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Newspaper Page TextCOTTON MARKET e MIDDLING.... .... .. ....1200 PREV. CLOSE.... .... .....12%0 Vol. 102. No. 296. JTHE Washington Lowdown —— By Rodney Dutcher 11 Not So Hot | I i Doherty Wows 'Em {‘ Lunching The Greats m Banner-Herald Washington Correspondent’ WASHINGTON.—Vice President Jack Garner, who hoids a pos.tion of concealed prominence in ad ministration ecounsels, has queitly let it be known that he strongly opposes any Democratic political effort to bar Progressive Republi can Senator Cutting of New Mex ico in any contest by Congressman Dennis Chavez, Cutting’s narrow ly defzated Democratic opponent. This news coincides with the leak—at last—of an explanation of Roosevelt’s opposition to Cutting in the campaign. Although thes were once good freinds and al though Cutting bolted the G. O P. for Roos:velt in 1932 and al though the president even offered Cutting was leading the fight for opposition to the senator’s re-elec tion was unmistakable. It datzs back to June, 1933, when Cutting was leading teh fight for restoration of some of the veter ans’ reiief taken away under the economy aet, Came to town Peter Rcno, sent by d.sabled 'veterans at the tuber cular hospital at Fort Bayard, N. M., who didn’'t know the Senate rules and thought he could be ex hibited on th> Senate floor, Reno had served in five major A. E. F. engagements and had been decorated for gallantry. He had been gassed ut th: Marne and hy 1933 was a wreck of a man as the result of tuberculosis and operations. The Veterans' Bureau, since the economy act, had cut his compen sation frem SIOO to S2O a month. H: had a wife and three chil dren, Cutting had a photogiaph made of Reno’s back, which he dis plaved during debate. He had Re publican Senator Hatfield and Democratic Senator Copeland—the two physicians in the S:nate—ex amine Renn carefully, Both told their colleagues they were satis fied Remo’'s condition was tracea ble to war service. Many othsr cases were cited, but Reng had as much gs anyone to do with the subsequent defeat of a large portion of the administra tion economy program. And Roose velt was very angry at Cutting be cause he had us:d Reno as a “hor ribie example”’ . He didn’t forgive Cutting. New Mexico Democrats advertised this fall that Senote Leader Joe Rob inson, who had just seen Roose velt, was coming into the cam paign with “a message from the White House” One of Robinson's charges was that Cutting had accus:d Roose velt of inhumanity toward a vet eramn. Incidentally, Reno’s compensa tion was restored. 1t looks very much ag if the Hit ler govermment woudn‘t get any of America’'s surplus rotton. The administration has pretty we'l made up its mind to turn thumbs down on Foreign Trade Adviser Genrge N. Peek’s plan to unload somewhere between 100,000 and 800,000 bal:s on Germany in a barter deal, Th's represents another licking for Peek at the hands of Secre tary of State Cordell Hull. : It also means a crack at Herr Hitler himself. Germany wants cotton to keep her textile mills go irg and she wants it for muni tions manufacture The proposed terms called for pavment of one-fourth real money and three-fourths “blocked marks,” which could be used for purchase of goods in Germany only. Import ers buy‘ng the marks could have hought German zoods cheaper than their price in Germany. Hu!l objected on several grounds —the anti-dumping tariff law clause, danger of weakening pres (Continued on Page BEight) % | 4 i | WS o @ ‘\‘ Y ¢ | AL S Tooav's Santa Cravs STORY This is the fourth of a series of Santa Claus stories written by Jaek Fiatau, to be n:ad aloud teo children. The final story of the series will appear tomorrow, Christmas Eve. When Santa Claus told his Workers what had happened to Mary Doll and the train, and how Betty and Jimmy weven't at all the good little xirl and boy they thought they were, all of the little 2nomes were shocked. 