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Newspaper Page TextR | COTTON MARKET ! e | LING. ... ssse ssae 0ee0.9340 1:«;053. CLOBE 105 vk ieuh o 99G® I\/01. 101. No. 222 Courts Deal Body Blow To Kidnapers Fate Of Public Works, Road Money Hangs Ip__Balancq iO°E OF SECURING | 2 FEOFAML LOANS 15 L ' y ' ' l H[ST‘NE UN FI “l Hll oL o | Approval of nghway’,‘ program By Federal Authorities Seen FUNDS PARLEY URGED Macon-Athens nghway! ls Expected to GCet l Early Attention R ATLANTA. ~{F)— Georgia has taken its case for approximately $100,000,000 from- the Public Works fund direct to president Roosevelt to overcome the ruling of Public Works Administrator Ickes that the state’s constitutional = limita tions make it impossible to ad vance such funds to this state. It became Known Saturday thatl the detailed program of projects bv counties to be built from the $10,091,000 road funds is now be fore Charles D. Snead, federal di vision engineer in Montgomery. After he passes on the outline the program will be forwarded to the | Bureau of Roads in Washington for final action-by the federal au-i thorities Governor Eugene Talmadge, Sen-! ators Walter F.uGeorge and Rich ard B. Russell, jr., members of thel Georgla Publie Works advisory | hoard, Clark Howell, editor of the | Atlanta Constitution, and Major | John S Cohen, president and edi-" tor of the Atlanta Journal,, tele graphed President Roosevelt at Hyde Park asking for @ confer ence to discuss the possiblllty of evolving a plan so as to geg Geor oia her share of-the publie works money. Expecting Conference It is expected. that the request for a conference will be acted upon when the Presideny returns to Washington next week, An amend ment to the Public Works act by Senator Russell gave the President the right to wwaive legal techni calities in cases where the statel constitution would act as a bar rier, It is the hope of the (}eorgia] delegation that this will be done. | The Georgia .advisory board is' waiting an answer to the tele grams sent to the President, Hel is the only hope of securing this | ;'w'v's share of the publie works | und, Lawyers representing the GeO'!‘-I gia board saw Secretary Ickes anc]i the public works administration in Washington. They were told that no funds could be allotted to this state because of the state consti tutional provision prohibiting any city or county from incurring in debtedness of more than seven per ""v‘ of their . taxable propert_v} values, The state cannot incur indebtedness exeept for ® the pur- | pose of putting down’ rebellion orl repelling invasion and temporarily In anticipation of uncollected taxes. The State Highway board has al ready submitted the allotment E"n‘rm.- d for the highway funds. Of ;}1‘;"‘””"”“‘ 50 per cent will be‘ Spent on main roads, 27 per cent :’A'hm city limits, and 28 per cent 1 secondary roads. One hundred (Continued on Page Two) BURPEE IS ELECTED | JUSTICE OF PEACE ‘H"‘“"»" T. Burpee was elected!w lUstice of the peace to sueceed the -""AH Lumpkin, at the spec = dlection held Saturday at the “,*‘\l-’v“‘wlw, and presided over by " Milton Thomas, Preston Al :\‘{f;‘l’A\l:.\' T. H. Hawkins, Jjr., ek "‘i B. Heywood, Mrs. J. H. \l"‘\w“y"l Miss Julia Slaughter and o Peter F.. Brown. ‘v\ hundred = and thirty-one k. €S were cast, Mr. Burpee re ‘lwk 445 .of them. J. Audley ..m‘\, " brominent Athens realtor, "'y other candidate in the race, Polled 276 votes. LOCAL WEATHER W\ — | Generally fair Sunday fol i lowed by showers Sunday night ~ °r Monday; somewhat cooler Monday . e — . TEMPERATURE | Highest ¢, 07. ook i SOO . Lowest 0/ il Sl Ra (R Mean ', iy L 5 00 G UM D Normal©,, pos@ i wOBO RAINFALL ; Inches last 24 hours .. ..se -00 Total since Sept. 1 ¢ 45+ 2.05 Deficiency since Sept. 1 s+ 1.45 Average Sept. rainfall .... 