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Assination? 9
Right to Be Catty i
Job for Heflin ' ,
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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.
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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,”
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: 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
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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
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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
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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. Case of Rhode
Island; Dr. Irvin Stuart of Texas;
‘George Henry Payne of New
York, and Hampson Gary of Texas,
Cox Addresses Laymen and
Club Women Here Today
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Above are three of the leaderg of the conventions now in session at the University of Georgia. At the
left is Dr. S. V. Banford, president of the University, who is host to both gatherings. In the center is Dr.
Josephine Peirce, second vice-president of the General Federation of Women's clubs, who is leader and
principal speaker of the annual institute of the Georgia Federation of Wemen’s clubs. On the right is
Tom Wisdom, state auditor, who spoke at this afternoon’s session of the Laymen’s Educational Conference.
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
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President Roosevelt
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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.
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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
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LOCAL WEATHER
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| 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
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.
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
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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.
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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
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~ 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.
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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)
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LOCAL COMMISSION
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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
