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Newspaper Page TextFﬂON MARKET |pDLING L R R gvioUS CLOSE .... «+ +o 13¢ B, 102. No. 212. Washington e ) Rodney Dutcher write A History still Other Flops West Gets Plums e ——— nner-Herald Washington Cor respondent ASHINGTON. — One of the < gqeneral Hugh Johnson might gs J4th his spare time now would o write a history of the boards have been appointed to sit General Johnson. obably not even he can re per them all. retrospect, it seems as if there ¢ have been about one new a m ynth—inspired by mem os the administration who e jealous or fearful of John b great power and sought gto make him share it or ¢ him under control. ou doubtless don’'t remember National Industrial Recovery rd of last summer. Certain net members pleaded for it in te night session with RooOse - urging that no mortal man uld be given as much power as nson was acquiring. D, created it naming John and some cabinet officers as bers. Seecretary of Commerce Roper figured himself as the ne man who would be bossing nson around. he NIRB withered under John s contempt. He remarked once gecretary Frances Perking was only member “who had pants ' and refused. to show nup for tings unless he knew she would oresent. Finally, the general ored it entirely. eanwhile,. Roper had named his “Business Advisory and Plan ¢ Council” of 49 jeading indus lists, with plenty of ballyhoo, the idea was that this coun would be another instrument ough which Unecle Danny would the NAA. his couneil is rumored to be in existence. S ——— he Executive Couneil and the‘ ional BEmeérgency Couneil came ng and in each case it was[ ted that Johnson would now bcl ing ordersg from a board. But nson still wasn’t hdving any. l s took orders only from RooOse- | t—and pot always from him. hen there was the Darrowl rd, now only a memory. inally came the Industrial Em ency Committee. “This time sevelt really. meant business. himself wanted a board to end rds to sit on General Johnson. s picked Donald Richberg out ORA to be chairman of IEC, ich included Miss Perkins, Ickes, | pking, and Johnson, and charg&’dl with working out an NRA re anization program, ohngon found himself up against rim crew which eagerly accept his public aswuranceg that he nted to quit. He saw hig powet ping and his subsequent thresh s-about created the administra 's major internal row to date. resumably it will take still an er hoard to complete the job of ishing off the general, nsiders report-‘a couple of re its to the platoon of gents wh | ¢y themselves as the Republi presidential nominee in 1936. ne is Col. sßobert R, McCor ck, publisher of the Chicago Tri e, one of the Roosevelt admin ration’s hitterest crities. His big e is the AAA. he other is Senator Arthml Ndenburg of Michigan, who witk 'atr Nye was eo-sponsor of the h,‘t"‘m“ for the munitions inves ation Mticials here have received cop “.’"' business code that makes ' look like a piker. (oon Is a Republican state, !t has its own Agrieultural Ad ment act. The bakers out there 'nﬁ.mi 2 marketing , agreement bees o cA Of protecting. thelr R brought 1t here for ap- | j:;‘:‘y“‘\\ ""*'fusmi to approve it.! . i»'“" the state of Oregon | ¢lt an. official okay. | W :w»:\‘il\lp~ method of prp_i L: E ~mpot.ltirm in bread. - Ah‘ 'bv"l.:vr‘yoklés seems to havo! B "’I""~ Price-cutters can Bty oo A}‘-" an official ban on n of ~‘“’“-h’l“v well as confisca- | ag 0 bakery products on | | e ————— : Phe 11t | ,m;:;.'."\my‘a:" cupboard is tem litioiane oo 28 far ag southern pgs Are concerned. Pickings ~,,. Km”r.\minued to be good un by 4.0 When the administra ded to hand out most of bt ~ - 0 the west and north- Newn )" unti] after election k. ‘_'\f }‘f’ ‘(‘O'ngross from the G laven’t had a look-in hen 41 0 Patronage . seramble oh ..y had to compete with B ‘”." old-timers from the .‘\\;«:;‘v:“!mtor Pat Harrison of . el 8 ft}?}”;) convinced Jim Dl - < Democratiec party gy DOM some of its west g w;,;_,d‘\"'l the garden 3¢ be. Dright loms - LRSI .c L 1934, NEA Service, Inc. ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Full Associated Press Service Workers Rout Pickets In Georgia Mill Town McDonald Only Anti-Talmadge Man to Win State Post [ALMADGE VIGTORY MARGIN - INGREASED BY LATER RETURNS Other Men Supported by Governor Confirmed By State Voters 3 PITTMAN COUNTIES Braswell Deen Noses Out Opponent for Congress In Bth District ATLANTA—(®)—Tobe Daniel of LaGrange, appointed by Governor Eugene Talmadge to replace the ousted Walter McDonald of Au guusta on the state public serv ice commission, apparently was de feated by McDonald in Wednes day’s primary while the remainder of the Talmadge-supported slate swept into office on the governor's landslide. ° - T Riding the crest of a flood . of late returns, McDonald of Augusta, appeared to be the ‘only man to de feat a candidate backed publicly by Talmadge. Early yesterday Daniel appeared to have a lead that would send him across the finish line the vic tor. With unofficial returns counted from 151 counties, McDonald led in the race for his old place with 210 county unit votes in 83 counties to 178 unit votes in 68 counties for Daniel. Under the state’s county unit systerh, 206 unit votes of the 410 in the state are necessary for the nomination. = Meanwhile, returns from all parts of the sthte only piled high er the tremendoug victory scored by Governor Talmadfe over Judge Claude C. Pittman of Cartersville and Alderman Ed A. Gilliam of Atlanty in the democratic primary. The nominatjon -in Georgia is tantamount to election. The total of 156 counties remain ed’ in the governor's column, with Fulton, DeKalb and Clarke going to Judge Pittman for 16 unit votes. The governor's 394 unit-cote total was not changed. ‘Gilliam did not carry a county. - The latest - gubernatorial figures in popular voteg gave Talmadge 165,491; Judge Pittman 78, 727 and Gilliam 4,718, McDonald was running for the seat he lost last summer when the governor forced out the old public service commission and appointed a new body which has reduced rateg of variousg utilities in the state. * ! Wilhoit Winner Jud P. Wilhoit, chairman of the commission appointed by Tal madge, apparently had carried 107 counties with 280 unit votes to de feat the old chairman, James A. Perry. who had 18 counties with 50 unit votes. Robert N. Spring field, secretary of the old coOmmis- (Centinued ~m Page Eight) League Executive Board Will Meet Tomorrow There will be an executive board meting of the League of the Athens Women Voters Monday morning at 10:30 o'clock at the home of the president, Mrs. Paul Morrow, on Mell street. » All officers and chairmen are urged to attend as several matters of importance will be discussed. The time and place for the month ly meeting will be decided upon at the board meeting, Mrs. Mor row said. : THe NEws IN A NUTSHELL W-.:A. Abbott has recently been appointed supervisor of the Athens district of the National Reemploy ment Service. Extra SI,OOO tax to be imposed on beer dealers in dry states was announced. Cotton exemption certificates are being given out by the county agent today. The Soil Erosion Service here will participate in the Southeast ern Fair which will be held in At lanta from September 29 through October 6. Condition of the erod ed soil of Georgig before and after the service has worked on it will be illustrated. Tickets for the Peach ball are on sale around town by several people who are cooperating in the attempt to “put it over big”. Til be glad to sell anybody mine. Six more young ladies have been se lected to enter the contest. 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At the same time officers of the liner were abandoning ship, young Phelps and his room-mate continued to play water on the flames in a brave effort to extinguish them. Quiet Prevails Again In Rhode Island Strike Area Three Robbers Achieve Unbelievable Feat— Hold Women Speechless CHlCAGO.