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, ecorganization Of County Government Urged At Institute
harp Business Upswing Reported By U. S.
ummer School Being Revised As Integral Part Of University
oth - Speakers Recom
mend That State Take .
Over Police Powers
2.DAY SESSION ENDS
ounty ~ Commissioners
Hear Discussions on
Varied Topics
BY GLENN RAMBEY
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
Re-organization of county gov
mment to meet changing rural
eeds the payment of taxes on the
stallment plan and the establish
wnt of a state constabulary
vere proposed tOday to the Geor
ia Wssociation of County Commis
ioners.
Dr. Paul W, Wager of the Uni
jersity of North Carolina and only
ut-of-state speaker at the com
nissioners’ meting, which is a part
f the University of Georgia In
titute of Public Affairs, deseribed
he county-manager plan ag the
ost feasible in administeation of
ocal -government. ;
Orville A. Park, B!bh. OOIH“-Y
egislators and a fECOENRIZEA think
ron political probiems in Georgia,
rged that a state-wide law be
dopted permitting the peceipt of
wney for- taxes in at least three
nstallments. He sald this wouid
ecessitate a re-arrangement of
he tax methods tut that # would
e well worth the effort.
Strahan Urges Plan
In reference to ¢he consolidation
f counties, long a topie of poli
iclans in Georgia and opposed by
overnor Talmadge, C. M. Strahan,
larke county ecnmmissioner, told
he gathering that when the state
0k over its proper functions, the
ounties would be relleved and the
uestion of mergers would be left
n the basis of immedjate merits
nd facts of the particular pro
n:*:il. He was opposed to whole
ale consolidatiors,
Dr. Wager and Mr. Strahan both
rccommended the taking over of
olice powers of the state as a
poper function of the common
calth, but the latter brought out
this could not be accomplished
““”‘»t‘mv a constitutional amend
ment,
‘The period of exploltatlonf“s
Cver” Dr. Wager sald, We are
oVing toward a ptanned economy.
£ are now drawing the blue
brintg for a new America. As we
sand on the threshold of the new
™ we are faced with two ques
lons. First, can we establish a
[eW economic order under a demo
2tic form of government? And,
:’f'l.-rjnrl \':.121 not the direetion have
m“”'”‘-“ from the mational govern
" leaving less and less for the
w and local government to
«av{f." 48 Qr even more specifi
hhe -\ s ":‘_ is to be theg future of
o american :-uunty?“
New Social Order
(\J_”"""i“’i‘f"‘?”‘n that the Ameri
rfl‘i:u”?wwj‘b nave a surprislng
- F"‘ ¥ ’,“' N‘*}fi'-disc{p“ne lies in
o cPtion of the NRA and the
o Cduction program, the speak
“"_T‘”-‘?’i. The establishment of a
. ;‘[ ;',} order will come slower
W g o Or€ tempersd tham one
: ‘1 'V the decrees of a Hitler
va'i'n:;ng Solini, but it will be more
QlJ\' answered the second
o, . " the negative, stating
for ¢'S 2 need and a place
o 1 self-government,
r:_‘;‘lf —"'»"-rnn.]('nt hag been the
AM”“‘ ""'1 training ground. of
-. 4 “\mtosmen," he said.
0 pover . CONETEsSmen, judges
bt op . OTS have Jearned the
8 i Conment , ~ The eollapse
sy, M local government,
bas 1o \‘ a 2 ‘,"” county government,
o 10, C Mainly to the failure
e SOVErnment to adapt its
w;.,,"” md methods to meet
uq fconomic and social
s cop.. , , CUNty government
Bt » 0 arouse popular in-
Mtaree,s US€ it has peased to be
beo. 5 Its funetin = have
W o o nly routine | .. It sets
Pettorn n.:]\m of standards of
L Prestig./l,,o“ :
ftom o} H"f,, transfer of functions
“oh— more pronounced
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ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
ADDRESS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AT
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Among the prominent speakers who have addressed the Georgia
Association of County Commissiorers, meeting in conjunction with
the Institute of Public Affairs at the University for the past two days
are J. J. Whitfield, Hawkinsville, (upper left); A. J. Keith, Gay, (up
per right); Dr. Charles M. Strahan, Athens, (lower left); and Ben
Pierce, Augusta, (lower right). }
DR, POLLING TO TALK
HERE AGAIN TOMIGHT
Over 3000 Hear Noted
Minister at First Session
Of Welfare Conference
To follow (Christ one must be
prepared to struggle, suffer and
endure hardships and sacrifice,
Dr. Daniel A. Poling, president of
the World Christtan Endeavor
Union and noted radi, speaker,
told an audience of 3,000 students,
pastors and parents, and the gen
eral public at the University of
Georgia Religious Welfare Con
ference here today. The rewards
of following Chrigt, he said, are
spiritual, not material.
