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Vol. 101. No. 160.
P.- T.A. Institute Names Committee lo lurther Fducation Program
TWO SOUTHERN STATES VOTE FOR REPEAL; 18 NOW IN FOLD
Federal Aid Denied, Bamett Will File New Suit In State Courts
BIANETT, TALMADGE
NTERPRET FEDERAL
NILING DIFFERENTLY
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Chairman Says Decmon‘
Gives Right to Serve Pa
pers on Governor of the
State «
THREE-JUDGE COURT %
DENIES INJUNCTIO
Talmadge Consents to Be
Sued, But Reserves Le
gal Rights
ATLANTA,—{(/P)—Ousted Chairi
man J. W, Barnett of the state
highway -board said Wednesdayll
he and deposed Coemmissioner W, ';
C. Vereen would file cait in state |
courts immediately <eeking rein-l
gtatement !
Chairman Barnett took the posi
tiop that a federal court decision
meant that Governor Talmadge, |
ruling the highway department un-‘
der martiar iaw, would not inter
fere with papers served in a suit|
brought in the state courts which
he had previously done, !
The governor, however, tcok anl
opposite view. He issued the fol
statemen\ clarifying hisl
position
“In consenting for a suit to be’
filed the governor reserved all legai
rights wunder tne -law, and the
governor and those acting under‘
his immediate orders <cannot be
made subject to mandamus and in
junction. These rights were not
surrendered, and will be protected
under martial law no matter what‘
suits are filed ‘
A three-judge federal court late
Tuesday denied injunctions sought
by the custed members of the board
against Governor Talmadge, Ad':
jutant General Lindley camp and)
highway commissioner Jud P. VVH-%
At the same time the judges by
accepting an amended petition of‘
counsel lor the governor left the
way open for the ousted commiss
ioners to go into state courts seek
ng relief, However, - suit can not‘
be brought to mandamus or en-l
Join the governor whieh is prohi
bited by state statute. 1
In denying injunctions to the
former commissioners, the judgesl
also acted on the suit by the
Beckham-Lawler company, Perry,
Ga, contractors, ‘The concern
‘ought injunctions against the
resident Highway set-up claiming
that their contracts with the state
Were jeopardized by martial. Jaw
rule, :
“Colonel Vereen and I will confer |
With atiorneys Wednesday and file
action for restituticn to our offi
¢al positions immediately,” Chair-
Min Barnett said,
"The order of the federal court,”
he continued, “remanded the case
0 the state courts and the attor
leys for the governor entered into
4n agreement that there will be no |
nterference with the filing of ser-
Vice of such an action.”
ATLANTA —(®)— Governor Eu
&ne Talmadge continued his mar
tial reign over Georgia’s highway
(Continued on Page Three) |
3. C. Orphanage to
.
Refuse Further Aid |
F ¢ ’
rom ‘Beer’ Money
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CLINTON, 8. C. —(AP)—Dr. L.
Ross Lynn, president of Thornwell
'Phanage here, announced Wed
2sday the school would ‘4 the
Nture pefyge any state public
school fund ajq because part of
his fund 4s derived 'fromm sale of
beer in South Carolina >
Dr.' Lynn saia trusteeg of the
“Phanage haq endorsed this stand.
i’“‘n" urphanage’ ho“sin‘ approx
.u'n‘uh-l.\' 375 children—most of whom'
are of school age—is supported in
,Y.’,W‘ m‘;iifl by the Presbyterian S)’-‘
'}‘,']U’l 1(;1'1 South Carolina, Georgia and
r}]f‘l“""‘“un of the state achqpl.i
e however, goes to the ora
I»‘idli‘lw to aid in its support and
G 0 said it would be “incon
gßt for the soliel i accept
latee OTEY, Dart of Sehich aaStimn
-1::; rom South Carolina’s tax on
}‘_l,“"‘ belleve the Lord will pro
-I_]\‘“,"(l\_"“\\'2l.\' for finding sufficient
ang ;idA;l - fun‘re"' Dr, Lynn md
tatee o cd that Tecently several es
to th: ns(::hr:(?ln?l; —r hlV“' ]mh
Irigngg Who hav:od‘;:;m ot “
FULL Asscciated Press Service.
|lßth Amendment Author
. .
