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E8TABLI8HED 1832 “USE GEORGIA PRODUCTS” ATHENS, GA, FRIDAY
AY MORNING, APRIL 29, 1921. H U8K GEORGIA PRODUCT8”
89 YEARS OLD
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Fourteen Hundred Attended
Meeting AthensL’Alliance
Francaise.
The meeting of tho Athens group
of l.’Alllance Francaise last night at
the ponnil auditorium, on tho campus
of the State Normal school, was ono
of the most delightful sessions of that
organisation yet held.
There were fully fourteen hundred
present, including tho study body of
the Normal school, many llnlvorslty
students and lllgh school pupils, as
well as citizens. Tho members front
I.tiny t’obb Institute could not bo
present on account of an entertain-
Incut at that Institution.
Hr. Jere M. Pound, president of the
Slate Normal school, made a most elo
quent and Intoroatlng address of wel
come, In which he spoke of the groat
Impression made by the French on the
civilization of this country, especially
In the colonial days.
Prof. Josoph I.uslrat, president of
the Athens group, was master of cere
monies, and Introduced those who
look part In tho program.
Miss Inez Collins, of the State Nor
mal srhool, sang sweetly In French
the song, "Florion," nnd wag encored,
otter which aho sang "If No One Mar
Ties Me."
Miss 1.Hello Jackson favored the
large audience with a heauliful piano
solo.
Professor Lustrat; in Fronch, then
introduced Prof. IV. O. Payne, of tho
t'nlversity of Georgia. Professor I.
trat spoke briefly of the French Hcvoi
lutton and thrn Introduced tho speaker
of the evening.
Professor Payne gave a most de
lightful nnd Interesting talk on "The
New’'French Revolution,” emphasizing
the fart that tho historians pt tho
prebent day have brought out so many
things about tho French Revolution,
that tho Judgment of the present-day
thinkers ns tti the causes and the ef
fects of tho French Revolution Is
quit- different from what the people
of former days thought.
Hho gave a number of Interesting
illustrations as to the causes of the
French Revolution. Among other
• ‘ilngs. he showed that »hf 'American
omhusaadnr,' Benjamin FfatfMiri. In an
ImAII-, ni mnHiiilli liml tnissalt tn' iTn Mllilt
LEAVELL PREACHES
Revival Services at Prince
Avenue Baptist Growing
in Interest.
Indirect manner, hail much to’do with
The sermon of Dr. J. fl, Leavell In
tho Prince Avenue Baptist church ro-
vlval last night was a trumpet blast
against religious presumption. Ono
hearing the ^e^uyssage could not
help recall
Lord, keep bai
sumptlous sins.’ 1
The proachor read frome t.ul
tho story bf how Christ was lost to
His parents and was later fuund In
the temple, und drow a graphic picture
of the search for tho lost Christ. Mary
and Joseph had supposed that Josua
was with them till they discovered He
was lost, and tho minister rang tho
changes upon the word "supposing.”
“Many church members are travel
ing along supposing that they aro
Christians when thoy| are not,'’ he
Bald, "A great many church members
have never been converted, or else
they have lost the power of Christ’s
presence. A worldly-minded, dancing,
theatergoing, covetous church mem
ber should ask himself whethor ho
has over been really converted—the
probability Is that ho has not. Ami
the church member who persistently
neglects tho House of O.od, or who
does not have the missionary spirit,
does not have the spirit of (Ttirtst.
Such a person Is a ’supposing' one,
who should search Ills heart and life
to make certain that he has horn
. The minister further pointed out
that many non-Christians are reztlng
upon presumption. The person who
Is •’supposing" that Oo^l is too good
to punish sin is presuming upon God,
and so Is the one who Is trusting Ills
personal morality.
"Moro people go to ,hell," said he,
"because presuming upon their good
works of morality to save them than
from gross Immorality. Hell ia full
of 'good folk*.' and alt who continue
to feel themselves to bo good are
sure to go there, for God's child never
feels himself to be good—he Is rest-
Jngsolcly uponAAo hbwl oftho Ci'obs._
There is no reception room where you
can meet with God
DIPLOMATS TENDER
Red and Black Coach Re
turns to Athens After an
Auto Accident.
Coach '-Bill" White, of the Univers
ity of Georgia baseball team, returned
to Athens Wednesday afternoon, after
being forced to quit the Georgia "Bull
dogs” Saturday following the final
game against Alabama.
