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I/comm MARKET wiDDLING e Y pREV. CLOSE. ... sess ey 10N - 102. No. 194. THE v . Washington 3 k! Lowdown " 1 Rodney Dutcher ' e Rat. Troublesome e'd Rather See l complaint Hearing ————— A —— panner- Herald Washington | ‘ (jnrr'(“%p’)fideflt ‘ WASHINGTON .- The rat situa- | | . pecome highly trouble wtj_ bi e of those things that OP::A to be .u.m-dmated. ‘ “;,_V pureau of Biological Survey | -r97 000 rats haye been done | d‘:f n CWA and other cam-‘ fi,‘,'( thie vear in Georgia, Alar-| f,:‘,“ nd Texas and that® the %« attacked will be free of rats (: «even months Y It is very Pre¢ ud of its own 'new‘ = _sicon. made mostly ~of red d,;-l chich it says kll.e(f 6,904, - ?“‘ ~hile traps got the rest, In- Lientally, it estimated that the sace rat does damage of 82 a ', «n vou can figure the sfl‘v'ihs‘.’~‘ put Dr. H. E. Haseltine of the' L.« public Health Service tarows ~: water on t.e Bureaua of Bio-l gical - Survey by insisting that | < can’t possibly be eradicated, ,“,wu they're so prolific. The ot vou can do, he countends, is o keep them within bounds. | And the anti-rat campaign getsl 1l another knock right here in he capital, where cat ownerg arei ering because their pussies get aught in traps set by the ’l‘ransi-! [+ Relief Bureau, which decided at-trapping was a good way to keep the unemployed busy. ‘ Citizens who want -the rats aeht are disputing with the cat wners, hut the imbroglio doesn't ko the rat campaigns any good. | 1 never w a purple cow. but «w Rex Tuegwell at the Depart ment of Agriculture in a purple And T never saw a i so rovlly .purple. . . . Also: Biordecai FEzekiel and Louis Bean, kamous brain trusters, Xsted son he AAA pavroll ag economic ad isers. in their shirt-sleeves, car vine their trays in the depart ‘lw Ifeteria. .. . Anna Roose belt Dall telling White Houge Sec betory Marvin Mclntyre all about evada in the Mayflower cocktail Bounge Lincoln Colcord and fothrop Stoddard, writers, at va jone parties—each holding glasses fn the most distinguished manner. Kioddard is finishing a sequel to his "Risir Tide of Color.' At the Press club: Charlie Mich lson, the administration’s boss rese agent, playing bridge. Ted Joslin, now Boswelling for ex- President Hoover, whose sgecretary he was, kibitzing—at another ta e Bob Lucas, ex-director f the G. O. P. nationa] commit ee, who engineerea Hoover's at fempt to “get” Senator Norrig in Nebraska, eating lunch. Lucas, by he way, has a “law office” in the nildng on the same corridor with iie Democratic National Commit ce—just a few doors away. Some imes he has a hard time getting hrough the throng of jobseekers hich usually crowds the hall. At the National Labor Relations BRFoard's hearing on the complaint pf Local No. 91, American Fed eration of Government Employes, shat its president, John Donovan, had been fired illegally as a labor pdviser by General Johnson for Runion activities: Donovan, star itness—youthful, brilliant, poetic, ehellions, black-haired Irishman— displaving the keen, informed type ff leadership which labor will have to employ if it ever hOpes »n‘ deal on even terms with capi b fohn Finerty, suave, de- Ponair attorney for Donovan and g''¢ local—veteran fighter for De “dlera and the Trish Republieans, Pacco and Vanzetti, Tom MoOney PlO the war_time railroad admin ration—luxuriating in a “perfeet "<¢" and aching for the chance ross-examine Johnsgon. who did Lot dare v up. .. . One of my Lo lawyers, Managing ‘1; ne itk Garrett Scott of ) mesis of the “power TUSt in its code fight, defending ohnson as hest he could while most admiring friends—includ - hion members who had work e+ m on codes—said wasn’t ,;‘ " 1 nd how Scott must ¥ - Blackwell Smith, AT ,A s ellectual chief of. the ko livision, rising ta oport with what sounded ument that Johnson's P f Donovan had been for i ACtivities, but thap the ac g heen too belligerent. s “eott and Mrs., Finerty G [0 €Very word. “How we b Irs. Scott asked Smith = f Itermission, “Pretty °d . . Short, stoecky b Peck, acting chief of r lvisory Board, with and Thing black pompadour b rimmed glasses, trying to 1 S had made it pos n to make him the 3 e whole NRA legd ¢ < the most impor ! . 0 lawyers had been wblie—to date. . . t 3 verv hizh-browed, wr - nan Lloyd Garrison ! 