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COTTON el pocy, cLofB.~ oo e B, 101. No. 154 Curtain Rises On First Grand Opera Here Tonight At 8:30 O'clock OTTON ADMINISTRATORS CONFIDENT REDUCTION PLAN IS OVER oosevelt Considers Blanket Order For Minimum Wages, Work Hours 1 o. : 1 [ . ' | - residential Edict Would Become Invalid When Recovery Program Goes . Into Effect, Is Belief OOSEVELT PLEASED BY PROGRESS SO FAR lans to Take Care of Civ il Service Workers Dis charged for Economy T | WASHINGTON —{#)— President oosevelt, while pleased with the rogress toward establishing in-i ustrial codes, is considering ai Jlanket order to provide minlmum} vage and limited hours until thei ecovery program goes into effect.! That he ig devoting a major partl f his attention to work toward! hese codes, under which industries | vould volutarily or be required to| et up minimum wage and maxi wum work hours schedules, be ame more plain Wednesday, but + wag emphasized in high quar ers that he would be guided in his ourse by the views of Hugh S. Johnson, the industrial administra or, now working on a plan pos-l sibly involving a blanket order. The President, meanwhile, has indertaken other means of help ing American business-—this time v opening negotiations with half , dozen countries for mnew trade elations. South American govern ments are prineipally invelved. Ag¢ to the London Economic con ference, although he has received no official report, the President regards a recess of the conference during August as natural and without significance. 1 It was said at the White Hnuse.! that in his conversations with‘ Prime Minister MacDonald, he i pointed out that most Englishmen go grouse shooting in August and that on the continent, the people like to go to the spas at that time, Therefore it was conceded when the conference was in the formula tion stage that if it had not com pleted its business by August, that it probably would take a recess of | a month or so at that time. When anxious for speed on re storing employment and lifting purchasing poweér by means of the industrial control law, it was said that Mr. Roosevelt realizes the establishment of the codes fix ing hours of work, minimum wages and production is a tremendous task for any industry. Small Minority He understands that only a very small ‘minority are .not working | now on the formulation of these| new working echarters. l He is giving particular thought to the coal industry, considering it necessary to find mnew work for thousands of miners. Even when the industry is put! (Continued on Page Three) l Showdown Is Near ‘ . In Ranks of Rail . Brotherhood, Said CLEVELAND — () — The long‘ awaited showdown between Alvan-* ley Johnston, grand chief engineer and a group of progressives who seek to oust him was at hand Wed nesday in the triennial convpntionl of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Announcement of the result of the election of a chief executive officer would determine whether *he progressives had sueceeded in choosing their candidate, I O. End €rs of Columbus, O. Enders Is general chairman of the brother hood for the Pennsylvania lines in the west, “ _Twry other progressive candidates: Withdrew before the balloting, S.} U. Huff of Bluefield, Va. an as- F:*;'_”“* grand chief engineer from 1927 to 1930, and Carl Rudttph of Cleveland, present editor of the . Locomotive Engineers’ Journal. } : Johnston's ~ administration was defeated in '§éveral previous votes - that were regarded as tests of his Strength. The last of these came \f”?(-n the convention accepted for filing among its secret papers the report of a committee of progres- Sive delegates who investigated the ’vl“”“mfi of the Standard Trust hank, in which the brotherhood held $200,000 worth of stock and had $1,800,000 on deposit, : FULL Asscuciated Press Service. —_— e , o et e e A R SRS, ' PRINCIPAL AND SCENE OF ALBANY KIDNAPING Indication late Wednesday were _that the release of John J. O’Conncll, jr., shown at the bottom, kid naped from in front of the home of his parents in Albany, N.Y., last Friday night and held for $250,000 ransom, would be effected sometime during the day. The scene of the kidnaping and the car from which he was taken, is shown here. 