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fEAT WAVE COVERS
GTATE A 5 MERCURY
ILIMBS ABOVE 100
Von Herrmann Says South
Georgia Faces Serious
Drought Situation
SAYS NO RELIEF IS
IN PROSPECT NOW
Scattered Showers Little
Help to Parched Crops,
Forecaster Says
ATLANTA —(#)— C. F. Von
Herr man n, meteorologist in
charge of the Atlanta Weather
bureat.,, today said south Georgia
generally sweltered under temper
atures above the 100 mark yester.
day and farmers faced a “seri
ous drought.”
Millen, Ga., with 104 yesterday
was the hottest spot reported for
the year, Mr. Von Herrmann said.
He did not place that figure as an
official record, however, since
some stations report only by mail
and final figures will not‘be com
piled for several days, :
Other places reaching 100 or
more and reporting bv telegraph
included Monticello, 102; Colum
bus, 101; Bainbridge, 101; and
Rome 100, Lt G
Crops Suffer
Mr. Von Herrmann said reports
indicated practically every tcwn
in the sotthern part of the state
felt temperatures of at least 100.
Describing the lack of rain as
“serious” he said scattered show
ers recently had helped crops but
little, He said there was no re
lief in sight. ;
Many places in the mid-state
and in the northern sections ap
nroached the 100 degree mark.
Macon had 98, Atlanta, 96; and
Thomasville, 96; Savannah on th¢
coast was some cooler with 88.
Temperatures over the entire
country generally were well up in
the 90’s, Mr. Von Herrmann said,
with the south and southwest es
pecially suffering.
It remained hot throughout the
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Stewart Pleased
With Registration
At Summer Schoo
PUBLIC INVITED TO
' GIDEONSE LECTURE
A large crowd is expected to
hear Dr. Harry D. Gideonse of
the University of Chicago lec
ure at the University of Geor
gia tonight at 8:30 o'clock on
“Gold and Silver and the
World Depression”. Dr, Gid
eonse will speak on the lawn
in. front of the War Memorial
building, The public as well
as stmmer schoo! students are
invited to hear the lecture, the
first on the summer program
of the institute of public af
fairs, He will speak tomorrow
at the chapel at 11:15 o’clock
on “Reparations”, a topic which
is receiving world-wide atten
tion in view of President Hoo
ver's declaration in favor of a
world debt holiday of one year
which not only - affects Ger
many, but the other nations.
Dr. Gidecnse is a world recog
nized authority on internation
al finance, He arrived this aft
ernoon from Chicago for his
two lectures here.
Dr. J. S. Stewart, director of the
ummer school, is pleased with the
rogress of registration for the ses
ion, While the number of those al
eady registered could not be ob
ained today, iy is believed that the
otal enroliment will be as iarge as
18t year’'s,
The regi'stration of those taking
‘ourses in ‘the Georgia State Col
ege of Agricultrue and the TUni
‘ersity is underway at the Octagon,
while registration of those to be
‘nrolled at the Gieorgia State Teach
'rs college is being held in Smith
nall,
Class work began this morning
for those who have completed reg
istration. The first meeting of the
chorus for the grand operas was
held in the S¢phomore house on the
campus last night with George Fol
son Granberry, director of the
music department, in charge,
Hoovers Entertained Him, Says
Impostor From Cell In Prison
NEW YORK — (AP )— George
Robert Gabor, 25, native of Hunga
ry, was in jail today while federal
luthorities were investigating his
boastful tale of how he imposed on
personages,
Acting as his own attorney he
said in eourt that he had:
Poseq as Baron Von Krupp.
Been entertained at Palo Alto, hy
Mr, and Mrs. Herbert Hoover,
Induced Henry Ford to give him
a 4 new automobile,
Become engaged to Eleanor Do-
DATLY AND SUNDAY-—l 3 CENTS A WEEEK
ASSOCIATED PRESS SERViCE
Ruth Nichols Will Not
Let Smash-Up Keep Her
From Flying To Paris
IS DETERMINED
Although she cracked two
vertebrae in her neck and sys
tained cuts when her plane was
demolished as she landed on
the first leg of her trans-At
lantic flight at St. John, N, B,
Ruth Nichols, crack woman
pilot, is determined to - make
the flight as soon as she re
covers and her plane is re
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FUTURE NATIONTD
BE AN INDUSTRIAL
OTATE. FORD SAYS
Agriculture And Industry
Must Interlock, Auto
Builder Thinks
By WILLIAM H. BEATTY
DETROIT —(#)— Henry Ford
visions the nation of the future—
the perfect industrial state—as a
nation made up of factories sur
rotnded by farms able to sus
tain them.
