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"~ COTTON MARKET MIDDLING .. .o o «o oo 9 1-8 c pREVIOUS CLOSE .. ... 9 1-8 c Vol. 101, No. 197. TROPICAL STORM HITS NEAR CUBA CHILD JNSON REPDRTS JANY TOWNG OVER TOF IN CAMPMGN Re-Organization of NRA To Follow Departure Of Dudley Cates FORD KEEPS SILENCE Magnate Shuts Himself In Hotel Room to Telephone Edsel WASHINC 1 TON—(P)—Child labor was history today in hundreds of thousands of business establish ments. ! Every signer of President Roose velt's re-employment agreement— estimated by NRA officlals at around I,ooo,ooo—was pledged not to employ children under 16 years Other hundreds, functioning under codes and modified agreements similarly were pledged, though in some instances allowed to employ chiliren from 14 'to 16 outside school hours. . Marking the day too was a def inite start by the NRA on a sec ond important phase of its career —that of staff consolidation and reorganization for the problems to succeed the whirl-wind Blue Eagle drive. . Hugh S. Johnson, recovery ad ministrator, told of his reorgani zation intentions after the resigna tion of Dudley Cates, the assistant adminisrator mepresenting industry, hecause of differences of opinion with his chief. Picks Key Men. Johnson said his personnel shift ing plans and Cates' retirement were nog related, but used the oc casion to disclose that he careful- Iy has picked men for key jobs in what he predicted will be “a cream organization.” This reorganized NRA will deal with the barely scratched prob lems of code administration, in cluding such questions as price control, the adjustment of labox difficulties, the operation of code authority committees, higher pur chasing power for wage and sal ary earners and the abolition of destructive competition without monopolistic suppression of small units, More immediate, however, was the completion of codes for the soft coal and retail trade indus tries. Final action on these wefs set for after Labor day. Just how many children were af fected by the- Blue Eagle toda)‘ was not estimated, but 1930 census figures showed 197,621 persons be tween 10 and 15 years of age gain fully employed outside of agricul ture. With volunteer workers winding up the week's intensive campaign Johnson reported that “certain towns have gone clear over the top, not only with 100 per cent cooperation on the part of employ ers who have signed the presi dent's agreement but also by con- Actuallly Working | ‘lt makes me personally feel that NRA is approaching a high production = point. . . . The plan{ righy now is something more than theory. It is actually working| ‘” most of our largest cities andl " thousands of smaller communi-l In announcing the resignation of Cates, Johnson said differences of opinion over policy and inter pretation of the law had arisen between the two. He continued: “We both have done everything we ild to reconcile thisx differ nee . . This is unavoidable and In"the circumstances, the only honorable and courageous solution [ the problem”. | _One cause of dissension was in w by a memorandum submit- Johnson by Cates on the , question in which Cates fald “the company types of trades Union and employers’ association both essentially provoeative, are istent with the spirit of the Cates proposed a “vertical union’ N each indwstry consisting of or fanization by crafts to establish and maintain differentials of wages dmong employes. e After the Labor day peak of the Slue Kagle drive, NRA will at mpt to take stock of its gains ‘l’? “le out enough violators of the blue Kagle agreement for disci- Piine so as to furnish examples to . s not worth running down in- Uividually, and expedite hearings hundreds of little industries Whose agreements are now waiting ideration. FORD KEEPS STILL _MARQUETTE, Mich. — ® — Scemingly content to stand by his (Continued on Page Bix) ATHENS BANNER-HERALD FULL Associated Press Service. 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B T R S 0 i ST g e B Rt Ron RO B } R % Rs B G g R ) g e HE i ‘g:-“yz;..t»:a e B, Ve R o K S oty oy ‘Q . g 5% T oy 2 ‘”* o o % P o g PR I A B Se B R B aaun aeEes e & Ra e e R bßt 4’76 32 o :::5;(::35 5 RS BERGE e S R POy S s R s R SRR R S S SRR S B b SR RS S O B Bt e BRI ARSI %, S S IR e SR SR RS P D D R kR R Lt X S, BRIV RSR Ni B R,@ R RR R o N R s, R Ry 'MIRIAM HOPKINS, beaute ous Hollywood screen ac tress, is recovering from a ton silar abscess which interrupted production of a movie in which she has the leading role. Here's a recent picture of Miriam, snapped during a moment of play. WOMEN ORGHNIZE T 0 OUST “HUEY” Drive to Be Based on the Charge of “Total Unfit ness for Office” NEW ORLEANS.