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Vol. 101. No. 231.
Roosevelt Promises To Aid Georgia In Securing Loan;
Washington Delegation “Is Hopeful” After Conference
Seven Carried To Death
In Flaming Crash-Up Of
Giant Transport Aitship
Cause of Smash Unknown
But Witnesses Heard
Explosion in Air
ALL ABOARD KILLED
Was First Fatal Crash on
- New York-Chicago
Air Route
CHESTERTON, ind, —(®)— The
cattered bits of a giant twin-mo
.or transport plane—one of its
massive wheels = hung suspendéd
from a tree—was all that remain
ed Wednesday of a New York to
(hicago ship =of the United Air
Lines that carried its seven occu
pants to flaming death.
Jus; what happened when the
all-metal ship with a top speed of
more than three miles a minute
cashed to earth in flames shortly
ater 9 o’clock Tuesday night about
five miles southeast of here,
probably mever will be known, but
vitneses said they heard a terrific
A few minutes before while over
Nosth Liberty, Ind., company of
ficlals said it had radioed that “all
was well” and that before that it
had landed at 'Cleveland and had
passed over Toledo.
Five of the bodies were recover
ed Tuesday night, but none was
taken out alive as the heat of the
flames kept. farmiers who flocked
w 0 the scene back, They said they
saw the victims «milling aroud on
the inside of the cabin unable to
«ave themselves. Some. said they
even hard their screams.
Records of the alr lines showed
the following were aboard:
D. M. Dwyer, a woman, Arling
ton, Mass. g :
E. Smith, Chicago.
(. P. or Fred Schoendorff, Chi
cago,
Warren F. Burrig, Columbus,
Ohio, radio operator in the employ
of the company.
H. R. Tarrant, Oak Park, Il the
A, T. Ruby, Chicago, co-pilot.
Miss Alice Scribner, Chicago
stewardess.
Considerable ‘confusion developed
over identification of the Dwyer
woman, but a family by that name
resiting in Arlington said Wed
negday that a daughter, Miss Dor
othy Dwyer, had left New York
for Chicago Tuesday by plane.
First Fatal Crash
Officials of TUnited Air Lines
said it was the first fatal crash
to a multi-motored ship in seven
years of flying over sixty million
miles and that both pilots were
thoroughly experienced, -
The scene of -the Jsrash was a
woeded pateh on the farm of
James Smiley in the Indiana sand
dune region, within a few feet of
2 gravel road, The explosion
hrought scores of nearby residents
t 0 their doors and many of them
saw the blazing plane hurtle earth
ward with its human cargo.
Miss Esther Stroup, a teacher
living at the Smiley farm said the
has; was followed by a flash in
the sky. With others she ran across
fiells to the side of the burning
wreckage where they stood power
less to help.
Others estimated the ship was
ahout. 1,000 feet up at the time
ind one witness said he- could hedr
the throbbing of the. motor. as it
fell like a-plummet, leading offic
ials to believe that one of themo
tors or gasoline tanks may have
exploded and that Pijot Tarrant
Wwas attempting desperately te
make a landing,
Two bodies were found later.
They had been -either thrown clear
f the wreckage or.-had jumped as
they were about 250 yards to the
West of the tail of the plane which
Was considerably removed from he
Mmain part of the ship. i
Both were partly buried in the
Soft ground.
: The Arlingtor, Mass., woman
i';l'f‘%‘ was identified as Miss Doro
. Dwyer who was on her way
t:mp to Reno, Nev., where she was
. be marriad tajs siternoon to
heodore Baldwin, former Boston
Stock makret operator.
SALVATION ARMY
FUND NEAR SISOO
: latest report on the Salva
" Army’s annual home service
conducted in Athens Tuesday
hat over SI4OO of the the goal of
/110 has been subscribed. This re
: includes only half of the
which have been working,
e L is expected that the drive
vear will surpass that of last
itant and Mrs. C) arles John-
U are supervising the drive here,
I Captain Noble and the regu
‘U staff of Athens Salvation Army
“rs assisting. Jake B, Joel, lo
“ 1 ittorney, i 8 general of the
b with Mes. W, P.. Warten
“id of the women's division.
