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Newspaper Page TextP Ry LOCAL COTTON e WHL WIDDLING. -2 _&* o PREVIOUs CLOSE Pyt e 12%c \thens Woman Is ¢oJected Head Of ® Dalton Hospital »ﬂ . not Thompson, daughter of Miss 4 1 M will Thompson, of ‘l'\ s been elected to the erintendency Of the Hamilton ‘;p hospital in Dalten, Ga. :\1 Jompson, who has a large “'m-,,,_ of friends in Athens and pis section, where she has been dive in the nursing profession B -the past several years, dleft to gy for Dalton and will assum9l h pew duties tomorrow morning. A registered nurse and graduate f Athen General hospital, :Miss pompson carries to her new ' post me vears of experience in sever | of the larger hospitals in the ountr She is a past president f the General hospital alumnae ggociation :.u'm graduating from the Gen-’ ral hospital, she took supervisory ork in Western Reserve hospital, | jeveland and later continued herl ok at Harper hospital in De ot LA“,., completing her work in tioit she was assistant to Miss gnes P. McGinley, at the Det eiler Memorial hospital, Wasseon, bnio. Miss McGinley will be well emembered here, where for sev a]l years she was superintendent | ' General hospital. M onmilton Memorial hospital is he of the most modern in all re pects in the state and while her hany friends here regret she is baving Athens, they will congra-l late Miss Thompson on the signal | bnor that has come to her in be g selected to superintend the spital in Dalton and their best ishes for success in her new posi on go with her, For the past several years Miss hompson has been engaged in! tive duty in Athens and the sur unding towns. 1 urors Drawn Today ‘ | For August Term of Clarke City Court arke City Cour l ‘ et ! | Jurors for the August term of; ity Court were drawn this morns bg by Judge Henry C. Tuck. | Court will open Monday morn-t g at 10 o’clock in the City Court pom on the second floor of the‘ purt house here, with ~Carlisle | bb prosecuting and Judge Tuck | * p the bench. Jurors drawn are M. W, Crow-’ ;, D. O. Lindsay, HE. L. Wier, | filliam C. Shadden, George W! oon, Mercer Broach, Clarence bicher, Thomas M. Tillman, | homas H. DTeozier, James H.| poth, jr, W. P. Marbut, W. J. at, W. Richard Grimes, G. HI Ime, J. Howard Hudson, Elmer Kirk, John H. Brown, J. F.| Boon ’ J. Roy Hamilton, D. L. Elliott.; ie Dawson, Thomas J. Anthony, | )W. Belcher, Grover C. Dean, | nest Michael, A. M. Doolittle,| e C, Bowden, John S. ~Laßoon.‘ arren E. Hill, Guy Mel. Orr, | hn T, Hdrdeman. A. F. Pledger | porge A. Fields, J. 8. Coile, Bur- | il P. Stanley, | 3. V. McCarson, D. I. Winter,i M. Storey, R. V. Watterson, N4| McWaters, C, W. Williams, R. Philligs, Howard Abmney, J.l erett Patman, Charles F. Elder, | omas W. Baxter, Glenn N. Dil-l d, James A. Downs, T. W. rton and W. C. Wingtield. thenians’ Nephew Is Taken By Death Today | In Rocky Mount, N. C. | e s | News was recelved here toda‘.v’j @ (¢ death of Clarence Allsbrook,! il of Mrs. Jim Allsbrook, in Parki "‘" hospital in Rocky Mount, | - Mr. Allsbrook was a nephew ' P. Burgess, an employe of - anner-Heralc . Allsbrook, who was 19 s ul e, died suadenly this z it 8:30 o’'uucck. Fe was et to the hospital sutfering . & head ailment, which was - HUUgnt to be serious, yester-i nany friends here of Mr. E = Burgess will regret to ¢I- the untimely death ofl _thal services will be held, to- W at Scotland Neck, N. C. ~— e | ae pe"s egro Pastor | %und Dead in Open ] Field Near Crawford‘ Rev, } ! e ¥+ J. Hubbard, loecal Negro ; "as lound dead Monday' d 1. . out a mile from Craw-| Vices .. OPEDn flelg Funeral! h fntane, . TCId BEEE yesterday,) ; €'ment in Bl‘ooklyn ceme-, a 2 Cheney,' of Steph- | - P investigation of us death of the Negro, e ) failed to bring any . t Rey oy th. The verdict was / PEV. Hut bard left hSI 2y to £l nyg ere last Sat- Nt byt faile ; regular appoint "s.2',-1:‘;;: to appear before Mediate . On. There was no Ce, frieng cern .about his ab , B ‘“s thinking he had be (CoﬂlinUedN 4 on Page Three) ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Full