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COTTON MARKET ; WIDDLING. ..o wsss soe ... 12%0 ‘ ?HEV.CLOSE,... AR —— THE | r < t Washington Lowdown e P — Rodney Dutcher v___________________—— Assination? 9 Right to Be Catty i Job for Heflin ' , - —— Washingtgon Correspondent i WASHINGTON —lt did luuk fur' poment as if Seerstary Wallass | i;-‘;' about to be assassinated. mhat was one of the momenw’ otl melodrama and comedy lr} “al'l jace's midnight adventure with the rocess servers, on & northboundl tf.f;” that you didn't hear about.; ‘:‘r\",”‘ days of semi-excitement | :”'“W Department of Agriculture | preceded the secretary’s departure. ! Railroad officials and the depart-' ment's OWI traffic bureau report@dl mysterious attempts to Isarn what | {lilA“ he would take. I Imquiries by telephone even rep resented themselves as members otl the AAA dairy section. Oue was | gotted as a Maryland dmryman{ and was found to have reserved a perth on Wallace's train. Reservations couldn’t be vhanged,i o the Wallace staff decided to send along John R. Fleming, the gecretary’'s research and editorial‘ assistant, to fend off pests. | Nobody recalled that Maryland | daity company’s suit to keep AAA? from examining its books or had ' peard of the summons which must pe served in Maryland, if at all. Lots of summonses are served oni Wallace, He never sees them. | Wallace undresses and gets tm‘ sleep rapidly. He did that on poarding the train, ¥leming satl in the smoking room, its (:Lll‘tHinJ turned aside so he could see whof entered the car. 1 Into the darkened carriage came | four grim strangers. Fleming fol owed, found them poking about, verths, looking at numbers. 1‘ Murder and violence were about‘ gl the unarmed Fleming, could think of. He accosted the quartet, which did little to relieve his fears. Mysteriously, they insisted they must “see Wallace.” After awhile they admitted they tad warrants. Two showed hadges.i Fleming couldn't dissuade them. | One stuck his head in the berth, mumbled soniething and dropped papers on the recumbent, semi-. cnseious Wallace, who brushed them from hig stomach so they fell on the floor., This happened twice. Doubtless a porter swept up the summonses Next day Wallace announced he'd be glad to accept service on his return through (Baltimore. No hody greeted him. The D. A, so licitor is scratching his head, try ing to determine i{f a Ssummons can be legally served in a night-gowned cabinet member's berth. * * . Has Right to Get Catty If any cabinet member is per mitted to be catty at moments it should be Secretary of Labor Per kins, lone femals, @ After a year in whiech General Johnson had grabbeq the big jobs of labor mediation, all sueh work had been given to tha new Na tional Labor Relations Board—and Miss Perkins. She celebrated the fact in a public statement which sald pointedly o ‘lts (NLRB's) jurisdiction can- Not be disturbeq by any person or dgencies in the executive branch U the government,” * K & : Heflin Hunts Job bat'{’,}':‘%.m’\\- eyes deceive me: Ala+ lm"{;‘\i']"‘"’:'1"«”“1‘ lnm Heflin, in s ::‘ white Ivu\.\' tie, and trop - viothes, trudging around to Visit old friends at the Capitol and the departments j : iy n . in search of a fl‘»»:x:uqf h\ one some time. ““u Elisabeth Gilman of b fn‘,‘mk 5 \ u\'er 60..1.)icketin8 with g “}Ww A in brjoxlmg heat abiout b ird demanding: ‘“Wha\y Beiinat 1\ Johnson?" in protest biu‘,r-\" L\llfun\.\;u l‘)! the NRA em. She's :11' president, Dresldent o o OF the fikes versity “n]“ n\ Hopkins Uni 80cial cgyusec * all, her money to Socialig; candi .Aq‘m? the Maryland B & e for senator, .. . 8l dolleq .. -oßan of Kentucky, e Since press gallery ate's .8 voted him the Sen (Copyrigns rciess dreaser. 44, NEA Service, ; Ine,)) Mississinn: T Sissippians Vote “e&dav With 25-Year d Dry Law at Stake JACK ‘_—>?‘—‘~ by 8 lap. o rUSS—(B)—Spurred thousang. 5o ¢ Of enthustasm, today 1, ... SSiSsippians voted B oo 088 ThEle . wet aae Year.g)q 1S the state's 25- iry’ record, and Comy the top of those Ble 5 prohibiting the Gling .. ture of intoxi ! : ‘ within their Balizg ballot against le “Ount ; “Oth the state and G tounty prohibition Versg, ~ Tepenl gr WViee 0 eveans i’w ' ?i:t.\' of the votes " b ~ 4@ repeal liquor f!