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COTTON MARKET e iy MIDDLING sec.. veseus 0ee...9%e PREV. CLOSE..... ea w.....9%e¢ Vol, 101. No. 218. ‘MACHINE GUN" KELLY CATZ LSS | eading Mexican Port City Lashed By Gale Doing Untold Damagq HUBRICANE'S TOLL [N TAMPICO, MEX. PLACED AT 5.000 Mexico's Resources Are Mobilized to Rush Aid To Stricken City CALE STRUCK SUNDAY Tampico Has Been Cut Off for Two Days; ““|s Catastrophic” WASHINGTON. —(AP)—R. S§. Carey, American vice con sul at Tampico, Mexico, ad vised _the State department Tuesday that all Americans residing in the Tampico area are believed to have escaped injury from the hurricane which devastated that city. The State department rec ords list 969 American citizens liming in the Tampico district. Carey reported the city is now under martial law. BY CLARK G, LEE MEXICO, D. F. —(AP)— Mexi co’s resources were mobilized Monday to aid the storm-stricken and flooded city of Tampico, where estimates placed the mnumber of dead or injured as high as 5,000 and thousands were left homeless. Enormous property damage was reported. Two relief trains, carrying bat talions of infantrymen to aid in re construction work and food and medical supplies, were enroute to the oil port. ‘ But parts of the city were under 14 feet of water and railroad tracks in the area were flooded or wash ed away, so it was problematical when they could arrive. A squad ron of military airplanes was or dered to leave at dawn, Mean while, Tampico wag virtually iso lated from the outside world. Struck Two Days Ago. Although siore than two days have passed since the hurricane struck with all its fury, the city was without communication facil ities except by meang of wireless from ship in the harbor. Officials reported the damage there and in cother parts of the nation was “catastrophic.” The military chief of the district reported by wireless that three fourths of Tampico was destroyed with many victims. Unofficial reports set the death toll at from 200 to 5,000. Dis patches by round-about means said the wind, of 125-mile-an-hour velocity, leveled the ecivil hospital, railroad station, and customs house and that nearly every structure was destroyed or unroofed. It was feared that hundreds had been buried alive in the ruins. Flood waters of the Panuco and (Continued on Page Five) RECORDS BROKEN IN EGG CONTEST Result of Seventh Annual Egg-Laying Contest An nounced Tuesday Three records were broken dur ing the egg-laying contest which ended last Friday at the College of Agriculture; the highest num ber of pointg made per pen, the greatest number of eggs laid per ben, and the greatest number of €ggs laid by an individual hen be ing recorded, when the results were tabulated and announced Tuesday. W. A. Seidel, San Antonio, Texas, was awarded first place for the highest number of points. Talmadge D. Chapméen, Green ville, 8. C., had the largest num ber of eggs laid per pen, and per individual hen. J. C. Bell is man ager of the contest, with Arthur Gannon as supervisor. 2 Mr. Seidel's pen of 10 hens made a new record of 2870,55 boints, although the number of “ggs laid was not as high as those in the Chapman pen. Mr. Chap man’s ten hens laid 3,024 aggs, an average of over 300 per hen. High individual egg-laying hen Was one in Mr. Chapman’s pen Which broke a third record with 325 eggs for the fifty one weeks of the contest. Thirty-seven hens laid more than 300 egs, and it is expected that at the end of the year's pe riod on October 1, there will be over fifty te reach this point. The contest just concluded star ted on Oet,, 1, 1932, A new contest will begin October 1, and 70 hens have already been entered from all over the country. ATHENS BANNER-HERALD FULL Associated Press Service. HUMORIST DIES TIELTT o 00l e y TR ‘I e 7 ' // L ghoX 7] k£ sifi , : 7| A S &R | ), N, (L g \ E e () ] Ring Lardner, famous humorist, who died Monday evening at his home on Long llsland, N, Y. RING LARDNER DIES AT NEW YORK HOME Famous Humorist Loses Ten-Year Fight Against Tuberculosis BY DALE HARRISON NEW YORK — (AP) — Ring! Lardner, who once noted that there' wasn’t much difference between his! native Niles, Mich., and his adopt ed New York because both begin' with an “N”, has lost his long] fight against tuberculosis. The lean, six-foot humorist who made you and me know Al and who became a ranking