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
FULL Asscciated Press Service.
TODAY’S BEST
HUMAN INTEREST
STORY
WHITE, PLAINS N. Y., —
(AP)— A young bride with a
vear to live waited Tuesday for
a judge's answer to her plea
that her husband be freed from
their marriage.
Helen May Schickler, 21,
went before Justice William
F. Bleakley in supreme court.
“I am dying and I want my
husband to be free,’ she siad.
“l have tuberculosis and I
can't live a year.”
The judge said she had mar
ried Frederick C. Schickler
for better or for worse and he
should stick with her. The
husband asked his annulmenat
on the grounds of fraud. He
said his wife had concealed
from him the fact she had tu
berculosis. .
“*Please, please, give him his
annulment,” said Mrs. Schick
ler, “nobody can do anything
for me. My mother won’t have
me, and she’s my only rela
tive, Bur a girl in Peekskill
has taken care of me ahd Il
stay with her until I die.”
Justice Bleakley called
Schickler into his private ofy
fice for 15 minutes the judge’s
voice was heard. When the
two came out, the judge an
nounced his decision was re
served.
REPEAL DRIVE 15
IN FINAL STAGES
Florida Gives Overwhelm
ing Vote Against 18th
Amendment
By The Associated Press
Repeal of prohibition in the
United Stateg swept into its final
stage today with every indication
will be voted out of the connstnitu
tion on Nov. 7.
On that day six states will ballot
on repeal, Approval by only three
is needed to cancel the prohibition
amendment.
A decisive vote by Florida yes
terday in favor of repeal brought
the number of states in the repeal
column to 33. No state has vofed
to retain the amendment.
The six states passing on the
question on Nov. 7, are: Pennsy
lvania, Ohio, North and South
Carolina, Utah and Kentucky.
If the necessary states vote for
repeal Nov. 7, actual repeal of pro
hibition will not be in effect until
Dec. 6, due to the fact that formal
ratification conventions must be
held.
Florida Is 33rd
JACKSONVILLE, FLA., —(&)—
An overwhelming verdict by Flori
da's electoraté has brought to 33
the unbroken line of stateg favor
ing repeal of the 18th amendment.
The repeal ticket took a wide
lead from the first precinct to re
port and with more than two third
of the state’s 1,272 precincts tabu
lated, maintained a margin of bet
ter than four to one over the pro
hibitionists, %
Florida’s cities and ther popu
lous counties accounted for a mass
of the big repeal vote, but many
of the rural counties were not far
behind. « Y
The tabulation from 763 pre
cincts, with nearly all the big ciy
vote acounted for, was: for repeal,
76,898; against repeal 18,089.
The vote was the lightest .cast
except in previous off-year pri
maries or general elections. ;
~ On the basis of estimateg by the
secretary of state that there are
nearly half milion quaified wvoters
in the state, the 94,997 votes tabu
lated from 763 precincts.
NEGRO CONVICTED
" ON TWO CHARGES
1 it
e Sl e s LTt ke was
George Ussery , coiored, was
sentenced’ by the Clarke county
Superior court Wednesday morn
ing to from one to four years, He
was arrested on a charge of assauit
with attemvut to murder, but was
convicted on counis of shootiug
and carryillg a' concealed weapon.
Isaiah Davis, arrested,K on a
charge of burglary, plead guilty to
a misdemeanor and was given
twelve months probationary sen
tence. The case of Asbury Taylor,
colored, accused of shooting, Wwas
being tried Wednesday.
Harris Flanegan antl Herman
‘Wiggley were arrested by City of
ficers Hall and Stein on charges of
stealing coal. Will H: Bailey, col
ored, is being held in the city jail
B e, ... > o, Meae oS bt 3 i S 8 AR
A VALOREM SYSTEM
OF TAXATION DRAWS
CRAND JURY'S FIRE
Presentments Urge Clarke
Legislators to Work
For Speedy Change
ONE INDICTMENT
County Property Repairs
And Reappointment of
Thomas Recommended
\ Injustice of the present ad va
lorem system of taxation was con
demned in presentments returned
Wednesday morning by the Clarke
county grand jury upbn -adjourn
ing. The jury strongly recommend
ed upon the county’s legislators
the speedy enactment of a more
equitable method of raising neces
sary revenues for the expenses of
govrnment, »
The jury recommended general
repairs and painting: throughout
the courthouse; that the Newton
bridge road be improved at once
and the covered bridge on that
road made safe;; repairg on the
bridge on the old Whitehall road
a half-mile below the old Flanagin
place, and that the Jefferson river
road be made safe from high water
by raising the road at least two
feet between the bridge and the
Jackson county line.
