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[' COTTON MARKST fODAY'S CLOSE .. .. ... 9o TREVIOUS CLOSE .. .. .. 9o Vol. 101. No. 249. [Woman Is Slain On Way To Game Here any Cotton Producers Borrow Money on . Stored Cotton WAREHOUSES BUSY oans on Homes and Farm Property Run Up Total The farmers aud property own r. of Clarke and surrounding ounties have borrowed to date wre than $75,000 from three surces-—the Home " Owners’ Loan ssociation, the National Farm oan association, and from. the anks and warehouses, on cotton shich they have stored in ware ouses. The loans of ten centg per pound n cotton lead the list, while the brm ioans seem to be the slowest f the three to be completed. Three warehouses in Athens re ort that they have loaned more an 50,000 on cotton during the st few days. Moss Bonded Ware ouse has made loang amounting o about $22,000, Planters Ware ouse Co. put out about $20,000 n loans, and the Independent Ware ouse Co. has made $7,600 worth f loans. Most of the cottcn loans made yy the Athens warehouses §go hrough the local banks. The Na jonal Bank of Athens,mmled beut $50,000 worth of loans, while he Citizen and Southern+bank has andled loans amounting to. more han $25,000, O The Home Owners Loan corpo aticn has completed seven loans mouriting to $14,000 to property ywners in Clarke county, according o Lee Bradberry, appraiser for the cme Owners L.oan corporation in his country, There are 20 more ieces of property to be appraised hig week, and many other loans re pending.. R AT R Mr. Bradberry predicts that bout 50 leans will be made to home owners in this county by anuary 1. Should the average of 2,000 per loan be contihued, Mr. Bradberry says, the fifty loans he Xpects to make would amount to ibout SIOO,OOO. Approximately ten er cent of the loans made by the orporation here are in cash, while he other 90 per cent is in govern lent bonds. . Loans made oa farm landg in his county amount to $12,700, ac ording to H. 0. Epting, Clarke county secretary-treasurer for the National Farm {Loan association. Many other farm loans are pending Mr. Epting says. He expects to have other loans completel by the end of this week. The zZmount mentioned above does not include old loans, amount ing to $95,000, still in force in this County. However, the interes; rate on these old loans recently was Fe duced to 4 1-2 per cent. It is expected tnat most of the broducers desiring cotton loans will gt them by the end of this week. Warehouse officials say that they Will then be able to make a more icturate report as to the amount 0l money borrowed on cotton, MILL IN AUGUSTA l Labor Leaders Tell Strik ers That King Factory Must Stay Closed ‘ AUGUSTA, ' GA.,—(#P)—Re-open- | g of the John P. King cotton Will here, one of several which havel been’ shuy down by labor troubles, Vs postponed Wednesday after labor jeaders told a '‘'mass meeting O strikers Tuesday night that the mill " “must not re-open.” The resumption of operations was delayed unti Thursday, The mil fmploys 1300 workers on two shifts, Meanwhile, Robert W. Bruere, thairman, * and Ben E. ' Greer of Greenville, §. C., of the cotton textile industrial relations board, ‘onferred with labor leaders and ¥ith- a conciliation commissioner o kO S. department f Labor, in an effort to set- Ue labor iroubles here and in the fearby Horge Creek. Valley area of South Carolina. Bruere apng Geer said a statement "ould be issued later Wednesday. . The mills in the valley opened Yithout any gisorder. Captain lames Wessinger, commander of a South Carolina. National Guard “Mpany-at Bath, S. C.; said 275 bickets watched the workefs come Mo a 4 mill there, but there was no lisorder. South Carolna state po lice reported the situation quiet in Uther towns in the valley. About 100 special and regular Mlice watched the King mill situa- Uon here. The wearkers came to the Vant anq assembled for an address ¥ Landon Thomas, president, and Plice officers, who assured pro lection for them Thursday. Police L Pt the idle crowd moving Wed lesday. and made several arrests. ATHENS BANNER-HERALD FULL Associated Press Service. SAYS FARM STRIKE DOESN'’T HELP ANY e e e A ko mte e e RIS e e AR .