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%Z. 8. NO. 123.
Vicc-President Curtis’ Son
penics Using “Pull” To Get
U.S. Contracts For Clients
picago Man Said ‘to Have
Been Paid to “Deliver
Goods” But Couldn’t,
And Gave Money Back.
CH](‘A(;U,_A(;P}—An investigg
iof complaints _that certain
antractor’s sought .“mfluenoe at
fashington” to gain goverhment
aitracts centered today around
By K. Curtis, whose fathel: is
ficchpl'widcfit of the United
Sates.
(urtis, a Chicago lawyer, was
gestioned at length yesterday by
r: Roche, special investigator
o the State’s Attorhey, who IS‘
aducting the inquiry. He tOld‘
i bis dealings with and of legal
ok done for a group of contrac
yrs, but declared his part had|
wen merely that of an attorney.
“There have bcel mo charges.l
liche made clear, that any “pull” |
s eve: exencised in behalf 9{l
the contractors; and Curti§ said |
fat any statements tending to
jlace him in an improver posrl
gn in the affair were untrue,
Curtis told Roche that last No-j
wmber he was visited by Mike
Yalloy, well known about th<§
p but not to be confused with |
figee Malloy, the fight promo
fer.
“He asked me if I could get
gy government contracts,” Cur-l
tis said, “and I replied that of’
wurse I could not.”
Later Malloy :eturned, Curtis |
wil, and declared he I‘el)x‘esellted]
1 group of contractors who want- |
o Curtis to find out dates on!
which bids were to be received b |
the government, and to get illfor-i
nation as to specifications. Cur- |
tis said he accepted this commis- |
son—“perfectly legal work that |
gy attorney could do,” he added. |
A month later Curtis lcarncd£
his name was being used as I
sirety that contractors would re- |
wive 18 to 20 per cent above the I
wst of their work by paying |
motey to him. Curtis said he im- |
mediately withdrew as coursel :
for the group, and eturned all |
fees received. i
The state’s attorneys-investiza- |
tion was started following a com- i
plait by M. C. Travis, a real es- i
fate man, He said Malloy had
taken him to Curtis’ office and,
had tendered Cuwrtis $500; and |
that he had rcceived the promise
of a government contract withinl
# days. Travs <aid that later.
whel no governmernt coutrect wis l
forthcoming, he went to Curtis
ald received back S4OO, -~ !
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fireworks Plant
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Blows Up Again;
0 jure
ne Man Injured
THOMPSONVIELLEE CONN,—(/)
~Fo buildings, two of which
ére lilled with aerial bombs, were
oved in a series or exvlosions
t the N England Fireworks
vmpbany near here, today.
e he four employes at work
Wa Jured. He suffered .from
0 Fhe loss was estimateq at
b 0
I tuse of the first exploson
%as not determined. It occurred in
e mills or sheds, about {if-
Wen feet square, containing aerial
to ourth of July celebra
: I spread to a second build
g 30 packed with bombs., A
I was blasted from its
i ) vhile the fourth, The
g l fired by burning
v' X ricd man was Ferdinand
0 Springfield, Mass.
ns, not employved, were
¢ plant in June, 1928.
Dream Of Blood-Stained Knife
L.eads To Soldier’s Conviction
BOME, Ga - (AP)—A soldier’s|
oam of blood-stained knii‘o{
¥ich led to the finding of the|
Weap( today was eredited withi
Paving a major part in the con- |
tion of Private Leonidas Me- |
mnis, 21, for the slawing of Pri- |
Yate Carl E. McMaree. 25, both !
"' the Sixth United States cavarly
% Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. 3
_ MeGinnis was found guilty of
Mvoluntary manslaughter iin Unit- |
“ States district court here yes-|
“rday and sentenced to serve 13
Months in prison. ,
Lorporal Curtis Kimbrough. |
ff"-\" friend of McMaree, told au- !
Jorities that after McMaree was |
Jund fatally stabbed last Decem
ber 2, he became anxious. to learn |
¥hat sort of knife was used in the ;
filing. He said he fell asleep |
Pizzling over the question and |
reamed he saw MeMaree bleeding !
.M the ground and a long, bloody |
knif ying against.a brick wall be- |
"eath the kitchen barracks.” He|
*id the dream became so vi\'id!