—(#)—Three robbers last night achieved a feat often thought impossible — they forced 100 women ‘to remain speechless for several minutes. Invading a meeting of the Pol ish Women's Alliance, they de manded the contents of the trels urer’s strong box in which reposed more than S3OO in monthly dues. The treasurer handed over the money without a word. “Give me that ring,” said one off the robbers, pointing to the treasurer’s diamond ring. Speech less, she gave up her jewelry. No further words were spoken during the holdup, and the robbers fled. Then the women made up for lost time. : NEW BEER TAX'IS BLOW TO DEALERS Federal Government Re quires $22,000 Extra Taxes From Dealers Here . Athens wholesale and retail beer dealers will be required to pay an extra_ SI,OOO federal tax imposed by the government in dry states, W. E. Page, collector of internal rev enue announced in Atlanta yester day. . . S Mr. Page's announcement applies to the entire state. - Payment of the tax will be made to the near est zone office of the interna] rev enue department. He said sus pension of business by beer deal ers will not enable them to escape payment of the tax, as the law re quires that all eoOncerns selling beer now must pay it. There are twenty-two wholesale and retail beer dealers In Athens, (Continued on page six.) By Jack Braswell vest this year than in 1033, an nounced the Georgia Crop Report ing service here today. The eighth Masonic District held its annual convention yesterday in Danielsvillle with approximately fifty attending. o dogaiote 08 0 TR R - Dr. Hoyt Miller, missionary from Africa, spoke to the iocal Lion’s club yesterday at the Holman ho tel. H. D. Snell, wealthy Corp:\]l, Okla. merchant an< farmer, acci dentally gained his liberty when he fell out of the automobile of his abductors who were holding him for $50,000 ransom. Senator Richard B. Russell, jr's request to Secretary ‘Wallace for appropriation to the U. S. Bureau of Entomology for the control and eradication of the screw worm which has done wide spre‘d damage in south Georgia's live-stoek was con gidered and preparations are being (Continued on page six.) —ESTABLISHED 1832 Athens, Ga., Friday, September 14, 1934, Threat to Call United States Troops Into War Has Effect (By the Associated Press.) Quiet prevailed in the textile strike today, but at several points authorities were prepared for trou ble. Rhode Island’s textile centers, where rioting has occurred during the week, were peaceful under the 'watchful eyes of police and nat ional guardsmen. Several units of federal troops were held in read iness, however, in the event new disorder ﬂa?. Putnam, Conn, was tense as a silk mill pnrepared to reopen in the face of a union ultimatum that the mill must remain closed. Militiamen weére on duty. A “flying squadron’” of pickets dispersed hurriedly today in Ara gon,. Ga., as armed cotton mill workers prepared to move against them. Gunfire sounded in the town, but no casualties were re ported. A charge of dynamite exploded near the transformer of a plant in Fayetteville, N. C. No damage was done and the plant continued to operate. The situation general ly in North and South Carolina was quiet. ‘Many mills operated under the protection of national guardsmen. ‘President Roosevelt’s strike me diation board prepared to report to the chief executive and he was expected to take action to settle the walkout. The President will leave today to witness the Amer ica’s Cup races but will keep in touch with the strike develop- (Continued on page seven.) Anxiety Hangs Over Home of Quintuplets As Toxemia Spreads CALLANDER, Ont.—(#)—Anxie ty hung over the home of the Pionnes today as the famous quin tuplets suffered from the debilitat ing effects of intestinal toxemia. After seeing the chilaren last night, Dr. A. R. Dafoe, who hasan tended them since birth, said he was “concerned.” He added, how ever, that the intestinal disorders communicated from Yvonne to her sisters, Annette, Cecille, Emilie and Marie, was comparatively slight. In older, stronger children it would be regarded trivial, he as serted. The physician indicated that he was most concerned by the condi tion of Annette, whe os:z 2 31-% ounces in weight yesterday. Yvonne, with whom the malady started, seemed to be improved to day. But Dr. Dafoe said the babies whose Tonsumption of food has increased steadily, have a'better chance of surviving now than would have been the case had the illness attacked them two months ago. TRANSFUSICN LIKELY CALLANDER, Ont.