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About Athens banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1933-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1934)
E A ; COTTON MARKET , e e MIDDL#NG i e PREV. CLOSE.... +ccoes ... 138/ac Vol. 102. No. 210. THE Washington Lowdown ""“‘. Rodney Dutcher May Be Bu't‘d will Be Upheld Rebels Roapr T A <HHINGTON — Some of the av be busted by the. in- S ch devised and are now T ting under them, e the new NRA, instedg of L yir, is - stkely to be . rine softly, “They’ve gone, L . zo—God help ‘emi® “rme same administration which 5 't so desperately to get the oy iries under codes and al -1 them to roll their own will : . line to most advices from L aa trive desperately to .11 those industries at all costs. " \lready important sections of industries are in revolt be nee their codes have been changs od 4 1 price-fixing privileges i ¢+ hours and raise wages— o+ because the administration in-| 4« on observance of the collec wve bargaining law. There will }T‘,‘,,\ more cases. ‘ But dissenters face a tem n important places toward makit t code arrangements of| a more voluntary character, towara | jeturn to the original “fair com netition” ideal, toward a firm 'po inst “predatory” interests, 1 tgward attrition against rigid,f 1] price levels considered unfairly out of line with the rese of t rice structure. ‘ ¢ this tendency will be translated into actual achievement, | t tell. You can be’ sure, eve 1t +he beginnings of the tteml 1t hand. T it New Deal theeory Isustries which won't ol 11 on the basis of in(‘rvased; o ! orter hours in wtm'ni ( ti-trust law exemption and) f i 1 in maintaining fairE Y tion immless they can nlsoi have jom for monopolstic prac-i tices iney prices—can bej brought to book in various wayvs. : { reorganized federad trade com-i ill be counted on to en ti-trust laws against x'e-! trant industries, while NRA,] ¥ both, dlso stréngthen en-| foree 1 f codes i e | Soor iter, Roosevelt musx.tll ze; hit f a new attorney gener- | osecute the PTC and NRA | e the courts, Homer P\)lil-' 1 e given another job— ¢ ext month, perhaps next | tor General Biggs! 1 either labor movement, greatly trengt d in the last year, can inted upon to protest| effectively in most instances where Y vy ldwers wages or in -1 I be no letdown in the adr tion’s insistence on col lective bargaining, one gathers, and mpathy for any strikei gainst a de-busting influ;:tr,v' 1 1 powerful and probably] on b Saitaa Meanwhile, a svstem of consum- | f protection is being slowly deve- P¥d which is designed to fight or ‘f_ fight interests which seek to rofiteer in or out of codes: _and bolting industries agatn wilt "8 up agzainst the danger of unfatr fmpetition, which caused so many o to welcome the codes. Vi o express skepticism ¢ the New Deals ability to g nose-thumbing industrialists 0 lir you are told that the Vill be a lot easier now be . NRA has divided so many‘ but not universally raxing, the " big fellows still ‘lt the codes and the small fel- N lon't And a surprisingly 'B¢ Number of firms prefer to @in their Blue Eales. “hlef revoits to date are thoso‘ ' 'tton garment and retail | ustries. v‘\ °' extended hearings, Roose t tered cotten garment man : o to reduce code hours - 0 36 a week, with a com ourly wage increase of reent : lustry had increased | 10 percent without any‘ ent and reduced higher | ges. It was the only eral under the apparell by 1 40-hour week. esldential . orger evokedi . ' brotest from a powerful | n the code authority.z & > court fights and/ ¢ tut thé protest is fflrl eral Some kind of ¢ 3 Inevitable unless thel s water, il solid fuel code au resigned because NRA 1 have to review newl nereases before divis- | thorities m‘nmulgat-! “ertain local dominating | al dealers had figurcdi ii!