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MOVEMENT LAUNCHED TO SLASH CLARKE TAXES
Hoover Hands Conggmm
JETERANS BENEFITS
SLAGHED T BONE
I BUDGET NOTE
WASHINGTON —(AP)— [l'resi.
qent Hoover presented to congress
\};,,;‘. day a drastically reduceg
wudget, recommending a 2 1-a
manufactures exicise tax, retention
of the gasoline tax, rigid v('on\omivs
including an additional 11 per*cent
cut in government salaries, and a
vie slash in veterans benetits.
fle asked for total appropriations
of $4,218 808 344, saying net expen
gitures would total $3,256, 354,90¢
against receipts of $2,949,162,173—
paving a deficit of §307,192,187, It
was 1o offset this that the new
taxation was proposed.
No mention of war gebts was
made in the entire Presidentiar
mescage, but the report of ‘the Se
cretary of the Treasury, sent to
congress simultaneously, disclosea
that payment due from foreign na
tions had been included in strik
ng the government's balance.
Neither did Mr. Hoover make
any mention of legalization of beer,
estimated internal revenue collec
tions included no figure from this
ource. ’
The President estimated the pre
ent year would end next June with
i deficit of $1,146,478,307, expendi
ttures being $3,770,735,000 and esti
nated receipts of $2,624,256, 693. Of
this deficif he said: ,
In his veterans economy proposal
the President defied those clamor
ng for bonus payment and main
tenance of present benefits, by re
commending to congress legislation
which would strip $127,000,000 worth
of pensions, compensation and ar
lowances off the rolls.
To cover his proposals for new
tax and economy legislation the
President in his message departed
from custom, gave a list of appro
priaticns as reccommended in the
idget itself, and flanyed it with
own further reduced figures.
Without his veterans and pay- cut
vings, estimated reductions in
expenditures totaled $397,553000,
With these included, $581,923,000
trimmed below the actual ap
propriations for the current fiscar
Food Exempted
I'he new tax proposed by the
I dent — essentially the same
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Russian, Japanese,
Manchukuo Pact Is
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Proposed by Tokyo
TOKYO, — (AP) - — Japanese
proposal that Russia, Japan and
Manchukuo aet in “close co
operation” for peace along the So
viet-Manchurian border was dis
closed by the Foreign Office Wed
tesday together with the assert
ion that the Mostow reaction was
noncommital.
This information was made pub
lic after Rengo (Japanese) News
Agency dispaches reported Japan
ese troops had entered Manchuli,
a 4 far northwestern Manchurian
City near the Soviet border.
Manchuli has been the focal
boint of military attention in Man
churia. for several weeks. 1t was
there the irregular Chinese gen
tral, Su Ping-Wen and his allies
sel up headquarters and defied the
Japanese to ‘“come and get them.”
The Japanese responded wijth a}
l‘ military expedition from 'l:sltsihar:l
~ lieneral Su fled to Siberia. If&tell
~ Teports sai the Chinese Chief
had been interned and disarmedl
by the soviet authorities.
The Foreign Office - said the'
Jupanese charge d'affaires at Mos-‘
tow, Eiji Amoh, had proposed co-
Operation in the Manchuli fron-l
tier disgrict. | |
The Soviet Foreign comn}lssar,,
M. K. Karakhan replied “o,“'§
“ommitally, but the Foreign _thcpl
“id Japan was eonfident {Mos
‘oW would instruct Soviet frontxe‘x“
duthorities to *“act in cow:q_})ance
With the proposal. ]
Ten Workers Killed
In Plant Explosion
RATHENOW, Germany —i(®)
-Ten workers were known to be
dead and 80 were injured under
debris in an explosion .i,t“the I,
. Farbin artificial silk werks at
Premnitz Wednesday.
A 400-pound hydrogen container
blew up while workmen were put-
Uing finishing touches on an addi
ton to the plant. |
The fate of the 80 inside the
‘fumbled, walls was not Kknown,
although' ten are known to have
been injured, -
The annex was wrecked, so ter-.
lific was the blast. .
FULL Associafed\Press Service.
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with Margaret Mary Collins, 28-
vear-old Chicago blond-brunette
redhead, above, al] have pretty bad
luck. . The last seven have been
shot to death, either by police ors
gang guns, and now the eighth,!
