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IX STATE HIGHWAYS ARE CLOSED T 0 TRAFFIC AS
GEORGIA RIVERS RISE; MORE RAINFALL FORECAST
FADDEN PROPOSES
NPEACHMENT OF
PRES, HOOVER
WASHINGTON.—(AP)—The
house of representatives by
w 1 to 8 votes Tuesday after
-1001 rejecte a move by Rep
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resentative. McFadden, Penn
gylviania Republican, for the
impeachment of President
Hoover on the grourd that he
pad betrayed the country on
war debts.
WASHINGTON.— (AP) —Rep
resentative MecFadden (Republi
can pPennsylvania), moved Tues
fay to impeach President Hoover.
The Pennsylvanian, long a foe
of the mlministmtx’un‘, made his
move in the house of representa
tive
walking to’ the well of the
house, in front of the speakers’
chair, he asked for recognition
and presented a resolution saying
that since President Hoover has
wsurped the powers of congress”
ne should be impeached.
After MeFadden had repeatedly
quarreled with administration of
firials« and attacked the President,
o was shorn of his patronage
privileges ©by his ‘fellow party
members more than a year ago.
He especially opposed the mora
erium o
Tuesday, he told the house the
usurpation” by the President to
which he referred was in proclaim
ing the moratorium. He contend
ed that action led to the present
sitvation involving the United
States and its foreign debtors.
The house listened silently as
the resolution charging President
Hoover “with - violating the laws
and constitution of the United
clates” and with “high crimes and
misdemeanors” was read by the
clerk.
It said the President's actions
had prevented ‘“‘receipt of pay
ment of money” owed the United
by foreign governments
and charged him with conducting
onversations wi.n foreign repre
sentatives ienorvinious to the
United States.”
One Woman Killed,
Three Others Hurt
In Auto Accident
COLUMBUS, Ga.— (AP) —Mrs.
Virginia Williams, 20, of Albany,
Ga, was almost instdntly killed;
Mrs. Maude Martin of Columbus,
and Willie Kimrey and Weston
Alton, the last two Fort Benning
soldiers, were injured here early
Tuesday morning when their auto
mobile struck a freight train at%a
crossing. 3
Mrs. Williams! skull was frac
tured, her left hip dislocated and
her face badly mangled. She was
dead on arrival at the City hos
pital.
Mrs. Martin suffered a multiple
laceration of the face and scalp
and her condition is serious.
Kimery and Alton were removed
o the Fort Benning hospital. Kim
ery’'s face lis reported to have
been lacerated and Alton suffered
lacerations about the face and
head. Their condition is not re
garded as gerious. Both are mem
bers of the Service company of
the 29th Infantry.
Third District Senator Demands State
Reduce Expenses, Live Within Revenue
HAZELHURST, Ga. —(AP)— Al
I“"|H«‘li'm in the “present cost Uf'
the state government to such an ex- l
'“nt that the state can pay its debts|
and continue tw operate withour‘
mposing upon the people tax burul
dents they are no lenger able to
ray” is suggested oy Goraon, Knoxk{
“nator from the Third district. !
“This remedy,” he says, “is not|
tnly the sane and sensible remeay |
for the present situation, but is the
‘nly remedy that a tax-ridden ana
loverty-stricken people will toler
ate " |
' He said that to “accomplish this
burbnse” he proposed to introd_uce{
bills calling for ‘“a .real organitn- |
tion of the different departments 1
to eliminate “every departmen!,‘
~board, pureau and commission,
- which is not essential for the oper -
dtion of the state's affairs” a
‘substantial reduction in the sala
ries” paid all state employes, aboli
tion g¢ v I&S‘C! qfimw of ct&t'g‘
40 4 number of other proposal
~ Mr. Knox sata the salary cuts
- et o, A | SR . ey
i ~ .apply to “each and €YSHJ
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Police nabbed all three members
of a kidnaping gang who tried to
abduct John Berry Turpidy, above.
four-year-old son of a wealthy
Rome, Ga., family. Learning of the
plot, police waited while two men
accosted the child’s nurse, seized
the conspirators and a confederate
in an auto nearby. The would-be
kidnapers had planned to hold the
child for $50,000 ransom.