— (#) —Blood transfusion equipment was rushed here today from Toronto to be in readiness should the eom®lition o 1 the Dionne quintuplets, suffering from intestinal toxemia, becom: worse., 8 % NEW LEGISLATURE I 3 LIKELY- T - SUPPOAT DLANS OF TALMADGE Candidates Favorable to Covernor Win in Most Of County Races TO HAVE NEW SENATE Close Contests Develop In Many Counties for Legislative Seats ATLANTA, Ga—(&)—The legis lature which was nominated day before yesterday by the Democrats of Georgia, will number among its membership strong supporters of Governor Bugene Talmadge who are seeking the posts of presiding officers of the two houses. E. 'D. Rivers of Lanier county, and Ellis Arnall of Coweta, who were in the forefront of the Tal madge fight for renomination and who were #pegker and speaker pro-tem respectively in the last house, again seek these posts in the January session. So far,no public opposition Ras appeared to them. Fred Scott, Thomasville, who represents the seventh district, and C. D. Redwine of Fayette, who represents the sixth district, want to be president of the senate. Both are strong Talmadge men. These and others were among the membership for the house and senate named in the various coun ties Wednesday. One Old Member W. M. Lester of Augusta, rep resgggng, the 18th distriet, is the only member of the last senate who will again sit in the upper chamber. He was returned with out opposition. Senator Walter Sims of Atlanta, representing the 36th, was defeat ed by Everett Millican of Atlanta. John Beasley of Glennville, was nominated from 'the second dis trict. Last session he was chair man of the house committee on (Continued on page eight.) RAGE FOR CONGAES: 1S CLOSE IN GEDRGIA Braswell Deen Has 42 Vote Lead Over Jesup Man in Eighth District. ATLANTA, Ga—{&)—Braswell Deen of Alma, seeking a second term as congressman from the Eighth Georgia district, today held a lead of only 42 votes on unoffi cial and incomplete returns over his nearest opponent, Ben Gibbs, Jesup attorney, in one of the closest races of Wednesday’s pri mary. The official count will be neces sary to determine the winner. On the basis of present returns, both sides claim victory. E. E. Dekle of Valdosta and A. D. Williams of Folkston were far in the rear. - The vote as recorded unofficially last night stood 11,134 for Deen and 11,092 for Gibbs. Because of heavy local races in the district, all ballots had not been counted fate last night. In the state’s Democratic pri mary, one representative was de feated and three others apparently were renominated. The nomina tion in Georgia is equivalent to election. Hugh Peterson of Ailey, broth er-in-law of United States Sena tor Richard B. Russell, jr., de feated Representative Homer .C. Parker of Statesboro in the First district. On the basis of incomplete re turns from the 14 counties in the (Continued on Fage Two) LOCAL WEATHER R e bt M Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday, probably scattered showers in northwest and ex treme south portions Satur day. TEMPERATURE HIgRSEE Lb 6 heii weni 4. 860 LOWE iy K. acee iBT BORR il i i IBD OB sos i aaii wead K 0 RAINFALL Inches last 24 hours .. ... .02 Tothl sinoe Sept. 1 .. ..... 13 Deficiency sincé Sept. 1 .. 143 Aveérage Sept. rainfall...... 3.50 Total since January 1 .. ..37.49 Excess since January 1 ... 2.37 Ship’s Radio Man Held as Witness g % A SRR i ; 3 Sy S P 4 s R RS S A R o ; R R S i S B . e e S : S W R SR i . . 