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Fo'n'on MARKET iDL GLDBE . s 01. 102. - No. 76 irt Names Alleged “Brain Trust” Informers thenian In Charge Of Fleet In Huge Naval Maneuver . . ’ pPpOSINg’ Fleets ‘Fight Their Way Toward Panama Canal RETURN EASTWARD merican Armada Being Brought Back to Atlantic Waters wITH THE U. 8. FLEET OFF WER CALIFORNIA, Mexico.— )—Divided into two great oppos g fleets, the United States navy ought” its way toward the Pan na Canal Tuesday in maneuvers hich will carry the armada to he' Atlantic coast. In a separate -movement to the anal Zone, 15 naval seaplanes fely completed the first lap of a 800-mile flight from San Diego Panama when they landed at a Paz Monday night, They were leave Tuesday for Acapulco here a two-day stop was plan- At sea the fighting force was vided into a “Blue” "armada of emendgus strength and a tast: riking “Brown beet.” | In Battle Array Cruising southward with mo-| entary expectation of an engage ent, the Blues were formed in ttle array with three divisions dreadnaughts in separate col ms, followed by aireraft car ers, with destroyers encircling ege floating t‘oru'emw\»a.nd- u&hti visers far off &ac¢h quirter as tpost guards. ‘This force was der command of Admiral Joseph ason Reeves. The famous heavy eruiser scout g divisions of Vice Admiral arris Laning, composing the ief striking power of the Brown et of Vice Admiral Frank Brum- | (Continued on Last Page) ‘ YE OF POLITICS | | ON ILLINOIS VOTE ) | rimary Election Today Expected to Indicate} Many November Trends CHICAGO — (AP) — Illinois ssed a straw inte the breeze uesday and the politiclans of the tion watched it carefully. It was primary election day. Ot a very hot primary, in itself, ‘t the “observers” hoped to get a int idea of how the wedather vane il point next November whenl € new deal comes up for a ma r test. While the “new deal,” generally taking, was not an igsue, it had bbed up occasionally during the Mpaign, especially in the Tenth Ngressional distriet, where the me of Secretary of the Interior rold L. Ickes wasg drawn into ¢ fight berween Congressman Mes Simpson, jr, and Ralph ureh for the Republican nomine i?n for congress. Nfi'f{bS‘lm lambasted the admin 3’”’"‘“ after Secretary Ickes “ Elven his personal endorse ”f‘ to Chturch, Ickes asserted ?‘ .\LVTH}\.\‘(}Y‘.'S steeple chasing and ‘ ri,’ r11.:.:i Ving had not qualified | .i,‘h“" ongress, ‘ Om“:} ?"Imfl there wepe Republican] bog ';’ recovery without revo volveq . ¢ important factor the v S€en by the generals eof ((‘!)l'w‘ng camps, was the | 1€ vote garnered by . the Ap'ut»:w,«”m and Demoerats. In ‘“,‘},"““_‘ sw a possible indication (fmnwr.w‘\“\l?mhm‘ might bring. } &« nterest lay principally Mereser. eOF this Waoes for ntee, €N at large, and the Strioy o, ¢ 20th congressional iine. "ere Speaker Henry T. Ught pen, D¢ TNational house . Rirn. Mination against James Al Sene, loey charged that to the 5., MONEY was thrown 1€ district to cefeat him. iddlebrooks Hom r . w ooks Home in mington Is Burned PARMINGTON ¢ ' Y frame hik i Ga.—A one- H. p. .. Uilding, belonging to L Middjer, 214 _occunied by P. 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PR e > P R PR 3 ’ % B : B R VICE-ADMIRAL BRUMBY DYNAMITE' STAR UF NONKEY BALL BAME Texas Mule Steals Hon ors as Legion Beats Lions In Riotous Came “Dynamite,” a traveling Texas mule, with. W. A. Hodgson aboard, was the co-stars of Athens first Donkey ball game, played under flood-lights on Sanford field last night as the Amercan Legion beat the Lions club, 2 to 0. Hodgson lifted a long fly to felt field, climbed aboard his trusty steed and “Dynamite” did the rest. The mule streakeqd around the bases with his passenger holding on like grim death., As Dynamite neared home plate he put on the four wheel brakes and then nonchalant ly stepped around the plate fur a home run. A few minutes later Howard Higginbotham cracked out a single, hopped on his mule and was safe at first, He stole second and third and rode across home plate with the only other run of th game as Eberhart singled. The second run put the game on ice for the Le gionnaires. Riot of Comedy . The game was a riot of comedy with laughs breaking out in unex pected quarters at the rate of one per minute. All players except the pitcher and catcher