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THE
,Washington
Lowdown
Rodney Dutcher
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| punch Drunk
\ Calls His Staff
Tugwell's Memorandum
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anner- Herald Washington
Correspondent
WAg;nxu'l'u,\‘.-—(’:enera.l John
son 18 wm-x,-\h unk.
rpe game old pattler has fought
ntil his health and nervous Sys
em are shot: His mental efficien~
y sutfers. He has outlived much
¢ his great usefulness an‘d many
{ pis punches swings 80 I_a.l' wu}e
o Ihe mark as to grieve his
riends. Betore long, he probably
il be out of NRA.
" But no one yet can persuade him
o quit—or even rest. Groggy but
im, he still thinks of NRA as his
Wi one-man <how-—and plunges
il
rhat's the inside explanation of
oosevelt’s creation of the Indus
rjal Emergency Committee and
appointment 01 NRA Chief Coun
el Donald Richberg as chairman.
rimarily, according to those who
kuow best, the idea is to have &
egency for NRA — such as was
porecast in this column about three
veeks ago. The lEC will be super
jsory and it will report and rec
mmend 0 Roosevelt.
It was the only means by
‘hich the president, who had long
onsidered Richberg as Johnson’s
euccessor, could elevate Richberg
ver Johnson at this time.
Richberg, fed up and out of tune
hwith Johnson, had resigned from
NRA. Roosevelt persuaded him
o stay, promising him a chance to
traight out things which most
yothered him.
The orignial idea was to name a
ommittee to run the recovery
show - while Johnson retired at
least for the rest of the summer,
3ut Johnson, who never has fear
ed to refuse to —carry out - White
jouse orders, flatly declined to
eave.
It Roosevelt, wanted to fire him,
he sald, okay. But Roosevelt,
grateful to the general, wouldn’t
orce him out. |
[nstead, he named a Tecovery
ommittee which includes Johnson,
ut also Richberg, Secretary Per
(ing and Ickes and Administrator
jopkins—four who sharply disa
ree with some or many Johnson
deds
Johnson won't take anything 1y
ing down. He would be hard to
islodge, for industry supports him
nd trusts him more than any
other member of the IEC. One in
ier circle prediction 1s that he will
esign by September, but that
weems to contain elements of guess
pork,
Meanwhile, if Johnson blunders
tartle you, remember he has
een killing himself with 16-hour
ays and occasional 48 to 72-hour
Siretches of intense work. He re
mains a monumental figure,
.A certain NRA official called
s it o sad addremeed
thole \'»:i} ) f\e been here a
R year now and not one of
0u hag ever sent me & memoran
e o e
SR i ;~<~l iave no reason to
Vhat the hell?" of them &re RO
e hell?
Roosevelt carried with him to
he West Indies a confidential
nemoandum from Under-secreta!:y
tex Tugwell on “American 'l‘l‘o9l-‘
Pal Policy,” baged on Tugwell's ox-.
ended first-hang study of Puerto
lco and the Virgin Islands. ‘
Roosevelt falled to adopt his
No, ] Brain Truster's proposal
Or putting them, our other islands,
"d Alaska under a bureau in the
State Department, but many Tug
vell economic recommendations‘
Vill he carried out, f
“Puerto Ricang apparently would
ather have children than a higher
flandard of living,” he reported. . .
"The virginity of the Virgin Islands
138 been vastly exaggerated. There
$ nothing maidenly about their
olitica) op economie ideology.
“They supply an admirable test
ube top Studying the impact of
"® New Deal on guch elements in
>ealeitrant yyuman nature as stu
ldity, gragq Prejudice, guperstitu
-11, ignorance and entrenched po
itical anq economie privilege.”
(Parentheticalry, 44 should be
V%erved that we need more fuss
nd feathepg more purple and
old, in oyp official tropical econ
-2018, Thege People do not appre-
A Jetferson simplicity and fa
ity The Sack suit and Re-
Publican HH*‘»‘-rfry of ' manners
.’_'»—»JY not “"“-Er“”()n, but con
;:‘f;, ‘T"““_ British, with thelr
“The 1o % knew thejr stuff.)
