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No. 285.
Vol. 101.
Roosevelt Strengthens Drive Towards Recovery Today
With Emphasis On Increased Employment Over Nation
PETER W, MELORIM,
TED JURIST, DIES
1T GAVANNAR HOME
Veteran of Confederate
Army and Prominent
In Military Affairs -
KNOWN OVER STATE
Was Seldom Reversed by
Higher Courts; Noted
For Fairness
SAVANNAH, Ga. —(®)— Judge
peter Wiltberger Meldrim of the
Chatham county Superior court
died at 8:56 o’clock this morning
after an flh\fss of a few days.
He celebrated his 85th birthday
December 4th doing a full day's‘
work on the bench, He had three
strenuous days in” his coury and
it i¢ believed this overtaxed hig
strength, |
Judge Meldrim was former pres'-
ident of the American Bar associ
ation. .
He was born in Savannah De-‘
cember 4th, 1848, the son of Ralph[
and Jane Fawcett Meldrim. He'
was educated in the Chatham
academy. Private tutors at home,
however, supplemented this edu
cation and increased his scope of
knowledge beyvond most persons o!l
his vears, This was demonstrated
by his brilliant scholastic record}
at the University of Georgia from‘
where he was graduated in 1868
as a bachelor of arts. ‘
In Confederate Army
As a young men he entered thei
service of the Confederate army.
After the war he took up thel
practice of law., He had received
many honors at the hands of his]
fellow citizens. He represenrtedl
Chatham county and the first sen
atorial district in the general a.s-'
sembly of Georgia. 1
He had served as mayor of Sa.
vannah and as president of the
American Bar association 1914-15.‘
He held the position as president
of the University club of Savan-l
nah and for many years was pres
dent of the Hibernian society of’
Savannah, He was aldo a past
grand chancellor of the Knights of!
Pvthias of Georgia.
Hi¢ interest in the voluntem‘
militia of the state was intense. |
He served with the Georgia Hus
sars, a local eavalry command and
became colonel of the first regi
ment of Cavalry National Guards
of Georgia. By appointment of a
governor he was placed in. com
mand of the military forces of the
state and it was this that gave
him the rank of general. He also
served for one wvear as command
er of the Georgia divisipn TUnited
Confederate Veterans.
Seldom Reversed
Tudge Meldrim was appointed fni
the Superior court bench of Thc‘
Fastern Judicial cireuit in 1917 to |
fill the unexpired term of the lmol
Tudge Walter G. Charlton. He |
was elected to the judgeship at
the next election and s‘unoessivr--'
v re-elected since. As a judge he
carned a reputation for fairness, |
} ness of judgment and impar-'
tiality of opinion. The searcity nfl
occasions on which this decis- |
‘ons were reversed by the a])rm]-}
e courts testified to the discern- |
with which he interpreted
the law
He was a soldier, a brilliant or
(Continued on Page Three)
Plans Made for Festivities Honoring
, Rocsevelt to Aid Warm Springs Work
NEW YORK,—(#)—Plan for se-
Perate presidential birthday balls
' more than 5,000 communities
next Januvary 30 to raise a perma-
Hent - endowment for the Warm
Sbrins foundaton for vietims of in
lantile paralysis were announced
Wednesday.,
Y.”":r balls will honor President
“ranklin D. Roosevelt on his 52nd
Uthday. He is president of the
Warm Springs foundation.
Henry L. Doherty is chairman of
Ue committee in charge. Others
Oh the committee include General
John J, Pershing, Prtrick Cardinal
‘'aves, Harvey 8. Firestone, Gov
‘r'nor Herbert H. Lehman, Owen D.
Young, Will H. Hays, Col. Bdward
M. House, Otto H. Kahn and John
L. Lewis,
No estimate has been made of
the amount to be raised. The nat
nal committee is planning to in
'it¢ social, business and labor lead
“°'s in every community to form
'leir own committees for the con
fuct of the separate balls.