Dr. Poling will speak at Wood
ruff Hall again tonight at 8 o'clock
on “The Church and Modern
Youth”. The public is invited.
Urging his hearers, if they want
ed their lives t, count for the
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Young People’s Society of Christian Church
Makes Plans for Convention Here April 13-15
Plans are - rapidly being com
plgted for the twenty-third annual
convention of Georgia Christian
Endeavor societies, to be held in
Athens April 13, 14 and 15. Be
tween 150 and 200 delegates from
200 chapters that have beenr in
vited to attend the meeting here
are expected.
The program of the convention
will emphasize the activities and
problems of voung people in the
church and will have as its aim
the development of leadership in
religious work and a Keener un
derstanding of the church, com
munity and world affairs.
Although many of the speakers
who have accepted invitations to
take part in the convention are
among the older leaders of the
orgdnization, those in charge of
the program state that the larger
part of the work will be carried
on by the delegates themselves
and the discussions = will center
around topics of chief interest to
young people.
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Five Athenians Win
Honor as Members
Of Phi Beta Kappa
Five Athenians were elected to
membership in Phi Beta Kappa
fraternity at the University, it was
anmounced ‘his morning by W. O.
Payne, secretary. _
They are Miss Dolores Artau, M.
A., teacher at Athens High school,
Mrs. Cecile H. Pope,. graduate
student: Miss Mary F. Carter,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Carter; Misg Lavinia Maynard,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. J.
Maynard; and M. Troutman Wil
son, son of Dr. and Mrs. R. C.
Wilson. The last three are all
candidates for the degree of bach
elor of arts.
Hughes Spalding, Atlanta, until
recently chairman of the Board of
Regents of the University System
was elected to honorary member
ship. Only candidates for degrees
in arts or in general science 'are
eligible to the fraternity; formal
initiation will. be held in May.
Other undergraduates elected
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] The Young People’s Society of
Christian Endeavor of the First
Christian church will be host to
the convention. Considered one of
the . outstanding young people's
organizations, in Athens, this
group has been active in the edu
lcational and charitable as well as
religious undertakings ‘of thg
church. The revival sponsored by
them last fall was one of the most
widely attended of any revival in
Athens in vears. 4
[ J. L. Srunkhurst, ‘state public
ity chairman of Christian Endea
vor, visited Athens [Tuesday, to
aid in making plans for the con
venticn. James Whitehead is con
fvention chairman and president of
‘the locla society. Miss Hazel Poss
the local society. Miss Hazel Poss
One of the highlights of the
convention program, according to
Mr. Whitehead, will be the fellow
lship banquet to be givens by the
local society for the delegatas and
visiting speakers. s w 2 i
Athens, Ca., Thursday, April 5, 1934, |
SUMMER SESSIONS
T 0 BE ENPHASIZED
WORK 1S EXPANDED
All Departments Placed
On Full Time Basis
For Four Quarters
ADVANTAGES QUOTED
Earlier Graduation, Larger
Student Body, Special
Work to Result.
Summer school as a separate
unit of the University, has ceased
to exist, and’in its place the Uni
versity = here “will. be on a tl&@
time, four-quarter basis. TS
Announcement of ‘the chsmfi
was made to the Banner-l{er‘g
today and it was emphasized tha
the change in no way means ime
pairment of the educational faeil=
ities of the institution ‘but is ex
pected to improve and broaden
advantages offered Georgians.
~ The , summer school sessions
have long been a feature of the
University and President S. V.
Sanford said that the courses
which have been offered in the
past will be continued, and new
lones added.
