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rfion MARKET e GPLING - :iis 8 12 1- :nswous CLOSD .o aeee 12 it / Vol 101, No. 147. E THE ‘Washington Lowdown —— Rodney Dutcher In the Confusion Devil and Deep Sea P!aying Politng ganner- Herald Washington Cor respondent “v;\s[;;_\w;w‘vn\', —Jack Garner, e vice president, is somewherp ‘u‘\\'ll around Uvalde, Te'x., for a summer of hunting, fishing, andi 10.:fi1‘i‘§~ pefore he left he blasted onel arge illusion concerning him andl arefully ”n‘Hl:ih“(] another one. He tramped with both feet on grrent reports that he was out of ympehy with the, Roosevelt pro- | gram. That was iu a 'statement} quding the New Deal, issued by ihe Democratic National Commit-‘ 06, Those who have heard Garnerl apeak in private of “that feller jown in the White House” didn't{ heed his public agsurance that he kvould follow Roosevelt through the ires of hell if F. D. happened tol be going that way., The fact is, Jack is & small town, banker and he just loves the way| Roosevelt has freed the govern-( ment of Wall Street control. : But Garner also let his name‘ he signed to a magazine article | in which h 2 wistfully confesSed‘\ that he was just a “fifth wheel,” Insiders know better. The vice' president is the authority on Con-‘ gress at cabinet meetings, Band thats an important job. On the Hill, he's the man who knows what Roosevelt and the cabinet are do ing and thinking. | He's continually consulted at poth ends and probably knows more about what’s happening and what's going to happen than anybody else in town. His 30 years in the House, end ing with the sp2akership, have fit ted him for an unprecendented though secret three- cornered liai son job with Fooasavelt, l.ouse and Senate. Don’t imagine the cold boy never speaks up at cabinet meetings. He talks plainly and frankly. Secretary Roper once brought up the case of a Commerce De partment employe who had re coived SSOO for a .magazine . ar ticle Should federal emloyes be allowed to writ> for pay or not? V’ ough the Roosevelt family, White House secretaries, and many other New Dealers had been doing just that, Garner argued vigorously against the practice, He insigted officials ghouldn'{ take the money available enly b - cause they held public positions. Roosevelt argued from one end of ths table, Garner from the other. ‘Nearly half the cabin2t supported Garner! But the prac tice continues. Brain Trust Hangovers Fnd off [the college commenceé ment. season was almost as Important as adjournment of Congres, Most Brain Trusters returied to class reunions or to make speeches at their alma maters. Their old chuams ware generally proud of them, but they had a lot of explaining to do. And you know how ¥he old grads are when they g€t togeth=r again, what with re peal ang good fellowship and ev- Qrvthing Anvyway quite a few turned D here nursing what are known I non-intellectual circles as h:mgm.v..}-,; § But all minds are clear again now and the country seems safe intil ‘next June, ; For Loin Cloths 1 Gen, Rafael Nogales, l'amuus} oldier of fortune, who has fought | in Turkey, Haiti, South and Cen ‘ral America, China, and else- Where, drgpped in at the office here to ¢ :? the heat. “Why can't we all w loin cloths?” he de-‘ manded @Bfierce-, .|, Secretary Hull s led cool in straight strawl 'f'fi’./(n'»‘:.;r-r-\\'rxighx brown coat 21d white flannels as I met him in | Lafayette Square and walked to the State Deparment with him.‘ He talked, not of foreign affairs or! tariff bargaining, but of tha im mense amount of delayed conslruC-l ‘:' N which would bring pl‘osperityi 1t once got under way. & “everal celebrities here are vet- | ‘ Of the Sinclair Lewis cu(‘k-} ; . barty which started at .lunch ‘ lasted unti] midnight. The " Darrows, the Rex Tug- Wells, and Jerome Frank were. “Mong those who dropped in, but} ‘ould not stay through. . . Mrs, I Shouse surprised folks by ": through town with a large carbage can bourcing in her rum it seat. That was the only -way could get {ha purchase cut to °F farm, . | | Ang wvou should K aeard the angry velps of two “iblomats gt Seeretary Hull's : L 0 Pregident Lopez of Co , @ when fragments from a . ETrapher’s bursting flash ‘nded in their cantaloupes! yright, 1934, NEA Service, Inc) HUNGERFORD ARRIVES . . G 'ri:xn-.wx‘fwr(i, former county “Beént in Newnan, arrived today to ...° UP duties ag erosion special- Broth the Sandy Creek Soil e 0D Droject, Loy . Rast, re -1“‘ '“!"