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LOCAL COTTON s 2 WIDDLING 1o soiares 5o ae 180 DREVIOUS CLOSE .. .--. 12%¢ Vol. 103, No. 104. (FNEREAL DISEAGE oIVC WILL BEGIN T /7Y HALL SOON Sponsorec; By Health De partment With Aid of Medical Profession. Annwzmcement was made today that a venereal digease clinic, gponsored py the City-County Health Department, with_the eco operation of members of&e med jcal profession will be ned at an early date at the city hall. Ppatients financially unable to pay for medical treatment for venereal ~disease will be received at the clinic without cost or obii gation and will be required to continue treatment as long as the attending’ physician may deem advisable, the announcement said. An accurate record of all activ ities of the clinic will be kept on fle in the health department offices. pr. W. W. Browh, city-coun-y health commissioner, said this morning the date of opening the clinic will be announced some time soon. - Details for establishing the clinic were worked out by a com mittee recently appointed by the poard of health. For some time the health department has dirct- PR gl s o R R = A, & T ed its attention tO the venereal disease problem, with the aim of re-establishing the clinic which was operated for @& whije at the General hospital. Quitable space has been provid ed at the city hall for the clinif and the equipment necessary for its successful operation has been ordered. The announcement that the health department has made arrangements for opening the clinic will meet with ' public ap proval, it is pointed out by those who have observed the venereal disease situation here. The prob lem has ben regarded by many as “deplorable” and efforts in the past to solve it have not been as successful as it was hoped. The proposed clinic will be cen trally located and convenient to poth patients and members of the medical profession Wwho will give their services free in an effort to clve once for all a condition which, it is declared, has gone from bad to worse despite fre quent spasmodic -efforts to con trol it. Dr. Brown said today that “the venereal disease situation in Ath ens and Clarke county has never been solved in the past. Efforts have been made to cope with the sitnation but in - every instance satisfactory results have never (Continued On Page Two) Examinations to Begin Tomorrow for Children Who Will Enter School The annual examinations of children to enter school next Sep tempber will begin tomorrow morn-~ ing at Barrow school, it was an nounced this -morning by Dr. W. W. Brown, health commissioner. Examinations will be made at various places for every district in the city, and any physical defects found will be pointed out to the child’s parents, so they can be cor rected before school starts for the 1935-86 term. There is no cost for these ex aminations, and parents are urged toi bring all pre-schopl children to the nearest place for examination The schedule, arranged by Dr. Brown, is as follows: Tuesday, May 14—9:30 o’clock at Barrow school, Thursday, , May 16-—9:830 o'clock at Oconee Street school. Friday, May 17—9:80 o'clock at College Avenue school. Announcement for other com- Mmunities will be made latter by the health commissioner, Chase Street School Will Present Weekly Program Over Radio “fe regular. weekly radio pro am of the Athens public schools ¥l be presented over WTFI this “¥ening at 7:80 o'clock by the fourth ana fieth grades of the Chase Street school. The fallowing program will be Biven, with Woodson Ashford act- Mg as announcer: g ; ' School Song: “Yours and Mine”. Part I—Western program con sistine of songs and a playlet by the following children: ' Mary Ann Johnson, Edith Avery, Sue Wiep, Virginia. Wilkes, Con- Stance Ashford, Betty Lang, Clif ford Aaron, Philip Cutler, Pat Bradiey. John Sayer, Bobby Moore, Dick Timm, Sam Medlin. Songs ‘Rain”: johnny Patat and cho 'US—“Springtime in the Rockies”. "There’s a Home in Wyomin’”: Vivian Mealor and chorus. “Old Faithful”; “The Last Round-yup: Howard Frank Postero. Part Ill=A group of “Home” Songs dedicated to the meothers of Georgig “Home”, “piny Little Finger- Prints”, “A Shanty in Old Shanty town” «“yust g Little Street”, “Tuck Me Teo Sleep”, %! fTow Too Olld to Dream” ¢yt &Bye Moon”, “I Want a Girl”. ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Full Associated Press Service BOTH VICTIMS OF AMBULANCE-AUTO CRASH HERE SATURDAY DIE IN LOCAL HOSPITALS REPEAL - INCREASES DRUNKEANESS, SAYS ORY SPEAKER HERE Fulton County Legislator Denies Repeal Will Promote Temperance. WARD MEETINGS Check Up Will Be Made By Anti-Repealists on Tuesday Night. Wherever prohibition laws have been repealed drunkenness has in creased, Representative R. L Ramsey of Fulton county declared at a rally of Clarke county anti repealists held at the Palace the ater yesterday afternoon. T. 8. Mell, president of the Ath ens, Clarke County Anti-Repeal club 'presided at the meeting at the Palace yesterday, which was opehed and closed with prayer by D. B. Nicholson. W. T. Forbes, director of the anti-repeal campaign, announced that a check-up meeting will “be held at the Athens Business Col léege tomorrew night at 8 o'clock and all ward committeemen and women as well as members of the executive committee and others in tereßted in opposing repeal are in vited to attend. Voters lists will be supplied at the meeting and the anti-repealists will make_their final check on op ponents of rvepeal at this meeting. Replying to claims of the repeal ists that repeal will promote tem perance, the Fultop county legis lator asserted that the Alcoholic Board of ,Control for the District of Columbia, in a recent report, said since repeal “there has been an in crease of arrests for drunken driv ing and consequent disorderly con duet” and that “only a slight de crease in bootlegging lis noticea ble”. The District of Columbia Board has; made an appeal, said Repre gentative Ramsey, to “civic bodies, temperance leagues and such or ganizatjon” to ‘‘cooperate in de ¢reasing intemperance among the young people.” . Encourage Drinking The Atlanta educator-legislator asserted that it will require a $30,- 000,000 glcoholic turn-over in this state to obtain the revenues which the repealists claim will flow into the state tréasury as a result of repeal. . fThat means, he says, that instead of promoting temperance, encouragement will be giVen to copsumptjon -of alcoholic bever m’- t The Business Men's Research (Continued On Page Two) Dictator of Poland Dies At Age of 67 WARSAW, —(P—The death of Marshal Joseph Pilsudski, Poland’s dictator, gave diplomats fresh cause for concern today over the outlook for peace in eastern europé Much may depend on who suc ceeds the iron-willed marshal. It may determine the future of the peace pact system which France is attempting to promote, as well as Germany’s future attitude toward France's program. . it may alsd decide whether Po- Jand henceworth will cast her lot with France and Russia, which have just concluded a mutual as gistance agreement, or wheher she ‘will continue along the lines of German rapprochement which Pil sudski himself marked out. Death ecame to the 67-year-old ruler of Poland’s destinies last night after a three days’ illness. STATE NEWS BRIEFS By The Associated Press COVINGTON —(®)— A fine old colonial home, owned by A. Bel mont Dennis, editor and publisher of the Covington News, was de stroyed by fire Saturday night. ' Herbert Edwards, a fireman, re ceived a severe cut on his right arm and several other firemen were less seriously injured by fly ing glass and by burns. Local firemen fought the blaze for nearly four hours. Occupants of the residence were out of the city. ACOVINGTON .—Funeral services were held yesterday for R. % Weaver, 91, one of thef our sur viving Confederate veterans of Newton county. Mrs. Weaver and John Bob Weaver, a son, and Mrs. J. T. .Pittman, both of Coving ton, survive. DONALSONVILLE.—A spurt in building activity is being felt here Whole City in Chain Letter ‘Gold Rush’ That Flops .':' : e e e Beg R 4 RN o ; s T 2 E e T e Y A 5 : o s»#;‘_’-}:'j b % : & ML i 3 Fi i e SEREY S Sael 5 SRR T 4 o 2 g e HBgse § gt - e . = . 2 ‘m@ a Ty S e . A Rl b O T T i ,@‘ : @e, Gt EEER. f D L i - ee. Bo Al TR T, S AT g 5 Be A i ee S R s | o : ~ F.ot e TR L s T il 5 SR Pre WK b N SRR b S s R ‘ g i gan TR R TR e PN o ¥ R S ‘ L o Lo N . L ' e g 28 o g o Nk e ey P 94 RS e B &% > e h g o o % 5 S L @ i B A e . RSe~s S, v A “::? A 'R¥%3 Pl = R 2 3 )W s oA %* R A Bsy B NG s s % P sN A & S & G e R R . SRR X Bl o : RN e e o e R S e £< / i ; s E e e S g i : i BERaes ol £ ; e R e 1 ? = | % SAR & Zsse SR ey : S e -3 B e 2 st e ¢ Fite T i s S & 3 ey IRO s savg raas e . B Rl»»w»www /. LTR The chain-fetter craze sweeping the country reached \aropnrtlons of a “gold rush” in Springfield, Mo, where crowds, of which the above is typical, stampeded to join in more than a dozen schemes that flourished in the city, with all classes of society participating. Stenographers and notaries are shown typing $2, $3, and $5 letters for the