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Vol. 101. No. 215.
Gunmen Make Daring Holdup In Chicago
Ceorgia, Carolinas, And!
Florida Fully Organized
Under Mortgage Act
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prime Motive Is to Get
Farmer Out of Debt,
Morgenthau Says
COLUMBIA, S. C.—(#)—Thefed
eral land bank district comprising
the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida
Friday had become the third to be
organized fully under the emergen
cy farm mortgage act. ‘
Henry Morgenthau, jr., governor
of the federal farm credit admin-;
istration came here Thursday to
approve final details for the estab
lishment of a production credit
corporttion and a bank for co-op
eratives.
These two newly-organized units
supplement the federal land bank
and the intermediate credl; bank
and complete the farm credit ad
ministration’s set-up in the sdouth
eastern district for tne purpose of
“gotting the farmer out of debt.”
Morgenthau, speaking before 200
representatives from the four states
in the district last night, outlined
the program of the farm credit ad
ministration and expressed hope
that it would eventually be put
on the same basis as the federal
reserve system.
Is Biggest Job
“Our big job is to get the farm
er out of debt,” Morgenthau said.
He expressed hope that in the
not too distant future the credi!
administration would be ‘farmer
owned and run by the farmer’”.
Morgenthau spoke at a confer
ence of administration - officials
and public officials, business, ag
ricultural and other leaders to dis
cuss the set-up and to make plans
for “cutting the red tape” and
speeding up its services.
His remarks on relieving the
farmer of debt followed an asser
tion by Senator E. D. (“Cottdy
Ed") Smith of South Carolina
that:
“The problem today . . . is W
increase our paying power, help us
pay our debts. Onee they are
met, we might be able to gel
along.”
AMERICANS’ HOME
LOOTED IN HAVANA
\VASHINGTON-—KIP)LJI‘he United
States government will make rep
resentations to Havana authorities
as a result of the looting of an
American citizén's home there.
Details of the affair were not
available Friday at the state de
partment, nor was Secretary Hull
informed of the name of the Am
erican concerned,
He said, however, that appar
ently no one had been hurt,
On the basis. of reports from
American consuls received late
Thursday night, Hull said condi
tions in the interior of Cuba ap-
Peared more favorable than at any
time for a week past, but that the
situation in and near Havana was
not so good. ‘
Several other houses in or near
the island capital were looted
Thursday night, Hull said, al-|
though no details of the lawless!
acts were available to him. ‘
PUBLISHERS DUE
FOR NRA HEARING
Lawyer Saysw Publishers
Cannot Be Forced to
Comply to Code
WASHINGTON.— (AP) — Em-
Phasizing their belief they could
not be forced to comply with a
ecovery code, newspaper publish
f's Friday took their proposed
dgreement before the NRA for
nearing, *
In behalf of ‘the American
Newspaper Publishers, association,
Elisha Hanson as counsel, pre-
Sented that organizaton's code,
faying it represented over 1,000
bublishers.,
“This code was not pregentedJ
in behalf of any group of news-
Papers,” he asserted; and there-
Upon dwelt at length on the sec
tion guaranteeing freedom of the
bress.
"No press that was subject to
injunctions *or revocation of lic
fnses could be considered a free
Piess™ the counsel testified.
“We had no fear that the Pres
ident or anyone else would try to
invoke a power to suppress news-
Dapers, but a great majority of
Publishers* could not have seen
their way to join this movement
28 wholeheartedly as they have
Vithout some guarantee of the
Constitutional right.”
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
FULL Associated Press Service.
Rev. David Wright Preaches
First Sermon as New Rector
Ot Emmanuel Church Sunday
Special Programs Are
Planned For All
Services Hern
MAKES HOME HERE
Rev. Wright Is Son And
Bother of Ceorgia
Rectors 2
+Rev. David Cady Wright, jr.
recently rector at Waynesboro
Va., will preach his first sermon
as rector of the Emmanuel Episco
pal church here Sunday at 11 a.
m. Rev. and Mrs. Wright are re
siding at 530 Cobb street. ‘
Rev. Wright, who accepted the
call to the Athens church Sept, 1
and Miss Mildred Woodward Coch
ran, of Staunton, Va. were mar
ried Sept. 6. From June, 1931 un
til September, 1933, Rev. Wright
was rector of St. John's Episcopal
church at Waynesboro, Va. and
the Church of the Good Shepherd
at Folly Mills, Va. .