PLARNING FIGHT 10
CAVE WINNIE JubD
Three Ways of Escape
From Gallows Remain
For Trunk Slayer
FLORENCE, Ariz.—(AP)—Mrs
‘Winnie- Ruth Judd, Arizona’s
trunk murderess, called her hus
band and attorneys into confer
ence here Tuesday. at the state
prison to lay plans to prevent her
execution which the state supreme
court has set for February 17.
Mrs. Judd hoped to delay Mon
day’s court order by asking for a
rehear ng of i‘Yie arguments pre
sented when the new trial was
sought Her attorneys said appli
cation for a rehearing would be
filed immediately.
Three other possible avenues of
escape from the death penalty als»>
were open. She may appeal to the
state board of pardons and pa
role; she may obtain a sanity
a-aring before a Pinal county jury
but only at the Trequest of the
warden of the state prison; or she
may appeal to the Supreme court
of the United States. .
Vrs. Judd spent last mnight in
her cell in “condemned row’ with
her mother, Mrs. H. J. McKin
nell of Darlington, Ind., who had
heen allowed by the warden to
remain with her daugbter. Mrs.
Juda, the wife of Do, William
Judd, Los Angeles physician, had
received calmly the news that the
state supreme court said she
should hang. ‘
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MILLEDCEVILLE, Ga— (AP)
—Mrs. Emily B. Dozier, for many
vears connected with the Georgia
State Teachers College for Women
and widow of Dr. R. T. Dozier,
died at her home here Monday
following a long iliness.
official and employe” of tht differ
lvnt departments ‘“from (the janitor
|up to the governor. In ‘this connec
|tion and as an assurance of good
| faith, I shall propose that the mens:.
|bers of the general assembly reduces
itheir per diem to five, dollars per
| day and their mileage to five cents
+pPl‘ mile, I shall also insist that the
‘general assembly be consistent in
Sthis progmrg of economy by dis
| pensing with' the services of the
\numerous pages, porters, doo:-
| keepers, messengers and other at
‘taches, with which it surrounds it
;se]f each session and which last
|year cost the state the ridiculous
|sum of $60,000.”
I Reduction in salaries of all state
| cfficials and employes employed by
Ithe Board of Regents and board of
control, “drastic reduction in all
appropriations made for the sup
|port of state departments and state
institutions, not abolished as above
]set forth,” and a “complete reor
lganmuon of the judicial circuits
of Georgia designed to reduce the
rumber of such ecircuits from 33
to 18, also were advocated by Mr.
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FRENCH LEGISLATORS
- REJECT PAYMENT
~ PLNTO S,
| PARIS.—(AP)—The foreign af
ifairs and finance committee of the
chamber of deputies rejected Pre
!mier Herriot’s proposals to pay
‘with reservations the debt install
ment due the United States on
| Thursday.
| The vote in the foreign affairs
‘committee was 29 to 9, in the h-
Ina,nce committee, 22 to §.
{ The Premier, with the backing
‘uf his council of inisters, had
prepared a note for transmission
to Washington declaring the in
tention of paying the $19,261,438
and asking that the payment be
]counted as a part of an eventual
i accord. 00l
I The draft of the note asserted
{that unless a definite settlement
:‘of the debts issue can be made
gFrance will be unable “to support
henceforth the burden of a regime
which can only be justified by the
payment of reparttions.”
i SATISFACTORY STAND
WASHINGTON.— (AP) —Great
Il;z'imin’s explanation that the
‘cnntlitiuns she is making on Dec
jember 15 war Jebt palments need
Inot affect the United States’ stand
!in accepting ta? money, is con
{ sidered satisfactory by American
lofliciuls.
This was learned definitely Tues
day after Secretary Stimson had
held a brief morning conferencs
with President Hoover. It appear
ed here that the exchange of notes
between the two countries in re
gard to the. debts would now
cease at least until after the
payment.
- Great Brtiain’s third note, deiiv
ered to Stimson Mnfidfiyw
said that while ngt‘j«ignvermw‘
| steod by mefmqfigwmhut;gg
| garded the néc‘memp 15 ‘ll‘j
ment a payment to be ere ’tw
ta new settlement, ‘to. be ,'«;. ved
at later, it sjd not intend .’2‘;9’ to
affect the “censtitutinoal position
'of the United Suates,” left officials
satisfied that the payment could
be accepted as though made with
out strings, and with no implied
agréement on the part of this
country.