‘hat he sprang out of bed, fully|
aWake, ‘
Kimbrough said he dreamed'
®out the knife again the same
DAILY AND SUNDAY—I 3 CENTS A WEEK
NOTED SCIENTIST 1S
HONORS DAY ORHTOR
HERE TOMORROW
Dr. H. K. Richtmyer, nationally
known educator and prolessor of
physies at -Cornell University, will
will deliver an address at the first
Honors Day program at the Uni
versity of Georgia TFriday at 13
o'clock in the University chapel.
“The Evolution of = Scientific
knowledge” will be the subject of
le'. Richtmeyer's address. MHe is
one as the nation’s leading scien
'tists. and comes to the UUniversity
’highly recommended as an able
speaker concerning scientiic edu
cation. °
Students whose grades are in the
übper ten per cent of the some
lx.tvoo studentts are eligible for hon
'Ul'S- They will march into the
chapel with the raculty and special
seats will be reserved for them.
Winners of prizes for scolastic
attainments will be announced dur
ing the program.
The putpose of the honors day is
lto exalt ‘scholastic attainments in
a formal and digniied manner:
IDczm B.°V. Sanferd 'brie'ly - oit
lines the purpose in the following
%stulr'ment:
- “In the fall we celebrate ‘Home
conming” with a great football con
test and now near the close of the
college. It is not the college student
size in a formal and digni.ied man
ner Honors Day. it is felt that it is
necessary and right to exalt’ schol
astic attainment in a distinctive
manner
“ There is.no antagonism in the
University between scholastic at
tainments and the extra-curricular
activities, the antagonism, if any
cxists in the minds of those net in
college. It s nat the college student
that overembhasizes any college
activity; it i 8 tl)oue,;wkfi):_h&ve long
since left the dollege campus.
Hight Scholastic Attairment
“However, to counteract the feel
ing that the modern institution of
higher leawning overemphasizes
anything to the exclusion of high
scholastic attainment. Honors Day
has been institutes. <t is believed
that this occasion will be the
means o. giving significance and
importance to the real purpose of
a university.
“It is the desire of the authori
ties that parents and friends of the
students be present on this occas
sion. To them a cordial invitation
is extended.”
A Daniel Come |
Te Judgment, A
Daniel, Verily |
EVANSTON, 1. — (AP) —
Wives who contemplate having
their husbands arrested should
know what happened to Mrs.
James Morris and be guided
accordingly .
Mrs. Morris had her hus
band arrested yesterday. She
charged non-support. Morris
had hardly been ensconced in
the bastile before Mr. Morris
appeared before Magistrate
Porter and announced she had
changed her mind.
“After all,” she said, *“I
guess James supports me. He
is really not a bad husband. In
fact, he is quite a good hus
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night, but by morning had forgot
ten about it. After McMaree’s
funeral he said he visited the wid
ow of his friend and a question by’
her as to what weapon was used
:in the killing recalled the dream.
\a companion passed the kitchen
| After leaving her he said he and
;barracks en route to their quar
| ters and he told the companion,
' who was a sergeant, about the
gdream. At the sergeant’s sugges
'tion he said he got down on his
ihands and knees and crawled un
. der the barracks to the brick wall.
|He said he struck a match and
\found a blood-stained knife of the
'same shape as the one in his
| dream.
5 Through the testimony of five
! other soldiers the knife was traced
‘into the hands of Private McGin
inis the day of the slaying.
| Later testimony was presented
' to show that McMaree was stabbed
!in an argument with McGinnis
*over a can of milk in the kitchen
barracks. MeGinnis said the stab
bing was accidental. He was con
fined to the post guardhouse un
til March 1 and then brought to
. jq here. i
THE BANNER-HERALD
ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE
AVENGES HIMSELF UPON VARE .
Gifford Pinchot, former Pennsylvania governor, who was de
feated by Boss Vare of Philadelphia for the United £:ates Senate
today got political revenge by defeating Vare’s hand-picked acndi
date for governor.
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Independent Pinchot Is
Sole Winner Over Vare
Former Governor Is Only
Candidates Who Turns-
Over Slate Picked By
Vare in Keystone State
Primary.
PHILADELPHIA.— (AP) —Gif
ford Pinchot’s lead over Francis
Shunk Brown for the Republican
gubernatorial nomination mounted
steadily today as belated returns
from . Tuesday’s = primary trickled
in from isolated rural districts.