- o Ay PR ? -.-,-J:i A R SRR "“113}'6 SRR T 4:7.?:?:1:';5:1%&“ .*12"3 b R NB . A R R S BRI SRR e O N B S NIRRT lAR S : “V«%fi R 3 e e RLL L ] S R R T S B R o e L S Rt B o S R R L so S S R R R R iB o e B I e e B 2 b BB S . - s et R B e ‘ B e 3;1‘:1;1:?'-"3"*2' oo e Koot 2 BB p LT W N Wy R ;5:;:‘-:,":1:3 L < B e ot & o S ;:?%.s::«r,-z:::;:z T B R BB R BRI . 1 R SRR R e R R R R R ..~ B T T BES e . R RIS L s oy LSR R ;.;:;;5;::5:5;5_»;;,. B B " RS B o s B S o P B g;:-:~:§'-;-:-:-:A:~:-:23:».. Rt - e S o B S 3 R s -:-'-:-:;:;:-:-:-:v--' e o G R & f.s.u:y.:--f.’?:‘.::?.szz:;s:s: e Sy s R : QRO .-:!:i:i:-:fi.\':i:i;:7‘3:2:3:-:1:1:-':" 1 v B : e N, . e Ceoßl i o R R g‘ SR e R e o ;:;:;:':3:;:;:;3;:;:::;:;:_-:;:§;;;:;:,:;,;*.: R ’9" g \! gl 1 SRR a 5 RS ————————————————— The farm strike will increase in stead of relieve distress, declares Keith Neville, above, ex-gover nor of Nebrezska, who resigned as NRA organizer for that state because he disagreed with any policy that did not exempt busi nesses employing fewer than ten persorg from code wage and * hour provisions. MID-WEST FARMERS RELY ON RODSEVELT Five Governors Meet, Toss Farm Problems Into President’s Lap " "DES MOINES, lowa —(AP) — The problems of the Mid-West farmer are to be tossed into the lap of President Roosevelt for a solution. This decision was made Tuesday ‘night by five governors from as many middlewestern states and the authorized spokesmen for four others, who, recommended to the President these steps: ‘The immediate fixation of mini mum price levels for major farm products. An NRA code for the farmer. Currency inflation, properly safeguarded and controlled. The quickening of federal re-fi nancing of farm mortgages. The governors—Langer of North Dakota, Berry of South Dakota. Herring of lowa, Olson of Minne sota, and Schmereman of Wiscon sin—together with representatives of Indiana, Illinois, Kansas and Nebraska, drafted their recommen dations after a two day conference with leaders of the nation’s chiet farm organizations. The five governors plan tg, carry their program in person to Presi dent Roosevelt Thursday. They were to meet in Chicago Wednes day, preparatory to the Washing ton trip. Commending the President for “his earnest efforts to find an ef fective and just solution of the farm problem,” and for progress “thus far made,” the midwestern executives added their belief thal “certain immediate action, supple mentary to action taken by the na :jonal administration is impera tive.” ‘Clarke County’s Cupid ' Is Working Overtime; | Sets Marriage Record Cupid hasn’'t gone on the NRA according to the number of marriages in October for Clarke county. In fact, he's been working over time this month- and setting up a record period for the past three years. Thirty-six marriages—l 9 white and 17 colored—is the number reported for October by the Ordinary’'s office in the courti house. ) Not _since the last months of 1929 when everybody was be ing assured it was the next corner prosperity. was just around has such a busy month been checked up for Dan Cu pid, who had wings long be fore the blue eagle did. The little fellow has been put back to work by the NRA evident ly, hut there’s no limit to his hours. He's convinced couples from 17 to 70 that this is the time to take the plunge. So far no licenses have been taken out for November. Dan’s prob ably resting up from his hard labor, and getting the pep to stary out again tOmMOITOW, Gerard Swope Would Have Much Ot NRA Retained As ; Permanent Industrial Aid Says U. 5. Will Supervise Industries |f They Fail to Do So JOB GAINS SHOWN British Economist Says Roosevelt Should Centrol Banking System WASHINGTON —(AP)— Warn ing that the government will un dertake stricter suprevision of in dustry if it does not do so itself, Gerard Swope Wednesday proposed a program for making much of the NRA permanent. - . The industrial leader as chair man -of the busipess advisory and planning council for