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/’—" COTTON MARKET it . Lo 12%0 ,:;{23 I:LOSE-"‘ LU e RS [}ol. 101. No. 146. ] THE ¥ - 8 Washington Lowdown — Rodney Dutcher v v_.’_—-—# In the Confusion N u Devil and Deep Sea ', f playing Politics S‘L} Banner-Herald Washington 4’ Correspondent. % “:,‘S”;‘\'(','l'ul\fl——:\l] hands here Bl e so confused as to. Whil Was j appening In the last few days ‘ { Congress that some of the 1 o<t important devlopments are :;* Jly now becoming clear. ,{; Hardly anyone, for instance, f. emed to realize the implications '} the Kerr-Smith tobacco act. “ erhaps that was because Senator %,y Byrd of Virginia, who made o icrrific uproar over regimenta ?’ on of the farm business and op §o<ca the Bankhead cotton control ' easure, gave the bill his bless=- M The tobacco act, on examina fon, proves 1o go 2 lot further “Bward compulsory control of to ? bcco growers—including the many % Virginia — than the Bankhead v does in- the case eof: cotton R mers., i M very cotton farmer will get a R iificate for a certain quota of Btton. Anything he sells in ex s:c of that quota Is subject to a Fesumably prohibitive tax. He n't compelled to co-operate. J But the tobacco raiser must now Qen a contract if he wighes to @oid a penalty tax on his entire Fop. If he doesn’t sign, he does ¥t sizn, he doesn't get the allot- Bent certificate which exempts o from tax on his quota. Thus e is driven into a contract with JAA. 4 AAA men who will administer he act say it will work more Jnocthly than the Bankhead law. Jongress—including Senator Byrd 4 passed it at the behest of a vast Bajority of tobacco growers. : Price fixing isn’t working SO §ell in the beer business, because tbewers know so many ways of Jetting around their code provision ®r price pesting. 4 A brewer can'{ grant a discount P a sru!oun‘l?m But he can order his collectors to fJuv drinks for the house when- Jver they call. One, two drinks or } ore — depending on how many fustomerg are there: The effect is 4 discount on the beer and an funfair trade practice.” FL The first reciprocity treaty un fer the new tariff act will he sign | with Cuba, probably within the ‘fext 4 days. The administration fould like to bolster up the weak fendieta government at Havana ‘lhd can’'t think of any better way ‘pst now than to stimulate trade fetween the two countries. {ln any event, it is resigned to ‘pe likelihood of another Cuban fpvolution before effocts of the ‘featy are felt. { President Mendieta and his ad {isers had a terrible time decid hg when the abrogation of the Alatt amendment—which gave us ecial rights of lintervention— qould be signed. They lay awake feghts wondering whether a fa- Prable popular reaction to it Jould be greater than the value ¥ the deterrent effect of the frendment on would-he revolu- Jonists. J They held off signing until they J't their political position was rong enough to ‘withstand at k. Apparently they were not F strong as they thought they Jere. Traien The one big thing Cuba seeks § the tariff treaty fs a further BY in thed uty on her sugar. Jiere’s some strong support for F7t in the administration here. gt hardly strong enough to get § into the agréement. | " White House disclaimers of po ‘fical angles in speeches Roose- B!t plang ag he crosses the coun iy on returning from Hawalii ‘Hven't convinced ingiders that he fJon’t come very close to — and Pavbe right up to-—endorsement ¥ Senator Bob LaFollette's Pro- Fressive candidacy in Wigconsin. 4 one strong indication of the ‘esident's sympathy with inde & ndents up for re-election fg the ‘et that he has sent private word gkin= Senator Henbik Shipstead, : armer-Lahorite, to’ ride on the Fain with him when he crosses Finnesota, § That wil help Shipstead, who gke TaTollette, has a Democratic jponent — Congressman Rinar Joidale, Jopyright, 1934, NREA Service, Tne. -—\.—.._ 3 - - Pilliam Addresses Cobb County Group ] MARIETTA, Cn.