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Newspaper Page TextLOCAL COTTON % AR pPREVIOUS CLOSE -.. ... 1% MIDDLING.. oo vove 4 i as IHD Vol. 103. No. 72. Dr. Moss Speaks Sunday AtForum; t G ‘ e - T el Lo SR B BB R AL S g ‘ geE s I%@ A SR §.“‘s’{§ e L l Wi e ‘ BN R O g B e o l R el S 4 SR S R T 3 TROR N, IR s Y 2 CRAR e R ‘»?&»* S °§§ : § R B S S % PN o Bl ey COERERE R R W e L e - : T F bR N S . R 2 PR R 0 DR, WILLIAM 1. MOSS. l DR. MOSS SPEAKS ] i l . ’ N Second of Series Wil Be! Held at Stern Commun-’ ity Center | | Dr. William L. Moss will be! the speaker at the second (monl forum at Stern Community Cen-l ter next Sunday morning at 11! o'clock, Rabbi Abraham Shuster- | man announced today. Chancel]ox_‘! Philip Weltner was the ﬁl‘st[ speaker at a series of forums which will be held for the next | \ | everal weeks. | Dr. Moss' subject will he, “Pr(*s-l ent Day Trends in Medicine.” | ! Rabbi Shusterman will zn‘esitlo.l A\t last Sunday’s forum, the :wdi-' torium at the. Community Center, | next door to the Synagogue, was filled, and considerable interest vas shown in the discussion hich followed Chancellor Welt ner's address. The series is spon ored by the Jewish students. Dr. Moss is widely known for his work in preventive medicine. He is a former professor in Johns Hopkins, Harvard and Cornell. He was acting deon of the Har vard Medical school for several] months, and is a former dean of the University of Georgia Medical chool at Augusta. His work in the classification of blood is a recognized contribution to medi- i cine and bears hsi name. Sm'erall vears ‘ago he was a member of an expedition to, the tropics whm‘e' he made a study of tropical dis- | eases, i The public is inyited to attend | the forums and take part in Hw‘ liscussions which follow the! scheduled addresses. { Bobby Jones Cards . 72 in Round Today In Augusta Tourney S ——————— AUGUSTA, Ga. — (4 ‘.. After electrifying the gallery with a Sub-par 33 for the first nine today, the great Bob Jones suffered ano ther attack of the putting “jitters” and barely succeeded in equalliny bar with a 72 for his second round in the $5.000 Augusta National In vitation golf tournament. 1 His total of 146 for 36 holes left him 11 strokes behind Henry G. Picarq, Hershey, Pa., profession-i al, who added another par-bust-i ing 68 to his opening -67 for low S€ore of 135 and a decisive- lead.‘ Gene Sarazen had a 71 for a 138 total, Final scores for the two-day total follow : X—~lndicates amateur,y Bryon Nelson, Texarkana, | Texag ~ % LR George Sergeant, Atlanta 80-79—159 Denny Shute, Philadel- ‘ 1 Bhla .. @ Sl ..73-71—144l Willie MacFarlane, Tucke. ‘ ahoe, N. v. .. s aaies 18-77—150 Willie Klein, New York. . 72-75—149‘ (X) Jack Westland, Chi- Ao .. . Lo R N e Gene Kunes, Hollywooq, Fla. .. 00, e 00l S Ray Mangrum, Los Ange oy ~ cs b ww +.OB-T1—139 Horton Smitn, Chicago. .74-756—149 Vietor Ghezzi, Deal, N, J. '1,3-71—-144| Craig Wood, Deal N. I. 69-72—141 Payl Runyan, White Plains, N, v. b kel ..70-72—1421 Mortje Dutra, Los Ange wo ve oen se o .81-7T4—1558 Joe Turnesa, West Hart- ] ford, Céin. ;. 2% +.73-T1—144 Frank Walsh, Chicago. .75-82—1517 'X) Charles Yates, At lanta oo o .. 75-70—145 Willie Gozgin, San Fran- Ciseo ~ 00, L ..68-74—142 Henry Picarg, Hershey, e, o 1 coen v 1 .BT7-68-135 Ky Laffoon, Chicago.... 76-73—149 Harry Qooper, Chicago, .73-76—149 - (Continued On Page Six) ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Names of Alabama Negroes Ordered Into Jury Boxes (;oo*ki:tg *Sc;wgl; :m:l l§ o;d *Sh*ocw ’RV;ll*Cios’; \if'i;h *Se;si(’;n*Tgnzgh*t, ;:3*o MEN ARE IWITED T 0 ATTEND THE CLOSING SESSION OF SCHOD Evening Class to Begin at 7:30; Many Prizes Will Be Offered SPECIAL PROGRAM Crawford Delegation Wins Attendance Prize on Thursday-Afternoon After three days of interesting sessions the Cooking School' and Food Show will close itonight %f --ter one of the most successful schools ever sponsored by the Woman's Club of Athems. The evening session will begin at 7:30. At the afternoop session today a fashion show, presenting styles for the debutante and the matron, was featured. 