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Vol. 103. No. 173
Auto Wreck Fatal
To Mrs. Frank H.
Kroner Yesterday
Mrs. Frank H. Kroner of Win
terville was killed in an automo
bile accident yesterday afternoon
near Grayling, Mich. She was en
route to Black Lake, Mich.,, with
her daughter, Mrs. Susie K. Shaw
and grand-Ziaughter, Martha Fran
ces to srend the month of August.
Accrrding to an Associated Press
acspatch received by The Banner-
Herald this morning, seven other
persons were hurt in the wreck of
the car. driven by Mrs, Shaw. The
car blew a tire and collided with
one driven by, Mrs. George Close of
Toledo, Ohio. A i 5
Mrs. Kroner was the widow of
the late Frank H. Kroner, a well
known merchant of this section.
She is survived by three children,
Mrs. R. D. Shaw, Tulsa. Okla.;
wMajor Hayes Kroner, of American
Embassy, Loadon, England; Mrs.
Snell] Johnson Snellville, Ga., and
a step-son, Frank A. Kroner of
Atlanta. Two brothers also sur
vive, W. M. .Hayes, Arnoldsville
and Z. C. es, Elberton, besides
‘these gram]:%mdren and several
nieves and nephews.
Mrs. Kroner was a devoted
member of the Winterville Meth
odist church, taking an active part
in the Woman's Missionary Soci
ety and in the Sunday school. She
was a member Of the Elijah Clarke
Chapter, D. A. R. and was quite
intevested in its activities.” Pos
gecsing a keen mind and a desire
for the cultural things of life, she
made her personality felt where
ever she was, and her friends .in
Athens and Winterville will indeed
miss this noble gentlewoman.
Her family ties were very strong
and only recently she planned and
brought together a number of
Hayves-Clarke relatives for a pic
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(By the Associated Press)
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© HEADACHE FOR: VITAk
STATISTICIAN .
GRAFTON, “W. Va.—William
Mitter .~ stood in Pennsyivasia.
Mary Annis Powell stood in West
Virginia. They clasped hands;
and the Rev. Jv T, Gastu pro
nounted: them man and wife.
¢ LOYALTY
PHILADELPHIA —DPeter Fine
gan's mongrel dog stood in front
of the police station and howled
and howled. The only way the po
lice could stop him was to put him
in the cell #vith his master.
MORE UNEMPLOYMENT
NMEW ! YORK.—The National Di
vorce Reform League has. . com
menced a campaign . for legisla
tion to: abolish = the “unknewn
blonde” “from. divorce ‘suits, and
to provide a:ssoo fine and a year
in prison for the corespondent in
every successful divorce a.ction.'
JOB FOR HIM
TOPEKA, Kas—lf Governor Alf
M. Landon of Kansas ever be
comes president of ‘the United
States, as fond Republican {riends
here hope, he has one particular
job all ready-:
Steve O’Royrke. Detroit Tigers
“fvory huntey,” visited Landon
and sought a <promise from xsh'im
he would outlaw softball. .
“It's- ruining too , many g&Qod
prospects for the big haseball lea
gues,” complained O'Rourke.
