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Newspaper Page TextFOTTON MARKET IDDLING - oo os 2y a 8 12 3-8¢ gvioUuS CLOSE .. ... 12 3-8 F mg. No. 50. ES Hurt In $3,000,000 Birmingham Fire - S. Bungs Action ‘Against Mellon, Lamont, And Jimmy Walker ' mer Secretary of the reasury Under Inves tigation Some Time arges Against Finan ciers and Others to Be Heard by Jury VASHINGTON —A(P) — At ney Gen. Cummings Saturday s h't announced proceedings vins Andrew W. Mellon, James Wwalker, Thomas 8. Lamont i Thomas L. Sidlo for alleged evasion 'would be presented to nd juries soon. n a statement Cummings said , cases had been referred to the pective United States attorneys ith authority for presentation to hond juries under the laws ainst tax evasion dnd avoid- The case against Mellon, former of the treasury, has on under investigation for some ne. Walker, former mayor of w York, is now in France. Lamont is a membsr of the nking house of J. P. Maorgan bd Co., and Sidlo a prominent oveland attorney. Other Cases Pending Aassistant Attorney General bank J. Wideman, head of the wly created tax division of the partment of justice said other ses of a similar nature are pend g against other indiyidauls.” The attorney General announced ¢ department wus inguiring into (Continued ‘on Page Feour) ill Sponsor Clubs at Royston, Lavonia and in Oglethorpe County The Athens Lions Club is spon oring an organization of a Lions luh at Royston, and members of he local club will take part in the harter mnight” program’ Tuesday ight at a banquet at the Johnson otel there. 1 The charter will be presented nd officers installed at the ban uet Tuesday night. Some mem er of the Athens organization will resent the charter to the presi ent of the Royston eclub. One week after chartering the oyston club, the Atheniang will nstall a club at Lavonia. The (Continued on Page Four) CROSS-WORD PUZZLE FEATURE IS STARTED In answer to requests from 'ts readers The Banner-Herald beging today a cress . word puzzle feature, ‘furnished by NEA service, the nation’s out- Standing feature and - picture service, the puzzles range in “”71"'1""! from the easiest for the heginner at this fascinating Pastime to those difficult fnough to intrigue the most ‘Xpert eross-word puzzle fan. Solutions to - each - puzzle will ©¢ carried ‘in the following ’Y‘-‘A" % issue of the Banner-Her- Rapid Fxpansion of Air Forces in France Predicted as ‘War Defense Education’ Begins PARIS. —(—A rapid expansion’ of Franee's aip force was ! Bt Saturday night s g finance mmm;t(.\.,. of the chamber of dep— UUeS approved a government re- Quesy fop 980,000,000 franes (about $3790.000) tor new aviation equip ment in 1934 ang 1935. E General Vietop Denain, minister for air, spoke in behalf of the pro- Jeet, ang told the committee that France will have 6,000 military and civij planesg by the €nd of the Techt year. At pregent there are aboyt 3 300 planes i France, The specail air priogram: followed Slote on the announcement by the b riment Friday that it needs a tond issue of three billion francs (195,000,000 to make France in ameible in the air, and dex the land ang Water, A bill pmﬂding e s iasue was introduced in parli ament 5 3 - (\n-ﬂﬁ‘ 1l D¢ nain shbd hat the poyw planes, which will be builg will be the most modern ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Full Associated Press Service IS CHARGED WITH EVASION OF TAXES Aty e e O 1 SR, . 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MELLON DEMOGRATS MASGED ON COTTON CONTROL Will Try to Push Bank head Bill Through Oppo sition From Republicans WASHlNGTON.—(#)—Southern Democrats steered the Bankhead compulsory cotton control bill to ward passage in the house Satur day despite I’epublican shouts of “regimentation” and “collectiv ism.” A vote on the bhill, intended to limit the marketing of cotton from this vear's crop to 10,000,000 bales, is expected Tuesday. Leaders pre dict approval, although many Re publicans—and some Democrats— predicted it would lead to a per manent lock step by the American farmer to government tunes. It was significant, however, only one Democrat from the cotton belt —Terrell of Texas—openly oppos ed the bill Saturday and President Roosevelt has endorsed the prin ciples of the measure. ls Not Permanent Representative Doxey (D.