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Vol. 101. Mo 191,
Cfizens Counci Oyganizéd To Suppgrt + Community Center Pro]ect
STORM KILLS 47 AND BLOWS SELE OUT
5 FIRST DEFINITE
STEP I PROGRAM
1) UNFY INTEREST
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American Legion Invites‘
Engineer to Examine
Situation Here
SUPPORT IS PLEDGED
Three Possible Ways of
Securing Necessary
Funds Are Listed
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Organization of a permanent
committee, to be known as a Cm-l
sens ‘Council, was formed last
night at a meéeting of sixteen rep
resentatives from civie, fraternal,
and religious groups in ‘Athens, for
the purpose of arousing unified
interest among these and slmilal‘i
organizations in a "communityl
center” project.
The community center idea is}
the outgrowth of a projeet that‘
has been discussed in Athens for
many years and embodies plansi
for a community playground, swim
ing pool, and an auditorium which
it js honed will eventually become
part of the commumnity center.
The meeting Thursday night at
the Georgian Hotel was the first
defir‘te step in a campaign that is
expected to unify the cooperation
of civic-minded groups in the city
and to arouse public interest in
what was described as ‘“a challeng
ing opportunity to Athens.”
Officials Invited
An invitation has already been
tendered by the American Legion,
latest and most ardent supporters
of the community center, to the
engineers of the State Relief
Board to visit Athens for the pur
pose of making an examination of
the facilities here and the possi
bilities of the success of such a
program. As deseribed to the Cit
izens Council the community cen
ter would be ' a self-liquidating
project, requiring an original in
vestment of approximately $50,000.
Three methods of securing funds
for carrying out the program
were listed, either through a loan
from the federal government di
rectly to the city., through a loan
from the National Recovery Ad
ministration in its ' program of
public works, or through a loan
from the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation. In any event ' the
sanction of the ecity of Athens,
through the mayor and council
will be necessary. One of the pur
voses of the meeting Thursday
night was to” determine whether
such publiec support could be en
listed as would justify making a
tefinite plea for funds to begin
;“Ol'k on the first units of the pro
ect.
Unanimous Support
Unanimous support of the pro
gfam was voted by 'the committee
2s individuals and they offered to
resent the idea to the organiza
tions which they represented. D.
Weaver Bridges, elected permanent
thairman of the group, declared
that it cannot be the work of any
e group; the cooperation of all
tivic organizations will be neces
sary if the plan is to succeed, but
he added ‘hat if this support is
not given, the people of Athens
will miss an opportunity that they
may never have again. He urged
that members of the council work
f“ overcome the general apathy
that has been tendered similar
Irojects jn Athens, saying that the
Necessary funds could be obtained
but only through a concerted effort
of interested citizens.
Mrs. Rufug Turner was elected
Pérmanent secretary of the group
and instructed to invite participa
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De Cespedes Dissolves Congress Friday;
Calls for New Elections on February 24
By JOHN P. McKNIGHT
HAVANA —(#)— Taking a firm
Erip on power, provisional Presi
dent De Cespedes Friday issued
@ decreel wiping out all vestiges of
the ousted Machado regime, dis
-olving congress, and calling new
elections for Feb. 24, 1934.
The measure, signed with the
“abinet's approval and effective
jr"-'h"diately, cdeclared unconstitu
tional the Machado administration
and its acts since May 20, 1929
When Gerardo Machado was inaug-
Urated President for a second term.
All international obligations are
10 be ohserved, however, even
though contracted since that date.
The action followed a wile-
Sbread clamor for a tho#ugh
hnus‘P-oleaning of the regime that
fell two weeks ago. :
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| David A. Lamson, press repre
| gsentative at Stanford University,
is shown entering the ecourt
house at San Jose, Calif., where
he is on trial for his life on a
charge of murdering his wife,
Allene Thorpe Lamson, in their
cottage °.on the university
campus.
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'Prosecutlon Invokes Aid
| Of Medical Science as
Murder Case Starts
’ SAN JOSE, Calif.—(AP)-—The
'state invokes the aid of medical
science Friday at the outset of
its efforts to prove David A.
Lamson beat his wife to death in
their Stanford university campus
home last Memorial day, bringing
‘to a tragic end an apparent idyllic
love romance.