{mr of the work, an “ Ced this morning, : ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Full Associated Press Service Hitler’s “House=Cleaning” Is Continued COMMITTEE NAMED BY GRIFFETH TODAY FOR ROUTE 15 BODY One Athenian in Group Which Will Call on Governor Soon. SEEK MORE PAVING Interest WProiect to Be Aroused July 19 At . Barbecue. The committee to go before the atate. highway board and the gov ernor concerning the paving of Route 15 through the use of fed eral funds to be given Georgia on the paving of secondary roads of the state was anpounced today by J. H. Griffeth, president of Route 15 association. : Dr. J. C. Vernor, Commerce was named chairman, with the fol lowing serving on the committee: J. B, 3. Togan Homer; H. J. Rowe, Athens; J. C. Williams Greensboro; E. C. Miller, Sparta; J. J. Harris, Sandersville; W. H Lovett, Wrightville; Robert Harri son, Hazelhurst; and F." M. Reeves Cornelia. The publicity committee appoint ed at the same time consists of C. D. Rountree, Wrightsville, chairman, J. C. Willilams, Greens boro, B. G. Moore, Sparta; Gor don Chapman, Sandersville; W. M Harrison, Dublin; Bryan TLumpkia Athens; J AW, Azhens; Thomas M. Seawell, Com merce; B. H. Graves, <Clarkes ville;: "SA2. “Helin del Cors nelia; J. C. Dover, Clavton; Jack Hilton, Homer; Mrs, F. L. John son, Watkinsville; Jack Williams, Waycross; W. D, Horton, Mcßae, and Allen Smith, Hazelhurst, g Barbecue Slated L A barbecue will be held July 19 at Watson Springs by the associ ation, for the purpose of aroasing interest and enthusiasra in the paving of the route. (Guests to he invited will include members cos the state highway board, Governor Talmadge, *‘he ten Georgia con gressmen, candidates for th=a gov e'norship and congress, state house officers, Senators George and Rus sell, and others. Over 1,000 vui sons are expected to attend this affair, and work to make it one of the largest given in the state thig yvear has already been begun. The committee in charge of the barbecue consists of Col. J. D. Watson, Watson Springs, chair man; Tate Wright, Athens: Felix Boswell, Greenshoro, and Ralph (Continued on Page Five) Merrymakers’ Noise - Enrages Man; Slays Four, Wounds Fifth EAST TAWAS, MICH.—(®P)—A. J. Wood, 53, who said the noise made by merrymakers so enraged him that he slew four persons ani wounded a fifth, was held for ar rangement today on murder charges. - Wood, who walked to the county Jail in nearby Tawas City after the quadruple slaying early Sundav morning, expresed no remors2. His only fear, officers said, was of mob violence, Precautions ' were taken. but th2re were no signs of disorder. - Those killed were: Dr. ‘Stanley Somers, 31; Sheriff Charles C Miller, 38, (whom neighbors had called when the shooting started); and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hayes, age 35 and and 31 respectively. Roy Hickey, one of the guests at the party, was wounded. Prosecutor John Stewart said four murder warrants would Le asked. As officers reconstructed tha slayings, which occured at a party at the home of Wood's son-in-law Arthur Janson. Wood apparently first killed Dr. Somers and then fatally wounded Sheriff Miller who had ben summoned by neighbors. A lull followed during which Wood took his two grandchildren to a neighbor’s house returning later to kill Mr. and Mrs. Haynes and wound Hickey, Youthful Revolutionary Veteran Becomes 45th Mexican President MEXICO, D. F.—(#)—A strap ping. 39-year-old revolutionary veteran of mixed Spanish and In dian descent, General Lazaro Car denas, was assured election today president of Mexico. The election yesterday was the as the forty-fifth constitutional most orderly and one-sided in the history of the nation. One person, an election judge in Ocotzintla, Vera Cruz. was shot to death in a scuffle, but there were only minor clashes elsewhere. Both defeated candidates as serted today, however. .that the Adams Defies Talmadge’s Power to Retain Chemist Fired From Department ATHENS BOY CLAIMS NEW HIKING RECORD Pitt Thompson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon (. Thompson, hag set a trans-continental hitch-hiking record from Athens to Los Angeles, California. Today the Banner-Herald re ceived a postcard from Pitt, tell ing of his trip across the country, The old record was 7 days and b hours from New York to IL.os Ang eles, he said. and the new record he set is 6 days, 2 hours, from At lanta to Log Angeles. ¥Fe changed rides 36 times, ar riving in the Califrnia city on June 28. Pitt is a m>mber of the Frank Hardeman chapter of De- Molay and attended the Trecent state conclave in Columbus. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS |EADER WILL SPEAK Supper Meeting Tonight Will Honor E. D. Whiso nat, State Chief. Grand Chancellor E. D. Whison ant of the Georgia Knights of Py thias will be honor guest and chief speaker at the supper meeting of the local St, Elmo lodge fd be held in Castle hall tonight at 8 o'clock. Prominent Athenians are also on the program and a large attendance ig expected. Arthur Oldham will act as toast-master, introducing the speakers, who include Chancellor Commander Gaspar PalmiSano of St. Elmo ILodge, who was elected to this office last week, Tom Shackleford and Eugene Epting. Abit Nix will give a briof talk, and introduce Grand Chincelloy Whisonant. Mr. Whisonant is attending the University summer school, and hig¢ presence in Athens has added. vigor and life to the local lodge. Aaron Cohen is grand prelate of the state organization, and having two state officers present is a dis tinct honor. g All members are invited to at tend the meeting tonight., whether thevy are in good standing or not, In the past few wer—"}m, many new members have joined the lodge and many old members have been re instated. The Knights of Pythias is one of the oldest fraternal organiza tions in the city, and plang are for it to become more aétjve than ever during the coming months New officers were elected at last week’'s meeting, and the organiza tion is growing rapidly. Government Can Spend Ten Billions in ’34 and Stay Within Estimate WASHINGTON, -+A#)— In the the fiscal year just beginning, the government can spend nearly ten billifon dollars and still remain within President Roosevelt's esti matesof the cost of whipping the depresion. It spent a peacetime record of $7,105,050,084,95 in the 1934 fiscal vear which ‘closed Saturday night pied up an operating deficit of $3,989,496,035.42 and pushed the public debt to an alltime high of $27,853,141,414.48. Two Safe Cracksmen Are Captured Today in Atlanta By Policemen ATLANTA —(#)— Three detec tives who followed the trail for six weeks today had captured two men they said were well known safe cracksmen and had prevented the robbery of an empty safe. The officers said the men gave the names of Paul H. Jarrett, 33, and W. L. (Bill) Henry, 30. They were apprehended in the Tru-Blu Beer Distributors, Inc, building, where they were found hiding he neath beer cases on the secongy floor. A company official said there was no money in the safe. Jarrett, the officerss said, was an expert in safecracking. national revolutionary (adminis tration) party supporters of Car denas violated election laws in rolling up an estimated 96 per cent of the total vote. General Antonio Villarreal and Colonel Adalberto Tejeda both charged numerous irregularities and said they would not recognize the results of the election. Official returns were not avail able, but. those gathered by thae administration party gave 96 per cent to Cardenas, 2 percent to Vil lareal and 1 percent to Tejeda. The rest went to Hernan Laborde, a Communist, ; 4 Athens, Ca., Monday, July 2, 1934, Charges Governor With Attempt to.""Usurp” | His Powers. SEEKS CONFERENCE Action Comes As Result of Letter Written to Adams Saturday. ATLANTA, Ga.— (&) —Defying the power of the governor to dele gate to anyone the authority vested in the state chemist and commissioner of agriculture to select employes, Commissioner of Agriculture’ G. C. Adams today wrote Governor Talmadge denying his right to continue in office the discharged state chemist and his assistants. Charging the governor with an attempt at ‘“‘usurpation” of the powers of the commissioner, Mr. Adams requested a conference to day with the comptroller general and the governor for the purpose of “complying with the law in regard to establishing the number of assistants and the compensation to be paid them.” Fails to Approve In his letter to Mr. Adams Sat urday disapproving the removal of six assistant chemists and cer tain increases in salaries for members of the department of ag riculture, the governor said that under the law the commissioner had the right to discharge State Chemist C. Reynolds Clarke but said . the ~elimination 'of six as sistants would have to be passed on by a board consisting of the comptroller general, the governor and the commissioner of agricul ture. Mr. Talmadge also admonished the commissioner that as this is the season of running samples it would not be best to change chem ists and helpers without specific cause at this time. “No man could feel more keen- (Continued on Page Flve) FEE OFFERED FOR RELEASE OF HARSH Howell Says $25,000 Would Be Given to Free Georgia Criminal. ATLANTA,—(#)— Hugh Howell Atlanta gttorney and chairman of the state Democratic Ex2cutive committee, said he