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Vo'. 101. No. 286
Nine Children Killed As Train Crashes School Bus
Augusta City Council Adamant In Stand On Liquor Sale Licensing
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UGUSTAS LIQUOR
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Council Takes Petition
Asking Reconsideration
As ‘‘lnformation’
VOTE RATIO HOLDS
Permanent Injunction to
Be Decided by Judge
Friday Morning
AUGUSTA, Ga—(AP)—Augusta
city council Thursday refused toi
reconsider licensing of liquor and !
received a petition from a massf
meeting here Sunday requestlngl
reccnsideration as “ipformation.” |
Seven members of council voted
to maintain its positieon and five
against, retaining the ratio when
council enacted the licensing ordi- |
nance, ¢scheduled to be effective
January 1. Eight councilmen voted
for the licensing ordinance previ
ously and six against., Two were
absent Thursday.
Friday Superior Court Judge A.‘
.. Frdanklin will hold a hearing |
and determiné = whether or not to |
make permanent a temporary in
junction which he issued some
davs ago holding up the issuance
of liquor licenses. The injunction :
petition was brought by a group‘
of Augusta prohibitionists who
charged the ordinance violated
Georgia’s bone dry prohibition
law.
The resolution asking reconsid- |
eration was preseated by Rev. |
Marvin M. MaeckFerrin, chairhian
of the committee named by the
mass meeting here last Sunday.
The other members of the commit- '
tee, Dr. E. I. Peters and W. A.
McCullough were also present.
The reconsideration resolution
was read by J. W. Westmoreland,
clerk of counsel, Included were
protests from the St. Luke Meth-!
odist Episcopal church, Crawford|
Avenue Baptist church, St. James|
Methodist chureh and from the |
mass meeting last Sunday night at;
the Curtis Baptist church. :
William H. Fleming, attorney |
for the petitioners who secured :\'
temporary injunction against the |
ordinance was also an attendant |
at the couneil meeting. Othersl
present included Mrs. H. T. Heath |
of the Women’s Christian Temper-!
ance Union, Rev. E. €. Sherid;m{
and Billy Barrett, bridge (Ix|wrl.i
DISCUSSION LIVELY i
AUGUSTA, (}u.——(AP)——Discus-l
ji«.n of the liquor question, a live-‘
Iy subject here at the moment,|
has spread to another sector in|
hone dry Georgia. {
. As the city council here mett
lhursday to reconsider its action |
in licensing liquor in the face of
the state’s stringent dry laws, sig-[
Nficance was attached to the ac
tion of an Atlanta printing house
incircularizing some county offi-
Cials there for printing orders. |
Officials announced, however.l
alter another look at the statute
books that there was mo loopho]el
through which the manufacture,
sale or transportation of whisky, |
imu:vmal or otherwise, is permit-l
ed. The Atlanta printers appar- |
: Y were seeking orders fm‘!
‘rms they though might be usod!
in liquor distribution. {
1 D W. S. Elkin, state purel
'ood and drug inspector, said the
‘]1"" kind of alcohol a druggistl
e obtain in Georgia must be |
. natured according to one of nine |
O'mulas. This is the law, he said, |
“1d precludes. the use of liquor fm')
“dicinal or other purposse. ;
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LOCAL WEATHER |
Cloudy with occasional rain |
'n central and north portions |
tonight and in north portior |
Friday; rising temperature in l
North portion Friday. ; ‘
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'-"41 since December 1.... ].07.
“eficiency since Dee. 1.... .89
‘‘Verage December rainfall. 4.38 |
“otal since January ‘1......32,601
Deficieney since January 1 14.93
YOUR Contribution To The Empty Stocking Fund Is Needed NOW
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD ¥
Full Associated Press Service
THREE ATHENIANS ARE HONORED TODAY
Professor H. M. Heckman (left) today was elected chairman of the local Red Cross chaptsr succeeding
Leßoy Michael. Mr. Heckman has been prominent in affairs of the Red Crose for the past several ysars.
Mr. Michael (center) was given a vote of thankg for his splendid administration during the past thrse
years. Lee Morris (right) was re-elected to his seventh term as president of the Salvation Army today.