Associated Press Service League Council Faces One Of Gravest Crises CHICAGOAN KIDNAPED AND SLAIN BY FORMER SUITOR OF BRIDE DR, WALTER J. BAUER SCCUMBS TOHLATS WFLICTED BY KNIFE Victim Accosted by Man To Whom He Had Given Ride to City SUSPECT ESCAPES Doctor Able to Tell Story To Police Before He Died in Hospital CH#aAGO —(AP) — Kidnaped and brought by automobile to a lonely wooded spot in Chicago’s south side, Dr. Walter J. Bauer, 38, a bridegroom of three weeks, today was subjected to mutilation which cost his life. Five hours after the operation he died at Jackson Park hospital. Before his death he told police, they said, he had been abducted at Ann Arbor, Mich., by a man he had met in a hotel there. Dr. Bauer's bride, Marie, was notified at the Laughlin hospital at . Kirksville, Mo., where she, is a hurse. She informed the police she was leaving at once for Chi-~ cago- Detective Howard Doyle, who questioned Dr. Bauer, said the victim named as a suspect a man whom Mrs. Bauer had often said was intensely jealous and embit tered because of the marriage. Dr. Bauer did not know the man personally, Doyle said. Married 3 Weeks Dr. Bauer recently completed his studies at the Laughlin school of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Mo. Three weeks ago. “~he . married. Then, leaving his bride at Kirks ville, he went to Ann Arbor for post graduate work at the Univer sity of Michigan. Early today attendants at a south side filling station saw a small coupe rolling slowly into the driveway. A man leaped from the car and disappeared into the darkness. From the automobile the at tendants, Harry and Harold An derson, heard moans. They found Dr. Bauer, bound hand and foot, in great pain, and hurried him to Jackson Park hospital. " There Dr. Bauer, weak from loss of blood, dictated a telegram to his bride. It read: . “Seriously ill in Chicago. Come at once.” Tells Story Weakly he told his story to de tective Doyle. As retold by the detective, the story was: When Dr. Bauer strolled into the lobby of the Jennings house (Continued On Page Seven) . Mid-West Suffers From Intense Heat KANSAS CITY — (#® — T he heat weary middle west looked vainly for relief today. At least 10 deaths and many prostrations were caused by high temperatures yesterday, and wea ther bureau forecasts said ‘not much change in temperature.” There were three deaths in lowa and three in Chicago. Oklahoma, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Missouri each had one death, attributed to the heat, which went above 100 degrees in many places. At Sedalia, Mo. Topeka, Kas., and Fremont, Neb., the mercury reached 105 degrees, STATE NEWS BRIEFS By The Associated Press ALMA .. Dr. J. Walter Me- | Mahan, 59, died in a Waycross hos pital yesterday following a heart| attack suffered in his home here | last night. Funeral services arei planned at Pigeon Force, Tenn. Dr. McManan came here from Alcoa, Tenn., seven years 1?go. ATLANTA — Royce A. Hoyle, freight service agent for the Cen-l tral of Georgia railroad here for four years, was tansferred to Sav annah effective Thusday, it was announced today. L. W. Morris of Chattanooga wa shifted to Atlanta. Hoyle will succeed J. Y. Bruce as commercial agent in Savannah. Bruce will replace the late R. Cs Brooks as division freight agent. ATLANTA — Threée Negroes serving long robbery sentemces TRIAL OF SLAYER OF GIRL NEARS AN END . . f B T 3 o -;*;;;._‘;.;\,.. S ann e R A ey B e B e s B eol 4 B S L 4 4. IR R BE B : S T R %ﬁm e S . ey P, MR T W R B e ST R 2 ¥ B LB DR 3 ,);?f')‘,éf R : R S o O B ey e e B ] ey s e R By ,5.-55:'5:'55:1255?5:.5:555‘:%::‘3¢':'5:‘*5555:5*555:1:5:-;%?‘?5?::5:-':’:?‘;3-*;;5 && % 5 s T G e, L e g i R e ﬁ e R e N MILDRED HALLMARK PEORIA, 111. — (#) — Closing arguments were begun today in the trial of Gerald Thompson, 26, charged with ravishing and mur dering pretty Mildred Hallmark, 19, and defended as a sex-maniac. In dications were that the case would be in the hands of the jury by nightfall, Prosecutor E, V. Champion Jaun ched his final plea to the jury qualified for the death penalty, before a packed courtroom. No time limit had been set on the closing arguments. Champion has said he would demand the death penalty. 