Bessy, o SON of the tropies 1g the
hias. 7 the ey Deal—a more
‘;}‘“r"}q";«;' ife in w hich the ends of
Ineags it O Confused with the
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ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
Mass Meeting Set For Tonig
g I i
Engelbert Dollfuss, - Fiery
Little Chancellor, Is
Source of Report
APPEARS DETERMINED
Death Will Be Penalty
For Mere Possession
‘Of Explosives
By WADE WERNER
VIENNA —(#)— Engelbert Doll.
fugs, Austria's fighting little chan
cellor, announced a huge new
drive againsf# Nuzis today after
concentrating in his own hands all
the military and police power of
the nation.
The death penalty will be dealt
out for the mere possession of ex
plosives, Dollfuss announced, in an
effort to stop widespread bombing
outrages,
In a cabinet shakeup Dollfuss
presented the resignation of the
whole group to President Wilhelm
Miklas and then submitted a new
list for Miklas' approval. |
Dollfuss appeared determined to
stamp out the whole Nazi move
ment in Austria. |
New Cabinet
Taking a leaf from the notebook
of his neighhor and friendly pro
tector, Benito Mussolini, Dollfuss
will add several cabinet portfolios
to his active duties. ‘
He will be chancellor, foreign
minister, minister of defense, pub
lic security and agriculture.
All military and police power in
Austria will be concentrated in his
hands through the defense and se
curity posts.
A communique asserted the step
was necessary for peace and order
and.-to wipe out “the last vestiges
of treasonable movement."”
Almost daily shombings and other
acts of terrorism have kept the
government nervous for months.
Austrian Nazls were blamed by
Dollfuss supporters, They are bet
ter foes because of the chancellor's
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(Continued on page seven.)
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Foreign Correspondents
Whose Reports Aroused
{
Ire May Be Banned
By WALTER BROCKMANN
l Associated Press Foreigr Staff
BERLIN — (AP) — Germany
threateneq today to expel foreign
correspondents whose accounts of
the bloody “Second Revolution”
' arounsed Nazi Ire.
|' Adolf Hitler's own newspaper
‘the Volkische Beobachter, edi
rially underscored a warning giv
en thHe journalists by Paul Joseph
Goebbells, sharp 'tongued minister
of propaganda, in an address last
night.
“We wish to emphasize the min
ister’s Ifrank warning that ‘the
German government is no longer
inclined to tolerate foreign cor
;respondents Inciting nations
|against each other,”” said the
' newspaper.
k Germany otherwise was <¢om
paratively quiet, following days of
bullets and then of oratory.
! (Continued on page seven.) ~
Exchange For Physicians and
Surgeans to Be Started Here
Announcement was made here
vesterday of the opening July 15, of
a Fhysicians and Surgeonst Ex
change, to be conducted by Mrs. J.
F. Proctor, assisted by her daugh
ter, Mrs. A. P. Rice. The service
will be without charge to the pub
lie.
Mrs. Proctor, in explaing -how
the exchange will function, said all
large citiess now offer this service,
but that Athens will be among the
first of the smaller cities of Geor
gia doing likewise,
The exchange will give twenty
four hour service and, in addition
to physicians and surgeons will
also include druggists and trained
nurses.
When physicians or surgeons
lea\:e their homes at night and
their office is closed, the physician
or surgeon by name, Mrs. ?roetor
tell them where he will be and any
call that comes in will be relayed
to him. For this the physicians
and surgeons will pay a monthly
fee. .The exchangg will- also list
Negro doctors.
Any call must specify the doctor
or surgeon by nam,e Mrs. Proctor
‘said, thus obviating any possible
W. T. Anderson Speaks
At Morning Session Of
Women’s Club Institute
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IMAE WEST PICTURE
AGAIN NAMELESS
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| HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—(#)—
; Ma= West's latest picture found
\ itself a nameless child again
| today. Already the butt of
~ censors’ criticism and revised
“ accordingly, the production,
~ originally entitled “It Ain’'t No
| Sin,” lost its sybstitute name
~ “B=lle of New Orleans,” when
a chorus of protests from the
southern city reached the pro
ducers’ ears,
The first name was dropped
after New York censors had
objected to certain scenes.
