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BY BRUCE CATTON
‘Moral ifidignation is a worthy emotion, but its
@ost runs “pretty high, Sometimes. Before we in
dylge in wery much of it, it’s a good idea to stop
and figura ont just how much it is likely to cost us.
_Here's a-case in point—the present embioglio vver
Japan's new policy in China.
The Japanese have announced what amounts to a
protectorate over China. They have declared that
no other fiation has a right to loan China money,
send her technical instructors, or provide her with
equipment .which might be useful in time of war,
if Tokio happensg to disapprove.
Their steady encroachment on Chinese flovereign—l
ty, begun geveral years ago, has come out into the}
open. Unless all signs fail, the full subjugation of
a_ great nation ig about to proceed, with the conse
g:‘nt elimination of many American rights and pri
leges.
. "Here is a development which has aroused a good
deal of indignation in the United States. But be- |
fore we lef this. indignation get too strong, we ought
to look atfthe dalance sheet, I
~ How m\&h ar:e we willing to pay for the privilege
of denounging this newest bit of Japanese aggres
sion? %
‘Are you, for instance, as a citizen, so indignant
about 1t t@t wou are willing to go across the Pacific
—or gend your son—to strangle in the sick-bay of a
foundering”’ cruiser, or to roast in the heat of a fire
room thazhan been wrecked by a torpedo, or to
stop a maghine gun bullet somewhere along a beach
10,000 miles away?
i othefi words, are you indignant enough to be
ready to go to war for your indignation?
~lf you dre, then you are probably entitled to ex
press your® indignation as vehemently as you please.
But if you aren’t—and it is doubtful if more than
a handfulzof : Americans are—it's wise to reflect on
the price that we might be called on to pay for
& full expffession of our indignation. ;
There i;» no danger of war in this situation lif we
all keep eur headg and leave a solution of these
dlflicu!tiei to the slow, unemotional, and unexciting
processes of diplomacy,
“ But we xould pay a very heavy price if we went
off half-cofked and spread our moral indignation all
over the Far Fast,
A 17-year-old girl was taken to a New York hos
pital suffdring from a rare blood disease. Only a
number of blood transfusions could save her life;
she did not have the money to pay for them, and
the hospital was operating on too limited a budget
to buy them for her. .
,‘550 an appeal was made to the public, announcing
that the girl must die unless volunteers came for
ward to give her their blood,
~ Within a few days more than 400 people went to
the hospital and offered to submit to transfusion.
~As a demonstration of the way in which human
sympathy will respond to an appeal, this is a sur
% and encouraging thing., But it also demon-
Strates the way in which human need must be dra
matized if we are to relieve it.
. There is a vast store of kindnesg and self-sacrifice
in this world; the only trouble is that it usually
%&t a dramatic situation to tap it effectively.
_ ‘How completely a modern city is at the mercy of
fv’_& ' machines! Drop a monkey wrench in one com
paratively minor set of cogs and you can paralyze
an entire community.
~ Gasoline filling station operators and gasoline
truck drivers in Cleveland walked out. So effective
* 8 their strike that the city's supply of gasoline
| completely cut off. As a result, the whole city
was left helpless,
';;;;MVate cars, delivery trucks, buses—all of these
ould run until their tankg were empty, and then
ey had to stop. .
-é%use of a disagreement involving only some
000 or so men, a community of a million pepole was
rought to the edge of utter paralysis.
HOLLYWOQOD GOSSIP
BY DAN THOMAS
NEA Service Staff Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD—"The trouble with Hollywood is
'?fi’!,%pre are too many persong here who thipk the
tire world revolves around them.” =
'Pretty Jean Muir, blond and blue-eyed, made thls‘
atemsnt between bites of roast duck. Having just
me in from a two-hour horseback ride, Jean was'
tacking her food with a relish seldom found amongl
«;: - actresses, most of whom have to watch their
gures: so carefully, ' |
many players like to regard themselves as‘
reat creative artists” the young actress continued.
“But théy aren’t at all. They simply are interpre
‘térs—interpreting characters created by someone
“If Hollywood could only reconcile itself to the
fact that it really is just a small dot on the earth;
dveryone would be far happier—and we probably
‘would get better pictures.”