clamoring throng. - In half a day aore. than slß,ooo_ changed hands. Then the bottom fell out of the market, with many “holding the bag.” COURTMARTIAL SET FOR 7 GUIARDSMEN National Guard Members Face Trial After Death of Two Strikers. ATLANTA—(®)—Courtmartial of two unnamed Georgia mnational guardsmen growing out of the death of lonie Stephens, a Calla way cotton mill striker, has been ordered for 1 p. m. (central stand ard time) tomorrow at LaGrange, Ga. & The court will meet at the Y. M. C. A. building at LaGrange. The time of the trial was an nounced after Adjutant General Lindley W. Camp today appointed a general courtmartial board pre gided over by Majar (Ulsher T. Winslett, of Macon. In eivil life Winslett is tax collector of Bibb county. Major Arthur K, Maddox was named the judge advocate .and will be the prosecutor. He is judge of the city court of Griffin and is major of the 30th division headquarters of the national guard. Other board members follow Captain E. S. Settle, 121st in fantry, and representative ‘from Butts county; Captain Donald Wil liamson, 121st infantry, Monroe; Captain Homer Sappington, 121st infantry, Barnesville; Captain T. C. Keen, 121st infantry, Dublin; Captain Carl F. Chapman, 121st infantry, Macon; ‘Captain Rex W, LeFevre, 122nd infantry, Atlanta; Captain William W. Green, 122nd infantry, Atlanta; Captain Bernard Franklin, 122nd infantry, Calhoun; Captain Marion Williamson, 122nd infantry, Dectaur. The adjutant general said spe cific charges had not been pre ferred against the two national guardsmen but that it would be done sometime during the day. Both are being held at LaGrange but their identity has mnbt been made knowp publicly. They will be defended by Major Elbert Tuttle, 122nd infantry, and member of the Atlanta Bar as sociation. The defendants belong to the 122nd infantry. The verdict of the courtmartial under the law, will go to Governor Talmadge for his approval before it is announced. The governor is (Continued On Page Two) with ten new homes, a community club house, a community canning plant and a filling station among the new structures completed re cetly or now under construction. AUGUSTA —Thirty-four seniors of the medical- department of the University of Georgia will receive their degrees as doctors of medi cine at the graduating exercises in the Richmond Academy auditorium Thursday evening, June 6. The baccalaureate address will be delivered by Philip Weltner, chancellor of the University Sys tem of Goergia. \ MONROE—(#)—An office of the Federal Housing Administration has been opened here and & farm puilding program instituted in Walton county, GAINESVILLE. — Miss Roxana {(Continued on Page Five) Athens, Ta., Monday, May 13, 1935. 2 MEN ARE KILLED IN WAR MANEUVERS HONOLULU. — (#) — The mightiest maval concentration in Pearl Harbor's history—42 sleek warships—rode at anchor today awaiting orders for a westward dash in secret ma neuvers involving a supposed attacker of Hawaii. A grim reality was thrust® into the maneuvers, meanwhile, in the accidental death of two men in the collision of two de stroyers. and the crash of a naval airplane. HEART BALM SUIT CTIRS ALL LONDON Former Beauty Contest Winner Sues Revelstoke; Charges Denied. By BURDETTE T. JOHNS Associated Press Foreign Staff LONDON—(#)—Not only did he never promise to marry Angela Joyce, handsome young Lord Rev elstoke testified today at the beauy contest winner's suit for heart balm, but he told her he was not interested when she herself brought the matter up. The “Miss England of 1930,” who completed 90 minutes on the stand just before the defendant was called, asserted the young peer proposed matrimony to her once while he was visiting in her bed room. She said she accepted. “Was the question of marriage discussed at any time between you and Miss Joyce”? Lord Rev elstoke's attorney asked him. “Once by her,” he replied. That was about threemonths af ter they met, the witness contin ued, and *“I explained to her that the question was one I could not contemplate, that it was impossi ble for me to think of marrying any one.” R The discussion began, he said, when Miss Jayce remarked, “peo ple who are as fond of each: other as we are at the moment gen eraly think of getting married.” He also denied that he jay op the actress’ bed in her flat, as her testimony had indicated, anc proposed to her. “The question of marriage, love and affection never arose during our conversations on that occasi on,” he said. Miss Joyce asserted the wealthy young banker several times asked her to elope with him and “I was perfectly willing.” The pretty actress, who said Révelstoke called her “teedles” and tHat she called him “boodles,” tes- (Continued On Page Two) LOCAL WEATHER Mostly cloudy, probably local thundershowers in north por tion tonight and Tuesday and in south portion Tuesday aft ernoon; little change in tem perature. Y TEMPERATURE Highest .. <o +o =o o 0 o ..86.0 LOWESt oo o o s+ oo as ..64.0 MERN <« »+ o 9 $v- s 24 &n ~75.0 Normal.. «eee seas ssee ..70.0 RAINFALL Inches last 24 hours .. .... 