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County authorities said Kotechi indicted sou months ago for mal feasance as a result of alleged lax ;lt,\' in checking bond. transactions through which it is charged the city was defrauded ©of half a mil lion dollars, believed Wendt mis trepresented him in u:stimuny be fore the grand jury. Former Athenian Tells Quster Hearing He Engaged Woodruff’s Son as Lawyer On Father's Suggestion and Lost Case l ATLANTA, —{f)— Ownekship |t of preferred stock of directors ofli the Georgia Power company wws'!z inquired into Wednesday at Gov- |t | ernor Talmadge's ouster h(-aringi |against the Georgia Public Service |: commiscion. i Lamar Rucker, Athens lawyer &( who is supporting the ouster peti- |. tion filed against the commission - | ers by the executive committee of | ] the Georga Federation of Labor, |’ said Tuesday he wanted the infor- |1 mation to “show thatthe Common-|] | wealth and Southern gorporation |« of Deleware dictates tue activities |, of the Georgia Power company and |’ that the directors own only a few | shares of stock.”” ' Wade Hampton Wright, secre- ] THE BANNER-HERALD John J. O’Connell, Jr., Is Released By Kidnapers as Family Pays $20,000 Ransom Wednesday, Newspaper Says ‘ ALBANY, N. J.=()—The Albany Evening News said today that it had heen informed that the kid *raped John J. ‘O'Connell, jr.,” had lbeen released, “or the release will be effected today” in the Catskill mountains. The ransom paid, the paper said, was $20,000, | FRIENDS CONFIDENT ALBANY, N. Y.—(#)— The last act of the O’Connell kidnaping— the release of the 24-year-old scion | of the political family—is expected‘ to he staged in the Heldenberg‘ imountains, near the summer homes‘ of Dan and Ed O'Connell, the tum-les. | TFriends of the family, confidentl that John J. O'Connell, jr., would be freed by his abductors Wednes-1 day or Wednesday night also were of the opinion the youth would be }let out of an automobile near War { ners and Thompsons Lakes. about | 20 miles west of the capital. | Ed has his summer home at lW’arner's lake, only a few miles ‘otf an important state highway. {Dan's place is near Thompson's 5 . L On Force for 13 Years, Popular Fireman Dies Wednesday Afternoon Ira Quillian <Cobb, 38-year-old assistant chief of the Athens Fire department, died at an Athens hospital Wednesday at 1 p. m., following an illness of a few days. A member of the fire depart ment for 13 years, Mr. Cobb had worked his way up from a private lieutenant, and captain to the po sition of assgistant chief which he has held since November 1929, He was clected to the fire department September 28, 1920, and made a captain in 1928. He drove the chief's car for a while during the (Continued On Page Five) tary of the Power company, furn ished the following list of directors and the amount of preferred stock they own: Preston 8. Arkwright of Atlanta, 276 shares; H, M. Atkinson, Atlan ta, one share; W. C. Bradley of Columbus one; W. H, H, Duvall of Augusta, one; Andrew Erwin of Athens, one; John M. Graham of Rome, one; John C. Hallman, of ‘Altlanta, 355; Frank Hawkins of Atlanta 10; R. F. Maddox of At ilanta, 60, ¥. J. Paxon of Atlanta, ‘one; J. D, Robinson of Atlanta 154; ;J, L. Rountree of Summit, Ga., 20; J. A. Yates of New York, one; lMell R. Wilkkinson of Atlanta, 9 E (Continued on Page Three) Athens, Ga., Wednesday, July 12, 1933 |lake and is reached over a narrow Idirt trail through. the woods. | | Dan has been at his place since |last Saturday when efforts were | first made to contact the kidnapers. {John J. sr., (Solly) was with him e}Tuesday night. Ed has remained in the city. Dan’'s place is a typical, frame summer cottage. Outside is a | swimming pool. Frequently, during the heat of political campaigns, the O'Connells and their lieutenants congregate at | the Helderperg retreats to map out | further maneuvers. 3 Uncle “Rides” ALBANY. N. Y. —(#)— Rumors that the return of John J. O'Con ‘nell,.jr\. 24, held by kidnapers for 1 $250,000 ransom, was imminent | were intensified Wednesday morn ing when Dan O'Connell, uncle of i the young man, left his camp “for a ride into the country.” Previously it was reported mem | bers of the O'Connell family ex pect within the next 12 hours the ' release of young O'Connell. WOMEN'S INSTITUTE State Club Women Ad journ After Two-Day . Gathering Here By CARL HANCOCK l With the largest enrollment in history in attendance, the Tenth Annual Institute ot the Georgia Federation of Women's club came Ito a close Wednesday with a lunch eon for the delegates at Memorial | halt. | The final session Waednesda) morning was taken up with a fur ther discussion of the theme, “Vitamins.” Mrs. Grace Morrison Poole, of Broxton, Mass., and Washington, D. C. president