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Newspaper Page TextLOCAL COTTON BN MnDDLING . 12%¢c PREVIOUS CLOBE . ... % L ————— 0. 103. No. 109. Beer and Wines Are Legalized; Plans Are Made ATLANTA . = () -— Virtually .in beer and wines were legal 4in Wednesday’s referenda, city ¢ county authorities Saturday reported to have local option ithoritv. p z ’\.« ines there is a specific pro ], in the legislative act ,on "oalization about local option elec " . put with reverse English, "I a county wants to prevent wine sales an election must be held .nd the people vote to stop it. " «ych a provision is not contained ;,,“,;.“» heer measure but it does say ‘,;,,,, prew can not be sold in any city or ‘county without a = permit ,-,(:I\. soverning bodies of counties and municipalities. Before a- county holds an election for decision on the outlawing of wine there must be a petition filed vith the proper authorities con taining the names of fifteen per ent of the registered . voters. persons . who searched through ihe wine bill .said they found no provision aginst the importation of wine into Georgia. However, the intent of the bill, from Jts caption, i« to promote growing of wine makng products within the state, \vhich would be tax free when made into the beverage. There ‘is no limitation on the al coholic content of wine, except what can be produced by fermen tation. The =alcoholic content of beer is limited to six per cgent. Final Exercises to inal E Be Held Monday at Winterville School WINTERVILLE. — Final exer cises will be held at Winterville high school. Monday night at 8:30, with Professor T. J. Lance, pres ident of Young Harris college, giv ing the commencement address. Rev. John K. Grizzle, pastor of the Statham Baptis{ echurch, will preach the commencement sermon this morning at 11:30. One of the largest classes in history will graduate tomorrow night, and a large crowd is ex pected to attend the exereises. The complete program for the ser vices, as announced yesterday- by Superintendent Roy J. Boné: ‘Fﬁi lows: Processional, “Old Glory"” by Oli ver—Mrs. (. S. Coile. Innovation—Rev. R. W. Greene, Salutatory - Misses Katherine Davis and HEmily Colle. (lass Song—Class. Valedictory—Frances Carter. Address—Prof, T. J. Lance. \nnouncements -— Superintend ent Bond. Awarding of certificates for grammar schools —W, R. Coile, county school supgrintendent. Presentation of class—Superin tendent R. J. Bond. Awarding of diplomas—Rev. W, W. Coile, chairman wof county board of education. Benediction. Recessional, *“March” by Bon heur--Mrs, C. 8, Colle. COL. MICHAEL WILL SPEAK AT CLOSING OF CLARKE SCHOOL Col. M. G. Michael will deliver| the . commencement - address at Teacher Training and - Industrial Institute on the Danielsville high- Way Friday night, May 24, at 8:30 t'clock A ov e The annual commencement ex frcises hegan at the school, of which Judia = Jackson ‘Harris is Principal, Wednesday night by 8:30 Oclock when the eclass program Was given. The alumni meeting Was held Friday night and this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock Rev. J: A. Bdwards of Athens will deliver the commencement sermon. | The primary concert will be givep tomorrow night at 8:30 Oclock and Tuesday night at the sime hour an entertainment of pirituals and the exhibits will be held. The dramatic elub presents “The Little Clodhopper” Wednes- | day night at 8:30. Graduation ex eleises will be held Friday night. Over 200 Enjoy 'Cue Given Friday Night Some 200 city officials, firemen, bolicemen, members of the DeMo lay chapter which Friday conducted the city government, and a few ends, were guests Friday evening il an enjoyable barbecue at the city flockade. The barbecue was giv- Ly the department of public Works . Prayer preceding the ‘eue was] “ffered by Abit Nix and over 200‘ i’!“?')s were 'served. Giving t'hei Jarbecue were Jack Beacham, B. }j. Lumpkin, A, J. Watson, A. B-} “tarpe, Harvey Yarbrough, A. L. Smith, Robert Lester, R. L. Arnold and Clarence Brooks. | e Belated “Beauty Spot” - - Nomination Received —————— \ Although the recent ~*“Beauty "IOt" nominations have ended, ¢ Banner-Herald received a tip o L hight o tell motorists on their “unday afternoon rides today to N out to Whitehall and turn ~ (Continued On Page Six) J ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Full Associated Press Service Contests To Be Filed In Two “Dry™ Counties 49 PERSONS KILLED IN COLLISION OF TWO PLANES IN RUSSIA SATURDAY LARGEST LAND PLANE [o3TRUCK INID-AIR BY STUNTING PLANE Aviator in Small Plane Is Stunting Against Instructions ALL