed the
mystery of the death of George
W. Sapp, 24, last January would
soon be solved. ik
Those under arrest are:
Mrs. Clara Sapp, widow of the
slain man; Louise and Rubie
Smith, and Mary Fisher, all of
Macon; and Tulie Jones of Dry
Branch; J. L. Liles of Macon;
W. L. Barrentine of Gordon, and
A. F. Bailey of Macon.
All except Bailey were arrested
yesterday and last night after
Solicitor-General Garrett had talk
ed with Bailey, held in jail here
several weeks., Mrs. Sapp was ar
rested in Atlanta last midnight.
A coroner’s inquest decided sev
eral weeks ago that Sapp, a me
chanic, was Kkilled accidentally
and ordered Barrentine held on 2
charge of involuntary manslaugh
ter.
Since the inquest, however, po
pice said they learned several hun
dred dollars of Sapp’s money was
missing. They announce discov
ery of other clues which indicated
Sapp’s death was not accidental.
New Officers For
Local Demolays to
Be Installed Here
Frank Hardeman Chapier, Order
of DeMolay, ”m;ed by the
Godfrey de Beu N Commandery
of this city, will install officers
Wednesday night at the Masonic
Temple at 8:30 o'clock.
The new officers to be installed
are Ernest Tucker, Master Coun
cillor; Tom Elder, Jr., Senior
Councillor; and Richard Grimes,
Junior Councillor; Harvey Coker,
Scribe; and treasurer, Harry Ep
ting. All other officers are ap
pointed and will be announced at
the meeting Wednesday .
This meeting is open to the
public and it is being arranged to
have the parents of all the mem
bers of the chapter present. The
four sponsors to be presented at
the meeting will be Misses Mary
Scott Hunter, Emma Grimes, Ethe-
Iyn Cook and Edith Connally. The
new officers are to serve for four
months and the officers of the
Commandery will act as installing
officers. The lic is invited to
attend the installatign service.
ATHENS, GA,, TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1930.
ANNUAL - LIVESTOCK
SHOW TONIGHT AT
oIATE COLLEGE OF
AGRICULTURE HALL
" The stage is all® set for ' the
Tenth .Little International Live
stock Show. At 7:30 tonight Havd
man Hall will be filled to capac
ity with Athens people who enjoy
seeing livestock at their best.
An inspection of the animals
which are being prepared for the
show will convince anyone that
the number of animals, as we’l
as the quality of fitting is super
ior to that of past years.
The Dog Show has developed
beyond the committee’s fondest
expectations, and one hundred of
the finest dogs in Georgia will be
there. The Theatre Cup, donated
‘by J. B. Joel, is to be the prize
for the grand champion dog.
The Pony Show will be very at
tractive to Athens people, for this
is the oniy occasion which brings
all of the ponies of Athens to
gether for competition, A hand-
} some loving cup is to be given to
the winner of the Pony Show.
l This show is staged each year
for the purpose of giving students
lot' the Georgia State College of
Agriculture experience in fitting
! and showing of livestock, and also
| to give the people of Athens the
. opportunity of seeing the livestock
| in the best of condition, The show
i is primarily educational. But aside
| from this, it will be an evening of
. the highest type of entertainment.
| The brass band, a trick horse, and
lclowns will add a carnival touch
{ to the show.
Colonel Hal Lindsey of Atlanta,
and Dr. W. T. McCurdy of Stone
Mountain, will judge the dogs.
| Out-of-town judges of livestock are
lWard C. Snarr, Spartanburg, S.
C.; Jones Purcell, Madison; J. G.
lLiddell. Macon; W. T. Bennett,
Griffin; Harry Brown, Atlanta;
sand A. M. Lawhon of Atlanta.
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'New York Honors
. Mothers, Widows
| Of U. S. Heroes
NEW YORK.—(AP)—Just 13
years ago tomorrow, the S. S,
Orunda, elaborately camou
flaged, stole out of New York
harbor bearing the first con
tingent of the A. E, F. to
France.
Tomorrow, with colors flying
and bands playing, the S. S.
America will steam down the
bay carrying the first contin
gent of a second American ex
pedition to France.
Young. meny imbued with a
high spirit of adventure, sailed
on the Orunda on that May
day in 1917. Tomorrow on the
America will be 232 women—
grey-haired women, elderly
and frail-—mothers, each of
whom has a boy lying under
one of those rows of crosses
in France.
The first unit of the nearly
6,000 who will sail for France
week by week as the summer
passes consists of 232 Gold
Star mothers from the west
and south. Practically all of
them had arrived in New York
today.
" Tomorrow as they sail the
War and Navy Departments
and congress, which made pos
sible for them this journey of
devotion, will honor them.