The new rector was ordained to
priesthood July 7, 1931 by Rt. Rev.
Frederick F. Reese, D.D., Bishop of
Georgia, at Christ church, Savan
nah, Ga. He attended Episcopal
High sc¢hool at Alexandria, Va.,
and graduated from Kenyon col
lege, Gambier, Ohio, and the Epis
copal Theological Seminary, at
Alexandria, Va.
Coming from a family of Episco-i
pal rectors, Rev. Wright is a son
of Rev. Dr. and Mrs. David Cady
Wright of Savannah, and a brother
of Rev. Armstrong Wright of Au-’
gusta. His father is rector of|
Christ chureh at Savannah, while
his brother is rector of St. Paul'sl
cnurch at Augusta.
i{Special programs have been
planned for all services Sunday at
the Emmanuel church. Holy Com
munion will be held at 7:30 a. m.
Church school begins at 9:45 and
‘the morrning prayer and sermon is
at 'll a. m. A college class will
meet at 10 a. m.
Misg Louise Starr, young peoples
director, announced that the Young
Peoples Service League of the Em
manuel church will hold its first
fall meeting Sunday night at 7
o'clock at the Parish House. All
young people are invited.
Rev. Lester Rumble Talks
On Palestine and Near
East
James Sartor, vice-president of
the Citizens and Southern bank
here, was elected vice-president ot
the Kiwanis club Thursday at the
regular < mecjmgeiot “the club held
in Costa's Grill. Mr. Sartor suc
ceeds Dr, J. C. Wardlaw, who
was transferred t.om the Univer
sity in ‘Athens to new offices in
Atlanta.
Rev. Lester Rumble was feature
speaker at the meeting Thursday,
giving impressions of hig recent
trip to Palestine and the Neat|
East, f
“One thing that impressed me
very much,” Dr. Rumble said
“was the parallelism of the old and
new. Alongside a modern train
with the latest model- sleepers, one
can see camel trains. In the streets
of the cities, street clothes such as
we wear can be seen next to the
fiowing oriental garb. The inevita
ble clash frequently occurs and
blood-shed is not avoided.
Church Conflicts
“Another clash arises from the
various religions found in this vi
cinity. Mohammedanism, Judaism
and Christianity exist here side by
side. Not only are there fights be
tween these groups but within the
geparate churches- one finds bat
tles. There are Greek Orthodox
Roman (Catholic, - Armenians, and
many other sects of Christianity
representad here.”
One of the Christian churches
Dr. Rumble said, has adjoining
chapels for the differnnt sects
Rules are that a Frai.ciscan monk
sweeps the dirt to a certain point
where a Greek monk picks it up.
A young Franciscan monk made
the mistake of picking up the dirt
and a fight ensued.
“Of course,” Dr. Rumble said
“this is an extreme case, but if
shows the existing conflicts pres
ent in that section of the world.”
The attendance prize, given by
Kiwanian Pat Lampkin, was wor
by Kiwanian G. W. Henry. A
B. Coile, of the County Clerk's of
fice was a guest of the club.
NO TAXEE, NO TAX
WHEELING, W. Va—(AP)—
Casting about for new taxes, city
council considered levies on thea
ter tickets and cigarettes, but
soon gave the the idea. Attorneys
advised that t only such tax
‘that the city 1d impoése would
be on miniature | golf courses—of
ia’hwh there are/ none operating. .
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URSCHEL RECOVERS
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Money Will Have to Be
Cancelled by 'Washing
ton and Replaced
OKLAHOMA CITY.— (AP) —
Charles F. Urschel Friday recov
ered $1,340 of the $200,000 vunsom
paid to his Kkidnapers but he
couldn't spend it.
