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Newspaper Page TextC(OMMUNITY CENTER HERE LAUDED BY LEGION NATIONAL COMMANDER LOCAL COTTON e VIDDLING 5. soiistirian od WGe PREVIOUS CLOSE .. .. .. 12%c L —————— B R IVOI_ 103. No. 81. | I SHORT VISIT, 15 | ' —_— | tos Community Center| ILL As Expression of True l Americanism j! e S i ACHIEVEMENT | LAUDS b | g | avs Legion Opposes Any| Bonus Plan Except ! Cash Payment | i —————— | ( weterizing the American | Leoio) Community Center inl t s as ‘“an expression of tl'ue! mericanism,” National Comman- | er Frank N. Belgrano, after a' pur of the recreational grounds on . yrief visit here today prairsedi he local L.egionnaires for what he ermed o ‘“‘remarkable accomplish ent, The Legion chief repeatedly piced his interest.in.the Commu ity Center which he. declared. is |, striking evidence that. the. Athens egionnaires have caught t’he trus neaning of Americanism as the merican Legion conceives it. Thel egion, through its more than 11,- 00 posts is festering a program f Americanism such as thisi plendid recreational developmentl pifies. 1 am delighted that it as been possible for me to vpay‘ his visit to the Athens Post and ee what its members have aceom lished. 1 congratulate them ‘ 108 t heartily.™ The commander, wheo arrived hout 10 o’clock ' from Atlanta ere he spoke’ last ‘night, left ‘for ' igusta immediately after. his in- ‘ ormal reception-at the® Log Cabin * nd tour of the Community Cen- | . At Augusta today he inspect- | d the veterans hospital in thati ity and then proceeded into the | wolinas. He was accompaned byl 1 Belgrano, Commander . DeLa- | ev Allen of the Georgia Depart-l ent; Boyd B. . Stutler, . assistant ! üblicity . director ,of. the begion,!i nd Marion A. O'Connor of Ma- | on, veterans placement officer. for | orgla. s*‘ Arranged Visit b The national commander was reeted by Commander. Harold L’.i odgson of the Athens Post V\‘hll," ith Legionnaire Graege Cook, ar-|. anged for his stop-over in Ath-! ns when they saw him in Atlantui; st night, Arriving ‘at the Log | : bin with his pabty ‘this morn-I|. Ig. the commandér 'was presented! b Mayor A. G. Dudley, Mrs. Ja.ke' . Joel, president of the Legion ! ixiliary; Miss Moina Michael, | | he “Poppy Lady,” and others ul{g e group of Legion and Auxiliary ! pempers. ' The visiting officials were served | offee and sandwiches and in| ompany with Mayor Dudley and | liembers of the Legion Post here|; he commander inspected the Log | : abin, the grounds of the Center |1 ‘hich are nearing completion and[; he incompleted pool, commenting ¢ he went along on the achieve- | nent .of the local Post and ex-|] ressing his delight in the magni ude of tke program which has| een conceived and carried fur-[ ird by the Legionnaires. l] Photographs Made veveral pictures of the comman-{ €r and his party were taken, and ] ne of the photographs, taken ut! (Continued On Page Six) almadge to Stump “ 4 Belt to “Put Stop T sing Tax o Processing T \TLANTA —(AP) -—~ Governor Lugene Talmadge announced today getting ready to stump the t elt "to put a stop on this essing tax.” The governor made his an- J tment after conferring with I Forbes, secretary of the Manufacturers Assoeiation A regla. Ve are going to put a stop to 115 processing tax which is the ! damnable sales tax that has U been put on food and clothing I the Vrorld,” he said. \sked if he planned to carry his €vond the cotton belt, Tal ! ¢ outspoken critic of the New ll take in the cetton country e e et | LOCAL WEATHER \ B e ‘ Fair, slightly colder on the 1 coast tonight; Wednesday fair | Vith slowly rising temperature, “"Obably light frost in north 1 and central portions tonight, l '!'HMPERATURE CEhest” e i . el RSt .. wh suddealn DD gll SORIL Ll g SRR Ly 1 NoTmal ol B e RAINFALL j . °s last 24 hours .. .. 0.00 ol siues AnS S 6.1:?.! ‘2Cess since April § .. see 3.99 .\ ‘e April rainfall .. . 