The farm communities will sup
ply the factories with carrots,
cantaloupes, corn, wheat and
other agricultural products, from
which automobiles, building ma
terial, clothing and the necessi
ties of life—with food an inciden
tal product—will be turned out.
Great industrial centers mno
longer will be necessary, Mr, Ford
theorizes, since the factories and
farms will be scattered over the
nation. Work will be brought to
remote sections, “with modern
transportation the intermediary.
Perfect State
Farmers in the perfect indus
trial state, as wisioned by Mr.
Ford, will be able to produce more
in less time through highly im
proved methods. At proper sea
sons they may be shifted to t&e
factories to aid . in production
there, or the factory labor may go
to the farms during the reaping
seasons, - ;
Turning with renewed vigor to
the theory which he has main
tained for years—that agrictlture
and industry must interlock,
Henry Ford today is enlarging an
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Mayor of Hamtramck Is
Indicted With Others
DETROIT.—(AP)—The mayor
of the suburb of Hamtramck and
14 other persons including several
public officials, were named in 16
indictments handed down by a
circuit court grand jury last Sat
urday, a prosecution official an
nounced today.
Howard Bowman, an assistant
prosecuting attorney, who- made
the announcement, said seven in
dictments were returned against
Mayor Rudolph G. Tenerowicz.
Three major charges in the in
dictments include conspiracy to
accept bribes in the operation of
disorderly houses.
Posed as Taft Thew, jr., repre
gsenting himself as the son of a for
mer amhassador, and got money
‘anq clothes from Ambassodor Her
rick in Paris. i
Borrowed $45,000, of which he got
$25,000 in cash.
Donated $2,500 to the Pan-Amer”
ican university at Dallas, Tex,, and
was elected vice president,
Jedge Knox, after listening to the
story, said: :
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THE BANNER-HERALD
Cracked Vertebrae In
Neck Revealed By
X-Ray Photos
NEW YORK.—(#)—X-ray pic
tures revealed today thkat two
vertébrae o Ruth Nichols’ spine
were cracked when she crashed
yesterday at St. John, N. 8., her
doctor reported by telephone,
~ however, that while the injury
'was painful it was in no way se
‘rious as the cracked vertebrae
,were not dislocated and would
~ mend easily and quickly.,
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' BLAME CONDITIONS
' NEW YORK — (#) — Entire
blame for the crash of Ruth
*Nichols’ plane at St. John, N.
8., was placed on conditions ex.
isting there at the time of land
[ing in a telegram from Col. Clar
lence D. Chamberlin today,
' Chamberlain said the field was
{of medium size &nd lay among
'hills like a saucer. It is filled
in at both ends of the runway,
he said. It would be difficult to
land a large fast plane like Miss
Nichols’ there under icdeal con
| ditions, he said.
[ “The wind direction, he /aon
| tinved, “made it necessary to land
‘over a hill and into the setting
|sun, making it impossible to see
! straight ahead. She landed about
! the middle of the runway but
when she passed the intersection
of the runway she saw she was
| going to overshoot the field so
she opened the throttle wide to
'go around again and try a lower
landing.
“She got into the air but was
blinded by the sun and cotldn't
see the hill ahead, The wheels
struck a solid rock ledge three
feet high, wiping off landing
gear and propellor, causing the
crash in rock and tree stumps
on hillside, The front of the
fuselage was demolished into
match wood and the motor was
pushed back pinning Miss Nich
ols between gas tank and instru
ment board, injuring her back and
cutting her knee. She is in good
spirits and not seriously hurt.”
STILL, UNDAUNTED
ST. JOHN, N. B. —(AP)— In
jured when landing after a flight
from New York, Miss Ruth Nich
ols was still intent today on fol
lowing the Lindbergh trail so
Paris. . ;
Her high-speed monoplane was
wrecked at the municipal air
port as the setting sun blinded
her for an instant,
At a hospital she smilingly as
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Dr. E. C. Thrash
Of Atlanta Dies;
Pioneer Leader
~ ATLANTA --- (AP)— Dr. B. C.