56 = monstrating that ; d bv Johnson o ty. One of his best th r "hen Winerty referred s “first, fine careless Ploy promiging that em- Ome and see him (Continuan A “Hi¢d On Page Three) ATHENS BANNER-HERALD ¥ Full Associated Press Service Talmadge Rided Grafting, Mangham Charges Posse Slays Negro After Threatened Attack on Birmingham Girls One of CGirls Spreads Alarm to Crowd at Church Meeting NEGRO IDENTIFIED Giris Passing Through Park at Time of Encounter BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — () —An unidentified Negro Jay dead today, the vietim of an aroused citizen posse, after what police described as an attempted attack on three white girls in an East Birmingham_ Park last night, while they were on their way to a church meet ing. The Negro, with ohe bullet head, died in a hospital here short wound In the right side of his ly after the three girls had posi tively identified him as their ac coster. He never was conscious enough to make a statement. Two of the young women told police that the Negro approached them im the park with g pistol lev eled at them. A scuffle ensued and they were thrown to the ground in the struggle to get the gun. Meanwhile, a sister of one of the girls, who was a little in front of the other two when the Negro ac costed them, ran to a tent meeting a block away and spread the alarm, Run To Aid A group of men, assembled at the meeting, ran to the aid of the struggling girls and were joined by residentg in the wicinity. The Negro, in the meantime, had free himself from the two girls, and fled. ’ For 5 time during the pursuit, the Negro almost elude the posse in the darkness and tall weeds, firing sgveral shotg as he ran. At an alley a short distance from the park, the Negro was hemmed in, and slain. Police have not deter mined who fired the fatal shot. One of the girls said the Negro gave a terse warning as he ap proached them, saying: “Hold it vp. Follow me or T'll kill you.” Then followed a scream, the spreading of agn alarm, and the chase, Girls Questioned Detectives E. L. Payne and Earl Heaton, who questioned the girls, said they identified thy Negro's clothing and described him before they viewed him at the hospital. Detéctive Payne declared “un doubtedly it wag an attempted at tack.” Later, assistant Police Chief C. ‘L. Mullins jssued this statement: “The citizens who went to the aid of the three young women at Stockkham Park Thursday night are to be heartily commended. I They deserve credit for their quick )raction in preventing the Negro from harming them. But for their iquick intervention the victims might have been killed.” ; . Man Must Face Trial For Murder — If He ’ Lives From Operation . LOS ANGELES—(#)—A mother gambled her son’s life - today on a hundred to one chance he could live through a delicate operation to save him from imbecility. If 33-year old Gray E. McNeer surviviegs the operation, he must face murder charges of ghooting hig wife, Betty, last June 29. . The operation in which Mrs. Lola McNeer gave her formal con sent in superior court .yesterdiy was to remove a bullet fired from the same gun into her son'g btraih. If McNeer could live with. the lead pellet in his. brain, said S. S. Hahn, his attorney, he would be an imbecile. ‘The . bullet de ‘stroyed one eye, paralyzed McNeet and left him barely ablé to talk. Jealousy Prompted Suitor of Faye New to Follow Couple BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—(P)—Jeal-]| ousyr was the motive which‘ prompted the suitor of Faye New, pretty Howard college co-ed, toI follow her on the ride that ended in her death and a crime thus far baffling to police. This was revealed after the girl's funeral by A. B. Cain, the suitor, whe was released by officers after being Gueostioned. Asked why he followed Miss New and Harold Taylor, he said: “Becuase I was Jjealous of her, that’s why. 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Superintendent Gaines was in Athens Thursday attending a meet ing held in behalf of unemployed teachers who will be put on relief work with -funds appropriated by the FERA. He became ill last night at the home of Mr. Coile where he and Mrs. Gaines were visiting. His wife ig the former Migs Margaret Wagner of Winter ville. : It became apparent this morning that the well known educator would not survive the day, and hig death was expected at any mo ment. . " Superintendent Gaines wag a na tive of Hart county, a member of one of the ecounty’s outstanding families. He was a graduate of Hartwell high school where he ex celled in his studies and in school activities, having been particularly interested in the literary societies. After graduating from the Hart well school, Mr. Gaines enftered Emory University at Oxford, where he wag