the depart ment of commerce, proposed to it ‘the creation here of a ‘“National Chamber of Commerce and Indus try” which should be an enlarge ment and development of the pres ent Chamber of Commerce of the United States. At the same meeting, the recom mendation of NRA’s industrial ad visory: board that five of its thir teen members step out to make place for mew advisors selected from the planning council was tak en up for action. Swope —of General Electric— along with Walter C. Teagle, chair man of the advisory board and president of Standard Oil of New Jersey, and three other members are leaving Robert E. Lund, president of the National Manufacturers associa tion, probably will become chair man. Swope advocated that the super business organization should be come the actual governing agency of codified industry, saying: “If industry does not organize and governing litself, either the state or federal government will— with the consequent paralyzing ef fect on initiative and progress.” GETTING ALONG WELL WASHINGTON —(AF)— Pres ident Roosevelt was said in high est quarters Wednesday to be feel ing that the recovery program is getting along well, after a study of charters he has just received show ing increases in employment and the total wages being paid. Secretary Perkins reported to him that the~average hourly wages have risen from 42 cents to 51 while the average hourly work week has declined from 42 hours to 36. A special report by government economists asserts that the reac tion in production in some of the (Continued On Page Three) FOUR MEN INDICTED FOR ARSENAL THEFT Elmore Faces Robbery Trial Prior to U. S. Ac tion in Looting Case By JACK BRASWELL Four men have been indicted by a federal grand jury, sitting in Ma con, for the robbery on June 13 and 27, of the military arsenal at the University of Georgia. The men indicieé were Frank W. Elmore, former pilot at Epps fietd; John Fuller and Paul T. Sorrow, Athens and George Kinard, Elmore’s mechanic, of Gainesville. . Elmore has been in jail here on charges of robbing a bank in Brewton, Ga., and U. 8. Clerk N G. Hawkins says the federal gov ernment will not bring Elmore to trial until the state has finished 'with him on the = bank robbery charge. The other three will be 'iried here durin the first week in December, at the regular term of federal court, the clerk said. In the robbery of the arsenal here, a quantity of machine - guns, automatic and target rifles and ‘ammunition was stolen, some of ‘which was later recovered. LOCAL WEATHER Cloudy tonight and Thurs day, probably occasional rain Thursday in extreme south portion, little change in tem perature. : TEMPERATURE Highest. ... +» ssvtscsn ssssl4.o T.oWeßt. .. : wiseivictsvas. .BB MEBN,csvso ~dao o olesnssvneil NOTMAL. .. oos soss snas asve BH.O RAINFALL Incheg last 24 h0ur5........ 0.00 Total since October 1...... 1.45 Deficiency since October 1 1.46 Average October rainfall... 2.91 motal since January 1 .....30.06 Deficiency since January 1 12.52 Athens, Ga.,, Wednesday, November 1, 1933. RELIEF OFFICE IS GIVEN 500 NAMES Two Hundred Already Put to Work; Investiga tors Work Day and Night e o { Over five hundred unemployfgg have registered at the office of m Clarke county Emergency rel administrator, Mrs. Frank Cam=+ stra, and two hundred of these have been put to work on the two projects already approved by the state board in Atlanta; the water= works and the high school football field. [ ~ Case-workers are investigating requests night and day in order to shorten the time before the needy may be put to work. Another re quest that people who already have jobs do not register was made by Mrs. Camstra again Wednescéay. These will not be giverl relief work, she explained an investigation of their cases only retards the work of the office. Sev eral such instances have already come up, one case-worker being forced to turn down six people for this reason. J i It is expected that the commis sion will be able to move into ite permanent coffices in the old Com mercial bank buliding sometime Thursday. Plans