3.50 Total since January 1 .. ..28.61 Deficiency sinee January 1.11.06 ATHENS BANNER-HERALD % FULL Associated Press Service. SPEAKS TONICHT b i B S %" b%;;«y{}n s ) B SE T TP 3 - e E e £ b R ‘ Aoy o Sav TR e e B i o Y % | | CHANCELLOR WELTNER ‘ | i 11th Annual Student Un ion Services Tonight at Presbyterian Church The Eleventh Annual Student Union services will be held Sun day night at the First Presbyte rian church, with Chancellor Philip Weltner, of the State Uni versity System of Georgia, as the ‘principal speaker. Marking the opening of the stu dent religious activities while at the university, the services tonight are under the auspices of the Vol untary Religious association, com posed of the members of the Uni versity Y. M. C. A. and the Y, W. C. A., and directed by E. L. i Secrest. i Through the cooperation of the | (Continued on Page Four) @ Believers in cAthens and Its Future £ 0 S P ‘.‘;‘ . so— - Ng —— /’ e 4 g = = ) , ~ € // Old and Successful Business Enterprises : §‘ ‘ That Have Stood the ‘Acid Test of Time They have an enviable background of achievement and have weather-« ed the storms of the past. Their individual success not only reflects credit to their good name, but through their foresight and progres siveness Athens continues to progress despite fires, tornadoes and de pressions. Date Years ! \ Est. Old FIRM'S NAME CLASSIFICATION 182 101 .THE BANNER-HERALD. vvvv..e.Dedicated toc Upbnuilding Athens and Clarke Co. 1854 79 THE GAS CO. (Ga. Pub. Utilities) .“You Can Always Depend on Gas” 1866 67 H. T. HUGGINS & 50N...........Wh01e5a1e Auto Farts—Supplies 1882 51 MICHAEL BROS, 1NC........0r55..“The Store Good Goods Made Popular’ ’ 1882 51 WARREN J. SMITH & 8R0.......Wh01e5a1e and Retail Drugs, Sundries, Etc. 1888 45 McGREGOR CO. (Sta’nors-Prin’t!)"Depanda/ble _Goods at Reasonable Frices” 1891 42 GEORGIA POWER C0......e00...."A Citizen Wherever We Serve” 1891 42 WINGFIELD CASH GRO. CO......Fancy and Staple Grocers, Prompt Service 1902 31 JOHN K. DAVIS & 50N..........8ui1ding Contractor and Paint Supplies 1904 29 WESTERN MARKET.. ...... ....Western and Native Meats. 1905 28 ATHENS MARBLE & GRAN. CO..“Memorials of Quality” 1007 26 SMITH & BCLEY, Insurance Office General Insurance, Real Estate and Loans J 1908 25 GEORGIAN® HOTEL Coffee Shop. Athens Oldest and Most Popular Eating Place 1910 23 BRUNSON FURNITURE C0.......“We Save You Money” 1910 23 L. M. LEATHERS.... v e sessesss.RoOOLlNE, Sheet Metal at Satisfactory Prices 1911 22 BERNSTEIN FUNERAL HOME..."lnstant and Careful Ambulance Service” 1911 22 BERNSTEIN FURNITURE CO.....“Better-Bilt Furniture” 4912 21 CRUCEDALE GREENHOUSES...“Athens Leading Florist” 1914 19 J. 8U5H...... cccces seee ©v..eees“Reliable Jeweler”’—Repair Work a Specialty 1917 16 E. &S. TIRE 5ERV1CE..........."Ke11y Tires 6-Times Fortified Against Wear” 1918 15 C. A, TRUSSELL MOTOR C0.....F0rd Cars—"“Athens Oldest Dealer” 9 1921 12 THE FLORENCE COMPANY......Pure Ice and Quality Coal—A Hfme Industry 1923 10 H. L. COFER SEED C 0............ Specialists in Farm, Garden and Flower Seed 1927 6 DEADWYLER-BEACHAM C 0..... Real Estate, Sales, Rentals, Loans 1028 5 INDUSTRIAL LDY. &D. C. CO...Work and Frices that Satisfy—Trlal Convinces 1928 5 WILLIAMS TRANSP'T’'N. C 0..... Quick Delivery from Your Door to Customers | 1928 5 FINDLEY DRY CLEANERS.. ~.. “Not How Cheap—How Good” ‘ 7 N 7 S R o 5 » . l _ N “By their fruits ye shall » know them : €7 = | € B U. S. Funds Will Also Go For Adult, Vocational Education } WILL PAY TEACHERS Nea'ly * Ten Thousand “Rural Eiementary School . Teachers Affected ATLANTA —(®)— Approval has been granted for use of federal re liet funds to keep rural schools of the state open for their full, regu lar terms, and also to -attack il literacy, and to provide for adult and