Tho coach was painfully Injured In
r nn automobile accident In Tuscaloosa
late Saturday afternoon. The Georgia
team was being accorded an automo
bile ride over the Alabama campus be
fore leaving for Auburn and the car In
which Mr. White and a number of tho
team were riding was forced to run
into a concrete post to avoid hitting a
Ford sedan In which a number of
small children were riding and • the
Georgia baseball mentor sustained a
severe Injury in his right foot. It was
first thought that sovcral hones were
broken but an X-ray examination show
ed only a slight dislocation.
Ho underwent a slight operation at
St. Mary’s hospital yesterday after
noon ami Is Improving but la Unable
to walk.
Immediately after the accident
Coach Stegoman was wired for and
joined the Georgia In Auburn and la
accompanying It on tho trip to Vander
bilt and Kentucky.
German Proposal Unaccept
able to Great Britain,
France and Belgium.
Washington, D. C., April 28.—Diplo
matic representatives of Great Britain,
France and Belgium today transmitted
to Secretary Hughes tho views of
their governments on Germany’s repa
rations proposals.
Official announcement Is withheld,
hut it Is understood they declared th-
Gcrinan offer In Its prosent form un
acceptable. Whether any suggestions
were made that Germany be asked to
put forward new and more liberal
terms was undisclosed.
Alpha Alpha Chapter Worn
en’s Old Fraternity Install
ed Yesterday.
JERSEY CHYIM2
kayo Calvary.
• . ■ fit |1 JIIGGV want -
•itlrrlng up the French people before Tlu , rB | H no platform whore you and
the revolution. Thoy wore Interested | (jort can s tand together savo the blood
In the American Revolution and j 0 j j oa „g."
would ask Franklin about It and | n conclusion, the minister declar-
Franklin, not knowing much 'French,
would Invariably reply “All right” to
ult questions asked hitn. So tho
French began to think much inf tho
new country, whore everything was
all right, when they knew everything
wan all wrong In their own country.
Profeaaor Puyno gavo an Intere t-
Ing resume of tho work of various his
torlnns. especially tho work of Taltic,
whom he declared to he the greatosl
of alt, In spite of his rather gloomy
way of looking at things.
At tho conclusion of tho lecture.
Mr. Mutton Sheffield wna Introduced
and he gavo aovfral ptecos on the
guitar and sang In such entertaining
manner that he was applauded to the
echo and had to appear again and
n,•tain.
John Slaughter's Jazz Orchestra
was on hand nnd made a great lilt
with tho large audience. The people
teemed loath to let them go, even
after thoy had responded to several j
The Normal school student body
sang the "Marseillaise" as the con
cluding number of the program.
ed that tho loot Christ could only be
found whore Ho had boon lost, mid
that Just as Mary and Joseph found
Him 111 the tun pie and "about Ills
Father's business,’' so we muet find
Christ whore Ills work is being car-
lied on.
Tho congregation wa3 very laign at
last night's service and there were
three additions to the church. The
meeting begins at 8 o'clock this even-
Aig. There will be no service on Sat
urday. but a great day i3 expected on
Sunday.
Army Appropriation
Will U»H Fight-Ac-
■ ctninV'oi? Increase.
(By Associated Press)
Washington. D. C„ April 28.—With
every amendment relating to disarms
ment thrown out, tho naval appropria
tion bill, carrying a total of $398,000,-
000. was pass: d by the houso today,
212 to IS.
Immediately after tho measure was
made ready for the senate, the army
appropriation hill, carrying $367,000,-
000 and passed last session but ve
toed, was taken up. The navy hill
went through the house In the same
form as originally passed, blit there
are Indications of a fight on tho army
budget because of an Increase in tho
entitled force from 158,000 to IBS,000
Tickets Ready Next Week.
For Dempsey-Carpentier
Fight Prices $5 to $50.
New York. April 28.—Arrzngcmeuts
for the Dempsey-Caruentler .heavy
weight championship at Jersey City
on July 2d are rapidly taking form.
It was decided Today to start the
battle at 3 o'clock daylight saving
time, which Is 2 vft'lock Standard
Eastern Time.
No minor bouts have been arranged
yet, hut probably will be. Tlckota
will bo placed on sale earlier than
usual and are pfomlzcd tor delivery
nest, week aud will Immediately ho
distributed throughout the larger
citioB of the cowitry to authorized
agents for sale. The prices are 85
to 850.