graduated. He entered the teaching profession upon his grad uation from Emory. For many years he was principal of the Win terville school, and was instru merftal in building that school into one of the outstanding gréimmar and high schools in the state. When Captain T. H. Dozier died, Mr. Gaines was elected su perintendent of the Clarke county schools. He was very much inter ested in consolidation of rural schools, which had also Treceived the support and. endorsement of Captain Dozier before his death. As superintendent Mr. Gaines ‘set about to achieve the goal for the ¢county schools which he had en visioned upon taking office. In a short while one consolidated school wag erected. It was later named for .the superintendent, When B. M. Grier, superintend ent of the Atheng schools, resigned ag superintendent »f the Elberton public schools, Mr. Gaines was eléctéd to succeed him, and has since held that office. He was a member of the Atheng Rotary club, and since going to Elberton was president of the Rotary cluh there. Superintendent Gaineg was a member of the Methodist church. know I should have stayed with her whatever the cost but I did not -suspect -she was in danger. T thought she knew the man she was with. 1 was hurt and I was jealous.” Taylor is under arrest on a charge of Kkilling Miss New. To day police searched the area in which she was found for the knife with which the girl was slain, It was thrust in her throat. Coroner Gip M. Evans said the result of an autopsy on the girl (Continued On Page Three) Athens, Ga., Friday, August 24, 1934. Dillinger Aide Slain by Police; Girl Arrested b ¥ Trio of Bandits Flee in Automobile After Dar ing Holdup BUTLER, Pa. —(#)— Currency estimated -by postal authorities at $50,000 wag taken from a mail truck today by three armed men, who fled in an automobile. The money, postal authorities said, was' béihg ‘sent by register ed mail fromthe Pittsburgh branch of the Federal Reserve bank to the Lyndora. National Bank at Liyndora, near Butler. State police said the robbers stopped the mail truck driven by Milton C. -T.ackey, on a Butler street. Pointing revelverg at. him, they grabbed three mail pouches, ran back to their car and sped away. The eap ‘driven by the holdup men was found abandoned a short time later. It bore an Ohio license plate, ;i : ; . Lackev, who has a 4 contract for carrying mail in Butler and out lying towns, had left the postof fice g short time before the rob bery and was enroute to Lyndora. Postoffice workersg first heard of the robbéry when an unidentified woman appeared at a stamp win dow and shouted: © A ymwail truck was held up in front of the Clinton Hotel just now.” Postal inspectors began making a check but outside the Lyndora gshipment could make no estimateg of the value of the rest of the mail. INELECTRIC CHAR : M i Equipment Breaks Down! During Process, Causing Long Delay ‘ EDDYVILLE, Ky. — (®) — Two! men were put to death in the elec tric chair early today in one of the most nerve-wracking administra tions of the death penalty everl witnessed at the Western State penitentiary. ‘Will Chaney, Louisville Negro. convicted of the murder of George Bottoms, another Negro, was the‘ first to go to the chair, and after two charges of electricity had | been administered, the equipmentl broke down. Physicians, not know- | ing this, examined the body andi called for a third charge. Upon being informed that the e]ectricity! could not be supplied until repairs | were made, they re-examined the! body, and pronounced Chaney dead. ‘ Meanwhile George W. Tincher, | 37, waiting in the death house for | the call, learned what had occur- | red. - During the hour and fifteen | minute delay, witnesseg said Tin-| cher remained calm, and told thém | ‘l'm ready to go at any time. It doesn’t matter.” Tincher wag takzn to the death chamber shortly after 1:30 a. m. | he closed his eyes during the pro cess of strapping him in the seat. I‘ After two charges, he was pro-| nounced dead, at 1:49 a. m. ‘} “Tincher was sentenced ag a re- | sult of the fatal shooting of Ben | Keenon, ecashier of a. Stamping Ground bank, during a holdup in | 1932. 5 o i The "~ electric chair breaddown | was occasioned when a coupling | slipped between the generator and | the motor. The equipment has been | in use since 1911 E ———————— . i - . Florida Girl Calls on . Latin American Heads | ee g | HANAGUA, Nicaragua.— () — | Miss Dorothy Goddard of Tampa, | representing Governor Sholtz and’! 