has been in formed that a cash fee of $25,000 has been offered to get George Harsh, “richest man in the Geor gia penitintiary.” out of prison. He said clemency to Harsh had been denied by Governor Talmadge Howell mentioned the reported fee in a statement Saturday in which denied the charges of Judge Claude Pittman, guberna torial candidate, that he (Howell) was implicated in what Pittman has described as a “pardon racket” in Georgig, The statement that Judge Pitt man ig a “common liar” was made by Howell in denying the jujdge's pardon “racket” charge, Howell charged Pittman was running for governor on “a cam paign of deception.” Jefferson Man Is - Given Second Prize In Paris Contest Richard Ayers of Jefferson was recently awarded second place in the 27th annual Paris prize con test of the Beaux Arts Institute of Design. First prize of a $3,600 scholarship for two and one-half years study in Paris was won by Maurice Kleinman of Chicago. Third place went to Lester W. Smith of Brooklyn. The fifteen judges spent the better part of two hours compar ing the canvasses of the three winners before determining the order of awards. Prizes of $250 each went to Mr. Ayers and Mr. Smith. Seven students entered this competition, being those left after two contests in which 568 had been eliminated. All seven were instructed to sketch their con cepts of an international athletic center, or a place .for Olympic games. Entered in the contest were three drawings by each con testant. ¥ Mr. Ayers attended Yale, where he supported himself by giving instruction, acting as a waiter and singing in a choir. Two scholarships of SSOO each helped him in his architectural studies. He was enroute to his home in Jefferson last week, planning to spend a few days in High Point, N, C., with relatives first. G BODY OF MAN FOUND N PARKED AUTD [ WISCONSIN SUNDAY Bullet-Ridden Remains of Native of Atlanta : Discovered. FORMER BODY-GUARD Was Once Tried for Mur rder With Grand Dragon . .of Indiana K. K. K. JEFFERSON, Wis.— (&) —The discovery of the badly beaten and bullet punctured. body of Earl Gentry, once tried with D. C. Stephenson, former grand dragon of the Indiaha Ku Klhx Klan for the! death of Madge Oberholtzer, gave Wisconsin officials a baffling slaying mystery today. Gentry’'s body was found late vesterday, grotesquely slumped in his automobile which had been parfled near a swimming pool on the Rock river. Ahsence of normal amount of blood in the car and the fact that the body was covered with rugs leq to a search of the home of Mrs: Carrie Gill, 59-year-old widow, where Gentry had lived for several years. The sheriff said what appeared to be hastily sponged stains were found on the kitchen floor. Mrs. Gill told authorities Gen try left her home about 6:30 p. m. Saturday. The sheriif said he learned Gentry spent the evening with Mrs. Gill's niece, Josephine Probst, at Fort Atkinson, near here. ~ The parked automobile was first seen near the swimming pool about midnight Saturday. The spot is about two blocks from the Gill residence. When told that Genfry had been slain, Mrs. Gill ihgisted she knew nothing of his movements after ha\ett her home. Hep niece fainted when she viewed the body. Mrs. Gill admitted, the sheriff said, that the rugs covering the body came from her house. The police said Gentry was a native of Atlanta, Ga., and had worked in a furniture factory and as a city traffic officer in Evans ville, Ind., beforé he hecame Steph enson's body guz.rd. He came here shortly after he was acquitted with Earl Klinck, another Stephenson lieutenant, in a joint trial with the former Ku Klux Klan leader on charges of murdering Miss Oberholtzer, an Indianapolis girl, in April, 1925. Stephenson was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. The state charged the girl was eriminally attacked by Stephen son in the presence of Gentry and Klinck. FORD OFFICIALLY NOT NRA MEMBER No Signed Letter of Com pliance Has Been Re " ceived, Head Says. WASHINGTON . —(#)—NRA still had not received a signed letter of Blue Eagle compliance from Henry Ford today, though a local dealer indicated his intention to bid en approximately $2,000,000 of war department contracts. R. P. Sabin¢, of the Northeast Motor Company, a Ford dealer and his attorney, F. Hunger Creech, conferred at NRA headquarters with 1. D. Everitt of the automo tive section. : - After this conference it was learned the war department was taking bids today on a large con tract and that Sabine intended to compete. - = So far as NRA officials were concerned, a signed letter from the Ford Motor company still was