Labor will also be represented by
—}Temgacking Fund And Enjoy Christmas That Much More
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
Automobile Is Found
Submerged in River
Near Cleveland, Ohio
CLEVELAND, O.—(#)— The
bodies of Frank M. Samons,
39, a lake captain, his wife,
Gertrude, 37, and John :Mur
phy, chief engineer of the
freighter Marquette, were found
today in their automobile sub
merged in the Cuyahoga river.
The Samons automobile, in
which the three are believed
to have been driven off a dock
accidentally Monday night, was
located in 15 feet of water, and
was brought to the surface
with the aid of a derrick.
Search of the river was be
gun this morning after a maid
in the Sams. home reported
that the couple had not re
turned +to their twpo .small
children, Robert .4, and Frank,
jr., 3, after leaving horae Mon
day afternoon. : j
Further investigation dis
closed that Mr. and Mrs. Sam
ons had called on Murphy at
his bhoat, tied up in the river,
Monday night.
Murphy entered their auto
mobile when they left, presum
ably to visit friends on another
steamship moored a short dis
tance away. Tracks of the car
were traced to the unprotected
edge of a dock over which the
machine apparently plunged.
PEAKING SEEKING
ANSWER T 0 CRISIS
Labor Secretary Plans
Regional = Meetings on
Mutual Problems
ATLANTA, GA.—(P)—Secretary
Frances Perkins of the department
of labor Wednesday called upon
the states for suggestions on how
to solve problems of labor and in
dustry and said “the stimulus to
general industry from a large, use
ful and necessary building program
is perhaps the single thing most
vital to recovery today.”
Speaking in the capitol before
labor and industrial leaders from
Georgia, South Carolina, Florida,
Alabama and ‘Tenessee, the secre
tary said she planned a series of
regional meetings over the United
(Continued on page eight.)
Neu’s Counsel Offers
Plea of Insanity for
Young Georgia Singer
NEW ORLEANS. —(#)— Main
taining the apparently complete
indifference to his fate which has
marked his three months stay in
Orleans parish prison, Louis Ken
neth Neu, 26, of Savannah, Ga..
Wednesday heard his counsel tell
a jury in criminal district court
that he has been mentally defec
tive all his life and that he was
insane last September 17 when he
slugged to death Sheffield, Clark,
sr., Nashville, Tenn., business man
in a local hotel.
Neu, who claims to be sane,
and who has been declared sane
by court physicians, shQwed na
concern as , the state, seeking the
death penalty, announced it would
lay before the jury a full confes
sion in which Neu admitted kill
ing and robbilng [Clark just one
week after he had similarly slain
Lawrence 'Shead, Paterson, N. Y,
theatre manager.
‘lits own committee under. the chair
i manship of William Green presi
; dent of the ‘A. F. of L.
¢“One-third of the physically
| handicapped in the mnation are
|crippled as a result of infantile
| paralysis,” said Doherty, “and it
|| ought to stir all of us to action to
learn that this is essentially a child
:Idisease and that the majorty of
| | these young vetimg could be helped
elimmeasurably toward recovery by
the kind of exercise and treatment
3lgiven at Warm Springs.
| “This is not the usual kind of
|drive for funds. Our committee is
| not soliciting large amounts from
. |any person. We ask only that our
.| fellow citizeng spend a part of their
liusual and normal recreation bud
'get on the presidemt’s birthday ball
in their own communities on Jan
i nary 30, not only as a personal tri
.|bute o the president for his zeal
-}ous and unselfish devotion to
|'Warm Springs, but also for the
I‘purpose of having a good time
-twithout increasing that week’'s ex
-Ipenditures. It is a small thing for
- leach of us to do for hm.”
FINANCE CAMPAIGN
OF Y.M.C. . NETS
TOTAL OF 53631
Final Supper Conference
Shows Total Is $4,369
Of SB,OOO Goal Set
- SOME RETAIN CARDS
Directors and Workers
- Vote to Keep Cards of
~ Persons Not Seen
The . annual intensive financr
compaign for the Young Men's
Christian Association was adjourn
ed Tuesday night at the supper
conference when workers made
their reports, During the seven
days of campaigning workers re
ported 322 subscriptions for a to
tal of $3,631 leaving a balance of
$4,369 of the SB,OOO sought.