What the picture may be
come now was something even
the studic which produced it
would like to know.
GIL SLAYER AGA
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FREE IN ARKANGAS
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Makes Fourth Escape
From State Farm by
Feigning llliness
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—#)—"“To
whom it may concern: I'll never be
taken alive,” was Helen Spence
Eaton’s grim warning to prison of
ficials as they searched today for
the comely White River country
girl, slayer of two men, who made
her fourth escape from the state
farm for women near here yester
day. ‘
The note was found in the 22-
year-old fugitive's locker this
morning as a posse led by ‘two
bloodhounds combed the country
side between the women's farm ana
the White River country where
prison officials believe she is
headed.
Helen, who eschews clgarettes,
but smokes an occasional cigar de
spite her complete femininity in
appearance and manner, is armed
with a pistol which she stole from
the night watchman’'s room.
Her fourth .escape Came on the
exact day she was paroled by Gov
ernor Futrel]l last year from a two
yvear sentence for the courtroom
slaying of Jack Worls, allegea
killer of her father. The jury had
just started to leave the room to
consider her case. . Helen Spence
arose from her courtroom chafr
and fired a bullet into Worls’ head.
After much delay, she was sent
enced to prison, and escaped one
time before her parole was grant
ed, Coming here where she ob
tained new clothing and employ-‘
ment in a case, she worked less
than a week when she enteredl
(Continued on Page Seven) I
LOCAL WEATHER
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eiee B S S A
Local showerg tonight and
Thursday.
TEMPERATURE
Highest.... «cu. §oece +4,.80.0
LOWeRt. (v e wls iR 0
MORT. .55 ass o weonum: Hainie RINN
Normeld. .. cids savw i vekane DN
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 h0ur5........ .39
Total sincg July 11......... 3.47
Excess since July 1........ 1.87
Average July rainfall...... 4.96
Total since January 1....32.89
Excess since January 1.... 4.89
partiality.
Mrs. Proctor said doctorst had
asked that druggists be included
so that late calls for medicines can
be fiilled at once. She said “the
drugstores would rotate as to
which would be on call for emer
gencies.
Nurses would pay a fee of $1 to
register and pay the eXchange $1
for every week's work obtained
through the service, according to
Mrs. Prgetor. She said the ex
change registry would take the
place of the registry books mnow
kept at the local hospitals. She
said the hospitals had agreed not
to take any calls after the ex
change began functioning.
The exchange will be operated
from Mrs. Proctor's home, 456 Mile
ledge avenue and the phone number
will be 762. Until the new phone
directory is printed, patrons may
ask information for the number.
She emphasized that all calls will
be confidential. For many years,
since the death of her husband,
Dr. J. P. Proctor, prominent Ath
ens physician, Mrs. Proctor has
had wide experience in nursing and
h"sf’“?“ 'Qm."‘..; S 0 ee Y
Athens, Ga., Wednesday, July 11, 1934.
Large Cathering of Club
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' Women of State Hear
; Other Addresses
~ OVER 150 REGISTER
Two-Day Meeting Comes
To Close Today With
Luncheon ‘
“The big point stressed wnen
education is mentioneg in G’eo:%
is usually the necessity for educa
tion for white people,” W. T. An-.
derson, editor of the Macon Tele
graph told the Georgia KFederation
of Women's Clubs Institute at the
University of Georgia today, “but
I say that any program must em
brace the highest and tne humb
lest. We have been taught the
contrary for 70 years. It's time for
a change.” |
Health, education, recreatlon.l
family life, and other community
problems were discussed at today’s
session of the Institute,
Miss Louise FitzSimons of the
Emergency Relief Aaministration;
Dr. W. Hines Roberts, past presi
dent of the Georgia Pediatricians
Society; Dr, Bowden or tne State
Department of Public Health; Mrs
M. E. L. Soule, head of the de
partment of Physical Education at
the University of Georgia, and Dr.
Josephine Peirce, second vice pres
ident of the General Federation of‘
Women's Clubs, were also distin
guished speakers on the progran.
