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By Rodney Dutcher
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I Why Convicts Revolt.
Just “Pauper Relief.”
Hiram Is Licked. |
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WASHINGTON ~ — President
Roosevelt's big econ Jmic programi
is the talk of Washingten and aas
shoved even the _gold clause trial
out of the conversations of paflor
economists and dinner sophists.\
Big business men wag their
peads, saying it's too big a slice
to cut at one sitting. Left-wingers
wag their heads because they
think it’s too small a ‘slices The
great middle-of-the-road class
including labor unionists, think
it's the biggest thing that *%has
happened to the United States in
l!fl'i“]"-
Indeed, it does mark a historic
abandonment of the whole theory
of the Rugged Individualists. That
a government which three years
ago refused to accept the burden
of feading even the hungry should
now propose to ialke over the be
ginnings of of a security system for
20,000,000 wage earners, and even
to sell annuities to the middle
classes, is said to amouit %o lit
tie short of a revolution.
8o far business men have been
sitting more or legs silent on the
anxious seat. They will be molli
fied by the fact that the program
will cost them as taxpayers only
about $100,000,000 this year; that
workers ‘'must contribute half of
security funds; that the states are
heing left to choose their own sys
tems, subject only to federal gui
dance and minimum standards.
Many enlightened employers al
readv had come to accept indus
try's responsibility for its hazards.
Left-wingers are more vocal.
Ready to hurl forensic thunder
bolts at the program gre the vocif
erons members of the Townsend
bloec in Congress. Congressman
John Stevents M. Groarty, Califor
ni’s poet laureate and author of
the Townsend plan bill to pension
all oldsters past ~at -S2OO a month
for life, provided they spend every
thing they get each month, said
he would wait until the president's
Wagner bill got to thé House floor
and then offer the Townsend plan
as an amendment to the old age
security section, e
In this way he Will<get the pian
now interred in the Ways and
Means committee, to the floor for
a free-for-all argument.
McGroarty and ‘his fellow Cali
fornian, Dr. Townsend, says it's
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Statement By Mrs.
Julius Y. Talmadge
In reply to the press notices
of January 22nd, that Mrs.
Julius Talmadge, of /Athens,
had saiq that all dormitories at
the University of Georgia were
not filleg to capacity, Mrs, Tal
madge makes the following
statement of data given to Gov
ernor Talmadge.
“In Winnie Davis Dormitory
thire are 51 students, where
last year there were BS.
In Gilmore and Bradwell
halls, where last vear there were
9 students, there are now 74—
leaving vacancies of 24 in each
hall,
In Senior hall, where as many
5 32 students have been housed
In the past, there are now 11
Students, .
Some tables have been remov
“d from the dining hall, as all
Were not heing used.
No mention ewvas ever made at
4y time o 1 any dormitories
Other than the ones listed.
If these figures can be prov
el as jncorrect, 1 shall be glad
o admit my mistake.”
Signed.
Mrs. Julius Talmadge.
THE News IN A NUTSHELL
Membeps of the Demostheni.a’t
Lflrr;n“\' society of the University
Will be hosts tonight at 5 banquet
n hopoy of Speaker Bd Rivers
Rivers ang several officials and
members of the house at the Geor
gian hote) at 6:30.
L. H, Cunningham warns you
10 beware of short cuts to health,
| sucp 4% patent medicines, cold
| Cureg, and reducing formulae, apd
Aparatyg that appeal to our lazy
instinets
Rev. 1. w. @. Watkins, College
Park Minister, whe died Sunday
Blght, once held a pastorate in
Ath“ns'
Prizes awarded by the Clarke
County Tuberculosis association to
M schools selling the largest
MUmber of Christmas seals accord
ing ¢ nrollment, were ‘presented
today. Bt
B. y, Grier. superintendent of
the Athens pumlie
teach during the s ‘% ;w!{*@
of the University a course on i
SOvement op the curriculum ot
anc lch9olß- o T S S
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Kidnap Ladder Admitted As Evidence
Japanese Ambassador Opens Affairs Institute Here Tombrrow, 10:30
OPENING SESSION T 0
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Meeting Place of First|
Session in Physical Edu-|
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MUCH INT ‘
NTEREST SEEN§
Round - Table Discussion|
On Public Health to l
Begin at 11:45 |
Hirosi Saito, Japanese| uml)as-i
sador to the United States wi]ll
open the Institute of Public Af
fairs at the University of Georgia
tomorrow meorning at 10:30 o'clock
when he speaks in the physical
education building on the Agricul
tural college campus on “‘Some |
phases of Japanese-American Re-l
lationships.” '
The meeting place for the first
session of the institute has been
changed to the physical education
building auditorium to accomodate
the large crowd which is expected
to attend it. .