for painting the building have been approved, and widl begin soon. Until these of fices are ready, Mrs. Camstra will be in the Chamber of Commerce where all cases will be registered and from where the investigations will be conducted. Clarke County Boy Shot to Death and Murder Is Charged Melvin Bray, 13, died today at 12:80 as a result of a shot-gun wound received earlier this morn ing. Young Bray who lived on the Barnett Shoals road was with his cousin, Herbert Willoughby, 14, on the Whitehall road where they were keeping crows out of the pe can grove, with shot-guns. Willoughby's gun went off acci dentally, he says, and the other boy was shot in the back. He was rushed to the General hospital by McDorman-Bridges ambulance where he died two or three hours later. l Following young Bray's death county officers said a charge of assault with attempt to murder will be changed to a charge of murder against Willoughby. Funeral services will be held FFriday morning at Bernstein's chapel, conducted by Rewv. Jack Nichols, Methodist pastor, and in terment will follow in Oconee Hil cemetery by Bernstein Funeral Home. He is' survived by his mother, Mrs. Ruby Allen, one sister, Mrs. Cleo Thompson and a brother, Otis Thompson. PAY-DAY DECLARED CHICAGO —(AP)— Happy days are just around the corner for Chi cago’s 14,000 school teachers and 4,000 other school employes. The board of education has declared a $6,000,000 payday. ; Old Fashioned Dug-Out to Be Used : At American Legion Headquarters A real old-fashioned dug-out— with the change of saw-dust bags for the sand bags used in France— has been constructed in the offices at the corner of College avenue and Washington street as head quarters for the 1934 membership drive of the American Legiocn. Saw-dust bags, donated by Le gionnaire Cromer, are piled on four sides of the front section of the offices to form a dug-out wiliich cannot be seen from the loutslde. "he window in front of this, facing . the street, contains war relics brought home from France, including the cushion from the Xaiser's chair. A machine gun nestles between the openings which form a window for the -dug-out, and a croker sack will cover the < trances to make the place realistic. Inside the dug-out a legionnaire and ¢ member -2 the local auxiliary will be present at all times, and drinks and doughnuts will be served. The public is invited to come and see the dug-out which will be open daily until late a¢ night from now until the end of the drive on Ar mistice day. The first member of the Legion to sign up for the 1934 period was M. N. Tutwiler, secretary-treas urer of the Reserve Officers as-‘ HOLDS PARTY AS LAW IS FOILED g "\’# g U BA. N e 1 T U Ret s e e ] SR R ii g ] g e Bl R R s Fon : R SRR S T e R B 2 B A vR R 2 o e 3 B ey B o N -_4&?.&):3’;;,:; iR yfi‘ RR R % ST s PR R 4 »‘-"“"‘%x RSR K 0 b & S R S AR T R SRR B SRR o B B R L 3 ~..1:3.\'~"':~ e e Py RO R T g & *"J\ B N R BN e . B R R R R R s B s B R e e e e R R Wet moe B SR TR Ew o v.:‘«.is*-»51;'55‘?.'E:2:3:5:5:5:3:515:515:5:E:E:Z<€il s \%‘ B e S ;‘. 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Holding up one messae after an other, Insull, in excellent = spirits, expressed hig thanks to his friends, bu;was not inclined to discuss. his personal plans, saying he would let ‘those affairs take their natural course., ~ Morning newspaers commenting on the court’s decision expressed pleasure and said Greek justice had reached its highest pinnacla in the verdict. They also said they were pleased that the justice of a small country was not allow ed to be prejudiced or intimidated by a large country, Forest Hbrness, representative of the American government in the Insuil hearing, 'moved €om the hotel Grande Bretague to the American legation, where he de clined to say anything concerning the result of the case. Asked whether thé report that three other charges were being brought against Insull was correct, Harness replied, “I am not the American government. You had better see the minister.” Lincoln MacVea~h, the miniater, replying to the same question, said: ili have not received official no tification of the verdict. 