‘niL ‘ dquawks from econ-; St Louis and Cleve- | ,”“ rvention by !hei ‘ (T‘"”'?':"'“‘Y Council’s | Vision, which caused | ; rder. (In St. Louis the } v;”:“xi:.r,] coal had been' Lately g C CenE.) dere have been rumors{ “oniinued from Page three.) I ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Full Associated Press Service Clear Skies Over Most Of State Bring Throngs Of Voters to Polls TALMADGE I 5 ASKING NOMINATION ‘SOLELY ON RIS PAST RECORD Pittman and Gilliam Also Conclude Strenuous Campaigns Tuesday ISSUES ARE LACKING Others Races in State Are Expected to Produce Close Victories ATLANTA—(AP)—Georgia Demo crats voted today on wheth.er to give KEugene Talmadge another term in the governor's chair or re place him with either Claude Plit man or Ed A. Gilliam. ! Talmadge, elected over seven op ponents two yvears ago by an over whelming majority of county unit votes, but whose popular vote was 44,188 less than the combined po pular vote of his seven opponents, seeks another term in which to carry on the policies that have kept him in the public eye since his inauguration in January, 1933. Talmadge is asking renomination on his record. His administration was marked first by his utilization of an old law enacted 114 years ago which gives the governor the right to suspend any state tax until the next meeting of the general as sembly. When the legislature fail ed to reduce the automobile license tag fee $3 the governor promptly suspended the law when the legis lature adjourned sine die and fixed the tag at $3. In his campaign he chargeg that the old highway board of which Captain-.J. W. Barnett of Athens was chairman, opposed him at the session of the legislature when he was inaugurated by dominating the state senate. He utilized martia) law and the national guard to oust two members of the highway board and named his followers in them stead, He appointed J. J. Mangham of Bremen to succeed Barnett but Mangham later broke with Tal madge and resigned. He i= one of the main supporters of Judge Pitte man and has assisted in the at tacks made on the Talmadge ad- (Continued on Fage Two) GUY LESTER AND BUCK PAUL ENTER - FIRST WARD RACE Guy Lester, son of Fire Chim and Mrs. Lester, today made for mal announcement of his candidacy to serve the unexpired term in the couneil seat made vacant by the death of Henry T, Culp. Mr. Lester i 8 well known through out the ecity, and esvecially in the First ward where he has a large circle of friends. 'He is an em ploye of the Strand theater. In his arnouncement ¢o friends m the ward, Mr. Lester declared his only platform pledge was to carry out the policies and plans of the late councilman so far as he is able, realizing the hard task con fronting anyone attempting to fill Mr. Culp’s post. W. H. (Buck) Paul, member of the city boarq of education from the First ward, today also told the Banner-Herall he was definitely in the race for council from that ward. Mr. Paul Las'lived in the First wiard for twenty-six years, he raid, and is a merchant. For abhout twenty years he was connected with the Budwine company. The only pubiic office he has ever held, Mr. Paul said, is the post on the board of education. THE NEws IN A NUTSHELL Fina] tribute was paid Tuesday ' to Henry T. Culp, councilman from the First ward and mayor pro-tem, who died Sunday amternoon. : Guy Lester, son of Chief Lester of the A. F. D. has announced as candidate to fili the unexpired term of Henry Culp as councilman from: the First ward. | The Athens Peach ball has been postponed until September 19 be cause of the fact that the 13th 1s a Jewish holiday. 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The officials taking testimony from surviving members of the crew and passen gers at hearings in New York are (left to right) Carl. C. Nielson, inspector of hose; Dickerson N. Hoover, inspector general of steamship inspectors; James Smith, inspector of boiler; and John L. Crone, superintendent of inspectors. L EIGHT STATE RAGES ARE HELD TUESDAY Local Topics Supplant “New Deal” as Main Is sue in Elections (By The Associated Press) Tuesday’s primaries in eight states as far flung as Washington on the west and New Hampshire on the east, showed these results today: . Louisiana:—Huey Long' -candi dates win, ! ! South Carolifa:—The veteran Cole Blease beaten for governor. Colorado:—A woman gives Gov. Johnson close run for renomina tion. e Arizona: —Senator Ashurst leads close contest for renomination. Michigan:— Gov. Comstock re nomination; Frank D. Fitzgerald is G. O. P. ehoice. . Vermont:—Senator Austin; new deal foe. renamed by republicans; democrats pick Fred ¢, Martin, New Hampshire: — Congress men Rogers (D) and Tobey (R) renominted. ) Washington:—Close race for Dlemiocratic. ~ senatorial nomina tion. In Vermont, for example.. The Republican Senator Warren R. Austin, was renominated by a three-to-one vote over Harry B. Amey. Senator Austin has been a consistent critic of the new deal. The new deal will become a clear cut issue in November, however, for senator