awaited. It was thought Sagne’'s bid might be submitted conditionally subject to possible receipt of the signed letter of compliance, but whether such a bid would be ac cepted was up to the war depart ment. NRA offtcials said they had no indication that the letter of com pliance approved Saturday by Hugh S. Johnson would not be signed by a responsible Ford Mo tor official, but said they krew of no person in the capital quali fied to sign for Ford. George Stone Class Will Hold Barbecue Members of Rev. George Stone's Sunday School class will be guests at a barbecue Wednesday after noon at one o'clock at the Oconze Street Methodist church. The Stone class, one of the oldest and most popular of the religious or ganizations in Athens, has some thing over a hundred members, For yvears Rev. 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Are your working conditions better?”’ These were the questions by whieh President Roosevelt urged citizens to judge the progress of the recovery program when, as shown here, he pro pounded a farewell message from the White House before leaving on month’s cruise to Hawaii. Cruiser Bearing President And Party Heads for Haiti HEARING RESUMED. BY GEORGIA P. S. C. ATLANTA, —(#)—The Geor gia Public Service Commisgs ion today resumed its inves tigation of rafiroad freight rates in Georgia after a week'’s recess .to allow the Southern Railway and affillated lines additional tim® to answer. a questionaire submitted by the commission. GALLANT-BELK aAFE IS ENTERED SUNDAY Attempted Robbery Is Failure; Local Police Working on Case. Safe-breakers bored the safe In Gallant-Belk's store sometime Sun day, but nothing was stolen, no money béing there at the time. The prowlers, it was belleved, entered through a window on the third floor of the Building. Clty police are working on the case, The police docket for the week end showed a total of thirty-two arrests: 11 for drunkenness, 5 for disorderly conduct, 2 for reckless driving while drunk, six for gamb ling, one for disorderly conduct and gambling, 1 for double park ing, three on warrants, 1 for driv ing with no nights, 1 for one-light driving, and 1 for speeding. County Policemen Claude Kidd and Bailiff George Nash took George Bentley, colored, into cus tody Sunday for possession of liquor on the Sandy Creek road. Flyi thers of ying Brothers o Brocklyn Land Near . - Poland Destination TORUN, Poland.— () —Brook lyn’s flying brothers, Joseph and Benjamin Adamowicz, were forced down near here today enroute to Warsaw, making their fourth landing in Europe after conquer ing the Atlantie. A defective gasoline pipe was the trouble this time. Neither of the brothers was hurt and the plane was not damaged in the landing. They hoped to fix the gasoline pipe by 4 p. m. and make an other start to Warsaw, their goal when they left Brooklyn. The soda pop manufacturers apparently find flying over the continent much more trying than the ocean. They were forced down in a po tato field at Crossen, Germany, last night because of a gasoline shortage. The flight to Crossen was made from Paris, where the pair had gone after being forced down Saturday at Flers, France, following the hop from Harbor Grace, N. K, ' A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—sc Sunday Landing Will Be Made At Puerto Rico Friday After Stop-Over. By FRANCIS M. STEPHENSON ABOARD THE U. 8. S. GILMER ACCOMPANYING PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. — (&) — President Roosevelt turned to the open sea ‘today, striking out on his historic Journey to the American posses sions of the Atlantic and Pacific. The cruiser Houston, carrying the President, neared Hampton Roads at dawn for a final ex change of official papers after a cheering send-off as darkness fell last night at Annapolis, Md. From Hampton Roads, the President goes to the high seas, stopping briefly at Haiti Thursday before landing at Puerto Rico Fri day to travel across the island. A gay flotilla of small craft sur rounded the Houston in midstream at Annapolls and shrieked fare well to the happy President, bent eagerly on his sea vacation. A band on the destroyer Gilmer hailed the commander-in-chief aboard the Houston with the Star Spangled Banner. Mr. Roosevelt stéod at attention and saflors manned the rails. A few moments later the Houston was underway, with the last flick ers of sunset glowing over the (Continued On Page Three) LOCAL WEATHER T e e e .S S s Generally fair tonight and Tuesday except local thunder showers Tuesday afternoon. The following weather re ports covers the 24-hour pe riod ending at 8 a. m. today: TEMPERATURE BHodt .. c.ooviei seosnive: NN T G e N e P R MOBN v i Ve any o R NOrmAl: . cvisvone vokn i bvertßil RAINFALL Inches last 24 hours .. .. 