5 | By 7 o'clock this morning the crowd waiting outside the ancient Peoria county courthouse was suf-| ficient to fill the courtroom, so| to avoid the jam which for the| last two days has assumed riotous proportions those in line were ad-i mitted at once, Sensation-seeking court frms,' | (Continued On Page Seven) | F LA?HES JLI-F-E - HE’S HIS BOSS' BOSS STONINTON, Conn~—The dep uty fire chief is responsible to the fire chief. The firé chief is re sponsible to the borough warden. William Edgar is the deputy fire chief. Frank J. Shannon is the chief. All in order, so far—but Edgar has been elected borough warden and he has no intention of giving up his post as deputy chief. ‘That leaves the chief in the middle, or something. A “NUISANCE” NEWARK, N. J.—James Roose velt's yeast company has been hailed to court by Mrs. Theresa Muller who charges that vibra tions from the company‘s machin- (Continued On Page Seven) | overpowered a guard and a fore- Iman and fled from the Alpharetta jprison camp in a truck yesterday {but two were recaptured within {an hour. Guards and”dogs were | placed on the trail of the remain | ing fugitive. ! MACON — A wounded youth jlisted as Lewis O. Crumpler of | Columbus, Ga. was charged yes | terday in a warrant obtnined by | city detectives with robbery in | connection with an attempted hold {up. Crumpler was wounded last lFriday in what Detective BE. L. !Foster and Patrolman W. E. Clark say was an attempt to rob Joe B Stiles, Macon grocery manager. WILMINGTON, N. C.—The body of a woman identified as Julia (Continued On Page Eight) & BIR S vty R R T s g Athens, Ga., Wednesday, July 31, 1935. MAYORS SEEK FUNDS FAOM .5, TOSPEND O CITIES” STREETS Ceorgia Municipal Croup Sends Wallace Message Asking for Money TALMADGE IGNORED Governor Told Group to Await Settlement of Row With Bureau ATLANTA .—(P)—Georgia muni-: cipal officials have gone directly over the head of Governor Eugenq Talmadge with a plea to Secretary Wallace and the state’s congres= sional delegation for releage of fed eral funds to improve their streets, 3 A delegation from the Georgia Municipal association appeared be fore the governor yesterday with a suggestion that he let them deal directly with Washington in ex pending money allocated for street improvements in cities and,towns; Talmadge’s reaction was an admonition to “stay out of Wash ington” until tke state’s contro versy with the Federal Roads Bu rveau which is holding up the funds January through May after buying four bonds for $3,000. He had testified to the senate is settled. Message to Wallace Leaving the state capitol, Mayor J. D. Ashley of Valdosta, presi dent of the asscciation, and Mayor Zach Arnold of Fort Gaines, its secretary, sent to Secretary Wal lace, Roads Bureau Chief Thomas H. McDonald and the state’s cons gressional delegation this mess age: > ~ “Georgia Municipal association vitally interested in securing im medate release of 25 per cent al located to municipalities to be used on streets of towns and cities. Majority of unemployment in towns and cities. Law provides for dealing with local sub-divisi ons. Won't you join us in secur ing release of funds allocated to municipalities. Answer.” Talmadge had suggested that the association, representing the principal municipalities of the state, remain “steadfast to the fight for preservation of state rights,” which he contends the fed eral roads officials’ attitude re garding the Georgia situation vio lates. : Arnold said 'the association is “scrapping for the municipalities regardless of any Trow between Georgia and Washington.” State Funds at Work Mean;vhile, the Georgia highway board moved to put nearly $3,000,- 000 of the state funds to work (Continued On Page Seven) WRITERS STORY I 3 BRANDED AS HOAX GCov. Bibb Graves Says Story of Shooting Was Only “Publicity Stunt™ MONTGOMERY, Ala. —(AP)— A party of writers headed here to protest the Alhbama anti-sedition act drew a withering blast from Governor Bibb Graves who charg ed them with “framing” a story cf a gunfire attack enroute to get prblicity. 