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W. ALBON WOOD
W. Albon Wood, better known to
a large number of friends as “Atch
ie” has taken over his duties as
the new manager of the Broad
street store of the Great Atlantic
and Pacific Tea company.
Mr. Wood succeeds H. S. Mar
ler, who has been promoted to as
sistant superintendent of this terri
tory with headquaterg in Atlanta.
The new store manager has been
connected with the A, and P. com
pany for four years and his rise to
a managership in go short a time
comes as deserved recognition of
his abilities.
He is a graduate of Athens High
school, where he starred at end on
the football team. Foothall fans
foresaw a great career on college
oridirons but he entered the busi
ness world instead. At High school
he also gave promise of becoming
a star basketball player but a leg
injury forced him to quit the game.
A strong lover of athletics, he has
played in the softball leagues so
popular at the Y. M. C. A. but press
of business lately has frced him
to discontinue playing.
In November, 1932, he was mar
ried to Miss Alice Jones, who is
connected with the College of Agri
culture, Mrs, Wood is one of the
most popular members and mov
ing spirits in the Business Girls
club and of the loecal chapter of
Pilot Club International,
Mr. Wood is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Wood and is a mem
her of the First Methodist church.
The many friends of the popular
couple are congratulating them on
the signal promotion with which
the A. and P. company has reward
ed Mr. Wood's diligence and effi
ciency. /
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
WOMEN VOTERS TO MEET
The Board of Directors of the
Athens League of Women Voters
will meet tomorrow afternoon at
five o'clock at the Holman hotel.
All members of the Board are
arged to to be present.
FOREMAN IS DEAD
ATLANTA — (® — David Wal
ter Lovett, 58, for 15 years foreman
of the mechanical department of
Georgia Power company died at his
home here early today.
Huey Long Anxiously
Awaits Reply of F. R.
WASHINGTON, —(#)— Senator
Long (D-LA), who Safurday ad
dressed an open letter to [Presi
dent Roosevelg challenging him to
push at this session of congress a
distribution of wealth program,
called newspaper offices today to
fay he was anxiously awaiting a
reply.
“I am waiting very amxiously this
morning te see what answer the
rresident gives to the six questions
I propounded so as to show whe
ther he is or is not going to put
himself on notice for a ‘share our
Wealth® plan, the -senator said.
He may hand us the mnine of
hearts but if he does wie'll deal
'fl{i)m the deuce spot in November,
1938.?
STATE NEWS BRIEFS
By The Associated Press
state
MACON—A campaign rfxoi;l:les 8
law embodying the QA oot
trade p!‘acglcefl the NR D ore ot
launched by a group of dl gl
the Georgia Pharmaceutic
ciation,
Charles Evans of Warrenton was
elected chajirman of the board,
Helon L. Chichester of Macon, vice
Chairman; R. C. Wilson, of Athens,
executive secretary and L. O. Moore
of Atlanta, field secretary.
WEST POINT—Shep Sheppard,
-vear-old traveling salegman,_difd
4t his home here yesterday. Fun
fral services were arranged for, to-
g EATONTON -— Frank Meadows,
20, was killed and his wife and Al
bert Roberts were seriously injured
Wwhen a truck overturned on* the
Sparta road near here yesterday.
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
Munitions Quiz Seeks Curb on Shipbuilders
Congress Heads Into New Fights This Week; Fierce Struggle Predicted
BILL TO REGULATE
HOLDING COMPANIES
ON FLOOR OF HOUSE
Action on Measure Slated'
For Latter Part of ‘:
This Week. |
—_— ok
Ickes Renews Attack on
Talmadge in His Book,
“Back to Work." |
WASHINGTON — () — This!
week may see the climactic fightingl
in one of the fiercest struggles of |
this congress. The utility holding{
company bill, shorn of the “death |
'sentence” which President Roose- |
velt desires to have imposed on
holding firms branded ‘“unneces
sary,” moves to the house floor
after tense weeks in committee.