—(AP)—A wo man’s campaign for national or ganization to oust Huey P. Long from the United States senate is planned by *“The Women’s Com mittee of Louisiana.” Mrs. Hilda Phelps riammond, head of the committee, said the drive would be TDased on charges of “total unfitness for office” and be directed against both Senator Long and his colleague and polit jcal friend, Senator John B Overton. I The plan, Mrs. Hammond said, is for “organization in each state in the proposition that the senate !carmot close its eyes, as it has sone thus far in the Long case, 'when formal charges of dishon esty, corruption and immorality have been filed against one of its members. This is a national, not a state matter.” Senator Long has referred to the group as ‘“ousted politicians hid ing behind the skirts of women.” A group of Louisiana citizens headed by former Governor John N. Parker, brought charges against the senator some months ago but they were referred to a senate judiciary committee a_nd have not been acted upon. TO SELL MEDALS NEW YORK.— (AP) — Bronze medals, - depicting a kingfish ‘re clining in a washstand wearing a black eye and boxing gloves will be offered for sale to the public and the proceeds sent to a com mittee of New Orleans women now being organized for a nation-wide campaign to oust Huey Long from the United States senate. Owen P. Weite, author, said the original of the medal would be struck off in gold and held in reserve for the man who struck Senator Long if his identity is ever established. If not, the gold medal will be offered the Sands Point club on Long Island, where the Kingfish said he was “ganged” and rumor said “smacked” by an irdividual. l Weite suggested the medal for Mhe unidentified individual in “jest, . but said he received so many con ltributlons that the plan would be carried out. Love Letters Strengthen Claire Windsor's Defense In Suit by Broker’s Wife . 5. ATTEMPTS T 0 RETURN ELMORE | Aviator Says Otis Gooch And Sorrow Not Involv ed in Conspiracy Federal authorities here had not learned today whether or not at tempts of Department. of Justice men to bring Frank Elmore, former Athens aviator arrested near Dub lin in connection with a bank rob bery and the rébbery of the Uni versity of Gecrgia arsenal to Ath ens have been successful. : Elmore is wanted here on charges of stealing six Browning machine guns, with * tripods and iwo belt loading machines, 16 au tomatic rifles, and several rifles. Elmore wag arrvested Wednesday after a chase through a south Georgia swamp, and charged with the $7,000 robbery of the Bank of Brewton, It is not known here yet whether he will 'be held by the state on the bank robbery charge, or turned over to the government on the University robery case. Goosh Sorrow Innocent ' The aviator declared a; Macon }where he ig being held, that Otis Goosh and Paul Sorrow—held here on charges of receiving, conceading and disposing of stolen U. SB, Gov ernment property—had nothing to do with the University robbery, Hq said the arms were hidden in Goosh's barn without his know ledge, and Sorrow merely rode to Miami with him. George Kinard and John Fuller are being held un der $5,000 honds, and @ Mayrard Goos has been released undr $2,000 bon on the same charges. Otis Goosh has been released under $5,000 bond, Elmore named Kinard and Fuller as his companions in the conspiracy, officers said. Elmore told officers at Macon that his life since leaving Wash ingtecn his native state in 1918, had been ‘“‘eone thing after another.” He had been anything, he was quoted as saying, from an aviator instructor at Gainesville, Ga., to commander in ranks of the Cuban rebels, where he said he taught 1,000 men how to handle guns like the sub-machine guns he sold them. . “There isn't much to my Cuban lexperience, however,” he said. I'd rather not talk much about it. You :know ‘they're still having trouble iI was there only a few weeks,” That experience, FKElmore said, was about