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No. 287.
Vol. 101.
Loan And Grant 0f $3,5/0,000 Made
University By U.S. Public Works Board
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1 TREASAY CHEF
Morgenthau Appears For
First Time Before
Committee
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Discussion Becomes ‘Hot'
As Report Is Read to
Congressmen *
WASHINGTON, —(#)—Declaring
the administration’s intention to!
plug “any loopholes” but hampér |
business as little as possible, Act
ing Secretary Morgenthau Friday|
recommended drastig revision of
the income tax laws bhefore the
house ways and means cbmmittee.l
The treasury heard, appearing
for the first time before a con
gressional committee, in that ca
pactly, withheld his recommenda
tion on specific income tax rates.
The budget must be completed, he
indicated, before the rate is
named. l
At the same time, however, he
approved the principle of the com-,
mittee’s plan. ‘The house group
suggested © that - instead-. of. the\
present 4 per cent on the first $4,- l
000 of net income and 8 per cent
on the balance there be a single]
4 per cent rate. ‘lnidreased surtaxes
would be levied on large incomes.
Reading only the high spots of
his suggestions, before turning
over the exposition of details to
Professor Rosewell Magill, treas
ury tax expert, Morgenthau made
no estimate of how much the‘
governmént might gain from re- '
writing the income tax law. Aldes
indicated, however, the treasury
felt the return would be nearer
$100,000,000 than the ecommittee’s
estimate of $270,000,000.
In his comparatively brief read
ing, before taking a seat in the
audience at the house office build
ing, Morgenthau revealed the
treasury had s*arted a survey of
the whole relation of federal and
state taxation.
Magill suggested heginning the
proposed new surtax rate at $6,500
instead of $4,000 as the sub-com
mittee recommended. :
Advantagecus to Wealthy
He contended the sub-commit:
tee's surtaxes, which lower exist
ing brackets and increage the rate
to offset the proposed reduction in
normal tax through the single rate
of 4 per cent, would give the
wealthy man the advantage.
He said persons with ne¢ in
comes from SISOOO to $20.000
would be hit hardest under the
proposed schedule—a 28 17-100
per cent increase—but after that
the increases would go down.
As Magill discusged rates. rep
resentative |Crowther (R.-N. Y.)
Objected, asking if the ways and
means committee was going te
have anything to do or' if the
“treasury is going to write the
whole bill,”
This drew a hot retort from
Representative Lewis (D.-Mo.) who
observed the treasury had made a
thorough study .of the problem
and was well qualified to speak
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After an hour of questioning the
‘:’»Ynmittee recessed to permit mem
"ers to study the voluminous
€asury statement.
Representative Vinson (D.-Ky.)
;:-‘*“»"’sffld the recess, whereupon
epresentative Treadway (R.-
Mass)) said it was clear the Dem
fcrats wanted “a speclal session”.
“Not at all,” Vinson replied.
huzwis replied to Treadway that
' the Republicans had held some
fcial sessions “the treasury prob
-4y woudn’t be in the red.”
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LOCAL WEATHER
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Cloudy followed by rain Sat
urday and in north and extreme
west portions tonight, rising
temperature Saturday in cen
tral and south portions.
: TEMPERATURE
Higheat ..., Wi S 5 .. 880
Lowast ..., @ i vss O 410
Mean ....5080 AR aas 0680
Notmal ~ i 5 o P het gy
i RAINFALL
Nches last 24 hours ve 5... .02
Total since Dec. 1 .. .. .. 1.09
Deficiency since Dec. 1 ... 1.01
Average Dec. rainfall ~ .. 4.38
Total since Jan. 1 .. ¢, ..32.82
Deficiency - since Jan. 1 ....15.07
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TREASURY CHIEF |
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Henry Morgenthau, jr., acting
gecretary of the United States
treasury, who suggested today to
the congressional ways and means
committee drastic changes in the
federal income tax laws.
CEDIT GROP FOR
FARMERS FORMED
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Organizati ls B '
rgamza on S egun<
Here Today; To Serve
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Farmers from six counties met
in 'the courthouse this morning to
make plans for the organization
of the Athens Production Cx'vdit‘
association. The group have dp-‘
plied for a charter, and will be‘
ready to serve rfarmers in this
section as soon as the charter isl
approved and a secretary :Lnd\
treasurer have been elected. |
The association is for the pur
pose of making production cx‘(*dit‘
available ~to farmers, and will|
have a capital stock of $50,000, 80 |
percent of which will be suhscrih-:
ed by the Production Credit Cm'-l
poration of Columbia, a unit of
the Farm Credit administration.