The bill already has passed the |
senate, where the compulsory aboli- ;
tion feature won by one vote. |
Before taking up this issue, the
house busied itself today with Dis-}
trict of Columbia legislation, whilel
the senate moved toward a vote on|
the Bankhead bill, setting up a cor-l
portation with an eventual bor!'ow-I
ing power of $1,000,000,000 to help
tenant farmers and sharecroppers!
to own their own land.
Legislators Divided
However, the minds of the legis
lators were divided between the
business at hand and the over
shadowing issue of taxes. They
talked over Senator Borah's de
claration that President Roosevelt's
call for new taxes on wealth was
“sound” and they noted how that
statement gave encouragement to
a 4, sizeable bloc pressing for tax-the
wealthy action at this session. De
mocratic leaders prepared to ask
President Roosevelt if he meant to
seek action now or at some later
date.
Another topic of discussion was
the senate munitions committee’s
report demanding legislation to pre
vent ‘“‘collusion’” among shipyards in
bidding for warship jobs, to cut
profits to 5 per cent of the cost to
the government in cases where the
government assumes no risk, and to
make “lobbyists” disclose their af
fairs. The committee headed by
Senator Nye, Republican, North
Dakota, demanded a big stick poli
cy to “police” shipbuilders.
Besides the utility bill, another
measure around which the fires of
controversy burn hot may soon leap
into the. headlines. Leaders are
seeking to get the omnibus bank
ing bill, which would centralize
control over money and credit, out
of the senate banking committee
for action before July 1.
TAUMADGE CRITICIZED
WASHINGTON — ® — T h e
federal government’s difficulties
with Governor Eugene Talmadge of
Georgia are described by Secretary
Ickds in his book, “Back to Work,"
as an example of problems en
countered in approving public
works projects.
Ickes renewed his attack on the
Georgia executive for vetoing a bill
which wonld have validated state
highway certificates as collateral
PW'A projects.
“While we have had no similar
experience with any other public
official, even below the grade of
governor,”’ Ickes said, “this illumi
nating incident will serve to justify
the caution that we feit it was nec
essary to exercise in many in
stances in approving projects when
we were asked to rely upon the
promises of public officials instead
of upon statutory authority.”
‘ “Breaking Promise”
Secretary Ickes last week ac
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ATLANTA—PhiIip Weltner, re
tiring chdncellor of the University
System of Georgia, today awaited
official word from Washington of
his appointment as regional direc
tor of the rural resettlement pro
grom under Rexford Tugwell, the
national director. The appoint
ment was made by President Roose
velt and must be confirmed by the
senate.
MACON —One of the foremost
CWA-FERA projects undertaken in
the southeast, Macon’s new $250,-
000 city hall, is to be dedicated for
mally tomorrow afternoon.
J. Ellsworth Hall, sr., president
of the Bibb county board of educa
tion, is to make the principal ad
dress at the exercises.
SWAINSBORO —An automobile
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“FLYING KEYS” ONLY
3 DAYS FROM RECORD
MERIDIAN, Miss.— (#) —As
the Key brothers today came
within three days of a new en
durance record, a bad tooth
which brought almost unbearble
suffering for several days to Al
Key, older of the two pilots of
the ship, was reported improved
and information from the ship
indicated all was well. Fred,
the other brother said he was
O. K. The plane has been up
since June 4.
Between 15,000 and 20,000
persons visited the airport Sun
day. -
DISPUTES OF LABOR
COREAD OVER MATION
Troubles Centered on
New England; Strikes
Continue to Dot West.
(By the Associated Press)
Labor disputes spread sporadi
cally over the United States to
day.
In New England, the United Tex
tile Workers of America called out
its members in mills operated by
the Uxbridge Worsted company.