Sol Feldman, is in the hospitub‘
with a police bullet. He tried to}
rob a' fur store. Mary changes the
color of her hair as fast as her boy
friends find bullets, l
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FARM BOARD ASKS
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lOutlines Specific Benefits
' Remedial Legislation to
" Include ;
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| WASHINGTON. —(AP)— Con
:grvssionul action to incregse the
fincmno of the American farmer ”fl
jolovating‘ the general level of agri
{ cultural prices to a par with other
commodities was advocated VVO(L;
nesday by the Farm board,
| This multi.pronged problem was
assigned to congress in a special
3report on legislative recommenda
ltions which sald the board’s stab
liliwtion operations were power.
lless to achieve this end.
Holding that the prgsent low
prices of farm products must in
general be ascribed to other causes
than heavy surpluses, the goard
said any remedial plan should in
clude:
| “1. Hastening business recovery
[in the United States, thereby in
creasing returns from products
sold in the domestic market.
“2 Steps to initiate recovery in
{international trade, t h ere b y
strengthening foreign demand for
!export products. E
“3. Readjustment of taxes, inter
est, and principal payments
freight- rates and other fixed
charges which enter into the farm.
er's expenses and new abnormally
depress the share which he re
{‘ceives of the final retail price.
i! “4, Further strengthening and
expanding of cooperative organiza
ltion to reduce the expenses ot
{marketing and increase the pro
iducer’s share of the consumer’s
i dollar. .
!. “5.- Efforts, through ' cooperative
imarketing associations or in other
'ways to secure a better adjust.
{ment between the quantities pro
duced and the needs of the mar
ket.”
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THE BANNER-HERALD
OOSEVELT 15 READY
FOR AETURY TO
STATE DUTIES
By W. B. RAGSDALE
Associated Press Staff Writer
- 'ABOARD ROOSEVELT TRAIN—
— (AP) — With twelve days of
study of national problems buack of
him, Franklin D. Roosevelt Wed
- nesday thrust aside the role of
President-elect to return to that of
‘governor of the state of New
York.
. iSpeedirg northward to take up
the .duties of the chief ecxecutive
of the Empire state, Mr. Roosevelt
gave thought to the matters that
will be ‘included in the message to
‘the special session of the state
legislature that opens on J¥riday.
“With him was Judgé Samuel Ros.
enman, an old friend who journey
ed to Warm Springs several days
ago to bring him informat.on re
garding the ¢iate of New York
city finonces and the reasons for
calling a special session. :
- Behind Mr. Roosevelt as he sped
northward was almost two weeks
of thcught and study that h 2 has
given to farm reliefi and budgetary
problems that were ended late
Tuesday by a hearty, friendly
farewell from the Georgians who
assembled to wish him godspeed
and a quick return to his part time
home. i
In those days at Warm Springs,
the President-elect talked with
more than a dozen members of
| congress, each of whom brought
{him their two ideas of what the
]Democratic program should in
iclude and went away with their
!concleption of his own program.
* Out of the conferences came the
I'impres=ion gained by some mem.
{bers of congress who attended
[them, that farm rellef and budge
{tary legislation formed the found
’ation stones of a program oi leg
iislation which would result in a
I’s])ecial session of congress early
|in the new administration if it
failed of enactment in the present
short session.
Thé failure of the resolution' to
repeal the 18th amendment in the
house Monday caused some of
'those familiar with the progress
of the conferences to believe that
lthere probably wolud be a special
session. These pointed out that
[legisl-at(on to (legalize beer was
‘tied up closely with budgetary leg
islation and that if the two thirds
majority necessary to repeal pro.
himition could not be obtained in
the house it might be impossible
to obtain the two-thirds vote
necessary to pass beer legalizing
measures over @ presidential veto
if one should come.