Austin will be opposed by a “Rocsevelt man” Fred C. Martin. s The election that was packed with most drama—that in DMNew Orleans—had no national connec tions. This was the war between Senaior Hrey P. Long and Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley, and Long won. Troops were called out dur ing the campaign, Long concen trating national guardsmen -in New Orleans toginsure a “peace ful and proper” primary. Thel‘ voting. however, was done most quietly. Long's candidates won.l With ‘this vietory in his belt, the senator is ready to go on with his ecampain to clean ‘“the ring” odit of New Orleans. The Long-endorsed candidates for the Democratic nomination sari congress (tantamount to election‘ in Lonigiana) were J. O. Fernan dez in the first district, and Paul Malcney in the second. ¢ New Hampshire Republicans (Continued on page seven.) By Jack Braswell scious form of Charles A. Levine, first trans-Atlantic airline passen ger, who was found slumped in a chair in the kitchen of a friends | house with five gas jets opened. ! Olin D. Johnston, formsr World war veteran and Spartanburg at itorney. swept to a smashing vie { tory over Cole L. Bilease, one time | governor of South Carolina and ;United States senator, in the De { mocratic primary in South Carolina yesterday. ] Code authorities, are counted | upon to aid the nationwide distri bution of poster pledging the pub slic to support Blue Eagle business eStabiishments. | Voting was reported heavy this | morning from all parts of the state l (Continued on Page Two) e Sl T 30t iederal Officials Launch Morro Castle Inquiry —ESTABLISHED 1832— Athens, Ga., Wednesday, September 12, 1934. l President Roosevelt | Expects Law Requiring | Only All-Steel Ships HYDE PARK, N. Y—(#)—Presi dent Roosevelt expects congress te enact legislation requiring passag er ships to be constructed as com pletely fireproof as possible, as a result of the Morro Castle disas ter, The president disclosed today in his regular press conference that he wants all-steel ‘passenger ves= sels and believes that even equip ment material can be made of fire proof material. : The Morro Castle was a steel ship.. EROSION SERVIGE T 0 BET 5 MILLION MORE Additional Funds Needed To Carry Out Extended Program In order -to retard the disastrous and wasteful effects of erosion est }imabed as causing an. annua] loss of $400,000,000 in the nation’s soil 'va]ues.an allotment of $5,000,000 !has been made to. continue the i work being done cooperativelyy by land owners and the Federal Gov ernment. The erosion control work ‘is being done by the Soii Erosion Service of the Department of the Interior. A gpecial Board of Public Works decided that the results achieved by the Soil Erosion Service with the original PWA allotment of $10,000,000 used in combatting |erosion warranted further work. )Wit-h the additional money, H. H. ißehnett, director of the Soi] Erosi on Service, plans to expand the ‘program to include a number of new projects where the ‘need for erosion control is acute. ~ Tentative plans for expenditure of the new grantscall for the prob able establishment of projects in Arizona, Colorado, Minnesota, South Dakota, Kentucky and other states where wind and rain have ripped the fertile farm land of its vital top soil. Detailed plans for the distribution of the $5,000,000 will be announced as soon as the D]ans| have been formulated, stated Mr. | Bennett. 1 There have been nearly a hun-| dred applications to the Soil Ero- | sion Service for the establishment of projects in about twenty-five states. Some of the new projects may supplement those now working. 1t is expected that the funds already in the hands of the Soil Erosion Service will be sufficient to com- | plete the work now under wayv ex cept the enormous undertaking on! the Navajo Indian Reservation ini (Continued on Page Two) | Election Returns to Start Tonight at 7 Election returns from all sections of the state will be flashed on a huge screen in front of the Banner-Herald of fice tonight. The returns, complied by the Associated Press, and guaranteed to be accurate as well as speedy, will begin coming into the of fice about 7 o’clock. The returns will continue until it is definitely determin ed who are the winners in the various races. The Baner- Herald invites all of its hun dreds of friends: to be, its guests for the returns. 