six months ago, and as a result of hig connection with the rebels there, he formed the con spiracy to steal the guns. . | With Rebels ! Elmore was quoted as saying (Continued On Page Three) TODAY’S BEST HUMAN INTEREST STORY CHICAGO —()— A woman who identified herself as Miss Alice Ziebur, of Chicago, prob ably had no ided she might turn into something of a nudist unexpectedly, but she had not counted on meeting Mrs. Fre ida Pitman of Cheyenne, Wyo. She met Mrs. Pitman Thurs day night on the ' corner of State and Madison streets. Mrs¢ Pitman, whose suitcase containing S4OO ,worth of clothing was stolen shortly after she arrived on June 3 ‘to visit the World's Fair, sum moned a polHceman and in formed him tha¢ the dress Miss Ziebur was wearing was one that she (Mrs. Pitman) had “made with my own hands and from a pattern of my own design.” The policeman and the two women proceeded -to the de tective bureau. There Miss Ziebur unhooked ‘the dress and handed it over. Mrs. Pit man then looked at the gloves Miss Ziebur was wearing. as well as the slippers, the hose and the lingerie. “Why,” she exclaimed, “ev erything the woman is wear ing belong to me but the hat. let her keep the hat” Miss Ziebur stepepd behind a screen and handed over the other articles. She was held without charge. Mrs. Pitman, with the clothing over her arm, swept triumphantly from the door. She paused long enough, however, to say: “I suggest that you find vourself a good newspaper and make some clothing you can call your own.” 35 i Athens, Ga., Friday, September 1, 1933. Read to Assist Blonde Actress, Though ' He “Doesn’t Love Her”’ DEFENSE CONTINUED Mrs. Read Near Collapse At Hearing of Fervid Letters From Mate LOS ANGELES—(#)—Alfread C. | Read said’today he no longer loved Claire Windsor, blonde actress from whom the handsome Oakland broker's former wife seeks SIOO,- 000 in an alienations of atfectionei suit . now on trial. “Nor do 1 love Marian any more,” he said, adding that he would assist Miss Windsor in the suit brought by Mrs. Marian Read. Read expressed sympathy for his former wife, who after listen ing yesterday to fervent love let ters exchanged between Read and Miss Windsor, suffered a near col lapse and was forced to retire from the courtroom., Miss Windsor ,was to continue today the story of her romance with the broker, who, she alleges. deceived her into believing he was unmarried. T will be her third dayJ in the witness chair. The actress so far has related) how she met Read on a New Mex-.l ico desert railroad station plat form during a train stop, how hel kissed her during a “gorgeous moonlit night,” as they stood on the observation car platform as the train Trolled through Kansas' and how he proposed to her as the! train click-clacked its way through[ the corn belt of Tlllinois. g “In a letter to Read dated Sep tember 17, 1931, Miss Windsor in part, wrote: : ; “Darling—l have received your letters, a telegram and a long dis tance call. You are a dear to do that . . . I am sure it is because I need you, dear. (The writer was speaking of being upset and near exhaustion from rehearsing for her show in New York). I need a protector and someone to love me as I know you do—l only hope| 1 feel well and rested when I see you.” 4 In another letter written three days later, Miss Windgor referred) to Willlam K. Vanderbilt, jr. 1| “He's not interested in me, dar-| ling, so don't worry—only a kid| and with very little sense,” she* wrote. , Read, returning to California| over the same railroad tracks on| which the romance had blossom ed, wrote: , “Dearest Claire — Sweetheart, 1| never knew bhefore just how many\ tears T had in me. I have had your picture out almost contlnut)usl_v.l If there was cnly a way to get ofi} this train and get back to you forl just one more kiss, T think T would probably do it. . . . Be gocd., sweet heart, and think of your AL"” \ ATLANTA POLICE CHIEF INDICTED Indictments Follow In vestigation of ‘‘Courtesy Card Racket” ATLANTA, Ga.