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Newspaper Page TextR COTTON MARKET . : MIDDLING. ..s soaes el pREVIOUS CLOSE. .. ~uus-»1170e \Vol. 102. No. 80. ROOSEVELT OUTLINES ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM 70 BE PUSHED IN CONGRESS BEFORE ADJOURNING OACED CONTROL OF (OTTON 15 ASSURED; IIAINGS SOUNDED Senate Gives Approval to Bankhead Bill For Second Time OBJECTIONS RAISED Southern Senator Says Measure Will Bring Political Revolt WASHINGTON — (P) — A new venture in economie planning— compulsory control of cotton pro duction—was started on its way gatarday with Senate aproval of the conference report on the Bank head bill Almost certain house approval and President Roosevelt's Signa ture were all that, remained .to make i¢ law, and impose a for bidding tax on all cotton produc tion in excess of 10,000,000 bales, The Senate gave its approval for {he second time by a vote of 39 to ¢ despite a prediction from a Southern senator—Bailey, Demo trat, North Carolina—that it would Jpaq to “a political revolution.” mThree Republicans joined with % Demccrats to send the confer ence report of the House. Six Democrats cast their ballots against the bill. Levies Heavy Tax It would levy a tax of half the current market price, or a mini mum of five cents a pound, against all éotton produced in excess of the 10,000,000 bale limit. State quotas would be based upon the average production - for the lasy five years, ¢ The law would apply to the cot ton crop for the current year and cwuld he extended by the President for another year if he should find it Imperative to meet .an ecohomig emergency. . Final Senate debate centered on the action of the conferees in strik ing out a Senate amendment to base quotas on the average pro duction for the last 10 instead of 5 years. There was no diseussion of the tdimination of the Senate's amend ment exempting six bales. on each farm from limitation, Brings Controversy Senator Thomas, Democrat, Oklahoma, launched the fight on the five year plan, saying it re duced Oklahoma's quota by 20 per tent and amounted to an annual tax of $4,200,000 on. the state, : Chairman Smith of the agricul ture committee said the five year plan would limit the eastern states more severely than Oklahoma. Bailey said the five-year base Would harm North Carolina and aid Alabama, the home of the Bankheag brothers_and authors of the bill—Senator Bankhead and Representative Bankhead, © = Balley recalled President Roose- Velt's campaign promises to the forgotten man” and sajd the bill Would harm the small producer. “Once you put this' bill into Operathmf‘ he warned, ‘“the re- Bs o A Sistance in the Soath will' amount 1 a politica) revolution. “If you are ever going to strike L blow in hehalf of the humble Man ‘and ‘assery the right of the little man to live bere is the best ortunity the Senate will have In the preésent session.” MAXEYS MAN HURT Lk Car] Learq, Maxeys, was rusday to st Mary's hospital Saturus‘ fening with g crushed les.bs lined when pe attempted to Wa‘: & train near Crawford, His leg Wm Wmputated, 74 is believed he w r(‘(‘OV(‘T. Banner-Herald to Award Threem For Best Work in High School Journalism s e The Atheng Panner Herald winl qWard thye, silver loving cups to Wtstanding Georgia high school Wblicationg at the Henry W. Grady School of Journalism, Uni- Yersity of Georgia, Friday, May 4, Bar) g Braswel, bresident and Publisher, log announced. Friday April 20, ha'v'bee.n s ¥ the cloging date of the contest, Which g Oben to all high school Dumu;:xtiuns of the state, including W SDa perg (mimeographed or Drénledl, Schoo] sections of the loca) Paper, op magazines. The Ntrig Will be classified 80 as to Make the Contest fajp to large and Bty )y schoolg alike, according to Johp E, Drewry, director of the Gragy School, g - Whom entries Bould pg poot All issues for the Present Yeuar should be included Wd they should pe bound. Judgeg in the contest will be Bryvan Lumpkin, mas sing editor, The Atheng Banner-K f‘:h e E?RL editor, The | w =" ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Full Associated Press Service CARNER’S BROTHER COMMITS SUICIDE EL PASO, Texas—(AP)—Jolly Garner, 48, brother of Vice- President John Nance Garner, was found shot to death at his residence here Saturday night. He was clutching a .45 caliber automatic when his body was found. Garner was a United States mounted customs officer here. *Coroner J. M. Goggin re turned a verdict qf suicide. Garner was shot in the mouth. No motive for his act was ascertained immediately. GHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR GESSIONS END TODAY Three-Day Convention in Athens Over This After noon: Officers Named The Georgia Societies. of Chris tian Endeavor today close their twenty-third = annual - convention which is heing held at the Athens First Christian church, with the Young People’s Society of that church acting as hosts. The closing day of the conven tion started this morning with a sun-rise prayer