were mounted on the shaggy little beasts of burden. When a player hit the ball, he had ‘to get astride his steed to get to first base. The player chasing the pall had to do so aboard his mule, dismount and pick up the ball, and, (Continued on last page.) Fourth Liberty Loan Bond Holders Asked To Get New Issues Individual holders of the called fourth Liberty Loan bonds have been asked to exchange them for the new issue by Henry Morgen thau, jr.,, secretary of the treas ury, in a wire received today by the National bank of Athens. The telegram received, reads in part: ‘Please use your good ef forts not only in contacting your own customers but as a public service offer your facilities to your community . . . Great many hold ers of bonds in small denomina tions doubtless unaware advan tages of exchange into new is sue now selling at substantial premium. They are difficult for us to reach. Bonds should be in.the ‘mail not later than midnight Thursday.” The Citizens and Southern bank is cooperating with the National bank in this work, and the following answer was sent Mr. Morgenthau by the (wo banks “Will be glad to cooperate in urging public to exchange bonds.” Athenians holding this fourth Liberty Loan bonds are asked to get in touch with either of the local banks for further informa tion and details as to the ex change. GANNON'S ATTORNEY URGES EXONERATION OF SOUTHERN BISHOP Says Churchman Met All Legal Requirements in . Reporting '2B Funds MINISTER TESTIFIES Defense Admits Putting Campaign Money in Personal Accounts WASHINGTON— (#) —Urging exoneration of Bishop James Cannon, jr., his attorney, Robert H. McNeill, told a jury Tuesday the Southern Methodist church man met legal requirements in re porting the 1928 contributions he received for opposing Alfred E. Smith for President. : He admitted that Cannon had placed some of the contributions in his personal bank acecount but that “within 24 or 48 hours” had forwarded them to Miss Ada L. Burroughs, treasurer of the “Head quarters Committee, Anti-Smith Democrats,” to be entered in her books. The bishop and Miss Burroughs are on trial in District of Colum bia supreme court on a charge of conspiring to violate the federal corrupt practices act through fail ure to report all of $65,300 contrib uted by Edwin C. Jameson, New York insurance executive. Dr. Arthur J. Barton, Wilming ton, N. C. Baptist minister, told of the organization at Asheville, N. C, in 1928 of the movement “to defeat the election” of Alfred E. Smith, Democratic presidential ‘nominee. Barton on Stand Barton took the stand as the government's. flrst witness. Co organizer with Cannon of the Asheville meeting, Barton said he had known the churchman a quarter-century and Miss Bur roughs “eight to ten years.” McNeill said members of the Virginia Anti-Smith Democrat committee woudld testify to the unreported Jamieson funds “if it (Continued on last page.) For the Real News EESEF-SEE. Behind the Big NewsiP/in e At Washington [ 5 8 . . . read the daily articles by Rodney Dutcher, The Banner-Herald’s Washing ton representative. Dutcher, a thoroughly train ed newspaperman and bril liant writer, knows how to interpret the complex de velopments at the capital, which are of such vital in terest to the American peo ple. He goes beyond the news itself, into the high lights, its probable effects, and he pictures vividly the human side of the persons who dominate this news. Dutcher's articles appear exclusively in this newspa per. They are well worth reading for a clear, authori tative, impartial under standing of what's going on in Washington. Turn to Page 8 of THE BANNER-HERALD Athens, GCa., Tuesday, April 10, 1934 Doctors Of Disarmament ' Diagnose Patient’s Case At Geneva Session Today Peace Society Meets; Public Invited to Hear Miss Jeanette Rankin The Georgia Peace Society will hold its April”- meeting tonight at the Holman hotel at 8 o'clock. “Youth and World Peace” will be the topic of the program, which is under the supervision of Claude Green, newly-elected president of the University Y. M. C. A, and outstanding student on the Uni versity campus. Miss Jeanette Rankin will be in Athens for this meeting, and will discuss recent developments in the capitol, relating to peace. She has been in Washington for some time, working in