1 have advised Washington fully. Any further actiom must be decided there.” Again free from the reach of the long arm of American law, Insull was lavish in his expressions of gratefulness for the courtesies shown him and still was absorbed with the verdict and public opinion concerning it. “Insull” the court said, ‘“used his good name as personal guaran tee im all efforts to keep up the company’s credit and after their bankruptey remained in America and gave up his personal and his wife’s fortunes.” . sociation, who put his name on . the dotted line last night when -lt‘ne dug-out was being prepared.i |Others who joinedf at that time |were H. B. Higginbotham, Arthur .I(}annon, Luther Nelson, H. B. |Hodgson, D. W. Bridges, J. Mel ford Fowler, and Wade Parr. E. |L s Hemrick, B. E. Dawson, Fred |L.. Dooley, B. F. Grant, V. G. (| Hawking, Willlam Baird, Harry A. t!Hines. Whit J. Eberhart, Mayo C. -{Buckle,, John R. Simmons, Dr. !IH. W. Birdsong, Bob Gunq and ;x.loel A. Crowe signed up Wednes | iday morning. || Dr. Harold B. Hodgson, city |veterinarian, vice - commander of »lthe Allen Fleming post of the Am lerican Legion and chairman of the r!membership committee, is director )'of the drive. B. F. Grant is com :[mander of the local post, and V. {G. Hawkins is adjutant. D. W. I|Bridges is commander of the ;| Eighth district American Legion. zl Headquarters for the drive were ./donated by Deadwyler, , Beacham lirealty company. ‘\ /i Allen Fleming post will hola its \monthly meeting Thursday nishfl {at the Georgian hotel. All legion |naires are urged to be present as a |special program has been arranged |land muech important business is to |be takem-mPy iy iofuipdiiad BANK HEAD DEFENDS RIGHT 10 LIaT AL POSSIBLE TAX CUTS Wiggin Tells Investigators How He Evaded - Payment VOLUNTARY WITNESS Also Showed Clients How To Establish Losses For Tax Reports t WASHINGTON —(#)— Contend ing it was his right to use all pos ‘sible deductions allowed by law, EAlbert H. Wiggin, former chair ‘man of the Chase National bank, testified Wednesday to senate in ivestigators he had paid income taxes totalling $1,365,000 in the last five years. | Barlier, a letter was read before the senate banking committee in gdicating the Chase, Harris, Forbes ‘company, an affiliate of the Chase ‘bank, had suggested to clients a method of establishing losses for income tax purposes, Wiggin also related that officers of the Chase securities corpora tion, another bank affiliate, who gave his personal companies pa,r-! ticipation in profitable stock trans actions were indebted to those] concerns. : The retired banker, who a few days ago relinquished a lifetime salary of SIOO,OOO a year from the bank after the payments had been brought out by the senate investi gators, voluntarily testified to his ineome tax payments. He said the smallest he had paid was $197,000 and the largest $338,- 000 He added his total payments of taxes of all kinds during the five years was $1,624,326. Other members of his immediate family and his private corpora tions, he said, had paid $2,125793 of income taxes and $3,578,090 in all taxes. The grand total, he said for him and members of his family was $3,494,027 in federal taxes and $4,- 624,905 in all taxes @& THREE PERGONG DIE IN OIL TANK BLAST Others Feared Dying Fol towing Container Col lapse and Fire TIVERTON, R, L. —(#)— Three men were killed and a dozen more were injured Wednesday when an oil tank being tested at the plant of the New England Terminal company in North Tiverton collap sed. The collapse was shortly foi lowed by an explosion and fire which enveloped four of five big tanks nearby, containing oil. Several workmen were reported missing immediately after the col lapse of the tank and the outbreak of the fire, but since a number of men were rushed to hospitals in Fall River, it was believed that they might be found there. The known dead included a full blooded Cherokee Indian, known as€ “Chief” Gaylor Henshaw, whose, home was