Mr, Roosevelt, journeying north
ward, followed a route Wednesday
that took him through Washing
ton in the early afternoon and
called for his arrival Wednesday
night at his 65th' street home in
New York city where he will
confer with acting Governor Leh
man on the matters that Qvill be
included in the 'message to the
special session of the New York
legislature. :
Cane Grinding Time
Finds South Geergia
Ready to Celebrate
} BY CLYDE BEALE
i Valdosta Times Staff Writer
| VALDOSTA, Ga. —(AP)— South
| Georgia is now celebrating one of
its outstanding seasons of the year
—cane grinding time—when farm
ers and their families gather to
drink the cool,” sweet juice as it
flows from the mill,
I Its an important feature of the
il'ural gocial life of the section—
i this cane grinding. [lt's here the
iold folks gather to discuss crops
and the weather, live steck and
farming.; It's here the younger set
gather to swap the latest gnssip}
and where the youngters congre- |
gate to romp and play and to take
many an unauthrized too, swig
of the flowing cane juice. |
For the old farm mule it's jusl‘
another job of work tramping a|
never ending circle hitched to the
pole which turns the mill, But for
the herds'of porkers, if they are
lucky, it means varying degiees of
inebriation according to the |
amount of “buck”’—fermented cane |
skimmings—they can salvage from |
the overturned barrels. \ l
As for the syrup, tastes vary as
to the proper degree of thickness, |
the exact color and the eclarity of!
the finished product as it comes
from the old fashioned iron kettles
or the more modern evaporator.
Farmers vie with each other as to
the quality of their respective pro.
ducts. but al] are agreed good syr
up bottled in colorless transparent
bottles will bring a higher price on
Athens, Ga., Wednesday, December 7, 1932
HENRY RHODES IS CHOSEN HEAD
OF YOUNG BUSINESS MEN HERE
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Henry Rhodes was elected presi
dent of the Athens Young Business
Men’s club at the semi-annual elec
tion of officers Tuesday night. He
succceds Edwin Kellogg, who,
when re-elected Tuesday night, de
ciilned to serve a second term.
Walter Burpee was elected vice
president; M. L. St. Jonn, secretary
vnd Hubert Harris was elected
treasurer, Mr. Burree succeeds Mr,
Rhodes. Mr, St. John replaces Mar
lvin Tucker, and Mr Harris sue
ceeds Mr. St, John
1 The new officers will be installea
ithe first Tuesday in January. Chair
‘men of the various committees wiil
be appointed by the new presideni
'within the next few weeks.
Mr. Rhodes, a bookeeper with the
Citizen and Southern bank has
served as vice-president of the clup
.
Captain Rucker
. Laid To Rest in
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Oconee Cemetery
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f Captain J.V.H. Rucker; .three
itimos mayor of Athens and former
ipostmuster and legislator, was bur
| ied in Oconee cemetery Wednes.
' day ‘'merning, Funeral services
4\\‘«!l"- conducted from Emmanuel
ilflpi.\'t‘upul church by the rector,
| Dr. G. 1. Hiller. Captain Rucker
;\\':ls a member of the vestry of the
| church.
[T he casket was borne by mem-.
' bers of the Chi Phi fraternity of
the University of Georgia which
I(';|ptuin Rucker as a student heélp.
'ed to organize. The pallbearers
| were T. W. Reed. Andrew C. Er
l win William 1.. Erwin. Barrett
fPhinizy, Peter F. Brown, George
1.. Harrison, James Barrow, 8011.
ing S. Dußose, Julius Y. Tal
madge and E. R. Hodgson, !
Captain Rucker was ecighty.seven
vears of age, and since the age of
ten years had resided in Athens
where he was in business for many
vears, later becomiflg a member
of the state legislature, mayor of
the city, a member of the city
council in which !l represented
the Third ward at the time of his
death and postmaster for eight
vears under the Wilson adminis.
tration. He married Mrs. Virginia
Lyon Phelan in 1923, and they re.
sided on Dearing stree‘;. The well
known Athenian died at a local
hospital at 12:20 o’clock Monday
night. A |
A native of Elbert county, Cap
tain Rucker attended school under
the late C. A. Scudder, Georgia:
Military Academy and the Univer-J
sity of Georgia, He was a veteran
of the War Between the States.|
Besides his wife he is survived by
soveral nieces and nephews, and
his sister-in-law, Mrs. Tinsley W.
Rucker, sr., of Athens, ;
Athenian Is Manager
Of Telegraph Office
At Warm Springs, Ga.
Tom H. Jackson will return this
week from Warm ‘Springs, Ga.,
where he has been manager of the
Western Union office there during
the visit of President-elect Frank
lin D. Roosevelt.
~ Mr. Jackson, who is telegraph
operator for the local office, was
}assixned manager when the com
pany opened a speeial office at
Warm Springs recently, Sixty em
ployes worked under Mr. Jackson
at the office, 3
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| WALTER BURPEE
[twice. He has been a member for
|several years.