MISTAKEN IDENTITY ;
PORTLAND, Ore—Special Pa
trolman Ha.rfreaves yvants to
know flo ‘played this' trick on
him, and why: ¢
N‘eedl'gg a birth certificate in
connectien with a civil service ex
amination he found he was regis
tered om county records at birth
as a gil;gl. Py
He scurried around to be sure
ire proper authorities learned of
the matter and made the neces
sary corrections’
LOCAL WEATHER
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TEMPERATURE
Highegt . fovs oo V.o, . 9.0
LOWall. .5 s avy kiR TRO
MEARN e, i it wler e
Normaliios ... %isssesensl®.o
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 h0ur5........ 0.0%
Total since August 1........ 0.00
Deficit since August 1...... .15
Average August rainfall.... 4.68
Total isinc, January 1......81.92
Excess since fianuary L. és 348
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
Talmadge Rebukes Congréssmen
Building This Year Approaches All-Time High Here
MORE MONEY SPENT
IN FIRST 7 MONTHG
THAN AL LAST YEAR
Total of $158,354.75 Is
Placed in Building in'
City This Year
PEAK YEAR WAS 193¢
City Engineer Beacham
Believes SIOO,OOO
Will Come In
Back in’ 1931, bhefore the full
force of the late depression had
struck the building trades, Athgns
building permits reached an @ll
time high mark of $587.000-—of
which some $300,000 went into new
buildings at the Universily. -
Yesterday afternoon City Engi
neér Jack Beacham’s office reveal
ed that the first seven months of
1935 has already s“en permits is
sued for $158,354.75, or almost as
much as those issued on strictly
private property during the entirs
peak year in the history of Ath
ens.
: “A‘nd.,f'_.wd Mr. B&.Cham, uI be‘
lieve there will be at least another
SIOO,OOO. issued in permits befors
the end of this year.
. Mr. .Beacham’s records also re
vealed t‘hl{t the total for 1934 was
$144,976 27 — meaning that in the
six months of this year, ~this
amount " hag already been surpass
ed by $18,348.48,
178 Permits Issued
A total of 178 building permits
have béen. issued thus far this
year, seventy oft which were for
hpildingss e gthesss weere
permits to repair old buildings in
" Athens.
“In 1932 permits amounting to
115,956 “were “issued, and in 1933,
{899,436 worth of permits were
| granted.
Of ‘the $158,354.75 issued in per
4mlts this year, $116,900 was for
| new buildings in the city. A ma
jority of -this amount was to erect
new buildings, but some was for
additions. to homes in the city.
Increased | Monthly
The amount of building jactivity
gradually - increased seach month,
until June, which was .the best
lmonth of the year. In gnqu 21
permits were issued toss ling SB.-
1917.75. In February 16 permits
(Continued on Page’ Six)
Doctor’s Slayer May
Have Killed Himself
I CHICAGO — (#) . — A note in
| dicating Mandeville Zenge, sought
for guestioning "in " the mutilation
slaying of Dr. Walter Johm Bauer
of Kirksville, Mo, may haye com
mitted suicide was turned over to
|police today. ;
A taxi driver, identified by po
lice as John Giannini, told author
ities he found, the note in the ef
fects of a passenger he drove to
navy pier on Lake Michigan late
| last night. . :
Shown a photograph of Zenge,
Giannini said: ““I: think" that's the
man I drove to the pier.” . ¥
The note was signed “Mande
ville,” and police immediately set
out to determine if the handwrit
ing was that of the wanted man.
The discovery was reported af
ter an inquest into Bauer's death
had been postponed until August
25 for further investigation. The
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STATE NEWS BRIEFS
By The Associated Press
i LAVONIA.—A. 21-year-old debt
for $5.25 has been- paid to O. DJ
Cannon, a Lavonia merchant.
Cannon said he was approachéd
by a man. he did not know, abuut
’a $5.25 bill ‘due the merchant,
about which there was no record.
l The strangér wanted to pay. inter
est also, but Cannom. wouid not
| accept it.
l SWAINSBORO. — A youthful
’Georgia minister was rmarried
| here yesterday. "
The Rev. John F. Fulford of
Macon, 17, ordained minister of
the Church of Christ, took Miss
Elizabeth Fulford. 19, of Summit,
| Ga., for his bride. 3 ‘
The two Fulford families are
]nnt related.
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GRIFFIN.—Judson C. Kempson.
- 78-year-old Meriwether county
farmer; died in a hospital here
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With the well hole in which Richard Hoinock was trapped while dig
ging enlarged to mammoth size by successive cave-ins; rescueé work
ers had to move his summer cottage near Matfituck, L. L., to prevent
it from=tumbling into the pit. The huge’steam shovel in ‘the fore
ground brought, rescue near at one time, but another eave-in piled
tons of sand on the hapless victim again. He was found dead at the
end of a frantie, 40-hour effort to free him.