Thrash, 64, an authority on the
treatment of Luberculosis_,_ and a
leading physician of Atlanta for
the last 26 years, died while at
dinner with his family last night,
The illness which finally caused
his death atricked 4Dr. Thrash six
months ago, but he had r-covered
sufficiently to resume his practice
and attend the receng convention of
the Ameérican Medical associaibn at
Philadelphiae as one of the three
Georgia delegates, He returned
from Philadelphia on a stretcher
and had been confined at his home
since. : -
Funeral services have heen set
for tomorrow morning at the res
dence, .
- Dr, Thrash was a pioneer among
physician in. the use of x-ray
therapy in the treatment of tuber
culosis, He was chairman of the
‘Masonic committee which was in
strumental in founding the state
hospital -for tubercular children at
Alto.
An article Dr, Thrash wrote on
the subject of a state department of
health ‘'has been crediteq as being
‘the cause of the: organization of
the department,
Dr. Thrash was a past president
of the Medical Associaton of Geor
gia, a fellow of the American Col
lege of Surgeons, and a member of
the Southern Medical association,
the Gate City Masonic lodge, Yaa
rab Temple of the Shrine, and the
Phi Chi Medical fraternity,
| LOCAL WEATHER |
| Furnished by the Government |
| Bureau at the State Teachers !
| College, E. S. Sell, Observer, ]
for 24 hours previous fto
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TEMPERATURE
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Lowest ... v ta oo T3P
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RAINFALL
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Total since Jan." 1 .. ... 18.72
Deficiency since June 1 .. 2.33
Average June rainfall ~.. 418
Total since Jan. 1 ... .. 8172
Deficiency since Jan. 1 ~ 6.73
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pastor and hotel employe, has
confessed that he trussed himself
up and ‘“hanged’ himself in ‘a
Dallas, Texas, church. Brown pre
viously had said that four masked
men hanged him to a church
chandelier, but that the rope was
new and stretched, enabling ~him
to reach a chair with his feet.
GATTY AND POST ARE
EADY TO TAKE-OFF
N ATLANTIC FLIGHT
Reach St. John, Prepare
To Resume Flight To
Berlin At Once
HARBOR GRACE, N. F.—(AP)—
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty
landed here from New York at 1:17
New Foundland daylight time on
their flight around the worid. They
took off from New York at 3:56:10
E. S. T, They planned to stay here
jus¢g long enough to refuel and
then start the long grind across the
ocean to Berlin,
Direct To Berlin
NEW YORK —(AP)-{Wiley Post
and Harold Gatty, who started a
flight around the world today, will
not stop at London but fly direect
from Harbor Grace, N. F, to Ber
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Land Bank Head
Says “Comeback”
Is On In Georgia
COLUMBIA, S. C.—"The ability
of the agriculture of Georgia to
‘come back’ is demonstrated again
by the fact that 93 percent of
the $2,122,126 loaned in Georgia
by the United States Department
of Agriculture from the 1929 storm
and flood fund of $5,750,000, ap
propriated by congress, has been
paid back,” F. H. Daniel, presi
dent of the Federal Land Bank of
Columbia, which makes long-term,
farm mortgage loans in Georgia,
the Carolinas and Florida, =aid to
dav. i
“Of the total amount loaned in
these states and also in Alabama,
there has been repaid to date 83
percent, according to George Hoff.
man, in charge of farm seed loan
work in the Department of Agri
cultyre,” Mr. Daniel said.
“Georgia has made great strides
in the last few years in diversi
fication and, had it not been for
iLis fact, I doubt if the farmers
would have been able to make
such a good record in the répay
ment of government loans. This
diversification adds a safety fac
tor to farming which should make
loans from the government nec
ssary less frequently. Our exper
ience with about 13,000 farmers
of Georgia, who have long-term,
amortized loans, made through
169 local national farm loan asso-
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Athens Fire Department Has
~ One Of Youngest Chiefs
By M. L. ST. JOHN
Visiting checker-playing five
fighting champions are guests of
an unique fire departmnet while
attending the Sottheastern {Di
vision of the Association of In
ternational Fire Chiefs conven
tion here today and Wednesday.
The youngest man ever to be
chief of the Athens fire depart
ment now heads the firemen. He
is E. F. Lester, I. Q. Cobb is
the youngest man ever to be as
sistant chief of ‘the Athens de
partment.