358 'otal since January 1 .. ..19.10 “XCess since January 1 .., 1.99, ATHENS BANNER-HERALD University Is Host to Parents And Pastors Today C*ol:1 {Vga;hgr*G;e;tg (3p:3l;in*g *Dzly :)f*l§3*s *B;séb:llf §ezls:)n Presidenf"Roosevelt Will Throw Out First Ball At Washington SNOW AT DETROIT Covernor Talmadge and Mayor Key Participate in Atlanta Ceremonies GAME_SAE;_(;;'};ONED The scheduled games be tween Washingtor, and Phila delphia in the nation’s-capital and Detroit and Chicago jat Detroit were postponed today on account of extreme cold. It was srowirig at Detroit. (By the Associated Press) Thrills of the baseball diamond lured thousands to ball parks teday as the American, National and Southern leagues opened their 1935 season., Fans from Boston to Birmingham needed overcoats to watch the games but despite the chilly wather, club officials were expecting good crowds for the opening games. To President Roosevelt went the privilege of tossing the first ball at the Washington game of the American league, while Babe Ruth, newcomer to the National league after 21 years on the other side, held the spotlight at Boston. - Governor J. Marion Futrell of Arkansas was on hand to give the Southern league a send-off at the Memphis-Little Rock game, Probable pennant winners were already being talked of, with the season’s finish and the World Ser ies grind still a long way off. Officials Optimistic Club officials were optimistic as the season began and saw in heavy advance reservations for seats the prospect of a financially profitable summer, An attendance of 125,000 for the National league game was fore cast, with the American league, some of whose teams were in the midst of cold weather, expecting about” 100,000 at the turnstiles. In the Southern league attendance of more than 45,000 was forecast. | Governor KEugene Talmadge of Georgia had the opening batting honors in the Atlanta game be (Continued On Page Two) Hopkins ‘P Buck’ opkins ‘Passes buc Aleng to the President WASHINGTON — (® — Re ports were current here today that Harry L. Hopkins, relief adminis trator, has requested President Roosevelt to make a decision per sonally in the matter of relief .funds for Georgia distressed schools. Relief quotas announced for April did not include Georgia and thus far Hopkins has not explain ed his reason for leaving that state out of the list. It was understood in informed quarters that Hopkins passed the decision on to Mr. Roosevelt after the Georgia legislature adiourned without giving the state schools a new source of revenue, The administrator, in granting school aid to other states, has re quested first an understanding that the ~ various legislatures . would provide additional schools funds. STATE NEWS BRIEFS; ‘ By The Associated Press § ee R " e bt i B S ————————— . ——— o —— McDONOUGH.—The first dry[ ralHy to be ‘held in Henry countyl has been set for Sunday afternoon, ; April 21, with Dr, W. T. Hunni- | cutt of Griffin, W. W. Gaines of,i Atlanta, the Rev. H. E. Russell | of MecDonough and E. L. Reagan.s representative of Henry county, | on the speakers’ program. ! SEA ISLAND — The Georgiu‘ Guilding and Loan league is to hold its summer convention here June 13-14 with between 60 and 75 l ' members expected. Brunswick civ- | ic clubs will participate in the an- | nual banquet of the league. [ MILLEDGEVILLE — The Ilit- | erary meet of the Sixth district | division of the high school asso- | Full Associated Press Service Laura Ingalls Tries For New Air Record LOS . ANGELES—(®)—Laura Ingalls roared away from Union Air terminal early today in her black “Mystery” plane in an attempt to shatter Amelia Ear hart’'s transcontinental speed record. e Hoping to span the continent in 14 houts or less, the 120 pound aviatrix “gave the gun” to her new $-IH,i).oo_ low wing monoplane as it began its 2,447 mile non-stop dash to Floyd Bennett Field in New York. White House Fails to Af ~ firm Statement of Ap ~ proval of Harrison Plan WASHINGTON.