Irish Clash With
Georgia, Debaters
Here at 8:30 P.M.
l The verbal clash between Irish
debaters representing Trinity col
llege, Ireland, and the University of
| Georgia here Tuesday night is ex
[pected to draw 'a capacity crowd
!in the chapel.
The heated discussions among
various nations relative to cancel-
Ilution of inter-governmental war
|debts—the subject of the debate—
land the fact that it will mark
the first time Irish debaters will
have appeared here adds greatly
to the interest in the discussion
of the issues.
] “Oh, Paddy Dear, and did-you
| hear” will not likely be sung, but
:tho Irish students are expected to
l show a great deal of the manner
llsms. especially expressions, pecu
| liar to the Irish people.
l The foreign visitors will debate
| that the inter-governmental war
Idebts should be cancelled, but the
| Georgians will vigorously oppose
| this plan, as the American govern
{ment is doing at the present
| time.
! Fred Solomon, Fort Valley, and
i.l- Milton Richardson, Macon, will
represent the university. James
l.!chnston Auchmuty and Garrett
| Baward Gill will represent Trin
ity college. The debate will be
gin at 8:30 and the public is cor
dially invited. No official decision
| wiil be rendered.
Mr. Solomon is a senior in the
Lumpkin Law school, editor of the
‘Pandora. university , year book,
| member of Phi Epsilon Pi social
fraternity, Phi Kappa Literary so
‘r:iety, Gridiron, Blue Key council,
the Pan-Hellenic council, and g
!an honor student. s
| Mr. Richardson, a junior in the
‘Franklin College of Arts, is a
'member of . Alpha Tau Omega sO
- cial fraternity, International Re
lations club, Demosthenian Liter
ary society, and an honor stu
| dent. He represented the South
| eastern colleges and universities
in tne oratorical contest held in
conjunction with the George Wash
ington Bi-Centennial celebration
in Washington, D. C., last sum-
Trer.
MINISTERS MEETS |
MACON, Ga. —(AF)— A com.
mittee of ministers from the Macon
Ministerial association will conter
in Atlanta Wedntsday with a group
there seeking to perfect a state
wide organization uniting al} pho
hibition agencies. The committee
consist of Dr. Walttr Anthony,
Dr. C. E. Burts, and Dr. W. K.
Mackay. b sl
Athens, Ga,, Tuesday, December 13, 1932.
CONGRESS RENEWS RELIEF FIGHT
Bills For Unemployment And Farm Aid
Are Ready For Introduction
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Leaders in the renewed drive for unemployment relief are Senators
Edward Costigan of Colorado, left, and Robert LaFollette of Wisconsin,
sbove. They are expected to contend that R.F.C. funds {or this pur
posc are inadequate.
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How farm prices have fallen is illustrated in this chart, which helps
explain' the demand on Congress for farm relief. Based on current
pr'ces, te chart shows it now takes about five times as much which or
cotton to provide the same amount of dollars as in 1920,
| By RODNEY DUTCHER
NAE Service Writer
(Copyright, 1932, NEA Service Inc.)
WASHINGTON — Relief for tne
suffering unemployed and for the
poverty-ridden farmers comes
’once more before Congress to pro
vide major controversial issues,
’ The expedition of both groups is
more desperate than ever before,
‘according to evidence to be hearc
at committee hearings.
Senators LaFollette of Wisconsin
and Costigan of Coloratlo, who led
the battle for $375,000,000 federa:
aid to the hungry last winter, will
introduce another bill to appro
priate money for the emergency.
The “human velief problem” will
be the greatest issue before the
short session, according to LaFol
lette.
President-elect Roosevelt has
thrown his full support behind the
plan to pass effective farm reliet
legislation this session. *
If two such relief measures pass
the House and Senate it is* not un
likely that President Hoover will
veto both, He is violently opposed
to direct federal unemployment re
lief and whatever farm relief bill 1s
passed probably will fall to mee:
with his =pproval, although he may
agree with Congress on some meas-
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HOLD FIVE NEGRO
SUSPECTS IN TWO
OFFICERS’ DEATHS
X}'EVVT()N. Ga, —~(AP)— Possesg
from five counties Tuesday huntedl
the swamps of southwest Georgia
for three Negroes wanted in tho;
slaying of two officers in a gam- |
bling raid. {
While the hunt was pushed tog
cut off an expected dash for the
Florida line, five Negroes were
held here for questioning but all of
them denied implication. Authm'i-i
ties said they believed the suspec!si
still at large were the slayers. é
The two men slain, Feace Offi.
cers Copeland Jarvis and Spe(‘i:tl;
Officer Bill Long. a farmer depu-‘
tized for the raid, were found!
shot to death in their automobile
Sunday on a highway near here
where a gambling game involving
‘some fifteen Negroes had been re
potrted inm progress.
