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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TWO - Paraguay Prepares to Hurl . Thousands of Troops " Against Bolivians . BUENOS AIRES—(#)—A Christ mas truce in the Chaco Boreal ap __peared little likely Saturday as 'Paraguay made ready to hur! thousands of picked troops against ! Bolivia's last line defenses in what ' obeervers said might be the deci sive bottle of the war, | : From all directions Paraguayan . eolumns were. closing in on Villa | Mont:s, Bolivia’s central army ¢ bas?, and the La Paz ;:ovex'nmem_f fmaesed all available reservers in| hat section, ascerting its defensve] Wyerc impregnable. : 48 Meanwhile, advices from Amn-! L Mion said official circles doubted | E@lc feasibility of any truce, such | 9 as that suggested by the Vatigan, | pointing out that both armles were spr:ad over such, wide fronts thatz . the Avmistice would be tactically . impractical. . : i ' TLa Pas reported Genéral Jlnse| . Bstincaribla, - Paraguayan eum-t j‘mander-in-nhlef, was preparing ‘ta ! ~ strike gt Villa Montes, while Asun cion reports said Bolivia was miss- ’ ing m™n and munitions in geveral ! gectors gpparently making road,v! for an impending- ‘counter 'offen-‘i sive, b ' VWith minor skirmisheg reported 'ty three sectors, three Paraguayan . columns, cach comprising one en " tire army corps, moved toward | . Vil'a Montes, I The third corps, commanded by Cél. Delgabo, was moving up thel s Fiicomayo river and claimed to | _ be within 30 m’les of Villa Monte. | A few miles intand from ‘the riv"r! . ‘the -first corps, headed by Col. | 'Forr\andez. was advancing along | the Lobreeo road. and was report- | ‘e near Capirenda 30 miles north- | east of the ohjectiye. . Duytgome ?, the maioy, engage “mont. it wa§ believed here, wonld _@epend . on. the sitnation and _streneth of the Polivian d-fend. "'hy and. the use they have made | rh’-wg“‘ﬁ;‘”"!"‘ e'nnn thair ernchine defeats at Canada El Carmen and l Panivian to ety -methen their rlp-[ fo?‘sws. An advantaee resting w'th Ballvia was the fact .that }wrl troons are close to their supply bases. l A gigantic hand, made of glass| and illuminated by electrie’ty, op posite the Munich railway stntinn! draws the attention of fovvists to the various interests of tbe town. | The bacteria pmaon in tears isl so strong that a solation of 40.- 000 parts of water tu one of the fluid retains its germicidal prop- SR by CANDLES at Xmas! HAMMETT'S | PHARMACY R DBV DB LI LI DBy DBy B A PSPV IS B> RIS | ’ N ‘%’) 6 ran inccnce CHRIESTMAS ~ GQGGQTI-I\l efe f@‘ % .vo]f ak b - : "(i\'v g‘ij}{“ P ‘\-4 ;)\\l‘ X t/m ' J and myrrh .. . B s %/ll’ L k| N s NAL RSN (| R [ ™ Y/ OF DEVOTION toan [, il I\*‘?‘,’"Q’ o X N Ideal. Centuries have /34{‘“ e ;-i‘.ﬁ" \\i‘\lk/" ;.\‘ J f.’ & not dimmed the § PO T 1111’:,,,,’-’;‘%:‘l/@S NBN ; N steadfastness of pur- % e L CVS|| B | ¥ pose that three wise SIS ¢ +KB =t ”" ﬁW | %‘ﬂ;}r s BSy ‘\‘\""» S 3 N N men expressed with ) ”@\“ g ;@r’ their sincere gifts to SIS ~ A 'l4,‘\‘l. AR ¥ Him S 5 0\ XL LN < R 14 : . “Q i INSTEAD, time has perpetuated their devotion . . . carried down to this \I i”' good day .. . and it strengthens the loyal attachment we show toward | N, our greatest ideal—the service.of those who demand our facilities, who 4R | a 4 call upon us to render our experienced and trained hands and minds in fiy y, the calling to which we have devoted our time and talents. A <7 R \e . WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE CON- i\ :i.;{ St FIDENCE AND ESTEEM IN WHICH zg&/| v a 7 AR THIS INSTITUTION IS HELD BY THE 4y A el o oy PEOPLE WHOM WE SERVE. R N % B pIE ONES) /‘g | N 7 8E e e AR N NG *; I;"'7{:‘:‘ T et MAY WE WISH YOU THE gg L B Gt BLESSING AND HAPPINESS OF ! N e T e THIS GLADSOME SEASON. 