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Following his testimony before the U. S. Grand Jury he was arrested as a material witness in the disaster investigation Fireman Testifies Today In Morro Castle Inquiry Says He Smelled Smoke As Early as 12:45 on Night of Disaster NEW YORK—(#)—A New York city fireman, John Kempf, declarea Friday that-as-early as 12:45 8.5%. last Saturday morning he smelled smoke on the liner Morro Castle. Other witnesses have placed dis covery of the fire which destroyed the ship at shortly before 3 a. m., Eastern Standard Time. Dickerson N. Hoover, head of the department of commerce board in vestigating the marine catastrophe, commented: “You are the first one go place the time of the start of the fire at 12:45.” _ The witness said he thought he was correct in giving that time— that he smelled smoke then, but saw no fire until later. Hoover observed that fireman Kempf's testimony was ‘“expert” and “extremely valuable.” Kempf said that after he went up deck he saw very few ship of ficers. “I began ordering myself” he said. The fireman's testimony caused much laughter among his question ers. He 'was very vague about nautical terms, but definite in his ideas concerning the proper tech nige of extinguishing fires on ships Shortly after he smelled smoke, Kempf asserted, he saw it coming through an elevator shaft on *“C” deck and issuing from crevices in the partitions. “It seemed strange to me” he (Contlnued pn Page Six) Goldman and Little Lead Opponents in Amateur Golf Meet | BROOKLINE, Mass—(®)—David (Specs) Goldman of Dallas, rallitd te overtake his 22. year-old Texas rival, Reynolds Smith, today and jled by one up after the first 18 Iholes of their 86 hole semi-final match in the U. S. Amateur golf l championship. . . Goldman, after being down at the seventh shot the next ten holes in only one over par. He squared the match on the 16th and took the lead on the 17th, with a birdie, the result of one of the best shots of ‘the match, a piteh that dropped 18 inches from the pin. W. Lawson Little, jr., of San lFrancisco, holder of the British Amateur championship and the ‘tournament's outstanding fa,vorite,‘ ! dissipated a big early lead and was { fortunate to finish ithe morning |round two up in the other semi | final against Don Armstrong, of Chicago. | ‘ Little won' the first four holes i but Armstrong staged a sensatjon ial rally, with the aid of four-slnglei , putt greens, and squared the match ,at the ninth. THty then halved‘ seven successive holes before Little won ‘two holes in a row to ﬂnish] the morning round two up on his' * opponent. Er e e A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday Up-to-Date Figures on Morro Castle Tragedy Shows Death Toll Is 132 (By The Associated Press) . Almost each day since-the Morro Castle disaster additiona] names have been added to the list of those who perished in the sea. Follow ing is the list gg it stood thig aft- ernoon: Survivors, passengers .... .... 226 Survivors ofew- ... s Vi 184 Survivors not on.crew or pas 2enger Ut vvvis snio v b wnnr NIR Totals SUrviVOrS ..... .v.cq 453 Dead, passengerg identified ~.. 77 Dead crew identified .... .... 29 Unaccounted for, passengers ~ 15 Unaccounted for, Crew .... .... 11 Tota] dead and missing ..... 132 CLARKE FARMERS RECEIVE PERMITS County Agent’s Office Supplied With Tax Ex emption Certificates 'Certificates permitting Clarke county farmers who have cumplied with the agricultural re-adjust. ment program of the federal gov ernment to gin and sell their cotton without payment of a special tax are being giver out at the office of L. S. Warson, Clarke county farm demonstration agent. The certificates were received this week, County Agent Watson said today, and gseveral farmers have already received theirs. Oth ers may do so by calling at the office of the county agent in the court house, The exemption certificates are presented to the ginner by th farmers who issue tags and a special receipt after the cotton is ginned. The tags are attached to the cotton and the special receipt is retained by the farmer. Farm ers whose cotton is tagged and (Continued on Page Seven) Talmadge Orders Camp to | Prepare Troops for Action ATLANTA— (#) —Governo, Tal madge today instructed Adjutant General Lindley Camp to be ready with the national guard for strike duty. “I want the flying squadron in Georgia to stop,” the governor said in a statement. “I want all violtnce and intimi dation, carrying arms, big sticks and