Due to the small number of
workerg engaged in the campaign
and the large number of contact
cards selected by them, it was im-«
possibble to cover all the ground.
At the request of some of the
workers the directors of the asso
ciation agreed to allow the cards te
remain in their posession several
days longer, through no more re
port sessions are to be held. The
workers who retained cards will
simply contact their friends and
make seperate reports.
Seeks Memberships 5
The yearly budget places the cur
rent expenses at $6,000 cf the $8,600
sought, the remaining $2,000 being
used for annual SI,OOO curtailment
and $960 intbrest on the building
mortgage. The budget estimates
that $3500 will be received in
membership dues. Therefore, it
can be clearly seen that with the
finance campaign falling $4,369
short of the goal, this amoung must
be made up in memberships. Or
in the event the membership fig
ures fall below the estimates of the
board, it wil] be necessary to make
the amount up in subscription it
the work of the Association among
the youthg and men of Athens is
not to be seriously curtailed or
possibly halted.
The final supper wag under ci
recton of wives of members of the
board of directors with Mrs. N. G,
Slaughter as chairman and was
greatly enjoyed by the workers as
had each of the previoug ones and
at the conclusion of the meeting 2a
rising vote .of thanks was given
each group of ladies who prepared
and served the nightly meals,
Maintaining its fine record for
attendance, Moton lHeodgson's Divi
sion Y once more won the cake and
¢(Continued on Page Eight)
BOAT EXPLOSION
COSTS NO LIVES
Search Is Made After Re
\ ported Marine Disaster;
Crew Found Safe
OAKLAND, Cal. — (AP)-
The Oakland Tribune said
‘Wednesday the ship which ex
ploded and bruned off Point
Pinos, 85 miles south of San
Franciso Tuesday night, was
the Japanese abalone fishing
boat Utah, and that her captain
and crew escaped injury by
taking to a motor tender just
before the blast and made
their way to Monterey this
this morning.
SAN FRANCISCO — (AP) —
Searching boats ploughed through
the seas five miles off shore and
85 miles south of here Wednes
day in an effort to find possible
survivors of a marine disaster
which apparently sent a flaming
unidentified boat plunging beneath
mountainous waves.
These messages from coast
guard craft in the vicinity of
Point Pinos to headquarters here
told a story of a probable explo
sion aboard the sticken vessel last
night and its apparent sinking
while angry seas lashed about the
rescue craft striving tc bring aid.
The coast and geodetic survey
ship guide arrived at Monterey
early Wednesday and executive
officer R. F. Studd said there 25-
gallon oil tanks, one of them
blazing, had been found in the vi
cinity of the fire but nothing
more, except a piece of charred
timber, which might help identify
the vessel.
The oil tanks, Studd said, may
have come from a tanker as they
appeared more in the nature of
cargo than the containers in
which fuel might be carried for
fishing craft.
Athens, Ga., Wednesday, December 13, 1933
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Badly hacked by morbid souvenir hunters, the ‘“‘hanzman’s”
trees in St. James park, San Jose, Calif., have been felled to
eliminate the ghastly reminder of the double lynching of the
slayers of B:\oke Hart. Workmen are shown here as they pre
pared to start chopping one of the trees into firewood for poor
fanyilies of the city, 4
Oftficials Rush Prosecution Of
Alleged Lyncher In California
Anthony Cataldi, 18, Said
To Have Admitted Part
In San Jose Case
SAN JOSE, Calif—(#)—With a
promise of a pardon for the de
fendant from Governor James
Rolph, jr., authorities here Wed
nesday pushed plans to prosecute
Anthony Cataldi, 18, on a charge
of violating the state Ilynching
law for participation in the mob
which hung the Kkidnaper-slayers
of Brooke Hart.