— (AP) —Chief | of Police T. O. Sturdivant and six oth‘ir persons Friday were un-! der indictments charging cheating and swindling in connection with obtaining - funds for the police, year book. The charges are class ed as misdemeanors. The indictments, returned | Thursday by the Fulton county| grand jury, followed a long inves tigation. into promotion of the book and an alleged police ‘“‘cour tesy” card racket in Atlanta. I Others indicted were Hugh G. Krein and E. J. Daly, the pro moters, and A. M. Brown, C. E. Leifer, W. M. Francis and P. J. Willis, listed as solicitors. J The Chief of Police is named in| an indictment charging he, Krein| and Daly defrauded the City Cot-i ton Mills of $lO. The others were| named on similar charges. { Sturdivnat, his wife, his secre- | 'tary, Oscar H. Pendley, Krein, | Mrs. Krein and Daly also were | ordered to. produce records of their | ‘bank accounts. . | f Witnesses at the investigation| conducted by the police committee of city council said Krein and| Daly were under contract to pro-| duce the year book, receiving 75| percent of the income, the remain- | der to go to the police benefit| fund. | Others alleged they had been approached through letters wm-; (Continued on Page Six) 1‘ —ESTABLISHED 1832 TOBACCO MARKETS DECLARE HOLIDAY 10 RAISE PRICES North Carolina Governor Urges No Sales Until Prices Go Up EFFECTIVE MONDAY Action Effects the Entire Bright Leaf Industry In North Carolina pAI..P]IGH. N. C. —(®)— North Carolina’s huge tobacco markets which supply much of the world's smoking need¢, go on a voluntary holiday Saturday by proclamation of the governor. - Calling upon farmers and ware housemen to refrain from sales of the flue-cured crop until the gov einment acts to raise prices, Gov ernor J. C. B. Ehrianghaus issued the proclamation Thursday night. , Although without warning of the aoction, warehousemen of the new bright leaf belt, which opened sales Tuesday with prices disapa pointing to growers, indicated their cooperation. A¢ their request the governor modified the holiday demand so that sales could con tinue Friday to clear floors of mil lions of poinds placed there yes terday. Markets do not operate on Sat urday, thus a full reaction to the action unprecedented in thig state =ll not be avallable until Mon day. . Thousands of growers anxiously awaited word from the executive mansion at Columbia, where Gov ernor Ira C. Blackwood of South arolina had indicated he would , ..» +~the holiday today. ¥ T with a cold, the governor said m;t night he “rather thought” he would join North Carolina’s chief executive {n the holiday. ’ Many warehousemen in eastern North Carolina said they would only support the plan if South Carolina did, fearing otherwise many Tar Heel farmers would carry their crop to markets in the sister state. ‘ Governor Ehringhaus acted after ‘2.000 farmers in a mass meeting ‘here Thursday * demanded he de clare martial law to close the markets until higher prices are paid. - The proclamation pointed ouf the governor had no authority to command the markets closed orto idpcla!‘e martial law for the pur pose but it asked “farmers, ware ‘housemen and all good citizens to cooperate in this marketing holi day, and during its continuance to refrain from selling or offering tobaceo for sale under the ware ‘house laws of North Carolina” A charge that the “Big Four” to hacco companies control prices at which the weed is bought was imade at the mass meeting by Dr. J. Y. Joyner of LaGrange, chair ‘'man. Prices on the new bright leaf belt, one of the world's larg est, have averaged between 10 and ’l2 cents a pound for the three ‘days of sales this week. This is slightly higher than last year's price but growers contended the price is “ruinous”. The mass ‘meeting asked an average of 20 cents. . SOUTH CAROLINA JOINS COLUUMBIA. S. C.—(A)—Gover nor Blackwood Friday announced he would proclaim a voluntary to (Continned on Pasre Three) Educators Meet in. Atlanta to Decide On Free Textbooks ATLANTA, Ga—(AP)—An in terstate organization of officials and educators assembled here to day to study proposals for free school books and uniform funda ‘mental texts for elementary grades., The meeting was called by Gov ernor Irba C. Blackwood of South Caroling who sent invitations to boards of education, textbook icommissions, 'fleacher®’ associa tions and governmental heads of the south and eslewhere. ; Listed as *speakers on the pro gram for the two-day session were Governor FEugene Talmadge of Georgia, Governor Dave Sholtz of Florida, State Senator D. J. Gunsett of Van Wert, Ohio; Jule ID. Warren, secretary-treasurer of the North Carolina Education as sociation and others. J‘ State Senator Edgar A. 