Four days of legal maneuvering
over selection of a jury ended
Frhursday with seven middle-aged
men and five women accepted by
both sides. Two alternate jurors,
| both women, were chosen,
The prosecution announced it
would first call Dr. Milton Saier
and Dr. Blake Wilbur, autopsy
surgeons, to testify regarding the
four wounds found at the base of
the skull of the attractive 28-year
old campus Y. W. C. A, secre
tary. Dr. Wilbur is the son of
Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, president
of Stanford and former Secretary
i of the interior.
At the preliminary hearing two
months ago physicians testified
there were three cross lacerations
and one diagonal wound at the
base of the skull, made, the state
charges, by Lamson weilding a
10-inch length of iron pipe which
later was found in a bonfire the
accused man had been tending in
the back yard of. his home the
morning of the tragedy.
tion of United States Ambassador
Sumner Welles, who, in his capa
city as mediator, has maintained
that it is necessary to continue
constitutional forms.
Secretary of Justice Carlos Sal
adrigas pointed out that although
the government maintained Ma
chado acquired pewer through a
virtual doup d’etat and hence un
constitutionally, all foreign obliga
tions contracted by Machado and
all legislation passed in the last
four yvears would be considered as
“things done” and therefore still
in effect.
The decree, which Dr. De Ces
pedes signed after an extraordi
nary cabinet session at which a
commission of Havana university
l'm‘ofesnors made a number of pro-
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|Says' U. S. Official and
Congressman in League
With Old Board
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iMacon Publisher Puts a
Different Construction
On Vinson's Letter l
ATLANTA, GA.,—(#)—A ruling
that Georgia’'s Highway depart
iment is a seperate legal entity
'with functions unaffected by any
change of personnel in the High
|\vay board has been wired to Gov
]ernm‘ Talmadge by Attorney Gen-‘
ieral M. J. Yeomans.
t The telegram w#as sent to Wash
ington where the governor may
’stop for further conferences aboutl
the tied-up $10,000,000 federal road
|fund allctment foi Georgia enroute
homeward from the Century of
Progress exposition at Chicago. |
Yeomans, in his ruling, dpclaredi
]that the Highway board and the
| Highway department are separate
llogal entites and that a change in
‘ the personnel of the Highway board
idoes not affect the functioning of
lthe Highway department as far as
federal funds are concerned,
The ruling followed on the heels
‘of a statement which - Governor
Talmadge gave over long distunce
teiephone to his secretary here
| Thursday charging that Represen
tative Carl Vinson and Thomas H.
MacDonald, director of the Federal
ißureau of Roads, were “lined up
with the old Highway Dboard”
which Talmadge ousted in a bud
get dispute. The legal tangle. that
followed the ouster resulted in tie
ing up the federal highway funds.
“Up To Roosevelt”
Thursday, in his statement, Gov
ernor Talmadge said he had _faith
in the ability of the Georgia con
gressional delegation to obtain the
'state's allotment though it might
be necessary to appeal “directly to
the President.” He said he had per
sonal assurances of both Senators
George and Russell that they were
‘“unqualifiedly contending for re
j lease of these funds to Georgia on
ithe same basis as they are released
S|to other states.”
' He referred to Representative
Vinson being quoted as being in
ifavor of getting the funds ‘in any
, lway that we can” and to corre
: Ispondenoe between Vinson and
l]Captain J. W. Barnett, ousted
|chairman of the board of Highway
_‘eommissioners, discussing Highway
1 !af fairs.
;| He also mentioned that he had
r |declined an offer by W. T. Ander
» | son, publisher of The Macon Tele
graph and Macon Evening news, to
; |go to Washington in an effort to
| |obtain the funds for Georgia,
1| The publisher Thursday night
; pissued the followng statement on
, | his posoition in the matter:
“A few weeks ago, when the
. imartial law was in operation in
- |the Highway department, Con
. |gressman Vinson came to my office,
,{and among other things tallked
e yabout the $10,000,000 special federal
_|funds. He said it was very impor
_|tant to get this money for Georgia,
e |and that if MacDonald couldn’t let
|it come through. Vinson belied un
. {der the public works act that the
President could appoint a personal
, |representative to receive the money
, (and represent the President in its
, | expendture, and have .it come
. | through.