Tom Barfield, Baker county far
mer who reported the gambling
disturbance and said he had been
threatened with pistols as he or
dered participants to disperse,
came upon the bodies as he trailed
after the officers. Barfield said no
iNe‘groeas were in sight,
A blood.-stained automobile
found on the outskirts of Bain
bridge Monday focuged the hunt in
that direction and officers said
mmed some Negroes had
crossed the Flint river by ferty
and asked for breakfast at the
—ESTABLISHED 1832—
FIGURES O GEED
CRUSHED REPORTED
Census Bureau Compares
Cotton Seed Crushed
Over Past Year
WASHINGTON.— (AP) —Cot
ton seed crushed in the four
month period, August 1 to Novem
ber 30, was reported Tuesday by
the Census bgrcuu_’. to have totaled
46,497 tons in the same period a
246,497 tons .in (e scame period a
ypur ago, and cotton seed on hand
at mills November 30 totaled 1,-
432,942 tons, compared with 1,-
283,507 tons a year ago.
Cotton seed products manufac
tured in the four month perlodi
and on hand November 30 were:
| Crude oil produced, 645,924,899
pounds, compared with 695,594,171
for the same period a year ago,
and on hand, 147,745,714 pounds,
compared with 144,127,682,
! Refined oil produced, 472,409,924
pounas, compared with 512,191,001,
and on hand, 670,557,712 pounds,
compared with 346,806,880, i
Cake and meal produced, 949,336
tons, compared with 1,005,864, aml{
on hand, 367,661, tons, compared
with 167,880.
. Hulls _ produced, 495,513 tons,
compared with 627,125, and on
hand, 261,472 tons, compared witl
206,583, - ;
Linters produced, 331,734 run
ning bales, compared with 352,241,
and on hand, 278611 running bales,
compared with 281486, i
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MATION STILL FEELS
WINTER'S ATTACK;
CNOW IN CALIF
(By the Associated Press.)
l'nrvlontir\g. except in spots,
premature winter kept up its as
sault on the nation Tuesday.
Temperatures in the Kast were
sagging, and mercury drops were
forecast for states below the Ma
son and Dixon line.
The m'dwest, already blanketed
by snow was promised more, but
with temperatures higher than
those of Monday when sub-zero
readings brought suffering to the
homeless. Chicago had 2.4 above
zero—the coldest December 12 on
the city's records. 4
For the first “~time in histotry
Sacramento, Calif., had ice skat
ing on the natural Jakes of the
city’'s parks, and snow fell in
Brawley, Calif.,. where there was
no record of such weather be
fore.
The Rocky Mountain states,
however, and Oklahoma, began
enjoying /milder temperatures. Be
fore the moderation started seven
persons died in Oklahoma, as a
result of the ecold wave., At Lyons,
C 010.,, Mrs. Ellen Dwyer, 76, was
found frozen to death in bed. De
side her and also frozen to death,
was her pet ghicken.
An official low of 41 below zere
was reported Monday by Eden,
Wyoming.
1 STRANGE SPECTACLE
| LOS ANGELES.— (AP) —ln a
strange spectacle King Winter in
vaded an alien kingdom Tuesday
and spread his white robe of snow
over the CGreat American desert—
*wh(-re the sun is. a scorching ty
rant in the summer, and winter
rarely comes at ‘all. 3¢
In the first yeasurable quantity
on record, snow fell throughout
southern California's - Imperial
Valley; at .Yuma, Arizona, and at
Blythe and Needles, Calif.,, along
the northern reaches of the des
‘ert country.
" These names are almost synony
jmous with heat, ranging from 100‘
jto 120 degrees in summertime. |
[ In the desert country, winter is
iusuuli_v only a ‘ ;‘:{%mg
{ between long MM ea
|ther, andidry. [S@ b v tng o
| Light rains in Imperial Valley
|chunged into snow before last
| midnight and left an ineh deep
|muntle on the ground.
i A depth of four and five feet
jw;xs reached in the resort areas
'of the San Bernardino mountains
Isome 75 miles from Los Angeles,
| where subnormal temperatures
| prevailed.