Eleven WPA Projects In Athens
District Approved This Morning
Approval Announced By
Washington ; Ne-Word
MY |ot > R vn) A
nsear OGN QEfiGE i
Approval of 11 WPA i)roject.s in
District No. 1, Athens,” was an
nounced teday from Washington,
D. ~ authorities in''a story by
the Associated Press. The local
office has not yet received official
announcement, but i§ expecting ap
proval at any time. 0, S
H. A. Glass, director of District
1,» was out of town today. 0 neo
statement from him was available.
The eleven projects will be car
ried out at a cost of $103,763 ac
cording to allotments for each pro
ject in the Associated Press story.
There are thirty-two counties in
this district, but work will be done
in only nine of them, according to
present plans. Other projects, how
eyer, have been sent to Washing
ton by Mr, Glass for confirma
tion. ) o
_The Athens district includes five
¥ERA districts. They are districts
19,%2.(),_21, 22 and 25. There are
eight districts in the state, and
District No. 1 is among the larg
est.
Counties under Mr. Glass’ direc
tion, are District No. 19—Colum
bia, Glascock, Lincoln, McDuffie,
Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes; District
No. 20—Clarke, Elbert, Hart, Jack
son, Madison, Oconee, and Ogle
thorpe; Distriet No. *2l — Banks,
Franklin, Habersham, . Rabun and
Stephens; District No. 22—Barrow,
Gwinnétt, Newton, Rockdale and
Walton; 'District No. 23—Baldwin,
Green,. Hancock, Jasper, Jones,
Morgan,-Putnam and Wilkinson.
Included in the allotments is $9,-
120 for Soil Eresion' work in Clarke
county, $15,960 in Madison county,
and \517,100 in Jackson county. Loy
E. Rast, regional director of the
Soil. Conservation. Service, former
ly Soil Erosion, said this morning
he had received no official notice
. L (Continued on Page Six)
{ yesterday, after a brief illness.
Funeral = serwices were planned
hepe today: with burial in Oak
Hill cemetery.® - ¥ '
! R O M E.—Thirteen-year-old
. James Hartley has been indicted
iby the Floyd county grand. jury
‘ou a charge of shooting his fath
’er. Robert Hartley, at _their home
I'July 19. The boy' contended the
| father. was wounded accidentally.,
| COLUMBUS—Two hundréd‘and
| seventy-seven cadets of the first
iclass of the United. States Mili
| tary Academy went into summer
{ training today to study tactiecal
imaneuvers at the.world's" largest
{ infantry school at Fort Benning.
| The West Pointers arrived yes
| terday from Sayapnah by motor
iconvoy. The trip to Savannah
. (Continued On Page Seven)
Athens, Ga:, Thursday, August 1, 1935,
Identity of Mob Which
‘Lynched Negro. Sought
B PRI L R GS T B R R
" The state Hf North — Carolina
sought - today through a judi
cial inguiry here to ascertain
the identity of the mob of twd
dozen masked men. who
seized Govan Ward, a Negro
- prisoner from Franklin colinty
officers Tuesday and -lynched
him for the axe-slaying of a
white farmer. st g
More than 50 witnesses were
ordered to appear for the
hearing at which Superior
Court ~ Judge W, €. Harris
was designated to preside.’
SERAVIGES THURSDAY
FOR VRS, MURRELL
Beloved Clarke County
* Woman Dies at Murrell
Crossing Wednesday
Mrs. Leila Morton Wurrell, 81, |
died at her residence at Murrell
Crossing near Winterville, Wed
nesday afternoon at 3:20 o'clock
after ‘an illness of one month.