~—(}P)—-ALderman 4 A. Gilliam, of Atlanta, told the people of Cobp county Saturday ghat his candiqacy gop governor f Georgia “offers the first oppor g RItY the people pave ever had to PXPress themscives on the prohi- Mtion issue at ¢}, ballot box.” | “T appear before you without he benefit of , bodyguard,” Mr. Jilliam said. « carry ne bellig fprant €quipment whatsoever, Jretther Distol, razop yas geks: s : omb.hl €Xpect to pe able to get Jhroug this campaign without [ omicide or Manslaughter .or even 2 W@unr.” I‘332*:{" e ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Full Associated Press Service Dillinger Reported Seen in Bank Raid Contest For Postmastership Is Narrowed To Three MYERS. PATRICK AND SOUTHERLAND GIVEN THREE HIGH RATINGS Will Be Certified to Post master General Farley As Eligibie Trio ALL PROMINENT Final Decision Likely to Be Made Within Next Week or Ten Days The contest for the pogition of postmaster hcre Saturday appar ently had narrowed down to three of the thirteen applicants. The three are Jonas R. Myers, DPr: 3, K Patrick and’ Deleon Southerland, While no official information was obtainable, it was reported unofficially that these three had received notification of their rat ings frem the vil Serviee com mission, and If precedent is fol lowed it is aimost a certainty th= trio will be certified by the com mission as eligible for the post mastership. { Usual procedure is so rthe com- Lmission to certify to the Postmas ir.ter General the names of thre= jfeligible candidates from which one !is chosen as the final s2lection. | The Postmaster General, before he iannounces the appointment, us pually confers with the congr2ssman from the district in which the post office is located, in this case Congressman Paul Brown of El . "”"“(“"""’ T S S _‘ "An unusual amouny -of interest Lhas been shown' in the pr2sent contest for the postmastership by Athenians, the Banner-Herald hav ing received scares of calls Friday and Saturday from p2rsons want ing to know the very latest news. ! Serve Few Days The resignation of Postmaster ,Paul Smith was vo go into effect i July 1, but he will s2rve until a successor is named, Of the thr2e men regarded as leading in the contest, it was un officially reported that Mr. Myers received the highest rating with Dr. Patrick and Mr. Southerland following closely. . Th> Banner-Herald offers the "following condensed sketches of the three leading contestants, one of whom is almost certain to he iAthens’ next postmastar: g Sketches ~ Jonas R. Myers was born in Wartrace, Tennessee and came to ‘Georgia in February, 1910. He was associatad with the Rowland company for several /years as treasurer and general manager, In 1915 he formed the Myers Distributing company, and was president and general mana ger of this business until July, 1926, at which time he became as sociated with the Dunlop Milling company, one of the oldest and dargest flour mills in the county. At th 2 present time he is manager of this company's Athens branch. {Continued on Page Four) Foul Weather, Fuel Shortage Force Two Brothers to Ground FLIERS, France—(#)—Fog, foul weather and fuel shortage ended another brave aerial venture near here Saturday, hundreds of miles short of its goal. A rough field at Saint Andre De Messei, tiny village three miles west of Flors, provided haven for the giant tri-colored Bellanca Mo noplane in which Benjamin and Joseph Adamowics, flying brothers from Brooklyn, took off boldly Friday at Harbor Grace, N. F., in an effort to fly non-stop to War saw, Poland, After 22 hours and two minutes in the air—they had left Harbor Grace, at 8:58 a. m., (E.S.T.) Fri day—they found the twin threat of dwindling gasoline and murky weather too much, and eased their big ship down just after dawn clear2ad away the haze. The land ing was at 7:00 a, m, GM.T. (2 a. m. ES.T.) - While worried watchers search ed the sky at Dublin, Paris and Berlin, the soda yop manufactur ers, who came right back to try hgain after a crack up in New foundland spoiled