¢ have already placed the $1,349
lin a local ‘bank,” the wealthy oil
tman said. “The bank will send it
to Washington, where it will be
’cuncelled znd taken completely
jout of circulation. They will send
new money back to me.”
‘ The reason for the cancellation
is that bankers everywhere are on
the lookout for S2O bills bearing
serial numbers of the ransom
money and anyone trying to pass
‘thom would have some explaining
'to do. .
. Testimony relating to the -dis
‘position of part of the $200,000
‘with which Urschel was ransomed
was admitted over strenuous ob
jections ot counsel for seven Min-«
neapolis and St. Paul defendants
in the kidnaping conspiracy trial
in federal court here Friday.
A. M. Carey of Minneapolis, at
torney for the seven, sought to
rule -out the testimony as con
cerning a matter that occurred
after the conspircay . had been
closed by return of Urschel.
“Your point has effect only as
to the actual abductors,” said Dis
trict Judge Edgar S. Vaught.
Ralph Hagen, manager of a
branch bank at Minneapolis, told
of intercepting part of the ransom
at his bank. His testimony brought
the Minneapolis and St. Paul de
fendants — Isadore Bilumenfield,
Sma Kronick, Pete Valder, alias
Hackett and Nelson; Edward
(Barney) German, Charles Wolk
and Cifford Skelly—into the trial
by name for the first time..
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Officers Aid Fight
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Against Raiders of
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- S. C. Cotton Fields
COLUMBIA, S. C.—(#)— Nearly
two score state officers aided of
ficails of the Peedee region Friday
in efforts to apprehend bands of
men who have been making raids
by night on the cotton fields of
farmers who did not join the fed
eral acreage reduction compaign.,
Sheriff W. R. Wall of Florence
county reported several acres of
cotton pulled up Wednesday night
and asked aid from the state. Gov
ernor Ibra C. Blackwood sent 18
state highway patrolomen and 20
gpecial deputies, and promised
more if they were needed.
Atlanta Motorcade
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Will Visit Athens
Atheng will be the host Saturday
to an Atlanta motorcade, heralding
“Georgia’s Own World Fair,” the
Southeastern Fair, to be held in
Atlanta at Lakewood, October 2-8
inclusive. Prominent Atlantans
who have been invited to join ‘t\xe
group include Mayor Key and Gov
ernor Talmadge.
The motorcade will be met at the
edge ©f town by a welcoming de
legation of Athenians, and escori
ved to the Georgian hotei for lunch.
Abit Nix and Mayor Dudley will
make short talks at the luncheon.
The Atlantans will svisit twenty
Georgia towns, Sound trucks and
novelty floats, in addition to the
jgni}y-decnrated private cars, will
‘make up the moiorcade,
Athens, Ca., Friday, September 22, 1933,
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FO COTTON T
FAVORS PRICE HIKE
Hearing Will Take Up
Effect of Jute on
Consumption -
WASHINGTON.— (AP) -—Pres
jdent Roosevelt Friday called in
his agriculture advisors to con
sider the cotton purchase plan
submitted Thursday by the con
ference of southeastern represen
tatives.
Those summoned were Secre
tary Wallace and George Peek,
the administrator of the agricul
tural adjustment act, and Senator
Bankhead of Alabama, a ‘leader
in the cotton conference. R
The cotton belt states proposed
the government purchase half of
this year's crop still held by pro
ducers—about 5,000,000 bales—at
15 cents a pound, with the under
istanding that for every bale pur
chased by the government the pro
ducers will cut next year's crop
that much.
Favors Price Lift |
To all appearances the Presi
dent is looking favorably on the
proposal to lift cotton prices, but
there is reason to believe he fav
ors a lower price for the govern
ment purchases, nearer 12 cents a
pound.
Meanwhile, a new hearing on
proposals to levy compensatory
processing taxes on commodities
sold in competition with cotton
was called for October 2 Friday
by the agricultural adjustment
administration in response to re
quests of cotton processors who
contend that competing preducts
"q.r‘e,gaininz unfair advantage.
- The hearing will be devoted to
‘the effects of fibers, particularly
Jjute and hemp, on the consump
‘tion of cotton, which since August
1 has borne a processing tax of
4.2 cents a pound.