Cataldi was arrested on inform
ationi furnished by A. L. Wirin
and Ellis . Jones, representatived
of the civil liberties union which
demanded prosecution of the mob
leaders,
In furnishing the information
which led to Cataldi's arrest Tues
day, Wirin and Jones produced
newspaper photographs and state
ments credited to the youth indi
cated he was one of the leaders
of the mob which stormed the
county jail here Sunday night
Nov. 26 and seized Thomas Thur
mond and John Holmes. These
two were hanged from trees in
St. James park across the street
from the’ jail.
Sheriff William J. Emig said
the arrest of Cataldi was a move
to hold him until his case is pre
sented to the grapd Jury,! The
sheriff added that other alleged
leaders of the mob probably would
be arrested.
Cataldi’s bail was set at $5.000
cash or SIO,OOO bond which he was
not able t, furnish immediately.
SWIFT JUSTICE
LANSING, Kas—(®)—Jack Wis
dom), slayer of two men and a
woman in outbursts of anger, was
convict 8964 fin the state peni
tentiary here Wednesday, hi 3
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{M—i;;s Caroiyn Vance
I To Direct Students’
. Christmas Pageant
Miss Carolyn Vance of the Eng
lish department of the University
of Georgia is directlng‘ a Christ
mas pagean; to be presented in
Pound auditorium this evening at
7:30.
The pageant will be presgnted
by the Dramatic club and the Glee
club., Miss Jennie Bell ©Smith is
directing the Glee club.
Miss Jamye Green, Atlanta; Miss
Mary Gordy, Columbus, and Miss
Catherine Atkinson, Savannah, are
the student directors of the I§ge
ant.
The madonna will be portrayed
by Miss Dorothy Ann Braswell,
Tifton; and MisrsA Carolyn Mills,
Savannah, will take the part of
Joseph.
Others in the pageant are Miss
Marguerite McKay, Miss Evelyn
Lamkin, Miss Mary Lucy Hern
g;n, Miss Mildred McLarty, Misg
adeline Jones, Miss Amelia Go
lucke, Miss Kate Hyde Dunbar,
Miss Eleanor Terhune, Misg Billie
Stebbins, and Miss Martha Wilson
Smith,
Students and citizens of Athens
are cordially invited to attend.
'LIQUOR AT $1.50
" PER QUART SEEN
|Wine Makers Discuss
Regulatory Code With
I AAA; Last to be Heard
e .
| WASHINGTON, — (&) — Hard
'liquor selling at around $1.50 a
| quart was the objective will of the
administration and congress as
wine makers discussed their re
gulatory code with the agricultural
iudjustment administration.
i To get whiskey that would re
it.ail for as little as $1.50 a quart
|administration spokesmen on the
thouse ways and means and the
!senate finance committees said
ithey were now inclined toward a
tax of $2.20 a gallon although it
might possibly be less than that.
At all events, they agreed, the
|levy of 2,60 proposed by the pre
sident’s interdepartment committee
is too high, There has heen much
pressure, too, for continuing the
present sl.lO tax the first year to
! discourage bootlegging. Dr. James
M. Doran, spokesman for the dis
tilled liquor industry code authori
ty; told the two committees in their
joint hearing that only a tax of
$1.50 to $2 would root out the il
legitimate beverages.
The wine growers were the last
of the half dozen major branches
(Continued on Page Three) l
RUSSELL CONFIDENT
OF 1. 5. FUNDS FOR
HNIVERSITY SYSTEM
Senator and Sanford Leave
Washington After Plea
For Speed
PROGRAM NOT GIVEN
President to Continue
CWA Through
Spring
WASHINGTON —(#)— Senator
Russell of Georgia is confident his
state’'s appication for puvlic works
fund for building projects at state
educational institutions will receive
favorable action,
The senator left for his state
Tuesday night after spending sev
eral days here with Dr. 8. V. San
ford, president of the University of
Georgia seeking to speed up disposi
tion of applications for loans to
finance the prolects.