7R g\ g i , R <\\* ¢ McDORMAN-BRIDGES CO. & ‘ /‘*{ i' :(‘f"‘;"?: 7;:’ &r :;-‘2"::‘_’ ;;’.{; zftl."«."" = ~ <.._<‘ 4 .‘;,_-‘ 'v“--ﬂ'{ ,‘- . “/7‘ ~ ¢ Members of Monroe : . . High School Football Team Are Honored MONROE, Ga.—Members of the Monroe High school football ream during the past s:ason, were feted at a hanquet at the Greer house Friday n:ght by citizens -of the little Walton county town, Jeff Byrd, an outstanding line man during the 1934 sgeason, was elected captain of the team, H. B. Causey, prinecipal, - announced at the banquet. Sherwood Michael, whose sensational cateching of pass s helped the Hurricane d:feat ev ery team they won from, was elected alternate ecaptain. Fach player expressed his ap preciation of the work that Coach Joe Market did during the past sposon. and near the cloge of the banquet he was pres'nted with a traveling bag and a heautiful lea ther jacket, donated by the play ers. Coaelh Market told the boys that he @:eply - appreciated the gifts presented him. Monroe defeated Atheng High, Griffin, and Greens boro during the seacon, and tied Fibsrton, Winder and Druid Hills. The team lost a couple of games but the season was the best that a Monros team has. had in many years. 7 - Shelbyville, Tenn., Is Back to Normal After Mob Riots SHELBYVILLE, Tenn— (#) — Apparently back to normal atter a tenge period resulting from Wed nesday’s mob riots, Shelbyville passed a quiet Saturday and the 560 national guardsmen prepared to evacuate “sometime before day hreak.” This wasg regarded as the cru cial day bhecause of the large crowds in town and the possibil ity of drinking. After surveying the peaceful situation, Sheriff T. B. Gant said at nightfall: “I don't think we are going to have any more trouble.” ,‘ Reports had been current that mobsters would take advantage of the pre-Christmas rush to seck vengeance for their defeat Wed nesday, when militiamen opened fire on a crowd of men storming, the courthouse im an effort to| wrest from the law a Negro ac cused of attacking a white school girl. Late Saturday afternoon the ctreets were jammed with Christ mas shoppers, most of whom car ried armloads of week-end Pro vigions and brightly -wrapped Christmas packages. Farmers eathered on the publie square around the courthouse ruins and carried on their wusual Saturday swanping. There was no indication of drunkenness on the streets and the only arrest of the afternoon was of a \)‘hite man who was accuged of standing on a corner and manhandling Negroes as they passéd. < . i . TR Court Fight Against | Tobacco Control Act ‘ Is Launched in N. C. E GREENSBORO, N. C. —(#)— A | court fight against 'the Kerr-Smith | Tobacco control act, approved over i wh Imingly in the reterendum of | tobacco growers, was launched | here Saturday. i The Pledmont tobacco non-tax i agsoc.ation petitioned in Federal court for un injunction restraining | the collector vs internal rev:nue ! from imposing the 25 per cent tax now in effect on non-gigners underl . the act, | The petition contends the act s uncons:itutional in imposing 2 ; tax for purposes, other than rais ! ing revenue. J i The association bringing the | suit is composed largeiy of farm | ers in Forsyth and Davidson coun ties. : 3 . Bank Debits High In Macon for Week Preceding Christmas MACON, Ga. — (#) — Bank debits for the tweek before Christ mas reacheq a total of $3,348,1986, according to rigures releastd from the Macon Clearing House asso clation Saturday. This total is $632,429 above the total for the corresponding week of last year. The more than a half a million dollars dilfer<nce is .jScatl\'e of an even greater increase in the volume of trade, it was point X X X pointed out, as only a portion of the business transacted is actually passed through the banks In the form of checks. . W. M. Gurley Dies at Home in Commerce After Short Illness W.