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- S. Bungs Action ‘Against Mellon, Lamont, And Jimmy Walker
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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
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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
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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 -
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hat the poyw planes, which will be
builg will be the most modern
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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
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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
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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
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% 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” /
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“By their fruits ye shall
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Total since January viR
Deficiency since January 1. 1.50
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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
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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 :
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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
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