With these young leaders who
specialize in fire prevention as
well as fire fighting, Athens has
been well protected from fire
damages. The department was
awarded fourth place for fire
prevention in eities bétween 20,-
000 and 50,000 in the South for
this yean .
Little boys, and girls too, who
clambered to the fence rails to
watch “their heroes” speed by to
a fire, have been taken into the
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~ESTABLISHED 18382 .
GOVERNMENTS WAIT
FRANGE'S DECISION
OV HOOVER'S OFFER
France To Write Answer
To One Year Suspension
Of Debts Tomorrow
ALL EYES TURNED
TOWARD PARIS
Washington Working For
Quick Ratification On
Suspension Offer
Stimson On Air
WAHINGTON —(AP)— Sec
retary Stimson plans to broad
cast tonight in a joint hookup
of both the National and Co-
Jumbia networks an explanation
of the administration’s peosition
regarding war debts and rep
arations,
His speech will be for a fif
teen minute period beginning
at 10 p, m. eastern standard
time,
By LOUIS P. LOCHNER
BERLlN.—(#)—German offici
aldom declared a one-day mora
torium from overwork today with
the realization that Paris—not
Berlin or Washington—is the hub
of the tniverse in respect to tha
Hoover debt proposal. : :
“The whole world waits for
Paris,” Mittagzeitung announced
in a banner line, unquestionably
voicing the sentiment of all Ger
many. Ambassador Leopold Von
Hoesch, who hastened to Paris
when President Hoover cut the
Gordian knot of inter-government
debts, has been in continuous
touch with Chancellor Bruening
and Foreign Minister Curtius, ad.
visiting them as to what Germany
can do to make France’s accept.
ance of the plan easier, Until
Paris makes her decision the Wil
hielmstrasse is markine time,
Sober Calculaion
Insofar as German public opin
ion was concerned, <yesterdyy’s
burst of jubilation was followed
by a day of sober calculation,
One evidence of this feeling is
the Reichsbank’s decision to try
‘torget along without the $300,-
000,000 loan placed at its disposal
by American banks,
~ The consensus of the German
press was that while President
Hoover’s moratorium proposal
would allevaite the crisis the ul
timate salvation of the world lay
in a more radical step than mere
postponement of inter-government
war debts.
. Democratic newspapers express
ed confidence K the Hoover plan
was only preliminary to more
far-reaching ones in the frture
“The postponement of payments
during the most precarious of
all the tribute years can only
mean the beginning,” said the
Boerson courier. “New years of
rest must follow the first—and
lead to final revision.”
EYES ON PARIS
PARIS, (AP)—Not before tomor
row will France write her reply
to President Hoover’s proposal for
a one-year postponement of inter.
allied debt and reparation pay
ments.
Meanwhile the eyes of all Eus
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New Fitzgerald Bank
Is Open For Business
FITZGERALD, Ga.—(®)— The
Naticna] bank of Fitzgerald,
formed .of a combination of the
assets of the two national banks
which suspended business here
Jantary 16, today was open for
business. o
Battle Sparks, cashier, said de
posits of the new bank were in
creased more than SIO,OOO when
it began operations yesterday.
The bank is capitalized at SIOO,-
000 with $20,000 surplus. J. J.
Dorming, former president of the
First National bank, is head »of
the new bank.
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Fire Chiefs Of Southeast Are In ~
Session Here Today, Tomorrow; %
Barbecue For Delegates 6 P. M.
BYSTANDER KILLED
A 5 DEPUTIES AND
CTRIKERS BATTLE
Ran From Store At Sound
Of Shots And Got One
Through His Heart
ARNOLD CITY, Pa. —(AP)—
One man was killed and four oth
ers injured here today in a crash
between deputy sheriffs and
striking miners and their sympa
thizers.
The man killed was a bystand
er, Philo Ponovich, 40, who ran
from his store’ when he heard
shooting and was shot through
the heart . Three of the injured
were identified as Frank Brown,
wounded three times; John Galla,
and Peter Davis,
Pickets were gathered near the
Arnold City mine this morning
while officers guarded the mine
property. An egg thrown by a
boy struck a deputy sheriff and
the shooting followed,
MINES RE-OPENED
PITTSBURGH —(AP)— Mines
of the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal
Corporation, second largest coal
pfoducer in the Pittsburgh area
and one of the largest in the
country, opened today with tnion
miners for the first time since
19217.