5 Tonight the men will be given an opportunity to view the booths and displays and a special enter tainment program will be given including dance numbers by Miss Marion Rhyne and Miss Frances Forbes, an accordiay number, tap dancing and solos, a one-act play and perhaps spirituals. Among the prizes to be given away tonight are a casserole bak ing dish, one case of Coca-Cola, four baskets of groceries, one pocket knife, one box of socks and one lamp. iCrawford Wins The Crawford delegation, being the largest out-of-town one repre sented, was awarded a Jamp from Bernstein Bros. . Other prizes awarded yesterday included a study lamp, Georgia Power Co., to Mrs. Toe Booth; pitcher from Michael’'s’ te Miss Audrey Elliott; Canova coffee sur prise package, to Mrs. J. W. Daw son; mayonnaise mixer and Wes son Oil to Mrs. L. W. Cooper; six varieties of Dixie Crystal sugar to Mrs. Harold Cooper; one can Vapoo cleaning fluid, Michael’s, to Mrs. :C. A. Lanier: two cans Brunswick stew, Piedmont Market, to Mrs. M. P. Morris; five quart can Tiolene oil, Georgia Motors C 0.,, by Mrs. W. E. Dooley, Wat kinsville; one pair “As You Like (Continued On Page Three) Officers Elected By Athens Pilots Miss Louise Starr was re-elect ed president of ithe Athens Pilot club at yesterday's meeting, held at the Georgian hotel. Mrs. Alice Wood was elected first vice-presi dent. Miss Rebecca Fowler was elect ed second vice-president, succeed ing Miss Ollie Andrews, who was elected recording secretary. Miss Alberta Church, corresponding Sec retary and Miss Fannie Mae Teat, treasurer. Miss Attie Jarrett was elected a member of the board of directors. The officers were presented to the club by the nominating com mittee composed of Miss Lucille Crabtree, chairman; Mrs. Grace Hawks and Miss Florrie Andrews. Miss Starr's mother, Mrs. H. W. Starr of Charleston, S. C., was a visitop at yesterday’s meeting. Thirteen members of the Athens club will go to Elberton tonight where they will organize a Pilot club at a banquet to be held at the Hotel Samuel Elbert. STATE NEWS BRIEFS By The Associated Press AUGUSTA—(P)—It started about 10 years ago—and ever since, when C. J. Wilson got a promotion in the police force, George R. Folds got one too. Wilson became a member of the force first. He got to be a traf fic sergeant. Then he was named a lieutenant. Folds was made traffic sergeant. Wilson was promoted to a cap taincy. Folds was made a lieuten ant. : Now ‘Wilson has been made po lice chief. And who do you sup pose is a police captain now? You are right, it's Folds. WASHINGTON. — In the 18th century, the father of Georgia’s re nowned Robert Toombs erected a residence here. It has been in the family since—for four generations. This week, Mrs. Hardeman Toombs Wood purchased the Gabrigl Toombs residence at an admin istrator’'s sale, . Full Associated Press Service Target of Gang Orders ‘Mopup’ Le T R - e A, 0 e Ls, .. fal R F T NP 3% b i e R e S Le e g e g e o RUI e B R RS R B w 3 R e RS ooy T e G Target of gang bullets which missed their mark, Thomas J. Courtney, above, Cook county state’s attorney, has declared a “wipeout” drive on Chicago thugs. The six-foot prosecutor, who has been a terror to rack eteers, was riding with an alder man when gangsters, speeding by, fired eight shots into his car, without effect. COLLING CONTINUES PLEA FOR 1), §. HELP Hopkins Declares State Should Do Something to Remedy Situation WASHINGTON — {#) —AI though rebuffed by Relief Admin istrator Hopkins, Georgia’s plea for federal money to keep rural schools open remained before federal offi} cials today with Svate School Sup erintendent M. D. Collins express ing confidence in the outcome. Answering a question whether Georgia’s petition had been acted upon, Hopkins said he thought “it would be a good idea if the state of Georgia began to think of its own school thildren a little bit,” In answer to a query whether this could be construed as a rejec tion of the request, Hopkins said: ‘“You can take it that way if you want to.” . The administration said the Geor gia legislature had not done any ing to remedy the situation. . Dr. Collins, told of quklps statement, said he would press hi. efforts here. “We're not going to let up,” he said. The superintendent cited the di version of approximately $1,600,000 of highway funds by the recent general assembly o¢ Georgia and said it will keep schools going for a while longer but that many will be forced to eclose before the re gular term ends unless federal aid is obtained. - Hopkins was reminded that the legislature had diverted highway funds for school purposes, but h said: Well, we won't go into that” He indicated he did not believe the assembly had moved to find a permanent solution of its school problem. The relief administration has maintained that the iegislature should provide to prevent future distressed school conditions before (Continued On Page Two) AUGUSTA.