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Newspaper Page Text£ | COTTON MARKET 1 el | | MIDDLING....ou siaes wIOBO | PREV CLOSE., ..:ive veron:10980 vol. 101. No. 308. CONGRESS ASKED BY ROOSEVELT TO GUARANTEE CREDIT FOR FARM MORTGAGE REFINANCING BONDS TCH YOUTH. WHO (INFESSED FIRING 10IDNG EXECUTED Marinus Van De Lubbe Is Beheaded in Leipsig Early Today . ~ WAS UNANNOUNCED Goes to Guillotine With out Telling Who Companions Were - . By JOHN A. BOUMAN § 1 Associated Press Foreign Staff ‘ LEIPZIG, GGermany . —(#)—Mauri nus Van Der Lubbe, 94-}'88.!‘—01(11 Dutch stonemason, was beheaded Wednesday for firing the German Reichstag buildi})g in Berlin last February. : - He had repeatedly confessed set ting the fire, but steadfastly re fused to divulge any information 2¢ to whether he had any accom plices. van Der Lubbe had been under sentence of death since December 93 when the supreme court con victed him and acquitted four co defendants. Steps through which the Dutch government sought to gain a lfght ¢r sentence for the young Holland or were unavailing. Late Tuesday ~night Van Der Lubbe was informed by the Leip sig prison governor that justice must take its course, but the an nouncemeny failed -to Touse him from the stupor in which he re-| mained virtually ‘throughout the long trial. 2 Van Der Lubbe did not reply to the question of whether he wanted a clergyman to attend him on the last walk to the guillotine—nor did he express any special wish. The guillotine was erected dur in- the night by the official execu tioner and his attendants in the prison vard of the Teipzig district court. . At T:25 o'clock Wednesday morning, a few strokes of the‘ prison bell announced to the outer world that & man was paying thel extreme penalty. ! Few realized, however, that ii[ was Van Der Lubbe-=probably the most talked-of ecriminal in receni years. There had been no intimatiofi until the last moment that Presi- | dent Paul Von Hindenburg would! decline to pardon the Dutchman. i At 6 o'clock the warden entered Van Der Lul.be’s cell and told him his last hour had come, I Without saying a word, Van Der Lubbe arose - and after be‘n{x‘ shaved, was led by the prison governor into the courtyard. There state’'s attorney Werner several physiciang and twelve cit izens “of good repute’—in accord ance with the law-—were assem-l hled. I Without showing the least amo tion, Van Der Lubbe with bowe~d head listened as the death sent ence again was read by Wilhelm Buenger, presiding judge during the trial. He silently shook his head when asked if he -wanted %0 make 3 statement, Werner then said, “T surrendei vou to the executioner.” The latter, Ferr Goebler of Magdeburg, dressed in evening clothes and wearing white gloves laid his hand on Van Der Lubbe’s shoulder, Meekly, the young man ascended the scaffold where he was tied down, \ As Goebler pressed a button Van Der Lubbe’'s head rolled into @ hasket of sawdust. n 30 seconds, it was all over Before a clergyman had finished # praver, the executioner called out: “Justice has been done!” A physician stepped forward ind attested the death and. while Witnesses signed an official docu ment, the hody was nemoved in a Simple black coffin. No Dutch officials attended. { Van Der Lubbe had been given a Medical examination Tuesday. He Was pronounced sane., LOCAL WEATHER Fair and continued cold with frost, probably heavy to the coast tonight; Thursday fair and warmer, ' ————~_“ . 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Price, Jr., master coun cillor of the Frank Hardeman, Or der of DeMolay, who will retire from office tonight at the installa tion of new officers. The public is invited to attend the meeting, which will be held in the Masonic Temple at eight o'clock. 4 FARMERS T 0 BEGIN CIENING CONTRAGTS Cotton Acreage Reduc tion Agreements to Be Ready Next Week Farmers from Clarke county will begin s igning 1934 cotton acreage reduction agreeraents next week, an anpouncement issued by Ceounty Agent Luke Watson said this morning. The agreements will be signed in the city covrt room on the sec ond floor of the court house. Beginning Monday morning at 9 o’clock, the signing will contige each day from 9 until 5, through Friday. Monday morning farmers living between the Hull and Lex ington road will sign; Tuesday those living between the Lexing ton and Princeton roads; Wednes day those living in that area from the FPrinceton road through- Brad berry