An agreement for an eight
hour day, general wage increases
and some degree of union con
trol, was recached by officials of
the company and |United¢ Mine
Workers of America yesterday.
The Pittsburgh Terminal Coal
corporation, a $23,000,000 con
cern, operates five mines in this
distriet., It employs about 2,400
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Negro Killed After
Wounding Wife And
- Shooting At Sister
Ladybee Jones, Negro, who shot
and killed her brother-in-law, Ed
Jones, after he had wounded his
wife and sho¢ at her Monday after
noon, was released by Coroner J.
F. Shepherd when the coroner’'s
ijury returned a verdict of justifia
ble homicide in self defense last
‘night.
After drawing a knife on his wife,
‘Matilda Jones and threatening her
on Hull street, Ed pursued her to
Ladybee Jones'’ home on Water
street, In a fight that followed,
Jones shot at her and missed. She
‘then rushed to her husband, and
’t.hny fall to the floor in a struggle,
His sister-in-law entered the room,
I.lones shat at her and misgsed, She
ran and got her pistol and returned,
When she re-entered the room
'Jom»s snapped his trigger again
bhut the gun failed to fire, She then
'shot and killed him, The women
were arrested by Policemen Burpee
and Smith, and held in the city jail
until after the coroner’s inquest.
From evidence produceq in the
inquest, Ed Jones ha® been mis
treating his wife for the past twe
' weeks,
The cononer's jury was as fol
lows:
Corner J. ¥. Shepherd, Dr, J. C,
Holliday, foreman, Chandler Wing
field, W. L. Brooks, S. E. Patat,
8. C. Bevers, C. C. Strickland,
bailiff,
HEALTH QUIZ
By Athens, Clarke County
Department of Health.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
16. How are birth rates com
puted? What was the resident
birth rate of Clarke county
for 19307
Answer—
Birth rates are computed
on the basis of births per
1,000 population, The county
population is 25,613, and resi
dent births numbered 492, giv
ing a birth rate of 19.2 per
1,000. \
17. What was the resident
death rate of Clarke county
for 1930, and how does it
compare with the general
death rate for the state?
NICE INCOME
NEW YORK-—Some details of
the income of Robert L. Ripley,
cartoonist, have been revealed in
a contract suit by . lecture bu
reau. He testified he had earned
from $5,000 to $6,000 a week by
his cartoons. The bureau set
forth that at the same time he
made ' $2,500 to $4,000 in the
movies, $3,000 in vaudeville and
SI,OOO a week on the air,
DAILY AND SUNDAT—I3 CENTS X WEER
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Addresses Chiefs
W. F. Dunbar, manager of
the Southeastern Underwriters
association, Atlanta, who will
address the convention of fire
chiefs at the Georgian hotel
tomorrow at 2 o’clock.
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LEGISLATURE. OPENG
SESSION TOMOROW;
3 PLACES CONTESTED
Legislafo;s Arriving For
Opening Session At
11 Wednesday
' ATLANTA, Ga, —(AP)— Legis
lators arrived here in increasing
numbers today preparatory to tak
ing over the problems of re-organi-
Zation, reallocation of congression.
al districts, and financial defieit,
\ Meeting tomorrow at 11 o’clock
‘both house and senate will proceed
with organization, Arlie D, Tucken
‘Berrien county, is at present unop
posed for the speaker, but three
candidates today continued to work
hard for the presidency of the sen
ate,
! Thé thres, W. Cecil Neill, Musco
gee; Linton B. West, Randolph, and
Hamilton McWhorter, Oglethorpe,
all predicted victory, They have
opened headquarters in a down
town hotel.
A contest for clerk of the house
also was in prospect, E. B. Moore,
of DeKalb, for many years clerk of
Yhe lower body was opposeq by An
drew Kingary of Emanuel, a for.
mer reading clerk of the house, Col
John T, Bouifeuillet is unopposed
fro clerk of the senate, succeeding
D. F. McClaachey, resigned.
There also existed a contest for
gpeaker pro tem of the house,” Rep
resentative E. D. Edwards, of Gil
mer, ang Representatve . Thomas
Gillen, of Bibb, seekigg the posi
tion. Guy Jackson of Cochran was
unopposed for pro tem presidency
of the senate,
ATLANTA — (AH) — Senator
Hamilton MeWhorter of Lexington,
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To Spend $6,000,000
For Sight Education
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, —(AP) —
'An appropriaton of $6,000,000 for
an educational campaign on the
proper care of the eyes was jpassed
at the national convention of the
’American Optometric association
‘here yesterday.