' Records of county officers were
‘examined and the officials com
mended for the excellent shape of
\the record books. County property
was also inspected and found in
good eondition with the exception
of above mentioned recommenda
tions.
An audit of the recordg of the
county commissioners showed a
balance on hand on October 1, of
$38,136.67. Bonds and coupons which
had been paid and cancelled ($5,000
in bondg and $16,325 in coupons)
were burned by the jurors. The
present bonded debt of the county
is $716,000, the report showed.
Commend Thomas
Re-appointment of W. Milton
Thomas as notary public and ex
officio Justice 'of the Peace, was
recommended by* the jury which
commended Judge Thomas as the
only justice in the county to sub
mit his records during the sessions.
Judge Thomas' term expires on
October 24.
The presentments recommend
ed that pay of grand Jjurors for
the next year be set at $2,00 per
day and that the clerk be paid the
usual sum of SIO.OO for his ser
vices. .
Valuable assistance rendered by
Solicitor General Hnry West in
hanéling criminal . business was
Solicitor General Henry West in
thanks were extended the Solicitor
and Judge Blanton Fortson for
their courteous consideration and
help in the discharge of the Jury’s
duties.
Indictments charging burglary
were returned against Harvey
Meeks, Joe Scroggins, Ben Davis,
jr., Aaron Rowsey and Junior An
derson, The indictments charged
with breaking into Webb and
Crawford Wholesale Grocery com
pany and stealing goods. Due to
their youth they were turned over
to the Juvenile court, under Judge
’. . Tuck.
Red Cross Workers
Plan to Alleviate
Winter Suffering
ATLANTA. — (#) — Red Cross
workers in . Georgia are laying
their plans to alleviate human
suffering during the coming win
ter months.
The program of the local relief
agencies was outlined at a meet
ing here Tuesday attended by rep
resentatives of 65 chapters. A sec
ond regional conference similarto
the Atlanta meeting was sched
uled at Macon Wednesday and a
third at Waycross Friday.
william Carl Hunt, of Washing
ton, assistant manager of the east
ern gathering told Tuesday‘'s con
ference that the organization “bid
fair to remain permanent becax se
it is designed to meet real hum: 1
needs.” '
SERVICES THURSDAY
FOR MRS. ADERHOLD
| COMMERCE, Ga.,— Mrs. H. F.
{ Aderhold, prominent woman of
lthis city, died Wednesday morning
|at six o'clock. Funeral services
will be held Thursday morning at
eleven o'clock at the First Baptist
church. Mrs Aderhold was the
{mother of Mrs. W. J. Peeples of
lAthens. and s well known there
where she visited her daughter on
Athens, Ga., Wednesday, October. 11, 1933,
Government Begins Drive Against New
Form of Bootlegging, lllegal Milling
Of Wheat to Escape Processing Taxes
By SAM BLEDSOE
(Copyright, By. The. Associated
Press 1933)
WASHINGTON, —(P)— A new
form of bootlegging—illegal wheat
millling to escape the processing
tax on the grain—has grown to
such proportions that a determined
drive to end it 1s planned by ‘fedq
eral authorities. p ’
Collection of the 30 cents a
bushel tax on wheat and enforce
ment of the regulations surround
ing the levy are the immediate!
problem of the Bureau of Internali
Revue.
.~ The Farm Adjustment Adminis-l
‘tration is vitally concermed, how-|
‘ever, because the proceedsg from
the processing tax are dependedl
upon to raise funds to pay far.-}
[mers who agree to reduce their
acreage by 15 per cent next year, ‘
‘ As indicated by the steady flow of |
‘compamts that has come to the!
farm administration, the chief vio
\'lator's of the law are growers, whom
'the processing tax was designed to
help.