Is Still Holding Out
WASHINGTON —(AP)— Sen
ator Sheppard of Texas, one of the
authors of the 18th amendment,
said Wednesday he was still confi
dent prohibition repeal would be
blocked desp'te repeal victories
Tuesday in Alabama and Arkan
sas.
“] still say they won’'t get 36
states for »rgppa]," he commented.
“I am still optimistic and think
we will stop the tide.”
Sheppard did not care to name
the states which would block the
repeal, but asserted Texas would
. be one.
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| Considerations May Be
o . ’ .
| come President’s Third
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| Bulletin of Regulations
i e e
WASHINGTON, —(&)—The
special industrial advicory
! board <composed of cabinet
l members Wednesday formally
' endorsec tne plans of Hugh
S. Jounson, recovery adminis
trator, for,a campaign to bring
l all industry and businec<s guick
ly into wage-raising and
hour limiting voluntary agree
| ments,
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i By WILLIAM L, BEALE
Associated Press Staff Writer
| WASHINGTON ,—{(#&)—President
Rooseveit’s ‘industrial cabinet was
summoned into a special meeting
Wednesday to press toward com
pletion, plans for voluntary but
swift lifting of all business and
iindustrial buying power,
1 This group worked on while
{Hugh 8. Johnson's aides sought a
!quiok finish to hearings begin
ining Wedne:day on two fair com-
Ipetitiun, codes, one proposed by
|the electrical manufacturing and
I other by ithe ship building and
3 repair industry.
‘ these, <hipbuilders recom
mended a 40-hour work week and
iminimum wages of 35 cents an
|hour in the south and 40 cents in
the north; the electrical industry
suggested a 36-hour week and a
sh-cent an hour minimum wage
|for factory labor with a 40-hour
"week and sl4 weekly minimum for
e s . amdon it ase
other workers,
5 Roper Presides
Secretary Roper precided over
the cabinet board’s considerations
of what may become the presi
dent’s third bulletin of regulations
under the recovery act. The plan is
intended to cover the country
quickly with agreements for wage
raises and fewer hours pending es
tablishment of more elaborate
codes fixing 'these limitations.
An example of this temporary
type of understanding was sup
plied Wednesday by the national
association of hosiery manufac
turers. They agreed with recovery
officials on a. petition asking Pre
sident Roosevelt for an executive
order putting into effect next
Monday minimum wages and
maxlmum working hours,
The hosiery men have not com
pleted their entire code, but they
harmonized the proposed wages
and working hours with those in
effect in the textile industry, ask
ing a 40-hour work week, and 80-
hour machine week, A sl2 southern
and sl3 northern weekly mini
mum,
Johnson was not yet satisfied
with all details of the program
which woald make such requests
for executive orders Spontaneous
througout the country Dy stirring
public support.
“I'm doing the best I can to work
it out,” he said.
“Have you decided on the policy,
“Johnson was asked. ‘‘we are
working on the policy. I can’t say
it's decided until the president
says ‘all right, go ahead.”
Farmers May Start
|
Plowing Cotton If
Co. Agent Consents
Farmers may start piowing up |
their cotton fields which they have |
agreed to reduce for pay before ;u‘-‘
ceptance blanks arrive with the
approval of their county agent but
growers are warned not to destroy
any part of their crop until per
mit is issued by the county :mont,l
Formal acceptance blanks are on
their way to county agents ana
shoyld reach them by Friday, the
extension service of the Univers&tyJ
of Georgia has announced. |
gk 00l ~5:,@ { i J
THE BANNER-HERALD
DA PUSEY URGES
a[HONG EDUCATION
BOARD FOR STARE
State Supported Term of
~ Seven Months, Mini
- mum Wage for Teach
. ers Is Asked
iINSTITUTE ENDS
HERE WEDNESDAY
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Forty-five Given National
' Certificates, 106 State
s Certificates
A committee of deveh, one gen
!eral chairman and one from each!