“Congressman Vinson suggested
that T take it up with Governor
Talmadge, and after getting a copy
of the public works law and read
ing the paragraph bearing on the
special representative feature, 1
wrote the governor and after out
lining thé law, offered to go to
Washington in an effort to get the
money for Georgia,
Different Construction
“Next morning the governor
phoned me and said he appreciated
my interest, but that he thought
the money would be forthcoming,
ete.; That Vinson had been op
posed to the money coming to
!Gec-rgla and he would send me a
copy of a letter Vinson had writ
ten Barnett to that effect.
“The next day the governor did
gsend me a copy of the letter from
Vinson, whichk contained the quo
tations above given by the gover
nor, T dd not put the same con
structon upon Vinson’s letter as
the governor did. but let the matter
drop, as I felt that in making the
lnfrer to try to help I had gone as
far as I could”
The Atlanta Journal said Con
gressman Vinson, from his home
in Milledgeville, declared that the
letter of June 15. had no bearing
on the present highway, situation
lweiause it was written before the
(Continued on Page Three)
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Athens, Ga., Friday, August 25, 1933
McCullough Reunited With
Son After 21 Years, Only
To Die Quickly For Murder
Convicted Slayer of Baker
Dies in Chair Friday
At Milledgeville |
FRAME-UP CHARGED ‘
Reunited With Son Just
Before Paying for Crime
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In Electric Chair 1
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga—(AP)—
Andrew McCullough, Fayette
county farmer, was electrocuted
at the state prison farm here Fri
day for the murder of William B.
Baker, former president of the At
‘lantic Ice and Coal corporation of
Atlanta. He went to the electric
chair at 10:58 a. m. and was pro
nounced dead at 11:05.
A few minuies later Eugene
Key, Houston county Negro, also
paid with his life for the slaying
of his wife Katie, near Perry, Ga.,
a year ago. He sat down in the
chair at 11:08 and was pronoun
ced dead at 11:19.
“] have been in a lot of trou
ble,” MeCullough said, as he made
a statement shortly before the
electricity was turned on, “but I
have always believed in' God Al
mighty. I didn't believe he'd al
low an innocent man to suffer.
k. “But I am being Kkilled in a
,frame-up. I never shot at Mr.
‘Baker. I never wanted to hurt
him.
“The one I shot at was his
son.”
Dr. W. P. Baker, son of the
slain man, was also wounded when
his father was killed at their
plantation in Fayette county. %’
recovered. ' £F
“Who did kill Mr. Baker?” War
den Proctor of the state prison
lfarm asked.
Evades Answer
“Well,” McCullough ' freplied,
“When I shot at Dr. Baker my
son took the gun away from me
and emptied the gun in Mr. Ba
ker's direction but I didn’'t see no
bullets hit.” .
Alvin McCullough, son of An-~
drew McCullough, has been sen
tenced to life imprisonment for
his part in the killing of Baker.
He is serving his sentence at the
prison farm here. Roy MecCul
lough, another son, whom the!
father saw Thursday for the first
time in 21 years, is also serving a
sentence here. 3
McCullough remained calm un
til the end, going to his death
with a prayer on his lips.
He talked freely with those
who witnessed «the execution,
among them Chaplain E. C. Ad
kins of the prison and his attor
ney, Frank Bowers of Atlanta.
Calling Bowers close to him,
‘McCullough asked the attorney to
‘see that he was buried in Atlanta.
Bowers replied that might not be
possible Lecause of finances.
McCullough asked that he bei
‘buried in his execution clothing,
‘which he had worn for sometime,
consisting of a dingy blue denim
coat and trousers and rouxh‘
shoes. He asked that his good |
clothing be given to his sons. ‘
“Whiskey did it,” McCullough
‘told Bowers. “I had been drink
ing considerably that day and
what actually happened is not all
clear to me.” . ®
The execution was held up an
hour because of a break in the
Yower line. He was given two
shocks of current.
' He asked that his two daugh
ters who live in Atlanta be asked
not “to think hard of the boys.”
As the cap was being applied,
Chaplain Adkins talked and pray
ed with McCullough.
| ‘Trusts God’
“Now do vyou really trust in
God?” Adkins asked.
