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Newspaper Page TextLOCAL COTTON sttt ! Mm[n.lNG e LTS pRF.VIOUS CLOSE ..... .. 12%c Lopat iAT e R e 6. 4 No. 3 10 ;01. Michael ithdraws ionation i e oteran Member of Hos pital Board Will Remain As Chairman i i J \ax Michael, ~who has been hairman of the board of trustees{ f the Athens General Hospital! ince its creation has withdrawn is resignation, submitted to thel ounty commissioners two weeksi SV, Michael's action in with-| .awing his resignation followed eceipt of a Dpetition from the medical taff of the hospital point g out that his resignation from] pe board of trustees woud be “a real \:ilal!lity-” 4 Declaring that the work Mr. fichael has accomplished for the' ommunity as chairman of the‘ hospital trustees deserves the ommendation of the citizens, the edical staff asserted that his vork is not vet finished, and urg-! . him to re-consider his action‘ nd withdraw the resignation sub nitted to the board of commis-| joners; ¢ Mr. Michael's assogiates on the, oard, Dr. BE. L. Hill and Harry{ [odgson, sr., also urged thel ommissioners not to .accept the‘ resignation, in view of Mr. lichael's usefulness to the hospis | al as a member and chairman of he board. | A copy of the petition of the] nedical staff of the hospital fol owWSs: “Mr. Max Michael: “The staff of the Athens Gener -1 hospital realizing the services ou have rendered the hospital, he interest you have taken in its fficient and continued operation, he time you have given unselfish v to all matters concerning theé ospital, feel that it would be a eal calamity for you tp discontin e your work. “In your official capacity as hairman of the board of trustees ou serve no special group but the ntire community, both city and ounty. We believe that yeu de wrve the commendation of all for vhat you have already done, but ve also feel that your work is not et finished. “The staff therefore respectfully requests that you reconsider your wction, that you withdraw your resignation as a . member of the hoard of trusiees. “Signed: J. C. Holliday, Harold . Reynolds, J. Weyman Davis . W. Birdsong, J. A. Hunni cutt, A. C. Hollidoy, M. A. Hu bert, S. 8. Smith, C. 0. Middle rooks, W, H. Cabaniss, R. M. Goss, C. T. Canning, H, B, Har ris, Linton Gerdine, Guy O. Whel chel and H. M. Fullilove.” . ~ ‘ ommission Asked To Reconsider Its o R der Its Refusal of $3,000 D. Weaver Bridges, chairman of the hoard of directors of the Amer ican Legion, Ine., appeared before the county commissioners vester day and requested them to recon sider their action in deeclining to appropriate $3,000 to the fund for completing the Community Center on Lumpkin street. . Mr. Bridges asked the board if they would reconsider if the signa tures of two-thirds of the taxpay ers of the county were obtained on a petition urging the appropri ation. Chairman C. M. Strahan ex- Pressed the opinion that jegal bar riers to the county making 5 con tribution to the fund could be re moved only by a bond election Which he said the commission is willing to call if petitioned by a Tepresentative number of citizens. The chairman said, However, he Was expressing his personal opini on, not that of the board. Com missioner*J. H. Griffeth appeared interested in the proposal of Mr. Bridges that the names of two thirds of the taxpayers could be obtained, if the commissioners felt that procedure wonld justifse them In re-opening the question. When the minutes of the meet ng at which time the commission ers declined tn make the appropri ation were read, Commissioner J. K. Davis asked that he be record ed as having dissented in the de cision to decline the grant. No action was taken yesterday on Mr. Bridges’ second application for an appropriation. County Engineer H. K. Nichol on is engaged in obtaining the Tight of way pursuant to beginning the grading of the Commerce road from the Jackson county line, it Was reported to the board of com- Missionerg yesterday. Work will begin shortly. on grad g the Athens-Tla road, contract having heen received from the State highway board several days 420, it wras also reported to the fommissionersg yesterday. \——_-_-——:. SCOUT CAMPAIGN REPORTS WILL BE MADE TODAY 5 P.M. \—-4—-‘——-—— A meeting of workers in the Athens Boy Scout eampaign Wil be held at 5 o'clock this e « (Continued on page two.) ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Full Associated Press Service Senate Votes to Reconsider Actionln Defeating Home Exemption Tax Bill TEMPERANCE GROUP f Y i 10 CONSIDER BILLS Beer and Liquor Measures From House to Rest for Remainder of Week EXECUTIVE SESSION Proposed Legislation |ls Sifted and Classified At Meeting- Today ATLANTA —(#)— Regardless of ‘arguments at a public hearing to day the senate temperanee com miitee will not act on pending:beer ~and liquor bills until next .week, Senator John H. McGehee ol Talbotton, chairman of the com - mittee, said discussions: at the committee meeting at 2:30. p. m,’ today were “sifted and classified” for further study at executive ses ision later on. : ‘ i “We will consider both the beer iand‘ liquor bills in executive sea sion as quickly as possible,” said lMcGehee, “and hope to have them ready for senate action by early [‘next week.” ; Senator John Beasley of Glenn ville today compared with the house-passed bill g substitute liq | uor bill which he has ready for in-‘ troduction he said he would mot! Ipresent his substitute until the question gets before the senate. l The Beasley bill would have the] liquor law administered by the comptroller general instead of by the revenue department. Expend-! | itures for administration would be i‘ limited to five per cent of gross revenues. No limit is made for l guch expenses under the house bill. Two Per Cent Tax Beasley would impose a two per cent manufacturers’ tax. Nomne is { proposed in the house bill. l Cash deposit by manufacturers, wholésalers and distributors would be required under the substitute measure instead of a bond as pro vided in the house measure. The senate substitute would per | mit sale of liquor only in incorpor ated towns while under the house measure it could be sold any where. Retail sales would be restricted under Beasley’s plan, to uncut packages, but could be made in any quantity. The house bill re stricts purchases to one quart a day. ! Beasley would change the date \for referendum to April 10 in | stead of May 15, and would per mit the manufacture of wine ’within the home without license. This wine could be sold to whole i sale dealers without a license being required of the maker. | No provision is made for wine ' (Continued on Page Three) 'World Day of Praver ‘ To Be Observed Here The fourth annual World Day of Prayer will be observed Friday at Emmanuel Episcopal church at 11 o'clock. The church will be opened at 10:30 o'clock for silent meditation, at which time Dr. David C. Wright, rector, will lead the call for prayer. Dr. Wright will deliver the benediction at noon. Several representatives from the choir of each church in the city will take part tn the program, as well as representatives from the various Missionary societies. Previous annual exercises have been held at First Presbyterian First Methodist and First Baptist churches. A cordial invitation is extended the public % attend the meeting. oy STATE NEWS BRIEFS By The Associated Press - : VALDOSTA, oGa. — (#) — Only slight damage was done to tobac ¢o plants hy the recent cold snap in south Georgia and north Florida, reports here today said, Growers cay there is no danger of a short age of plants for transplanting. A iarger number of plants than usual were bedded ﬂzis year. Q COLUMBUS, Ga. — Funeral ser vices were held yesterday for Mrs, Rosa Crook Gordon, wllow of Fre derick B. Gordon, and long a pro minent resident here. 5 SAVANNAH, Ga. — England is interested iz Georgia’s piné paper pulp experiments. An English paper firm has askeq that a ship- MYSTERY SEEN IN DEATH OF HEIRESS - , Bride’'s Husband - 1 s A e N S TR S e Sy Sl TR S ] SR 2 N S SNN S S Sl SUEERT e TN L o . R 0 ,@y T '.:3s,'3s;‘2'{:}?;7s'.":s:‘"?if:?i?'iiiizsi'f'iiﬁﬁi AR o N R §O G e R L RS B gw SR TS RAN ;sl N \‘%\ MG R R R SRR SO N s&??s3‘:s:‘2sEziizi:ésirii-:‘ S N . 