The rest of the amount will bn}
paid for by farmers borrowing |
from the association; they willi
take 5 percent of their loan in
stock. The local organization will
have re-discount privileges to the
extent of $2506,000 with the Federal
Intermediate Credit bank of Co
lumbia.
Loans will be made for any agri
cultural production purpose: plant
ing, growing, feeding of stock,
harvesting, etc, according to L.
H. Wolff, former Athenian, now
with the government, who explain
ed the plan .to the group assembled
here. The rate of interest, he said,
will depend on the re-discount
rate of the Federal Intermediate
Credit bank. At present, according
to Mr. Wolff, this rate is 3 per
jcent, which with the 3 percent to
ilm charged by the association will
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Suspect Arrested,
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i Confession Alleged,
} In Murder by Torch
! CHICAGO, —(A—A f«-}\‘ minutes
laster the blazing body Of a man
'had been found in a vacant lot police
lhud a saspect in custody Friday
and said-he confessed to the slay
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The vietim was John A. Jobb,
53, Buiding cartaker, and the man
I!w!d as his layer is Fred Markham
'a bill peddler, Lieutenant Oliver
lHoffman and Detective James Sul
livan .said he confessed.
Eight-year-old Jackie Threlkeld,
lwhnsw mother, Mrs. Mittie Thre
'kod. identified Jobb’s charred
?hndy. told of a “terrible fight” in
|the building where he lives with
his mother and where Markham
lalso resides and where Jobbh was
employed as Janitor, The arrest of
'Jol»h followed shortly.
The body was still blazing when
ifound. A burap sack had been
wrapped about the vietim’s head
and loose boards and bricks had
been piled over the body. A wire
had been put about the dead
man's neck. Gasocline .or kerosene
apparently had been used to start
the fire.
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Annual Report of Farm
Chief Asks Permanent
Relief Plan
HITS SPECULATION
Cotton Belt Situation |s|
Called Critical Due to |
Huge Yield Il
WASHINGTON . —(@)—Al reiter- |
ated warning that currency infla-'
tion is “not a cure-all” for farm
ers’ troubles was issued by Secre
tary Wallace in his annual report
to Presiden; Rcosevelt. {
Inflation would raise general |
price levels he said, but would not'
eliminate the disparity between
prices of agriculture and nqn-ag-l
ricultural products, which he term
ed essential to permanent farm
relief,
~ Of the administration’s gold
purchase plan he said:
| ‘lt may not have any great ef
fect for some fame on livestock
and dairy prices. . . . Bventually,
however, most of our Ihw material
prices should rise to the extent to
which the gold in the dollar is re
duced.” I
Asks Rsgudation
I Wallace recommended regulation
of grain exchanges and separation
)uf savings from commerecial banks
in order 1, strengthen country
banks.
' He blamed the rise in farm
tpricos from last March to July, or
inordinate speculation in the com
[modity markets and told the pres
ident “it is imperative for the gov
ernment to supervise, and if nec
}essary to regulate, grain specu]a-l
'tion, because such supervision is
the only means of preventing |
’abuses," ;
Balancing production with de
|mand was the keynote of Whl
llnce’s report. He predicted a per
|manent program of crop control in
iline with meeds of the domestic
market.,
! The adjutant act, he said, “is a
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WOMAN SOUGHT IN l
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Slain Dentist Received
~ Mysterious Visitor Ju&
~ Before Death, Police Say’
PASADENA, Calif.—(AP)—Less
than an hour before he was sla'ml
in a driving rain in front of the
scoitivh Rite cathedral, an attrac-!
tive, dark-haired Yyoung woman |
dashed breathlessly into the innerl
office of Dr. Leonard Siever and
held an excited, whispered con-!
| versation with the man. !
; This woman, apparently un
lknuwn to the slain dentist’s asso-,
ciates, was sought Friday by po
llicu and district attorneys’ investi-,
gaors. The authorities said they
lln)lic‘;:’ <he knows: the woman—oOr
|man—\\'ho shot and killed the
handsome bachelor.