the interests of world peace. Members of the so ciety, and all those interested, are invited to this meeting. Work Begins Again On Swimming Pool; 25 Get ERA Jobs Work has begun once rgore on the Lumpkin street swimming pool, it was announced today by Mrs, Frank Camastra, local relief administrator. Approximately twenty-five men on ERA rolls have been put to work draining the excavation in preparation for the pouring of the concrete , and in bhuilding the forms for the pouring. Materials have already been. received, and the stone, sand, steel, and other items. are being taken to the hol low as they are needed. The men working are those who were working when CWA stopped, Mrs. Camatra explained, and are being re-investigated as rapidly as possible to make sure that only those in need are being aided. Under the new ERA set-up, the local office is allowed a certain sum to be expended on labor, and wages depend on a budget made cut by case-workers for each family. No worker is employed more than 24 hours per week or (Continued on Last Page) —ESTABLISHED 1832— Steering Committee 'of World Conference jo Discuss Plans MAY SCRAP PARLEY Problems Loom Large as Leaders Seek Hope for Control of Arms GENEVA —(AP)— The dogtors of disarmament huddled over thenr patient Tuesday Ito determine whether hope yet remains for 'n ternational contvol of instruments of war. The experts were¢ members of the seteering committee of the world disarmament conisrence. Upon their diagnosis will be based a dec sion as to whether the con ferenc: shail again be calial into gession r Jdisarmanent dubbeld— for the pwsesent At least—-1 lost cause, “There was a soberness about the delegates gathering for the open ing meeting Tuesday that bespoke the ditficulties they foresaw in obtaining any arms limitation convention. Chief among the difficulties was the problem offered by Soviet Rus sia and Japan, glowering at one another in the Far East. The for mer never has been a member of the League, sponsor of the dis armament conference. The latter has resigned. ; Nearer the council tables of Ge neva lay the heavily fortified French border—and back of that border a determination to rewist CGlerman ~ rearmament with - all France's power. Striving to overcome the French attitude, Britain was expected to make an alteration of France’s stand on German rearmament a condition of London's agreeing to give guarantees of French securi ty. Ideag for handling disarmament as in Buropean problem circula ted in informal discussions. 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Crawford and Tunis W. Morton as members of the County Board of Education, and employment of a competent certified public account. ant to check the books of the var ious county officers and make his report to the grand juries, Terms of Rev, Coile, and Messrs, Crawford and Morton as members of the education board have ex pired and the grand jury unami ously recommended to Judge Fort. son that he re-appoint them, In the matter of employing a certified public accountant, the jurors pointed out the grand Jury at each regular term is required to investigate the financlal affairs ;of the county and theck the books of the various officers and they h'eel a great deal «f time is useless~ 1y spent in so deing. In fact, the 'presentments say, the inspiration 'has become almost a matter of {form, ' oA l/rge Measure The jurors recommend that the Clarke representat.ves in the gen era assembly introduce a measure whereby it will be necessary to make this inspection only at the (Continued on Last Page) METHODISTS PLAN 2-WEEK SERVICES Dr. John Brandon Peters Of Atlanta to Hold Meetings Daily Evangelistic services will posln next Sunday morning at the First Methodist church to continue for two weeks with services twice daily. The visiting speaker will be Dr. John Brandon Peters of the Druid Hills Methodist church in Atlanta, Dr. Lester Rumble, pastor of the Athens church, has announced. ; Dr. Peters is one of the out standing ministers of the Metho dist church in the South, having won a leading place in Atlanta as head of a chureh with more tha twenty-five hundred members. A Virginian by birth, he served for two years in his native state, and was then transferred to the Louisi ana conference, where he had charge of the First