Mr, Burpée, of the Banner-Her
ald, has been a member of the clun
about a year, and will hold his firs
office. He is a junior in the Univer
sity of Georgia School of .Com
merce, Mi Surpee is a prominen;
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member -of the Frank Hardman
chapter of the Order of Demolay
and the local B,'Y. P. U. at 'the
{First Baptist church,
Man- St. John, of the Banner-Her
ald, has been a member of the clun
{for over two years, and has serveg
as vice president and ‘treasurer. Mr
Harris, of the Citizens and South
ern bank, is a former secretary anao
|treasurer of the club, He has been
{a member for several years.
[Expectant Mother
. Is Facing Death
| In Electric Chair
YORK, 8. C.—(#) -—Motherhood
and then death in the electric chatr
faced Mrs. Beatrie Ferguson Snipes
Wednesday. .
The young econvicted murdere
will not be sentenced to the electrie
Ichair—-'»'l'he first white womadn 1n
the state’'s history so sentenced—
"unm after a motion for a new tria!
!is made, probably Thursday.
] A jury deliberated but a little
more -than thrée hours Tuesday to
{returned its verdict of guilty, which
4makes a death sentence mandatory.
| Mrs. Snipes shot Elliot Harris,
County rural policeman, to death
’lust Buly 17 when the officer sougit
tto arrest her husand on charges
lof reckless driving and driving
[witheut a license, |
! The Frusband, Clyde Snipes, mayl
be brought to trial on charges less
|thun murder,
[ Mrs. Snives, who was reaved in
an orphanage at Greenville, saia
she expectea a baby within a month
She already has one child. ‘
The last women put to death in‘
South Carolina were two Negroes
who were hanged for seperate of-(
senses in the ‘9o’s.
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Georgia Woman Gets
War of 1812 Pension
WASHINGTON — (AP) -
Seven persons still receive
pensions for service of rela- |
tive in the war of 1812. ‘
These seven—five widows, 1
one remarried widow and a |
daughter—get a +total of !
$3,000 annuaily from the gov- |
ernment. '
The remaining widows of |
1812 soldiers as listed by the |
veterans’ administrations an- |
nual report included Arminia |
1. Anderson, Cedar Grove Ga. |
'SKIPPER OF EUROPA
- DIES OF OPERATION
| NEW: ¥YORK - AP) — Capt
| Nicolaus Johnson, 63, skipper of
{the North German Lloyd line's
[giant speed liner Kuropa, died
| Wednesday of complications fol
lowing an attack of appendicitis
| The commander, veteran of sail
ling hip days, 'stuck to his post, de
|spite severe pains, until last Sat
| urday, when he collapsed and was
|operated upon while the ship was
|making a westwartl crossipig of
ithe Atlantic. P
l When the vessell arvived Mon
|day, he was taken to a hospital.
TESTIMONY 15 GIVEN
- HOUSE COMMNITTEE
~ ONBFER BILL
WASHINGTON-—(AP)—Tes.
timony that $360,000,000 would
be expended to rehabilitate
breweries and that 300,000 men
would be immediately put to
work in the event beer is leg
alized wag given the house
ways and means committee
Wednesday by R. A. Huber, of
St. Louis.
WASHINGTON ——(AP)— Given
the cold sheulder by the adminis
tration so far as beer legislation
goes, the house ways and means
committee went ahead regardless
Wednesday to hear testimony on
the Collier bill to allow a 2.75
brew and light wines.
Its invitation to the Treasury to
present witnesges brought none,
and it was sald authoritatively
the adm:nistration wculd not go
on record.
But there were many others on
hand to endorse and oppose mod
ification of the Volstead act,
among the first being cotnsel for
brewing interests.
Men and women alike crowded
the 'largest committee room of the
house office building to follow the
yocedings, )
Standing before the powerful
ways and means committee of
which he is chairman, Represen
tative Collier of Mississippi start
ed proceedings- with the state
ment that the proposed alcoholic
ccentent of 2.796 per cent for beer
and the tax of $5 a barrell of 3
gallons were “not arbitrary.”
“The committee decided,” he re
minded.
~Among = prominent spectators
was Jacob Rupert, brewer and
owner of the New York Yankees.
Fingering a copy of the Collier
bill, Levi Cgoke, attorney for the
United States Brewers associa
ticn testified “it provides a tax for
revenue purposes and in another
section provides absolute protec
tion to the dry states.”
The bill would reduce to $5 and
$6 a barrell tax en beer that is stilt
on the statue books.