figure of American literature, died suddenly at his East Hampton, Long Island,‘ home Monday night in the forty-' eighth year of an active, interesting life. i For ten years Ringgold Wilmer Lardner has fought the disease. During those years, with the spec ter drawing steadily closer, his humor flowed on, bringing laughs to the faces of those who saw on the stage “Elmer the Great,” and then “June Moon,” and to other tens of thousands who read his “Story of a Wonder Man,” “Love Nest,”” and other stories. Heart disease, complicated by other ailments, was given by his doctors ag the immediate cause of his death. Only in the last few years has the Lardner typewriter gone on short hours. His doctors erdered him to the southwest, and he re mained there many months. When he returned to New York several months ago he was reported much better. . His days of quantity production, however, were over. He did a column on radio in the weekly “New Yorker”—a humorous, eriti cal column that carried a sting for those artists, those sponsors and those stations which he felt were not serving the public need for « tertainment. The sweep of the (Continued on Page Three) DEPUTY COLLECTOR OF REVENUE HERE C. C. Parsons, deputy-collector of Internal Revenue, from Atlanta, is at the Federal building to as sist taxpayers in making out floor, precessing, beer, and other simi lar taxes. He is in room 104 at the foot of the stairs on the first floor of the building, and Athen jans who need aid are urged to come and see him. There is no charge for the services, and he is ;not collecting the taxes, although ‘he will, if so desired. 1 Mr. Parsons is a Watkinsville ‘man, having been commissioner of jOCOnee county for several years, }and is well known in Athens. He ihas been assisting taxpayers in )Commerce. and will leave here ‘JThu.rsday for Winder, after which ‘he will return to Atlanta. FORD WORKERS QUIT CHESTER, Pa. —(AFP)— Sev eral thousand workmen at the Ford Motor company plant here walked out Tuesday. Workers said they were dissatisfied with the wage rate. Offcals of the com pany refused to talk. Intensive Drive Is, Planned By NRA Women's Group For Consumer's Cards Twenty Organizations to Take Part; Chairmen Of Croups Named TO MEET WEDNESDAY Campaign Wiill Start - Wednesday and Run Through Saturday Leaders of the NRA women’s organization in Athens will meet Wednesday at the home of Mrs. T. H. McHatton, chairman, to organize and plan an intensive campaign from Wednesday through Saturday to get consum er's cards signed. The public is asked to be prepared for the visits, so as to avoid delay and simplify the task of the women doing this work. Mrs. Edward Dorsey has been selected as vice-chairman of the local organization. The following organizations, each headed by a chairman, will take part in the campaign: Athens Garden club, Athens Legion Auxil iary, Athens Woman's club, Am erican Association of University Women, Business G@Girls’ club, D. A. R. Elijah Clarke chapter; De-~ Molay auxiliary, Eastern Star, Sa ionia chapter; Eastern Star, Ath ens chapter; the Temple Sister hood, Spanish-American War Vet erans auxiliary, U. D. C.; and the P.-T. A. of the following schools: College avenue, Chase street, Barrow, Childs street, Oco nee street, Luey Cobb, Coordinate college, and High school. | Group Chairmen Group chairmen are Mesdames Andrew Erwin, Ned Hodgson, Walter Bishop, Bob Gunn, Leo Belcher, Edwin Pusey, Mid Wing field, Bill Steedman, Murray Soule, Marion Dußose, D. G. Anderson, Jake Bernstein, Julius Talmadge, R. L. Keener, H. J. Stegeman, Hunter Harris, Dan Magill, Walter Hodgson, Carl Saye, John Wil liams, Leßoy Michael, and Hope Smith, and Misses Marie McHat ton, Otey Vincent, Julia Stovall, Julia Bradwell and Marion Mathis. Six women have been working under the direction of the Cham ber of Commerce since the ecall (Continued On Page Five) BUSY “VAGATION™ FACES RODSEVELT President to Carry Many Problems With Him to Hyde Park Home WASHINGTON —(AP)— Pres ident Roosevelt turns homeward Tuesday to develop in the quiet of his Hyde Park residence new invigoration for the government’'s manifold recovery efforts. Ways to expend credit and lift farm prices topped the chores scheduled for evenr more intensive study by Mr. Roosevelt after three crowded weeks spent canvassing every phase of the federal push to ward