- J. Fred Andreae, of Baltimore,
the president, said the appropria
tion would be spent in the next
four years in newspapers, maga
zines and other mediums to stimu
late interest in the problems of de.
fective wvision,
Doctor In Starr Faithfull Case
Appears As Grand Jury Witness
NEW YORK —(AP) —Dr. G,
Jameson Carr, surgeon of the
Cunard line, today had the role of
star witness before a grand jury
investigating the death of Miss
Starr Faithfull, g
He cancelled a vacation to Bel
gium to volunteer in clearing up
the mystery of the beauty's drown
ing on the Long Beach coast and
arrived in New York yesterday on
the steamship Laconia with three
letters she had written him, oh
The doctor said he had no theo.
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EMORIAL SERVICE
TOMORROW; PUBLIG,
INITED AT 11 M.
President Brockwell
Principal Speaker
This Afternoon
A parade through town, led b!!:
the Atlanta fireman’s band, open«
ed the fourth annual session of
the Southeastern Division of the
Association of Fire Chiefs here
this morning. Ninety-nine fire«
men, their wives, and Civil Sem’?
vice Commissioners from ninq;fif’!‘
southern states registered for the
morning session, and more were
expected to register this afters
noon. / 3
Mayor A, G. Dudley ml_coméféfi;
the delegates on behalf of the
city of Athens. C. D. Terrell
welcomed the chiefs for the
chamber of commerce, and Chief
H. R. McMillan, of the Jackso@-,g{i%
ville fire department, made 'the
response. L
Tom Heeny, ex-chief of the
Jacksonville fire department, and
“daddy of the Southeastern Diva
ision” of the association, made &
short talk. The College Park, Gau,
fire department presented the
president of the division -with..:fi}‘fig
malet made by the firemen.
The feature of the 60-piecd
band and drum and bugle corps,
was its mascot, Lewis Silveras
board, a piccalo player, 15 years
old, and only 4 feet 2 inches high.
He has been playing the piccalo
for one year, and the flute so
five years. s
Brockwell Speaks o
Recommendation that all states
in the Southeastern Division have
state firemen's organizations was
made by Sherwood Brock\‘vfi;““-
president of the division, in i?q
presidential address this after
noon, A few of the states already
have state organizations. Georgiq\é
recently organized its firemen.
Mr. Brockwell reviewed tha
work of the Southeastern moeh%g
ation, and spoke of the import=
ance of the fire departments as
a municipal asset, With the fire
hazards increased because of tha
depreciation of property during
the business depression, andv
fire departments hampered by the
-in number of men d
material during the depressiom,
the fire chiefs must “work hard<
er than ever to pull throush this
critical period,” he said. The im~
portance of fire colleges such as
North Carolina and Florida hav&%
was stressed by the president.
The Southeastern Division has
greatly improved thig year in or=
ganization and finance, it was
shown by the reports of the see~
retary and the treasurer, e
Barbecue Tonight il
A barbecue at the Athens Coune
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Mexican Catholics %
To Defy Law; Held
Unconstitutional
MEXICO CITY—(AP)—A ned
law restricting priests in the
state of Vera Cruz is to be igs
mored by ®he Catholic church.
Archbishop Ruiz Y Flores, Apos=
tolic delegate, contends the law i
unconstitutional. e
If priests are ejected from thei®
churches by state authorities im
accordance with 'the provisions
of the measure, he said, they are
‘authorized to hold masses in ses
cret. The bishops will not appoing
the eleven priests allowed by the "
law and if the government ap=
points them the bishops will with'
hold their sanction, Ly
Dispatches from Vera Cruz s aid
a group of about 70 men an
womeén staged a street manifes
tation against the church an
went to the district court whera
they demanded that injunctions
concerning the law be not grant<
ed to priests. They were told to
stbmit their request to civil ane
thorities, Lt
res as to the death, He refused t
make the letters public. One im
which Starr apologizeq for getting
drunk on the Franconia, May 2
was given out befge his arrivak
by Nassau county authorities, =
Stanley E, Faithfull, Starr's stepa
father, branded the letter as falses
The letter was not in Starr's stylt
he. said, <lO 8 e
Carr gave little information te
reporters on his arrival. . &
- “Were you surprised ab.
. _ - (Tuen om,