Emphasize Last Quarter
Dr. Sanford said that special
emphasis will be plgced on the
lagt six weeks of the University
vear to make the courses as at
tractive and worthwhile as pos
sible, and for the purpose of en
riching this last term, twelve ad
ditional professors will be brought
to the jnstitution. -
All departmnets of the Univer
sity here will be on ‘a full time
basis, with classes held at the
same hours as now, and profes
sors, who in the past were paid
for twelve months work but re
ceived a two months vacation,
will now conduct classes straight
through the summer term closing
in August.
As the expected inersase in at
tendance will give the present
faculty more work than it can
efficiently handle, the twelve new
professors, in addition te giving
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WOMAN BLOCKING
DILLINGER SEARCH
Suspect Parries Police
Questions About OQutlaw
With Cryptic Answers
ST. PAYL, Minn. — (#) — An
auburif-haired woman, parrying
police questions with cryptic ans
wers, stood Thursday between fed
eral agents and possible capture
of the notorious John (Wooden
Gun) Dillinger.
The officers continuedq silent
on the progress of their investiga
tion; but reports were circulated
that the woman is Bernice Nor
ton, a friend of Evelyn Frechetti
who in turn, is a friend of Dilling
er,
The woman occupied an apart
ment with Eugene Green, a Dil
linger associate. . Green was sev
rely wounded and the woman was
captured Tuesday night when the
pair called at the home of a Ne
gress for luggage Green had left
there.
The arrest of the pair led to dis
covery of two more hideouts of the
new Dillinger gang in the Twin
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Four Arrested in
Gum Log District
On Liquor Cases
Wilburn E. Smith, white, and
Lewis J. Hays, Jesse Swift and
General Banks, Negroes, have
‘been arrested for violation of the
Internal Revenue act, prohibiting
the making or selling of liquor
without a license.
The case, in Gum Log district,
was reported by B. K. Henderson,
and the arr&ts were made by
Federal Agents J. O. Stewart, R.
B. Schoénman, W. K. Johnston,
and W. C. Grubbs, and E. J.
Hancock. David Ayres is a wit
ness.
All four men were, bound over
to the Federal court under SSOO
bond. Hays was unable to make
the bond, and is being held in the
county jail here.
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student at the University of Geor
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change fellowship at the Univer
sity of Munich by the Institute of
International Education.
EUROPEAN AWARD
WON BY ATHENIAN
‘Miss Pauline Hadaway
Awarded Fellowship to
University of Munich
Miss Pauline Hadaway, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hada-
Wway of Athens and a graduate of
the University of Georgia, has
been awarded an exchange fellow
ship to the University of Munich
by the Institute of International
Education. The scholarship covers
room, bhoard, and tuition for one
year’s study.
Miss Hadaway was graduated
from the University of Georgia in
1933 and has been teaching French
and German at Bessie Tift college
in Forsyth during the present
school year.
She is a member of - Phi Beta
Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi schol
astic honor societies; Kappa Delta
Pi, national education honor so
ciety, and Kappa Delta social fra
ternity., She was a .member of
Zodiae, sophomore honor society,
and of Pioneer Inner Circle as an
undergraduate. She was also ac
tive in musical ¢ircles of the Uni
versity.
The Institute of International
Eduecation places American stu
dents in foreign universities, and
brings an equal number of for
eign students to American univer
sities. About 70 American col
leges are cooperating in the plan.
It is largely supported by the Car
negie Foundation.
The school year at the Univer
sity 'of Munich. runs from Novem
ber 1 to July 30. }
HUEY LONG URGES
LAWYER TO FIGHT
iFlery‘ Senator Invites At
- torney to “Step Outside”
~ During Hearing
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. WASHINGTON— (#) — Senatot
‘Huey Long invited Edward Righ
tor, atterney for D. D. Moore of
'New Orleans, to ‘“step outside”
Thursday during a heated ex
chang before the senate finance
committee about New Orleans
‘horse rncing.
‘Order was quickly restored, how
ever, and questioning was ' re
sumed.
The verbal duel started when
William €. Grace, a Washington
attorney, testified he had made
bets at a New Orleans race track
on the advice of officials and all
his selectiors won.
Rightor broke in to say the track
Grace visiteq was Jefferson.
~ “That’s your track, Senator,” he
‘added. ’
Long shouted that Rightor's
statement was an “infamous false
hood,
. “I have never been in a race
thack in my life,” Long added.