At a previous hearing data re
specting silk and rayon was pre
sented but no action has been
taken by the administration to
determine, whether processing
taxes should be levied on these.
Information on Jute
At that hearing administrators
said they obtained insufficient in
formation bearing on jute, hemp,
and other fiber products.
The administration has author
ity to levy processing taxes on
products sold in competition with
basic farm products. to prevent
the basic commodity from suffer
ing any competitive disadvantage.
)Cotton processors contend they
‘have been placed under such a
disadvantage since August 1 and
ask for early action.
The AAA is holding in abey
ance a proposal for a hearing on
the effects of the cotiton process
ing tax on consumption of the
staple. ¢
- Representatives of processors
contend that this levy has great
ly reduced consumption.
MEN SUSPECTED OF
CAR THEFT CAUGHT
Description of the Ford coupe
belonging to Miss Duchesg Wil
liams, which was stolen Monday,
has been sent to Augusta police
department by Chief Seagraves, on
receipt of the news thay two men
have been arrested there as heads
of an automobile theft ring.
The two men, Howard Hartley
and Floyd Davis, alias Floyd
‘White, were arrested in Augusta
and eight cars recovered. Although
the ring wag working in Greenville,
S. C., Piedmont, S. C,, and Ander
son, S, C., three of the cars are
from Georgia. Two of them have
been identified, and the other three
are from Greenville.
. It is suspected that these men
are members of the gang who
passed through Atheng Monday in
a car with a South Carolina tag,
and were seen leaving sown in
"Miss William’s automobile. It was
taken from Broad street in front
of the niversity., where the owner
had parked it. 3
Jury Acquits Youth
After Less Than an
Houi’s Deliberation
VALDOSTA, Ga—(AP)—A jury
deliberated 45 minutes and acquit
ted Lowell Hagan, KEchols county
‘youth who was charged with the
ambush slaying of two persons.
Hagan was indicted by the
grand jury in the slaying of Remer
Lofton and Earl Hutchinson, the
latter a 10-year-old boy. The two
were slain several months ago as
they were driving at night over a
country road in Echols comly-
Lonnie Strickland, accompanying
them, was seriously wounded by
buckshot fired from a thicklv
wooded section.
—ESTABLISHED 1832
New Officers Are
Named by Prince
Avenue Baptists
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New officers have been elected |
by the Prince Avenue Buptist;
church, with 66 members of the |
congregation being named church[
leaders. |
New deacons elected for three- |
year terms were: G. H. Firor,
chairman; R. N. Wilson, L. P.
Green, W. E. Johnson and H. H.l
Shiflet. R. N. Wilson is church
elerk;: J. C. Parham, treasurer.i
anda Miss Marguerite Crowley is
pianist. ‘
George H. Firor - was named
superintendent of the Sunday
'school, with L. P. Green, assist
‘ant superintendent; W. E. John-
Vson. general secretary, and Mrs.
kWfl S. Costry, pianist.
| Superintendents of other de
;par!ments of the Sunday school
Lare as follows: Mrs. Homer Stev
@ls, cradle roll; Miss - Mildred
'Crowley, beginners; < Miss = Allie
!Mae Lang, primary; Mrs. T. W.
!’l‘ippeft. junior; Mrs. |
mewley. intermediate; Mrs. O. W.
“lorne. young peoples.
A superintendent has not \been
tchosen for the adult department
‘and home department. Mrs. F. W.
[l)avison is ‘secretary of the adult
td(-partment.
“College Night Schedul
ed for Saturday Evening
At Memorial Hall
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“College Night”, a receplionl
honoring all new students in the
University of Georgia, will he held
at Memorial Hall Saturday night,
with officers and members of the
Voluntary Religious Association
acting as hosts and hostesses,
The more than 600 entering
freshmen men and women students
will be introduced to the social lifc
of the University at this time andl
given an opportunity to become
acquainted with each other and
with the faculty and other Univer
sity students. Spirituals will be
sung by a group of Negroes dur
ing the evening, and refreshments
will be served.
