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’ COTTON MARKET l MIDDLING. ... «e:* Tk g e PREV. CLOSE...c o vises 12180 Vol. 101, No. .153. .. . HE Washington Lowdown —— Rodney Dutcher - No Overestimating l Convince Farmers Seek to Explain Banner-Herald Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON - — ¥ou ican't ibly overestimate the impor ponce of AAA’s summer-fall cam ::ugn of counter propaganda., It's the most significant show in ail this 40-ring circgs. NRA doesn’'t yet know where it's headed. AAA does. AAA has rolled up itst sleeves for 4 finish fight in the open with s enemies. It will wage a grim, pard-hitting campaign to convince tens of millions of farmers and consumers that its enemieg are also theirs—and thus recruit them in fight. . mf\:j‘n enemies are the “middle men’—the processors and distrib utors who bandle and sell ug our food. Perhaps it’s a mistake to speak of & fully cohesive AAA campaign Its the “young liberals,” strongest put not always dominating force in the farm administration, who lead it And there are at least the makings of @an internal struggle gmilar to that in which Adminis. . pator George N. Peek was eased ;\ out to another job. Byt AAA does present a relative- Iv upited front in the struggle for mgher pricesi for farmers, fair prices for consumers, and only a reasonable spread of profits and costs for the middleman. And that simply means an attack on the profit system as it now exists, AAA sees it as an attack on pro: fiteering in the necessities of life as well as an attempt to save fars mers from exploitation by packers, willers, canners, milk distributors, gain traders, cotton manufactur ers, and other groups. If AAA wins its battle of coun< ter-propaganda, it will be support ed by an irrvesistible force of far mer and consumer pressure when the next congress convenes. If it loses, the farm program and the New Deal’s unprecedented consum er protection effort probably = are punk. ¢ Food industriess worth billions of dollars are opposing . it desperately. In congress they beat the amend ments to the Agricultural Adjust ment Act which would have en abled AAA to enforee its licensing and marketing agreements despite legal attacks, Flercely, they seek to convince farmers that they're being foreced toward slavery and both farmers and consumers that processing tax e are ruining them. They want no crop reduction, because they want lu‘buy cheaply. They want to fix brices to the consumer, And a large segment of public Opinion supports their viewg that -~ their profits are none of the gOV-~ . ernment’s business. Leading the AAA fight are Un dersecretary Rexford Tugwell, Gen eral Counsel Jerome Frank, and Dr. Fred Howe and Dr. Thomas C. Blaisdell of the Consumers! Coun ‘(‘fl; oafice. Adn}inistator Chester t;iowa‘ls has delivered some hard Bat processors who try to ;‘;"ltdafle AAA, but is handicapped favor [h(:e n‘Om mtion Chlets WhO . € middlemen, pa?fi?uega\r?ft\mmc is entirely sym- Sily am:‘l h‘the llbe-rals. but sin- Derts 10Us not to interfere with o o 4 Could read the texts of Tugwell’s Towa and South Dakota SPeeches you woulqg appreciate the “Urprising holdness with which '\1::(1: Suddenly waging war. The E 8 Were partly a collabora “\i:’l““ I«‘i)c il'iif'] !.m\l brains in AAA, Un‘fi\’ ]l\i;‘\t‘. x x;xSL that thElr 'l‘uu\\'«'lf ,v,‘:.K“fim 9 Sy DS il Hed names, suggest il }m Libby, MeNeil and Libby £ JUght AAA because the com g ""‘”“'.‘tt\‘ 4 subsidiary of Swift & \~~fi~“ I‘LI“"“ ‘i'i“i\:\: industry, which likes ”«Hyn to u})el'ule as it haks .ilui‘\zf‘\«“‘luui Thomasi Wick- He \ Althur Cutten, grain men. Sumerg o | farmers and con o Of othery whg he says are ":‘;““‘}‘ t 0 exploit them. 4? \u:‘ SCeKs to explain that b & rutplen ¢ foreed upon it Which enay.© . €COnomie system du ,‘“,H“”“”’ Ndustry to cut pro db o tten maintain prices Wil b ing ui;}.;x\A\:ukl‘:»‘”\.“.i ’\hlmes that O an even ne . Uré Can be put both win .. S!S with industry, Bundanee - "Used to produce fn il b ( ~ that limited profits Beap i . CCRETaI ryle, Broungg 1. U that op the home Stant)y, “l‘ L :if"‘!‘uh are con- T, iu‘ ¢ol ggreements eMPtions “Ur dnti-trust ex f v“,.zy_'_”‘“"“ PErmit examination Which gjgpn. 