vocational education, M. D, Collins, state superintendent of sghools, announced Saturday. “For months, we have been won dering how many of the rural schools #ould be able to operate this year, but at last the solution of this grave problem seems to have been found,” said Mr. Collins in announcing approval of the program by the Georgia relief commission. He said the program was submitted to the Georgia com mission at the ipstruction of Harry Hopkins, federal relief administra ‘tor, and that the plan would be put into effect “immediately.” There are three major programs in the plans submitted by Collins to the relief commission: 1. To use federal funds to main tain the school terms in each county for the full length of their school term in 1930-81,.. where county finances are Jiot sufficient to maintain them for his period. . 9. A state-wide campaign for eradication of illiteracy. ; | 3. A program of adult and voca tional education, which will put unemployed teachers to work. . “From the standpoint of the common schools of Georgia, the most important part of the pro i (Continued on Page Five) —ESTABLISHED 1832 Athens, Ga., Sunday, October 1, 1933. SPECIAL ADVISOR s e . B i %8 o g J. PHIL CAMPBELL Campbell Named . . Cotton Advisor For Government ATLANTA, Ga.—(AP)—J. Phil Campbell, who for 26 years has di rected agricultural extension work in Georgia, has been granted a leave of absence to go to Washing ton to act as a special advisor on use of land taken out of cotton productiony . wi The announcement was made Saturday by Chancellor Philip Weltner of the University System of Georgia at-the same time word came from Washington of Camp bell’'s selection for the post. Campbell is a native Georgian. Harry Brown, formerly county ag ricultural agent in Fulton (Atlan ta) county, who was transferred to Athens sometime .ago, will -be acting girector of extension, Welt ner said. HASTE N STRIKING ATACKEDBY CAES O LBR NS ' WASHINGTON.— (AP) —ln an appeal to restless members of the American Federation of Labor for patience until the- recovery pro gram develops fully, President William Green of the Federation asked Saturday that dissatisfied workers try to arbitrate before striking. His statement was taken by iﬁome officials of the organization | Las a keynote for the convention that opens next week. In the dec-l &laration issued while thousands of workers through the country werel on strike, Green said the ‘right to strike is fundamental.” { However, he added: | “] urge all workers: who have grievances to make use of the in strumentalities now available be fore resorting to the extreme ac tion of striking. If there is a fail ure to secure Tedress through these agencies, the right to strike certainly remains open as an in strument of last resort. l‘ “It may not be _amiss also to counsel unorganized workers to tyus calm judgment and great cau tion «in, mw}kﬁ‘ to strikes with out organization and without dis lcipllnel . o “The procedure I urge is thor oughly in keeping with the new deal, which is creating new meth ods and new instrumentalities for the settling of industrial disputes. It is, I think, the duty of wage earnes to give it a fair trial and it is certainly a matter of wisdom to make use oi this machinery until it is proven that it can not be helpful.” Some of the 300 convention dele gates already in town expressed belief, however, that their presi dent was asking for too much pa tience. COMPROMISE EXPECTED WASHINGION.— (AP) —Hugh S. Johnson, the national recovery administrator, announced Satur day night he expected to evolve a compromise by noon Sunday under which striking coal miners in western Pennsylvania' would re turn to work. This announcement was made to newspapermen after a day-long series of conferences with leaders of the steel industry which own the so-called “captive” mines and representatives of the United Mine Workers. 