ARE KILLED Eight Women, 6 Children Are Among Victims of Tragedy Saturday MOSCOW. — (&) — The Maxim Gorky, largest land airplane in the world, crashed after a collision with a small airplane Saturday, kill ing 49 persons, including 8 women and six children, in the worst dis aster ever to berall a passenger plane. An official report denied the Maxim Gorky exploded, although the plane broke into pieces in the air. The mangled bodies of its 48 ocs cupants were cscattered over the village of Socol, three miles from Moscow. Pilot Blagin of a .small escort ing plane, which rammed into the Gorky while stunting ‘against or ders, was also killed. Soviet of ficials confirmed the death toll of 49, There were reports that several villagers were killed when struck by fallen wreckage but these were not confirmed. The women and children among the 87 passengers lost in the dis aster were members of the famis lies of crack employes of the Cen tral Airodynamic Institute, on an excursion in the plane. V Expert Pilots Among the entire crew of 11 that perished were two of the Soviet's most expert pilots, Giuroff and Kikhaeff. The dead Dpassengers .included Matrosoff, chief production engi neer of the Airodynamic' Institute, Kazarnovich, director of the in stitute’'s pilot committee and his two children, and the institute’s chief mechanic and, head book keeper. Eye witnesses said the smaller plare remafned wedged Jnto an edge of the Maxim Gorky’s wing and that the two fell together. Theyp the pilot of the Gorky re gained control and tried to coms down in a glidey. Spectators sa.ig they believed he would have succeeded but that the smaller plane fell away and the giant liner lost equilibrium and went into a nosedive. It was officially asserted the pilot cut off the motors and that there was no explosion, although shortly after going into the terri- (Continued on Page Two) _—-—-——.—'—'—_— - e Five Known Dead in Southwestern Storm ‘_,_——-—— ALTUS, Okla, — (® _ Five persons were known dead Saturday night and at least seven missing in a storm that wrought an estimated million dollars’ damage in Texas and Oklahoma. Four persons were killed and many more injuree probably fat ally in a series of devastating stwisters” in widely separated sec tions of north and central Texas. Driving rains, swelling small streams into torrents, accompanied the tornadic Texss winds. In Oklahoma, which escaped the wind’s attack, roaring flood waters in the region of ‘Altus, in the south western corner, left one dead and geven missing. STATE NEWS BRIEFS By The Associated Press FITZGERALD. — Mrs. E. H. Dorminy, widow of former sheriff E. H. Dorminy, died here Satur day. GRAY —A rally of war veter ans of the sixth congressional dis trict will be held here this afternoon to discuss the bonus sit uation and other veterans prob lems. Secretary of State George Ham ilton and Ben T. Watkins of Ma con, State membership chairman of the American Legion, will be the principal speakers. SAVANNAH.—The local re-em ployment office reports there are 7,877 unemployed persons in Sa vannah, 5,591 of whom are men and 2,286 women. SAVANNAH — A. J. 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That's what Iceberg is seeing in this picture and #’s no nature fake. Iceberg, a Guernsey, was n in Antarctica, a member of the Bynd expedition, and here he is getting acquainted with grass on the Department of ‘Agriculiure lawn in Washington, as ‘Byrd, left, showed him to Secrgtary Henry Eight Athens Girls Initiated Into Freshman Honor Society JEWIGH STUDENTS T 0 GIVE CANTATA League Will Present “Bel shazzar’” in University Chapel Monday A.M. The Jewish Student League will present a sacred cantata in the University chapel Monday morning at 10:30. ‘“Belshazzar,” by Stults. ‘The program- is asiollows: . Part One—The Great Feast Prelude. e ! I—Bass solo, "“Belshazzar the King Made a Great Feast.” - Men's chorus “Then they brought the Golden Vessels.” Mixed chorus, “Drink to the Geds of Gold and Silver.” ll—Tenor solo, “The Handwrit ing on the Wall.” Chorus, ‘“Then the King’s Counténance was Chang ad ™ llT—Bass solo, “Whosoever Shall Read This Writing.” Men's quar. tet, “Then Came in all the King’s Wise Men.” IV—Soprano solo, 4“0 -King Live Forever.” “There is a man in thy Kingdom.” Chorus, “O King, Live Forever.” V—Chorus — “Where Are 'Thy (Continued On Page Two) Lamar (Barnesville) county agent, has been chosen to succeed Joseph G. Woodruff of Chatham (Savan nah) county. Woodruff has resign ed to accept a position with the Tennessee Valley Authority. FITZGERALD, Ga.