Methodist church of New Orleans for . eight years, He has been at his present appointment since 1931. | in order that a large number of business men and students may attend Dr. Peter's morning ser vices will be limited to 4§ minutes each day He will give Bible stud ies devoted to the gospel o John at the morning meetings and the night services will be evangelistic in nature, During this week preparatory services will continue with a con secration service Wednesday night at the church. Cottage prayer meetings will be held Thursday and Friday evenings and the hour fram four to five on Thursday and Friday afternoons is reserved for a period of silent prayer and medi tation in the chureh auditorium. Dr. E. W. Allen Talks At Psychology Clinic Tonight; Public Invited Mental Mechanisms and their effect on mental life and person ality will be discussed by Dr. E. W. Allen, noted psychiatrist, to night at 7:45 at the meeting of University pevchology clinic. The public is invited to this gathering, to be held in the psychology rooms on the first floor of the Academie building. Dr. Allen, who, with his broth er, runs = ATien’s Sanitarium in Milledgeville, is reported to be an interesting speaker Wwho knows how to express himself so that the person, less familiar with the technicalities of the subject, can understand the discussion. A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday CIPLOMAT DIES AT BANQUET FGR HIM DUBLIN.—(#)—The capital of the Irish Free State went into mourning Tuesday for William Wallace McDowell, 67, American minjster to Dub lin, who died at the very ecli max of his brilliant career.” Blinds were tightly drawn. at all legations and flags weére flown at half-staff as the eity mourned the sudden death of the minister at a dinner in his honor Monday night. : Kising at the banquet, given for him by Irish executives, Mr. McDowell started to make acknowledgement of the en thusiastic greeting that had been given him. The words, “Butte, Montana,” came to his lips, then trailed off as the minister slumped forward, dead + of a heart attack. ¥ JUDGE NICHOL3ON DES IN LEXINGTON Services to Be Held Wed nesday Afternoon for Oglethorpe Official Judge Joe R. Nicholson, 63, prominent official of Oglethorpe county for many years, died early Tuesday morning at his home in Lexington after a month's iliness. Funeral services will be held from the Maxeys, Ga., Christian chureh . Wednesday aftérnoon at ’3:00 o’cloek, with the pastor, Rev, D. M. Joiner, officlaling, ¢ Judge Nicholson rad held the office of ordinary for eight years prier to his death., He was one of the most popular officials of Oglethorpe county, where he had lived all his life, and was held in the highest esteem by his hun dreds of friends. | _At .he time of his death he was superintendent of the Hutehins Sunday school and had for many yvears displayed a keen interest in the welfare of the church, school, and community. He was a mem ‘ber of the Maxeys Christian church. : He was also a member of Ma sons Lodge No. 158, holding the post of worshipful master in that organization, The deceased is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Crawford Nicholsen; two daughters, Mrs, H. H. Vaughn, of Birmingham, Ala, and Mrs. L. V. Chafin, of Lexington; two sons, L. R, Nich olson, of Lexington, and J. M, Nicholson, of Maxeys; four broth ers, Elmer Nicholgon, of Maxeys; M. J. Nicholson, of Stephens; C. L. Nicholson, of Atlanta, and Will Nicholson of Watkinsville; and five grandchiidren. Active Pallbearers Active pallbearers will be W. W, Armstead, Joe Stephens, Robert Patton, Sheriff Ed Watkins, R. O. Smith and C. M. Hunter. Honorary pallbearers are Ham ilton MeWhorter, E. O. Cabaniss, John Moon, Reese Watkins, George Brooks, Emory Noell,\ Lee Bray, and Tony Smith. MeDorman-Bridges company is in charge of arrangements. F.D.R. Fishes Again As Trip Nears End; Loses Press Verdict MIAMI— (# —President Roose. wvelt went out Tuesday to do some real fishing, still over in Bahamian waters, after White House corres pondents had sided with his son Elliott that he had been an un ‘lucky fisherman so far. i General Hugh S, Johnson, in ‘dustrial administrator, with Donald ‘Richberg, general counsel of the 'NRA, was nearing the base here to join the Presideng upon his return }to land Thursday