007 Total since July 1 .. & ..:007 Deficiency since July -1 .... 0.09 Average July rainfall .. .. 4.9§ Total since January 1 .. ..31.85 Excess since January 1 .... 2.96 Twenty Local Methodists Will Attend Danielsville Conference About twenty Ath:2nians are ex pacted to attend the Distric confer ente of pastors and laymen of the Methodist churches of the Athens- Elberton district to be held in Danielsville Friday, Each of the three Methodist churches here will be represent ed by delegates, with the pastors from each church atending Fizst Methodist will have ths largestl number of delegates. | The main address of the meet ing will be made by {Bishop Ains worth and an address will be given by T. J. Lance, president of Young Harris college, on “I will Be Chris tian”. The wvester service will be }condnct.ad by Rev. Lester Rup. VON HINDENBURG f 5 SEEKING SAFETY OF FRANZ VON PAPEN Vice-Chancellor's Aides Are Among Victims of Hitler’s Group. PRESIDENT VERY ILL - Hundreds Are = Arrested Over Week-End to Subdue Uprising. By LOUIS P. LOCHNER Copyright 1934 By The Associated Press BERLIN. — A bold gtroke from President Paul Von Hindenburg today, calling the Reichswehr ‘to. the defense of Vice Chancellor Franz Von Papen's safety, was quickly followed by ifivices, from uvnusually well informed quarters that the vice chancellor would re sign, or would be ousted at the instigation of Chancellor Hitler, probably ‘tomGrrow. e Advisors said that Prussian Pre mier Hermann Wilhelm Goering would succeed Von Papen in the vice chancellory. President Von Hindenburg, who earlier in the day had sent his congratulations and blessings to both Hitler and Goering, threaten ing a state of siége if Von Papen ‘were victimized for his recent bold stand in criticizing some Nazi policies. ‘ A guard of special blackshirt soldiers was delegated to ensurs Von Papen’s safety. ; Ultimate Fate 3 The ultimate fate of the vice chancellor, bitter conservative erit ic of some of the Nazi methods, had become a question of burning moment in Germany when his friend and a patron, President Vom Hindenburg, gave his blessings ta Chancellor Hitler today. o The president form his retreat in Neudeck where he is lying I} telegraphed the chancellor: : “You have saved the German people from serious. dangers. 3 express to you my deep-thanks and gratitude. With cordial regards?” So far as was known to the general public Von Papen was still forbidden to leave his apartment adjoining Hitler's several ofl hig close collaborators were dead. 5 Two Leaders Die Thoge executed in Sitnrdayf! ruthless “liquidation” of Nazi ex tremists and rightist opposed to the Nazi regime, included Wernes Von Alvensleben, Von Papen's close friend. The vice chancellor's adjutant, Friedrich Von Tschirsky, was reported to have committed sulcide. Von Papen's secretary, Hubert Von Bose wag said to m gone the same way. X Others cloge to Von Papen w:olfi said to have been given the alter native of doing away with thegf selver or facing the firing squad;, It was apparent to all that ler and his Chief Adjutant, Hi e . ok {:‘ (Continued On Page Thuo)hif" Two U. S. Davis Cup Stars Advance Today in Wimbledon Meet WUMBLEDON, ENG.—(#)—The United States won an even break today in the quarter-finals of the all-England tennis championships, Frank X. Shields and Sidney :B. Wood, jr, the Davis Cub aces, winning to the semi-final round with Fred Perry, England's cub leader, and Jack Crawford, de fending champion from Austrilfa. Perry put out the Cup veteran George M. Lott,'Jr., in a bittebly contested four set match 6-4, 2-6, 7-5, 2-6 7-5, 6-0. Shields has a hard tussle against Henry Wilfred (Bunny) Austrin, England's No. 2 player, bzfore’ winning 4-6, 2-6, 7-5 6-3 7-5 6-3,° 7-5, but Wood advanced }%* at the expense of ernon Kirby veteran South African player 6-1, 6-4, 3-6 6-0. e Shields meets Crawford a.nqi Wood goes against ‘Perry in the semi finals, : pastor of th Firsy Methodist churoh here. iniias Miss Julia Price of Ahens will lead the opening devotional, Rev. W. S. Norton, conferense axecutive secretary of Clu'llt‘f&ze education; Miss Earline® Dowda, conference director of young peo= ple’s work; and Meriwether hg-" nett, president of the conference voung peoples organization, all of Atlanta, will take part in mfio gram, Wk e Fred Birchmore, Jr., a member of the First Methodist church here and Rev. J. W. Veatch, m& elder of the distriet, will also taka: (Continued On Page Three) «