Cooke went into different phases
of the measure, noting it means
congress will withdraw from the
field of regulation over Leer, ale
porter, not containing more than
the prescribed alcoholic content.”
Young Democrats to ’
l Con{grene in Kansas
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City June 16 and 17‘
l ATLANTA —(AP)— The Ymmg'i
Démocratic Clubs of America plan
lto establish headauarters in
Washington and. publish a national
organ unper a program of perma- |
nent organization. '
Plans for functioning perma-’
nently were worked out here Tues-:
day by the national commiitee of|
llhe clubs with immediate develop- |
ment of the program dependent |
upon financial arrangements which |
were adopted. |
Before adjournment, the com
mittee voted to hold the 1933 con
vention of the clubs in Kansas
City June 16 and 17. Tyre Taylor
lof Raleigh, N. C., national] presi
'dent of the organization was given
| power to appoint 4 committees to
serve until the convention. Th(-i
nationa! committee directed him to
‘set up headquarters at once oven}
though lack of finances might?
force him to maintain it at Ral.)
eigh for the time being. !
Under the financing program
members wiil be assessed ten
cents each for paid up member
’::hips. President Taylor estimated
the cost of operatlng the national
organization at $30,000 a year,
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Readers of The Banner. Herald
are about to meet the next Fir.t
Family of the Land: to step be
hind the scenes with the Roose
velts themseives 2nd learn the au
thentic story of their busy lives
during their rise to the White
House. It is a friendly, intimate
story such as might bhe woven
about any American family, and
the first article of the exclusive
NEA Serviceßanner-Herald series
begins on the editorial page today.
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“BARBARISM” TOPIC
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Dr. Lion Feuchtwanger, emi«
nent German author. will lec
ture at the chape!l of the Uni
versiyy of Georgia Thursday
morning at 10:30 o'clock on
“Barbarism in iviodern Times.”
He comes to Athens funder
auspices of the Barrow Foun
dation at the University. The
public is invited to attend the
lecture.
FRELZING WEATHER
5 0N WY SOUTH
NEW ORLEANS—(AP)—Winter
was hurling another cold wave. at
the south Wednesday with the
,weather bureau here predicting
freezing and near freozing tems
‘perature Wedneésday night almost
to the Gulf coast, 2
The cold wave was due to
strike most ue)re;‘ely in Texas,
Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi
and Alabama. Colder temperatures !
were forecast for Oklahoma, west-|
ern Tennessee, Georgia and Flor
ida. Northwest Florida will have
near freezing weather,
Temperatures of 22 tc 28 degrees
werg predicted for north Louisiana
and 26 to 32 degrees for the suga.!l
cane belt.
George H. Mindling, A®unta fed,
eral weather forecaster, said Wed
nesday that Atlanta’s rain would
be cut short by freezing tempera
tures Thursday morning. It had
rained but little during the morn
ing although the skies continued
cloudy.
TODAY’S BEST
HUMAN INTEREST
STORY
WARM SPRINGS, Ga.—(AP)
David Lee Smalley, 12, attained
just before Franklin D. Roore
velt departed Tuesday an ob
jective that he had sought for
twelve days.
David came to Warm Springs
from Mount Vernon, Illinois.
Several weeks ago for an ex.
amination by the specialists at
the health resort,
Since the President-elect bad
been here, the boy had Leen
seeking an opportunity to
speak to him and shake hands.
On each occasion which Sseem~
ed to promise the chance,
Dawvid would just miss geuting
close enough to Mr. Koosevelt.
Tuesday afternoon he came
to the railway station to see
the President-elect off on his
journey to New York but when
the crowd pushed forward to
shake hands he was unable to
reach Mr. Roosevelt.
As the secret service men
brought the handshaking to an
end just before the train start
ed, David gave, up hope and
was turning away, lip quiver.
ing. A newspaperman called
the attention of Miss Margaret
Lehand, the personal secretary
of Mr. Roosewelt, to David and
a few minutes later he was
ushered into the car for a talk
with the President-elect:
Hunger Marchers Turn
Away From Washington
WASHINGTON —(AP)— As the
bulk of the self-styled “hunger
marchers” turned back to their
homes in wvarious parts of the
country 'Tuesday, special police
permission was granted for 120
World war veterans among them
to remain here for a few days.