5 The party consisting of Bruce Crawford of Norton, Va., Miss Shirley Hopkins of Truro, Mass., Alfred Hirsch of New York, Em mett Gowan of Lavergne, Tenn., and Jack Conroy of Moberly, Mo., reported that ten miles south of Clanton, Ala., a man had leaned from an automobile and fired five or six times at their car. “It’s the plainest frame-up for publicity purposes ever perpetrated in Alabama,” commented Govern or Graves. “So far as the state is concerned the whole thing is dis missed as such.” He said he had the report thor oughly investigated and that the writers “didn’'t know how many men were in the other car, didn’t know what kind of a car it was, didn’t know what color it was. They said they were fired on by men that blockaded the road.” Governor Craves said the writers reported they were warned in Birmingham that they were going to be fired upon when they tried to come here and added, “But (Continued On Page Seven) ~ESTABLISHED 1832 Girl of 15 Finds "Romance Dead R : O Bt maenaine D SR, .= of i S e S B SRR e i ST e @9" &*m 2 -y = & = B e s, R e e s e SR % 2P N P RO % o e o L e LW W i §°:‘ i ’{: > . H", ; e — — 5 b 3 4 Ry i 4 T “:’ oA e Q‘ s e o Ve G S I T N * G ; e ' &’w % o e “h:e"‘;ﬁ:, )" R E:g s P . i\ @ BV RO % _:i:'\ At an age when most girls are just preparing to enter high school, Mrs. Jerome Waite, 15, pleaded in Los Angeles court for separate maintenance for her self and 5-month-old baby. Shown above on the witness stand, she charged her husband with cru elty « Waite, not yet 21, shown below in court, has countered with a 850,000 alienation suit against her parents TEMPORARY ORDER ISUP FOR HEARING Judge Pomeroy to Decide Today on Withholding Funds From Regents ATLANTA —(AP) — The state sought dissolution today of a temporary order in Fulton supe rior court restraining payment of $333,333.33 to the Board of Regents for new buildings in the Univer sity System of Georgia. Filed by Ralph L. Ramsey, At lanta school teacher, and a group of other taxpayers, the case was before Judge Edgar E. Pomeroy, to determine if the injuncton should be made permanent. Judge Pomeroy granted a tem poray order July 20 enjoining pay ment of the amount, which repre sents the first installment of a million-dollar state appropriation to be used by the Regents over a period of three years. The appropriation was a com (Continued On Page Seven) LOCAL WEATHER ééﬂl ( Generally fair '@ / |tonight and on ﬁ { |Thursday. except A local thundar- R N showers Thursday l afternoon in ex \‘\ ‘ treme south por ") tion. | ~ {7 | FAIR i . TEMPERATURE | EEGRMNE e i . 900 LOWIR. L 2ih wiii oviesn TRO MOBH: i 0 i i BD NOPRMEE ..o sini iiis wreai THD RAINFALL Incheg last 24 h0ur5........ 0.00 Total since July 1.......... 5.69 Excess since July 1........ 53 Average July rainfa11....... 4.96 Total since January 1......31.92 Excess since January 11..... .43‘; aIIBPOENA 15 155UED FOR H. C. HOPSON BY SENATE LOBBY BODY Committee |s Anxious to Question Mainspring Of A.G.E. Company PATTON IS HEARD Texas Represenative |ls Explicit in Telling of ; Financial Affairs WASHINGTON — (#) — With H. C. Hopson, mainspring of the Associated Gas and Flectric sys tem, still missing, the senate lobby committee today turned a sub poena for him over to the U. 8. marshal at New York. Meanwhile, Patrick J. Hurley, secretary of war in the Hoover ad ministration, said that “most any one would have sense enough not to hire me to use my influence with a New Deal congress, as that influence would not be worth a nickel of anyone’s money.” He made this comnient on testi mohy that hig law firm had been paid $25,000 by the Associated Gas and Electric company. Patton is Heard The house rules committee aim-‘ ultangously heard testimony from Representative Patveon, Democrat,\ Texas, that he had approximately $2,600 left for living expenses from lobby committee that his