High School Boys
Are Showing Way
To Farm Veterans
MOULTRIE, Ga.— (AP) —Come
low prices, poor markets, or what
may, five agricultural students in
the Moultrie High school have
tound profits in pigs through the
medium of science.
They read booklets on swine
raising issued by the United
States Department of Agriculture
and cashed in by producing pork
ers free of parasites that often
prove costly to livestock trade.
An inspector of the’federal bu
reau of animal industry, examined
44 of their hogs killed at the
Moultrie abattoir and found the
meat virtually free of the para
sites. Only 12 livers were branded
unfit for food whereas about 75
percent of the livesr examined in
this section are condemned ordi
narily because of kidney worms.
The youths are Ralph Watson,
David Newton, Lamar Striplin,
Lioyd Webb and Oscar Bobo.
Senate and House
In Race to Block
Re-Grouping Plan
WASHINGTON.—(AP)—On the
theory that whatever changes are
made should be left to the new
President, Democrats in senate and
house joined Tuesday in what
seemed like a race to see which
branch would approve first a reso
lution blockifg President Hoover's
plan for regrouping government
bureaus.
The senate had a slight edge,
for there Senator King (Democrat,
Utah), already had introduced
cuch a resolution, but the house
was not far behind, with one com
mitee even going so far as to try
‘to anticipate some of the changes
‘K.\h-. Hoover has promised with
}rcterence to the Army and Navy.
| Chairman Vinson called’ the
|hovse naval committee to meet
l'i‘uesday to discover what activi
ities of the Army and Navy over
|lap and to draw legislation to
lcunail the duplication if there is
any. S gas B .
A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—3¢ Sunday.
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A parachute jump from a dis
tance of over a mile -in the air,
will be one of the main features
of the Air Carnival which will be
held at Epps Flying field Wednes
day afternoon.
Clem Sohn, famous parachute
jumper, will leap from a huge tri
motored plane at a distance of
7,600 feet over Ipps field and he
will fall a distance of a mile be
fore he will open his ’'chute. A
mile is 5,280 feet.
Mr. Sohn will be so high when
he makes his daring leap that it
will be practically impossible to
see¢ him leave the plane. In order
that persons may know when he
jumps he will loose a sack of flour
as he departs. The flour, used in
‘other exhibitions, spreads out as a
‘white mist which 'is easily seen
by personz from the ground.
I Other stunts will include loop
ing of the big tri-motored plane by
Clyde Ice, the only other person
ever to leop a tri-motor so far as
local pilots were able to ascer
tain.
Betty Lund, wife of the famous
Freddie Lund, one of the most
daring stunt flyers in history, will
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CHIGAGO DEATH:
NEAR NEW RECORD
Eight Persons Died ‘in
Mid-Western City Tues
day From Violence
CHICAGO —(AP — Metropolitan
€hicago counted eight deaths by
violence Tuesday—six by guns
crackling and reverberating in near
zero temparatures; one by suffoca
tion when robbers left a woman
victim to die after” bimnding ana
gagging her, and another by sab
bing, 5.9
Of the six three were policemen,
one a bandit, another an alleged
automoble thief and another a for
mer lightweight boxer. |
The killing occurred within a few
hours of an anti-crime ultimatum
delivered by Mayor Anton J. Cere
make tc the city’s police captain.
The dead: \
Detective Frank Svec, 44, and
Edgar Chatterton, 33, of surburbam
‘l':orw_\n's police department.
' Police Albert G. Magoon, 35.
An unilentified robber who died
while being taken to the Bridewell
hospital after engaging in a plsto(i
fight with a drug store owner and
an employe he and a confederate
attempted to holdup.
Joseph Seidel 20, shot and in
stantly killed by police® during a
four mile chase in a stolen car.