There will be elahorate cere
monies at the pier in Hoboken,
where Secretary of War F.
Trubee Davison, seven gener
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WAYNE DIES
CHAREESTON, 8. C—.(AP)—
Arthur Trezevant Wayne, 67, fel
low of the American Ornitholo
gists Union, died suddenly at his
home, Torcher’s Bluff, near here
last night. Mr. Wayne had been
in ill health for some time, but
his condition had not been con.
sidered serious.
Flashes Of Life
By
The Associated Press
(By the Associated Press.)
NEW YORK.-—As a golfer, Max
Schmelling is a fighter. He did
18 holes in 122 with some doubt
about the tally.
COTTON DRESSES
LONDON.—Women members of
Parliament are wearing cotton
dresses and stockings as part of a
National Cotton Wezk to aid the
textile industry.
GLORIFIES CLARA
NEW YORK.—FIo Ziegfeld is
trying to “glorify” Clara Bow. He
is seeking her release from the
films in order to sign her up for
a stage revue, 4
GOOD JOKE FOR WHO?
AHUALULCO, Jalisco, Mexico.
—ESTABLISHED 1832
Asks Probe Of Offer
Federal Judgeship
- Vote To Confirm
BEORGIA WOMEN S
CLUBS GATHERING
T 0 OPEN TOMGHT
MACON, Ga.— (AP) —Several
‘hundred delegates representing
some 30,000 clubwomen were at
tracted to Macon today for the
opening tonight of the fourth bi
ennial convention of the Georgia
Federation of Women's Clubs.
An address by Mrs. John I,
Sippel of Baltimore, Md.. presi
dent of the General Federation,
stands first upon the opening pro
gram. She' has chosen as her
subject, “Growth and Development
of the General Federation.”
The credentials committee was
called inte session today by its
chairman, Mrs. L. A, Collier of
Barnesville, for a preliminary
meeting, while program details
engaged Mrs. Robert K. Rambo
of Atlanta, second vice president,
and the task of entertaining the
delegates was entrusted to Mrs.
Lewis 1. Waxelaum, president of
the Macon Woman's Club, and
her assistants.
. A program extending an official
welcome to the visitors has been
arranged by Macon officials and
the Chamber of Commerce. The
biennial theme of the meeting is
“Practical Ideas Through Commu
nity Consciousness.”
. Officers of the Georgia Federa
tion are Mrs. A. H. Brenner, Au
gusta, president; Mrs.- S. V.
Sanford, Athens, vice-president at
large; Mrs. R. K. Rambo, Atlan
ta, second vice-president; Mrs.
Olaf Otto, Savannah, recording
secrefary; Mrs. W, C. Kellogg,
Augusta, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. J. E. Judd, Dalton, treas
urer; Miss Rosa Woodberry, At
lanta, parliamentarian; Mrs. Bes
sie ‘Shaw Stafford, editor Club
Page; Srs. A. P. Brantiey,
Blackshear, General Federation di
rector for Georgia.
The district presidents are:
First, Mrs. G. M. Barnes, Mid
ville; Second, Mrs. John Monaga
han, Pelham; Third, Mrs. Thur
man Whatley, Reynolds; Fourth,
Mrs. Ray Cole, Newnan; Fifth,
Mrs. L. O. Freeman, College
Park; Sixth, Mrs. Hartford Green,
Zebulon; Seventh, Mrs. E. M.
Bailey, Acworth; Eighth, Mrs. H.
B. Ritchie, Athens; Ninth, Mrs.
A. D. McCurry, Winder; Tenth,
Mrs. J. Glenn Stovall, Thomson;
Eleventh, Mrs. Ed Jarman, Bax.
ley; Twelfth, Mrs. Howell Mullis,
Cochran.
Holliday Scores
“Quacks” In Talk
On Radium Cures
- In his speech, “The Use of Ra
dium in Disease,” given at the
Palace theatre Monday night, Dr.
Paul Holliday denounced the
“quack” doctors who “are fooling
the public” with supposed “cure
all” radium treatments, and sail
that radium, when properly used,
is one of the most valuable treat.
ments in the medical world to
day.
Dr. Holliday's lecture was the
first of a series which Will be
given every night this week in
connection with the Georgia
Health Education Week. Tonight.
Dr. H. I. Reynolds will talk on
“Infantile Paralysis.”
Radium, which was discovered
in 1898 by Madame Curie, will
not cure all diseases, as was once
thought, declared Dr. Holliday. It
is a valuable aid to surgeons.
Some of the country's leading
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—The joke is on members of a
|DOSBe who went bandit hunting.
| They hanged the wrong man.