Under leadership of Mr. Morris, the work of the Army has progressed rapidly. v
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H. M. Heckman was elected
chairman of the local Red Cross
‘chapt‘er at a meeting held in the
Georgian hotel Wednesday night.
| Mr. Heckman ~succeeds Leßoy
Michael, who served as chairman
for three years. Mrs. W.P. War
ren was elected seecretary and John
White Morton treasurer.
| Mr. Heckman was chalrman of
‘the Roll Call this year, and has
‘been prominently connected with
‘Red Crosg work for some time.
Mr. Michael, for the past three
years chairman, has been greatly
interésted in the Red Cross for a|
long while, having served in other |
capacities hefore being | electe<ll
chairman. At the meeting Wednes
day night, a vote of thanks was |
given Mr. Michael by the direc-‘
tors for his fine leadership im the
past. ]
Besides these officers, the board
of directors consists of Mrs. Georgei
Dudley Thomas, Mrs. T. F. Green, |
sr., Mrs. Lawreice . Costa, Mrs.!
Dave Miller, Madame Lustrat, A.
E. Davison, Leßoy Michael, Bob
Gunn, M. H. Bryan, Bolling Du-
Bose, Fire Chief E, L. Lester. and |
as ex-officio members, Mayor A.‘
(. Dudley, Health Officer Dr. W. .
‘W. Brown, and Chalrman of tho!
County Commissioners R. (‘..l
Davis. ’
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* IN GEORGIA SWAMP
SAVANNAH, Ga—®)— Blocked
by fog and seeking a ‘“clear” spot
in the night, Charlie (CQ) Meyers, |
flying the air mail north from At-;
lanta, landed safely in a coastal|
swamp early Thursday when his‘
gasoline ran out.
Meyers left Atlanta at 8:20 p. m.'
Wednesday night for Richmond
with a load of mail Pu,ssengerl
schedules had been cancelled but
Meyers sought to get through,
Meyers finding flying near im
possible communicated with the
Eastern Aiy Transport office at
Atlanta and was told that Ja(‘k-’
sonville, Fla., appeared to be the
only “clear” spot in a heavy fog
gy night and to head direct for
that city. l
Santa Claus Makes Flying Trip Back
Home For Mo re Toys for Athenians
Sponsorg of the Empty Stocking
Fund announced today that due to
the heavy demand Santa Claus willl
leave Thursday night for his home
at the North Pole, get a big load
of toys and return Friday after
noon by airplane, arriving at Epps
Airport on the Lexington road at|
3:00 o’clock. l
A tri-motored Ford plane will
pick up Santa in Gainesville and
bring the jolly old gentleman back
to Athens, but the plane bringingl
the extra load of toys will not ar
rive until after dark. :
All children wishing to get a
pre-Christmag peek at Santa Claus‘
may do so by being on hand when
he lands here Friday. {
Meantime, here in Athens work
for the Empty Stocking Fund went
forward with rapidity. Contribu
‘tions are being received and an
‘other cail has been issued for the
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‘ NEW YORK,—(#)—Police looked!
,lo the- underworld Thursday to
{find & solution for the slaying of
{an attractive young woman found
istrang’led in her West Side apart
[ment ‘Wednesday.
With the disclosure that the wo
!man, ‘Mrs. Margie Palesky Crio
ichock, had been held as a material
| witness in the Kkilling of an ex
!con\'ict for which two gangsters
Ewere sent to Sing Sing, police be
lieved she was slain by friends of
[the convicted men or by a thi~d
im:m implicated i nthe convicet mur
der.
’ Mrs. Criochock, 26 years old,
;who came here from Shenandoah’
'l’a.. was found on her bed with a
ipiece of electric light cord drawn
itightly around her neck. She was
dressed in pajamas, A pillow had
!heen pressed down over her face
‘and the room showed signs of a
(su‘uggle,
i Women living in the apartment
{house said they heard a man
!shnutin;: in her apartment Satur
}day night:
l “You're not going to live long,
i Baby!”