00 Total since May sis s Tt Excess since May 1 .. .., 180 Average May rainfall...... 3.69 Total since January 1......28.12 Excess since January 1 ... 3.21 | —~ESTABLISHED 1832— DONKEYBALL SERIES WILL START TUESDAY Games Wi ill Be Played Here Tuesday, Wednes day, Thursday Nights. _ The American Legion series of Donkey Baseball games will be played at Sanford Field Tuesday, Wednesday . and Thursday nights, starting at 8:30 p. m. each night. The admission for each of these games_ wil] be 25 cents for adults and 10 cents for chlldre? under 14 years of age. Wi, The schedule for the games will be &8 follows: Tuesday night, the Doctors and Lawyers: versus the Lions club. Wednesday night, Insurance men versus the Athensg Firemen. . Thursday night, the Gulf Refin ing 'Co., versus old College Dor- MOy §o v 7 G e - Each team in the .series will be permitted to. have - fitfeen men on the field eligible for. play and no one else will- be allowed on the playing field except the necessary attendants and helpers. There .will be no passes to any one. The Legion feels that.passes will not be necessary and in the past much confusion has been ex perienced on -account of them. We feel that we -have put the admis sion. price so- low that it is with in the reach of anyone and that it will enable us to make. a little meoney for our community project, your community recreation center. These games will be a real circus and we know that you will enjoy them and find that they were well worth several times the price of 25 cents and 10 cents. The Donkeys are trained and know their parts, watch the local men from the various organizations ride them in the field, on the bases and Jaround the Wases, if they can. Bring the family and enjoy the (Continued .on. Page Two) FOES IN WET-DRY FIGHT CONFIDENT 3oth Sides Claiming Vic tory As Repeal Vote on Wednesday Nears. BY - JACK BATES | (Associated Press Staff Writer) | APLANTA —(#)—Foes in the wet jdry-flght appeared- confident today | as “bone dry” Georgia awaited the i\verdict .of Wednesday's repeal re { ferendum. Opposing. forces a@mitted no ap prehension as to whether the out | come would be to hoist a dripping iwet banner over the cracker state or the deliverance of an ultimatum |to enforce the 28-year-old prohi ‘bition statute. ’ “Georgia will defeat repeal two to one,” said prohibitionists. ~ “Local option will carry by a 130,000 vote majority,” came word from the repeéal camp. Aside’from a few ‘scattered prohi. { bition ‘and repeal rallies, with | speakers espousing -their cause, the dual campaign had narrowed down today to claims and counterclaims between the wet ana dry camps. ’ A smashing - victory” for prohibi | tion was forecast by M. L. Fleet wood, director of the Georgia Temperance -league which is a consolidation of all organizations attempting to block repeal. But prediction that repeal would | ' (Continued on Page Two) ’ REPEAL LEADERS ARE ENTHUSIASTIC OVER REPORTS N STATE Ceorgia Headquarters Say Repeal Will Win By 30,000 Votes. COBB EXPLAINS BILL Statement Is Issued By Georgia Association For Local Option. The local leaders for the Geor=- gia Association for Local Option were enthusiastic over the report sent out from state headquarters that ‘““Repeal will win in Georgia by a majority of 30,000 votes”. The election” will be held Wed nesday, the 15, under' the rules and regulations of the Australian ballot system, Clarke county having adopted the Australian system se veral years ago. The following statement issued Saturday by the local Georgia As sociation for local Option, but un voidably omitted from the pub lished statement in Sunday’s paper, reads: " The Governor of the State of Virginia in a telegram stated that the approximate revenue to be de rived from the sale of whiskey alone for the year 1935 will be $3,500,000. This does mnot include the tax on beer and wime and tax on beer and wine is estimated to be at least two million dollars, making a total of $5500,000.00 that the State of Virginia will have to edu cate its boys and girls, while the State of Georgia, which is said to be wetter than Virginia, receives no revenue whatever. Which is pursuing the wisest course?” “We would not argue with a man who is so fanatical as to state that he did not want taxes derived from the sale of whiskey to be used in our public schools in the State of Georgia. Would this party refuse a contribution of Ten Dollars from a bootlegger to his church or in payment of the preaccher’s sal ary?’ ‘Every thinking man knows that the sale of whiskey by the boot legger and the purchase of the same by the individual breds con tempt for the law and both/are equally guilty in the violation of the law when the transaction is made. It can not be denied that (Continued On Page Seven) TUESDAY 13 HONORS DAY AT UNIVERSITY Over 200 Georgia Stu dents Will Get Recogni tion for Attainments. The University of Georgia to morrow morning will honor some 200 of its students for scholarship and other outstanding literary at tainments at special Honors day exercises in the Chapel. The pro gram will begin at 11 o'clock. Dr. Harvey W. Cox, president of Emory university, will be the prin cipal speaker of the occasion. Dr. Cox has spoken in Athens and at the University before and money from the general public are expec ted to hear hi, University officfals said this morning. Parents of students to receive recognition for their work havg becn invited to the program. Many of them should come from over the state tomorrow. Among those to be honored will be various literary prize winners scholorship and fellowship reci pießts, those invited to join Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kgbpa Phi, national honorary scholastic fra ternities, the upper three per cent of the senior class, and the upper five and ten per cent of the senior, (Continued On Page Two) ATHENIANS ATTEND MEET IN SAVANNAH Harry Hodgson of the Hodgson Oil Refining company., and Pro fessor Milten P. Jarnagin of the Agriculture college, left yesterday to attend the Cotton Seed Crush ers convention in Savannah. Several well-known men will speak during the convention. Prof. Jarnagin spoke this morning. Oth ers on the program are W. T. Anderson, editor of the Maconr Telegraph; C. O. Moser, of Wash ington, Ga., B. D. Black of Ma« con, president of the association; T. H. Gregory of Memphis, and W. H. Jasspon of Memphis. Of ficers wili he elected Tuesday. ] ¥ A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sur!%:; Mayor Jailed -in Utility War RR S A s s e L Rt e % R - ')ff, % - ; ' i B i e I e s R - 3 . b il R TR S o B Z - e e e : R ; S L R Ao "s;‘2'~?-{:*:s-555':‘.;:: - Eins 4s. 3 R ; i e e R e | 1§ SRI o s 1 B AR 7 | : 3 S 95 i | WO i ‘; S A 1 ] & e By & /45" o fi . g = AR R, £ Extra guards were placed at the Huntington, Ind., jail when irate citizens threatened an at tempt to deliver Mayor C. H. Bangs, above, imprisoned for contempt of court in his fight against the “Northern Indiana Power Company, in which he attempted to rum a tiny city plant in competition. Crowds milled around the jail, but dis persed on the mayor’s own plea. COTTON FARMERS ~ TREK TO CAPITAL Clarke County Delegation of Six Join Others in Fight for AAA. ATLANTA,—(®)—Dixie farmers by the hundreds, expressing their approval of the new deal cotton program and ‘the processing tax, turned toward Washington today to back up the Agricultural Adjust ment administration. Train-loads of farmers already have left the dep South and other contingents were ready to depart today—to take part in a mass de monstration in the nations capital tomorrow in support of the AAA. Approximately 260 Arkansas far mers left Little Rock late last night and were to pick up more farmers in North Arkansas and southern Missouri today. The AAA and the processing tax recently were en dorsed at a meeting of 1,000 for mers in Littie Rock. Aproximately 350 Georgia and Alabama farmers had seats re served on a “cotton special” due to leave Atlanta today. Several Ala bama counties sent delegations of three to five each. The AAA and the. cotton tax were endorsed at county meetings in Georgia which came close on blasts fired by Governor KEugene Talmadge of Georgia at President Roosvelt and the New Deal pro gram. A group of Florence, S. C., far mers planned to join the move toward Washington. Two truck loads from Wake County, N. C. also were expected to go to the demonstration, CLARKE DELEGATION LEAVE FOR CAPITAL Four members of the Clarke county delegation of farmers go ing to Washington to oppose aban donment of the farm aid program of the Roosevelt administration left in an automobile yesterday. They are, J. M. Fowler, Glenn Brown, N. O. McWaters and C. L. McLeroy. They are expected to arrive in Washington tonight. James W. Morton and J. H. Towns left by train for Washington today. Foreien News ON THumBNAIL By The Associaied Press WARSAW.