, Canuto Garcia, the ‘victim, was
, head of the local Agrarian Com
' mission, had the same name as the
' bandit and resembled him.
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: KNIGHT IN A TAXI
.~ NEW YORK.—James J. Metz.
'ner is a Knight of a Taxi. A
gdamsel in distress sought his aid.
iShe could hire no plane to hurry
' to her sick mother, she said, so
she desired to charter his cab to
Pittsburgh. James obliged, arrived
at Pittsburgh, she must stop to
telephone from the first pay sta
tion. Jamés never saw her again.
‘His clock registered $98.35.
Senator George To Accept Old
Clock Taken From Ga. Family
During Civil War By Foragers
BRUNSWICK, Ga.—(AP)—At
tended by a delegation of distin
guished Massachusetts citizens
and the pomp and show of a pub
lic reception, an old clock, absent
for 67 years, today was brought
back to the site of the Thomas
Butler King plantation from which
it was taken by Yankee sailors
during the War Between the
States. 0
In the only remaining building
on the estate, a slave hospital
constructed of oyster shell and
now used as a golfers’ ciubhouse,
ceremonies were arranéed for the
return of the timepiece to lineal
desceniiants of the King family.
But for the collecting hobby of
Edmond H. Gingras of Attleboro,
Mass., who recently bought the
clock and a shawl from the King
home at an antique sale, the
heirlooms probably never wouid
have been restored to historic St,
Simons lsland, scene of early bat
tles between English and Spanish
colonists and reireat of Aaron
Burr.
Mr. Gingras found a penciled
note inside the clock telling ot
ité history. Through a check of
records he learned the Yankee
foraging party had disembarked
from the gunboat “Ethan Al'en”
and had carried loot from the
King plantation to Boston. After
an exchange of correspondence
the mission .of restitution was
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Textile Industry Leaving
New England, Census Shows
New Bedford, Massachu
setts Drops to 8,413 in
1930. Other Eastern
Towns Also Shrinking.
BOSTON —. (AP)— Census re
turns from four large New England
textile centers show decreases in
population from the 1920 figures.
The city of New Berford, Mass.,
regarded as the center of the cot
ton goods manufacturing, had a
pobulation of 121,217 in 1920 and
8,413 residents this Year- During the
ten years four l;u'ge plants employ
ing more than 8,000 workers have
besn bost,
Eourteen milis have feft Fall River
Mass, according to the records of
textile orgaanizations, and the pop
waten dropped 5474 from 120,485
in 1920.
A decrease of 11.8 per cent in the
popalation of Lowell, with 12,709
fewer residents than the 112,759 in
1920, was accompaui?i by the liqui
dation of several mills. The city of
Manchester, N. H. recorded a loss
in population of 1,978 from the 1920
total of 78.384. 1
Pawtucket, R, 1.. a large ' textile
cnter and also the residence ot
many workers in the nearby city of
Providence gained more than 20 per
cent in population.
House Committee
Approves Bill to
Lease Muscle Shoals
WASHINGTON ~—~(AP) -4 The
house military committee today ap.
proved the Reece Bill for releasing
Muscle Shoals to privaté interests.
The vote was 11 to 5 with two vot
ing present. Two members were ab
sent. * /
The Reece plan is a substitute
for the Norris resolution for gov
ernment oberation and récéently
adopted by the senate. et
Under the new measure the presi
dent would be authorizeq to set up
1 board of three negotiate leasés to
private conterns for the production
of fertilizer and power. "’ ‘
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ACCEPTS CLOCK
Senator Walter F. George,
will accept an old family clock
taken from a Georgia home by
Union soldiers during the Civil
War, from a Massachusetts
clock collector on behalf of the
descendants of the family which
once owned it.
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Pair of Bandits
Fatally Wounded;
Bank Mcney Saved
DAYTON, Ohio — (AP) —Two
of a trio of bank robbers were
wounded probably fatally at moon
(oday by Lwo police guards during
a nattempted robbery cf the Xenia
Avenue branch of the Union Trust
Company here. A third bandit
was wounded. A small girl pas
serby was hit by a stray bullet.
Police guards, armed with re
pcating rifles, fired on the robber
trio as they entered the bank and
demanded money. The child was
struck by a stray bullet, police
said.
Police guards were posted in the
bank last April 4 after five ban
dits, armmed with machine guns,
had robbed the institution of $33,-
OCO in ecurency.
Policé said one of the critically
wounded men is James Royal, 31,
of St. Louis, Mo. The two rob
bers were struck by a score of
bullets from repeating rifles in
the hands of police guards.
A stray bullet struck Eleanor
Fetz, 10, a bystander, who chanced
to be walking in front of the bank
at the time.