1R g RN - N e sag Y ! SRR g RN ‘:‘t%, gy R R While Pinehurst, N. C., authori tieg ‘tried to solve the mystery at tending the death of the former Elva Statler, H. Bradley Davidson, jr., (above), accompanied the body of his heiress bride to Mt. Kisco, N. Y., for burial. i ' i o . Investigation by Coroner s Jury Fails to Bring Addi tional Facts : | i e l | . PINEHURST, N. C, — »P) —So far as the transcript of the testi mony before the coroner’s jury showed, Mrs. Elva Statler Davidson’s death was still an unsolved mys tery today, but Solicitor Roland S, Pruett said he wotlld soon bring out a “hole card” to bear out his murder theory. The solicitor gave no hint 'of what this evidence--this ‘ace in the hole,”” as he phrased it—it might ' be, but he did reveal something of the course the iaquest would take. Among the next few wit nesses, he said, would be the auto psy physician. . The autopsy on the beautiful | young heiress and bride of two | months was performed by Dr. C. C. Carpenter of the Wake Forest medical school. Dr. Carpenter, Pruett said, would probably take the stand late today, and present his findings, The young woman's body was foung on the ftloor of her automo bile in the family garage a week ago. The jury learned from several witnesses that Mrs. Davidson, heir #ss to estate of the late E. M. Statler, hotel chain owner, was sad and meloncholy at a gay spaghetti party a few hours before her strange death. It also learned from socially lprominent Bradley H. Davison. jr., | the heiress’ 41-year-old husband, that they had engaged in an argu ‘ment—described as “of no conse quences”’—over whe should put up the car when they arrivedq home from the party at 4:30 a. m. He denied, that he and his wife | had quarrelled frequently or that lhc had abused her. PITTMAN BiLL OPPOSED WASHINGTON — (AP) — The | houge ways and means committee voted 14 to 11 today to consider the American Legion bill for ecash lpayms-nt of the bonus as opposed to the Patman currency expan {sion bill. This action was taken ;tm‘ an agreement to report to a llmnus bill to the house for floor action. lits mill to test the wood for use in l making newsprint paper. Dr, |-Charles Herty, director of .the pine pulp laboratory here, said the ship ment will be made shartly. { i ATLANTA — A proposed con | stitutional amendment making Ful-! ton county (Atlanta) a sepamte‘ senatorial district was approved by | the state house yesterday and now | awaits the verdict of the voters in the general election of 1936, The ‘senate already had approved the proposal. Clayton and@d Henry | counties now are in tne district with Fulton but if the amendment is approved they will form a se | parate district. increasing the num- IW“ m o BS e 'gj‘»-‘iz -«r:t:t:?gy-»i Athens, Ga., Wednesday, March 6, 1935. Carage Center of Investigation i : y : 2 B Ao NI R R TR e B e e e R N o R S SR R 3 SRR SR U T R B o eSR R s BIPER b e eest e Re R NS SRR R 8 A SRR G "fm R N AT SR R R ‘@” B S RGN RRS R R e . PTAL R R L B SR AR p i wew B Y T R e ces BEGHEE .| | B s o TR B oET el Pl R B v AR . RS i %‘\»‘i ‘W e e " L e R e . 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Danielsville Prepares To Join In Honoring Dr. Crawford Long HOME OF CAPITOL OF FLORIDA GOES “DRY” TALLAHASSEE* Fla,—(®)— Leon county, home of the state capitol and Florida State Col lege for Women, voted to re main dry yesterday in its local option prohibition election. § Compiete unofficial returns today showed 883 votes against the sale of intoxicating liquors an_d 594 for selling liquor, Forty-five of the state’s 67 counties are now wet by local option. | ! 1 | G Badly Wanted Criminal Known to Be in Vicinity Of Athens, Police Say ’ One of the country’s most wan ted criminals is believed to be in the vicinity of Athens by Chief of Police E. Weldon Wood. It is known that tHe man, Merton Ward I(}oodrich. spent three days at a tourist camp near here last week. | However, the first police knew {“of this was this morning, when a letter from Detroit, Michigan, where Goodrich is wanted for mar fder, was received telling Chief ' Wood that the Detroit police had ' been informed the man stayed at Bray's cart last week. | The letter ra‘d that Mrs. Maud K. Norton, who lives in Bishop, ‘had written Detroit police that a man answering to Goodrich’s de scription had visited her store last week, and had asked to be direct ed to a tourist camp. A reward notice, with Goodrich’s picture, description, and finger prints was sent Chief Wood, who iimmediately checked up, and found the man had stayed at Bray's camp last Tuesday, Wed ‘nesday and Thursday. Reward of $3,000 | A rewatr? of 37 600 is offered for “ioodrich, or for informntion lead ing to his arrest. He is wanted. together with his wife, Florence Goodrich, who was with him last week, for the mur ider of Lillian Galaher, 11 year old ‘r Detroit girl, whose body was found ' in a trunk last September. | Chief Wood says he does no be lieve Goodrich has left the state, | and asks that anyone s£eeing a man { (Continued on Page Seven) LOCAL WEATHER W Rain tonight and Thursday; Colder Thursday afternoon, much colder Thursday night and Friday. TEMPERATURE BRSOt .