—Richmond county’s first screw worm case of 1935 was reported this week. =~ The pest brought death to a mule. Farm Agent Bright McConnell says the infestation indicates 'the screw worm flies have arrived earlier than usual this year. He advised owners to watch * their. livestock closely. 3 ATLANTA. — State income tax collections for the first three months of this year jumped $18(- 000 over the total paid in the same period last year. Reporting ' the increased collec tions, Chairman Paul H. Doyal of the state revenue commission gave the credit to improved conditions and a change in the tax law de signed to bring in more money. ATLANTA—State geologistßich ard Smith said today that an in- (Continued On Page Three) Athens, Ca., Friday, April 5, 1935. Man Arrested for Threatening To Assassinate Pres. Roosevelt Cambridge, Mass., Resi dent Worote Letter Complaining of Woes BOSTON .~ (#) —United States secret service “agents today ar rested Thomas F. Murphy, 29, of (72 Walden street) Cambridge, on a charge of threatening to assassi nate President Roosevelt. The threat, agents said, was contained in a letter written to the . Presi dent. Murphy was brought to . secret scrvice headquarters in Boston by John J. MeGrath, the agent who arregted him at his home, and was questioned there by MeGrath and Harry Parker, head of the force of agents here. The agents said Murphy admitted writing the threatening letter. The letter was mailed March 27 to the President at Washington. Agents said it was three pages long and concluded with the fol lowing sentence: “I will assassinate you if 1 don’t receive any answer.” In his communication, the writer complained because was not able to get a job and of not get ting satisfactory treatment at em ployment offices of private indus- (Continued On Page Six) Athens Is Visited By Largest Hail Storm In Years Last Night The largest hail stones in many yvears fell in Athens last night about 11 o’cloeck. The total rain fall was 1.28 inches, making the total for April 3.09. Hail started falling at 11:10 and continued for about 20 minutes, and in places where rain failed to hit, large banks of ice collected. How ever, rain melted the majority of the ice almost as soon as it hit the ground, though some ice re mained on the ground this morn ing. No damage had been reported to crops by farmers in the county this morning, it was stated at the county agent’'s office. Fruit trees were damaged somewhat, however, several Athenians said. Southern Bell Telephone company reportéed a few wires were ‘down, but no considerable damage was done by the rain anda hail WIDE SEARGH MADE FOR TRAIN ROBBERS Four Men Stage Daring Holdup of Forty Passen gers in lllinois KANKAKEE, 1. — (#) — Four swashbuekling “two-gun” neatly dressed robbers who held up nearly forty persons aboard the crack Gulf-coast bound Illinois Central train, the “Louisiane” were sought in a wide-spread man-hunt today. Their loot totaled only about $842, railroad reports said. Taking virtual command of the train, cowing those aboard so: some twenty minutes as the train sped southward out of Chicago last night, the gunmen, each armed with two .45 calibre pistols, escaped af ter shooting and wounding one man and commandeering the automo bile of Edward Goetzler, 26, of Kankakee, 111, whom they xidnap ed. { The wounded man was George Kerr, a salesman from Chicago. One of the gunmen shot him in the hip when he lurched #gainst a robber. The bullet. penetrated his billfold, which contained S4O. He was compelled to surrender the (Continued On Page Two) LOCAL WEATHER ° Probably showers tonight and Saturday; warmer in northwest and central portions tonight; slightly colder in north portion Saturday. TEMPERATURE EUBROUt vy sven cous poi BN FOWMERE iivsi Miii buas s 000 DEGREE .« .k e fadat deny 000 Wortsl ..c iii diis 000 RAINFALL Inches last 24 hours .. ... 