Alpha Alpha chapter of the Phi Mu
fraternity was installed at the Uni
versity of Georgia today, being the
first woman's fraternity to be estab
lished at the Unlveralty. This and the
fact that It Is the second oldest o.gan-
Ization of its kind in America, having
teen organized at Wesleyan (Macon,
Ga.) In 1852. makes It of especial in
terest.
The nationsl vice Presldenti of Phi
Mu, Mrs. Charles O. Eidson (Kappa, of
Greenville. S. C.) and'Mrs. Ralph E.
Blley (XI nf Tltton. Ga.l were the in
stalling officers.
There are now thirty-four active
chaptora and fifteen alumnao ac,jcla-
tlons, chaptera having been formed at
nearly all of the state universities and
at many of the leading women’s col
leges.
The alumnae memheta In Athena
are Mm. Lamar Cobb, Mrs. A. J. Lyn
don. Mrs. Murrell. Mrs. C. M. Snell-
Ing, Mrs. Walter Mallory. Mrs. Ptps-
ton Brooks, Mrs. U. H. Davenport,
Mrs. John R. Northcutt, Mtss.Mary D.
Lyndon. Mrs. Munro Dearing. Mr A W.
A. Clarke, Jr.. Mrs. Mid Wingfield.
Mra. Laurence Parker, Mrs. Carter
Daniel and Mrs. Ned Cohen.
The members of Alpha Alpha are
among the most prominent In the ac-.
Grilles that women at Georgia take
part In and of fine ccbolarsblp, the
charter members being Mlsaea Stella
Sparks, Adelaide Ruge, Alice Walker,
Ida Pound, Mary Richards ColvJn,
Anne Ruth Moore, Iris Jarrell. Luclle
Cbumbley, Mildred Slack end Gertrude
Stlth.
GQvemor Notifies the Court
Officials to Take Action
At Once.
(By Associated Pit at)
Atlanta, Ga„ April 2*.—A formal re
quest to court officials in Taliaferro
county to take steps to atop alleged
brntal treatment of negroes by “night
riders" was made this afternoon by
Governor Dorsey on receipt of an ap
peal from a white citizen of that
county, while federal authorities be
gan Investigation of . the reported
murder of a negro on the road be
tween Covington and Maeben^o de
termine If peonage was Involved.
The writer of the letter, who d»
dared his life would be In danger If
his name was mentioned, said a mob
of men and boys took a negro from
his house and heat him almost to
death because the night before i be
cursed a crowd annoying another ne
gro, and asserted local officials had
done nothing.
Bill Permits Ohio
Companies to Buy
Stock Under Act
(Special to Tho Banner)
I Atlanta, Ua„ April 28.—Reports
I from over the state, received by the
I Greater Georgia Tech campaign head-
j quarters here, aro to the effect that
of the 85,000,000 fund now hoing rais
ed for a Greater Ted*, cities, towns
und counties In Georgia have definite
ly accepted quotas aggregating more
than 82.500.000 and are working stead
ily away at them.
Tills Includes the 81-500,000 quota
accepted by Atlanta, but does not In
clude the 31,000,fiOO addition to tho
fund being raised by Georgia Tech
men In New York City and the east.
Among tho cities and towns to an
nounce their acceptance of quotas and
to get down to work quickest may be
mentioned Augusta, 8278,000: Bruns
wick, 820.000; Amerlcus, 825.000; Co
lumbus. 8295,000; Atlanta, $1,500,000;
Carrollton, $30,000; Roopville, $1,000;
Temple, $1,500: Whlteburgh. $1,000'
(By Associated Press)
Camilla, Ca„ • April 28.—Goth the
ftate and defense In tho trial of Will
Reeves, charged with mob violence,
as the result of the lynching of Jim
Roland, a negro, closed late today and
arguments were begun.
On the stand Reeves said lie aided
in the search for Roland, who had _____ ______
allot and wounded a white farmer, J Concord $1,100; Meansvllle, $850; Mo-
Rut denied he took part tn the lynch- IenB _ Williamson, $680; Zebulon
81,450: and others.