+. L i i TRO TR o isii i Aani Y BERRE ... e sk ke R 0 MOROBY. . s i it ARG RAINFALL Inches last 24 h0ur5........ .86 Total. since March 1........ .85 Deficit since March 1...... .17 Average March rainfall.... 5.21 Total since January 1...... 7.11 Deficit since January 1.... 1.97 2 - Mayor Criffeth Designates - March 30, As “Crawford Long Memorial Day” DANIELSVILLE, Ga. — Citi zens of this community are pre paring to pay tripute to a native oWlson county! who ranks among the greatest humanitarians of all times—Dr. Crawford W. Long, discoverer of ether-anes thetic. Dr. Long was born in Daniels ville in 1815, on November 1. He was graduated from the Universi ty of Georgix in_ 1835, and his roommate was Alexander k. Sie phens. The statues of these two famous Georgians stand in the National Hall of Fame at Wash ington, D. C. Dr. Long taught school for one vear in Danielsville, after which he began the study of medicine at Jefferson. He also studied medi cine at Transylvania College in Kentucky, afterward graduating from the University of Pennsyl vania. He received his degree at Pennsylvania in 1839. He was an interne in‘'New York hospitals for nearly two years. Dr. Long died in Athens in 1876, at the age of sixty-eight. ; Mayor J. A. Griffeth of Dan ielsville, joining the mayors of Athens and Jefferson, issued a proclamation = designating March 30, as “Crawford W.. Long Memo rial Day.” A large delegation of Madison county citizens plan to (Continued on Page Seven) i it ATHENIANS AWAIT - ’ “Christopher Bean” to Be Given by University The ater Thursday and Friday e engiinnhabaiv . Does Athens have a Christopher | Bean? 1s there some legal artist‘ who possesses that spark of gen ius which gives fame and renown to its holders but whose work is‘ being constant ignered by those who come in contact with it d'ny‘ afte rday. With the presentation this Thursday and Friday evepings ~f “Phe Late Christorher Bean” wy- the University Theater comes this question in regard t» the ‘status of local artists. ‘ If the little New i#nerland village in whiéh the scene of “The Late“ Chi istopher Bean” is laid could’ im'oduce an ariist whe rcse to n | ternational faine through his de | piction of local scenss and people | in every day life then why can 10t Athens? In “The Late Christopher Bean” i the famiy of i’r. H.gzott, a coun try doctor of New England. held in silent contempt the memcry of- Christopher Bean, a ne'er-do-well who had left on his death a num | ber, of canvasses depicting local jife and scenes, until a great art Icritic arrived from New York and pronounced the paintings master pieces which had been hitherto considered worthless. Perhaps there i sto be found in Ath ens some individaul who, like Christopher Bean, is sketching real masterpieces, all unknown to lthe cautic minds of his associates. I In connection with this charac ter of Sidney Howard’'s comedy drama of an obscure ‘small town artist who rose to fame through his insistence to depict only local (Continued on Page Seven) Justice Oliver W. Holmes Dies Peacefully at Home In Washington This Morning Creat American Libera' Will Get Soldier’s , Funeral Friday - CIVIL WAR VETERAN Former Supreme Court “Justice to Be Buried In Arlington WASHINGTON — (# — A Soldier's funeral was prepared to day for Oliver Wendell Holmes, “great dissenter” of the supreme court who died of bronchial pneu monia at 2:15 a. m,, Just two days short of his 94th birthday. On Friday, which would have been his birthday had he lived, the nation’s leaders will gather in All Souls church to honor the man al most universally hailed as one of America’s foremost iiberals. Chief Justice Hughes and the other men who serveq with him on the nation’s highest tribunal will be honorary pallbearers. The bur ial, in Arlington National cemetery, will be a military one in recogni tion of the grievous wounds he suf- 1 sered as a union soldivv in thel‘ Civil War. : i Death ‘Comes Serenely | .The fuli, rich life of the, retiredi justice ended serenely this merning in his old red brick house a few! block from the White House. His physician, Dr. Thomas A. Claytor, said it was the “most peacuful death I ever saw.” Holmes had dissented similingly almost to the last, Until he fell vesterday into the geep sleep from which he never roused, he had woffed at the anxiety of doctors and friends over his ‘condition ‘and wedkly joushed hies nurses, Word of his death was sent Im mediately to the White House. President Roosevelt had kept close- Jdy in touch with Holmes' attens (Continued on Page Seven) \ National Guardsmen Con tinue to Keep Watch in ~ LaCrange, Manchester BY RANDOLPH FORT (Associated Press Staff Writer) LaGRANGE, Ga. — (#) — While national guardsmen kept wateb agalinst disorder, a proposal for arbitration on differences which caused a walkout at the Callaway Cotton mills lay before labor lead ers and mill authorities today. The textile labor board at Wash ington last night dispatched a tele gram to Cason J. Callaway, presi dent of the mills, and A, Steve Nance, an Atlanta labor leader, suggesting employes go back to work at pay schedules in force be fore February 25 and that the Unit ed Textile Workers and the mill management “submit differences to arbitration.” Nance in Atlanta said he had referred the telegram to persons qualified to reply as he was with out personal authority. ‘ Callaway declined to discuss the arbitration proposal, saying he had received the message from she tex tile labor board, but that he was not in position to comment on it until he had talked it over with} other offieials of the mill. | Mill workers who wished to mm-“ tinue at their johs went intp the plants yesterday under prote'vtiur‘ of state troops sent here by Gover»* nor Eugene Talmadge's order. Therel was no disorder either in La(‘.rangei @Continued on page two.) i EXPECTORATING ON STREETS IS TABOO Expectorating on the city streets —apparently one of the chief amusements of a great many Athenians—is- taboo. Long forbid den by city statute, the law has not been enforced, but, at the urg ing of a committee from the Clarke County Tuberculosis association, Police Chief Wood has announced that it will be soon. Signs are to be placed at short intervals throughout the city by the association, admonishing Ath enians to cease their habit. After the signs have remained long enough to allow everyone to see them and read the warning—about two weeks, uccording to Chief Wood—cases will be booked against offenders. iR ek A A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2¢—sc¢ Sunday T - :3:‘5:';"':»‘.1:1:3:"v-,'i,:':',':f' i AR IR eR N - Be R e ;,’5:27:?;:;:;:;:;:-* B A Lo S Rpaßantd e R "'1:» i R e O T R B S P R R e Ry e G R AR 3 R SR e e s S e et . e R S R SR S e R e s g x 4 2 B el T o R g . SR R 7 S SR ey S gey e R ‘s;‘{? RSR e B 3 -&Pﬁ F:2s3§E;:*'§'333i:-5-' R R R S OT S 3 2 g s“ﬁ’i&‘"*' SR S AR ¥ I e e ; s e RN g e R 3 5 i SR DR. J. C. WARDLAW , RN | \ \ . i T \ Former Athenian Predicts Present Kiwanis Genera tion to Take Big Part Predicting that the third ‘decade of Kiwanis which is beginning now will mark the taking of a more aggressive, serviceable and intelli gent part in civic uplift by Kiwanis clubs, Dr..J. C. Wardlaw,. director 'of extension of the University sys tem, and state chairman of Kiwanis Iz-«lucn,tiun. spoke. Tuesday at a meeting of the local Kiwanjs club 'ut the Georgian hotel. Tuesday was designed as “Warda law Day” by the Athens = group, honoring the educator who for six f_\'vurs was a member of the organi« gation here before moving to At ' lanta. The Atlanta club voted Dr. !\Vardluw the most valuable Kiw-: anian of the group for 1934, He‘ Iwas introduced Tuésday by M. N. Tutwiler, chairman ' of the Athens! | Kiwanis Education ¢ommittee. | The speaker traced the growth of Kiwanis International since its organization in 1915, dividing the years of its exXistence -into three periods: -the decade from 1915 to 1925, the decade from 1925 to 1935, and the decade which the organiza tion is now entering, : “During the first decade,” he stated, “our slogan was ‘We Trade, not ‘We Build,’ as i\ 1s today. The club met the needs of its day-—the need for confidence, .and a sym pathetic handclasp —the need for understanding and cooperation be tvzeen commercial enterprises. Dur ing that period also the remarkable physical growth of the organization took place, and today we have ap proximately 1900 clubs with about 90,000 members.” - | The second decade was distin guished by a search for higher ob jectives, the speaker said. “Spiritual ideals were laid down,” he continued. “Constructive ob-. jectives were set forward, and a broader, deeper, more generous and more heipful attitude was ta.lgen.w The policies of the group took on a more social, spiritual, philanthropic and charitable