*M. Gurley, 59, died Saturday night at 8:15 at his home in Com merce alter a brief illness. Fun eral serviceg will be held at the Pirst Baptist church in Commevce Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Dr. C. €. Tooke : officiating. Inter ment will be in Gray Hill ceme tery, Commerce, MceDorman- Bridges in charge. Mr. Gurley was a native of Union county, but he moved to Commerce 14 years ago. He re sided in Athens for two years, re turning to Commerce where he was one of the leading real estate dealers of the section. He was a member .of ~ .the . First Baptist church, and was active in church work., He was a member of Hud son lodge Masons, Commerce. Pallhearers will be Colonet E. ©. Starke, Dr. H. M. Anthony, Lii do. Davig: Dr; J.. C. Vernon, Dr. . A.. A, Rogars, Dr.- 8. N Hunter, Morgan Nix and H. H. Fleming.. .Mr. Qurley is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ethel Gurley; one daughter, Miss Graviel Jane Gur lev; two sisters, Miss Mary Gur ley and Mrs. J. W. Hendrix, Commerce; one brother, H. J. Gurley, Union countv; and several nieces and rephews. Sell-0 i Sell-Out Certain “C ® T'd ” As “Crimsen Tide” . - . Hits Imagination PASADENA, Cal—(®—The ap peilation “Crimson Tide” still Icaptures the imagination of the | football faithful in southern Calg ifornia. ’ Befare Alabama’s red-shirted | gridiron giants pﬁre bourne into | Pasadena next Monday for the | New Year's’ Day battle with Stan | ford the Rose Bowl will have been | sold out. Al Mast'rs, graduate manager of Stanford, said tonight | there were only 2,000 of the 84,000 | tickets printed left for sale, and | that they would be gone early i Monday. Aside from the victory to be won lon the playing field the schools will divide what remains of the" gate nf'er the expenses are deduct ~d, and the expenses usually run less than one third of the gross. Christmas Mail For White House Heavy WASHINGTON — (#® — Malil men were busy Saturday hauling Christmas gifts and greetings to the White House for the President and Mrs. Roosevelt. More than 6,000 packages and cards were received yesterday, And clerks estimated that ths, volume would increase until after Christ= mas. Among the gifts reccived thus far are fruit, ducks, pheasants, turkeys, a buck deer given by Henry Bridges of the Woodmont Rod and Gun club in Maryland. canes, dolls, wood carvings, ship models, prinis -and the like, YHE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORTIA FREE PICTURE SHOW TICKETS FOR - WRITING BEST PICTURE TITLES The Banner-Herald will present to the person who writes the best titles to the two pictures printed below, two. tickets to the Palace or Strand theaters, Athens, Ga. ang good for any show. IMFORTANT: The winning title must contain the two words: “HAPPINESS AHEAD.” PRIZES: Two tickets to Palace or Strand for each winning title. A pérson must submit titles fop both pictures, Paste pletures on plain paper and write titieg above or below them lfmd mail or bring them to Banner-Herald office tosmorrow (Monday), ‘by 10 a.m., when contest closes. Winners announced In Monday's Banner-Herald. & e r%% ' R % ::5:?5:' "zx & e ) ' vt bit gl aagg il o B “Tra, la, la—tra, la, la—there’s HAPPINESS AHEAD!” & ~ eo 5 g’ & C . | / Y s'{\ T ‘s\ ,s"ﬂfﬁg' .' i e j '2/( P L ¥ = & gty ) K « “A thousand pardons, officer, but there’s Happiness Ahead” FUNERAL NOTICES 5» ) ¥ GURLEY.