~ Freshman week activities will be
‘brought to a close Sunday after
noon by the vesper services spon
sored by the Voluntary Religious
‘Welfare Association at 5 o'clock in
the Chapel. A; this time Miss
Margaret Slaton,- Washington
president of the Y. W.. C. A. will
preside, and. the student pastors
of the varior= churche¢ will be in
troduced to the new students by
. L. Secrest, director of the as-|
sociation. }
Dr. Lester Rumble, pastor of
the Wirst Methodist church wil'
make the main address Sunday
afternoon, and short talks will be
given by Milton Richardson, Ma
con, president of the Y. M. C. A.
and Miss Agnes Highsmith, assist
ant directer of association, Louis
McGarity, Athens; Elizabeth Rig
don, Jefferson; and Clyde Jardine
Athens, will also appear on the
program.
~ H. J. Stegeman, dean of men
will~addresy the treshman boys a'
!a general assembly Saturday morn
‘ing, and the rgst of the day will
be devoted to registration proce
‘dure for both men and womun
students.
l . CHEESE IT, FIDO
" NEW YORK.—t AP)—Theres' a
certain bulldog on the sidewalks
of New Cork which had better go
'into hidiag for a day or so.
. An uprigh¢ piano dangled Thurs-
Iday outside a third floor window
of a Bronx house. The dog sneak
-19(! up behind the moving men and
bit through the hoisting rope. The
piano hit the sidewalk with a
crash.
Hailed into court, the moving
men asked a’day’'s adjournment to
1d that dog.” 4
CROONER-KILLER'S }
FATHER SAYS SON
OF UNSOUND MIND
Savannah Man Says Neu
~ Was Once Inmate of
~ State Insane Asylum
- SPEEDY TRIAL SEEN
iNew Orleans Authorities
Want Georgian For
| Hotel Murder
SAVANNAH, Ga.—(#)—Louis C.
Neu, jr., of Savannah said Fridas
that his son Louis Kenneth Neu
held in New .Jersey on a murder,
charge “is unquestionably mentally |
unsound.” = The younger Neu is
charged with the slaying in New
Jersey of Lawrence J. Shead. New
Orleans authorities also have
charged him with the slaying there
of Sheffield Clark, a prominent
Nashville, Tenn., busginessman.
The father called attention to
the fact that in 1927 young Neu
had been pronounced insane by
the authoritiery or Chatham (Sa
vannah) ‘county and that he had
been confined in the state asylum
at Milledgeville, Ga., for several
years. s
Pronounced Cured
Later he was pronounced cured
and released from the institution
“The boy is unquestionably
mentally unsound,” the father
said. “The commission in Chat
ham county which Inquired inte
his sanity testified to tnac severa)l
years ago. They advised me in
Milledgeville that he had been]
cured but I have been very muchi
in doubt of this on sevreal occas
ions, His inability to control his
‘temper is one of the evidences of
&his insanity.” S
The younger Nau s well known
in Savannah where he came with
his parents when he wag about
five vears old from Elizabeth, N.
J. His mother died about two
years after the family arrived here.
~ His father said he had not heard
}dlrectly from his son. He will
await developments of the next
few days.
Young Neu was employed for
two years on one of the ships ply
ing between Savannah and foreign
ports but subsequently losy hig job
over reported trouble between him
and one of the ship's officers.
, Out of Employment
~ He had been out of employment
in Savannah for more than two
vears and had been supported
largely during that period by his
father and other relatives, About
two months ago he left Savannah
for the east In search of employ
ment, He was said to have some
talent as a musician and hoped to
gecure a job in wvaudeville. He
lived with an aunt and his grand
mother in Brooklyn.
His relativegy wrote his father
in Savannah that the boy left
‘home one night presumably to fill
an engagement as an entertainer
and had no¢ returned. The next
the father heard of him was a
clipping from a newspaper saying
the boy wase sought by police for
questioning in the death of Law
rence A. Shead of Paterson, N. J.