-Miss.) said the Bankhead bill was “only (Continued on Page Four) Bank Superintendent | Pleased By Report Of State Conditions} ATLANTA, Ga— #® —R. E. | Gormley, state superintendent of' banks, expressed deep gratification Saturday over an improvement in | the condition of Georgia banks re flected in their statements at the end of the year. “State banks generally ha"e; made fine progress in the past 12} months,” he said, “in liquidating ! slow or frozen loans and while the net decrease in loans and dis coupts from December 30, 1932 amounts to only about $7,000,000, liquidation in a much greater amount has been effected.” l He cailed attention to ,tabula (Continued on Page Four) i available for warfare He told the committee that he plans to rem--i ganize the weather and signalineg systems. More parachutes will be used than xt present. The chamber votes an appropri ation of 75,000,000 franecs ($4,855,000) for new gas masks for the army. Special civilian training in thoi use of gas masks and emergency shelters during air raids was or dered by the government as part of the “war defense” education of the ' people. ! Four thousand instructors se lected chiefly from the national | union of reserve officers and the‘ league of aerial defenseare put in | charge of courses designed so trajnt the civilian in the defense meas- More than 25.000 shelters for use; in case of aerial attacks have been{ placed in all parts of Paris. All} new buildines must be constructeﬂ; in a manner which will provide | shelter from bombs dropped by ! TWO DIE IN CRASH ON CRAWFORD ROAD; TWO OTHERS - HURT Millard Henry Ogletree, 12, and Miss Edith Burroughs Killed COMING TO ATHENS Automobile Hits - One Truck ; Demolished By Another Millard Henry Ogletree, 12, was killed almost instantly, Miss Mary Edith Burroughs, 20. died Satur day afternoon in a local hospital, Mrs. Burt L.. Ogletree was in the hospital suffering from a twice fractured pelvis, and Miss Mary Alice Ogleiree was slightly hurt as the result of an automobile ac cident Saturday afternoon at 2:30 a short distance this side of Clawford. Burt L. Ogletree, who was driving the car in which they were riding, and James Willie Ogletree, a passenger, were unin- Jured. The party was coming to Athens from Union Point to see a sister of the girl who died, Miss Ester lean Burroughs, patient in a local hospital. In the flat below the hill leading to Crawford from Athens, the car hit the back of a parked truck, was turned invo the road, and was hit by a truck going from Athens. The car, a five or six year old model touring car, was demol ished. - The Negro driver of the truck which hit the Ogletree’s car, 2 Gulf Reﬁn'wg company truck from ‘Washington, Ga., was arrested by Sheriff John Paul of Lexington. He was released on SIOO bond, after being held a short time on charges of having no chauffeur’s license, with comnittal trial set for next Saturday. Sheriff Paul came to Athens Saturday and saw Mr. Ogletree, who announced his intention of swearing out another warrant for the driver. The sec ond Negro man in the truck was not held. The parked truck, Sheriff Paul said, belonged to J. E. Hill, of Gainesville, who with his party, was putting up guard rails along (Continued on Page Six) \ % Believers in cAthens and Its Future @ 7 | s / Old and Successful Business Enterprises §‘ ; That Have Stood the Acid Test of Time They have an enviable background of achievement and have weafher ed the storms of the past. Their individual success not. only reflects credit to their good name, but through their foresight and progres siveness Athens continues to progress despite fires, tornadoes and de pressions. Jate Years Est, Old FIRM’'S NAME CLASSIFICATION 1832 101 THE BANNER-HERALD..........Dedicated to Upbuilding Athens and Clarke Co. 1854 79 THE GAS CO: (Ga. Pub. Utilities)."You Can Always Depend on Gas” 1866 67 H, T. HUGGINS & 50N...........Wh01e5a1e Auto Farts—Supplies 1882 51 MICHAEL BROS. 1NC..............“The Store Good Goods Made Popular’ ’ ’ 1882 51 WARREN J. SMITH .& 8R0....... Wholesale and Retall Drugs, Sundries, Etc, 1888 45 McGREGOR CO. (Sta'ners-Prin'ts) “Dependable Goods at Reasonable Frices” 1891 42 GEORGIA POWER C0............."A Citizen Wherever We BServe” 1891 42 WINGFIELD CASH GRO. CO......Fancy and Staple Grocers. Prompt, Service 1902 31 JOHN K. DAVIS & 50N..........8u11ding Contractor and Paint Supplies 1905 28 ATHENS MARBLE & GRAN. CO..“Memorials ¢f Quality” » . 1207 26 SMITH & BCLEY, Insurance Office General Insurance, Real Estate and Loans 1910 23 BRUNSON FURNITURE C0......."“We Save You Money” 1910 23 L. M. LEATHERS.... ............Roofing, Sheet Metal at Satisfactory Prices 1911 23 BERNSTEIN FUNERAL HOME.. “Instant and Careful Ambulance Service” 19011 27 BERNSTEIN FURNITURE CO....."Better-Bilt Furniture” 1912 21 CRUCEDALE GREENHOUSES.. .