'the state of Florida, arrived in| Nicaragua today on her tour of | ILatln American countries to Invitt‘! ‘their governments to send perma- | nent commercial exhibits to Tam- | pa’s annual Gasparilla Fair. | | Soon after stepping off the inter- | 'national plane, Miss Goddard } called on President Juan B. Sa-| icasa and Minister of Public Works | kMonetaJegre, both of whom pro fessed interest, 3 : Homer Van Meter, Well Known Gunman, Falls In Police Trap WOMAN RESPONSIBLE Federal Agents Secretly Carry on Hunt for . Past Two Weeks ‘ B ; GIRL ARRESTED ST. PAUL—&)—A pretty St. Paul girl who had been | seen with Homer Van Meter, slain Dillinger gangster, on several occasions when the desperado made the Twin Cities his headquarters last March, was under arrest here | today.’ ’ It also .was learned today from an unimpeachable sgource that Marion “Mickey” Con forti, known .as_ Van Meter's girl friend for some time, was in St. Paul two weeks ago in the ' company of the slain 1 gangster. " Miss Conforti, who ~ was one of three Women ar rested .at Littlé Bohemia, Wis., when John Dillinger, Van Me ter angdiseveral henchmen es ~ caped a federal trap, is wanted by federal authorities for vio lating her parole at Madison, Wis. i ST. PAUL, Minn.— (&) —Once more a woman has led a Dillinger gangster to the ened of the outlaw trail. Homer Van Meter, John Dillin ger’s ace gunman, walked into a police trap last mnight and fell, full of lead, in an alley. Dillinger himself was similarly slain July 22, baited to his death—in an al~ ley, too—by a woman. Sixth to Die Van Meter, the sixth of the Dil linger mob to die, was betrayed unwittingly by his interest in a woman. Her name is being with held. Police said Van Meter had been “going.around” with her and that relatives of the woman, sus picious of him, had gone to the police. A check satisfied officers that the man was Van Meter, and careful plans were laid for his capture, dead or ailve, For two weeks the hunt went on;, secretly, Last night the law and Van Meter met, and Van Meter, quick-shooting gunman in many a foray against society, was shot down. Chief of Police Frank Cullen refused to disclose the source of the information that led them te the desperado but the tip that he was in the city came from the kin of his unnamed girl consort. Chief Cullen said his men had found several of Van Meter's hide (Continued On Page Thres) HOME - - - This is another partial list or suggested repairs that can be made to residences or business buildings with funds obtained under the terms of the National Housing Act. Application blanks for those Iloans have already been received by Athens finan cial institutions authorized to make such 'loans. \ 45, Kitchen and Bathroom may need insulated fixtures for safety, or entire replanning for greater convenience. 46. Is the garage in good con dition? Does it need repairs, paint, aditional space for ano ther car, or a tool shed? Does it need water piped vo it, or a concrete floor with dralns, or an electric light? ON THE FARM 47. Farm home—as well as urban residences—may be check ed against all the foregoing sug gestions. But in additlon, a newly installed water and light ing system will make the farm home much more livable. 48, The farmstead as a whole may require repairs, alterations and improvements which will save time and laber and add t the value of the property. Well lighted poultry houses have an effect on the volume of eggs produced. Perhaps you need a new silo. Fences may be Te paired, or new ones may be built, A new roof, paint, modern stanchions, new doors or struc tural additions may greatly ine crease the utility and earning ‘power of barns. - (To be continued.) In Race for House Speakership B e e ~,% s R i T U SEs UUe S 3:'s:}'-: e “; SRR ""IJ’ 4 S R G < R R i e e oA Z’(’/ R e R s e R BB R T e S il AR i B B e 2 R R e B B % 22 o s y & -Al R f'%:iz B B .15; i R BB; R N g 2 R Qe ey s R LN R#; R B e ;I'§ R 5 ":‘.z,'-:f"é.;',*}:--?’ fiM S B L R > B S R Y > Ro G A RO 5 S A i i S T ’4; o S 0 SRR SRS G g SRR P % 5 . o SRR o e R A R ;:;*. ¢ A SRRy BNI L RSN e e BBy o R emnsessman S NN SRI RISy B o S e i ) P o o ,/’w%" R N e ,;;,’,:%”&/s’, N s R By e @'-5:&:;ef:fi:z;;s:;:;:%?:z:r 7 ,;/%"'< % ):::fl'l;l;::.".:_ig:;;‘:Z’(_:;". B B L Representative John McDuffie In the forefront among Democratic *congressmen mentioned to succeed the late Henry T Rainey as speaker of the national House of Representatives are Representative John MecDuffie of Alabama, who was linvolved in the bitter speakership fight in 1923, and Majority Leader Joseph W Byrns of Tennessee. It is expected the Whitg House may exert influence to avoid a ‘“‘dog fight”’ for the speakership in the 74th Congréss and to assure © party harmony in the House. | University Will Graduate 130 at Exercises. Tonight YOUTH SAVES TWO T FROM DROWNING WAYCROSS, Ga.