Jl Mrs. Criochock, they said, re
| plied:
“I'm not afraid of anybody. I
won't be Kkilled.”
| Mrs. Criochock and a womdn
{known as Billie Curnow were held
}as material witnesses in the mur
[der of Joseph Mortillaro, ex-con-
Ivi(-t, who was found shot to death
{in Van Cortland park in November,
|1932.
Two men, George De Perno, 27,
‘zmd irving Leder, 28, were charged
with the murder and later pleaded
guilty to lesser charges when they
learned that Mrs., Criochock and
the Curnow woman were held as
witnesses against them. They are'
lnow serving long terms in Sing!
Ih‘ing. i
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‘names of all "white children in‘
Athens and Clarke county who are
!in danger Jf missing the Christ
‘mas happiness that will come to
| many other children,
l The grand climax will come
iChristmas Eve, between 2 and 5
!o’clock in Woodruff Hall where
Ihundreds of children and grown
.ups are going to receive proof that
Santa Claus hag not forgotten
‘them.
A huge choir of over 150 voices
‘under the direction of L. C. Alex
gthe skillfu} workmanship pf the
i ander, will ging Christmas Carols
laround the big 25-foot high tree.
The Community tree will glisten
land sparkle with lights and about
its base will be piled hundreds and
hundreds of toys for children and
the necessities ot‘ life and some
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Athens, Ga., Thursday, December 14, 1933
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] Lee Morris, prominent mer
chant, was re-elected president of
'the Salvation Army at a meeting
| held Tuesday night. Mr. Morris
lhas been president of this organ
ization for six years, and, under
ghis guidance, it has grown rapidly,
'aiding more people each year,
L. S. Davis was elected vice
president to succeed Ralph Gloyd,
and Rabbi A, Shusterman was
elected secretary: and treasurer.
1 The adivsory committee elected
‘at this meeting for the coming
),vear consists of Ralph Gloyd, C.
D. Flanigen, Abit Nix, Weaver
Bridges, F. E. McHugh, Claude
Chance, Eugene Mallary, Dr. H.‘
W. Birdsong, Jake B. Joel, J. F.
Carr, Arthur S. Oldham, Dr. Her-i
bert Winn, Richard F. Harris, L.
O. Price, B. M. Grier, and Lynn]
Brannon. |
The advisory board, consistingi
of 22 members, meets the sgecond
Tuesday in each month, at which
time reports are received from the |
various workers of progress made
during the preceding month. A
report of the finaficial condition of |
the Army is also received at this
time.
“During my six years as presi
dent of the Salvation Army,” Mx'.l
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Troy, N. Y. Girl, 20, Vas-l
iting Parents of Fiance,
Is Only Victim
PITTSFIELD, Mass.—(AP)—The
burned body of Miss Mary Burng,l
20-year-old Troy, N. Y. girl, was
found Thursday in the ruins of the
fire-swept Star Realty company
block on North street.
Miss Burns, who was to have
been married today at Stephen
town, N. Y, had been visiting the
parents of her fiance, Nelson La
Fountaine, who was taken from
the building by firemen in an un
conseious condition.
Seven persons, occupants of top
floor apartments, were carried to
safety over ladders. Four of them,
including La Fountiane, were
taken to a hospital suffering from
smoke inhalation.
~ Firemen searched the ruins sevs
}era) hours before finding Miss
Burns’ body. She had been seen
|last stepping away from a winu'ow;
on the fourth floor. The roof of
the structure fell in shortly after
and it was some time later before
firemer could make their way. inte
the destroyed building. |
Those at the hospital, beside La
| Fountaine, were Mrs. Viola Wil
mer; her daughter, Pauline, 14,
and her son, Clarence, 16, Thfr
conditions were not serious.
The fire was believed to have
started in a dancing school on the
second floor of the four-story
brick buiiding; the cause was un
known. Loss was estimated at
$300,000—%5150,000 to the building
and another $150,000 of to the con
tents.
l Firemen and police believed
Miss Burns the only victim.