of the General Federation of Women's clubs, continued with an informa tive and interesting talk on Vi tamin D—‘“don’ts for good Ameri ‘cans,” and Vitamin E—* econom ics, a field little known to club women. In her discussion of the lattel subject, Mrs. Poole declared that club women really did know a great deal of economics because of their duties as housewives. She stated that “yesterday” was not the “joyous yvesterday,” so often spoken of, but was in reality a ‘tragic yvesterday.” She blamed the in stallment plan of purchasing as being one of the destructive forces in the economic world. “The war debts will never be ';'pa(d," Mrs. Poole asserted in con { nection with her talk on the econo }mie question of the day. “We might ius well accept that fact and mak® ‘thp best of the situation,” she ;a.dded. i As a national president Mrs, Poole also was director of the in tstitute. She explained the plan of (Continued on Page Five) ~ESTABLISHED 1882 "MARTHA™ OPENG OPERA SEASON AT ~ WOODRUFF HALL Full Orchestra Accompa niment and Chorus of ‘Over Sixty Feature This Year’s Performancas MUSIC INSTITUTE OPENS THURSDAY Beryl Rubinstein Recital Features Program; Ed wards and Gray Speak “Martha” will open Athens' ninth anhual opera searon, when the curtain rises at Woodruff hall to night at 8:30. With cast drawn from leading singers of the Philadelphia and Cincinnatti opera companies and a chorus and orchestra consisting of Athenians, summer school stu dents, and members of the Atlan ta Philharmonic society, rehearsals indicate that this years operas will be the best ever presented in Athens, Full orchestral accompaniment throughout the performance will add a color and fullness 'to this year’s productions, which have ‘been lacking heretofore, Sets for ‘the operas have been made by iUnversity faculty members and Athens artists. Among the many popular songs in “Martha’ are such old favorites ag "“The Last Rote of Summer” and "Idke a Dream.” In the third act, there are reveral ensembles, including a stirring quintet, and the rowdy drinking song. The second act contains such well- known concerted numbers as the Spinning Wheel quartet and the Good-Night quartet, It is in this act that Martha sings ‘The Last Rose of' Summer.” - While generally classed as a grand opera, “Martha” is really a comedy, wheh not only ends hap pily but contains numerous fun ny lines, and situations. There are two fair scenes which are noted for their brilliance and liveliness. Edwina Eustis, Helen Jepson, and Albert Mahler of the Philadelphia opera company, and Leonard Treash of the Cincinnati opera company and the Deleware school of music will have the principal role, while John Hoffman, ‘Atlan- (Continued on page three.) Fish Are Dying in Western Streams; Water Is Too Hot KANSAS CITY. —(#P)—-A gasp ing, sun ccorched southwest, Wednesday hoped for ‘the clouds, forecast by weather observers, to alleviate somewhat the heat that caused four deaths Tuesday. Two died in Dallas, Tex., where the mercury reached 104 and two succumbed in Oklahoma ~one in the capital city and one near Per ry. OKklahoma City’'s 106 equalled the record set there in July, 1914, But Vernon, Tex., topped all temperature readings with 115, the city’s twenty-first concecutive day of 100-degree weather, It wasg 2 new high for the season as was the 107 recorded at Sherman, Tex. Reported tempratures in Kan ras and Missouri did not range so high but the population sweltered. Kansas City’'s maXimum was 92, Wichita reported 98. Recent rains in parts of Mis souri and Kansas came in time to save crops but two federal crop statisticians in Oklahoma City predicted failure of the corn crop in the state unless rain falls quick ly. Robert P. Chandler, Oklahoma state fish and game warden, said thousands of fish were dying “be cause the water is too hot.” LOCAL WEATHER Fair Wednesday night and Thursday. TEMPERATURE B T e R i s icie Aasnatn® T.. i Geisah S ORE BT PR | Y RAINFALIL Inches last 24 h0ur5....... .22 REERL sitios July 1......:i... 126 Deficiency since July 1.... .58 Average July rainfall...... 4.96 Total since January 1......21.04 Deficiency since January .1 7.20 DIRECTOR AND SINGERS IN TONIGHT’S OPERAS eeoe s e i . O S IS ENRoRy T ‘ SRS BT "“u\ R B EERET GO, TV e R ; ; e SR . ; e g |R B e et L SRR RIS I Ne3G g < 4 ,&, R \;; \ ¥ 2 : R o g ol TRt sol g s X SR R R i R L 5 LRy P ! SR N RGN < ooM 5 2 I t e b :;f.;;; bAR p A P e TR R 02 5 B i e TS NS S B S B AR G 00l sy t e R L RELA 'f A % s S R B ey % e ROl SA% 5 W Y ) SR “ T RSS2 60 SRR R 2 R e R A PN R RS R A R Sme e g ..fi,: s Fooe U R st S e e R SR .;f':-/’,;-;’ soR R T SRR g e ""‘{ S e £ e B O Ll % N S = : P s bl oo TS s B b R k o W G e§ 4 g R . R : ‘ - E;jg?; B TR g | i T ,;;;»,'.i: 2 - ‘ O SR P T PR CNN R | 5 B AN 1 9 R | B BT R { B =<j s T { % e o TNA ~ R | A «?