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pital Board Will Remain
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\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ince its creation has withdrawn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.”
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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.
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SCOUT CAMPAIGN
REPORTS WILL BE
MADE TODAY 5 P.M.
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A meeting of workers in the
Athens Boy Scout eampaign
Wil be held at 5 o'clock this
e
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ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
Senate Votes to Reconsider Actionln
Defeating Home Exemption Tax Bill
TEMPERANCE GROUP
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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
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'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
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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-
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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.
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. 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-
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Athens, Ga., Wednesday, March 6, 1935.
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What happened in this garage on the estate of Mrs. H. Bradley
Davidson, jr., at Pinehurst, N. C., provideg the mystery® surrounding
the death of the Statler heiress. Her body was found in a car in
side the structure, the doors still closed; the motor of the car shut
off. Suicide and murder theories are being investigated.
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.
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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
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LOCAL WEATHER
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Rain tonight and Thursday;
Colder Thursday afternoon,
much colder Thursday night
and Friday.
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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
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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
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ATHENIANS AWAIT
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“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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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, :
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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.
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~ 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
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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
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