economic. betterment. These tasks have received the President’s earnest attention from the hour of his return to the White House after Labor Day from a brief yachting holiday. New or ders seeking to boost farm incomes and aid NRA industries have been issued rapidly, and <demands for currency inflation apparently re jected for the present. Newest development in an in tensive credit-expansion program was a promise given the President by the steel executives to submit competitive bids on a 700,000 ton nage order for steel rails. Mr. Roosevelt planned to advance the $25,000,000 or more needed by the carriers to buy the rails—provid ed the prices are low enough. A cheaper dollar was the sub- (Continued on Page Three) Bale of Cotton Given Talmadge to Be Used As ‘Campaign Fodder’ ATLANTA — (AP) — Governor Eugene Talmadge Tuesday was presented wth a 650-pound bale of cotton to be used as ‘“campaign fodder” in his next campaign. Dr. H. G. Huey, of Homerville, sent the the huge bale along with a letter in which he said it was all the cotton he made thig year, and that he wanted the governor to use it “when and if" he had opposi tion in the future. ' The governor said he would fol'- low instructions and use it “when ever I have & race.” —~ESTABLISHED 1832— Athens, Ca., Tuesday, September 26, 1933 TWO ARE HELD IN ATLANTA SLAYING Questioned as Suspects in Attempted Holdup Kill ing of Glenn House ATLANTA, | — (AP) — Police Chief T. 0.. Sturdivant, Tuesday announced he was holding two men for investigation in cqg;_\ec tion with the shooting of Glenn House during an attempted hold up. The chief said one of the men gave the name of Ridley Justice amd the other Oscar Weaver. Chief Sturdivant said he had in formation from Washington that the name Oscar Weaver is an alias for Bobby Hunt. He said his in formation from Washington was that Hunt was paroled from Ne vada State prison. ' ‘Weaver or Hunt, was in an auto mobif® accident near Milledgeville, Ga., recently in which a man iden tified as Douglas M. Boyle, an es caped Nevada convict, wag killed, Chief Sturdivant said. House was shot and seriously wounded when he engaged in a pistol battle with two men whom he surprised in the act of break ing into a safe in his home. He was shot three times in the chest and leg. CLAIM TELEPHONE RATES JUSTIFIED Official Says Operation More Costly Where Two Base Rate Areas Exist ATLANTA, Ga.—(AP)—Thirty one of the 115 telephone exchanges operated in Georgia by the South ern Bell Telephone company have more than one base rate area, and an additional charge of 63 cents for each quarter of a mile outside the initial area if assessed, it was brought out before the Georgia Public Service commission Tues day. - State Manager Barton Baird said the additional charge for ex ‘tension of the qervice is justified by the requirement of more poles and longer wires as well as the ‘larger upkeep cost for suburban and rural lines. As an example of the communi ties having more than one base rate area in Athens extends for a radial distance of one and one half miles from the University of Georgia in all directions for indi )vldua.l line service and two-party line business service, and two jmiles for two and four-party line residence service and four-party line business service. Athens Listed The cities and towns in Georgia having more than one base rate area. weres reported by the com pany as Acworth, Athens, Austell, Barnesville, Buford, Calhoun, Car tersville, Clarkston, Cochran, Cov ington, Eastman, Elberton, Fair burn, Fayetteville, Forsyth, Grant ville, Jonesboro, Lawrenceville, (Continued on Page Six) Chicago Robber Is Shot With Own Gun By Teller in Bank | CHICAGO.—(AP)—A bank teller shot a robber with his own pistol in the Monroe street offices of the Bank of Nova Scotia Tuesday and thwarted a holdup that might have netted $15,000. In a rough and tumble pattie on the floor of the bank, the con feaerate of the wounded robber beat two bank employes on the head with the butt of his revolver, then escaped to the street. The wounded man, shot through the neck by the teller, also reached the street but was caught by a traffic policeman. . The two robbers entered the second floor offices of the Nova ‘Scotia bank at opening time and rounded up the employes. All were forced to lie on the floor. Just as one of the pair was ready to rifie