' IS INDICTED TODAY
PATERSON, N. J.—(®— Louis
[K. Neu, Savannah, Ga., crooner
was indicted by the Passaic county
igrand jury Friday afternoon for
murder in the firs¢ degree for his
’confessvd slaying of Lawrence N.
Shead, Paterson theater manager,
'on Sept. 10, '
Two other indictments returned
’agalnst the 26-year-old former
sailor, who also has confessed kill
ing in New Orleans on Sept. 18
‘Sheffield Clark, Nashville, Tenn..
‘business man, charged larcency
and robbery.
- Prosecutor Nathaniel Kent said
‘he would have Neu returned to‘
'Paterson Saturday from . Jersey
City where he was picked up on
suspinion Wednesday. Kent said
‘he would have Neu returned to.
Paterson Saturday from Jersey
City where he was picked up on
suspicion Wednesday. Kent said
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LOCAL WEATHER
Fair tonight and Saturday;
clightly warmer in north por
tion Saturday.
TEMPERATURE
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DRSS " i ds s aieinii ik FARRE
BERREY 5.V Lv Vavet Srer R 0
g RAINFALL '
Inches last 24 hours .... .. .00
Total since Sep.téel o 0 e 4100
Deficiency since pts 15
Average Sept. rainfall .. .. 3.50
Total since January 1 .., ..28.56
Deficiency simce January 1.10.01
A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday.
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Roy |. Bonid, Newly-Elect
ed Superintendent, Is In
augurated Thursday
The Clarke county high school
and grammar school at Winterville
openec Thursday morning, \mderi
the leadership of Roy J. Bond,
newly-elected superintendent, wha
‘has inaugurated a progressive
program for the coming year. Abit
Nix, Athens, gave the chief ad
dress at the opening exercises
Thursday morning.
© The Winterville schoolg formi one
of the largesi consolidated schcols
lin this secton of the state, and
lunder Mr., Bond's direction it is
lexpected that this year's session
lwlll be a successful one. "
| Mr. Bond will be assisted in his
‘work by the following teachers:
‘ J. H. Wilson, B. 8., Agriculture;
Miss Rea MecConnell, A. B, and
‘Miss Carclyn Anderson, A. 3., high
school; Miss Ernestine Head, B.
’S. H. E,, Home Economics; Spur
geon Hogan, A. B, seventh grade;
lMiss Christine Carter, A, 8., sixth
grade; Ilene O'Kelley, A. 8,, fifth
igmde; Miss Mae la Bishop, fourth
grade; Mis§ Louise Stevens, A. B.
’third grade Mrs. Ruby W. Towns,
second grade; Miss Mauline Har
ris, first grade; Miss Lois Pittard,
music; and Mrs. Roy J. Bond, A.
iB., supply teacher,
Part of Lindbergh
Ransom Is Reported
Offered in France
PARIS. —(®)— The trail of the
Lindpergh kidnapers was sought
Friday by Paris police who said
they had the name of a man who
had in his possession a 1,000 pound
note identified by the Bank of
England as part of the ransom
money extorted from Colonel
Charles A. Lindbergh last year.
(The Lindbergh ransom muney
was paid in United States $5, $lO
and, S2O bilss and heretofore there
has beeri no report that British
currency was involved. The Amer
ican bills might, however, been
exchanged for British curreney
and the 1,000 pound note later
have been ‘traced to that ~ex
change.) .
' Three men were arrested in
Antwerp, it was reported after
trying to cash the British note.
Roosevelt Moves to Help Farmer and A
Unemployed by s7s,ooo,ooo»_?lfogr~m:?§§§
WASHINGTON. — (AP) — A
$75,000,000 program promising aid
simultaneously to the farmer and
the unemployed Friday was direct
ed by President Roosevelt to help
bridge the gap between surplus
supplies and consumption.
At the President’s order, ef
fective inside of 30 days, the
’the agricultural adjustment and
federal relief administrations pre
pared to purchase quantities of
foodstuffs and staples for distri
bution to the destitute on relief
rolls.
