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Newspaper Page TextCOTTON MARKET e 4 M»DDLJNG AL T PrEVIOUS CLOSE .. wv. .. 12¢ Vol. 102. No. 74. NRA Chieftain Denounced For Alleged “Surrender;” Orders Campaign To Begin At Once Against Violators JECOVERY MENAGED jf PENDING LAWS. THOE GROUP SAY U 5. Chamber of Com merce Warns Against Exchange Control sIcNS ENCOURAGING Leaders Charge Wagner Bill Will Retard Forward Move WASHINGTON—(P)=—A danger ous threat to a rapidiy advancing pusiness recovery wu,veen. Satur day by’ the Chamber of C’msxxerm of the United States in the pend ing stock exchange control legis- Jation and the Wagnep bill to out law employer domination of labor organizations. 2w ; With these two measures it grouped the Wagner-Lewis unem ployment insurance hill “and the Congery -mandatory 30-hour-week pill in a general criticism as unnecessarily restrictive and tend ing to cancel the gains business has scored in recent months. Bill Is Altered Meanwhile, a sub-committee of the house interstate commerce committee brought the stock ex change bill closer to the desires of Wall Street spokesmen by exempt ing state and 'municipal bonds from its provisions On Monday, it and the senate Lanking committee will take up the controversial margin section with indications that its 60 per cent cash margin requirement will be eliminated and the whole subject left to the determination of the federal reserve hoard.. “oOn very hand theps appear en couraging signs of further busi ness recovery,” thé ghamber re ported in. its fortnightly summary of national business affairs. “More men are being put to work at bet ter wages. Firms and corporations, long in the red are either over the lire or getting closer t, the black “Some of the recovery legisla tion enacted in -the last year has had a wholesome effect in laying the basis for business recovery and in strengthening the nation’s bank ing structure. “But attention i now centering on the need of business for oppor tunity to continue {ts forward movement, unhamperéd by men and unnecessary regfrictions. Cer taln legislation, some of it on the statute books and some now pend ing in congress, threatens this ad vance, % Seen As Menace “Proposed labor legislation prg duces much uncertainty. The Wag ner labor disputes bill, which would do away with company shap ‘reanizations and impose outside unions on #mployers, offers a threat of strikes gnd other labor difficulties. “The Wagwer-Lewlg hill for un fmployment reserves, proposing a {ax on the country’s payrolls-of a billion dollars a year, would put an Impossible burden upon industry. The Connery bill, making a 30- hour-week mandatory for all in e . {Continued on Page Two) et s Dr. Chamblee to Speak kok oy b To Baptist Ministers i Dr. Aquila Chamblee, Forsytly Will discugs some subject of his selection at the Baptist Ministers Conference of Northeast QGeorgia, Which meets at Athens First Bap tist chureh at 11 o'cloek Monday morning_ Al Baptist ministers are invited 10 attend ang take part in the Meeting . Business Girls Join With Members of : Growers Market to Present Minstrel - TENOrS Of S Business Girls flub have joined ‘hands with mem bers of the Growers Market to of fer a big night of fun Thursday. Down iy, the large Growers Mar ket building on Washington street, & first clagg minstrel shotw will be Wesented by tha Business Girls Sb while the Yaadet members M. stage caka walks, square fances 4y q the like. "- - e Admissjon prices are 35 cengs the 2TOWn-ups and 25 cents for hlldren, ang the proceeds will be Used fop painting and freshening U the Growers Market building N for she Businessg Girls confer ®Nee fund to send delegates to the Mnya| tonference, R ’ Some weeks ago one of these Farmere Frolic” was held at m‘ Oovers Market and was a big Seeo% Ana that' Frolic was Na2ed withy g the added attrac ton ot 1o minstrel gshow, A com blnati(m of the M”mt‘ Pove 2 Jure whua,,&«-m ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Full Associated Press Service MANHUNT LAUNCHED FOR CLYDE BARROW FORT SCOTT, Kas.