—(#)—As - Sena tor Harrison (D.-Miss.) séilght to complete a compromise bonus bill which he said would have Presi dent Roosevelt’'s approval, an in formal warning was given at the White House today ‘against com mitting the chief executive to any legislation of that type. It- was caid -at -the White House that Mr. Roosevelt would speak wheti and if the ‘bonus- Bill is sent to ‘him for signing -or -disapproval. The prediction of Senator Rob in=oy, of - Arkansas, -the .Democratic leader. that Mr. . Roosevelt would send . a message . to. the senate on the bonus failed to receive affir mation at the White. House. The Mississippian, . who confer red with the president Sunday, said he would offér the measure to day if he could complete it in time. He ‘indicated the senate flinance committee, of which he is chair man, would conduct brief hearings next week and report it quickly to the senate. Details of the compromise plan were kept secret pending its in troduction. It was reported, how ever, it would provide that thei (Continued On Page Two) e s Plaintiff Takes Stand; De fendant at Afternoon Session ‘ Testimony in the divorce suit of James White, jr., against Mrs. Agnes Hood White was resumed this morning in <Clarke superior) court with Mr. White taking the stand for cross-examination by de fense attorney Reuben Arnold of Atlanta. L 4 Mr. White began his testimony yesterday. After cross-examina tion of Mr. White the plaintiff’s case was rested. | The defense introduced several“ witnesses this morning, including I. G. Hardman, jr., of Commerce, who as a student in the University of Georgia resided in the White home for several years, Paul Webb, manger of the Highlands, N. C., Country Club hotel where °* Mrs. White and her children spent a month last summer while. Mr. White was on a trip to New York which culminated in his f)ecomingi seriously ill on the steamship Shawnee rear Charleston, where he{ ——— . (Continued On Page Seven) i B B e e e e e, ‘ciation is to be held here April‘ 19-20 at-the Georgia State college for Woman. "CLAXTON — The First district Press association plans for its trip to Washington call for a motor cade to leave Savannah early Thursday morning, April 25, The president, Mrs.. R.. E+ L. Majors, announced. ATLANTA — A spectacular fire which blazed two hours and at tracted hundreds of people to the scene destroyved four departments of the Warren company, refrigera tor manufacturers, here last night, causing the damage estimateéd by the company president, Virgil P. Warren, at more than $150,000, | E . . ~ . \ Visits Local Legion Post ————————————————— N : SEEE = e S i e R eR G R 1 R R e SNN B S il e R RN i RS e Sema N e ei e ¢ o e R o LT e Ael ¢S Ait .58 % . L 4 SORRR S T R j e R R e R : se R e G e eSR : T M ‘:"5:-5-:::5:-::':?:5: % « f‘ e : 4 : .J;I::':‘.:‘ R BI o P ¢ ) s s S L EiEL o ey . & g e Bl e B , Y’ Rl . B R ot j oTR ] ge J, o i B L SEAET IR e e Gt 5 ey /“i 'i; 3 = oo ‘; A&0 e (i iR e e . Rl R 3 TR MAREIIC OR,R VO i e ‘s Rk L b A S g s e Rk : e : RERCS IRS B * 5 > B IS N e Ry 2 oL § U - ‘ - . * TR B AR L TRAR A 2AR A B FRANK N. BELGRANO National American Legion commander, who stopped here for an hour today enroute to Augusta in order inspect the Community Center playground project, and talk with local Legion members. TAG DAY FOR TALLULAH FALLS SCHOOL “The Light in the Mountains” Perhaps syou read the heading that I have used above when Good Housekeeping published Vera Connally's story about the Tallu- | lah Falls School last July and vour heart throbbed as she de scribed a visit to a mountain home with Mrs. Z. 1. Fitzpatrick who was her hostess at the school | when as Miss Connally writes,! “The cabin was high up on a lone~l. ly mountain and a surly man's an- | tagonism melted swiftly when thel magic name of Tallulah Falls school was mentioned.” Git ye in side. My, ‘oman will be hankerin to see you‘uns about our gal, Lola —Will ye larn. 