Speaks of Neighbors
If one man owned the earth and
had no neighbors, it wouldy not be
worth much to him, Mr. Anderson
pointed out. It is the individuals
surrounding one ihat give value to
existence, and the worth of each
individual in increase? in prupor=
tion to his education.
Picturing the situatioa as th 2
relief office sees it, Miss FitzSim
ons, who is assistant to Miss Gay
Shepperson, spoke on *Family Life
at the Crosroads.” 1
There are 100,000 families on re
lief in Georgia, she said. What
can we do about it? Shall we give
"dole, and keep them in that con-
(Continded on page seven.)
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CONCILIATORS FOR
|
William T. Ray Is Clarke
- County Representative
Of Federal Body
Federal Judge Basom Deaver of
the middle district of Georgia, to
day named conciliation commis
sioners for the Athens district who
will officiate under congress’' re
cent amendment to the bankruptcy
act providing extension and conf
position of farmer's debts.
One commissioner was named for
each county, who will serve for a
one year term after posting SSOO
bond” and taking the oath.
Farmers who are insolvent or
unable to meet debts as they ma
ture may file petitions asking for
an extension or composition of
their obligations under the amend
ment.
Commissioners will act to bring
creditors together to reach a sat
isfactory agreement without forc
ing the farmer into bankruptcy.
Farmers desiring relief under the
amendment may apply directly to
the commissioner in his county or
file application with the clerk of
federal court, V. G. Hawkins, U.
S. clerk here, explained this morn
ing. The clerk will refer all ap
plications to the c¢ounty concllia
tion commissioner.
Those named by Judge Deaver in
the Athens district are:
William ‘T. Ray, Athens, Clarke
county; Peyton S. Harris, Elber
(Continued on Page Seven)
Fresh Labor Troubles
Crop Out in Textile
And Steel Industries
By The Associated Press
Fresh labor troubles cropped out
today in the textiles and steel in
dustries as the government strove
to settle the long strike of Pacific
coast maritime workers.
Two other disputes ended. Peace
returned to Seabrook Farms, near
Bridgeton, N. J., scene of a se
ries of disorders. The striking
employes accepted a settlement
and returned to work. Tugmen at
Toledo, on strike since June 1,
went back to work pending arbi
‘tration of their grievances.
| The steel industry’s third larg
est company—Republic—announced
the end of itg relations with the
Amalgamated Association of Iron,
[Steel and Tin Workerg because of
what it termed the union's ‘“radi
cal element.” ?
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Here's the new morals czar of
the movie industry, Joseph I,
Breen, former newspaperman,
later head of the Will Mays or
ganization censorship committee.
Breen has been made director of
production and advertising codes
of the Association of Motion Pic
ture Producers of America,
Boy in Case of Oklahoma
Beauty Queen’s Death |ls
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} NORMAN, Okla. — (#) — Belie!
that Marian Mills, 20-year old
leampus beauty queen at the Uni
'vergity of Oklahoma, died as the
result of an attempt to prevent
motherhood was expressed today
by County Attorney Paul Upde
graff. |
' He said he based his theory,
pending a post mortem report.‘
upon the story of Mrs. Hazel
Brown, cook for the Delta Upsilon]
fraternity, in whose apartment the
girl’s body was found yesterday
afternoon, shartly after Neal Hy
ers, a pharmacy student, had sum
moned a physician and then disap
peared.
Mrs. Brown, said Updegraff, ad
mitted that'Miss Mills, the daugh
ter of Elbert M. Mills, an associ
ate professor at the university, had
been taking a “quack” medicai
preparation. ‘
Search was continued for Myers,
who had come to the fraternity
cook's duplex apartment with the !
girl Monday, remaining until yes
‘terday afternoon and telling Mrs,
Brown that hel and Misg Mllisl
were married.
At the time, the girl's parentr‘
(Continued on Page Seven)
WOMEN'S GROUPS
Missionary Societies of
10 Methodist Churches
Gather in Oglethorpe
A large number of women are
expected to attend the meeting July
17, of the Athens Zone Missionary
societies of the Methodist church,
to be held at the Glade, in Ogle
thorpe county, Mrs. Claude Tuck,
district secretary, said today.