' The wheat farmer was given the
privilege of having wheat for his
own family use ground into flour
tax free. The charge has been
made, and repeated from virtually
every wheat growing section, that
some farmers are having more
wheat ground than they need and
disposing of the excess, tax-free
flour at a profit.
Custom millers in some sections
are reported to be accepting the
' farmers’ estimates without ques
tion, The growers are required by
internal revenue bureau regulations
to make an affidavit that the cus
BLUE EABLE 055
TESTS NRA POWER
iGary, Indiana, Restauran
' teur Ordered to Cease
" Displaying Eagle
WASHINGTON —(AP)=- NRA’s
grip on the nation was at a new
test Wednesday in the first case of
an employer deprived of his Blue,
Eagle.
Theodore G. Rahutis, Gary, In
diana, restauranteur, was under
orders from Hugh 8. Johnson to
cease displaying and surrender his
NRA insignia. Johnson's command
left to the public the final decisior
on how much the Blue Eagle
means to a store window and bus
iness house.
Johnson telegraphed Rahutis
the Gary compliance board had re
ported he was violating the mini
mum wage and maximum working
hours provisions of President Roos
evelt's re-employment agreement.
he added:
“Even if it is not true, your re
fusal to come forward with some
explanation when respectively
(Continued on Page Three)
Newsprint Code Is
Under Consideration
WASHINGTON —(AP)— Depu
ty NRA Administrator W. W.
Pickard has the newsprint code
under consideration, and is at
tempting to bring it into final
form.
It probably will not be in shape
for approval until after the mas
ter paper pulp code has been put
into effect, but there are no major
difficulties in sight.
The paper pulp code probably
will be ready ifor submission dur
ing the latter part of this week.
Theory, Method of Assessing Playing
Tricks in Hand Discussed by Brannon
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is
the second of a series of twen
ty special articles written for
the Banner-Herald by Robert
M. Brannon of New York, a
distinguished writer and. lec
turer on the common sense of
contract bridge).
By ROBERT M. BRANNON
As was emphasized and explain
ed in my first article, in its final
analysis contract bridge is a sim
ple sum in addition, and a bidding
system nothing more nor less than
ways and means to fit and join
the partnership hands together, at
a declaration that will yield the
maximum in tricks; and let it
always be remembered that at
contract bridge you are bidding
twenty-six partnership ecards, not
thirteen individual cards, and let
the guiding prineiple be “in union
there is strength,” for united, a
partnership stands; divided it
falls. \
Contract bridge being a mathe
matical equation, that and nothing
‘more, it is abolutely essential tirat
tom ground wheat is for their own
use and also thai it was grown on
their land.
Protest has been made, however
that in some instances commer
cial truck arlvers are signing af
fidavits and are receiving the flour
for disposition.
~ The Farm Administration be
jeves some of the compaints have
come from enemies of the pro
cessing tax but the widespread re
ports have caused concern, Conse
quently, plans have been made to
offer every cooperation to the bu
reau of internal revenue in detect
ing violators.
No figures are available, officials
said, on the extent to which wheat
bootlegging has affected receipts
from the processing levy.
~ The receipts from the tax in 22
days in July were only $384,00, Of-
Ficials said, however. that this low
figure had no particular signifi
cance since millers were slow to
[pay because of unfamiliarity with
the tax reglations.
- The amount of wheat ground in
July and August this year, how
ever, was only 15,027,671 bushels
as compared to 16,832,609 in the
comparative period in- 1932,
But again officials assert that
these figures are deceptive as mills
ran at full capacity before July
and August this year because the
processing tax was impending.
The processing tax on wheat is
expected to produce approximate
ly $135,000,000. Any substantial re
duction in that figure would mean
that the treasury would have to
‘he drawn upon to pay for the
wheat reduction campaign,
PASTOR SHOOTS
CHURCH JANITOR
Kitling Follows Long Con
troversy at Jonesboro,
Arkansas
JONESBORO, Ark. —(AP)— A
murder charge faced the Rev.