—The a.nn.ual' meetings of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows, the encampment and the grand lodge of Rebekahs are to be held here May 21-23. ! « Among the state officers expect-! ea for the meetings are A, A, /! Thomas, deputy grand master, of Savannah; Allen Turner, grand patriarch, of Atlanta; grandd mas- | ter Leroy Lewis, of Columbus; M. D. Collins, Atlanta, past grand master; Horace T. Bridges, of Au eusta; Jake B. Joel, of Athens and Mrs. Clara Jones, of Macon, viee president of the Rebekahs, _A, Wallace, Banquet for New Mem bers Held in Dawson Hall Friday Evening Initiating eight Athens girls in a group of 25, ‘Alpha Lambda Delta, national freshman honor society for women students, held initiation services and a banquet at Dawson hall ¥riday evening. To qualify for membership, students must have an average of 87 or above in all work for which they are regis-~ tered. The Athens girls initiated were Virginia Ashford, daughter of Mrs. C. S. Ashford, and a member of Chi Omega sorority; Frances Barrow, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. David . Barrow, and a granddaughter of the late Chancellor David Crenshaw Barrow; Emmie Bolton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Bolton, and a member of Alphia Gamma Delta sorority. / . Helen Cabaniss, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Harvey Cabiness, and a member of Chi Omega; Nancy Hardy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hardy, and a member of Chi Omega; Dorothy Jarnagin, daugh ter of Dr. and Mrs. Milton P. Jar nagin, a member of Phi Mu, the Woman’s Athletic association, and winner of the highest grade on the freshman intelligence test last fall. Barbara Jenkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W, Jenkins, a mem ber of Chi Omega, winner of the Chi Omega prize for the highest average of any woman student in the University, and winner of third place in the freshman intelligence test. Miss Eleanor Williams, daugh ter of Mrs. Jewett Williams, a member of Chi Omega and winner of second place in the freshman in telligence test. Miss Williams is also a granddaughter of the late Chancellor Barrow. Three others are closely associat- (Continued On Page Three) LOCAL WEATHER i g ————————————— Showers Sunday and Mon day; not much change in tem perature. TEMPERATURE BHEhest: ..o ssee seds arns.l4.o FOWESL. .oo sees csrd ssnse.oo.o WIBEN .cc 46 mset sive wundD MOPIAL. L. i iiin asinetD:o RAINFALL Inches last 24 hours.... .... 0.00 Total since May 1.....4 v+.. 2.80 Excess since May 1...... «. .70 Average May rainfall...... 3.69 Total since January 1......23.74 Excess since January 1.... 3.11 Athens, Ga., Sunday, May 19, 1935. SEMTE 15 GERTAIN 0 UPHOLD VETO OF PATMIAN BONUS BILL TALMADGE RENEWS RODSEVELT ATTACK Ceorgia Governor, in New York, Speaks Over Radio Hook-up Saturday BY NATHAN ROBERTSON (Associated Press Staff Writer) WASHINGTON — (#) — While President Roosevelt completed in geclusion a sternly worded bonus veto, a check of senate votes Sat urday disclosed that his rejection of the inflationary $2,200,000,000 Patman monus gill almost certain ly would be upheld. A virtually complete survey failed to show a single change in the 35 votes registered 'of ' announced against the inflatiohary bill when it passed the sendte early last week, despite the intense anti-veto campaign conducted by its friends, Should 33 vote with the president the veto would be upheld. Several Wavering On the other hand, several sena. tors who voted for the bill origin ally appeared to- be wavering in view of the president’s . dramatic show of detrmination to kill the bill. The executive's intention to appear personally .to. present his veto, a hitherto unprecedented act ion, was held by administration leaders to have already made itself felt. . Whether Mr. Roosevelt would make his personal appeal on Mon day was uncertain, House leaders said it might not be possible to complete arrangements for a joint session in time to Teceive him. Should there be delay -the veto might not be delivered until mid week because of a sc¢heduléd sen ate-house memorial service on Tuesday. v Face Showdown Despite the solid front of vetes against them, Patman bill leaders in a conference Saturday decided to face the showdown immediately after the chief executive delivers his message, without prolonging the issue by debate. Some of the Patman side virtually conceded defeat, but warned that (Continued On Page Five) NEW YORK.