Counties showing special prompt
ness In accepting their quotas and
setting to work Include Bleckley,
$5,000; Cobb. $48,475: iDodge. $7,500;
Hancock. $10,000; Laurens. $20,000;
Lincoln, $2,500; Pulaski. 87,600; Ta
liaferro, $2,500; Washington, $15,000;
Wilkes, $20,000; W'llklnson, $15000,
Elbert. $31,200; Hart. $12,500; Jack-
Funeral services for Mrs. Nannie Mn $2 5,860; and others.
Shad who died at the residence, 162 'Telegrams received by Gov. Hugo
Rryant street. Tuesday, were held yes- M Dorsey from governors of nearly
Onlay frmn the Whitehall Methodist [ „ M the states in the Union assure him
church at 3 p m„ Rev. W'illle Sayejthat the eyes of the nation are on
• onducllng the services. I the Georgia movement to provide for
Besides her huabnnd. Mrs. Shad Is the state echnlcal «hoo am1 the
survived by an infant daughter, three messages already haw* a di tin
brothers and a sister. I gratolatory tone.
(Special to The Banner)
New York, April 28,—Governor Da
vis, of Ohio, according to word Just
received liy tho committee oil organ
ization of the Foreign Trade Financ
ing corporation, has signed the hill
permitting state banka, trust compa-
plea and other important corporations
in that commonwealth to invest In tho
capital Btoek of corporations organized
under the Edge act. This makes a to
tal of twelve states which, within the
past few weeks, have taken such en
abling action. The Florida senate
has Just passed an enabling act, of
thts nature. A similar bill has pass
ed both houses of the Now York leg
islature without opposition nnd awe'ts
only the governor's signature. Legis-1
lation of this character Is being fa-1
vorably considered in other stab's, of
Clarke county will soon have com
puted one of the finest top-soil roads
in the state—the Danielsvlllo road.
A representative of The Banner,
with Chairman Joseph M. HodgBon, vn-
spected this road yesterday and
found It In a most excellent condition
From tho city limits to the Madlsoil
county line II Is a distance of fix
miles nnd every foot of it is perfect.
A large number of convicts are rap
idly completing th- work and when
tho road has b»cn i rOught to the city
limits, Clarke and Madison counties
will have one of the best roads In the
state. Madison county is pushing the
work through In that county to Dan-
lelsvtlle and the road Is being c*n
structed the seme as tn Clarke
county.
It Ih believed that the federal gov
ernment wit! lake over this road when
It has been completed, which would
mean a considerable amount of
money saved to both counties.
Tho Mitchell Bridge road has been
completed, tbo last touches boing
placed on ;t yesterday. Clarke county
will soon have tho beat roads In tho
stale and with proper resurfacing and
filling these top soil roads can be kept
In apple-pie order at all tlmos, re
gardless of rain.
New York, April 28.—Before the
United States entered the war, Ger
many offered Charles M. Schwab
$100,000,000 If be would break bla con
tracts with Lord Kitchener, declared
Darwin P. Kingsley, president of tho
chamber of commerce of New York
state, here today, eulogising Schwab’s
war record.
"England learned of this.” Kings
ley added, "and countered with an of
fer of $150,000,000. Mr. Schwab laugh
ed and said Germany and England
together hadn't money enough to
make him break faith with England."
mem
'W. ,C. Jordan Made High
Executive in Royal Arch
Masonry at Macon.
(Special to The Banner)
Macon, Oa., April 28—Thh follow
ing officers were elected Wednesday
afternoon by the Grand..Chapter or
Boya| Arch. Masops of .Georgia, at
their annual convention here: TV. C.
Jordan, Athena, grahd high' priest; A.
O. Miller. WaycToss, grand king; J,
T. JJIarke. A'masts. grand treasurer;
C. H. Andrews. Macoli, grand aeribfi:
Ft. H. Johnson, CotumMl*. captain of
host; E. A. Mellon, Macon, grand sec
retary; w. A; Sims, Mansfield, grand
chaplain; A. E. Sonsburn. LaGrange
Royal Arch faptalo; H. VL Tuylor.
Cuthbert, master third veil; R. 8. Tal
madge, Montlcello, master third
veil.
Sheriff of Hart
Gets Car and 30
Gallons Whiskey
District Attorney
Alexander Used As
Character Witness
(By Aasoclatad Press)
Atlanta, Ga„ April 28,—Defense
whichYhere are seventeen, where le-l counsel for members of the city dc-
Mrs. Nannie Shad's
Funeral Held at 3
O’clock Yesterday
gal technicalities made Buch lfglslu
lion necessary.
