Athens banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1933-current, January 11, 1935, Home Edition, Image 1

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Athens banner-herald., January 11, 1935, Home Edition, Image 1

About Athens banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1933-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1935)

Page of 10

Prev Issue Next Issue

Text PDF JP2 (4.4 MB) Clip/Print Image

Page of 10

Prev Issue Next Issue

Return to Top

Newspaper Page TextI cOTTON MARKET [ Ter s+ 12340 LlNG..ocse sone o 0 :'II.'(DEDJ CLOSE..., «¢:¢ ... 12%c - e b LR st s e Vol 102..N0. 312 aIENE Washington Lowdown —— By Rodney Dutcher / Much Too Early ctill The Howls Reds Get Support e wASHiNGTON — It's much too early to predict that Lew Douglas will be the American Liberty League’s candidate for the presi dency in 1936. It's even too early to predict that the league will have any candidate at all s But there’s a bit of such talk in the air. Lewis, who ‘was Roosevelt’'s di rector of the budget until he just couldn’t stand the New Deal spend ing policies any longer, is not un interested in the possibility that there may be & demand for a more conservative Democratic candidate than Roosevelt. ; He has such a phobia against inflation — to which he believes present policies must leag — that he would acept an opportunity to qve the country. some of the Liberty League backers look favorably on Douglas, meanwhile, as an outstanding ad yocate of sound money, bhalanced budgets, and reduced government expenses, The conservative element which once dominated the Democratic party would just love to replace Roosevelt with some such man as the Arizonan. g Nothing will come of all this, of course, unless it seems like a good idea at the time. Right now, no ong has any really hot hope that Roosevelt can be licked. The bank check tax has expired and there's no talk of renewing it —perhaps because S 0 many mem bers of congress have checking ac counts and considered it a nuisan- Roosevelt regretted to see it go —and may ask for it back. It's good for about $50,000,000 a year and he fecls it hits the p2ople who can best stand it. \ “But for some reason I can’t un derstand,” he remarked, “theres an awful how! all over the: country -at that two cents.” ; By and large, New Dedler's, re call all the ridicule heaped ot Hoo ver administration leaders when they tried to do tricks with depres sion figures. By a noble effort, the New Dealers refrain from doing the same thing. But not always, The notorious Farley postal “surplus” was one example of wishful statistics. Lately an especially prominent official has produced a table pur porting to show that there are now fewer people on relief than a year ago. But the administration prob ably won't make use of these fig ures. They seem too raw. The idea was arrived at by esti mating that in addition to 11,663,- 000 actually on relief rolls last year at this time, federal money paid to CWA workers was supporting from 12 to 14 million of their de pendents. But although there were 15,000,000 on relef just before CWA became effective, there are now! more than 19,000,000. ‘ And most New Dealers refused to make ‘what seems to them the im- Possible argument that there are now fewer persons on relief in the face of the fact that the number of unemployed increased in 1934. | T et Increasing tendency of other nmilitant minority groups to co- Operate with Communist leaders Was - demonstrated at the Unem- Ployment Irisurance congress here, Which drew about 3000 delegates Who came to demand passage of the Lundeen bill for payment of Unemployment insurance to all un employed. Socialist ang A. F. of L, locals Were represented. iAnd several or- Banizations of professional people. Miss Mary Van Kleeck, a member Of the Hoover committee on unem- Ployment and business cycles, was an important figure and the chair- Mman, F. Elmer Brown, was from ithe New York Typographical Un on, But the driving and organizing force appeared to be supplied chief ' (Continued on Page Six) Cibson Joins Ge;-gia Motors Sales Staff, Thurmond Announces Announcement was made today‘ % Warren C. Thurmond, presi-‘ dent of Georgiy Motors, Inc., that Can Gibeon, wen known and pop uar autq salesman, ‘'had become Bsoclated with Georgia Motors. ¥r. Gibson is one of the best known duto men in this section and since entering thisg field eleven | Yars ago, has made an outstand g recor,, - Fop the past eightl‘ Y 8 he has' been connected :wlthi J. Swanton Ivy, local Dodge deal . A 8 evidence of his success, tis sagq that Mr. Gibson sold. Yetween 250 gna . 