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So Frank Tallulah has haul ed and plowed for the school while his little owner received his edu cation. . : E : This school is on the side of iCherokee Mountain and this year .is celebrating it's twenty-five yvears of service during which time it has grown into an acecredited High s=cheool with 300 students. lllow the late, beloved Mrs. M. A. Lipscomb when she was President Fot Georgia Federation of Women's S——— . | (Continued On Page Six) ‘1 | l Iy | {ls Offered to Special 1 League of Nations | Council Today \ -~ NO MODIFICATION Laval Calls It Joint Reso lution of ltaly, France And GCreat Britain | BY JOSEPH E. SHARKEY . (Associated Press Foreign Staff) I (Copyright, 1935, Associated Press) GENEVA — (#) — France, Great Britain and Italy today submitted to the extraordinary council session of the League of Nations the draftl of a resolution condemning “any | unilateral repudiation of interna tional obligations” such as Ger-l many's Tepudiation of the arma ments clauses of the Versaillesl treaty. Pierre Laval, foreign minister of France, although faced with oppo sition to the resolution by severall nations, notably Poland and Den mark, received the strong supportl of spokesmen for both Great Brit- | ain and Italy when he presented it to the council. : Councii Adjourns The council received the resolu tion and, after a brief debate, ad-; journed until tomorrow. French sources had said that, despite opposition by some nations, ’they felt confident the league coun cil would adopt the resolution. “ Laval went into the private ses sion taking with him a declaration of two typewritten pages in sup port of the French resolution. | Before he entered the council chamber, he created a sensation by announcing that the French mo-l ‘tion of protest against German re armament would not be modifiedl ‘to meet opposition views. | e f SPECIAL DEPARTMENT ! LONDON — (#) — The Bx'ilish! government announced today it is setting up a special department to; deal with safeguarding the British Isles’ 46,000,000 people against air attacks. Sir John Gilmour, the home sec retary, told the house of commonal that the home office was setting up a special department with quar-l ters in Westminister and wasl starting to work on the subject of’ air defense with a.full staff May l.j The primary duty of the depart-| ment, the home secretary said,| would be to communicate to local| authorities throughout England and| (Continued On Page Eight) I A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—sc¢ Sunday Annualßeligious Welfare Meeting Drawsßig Crowd Today’s Speaker ~ e oA B A . T S 5 R o : B R e % L 5 w A B & G G R 7 P ‘\‘ P g DR. MONROE E. DODD Two Athens Women in Attendance at Ndtional Convention in Capital . By BESS FURMAN | Associated (Prees Staff Writer. WASHINGTON, —(#)—The lib-| eral-conservative rivalry between two candidates for prosidvnl-gvn-i eral of the Daughters of the Am- | erican Revolution centered today | in two huge afternoon teas. i Mrs. William A. Becker, of N(‘Wl Jersey, widely regarded as the] conservative candidate, was enter-% taining with her entire slate at| one large hotel. At another, the| Tennessee Society was 4~nl(-rtain-! ing for Dr. Flora Myers (}illen~l tine of Tennessee, | Quite apart from the statements ' flying fast between the "!ln'il”}:lh’.".: the forty-fourth continental con- | gress opened last night with p:usz-! eantry and today went on its bus~§ iness-like way. : Mrs. Russell William Magna, re- | tiring president-general, reported: | “We reefed the sails of our 50- | ciety's ship to the prevailing | winds, and steered into our final port of this term with hull intaet, | barnaele free, our cargo =afe and | a good bill of health for gll on? board.” She paid this tribute to Mrs. ¥ranklin D. Roosevelt: “I have been honored as your president general to be entertained most graciously at the White House on many occasions, and my gratitude and admiration