Missionary societies of ten
churches will be represented at the
meeting, which wili last all day.
Those attending will bring lunches,
which will be eaten at the church.
Churches to be represented are
Athens First, Young Harris, Oco
nee Street, Center No. 1 at Steph
ens, Center No. 2 at Center, Pros
pect, Red Stone, Tuckston, Win
terville, Glade, {Boggs Chapel, and
Cherokee.
On the morning program will be
Mrs. Marvin Harper, Washington,
Ga,, who, with her husband, has
been a missionary in India for sev
en years; Johnnie Howard, Ne
gress, sent by the societies to Paine
College, Augusta, who will speak
during the afternoon.
Others to take part in the pro
gram will be Mrs. Lester Rumble,
Mrs.- W. B. Amos, Mrs. E. E,
Beacham, Mrs. Claude Tuck, Mrs.
J. W. Firor, Miss Grace Rogers,‘
Center, and Mrs. G, W. Kelley, |
Carlton, zone leader in charge of
the meeting. ‘
Officers of the Athens zone are:
Mrs. G. W. Kelley, Carlton, zone
leader; Mrs. A. E. Barton, Winter
ville, Spiritual Life and Message;
Mrs. H. A, Haygood, Superintend
ent of Mission and Bible Study;
‘Mrs. Bynus Bryant, Superintend
ent of Christian Social Relations;
iMrs. E. E. Beacham, Superintend
ent of Children’s Work, and Miss
‘Bessie Garibold, Secretary. :
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'Final Session Held Here
| This Afternoon at
! University
\ -
- COOPERATION ASKED
1 Boponiprriin
Anderson, Collins, and
Jones Speak at Final
Meetings Today
Georgia must tax Itg mtanglbles‘
and relieve homes, farms pots and
pans of the burden of almost com- |
plete support of gtate activitieg ed- ‘
ucators were told this morning by‘
W. T. Anderson, editor of the
Macon Telegraph,
Tangible values and the values
of bonds, money and the like are
equal, he declared, both amounting |
to two billion two hundred million
dollars. But, he contrasted, the
tangibles provide five million dol
lars annually in taxes while the
intangibles return only $370,000.
“Our intangible goods, if fairly
taxed, should pay the state at
least 11 million dollarg a year,” the
Macon editor added. He predicted
that some plan “to rémedy this
injustice will again get before the
people of Georgia” and asked for
support for it.
. Jones Speaks
Dr. Ashby Jones, Atlanta min-1
ister, speaking on a ‘“New philoso
phy in Education” questioned that
such existed today, “except per
haps,” he qualified the statement,
“in the better colleges of educa
tion.” There is no such philosophy
because ‘“there {s mno agreement
among trustees, regents and fac
ulty members—that is an agreed
idea of what such a philosophy
ought to be, an agreed course and
an agreed purpose,” he said.
In formulating such a philosophy
‘Dr. Jones helieveg that it will be
the job of the teachers to develop
a certain kind of personality. “This
personality will include a consci
ousness of relationships, obliga
tions and responsgibilities with re
spect to others,” he continued.
“The hope for future prosperity
and leadership lles in trained men |
and women. Children are born a.nd’
(Continued on page seven.)
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Is First President to Make
Particular Trip While in
Office
CRISTOBAL, C. Z. —(#)— Presi
dent Roosevelt's cruizer, the USS
Houston, dropped anchor in the
harbor here today, received aboard
Secretary of War George H. Dern,
and started through the Panama
Canal at 10 a. m.
The war secretary, who is in
charge of the Canal Zone, de
scribed the canal as not only a vi
tal factor in national defense but
lso as “the greatest of non-military
activities.”
The president came on deck éarly
to witness the trip through the
gigantic canal connecting two
oceans.
The Gatun locks were crowded
with spectators awaiting the ar
(rival of the president. Tlnfantry
'men and Canal Zone police were
Iguardinz all approaches.
I Mr. Roosevelt ig the first pres
-Ident to make the canal transit
while in office.