'ooks anqg records, ‘; :xv.; “jl“;“z tell Whether pro faiy ‘\"»”‘:’r Rildmeryg are ge‘nng a There's i - becayge \q [ CHeTS' agreement Hag Ui‘lS[ed on a (Contingey - °n Page Piye) ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Full Associated Press Service Myers To Be Postmaster, Anderson Acting-Postmaster Hitler Calls for Peace And Quiet, And Orders Political Truce CHANCELLOR GIVES PYANPLE: OES OO VTN BETEAT Plans of Von Papen Are Not Yet Completed; - Free But Guarded By LOUIS P. LOCHNER Associated Press Foreign Staff (Copyrighted, 134, by The Asso ciated Press) B E RTlTN,—(®)—Adolf Hitler called for peace and quiet and or dered a political truce Saturday af ter the most turbulent week of the Nazi regime, The chancellor set an exampl=2 of outward calmness for the Ger man people by leaving Berlin and going to his retr2at in the Bava rian Alps, at least for the week end and posibly for a longer vaca tion.. Sub leaders,- who helped Hitler brzak up revolt with firing squads a week ago Saturday, also were reported resting. Vice Chancellor ¥ranz Von Pap en, whose position has not yet bzen clarified, was smiling when visited in his home Saturday. “My plans are not yet complete,” said the aristocratic fri=nd of Pres ident =~ Paul Von Hindenburg. “Everything is still unsettled.” Von Papen Free The political truce leaves him vice chancelor, free to come and go as he pleages, although his house still is guarded, presumably to protect him from hot-blood=d Nazis. . " The government still is on the alert, the propaganda ministry in dicated, for any sign of renewed efforts of dissatisfied elements to overthrow the Hitler regime. Activities of secret police will continue through the “true=,” which if carried out as planned means that no major change can be made during July, 5 The cabinet, which rules Ger many as a legislative as well as executive body, will have no meet (Cantinued on page six.) Republican Leaders Sound War Cry at Birthday Gathering JACKSON, Mich.—(#)—Sounding the drums of the coming election wars, two leaders of the republi can party—Henry P. Fletcher, chairman of the national commit tee, and Senator Arthur H. Van denberg, Saturday charged the democratic administration with taking steps toward “emasulation of the constitution.” Similarly, Hanford MacNider, former United States minister to Canada, in an address Friday, charged the constitution was “be ing undermined.”” Other republi cans attending a celebration here of the 80th _anniversary of the birth of their party, in remarks Saturday left no doubt that one of the war cries of the coming cam paign will be “back to the consti tution.” Chairman Fletchees and Bena tor Vandenberg assailed the dem ocratic administration for the es tablishment of what they termed a ‘“bureaucracy” and for a fiscal policy which they said was setting up a huge debt' that ultimately must be paid “by taxatlon or re pudiation.” Other Features in This Issue SPECIAL ARTICLES Soecial. Service School Opens— page 5. Pittman Speaks at Gainesville— page 3. Former Athenian Defends La mont—page 6. “He Financed The Revolution”— page 6. Athenian’s Recipes Nationally Recognized—page 3-A. Jean Patou Writes On Style— page 3-A, . 1,600 Attend Methodist Meeting— NEW PRESIDENT s S e e e o i Rt e B BB Gy B s . e s B s G e G R S B ,:;.;:;:;;;;:;:;:;:;:;:;;;:;:;:;:;:;:v:1:1:::::112:?:::1#:1;’1:1 T Bt R s R R N 8 SRR L ":':l' R SR A Y T e iR R e B B e s B B Z 3‘75>5:55;:::5%§55?€3‘?§: A S G fif‘% - L, R B S i R : T ki 2 . Ry R .55 e B ~ G R o Sy B h Lo S S B ; B o Y B 3 R S : ; LTS e A R ::.' 4 % i gL 3 = B S A v e e o T T GEORGE H. KING Former University Profes sor Now Head of Abra ham Baldwin College TIFTON, Ga.—(P)—CGeorge H. King, former associate professor of rural education at the Univer sity of Georgia, has assumed his duties as the second president of Abraham Baldwin 'Agricultural college her:.. - Vg & Protessor XK'ng succeeded J. G. Woodroof, Ph. D, resigned. The college completed its first term this year in' giving practical training in farming ‘and home making to 95 boys and girls. Professor Kir g graduated from the Unlversity of Georgla with an A. B. S. agricultural degree in 1924 and received his M. S.