Special Importance is attached to
tho action tn Ohio, in view of the
sessions at Cleveland noxt week ot
the National Foreign Trade conven
tion, gt which particular attention
wilt be paid to the Foreign Trade
Financing corporation, the largest of
the companies 10 be organised, under
the Edge act to extend long term
credits to foreign buyers of American
goods and to American exportort*. The
corporation's organization committee
states that good progress Is being
mado In the formation ot tho cor
poration. which, with a capital of
$100,000,000 and a surplus of $5,000.-
000, will bring Into existence finan
cial machinery, nation-wide tn scope
and under the supervision of the fed
eral reserve hoard, to check the pres
ent flurry in American exports and.
Hi addition, to help to place the coun
try'* foreign trade on a permanently
satisfactory basts.
tcctlvc department accused of conniv
ance with criminals, put up a aeries
of witnesses Including United State*
District Attorney Alexander before
the council Investigating committee
this afternoon to testify to the good
character of W. L. Payne, detective
accused of accepting $200 por week
protection money from a confessed
negro bootlegger, and also opened up
an attack on Solicitor Goneral Boykin,
accuser of a number of.detectlves.
ft was declare*/ the Jwnd of Harry
C. Page, hold on a charge’ of larceny
of an automobile, was reduced frmn
$5,000 to $2,000 and when he left town j
his bondsman was allowed hy Boykin | -
to settle for $ 1,000. R. P. Jones coun- The Ad Men's club meeting will be
sel for the detectives, declared Page held at thq Georgian hotel this after-
Hartwell, Oa., April 28.—An eXdt
ting and novel race occurred after
thirty gallons of moonshine" yester
day. The participants were Sheriff
Rucker Brown, the eagle-eyed sheriff
nf Hart county; his brother and dep
uty sheriff. Britt Brown, and son
Josh Brown. Josh Brown was return
Ing from the Brown farm and spied
a car In which he thought there was
moonshine whiskey concealed and
phoned his father at’the sheriffs of
ficc at Hartwell.
Sheriff Brown and his deputy .tart
ed In pursuit and overtook tbo occu
pants of the “booze car” Just as it
was pulling out from the Georgia
shore In a ferry boat, headed for the
Smith Carolina bank.
Sheriff Brown misjudged the dis
tance and leaped for tkj boat, hut
missed It and fell Into the waters of
tho Savannah river. However, he
was undaunted and waded until
he overtook tho boat and climbed
in. The occupant ot the car then
leaped *rom the ferry boat and start
ed swimming down the river.
Deputy Sheriff Britt Brown seised
a bateau that was attached to the
large boat and overtook the swim
mcr. He was arrested and the thirty
gallons of liquor carried to Hartwell
and poured out in the courthouae
yard. The officers were hurrying to
capture the parties before they got
beyond thelr Jurisdiction on the South
Carolina side.
Made Deal for a Memphiu
Banker Through Broker
age Concern.
Athens Jurist President of
’ Georgia. Society JVill Read
Paper Today.
The meeting ot the Georgia Histori
cal Society in Macon today, will be a
most Interesting occasion. The prog
ram, as outlined, shows that papers,
by some ot the leading hiatorieal writ
ers of the state, will be read, and
these will be ot great value to those
who are Interested In preserving the
tacts ot history of Georgia.
The tentative program for the occa
sion has been announced, and aotns of
those who will make addresses or read
papers, or send papers there to be
read, are as follows:
Judge Andrew J. Cobb of Athens,
president of the society, will read a
paper In which be make* a compari
son of the Confederacy Constitution
and the Constitution of the United
States.
Dr. E.M. Coulter of the University
of Georgia, will read a paper on the
ante-bellum academy movement In
Georgia.
Colonel John T. Boifeulllet will read
a biographical sketch of Senator A. 0.
Bacon.
Marry Stillwell Edward* will de
liver an address.
Mira Mary Lane Is to read a paper In
behalf of the Macon History club, en
titled.'“A Bit of Macon History.”
Hon. Henry R. Goetchlus, of Colum-
bus, who Is a leading member of the
society, but who will be unable to at
tend this meeting, has forwarded a
paper which will be read, being an
appreciation of the Confederate cotdter.