‘3@3 e < YRoREREEEE, ARSI g e ; o SRR L ! g S AR = O R R R SRR - M CTS R RR R . % ATHENS MERCHANTS 10 CLOSE THURSDAY Practically All Retail Mer chants Have Holiday; Entertainment Planned Practfcally 100 per cent of the retail merchants of Athens will close Thursday afternoon at 1:00 o’clock for the first of the half holidays which will be observed weekly through August 31. Plans are being made by the chamber of commerce to provide some form of entertainment, such as ball games, swimming, golfing. etc., for the employes who are hav ing half holidays. @No entertain ment has been arranged for tomor row, but Joel Wier, secretary of the chamber of commerce, expects to have a program for next Thurs day afternoon. 5 The following barber shops agreed to close, it was announced Wednesday: Georgia Barber Shop, Red and Black Barbershop, Bry ant’s Barbershop, W. A. Kent Barbeérshop, Carson’'s Barbershop. Holman Hotel Barbershop, Hoyt Lilewallyn Babershop, Lewis, Bar bershop, and J. E. Whitehead's Barbershop. Bes'des the barbershops, the com-~ plete list of merchants closing on Thursday afternoons is as follows" Martin Brothers (two shops): Hofmeister's Shoe shop, Thomp son's Shoe shop, Dial Shoe shop Allan Hardware company, Athens Cycle company, W. A. Payne com —— (Continued on Page Three) Cotton Manufacturers of Eight States Approve New Code of Textile Industry, Estimated to Provide Jobs for 100,000 ; ATLANTA.—(#)—The new code { of the textile industry has received | lthe approval of cotton manufac- | !turers from «¢ight states and they | | estimate it will put 100,000 work- | | ers back at Jjobs in the United| ’States as a whole. ; :‘ | An executive conference was held | lhern Tuesday by manufacturers;‘ | from Georgia. Alabama, Louisiana | Mississippi. North Carolina. South | i(‘arnnna. Tennessee, and Virginia || i:md at its close, W. M. McLaurine, | | secretary of the American Cotton } Manufacturers association, !aidli | wages and employment were du-i |cussed from a’ national standpoint ) and that southern manufacturers | did not vet know to what the re gional expansion would amount. 1 The code was explained by T. W. Marchant of Greenville, 8, C. A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—sc Sunday, b s o 8 s G PR Bt SR e By e AR T S B % o LA , e 2 B N R s B adsy : | : n £ L":;‘ . B : Yo~ i g ; G Y e B, PN 8 O B A TR 6 B o s o e G L DES o o B B G BB arnet R L ooy e : R o B R R SR R 3 ORI LS i i AT Albert Mahler, who will cing tne leading role of Lionel in to night's performance of “Mar tha” at Woodruff Fkall. Lower left: Edwina: Eustis, who wiil make her first appearance in opera here tonight. Upper right: Hugh Hodgseon, director of the series. Story of “Martha”, Wednesday’s Opera Lady Harriet Durham, maid-of honor to' Queen Anne, wants ex vitement, so with her maid, Naney she decides to go to the Riechmond fair, Lord Tristram, an old admir er of Lady Harriet's, is shocked at the idea, but the two giris cajole him inte being their escort. Dressed as servants, the three arrive at Richmond fair, where gervant girls have come to ap prentice themselves as household servants to farmers. Lionel and Plunkett, two well-to-do farmers, are attracted by the girls, Enjoy ing this play they accept the offers and take money in advance for their salaries without knowing they are binding themselves for a year When they attempt ‘to leave, the two farmers hold them and the sheriff says they must go with their new masters. The girls at the fair prevent Tristam from rescu- ing them. Lady Harriet, under the name of Martha, and Nancy as Julia ar rive at the farmhouse and are introduced to ther duties. The men are shocked at the girls’ ignorance of the simples houshold duties, but Plunkett makes boisterous love to Julia, and Lionel falls in love with Martha, 'who oniy iaughs at him. When the men got to bed, Tristan helped the girls to escape. “Impertinent Bumpkins” Plunkett is drinking with friends in a tavern, when a group of hunt ers from court arrive. Among them (Continued on Page Three) NIGHTWATCHMAN AT LUMBER PLANT DIES BAINBRIDGE, Ga. — (AP)— J. C. Cawood, 61, right watchman at a lumber plant was found dead here Tuesday night. A