Regents of the Georgia universi
ty ‘system have applied to the Pub
lic works administration for more
than $3,000,000 for school buildings.
Senator Russell expressed confi
dence the loan would be Branted be
forefpublic works funds are ex
hausted. :
Senator Russell widl spend
Christmas at his home in Winder.
He said he had not decided upon
any legisation to sponsor at the
next session of congress.
Program Continues
' WASHINGTON ,—(&)—President
Roosevelt will continue the -civil
works administration until next
spring but in his study of the bud
-Iget he has not reached a decision
on the extent of public works to
be proposed for next year.
The president was informed
Wednesday by Harry L. Hopkins,
Civil works administrator, that 4,-
000,000 men would be on the CWA
payroll by Ssturday,
Fundg are available to carry on
this program only wuntil February
15 and Mr. Roosevelt has decided
to ask for additonal $350,000,000 to
permit a tapering off of this work
between March and May 1, when
it will be ended. ‘
In continuing Wednesday his
(Continued on Page Three)
DETROIT POSTORFICE
|OOTED BY ROBAERS
Hole Drilled Through
Vault by Thieves Taking
Registered Mail 3
DETROlT.—{(#)—Drilling a hole
through 18 inches of brick and
mortar, thieves ‘Tuesday night
stole registered mail of undeter
mined value and $19,000 in postage
| stamps from the Alfred street
Ibra'nch postoffice. .
| Police who investigated the rob-
Ibery said they could find no evi
dence of forcible entrance o the
building and assumed that one of
the robbers concealed himself in
the building when it was closed
for the night. 'The theft was dise
covered by a clerk who opened the
| office this morning.
l The loot, postoffice authorities
Isaid. included 58 pieces of regis«
tered mail
! John B. Stackpoole, superin
| tepdent of mailg, said the value
iof the registered mail could run
las high as $58,000, as a maximum
of SI,OOO might be in each en
| velope. He did not believe the loss
would reach half that amount,
however, ’
The police theory was that sev
| (Continued on page eight.)
LOCAL WEATHER
Partly cloudy, slightly warm
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Thursday fair, rising tempera
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TEMPERATURE
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RAINFALL
Inches last 24 h0ur5........ .07
fotal since Dec. 1.....:00.0 1.06
Deficiency since Dec. 1.... .77
Average Dec. rainfall...... 4.38
Total since January 1......32.58
Deficiency since January 1 14.81
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CONGRESSMAN PAUL BROWN
Paul Brown Speaks
To Lions Club Here
At Dinner Thursday
Congressman Paul Brown, of El
berton, who was recently elected to
the national House of Representa
tives from the Tenth District of
Georgia, will address the Athens
Lion club members in their weekly
meeting .at the Holman hotel
Thursday at one p. m.
Congressman Brown will speak
on President Roosevelt's agricul
tural adjustment program, stating
hig own views also on the troubles
of the farmer and how these cap be
remedied.
| Although he was elected only
last summer, Mr. Brown has been
very active in supporting the pre
sident’s recovery program. He holds
‘the unique distinction of having
‘won his seat in Congress without
making a single campaign speech,
He simply announced as as a can
didate, then sat oh his front porch
and was overwhelmingly elected,
it is said.
He polled more than twice as
many votes as hig eight opponents
combned n the special election to
fill the vacancy created by the
death of Representative Charles
H. Brand, of Athens.
All members of the local Lions
club are urged to be present Thurs
day to hear Mr. Brown.
TWO HELD AFTER
HOLD-UP SLAYING
Young Oklahoma Cotton
Picker and Girl Seized by
Single Captor
TALOGA, Okla.—(#)— 'A2I-year
old cotton picker and his girl
friend, seized by & single captor
after the Kkilling of three persons
in a county store hold-up, were
held secretly Wednesday.