“Yes sir,” McCullough replied.
“It’s natural,” MecCullough con
tinued, “to have bitterness in
your heart when somebody’s ‘done
(Continued on Page Six)
Key Fears Dictatorship If Recovery
Program of Roosevelt Is a Failure
ATLANTA, Ga.—(AP)—Unless
President Roosevelt's re-employ
ment program succeeds, Mayor
James IL.. Key of Atlanta fears a
dictatorship might be the alterna
tive. |
Addressing members of the Ju
nior Chamber of Commerce here
Thursday on the eve of their
block-to-block canvass to —enroll’
business firms under the NRA, the‘
mayor said. i
“I am not an alarmist, but I see
a dictatorship as a possibility and
Ido not hesitate to approve the
attitude of the government.
TODAY'S BEST
HUMAN INTEREST
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LEONARDTOWN, Md. —(&)
The story of a crippled boy’'s
heroism in rescuing a woman
and five children during the
height of the storm at Piney
Point, Md., was brought here
Friday.
The boy was Robert Hedrick,
20, of Falls Church, Va. The
identity of the woman and
children was not learned.
So rapidly did tha water rise
at Piney Point, the tip of land
between the Chesapeake Bay
and the Potomac river, that
many of the summer colonists
at the resort were trapped in
their homes.
In a small rowboat, Hedrick
went from house to house
warning the residents they had
better seek higher ground. He
discovered the woman and
children marooned in one of
the houses and put all of them
in the boat,
There was not room for him,
80 he plunged in the water,
swam from tree to tree, haul
ing the boat after him each
_ time he reached a tree, A rope
attached to the prow of the
} boat wag tied around his
waist.
When he finally reached
% higher ground, he was ex-
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NRA Headquarters Say
Hard-Hit Firms May Use
Symbol Temporarily l
By JAMES: COPE
WASHINGTON.—(AP)—A pro
visional use of the Blue Eagle in
signia by stores and factories
claiming special hardships would
be wrought them by full compli
ance with the President's agree
ment was decreed Friday by :he
covery adminisrtation. l
Themas S. Hammond, executive
director of the NRA campaign
division, ruled that a white stripe
with the word “provisional” print
ed upon it should be pasted across
the Blue Eagle in such esta.blish-]
ment pending decision on whether‘
the exemptions asked would be
accepted. After decision, either
the bar may be removed or the
i(eagle will have to be taken down.
i This order went forth as the
administation began examination
Ltof the retail druggists’ code, call
|ing for the longest work hours
| yet proposed by an trade or indus
itry since the industrial control
movement was started.
The druggists asked a b6-hour
work week for ordinary employes,
with no limit whatever on phar
macists, outside salesmen and
'other special classes. They claim
‘ed such hours were necessary be
| cause drugstores kept open much
|longer than ordinary retall estab-‘
lishments. |
Store operation hours were set
!hy the code at 0. Minimum wages |
| were left at the prevailing sl2 to
|sls range, depending upon popu
;lutlon of the community.
| The rest of the retail trade, ex
{cept food, which remains to be
| handled separately, asked a 44 to
| 48-hour week in hearing completed
;Thursdmy night. That code, how
| ever, is due for further overhaul
|ing in committee sessions.
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now they have just as much right
to draft property and money.
“The employer who does not
come into the NRA will find him
self working under a permit, a
matter which will be harsh but
fair. Why should one employer,
who is meeting the provisions of
the recovery program, be forced to
faoce the unfair competition of one
who does not?”
The mayor said people number
ing between 50,000 and 60,000 are
on the relief rolls in Atlanta and
must be fed by charity every day.
(Continued On Page Three)
FEDERAL RESERVE l
5 WARNED CREDIT
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Senator Thomas Says That
Disaster Looms Unless
Action |s Taken
TREASURY IS HEALTHY
Inflation or Resignation
Are Not Discussed
At Conference
WASHINGTON,—(#)—The Fed
eral Reserve system last week
tried to make $35,000,000 in new
credit available to American busi
ness but was warned today by Sen
ator Thomas (D-Ckla) that with
out additional action “there is in
evitable disaster #&head.”