—(#)—Renewing his attack on the New Deal, Gov ernor Eugene Talmadge of Geor gia, outspoken critic of the Roose velt administration, Saturday night advanced a recovery pro gram of his own which included abolition of the NRA and the AAA and immediate payment of the soldiers’ bonus. A “These plans alone will take millions off the relief rolls,” he declared- : : “If they pay the bonus and the outstanding AAA ~ curtailment contracts out of the $4,800,000,000 relief fund and they'll’ have less money to throw to the winds and less to use to entrench the pres ent administration in office.” The NRA and the AAA, com bined with the- administration banking bill and the Wagner la bor disputes bill, he said, “is al most the complete -communistic form of government.” Speaks Over Radio Governor Talmadge spoke over an NBC network. Earlier, in an interview over station WINS, he charged that .the NRA had re tarded business relovery and that the AAA is “an effort to develop a false prosperity.” The governor also addressed the Georgia So ciety's annual dinner. He praised Senator Huey Long for his efforts to have the offi cial conduct of Postmaster Gen eral James A. Farley investigated and rated the Louisiana “King fish” as the most valuable sena tor for “turning the light on the brain trusters” and their program. “Business has drawn in to its shell and is operating on a day to day basis,” he said. “The NRA scares them white. If it was abol ished now instead of ten months (Continued On Page Five) _ et et At et SBt e e T TN o = ¥ . R Dt : sttt ’;1,1;*.“,:;:;:;.;:;:-,:::;.‘;‘.{3?;:::-. s R A SR, A AR s e . s R R R f(% S BRI S R e o P R S R YI B e R - e B R 3 oy egR R % s R s > R S AAL R S 2 : B e S R R R % R S e X Al e SRR RO R o B o i BEGes S s i e Rt £ B X ‘<§‘§ Qe SRR e - RLRA R g ¢ R B R D e s MR e o e ee st s S eol e i i R RS R o SN o e R '2'4%%3&%‘3:’4l:&%&s?'l:l.l:s:l:i:i:éi:l'i:2l:l;l'¥'l93"'l'l:l',‘.":4:'-:?3 IR ot e b A e N A O SRI7. A L OS S e 3 e o SRS e O ee e oot 5 SS e R e R e et BT T R e SRR - e A S SO ' D e SRR, s O R e eA B R Ral .‘,‘:iiﬁlzl:l:izi:i.?:' % B 1o S R SR B ST R soBN S S B “ . 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Life of NRA Actually Threatened As Senate, House Leaders Disagree Senate ‘‘Dares’’ House to Make Major Change in Clark Resolution WASHINGTON —(P)—House and senate @dempcratic chiefs engaged Saturdayin some additional un dergrapd defy-hurling which se riously threaténed the very life of NRA. « " ; Word wa¥ sent to the house that there would be dangerous delay in the senate if any major changes were made “in the Clark resolu tion extending NRA only 10 months and stripping it of control over intrastate business. . And promptly by messenger the re tort went pack that senate should let the house do its own legislat ing. ’ i One of the messengers was S. Clay Williams, torin.r NRA chief. He conferred with Chairman Har rison of the senate finance com mittee and Chairman Doughton of the house ways and means com mittee. : But since the situation was ac tually endangering chances of get ting a bill through before NRA dies June 16, the disputants gen erally declined to let their names be used. S 1t vs;ajs- said authoritatively, how ever, that the senate’s attitude, was this: b | If the house should substantially change the Clark resolution, it would be sent hack to the senate finance = committee. This would mean delay and extended .debate on the floor. Objéctionable changes, it was said, would include rais ing from 10 months to two years the extension period as well as most -of the seven points agreed upon by President_Roosevelt, Don- (Continued On Page Two) FOUR MORE SPEED RECORDS BROKEN NEW YORK.—-(#)—Four more world speed records for load car rying transport planes were smashed by 'D;* W. “Tommy”’ Tomlinson and his co-pilot, Jos eph E. Bartles, Saturday, making a total of nine new international marks within three days. One of the marks established Saturday was an impro’ ~ment on a record which they broke Thurs day, thus leaving the, United States with eight records held by France. : The two pilots drove their two twin-motored monoplane twice around a closed 1,000-kilometer course between New York, Wash ington and Norfolk at an average speed of 190.906 miles an hour. '1 ¥ A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—sc¢ Sunday LAST RITES TODAY FOR LTHER HALE Funeral Services for Win terville Man to Be Held Here at 4 P. M. Luther J. Hale, 61, died at a local hospital Friday night at 11:39 o'clock after an illness of three weeks. ! Funeral services will be held in McDorman-Bridges chapel Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock, cond}xcted by Dr. J. C. Wilkinsen, pastor of - First Baptist church, assisted