Ambassador Saito has been
prominent in diplomatic affairs
gince 1911, when he served as at
tache at the Japanese embassy in
Washington. He has since been
consul in Seattle, consul general
in New ork City, chief of the bu
reau of information of the for
eign office in Tokyo, minister at
The Hague, and counselor of the
London embassy. Since 1934 he has
been ambassador to the United
States. In 1931 his “Life of Ramsy
MacDonald” was published.
James T. Shotwell, prominent
author and trustee and director
of the Division of Economics and
History of the Carnegie Endow
ment for International Peace since
1924, will deliver the second ad
dress of the International Affairs
section of the Institute Wednes
day night at 8 o'clock in the chapel.
His subject will be “The Forma
tion of Pubic Opinion.”
Dr. S. V. Sanford, president of
the University, will preside at
these meetings.
| The Round Table section of the
Institute, which will consist of
[lectures and discussions on public
fhea]th problems in Georgia, will
| meet at 11:45 in the auditorium of
the Commerce-Journalism building
:und at 3 o'clock in the same place
with Craig Barrow, Savannah,
presiding.
U. S. Public Health Service, med-
J. W. Mountin, surgeon of the
[ ical officer in charge at the Office
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GLASCOW, Secotland — (A — A
’message to owners of the British
tanker Valverda reported today the
[lve.‘ssel is in “no immediate danger”
Ibut one member of the crew is
dead. L
[ Relayed by the British motor
liner Rangitili, the message said:
l“The fire is now confined to the
[l'efl'igel‘atm'. ‘The vessel is in no
iimmedlate danger. Taylor, third
iongineer. succumbed to injuries,
| All others safe.”
| “Ppaylor” was G.-S,'Taylor, 28, a
lresfdent of Port Glascow.
Gow. Harrison and company own
| the Valverda, whose oil cargo was
threatened when flames broke out
in the engine room Sunday. The
ship is about 1,000 miles off the
) coast of Florida.
By Jack Braswell
Property owmners of Athens and |
Clarke county who are interested
in a more equitable distribution of
the costs of government, with con
sequent relief to real estate, are
invited to attend a meeting at the |
office of Deadwyler-Beacham com- |
pany Wednesday afternoon at 4|
o’clock. i
A local option liquor bill was
presented tq the Georgia senate
today by Senator John Beasley of
Glennvile, providing for g state
wide election May 15 to determine
if counties voting wet may have
liquor. .
Georgia supreme court today de
nied the motion of Attormey Gen
eral M. J. Yeomans for a rehear- |
ing of the case of Dr. J. M. Sut
ton, suspended state veterinarian,‘
against G. C. Adams, former com
missioner of agriculture. l
The board of regents bill was
approved yesterday in the housq
committee by a vote of 29 6.
“The senate committee will o&idg‘
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Full Associated Press Service
HATS OFF TO THE ELKS
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is to be
commended for the leadership it has assumed in memo
rializing Congress to enact legislation that is designed
to curb the activities of individu#ls and organizations
that seek, either directly or indirectly, the overthrow of
the American government.
Communist sympathizers and radical agitators, em
boldened by the lack of interference on the part of con
stituted authority, are brazenly spreading their sub
versive doctrines throughout the length and breadth of
the land. The methods vary, according to the locality
and the temperament of the populace; in some sections
the direct appeal is made, while in others the approach
is indirect and insidious, but the ultimate objective is
the same.
That thoughtful and patriotic Americans, jealous of
their priceless heritage of individual liberty and repre
sentative form of government, do not relish the thought
of tyrannical rule and destruction of our cherished in
stitutions, is evidenced by the aroused spirit of Elkdom
—indeed, a most wholesome manifestation, and one
that challenges the admiration and support of all 100
percent Ameircans.
The petition to Congress, which. the order is sponsor
ing, was published in full in yesterday’s Banner-Herald.®
Exalted Ruler Milton Lesser has been provided with a
supply of the petitions for use by individual signers.
These petitions may be found at the local Elks’ lodge,
down town drug stores and at the Banner-Herald office.