district, bounded by the Oco nee river., - Thursday farmers in the Sandy Creek section between the Newton Bridge road and the Hull road; and on Friday those residents of Kin ney’s district to the Newton Bridge road will sign the agreements. * Meetings were held in various sections of the county this- week, at which Mr. Watson explained vari ous features of the reduction plan to approximiately 250 farmers who attended them, and who seemed to favor it. ‘ H. A. Glass, Division CWA Engineer, Opens District Offices Here H. A. Glass, division engineer under the CW'A, has taken up of fices here. Mr. Glass, formerly lo cated in Atlanta, has charge of thirty-two counties in northeast Georgia, with headquarters in the old Commercial bank building along with other CWA offices, Work is progressing rapidly on the 8 inch sewerage line which is being laid on King avenue, from the intersection of Broad and Hancock. Work on this project be gan the first part of the week. Southern Women’s Group Scores Lynching, But Is Dubious of Proposed Federal Law ATLANTA—(®)—Southern white women prefer a plan of coopera tion between the federal and state governments for eradicating lynch ing instead of théd proposed federal anti-lynching law which some said threatened to coerce the states. They have appointed a commit tee to go to Washington tg ask President Roosevelt to seek the cooperation of outhern governors and congressmen in working out a cooperative plaaw aimed at stamp ing out lynching. The women, meeting here as the Association of Southern Women for ‘the Prevention of Lynching, discussed the incidents of the 'twenty-eight lynchings of the past 'year and emphasized the urgent necessity of some legal step “to eradicate this evil” .Twelve of the thirteen Southern states are represented in the two day session which is devoted alse to the causes of lynching. The ‘women, listing these, said: _“We reaffirm our condemnotion of lynching for any reason what soever .and we recognize that® no alleged - crime justifies another crime. We declare as our delib MADWONAN: FOUND LOCKED N STARLE; HISEAND AARESTED Police Try to Put Together Strange Story of Long Captivity SISTER ASKS AID Man Was Questioned by Investigators at Time Of Lindbergh Case RIDGEFIELD PARK, N. :J. — (AP) — Detectives gtrove to piece together the strange story surrounding the imprisonment of a naked madwoman on a dirty, unheated, coset-like room over a stable on the old Barnes estate. The woman, Mrs. Sophie Cerardi, 42, pronounced insane by a county physician, meanwhile was receiv- ing medical attention at the coun- 'ty hospital, Bergen Pines. ' The two other characters of the strange tale, the two alleged jail ers, Joseph Cerardi, 34 the wo man’s husband, and his housekeep er, Miss Mary GQGriffin, 35, were held under arrest in county jail on charges of false imprisonment, and authoritieg said there was a pos sibility of a second charge of abus ing an insane person. Much police interest centered on the. husband a former middle weight pugilist, who they said was questioned in the Lindbergh kid naping case after the body of the ‘murdered Lindbergh baby was found near a shack where Cerardi stayed occasionally at Hopéwell. Police entered the case late Tuesday at the request of Mrs. Cerardi’s sister, Mrs. Loretta Re genstruf, of the Bronx, New York who compained that Gerardi had repeadedly refused to allow her to see her sister and allegedly threat ned ‘“to bump her off” if she told anyone he kept her sister locked up. Prosecutor Lieutenant Najthan Allyn said Mrs. Regenfstruf had also informed him that Cerardi had insured hg wife's life for $lO,- 000, Allyn said this information would be investigated to deter mine if it had any bearing on the case. When police went to the barn, which is at the end of a winding lane behind a tall hedgerow, the .housek'e'eper first refused them ' admission, relenting when they [threatened to break down the door. !They then prevailed upon her to surrender the key to the room in ‘whith Mrs. Cerardi was locked. ' The door was opened . officers later reported, and they found Mrs, Cerardi huddled naked on the bed, gibbering wudly. Both win dows in the curicle had been boarded up, and ene bed was the only article of surniture in the room. A soiled blamket was thrown across the bare, dirty mattress. The woman was taken to a hos pital and police waited several hours before Cerardi entered the apartment and was arrested, to