“Athens Leading Florist™ 1914 19 J. 8U5H...... ..00ie sean sev.e..."Reliable Jeweler"—Repair Work a Speclalty 1917 16 E. &8. TIRE 5ERV1CE..........."Ke11y Tires 6-Times Fortified Against Wear” 1918 * 15 C. A. TRUSSELL MOTOR C0.....F0rd Cars—" Athens Oldest Dealer” 1921 12 THE FLORENCE COMPANY......Pure Ice and Quality Coal—A Home Industry 1923 10 H. L. COFER SEED C0............5pecia1i5ts in Farm, Garden and Flower Seed 1928 5 INDUSTRIAL LDY. &D. C. CO...Work and Frices that Satisfy—Trial Convinces 1928 5 WILLIAMS TRANSP'T’N. C 0..... Quick Delivery from Your Door to Customers 4 W\ 1927 6 DEADWYLER-BEACHAM C0.....Real Estate, Sales, Rentals, Loans : 1928 § FINDLEY DRY CLEANERS...... “Not How Cheap—How Good” / ¥ 7 \ e 3 . . ’ ; '‘: “By their fruits ye shall ” s know them Athens, Ga., Sunday, March 11, 1934 MENDIETA GAINING | GROUND IN STRIKE! HAVANA —(#)— Facing at tack from all sides, various groups of strikers who have kept the island in a state of turmoil for a week were giv ing ground Saturday night and it appeared that the govern ment was well on its way to success in efforts to restore normaly without bloodshed. Strikebreaks broke up the walk-out of gock workers and the Cuban Telephone company began enrolling substitutes for striking employes. b The bombshell decree of President Carlos Mendieta, or dering all strikers throughout Cuba to return to their jobs by midnight' tonight or suffer the consequences, apparently was the declding factor in breaking the strike. COSTNER: DEFIES GANGSTER PALS Admits Part in SIOO,OOO Mail Robbery and Names Touhy Men as Helpers CHICAGO —{P)— Isaac Costner, calmly defying his former gang ster-pals to attempt vengeance Saturday admitted from the wit ness stand that he took par in a SIOO,OOO mail robbery and named two Toughy gangsters as his aec complices. ; Costner, testifying for “the state in the frial of Basil (“The Owl") Banghart for the $70,000 John Fac tor kidnaping, said Banghart was in Charlotte, N. C., the night of the mail robbery last November, but did not name him as one of the actual robbers. . For his part of the job, Costner said, he got $25,000. £He sald the men who helped him were Chatles “Tee Wagon” Connorsg and Ludwig Schmidt, both fugitives from jus tice in the kidnaping case. Before he took the witness stand, Costner declared he had no fear except that he might be sent to prison.* “Connors or Schmid¢ won't look for me,” he said. “What good would it do for them to kill me? There are to, many other witness es, anyway, let 'em try.” Factor, waiting outside the courtroom to be called, agreed with Costner, but warned that he (Continued on Page Four) Roosevelt, Shocked By Fatal Plane Crashes, Orders Dern To Slash Air Mail Service SOLUTION ADVANCED IN CARRIER TANGLE Coordinator. Eastman De sires Regulation of Mo tor and Water Carriers WASHINGTON, -— (#) — Strict regulation of water and motor transportation under ‘the Inter state Commerce Commission was recommended to congress Satur day by Joseph B. Eastman, trans portation coordinator, as the only means of solving transportation troubles . - He recommended ‘early passage of laws bringing steamship lines and truck bus operators under the ‘commission which for 49 yvears has more or less ruled the railroads. Eastman pointed out that since 1920, when the transportation act Wwas passed, vast amounts of cap ital have been poured into motor truck- and bus lines and ajrplane lines as wellesas waterways. - The situation, he said, has been growing more acute and ‘‘not:only imperils the financial stability of the national transportation sys tem, but it threatens the wages and working conditions of labor and it creates a demoralization in rates and charges which In the Jong run is a menace to commerce and industry.” ~ Follows Recommendations * Following closely recommenda ‘tiohs made by the Interstate Com merce Commission two years ago in‘reporting to congress its study ‘ror the bus and- truck problem, Eastman attached to his report a ‘Dbill for regulation of motor vehi cles; one for regulation of steam ship and other domestic water carriers, and another making mi nor amendments to the interstate commerce act. 3 The most important change in the latter bill would modify the long and short haul section to give the commission more latitude in allowing railroads to lower rates for long trips. Eastman’'s report was based on (Continued on Page Four) President Declares Ratio Of Accidents Has Been Far Too High LINDBERGH TALKS Cives His Opinion on Sit uation as Criticism in Congress Grows WASHINGTON. —(#)—With the declaration that ‘“the ratio of ac cidents has been far too high dur ing the past three weeks,” Presj dent Roosevelt