the tellers’ cages 'which contained $15,000 in cur wency, a man walked in the front door. ' Attention of the robbers was diverted for the moment. Francis J. McElherne, chief teller, sprang to his feet and snatched the pis fol from one robber and fired at him. The wounded man ran, while his companion grappled with other employes, struck right and left with his weapon and then eluded pursuers. OPENING SPEAKER ot e | R ‘ g B 3 ; LR, : o G ,Dr. S. V. San ord, president of the University of Georgia at Ath ens, who will be principal speaker at the formal opening exerciseg of the three Athens branches of the University Wednesday morning in the Physical Education building on the campus of the College of Agri culture . TALK 3 O GOLLEGE AT CHAPEL TONIGHT Opening Exercises at Phy sical Education Building Wednesday | New students of the University of Georgia will have campus ac sities explained to them tonight by leaders in: the various activi ties at a symposium to be held in the chapel at 7:45 under the aus pices of the Voluntary Religious association, and formal opening of the University will take place to morrow morning at 10 o'clock in the: University physical education building. : President S. V. Sanford will be the principal speaker at the open ing exercises, and the faculty will attend in academic robes. Dr. E. L. Hill, pastor of the First Pres byterian church, will pronounce the invocation and the benedic tion, and music for the program will be arranged by Hugh L. Hodgson. Although regular class work wil begin tomorrow morning, reg istration will continue for several more day this week, and the final total of registration is estimated at about 2,100 by Registrar T. W, Reed. Athletics, clubs and societies, and publications will be discussed at the symposium. J. Milton Richardson, Macon, president of the ¥. M. C. A, will preside, and Wallace H. Jamison, Atlanta, will open the meeting by explaining its purpose. The following are the students who will give one-minute talks, and the activities they will ex plain: i Warren Akin, Cartersville, Tha lian-Blackfriars dramatic club; Wesley Calhoun, Macon, Junior Cabinet; Schuyler Clark, Rock- (Continued on page six.) LAMSON SENTENCED; WILL APPEAL CASE SAN JOSES, Cal. —(AP)— Da vid A. Lamson, Stanford universi ty publishing house executive con victed «f wife murder, ;was sen tenced late Tuesday 10 hang at San Quentin prison December 15. The sentence was pronounced after a motion for a new trial had peen denied and Lamson had stood before Superior Judge R. R. Syer and said: “l know that under the law and the wverdict you can do nothing but impose the death sentence But my conscience is clear. Be fore you and before God I am as innocent as you are yourself.” Defense attorneys immediately filed notice of appeal. LOCAL WEATHER Fair tonight and Wednesday except possibly local thunder showers in northwest portion Wednesday af'ternoon. TEMPERATURE RN o iivs divahsine iPR LM o 3 e L 0 BL. iy Heireh ewsvi P NOPIREE. .o oo i srininansdO D _ RAINFALL Inches last 24 h0ur5:....... 0.00 Total since Sept. 1......... 2.00 Deficiency since Sept. 1.... I.R Average Sept rainfall...... 3.50 Total since January 1......28.56 Peficiency since January 1.10.49 WELCOME, UNIVERSITY STUDENTS With the resumption of classes at the University of Georgia set for tomorrow signalizing the opening of the first quarter, Athens is again vibrant with young life. Of its manifold attractions, we have always re garded the presence of the University students as one of Athens’ chief allurements. Youth in itself is ever attractive, whether at play or at more serious occcupation, and the presence of youth in such abundance as is found in Athens im parts to the community a bouyancy of spirit and a degree of vigor that would not otherwise prevail. For which reason, Athens has come to look forward to the opening of the University in the fall with a sense of anticipation not unlike the welcome which we are wont to accord the birds and the flowers as harbingers of spring. So, we are confident we ex press the sentiments of the entire community when we say “Welcome, thrice welcome, young men and young women.””’ ey In this connection, we recall a conversation with the late beloved Dr. Harry White, of the University faculty—always a most fascinating gentleman and one whose mental alertness and effervescent spirit, even in his declining years, challenged everyone’s ad miration. Someone asked Dr, White how he account ed for his longevity and his robust health. (This after he had rounded out fifty years as a faculty member.) His quick reply was ‘“Moderation,” ad ding smilingly, “I work a little, play a little, eat a little, drink a little, smoke a little,” and so on, all of which are admitted concomitants of long life, but our own conviction in the case of Dr. White was that, despite the encroachment of years, his constant as sociation with the student body enabled him to re tain his youthful viewpoint, which, we are satisfied, was a factor equally as potent as those he enumerat ed. For more than fifty years, he was in intimate daily contact with the young life at the University, and while the students were absorbing the knowledge that he imparted, he was (perhaps unconsciously) im bibing of the stimulating spirit of youth that was af forded by this association, with the result that his in vulnerability to that process of decadance, commonly associated with the filght of time, was quite ap parent. And that which was true of this most estimable gentlemen, also applies with equal force to the com munity as a whole. Athens, while advanced in years, is still young in spirit; enlivened by a youthful view point and a perspective that is yet undimmed, Athens will never grow old—thanks to the invigorating in fluence of its student population. For the presence in such generous numbers of the very flower of the young manhood and young womanhood of Georgia, as well as other states—boys and and girls whose hopes and ambitions have not yet felt the blighting effects of disillusionment—promotes and nourishes a spirit of vigor and optimism that permeates the en tire community and serves as a counter-balance 'to any tendency toward decreptitude. : And in extending a welcome te the students, it is not inappropriate that we should felicitate Doctor Sanford and his associates upon the prospects for one of the most eventful sessions in the history of the University. The task of integrating the three units at Athens and co-ordinating the work of the institu tion has been practically accomplished, and the fact that a wholesome regard for the usefulness of the University of Georgia is universally felt is attested by the large and satisfactory enrollment for the opening quarter. ‘ So in extending a word of welcome to the student body, we also, with equal fervor, salute Dr. Sanford and his assistants, and wish them continued success in shaping the destinies of the young men and young women entrusted to their care. Charlie Chaplin’s Sons’ Income Is Cut By Judge to a Mere $350 Per Month HOLLLWOOD, Calif.— (AP) — Charlie Chaplin's two sons will have to get along on a mere $350 ‘a month. They had been getting $5600 monthly for living expenses until Superior Judge Charles Crail rulqd in Los Angeles Monday that the allowances would be reduced. It was the fifth current account of Mrs. Lita Grey Chaplin’s guar dianship of her two sons, Charles, jr, and Sydney. Under a ruling of the court it will be her last as Judge Crail decided she need not account for expenditures under the reduced allowance. Mrs. Chaplin Dbitterly took to task her former husband and his attorneys for forcing her to come to court so explain what she termed “ridiculous things.” Near the ciose of the hearing she be came widly hysterical. HE’'S TELLING THEM YOUNGSTOWN, Orio.—(AP)—+ Two automobiles collided and one driven ‘by V. L. Kelly careened over a bridge rail, landing upside down in the Mahoning river, 45 feet below. ' Specta:t&s rushed to the rail and found Kelley struggling up the embankment. % m‘—‘l’;n“—il;xrt," he announced, rolling up a sleeve and exhibiting a slight cuts - A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday. “It's ridiculous,” Mrs. Chaplin cried from the witness chair. “Why should I be made to come to court? Not if Mr. Chaplin thought any thing of his childréen. I'm sick of the whole business. Mr. Chaplin brings me to court on the slight est provocation.” Through his attorneys, the film eomedian objected to the account which disclosed that some $33,000 had been expended on the two boys in 22 months. Mrs. Chaplin was questioned about items she stated she was unable to remem ber. “But how did you figure it out?” one