‘ Whick, ~r ‘V;\" In these counties PR 1s rec ,;?:‘L‘\;_mohibitlon ma- ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Full Associated Press Service Board Formed To Aid Debt-Ridden Farmers Friday Set as Day for Hearing Chancellor ‘e . " on ‘‘Revolution NEW PROBLEM ARISES Shortage of Potatoes, Chief CGerman Staple, Is Now Seen BERLIN —(AP) —- The Reich stag, or parliament of Germany, which abdicated March, 23, 1933, in response to Chancellor Hitler’s demand for four years of dictator ial power, today was ordered con voked for Friday, to hear the iron-fist chancellor discuss the crushing of the “Second Revolu tion” in which many were executed June 30. Meanwhile, a new problem—one of many-—cropped up to add to pos gibility of unrest: a serious short age in potatoes, the chief staple food of all Germans. A drought and early frosts were blamed for this. Import quotas from Belgium and other colintries were increas ed to meet the emergency. New Development : Another development at Munich— seat of the geething revolutionary plot among the storm troops which led to the executions of a number of storm troop leaders—caused widespread comment. A secret or der was issued' to a section of storm troops there to turn in their arms, thus emphasizing the uncertainty of the political situa tion in southern Germany. Chancellor Hitler left his vacation 'rfitreat in the Bavariam Alps to re turn to Berlin, after a week-end vacation. ‘ While his return was awaited, as ‘was his coming address to the 'Reichstag, interest centered about ih!s reported plans for a vacation cruise this summer on the Baltic 'Sea., Should the oeccasion arise, it ‘was remarked widely, he would ‘thus be ready for a quick flight gtrom Germany. | Will Use Forum ~ Chancellor Hitler, who since ’June 30, the date of climactic events marking the beginning of 'the Second Revolution” .has kept giléent, once more will use the fo rum of the so-called national par liament to address the nation and the world. | His speech is calculated to ans wer innumberable questions that |German citizens and foreigners have been asking in explanation of the executions of June 30. The Reichstag has not met since January 30, thig year, when Chan cellor Hitler gave an exhgustive account of the first . year of his | stewardship. It is part of Titler’'s policy to call the Reichstag together only on the most important occasions when the attention of the entire world is focussed upon such a meeting, and ,then have the representatives of ]the people endorse his policies by loud acclaim. Abdicated In 1933 . The German Reichstag, parlia | (Centinued On Page Twn) Regulation of Nation's Wire and Wireless Sys tems Begins Wednesday WASHINGTON.—(#)—The na tion will start tomorrow the task of imposing unifiedq regulation on the nation’s vast wire and wireless systems. The new Federal Communica tions Commissions. with Eugene O, Sykes at its head, will mee¢t to or ganize its work and absorb the old radio commission, of which “Sykes has been chairman. One division of the n2w com mission will plunge quickly inio the routine of determining «han nels and wave lengths and other tasks connected with radio. As for telephone and telegraph, each of which will be under a divi sion of its own, much ground nmust be broken before any rate fixing or other definite results are =2Xx pected, Sykes has said the machin ery will pbe started as promptly as possible, but board studies must com= first. Congress, in fact, charged the commission to prepare a report by next February looxmg to any changes that need be made in the new legislation. Most of the 232 employes of the radio commissioh are =xpected to be transferred to the new outfit. The commissioners, who will re ceive SIO,OOO yearly salaries, ar2: Sykes, of Mississippl; Thad Brown of Ohio; Paul A. Walker, of Okla homa; Norman S. 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Prominent Citizens of ~ State - Will Speak at t ’ " Laymen’s Conference 1e i e } Cooperation Is going to be in sured—either by the people them selyes or by government flat or !ownershlp—in the building of a 'new social crder, President W. H. }Cox, of Emory university, told jschool superintendents, teachers, ilaymen and club women here this morning . . “In the economic world,” he declared, ‘‘cooperation must be planned, not only. for .the farm but for the city as well,” Educa 'wrs must cooperate to develop better homes ‘since they are not always giving fit material for our ’schools,” he continued. President S. V. Sanford, of the |Univgrsity of Georgia—where the Econfex‘énce is being held—declared ' that ‘“we realize that we must ’frmn time to time review