'RUSSIANS ASCEND ' NEARLY 12 MILES ! iNew Record for Strato | sphere Is Set by Men in - Aluminum Ball | MOSCOW —(AP) — Three men |in-an aluminum ball hooked -to I balloon ascended 11.8 mileg Sat !urday, the greatest hight ever |reached by man, and enjoyed {themselves so much that when they llanded the first thing they said {that they would do it again as lsoon as they could. | “None of us seems {o be -any |worse for the experience, and we {could go up again tomorrow,” said | Ernest Birnbaum, the leader of ithe expedition into the stratos | i | (Continued on Page Twe' ! . . | ‘Miss Moina Michael ; | . " Is In Chicago For 1. . ¢ '; Legion’s Convention | Miss Moina Michael left Satur- | |day for Chicago where she will be| |hostess at the Georgia exhibit of | ;the Century of Progress during {the American Legion convention ini {Chicago this week. She left from | |Atlanta on the Georgia special, | | which also carries members of the | | Legion from this state. | | “The Poppy Lady,” as Miss | j Michael is affectionately known,§ |is internationally noted for her| |work in inaugurating Povpy Day | [for the veterans of ¢he World war. l iA replica of Miss Michael, the| | “Poppy Lady” doll, is on display | |at the Georgia exhibit of the Cen jtury of Progress. A | Miss Michael is housemother at Winnie Davis hall on the Coordi- J nate coliege campus. HARVEY BAILEY AND TRIAL JUDGE 82 i s :;,_ % o 3 P :;}:5114-:"15{:533::»»“-:‘.: 2 E i e e, S : T e R X% CEm S L 3 b : 3 Lo % G % E R s 2 858 R % e 15: _"‘-.;:Z:Z:A‘Y ¢ RS s 3% SR i s » s e e ] ey Judge Edgar S. Vaught, left, who presided at the trial held in Ok lahmoa (City, in which Harvey Bailey, right, and six others wrras con vict&d of kidnaping Charles F. Urschell, millionaire oil operator. Negro Man Found Dead on Railroad Tracks Near Here The body of James Parks, 35- year-old Negro of Memphis, Tenn, was found on the Seaboard rail road tracks mnear the Tallassee road Saturday at noon. A cpruner's jury's verdict was “death from causes unknown.,” The Negro's left leg was broken and his head crushed, and he had apparently been dead since about 4 a. m. Saturday. ‘ Parks had been visiting h's [lathvr in Elberton, and it is bes lieved bhe fell from an early Sea board freight train. The body 8 being !'eld at Mack and Payne's funeral hone. B MILLION DOLLARS Expansion Program Wl“' Make Georgia Fort One Of Nation’s Largest WASHINGTON — (#) — A con struction program which will make Fort Benning, near Columbus, Ga., one of the strongest and most modern army posts in the country, was outlined Saturday by the wai department, The largest of a number of al lotments to army posts under the public works construction program $6,352,483, will go to Fort Ben ning. This sum, the war department gaid Saturday, will complete the six-year building program for Fort Benning and will adapt it to a garrison . strength of 532 officers '139 non-commissioned officers the | first three grades, and 4,420 en lited men. ! New construction plannea for %the fort, to be of the most modern | design in army planning, will eon ' sist of new barracks, telephone ' construction, officers quarters, gas 'storage system, heating plant, tank school, hangar (including insulat ling and sprinkler system), Im ipx'u\'mm-n! of Ii'llll]ill;: field and building area, heating plant for hangar, paved aprons, ordnance ghops, radio transmitter building; (Continued On Page Five) | BRPEG T TR | LEGION CHIEF HITS WEAKENED DEFENSE CHICAGO —(AP)— The Amer jcan Legion, a quarter million sirong, occupied Chicago Saturday night with loud demands for strenglthening national defense against possible foreign invasion and for adequate cempensation for veterans. ¥rom