Funera! services were held]
Thursday ' afternoon at the resl-!
dence at 5 o'clock, with Dr. Lester,
Rumble, pastor of the First Metho
dist church, of which she was a|
member, officiating. 7 o
- Pallbearers weré George Crane, |
Rufus- Crane, Gus Dozier, =T. W.%
‘Morton, Jim Merton and Bob ‘Mor-}
ton. " Interment will be in. Winter .
ville cemetery by MecDorman-,
Bridges. 1
Surviving Mrs. Murrell are four
daughters, Mrs. D. Worth Williams, |
Macon; Mrs. H, F. Pittard, Thom- |
aston; and - Misses Elizabeth and}
BErmine Murrell of Winterville; al.
son, C. H. Murrell, Winterville, and |
several nieces, nephews anhd grand-|
children, *
Mrs. Murrell was born in Clarke
CGounty, cn the old Morton home_-wl
place, and has been.a resident. of |
‘this .county all her life, - -
She was the widow of the late
George T. Murrell, one, of Clarke|
county’s outstanding ce{tizen& and |
before her marridge was Miss Lella'
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et et ———
|
FLAG IS STRUCK AS |
GERMAN SHIP SAILS|
NEW YORK.—(#)—The Ham-!
burg-American_liner Deutschland
sailed for Germany early today,
its Nazi swastika flag streek,
after poilce guarded the pier to
prevent anti-Nazi disorders. 2
- Awnother German ship, the North
German Lloyd liner Europa, was.
scheduled to arrive in port teday..
Captain Heinrich Dau of the
Deutschland weould not say if the'
swastika flag was struck because:
of any fear there would be repe- ’
tition of the viblence that*mar«kmjl
the sailing of the Bremen FEriday |
‘inight. 3 i
R rban i s b }
-!l_TAII.lIHIg 1832
SETTLEMENT OF WAR
QUESTION PREDICTED
- IN LEAGUE CIRCLES
CAN YOU PRONOUNCE
ETHIOPIAN . CAPITAL?
PR T LAI R i
SWASHINGTON— (&) —Few,
pérsong pronountce Addis Abara,
capital of Ethiopia, ' ‘correctly,
says the United Statés geogra
phic board.
"The board, ‘which officially
| d_etermim‘s spelling® and pron
- ‘ounciation” ‘of geoxraphical
~ nAmes, says its “Ahddis
- Ahwawa,” * with’ the wccent on
tfle first ‘syllable of each word.
B © eeaimiais 8
I|. i 3
Widely Known Northeast
Georgia Physician, Fath
er of Athenian, Passes
Br. William H. Reynolds, aged
74,“widely known northeast Gieor
igid physician; died at his home in
agton last night' at 11:30
o’click. He was ill five days. He
wa #.the father of Dr. Harold I,
Reynolds of Athens* <« '+ ¢ /
“gnc -~ services ' - will *be _con
ducked from Lexington ° 'Bfiptist3
ichu bh at 10:80 ‘o'clock tomorrow
angtmog by Dr. W: A, Faust,
: f."b" T mfiu ‘\“, .Be
“chteehs < Atlenta, 2
“@glethorpe- -county,. m&@ Yy
Rev. B. .C. McWhorter, Baptist
“minister. 5
~ Interment will be in Clarke
‘cemetery, Lexington,” Bernstein
Funeral Home in charge. The
pallbearers will be T. E. Wat
kins,.r Géorge PBarron, Hamp Me-
Whorter, Joe Booth, Grady How -
ard and Judge Joel Cloud. Mem
bers of the board of deacons of
Lexingfon Baptist church will act
as honorary pallbearers.