Unofricial figures from all but
212 of the state’'s 8,701 election
districts gave the former ‘gover
nor, who ran independently, a
plurality of more than 10,000 votes
over. Should the complete tabula
tion reveal Pinchot as the winner
he will have turned the tables on
his enemy of years—the Vare or
ganization of Philadelphia, for
Brown was the personal choice of
William™ S§. Vare and was solidly
supported by the organization.
With the exception of Brown, all
other candidates on the organiza
tion’s slate for state-wide officers,
including Secretary of Labor
James J. Davis, who defeated
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L ————
Georgia Elks Will
Hear Head of Order
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga—(®)—
Georgia’s Elks were attracted to
Milledgeville today for a conven
tion which Grard Exalted Ruler
Walter P. Andrews of Atlanta
has agreed to address.
Addresses of welcome, respon
ses and other preliminary details
engaged the visitors today with
the principal busiress of the con
vention set for tomorrow morn
ing when a new constitution is
to be submitted together with re
ports of officers and auditors.
Election and installation of new
state officers will couclude the
business activities of the meet
mngeg, v
A parade has been arranged
for tomorrow under the direction
of J. Gordon Hardy of Atlanta,
Grand Marshal, §
Bush Attends
J. Bush, membes of the Ath
ens lodge, left Wednesday after
noon for Milledge where he will
attend the Georgia Elks conven.
tion.
| LOCAL WEATHER |
| |
| Furnished by the Government |
| Bureau at the Statc Teachers |
| College, E. S. Sell, Observer, |
| for 24 hours previous to |
| 8:00 A. M. |
TEMPERATURE
Highest .. i 805 0.. .880
Lowest .. s - Sive DR
Menit.. ... . 5 . o oa. 0B
Normal: .. co: ss o oBN
RAINFALL
ehod. .. .it v o U 0
Total since May 1........ 4.34
Excess since May 1....... 1.82
Average Ma} rainfall..... 3.66
Total since January 1....15.83
Deficiency since Jan. 1.... 5.07
HELP FOR BLID 1N
THDISTRCT, TOPC
CHIPMANS ADORESS,
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| Additional stimulus to the move
l ment here to organize a local unit
iof the Georgia Association of
!Workers for the Blind was given
i here today in address before the
iLions Club by Paul W. Chapman,
l state director of vocational educa
| cation.
i Mr. Chapman announced that
i Athens will sponsor the organiza
{tion of one of the twelve district
units of the association, confining
its activities to the eighth con
.gressional district, He announced
that a committee has been ap
pointed comprising W. T. Ray,
] president of the Lions Club; Leroy
IMichael. vice-president of the Ki
wanis Club, and Mr. Chapman,
!representing the Rotary Club,
! which will present the plan of
organization to various civic or
ganizations.
{ Mr. Chapman said that the
! Lions Club here is the proper or
ganization to foster the movement
here inasmuch as the stat® Lions
clubs have endorsed the move
| ment to aid the blind by making
it one of their main objectives.
The movement here to organize
a unit of the association grew out
i of an address by Dr. Raymond V.
Harris of Savannah, . who ad
idressed the Rotary club on the
subject several weeks ago. Dr.
' Harris, who was accidentally
{ blinded a few years ago, is one of
| the leaders in the statewide cam
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Flashes Of Life
By
The Associated Press
SWAMPSCOTT, Mass.—A cat
can look at a king and enable dis
tant subjects to hear him. It an
experiment at Prirceton Univer
sity a cat’s auditory nerve was
hooked up with an amplifier and
other apparatus. Thereby making
coliversation in ore room audible
in another 100 feet away. The
experiment was described at the
meeting of the American Otologi
cal society here.
TOO MUCH TROUBLE
WASHINGTON—Senator Glass
of Virginia regards dial phones
as a nuisance and has introduced
a resolution for thei: removal
from the capitol. He says that
since their installation senators
have been required to perform the
duties of telephone operators.
CAN'T DOWN HIM
NEW YORK. —Congratulatory
—ESTABLISHED 1832—
ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 22. 1930.
“ MANY ARE REPORTED
SEROUSLY - INJURED
INDISORDERS ABOUY
INDIAN SALT HEPI]TS!
i BOMBAY.—(AP)—Eritish troops
j were sent today to the govern
. ment-operated salt denct at Dha
.‘,rasana to prevent further raiding
Iby Indian Nationalist voiunteers.