service on the steps of Connor hall on the campus of the College of Agriculture. Dele gates will attend the chux'c-hes of their own choice this morning, but special services are to be held at the host church at the regular worship hour. ‘ : Preceding the last meeting on the program this afternoon will be a pre-prayer service of five minu tes. The closing session will be gin at 2:30, with Dr. J. C. Wilkin son, pastor of the Firsy Baptist church, conducting the devotional, The finals of the intermediate ora torical contest, preliminaries in which were held Friday afternoon, will be parg of the afternoon’s pro gram. Rev. Harris to Speak .The Rev. Hugh H. . Harris of Emory University will address the convention at 3:45, His topic will be “Rediscovering the Way"” and his address will be the last event on the three-day program which has consisted ‘of conferences, dis cussions, addresses by the delegates and by leaders in young people's activities in the church. Almost the entire program has been conducted by the members of the .State Christian Endeavor or ganization with leaders directing the discussions of the place of yvouth in religious, civic, and edu cational life. Covering a wide range of subjects, the convention meetings have been directed pri- (Continued On Page Four) Insull Undaunted By Future At Start Of Voyage ToU. S. Two More “Donkeyball” GCames to Be Played Here Tony Camarata, of the American Legion, and Mayo C. Buckley, of the Lions club, announced Satur day “‘that the “Donkey Baseball” games staged by the Lions with cooperation of the Legion would be covtinued through Tuesday of this week. The cold spell which swept the city during the past week, causing a big drop in attendance, is one of the main reason’s for holding the series Monday and Tuestiay. The games will begin at 8:30, and the same admission prices, 15 and 356 cents will be charged. The teams td play in the games will be announced in Monday's issue of the : Banner-Herald. Democrat; Mrs. M. H. Bryan, editor of the University news bu- Teau; A. R. Hargrave, editor, The Red and Black; and E. A. Lowe, ‘director, University Division of Publications and Placement. In addition to the Banner-Her ald cups, which will be presented by Mr. Braswell, the School of Journalism will award certificates of distincton to all publications receiving a high score. The pub lications entered in the contest will constitute an exhbit, which is an annual feature of the Scholas tic Press meeting. The program of this vear's meeting will include round table conferences and addresses on various phases of high school journalism. Several outstanding educators and journalisis will be among the speakers. Last vear more than 359 high school journals mnd their faculty advisers at tended ;the convention. = GANNON SAYS FOES WOULD FORGE HIM 10 QUIT BISHOPRIC Has No Intention of Ask ing Retirement Because Of Present Trial U. S. POINTS CASE Covernment's Hopes of Conviction Based on Investigator NASHVILLE, Tenn~—)—While declaring that his superannuation by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, would “greatly de light my enemies,” Bishop James Cannon, Jr,, said in a statement Saturday in the Christian advocate that he had no intention of asking retiiement. “The ‘discipline’,” the churchman said, “provides that a bishop may be superannuated on account of age or infirmity, at his own request, or on recommendation of the com m:tiee on episcopacy.’ “Corrcerning this matter, I have to say that I can not truthfully ask to ©Te superannuated ‘on account of age or physical or meéntal in firmity’ at the approaching generai conference, and I shall not do so.” The general conferénce will be held at Jackson, Miss., bginning April 26. Says Foes at Work Bishop Cannon, who is on trial in Washington .in connection- witb the finances of the 1928 campalign against Alfred E. Smith, referred to these charges and said: “My vindictive enemies, political and - otherwise, f{were reported to be as gleefully declaring, when the indictment was secured, that {t would keep me tied up till the general conference and so restrict my official activities that it would ‘produce _the impression upon the. church that I am inelfective, and 'would ultimately result in my re tirement as an avive bishop.” ~ Information has reached him, Bishop Cannon coitinued, that “in the event the present open-court attack fails to retire me as a bishop of my church, the effort will be made to persuade the approaching general conference to superannu ate me, and by this method to eli minate entirely my official activi ties, thus restricting my influence in the church and elsewhere and also greatly reducing my finanecial support,” “Both results,” the- statement addeu, “would greatly delight my enemies, who d@esire not only tol (Continued on Page Four) Captured Fugitive Chats} Happily About Writing His Memoirs | BY JOHN LLOYD (Associated Press Foreign Staff) S. S. Exilona, bound for the United States from. Smyrna, Tur