200 cars last Year ajone, ' | He mage such an outstanding Tcord that pe Was firsy place win- Ner in g five-state contest of sales hen helg by the Dodge company. git' large qircle of friends wi : rested in this anne incement of R e mobile figgq, ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Full Associated Press Service Expert Identifies Hauptmann's Handwriting HOUSE MAY INVOKE “GAG RULE” TO SPEED UP RELIEF FUNDS PRESIDENT DESIRES 080 MILIONS FO INMEDINE RELIER Amount Needed by Feb. 10 When Existing Funds Will Be Exhausted SENATE ADJOURNED House Continues to Work On Appropriation Measures WASHINGTON — (#) — Watch ing relief funds dwindling away, Democratic leaders in the house considered today the advisability of rushing $880,000,000 to President Roosevelt by invoking a drastic rule, Often called a ‘‘gag rule” by its opponents, this regulation would limit debate sharply and forbid amendments. No decision as to whether it would be invoked had been reached, but one leader dis closed it was being considered. The major reasons which he said figured in the problem were two: first, President Roosevelt's desire to have the measure enacted be fore February 10. when existing re ‘lief funds run out; second, the pre dictions of leaders that there will be no difficulty in obtaining the two-thirds majority necessary to pass the measure under the pro poseq procedure. Transition Period The $880,000,000 is to tide relief activities over the transition per jod from the dole to the $4,000,000,- 000 program to provide employment ‘for 3,500,000 persons on relief. In a White House conference yester day, the administration leadership moved to block an incipient revolt against the president’s plan to have ‘the $4,000,000,000 appropriated in a Jump sum without being earmarked ifor specific projects. } After the ccnference, which was ‘attended by Vice President Garner, lSpeaker Byrns, Senator Robinson, Democratic leader, and Chairman Buchanan of the house appropria tions committee, it was reported that the president had indicated a willingness for congress to *take 'lts time” on-the $4,000,000,000 plan, but wished speedy action on the $880,000,000 bill. The senate was in adjournment today till next Monday, while the house met to pass its first appro priations bill, the measure for in dependent offices. ; RETIRE POOR LAND WASHINGTON — (#) — A huge program to spend $675,000,000 in buying up poor land and retiring it from farm production was recom mended to President Roosevelt to day by the National Resources board. The purchasing would be ex (Continued on Page Six) American Dancer in Paris Shocks Police _ PARIS.—(/)—The more or less blase police of Paris blinked their eyes in horror when Miss Joan Warner of Narberth, Pa., the only American nude dancer in Paris put on ‘her act in a cheap restau rant. ] The 22-year-old platinum blonde, who says her performance is soo ‘modest that she was allowed to dance in Chicago and Milwauee, now must confine her appearances in the nude to music halls and theaters. The scene of her act is a slave market. The acts winds .up in a breath-taking moment when she shakes off her clothes, remains with nothing on except a chain, and then drops the chain. It was then that the police drop ped their eyes. LEGISLATIVE BRIEFS By The Associated Press _Dr. J. Walter Hendricks, elder of the Primitive Baptist church at Savannah, has been selected by ‘Andrew Kingery, clerk of the state house of representatives, to deliver the invocation a. the convening of ‘the house Monday. Mrs. J, W. Johnson of Center will be postmaster of the house again this year. As such, she will also have charge of the handling of mail for senators also, with s¢nate as sistants to gaid her. John Spivey, representative front Emanuel county, was posing for a photograph, at the request of a Pphotographer. S e £ o Georgia Legislators Have Many Suggestions to Offer - Concerning Bone-Dry Law She’ll Christen First PWA ‘Sub’ oB O R s N o s Ry . - R By R e O 1 B S 88~ S e SO R Bl T SRR T B R S . 8 s A . B SR R S s e eR e e R, e R3g e S s 3 e A& e Y s SRR e B R e A SR I B S o B f':: ‘3 R R. 13 S e R e S SRR 1 e R R e s R . Bl R B e e see S s e B T e s B R R B R R TR T e R SR 2S B s e AR B s B R 0 . . i BS AR ;»:-:»;-: R R S R e R S "i:;'i:~':-'::E.'