Jean has been in Hollywood just about a year,
which is six months longer than she expected to
stay. She thought the movie moguls were crazy to
Bring her out here. She thinkg they’re even more
pazy to keep her here,
" But the studio execs, who have watched her popu
irity grow with each of her three pictures to date,
_@re of a different opinion.
.~ There’s something delightful and refreshing about
“ Miss Muir. She's definite in her opinions and direct
in her speech. Never does she stop and wonder,
*ls it all right to say this?”
When she arrived in the film colony she had mno
ddea that she ever could make the grade in pictures.
Consequently she made not attempt to impress any
_ She appeared at the studio in old slacks and with
out any make-up. She made no fuss over a singl
‘director or executive. But she made good.
. Jean'’s contract has six more years to run. With
ood luck she figures that by that time she should
ive saved $250,000. With that assurance of a life
picome, she then plans to do something else—but
on’t reveal what it is to anyone.
_Bix years, however; is- quite a long way off. In
‘the meantime, watch for her to become one of the
tars in the cinema heavens. ;
% Some sort of ruling should be instituted which
‘would prevent studip employes, except those abso
utely required, from attending pre-views, according
o Laird Do¥le, prominent scenarist.
. “It's impossible to get @an authentic reaction to a
%mre when. the ineater is half filled with studio
‘i”ople,";Doyle declares. ““Their reactions are gov
erned too much by their personal likes and dislikes
gather than by what they see on the screen.”
Doyle’s comment is one of which producers should
take heéd. They never will be able to tell whether
a ;ictm} is good or bad, when the theater is filed
gth pemns who laugh at the proper moments jus‘t{
o hold S T y g
REORGANIZATION OF SCHOOLS
’ Through the educational committee of
the Georgia Education Association, a re
vision and reorganization of the sehool sys
tem for this state has been worked out. It
nrovides eleven recommendations that if
adopted, it is believed Georgia will enjoy
one of the best school systems in the south.
The recommendations, as compiled by
this committee, are:
| “1. State board to consist of seven, nine
{or 11 members, appointed by the governor
and approved by the senate,
“2. The board would be given authority
to regulate the administration of public
schools, to provide for and to supervise
teacher training.
“3. A permanent textbook commission to
recommend textbooks to the board and
reference of all proposed school legisla
tion to the board.
“4, The state superintendent to be elect
ed by the state hoard and to be its execu
tive officer, and raising the qualifications
for the office, }
“5. Membership on county boards of ed
ucation be fixed at five persons to be elect
ed by popular vote where so desired and
fixing of qualifications for such board
members.
| “6. Boards of education would elect
teachers and principals and fix their sal
aries upon recommendation of the respec
tive superintendents, and qualifications for
teachers, principals, and superintendents
would be raised. This would have no ef
fect on those already serving.
“T. Minimum salaries of superintendents
would be fixed at $1,200 with the state
paying half up to $3,000 and county
superintendents would be made the treas
vrer of all county and district school funds.
“8. Provision would be made for strict
budgetary procedure and for the auditing
of school expenditures according to budget
appropriations,
~ “9, The minimum school term would be
fixed at nine months and teacher-pupil
quotas for elementary and high schools
would be set.
“10. The state would appropriate the
amount needed to pay salaries for nine
months according to the terms of the state
salary schedule.
“11. Every school system in the state
would be guaranteed an amount equal to
one-third of the state salary appropria
tion, to meet necessary school expenses
other than calaries, when a five-mill local
levy does not produce an amount equal to
the same.”
Dr. E. D. Pusey, of the University of
Georgia and Prof. B. M. Grier, superin
tendent of the Athens city schools, are
rmembers of the committee. These gentle
mwen have devoted much time and study to
the formation of a school code which is
believed to be one as nearly perfect as
could be formed. The report of the com
mittee and its recommendations will be
drafted into bills and introduced at the
January session of the legislature. It is
not believed that these reorganization bills
for the school system of Georgia will meet
with serious opposition. Prepared by ex
nerienced and able educators, they know
best the needs of the schools and the inter
est of the children, consequently, the legis
lator should - enact the measures just as
prepared by the committee from the Geor
gia Educational Association,
BUTTS COUNTY BRUTALITIES
The recent investigation and report of a
legislative committee on conditions of the
convict system in Butts county brings to
light startling and brutal practices equal
to those in the days of Darkest Russia.