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KSR o % 7—“ Crucial points in the “campus murdeéf™ trial 6f David A Lamson, Stanford University Press sales manager, are shown in the above pictures, with Lamson himself at left At the top, investigators are shown raking through the backyvard bonfire in which was found a length of pipe,”and in which Lamson is alleged to have ‘burned clothing shortly before his wife’s battered body was found in the bathtub of their home. (shown in the diagram below). Lamson is on trial at San Jose. Calif. David Lamson Seen Visiting Mrs. Kelly in Sacramento Apartment Several Times in March and ' April, Witnesses Declare PREMIER REPORTS FAENCH DEFENSES Deladier Considers Forti fications Adequate to Prevent Invasion | PARlS—Premier Edouard Dala |dier Friday told the French Cabi- Ine¢ about the strength of France's new steel and concrete defense chain along the German frontier while Nazi followers of Chancellor !I—li-tler were opening their “Victory i Convention” in Nurnberg, Germany | The premier's report of this re ‘cent inspection tour, as war min ister, of the solid barrier of ultra modern fortifications ocdupied the cabinet meeting, except for Dala |deir's outline of Austro-German | troubles. The new fortifications cost SIOO,- 000,000 and. include trenches and | dugouts over a 125-mile line. i M. Daladier described the new !defenses as adequate in blocking lan invasion. ~ GERMANY WELL PREPARED ; STRASBOURG, France—(/P)—An {arficle asserting that Germany could be ready for war in -the air ;and on land within a year will be published Saturday by the Stras ‘bourg newspaper Dernieres Nou velles, German industry has been work ing to full capacity since May 1 the article says, and is capable’of starting to preduce sufficient poi son gas in EIX weeks, explosives in th"ee months, rifles and ma chine-guns .in six months, and heavy artillery in ten months. | Air warfare, the article declares, could commence sooner because factories are equipped for quick production and commercial planes have heen especially designed for conversion into military craft. The article says that the Ger man aerial network has been de veloped far beyond commercial needs and “the same applies to strategic roads, bridges and rail ways' which are especially adapta ble for troop movements. ] PUBLISHER DIES NEW YORK — (#) — E. Pho cian Howard, publisher, for the last ten yearg of the, New York Press, a sporting paper, and iden tified for upwards of 30 years with horse racing as a writer, died this morning of a heart attack at Sara -1082 No Yol s ns st s A. B. C. Paper—Sirgle Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday. SAN JOSE, Calif. —(#)— Testi mony that David A. Lamson, 31- year-old representative of the Stanford University Press charged with murdering his wife, visited Mrs. Sara M. Kelley, Sacramento divorcee, five or six times at her apartment there during March and April, was introduced by the state at the trial here. Eldridge Ray, of Sacramento was the last of a series of Sacra- mento residents called in an at tempy to egbtalish that the de fendant was interested in Mrs. Kelly., The state alleges Lamson beat pretty Aliene Thorpe Lamson to death last Memorial day in their campus bungalow as there sult of marital strife. Ray said he lived on the same floor as Mrs. Kefly, and that Lamson visited her g,,anerally ir the evening. On one occasion, he said, Lamson ‘and Mrs. Kelley came to his home when friends were calling at a celebration i honor of the arrival in the Ray family of a child. Lamson, so far as he knew, al ways left Mrs. Kelley's apartment early in the evening, Ray said in answering Defense Attorney Mau rice Rankin’'s question. Other Sacremento residents “ have, testi fied Lamson was' seen frequently in the company of the divorcee during the spring months of this vear, He bought her flowers on nine occasions and was seen at breakfast, luncheon, and dinner with her at other times, they said The state was expected to rest its case late today. Rumors About Ford ~ Are Without Basis, Declares Associate ~ DETROIT. —()— While belief grew here Friday that Henry Ford has some spectacular “go it alone” plan up his sleeve in his controver sy with the NRA, a source close to the motor manufacturer scoffed at a rumor that sharing profits with employes is a part of the scheme. Of all the reports which have been circulated about what Ford— who has not signed the NRA auto mobile code~—may or may not do an associate of the manufacturer who refused, to permit his name to be used, selected the profit sharing gossip for a flat denia) ~ “It's strictly the ‘bunk,” ’'he said :gv 800 Gon s BRITISH STEAMER CAUGAT BY GALE OFF CUBIN COAST 3 b 7 .