Dr. Reynolds is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Mae Wills Reynolds;
three sons, Dr. Reynolds’ of Ath
ens, W. H, Ra?‘no!ds,"‘j‘r.,'*%:.} ;
S. Reynolds; three brothers, J. 8.-
ReynolMs, C. 1. Reynolds"a&di}
Earl Reynolds; and .four sisters;
Mrs. Kla Dillard,, Mrs.. C. A,
Duggan, Mrs. .W. .J. Wise and
Mrs. Dalsey Booth, v |
. A native of Newnan, Ga. Dr.-
Reynolds became . a.. vesident of
Lexington in 1885. Since that tlmei
he has. bean regarded as one of the
outstapding. citizéens of Oglethorpe
county and this seetion, holding
a position of eminence in the pro
fessional world and in the relig
jous realm. Due to his interest in
wublic affairs, he was chosén by
‘the people of this, senatorial dis
trict to represent them in the
Georgia legislature, where he was
an outstanding figure.
As a member of the Baptiet!
church and its board of deacons,
Dr. FKeynolds was instrumental in
making that organization a mostl
effective influence in the lives of |
the younger generation as well as
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MOTHER OF J. T.
- DUDLEY PASSES
Mrs. "Amelia T. Dudley
Dies This Moening in
South Carolina ;
Mrs.. Amelia Townsend Dudiey,
mother of Julius T. Dudley, of Ath
ens, died at her home in Bennetts
ville, 8. C, this morning at eight
o'clock after an illness, of three
months. {2, .
Mrs. Dudley had reac?éd the ad
vancefl age' of nineiy-four years
and her dgth was not unexpected.
She wag born December 1841 in
Bennetisville and had lived there
all her life. She came of an old
Carolina family and was a repres
entative. in the highest sense of the
old-time eivilization of the South.
Her life was that of an exem
plary Christian womanhood and
was devoted to deeds of love and
charity among all the people of the:
community .in whi¢h she iived. She
had in past years v'sited in Ath
ens -and her friends here will learn
of her death with great, sorrow.
Mis. Dugley isx survived by five
children, Julius: T. Dudley, of Ath
ens, €. T. Dudley, of Washington,
D. €., Mrs. C. W. Dudley -of B::;
nettsville, 8. C,, Mrs. J. D, Fu :
and Mrs. Vista D. Hollis of Ben
nettsville, 8. C.
The funeral and interment will
be in Beppettsville, =~ =
Four-Power Conference at
- Paris or Ventimiglia
. Likely Next Week
- F.D.R. VOICES HOPE
Laval Talks With |l Duce
Over Telephone; Latter
Sounds’ Conciliatory
By JOSEPH E. SHARKEY
Associated Press Foreign Staff
Copyright, 1935, By The As
sociated Press :
GENEVA«—A 'four power confer
ence to discuks ‘dettlement of the
Italo-Echiopian confliet may be
held at Paris or Ventimiglia, Ttaly,
aext week, it was reported here
today aftéer Premier Beénito Musso
lini demanded ' modification of the
Anglo-French reace formula draft,
Long distance telephone conyer
sation between Premier Laval of
France and Mussoiini * brought 1l
Duce's demand that 'th: proposed
pledge of non-resort to' arms dur
ing peace negotiations he removed
from the draft formula.
Agreement Predicted.
Nevertheless, league “circles pre
dicted something : tentative in the
way of =an agreement: would be
worked out within -24 - hours,
The _impression. grew that T
Duce had proved somewhat concil
fatory in his talk with Laval
This ' optimism was expressed
deapflg the fact that only a few
hogfi,equier ‘the Tltalian delegation
to ‘the special §ession of the league
council, sumngoned to attempt a
golution of theforisis, had declared
. Smmeda, il
e formulidf had heen prepared
overnight by Anihony Fden of
Great Britain and FPremier Laval
of France. The text of the for
mula was communicated at once
to Premier Mussolini in Italy. A
spokesman for the Italian delega
tion” told the Asgociated Press:
“Phe atmosphere among Italians
is one of distinct pessimism.”
ROOSEVELT HAS HOPE
WASHINGTON .——(#P)Hope for
\nadjustment of the dispute hetweeni
| (Continued On Page Six) }
ar d
1d N JiUUILY
1 l
Senator Would Withhold
Money for Ball's Ferry
Project, Release Other
WASHINGTON.— (&) —A pro
posal by Senator George (D.-Ga.)
for a truce in the Georgia high
way fund controversy- through re
lease of ' all but enough money to
build the disputed Ball's F}érry
bridge if the state strengthens its
road organization drew official
study today.