Four Year Old Peels
Onion; Breaks Neck
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C—
(AP)—lrma, four year old
daughter of G. A. Motris, of
Whitakers, broke her neck
peeling an onion with her
teeth.
The_child had the onion in
her mouth yesterday and with
her teeth was pulling at the
skin which suddenly gave way.
Her head flew back and a ver
tebra in her neck snapped.
Physicians said she would
recover. '
Government To Suppress Sale %
Of Whiskey Making Apparatus
WASHINGTON.— (AP) — The
govérnment moved today to sup
press all sale of paraphernalia for
liquor manufacture,
The drive is being undertaken
under the Supreme Court decis
ion yesterday that distribution of
such equipment was illegal under
the Volstead law.
Prohibition Commissioner Doran
announced .the step, saying the
action of the Supreme Court in
upholding the seizure of bottles,
casks, and corks in Pitisburgh, on
the ground that they had been
displayed to . attract. purchasers
who intended to use them in man-
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WASHINGTON— (AF) —After a
tense passage of charges and denis
between Senator Ashurst of Arizonw
and Dill of Washington, uammistra«"fi
tion_leaders moved today to suspend”—.fi
consideration of the nomination of
John J. Parker for the Supreme
Court.
Majority Leader Watson .xsked.,;v
that the nomnation be laid dbidfl;‘j
while the senate investigated Ash="
urst’s statement that Dill had lol&%;fi
him of an offer of a federal ’udge‘)’i
ship saig to have been made t@:
Dill himself by Persons unnamed, in
return for a vote for Parker. B
Ashurst made his statement in the
open senate, and Dill imnwdlutelry*fi:fi
replied he had told Ashurst no such =
thing- &,
The ‘Arizonan said Senator Brate
ton of New Mexico, also hag heard
Dill say it. S
Then Watson mpved that the Sen‘4
ate investigate. Ashurst replied that
all ‘the evidence he had already was
before the senate. % .fifi
| Further explaining Dill said fifi‘
|"lvm'sunnl Friend” hag come to h f%
to plead that he vote for Parker. H
did not take the suggestion seriouss
ly, he said, and the friend did n;?%fi
represent himself as having any as N%
Ixur:mv« from tis> White House. =
“I think the wnole thing is ridieus
lous,” said Dill} : i
! Senator - Norris, Republican, Nes
Ehr;xskax, asked Dil] to name thfi
| ‘riend but) he declisiea. sail
{ “He is a Republican and Jus'
! thinks that everything republiczi!lib;
‘shnuld be approved whether it iss
’gmt(l. or bad or indefferent” aaifl;f'
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Earthquake, Tidal
Wave Takes 1,000
.® s e
- Lives, Is eport;
RANGOON, Burma—(AP)—Tha
Exchange Telegraph agency said
today that the entire town of Pee”
gu had been wiped out by am
earthquake and subsequent tidal
wave, with the number of dead es
timated at 1,000. o
The town presents a desolate
picture, with public buildi and
homes destroyed . Practic:fi;
entire population is homeless.
IMPORTANT PORT = %
The town of Pegu is about 4&
miles northeast of Rangoon on
the Rangoon river. It is an im
nortant port and much of Burma's
exports pass through it. The p w;; r
rates as one of the most impors
tant seaports of British Indian. e
1921 it had a population of 18,769.°
The division of Jegu 'H«Mfi,g“
the districts of Rangoon Tow Why
Kanthawdady, Insein, Dharrawads
di, Pegu and Trome. The division
has an area of 13,707 square ' 8.
and in 1021 had a population O
2,030,000, Cp eik
.
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Dallas Mecca For |
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Methodists of the '
South; Meet Opens
DALLAS, Texas —(AP)—From
far corners of the earth, delegates
came today to Dallas, tempo fg
capital of Southern Methodism. =
Tomorrow will see the opeing
of the quadrennial conference,
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
she law making body of a religious
group comprised of mpre tham
two and one-half million persons
from nearly every nation on the
globe. B
Of the hundreds of ‘»f
more than 700 will be accredited
delegates and alternates. The exs
act number authorized was 725 y
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ufacture of illicit liquor. gave the
bureau an effective weapon to
proceed agaiust every large n.c’f
cern producing such articles.
After the big dealer are “wipe%
out,” Doran said, the buream
| would “go down the line.” -
' “Our first job is to procesd
against the big supply houses of
'paraphernalia for commercial
home brew and for aging MmOoOl
shine liquor,” Doran said.’ . ===
“We will proceed against every
person and councern Wwhere the
‘conditions are similar to the Pitts.
burgh case which was upheld
the Supreme Court yesterday