'ERWIN REPLIES TO - TALMADGE MRTICLE Attorney Writes Card; Wier Tells of Banner- Herald News Source ' The Baner-Herald has received the following communication from W. L. Erwin, in reply to an artitle in this paper yesterday s% by W. W. Scott, president of Talmadge club: “To the Public: } “In andrticle appearing in Tues day's Banner-Herald, the local Talmadge club states that Abit Nix sent to the Georgia senators a telegram opposing the NRA, and specifies, as the telegram in ques tion, one sent by the legislative committee of the Athens Chamber of Commerce in May 1933. This effort to show inconsistency with Mr. Nix’s present support of the NRA is unfounded on fact. ‘ “When the Industrial Recovery Act was pending ‘before congress, there was a meeting of the legisla tive committee of the Chamber of Commerce. I was nota member of the committee, but attended the meeting for the purpose of advo cating opposition to the Industrial Recovery Act. Two other citizens, not members of the committee, al so attended the meeting and oppos ed the act. The committee agreed with us and accordingly sent to the Geor gia senators and representatives the felegram to which® the Tal madge club refers: Mr. Nix was not present and had nothing to do (Continued On Page Two) LONG IS WINNER IN NEW ORLEANS All Candidates of “‘King fish"” Sweep to Convinc ing Victories Tuesday NEW ORLEANS —(AP)—H\#¥ Long today had realized his ambi tion of smashing every vestige of major political opposition in the state of Louisiana and entrench\ng himself as a dictator with unpre cedented powers in the democratic state, : His slate of candidates in Tues day's democratic primary swept to a convincing victory, crushing half a century’s political rule of the New Orleans’ ring, now captained by Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley. That “ring,” the old regular or ganization, that uniformly elected its candidates for generations, had easily repulsed all the “Kingfish's” previoug efforts to destroy it. It beat his candidates in the January mayorality election, but Long vow- ed thorough vengeance. He shad his vengeance today. Not an ordinary vengeance, but one that brought tears to the eyes of hardened campaigners. The hur rah of victory was strangely lack ing. Huey Long, himself, was jubi lant. He ‘said he won because the election wag “fair,” and th» oppo sition hadn't a chance to count him out as thgy did in the January primary, The senator had brought the en tire Louisiana national guard, 2,- 000 or more strong, to New Orleans to make certain that the election was “fair and peaceful’™ Walms ley added to his police force sto bring it almost up to a par with Long’s military strength, also to NATIONAL GUARDS N RHODE. (SLAND FIRE (N STRIKERS TODAY “Battle of Moshassuck Cemetery’”’ Resembles Real Warfare FiFTY ARE WOUNDED Mediation Board Spurred On as More Reports of Violence Come In SAYLESVILLE,’_R. I. —(AP)— National guardsmen of Rhode Is land fired their first shots in the textile strike in this state this morning when they discharged a volley over the heads of strikers who advanced upon them in the vicinity of the Sayles Finishing Co., where serious rioting has oc curred during the past 48 hours. The detachment of 24 guards men, under command of Col. Har old R, Baker, met the threatening group of about 17 strikers advanc ing across Moshassu Cemetery near the plant, armed with rocks and stones. After their refusal to disband, Col. Barker ~ gave the command to his men to open fire. A volley roared over the roup as they fled. An Auburn woman and between seven and nine men were arrested by guardsmen and taken to the mill property where, guardsmen said, they were held for local police. Saylesville resembled a war torn village as 500 national guardsmen patrolled the streets. Guardsmen, with bayonets, tear and nausea gas and steel helmets, were sta tioned around the Sayles Finish- Y¥ng plant, scene of wild rioting which has caused injury to 70 persons. § . Approximately 3500 strikers and sympathizers engaged in a fierce battle with the troopers last night which culminated in a running fight through the Moshassuk cemetery. Tombstones were used (Continued on Page Seven) FINAL TRIBUTE PAID H. T CULP TUESDAY Impressive Ceremony At tended by Many Friends At Elks Lodge Rooms By B. C. LUMPKIN Several hundred Athenians paid their last respects to Henry T. Culp, twice mayor pro-tem and counecil man from the First ward for nine teen years