~ Meanwlile Rightor angerly iean
ed toward Long. T would like to
say you wouldn't say that if there
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BEODOW 10 GPEAK
10200 TOMORROW
AT LIONS MEETING
All Lions Clubs in State
Invited to Head Inter
national Head
TO GIVE BANQUET
Local Club to Honor: Dis
tinguished Visitors ~/
Friday Night
Roderick .Beddow, president of
International Lions clubs, will ad
dress the local organization, and
some two hundred visitors from
clubs in Georgia and South Caro
lina, tomorrow night at 8 o’clock
in the main dinifig hall of the
Georgian hotel. >
Mr. Beddow is a native of Bir
mingham, Ala., and was elected
International president of Lions
clubs in 1933. Before receiving
this honor, he served two years as
a member of the board of direc
tors of the International organ
ization. : \ !
W. K. Charles, a member of
the beard of directors for Inter
national e¢lubs, will also be pres
ent ‘at’ the (rally, and will be ope
of the “.main . speakers. Barnett
‘Napier; a membey of the Interna
[tiona! “ o q_kgg‘ commissioners,
‘wm,amf%ea, My. Napier has
been in Athens <for someé time,
giving great help in organizing
many ssiter clubs, and exercised
great influence in persuading Mr.
Beddow Lo vieiv Atliens. .
. All clubs in the state of Georgia
have been invited to attend the
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Flood Toll Grows;
25 Deaths Known
As Waters Recede
(By the Associated Prgng.)
At least 25 personis are believed
dead, a number are missing and
the property damage is near a
millign dollars @as a result of
floods in ~the North and Southwest.
As -the high water receded
Thursday the Elk City section of
Oklahoma listed one known dead
and 15 misging in a seven-mile
stretch of lowland through™ which
the Washita river roared, sweep
ing all before it. A federal emer
gency relief engineer estimated
property damage at more than
$500,000.
In western and northern Wis
consin the death list stood at nine.
Officials mapped out relief plans
at Bau Claire for vttims in eight
counties swamped y rains and
meiting snow. 4
' Storms in Ohio caused damage
estimated at SIOO,OOO. A man was
killed by lightning at Canton.
. In Kansas the rains continued
but less serious. Farmers expect
ed their crops to benefit.
~ Snow held-up highway and awr
traffic in the Rocky Mountain re
gion and lay as deep as 15 inches
in places in the Dakota hills.
In the East ten families near
Hartford, Conn,, abandoned their
homes when the Connecticut river
rose more .than two feet above
flood stage. :
Judges Announced for Journalistic Contest
Open to All Georgia High School Papers
t Judges for the annual journals
| tic contest conducted by the Geor
igla Scholastic Press Association,
in conjunction with the Henry W.
Grady School of Journalism, Uni
verstiv of Georgia, have been an
{nounced by John E. Drewry, di
! rector of the school. They are A.
Russell Hargrave, ‘editor of the
lßed and Black; Bryan Lumpkin,
{ managing editor, The Athens Ban
iner-Hemld; Dan Magill, editor, the
Athens Times-Democrat; E. A.
’Lowe, director of the Division of
Public Relations; and Mrs. M.
H. Bryan, editor of the News bu
| reau .at the University.
April 20 has been set as the fi-
Inal date for entramce in the con
test, in which silver loving cups
and certificates of distinction will
be awarded. i !
Every high school in Georgia
having a student newspaper (print
ed or mimeographed), a school
|section of the local paper, or a
immflue. ig invited t, enter the
| contest and to send delegates to
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Secretary of the Interior Harold
lckes who, it was revealed today.
has been invited to speak at the
second section of the Institute of
Public Affairg at the Univerpity
to bg held in May.
ILLIE BAaHINGK
DIES IN DOUGLAS
Secretary of Board of
Regents Succumbs | to
Heart Attack !+ |}
. DOUGLAS, Ga.~(#)—lssis Bas
‘rhinskl. 58, of Dublin Ga., widely
known Georglan end- secretary of
the state board of regents, died
here early Thursday of an attack
of angina pectoris.
Bashinski died at the residence
of J. H. McLean, Douglas tobacco
wareheugeman, whom he ~was
visiting.
C. M. Sims, undertaker, said that
MecLean told him Bashinski. ap
parentJy was in good health when
he arfived in Douglas Wednesday
afternoon from Tifton, Ga.
About midnight he become ill
and asked that a doctor be called.