and re |vise our standards, our aims, our "methods in every department of human activity., I have always felt that there is too great a ten dency in our country to leave the 'determ-:nation of our educational lpolicy to teachers. . | Other Businesses “We have never left the tariff problem or the banking problems or the railroad problems or other problems to experts, using that term to mean those engaged in the operations connected with those problems or policies. In all these commercial or industrial problems we have sought the coun sel of men in every walk of life, but in our educational. problems we have not done this. “The time has come to ask for help in solving our problems in ‘education, for education is our great business. We should rely on educators to work out the ma chinery of its operation but the policy™ of education is a public and not a class matter. From lay men )meetings we therefore ex pect tangible results. : . “Our plea, therefore, is this: ‘Come over into ‘' Macedonia and help us’.” i Chapman Speaks Speaking on “The Objectives of the College of Agriculture,”” Dean Paul W. Chapman said these are, first, to give competent and ade quate training to all those per sons in Georgia who wish to pre pare for a career in agriculture, and to supplement the training of (Continued on Page Two) . President Roosevelt e 0 Pays Visit Today to . . Colombia President By FRANCiS M. STEPHENSON I(Associated Press Staff Writer) ABOARD THE U..S. 8. GIL MER ACCOMPANYING PRESI DENT ROOSVELT — (AP) — Franklin D. Roosevelt cruised along the coast of South America today to pay his first visit as president of the United States to a neighbor continent. The Cruiser Houston is to put in at historic Cartagena to enable Mr. Roosevelt to take Iluncheon with President Olaya Herrera of Colombla. On the journey to South Amer ica from Virgin Isiands the pres ident displayed especial interest in reports of the Longshoremen’s stirke in San Francisco which were relayea to him from the White House. The Houston and her convoy destroyers ploughed lastt nigh through a heavy sea, waves splash ing over the decks in a bright, starlit tropical night. The south érn cross was clearly visible in the heavens. : . Athens, Ga., Tuesday,. July 10, 1934, Hope to Win Congression al Seats in Mid-West by Fight on NRA CHICAGO. —(AP).— .The G. O. P. pointed today one of its ma jor attacks of the forthcoming fall campaign on the NRA laws passed in appreximately. one third of the states of the union. : This line of campaigning was disclosed. by. Henry P. Fletcher, of Pennsylvania, newly elected chair man of the .Republican National committee, who. came to Chicago with other leaders of his party to map- a drive to win congressional seats in the agricultural midwest; and to .seek financial backing for the political wars ahead. “I .had not realized fully,” the Republican chairman said in an interview, “the extent to which the national administration has gone in the invasion of state rights. 1 chall .go into iha subkject ther oughly and ghall have a lot more to say about it later. Thig issue will be.takgn up specifically in every one of the stateg in which the legislatures .prostrated them selves so abjectly in response to demands from. Washington.” ‘While the. Republicans were get ting together the Democrats plin ned to do some work on their own account. : 4 | Mob in Louisiana Breaks Into Little Brick Jail to Take Victim BASTROP, La.—(#)—A young ’Negro farmer lay dead today— lynched by a mob that acted iquickly after officers reported he ~'had confessed an attempted at tack -on a prominent white girl. E Three hundred men hanged Andrew Mcieod, 26, from the lltmb of an oak tree on the court ‘house square here late last night despite his cries and pleas for 'mercy. Teday his body was is an undertaking establishment here tand auihorities investigated the mob action. McLeod was accused of at }tempting to attack the 19-year-old ;girl early Sunday near Jones, La. 30 miles from here. He was ar irested shortly after the attempted iattack and officers were preparing ! (Continued on Page Two) e LOCAL WEATHER e | Generally fair tonight and ; Wednesday. | The following report covers , the 24 hour period ending at 8 . a. m. today: | -eR eR S R | L RAONRAE . o ek vt teniessoß.o [ PEOER .v i i s 700 Ul e S RS S§ I RAINFALL Inches last 24 h0ur5...,..... 1.30 Total since July 1.......... 3.08 Excess since July 1........ 1.64 Average July rainfall...... 