{congressional district, was appoint—‘
ed by the Georgia Congress of
Parents and Teachers to coperate
with the Georgia Education associ
!miun in furthering its educational
land legislative 'proglum for the
:))ul)lic school system of Georgia
}\\'vdnvsduy at the close of the
ioiglnh annual P.-T. A institute
; here,
i Dr. Ralph Newton, Wayeross,
was named genera! chairman of
the committee which is composed
lof the following: Mrts. Fred Wes-~
isells, Savannah; Harold Saxon,
| Quitman; Bd, Mafllis, Anfriews;
|Mrs. R.H. Hankinson, McDonough;
iMrs. Charles Center, College Park;
| Mrs. Bruce . Carr Jones, Macon;
‘Mm, Kitehens, Baldwin; 8. D.
Copelana, - Augusta; Mrs. M. H.
I(‘nlonum, Marietta, and Mrs. M. E.
| Judd, Dalton.
! A strong state board of education
’was urged by Dr. E. D. Pusey, pro
| fessor of education at the Univer
!sit_v of Georgla, Weanesday morn
|ing at the institute in Dawson hall.
! Four things greatly needed in
| Georgia, said Dr. Pusey, are:
', 1. A strong state board of edu
'cation with authority to regulate
ischools of the state, and with no
ipomical alliances and no ex-officio
I members.
2. Standard qualification of
teachers. Minimum qualification
should be two years training be
|_vond high school, with professional
'trainlng. :
i 3. Fixed minimum salary sched
| ule for teachers.
i 4. State supported term of seven
| months.
}4 These are to be incorporated in
!the new school code, he said. Dr
| Pusey stressed the danger of nep=
ln!ism in force imn many schools.
and said that the new schoo! code
!will correct this menace which has
i weakened to a great extent the
Ismall schools.
| “No leader has been daevelopéd
!in Georgla who has favored sup
|port of education,” he asserted in
comparing Georgia schools with
schools of other states. .
| Supervisor M?! E. Thompsor
urged members of the P.-T. A. to
demand a state supported schoo!
|sys'em. Until the schools, like the
jhighway department of Georgia
hecome a state supported system
they will remain in deplorable con
dition, he declared.
Under the county' control plan at
present, the schools dre good where
the communities are “school-mind
l'ed" made so by the P.-T. A. Where
!there is a lack of parental Inter
| est, schools are iu deplorable con
idi‘ion, Mr. Thompson said. He
{asked that Parent-Teacher associ-
La'lons study the proposed new
‘sohool code with members of the
| Georgia legislaturey
| Forty-five persons attendinz the
}three-dnv institute of the- P-T. A
Ihire were awarded certiffcates from
|the National Congress of Parents
land Teachers at the completion of
!*hoir course. One hundred and six
{ mothers who completed -the three
| dav class of instruection at the in-
Istitute weve given,.state certificates.
. Mre. Res Honored
! Mre Charles Roe, field secretary
{of the National association, was
:;!i\'en a token of appreciation by
|the institute Wednesday. The pre
| centation was made by Mrs. Wil-
liam Kingdon, of Atlanta.
Dr. J. S. Stewart, director of the
University of Georgia Summer
Quarter, urged that children whe
are being taken out of the mills
until they aYe lfi‘.years old be
kept occupied with jobs around
their homes. The school cannao!
«olve the social problem alone, and
the children should have their
sense of responsibility developed.
Mrs. Clifford Walker explained the
need of pre-school ltl!iy groups.
Thompson Speaks:
Athens, Ga., Wednesday, July 19, 1933
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Progress of Prohibition epeal Move at a Glance
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,PUHUE WORKS FUND
DS FEDERAL PENS
gA'tlanta Prison to Get
. Share of $851,000 Alio
.