Early reports said approximately
2800 of the mills’ 3,375 employes
answered the call, This wag the
first serious dispute in the fre
quently-turbulent textile industry
in New England since the expira
tion of the codes,
The demand for hg#; wages
also brought a strike ¢all from the
International Seamef’s Union to
members employed on codl tankers
owned by the Cities Service com
pany.
Four tankers were tied up by the
walkout, one in Boston, one in
Providence, R .1., and two in Port
Arthur, Texas. ‘
Pervy Pryor, New England rep
resentative of the union, said a
wage raise of from $52 to $62.50 a
month for able-bodied seamen was
sought. ;
As an aftermath of the trolly
workers strike in Omaha, Governor
R. L. Cochran, of Nebraska, paid
no heed to refusal of non-striking
car workers to abide by arhitration,
The governor ordered his commis
sion to continue arbitration of the
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A, 6. ELDER DIES AT
HOME HERE MONDAY
Funeral Services for Well
Known Athenian to Be
Held Tomorrow.
Alphonzo Greenwood Elder, 87,
died at his residence, 138 West
Dougherty street, Monday morning
at 10 o'clock after an illness of
one week. G
Sui;\:i-\;ifig Mr. Flder are his
wife, Mrs. Jennie Elizabeth Elder;
two daughters, Mrs. A D. Che-
ney, Winter Haven, Fla., and Miss
Laura Elder, Athens; a step
daughter, Miss Helen Spann, Ath
ens; son, Charlie F. Elder, Ath
ens; and three grandchildren,
Mrs. Julian Paul, Winter Haven,
Fla.; Mrs. W. K. Weatherly,
Stone Mountain, Ga., and Charlie
I'. Elder, jr., Athenp.
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday afternoon ag 5:00 o’clock
at the First Christian church, con
ducted by Rev. Staniey R. Grubb,
pastor. ! i
i Pallbearers will be T. L. Elder,
!T. L. Elder, jr., Harry Elder, H‘
.C. Bishop, E. E. Bishop and Dr.
H. M. FKullilove. Interment will
Ibe in Oconee Hill cemetery, Mc-
Dorman-Bridges in charge.
An honorary escort will be com
posed of the official board of the
First Christian church, and the
Cobh-DeLoney chapter of Confed
erate Veterans., Judge H. C. Tuck
and T. W. Reed will be honorary
members of the chapter.
‘ Born in Clarke county, Mr.-
Elder had spent his life here. He
| was the son of William Young
| and Emily C. Elder.
| At the age of 16, he answered
| the call to the colors of the Con
| federacy. In 1869 he married Mar
| tha Caroline Fullilove.
| He was at one time a valued
employe of the Hodgson Brothers
lcompany and rater with Talmadge
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~—~ESTABLISHED 1832
Shadows Fade and Jack Dempsey
Finds That Life Is Joyous at 40
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Jack Dempsey at 40, with the wife and daughter who make every
thing look rosy to the ex-champion, The former Hannah Williams of
musical comedy fame and their daughter Joan Hannah have made the
one-time Mauler a contented family man at last, sitting on top of the
world.
BY WILLIS THORNTON
(NEA Service Correspondent)
NEW YORK-—ls it possible that
time has turned into a man of 40
the tigerish youth who battered the
heavyweight crown off Jess Wil
lard’s head in Toledo in 1919?
It is not only possible, it is true,
And today, William Harrison Dem
psey is modestly celenrating the
fact.
At 40, life seems to be just be
ginning for Jack Dempsey. There
is none of your rum-soaked, paper
doll-cutting ex-pug’s future in
sight for him.
He looks fit, probably not more
than 10 pounds above his fighting
weight; nothing fortyish about Jack
today. -
He has enough money, and is
making more all the time. He is
touchingly in love with a charm
ing wife. He's crazy about their
daughter, Joan Hannah Dempsey.
He has lots of friends, sees them
frequently, is able to do things for
them. His restless energy has not
deserted Lim. He is sitting on top
of the world.