7They just couldn’t beli~ve it. But Santa told them that Mary Doll and the train said that that's how they were, and that someth'ng had to be done, because he didn't think boys and giris like Betty and Jimmy shou'd have nice toys if thoy did how to mmh e 15 *‘; . u%:. ; & : U“vz “:,ﬁ . e ATHENS BANNER-HERAILD Clarke County To Get Fish Hatchery, Game Farm Christmas Programs Feature Services At Athens Churches Today PECIAL MUSIC AND oLAMON TO BE PART OF CHURCH SERVICES “The WNativity”’ at Em manuel Church at 5 O’clock Today OTHER SERVICES Central Presbyterian Will Give Pageant at 7 O’clock Tonight Christmas programs will feature servicss at the Athens churches today, with special musie, pageants and sermons based on the birth of Jesus combining to make manifest the spirit of the season. Some of the churches will also give pro grams Christmas day. ; Ons of the most interesting of the day’s program will be the pres entation of “The Natvity” by the Emmanuel Episcopal church school at 5 o'clock this afternoon. | The Young People’'s lLeague of First Presbyterian church at 7 o’clock this ¢vening will hold a “White Christmas” service, All young people who attend are re quested to bring a gift wrapped in white, which will be given to a needy person in Athens. Dr. E. L. Hill, pastor of the church, this morning at 11 o'clock will preach on, “The Significance of His Name.’ West End Baptist .church will hold Christmas services Tuesday night. The sermon topic this morn _will_be, “The Savior and the s “A feature of the service at BEdwards chapel thls afterncon at 3 o'clock will be the song serv ice conducted by the West End Baptist choir. ~ Give Pageant A Christmas . pageant will be presented at Oconee Street Metho dist church Tuesday night at § o’clock by the young people of the church, The title of the pageant is, “His Name Shall be Called Won derful” The following characters yill take part: Isaiah—Roy Wilson* Micah, “Tut” James; Moses-Joyce Railev: David — Robert Mason; Daniel—Bud Embry; Mary—Chris tine Wilson; Angels—Ruth Breed love, Leona Hayvnes, Gwendolvn Tones, Elizabeth Wilson and Edith Kirk. Shepherds — Roy Wilson, Charlie Pridges, Harry Wailson, James Kittle and Arthur Kittle. | (Continued on Page Seven) J e s I Double Bank Rcbbery Staged Successfully OKEMAH, Okla, —#)— A suec cessful double bank robbery — a coup unique in the annals of Okla homa outlawryv—was executed herc Saturday withoug a shot being fired. Six men in overalls and cheese cloth masks looted two of Oke mah’s three banks of an estimated $19,000 and fled, ten minutes ahead of any alarm, leaving 13 persons bound and gagged. Defying a jinx that had tripped every Oklahoma desperado’s ef forts to rob two banks in the same town at the same time, the gang apparently had escaped Saturday night. A. B. S. Bontty, vice presi dent of the First Naticonal Bank, estimated his loss at $12,000. A. J. Martin, president of the Oke mah National, across the street, acid the looy there was about $7,- 000, By Jack Flatau “and 1 don’t know what we can do.” “Well,” said Santa, “there may be a lot of other toys who b:long to boys and girls just like Betty and Jimmy; but who don’'t want to come back up here because they don’'t want to worry us. So well just have to do something.” The workers and Santa stayed tog-ther for a long time, and fi nally they decided what they’d do. Y )u see, up to them, the list was only kept during December. 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LS A R SRR N I SRR oIRE e : “\'-tbf—i-vk.'w,k &?}y&g\"*\g:y_?%: SR ReAR A R A Tennessee guardsmen here face a mob estimated at more than 500 n-car the Shelbyville, Tenn., court house, where an attempt was made to lynch E. K. Harcis, negro being tried on a criminal assault charge. in the battle that rosulted, three mob members were kilied and 13 wounded and the courthousg burned, tne rioters cutting hose and driving firemen from the scene. Five hundred more militia were rushod to the town when the mob threatened to kill Shoriff Tom Gant, who fled with his family, and then massed to dynamite the jail irom which the prisonerg hurrizdly were evacuated. PWA DIFFERENCE I 3 B BiLLION DOLLARS Experts Disagree Over What Amount Should Be Spent Next Year | . BY W. B. RAGSDALE | , (Associated Press Staff Writer) ! WASHINGTON — #) — A six billion dollar difference in opinion ovér the amount that should be spent for public works next wyear. was reported Saturday to exist among presidential advisors, I The amounts of projec*ed spend’-! ing pressed upon the president varied from three billion dollars, or | even less, to nine billion dollars. I There was fairly general agree ment, in the absence of more thanl a broadg smile from President Roo sevelt on the sublect, that this was one of the spaces that so far hadl een left blank in his message to .ongress and that “the sum would e filled in within the next 10 days. Figures on the subject wvaried qecording to the individual. All those in high quarters refused to {iscuss the mitter for publication. Speaking “off-the-record,” how lever, one authority expressed the opinion that a good guess probably 'would be four or five billion dol lars, From another “not-so-quotation” source came a prediction that the amount would be extremely low This