‘ cation
| WASHINGTON. —(#)— For the
gimprovement of federal -prisons in
{l2 states the public works admin
|istration Wednesday set aside
$861,000 out of its $3,300,000,000
‘funa. |
! Most of this money, however,
will be spent on quarters for war-|
dens, medical officers, guards;
less thar, a quartér on improve«i
ment of Ihe prison butldings them
selves. |
These projects were picked from
(a larger list 4nd approved by the
|pr‘esldent because they can be
| started at once, thus carrying out
'the announced policy of putting
the three billion dollars into julv-;
prov.ding construction as soon at
possible,
l The 12 states in which the pris
fons are located are Georgia, Kan
| sas, Michigan, Missouri, New
!York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsyl
vania, Texas, Virginia, Washington
and West Virginia. |
With© this done, the cabinet
board in charge of the program
was to take up next the federal
lpubllc buildings plan which once
called for $750,000,000 but was re
duced by the board and President
Roosevelt. |
The president soon may have to|
decide whether an army housing
(Continued on Page Three) |
Georgia Tobacco Growers Sweep Out
Warehouses, Prepare for Big Sales
. ATLANTA—(®)—Gian*, barn-Lke¢
;»struotures in south Georgia arq)
‘being swept and put in order so
ithe tobacco season which opens n
'thig state on August 1 and is ex-|
ipected to put many thousands of
‘dollars into the pockets of farmers |
. H. K. Ramsey, statistician of the!
‘state department of agricultuve
says he has been advised of ar-|
\rangementa to open 42 warehouser |
iln 16 cities, and that perhaps more|
will be open on the day the auc
itlonem begin their clamor. {
~ There were, 37 markets open las*
vear. Reports here say the crop |
now being cured, is lager and of
better quality than last year, a
disastrous year to growers.
Ramsey said he had been ad-|
vised that the following ware
houses would be open, but prob-|
ably would get information about
additional warehouses before the
season begins: {
Adel, Cook county, and Strick-|
lands warehous:s; Baxley, Piant-|
ers, Clarks, &nd Piedmont ware-|
houses; Blackshear, Big Z, Brant-|
leys, and Farmers warehouses;
.
I;Sllght Cold Keeps
| P »
resident at Home
| .
| Again Wednesday
‘ WASHINGTON —(AP)— Presi
: ident Roosevelt arranged to stay
]away from his office one more day
" Wednesday at the suggestion of
| his physician, to complete fully his
lrecovery from Monday's indispo
,‘;sition.
| He was dressed ard ready to re
| turn to his desk in the executive
,|office, but Dr. Ross T. Mcintire,
|of the Naval hospital, suggested
Erhat another day of relaxation
izwould be best.
| Marvin H. Mclntyre, . a secretary
{ to the President, described the in
,*disposmon as”a slight cold, said
‘;Mr. Roosevelt had no temperature
{and was feeling all right.
| AN engagements for the day
| were cancelled, inciuding a lunch
. 2on to Ras Desta Demtu, son-in
' law of the Emperor of Ethiopia
| here en a special mission,
|
‘Harry F. Knight,
| Lindbergh Backer,
| Is Dead at Denver
| DENVER — (AP) — Harry F.
| Knight, a financial backer of Col
| Charles A. Lindbergh’s New York
{to Faris flight, is dead from . a
| heart attack. He was 65.
| The former St. Louis invest
| ment broker had been in ill ‘health
{and for several weeks had begn at
| his ranch near Granby. He, was
| brought to Denver Tuesday when
»:his condition became ecritieal zmd!
i'iled Tuesday night in his hotel
| room. |
'Growers, Red, and Sopers ware
ihouses; Fitzgerald, Central ware- |
‘house; Hahia, Farmers, Golf Leaf :
and Hahira warehousés; ‘Hazle-|
| hurst, Gravely, and Planters ware- |
i‘houaes. '
| Metter, Growers, and Metter
! warehouses; Moultrie, P‘armers;
| Central, Blakes and Peoples warz-|
|houses; Nashville, Bmwns,‘?lam-i
‘ern,‘a.nd Union warehouses; P@l-i
|ham, Big Dixie, and Pelham ware- |
' houses. T
! Statesboro, Farmers and Shon-!
‘pards wavehouses: Tifton, Fenner:
‘and Twin Brick warehouses; Val-|
‘dosta, Nat Smith, H. B. Saunders, |
gand Savannah Avenue warohouses‘;.'
lVidalia, Vann’s No. 1, Vann's t\’of
‘1 and Vidalia No. 1 warehouses; |
:Wa_vcross. Farmers, and Waycross, |
‘warehous:s. l
~ QGovernor Talmadge is to speak
n Douglas on the opening dav
‘there. Attorney General M. J
ii’eomans, and Max L. Mcßae, di-|
rector of the state bureau of mar-’
ke*s, also are to speak at Doug
las. Other cities are understood
Fmbt planning programs for the
PEGAN GROWERS 10
GEEK AGREEMENTS
I .