His close associates will tell you
that Jack is happier than he has
ever been before. They know that
during his palmiest days as cham
pion there was always something
of a cloud over Dempsey.
Two Marriages Unhappy
His first marriage, to Maxine
Gates, was a misfortune. It is
doubtful if he was ever really happy
in the Hollywood home he made
with his second wife, movie actress
Estelle Taylor.
The shadow of bitter criticism for
his failure to enlist during the, World
War hung over him for years
MacDonald Smith Fires 66
In British Open Qualifying
MUIRFIELD, Scotland.— (#) —
MacDonald Smith, the veteran
Scot who makes his headquarters
at Glendale, Calif., laid claim early
to the shotmaking honors in the
36-hole qualifying round for the
British Open Golf championship
today with a six under par, first
round 66 fired over the neighbor
ing Gullane course.
The 45-year-old veteran, who
has been seeking a major title
for more than a score of years,
toured the first nine in 84—one
under par—and then came back
in 32, displaying some of the fin
est golf ever shot in this heather
country.
Smith was one of three early
finishers to break par on the Gul
lane course. Percy Alliss of Eng
land and P. J. Mahon, a young
Irish professional, reported sub
par 70's, while Frank Ball, for
merly from Atlanta, Ga., came up
with par 72.
Athens, Ga., Monday, June 24, 1935.
Though intimates who knew Jack
and all the circuamstances never
held this against him, the comments
of the unthinking cut Dempsey to
the quick.
He would have done anything to
undo this chapter, but it was past
and nobody can say he did not play
the man under the barrage of be
littling. The tragedy of his estran
gement from his manager, Jack
Kearns, hung over him also for
vears.,
Those who had seen him restless
ly pacing his refuge of a dim hotel
room during the heights of his
glory know that Jack Dempsey was
never really a happy man until to
day.
He's Joyous Jack Now
Passing 40, however, all that is
changed. To see Jack at hls re
staurant, across the street from
Madison Square Garden, is to seb
a man enjoying life.
It's “Hl' Jack!” from some old
friend, and “Hello there, Bill” in
return. In a corner of the restau
rant sits a frowsy-looking fellow
from the west. He knew Jack when
. . . He gets his meal, and there'll
be money in his pocket when he
leaves, too.
Governors, senators, dignitaries
of all kinds, current ring celebri
ties, all pass through the restau
rant, and they all get the same kind
of a “Hello” that the frowsy fellow
got.
Jack Dempsey still greets king
and Kkibitzer in precisely the same
way. Because he's equally and nat
urally glad to see either.
Above the restaurant is a small
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Sharply contrasting last week’s
heat-wave, a heavy mist combined
with an occasional cold, drizzling
rain made playing conditions for
the early starters on the Muirfield
course—the other preliminary test
layout—particularly miserable with
the result scores ran generally
high. Arthur Lee was the only
early finisher to dent par. He had
a 71—one under regulation figures.
Bad driving, rather than the
elements contributed to a big first
round 78 for William Lawson
Little, jr., the broad-shouldered
Californian and world amateur
champion. His tee shots hit the
fairways on only two holes over
Muirfield.
"The second and final test round
will be played tomorrow after
which the field will be reduced to
the low 100 scores and ties for
‘the championship proper which
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Plans Forwarded by FERA
To Absorb All Unemployed
In Georgia by September 1
Some 15,000 to 20,000
Will Be Put to Work
First Week in July.
OTHERS BY SEPT. 1
Gay Shepperson, Director
In State, Makes Plans
to Start At Once.
ATLANTA, —(P)— Plans were
forwarded by the FERA today te
absorb all of Georgia’s unemploy
ed in the work-relief program
within sixty days.
Employment will be furnished
15,000 to 20,000 Georgians the first
week in July, and the remainder
of the 71,000 heads of families now
on relief are expected to be put te
work on projects by September 1,
Miss Gay B. Shepperson, state
FERA ! administrator, announced.