gether with the houskeeper. They | were questioned and committed to county jail. l Cerardi was Mrs., Cerardi’'s se-‘ cond husband, police said. She was divorced from a New York Lawyer Joseph Maran by whom she had{ one son, Charles! now 22. Charles lived with Cerardi ih the flat overl the stable police learned but they were not a@ble to locate Hini tqr{ (Continued on Page Two' lynching is a °logical result in every community that pursues the policy of humiliation and degrada tion of a part of its citizenship because of accident of birth; that exploits and intimidates the weak er element in its population for economic gain; that refuses equal educational opportunity to one portion of its children; that per mits the lawless elements of both races tp congregate in these segre gated areas with little fear of mo lestation by law; and finally that denies a voice in the control of government to any fit and propet citizen because of race”. They declared by resolution that l“past experience has demonstrated {that state and local authoritiesand ipublio opinion on which they de pend have failed to bring to jus -Itice members of lynching mobs n spite of the fuct that their iden ttit_v was well known.” After declaring for cooperation of the federal and state govern ments, the resolution said, “we therefore call upon our president, our governors and uor congre sional representatives to work out some plan together that shall bring about such cooperation.” Athens, Ga., Wednesday, WILL HEAD DeMOLAY CHAPTER IN ATHENS FOR NEXT THREE MONTHS M R eGe T : e e ol e R R S B an NOS T e R T R B G i* b 3 g s TOE R e U G T sRO LT eXRSSR T R B - ¢ TR e g R ; W N g S R L @ o : VIS e, aesda i O Eoas | cheh S : g B e G 4155 : R RJn R S s?l‘s':{‘ S 5 SR SR SR 3 S R e B R S TR ‘f B e G m e S e i 8 e i SR T e 5 ;s':?l';’.3' '_'-;;;;.'z;?-; e e L . . G L e A ; SR e SO s e e : , G SEeER s e e e -..:fz:s.-.'-f R AR A e RRERRAER R eee e B s e bt ettt e “ The affairs of the Frank Hardeman chapter, Order of [J:Molap, will be in the hands of Lamar Green (left), William Buchanan (cen ter), and Robert Foster (right), for the next three months after in stallation services to be held tonight, DeMolays Install Officers At Open Meeting Tonight Athenians Invited to At tend Ceremony at Ma sonic Temple, 8 O’clock Frank Hardeman chapter, Order of DeMolay, will install new of ficers at a pubiic meeting tonight at the Masonic Temple, at eight o’clock. The new officers will take over their duties on the last day of the local chapter’s first five years of existence Frank Hardeman chap ter was formally organized Jan uary 11, 1929, and since that date over one hundred and fifty boys have become members of .the fra ternity. 3 Those who will be installed to night are Lamar Green, master councillor, William Buchanan sen jor councillor, and Robert Foster junior councillor, Each of the new officers has been prominent in lo cal DeMolay work for the past‘ several years, They will announce 'tonight their appointed officers who will serve with them during ‘the first quarter as 1934, ' The retiring master councillor is L. O. Price jr., under whose leader ship the chapter has had one of‘ the most successful periods in its history. Gasper Palmisano, chairman of the advisory, board of the chapter and an autstanding worker in Ath éns Masonic acitivities, will de‘liver! the feature addresg tonight. 1 E, Wilburn Thomas, will act as grand insitalling officer, J. W, Michael as senior installing officer, and J. VY Henry, jr,, as Junior in, stalling officer, Both Michael and Henry are members of the Na tional Demolay Legion or Honor, membership in which the highest honor that can be conferred by the orgahization. D. Weaver Bridges advisor of the chapter will be Brand marshall at the installation ceremony, Guy Smith will be grand chaplain, and Ernest Tucker grand senior dea con. Mr. Bridges has been advisor of the local chapter during its en tire five years and was instru mental in its organization. Charles Mangelburg, Louis Mtc- Garity, and Fielding Dilard have charge of the special music on the program this evening. All iAthenians, especially those interested in boys activities are cordially invited to toni€ht'q ser vices. % University Student Is Hurt When Truck Hits Pole on Lumpkin Hill Chafin Holland, University stu dent from Avalon, Georgia, was painfully but not seriously 'hurt, when the truck in which he was riding ran into a telephone pole on