—(#)—Pic nickers today were telling of the heroic deeds of twelve year-old Anderson Sanders. I The boy saved the life of Barbara Winn, 3, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Winn and “then aided Mr. Winn to get to “ ghallow water off a Saltilla river sandbar. Barbara was wading off the edge of the sand bar when she was carried into the swift cur rent of the rvier. Young San ders, swimming nearby, reach ed her after ghe had gone down., . Arkansas Officer Says He! Fired After Threatened Attack on Him ’ MORRILLTON, Ark.— (A —Two men and a woman were shot to death and another man wounded seriously here Jate last night by Sheriff C. T. Atkinson when the officer said they charged him as he searched their home following a disturbanc?.- Mrs. Jane May, 55, Jim May, 65 and Ben May, 60, brothers were al most instantly killed late last night asg Sheriff Atkinson openea fire on them when he said they at tacked him dt the May home, Sam May, brother of the two slain men and Mrs. May's husband, was shot in the chest and abdomen. . Coroner Frank Reid planned an inquest into the slaying today. He said he expected to return a ver dict that the killings were justifi able with the officer acting in line of duty. . Sheriff Atkinson sald he went to the May home in the western secs tion of Morrillton at the request of ' neighbors who reported a distur- Bance there. A neighbor, J. E. |Tiner, and his son, John, accom ;panied the sheriff and saw the ' slayings. I Atkinson said he found the bro 'thers and Mrs. May in the front yard and left Tiner on the porch while he searched the house, He said Mrs. May dashed in after him and obtained two knives and a ‘shotgun shell from the drawer. Her husband also entered the (Continued On Page Three) M LOCAL WEATHER e L e L 00l _———-———— Probably showers tonight and | Saturday, slightly cooler in ex treme north portion Saturday. TEMPERATURE Highest. ... soca o 0 ....88.0 LOWONE, iha hhas s b (ass sil Moalrii. ivvvilniv vises D Normili i iiibis s coin e i TID RAINFLL Inches last 24 h0ur5......,. 1.57 Total sinee August 1...... 3.09 Deficiency since Aufist 1.. .23 Average August rainfall.... 4.68 Total since Jauuary 1......38.56 Excess since January 1.... 3.73 A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday SEame T OSSR R A 0 i G e e o R e e S% e e . g o obl o 0 G R z ”’i’ 'fi?&'fia‘&.}“?-. RS * ._,;:1:1:-:" RN "’i" A g R R R G R R N e W R CONEE R e 5 R R SR 0 ol ... G et L B o 2 T s B R R R i R e I B BRI B e @) Representative Joseph W. Byrns Judge Thomas F. GreenJ Will Deliver Address In Chapel a Final exercises for the Univer sity of Georgia Summer Quarter will be held in the chapel tonight at 8:30 o'clock. s A graduating clasg of 130 or more students will be given diplo mas, the largest number of stu dents ever to receive degrees at a summer session of the University. Judge Green will speak on “Wom an's Attitude Toward the Law". Judge Green is a former trustee of the University, & member of the board’s prudential committee, and one of the first members appointed to the board of regentg when it wag organized under the adminis tration of Governor Russell a few vears ago. Judge Green also has been a member of the law faculty of the University and was acting dean of the law school two years ago. | The exerciseg tonight will in clude several musical selections by Miss Nolee Mae Dunaway, of the University music department. Dr. I J. C. Wilkinson, pastor of First Baptist church here, will deliver the invocation as well as the bene diction. Degrees will be conferre# by Dean L. L. Hendren of the University. The University summer quarter this year has been probably the best in its history, judging by the large number of degree students enrolled. The graduating class to night will be as large as the class of a regular session of the Univer =ity of a decade or more ago, Attempt to Dynamite Home of Mill Head Is Made Thursday Night BIRMINGHAM, Ala— (P) —A ,_dynamite bomb was thrown intu ‘the front yard of the home of C. L. Bransford, general superintend ent of the Republic Steel corpora tion plant here, and a man listed as L. C. Tate, a former employe of the plant, was taken in custody a short time ‘later by deputies after a chase which extended more than a mile. Forewarned of a plot to dyna mite the residence, private detec tives laig their trap and waited. As an automobile approached and rstopped in front of the house, a | door opened and the bomb was hurled out. Then -the car sped away ang private detectives gave’ chase. It was hemmed in a mile ‘away and one of the two occu pants captured. The other fled. Two Bandits Rob Rome, Ga. Bank Messengers of $9,875 ROME, Ga.