key—(®)—Samuel Insull, bound for the United States and trial on fraud charges, regarded cheerfully Saturday both the past and the future. On his first day out of Smyrna in the custody of an American of ficial, the 74-year-old former uti lities executive chatted happily in the ship’s saloon about his mem oirg on which, he said, he had not yet started. He found satisfaction also in the possibility that Mrs, Insull, who is now in Athens, may join him at Catania, Sicily, for the rest of the month-long voyage to the United States, 2 : To Write Memoirs “pPerhaps when all my troubles are over and I have time to re fiect and gey my papers in order I shall write my memoirs,” the white-haired man told the Assoc jated Press. «But when I do write them there is one story I won'y fail to tell— that's how I evaded Greek police in getting away from Athens.” He pondered awhile when he was asked to give details of his flight from Greece. He looked up and smiled. “1 won't give details now,” he replied. “Bug it was as easy as rolling off a log.” : Again he was pressed to finish his story, the dramatic tale of how he fought off American extradi tion attempts for nearly a year and a half in Greece and then sud- Benly and stealthily skipped away, only to be arrested by Turkish authorities on April 1 as he sought —— Athens, Ga., Sunday, April 15, 1934, OKLAHOMA'’S TROOPS TO HALT TAX SALES OKLAHOMA CITY — (&) — Governor W. H. (Alfalta Bill) Murray’'s national guardsmen were called out Saturday to protect. “the homes of the pecple,” and instructed to ar rest county treasurers who attempt to sell property for delinguent taxes. An otficer and three enlist ed men were ordered by *“Al falfa Bill” to go on duty in each of the 11 counties where, he said, tax delinquent prop erty had been -advertised for sale Monday. “The protection of the homes of the people in stressful times like these ids a vital poliey transcending any temporary loss of taxes,” said the execu tive order. MENACE OF STRIKES APPARENTIY FADING Covernment Agencies Are Striving to Intercede to Prevent Shutdowns By The Associated Press Some of the strike menace faded out of the industrial picture Sat urday and government agencies strove t, intercede where othet shutdowns threatened. A tieup of the American petro leum industry seemed more remote as the petroleum labor poley board indicated jt would recom mend that Secretary Ickes disap prove the wage differentials pros posed by the petroleum planning and coordmation committee. E The oil workers had warned that adoption of the wage differentials would ‘precipitate a general strike involving 100,000 men. Strikes Ended A month's strike of 300 employes at tne Aetna Rubber company in Ashtabula, O. ended Saturday. . A new strike broke out, however, at the -Bélleville, 111, plant of the Knapp-Monarch company, makers of electrical supplies. Five hun dred men walked out over refusal of the company to reemploy two workmen, despite a St. Louis re gional labor board ruling in favor of the company. At Milwaukee 4,700 employes voted to reject new proposals to settle strikes at the Seaman body Oontinued on Page Four) % Believers in cAthens and Its Future @ = Honor Roll = P S / oOld and Successful 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, ' vate 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 Retail Drugs, Sundries, Ete. 1888 45 McGREGOR CO. (Bta’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 1902 31 JOHN K. DAVIS & 50N..........8ui1ding Contractor and Paint Supplies 1606 28 ATHERNS MARBLE & GRAN. CO..“Memorials of Quality” 1907 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” 1911 22 BERNSTEIN FURNITURE CO.....“Better-Bilt Furniture” 1912 21 CRUCEDALE GREENHOUSES.. ."“Athens Leading Florist” : 1018 19, & . 8U8M...... <o.ils iiis Joveee s "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 LLY. &. C. CO...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 Estaté, Sales, Rentals, Loans \ 1928 5 FINDLEY DRY CLEANERS...... “Not How Cheap—How Good” \\\» / ‘ // e -4 “ . . —— N “By their fruits ye shall ” - know them —ESTABLISHED 1832— MUSSOLINI ORDERS WATIONAL DEFLATICH I SWEEPING MOVE All Salaries, All Commodi ties Slashed From 6 To 20 Per Cent IS ALL-INCLUSIVE Council Terms Action “Battle Against Infla tionary Nations’' ’ ROME.