basehall bats to stop. “T do not want anyone in Greorgia interfering with those who want to work. “I hope that it will not be neces sary for me to call out the nation al guard, but the right to work ty Georgia will be protected. “lI have notified General Lindley W. Camp, adjutant geners! of Georgia, to be prepared to carry out these principles.” The governor said that for the past week he had numerous peti tions from textile min ovwners, sheriffs, judges, private citizens, HSME] FLYING SQUADRON AT IRAGON DISPEASED BEFORE ARMED BAND Deputy Sheriff of Polk County Leads Textile = Workers in Attack TO “PROTECT JOBS” Nation’s Labor, Capital Mobilize Forces for Finish Fight By AL SMITH ) ARAGON, Ga. —(®)— A flying squadron of textile gtrikers from nearby towns dispersed hurriedly today before the threat of a well armed band of Aragon cotton mill workers led by a Polk county dep ulty sheriff. # Three-score workers, who shont ed they were out to protect their jobs, gathered in front of the cot ton mill early this morning and . heard Deputy C. D. Stone tell them to “get your guns boys”, Later they advanced toward the spot where 'the flying squadron had encamped last night but found It deserted, The strikers had left. ... Deputy Stone, speaking to the men at the mill which was closed ' vesterday when the flying squad ron of about 120 men appeared, said “we will give them five min= utes to leave Polk county, If they don't leave I'll give the .order. to fire. If they harm one of our boys we will kill every one of them.” . Stone today announced plans sos “cleaning up” the strike situation in othe, parts of Polk county.. - . He said at 6 p m. today he e®- pected to lead a band of depugﬁ@_ men to Cedartown, where the s have been closed by the natlon- " wide strike, for the purpose of “breaking up” plecketing and make it possible for workers who so- qe sired, to return to their jobs with out molestation. : Deputy Stone said workers in: mills in Rockmart, neay here and Cedartown, 12 mlles away, desited. to véturn to their jobs in large . numbers. He said they did mnet’ want to strike at all but were fore ed to do so by interference from the outside. iy Cheering Crowd : Shouting and cheering, the crewd moved down the street. They met a car-load of men who sald they were hunting gas for a truck used by some of the flying squadron and . then it was discovered that the strikers had deserted their camp’ some time before. "SRt The men from ¢the mill were. armed with a variety of guns, dm=: cluding shotguns, rifles, automatic gung and 25 of them had guns. which officials said were issued te. them from the mill company’s sate.- Their ages ranged from boys of 14 on up to old men—and they all de* clared they were going to work and did not want to strike. . 5 The situation became tense when the flying squadron appeared yes= - terday. J. C. Platt, genera] man=" ager of the cotton mill, closed the. e Tenaße (Continueq on Page Six) Commission Payments “ - Charged to DuPonts WASHINGTON — (#) —Bvidence: - was given the genate munitions committee today that the Du&-ﬁ company had paid “commissions’ to high Chinese officials in 1932 * & Lammot DuPont, president offtﬁ‘; concern, said the payment was an extremely uusual procedure and’ not in accord with his company’s. policy. (e strikers, mill employes who wers at work, asking that he call ous' the national guarq to “insure and’ protect the lives of the people and the property of this state.” . “I have been hoping* the goe=" ernor continued, “thag reason would aggert itself and that the peonip, would stay calm ard peaceful. 1. called on them last week to do this. “I have loked into the situation and found that the strikers thems selves admit that the mills - are paying the NRA scale of wages. In other words, the mills and ¢he pars, ties who wish to continue working in the mills are following the ?ﬁp' visions of the National Recovery. act. ‘ A “The strikers are petitioning Pey¥ a different code and for & thirts hour week. No one has uthority. to do this except the code commiss (Continued on Page Seven)