‘ Police said it was apparent the
| woman had attempted to warn Dr.
| Qjever. He was killed last Tues
‘day evening as he attempted to
lonter his automobile.
| Detectives said they had been
inforn ed the dentist was visiblyl
Ifrighn(ned last Sunday evening
| when he paid a sudden visit to
lthe office and found someone there
{ ahead of him.
| The unusually quiet hallway
imng with Dr. Siever's cries of
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]Vice-Admlral Brumby
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! Vice-Admirai Frank H. Brumby,
i['. S. naval office in charge of the
f]'ac)t'it- coast scouting fleet, left
ithis morning after spending a -quiet
itwo days here with his two sisters
fl\lisnos Ann W. and Mary Harris
Brumby.
| Adniiral Brumby, who was re
cently promoted from rear admiral
to his present post, came by for
the brief visit on his -way back to
the west coast from Washington,
i{D. C. where he had been on busi
lness.
Athens, Ga., Friday, December 15, 1933
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Atlantic Coast Line train struck a school bus near Crescent City, Florida.
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Inquest Delayed Until Ex
tent of Injuries Is De-}
veloped
CRESCENT CITY, Fla—(AP)—
Inquest into the school bus-train
accident here Thursday which
killed ten children and injured ap
proximately 30 others, was post
poned Friday morning until Sat
urday, pending outcome of injuries
to some of the most seriously
hurt. _
Plans for funeral services for
the dead remained undetermined
Friday morning, with discussion
centering on a memorial service at
the school auditorium Sunday and
a’'mass burial, except for Bertha
Gorton, 15, whose funeral was set
for Friday afternoon.
It was feared the death list
would mount as nine children,
ranging from 11 to 17 years of age,
lay in Palatka hospitals suffering
from frightful cuts and other in
juries. . The condition of three of
them was critical and physicians
said the outcome of the others
could not be determined for a day
or: so, due to the probability of in
ternal hurts. \
D. R. Niles, the 65-year-old
bus driver, who swerved his vehi
cle into the path of a fast-moving
freight train in an early morning
fog, was in a serious condition
here. While it was/ not permitted
to interview him, he was quoted
as saying he did not see the train
because of the mist. When he
learned the extent of the tragedy,
he said he wished to die.
While an accurate check wasl
‘lacking, becuase 'some parents took
their slightly injured children‘
‘home, it was estimated that be
tween 35 and 39 children were
‘crowded into the school bus when
'had reached the end of a five-mile
}route and. was about to return to
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Carter D. Poland
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Flays Critics of
Recovery Program
SAVANNAH, Ga—(®)—Critics of
Presideny Roosevest Nave been de
scribed as “destructionists’” by
| Carter D. Poland, Anniston, Ala,
manufacturer speaking before the
annual convention of the Georgia
real estate association.
Poland called for support of the
President’s recovery program, re
ferring to opponents of his ef
forts as individuals unable to offer
ianything better.
i “The presjdent has authority to
| spend less :*a.n five billion dollars
‘in the present war,” Poland said
gin his address Thursday, recalling
that nobody protested when forty
ltwo billion was spent in the World
war.
“Wall street says this ($5,000,-
000,000) is far too much. that such
expenditures will ruin the credit of
the natibn, What a rotton smelling
bunch of fish that is that fisher
man Al Smith and his guerillas
have brought in.”
Judge Delays Action ['oday
On Augusta Liquor Licenses
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Near Fight Develops After
Battle of Words on In
junction Petition
AUGUSTA, Ga. —(#)— Superior
court Judge A. L., Franklin, hear
inga petition for permanent in
junction against the city of Au
gusta’s licensing the sale of liquor,
postponed the hearing until Tues
day, after two hours of argument
Friday. !
The judge announced that he
would receive additional® briefs
and further argument Tuesday and
render his decision by Friday of
next week. )
Today's hearing was featured by
a clash of words between W. H.
Fleming, counsel for the group of
prohibition leaders seeking to en
join council’s licensing of liquor
sales and William P. Congdon,
aiding the cit,’s presentation of
its defense.
During a heated argument Flem
ing termed Congdon ‘“Amnarchist”.
The latter turned as if to strike
Fleming and spectators intervened
Congdon wold the court he would
not “strike an old man.” Fleming
is ahout 70 years of age and
Congdon about 40.
Judge Franklin, addressing both
sides of the issue in a court room
where some 300 spectators had as
sembled, told them that no in
junction would be issued unless
the petitioners showed their prop
erty was damaged by the ordi
nance,
“Anyone who takes out one of
these Augusta city licenses,” the
judge saill, “is subject for a lunacy
hearing.