Saturday ordered sharp curtailment of the army air mail service. ' His eommand came after the tenth death in twenty days of the army malil flying operations, insti tuted after the wholesale private contract cancellation order of a month ago. . ; 4 To Secretany Dern he addressed a pointed letter: “This action,” the President said referring to his original order for the army to fly the mail, “was taken on the definite assurance given me that the army air corps could carry the mail. “Since that tPme ten army fliers have lost their lives. I appreciate that only four of these were ac tually flying the mail, but the oth ers were training or were pro ceeding to the mail route. “Because military lessons have been taught us during the past few weeks I request that you con sult immediately with the Post master General and the Secretary of Commerce in order - that addi tional training may be given to army - pilots through ecooperation with private companies who later will fly the ‘'mails.” - Meanwhile, Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh was telling Secretary Dern in a, three hour conversation just what he thought of the army air service and outlining his ideas on how it might be improved. The flier had no engagement at the White House, but this was still held to be a possibility. Should he call on the President it would be their first meeting since the White House reproved him for making public a letter to (Continue@ on Page Four) Dr. King Deplores Power Of Selfish Group Te Start War ———————y Advocates Congressional Inquiry Into Munitions Makers Connections A congressional investigation to discover whether there ie any con nection between munition corpor ations ‘and militaristic legislators was advocated by Dr. W. P. King, editor of The Christian Ad vocate and former pastor of the local First Methodist c hurch, speaking before the Georgia Peace society at the Holman Hotel Sat urday afternoon at 1 o’clock. “l am not trying to imply that any connection exists,” Dr., King said, “but while the current in vestigations are going on, it might not be a bad idea to make such an investigation merely as a matter of precaution. Similar inguiries might be conducted with profit into the financial interests of army officers and newspapers, also.” Defenses of Militarism Dr. King, who was introduced by Rev. J. W. Veatch, presiding elder of this district of the Meth odist church, divided his subject, “The Defenses of Militarism” into three sections; the practical de fense, the theoretical defense, and the sentimental defense, Scoring those who defend war from the practical viewpoint of the (Comtinued on Page Four) LOCAL WEATHER \ | eee e ) Fair, somewhat colder in east and south portion Sun day; Monday fair with rising temperature. % TEMPERATURE Highest... i +ise asee s i iR B oWeßt. . i Rtivie svsenas OB BEOREL. .o liins mayenia Si TR Mamnal. ... .. s e i RAINFALL g \ Inches last 24 h0ur5....... .01 Tota]l since March 1....... 3.00 Excess since March 1...... 1.43 Average March rainfall.... 5.43] Total since January viR Deficiency since January 1. 1.50 ¥ A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday IS DEFIANT AT MURDER TRIAL PR R R Pk Rt e & : B o e 5 R." s ’-, % £5.8 2T 5 A : 3 B SRR e : SRR SRR R, s 5 8 S S #:;: : e RN ")_;j;;;:;:;:;:; 2y Ry e SRR R SRR PR B e S Ry Rt 8 e e B R SRR i B R R AR R R B 4 g S e i i A : s S R RSOI i R SRR Ha-ry Pierpent, partner of John Dillinger, who became defiant Sat urday as he denied killing Sheriff Jess Sarber at the time of the Dil linger jail delivery at Lima, Ohio, last October DILLINGER PARTNER FIGHTING FOR LIFE Harry Pierpont, Accused Of Murdering Sheriff, Baits Prosecutor LIMA, Ohio—(®)—Harry Pier pont, the smooth' talking partner of John Dillinger, took the witness stand tomzht for his ‘life Saturday as his tfal for murdering Sheriff Jess L. Sarber last October 12, neared conclusion. In clipped, precise sentences Pierpoint told of his armed pereg inations around the country, and express admiration for the desper ate Dillinger. He denied emphati cally that he was in the Allen (Continued on Page Four) Detectives, Official Of Bank Accused of Greenville Rebbery GREENVILLE, S. C. —(P)—Two eity detectves, a Greenville county grand juror and a bookkeeper of the South Carolina Naticmal Bank were arrested here Saturday, charged with the robbery Thurs. day on a downtown street of $50,- 000 of the bank’'s funds. The money has not been recovered. . Hugh White, 28, the hookkeepet and one of the two bank emploves held up by two bandits at pistol point after the bank autiomobile was forced t, the curb, was