128 Total since April 1 .. .... 3.90 Excess since April 1 .. .. 3.30 Average April rainfall...... 8.58 Total since January 1 .. ..16.95 Excess since January 1 .. 1.30 Arnoldsville Boy, - Hit by Auto, Dies Enroute to Athens Billy Jones, eight-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Jones of Arnoldsville died while being brought to an Athens hospital yesterday from injuries received when he was hit by an automo bile. driven by Eugene Crombein of Atlanta. It is said that the little boy got out of a school hus and ran in front of Mr. Crombein's car, which struek him, fracturing his skull. Mr. Crombeip was placed under arrest by Athens poliofa and turned over to the Oglethorpe county au thorities. He was later released under bond of SI,OOO. Billy, whose full name is Harry I. Jones, is survived by his par ents; three sisters, Vivian Jones, Frances Jones, and KEthel Jones all of Arnoldsville; a brother, Rob ert [Elbert Jones, Arnoldsville; grandparants, Mr. and Mrs. A, E. Jones and Mr. and Mrs, C. H. Puncan of Arnoldsville. Funeral services were held Fri day aft« noon by Rey. I'. J. Hen drix at the Arnoldsville Baptist church. Interment was in Arnolds ville cemetery, McDorman-Bridges Funeral Home in charge. FRIEND OF FARMER: DIES IN UNION CHTY Charles Simon Barrett, 69, Succumbs After lliness Of One Year UNION CITY, Ga.—(#)—Charles Simon Barrett, 69, born on a Georgia farm and life-long fighter for the farmers’ interests, is dead. Barrett, recognized as one of the nation’s authorities on agricul tural questions, had been ill a vear. For the last six months he was confined to his home hereg where he died yesterday. After serving on a number of commissions dealing with farming problems, Barrett in recent years had been active in Washington and when stricken ill he was an outstanding figure in agricultural conferences in the capital. I He was named to Pr&jdent Theodore Roosevelt’s country life Icommlssion and Secretary William Jennings Bryan later named him a ldelegate to the International Ag “ricultural Institute ot Rome, Italy. Barrett served on President Wilson's board which fixed the pr of the 1917 wheat crop. He represented 14 national farm or | ganizations at the peace confer ence in Paris in 1918-1919. He also was a member of the advisory council to American (Continued On Page Six) LEGION WILL HOLD BANQUET TUESDAY Members, Wives, Sweet hearts and Mothers to Cather in Log Cabin Legionnaires, their wives, sweet hearts and mothers, will gather in the Legion’s Log ~Cabin next Tuesday night at 8:30 o’clock for the first “all-service” celebration to be held in the new home of Allen R. Fleming Post. The banquet was announced at the regular meeting of the post last night by Grace Cook, chair man of the promotion committee, and plans were perfected by the members after discussion. Enter tainment will be furnished during the banquet and afterwards danc ing will probably be enjoyed. The post voted to have an en tertainment program at each reg ular meeting to be presented by a separate committee each month. Commander H. B. Hodgson named Mayo C. Buckley and F. H. Willlams as the committee to provide entertainment for the next meeting on May 2, It was also voted to send out cards to each member in advance, notifying him of the time of the next meeting and what eniterfainment will be given. D. Weaver Bridges, president of the board of directors, American Legion, Inc., outlined plans to finish 'paying for the Log Cabin. Mr. Bridges emphasized the fact that no money given ‘the local (Continued On Page Three) FINAL SESGION OF BABY CHICK SHOW [5 SET FOR SATURDAY Chicks and Eggs Will Be Auctioned Off at 10 O’clock Tomorrow "PRIZES ANNOUNCED Exhibits to Remain Open Tonight Until 9 O’clock; Many in Attendance Final session of the 1935 Baby Chick and Egg Show, held annual ly in the Poultry Science building at the College of Agriculture, will be held Saturday morning at 10 o’clock whey City Court Solicitor Carlisle Cobhb will auction off the chicks and eggs to ithe highest bidders, Meanwhile Friday morning large crowds continued to file through the exhibits of what has been the most successul of the series of annual shows sponsored by the Poultry Science Club of the Col lege, the Georgia Baby Chick