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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
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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
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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.”
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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. Now I know I should
not have left her as I did. Now I
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Former Clarke School Sup
erintendent Passes at
~ Winterville Today
Thomas N. Gaines, superintend
ent of the Elberton public schools
died. a¢ the home of his brather<
in-law Sherwood Coile at Winter
ville today at 2:15 o'clock. Mr.
Gaines was stricken with a heart
attack last night 2bouy midnight
.and began to sink rapidly.
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
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Athens, Ga., Friday, August 24, 1934.
Dillinger Aide
Slain by Police;
Girl Arrested
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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
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Florida Girl Calls on
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Latin American Heads |
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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 ‘
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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
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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.)
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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
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Saturday, slightly cooler in ex
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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
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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
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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
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