-':%-':-'f:":~:§$:-‘~:~A e s O e R e e B R SR S S O s - R R RS g R B 0. R 5 S o o ® s A S S S R A 0 o e R R N R 3 S g . (C.) Bachrach First U. S. war vessel to be completed from a $238,000,000 PWA fund, the submarine sShark, will be christened by Miss Eleanor Roosevelt, above, daughter of Henry L. Roose velt, first assistant secretary of the mnavy. Christening ceres monies are slated for March, The ship will be completed in August. HONOR SOCIETY AT AHS. INSTALIS 1/ Impressive Ceremony' |s Held This Morning .in Mell Auditorium By KATHERYN SEAGRAVES The seventeen seniors of Athens High school elected before Christ mas to membershipsin the Nation- al Honor Society were inducted into the organization this morning in Mell auditorium, at an instal lation ceremony characterized by dignity gnd simplicity. Principal E. B. Mell, as sponsor for the candidates for membership, introduced the new members. They are Mary Elizabeth Allan, Rose Allen, Evelyn Brown, Carol Brown, Jane Clary, Charlotte Conner, Ce ¢l Michael, Joanna Stegeman, John Ashford, John Davis, Jimmie Dud ley, Joe Hawkes, Ben Juhan, Jack Reade, George McNider, James Paine and John Stegeman. The charter members of this so ciety still in Athens High are David Barrow, Dan Dupree, How ell Cobb, Howell Erwin, Ruth An derson, Louise Hodgson, Katheryn Seagraves, and Corinne Stephens. The president, David Barrow, presided over the meeting and ex plained the four objectives of the society. ® “The Constitution of the Nation al Honor Society recognizes four objectives as fundamental to edu cation,” Mr. Barrow stated; “Sch olarship, character, leadership and service. “It shall be the purpose of the Athens Chapter, “he continued, “to create an enthusiasm for scholar ship, to stimulate a desire to ren der service, to promote worthy leadership, and to encourage the (Continued on Page Six) “ This is going to bust some-l thing,” Spivey said facetiously. ‘ The photographer got his camera ready, and switched on a flashlight bulb. There was an explosion, The bulb burst. The photographer blushed with embarrassment. “What did I tell you?’ asked Spivey, laughing. i Rev, W. J. Deßardeleben, former Methodist pastor at Fayetteville, the home tocwn of president-design ate Charles Dedwine of the senate, will deliver the Invocation at the : ——— £ 5 . ~ESTABLISHED 1832— Athens, Ca., Friday, January 11, 1935, State Assembly Meeting Monday Expected to Have “Liquor Battle” MAY CALL FOR VOTE Prohibitionists Depending On Small Counties to Save Dry Law ATLANTA, Ga—(P)—With beer licensed by cities _throughout the state and liguor as easily obtain able, CGeorgia legsilators, gather ing for their biennial session Monday, have many suggestions respecting the stringent bone-dry prohibition statute. é Advance indications from legis lators are that beer and liquor may be separated and dealth with in different fashion\ Legislator after legislator has said he favors the state legalizing 3.2 beer in order to get revenue out of what is already a fact—that beer is sold openly everywhere, virtually, in Georgia. Liquor, openly dispensed in Sa vannah, Augusta and other cities, will travel a rougher road. One group wants outright repeal by the legislature of the prohibition statute. Another group demands a referendum on a statewide pop ular basis and still another calls for a referendum on a county unit plan. Last Demand This last demand comes from prohibitionists largely who are ‘trying to beat the wet people to “the draw. The prohibitionists be= lieve that the small agricultural counties will vote dry and that their total strength will overwhelm the units of the larger counties. To one outside of Georgia the county unit plan is understood when it is explained that each county has twice as many units as it has representatives in the gen eral assembly. To illustrate, Ful ton county, of which Atlanta is the county seat, has a potential voting power of 42,000 but only six units; while Chattahoochee county, with less than 200 potential voters, has two units. Many Small Counties Of the 159 counties, more than 100 are small in population and voting strength. It is on them that the prohibitionists rely largely. Although opposing a county unit referendum, the wets do not con cede that the small counties are (Continued on Page Six) VENEREAL DISEASE - CLINIC DISCUSSED Voters League Stresses Need for Re-Opening. Progress Made Ag{tation for re-opening of the venereal disease clinic, which was conducted for awhile at the Gen eral hospital, received impetus by action of the Athens League of Women Voters, meeting at th 2 residence of