’ The giant undertaking had mnot
been completed when Theodore
’Roosevelt nearly 30 years ago
‘broke the precedent against presi
dents leaving the United States byl
coming to the scene and personally
encouraging the workers,
| President Arias of Panama wflll
(Continued on page seven.) f
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Catholics of Georgia ‘
- Called On to Protest
~ . .
Against ‘Vile’ Movies
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ATLANTA—(P)—Georgia Catho
lics today were asked by the mostl
Rev. Michael J. Keyes, bishop of
Savannah and head of the Catholic
church in this state, to sign the
pledge of the “legion of decency"‘
in protest against “vile and un
wholesome motion pictures.”
The signers pledge themselves
lto remain away from all motion
pletures except those which do not
“offend decency and christian mo
rality.” k |
The pledge condemns “vile and
unwholesome motion pictures,” and
says its signer will “do all that
I can to arouse public opinion
aeainst the portrayal of vice as a
normal condition of affairs, and
against depicting criminals of any
¢lass as heroes and heroines, pre
senting their filthy philosophy of
life as something acceptable to de
cent men and women.” 4
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A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies,
Citizens Of Athent!
Gather To Discuss
City Bus Situation
Ceorgia Power Company
Issues Statement on
Bus Service |
In justification of its petmon"
ito City Council for authority to
discontinue bus service in Athens,
the Georgia Power company has
.issued a statement through Mr, T,
A. Gibson. The statement was
submitted to The Banner-Herald
Tuesday afternoon, but the paper
had already gone to press, conse
quently, it is published today, as
follows:
| The Athens Coach Company was
organized and put into operation
on June Ist, 1930, under an agree
ment with City Council whereby
it was agreed that the Athensl
Coach Company would continue
operation of buseu for a period‘
of two years or until June Ist,
1932, No agreement was made to
continue operation of buses in
definitely. Continuous decreases
in bus patronage caused revenues
to drop each year as follows:
1930—538,673.44
1931— 31,125.16
1932— 20,505.39
1933— 16,052.31
Despite reduction in operating
expenses and use 0f eVery econo
'my possible, net losses for the‘
}above years were: ‘
‘ 1930—516,776.74
| 1931— 7,854.91 l
| 1932— 11,241.49
| 1933— 9,411.05 |
~ In May and June of this year,
Coach revenues were further reduc
ed, comparison between same
months for 1933 being May 1933
$1,362.48, May 1984—31.090.07.;
June 1933-—51,287.50, June 1934—
$911.08. Net losseéson Coach oper
ation for May 193¢ were $912.12
and June $1,115.32. These losses}
do not include any depreciation on
' operating eguipment, or interest on
investments.
~ Net losses for six months ending
June 1934 were $5,076.22. These
losses are such that we were forc- “
ed, to take the action towards
abandonment of coach operation.
We feel that the competitive trans
portation is wanted by the citi
zens of Athens as evidenced by
d¢he reduction in coach revenues
and the increasing patronage of
the cabs.
It is clearly noticeabls by every
one that since the cabs began
operating that the citizens have
preferred the cabs due to the fact
no doubt that the cabs do mnot
follow a fixed route, but run to
all parts of the city and are avail
able on notice Without making it
necéssary for the customer to
.wait on the corner for a bus.
DEMILLE REPLIES
TO MOVIE CRITICS
A . . N R e i A ot
.~ HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — (AP)—
Cecil B. De Mille, who has pro
duced or directed 60 motion pic
tures, said today the film industry
would “clean house in a hurry,
but the danger fecllows this house
cleaning.”
“There i grave danger to the
industry in this protest by the
church and other groups against
what they feel are salacious films”
said De Mille. “We may have to
deal with a censorship of pictures
which really do not require con
'sorship. Reform movements in
variably go too far. The innocent
will have to suffer with the guil
'.y."
“You cannot censor an art, and
film making is a distinct art,” he
continued.
Mississippi Holds Place Among
Dry States By Vote Of 2 tol
JACKSON, Miss.—(#)—Missis-~
‘sippi today held its place among
the dry states by a vote of approxi
‘mately 2 to 1. ‘
' On the basis of incomplete, un
official returns from the prohibi
tion referendum yesterday the
voters defeated the hara liquor bill
by a dry vote of 47,275 against a
wet vote of 25,246 in 658 of the 1,-
596 precincts of the state.