As sociation, Inec., and The Athens Banner-Herald. Also on tomorrow morning’s schedule will be announcement of the person writing the best name for Hepn No. 1912, one of the best egg producers in the world. The winner will get a prize of 25 chicks. Successful Show A major part of the credit for the successful show this year goes to Charles M. Smoak, general sec retary; Miss Lilly Belle Casy, egg show superintendent; H. H. Bar mett, chick show superintendent; Miss Lucy Stokes, in charge of decorations; Dreyfus Fountain, Mr, Chapman, Ralph Watson and W. H. Smith, for thei, all-round use fulness and cooperation, Added to this Ilist, of course, must be the officers and members of the Poul try Science club and to Frank E. Mitchell, head of the Poultry de partment of the Unlversity. i Officers of the Poultry Science club are J. H. Cornwell, presi dent; Miss Sue Stanford, vice president, and W. H. Smith, jr, secretary. Doors to the exhibits will ,remain open tonight until nine o'clock and members of the club will be on hand to conduct visitors through (Continued On Page Two) oPEGIAL OFFENGIVE ON BANDITS PLANNED Government Starts Fight On 5,000 Known Bank Robbers in Country | By RICHARD RENDELL Associated Press Staff Writer. | WASHINGTON.—()—A special i'oﬂ‘ensive by the. federal govern ment against the mnation’s 5,000 Iknown bank robbers was disclosed today by J. Engr Hoover, direc | tor of the Bureau of Investigation Inf the Department of Justice. “We are making the same kind of a drive on them as we did on the kidnapers,” Hoover said in an interview. “We have been getting set for some months and are now going forward with increasing momen tum, g “At present we are contacting the president of each of the 6,442 banks which are under our pro tection, asking them to cooperate with us. These banks have de posits of $31,848,405,000, “In the first place they are asked to communicate with us right away in the event ‘their banks is robbed. They can call (Continued On Page Two) All Wishing to Attend Examiners School Must Register Immediately H. M. Heckman, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Red Cross here, announced this morn ing that Ramone S. Baton would arrive here April 15 to begin con ducting an Examiners school for future workers in the First Aid )] course to be held by the Red Cross. Mr. Heckman urges anyone wishing to attend this school to register with Miss Frances Mec- Naught, of the Physical educmuonl department of the university, or C. W. Jones, at Memorial hall. Anyone wishing to take the tourse should register at oncé so Mr. Baton can make preparations to accommodate the class. A. B. C. 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Bond, incumbent, as superintendent es the school for the year 1935-1936. This will be Mr. Bond's third year in Winter ville as superintendent of schools. Mr. Bond is a graduate of Young Harris Junior College and holds A.B. and M.A. degrees from the University of Georgia. He has done past-graduate work in Emory University, where he plans to spend this summer in study. Win terville school has progressed un der his leadership in a very splen did way. . | At the meeting of the board,i Mrs. Thos. Gray, jr, of Athens was elected to fill the unexplred‘ term of Mr. S. G. Hogan as sev enth grade teacher, Mr. Hogan resigned as teache, at Winterville to accept a more lucrative, perma ment position in Augusta. Mrs. Gray will finish the term-—of six more weeks, Miss Ruth Campbel] of Mansfield was elected to teach the seventh grade in the Winterville school during the year 1935-36. She_ is a graduate of the University of Georgia and comes highly recom mended . The entire membership of the board was present during the meeting Wednesday night, as fol lows: Messrs. John T. Hardeman, president; J. R. Dawson, secre tary-treasurer; R. J. Hardeman, Claud Tuck, sr. and: Pope A. Spratlin. First Presbyterian Preparatory Service Will Be Held 8 P.M. The usual preparatory service will be held in the annex of the First Presbyterian church Friday night at 8 o'clock. All of the mem bers of this church are urged to attend this service' which is in tended to prepare them for the Communion service, which will be held Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. ForeieN News ON THumBNAIL By The Associated Press BERLIN.