- de gree in 193 Z. He spent a year at Cornell university doing work to ward a Ph. D. degree. Ho taught two years in -the rural consolidated schools of Mar ion county, 1921-23 and tgught vocational agriculture ahd was principal of the Windér High school for four years, 1924-29. He was associate professor of #ural education a: _the University of Georgia for four years. While holding this position he was in charge of evening class work for farmers and through assistance given the teachers of voecational agriculture in Georgia, caused the enrollment in evening classes to increase from 1,100 to approxi mately 6,600, L 5 4 9 Mr. King came here in July mst year to accept the position of dean of instruction and professor of farm ranagement at Abraham Baldwir Agricultural rcollege. He (Contlnued on Page Six) Six Persons Are Slain In Day-Long Rioting in Strects of Amsterdam AMSTERDAM.—(#)—Six - persons wers killed Saturday and scores wounded in day-long battling be tween police and - unemployed while army tanks crushed down barricades and gunfire swept -the streets of Amsterdam. One of the wvictims was an old woman who attempted to cross a street. Deaf, she did not hear the command to citizens to remain be hind locked doors. She got two bullets in the back. The rioting began three days ago, growing out of protests over a cut in the municipal dole. Con fined at first to the Jordaam work ers’ district, the disorders spread Saturday. to sixteen other areas of the city, REGULAR FEATURES Sports—pages 2 and 3. Society—pages 4 and 1-A, Church News——page 4. Omnibus—page 5. Stocks and Bonds—page §. Gardens, Old and New—page 1-A, Books and Movies—page 2-A. Woman's Page-—page 3-A. Clarke County Rural News—page 6-A. 3 Mtodflmd-& e R Athens, Ga., Sunday, July 8, 1934 SPEEDY—AND HOW! A new high record for speed was established by City Council Friday night when, almost in the twinkling of an eye and, without batting an eye, it calmly and non chalantly voted away the right of the people of Athens to bus service which has been furnished by the Georgia Power Company since the latter was permitted several years ago to discontinue the street car:. Unfortunately, though, the speedy ones were not to enjoy their newly earned prestige for long, for with the Georgia Power Company it was a case of “no sooner said than done”; meaning that in less than twenty-four hours following the councilmanic action, the city was pre empted of busses. Yessiree there’s not ‘“nary” bus in Athens this morning, so, if you aim, dear reader, to ride one of ’em to church today, don’t waste your time stand ing on the corner, In view of which, it is perhaps a toss-up as to who is entitled to the fur-lined bath tub—City Council or the Georgia Power Company, although the odds seem, to be in favor of the latter. We are not informed as to the reason for rushing the busses away almost before the ink was dry on the minutes of council granting the power company the right to abandon service in Athens, bul the fact remains that the familiar public carriers formed an impressive ‘“‘motorcade’” at noon yesterday, headed toward Atlanta. Whether there was urgent need for the busses in Atlanta, or whether it was deemed ad visable to shake the dust of Athens off their tires before the “storm broke’”, we do not know, but it is a fact that they are gone. All of which, we regard as unfortunate. As far as our actual knowledge goes, the Georgia Power Company may have valid and unanswerable reasons for wishing to discontinue bus service in Athens. Likewise, City Council may have acted wisely and prudently in grant ing the petition, but even conceding this, we contend that, in so vital a matter, the tax-payers were entitled to adequate advance notice that the abandonment pe tition would be considered and acted upon in order that those who were opposed te such action might be afford ed an opportunity to present their views. We are living in a fast age and speed is a valuable ad junet in many of our relations, but in matters of such grave import, City Council, before acting, should seek the advice of those whom it serves—the people—and be guided by their wishes. In a case of this kind, it would have been much more admirable to ‘“make haste slow ly,” as City Council is perhaps beginning to realize in view of the widespread indignation expressed in many quarters yesterday. Annual Two-Day Institute Of Georgia Women’s Clubs Will Begin Here Tuesday President Roosevelt Promises “New Deal” To Puerto Ricans By FRANCIS M, STEPHENSON Associated Press Staff Weriter SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico.—(A)— President Roosevelt told Puerto Rico Saturday that it will get its “‘new deal” by the same methods used jin the Unite@ States, but warned that rehabilitation takes a long time, The president broadcast his mes cage from the governor's palace after conferences in which he agreed to a program of rehabili tation.. Details of the plan were not giv en out, but it was assumed that it is the one which has been given the attention of Rexford G. Tug well, under secretary” of agricul ture, and island “brain trusters,” {After his speech the president boarded the Cruiser Houston which steamed out for St. Thomas, Vir gin Islands, the next stop in his long trip. “We must look ahead,” said the president in his speech. “That is why we have come to an agree ment in principle on a program of rehabilitation, that it wil take a great many years to accomplish. “It cannot be accomplished in one vear. We must look ahead.” The president was up early this morning after his strenuous day yvesterday when he drove across the rain-swept island from Maya guez. He was a guest last night of Governor Blanton Winship. Baby Speaks Only 1 Minute After Birth MEXICO, D. F.—(#)—The story of the child born able to speak, which bobs up periodically among Peong of Mexico, is being told again at Acapulco in the state of Guarrero. The son of an Indian woman, a minute after birth uttered a pre diction that Mexico will undergo six months of -catastrophies, it was reported. The baby is said to have died a few minutes later. Superstitious Mexicans were terrified. They recalled another portent of evil, the flashing of a Mrs. Rufe |. Turner Is President of Athens Woman's Club The program for the club insti tute of the Georgia Federation of Women’s clubs which will be held at the University. of Georgia, Tuesday ang Wednesday, July 10~ 11, was announced Saturday by President S. V. Sanford of the University of Georgia. It is as follows: - Tuesday, July 10, 9:00 a. m,, registration, Memorial hall library, Mrs. Paul Morrow, chairman; 9:45 a. m. opening exercises: song, ‘“Georgia Land”; club pray er by Mrs. R. J. Turner, presi dent of Athens Woman’s club; salute to the flag by Mrs. Murray Soule; introduction of c¢lub insti tute committee and the local come mittee; presentation of Mrs. R. J. Turner, president of Athens Woman's club; Mm. B B Ritchie, president as Georgia Fed eration of Women's clubs; Mrs. J. W. Gholston, Federation direc tor of Georgia; Dr. Josephine Pierce, director of the Club Insti tute; welcome by Dr. S§. V. San ford, president of the University, and Dr. E. D. Pusey, professor of education. 10:30 a. m, “New Values in Homemaking,” by Dr. Josephine Pierce, and “Our Federation’s Plans for the Home,' by Mrs. W. W. Starke; 12:060, “Citizens of Tomorrow,” by Dr., Josephine (Continued On Page Three) LOCAL WEATHER Mostly cloudy, local thunder showers in south and central portions Sunday; Monday gen erally fair, local thundershow ers in south portion. The following report covers the 24-hour period ending at 5 p.m. Saturday. TEMIPERATURE DR ... . . i i a 0 Bi B D R o i kil B . .o i s 380 RAINFALL Inches last 24 h0ur5........ 0.00 Total since July 1..... p.... 1.02 Deficiency since July 1.... .10 Average July rainfall...... 4.96 Total since January 1......30.44 Excess since January 1.... 2.88 \ City 7 Council Permits Action at Meeting Friday Night Power Company Agrees To Cover Exposed Car Tracks in City Bus service in Athens discon tinued Saturday at noon, after City Council, meeting Friday night, approved the abandonment of the line on condition that the Georgia Power company, which operates the Athens Coach company, cover the exposed street car tracks per manently. {Besides this act, Council passed in a session lasting barely one hour, three other important mo tions wheh are expected to have a material effect on the city: Broad street will be pavéd from Hill street to Milledge avenue pro viding the county furnishes part of the necassary funds, an emendment to the 1934 tax ordinance gives gas oline companies an alternative to the recent tenth-of-a-cent per gal lon tax which has caused so much dissension recently, and a. city street planning board was