Before the doctor arrived, Bashin
ski was dead. The doctor said
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Dr. Soule Reported
Somewhat Improved
ATLANTA, Ga—(#)—Physicians
at Crawford W. Long Memorial
hospital Thursday reported Dr.
Andrew M. Boule, former presi
dent of the State College of Agrl
culture and now a government of
ficial, spent a good night Wednes
day night and apparently was a
little impreved. : :
Dr. Soule recently underwent an
operafion which was followed by
an attack of pneumonia. He was
reported worse Monday. Physi
cians said they were encouraged
over his improvement but it would
be several days before they ceuld
tell definitely about his condition.
the convention. Membership in
the G.. S. P. A. 1s a requisite
to enter the contest. Schools which
are not members are invited to
{ join. Entries in the contest should
include all issues for the. present
school year, should be bound and
should be sent to Prof. Drewry.
Publications entered in the con
test will be classified and grouped
sy that the competition will be
fair to all. concerned. Following
are the points which will be con
sidered in awarding the certifi
jcates of distinction and silver
cups:
1. Make-up (15 points) — (a)
General effectiveness; (b) Typo
| graphy; (c¢) Headlineg (content
and form) (d) Cuts; and (e) Press
work.
2. News stories (30 points)—(a)
News features: (b) Editorial fea
tures; (c) Style and structure; (@)
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MARK OF 13 YEARG 15
PASSED A 5 WAGES
AND WORK PICK 1P
Further Improvement Ex
pected When March
Figures Are In
HIGHEST SINCE ’'3l
Greatest Gain in 15 Years
Shown in Factory
Payrolls
WASHINGTON, —(#®)—Payrolls
in American manufacturing in
dustry hit a new high in February,
creating peaks in both wages and
employment untouched since early
1931.
Fhe department of commerce,
announcing this Thursday, added
that probable further improve
ment in March would supplant
these figures, but that only incom
plete estimates for the month
were available.
The department said’ a swelling
in manufacturing payrolls of 12
percent in February as compared
to January constituted ths great
st one-month improvement in 16
years. Y
Factory Employment Up
A six percent gain in actual fae
tory employment during the
month as compared to January
was recorded as having been ex
ceeded only three times in 15
years. :
None of the figures included
the splurge of pay increases re- "
cently announced in the steel, au
tomobile and other' industries, *
many of which go into effect this
month. B
The NRA was disclosed Thurs
day to be watching the data in
tently, >vhile gathering more of
its own. A
On good authority it was indi
cated that quick general action by
industry to shorten working hours
for re-employment is not mnow
expected by Blue Eagle officials
but within a reasonable period
voluntary cuts in hours are look
ed for from large individual
groups- . ;
If not, the original idea that a
flat ten percent reduction be re
quired by the government of all
who cannot show good cause to
the contrary, may ‘be brought inte
play. G
Downward Trend Stops
The commerce department re
port noted slight declines in em
ployment in non-manufacturing
industry between the middle of
January and the middle of Febru
ary as offsetting but a small pfi
portion in the “marked gain In
factory employment” The actual
gain, it added, ‘reversed tha
downward trend which had:z;
tended over a period of foun
months.” .
Cash income received by farm
ers from the sale of farm pro:g
rose nearly flve percent d
February after allowance for the
seasonal trend, and was 63 per
cent above a year ago. Sk
Production advances were: not
accompanied by similar advances
in saleg of goods, the figures indis
cated. The February rise in
freight-car loadings was regular,
while retail sale figures W
no marked change, except in the
case of automobiles, the value of
which was almost double January.
Preliminary March figures, how
ever, indicated general retail im
provement. 4
The gain In the composite index
of industrial production’ for the
monthy after allowance for the
seasonal trend, was nearly four
percent, bringing the index con
siderably above both 1933 and
1932 and within § percent of Febe
ruary. 1931. S
Efforts Concentrated .
NRA and other administration
efforts to improve the. figures
thus far noted are concentrated
prineipally on two fronts. o
Legislation is mnow being con
sidered on Capitol Hill to follow
President Roosevelt's suggestion
that akbout $700,000,000 more cap
ital could be used by medium<
sized businesses to good empioys
ment effect. SR
An allled effort is being studied
by the President’s national emer
gency council. ' involving methods
to spur -both home construciion
and the heavy goods industries,
which will be turned over to the
NRA for administration.