Mrs. H. H. Cobb on Milledge avenue yesterday. Mrs. C. A. VerNooy, chairman of the committee on child wel fare, reported that the Ellis Health law requires that the health de partment provide for treatment of venereal patients who are unable to pay for it. The League decided to inquire into the reasons why the venereal clinic has been aban doned at the county hospital, and will consult with Dr. W. W. Brown, health commissioner, to obtain the facts in the matter. The clinic had been abandoned for six months when Dr. Brown became health commissioner in 1?32, and in his first report to the (Continued on Page Six) LOCAL WEATHER BSR b el s ke Fair and colder tonight and Saturday. TEMPERATURE SRS . L i ALy EOWIBt il e eAB S ..is ik Ay RS DAL ot o v R RAINFALL Inches last 24 h0ur5........ 0.00 “+ce January 1...... 2.85 Excess since January 1 ... 111 Avecage January rainfall.. g.,tg Hauptmann Jury Foreman SR 'l 3 X e e T e G o‘\ ; LY o @ A gray-haired machinist who still can handle himself with adeptness on the baseball dia mond is the foreman of the jury that will decide the fate of Bruno Hauptmann in the Lind bergh baby murder trial. He is Charles Walton, Sr., of High bridge, N."J., shown here in the Flemington, N. J., courtroom, where he was the first juror chosen, JUNE BEUSSE 15 - KILLED BY TRUCK Coroner’s Inquest, Held This Morning Declares Accident ‘Unavoidable’ } A coroner’s jury, which met this morning to investigate the death of Bertha June Beusse, six-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert }Beusne. found that she child came ‘;to her death when struck by a ltruck, and termed the accident “unavoidable.” ) ’ Henry Waller, Oglethorpe county . Negro, who was driving the truck at the time of the accident, was not held. The coroner's jury was composed ‘of J. F. Shepherd, coroner, Dr. J. C. Holliday, foreman, H. C. Brooks, W. H. Lindsey, George T. Burpee, J. T. Potts, H. H. Carl ton, and C. C. Strickland, bailiff, The geccident occurred yesterday ~afternoon about 5 o’clock, and the little girl died at a local hospital l.a.t 10:30 last night. She was struck Iwhlle crossing the road mnear her house, which is located on the lLexington road, near Jones’' green house. i It was first reported that the Negro did not stop after the ac. cident, but it was false, as all who arrived on the scene of the acci- (Continued on Page Six) CONVICTED NEGRO IS SLAIN BY MOB Action Taken After New Trial Is Cranted to Sher iff's Alleged Slayer FRANKLINTON La.— (#) —Jer ome Wilson, 30 year old Negro, convicted. of the slaying of Delos C. Wood, chief deputy criminal sheriff of Washington parish, was seized by a mob of citizens early today, shot to death in his cell and] his body was taken from the jaill and dumped on the road three miles north of the town. The slaying of Officer Wood oc curred in a general shooting last July 22. Between Negroes and of ficers at the home of Wilson where the officers had gone to investigate a livestock inspection. Jerome ~was indicted, tried for murder, convicted and sentenced to hang for the crime within ten days time and last Monday the Louisiana. supreme court granted him a new trial Officers reported that a mob of undertermined number stole iuto ;the sheri#’s office around 3 a. m, woday, obtained the keys to the cells 'and located Jerome in one of the icell’l.é ¢ 2 2 Y As they seized the prisoner, it was reported, Jerome began scream ing at the top of his voice and he was riddled with bullets in his cell The moéb then dragged his body to an automobile and carried it north of town where it was dump eq on the road, e Final Divorce Decree Is Granted Mary Pickford And Douglas Fairbanks 14-Year-Old Marriage of “Perfect Couple” Is Dissolved Thursday IS NOT CONTESTED Reports of New Romance With “Buddy’’ Rogers Denied by Latter LOS ANGELES.—{®)—Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford were a world apart today, their mar riage of 14 years dissolved. | The swashbuckling screen hero, whose desire to travel was one of the reasons his actress-wife gave in aking the divorce which she obtained here yesterday, was in Saint Moritz, Switzerland. He was - there when Miss Pick ford filed suit in December a year 2go. Also there on both occasions was Lady Ashley of the English stage, whose husband recently di vorced her, naming the actor as correspondent. KFach has declined to say whether they would marry again. - From London, where Buddy Rogers, former orchestra leader, is making a motion picture, came reports