“The boy admitted it,” said
(Continued on Page Three)
Romance, Mystery Behind News Story :
Of Former Athenian’s Death in Boston
BOSTON. —{#)—- Alexander
Steinert 72, long head of the
firm of M. Steinert and Sons,
manufacturers of pianos, died
suddenly at his Back Bay
home Wednesday after a brief
illness.
Steinert was a native of
Athens, Ga.
He leaves a widow, Mrs.
Lena Steinert, and two sons,
Robert, now president of the
firm, and Alexander Lang
Steinert. -
NOT KNOWN HERE
A check-up Wednesday by
the Banner-Herald failed to
find anyone who had ever
heard of an Alexander Steinert
living here.
(From The Banner-Herald of
November 15.)
By JACK FLATAU
Behind this innocent news story,
there lies a story, romantic and
poignant. One of Athens’s older
citizens became interested when
he read it, and decided to trace
Mr. Steinart in the records.
No one in town seemed to re-
MERGER 15 STUDIED
N COMMUNCATIONS
UNDER 1.5, CONTROL
Report Tends Toward
Creation of Certain
Monopolies :
TARIFF IS ATTACKED
President Has Hopkins
Put Major Emphasis
On CWA Work
WASHINGTON,—(#)— President
Roosevelt was shown Wednesday
to have his immediate attention
on increasing employment and de
termined to keep the civil works
administration going until spring
to do so, while in the distance he
sees potentially great industrial
adjustments in a new order of
things. e
One of the several involved ad
ministration studies under way, it
was disclosed, deals with a. sim
plified communications setup. Ten
tative conclusions suggest i would
be well t, merge telephone, tel
egraph and radio agencies under
striet federal regulation and publie
reaction to such a possibility is
awaited.
A special committee of the de=-
partment of commerce has sub
mitted a tentative report t, the
president, who is reserving am
opinion pending further study by
the congressional committees ine
volved. %
Three Possibilities e
The report sets out the threa
possibilities:
1. A continuation of existing
conditions.
2. Creation of .monopolies in the
telephone, = telegraph. and = radis
fields under strict government regs
ulation. 5
3. Government ownership of
communications, ]
The preliminary . rej . was
stated authoritatively m %w}
ward the second proposition—mons
opolies under federal contrel. 3
This would involve, of course, a
merger of the Western Union and
Postal Telegraph in the telegraph
field. 25
Manetary policy remained quies-
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Bids to Be Opened
Thursday on Paving
Of Athens Highways
ATLANTA. — () — Bids on
nearly a million dollars worth of
highway projects, including an
other lap of the unpaved stretch
on the Atlanta - Athens - Augusta
route, are to be opened by the
state highway board Thursday,
Dec. 14. i)
Projects already have beem
awarded to pave the road as fl%
east as Washington, Ga., and the
new project, of 6.287 miles in
MecDuffie county, will begin in the
city of Thomason and extend to
ward Washington, leaving about
12 miles on the entire route un
paved. AR
The McDuffie project calls fezr
alternate types of clay gravel and
broken stone base, with double
surface treatment. i
Other projects on which bids
are to be opened included 1.814
miles of concrete paving in city of
Monroe on Atlanta-Athens road.
member a man by that name ever
living here. Judging from his age,
however, some of his contempora
ries should be living here now—
yet, no one could recall the gen
tleman, b
| This citizen decided that the
| best way .to get facts was to look
jint, the court-house records, to
! which he has access. The bare
| facts which he managed to un
|cover have a wealth of romance
linterwoven between the lines. =
Alexander Steinart left Athens
in 1861, with his family, whichin
cluded the man mentioned in the
above story, at that time only &
few months old. That he left hur
riedly is evidenced by the faot
that he had not yet finished pay
ing for his home, consisting of
several acres adioinine what fs
now Lucy (Cobb, to the south.
That's where the court house ree
ords come in: the property was
returned to the original gwner and
sold again. wiy
From the man‘s name, one could
infer that he was a foreigner. Fre
quently foreigners were mot w
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