salary! as a member of congress during the period when he purchased the bonds was $3,100. He said today his salary was $4,044, adding he received $477 as mileage allowance and he had more than s§i,4oo in cash when he arrived. Previously, he said he bought the last bond on May 10. Cannot Find Hopson Counsel for the genate committea at the outset of the hearing, said he had not been able to find Hop-‘ son and had no idea where he , could be. “I can’t even hoai from the fel low I sent for him,” former Rep resentative Me¢Keown, Democrat, Oklahoma one of the company counsel, laughed. When Chairman Black announc ed he had turned a& summong for Hopson over to the marshal, Mc- Keown replied: “I can’'t blame the committe for that., If he’s gone where he can’t read the newspapers he’s gone a long way. We see no reason for him not to come to the committee.” The committee directed McKeown to get in touch with Garrett Brum bach, counsel for A.C.L., in New York, after Senator Schwellenbach, Democrat, Washington, said he found an unsigned note in his of fice that Brumbach “can locate lHopson whenever he desires to do so 0.” REGISTRARS MEET HERE WITH ABBOTT National Re-employment Officials From Eleven Counties Here Tuesday National Re-employment service registrars from eleven ccunties in this district met here yesterday for a conference with W, L. Abbott, state supervisor of the re-employ ment service. Taliaferro county, also in this district, was not rep resented. Instructions on how to proceed under the PWA program were giv en by Mr. Abbott, [Registrars were properly instructéd on how to fill out applications under the new program, : It was the first meeting of its ‘kind held in the state, but 4l other district managers are ex pected to call meetings as soon as it is convenient for Mr. Abbott to be in their section. Another will probably be held in Athens in a couple of mogiths, W. F. Pittard, district manager, sald this morn ing. Present for the conference were Mrs. Juliet Saunders, Barrow coun ty; W. F. Pittard, Miss Louelle Johnson, Miss Annie Evans, Miss Lilly Hall, Mrs. Sadie Hornsby and W. B. Pope, Clarke county; R. H. Johnson and Mrs. Laura Taylor, Elbert county. Hoke S. Sewell, Franklin county; Vason M. Arnold, Greene county; B. M. Scott, Hart county; Miss Mary Alexander, Jackson county; Mrs. Willie Lee Hackett, Madison county; Mrs. Kathleen Tarver, Oconee county; Miss Lottie' Vau- (Continued On Page Three) A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—sc Sunday NEW STAR TWINKLES SRR T | e o i feoor O TR SRRy L m’vg@ MR G e R - LR e ’ & S bl : R ;g-;,:_:u 8 | % BRI y 3 g g K B . T ‘ j R i SEN o o . o SN 3 - ol P B 37 k& 2 gl S SRR : | S o < . R e SRR 8 R R RN P T Si. C R ® S C R s TR R e e B 3 . R prosany " i @" 5 ‘ % b S ! Today’'s Cinderella: 18-year-old Doris Webster (above). A man ager of one of New York's swank iest night clubs had only to listen ‘to her sing for a few minutes on an amattur bill before he engaged her as a featured entertainer, Hitherto unknown, she already is being' offered stage and screen con tracts. g ‘ TOBACCO GROWERS CEE BETTER TIMES Prospects Bright in South Ceorgia as Auctions Get Underway Tomorrow (By the Associated Press) Better times were in prospect for southern tobacco producers today on the eve of the opening of the first 1935 markets—those of the Georgia belt. 3 A survey showed that through out the belt generally both an in crease in poundage and greater cash returns were expected. Auctions were scheduled to begin simultaneously in 15 south Georgia cities at 9 a. m., Thursday and to continue probably three weeks. In South Carolina, markets are to open Thursday of next week. Estimates in Georgia have plac ed this year’s crop considerably in excess of last year'’s one of 33,- 623,474 pounds. The quality of the leaf is also reported better than in several years. Indicatfons in South’ Carolina were that the crop is progressing ‘well and should yield fully as much as last year’s. Curing is proceed ing rapidly and grading is advanc ing. From North