one of those arrested, . The other three were detectives John E. Corea and Henry J. Lind say, both 39 years old; and Rob ery Willimon, 29, member of the county grand jury and a filling station operator. - White was charged with embez zling, abstracting and wilfully mis applying the $50,000 which he was taking to the bank from the post office less than two blocks away. He wag making the trip* as a guard to Clinton Foster, Negreo bank messenger. : Definite Rural Relief in Southeast Planned; Harry Hopkins to Attend Meeting in Atlanta . ATLANTA — (AP) — Plans for definite rural relief programs for the rehabilitation of the far mers of the Soutneast are to be discussed herre Monday and discussed here Monday arey national! relief administrator, and representatives from -12 Southern states. 2 State administrators and heads of agricultural departments of southeastern universities halve been asked to attend the meetings, which will be presided over by Lawrence Westbhrook, rural work specialisf and member of the na tional relief staff. , g The program, which is likely to be adopted the first jof the week, will become effective as soon as DISASTAOLS BLALZE RAZES WHOLE BLOCK N ALABAMA CITY Aid Rushed by Suburban Departments in Effort To Quell Flames WORST iN 15 YEARS Loveman, Loeb and Jos eph Store, Starting: . Place, Destroyed : BIRIMINHAM, Ala. —(AP) — Thirty-eight were injujred - and property damage totalling 33»"!’9", 000 was caused ' here Saturday night and afternoon by a fire iz the heart of the downtown busis ness district, against which every fireman in the ecity and suburbs battled. ‘The fire, believed under control early Saturday, broke out anew «€n Melancon’s department store, Sec ond Avenue North and 19tk streets, shortly ‘before nine o'clock Flames sho¢ from the north win dows of the store, and firemen, still . playing streams of water on an adjoining smouldering ruins and buildings, centered their ef forts again on Melancon's. X Half an hour after the flames shot from the north window, the tire in Melancon's sgemed to be saining headway.: '4 . : Water Irom & ‘scorg of nozzles was turned on it, hut despite the tivod, the blaze segmied to spread, . breaking out' in the center of the building, v 3t The department store is housed in.a five story bailding, of com paratively recent construction. i It was the most disastrous fire in 16 years and awept most of a biock in downtown Birmingham. The fire originated in the Love map, Joseph and Loeb Co., de partment . stue, Third Avenue wyorth ‘and I%th street, which was destroyed. , 3 ; Btill Burning Calder ' Furniture . Co., Second Avenue, North, still was burning Saturday night, as was the South. ern Bell Telephone and Telegraph o-., central otfce No. 4. : ‘ Firemen said the blaze appar ently started from a short circuit in the “false” basement of Love man, Joseph and Loeb Co. s The flames quickly spread thyough the merchandise on the tirst tigor of the building, and then reachcd 500 gallons of lubri cating oil in the automobile ae cessory departme«; on the balco ny.: ! Lr + ‘As the oil was reach,. flameés shot up the outside, and firemen oraered employees and shoppers out of every store on the bock. d'he Alabama theater abuttingghe department store, was emptied. = The first call was sent in short ly before 1 o'clock this afternoon, when a whisp of smoke was notic ed on the first floor of the depart nent store. The alarm was spread through the store, and approxi mately 4,000 people quickly filed out. o Breaks Out Again £ Within half an hour after ' the blaze was discovered, W. O, Downs, commissioner of publie safety, reported that it apparént ly wag under control, but half an hour later it broke through from the ‘“false” basement. . Three hours after the first. e : (Continued on Page Four) Y. M. C. A, Directors . Meet Monday Night The regular monthly meeting of the poard of directors of the Young Men’s Christian association will be held Monday night at the association buildlng at 8 o'clock. demobilization of the CWA T the' South has been cogppleted, M‘}i bly March 30. | e i Each administrator is S‘ to present a plan for .rural relief in his respective state. ANI of the plans will be studied k‘ committee after hearing the pro- ! posals and a report made at the second day's meeting- Aaae e Three ' groups off persons econ stitute the main problems in the South, relief officials have " said. These include' those returning f,;j the farms from the cities; the far- = mer on the farm in need of assis fance; and the man living in small industrial seetions where g — . ek v’fx ¥ (Continued on Page Four)