—The relatives and tfriends of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Gurley of Commerce, Ga., Miss Graviel Jane Gurley, Miss Mary Gurley, Mr. and Mrs~ J. W. Henarix of Commerce, Ga., and Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Gurley of Union county, Georgia, are in vited to attend the funeral of Mr. W. M. Gurley Monday aft ernoon, December 24th, 1934, from the First Baptist church, Commerce, Ga,, at two (2:00) oclock. Dr. C. C. Tooke, pas tor of the First Baptist churci, Cemmerce, will oficiate. Colonel £ 8. ake Dr. H. M. Ah thony, Mr. L. L. Davis, Dr. J. C. Vernon, Dr. A. A. Rogers, Dr. S. V. Hunter, Mr. Morgan Nix and Mr. H. H. Fleming will serve as pallbearers and wiil please meet at the residence, Commerce, Ga., at 2:30 o'clock. Interment will be in the Gray cemetery; Commerce, Ga. Me- Dorman-Bridges. . Burdick Threatens To Bolt If Lemke Is Not Supported WASHINGTON — (®) *— A frank threat to bolt the Jlepublican party unless house Repuawniicans back a “Progressive” candidate for the speakership was made Saturday by Repres:ntative-elect Burdick of North Dakota, Simultanec isly, a call was issued for the Republicans to meet Janu ary 2 to select their speakershi) nominee, Since thire are onlry 10 Republicans in the house, he wil be snowed under by the 322 De mocrats. But he will remain Re publican floor leader and titular party leader. The “insurgent” Republicans, said Burdick. inteds to back Represen tative Lemlke, Republican, North Dakota, for the highest Republican post in the house. The minoritv leadership pos! now is helg by Representative Ber trand H. Snell of New York. Ob gervers on Capitol Hill generallv agreed that despite the bolt threat ‘he had enough yotes rledged to as sure his renomination. i : s . When Holand has comnleted her work of Arainine the Zvvde: Zee, she will have added 550007 soves, or the equivalent of 10,000 farms, to her arca. P ND— { e - Neckets made of laee fur bhead wore”ehown 4t & Landon. fashion aUW AR TAN Slatih gco il st S Impossibility of Lumber Price-Fixing Admitted by NRA WASHINGTON — ‘(P — NRA ' Saturday idmitted the impossibility of enforcing price-fixing in the lumbéx“ industry in an order, ef fective immediately, eliminating minimum cost protection price provisions frow the industry’s code, ¢ S ot | lln a statement accompanying the ! order it was said that the “action ‘ was taken in view of the fact thal the board found, after public hear- | ing, it was not practicable eithei II to enforce prices in major dlvl-" sions of tHe industry which are unwilling to operate under ﬁxed! prices, ‘or to ‘suspen® prices in the casés of major divisions ‘of the in dustry while other divisions * are helg to the mainténance of prices.” The board “emphasizéd the urder in no way affects other provisions of the code or establishes a ‘“pre cedent for action on any other code.” While the order eliminated thei price provisions of the code im ‘mediately, the board did not give, up complete control of prices in thel industry, indicating in the: order | that “destructive® price-cuttlnz”; wil! b ¢necked bv directing the rescarch and plapning division to | study. priges and keep the bnard[ advised “of instances of destruc- | tive price eutting” ; | At a hearing here recently manv | laree and small opfrators testi fied that violation of the price ﬂx-’ ing rules was more the rule than ‘he excention and said that elimi- | asation of the prices would remove | ~onditions in the industry which| “are retarding recovery,” i e ——————— 4 | White Christmas Is } Predicted for East| e ———— ’ WASHINGTON — (#) — The' white Christmas best liked by old Jaint Nick was forecast Saturday | ‘or much of the country east of the Rocky Mountains. ! The prediction Yy the weather surcau for the northern and ceu-Ir ‘ral Atlantic states Monday, Mon- ¢ lay night and Tuesday