somewhere in Oklaho ma: Lester Hornback, address mnot ascertained, and Henry St. Pierre 23 of Tiverton. A later check at St. Anne’s hos pital indicated that two of the dead had been brought there and that the two injured taken there were feared™ dying. Those near :fith were Manuel Luiz, 39, and nk Augier, 42, both of North Tiverton, Hospital authorities held little hope that either would re cover from injuries suffered in the taak collapse. WELL EXPLODES OKLAHOMA ClTY—(#)—An ex plosion set fire to a 10,000-barre! oil well, the Russell Petroleum Company’s No. 1 Reno, 11 blocks from Oklahoma City’s businesg district, Wednesday. The blast, of undetermined orig in, tore out the well’s connections loosing a roaring column of oil and gas that shqt high into the air and ignited. LOST ART REGAINED . NEW YORK.—(AP)—Behind & long shiny mahogany bar, a fresh man class of twelve students is taking a course in the intricate art of bartending. It’s at the American Bar Tend ers’ institute, and two white aproned veterans are’the “profes sors.” The first course of ten lec tuves deals with the general rudi ments of the profession, and there's a post graduate course on how to concoct fancy drinks. The institute says more applica tions have been received from prospective students, including some from women, 8 , % WE DO OUR MAY A. B. C. Pgper—Single Copies, 2c—>sc Sunday. SAYS HE IS MUCH PUZZLED BY NRA e ey e P e B S 3 3 ‘ 5 * . o e . W g B b e 377 i Gag . oo { S v 3 k% :, - s ;. Py S = 5 B o 8 T e %" W . 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BB P S s B TR e ~'4:-':5:5:5' R TR IR ""5:5:°~":i%"13:5"" g Rseße s ie e "%"4 g Gn e R es B g TS e :'r:'if‘:::535157:52%5':315:1:1:1:1:1:3'7‘. f o SRR A Ry s e R R e .:f\;f*:’f-ii’?';i:igi;fifgiv}-,.E;_ i Ry A E:} e e A S; b ‘ NEW YORK,—4{f)—To Al Smith some aspects of the NR.A. are “very puzzling.” ; ‘ In. an editorial in. the November issue of the New Outlook magazine pubished Wednesday, Smith set forth certain features of the gov lernment‘s recovery program which he believed inconsistent or border ing on illegality. . “It ig all very puzgling,” he said “and the bewildered observer, hop ing ultimately for an honest test of these issues in,the courts, is further confounded by the editor ial suggestion in a newspaper of wide circulation that the President could ask congress to create a few more supreme <ourt judgeships and fill them with men sympathetic with the aimg of the national re covery act, “That would indeed be a new deal.” Smith questioned the constitution ality of certain state laws passed in conjunction with the N.R.A. and which made punishable in state courts violations of N. R. A. codes filed with some offficial of the commonwealth, He commented, too, ‘that all em ployes of private business, except the railroads, had to come under N.R.A, codes while government workers were exempted from the “benefits of shorter hours and higher wages.” “The watchword of the business man is spend,’” Smith wrote. ‘“The watchword of the government is ‘retrench.”’ MACON COMPANY WILL MOVE HERE Cooperage Business Opens Soon; Athens May GCet New Textile Cohcern The Macon Cooperage company, manufacturers of kegs, barrels and similar items, will move to Athens sometime in the near future, it was announced today by Joel Wier, secretary of the’ Chamber of Com merce. The head of this company, Mr. French, was in Athens several weeks ago before deciding whether he would move the plant here or somewhere else. The move will he made as soon as vnossible. Sev eral families will come to Athens with the. concern, and the laborers, who will number from 25 to 30 will consist of Athens people. The site selected .by Mr. French is at the north end of Barber street. It was also announced that there is a very good chance of Athens seconding a good-size textile spec ialty manufacturing company socon. Defintie information as to whether or not.the firm will locate here wili be available towards the end of this week, it is believed. | MEMORIAL MUST WAIT ATLANTA—(AP)— Unless somel new plan is adopted