their hopes last yvear, crawled out of their ship, inspected a damaged tail skid and ar touncad plans to continue on to ‘Warsaw tomorrow if they could get fuel enough. - The proposed flight to Warsaw %fiflm at Floyd Bennett Q, s&!,_k o HENRY FORD GETS NRA’S BLUE EAGLE # WASHINGTON—(#)—Henry Ford has certified to Hugh S. Johnson ~ his full compliance with NRA's Blue Eagle. Millions in government con tracts for automobiles, trucks and tractors apparently was the attraction which brought the industrialist fully into the NRA line-up through a formal pledge in writing that the vast Ford interests were observing the automotive code. Johnson gave the news to reporters Saturday, a broad grin evideneing the- adminis tration's jubilation over what is considered one of, if not the greatest, NRA victory. PITTMAN GHARGES DENIED BY HOWELL Talmadge Campaign Man ager Says Pittman’s Is ‘Campaign of Deception’ ATLANTA —(#— Hugh Howell, chairman of the state Democratic Executive committee and campaign manager for Governor Talmadge, Saturday denied Judge Claude Pittman's charges that he was im plicated in a “pardon racket” in Georgia and charged Judge Ptit man with running for governor ‘“on a campalgn of deception.” In a statement addressed to “the people of Georgia,” Mr. Howell vigorously denied instances in which Judge Pittman said he had received fees for obtaining the freedom of persons sentenced to prison. “Pittman charges me with being 4in what he terms the ‘pardon vacket’ (}n Georgia” Mr. Howell's statemént said. “He has waid 1 represeént scores of criminals who are released by Governor Tal madge and that I have received enormous fees from these criminals for obtaining their freedom. “This charge is false and Pitt man knows it. I have represented persons who were in trouble in the various courts of pur state and before the various governors; some cases I have won, others 1 have lost. However the facts are as follows: : ¢ “Since Talmadge has bheen gov ernor I have represented eleven cases before hm. Bix of these he flatly turned down. Of the Other five, two were handled by me for charity. LOAN ASSOCIATION TO PAY DIVIDEND Tenth Consecutive Semi- Annual Payment |s An nounced by Company Shareholders of the M u t u al Building and Loan association and the public generally will be inter ested in the announcement made foilowing the meeting of the direc torg of this institution held recent ly to the effect that the tenth con secutive semi-annual dividend of 7 per cent per annum had been de clared and would be paid on all paid-up shares and credited on all running shares of the association, as of June 30th and that checks fcr payment would be mailed Mon day. The successful operation of the Mutual Building and Loan As sociation is a source of gratifica tion not only to those who have stock in it but tothe citizens of this city and section as well. It has filled well a position in the fi (Continued on Page Four) Cator Woolford Guest Saturday at Dinner by Friends in Brunswick I RUNSWICK, Ga—(®)—Leading CGeorgians Saturday night honored Cator Woolford of Atlanta at a Idlnner in tribute for his donation of historic lands and buildings for the establishment of San Domingo park in Glynn county, | Millard Reese, prominent Bruns wick attorney, presided at the din ner held in the Oglethorpe hotel, Speakers included C. H. Leavy, president and editor of the Bruns | wick News; Mrs. G. V. Cate of Brunswick, an authority on the Georgia coast and its history; R, D. Meader, Brunswick civic leader; and Ivan Allen and Alfred Newell of Atlanta. Malcolm B. MecKinnon, chairman of the Glynn county board of com missioners, presented Mr. Wool ford with a handsome scroll. Mr. Woolford said he was moved to £nne the lands of the park in lorder to create more intérest in a neglected period dfim his- Athens, Ga., Sunday, July 1, 1934, Honored By Business Girls T it R RS “ ."-E:E:E:E:‘}:"f.?:lzt:izt’;:::;:E::::';:;:;:;:}:}:lz'.i:f:?:':'y:v:l:'r.i::‘)fiii-'if?;? i Be P B e % o Re S s P e e SR PR : e e e e g BRSO, ? 