— (/) —Every salary in Italy and every -article of food, Iclothmg, rent, heat, light, and transportation went-on the block Saturday to the tune of a 6 to 20 percent cut in order to make the kingdom able to compete in world markets with nations having low er manufacturing costs. ;. The council of ministers, over whom ed}lussounl himself vresided, decreed the sweeping, ~all-inclus ive action as a battle of a “defla tionary” country against “infla. tionary” nations. So broad was the offensive that the tax on.dachelors, for whom officials have no love, was doubled, and certain importations, too, came under close scrutiny. It also is a part of Il Duce's de sire to bring Italy down to a lower price. level in conformity with world prices so that—for example —wheat will not cost nearly three times as much here, automobiles three or four times, and so on. Many Ramifications . The r'move left no stone unturn ed. Salaries of government em ployes were siashed 6 to 12 per ;z;a;;t;' the ministers decided.. to take a 20 percent reduction in their own salaries; the decision was reacbed that imports of oil less seeds, copper, wool, and cof+ fee would be regulated. - To make the tax cut both ways, all living costs, such as those of food, transportation. and - utilities were proportionately decreased Rentals were cut 12 and 15 per cent. A similar nationwide deflation was ordered in October, 1930. Not the least important of the items in the decree was the dou bling—to 50 percent—of the tax (Continued on Page Four) Congressional Primary Rules For 10th District Adopted By Committee At Athens Meeting Death Claims Child Whom Scientists Fought to Save MEMPHIS, Tenn— () —A ~ brave little smile played about her childish lips—lips that had known only song and laughter —as Willie Mae Miller went to her death Saturday. Leucocythemia, or Leukemia, that rare disease in which the white corpuscles rout the red corpuscles from the blood~ stream, had won the battle—a battle so unequal that physi cians long ago lost hope for her recovery. The scene. was a hospital operating - table, where the four-year-old girl had been placed for a hurried examina tion following a relapse at her ' home. There was a gasp of pain, then a fleeting little smile. She slumped back on the table, It was the end. As death approached, she turned her big, - hazel eyes (Coatinued on Page Four) French Speculator Kills Self in Court To Avoid Judgment PARIS = (A — Deatn stalked through a e¢ourtroom here Nitur day and ended one of the most famous' French financial scdndals in history. Henri Rochette, notorious spec ulator ,whose dactivities before the World war caused as much fu rore ad the Stavisky case this year, ended his life as the judges sentended him to three years in prison 'for fraud. Rochette was found guilty of the charge three weeks ago, and after being given a gentence of two years, thad appealed the verdict. Saturday, appearing to hear the ruling, he warned the court that (Continued on Page Four) A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday Congressman Paul Brown Unanimously Endorsed For Re-election BRAND PAID TRIBUTE Work of Late Athenian in Congress Praised in Resolutions Ruleg for the congressional pii mary in the 10th district were adopted by the 10th District Dem ccratic Executive committee, meet ing Saturday morning in the Clarke county court house. The election will be held on Sep tember 12, the date fixed by the state committee for the primary election for governor and state house officials. The qualifications of voters shall be such as pre scribed by that committee, Candidates for the Democratic nomination for congress in this district are to file their entries with A. B. Coile, secretary of the district group, or, in his absence, W. E. Whitehead, Carlton, presi dent of the group, on or before 1 o'clock on May 5. It was pointed out by the committee that this is the date set by the state commtt tee, with the difference that the state body chose 12 o’clock, Central standard time. The change was made as all counties in the 10th district have Eastern standard time, Asgsessment of $250 \ An assessment of $250 must be paid by the ecandidate, and no lother fee can be levied from him, nor shall he have to qualify in any other way than payment and filing of entry ©before 1 o'clock May 6. This money is to be ap 'portioned by the chairman and secretary of the committee among the 17 counties in the 10th district. to defray expenses of election, This payment to the counties is to be made at least forty days before the primary election. According to the rules, Mr. Coile will notify the secretary of the state executive committee and the chairman of the county executive committee of each county at least forty days before the primary as to what names are entitled to go on the official ballot as candidates for congress from this district, and no other names except those cer tified are to be voted for or count ed as candidates. Each county committee is to consolidate the vote for congress when the consolidation of votes for state-house officials takes place, and the chalrman of the commit tee is to certify and send them to Mr. Coile. Mr. Ceile is to report the vote to the Congressional con vention to be heid in Elberton on September 20, At this convention each county shall have double the number of votes as the eounty has members in the lower house of the Genera] Assembly for 1934, The candidate receiving a plurality of votes in each county will be en titled to name the delegates from that county to the convention, each delegate having one vote. The candidate receiving a plurality of the votes of the delegates cast in the convention