' Georgia Delegation to Re
i port at Albany This
! Month
I —_—
! \‘\'ASHI.\’GTON, —(#P)—Confer-,
‘encns between faria adminictrators
land a group of Ceorgia paper shell
| pecan producers and dlstribu'tors
;n;g:nding a pose ble trade agree
{ment for the pecan industry have
ibeen completed and the delegation
!from Georgia will report on the
inegoti&tionsx at a meeting of the
i Pecan Distributors association in
| Albany, Ga., July 25,
| The assocation represents dis
{tributors in southern sates. A de
ioision will be made at the Albany
j meeting on whetl er an agreement
i will be submitted formally to the
t administrators, |
! One result of the com‘erence‘
ITue:day was the finding that lt‘
"\vould be possible at the out<et of
| operation of an agreement to fix
!prices to producers. The Georgia
group, headed by Judge Max L.
IMcßae of Atlanta, Director of the
{state bureau of marketing, had
isought that objective, However,
!Mchae caid price fixing might be
possible later.
| The group decided that the
lagreement would have to concen
| trate on three main proposals:
| 1. A code of trade practices to
leliminate competitive factors in
cluding price cutting, the pay
ment of rebates and excess brok
erage charges.
| 2. A system 'of licensing dis
!tributor; to enforce this' code,.or
| method of operaton.,
| &, Standardized marketing to
| raise the quality of the product
| with thé bacis of sales to be the
| ed ablished. United States gradealz
;t’or pecans. l
| ‘Thad Huckabee, of Albany,6 pre
' sident of the distributors associa
ition, J. H. Brown, of Albany, a‘
director of the assocation and
lMcßae were included in the group. !
|H. R. Tolley, head of a section on
| special crops, reprecented admin
;istrators,
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RAINFALL
Inches last 24 h0ur5........ .01
Total since July 1.......... 1.48
Deficiency since July 1..... }.48
Average July rainfa11....... $.96
Total since January Toooii B 0
Deficiency since January 1 8.1
A. B. C. Paper—-Single Copies, 2c—sc¢ Sunday,
Plans Complete for
Starting Cove Creek
Dam Work Jan. Ist
. WASHINGTON, —(P)— Tenta
tive plans for beginning construc
tion of the 35,000,000 Cove creek
‘dam near Knoxville January 1
‘were announced Wednesday by
the Tennessee Valley authority.
A preliminary draft of plans be
gun by army engineers before en
actment of the Muscle Shoals law
is expected to be completed Thurs
day. They are bheing prepared in
the St, Louis office:of the war de
partment under Colonel George R,
Spalding.
The prelimins - draft wili be
transmitted .o the chief engineer
ing office of the reclamation bu
reau in Denver which has had
wide experience in the design and
construction of dams.
John L, Savage, chief designer
of the Boulder and Madden dams,
has oeén loaned 1o the Tennessee
Valley authority so aid in design
ing the Cove Creek project and
the valley authority is represented
in the final preparations by Sher
man M, Woodward, profes:or of
BState university, and for many
years engineering consultant,
Police Put Family
Out Into Street;
Crowd Stages Riot
CLEVELAND —(AP)— A de
fiant, jeering crowd of rioters,
called vinto action by a “Paul
Revere” ride by an auto driver,
early Wednesday evacuated Lar
det Avenue S. E., before the ad
vance of eight score determined
police. .
Fourteen persons including two
patrolmen, were injured in the
four-hour battle that climaxed a
17-hour siege started when sher
iff's officers evicted the John
lSaranga famlly from the house
on which he was two years in ‘ar
rears on mortgage payments.