Carolina came the report that expanded acreage indi- (Continued On Page Three) Shiflett Grocery Says Banner-Herald Advertising Brings Inmediate and Satisfying Results ; Athens, Georgia, July 31, 1935. THE BANNER-HERALD, 5 Athens, Georgia. Gentlemen: i On the eve of taking over the ownership and operation of Hen rietta Grocery, which in future will be known as Shiflett's Henri etta Grocery, I wish to express my appreciation of the fine patron age this establishment hag received in the past and to assure its customerg that urder the new ownership, everything humanly pos sible will be done‘to serve their needg to the utmost degree. In this connection, it is not amiss that I'should also mention my gratitude for the splendid patronage that Shiflett Groeery Company has received since its establishment at the corner of Washington and Hull streets several years ago. It was a new store at the time it was opened, without tradition, but by offering the public guality merchandise and jam-up service and advertising consistently and persistently in The Banner-Herald, we have built up one of the most valuable grocery businesses in Athens, & I have learned by personal inquiry among our customerg that The Banner-Herald covers Athens and the adjacent trade avea very thoroughly. I have also learned that judicious use of ifts advertising columns brings immediate and satisfving results, and as your paper carries our copy exclusively, I have ne dl!ﬂculty& X rendering credit where credit is duwe. lam sure that our Banner- Herald advertisingdhag been a big factor in the rapid mmlon;gl:\ our business. - e . RS Yours very truly, s “‘i SHIFLETT'S GROCERY, : oy SHIFLETT'S HENRIETTA GROCERY, By LC. Shiflett, P 6% 2ot AR The Banner-Herald appreciates the above unsolicited expression from one of its valued patrons who has a ‘very definite conception of the function that intelligent aavertising ls supposad to perform and how to attain that end. LD ","-g snitl ' = )é‘ ﬂ_{_(:’j;: £ many who have learned by experience t! “ n The Banne Lt it i T e RT T e R e . e aESaION OPENG THIG AFTERNODN: HOPE T WERT WAR SLIGAT Open Clash Is Very Likely Between ltaly and Creat Britain CATHERING SECRET Ethiopia Makes It Known She Will Not Give Up Independence DISCUSSION CONFINED GENEVA — (A.P.) — Baron Pompeo Aloisi, Premier Mius solini’s representative in the League of Nations, flatly told the League council today that Italy would not discuss any thing at this time except the arbitraiion question in its dis pute with Ethiopia. & » The ltalian representative de clared that he could not parti cipate in any discussion which included other matters than the subject of arbitration. He was heard by the council meeting in private session which lasted less than one hour. It adjourned until 5 p. m. (11 a. m., E.S.T.) tomorrow, when it will hold & public meeting. BY JOSEPH E. SHARKEY (Associated Press Foreign Staff) (Copyright, 1935, Associated Press) GENEVA — (#) — The League of Nations council, facing one of the gravest international contro versies of the league's 15 years' ’history, met in private session at 5 o'clock this aftermoon to seek !some way of averting an Italo- Ethiopian war. ‘An open clash between Italy and Great Britain, despite the common front they achieved at Stresa in May, was predicted in view of Britain’s authoritatively reported determination to have the whole African situation thoroughly thrashed out around the counecil table. Italy has indicated she merely (Continued On Page Three) 5-Year-Old Decatur . - Girl Has Paralysis DECATUR, Ga. —(#)— Children were barred from all public meet ing places in DeKalb county this morning following the discovery of a case of infantile paralysis here. . The precautionary measure, aim ed at checking the spread of the disease, was ordered by Dr. Homer Allen, city physician, and Dr. Ru fus Evans, state health officer, Children under 16 will be ex cluded from swimming pools, mo tion picture shows, churches and other gathering places. The case discovered here was contracted by a five-year-old girl