of a possible romance be tween him and Miss Pickford. They had appeared together in 'Hollywood in the picture “My Best Girl,” and the film colony knew lthem as good friends. Not Contested Fairbanks did not contest his wife's suit, which was called for hearing without prior court an nouncement. Superior Judge Ben B. “Lindsey;” former juvenile and domestic relations jurist of Den ver, wha had just taken office here, disposed of the case in three minutes. Appearing in a gray dress, gray fur coat, black pumps and a small gray hat with a red feather perch ed jauntily on the crown, “Ameri ca's Sweetheart” - kept her emo tions under control until Judge Lindsey, looking up over his spec tacles, said carefully: “Gentlemen I have the complaint and a decree will be granted.” Mary gave a little start, and then, as she left the courtroom flanked by her aitorney, Loyd Wright, and her public relations director, her eyes filled and she choked as she attempted to ans wer questiong of newspapermen. “ldeal Marriage” The marriage, which Hollywood féor a long time had regarded as (Continued on Page Six) ELBERTON HIGHWAY MEETING TONIGHT Citizens Meet at Geor gian; Plan Uncle Remus Highway Motorcade A meeting at the Georgian hotel tonight of citizens representing towns on the Athens-Elberton route and announcement that a motor cade will be made to advertise the Uncle Remus Highway are the latest developments in the program to bring more tourists to Athens. The meeting tonight at the Geor | gian will be attended by O. H. Smith, chairman of the board of county commissioners, Elbert coun ty; H. B, Payne, Peter Rice, F. D. Smith, T. O. Tabor, Fred Herndon, 0. H. Smith, Zach Copeland, Major H. P. Hunter of Elberton; Walter 'E. Whitehead, Comer: H. H. Hart, Colbert; W, B, Rice, Tate Wright, 'H. J. Rowe, B. M, Grier, Abit Nix, ‘M. L. St. John, J. H. Griffeth, Joel lA Wier, A. G, Dudley ang John Styles of Athens, The meeting was called by L. W. Nelson and those attending will arrive at 7 o'clock anfl be his guests at an informal dinner. Following the dinner the business of organi zation will be taken up. For some time those who will at tend the meeting have been work ing with the view of securing a | paved route from Athens through (Continued on Page Six) Prince Ave. Baptist Church Calls Special Conference Sunday The. entire membership of the Prince Avenue Baptist church is ufged to attend the morning serv ice, Sunday, January 13, at which time the Pulpit committee, of which G. H. Firor is chairman, will make g report to the church. Dr. T. W. Tippett will speak at both the morning and evening sew® vices, A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—sc¢ Sunday Pinchot Divorcee ' May Dance Again g e SRR £ R P SRR eSR R S S Bora o gg;” : b £ sieni % R N B 8 e ST R G . Y . S R S g R o G B e R T el e £RR S | R TR RREC L S e R s R 8 B oM e 3 R R R S COARR e ¥ b e SRS e R i B : SRR R A 8 o TR g i v N : 3 A R 3 & R e 2 3 P R T S Rl s R ST N o R iR R At N % L 3 ¥ XK o TR e % 3 % s, 5o % fixaN L L S & AR A : Following her divorce in Tampa, Fla., from the nephew of Pennsyl vania’s retired governor, and son of a New York banker, Mrs. Gif ford Pinchot 3rd is contemplat- Ing a return to the stace as a dancer. ' Mrs. Pinchot, daughter of Gabriel Voisin, French auto magunate, was awarded custody of; her two children. “WOMAN IN GREEN" MYSTERY 18 SOILVED Son-in-Law of Condon ldentifies Her as Mrs. Hermina Koren FLEMINGTON, N. J—(#)— The mystery of the “woman in green”, whose appegrance at the Haupt mann murder trial created a sud den stir, was explained today by Ralph Hacker, son-in-law of Dr. John F. Condon. Hacker said the woman, identi fied as Mrs. Hermina Koren, came to the Condon home during the investigation of the Lindbergh kidnaping with another who was certain she could solve the case; the incident was reported to the department of justice, but. noth ing came of it. The “woman in green” rose dra matically from her seat among the witnesses yesterday at the bidding of defense counsel Edward J. Reilly, who asked Dr. Condon if he had ever seen her before. The 74-year-old “Jafsie” of the Bronx said he had seen her with a Mrs. Busch. Reilly passed swiftly to other angles of ques tioning, and the state made light of the incident. Hacker, 3 West Englewood ar chitect, recalled today that late in 1933 or early in 1934, when Dr. Condon was Treceiving scores of letters and calls from persons who wanted to help solve the crime, Mrs. Koren accompanied Mrs. Busch to