Sparanga has been unemployed
ffor three years;
| Gas guns and gas bombs pepped
Lke firecrackers as the officers
drove back”a crowd they estimated
as 6,000 persons. Men and women,
holding hands to faces, many
cursing, stumbled away. Some re
taliated by hurling an occasional
brick or stone or flinging a pot or
pan from the dark spots between
houses. Police estimated they fired
1150 gas bombs. i
Seven men, including two o!"the
wounded and Elvardo C. Green
field, 43, president of the small
home land and owners federation,
Greenfield asserted he was®an in
dependent candidote for ity
were detained for questioning.
council and denied police allega
tions that he was a communist.
It was a truck squipped with a
loud speaker and Dbelonging to
Qreenfiekl's organization shat
dashed up neighborhood streets
directing residents to the Sparan-
2= N
& 5 Fis A“
v
Are First Southern States
- 1. 3
To Vote on Question;
Returns Still Are Incom
plete A
&
HALFWAY MARK IS
. . 0
Repealist Leaders Confi
dent of 36 State Quota
. &
By Christmas .
By The Associated Press ;
Arkanzas and Alabama, first
states of the “Solid South” to
speak on the prohibition amend
ment, have voted for its repeal.
Appreximate and incompleie
figure: showed Wednesday that
Alabama favored repeal by about
two te one, The vate for repeal in
Arkansas was three to two.
Tuesday’'s vote Wrought the num
ber of states on vecord for repeal
to 18, with prehibitionists yet to
score their first victory.
Tennessee voters will register
their decition. Thursday, with .ore
gon following" Friday. Thirty -six
states must vote for repeal if the
prohibition amendment is to .be
nullified,
In @ddition to Tennessee and
Oregon, 15 ctates have fixed de
finite dates befora early Nfi"mf’fi
to vote on repeal. .
States that have voted for’mé
are: e «@
. Michigan, Wisconsin, Rhode I%;@
land, Wyoming, New Jersey, Lela
‘ware Indiana, Massachusetts, Nfifi
York Illinois lowa, Connecticut,
New Hampshire, Nevada, %
nia, West Virginia, Alabama
Arkansas. i
States voting next month are:
Arizona, Missouri, Texas urfi
Washington. i
In September six other t %
will give their wverdict—Vermont,
Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, fi aho
and New Mexico; and in Oectober,
Florida, Sk vé’z
On November 7 repeal wiil be
passed upon by North Carolina,
Ohio, Pennsylvana and South
Carolina. e wiTe
Although only 35 states have
either voted or aranged to V%;
repeal by November 7, action ac
tion is pending in several others,
It is cn this possibility that re
pealiste rest their hopes for wie
tory before Christmas. CRs
BIRMINGHAM, ALA, —() —
Traditionally dry Alabama Wed
nesday had joined the ’?H
states voting to repeal the eigh= =
teenth amendment, although;v»‘?-y;
vetirne from rural districts was
whittling down the early long lead
piled up in favor of ratification of
the twenty first amendment, The
count at 10:15 a. m. central st: “
dard time, from 1,268 of he
2137 ballot boxes in the state
showed 78,356 votes for repeal and
46,693 against in Tuesday’s re
ferendum, e
ILITTLE ROCK, ARK., —(#)— |
A tabulation at 11 a, m., Wednes
day of the vote in 1183 precincts
out of 2046 in the state in Tues
day’s referendum in Arkansas
repeal of the eighteenth amend
ment gave 56,501 for repeal, _35,3?
against repeal, This included ‘the
complete vote in several comlfiefi%:
and nearly complete returns from
many other counties. -
Balbo and Flyers 7% 1
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Hop Off on Long |
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Return Trip Home
T
CHICAGO. —(#)—ltaly's armada
of 24 seaplanes began taking the
air at 6:42 a. m. (central standard
time) Wednesday enroute to New
York, on the first leg of thelr =
long journey to their homeland. =
The weathér was clear as tha
first of the twin-motored flying =
boats, piloted by General Italo =
Balbo, lifted itself from the waters
of Lake Michigan and headed
south and then east in the general
direction of South Bend, Ind. = =
General Balbo announced that if
weather conditions are favor I"s@?’
he wound undertake a trans-Ats
lantic journey more ambitious tha f
the east to west crossing. The pros
posed route would be via New.
foundland to Ireland a:;%
keep the fivers over water & littls