to provide th funds, completion of the Ston:Ql Mountain Memorial to the Confed eracy must await better times, I Mayer James L. Key said Tues day that he did not consider the time propitious for a drive to raise the necessary money to finish the project. : e - Cr Woman Was On Way to Athens to See Football Game, Employer Says CONFESSES IN NOTE Car of Floyd Stili, Alleged Slayer, Is Found in Macon Wednesday © ATLANTA —(AP)— Floyd Still, 25, former DeKalb county school teacher, was sought Wednesday for questioning in the death of a woman identified by police as his }estranged wife whose body was found following receipt cf a letter by an Atlanta man signed “Floyd’” The woman’s body with the throat slashed was found in a woodland near Lawrenceville ',30 ‘miles from here Tuesday. The let« ter which gave directions leading to the discovery of the body was, mailed Monday night in Macon. Mrs. Still, a stenographer, was reported by her employer to have left Saturday to attend the Goor gia-New York University football , game at Athens and had not report ed to for work since. - “I must make a confession,” po= lice quoted the writer of he letter, addressed to an acquaintance of Still, as saying. “Peggy and I have been considering going back to gether, as I was riding with her today and seeing this was impos sible I lost control of myself. I had a fit and I did a terrible thing. I killed her. “l want to tell you where she is. I intended to go back and bury her but it was so horrible I could ‘not stand to look at the one I |loved so much in such a condition. ; 'Toll them to fix her up nice. . ~ i “If my body is found in Macon }my body will be in the river here. - "I‘ell them not to drag the river be {cause I am not worth.it.” Police @« said the communication was sign- Jed “Floya.” Minute directions for finding the !the body, a pocketbook, a pear of | shoes and personal effects nesrby were said by police tc have been included in the letter. Police Chief 7. 0. Sturdivant said he and the ‘shm'iff of Gwinnett county (Law 'renceville) had little difficulty in |locating the body, . MACON, Ga,. ~—(#)— The small laundry truek that is alleged to have been driven by Floyd Still in his flight from Atlanta to Macon, was found abandoned here Wed- nesday. ) : The car had been left in front of the residence of attorney Walter Grace on fashionable College | street, Sunday. > TG Mr. Grace directed his servan,‘q;g to push the machine into the back yard. b When the story of the Still tragedy was published here Wed nesday he informed Chief of Po lice Ben T. Watkins of the find, The chef said the keys were in the car. it 8 The hunt for Still continued here Wednesday. : Atlanta Trio Wiii Be Guest Artists At Music Program A trio of Atlanta musiciansg composed of Miss Elizaheth Mors gan, pianist, Miss Margaret Morse gan, violinist, and Mr. Erwin Mors gan, cellist, will be the guest are tists appearing on the program of the University Music Appreciation class, Thursday @vening. ; The program is a charming one, and the pianist, Miss Elizabeth Morgan, is well known to Athens audiences, having appeared here in gseveral recitals last year, and om the Music Institute program h‘ summer, with great success. Sh€ is one of Hugh Hodgson’s most tale ented pupils. e | This trio appears frequently o® programs in prominent Atlanta "musical circles, and those wha attend the recital Thursday at eight o'clock, in the chapel, will enjoy the privilege of hearing them. 54t English Speed King . Works on New Racer oty INDIANAPCLIS —(AP)— Wil~ liam Sturm of Indianapolis, busis ness manager of the English speed king, Sir Malcolm Campbell Wed nesday said the racer had started work on another automobile that would prevent him from returning to America this winter to "attempt to better his own speed of 272,108 miles an hour. 3 Campbell made his present roce ord on the sands of Daytona Beach, Fla., in his gigantic “Bluebirg@® racing creation, but in his atte? to raise that speed to 300 miles an hour., Sturm said he may use .& lake bed eourse near Sait rake City. A