shall be declared the nominee, If there is a tie vote, the candidate . receiving a plurality in the primary shall be the nominee. Favors Paul Brown The convention will also have power to elect a mew congréssion al committee for the coming two years, The committee, presided over by Mr. Whitehead, chairman, went on record i favoring the re-elec tion of Paul Brown, Elberton, to congress, in passing the following resolution, unanimously: "“Whereas at a speclal election on July 5 1933, Honorable Paul Brown of Elberton was elected to congress to succeed the late and lamented Judge Chas. H. Brand by an unprecedented majority, (Continued on Page Four) LOCAL WEATHER Cloudy, probably occasional thowers Sunday and Monday; slightly warmer in south por tion Sunday. The following weather re port covers the 24-hour period ending at 5:00 p.m. Saturday. : TEMPERATURE REIARNeRL: .. .0 i ksl SOt X sl Taaa eRI N MRORN ... ehiovs Vadaiubaee. BT NOrmal...v vene saa svesiaßilf RAINFALL Incheg last 24 h0ur5.....,.. 0.00 Total since April 1........ q .62 Deficiency since April 1,... 1.18 Average April rainfall...... 3.58 Total since January 1....413.06 ~Defitiency since Jawuary 1 3.91 IH oMp TARIFF, TAX BILL. aIOCK GONTROL AND SILVER ARE ISSUES Says He Wants Reciprocal Tariff Measure Passad This Session ... CALLED SIGNIFICANT White House Favors Out standing Bills Now Before Senate . . o P BY SAM BLEDSOE = gg (Associated Press Staff Writer) §4; WASHINGTON— (®) —President ‘Roosevelt indicated Saturday . as- ‘Ei ter a conference with-Senate Demos cratic leaders that he wanted the o reciprocal tariff bill, the tax mea sure, the municipal bankr_ugﬁcy :&j Lill, stock exchange regulatiog‘,:ga % federal deposit insurance plan and 5 monetary legislation enacted be- ’f‘;,g;: tore Congress goes home. s A White House statement after the parley said a number of other ‘@ proposals were to be disposed of ot prior to adjournment but the mea- g sures mentioned .apparently were ﬁ thought most important. 3 i The monetary legislation the chief executive has in mind was % not specified but senators who took part in the discussions inti mated this included action on sil ver, Pt It was said, however, the pros posal wasg more limited in extent than any of the several measures put forward by silver blocs in the House and Senate, “-f;\& To Confer Today House leaders will go over the ‘[legiulauve situation J{lth the Pres;),a;_ﬁ, ’dent» Sundaye e - i ~ The White House statement said the conversations covered “almost all legislation now pending before the Senate” and it was regarded as significant that the tariff pro posal was. named first on the Hl‘t“:}. of measures to be made law session, o s This bill would allow the Presi deng to negotiate reciprocal tariff treaiies with other nations with out having the pacts subject to Senate confirmation. ' 2 The House has passed the ttriﬁ bill but it has not been taken up = by the Senate, A lengthy contro versy seeins in prospect WM comes up for consideration there, since the Republicans are: almost (Continued on Page Four) i TALMADGE ASKED . TO AID SCHOOLS Sanford Pa”yrsﬁﬁibutewto Stewart at G.E.A. Con vention in Atlanta-~ ATLANTA, Ga—(#)—Governor Talmadge Saturday was called on to borrow money for immediate relief of the state's common schools by the Georgia Education association in resolutions rwhich said only 14 percent of the'za’gﬁpﬂ o appropriation had been paid dur ing the present spring term, near- ot ing a close. # = . The association also urged com plete teform of the “present anti- 3 quated” tax system of the state as a basis for proper financial sup- ¢ '‘port for the schools as wenuj other state activities. A sales tax or some other ready means of raising money was favored by the group, which closed its annual convention Saturday, werr sl Boards of education are being forced to pay as high as 8 percent interest for money which thpj%w%% could borrow .at 3 percent the convention said in asking the gov ernor to exercise his borrowing powers, In many instances, the group added, school boards are nat paying salaries because they cannot borrow money even at a high rate of interest. e The governor's action in im pounding money in the treasury for the purpose of having the state legislature appropriate it to pay past debts of the common schools, was commended by the association, o Rees S ~ The association conducted !SQ-*»% morial services for members who have died during the past year. Dr. S. V. Sanford, president of the University of Georgia, paid tribute to the memory of D!'t Joseph S. Stewart, the late % dent of the Georgia High 00l association and for years a M’{ ing figure in Georgia education. Pr. | M. L. Brittain, president of Geor- | gia Tech, spoke of the late Dr. | Lawton B. Evans, who was si erintendent of Augusta schools for 51 years. o ke + Dr. Willis A. Sutton of Atlanta . told of the contribution to Geor- - gia education of the late M. L. = Duggan, forme: state superintend ent of -cmm ﬁ a~, ‘ ;