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NEW (,)RLESONS —(P)— Alleged
stpange childhdod outbursts were
detailed to a jury in eriminal dis
triet court Thursday as attorneys
tfot Louis Kenneth Neu, 26, of Sa
(vannah, Ga., attempted to prove
‘11’5&1 the youth on trial for the
slaying of Sheffield Clark, sr.,, of
Na:bville, Tenn,, iln a local hotel
last September, nad been mentally
abnormal all hig life,
¢ . Mrs. Amy Frances Burney, a
relative from Charleston, 8. C,,
took the stand during the morning
to testify that Neu “chased his
grandmother around with a horse
whip when he was 13 or 14 years |
old.” !
Chased With Whip ‘
Mrs. Burney said she was on n“
visig to her mmwther (Neu's gmnd«i
mother) in Georgia when he \\'usl
an adolescent and that she had
seen him in the yard, “after his
grandmother with a horse \\’hi)l."l
“lI ran out, but mother said ‘let
me handle him, and she loukudl
him in the eye and he drmopped the |
whip,” she testified. i
Mrs. Burne~ was one of the |
firsy defense witnesses called m|
the stand to support the defense |
contention that Neu had confessed |
to killing both Clark at New Or
leans and Lawrence Shead, a the
ater manager at Paterson, N. If
last- September, was insame when
he slugged Clark to death in a lo- !
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Wesley Alger Taken After|
Wounding Guard and!
Eluding Pursuers |
DANNEMORA, N. Y. — (& ~—!
Wesley Alger, 43, who osv;m(—‘d‘
from Dannemora State hospital, |
wounding a pursuer W‘odnesdu_v;
night, was captured Thursday in|
a woodshed at Beekmantown, 12|
miles from the hospital. l
Hospital authorities said he had
a shotgun when state police track
ed him down but that he did not
attempt to use it. ‘
DANNEMORA, N. Y. —(®)— A‘
sleepless night for farmeys of
this seection ended at dayli;:hll
Thursday as snow and extl'e‘m(-l
eold aided a posse of 76 men seek- |
ing Wesley Alger, 43, escaped |
Dannemora state hospital ll‘usty,!
who wounded Lionel Lefeve with |
a stolen shotgun as he eluded N”)-i
ture when cornered in a barn late |
Wednesday. I
Early capture of the convict was |
predicted by hospital officials and |
state police with the entire North |
country on the outiook as he head- !
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More Trouble Seen As
Extension Of Automobile
Code Comes Before NRA
Present Agreement, To
Expire This Month,
Highly Debated One
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| HAS “MERIT CLAUSE”
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lFlghf Over Unionization
‘ Centers on Clause
% In Pact Now l
' By JAMES COPE
Associated Press Staff ‘Writer.
WASHINGTON.— (AP) — The
automobile industry is likely tol
lannounce soon & request for ex
‘tension of its code, and the event‘
may precipitate another scrap a.t‘
!the NRA.
| The present code expires Dec
lember 31, It alone of the 150 ap-
Iproved pacts contains the cele
brated ‘“merit”’ clause which
brought industries and organized
| labor into a cat-and-dog fight
{that rocked the NRA.
! The clause qualifies Section 7-A
|of the industrial law. That 7-A ig
a holy of holies, tq labor. It guar
antees that no employer shall in
terfere with ‘his workers in their
le.\o:-cisp of the right to unionize.
It goes into every single code.
The law requires it there.
The merit clause says in effect
'that 7-A shall not be construed as
interfering with -the right of an
‘employer to hire, promote or fire a
man on his individual merit, re
gardless of whether or not he be
l¢ngs to a union. It has been ban
ned from' all others. ..
It got into the automobile code,
because, despite the hulla-balloo it
caused, Hugh 8. Johnson had, in
what he sinece said was an un
guarded moment, promised it to
the motor men,. At the time they,
were seriously alarmed that the
unions would mawrch into thelrl
plants. NRA needed big industries
to lead the way into the coded
state. The merit clause brought
motors in quickly. !
Since then, unionization has
advanced, but not in a wave that
swept all before it. As yet the
automobile industry has resisted
the tide but not to any greater
extent than many industiies which
have no merit clause.