—High official sources disclosed Germany assured Sir John Simon, British foreign secre tary, of its willingness .to sign bilateral agreements to abstain from war and likewise to accept the boundaries created by the treaty of Versailles for the mext ten years. < g ’ NANCY, France.— The Franco- German frontier teemed with war like activity'as France moved re inforcements up to her powerful line of border fortifications, § —_— i PARIS — Diplomatic experts at the Quai D'Orsay drafted France's ! proposals for the general Euro-+ pean security agreement to be pre sented at the tri-power conference at Stresa next week. : LONDON .—Official circles said] Great Britain will do its utmost toz ___.___________._\‘l ?ITBS | E ' ” . ; | : | eau it I COURT T 0 BE UPHELD 1 A i e Orders Judges, Selicitors = | To Refill Jury Boxes - i To Include Negroes =~ = - MAKES NO CHARGES } ‘ o i = 'Applies Only in Places . Where Discrimination 8 Has Existed ——— i MONTGOMERY, Ala, — P) ~ (8 Goveror Bibb Graves today an- & nounced that he had written cir- = cuit judges and solicitors that the = United States supreme court deci- o sion in the Scottshoro case meant the names of Negroes must be | placed in the jury boxes in the » i state, 5 . g?f ! The governor's = announcement | came in the form of a formal state | ment describing his action after 31'1-o('iving official copies of the ‘ 'Unled States supreme court deei- = 'Hi«.ln, copies: of which were for- =& 'w:u‘clod to all officials. AP ~ The governor said he was alse !going to ask the legislature when = it reconvenes April 30, to enact . isuch legislation as may be neces sary to cover dumping and refilling jury boxes in Alabama. ¢ Ly f Exclusion Charged v The United States supreme court . = ’in setting aside /death sentences = 'impo:md on two of the Negro dﬁ fendants in the Scottsboro case held that Negroes were “systematis ",,\ cally” excluded from jury rolls in = [.l:u-l\son and Morgan counties in fringing on the constitutional rights of the defendants. e l Regarding pending cases, the & governor said, if the question of ‘the absence of Negroes’ names from i ’Lhn Jury rolls was raised, the case = ‘could be continued or nol porssed, until the jury bhoxes were refilled s to meet constitutfonal requirements and new indictments drawn. ! o The governor’s statement in full follows: B “Holding of the United, States supreme court are the supreme laws ~‘ of the land. Whether we like the decisions or not,-it is the patriotic duty of every citizen and the sworn . duty of every public officer to ae cept ana uphold them in letter and = in spirit. Lo Receives Decision - i ‘7\ “I have received the supréeme court's decision in the Secottsboro case, holding in effect that when there is systematic exclugionl of g i (Continued On Page Two) ' o it < Work-Relief M |Nears Journey s W | o et ol i WASHINGTON.—(A’)—-JQ%E end for the travel-torn work @nd | relief blll appeared just ahead to- = day. After ‘76 days of struggle = lihat gnawed nerves and semt the ° $4.800,000,000 measure meandering lamely between the halls and eon ference rooms of congres§, most observers thought that—barring unforseen trouble of a last-minute kind—the bill would be passed in a matter of hours. L Democratic . leaders hoped to rush it aboard an airplane and send it hurtling. southward ‘today or tomorrow for President ﬁoose-»{"}“ velt’s signauture. 5o A compromise late yesterday paved the way for ending the long controversy. House and .sen ate conferees agreed on a substi- o tute for labor provisions which the administration had opposed. restrain France from making thﬂ{% league of nations couneil session i April 15 a demonstration against Germany’'s conscription move. . ————— 5 = BERNE — Swiss authorities, in. collaboration with British and French police, sought to trace for eign ramifications of the, ﬁb which ended in the alleged ki = 8 naping of Berthold Jacob, refugee anti-Nazi journalist, R T VlENNA.—Austria found obstd cles in the ambitions of the Haps burgs, the existence of the *,.‘ wehr and the slimness of m&,ﬁ nancial resources standing | nth ‘ way of her rearmament aspira tions. e it ﬁa R O M E. — Premier Mussolini's blackshirt militia .re S large numbers to Il Duce' o> zation call, di }?,,; : i = B CE A R ¥