“Through his action much of
the over-supply of important
foodstuffs and staples will be
placed in the hands of the desti
tute unemployed who are living
on the short shrift of public un
employment relief,” said the
White House announcement which
President Roosevelt discussed
with newspapermen. : :
The plan, as outlined personally
by the Chief Executive Thursday
night, “will add to and not re-
CHEARDS “LO0F"
Four Federal Reserve Bank.
Employes Robbed in =
Business Section ,g
POLICEMAN IS KILLED
Smoke Screen Laid Downg
By Gunmen as They
Flee From Scene .
CHlCAGO—(®)—Behind a. smoke
sereen laid in Chicago’s '1“?
Thursday five gunmen staged 7“
daring holdup of four federal res =
gerve bank employes and five mi "l
utes later shot and killed a pol com
‘man after their automobile col ?‘ifi
ed with another, M
i The robbery, carefully planne d e
and swiftly executed, probably will
not net much in the way of f
an official of the Federal Reserve
pank said. W. C. Bachman, cashier’
and assistant deputy governor of,
the bank, said he believed the twe
bags contained nothing but cashe g
checks from member banks. = ¢
The- policeman killed as he an i
|a fellow officer approached the
desperadoes’ car about a mile from
lthe gcene of the robbery not know=
ing of the holdup was Miles 1t
ningham, 35. '
A moment before the machine
had overturned after striking an<'
other, and as Cunningham and™
Policeman Morris Fitzgerald teps
ped into the stree; the men crawl- =
ed from the wreckage and sent &
barrage of ‘machine gun bullets to
ward the officers. Cunningham
ltell mortatly wounded while it 7
gerald jumpad behind a metal sign =
and returned; the fire for a mos
ment. R 8 i L
Caommandeer Autos LA
The desperadoes commandee od
a passing motorist's machine and
sped from the sceme. A few mins
utes later they forced another mo
torist from his car, and flod.\»,éfi
ing the other behinel. L ;
The whole chain of events in=
cluding the robbery,®the slaying of =
the policeman and the dramatie
escape of the gunmen occurred in
such swift succession that police
were not informdd of the holdup
until word of the officer's death
was received, e
As told by the two federal res
serve bank messengers,
Piontkowski and Otto Wixnar and
their guards, ,&"yla 1
John Mc@Gillan, they were om. th
way from the postoffiees 1!
Federal Reserve' bank ‘SRB % a
gunmen appeared. R
The messengers Were pus ml"‘;;
hand trucdk on which were: the
mail bags along Jackson Boule
vard, amain thoroughfare: Teading
to the . west sm::simtfi& gun
mems car passed them belwéen
Clark and TLa Salle streets, = =
" Guards Overcome
A moment later the car drew
to a halt at the curb a Ygfi
heavy smoke pouring .from its exs
haust five men, three of i
rying machine guns, sudw - ape
peared. Pointing the “:
guards they quickly disarmed them
and lined all four up azainst the
walls of the adjacent ~*““ ?
Trust company. ,f
Then, working *‘;M
transferred the bags from « the
truck to a Second automobile -that
had been slowly following in the
rear, and in a second were off in
it heading west in chksox_x_"’,vf“
vard. b
} The abandoned first car, a small
sedan, hore Kansas license platest
No. 192733, A few minutes later
.the second machine crashed inte
another at Adams and Halstéd
gtreets, about a mile from the
e e
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|place items of relief already p’:
vided.” g
l Under consideration for hands
ling in a manner similar to the
100,000 pounds of cured pork re=
|cently distributed by the e lief
administration were such produets
as beef, dairy and poultry pro=
ducts and products of cotton and
cotton seed, Officials estimated
$75.000,000 would be expended om
such purchases: but this ‘ff“
was not final. - ‘\,,"fi
“The President said he consid- .
ered the program arranged be
tween the agricultural adjustment
administration and the federal
[emergency relief ~ administrat ”’;r“
one of the most direct blows at
‘the economei paradox which y;"*
choked farms with an abundance
of farm preducts while many ¢
the unemployed have gone hun-:
®Bry,” the White House statemen
said. ] o a
He has directed the departments
concerned to expedite .in every
possible way their combined ai
tack on the food-surplus and hu
ger problems. o i E