This array !■ sufficient to Indicate
that the session of the society this
year will be one of the most interest
ing In its history.
ANDA.B.&A.OEASE
- (By-Associated Press)
Atlanta, April $9.—Negotiations be
tween* representative* ot the striking
employes ot the Atlanta, Birmingham
A Atlantic railway'and the receiver, •
B. L. Bugg, In accordance with sug
gestions from the United State* Rail
way i-ahor board, will not be resumed.
It became known today through a let
ter from Buck to Chairman Fitzpat
rick representing the IS unions tovolv-
ed.
Bugg declared there wa* ao dispute
of any kiAd between the roed and Its
present employes and that tha men
Fitzpatrick represents are no longer
connected with the road.
Fitzpatrick said tonight be would
report the receiver’s action to th*
board, but declined to comment on It.
BUGG DECLINED
POSITIVELY TO TREAT
WITH STRIKER8. *
(Special to Th* Banner)
Atlanta. Oa„ April 21—Col. W. L.
(By Associated Prets)
^Memphis. Tenh.. April $8.—Maurice
B. Joseph, a Memphis Jeweler, one j Bugg, receiver for tho Atlanta, Blr-
Of sis men under Indictment In con mlngbam and Atlantic railroad, to-
nectlon with the alleged, marketing I day made public correspondence be-
here of $466,fiU0 Liberty Bond* obtain- j tween himself and Val. Fitzpatrick,
cd In the hold-up of a broker's mes- [ the latter representing the striking
lienger tn Brooklyn last Tall, teittfled
today he disposed of a block of $65.-
000 of bonds for IV. L. Huntley. Jr.
a Memphla bankor, through a local
brokerage firm, Prlddy Williams Co ,
and receivi d $54,461, and turned the
entire amount over to Huntley.
Joseph was a witness for the state
In the trial of Huntley and H. Diggs
Nolen. A motion for dismissal of the
Indictments on grounds of faulty word
ing was overruled.
Publishers Told
Not to Stampede
On Prices Paper
Ad Club Meeting
This Afternoon
(By Associated Prets)
New York. April 28.—‘Efforts of la
bor unions to fix the telling price of
articles wore condemned today by the
annual convention of the American
Newspaper Publishers' association
and tho members were urged not to
bo stampeded Into buying newsprint
by threats or prodictions of higher
prtcos.
Japanese Press
Welcomes Wood
was a “confidence man
In explaining Payne's accumulation
of money It was declared he bought
and sold automobiles, apprehended
many army deserters, rented out auto
mobiles and “would skin a Rea for his
hide and tallow.”
men of tho A'.. B. A A„ In which Col
onel Bugg declines positively to treat
with tbs^ striking men, on the ground
that they are no longer employes ot
or connected with the railroad, and
ror that reason there la and can be
no grievance between them.
Mr. Fttspatrick addressed a letter
to Colonel Bugg. under date ot yes
terday. calling attention to the sug
gestion contained In a decision of the
United States railroad labor board,
that the striking employes .and the •
railroad have another conference. To
this Colonel Bugg replies that the de
cision of the United States district
court la that the men who went on
strike left the employ of the railroad
of their own volition and are, there
fore. no longe.r connected wi(h the
road. This is the position of the re
ceiver, also, who tails Fttspatrick be
had the right to appeal his case to a
higher court, hut did not do so. There
fore. the receiver now takes the poet-
lion that he will stick to tha men who
came to the aid of the road when tb*
old employes ouM In a body- add
'sought to wreck Hie rood."
Hoovtr Suggests
Board as Relief
noon at 2 o’clock, to which every;
member and every cltlaen. interested [
In the good of Athena la Invited.
(By Amaoeiatad Press)
Toklo. April 28.—The passage of
Major General Leonard Wood thiotigh
Interesting addresses Will be detiv-i japan, en route to the Philippines,
ered by a number of prominent busl-1 has evoked a welcome frum the press
nesa men and a program of Worth-! and also speculation as to how far bis
while feature* haa been arranged. I mission concerns military matters.
(By Aasoclatad Press)
Washington, D. C„ April >$.—The
creation of a national food marketing
board, under the chairmanship' of tb*
secretary of agriculture, wltk the ex
isting bureau of markets as Ue ex
ecutive arm. was suggested today by
Secretary Hoover ns a means vf re
lief to farmers and consumer*.