For months the 12 Federal Re
serve banks have limited their op
erations to purchasing from com
mercial banks, government secu
rities. The theory is that federal re
serve currency or credit thus will
replace the goverument securities
in bank vaults, and since the cur
rency and credit bring in no in
terest while idle, they will be
leaned.
Last week, the 12 central banks
purchased $35,000,600 worth of se
curities. The week before; the pur
[chase totaled only $11,000,000.
Wrote To Black
' [Before .the statement was issued
on last week’s operations, Thomas
wrote Governor Eugene R. Black
of the Federal Reserve board that
there must be “courageous” ac
ton “along lines which the federal
reserve has heretofore opposed.”
“I have sopn&ored since 1931 bills
for issuance of treaury notes to
lbring the urgently needed relief to
our people,” Thomas wrote. “How
|ever, I was defeated in these efforts
by the Federal Reserve, who were
directed by large Wall street de
flationists,
| “Under normal conditions, 1
’wou]d not propose direct issuance
of non-interest-bearing Treasury
‘notes. However, when it is neces
sary X X x reputed standards must
give away to national necessity and
‘ solvency.,” ‘
. There are no direct statement as‘
to whaty the Federal Reserve would
do in the new week Friday enter
ing its second day. |
More Favorable ‘
Some pointed out that the twelve
central reserve banks already held
$2,094,000,000 worth of government
securities, $243,000,000 more than on
August 24 last year. It was added
that although this method of ex
panding currency had been tried
previously without full success,
general conditions now might be
more conductive to benefit from
sizeable open market purchases.
~ Hugh S. Johnson, industrial ad
‘ministrator, recently disclosed that
he had a plan in mind that would
make more credit available, He
conferred with Reserve officials.
There was no indication, though,
that the step up in open market
operations had any conneetion with
his plan. /
Numerous influential members of
congress have been urging Presi
dent Roosevely to use laws to issue
more currency. When that idea was
advocated to him again recently,
he smilled. He might have had open
market purchases in mind.
SILENT ON INFLATION
HYDE PARK, N. Y, — (AP) -
Secretary Woodin assured Presi
dent Roosevelt Friday of a healthy
Treasury well able to handle the
$3,300,000,000 public works program
and as he left his conference at
the summer White House he an
nounced that neither inflation nor
his regignation had come up.
The President also seny out
word through his secretary, Steph
en T. Early, emphasizing that the
two speculative topics—inflation
and the resignation of Mr. Woodin
—had not received any considera
tion during the over-night visit
with the Treasury head.
Mr. Woodin gave particular at
-
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Wed for but five days to Prince
di Siriggnano don Francesco Cara
vita of Italy, pretty Janet Snow
den (above), oil heiress, has an
nounced her intention to seek an
annulment of the marriage. Her
hasty decision to wed the ltalian
nobleman, whom she had known
only two weeks, was a mistake,
she sald.
Farm Administrators Seek
To Learn How Much
Cost Is on Consumer
WASHINGTON. —(AP)— Farm
administrators want to know, just
how much the processing tax and
'the NRA. code for the cotton tex
tile industry is costing the con
sumer and whether it is cutting
down consumption of the chief
crop of the south.
They want to determine whether
there is a factual basis for claims
‘of textile representatives that mills
~are being forced to dlose down
‘because of a combination of the
two recovery measures.
~ They are skeptical and made no
‘bones about their skepticism
;Thurs‘day is calling an informal
‘hearing Sept. 7, when they will
lopen inquiry into changes in
costs recorded in the last two
months.
George N. Peek, chief adminis
trator of. the farm act, who called
‘the hearing, sald that in addition
to the gomplaints from the textile
industry, numerous complaints
have been received from consum
‘ers that “prices of cottor goods
have gone up faster than the pro
cessing tax and NRA code justify.”
Ag a result he intends that the
hearing shall also determine whe
ther the processing tax of 4.2 cents
a pound, in effect since August 1,
is being used as “an excuse= of
profiteering and pyramiding.”
~ If the informal hearing shows
that there is evidence of decreased
consumption, profiteering or pyra
miding, it will be followed by a
formal hearing, after which the
processing tax could be reduced.
Peek said that he does not be
lieve a reduction is justified.