The Banner-Herald cannot emphasize too strongly
the duty of all patriotic citizens in supporting the Elks
in this laudable undertaking. Athens has never been
found wanting in love of country and loyalty to the
cause of freedom. The call of the Elks affords us an op
portunity to re-dedicate ourselves and again to give
concrete evidence of our Americanism. Don’t let the
opportunity slip by to sign this petition. \
Minor Sees Increasing
Farm Income This Year
NEW ORLEANS HAS
BLANKET OF SNOW
NEW ORLEANS — (AP) —
Residents of New Orleans awoke
today in freezing weather with
a surprise at finding them
selves caught in a snow storm
—the first snow many children
of the pre’sent generation had
ever seen.
The fleecy substance began
driving in during the early
morning hours on the frigid
wave that wag sweeping
through the southland to the
Gulf of MeXxico and at eight
o’clock this morning it was still
snowing in New Orleans.
Roofs were covered with
snow throughout the city and
the snow banked an inch deep
in the gutters of the roofg and
on tops of automobiles.
NEW DIRECTORS
WILL BE NAMED
Seven New Members of
Chamber of Commerce
Board to Be Selected
The annual banquet of the
Chamber of Commerce will be held!
Friday night at the Georgian ho
tel at 7:30 o'clock, at which time
seven directors wil} be sol@cted.{
Accommodations are available for
125 persons and the banquet i‘S!
open to all citizens. Tickets are
75 cents each. |
Fourteen Athenians have beenl
nominated for directorships a.nd‘
from that group seven will be|
chosen. Letters have been sent to
all of thee 221 members of the‘
Chamber of Commerce listing the
nominees, who are F. E. Mc-l
Hugh, G. V. McCarson, O. D.
Grimes, Grady Henson, M. S.I
Hodgson, sr., Tate Wright, M, N.|
Tutwiler, John L. Green, J. N.|
Hartford, L. O. Price, B. s‘
Dobbs, Sam Nickerson, C. S. Mar-'
tin and L. W. Nelson. ;
Following the election P‘riday,i
the bhoard of directors wiil vote to
meet either the following M'onday‘
or Tuesday night and elect nmew
officers for 1935. Abit Nix is the
retiring president, W. R. Bedgood
and Lee Morris, retiring vice-pres
jdents, and Tate Wright, retiring
treasurer. The president is se
lected from the membership of the
board. i
The seven directors to be elect
ed Friday night will succeed W.
R. Bedgood, Tate Wright, R. R.
Gunn, Joe Costa, J. C. Hutchins,
jr., Sam Nickerson, M. N. Tut
wiler, whose terms expire. A. G.
Dudley, as mayor, s also an ex
officio member of the board.
Directors who hold-over for an
other year, as the terms are of
two years, are Lee Morris. G. A.
rell, B. L. Wier and E. E. Lam-
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Athens, Ga., Tuesday, January 22, 1935.
Over 400 Attend as Agri
cultural Conference En
ters Second Day
The agricultural outlook for
Georgia in 1935 is for a slightly in
creased total income, although the
prices of some farm commeodities
may be lower, W. A. Minor, farm
economist gt the College of Agri
culture, told more than 400 state
agricultural workers here today.
The state farm income has risen
from 67 million dollars _in 1932 to
approximately 174 million dollars
in 1934, Minor said, and while far
mers receipts averaged 20 percent
higher last year than in 1933, the
average prices they paid for sup
plies was only 9 percent higher.
In discussing the expected de
mand for agricultural commodities
this year, Minor stated that the
indications were that the outlook
was about the same in the domes
tic market as it was in the first
six months of 1934, with the pos
sibility that they might be slight
ly higher. While foreign demand
has improved in some countries,
this advantage had been lost by
the decline in others, it was stat
ed.
Continuing the discussion con
cerning state prospects, Minor de
clared that the outlook for cotton
in 1935 is for an increased in
come which is expected to result
from larger marketings with prices
received anticipated at the same
or slightly lower levels. The flue
cured tobacco situation was re
ported as showing an improve
ment, aithough the increased pro
duction expected indicates lower
prices. Howevér, the total farm
income will probably be higher
from this crop, it was stated.
Income from hogs, poultry and
dairy products is expected to in
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Trees and Flowers of Mother Nature
Have Become News in the Real Sense
By LUCY WOODALL
NICHOLSON
Trees and flowers are not only
the subject of many and long dis
cussions but are rTead about in
news stories in the daily papers.