opinion was based, the offi cial said, on the expectation that ghe’ president would hold public works expenditures as low as pos | sible in the nope that there weould lbe a business upturn early nex’ summer. l If such a plan were followed, he said, the way should be left open ifm' ereatly expanding the works program should there be no pickup in private industry. P/ so deoing, he added, the president woula be leaving an oven door through which industry might march to tackls the nunemnlovment problem, ’ Meanwhile, a meeting was called (Continied on npaege eight.) LOCAL WEATHER Fair Sunday, warmer Sun day night with rain Sunday night or Monday. ¥ TEMPERATURE FHRHONE ivi 5-iv viis b DOO TOMOBE iiii vian ivis assRED MORE ... siss. nesh daine: sutß b NOrmal ..o veev covs i 450 : RAINFALL . Inches last 24 hourg .. .. .09 Total since Dweg:: 1 .. 198 Deficiency since Dec. 1 .. 1.18 Average Dec. rainfail...... 4.3¢ . T N ’ “"L“‘kv Guardsmen Hold Madden Rioters From Prey Athens, Ca., Sunday, December 23, 1934 Athens Stores Filled With Happy Shoppers Yesterday By KATHERYN SEAGRAVES Christmas shoppers filled Athens stores yesterday and tomorrow— Christmas Eve—they will be in the last lap of the home2-stretch. Christmas buying has been the largest of any recent year — all lines of business reporting im provement in saies. Some of them report as high as seventy-five per cent inerease over last season’s volume of business, The holiday spirit pervades the commun.ty, with many lawns sportive in lighted Christmas trees, and the homs:s radiating warmth— and Christmas joy. Downtown Athens is also decked out in holiday regal.a to receive the annual visit of the idol of ev ery child’s heart — Santa Claus ‘From grocery stores to big de partment stores the Christmas col ors reign supreme, Bells, wreaths and icicles are everywhere—boldly strewn in gay profusion—hanging artistically in glass show cas:s. Some windows boast of electrically Lighted cedar trees, whilc. still others proudly display trees of crepe paper and silver card-board. Yuletide colors are especially no ticeable in the numerous grocery stores, where red, green and sil ver tinsel vie with each other for best effects. Not only in the show e Rl /e i =ar, s / §8 e £y W | R & gj&" Gy 8§ 5 Lo Uot i e [ T T i 1 N e Y el :~":'5";";'/"%?’?‘:}?’5 g ‘At AT ¥ i o YA iey pos 5 A R o gy el "’5 Sl e g e S gt %o % : R e Bl B N Az «"‘4‘ e Q v 8 & Lo fﬁ 28 2 52 2 < k 2 RN Fonln & i % L S iy A T a P 7s % 3A 4 g: B £>;§ LA W R o Mﬁé S e ot D A i 7 o R AR Né T L s Al 4;‘;.: SN W e B B P AR TR s i E‘Q‘" S i e oAT T L TS ey Y | B T e et 10 BRH g%#‘ Rl (- e ¥R 2 po— - S “Hey, when are you folks going to bed? 'l wanno hang up your | iR TR e I ~ESTABLISHED 1832 cases but inside the stores as well, novel Christmas decorations are gracefully draped to ‘intensify the gay holiday spirit. A few of the stores show elob orate tieatment of snhow scenes wsth Santa Claus and his r<in decr alit set for a journey., Among the unusua! - arrangements is a novel log 'setting ~wich squirrels, pine cones, gnd Santa Ciaus—all suggestive of the articles so ad vertised—nuts, Ever so often old Santa himself can be seen on the streets with throngs “of little ‘children at his heels anxiously awaiting their turn to pour forth their desires into his attentive ear. ’C{l.:mtmas g.fts; packages all brilliantly bedecked in red and sii ver, stand proudly, almost boldly among advertised stock and Yule tide settings Every Christmas must have pep permint candy walk.ng sticks— and Atheng stores have them; some ~draped from their spindly hangings in show windows, Cardboard tices, coateq in silver and snow-encrusted, boldly display novel Christmas gifts, while vari colored balls dangle impishly from an artistically arranged mass of (Continued on Page Eight) Rucker Favors Sales Tax But Sees “Secret” Fight On Bill In State Assembly Senator-Elect Says It Is a Fair Revenue I Measure i WILL SUPPORT BILL Athenian Also Will Urge Cut in Interest Rate In Georgia Prediction that the proposed sales tax for Georgla ‘“will meet with secret and strong opposition from powerful sources” in the gen eral assembly which convenes next month was made in a statement made yesterday by Lamar C. Ruck €r, senator-elect from the district comprising Clarke, Wilkes and Oglethorpe counties. { Senator Rucker asserteq that if ia sales tax bill is introduced in 'the house of representativig, where {all revenue measures must origi nate, it will receive his support. If the proposed revenue. measure . is - not passed, Rucker declared, “every ;member of the general assembly will have to go