It si said, however that auto
mobile men wunt to continue it,
and the American Federation of
Labor has been emitting prelim
inary warning rumbles about what
it intends to do if the issue is re
newed. K
NRA’s position on the question
makes it virtually impossible for
the clause to be continued. Presi
dent Roosevelt as well as Johnson
has said that interpretations, qual- t
ifications and modifications of 7-A‘
have no place in codes. They have |
issued their own interpretutionsl
which mean, for all industry, ex-I
actly what the “merit” clduse |
means but with the expressed ad
dition that no union man shall be
fired for dropping a monkey
wrench or some similar flimsy ex
cuse
Other industrial groups de-~
manded the merit clause anyway,
and were turned dwon. They ac
cepted this with good enough
grace and did not complain about
the results. But should it be re
newed for autos, other industrial
ists probably would protest just as
loudly as organized labor.
'James A. Reed, Missouri Senator 18 Years,
~ Weds Mrs. Donnelly, Former Kidnap Victim
; KANSAS CITY.—(AP)—-James
{A. Reed, who served Missouri in
jthe United States senate for 18
!years, and his bride, the former
]Mrs. Nell Q. Donnelly, were on &
{honeymoon Thursday as secretive
{about their plan as they were be
(fore their marriage Wednesday
night.
The wedding of the silver haired
i veteran of politics and Mrs. Don
{nelly, a wealthy garment manufac
lturer, was a surprise to the 20
guests who had assembled at the
!bride‘s apartment for a duck and
venison dinner. Not until after
the dinner, when Federal Judge
John C. Pollock, who officiated,
lasked the guests te stand and he
lhad entered into a discussion of
marriage did the guests realize’
they were attending a wedding.
For many years Mrs. Dennelly
had been a friend and political
supporter of the independent Dem
ocrat, who frequently clashed with
the policies of President Wilson,
A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—sc¢ Sunday
BODY OF COLUMBIA
CREW COACH FOUND
CHATHAM, Mass—(#)—The
body of Richard J. “Young” |
Dick Glendon, Columbia crew
coach, was found on the beach
here Thursday. He had been
missing since he left his South
Chatham home yesterday on a
hunting trip.
The body was found by
Patrolman Rollins of the Chat- l
ham police who was engaged,
with approximately 100 other
men, in the search for Glen
don. It was nearly covered by
snow, indicating that it had
iain for several hours in the
northeast storm thay raged |
over eastern Massachuseftsand l
Cape Cod during the night and
early part of the day. '
Police were unable to deter- l
mine immediately whether i
Glendon' died of drowning or {
perished from exposure in the !
storm.
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Air and Water Traffic
Held Up by Storms; 17]
Perish in Europe s
By The Associated Press
+ Both Eureope and America took
stock Thursday of the havoe
wrought by the elements.
A northeast gale continued to
whip the English coastline. F‘ive]
making 1 fatalities in all, Twelve|
of those who perished died when
a cargo steamer was wrecked off
the coast of East Suffolk. ’
Snow was predicted for England |
while partg of the European conti
nent had below zero temperatures.
The cold wave caused seven|
deaths in France. The I*‘rench,‘
rivers were beginning to freeze.
Traffic on the wupper Seine was
stopped. An increase in the cold
was expected. A few snow flakes
fell in Paris.
Traffic acrosg tne' English chan
nel was cancelled due to 70 mile-an
hour winds, and trans-Atlantic
shipping was greatly delayed, One
trans-channel airman was missing.
In the United States the wintry'
like weather that began earlier in |
the week held its grip Wednesday, |
particularly in the East, where snow
was predicted for today, A blizzard
in upper New York Wednesday
night hampered a search for
Wesley Alger, an escaped state
hospital trusty, captured Thursday..
Three deaths in Cleveland two in
Baltimore attributed to the weath
ér helped to swell the list of more
than 50 previously reported dead.
California had itg shore of un
usual ‘weather. lLios Angeles was
recovering from the effects of,
floods, while heavy seas pounded
the coast line mear san Francisco.
Seven hundred feet of an 1,100
temporary trestle on) the Golden
Gate bridge project wag washed
away.
‘particularly th&;eague of Nations.