The planting of trees and shrubs
on city streets and along highways
is news that is flashed over the
wires of the press service of the
country. Of course there are gar
den columns and accounts of club
activities of the projects to con
serve the beautiful flora of differ
ent ssctions—even novels of the
day—best sellers — have room to
picture the landscape, painted in
flowers, both native and other
wise.
~ Caroline Miller’'s book, “Lamb in
His Bosom,” the Pulitzer prize,
winner of 1934, has many charm
ing desecriptions of the beautiful
trees and flowers found in Georgia
woods and fields. Only an eye
enough to be recorded in historic
Rucker Senate Committee
Meets This Afternoon For
Hearing on Regents Bill
Talmadge Gets Boost as
House Committee Votes
In Favor of Measure
HEARING AT 4 P.M.
Athenian Declares Bill
Still Technically in
Hands of Group
ATLANTA, Ga~—&)—The legis
lative program of Governor Tal
madge has received another boost,
the house committee on the gtate
of the republic approving his
Board of Regents bill, 29 to 6.
Governor Talmadge appeared be
fore the committee late yesterday
and spoke in behalf of the meas
ure which would kill a $2,691,800
Public Works yan and grant to
the University System. He has
taken the position that the loan
would place a “staggering debt”
on the system. :
The fight over the regents bill
was to be taken up again today at
a public hearing before the Uni
versity committee of the senate.
Although the senate committee
favorably' reported the bill at a
previous session, Senator Lamar
Rucker, chairman of the commit
tee, said the measure was “tachni
cally still in the hands of the
committee.” The senator, who
_ll\fes in Athens, was ill during the
first week of the session and took
‘up the cudpel for the University
system as .soon as he arrived here
yesterday .
Quick Wind Up
Receipt of Governor Talmadge's
budget message yesterday paved
the way for a qulck wind up of
the organization session tomorrow.
The regular sixty-day session will
get under way Thursday and
leaders have predicted approval
would be given to all of the gov
ernor’s proposals by the end of the
week.
The legislators also had before
them for study a general sales tax
proposal—a. - subject which many
predicted would furnish some of
the most heated debate during the
present gession.
Introduced by Representatie G.
W. Camp, of Carroll- county, the
first sales tax proposal suggested
a three percent gross tax on re
tailers, one-tenth percent on man
ufacturers and wholesalers, and a
three percent tax on public utili
ties. It also would place a three
percent tax on shows and theaters,
sporting events and a similar levy
on miscellaneous business.
ATLANTA, Ga—(#)—A bill pro
posing a state-wide rental system
for school books and school sup-
Keia it
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AS,AAI S A AT A
LOCAL WEATHER
o o AN SO SR D A TNS
Rain this afternoon, proba
bly changing to snow this af
ternoon or tonight, cold wave
tonight, with hard freeze on
the coast and temperature
about twenty degrees in ex
treme southwest portion to
night, Wednesday, fair and
colder in east portion.
TEMPERATURE
BLARBONE 5. SR iHh bTP
TIOBNE. o i ssvh i on¥iser B P
MOEMBE. ' i vt iag. 449
DRI oas s bekaies siiia iR
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 h0ur5.,...... .01
Total since January 1......2.97
Deficiency since Januray 1. .34
Average January rainfall.. 4.83
l the creaking oxcart on g 5 road of a
{accounts of pioneers in this rather
Idreary wiregrass section—but she
{ has looked the landscape over, af
| fectionately. This flat country,
| seen with the eye of beauty, takes
!on new charm and directs the
]m!nds of others to lovely things,
hitherto, passed by as nothing un
| usual—certainly not beautiful en
ough to romance about.
But then Caroline Miller loves
flowers, not only the cultivated
kinds but the ones that grow so
luxuriantly in Georgia — and, of
course being Georgia born and
bred, she thinks the wild flowers
of her native state are positively
the most beautiful in all the world!
And who would dispute with her
’about this—certainly not Georgi
ans! 3 . :
: *Just Married )
In the first scene in her book,
“Lamb in His Bosom,” she carries
you along with Lonzo and Cean in
SRS PR J-:-——-'—
JAPANESE FREIGHTER
“GHOST SHIP” TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO — (#) —
Its crew of 45 then saved in a
dramatic north Pacific rescue,
the sinking Japanese freighter
Hokumen Maru was a “ghost
ship"” today, drifting 200 miles
off the Washington coast,
The coast guard cutter Chel
an put out from Seattle and
was expected to reach the
abandoned ship for inspection
sometime during the day,
The Hokuman Maru was en
route from Vancouver, B. C,, to
Osaka.