4.96 Total since January 1......32.50 Excess since January 1.... 3.64 Dr. Josephine Peirce Is Leader of Institute ) -Of Women'’s Clubs With clubwomen pouring into Athens from every section of Georgia, the two day of the Geor gia Federation of Women’'s Clubs in memorijal hali this morning. “The Home” was the first general topic considered. “When a nation loses respect for the home it begins. to decline,” Dr, Joseph Peirce, second vice president of the General Federa-~ tion of Women’s Clubs and leader of the Institute, warned, “and in no place are we women ‘more re sponsible than in the home." The brith of altruism is respon sible for the home, sne said, and “rugged individualism”, in its un desirable forms, is its greatest dan ger. . We are as old as our ability to changeé our attitude, according ta Dr. Peirce, and the present situa tion is a severe test, then, of our age, for we have had to make dras tic changeg in the physical and economic pattern of the home. Help Nation Suggestions as to how women must help to pull the nation through a period of distress and to build up new strength for the home were made by Dr. Peirce. “In the first place,” she said, “you can’t appreciate how much it will mean for you to keep up the atmosphere of cOurage in your homes when money troubles ap pear for the sake of both your husbandg and your children.” This doesn't mean concealing from the chil{ren that the income is small. Teach them to spend wisely, and let them take part in family deliberations on expendi tures. They will want to help if they are given the opportunity, Dr. Peirce assured the Institute. Family group Councils were urg ed by the gpeaker as one of the ‘best weapong against the disinteg ration of family life frequently ‘brought about by modern condi ‘tions. The entire family meefs a# ia deliberative body to discuss ‘questions affecting them _as a rwhole or individually, and decis ions reached which meet ‘he ap* proval of each member, Train Children ~ Train children to obedience bas ed on self reliance, she urged. l Mrs. Albert Hill, Greenville | (Continued on Page Two) . Bridges Wash Away . . Yesterday in Region Of Jefferson Road Five bridges, four in Jackson county, and one in Clarke county, were washed away, another up rooted from jts base, and crops considerably damaged yesterday by the heavy rain in the commu nity along the Jefferson highway, and the river road. Tree:, some of which were two: or three feet in circumference, were washed away, and twisted into all kinds of shapes, where the water from three small creeks along the two roads, over-ran the banks, and spread about the land. Crops located in low land, were nearly demolished by the water, and some crops planted on higher lands was partially ruined. The rain lasted about two hours in all. One of the peculiar things about the storm was the washing away of a large 15-gallon wash pot be longing to O. F. Martin, in Gum Log. Mr. Martin had left the pot some five or six yards away from the small branch running near his " (Continued on Fage Two) LET’S TALK IT OVER Citizens, indignant over the action of city council in authorizing the Georgia Power company and its subsid iary organization, the Athens Coach company, to discon tinue bus service in Athens, have called 2 mass meeting for Wednesaay night at 8 o’clock at the city hall for the purpose of protesting the abandonment transaction and agreeing upon the most effective method to be pursued h}oking to the restoration of either bus or street car ser vice. One group is in favor of petitioning city council to as semble and reconsider its hasty and unheralded action of last Friday night. Another group contends that council’s action is not complete until acquiesced in by the Georgia Public Ser viee commission, and wants to appeal to that authority to order service in Athens resumed. - Still another element feels that the Georgia Power company, in discontinuing transportation service here, has rendered itg franchise subject to forfeiture, and this contingent, somewhat retaliative, is talking of seeking aid from the federal government for the construction of a municipal light and power piant, ~ Yet another crowd—this one in an angry mood— wants to “appeal direct to Gene Talmadge to have the busses restored,” claiming this method will get quick action, The Banner-Herald doesn’t claim knowledge of the legality or the effectiveness of any of these suggested methods, and