Friends also alled the state
ment he had made while Mrs.
Donnelly was being held for ran
som by a gang of Kkidnapers two
years ago.
“If a single hair of Mrs. Don
nelly’s head is harmed,” he said,
“I'll devote the rest of my life to
tracking down her kidnapers and
sending them to the gallows.”
After 34 hours in the hands of
the kidnapers she was released
tnharmed , and without payment
of ransom. Her kidnapers are in
prison.
Although the bride and groom
announced they would not disclose
their destination for a short hon
eymoon, it was learned they had
‘taken a train for Chicago.
Mr. Reed announced they would
Ihold open house on New Year’s
day at his home here.
The marriage was the second
for both. Reed is 73 and his bride
43.
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PALATKA, Fla—(AP)—The
death list in the school bus
train crash near Crescent City
Thursday’ mounted to nine
. when Willard Owen and Merle
, Smith died in a local hospital.
| CRESCENT CITY, Fla—(AP)~
lSix elementary school children
'were killed, another was reported
to have died enroute to a hospital,
'and at least 18 others were injured,
many critically, when a freight
train crashed into a school bus six
miles south of here Thursday
morning. A heavy fog was said to
’have been partly responsible for
ithe tragedy. “
| The dead: #
Willilam Smith, 12; Evelyn
Smith, 9, and Frederick Smith,
!(:hildren of Mrs. Bennie Smith, a
|widow. Merle Smith, 16, member
of the same family, was reported
Im have died while enroute to a
- hospital, ;
[ Hazel McGrady, 13, and Eddie
' McGrady, 10, children of Drew
McGrady. Nellie McGrady, of the
same family, was reported seri
>ously injured. 1
Elsie Bertha Gorton, 15. 3
. D. B. Niles, an elderly man who
‘drove the bus, was injured, but a
physiciap said his condition was
not critieal, although serious.
There was a probability others
of the injured would die.
Seven ambulances from Orlando,
DeLand, Palatka and Crescent
City rushed to the secene, hurriedly ¢
loaded and rushed away to hos
pitals. Most of the injured were
taken to Palatka. ¢
RUSHED TO HOSPITALS .
PALATKA, Fla— (AP) —Threé
ambulances loaded with mangled
children, injured when a freight
train crashed into an elementary
school bus south of Crescent Cit
Thursday morning, were brought
to hospitals here. .
Dr. E. M. Zeagler, owner of the
(ilendale Terrace hospital, where
four of the injured were carried,
said he had never seen such hor
rible injuries, and indicated the
death list, already fixed at be=
tween six and nine, probably
would be much higher. i
Louis Leach, proprietor of the
Crescent City Motor company,
who was one of the first to arrive
at the scene of the wreck,'d'e
scribed it as “the most horribl@
scene imaginable.” =
Had Capacity of 40 gy
Ridley Wilkinson, chairman of
the Putham county board of publie
instruction, said the bus had a ca=
pacity of 40 or 50 children and it
probably was about full when the
crash occurred.
It was reported here that the
tragedy occurred under a heavy
fog blanket.
Niles had reached the end of
his route which extends five .miles
south of here tp Silver Pond Grove
when the crash came. He had
just driven from the main highe
way, state read No. 3, about 108
vards to the home of Rupert Teus
ton, to pick up Teuton's two chil=
dren.
Teuten had censtructed a turn
ing place so that it was not neec
essary for the school bus to cross
the railroad tracks, it was said,
but Niles crossed the track today
in a heavy morning fog.
Confusion Prevails
Greatest confusion prevailed
when news of the wreck reached
here. The dead and injured first
were rushed here. The Rev. Wal
ter B. Knight, pastor of the Bap
tist church, converted his pasto
rium into an emergency . hospital,
while the overflow of injured was
taken to the offices of Dr. E. W.
Ford nearby.
All of the children lived in the
rural distriect traversed by the
school bus route. Sad scenes were
enacted by hysterical mothers and
anxious fathers, stunned by the
news of the tragedy, hunted their
loved ones. o
Engineer R. A. Howell said the
train was proceeding north and
the bus was traveling south. i‘he
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