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Mrs. Annie A. Hodgson'
Dies at Her Home on
Milledge Avenue '
Mrs. Annie A, Hodgson, beloved
Athens woman, died at her resi
dence, 125 Milledge avenue dt 7:30
o'clock last night. Mrs. Hodgson's
health has been impaired for sev
eral years, but throughout her ill
ness she has exemplified that,
sweetness of gemeanor which char- |
acterized her entire life. Her death
removes one of the ‘most lovable
characters in Athens and is the oc
casion for much sorrow among her
friends for whom she has been a
source of inspiration for so many
years.
(Before her marriage to the late
Robert B. Hodgson, one of Ath
ens’ leading citizens of his time,
Mrs. Hodgson was Miss Annie
Strahan. She was a native of
Baltimore, Md,
Surviving her are a sister, Mrs.
E. R. Hodgson, sr., a daughter, Miss
Roberta Hodgson, member of the
faculty of the University of Geor
gia and widely known as an educa
tor ang the following nieces and
nephews: Mrs. H. H. Gordon, jr.,
Miami, Fla.; Mrs, Frank A. Lips
comb, Athens; Mrs. Robert W.
Woodruff, Mrs. Bolling Jones, 11.,
Atlanta; Dr. Charles M. Strahan,
E. H. Hodgson, jr,, Morton S,
Hodgson, Harry Hodgson, Athens
and Dr. Frederick G. Hodgson, At
lanta.
The funeral seryices were con
ducted this afternoon from the
First Methodist church at 38 o’clock
by Dr. Lester Rumble, pastor of the
church, assisted by Dr. S. R, Grubb,
pastor of First Christian church,
Interment was in Oconee Hill
cemetery. ‘The following acted as
pallbears, E. R. Hodgson, jr., Harry
Hodgson, M. 8. Hodgson, Dr. C. M
Strahan, F, M, Hodgson and Dr. W,
L. Moss. Honorary pallbearers in
cluded Dr. John A. Hunnicutt, Dr.
Ralph M. Goss and Dr. H. M. Caba
niss, McDorman-Bridges Funeral
Home was in charge of funeral ar
rangements.
Production Credit Associ
ation Announces Acqui
sition of 6th County
Addition of Walton to the five
counties already supervised by the
Athens Preduction Association,
was announced this morning by
G. C. Pittard, secretary.
Walton has been under the su
pervision of the Winder associa
tion, but was recently released.
Mr. Pittard. sajd arrangements
would be made for residents of
Walton county to apply for loans
at Monroe, instead of coming to
Athens.
He also . announced applications
for loans may be made either at
the local office in the court house,
or to G. W. Paul at Lexington or
Fred Branch Watkinsville. Ar
rangements will be made in Mad
ison and Walton counties by the
end of the week. |
The first roan of 1935 was made
this morning to a Clarke countyl
farmer. Thne ano’nt of the loans
was S6OO, but the name so the
borrower was not available. Mr.
Pittard said that he had received
17 applications already this year.
and they would be passed on at a
meeting to be held here suon.l
During 1934 one hundred and six
ty-nine loans were made by the
office that J. B. Nunnally '2d
Athens Association. |
It was also announced at the’
been appointed inspector for tae
association, succeeding J. R.i
Tuck, who rétired because of con
flicting %ifiu& Duties of the
inspectors are to investigate the ‘
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The _diagram _ iilustrates the
state’s version of the manner in
which Charleg Augustus Lindbergh,
jry, met his death:. As the kidnaper
carried the haby down the ladder
after stealing him from his crib
in the second floor nursery of the
Lindbergh home, the ladder broke,
the chid dropped to the ground and
was killed instantly. Attorney Gen
eral David Wilentz named Bruno
Hauptmann as the man on the
ladder. It was admitted ag evi
dence today. |
TAX PAYERS ASKED
Officer of Georgia Real
Estate Tax Payers Asso
ciation to Be Here
‘Pmperty ownerg of Athens and
Clarke county, who find the tax
burden irksome and who are inter
ested in some more equitable dis
tribution of the costs of govern
ment, with consequent relief to real
estate, are invited to attend a
meeting at the superior court
room Wednesday afternoon at four
o'clock.