Dale S. Crowley following the
death Wednesday of J. W. Me-
Murdro, aged janitor, who was
shot by the minister late Tuesday
at the Jonesboro Baptist taberna
cle, scene of mtermittent distur
bances for several months.
McMurdro, shot three times in
what he declared was ‘“cold blood,”
and what the minister said was
self defense, died at 8:40 a.m.
Crowley, who surrendered im
mediately after the shooting which
marked his return to the taberna
cle to take charge as legal pastor
under a court order, was held in
jail in another city for safekeep
ing.
Authorities said a murder charge
would be filed against him short-
Ive 2 3
The shooting followed two
months of controversy and court
action between forces. of the church
led by Crowley and a group headed
by the Rev. Joe Jeffers, evangelist,
who has sought to oust Crowley as
pastor.
~ Crowley recently won a decision
in chancery court which recogniz
ed him as the legal pastor and re
strained Jeffers’ group from inter
fering with Crowley’s tabernacle
activities.
The pastor, accompanied by a
group of followers and carrying a
pistol because he said threats had
been made against his life, went to
the tabernacle Tuesday to take
charge.
After he ordered McMurdro to
leave, Crowley said the janitor fir
ed at him once. The pastor sajd
the bullet grazed the leg of one of
his group, L. H. Kayre who struck
McMurdro’s arm with a cane cause
ing the shot to go wild. Then
Crowley said he began firing.
full understanding, not only of the
'Drocesses of trick counting, but
equally complete understanding of
the theory of card valuation.
Hence, this and the succeeding
three articles will be devoted en
tirely to an explanation of the
theory, and the methods of assess
ing a hand in terms of playing
tricks.
All methods of card valuation
are based on the laws of averages
and probabilities of the deal; and
on account of the uncertainties of
distribution, it should be obvious
that at best it is but an approxi
mation, and frequently subject to
change without notice.
Three Sources of Tricks
We are accustomed to value, or
visualize a hand chiefly in terms
of honor cards. Admittedly, honor
cards are the pivotal points of
consideration, but there are two
other sources of playing tricks of
almost equal importance — suit
length, and ability to ruff lcsers.
SUIT LENGTHS: Suit lengths
which yield small, end card tricks,
0.0 MAYSEEK
POWER T 0 STEP IN
AND HALT STRIKES
Johnson Tells Labor That
Further Strikes Can
Not Be Tolerated
ULTIMATUM ISSUED
Wrangling Workers Qn
Justice Building
Brings Notice
By CLARENCE M. WRIGHT
Associated Press Staff Writer
WASHINGTON —(#)— Power to
step in and end labor disputes may
be asked of Congress by the ad
ministration unless organized
whrkers settle their own internal
digsensions and arbitrate before
striking.
Such an ultimatum already has
been delivered teo two unions—
carpenters and ironworkers—which
have halted construction work on
the Justice Department building in
the capital with an argument over
which should install radiator en
closures,
“I have told labor,” said Edward
F. McGrady, assistant secretary of
labor, “that unless the unions set
tle that dispute between themseves
and settle it quickly, we will go
to Congress when it conveneg in
January and ask power for the
government to make the declsion
in cases -involving federal build
ings.
| Would Set Precedent
’ “That, of course, would consti
tute a precedent for the govern
ment later in asgking the power to
handle all such cases, whether
they involve government bulldings
or not, so long as it disrupts bus
iness generally.” '
In the local case, McGrady ad
ded, the contractor has offered to
‘pa,y both carpenters and ironwork
ers and let one crew stand idle
and watch while the other puts in
tHe radiator enclosures,
“His object,” MecGrady said, “Is
to finish the job in contract time
Yet the dispute is holding up the
buildings and absolutely stopping
payrolls amounting to thousands
of dollars. Somebody should listen
to reason” ° |
A hint of administration dissat
isfaction at continuing labor un
rest was given to the American
Federation of TLabor convention
Tuesday night by Hugh 8. John
son, industrial administrator.
Quoting Dr. Alexander Sachs
NRA economist, as saying there
were now fewer strikes than in
any other recovery in history,
Johnson added: :
Strikes Unnecessary
‘" “Labor does not need to strike
under tne Roosevelt plan.