“Anyone who takes out such a
license and sets himself up in hus
iness can be enioined as a nuis
ance.
“Blind tigers can be enjoined
now. There is no need for a jury
‘hearing in such cases.”
Flemihg, presenting the case ot
those seeking the injunction, said
the reputation of the city resulting
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Seaborn Wright, Dead at
76, Was Once Dry'’s
Candidate for President
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga.—(AP)—
Seaborn Wright, father of Geor
gia's bone dry prohibitiod law and
once candidate for President on
the National =Prohibition party
ticket, died in a private hospital
here Thursday night of pneumo
nia.
One of the most colorful figures
in Georgia public life for more
than a half century, Mr. Wright
had been a patient at the hospital
for several weeks. He suffered a
nervous breakdown more than a
month ago but was recovering
when he contracted a heavy cold
that devéloped into a fatal conges
tion of the lungs.
The body will be sent to his
home at Rome for funeral and in
terment.
Until his health began to fail a
few months ago, Mr. Wright, de
spite his 76 years, was unusually
active, walking several miles al
most daily and often traveling on
foot from Rome to his country
‘placc near Mentone.
He maintained a rigid adher
ence to regular habits and he was
remarkably mentally alert during
the advancing years.
He was the father of Georgia's
prohibition laws and at one time
made a nation-wide speaking tour
that carried him into every state
|of the union. He was once the
!presidmlliul candidate of the Pro
hibition party and was in the
forefront of the fight that result
ed in the adoption of the Bigh
itoonth amendment. ‘
| Mr. Wright was an eloquent
|and fiery speaker and despite his
frail stature staged many lengthy
word battles with other outstand
ing men of his period in public
life.
He was a Democrat but in the
presidential campaign of 1928 he
lfuu;.{ht Alfred E. Smith, the Dem
-Im'riuic candidate, chiefly because
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Report Says 8 Slain
t In Pillage of Train
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| TOKYO, <{(P)—A rengo (Japa
lm-sm news agency dispatch from
Harbin ¥Frday said eight passengers
were known to have ben killed
when ‘bandits wrecked . and pil
laged the eastbound internatonal
tran of the Chinese Eastern: rail
way near Tsitsihar.
One of the dead was an un
identifed European, believed to be
a German’ Eght of the passengers
were injured The dispatch added
that a numver of the pasengers
were kdnaped.
A Japanese armored train sped
to the rescue from Harbin,
A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—sc¢ Sunday
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WASHINGTON —(AP)— The Public Works Administration
announced Friday a loan and grant of $3,670,000 to the Regents of
the University System of Georgia for construction of new buildings
and repair to existing buildings .at various institutions throughout
the state conneced with the University.
Dr. 8. V. Sanford, president of the University, has been here
several days urging speed in action on the application, filed by the
Regents as a corporate body. Senator Russell also called hepe
several days ago to help speed the application through the engi
neering and legal departments of public works, )
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Dunaway, Supermtendenf}
Of State Farm, Not
Harmed by Captors ‘
ATLANTA, Ga.—(AP)—B. H.'!
Dunaway, superintendent of < the
state farm at Milledgeville, was
‘here Friday, unharmed aside from
the loss of several teeth, after the
hectic experience of being kidnap
ed for several hours by two pris
oners he was attempting to return
to the farm. |
The prisoners released Dunaway
in Atlanta, used his pistol to hold
up an Atlanta couple and take
their automobile, and then escaped
in the car. The holdup was staged
in full view of after-theater
crowds, |
Dunaway reported the prisoners
overpowreed him as they were
leaving Madison, 60 miles from
here, and forced him to accom
pany them back te Atlanta by a
circuitous rqute. i
The holdup here was executed.
80 quickly ,that nobody realized
what was happening until the pair
entered the automobile of their
victims, Mr. and Hrs. Elmore
Smith, and sped away. The cou-‘
ple said they were robbed of $25
in addition to the car. i |
The prisoners names were given
as T. B. Burrus and Durant Sha
dix. A third convict, Bill Evans,
who did not take part in the at
tack, was ejected from the car by
the other prisoners and made his
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Not Satisfied With Medi
cal Examiner's Report
Based on ‘‘Accident”’
CHATHAM, Mass, —(P)— State
police, mnot entirely satisfied with
the “accidental death” theory of
medical examiner C. H. Keene,
Friday began their own investiga
tion into the death of Richard J.