Simultaneously the Nationalist
t headquarters there announced
{ that the next mass raid woulc
take place Sunday. Hitherto only
ipolice. some armed, but principal.
ly armed with latbi,, or staves,
! have heen depended upon to main
tain order at the salt depots.
Police and troops raided the
Nationalist camp at Untadi, near
Dharasana today, and destroyed it
{ yemaining in complete control of
ithe area. At Wadala a party of
1100 raiders divided themselves
| into two matches, and were ar
i rested. % !
i The British government issuec
a statement saying that only threc
! or four of the Nationalist von
teers injured yesterday in the
‘clash with police during the raid:
img at Dharasana were injurea
1 geriously .
‘ The communique added that the
‘All-lndia National Congress es(l
--! mated the total number of seri
!ously injured at 170. Other “esti
{ mates were as high as 634.
| Alarming news came from the
! northwest frontier, a report from
Peshawar saying that severe cas
palties had been inflicted by Brit
‘ish bombers on the forces of the
{ Haji of Turangzai, which have re
| mained in a threatennig position
near the Indian border since be
ginning of the presem. unrest.
{ A run on the Bank-..0f India,
l‘begun yesterday, continued today.
The directorate of the bank issued
!a statement that the- institution’s
| manager had not participated in
ithe police action raiding congress
1 headquarters here or at Dharase
: na and Wadala but the statement
had little effect on the Hindus.
/K. F. Nariman, - president of
"fle.h}cal congress committee, who
‘was arrested yesterday - during 2
,raid on the Alt-India National
{ Congress headquarters, was sell
| tenced today to four months sim
ple miprisonment. g
SCOUT COURT OF
HONOR MEETS AT
GEORGIAN HOTEL
I The Court of Homnor of the
Northeast Georgia Council, Boy
Scouts, will hold an examining
board .meeting tonight at the
Georgian Hotel at 7:30 o’clock.
!’l‘his is in accordance with the re
| cent change in court of honor
schedhle. taking out the regular
!awarding night and including
| aditiodnal examination night each
imonth.
' The change in schedule, it was
;explained by Preston = Almand,
! chairman of the Court of Honor.
|was made because the advance
'ment in rank of the Scouts has
lnot been rapid enough to justily
| one meeting a month to be set
| aside for awards.
‘ There are, however, several
ihoys appearing each examination
: night te warrant an extra session
each month for this purpose, Mr.
| Almand stated. Special sessions
ifor awards will be called at suit.
| able intervals, it was stated.
i Mr. Almand announced that the
| Court of Honor will award badges
|at the mass meeting of Athens
| troops Friday night, May 30, at
i the headquarters of Athens Troop
]Six which meets at the Normal
{ School. Attention is also called
'to the fact that next Thursday
, being the fifth Thursday in May
that tonight is the last meeting of
the Court this month.
messages to Gustave Lindenthal,
bridge engineer, on his 80th birth
day, express the conviction that
he will do even greater things at
90. He has designed various
bridges over the East River and
is active now in plans for span
ring the Hudson.
| MOSTLY OUTGO
- LONDON—Lord Melchett turn:
over half his income to John
Bull. ‘I spend at least six
months of the year working f-r
nothing at all,” he told the socie
ty of British advertisers. He was
referring to the income tax.
WOMEN LEAD
SAN SALVADOR.—The place
where Columbus landed has 4.-
848 more women than men now.
ghze census shows 50,270 and 45,-
Walter Taylor Goes On
Stand In Own Behalf To *
Deny All Graft Charges
Athens Girl Finishes Public
Schools With High Honors; Is
Speaker At High School Finals
By M. L. ST. JOHN
When the curtain rises on the
commelcemernt exercises at the
Athens High School June 4, a
popular young Athens girl will
step so ward and make her debut
as an orator. Laura Isabel
Smith, young daughter of Mr.
and M:s. E. I. Smith, Jr., will de
liver an oration, “Our Choice,”
that night.
Miss Smith is g-aduating from
Athens High school with honors
M the Classical course. She has
lived in this city practically all
»f her life, and attended the Lucy
Cobb Institute before entering
aigh school. Next year will find
ler enrolled as a f-eshman in the
3achelor of Arts course at the
Jniversity of Georgia.