“From the beginning to the end
you are given a complete and
highly effective profection of
vouy rights. The plain stark truth
is that you cannot tolerate the
strike, >
“Public opinion is the essentia)
powen in this country. In the end
it will break down and estroy ev
ery subversive influence.
“If now—when the whole power
of this government and its people
are being given in an effort to
provide and maintain to the ulti
mate the rights of every man who
works for pay—you countenance
(Continued on Page Four)
ATHENS MUSICIANS
GUILD IS PLANNED;
TO OFFER PROGRAM
Plans to organize a studio guild
which will embrace the several
arts, music painting, acting and
writing will take shape Friday
evening with the first of a weekly
series of musical programs by
Athens musicians.
The first program will be held
'in the north lobby of the Y. M.
C. A. building and will feature
five popular local musicians. The
Young Business Men's club is
sponsoring this first program and
the public is invited both to attend
and to participate in later meet
ings.
It is hoped that these weekly
meetings will form a nucleus for
an Athens musicians guild, as well
as furnish entertainment and in
siruction for the public. It is
planned later to broaden the scope
of the work to include other arts.
The program for Friday evening
is as follows:
Bach—Loure — Violin — Stanton
Forbes.
Bach — Allemande — Piano —
Pauline Hadaway. )
Schubert—Lullaby— Voice— Eu
lalia Vaughn, :
Debussy — Arabesque—Piano—
Wagner Alexznder.
Hadley — October Twilight
Stanton Feorbes.
. There will be also a brief dis
cussion of the above composers in
A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—>s¢ Sunday.
President Says He Will
Confer With Ickes About
Funds Tangle In Georgia
KATHRYN KELLEY
ON STAND TODAY
OKLAHOMA CITY — (&) —
Kathryn Kelly, wife of George
(Machine Gun) Kelly, took
. the witness stand in the couple’s
trial for tne Charles F, Urschel
kidnaping after the government
" had rested its case Wednesday.
She walked complacently to
the witness chair after her 15-
. year old <daughter, Pauline
Frye, had testified briefly that
it was mnot unusual for Kath
ryn to do favors for the three
girls at the R. G. Shannons’
Texas farm—such as when she
took them to Fort Worth and
~ kept them there during the
~ time Urschel was held, blind
i folded and chained, in a shack
. on the place.
! In brief crogs-examination of
Federal Agent W. A. Rorer,
the last government witness,
i defense attorney John B. Rob
l! erts brought out that Kelly,
| when arrested, took the blame
i for the kidnaping and said his
wife “had nothing to do with
nr
CALIFORNIA STRIKE
(OSTS THREE LIVES
Authorties Attempt to
Stamp Out Violence in
San Joaquin Valley
r SAN FRANCISCO. —(®)— Cali«
‘tomla counted three dead and at
least =l2 injured Wednesday in
strike infested areas of the San
Joaquin valley as authotl'ities
sought to stamp out violence.
In San Francisco, guards of the
Matgon Navigation company pa
trolled company docks where 500
stevedores quit in protest against
the discharge of four other work
ers,
Two Mexican pickets were killed
and seven persons, one a Negress,
wounded when ranchers allegedly
fired on a meeting of striking cot
ton pickers a¢ Pixley, Tulare
county, Tuesday. Warrants charg
ing murder were issued by auth
orities for 11 ranchers. :
The other fatality was at Arvin,
south of Bakersfield, where a
striking cotton picker was fatally
shot in a clash between strikers
and non-strikers, a fight which of
ficers broke up with tear gas
bombs, Five other meén were in
jured and six persons, one a wom
an, arrested.
- Officials at Corcoran in King:
!county, ascribed the death of 3-
months old Jennie Roque to mal
inutrmon and exposure and Mrs.
W. D. Drennan, county hospital
official, said a dozen other persons
@were suffering similarly in camps
of cotton pickers whe are striking
for higher wages, About 10,000
cotton and lettuce workers are on
strike.
In Sacramento Governor James
Rolph warned punishment awaited
persons illegally arming themselves
for participation in strike disor
ders,
Georgia Is Allotred
"~ $15,000 to Operate
Transients Bureaus
WASHINGTON. —(®)— Georgia
has been allotted $15,000 for the
establishment and one month’s op
eration of bureaus to care for
unemployed transients.