Louis A. Johnson, their naiional commander, the legion« nares received a declaration that the national economy act of last March ha@l “struck directly at the very foundation of the defense of Ithls nation.” He made the charge in his report as commander to the !l;')th annual legion convention. | “Reasonable economies in the larmy and navy can he effected ‘without injury to our national de fense,” Johnson said, " “but the country was not prepared to ac cept the drastic cuts proposed.” Johnson weni on to say that prompt action by the American Legion had succeeded in “saving the civilian components of our de fense system”—the na~om guard, the reserve offcers training camps, and the citizens’ military training camps- : A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday. i SRR BN e 00 B me o e B R R B o e R S e RR R e _:}%‘:@s;siiaésisj:;?zfsifie‘z?aiaizii'-:’““ e T e £ Lo TR goma et B R e B DO - e est i s ,} =N BN T e N e B o SR st s FECER e B R OO g RSrec o SRR e Bt . G N \& R :-'5155;15:;3;;553‘ S IR i W R TR e e ot TEEEE R SR R, pISBRR e %A;” Pl o "»::if"\'a:i:"-"s§’s¥'§‘:::2;, o R & y p ’--’I. I GOL. MANN TG HEAD 1 Will Succeed Major A. T.i Colley, Transferred to Fort Oglethorpe \ \ Colonel Herbert E. Mann, who has béen on active duty with the Bth Cavalry at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, has been appointed com ‘mandant of the University of Georgia R. O. T. C., succeeding Major A. 'T. Colley. Colonel Mann assumed his du ties as professor of military science and tactiecs Saturday. Major Col ley has received orders to report to Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, where he will be on active duty. A native of New York state, Colonel Mann served in the T7Tth U. 8. Cavalry in Cuba and the Philippines, and is a graduate of the Army Cavalry and Equitation schools. He was also graduated from the General Staff school. He ihas been on active duty at Fort [B]iss for the past several years. Major Colley, who has been prominent iAn University affairs during the six years he has been commandant of the R. O. T. C, will remain here two weeks after being relieved of his command, ac cording to orders received. Associated with Colonel Mann in the University military department will be Captains T. W. Godbold, H. G. Holt and J. L. Lambert in cavalry, and Captain P. H. Camp and Lieutenant P. E. Hunt in the infantry, all of whom have re turned from active service in the Civilian Conservation Corps dur ing the summer, TECHR.OO.T.C. FOUNDER DIES MONTCLAIR, N. J. —(#)— Col onel Elmer Wilcox Hubbard, 72, United States army retired, died at his home (at 30 Gates avenue), Saturday after a long illness. Born in Cromwell, Conn., Col, (Continued on Page Two) TODAY’S BEST HUMAN INTEREST STORY EDITOR'S NOTE: The fol lowing fact story was sent the Banner-Herald Saturday with the request it be published. ‘ The copy was headed “A Story for Boys With Guns” and wishing to give it as much publicity as' possible, it is be ing used as “Today's Best Hu man Interest Story.” Once there was a lonely pere son who went away on a visit. The doors of the old house where she lived were closed and keys turned in their locks. The birds and the squirrels were left. Their homes were in the big trees all around. The fledgelings were hopping from place to place and some of them were using their wings a little, Scolding tones from motherthrash er, or perhaps it was dad, usually meant that feline was crouching near. Songs followed the busy early morning chirnings and dart-. ings here and there in sea.rch'ot; breakfasts. “The early bird ca.tchesw‘ the worm” but it is the elrly worm‘ that furnishes the early meal. One night the person came home again, very happy and glad. It was dark but she was noy afraid. This was home. She reached for