While denials have been made by some of
the county officials, yet it is deserving of
thorough investigation by the officers and
members of the Prison Commission. It is
to be hoped that the condition is not so
bad as the report shows it to be, but from
an unprejudiced standpoint these repre
sentatives of the people claim they report
ed just what was found by them on their
official tour of inspection. :
In davs gone by, under the old convict
lease system, such a condition may have
existed in some of the camps, but under
the management of the commissioners of
the various counties, it is a rare case any
‘brutalities are reported. However, the
prison commission has stated that the mat
ter would be given a thorough investiga
tion, and if the officials are found to be
guilty of such acts as charged, immediate
action for punishment will be taken.
It is time for setting an example of what
may be expected for such criminal offen
ses. If the officials of Butts county are
found guilty of the charges preferred, im
mediate action should be taken and severe
punishment imposed upon the guilty.
- ENVIRONMENTS VS. INTELLIGENCE
l The general belief that the child who is
born in luxury and in a higher social and
‘economic level is more intelligent than the
‘child born in poverty and of parents in or
)dinar,v walks of life has been exploded by
actual test.
l “Poor children are just as intelligent as
rich children”, said Dr. Ethel Kawin, psy
!chologist of the Institute for Juvenile Re
}search in Chicago, a few days ago. Dr.
Kawin made a complete survey of the chil
!dren in various sections of that city, giv
ing the well known Stanford-Binet and
}Merrill-Palmer intelligence tests to 62
children in one school and the same num
;ber in another school where the children
‘were supposed to be of a higher social and
economic plane.
~ The tests, however, showed no differ
ence in the average intelligence of the chil
dren, which is an indication that the child
of poor parents is blessed with just as much
brain as the child born of wealthy par
ents.
According to the aeronautics branch of
the Department of Commerce, 28,170 pas
sengers were carried in January, 1934, by
24 scheduled air transvort lines operating
in continental United States.
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A Little of Everything,
Not Much of Anything
Theater festival week, be
ing held at the Palace theater,
has met with pronounced suc
cess every day this week. .
Splendid offerings of unus
ually high class attractions °
are presented daily.
Manager Booth is to be con
eratulated on the number of in
novations of imprevements at this
popular playhouse. One of the
most noticeable is the installation
of a frigidaite drinking fount
which makes it possible for the pa
trons of the theater to have co'd
ice water throughout the day and
everding. Another improvement
that has attracted much attention
is the artistic decorations on the
walis of the rest rooms. These
walls are painted in the Univer
sity of Georgia colors, Red and
Black, which adds much to the
attractiveness of this theater,
From time to time, Mana
ger Booth 'will inaugurate
improvements to not only the
playhouse, but in service, and
at all times booking the high
est class pictures.
- The Palace theater is an insti
tution the people of Athens should
be proud of. Here the latest runs
and pick. of productions of Holly
wood are shown. At no time are
there mediocre pictures presen
ted at the Palace, but only those
recognized as leading plays with
outstanding actors' and actresses
taking part in the cast. Manager
Booth is giving much thought
and attention to arranging pro
grams that will best sujt the pa
trons of the Palace. How well he
has succeeded is attested to by
the splendid patronage accorded
that popular playhouse,
We are always glad to
learn of the success of col
ored citizens who have left
Athens and adopted other sec
tions of the country as their
homes.
William Henry Huff, who was
born in Oglethorpe county, came
to Athens over a quarter of a cen
tury ago. He attended the Jerual
Academy, a college for colored
boys and girls. At that time, the
late Prof. John H. Brown was
principal. Prown was a splendid
vitfzen knd enjoyad the 'respect
and confidence of the white as
well as the colored people. After
graduation from Jerual Academy,
William was employed as a but
ler in the home of Mr, C. D.