ap proved Gives Figures ‘ T. A, Gibson of the Georgia Pow ’er company appeared before coun cil to ask that the Athens Coach company be permitteq to abandon the buses. H 2 brought figures (Continued On Page Thres) Citizens Talk Plans To Protest as Buses Quit, Go to Atlanta Two developments quickly fol lowed the abandonment of bus service here Saturday noon, as a result of city council’'s action Friday night in giving the Geor gia T'ower company permission to cease operating the buses. The first was announcement that all five of the buses which had been in operation up until noon, had been sent to Atlanta during the afternoon. The second development was the crystalizing of plang for a citizens protest meeting to be held during the next few days. The Banner-Herald was inform ed that plans were being con sidered to lay the situation be fore the State Public Service commission with the possible re quest that the old street car ser vice be restored in Athens by order of the commission. The time and place for the meeting will be announced through the newspapers. More Machine Guns Rushed Into Streets "~ Of San Francisce i SAN FRANClSCO.—(®)—Addi tional machine guns, manned by policemen, were rushed suddenly to various downtown buildings in San Francisco Saturday to rein force the long lines of machine guns and bayonetted rifles in the hands of 2,000 national guardsmen on duty at San Francisco's water front, the scene of riots Thursday in which two men were killed, and many injured, in clashes between police and striking longshoremen. Except to say that “threats” had been made, no explanation was given for the police activity. It was not explained what the “threats” were. The police ma chine guns were put in position outside the national guard sector. PoliCe headquarters said the bluecoat guard assignments in cluded ten men on a 24-hour basis at a warehouse in the industrial district; an undisclosed number at the San Francisco Industrial association; four each at the es tablishments of the two morning newspapers, and one each at the plants of the two afternoon dai lies. Individuals at the various points guarded declined to amplify the policy explanation of the assign ments. . Under the muzzles of the guns Segoluprashs A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday ANOTHER BIRTHDAY e g R R »"‘/‘I AT ik o RGN vo4 W Y ?> S e s B oed o T R R ,{’ .. RS BN g RS R e © WST NS N JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, SR. ROCKEFELLER HAS ~ ANOTHER BIRTHDAY ‘Famous Oil Millionaire ~ Is Ninety - five Years Young Today ‘ By JOHN FERRIS ~ Associated Press Staff Writer. LAKEWOQOD, N. J.—(&)—John D. Rockefeller comes to his 95th birthday anniversary Sunday in health as good as anyone may reasonably expect, although the iheat of the past few weeks has ‘enfeebled him to such an extent that even those close to him have marked its effects. For that reason it is expected that the celebration of his birth day, never an exciting affair since the Rockefellers have always chosen to keep it a family cele bration, will be even more quiet this year. Sunday will be the first time in 15 years that the aged capitalist has been absent from his estate near Tarrytown, N. Y. on his birthday. In 1919 he left it with his brother, the late William Rockefeller, and motored to Seal Harbor, Maine. A month ago, Kyk-Uit, the Rockefeller mansion near Tarry town, was made ready for his re turn but this was delayed due to the heat. : His son, John D. Rockefeller, jr., left his adjoining Pocantico Hills estate Saturday to come here for Sunday with his father. On one point, however, those close to the venerable capitalist were agreed: that advanced age | has wrought little if any change ; (Continued on page six.) Tammany Hall Leaders . . Said to Be Hastening Election of New Head NEW YORK.