for Mrs. Roosevelt for many courtesies and ‘unfailing kindness is most sincere. I know that the congress joins with me in this expression.” Mrs, Roosevelt's name had been (Continued On Page Seven) ForeicN News ON THumBNAIL By The Associated Press GENEVA — Foreign Minister Pierre Laval of France decided to revive France's resolution criticiz ing Germany’s abrogation of the military clauses of the Versailles treaty after encouraging opposition from Poland and Denmark to a strongly worded condemnation of the Reich’'s move, LONDON—The leader of the la bor opposition charged the British government was able to balance its budget because it had failed to make any payment to the United States war debt. SAINT PETER PORT, Guernsey Island—The first woman to be tri ed for murder on Guernsey Island was ‘convicted and sentenced to H3XE ] iDr. M. E. Dodd to Speak ~ Again Tonight at 8:00 | In Woodruff Hall \ —— | DISCUSSES WAR Session This Evening Is ~ Mainly For Students; 3 Public Invited | —_— . ‘ % The Rev. M. E. Dodd of Shreve port, La., sees in the world of td day with its “surging, seething, rolling, restlessness,” a world about to begin a new order. B In an address delivered at the University of Georgia’s eleventh annual Religious Welfare Confer ence to a large ‘crowd in Woodruff hall this morning, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention said the world is on the march “but the question is, ‘whither bound’?”’ ® § Dr. Dodd's subject was, “Chris tianity’s Supreme Challenge.” To~ night, at 8 o'clocl: at Woodruft hall, he will speak on, “Spiritual Recovery Through the Students of the World.” The program this morning was opened by Chancellor-elect 8. V. Sanford of the University. After several songs and band music by the University band, Dr. Lester Rumble, pastor of the First Meth~ odist church, delivered the invoca tion., The benediction, which fol lowed Dr, Dodds address, was given by Dr. J. C, Wilkinson, pastor of First Baptist church, Athens. At tonight’s sessiop of the cons ference, which is also expected ta be attended by a large crowd of visitors, students and Athenians, Claude B, Green, student presi dent of the Volunteer Religious assoclation at the University, sponsors of the Welfare Confer=~ ence. Many Panaceas Discussing the events of the last few years in the world, Dr, Dodd said: o “We went forth to a World war to end war,” he said, “and we have more talk about war and more preparation for War than (Continued On Page Eight) . S Boy With Inverted . Stomach Dies Today " FALL RIVER, Mass. —(® . William ~ Spiegelblatt, 9, of New port, R. I, who underwent an %& ation a few days ago for a . dis arrangement of internal om‘gg similar to that of Alyce Jane Me- Henry, died at 5 a. m., today at the Truesdale hospital. e The boy was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Spiegelblatt and was known as “Buddy.” He had been at the hospital several days before his presence was known and the opera tion for diaphragmatic hernia was performed at Truesdale hospital Saturday. il ! At that time, Dr. Philemon E. Truesdale, head of the hospital, "said no information would be given on Buddy's operation or subsequent l condition. 'y { For 48 hours, the boy’s condition | appeared favorable but he weak= | ened during the night. % death for cutfing the throat of her employer with a bread knife. GDYNIA, Poland—Reinforced po lice squads -patrolled several com munities in the Polish coridor as a precaution against renewed out breaks of anti-German violence. - SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — New agitation for Puerto Rican state hood emerged dissension over the federal government’'s administration of relief in the island. Ti LONDON—Mrs. Violet Vandere list, militant opponent of capital punishment, renewed her campa ﬁ;‘n‘; for abolition of the death penalty by leading a demon ! “j"f’ Wandsworth jail where a convicted murderer was being hanged. o R A R 2