morning. . Johnson and Richberg will ride ’back to Washington with M Roosevelt and map out any new ‘steps necessary for the national trecovery campaign. . The President excepts to be in Washington by Friday afternoon for the regular cabinet session, Newspapermen who interviewed him aboard the yacht Nourmahal late Monday off Gun Cay in the Bahamas refused to accept “press ibulletins” supported by all the members of the party of the ship, that the President had pulled in a sperm whale with a three-inch line. g Mr. Roosevelt himself read . the bulletins. One said he had landed the whale after a fight of almost efght hours. It was emphasized that had he not landed the whale within the eight hour working day, he would have given up the con tesc - : HSME TRACES TO TUGWELL 05 COMICTION TEUTION AT UNABLE TO FINISH Names Two Men and Three Women Who Gave Information By CLARENCE M. WRIGHT (Associated Press Staff Writer) WASHINGTON —(AP) -—Nam ing “Brain Trusters and their gat talites” as his - informants, Dr, William A. Wirt indicated "Ties day that he traces back to. Dr. Rexford Guy Tugwell—agsistant secretary of agriculture—his eon viction that a plot exists to “over throw the social order.” 4 For two sensation-studded hours he recounted his fears to the house investigation committee, while a massed crowd followed his words. The story started with an ae count of a dinner, attended by him, two men and three women asso ciated with the administration, and the representative here of the Soviet news agency, Tass. The last-named, Lawrence Todd, he quoted as saying President Roose velt was “in mid-stream” and could mot turn back from the “pevolution.” o To Continue Hearing ; It ended with the Indiana edu cator, unable ty complete his testi mony today, suggesting that the commitee summon Lewis W. Dou glas, budget director, and W. 1. Westervelt, Chicago business man formerly with the farm adminis tration. They, Wirt asgerted. could throw more light on the al leged plotting to bring commu nism. Speaker Rainey's name figured, too, Wirt quoting Wiestervelt as having sald “he had asked Rainey what congress was going to do, and Rainey replied that congress would assemble, pass certain laws, stay in session until May or June, and within a month or six weeka the government would take over serne industries ‘and then I don't know what will happen’.” ... Shortly afterwards, Speaker Rainey denied to newspapermen tkat he ever had told William 1.. Westervelt that “the government was going to take over some in« | dustries." o Those cited as present at the - dinner were: . Robert Bruere, chairman of'the textile code acvisory committes; David ¢ Covle, of the publie works administration; Hildegrade Kneeland end Mary Taylor, de partment of agriculture ecopno mists; Alige Barrows of the edu caticn bureau at the interior de partment; and Lawrence Todd, rapresentative of the Soviet pews agency. “Speculative Spree” £ The dinner was in the Barrows home in nearby Virginia. e g Wirt said Miss Kneeland = had quoted Tugwell as having said he “would have closed the grain and stock exchange if he had the power” and that he termed . last summer’'s business improvement “a gpeculative spree.” ras “Miss Kneeland said,” he went on, “that Tugwell said: ‘if werbe gin to plan nationally we mt : change at ‘once and for .all . our statutes and constitution’.” He also testified Miss Kneeland \. —— * (Continued on Last Page) PICKETT IS SENTENCED._ N. A. Pickett, former manager of the Rose Norman Rea Room, ’was given a 2 to 8 years sentence by Judge Blanton Fortson in su- = perior court yesterday afternoom on charges of forgery and of ‘ob taining goods under false writings. - He plead guilty to both charges, and was given a 2 to 3 year term in each case, but the two were to run concurrently. . e e s, e ee e d | LOCAL WEATHER |§m | Fair tonight and Wednesd ! day, slightly warmer in south I and east portions tonight. . - The following report covers the 24 hour period ending at 8:00 A. M. today: v TEMPERATURE L Highest...: «..c sees i v thl LOWOBE .. o sons. sosn iwmans o MEBR. .5+ vann Kk susiwn we WIS NOEIORL -. ¢ 5 goriviere comnu g i RAINFALL ol Inches last 24 h0ur5........ t\.}flt Total since April 1......... 62 Deficiency since April 1.... .58 Average April l‘m”‘o»o-o gg‘ig & L TR