— () —As Post master General James A. Farley prepared to leave Thursday for an extensive western trip, leaders close to the administration were reported Saturday night to be seeking to hasten the election of a new head of Tammany Hall. Stalematéd since the unprece dented ouster of John F. Curry, who had incurred the administra tion's disfavor, members of Tam many’s executive committee plan ned informal conferences Monday. Even though the conferences, to be held in the Wigwam, overlook ing Union Square;, fail to evolve a compromise, party leaders hoped they would afferd -some means of judging the. comparative strength of the candidates. Key West Pins Future Hopes On Great Over-Sea Causeway KEY WEST, Fla. — (&) — Key West, the “city of cisterns,” pins much of its hope for revival of past glories on the building of great over-sea bridges to close the remaining gaps in the ribbon of road that hae its start in Maine. For years, citizens of this city that gathers its water supply from skies alone, have pounded away at various ageneies- trying to sel the dreani of an international highway joining the two Americas — with Key West as the connecting link. Now, with the ecity and sur rounding county, on their own pe tition, in the hands of the Fed eral Emergency Relief administra tion, chances for obtaining a fed eral loan for bridges are looked upon by the citizenry as béing ex cellent. . R For how, they ask, from. offici GONGRESSMAN PAIL BAONN JNOUNCES CHOICES SATURDIY D. G. Anderson to Serve Until J. R. Myers Is : Confirmed LISTS ELICIBLES Anderson to Receive No tice from Postoffice Department Over long distance telephone to the Banner-Herald Saturday night, Congressman Paul Brown of El berton said he is recommending Jonas R. Myers for the position of permanent postmaster here and D. G. Anderson ag acting postmaster to serve until Mr. Myers ig con= tirmed by the senate at the next session of corngress. : “The three eligible for post= master at Athens are as follows: Eligible 1 ,Jonag R. Myers; Eligi= ble 2, Joseph K. Patrick; Eligible 3. H. Del Leon Southerland,” Con= gressman Brown said. “I received this list from the Post Office department Saturday and am recommending Mr, Myers for the position of permanent post master and am recommending Mr. D. G. Anderson as acting poste master to serve until Mr. Myersis confirmed by the senate at the next session of congress” Mr. Brown announced. : Certain of Confirmation Congressman Brown feels certain his selection will be confirmed since not a single one of his nom inees have been turned down by the senate. The representative did not know when Mr. Andersom would receive notics to take up his duties as acting-postmaster and notification . will be sent Mr. Ane derson by Postmaster Genera] Far ley. It is thought it will be a week or ten days before the post office administration will change hands as it usually takes that long for the incumbent to check up and the in coming official to arrange the usual postmaster's bond, ete. Twelve applicants were origis nally in the contest for postmaster. Eligibles Announced Last Sunday’s Banner-Herald announced in an exclusive story (Continued On Page Three) Young Draftsman Is Kidnaped Saturda & 5 In Pittsburgh Street PITTSBURGH, Pa.—(P)—Two men Saturday night kidnaped a young draftsman from in front of his home and sped away with him in a big red sedan (Packard) after forcing him into the car, police reported. While 2 young woman looked on helpless, Maxie Smith, 33, was dragged into the car after fighting with one of the strangers, accord ing to the police report. As the sedan sped away, Smith shouted to the girl: ) “Get the license number.” She reported it as: D-U-91, Acting on their first meager in formation, city detectives ordered a dragnet laid on all highways surrounding Pittsburgh. It was shortly after 9 p. m. when the big sedan drove up in front of the boarding house in Highland avenue. A dapper look ing young man was at the wheel. A dark looking man was lolling against a wall on the opposite side of the street. Thea two acted together. relief administration’s scheme to make Key West a great tourist center to blossom into fullest fruit without tapping a lone line of au tomobiles bearing visitors into Florida? Ferries now carry automobiles across these gaps, but the tedium of the long water journey, plus necessity for making accurate con=- nections, have, officials say, deter red motorists, Mayor W. H. Malone, who told the FERA to "“write your own ticket,” in recreating this city, i 8 not one of those who think bridges are prerequisite to transs forming Key West into a “Bermu= da of Florida.” He believes sufficient visitors will come by boat, train, airplane and te&ries fortm réal the e e Rg S E R S eUG T 3 v