back to his con stituents with nothing done and [onlv an apology to make which | will not, and should not be ac | tepted.” : | The legislator-elect said that if the sales tax is passed “there should be a corresponding re¢due tion in ad valorem” rates, “or the | state shouli collect the tax and ‘allocate 1t to the various school | units, which will have the same ef arect on eviry taxpayer and also prevent a reduction of hundreds of I'thousands of dollacs i the ad val ]orem taxes of enormous property ’holders with very small benefit to the small propsrty holders,” ; Balys Tax Fair, . Rucker declared “a general sales | tax affecting everyone {s fair,” and l"is altogether in favor ‘of rural | communities,” t | Discussing the barricrs that will |have to be broken down in order to bring about passage of tax le gislation, Senator Rucker said: | “Concealed wealth, exempted from taxation for gen<ration, powerful lin its secret hna sinister organlza,-‘ | tion, coulg be offered the alterna {tive of bearing its share of the tax burden, or being penalized so heavily that it would prefer to obey the law.” The senator-elect announced he ‘ (Continued on Page Five) ‘ Latest Scheme Being Giv ‘ en Careful Study, Report ~ Saturday Says By CECIL B. DICKSON Associated Press Staff Writer. WASHINGTON.— () —A new soldiers’ bonus proposal which would result im the payment of $1,200,000,000 in cash to veterans took a high place Saturday night on the list of compromise plans submitted to the administration. Informed sources, who declined to be quoted by name, said thel scheme had been given careful study by officials familiar withl the troublesome issue who hope to avert a strong move for immedi ate cash payment of the certifi cates. The latest plan—should it be accepted—is depended upon by its initiators to settle the question and to save the treasury a billion dollars besides, The proposition ecalls for the certificates to be paid in 1936 and the law would be amended so they would date from Armistice Day, 1918, instead of 1925 as at pres ent. The certificates under exist ing legisiation would mature in 1945 but the bonus group wants immediate payment. On this basis the certificates (Continued on page three) | TAX ON BANK CHECKS WILL DIE JANUARY 1/ WASHINGTON —(®P)— A happyl New Year, In at least one sense awaits the nation’s bankers andi writers of some 2,250,000,000 checks | annually — for on January 1 the two-cent bank check tax outo matically dies. Probably only the treasury will regret to see it go. It will lose around $45,000,000 a year in reve nue. The bank check tax was one of about two dozen so-called nuisance taxaes imposed in the revenue bill of 1932. Ii was supposed to ‘ast only a vear but was continued .vith A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday Lawyer Indicted In Kidnap Case T R I TR R R o P BE : ks \,%w?, s P S L Y E e oamaaaißEEße. B o POy i e s i o R R » e i R 3% ;‘.E:S;Z;:;“:’:af)-f-’::g;:,;.;;;-;;;;;3;5;:5; A A .;;3;;;%;;:::;5;:5 iR LT e SRR it R S S%Ae A R S oo e CoodRERE T T i i e oaeay "?::sif:'i%i"‘- iR PR e x%a s 2 s 7 ORI BRI AZE PR s e P aacamy 0 BT Bohieeic S R i e R R Federal indictment has been re turned against James C. Math ers, prominent Oklahoma crim inal lawyer, above, on charges of ‘‘illegal participation in the division of the ramsom money” paid for the release of the kid naped Charles Urschel, Okla homa oil millionaire. Mathers defended Harvey Balley, who was given a life term for the abduction. LOAN ASSOCHTION DECLARES DIVIDEND Semi-Annual Six Per Cent Payment Made by Mu tual Building Group A seml-annual six percent div jdend has been declared by the directors of the Mutual Building and Loan association as a result of which checks aggregating $7,- 500 will be mailed to stockholders on the first of January. The association’s dividend for the first six months of the year was seven percent, thus the aver age for the year is six and one half percent; this despite the fact that the rate of interest on loans was reduced during the year from eight to six percent. Since its organization several years ago, the assets of the Mu tual Building and Loan association have recorded a consistent in crease every six mont}m, and at present it is well fortified with }aurplus funds close to SIB,OOO. As !'is generally known, it is a strictly loeal organization, and the divi dends which it pays depositors f‘are naturally directed to local 'n-ade channels. During the sev | eral years of its existence the Mutual Building and Loan asso ciation hag aided in the financing of 90 new homes, has financed the reconditioning of 102 