Lumpkin street this morning. Holland was riding in the open back of the truck driven by*Homes Betts, connected with the College of Agriculture, down Lumpkin street from town towards the col lege campus Near the intersection of Baxter street, a congestiqyn of cars forced Betts to swerve, and lose control of the truck, which ran into a telephone pole. Holland -was thrown to the ground. ) Bernstein’'s amigulance rushed him to the General hospital where ‘he: was treated for cuts. He lives —ESTABLISHED 1832— January 10, 1934 Last Performance Of “Passien Play” Is Offered Tonight " Athenians will have their last opportunity to see “The Passion Play” presented by the Freiburg {Players, tonight at 8:15 p. m. in the Physical EduNgtion building The production is directed by Dr. Alfred E. Wolff, a member of the cast and author of the English version, and sponsored by the Untversity Theater. At the conclusion of the Athens presentation the Freiburg Players will continue their tour to the East, stopping to give performan ces of “The Passion Play”, until they reach New York, from which point they will sail for their na tive land. For several years now this com pany has been touring the United States at the request of Americans who saw their production in Frei burg, Germany, in 1922, and they have received acclaim wherever they have gone. Plans have not been made for another American tour in the near future. People who wish to take advant. age of this last opportunity to view this sacred drama may do so by calling' at the box office, as a few choice seats still remain. All seats are reserved and the prices are 50 cents, 75 cents and sl. W. H. QUARTERMAN PASSES IN WINDER Prominent Attorney, Well Known in Athens, Dies Suddenly Late Monday WlNDEß—William Henry Quar terman, one of the ablest lawyers and best known public men of Georgia, died suddenly in his apartment in the Winder Hotel in this city about six o’clock Monday afternoon. Death came to Mr. Quarterman following a strenuous day during which he had super vised ‘the moving of his law office from the courthouse building to new quarters in the Peoples Bank building directly across the street. He was found shortly after he ex pired his passing had been both sudden and peaceful. . For a number of years Mr, Quar terman and his wife had been liv ing inanapartment at the Winder Hotel. Mrs. Quarterman was in the apartment near by at the time of his death but had no warning that he was even indisposed. Mem bers of the family were immedi. ately notified. Funeral services are to be held Thursday afternoon. from the Pres byterian chureh of this city, of which he was a most loyal and de- | voted member. The services will be conducted by Dr. J. H. Woods. pastor of the Christian church of this city, who has been a friend | of the deceased for many years. l He will be assisted in the service by Rev. Edward Russell, a relativel by marriage of the deceased. Rev.l T. L. Leverett will also assist ir the service. Interment wiil be in Rose Hill cemetery. Mr. Quarterman was one sf the first citizens of the state and de scended from a long line of dis tinguished ancestry. He was a sor of Dr. Keith A. and Helen Louise Jones Quarterman of south Geor ~ (Continued on Page Four) RR e T S 3 MEANG OF “GETTING AROUND™ RODSEVELT FOR JOBS REVEALED Civil Service Examiner ‘ - Unmasks “Temporary . " . Appointment’’ Practice Testifies Thousands of Jobs Filled This Way by Departmental Heads , WASHINGTON, —(P)—Disclos ure -of a civil service commission practice of “getting around” the president and the economy act to fill thousands of government jobs was made Wednesday by the house appropriations committee in hear ings on the independent ofi;, . supply bill. The economy act provides that government positions vacated for one reason or another can be filed only by executive order of the pre gident. e \ Testifying before a sub commit tee, James G. Yaden, chief of the examining division of the Awvil ser, vice commission, was questioned by Representative Woodrum (D-Va) and Hastings (D-OKkla). about fill ing jobs, “If you wish to know the story,” said Yaden, “l 1 can tell you the story. 