vesterday afternoon at the FElks lodge rooms on College avenue. Hundreds of others had filed pas! the casket where Mr. Culp had lain in state in the club rooms since Monday morning. In the large quarterg of the club were rich and poor alike, all lev elled to one common station in the presence of death and the body of the man they had so loved and admired. The FElks Lodge of Sorrow, one of the most impressive and beau tiful fraternal rituals for deceased members, was conducted. The services were held in the Elks lodge rooms, chairs being placed in every possible space. Still it was not large enough to accommodate the large throng that wished to pay reverence to their friend. Some stood about in the various roomg amd hallways and several could get no closer than the stairway. All could hear, how (Continued on Page Three) ‘ Morro Castle Radio Operator Says SOS Delayed 20 Minuies NEW YORK —(#)— George W. Rogers, chief radio operator of the burned Morro Castle, told a board of inquiry teday that it was fuly thirty minutes after he wag awak ened because of the fire aboard the ship before he received an order to send out an SOS. Smoke was getting thick, Rog ers testified, the radio room was getting warm and a curtain caught fire. He said he had a wet towel on his face, “I could hardly breathe,” when Alagna came back at 8:256 or 3:30” and said “OK chief, send out an SOSB.” He gald his second assistant op erator awakened him at 2:55 a. m., eastern gtandard time, and inform ed him there was g fire aboard. He said he dressed immediately and sent his first assistant, Gqu ¥ HOME A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday Result of Race Two Years Ago Is Summarized ATLANTA —(#)— The vote for governor two years ago was di vided among -weight candidates in contrast with three candidates in today’s Georgia Democratic pri mary. Eugene Talmadge was nominated in the first primary in 1932 with 264 unit votes out of the 410. He carried 114 of the 159 counties. His popular vote was 116,381 and the combined popular vote ot his seven opponents whs 160,569, The registration for the primary today is approximately 370,722 voters. This is compared with ap proximately 475,978 registered in 1932. The candidates and ‘their votes two years ago follow: Unit Popular Candidates Counties Vote Vote H. B. Edwards .. 2 8 12,897 T. W. Hardwick 10 30 35,252 John N. Holder 4 10 19,697 John I. Kelley .. 1 4 12,115 ADIt Nix .... .. I® 94 78,688 Hoke O’Keily .. 0 0 1,823 F.B. Summers (x) 0 0 . 107 Eugene Talmadge 114 264 116,381 Tota) .... .. 109 416 = 356300 (x) Summerg withdrew before primary election, Polls opened today at 7 a. m. and close in the country districts at 3 p. m. and 6 p. . and 7 p. m. in the cities and courthouse precinets. VOTING [N CLARKE COUNTY 1S HEAVY Overcast Skies Fail" to Keep Throngs Away From Polls This A. M. With a fight on bYetween sup porters of the leading candidates for governor as to which will win Clarke county’'s four unit votes m today’'s Democratic primary, near )y one-half of the qualified voters here had balloted at noon. Clarke's qualified voters list con tains about 3,000 pames, and near ly 1,400 had cast that votes by 3 o'clock, with the voting continuing at a brisk pace. Headlining all other races was that for the governorship, which was intensified as the day for the primary neared with an address here Monday afternoon by Gover nor Talmadge, followed last night with a Pittman rally at the city hall. ‘About 1,600 persons attended the Pittman rally which was featured by a fiery speech by Abit Nix, one of the leading Pittman supporters who has been charged with having opposeed the NRA last May. Mr, Nix declared last night he had no part in the action taken by the le gislative committee of the Athens Chamber of Commerce last May, when that group sent telegrams to Georgia’s two senators urging them to vote against the National In dustrial Recovery act. He declared that the public statement of W. W. Scott, president of the Tal-. madge club here charging Nix with being an enemy of NRA “was writ ten by Tom Shackleford.” ‘ Will Continue Fight Mr. Nix declared he will continue to oppose Governor Talmadge “as long as he is in public life.” He declared his opposition to “the head of the University of Georgia being in politics,” and brought his speech to a close amid cheers of the crowd that he has no concern about the attack made on him by Governor