The feature of H‘c meeting will
be an addresg by R. P. Saffold, of
the Georgia Real Estate Tax FPay
ers Association, and it is wurged
that Mr. Saffold be greeted by a
representative gathering of prop
erty owners., ‘
The association which Mr. Saf-|
fold represents is interested in{
gaining ad valorem tag reforms at!
the present session of the 1(‘;.:1.\'1;1-1
ture, an endeavor, however, in|
which the active support of prnp-}
erty owners is essential.
Legion Resents Editorial
To The Banner-Herald and
The Athens Times:
It has been moted that in a sar
castic and apparently intentional
misleading editorial of recent date
in the Athens Times that an un
necessary reference was made to
the American Legion.
Your attention is called to the
fact that the local Legion Post
has not participated in the recent
controversies concerning subver
give influences that have appeared
in the local press of the last few
days, and this will appear to be an
effort on the part of the Athens
Times to engender animosity and
point the finger of scorn and ridi
cule at a representative group of
our citizens.
It should be said that we are in
favor of all efforts to enlighten the
citizens of this state of the exist
ence and objectives of subversive
organizations within the United
States whose socialism and com
munism and un-American activi
ties should be well known to #
Previous Attempts @ to
Introduce Ladder o
Had Failed sl
WILENTZ iS HEARD
Justice Trenchard Finally
Won Over on Third.. -
Attempt AT
BY WILLIAM A. KINNEY
(Copyright, 1934, Associated Press)
FLEMINGTON, N. J, — (#) —
The kidnap ladder down which the
state charges baby Charles A. Lind
bergh, jr., was carried to his death
was admitted today into the evi
dence against Bruno Richard
Hauptmann charged with the mur
der of the child. i
Twice before the state offered
the ladder and the defense succeed
ed in barring it on the ground it
had not been sufficiently identi«
field, or sufficiently connected t¢
Hauptmann,
The defense was just as vigorous
in its objections today, but Justice
Thomas W. Trencharq decided to
accept it, nevertheless, '
Detective Lewis J. Bonmann was
called to the witness stand to give
further testimony about the wood
en ladder, which the state charges
was used by Hauptmann to carry
baby Charles A. Lindbergh, jr., from
the window of the Lindbergh nur=
sery on the night of March 1, 1932,
| Produces Chisel ’
‘| Attorney General Wilentz .first
!pm(luce;d a chisel and the. witness
’said he found it at the Lindbérgh
estate near where the ladder was
Fpicked up early in the mornjng af
ter the kidnaping, March 2, 1932,
“We offer the chisel in evidence,”
Wilentz announced. : i
Associate Defense Counsel Fre
derick A. Pope objected to its ac
ceptance hecause it had not been
linked with the defendant or with
the crime of kidnaping-murder,
but Justice Trenchard admitted it
The state then rentwed its of
fer of the ladder after Bornhann
identified an upright which @ had
been removed from it for wood
analysis. :
Defense Objects 3
The defense again objected,
(Continued on Page Two)
Cold Wave Spreads
Over East and South
By The Associated Press
The cold wave spread east and@
south today, leaving behind abouf
fifty dead. 2 x
Meanwhile floods, fog, sleel
rains and low temperatures coms«
bined to delay traffic and endangeg
lives, as the frigid blast from . th&
north dipped down into Dixie,
threatening to bring freezing
weather as far south as centraf
Florida by tonight.
Floods were reported in Arkan
sas, Louisiana, Mississippi and
Tenncssee, and the Willow river in
Wisconsin had broken through the
St. Croix dam, damaging a power
house. Heavy property damage
was aso reported from the Wolf
river, burdened by excessive rains
tore giant barges and steamboats
from their moorings along the
Memphis, Tenn., harbor, where the
stearm joins the Mississippi.
We are not interested in per=
sonal attacks upon visiting indi
viduals or their exercising any of
their rights of free speech but be
lieve that our iocal press can serve
a Wwholesome need in presenting
to the people the subversive affil
iations of any who come into our
community in a public capacity.
H. W. BIRDSONG,
Chairman, Public Relations Com
mittee, Allen R. Fleming Post,
American Legion.
(Editor's Note: The above re
fers to the action of two civie
clubs in withdrawing a speaking
invitation to Dr, S. Ralph Har
low, after representations were
made to the effect that Dr. Harlow
is a member of the following or«
ganizations: John Reed club,
named for “America’'s first Com
munist”; , War Resisters League
Reconciliation ~ Trips, Fellowship
of Reconciliation, lecturer and
member of the League for Indus- '
trial Democracy, and a national
committeeman of Natlonal Relig
ion and Labor Foundatien),