coroner's jury found death was due to natur al causes. He was a native of Americus and ahd no relatives here. A brother, Max Cawood resides at I.eesburg Funeral plans await the arrival of a son and daughter who reside in Meridian, Miss. president of the American Cotton ‘Manufacturers association. The ‘major provisoins are establishment of a maximum of 40-hour week for ‘labor, 80 hours for productive ma chinery, a minimum wage of sl2 in the south and sl3 in the north and elimination of children under i“ from the payrolls. . Referring to the industry as a whole, a statement issued after tho meeting predicted that employment of the additional workers “and conformity with the minimum [wage provisions of the code on the fpart of the mills will result in sub stantial increases in purchasing power within the industry.” The processing tax which prob ably will be assessed under the ag (Continued on Page Three) | ICREAGE CUT DRIVE EADS AT MIDMIGAT; FIGURES ANNOUNGED Total of 72,063 Georgia Contracts Signed, Involv ing 1,552,204 Acres and Eliminating 541,000 COBB MAKES FINAL APPEAL WEDNESDAY Cash With Options Totals $3,740,447 and With out Options $2,564,468 NEW YORK, —(#)— Cotton jumped $4.00 a bale in a lively puying movement Wednesday afternoon. : Secretary of Agriculture Wal lace’s statement that the cam paign for acreage reduction was “moving rapidly and ap parently successfully to a con clusion” appeared to be a mar yvet factor. . I A total of 72,063 cotton contracts have been signed, the Agricultural Extension Service announced Wednesday in making public fig= ures on the final day of the cams paign to reduce cotton acreages The campaign ends at miidnight but Secretary of Agriculture Wal lace feels hat « complete figures | probably will_ not' be tabulated for perhaps a week. The number of contracts an< nounced Wednesday involves ave verage of 1,652,204 and will elimi= nate 541,102 acres planted in cote ton: cash benefits without optiom on bales of cotton amouns to s2,+ 564,468 while the cash with op« [ tions total $3,740,447, the Servica announced. Total number of bales option is given as 164,207, 5 The figures are by no means complete, it was stated, as many contracts are being held by coun- Iv'ty farm agents for alterations. Dr. ¥. Phil Campbell, in chargs of the campaign in Georgia, said that the response of the farmerg |tu efforts of administrators in tgf campaign had been gratityin‘.fi{»figg ‘ It was pointed out that whila the greater percentage of farmers ‘have signed the contracts to take 'land out of cotton production, ilmany of those failing to sign are 'as reported by the county agents, small growers who have planted | without fertilizer and whose yied [will not reach the minimum re=- | quirements in the allotment quotas FINAL APPEAL b WASHINGTON —(AP)— C. A 4 Cobb, cotton production chief, ap=" = pealed Wednesday to southern cotton farmers to submit theis = contract-offers in the cotton 3 age production program befors = midnight ~when the campaigm which has been under way for two = weeks and two days will close. 31 “Fach individual producer -."";i,;g,i whether he has contribntady“; share to this program,” Cobb said. = “He knows where he standi.:; is important and necessary *«, this program go over as an ‘{:,f qualified success. This must bas the answer to the whispering ¢ *’f‘«.? paign of the opposition. It is the = answer to better prices.” ‘%;{,; Cobb would not enlarge'umfi‘f his meaning as to his reference to 8 {’: “whispering campaign.” ARE CONFIDENT ¥%H 3 Fos R WASHINGTON —(AP)— ig administrators Wednesday ex pressed confidence of the success of their cotton acreage “fi?wf; campaign which will close at mid= night. i The goal in the drive which u§< extended more than two weeks is to win agreements from growers to take from 10,000,000 to 11,000 23' 000 acres of this year's crop out = of production. g Admiiriisrtators < Delieve that most of the 2,240,000 bales of gove" ernment held cotton will be Fes quired alone for options by Srow ers who were offered two plan either cash for acreage curtail ment or a combination of cash and an option aqual to the estimated output of the area they agreed { destroy. A About 60 per cent of the Srow ers have shown a preference fi the combination plan and og” basis it was estimated that ag ministrators will reach th goal—the reduction of the potefs & tial harvest by at least 3,000,04 bales—with some prospcct;f : ceeding this figure. <R Official figures have mnot heas (Continued On Page Five)d