2 B é 3 SR i 2% s i- T T i B T Ml e G R e e : G e R B O S :;:_-fi'a;—::'»,:;:j:;:;:;:-:;:-:-:-:-:-:-'"z-'<' ~jj”é) SRR s G o 38 ; R R 1 e //75 RR A A SSe . : S 2 o s e : R s S 7 , G ,"’%fif B e e e o G E R : )-5 / ; MRS. ANNIE VIC BULLARD Athenians Get Offices at Business Girls Conference MAYORS WILL MEET IN ATLANTA JULY 14 ATLANTA — (#) .— Mayor James L. Key of Atlanta, Sat urday said a number of may ors of various cities and towns in Georgia had accept ed an invitation to confer here July 14 on municipal problems and that a large attendance was expected. The meeting, it wag said - Saturday, may.be Wflfifi%m include other representatives the cities and counties who are familiar with matters affecting their financial operation. GEAMAN BEVOLT 1 GIVIASHED BY HITLER Suspense and Fear Reigns Over Country; Two Leaders Left Dead By LOUIS P. LOCHNER Associated - Press Foreign Staff (Cpr. 1934, by Associated Press.) ’ BERLlN.—(#)—Chancellor Adolf |Hitler, ruthless and uncompro mising, smashed a revolt in the ‘thirg reich Saturday with swift retaliation that took the lives of high oppositionists to his rule. Over all Ge"many Saturday night, however — with troops and machine gunners, rifle-carrying police and guards on patrol—there was suspense, fear, apprehension over a civil war within the. ranks of the National Socialist (Nazi) party . . For the present, Hitler held un disputed powtr. ’ In a day of summary Dpunish ment for those who challenged his authority—the denouement of the crisis of recent weeks, hasten ed by the disclosure of immoral orgies indulged in by leaders of his own Nazi storm troops—the Chancellor ‘“liquidated’” leaders of . {(Continued On Page Four) Home Improvement Tour Held Thursday; Plans Are Changed (This -is the first of several articles on the Home Improvement Tour recently held for Home De monstration c¢lub members of the county. They have been prepared by Miss Ann Dolvin, Home Demon spration agent, who conducted the tour.) ; A group of thirty-three p2rsons went. on the Home Improvement tour Thursday, and seven cars were used. The group met at the court house at sbout 10 o'clock and we started off. | The people going on the tour and the communities they repres ented were Gaines: Mvrs. H. '!“ Huff, Miss Bertha Hancock, Mrs, W. K. Eidson, Miss Frances md-“ son, Mrs. Marvin Davis, Marvia Davis, Miss Kathryn Davis, and | Miss Nettie Jones; Hinton-Brown: Mrs. J. P. Nunnally, Miss Mavis| Nunnally and Miss Carolyn Nun nally; Oconee Heights: Mrs. lda Scoggins; and Winterville: Mrs, Pulliam, Mrs. Mathews, Miss ‘Marian Coile; Mrs. George O'Kel ley, Miss Snow Chandler, Mrs. N. 0. McWaters, Mrs. Mattie Coile, Mr, and Mrs. W. R. Coile, Mrs. Fos ter Anthony, Mrs. C. M. Bolton, Miss Annie Mary Bolten, Mi: ehbe Weeks, Mrs. Grady Pittar —~ESTABLISHED 1832 A N A S SR, :»:-‘:.';:;:-:-':-‘5::-:-77-‘;3;4‘::::;}:-‘:-’::;:-:-:-':.'::c:-:%-."zi.-t';;::::f:;ffz;::::::;:-:-':1;:;-:~'.-:z-:f:t:e:;x-'~::f<1:-‘_’7;:;a o ] R R Y I O SO -3+ NN SN B R ey e gl R S B R R By RR % b R D 4 Ry G 2 e R K e B R B e o g Frrsy R R e e L R, R R ARS RS LR IS 35 e L R R PERRT R ] PoREeRt G o R R R . 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Mrs. Annie Vie Bullard was elected to the important position of chairman of the 1935 confer ence, and Miss Wylene Chafin was placed on the executive council as elective member from the dis trict-at-large. Miss Lucille Crab tree, secretary of the Athens Y. W. C. A. was appointed . secre tarial advisor for the group. It is an honor to the ldcal club as well as to these women to be selected as officers of the confer ence. Two members from the same club are rarely ever elected to the council in the same vyear, (Continued on Page -Five) Winterville Cannery Gets Busy at Once; Will Run Every Day Three hundred and twenty cans of vegetables have already been put up by the Clarke'Cowmty can nery at Winterville, it was an-’ nounced Saturday by J. H. Wil son, county teacher of vocational agriculture, who has charge of the cannery.’ The plant will run’ every day from now .on, Mr. Wijlson said, ex cepting Sundays. “Sixty cans were turned out on the test run Wed nesday, and 260 on the first day of full operation Kriday. Anyone in Clarke county is in (Continued on Page Four) Mrs, G. L. O'Kelley, Mrs.. R. C. 'Emmett. Miss Emuy Coile, Mag daline Miller, Billy O’'Kelley, Miss Lucile Edwards and Mrs. Davis. It was necessary to 'make twao changes in the original plan of the tour, and the homes of Mrs. S. M. Sheffer and Mrs. W. L. Childs were not visited, but those of Mrs L. L. Hendren, Athens, and Mrs, Foster Anthony, Winterville, were ladded. ‘The first place visited was that of Mrs. S. W. Bliss in the Gaines community. Before showing us 'fthrough the house and ground Mrs. ' Bliss told something about the his ttory of the®place. It was first [built in 1836. We were given a men "ta! picture of the home before re modeliflg began; then the many llmprovements were observed. Up stairs was seen the guest room, <hildren’s playroom, the trunk room, and bath room. Across the front of the house is the library at right and the living room on the left. The stalrway goes up al most thrquqh the center of the house. fßack of the library is Mrs. Bliss' bedro - W‘Avdjolning this is “Sis ter's” room and back of this i ~_ (Continued on Page Five) J BUDGET PRESENTED BY ADAMG REVIGED BY GOV, TALMADGE Drastic Revision Made In Quarterly Report Of Department ADAMS IS CHIDED Executive Declines to ~ Approve Dismissals By Commissioner ATLANTA, Ga-—(#)—ln a dras tic revision of the quarterly bud get of the agricultural depart ment, Governor Eugene Talmadge Saturday declined to approve the addition of six persons to the bureau of markets staff, disap proved the elimination of six chemists, vetoed numerous salary increases, and chided Commission er G. C. Adams to divide the de partment’s appropriations more equitably between the quarters. Commissioner Adams Friday submitted his quarterly budget to Governor Talmadge, Wwho with State Auditor Tom Wisdom com poses the state budget board. Mr. Adams haq eliminated the names of State Chemist C. Reynolds Clarke and five asgsistants, added the names of six other persons to the bureau of markets staff, and suggested salary increases for others. In his reply to Commissioner Adams the governor used his red pencil on the budget freely, and told the commissioner that while the state law gave him authority to dismiss the state chemists, he had no authority to eliminate the other members of the department. This, he said, was subject to re- FYPENSES OF STATE SFDUCED TH YEA Auditor Reports Georgia Expenditures Six Million Less Than Last Year ATLANTA —(&— The state of Georgia spent $28,650,627 in gov ernmental costg during the year 1933, Auditor Tom Wisdom said in his annual report Saturday, but this sum was $6,745,860 under the state’s expense in 1932 when $35,- 396,493 was expended. The 1933 costs were $14,686,318 under those of 1931 when the ex penses of government were $43,- 336,945, the report showed. - Salaries of employes during 19338 were $1,116,996 under those of the previous year, when $8,245,601 went toward salaries as compared with $7,128,645 in 1933. Nearly all phases of govern mental cost were trimmed during the year, the auditor's report show ed. Travel expenses of employes and officials were cut from $525,- 169 in 1933 to $492,952 last year. More than a - million dollars was saved in .the purchase of supplies and materials, $3,655,433 being ex pended for this purpose in 1932 compared with $2,600,991 in 1933. Savings in the administration of the highway department were the largest of any department of state. The cost of operating the depart ment last year was $11,260,847 com pared to $15,396,901 the previous vear. Of this saving, approximate- Iy half a million dollars was in salaries paid employes of the de partment. In 1932 the salaries to taled $1.480,339 while last yeAr they were reduced to $902,311. Travel expenditures for highway employes were reduced only slight- Iv. ! LOCAL WEATHER W Showers Sunday and Mon day. The following weather re ports covers the 24-hour pe riod ending at 5 p.m. Saturday. TEMPERATURE Highest. ... (1.8 dhved ane 908 Lowest ... .o iR e vl 008 MOBR. (v visntasab evains RN Normbl. .i ot Cavritavn s TRD RAIMFALL Inches last 24 h0ur5........ 