(Rich) Glendon, Columbia crew
icoach.
| They wished to find out why, if
‘he had gone hunting as supposed,
}he was dressed in light blue trous
’ers and wore only rubbers. And
Ithey wanted to know more about
Ithe note found in Glendon's room.
The note was found by Giendon’s
father and the contents were . kept
secret.
Police Chief Everett Eldredge of
Chatham quoted the elder Glendon
as saing: “He's done it. We've
got to keep looking now until we
find him.” And state police want
ed to know what was behind the
“He’s done it” and what the father
had been so sure the son had
“dome.”
Dr. Keene was unimpressed by
the contents of the note and stuck
by his “accidental” death theory.
Glendon’s body was found Thurs
day ear a fence on castie cove
road, no; far from Chatham beach.
His shotgun, with one shot fired,
lay nearby. His right side and
abdomen had been torn by shot.
Dr. Keene explained that the
' coach’s shotgun might have been
discharged as he climbed the wire
fence near where his body was
| found.
Glendon was a native of Boston
His widow was the former Marie
Fahey of Brookline. They had
three children.
Of the §3,600,009 federal funds
to be awarded the Unlverslty;-{‘i
tem, the University of Georgia'im
Athens will receive a total of $038,-
500, Of this amount $882,400 would
be expended in new w,ork'a.n&”'&%!fi;
100 for repairs. “‘w“‘i‘:’ffl
Worked At Length
University officials have been
working for some time on &m§
gram of expenditures whe;x 3%
loan is approved but so fur, M‘%g
nouncement of the various pres
jects definitely determined Wg
been made public. Wt 0
The loan to the regents desi *;%f
nated the cost of labor and ma- =
‘terial at $2,700,000 of which 80 per
cent was a grant. Thence
was a loan secured by internal in
come of the entire university sys
tem of Georgia bearing int it at
4 per cent. W
Work can start on the project.
within one month and with 530
meéen employed it was estimated
construction could be completed in
18 months, vepsße o
To Stay In Allotment j”}a
The public work administration
sald this allotment was made subs
ject to the condition that if it was
not sufficient to complete all the
work as planned certain portions
of the building program should be
curtailed in order to keep within
the allotment. ¢ o
According to latest advices the
money will be allotted in the fol
lowing sums by the Board of Re
gents: e
University of Georgia, Athens,
$882,400 for new work and $56,100
in repairs for total of $938,50 %
Georgia Tech, $737,605 and Evening
School _of Commerce, = Atlanta,
$359,500; Georgia State cau:g'?
Women, Milledgeville, $292,200;
North Georgia College, Dahlonega,
$83,600; Abraham Ba,ldvrl
culturdl College, Tifton, $183,600;
South Georgia Teachers College, :
Statesboro, $166,200; Georgia State
Woman's College, Valdosta, $152,-
600; Middle Georgia College; Coch
ran, $128,335; South Georgia%fé
iCollege, Douglas, $85,275; Georgia
Southwest Normal College, Ameri
cus, $84,050; Georgia N | and
Industrial College, Albanms
Georgia State Industrial College,
Savannah, $59,100; Coastal Plains
Experiment Station, Tifton, $23,-
500. T
" While the list above Is a latel;
revised compilation, it is entirely
possible that several changes will
'be made by the regents. @@ i
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MOULTRIE EDITOR
‘Talmadge Considers Shi
~ rah’s Attack on Colquitt
~ Sheriff Not Libelous -
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i ATLANTA.—(®—A pardon has
‘been granted Milton A. Shirah,
editor of the Colquitt ¥ree Latce
of Moultrie, Ga.,. convicied “and
sentenced to prison on two m%
|ol’ criminal libel for printing an
attack on Sheriff T. V. Beard of
Colquitt county. W :*
Governor Talmadge Thfltfifiv %
pardoned the editor who was eon
victed in Colquitt superior “court
‘and sentenced to 12 months on one
‘(‘harge and six months on' the
other. The latter sentence wds .
‘suspended by the court. ...
‘ “Taking the articles complained
}of asg a whole, I am of the onllfihi
‘that they were not libelous” the
governor sald in commenting on .
his action. bl .i{*
. “Phe rule as laid down by the
supreme court is that for an Q‘
ticle to be libelous the ar 1 s
whole must be libelous ‘and that
no particular part of the “article
can he segregated from the whole
for the purpose of showing &
libel.” s R
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