Talmadge, leaving the charges of the governor “to the people of (Continued on Page Seven) senger to receive any orders.” He said he had no lack of con fidence in the bridge, but was fol lowing routine practice. Rogers said Alagna came back at 3:13 and told him he’s better “get out of here if you don’t want to die like a rat” “I asked him what about the distress signal,” Rogerg testified, and then, he said, he received a wireless message from another ship asking about a burning ship off the Jersey -coast. Then he sent out a “stand by” message he said, and repeated it at 3:18 or 3:19, to have a clear channel when he did get orders to send an SOS. i Rogers also testified that some time ago his first assistant (George Alagna) and other operator “tried to instigate discontent on the ship.” L D VARIOUS SECTIONS BEPORT LARGE VOTE DURING EARLY HOURS Generally Fair Weather Creets Early Morning Voters Today = VOTE HEAVY HERE Spirited Races in Many Cities Mark Primary Election in State ATLANTA —(®)— Early reports from a number of citles indicated brisk and heavy voting with clear skies generally throyghout Georgla as voters marked their ballotn"ff!il"? the Democratic primary. T A survey of city boxes in De catur and Atlanta showed voters came sarly and were voting as quickly as they could enter the booths and comnplete their marking. Skies were overcast and there was' a brief rain early in the day. Augusta reported fair gnd warm weather with heavy voting from the opening the precincts. Becauge of the long ballot, however, voting was slowed considerably. The in terest in the primary there was in tensified by spirited races for the county . commission and the state legislature. ? Slow Count oo Due to a ruling by the Democra= tic committee in Richmond ecounty that boxes must be counted one at a time, the tabulation of returns was expected to be slow. Polls in Augusta were heavily p:ggfd with gpecia] officers from gheriff's ~office and the county cOmmission’s special police patrol. _' Rome, in northwest Georgia, ré ported unusually heavy voting In the city under clear skies. Morg' than 600 had voted there two ~hours after the polls opene. g Voting at Columbus, opened un=- der ideal weather conditions and observers there predicted between 3,500 and 4,000 votes would be cast during the day. Chief interest there centered in the races for ‘governor, commissioner of agricul ture and congreseman from the third district. i . Macon Ig Busy " . It was clear and balmy in Ma con with unusually heavy voting at the opening of the precinet boxes. Interest was keen in all races. o Savannah said voting in the early morning hours there was heavy. " At Athens skies were slightly overcast but tnere were no immede iate signs of rain early in the day. The voting was brisk MGM’ was much interest in the era nor's race and two local political contests. il Voting at Moultrie opened with a rush beneath clear skies. hé voting in the county was expecte® (Continued on Page Two) GEORGIA STRIKE FRONT IS QUIET Both Mill Owners and Striking Workers Hold Positions & ATLANTA —() — Quiet reigned along the textile strike battle fron§ in Georgia today with mill owners and striking workers holding M‘ present lines. CHE e The closing ‘of a few more milld in the state yesterday raised the total of workers idle because of the strike to 41,590, Ordinat% narily 60,000 workers are employed im Georgia plants, ; o Fred Freeman, 35, a striking texa tile worker of Atlanta, was killed by an automobile when he stepped off the sidewalk into the path of the car yesterday while doing pick et duty at the closed Fulton fi and Cotton mills. Witnesses said the accident was unavoidable but the driver of the car was hooked on a technical charge of reckless driving. ’f‘fN;“:g,: Although not operating yesters day, officials of the Mandevillg mills at Carrollton planned to res open today under protection fur nisher Wy the sheriff's office. A “flying squadron” visited the millg Monday and they were el®sed. e Fifteen men were Shiled at Car« rollton yesterday on charges fi trespassing on property of the Villa Rica mills. Gobs The Fulton (Atianta) cmmt% grand jury has indicted two wome en, Annie Leathers and Leah. Young, alleged to be communists, on charges of circulating insurrecs tionary literature. They were are rested las; week on complaint of strikers at the Exposition milts that they were circulating com- L S— S e‘?;“;