homes and has made it possible for home owners to buy 16 homes. The directors of this organiza tion include B. 8. Dobbs, presi dent; Cuyler, Trussell, first vice president; E. D. Sledge , second vice-president; and GCeorge E Deadwyler, secretary-treasurer. Athens Legion Post Opposes Miss Rankin In Resolutions Resolutions expressing resent ment at “any inference made by"‘ Miss Jeanette Rankin,” “that the objections to her ‘and her work come from ‘the tools, conscious or unconscious of thes interests that profit from war and the sacrifice of human lives,w were adopted yesterday at a called meeting of Allen R. Fleming, jr., Post of the Amerfcan Legion. The resolutions adopted by the Post at the meeting, which was held at the Ceorgian hotel. also ‘vigorously’ oppose Miss Rankin and “the work she is doing in va rious radical organizations, using as a front for this work her con nection with other orszanizations of mors popuiar ‘standing’ The resolutions al*a declare the “rank and file” of Post members ‘asree with the Legionnaires of the West, as recently sxprecced that: ~ #We as Lesionnalees, soldiers of yesterday and builders of todav. v [ | nir Two Proiects Would Be Established at Cost Of $25,000 ' e . EXPECTED SOON Denartment Plans to Send 50 Million Fineerlings Out Per Year =" It is virtually certain that Clarke county wili have a siate lish namf’ ery Willun Ule next Laree Muntas, LUUIS Wy kighy Cleel Clefk A BAR D€ Giliue ald L Iso depariuaent, saau hore sawusday. e wigdt | #uued AL iL Was 480 PiACLcady | ce.tain tOAL & SMa.d Bae Lasd | WUI 4.80 be eswaousucd 0 AE b county. Th. two prugeces wiil cost aoout $20,000. H The scaie official was here to inspect possinie S 8 N Cidrke COULLY, Wikit LA IhcinooU el 88 B udCaely - Wid be BelL up on e Cudegl. O Agricuswure land Wilh tue cuoperation ol wean raal Chapman, Al tne department iz wo.ting on 18 an'analys.s ol water on the ABIICUiLUre Cuacß€ iaad 10 St builaung tne hacwaesy., Th: small game 14.1 m Wil take longsr to set up ana would cuver a ten acre tract of land. For tae tish haich ery twen.y acres wil be ne.dedi lFart or Frogram | The estab.ishment oi a hatchery ana game breeding tarm in Clarke county .s pa.t of the game aad fith a.partmnt's plan to ¢over ev ery section of the s.ate with these facilities in their ettort to give the farmer of Georgia 3 new “‘cash” crop. Mr, Wr.ght is an earncst ad vocate of supplying the farmer with small game, such as turkey and quail and allowing him to charge sportsmen a fee for hunt ing on his land. The official said he knew of several farmers who had already put this ides into practice and made enough last year to pay their taxes and still had enough for “their Christmas money,” Raise Bass and Bream The hatchery planned here will raise bass aud bream and will send out from 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 fin gorlings yedrly, as it prospecis. Plans of the department are to put through the legislature a bill -to provide for a small state fishing license, good anywhere in Georgia for the sum of $1 and a still smalls er fishing license in the counties. This money will sustain alls the various hatcheries in the state and (Continued on Page Seven) | . e Je cak American Airlines Mail Plane Missing s > ~,‘?‘v,‘ NASHVILLE, Tenn—(#}—ClC.C. camps, t:lephone operators - and Fort Knox, near Louisville, Ky, were engaged in a widetpread ground search Saturday night ‘for a missing American airlines 'mail plane which left Louisville at 2:40 a. m. Saturday and had not been heard from sgince 2:52 a, m. Airlines sources here said search by air had been given up for the night, but indicated it would, be re sumcd ths morning if there were no developments before that time. The plane was en route from Louisville to Nashville and when Pilot Russell Riggs last reported by radio at 2:52 o'clock he “said he was fiying at 6,000 feet ang on his course. The plane was due here at 3:06. LY gragp our country’s weapons be fore we will p:rmit an organiza tion or cn indiv.dual to remove white and the blue from Old Gloty and to leave oniy the red, . The American Legion to the last man will offer his life. and his limb in the support of that government and its right to endure.” w i olutions werzs signed by H LB Hodgson, Post commander and Vane G. Hawkins, adjutant. {“ The complete text of the resolu tions fol'ows: g im*’ THE RFSOLUTIONS “Recent issues of the loeal : 1«« hav> carried certaln statoments which “wa. as Legionnaires. fesl chould be snswered. We refer to nett~ Raßk'B. Ll o ‘naires and in response tc >-tain i e e ge e B R S BT B i LTS A wtz‘\‘ir o ! :