~$ ':"@”. People of Havana Digging In as Hurricane ' & Nears City e MAY HIT KEY WEST i O <4 Weather Bureau Is’ Watching Second « = Disturbance Also ' \MIAMI, Fla. —(P— Attended by . gales over a considerable area and winds of hurricane force near the center, a tropical storm Friday swept along the northern shore of Cuba, putting a British freighter in distress, while a second di;- turbance was reported near Puerto Rico. ot In a 10 a. m. advisory received by the weather bureau here from Washington the new disturbafnce was located as being central about 170 miles northeast of Puerto Rico, moving west or northwest- y ward. The advisory said it was of “at least moderate intensity." Meantime, caught In the path of the first storm near Cayo Bahia Del Cadiz, about 100 miles east of Havana, the freighter Josephl&: Gray broadcast an SOS saying/ it required ‘“‘immediate assistance'fi{».' The steamship Athel M promised assistance as soon a 8 weather conditions permit her to. proceed. i In an advisory, received by the ‘weather bureau here from Wash ington, the disturbance this morn ing was located as being central ‘on the Cuban coast 100 miles east of Havana, moving west or slight-. ly north of west at about 17 miles an hour. Accompanied by shifting gales over a considerable area and by winds of hurricane foree mnear the center, the storm will pass near Havana early this afternoon, the advisory said. ' o e INHABITANTS DIGGING IN " HAVANA—(P—Throughout %b-f vana Friday merchants boarded up their doors and reinforced their. windows in the expectation that. the city would be hit by a eycelonie disturbance accompanied by 60 and 70-mile winds which was }mcvin‘g along the northern coast, driving inhabitants inland and lwrecklng communication lln&. The Belen observatory mfityd, that the storm was center . at, 8:30 a. m. over Cardenas, 70 mfig-;, east of Havana. The obaervat:aé predicted that the center of the ‘disturbance proba,{)ly would pnlli slightly north of the ecity. - Officials at the observatory ‘e *‘, ’pected high water all along' the Malecon, the broad thoroughfare on the waterfront, and as probable that that section 43;5- vana would be flooded. el b Persons living In housed and apartments along the wat - moved out to higher groung ® The national observatory rpfi@ : ed winds of hurricane force struck then orthern parts of Matanzas and Havana provinces this mern«»; ing. The observatory predicted that the center of the disturbance would pass near Havana between 1:00 and 3:00 o’clock this afters noon. The announcement uam the storms in*ensely had increased considerably during the night. ~ As the morning wore on the obs servatories, which described the storm as & hurricane, said it aps parently was increasing in intens sity as it approached Havana. The¥ announced that the danger wal great, and all precautions wers urged. s Sheets of rain were driven om the city by winds from the north. Reports from Matanzas provincd were that the barometer was drop ing fast, with the winds Tefim an estimated 20 miles an hour. The liner Mauretanai sent word that it was off Cape-San Antonio awaiting news of the storm.‘;..,&; ship expects to enter the harbor Saturday. a ‘;u _ The Standard Fruit Liner Cefalu came in at 7:00 a. m. and the United Fruit Ship Zacapa arrived three hours later. e Many commercial airlines were unable to keep up their schedules, A tidal wave of unknown height LOCAL WEATHER e R Generally fair tonight and Saturday. i TEMPERATURE Lt HlßheSt .. cédh i oeivineniintiie LIOWeBt ‘soin sins ewnt wun it MOAR iy Sika cavs asmairn SN Normal ~..0 .ii. ;soaioonnli RAINFALL it Inches last 24 hours .. .« T Total since September 1 .. T.. Deficiency since September 1 12 Average September rainfall 3.50 Total since January 1 .. ..2666 Deficiency since January 1. 848 son i (Continued on Page Six)