Frankie Schaeffer, 30, former
bexer. Body found in a tailor shop
which police said was a beer flac
Miss Gertrude Frish, 49, suffoca
ted while her T75-year-old father,
also bound and gagged by robhem}
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LOCAL WEATHER
Probably rain Tuesday night
and Wednesday, not, much
change in temperature,
TEMPERATURE
Highest. .7t on sin Vienuddo
Lowdstiiil Joas i (090
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Normal. 00, B 8 il 68,
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 h0ur5........ .38
Total since December 1..... 3.67
Excess since December 1.... 1.991
Average 'Dec. rainfall...... 438
Total sinee January 1......49.38
Excess since January 1..... 2.27
Av. annual Athens rainfal 43.85,
I.iti, vian equals 113 tons an
FLOOD STAGES NEAR
A 5 MORE WATER
HASTENS RISES
ATLANTA, Ga— (AP) — 31:
state highways were closed to
traffic Tuesday as swollen streams
in north Georgia continued to
rise. The Weather bureau forecast
more rain. sl
The Chattahoochee river at Nor
cross registered 16.5 feet, one-h&lfi
foot above flood stage. At West
Point, further down the stream,
the gauge showed 12:05 feet and
the Weather bureau said 16 feet
was expected there by Wednes
day. Flood stage at that point is
19 feet. g
G. C. Blount, maintenance engi=«
neer of the State Highway board,
said route No. 5 is closed at Can
ton. Water from the Etowah river
has dnundated the road north of
the city and backwater from
Scott's creek has blocked traffic
south of town. Travel is being
routed over a detour between
Canton and Holly Springs.
Highway No. 53 between laijr
mount and Calhoun was closed
because of - water running over a
bridga . one mile west of Fair=
mount. T
Bridge Out :
On route No. 20 between Rydal
-and Canton a bridge has ‘been
washed out about two miles from
the junction of highways Nos. 20
{fand 61. Blount said the bridge
| appeared destroyed, including the
| concrete headwalls.
© Traffic between Cartersviile and
Dallas on route No. 61 has been
halted with portions of the road
!under water.
| Sweetwater creek near Austell is
high and still. rising, Blount said,
but traffic has remained open.
Workmen are protecting a fill and
abutments with sandbags.
The overflow from the Chatta
hoochee river has flooded a por
tion of highway No. 20 between
Buford and Cumming and the
Chestatee river has inundated part
of route No, 53, closing traffic on
‘that route = between: Gainesville
‘and Dawsonvilles ‘
Some residents In lowlying sec
tions of Rome, Ga., moved out of
their homes "Duesday, largely as a
precautionary measure, as tha
Coosa river went to 31% feet.
Flood stage is 26 feet. "‘
A few streets and basements of
dwellings in the river bottoms
were flooded and traffic on state
highway No 1 between Rome and
Chattanooga, Tenn., was halted by
overflows north of Rome.
The greater part of the flood
waters are coming down the Eto
wah river which joins the Oosta
naula in Rome and forms the
(Coosa. Reports reaching there
\from Canton Tuesday said the
\Etowah is falling slightly there.
The Coosa at Rome lis the
highest it had been since 1916
when it went to 34 feet.
Report Says 30,000
Have Been Slain in
Chaco Boundary War
BUENOS AIRES—(AP)—Ameri«.
can cattlemen arriving here froms
the Gran Chaco region, scene of
fighting between Bolivia and Para<
guay, Tuesday said that casualties
on both sides have been appalling
\ They declared that unofficial es~
timates put the Paraguayan dead
and wounded as high as 12,000 and
those of the Bolivians at 18,000,
The English mission at Makthla«
waiya, like most available building
in Paraguy, has become a hospital
filled with wounded soldiers- Para
guay has requisitioned most of the
available cattle, giving vouchers noe
immediately redeemable but offer
ing a price slightly higher than
market quotations. i
Increasing rains are transforming
the Chaco inte a vast bog whichy
when the rainy season reaches its
peak in January and February, 1s
certain to halt all military trans<
portation except that by ox traim.
The cattlemen said thty had been
“near enough to Aguariea to hean
the fighting.”
CITY SCHOOLS TO
CLOSE FRIDAY FOR
HOLIDAY SEASON
Athens city schools will closs
Friday for the Christmas holidays,
They will re-open the first Monae
day in January. sl
A large number of children were
absent from school Monday, some
on aeccount of influenza, dut most
of them on account of the heavy
rain and generally bad weather.
The office of the superintendent
reported Ttesday that while Seve
eral children are absent on ace
count of bad colds and influenze
the pumber is not alarming. . .