basis. We have from this perioq the five wonderful ob jectives of Kiwanis which we still follow, “Today,” he asserted, “we have three basic objectives for which we are all working: intelligent and aggresive citizenship; ~ vocational guigdance in educational fields, and the application of business-like methods to our local governments, There is another objective whick {Continued on Page Seven) ForeicN News ON THuMBNAIL By The Associated Press ATHENS-Loyalist troops open ed \wwhat they expected to be their decisive drive to suppress the East Macedonian revolt while Turkish and Bulgarian troops maintained an anxious’ vigil Jjust across the Greek frontier, : e - LONDON — The British cabinet was reported to have decided to defer the visits of Sir John, British foreign secretary, to Warsaw. and Moscow in view of Reichfuhrer's action in withdrawing this invita tion for a conference in Berlin on European peace problems. ——— ~ PARIS—Tweo Corsican members House Ways and Means Committee Approves 5% Sales Tax : LEVY RETAIL TAX House Enjoys Fun Before ~ Killing Proposed Bill Banning Nudism . ATLANTA — (#) — The senate today voted to reconsider its act jon yesterday in defeating the | Rivers bill to exempt homes up to $5,000 value of taxation, ; Senator Lester of Augusta moved to reconsider immediately after the senate convened. The motion car ried by a viva voce vote.. and Senate President Redwine announc eq the bill would take its place at the foot of the calendar. t Senator Rawlins of Mcßae and Senator Jones nf Waynesboro then ’;sought to have the Rivers measure ’mude special order of business for today. The report of the rules com ’mittee, which already had been presented, was accepted, however, ’ The Rivers bill, which would amend the constitution, was de feated 28 to 16 yesterday. Before voting on it Senator Atkinson of Savannah offereq an amendrahent to reduce the amount of exémbption to $2,500. This amendment was ap~- proved but the vote -dgainst the measure prevénted further - action for the' time ‘being, """ »* . Members said that the bill prob ably would not come up-‘again-for several days. A . Vote For Budget . : The senale appropriations com mittee voted unanimously late yes terday to stay within Governor Talmadge's budget in considering the appropriations bill. Chairman Lester of Augusta, told the group “this act originates with the budget commission. Surveys ‘are made and the anticipated in come of the state for the next two vears noted. The commission rec ommended a budget of _59,375,000 for 1936 and $9,304.000 for 1937. The house has approved a bill calling for expenditure of $10,115,500 in 1936 and $9,829,600 in 1937. The state auditing department has esti mated the 1936 income at $9,350,000. “Now I want to express the hope that this committee will see fit not . to exceed budget committee fig ures. We must keep within the in come of the state,” APPROVED SALE TAX ATLANTA — (#) — The house ways and means committee has rlaced its approval upon a proposed five per cent sgales tax which its ‘authors predict will produce between ’318.000,000 and $30,000.000 , an nually. The cowmnmittee voted last Wkt (Continued on Page Three) \ Alyce Jane McHe \ & Aly cHenry Is Reported Better FALL RIVER, Mass. —(#)— The condition of Alyce Jane McHeanY. Omaha, Neb., girl operated on Monday for diaphragmatic hernia, was reported as “better” today by doctors gttending her at Truesdale hospital. A bulletin signed by Dr. ‘George C. King said the child’s temperature was 100.2, pulse 124, resgiration 24, The bulletin said “Alyce had her first bowel movement since the op eration. An enema was used for the first time in her life. Pre viously when attempts were made ‘to use an enema it caused great distress and she turned blue.” ~ Dr. King's report showed ths }girl's temperature, pulse and res piration were nearer normal today l than yvesterday when she was very ' uncomfortable. \ of the chamber of deputies fought a duel at dawn, leaving the field of honor unreconciled after one was . wounded in the wrist. LONDON-—Former Mayor James J. Whalker of New York said he had been served with an order in a debt action which would enable his creditors to place him in iw tary bankruptcy if they so d d, LONDON—NavaI estimates sent to the house of commons provided for the construction in 1935 of three new cruisers, one wlﬁ ‘leader, eight destroyers, two submarines . and various Torer gonfh ol » sDRR, " R T, N