0.00 To:al since June 1........ 6.52 Ixcess since June 1........-2.42 Average June rainfall...... 4.1 Total since Janugry 1......31.58 Excess sipee January 1.... 5.08 A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday = SOCIETY DRAMA OF DECADE COMES OFF NEWPORT, R. L.—(#)—The society drama of the decade— John Jacob® Astor's marriage to Ellen Tuck French—took place Saturday while a crowd of several thousand jostled outside the church. Rivaling the Jam at a big sports spectacle, the battalion of unbidden guests filled nar row Church street outside old Trinity, scene of the ceremony. Traffic in the one-way street was 80 impeded that young Astor had ‘to walk part of the way to his own wedding, the last hundred feet to the gate. Ang the bride was ten minutes late. PRESIDENT FINISHES IMPORTANT WORK Two Bills Signed, Two Boards Named; Clark Howell |ls Chairman WASHINGTON —(#)— Working at top speed to clear his desk be fore taking to the open sea for a month's oruige, President Roose velt Saturday disclosed the sign ing of two far reaching pieces of legislation, appointed an aviation commisesion and set up a nation al labor relations board, The White House announced the signing of a measure granting a partial six year moratorium on paying off farim mortgages and a bill for a retirement system for railway employes. Establishing on what he called a “firm statutory basis” a national labor relutlons board to deal with controversies over collective bar gaining and other issues betweEl employer and employe, the ‘prest* dent named three men to the im portant board. The board set up by executive order under the industrial dis putes act, will be composed of Lloyd Garrison of Wisconsin, chair man; Henry Alvin Millis of Illi noig, and Edwin S. Smith of Mas sachusetts. Rach will receive a salary of SIO,OOO annually. Clark Howell, sr., Atlanta pub lisher, was named chairman ¢t the aviation commisslon which will make a sgtudy embracing military, commercial and private lires. The president is expected to make use of the committee's findings in formulating hig program for a co- (Continued on Page Four) Candidates Prepare for Big Speeches and Barbe cue on July 4th By K. W. MAYO Associated Press Staff Writer. ATLANTA, Ga—~(#)—A burning political fever gripped Georgia this week with the crisis set for Weednesday, July 4, when virtu ally all state candidates will place their oratcry and barbecue before the voters. Perhaps the biggest celebration of the day has been arranged at Bainbridge, in Decatur county, where Governor Eugene Talmadge will make his formal bid for re nomination for another two-year term, ’ Judge Claude Pittman will be thé principal speaker at a ral}'y at Warm Springs, another Pittman meeting will be held at Lithia Springs with William Schley Howard, Atlanta attorney, as the orator of the day, and Alderman Ed A.,Gilliam of Atlanta will ap (Continued From Page Four) ' Fulton County Grand . e * . l Jury in Criticism of - | Atlanta Police Force ' ATLANTA, Ga—(#)—The Ful-l ton county grand jury Saturday severely criticized the Atlanta po-f lice department and sald it was) no longer surprised that officers “ecan not cope with crime.” Recommending the merging of the city and county govérnments under one administrative head, the jury charged that members of | the police department obtained and held their jobs through politi cal favor and that it was “practi cally impossible to dismiss ani employe for inefficiency and drunfl- | enness while on duty.” l The grand jury action was taken' after a number of published state ments by citizens that certain po licemen had Dbeen intoxicated while on duty. The grand jury pointed out that . Fulton ,county is a four million dollar business operating without HoYE| SOUTH BEND BANK MRED OF 578.9 B FIVE OUTLANS Policeman [dentifies . 