International Wheat Meeting Conquers
Tariff, Price Difficulties in Agreement
LONDON —(#)— The United
Kingdom provided thé stand
ard of wheat prices set forth
in the agreement reached to
day at the International Wheat
conference.
The price of wheat agreed
upon—l 2 pre-war gold French
francs per quintal or at pres
ent exchange about 87 Ameri
can centy a bushel—is based
upon an average of all grades
of wheat coming into all parts
of the United Kingdom. When
this price has been maintained
for four months wheat import
ing countries agree tocuttheir
tariffs. 5
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LONDON — (#) — The lntern_a'-
tional wheat conference conquered
tariff and price difficulties Friday
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City of Birmingham Gets
To Port Safely After .
Terrific Struggle :
By The Assoziated Press ’
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storm had blown itself out Fri 5
but from northern New York to
North Carolina there mma&ufi
devastating floods, stupendous
property damage and a mounting
deah list. e
The death toll reached 47 as re
ports from hard-hit areas trickled
in and the prospects were that it
would go even higher, -
Coast guard cutters still sought
the motorship Solarina, a 226-ton
craft missing off the Carolinas with
12 persons aboard, the ship, .bound.
from Winyah Bay, 8. C,, to Souths
port, N, C,, first was reported safe
in a South Carolina cove, but Fri
day a checkup disclosed nothing of
her. .
There also was a possibility that
some smaller craft off Virginia
[wem missing and that a thorough
investigaticn of some water-logged
resorts would disclose additional
casualties. ! o
Hundreds Homeless -
Hundreds were made homeless
in southwest Philadelphia as the
swirling waters inundated an area
of “teyi “square miles. The Philadel
phia airport also was under water.
Water was receding from the
marooned Camp Achvach for boys
and girls at Godeffory, N. Y. and
Port Jervis police reported there
no longer wis any danger to lives
there. - i
‘ After leaving New Yg;'k ‘the
storm, considerably lessenéd in in
| tensity, struck' out over Nova
‘Scotiu and the gulf of St
Lawrence, causing a violenf elec
‘tricul disturbance but umé dam
age. i ]
The death toll by states stood as
follows: New York, 2; New Jer
sey, 10; Pennsylvania, 14, Mary=
|land, 10, and Virginia, 11, ’
| SO § oo i
SAFE IN PORT t
SAVANNAH, GA., —li(f)— The
S, 8. City of Birmingham was safe
in port Friday after flirting with
disasier on the dangerous lh’fififi
off Cape Hatteras. i
Passengers, including a veteran
mariner, said the vessel was saved
from poining wrecks hulk in: that
| “Graveyard of Ships” only by the
' supper seamanship of ‘Captain
| Hammond anpd his crew. )‘ ’
| The Birminghsm endouintered
| Wednesday's hurricane in the. worst
lplace on the whole Atlantic sea
]board. She was tossed about like a
| scow and part of the time hugeé
‘waves submerged her decks but she
came through with only one cass
lualty aboard.
| O. B. Strong, superintendent of
!Savannah schools, was hurled
'against a rail as the ship luprched
and one rib was broken. . -
I The heighth of the storm was
{met off Diamond Shoals, a -sghort
distance north of Cape Hatteras,
at 11 o’clock Wednesday night, The
| lurching of the ship caused cargo
ito shift and the Birmingham be
|gan to list at an eight degree angle,
Stcering Difficulg At Ak
Waves poured through the state
rooms, and the skylights on the
huricane deck and the ship’s stores
were badly damaged. Steering was
done under greatest difficulty be
cause of the heavy seas backwash
ing from the shoals just off the
starboard, b
Captain H. M. Fleetwood, a mas
(Continued on page six.) ’
by arriving at a final® agreement
‘which ties in wheat imposting na.
tions with a broad program ‘de
signed to boost ‘the price of the
grain by - eutting production and
stimulating consumption. Gai il
The chief barrier to this agree
ment had been ' the question of
how high the price of wheat must
go before the importers would
lower their tariffs. This problem
was met by a compromise. ' .
The exporters, who had deméands
ed that tariffs be lowered onee
wheat had stood at 82 cents'a
‘bushel for four months, acceptéd
a price of 87 eents instead. 'The
importers had been demanding 9¢
to 95 cents. el
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