Harry L. Hopkins, emergency
relief administrator, in announcing
the grant Tuesday, said further
allotments would depend on exper
ience,
“This money cannot be used tc
pass along the iransient and needy
unemployed from town totown,” he
said, “The stares getting the allot
ments have been instructed to
deal with each individual on the
basis of needs and to help as’ many
as possible of the migratory job
less to stabilize themselves.” |
Georgia Milk Code
Sent to Washington
For Final Approval
ATLANTA —(AP)— Cleared of
its last obstacle, a milk agreement
for Georgia has been started on its
final journey to Washington for
administration approval.
The Georgia Milk Producers
Confederation, last of the foreces
opposing the agreement, capitula
ted Tuesday and ratified the pagt
which provides retail price in
creases to a minimum basis of 12
cents a quart, cash and carry, and
13 cents delivered. = i
.
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ws
W 50 OUR Teey
Participation in Benefits
Of Public Works Fund
Seems Likely =
Clarke County Is One of;g
Few Already Having
Secured Fund N
WASHINGTON. —(#)— After a
conference with President u: ;
velt late Wednesday, Thomas ’
Hamilton of the Georgia Publie
works board said he was "w’;;
fully encouraged’ over a. plfl.x;w 3
which Georgia may participate
equally with other 'statesin“‘fi
public works 'construction p -
Hamilton, Augusta publisher
head of a delegation of Georgians
said the Presideny promised to
take up with Secretary Ickes,
lic works board and their attor
ditlon in Georgia where a con ti
tutional limitation on borrowing
by state, counties and municip: @._':s
',tieg has held up puble works
siruction. e
Before going to the White
House, members of the state pub=
lic works barod and their attor
neys called upon Secretary Ickes
public works administrator. =
i Little Encouragement
' They reported, however, the nee
retary gave them little encourage
ment upon their request for a =
broad interpretation of the nation
‘al recovery act which would ecir
cumyent Georgia’s constitutio ;
limitation upon state, county, }
muniecipal borrowings. =
' Ickes told them, Thomas J, Ham~
ilton of Augusta, head of the
delegation said, that if the publie
works administration did not res
quire the usual adequate egal
guarantee in Georgia's case, other
states would have to be granted
‘the same privileges, contrary to
the pubie works policy. i
The administrator suggesteé
Hamilton said, that the Georgia
legislature- be called into sessioml
to devise a system of borrowing =
which would afford the governs
ment sufficient collateral and
which the state supreme court could
rule not in violation of the cons
stitution. ; o
Clarke County Method
Clarke county has succeeded in =
getting a loan from the public
works fund through the purchase
of the federal government of cer
tificates of the state highway
board given the county for money
advanced for road construction. It
has been suggested that this is .
way of getting around the consti
tutional situation. e
Members of the Georgia &lelega«
tion in addition to Hamilton were
Henry T, Mclntosh, Arthur Lucas
Ryburn @. Clay, -Marion Smith,
Ben E. Plerce and Charles H.
Cox. Vil
The delegation went directly =
from the public works offices to
the White Hguse, confident that
President Roosevelt would place
an interpretation upon the amend
ment by Senator Russell (D.-Ga.)
to the National Recovery Act giv
ing the chief executive broad
powers in alloting public {vorks
funds, S
‘?he Georgia constitution g
at 7 per cent of assessed property
valuation the limit to which a =
county or municipality may bond =
itself, and it is thislimjtationwhich
‘has held up Georgia’s share of the =
$3,300,000,000 public works fund
estimated at about $100,000,000,
JOLLY IDEA
PHILADELPHIA —(AP)— For
the first time in 12 years of its =
existence, men are permitted in the
swimming pool at the Young Woy
men’s Christian Association. i
As an experiment in helping =
yvoung women entertain the "boa(,,
friend” at the “Y” instead of hav- =
ing ta go elsewhere, directors aF
the organization are trying out the
mixed swimming idea. “Bring your
best beau,” they.urge the girls, * ;
let us get one for you'¥ .
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in central and north portions
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