1 Leader of Quintet,as = Famous Bandit . CAR IS ABANDONED One Officer Is Slain and .' Four Others Are Left Behind Wounded | SOUTH BEND, Ind— (&) —A bandit quintet with John Dilllnl@yg reported to be in command am%fi% ed the Merchant's National bank * Saturday, scooped up $28,439 afii;é fled in a wild barrage of bullets; leaving a slain policéman and téfi“éif t wounded men behind. Sy The ruthless raiders engafio‘lvg&—%‘ gun battles with a detective, two officers ,and a jeweler as they emerged from the bank and m . | their way to the escape car in thé ‘heart of ‘the city, throwing the - entire distriet into -a turmoil and + sending scores of pedestrians to [whatever shelter they could find. lOflice‘rs believed at least. one of . the robbers may have been wounda * |ed. g | Car Abandoned | From CGoodland, Ind., came & | report that a brown (Hudson) se ldan..the side of which was eovs | ered with blood, and in .which iwere a number of cartridge clips, - | was abandoned Saturday after noon by four men 4wo and a half { miles northeast of here. The car answered the descripiion as the ; T o ;l e”fli d, after robbing the HEmk here Sfturday morning. = R - Officer Harold Wagner encoutl tered the ‘three gangsters who carried out the actual robbery as [they were hurrying from the bank. He was fatally wounded before he could reach his pistol. e | Those wounded were Ps §%§ Stahley, manager of the Birdsgll Manufactufing ¢ company; Jake Solomah, and Delos N. Coensa cashier; and Sanruel Toth. At the Epworth hospital it~ was found that a bullet 'had struck Soloman in the hip and coursed upward. = His condition was described as critical. Fage Believed Dillinger s Leaving an outpost believed o be John Hamilton on guard at their automobile. the man identi=* fied by a pclice detective as.Bil= linger, with two hehchmen, W}? them believed to be ‘“‘Baby. Faee' Nelson, rushed into -the Bank about noon. ' Cowing the 25 ÜB~ tomers with de menacing machine gun, the man identified as Dillin- | ger took up a strategic pest and sent a score of slugs into the Bems - ing while his confederates snateh ed up $28,439. W Bundling their loot, = the _trio commandeered Stahley, Coen al é;: several other patrohs and -used them for human'shields as they marched out the door. Wagner ran toward them from acmNS e oo iwais (Continued on Page Fourd H.e § o arriman Offiaak Feng Again Seek Help of President Rocsevelt i Tt v HARRIMAN, Tenn. —(@— The Harriman Hosiery mills, - which closed after its Blue Eagle was# removed by the NRA, Satu ?;3 sent a telegram to ~ President Rocsevelt asking him “as our last resort to preserve and protect our inalienable constitutional rlgbti{"_ e free born American citizens” = The mill was deprived of: ~ NRA emblem on recomendation of = the National Labor Board which charged mill officials with: refus- = ing to bargain collectively with = striking employes. ki “By an administrative order and governmental boycotting we are being wrecked and destroyed,” ,J@? mills' telegram to the president = said. “Six hundred and twenty three American citizens have been = thrown out of employment and with their families placéd on relief = rolls. All of this'is by the “{ torial act of Administrator John= son. This g a precedent that should not and must not be estab = lished because it will confront American industry with insur mountable obstacles to thus be dié= tated to by one individual ~, more power than a gOod ma wants and more than a bad m should have.” x The telegram further said thi “we have been deprived by Ads = ministrater Johnsen of our prog ty right in the Blue Fagle in unjust, unfair ana partial m ner and the 108 s of this emblen ‘Lwn; used for boyeotting pur