—(#)—Bandits, arm ed with a sub-machine gun, to day obtained $9,875 in the holdup of two bank messengers trans porting part of the weekly pay roll of the Tubize® Chantillon Rayon Mill from the National City bank to the mill. Walter S. Cothran, vice-presi dent of the bank, said the payroll was fully covered'by-insurance. The bandits escaped in an auto mobile. Police gave chase as the automobile sped through the city in the direction of Lindale but were eluded by the robbers. Joe Palmer, cashier of the bank, HeXE Ex-Political Ally of Gover - nor Reveals Inside Of “Break” , TALKS OVER RADIO Covernor Ruled Without Thought, of Serving State, He Asserts ATLANTA—(®P)—J, J. Mangham says the insistence of Governor: Eugene Tolmadge and Talmad-: ge’s close friend, John E. Whitley, on dictating the award of highway contracts was the reason for his. break with the governor and his re signation as chairman of the state highway board. 5 “There would have been only one thing necessary for me to have remained as chairman of the high=- way department and that was to do exactly what Talmadge ana John Whitley wanted done,” Mang ham, Bremen banker and business man, said lagy night in his radio address explaining the clash with Talmadge. “To have remained as chairman - of the highway department, it would have been necessary for me ito shut my eyes, close my mouth, stop up my ears and gign my nams in order to get along with Gene Talmadge.” Two years ago Mangham manag ed the campaign headquarters of Governor Talmadge. He was ape pointed chairman of the highway board after the governor had diae placed Captain J. W. [Barnett by martial 'law. Last fall he sudden ly resigned and ina statement said he could not continue in the posis ,tion and “keep my self respect.” The former road chairman now is supporting the gubernatorial cane didacy of Judge Claude Pittman, Talmadge, Pittman and Alderman Ed A. Gilliam are the three can< didates for governor in the primary set so, September 12. Dictated Awards ’ In his statement Mangham de tailed what he said were instances of his charges that Talmadge dic tated the highway awards and ran the departmen; in Whitley’s favor. ‘Whitley is a LaGrange road con tractor, Mangham also told what 'happened on the night of Novem [ber 19, 1933—the time of the final definite break, he said. ! Mangham said he was invited to ‘2 dinner with Talmadge and others on that night. He said the gover 'no, asked questions about a road letting " that was being handled in the usual way. Mangham said the governor in sisted on discussing the letting, “showing his intention to raise a row; which at that time was evi«: dent.” After further talk about the projects and some telephone calls to road officials through which federal authorities said the re lease on the proiects would be forthcoming the next day, Mang ham said he told the governor | what had been done. S ' “The governor, very discourtes« ously to-me said: “What will the board give me for Tom Linder (his then executive secretary) to tell you ihow to run the highway depart ' ment,” x X x I told the governor | he could appoint Tom Linder in ? my place now or on January 1, Jus as he preferred, The governor lsaid: ‘I willi remember that’ and walked out. The governor wanted me to place Tom Linder on ths highway payroll. This meeting was ' all prearranged and I was advised ' before nine o’clock that night that the governor had sent for Mr, Heck (appointed to the board affer Mangham's resignation.) I had made up' my mind I was through.” The personnel of thasdepartment was discussed by ’angham ‘who (Continued on Page Four) and Raymond Ford, bank employe, were in the car with the payroll. The robbery occurred on North lavenue at the edge of the Rome city limits. The mill is located | west of the business district of the city. After the robbery, Palmer said he notified police and as the ban dits—there were two of them, the cashier said—were returning 'in the direction of the city by an other road, the officers, gave chase. ( The bardits, in a late model an 'tomobile (Ford V-8 with Georgia ' (Contirued OB“M Three)