Plans were laid by the leaders of
this group to appear before con
gress with petitions asking boaus
payment and protesting the evie
tion of the bonus army by federal
troops last July 28 after fatal
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COMMITTEE OF SIX
15 AUTHORIZED
AT MEETING
A meeting of citizens held before
the county commisgioners Tuesday
resulted in authorization of a com= .
mittee to study governmental
cconomies here designed to effect
o reduction of taxes on city and:i,
farm property. ¥
The ‘meeting was held in‘.'t‘.),!_;j
superior court room at the court
house, . instead of the regular as= .
sembly room of the comimissioners
due to the large number of per= °
sons present. The speakers ins
cluded James W. Morton, chair
man of the citizens’ group, Ablt
Nix, Harold Hulme, Dr. J. C. Mec=
Kinney, Cobb Lampkin, HEarry
Hodgson, sr., 0. H. Arnold, A. o
Flanagan and Claude Tuck. i
The committee of citizens _'tfi‘
study governmental expenditures
will *be named by R. T. Holmes,
president of the Round Table club,
an organization of Clarke county
farmers and property owners. The
personnel® will include three from
the city and three from the county‘”*
and will .be made public .next
Tuesday at the ~meeting of thc
club.
~ _Origirally designed to effect re
duction of taxes ‘on farm property,
’the meeting decided to include
city property as well. Mr. Holmes
and other speakers urged that
‘farm land be assessed on a basis
of from SB.OO to SIO.OO per acre,
Mr, Nix sald that the farmers are
!facing a crisis due to lack of mar
kets and low prices for products.
1}1(\ urged that the assessment
|value be lowered. Mr. Hulme des’
|clared that the farmer cannot con=
tinue to operate under the prevaile
ing system.
Chairman Morton told the com=
missioners that the taxpayers had
not assembled to dictate to the
bhoard, but that they had gone as
| far as they could and relief fa
| absolutely necessary. He said, it
lr.ecessary. salaries should be re
jduced and other ‘economies effect.
ed in order to reduce taxes. s
l After the meeting in the Superi
!or court room, the commissicners
'adjourned to the regular meeting
‘voom and eontinued their semi
monthly business session. Blds for
supplies for the month we r o
awarded to Webb-Crawford come
pany, lowest bidder. i
Prominent Atlantan
Killed in Automobile
Wreck in Florida
PENSACOLA, Fla. =~ (AP) -
Thomas C. Hamilton, 82, of “At.
lanta, prominent Catholie layman
was killed and his companion, the
\Rev. Father H. P. Phillios, assist
ant pastor of the Church on the
‘lmmaculate Conception in Atlanta,
was injured when their car crash=.
ed into a clay pit hete Tuesday.
Father Phillips' injuries wers
reported as not serious by attends
lants at a hospital here, o,
The priest said the automobild
skidded from the highway as he
swerved it suddenly to ‘avoid
striking another car. b
They were returning from. .a .
vigit to New Orleans when tha
crash occurred. Father Phillips
said he had taken Mr. Hamilton
to the Louisiana eity to take his
wmind from the death of his wife
who died about three -weeks ago.
The couple had been married 5%
years.
Mr. Hamilton was one of the
founders of the St. Vencent De
Paul society and was active in the
aifairs of the Knights of Colum.
bus. For many years he had been
& generous 'contributor to ehari
ties sponsored by the Church of
the Immachlate Conception. ..
TROUBLE RIGHTED
NBW YORK —(AP)— The Itals
ian line announced Wednesday that
the Conte Di Savioa which —hag+
trouble Tuesday with a water inlet '
valve, is now proceeding at a fast
rate of speed and is expeéted ‘;"
reach quarantine at 2 p.m. The
breaking of the valve '
made it necessary to heave the vess
sel to for repairs. ja iy
LOCAL WEATHER
Cloudy with rain Wednesday =
night and in southeast portiom,
Thursday mornfng, colder
Thursday and in west and eX- =
treme north portons Wednes...
day night. n,ja
TEMPERATURE .. Ji
High@Bt. .. «.oo ooin ooosmalh g
LoWest. . o «ia i ..Im%g
Womi - v asr il m%&
Norm#l.... .. ose «sve ..4."«.“*-@;
RAINFALL i
Inches last 24 hours......as 0:000
Total since December 1..... T. ..
Deficlency since Dec. 1....: 84«
Average Dec, rainfa11....... 488
Tota]l since January 1......45%3
Deficlency since January 1. .59