Although Laura has alwavs
heen a Jeader of :ie: class in the
scholastic records, her record as
a public speaker is low. She
nas taken part in several play
lets at Luecy Cobb, but June 4
will be the fi-st time that she has
faced an audience as one of the
leadine characters.
Coming from a famil» of
writers, there is'a likelihood that
Miss Smith will enter into a c»-
reer of a w-iter. Alreadv she
has been the preatest contributor
to the high school scction of the
School News rage in the Barner
Herald. She hints that she micht
chanee to the Journalism course
at Geo-gia in her second year.
E. 1. Smith, Jr., real estate
dealer, insuratee agert. and
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Brantley Admitted
Killing Sister, Is
Claim of Brother
SPARTA, Ga.— (AP) — While
Hamilton Brantley, 45, is being
held in jail at Macon, his brother,
Reese Brantley of Atlanta, has
disc'osed an alleged cenfession ‘n
which Hamilton admitted killing
his sster, Miss Vesta Brantley, 53,
in their"home here last Saturday.
Reese Brantley said he was
present when the alleged confes
sion was given to Sheriff Jim
Jackson, but the officer has re
fused to discuss the case with
newspapermen. Jackson is a bro
ther-in-law of the Brantleys.
Reese Brantley “said no motive
for the killing was given and that
Hamilton was one of the pall
bearers at his sister's funeral
Sunday. He quoted Hamilton as
saying, “Sister never knew who
shot her.”
Anti-Saleen Head
Favors Showdown
On Dry Law, Says
WASHINGTON. — (AP) — A
finish fight between those for and
against prohibition was heralded
before the senate lobby committee
today by F. Scott Mcßride.
Questioned by Chairman Cara
way, the witness said it was
“probably good thing” for the
issue to be agitated by the wets.
¢1 think it will have to be
fought out and settled for all
time by a contest of that kind,”
he asserted.
The discussion followed testi
mony that the League was at
tempting to raise a fund of $300,-
000 a year to make a campaign in
favor of the eighteenth amend
ment similar to the one before
prohibition was adopted.
Records also had been intro
duced showing the organization
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Baiktub Soloists
May Fare Badly
. .
In Windy City
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CHICAGO. —(AP)—Singing
in the bathtub is to Alderman
. J. Kaindl a flagrant waste
of good water.
The alderman and his com
mittee have been investigating
the water situation. In the
committee report just made
public Alderman Kaindl men
tions that bathroom baritones,
tub tenors and bathing bassos
are responsible for the waste
of a lot of water and one of
the reasons Chicagoans use
more water per capita than
any city in the world.
Mr. Kaindl professed to see
no musical advantage in the
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DAILY AND SUNDAY—I 3 CENTS A WEEK
A. B. C. PAPER.
High School Speaker
Miss Laura Smith, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. I. Smith, Jr.,
who is one of the speakers for
the.student body at the Athens
High School graduating exer
cises June 4.
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Patient Denied
Admittance To
Hospital, Dies
ATLANTA, Ga.— (AP) — Jack
Reeves, 65, a farmer who shot
himself at Bremen, Ga. died here
late yesterday while en route to a
privat hospital for treatment.
He first was taken to the city
operated Grady Hospital and re
fused entrance, Asmon Lewis, as
sistant superintendent of Grady
Hospital, said Reeves' ambulance
attendants did not explain his con
dition and he was turned away
because of a rule against accept.
ing out-of-town patients other
than grave emergency cases.
Lewis said if his condition had
been known the pziient would
have been admitted immediately.
After being informed of the rule
against out-ofstown patients Lewis
said the party from Bremen wait
ed a few minutes and then drove
away. Reeves was dead when the
ambulance arrived at the private
hospital.
Reeves shot himself after writ
ing a note to his daughter in the
Bremen town hall,
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More Powerful Gasoline = =
Discoxered In Research
By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE |;
Issociated Press Science Editor
TULSA, Okla.—i(A#)—Discovery |
of a more powerful gasoline, a |
blend especially for automobiles |
was anhounced to the Natu:ai]«
Gasoline Association’s annual |
convention today. }
The mixture restores what thegi
motorist likes to call “The oldiw
fashioned goodness” to gasoline, |
by which he means quick, eas.v|<
starting in cold weather. It Ls|l
described also as addirg power |
which the “Cld time” gas never!j
hed and as increasing the avail- '
Complete Vindication For 1
Bishop Cannon Thought Near
DALLAS, Texas.—(AP)—A {
majority of the committee on
temperance and social service ‘
of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, today voted to l
retain Bishop James Cannon,
~ Jr, of Washington, D. C., on;
~ the board of temperance and
~ social service.