—(#)— One of the most determined manhunts in the Southwest's history—with federal and state authorities cooperating — was pushed Saturday night for Clyde Barrow, ruthless Texas killer, who eluded capture Fri day after another slaying and kidnaping. % The search for Barrow and his gunwoman sweetheart, Bonnie Parker, turned south ward into Oklahoma Saturday afternoon. Police hbroadeast a report that a trio resembling the Barrow gang was headed to ward Guthrie from Stillwater, Okla. Heavily armed state and federal officers rushed to the Guthrie area. - BACKUS AGGUSED OF ABSTRAGTING FIINDS Man Who Chargedßank ers With Trying to Steal Company Attacked WASHINGTON — () —Edwardj W, Backus, former president of the Minnesota ‘and Ontario Paper com pany, who asserted bankers con spired to ‘“steal” the $75,000,000 concern, was charged in turn sat urday with abstracting ' $7,000,000 of the company’'s funds, some fol stock . market purposes, before he lost control. These charges and counter charges were made at a one-day shearing hefore the senate bank ruptey investigating committee and at the conclusion Chgirman Ashurst indicated it would take no action. ks - |~ Ashurst accused Backus of using 'the committee as “a conduit to [send his personal views to ,the country” instead of presenting evi dence. & However, Ashurst obtained from lone of the company's receivers, R H. M. Robinson, an agreement to permit Backus free access to the eompany's books. 3 In return Robinson's attorney, John D. Faegre, asked permission to inspect the personal records of (Backus and his company, the Backus-Brooks company, to see what happened to the §57,000,000 he said was taken from the paper company, : Backus refused the request, say ing they were private records to which the company had no claim He did not deny his company had received the money, but contended it was owned by the Minnesota and Ontario company. Backus, andvééﬁatdr Sph.allA Re- (Continued on fPage Two) Banner-Herald's Ai r-Herald’s Aid Asked by Relatives Of Veteran of "98 ‘yeteran : b sk o The Banner-Herald received the following request Saturday and is publishing it in accord ance with the request contain ed therein: ¢ “May I solicit the help of your news columns in locating someone. who served in the Spanish-American war with Howard Robert Wilson, who enlisted from Athens, Georgia. “His widow is entitled to a pension if she is able to secure some information concerning his activities in the war. Any one knowing of Wilson’s en listment or other information is asked to communicate with his widow, Mrs. Howard Rob ert Wilson, 892 Oakhill avenue, S. W. Atlanta, Ga.! Athenians will not be able tg re sist. Everyone is invited t, atiend and take part in the cake walk, square dances and enter the tap and clog dancing compeition. Or if the. ticket buyer happens to be a wee bit too old for the younger diversions, there will be comforta ble seats around the walls where they can lounge at ease and watching the high-jinks of the youngsters. ~ Mrs. Bessie B. Troutman, mar ket supervisor, feels sure that the big hall will be packed to capacity, and has made arrangements to re move the various booths and place the orchestra on a big stand in the center of the hall, in full view and hearing of all the dancers and othérg attending. Tt would be a =ood idea to make a laree red cross on the calendar for the night of April 12 and make arrangements to attend the combined frolic and minstrel show at the Growers Market. MAY 5 10 BE LAGT ONTE FOR ENTRIES 0 STATE PRMARY Uniform Entrance Fee for Congressional Candi dates Set HARMONY PREVAILS State Executive Commit tee Hears Protests Only on Fees ATLANTA—#.