Simultaneously she said ques
tions of school relief money for
Georgia teachers and additional
funds for unemployable persons
strcken from relief rolls were
closed issues,
Direct Relief At End
The administrator emphasized
that direct relief by the federal
govrnment is at an end and that
schools must qualify for funds
made retroactive to April 19.
Georgia will not be given a «de
finite allotment of money for
work relief, but funds will be
made available as projects are
approved in Washington, Miss
[Shepperson: said. = Only “first
class” projects will' be undertaken
anfl ' they will be selected on the
basis of mieeting community
needs and desires. *
This state has gotten its full
share of relief money and will re
ceive full benefits under the new
four billion dollar spending pro
gram, she added, observing claims
had been advanced that Georgia
had been diseriminated against.
Cities, Counties Help
Cities and counties will be ex
pected to pay a good portion of
the cost of materials on paving
projects, while some jobs that are
now in progress will be labeled
work-ralfef projects, including
@irports, construdtion and repair
of public hnildings, secondary
roads and paving of city streets.
The bulk of th employment will
be handled by the national reqe:
ployment gerviice which sis now
registering all georgians on relief
Miss Shepperson said the state
will be divided into eight districts,
with the work program being ad
mnstered by engineers in charge
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NEGRO GIVEN GHAR
AT JEFFERSON TRIAL
J. B. Allen, Accused of At
tacking Nicholson Wo
man, to Die July 19.
BY JACK BATES
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
JEFFERSON, Ga. — (#) — While
national guardsmen patrolled the
courthouse to preserve order, a
Negro charged with attacking a
white woman was convicted here
today and sentenced to die in the
electric chair July 19. }
The Negro booked as J. B. Allen,
alias J. B. Reece, heard the death
gsentence 26 minutes after the jury
received the case. The trial lasted
an hour and 40 minutes.
The national guardsmen, in com
mand of Adjustant General Lindley
W. Camp, were called out to pre
serve order after Sheriff R. M. Cul
berson and Judge W. W, Starke of
the Jackson county superior court
requested their presence,
Traveling in a caravan of swift
military trucks, the 60 troopers
gpecially trained in riot duty picked
up the Negro at Gainesville, where
he had been held for safekeeping
and brought him here for the trial
They immediately threw a guard
about the court house, setting up
machine guns at strategic points.
All persons entering the courtroom
were searched by the guardsmen
and two men, who were said by
guard officers to apparently have
been intoxicated, were taken into
custody but released when the trial
was over,
The Negrowascharged with at
tacking a farmer's wife near Nich
alson, Ga., on June 5. He was ar
rested that night and spirited to an
uhannounced jail by the sheriff.
Taking the stand, the defendant
pleaded not quilty and, denied the
charge, testifying that he was in
Athens, Ga,, the two days before the
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A new honor has been added to
the many scholastic achievements
of Mary George Fitzpatrick, 16-
year-old Sheffield, Ala., miss, with
her perfect score in a test con
ducted by a national high schoo)
magazine, in which more than
50,000 students took part and-only
one equalled Miss Fitzpatrick's
mark. She was given a free trip
to Washington as’'a reward. Vale
dictorian of her class this spring,
the Alabama giri had an almost
perfect “A” record for her school
career, won a medal for senior
class grades, and. a D. A. R.
medal for the best student in U.
S. history.
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EARLY LEADERS
WASHINGTON — (#) — Lewis
Johnson, jr., slender youngster from
Charleston (8. C.), college, shot a
35, two under par, for the first nine
holes to take an early lead in the
first qualifying round o¢ the na
tional intercollegiate golf cham
pionship over the Congressional
course, J. P. Malloy of Pringeton
had a 36.
Foreich News On THUMBNAIL
By The Associated Press
ROME,—Premier Benito Musso
lini and Captain Anthony Eden
met in a conference at which Ital
ian circles sadi I 1 Duce asserted
he could not approve the unilat
eral manner in which the Anglo-
German naval agreement was
reached.