Late last night the wets con
ceded defeat, Senator W. B. Rob
erts of Rosedale, co-author of the
Roberts-May compromise hard
liquor regulation bill, said the re
sult was a ‘“mandate to the gover
nor, sheriffs and other peace offi
cers to make a determined effort
to enorce the prsent laws and end
the present unspeakable condi
itiona."
| The people of Mississippi rebuked
their legislature by voting dry. The
last legislature authorize@ beer at
the same time it put the liquor is
sue before the voters an@ four per
cent beer was just as far as Mis
sissippians chose to go in the le
galization of alcoholic peverages.
The victory of the arys 1n retain
ing their 25-year-old state prohl- l
b ied chn e o e
Both Men and Women
Are Invited to Meeting
At Eight G'clock
Transco Company .
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Considering Athens
A new angle in the bus gitu
ation developed today when the
Transco Company, of Atlanta,
notified The Banner-Herald that
they were seeking a trade with
the city of Athens, whereby
they would take over the public
transportation responsibility in
Atheng under certain conditions,
The Transco Company 18
headed by Wiley L. Moo Ore as
president and J. C. Steinmetz
as vice presidént. The latter,
talking to The Banner-Herald
on long distance telephOne, as~
serted that lif a satisfactory
trade can he made with city
council, his company will come
into Athens with the same
number of buses as was for
merly operated by the Georgia
Power Company and render a
similar service at a passenger
charge of five cents. g
Mr. Steinmetz stated Mayor
Dudley was in Atlanta today
and he hoped to contact him
sometime during the day and
get his reaction. He made it
plain, however, that his com~
pany could not consider Athens
‘unless city council should guar
antee protection from wunbridled
taxicab competition.
The plan Mr, Steinmetz has
in mind is that Transco Com
pany come to Athens on a
three months’ trial basis. If at
the end of that time, the ex
periment shall have proved suc
cegsful, his company would be
ready to enter into a contract
covering several years; if un
successful, his company would
be at liberty to discontinue ger
vice. g
Mr. Steinmetz asked that thig
be published for the informa
tion of those who plan attend
ing tonight’s mass meeting. 4
The fact that the Georgla
Power Company has sustained
an operating loss on a 10 cent
fare did not appear to dampen
Mr. Steinmietz's ardor, as_ he.
believed hig company would
presper on a b cent fare if
given protection from the taxi-.
cab . competition. At least he
wants to try it for three months
in case efforts to have the
Jeorgia Power Company buses
restored fail, e
Athenians, both men and women,
will meet tonight at 8 o'clock in
‘the council chamber at City hall
to consider and discuss plans look=
ing to a restoration of city bus
service which was abandoned last
Saturday noon, following action
Friday night by the counell in
giving the Georgia Power co'm
permission to abandon the servic
Since cessation of the bus serve
ice citizens have been mapping
plans whereby the service ml&f
be restored in an amicable settle:
ment of the problem, if possible.
These plans will be presented to
the mass meeting tonight. It 18
expected . that a large mnumber of
women, as well ag men, will be
present to take part in the delib=
erations. S
OQutgrowth of Action. R
The present situation is an oate
growth of the action of council
in allowing the Power company to
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bition law barring hard llquors was
hailed throughout the =state as &
signal triumph for the prohibition
element along which Governor
Sennett Conner is a leader,
The governor signed the bill for
submission to the people and them
campaigned actively far its de
feat. T g
} Last night, Governor Conner
from his residence in Seminary,
lMlss., where he registered his yote
with the drys, intimated that as
head of the state he would seek
enforcement of the law against
bootlegging. g
He said he was “gratified, but
not surprised” at the result of the
election as he had predicted defeat
of the liquor bill at wne pofls,
The referendum was a doubles
barrelled one and in the case of
one county, Jefferson Davis, it furs
nished a three-fold question, 4
While returns were missing early
today from Jefferson Davis county,
it was believed the county followed
the dry movement both as to
county optio nand statewide pro=
hibition, since it went on record
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