—Aleeting in an harmonious session here Saturday the state Democratic executive committee set May 5 as the closing date for entries in all state races except those for the senate and house of representatives, and es tablished a precedent by fixing a uniform entrance fee of $2560 for congressional candaldates. Chairman IlTugh Howell an nounced the appointment of Mrs. Susie T. Mcore of Tifton, the only wWwoman member of the state sen ate, as vice chairman of the com mittee to [rill the vacancy left by] he resignation of J. J. Mangham. State Senator Sidney Golden otﬁ! Buchanan was appointed a commit- | tee member to succeed Mr, Mang-‘ ham, and Judge Will Stallings ot‘ Soperton was announced as the suceessor of Ross Sharp of_ Lyons.“ resigned. . | Talmadge Absent Governor Talmadge, held in his office by the pressure of business, did not attend the meeting. In addition to the fee for con [gressional candids tes, the entrance fee for candidates for governor also was set at $250. Candidates for state offices ilncluding supreme and appellate court justices will be assessed $l5O and candldates for ‘superior court judgeships and soli citors general of the varjous judi clal circuits will pay entry fees of $125. R ~ The date of the state primary is fixed by law for the second Wed nesday in September, which falls this year on September 12, The‘ commiittee set October 4as the date for the meeting of the state con vention at Macon, in the eveny no (Continued on Page Two) . . L % Believers in cAthens and Its Future i o 4 = .7[o/!01’ M , “» i 2 | - _ o // - Old and Suceessful Business Enterprises \ ‘ That Have Stood the Acid Test of Time | They have an enviable background of achievement and have weather 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 Upbullding 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 Parts—Supplies 1882 51 MICHAEL BROS. 1NC.... .........“The Store Good Goods Made Popular ' 1882 61 WARREN J. SMITH & 8R0....... Wholesale and Retall Drugs, Sundries, Etc. 1888, 45 McGREGOR C€O. (Sta’ners-Prin'ts)“Dependable Goods at Reasonable Frices” 1891 42 GEORGIA POWER C0............"A Citizen Wherever We Serve” 1891 42 WINGFIELD CASH GRO. CO......Fancy and Staple Grocers. Prompt Service 1502 31 JOHN K. DAVIS & 50N..........8ui1ding Contractor and Paint Supplies 1905 28 ATHENS MARBLE & GRAN. CO.."Memorials of Quality” 1207 26 SMITH & BOLEY, 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” 1911 22 BERNSTEIN FURNITURE CO.....“Better-Bilt Furniture” 1912° 21 CRUCEDALE GREENHOUSES.. ."Athens Leading Florist” 1914 19 J. 8U5H...... ...... <eo. oie.eo.."Reliable Jeweler’—Repalr 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 1828 5 INDUSTRIAL LDY. &D. C. C 0... Work and Frices that Satisfy—Trial Convinces 1928 5 WILLIAMS TRANSP'T'N. C 0..... Quick Delivery from Your Door to Customer's 1927 6 DEADWYLER-BEACHAM C 0..... Real Estate, Sales, Rentals, Loans \ . 1928 5 FINDLEY DRY CLEANERS......“Not How Cheap—How Good” / S: A { . » . ————— 3 ; “By their fruits ye shall & _ know them Athens, Ca., Sunday, April 8, 1934, Administration Will Place Credit Of Government Back Of Home Building Program Expects to Put Mcre Than Billion Dollars of Capital to Work WIDE IN CONCEPT Considered Sound Busi ness in Both Rural And Urban Sections By SAM BLEDSOE Acsociated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON—(#)—The Rogse. velt administration plans to place government credit back of a home building program which is expect ed to put more than a billion dol lars of cautious private capital to work. : : Frank C. Walker; director of the National Emergency Council, said legislation to carry out the propo sal probably would be sent to congress within ten days. ) He told newspapermen the measure in view would enable the treasury to guarantee the interest and perhaps the principal of long term mortgages that would be is=- sued on the new homes. “It has been the fesling for a jong time,” Walker said, “that the mortgage market needs support. The proposal I am outlining is ten tative but it contemplates estab lishing requirements for a stand ard ‘type of mortgage, maturing in 15 or 20 years. All the costs of the building would be taken care of by the amgrtized mortgage and there would be no need for a sec ond mortgage. “We have made a survey and feel that the government could guarantee the interest and -perhaps