they are mentioned here largely for the purpose of reflecting the temper of citizens at large. It has been many years since we have witnessed such uni versal condemnation of an act affecting the general public. Citizens of Athens feel—and justifiably so—that certain of their rights have been taken away without proper consideration and without consulting their wishes, and they want them restored. e : City council is undoubtedly cognizant of this wide spread sense of dissatisfaction, Whatever may have been council’s motive in granting the abandonment petition, the public reaction constitutes adequate justification for that body reassembling for the purpose of reconsidering their last Friday action. Members of council hold office by reason of the public’s confidence in their ability and their courage to administer the affairs of the city in a fair and intelligent manner, and, should they see fit to reconsider the bus matter and have service restored, such action would amount to nothing more or less than carrying out the mandate of the people. We honestly believe city council will never be able to justify its last Friday action in the eyes of the tax-payers and voters, and with the odds standing so heavily against them, the gentlemen of council certainly cannot feel that their judgment in this matter is superior to that of hundreds of citizens who are displeased. However, Athens ought to be able to handle its own affairs without outside intervention; and, without even waiting for a mass meeting, we sincerely trust city coun cil will go about undoing the mistake it has made. Such action would be applauded by all right thin King citizens, for ‘“to err is human,,” but it requires real courage to admit an error and set about correcting it. Should city council remain adamant and immovable, the Georgia Power company, in view of the widespread and intense feeling in the matter, should voluntarily bring the busses back and gracefully absorb the rela tively small losses entailed in their operation, and thus justify in a concrete way their proud boast: ‘“A Citizen Wherever We Serve.” Citizen Meet Tomorrow To Protest Loss Of Buses Special Deputy Sheriff Is Killed in Seattle Busi ness District ‘ R — ~ SAN FRANClSCO,—(#)—Another death and increasing general strike ‘threats in three cities drew the Pacific coast maritime dispute rapidly toward a new cricis today as a federal board pleaded for an armistice. Gunfire added the seventh victim to the death list since the strike started May 9. Steve S. Watson, (48, a special deputy sheriff, fell !tatally wounded in a Seattle business district battle. The six previous victims were strikers or sympathizers, Watson and several other deputy sheriffs, who have been on decck duty, werg attacked all=gedly by strikers. The officers’ automobile was turned over. Ivan Gill, a un ion seaman, was releas=d by police after being questioned concerning a report companions of his had precipitated the fight. | Trade unions in Portland and Oakland took definite action tc:)-‘i ward general strikes while a simi lar threat hanging over San Fran cisco spurred the federal board to d=termined’/efforts to bring a truce. The board, which opened public hearings on the maritime dispute yvesterday under authority of fed eral law, moved swiftly behind the scénes to contact both shipowners and uinon representatives., Shipawners have been called to answer questions pertaining to an armistice prosopa! late today, O. ———— (Continued on Pagg Twh) i W DO OUR Pk - A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday Mass Meeting to Be Held In Council Chamber » +At 8 O'clock - . Leaders in the movement to hold a mass meeting at City Hall Wednesday night at eight o'clock told the Banner-Herald ‘ today they had received numer ~ ous calls from ladies asking if they could attend the meeting and take part in it, and asked the paper to announce that all ladies would not only be wel | come but are urged to take part in the deliberations. ’ Citizens of Athens will meet to [morrow night at 8 o’¢lock in the council chamber of city hall to 1 lodge their protest against discon tinuance of bus service here lastl Saturday noon by the Georgia| Power Company; to seek restora.,‘ tion of some form of public carrier service, or, as a last resort, to map | plans for seeking federal funds for‘ \ the establisnment of a municipal owned power plant in Athens. | Bus service was abandoned Sat urday