an outside light, it was missing. Feeling for the key-hole the d _ (Continued On Page Five) CONVICT THIRTEEN GONVICT 1 ] FOR PARTS PLAYED Six Found_ Cuilty in Luer Kidnaping With Seven In Urschel Case LaFOLLETTE MENACED Former Governor Reveals Attempt to Harm or | Kidnap Him ; By The Associated Presg = Swiftly, with severity, the lawt smashed out at the kidnap rack'et,{é Saturday. . For the abduction of August Luer, Alton, 11., banker, a jury in Bdwardsville, 111., convicted five men ard a woman and assesm; punishment of from five years to life imprisonment. : S In Oklahoma City, seven per sons—one the notorious Harvey Bailey, another a woman—;werc.( found guilty of kianaping for $200,- 000 ransom Charles Urschel, oil operator. » 5 ‘ But even as this crushing blow ‘was dealt to those who jeopardize life for ransom, former Governor Philip LaFolletie, of Wipconsin, disclosed that an attempt was made by two unidentified men to kidnap him or do him harm. Stealthy Visits Two men, mysterious in action, the progressive Republican politi cal leader declared, paid stealthy Visits to-enesmepinded.-Wisconsin lodge where he planned to spend Friday night. i To bolster the federal-state co= ordinated attack on crime directors of public safety, meeting in Bridgeport, Conn.,, formed an emergency committee of police chiefs, aimed specifically at kid naping and racketeering in geners al. o 0 J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the bureau of eriminal investigation of the Department of Justice, joined forceg with the chiefs. aht To the court was less the length 2 of prison sentences for the Urs chel Kkidnapers. Those convieted were: Bailey, Aibert Bates, Mr. and Mrs. Shannon and their son, Armon; Barney Berman and Clif ford Skelly. Three others werq acquitted. N “This is jus¢ the first skirmish”® warned Joseph (B. Kennan, as sistant United States distriet ats torney . = Life Sentences Lo Mrs. Lillian Chessen, 50-ye&!‘l—;g old, and two men, Bugene Norvell and Percy {‘ltzgerald, were qiwn life sentences for yhe Luer abduc tion. Others convicted were: Mih‘% Musiala, Christ Nicola Gitcho, Charles Chessen. S Notorious *Machine Gun” George Kelly was still to stand trial for complicity ir the Urschel abduc tion. i In Chicago, three men were held for questioning after George M. Cox, wealthy shipbuilder of Chi cago and New Orleans, told police his wife, their son and his wife's parents had disappeared. He ex pressed the belief they had beem kidnapper. ) b In Pipestone, Minn., a band of robbers held up a bank, secured '51,600 rpunded up three women as hostages, placed them on the running board of their car to pm-»i vent police firing ands escapeds ‘The women were released ouuhh\ﬁ of town. ¢ “3 DROP INVESTIGATION CHICAGO — (AP) — Detective Chief Wiliam Schoemaker late Sgturday said he had contacted the missing wife of George M. Cox, believed by her husband to have been kidnaped, and ~ quoted her as saying she left her New Orleans home with other members of her family of her own volition. | Schoemaker refused to diviuge the whereabouts of Mrs, Cox but said she told him she hal left her husband with intention of filing suit for divorce. o As a consequence all police in 'vestigathon of the case wds drop ped here and those detained for questicning were released. e The four had been held because of telephone callg from Chieago to }Cox in New Orleans and had been ‘questioned by Schoemaker and the federal bureau of investigation be 'cause of the husband's assumption that disgrunted employes had ab ’ducted his wife, their son, and M.g%; parents-in-law. i ' Over the telephone from New ‘Orleans Cox, whose Great [Lakes papsenger ships encountered wreck and mutiny last summer, ‘ﬁ@;‘ serted to Chicago newspapers l :e G S ’ (Continued on Page Five) =