the principal of the mortgages with little risk to the “treasury. . “The mortgages will carry low interest rates, comparatively speak ing, and we feel they will be un usually safe investments. We are attempting to stimulate capitai goods industries but this is not a - relief proposition. -It is sound business, we believe.” ‘ Walker said a survey had con vinced those who drafted the plan that banks and lending agencies would readily furnish money to contractors for building if the gov« ernment “insured” the mortgages, (Continued on Page Four) —~ESTABLISHED 1832— Real Fish Tales Come From Roosevelt Camp On Eve of “Inquiry” MIAMI, Fla.—(#)—Real fish stories began coming out of the camp of President Roose velt aboard the Nourmahal Saturday on the eve of his in vestigation’ on Monday by White House correspondents. Vincent Astor, owner of the yvacht and who is suspected of partiality to the President, re ported Saturday that among the catch off Anguila Island was the “grapdfather of all crawfish.” i Despite the approach of the fiching Inquiry Mr. Roosevelt took time off Saturday from the rod and reel for ‘some swimming. Astor said an extra fine beach was available. TALMADGE CLUB ORGANIZED HERE Men's Organization Is Formed, Women Organ ' izing to Support "Friends and supporters here of Eugene Tglm’adge have organized a Clarke County Eugene Talmadge for Governor club. The men's organization for bhoth the city and county has been per fected and progress is being made by women of the county to form an auxiliary to support the men's organization. Announcement of the officers of the woman's organi zation will be made in the near future, : W. Scott is president of the men's club, with James ;L. Mec= Elroy as vice president and chair~ man of the executive committee of one hundred. . Other vice presidents in the city are Judge Carlisle Cobb, Judge S. C. Upson, H. D. Stevens, H, K, Qrooks, C. E. Guest. Each militia district in the coun ty is represented by a vice presi dent in the personnel of officers (Continued on Page Four) BIGHOP GARNON AN CECRETARY PREPARE FOR TRAAL - MMONDAY Face Charges GCrowing Out of Handling of '2B Campaign Funds READY FOR ACTION Churchman Anxious for Decision; Still Says Trial 1s “Political’” | WASHINGTON.— (# -— Their [Mnes of battle ~drawn, attorneys for the government and Bishop James Cannon, jr., prepared Sat lurday for the trial Monday of the \K’churchman and his secretary on a charge resulting from their hand lling of anti-Smith = presidential campaign funds in 1928. } In a last-minute move, Cannon iand Miss | Ada L. Burroughs of 'Richmohd, Va., his secretary five years’ ago, signed admissions of ‘routine goyernment evidence by ;which attorneys hope to shorten ithe trial a week. | Anxious for Action Cannon told the court he was anxious. for court action before the Southern Methodist church’s general conference meets at Jack son, Miss., April 22, and the gov ernment prosecutors said they be lieved the trial could be, concluded py thaf time in view of %aturday's move, 5 Cannon’'s character must be passed by his fellow churchmen under a routine conference proce dure, X The principal items of evidénce admitted were that the anti-Smith Democrats’ headquarters - commit tee at Richmond, of which Cannon was chairman and Miss Bur roughs, treasurer, was a political committee within the meaning of the corrupt vraetices law and that the committee operated in at least two sfates.