—The death of Mar shal Joseph Pilsudski, Polish dic tator, gave rise to fresh econcern in diplomatic circles over the out look for stability and security in eastern Eurcpe. . - MOSCOW-—Pierre Lavla, French foreign minister, was accorded one of tht most enthusiastic recep tions the Bolshebiks have = ever oiven a diplomat as he arrived to discuss the FEuropean - situation with government leaders. = VIENNA.—WhiIe Austrian po lice were holding eivil war maneuvers near Vienna over the week-end, friction between rival factions in the Schuschnigg re gime gave fresh evidence of an impending political showdeown. LONDON.—The fear was ex pressed in diplomatic circles that the death of Marshal Pilsudski might give rise to new frontier A W. NOELL, W.C. ELLIOTT SUCCUMB 10 WRECK INJURIES Auto Fatalities in Athens Brought to Six Within. Past Five Weeks.. . TWO OTHERS ESCAPE Noell Dies This Morning, ~ Elliott Succumbs - * - WA Last Night. ... Deaths of W. C. Elliott, of nears Jefferson, last night in General hospital, and A. W. Noell, Ath ens, in St. Mary's hospital this’ morning from injuries received in: an auto collision Saturday after noon, today had brought the totaly number of auto wreck fatalities in and near Athens to six in the past five weeks. Messrs. Elliott and Noell;;ri 5 ceived fatal injuries when &l(gA Dorman-Bridges ambulance driven by Mr. Noell, was in collision with. a car driven by Mr. Elliott as the latter turned into Hill street - Pope street, into the path of the ambulance as it answered a call. to the corner of Hill street amnd Milledge avenue. Funeral services for Mr. Elliott, who died last night at 9:15 o'cloek * in General hospital, will be ‘held Tuesday morning at 10:30 or 11:00 O'clock at the Baptist church in Commerce. The services will be conducte dby Rev. Tooke, - pastor of the church. - i Funeral Tuesday Surviving Mr. Elliott are his widow and seven children, Jean elle, Geraldine, Gwenelle, Jacque line, J. P., W. C. and Curth‘g liott; father, S. J. Hiliott, and five BSisters, Mrs. C. O. Wood and Mrs, R. E. Moore, both of Commerce; Mrs. Rush Roberts, Jackmvm Fla., and Mrs. Mary Hamby and '‘Miss Rowena Elliott, both of Smyr« | na, Ga. n - i Mr. Elliott was about 41 years old and lived four miles from Jef ferson, in Jackson county, on Route No: 4 R - Mr. Noel, 32, died at St.. Mary's hospital this morning at 11:45, without regaining conscipusness. The accident which took thy lives of the two mep came'"&g Mr. Noell accompanied f‘:)y J?z Renka and Addison Beacham® ] answering a call to the corner of Hill smet and Milledge a’éfi#‘. where a wreck had occurred be tween ‘cars drivep by E. W. Rey nolds, Siloam, and J. P. Sulivah, Whitehall: Ironically enough, mei ther Reynolds or Sullivan was in jured. e o Wheyp calls were sent to bath (Continued On Page Two) Gray Resigns As Alumni Secretary The resignation of Thomas Gray, jr., as secretary of the University of Georgia alumni association was announced here by the alumni of fice today, the resignation teo take effect when a successor has been named. s f Mr. Gray gave as his reason. for resigning his desire to devote ‘his | entire time to his law pr% ‘He has been_associated here. with | the fifm of Erwin, Erwin and: Nix | for several years. e } It is understood that the fi | cers of the alumni association have already agreed upon Mr. Gray's lsucoessor and that a formal' an nouncement will follow a meefizik 'of the officers to be held in Atlan | ta some time this month or early | in - June. i o dificulties between Poland and Germany with a resultant re alignment of political relations throughout Eurepe. S PARlS.—Strong guards were posted about Petit Palais as some of Italy’s choicest art treasurés were . placed on exhibition as & good will gesture conceived by Premier Mussolini. ok PARIS.—A slight drift toward the left was disclsoed by returns from yesterday’s <municipal elec tions. the Communists profiting somewhat at the expense of the Socialists. fl = LONDON.—Angeloa Joyee,' the “Miss England of 1930," testified in her breach of promise sumit against Lord Revelstoke that the wealthy young banker ' several times asked her to elope with him and that she was “perfes :% ing.” A iw;_s;w%i‘.;:‘f; ' P T s