Flanigen. During that time he
wrote the song, “Cheer Up Booker
Washingten,” which gained Ifor
him a wide and favorable repu
tation as a song writer and com
poser. Later he wrote a number
of poems which were used in
newspapers -‘a n d / myagazines
throughout the country,
~ After Ueaving-Athem he en
tered the (Chicago University
and graduated in chemistry
trom that institution, prac
ticing his profession for a
number of years in Chicago,
where he met with much suc
cess.
~ Last June he graduated from
the Chicago Law School and en
tered the practice of law, associa
ting himself with two of the
most prominent attorneys in
that city. State Representative
Charles J. Jenkins, of the Gener
al Assembly, of the State of Illi
nois and Judge Albert B. George.
There are a number of former
students of the Jerual Academy_
living in Chicago. Recently, thesé
students held services in com
memaration of sha lifa work of
the late John IZ.. Brown, princi-
pal of the Jerual Academy, at
which time the following program
was ‘rendered:
‘Memorial Service In Honor of the
Late Prof., John H. Brown,
Flormer Principal of Jerual
Academy, Athens, Ga , Auspices,
Ga., Union club of Chicago at
Wabash Ave., Baptist church.
Program:
I Selection Wabash choir,
Invocation, Rev. J. W, Ward,
pastor Wabash Ave., Baptist
church,
Selection Wabash choir.
Opening remarks by William
Henry Huff, pres., Ga., Union;
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® Tlntroduction of Master of
Ceremonies, M. L. Johnson. 11
- Instrumental Solo by Little Ef
tie M. Davenport. (Nearer My
God To Thee). |
- Ovation, Rev, Seborn Allen B.
TH.
Subfect: “What Prof IBrown
‘Meant to the Edicational Work of
the Race in N, E. Ga. ;
. Apvropriate resolutions were
read by Lois D. Fambro, A. B.
Vocal Solo, Bulah Matthew.
Hyner.
“Prof. Brown as I Knew Him"
by John Ector.
. Introduction of graduates and
under-graduates of the school
which is now known as Union
Baptist Institute.
At this point Pres. William
Henry Huff called the audience’s
attention to the needs of the
schools at Athens and told them
that the greatest monument that
can be erected to the memory of
Prof. John H. Brown is to ma.ke‘
the school for which he gave the |
better part of his life safe and se-‘
cure. '
STYLES CHANGE
IN AUTO TIRES
Present Trend |s Toward
Low Pressure Air Bal
loons, Says Stephens
“Styles change in tires, as well
as in automobiles Jr clothes,” says
Curtis Stephens of the Athens Bat
tery company, “and _ the preseni
tire, or ‘doughnut’ tire, as it is
sometimes called.”
“It isn't necessary for motorists
to buy new cars to enjoy this lat
est tire development, however,
continued Mr. Stephens, “a simple
change of wheels is all that is nec
essary to bring the car up to date
Firestone has developed attractive
wheels in colors to match the car
as well as a beautiful wheel with
chromium spokes, It is only nec
essary to drive in, change wheels,
and drive away to a new motoring
sensation.
“Riding in these big low pres
sure tires is like floating on cush
ions of air, giving an added com
fort and pleasure that can hardly
he imagined. Increased safety is
another advantage of these tires.
At high speeds they cling to the
road on curve and straight-away
alike. Firestone has provided ad
ded safety to this low pressure tire
by using the patented high stretch
gum-dipped cord construction
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which eliminateg internal heat, the
greatest enemy of tire life and
safety. The low pressure is an
added precaution against blowouts.
The increased road contact also
gives addeq safety in wet weather
“An added style note is found in
the new Firestone white sidewall
air balloon tire which greatly en
hances the beauty of the car.”
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doesn’t call for ‘ad-study’ . . . ”
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They .kn.ow it takes a good deal of careful planning to keep with
in a limited budget, and that the best way to do is to watch the
ads in The Banner-Herald. All you have to do is to watch for
special value offering some night and go down to the store tne
next day and see how many women responded. You'll realize
then, that )
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MEN IN WHITE” IS
Clarke Cable and Myrna
Loy Starred in Powerful
Rornance at Palace
“Men in White,” which comes to
the Palace Thursday and Friday
brings not only a romantic new
emotional team to the screen, but
also one of the most dramatic’
stories ever filmed.