was snow, with cold weather keeping it com-t nany. The sonthern Atlantic states were | ‘old to look out for a drop in tem tarature but that their snow was likely to be rain. ———— i 5 Tn Empire and European routes, nritieh air liners are carrying Q:- ; 000 passengers over more than, 2,- | BRODKLYN RECLUGE CLUBBED T 0 DEATH Seventy-Nine Year Old Woman Found Dead in Mansion Saturday NEW YORK—(#)—Miss Victoria | Muspratt, 79-year-old Bx‘ooklyni recluse, was found dead Saturday; night in her outmoded '‘Shore road | mansion with three ugiy wounds in her head. | An intruder, investigators be- I lieve, clubbed her to death some\ time Friday night in search of mon- | €y she wasrumored to have hidden | in the curio-crammed house. Po lice were unable to determine isl anything was missing. [ Five years ago, after her sister | Viol:t was found dead of a heaxt! attack in the basement of the wea- | ther-beaten, three-story structurr,l she refused $200,000 for the prop erty. ’ The spinster’'s body was found in a rear room by John Parker, a nephew, who had gone to the plice to cut wood, as was his Saturday custom. I Getting no answer to his knock, ! he pushed open an unlocked r-ar | door and discovered the body, lving | in a welter of blood. ! " The spinster’s crutches lay near | the body. No weapon was found. | Chief Deputy Inspector John F. Ryan expressed the opinion she | had been struck with an axe. | She last was seen alive Friday eve- | ning by a neighbor, Mrs. Edith Danicls, who noticed her hobbling about the property. I Miss Muspratt, the daughter of a sea captain, had lived alone in! the gloomy old mansion since her sister dled. 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Richberg, recovery coordinator, has written the Saturday Eve{;ing Post that it “must accept full le gal responsibility” for any dero gatory statements contained in a forthcoming séries of articles by General Hugh 8. Johusou, who re signed as heag of trv NRA after an extended dispute with Rich berg. old and topped by a leaky mansard roof, is located amid expensive apartments and fine pomes of the exclusive Shore road neighborhood Brooklyn's “Rievrside Drive” Little was known of Miss Mus. pratt's financial affoirs, althougr she was reputed well-to-do. When she refused the S2OOOOO offer for her hous: she remarked tersely that she thought she coulé “keep the wolf from the door™ for a while, and that a suggested apartment “would not be home” SEASON’S GREETINGS TO YOU AND MANY THANKS FOR YOUR PATRONACGE! SOUTHEASTERN STAGES, INC. Main Station 170 College Avenue—Phone 626 i COACHES LEAVE FOR ATLANTA-— FOR Augusta, Savannah, 9:45 A.M. 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Ack the people who bought them and are now trading them for Philcos! ok e s AL EE oK - Everytime mother uses the phons she'll remember the donor of such a gift. A r 8! ‘ralue and a worthwhile suggestion. $4.95 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1934, bbbl oot e blurahd A ———— MARK F, ETHRIDGE ~ANDCFAMILY VISIT MACON, Ga. — (&) _ Mark Etheridge, general manager of the Richmond, (Vva,) Times-l;zspatch. Mrs, Etheridge and their three chil. dren arrived Saturday night ¢ spend the Christmas holidays wigy Mrs. Etheridge's mother, Mps, w, A. Snow. f « g Mr. wtheridge is a former mang. ging editor of the Macon Tele sraph. He recently Lacame con nected with the Richmong paper after having been assistant mang. ser of the Washington (D. C.) Post. ‘or several months, It is estimated. that there opa now between 205 and 214 Christigy, ects or denominations iy the worid, s Millionaires gzre getting scarcer in Great Britain; in 1924.95 there were 601, while in 1828-29 there were 487, METAL SMOKERS 98 c UP!