of Chaplin’s attorneys asked her. “From everything,” was the re ply and then Mrs. Chaplin started to cry hysterically and court was recessed until she gained her com posure. HUSBANDS, HERE'S AN ALLY NEW YORK — (AP) — Into ¢ discussion of “Codes for House wives,” Mrs. Oliver Harriman jumps to lend a helping hand tl husbands. “I do not believe in asking a man to help wipe dishes,” she said in commenting on proposed “codes” which had asked just that. “If he works all day and earns the living that is enough.” : HeMX - SARA o x ’)----! NOTORIOUS CUTLAW" 5 TIKEN N AD BY MEMPHIS POLICE His Wife, Katheryn, And . Two Other Men Caught In Police Roundup Was One of Men Wantec!,, ~ By Officers for Part in = Urschel Kidnaping £ - L EE MEMPHIS, Tenn.—(AP)—Police Chlief Will D. Lee announced early Tuesday that George “ chine Gun” Kelly, notorious out law, his wife and two other men had been captured here in an early morning raid. R I.ee said the woman was Cath« erine Kelly, 29, wife of the outs law; J. R. Tichnor, 30, and S. E. "Travis, 26, were picked up along with Kelly. o Officers said the man, identified as Kelly, surrendered peaceably when Detective Sergeant William Raney, accompanied by other Memphis officers and Department of Justice operatives, surround § the house in which he was sleep= ing. e W. A. Rorer, whom police said was a Department of Justice agent from Birmingham, reported the capture by telephone to Wash= | ington. ~v‘fi Rorer told Washington “he ad= mits he is Kelly and that she is Kathryn.” Officers said he was reporting the arrest to J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the government identification bureau. W ) Kelly's capture was effected by a group of officers who surroynd ed the house in which he and the others were sleeping. 3{ Detective Sergeant W. J. Raney said Kelly appeared at the door of the home with a pistol. g “Drop that gun, Kelly,” Raney said he told him. i - Kelly peacefully put up the gum and surrendered, e “I have been waiting for you all night,” Raney quoted him as say= ing. ; N “Well, we are here,” was Ras ney’s answer. . At the pglice station, Police Chief Lee said Kelly admitted his identity but refused to talk. “Chief,” he was quoted as“m-fif ing, “I'm not talking about anx% thing.” o !( Later, smiling broadly and & ‘smoking one ciraget after another, - KeHy remained defiant in anothen ,interview with police. o e R As Chief Lee walked into his cell, he demanded: e ' “Who are you?”’ L g “I'm Chief Lee,”” was the replys _ “Give me a light, then)” was | Kelly's reaponse. o Noticing the fugitive’'s yellow hair, Lee asked: el “When 4jd ycu dye your hair?® “That’'s been that way a long time,” Kelly answered. £ e Chief Lee said Chicago police think Kelly and another man were among the machine gun bandits who held up a feder. reserve, bank automcbile in CFicago Septs ember 22 and escaper, with sso¢ ”'f“ 000. The bandits she. down & Po= liceman and made ‘heir escape im a dense smoke screen. 5 ‘ Feverish Huat Made = At the tinie of th: Chicagoe rob bery, a feverish hunt was be staged in other sections, es "f ; ly Oklahoma, for Kelly, ;(V_,, Officers alleged that he h threateried the families of pros cutors, a witness and the vietim im the Charles Usschel Kit napin trial. L Kelly had been identified as a member of the kidanping gang who had extorted $200,000 from the oil man's family. A number of = other accused kidnapers are on trial in Oklahoma City. ,‘_f"; The capture, he reported, was made in a bungalow known as the home of Tichnor. )x “We found him in bed,” Roref said, “and he was captured with out a struggle.” e A cordon of police surrounded the home about 6 a. m. One group of officers silently made their way through the iront entrance. An other stood in the hallway, facing Kelly’s closed door, with a sawed off shotgun held straight in front of him. ; Suddenly the door swung oper There stood Kelly with a revolver = in his hand. The shotgun, hows | ever, was pointed straight at his heart. ’ i “Drop it, Kelly,”—Sergeant ; ney’s voice was cool, ‘commanding. ~ Kelly's gun dropped to the floor, ’and hig hands pointed to the eceils ™ ing- Tl | Wife Planned To Quit } Katherine Kelly, declared from her cell in the city jail, that she had planned to leave the ot L (Continued on Page Five) gos S ogsde S S Rdite RN DR IT TR i el CONFESSES IDENTITY