Josephus Daniels, of Raleigh,
N. C., chairman of the commit
tee, who has fought Bishop
Cannon throughout the qua- :
drennial conference, gave no- l
tice that he and a majority of - |-
his group would bring in a sec- |
ond list of mnominees to the |,
floor of the conference. P
DALLAS, Tex.—(#)—Complete
virdication for Bishop James !
Cannon, Jr.,, of Washington, D. i
C., storm center of the quadren-
| lOCATL wmmmp!
GFOGRIA—CIoudy tonight; !
probably ‘lccal shewers tomeor !
row in Noi.h portion ]
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Single Copies, 2 Cents—s Cents Sunday =
CITY CLERK FOLLOWS
SURPRISE. WITHESS
TOSTAND THURSDAY.
JURY MAY GET C il
TODAY [
ATLANTA, —(#)— Basizg,
its entire case oh an unsworn
statement by City Clek Wal
ter Taylor, who denied all of
the allegations of bribery
brought against him by the
state, the defense rested soon
after noon today. e
The state began its rebuttal
soon after Taylor left the
stand. Court officials said it
was possible the jury would
receive the case late today. =
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ATLANTA. —(®)— City, Clerk
Walter Taylor took the witness
stand in his own behalf today as
the first witness for the defense
in his tcial for bribery. . © &
Naylor was called soon aftef
the state, in & surprise move, in;;‘_.“
troduced testimony bv former
councilman J. A. Beall, who testis
fied that Taylor, in 1923, offered
him $400" to vote a pool:oom li=
cense for Solomon Piha. .
Piha previously had testifié@'g%
that he paid Taylor S3OO for his
influence in getting the license
through. o 5 ‘“5
~ Beall said he refused the offefi@i
He also said the license later
came before the city ‘coyrgg'{?g
amohg -~ group of vapers reports
ed favorably, though it had beem
adversed by the committee. ~ = =
The courtroom was Jamme*}
with the largest crowd of spectas
tors of any day since Taylor's
trial was started eight days ago.
Mr. Taylor began reading hig
unsworn statement at 10:20 and
concluded at 11:01. He spoke i
a conversational tone. Soon after
he had started, defense Atw;g o
Reuben ~A:nold - cautioned ¢
that he was reading the states
ment too fast. - mi;g
“l may be, Mr. Arnold,” Tavior
said, “but I am véry nervous an%;%
am doing the.best I can.” = =
Immediately after the Clty;ifi
Clerk finished his statement
Judge Moore recessed court foruf‘%
half hour . s ‘gfi
Soligitor Brown announced @3}s
the court that the state was
abandoning ‘all but 11 counts of
the 25 count indictment. L
Taylor denied all the allegationsg
of bribery brought against him
the indictment. ' ;@
Some of the eleven remalnln%;fl
counts, Taylor in his statement
characterized as “wholly “false, T
while in speaking of others he
said, “I did nothing wrong in aés
cepting money for my influence ag
a citizen,” i ey et
Count one of the eleven coll *%f
on which the state hopes to cfit -
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able gasoline supply. e
The blending formula is a giff
to the petroleum industry, in the
form of bulletin 14 from the De~
partment of Engineering research
of the University of Michigan. 16
is non-commercial, anyone wha
wishes being free to use it. The
development was sponsored by
the Natural Gasoline association
of America, and was done umler
direction of George Ga nger
Brown, professor of chemical efi=
gineering and director of vesearch
for the association. He present.
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F TR SPR ?.-r by
nial general conference of thet
Methodist Episcopal Church,
'South, today lacked only one finak
‘step—his re-election as chairmam
of the church board of tempere
'ance and social serviee. e
Strength of the temperared
‘Bishon, who was successively ae=
cused of unchristian actions in
participating actively in the 1928
presidential campaign 2nd i
gambling on the stock market]
was shown yesterday in an unex
pected fight on the ecorference
iloor the conference ove:rulad
Bishop- Collins Dennv. 1 vesidins
officer. in order to exterd a vote
of confidence. e
Bishop Denny had ruled tha
G. T. Fitzhugh of Memnhis s
sephus Daniels of Raleich. N, €
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