PEIPING.—A = complete séttle
ment of the Changpei incident
was effected as General Chin Teh
Chuan resigned as governor of
Chahar province. The terms of
the Sino-Japanese agreement were
not - disclosed.:
DUBLlN.—Tension ran high
tnroughout the ‘Free State today
after a conflict between the Irish
Republican army and the Irish
Citizen army from which several
casualties were reporfed.
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4-POINT PROGRAN 15 .
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COMMITEE. TOON
“Big Stick’ Policy Would
Police All Builders
of Warships. :
TOO MUCH PROFIT
Group Says Ships Can Be
Built Cheaper in U. S
Government Yards,
WASHINGTON —-(P)—Demand
ing a big stick policy to w
builders of warships and prevent
them from confusing “public de
fense needs with their private:
pockets,” the senate 'M;
committee today urged a four-poing
legislative program to: e
1, Prevent collusion in bidding
for navy construction jobs. =
2. Prevent American patents frofn
getting into the hands of foreign
powers. et
8. Limit profits to § percent of
the total cost to the government.
in cases where the government as-
sumes the risks of the enterprise
or to 10 percent where the govern«
ment does not. s ven
4 Require that ghipbuilders “lob
byists” register with the govern
ment and discldse thdir income
and expenditures. 7
Not Above Suspicion 1
Some shiphuilders, Maid the
committee headed by Senator Nye
(R-ND) are certainly not ahove
suspicion of willingness to wa
the flag or to ecirculate war seare
in the plain and simple interest |
their own pocketbooks, regardless
of results. Tl
The committee, making a prelimi
nary report on an investigation to
determine whether “collusion” ex
isted, held that there was “telepa~
thy” among - shipyard officialg in
dealing with each other so that
€ach got the ship contracts it wanty
ed at profits ranging as high as
36 percent. e
“The private shipbuilders,*. the
report said, “should very definités
ly be placed in any and all moves
made by them or through th
confuse public defense needs with
their private pocets, or shoul be
cut off entirely from the building
of ships for the navy” U g
Navy At Mercy
It declared the navy was “at tie
mercy” of the yards in preparing
plans for warships and was equ ”{
helpless at determining what prices
were fair. G
“A series of bids are put beforé
the navy,” the report restisd;
“and the navy has to take tHe IQW
one, and the taxpayers haveul
take the low one, and the taxpayess
have to hope and pray that the
low one is somewhere within a few
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Alliscn Eliminated
At Wimbledon Today
LONDON,—(/P)— Wilmer Allison
of Austin,’ Tex. top ranking Am
erican player, was ellmimt%
singles competition in the Wimble~
don championships today when he
dropped a first round match 1o
Vivion McGrath of Austriq,*;'gfg
63 79, 1.5
' Most otivr léading players,:dns
| cluding Sidney B. Wood, Wilmer
Hines, John Van Ryn and Donald
Burdge of the United States colia
tingent; Fred Perry, British and
American champion and H, W,
(Bunny) Austin, the tournament’s
fourth ranking player, advancs xd
leasl]y into the second round, but
! Roderich Xenzel, the big CZ ",‘
| siovakian, was forced to go four
]sets to defeat L. C. Cater of En~
lgland. Vi
gird oot e go it eSt S
MEXICO.—Extra police Were as
signed to guard the United Bfi
embassy today after a bomb. was
thrown into the embassy garden,
shattering several windows MKW‘
building. Ly e
P A R T S—The International
Chamber of Commerce opened its
world congress Wwith an assertion
from President Frederick 3‘3:
Van Vlissingen that “world war
of quotas and exchange” must en ;
if the world wants econcmic p «;,
perity, ","‘"
LONDON.—Great Britain turned
to the task of uniting Europé
either by bi-lateral pacts or &
multi-lateral agreement, as a Gep.
man delegation left after @one
cluding the Anglo-German ns
accord. ST e S