- By agreement also, identification of a large numbgr of checks and - government exhibits will be eliminated. : Only one thing stood Saturday night in the way of starting the trial Monday. A defense motion to reguire the government to file a b#l of particutars must be argued before the jury is selected. The district attorney's office, opposing it, said they would require a week, perkaps longer, to draft it if the request were granted, and so in formed Candon in view of his re quest to have the trial speeded through. €harge Against Bishop The charge against the church man and his former aide is that they conspired to ‘“willfully” and “unlawfully” violate the corrupt practices law. KEight more counts of the indictment charging thém with the overt, acts on which the conspiracy charges are based (Continued on Page Two) Four States Represented At Athens Rally Of Lions Clubs Over 100" Visitors Hear Beddow, International Organization President Members of Lions clubs from all over Georgia -and ‘parts of South Carolina, Tennesses, and Alabama were present’ at a banquet at the Georgian hotel Friday io hear Roderick Beddow of Birmingham, Ala, president of Lions Interna tional, in an inspiring addvess. Mr. Beddow's speech was the climax of an evening spent in listening to interesting, instructive and inspirational talks by men who have climbed the ladder of (Continued on Page Four) LOCAL WEATHER Partly cloudy Sunday and Monday, probably occasional showers in south portion; not much change in temperature. The following report covers the 24 hour peried ending at 5:00 P.M. Saturday. TEMPERATURE Hhhont. vi . v oivo v g TN i s e Ml T s NERARE. .= . e ieiea D RAINFALL Inches last 24 h0ur5........ 0.00 Total since April 1......... 0.00 Deficieney since April 1.... .96 Average April rainfall...... 3.58 Total since January 1......12.44 Deficiency since January 1 38.69 A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—>s¢ Sunday JENKINS RUMORED REGENTS’ CHOICE FOR SECRETARY O e R SRR e [t a R DR X 32 | SRAREERE S Rt N SRS R R i T U |B e Y | B e e e R g R R S TR B Le S e ‘:5:;:;:;:_:;:;:;: A :9?.\-,:::5:;;;:5:;:5:5:;:.:1-:;:;:::;:;:;:;:;:5:5:3:}:5;5:5:_2-':- S R i e S 5 e [ G e L ” ""’-"s:2:s:;':Z:{:E:;:{::.\‘Elfiﬁi:gfgi"ss;sZ::s%?s??}' |53 SRR TR N Boe R R | § R TR o RS Y Beamang 8 A G B e SRR R R 1 A sty RN . R el R BRI .- .3 R- ot L S it AR R R BN B B R S SRR B EaaEEe o aEe 8 j;;;:_:-\;;»;;{%‘ B e S ""ff{rii': £ PR L ““ R T k 8 B R g : T : R ¥ B R g SRS . R N s B 3 e .&:&45;*"& O 3 JOHN W. JENKINS ATLANTA, Ga—(#)—The Con stitution says Professor John W. Jenkins, an instructor in the School of Commerce of the Uni versity of Georgia at Athens, is slated to become secretary of the Board of Regents, suceeeding Izzie Basghinski, who died this week. There arve several hundred ap plicants for the post but the news paper says it is understood a mat Jority of the members of the board favor Professor Jenikns. i Chairman Cason J. Callaway of LaGrange was expected to call a meeting of the board within a few days to select a new Secre tary. APRIL MEETING OF CITY COUNGIL HELD Varied Topics Brought Up; Ordinance on Dog Vaccination Repealed City council repealed the: ordi nance passed at the March meet ing concerning ghe vaccination of dogs at the meeting held Friday night. This ordinance did not re quire the vaccination until the dog was six months old. The old ordinance, setting tpe age at two months, was re-enacted. ! J. H. T. McPherson appeared before council, requesting compen sation of $65 expended in repair ing a broken sewer pipe. It was explained that while this sewer was a private line, several houses were using it without permission and families living in them were paying city sewer tax. oThe pipe served a building on Prince ave nue, and was used, Mr. McPher son said, by several dwellings on Oglethorpe avenue. The break, it (Continued on Page Four) Miss Jeanette Rankin Speaks Tuesday Night . " Before Peace Society Miss Jeanette Rankin, first wony an member of the United States congress, will speak Tuesday night a¢ the meeting of the Georgia Peace Society at the Holman hotel at 8 o'clock. She will discuss some of the recent happenings in the na tional capital, where she has been working for some time in the in terests of world peace," ¥ Claude Green, recently-elected president of the University ¥. M. C. A. will have charge of the pro gram, which will be based on “Youth and World Peace.” © The public is invited to attend. Expulsion of Insull Within Week Certain; Vice-Censul Instructed to Bring Him Back INSTANBUL — (#) — The expul- sion of Samuel Insull within a week for