afternoon, following per mission grven at the me=eting of city council Friday night. Cessa tion of the service without advance notice either of the raquest to b" made from council or for the act ual abandoning of service, brought numerous complains from Athe nians becaus® of {inconveniénce caused, Petitions were circulated Mon day and today to be signed and presented to the Georgia Public Service Commission in the fight to bring about restoration of the service. These petitions will be brought to the mass meeting to morrow night, ~ Several plans are being consid- L (Continued on Page Two) HoME| LOCAL COMMISSION lW ' N Clarke County Group Is Part of Federal Debt ; Commission . - HADEN HEADS STATE Atlanta Financier Orga [ nizer of Local Body Of 5 Members ; Organization was perfected here vesterday of the Clarke County Commission of the Fed=ral Farm' Debt Adjustment Commission, at a eeting held in the Holman hotel, at which time officers of the com=~ mission wers selected and plans outlined as to the work the group will perform. % %, Charles J. Haden, state chairman of the Feleral Farm Debt Adjust ment Commission, and widely known Atlanta financier, organized the meeting and outlined the duties’ the commission will undertake and the benefits to be derived by debte harassed farmers in this county. | The duties of the local commis= sion, in a nutshell, will be to aid the farmers in arranging his finan« cial affairs so that he can borrow federal funds to pay of his indebts edness. Appoint Members Members of the commission were appointed by Governor Talmadge and will shortly secure their coms missions from him. Members ses lected were W. W. Scott, chaire an; Thomas J, Shackelford, sécre= tary, and James L. McEilroy, Al bert H. Towns and Hugh J. Rowe., The board will aet in a purely ladvisory capacity and creation of these commissions, one to be in each county of the state, was brought about by inability of Geor gia farmers to secure federal loans because of the fact that their mort gages, liens, @tc, are in excess of the wvaluation placed upon their property when it is apraised for loan applications. : 4 Mr. Haden said that Georgia farmers have made application and b2en refused federal loans to the amount of $11,000,000. He said 'that the farmef asking a loan paid his sll. appraisal fee and had his property apraised as the first!:x in securing the loan. After ‘appraisal, it was found in many 'cdses that the amount he could ‘borrow on his property would not Ibe sufficient to pay off pressing indebtedness, Therefore the loan ’could go no further. ¥ ' To Be Gven Notice The Clarke County Commission will be given notice of each loan request from this county which falls down after the first step for lthe abova reason. b ' The commission then will {mme ‘diately ask the farmer to bring to, ;them a true list of his indebted ness and will also ask creditors to attend a conference. After study ing the problem, the commission will advise the creditor under sig nature of all members of the hm that the debtor can secure a loan for such and such a sum but that is insufficient to pay off debts. | {Continued on Page Two) R rvale JOHN DILLINGER Battle Between Sheriffs And Gunmen Responsi ble for New Reports FOND DU LAC, Wis.—(#P—A wild gun Dbattle between deputy sheriffs and a band of gunmen rid= ing in a large automobile led to rumors John Dillinger was on an other rampage, and sent Wisconsin peace officers on an extensive manhunt today. One of the gun men was believed to have been wounded. The fight, which occurred on a highway near here yesterday, left a maze of conflicting details but no tangible evidence that the elusive Indiana bad man was involved. The finding of a bullet punct ured small automobile (a Ford) abandoned in a ravine, preceded the gunplay. While the deputies were driving the bullet-scarred machine to Fond Du Lac, a large gray car approached, and as it drew near the officers, its occupants opened fire with a machine gun and sped away. The deputies ans were the volley with shots from their shotguns and pistols. No trace of the gray machine was obtained until last night when Earl Rasch of Fond Du Lac told Sheriff George Foreund that it nar rowly missed hitting him when f{t cut out in front of him on a main street of Fond Du Lac. “There was a man in the back seat with his shirt torn and blood . running down his arm,” he said. Federal officials were rushed #¢ the scene on reports that e