the Condon home. He could not recall Mrs. Busch’s first nmame, but said she was a widow living near Hopewell, wha insisted . that she was in contact with the kidnapers of the Lind bergh baby. After the incident was reported to the department of justice, Hacker said, Mrs. Busch ' came again to the Bronx home of the (Continued on Page Six) May Bring Annual Convention Of Confederate Veterans Here Plans are being considered look ing to the possibility of bringing the annual national convention of Confederate Veterans to Athens this year. The convention was to have been held in St. Petersburg, Fla, but that city withdrew its invi tation due to lack of funds. The veterans’ national commander said this action was due to a misunder standing which gave the Florida city the idea the convention would mean an expense of some $40,000. He said the convention would cost no such sum and that ic would be held this year even if the vet erans had to pay their own ex pempen. . Buy 3»<!‘§,¥ Mynly . e BRUND'S WAITING 13 M 0 SAME A 5 THAT ON RANSOM NOTES Special U. S. Intelligence Agent Also Testifies During Morning MANY OBJECTIONS Says No Record of Ransom Money Coming in Since . Hauptmann’s Arrest BY WILLIAM A. KINNEY (Copyright, 1935, Associated Press) FLEMINGTON, N. J. — () — Bruno Richarq Hauptmann’s hand writing today was identified by a state expert as that of all of the kidnap ransom notes received by Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh fol lowing the theft of his 20-mouth= old baby. W The identification was made by Albert S.(Osborn, sr, who called himself an “examiner of questioned documents,” He gave the the testimony in a loud voice and positive manner. Previous to Osborn’s testimony the mysterious exchange of Lind bergh ransom golg notes and a subsequent suicide of “J. J. Faulka ner” was injected into the trial by the defense, which has been trying to show that a gang of four was responsible for the kidnaping and murder of baby Charles A. Lind bergh, jr. A Frank Wilson, special agent: in charge of the intelligence depart ment of the United States depart ment of internal - revenwe, was closely ‘cross-examined on this phase of his investigation after 'g had testified for the state that he knew of no ransom bills appearing after the arrest of Hauptmann. He testified that $2,980 of the Lindbergh money was exchanged at the New York federal regerve ‘bank of the day the gold em bargo went into effect. All of the ransom money was in gold notes. He insisted there was no way to trace the *“J. J. Faulkner,” whose name was on the slip that accomi panied the exchange, 5 “As you were investigating J. J. Faulkner” asked Defense Counsel C. Llovd Fisher, «is it true tbq* a J. J. Faulkner threw himself from the top of the Chrysler tower and committed suicide?” { “I don't know,” he replied. Heard of Man / Pressed later he said he heard of a man named Faulkner commit~ ting suicide but that he did not kinow the man had the initials “J. gt { “You carefully investigated J. J. did you not?” & yen - sir 2 % “Did you find a J. J. Faulkner alive?” » s “Yes, sir, several of them,” ha answered. Lo ke The identification of the hand- (Continued on Page Six) Brother, Sister of Fisch May Testify LEIPZIG, Germany— (&) —The whereabouts of Hanna and Pincus Fisch, brother and sister of Isi dore Fisch, reputed to have been before his death an associate of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, were shrouded in mystery today. A scrubwoman employed in the office of Pincus Fisch said Hanna “took a two months vacation and told me to look after her house.” She said Fisch also had left the city but explained he was attend ing to business in Czechoslovakia. The American consulate here would neither affirm nor deny ru mors that the pair were among those who sailed for New York from Havre on board the Ile De France with Arthur Johnson, New York police detective. & meeting will be in St. Petersburg. Proposal to bring the convention here was advanced today by Judge Henry C. Tuck and Joel Wier, Chamber of Commerce sec= retary, immediately got in coms munication with the national head quarters to ascertain the number of veterans who attend and the average cost of the convention. “I am absolutely in the dark on the convention,” Mr. Wier said this morning. “It would be a fine ‘thing for Athens but first we must find out the cost gnd the. number who would attend, As soon as we ‘are able to get mﬁmm& formation, we can be guided ac ‘ m" 2TR e oaln iR B e iel L R