by Rev.. W. ‘M. Coile, pastor of Winterville Baptist church. Interment will be in Oconee Hill cemetery and palibearers will be Claude Tuck, Grady [Carter, Carl ton Noell, John Erwin, Charlie Herring and Jim Dayvis, Surviving Mr. Hale are his widow, Mrs. Lizzie Hale; four daughters, Mrs. Fay Davis, Rut ledge, Ga.; Mrs. W. H. Robins, Muskogee, Okla.; Mrs. A. W. Noell, Athens; and Mrs. Hugh Pitts, Point Peter; a brother, A. ¢ (Continued On Page Two) Foreich News ON THuMBNAIL By The Associated Press ADDIS, Ababa, Ethiopia—ln a sweeping decree Kthiopia’'s mon._ arch, Emperior Haile Selassie, abo lished serfdom Saturday through out the nation. The ruler also ordered a program equalizing the system of land taxa tion, which an official announce. ment said would advance the country 1,000 years in civilization. Masses cheered the progressive steps, the announcement added. VIENNA — Unconfirmed reports Saturday said 14 persons. werse slain in street fighting in the Yugo slav provinces of Slovenia and Croatia growing from the refusal of young recruits to perform mili tary service in Macedonia. KAUNAS, Lithuania—The threat of grave complications between Litbuania and Germany was par tially removed Saturday when President Antanas Smetona saved HE “UHY” I-EAU H ISES l ; : i f ; il 1N | A U SIAL Irregularities Are Charged In Election in Calhoun, Colquitt Counties PETITIONS DRAWN Protests Will Be Made on Monday, Which Is Last Eligible Day ATLANTA — (#) — Contests to throw out votes in two dry counties .were announced Saturday as com plete but unofficial returns from Wednesdays referendum showed prohibitionists with a lead of 243 votes in Georgia. Rosser Malone, an Albany attor ney and a leader of the repeal forces in Dougherty county, said contests were being filed in Col quitt and Calhdun counties charg ing violation of the Australian bal lot system, “The petitions have already been drawn up,” he said, “and I hope to file them in the superior courts as quick as possible. ik Makes Announcement = Malone made the announcement from Moultrie, home seat of Col quitt county, by telephone. It was learned later the contest would be filed on Monday, ‘alleging dry workers had sample ballots which were marked and presented to voters with official ballots in their hands. An election manager, tgﬁ charged, threatened to close the polls unless the action was stop ped. o Court will be asked to throw out the Moultrie box in which the vote was 217 for repeal and 430 against repeal, o Colquitt county's vote was re ported 454 for repeal to 755 against, and Calhoun county’s 158 for and 370 against. o In Atlanta W. G. Hastings, secs retary of the Georgia Association for Local Option, hub of the re peal fight, confirmed the two con tests but said the association was * taking no hand in the matter. = Is Georgia’s Fight “This i 8 Georgia’s fight,” he n& “Whatever is done must be dong by the people in the various coun ties. We do not have the machinery to handle the contests. It's up to the local people in the counties to file what contests appear neces= sary.” e Whatever action is to be takem, Hastings said he was told, must be taken by Monday, for the law al- (Continued on Fage Five' Baptist Convention Closes in Memphis MEMPHIS, Tenn, —(#P)— 8o ern Baptists reaffirmed their ad herence to that “fundamental new testament doctrine”—the ‘“separa tion of church and state” — and heard Instructions to look upen members of other denominations as cemrades as they concluded 'their eightie‘th annual convention Satura day. “Religion must be kept free from all entangling alliances with gov ernment and government must not assume patronage, sponsorship or control over religion in any form,” the convention agreed in adopting the report of its social service commission: Biromie four Nazis convicted of plotting Memel's return to the Reich from a firing squad. 1 Ses STOCKHOLM — Royal wedding week was inaugurated in adriz zling rain Saturday with the arri val of King Leopold and Queen Astrid of the Belgians, who will be honor guests at next Friday's marriage of Rrincess. Ingrid of Sweden and Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, . MUNICH, Germany — Many col= lections for Catholic charities were: - arrested Saturday and priests were molested as Nazis conducted antls Catholic demonstrations. i Police Saturday night forbads further collections by the Catho ?%:?f asserting the conviction Friday in Berlin of Sister Wernera, Catl ”«"‘ nun for smuggling currency Mi: b had “caused a number of - which are likely to be repeated it the collection Is continued.” &