~ The picture is a faithful adapta
tion of this seazon’s outstanding
Broadway hit of the same name,
which has Leen prominently 'men
tioned for the 1934 Pulitzer prize.
The dramatic background of the
story is a modern hogpital, vivid
and gripping in the gamut of un
veiled emotions which only a hos
pital knows.
Clark Gable and Myrna Loy are
teamed, for the first time in secreen
history, in the leading roies. He
is a doctor, in love with his pro
fession, but also in love with an
heiress—an hermress who can't un
derstand the inhuman demands of
his profession.
In the bitter disappointment, he
enters into a liaison with the
nurse, Barbara, the role poignant
ly enacted by Elizabeth *© Allan.
Their breach is healed, but Barba
ra must meanwhile undergo an il
legal operation at the hands of a
“quack” doctor. The result of this’
is peritonitis. N
In the strong dramatic glare of
an operating room, Gable, the man
she love§, must operate on Bar
bara in a futile attempt to save
her life, Dr. Hochberg, eminent
surgeon (Jean Hersholt) aids him
and, as a lesson in realism, per
suades Laura (Myrna Loy) to wit
ness the performance. Laura
faints at the spectacle. Later she
solaces Barbara and calls for Ga
ble to bid the dying nurse a last
farewell. -
Otto Kruger as a thwarted, dis
illusioned medico; Whllace Ford
as a frolicking, ‘“Wise cracking”
interne; Henry B. Walthall as an
eminent surgeon, Russell Hardie
and Russell Hopton as swift mov -
ing ambwance riders—all weave a
secondary weh of drana qround
the main plot, each excellent in
his part
LON CHANEY’'S SON HAS HIS
FIRST LEADING ROLE IN SEA
MELODRAMA
A young won with a marked re
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1934
St dvvadunt ol Dot ot
'sembiance to his fagoyg, Fatho,
but who, nevertheless Steaaf |,
| refuses to «apitalize on his ‘;A,.)
| ents reputation, is youg Creigy.
ton Chaney; won: of the ite 1.4
Chaney, who . plays hig firg; Tond:
\ling hole in’ * MBixteen Batno, .
I‘I)GE‘D." the thrilling syn,rn:p_fi.\p“”f
picture which comes to the Strang
Thursday and Friday,
Young' Chaney wyq born iy
| Oklahoma City, Okla., apg @oént
{the first seven years of his " life
touring with his father wWho wag
|appearing in Btock companies
|throughout = the Middle wyou,
When Lon Chaney entered mie.
i tures, Creighton took up his sty.
dies at .Hollywaw_r_l High “Sehog)
and upon completing hig «.»du.-\..‘
tion, entered the water heater bhus.
iness of Los Angeles.
‘ That such talent ang reputation
should not be wasteq on watet
heaters was the opinion of axe.
cutives of one of the largest mo.
tion picture companies, and aftep
the death of ' his father, ' they fin.
| ally persuaded Creighton to take
up an acting career. >
He subsequently appeared in
!“Bird of Paradise,” “Lucky Devilg”
land “Scarlet’ River,” bhut his
steadfast refusal to permit the
company to bill 'him as Lon
Chaney, jr., finally brought about
! his release, and he joined tha
fMonogram company to.. appear
[with Sally O’Neil in the under-.
water picture.
’ Chaney is fdeal for his i*he
man” role, having distinguished
!himself as an amateur wrestler,
iswimmer and tennis player, whilg
i his hobbies are principally hunt
ling and fishing.
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Col. W. L. Proctor,
Head of Proctor and
- Gamble Company, Dics
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CINCINNATI—(®)—CoI, William
ICooper Procter, 72, Cincinnati in
dustrial leader and philanthropist,
!died Wednesday morning.
He wasg a victim of bronchial
pneumonia.
The 72-year-old chairman of the
board of the Procter and Gambhle
company entered the hospital Sat
urday.
Dr. L. F. Barker, of Baltimoras
renowned pathologist and author
ity on pneumonia, was summoned
to Col. Procter's side.
Colonel Procter returned to Cin
cinnati from New York and Phil
.adelphia last Friday, suffering
lfrom what he believed to he a
cold.