.~ The ssenator get forth his com
promise seeking to break the
deadlock over his state’s $19,000,-
000,000 share of the federal road
tunds in a letter to Thomas H.
MacDonald, chief of the Federal
Roads Bureau. a copy of which
went to President Roosevelt.
Saying the “solution seems sim
ple.,” George wrote: :
“Withhold $§300,000 or such sum
as you believe adequate to take
¢are of the Ball's Ferry bridge
subject to future negotiations be
tween < the Federal Burean of
Public Roads dnd -the Georgia
highway commission; release the
balance upon condition that the
engineering sta®f of -the Georgia
highway commission be strength
ened to take care. of the unusual
incresse in the funds released, or
failing to meet the last named
(Continued on Page Six)
REGENTS TILT MAY BE
DECIDED LATE TODAY
ATLANTA, Ga-—{P)—With tes
timony and arguments on a tem
porary order against payment of |
$333,833 tp“the:Board of Regents
for new buildings in the stateg
University - System completed, |
Judge BE. E. Pomeroy said hei
probably. would . render a decision |
today. " !
He took the case under advise-!
mept yesterday , after the state|
sought dismissal of the order.on |
the groumd ~that the petitioners,
Ralph L. Ramsey of Falton coun
ty and a group of other taxpayers, |
have no interest in the ;suhjectg
matter whlcga would entitle them
to maintain the suit. l
* B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—s¢ Sunday
SENTENCED TO DEATH
FOR SLAYING OF GIRL
Gcral‘d ’l‘;n‘o"m;)son iy
THOMPSON 5 GIVEN
in
SENTENCE OF DEATH
Slayer of Mildred Hali
mark Must Die in Chair:
Plea for New Trial Made
PEORIA, IL—(/)—The electric
chair loomed for Gerald Thomp
son, 26, today as atonement for
ravishing and killing Mildred
Hallmark, 19-year-old convent
graduate, the night of June 16.
g [ Beven: 5 after the
fi%&msmnmmw
was found in a cemetery diteh,
Thompson was under sentence of
death ordered by a circuit court
jury which deliberated less than
four hours last night. Only two
ballots were reported taken,
Tears appearved in ~the tool
maker's eyes as he waited in
Judige Joseph E. Daily’s cham
bers for his return to jail.
The trial ended with an unus
ual touch when Judge Daily, un
willing to wailt while Ren Thur
man, Thompson’s attorney, was
located, entered a motion for a
new ~trial on behalf of the de
fendant and set’ August 12 to hear
the plea.
Prominent men and women oOf
the city surrounded State's Attor
ney Edwin V. Champion after
the verdict to congratulate him on
the outcome of the trial.
Thompson’s confession told of
picking up Miss Hallmark as she
waited for a street car, taking
her t¢ a lonely section, beating
her into unconsciousness as she
vesisted - his advances, tearing off
her clothes, and then throwing
her body into a cemetery ditch.
HOUSE REJECTS DEATH
CLAUSE ON UTILITIES
WASHINGTON — (A.P.) —
Continuing its opposition to
President [Roosevelt’s wishes,
the house refused again today
to accept the provision in the
utility bill to abolish “unneces
sary” holding companies.
This action was taken in re
jecting a motion by Chairman
Rayburn of the Interstate
Commerce committee to in
struct ‘house conferees on the
legislation to agree to the sec
tion approved by the senate
by a one-vote margin.
Foreich News ON THUMBNAIL
By The Associated Press
' ROME.—~Very Rev. Father Mat
tern, 70, New Orleans, United
States representative in the Jesuit
headquarters, died.