trial in the United States on frau@ charges seemed certain ‘Saturday night because of a deci sion forbidding his appeal from a Turkish extradition ruling. | Attorney Genera] Kenan Bey an nounced the aged former utilities executive can not quertion Turk ey's stand On the legality of plans to relinquish him to American of ficers, and simultaneously a Turko- American extradition treaty mo..ed. toward finay approval. k : Nevertheless, the onetime Chica goan's attorneys were still deter- I_HQ_M_E E ; JORNGON ATTACKED oY PINGHOT'S WIFE AT SENATE HEARING Crusading Wife of Penn sylvania Covernor At tacks NRA Chief LINES DRAWN TICHT Administrator Orders On slaught on “‘Chiselers’ To Begin at Once © WASHINGTON — (#) —Abandon- % ment of NRA principles to “build %up the power ang wealth of Waii,%% ‘Stieet” was charged to Hugh 8. & Johnson, the recovery administra- 5 ‘tor, Saturday by Mrs. Gifford § Pinchot, wife of the' governor of , ‘Fennsylvania. . e o ~ The labor crusading wife of the governor appeared before the Senate labor committée to '(\rxv‘g favorable action on the Wagner bili to make 'permanent the na- é tional labor board and prohibit - employer-dominated company un- % ions. L “General Johnsem,” Mrs. Pinchot told the committee, “eager to buil¢d up the power and wealth of Wah Stree(, has done so at the expens: of the worker and the consumer. Charges Surrender She said Johnson had “thrown down his arms” to big business and added: “The WWRA is supposed to do away with sweatshops,” she said, ‘yet sweatshops have returned to Pennsylvania. They are fléurish ing today on the same old stands, We find them today in the same factories where we foud them a year ago, he only difference be ing that the factories are now adorned with a Blue Eagle.” . In ‘#he wmiddls of & doclaration against “company umions,” she was interrupted by a representa tive of International Harvester company employes, who arose td deny her charges and to assert thaf under a company union they had obtained - petter wages and condi. tions than in unionized shops. - Mrs. Pinchot replied if such were the case it coudn’t be a company union, and told the committee it “just proves my point,” i She sald tne NRA was “sound legislation,” but assailed Johnson's administration of it. N Theory, Not Fact” . “In Pennsylvania, unfortunately, as 1 have seen it,” she said, “the NRA is more honored in the breach than in the observance. It is in most places more of a theory than a fact, We need the Wag ner bill to make it a faet and not a theory.” Comgn Mrs, Pinchot charged that “big business” had gone sy:temaﬂ% about an attempt to stamp out or ganization of workers, “confident that General Johnson will not in terfere.” et e “In certain instances,” Mﬂﬂ% tended, “they have gone **% to shoot down their workers with machine guns.” R Before the appearance of «Mrs. Pinchot, the committee héard Dr. Gus W. Dyer, head of the econ omies department of Vanderbiit university, and editor of the SBouth ern Agriculturist, who opposed the bill. > Dyer said the measure, if passed, woulg bring virtually all industrial employes into one great, union which would control the govern ment, * ‘f ORDERS ONSLAUGHT WASHINGTON— (@) —A w onslaught of court action against NRA code “chigelers” was ordered Saturday by Hugh S. Johnson, “The time has come.,” said NRA's administrator in letters to all code authorities and field representa tives ‘when uncertanty as tn en- (Continued on Page Four) mined Saturday night to go before the courts with what they calied an iron-clad argument ‘in\tlvnr of their right to appeal, s The lawyers prepared an 11- page document based on the plea that Insull's detention is a wviola tion of inter-national law ‘and, if the circumstances were reversed, the United States would not follow the procedure Turkey has taken with ‘the American fugitive. The attorneys refused officially to divulge the exact contemts of the papers. For eighteen months, in Greece and Turkey, Insull has waged a successfur figh:t® against (Continued On Page Two)