2% x under‘an act of'con, gress, in order to fill a position permanently, authority of the pre sident must be obtained. Most of the positions are filled now by temporaries, It is only seldom that we get requests for the filling of o permanent authonty. ‘So as a result we are certifying thousand of persons for temporary positions. You will note I said ‘thousands.” The record will sus tain that.”’ 2 | “Am I to understand then)” !said Hastings, “thur the way a de partmental head gets around going to the president ,s by making a temporary appointment?” “Well, Mr. Hastings,” Yaden re, plied, “You use the wordg Betting around,” I am ndot wusing those words but that is a practice.” Yaden recommended that jobs paying less than $2,000 be exempt ed from being filed by executive order, 3 SIX PLANES READY . FOR PACIFIC FLIGHT SAN FRANCISCO —(P)—Six huge navy seaplanes poised here = Wednesday for a hop across 2,150 nautical miles of the open Pacific to Honolulu— the longest and most hazard ous over-water formation flight ever attempted. The takeoff was definitely set for 12 o'clock (Pacific standard time) by Lieut. ‘Com. Kneffler McGinnis, squadron leader, s, that his command might take the earliest possi ble advantage of existing fa vorable weather conditions. Beyond Hawaii a storm was blowing up, but between Hon olulu and the mainland the sea was ‘“smooth as glass.” A delay beyond the noon hour, McGinnis said, “might mean the loss of this most fa vorable circumstance.” Woman Member of Qusted StateCWA Board Tells of “Open Rebellion” Against Hopkins MACON, Ga—®)—Mrs. W. D. Lamar, member of the old Georgia civil works administration board, says a majority of its members were “in open rebellion” against a ruling of federal administrator Harry Hopkins beore the board was relieved of its duties, : In a prepared statement Mrs. Lamar, wh, was the only woman member of the board, said a ma jority of the membership appoint ed by Governor Talmadge, refused to follow recovery policies as out lined by the Washington head quarters office. i Opposition wasregistered lagainst a ‘“certain ruling” of the general administrator concerning !appointments, Mrs. Lamar said. but declined to elaborate. Mrs. lLamar was the only one of the five members of the board whose lappointment came from Washing lton and in her statement she said she was nog among those taking exception to Hopkins' order. “In the original act providing for the cooperation of state and territories with the federal govern ment for the relief of the destitute unemployed oceurs the following," her statement said. “Phe federal administrator may assume control of the administra tion in any state where more es A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday Lives Menaced By ‘Rabies Kiss’ " " ‘:5:;:;‘; . “. '\ b ’ ; ':lv :.‘_ : .5 b o e 6 e - " “ : vﬁ";)& 3% ::Zf: o . R e& A : R B TE S S 8 k rﬂ o 8 T & : .‘: : *""::?éx m L baee T L~ . N L L e Death by rabies perils Mrs., H. W. Lewers, above, and her mother, Mrs. C. E. Ross, below, because they stole into a Mem phis, Tenn., hospital isolation ward and kissed a dying man farewell. 'Pasteur treatments are being given the women, daughter and wife of C. E. Ross, victim of a stray dog’s bite, in an effort to ward off the dread affliction. Wier Is Re-Elected C. of C. Secretary; Record Commended Joel Wier was re-elected execu tive secretary of the Chamber of Commerce by the Board of Direc tors of that organization, at a meeting held in the offices this morning. Mr. Wier was commended for his work during the time in which he has served as secretary of the group. He succeeded the late C. D Terrell, A committee, consisting of R R. Gunn and Joel Wier, was ap pointed to work with Mayor Dud ley in making plans for the Presi dent’'s Ball to be held nere January 30 in cooperaton with over 5,000 cities throughout the country. pro ceeds will go to tne Warm Springs foundation. The budget committee for 1934 consists of Tate Wright, chairman, Lee Morris and Arthur Booth. The membership and collection com mitee appointed today consistg of Sam Nickerson, chairman Joe Cos ta, and E. L. Wier. a committee will be appointed later, it was de cided to formulate a program of work for the Chamber of Com merce this vegr, fective and efficient cooperation he tween state and federal authorities may thereby be secured.’ “Such a situation had undoubt edly occured in Georgia when. a majority 6f the CWA commission voted a procedure in direct opposi tion to expressed ofders from Washington on a mooted point in the state program. > “The majority vote was based on the belief that the president ol the United States through the federal relief administrator had launched this great humanitagian enterprise, that the federal gov ernment was financing it, and that therefore the federal government had a right to say how and by whom it should be run. “Apparently, Washington con sidered the time had come for as suming control in Georgia, since the majority of the commission was in opén rebellion against a certain ruling of the federal ad ministrator involving appointments. “Georgia is fortunate in having the work of the cOmmission car ried forward by the best equipped social worker in the country and as a former co-worker and ardent supporter of Miss Sheppers®n's, 1 wish to commhd her to the peo ple of Georgia and the people of Georgia to Miss Shepperson.” | i President Expected to Ask Additional Funds for Emergency Senate to Debate ' Liquor Bill and St. Lawrence Treaty WASHINGTON—(#)— Consider ing It “a moral obligation”, Presi dent Roosevelt called on congress Wednesday to legislate a federal guarantee of the principal as well as interest of the farm mortgage refinancing bonds. His concise, special message coincided with the arrival before the house of the first appropria tions bill from committee—apgre gating $566,435,000 for 16 independ ent federal agencies in the fiscal year beginning July 1. This measure is slated for rapid house dispatch t, the senate, te take its place there beside the District of Columbia liquor regula tion bill passed by the house late Tuesday. ¥ Senate leaders expected to gel from the president a second mes sage seeking ratification of the St. TLawrence waterway treaty but final arrangements remained to be made at the White House. They were acquainted, also, with the fact that Mr. Roosevelt pm soon to ask $1,166,000,000 additie al appropriations to carry the em ergency program from now unti! June. This is in line with his budget message. With railroad legislation due for debate, it became known Wednes day that he favors estahlishmen? by the rails of sinking funis te pay off their tremendous mortgage indebtedness. He favored the same course for utility compaaies. The appropriating committee told the house savings in veterans expenditures under the economy act would reach $265.000000 a vear, It proposed extension of that law, including a 10 pes cent cut for federal pay instead of the present 15 per cent. 3 - In his message, the president acknowledged tha; technicilly .the farm credit bond guarantea would increase treasury responsibilities by tw, billion dollars; hut de it the government should, ha added because it already amounts “to a moral obligation.” He is expeésted to have his way. Srle The president and Chalrman Fa hey of the home loan board agreed ‘Wednesday that the hom:z loan Fonds wouid he treated on a hasis of substantial equality as the farm mortgage bonds, and a recommen dation on methods of providing some form of government guaran tees is now being prepared. . . Jesse H. Jones, reconstruction finance corporation chairman, told the house banking committée (Continued on Page Four) Four Desperadoes, Weman’s Abductors Hunted in Missouri . MONROE CITY, Mo.—(®)—Four 'quick-shooting desperadoes who Tuesday abducted a 40-year-old iwnman to shield them from police bullets were hunted throughout northeast Missouri Wednesday by posses composed of scores of peace officers and civilians. . Mrs. Roy Carpenter wife of a local school teacher, hostage of the gunmen for more than six ‘hours, was left Tuesday night at ‘the farm home of Julius Jackson, four miles north of here, after she and members of the Jackson fam ily had been warned not to notify officers before midnight. In their flight from Hannibal where they stole an automobile, the four men twice engaged . offi cers in gun battles. Back home Wednesday, Mrs. Carpenter calmly told how _the robbers threatened to take her children as hostage, then decided to ecarry her off as a shield against police bullets. S Attracted by shots in the broad way in front of her home, Mrs. (farpenter weng outside to investi gate. One of the two men who had driven into the yard h\ a stolen car while the other pair tled officers seized her and demm “Are there any children in the house .we can take? " el “T begged them not to n& the house” she related. “and they said, ‘all right, we'll just take vou'.” 5 - s 2 - Mrs. Carpénter was taken to the Jackson home, where she and members of the Jackson . family were keps “covered” by pistols un til nightfall, when the four m departed with the admonition: “Don’t+ notify officers before mi night.” . g