ROME.——ltalian savings bank
i £ "
dpositors and holders of a~recent'
ordinary bond issue are to be
paid 5 perceit instead of 4. g
MOSCOW.—A trans-Polar pas
senger airline may be established
on' the basis of the forthcoming'|
flight of Sigmind Levaneffsky to
the United States. He and his
companions may start tomorrow
night. "
TOKYO. — Yosuke Matsuoka,
University of Oregon graduate,
was made president of the South-|
ern Manchurian railway.
GENEVA.—The Italian delega
tion to the League of Nations
GOVERNOR ATTACKS
PROCESSIG TAYES
5. A BURE
VIDALIA, Ga .—(P)— Delivering /
a stinging rebuke to Georgia's'cons
gressional delegation for their ’ai:/:
"tltude concerning Rooseveltian pol
icies, Governor Bugene Talmadge.
'antagonist of the New Deal presi- *
‘dent, today led a = three-poimt
broadside on the natlonav_a,d}gnc
istration. By
The governor criticized teWfi :
processing taxes as rul.ansvto the
farmers; the Federal® Bureau of
Roads for delaying Gieorgia’s Q}%‘
000,000 allotment of highway funds
’and what he termed the “forsaking
of the platform of the national .
government for communism.” E
Tobacco Celebration =
| The occasion was a public gléfi
ering and speaking in this south
eastern community celebrating the g
opening of Georgia's tobacco aoa-lg
'son, Other assaults on federal =
policies came from Hugh Howell -
of Atlanta, chairman of the state
democratic + executive rommittee,
land Thomas M. Linder, state 7arm
commissioner. .
' “Our senators and congressmen
seem to he hypnotized, or in a
daze, when they get to Wuhitfi
‘ton MQWMW
Assailing Congressman oy
son, of the sixth Georgia distrigt, -
whom he referred to as “ohe yery
prominent member of couflg’
instead of calling him by name,
the governor added: R
“Or is it that one very promi
'nent member of congress dlq a
lot of trading, and taxed his fa'm-=
ers to death for a certain Bal's
Ferry bridge, wanted to ' -
the entire $19,000,000 allotteéd to ;
the state of Georgia by the federal
government which rightfully be
longs to it?” i
Focal Point o%iv
Ball's Ferry, on the O on=e
river in Vingon’s distriot, s/ the
focal point In ~the federal-state
road dispute. Talmadee Fecently
charged Vinson with ‘political trad- =
ing' in the matter.
Threaténing to carry the mat,
ter to the polls in the 1936 nation?'
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Tobacco Sells as
®
High as 33 Centt
By The Associated Press i
Bright leaf tobacco auctions ba
gan today in 15 cities in sog@
Georgia, with opening prices re
ported by warehouses at from §:t€
33 eents a pound and petter.
Under the crusy of heavy first
day -offerings, and spirited bidding
exact figures on average prices
were not available, but two ware=
housemen_)vredicted the first day
average would be around 20 cents
a pound. For the 1934 season, the
average for the state was 18.78
cents. St
Heavy receipts were announced
from all cities making early rec
ports on sales. ‘ln some cities,
| opdning . prices were reported
slightly above first duy's figure§
last year, -and at other point#
tney were about the same.
| council session declared an Anglos
| French formula to avert war be
['tween Italy and Ethiopia wak
’ “entirely unacceptable.” -
} N ,
| ADDI§ ABABA. — Hihiopian
| chieftains, rallying to a wars
couneil, ware reported to have exs
pressed ~fear to Emperor
Selassig that “it may .be too lats
ito prevent wexf-,'*‘- Mass recruiting
{stmad;x n o i e
| BERLIN.—AdoIt Hitler's picked
'Nazi guards, the Sehutz %
warned=“state enemies” that the
)guardsbmust be reckoned with im
'the event of a showdown, !r*
,\7, —mee o 4:
| MOSCOW.—A iSoviet communi
que disclosed that the war-time
‘snubmarine B-2 sank in the Gulf
of Finland during Raltic fleet
maneuvers with a loss of 56
lives, : ‘:;‘;,..»